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10 x THE BEE; OMAHA, SATUKDAY, JANUARY 15. 1910 Tiiz Omaha Daily Bee FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSEWATEK. VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR. Fntered ei Omaha poMotflce M second (ItM matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Pally Pa (Including Sunday), per week 1R I'ally ftee (without flunday), per week 10c Iafly Hee (without Runday), one year H Ieily Bee and Sunday, on year DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Fvenlng Bee (without Sunday), per week 8e Erenlng Hee (with Sunday), per week 10c Sunday Bo. one year tl M Saturday Bee, on year 60 Address all compllnt of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South OmahaTweniv-fourth and N. Council Bluffs IS Scott Street. IXncoln 618 Little Building. Chicago IMS Marquette Building. New York Rooma 1101-110J No. M Weat Thirty-third Street, j . Waahlngton 73 Fourteenth Blreet. K W. CORRESPONDENCE. . Communication relating to new and ed itorial matter should be addreaaed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. RKMITTANCE3. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 1-cent stamp received In payment of mall acoounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchangee, not accepted. ' STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, sn.i Ueorg B. Tsschuck, treasurer of The Bee fubllshlng Company, being duly worn, says th(U the actual number of full and complete conies of The Dally, Morn ing, Evening 'and fcunday Bee printed dur ing the month of December. WOO. was a follows! ... , Se .. ., e. ........ .. o.,. 10. :...... ii.. i4.,i 41,080 41,780 41,S80 41,790 44,040 48,830 41,470 4I.S40 sa.sao 42.B40 41.040 41.850 44, MO 43,470 ijaoo 48,4410 , 17. IB. 48,630 48,930 41,630 19... BO... 1... 82. .. as.., 84... Bfe'. . . t... 87... 88.,. .89... 30... VI... 43,770 48,480 43,850 43.450 48,680 43,800 44,480 48,810 43,930 43,370 48,410 43,490 Votal ...1,338,610 Returned copies...,',;....., lo.lJO Net Total . . , . . . ......... . . . . .l,3Li,auo Dally Average.,..,... 48M4 tiukacribed la my presence And sworn to neiore Wla it ua uf IMrceutbar, in On, . . vv. f. VV AtKtK, . i . iNoiaiy ruuua. aabacrlbcrs learls the city tern- porarlly taatlle tej hoald hav Ihe Bee ta-ein. Address will be ebangred as often requested. That independent telephone leeroe to be very busy just now. line If not canals, maybe those marks on Mara are the skaters' figure' eights. The haughtiness of the soloists threatens to bring an era of starless opera. , ' Neither Europe nor Asia seems to be able to guess the answer to that Knox Mancharlan conundrum. ' Almost any day . wo may expect to read announcements of a correspond ence course in boy phenoms. --h. . With those new-auto roads running to the pyramids, maybe the old' sphinx will wake up and honk back. Prevalence of railroad wrecks leads one to pin faith to the theory that the monorail la just as good as two. N The Bryn Mawr girls evidently want It understood that no barefoot gentle men In Greek raiment need apply. While those aviators are scouring the skies, they might polish up any missing polar stars they run across. Boston Is already bo absorbed in its cat show that It seems to have forgot ten that Fltsgerald ate the canary. If Senator Oore is accurate in speak ing of Mr. Taft as "sinuous," it must be said that appearances are deceitful. Recent events have demonstrated anew that one of the component parU of the American smile is a good set of teeth. Keeping track of the changes in the official railway world these .days neces sitates a card index and a private sec retary, t . -Can it b possible the college girl nil degenerated so that the advice Of that professor that she should flirt was necessary T In its game with the gentle art of highway robbery the Chicago police force seems to be establishing a record batting average.' "t may be true that nothing lasts Ilka leather, but Is that any excuse for the leather combine to try to wear out the soles of the pedestrians? It is apparent from the White House attitude that no nice old lady congress men who snarl up their knitting need expect help to untangle the skein. . ' Looking back over the list of United States marshals In Nebraska, Marshal Warner may congratulate himself on getting an uncontested second term. One of the New England papers wants to know what has become of the old time abawl that men used to wear. Trcbably gone to hunt the tippet and pulse warmer. . : It Is to be noted that when "Champ Clark Hays Cannon Mercilessly" he prefers to do it on the lecture platform lp Ohio rather than on the Boor of the house at Washington. A truly enterprising