Tttl'J HUE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY IG, 1JU0.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION".
Stata of Nehraska. Douglas County, . :
Oeorse B. Trschuck. treasurer of The Beo
Publishing Company. being duly sworn,
eaya that the actual i.umnr or full and
complete copies of The Dally. Morning.
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of January. 1910. w at a follow':
1 43,440 IT 48.630
I 41.7C0
t 4a,430
4 42,300
II 43,400
43.400
7 ' 42,440
t .. 43,470
t 41,700
10. r 43,390
11 43,430
11 49,600
11 43.400
14... ,t tA90
15 43JS70
I 41.770
g 43,700
It . . 43,680
20 43,550
II 43,590
tt.. 43,590
:s 41,330
H 43,600
tz 48.C49
S 43.C90
37 43,630
78 43.830
29 43.630
SO 41,400
11 43.070
Total 1,314,390
Returned cuplea ,S5
Net total.,., 1,304.665
Daily, average..., 43,373
V .;; otioivm b. tzschuck.
" ' ' Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and aworn to
before ruo thla 3lt day of January, 1910.
ROBERT HUNTliR,
Notary Public.
abacrtbera learlus the city tern,
porarily ahoald hnra The Drt
mailed to them. Add rasa will
ekiagtd aa oftru aa requested.
Dr., Cook may not want to be inter
viewed simply for the reason that he
hag nothing to eav.
'Aith6tiKh a New York state senator's
voto'coBt $1,000, it is now believed
that It was not worth it. '
It begins to look, as If the price of
pork had not been notified of the ex
istence of the meat boycott.
Western railroads aro now voting on
eastern rates. Is not this changing
matters around considerably.
When he hears the words, "the ulti
mate consumers" the average man
thinks of his two growing boys.
Castro is now said to be in the
Canaries.' " Well, he always did belong
in the bushes with the Dickey birds.
If mince pie is to be Investigated,
it is hoped the committee will be re
strained fr6m publishing the details of
Its finding., '
- . Something has evidently happened
in Spain, If one is to judge from the
recent resignation of the entire Span
ish, cabinet.
One is led to believe from the num
ber of protests that an anti-smoke
ordinance would be very popular with
the people of Omaha.
A can of eggs recently exploded In a
New York restaurant, and the investi
gating committee is very glad It was
iujw ureaep ai lue uiue.
! JJust how a city council of twelve
jjrmbera ia going to get around town
in an automobile built for seven will
be the next problem to solve.
A Wisconsin professor says it Is wise
for a boy to learn to fight. All the
average boy needs to develop that fac
ulty 1 to be. let strictly alone.
$ ii' t V - , . '
j 4N4w that Senator Tillman has been
denied the custody of his grandchil
dren; a pitchfork discussion of the
courts Is expected in the near future.
Much anxiety has been felt in dif
ferent parts of the country for fear J.
I Morgan will be compelled to tell
all he knows when he appears on the
witness stand.
4
hat was an awfully mean trick for
Pennsylvania storekeeper to put a
steel trap in the basket of peanuts,
but it was funny when he caught the
fingers of one of the prominent men
of the town.
Wo.
food carving, the national industry
of Switterland, has fallen into the
hands of a monopoly and its discon
tinuance is feared. No fear of discon
tinuance Is imminent, but there Is dan
ger of Its being cornered.
The democratic valentine party was
notable chiefly for what was not said.
While none of the faithful had the
courage to defend the action of the
peerleea leader,, neither did any of
them have the temerity to attack his
itand. Bryan certainly has his hounds
on too lenan.
Handing out priies to National
Guard companies for meritorious work
is one. way of encouraging the citlsen
soldiers of the state. If the people of
Nebraska generally would show more
interest in the work of the National
Guard its efficiency would be greatly
Improved. The boys deserve far more
adouragamant than thaj get.
Stti Corn Teiting;.
