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OFFICER. .
Omaha-The B Hirudins
Routh Omahfi Twenty-fourth and N.
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Only 2-rent stamps rernlved In payment of
mall accounts. Fersonal checks, except on
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porarily 'aliM" hT Tha Be
Battled AJdraaa will ba;
chaa(d a af ta mm recreated '
Now for' a safe and sane wind-up of
the congressional session.
If you will listen hard enough, when
you go out Into the. country," you may
hear the pussy willows purr.
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Did someone .suggest that firing a
Cannon 1b the bost way to make a big
noise )n Washington these days?
The MabTa7-wIndlers got varying
sentences up to two years and $10,000.
What the lawyers got is not stated.
, ., There are;' ocularr evidences that the
municipal, asphalt '.repair plant is actu-
, ally, starting)' wortf.': - Congratulationa.
JaPw
Wheh jChclrew Carnegie really wants
to get rjd of hjlt. minions he will -Degra
to endow bis libraries for maintenance,
."Done. UP brown, " remarked Com-
'mander Peary as he. canceled' his en
gagement at Birmingham. : Just a lit
tle frosted, rothelr; Pearyv .
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South. Omaha lu .having .trouble 'in
selling" its paving bonds. If South,
Omaha vere'a part of Omaha lt would
have oo'seritfus trouble ofthat kind.
And' Mil) people credited .with being
otherwise sane will continue to put up
good inoney at the box office to look at
fake wrestling matches or fixed boxing
bouts V ...7! '.V
Political' "'preferment has no ' seductive
charm for ua. A plain ' private' Nebraska
oltlien la good enough
for ui.-
-Alblon
News.
Sarnie pere. ' Itow .about you, Edgar
Howard?
Thlese'. ac cumulating railway wrecks
suggest that perhaps we were a trifle
s premature in felicitations on tho ad
vances scored iu safety of railway
travel.
It, is .ikw determined that women
shall tell their right ages to the census
taker. This is what might be called
an invasion of the. divine' right of
womatr." "" '
JcffMcS'Ifl writing the history of his
life, which may indicate that he wants
tq kncjV'.Xtiiat 4a ai& about himself be -
fore the final knockout is scheduled to
takejalace,-. ,
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It is suggesiea mat. tne rosiai &av-
lnga ban, will put a goo.d. many old
Btock)p,g t-of .existence. . No guar-
antytheirgrv that It win reduce tho
t ,i price of stoctlngs.
It might be. suggested by way ot re
Joln4e ict the man who says that eat
ing spinach makes a man ambitious
'that M. does ' even' more than that.! ft"!
usually puts a lot of sand into him.
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All thi. world lovea a lover, but it l
-noticed that all Americans love a lover
wlio wifl:buckie downandworktosuD-
.port th of . his choice.- Note:
Young Knox Is said to be making good.
,JJiv,Norrt h -teUgrams from every
atate mine antbh. Ona men from Penn-
ww Vr TJ T." kve order. "Organize the Cubans and
v fhttt' he la tha loB-lcal candldata fori
tha !eaMencjr In 1,-Unooln Star.
Acknowledge thex telegrams. " Judge
Norris, "tul don't let them turn your
hea,.. ,
It turns out that one of our new fire
engine bouses is built on a creek bed
whicb baa made its foundations defec
tlvs. i Wliy la' It that when the city or
schoql ..board, buys real, estate It
often acquires a hole in the ground
a aaoirat&raof earth on which no one
Ua would build? . ' ' ,
Crop Prospects.
AVUh the coming ef the spring days
foreBlghted folks naturally turn to the
country to see what the crop prospects
for the year may be. The "crop killer"
Is, also preparing to get busy and one
may expect to hear reports of damage
varying all the war from partial to
va1 1 T la t Vi a vnviilor thtnir onrt
the people In the farming region think
. hout It than do those In the great
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larger part of the crop forecasts come
from the country districts and vary
only as the ability of men to judge
from outward appearances.
An exceptionally large acreage of
wheat was planted last fall all through
the middle west The ground was gen
erally dry then and it was not until
almost the middle of November that
the seed got a good start. Then the
gnow came early ana nas stayed wen.
