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THE BKE: OMAHA, FIJI DAY, APRIL 22. 1910. 11 life ' OVlAllA iJAlivj. 131 'Ul'NlMiU hV,l.LiAHU KUSeiWAlli.it Kiilcltu M uniitiit poiOllic .wicuiiu- Laliy oociuaing tunua. ptr en.i: 1'Hiiy U iwiinuut Biuiaa;, lr ' Lnbiy iii.tr ti4 eauuuy, una yuf .-. ilUl k Jvuiu li I cAitiafc.il. LvfiiiiiK ,,uul uanuiji, li o'ffH.1"' fc.vcii.i H twili eununy). r etK..-l bumluy uue r ' feiuru..iy fate, one year AUUrn ii uiiilklii el trrmularuiv leiivr to Ciiy ciiculHiion Lr purviiieiiu Omaha TM lie Hu.iu.e. fcuuih Omana 1 w emy-iuurth ana N. Council JI uf I iu boolt ttcwl. Lincoln 1 Little Uulldlntc. i CIiicki( -1..4J) Murquxlt fcuildlng. ftew fork Kuuma Uul-UW Nu. M V, lm .y-UHni mi.-i i. Waabiiig-ton-V&i Fourteenth Street, N. W. Communications relating to new ana uThorial matter should 1 addressed. Omaha Bee. Kditorlal ltSrtmeni. KKUH'TAKCKS. Tlemlt by dialt. exprpiii or poMal order tayahla to TIib lira i'utillfthlng Company. Only 2-cent starnua reo-lved In payment or tiall accounts, IVrsonal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exal.ange. not oepixl- trtllitr of ArW-Day l r '.t Arbor day came from two sturdy old IhonrrrV of Nebraaia, toe rlate J. Rtor llpg Morton and Dr Goorge h. 1111er, who pclleved In the practical necessity (it plant Kg advantage afso as ' a means o( brautlfylng barren stretches, but primarily their purpose was utilitarian. Nebraska was a prairie state and so were Its neighbors. They needed for estry for commercial and sanitary rea sons first and, secondarily, to adorn except that they art very unlike In temperament. The Taft administration' Is going through the same ordeal that every administration has gone through. ing trio's.. They. "appreciated ClevaUnd wa excoriated by his own party, McKinley subjected to cruel ac cusations and Roosevelt ' was pilloried in the for am by men In and out of his party. When the time comes the peo ple will judge Mr. Taft by facts and not by fiction and the verdict of Mr. Hearst as to his sincerity and accom- their plain exteriors. So In 1872 the pnsnmenis win oe me general veraici. people of Nebraska, under the guiding othlng to gain by plnylng assistant emoerat In the court house as Com missioner Brunlng has done. No one uestlons Commissioner Troutan's ln- teKrlty or good Intentions, and It de- olves on him to use sound judgment and stand up straight for the interests of the taxpayers and against crooks nd crooked work of all kinds. Impulse of these two men, began set ting aside one day In every year for tree planting and soon other states took it up, until today most of them Youngest Civil War Officer. Clrll war veterans have never been able to settle the dispute as to who was the youngest surviving soldier. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State or Nebraska. Poualas County, set Ueorga B. Tichuck. treasurer of The Bee FuhllaUIns Company,, bain duly worn, say t teat tha actual number or tulU tnd cochblate roptas ' f 'jne.D"V; lornlng.'Kivalna a Ad Bunder Pee printed lurln the month of 14 a re b. 110. waa a follows: 4S.770 I.. ;. 4a,B10 . j., 42.700 , 4 43.C90 .,... 4J.SC4 ! .i i,oo f 42.M0 w :43,70 .'..'43,710 l...rr. 43,180 Jl... 43,310 IX.. 4380 y . 41,700 14. m.......' 43,130 i.i.. .... 4a,a 1 43,870 17,,.. 43,110 43,030 43,090. tt... 41.800' tli 43,140 43,830 . j 43,490 tA...... 43,680 Il..s... 43.80 ..,...... 43,830 41.400 lM., ...... .61 21.;.'...... 43,770 'JO-...1 43,410 I1, 43,760 Tptl fV.',, IVJ384O0 10,730 Ke to tal . . . . M13.ea0 Cally average. .-......1. ....... ..'43.441 , ' .V " U. TZSCHUOK. , ' , - ;.. .'i Treaaurer. . tiuhkcrlUed' ui "my rreasnce and sworn to before ie tbla. flat day uf Marcu, lt. !.v. U. P. WALKbU. Notary fuUllo. , , ... ..j... . Snbaorlbera leaving; the city tern Itorarliy "i akeold 1 batTe1 The : Bee mailed to ,leiu. Address mill le . changed aa 'juKea aa ' reuueated. have set apart April 2 2 as Arbor day. Many have claimed the honor, but If It may be too much to suppose that they come to decide who ' was the either Dr. Miller, who seems to nave youngest officer they will not meet conceived the Idea, or Mr. Morton, with such difficulty, for that dUtlnc- who, as a public official, was chiefly tlon undoubtedly belongs to Major Instrumental In getting It, before the General Frederick D. Grant, who was people, foresaw the tremendous posst- made a captain as aide on bis father's bllitles of their scheme, but It cannot staff by the latter April 29, 1863, after be doubted that they were prophetic the battle