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'Hie Omaha Daily Hf,e rOCNDHD BT EDWARD HOKEWATKK. ' -i VICTOR liOSEWATEU, EDITOR. Kntered at Omaha postofflc class mailer. ecotid- TERM 3 OF SUBSCRIPTION.. -Ially tiricludlng Hunouy). p-r Week.15"! 1'ally ilea (without Hunday), per Mk.l( laliy lin (without 8und), on year..4wi laily H and Sunday, one year 4... IW WXIVtltKD BY CAKKIEK. Kvenlrig jin (without cuinua), pr week.ee Kvcning B (with fcunlay, par week... .10c Sunday urti 0ua year tl ' Vaturday He. ona year I- Address all complaints of Irrmulurltles lu tetivsr 10 City Circulation leprtnint. -OfFlCU.'i Omaha The Bee tiuiiuing. . fcouth Omaha Twanty-fonrth and H. Council b,ur 13 bcott Street. Lincoln tU Utile Ifillduig. Chicago 1540 Marquetta J;u'1dlng. Naw lork-Rooma llvl-Ilu II". M Want 5 1111 y-iuiiu b'.twi, Washington-,; Fourteenth Street. N. W. CORHKHI'ONIIKNCE. Communlcatlona relating to news and tectorial matiar ahould be addressed. Omaha Bee, auditorial iJepartmenu HKMITTANL'KS. Remit by draft, express or postal order eeyable to '1 1 10 H puUllehlng Company, nly 2-cent atampa rw)-ivt in payment of mail account, personal cnecks, except on winana or eauenrn -ixetianee. not aocepieo. The Eetirement of Aldrich. The announced Intention of Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island to retire at the end of Ms prennt term as United States- senator, which expires in MarcD. or next year, will cause wide spread comment and will elicit a great years snow that those of 1910 are th best, not excepting even the big yea of 1907. The one lesson of this runs bo that the railroads have conipletel recovered from the 111 effects of th t-nint buu are earning more money loan they ever did. It Is of interest uiversity of opinion as to whether his to note in this connection, because of rumination at this time Is from , the his complaint about earnings, that Mr Tiew point or trie public Service desir able or regrettable STATEMENT Or CIRCULATION. Stat of Nebraska. Douglas County, a.'. Unorge B. Tachuck. treasurer of The Bee fublisltliig Company, being- duly worn, aaya that the actual number of full i-nd complete ropla of 'me Dally, Morning. Evening and bunday He printed during the month of Warco, litis. waa mm louowa: S.7Tfl . 2Alt 41,780 i. I. . 43,660 41,500 1 43.S40 43,760 43,710 1 43,160 II 43,810 It 43,860 It 41,700 It 43,130 I 43,630 Total 4.ST0 43,110 43,030 43.0SO 41,030 43,140 42,830 42,490 42.600 43,610 48,630 41.400 21... 43,610 ..... 43,770 30..... 43,410 (1 43,700 is. . . ' i.aaa.400 Eeturned cople. ,,, 10,730 et total. .. . , ,,,, ally average.... , 43,44 okx a. TZSCHUCK. Traaaurer. Subscribed la my presence and (worn to before m tula list day of MaroO, - at. P. WAJuKk-K. Notary fublio. Subscribers leaving the city tem porarily akoala have The Bee (mailed ta tbena. Address will be changed aa often aa requested. Governor Patterson should at least disarm bis friend. '' Whisky has gone, down G cents in Ave days. Feel-it?.'!- Arbor dajr la almost upon us. the tree planting habit. Get Wonder what our old friend and democrat. "Billy" Thompson. Is afraid or? The dominating position which Sen ator Aldrich, although representing the smallest. state In the union, has at talned In matters df legislation in the upper house of congress is universally conceded. - Senator Aldrich Las a per sonality which is so strong and force ful that It commands a place of leader ship, and his long career in publlfl life and exceptional familiarity with the intricate questions of government have almost naturally, with the drop ping out or enfeeblement of the other long service senators, put him to the front and. made him practically the embodiment of the force that does things in the senate. But no man U indispensable, and the wheels of government will con tlnue to revolve irrespective of ths changes worked by time in the per- sonnel or its lawmakers. Senator Aid rich has come to be held up by the democratic opposition, and also by the so-called republican insurgents, as the agent of the great corporate interests in matters of national legislation. So far as the democrats are concerned they will not cease to charge the republican party with being a party of privilege and special interests. But whether the insurgents will find it easier , with Mr. Aldrich out of the way and get into line for harmonious party work remains to be seen. We believe that events are rapidly shaping toward republican party solidarity. and if the retirement of Senator Aid- rich and the elimination of Mr. Can non as a speakership possibility will help it along, the party and the coun try will be the gainers, although at a cost of tried and experienced leader- snip. mil