The call sent out all over the state
to farmers, to insure the corn crop by
testing their seed and planting only
the best, is meeting with a good deal
of success. The Idea of the set'd test
has long been observed in Nebraska,
for the betterment of the grain planted
Is an essential In the betterment of the
results of agriculture. Recently farm
ers have been awakened to the fact
that the largest profits can not long
be realise! from the largest number
of acres scantily attenued to, but in
stead from the individual acre care
fully cultivated.. The treat fields of a
few years ngo are still seen, but the
tests Indicate that the ylpld per acre
ls decreasing. The soil i either not
so good as formerly or ele the aneJ
Is not of the best and germination and
development have been imperfect.
Experiments in Iowa developed the
fact that only' 60 per cent of the best
sample ears of corn would germinate.
The rest was,' worthless ss seed. Not
a single ear of a large number of sam
ples was perfect.' With ordinary sam
ples, chosen carelesslj, only 40 per
cent could be made to produce. All
this goes to prove that corn raisers,
If they are to Increase their profits
with the same amount of labor, must
perfect the seed In addition to in
creasing the fertility of the soil.
Farmers know that the average
yield per acre of both corn and wheat
has not been as great as In former
years. Whether the soil Is wearing
out or the seed degenerating amounts
to the same thing, insofar as they are
concerned, for the profits have been
decreasing. The soil can be looked
after later as It becomes necessary,
but the betterment of the seed planted
Is sensible economy Incident to profit
able investment and should be looked
after now. , . '
The days of , extensive farming are
not going to continue much longer. In
tensive farming methods will be prev
alent in the future ana the sooner the
country as a whole awakens to this
fact the greater will be the profit and
success of the cultivation of the soil.
The Waterways Appropriation.
In a speech on the floor of the
house Speaker Cannon made the state
ment that he could look into the
future and see 500.000,000 people
dwelling In this country. In order to
moot the requirements of the com
merce, necessary to the maintenance
of this vast number, the railway sys
tem df the nation would have to be
doubled three and four times.
During the administration of Presi
dent Chester A. Arthur, Speaker Can
non voted for a great rivers and har
bors bill and the people of his con
gressional district backed him up in
his action. It was simply, as he said,
"that the agricultural district, as it is
today, had the patriotism crossed with
the breadth and Intelligence to sup
port the measure." t'They saw that it
was a necessity then as they see it to
be now and will be in the future.
As supplementary to the work of
transportation, now chiefly carried on
by the railroads, a Bystem of water
ways Is a necessity. The railroads
have been developing' the country with
great success, but as the constantly
growing population requires increased
commerce the rivers will eventually
have to be used to their rull capacity.
But if waterways are to be used only
aa a club over the railroads, forcing
ruinous competition, tfie whole move
ment will fall Df itself and Injure
transportation to 'a very great degree.
Injury to transportation means injury
to the country as a whole In these days
of the Interdependence of communi
ties. The policy of the present adminis
tration, as well as that of v Theodore
Roosevelt, has been, and is, to develop
river navigation, not for rate wars
among common carriers, but to facil
itate transportation, to assist in the
greater development of the country
and Its resources and to felicitate life
in all parts of the nation.
The Treasury Waste.
The reorganization of the Treasury
department of the United States gov
ernment is now under consideration, to
the end that great avomhle '
the cost of handling affairs of the na
tion may be removed. Aesibtatu c-o-retary
Norton of the treasury, who
has the matter In has a, has asked for
an appropriation of $100,000 to per
fect the plan. According to his esti
mate the work of reorganizing and re
systematlslng the department will cost
that amount, but will result in a sav
ing to the department of more than
$1,000,000 annually.
One of the great drawbacks to the
careful management of the financial
affairs of the government is that with
each new administration usually
comes some change or policy. Each
change Is expensive. So it goes and
the government Is Incurring a con
stant waste which would not take
place If a complete resystematlzlng of
the department could Ve accomplished
and a permanent policy maintained.
When the constitution of this na
tion waa framed one cf Its strong
features waa Its great system of
finance. The system was most com
plete and advanced for the times, yet
in spite of thri fact conditions and
situations have arisen which were
never dreamed of then, with the result
that the old system has been outgrown
In places and needs revision.
