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Notary Public Sabserlber leaving- the eltr tem porarily ekoald kT The Bee walled to them. ' Address will be) My, but it must Africa nowadaya. be lonesome in A few arrests for overspeedlng are again almost past ade In Omaha. ' ' If true that the bookworm enters the body through the feet, the remedy must be to wear your shoes. It seems that Old Man Winter has not yet gotten out .' of the habit of lingering; In' the lap of spring. The, necessity of living to be 100 years old to die poor is felt by Dr. Pearsons and only a few others. Mr. Bryan $Ul- soon ie home, and then we shall get the new census: of real democrat ijy the process of elimi nation, . ' Another ordinance to regulate bar bers and barber shops la In lncnbation. Thought we, once had a state law gov erning the barbers. , "Coming election in England means a hot time." Yes, and the coming of another event will not serve to cool the atmosphere any. Perhaps Mr. -Bryan will suggest a play for change of luck by substituting the llama for the donkey as the official emblem of the party. The pace la telling on the colonel at last. He had slowed down till he was only one hour ahead of schedule In getting into Vienna. The Chicago Inter-Ocean complains that a neighboring county has bor rowed Cook's gallows and has failed to return them. Electiocute him. Omaha real estate continues to change hands at steadily advancing prices. An upward real estate market denotes confidence in the future. Dr. Hyde's trial is stopped because of the illness of Dr. Twyman, a state's witness, but It Is a safe bet that he is not the only alck physician in that case. Why this dispute between New Or leans and San Francisco as to which shall have the Panama celebration? Both cities will celebrate when the times comes. That Is so, as the Chicago Tribune suggests, a goat might have eaten Dr. Cook's brass tube on Mt. McKlnley. In which case the doctor should be given another .chauce. i Ten statewide or larger conventions are booked for Omaha during the next three months,' : and more ' a-comlng. Omaha' fine (acuities as a convention City are Just beginning to be appre ciated.. The official organ of the Antl Saloon league expresses confidence that the democrats will have the ' county prohibition plank in their platform, because "the leading men" of the party have given this assurance. Do you hear that. Mayor "Jim?" Do yon hear that, Edgar Howard? aaaaaaaBBBgeaBaSBBaBaaaBvaBaaBBBM , According , to th state auditor's compilation, premiums paid for fire Insurance in Nebraska last year aggre gated over $3,500,000. while the losses paid totaled less than, $1,500,000. The fire insurance business roust be con tributing to the high cost of living, and there is no protective tariff on In surance policies, either. Spirit of the New South. The spirit of the New South was well reflected In the recent thirteenth annual conference on education held et Little Rock. While Robert C. Ogden, as president, and a few other northern men. are active In promoting the work of the Southern Education board, the south has practically claimed the movement as Its own and Is monopolizing its development. Under the Impetus of this organization the south has systematized its educa tion until it partakes much of th nature of a campaign. Through Its Instrumentality the south Is address ing Itself to Its real problems with a denniteness of purpose and a sober ness of zeal thit are yielding the best results In city and country alike. Those back of this propaganda recognize first the fact that the south Is pre-eminently an agricultural coun try and that it has acquired all the industrialism it posseeses only because and by virtue of its agricultural re sources. Therefore this educational campaign proposes at the outset to bring to the soil the trained minds of the young men, who mar work out the destiny of the south as nature Invites. And for the women it offers Instruction In the plain duties of home life, thus setting in order elements for a better future than could be promised under any other system. The Southern Education board does not ignore the proper place of the classical course, but it gives greater emphasis Just now to the need for agricultural colleges, where young men, and women, too, may learri how to handle the greatest resources at their command, the resources of the farm; how to till so as to produce the best crop, the relative merits of the crop and soil and the science of making two blades grow where one grew before. ' Backed by the best men in all walks of the south, this effort la believed, to have derived fresh inspiration, strange ly enough, from the remarkable ex ample of Booker Washington, who has led the people of his own race In Dixie back to the soil for a new start in life Science of Good Roads. Oood roads may not, in the strictest sen bo of the word, be classed among the modern innovations, for Rome had Its Appian Way and' its paved road skirting the Circus MaximuB, and some of the great