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Tins' omaiia Daily Bee:
FOUNDED fcT EDWARD ROSK WATER.
ICTOIt ROSKWATEK. EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OT CIRCXTt.ATION.
Btate of Nebraska, Dougla Connty. :
OaorreV R. Tsachuck, treasurer of Tha
Bea Publishing Ompany. being duly
worn, aaye that the actual number of
full and complete eoplee of Tha Dally,
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bea printed
during; tha month of February. J 110. waa
aa roiiowsi
1 43.1 40
tl .70
It 49.800
IT 48,80
II... 40,S0
II 49,770
14 41.M0
It... 4S.S90
tl 43,070
II 40,040
14 48,010
li 4a,ao
II 43,440
IT 41,700
II.......... 43,070
t 43.800
4S.ST0
4 MT0
1 48,080
41.T40
T.... 4UM
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it a,eo
11 44.704
II.. UM
II 4U4
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Total 1.1S9J60
Returned! eopieo. ........ ....... . ,sao
Nat total i,U.70
Dally arerae 40,4M
, OBOJvOB B. TESCHUCK.
Treasurer.
Bubaertbad In my preeence and awora ta
before ma thla 14th day of February, Hit).
AOBBT HUNTER,
Notary Public.
sjfcaertkeva learlaa; the city teat
porarily iheall kav Tata Baa
aaallee) te then. Addaeaa will ha
akaaga aa oftcm aa reaeeted.
It la a ten to one shot that the Har
vard students will call that 45-year-old
millionaire freshman "Grandpa."
It the game of foot ball aa played
in Australia is not dangerous. It
ahould travel by some other name. '
But the month of March la not over
yet. A dozen lions may be lurking in
the pigeonholes of the weather factory.
We have no Mount Etna in thla
country, but we have- Pittsburg,1 Al
bany, Jackson, Miss., and congress for
substituted
, The old adage, "Open your purse
and mouth cautiously," has not be
come obsolete, however much it may
be neglected. " '
Wanted By an English bishop, a
word which will ' completely express
ono'a feelings when be hits his thumb
With the hammer.
If the final decision of the Browns
ville affair depends on a dog, it is time
to settle the whole matter, even if we
have to kill the dog.
The statement comes from New
York that women are to blame for the
high price of eggs. What, are they
wearing eggs on their hats?
The South Carolinian who dynamited
his land Instead of plowing it la orig
inal to Bay the least, but it aavora too
much of Black Hand methods.
Of. course, no slur is Intended , in
the assertion of Prof. Lowell that the
Inhabltanta of Mara are intelligent or
ganisms, but not at all like men.
And now the state of Mississippi has
unearthed a bribery acandal Just aa
"Uncle Jim" Cordon had challenged
the admiration of the world to h(a
stats.
Tho St. Louis policemen who put
out a fire which had caught in a sky
scraper Easter hat by trampling cer
tainly had the courage of their convic
tions, i .
Now that several sailors have been
killed in explosion on the Charleston,
it is time for another long string of
magazine articles depicting the ineffi
ciency of out navy.
Captain Klein, sentenced for graft
Ing In Pittsburg, sends out Easter
postal carda bearing these words,
didn't help build the state capltol."
Ono point In his favor.
It begins to look as though fire in
surance companies as well as Ufa in
aurance companies are making a point
of examining people's pocketbooks aa
a' precautionary measure.
Omaha appreciates the words of
praise showered by Wyoming wool
men, but it would appreciate them
much more if tho Wyoming wool clip
were all marfrtted through Omaha as
it should be.
If tho dental member of the Omaha
Water board ia fully equipped to tell
ua all about water purification, why
waste taxpayers' money by Bending
1,600 miles for a representative of. the
Marino hospital?
The discussion of the queer things
about tho dog pound recalla that it la
oomo time since Omaha has had an ag
Itatlon for musiling tho dogs. If any
local dealers have an overaupply of
dog mustles on hand another conveni
ent dog scare might bo arranged.
