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THi: BEE: OMAN A. TITUUSPAY, MARCH 17. 1010. t"1 ii i THE UMAl!A"'DAtLY'BE& fofni'fd tit fdwabp rose water victor Rose water, editor. Kntered at Omaha postofflce a second rlaxa matter. TRBMS OB PURCRIPTION. Iallr F (Including Sunday), per 1'ftlly Hee (without Hur.d)).-rr Ixllv Wee fwlihnut BaniUv CD uia). 'ni - lMilv IIoa snH Sunday, one Jfesr SOT LELIVEftED BT. CARRIER. Kvenlna Pee (ulthmit Sunday!, per week c Kvenlns; Hf Willi isunaajrj, l" ' """j, ouimny !, ijii . in Sunniiy Adlrcf all complaint" or irriir"'" ... delivery to City Ctrciilmlon Department. OFFICES. . Omaha The. P Tlulldlne;. - South Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. Council Illiiffnl5 Scott fctreel. I.lnroln-MS Little HiitldlnK. Chl.-aRo-ir.4S Msrnuette Building. New York-Rnotns 1101-llto No. 84 Weal Thirty-third Street.. . . Washington-?: Fourteenth Street N. w. CORREf PON DEVICE. -Communications relating; t new and editorial matter shoi'ld be addressed: Omaha Tiee. Edltortnl Department. rf:mittances. Remit by draft, enpren or postal order payable to The Pee Publishing Company. Onlv 2-rrnt stamps received In payment or mall account. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CtRCTJLATPON. State of Nebranka, Douglai County. I Ocorre R Tzschuck, treasurer of The Ree publishing Company. being duly sworn, say that the actual numbar of f'lll and complete coplre of The Dally, Mornln. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during- the month of February, 110, wii aa follow: 1 43,140 1$ 43.470 I 43,800 1 48,880 t 48,370 1J. 43,860 4 43,970 J 1 43.80 5 43,030 It.., 43,770 41,740 18 41,980 7 43,810 11 43.980 8 43,080 28.., 43,670 43,910 ' 28...., 43,840 10 43,980 24 48,810 11 43,700 III.......... 48,980 12 43,100 . 3e.., 43,440 13 43,100 27 41,700 14 4330 38 43,070 Total . Returned 1,199,800 cop lea ,.v '. ,ao Net total 1,189.970 Pally average 48,498 UJQR(JJfl B.TZ8CHUCK. Treasurer. Subaorlbed in my presence and sworn te oeiore me uua xsui aay of .February, Kin, ROBERT HUNTER, j. ; (NpUry Public. fcaerlfcersi teavlaa; the elty teas , porarlly aaoald hare Tke Bee Dialled to them. Aadreas will e chanced aa aftea mm reel nested. .. "Uncle Joe ' says' fie can sing, but let us hope he will no.fi. Khartum, waited, a . long time, but got on the map at last. Supposedly the drop 1n the price of butter indicates that.it is not so strong as usual. ... What is the matter with calling the new styles of millinery this spring the "Dreadnaught hats?" Speaking of prices, -one shudders to think of Mr. Patten's, wrath as he re turns from Manchester. One of the first prerequisites to pav Ing the Way for7 aT'cIty ' 'beautiful in Omaha ls Ho enlarge the fire limits. Another Boston tea , party. Four tons of ancient .eggs have been ordered thrown overboard in that classical city There seems to be a difference in the "open door" policy" as construed, by the older and younger , members of the Knox family. ' If mediation can avert the threat enod strike of locomotive firemen, arbi tration' can settle the strike of Phila dclphla street car men. Democratic Interest In "the future of insurgency" turns entirely on the possibility of using the Insurgents to boost democrat Unto office. City " Comptroller Lobeck proceeds on the theory hat the early bird catches' the polftlcarwoVm.' Sometimes it. does, and sometimes it doesn't. Paul Morton; will be vico president ofi D. E. Thompson's Pan-American railroad, wh,ich wi;j hiako it look even more like a Nebraska enterprise. An eastern school teacher has lost his Job because lie told' the pupil there is no such thing as "hell." And lie had been teaching for years, too. If the firemen had a particle of that "brotherly love" in their hearts they would not try to C'rowd those Phlladel phla street carmen out of the limelight. The suggestion of another republic in South America should be frowned down at once. There are revolutions and rebellious enough down there al ready. The Wright brothers have '"signed up" to show Newport something about high flying. Tbey' will have to go some, for Newport knows a little along that line itself. r The hat Pa -ordinance has duly made ltjrappearaoce in the Omaha city council. If we must have freak legislation, why can't we-start some thing original? . .. i.aJL. ' It transpires that the only man who escaped with hisr life in