thoroughfares of Caesar's day still remain to remind us that we are borrowers of the past." But gradu ally in the United States people are coming to build better roads and the mqvement has acquired., a foothold which promises substantial progress from now on. V. Rapid transit, the automobile, the Increase in traffic and population are all factors in promoting the good roads cause. "People are no longer content to waste time and energy and money on Cumbersome ' highways when that same limn and energy and money may be saved by having modern thorough fares. It has been a matter of educa tion, this good roads movement, and It has . reached the stage of develop ment where new forces are being en listed. In Texas the State Agricultural and Mechanical college has created a chair of good roads and Texas Is not far in advance of some other states, for after all, its action is but Indica tive of what others are doubtless lead ing up to. The good roads movement is becom lng a tremendous factor In bringing together the country, and the city, in identifying and unifying the interests of both." Oood roads lessen distance and reduce time, bringing the urban life into close contact with the subur ban, an object not only to be desired, but actually to be accomplished If we are to' make the most of our social and commercial advantages for a strong, united people. Make the Indian a Man First. Friends of the Indian seem to be reaching the conclusion that the red man has been fondled too much as government ward. Any other theory at this stage of history would obstruct further aboriginal advancement. If the Indian la ready for the enlarged privileges of citizenship he is ready to know that before he la an Indian he Is a man. When Francis E. Leupp was Indian commissioner, he used to say that It was a mistake to regard the Indian as a white, man in red skin. . But even Mr. Leupp was wary of pressing the significance of this truism upon the Indian's attention. In all his admin istration he drifted steadily away from the false doctrine that th wuy to help one who Is down is to pity him Nobody ' expects . the young Indian to put off his' feathers and paint and fit Into college clothes without some dls comflture, nor because he holds a Has kell or Carlisle diploma to startle the world with his erudition. But what is expected is that he shall recognize the import of being educated or the significance of graduating from col lege. Unless the school has taught him this It has tailed In its mission Outside the province of governmen tal aid private individuals have a duty toward the Indian. That is to im press him with the realization that he Is no longer an object of curiosity but a man with serious responsibilities The picture of the Indian as a clga sign or wild west novelty belongs to another age, or else the laws enacted for his beneiit are all a travesty. Peo ple of the west understand this plainly and so do the higher grade Indians many of thtjra occupying places of conspicuous importance - in business and professional life.' These men re sent any other interpretation of thel their person! responsibility along with rldens Omaha on the Basinets Map. The trend of modern Industry is to do business on a big seal through or ganization reaching out, If not over the entire country, at least over a large territory. In nearly every line of trade success In business, whether conducted by one centralized concern or by many, de pends upon the volume of transactions, nd volume Is attained by spreading out to all markets. The big industrial corporations bat the whole country districted with cen- ral sales agencies and special rep resentatives at the main distributing points, and the number of such ranches, or depots, is constantly in creasing. . One of the best signs of Omaha's In ustrlal progress is the increasing recognition which this city is receiving from the big corporations that do busi ness throughout the country, and find Omaha a business center which they cannot afford to negleet. While we must continue ready at all times to encourage Independent enter prise, at the same time Omaha's grow ing Importance on the business map as a location for branch houses and rep resentation headquarters is more than gratifying, and here, too, as is bo often the case, the more we have, the greater la the attraction for others to come. We believe the day is not far distant when Omaha will be on the branch- office list of practically all the great Industrial corporations that do busi ness in this section. Ventilate the Schools. The open air school has been tried In Boston for years with success and n Chicago on a email scale and now Cleveland and New York are taking up. The plan is along the same general line of other Innovations that recognize th value of fresh air to the weak lung or delicate body and it ha much to commend it, but whether it 1b necessary as a last resort is still open to some doubt. Th question arises here,' has everything been done to make the school room sanitary? In many