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"nbeuribera leas-la tha city tem
porarily sbeald have The Bre
mailed them. Address will be
rkaageil aa often as reejneated.
"The Amei way" la not
dea."
"the Iowa
Colonel Dandy can now
laley time keeping silent.
Well, the groundhog saw
right, unless he was blind.
have a
it, all
Eggs will not brf sold by weight
Some of them ought not be sold at all.
Tha Cement show . should offer a
roncrete illustration on that subject.
Oscar Hanimersteln may become as
ell known as Nat Ooodwin if he per-
teveres. i
Better service is- promised on the
3maha Street railway. It. Is not com
Ing any too soon.
Anti-hatpin legislation has failed in
four states. Then ay woman has no
political influence. (
Speedy Justice and King.
British justice went on dreaa parade
In the trial of that French editor who
wrote derogatory things about King
George. The swift-flying wheels of
equity showed what they could do
under pressure, attaining a speed
record that must have commanded the
admiration of oven the victim, him
self. The world baa heard more or
less of Its celerity, but not even In the
Crlppen case had it witnessed any
thing quite as striking as this. The
whole trial l"d sentencing does not
comprise the large part , ot a day.
Waiving consideration of the editor's
guilt or Innocence, It is an impressive
object lesson of the Briton's reverence
for the Integrity of the crown as well
as his natural aversion for technique
in court procedure. Plainly enough,
it was the attack on the king's honor
that so fiercely accelerated these pro
ceedings, but under ordinary cir
cumstances their courts give scant re
gard for needless technicality.
The natural British and American
temperaments are not borne out
through their legal processes. We
have to get our conceptions of them
through other channels. Americans
twit their British cousins on their
deliberation, but they have no right
to do so when it cornea to a com
parison with the way both countries
handle their court matters. Murder
trials are begun and ended and sen
tences imposed in England within lees
time than we sometimes take to
empanel a jury. American lawyers
object to such precipitate haste, fear
ing that Justice may be cheated.
Justice certainly is cheated through
the skillful instrumentality of some
lawyers who know how to stave it off
Indefinitely and try a case on techni
calities instead of its merlta. So that
vw cannot be sure of doing greater In
justice by the straightforward simple
process that eliminates everything but
the essential facts and forms But
even if justice now and then should
suffer by nndue baste, that had better
be than to make a travesty of justice
and a burlesque of law as is too often
done in our own courts.
The Englishman's ' poky ways of
playing his national game we could
never adopt. . We prefer our national
game that la played . In, n mad heat
with every nerve tingling aid brought
to a rapid finish to Cricket which may
be concluded any time next week. But
when it comes, to the jterner matter
of administering Justice, ' Americana
have much to learn from the Britons
not persist In It with such grim con
sistency. Of course the beneficiary
could not be the people. It Is only a
matter of time until Bailey will be
swept away by the tide of resentment
that la rising against men of his
stamp. He calls himself a conserva
tive, but be does the cause of honest
conservatism immeasureable harm. He
is really a radical of the dangerous
type.
January, at any rate, vlll go down
n history as a stern object lesson to
Impulsive weather jforecait-is
St. Louis ought to be a i.oid ornnge
(rowing center, foi Its smoke would
aard off the boldest! frost in th Mforld.
Why not ajk T. H.; to settle the New
tork aenato.U.1 squabble? Baltimore Bun.
It is not his funeral. It in Gov
ernor Dix's.
Reports come of a hermit who lived
;ndoors for forty years dying of pueu-i
ttionla. This Indoor life win never
lo.
If the groundhog has brought us
tlx weeks more of .winter, it is to be
hoped he will brings a little snow with
it.
"One can get Into New York's Four
Hundred for $1,200 a year." Gee, do
Lhey have to advertise for recruits
oow?
It is easy to talk about direct legis
lation, but not easy to frame any
workable and satisfactory law to carry
It out.
Mary Garden still threatens to write
a book, which shows :t doc:) sense of
ingratitude tor past favors from a pa
tlent public". . ;:. -. . 1
Will thosaM explosions In Nr Jer
ey Bevee,eaev But James rimlth.
jr., eeuis' to' have "escaped fnj'iry from
Ibe last ono.
The boy who stood on the burning
ijeck had rjothlng. on- some of our
twentieth century statesmen, Under
the limelight. , w ,
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The Washington Herald announces
(bat Dr. Wiley declares he. will retract
nothing be 'has said about whisky
What was it he said!
