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FEBRUARY CIRCULATION.
47,621
State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, as:
L wlrht W illiams, circulation manager of
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awora, says that the average dally cir
culation, less spollrd, unusued end returns!
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(JJeaii . , HUBERT HUNTER, . ,
Notary Public.
Subscriber leaving the city tem
po Far Us- aheald have The Ilea
snailed tkea. Address will he
rha a and su ftea as reaaeatee). - '
Old General Rumor appears to have
goue to the front also.
Mrs, Belmont bas ber guilragette
farmer6ttes down to Ttilae8 now. !
"sssajBwBsasWBJBS 1 'I,.-"
What an opening this Mexican revo
lution would afford for Coxey's army.
Senator BalTy may be a leadar, but
he must ba lonesome in his leader-j
hip, ;.: ' - )
N wise Bnator wUl resign unless
he thoroughly understand bis gov
ernor. . .
Prhapa Jbn Chinaman has found
out that the cKar'B army la not wall
united. :
"Marching Through Texas" brings
the Lone Star state. . up , even with
Georgia. ;- ' : - i ;
Perhaps those American soldiers of
fortyp enlisted to get out oi buying
Easter bonnets.
According to statistics, divorces
where families are large are unusual.
There Is toe remedy. ;
Gaynor, i)ix and" Murphy -confer ,00
the senatorial contest. Where do the
dear people come In?
V- I
Perhaps Miss Pankhurst might ar
range for 1 a concession at ,tU flan
Francisco fair In 1915. . ; i
Senor limantour las brava jiviuj to
come over to our side of the lot and
Bay such ugly things to our face. .
r 1 :
While rebuilding the towp of Pleas
ant Prairie, destroyed : by dynanitt
explosion, hy not change tbe name?
It this -thing keeps up tha, "uew
woman" will be the one who stays at
home and attends to ber hottsebord
duties. '
As Champ Clark takes up the gavel
Uncle Joe Jays down, what's to Under
Uncle Joe faking up the Missourlan'a
hammer? . .., ; : 1 . f:.';VJ"
Perhaps Kingy Connors viould con
sent to accept the samatorsh) i from
New York In the Interest of peaqe and
popular government, v
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Dlas to American Insurrectos:
"Death If you lose." Madero: "A
section of land If you win." Tip from
home: Play the dark horse.
Never mind, all these puzzling and
perplexing . problems of state will be
cleared upvand settled a soon, as Con
gressman lobec reaches Washington.
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The grand Jury that' pent: several
weeka Investigating the Loa Angeles
Times explosion has made tbe remark
able disooverey that It was caused by
"parties to this Jury unknown."
StilCth best part of the commis
sion form of government for Omaha
la that It abolishes our costly do
nothing Water board, which would
rex'onctle almost anyone to It.
Mayor "Jim" admits that be is not
sufficiently Informed on the commis
sion plan of city government to com
mend or to condemn it. Such lack of
self-confidence In eur cowboy mayor
waa never. before suspected.
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Perhaps the proper tntng would be
te make a succtsaful civil service ex
amlnation In rooking prerequtsKe te
eligibility to the Women's club, and
then anyone expressing doubts could
be called down for using unparliamentary-language.
The latest stock yards regulation
bill evolved by our law-makers deflaea
such an enterprise to be a "public
market" Instead of a "common car
rier." At any rate, that is gettiug
closer to the definition formulated by
ex-Senator Ransom, who Insists that
a stock yards is merely a hotel for
hogs and other four-footed animals.
Something- Wrong,-What Bemedy t
The report of tbe senate visiting
committee on the condition of a num
ber of Nebraska state institutions Is
the most latalligent document oT tbe
kind that we can recall, and the com
mittee should be, credited for conscien
tious effort and good Intentions. The
report relates cfcleGj to the physical
condition -of the institutions visited,
although in one or two Instances tt
comments upon the work of the Insti
tution. The members of the commit
tee are unanimous in condemnation of
the architecture and construction of
the newer buildings -with a few excep
tions, and have found that la Matty ef
these Institutions a merefy casual 1w
spection will convince that something
is radically wrong.
Assuming that the strictures of this
committee are well founded and the
fact that majority are democrats
criticising democratic as well as re
publican, miBinanagtanent forestalls a
cry of rtUanh!p tha question is.