cases the answer must be In the negative. Too little regard for the health of the child has been apparent in the erection of the average school building, though It is not bo much the case in th structures that are going np today. Th importance of correct ventilation has become bo generally recognized that school authorities are looking out for it more In the build ings where the men and women of to morrow are being educated. It I also highly necessary to. have teachers who fully recognize this value of fresh air and who will look out for the bodily - health as well as the mental development of the child en trusted to their car so large a part of the time during Its growing period. the most critical stage of Its life. The ordinary requirements of school rou tine are severe enough on childhood without denying plenty of fresh air to breathe. The State Railway commission has appointed ex-County Commissioner Ure to make the valuation of Omaha terminal property for' incorporation into the physical valuation of all the railroads In Nebraska. An lndepen dent appraisement of the railway ter minals here should give u data to be used as a check against the assessment put on this property by the county as sessor and Stat Board of Equallza tlon for th terminal tax, and every one will concede that Mr. Ur is com petent to do a good Job. After making such a great noise about its 5 per cent occupation tax 6n the franchlBed corporations. It 1b a grievous spectacle to see Lincoln back lng up and practically exempting .Its traction company from taxation by re ducing Its tax to ony 1 per cent. If this had happened in Omaha we would hear all kinds of talk about undue In nuance and graft.' But saintly Lin coin can make th street car company such a handsome present without even complaint from the poor taxpayer! who foot the bill. Writing in th Commoner Mr. Bryan tells about attending a fashionable charity entertainment In Peru, where th audience could be easily mistaken for an audience in New York or Chi cago, and adds: This Is Lima; but in the mountains the bant-footed Indian trudges along the trail bearing his back-vending- burden and sup pressing hunger with a cocoa leaf, while the untamed savage still roams through the forests o tha .Montana section. Evidently, the contrast of wealth and povery is even stronger in other countries than it Is in th United States. The Nebraaka Stat Board of Op tometry hag Its optics on- Governor Shallenberger, whom it accuses of nul lifying th optometry law. If w re member rightly, it was Governor Shal lenberger who, a few months ago, said something docidedly uncomplimentary about repudiatora and nuUlflera. The visit of the papal nuncio to Colonel Roosevelt tn Vienna must carry great significance and reflect a feeling of satisfaction as to th Vati can's attltuda toward the recent em barrassment Into which it was misled by the unwise diplomacy of an 'm po litic adviser. Rival In Tore. I Talent. St. Paul Ploner Preaa. The kaiser speaks Rnglleh with the same facility- that he speaks German. Colonel Rocttvelt speaks German with the same facility that he speaks Engllah. There Is rothlng on record, however, to show that haracter than that which heir privileges of citizenship. good listener In any Reaapmtlnn at Shearing;. . Philadelphia Record. In consequents cf the postponement of the trust decision by the supreme court the spring season for shearing lambs has been actively resumed in Wall street. Lopsided Kajaallty. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A cold storage witness asserts that the cost of food la equalised by th refrigerat ing buslnewa, A comparison with former price shows that the equalizing In lop sided somewhere. All Hands Orab tke Tall. fit. Louis Republic. "Harmon, Hearst and harmony" was a ticket suggested at the Jefferson day ban quet at the national capital. The tall of that ticket has a mighty promise of strength at any rate. Tni-nla Powi the Coatrta. Chicago Record-Herald. There are Indications that the governor of Tennessee believes It to be more Im portant to stand by his political friends than to safeguard the commonwealth by upholding the authority of the courts. 1 loyalty's l.nrla Moment. . Springfield Republican George III had soma sense, after all. The British historical manuscripts com mission has published a letter to that mon arch from a loyal subject advising that he offer a dukedom to the rebsl (Kneral George Washington. The king knew better and declined to act on the suggestion. Mora Time, More Money. San Francisco Chronicle. There Is talk in Rene of trying to get the Nevada legislature to extend the neees sary time of sojourn by the divorce colo nists from six months to one year. It does not appear clearly whether this Is because Reno is becoming tired of would-be di vorced persons or because It thinks mors money would be spent there in a year than tn half a year. Honors for Labor Leader. Springfield Republican. John Burns, TAJ. D. (Oxford). 