TIIK OMAHA SUNDAY JJKK: FEBRUARY 19, 1011.
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porarily shonld hay The lire
mailed to them. Address trill be
chanced as often as requested.
That yellow streak In tha Tammany
tiger Is bo misleading.
Seattle need not be surprised if it ia
overrun with suffragettes from abroad
oon.
Mr. Bryan wanta It distinctly under
stood he is not for Sheehan; also not
against him. ,
Of course, Henry James' play, "The
Saloon," will be barred in Omaha
after 8 p. m.
It is often impossible to identify
pre-election pledges by post-election
performances.
Imagination Is a good thing, but it
gets a man into a lot of trouble be
never really has.
About the only change in the Iowa
senatorial deadlock is that it is locked
tighter than ever.
Weather news: It became so hot )n
Kansas City the other day that the
dog catchers started out.
. The way to do itf Oo through
bankruptcy and draw a f 5,000-a-yeaf
federal appointment aa a prize.
Still, If those Seattle womeu get
into official power they should not pad
the pay rolls merely out of habit.
Senator Brown says the surveyor
Bhip mire in which he Is floundering
Is "deplorable. We think so, too.
And now Nellie Bly cays her hus
band has run away with her money.
Wonder if he is a globe trotter, too.
It would be all right to charge mag
azines more postage by the weight if
Jack London wrote all their matter.
Senator "Joe" Lalley may be "oil"
right, but still he is no slicker than
his friend across the hall, Champ
Clark.
Jn the meantime, Governor Aldricb
is doing business at the old stand and
peace and prosperity reign throughout
Nebraska.
American millionaires with avalla-
iJa it a ii li I ora u Ar) mnn luYtorl i r
watch for King George's appointment!! i
of ntw lords.
Discussion of table manners In
kanBas turns on the point whether It
Is correct to pick the teeth with your
fork or finger.
Texas will stand for anything. A
leading paper In that state says Joe
Dalley may have six terms more In the
senate If he wants them.
Kev. "Billy" Sunday would not have
half the trouble to make the decision
between a big salary and smaller city
that is perplexing the Rev. Mr. Aked,
Senator Lorlmer's supporters have
a peculiar way of showing they are
not afraid of risking a vote on the
"Question" by continually staving it
'oK.
Our congressmen and senators will
have to do some fast work the next
two week to bt able to go borne and
look their constituents in the face
after March 4.
The real reciprocity that is destra
ble bten this country and Canada
is not leud so much on dollars and
cents as on mutual advantage and
labtlug friendship.
Former Presideut Eliot of Harvard
thinks six or eUht children about
right for the average family. Per
haps to. for the family that lives in
the tropics, whers they go bare-footed
and need few clothes.
It has been asked why the president
named John Hays Hammond to rep
resent the United States at the corona
tion of King Edward. Probably be
cause Mr. Hammond not only wanted
it, but :ould afford the honor.
Washington and Lincoln.
flnre Washington and Lincoln have
birthdays In tho tamo month, this idea
of observing their anniversaries
Jointly has been taken up In some
public schools. But another consid
eration more strongly commends the
plan that It tho striking similarity
in the Influences exerted by the two
men. Schools may do well to draw
the attention of their pupils to thla
fact. It Is well for posterity to know
how much alike were the conditions
and circumstances that governed these
two great lives,- of Washington, the
father of the country, and of Lincoln,
its preserver.'
Naturally, we .think of Washington
as the Virginia gentleman, of Lincoln
as the Illinois backwoodsman; of one
as the product and heir of affluence
and comfort, of the other as the child
and man of poverty and hardship. In
a measure the conception Is true, but
still the currents of their lives ran to
gether at many points. Doth bore the
burden of their country's peril; both
reached the climax of their achieve
ments through the crucible of war;
both suffered the same peculiar pain
that comes from the apostacism of
friends, unable or unwilling to appre
ciate the tremendous responsibilities
that these men had to meet. Doth
were cruelly misjudged and con
demned by many of their countrymen
at the very times when they were rnoat
freely, giving their life-blood for .them
and their posterity. Washington's
conquest of the British during tho rev
olution and Lincoln's triumph for the
union were alike fraught with the ob
stacles of disorganization and discon
tent in the army and congress. They
met their problems with the same
faith in the Justice of their cause that
was sublime; with calm but resolute
deliberation; with resourceful energy
in pleading with congress and subor
dinates In the army and with a com
mon .reliance upon One Unseen Power.