Tn. wntr was extremely cold at
1 ne Winter was extremely com at
tmeg an(j waa often feared that the
sprouted grain had been frozen. In
thJ eftatern part of Kansas and to a
certain extent In the eastern part of
Nebr,ska BOme damage has been
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"noticed In the stand of grain. It seemed
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ui uuwu ycumyo, nui m
have etarted. Yet as the warm weather
continue it seems that much of that
grain supposed to be, dead has begun
Uo Krow and with moisture will pro
duce a yield. The lack of moisture is
BQ ,ar noj. regar(jed as serious for the
snow was fairly heavy in the winter
and the cold weather kept it on the
ground. The warmer weather has now
thawed the ground out and everything
is growing. The corn crop will be put
in later and if good seed is used the
crop should be a big one. Barring un-
foreseen disasters, Nebraska and the
whole corn belt are, due for a good
year s crop, the killers to the con
trary notwithstanding.
The Simple Life for Cheap Living.
With all our efforts- to bring down
the cost of living only a few have
quietly and effectually solved the prob
lem. . Their method has been, to re
sume "the simple lif" by confining
themselves within the' limits of their
Incomes, as in the days of old, buy
with scrupulous care, practice economy
and avoid waste. People who cut their
garment according to their cloth ap
parently succeed now as formerly and
live well within average means.
According to the history books, the
old fashioned , frugality and sterling
endurance made our forefathers what
they were -the stolid reliable sons of
hard rc.e- They lived frugally, per
haps, not from choice, but from neces
slty, and they "saved the extra cent.'
The life of those good old days was
In ' many ways a trial and hardship
sickness and privation were taken as
a matter of course. The bright side
of every situation' was madv the most
"lof even though'the struggle tar ex
lstenoe became tae an absorbing prob
lem.
In these modern days of plenty, we
complain that we -cannot "get ahead
and lay up something for a rainy day.'
If our expenses seem large we think
nothing, about it and simply let it go
Americans are not apt to stop to
equalize the income and expense of the
family budget for "what we want we
usually get regardless of the cost." The
spirit of the frugality of other days
applied to ' our modern conditions
would be one way of meeting ' the
problem of the cost of living, but it is
not, flkely to. be embraced by many,
because, we live in ; a. different atmos
phere. The;simple lifo is the thing for
people with simple- desires. To travel
at high speed we must pay for the
fuel.
General Wood as Chief of Staff.
In the recent re-assignment of com-
m-ands ' "V the-army, General Leonard
Wood haB been ral8ed t0 the rank ot
cnier oi stair, as a surgeon in tne
United States Army he began his mili
tary career in the year 1886. Then by
dint of hard work and perseverance
signalized by an exceptional ability as
an executive and military tactician, he
began to rise steadily until he has now
reached the top. The career of Gen-
eral Wood has covered a wide range
of experience varying from chasing
Apaches in Arizona under General
Law ton to the organization of the
1 first civil government in Cuba. And
through it all the executive genius has
made him a leader to be recognized
Vigorous In action, with a keen under
landing of human nature he has been
backed up in all of his efforts by the
moBt energetic national character of
Ipu'r time and has forged to the front
with remarkable rapidity.
General Wood's career has been ex
-ceptlonal. It is .seldom that an un
trained young man just out of college
-for uch he was when , he began
service under General Lawton de
Ivelopg such distinguished ability in
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out of the Spanish-American war Dr
Wood.' as he was then called, became
'o" 01 ine Iim ' volunteer
caTalrr,' known as the "Rough Riders."
At tne close oi tne trouDie ne was
placed in charge of affairs in Cuba
tth the very laconic, but comprehen-
lv lnem- government. i nis ne
ald wltn 8UCQ 8k,u and thoroughness
that within hardly four years after the
ciuwi vi iuo war iuo uuuau rrpuuiiu
waa ready to try to stand alone, with
a good system of school, good sanitary
I conditions and with a modern equlp-
- 1 ment for municipal and state govern
ment, ' .''.
m It is only rarely that men have risen
orlso high. In our regular army without
the preliminary training of a West
Point education." Although the earll-
eat years of the republic saw the mili
tary leader developed through experi
ence, recent conditions show a natural
tendency to favor the West Pointer.
