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STATKMKN'T OP CIRCULATION.
Flat if Nebraska. DoUKlaa County; SB!
George D. Txchurk. treasurer of Tht
Be Publishing Company, being dulv
wor:i. say tlint the actust number of
full ind complete copies cf 1 na Dally.
Morning. Kvrnlne and Sunday Pea printed
luring the month of March. 110. waa
a follows:
45,770
II 48,870
!7 43,110
43.030
If,,.,, 43.00
0 41,800
1 43,140
2 48,830
jj 43,4(0
43,eB0
14 43, 80
tt 48,830
II 41.400
II 43.610
2 43,770
0 43,418
1 43.7b0
43,810
. 43.760
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4i,500
I 43,949
. .......... 43.769
I..... 49,710
1 43180
II 43,810
)...., 43.V80
!.., 41700
14 43.130
1 43,b3A.I
Total
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,..1,32MX
10.730
Net total l,310,BoO
fully avsragk 43,441
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Congratulations to the Omaha-Elks
ou their magnificent new home.
It is, of course, more dignified (or
elder statesmen to retire than to re
sign. The prisoner pardoned on his
poetry is the first man to escape
through the lines.
Chances are that the colonel did not
find Paris very gay at the hour of his
arrival 7:30 a. m.
Now, do not let April fool you with
this return of spring into taking off
anything you should keep on.
Just remember that The Bee is
boosting for Omaha every day in the
year, and in about eight editions dally.
A lire that has just burned up
100,000 worth of property at Lincoln
is further testimony that the town is
dry.
Still, nothing In the law is intended
to operate to prevent people from
planting trees after Arbor day has
come and gone.
Yes, the democratic World-Herald
la the only paper in the country that
puts Roosevelt Inside in order to make
first page space for Bryan.
Five train robbers escape and three
Mabray Bilkers get out on bail at
Leavenworth. Not such a bard place
to get away from, after all
Congressman Fowler - has ' revealed
the hand of the insurgents' further in
tentions with regard to Uncle Joe,
which looks like the mailed list.
Omaha will soon have a metropoll
tan electrio service for collection and
delivery of Wall between the postofflce,
depots' and substations, If the knock
ers do not spoil It. -" y
'.Is not this thing - of calling them
"the senior Morgan" and "the Junior
Morgan" a disrespectful way to refer
to two of our roost prominent multl-
bUllonalres? . - i
'Could Mr. Bryan's request for no
reception on his return have been
based on the memory of that "Home
Folks" demonstration? If so, no on 3
could blame him.
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The Baltimore American observes
that the suggestion of Governor
Crothers of Maryland for president
comes a little too late for an April
fool Joke, but is nonetheless funny.
Perhaps the South Omaha school
children who earned a reward by un
covering the train robbers last fall
may earn another reward by helping
to recapture the escaped convict.
Those democrats who had an idea
that Mr. Bryaa would merely declare
for county prohibition and let It go at
that, without doing anything to put it
In the democratic platform In his home
state, have another guess.
Not to be outdone by the Insurgents
In congress, nor the woman's suffrage
convention, the Daughters 'of the
American Revolution have pulled off
a little pow wow stunt of their own at
Washington.'
i Uncle Sam has Just discovered in
looking over his list of laws that be is
short one punishing an official who
mUat rob his stran? box. It . would
be a good idea to fix up a little legtsla
tlon on that, for the strong box is get
tlng-fiiore and more hefty fight now
Mprk Tw.in.
The morning and evening of this
mim's life were not as one day. The
sun that rose in ruddy glow in the
Missouri village and shone brightly
past the noontide, set 'behind dark
clouds In the Connecticut hills. Na
ture by one of her strange paradoxes
decreed that tho life devoted to others'
Joy should go out In the gloom .of
private grief.
Samuel L. Clemens was one of those
sturdy Americans-who lived not in
vain because he lived not to himself.
Always', even as he descended into the
valley of personal sorrow, he felt for
his fellowniftn and tried for the word
that might give cheer and comfort, pos
sibly . dispelling some shadow within.