They were men of great minds, plus
great souls. '
To some degree the line of compari
son extends even to their physical ap
pearances. Both men were large ahd
powerfully built, endowed by nature
with physiques fit for heavy- burdens.
The one essential difference between
them, that of their ancestry and early
environment, showed Itself plainly
enough in their countenances. Lin
coln's original poverty and hard life
was traceable in every line, Just as
Washington's easy circumstances were
reflected in the calm composure of his
stern, strong features. Much good, It
seems to us, can come from a com
parative study by children of these
two greatest Americans.
Conserving Enthusiasm.
The ebullition of the laymen's
movement a year ago led some sober
minds to suggest the wisdom of con
serving the enthusiasm before & , re
ceding tide set In. They saw peril as
well as encouragement In the vast 'as
semblages of men In various cities.
Tbey seem to have been true in their
vision. At least leaders of the church
most conspicuous in the movement
are now going over the country seek
ing to conserve this enthusiasm. Able
men have been sent out to dam up
weak banks that have been overflowed
and store the waters for permanent
use. ( V
This is the day of lay activity la tha
church. The preacher no longer does
It all himself. He has learned that
he cannot: that the pulpit Is but a
small part of the church and that the
pew is a very large part. The com
bined activities of the two go to make
what is called the militant church.. It
is necessary, though, for the laymen
to be coached a good deal to get them
to do their share, and that ia thor
oughly appreciated in this effort to
conserve the enthusiasm that followed
the advent of this great movement.
Eloquent, impassioned speechea were
taken for what they were worth, but
evidently the leaders are not capitalis
ing them above par. They have come
to the Roosevelt Idea that "Words are
gocd. and only sa when backed by
deeds." Even church banquets are
exhilarating. But results cannot al
ways be measured by, the volume' of
post-prandial oratory that flows from
such sources.
For the sake of the good that might
come from the concerted action of
thousands of plain' men under such an
organization it Is to be hoped that this
conservation cf resources will meet
with entire success. But there Is evi
dence enough to suggest the need of
the effort now being made. The
world was aroused to a pretty high
pitch of admiration by the advent of
this movement. It would be too bad
to let the work die down, ' or even
lapse Into a comatose state. Of courae.
those at the front do not Intend that
it shall, but it will take the co-operation
of the privates in the line to in
sure the victory.
Boom ia Bibhi.
Bible publishing houses must be
booming with business these days as
a result of the campaign recently In
augurated by the Gideons of Install
ing Bibles in all the hotels throughout
the country. One order reached head
quarters in Chicago recently from Los
Angeles and adjacent towns for 25.000
Bibles. The movement Is spreading
all over the country, so that other
orders must be pouring in..
The Gideons Is a band of religious
traveling men who patronize hotels
themselves. They came to the con
clusion that a Bible In every hotel
room in the country would be a pow
erful means of spreading the gospel,
so their secretary took up tb, task of
supplying the Bibles. He baa a plan
of apportioning tho hotels cf each
city among the churches and securing
the aid of the churches In paying for
the books.
'It is a rather novel scheme and yet
a thoroughly business-like one. It
shows what a good thing It is for the
church and religion to have the active
aid of keen men, as most traveling
salesmen are. They have been called
"commercial evangelists." The terra
seems to be no misnomer, for thelr's
is certainly a work of evangelization
When it comes to putting before thou
sands of people every day, away from
home and home influences, the book
of books. Many men might be at
tracted to the Bible in this way who
would not otherwise, and for the
habitual reader It becomes a matter
of accommodation. Men will read the
Flble, because it ptlll stands as "the
book," and still wields an Influence
none other can claim. It has not de
fied Jntolerent enemies and risen as a
Phoenix In the ages gone from the
Ashes of destruction for naught. It
carries Its message today to all people
in all lands and exerts a more wide
spread influence than ever it did
before.
The Acrobatic Champ.
Having flopped twice on the tariff
board proposition. Champ Clark now
has flopped twice on Canadian reci
procity. His. repudiation of the en
dorsement he and his party gave- to
the president's reciprocity plan, there
fore, need occasion no surprise. It Is
only the Champ Clark idea of able
leadership. His party probably will
wake up some day to the fact that it
Is a very peculiar Idea.
