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Subscribers learias; tha city tem
porarily shoal, bam The Bee
mallet t them. Adareas frill be
'hanged as often as requested.
Our March lioa hag cot ai yet ao
much aa roared.
Th Roosevelt dam Is different from
tha Cannon damn.
Not long now before the office boys'
grandmothers begin to die off.
Thia dynamite business loses all Ha
levity when It gets close to home.
. My, but wouldn't Coxey'a army
make thoae insurrectos get up and
hump?
Tufts college has abandoned basket
ball aa too rough a game. How would
ping pong do?
"Democrats Ought to Begin
Right." Headline. There is a tinge
of pathos In that.
It is to be hoped Senator Heyburn
will have gotten In a good humor by
the time the extra session convenes.
A woman wearing a harem skirt haa
been mobbed in Brazil. That seems
to be one thing on which nations can
agree.
The army went to Texas so soon
after the Bailey episode as to crowd it
completely in the background. Godd
old army.
We feel entirely Justified now in an
nouncing our belief that the backbone
Of winter has been fractured in more
than one place.
If Governor Woodrow Wilson were
elected president he would be almost
compelled to appoint Colonel Harvey
secretary of state.
For the next Bryan birthday ban
quet the Invitation should advise
guests notto leave their side-arms at
home except at their peril.
Portugal will have a general elec
tion April 30. Minister Boutell will
get there Just in time to be reminded
of what occurred In Illinois.
Having had an explosion, figura
tively speaking, in the federal build
ing, we now have the real-thing ex
plosion In the county building. -
With four American soldiers of for
tune ahot by order of a Mexican court
martial, the fight to enlist in the in
surrection army may simmer down a
bit.
Mr. Bryan insist that newspapers
have lost their Influence. The reason
must be that they have had enough
each time to help to keep him out of
the White House.
Governor Aldrlch wanta it distinctly
understood that under the constitu
tion the executive Is still a co-ordinate
body with the legislative branch of the
state government.
While the United States Is debating
the question, "What Shall We Do
With Our Ex-Presidents?" Portugal
is pensioning fta little ex-klng at the
rate of $40,000 a year.
According to published reports of
an Improvement club meeting, "Ig"
Dunn is said to have discussed the
commission form bill "without ex
pressing his own private views." How
unlike "Ig."
Colonel Watterson's understudy
wrote so much like the boss that the
Courier-Journal found It necessary to
Issue a statement correcting the im
pression that Its editor had returned
from Europe.
In the case of the Chicago woman
who Willed (accidentally, she says)
her husband one thing is proved
that a woman who had been drinking
champagne and beer had no business
with a pistol in her hand.
Another thing the legislature should
do before it adjourns Is to establish
some prerequisite qualifications by
law for folks who want to run auto
mobiles and take the Uvea of passen
gers uj pedestrians In their bands.
I Taft Turning the Tables t
The Saturday Evening Pout calls at
tention to the fact that Trenldent
Taft may have perceived Borne humor
in the situation of his calling con
gress into extra session Just after the
democrats had gained power, for the
results of the last extra session were
discord and disorganization to the
dominant party. Has he thus kindly
offered the democrats the opportunity
of evening up matters
No party seeks the privilege of
making a tariff law on the eve of a
national election. Somehow, tariff
revision has not proved to be a secure
footing on which to go before the
people. The effects of the McKlnley
bill, the Wilson-Gorman law and the
Payne-Aldrlch act were the same. Con
ditions exist now that seem to pre
clude the possibility of bright hopes
of democratic success as a result of
any tariff tinkering in the extra ses
sion. The country Is dissatisfied with
the present tariff, true enough, but it
is scarcely in the mood for a wholesale
upheaval and the pitfalls along the
way of political expediency are too
numerous to encourage pursuit by the
democrats. '
What the democrats will be able to
do when It is up to them to make
good on their persistent demands for
general revision toward free trade or
a tariff for revenue only, is yet pure
speculation. They must remember
that some of their strongest members,
especially the senators from the south,
voted for high protection in the Tayne
Aldrlch bill and that they are not
likely to show a different attitude
toward local Interests In this extra
session from the last extra session.
General tariff revision will offer
almost endless opportunity for log
rolling and trading and the wise
leaders of the democratic party are
likely to recognize that fact and go
alow. But danger lurks in whatever
course is followed by the democrats.