A permanent policy for the treasury
of the United States Is not only desir
able, but Is an economic necessity. A
permanent policy, even though it
would only prevent a small waste,
would be worth while, but when, as
It pointed out by Assistant Secretary
Norton, It would save each year ten
times as much as the amount ex
pended In its accomplishment, It is
evident that further delay in the work
of revision would be expensive and
needless.
One thing which changes in admin
istration should never do Is to change
the general policy or the nation's
treasury. A permanent and a settled
policy with an annual budget, ays
teruatlzed so that no change of admin
istration or of politics or of anything
else, except appropriative legislation
could affect it, Is neefieu. It can and
ought to be brought about. Other
nations are much more advanced In
this respect than we are, bvt that is
not the point. The besi system known
! to the greatest experis of finance In
j the world Is the one we need, for it
I is none too pood for America.
The Grand Jury Charge.
The charge to the new grand Jury,
prepared by Judge Estelle and deliv
ered to that body by Judge Scars,
comes within the sane and sensible
class, which is a contrast to the gallery-play
charges we have been too
frequently treated with. The instruc
tions to the grand Jury set forth the
various subjects which the law pre
scribes for grand Jury Investigation In
addition to the general duty of finding
bills against offenders shown by evi
dence to have been violating any of the
criminal statutes. The Judge has put
a little more emphasis than usual upou
the' secrecy which is supposed to char
acterize the deliberations of the grand
Jury, cautioning the members not to
divulge outside what Is being done in
side the grand j"ury room. Judge Es
telle has in recent years been especially
devoted to the work' of the Juvenile
court, and it is but natural, therefore,
that he should point out particularly
the need of protecting children against
maltreatment or corruption. The sig
nificant feature of the charge, how
ever, Is the absence of a general de
nunciation of the community as a hot
bed of vice and lawlessness. There Is
doubtless in Omaha the measure of the
vice which prevails In air large cities,
but it Is, If anything, less here than
would naturally be expected in a city
of its size. It would not be hard,
either, to find rumors of official mal
feasance, but fortunately Omaha has
not been scandalized for many years
with any conspiracy of graft on a large
scale. As a matter of fact Omaha Is
entitled to even a better name among
the cities than even it enjoys In all
these respects.
The Democratic Valentine Party.
The democratic valentine party has
been really held according to plans and
specifications, and it is fortunate for
the democrats that Mr. Bryan was
most noticeable by his absence. The
bellwethers of the party seem to have
utilized the occasion to throw bouquets
at one another and congratulate them
selves in advance on the glorious dem
ocratic victory which they expect to
achieve next fall. - f
In politics, as In business, however,
It Is a good plan not to count chickens
before they are hatched. Mr. Bryan's
comic valentine, delivered through the
public prints, committing the demo
cratic party in Nebraska to county op
tion, seems to find no one willing to
sign for it in the messenger's delivery
book. It is quite possible that Mr.
Bryan may come home and say again,
as he did with reference to government
ownership of railroads, that he meant
only to unburden himself of a personal
opinion, and not to impress his views
on the democratic party. But it is
also quite possible that he may come
home convinced, as he says he is, that
the majority want county option and
undertake to put it in the democratic
platform.
If he does start out with such a pur
pose, all the valentine parties, love
feasts and harmony meetings that may
be held between now and next July
will be unavailing to prevent a show
down between the democrats who fol
low Bryan and the democrats who re
fuse longer to accept his leadership.
Up to this time Mr. Bryan has been
able to write the platform for Ne
braska democrats without Interference,
and It remains to be seen whether the
next democratic platform in this state
will contain anything he does not want
In it or omit anything he wants there.
The aemocratic steward who saved
money by reason of raising his own
cattle for the state institution merely
proceeds to omit in his calculation the
cost of several hundred bushels of 60
cent corn. It Is on such base as this
that democratic computations usually
rest.
The campaign for sewer extension
In Omaha is Just another evidence of
the city's growth. The erection of
sky-scrapers downtown and handsome
homes in the residence district demand
these additional facilities for proper
sanitation.
The warning to his colleagues that
the general public Is dissatisfied with'
existing conditions indicates that
United States Senator Borah has been
hearing from home.