What Is theJrerjiedy?''', We do not be
MeVe' any one person fc at present
qnaJ tried to gire the answer. It is
plain , that no . legislative committee
devoting few daya at: most to ir
sonal rnspettioa can tall' jus,ti w hat
should be done: i . ' f 'i
The problenj ta m neb larger ;vea
than Is Indicated by this report. ' It
embraces the whole Oeld occupjad :bj
our state instlttttlons for the care of
defectives, - delinquents and " depen
dents, and all the state's educational
activities outside of the State univer
sity. !. Nebraska has taken up one part
of this work after another 1n response
to fc tbeagJtaUons,,? some energetic
society or organization, er to meet the
demand of sone town or county for a
state appropriation, without sufficient
attempt at correlation, and making
them fit Jnto a harmonious system.
As a consequence we have . 'ei present
a baphasard,? Ol-manRged and1 poorly
housed hiulttplfclty of Instltutlojis,
none of them filling their mission as
well as tey ought.
The Bee has this suggestion te offer
rhat the , legislature empower the
governor .to .appoint a comtnusalon,
with, antbority te call witnesses and
compel answers under oath to Invest-'
gate tad whole subject of our state in
stitutions for the purpose of ascer
taining present condition end future
requirements, their mertu and thetr
shortcomings, and defects In the lawB
governing them.; and to yecoramend to
the next legislature uCo reforms as
are imperative and a eystematlo plan
for future development. We believe
that if Governor Aldrlch . were given
thi power ba would appotat a eom-
mts8lon made up of the very best ma
terial ' hvallable,- - whose" personnel
wo Id ' comper whiter rmflrJeire; ' ;
that no patriotic citizen of Nebraska
could .refuse to respond to such a
requisition. This task once perfumed
and followed; up (would -eave bur tax
payers undre8wnJjiin(Jre,d8 of
thousands of dollars and be an Influ
ence for good more far-reaching than
any other one thing this legislature
could dp. ,
;)n Sa&4 ?a fourth., .;f;
, Whoever contends that the agita
tion tor a "aafe'and eane' Fourth" has
bed; po! ef act exfept, possibly, t con
duce to a more' insane and unsafe
Fourth, may be interested in reading
thte, Utile ;it wtil;l ba' Just
appeared in tbe dispatches: ; (
KBW TOflK, iiarch .-"Safe' and" aane
FoMrth p&iBDaJgns have cut off tha de
mand for firecrackers' and fireworks that
a eaajqeitf- ef tha.stockhtlera a the aln
Manufacturing company applied ' on this
ground tfl the anprerof opnrt ofr for. per
mission to dissolve the corporation one of
the largest fireworks concerns in the
country.- i- f . ,. , : , (- -
There "Is no1 Intention "of wrecking
tuels)ess)i j)ji,thJ); woieeesf :'ttvrt to
protect life and limb and celebrate eur
Independence with" spirit ; more' In
keeping . with cegava sefiae;, j but in
dustry will .have to adjust lUelf to the
demands of eafwty. 1 'i' t ..
: KvWently tse rh ; englreeyed
this safe and sane movement know
s r
what they were abovt Lowhen - they
aimed their batteries at the curtail
ment of the supply and demand of
firecrackers and kindred maaa. ef
torture and torment. They, attk
home by hitting the buBltesaj a, the'
vital spot the treasury. . It, waa not
at all overdrawing the faxta t4) ralte.
this agitation on the grounds of In
sanrty aa upsafety, for the celebra
tion of . tbe Fourth had overstepped
the llmlte not enly ot noise, but alao
of cestJlueee. U ' highly orobable
that th bona and girls of tte preeeBt
generation have far less Idea of the
deop significance of this day than
those of generations that did not spend
so much money for noise-producers.
But IVts "yet doubtful tf this counter
acting influence would ever have set
in but for the taarful toll of human
life our modern Fourths were making.
Watck Ur Fly No, 1. .
It will be some time before the fly
season arrives, but a few stray files
l may come along rn advance of the reg-
jular season, as they generally Co.Nov
la the time for housewives to begin
their crusade for the extermination,
of the great domestic pest. No mat
ter aew-,welt-ordered and kept the
home. It may have been the wintering
quarters of oue fly at. least the mak
ings. The moment thia held Intruder
ahovg big head, hit him. . He out of
tbe way, the first battle is over and the
way will be clearer for other victorias,
. People at flrst smiled at the thought
of a national campaign against flies,
but theybegsn to wear more carious
expressions as the movement resolved
itself down to a rational, systematic
basis, and health oHJcers apd societies
began to lend their organized assis
tance, until now It Is one of tbe recog
nized agencies for the general Im
provement and protection of health.
The educational period has about been
passed. People do not need to be told
now that flies are tbe harbingers of
various kinds of diseases and that
they carry deadly germs on tbetr feet.