That prospect must have spurred the
president to call the extra session.
The Packers' Cate.
Judge Carpenter's denial of the plea
to quash the indictments against ten
Chicago packers brings to a new crisis
this fight that has been dragging
through the federal courts for eight
years and finally compela the packers
to stand trial on indictments of con
spiracy in restraint of trade, or specif
ically, to fix and control prices. It is
one of the most important efforts at
enforcing the anti-trust laws the gov
ernment ever undertook and, because
of the prominence of the men in
volved, as well as the Issues to be de
termined, interest has been, and will
continue to be, nation-wide. ,
The case illustrates the resourceful
ness of the federal government and of
the big corporations alike, and the
persistency with which each pursues
ita business. It had Its inception in
the injunction Issued in 1903 by Judge
Grosscup of Chicago, restraining the
packers from combining. The next
step was taken by the packers, who
claimed immunity because they-had
furnished information of their busi
ness to the commissioner of corpora
tions. They alleged that the govern
ment had used this information as the
basis of its Indictments. In February,
1905, the government began ita in
vestigation to determine the validity
of the charges of the combine. In
July Indictments were returned
against four companies and sixteen
packers, and the cases were called tor
trial in the following December. In
March, 1906, a sensational turn was
given the case by Judge Humphrey's
action In freeing the packers by what
wag called an "immunity bath" de
cision. The Issue seemed dead, when,
In 1908, another federal grand Jury
resumed, but soon dropped investiga
tion of the case. In 1909 a new in
vestigation was started, and in March,
1910, the National Packing company
and ten subsidiary concerns were In
dicted. In June these indictments
were annulled by Judge Landls, who
forthwith ordered another investiga
tion, and this was begun in July. In
August indictments of perjury were
returned against two managers of
packing concerns, while In September
the batch of indlctmenta came in
against the ten big packers and the
defendants then net about to have
these true bills quashed. Judge Car
penter's decision is only the latest step
In these long-drawn proceedings.
A Narrow View.
In opposing the income tax amend
ment a IiOBton capitalist declares that
Massachusetts, having so much wealth,
would, under this law, be taxed far
beyond her numerical proportions,
and that "Our good Massachusetta
money will go for a $50,000,000
drainage project in aome God-forsaken
New Mexico desert, or for a $300,000,
000 channel In the Mississippi river."
Then he asks: "Are you, the direc
tors of the Commonwealth of Massa
chusetts, going to let the confidence
men of the west and south walk away
with the equivalent of $250,000, 00
to $1,000,000,000 of Massachusetts
money? If you want to raise more
money for taxation don't send it to
Washington to be thrown away."
Such argument certainly will strike
most people aa typically narrow. Does
Massachusetta derive Its prodigious
wealth from within its own boundarlea
and of ita own resources? If It did
there might be some reason In this
argument. One of the chief industries
of Massachusetts is wool and woolens.
Us wool comes from these "God-forsaken
deserts" that are being trans
formed by the "confidence men of the
west and south." The same is true
of Its leather, which as a raw material
furnishes the basis for the great shoe
Industry in so many rltiea and town
of Massachusetts. What of the mil-
lions of dollars poured into Masna
cbuHpttts In insurance and interest
money from the south and west.
Waiving all discussion of the mer
its of the Income tax, it does not seem
that the proposition has much to fear
from such argument as that quoted.
Twenty-seven states have assented to
the proposed amendment and when
eight others follow, it will have the
necensary majority with or without
the aid and consent of Massachusetts.
Myitery of the Court House Explosion.
The explosion of dynamite in the
new $1,000,000 court hoane, In course
of construction for Douglas county,
while fortunately falling short of
doing very serious damage, calls for
careful investigation to locate the per
petrators, who, If found, should be
prosecuted to the full limit of the law.
Such a dastardly attempt to destroy
this structure would be not only an
attempt to destroy public property,
but reckless disregard of consequences
which might carry with it incalculable
loss of life.
Sufficient facta are hardly yet avail
able to Justify any theorizing.
It la possible, but not probable, that
the explosion may be explained as an
accident pure and simple, due to noth
ing but carelessness.
If, however, the dynamite was set
off by some person, or persons, there
must have been a motive prompting
it and an object to be achieved, be
cause people with sane minds do not
do such things wantonly. The ques
tions to be asked, then, are: Who
has a grievance that could be thus
centcd? and who, If anyone, would
be benefited by damaging a public
building in course of erection?