of Grand Gulf at the tender ln,thelrvia1on. , With atj. the forests age of 13. A that nature gave'- this .country i and A bill recently Introduced in the those reared under the artificial nur- lower house of congress serves to' bring ture of man, we have come to the time out this interesting bit of information. very early In our national life when The purpose of the bill is simply, to the need of more tlrdber confronts us. correct the military record of General Faster than new trees have -grown, I Grant, so that he may become a mem forests have been devastated or used ber in his own right of the Grand up until all the facilities of a resource- Army of the Republic and the Loyal ful gpvernment are 'required to de- Legion and have his name restored on vise ways and means of conservation I the memorial in the Vlcksburg Na in the effort of providing enough tim-l tlonal Military park, from which it ber for actual commercial" uses; " I was effaced when his war record came If this Arbor day spirit could carry into question. a broader, more practical meaning it r - It was a most remarkable coincidence would come nearer fulfilling the nils- that led General U. 8. Grant to bestow slon its authors intended for it. After this, great honor upon his eldest son thirty-eight yearg statesmen of the The boy was with his father on a steam present are exerting .their efforts, to tug in the battle of Grand Gulf and make it accomplish even greater re- when his father had the tug run be suits than it has thus far, although its tween the federal gunboats and confed- Attorney General Thompson has ruled that the special corporation tax. mposed by the recent Nebraska legis lature, is to be computed on the actual capital stock subscribed for and issued, and not on the nominal amount of stock authorized under the articles of ncorporatlon as the maximum that may be issued. This is common sense, and the only wonder is that anyone ever held differently. There is no reason why a corporation should be taxed on the privilege of increasing its stock before it takes advantage Of the privilege. In' other words, there Is no reason why a corporation should be taxed on something it has not got any more than ad individual ought to be taxed on wealth he hopes some day to have. ' It must be bad poetry that will get a man his discharge from a peniten tiary. '" - - " ' It Is asking a lot of the spinster to enjoin on her the plea, "Help the cen sus man." -. . . - It Is still hard for the, beef barons to see Colonel Roosevelt as the apostle vi peace. . ,.. ...... . ... , , ' ' The nearer the light' the methods of the Elgin butter board get the darker Jbey look. . . , . .. , i. St. Paul speaks of holding an elec lion with no politics-in-it. 'Tell that Jo'lhe census man. ,.;,,.".. 4 , , The, Los .Angeles man who has bad a calf '8' jaw grafted on him must not " be blamed Tor 'beefing; 1 ' influence has already been great. More Money for Irrigation. President' Taft Was ' criticised se verely by the opposition party in con gress and through its press when he nronoscd to issue 1100.000.000 in hnrf ,arr nt .11 th irrigation tne Doy as a capiainfc oui uenerai uran r,nt,i. th cnvAmmAnt had on font, drew the boy aside and told, him he did erate batteries to find a place for land lng, drawing heavy fire from southern guns, the lad displayed great bravery, so great 88 to attract the attention of Governor Richard Yates of Illinois who was on board. ' The governor of fered to make out a commission for but it now appears that all this crit icism was ill-timed and based upon a lack of information, for there is a be lief that completion of these enter prises will require more like 200, 000,000. This providing water for the semi arid land of the west is too big to in vite small-bore opposition, and the not want him to have a commission but that Instead he would make him an aide on his staff under, the rank of captain and this be did, writing note as a matter of record, r General Frederick D. Grant pre served that note until recently he lost it, and it therefore became necessary for his friends to present a bill to con aonner all nartles awake to this, fact e8S to validate what the little mem the better for the country at large, orandum might have done. It seems Bn venw npria th innri irria-n.. strange, too, that ouch formal action ion will nrovlde. The cost of reclama- Ehould b necessary when General U, tion has risen like the tost of other & Qran .in ;hU Personal Memoirs thing, and the project, have been mrteB dlBtlnc record "f