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f 1 THE BET;: OMAHA. MONDAY. MAKCII 121. 1D10. The Omaha Daily Beg. POUNDED BY EDWARD ROSE WATER. VICTOn ROSK WATER, EDITOR. . - -4 Bntered at Omaha po4floe ha'second rlasa matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dully F (Including Rundav), per wek.lS Pally Fee (without Hunday). per wk tftn Ially H (without Sunday), on year..MW Ially P and Hunday. on yer 00 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Pvenlng Bee (without Fnnday. per week Evening Ke (with Sunday), per wek...JO? Sunday Be, on year Saturday Bee, one year 1 Address all complnlnts of Irregularities la delivery to City Circulation Department OFFICES. Omaha The Ben Building. South Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. Council Bluffs-IK S-ott Street. I,ln-ola-M Utile Building. Chlcaro 1M Marquette Building. New York-Rooms 110M102 No. M West Thirty-third Street. Washington 7 Fourteenth Street N. W. . CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to newa and editorial matter ahould ha addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal nrdet payabto tn The Bee Publishing Company! Only l-cent itampa received In payment of mall acrounta. Personal checks, em-ept on Omaha or eastern earhange, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. . Btete of Nebraska. Douglas County, "S.i Oeorra B Tsschurk, treasurer of The lie Publishing Company, being duly aworn. aaya that the, actual number of full and complete replee of Tha Dally, Morning. Bventnn and Sunday Bee printed during tha month of February, 1910. was aa follows; 1 43.140 II 43.m t 43.B0O It 49.30 1 43.279 IT 49.8B0 4 49.979 ' It 4B,0 I ,. . 43,00 "II .V 49,770 ,. 41,740 t 41.M0 T 4a,Bl tl..... 4&.S30 1 43,080 . II 43,670 48.S10 tt 43,040 10 4fl.M(t. 4.. 44,610 11 43,700 It 43.M0 II 43,100 . 24 43,440 It 40.100 " 27 41.700 14 3,30 II 40,070 Total X,a,fiM Baturned coplea.,.. OM Not total .1,18S,70 Daily average 40,403 aaoaaa b. tzschuck. Treaaurer. Subscribed In ray presence and sworn to before ma Uila Ilia day of February, 1L. KOli&KT HUNTER, Notary Public rrlkera Iea-lasi tha eltr teas orarlly shawl have Tha Its tailed to tfcaaa. Address will h thaneta as eftea aa reanlcil. It Is also about time for the street sprinkling wagons to emerge from win ter quarters. Dr. Cook Is due to- land In Now York on April 2. Better hurry up and com a da earlier, doctor. Speaker Cannon says he 1b not a czar and more than that has proof that will convince any fair minded person. Paulhan gets $24,000 a month for flying, and,' Judging from the reckless ness of his work. It Is worth every cent of It. ' The auto scorchers hereabouts are Starting the season more recklessly than over. It is up tcrt.he authorities ; to make them slow down. By the' way, the chamber of the United States senate Is not the only place where a niche for a bust of Theo dore Roosevelt has been located. If it is true that an elevator has been installed In St.' Peter's at Rome, it is time tor some one to connect up the Sphinx with .the wireless telephone. The promise of Dreadnaught battle ships 60 per cent larger than they are at present makes the economy program of the nations of the world look pretty sick. ...... And now, the fire insurance com panies are ou the boards for a little exposure and explanation. It is the turn of the life companies to have the laugh. That letter which took thirty-five years to go from Philadelphia to Texas certainly displayed a lot of human nature in putting off the "inevitable scorch" as long as possible. Governoit Odell of New York may know when ho is. politically dead, but just the same ho is kicking almost hard enough to shove the Hon. William S. Bennett into the race for governor. Governor Sballeaberger is beginning to hedge' on county prohibition. He will be for it on all fours by the time Mr, Bryan gets county prohibition nailed down in the next democratic state platform, if not sooner. Senator Bailey of Texas hopes that congress will sit until August, but that is not very patriotic, and it is really selfish. It may b cooler in Washing ton during dog days than it la in Tex is, but thaf Apea not help the rest of them. A;.rrrrr; . . .. , Sewingn buttons is . not a , wifely duty In-Japans f ot there are none to sew. This is also a very old-fashioned duty hero in America and is only done by the "slaves of proud and domineering ' man," according to di vorce court recorda. " Returning from Texas and Okla homa, Governor Shallenberger tells what tremendous- prison populations those states have. Nebraska will chal lenge comparison with any of them for the small proportion of its lnhabl tants dwelling , within penitentiary) walla. Tha prince regent . has promised China' a ' parliament In, five . years, .Things have been moving slowly in China for several centuries, but from the waythoy- are go lug now, sine first thing the prtnee regent knows he may t. eliminated from the rules, cum nil ttee with crowd of loud and' yellow lnsur gents wound wo - and going' like an The 2Text Move. The stirring events at Washington have focused all eyas on the capttol and the whole country waits for the next move on th congressional chess board. The question presents whether the alliance between the Insurgents and democrats will be maintained In making up the membership of the new committee on roles, which, will be vested with the duties of a steering or sifting committee. Congress in each of its branches is a complicated piece of mechanism for which the new committee will be ex pected to serve as safety valve and gov ernor. The resolution provides for six members of the majority party and four members of the minority party, and the real question will be which Is majority and which is minority. The various votes would seem to disclose a division Into three groups the regu lar republicans, the Insurgent repub licans and the democrats none of which alone constitutes a majority. Insurgent republicans and regular republicans, through tbefr leaders, have both been professing loyalty to the Chicago platform and the presi dent's legislative program. If they are sincere in these professions they will get together with the president and redeem the pledges on which all of them were elected. It is.by redemption of these pledges that President Taft in sists that their republicanism must be tested. If the. new rules committee helps to bring about the speedy enact ment of the laws which the president has recommended conforming with the republican platform promises, the revo lution In house procedure will justify itself. ' But if it only makes chaos out of order, destroys party cohesion ' and overturns party responsibility, it will make impossible the record of achieve ment which Is expected. State Conservation. ' State conservation congresses have been held in Missouri and Minnesota and similar meetings are soon to. be held in Nebraska and Texas. The movement for state co-operation in the conservation of natural resources is now well under way and more tangible progress may, be looked for. The gathering of the governors at the na tional capital on Invitation of Presi dent Roosevelt was without question most unique, and from It has come a wholesome enthusiasm for far-sighted and patriotic effort, looking to the preservation of the heritage of the future. The preservation of the natural wealth we possess and a healthy frugality in its appropriation to meet the needs of our physical and social life Is an object worth striving for. , Few countries on the earth are more highly endowed by nature than is the United States. Situated In a tone in which the vegetable kingdom has its moBt perfect' development, given a topography unparalleled for Its ar rangement of mountain, plain valley, rainfall and drainage, enriched with minerals and precious metals to a de gree , almost incredible, thla,( country offers wonderful opportunities for exploitation, and these opportunities are by no means of the past, much as we have neglected to guard our treas ures wisely. Under the Influence of the conserva tion movement the people are more clearly comprehending the situation. The farmers are being awakened to the waste of soil values Incident to the old-fashioned methods of farming. The lumbermen are Interested that the forests may not be wantonly demol ished, and even mine owners are more solicitous not to despoil the coal' and mineral deposits. -The states must have a laboring oar In this work,, for they not only have exclusive control within state boundaries; but are also more closely in touch with the local conditions and the people who must be enlisted In it. Money for Missions. The work of raising money for for eign missions, as it is being carried on by the Laymen's Missionary associa tions over tha country, has assumed tremendous proportions. Where churches gave hundreds of dollars In former years tiey are now giving; thou sands. Where laymen heretofore gave almost nothing, except through the churches, they are now giving large amounts willingly and in some cases jubilantly. It has been a source of wonderment, to the churches and to the laymen themselves, that the collections are really so large. The result Is that the missionary work of the world has never bad such financial backing vs at the. present time. . Missionary work has for many years been looked upon' by business men as a sort of to-be-tolerated effervescence simply because