ureat Northern, his leadln northwest road, shows a gain for .March earnings of $566,120, although the Illinois Central tops all the middle west roads, with an increase for the month of $816,260 Actually Curing; Tuberculosis. Eighty-two of the 161 cases sent to the tubercular hospital at Las Animas, Colo., by the Navy department, have been, cured and dismissed, according Curbing: the Cotton Kings. vvnen stock market manipulation reaches the point of closing down In dustrles and throwing men out of em ployment it is time for the govern ment to take a hand in curbing the criminal rapacity responsible for the situation. Attorney General Wicker sham has therefore undertaken splendid duty in his attempt to break the cotton pool and punish those who formed it, and he should have the full advantage of every power and facility at the command of the Department of Justice. He will need it, for ho has essayed a formidable task, one with out precedent In the annals of trust prosecution on whosu outcome hang tremendous consequences. Twenty-five per cent of the opera tors of the cotton mills are Idle today because a few men have gained con trol of the mtrket, fixing prices at will. They have already advanced those prices so far above the normal that manufacturers have reduced their output rather than buy at the exorbl tant figures, throwing out of employ ment 25 per cent of their operators as a result. It is much to the credit of the attorney general that he instituted action Immediately this startling rn formation reached him. . . Seldom if ever In the machinations of stock market gambling have as flagrant examples of speculating in staple articles of commerce been dis closed. The chief manipulator has boasted of his power and plan to domi nate the market, throttle competition and control legitimate dealers as he will, and has come perilously near making good on his vaunted defiance. The government could not afford to let this challenge of its authority go to the official report. Other cases, the report says, have been much improved unan9werel. any more than it could some giving strong hope for ultimata ,iuru l permit, sucn complete vio Don't let the census man -miss you L . . . ieei, aim nan way, ir you see him flrst, , "Back at you.' ladles," the'men can5 ay when those button-in-the-rear coats come. .' Seems strange that a Miss Hussey hould have, led . those, suffragetttes up to ine capuoi. This Santa Claus weather in April has led one man to kill himself by jumping aown a chimney. Uncle Jim Wilson's cook book is popular, but we observe that Uncle Joe s griddle is still in use. Mr. Hitchcock la not a democrat by In. rltanoe.-World-Herald. No? Only masquerading? T-. ... uo .women vwani tna ballot?" asks the Philadelphia Bulletin. Well, Mr, Taft knows of a few who do. With all the advertising It has had the North Pole still has to go some to do popular as a vacation resort, s? . . - many a woman would be glad enough to switch the conversation of the census man to the age of Ann. If a paper sack full of apples can baffle an armed highwayman, apples must he cheap, no matter how high ine price. ; v . . Up to last accounts Roger C. Sulll an had not been stampeded by Wil liam Randolph Hearst's magnanimous offer to fuse. Putting his very .. flrst. ..question. "Name of the head of the household?" will give the census, man inside lnfor- illation on who rules the roost. It ia a cheerful age, but we still need the glow of Mark Twain's haDDv humor, which ia the selfish side of publio anxiety for his welfare now. And the next day after Mr. Roose velt was mobbed by admiring Buda pest cltiiens his old friends in Wash ington were besieged by the women. It takes more, than a drenching rain to cool the Hungarian ardor for lib erty when such an apostle of freedom Theodore Roosevelt comes to town. 1 vur amiaoio democratic; contem porary is preparing to put up within two years a building to be its sew home. Good. Let us have another "pride of two continents." The State Railway commission's ex perts have discovered fl.878.77J of water in the capltalltation of the Lin coln Tractloa company. For (a! dry town that U doing pretty well. , , - The answer of the lords is that " strong and efficient second chamber Is bececsary te the welt being of the tate and the balance of Parliament" The Commons may grant that and till have Da argument, left for , the abolition k-t tt.e pret Houssl of Lords, cure. This is splendid encouragement to the many agencies combined in the warfare against the white plague and it should go far. to stimulate hope and stamp out the weak belief that the dis ease cannot be cured, a belief which. it is refreshing to observe, is steadily