the Alaskan mine explosion wore the number 13. A "Thirteen" club ought to prove pop ular In tho6e .parts.,. If Edar Howard doean't want 'to show his VUole land at vnce, he might name first the promtneqt Omaha democratic lawyer" whs. ha hired out as a corporation "fixer." St. Louts' police fore is undergoing a shake-up over the ihiaaporopriaUon of the police relief funds. '' N.t that there is any caueo for suspicion, but still it would not be a bad idea- to have our, cvii' police and' fire relief funds checked Bp Oncovin a while. ' v Magnanimotii Mack and Murphy. Chairman Mark and nns Murphy have cracked the bent political JoKp of the season In their assurance to the publlo that they will not try to freeze Bryan out of. the democratic pnrty. othfng but the spirit of altruism could prompt such magnanimous action. Anyone can picture Mr. Bryan aa he finally receives this bit of be lated news that means ao much to his future aa the quadrennial candidate of his party for the presidency; see him relapse from a state of tense ex pectancy Into one of calm and peace ful repose and consolation. Before turning from the humor of this situation, It should be observed that with all their charitable Impulse, Norman E. Mack and Charles F. Mur phy decided not to freeze Mr. Bryan out of the party only after they had become satisfied that he would not at tempt the leadership of the party again, nor essay to run for president n 1912. If Mack and Murphy believe this, then, of course, It would be fool ish for tbem to antagonize Mr. Bryan any further by pretending to read him out of the party. They would simply be wasting ammunition that they will need for other purposes and disrupt- ng their ranks even more than they are disrupted already. Divested of hla relentless ambition and shorn of hla power, Mr. Bryan would be no more bjectlonable to them In the demo cratic party than any other private in dividual. Subdued and surrendered, he might make a very agreeable mem ber of their organization. And it is only after viewing the matter from this standpoint that one can appreciate the magnificent concession Brothers Mack and Murphy have made. But more seriously, those who know Mr. Bryan best will be slow to believe that he has forsworn his political am bitlon or decided to relinquish ; the leadership of his party. Every move he has made since his last defeat indi cates that' he is only realigning his forces for a new attack and strength enlng his ranks for the next battle. Canada and the Tariff. Negotiations between the United States and Canada over tariff 'conces slons continue 'with Canada appar ently in an obstinate mood. Canada refuses to concede to us even prlvl leges it accords to . France and Ger many and maintains thia course with out the least signs of yielding. Can ada has had, the big end of the tariff relations ever . since the year 1890. The discrimination enjoyed' by Eng land iasv made but little difference and American exports to Canadian markets 1 have continued to exceed them all. Canada has been known even to take more than she is entitled to un def out trade agreements. Her seal ers have killed our seals, her railroads have crossed anoVrecrossed our bound ary line; paying but-alight attention to the orders from the Interstate Com merce commission and.'-'fcer ; shippers have had the use of our ports and free shipment of goods acrosB our frontier Some of these' privileges Canadian shippers can not well get along with out and she before losing them would make real concessions. By the end of this month the max! mum rate of our new tariff on Can adian goods, shipped into the United States, will go into effect unless lifted by presidential proclamation. . The added tariff duties will be calculated to put pressure on our northern neigh bor if left to take their course, but while this Is going on a bitter feeling would be aroused between the two countries, which neither can afford to Incite. It behooves us to use all possi ble. diplomacy to avoid flctlon. and maintain friendly Intercourse. Canada has no right to ask of Us more than she asks of European nations, but, on the other hand, we cannot afford to be unreasonable nor at the same time to permit Canada to force a one-sided ex change. ' Military and Public Highways.