Probing Omaha Elections.
The legislators now In Omaha lor
the purpose of probing local election
practices should go to t'ue very bot
tom in their inquiry. Jf anything
radically wrong exists in connection
with the casting and counting of bal
lots In Omaha, it should bo disclos-d
and the guilty parties should be
brought to justice if possible. The
legislators owe this to the peoplo of
Omaha, aa well as to the state at
large. This city has too long been
held up as a "horrible example." Local
investigations have fallod to disclose
any foundation for charges of whole
sale wlckednesa so freely made. Grand
juries have been charged on many oc
casions with the duty of ferreting out
rumored crookedness, hut have never
brought to light any situation that
might by the widest Btretch of the
Imagination, be deemed serious. If
the legislative lnrestlgatlng comwit
tee will only go Into the matter thor
oughly and earnestly and give the frets
to the publi", It will perform . public
duty. It may not be possible to stop
all the rumors, but It will five the
citizens of the state a better under
standing of the conditions.
admittedly bent on destroying eUst
leg Industrial orpp;iUrt;rbs, Is a scrry
commentary on the management or
the great miners' union. Mr. Mit
chell's course has not been announces,
but he will be of far more service to
his fellow-workers as extension secre
tary of the Civic federation than as a
private in the I'nltel Mine Workers
of America. -
It will be well to remember that
while the terms of some of the com
plained of republicans in the United
States senate will expire by limita
tion on March 4. the Hon. "Joe"
Bailey of Texas will still be there by
grace of his democratic ;upporters.
! Washington Life
May be New York will now move to
put some limitation on the handling
of dangerous explosives. The free and
easy way in which Gotham has treated
dynamite of late years baa brought
Its natural result.
Senator Owen says the Progressive
league has stolen his platform. Yes,
and the first he knows the senator
will be told by a certain eminent Ne
braskan where he got the platform In
the first place.
Iowa legislators have established a
precedent, which will please some Ne
braskans, In setting on foot a move
ment to Increase the pay of members
of the general assembly to $ 1,2 00 a
year.
Congress adjourns March 4, and
the Cubs play their first game March
6. We leave it to the dispassion
ate judgment of 90,000,000 Americans
which event is ot greater interest.
. . Titled Husbands.
.Mrs.-Charles W. Fairbanks advises
American girls to find their husbands
in the United States in "preference to
the royal courts of Europe. . She urges
them to shun the man with a title to
trade for a legacy, declaring that such
men are. Inferior to Americana ano.
make .poor, husbands. , ',.!,,
Of course Mrs. Fairbanks hasplenty
of evidence to support her testimony.
But we might even waive the point on
which she hangs' her case, that of the
inferiority of the titled husband, and
still find ample reason why it is best
for American girls reared In American
homes and the atmosphere of free in
stitutions to marry men of the same
general environment rather than those
brought up under the influence of
European seclusion. There is such
great probability that the two ex
tremes may not' be. susceptible of
harmony that it does not seem worth
while hazarding the venture. There
is a natural disparity between the
customs of Americans and the. habits
of royalty that is not easily assimilated
even under the benign influence of
real love. It is senseless not to admit
this.
One might argue that the disparity
Is not great between some of Ameri
ca's aristocracy and our European
friends, yet to weaken the force of
such a plea we find the most pathetic
of all these failures in marriage to in
volve women from the moat exclusive
American families It Is not a breach
which money or culture naturally
spans, but one that traditions of a life
time have created and It is the excep
tion and not the rule that It is ever
completely and wholesomely bridged
Conservatism and Greatness.
Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia in
giving to the country through Cardinal
Gibbons his final message, said: "If
we keep our country conservative, no
country will be as great as this. No
country has such elements of great
ness as this."
That is all true. All are, doubtless
ready to agree with his grace as to our
elements of national greatness and
those who have taken the thought
home must admit that he Is correct
In urging observance of conservative
principles. The tendency to d Wag roe
with him here will, we believe, spring
from a false conception of on
servatism as differentiated from radi
calism. Preserving what is estab
lished is not all of conservatism. A
very large part of It not Included in
this definition is holding to fixed
standards of common sense, observing
sane methods of thought and actlod
and yet going forward always. It is
a gross error into which many of us
fall to believe that every change in
the history of this" government has
been an advance. Nor have the most
wholesome changes been wrought ex
cept through the patient processes ot
conservatism, that power in our public
life that "impels progress while still
preserving the organic.