A Wise Prrcaatlon.
Washington Post.
It is none too soon for politicians with
glass houses to get their wire netting In
order for the campaign.
I
Too I. ate (or the Ismpslfa,
New Tork World.
Another economist ascribos the Increase
In the cost of Jiving to the increased pro
duction of gold, but the argument la ad
vanced too lata to be of use In a frae
sllver campaign.
On Old Hellabl Left.
Chicago Reoord-Herald.
We have It on the authority of the De
partment of Commerce and Labor that the
price on sugar, tea, splcea and soda
craokera have been slightly reduced In the
laat fWa years. According to that we may
still have the pink tea without courting
bankruptcy.
Heetitatlaa la 4 aart.
New York World.
The National Sugar Refining company
Thursday paid back IflM.WM. money stolen
from the government In frauds on sugar
duties. With the amounts previously paid
by the Arbuckles and the Sugar Trust, this
makes 13.434.304 that the government has
rso immunity Is granted through these
payments. Weighers and chickers on the
ducks dj not steal millions for their
mastara without the knowledge of those
masters. And It Is the msater not the
tool, who Is moKt guilty.
When does the proccnson of the thieves
wh wire "higher up" In the sugar busi
ness to Jail bgln?
i i
Historic Memorials.
Boston Transcript.
Probably the thrte events of the revolu
tloi ary war most heartening to the colo
nists were the battle of Bunker Hill, the
surrender of Burgoyne and the exploit of
Washington .In crossing the lelawaie and
routing Colonel Ha hi and his Hessians at
Trenton. It Is now proposed that the state
of New Jersey purchase the farmhouse in
which Washington took breakfast on that
memorable morning. The present ' owner
has ktpt It in good repair and Is willing to
sell for a nominal price. It Is alio proposed
to make Washington's Crossing, the land
ing place on the New Jersey "side, the
nucleus of a state park with the farmhouse
as a museum, and construct a memorial
bridge across the river to Tuylorsvllle, Pa.
TAKT'S DEMOCRATIC II A HITS.
President does Out Much Anton
Washington Prople.
Washington Dispatch to Boston Herald
President Taft "gels out" among Wash
ington people very much more than his
predecessors have done. He Is going- to
Washington dinnecv and dances galore this
winter, not private dinners or private
dances, but to funotlons of a semlpubllc
nature. There are, always a number of
these during January, February and
March. So happy has the president been
d,n these occasions In making himself
agreeable to his hosts that Washington has
already voted him one of the best of good
fellows.
If It be a dinner, the president ia called
upon to make a speech, and Invariably It
Is a good one. He Is really developing
Into a very good extemporaneous speaker.
Those who preferred to speak the plain
truth did not venture In the early days
of Mr. Tart's public service at Washington
to say that he was an attractive public
speaker. But the president has Improved
noticeably under the exigencies of the
publlo positions he has held. He has been
very much upon the platform during the
last four years. Like many others of his
fellow-countrymen with little aptitude for
speaklrvR. he has demonstrated that prac
tice conduces toward perfection. It is
strictly true that the president is today
probably the best extemporaneous speaker
among the public men of Washington.
A few nights ago President Taft attended
the annual ball of the Southern Relief
society. That is a charitable organization
of southern people, as its name indicates,
and used to hold its annual dances in a
downtown hall, where the rent was not
excessive1. ' This year the promise of the
president' to attend elevated that function
to a position of first Importance. The best
and more fashionable hall in town was
hired aridf the function waa a tremendous
financial Viocees. The president not only
attended, but he danced, and he won the
hearts of 4he large southern contingent in
Washington.
The '-fr4dom with which the president
goes about town has already been widely
noted. He Insists upon his right to call
upon his: old friends aa though he were a
private citlsen. That was exemplified when
he "dropped in" at the hotel on the Sun
day when his old judicial associate. Jus
tice Lurtoh of the supreme court, arrived
In town. The other day he went, out walk
lnr and ' on the way stopped at the resi
dence of Thomas F. Wash; the Colorado
mining millionaire, to Inquire about his
condition. Mr. Walsh had been seriously
111. V"
Nothing like this has been seen at Wash
ington Since the days of President Arthur.