- The recent debate in congress on the use of convict labor to construct the proposed military road between Fort Leavenworth and Fort Rlloy, in Kansas, has resolved itself into a dis cussion of the value of rockbed high ways for public traffic. .The advlsabil ity and desirability of good roads seems to have taken precedence in this particular measure. Good roads have proved to be an economic value to the country and it only remains to get them. AH the congressmen, -ap parently, favor rockbed highways and when they have been persuaded that convict labor for road making is also advisable they will become the most ardent supporters of a nation-wide good roada movement. Figures are quoted to demonstrate that it costs just half as much to mar ket produce over macadam roads .as it does over flay roads, such as are quite common throughout this coun try. European countries have long recognized this; in fact, long before even Roman times the rock road was common and convicts and prisoners were employed in their construction With the advance of civilization and its accompanying progress in the de velopment of transportation facilities the overland route bad fallen into dls usa to a vary great extent. The auto mobile, however, has emphasized again the value of the road. both aa means of travel and as a means of transportation and there is a very strong' Jlkellhood of this emphasis ex tending to the military road as well as to the publio highway. ' Aa an economic factor in our coun try'a affairs good solid roadbeds are more Important than most people real lie Tremendous quantities of agrl ultural products are to be moved an- ually and travel Is constantly increas ing. It now costs over $1,000,000,000 year to move our farm products to the points of shipment over our or- inary dirt roads. With paved road ays It Is estimate that $500,000,000 cculd be saved annually on this haul ing. That amount saved every year ould soon pay for the constructs of rock bed for every main traveled road in the country. John C. Calhoun. The latest American to be honored Ithln our national hall of fame is he South Carolina statesman, John Calhoun. Born during the closing ays of the revolutionary war, of the rugged stock of Scotch Highlanders, an American in heart and a giant in ability, he was of the fiber that made our independence possible. Living in the south, amidst customs, traditions nd activities fostering extreme ideas f states' rights, his motives and opln- ons were naturally biased. uut, though a champion of the states' rights doctrine, he stands among our na tion's great men in ability and sincer ity of endeavor. Two great figures in American his tory tower above even the presidents of our nation during their time, Dan- el Webster and John C. Calhoun. Champions in the conflict of those earlier years, they fought the cause of the north and the south with efforts so gigantic as to dwarf contemporane ous events. They embodied the spirit of those years and, although Calhoun lost, it was from the weakness of the cause and not from inferiority of abil ity. Realizing his defeat his heart throbbed with fear for the people of the south and as he closed hbt eyes in the stupor preceding death he was heard to murmur "The South! The poor South! God knows what will become of her." In these days of peace and quiet when sectional animosities are dying out we can see with a clearer vision that Calhoun, the southern statesman, was patriotic even when mistaken. We can acknowledge his 'ability, his cour age and his conscientious devotion to his principles. He was of a type of American manhood deserving to rank with the others given representation n the national capitol, where the greatest efforts of his life were made A fitting tribute to him as a man and a statesman was delivered by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, of the "Web ster succession," in the senate when the statue was received. Thus with a touch of sentiment, deeply impressive, the successor to his giant New England antagonist pronounced the eulogy to the genius and statesmanship of John Calhoun of South Carolina. Citizenship Once .More. The Lincoln Journal persists in the contention that we have "noncltlzen" voters and that The Bee Is Indulging in' verbal quibbles when it says that the right to vote in Nebraska on so called "first papers" is not conferred on "noncitizens." ' " The best authority on citizenship is the United States supreme court and nowhere has that court gone into that