It ta the time now for applying meth
ods for their destruction. And the
best time to set about this te Is the
wlnter'a end, or lu the first faint dawa
of spring, before the files have become
naineroot. ' '
tf at this season of the year, all, im
purities mr refuse of whatever descrip
tion that may be calculated to draw
flies are cleared and cleaned away It
will do vast good. , la the general
spring clean-up every householder
should take pains to see that thla Is
done and that .nothing Is left within
her reach that may invite these dan
gerous pests or afford a good refuge
for them.. Screen window and doors
and the little wire fly killers are enly
the means of. last .resort. The most
effective work ta that done before the
warm weather la upon us. Wbon fly
N0."1, b thedvance guard, arrive,
greet him and see that he doea not re
turn for a second reception. '
Trusts Here and Abroad.
la defense of large combinations
that usually go by the name of trusts,
a Wall street publication reproves the
American government for what It has
dona and is doing to control industry
by declaring": y ; -:
We have la tuts country been trying; to
suppress a world-wide process which older
nation recognlae as useful and seek 10
direct wisely. - ,,
Jt la manifestly unfair to say that
the United States Is not seeking to
"direct wisely" thla very process. The
trouble Is, It is not wise direction that
these Interests want. tThey prefer di
rection that will allow them unre
strained freedom in working out their
own plana. We are reminded that
Germany and Great Britain sanction
combinations . ' In manufacture and
trade that fix prices and limit compete
tlon The Prussian minister of com
merce, however, could veto any pro
posed Increase la prices and competi
tion Is subject'to rigid regulations
A German professor la quoted as
saying that but for these combina
tions Germany "would now be in a
dangerous industrial crisis, because of
the recklesa speculation from unre
strained competition. The repressive
measures adopted ta tbe United States
have never contemplated the dissolu
tion of combinations." except in; re-
attaint of trade, and no amount of
specious pleading is ever rotng- to eon
vlacaur people tiiaX combination, of i
that sort are Justifiable. It is con
tended that without these combina
tions prices might, by competition, be
forced so low as to wreck all indus
tries. No such danger exists In thla
country. If fn any other. The only
solicitude we need to have about prices
is that they do not become inordi
nately high and there Is no disposi
tion t. rpaie them iDorrllnately kw,
for thla is not, a Jpw-prl(efiurry.
This WaH !street paper says' that
"our interpreted, law has ; not, recog
nized that there may be good as well
as bad ! eomblnetioas." Which, of
course, la a misstatement.- Our laws
have plainly recognized that And. Pres
ident j Roosevelt preached ' It until ft
became . axiomatic. The reminder la
thrown out that In spite of all our
repressive legislation, ' trnats go on
exercising sinister political Influence
In this country. Yes, and that Is one
of the' chief reasons why the govern
ment.ie going o to, exprcise wiore re
strictive powers with these large eora
binations. ' ' ; ,"' : '" '' "
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An Anomaly of Jtural Prosperity. ,t.
The remarkable prosperity of rural
districts In faoat middle-western atates
has had the anomalous effect of di
minishing population, according to the
judgment of K. Dana Vu rand, director
of the oensua. : It is not altogether a
new idea, though ft is worth 'while to
have Mr. Durand's emphasis of it,
since he has Just come from complet
ing' the great taak o( oeastie-takiag,
which tie brought ,1a )ight the fact, oi
d,acreej cpuntrr'; population ,l,n some
States, The fact, i that in the last
tan. yeara th,e value ( fprui huid in
states like Missouri, Indiana, Ohio,
Iowa, Michigan, Illinois and Nebraska
has increased on an average of 101
per cent, and thla very ' prosperity,
while It has been a tremendous ndvan
age taese state! baa operated to
reduce rather tnan increase their
rural population; Farniersv especially
the younger men, have preferred to
buy cheaper land elsewhere, selling or
mortgaging their high-priced' land at
home tn order to do so. But natural
conditions will bring about a complete
and wholesome readjustment. The
fact of chief Interest la that these
state have this great laud. ,
la Missouri, where the farming
communities showed a diminished
population. Champ Clark seized upon
the situation, to make politics out of
it. He capitalized the assertion that
the government; through the census
department., wag playing politics in
his state. The puerility of thts read
ily becomes apparent when it Is known
that similar results were found in
other states, where deniocrsey ran
claim very little as compared with its
strengthen Missouri.