Although Mr. Arthur was a great aristo
crat In the White House and Insisted upon
strict observance of official etlquet, he was
exceedingly democratic He walked out
upon the streets whenever he pleased, and
he stopped at the houses of friends fre
quently: On the way homa he frequently
entered the Metropolitan club, which Is
Just aoross Lafayette square from the
White House, called for a drink and sat
around for a little to hear the afternoon
gossip. President Taft stops short of that,
but he does keep up pleasant relations
with old-time friends, Just as though he
were a private citizen, and Washington
people, generally very critical of presidents,
Ilka that about him.
Our Birthday Book
Tebrnary 16, 1910.
Henry. Watterson, the world-famed edi
tor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, cele
brated his seventieth birthday today.
Colonel Watterson waa born in Washington
and served In the confederate army, and
tried on term In congress. He Is a notable
lecturer and author, and by all odds the
most picturesque figure in American jour
nalism today.
Charles J. Hughes, Jr., the new United
States senator from Colorado, was born
February 16, 1H63, at Kingston, Mo. He la a
lawyer who represents all the franchise
corporations In Denver, but that d:d not
prevent the democrats from making him
United States senator.
tleorge Harvey, editor of Harper's
Weekly, was born February 16, 1V64, at
Peacham, Vt. His full name Is Qeorge
Brlnton McClellan Harvey, which tellB
plainly enough for whom he was named.
He used to be a reporter and later built
electric railroads until he became a pluto
crat and bought the North American Re
view as a prelude to becoming president
o Harper 3t Brothers Publishing house.
George Kennan, author and lecturer, waa
born February 16, 1846, at Norwalk, O.
Ha was originally a telegraph operator, and
gn tha exploration habit while construct
ing telegraph lines. He penetrated Si
beria when It was' supposed to be closed
to all Intruders, and la an authority on
Russian life and customs.
Rev. Ralph H. Houseman, pastor of the
Castellar Presbyterian church, was born
February 16, 1ST6, at Mount Pleasant, Ia.
Rev. Houseman graduated at the Omaha
Presbyterian Seminary.
David Anderson was born February 16. 1SS2,
in Chester county, Pensylvanla. Mr. Ander
son came west more than fifty yearn a to and
Is the only living member of the first
republican' national convention that met In
Philadelphia In June, 1856, and nominated
John C. Fremont for the preitdency, and
boasts of having voted for every republi
can president. Including President Taft.
Mr. Anderson Is a resident of foulh Omahv
William R. Butts of the W. R. Butts
company, .dealing in meats and groceries,
la St. He was bom at Crcston. Ia.. where
ha waa educated in tha public tchools.
Washington Life
out Interesting Phases
and Conditions Observed
at the Nation's CapltoL
Oeorge D. MelknlJohn of Omaha, formerly
assistant secretary of war, was in Wash
ington late last week, and talked quit
freely w ith newspaper .men about Nebraeka
i sentiment
and Nebraska affairs. One In
terview gives him tha title of "general" and
states he "has been practising law In
Omaha since his retirement from the War
department. Among the expressions cred
ited to Mr. Melkeljohn by Washington
papers are these:
' The people of Nebraska and the west
are with the president and his administra
tion. They have confidence In him and his
policies.. No president has shown greater
earnestness, fidelity and seal In his efforts
to execute the pledge of the party to the
people, as enunciated in Its platform, as
has President Taft. Republicans of my
state, after having survived the epidemics
of BryanlBm and populism, are not to be
ca.lolcd Into the ramp of the opposition
"In my opinion the high prices of com
modities ure not due to the republican
tariff measure, but to the Incomparable
Increase in ths production of gold In the
last de-ade, und the consequent change
In the purchasing power of the dollar.
Diirlng this period the Inci-ease In prices
has been gradual, whereas It would have
hen a rapid Increase since the passage of
the tariff measure, had It been due to that
legislation. The tariff measure cannot b
an Issue In an agricultural state like ours,
where the high prices of farm products
have made producers independent. I be
lieve tho president Is standing for the
greatest good to the greatest numbr of
his countrymen!"