The Catholic prelate about to die,
could not leave the country of hla
adoption for forty years a much belter
message to live up to. There la
nothing in it to Indicate that he re
ferred only to religious thought and
was pleading for any special tolerance
of the creed he taught, rather it
aeems to be the reflection of a need
which years of observation and think
ing have impressed upon a sober,
active mind. In the transport be
tween life and death he has Imparted
to a people he loved a warning they
need very much at this time.
The fact that a wresMe:- who
choked two men to death because lie
believed they were robbing Julm does
not put the strangle hold back in good
standing on the mat.
Can't Keep Oat of Troabl.
Cleveland Plain Dealar.
Former Governor Haakell of Oklahoma
has bought a newspaper. Home miiowb
seem to enjoy jumping out of the frying
pan Into tha fire.
A a Inopportune l.aancb Inc.
Indianapolis News.
Tha organliers of the National Pro
gresslve Republican league must have for
gotten that the Canadian reciprocity com
Dllcattons were so Imminent when they
got together to reform the party.
anmetalna- for Not hi ma.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Portugal has decided to grant former
King Manuel a pension amounting to about
Slot) a day. This aeems to come about as
near getting something for nothing as one
could expect, even in tha most favorabla
circumstances.
Hat
Air Propheey Trimmed.
Chicago Post.
Champ Clark's declaration that his new
ways and means committee could "go Into
a room and revise the tariff before Satur
day night" shews that prospective respon
sibility has not. sabered his exuberance
His naive ambition, however, that ;ven
we 'would b batter off It -we had more
Information" may;, Indicate that some slight
Impression has been mada.
Soma Xntaraatlng Phases
aad Ooadlttoas Obaarraa
at tae aratloa'e Capital.
1 knows no other ptirnoae than, bo fur from
red
rprTTt TT5AT1E WITH CANADA.
educing rates, to advance them at a tlnia) -
hen they are getting tha btget eainlnira ll)sfrIrt iupi,l.:.vti ' vlth l'" t rjf
n their history.- Certainly an lnterel p,,,. ,,f K.iiKland fmloii" er (lie nt
Old Uuardamea on the Job.
Springfield (Mass ) Republican.
Senator Hale of Main Is apparently to
be the chief obstacle In the senate to the
enactment of the Canadian reciprocity
agreement at this session. He Is, of course,
bitterly opposed to It being among tha
greatest bourbons of all the high tariff set.
Aroostook potatoes are before his eyes to
blind them, and more especially certain
forest and pulp paper monopoly Interests
In Maine. But he is about to retire from
the senate and his opposition would count
for little were he not chairman, of tha
appropriation committee and thus In con
trol of the appropriation bills which h
can use to block the way of the reciprocity
resolution as he plraaes.
We hopenNew Orleans will employ
the intervening four years In getting
itatit In , good enough humor to at
tend tb eipoBltion in San FranclBco.
' The Louisville preacher who asserts
that a roan who will not say what he
thinks is a coward, certainly puts it up
to a man to be careful what be thinks.
Can anybody imagine 'how much
Champ Clark would give if he had
never worked to make the committee
on ways and weans speaker of the
nous?
If that legislative investigating com
mittee mjinge to get-through with
out a majority and a minority re
tort on election conditions In Omaha,
it wllj be lucky:
It Is carrying the anti-kiaslng cam
paign pretty, far when a .Chicago man
la arrested for kissing his slater. To
lett the crusade thoroughly, let .him
now kin some other fellow's slater.
No doubt everybody who 'goes to
siu FraiicUco In 1915 will have a See
time, but the chances are that many
who were there Tuesday night when
t certklu flash came from Washing
ton, ctiue nearly havlug a good time.
Official Filibnsterer Bailey. .
Senator Bailey of Texas has rightly
earned the title of official filibuster
ot the upper house. He lias been
especially prominent in the role at
this session of congress, though ever
alnce his run-inr with popular senti
ment over the Wraters-Plerce situation
In Texas, he has been buy blocking
legislation In which the people seemed
to have more than cursory Interebt.
