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iibaa'i'lttvra Iravlutf (ho ellr lean
pnrHilly alittlil ha Th lira
uiMllcil to tbriu. Adilrvaa will h
rhautiril aa oftva aa ruatd.
Whtn In doubt after 8 o'clock ask
for glUKcr die.
Thin talk of "art for art's sake" has
a iiK'Ulllo toiiud to it.
!.l there be no leaka In the prone
rutlon of llio b.iihtub truat.
"Hurry Thaw Discharged." Had
line. Oh, ouly from bankruptcy,
though.
A man nnml Sweat died of ' ex
posure to cold In MlsBourL Then ask
what a In a name?
King Ak-8ar-Hen - start -out the
year with unequalled prospects of
juaco and prosperity,. .
Khodo Island counts (08 persons to
tho Bijuaie mile. But It Is woefully
shy on square miles.
A Los Angeles' man who killed him
self lert a noto sftytng one little He
hud dune It. A la Ananias.
Ueorije M. Cohan says he Is tired of
acting as press agent fdr the Ameri
can flue - That's tough on the grand
old Hag. ' '
"The rath to Yesterday" la the title
of a new poem. It la the path to to
morrow, though, that most people are
seeking, " 1
Mil )uu pay y,u mtvrcd the Naw
Yeurf l'ulttinora American.
No, the fare Is collected at the
other end of the line.' '
Now, If Mayor llraiui Whltloek of
Toledo would only write a magaslne
arltelo 011 Adams county, Ohio, Its
fatuo would be complete.
Former King Manuel of Portugal
contemplate a a lour pf the world,
mill, he cannot be charged with seek
iiiK new kliiRdoms to coit(iicr.
A . tl. tpaliling declares base ball Is
a eleoner game than politics, la that
all he tan say for base ball, out of
which lie lias made a million dollars?
"If you dispensed good cheer, don't
call It charity," suskcsis the Atlanta
Constitution. No, nor even mint Julep
down In CicortU;t, for the lid Is sup
posed to he on.
The Chicago I'ost askc "Why Is he
always called u 'lone' bandit? Why
Hot Juil 'a bandit?'" tiilll, some prog
ress hoe been made, for ue ucd to be
tailed "cue lone bandit."
l or tho first time In Nebraska's his
tory the legislature has rented a room
for committee meetings outside of the
ststo house. That looks like demo
italic economy and retrenchment.
It would bo the Irony of fate if the
Packctt law. sponsored by a Cage
county Rtatctmsn. should get In Its
fltkt work in outerlDg in those Cage
county officials accused of harboring
a gang of bank robbers.
Wondei how Coventor 5hallen
fcerger rtme to hit upon 7,o00 as tho
proper salary which a governor of
this great and slot-tons state might
possibly eaiu or did ho simply want
to (xjusliie the pay of senators, roo
lirrnit'U 'tl govtrnots?
Mr, Bryan'i Qucitiom.
Tboaa democrats who have bfn d
ludlng tliemsclvrs with the nntiou
thst th Ir party bad flunlly ahaken off
.Mr. Drynn and llbrratad (trlf com- J
plctely from the lnfluen(e t.f the 1
Mtidard-bearer who bad lfl It thrr-e
tlmrs to defeat tuny wll opn their
eyes and prick their earn to the thr-e j
uetlons which he propones to ak of;
every candidate mentioned a a dem- j
orratlr rf'hillty in 1912. Th't '
questiotis and Mr. IlryBn'n view of!
their significance, K.rnoptized, are: I
"Flrft, Dom he represent the
special Interests or the people? A
candidate who Is eatlnfactory to any of
the special Intereats cannot be satis
factory to the people, for theae inter
eats would not support him If they
did not know him to be with them
and against the people.
"rWond, Did he support the ticket
In H!e. 1000, 1904 snd 1 908? Of
course, he supported It In 1 90 4 Itut
how about 1896. 1900 and 1908? A
man who went wrong; In any of these
campaigns Is still wrong unless he
lias undergone a revolutionary chang
of sentiment, and If he has undergone
such a change he is now so radical
that he would be more objectionable
to the 'conservative' element than one
who left tho party.
"Third. Who are the chief sup
porters of the candidate? A man is
known by the company he keeps and
a candidate by the character of Ms
sponsors. The democrat who wants
to know what csndldate would be sat
isfactory to the special Interests, and
therefore unsatisfactory to the peo
ple, should watch the editorials In
such papers as the New York Sun, the
New York Times, Harper's Weekly
and the Cincinnati Enquirer. Any
man praised by these papers can
safely be set down as unsafe."