Arctic adven turer might have made convincing ex hibitions of his dashes over the , polar floes by utUUlng. soma of tH con venient ice gorges grouped along the water f ronta of our river, metropolises as photographic backgrounds. ' Taft on Conservation. Congress can no longer evade Its responsibility In the matter of the con servation of the public domain, now that the president has so exhaustively presented his review of the whole sub ject. The one thing that stands out In his special message Is that both the chief executive and the Department of the Interior have consistently sought to prevent spoliation and fraud, but have been hampered by lack of author ity. Indeed, it Is frankly admitted that In their teal to protect the public Interests they may have exceeded all authority. Not only Inadequacy, but also con fusion, of the laws governing the pub lic domain is shown, undoubtedly 'one of the causes leading up to the Pinchot Interference and misunderstanding. It must be apparent, from a reading of Mr. Taft'a ptesentation of the case, that the motives of no branch of the public service are to be Impugned, but that an unfortunate state of confusion had arisen, which congress alone could or can set right. , Revision of the land laws Is Im perative, If the domain Is to be con served In accordance with the adminis tration's policy; also, funds must be provided for the reclamation projects which are Inseparable from the re mainder of the program. The presi dent has outlined fully the various necessities of the case If the work of conservation a to be pursued, and It is manifest that too prolonged a delay on the part of the national lawmakers may be fatal o the effectiveness of some of the measures. The Balllnger investigation involves bo much of research that it is likely to be extended over a considerable period, but that Is a separate matter, a side Issue, and in the meantime the real work of conservation and reclamation may be very properly expedited by con gressional approval and action on the recommendation in the president's mes sage. ... - - Illegal Insurance Combination. , At a time when the state of Illinois is conducting -an Inquiry into the mat ter of fire insurance rates," and when the complaining voice is heard In va rious cities that excessive burdens are Imposed upon policyholders, there comes from New Jersey a judicial de cision that will encourage the hope, of regulation of fire insurance upon a fair and equitable basis.' , One hundred and twenty-brre ' companies resisted the action brought by the state of New Jersey against, ; their combination for the raising of rates with a vigor that even extended to an effort to abolish the court of errors and appeals from which the decision was Impending. That court has now, by unanimous do cree, declared, the combination to be an invasion of private and public rights. , ; The chief defense of the Insurance companies appear! to have been that they were nonpublic Interest or service corporations, and therefore outside the pale of the law Intended to reach them. In this connection It is informative to read the decree of the court: To the eye of the law and In the Interest of the public, It is one and the same thing whether, a corporation be. created to sub serve a public interest or - whether such corporation achieve success of such a na ture that the duty of safeguarding the In terests of the publlo. 1 thrust upon It When the Interest of the public has been woven Into a business as a sine qua non of Its success, the success thus achieved thrusts upon such a business a oo-ordlnate duty that clothes it to that extent with publlo interest.' W cannot close our eyes to the faot that by the enormous expansion of this business, by Its concentration In the hands of Immense corporations, by. state regulation lhatemounts to privilege, and by Its practically, universal employment as a collateral security for debts, the busi ness is one In which . the Interest of the publlo is directly Involved. - i - While it is common to think of New Jersey - as corporation-ridden, this di reet dissolution of an attempt to foster a combination of greed will be hailed In many quarters as the beginning of relief from one form of corporate op presBlonv '- .... V Troubled Alfonso. Uneasy lies the crowned head of Spain with the -recrudescence of tbe nightmares Indicative of a tottering throne. Alfonso, suffering from malady which, requires serious surgical attention, in his young manhood has come Into a harvest of . political and social tares sown by his forebears. Since the day when the bomb of an an archlst was hurled at him and his bride hla reign has been one continuous struggle to repress the tide of