8uch is the announcement In England. The degree will be conferred this spring. The uni versity thus follows the lead of the con servative press in paying- unstinted tributes to a man who came up an advanced radical of socialist tendencies from the wage-earn ing class, only to become th strongest foe of soclaltstln schemes in the liberal cabinet While th born aristocrat, Winston Church Ill, has steadily grown radical and demo cratic, the bora democrat, John Burns, has steadily grown conservative. , And both are doubtless sincere. -.. , . l Honors Aboat Even Philadelphia Press. . It was a notable coincidence that Mr. Roosevelt and Mr!,1' Bryan should both on the same day have been distinguished by having streets named In their honor. Mr. Roosevelt was made an "honorary citizen" ef Porto Maurlxlo, on the Italian frontier, and the new Onore drive, tha pride of the town, was thereafter Christened "Roosevelt boulevard." Mrr Bryan, after one of his magnetlo discourses at Hatlllo, Porte Rico, not only had a street named after him, but was further perpetuated in th public memory by the ' Installation of a "Bryan school of cltlsenshlp In an Institute of which be laid the cornerstone. . . Walking Will Bo Oood. ' New, York Bun... Hon. ' Champ Cjark. burned his ships be hind him when h( told the house, tha touch ing story of th ''"poor,' barefoot- ragged boy hoeing cortfon a rocky hill In' Ken tucky," who vowed that he - would be a lawyer and go to congress, although he had never seen a lawyer, a court house or a congressman. There are some people who would be' happier If they could put them selves In the place of the barefoot boy with only a hoe and an appetite, but that Is another story.- What wa wish to point out la that If Mr. Clark should become speaker of the sixty-second congress there will be no automobile for him unless he pays for It out of his salary of 112.000. 1 TIME TO FORGET. Pertinent Snarsjestlona for Repnbllcaa Factions In Congress. i- New York Tribune. . A ..majority ol.'the house of represen tatives may have been actuated more by petty malevolence than - by. any burning passion for economy in denying the speaker tha use of an automobile at public expense. The country will be disposed to think that a certain consideration due to the office of speaker' has been withheld because of dis satisfaction with' the, policies pursued by the present Incumbent. Mr. Cannon says that personally he does not cars In the least whether congress supplies him with an automobile or ' not, and that he has never wanted such- a perquisite provided. What hurts him is that the house should seem to show a disposition to expose him t petty annoyances.' The thought of being baited to make a holiday for the galleries fills him with pardonable Irritation and leads htm to express his feelings at times mora plainly than' political discretion war rants. To appear to be a poor loses puts a politician at a marked disadvantage, and Mr. Cannon has undoubtedly suffered In public esteem because of the openness with which he has displayed his chagrin over the termination of his absolutism. He and soma of his closest assoolates have failed to catch the real significance of tha revo lution of last month. They think that somehow party authority was Impaired and flouted, when merely a change has been made to tha method by which party au thority Is exercised. Many repreaentatlves who have grown up under the old order and have looked to it for recognition In the distribution of power. Influence and per quisites felt no doubt, that the capltol rocked on Its foundation and the Goddess of Liberty tottered when soma of tha speaker's powers were rudely cut away. But these uneasy statesmen' were Inter preting their own fears rather than those of the public. Tha voters do not care very much after what model the house of repre sentatives governs Itself. They want rs aults, like tha redemption by the party In power of Its pledges to the people. They grew weary ef " "Cannonlsm" because It seamed that one-man power- stood in the way of free and Intelligent party action and a vigorous effort to enact progressive legislation. They have no special grudge against Mr. Cannon personally, but they gladly put the system which he represented behind them, and they rightly deprecate now a disposition on his part or on part of his friends to fight over old battles and revive old grievances. The Insurgents In the house of represen tatives have, on tha whole, shown a mors rational spirit than Mr. Cannon and his followers. . Tbey have dismissed tha rules contest aa settled for the lime and have gone to work to accomplish tha legislative tasks before the party In congress. Presi dent Taft has pointed out that tha party has more than enough on Its hands to keep It occuplod for the next two or three months. It must "make good" or be dis credited, and every republican represen tative should give his undivided attention from now on to meeting the wishes of the president and the country, letting differ ences over questions of Internal govern ment In the house rest until