Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, March 28, 1911, Page 6, Image 6
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Perhaps w dared the March too soon. lion "Nor cast look behind,' one longing, lingering Old Man Winter. To our fire wardens: tiet busy be fore rather than after the luquest. Help! Help! Help save Omaha's precious ($8,250,000) Water board. Dr. Woodrow Wilson has shown that scholars can also run steam roll ers. I.ucky, for our democratic friends that Bryan's birthday la celebrated but once a year. Senator Kern declares Mr. Dryan's future is secure. It ought to be, even at S per cent. Kvldently the weather man mislaid his almanac, but may be expected to find it soon again. It seems as If our Nebraska legisla ture were having difficulty in locating ita terminal facilities. At any rata. Colonel Roosevelt has not 'been hissed yet for ridiculing Lorimer'a vindication. Senator Lorlmer says the "hand of Providence" retained his seat for him. Why blame that on the Lord? New York's cry ia for a "Free man by a free legislature." It may ?et it after another legislature Is elected. Mr. Carnegie has given away $183, 250,000, which must bring him down perilously close to his last $400,000, 000. It remains to be seen whether those bloodhounds can earn appoint ment to permanent Jobs on the police force. It might be well to explain that the department of fomento in the Mexican government is for the promotion of colonisation. ' Nonetheless, this one little blow does not' Justify Dr. Hick's prophecy of a "atem-winder." Colonel Welch is still ahead. Uncle Joe does not care to occupy the room Champ Clark had, adjoining the refrigeration plant. No cold stor age for him yet. The latest demonstration over ' a harem skirt occurred on Chestnut street In Philadelphia. Highly ap propriate name for the street. One of the Joe Bailey sort of papers saya 'he has the broadest grasp on public questions of any statesman. So he really is a statesman, la heT The old guard democratic organs think Governor Wilson is disrupting his party by ordering out of his office men who virtually call him a liar. If Shortstop Blackburn of the Chi cago White Sox has really fallen heir to $$,000,000, th umpires will not do a thing to him when they go to fine him. Mr. Bryan will simply have to ac cept the nomination next year and run a fourth time to keep within hearing distance of Carter Harrison as the champion long distance multiplex can didate. Trust those nonpartisan democrats In the legislature to let nothing get iway from them that looks like grist on thalr political mill. Republicans must not let themselves be fooled Into carrying water to the democratic mill .ace. Municipal campaigns are brewing all around Omaha In our suburban towns where the same battles are betng fought on a small scale that we have her when the poaaesssion of the rlty hall la at stake. Perhaps Omaha raa learn something by watching how do It la Benson and Florence. Significant Change of Attitude. For years In Ibis country certain struggle has been waged against what railed t rum-iloni inatloti in politics. . !The movement took more active form noon after Theodore Roosevelt became .president In the fall of 19(tl. Todav ... ... ... . 11 nag decisive results to snow tnai it has not been a failure. One of the j most manifest la to he fn.mrf In the changed attitude of the large Indus- trial interests toward the government and th people at large. 1'ornierly , in theory at least, these big Interests con- tented themselves by having sent t0 scarcely begun, for an inestimable aup congresa and the legislatures men i''1 of 011 iB et witnin ":0 bo8onl ":' upon whom thev could rely. They did !the parth and 8n,e of lh" newer wrl!s not find it necessary to take the peo- jare Proving to be the most prodigious, pie Into tbeir confidence, or do them j ; the favor of discussing their business j Wanted A Winner, with them. If, in addition to cam-, The keen Washington correspondent, palgn contributions, anything rise sizing up the political trade winds, Is w ere net essary. they sent their agents I letting it be know n that the demo to congress and the legislatures to add jcratic party thinks It has a chance of !the finishing touches. The lobbyists I I are not entirely obselete today, but they and their bosses are certainly more meek than they used to be. jpediency, not principle. Is the thing A striking object lesson of thlslJust now; the ability to get votes Is change that has been wrought is fur-I the determining factor. The demo ntshed In the action of the American ii'at on whom all faction would Woolen company in now arguing its more readily