Widened in 8cbpe.:'BQ' hat,togeUiei ucipauowa nun m in. war. ,thes gauges ,. necessarily cal,, ,fo - It would seem dlfflcult to ast abou .greater. outlay. t r u But the matter of temporary - cost ' .""The cornet Is getting up 'earlier in Omaha every day. To , accommodate those who stay up late-at night. ' 'The fact that 'they couldn't find Dr. Cook's brass on the. Mount' McKinley peak is no ilgn he never had any.. "What Is the , first thing necessary to become a - great financier?" he asked. "Get hold' of a lot of money." There is something, oily about the standard, set by' the Kerosene league which Is leading a crusade against the mosquito. " ' ' ' ' n ' ... . . -r it ' . ; Mr. Hearst refuses. . to , admit that the boom fired by his man, John Tem ple Graves,' at the Jefferson day ban quet is a (foomerang.' " ' ' .'Sir. Bryau,' Is .aid to have a speech up his sleeve that will gtartle the peo ple. Now, If he Just keeps it there he may make a big hit with it. ' ' should not enter too vitally Into con sideration a. a determining factor. If Irrigation in the west as a means of territorial conquest were an experi ment there might. , be more room, for argument, but it has passed that stage long ago. It Is-now, and has for many years been, actually transforming eeml-arld land, into fertile soil and multiplying Its value to hundreds of Jar any objection to the. enactment of this bill, -for certainly it is highly de sirable that the son of the great civil war commander should represent his distinguished father in. the councils of the Grand Army and himself have the right to "wear the little bronze button that stands for bo much in the hearts of loyal Americans Types of City Government. St. Joseph has Just put into effect Around New York aUpplsg on the . Current of XJfe ae Been la rhe Oreat Arasrloaa Metropolis from Day to Par Lincoln is confronted . with a pecu liar situation in its dealing, with the local traction company, which also sells electric light' and power. The franchlsed corporation makes out that it is reaping glorious profits on the sale of electric current, but is getting the worst of it on street car traffic, and insists that it is entitled to in crease of fare or release from the oc cupation tax, otherwise it would be making the electric light and power patron, pay return. On the investment used for transporting street railway passengers. Evidently, there are dis advantages a. well as advantage, in the merger of public utility franchises. Swell weddings are the premier exhibits of feminine Interest and curiosity In New Tork. BartiRln counter days are close second In numbers and an equal In the pressure exerted in getting to the front. The Oould-Prexel nuptials was not excep tional as a drawing card for curious women. Rain did not dampen their ardor, and the wreck of hats and gowns by jost ling pressure and the elements were trifling compared with ecatacy of a peep at the glad clothes of a rich bride. People In "the provinces," where weddings are chiefly family epochs, scarcely realise the depth and breadth of the Interest excited by a wedding in the millionaire row In New York. So eager are women to get next to the exhibit of finery that they resort to extraordinary devices and cheerfully take risk a mere man would not dream of. On former occasions of the kind eager curiosity' prompted women to hide over night In dark corners of a church, glide through coal holes In church cellars, climb through windows, or, forming flying wedges, overwhelm ushers at back and front doors. These experiences are to com mon that cordons of police are r3w neces sary to enable those directly concerned to participate In the ceremonies with reason able decorum. Indeed, the disorder of curious throngs renders church weddings among the uppertendom of the big town a show that tests the nerves of the star performers. Wonder if Mr. Bryan will prefer "Tom" Taggart for United States sen ator from Indiana over Senator Bever idge? Judge Ben B. Lindsey tells how Mr. Bryan pulled chestnuts out of the fire for the criminal corporations In Colorado in helping elect their at torney to the senate. Will he do it again in Indiana? , Warning! I'ahreded. St. Paul Pioneer Press.' It is too bad that! the, fruit trees do not know enough to keep under covet until the weather man tells them It Is safe to come out. Rare Unity of Sentiment. St. Paul Pioneer Press. Colonel Bryan announces that he will not be United States senator from Nebraska, It is Interesting to , find Colonel Bryan agreeing with