some mare convenient season. either of them language. Hark, From New Tork World. What Imp of political perversity Inspired Mr. Bryan to drag the free-atlver Issue out of It grave thla time? The democratic party Is getting on Its feet again. Tha country shows a disposi tion to forget the democratlo blunders of the past In an earnest desire to rebuke the republican party for Its broken promises, its reactionary leadership and Its alliance with privilege, plutocracy and high pro tection. In atates like New Tork. New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota and kansas tha republican organisation Is shot to pieces. In congress the fight between regular and Insurgent is mora bitter than the fight between republican and demo crat. The shadow of the Big Stick hangs over the republican party, and the Return-From-Elha club Is holding nightly meet ings. There la a chance of electing a dem ocratic house of representatives In tha fall, of increasing tha number of democrats In the United States senate and of electing democratic governors In various states now republican. Including New Tork. For tha first time In years republican politicians are seriously considering tha possibility 'of a democratlo president. But along comes Mr. Bryan with th cross of gold, tha crown of thorns and tha heaven-born ratio to remind the country of ISM and 100. In his Jefferson day letter ha seises upon one of Mr. Taft'a excuses as vindicating the Chicago platform and all the lS-to-1 folly of two disastrous defeats: "But there Is another Item of news which has Just come to my attention. President Taft in his Lincoln speech at New Tork on February U, attributes present high prloes mainly to the increase In tha production of gold and tha consequent enlargement of the volume of money. This unexpected indorse ment of our party's proposition in ltss. Washington Life Boms Xatarssttag Theses and Ooaattloas Observed at the Jtailaa's Capital. The death ef Associate Justice Brewer and the continued Illness of Associate Justice Moody, reducing tha supremo court to a working farce of seven mem bers, draws national attention to the phy sical condition of tha elders of th court, Chief Justice Puller and Associate Jus tice Harlan, and their younger associates. Tha Waahlngton correspondent of the Brooklyn Eagle wrltea on this point: "Chief Justice Puller and Associate Justice Harlan are the most venerable looking members of the supreme court Bach la 77 years of ago. The chief Jus tice, while seated In the bench, ahows no more eigne f the paaslng years than he did tsn years ago. Only when ha walks are you struck by tha fact that time is enexorabla in its exactions. The chief Justice's step is slow and feeble. "Justice Harlan has declined physically during the last year in a way to give eerloua alarm to his friends. Especially has ha lest In weight. He Is fifty to sixty pounds lighter fhan h was twelve months ago. His cheek bones are high and his faee haggard, while his great shoulders aiv steeped and his figure ha taken en a gaunt appearance. HI tone and manner show no loss of mental vigor. "Justice White carries his burden ef years gracefully. -He Is twelve year tha Junior of the chief Justice. Justice Me Kenna gives one the Impression of being frail and In delicate health. Ha always haa keen so and Is one of those wiry kind that seem able to stand most any thing. Justice Holmes Is remarkably wall preserved at tha age ef i. His calm, , serene, countenance Indicates a mind that borrow no trouble. "Justice Day In 61 and seemingly as well as when he was a member of the McKlnley cabinet Justice Iurton, aged IS, la a robust appearing man, who looks as though he could still stand a great amount of hard work." Ordinarily the front row of seats In th United State senate are tha most desir able In tha aenat chamber, particularly during debate on an Important piece of legislation, sayfe the Washington Tlmss, One of the exceptions to the rule Is when Senator Heyburn ef Idaho arises and launches off into a speech of consider able length. Senator-Heyburn Is very large, the largest man In the senate. In fact. He likes plenty of room whan ha addresses himself to weighty affairs of state and ha always gets It Tha senator him self Is one of those favored with a seat In tha front raw. When ha begins his speech ha Invariably stands at his desk for a few momenta. Hie next move is to roll his chair aald in order that he may turn easily and direct his remarks to senators at hi rear. His chair goes bumping Into the ohalr of the aenator sitting next to him. The senator unconsciously pushes first one chair and than another until he haa them rolling hither and yon. Senators In th front row begin to g't restive when they see a big piece ef mahogany furniture rolling In their direction and pretty soon they move te safer quarters. Senator Heyburn, ob livious of the departing senators, but realising that there are more e.npty chairs to be moved, keeps on mtvlng them. After he is wsll Into his svch ha has a clear