losing ground. Fifteen yeara ago. or even ten. years ago, men, would have received a report of such success in treating tuberculosis with the utmost incredulity if not sheer ridicule. The latlon of the rights of other people for no better purpose than the aggrandize ment of unscrupulous get-rich-quick men. ' We have too much artificial upset- ting of the law of supply and demand in our processes, of business already and we can hope for no better oppor tunity of starting back to the legiti mate basis of honest business ; than this case affords. Mr. Witfkerthani's promptness and vigor In taking hol'd of , this irritating situation gives as surance of his determination to go the systematic, organized crusade that hA been set in motion against tuberculosis 1,mlt wltn thlg Prosecution, In late years it not only effecting posi tive cures, but is accomplishing great The People and the Court, a, . f resuus or an educational character,! The resolutions adopted by the Ne teaching the people that the disease is braska State Railway commission sue within the scope of human aid and gesting to the president that he give that Its prevalence may be vastly re- no consideration to any lawyer who duced by proper modes of living. lias been the Tetained or salaried law What the people needed to know and officer of. a railroad for aonolntment are learning is that the disease is often to the supreme court vacancy, raises a superinduced by a laxness in living, lot of delicate questions. It suggests that may be easily corrected by simple that the battle between the Deonle and observance of ordinary sanitation, the railroads ia still on and that no This preventive work, the organiza- lawyer trained in a railroad 'office tlons back of this crusade, have , con- would rive the people a sauare deal on ceived to be of the first Importance, the supreme bench. It further sug Remoylng the causes, of course, will gests that the supposed leaning or lessen tne itseiihood of tuberculosis, bias of the lawyer before he eoea on and removing the causes is, after all, the bench cannot be overcome after m many cases a mere matter of every he assumes the Judicial robes, and person laning plenty of fresh air and that if there is to be any bias or lean ing it should be for the people and against the railroads, These suggestions are calculated to strike the popular mind favorably. We certainly do not want a supreme court, or any other court, packed with rail road lawyers, and the same thing sunshine, proper food and exercise and obeying natural sanitary laws. ; Railroad Earnings. The gross earnings, of fifty-three railroads, with an aggregate mileage of 85,938 miles more than one-third of all the mileage of the country-show could be said of corporation lawyers a total gain of $8,796,473 for the ,n general, but still it Is well known month of March, 1910, over the fig ures for the Same month In 1909, and ivvv ngures were on the upturn. for the total increase that month was $5,082,456, despite the fact that March of the year preceding, 1908, showed a tbat the best legal talent in the coun try is for the most part engaged in corporation work. We certainly do noil want second rate lawyers sitting on our highest bench. This leads the Chicago Examiner to loss of $9,180,000, the result of the ,ns,Bt that tb end desired is not tq 1907 trade congestion. This March In crease is the largest for any month since November,' and the most slgnlfl cant feature of it is that it is a gain oe gained by putting up the bars against railroad lawyers aspiring to Judicial appointment, but that the real objection is to the life tenure which in both ratio and amount It renrA. reakes the federal court absolutely ln- sents an advance over last year of oePenaent 01 na immune to the pres 16.61 per cent. ' Nothing In these figures Justifies the complaint of hard times which some railroad magnates are making as an excuse for raising the general level of freight rates. It Is true that most of these fifty-three railroads are in the agricultural west and south, where al most universal prosperity prevails, but since the Industrial east is also meas urably prosperous there is no reason to 1 believe that the treneral mmii would be changed downward by in cluding some of the lines in that sec tion.. These railroads do not make a practice of submitting early reports, nut me probability is that their fig. ores will go to swell the total increase. wniie me soutn is prosperous, the shipment of cotton on southern roads tor March were much smaller than last year, reaching only 65,077 bales, as against 11J.7S6 balea in 1909. This Is of interest as showing how, with the cotton traffic abnormally lovr, as a re sult