the. , Nebraska republicans. t A General! Imnnlse. Chfcago Record-Herald. Lord Kitchener Announces that - he Is In favor ; of -pace,niibtwlthstandlng the fact that he Is1 'tfrirrtarrletf and doesn't seem to have' any 'tftheV serious difficulty en and:-.,"-t' ttm't-i. - ii Good ThlnsrJSi tne) Keus. . . Chicago Record-Herald. , - . The people .who axe keeping anarchists from approaching Colonel . Roosevelt arc probably affording '.the .anarchists even more protection than the colonel gets be cause of . their watchfulness. Hilora an prm in mnnv BpHnna The new city charter, wmcQ is a : nome money already expended by the gov- Product acquired under the constltu. ornment for this nurnose will, it is es- tional provision in that -Btate which tfmated. have irrigated 80,000,000 permits cities to formulate and' adopt acre, of land, giving it a. value of from their own frame of city government. $100 to- $760 per acre and, while there The new St. Joseph charter is .de ls room for shaving these figure, pos- scribed a. a half-way station between 8ibly. in some cases, there 1. no room the commission plan and the old fpr denying that Uncle Sam. has only method ' ot, mayor and council. . Its begun to reap the proftta from this in- former' city council or nine members vestment in redeeming western land chosen by wards gives way to a council rich in natural resources. . . Ex-Boss Richard Croker observa tion, "I see that the democrats are still .in the fight;, Ja not necessarily proof that his eyesight is Improving. Omaha h? a lot of. bufdjng project under way iaud .ln .sight., and would rather bftf avo th,em -interfered- wltH 'at thi ' flta.se. Ifcy'. Jubor troubles Vv, the building, trftdeg. ;' ' ..' ' ' . a- : . "Whnt Imp f perversity, exclaims the NtfW'York World, "Inspired Mr. Bryaul io drag t,heree silver Issue out of Ita .grav at .this time?" Dgn't know J Gues again.'' The ' reef tvea- - of .-.the Independent telephone is making bpj promises. The chief trouble with.'tke Independents fcas'beon thuVlliey: promised altogether too much in -the first -jilacef Hearst's Verdict' on 'Taft. '' 'f It la too bad that Mr. Hearst, felt bound to disparage Theodore Roose velt in order to pay President Taft a tribute, for, it detracts from the "good effect of the latter. Comparisons are always Invidious, and especially when personal feelings are allowed to tilt the balance one way or the other. Mr. Hearst's verdict of well done on the first year tf the' Taft administration would.have 'carried much more weight had he not formed it so largely at the expense, of Mr. Taft'. predecessor, wno.e popularity with, the masses will not down 'even 'urider the subtle influ ence of such a compliment Uf the pres ent admtnlstridn''. V . ,'" " ' Friends of 'the president' will take Mr. heart's compliment for what if Is worth, for It is not at all surprising that even a- nian who has always. Wen on the other side of the political fence should admire and appreciate Mr. of five members chosen by the city at large, and the powers of the mayor are also mphasl?ed and, extended. The principle xof the commission! plan of city government .insofar, as it concen trates authority In a fewer number of officials la adopted, but the separation between the executive, administrative and. legislative branches la retained. If the city council 1b to be continued its reduction to a membership' of five chosen at large is likely to . destroy representation of different sections of the city, and make, it possible for the councllmen to live all in the same We believe the Omaha plan of Openings for Plowmen. ' Indianapolis News. With 30-I.OKO acres pt public land In Mon tana and 51,640 In New Mexico thrown open to settlers, it does look as If our' produo. tlon ought to speed up a little. In Its chase after Increasing population. ' ' - Gold Coining and Going; -..... ' st Louis GJobe-Democrat. This week tS.OOff.OOO of gold will go out to Kurope. from New Tprk, to re-en force the $n, 600,000 which went out In the last three weeks. Our mines, however, will produce about iiuu.uw.ouu this year. Moreover, we can draw from the rest of the. world all the gold which we need, and whenever we need it. This Is one of the advantages which have coma to us through republican legislation. I A PRAYER AND A STORY. the choosing councllmen from wards, but electing them at large, meets this diffi culty In a more practical way. Whether our American city govern raeutwlll tend to conform to a single type or will be built on different plans and specification, in each