revolu tlon swelling among the people, not against his personality, but against the burdensome and wicked institutions which by hit administration are per petuated. Now be la Bald to have found a widespread plot In his military forces, coincident with the activities of the pretender, who seeks to foment an uprising. ,' . Crises In Alfonso's short reign have been frequent, though thus far the young king and his advisers have been powerful enough to crush them, but their relentlessness hss unquestionably served to Inflame still further the spirit of unrest The voice of Barcelona 1 the recent riots was the bitter outcry of the populace, which has since been further crystallised by the execution of Ferrer. To a people who had asked of their youthful monarch tbe liberalism which wae their only hope for escape from the grinding heel of poverty and mteery, Alfonso has ueen distinctly a disappointment, and all the signs of the times point to a gathering of forces for such a revolution as In 188 ended in the flight of Isabella. The last forty yean In 6paln have tx-ea crowded with assassinations, up rlsidgs, and the most barbaric enforce ment of despotism, now culminating in disaffection of the army which first put Alfonso's father on the throne. It Is not Impossible that tne long suffering people will be able to sway the army Into turning against the tyrannic ab- olutlsm, provided a military dictator is forthcoming to formulate and admin ister a government based on popular rights. . More 'Snontrage. We regret to note that one of our representative republicans who once ran for mayor of Omaha as the popu list nominee and more lately bore the honor cf being president of the Fontanelle club, has confided to the democratic World-Herald secretly for publication his opinion that things republican In this country have gone to smash A few extracts from the dis mal dope thus emitted by Erastus A. Benon will suffice: The people are itolng to believe In Pin- chot, no matter what Attorney General Wlckersham may say In vindication of his fellow attorney, Balllnger. Why. I have Jut returned from a month's trip .to Florida, and It la enough to make one's heart ache to see the waste of our natural resources that haa been permitted there. - The withholding of federal patronage from Insurgent congressmen Is Infamous! Is a part of the spoils system that should never be tolerated In a civilised nation. These things all work 'back to the re cently enacted tariff law, and I tell you It Is no longer as much of an economic lura tlon as It is a moral question. It Is a question whether or not under a system protected by law the people of this coun try can be deliberately robbed. I am an Insurgent through and through, and I do not care If we have to split the republican party or to organise a new party, I am In favor of taking such action as will restore to the people their rights. Hurrayl Hurray! Pinchot la ac quitted and Balllnger convicted before the jury Is empaneled or the witnesses sworn. Nothing can stop that heart-ache (it used to be brain fag) in Florida but the federal conservation policy, although the federal government has no juris diction whatever over forests in Flor ida belonging to private individuals, and if fault is to be found for waste permitted there it muist be with the state authorities of Florida. ' If Mr. Benson "had bean elected mayor, of course he would have filled all the appointive places in the city hall with his political enemies. That goes without saying. .. . The' doctrine that the protective tariff la robbery Is good democratic doctrine, and has been promulgated in several national democratic plat forms . Mr. Benson does not care if he has to spilt the republican party. . He didn't care twice before when he led bolts against the regular republican nominees and no one will deny him the privilege of indulging the habit again. ," . . It Is really too bad that Mr. Benson was not elected mayor the last time when he ran as a republican candi date. He might be talking differently now. But perhaps the voters' who snowed him under had had a premoni tlon. An Eye-Opener. ' The demand made on Governor Sballenberger to institute ouster pro ceedings under the Sackett law against the mayor of Norfolk for alleged failure to suppress disorderly houses Indicates how busy the governor may keep himself If he starts In on whole sale removal of local officials whose official conduct does not suit, every body; If we remember correctly, Governor Sheldon was put up against a similar application for proceedings to remove the mayor and council of Schuyler, but he kaw where it would lead to and de cllned to be caught in the trap, just as did Governor Shallenberger