unite and who could casis in the public prints." It is spend- i offer the best promise of rutting into Ing thousands upon thousands of dol lars in legitimate publicity, setting forth in carefully studied detail its reasons for objecting to any reduction In the celebrated schedule "K" of the present tariff law. Its writers discuss every phase pf the business, together with the company's treatment or its employes, its innovation of building comfortable homes for them, which are rented at reasonable rates. te condition of the raw material market and everything connected with the woolen iuduslry. In h current high class magazine one of these paid for articles comprises sixteen pages of reading matter. And other big industries are doing likewise. They are going before the people with their case, they are will ing to debate with them and explain what ten years, and less, ago, they would have said was none of their business. It is an evidence of a transi tion In the right direction. Our peo ple will never deny a fair hearing to 'any Interest, threat or small, but it Is a great thing to bring powerful Insti tutions to realize that they cannot longer Ignore the public In matters of vital public concern. Ready for. Public Control. The American Telephone and Tele graph company, commonly known as the Bell system, in its annual report, makes a frank appeal fop a single ownership of telephone lines through out the country under proper govern mental regulation. That much prog ress toward this end has been made may be gathered from thlB statement: tnent: Wherever It could be legally doue and done with the acquiescence of the public, opposition companies have been acquired and merged into the Bell system. The report declares that since these merges began the cost of construction, including toll lines, per exchange sta tion, has steadily decreased, from $199 in 1960 to $142 in 1910, and corre spondingly there has been an average decrease for the annual charge for ex change service, from $44.68 in 1900 to $31.28 in 1910. The taxes paid in 1910 were more than 5 per cent of gross earnings, 16.4 per rent of the net earnings and 1.4 per cent of its valuation of its telephone plants. The contention is made, and fairly so, that the telephone should be as universal as the highways, extending I from one man's door to another's, and that rates should be made thoroughly popular and reasonable. This, It is contended, could be best done' under one ownership and fair regulation. So far as competition goes, the tele phone Is one public utility whose ser vice to the people is hindered rather than helped by diverse systems and ownerships. As far as that is con cerned,' there has never really been actual competition between telephone companies, but the only effect of at tempted competition has been to force people to maintain two telephone sys tems for a while where one would suffice. If the benefits of competition can be had and the evils avoided by public control and regulation, that will be the next step. California Fuel Oil. It Is reported that the Standard Oil has bought from the Southern Pacific :!the controlling interest in the Asso- elated Oil company, the chief produc ing concern of California. If this re port is correct it means that the Stand ard has practically gobbled the pro duction of fuel oil aa well as illumi nating oil ln this country, for what other producers exist In California and elsewhere it can control, as it has hitherto controlled the Associated, by manipulating the market price of oil. The Associated Oil company' wells are principally in Kern and Loa Ange les counties. It has done a good deal of absorbing on its own account, hav ing a few years ago taken over a num ber of smaller competitors , I'o a long period ita output was suppoja to have been controlled by the Stand ard, whose tanks and railroad lines were in close proximity to the prop erty of the Associated. And tl.o Southern Pacific has been the Asso ciated' chief customer. Mr. Har rhnan himself la said to have arranged all this soon after the Kern county fields began to assume large iro por tion. What baa now been done, therefore, will scarcely have any revo lutionary effect, since the Rockefeller interest has held sway in a way nil along. It bad been the unoers'.andlna; that the Standard Oil did not desire to as- si .r the proprietorship of these? wells, but if that were over cirieot then evidently a different mood has come over that benevolent iusl I'nlion. H n UUIU II O I trC B U I " I I I II 1" 'IIMI. II I' has bought I he . amciated. Unit a complete nmnopnlr in Hit? proiluciion mf Imt rnloi m I ri t ' 1 1 f or n ia ui!l lie "- ' - formed, and everything Including Mfe "nf ,h t0a8t POlnta. will pass tover to the Standard. Phenomenal ;as has been the development of the i California fields. If scientists' estl I mates are correct, the "xploftatlon hag victory In 1912 If only It can find a 'man who can poll the full party vote as its presidential nominee. Ex- the republican vote la the man wanted. It is a crucial time with the demo crats and they are willing to do most 'anything to win. .lust now the two men who loom largest on the horizon of possibilities are Cbainp Clark and Governor vYood- t row Wilson of New Jersey. Govern r Harmon, of course, is still a factor, j but iiiH.