it was a work of the church and giving a lot of Impractical people something to do. But this last year has Bf$n a great change of senti ment on this subject among hard headed business men, who are awaken ing to the actual work being accom plished in the missionary field. The money spent annually for this work aggregates millions of dollars, and the amount being poured in to tha treas uries for the work is increasing every day. In China, India, Japan, all parts of Africa and in the Islands, of the sea self-sacrlflclng young men and women are working for what they believe to be for the good of humanity and for civiltatlon In general. That the work they are doing is acknowledged as practical Ir demonstrated by the splen did recognition accorded the Laymen's Missionary movement. The increase in the endowment of missionary work foreshadows a great Increase, la-missionary activity. The woik in the slums of our great cities has been developing to a remarkable degree, but the greatest work done Is In the foreign field. It Is also a signifi cant fact not to be overlooked that the mission movement Is better organized and better generalled than ever before. Coit of County Charities. According to the official report, tax payers of Douglas county contributed last year approximately $90,000 for poor relief and care of the county's wards. The Items which make up this aggregate are as follows: Charity and donations 113.974 County store, Omaha 8.W1 ' County sore, South ?maha J.1I0 County hXspltal 4H.8M County plWstclan I.41S Soldiers1 rclef 9.252 Total fS8,54 In addition to this, money spent on the probation officers and Detention home should, at least In part, be charged up to charity, and would bring the figure up over $90,000. The total of tax collections for both state and county purposes for the year was $536,532, so that It may be said In round'nurabers that one-sixth of the taxes collected by the county are paid out for charity and charitable institu tions. We are not prepared to say that thlB is an excessive amount to be devoted to these purposes, nor that there is any flagrant diversion of the money in tended for the unfortunate and needy to those who are not entitled to such relief. But it is a question whether the taxpayers are getting the best re sults out of the county funds which go for charity. The county store, for ex ample, in South Omaha, which cost the taxpayers $3,110, used up $799 in sal aries, rent, telephone, stationery and printing, or 33 per cent for adminis tration. The county store In Omaha does not show up quite so badly, and it is Impossible to figure on county hos pital maintenance on the same basis. It goes without saying that it is the duty of the county to take care of the indigent sick and the destitute in county institutions and to tide over poor people oppressed, with temporary afflictions, but our whole charity busi ness should be modernised and sys- temlzed. For the money we are de voting to charity we are entitled to reasonable assurance that It is prop erly fulfilling its function. Chancellor Day Again. After keeping under cover for some time Chancellor Day of Syracuse uni versity has broken out again In a brand new place. This erstwhile cham pion of John D. Rockefeller la vielng with Senator Rayner.of Maryland In delivering the funeral oration over the remains of the constitution of the United. States. He sees in the calling of representatives and senators into conference- at the White House an en deavor on the part of President Taft to dominate legislation and to dictate policies and crowd congress off the map. The president may be trying simply to get something done, but that fact Is lost sight of, because, according to Chancellor Day,-his action is only a stepping stone to a condition which will send the constitution and the god dess of liberty to the "demnltlon bow wows." The chancellor evidently had to say something consistent with his former utterances and y the obse quies of the constitution seems better suited' to his temperament than anything else, at least just now. It does not seem to, make any difference that President Taft was seeking simply to get the various ele ments of his own party together in order to keep faith with the people. A little review of the facts, and of our history, would show that President Taft is not the originator of a presi dential program nor of this method of pushing it. The .president is a party, under the constitution, to every meas ure that goes on the statute books! When the tariff was up Mr. Taft was criticised for not Interfering more vigorously, and now Chancellor Day would have him sit back In the dis tance waiting motionless for bills to come to him for approval or disap