when the recent demand was made upon him to start something on the mayor and police commissioners of Omaha. There are ninety-one counties in Nebraska and several hundreds of Incorporated cities, towns, and villages, all of which have officers who would be amenable to complaint under the Sackett . law, aud any governor who would begin in stitutlng ouster suits in response to petitions, Irrespective of the facts in the case 'and a showing that no other remedy Is available, would soon find himself with little time to devote to other duties of hie position. - The notion that prevails in some quarters that the Sackett law is on the statute books simply to keep Omaha's city officials on strslght should be quickly dispelled by the appeal from Norfolk. The law la general In its terms and applies to every local publlo official in Nebraska charged with law enforcement,' and no governor can in voke it tn one case without applying it to all similar cases that may arise any where) within the state. Our amiable democratic contem porary, the World-Herald, refers to our Illustrious fellow citizen, the' Hon John Lee Webster, as "the chevalier sans puer et sans reproche of bourbon' Ism in Nebraska," whatever that Is. Without waiting for a retainer or get ting out our French dictionary to find out what It means. The Bee volunteers for the defense of Mr Webster against this awful charge. We feel sure he is not guilty of such a heinous crime, al though we, ourselves, have more than once lodged complaint against him for less grave offenses. In this case, how ever, In bis behalf we resent the alle gation and defy the allegator and call on the World-Herald for a bill of par ticulars and the supporting proofs. Senator Burkett declares that In the Jlat of insurgents, who resoluted against him at Lincoln the other day, are the names of twelve men who have been besieging him more or less per- slstently for ten years for appointive positions. Apparently they did not get what they wanted. Senator Durk- eft ought to know that Insurgency al ways takes root much more read 1 1 la soil fertilised with disappointment in office-Seeking. Alluring though the announcement appears that a "philanthropic" theatri cal promoter Is to establish a poor man's high grade theater on the East Side of New York, close examination reveals the fact that he expects the stars to contribute their services free and the best playwrights to offer their product without royalty, while the pro moter collects the cash for each Beat. Query: Who U the philanthropist? , The local democratic organ speaks about possible projection of new candi dates for the democratic nomination for congress In this district, providing tg congressman-editor "decides to leave the way clear by seeking election to the United States ; senate." Such kelf-sacrlfic would Indeed deserve re ward to go after another office simply to let some more deserving office- seeker get the job he now holds. The Omana Commercial club has taken the question of discriminating rates on lumber affecting Omaha up to the Interstate Commerce commission at Washington, but the case may be ex pected, to drag along for weeks and months. If the machinery of tbe inter state commerce court, as recommended by President Taft, were available a final and authoritative adjudication would be much nearer at hand. i The deputy state labor commissioner declares there is much violation in Ne braska of laws regulating the labor of women and children, but pleads that insufficient money at his eommand pre vents him from stopping these viola tions. That is a very handy excuse. Mr. Bryan once made a vain pil grimage to Kentucky to break a dead locked election for United States sena tor, which may . explain why he is not hurrying back from South America to straighten out the senatorial tangle in the Mississippi legislature. The Cold winter has retarded the auto fever, as witness the shrinkage In the number of applications for state licenses during the month of December. An extra spurt in the spring, however, may be relied on to make up this loss, and then some.. Two tombstones are to be auctioned off by Treasurer Furay In pursuance of tax-collecting process. To get top- notch prices a coffin ought to be thrown in with each tombstone. Pattlnar the Crowd Neat. Louisville Courier Journal. Before any sales are made It would be well to know whether Thomas W. Lawaon Is offering copper stock, or cash for to. bacco. i ; : Safety la Flight. St. Louis Republic. Though an aviator occasionally breaks his neck, It is observed that records In aviation are broken at a rate Indicating Improvements which ultimately will mean Increased safety and a diminishing chance for accidents. Knsafrenan