Mr. nryan says there are other
questions to be asked and answered,
but those three deserve special con
sideration Just now. He says, further,
that If any one of these three ques
tions esnnot be answered satisfactorily
the candidate is not available no mat
ter who he Is nor from what section
he comes.
If tnls does not presage democratic
harmony and refute the reports that
Mr. Bryan wants to dictate the candi
date In 1912 and again write tho plat
form, what does?
Adult Probation Law.
The IlllnolB legislature' Is to be
be asked to enact an adult probation
law, under which first offenders will
be paroled without Incarceration and
thus Bhlelded from contamination
with hardened criminals. . This la in
line with the sentiment of reforming,
Instead of punishing, novices In crime.
The motive is laudable, whether the '
theory is aound or not. . Certainly
there la danger of confirming criminal
tendencies by placing first offenders
In contact with men and women dyed
In lawlessness. Where this can be
avoided without Injury to larger social
Interests It should be done. What needs
to be kept in mind, however, Is the
fact that the debt is from the indi
vidual to society, not from society to
the Individual. The law against crime
must be upheld, Justice done and
society protected, whether the man
who violates the law suffers or not.
If such a probation law Is offered to
the first offender. It la a concession
on the part of society and must not
be confounded with any personal
rlghta. It la simply another effort the
state Is willing to make for the Indi
vidual's uplift and not the granting
of any demand he had a right to press.
Any act that looks to the abolition of
punishment for the violation of law
will have to be administered with wise
deliberation. It can safely admit of
no morbid aentlmentallsm.
Buch an experiment might prove
successful. At least It might produce
sufficient results to warra'nt making
It. One thing is certain, it would be
difficult to do more violence to Jus
tice hi parol lug first offenders than
la being done In many slates today
by pardoning confirmed and often
dangerous culprits. And If this method
will save men and women from Iick
coming hardened in vice, then It has
a atrong claim for consideration.
The Lecture Fad.
Lecturing, which has become more
or leas of an occupation in this day
of commercial opportunities. Is to be
Introduced as a novelty In the courts
of fashion In fact, In New York fash
ionable hostesses have taken up the
fad of Introducing lecturers to draw
ing or dining rooms filled with con
vivial guests. The lecturer may be
unknown to the company, which mat
tera no more than does the fact that
what he la lecturing about Is unknown
to them, if not to himself, except as
he may have learned it from some au
thority the day before. Of course,
since It is only a fad, anyway, the
guests are not supposed to compre
hend or discuss what the lecturer
ssys. but may go back to their chat
ting or their viands as soon as he has
finished and bowed himself out of the
door to receive his recompense.
We are a very much-lectured people
Just now. Which shows that are
also a patient and forbearing people,
for the great majority of present-day
lecturers have little of aertous import
ance to lecture about. Hut that does
not hinder any person of presence,
who may have been abroad, from tak-
lug this nieaua of coming out even or
1 a little better on epen-. As the
New York IteraU observes. "After all.
lecturing should be encouraged, aa It
furnlnhen employment to a great many 1
people who might otherwise become'
a burdin on their relatives." At any j
late, it will not do lo say that thlsj
t a i. ... ,.r ,.1,1.11.. iinn I,... rn (
-'iMasi'ii ... ,,av,i. rjiiMii u.,r i,i
Its pole purpose the education of the
masr.es. It Is retierally a elmple way
of making money and It Is getting so
that every time a person thinks he
dos romethlng a little out of the or
dinary he must Jump upon the plat
form and go to lecturing about It. It
seems really appropriate that high so
ciety should take it up as a fad.
Indians and Civilization.
In an article In the Outlook upon
"The Indian and the Morn) Law." Dr.
Charles Kastman, or Ohlyesa, a Sioux
Indian, rather disparages the moral
advMttftgpR of civilization to the Red
man. i:s compared with his aboriginal
cukio i:s. Krom his presentation of
the ri-se one must Incline to the be
lief that these simple traditions were
not without their helpful Influences,
"teaching the rustic moralist" the les
son of right living as far as they
could, instructing the feminine mem
bers In principles of chastity and vir
tue, and tho men In rugged truth and
common honcHty. patience, fortitude
and moderation, as the stoical charac
ter denotes.
Hut a social order that would an
swer the demands of a nomadic tribe
could not be relied upon to work out
Its destiny Into a larger sphere of
moral and Intellectual development,
where the Indian could take bis place
beside other races. Dr. Kastman's
theory has been at the bottom of simi
lar contentions about man's evolution
a long time. It Is, moreover, easy to
rhapsodize about the Indian, who is
naturally an heroic person of simple
mind, possessing strong attributes of
character, but It Is also easy to over
draw his virtues, as Is done about
every time we attempt to dramatize
him. either In story or on the stage.