of speculation, other trafflo still kept up. Western grain shipments were off for much the same reason, and yet, the general volume of traffic went on Increasing. by the blr' packing kings may help simplify the process ' of prosecution and aid In getting at the alleged meat trust, but it cannot surprlso Anyone who has ever given the least thought to the subject. The idea that these Independents were really. Independent faded out long ago. Around New York KlppUe on the Gotten ( X,lf aa Been ta the Oreet Amertoa Metropolis from Day te xaf The inaugural message of Mayor Trainor of South 'Omaha to the city council calls for greater" vigilance in the suppression of "blind plgs." Is it possible that there have been "blind pigs" In South Omaha all this time, without the AntI Saloon league calling on Governor Shallenberger to remove the South Omaha Police Commission ers? Or is the Anti-Saloon league in Douglaa county organized only to seo things in Omaha? The petitions for additional pre cincts in the Twelfth ward emphasize the fact that Omaha's population has been redistributed since the existing ward and precinct boundaries were es tablished and instead of having ap proximately equal" voting population some precincts have now from two to three times as .many as others. It Is only a question of time when thn whole arrangement will have to be re vised. Congressman Hitchcock's World- Herald is Just now engaged in the delicate and difficult task of encourag Ing Hastings, Kearney and Grand Is land In their efforts to secure capital removal, and at the same time of as suringa Lincoln that It has no sympa thy whatever with the proposal. Having spent five months studying economic and sociological conditions la South America, Mr. Bryan returns to the United States with the expert advice that the chances of the demo cratlc party are always good. Seeing Ilallry'a Show. Brooklyn Eagle. The mnn who gets up to see the comet Js too eleepy to appreciate It. . The man who Bits up to aee the comet sees two. So there you are. . ., ,.r Pat 'Esn All Out. Pittsburg Dispatch. The Nebraska Railroad' commission calls on the president to ap'p'olfit to the supreme court vacancy "no lawyer who has been railroad attorney." Would it not be fully as relative to the" prevailing: issue to exclude also lawyers who have been attorneys for any trust? Jn which cai the president might have to g-o to the law schools for hla supreme court Judges, A Leajral Vindication. Phllndelphit Kecord. A Chicago lawyer has collected a fee of 5,000 for advising a Woman that her marriage to an old and dying man of wealth would be legal. . This fee is evi dently based upon the amount of prop erty In dispute rather than upon the mount of the service.! But as the law yer In this case sued -for. tSG.OOO. and got an award of only ronf-eeveuth - of that amount, it may be asaumed that the ethic of the legal profession ave, been more or less vindicated. . .. .. . ABOLISHING PERSONAL f AX. Ineaamllty of Assessment Recognised In Several States. Minneapolis 'Journal. New York, alarmed by the fact thatPenn- sylvanla is making more rapid manufac turing growth than it Is, has taken steps to rid Itself of the antiquated, unfair nd illegal personal tax. Bills have been Intro duced in the legislature bbollBhing the per sonal tax In New York City and relieving householders and farmers throughout the state of the burden. - ' A committee of the Merchants' Assocla Hon of New York, after careful study, re ports that the personal tax baa driven many . manufacturers out of .the olty to Pennsylvania, where tfcetax does not exist. It has disorganised the blty's finances and urt its credit by forcing it to carry $30,- 000,000 of uncollectible personal tax on the rolls. It cannot be fairly levied, because it la so easy for the rich and so difficult for the poor to dodge it. Widows and orphans, whose resources are a matter of record in probate courts, have to pay the full limit. The very fact that the tax is unequal and unjust causes many other wise honest men to dodge It with no com punctions of conscience. The New York personal tax Is held responsible by the committee for much of the growth of manu facturing Interests lu New Jersey nd Penn sylvania. New York's experience Is not exceptional. The personal tax has been abandoned - by all European countries, by the provinces of Canada, by Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and soma either states. States like Minnesota that retain the tax find In creasing difficulty In collecting IL Asses sors differ In their methods of enforcing the tax, some going by the letter of the law and others letting U go by default. The Indictment, against the personal