Democratic Backsliding.
Tha Kentucky state senate, by a vote
of 17 lo 17, defeated tha resolution to rat
ify the propoad lncone tax amendment
to tha federal conetltutlon. Thua Ken
tucky la the thl'd aouthern state to throw
Ita effort agalnat thla moat equitable plan
Of taxation. Georgia first, Virginia ceo
ond and Kentucky third Mr. Bryan's
Commoner.
It is not that the throe states al
ready rejecting the incomo tax amend
ment are southern atatca that is sig
nificant, but that they are democratic
states, and by thla action are repudi
ating and trampling under foot a
plank of the Denver platform aup
posed to be binding on all good demo
crats, both aa to what It contains and
to what it omits. Certain northeast
ern states, more particularly New
York and the New England states,
where wealth is so concentrated that
the proposed income tax would fall
with added burden aa compared with
other states, were naturally expected
to oppose the amendment, but the
democratic Btatos of the south have no
auch excuse. Kentucky, however, 'has
been recalcitrant on other occasions
when It has refused to take Mr.
Bryan'a advice, notably when he trav
eled all the way to ita capital two
years ago to tell the democrats In the
legislature whom to chooBe for United
States senator. Georgia and Virginia
have ordinarily kept in line, and why
they ahould fall to accept the income
tax ia not clear.
This much ia certain, however, that
if the Incomo tax amendment is lost
it will be because of democratic backsliding.
Insurance Investigation in New York.
The vigorous investigation of al
leged insurance irregularities in New
York state by State Superintendent of
Insurance Hotchkiss la developing
much interesting material. Like the
life insurance investigation of several
years ago, it develops that a case of
securing desired legislation at the
hands of the New York assembly was
tho source of trouble. When it ia
necessary for an insurance company
to buy influence in order to gain a
hearing the company itself, although
not to be censured the less, can not be
Justly held as the only culprit.
New York state is not to be taken
as a model for civic morals, If we read
current official report rightly. A low
atandard of civic duty has been dis
covered in public service in that state
during the last few years and dis
closure seems to have but little de
terring effect The life insurance ir
regularities of a few years ago, which
were thoroughly aired and properly,
punished, have been apparently no
warning to other , companies doing
business in the state. A regular, sys
tem of retainers fees between insur
ance companies and certain members
of the legal, and political professions
have apparently obtained. The Allds
bribery case, still before thevetate sen
ate, "bids fair to be eclipsed by these
fire insurance bribery, cases. ( Every
effort possible should be made to as
certain the truth and a punishment
ahould be meted out to the culprits ef
fective enough to put. a' stop' to all
such transactions hereafter.
Mount Etna;
Tho recent volcanic activity of
Mount Etna in Sicily during the last
week has naturally caused consterna
tlon on that little island. Although
this is a very different sort of an
eruption from that of Vesuvius, which
occurred a few years ago, yet it bids
fair to do much damage. Instead of
emitting ashes, smoke, hot cinders
and sulphur, Etna ia rolling molten
rock down its slopes in great broad
atreama. acorchlng. burning and de
vastating everything in the way,
One would think that the people on
thla island would become discontented
because of the earthquakes and erup
tiona which have visited it, but, like
the dwellers on the mud flats of the
rivers Of this country, they flee for
safety when it is necessary, and- then
return again, rebuilding their houses
and places of business and go to work.
It la apparently impossible to dlscour
age them and they cling to their
homes on the island the same as they
have done for thousands of .years.
Just Vhat the earth hides deep be
low Ita surface that such eruptions
should be continually taking place ia
not known. . Sclentista have told ua
that if we were to pierce the earth's
crust for a distance of seventy-five
miles we would find rock formations
dleaDDearlng and Ita constituent ele
ments molten , or perhaps gaseous.