proval. In this matter Chancellor Day will have fewer people to agrea with him than be had in his defense of out law corporations. Give the Soldier His Bights. A measure is before congress mak ing it a misdemeanor to discriminate against persons wearing the uniform of the United States. It should pass,' and doubtless will. The immediate occasion for its introduction is the rule of cer tain theaters In the larger cities against the admission of soldiers in private uniform. The United States has spent years elevating the standard of its army and it has achieved flattering success. The young men composing the American soldiery will average up mentally and morally with the young men of most any pursuit of life and surpass them physically. Why then permit anyone to discriminate against them? Why deny them any right or privilege ac corded to any other respectable citizen of the country? It would be a strange government to tolerate such contempt for its dignity, and insult to its de fenders. The government that is negli gent of the rights of its own soldiers could never expect to maintain a de cent personnel in its army. Congress, in all probability, will waste little time enacting Into law this measure which has been submitted in each house in twin form. And when congress does act ita action will be the best kind of object Uson to- the- young soldiers, of the government's sincerity, and to the other fellow, of Its determination to stsnd by its own. It is proposed to encircle the busi ness srea of Omaha with a street rail way loop. The Idea is attractive in theory, but no one has yet been able to rope In the business section of a grow ing city like Omaha tightly enough to make sure that It will not break through the bounds. No one can draw a line on the map of Omaha today en circling the business area and be sure It will hold good even ten years hence. The democratic World-Herald has the nerve to quote again the Denver platform pledge on postal savings bnnks. Every democrat In the United States senate, but one, voted against the postal savings bank bill, even after several of them had during the debate publicly declared, their Intention of voting for it. Just wait and see how the democrats vote when the bill Is up for passage in the house. The retirement of General Morton from command of the Department of the Missouri elicits genuine regret among the people of Omaha, In whose public and social activities he had been mingling as If permanently Identified with the city. Although retired from the army, General Morton's future will always be a matter of deep Interest and friendly solicitude for Omaha. Before the taxpayers of Omaha are put to the expense of a special election to vote on bond propositions the ques tion should be put ad to which of the projects, if any, for which bonds are to be asked would suffer in waiting for the regular election this fall. To war rant a special election there should be some urgent object to be achieved. New York fire officials insist that if Sodom and Gomorrah had had mod ern fire departments they could have been saved. Just a little bit late In the day to propose such an Innovation as that, and then if the stories told of those two cities are to be believed, it is a very good thing they burned. The local organ of the democrats already accuses the insurgents in con gress of being "weak-kneed." That's rich! As if people had completely for gotten the defection of Fitzgerald and his fellow democrats which saved the day for "Uncle Joe" at the commence ment of the session. Report now has it that Count Boni la to marry another American heiress. To put It mildly; a few "noble" foreign sons-in-law are really worth more In putting the "Kibosh" on these tainted millionaire fortunes than all the law courts and Uncle Joe- Cannon fights in history. " "Owing to the, mild winter in Canada the fur crop has: been small and next winter the women will have to pay twice as much for furs," says the Phila delphia Inquirer. A mistake there. The men will have to pay. twice as much for women's furs next winter. If Mr. Roosevelt Is planning to go to Cheyenne in August he should by all means be impressed with the desirabil ity of maklngr Omaha a stopping point either going or coming. Monopoly th Limit. Indianapolis News. Competition may be, as the Standard's counsel asserts, what General Sherman called war, but monopoly Is even mora so for the defenseless consumer. ' Plotnraaqna Burtomqoery. St. Joseph Gazette. If you read Cantrreusman Hltchoock of Nebraska's paper you will have ob served that his announcement of' his can didacy for United States senator occupied the space usually allowed for the car toon. Rndlus. a, National Scandal. , New Tork