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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.
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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
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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.
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