-much as he fould never r' cate t'.:? Hryan following, his chances at present do not seem to compare fa vorably with those of the Missouri. in 'or the Princeton educator. It is gen- l.rflllv oitmlttarl tlitf a' H 1 1 A Rrrnn n'ifl not have the entire naming of the ifti dldatc, his strength will be sufficient to prevent the nomination of a man specially objectionable to him. He lias indicated a preference for Clark and a friendship for Wilson. These two men, then, may be con sidered as on trial. Governor Wil son is thus far displaying elements of personal strength In his fight with the old democratic state machine, but whether the apparent victories he -is achieving there will make or unmake his chances of the presidential nomi nation remain to be seen. Final I judgment cannot be passed on bim until he has had time to fall or suc ceed In the reforms he has set" for himself in boss-ridden New Jersey. Much the same may be said of Champ Clark, whose preliminary heat will begin April 4 as he ascends 'o the speaker's chair, It must be said that up to date Clark has proved very wobbly. He has changed front on at least three vital Issues within the last year, giving no promise of sound con viction or stable leadership. In that, however, he ehowg himself to be the antithesis of the resolute Dr. Wilson, and the typical opportunist in politics, who, irrespective of all serious quali fications, may suit exactly, providing he attracts rather than alienates the different factions as speaker. If in the meanwhile, however, any one rises above the democratic dead line who looks like more vots than either of those mentioned, he vlll be acclaimed the true leader, for tt is a touted winner that is wanted, and none other need apply. Our Precious Water Board. A frantic appeal emanates from the local democratic organ to save our precious ($8,260,000) Water board from being submerged in the floodtide of the campaign sfor the commission form of city government. We must have the commission form of govern ment, so we are told, to wipe out the extravagance of a separate council. Park board, Library board and Police board, but on no account must we permit the precious ($8,250,000) Water board to be harmed by even a hair. " To give the Water board full benefit of ita defense we quote: The World-Herald feels safe ln saylng that a large majority of those Omaha people who believe in commission form of government upon principle are also op posed to abolishing- the Water board and turning the water plant over to the ten der mere lea of the politicians. It waa not by their consent or by their advice that the amendment agreed upon by the house committee to continue the Water board was left out of the senate bill. And If any of the boosters ot the bill consent to have a blow struck at the Water board In the hope, that by this means they could gain support for their bill and their plan from a powerf ul and expected quarter, they may aa well be warned that they are playing with fire. - This Is almost funny. The World Herald would have us believe that the commission form boosters are trying to turn the parks, the' public llbiary, the police and fire departments, and the whole city hall "over to the ten der mercies of the politicians," and that our present precious ( $8,250, 000) Water board is not now made up of politicians. The best straight-from-the-shoulder answer to this piteous plea that we have seen ia the following taken from the Western. La borer: The duplicated renponalblllty ; the dupli cated boards that are good for the men on the pay roll, but unelees to the city are aome of the things the commission form of government could remedy. But when the men on the boards are strong enough to have their own caisea made exceptlona be cause they wish It. than the sincerity of the reformers rommencea to turn yellow. If the commission form Is good and we believe It la It should be applied on the square. The new commission should have turned over to It the whole darned works of the