But whatever may be the benefits of a
West Point training the new chief of
staff Is an object lesson of the possi
bility of reaching that position though
Individual strength overcoming the ob
stacles in the way.
Fire Limits and Building- Ordinance.
OMAHA, March 21. To the Editor of The
Bee: Vou are on the rlRht track In ad
vocating enlargement of the fire llmlla, but
fire limits on paper are of no uh unless
building ordinances are enforced acalnst
vaalona of whatever J:lnd. The trouble la
that the building ordinances are suspended
by the mayor and council whenever som
big business concern, or some mnn with a
pull, wants to be favored. In one enso that
came to my attention the building or
dinance was suspended for a structure lr.
the middle of tho city because a lumbr
dealer expected to sell a bill of lumber
amounting to perhaps $200. Fire limits that
are trampled down at will are no fire
limits. ' n. It.
This communication hits the nail on
the head and demands the attention of
those who are talking about making
Omaha a city beautiful. The present
fire limits were established in 1894
substantially as they now are, and
should certainly be enlarged in view
of the tremendous growth of the city
since that time.
But while we have had fire limits
on paper, It is notorious that they too
often have been ineffective in the past
because of the leniency of city authori
ties to those who have insisted on
either openly violating the provisions
or claiming exemption on the flimsiest
of flimsy pretexts. The real reason when
traced down uncovers something like
this sale of lumber referred to or the
lease of a vacant lot through some
real estate ' agent or the owner, who
would be most strenuously opposed to
having a shack put up by his next door
neighbor, but forgets all about the
city beautiful when a few dollars rent
are in sight.
It is hien. time to enlarge the fire
limits of Omaha, but it is also high
time to stop granting indulgences to
people who want to get away from
the building ordinances.
An Echo of the Past.
If open confession is good for the
soul, one man in Omaha must be feel
tng better. During the free silver
craze no more ardent advocate of 16
to l'Was to be found in this vicinity
than Laurie J. Quinby, and yet in the
last number of a little periodical
which he publishes he has the frank
ness to eay, "It is a good thing that we
did not get free coinage of silver." Of
course, incidentally he intimates that
his former contentions have been vin
dicated because tested by what It buys
our present gold dollar is about a 50
cent dollar, but on his own theory a
free silver dollar would now be a 26
cent dollar.
.. The almost humorous part ,of It is
that some folks, who 'In free silver
days were favoring free coinage at 16
to 1 and justifying their demand on
the ground that it would raise prices,
are the very ones now who are mak
ing the loudest outcry against the
higher prices which, have come under
the gold standard in direct contradic
tion to their dismal predictions. One
distinguished statesman, it will be re
membered, declared at that time that
so long as the gold standard continued
prices would continue to fall, and that
until the gold standard was gotten rid
of it would be useless to tackle any
other problem or to attempt any other
reform.
It is, therefore, refreshing to have
man like Mr. Quinby, who is thor
oughly conscientious and always cock
sure he is right, admit that '"it is a
good thing we did not get free coinage
of silver."
Governor Shallenberger's peniten
tlary warden is also for civil service
nonpartisanship and permanent tenure
for the heads of all state institutions
although he candidly admits he really
hadn't thought of it until he connected
with the payroll through no fault of
his own except that he is a democrat
Civil service in state institutions will
come, but it will be ineffective unless
It brings with it at the same time a
board of control that Is not changed
every two years by the fortunes of
politics.
Our amiable democratic contem
porary Is again saving the direct pri
mary, which has become odious chiefly
because of the wide-open amendment
engrafted on it by the late democratic
legislature. These democratic saviors
should have saved the direct primary
from mutilation in the house of its
pretended friends, but real enemies.
A -young woman lawyer down east
wants to take her violin into court and
play for the Judge. All the other law
yers have naturally . demurred to the
action because she is a better musician
than lawyer, and they know they
would stand no show at all under the
spell of such pleading.
And now we are told by Congress
man Hitchcock's paper that Judge
Norrls' greatest mistake was in shak
ing hands with "Unce Joe" after it
was all over. There seems to be a
dreadful fear somewhere that Mr. Nor
rls may get Into the senatorial race.