subject more in detail, than in the famous Boyd-Thayer case which .went up from NebrasKa. in tno opinion rendered the court held that Governor Eoyd was entitled to his seat because, as a citizen of Nebraska at the time of Its admission into the union, he thereby became a citizen of the United States, irrespective of the final steps of his father's naturalization. In that case the court, among other things, quotes Chief Justice Taney aa saying We mimt not confound the rights of citizenship which a state may Confer within Its own limits and the rights of citizenship as a member of the union. . It docs not by any means follow, because be has all the rights and privileges of a citizen of state, that he must be citizen of the United States. He may have all the rights and privileges of the citizen of a state, and yet not be entitled to the rights and privileges of a citizen In any other state, The court also there quotes with ap proval the opinion in the Slaughter house cases, which held that the first clause in the fourteenth 'amendment "recognized the distinction between citizenship of a state and citizenship of the United States." No one will take issue with the Journal In its assertion that the right to vote is not a necessary part of the right of citizenship. But in Nebraska as in most states, the right to vote is confined to citizens, and we have no "noncltlzen" voters. A terrlbie screech comes from the local democratic organ over the pro posed use of. the paper ballot instead of the voting machine in the impend ing South Omaha municipal election The paper ballot was used In the lost Omaha municipal election, in which the democrats pulled out half of thel ticket, while in the last county elec tion in which the machines were used the democrats lost everything. On this basis me democrats nave no "holler" coming. Kansas is trying to make a sensa tlon out of the fact that Walker Wes ton was "all in" after stepping off sev enty-two miles on his seventy-second birthday in the Sunflower state. How many miles is a man supposed to walk on bis seventy-second birthday Kansas? In Those San Franciscans are great for celebrating. Some patriotic thief on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the theft of Toby Rosenthal's famous "Elaine," gets away with a $10,000 painting that hung in the Golden Gate Memorial museum. The Commercial club is to be asked to prevent the Merchants' and Manu facturers' association from sending out literature opposing county prohibition. How the Commercial club Is going to control an entire separate and dis tinct organization Is not disclosed. The Commercial club has enough to be responsible for In the literature sent out by its own authority. Even after so long a suspense, it is gratifying to learn from the special correspondents that those natives did not. In truth, call Colonel Roosevelt Bwana Tumbo, but Bwana Makuba, which, of course, makes all the differ ence In the world. Bwana Tumbo! The Idea! A Chicago man wants a divorce be cause his wife Milled and cooked the family horse and made him eat that as well as the family goat. Evidently his domestic felicity lacked the neces sary spice to act as a good sauce. It must have hit the "street" pretty hard when a New York judge recently called the Stock exchange a "Gam blers' club." The name the brokers would apply to the judge might lead to contempt proceedings,, ... Trenton, to enforce its demand for an old fashioned Fourth of July, pro vides for three hundred automobiles and passes an ordinance prohibiting the firecracker. Must be a joker in that deck. A London eavant investigating the skull of a woman declares she lived 600,000 years ago. What a blow it would bo to science if he should later discover that she lived only 580,000 years ago. One man who pretends to know de clares that the "mikes" were mulcted to the tune of $5,000,000 in the course of ten years. Didn't know there was that much easy money lying around loose. ...... Can't Keep It Dark. Indlarmpolls News. If the railroads are still contemplating an ncrease In freight rates It would seem more judicious for them not to make such, glow ing reports of the Increase In their net earnings. Cheer Vpt Wall Street JournaJ. With a beef .trust and a coal trust and numerous other combinations coniroinng necessltles the report that there will be no automobile trust will be cheering news to