When the democrats caucused on
the Canadian reciprocity agreement
tbey were divided, but a majority
favored It. Champ Clark, himself,
moved, and the nation carried, to
make their support unanimous. He
therefore committed himself and his
party to reciprocity. Nor did he stop
there He gave the president bis
word that be would stand by. him in
his effort to pass the resolution at this
session of congress. Then he comes
out In thehouse with that carefully
prepared ridicule of the whole plan
and pretends that reciprocity la to be
but the opening wedge to annexation,
knowing that such agitation at this
time Is calculated to do more harm In
Canada to the cause of reciprocity
than most any other thing.
' It may be good democratic politics
from Champ Clark's viewpoint, but
what the people of. the country way
think of it is an entirely different mat
ter. Only if they prefer buncombe,
sophistry, transparent trickery to out-and-out
sincerity, will they Jump to
the support of the Champ Clark
crowd. It Is thoroughly unworthy for
anyone to pretend to believe In the
imminence of annexation, for Canada
simply would not tolerate such a sug
gestion, and Champ Clark's knowledge
of that fact Is what makes his per
formance appear so reprehensible. If
his party has reached the place where
It must resort to such, expedients, then
It can Indulge no substantial hops for
victory, for it has yet to run the
gauntlet of Champ Clark's first term
as' speaker, where be will have so
much opportunity for similar blunders.
In practical results it makes no dif
ference whether Champ Clark's Out
burst on annexation was merely a bad
break or an intention to spike the
guhi such exhibitions of political acro
batics fall far short of statesmanship.
Latin-American Distrust.
A Chicago man who served several
years as Judge on the bench In the
Panama canal tone, Is back In this
eountry with a severe criticism of the
United States' conduct toward Latin
American, republics. He says It has
been of such a character as to destroy
or Impair trust of those people In our
good intentions. As a matter of fact,
he asserts that this feeling of distrust
toward the United States Is so strong
that In Colombia It takes the form of
open and pronounced condemnation,
Colombia, he says, has exerted its in
fluence against us with other nations,
misrepresenting, no doubt, where ii
ran short of facts, in order to dis
credit us. The Judge thinks this
country has not maintained a consis
tent policy down there and that It
Should establish and stand by one. He
says we have interfered with their
elections and their "revolutions" when
we bad no right to, impressing the
people with the belief that we are
wholly, sinister In our manifestations
of friendship.
While there may be some ground
for criticism, t Is doubtful if the sit
uation Is quite as bad as this Judge
pictures it. It has never been easy
tor the Anglo-fiaxon race to Ingratiate
Itafjf In the confidence or esteem of
the Lttlns. and the best of motives
and intentions have been misunder
stood when the least warrant existed.
The United States bas. doubtless, done
rome interfering In the affairs of tho
Latin-American republics, but It has
generally been with the purpose of
aiding In the solution of national
problems and the fact of the proxim
ity of location and community of ln
toreet between us. eeemed to Justify
our concern. At least, there is noth
ing to show that we have gone about
trying to meddle mischievously In the
affairs of those countries. Perhaps
our friendship was manifested, theo
retically at least, when an American
secretary of state took the trouble to
visit all these republics with assur
ances of frlendthip from the United
States upon bis lips.
Our policy may need a more definite
shaping up possibly we have ap
peared too friendly on occasions with
a people who did not care for our
friendship. Certainly this government
should not leave a stone untamed in
doing Its duty toward the weaker re
publics to the south, but It has done
nothing as yet to Justify any of those
countries in seeking to prejudice our
interests abroad.
TSa Vacancies Under Direct Vote.
Senatorial deadlocks continue in
four state legislatures, and while It is
quite possible one or all of them may
be broken within the next two weeks,
these states are confronted with the
prospect of being In part unrep
resented in the senate If no choice Is
reached before the term of the new
congress commences. That contin
gency of an unfilled scat In the United
States senate has occurred more than
once in several states and Nebraska
among them. The rule Is definitely
established that where a legislature
falls to elect, no commission by ap
pointment will be entertained, but the
state must suffer the self-inflicted
penalty of forfeiting its senatorial
representation.
The election of United States sen
ators by direct vote of the people
would make such an hiatus In the'rep
resentatlon of any state impossible.