The world owes something more than
it realizes to the man who makes it
aiigh,' and If otir Obligation to Mark
Twain ended there it would be reat.
but it goes far beyond that point. His
was a wholesome, healthy humor be
cause it went down into the realities
f life and brought up soine kernel of
truth ;or philosophy that was of tangi
ble value. - Ho hated sham and hypoc
risy with such consistent passion tha,t
he was able to picture its absurdities
so as to make 'them odious and re-
pellant. He was essentially a "plain,
blunt man," so much so that even in
his writing he steadfastly refused to
give up the colloquial tongue for the
urlst. His faithful adherence to tho
vernacular finally brought to him a
mastery of 'Style all his -own, which
others have been eager to essay. This
s all the more strange, too, in view
of his lack of early traiuing, his rugged
young manhood being, spent on steam
boats along the Mississippi. But to
compensate for this lack he possessed
prolific fund of hard, common sense,
became an Inveterate reader and stu
dent, had a prodigious memory and
capped all with a natural power of ex
pressing the Very thought in the very
way that gave the best effect. His
satirical' Action is full cf these in
stances. -
The afternoon of Mark Twain's life
was -marked by a sedateness that
showed plainly he had realized the
tragedy as well as the comedy of hu
man existence," and the evening passed
with 'few rays of light save those that
burst irresistibly from the sun of bis
own cheery - heart Which even the
panga of domestic grief scarce could
hold In eclipse. The friendships of his
lateryears were with the big men of
his day and he took his place with
them as easily as-he had taken it with
the happy-go-lucky fellows on the
river -boats. He had a versatility of
character that never suffered In any
company. The refreshing simplicity
and boyish heart that lived -out
through ;the rollicking pranks of
Huckleberry Finn never lost its youth
ful vigor or its power to arouse an
other's love. t, ... ..
Railroad and -Mine Disasters.
It is lamentable that our activities
looking to the protection of life have
not been as skillfully directed as those
that conserve the financial resources
of great industrles-like mines and rail
roads. ' Perhaps the reason is that the
problem of 1 conserving life is greater
than that of making money. At any
rate, the fact is forced upon us that
railroads and mines operated by men
whose services come at high cost still
have much to learn in the art of pre
venting accidents that cause death by
the wholesale.' ' -
Prior to the quarter ending 'Decern
ber .31, 1909, railroads had made en
couraging progress In reducing ' the
number of accidents, but reports for
those three months disclose a dlscour
aging Increase. In . the - number -of cas.
ualtles. One thousand persons were
killed in those ninety days by our
American railways and 22,491 were
Injured, an Increase in injured of more
than 5,000.
On the same day that this report is
issued we read of forty miners being
entombed In a southern shaft. -This
Is tonly one; of a number of similar
mine. disasters 'coming in quick succes
sion in the last year,' the most appall
ing of which was the Cherry havoc.
It must' be that culpable negligence
is somewhere involved in the train Of
these slaughters. At least the con
clusion is unavoidable that ' the ' same
amount of trained and 'scientific effort
not put into minimizing the possi
bilities of accident in the mine and on
the railroad as is put into the manage
ment and develpment for the purpose
of giving efficient service and produc
ing maximum earnings. This is a sub
ject that must receive saner considers
tlon in this country, j.
Democrats and Postal Savings.
What will the democrats in the
house do when the postal savings bank
bill comes up for final passage? The
Denver platform, which the apostle of
democracy insists is binding on every
democrat in congress, .declares out
right for - postal savings if the guar
anteed bank cannot be secured, and it
has been pretty well demonstrated
that the guaranteed bank will not be
secured this session. But when the
postal savings, bill was up in the sen
ate, although quite a number of dem
ocratlc senators said they favored the
plan, only one recorded himself In the
affirmative on final roll call, and every
other democratic senator who voted
voted "No.",
Here comes Mr. Bryan in his Com
moner with' explicit directions as' to
what the house democrats should do
"It is to be hoped." says he, "that the
democrats of the house will try to im
prove it (the bill) by amendmeat, but
having exhausted 'every effort to per
feet it, they should support it and es
tablish the principle, leaving further
improvement to the future." The
usstlon is. Will this advice be fol
lowed any better by the democrats In
the house than It was by the democrats
in the senate. Or will they line up as
party against postal savings simply
because the till Is put forward as a
republican administration measure?