Helen Hunt Jackson's Allesandro Is
an example In hand.
To say that the Indian should not
have been subjected to the tempta
tions accompanying civilization Is to
refute all argument about hla natural
strength of character. Or to attempt
to prove that he Is the victim of civil
ization and that the world has - not
been benefited by his loss would be
futile. The Indian may not be as
rare-free in his Idle fancies of semi
savagery, but neither Is he any longer
a semi-savage. Lifted by the power
of civilization, the survivor Is taking
rank with men of the European ante
cedents. But for the trying forces of
civilization, the real worth of the In
dian character would not have been
known and he would continue to be a
purposeless member of society instead
of becoming a useful citizen, gradually
rising Into line full stature of citizen
ship. The Wool Tariff.
It Is gratifying that the sheep rala
ers of the west have determined on co
operating with the tariff board in its
reckoning of conditions preliminary
to drafting a new wool tariff schedule
as an amendment to the present law,
which is notoriously unsatisfactory
under this heading. This should help
materially toward Justifying the prin
ciple of a tariff commission. On the
other hand, for the sheepmen to with
hold their assistance and seek to hin
der the efforts of the board would be
a serious obstacle. The sheepmen are
in possession of information without
which the tariff board would be hand
icapped in reaching a proper basis of
protection, and it should work to the
advantage of their Interests that they
have offered to supply all of such In
formation that may be required.
Oue of the arguments against the
practicability of the tariff commission
idea was that such a body would have
more difficulty In getting at Inside
facts than would members of con
gress, to whom the task of tariff con
struction bad always been left. The
sheepmen, therefore, hsve Bet a whole
some example for others to follow.
Now, If the wool manufacturers will
but fall In line and submit their pro
duction coat lo the tariff board. Join
ing with the producers In an effort to
reach a reasonable tnrlff schedule. It
will, tend to simplify what would
otherwise be. and what has beeu, a
seriously complicated task. Certainly
an industry of such proportlona as the
production and manufacture of wool
la entitled to the fairest treatment,
but the government Is also entitled to
the faithful co-operation of these In
terests rather than secrecy or misrep
resentation. Of course, the Nebraska deposit
guaranty law has had "many fathers."
aud there la "honor enough for all,"
but why the name of that eminent
financier, Charlie Moeher, should be
left out of the Hat calls for explana
tion. Among such a multiplicity of
fathers, of course, comparisons are
odlus, but perhaps it may not be in
appropriate to call Mr. Bryan the
father. Governor Shallenberger the
step-father and Mr. Whedon the
father-iu-law.
The eleventh-hour exercise of ex
ecutive clemency by an outgoing gov
ernor is not generally received with
popular favor. Governor Bhallen
berger would have done better for all
concerned to have passed those par
don petitions O'er to his successor,
wkose favorable action would not be
subject to the s-ime criticism.
I'ltdcr the new order of things iu
the Nebraska legislature the speak."
has been shorn of bis power to ap- j .
point f nirnittees. But as the odd
member of lb" committee on commit
tees sre equally divided he has that
poser restored to him by being able
to cast the deciding vote. Six of one
and half dozen of the other.
Mr Bryan's Commoner ssks why
Kansas' percentage of population
growth Is bigger thsn Nebraska's, and
Intimates that perhaps the fact that
Kansas is a prohibition state has
something to do with It. Possibly,
also, the fact that Mr. Bryan sets the
example for emigration from Ne
braska to Texas.
"The democratic governors elected
last fall ere all making good," boasts
our amiable democratic contemporary.
Of course, they are. They have Just
taken their oaths of office and begun
to warm the seats of the executive
chairs, which, according to any demo
cratic dictionary, fulfills the definition
of "making good."
Governor Cruce of Oklahoma had
a hard time at the Inauguration ball
wearing a coat satisfactory to bis con
stituents. Might have tried a Joseph's
coat of many colors, such aa his prede
cessor. Governor Haskell, UHed.
One cannot believe that the plan of
Augusta, Ga , to start an aviation
Bchool Is any Indication that a re
action has set In against the town's
most distinguished citizen, the Hon.
Ty Cobb.
There are au many ways of being fooled
that you had belter watch yourself. Atchl
scn Globe.
Then d Howe has not really re
tired? If J. Ham Lewis Is not discovered
soon we shall begin to believe he has
shaved off those pretty pink whiskers
and lost himself in the crowd.
Kfflclrnt Inatrament Overlooked.
St. Iioiils Republic
In the battle between 1.000 police and a
handful of trapped burglars, staid old Ion
don supplied a front-page story, surpassing
In thrills anything that ever came out or
the wild and woolly west. Has London
tried the efficacy of a vigilance commit
tee lately?