Tribune. It is gratifying to note that the Naval committee of the House of Representatives has favorably reported a bill for raising the wreck of the Mains. It outfit to be enacted promptly and an end put as soon as possible to a national scandal. Shakespearean Myatery BanlahedU Louisville Courier Journal. Prof. Wallace of Nebraska university has established the fact that William Shakespeare was once a- star boarder. Perhaps he developed his facility for slinging English in the course of his efforts to cajole the landlady Into nourish lngf him praperiy. A Spectacle Worth While. Sioux City Tribune. Colonel Koonevelt stood locking at the "Great Sphinx" which for centuries untold had remained motionless of lip and mute of tongue without reflecting upon the skill of the maker, and turning to tha reporters who were clamoring for a first word, placed over his mouth two fingers, which said more plainly than words, "When the sphinx talks, I will." Brilliancy of Brevity. New. Tork. Sun. Representative. Henry W. Palmer of Pennsylvania continues to make the short est speeches In the house at Washington. On March 11. he achieved his masterpiece, ejaculating "Lots!" when the Hon. Champ Clark asked during consideration of the legislative, executive and Judicial appro priation bill what the counsellor for the department of state (a new office with salary at 17. WO) was going to do. Mr. Palmer did not amplify. He never insults the Imagination of the- house- by unneces sary explanations. Payroll of ta Steel Trust. Philadelphia Ledger. The United States Steel Corporation represents so large a volume of production that its reports are always significant of general industrial conditions. It is inter esting to note In the report for 1UU that the averagei number of persons employed by the various concerns included In the corporation Increased by about IV per cent, and the amount paid In wages by 24 per cant over 1903. The figures given show an average of $729 paid to eatrh employe in 1W8 and S774 in 1909, an average increase of about 6 per cent. While these are only approximations, the large nutn ber of employes concerned, 196,50Qc given them some significance. Around New York. Klpplea on tha On mat of life as Seea ta the 6reat Amarloan Metropolis front Pay to Say. Tha oldest and one of the few remaining cigar Jobbing houses In New Tork. the A. H. Htllman company, went into voluntary liquidation laat week. Tha house was founded by Plen-a Ijorrleard in 170. end Its retirement from business after a century and a balf aa a trade leader Is a tribute to efficiency of the trust methods In abolishing the middleman. Before the advent of the American Tobacco company Jobbers like the Htllman company were distributing agents of the manufacturers tn this country and In Cuba. They bought ths output of factories and sold to the retailers. With the coming of the trust and the gradual swallowing of the factories, the Jobbers soon found sources of supplies restricted and business dwindled to a profitless point. The trust handled the goads of its factories, sold direct to the retailers and thus eliminated tha Jobbers. The .Hlllmans, though strong- financially, were forced to bow to the) grip of the tobacco combine. The profit Jibbers here tofore made goes Into the bulging treasury' of the trust, which declared a BO per cent dividend on last year's business. "The congestion of population In New Tork City Is not due to architects, but to the covetousness of property owners to get the most out of their buildings," sold the Rev. Dr. Thomas R. Sllcer in discussing "The City Beautiful." "There Is one tenement on the westalda," he continued, "which, according to the federation of churches' record, has a population so congested that If the, same rule were applied all over this city nearly the whole United States might be crowded Into Greater New York. There ore 6.000 persons living in that one block. It la a crime to. build a tenement like that." The Rev. William B. Farrell, pantor of the Church of Sts. Peter and Taul. In Wythe avenue, Williamsburg, was on a Williamsburg Bridge bound car of the Nostrand avenue line, returning from a midnight sick call on Sunday night, when three young men got on and Immediately became offensive. When the conductor re monstrated they told him to mind his busi ness. Passengers began to protest and the rowdies became so insulting that some of the women with children left the car. The rowdies continued their offensive conduct and: the priest told them that they must stop. They only Jeered him. When the car reached the Clymer street police station Father Farrell had It Held and he sent a passenger to complain to the police. When the rowdies saw that they were lllcely