Need to Worry Yet.
Imperative as is the need for cau
tlon and wisdom In shaping the rail
road bill now before congress into anJ
effective law, it really does not seem
necessary to grow pessimistic at thin
stage of the proceedings. There is
every reason to encourage the belief
hat congress means to give tho coun-
ry a broad, safe measure framed to
meet the exigencies of the case out of
the lessons of our experience to date.
The country has the record of the
republican party as the author of all
the best in railroad and trust legisla
tion as an earnest of good faith In the
present. " The Sherman anti trust act,
the El kin ci law and the Hepburn act
are all of republican origin and, while
they are not perfect in their opera
tions, have accomplished real reform
and real goed in dealing with the large
corporations. But beforewe come to
the' measures widening and facilita
ting the scope of power of the Inter-
tate Commerce commission, we
should stop to acknowledge that that
body came Into being through the ef
forts of the republicans.
Following the enactment of all
these laws came predictions of dire
disaster that would befall the rail
roads and other moneyed interets of
the land, but these calamities have not
come true. On the contrary, the great
commercial institutions have gone on
accumulating strength; railroad con
struction has proceeded as never be
fore in any period of history and cor
porate management has become wiser
and more efficient.-
If we care to look at this situation
from the standpoint of political ex
pediency we still find room for hope,
for the majority In congress today in
vites its own peril if it falls or neglects
to give to the country a good law pro
viding -"for an : Interstate commerce
court for' the ' proper regulation of
traffic, rates and agreements by rail
roads. ' The mst rigid analysis of every
section entering into the bill and its
most careful consideration are highly
desirable, and after going through
this legislative crucible the measure
ought to emerge in a reasonably sat
isfactory condition.
Broad-Gauged or Narrow-Ganged T
Down in Lincoln a veritable hornets'
nest .has been stirred up by the refusal
of the city council to permit the dis
play of an across-the-sldewalk sign
temporarily In front of a bank during
the .construction of a handsome new
building, with the. usual charges and
countercharges that the municipal au
thorities are discouraging private en
terprise when they ought to 'en
courage it. . . - .. .
This is the same old contention be
tween broad-gauged and ' narrow
gauged policies In the upbuilding of a
city, and It Is the same question that
confronts every business enterprise
from time to time. In this particular
instance the narrow-gauged policy is
sought to be justified by the declara
tlon that there must be no special priv
ileges to anyone that everyone cannot
enjoy, to which the answer is made
that the city can well afford to let
down the bars for? a temporary street
sign if by doing so It can get a fine per
manent Improvement in the shape of
a modern, up-to-date building.
Here In Omaha we have the habit
of putting up with a lot of inconveni
ences -and nuisances .while' new build
ings are in progress, and while new en
terprlses are being established. Omaha
has preferred the broad-gauged policy
to the narrow-gauged policy, end we
think has results to show for it. While
some few may have enjoyed special
privileges for a little while, the whole
community has been the gainer in the
long; run. A city may in its Infancy
do sotae things and draw the lines less
strictly than they ought to when it
gets bigger, but the city, like the Indl
vidual who does business on a broad-
gauged, liberal . plan, Is apt to get
further than a -narrow-gauged
neighbor.
, The insane ward of the Douglas
county hospital is again reported over
crowded. The care of the , Insane,
however, strictly speaking, belongs to
the state and not to the county, and
these patients should be In the state
insane asylums. If the latter lnstltu
tions have no room for them these asy
lums should be enlarged. . , If Douglas
county once accepts it as it duty to
provide for the insane it will be hard
to get the state to give relief.
Outside of Omaha The Bee is prac
tically the enly Omaha newspaper that
la known and quoted. , The reason fs
clear it Is because The Bee has al
ways not only maintained its own high
character, but kept ahead of what the
size of the city really warranted from
a newspaper standpoint. The best
way to boost Omaha Is to send The
Bee to out-of-town friends.