Some go further and say that the
eruptions of volcanoes are simply the
escape of some of the interior com
position of the earth through caverns
whereby it gains access to the out
side. But these explanations are
purely theoretical for lack of abso
lute data on which to base conclu
sions. But we do know that In cer
tain localities over the surface of the
earth there are vent-like formations
from which come destruction and des
olation and that Italy, Martinique
and Sicily, especially, have been great
sufferers from such manifestations in
all ages.
Panama and Costa Rica.
Unless pending negotiations fall
Secretary Knox will be able to per
form a aervlco of great Importance to
Panama and Coata Rica by a peaceful
settlement of the boundary line sep
arating the two countries. This ques
tion of boundary dates back over a
hundred years and has been the cause
of much trouble and disaffection to
both. There Is no Hi feeling over tho
matter now except Impatience on tho
part Of the two states that it has been
allowed to drag along for such a
length of tlmo.' The history of thia
whole question, incidentally, affords a
good Idea of the possible beneficent
application and also the limitations
of arbitration or mediation between
sovereign states.
But this la not the first time these
two states have tried to settle the
boundary dispute by arbitration.
Alfonso XII of Spain tried it in 1886
and later President Loubot attempted
It, but neither reached a permanent
solution, and as a result the treaty
drawn up at the time was mutually
ignored. Tho surveys in both cases
were Incomplete and inaccurate and
generally unsatisfactory to all con
cerned, when Panama was a part of
Columbia, as well aa since 1903, when
it gained Ita independency.
It Is rather interesting to note that
all efforts made to settle this trouble
within recent years have been of a
friendly nature, although some diffi
culty was experienced shortly after
the year 1903, when the United States
minister to Panama, Mr. Barrett, at
tempted to effect a settlement. But
conditions are now different and the
whole situation is to be placed before
the chief Justice of the supreme court
of the United States by Secretary
Knox and finally settled, maps,
records, surveys and former treaties
being the evidence used as a basis for
decision. There is little doubt but
that thla course will be satisfactory,
since present negotiations are volun
tary, friendly and are to be final.
Justice Brewer.
Tho sudden death of Justice Brewer
of the United Statea supreme court
naturally shocks tho whole country,
but more particularly the people of
thla section, because he was not only
appointed to the bench from our sister
state of Kansas, but was also assigned
to the circuit made up of the states of
the middle-west In a word, Justice
Brewer, more than any other present
member of that high tribunal, was re
garded as a representative of the great
agricultural region of the Mississippi
and Missouri valleys. He was cred
ited with being more intimately ac
quainted with conditions prevailing in
this part of the country, and with look
ing at the big questions constantly
coming up for adjudication, from a
broader point of View because of thia
fact.
Justice Brewer's great legal ability
was universally conceded, although
some of the decisions in which he had
leading part have provoked severe
criticism and dissent. Inthe famous
Nebraska maximum rate cases Justice
Brewer really formulated the decision
adverse to the state by hla preliminary
grant of an injunction which was
affirmed on appeal to the supreme
court, and in so doing seemed to show
a distinct leaning toward the railroad's
side. The law as he laid It down in
those cases, however, has . since been
Utilized to bring about more effective
railway Regulation and will probably
help'pave the way for complete asser
tion of government control. I
From another standpoint Justice
Brewer occupied a unique position on
the bench in being associated for many
years with his uncle, - Justice Field,
serving as colleagues In what is ac
claimed tho highest court of Justice
known to history. As a member of
tho famous Field family, which gave
to the world tho builder of tho Atlan
tic cable, a recognized leader of re
ligious thought and two great Justices
of the supreme court. Justice Brewer
has added luster to the name.
A paid orator Imported from Colo
rado, whose chief asset is that he Is a
friend of Judge Ben B. Lindsey, is to
be let loose on Nebraska to tell us
what we are missing by not conferring
suffrage on women. A reading of
Judge Lindaey's story of political cor
ruption in Colorado, where women
vote, would lead to the conclusion that
Nebraska without woman suffrage is
still In better condition than Colorado
with it.