The people of these stales, which go
to form the richest farming territory
In the world, would never think of al
lowing this condition to mar their
hope of great increase In population
and advance along all lines. It is a
condition that, really amount to no
HE RKK: OMAHA. FRIDAY. MARCH 17. mil.
harm, but much good. It simply goes
to show how steadily we are pushing
the outposts ot our west, and that, of
course, means construction. The tide
of migration ebbe and flows, bank
ing now here and now there, but it
never becomes stagnant. In the great
movement of settlers now In progress
these middle states are bound to
share, and they probably will show up
with evenly-balanced rural popula
tions. . In the meantime by helping to
build up newer states .further west
they will have contributed to the crea
tion of new markets and sources of
supply. ' . ' . 4 .
, If South Omaha could qualify sepa
rately under the proposed commission
plan of government bill and have a
commission government of its own,
would ' Omaha "have any Inducement
to offer to South Omaha to come la
and be governed by Omaha's commis
sioners? The next charter Omaha
adopts should, in cnir Judgment, be a
Greater Omaha charter, including
South. Omaha. Dundee, Benson and
Florence, whose people should also
have a voice la making It,
The legislative committee on public
lands and buildings. report. In connec
tion with Its visit to the State School
for the Deaf at Omaha that the Insti
tution Is greatly rn need of a ' water
plant.. Why ahould this school, which
la: wltMn the city. limits, : require a
water plant of its own when Omaha Is
in the process f acquiring a mo
nicipal water works that ought to be
able to provide all the 1 water :; de
manded cheaper than any separate
water plant?
, It is generally understood that Governor
feheldon and Governor Shallenberger went
ottt; of office several thousand dollars
poorer than they entered , , It Worltf
Herald.. ' .. . ..:V:
We can readily believe this about
Governor Sheldon, but as to Governor
Shallenberger, we are from Missouri.
; The site of the first Btate house
erected In Nebraska ha been duly
marked here In Omaha with a bronze
tablet. Some people down in Lincoln
would like to erect a bronse tablet
there to mark the sgHe f the last
state house in Nebraska,
In the light ot later events there
see ro s to be a question whether Sena
tor Brown got wore of the tarred end
of the stick f; vrhen; le, championed
Cadet Taylor for, surveyor o customs
thanjie did when ""he made . "Ben"
ThOmaa postmaster. :
TarH ha finally been shocked. " It
was by a taer dancer "with a most
remarkable eoatiunet the chief feature
f, which, waa A jalr0, stockings.
Vain Inaglslagi, .
Cleveland Plain Dialer1.
Mo one, of course; will Ii.is.g1ne for a
moment thai-- when Wilson and Bryan
lunched together they -mentioned, politics.
No Wonder Judaea Complain.
Baltimore American.::
A lawyer In Boston In an? argument
talked fifty-three and a halt hours and
used oyeif 600,090 wards. No wonder judges
Who have: to' listen to arguments com-
plain . that the pay is often poor for the
work.' ,,
'I I i nmBC nirthday Pasty.
4 SprlngfMd Republican.
They : are to' have a celebration of
Bryan's (1st birthday at Lincoln, Neb., the
Kith, and rt ttoaa not squint toward demo
cratic . harmony, "i Governor Spafroth of
Colorado, Senators Kern of Indiana and
Owea At Oklahoma, and others of that
class,' are among those to be present, but
Governor Harmon fcf Ohio does 'not appear
to be even among .the Invited. I
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Hope for the Oppressed.
. New Tork Tribune, t
; "There Is up reason for pessimism and
very reason fur optimism," said William
J. ilryaa t4 . the members of the Twilight
club rt this ctty.' That is a sentiment highly
creditable, jtu m Mstesman who has thrice
been ' an .unsuccessful candidate for the
presidency. 41 Me. .Bryan can be optimistic
np other American politician can afford to
be ' downcast; evea the Hon. Joseph W.
Bailey nor the HooA Jonathan Bourne.
. Baatnees heaaloa Hronttaed.
h l ;i ' Vi'Velartdi Plain Dealer.
Moat cheering pf all the news that has
coma out of Washington for malitha is the
announcement that the democrat Intend to
make the coming extra session ef congress
a business session. The. country at large
must great with pleasure the .word that
when 1U representatives aasemble they will
go to work at once on what Is sat for them
te do, finish It as rapidly aa IS consistent
with, smn carefulness, and then
adiom-n,, ,j j
People Talked About
' Aathy i. Prexel, Jtiladclphut's talented
young amateur pugilist, Is ' in danger of
loalng one of his eyes, as the result of a
blow which he received U a recent set-to
with a professional fighter.