All the railroads entering Omaha
are discovering that their freight ter
mlnal facilities here are Inadequate to
the growing traffic, if not already In
adequate. The railroad that wants to
look ahead in Omaha for twenty years
should take a look backward twenty
years, and figure that' past growth Is
not a marker to what is in store.
The escape of Frank Grlgware. with
other convicts at Leavenworth, Justi
flea the extraordinary precautions
Omaha officers took in handling htm
and bis confederates in the Union Pa
clflc train robbery, going cm tho theory
they would make a dash at the first
opportunity.
The controversy over who shs.ll cel
ebrate the Panama "canal project has
narrowed down to Washington, New
Orleans and Ssn Francisco. San
Diego tried to butt in, but was
promptly read ont of the race by the
San Franclfco Chronicle.
Those dogs and frogs that have to
sacrifice their lives in the Hyde mur
der, trial to prove just how dead
strychnine can kill will derive little
consolation from the fact that they
are martyrs to the great cause of
science.
Reforms Trimmed With Joy.
Baltimore American.
If, when the Pullman company reduces
Its ratea. It will also Inaugurate a systnm
whereby the public Is relieved of paying
the porters' wages, there will be cause for
genuine Joy.
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Which wm Move First t
Washington Herald.
The getting together of the Independ;nce
league and the democratic party seems to
depend upon whether the mountain shall
go to Mahomet or Mahomet to the moun
tain.
Something of ay fltncher.
Xanoaa City Star.
Another argument In favor of the poHtal
savings bank is found in the fact that
the "bankers' colony" at the Fort Leav
enworth penltentlii-y now numbers
thirty-eight.
Why Worry Sef
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Why should democratic; leaders he flur
ried because Mr. Bryan resurrected aome
of the old clatter about the quantitative
heorv of money? What reason was thre
for expecting anything else from him?
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Pol H leal .Rainbow Chaalna;.
Baltimore American.
The program of the social democratic ad
ministration of Milwaukee sounds like an
advance notice of the millennium. If Its
practical carrying out realises all Its prom
ises, then there will he a revolution In
municipal government. ' But after all, the
great bar to the millennium still stands
even In altruistic socialism human nature,
which probably, la prevalent even In ad
vanced Milwaukee.
Horlsg the Pn.m Bartk.
Bprlngfield Republican. ,
When the United States took over the
work of building the Panama canal It was
estimated by the engineers that 103,706,000
cubic 'yards would have to be excavted.
The excavation record shows that this
figure was passed about a week ago,, thsre
being some 71.000,000 cubic yards still to be
removed. The additional digging Is due to
the enlargement of the dimensions of the
canal prism, made by the American en
gineers after the work was begun, to ac
commodate ships of increased tonnage.
Protection In Great Britain.
New -York Tribune.
Mr. Balfour's declaration In favor of
admitting wheat from the British colonies
into the United Kingdom lree of duty,
while -imposing a duty upon wheat from
other . countries, is quite in accord with
protectionist- principles when applied ' On
an Imperial acale. The Importance of such
an arrangement to the British j food .sup
ply may be estimated from th-e" fact of
record that the grain' crop of .Saskatche
wan was 9,000.000 bushels in 1890, - 7.00O,O0O
in 1904 arid 20,000,000 In 1909.' What it
will be in 1914 may almost stagger the
imagination, while without any flight of
the imagination It may well be reckoned,
that In a few years the colonies of the
empire will be able to supply tfte de
mands of the United Kingdom.
Imports and Extravacaace.
New Tork World.
The foreign trade of the country for
March, 1910,' shows a balance against us
Of .19,154,000. This is the first un.evor-
able March balance In fifteen years. It
is the heaviest unfavorable balance in
that month since ,1893, Just befqre a bad
financial break, and-1869, when, reassured
foreign capital was atill rushing In to fi
nance industries after the war. Only once
In forty-seven years has an entire calen
dar year : shown an excess of Imports.
Never before now has a flood of lrnports
overbearing the natural export balance
consisted so largely of imported luxuries.
If after a very bad record In the last
half of 1909 the present year continues
as it has begun, it will be a pussle or a
portent The national sin of extrava
gance, private and public, unless attended
to, may -force Itself upon attention.