case remains to be seen, ' A tremendous lot of ex perimentation is (n progress in this country as between various forms of organising t. and - administering mu nicipal affairs,' and apparently It de- Qnalnt Fancies Rabble from Depths of Anticipation. Brooklyn Eagle. There Is nothing stereotyped about the Invocation offered up by the Houston Post "Oh, Lord, now that everything la coming our way, purge every democratic soul of hot air and vainglory and insert large In. stallments of common sense In every dem ocratlo cranium; and, oh, remember. Lord, our proneness to make fools of ourselves Just when we have the world by the tail and a downhill pull, and see that we don' get in bad this time." The only part of the prayer likely to be answered Is that proneness to folly shall not be forgotten. But why ask that It be remembered? Suppose It to be converted from a minority Into a majority In th house of representatives, what would hap pen T Of ah Indiana dog the story Is told that It contracted the habit of chasing the Twentieth Contury Limited a few rod along the platform, which prompted stranger to ask the "station agent whether It expected to catch' the train. Here's th answer: ' "I don t know, but I oon t wonder so much about that as what In thunder he thinks he would do with it If he ever did catch It." Tje JudKrf before whom .the 'Swope nvuVder casi Is being trlei'-has made the remarkable ruling that a witness who seems fTeally to knowt something about the fact .may testify. The man wh6 turns'.rroni consider ing the cost of living to the price of dying ruust atUJ(reckon with, the mat ter of 'Income, (.for there la also the wages of sin to be Considered. Taft -and hi work. The rugged hon . i . . i ... a . . . - ey, oi purPq;..v.Ha.,c0..8l8ieni mum- v0,veg- up0n each city to fln4 the plan senc.e wun. wmcu nis aaminisirauon has gone about-. 1U .business must, In time, perforce, be recognized, and that Mr. Hearst should come to the awak ening a little in advance or some others gives no occasion for surprise. - A fair analysis of what has been accomplished or undertaken at Wash- PreHldeutwPf'Oftevelt.saya he, would like to be in OfjuJj.-MoBtjse .next 'Ak-Sar-Uenfet Ivjf.ii 4.' Vjfj; tjie oplonel want, to have a real "bully" time he will arrange his dates to permlt.hlin to satisfy this desire. . . V t t .1 i .'. The school board 1 figuring on In surance for OOmaha : public achool bulldlngi. It's dollar, to doughnut" that there will not be a balr". broadta ahade of d.sVrerue 1.1 the rulta quoted by any two Omabu fire underwriter. best suited to It need, and to adapt it by. modification -designed to make it conform to local condition to give the best result. The perfect fitting, ready-to-wear city charter la yet to be made. Edgar Howard rive a long list of Ington since March 4. 1909, will .at- distinguished Nebraska democrat who isfy any honest mind .that .the first would do credit to the party a it year of the Taft administration ha Lftndld.te f(Tf United States senator. Lbeen filled with persistent activity in Dut lt l8 to be noted his list doe. not tne direction tf ; constructive ,leglsla- include the democratic congressman tion Vlth good achievements ;' scored, (.jubr from this district. Edgar once far carr)1ng;out'the Roosevelt ran f0r congross from this district him- pojicie,.!. .concerned, Mr. ;. Taft baslBe,f( Ani knows what happened to him, aone inat wun scrupulous fidelity and with, a kf.n. personal interest since heM john C- Troutan is the newly ap had ao,;iarce a part Jn , helping Mr. pointed county' commissioner to .uc- itoosevelt formulate many of those pol- ceed Mayor Tralnor of. Houth Omaha, leies. 'It would bfc difficult to find tw and It is up te Commissioner Troutan .pu p. In J?u,blIo I'fe closer together ia to make good if he wanls to command Ulr u"l0f". than, Taft : ajnd Roosevelt the support necessary to -re-election, and the" fact that they are further When he run. again this fall he wHl part in their methods argue nothing run a a republican, and he will have PERSONAL NOTES. ' Charles V. Morse sluull null lxl hrl In it with petitions tn secure Ms rfloado from prlxon, and put In his fpnre time writing poems. Bunion shoes, with Inside compartments for their namesakes, 14.00. are advertlsej by a. New York firm. The shoes do not betray the secret, but tlw-y cherish the bunion. Mies Ty Leung, wfio has been appointed aaatxtanl to the matron In charge of the new Immigration station on Angel Ixlitm), Ran Francisco, Is the first Chinese woman to receive a