tax that It brings about great Inequalities In taxation, absurd methods of assessment. lowering of the moral standards of the community, and frequently a disorganisa tion of publio finance with resulting lower ing of publio credit . ' II sure of public opinion. It digs up the old plan of Thomas Jefferson to make the supreme Judges' terms for six years and subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of both houses of congress, for the express purpose of making the court amenable to the popular will all of which is In teresting, but hardly pertinent any move than oft-repeated Mr. Bryan's demand that all federal Judges be elective. What the people want on the su preme bench Is the very best legal ability to be found no lowering of standards no forfeiture of the con fidence in its Integrity and probity, which the court has enjoyed for more than a hundred years. The water supplied by the water company in Omaha must be pure, de clares the city council. But what is pure water? , Can the city council pre scribe a standard for the water com pany without being held to the same standard when the city gets possession of the water works? Comparisons of earnings tot s'x The confession of a so-called "Inde pendent" packer that his and other similar plants are owned or controlled Our Birthday Book The spring habit Is a most oommendablt trait so long as It Is held -down to the pos ition of servant. Once It become manter of the Individual, expectant heirs set up and nole their increasing assets. The miserly saver stinting himself for the grati fication of his kin Is the sum and sub stance of the career of Charles Ferdinand Hoffman, a clerk In a Wall street broker's office, who died about a year ago. Ills heirs are now dividing a fortune of $3,000, 000. Hoffman had the reputation among hla business associates and his acquaintances In the old-fashioned Brooklyn boarding house where he lived of never spending a dollar recklessly or in pursuit of pleasure. For twenty years he used the South ferry to and from his office, thus getting to Manhattan for the small sum of 1 cent day. Ills death was Indirectly due. It was said by a close business friend, to the Jn oreased price of crossing the Kast river for he decided to walk over the Brooklyn bridge In preference to paying the addl tlonal cent charged during the rush hour, He caught cold when facing the winds one encounters on that structure In early spring and after a short illness died. The career of this man, who made $3,000, 000 ko quietly, cannot be compared wHh that of any other Wall street man. for ho was original. Ills one motto was "Boon omy." He was an efficient clerk, and even though 72 years old when he died, he con tlnued to hold the position of head of th foreign department of Brown Bros. His knowledge of securities and of stocks was astounding, and it Is still said in the ot flees he was associated with for fifty-five yeara that he never 'made a mistake. He carefully invested his money in railroad stocks and in United States Steel, for h readily saw that the age of steel had ar rived, and he who got in on the ground floor would become a millionaire. His wealth then increased with great rapidity, but he remained content with his office- boy mode of life, remaining Indoors even on a Sunday to save money, and having for hla literature the financial reports he would bring from his offlee.- The spirit of the wild west and of the lariat stunts pulled off by "Mayor Jim' during the raid of the "home folks," nearly four years ago, occasionally breaks out In some New York youngsters. One Clarence Young, whose surname fits his age, es sayed the lariat act on an automobile, caus ing a reduction of his conceit and an ab normal swelling of the head, plus bandage, Among his chums he is known as Clarence the Cowboy, In striving to live up to the nickname, Clarence sallied forth, one day last week to rope 'em In. Ills trusty rlata was fastened to his belt; he swung the colls lnrlly. Along sped the auto of Henry Townsend of the Cumberland Glass com pany. "VChoopee-ee!" yelled Clarence and out shot the rope like a snake uncoiling. A fine throw. Indeed. The loop dropped and tightened about one of the front lamps, But the auto had about l.OOO-bull power, Clarence was yanked off his feet and dragged thirty yards before Townsend rea lized what the trouble was and stopped the car. Clarence was bedraggled when they picked him up, but a doctor, who sounded him carefully, decided there was nothing seriously wrong. Only a battered head and a pair of black eyes. A New York man who keeps late hours had a queer adventure a few nights ago, In telling which ho says: "The Joke might have been a tragedy." He