True, contests over disputed claims to
seats would not be obviated nor would
the necefsity of filling vacancies
caused by death or resignation be re
moved, but the vacancy caused " by
failure of a legislature to agree could
not possibly recur. The guaranty of
the constitution that each state shall
at all times have equal representation
and vote in the upper branch df con
gress, now too often in default, would
become a reality, for It Is Inconceivable
that tho people of any state would
fail to elect a senator at the proper
time.
It seems to us that this Is a strong
argument In favor of the direct pop
ular election of senators, but one that
has not been made the most of by Its
champions. It is an argument none
the less that must appeal powerfully
to the people of every state which has
at one time or another been left un
represented in the Senate because of
deadlocked legislatures.
The Habit of Exaggeration,
Exaggeration is a common fault. It
is a grave fault. . It leads often to
serious results, not infrequently to
confirmed untruthfulness. Beginning
with a Jest in childhood, it may grow
to habitual prevarications in maturity.
In, fact, it generally does unless some
thoughtful Influence interposes Itself.
But people come to Justify a certain
sort of misrepresentation and that
deepens the fangs of the fault.
Exaggeration amounts to interoper
ance in speech, which we may all,
young and old, well guard against.
In nearly every realm of life this ten
dency Is found. Regrettable as H 4s,
it Is found in those whose business U
ia to preach temperance In other
things sobriety of conduct and tha
appetite. Yet nothing can be more es
sential to the sound upbuilding of a
people than sane, sober action, which
must be preceded by sanity of thought.
The over-indulgence of speech, this
over-weening way of reaching out for
the superlative degree of expression,
this publicity-agent habit of exploiting
everything wo talk about it is all
bad- It not only tends to undermine
our purity of speech, but it likewise
tends to destroy the highest regard
for exact truth.
It ia quite important that we con
cern ourselves with tho importance of
stating a thing as it Is. Liberty of
speech was never meant to become
license of language. Where people are
scrupulous in their use of words, they
are likely to become eo In their han
dling of the truth. One somehow
seems to bear a close relation to the
other, without, perhaps, being invari
ably correlated. Incorrect use of
words is, of itself, not necessarily a
moral wrong, but it Is offensive, Just
the same, and sometimes far from
being a correct statement of fact, as
when one aays, "Oh, it is Just awfully
nice." Incongruity, inconsistency
Btep- by etep we get away from the
facts without intending or realizing it.
Race Prejudice 'North and South.
A new phase of the "Jim Crow"
discrimination practiced upon the ne
gro in the south is presented by the
case in which a verdict for heavy
damages was secured against a rail
way in Mississippi by a young woman
whose complaint was that three
negro bishops had been permitted
to ride in the Fame sleeping
car with her. She claimed damages
In the sum of $25,000 and was
awarded 115,000, while the defense of
the railway company was that the
bishops had traveled from Washing
ton to Vlcksburg in g tleeping car
and were entitled to the same accom
modations on the return trip. The
"Jim Crow" laws require railroads Jn
southern states to provide separate
waiting rooms and separate coaches j
for whites and blacks, but as the de
mand for sleeping car accommodations
Is there, as elsewhere, strictly limited,
the reads have felt under no obliga
tion to duplicate sleeping car equip
ment on lines that scarcely, Justify the
hauling of such cars at all.
The Incident ia not referred to here
for the purpose of arguing against the
verdict for damages, although how the
damage could be greater from having
a negro bishop in tha same car than
from being waited on by the negro
porter Is not clear, but rather as an
illustration of the difference in the
degree of race prejudice north and
south. We are frequently told that
thl prejudice is as strong or stronger
in the northern states than In the
black belt, but clearly such state
ments are unfounded. The negro in
the north may labor under certain
disadvantages, but be enjoys privileges
that his southern brothers would not
dare hope for.
He has opportunities to work him
self up In any legitimate occupation,
to educate his children, to move about
freely from place to place, to share the
benefits of public Institutions and to
comniRnd decent treatment on all oc
casions If only he behaves himself.
His immunity from the Indignity of
"Jim Crow" laws alone would be sig
nificant of the difference in the race
prejudice north and south.
The Automobile.
The automobile has served its ap
prenticeship and now has steady em
ployment. It has passed the stage of
experiment and Is with us to stay.