town without any strings tied to them. It la silly to except the water board and Include the police board. By all means save our procluus ($8,150,000) Water board "from the tender mercies of the politicians." One of the humors ot The situation it the apectaele of the very parties who used to take such pride, In pro claiming Lincoln as "Bryan town." now indignantly and vociferously re senting the invasion of the statesmsn from Kairvle to tell the people of Lincoln whom they should elect as city officials and how they should run tlwir city. The Kuslnesa Men's association of- j fers a reward for the apprehension of j the court house dynamiters who I worked a few thousand dollars dam- i ages to the property. Good, so far as It goes. We. however, prefer to offer our reward for the arrest and con viction of the murderer who struck , down one of our most prominent bust- I ness men. whose value to the commun ity cannot be estimated in dollars and cents. The bellwether of the Water board insists that he and his followers are not politicians. So far as putting through the deal for "immediate and conipusory" purchase of the water plant is concerned, they proved beyond dispute that they are not business men. In what part of the dictionary will we find the right definition? The biggest dynamite bomb that has been fired recently is the one thrown out in New York, calling twenty bank presidents and vice presi dents to show cause before the grand Jury. The public Is advised that the X-ray shows the skull of the Honorable "Jack" Johnson to be one inch thick. If "Jeff had only known that in time. What Ml Klit Have Ileen. Wnll Street Journal. Colonel Roosevelt wants the "recall." Ixoks different out of office, but what might not have happened with such a law four years ago? senatorial Myslerr- St. Ixiuls Olobe-Democrat. 1'resldent Taft has a democratic house on his hands, and must wall for particulars before finding out whether the senate Is not a more puizllng prlie package. Bark to First I'rloclplea. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. When Mexico becomes tranquil again It will take the view that two terms at most are enough for the ablest president. It 1 best for republics to keep In touch with the ballot. Xmashlnar the Jingoes. Springfield Republican. There Is no more ridiculous aspect to the mobilization affair than the persistent rumors that Japan is somehow secretly plotting ln Mexico against the Cnlted States. President Taft's Invitation to the Japanese ambassador to meet him at the White House and receive his personal assurances that the administration dis credits these reports utterly was almost a case of dignifying them by too much at tention. In Training; for the Job. Baltimore American. King- George is going into training for the strain of the coronation ceremonies. It Is a strenuous matter to be crowned a king nowadays,' especially in some countries where the.' monarch has to be gracefully self-possessed and prepared to dodge pos sible' bombs at the same time. In King George's case, however, It is the strain only of being pleased and picturesque all through the week of the ceremonial which he Is training to meet. Political Fairmera tailed Down. Pittsburg Dispatch. While political farmers have been lament ing the damage to agriculture by reciproc ity with Canada, eggs being specified as an example, an unassuming statistician comes along with the showing that Canada buys from the United States from fifteen to twenty-five times aa many eggs as we buy from Canada. The same thing Is true of most other products except the cereals that Canada can grow on Its virgin north western soils, and the prlcea of these are fixed In the world markets. Problem of Farm Labor. Philadelphia Record. The farmers who, following the lure of cheap and fertile land, have emigrated p Canada from the western states are not wholly satisfied with their venture. The land Is all right, but they encounter the same difficulty ln Manitoba or Alberta that confronted them In Illinois and Indiana the lack of labor. The immigrants who are flocking to Canada are in the main either bent upon taking up land for them selves, and thus increasing Instead of sat isfying the demand for farm labor, or un deslroub of outdoor labor. The farmers, also h.v.e to bid tn the labor market against the railroad and mining companies. If it were not for the machlnea, which of late years have largely taken the place of hand labor on the farms, the scarcity of unskilled labor would be still more serious prob lem. People Talked About Mrs. Louise Nye Godfrey, whose husband commanded a warship during the blockade running In the civil