"It makes mo disgusted with my as
Roclnte to observe how they will be In
fluenced by a dinner Invitation. Some of
the national lawmakers hold themselves
mltthty cheaply."
The foregoing remark was made the
other day by the chairman of one of the
Important committees of the house to the
Brooklyn Eagle correspondent. He has
been having trouble over a matter of legis
lation In which he and a certain cabinet
officer differ. The chairman complains
that the members of his committee go out
to a fine dinner at night and come to the
capltol the next day with greatly modi
fled views about legislation. He declares
that the lawmakers are Influenced by the
oysters, soup and game which they eat at
these sumptuous repasts. He finds It a
difficult task to make his logic keep pace
with the dinner giving activities of the
cablnefnfflcer.
It has long been a question In Washing
ton whether the gayetles of society had any
Influence on legislation. No doubt the
lawmaker Is In a frame of mind, to receive
favorably certain views about a bill after a
comfortable dinner. The committee chair
man quoted In the foregoing says that he
can eat all the dinners anyone wants to
serve up to him and it won't Influence his
views In the slightest. His contention is
that other members are being switched
about through the medium of rich foods
and wines,
"Uncle Joe" Cannon ruled George Wash
ington out of order In the house of repre
sentatives one day last week. In doing so
he made Representative William Sulzer of
New York pretty mad.
The house waa discussing a bill presented
by Representative Richard Bartholdt of
Missouri, authorizing the presentation to
the Emperor. of. Germany of a bronze rep
lica of the statue of General Van Steuben
now being erected in Washington. Mr.
Sulzer offered an amendment to substitute
George Washington's statue. A point of
order waa made against the amendment.
"Is George Washington, the father of his
country, out of order here?" yelled Mr.
Sulzer at the top of his voice.
"In the present company he most de
cidedly Is," replied "Uncle Joe," as he
banged his gavel on the desk.
Without the Sulzer amendment the Bar
tholdt bill was passed.
Government clerks In Washington are
allowed so much time every year for va
cation and so much for sick leave. The
Improved health of the capital city has
eliminated the sick leave requirements,
and of recent years clerks have been some
what worried as to how they should con
tinue to secure It In view of their robust
health. A conversation overheard In one
of the corridors throws light on the situ
ation. "You bet I waa up against It last
August.
"Thought you had a fine vacation; what
was the matter?"
"Vacation was all right; It was before
I started. You see I secured medical cer
tificates from two different doctors. The
first was an Insurance doctor who gave
me a clean health bill to obtain a policy.
The other doctor was a friend of mine,
and he gave me a certificate that would
help out on my vacation for extended sick
leave."
"Well, what of It? Its of us do that.
Does your conscience prick you now?"
"Well, I shuffled the two certificates
and sent the Insurance doctor's assurance
of good health to my chief, with a note
asking for extended leave; the paper making
me out defcparately 111, I sent to the In
surance company."
"What on earth did you do; I see you
have not lost your position?"
"Well, I lay awake all of ono night
worrying. In the morning 1 had an
inspiration; I told the chief the truth."
The English sparrow Is the pirate of
the air, Just as the rat is the freebooter
of the earth, and ought to be extermin
ated. So rules the Department of Agri
culture in a bulletin Just published, which
also tells how to get rid of him.
He studiously hunts and eats Insects
which are beneficial to plant life, while
he passes over more or less those which
are harmful. The only good thing he
does is to eat the seeds of weeds and pre
vent their spread. Aside from that there
Is nothing to be said In his favor.
More than that he Is murderous. He
hunts the nesting places and destroys
eggs and young bluebirds, house wrens,
tree swallows and barn swallows. The
robin, the catbird, and the mocking bird
he attacks and drives out of the parks and
spa'de trees. He has no song, but he
drives out the song birds and brings only
noise In return.