the wage earner. . Uh Are the Other New York Sun. The admirer who resented the treatment James A. Patten reoelved on the Man chester exchange and cabled to Liverpool that "Patten Is one,, of America's flneBt men," should relieve the public suspense by; naming the others. . j: Cherished Hoje. Philadelphia Record. The government suit agalhst the Beef trust has now reached the grand Jury stage. Let us, whjje -chewing our dear steaks, fondly hopethat the grand Jury has not been Itself, reached by the cul prits, -against. whanjjye.arsjhave been spent In .the, collection .or ipcuipaiing iraiuuvuji. ANOTHER ROOSEVELT NOW. The Mlajhty lla'nter am He 'Emerarea ' from th Jangle. ' Cleveland' Leader. The most famous hunter that ever shot big game at the head waters pf the Nile Is quoted" as saying' that he Is ready to lay doWn ' h'ls rifle for good and all. He declares that he has hunted enough. Now he Is ready to quit.' Men often speak thnt way about a favor ite sport when they have indulged In It long and without stint, only -to change their minds after awhlfe, Roosevelt may do the same thing;' His" resolutions have weight, and he Is the master of his own ways, but he Is very human. However this may be, there Is another Roosevelt for tho country and the world to watch now.' lie Is out of tho Jungles. This return to civilization will bring to the front the Roosevelt who is a student of men and events, 'a voracious reader of history, an ardent grappler with hard prob lems of natlonal and civic life, a man of wide outlook upon the world and deep Interest In all that pertains to the larger affairs of humanity. Americana are going to be very proud of their fortner president when they read of the honors Europe will shower upon htm and the speeches he will make and the Incisive comments he will volunteer, now and then, upon matters of wide Importance and local Interest. They are going to real ize, more than ever before, the many-sided bigness of the man. ' It Is better than hunting, better than the studies of a "faunal naturalist." It will place Theodore Roosevelt before the world at his best, which is a best hard to better. Our Birthday Book Karon IT, 1810. Futrlck Cudahy, ', one of the Cudahy brothers, who have become famous as meat packers, began life on St.- Patrick's day hi the morning in the year 1849. He was born, as were most of hla brothers, at Callan, Ireland, and la now located In Milwaukee. . i . . Francis J.- Heiley, the big San Francisco lawyer, who haB , been doing things to high-up criminals on the Pacific coast, was born March 17, 1869, at Lima. New York. He was taken to San Francisco when he was only S years old and was educated there. . ' . Albert . K. Smiley, philanthropist and sponsor for the Mohawk conference, called orlglnaly to dtscuaa the Indian question, but more lately taking up the subject of world peace, la 82 years old today. He was born in Maine and waa for nineteen years principal of a Friends' boardlnr school at Providence, Rhode Island. Rev. Patrick A. Judge has also a St. Patrick's day birthday. He was born In Ireland and la In his fifteenth year as pastor of the Sacred Heart church In this city. Thomas Swobe, retired as lieutenant colonel of the United States army, is 67. He used to be In partnership with J. E. Market In running the Millard hotel, and is now interested in the Milton Rogers & Sons company, hardware. p. C. Heafey, undertaker and funeral director, la a St. " Patrick's day product. Mr. Hea(ey has been coroner once or twice and Is one of the colonels of Governor Shallenberger's staff who didn't resign. Here are four more local 8U Patrick's day celebrations: deorge Parks, the South Omaha bulldr and contraotor; P. T. Mc Orath. who also works in South Omaha; J. C. Klnsler, the lawyer; Mark Coad, tol ler of the Merchants National bank. Shamrocks St. Patrick's Day. The drum's loud roll, "the clarion's blare. The sidewalks lined with colleens fair, There's Gaelic music In the air "Tla I'atrlck's Uay In the mornln-. The shamrock nn earh coat Is seen In all lis soft, perennlnl green. The years can t dim Its verdant sheen 'TIb Patrick's Uay In the mornln'. Thrlr thoughts trxlsr are wandering frea Through dear old Krln o'er the sea. Who bravely' waits, lone silently. The sun on Freedom s mornln'. The gallant men who fought and bled To place the green above the red, Oh, not In vain their blood