Bailey Is sufficiently brainy to make
a very effective barrier in many situa
tions. He is a fairly good constitu
tional lawyer, keen and resourceful
in . debate, and has following enough
among senators of thla kind to make
him formidable In opposition; His In
fluence, though, with the majority in
congress, as-well as with the people
outside, lg steadily waning. The
transparency of "his motives is too
obvious long to 'deceive many people, j
He seldom favors anything in par
ticular, but generally exerts hla
power in oppoaing. His Influence is
negative, not positive. He supports
few measures, but obstructs many. He
la seldom found behind bills, but is
often found in front of them, blocking
their progress. His resourcefulness
and strategy work out through the
Poor Labor Union Politics.
The United Mine Workers ot Amer
ica in convention at Columbus put up
to John Mitchell a choice hetween hla
services with the Civic lederation and
his membership in the organization
which he so long worked ith and
brought into such promiaence. The
short-sightedness of this move will ap
pear to every student of affa.rs, and
the regret that a great labor organiza
tion should be led Into such action
will be general among the friends of
labor.
Explanation of the cause does not
help the matter. The miner' union
has been Involved in factional disputes
for several years. Mitchell re.tred
from the presidency of the organisa
tion several years ago, and was suc
ceeded by T. L. Lewis. Lewis' policy
as president did not met with general
approval, and he was recently Ji
feated for re-election. Thj socialists
who are strong In the miners' union.
"Melana" Made by Hsprraa.
Philadelphia Record.
Stock dividends by express comjanis
may be only SO per cent or l'ti Instead ot
being 200 or 300 If tha remorseless com
missions for the public protection shall
continue their work. One of the New York
Public Service commissioners says that an
order will be Issued soon requiring express
companies to reduce their charges on small
packages 20 per cent, and he believed they
would be required o transport all articles
by tha shortest route. One notable case
was that of a burial casket ordered by
telegraph which was sent several hundred
miles In order to Increase the charge which
the initial carrier could make and reached
Its destination after the funeral.
Nebraska people who have had tha good
fortune to obtain a full view of the troop
of colonels commissioned by Governor
Shallenberger were convinced on the spot
that the last word had been said In the
matter of aartorlal elegance, manly beauty,
and subdued valor. In planning anil ex
ecuting frantic attacks on "festive boards''
their dashing coursge produced a succes
sion of thrills surpassing the marvelous
performances of the ancients of Boston
Just as their glory wanes and their mar
velous feats troop Into memory's happy
tomes, forward marches tha warrior colon
els of Virginia overshadowing In equip
ment, sartorial and rualatory. all the colon
els who have gone before. Virginia's vali
ant colonels were In Washington recently,
clad In unlforma, according to local chron
icles, that "are the golden wonder of the
Old Dominion." Enough aatd. aartorially.
Turn to the achievement and note how
tar they excel "Shally'a gallants in mag
nificence and austained action at a ban
quet. "Never," declares the Washington
Times, "was so much dare-devil courage
garnished In such rich array. Continuous
walls of mirrors multiplied their trim. Im
pressive figures until a few score aides
became a battalion. By midnight they
seemed a division, and at gray dawn an
army corpa. Three veterans who had seen
army aerlvca before at a military wedding
were scarcely distinguishable from the apt
debutants when the evening was over."
Senator Cummins la a prodigious work
er, says the Brooklyn Eagle correspondent.
His Industry amaces and discourages his
colleagues. He takes part In the debates
freely and Is usually able to present a
novel individual view on most every topic
he discusses. Every word of his prepared
speech which he had been delivering on
the Lorlmer case for the past two days
was written by hand. Senator pepaw hap
pened to glance at tha Cummins' manu
script and was astounded at learning that
It was In Mr. Cummins' own handwriting.
The members of the Union League Club
of Brooklyn will appreciate the sacrifice
which Senator Cummins Is making In prom
ising to address them on February 11. at
the Lincoln Day dinner. The Iowa senator
Is a tremendous favorite as a public
speaker, and has no end of demands upon
his time. In this respect ha is, if any
thing, more popular than Reverldge. With
It all Senator Cummins finds time to meet
his friends at dinners and other friendly
gatherings, and is one of tha best mixers
in congress.
During the trial of tha great trust casts
In the supreme court, the Inadequate seat
ing accommodations of that historic place
were emphasised each day. The place re
served for members of the bar was packed
and the two rows of seats for lay visitors
could have been filled fifty times over. Yet
It Is doubtful If the court will move Into
larger quarters.