The answers to these questions may
yet develop. If a crime has been
committed no effort should be spared
to bring the culprits to Justice.
Preparedness.
The zeal with which the War de
partment is enlisting recruits for the
army is significant in connection with
the situation on the Mexican bordtftr.
Orders call for 6,000 or 7,000 ne'w
men. Of course, the United States is
determined to avoid trouble on the
Mexican border, if that be possible,
but it has not failed to show an equal
determination not to be caught oft ita
guard by any audden emergency. If
the government did not feel the advis
ability of enlarging its military forces
it would not be taking in these re
cruits. The president and war officers
must understand what they are about
and, with all our predellctlons against
unpleasantness with the neighboring
republic to the aouth, It is idle to sup
pose that the American government
could, feeling the need for the fullest
preparation, consistently fail to make
it. It can pursue such a course to tha
utmost without Impairing ita cordial
relations with Mexico. Avoiding the
error of nnpreparedness need have no
ulterior meaning, or give any offense.
So long as the atmosphere on the
border is surcharged with the ele-
menta and possibilities of war it would
be sheer nonsense for this government
to do other than it la doing. If it
was necessary to send the troops to
Texas as a warnlng-t-and it was
necessary to back up that move with
whatever else is needed to make it
effective. It Is no time to rhapsodize
about the Impossibility or war bo long
aa troops are lined up on each side of
the Rio Grande, one body as a monitor
of the other.
Stock Yards Legislation.
The veto by Governor Aldrlch of the
Taylor-Dolezal stock yards bill ia
baaed on the definition of the stock
yards aa a "public market" Instead of
a "common carrier," the governor con
tending that the State Railway com
mission cannot, because of constitu
tional limitations, be vested with the
supervision and regulation of any
thing but common carriers. If the
governor is correct in his view of the
law he is correct , in regarding the
vetoed bill as defective and unen
forceable and inviting attack In the
courts.
The stock yards interests seem to
have become reconciled to supervision
and regulation by the State Railway
commission, although, of course, they
would prefer no legislation. But
they evidently object to being made
common carriera and being ao desig
nated by law because of obligations
and liabilities attaching to common
carriers under other laws, which do
not apply to the operation of public
markets for live stock In other states.
The real question involved ia
whether atock yards can be made com
mon carriers by being so designated
to the extent of coming within the
Jurisdiction of the State Railway com
mission without being made common
carriers for other purposes. If the
governor can work out this problem
in a way that will hold water and be
satisfactory to all concerned he will
demonstrate hla constructive ability as
a lawyer, and likewise as a diplomat.
Our amiable democratic contem
porary boasts about the progressive
victories that have, been scored in
various atatea within democratic Hoes,
but ia strangely silent about the
Grand -Island convention of last year,
when the progressive wing of the Ne
braska democracy was steam-rollered
without quarter, and ita distinguished
leader, three times the na
tional standard-bearer, deliberately
squelched. What about It?
The Water board haa at last en
gaged an expert to give us some idea
how much it will take to build the
needed new mains and extensions and
make the water plant equal to present
demands. This ia necessary informa
tion, but is not going out of town for
this service a serious reflection on the
hydraulic politician, who up to this
time has been the sole reliance of the
Water board In Its various moves?
It is in the eternal fitness of things
that the effort in the legislature to
abolish the medical department of the
State university because It Is located
at Omaha should be championed by
the members from Lincoln. If a city
could be built by tearing its nelgh-
j bors down Lincoln would lead the
world.
Uncle Sam's recruiting officers are
temporarily waiving technical re
quirements on men who want to go to
the front in Uncle Sam's uniform, and
the man with a defective finger nail
may be able to get In while the fence
is down. Do your enlisting now.
Kansas has decided to permit
chorus girls to continue wearing their
tights for two years, the legislature
having defeated the bill to do away
with them. Just think of the time
when the girls will have to quit wear
ing even tights.
George Gould pronounces as "ut
terly baseless" all reports of trouble
within the Missouri Pacific family.
Then he ought to make his brother
stop declaring that trouble exists and
threatening to expose certain things
and persona.
The New York World rises to ask,
"Must a boss be an ass?" speaking of
a certain polltlcallsslmo in New York.
Well, perhaps, if he cannot help It.