That is because it has proved to be a
private and public utility, as well as a
vehicle of pleasure. It is folly to
think that its manufacture and sale
constitute a mushroom industry that
sprung up in a night of Baturnallan
prosperity and will die out in a dny of
soberer reckoning. The automobile
has come to nil a real want. It is a
natural product of an advanced age
and the industry created by it Is Just
as substantial and enduring ns any
other commercial pursuit, and a great
deal more so than many. It will con
tinue to be a thing of pleasure by
thousands, yes millions, but it will
also continue to be utilitarian. Every
year it finds new fields of employment.
Rapidly It is supplanting Blower and
less profitable means of transportation
within cities and in some parts of the
country it is being used for such pur
poses between towns. Thousands of
men and women have been given lu
crative employment as a result of the
auto industry. It Is folly to think of
it only as a thing with which tho rich
have to do. It means even more In
the end to the poor man, who has to
work for his living. Of all our latter
day inventions and creations none has
had a more rapid development than
the automobile, and yet we may well
believe that It has only begun to make
progress. From now on it will bo
come one of the lndlspensables of
modern life.
The Outlook, of which Colonel
Roosevelt Is contributing editor, says
the recall is desirable for administra
tive and municipal offices, but not for
judicial or legislative positions, and It
also excepts the office of governor
from its application. The advocates
of unlimited recall for every elective
office will have to realize the necessity
of modifying their demand to meet
the exigencies of practical government.
With Russia preparing to slap crip
pled China in the faoe and St. Louia
seeking te wrest the Missouri capital
from afflicted Jefferson City, world
peace would seem to be making slow
headway,
. E. H. Harrlman once described. Ed
win Hawley as the coming railroad
man of the country. It appears Mr.
Hawley is coming into a big place In
the Harrlman triumph over the Gould
crowd.
Postmaster Thomas cautiously de
nies that he collected money, directly
or Indirectly, from postoffice employes
for political purposes. What was it
for, then? Charity t
Wisdom of Silence.
Chicago Tribune.
Opportunity has been doing some loud
knocking at the door of tha early robin.
Still the Wheel Oo' Konnd.
Chicago Post (rep.).
The republican party may be "utterly
ruined" and the policy of a protective tariff
"forever destroyed," as some of those house
patriot would have us believe. Neverthe
less, the sun seems to line as usual and
reciprocity goes cheerfully on to the senate.
Marvelous Intellectual.
Philadelphia Record.
Mr. Bacon of Georgia asked Mr. Root of
New York a question a sentence of nearly
110 words, and the New York senator re
plied instantly. Then the Georgian asked
another question In a trifle over 200 word,
and Mr. Root anawered without having
the stenographer read It to him, or even
hesitating a moment. Ellhu Root' marvel
ous Intellectual capacity ha not been ex
aggerated. '
l.la I'p with Past Leader.
New York World.
In heartily endorsing Champ .Clark's plea
for reciprocal trade relation with all na
tion, especially those of the American con
tinent, President Taft did not go beyond
James G. Blaine. He did not go beyond
republican national platforms In the rather
recent past. He did not go beyond Mc
Klnley's solemn political farewell. To aid
reciprocity I good republicanism because
It la good business and good politic.
The ( omlna "llent Seller."
Springfield Republican.
Senator Heyburn of Idaho 1 urging upon
congres a reduction In the price of the
Congressional Record from 4 to H per
session. He thinks this would give It a
circulation larger than that of any other
periodical. Perhaps o. Ordinarily speak
ing the lower the price of a newspaper or
periodical the larger the sales, but there
are some publication whose circulation
could not be Increased by any amount of
price reduction.
A KK(OIII) WORTH WHILE.
Harrlman lines Marked l on tha
Roll of Honor.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Harrlman line carried 10 per cent
cf the country' estlmatvd passenger traf
fic for 1'JiO. Not a single fatal acoldent
occurred to a passengtr anywhere on the
system.
Thla achievement Is described a un
paralleled In railroading, and it I at
tributud to the Installation of afety de
vice chiwfly. If not wholly.
If a smalt line get through a year with
out a fatal accident the result may Itself
be considered accidental. A vast system
carrying millions of passenger owe safety
to Improvement, care and efficiency.