There Is a charm and an air of dignity
almost sacred about the supreme court
which make suggestions of changes seem
almost like desecration. It Is the quaint
est chamber In Washington. When the
capitol was first built the senate met hers.
There Is an old-fashioned little gallery
above the Judges which no one Is permitted
to enter. It would be an affront to the
judges to fill It with the Idle, and,
besides, the noise would disturb the
solemnity of the room. The lighting ar
rangements are not of the best and there
Is a sort of dim religious gloom which
somehow adds to the Impresstveness of It
all. '
Many senators and representatives delight
to drop Into the court room to watch the
procedure and study the faces of the great
Jurists and listen to the oratory of the
country's greatest lawyers.
Republican members are beginning to
have forcible reminders pf the fact that
on and after March 4 they will be In a
pitiful and helpless minority. About 600
employes on the house side of tha capitol
are likewise being reminded that their
days are numbered and that they will
have to hike back to tha homes they de
serted sixteen years ago to come to Wash
Ington and fatten themselves on the sine
cures at the disposal of the republicans.
Representative Henry Clayton of Ala
bama Is resKinnlble for the dally apparition
which appears before the house.
"Mr. Speaker," said Clayton a day or
two ago, "I have a protege here from Ala
bama who la going to get a slice of demo
cratic patronage. I want 'him to get hla
experience during the remainder of this
session, so that he will be In fine fettle
when we shove you republicans over to
the minority side."
"I'ncle Joe" Cannon Is nothing if not a
good siort.
"Put your man to work,' acquiesced the
speaker.
Thereupon the Alabamlan ascended to the
reading clerk's desk, displaced the faith
ful old republican who had done service
for years and proceeded to try out hla
voice. He now makes tt a dally performance.
I
which Is so wrapped up In tha gospel of
boosting rates as even to attack lis own
credit In the hope of aiding that caua,
would not tolerate the existence of an
Influence In Its own machinery thst oper
ates to reduce them.
When, therefore. Mr. Delano can sup
port his theory by the spectacle of the
railroad magnates of the country going lo
congress and the legislators for enactments
against stock-watering, we may think
there Is something In his theory, t'ntll
that non-exlatent evidence la produced,
theory is humbug.
I...,. i-.,..,iinn imlff BKwemrm.
American consiej-smen so Htupiil thst they
cannot take obv'oiis a cur
St. l.ouls Republic: The flli Illinois
of (llouceeiet II1 oppose the trcipro.-lty
nct. Those IntereiMs have dictated
only domestic but certain
policies fot a hundred years.
CASK nKYllK RKIMlHTKH.
Hope
voted almost solidly against Lewis At
this election John Mitchell received a
most flattering vote of confidence, be
ing elected to the office of delegate to
th-j American Federation f Labor by a
majority of more than 1S2.000, re
ceiving an almost unanimous vote. Ia
tl.t convention, however", the Lewis
faction united with the socialists aud
forced through an amen'i.oent to the
People Talked About
Observatleaa f a Prefrmaor
leaaly OlatArtea.
New Tork World.
Trof. Hugo Miinsterberg's experience
With American reporters leads him to the
conclusion, which he sets forth In Mo
Clure's Magaxlne. that they are given to
wilful Invention and grotesque exag
geration. Among "reckless reporters" he
Includes trained men who "have gone
through the high school of reporterdom and
acquired a new Instinct by which they see
and hear only that which can create a
sensation." and whoae reports become not
only careless but "hopelessly distorted."
The Harvard professor of psychology re
gards his experience aa "probably typical. '
There la better reason to believe that It
la exceptional. It is at least contrary to
the experience of most public men who
have much to do with reporters. News
paper reports of a subtle psychological hy
pothesis may conceivably contain errors of
fact due to an unfamlllatity with techni
cal terms, and It Is equally possible that a
reporter's sense of humor might lead him to
treat an advanced theory of speculative
thought with too little seriousness.