Miss Belle Kinney, the woman sculptor,
has the contract to make tn statues as
ineiuorlala (it tha wouiau uX the twaiadai'
acy Tlune statues are to cast I10.0O) each
and are to he placed in the capital of every
Confederate, state with the exception,, of
Buuth Carolina. , . .'''''
Mrs. Imogens .PauU: superintendent of j
street cleaalug in -the sTUi eHatrtci of J t.. Up t tommerm,r.tM .
CWcago. has invested a dark. A tb.,,,, , th ,tf, of w. Pamek-that on
atiiVa iaiar anu oincr reiua wnwtl.
it la oiaiuMHi, vtu v ta cyy aiutvsui)
annually. The invention Is an ladnarator
fur burning ilh4 isiua-i aa it Is taken up.
aeercjiing for yars w.ira- ea or a
' a ic
Hi
Drotner nom ne nag jasi aeon twenty
tnree ears au, Joij . .piurpiiy.
Orange, N. J., has been plcel lji. communi
cation with him through a letter of inquiry
the missing brother eUl to tue Newark
police. The long lost brother Is Jjunes
alurvhy of Anaconda, Hoq.1, ,
In a short while Mr. lsamu Young. M.
P.. will enter -jm his ninetieth -r. , He
la the eit nan tn the House uf Cara
mon, though It la hard to bellave it, for
he la v. on1ei fully at live. Mr Vuung w as
hailed tha ether day by an ld Meld, who
congratulated Mm on looking so well for
a man who must a at least 7i With a
twinkle in his eyes, tb aged M. P., re
plied! "Tea, I tin a least 'a, for in a short
tHne 1 celebrat ay etghly-aumh birthday.
St. Patrick's Day
Why It fa aad What Caused It.
Mow It Thrives, Done la Preea
aas Jthyme.
St. ratrtck'e day In the morning! Also
in the afternoon and the verimg-! No pent
up continent contracts Its powers or
monopolises the celebration. As Sure its
the 17th of March rolls around the planet
8L Patrick's day follows the circling sun
and thrills tha.bouchale and the colleens
In all quarters of the globe fit to Hve In.
"Tie well to have It so. For flt. Patrick
was a gaod aa well as a great man, and
there waxn't any badness to bury with his
bones. He Waa a fine type f the early
Christian mlnstonarlea. so broad gsug and
democratic In Ms teachinc that la these
exacting modern days episcopalians,
Methodists, Baptists and other religious
riocks vie with the' Oatholle in claiming
him as their ewrt. Yet what la definitely
known, about Pt. Patrick, together with
bis literary . remains, would not crowd a
fair aised book. But the myths and legends
enveloping his career and put Into print
would pack a library. Montalambtrt says.
"Legend and history Jiave vied With each
other .in taking possession of the life of
Bt Patrick." Bo numerous were his bl
oaTaphlea In tha mtddla s that when
Jocelya, a monk of the twelfth eentury,
sat down te writs his history he found
that no less than sixty-sis scribes had
heen angaaed In the same Undertaking, tn
modern, times his biographies have been
equally, numerous, out of tha mass of
writings the searcher may pink these facts:
St. Patrick waa not an Irishman. . No
ooubt about that. He waa either a Briton,
a Bootchpnan or a Frenchman born during
tha last quarter of the fourth eentury, and
Uved between eevanly-eltfht and lttl years.
Some courageous writers aiurert that he
was a Briton and that his naUve love for
the Irish prompted him to cross tha chan
nel and show them the right road to salva
tion.: SooUfti claimants point to the numer
ous Kirkpatrlcks and Kilpatrlcks in the
country as : conclusive evidence : of his
Scotch nativity. ' New eomea a French
savant who wlpea out ait three claims and
locate , the family on the banks' pf the
Danube, the fathor, Oatpnrnlus. a . Roman
magistrate and deaoon. and the mother,
Conoessa, a niece1 of St. Mark, a famous
bishop of Tours, France. Tbls writer
Cleverly dodges the birthplace question,
contenting himself with the Statement that
Pat rictus Mag-onu 8uottus (the saint's
full name) was born during one of the
excursions of the Roman legions in north
Burope, which the father, in pursuance of
bis duties aa magistrate, accompanied, with
his family, - , : i
"The day we celebrate" Is not the anni
versary tof St. Patricks blrtH. Most au
thorities agree on the 17th of March as
the date of his death, though there is
Soma doubt about thla For example, one
ef the ancient bards of Ballyraena explains
bow the date was selected ta theae jolly
line: j ..- : -, r ' ... , ;
Pn the elshth day of March it was, some
people say, . :.....