track, all of the 'ront row chairs are vacant and ha parades back and forth, stopping now and then to pound the deak of a senator In th sec ond, raw by way of emphasis. Senator Heyburn, by the way, dis likes tha word Insurgent He can hammer away at a proposition brought out by a republican committee s hard as aver It was hammered by Senator Dolllver. Cum mins, or La Follette, but he does not want hla criticisms labeled Insurgency. Hia protests against provisions of certain bills ara tn the way of enlightenment and If the senate refuses to be enlightened, all well and good, be votes for the bill as the republican majority wants him to vote for it. The difference tn the personality at ths Taft boys and tha Roosevelt boys is quite as marked aa la the gap between the methods of their distinguished par ents. Whsn the Roosevelt boys were home everybody knew It. They made the great corridors of the White House re sound from attic to baaeroent with noisy demonatrattone, Tha Taft ohlldren take their pleasures more moderately. Robert has gone back to college but Charley lingers in Waah lngton. He slips around the White House and through the executive of floes In a quiet shy way and dlaturbs no one. Charley Inherlta from his father a smil ing, beaming countenance. His father has nothing "on him" when It comes to tha Taft smile. Matthew Stanley Quay, the great repub lican boas of Pennsylvania, has been dead several years, but the Influence which he exercised here while In the United States senate la still sufficient to cause the re tention every four years of Mrs. Llzsle the Tombs when wa demanded mora money as the only remedy for falling prleea, Is very gratifying. How valuable that admlenlon would have been to us If It had been made during tha campaign of that year, when tha republican leaders were denying that tha volume of money . had any Influence on prices and asserting that It did not mat ter whether we had much money or little, provided It was all good! "Wa may now consider the quantitative theory of money established beyond dis pute, and proceed to the consideration of other questions." Thus Mr. Bryan Indorses Mr. Taft's de fense and helps him to acquit the republi can party of all responsibility for the In creased cost of living. I f tha advance of prices Is due to tha greater volume of money, then It is clear that tha tariff Is not to blame and that the trusts have been wrongly accused. It makes little differ ence to tha consumer whether the Dingley schedules were revised down or up, tor the production of glod Is not affected by the Payne-Aldrlch tariff. Mr. Bryan says In effect that tha In creased production of gold has resulted In tha vary eoonomio condition that he was trying to bring about by means of free silver, and that tha Increased cost of living therefore vindicates tha wisdom of tha democratlo party In 1896. If this be true tha higher cost of living ought to be ac cepted as a great democratlo principle. An inspiring way of opening an opposi tion campaign! A Joyful method of ap pealing to the confidence of tha country! A convincing scheme for making tha voters believe that tha democratlo part is to be trusted and th republican party Is not! Mr. Bryan deserves a place In Mr. Taft's cabinet. Ha could chase republicans back Into the party faster than Mr. Wlcksrsham could read them out Baldwin as postmistress at Canton, Miss, Mrs. Baldwin's term Is soon to expire, but there Is every probability that she will be reappointed. Senator Penrose, Quay's successor as boss In Pennsylvania, will see to that. Before Quay died ha re quested Penrose to look after Mrs. Bald win's Interests. Penrose regards the re quest as a legacy left to him by bis former colleague. Quay started in Ufa aa a country school teacher In Madison county, Mississippi. He was a boarder In tha home of Mrs. Griffin, mother of Mrs. Baldwin . This was before tha war. Ha waa taken III of typhoid fever and for several weeks was near death. Mrs. Griffin, with the assistance of her daughter, nursed him through his sickness. Afterwards Quay returned to Pennsylvania, but ha never forgot the kindness of those with whom ha lived while In Mississippi. The war came on and Mrs. Griffin's prop erty was destroyed to some extent, and she and her family suffered aa did many of the families In the south in those days. In later years Senator Quay learned of the difficulties that had overtaken his friends. He went to General Walthall, then senator from Mississippi, and said that he would like to do something for Mrs. Baldwin, the daughter. "If you fellows will let me alone." he said, I will have Mrs. Baldwin appointed postmistress at Canton." "Wa certainly will let you alone." re plied the general. He knew that otherwise the appointment would go to a republican "Tou have her appointed and we will see that she la confirmed." , So the appointment waa made. That was Jn 189ft. She has. been reappointed twice since then, and probably, by virtue of the legacy left to Penrose, win soon receive her third