I'MKKlna of n Hot Air Friend.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
It really begins to look as If we would
have to say au revolr to that dear old Jap
war scare.
Woader How Manyf
Denver Republican.
It Is to be wondered how many of those
Americans who will spend $5,000,000 to see
the king of England go to be crowned ever
thought It worth while to see a president
inaugurated.
Where Are the Buyers?
Chicago Record-Herald.
One thousand seven hundred and seventy
seven men have been Indicted In Adams
county. Ohio, for selling their votes, and
nobody seems, as yet, to have been able
to find out who bought them.
Warwhoopa of ntlre Windjammers.
Baltimore American.
Anent the war scare It Is to be hoped
Japan will not send a mosquito fleet to
ravage our defenseless coast this summer.
The attacks of the native product are
about as bad as we can stand now without
a foreign Invasion. It would be worse even
than the famous descent of the phantom
fleet during the Bpanlsh war.
A CHECK TO RI1AHP1&RS.
Maaaachnaetta Starts Craaade A grain at
the Fake Promoter.
Washington Post.
Massachusetts comes to the aid of Post
master General Hitchcock In his declared
purpose to rid the country of the fake
promoter. Should the proposed legislation
stand the test of the courts, it ought to be
possible to rid Boston of the stock swind
ling gentry before their practices reach the
stage that brings them within the grasp of
the postal laws.. Under the present state
laws the only way to secure a conviction
Is to prove the accused guilty of a larceny
under false pretenses, a charge which Is
rather easy to evade. The new law seeks
to anticipate fraud and punish the pros
pective offender before he has had oppor
tunity to fleece anybody. The framer of
the measure, taking his cue from the
British companies' act, conceived the Idea
that swindling by misrepresentation of the
value of stocks Is a modern form of
larceny, which must be met by a modern
form of statute.
The new act provides that any person
who, with Intent to defraud, publishes In
any way whatever statements concerning
the value of any aecurlty which are false
or exaggerated, shall be punished by heavy
fine and Imprisonment. The bill Is In
tended to draw a broad line between honest
promoters and the professional swindler.
If a promoter states In an advertisement
or other method of publicity that a mine
waa paying dividends, and It were shown
t hat n the dividends were derived from the
sale ef stock, the promoter would go to
Jail.
Several other states have enacted laws
to guard against the dishonest promoter,
but these precautions only had the effect
of driving the sharpers Into states which
had no such laws. And as New Tork and
Massachusetts afforded comparative im
munity from prosecution, moat of the
fugitives betook themselves to New Tork
and Boston. Should they be driven from
these strongholds by drastic state laws,
it Is thought by the authorities that the
nefarious business would be given a body
blow.
Political Drift
In a four-line letter to an "anxious in
quirer," Colonel Roosevelt says It Is pos
sible for a politician, to be a Christian.
Fearing that Jim Smith would be lone
kome outside the democratic breastworks
in New Jersey, Governor Wilson sent Boss
Nugent to console with him.
The city campaign in Chicago Is getting
lively. A short arm cutting match and a
shooting affray have been pulled off next
door to Carter H Harrison's headquarters.
The mlllrnlum promised by the socialists
of Milwaukee proved handy to get In on.
That's all. With a record of 26.000 men Idle
In the town It is suspected the socialist
mayor Is unable to deliver the goods.
The Cleveland memorial fund of $100,000
was over-subscribed and closed on the
former president's birthday anniversary."
March 18. The memorial Is to be a tower
attached to one of the new buildings of
Princeton university.
Fearing some of the cogs In the machine
would develop friction or slip out of place,
Philadelphlans are striving to secure a
legislative act extending Mayor Keyburn's
terra for two years. Besides It would save
considerable money and much anxiety of
mind.
By the exercise of rare will power the
New Tork World and the New York Post
restrained themselves from rushing to the
defense of Mr. Iorlmer when Colonel
Roosevelt declared the Illinois senator un
fit for his Job. However, they eased their
feelings by another Jump on Murphy.