ta Ahetti. Cleveland Plain Dealer. t Tbe proposition now Is that Theodore Roosevelt shall bring peace between Eng land and Germany, ending the period of mutual distrust and extravagant armament. Few. problems are left. He might explore Msrs or lasso Halley's comet, just for pas time! ( Abase of Franking; Prlvtlegre. New Tork Tribune. An Indiana representative has Just sent home, franked, sixty-one mall sacks full of seeds. - Two venerable abuses are thus illustrated. The . government should not be expected to furnish seeds in such pro fusion for anybody who will take them either to plant or to feed to the chickens, and It should not be expected to deliver non-perishable freight matter of that character by mall. "SeelaB Is Bcllcvlaa;." Philadelphia Record. filnoe Mr. Bryan has had an opportunity to look over the law of the land and the progress of the work on the Panama canal ha announces himself a convert to the plan adopted--by the government It has been the fashion of Mr, Bryan to claim the paternity of . fom of the most ad vanced of the Roosevelt policies; but in this matter of a lock canal he must grant that he has taken the trail after the rough rider had biased the way, and against the Judrmmt of the highest en glneerlng authorities. I Ola Age Pension. New Tork Sun. Representative Harry M. Coudrey of Mis souri, who has Introduced In the house a bill providing for old age pensions on the English plan. Is a St. Louis business man and an officer and director In several large companies. When he addresses the house on the subject of his bill, which in effect proposes to take millions out of the treasury, from which $181,973,70177 was drawn last year to support veterans of the civil war and their widows and children, he might Inform the country whether as a business man he advocates pensions for the employes of the companies tn which he Is a stockholder, payable out of the treasuries of those companies. Our Birthday Book January is, 1810. Rev. Charles A. Biigga, who figured in one of the greatest heresy trials ever instituted by tbe church in this country, waa born January It, 1841 In New York City. Dr. Briggs Is reoognlsed as a popular preacher and an Inspiring religious teacher. Klla W. Peattie, the novelist, although a woman, admits to being born January U. WSt. Mrs. Peattie lived in Omaha for several years and Is credited with being the founder of the Omaha Woman's club. George E. McFarland, the general manager of the Nebraska Telephone com pany who came here recently from a similar position with the Iowa Telephone company, was born January It, 1K83 at Union Springs, N. T. He has been In the service of the Bell telephone Systeob con tinuously alnos 187 In Other Lands rte Idghts Wa Is Trans, ptrtatr Aaseve; te Xfeas aa Ta STatioM ef tbe Bart. One ef the ehlef glories ef the French people Is thrift. It is a distinct national trait, and Us steadfast growth Is envied by other races. Other nations have greater wealth. In none Is the wealth of the nation more widely diffused. There are 1!,847.69 depositors In the savings Institutions of France, with a credit to each one of S74.A3. By reason of Investments made abroad. chiefly In Russia, aggregating f7.000.O0O.00O, the national wealth haa been largely In creased during the year, the total Increase from all sources being placed at $1,000,000,000. In the United States, with a population double that of France, there are S.R31.8GJ de positors In savings Institutions, as shown by the report Of the comptroller of the currency, or about one In nine, against one in fmir in f ranco. The average credit to each depotttor In this rountry Is 1420.45, better than five times the French average. Hungary has the largest average Individual deposit of any foreign country, 82S1.U, while the United Kingdom has an average of 70-100 a person. Japan has the smallest average amount per Individual, t-M while ah has next to the largest number of de posltora, 14. 471 ,400, Germany alone exceed ing her with 18,658,460 depositors, with a personal average of $171 7-100. The total amount deposited in all foreign countries Is $9,710,938,(31, by S.R24.3S1 depositors, an average of $101.64 for each deposit account. The new labor law of Germany, which went Into operation on the first of the year, applies to the employment of women and haa for its object the shortening of their hours of labor. Every l-dustrtal establishment employing not less than ten persons comes under its provisions. The new law provides that women over 14 years of age must not work for more than ten hours dally, Instead of eleven, as hereto- fore, or more than eight houra on Satur days, as against ten formerly. They must not be employed before 6 