Cut the amount of intentional mis-rep
resent at Ion by reporters Is so small as to
be negligible. Accuracy In presenting the
news Is recognised as an essential of a
newspaper's character, and reporters in
dividually, from long practice In weighing
the credibility of men, gain a perhaps
stronger habit of veracity than obtains
In other professions. Truthfulness Is In
dispensable to a reporter's professional
standing. He may he careless or Ignorant
or be led Into Inaccuracies based on the
statements of others, but deliberate mis
representation la quite a different matter.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
One of the tragedies of tha recent burn
ing of the building of the Chamber ot
Commerce in Cincinnati, where six lives
were lost, waa the death of George Frank
Hayman, a young reporter of the Enquirer,
who lost his life In the line of duty, and
whoae body waa recovered a forntght after
the fire, so deep waa It burled In the
wreckage. Hayman waa the "cub" re
porter, only 18 years old, and with but
two months of experience. Proud of his
commission, the boy ventured Into the
building while his fellow newspaper
workers remained upon the outside. It Is
thought that he may have planned using
one of the telephones In the building to
send word to hla office, because nobody
dreamed that the huge steel trusses sup
porting the towering roof and three top
floors would give way, as they speedily
did.
not
luteins' loral
However, the
cn.tnti Is llKer tnan it u""
Ivoulsvllle Com let--Journal: Al for
Massachusetts, 'be Canudian reciprocity
., , ..,m nrovldes for the free admission
h"of the sacred cod. both bone and boneless!
j Yankee town mretlnas may be looked for
and Fanuell hall will aatn ling wiui irr-
Id oi a lory. ,
New York World: It may be well to
note a bile the question of reciprocity la
before us thst Canada In 1!!0 bought from
us to the extent of .'(!. nOO.OIV), according to
the Kovernment figures made public yes
terday, being the third of our customeis
in lank, (lermany held aecond place by
a tiaiiotv nifti'tjtil, but at tha present rela
tlve rate of growth will soon be passed by
Canada.
Philadelphia Record: American ratine.
will raise a surplus or wheat beyond de
inestlc consumption, which they ate oblinej
to sell In foreign maikets, where they
compete-with the fsrmeis of other, coun
tries. This is precisely the situation of
Canadian fanners, who also must sell their
surplus in competitive markets and c
cept the tame competitive prices. Prntea
tion does not protect the farmers of eltliei
Cansda or the 1'nlted Htales. Reciprocity
does not Injure them.
SUKNY GEMS.
That man s terribly superstitious.'
"In what way'.'"
"He thinks we could Insure r pleasant
weather after February t by breeding
near-sighted ground hogs." Washington
Star.
"When Mrs. Spendlt's husband wss so
furious w hen he discovered she had de
ceived him about her bills her maid told
mine' she wept scalding tears." -
"Well, Isn't It natursl for a woman to
weep scalding tears whn she finds her
self In hot water?" Baltimore American.
"I asked old Captain Popper if lie
croaked so because he had so many frosa
on his coal."
"What did he say to such Impudsnt flip
pancy?" "He got hopping mad."--Raltlmore
American.
RrlKSs: "I ass reading this morning that
John Huskin had a slab of chalcedony on
his desk on which was - cut the word,
Today.' " ...
Orlggs: I s'pose he put It In his pocket
whenever Mrs. Huskin gave him a letter
to mall." Cleveland Plain Dealer. .
Oaxing at a collection of serpents at the
too, the rural visitor observed: "My
gracious! Those snakea must multiply rap
idly!" . . ,
With a twinkle In lils eye. tha keeper
piled: "Home kinds do, but these partlou
lar ones are adders. Judge,
ap-
r-S
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st' R PRISED TUB Jt DGK.
Manuel II as never highly ornamental,
and probably In the capacity of visiting
statesman S3.3U0 a month Is as much as he
la worth.
After a service lasting more than forty
one years', Miss Marie L. Dunlevy has re
signed her position as clerk In the patent
office. MIhs Dunlevy was appointed to a
clerkship In the office July 1, l$pt.
The bothersome and aggressive Interest
of officers and soldiers, which hampered
the aviation meet at Havana, may be ac
counted for by generous fellow feeling. The
Cuban army has frequently Bono up In the
air.
The only woman city treasurer in Cali
fornia is Mlsa Pearl Hunting, who has
filled the office of city treasurer and tax
constitution which gives John Mitchell collector of Santa Monica since lat May,
the choice of reliuqulaUintf bis employ- - when Ralph Bane, ti
nient with the Civic federation or htit I treajiurr. suddenly lef
"Good health Is my only ailment." saya
Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas. "I work
like a harvest hand and I have an appe
tite like a prise tighter. 1 need plenty of
air when I am at work and that's the
reason I am always found In my shirt
sleeves when In my office.