Massachusetts legislature hesitates - to
take the plunge of appropriating money
for a statue of General Hen Butler to
decorate the scenery In Boston. Heveral
pec pie who knew Butler In life are doing
some expert work In muckraking, to the
annoyance ead oonfuaioa of Ben', boost era
r In Other Lands
Bide Lights ob What Is Trans
piring Among the Rear and
rar Hatlons of the Xart
No prophecy of recent times regarded
worthy of attention moves towsrd fulfill
ment as clearly aa the prediction thnt the
erase for armaments leads to national
bankruptcy. "It Is the most civilised na
tions that spend the most on armaments,"
observed Hr Edward Grey, Hi lt Mi foreign
secretary, In a speech on the British naval
budget. Gi-at Britain, Germany, the
United States. Prance and other nations
are engerly moving for greater sea power,
In most cafes measuring their eagerness
by available resources. Great Britain ex
pects to have thirty dreadnoughts and
super dreadnoughts ready for business by
the close of 1!M4. Germany's total will be
twenty-one. The United States sticks to
the program of two dreadnoughts a year.
Prance and Austria are moving at a lesser
pace. At the present time the high-class
battleship represents an investment of
J10.ono.000, with an Increasing .ratio of cost
as Improvements multiply and guns in
crease in size. The American budget for
the ensuing fiscal year Increased by ts.000.
W. that of Great Britain by $19,000,X.
The aggregate naval appropriations of the
United States. Great Britain and Germany
for the coming fiscal year, covering con
struction and maintenance, slightly ex
ceeds $1100.000,000. How long can the na
tions stand the drain? "Unless the mis
chief Is brought home to ,tnen'w feelings
as well as to their minds' said Sir Ed
wsrd Grey In the speech before referred
to, "the growth of armament must in the
long run break civilization down. Some
think it will end In war. I think more
likely it will end in International revolu
tion." The meager measure of home rule pro
posed for the Germanized provinces of Al
sace anil Lorraine is shelved for th" pres
ent. It was not much of a concession to
the residents' of the French territory n
nexed to Germany forty years ago, s It
will not be missed. The plan proposed
two chambers, one of thirty-six and one
of sixty members, the former appointive
and the latter elective. One-half of the
members of the smaller chamber were to
be appointed by the emperor on the prop
osition of the Prussian Federal Council.
This was the rock on which the plan was
wrecked. Opposition In the Reichstag
against increasing Imperial power became
strong enough to threaten the ministry
with an adverse vote and the measure
was withdraw!. A writer in the New
York Independent, describing a recent
visit to the conquered provinces, says tha
Germans have not mude much headway
In all these forty years in making the
people contented with the change of gov
ernment. There has been a lack of tact,
of sympathetic interest and cordiality. In
stead the American observed a conspicu
ous showing of the oonqueror's authority,
surveillance of the Russian type, petty
annoyances and futile atempts to trans
form popular sentiment by force. All sorts
of minor formalities are rlrnrnuslv en
forced, "if some merry fellow gets the
band to play the French national anthem
the police bear down on him and he Is
expelled from the country next day. If
some war veterans assemble together the
meeting Is broken up and the rifles that
they used In the campaign are taken from
them on the pretense that the firearm
licenses have not been paid." Police reg
ulation extends to the social as wen as
the business affairs of the people and
permits are necessary to enter or leave a
city. All of which reads like a chapter of
Irish history under coercion laws.
The rising wave of crime In France is
becoming a greater menance to the Hie of
the republic than Its political contentions.
The Journal Official of Paris, commenting
on the nation's criminal statistics, says:
"The Increase of crime Is one of the most
urgent questions now occupying public
attention. ' Juvenile crime has reached a
pitch which rouses the greatest appre
hension. The evil has become so crying
that the official reports on criminal pro
cedure have never been less optimistic.
In the district of Paris the number of
murders is steadily on the increase." Ac
cording to the Farls Revue, the number
of complaints and ndictments In Paris
alone have Increased by more than ItiO.OOO
In ten years. In France each year KO.OW
crimes go unpunished und 15,000 accused
are arrested without evidence to convict
them. Furthermore the Revue makes the
astonlHhlng assertion that there are 400,000
highway robbers In France and 70,000 vaga
bonds, deserters and tramps abroad In the
country. The cause of the growing crimin
ality is variously accounted for. Each
political division puts the blame on the
opposition. The more likely cause appears
to be the admitted demoralization of the
police departments, a steady weakening
of discipline due to politics, and the In
fection of revolutionary doctrines which
breed contempt for law and government.