What the Harrlman line are doing other
line can do are dolntf. Let us have an
other roll of honor fur 1311. Let the line
which have reduced or eliminated accidents
by safety duvioe and Improved dlkclplln
compete for huiioiabl miction.
People and Events
A telephone manager In Ollfornla ad
vertises for homely Rlrls to manipulate the
BWltrhca. I'allfntnla Is about the only state
able to supply the article called r.r.
A plrl who mtirrlod as a Jike has ap
plied t a Naw York court for a divorce.
It took her only three months to dis
cover that marriage Is not a Joke.
Dr. Cook la doing a "turn" In vaudeville.
It will help aoina as an emergency Job.
He cannot hope to strike his proper gait
until he becomes mnnnglnK spieler for a
moving picture of the tomb of Ananias.
Out of Ma salary of 150.(1P0 a year John
Hays llamt.iunil in auppoxed to have saved
enouKh dough to shine with bccomlnn
splendor aa Uncle Hani's repreacmtatlve at
the coronation of King CleorRe. There Is
where dough la transmuted Into cake.
Authorities of HudnpeHt, Hungary, un
able to find Jail accommodations for women
who spurned tha long hatpin regulation,
now pass up the law breakers and con
fixcate the pins. The trophies of one dny's
chaso number l.TOO, which were stuck In
the police museum.
John Oonder of Jersey City en.loys the
rare distinction of dropping In on his own
wake and breaking up the funeral. From
grave to gay was but a step in that fam
ily consisting of wife and six children.
Even the undertaker smiled aa he re
moved the mistaken corpse.
A. J. Newton, an 80-year-old elevator
man In Walla Wa'la, Wash., bought a
pair of new shoes, but they pinched his
feet so he bad to throw them alde. He
tried on several stylet of shoes at a shoe
store, but not finding any that he could
wear comfortably he went home and dug
out an old pair he had passed into his
garret nearly forty years ago. He oiled and
polished them and when he had put them
on he 'said he felt like dancing a Jig. Mr.
Newton bought the shoes In Elko, Nev.,
In 1870, and paid $18 for them.
A writer Jn Harper's Weekly furnishes
enough ammunition to shatter an Idol of
the Civil war. Captain Erlcssdn wat not
the iuventor of the Monitor tpye of war
ship. The famous "cheosebos on a raft"
wat designed and patented by Theodore R.
Tlmley, a New Yorker, who received a
royalty of So.000 for the use of hi de
sign by the firm which employed Ericsson
in building the Monitor. Tlmley died In
poverty last December and his body nar
rowly escaped the potter's field. The re
main of Ericsson was conveyed to hi na
tive land In an American warship.
CORN HKl.T MOViVO WORTH.
M Innf
rt and North Dakota Flirting;
with thn t'errnl Kino;.
Minneapolis Journal.
The corn belt Is moving north, or rather
It upper boundary I moving north. The
success of various recent experiments has
been auch a to show that corn may be
profitably raised almost anywhere In Min
nesota or North Dakota. The corn show
just held at Grand Forks gave ocular end
convincing evidence that the old Idea that
corn couldn't be raised o far north wa a
mistake. While the growing season la
naturally shorter In these latitudes, the
summer day are so much longer that the
plant reaches maturity more quickly.
Doubtless, as experiment with seed go on,
special strain will be discovered or de
veloped that will produce larger crops and
prove more hardy.
The development ef porn ralslnir Jn. Mln
nesota Wllr Undoubtedly, ' as Prof. P. O.
Holden, tha Iowa corn expert, declares
result here aa elsewhere In Increased land
value. Corn ' is the most proilflo and
valuable of all ' grain crops, especially
when It I turned into beef and pork on
the farm where It I raised. The corn-fed
steer and the corn-fattened hog are at
the top of the market, and will always stay
there.
The development of Minnesota and North
Dakota as corn raising and meat produc
ing state will have a vital relation to the
effects of reciprocity with Canada. If that
agreement Is ratified, we shall gradually
on this side of the line retreat from the
raising of wheat Into corn, beef and pork.
The Canadian west will more and more
raise our wheat, while we chall furnish
them corn for feed and meat for human
consumption. It will be a change of great
Importance, involving greater prosperity on
both Bides of the line. Already the ex
portation of corn from the United States
Into Canada Is a very large Item, because
of the faet that there Is no Canadian
tariff en corn to restrict It. But the
American northwest Is not yet a factor in
thl trade, as It surely will be when our
farmer learn how rich a mine la Teady for
development.