lives in a house which is one of a number exactly alike In apperance, and when he unlocked the front door at 1 a. m. he had no ldaa that he was entering the home of his next door neigh bor. The hall was dark an unusual oc currenoe, as he remembered later and "my hat fell to the floor," he said, "because there was no hook where I thought there was one. I left It there and started up stairs. On the first landing I heard a baby ory, and, as there never was a baby in our family, I came to and started back. I was In such a hurry to get out that I left my hat on the floor where It had fallen and where next day it was evidence against mo. How many mora houses I can get Into with that key I don't know, but I do know that the look on, my door was changed before noon the noxt day." 1 The four-wheel wagon has been the pre vailing type of vehlole for so long that the recent Introduction of a wagon with six wheels ia proving a matter ef considerable Interest to . those who see it. The six wheeel wagon, which has been adopted in New York Is an automobile truck for carrying coal. It is replacing the big three-horse iron truck hitherto used for large orders. The automobile truck will deliver four times the quantity of coal In a day and neither icy tracts nor hot weather delays it. New York householders, according to the department of street cleaning, throw away each year 071,000 tons of perfectly good ruei, which, If properly utlllred, would mean a considerable reduction In the Item of the higher cost of living. The experts have prepared a statement for housewives describing how it is possible by sifting the reruse of kitchen ranges and ordinary heaters to recover the unconsumed coal which has W per cent of the heating value of fresh coal. April BO. 1810, Panlel C. French, the noted sculptor, waa born April 20, liflO at Ezete N. H. He baa Just been given the commissi on to execute the statue of Lincoln which la to be put up at our state capital. . Moat Rev. John M. Farley, archbishop of New Tork. waa born April , 18U. in Ire land. U succeeded Archbishop Corrlgan, and haa written a life of Cardinal Mo- Cloeky. John Paul Breen, attomey-at-law, la M. w dot ax jjocKpon, m., ana was the republican candidate for mayor at the last Omaha city election. B. E. B. Kenredy, tone of Omaha's Plo- neera, waa born April , 1327, at Bolton, Vt., and Is therefore celebrating his 83d birth day. Mr. Kennedy Is a lawyer by profes sion, but haa been retired for several yeara. Edward A. Dow, with the O'Keefe Real Estate company,' with office la the New York Ufa building, la II yeara old today. He waa born in Fort Dodge. Ia., and haa been in the Insurance and real estate busdnesa for ten yeara ' N. H. Wheeler of Tekamah, Neb., la TB ytara old today, and is probably th oldest active agent of Th Bee In Nebraska. Mr. Wheeler waa born on a farm and waaa edu cated at OMieva Hall academy and Antloch college during Horace Mann'a presidency. He settled In Tekamah in and In 1S established the Wheeler Bouk store, which b now owua. Rnnaor Mosgerisg la Waahtnrton. Philadelphia Ledger. Soma Washington wiseacres are evidently determined that the prealdent shall get a new cabinet They are retiring the present members one by one, and for strangely discordant reasona There is said to be much dissatisfaction with the president himself, because be is not muoh of a free trader aa was expected. einoe ne cannot be retired, it baa been decided that the secretary of the treas ury must go because be la not aa much ot a free trad eras waa expected. Blnce he cannot be retired. It ahs been decided that the secretary of the treasury must go because be la a free trader only dis guised. Borne of the cabinet officers have too much to do with politics and other not enough. Some are too radical and some too conservative. The moat Interesting part of all these ex pected resignations t that neither th president nor any one ef the member of the cabinet appears to know anything about them. PERSONAL K0TES. Somebody has sent th Rile road 11.000 as conscience money. Perhaps the shad of Jim Fiske Is suffering rr morse. Samuel A. Cook, ex-congressman from the nixth Wisconsin district, be an nounced himself a candidate for th l'nltd States senate to succeed Henator La Fol lett. Senator Dick will b the only candidate for United States senator whose nam wtil appear on the Ohio republican primary bal lots May 17. The signers to the petition numbered tS.SJ. A police court lawyer rises to auk what it cost to keep a bsby four months old. He would like an Itemised statement. It costs all the way from nothing at all to several thousand dollar per annum.. For the first time In th history of the famous Rockefeller