war, and whose father was captain of a ship seized by the French pirates In lTfS, died in St. Joseph, Mo., aged 92 years. Discovering a stenographer's red hair ln her husband s hairbrush, a Kansas City woman secured a divorce, which ia a tip to wise huabands to pick out stenographers who match their own complexion. The cat that survived the bombardment ot the San Marcos and tame out of the turret to ask the rescuers If they had been filing at anything in particular In sure of a pension and an honorable mention as long as It lives. Th. wife of a Denver man testifies ln court that during a married life of nineteen years her husband has got drunk Z.033 tlrneti. Who on blame a man for drown- lng grief when he lives with a woman who will keep statistic a like that? Suspected of being a spy. Ernest Gam bia, a basso of McKeeaport, Pa., wu re cently roughly handled by a couple of Mexican aoldl.ra, and the noted singer spent several hours In a guardhouse at Juarez before he waa able to prov. his Identity and convince th. angry Mexicans that he waa neutral and had no Intention of Injuring Mexico. That waa a aad story of th. man who put his money In th. Carnegie trust com pany becaus. he thought Andrew Carnegie waa actually at th. head of It looting after Ita affairs. What would Oenrge Washington think of th. real estate Insur ance deals put through -by a company bearing hla nam. and of the. rascality of auuibarteaa Ueorga Wat Around New York Kipplea on the Current of Life ne Been In the Qreat American Metropolis from Day to Day Not very long ago a little gill went to the niHyoi of .e York with nn appeal that die nusht he Hllowed to Ihv her pait in "The Littlest Hrlx-I." Owing to her youthfulnem. the society for the Prevention of Crueit. to Chi'dren hal said "No." Mayor (;.. iit said Yes" graciously. Appreciating his kindness the child wrote him this letter. "Pear Mr. Oavnor: 1 thank ou so much for allowing me to work In my 1 part In 'The Littlest Rebel.' It has made , me so Imppy. sod 1 wish you would come down to the Colonial theater to Nee me I play it. I sin sending a pass from the manager, Air. Percy Williams. I ' JCLIBT SHK1.HV. I The. Incident apparently was closed, but J a few days later "The Littlest Rebel ' j received a real communication from the city's chief executive, us follows. i "My tv-ar Uttle Kriend:. I should lie j most glad la go and see you play, hut i you know 1 have an many things to do ! that 1 cannot go. everywhere. 1 am glad that you are as happy as you say. Kvery iKidy ought to be happy. It does no good to be any other way. When anything dis couraging or annoying happens, Just say to yourself; 'Well, It Is all right. The I next time something good will happen ' I and then you will feel bully. Sincerely ! jours. W. J. tiAYN'UR, Mayor. Missouri waa not the policeman's native home, nevertheless "showing'' did him some good, aa reported in the Sun. Me had undertaken to settle a row between two pushcart peddlers who considered u certain spot on the pavemrnt worth pur chasing at the price of a blood v nose. His livelihood, according to the banana man. depended upon his standing at the particular spot, and the fhlrt waist peddler was equally positive that If he moved on starvation would be his lot. The police man's prayer for light was cut short by the arrival ot a woman who wanted to buy a waist. "1 wear No. SS." she sa'd. "Here Is a waist that 1 like, but it looks like a mighty small 3S." ii) it on, uigeu me peuuier. "1 can't right here in the street," she ! said. "Just step Into this hall." said the ped dler, "and knock on the door at the left. The woman will let you try It on there." Ills look of triumph cowed the banana man and convinced the policeman. "See?" he said. "That Is why I have to stand here. I meet a lot of customers like that woman, and It isn't every place where 1 can make arrangements for them to come In and try on." The banana man moved on. Ever hear of the Boda shaker heart? It's a disease developed among fountain at tendants and is due to the exertion ot mix ing egg and malted drinks. The rapid, Jerky movement of the arms greatly ac celerates the heart action and soon brings on a permanent high pulse. "It takes about 300 shakes to mix an egg drink properly," said a fountain at tendant, "and ft is not unusual for a man to mix 100 such drinks In a day. That makes 30.000 motions in a day or 1.0u0 in a week. The arm muscles get used to it, but the heart can't stand It." To meet this situation, as well as to In- crease the homogeneity of the drink many of the larger soda fountains have been equipped with a newly devised electrical mixer on the order of a revolving