to get into trouble they attempted to leave- the car. The priest undertook to restrain them and they attneked him. Father Farrell, who is a tall, well built man, overpowered the three and kept them down in their- sears until three policemen came and arrested them. Good nature of a delicate sort hasn't gone out of the big town, not even In one of Its hardest parts. Park Row from Broadway to Brooklyn Bridge when the crowds are beating homeward isn't gra cious; It Isn't even considerate. Yet the other evening when a hard rain was mak ing the going particularly uncomfortable, a man in a gray overcoat showed that Park Row can ba both of these. He had" an um brella which wasn't more than enough to keep his own coat dry. He held it over the head of a dingy old. woman who didn't have a hat, and. he did It as though it was the biggest privilege he'd had that day. When' he got to tha bridge he put fier on a. car and slipped, the conductor a nickel when she wasn't looking. The members of the New York police de partment! distribute 11,640,000 to those who have- been- retired or to widows and or phans of members who died in active serv ice. A large part of that is mode up by deductions- from- monthly salaries, fines and returns from the- various permits over which the department has Jurisdiction, but about 25 per cent comes from- the tax payers. Some names on the list of beneficiaries' of this fund are quite impressive oa- the representatives of large wealth. A former head of" the detective bureau Is noted as the- possessor of at least a. couple of mil lions, but he takes his 12,600 a year from the city. Another, now chairman of the Tam many general committee, has a fortune In the six figures, but he too draws all that the law allows. A former Inspector of Brooklyn has. made a fortune. In the hotel business at Coney Island, and is regarded as one of the wesithiea men at that resort; still the $2,509 that is waiting at the end of each twelve, niontha looks good- to him. The richest man among, retired policemen la Adam A. Cross, former Inspector for Brooklyn aad Queens, who even before he left the force was envied for hia arnat, no. sessions,, but he goes- each month for his in. staiment or u,7ft" per annum. A familiar name la that of Thomas F. Byrnes; who enjoyed intimate relations with' the late Jay Gould and become wealthy. But he- does nob disdain, tha an. nual 13,008 that stands against his nam at the ola" headquarters; Curiously enough. Devery has never out In a elalm, for nn. slon, but John MoCulIagh, his Immediate successor; is drawing one of the fattest. Among the hundreds of other lleutnnanta sergeants and: patrolmen on tha list there are many- very easy in their circumstances. The widows and orphans receive more modest remembrances. The highest paid Is $300, except to the widow of Inspector Pe troslnt, who sacrificed: his, life in sealous pursuit of the Black Hand malefactors. Through: special legislation she gets, $1,080. ImBOVtanoe ot Federal. Mediation. Philadelphia Bulletin. The federal statute known, as the Krd man act, providing for mediation-in dis putes between railroads and their em ployes) has Justified, itself by many ex cellent results. Acting under It, the presi dent of the Interstate Commeroe com mission and the commissioner of labor hava brought abo.it an agreement in. the Baltimore at Ohio difficulty, and now the same beneficent means- of mediation has averted the threatened strike by the firemen on the western railroads. This resort to impartial adjudication Is far more worthy of civilised men than the bar barous result of strike, and has usually proved far mom advaatageous to both sides,, as well as to the innocent public. Our Birthday Book Mareh- 81. 1B10. Charles W. Rainhardt, the well known maganlne Illustrator, was- born March 21. 186S. He la a naxlve of Germany and when he first came to this country taught school in Texas. Peter Jensen, farmer and capitalist, was born March 21, 12. Tha aame of hia birth place la Berjansk, which is In Mouth Rus sia. Mr. Jansen located with a Msnaonlte colony in southern Nobraska. where hs made money farming, and has since mads triors money in Canadian land projects. C6 (Gas Service Wo Soli Gas. Just a word about where to get your gas lamps. Get them from us. Perhaps you think this mercenary. The profit in the sale is not our aim, we want YOU to be satisfied. Re member we are in the business to sell OAS. That's where our profit lies. We don't want you to secure a poor type of lamp, but one that will give you the most light for the least money and be satisfactory always. We take great car in the choice of the appliances we sell. We want them to LAST, to be always satisfactory so that you will