federal appointment. lt may be all right for the Chlnose to awaken, but when they como from their dreams with a torch In one hand and a gun In the other, there is n. widespread do sire to give them a sleeping potion. The well-known New York lawyer. Sam uel Urttermyer, maintains "that the crime of perjury Is committed In at least three out ot five cases tried In the courts In which an Issue of fact Is Involved." Mrs. Clara Shortrhlgn Kolts of Los An geles haa been appointed a member tif the Stato Board of Charities and Cotreotl'.n of California. , She Is the only woman on the commission and was the. first woman admitted to practice law In her stnto. . Mme. Uurand, a candidate for the cham ber of deputies In Paris, brought a poor Idiot to the platform to debate" with her, thereby pointing out the unfairness of the French law, which allows the Insane man to vote and run for office. How can clever women be suppressed? A bargain sale extensively advertised by a New York store packed the street In front before the store opened on Saturday morning, and the pressure from the rear guard crowded the firing line through the glaas front windows. The crash of glass started a panic. Many were cut and bruised. Scores were trampled. Police re serves saved many from being Injured by scattering the crowd. They had a hard time doing It. They had to force the women and children on the outside of the crowd away and work In that way until they reached the store. Then they took the women who had been bruised, cut and crushed Into nearby stores, where they were treated. None of them wanted to have their wounds dressed by ambulance surgeons. After cooling down the Injured and mussed multitude meandered home ward, thinking mightily about the uncer tainties of twenty-five-cent bargains. There are now about 1,000 inmates of Sailors' Snug harbor, the well knowrvNew York refuge of disabled and Indigent men who have sailed under the American flag. Almost all nations are represented In this number, but every foreigner must have sailed at least ten years under the Stars and Stripes, while native-born Americans who have seen five years of such service are' eligible. Besides proving the extent of his sea service, the applicant must show that he is disabled and without means of self-support. About 100 Inmates die each year, and as the number of admls slons usually equals the loss by death, the population of tha harbor remains at about the same figure. The average age of men admitted is 61 years, and the average age at death Is 71. Of the men admitted last year, says the Metropolitan one had been at sea for sixty years; the shortest period of sea service waa six years. To settle the question whether engineers, firemen, wait- era, stewards, and all the varied employes of steam vessels can be regarded as pros pectlve heirs under ; Randall's will, the trustees summoned legal aid,, and finally evolved the following rule for guidance: A sailor la one who Is concerned with the working of the ship. According to this rather- arbitrary definition, many who spend their lives on shipboard are held In eligible, and for many years the applica tions, of engineers and firemen were stead ily denied, but they are now admitted, al though the fact Is not generally known among them. It would disconcert anybody to have a roast chicken, nicely browned, explode with a loud noise Just as the knife was inserted In lt, and It would startle the most Intrepid eploure If the explosion was fol lowed by a gas that drove Everybody from the room. Therefore, It is not to be won dered at that Mrs. Elisabeth Jones of 1467 Broadway, Brooklyn, was much agitated when a chicken she had bought from Butcher David Kahn of 1427 - Broadway, Brooklyn, and which was bought, dressed and cooked under her personal supervision, should burst like a black hand bomb Just at the instant she was about to carve It. Mrs. Jones had Invited oompany to din ner and got the chicken for the especial benefit of her guests. Mrs. Jones Jabbed the fork Into one of the wings of the fowl to steady the bird, brandished the carving knife aloft, and in her most winning way asked: "Mrs. Smith, will you have some of the white meatT" Mrs. Smith smiled her acquleaence and Mrs. Jones plunged the point of the blade into the chicken Just below the breast bone. Instantly there waa an explosion like that of a big firecracker, and the Interior dec orations of the bird were scattered to the colling. Mrs. Jones and her guests pulled away from the table Immediately and looked at the