The pioneers of Nebraska laid out
the roads on good liberal lines, with
a far-sighted view to the future, and
made the main roads wide enough to
accommodate all the traffic likely to be
developed. The change from horse
vehicles to motor cars ls'not only mak
ing more use of the roads, but also
using more of the roads. The orlg
lnal road-makers In Nebraska did not
commit many serious blunders.
And now we are told that the Wash
ington filtration plant cost 3, 400,000
and that when St. Louis figured on
similar" equipment the estimate called
for $2,000,000. The $6,600,000 bonds
which we voted to buy the Omaha
water plant are evidently only
starter.
Champ Clark, the democratic floor
leader of the house, Bays that in hla
opinion a nonpartisan speaker is far
off. Champ would like to be speaker
but he knows that he would have
hard time pretending to be a nonpar
tlsan.
What would interest Nebraska in
conservation more than any other one
thing would be soma feasible plan for
conserving atmospheric heat and mois
ture and delivering it on order as
wanted at any period of the year.
It U reported thai Count Bonl Is
now starting negotiations with the
morganatic widow of King Leopold
with matrimony In view. Well, any
one who could keep Leopold In lino
ought to he able to handle Bonl.
Mayor "Jim" touches a tender spot
In Lincoln when he talks about remov
ing tho atato capltol. Hero is where
Lincoln claims a vested interest con
stitutionally exempt from Invasion.
The chances are that there will also
be considerable figuring done in Great
Britain to make it appear thai the
House of Lords la to be "revised upward."
A pottery Saved ICtm.
P.altlmore American.
The aerate of the United Siatea has In-d'-ed
falltn on rarlous times when the pre
siding officer of that august body had to
call hlincelf to order for aneexlng at It.
The Living; Should Help Some.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
One county In Nebraska haa In hand
127,000 for good roa'la derived from an In
heritance tax. Rut la It In order for the
living to rely on tho dead to keep the
common hlphways In order?
Shlalna; la Ileflecteil Light.
Pittsburg Dispatch. .
Hefore very long every man who wlahes
to bulk lnr?e In tho publlo aye will be tak
ing a eteamer to meet Roosevelt Then It
may become ao common that tho really
prominent man will bo the ono who stays
at home.
Cbeaty I.tahta In Eclipse.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
We are told that diamonds hava made an
other advance. But who weara diamonds
nowadays? Only one minstrel troupe re
mains In existence; the modern hotel clerk
Is a quiet gentleman anna glare and glitter,
and oven an Astor doesn't hesltata to une
paste.
Time Stretcklna; tk Perapectlve
New York World.
Tho death of the "youngest veteran" of
the civil war at the seasoned age of 62
Illustrates how far Into the paat the period
of tho rebellion haa receded. We are to
day as distant In point of years from tha
firing of Sumter and tho call for volun
teers as the country was In Jackson's sec
ond administration from the end of the
revolutionary war.
What Do You Think of Tklsf
New York Tribune.
Tha negro Pullman car porter, who.
when arrested for Speeding his own auto
mobile, said ha was In a hurry, as he had
an Important real estato enterprise pend
ing, disclosed another causa of tha In
creased cost of living. It Is to be devoutly
hoped that tips will not follow proportion
ately the upward movement in prices of
food stuffs. That would be rubbing It In,
t Back to the Vacant Lot.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Why not return to the vacant lot? Tha
idea of cultivating unoccupied urban prop
erty Is now many yeara old, but It haa
never been developed to Its full possibilities.
Potato" PIngree first popularised tha plan;
others have urged it since.
Cultivate the vacant Jots. Back to tha
soil is a good slogan. If one can get no
farther back than the first unoccupied place
of city land go there with apade and hoe.