always use them and always use GAS. Next we will tell you of the precautions we take to sell ONLY the BEST. Omaha Gas Company AN AGE Of STATISTICS. Sam Da Aaalnst. Philadelphia Record. King David incurred the divine wrath by numbering the people, but It is evident that he ..did It In a spirit of .vainglory, and with the purposes of a Jingo in hi bosom. He was a man of war; he con quered right and left; he smote everything around htm hip and thigh, and his motive in taking a census was deplorable That Is not true of nations In this age of statistics. They enumerate themselves and their possessions In a spirit of marked, not to say ah Joe t, humility. Every decade they contemplate acres of figures In a spirit of deep mortification. They have not Increased in population as they should have done. They blush that Infants are so seldom born. They are fighting disease tooth and nail, and yet the only business that never has periods of depression Is undertaking. Asia does not worry over vital statistics, but all Christendom is put to confusion by Its death rates. Secretary Wilson tells us that the stork rarely visits the pig pen, and James J. Hill warns us that even good seed does not spring up and bear a hundred-fold or sixty-fold, and not much of It bears thirty-fold. The recurrence of the census Is a penitential period with us and with other nations. It stimulates us to admonish every one else to have larger families and accumulate more wealth and show more progress. We have had twelve censuses, and yet It Is evident from the president's proclama tion that many of thd delusions which made the taking of the first census diffi cult, and la some cases led to violence, still survive. Mr. Taft finds it necessary to admonish the people that answering the apparently Impertinent Inquiries of the numerators is a duty of good cltisenshlp, and will not enhance the burdens of taxa tion, or lead to compulsory military ser vice, or subject any one to Jury service, on- even drive children to school. Information can be imparted to enumerators with per fect safety, and there is no occasion, there fore, for meeting the walking Interrogation marks with shotguns or even brickbats. The enumerators will not betray the con fidential Information given to them to the assessors of personal taxes. In tha taking of a census the line of demarcation be tween -state and federal factions will be drawn rigidly. ' . . i . MR. riXCHOT A8 A WITNESS. Teatlntttay Strengthens the Position of the President. Harper's Weekly. Mr. Plnchot as forester and aa the chief advocate of conservation hast, as the presi dent wrote him last September, rendered the country "Immense services," and the country- la thoroughly appreciative. Mr. Flncbot, as both witness and chief prose cutor tn tha Bollinger investigation, did hot make a good showing. He hurt him self, and ho helped rather than hurt Bal ling er. ..This also the country has seen clearly; for the country has, after all, some sense. It was a mistake to preface his sworn testtonony with a too sweeping un sworn announcement ot what be was going to- prove. It was a worse mistake to ao cuse Ballinger In that announcement of having deceived the president with three false statements ef fact, when It was bound to appear later that those three misstatements were not really Balllnger's, but hia former law- partner's, and when, as Mr. Plnchot had to admit, ha -himself knew that Ballinger had correctly stated those- very fast to the president before showing him tha Incorrect statement. It was worse attll that Mr. Plnchot should hare- had to admit further that ha himself ha4 mad three Important misstatements of fact In a letter to tha president. To ba too hot ra controversy hurts one's side. In still plainer American, It is advisable to keep one's shirt on. Mr. Plncbot'a dlBoomfttura a a witness does not, however, positively strengthen tha case for Ballinger. That Is yet to be presented, and tha country should take it strictly en its merits. The only man. whose cose before tha people is really strength ened by Mr. Pinchut's appearance is the president. He may have beea mistaken in tha general Judgment expressed la that letter of last September to Mr. Plnchot, which was produced before the committee; but the Judicial tone of tbe letter itself, tha polsa and balance of it, the mingling of kindness and firmness, make tt quite the most winning thing that has come from his pen since he took office. We believe It will strengthen htm with the people be cause wa believe, as we have Just re marked, that this country has some sense. When tho Rccipo Calls for Spico Then be careful. Make sure ol your spices. Don't take chances with spices that have tost their freshness