egg beater, that makes 3.0UO revolutions a min ute and puts out a better drink ln one fourth the time conaumed by a hand shaker. An unusually peculiar damage suit has Just been decided In New York by which the widow of a fire chief has been awarded $26,000 for the loss of his life in a furni ture establishment fire. The chief fell through an open well hole in the building Into a cellar half filled with water and waa drowned before he could be rescued. The open well hole was In violation of a city ordinance. This suit, with Its large dam ages, will help to emphasize the highly Im portant fact that such ordinances are In tended to prevent Just such accldenta, and that disregard of them leuds to criminal and civic liability when a life is lost. There are many ordinances of the kind held lightly in regard until a fatal accident shocks the authorities into enforcement. "righting microbes haa reached its high est development in this shop," said a dress maker, quoted by the Sun, "The principle of extermination was recommended by a customer. She is a rampant foe to germs and she nearly had a fit when she saw a girl moisten the end of her thread In her mouth. -Do you allow that?' she gasped. "I said, 'Why, yes. What barm Is there In it?' " "It Is extremely dangerous,' she said. I cannot allow my clothes to be made under such unsanitary conditions." "Then she recommended that on the table beside each girl's sewing outfit we place a small glass bowl, containing a sponge soaked ln some antiseptic solution and make the glrla moisten th. end of their thread on that. The woman waa such a good cuatomer that we could not afford to offend her on a question of germs, so we adopted her suggestion. It has met with such high favor among other women who never before had had time to get scared at microbes that an antiseptic prep aration is now a part of every girl's out fit" Although she had failed to get a seat and waa wavering unateadily as the sub way train rounded th. curves, she didn't take her bands from her big pillow muff to seize a strap. Then ahe got her back agalntit a side door upright and steadied herself, but still the hands stayed In the muff. A look of pain tame over her face, her bands moved violently ln the muff, and It didn't take an expert Up reader to aee that she was saying things under her1 breath that would be startling if uttered aloud. At last the pain became unbearable. She Jerked her right hand with two fingers bleeding from the muff and gave a liny dog's head that followed a slap that made him howl. Just then the train stopped and ahe darted through the door. Compartment culinary utensils are a new cone-ess. on to the exigencies of light house keeping in New York. Space ia- at a premium on gas ranges used, for cooking In small apacunenta or furnished rooms. On this account frying pans and saucepans subdivided by bulkheads, to like the nautKal term, are now on sale. Fish and chops. for Instance, may b. cooked simultaneously on a compartment frying pan, and two sorts of vegetables can be 1 cooked together without mixing The utensils double the rooking capacity of a lone or two burner gas stove, for a lineal Iof two or three courses may lm prrpaied at on time Instead of lu relays. Absolutely Pure The official Government tests show Royal Baking Powder to be an absolutely pure and healthful grape cream of tartar baking powder, and care should be taken to prevent the substitution of any other brand in its place. With no other agent can bis cuit, cake and hot-breads be made so pure, healthful and delicious. Royal Baking Powder costs only a fair price per round, and is cheaper and better at its price than any other baking powder in the world. It makes pure, clean, healthful food. Royal Cook Book 800 Receipts - Free. Send Name and A ddreu. povl baking pownrn co , mrw vchk. OPTICS ON OMAHA. Fremont, Tribune: Mayor Jim halilmans astute s.nse of propriety prompts him not to permit Omaha's welcome sl;n to uiow for the do(i show. Hut when the women's clubs or the Woman's Christian Temper ance union meet there li mnkes the speeches of welcome himself. Lincoln Star: Let us hope that the state teachers who voted to' go to Oma a and j the Young Men's Christian ussociiit ior. which held its stale convention there, are not taking as personal anything thst Is being said by the country editors about the class of people who go to Omaha and! what they go for. j Heat rice Kxpress: Some of the leaders in the fight for the adoption of the law providing for the commission form of rov ernment go so far as to say that a potent argument for such a law Is found in the fact that Jim 1'ahlmnn and his Omaha