"I have been admonished frequently that
I am violating the rules of good society.
Now. 1 don't give a 'cuss" for the rules
of good society when they are the rules
of fools and contrary to common sense.
"Would you get any good work out of a
draft horse If you kept a blanket on him
on a hot day? Not much, you bet. Well,
I'm a draft horte; I always work In my
shirt sleeves."
Congressman Kiakala's Arder Pat la
Cold Btoraae.
Washington Letter In Pittsburg Post.
Anyone who doesn't believe there Is such
a thing as being too Industrious and per
slstent has only to ask Judge Klnkald of
the Sixth Nebraska district, and he will
tell him with emphasis tlngedV with horror
that there certainly is. For four years
Judge KInkaid has been Industriously and
persistently pestering the secretary ot war
and the military affairs committee of the
house to get favorable action on a bill
Introduced by him calling for tha payment
to the town of Crawford In the Sixth Ne
braska district of i2S,OA0 damages, because
sewage from Fort Robinson, nearby, had
contaminated the water supply of said
town.
The secretary of wsr at first not only re
fused to endorse the bill, but actually sent
a communication to tha mill! try affairs
committee throwing It down hard. Judge
KInkaid was not discouraged. He camped
on the trail of the secretary so relentlessly.
and was so urgent and Impassioned In his
appeals, that finally the secretary wrote
another communication saying the bill was
all right.
Rut the obdurate members of the mili
tary committee refuaed to follow the sec
retary's recommendation and act favor
ably on tha bill. Judge Klnkald was still
on the Job, however, as Industrious and
persistent and pestering aa ever. He Just
made the lives of the members of the
committee miserable ny buttonholing them
whenever he met them and Insisting that
they really must report out that bill for
I'JS.OOO for Crawford. Kvcn at presidential
receptions and official dinner partlea, Judge
KInkaid kept up the good work.
Then the explosion came. The commit
tee worm turned. The military commit
tee met and coldly, calmly, brutally pro
ceeded to pass a resolution to abolish Fort
Rubluson.
Now what the League Island navy yard
Is to Philadelphia, Fort Robinson la to the
Sixth Nebraska district. When Judge
Klnkald heard of the committee's action
he waa speechless with horror. With wild
eyes and streaming hair, he rushed to the
committee room and begged the members
there to forget he ever had a bill to pay
the town pf Crawford S'iS.OOO and to throw
the resolution to abolish Fort Robinson In
the waste basket.
The members of tha committee wouldn't
make any promises. They will hold the
Fort Robinson resolution In reserve for
a while, to make sure that Judge Klnkuid
never mentions his bill for $1:3,000 again.
"Do they pay high salaries where yen
work?"
"Well, the cashier's office Is on the ear
enteenth floor." New York Telegraph.
"Some men bates work so bad," aalil
t'ncle F.ben. "dat dey would kick en de
responsibility of keepln' an eight-day elook
wound up." Weahlngton Star.
The minister was shaking hands with a
a new member of his congregation, a girl
fresh from Sweden, and said, cordially:
"I would like to know your address so I
can call on you."
"Oh." said the 'girl. Innocently, "I haf
a man." Uucceas Msgastne.
Olive Oh. pshaw! t've made a blot on the
letter I'm writing to George.
Violet Never mind. desr. .lust draw a
ring around -It and he'll think It's a kiss
Judge. PLUCK.
Harrison Lee In Leslie's Weekly.
Did you tackle that trouble that came
your way
With a resolute heart and cheerful'.'
Or hide your face from the light of day
With a craven soul and learriu :
Oh a trouble a a ton, or a (rouble a an
ounce.
Or a trouble Is what you make tt:
And It isn't the fact that you're hurt that,
counts
But only how did you take It? -
You are beaten to earth? Well! well!
what's thatf
Come up with a smiling face,
it's nothing against you to fsll down flat.
Hut to lis there that's disgrace.
The higher you're thrown, why, the higher
you bounce,
Be proud of your blackened eve.
It Isn't the fact that you're licked that
counts,
It's how did you fight and why?
And though you be done to the death what
then?
If you battled the best you could.
If you played your part In the world like
men.
Why, the critic would call it good.