I olleae Hot Air.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
A college president savs college yells
express very crudely the sentiment they
are Intended to express, but can he ex
plain what aentlment anyone could In
tend to express by "klcklty ,knlx, kowls,
kowtx," or nonsense equally meaningless
to the non-eolleglan?
Overworking; the Job.
St. Taul Dispatch.
The agents of armament seem to be
quite active In locating Japanese spies at
every corner. Of course, spies mean war,
and war means contraots for ships and
guns. Contracts rncan big money, and
out of the profits it Is easy to pay for
agents to work up,,scares.
The Teat of Experience.
Cleveland Leader.
The bank guaranty system will be left
to work Its own cure. If It can survive the
natural consequences of the opportunities
which It offers gamblers In banking to
outbid the best terms any prudently man
aged and sound bank can afford to give
depositors, the strongest and ablest fi
nanciers in the country will be much sur
prised. IIOPB'H UOI.UK l.INIKU.
Significance of Deerraaed Frodactlon
nt fll.
Boston Tranaortpt.
A gradual lowering of prices seems at
last In sight. For the first time since
1KU9 the world's gold output showed last
year a falling off. The decrees from
1909 was not large In volume, about
$3,000,000, but it may nevertheless be prop
erly deemed economically significant. In
sixteen years, from 1893 to 1910, the output
of the world's gold mines literally grew by
leaps and bounds. In 1908 it reached the
enormous ass rebate of tl&t.OnO.OOO, more
than five times the record of 1893. Now,
economists maintain that the existing fields
have reached their capacity, and as new
ones are not likely to be located, we may
witness a decline of commodity prices. It
may be hasardous to predict the limitation
of gold production, but the steadiness with
which, all around the world, commodity
prices have kept step upward with the
glowing volume of the precious metal, has
been more than coincidence. It has
been evidence of causa and effect. The
economists are therefore on safer ground
than the geolugibts, when It comes to fore
casting. People Talked About
William Hckei-snn, who probaly weighed
more than sny officeholder In the country,
la dead at his home. In Kllxaueth. N. J..
of pneumonia. Mr. Eckeraon outweighed
President Taft by at least 1HM pounds,
being more than uOO pounds.
Through the efforts of the Daniel Web
ster aaaoclallon. headed by Lx Senator
William 1C. Chandler of Concord, an op
tion has al lasl been obtained upon the
old WebnltT birthplace at Franklin, N.
II., und a movement ha been started to
raise tjo.OuO with which to purchase the
piaie.
The late Levi Fletcher of llollls. Me.,
left buhlnd an automobile of hla own
manufacture that waa known throughout
the countryside as "Fletcher's folly." lis
was perhaps the first man In New Eng
land to start to perfect and build a power
vehicle. The builder was handicapped by
lai k of means and tools, and as ordinary
tires were tmed on the machine It was Im
possible to move It up the hill
Frank Ward of Towanda. Fa., la the
pilncipal part of an odd combination.
Some years a so Mr. Ward lost on of his
anus In a tailioad an Idem, and since
that time he has been very solicitous con
cerning cripples. sUime weeks ago a cne
lfcrd pigeon waa taken In and cared for
by fclr. Ward, and recently a threa-lvgged
rabbit was gien Into hla keeping and Is
oring petted and tenderly cared fur.
John J. Cowhey, head freight checker
for the llllnoia Central railroad at South
Waier street. Chl ago, waa forced to re
tire with lb old )ar after having spent
fori) -am yrais and three montha in th
employ of the company. During that time
he held one position that of freight
checker. l"ohry. who la 71 years old.
Wri't wl. 111 told lie must renian and a i-ept
Washington Life
loni IataractlBf Fhaa
B Condition Obaarrad
at Ui Rations Capital.
A reunion of the suntving memlieta of
the blue and the grey, whn fought In the
battle of Manassas, commonly known ax
Bull Run Is urged by I). 1 1 Uusell of An
derson. H. C, In a letter In the Wamlngton
I'ost. Mr. Russell wax a member of Com
pany R, Fourth South Carolina volunteers
lie t-ays:
The iilst dsy of net July will be the
fiftieth uiinlx i-iar of the first battle of
Manassas, and it lias occurred to toe
that it woifld be a gracious thing, and
lending to promote peace and good feel
ing, if congress would make an appro
priation to bring together In a national
eniauipinent on that celebrated field the
am v Ivors of both armies, w ho actually
participated In the battle. The cost
would not be great, probably not over
XT-Ciuc, for there are not many of them
let t, and some of them would be too
feeble So no. We have only eighteen out
of HO. who enlisted In my old company,
and if that proportion holds good In all
the other commands that were engaged
there would not be many left to transport
and feed.