When Mr. Roosevelt hears of that
bill to pension ex-presidents by putting
them on the retired list as commanders-in-chief
of the army and navy be
will doubtless say, "I appreciate the
compliment, but resent the imputation
that I cannot take care of myself."
Some of our effervescent magaaine
writers are getting their trolleys
crossed. Here is Judge Ben II. Llnd-
sey telling the readers of Everybody's
that Senator Guggenheim is not, and
never pretended to be, a politician be
yond contributing to campaign funds,
while in Hampton's magaazlne the
same Senator Guggenheim is placarded
n an article by Uen H. Hampton as
the politician of the Guggenheim In
terests. What's the answer?
In an attempt to exterminate a both
ersome rat by fire an eastern scientist
burned his barn. But Just think of
the value of the scientific discovery
that rodents may be successfully de
stroyed by fire. .
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A I.lTely Scrapper.
Philadelphia Record.
It must be said of Joseph a. Cannon that
for a man of 73 he Is a pretty husky
fighter.
eminently Correct.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Uncle Joe Cannon appears to bo pretty
nearly correct In one proposition: That a
majority rules.
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Tio Trouble Wortn'Mentlonlnaj.
Boston Htrald.
Taft says the only trouble with the peo
ple of tho Vnlted Ptates ' Is In gottlng
facts to them. As tha most travelled Pres
ident on record, and a very , substantial
fact In himself, the present Incumbent has
not had much trouble.
I'rupheta Confounded.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The experts who variously demonstrated
before Colonel Roouevelt went to Africa
that he voul3 perish from fever, sleeping
sickness and lions, all and singular, are
now compelled to admit that, while they
have known much of other things, they
knew not Roosevelt.
Colonel Hryan'a Generosity.
Chicago Tribune.
It was generous on the part of Mr. Bryan
to stand asido and permit Editor Hitchcock
to announce himself a candidate for the
United States senatorshlp, but Mr. Bryan
s so accustomed to giving up presidencies
to men who Beemed to have better claims
to them that his latest act of aelf-abnega-tlon
probably did not cost him a single
pang.
Negroes' Higher KHocotlon.
Boston Herald.
President Taft stands loyally by the Du-
Bols as well as the Booker Washington
standard of education for the negro. If the
race is to be ssgregated more and more,
and by the compulsion of necessity as well
as Its own increasing race consciousness
and pride Is to live its own life In proxim
ity to but also separate from the white
race, it obviously needs the guidance of
men "who are something more than hewers
of wood and drawers of water.
IVOTAII1K HATH DECISION.
Victory of the Corn Belt Meat Aa-
aoolatton.
Sioux City Tribune.
The victory of the Corn Belt Meat as
sociation before the Interstate commerce
committee marks an epoch. It is a date
to remember, February 28, 1910. It was a
tremendous result not only In actual ac
complishment, but in the principles ac
knowledged and precedent established. It
reduces the freight rate on hogs at 304
points and "on cattle at over 700 points,
and on sheep at over 1,000 points-
all these points in the state of Iowa. The
reduction on .hoes alone, or the putting
them back tov,uit they were before 1908,
operates a Bavlng to this Btate or over
three times ' tH Salaries of the state board
of railroad commissioners every y"ar, and,
Incidentally, it convicts that board again
for the treachery attempted.
In this litigation also, the Meat Pro
ducers' association won a fattenlng-ln-transit
rate which will effect a saving of
from 120 to $40 a car on every car of cattle
or sheep hauled In that manner. The re
duction applied, is the greatest on sheep
and. according to Clifford Thorne, the
able Iowa attorney who handled the case,
and who Is now a candidate for railroad
commissioner, this reduction amounts to
from 15 per cent to 20 per cent from prac
tically every town In the state of Iowa,
The actual money saved by this victory
exceeds $100,000 a year. This Is equivalent
to 5 per cent on $2,000,000.
But the most important thing of all Is
the complete reversal of the old method of
rate making -on live stock. This decision,
this Iowa victory, puts live stock rate
making practically upon a distance basli
that terrible postage stamp rate. The In
terstate Corrfmeree commission could not
be made to see why it costs more to haul a
car of cattle a mile in one place than it
does to haul it a mile in any other place
In the state of Iowa, or any other atate,
for that matter. The question of water
competition could not be lugged Into this
case.