Bible class, John D., Jr., has been voted against for vice presi dent. He has been unanimously elocted heretofore, against a ticket of opposition appointed by himself. But this time 11 votes were recorded against him. Edwin Hawlry. who has bouaht mom railroads than haa anyon else since til panic, and is sometimes talked of as th new Harrlman, has a curious habit ot re pose In his office when the day's work is done. The few people who aee him then see him sitting on the floor, like a Turk, or tailor fashion, with legs crossed, back against the wall and arms around both legs below the knees. A Swiss Portia, Frauleln Bruatlein, the first Swls - woman barrister, won a great success at me Zurich tribunal by her elo quent defense. Her client was Mm Louise wyss. a gatekeeper at a level crossing of the Federal railway, who was cnargea with manslaughter for neglecting to close th gat during the passage of the Zurlch-Olton express, which killed a Swiss boy who had wandered on to the nne. Free shoes are to be provided for hook """ suuerer. on the theory that the paraalt gains an entrance through h soie ot the foot. It is believed bv manv uoroers ana other learned men that bald ness Is caused by a parasite which gains an entrano through the scalp when men oarelessly go about bareheaded. The time is here for the starting of a nhllanthronlo ii laotory., Extreme measures are re quired to meet extreme cases. ' ' ' I Kronfmo this law. kaaluat ivy r.oera-rti Predlair Ai Window Ulaaa Trnat. Boston Herald. . . Th Window Ulasa trust takes It turn after. the Botboard trust and the Sugar trust, the transatlantic pool and other In standing before the-bar to answer for violations of the. law. There is less blow. Ing of trumrets and beating of drums than formerly, but the federal power la consist- ' tntly enforcing the law against all offend- ' rs and wtlh notable success. x Conspirators against th law are discovering that th watchdogs of th administration having Charge over the equality of public service and the right of competitive business undertaking can bit aa wall as growL and the wiser ones ar aeeklng a new nath of business Which Will not cause them to transgress on th property rights of other cltlsens. President Taft and his "corpora tion lawyer" attorney general have not submitted their final report to the peopl. When it Is ready it will stand comparison -With that of any predecessors "who may have found publicity and agitation an es- ' tentlal to their programs. HOUSEWIVES AND TUB CEIVSr. . In- Vncle Sam's Claalf lral V4 tended to Be Offensive. Louisville Courier-Journal. The Central Kentucky Women's, club ar protesting to Uncle Sam against the or- aer to census takers to Include housewives In the classification of those having no oc cupation. Th Kentucky club women think the word "housewife" should be Inserted In the census blanks. A Chicago woman haft suggested that the term "homekeeper' should be used.' The situation is rather a peculiar' one, A Housewife- or a homekeeper cannot well bo an Idler'and it Is somewhat absurd to think of the average housewife as having no occupation. Primarily occupation Is defined a ."that which principally takes up one s time, thought and energies.', There s no question that housekeeping make large drafts on time, thought and enerav. There Is no -disputing the Jact that the woman who looks after the details of her domestic affairs 1 a busy Individual "from early morn till dewy ve"-and then some. " worn is irom sun to sun.". . runs the old couplet, "but woman's work 'is never done." There is more truth than poetry n this oftquoted saying: Our benevolent Uncle Samuel does not mean to be offensive In 'classifying the housewives as persons of no occupation. He Is simply trying to make a distinction between those who follow what he is pleased to term a "gainful occupation" arid those who do not. In seeking to 'gather statistics along this line h distinguishes between paid housekeepers and women who keep house for their famine's or themselves. or who assist in household duties without specif io remuneration; likewise, between those who, in addition to their housekeep ing, do other work for wages and those who confine the sphere of their activities to the home. CHEERY CHAFF. - ' I know It's ridiculous tor m a h.j.. my face so thickly," said the dashing bm- hette, "but my parent named me Pearl and I've got to live tin to tha nima Chicago Tribune. "Why did Mr. D Rich railroad hor new maid oT" ... "I think It waa because in consequence, of the maid's careless wav of dressing her ' hair, she had an accident with a misplaced Switch." Baltimore American. "Pa, what Is a braggartT" "He's a man, my son, who Is not afraid to express hie real opinion of himself."