It would be a splendid object lesson to
the country and to the world, that nfty
years after the battle the government
ai-aemblen there the survivors of the two
opposing aim lea to fraternize with each
other. It would be a spectacle that
could not take place in any other coun
try on the globe, anfl would have a good
effect In promoting the rising tide of
peace and good will that seems to be
prevailing over the country, and In wip
ing out any remaining anlmosltlex. What
do you think of it?
The fact that Associate Justice Van
devanter, sworn In as a member of tho
supreme court, will have to 1 ,vlew hla
own decision In the Standard 1 at case, re
calls an interesting Incident In connection
with President Taft and Associate Justice
Lurton," said A. H. Burton, a prominent
Chicago lawyer, quoted by the Washington
Herald.
"You may recall that President Taft was
one presiding Judge of a circuit on which
his assoclatea wcie Judges Lurton and
Hammond. A case of considerable Inter
est had been argued before them, and they
had reached a decision. Judge Taft as
signed Judge Lurton to write the decision.
Judge Lurton took the case home with him
and worked over It for two months.
"Then he came back to Judge Taft. 'You
will have to assign some other judge to
write this decision.' ho told Judge Taft
'Blnca we reached a conclusion 1 have
changed my mind and will have to render
a dissenting opinion.'
"Judge Taft was surprised. He asked
for the dissenting opinion. When it came
he and Judge Hammond studied It care
fully, and that dissenting oplon became
the unanimous decision of the circuit court,
Judges Taft and Hammond swinging
aiound to Judge Lurton's view of the
question."
"The president's recommendation of a
parcels post 011 rural routes," writes the
Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune, "does not arouse the en
thusiasm among senators and representa
tives from the middle west which would
naturally be expected. This may be be
cause the opponents of such a system have
taken time by tho forelock, and. even be
fore the president's message was delivered,
were flooding the committee rooms of the
capltol with written protests, which they
followed up, once the message was made
public, with telegraphic protestations.
Whatever may th source of this opposi
tion. It finds expression among the small
shopkeepers, th residents of the smaller
towns, etc., all of whom appear to have
become Inspired with an unreasonable fear
of the mall order houses. That form of
parcels post recommended by the presi
dent, confined to rural routes, would prove
of no special benefit to the mail order
houses, because they could not avail them
selves of It, whereas it would afford spe
cial advantages of delivery to the small
merchants at th terminals of such routes.
This fact has been published over and
over, and yet makes no Impression, a fact
which auggesta the possibility that the ex
press companies, 'who are undoubtedly
strongly opposed to the system, have dis
covered a more subtle method of fighting
It than protesting to members of congress
and are In no small degree responsible for
the Inspiration of the fear w Jilch has come
so largely to dominate th' very people
who would derive the must benefit from
such a system. Bo vigorous Is the opposi
tion to any extension of the parcels post
that thus who have It at heart will have
to do yeoman's work to offset the start
already gained by their opponents."
Representative "Billy" Calder of Brook
lyn has a grudge against th man who laid
th floors at th executive offices, reports
th Washington Times.
Calder went to the White House a few
days ago to look after some Hrooklyn
patronage. After waiting In the members'
waiting room for some time he got the
sign from Secretary Norton that the presi
dent would se hlin. Calder started across
the heavy rug at a rapid pace. From the
rug he stepped on to as fine a polished
piece of floor as can b found In Washing
ton, rtight then and there Calder spilled
his statesmanlike stride, to say nothing of
hla dignity. One leg started South while
the other was endeavoring to travel north,
and in an endeavor to regain his balance
Calder'a hat went spinning across the floor.
"I don't mind letting th president hav
all th luxuries th land can afford," re
marked Calder. aa he dragged himself to
gether, "but 1 am compelled to remark that
there ai a few of us at the capltol who
wire not brought up on these polished sur
faces. These White House folks ought to
have some consideration for ordinary folks
who live In houses fitted out with ordinary
floors."
Calder Is not the only member of congress
who has found It a difficult matter to nego
tiate the slippery floors of the executive
offices. Senator Cullom, the veteran from
Illinois, stepped from th rue on to the
floor a few days ago and he cut a plgeon
wln which would have don credit lo an
acrobat. Senator Cullom la th personifica
tion of senatorial dignity, and he therefore
refrained from commenting aloud, but he
muttered audibly as he gingerly picked his
way Into th president office. Now th
old timers step across th floor in a man
nv which reminds one of boy "running
bendlea" on the lake back borne.