This sweeping decision should encourage
the people of South Dakota to expect
something in the way of reform of freight
charges on their great commodities.
Every shipper ought to have a new map
issued by the Iowa railroad commission,
showing the old and new live stock rates.
It will make him prouder of the state of
Iowa and the character of Its men.
Our Birthday Book
Harch 33, 1910.
J. C. I.eyendecker, the artist, was born
March 23, 1S74, In Germany. His work Is
most frequently seen in the cover designs
for Collier's Weekly.
Henry Llvesey, brick maker, Is seventy
six yeara old today. He Is an Englishman
by birth, having come to this country on
the Fourth of July, 1S12. He Is one of the
pioneers of Omaha and has been In the
building and brick business here since
1S58.
Philip J. Kunz, contractor and builder.
is celebrating his forty-fifth birthday. He
came to this country irom uermany in
1SS5, and is prominent In the Builder's Ex
change.
A Cake of
Treats
Ice Cream Fudge, Eclairs and
Layer Cake are never so good as
When made with Runkel't Baking
Chocolate. It's real chocolate
twice as strong as ordinary choc
olate for it contains no sugar
fuller flavored infinitely mora
delicious. Once you try it your
pantry wilt never be without
RunkePs
Baking Chocolate
Army Gossip
Mattel of Interest O. and Back
of tha Tlrtng X.1d Olaanad from
tha Army and Wavy Baglatar.
The fifteen Junior officers of the pnrps
of engineers of the army, who are now In
the canal lone on a temporary assignment
for Instruction, will return to this country
about the first of April and be assigned
to Important public works here, still under
Instruction. This Is In lino with th policy
which has been adopted by tho chief of en
gineers to have newly appointed officers
of his corps serve for two years on va
rious projects. Of this period, one year is
spent in the actual examination of practi
cal work, with the officers In charite of
districts as Instructors. The second year
la spent In the engineering school at Wash
ington Barracks.
An order has been placed by the War
department for WO Maxim rafle silencers,
and It Is likely that orders will be placed
later for additional quantities. It is not
intended that the rifles of all soldiers will
for the pifsent be equipped with the
silencers. The first Issues will be made to
selected men of troops and companies,
probably to those whose rifles are equipped
with the telescopic sight. Tho Bllcncers to
be purchased ure of the Improved form
developed by the inventor to meet objec
tions raised by the commandant of the
school of muskelcry after tests of the first
form at that place. The repoTt of the
school of musketery was favorable to the
principle of the silencer, but attention was
called to certain mechanical defects, sucu
as inability to fix the bayonet to rifles
equipped with the silencer. The defects
have been overcome In the later form of
silencer, which, practically becomes an in
tegral part of the rifle, although removable
when desired, and which does not interfere
with the use of the bayonet. The new
form was successfully tested recently at
the (Sprlngfleld tMass.) Armory.
Some of the members of the first class
at tho military acuderny are destined to
have their graduation postponed this year.
The. question came up in connection with
a cadet who would ordinarily be graduated
In Juno, but so much punishment duty
imposed remains unsatisfied that he will
have to be continued at the military
academy and graduated after the rest ot
the class. It Is held at the War depart
ment that the date of graduation is a mat
ter which is within the discretion of the
secretary of war to determine cither as an
entire class or as to Individual members.
As a condition precedent to such gradua
tion the cadet is required to have success
fully completed his course of study and to
have fulfilled all disciplinary obligations
imposed In conformity to existing regula
tions. It has happened In the past, when a
cadet has been found deficient In a particu
lar study at his final examination, to per
mit him to take another examination in that
study at a date fixed by. the academic
board, with the approval of the secretory
of war, when his graduation has been de
ferred and made to depend upon passing
a successful examination. It lu considered
therefore, there is no objection to deferring
the graduation of a cadet who Is wanting
In discipline, as is evidenced by punishment
imposed bud remaining unsatisfied at the
date of graduation of the class.