- U Boston Transcript. r Actor Congratulate me, old man. Thcv have named a W-cent clgnr after me.. Criticus Well, I hope it win draw better than you do. Chicago News. "Nice car." "Yes." "Is It tha latest thing In oars?" .. "I guess so; it ha never gotten me any where on time yet." Houston Post. i."Ii,,vJ."!! y t0 w,nd UD bis affairs when h died. "Didn't h leave much?" ' "Only an old ulivAr v,iih . express. . Knlcker There is gas in the comet's tall. Bocker Then we will nmhihiu nj 1, our bills while we are passing through It.- History . repeats Itself sourely. Seven cities nnlsllv ntalmA v.- .u. birthplace of tha -reatt nt rir k..4. Now ten thousand fan hoarsely applaud a "homer. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer. - What I want." akM ih v.. ... . looking for a home, "Is a place with a flno view. "Well," replied the r al estate aeni. 1 ve got what you want. But It'll cost you several thousand dollars extra." !!XSU.''. ,h vlew a" right r 'Jsuldn't be better. By cllmblinr on the i.,of.fou cun 8 tne base ball games." Washlngton Post A REVISED VERSION. Author In Life. lamb, regarding Anonymous Oh, Mary had a little whose cutlculkr The fluff exterior was whit and kinked in each particular. On each occasion when the lass wa seen perambulating, ' . -The little quadruped likewise was there a gallavating. ,-- One day H did accompany her to the knowl edge dlSDensarV. . Which to every rule and precedent was recklessly contrary. Immediately wnereupon the pedagogue au- nerlor. Exasperated, did eject the' lamb ; from - th interior. Then Mry, on beholding such performance arbitrary. Suffused her eyes with saline drops from glands called lachrvmarv. And all the pupils grew thereat tumiil. tuoualr hilarious. . And speculated on the case with wild con- jeoiures various. "What makes the lamb love Mary so?" th ' scholars asked the teaohar. He paused a moment, then he tried to diagnose the creature. 'Oh pecus amorum Mary habit omnia tem porum." 'Thanks, ' teacher, ' dear," the scholars orted, and awe crept darkly o'er 'em. Lydia EPfokham's Vegetable Compound? .We can furnish positive proof that it has made many remarkable cures after all other means had failed. -1 Srrwlif ts Jnalelal Field. New York Sun. Th latest orael from th Nebraska cav. era ha thrown a misery Into th Washing ton democracy. By th am token lb Political oudens of th capital ar torn by contending emotions and are now asking themaelva whether they will rally te th standard of common sense r rvrt to th tawdry standard of th harping troubadour. This, however, Is democracy la It latter day revelation. Like ''jia steppln' high," It Is their usual way. We quite expect to see the democratic party walking straight Into th melodious trap arranged by tha Nebraska Jungler. They wouldn't be "dem ocrats" In the modern urn If tb-y did any. thing else. W still hop, but th emotion Is auiuewhat lauguld. f Women who are suffering with some form of female illness should consider this. As such evidence read these two tMisolicited testimonial letters. We guarantee they are genuine and honest state ments of facts. . Cresson, Pa." Five years ajro I bad bad fall, and hnrt myself Inwardly. I was) under a doctor's care for nine week, and when I stopped I grew worse again. I sent for a bottle of Lydla E. Plnkhant's Vegetable Compound, took It as directed, and now I am a stout, hearty woman. Airs. Ella 13. Alkey, Cresson, Pa. . . , " Balrd, Wash. "A year ttgro I was nick with kidney and bladder troubles and female weakness. The doctors trare mo up. All they could do was to J ust let me go as easily as possible. I was advised by friends to take Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier. I am completely cured of my Ills, and I am nearly sixty years old." Mrs. Sarah Licljrhton. Vaird, Wash. ; Evidence like the above is abundant showing that the ' derangements of jthe female organism which breed all kinds 'of miserable feelings and which ordinary practice does not cure, are. the very disorders that give way to Lydia E, rinkham's Vegetable Compound. ' Women who are afllicted with similar troubles, after reading two such letters as the above, should be encouraged to try this wonderfully helpful remedy. For SO years IVrdla K. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound has been the standard remedy for female His. Ko sick woman does justice to herself who will not try this famous medicine. Made exclusively from roots and herbs, has thousands of cures to Its credit, r Mrs. Pinkham in rites all sick women L. . to write her for advtoo. Khe has. fcUldoi thousands to health free of charge. Addrena Mrs. PiaiOiaiu, Lynn, Maos I rii4