Hla Hrobleaaa lu Salve.
Baltimore American.
Th new year Is starting In burdened
with th solution of the moot responsible
Issues, before It Is hardly a day old. This
first week will witness som Important
step, chief among which will be the ulti
mate trut propositions lo b submitted
to th supreme court. Other great ques
tions of public policy, questions affecting
popular government and the wiole do
mestic life of the nation, are pressing for
settlement, so this year will be. In all
probability an epoch-making one. and a
ir past doubt.
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.
Madison Chronicle: The memler of the
'inrom'ng legislature will ! klrsert If they
' d.i and kleked If tliev d.m ledistrict
j the Htnir-tnit it should be done anyway.
the redisricting r mean, perhaps the
kicking too.
I Urd Quiz: The supreme court of tho
t'nlted Ftstrs has sustained the Nebraska.
Kansss snd Oklahoma bank guaranty laws.
So now If you want to go Into the bsnk
Inii business and bust up at the expense
of respectable bankers you are permitted
to do so. and there Is none to molest or
make you afraid.
Alma Record: The banks gusrantee law
Is something that Is not really needed,
being or.ty a political theory, the notation
for which hai; died down and It will now b
accepted by the people as a part of the
banking system. This decision will no
doubt cause Lx-Governor Shallenberger to
be less bitter against the courts of our
land.
Wayne Herald: It Is reported that the
town of (lordon In western Nebraska has
beeu swept by the Influence of evan
gelistic services to such an extent that old
family quarrels have ceased and outlawed
debts have been paid. One business man,
speaking from a material standpoint, said
the services In the effect of persuading
people to settle accounts were far ahead
of any collecting agency. Newspapers
would be pleased to see their tardy sub
scribers get that kind of religion.
Pender Hepubllc: In discussing th North
Pole question th other day a Pender
citizen said the way the matter stood now
the people generally were not satisfied
that either Cook or Peary had reached th
pole, but If the United States government
wanted to know for a certainty whether
or not the thing could be reached Just let
them locate an Indian allotment at the
pol and If some Thursfjn county land
grabber didn't get to It the Cook and Peary
stories would have to be declared a fake.
Beatrice Express; Thirteen depositors the
first day tor Nebraska's first postal liv
ings bank Is not so bad. The postmaster
at Nebraska City, where the bank Is lo
cated, statea that it supplies had arrived
earlier the first day's business would have
been considerably larger. Beatrice people
will watch with Interest the progress of
th bank, even though Nebraska City wss
more fortunate than this city In securing
th first bank of the kind In the slat.
j If the experiment proves a success in Ne
braska City, the time will not be long,
probably, until Beatrice has a similar In
stitution. Kearney Hub: The regents of the Ne
braska state university have acted wisely
In requesting tnat members of the faculty
do not engage In lobbying for the univer
sity appropriation at the coming scselon.
Such a lobby Is, or ought to be, unneces
sary. A statement of the needs of the
institution, emanating from the regents
or the chancellor, should be sufficient.
On the other hand, the members of the
legislature can turn over a new leaf to
good advantage by treating appropriations
for state institutions on th basis of their
needs -and their merits and eliminating
all political considerations.
Bridgeport News-Blade: The Omaha flee
"started something" when It called at
tention to the outrageously high prices
charged for lumber. The wholesaler"
promptly laid the responsibility upon the
retailers; but now the retailers Insist that
they are sinless, and shift the blame back
upon the wholesalers. The discussion sug
gests that the railroads are not the only
corporations In need of "regulation."
Will It yet become necessary for the state
to fix the maximum prices which may be
charged for commodities In order to pro
tect th public from corporation greed?
It would seem that a legislative Inquiry
into the lumber situation Is demanded.
Hastings Tribune: Senator Tlbbets la
right In the fight he Is waging against
J. L. McBrlen, who Is at the head of th
university extension department. It la
charged that McBrlen has used his office
for furthering his own political amblUons.
This can easily be proven when It Is shown
that th board of regents of th university,
under whom McBrlen works, was com
pelled to call him down during the recent
political campaign for Inviting so many
political speoches made In behalf of the
office, and that he arranged with a num
ber of campaigners to say something
favorable of the office and the manner In
which It was being conducted. Senator
Tlbbets has started on the right track, and
he should have no serious trouble In con
vincing his collesgues to that effect.