In the matter of preventing fire waste
at least one city In Kurope affords an Im
pressive lesson for the United States. Amer
ican Consul Joseph I.. Krlttaln at Prague,
Bohemia, reports that the fire losses In
that city, during the lust three years, aver
age a little more than $3,0u0 annually.
Prague has a population of 233, 4. The
reason for the city's Immunity from fire Is
due to superior construction required by
law, the careful hahlts of the people, and
the responsibility that fire damage entails
upon the owner of proprty. Most of the
buildings are built of brick or atone, with
tiled roofs, the hallways are usually of
concrete and the stairs of stone, and the
kitchen floors are built of concrete with
tile walnscoatlng. The erection of haz
ardous buildings is not permitted, and when
a man Is so unfortunate as to have a fire,
he Is looked upon as an offender In the
eyes of Die law and ia held respons
ible for any damage that may be done to
adjoining property. The per capita fire
loss of three dollars Irr American cities,
as compared with such a record aa this,
shows the enormous price this country
la paying, both In life and property, for
its hazardous construction and general
carelessness. ,
The Manchurlan city of Dalny, two
ride from Port Arthur, Is a modern Jewel
in an ancient setting. It was founded by
Russia, captured' by Japan, and to a
large extent "made In America." Every
thing about It is modern and up-to-date,
and the residents, oriental and cosmo
polite, are much alike In garb. In business
activities and In the pursuit of pleasure.
A modern railroad station prepares the In
coming pilgrims for the sights. Streets are
broad and paved, lighted with electricity,
and trolley cars run through the business
district Into suburban sections lined with
fine homes. A miniature Manawa with
Its vartgaled amusement features, supplies
summer diversions, and a roller skating
rink draws crowds In cooler seasons.
Theaters and moving picture shows are
well patronized. An American tourut who
saw all this writes that ho rubbed his eyes
to assure himself It was nut a dream pic
ture, and when he noted Buddhists con
volving on roller skates and sweaters sub
stituted for shirts on Chinamen In bowling
alleys his amazement found expression In
then words: "The old world moves when
the new supplies the mean.'
CLaJ
!EDi(D)iiiy
The manufacturers of Roya! Bak
ing Powder have always declined
to produce a cheap baking powder
at the sacrifice of quality.
Royal Baking Powder is made from
pure grape cream of tartar, and is
the embodiment of all the excellence
possible to be attained in the high
est class baking powder.
Royal Baking Powder costs only a
fair price, and is more economical
at its price than any other leavening
agent, because of the superlative
quality and absolute wholesomeness
of the food it makes.
Mixtures made in imitation of baling powders, but containing alum,
are frequently distributed from door to door, or given away in grocery
stores. Such mixtures we dangerous to use in food. In England
France, Germany and some sections of the United States their tale ia
prohibited by law. Alum is a dangerous mineral acid, and all
physician condemn baking powders containing it.
Tha label of mlum baking powder must
show the Ingredients
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ME. BRYAN AT 51.
Sioux City Journal (rep.): After all why
should not William Jennings Bryan be the
democratic presidential candidate next
year? If the democracy's chance to pluck
the fruit is promising, why isn't Bryan the'
mari to eat it?
Minneapolis Journal (rep.): Mx. Bryan
Is a remarkable example of a poor political
economist who has been mercifully pre
served from putting his theories to the
test In public office, while the discussions
he had started about things harking back
to principles have contributed to that great
moral awakening which Is at the core of
American public life today.
Chicago Inter-Ocean (rep): It was an
nounced at the dollar dinner in Lincoln
In honor of Mr. Bryan's fifty-first birthday
day that "wherever Bryan sits In the dem
ocratic councils of the future, he will be at
the head of the table." This Is good news;
we were uraid, that Mr. Bryan would not
even get a seat at the second table. For
Mr. Bryan can always be relied upon to
advise the democrats to take the wrong
road. t
Philadelphia Bulletin (rep ): The majority
(of the democratic party) has eliminated
many of the points of difference between
L itself and Mr. Bryan. No doubt there have
Deen some changes In the Individual opin
ions of the Nebraskan which have elim
inated other dlfferenoes. The complete
rapproachement of Mr. Bryan and his party
or the majority public, sentiment evidently
has not been achieved. But Mr. Bryan's
day cannot be considered as ended. The
door of opportunity does not close In this
country for a man of resource and ability
at the age of SI. ' V
BHOAD-MIMJKIJiMiiSS OK '1'HB WKST
Wider Physical Horizon Promote. Tol.
era nre and Liberality.