That St. Patrick, at midnbrht. he -first saw
the day, ' - f
While others .declare on the ninth he was
. born, w ... . -. .. .
An. 'twas ail a mistake, between midnight
and mora.
Foe mistake will occur in the hurry and
shock,
Aad sotue . blamed tna baby, end some
blamed the clock.
T?U with their crpss-ouastiona, aure aa on
could know
Jt the child was too fast ffr the elock was
tOO BlOW. : 7 . . .
Now the first faction fight, in ould Ireland
. fhev MV
XVas ail on account of et.'Parrtck's birth-
day.- .-, ,5 ;
Some
louKht for the eighth. .for tbe ninth
more would die.
And., aha wouldn't.
blackened his eve.
right, - aura they
At last both factions, so positive grew, '"'
That each kept a birthday, so Pat then
bad two.
Till ' Father Mulcehe?, who showed them
their alns, )..-.-: i .
Paid no one could have two birthdays bat
a twins.
Rays be. Boys! don't bo fighting for eight
or for ntne. - ;
Pon't be aJwsys dlvidln. hut sometimes
combine. . .
Combine eight and nine and seventeen la
the mark. -Bo
let titat be his day-utmen! said the
clerk.
f he wasn't a twins, sure our history will
show '
That's he's worth at least any two saints
that we know.
Green banners will flutter in the breeze
today and fervid oratorS here and
there will salute it as "the ancient
bannecT' of Ireland." It is ' fairly
certain that St. Patrick' and ' his con
temporaries never saw a green flag In Ire
land and It Is doubtful If the Irish did
for fourteen centuries 'after blm. There
Is no mention of a green flag In the Irish
annals previous to I'M. At the celebrated
skirmish known ' as ' "the battle of the
fcoyne"' the opposing armies of King Wil
liam and bis father-in-law. King James,
wore red uniforms. In order to avoid klll
inf on another by mistake in the confu
sion of battle -WtlHam's men stuck green
leaves In their hats, while those of James
wore white paper rosettes, representing
the white rose of TorVf -Thus, by strange
Jreny, thevOrangemen were the first wear'
era of the green irl Ireland. The famous
Irish brigade in the service " of Franoe
wore red ' uniforms: some of them were
therefor mistaken for English and cut
down by the French cavalry- In the melee
when the brigade's Charge gained the vic
tory at Featenoy. Th Irish Insurgent of
179, Catholics and Protestants, were th
first to adopt green as the national color
of Ireland.' It bad been previously' pro
posed as the "color of hope" by Cam! tie
Dermoollns to 'the ' French revolutionists,
but be was-outvoted in favor of the tri
color. The Wexford Insurgents at first
used Impartially flags of various colors'
red, yellow and green but eventually they
flaed on green, which, with baptism of
heroic blood, was then firmly and pet-man
ently established as the national color of
Ireland. There have been some fantastic
and wholly unsuccessful attempts to Intro
duce a green, whit and yellow "Irish tri
color."
Kven the antiquity of the shamrock, In
variably associated with St. Patrick, ta
assailed. The learned and painstaking Dr.
1'. W. Joyce, says: "tt hi not easy to de
termine the origin of the Irish custom of
wearln; a bunch of -shamrocks in th hat
tit. Mr Patrti'lr'M daV Marnh IT. According
a certain occasion, when he was explain
ing the mystery of the Trinity to the pagan
Irish, he took un a single shamrock and
l.ernied out the three leaves crowing from
j om. vtrm , nitrate ,h, doctrine of the
thrtr ,,., n Brw. jod
But this story
must he an Invention of
t times, for
we find no mention of It in any of the old
lives of the saint. Neither are we able to
v that the cnxtom Itself Is of any higher
antiquity: fwr. though It la now ohovrved by
the Irish all over the world, and though
! Is mentioned by a few writers of the
last i or 00 years as. for Instanre. by
Thomas Dinely tn 176. who describes how
i he Irish woi e crovseg and shamrocks on
St. Patrick's day yet we find no allusion
to It In m lent Irish anting. Kor present
IHirposr. however, the joyous melortv of
Tom Moore strikes the right chord
Through FIrln's Isle,
. Te iev awhile. " '
A Lvvs and V'elor wander d
With Wit. tbe avru.
Vt'hose quiver brlgDt.
A thousand arrows squandered;
Where'er they pass,
A triple Kress
Shoots up with (lew drops streaming..
As softly green
As emerald seen
Through purest crystal gleaming-.
O! the shamrock, the green. Immortal
shamrock!
CIhumi leaf
Of Bard and Chief
Old Krln'a native Shamrock!