HOOSKVta.T I'M ACTION.
Spring; Tour of the Southern and I'n
rlfle Coast State.
, Cleveland Leader.
The newspaper of tho country have been
having a lot of fun with Colonel Roose
velt. They have been Initiating him in
the "down-and-out-club," asking him
whether the price cf his literary , output
ha not declined from a dollar a word
to tthlrty sent and congratulating the
Oyster Day mail carrier on the lightening
of hi work. And the colonel ha anaWered
nothing.
But It I apparent that he doe not Intend
to continue saying nothing much longer.
The country will hear from him plenteously
next spring, If not sooner. Then he will
start on a tour fully a extensive a the
famous one mad y President Taft last
year, and it goes without laying that It will
be a speeoh-inaklng Journey.
He will leave New York on March 8,
Just after the new democratic congress
comes Into existence. Hi first atop will
be at Atlanta, Oa., where he will address
the Southern Commercial congres. Then
he goes to the child labor convention at
Birmingham, Ala, He will speak aX Jack,
sun, Mln., and New Orleans. At Han An
tonio, Tex., he will talk again, and at
Albuquerque, N. M , he will foregather
with some of hi rough riders. At Grand
Canyon, Arit., he wtll dedicate the great
Roosevelt Irrigation dam. He will deliver
an address at Phoenix, Arlx., and others
at Los Angeles, Berkeley and Dan Fran
cisco, Cal. He will then go through Oregon
and Nevada and visit Brattle and Spokane.
Idaho and Montana are his next objective
point, and beyond that his Itinerary has
not been fixed.
Hoostlav the I plift.
. Ban Francisco Chronicle.
The appropriation by the Harrlman sys
tem of Sl.iiiO.OOO to be spent for advertis
ing purposes during the year, following the
decision of the director to double-track
tiie line from the Missouri river to the
Pacific at a cost of ITi.0uo.WX). give an Idea
of the magnitude of modern railway opera
tions. The present prosperity of the eoun
try and the confidence In the future which
la Implied are also Indicated.
COUTAfJT
COAL
The genuine Scrsnton
tomer for tiie pl twesty-sevea year. It ha Isss clinkers, 1
hotter and last longer thaa any ttar hard cost
Onr Carbon Sort Coal, at S7.00 yt ton, i clean, hot and quick te start. It
take tk place of iiigber priced coal and I sure to plts you. We also tU
Onio, Hock Borings, Cherokee, Walt-ut Siock, Co, Wood, KUaling aaA, Bteans
CeaL
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SECULAR BH0TS AT PULriT.
St. Louis Times; A St. Louis minister
dednres religion la an Inheritance. A Bond
many piople appear to have been left out
of the will.
Houston Tost: A Urooklyn preacher
says good aiiviji is wuitli nune than gold.
If Hint Is true. Carnegie and Rockefeller
are philanthropic pikcts compared llh ua.
, Raltlmore American: A I hlcano clergy
man says churches should advei te In tin
newspapers Just as business men do. A
the latter have found It profitable, so, too,
should the cliurchis If done in the right
way.
Washington Herald: A New York
pnacher says men ought to cook, s?w,
wash dishes and get their own brcakfHHt
and let their wives rest. V lint office Unea
he expect when the suffragetto era r
ilv? Ft. Louis Republic: The Alton Minis
terial alliance will discontinue its publicity
campaign, complaining that the newt-paper
reporters do not get the clerical view
point correctly. If tho rcportci can't get
it, how about tho rest of the congregation'.'
Boston Horald: Vollva. Alexander
Iowle's successor as autocrat of Zlon City,
ousted last year by the Independents, If le
lected to the post will horsewhip any
Zionist whom ho catchee using tobacoo.
It is difficult to see bow any man calling
himself an independent could live under
such a regime, and with the Independents
eliminated Voliva ought to find it dead
easy to rule his meek flock.
A HOPELESS CASK.
American Cannot lie Civilised,
Think Chinese Visitor.
New York Hun.
If you were to travel through Asia you
would find that we are regarded oa the
peculiar persona. Have you heard of tho
Chinese gentleman who traveled through
out the United State and wrote a letter
back to hi fiends describing uT He said;
"You cannot civilize thea American.