Our Birthday Book
April 83, 1910.
'William : Shakespeare, bard of , Avon,
would be celebrating Ms 'birthday" today If
he' were still among -us. He was bora at
6tratford-on-Avon April 23, 1S64. The
strangest part of It all is that the -world
waited for a Nebraska university professor
to dig up the reoorda of a lawsuit in which
Shakespeare's deposition was taken.
Arthur T. Hadley, president of Yale uni
versity, was born April 23, 186A, at New
Haven. Conn. He was professor of political
economy in that institution before being
promoted to succeed President Dwlght.
Chauncey M. Depew, United States Sen
ator from New' York, is 78 today and still
telling stories and cracking Jokes. He was
born at Peeksklll, N. Y. Mr. Depew Is a
lawyer by profession and was once resi
dent of the Nsw York railroad, and was
mentioned as candidate for president of the
United States. '
Thomas T. Eckert, former . president of
the Western Union, was born April 23, 1825,
at Chkirsvllle, O., and although retired from
active business, la atill bale and hearty.'
General ' Eokert bad charge of the mili
tary telegraph for the union army during
the war. ' " ,
-Wlnthrop Murray Crane, United States
senator from Massachusetts, Is C7. He was
born at Dalton, Mass., and built his fortune
as a manufacturer of writing paper.
Carter H. Harrison, former mayor of
Chicago, is celebrating his 60th birthday.
He Is a native son of Chicago, and his
father was mayor of Chicago before htm.
Carl Snyder, author and magaalne writer,
was born April 23. 18G9, at Cedar Palls, la.
He was onoe editor of the Council Bluffs
Nonpareil and Is well known in Omaha.
EM win Markham, poet and literary critic,
was born April 23, 1852, In Oregon City,
Ore. One of his principal claims to literary
fame is "The Man With the Hoe." He is
now living in Brooklyn. f
Francis Lynda Stetson, the big New
York lawyer, was born April 23, 184. at
Keeaevllle, N. Y. He used to be associated
In a law firm with Grover Cleveland and
has represented - J. Plerpont Morgan In
many big" deals.
Thomas 'Nelson Page, author and novel -int.
Is 87. He Is a VlrglrJan by birth and
has laid most of his successful fiction
scenes In the sous' '
In Other Lands
Side Xilghts on What lr Trans,
plrlng Anient the ZTeax and
fu nations cf the Earth.
King Mcnelik of Abyssinia has fully re
covered from the recent attack of obltunry
notlces The tearless laments drawn from
newspaper morgues and rrfrren.ee books,
gathered by enterprising clipping bureaus,
are pouring in upon the royal castle, fill
ing the negus with the spirit of gayety.
But the royal household furnishes addi
tional proof of health and hilarity. The
royal treasury la In need of funds and the
tax collector Is abroad In the land. Some
offtnKlve patriots who are striving to
dodge their dues by "hollering" against
increased taxes, have been corralled by
the squad of soldiers and the noise ef
fectively squelched with curved sabers, by
chopping oft the heads of the principal
kickers and dodgers,- and confiscating
thrlr property, King Meneltk Impresses
minor tax Insurgents that prompt payment
conduces to- longevity. Tho moral effect
of the proceeding Insures accurate and
honest schedules of property and checks
the tendency to hide movable assets over
the border before the assessor arrives. -
What promises to be the greateat latxir
battle $ver fought In Germany was In
augurated early In the month by a lockout
of employes In t'ne building trades. It is
said 200,000 workmen are Involved at pres
ent, with every likelihood of the number
being increased as the heat of the contest
rises. Primarily the fisht was forced by
organized employers. Some weeks ago the
employers demanded that the employes
should enter, at the beginning of tills
month, upon an entirely new form of con
tract, the chief features of which were
that the men should no, longer object to
piece-work, that uniform conditions of
labor should prevail throughout the empire
nd that there should be a general system
of labor exchanges organized and con
trolled by the employers alone. The em
ployers presented this proposal to the men
as an ultimatum, which must be accepted
by the men under penalty of a lockout.