and strength or your cooking will be flat-tasting and insipid. When spices are caiiea ior, in aiways ircsi ra use ft toil Drqs Spices H' ami mm JF famous for years for freshness, for strength, for uniformity of flavor and beat cooking results. Every particle of their fine seasoning properties is guarded carefully in milling. Then, as soon as ground, they are sealed in air-tight boxes no chance for air or moisture to weaken or cause deterioration- Tone' PERSONAL NOTES. The latest Roosevelt bust, carved for the senate, represents him as vice president, and tt therefore expresses repose. When Senator Joseph Mf. Bailey of Texas addresses the annual dinner of the Board of Trade In Worcester, Mass., next month, it will be his first appearance In New Kng land as a speaker, Josephine Preston Feabody, who 'is Mis. Lionel Marks of Cambridge, Mass., is th.i winner of the prize of $1,500 offered by one of the governors of the Shakespeare Me morial theater at Stratford-on-Avon, for the best play submitted for production at the theater. iA-splte the responsibility suddenly thriyp upon him by his father's death, youtrg VP H. ltogers, eon of the late Standard Oil millionaire, finds time to keep tip Ms Inter est In things military, and next month he will go abroad to study army methods in Germany and Great Brltstn. "The writer would not co. s to be the first to salute our returning ex-presldent us 'Bwtina Tumbo" unless prepared to feel the weight of the 'big stick,' " writes Seth Arthur Pratt to the Boston Transcript, as "one who has been there." The natives of East Africa have a way of siting up the newly arrived European and giving him a title related to some physical peculiarity. "Bwatia" means great and "Tunbo signi fies well, embonpoint. Ha hsxards the con jecture that the natives address Roosevelt as "Bwana Mlkubwa," great master, to his face and "Bwana Thmbo" behind his back. PASSING PLEASANTRIES. "What is a mud guard, pa?" "I believe It Is Intended for use on an automobile, but it would seem to fill a long-felt want of a candidate for office." Judge, "These are anything but commonplace days with all the pending labor troubles." "You're right; they sure are striking times." Baltimore American. "We waste too much. Yesterday you had beef; today you ought to make a nourishing soup from the bone." "But. it was canned beef." "Well, boll the can." Uoulavllle Courier Journal. Wife John! There's a" burglar going through your pockets. John All right You two fight it out between yourselves. Chicago News. Miss Kloker What a commonplace lot of men our congressmen are. ' Miss Snk-ker How do you knowT Miss Kli-k Ry the anecdotes the maga zines print about them. -Judge. "Why does that dorf of yours always howl when he sees me?" "Because, my dear fellow, he's rude enough to exprees what other people feel." Baltimore American. "Do you have to go through all these novels? aaked the caller. "I do," sighed the literary editor. "Doesn't it overwork your mind?" "My mind? Cireat Scott, no! It over works my conscience." "How?" "I praise so many of them." Chicago Tribune. THE PESSIMIST. A pessimistic plnhead May cause a lot of trouble. And frighten people half to death By saying that a bubble Cnntuins a million typhus germa, Bacilli and such. And he may rant and rave and tear And swear to beat tha Dutch, About the germs in father's socks, And e'en In mamma's hair. And In the water that we drink And even In tha air; Hut. trv his best, he nan not learn The bubbles all from bubbling, Nor kilt tha festive typhus germs. Or e'aa prevent their doubling. And socks and hslr he finds beyond The ootnpas of his sphere; 8o then ha gives It up at last, . And sheds a private tear. V The world movea on then Just tha aiQWf, As It has moved before . Tha pessimist stirred up some dust, Just that, and nothing mom.., But, Ho! What now? we near the cry, "A greater danger still Is luiklng in onr mldxt teday, A wait Inn ehanoa to kill." No germ la this, but tangible And pointed thing we see. Our pessimist gets hold ef It, And lauirhs In clioulUh glee. The hatpins that the ladles wear, To keep their hats cr stratum. Are dangerous, he says, to life, And ahould bs out ef date. He thinks that now hs's found a foe That he can surely down, And straight way tries to pass a bill To rule tham out of town. But Dinlieod cuunriunen will find. Without his host he's reckoned. And when the fight comes off he'll find That ne is oniy secona. For plnheads are but little things To e en with hatpins cone: Our pessimist we think has reached The end now ot nis rope.. -VBJBDEBIKA. AiaON CINNAMON HUSTAI0 SHOT PIPftR hpices are dependable always uniform always the best. 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