Death rones with a crawl or comes with
a bounce.
And whether he's slow or spry.
It Isn't the fact that you're dead that
counts,
But only how did you die?
membership in the Unit-nl Mine Work
ers It seems almost increiiole that
such action could be taken by Intelli
gent men. John Mitchell has been for
ij'any years au over-towrin;; figure
n the economic field. J'U leadership
of the miners through the most tre
mendous struggle they ever undertook
wag prudent and effective Ilia work
In connection with the Civic federation
The Right Hon. James Bryce, personal
representative at Washington of King
Oeorg V. la a democratlo personage. Ha
affects none of the little practices which
made Ambassador Hengelmuller, the dean
of the rorpf, a model ot aartorlal elegance.
It would aoem that Mr. Bryce has a pre
judice against American barbers. He called
the regularly elected I at the White Mouse and those -who saw
left tha city and failed I h,m niarveiea. Aiinougn mere was rrost
IUr. tn nl.in . dls.-i .n.n,-. of i-:i i n air tue ruggea amoassacor wore no
In his acuounta ! overcoat. In striking contrast with his
associate, eiir A. B. Aylaawurth of Canada.
Henry M. Nevlus. who was chosen cura- Tht UUer WM bundud up to the ey ,
inander-in-chlefof the OranU Army of thea n(.avy fur COBt and , , tone of ,UI.prlse
Republic iu 1!M. and who during his term I naked Mr. Bryce where hla "ulster" was.
of office gave almost his entire ttino to thai -i never wear a coat." was the reply,
duties of that position, died In Red Hank. oti a warm morning like this."
N. J., 8undu. li was president of the: -
New Jersey xenate in and In that HI MBl (j Tllt:oitl.
year was appointed by Governor liriags; -
judge of the circuit court, where he served J Inflated Capitalisation Defended on
for seven years. : otrl (iruaads.
I'aul Hayes has given a great part of th: Pittsburg Dirratch.
COLP:
4. ' A x
Muuyon's Cold Remedy Relleres tha
head, tliroat and lungs sluiost iiiiiiiellnte
Iv. Checks Fevers, stops IMschurKcs of
the hose, tukes away all aches and . 1 1
caused by colda. It cures Grip aii'f ob
stinate Coughs and lirereuta Pneumonia.
Write Prof. Muuynn, ft:ird and Jefferson
Sts.. 1'hlln., la., for niedlcul udvk ttb
solutely free.
has been of the highest t-Jivi'-e. m
channels of chicanery and , sophistry. lovaliy to organized l.ibor has never
His is a subtle power. I bueu questioned. Ilia ability, aa a
Jn short, Joseph W. Bailey la the la"er; his persibteucy u the work:
most typical reactionary In congrebg ) hit eenerul effectiveness havo made I S hiiier foundation. b.QOv marks to the r-.-n-today.--
He is Us official .filibuster. He Inn: perhaps the most serviceable 8lun fun4 ' ,h Ger,,lan "tl,t of Jour-
renriArm fslthflll servlr tn kOntA i n I ,.r. ' I u !... Uu.Ur In lha u,pl.l I jv. ri. I nllota SnU
Nobel liteiiy prize which was bestowed; I'residrnt Delano of the Wabash advances
on him la-l year to various German and i the theoiy that the watering of railroad
Swedish philanthropic inetltuttuiia and so-stock tends to reduce rates. This can be
cittles. In addition he ha contributed l'J.- i lulxn uted In theory to satisfy the advo-
Ooo marks to the Munich branch of tha
Authors. -.'Wi niuiki
the
i lck fund of the Munich newspaper men's
, so iety and l.uuu mm ka to the (lennun So-
ests, manifestly, for, certaiuly A aonie-, I e bhould be the victim ot me iUu
ooay or someming inudl u Oeiie- vr a (Ideated rival it) t o nl ination ( , letv foi lbs Prevention of Cruelty to Ani
fitiug fioiu his .comae or La would w.tli the representatives ul a U'.tiou, n.aia
rate, but one practical test sends It Into
dissolution.
If stock-watering tended to foice tha
competition of e o ei i-apllsllxed lines and
to redu. e later, the railroad sentiment of
;ne cojntr would be kolld not only ugaiiikt
more sio k-wateiins but fur suiie-sing out
iu sxlsling Ui c i.i . Their mental being J
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