Tho harvest comes not only In what one
gathers from the ground, but In Increased
health and a sense of satisfaction that one
haa wrested something tangible from na
ture and become at last a real producer.
CAN THIS BE MR. BRYANT
Aaaamea
Hopeful Tona
Far front
Home.
Chicago Inter Ocean. . .
The report of Mr. . Bryan's speech at
Lima, Peru, published, in the ourrent issue
of the Commoner, ia .calculated, to give the
publlo a start of surprise.
It suggests that her tha outh Ameri
can climate haa av wonderful effect on Mr.
Bryan'a point of view or there la another
Mr. Bryan who , has been managing to
conceal himself successfully from publlo
notice in this country.
It waa the most cheerful speech 1 There
waa. nothing at all the matter with tha
United States in that speech. v He said it
was a great country. Here is a specimen
of the noise tha eagla emitted down in
Peru when his tall feathers were lightly
tweaked: ; 1
There Is mora altruism In tha United
States than anywhere elaa in the world;
the people of tha United States are doing
mora In an Unselfish way for the benefit
Of the human race than any other people.
If this soems boastful, I beg you to put
tha statement to the teat and you will
find that there is scarcely a place In the
world that our people hava not already
unselfishly Invaded, with no other pur
noaa than to raise the level of mankind
and to carry help and happiness to. those
who hava been less fortunate than our
selves. Up In thla country Mr. Bryan's general
tona Is one of warning and unpleasantness.
No sooner does he appear than everybody
knows that something's wrong. It Is a
waste of time to look to htm for words of
ohaer and consolation.
Something Is not, only wrong when Mr,
Bryan heaves In sight with all his ora
torical sails bellying In tha braese, but
something haa got to ba done and done
quickly. If It Isn't, tha ship of state, re
publican institutions, humanity itself, are
morally certain to founder in a very short
time.
Now it Is Imperialism that must ba gotten
rid of at all costs if we want to escape
Instant destruction. Now it Is the croaa
of gold- that must be knocked down and
carted out before we get crucified on It.
Now It is the protective tariff that must
ba chucked overboard on the instant or
ha won't guarantee results. .
Many people apeak of him aa "Old Dr.
Bryan," because they instinctively asso
ciate him with the announcement of aotna
old and reliable or some perfectly new dis
ease which can only be cured by care
fully soaking the mind every morning and
night In tha solution he proposes.
-Why oan't Mr. Bryan give his own coun
try a little of his cheerfulness? Why re
serve all his optimism for the Peruvians,
who cannot appreciate it properly, having
had no opportunity to realise the lovely
contract It affordar Why not turn himself
loose up here some time and admit that
the and of tha republic la not eternally
bobbing In sight?
We really can't see why an orator, who
radiates cheerful patriotism down In Pertir
South America, can't do the same thing in
Peru, Inddlana,
I
Our Birthday Book
March SO, 1S10.
Oeorga W. Clabaugh, vice-president of tha
Omaha Oaa oomany and manager of tha
local gas plant, waa born March SO. 1859,
in Cumberland, Md. Ha was In tha Wyom
ing cattle business In the 80s and went Into
tha gaa bualnesa In 1H90, in Philadelphia,
coming to Omaha shortly after.
Ernest O. Harwood, of Harwood Har
wood, real eatate, with offices In Tha Bee
bulhltng, la IS yeara old today. He waa
born In Fullerton, Neb., and was on tha
road as traveling salesman for several
Omaha conoerna before engaging In tha
real estate bualnesa flva yeara ago.
David C. Dodda, railway mall Clark, waa
born March 90, ISO. at Tranquility, O. Ha
worked for Ftoooo Brothers, fruit dvalers,
and tha Deere Harvester company prev
ioua to entering tha government eervlca in
1MB.
Around New York
SUpplea aa tba Carreat af Ufa
aa Been ta tba threat Aaaertoaa
Metropolis froaa Stay to Say.