The man who goes to Denver from the
east physically decadent and gains thirty
pounds in six months looks out upon life
with a cheerier humor. The crowds that
forgather In Golden Gate park In Ban
Francisco on every Sunday afternoon In
the year to listen to brasstoned harmonies
are pleasure loving and good natured.
Down in the mines and high up In the
lumber camps of the west are to be found
fine civility, and flowing humor. There Is
moral sunshine largely the result of out
door life and personal Independence. Rarely
does one come upon a cabin on the far
western prairie or in the mountains with
out finding on the centertable a copy of
Shakespeare, Burns, Dickens or Scott.
These are people with earnest hopes, seek
ing new homes free from the trammel of
more settled communities. Thlr mental
horlson 1b often broadened by their physi
cal horizon. They are tolerant and liberal.
A community of freemasons In Idaho in
sisted on financially supporting a Roman
Catholic church to the exclusion of one of
another denomination because, aa they
said, there was room In the town for only
one rhun h, and the Cathollo priest had
been flrat on the ground. "If your family
needs your money, don't spend it here,"
Is the sign In a Nevada saloon.
Baalneas Before I'le.s.re
Chicago Post.
The peers are peeresses of Fngland who
are commercially minded find themselves
In an anomalous position of being able to
n an close up to the band (preceding the
distinguished citizens In carriages) and rent
their houses to rich Americans for observa
tion points.
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THE LABEL
CHEERY CHAFF.
"That neighbor of your ia constantly
changing his politics."
"Yes," replied Farmer CorntosseL. "He's
one of these people who insist on blaming
the administration for the kind of garden
seeds his congressman distributes." Wash
ington Star.
"Are you the language edltorT"
"Guess so. What do you want?"
"I've got a long list of Mexican towns
here that I can't find on th. map."
"Lemme see "em. Those ain't towns
they re colonels." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mr. ''Marrynew (a little crossly) This
soup, Agnes, doesn't seem to taste much
like turtle.
Mrs. Marrynew I don't see why, John.
I let the turtle swim around in the kettle
until the water was nearly hot enough to
scald the poor little thingl Puck.
"I wouldn't go to that woman for an ex
pression of opinion to be depended on."
"Why not?"
"Because she's a milliner."
"What's that got to do with It?"
"Naturally she a a trimmer." Baltimore
American, i
"Did you enjoy the operaT"
"No; I didn't hear it."
"Why not?"
"Two women sitting next to me kept tell
ing each other how they adored munio."
Boston Transcript.
Reporter You know it Is said that your
country haa a secret understanding with
Mexico.
Eminent Foreign Diplomat (with a sigh)
We have no understanding with Mexico or
any other country that could be called a
secret. Hobson knows all about it. Chi
cago l'OBt.
"Have you ever noticed how a bum actor
can get laughter and applause by uaing a
cuss word?"
"Oh, yes. What's the reason?"
"I've found out. I think. The audience
has been waiting to swear, but Is too
polite." Toledo Blade.
Sunday School Teacher Think again.
Tommy. Who was the strongest man In
the world? The name begins with an 8.
Tommy I know who you mean, all right.
You mean Sundow. Shucks! Frank dutch
could break him In twol -Chicago Tribune.
"Good gracious, man, don't all this nolae
get on your nerves? How can you stand
all the screeching and yelling In the street
outside?"
"Used to It. I've got five daughters at
home, und they will lake singing lessons."
Chicago Boat.
MAYBE!
Baltimore Sun.
There'll come a time when womankind
Will always be of settled mind:
When all that sex we know as fair
Will wear their own, their native hair
Maybe! There'll come a time when man will ream
Infrequently away from home;
When he li respectfully aeciuie
To stay out lut. and Juggl. wine
Maybel
There'll come a time when candidate.
Will never promise consulates
And other Jobs, unless they should
Be positive or making good
Jdaybel
There'll come a tlm. when poet, will
Ponaexs the smame of the till;
And editors will never bluff.
But hurry up and buy their stuff-
juayoei
There'll come a tim. when plumbers will
Omit all fiction from a bill;
When dairymen will never lump
To swell their output by the pump-
Maybe!
There'll come a time when suns are oold,
The stars are black atod babies old;
When it win oe our earthly noon
When overhead unbends th. moon
Maybe!