Says Valor. "See.
They spring for m
Those leafy gems ot morning!"
"are Tve, No, no,
Tr me they grow. '
My fragrant path adorning."
But Wit perceives
The triple leaves,
And erica. "Oh, da not sever
A type that blende
Three godlike friends.
I.ove, Valor, wit, rorever!
O! the Shamrock, the green
Shamrock!
Chosen leaf
Of Bard aud Chief
Old Erin's native Phamrock!
Immortal
Tbe earliest pubHe celebration of St.
Patrick's day tn America I said te have
onceurred In New Tork City in lTftl Pos
sibly the anniversary was observed earlier
by groups of cmsgenlai friends. Th Char
itable Irish aoolety of Boston bad been
formed in Boston In 17S7. and ons of Its
sered duties was to "drown the Sham
rock" on tha 17th. This function was taken
over later by th Friendly Sons of 8t.
Patrick, organised la Philadelphia In rev
olutionary times. The most unique ob
servance la those days was tha evacuation
of Beaton by the British. March 17. int.
$very 17th suje the revolution baa been
celebrated somewhere. If not everywhere,
with aong, speech and good ehewr. Bttre.
It la only thre years sine President
Roosevelt talked like Brian Bora to the
Friendly Sons la New York. Faith, he
did! And d'ye motnd how President Taft
whispered to th lads in Chicago last year
like a "rale son of the ould sod" who had
"kissed the blarney stolfe before bruckest
evry morntn'T" ' Arrah, but the greatest
of all was when Mike Lee smothered the
Nebraska legislature with shamrock, six
yearf ago, and pulled a Gaelic song on
Governor Mickey as a reminder of home!
Whisht, me bouchal!' We'll close the ses
sion with Tom Daly's ode:
O! it's little that we hold
Of dominion or of gold
In the blcsHld Isle that eaW us first a na
tion, But we made all lands our own.
As we spread from sons to tone;
So, come, all o' ye! an' share our jubila
tion. O. the' music in the air!
An" th Joy that'e everywhere .
Sure, the whole blue vault of heaven Is
wan grand triumphal arch.
An' the earth below la gay
Wld Its tender green th' day.
Fur the whole world Is Irish on the Seven
teenth o Marohi
BlILDING VP THIS WEST.
lafloeaee ef Osnaha Land 8hw ta
th Movement.
Cleveland Plain Dealer. '
In these days when the Csnadlan north
west Is pointed to as the only land left on
the continent Into which the farmer can
go and settle without awaiting a special
government permission. It Is Interesting to
observe the enthusiasm In the western
states over the arrival of colonists. It ap
pears that there Is yet room between the I
Missouri river and the Pacific for the man
who would build htm an house and set
about tilling the acres around tt.
That the back to the aoll movement may
not all be In the direction of Canada those
who have at heart he development of the
weat have inaugurated a plan of giving
land shows In some of the leading cities
that lie on the border of the wide agricul
tural country. The government land pfflce
In Salt Lake . City reports, that February
brought a W per cent Increase In the num
ber of homeaeekers to apply, for Its serv
ices, and attributes a large part of the
gain to a land show . recently given in
Omaha. ',.," .
It has been decided .by the .states Inter
ested In the project that tha shows shall
be made an annual affair; that all the at
tention possible shall be directed to the
acres they have opened to settlement.. But
more than this,' they have determined to
keep open the year around a bureau of
Information for the eonrenlenoe of home
seekers. Between the two' they hope to
turn the tide of Immigration one more to
the west and to control and guide It by a
careful study of the situation. Thus la
organisation to aid la the rapid develop
ment of a country still new.
Before and Afser Taking;.
Wall Street Journal.
After ' noting the Increase In waxes
granted certain emp)oes o Northern pa
cific railroads, one Is likely ta remember
Mr. Hill's utterances as to what would
happen if the Interstate Commerce com
mission did not grant rate increases.
iano
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We .congratulate every winner in any piano contest,
no matter by whom conducted. Come into our store,
show ua yonr certificate tbat we may know you are a
real prfce winner, and reoeive a valuable and useful prize
from -tis as a (Special congratulation.
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A. MOSPE CO. $
1G13-1C DOUGLAS DTREET
THIS BANK in
5Wh
In Its
Dtirlna; ail this time it has commanded tbe confi
dence pf tbe people. Tbis fonfidnre Is still evidenced
by tbe daily opening of new accounts and tbe constantly
Increasing volume of buslu'-ss
Vuur accaunt ta inviieJ.
j ii '.imufM muL- i JLu.' u-4 i n j- j
COHrORATTO!r TAX DECISION.