All the races represented in tha hetero
geneous population of tho Battary district of
Now York participated In the funeral of
Ttattery Dan" Finn last Saturday. There
were turbanod Turks and Syrlana, Egyp
tians with dinky caps. Chinamen, Japa,
French, Germans and Irish and a host of
Americana prominent In tha political Ufa
of tho big city. Twelve carrlogea were
filled with flowers, there were two bands,
vehicles of unknown number and marching
delegations from many socletlea, constitut
ing a throng that must hava given the
Hibernian aoul unbounded Joy on Its on
ward flight "Battery Dan" waa a char
acter typical of hla environment. The nick
name defined the territory over which he
reigned aa a political lord. His methods
wero of the rough house order, the only
kind possible In that section, but beneath
a rough exterior waa a heart that re
sponded to the needs of the unfortunates
of ail races-. - He had been a soldier In tha
civil war, a volunteer fireman, base ball
fan, a fisherman, a booster of New York,
but a knocker of tha police. Though with
out legal training, but possessing an
abundance of rough and ready common
sense, he "was appointed by Mayor Mo
Clellan a magistrate of the section in which
he lived and died. Ills doings on the bench
reflected the characteristics of tho man.
"Battery Dan'a plain, outspoken manner
of administering Justice caused him to ba
Idolized by his friends and nelghbora. Ha
always said that tho weak and oppressed
needed a friend at court, and he was
going to help them. Ha soon became fa
mous for his advice to policeman. While
many of hla actions had a humorous as
pect, it was never denied tht t ha mixed
much common sense and knowledge of
human nature with his decisions.
An underslied boy waa once arraigned
before him by a 200-pound policeman.
"What Is the trouble?" asked "Battery
Dan," peering over his glasses.
"Your honor," said the policeman, "I ar
rested this boy at Canal and Lafayette
streets for interfering with the police com
missioner's automobile. He was driving a
heavy team and tha automobile was unable
to get by."
"Horrible!" said tho magistrate. "Young
man, do you realise tha helnousnesa of
your offense?"
Sobbing, the youth said he did.
"Well," continued "Battery Dan," "hein
ous as It la, I am going to discharge you.
But I warn you that it ever again you
are brought Into court on a Blmtlar charge
I shall deal with you severely. I shall sen
tence you to tha Waldorf-Astoria for ten
days with a muzzle on. I will teach you
who owns the city."
One . afternoon when the Giants were
playing at the. Polo grounds -Magistrate
Finn, who was an Inveterate "fan," ad
journed early to sea the game. Walking
down Third avenn with his probation offi
cer, Barney O'Connor, he met some friends
of a prisoner he had held. They pleaded
with him to accept bail for the man.
While he was meditating what to do a
patrol wagon filled with prisoners being
transferred from the Morrisanla court to
the Harlem prison came along. The
prisoner whose friends had interested the
magistrate was among the number.
"Stopl" shouted Magistrate Finn,, run
ning into tha street and waving his black
thorne cane.. "Where la tha prisoner?" ha
aaked, reading the name from tba paper
that had Just been handed him. Taking the
prisoner from the van he went to a nearby
saloon, where ha announced he would bold
court. - Everyone in the saloon doffed his
hat while the accused man waa arraigned.
Then tha ball bond was made out and the
prisoner formally discharged, and the
magistrate invited everyone to hava a
drink. f-
"It doesn't hurt to do an act of kindness
to a ' fellow man when it Is within our
power," he said.
Eighty-seven poultry dealers In New York
City have been indicted for a conspiracy
to fix high prices in tho market and share
pro rata profits thereby obtained. They
are charged with preventing competitive
dealers from obtaining stalls In the mar
kets to dispose of their produce. The ac
cused poulterers are prosecuted under the
provisions of a state law aimed against
unlawful combinations in restraint of
trade. The trial is likely to be an eye
opener for persons seeking first-band in
formation as to the Inoreaaed cost of living.