o'clock In the morning or after 8 o'clock In the evening, In factories, workshops or other establish ments to which the law applies. Further, they must be given an unbroken Intermis sion from work of at least eleven hours between the occupation of one day and that cf the day following. Thus, If work ceases at 8 o'clock In the evening, It must not begin - again , for the same women before ? o'clock on, the next morning, and, even if It stops at 4 p. m.. It cannot begin again before t a. m. In times of pressure or rush of business, he authorities have power to grant certain exemptions, but only for limited periods, and, in any case, women are not allowed to work In factories for more than twelve hours, a day. Attention drawn to Belgium has centered ori rulers rather than the country, on the orramental headship of a nation where In dustries are more useful and profitable than kings. The absence of the drain of naval and military establishments leaves the country's resources free for general de velopment Belgium has 2,900 miles of rail road, all tn state ownership. It has poured millions Into the creation of a first-class port at Antwerp, sixty miles from the sea. on the River Scheldt, that wanders slug gishly through a boggy country. The con sequence Is that Antwerp is the chief out let and Inlet of the commerce of Europe. Belgium railways participate In the traf fic So intensive and well distributed are Its Industries that 42,000 men and nearly 80,000 women are employed at manufactur ing tn their own homes. There are 212,000 manufacturing establishments outside the homes of the people In which 1,200,000 peo ple find employment. In spite of the fact that Belgium is a country of few natural resources and with a population number ing more than 609 to each square mile, ni mlgrants from France, Germany and the Netherlands gravitate to Its cities seeking better employment than they have at horne. Italy threatens to make another raid on church treasuries In an effort to Increase the national revenue by $16,000,000. In mak ing the Impost the, government' disclaims any desire to add to the historic dispute between the throne and the Vatican, but declares that only the need of having more revenue to support the public welfare nt the nation compels this extreme step. So, figuratively speaking, when the plan goes Into effect the tax collector will go to St. Peter's, St. Martt's and many other famous structures that are the mecca of American tourists and there declare what sums are due In taxes. Not only must the churches yield their tribute, but all the other places of religious residences, such as monaster ies and convents, will be called upon for a Contribution to the resources of the com monwealth. Church members the world over, whose contributions sustain these in stitutions, will be all the happier in the knowledge that they are fattening the Ial lan treasury. A recent announcement of the comple tion of the British and Congo divisions of the Cape-to-Calro railroad emphasises the Steady progress of the greatest railroad enterprise In the world. The road Is now open from Cape Town to the Congo fron tier, which la a distance of about 1,147 miles and not much over one-third of the entire distance which must be traversed in the realisation of the original Rhodes con ception. Work Is now under way on a section which, when completed, will pene trate 160 miles Into the Congo territory. In the progress of construction northward the southern borders of the equatorial region have been penetrated, though the north ernmost extension Is yet far away from the equator.' That portion of the road yet to be built will lead through the equatorial Jungles, crossing the territory where Col onel Roosevelt has been bagging rhlnocerl and other game. And further to the north ward, before the lands watered by the Nile are reached, the Nubian desert must , be crossed. One of the nonconformist ministers of London made a telling campaign point (gainst Lords Curxon, Mllner and Cromer, three British peers who have been exceed ingly active on the stump. The minister likened them to returned 'proconsuls", having ruled as dictators over subject races in India, South Africa and Egypt.. re spectively. They are on the side of the peers and against the commons, hv said, because they "had returned to England lm- ' bued with the Idea of renouncing the rep resentative principles of government which they had learned to disregard else where.' The seal and activity of Lord Curaon In particular In behalf of the her editary chamber exposes him to criticism of this 'character and lu'dt somewhat to the Impreaslveness of the clergyman's ref erence In bis speech to the Roman pro consuls who