The men, in their trade unions, very
promptly and almost unanimously rejected
the proposal, and a lockout was In conse
quence ordered by the employers.
Taxing the unearned Increment in land,
a proposition embodied In the British
budget whloh the landlords denounced as
confiscation, is becoming a popular form
of public revenue In Germany. It has been
the vogue In Cities for several years, and
under It they have thrived wonderfully.
The general government 'wants a slice 'of
the usufruct and proposes, as a starter,
to dip Into the unearned Increment, pot In
Berlin. It, Is expected the cities will re
sent this action as another step In the en
croachment of the federaKupon tho munici
pal authorities, but likely the kaiser's min
isters will have their way. t
The divorce evil Is growing In England
at a disquieting rate. Civil judicial statis
tics for 1908, recently issued,, show an in
crease of 15.26 , over the preceding year.
The distinctive feature of the showing Is
the preponderance of petitions for divorce
by husbands and of separations, a proceed
ing different from . divorce. .Separation
orders granted by magistrates numbered
7,265 ;ln 1903, ' making, with divorces, 672,
and judicial separations, 28, a total of
7,8&). Thia gives a percentage of 22.53 per4
100,000 of population. In Italy, where di
vorce as distinguished from -separation Ja
unknown, separations, on an average for
eight years ..amounted to only 852, or rtwq
per 100,000 of the population. .''
Americans who decorate their -bosoms
with home decoration i badges' for the pur
pose of Impressing: -the proletariat while
traveling abroad, should cut Servla out
of their-itinerary in the future or chuck
the decoration 'In the bottom of the grip.
Servians are tired of decorations. They
have become as much of a human
burlesque as the berlbboned chest of a
delegate whose vote is eagerly sought by
rlvalls. A much decorated ex-minister has
organised the Sen-Ian Anti-Decoration
league, which is growing rapidly, and
promises to rid the chesty landscape of
medals and posters. The furore Is such
that ' the government, pledged to economy
and reduced taxation, fears tbat Its work
ing subordinates will demand more real
money aad fewer pewter medals. In- t?elr
pay envelopes.
' Cecil Rhodes' dream of a railroad from
the Cape to Cairo Is steadily approaching
realization. By the end of this year the
entire line will have been surveyed, and
construction will follow fast on the heels
of the surveying corps. The railroad will
be 6,600 miles long, and construction has
been pushed with a vigor that would do
credit to an American railroad contractor.
Locomotives are now running to a point
forty miles beyond the Congo frontier, or
2.187 miles from Capetown. The roadbed
is completed for six miles further north
ward, and by the end of April It is ex
pected - that the rail head - will be, a hun
dred - miles within the . Congo territory.
Through trains are now running twioe a
week between -Capetown and the Victoria
Falls and between Victoria Falls awl
Broken Hill.
WATTKRSON TO TAFT,
A Mesaaa-e of Cheer and Good Will
and an Invitation.
Louisville Courier-Journal. .
There have been presidents before you.
Mr. President, who were glad to get out I
of the White House. The , Job is by no
means what It is cracked up to be. To a
sensitive man it must be at times almost 1
unendurable. It takes a tough hide, a
tough hide, to stand the meannesses and ,
treacheries, the half-lying and the lying
outright, the misconception, misconstruc
tion and double-dealing to which every
hour of tbe day and every day In the year
the president of the United States Is sub
jected. Mr. Taft has shown himself too
thin of akin. God made him for chief Jus
tice of the , supreme court OJid an Idea)
chief Justice he wquld have made Instead
f chief mallstrate.
. There's one comfort Ho is a gentleman
and an honest man. He -was born and
bred a-gentleman. . Whenever the qualities
that go to the making of a gentleman have
had occasion to put in an appearance Taft
has shown large. Indeed. His letter to Glf
ford I'lnchot was almost a nonsequltur.
Except that he had . been grossly' misled
and .deceived in -Balllnger it would have
put Plnchot in a hole. But he Bhone out
resplendent the other evening when he
was so suddenly and so sorely tried by the
audience of rude,' unfeeling and unthink
ing women who, when they hissed the
modest expression of a difference of opin
ion, gave their cause away. .