was shed 'TIs Patrick's Uay In the mornln". Soft strslns of music fill the air. We hear "Klllarney's Lakes So Fair," The "Shan Van Vocht" and "Sweet Adalre" 'Tla Patrick's Day In the mornlu'. The boys from Cork to Donegal ' Some, as the gallowg lasses, tall March past 'mid ringing cheera for all un fairies, s uay in the mornin . Oood fellowship shines forth today As sparkling as the shamrock spray we pledge the loved ones Tar away vii a ., ivn q ,1, mo uiui . Here's to old Erin's verdant isle. God gviard her from the trsltor's wile. May freedom o er her valleys smile on fames: a i-'ay in the mornln . EUGENE GEARY. Ireland's Shamrock. Through Erin's Isle, To love awhile. As love and Valor wander'd. With wit, the sprite. Whose quiver bright A thousand arrows squandered; Where'er they pass, A triple grass Shoots up, with dew drops streaming, As softly green As emerald seen Throuch purest crystal cleamlns-. O! the Shamrock, the green, Immortal shamrock! ChOBen leaf Of Bard and Chief Old Erin's native Shamrock! Pays Valor, "See, They spring for me. Those leafy gems of morning!" Says Love, "No, no, For me they grow, My fragrant path adorning." Rut wit perceives The triple leaves, I And cries, "Oh, do not sever A type that blends Three godlike friends, Love, Valor, Wit, forever!" O! the Shamrock, the green, Immortal Shamrock! Chosen leaf Of Bard and Chief Old Erin's native Shamrockt So firmly fond May last the bond They wove that morn together, And ne'er fall One drop of gall On Wit's celesthvl feather! May Valor ne'er His flowers divine, Of thorny falsehood weed 'em! May Valor never Ills standard rear Apalnst the cause of Freedom! O! the Shamrock, the green, Immortal Shamrock! Chosen leaf Of Bard and Chief Old Erin's native Shamrock! THOMAS MOORK. Spring- In Ireland. Sweet spring, you are an Irish lass, And wearing of the green, Your Jeweled feet run o'er the grass And gems by all are seen; Rare diamonds and emeralds You leave behind, my queen; The Seventeenth of March will come With wearing of the green. Thrice welcome, darling of the yeaif. Sweet colleen of the green. The hearts of Irishmen you'll cheer St. Patrick's tay, I ween. Each son of Erin loves you. They hall you as their queen. And all the world Is happier With wearing of the green. For the winter days are over And w4 tread the breathing od, Irish soldier, Irish lover, Of his country and his God. To a martial air these verses As the colors bright are seen. The colors of old Ireland That's the wearing of the green. Philadelphia Public Ledger. The Rising- of the Moon. (A. D., 1798). "Oh, then tell me, Shawn O'Farrell, Tell me why you hurry so." "Hush, ma bouchal, hush and listen!" And his cheeks were all aglow; "I bear orders for the Captain Get you ready quick and soon; , For the pikes must be together At the risln of the moon!" "Oh, then tell 'me, Shawn O'Farrell, Where the gath'rln" Is to be." "In the ould spot by the river. Right well known to you and me. One word more for signal token. Whistle up the marchin' tune. With your pike upon your shoulder. By the risln' of the moon!" . Out from many a mud-wall cabin Kyea were watching thro' that night; Many a manly heart was throbbing For the blessed warning light. Murmurs passed along the valleys Like the banshee's lonely croon. And a thousand blades were flashing At the risln' of the moon. There beside the singing river That dark mass of men were seen HlKh above the shining weapons Hung their own Immortal Green. "Death to every foe and traitor! Forward! Strike the marchin' tune. And hurrah, my boys, for freedom! 'TIs the risln' of the moon." Well they fought for poor old Ireland, And full bitter waa their fate. (Oh! what glorious pride and sorrow Fill the name of Nlnety-elght! Yet, thank God, e'en still are beating Hearts In manhood's burning noon Who would follow In their footsteps At the rlHin' of the moon. -KEEGAN CASEY. "The Wearing of the Green." Oh, Paddy, dear, and did you hear the news that s goin rouno. The shamrock Is forbid, by law, to grow on Irish ground; St. Patrick's Lay no more we'll keep, his colors can't be seen, For there's a bloody law agin' the Wearing of the Oreen: I met with Napper Tandy and he tuk me by the hand. And he said: "How's poor ould Ireland, and how does she stand 7" She's the most distressful country that vr vnii have seen: They're hanging men and women there for Wearing of