lieutenants strenuously oppose It. - Since Jim loat the governorship he receives hard knocks from all sides. Grand Island Free Press: Kverv time Omaha plans to have trade excursions Lincoln hops in anil gets busy with a trade tour over the same route that Omaha plans for and a few weeks ahead of them It sort of reminds one of the little circuses that tour the country ahead of the big shows. Omaha Is coming out over the Union Pacific soon and now Lincoln wants to get here first. I'ender Republic: The other day we re- ceived troeu iioni toe irci noseu uriKHilt Ol Omaha a postal card which contained some Incontrovertible. Indisputable, un answerable, undeniable, uncontradlctable, unrefutable and unappealable facts con cerning crime in prohibition Kansas and license Nebraska. Of course all the ad vantage lies with Nebraska. All of which goes to show that while figures may not lie, yet In the hands ot a cheerful liar they can be made to prove any old thing you want proven. EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS. to " Iittsburg Despatch: The wildest of all yurns Is that about Japan having laid a cable to Guam. Are the little brown men tolng to sneak In over the wire? Washington Post: The harem-skirted fraternity have offered a $100 prize for the best suffragette song written to the tune of "Dixie," but when it comes to the chorus, who will "look away?" Hoston Transcript: Mr. Jack Johnson, having been shown to possess the thickest skull of which science has record, will doubtless come east next fall and seek con genial associates In the Massachusetts Itgislature. Springfield Republican: The appearance of a millionaire among professional base ball players is announced. The young man Inherits the pile, but he proposes to stick to the game and make a reputation. There vrt M7crz-.f i i xrzrx t ri THIS BA.1NJK I 54th In Its I lb During all this time it has commanded the, confi dence of the people. This confidence ia still evidenced by the daily opening; of nv nccouiita aud the constantly increasing volume of buslines. Your account U invited. 03 i. mi irasnn why he should spoil a hrllllant career on account it a million or two. Indianapolis News: It Is said that the president's new secretary. Mr. 1 lilies, does ni t pretend to know ail ahout how the gov ernment of the 1'nited States should be run, which is a mighty queer attitude for a man wl.i. has a Washington fob. Louisville Comiar-.lmivnal: It s a pity ptace hns been patched up between the belligerent New Orleans gentlemen, editors respectively of the Hee And the) Wasp. We ulways did have a sporting hankering to see a scrap between those two Insects. , BREEZY TRIFLES. "You seem surprised to see me?'' "I am. ; hy. don t you remember I promlseo to come In today and settle that hill? ' "Yes. that's why I am surprised." Houston Post. Grocer Little pays his bills mora promptly, now that he's got Ills boys sll working. Cashier Yes; every Little helps Chicago Post. "Poor man. how wore you hurt?" asked the woman of the mendicant at the door. "In the war with Mexico." he replied, having seen a torn page of a acnn.Hist paper Ituffulo Express. "Pop. when a man has a theory, does he theorize'.'" "Yes. my son." "Well, when he has sn organ, does he organize?" Hal limore American. "He's a star after-dinner speaker. Isn't he?" "A star? lie's a moon." "How?" "The fuller the brighter "Toledo Hlsde. "I'm afraid that base ball player la In a bad way." "Glass arm?' "Worse than that. Ills throat Is so sore he can t speak above a whisper." Wash ington Herald. THE TEST. Detroit Kree Fress. I'll.. Ifi.f ,f u mun In Ilia l,rl, 1. a The grit that he dally shows; Jf : ne way ne Manas on tils reet ancl take Fate's numerous humps and blows. ( A coward can smile w hen there s naught to fear ' When nothing Ills' progress bars. Hut It takes a man to stsnd up and cheer Willie some other fellow stars. It Isn't the victory after sll Hut the fight that a brother makes, The man. who. driven against the wall, Still stands up erect and takes 1 he blows of fate with his head, held high, Hleeding and bruised and pale. Is the mun who'll win In the by and by, For he Isn't afraid to full. It's the tiumps you get slid the Jolts you get And the shocks that your courage stands, The hours of sorrow and vain regret, The prize that escapes our hands That test your mettle and prove your worth; It isn't the blows J ml deal. Hut the blows you take on the good old earth That show If your stuff Is real. 5prmrj brings to each itj little dffam Of lovf and riche iof field and stream But sweeter than any dream I see. Ij the LANPHLR HATifxinq bring to me. i rm t tt mi i T3TTTt r3 l 1 Yoar v