It Is quite evident that elimination aa a
means of helping promotion In the army
has received a formidable setback and
probably much the Binie condition exists in
reference to the same proposition In the
navy. General Bell, chief of staff in the
army,, 'was originally Inclined to favor
elimination. He has since come to the op
posite view, as has beon set forth In the
hearings before the house and senate mill
tary committees. The secretary of war,
too, has belief in the effacy of elimination
which should retire army officers on a
graded scale of pay. The petitions which
have been circulated in. various places
among army officers against congressional
adoption of an elimination bill for the
military establishment have had their in
fluence at the capltol and there has been
much communicated in other ways to
representatives and senators, so that, if
the proposition emerged from the military
committees, It would meet with objection
and be defeated. More than that, the com
mittee sentiment is opposed to elimination
as It is understood in those quarters. Bo
that there Is no occasion for tho apprehen
sion which has existed among army offi
cer's of what they know to be disastrous
legislation which would prove In (he end
more harmful to efficiency in its demorali
zation of the personnel than any good
which can be Imagined of this process of
riddance.
Much Interest is taken in the action on
the part of the secretary of war in the
case of those army officers against whom
the auditor for the War department has
filed charges for deduction of pay on ac
count of the decision, adverse to them, in
the matter of exercising higher command.
As is known to those who have been fol
lowing this subject, congress, or at least
the house, has refused to cancel by legis
lation these charges Imposed by the audi
tor. No further action is expected on the
part of tha accounting officers of the Treas
ury department and it remains a question
whether the secretary of war will order
the suspension of pay in the instances
designated by the auditor. Tha present
indications are that the War department
will do nothing in the matter, pending an
other attempt to obtain legislative relief,
which is considered entirely Justified by
the circumstances. But it Is evident that
no favorable issue In that direction is
possible with Mr. Hull, chairman of the
house military committee, on record so
emphatically opposed to the measure. In
the meantime, officers who have claims
which they have reason to regard as Just
are discouraged from filing them with the
audttor In those casea where there have
been receipts of higher command pay.
This has resulted In un appreciable falling
off in claims on the auditor; and officers
who have In their careers at any time
received pay for exercising higher com
mand are confronted with the prospect thut
the suspension may be requested whenever
their accounts are ransacked in the audi
tor's office.
BRYAN' AND THR SKV.VTORSHII.
Some Observation on hat Did Mot
Happen .
Washington Post.
It Is again announced that If the legis
lature of Nebraska to be chosen this year
shall turn up with a democratic majority
on Joint ballot, Mr. William Jennings
Bryan will not be a candidate for United
States senator. Mr. Bryan is an engaging
personality. He has a large following,
and all of us must respect Iiltn for his
purity of life.
It would have proved fortunate for this
country If Mr. Bryan had been a senator
In congress tha twelve years, 1S96-190S.
There his preachments would have been
thrashed out in the thick of intellectual
and patriotic combat. It would have saved
the democratic party from some of the
chips and whetstones Mr. Bryan gave It
for fads the meanwhile, such as bank
guarantee and that other Impossibility,
Absolutely
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limiting material production by act of
congress.
Mr. Bryan has not met anyhody face to
face In debate since the Fifty-third con
gress. In the iienato he would have to
answer and be answered by men of "hard-
headed common sense." He would bo
weighed In tho balance where Clay, Cal
houn and Webster were weighed. He
would there see the process of separating
the refined gold and the base dross.
A debate between Bailey and Bryan on
some constitutional question Involving the
lsnue of paternalism Would help mightily,
and then Tom Carter might Bcrve to take
B&me of tho kinks out of Mr. Bryan's
statesmanship.
It would be well for the country if
Theodore Roosevelt were senator from
New York and William J. Bryan senator
from Nebraska.
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PERSONAL NOTES.
Percival Lowell, the Harvard professor,
who maintains that tho theory of canals
on Mars Is a correct conclusion, has sailed,
for Europe to lecture before the astronomi
cal Institutions of England anid tho conti
nent. William Carroll Reed, who was born In
Vicksburg, Miss., March 13, 1810, celebrated
his 100th birthday by registering to vote la
Bakersfield, Cal. Somebody asked to what
he attributed his health and vigor. "To
the fact that I drink only the best whisky
and smoke only tho best toUacco," Mr.
Reed answered.