According to a verdict brought In by six
men sitting as a Jury before Justice of the
Peace James H. Belethe, In Morrlstown,
N. J "damn" is not an oath or a "swear
word," such as Is prohibited fcy the vice
and immorality act of New Jersey.
Surrogate David Young, who was on trial
for saying that Mrs. Nellie FItaherbert of
Dover "talked Ilka a damn fool," acknowl
edged ha had used the expression, but his
counsel Insisted that such an expression
waa not swearing. The Jury agreed with
him and acquitted Young.
Mrs. Fltzherbert testified that she was
in Mr. Young's office In Morrlstown re
cently to get a copy of a will in which
she was Interested. She read the copy, and
told tha aurrogate that-n was not a true
copy. He offered to bet her a dollar that
it waa a true copy. She took the bet and
put up her dollar.
Tho copy was compared with tha original
and it waa shown that in the copy the
Word "not" waa left out, completely alter
ing one of the provisions of the will. She
won her bot.
Later Mrs. Fltzherbert vlsiud Mr.
Young's office again and taunted him upon
losing the bet. She told him that he "was
an ngni, out in tha wrong place.'
became angry, and aald:
"You talk like a damn fool."
Ha
Mr. Young said that he had great prov
ocation, and merely wished to add em
phasis to an assertion. Tha expression was
merely an adjective lptended to convey
tha Idea that Mrs. FItaherbert talked not
only Uke a fool, but like a very big fool
like very much of a fool. He did not mean
tnat she was a condemned fool.
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They If Oraw,
Baltimore American.
According to experta government seeds
are getting batter. No longer do ououm
mB vuiuo up wnen aquashea were
expected, and no longer does tha beet
make its appearance when tho carrot was
looked for. It la safe now to plant gov
eminent com without getting barley or
oats and Uncle Sam's graaa seed no longer
produoea weeds. Thla will ba welcome
nawa -a those who go to congressmen for
ineir seeds.
'Everybody Loalagr,"
New York World.
According to ona of tha heads of the
racaing trust, pack era' proflta hava de
clined beeauae of tha higher price of meat.
as far as can ba discovered everybody u
losing and nobody gaining by tba Inoreaaed
coat. Tha altuatlon would ba Gilbert lan If
it were not eo distinctly serious to con-
aumars
fj f iiUitiau BAKED FOOD,
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fresh, good, Wholesome,
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PERSONAL NOTES.
An English witness in a local court ad
dressed tha magistrate aa "your lordship"
and the magistrate ordered htm to "cut
that out."
If the United States authorities at New
York aucceed in convicting the maccaronl
smugglers, thoy will probably feel like put
ting feathers in their hats.
Dven If the Now York heiress who Is ad
vertising for a aoul mate were to find him,
tha chances are that the authorities would
not let him out of the asylum.
A Pittsburg grafter Implicated sixty of
his pals, because after his conviction they
refused to provide for his wife and family.
Ha now doubts that there Is honor among
thieves.
Chief Weather Forecaster Moore boldly
classes the ground hog as a fakir, while
John T. Roberts of Darlcy, Pa., defends
the shadow prophet as a sure thing
that la, as sure as the official weather
forecast for March 4, 1909. That man Darby
la an offensive knocker.
Both Low will be tha new president of the
New York Republican club, succeeding
Robert C. Morris. A committee appointed
by President Morris to help welcome Mr.
Roosevelt includes Attorney Oeneral Wick
ersham, Henry W. Taft, Senators Root and
Depew, Timothy I. Woodruff and William
Barnes, Jr.
Lee Lynch of Masan, Okl., who weighs 320
pounds, Is the baby of his family. He Is a
clerk in a general store conducted by his
father. It Is said that when measuring
cloth Lynch does not make use of a yard
stick, but simply stretches the goods across
the top of hla trousers, it being just a
yard from one suspender button to the
other.