Hastings Tribune: One university ana
one campus Is the slogan of Regents
Oeorge Coupland and Frank L. Haller of
th University of Nebraska, and with this
end In view they hav submitted a minority
report to Governor Shallenberger, and
through him to the legislature. In which
they show good reasons why the buildings
of Nebraska's great school should be con
solidated at th state farm. There Is no
question that the present plan of con
ducting the university and state farm
many miles apart I too costly to the stu
dents, aa well as the state. The high price
of land about the university Is constantly
growing In need of more room and the
logical thing to do Is to locate Jhe univer
sity on the state farm, where each Insti
tution can work In harmony with the other
and at the same time save the students
much valuable time and no small amount
of money.
Loup City Northwestern: Governor Shal
lenberger. with defeat stll ringing In his
eara on account of the present primary
law. Is out in favor of a return to the
primary system Inaugurated by the re
publicans and taken off by the democratic
substitute enacted by the Bourbons at the
lust session of the legislature. But even If
there Is a return to the old primary sys
tem there will have to be some drastic
amendments, with penalties, to prevent
voters with seared consciences and llttlo
truthfulness from helping parties of oppo
site political belief to select their candi
dates. Here In Iaup City primaries we
know of men who called for republican
tickets, who were dyed-ln-the-wool demo
crats and voted that ticket at the pri
maries. There should be som System de
vised to prevent such work, or th pro
posed change back to the old system will
be of no effect In fuel at least In som
Voting precincts.
t Warning; Worth Heedlag.
Philadelphia Kecord.
Railroads and shippers might as well
take notice without further prosecutions
that rebating Is unlawful, and that a thin
disguise will not protect It from the scru
tiny of the courts. We are told that th
business world needs a rest from govern
mental Interference, and w suggest that
It get Its rest by abstaining from violat
ing the law- or taking big chances that
under the advice and direction of eminent
lawyers laws can be violated with safety.
The practice of trying to evade, get around
over or through the law had better be
abandoned.
Itr Port ta a llarai,
Plltshurg Dispatch.
Those beef trust lawyers certainly are
a resourceful lot. Now they contend that
the government la trying to prosecute their
client for doing something that Unci tun
had tham restrained frum doing year ago.
Thay think the charge should be contempt
of court rather tiian conspiracy, fcll'.l per
sons have be. n Jailed fur contempt of court.
ONE OF THE OLD GUARD.
Indianapolis News. He was not a '- "
man. nor i he a leader for wise retoroi
He was a shrewd representative of tlo
average party opinion who moved foiw'o
w I en public opinion o er w heimlngly (!'
man. led Hut. according lo his light. !'
was efficient and no doubt patriotic
Washington Test: Th - ei'l ir,.n..
Senator nan a w holesome, companion!'!"
lovable man His fii. nds were as numer
ous among democrats as among rrpub
Means. His partisanship was k-en and Ihh
political life active, hut there was no ranco
in his nature, and he won 1 miming nun"
slips
t uicago I'ost. Ti e senate never wou,.i
haxe bcoi the same to stephut H. I". ' ;n.s
witii Aldrich. Hale. Bui row and the lest
of the ' oid guaid' out ol it He oiii ,
have been obviously a "left ovur" from a
regime that had passed. It ts nut aru
gether sad that a m.in In tuui nun p
life should die before I lie oblivion of 0.0
axe enshrouds him.
Chicago inter Oct an. I he a ecr v.
United States eenator .-teineii H. cikiii
shows hour strenuous is tuivn th.- life o.
the American of laige altairs. item n.
Ohio, a union soldier In t.ie civil n
pi isonrr narrowly esi aping death at Hp
hands ot "juanlrell. a evct nun nt oitkei
in New .Mexico and H deiegait to conn...
irom tliut territory, a raiuoad imncti anu
coal miner In West Virginia, secrtlaiv ..
war and United Mates senator he Un-.
peacefully In bi d. rich and pmtuln. nt a....
surrounded by Ins famliy.
WHY MK MI(Ki;il
A Factor ia the . ii .nrd t llm.i i
Often e!nint leil;e(l.
Cleveland Lender.
"To my wife Is due a.l in..- sue. ess '
That Is the confession freely tuailc !v tin
'president of a big oil company lat wi c,
Just after he had sold Ins holding lor
j l.l.Ocn.OJO and glvrn IJOJ.OW t' the L'nive.sn .
of Pittsburg, where he was om c a student.
How many successful men llic.re are w ...
knew- In their hearts that the same t)iin
Is true of themwlves. yet how lew c nil. s.