The Courier-Journal touchea Us hat to
you, Mr. President. We look toward you.
Mr. President. There is still good fishing
In Kentucky river yes. in Eagle creek and
Eiahorn--Mr.'' President, and, when that
fdur years' term Is up. and you are sick
and tired of honor and glory, come to God s
country, Mr. President, and we'll have a
burgoo and a thimbleful of the best ever
to wab it down.
The report made to the comptroller
nnder date of March 29, 1910, shows
that this bank has
Time Certificates of
ftRposif $2,034,278.61
3V2 Interest
paid on certificates running fot twelve
m on Hi e.
PERSONAL K0TES.
A Cincinnati man has fallcJ for more
than 11,000,000 with -assets of less than $400.
Tlmt might he termed a successful failure.
The parting remarks of Mr. Clarkson of
New York, as he loses his grip on a federal
Job seom to be mado more In anger than In
sorrow.
Philadelphia politicians deny that they are
as bad as those In Pittsburc;. The denial
may be ascribed to modesty rather than to
resentment.
Hetty Green's son explains that 'ho Is a
bachelor because of his wealth. Yet there
are. women who would not regard wealth
as an insuperable obstacle.
A New York Judge lias ruled that a
woman has no Inalisnnhle right to change
her mind. On that point, however, his
honor may yet change his mind.
Tr. Prltchett of the Carnegie foundation
announces after his tour of the west. In
specting stato universities, that only two
out of twelve come 'up to the ' Carnegie
standard.
Colonel L. P. Rors of Lawton has en
tered the race for the democratic nomina
tion for governor of .Oklahoma. He Is un
derstood to favor local option and a resub
mission of the prohibition question.
Comet watchers entertaining doubt as to
the location of the appendix will be com
forted by the assurance of a writer that
the tall glows for miles and miles behind
It." Rise early and watch It wag.
Edward S. Kills, a resident of Montclalr,
N. J., was 70 years old recently. Just fifty
years ago this spring' young Ellis assisted
at the birth of Beadle's dime novels, by
producing-one of the classics of that amus
ing series, "Seth Jones, or the Captive of
the Frontier," a tale that won a circulation
of more than 500.000 copies and was trans
lated lnto. eleven' languages.'
Daniel Waldo Field of Brockton,. Mass.,
millionaire and president of numerous cor
porationa, has enrolled as a special stu
dent In the Harvard School of Business.
He is 45 years old and Is studying as hard
as the hardest working i'grlnd" In the uni
versity, Mr. 'Field Is an employer , of
labor on a large scale. He is a shoe manu
facturer and employs about ' 6,000 ' people.
Hels married. ""1
, THE FARE WEI. I. KNOCK.
Doleful Effect ot Separation from the
Pie Counter.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The poor Grand Old! It Is now In a po
sition .where most everybody enjoys giving
It a kick, and absolutely nobody la afraid
to. Here Is that sonorous old fighter in
the' party : trenches, General James 8.
Clarkson, shooting arrows into the hide of
the old pachyderm, as he retires from the
surveyorshlp of the port of New York.
"The first right of man Is to earn his liv
ing," aays Clarkson, "and in that the re
publican party is not protecting . the citi
zens." It la certainly . Just now not pro
tecting Clarkson in tho right to take his
living from the public crib. Another , ar
row: "Any debt -the negro owed the re
publican party has been paid. The party
has betrayed him. He should divide his
vote." And.he adds by way of another
shot: "The republican party was swept
Into power by .sentiment. . For twelve
years it has lived through commercialism."
Most people saw commercialism In con
trol of the party many years , prior to
twelve years ago, or when Clarkson was
nearlng the senlth of his political career
Ussd Insfrumsnis at
LowPriccG Do tho Duslnoss
A fine looking upright, quarter sawed oak case Reynolds Piano,
almost new regularly ' sold for $275 we offer at 9 1 46 oh fl
weekly payments.
An ebonlsed uptight Hallet & Davis Piano, as good as any
new $300 piano, for only $165.
A mahogany Imperial Piano, must be sold at once only $155.