After having learned ull this about the
sparrow after an extensive Investigation
thex Department of Agriculture shows a
way to destroy him. First, whenever
sparrows roost around your house de
stroy their nest If they roost at night
on your eaves trough drive them away
with a long pole. By destroying nests
wherever they are seen the increase can
be prevented. The sparrow likes to nest
In cavities, and he can be trapped through !
this preference. He will roost In boxes
that may be put up to make his capture
easy. He may be lured to spread grain
and shot and killed In other ways, or
may be poisoned. Wheat soaked In
strychnine is sad to be preferable. This
method has been adopted in California
where it was nt rosary to protect ripen
ing fruit. A sparrow's stomach will hold
about thirty kernels of wheat, but six or i
Adds
seven, properly
will kill him.
treated with strychnine
Senator Depew has discovered the reason
that Senator Root is able to get appoint
ments In the foreign service. Mr. Depew
had very little success In this particular
when Roosevelt was In the White house
and Root was In the State department.
Whenever Depew would ask Secretary Hoot
to appoint a bright young man from New
York in tile cot sular service, Root would
say:
"I am very sorry, Depew, but New York
already has 14 per cent more than its
quota of foreign appointments."
Depew was forced to listen a score of
times to the story about the 14 per cent
excess. It became so monotonous that De
pew was glad to turn over to Root the
Job of obtaining foreign p&tronaite for
New Yorkers when Root entered the sen
ate. Two or three patronage plumB from
the State department shortly thereafter
fell to the lot of New York.
Depew was Interested to learn how Root
succeeded, and made some Inaulrics. It
turned out that when Root, as a senator,
made his first trip to the State depart
ment to ask for places for New York men,
he was met by Knox. The latter had been
coached by his subordinates.
"I am very sorry. Root," said Knox,
"but New York's quota Is already more
than full. Your state has 14 per cent
more "
"Stop It," Interrupted Root. "That 14
per cent chestnut was my exclusive prop
erty. Furthermore, I am the chairman of
the senate committee on expenditures for
the State department, and I mean busi
ness." New York's foreign appointments are
now about 18 per ceif. in excess of the
state's quota.
PERSONAL NOTES.
The Pullman company Is dlvidln? an
other $20,000,000 among its stockholders.
The traveler should not forget to tip the
poor porter.
Chief Justice Fuller was born- in Maine
seventy-tfiree years ago. For at leait
five years the discussion of his successor
has been rife and yet he gives little In
clination of affording anybody the oppor
tunity to name the mart.
W. W. McNalr, a native of Ada-ns
county, Pennsylvania, whp has been livln?
in Colorado, has written a letter ravin r
I he Is now worth a half niilllon dolla
rs
and he is going back to his old home, Em
mitsburg, and wants a big farm near the
old home place.
Several noted persons have Jumped into
print with explanations of the excessive
cost of living, placing the blame on the
extravagance of housekeeping. The house
keeper might reply effectively by showing
up the extravagance of the men. Will
the wives lift the lid?
Starting out with only 25 cents Joseph
Klein, aged 17, of McKeesport, returned
to that city after visiting England, Ger
many and France. He landed .In New
York a few days ago with 6 cents in his
pocket. "America for me." said Klein.
"The old country Is too slow."
Emma Arnold, who distinguished herself
a few years ago by kissing Captain Rich
mond P. Hobson, was married in 'St.
Louta to Benjamin Guggenhelmer of New
York. Miss Arnold Inaugurated the kiss
ing of Hobson after the thrilling Incident
of the Merrlmac In the harbor of Santiago,
Cuba.
Peter Wyckoff, farmer, banker and phi
lanthropist, whose ancestors., were among
the first Dutch settlers on Long Island,
died of general debility in the old Wyckoff
homestead, 1325 Flushing avenue, in the
Rldgewood section of Brooklyn. He was
born In 1828 in the same house where he
died, the structure having been erected In
1791.
BY THE. AUTHOR Or
SATAN SANDLRSON
THE
KINGDOM op,
SLENDER
SWORDS
ANEWWVEL Bvj
HALLIE
ERMINES
RIVES
Hallie Enaiaie Rives, whose romances ktvt
proved among the mot popular evet iMited
ia thU country, has sow written a glowing,
paMiooate story of Amepcant in Japan todsy.
tm, Ai AU Bookileru wsasasMsaisisMw
This Book and all the other
Book Department
ncalhfal Qualities
to ilic Food
Economizes Flour.