returned from their provlncee filled with contempt for the popular gov ernment which had appointed them. .. Tarlftleae Teaaat Trsakl. St. Louis Republlcl. And still the wonder grows why we should be hearing of coal shortage all over the northwest when the dealers and lha railroads had all summer In whla.i to ac cumulate supplies. If the thrlf'y ant fo' lowed so short-sighted- a poll:y It would starve to death every winter until there would be Be more ants. 0 P Established in 1857 as Kounttt Bros. Nationalized in 1 863, Charier No. 209 One of the Safest 1 . Forms of Investment Is a 3 Certificate of Deposit la This Dank, Which Has Over $12,000,000 of Assets. M 1ui,.muu statement of November It. '0, ahoweJ ,at this bank had outstanding In- terest bearing certificates totalling B1.S64.810. ' POLITICAL PRUT. There are fifty-one lawyers In the Massa chusetts legislature. Fortunately titer are thirteen newspaper men to watch them. The political fans of Pittsburg are coach ing Shortstop Hans Wagner for congres. Some of his boosters believe he will stop a cannon ball when he gets there. Congressman Pat Murphy of Missouri wants a federal law prohibiting the publi cation of divorce proceedings as a matter of news. Missouri, too, stands Pat. Tom Watson insinuates that his chal lenge to W. J. Bryan for a talkfest on missions sent the colonel out of the coun try. Tom haa a challenge in reserve for 1811 It costs about one-third as much to run Chicago as it doea New Tork, but Chicago Is going some. The budget for this year Is $60,000,000. of which $11,000,000 la for per manent Improvements. The widow ii" tlis late Cor.gi-cs.iman Griggs of Georgia has announced her per sonal choice for the vacant neat and Geor gia chivalry is expected to step up to ths ballot box and oblige the lady. One of the novel features of the new municipal 'charter of ' Boston is a compli cated recall provision. The term of the mayor is fixed at four years. At the state election , In his second year these words must be printed on the ballot: "Shall there be an election for mayor at the next city election?" If a majority demand It the election must be held and the name of the mayor then In office must be placed on the ballot without nomination unless he formally withdraws it. This provision practically requires a "vote of confidence" in the executive In midterm, falling In ob taining which he must either contest for the opportunity of serving the remaining two years or take his departure. AN EXPEDITION WORTH WHILE. Coatributlon of the African Hunt to Science. Pittsburg Dispatch. Those political and corporate enemies of Mr.. Roosevelt who have been scoffing at the Smithsonian African scientific expedi tion and sneering at the possibility of science , gaining anything from . such . a tource must now confess their error. A new animal has been, discovered, or rather a new variety of a species. This may or may not be important, or Its relative Im portance may be a matter of opinion, but It Is a fact, and justifies the scientific na ture of the expedition. Whether It justifies the expedition or not. The name of the specimen is otocyon, not to be confounded with Mr. Roosevelt's more familiar quarry, the octopus. Reduced to popular phraseology It Is a kind of wild dog, or fox dog. It Is too bad that the scientists did not stick to the suggestion of naming It Octocyon Rooseveltus, not that Its discoverer will need any brand of animals or cigars to be named after him to perpetuate hla fame, but on the better ground of being particularly appropriate. The octocyonlnae are distinguished from all other fox dogs '"by having an extra molar in each Jaw. Thus In the pursuit of science even Mr. Roosevelt continues to hanker for things with teeth in them. To substitute Instead the name of Octocyon Vergatua or atriped otocyon can never com pensate for the failure to put stripes on an octopus. BO$tK FACTS OVERLOOKED. Tfce Real Coiuniander-la-CUief of Con. aervatlon. New York Sun. It seems necessary to remind some of the friends of conseervation that the person officially In charge of that policy and re sponsible for its promotion is neither Mr. Roosevelt nor Mr. Gifford Pinchot, but tbe Hon. William H. Taft. The republican platform of 1908 said: "We Indorse the movement inaugurated by the administration for the conservation of natural resources; we approve all meas ures to prevent the waste of timber; we commend the work now going on for the reclamation of arid lands, and reaffirm the republican policy of the free distribution- of the available acres of the public AT LAST THE WAY IS OPEfJ FOR YOU To Own a Player-Piano At an Outlay of S2 Weekly The Wonderful Boudoir Including Free Library of Musio Rolls IT WAG BOUND TO COME American ingenuity onc more has com to th ore, this time with a Player Piano of the very FIRST QUALITY that sells at a prlc within reach of the average American pocketbook. 