Small payments.
A Howard Piano $245. A Bhulhoff Piano $165. An Irving
Piano $125. A Cramer Oak Piano $138. A Nelson Piano, a
Cable Nelson Piano, Columbus Piano all under $200 all on easy
payments all get Stools and Scarfs FREE. We furnish a stool
and scarf with the Ohio Valley Oem Upright for' $45. Come soon
if you want the choice bargains. -
A. 'IIOSPE -GO., 1513 Douglas Strost
P. S. 'Have you seen the -$376 Player Piano. on $2 weekly
payments? 25 rolls free. You will want this and trade in your
-old piano as part .payment,' " '
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LAUGH IT OFF.
"The prospects for speeding on tills road
seem fine," ejaculated the amateur chauf
feur, as he prepared to lit the machlm
out.
"lllsht, you are." chuckled tim rural con
stable dartlnK from behind ft tree. "-Fine,
ii n 1 1 ii. i- I un,
" Haltlnu.'c Amur!
ss." said hobo.
an riKni. r iiiy dollars. tiammu'c Aniuri-
can..
"I ain't no saint, boss
I wunst voted a couple o' hun.lred re.
pesters in my precinct, an' they sent mo tc
the penitentiary for It."
"Great Caesar!" exclaimed the man who
had Just lief riended him. "I lilil tlie sms
thing once, and tliev wnt tne to conmi-ss
tor It !" Chicago Tribune.
"What do you think of a man with a rip
In his coat and only three buttons on his
vest?"
"Ho should either get married or dl- m
vorced." Boston Transcript.
"Why do they call this wine champagne':"
'"Hecaune that's Its name."
"It's a bad one. No shim about It. The
headache you get from It Is the real thing. 1
Washington Herald. -
"What good does a clas'leal education do
a man?" -
"A great deal," replied the statesman.
"If he becomes eminent In effnlrs ho con
select an ancient author as his press aiteiit
Instead of employing ome modern person
who will he, more expensive and less ef
ficient." Washington etar.
"You were very cold
last evening,'!
the, g'.rl he hn Tk j
Jded anxiously"
phoned the young man to
called on. Then ho nili!
"What Is the outlook for tonight?'
"pair, and warmer tonlKht, ' camo
answer promptly. Denver News.
the
In the hereafter the man encountered a
singular group of animals two or threo
beavers, an otter and some cvals, all shiv
ering, though tlie climate, lo suy the least,
was mild.
"We were skinned for your wife's furs,"
they explained, civilly,, .seeing his per
plexity. ' ':
Ho was I, quoth he.
Thenceforth they wandered on together.
Circle Magazine,
The Judge I'll fine you 25 for vagrancy
The Prisoner-1 wot s lAt?
The Judge You are without visible
means of support. Can yoa psy the fine?
The Prisoner Judge, dat'H de bigirest fool
question, umli-r de -clrcutnstauces, dut was
ever asked me. Cleveland Leader.
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.' A MAN, A GIRL- ASH A CURL.
Cella M. Robinson in Smart Set.
On the rack It hung all day...
Near the ribbons bright' and gay
' And the ties,
But at night amung her tresses,
When she wore her pretty dresses
In the gultie
Of- a bud of fashion's choosing,
It was really quite amulng.
Such sad kIkIih
The little curl would hear '
Whispered In a pretty - ear.
And the lies
(To-make a ringlet tremble In surprise)
Of the crimson of her lips
And . the crimson of her cheeks,
That lay all day
In an alabaster box
On the dresser with the locks
Not far away.
And near It, on the side,
Peroxldel
When the ringlet heard him whisper
That he never could resist her,
Al! the beauty of her bloom .
And her charm,
The ringlet lost Its grip ''
And suddenly let slip
To his arm,
Where It fell, a golden wave,
And, trying quick to save
It from harm,
The maiden lost her head,
And bitter tears she shed
In her alarm.
The sudden heavy shower
Washed the color, like a -flower,
From her cheeks. .
And that's the reason why
Now he's very, very shy
When be calls
Upon the pretty lasses, . . .
And always wears his glasses
To the balls.
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