Butler and Eggs
The only baking powder
made from Royal Grape Cream
of Tartar
No Alum No Lima Phosphates
CHEERY CHAFF.
landlady Is there any Bine way
gentlemen know of to tell bml pubd?
you
crushed Tragedian iglonmllvf Yes,
ma'am; try to Jilay "Hamlet." All the
eggs left In the place are-good. Baltimore
Amerlenn.
"And who will 'cover' Harry's i-onnl?"
asked the city editor.
"Aha!" said the head copy render, mi
was a bit of a w ng. "the star rcpo: jTr,
to bo sure." New York Mail.
"Lottie, what would you do If you woke
up some night and found a burglar in your
room :
ir ne was minting tor money, rd'A ip
py, I'd
win neip mm nunt. litre.
"That scientist i-pi nt many hours of his
life In fruitless research!"
"In what line?"
"TrouHPis. You sea, hlx wife ahi
went through tlioni tho night befor '
Judpe.
'Here's a remarkable Sold coin I want
to snow you, old nianl
h.h? Ihs Is an ordinary half-caglfl
What's remarkable aoout it?"
"It belongs to me." (Soston Transcript.
'So the brld( and groom especially re
quested their friends not , to throw rice
after them?" , ,
"Yes. They asked us to hand the rice
over In a package so that It could be used
when they go to housekeeping." Washing
ton Star. ,
"I thought I ordered quail!"
"Dat's quail, null.'" ' -"Quail
nothing: That's thicken!"
"It was ch'ckcn, suh, but It seed me a
comln.." "What has that to do with It?"
"De Kifcht of a cul!iitl I'UKson always
manes u thicken quail, auli.'V m Histon
t'ost. 1
Mrs. Kawler The lata time I saw you. I
think, you were attend ng a conking school
to learn hpw to nuke vegetable dishes,
taste like meat.
Mrs. CroRhway Yes. '' but the feeling
against the trust is 'so utiong now that we
uro ieariiuiK.ro nuke -vegetable dishes
laate utterly unlike meat. Chicago Record 4
neraia. '
VERSIONS.
A Reformer's O-verslr.h t.
He smoked the worst ttttrara on earth;
He chewed fine .cut. and plug;
The ttorles that Invokcii nia inirth
Were greeted with a shrug
By people with a taste poiltc;
And jic-t, .(uiUuVo,. riu,. ...
Of statesmanship, bo.:, uay and night
He shouted for reforms
His whole existence
'.ias displayed
A woeful deficit
O; resolution to be mae ' l .
For his own- benefit. . A
And yet, he keeps the subject WaTxu
Wherever he may roam,
Demanding only that refoVin
Shall not begin at home.
Washington Star
Poor Goat.
There was a goat In our town
And ho was wondrous thin,
And yet wherever food was ho
Was always butting Jri.
And when he found the food was gj'ie
He never acted blue
He merely ate the dishes, and
He ate the table, too. w
He ate a family washing and
The clothesline at a blie;
And then he ate-a whetstone, Just
lo whet his appetite.
He might have been there estlng yet
But that'a an open question
He ate a box of breakfast food
.And died of Indigestion!
Ted Robinson, In Cleveland Leader.
The Difference.
. My neighbor eateth lobster;
He eateth.. rarebit, too.
He loveth brie and edam
And hldeth them from view.
My neighbor wakes at midnight
And shrieks with sudden pain. 1
Quick comes the costly medic , 1
And treats him for ptomaine. f
I eat my humble dinner,
My chops and beans and pie,
Perhaps with. Indigestion
I suffer, by and by.
The good old family doctor L
My case in hand doth take,
He calls It stomach ache!
New York Tribune.
In dramatic power, in the iweep of the lo
lory, sad in vividneu of pertonsl charactetw
Cation it far surpauea her previoiu luccewcs,
r c i
mm wvuisgeu or-an oinuercon etc. A
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