chicken with bulging eyes. Mrs. Jones went out and got a policeman and told him to go into the dining-room and see for himself. He did so, and by an exhibition of unparalled heroism got the fowl Into a bag and took It to tha station house. Then Mrs. Jones got out a warrant for Butcher Kahn and he was arraigned In the New Jersey avenue station. Magis trate Hylan held him In $500 for explana tion. The bluecoat In the case carries the chicken about with him as evidence. ' GRANT AMI HOO.NHVKLT, Notable Contrasts In Two Es-Presl-v dents Abrond. Washington Star. Oeneral Orant was a silent man. He was sententious even in private conversation. One of his friends pronounced him the beat listener of his generation. Ills Interest In affairs and his desire for Information were boundless. Set Bpeechea In public were wholly out of his line. 89 that when he went on his tour of the world, neither his hosts abroad nor his friends at home ex pected him to turn talker. And he did not. He met only the formal requirements of hospitality In that particular. Mr. Roosevelt is very fond of both con versation and publio speaking. With friends he 1s something of a monologlst. In public, while not an orator, he Is often In. voice. Pulpit or lecture platform, stump or the rear landing of a railroad coach, finds him ready and willing. He Is versatile In the matter - of - topics. His wide reading has brought htm much and a variety of In formation. It la not difficult to get a "rise" out of him. A simple request Is suf ficient. So that the addresses he has deliv ered, and those he has promised to deliver, are in the nature of things. When Oeneral Grant left home there was no wide expectation, If any at all, that he would ever return to politics. The third term movement developed later. Interest of the world at large was In the most suc cessful great soldier, with one exception, of recent years. Von Moltke was the other man who had swept things before him in the field of war on a gigantic scale. And Europe admired .then, as lt admires now, a great captain. It bowed low before the mil itary hero of the American civil war. When Mr. Roosevelt left home there was already gossip in circulation about a po litical future for him. Some of his admirers were predicting his return to the White House in 1913. This was cabled abroad, and lt explains In part the extraordinary Inter est that attaches to the man wherever he goes. Foreigners unfamllla with pur, .pol ities' are greeting a visitor of whom they, are expecting notable thing In office again.. They see In him, according to their Infor mation, both a former and a future presi dent of the United States. The silent man, whose political career waa thought to be ended, was accompanied by one American newspaper chronicler on his trip a man of the finest talents as a Journalist, whose work was much admired. John Russell Young's letters were the de light of millions, of readers. The volceful man, still a political quantity, has a bat talion of correspondents In his train, and is giving them something to write about at every stop he makes. He is the subject of more reudable "copy" than any other man of the day. Our Birthday Book April BO, 110. J. Sterling Morton, founder of Arbor day, waa born ApriJ 22, 1813, In Jefferson county. New York, and hla birthday Is commemorated by the holiday. He lo cated in Nebraska ' In 1S54, taking up a small homestyia near TfUbraska City, which has slirfce become known as "Arbor Lodge," and which la maintained by his sons as an arboretum. William M. Ivlns, rioted New York law yer and reformer, .was born April tt, 1WL He ran for mayor of New York City a few years ago and took a prominent part In the laat New York municipal election. John V. Quackenboa, . physician end author, waa born April 22, IMS. He uxd to be a professor of rhetoric In Columbia university, and Is best known as the author of a standard work on rhetoric that has plagued generations of school children. Ed P. Berryruan, with Lee-aias-An-dreesen Hardware company. Is celebrating hla forty-eighth birthday today. He la a member of the Park board, and a colonel on Governor Sha1lc!)brger" staff and made an unsuccessful effort to beat Mtyor "Jim" for the nomination at the head of the last democratic city ticket . Setting a new record for the office of United States district attorney, the last of many checks covering, all told, more than 14.000,000, has been turned into the national treasury by District Attorney Henry A. WIm of New York. The money was col lected In fines and forfeitures In the year that he has been In office. Some $3.000, OuO represented fines collected from the prose, cutlon of the sugar frauds by Henry L. Stlmson. Here are the figures of the amounts sent to Washington: Sugar fines, American company, $2,134,000; Arbuckle Brothers, $800,000; National company, $30,. 