tne ureen. Then since the color we must wear Is Eng InnH'M nrilf-1 rf-,1 Sure Ireland's sons will ne'er for&et tfie hloiKl. that thev have shed; You may take a shamrock from your hut and cast It on the sod. i But 'twill take root and flourish still, tho' unHr tnett 'tis trod! When the law can stop the blades of grass frnm ri-nwlnv aji thev crow. And when the leaves In summer time their verdure dare not snow; Then I will change the color I wear on my rauheen. But till that rtay, please Cd, I'll stick tq Wearing of the ureen. But If at last our color snouia be torn from IreiHiid a heart. Her sons with shame and sorrow from the dear old soil will part: I've heard whispers of a country that lies beyant the say. Where rich and poor stand equal, In the llu-ht if freedom's day; Oh. Erin! must we leave you. driven by the tyrant's hand. Must -we ask a mother's welcome from a strange but happy lana! Where the cruel croua of England's thral dom never shall be seen. And where, thank God, we'll live. and die, still Wearing of the Green. DION BOUCICAULT. Wonld the Average Man Kick Springfield Republican. Strong dental Is made that a great com bination of automobile manufacturing con cerns has been projected under tho finan cing ot the bouse of Morgan. Yet this would be th one siueesliig trust which the aver age man mould view with great complacency I . Kir ii x 11. t. - -c III mm m L..J I We taarve equipped , TWO NEW ROOMO adjoining the BAFK DEPOSIT VAULTS,' with, every convenience for the holding of - . IVIectinosi of Committees; Directors, Corporations A telephone call will ' ' reserve one for your use. , PERSONAL NOTES. Colonel Roosevelt has cut the word "bully" out of hla vocabulary. During his visit to Cork, however, admirers may be pardoned for reviving "a corking good time." Francis L. Qulmby of Claremont. N. H., who Is 82 yeara old, cut seven cords of wood this winter, driving six miles to cut it He has hauled It home and is now cutting It ,up Into cord wood. The estate of Samuel J. Tllden, which has been In the hands of executors since 188. Is practically wound up. There Is still a cash balance undistributed and a part of this will be used in erecting a stAtue of Mr. Tllden in New York City. A site near the new public library will probably be chosen. President Taft will stand on a platform covered with Irish sod this evening while addressing the Irish Fellowship club In Chicago. Aa a souvenir of the occasion he will be presented with a gold-headed black thorn slick adorned with rows of knobs that would, rightly used, 'transform a shindy into a Quaker meeting. A hlgh-cost-of-llvlng investigation going on In Ohio is reputed to have revealed evi dences of a state-wide combination of gro cers and butchers against price-cutting. At the same time testimony has been taken by the Lodge high-prices committee at Washington which places the net profits of . retail grocers and butchers as high as 83 per oent. uoneral A. W. Greely writes from Flor ence, Italy, a sweet-tempered letter about his own promotions In the army and his honors at the hand of congress by reason of his Arctic Journeys. He never had any promotions nor any honors from that body because he was a distinguished Arctic ex plorer. Congress never recognized him as a polar hero. But, he adds amiably, "the failure of congress to recognize my Arctic services, which received the highest European honors, was never personally crit icised and did not embitter me." And the general says ne hopes that congress will honor Mr. Peary In some suitable way. WORKING THE OLD POLICV. Freight Rates Baaed on What the Traffic Will Bear. Sioux City" Tribune.'' The Omaha meat Interests charge the Burlington road with starting the move ment to Increase rates on dressed meat, and forcing the other roads into line. It would be interesting to know what' was used to force the Illinois Central, the Great Western and the Wabash loads (which have no lines west of the Missouri river). It looks as If the distinguished J. Plerpont Morgan kept a lookout in one of the tall towers of New York for prosperous spots on tho map of the nation,- and that as soon as they are discovered the suggestion is wired down to tap those spots for as much of the profit as po,t8't'e. But what ever the method, the scheme Is working and the packers are going to start a back fire that the man in the tower will be able to