appointment. The autograph industry In the United States senate la In a slump. Tou csn get a complete set of senatorial autna-ranha ninety-two In number, for 5. Any of the Dngnt, hustling Caere bova of the mmm will undertake to fill an autograph album for you for this amount Ten years ago auch a collection of names would cost $10. ihe pages say that the most difficult auto graphs to obtain ara those nf Senator am rich and Senator Root The former is usually too busy to be scribbling his name Indiscriminately. Senator Root seems to have a prejudice against gratifying the wnima or autograph hunters and It is only when he Is In rare good humor or absent minded that he will sign. . A Clan for Joy Riders. Buffalo Express. . A drastlo law by a California county pro vides that automobiles must stop when signaled by drivers of horses and that when they are fined informers oan collect part of tha fines. But the speed maniacs have only themselves to thank for the turn legislation is taking against tha motor Mr. It has proved such a menace In the dis regard or the reckless ones to life and limb that the publlo Is crying out for some pro tection from the law. Our Birthday Book AarU 1. ma. Paul Le Long-pro, the famous flower painter, waa born April It, 1S65, at Lyons, France, but now Uvea In a country home near Los Angeles. He Is one of the lead ers of the movement for emphasising mod ern art aa preferable to Ihe old masters. Clarence A. I'errow, tha noted Chicago lawyer, la fifty-three. He has been con nected with a great many famous cases, ths last on being lit Moyer-Haywood trial. Ha waa alao one et tha big gun speakers against prohibition In the recent vet and dry fight In Uncoln. Ccarlee M, gvhwab. ihe steel magnate, was born April 11. 111, at Williamsburg, Pennsylvania. He was associated with Mr. Carnegie before becoming head of the United States steel corporation on Its for mation, although slues retired. William Travers Jerome, until recently tha fighting district attorney In- New Tork, Is fifty-one. Mr. Jerome had a unique ex perience In being elected flrat as a demo crat and re-elected aa an Independent, beau lng the Tammany candidate. C B. Liver, president of ths C. 13. Liver company, dealing In butcher supplies and bar supplies, was born' April 18, 18til, at fcarne, Hwltserland. He came to this coun try in 1171, and has been in his present bvslneas here In Omaha since 1&S2. II. N. Wood, stats agent of the North British Mercantile Inaurance company. Is Just fifty-two years old. He Is a graduate of Tabor college, and haa Just finished twenty-five years In the service of his Insurance company. Mr, Wood served one term as a member of the Omaha school board. LeRoy Toung, In the coal and feed busi ness on Sherman avenue, Is oelebratlng his birthday today. He was bprn In Wiscon sin. William B.. Clark, manater of ths Mid land hotel. ls thirty-nine. He was born In Kansas City and came to Omaha from Lin coln In 190S, where he had been in busi ness. He served as a voluntser In tha Second Nebraska during the Spanish war. Bamue! Burns, Jr., broker, officlng in the New York Life building, was born April JS, 1876, right here In Omaha. He studied at Dartmouth college, and has been dealing la commercial paper, stocks and bonds since Ui03. Ferional tfoten. i! in A former Kentucklan, who djy In Texai lemvlng eaM.Onn, norHe.1 on a farm tel his boarit. He knew where to cut expensol In order to let his Wealth accumulate. Although 90 years old, Jamea ltervei Lawrence, an employe of the Ontario 'a Western Railroad company In Mlddletown N. T., spent his birthday at his accus tomed labor. He Is hale and hearty de spite hla great age, and hope to round out a century of activity. A bank exclusively for the use of women has been opened In New Brldtre street, Hlackfalrs, London, with Miss May Bate man as manager. ' The venture started, with 400 transferred customers. The bank c a tors to women of limited means, as well as for women of property. It appears that the I1M.000 given anony mously to tha Academy of Science for the promotion of the atudy of tha Hungarian language In other countries oame from the Count and Countess Rsechenyl, the pronunciation of whose name could prob ably not be Imparted to the world at large for ten times the money. Bequests amounting to tllO.MK) to feW?) and Institutions In PlttsfleJd and tlroat Barrlngton and a gift of nearly 1600.000 to the latter town for tha ewtahlishmont and maintenance of a hospital there are con talned in the will of Mrs. Mary A. Mason of Great Barrlngton. filed In the probate) court in Plttsfleld, Mass. A Missouri congreaaman name of Cou drey has Introduced 200 bills this session. One la to regulate the Washington clocks; another, to prohibit the formation of a Washington laundry trust; another, to make It illegal for ' Washington women to stick long hatpins Into or throurfri thalt hats; another, to legalise Sunday bet ball, golf, etc., In Washington and Its suburbs. A living, moving picture of the "eternal fltnass of things" whereat