000; criminal flnea, 350.(kj0; smuggling for feltures, (40,000; ball forfeitures, $3S,000; grand total, 14,000.000, ' 1 na of rrosBerltr, ( Baltimore American. One sign of prosperity la the number of weddings occurring and to come. It Is about the beat sign, too, from a business standpoint, while as to the sentiment view of brides, the best Is the optlmlstlo one of the more, the merrier. Hash to Melting Pot. 8t. Paul Ploneer-Preaa. ' A steamship agent says Colonel Roose velt's ' trip through Europe ' will Increase Immigration 200,000. Some one should tell those tOO.OOO before they leave' home that only those bom In this country are eligible to the colonel's former Job TASSINO PLEASANTRIES. Why Is It that airship lnvntor ft'ir seems to rare to talk on the euhjeoltif h. invention?-' . ' "1 suppose It Is branse aviation In ny slupe or form Is naturnlly a soar sub ject." Malt Imoro American. Indignant Customer- 1 wnnt to return this Jewel liox. It's tiot Ivory. n represented. Peeler tmuNlnglyi Now. I wonder If It can be possible that elephant had raise teeth. Cleveland Lender. Mrs. Ilnrdiip (punning In her writing) What I.h that wold for people who come after us? Hardup Hill collectors, my dear. Boston Transcript. are privileged to chsllcns" of the Jury now belna Im- Jtidge You any member paneled. "Well, then, yer honor. Oi'll flight the shmnll mon wld wnn eye. In the corner, there fernliisl yes.." Metropolitan Muga xlue. 'I wonder If It Is possible for hens to have rheumatism? "I wouldn't wonder. Why? "That old hen acts like she bad rhenma tlsm ever since she sat on those cold stor age pkKS." Houston 1'ost. Mrs. learborn lMd you tver win a prise In a lottery? Mtn. Wabash Well; yes; I'm drawing ali mony. Yonkers rUntcsman. "She Is neglecting her game of bvlilge dreadfully." 'Why Is she doing that?" "Some silly excuse. Says the children need her, 1 believe." Pittsburg Most. "My husband never gets, what he should for his poetry." said tho poet's wife with a tinge of sadness. "Oh. don't be tiv biird on him," replied tho ghi, absent-mlndivlly. --Yonkers Statesman. Buyer Hut I'm afraid he wouldn"t make a good watch dog. Healer (with bull torrler) Not a good watch dog! Why. bless your heart. It only lnt week that this very animal he f a DMrgiar ny tne tnront anu neat in brains out with his tail. Harper's Bazar. THE ANNUAL. ChleoBO Evening Tout. When tho soap is on the stairway and tho rugs are on the lawn ' ' And the paperhanger's coming while tho plasterer has gone. When the men are all dejected and are bothered with the blues, While their wives are madly shuffling In enormous overshoes - O the houne is In a turmoil at the very blush of dawn, When the soap is on the stairway and the rugs are on the lawn.. ' ' , li When the cullud lady's smashing Bit the marble statuettes. And the hardwood floors are ruined by the roller-skating pets, When the grand piano's damaged bf a can of color spilled . In Its Intermost recesses by a man who should be killed O It's then wo see a picture never painted; nav. nor drawn. When the soap Is on the stairway an(l the rugs are on the lawn. When you're eating from the gas range and are sleeping In the hall, And you sit down In the kalsomlne Intended for the wall. And the batter cakes are tinted with ni dash of -Indigo, " ' - And your coffee tastes of benslne anil there's borax In the dough O a broom will send you slilewlsp like oj tjmld. startled fawn. When' the soap Is on the stairway and the rugs are on the lawn. Ah, for somewhere cant of Suez, where th best is llko the worst. And a human habitation by housecleanlnfj Is not cursed. For there's tumult In the, attic and th cellar Is a mess,. And you have to screen the window wltli a bureau when you dress. And you have a very doubtful springiest ' I ci to sleep upon, When the soap Is on the stairway and tht rugs are on the lawn. LET US FiT YOUR EVES ' We Succeed Where Others Fall' PRICES REASONABLE Huteson Optical Co. 213 South 16th Street Zienses Duplicated on Short Notice. 3J iorg Rnosevelfs article in FOR MAY Exciting n n ei .tJUUfMJ U Lfuwm (B wmm on Latzo rJaivasfaa One of the great animals charged upon and nearly upset the boat. 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