1VC,D The appearance of the WONDERFUL "BOUDOIR PLAYER PIANO in the field simply means that history has repeated Itself. NO INVENTION SO VITALLY IMPORTANT AND HO I'NIVKR. SALLY OOVERKIJ A8 THK PLAYEK-l'IANO CAN IX)NO BK 1IKL1I AT A PHOUIBIIIVE PRICE. , , v ' So now comes the "Boudoir," a little piano of remarkable beauty and depth pt tone, containing a standard 65-note Player that is second to none in quality ot material used in Its construction and second to none In its artistic capabilities. WILL YOU CALL AND SEE THIS WONDERFUL INSTRUMENT DEMONSTRATED? ... , 1513-1515 DOUGLAO GT. -J feSlflsTriTili V 1 -' -- :r. jHi domain to the landless settler. No obliga tion of the future Is more Insistent, and none -will result to greater blessing to posterity." It will be observed that this mandate was not addressed to Mr. Roosevelt, who was then about to depart to look after the conservation of the animal resources of another continent. It was not' addressed to Mr. Gifford Pinchot, who was then a subordinate official and Is now. a private oltlxen. The executive person charged with the direction ot the policies Indorsed and de fined by the republican - platform of 1908 was the president elected on that platform, and he Is president Taft. The frienas of conservation everywhere ought to know by this time how loyally devoted he-Is to the performance of the duty entrusted to him by the vote of No vember i, 1908. SAID IN FUN. Mrs. 8poonamore Don't you think. Mist Tartiin, the law Should prescribe a sevcru punishment for a husband who spanks his wlfeT Miss Tartui-Whjr, yes: If he has mar ried a wife who has no more spunk than t n mt film tn.nb Via. Km nn.ht ) . .w. pel led to live with her all his days. Chi cago Tribune. The Kind Lady You clear off, or I'll set the dog at you. The Tramp Ah, 'ow deceptive Is 'uman natur'. For two nights I've slept in yer barn, eaten of yer poultry, an' drunk of yer cider, and now yer trtats me as an utter Jtranger. The Sketch. "Do you think that actor can sink his personality in his part?" "His acting Is heavy enough to sink any thing." Baltimore American. Irate Customer See here! That student lamp you sold ine a week ago Is no good. It won't work. Dealer Beg pardon, sir. I ought to have told you it was a college student lamp Puck. "How high up are we now, Jerome?" "Three hundred feet, ?r." "Make It six." "Hut if wo fall, sir?" "If we fall the only difference will be the slight time It takes us to cover the extra 300 feet and I don't think we will : In a position to fuss about that." ClovelatsC Plain Dealer. u.iiio .lurn Ainu ui:vi ft. lJiiw uiu on your premises, and yet you B-e.y that, you killed It? wife was throwln' a stun at the hnns, an' eomo way the deer, which was feedln' ronn' back o' the barn, got hit. Boston Herald. "Rivers, did you catch your train that night I saw you running for It?" asked Brooks. "Yes," answered Rivers; "It was a closo race, but I won by a nose." "You won by a nose?" rejoined Brooks, looking at the proboscis In question; "and you call that a close race!" Chicago Tribune. COMPANIONS ON THE E0AD. i ' ' William Wetmore Storey. Life's milestones marking year on year, Pass ever swifter as we near The final goal, the silent end To which our fated footsteps tend, A year once siemed a century. Now, like a day It hurries by, And all the way Is weariness. Ah, me! how glad and gay we were. Youth's sap In all our veins astir, When long ago with spirits high. A happy careless company, We started forth, when everything. Wore the green glory of the spring, And all the fair wide world was ours, To gather aa we would Its flowers 1 How all has changed! Years have gone by,. And of that joyous company. With whom our youth first Journeyed on, Who who are left? Alas, not onel Love earliest loiteftd on the way, Then turned his ft e and slipped away And after him Willi footsteps light The fickle Graces took their flight, : And all the careless Joys that lent Their revelry and merriment Grew silenter, and. ere we knew, . 11 i . i t a uIj1 ii 1 Alan " Our shadows that we uaed to throw Behind us, now before us grow; For once we walked towards the sun. But now, Life's full meridian done, Thy change, and In their chill we move. Further away from Faith and Love, A chill Is In the air-no more Our thoughts with Joyous Impulse soar, put creep along the level way. Waiting the closing of the day. The Future holds no wondrous prise This side Death's awful mysteries. Beyond, what waits for us who knows? New life, or Infinite repose?