Harvey Hldley, 51, a painter of Reading,
I'a., read In a newspaper several days ago
that his aunt, Mrs. Mary nine, had died in
Troy, N. Y., and left him an estate ex
ceeding $100,000. Hldley, who had been em
ployed In that city for a year,' wrote to a
law firm In Troy and found that the news
paper article was correct.
Hi A. Duncan, president of the Marine
National bank of Bath, Me., has signed aa
cashier or president every bill issued by
the bank since it was organized, forty-four
years ago. To keep the record Intact the
bank officials have on several occasions,
during Mr. Duncan's Illness or absence,
held the bills until he was able to sign
them.,
Mlsa Helen Gould gave $lfiO,O0O to the
Girls' college in Constantinople lust year.
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt gave $1,000000
for sanitary tenements, and is supposed to
have given half a million to a home for
cripples at Chappaqua, N. Y. Mrs. Russell
Sage gave $2,500,000 to schools and colleges,
$300,000 for the reltaf of aged women and
$180,000 for an industrial home at Lawrenoo,
L. I.
Seventy-fivo years ago W. S. H. Weltoh
of Saginaw, Mich., now about 90, watched
from a hilltop on the outskirts of Owosso
for the Halley comet. With him were a
rtimber of friends and relatives. They
have passed away and Welton has not
seen th comet since. But If Providence Is
kind Welton will witness a similar pheno.
menon on May 19. He now Is organizing a
party to go to the same hill with him and
see the comet scheduled for that date. H
has fifty friends enrolled. '
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WHITTLED TO A POINT.
Did you see the Oil trust's opinion of
the benefits of competition?"
"No; what was Itr
"That It is something of a pipe dream."
Baltimore American.
"That girl must think I'm niadn of
money.
"What's the matter?"
"I 4nvlicd her to a little lunch after tl w
theater and I'll bo hanged If she didn't
order pork chops." letrolt Free 1'ress.
Unwell I'm engaged to Miss Unwell.
Congratulato me, old man
l'owell 1 would. It 1 did not know that
In her case a nomination Is not equv an
ient to an election. Srnnrt Set.
"Touch one hair of that lady's head and
you will answer with your life!" said the
hero, striking a perfectly defenseless atti
tude. "Gee!" hissed the villain, "and a new
set of puffs would only cost $7. Why go
to extremes?" Cleveland Leader.
Stubh I notice your wife doesn't, wear
her MW-button gown to church now.
renn No; it was too embarrassing.
Every time a button turned up on the
collection plate the parson glanced at her.-
Boston Courier.
"The Junior partner wants to see youv
right away." announced the bookkeeper.!
"1 guess it's tho bounce for yours." f
"Nix," responded the office hoy. "Ha
only wants to find out what new players
have been signed." Washington Herald.
Haughter But I. don't intend to marry
yet; 1 want to study.
Mother Absurd: The men will only think
lens of you In the end if you know much.
Daughter Oh, now, mamma! You always
expect other men to be like papa! Boston
Transcript.
Uncle Wclby Gosh wag painting a ruda
sign over his shop door, and the neigh
borhood boys were Jeering him for his lack
of skill.
."Hoys," he asked, pleasantly, "do you
think you can beat it?"
"Betcher life we kin."
"Then beat It!" he thundered, starting
at them with his paint brush. Chicago
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THE INSURGENTS CHARGE,
Boston Transcript. , , "
Insurgents to right of him,
Insurgents1 to left of hi in,
lnsurgenta In front of hint
Volleyed and thundered;
Still In his seat he sat,
titlll Uncle Joo atood pat,
Haying not this nor that-
While tha world, wooderod. , :.
There at his lofty post '
Like some gray voiceless boa ,
While half that rabid boat i- '
itose to aery mm.
All of the long night Uinougli
There ho sat grim to View- :
Watching tho faithful fW ,
Who (still stood by him.
Stormed at by shot and arhslk
Unmoved he lot them yeUi .
Hearing his own deatb-kiuiu
Many times sounded.
Ills not to reaaon wh.
His but to sit on hlgU.
Viewing the battle lilgh
Quito unnstounded. .'
Deep In hla heart he knew
Aldrlch would sen him through,
I'ayne would be faithful, too,
Whoever blundered.
So ho Just sat there dumb,
Waiting for hWp to come,
Possibly thinking some,
Wliile the world wondered.
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