They are beyond redemption. They will
go week and month without touching a
mouthful pf rice, but they eat flesh of
bullocks and sheep in enormous qUantltlvs.
Nor do they eat their meat cooked In
mall pieces. It 1 carried into the room
In. large chunk, often half raw, and then
they cut and slash and tear It apart. They
eat with knives and prongs; It makes a
civilised being perfectly nervous. Cno
fanclea himself in the presence of sword
wallower.
"They have no senao of dignity, for they
may be found walking with women. They
even sit down at the same table with
women, and the lat'er are served first.
Yet the women are to be pitied, too. Ou
festive occasions, which Americans call
bails, they are dragged around a room to
the accompaniment of the most hellish
music."
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"Your husband look very happy this
evening. ,
"1 guiss It In because of what he Just
tald to me."
"And what wa that?"
"He said 1 wa driving hint to drink,"
Houston Post.
"Are you In favor of granting suffrage
to women?"
"No, sir' replied the man who wa
chewing tobacco. "If women were allowed
to go to the poll the election Judge
would have to go outside to suit." Chicago
Record-Herald.
"My daughter, I don't like young Stay
late shortcoming."
"My father, what I object to- are his
long going." Baltimore American.
"Ye, Jim' eay. He sent It to s New
York concern for their infallible method of
getting rid of cockroaches and they adi
ylsvd him to burn down the house."
"Ha. ha, ha. Didn't try it, did he?"
"Sure. He wasn't going to waste the $5.'
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
"Now, dearie, come and wash your faoe
and hands,"
"Shan't. Don't want to."
"When I wa small I used to like wash
ing my face."
"Yes; and look at It now." Sketch.
Hlobbs The widow always get her third,
doesn't she?
rilobh 1 believe she has to get her eo
ond first. Philadelphia Record.
"Bo you have to quit laughing at your
wife' hats?"
"Yes," replied Mr. Orowcher. "The fun
nier they eem to me the more convinced
the Is that they must be correct In style."
Chicago Post.
"Young man, are you quite sure mv
daughter care enough for you to marry
you?"
"I'm not as positive of that as t wish t
were, Mr. Urtggins. Sometimes when she
kisses me good night she does It In such an
absent minded, Impersonal way that I don't
think she fully realise what he 1 doing
or who I am.'1 Chicago Tribune.
WHEN MY SHIPS COME HOME.
Stephen Gwynn In Pall Mall Magatine.
If all of my ships come home, my dear.
Deep laden from bottom to deck,
I'll buy you bright diamonds to hang on
your ear
And rubles to twine around your neck:
No queen fiiall be fine as this lady of mine
If all of my ships come home.
If half my ship come home, my dear,
Weil travel to look for the rent:
The rear shall be the far and the far shall
si, an be the near,
And we'll roam from the east to the wast.
You Jliall Journey in state, love, with me
mr your mate.
If half of my snips come home.
If one of my ship come home, my dear,
We'll build u a houxe on a hill.
With a garden to work In all through the
sweet year,
And roses to pluck at your will.
You shall taste the good life of a cottager's
wire,
If one of my ships come home.
But if none of my ships come horn, my
dear,
If all of them sink In the wave-
Then, bankrupt, with nothing to forfeit or
fear,
I'll bind me to service, your slave.
And proudly I'll take what you give for
love cake,
If none of my hl come home.
THIS WILL QUICKLY MAKC
A ROUM PIMPLY SKIN
SMOOTH AND VELVETY
How You Can Make a Pint of Fine
Face Cream at Very Little Cost.
Boauty expert say rough, pimply akin
quickly yield to massaging with eerol, be
coming clear and velvety, and as this cost
little and 1 easily prepared, It annum
tlnd a place cm every woman s dresser.
lo niaks, get Z ounce of ceroi rrom ins
druggist and dissolve in a scant pint of
boiling water, stirring until smootn. vt nii
massaged In ths ln it remove all Impuri
ties, preventing and dlxpalllng wrin
kle and giving the complexion an exiiui-
all bloom and refinement iinpoaslhle with
artificial aid Men frequently use rerol
cream after ahaving, a it soothe mail
ing, itching skins.-AO v.
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Hard Coal ha enabled nt to hold en.