Mr. Rockefeller doesn't have to save up
money Just because ho has promised to en
dow the biggest foundation ever. He has
given $50,000 to the Georgia School of Tech
nology In Atlanta. The gift Is made with
out conditions, but it is understood that
Mr. Rockefeller would be glad to have It
used In constructing a building for the
Young Men's Christian association.
Moonlight larks are nearly as perilous
to married women in Kansas City as joy
rides and hotel suppers. A watchful horse
doctor came upon his bettor half and a
strange man snuggling under a park tree.
The carving act was omitted because tha
strange man saw the horse doctor first
and didn't wait to exohanga greetings.
But an up-to-date coiffure waa badly
mussed In tha subsequent proceedings.
Pittsburg; and Ita Grafters.
Philadelphia Record.
Pittsburg shows a disposition to do Its
full duty, and this Involves tha punish
ment of the glvera as well aa tha takers
of bribes. In a prior scandal the city sent
railroad president and a banker to the
penitentiary, and it will fall far short of
Its duty If it shall not send half (a dozen
bankers to prison for making a purse of
$102, D00 for councilman In consideration of
getting the city deposits.
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POINTED PLEASANTRIES.
"What are the degrees of a stingy man's
married life?"
"I suppose they nre matrimony. " parnl
mony, testimony and alimony." LtuHUnora
American.
Stella I wouldn't marry tho best man on
earth. -'
Knlcker Itave I t J you to? Harper's
Bazar.
"Here," solemnly ald the Bostonlan,
solemnly ald the Bostonlan,
Varren fell."
pllod the gentleman from Cht
Ing a speculative eye up anCr
perpendicular of Bunker Hill
uoneraj warren leu.
"4r.?,f VArtll.iH Ik. vaii
cago, runnlr
duwn the per
monument. "Mum have been a swell sub
ject for a moving picture act" Puck.
Teacher of Bible Class Why were
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego cast
Into the fiery furnace?"
Small Boy My papa says It was because
they were Insurgents." Chicago Tribune.
Evangelist Young man, you are on tha
road to hell!
Reprobate Glad I ran across you on this
line. Aro you going or coming? Cleveland
Leader.
"Judging from the way you play whist,
I would say that you are a democrat."
"Why so?"
"Because you always do the wrong thing
at the right time for your opponent."-"
Judge.
"My son, do you ever think of providing
for a rainy day?"
"Sure, pop; I never forget to get a rain
check." Baltimore American.
Judge What do you do during tho week?
Witness Nothing. .
Judge And on Sunday?
Witness I take a day off.
Jut) e Oh, 1 see. What salary does the
city pay you? Llpplncott s.
THE WONDER IS.
Baltimore Sun.
The wonder is that all the wor:0.
bo good and sweet,
The captains and tho kings who rulu, the
people that we meet;
The trouble Is, we want so much we can
not feel content
With Just the portion of the dream that
unto us Is tent.
The wonder Is we cannot see beyond our
narrow strife
TV... V f I, hn.nl..a hlnm I. a ,
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fills the vales of life;
The trouble Is, we do not care to kneel
and look around us.
Upon the living lovelinens with which tha
, i days have bound us.
The wonder Is we take our walls of care
for all that Ilea '
Around us In the world that. lifts to wide
and starry skies;
The trouble In, the selfish will that burns
us and consumes us,
While everywhere the light of love in vain'
with lovo Illumines us.
The wonder la that in this world we've
heart for anything,
Except to ilHten and to learn, whllo gray
Grief folds her wing,
And muHlc chimes, and tinkling rhymes
and fairy bells awake
The hearts of love that give and take for
sake of lovlng's sake.
The trouble Is we do not know how much
of goodness goes
Updh the tide of teeming Ufa that round
leaps and flows;
With beauty here and beauty there, and
God's Impartial will
To save us harmless from the hate that
haunts and hounds us still.
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