I luaburg tlsratsii: Tbs real signifc
cance of the decision is the ptactloal dec
laration that corporation privileges ate
taxable like other property.
Cleveland Wain Iaer: Popularly, th
decision will leas because It sbowi tbsi
the people, working- through" organised
ovarnmeiit, ar mlKMle tan aa 4.
ination ot capital. hweer arm
latter may become at times.
St. Loul Time: Incidentally, toe 4el
slon of the supreme court may serve ins
valuable pursue ef Impressing) the publla
mind with the whleaoane belief that tha
eorporatloa In the Untied .State r tux
all-powerful, after alt.
Boston Transcript: Tha .principle. 00
which tha court ban proceeded, la founded
on tha principle that corporate franehlaes
ate privilege granted by tha common
wealth, and thla tUirgativs cf power neces
aarlly meana the vesting of the aupreme
authority, whether of taxation or other
wise in tha government to which corpora
tions awa their ealatenoe.
Washington Poet: It la wvrtby of saeat
tton that the original draft ( tha cor
poration tax elauae waa r by Preat
dent Tmft dartfisj the pendancy of the
Payne-Aldrlch tariff bill, and Into whien
It waa incorporated, arid that aorordmgly
the president la to be credited as the father
of thla revenue measure, which will net
tha government about 2&,0OO,OM a year.
New Tor Journal of Commerce: The
thins taxed la not tha mere dealing In
merchandise, but tha privilege wbtch exist
In conducting business with the advan
tages which Inhere In the corporate capa
city of those taxed And which are not env
Joyed by private firms. Among these ad
vantage are the continuity of the busi
ness without Interruption by death Or dis
solution, the easy transfer of property In
terest, and the general absence ef Indi
vidual liability, which do not ealet la pri
vate partnerships.
CHEEKY CHAFF.
"Ro you are going to resign."
"I am," replied the official '
'Won't that pleas your enemies?
"I don't think so. it will deprive thti
f the greau ploasur they derive from re;
questing me Xi do so." Chicago Record
Herald. (
"Do you nioy vow meal a old man!"
"Do I enjoy my meals?" suorticl (he In
dignant dyspeptic. "My meals are merely
guide posts to take medicine before or
after." Washington Herald.
"I understood the new reporter fell down
on his first assignment."
"Ho he did.''
"What was It?"
"Th banana peel on tho sidewalk ns a
public menace." Baltimore American.
Sunday Sohool Teacher And tlnti the
deluge came, and it rained for days .and
weeks, and
Kffte And then, I suppose, the farmers!
were satisfied. Kt. Louis Time. ,
"And you do not love the gentle, Joyous'
spring?'' asked the Idealist.
"No." rcDllsd Mr. Mlrius Barker "It
the time of sear when both tha refrlitora .
tor and the furnace keep busy, Wash
ington Star.
TAtinLtiilB.(lnna nld man. 1 hear you
have beon speculating successfully."
No: 1 lost money.
'u11. von ouaht to know better than
to gamble." Pittsburg Post. ;,
Two millionaires met in a hotel lobby.
"Tee," said one of them. "I was born In
a toe; house, and went to sohoul wtutera,,
and worked my way up from office buy,
I'm self-made.''
But the other millionaire bung his head.
"I'm CarneKte-made,' he faintly mut
tered. Cleveland I'Jaln Dealer,
"A paper hana-er has certainly chosen a
trade In which he Is bound to be In bard
luck." ,....
"Why a?" - f
'Because b Is always up against It."
Baltimore American.
Th lounger at the railway station,
whom Mr. Tyte-Phlat had aeked to aaslat
him In getting his trunk ui tue stairway,
had shouldered It and carried rt up hltn
aelf. Mr. Tyte-Phlrt handed him a nickel.
"Here, friend," he said, "the next time
you're passing a ola-ar store g In and buy
yourself a good emoke." Chicago Tribune.
. IN THE SPRING.
In the spring a poet s fancy lightly turns
to thoughts of buds
And the plowshare turns the farrow for
the planting ef the spud
Maidens linger on the brlones
Bonfires blase upon the ridges,
And our thoughts from thmirs religious
lightly turn t thoughts of duds.
In th month of March the mad hare scoots
around the heaps of btush
And tha winds of heaven go walling with
a most rbythmatie rush, I
Then some warm night brings a chorus
OX Amphibians to bore us,
And th4 poet comes before us with an
other page of gush.
Omaha. BATOLL NB TRELE.
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