Phlladelphlana sit up and take notice, is a "speakeasy," arranged by "a soft, low-voiced woman." A New Tork policeman weighing 30O pounds, who whs bounced for being "too stout" Is again holding down the Job, a considerate court having found the accusa tion "too thin" to hold him. Among "the finest," chestlness below the belt helps to balance the upper part 18 IT WORTH WHILE f Example of a Pennrloas Saver W'ao Left a Million. New Tork World. An old confidential clerk in a banking house has Just died, leaving an estate of between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000. all saved out of his wages and acquired by Invest ment. Far from being a difficult feat this Is rather eaay. Any bright boy who fan cies such a career can repeat it Suppose an office boy of 1 has In two years saved by pinching self-denial 100. He can loan it at legal Interest on good personal security or invest it to yield t per cent. In the former case if the yield la kept reinvested It will grow to $3.K by the time he Is 76; in the latter case to 13.100. But the boy keeps on saving. His wages are raised from time to time, and as his second, third and succeeding $100 come more quickly, each in turn is set on Its way to grow Into thousands. At 36 he has a salary of perhaps .2,600 a year and eaves $1,800 of It or more. The savings of that single year, kept invested at legal interest, will grow to $20,000 in forty years. But already he haa many other dollars at work for him or rather for hds unloving heirs. As his salary grows he esvee and invests more, and still more. Probably he will see frequent chances of profitable usury. But he will never take a risk. He la a faithful and trntworthy though not bril liant employe. He does not become dis sipated nor gluttonous and so haa no use for doctors. His employers appreciate him and he coins their appreciation Into more living, growing gold. Of course he never marries. He spends nothing on enjoyment or self-culture. In the end he dies a lonely death, and from the famous will case that follows the law yers profit mightily. There are probably a few boys In New Tork today who will do this very thing. It is in them to do it But Is it worth while? LAUGHING GAS. 'WftJl thAf m. rnmnMmnlBrv hannnmr attended?" 7 ' " "No," replied the statesman. "Compli mentary banquets have gone out of style. Banquets are now given for the purpose of roasting things or people of whom yuu disapprove." Washington Star. "Pop. tell me something." "Yes, my son." "I hard somebody uv the nth.r ,t. that such-and-such a railroad haa bet!, milked." "Well, my son?" "Is that what thev have nAwnntrh - for?" Ualtlmore American. 'We don't use wine as a beveratre vau know, Mrs. McGarvey," said Mrs. La pa ling: "but it's good to have a little of It lu the house for medicinal purposes. Ypu know how grateful I am for tlie boli-i.! you sent over the other day. To thank you in words would be merelv a work nr super-Irrigation." Chicago Tribune. "Very appropriate, wasn't It. for that bunco steerer to crown his new bouf ua witn a glided dome? Why was it appropriate?" 'Becauxe it was buili of s:old bricks." Washington Herald. "fioctor. have you and the consultltw physlclaiiH decided what is the matu-r with me? "Not yet." "But I heard you balloting thla morn ing." on. that was onlv a straw vote." Louisville Courier-Journal. Sunday School ' Teacher Whttt la your Idea, Tommy, of a "wol d In si aeon' 7" Tomy Tucker Its the word pa uses when he wants to ko golfln' and haa to go and start a fire In the furnace instead, -Chicago Tribune. "No, I have never experienced that ftel n a of dread which attacku a man when . on hla way to visit the dentist's." How do you avoid hi "I have tne dentist visit me." Cleveland Plain Dealtr. The Canvasser Is the head of the house in .' Mr. Weak Mh! speak low; 1m the hesy of the house. Life. Thought of Fat Folks. S. K. Klser In the Record-Herald. And thtit Is she! How time has flown! I once thouKht lire could not be sweet If she weie not my very own Ah. how I grevelfd at her feet! Twas In the springtime that we met; Btteet April blossoms decked her htr- In fancy 1 ran see her yet, superbly sum, sumimeiy fair. I Kined upon her and forgot ' 1fc That 1 had ever loved before; 1 asked her to be mine, and thought When she dtcllned, that I no more Ml,tht ever love or hope or strive; Alas, that lime should treat hr .t Her charm all gone at thirty-five t in uugiuy giaa she answered no. ' KHK. And that Is he! Alack-a-day! 1 seem to. har him tjlt-adina- still: How hopelessly he turned away . tits aiamai aestiny to fill. It iffUu. n.A n . . . . k . I . . a klm n.ln . . - ,,,w.if V,F ftiw J '.ut. maldtn-like. mv urlef I bid: I funded he would come ana In The foolish fellow never did. He knelt before me where We atood, I honored him for doing that; He could not knett now If he would, , L Because he has beuoine so rat: 'y What cruel cliantis (line has tviouxrht! . His hair la guni Vhls sight Is dim; t How fortunate th f I am not r'orever coupled up with luml