discover before long. The railroad theory of rates Is that they shall be based on the SHOT PEPPER MUSTARD ALLSPICE NUTMEQ ETC., ETC. glf BUndert of I Rmcipm uxn In j Tone's Spicy Talht" SAI60N ii CINNAMON CRYSTAL ' ff CHEAM TARTAR If PENANQ CLOVES v f AFRICAN if GINGER Kill 1 llprxKfet.ovtT A. HOSPE GO. Represent Pianos, Grand & Upright Messrs. Mason & Hamlin, .... , Dear Sirs: I have watched with intense Interest the marvelous progress you have been making in your beau tiful pianos. Today I believe the Mason & Hamlin fiano matchless an artistic ideal and I congratulate you on your great achievement. " (Signed) RUDOLPH GANZ. You Can See and Hear Them at 1518-1515 DOUGLAS STREET ' ; 1 1 11 Capital fi 3 500,000,00 jj Surplus&Profitsj.70a00a00j value of the service to the shipper. This In the modern euphemism for Jay Gould s statement of the way ha charged "all th traffic will bear." BREEZY TRIFLES, ; ; 1 "T understand it was a gasoline car which struck Jonesby." "Yes, and I think that is why he aeema bent on "smelling- out a suit," Baltimore American. He Would you rather be beautiful or clever? She Beautiful, I think. You see, thora are lots of stupid men, but only a few blind ones. Boston Transcript. "What made you cut that puppy's tall off ao abort?" "Economy." replied the man who goes to extremes. "Wife Insists on having a dog, but I'm determined there shall be aa little as possible of him to feed," Washington Star. They tell me, dear boy, that your , tim idity in operating your car caused a bad accident." "Yes, old fellow. The accident might be properly described as a nervous break down. Philadelphia Press. "Let me sell you the 1910 style book. It tells what will be worn, and why." "I know already what I'll wear and why. I'll wear my old olothes because I haven't the price to buy new ones." Kansas City Times. "Well, well!" surprlsedly' ejaculated the patent-churn man, who had not vlBlted the hamlet before in several months. "When did you change the name of this hotel to the 'Taff House,?" "Right after we built on that big bay window," replied the landlord of the host elry at Whlttlesvllle. Puck. The Doctor You must put a porous plas ter on the small of you back. The Lady That's Impossible, doctor. I'm going to the opera, tonight how would I look? Cleveland Leader. . "Henrietta," said Mr. Meekton, "can I . eat anything I find growing on a tree and still be a consistent vegetarian?" "Certainly." "Oh, Joy! I notice that a lot of our chickens have taken to roosting in the. woods." Washington Star. i 1 OLD IRELAND. Far hence amid an Isle of wondrous beauty. Crouching over-a grave an ancient sorrow ful mother. Once a queen, now lean and tatter'd, seated on the ground. Her old .white . hair, drooping . dlshevel'd - , round her shoulders, . , At her feet, fallen an unused royal harp. Long silent, che too- long silent, mourning her shrouded hope and holr, Of all the earth her henrt most full of sorrow because most full of love. Yet a word, ancient mother: You need crouch there no longer on the cold ground with forehead between" your knees; O you need not sit thero vell'd in your old white hair so dlshevel'd, For know you tho one you mourn Is not In that grave; It was an HluHion, the son you love was not really dead. The Lord Is not dead. He Is risen again, young and strong, In another country. Even while you wept there by your fallen harp by the grave, What you wept for was translated, paSs'd from the grave; The winds favor'd and the sea sall'd it; And now, with rosy and new blood, Moves today In a new country. WALT WHITMAN. Tested for , Strength and Flavor Freshness and strength are the first es sentials of quality spices. You never get these qualities in bulk spices, but you do when you purchase Tone Spices. Better spices were never milled. Our stocks are the choicest grown selected by experts tested again and again to insure quality, strength, flavor. No air, moisture, odor or foreign impurity can contaminate CANNON BRAND for they are sealed in air-tight packages as soon as ground and come to you with flavor, aroma, oody and strength at their best. Sold by grocers 10c. If not at year trocar': MnJ as 10c and tra cer' m hum, Wm will tmnd rmmular retail pacham mnd our took booh, " Tono'm Spicy Talk:" There are two kinds of spices TONE BROS, and "others." TONE BROS.. Das Moines, lows. tlu ctltbruttd OLD QOLDEfif COf-fES. r