It! Some readily inane the ai'MiuAlii.
ment to their wives, but It is nut oticii lit,
the man who has achlewd place and ,u..n
Is willlna to confess publicly, i'rlde. m I
fishness and the satisfaction ot ueinv re
garded by their fellows aa exceptional nc 1,
hold them back. Otheis aio u bunded u
egotism that they do not realize the hum
It Is not hard for a man lo ix.cciw a .1
admit the part his wile plays 111 his t ...
cesses If she happens to poa.sit.t a ano., .
edge of business and la thoroughly m
formed in the affairs of the uoi .u. II. 1
help Is direct and bo Immediately iHccHv
that It cannot tail of recognition. Hut so. h
cases arc lew. '1 lie avi rage wife anu
mother has had ncithtr the opportunity n...
the Inclination to becomo lamiliar witn
business, and she bus no tnno 10 indulge
in extensive study or such n.aueis. in
in a great number ot casta 11 him- iiu.hIuu.i
Is prosperous It is btcau.se ui 11.1 eit uti
and her judgment.
When they were married probably cln
had little. Who was It thai -.u.cd n,e
money which enabled him to make ms fii.n
Investment or to engage in business tor
himself? His wile. m,c naw to 11 inl tue
household expenses Were hepi uvji to tue
lowest ilrnlt compatible with Ilea th anu
Comfort, .--he economized aud sue nia.ua
him economize. More man u.i. ami ,t
him free from vice and moiai unclcaniln'ess,
watched over hlB health, soolneu away tile
bitterness of defeats and in.ipu.u 111 h.m
thb strength to puisevctc wu,i a cneen.il
heart.
If that man has risen to be the head 01
a great corporation or haa become a lean
ing light In one of the professions, o.
he has achieved the more-iuipurtu.nl sue
cess of establishing a good Ann.i.ean iiui...,
let him ask himself tue question; .u,
would ho be If It had not 01.11. i n- . 0
wife? If he la candid with himself, a jjoou
many unpleasant possibilities will present
themselves to his mind. He win nave to
acknowledge that in all probability lie
would have "gone wrong."
Nobody knows this better than Ids wi.e.
She does not care to boast auout it. ...ie
la more than satisfied with the succeed and
happiness that have come to hot 11 or tiicm.
But she would dearly appi.ciatc u n ..e
would occasionally make a lime acknowl
edgment of what she haa uon lot him.
it would make a bettor, broader man in
him and bring richer dividends from hu
little domestic corporation.
LAUGHING UNEti.
"A burlesque," said the occasional theater-goer,
"is a sort of take-off, isn t It ? '
it is." retill.l Vi . '& ..n ..i
- - --. ... varmic, yOU
judge It by the costuming. Washington
Star.
"Harold, I Just won t be married by a
preacher wearing a gown."
"My dear, we mustn't Interfere with a
clergyman vested rights.' -C hicago Tri
bune. "Delia spoke very disrespectfully to her
father today." '
"What did she sav?"
"He asked her what on earth she had In
her hair to make It so monstrously ami
unnaturally distended, and she. answered,
oh, rats. "-Baltimore American.
Pa, what's a housewife?"
1 At "od "ny cases housculvcs are
.... ,,,. nirrri) cumc noma to sleep ami
dress. Washington Herald
"In all this destruction." said Noah, ux
he slopped off the ark. "I see only cue
consolation."
What is thst?" asked Shem.
"There are no customs Inspectors to hoM
up our trunks. "-New York Mall.
"IJucer," Isn't It?"
"What Is queer?'
"That a man may be out of the runnm
because he has not the proper standiu;;.'
Baltimore Amtiiean.
"Will you have col fee
rske-l 1,1 I
1. 'nil'liD.
"No." she leolled. "I think I . lull lm ,
to give It up. I'tople say It is bad fur the
1 omplrxion."
oh. well, what of ii? V011 can fix oui
complexion up again, hut It nine be h I. .11.
Illll. I.. f..l V I...... ..1 . ...
li'.nu'HB.
an. .Hi. r cup of coffee as good mi 1 his "
TEN ROUKDS.
St. Louis Fosi-Iftspai. h
Ten resolutions si mi in a line.
A good cigar entered, snd thtn lli.i.-
were nine.
Nine resolutions sad to relate:
Someone watd eggnog, and then there we ,
en hi.
Klght resolution, atrlvlug for heaven.
The water pipe busted, and then tin e
were aeven.
Seven hrav virtues trimming their wlvks
A nioisel of gossip, and then tlt.-re wci
six.
Six reso'iillons promised to thrive:
Someone else did It. and thin mere wei
five.
Five res,. lull, ms. still game to the loie
Flesh met the devil, aud then there wen
four. Four rs.ilutl,Mis. brave as could be.
Will Wrestled evil, and then there We e
three.
Three resolutions, haidv and tree:
Habit Intruded, and then there were I v.
Two resolutions stood ,y the gun
iemptatlon beckoned, and then there w :
one.
One ivnolutlon In a bud fix;
Man proved but mortal. anJ then the
were nix.
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