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aabeerlliera leavlas; the city tem
porarily akoald, have Tk. Be
mailed ;to ttacaa. Adtresa will torn
vhaaaed ae oftea reaaeeled.
Oh. yes, about the groundhog. Have
you heard?
Uncle Joe la willing to let Mr. Mann
be called minority leader.
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Now, let the free and unlimited dis
tribution of garden seed begin.
A Missouri man has Just died at 102 and
he never touched liquor. News Item.
Oh, get out.
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The weather man la certainly doing
his level best to favor the farmer.
Keep it up.
With Mr. Bryan on the scene to
watch them, how can the democrats
go astray?"
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The hope of the pountry is still with
the republican party, whether it is
majority or minority.
That ia all right about those soda
fountains on the grand old Overland,
but the hip pocket is there still. v
'Senator Depew'a frlenda insisted it
would be difficult to fill his ahoes.
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UUIl IlliUIUVl! UUCB IUV BQUttlUI ncftl ;
Aim now It la the million-dollar
municipal .building of Springfield,
Mass., that ia dynamited. The plot
thickens.
That Seattle Judge seems to have
knocked Uncle Sam completely out In
his decision favoring the Alaska land
grabbers.
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There is something pathetic in an
ex-senator rushing to the defense of a
crooked office-holder, appointed at his
direction
Is there any reason the department
tan think of why it should not give
Omaha that postal division head
quarters? The Baltimore Sun is trying to
scare the democrats into being good.
It ftyys the "life and honor" of the
party are, .At stake.
This peace - pact between Johnny
Bull and Uncle Sam-is getting thick
wken they agree to arbitrate a claim
dating back to 1830.
Will not the base ball magnates
save us from that old chestnut of hav
ing the mayors throw the first ball of
the season this year?
Admiral Togo will visit Washington
In June. It la to be hoped the other
togas iU be put away in moth balls
until December, then.
It miky be & matter of some conso
lation t Mr. JeffrieB to learn from the
X-ray doctor that Jack Johnson's
skull Is three-fourths of an Inch thick.
The deposed vice president of Mex
ico, the Honorable Senor Corral, asks
for a long leave of absence. He ought
to have no trouble whatever in get
ting It.
!
Before the Chautauqua game got so
good it was possible to get an expres
sion from Mr. Bryan on ruoat any old
thing. Now he will not even com
ment on the harem skirt.
It will be noted that our amiable
jjemocmtlt contemporary gave what
ever putll.'ity its circulation affords
to the vicious assault on the ' city
against which it so loudly declaims.
The ores at Jefferson City and Al
bany were not sufficient to teach the
democrats in the legislature of Ne
braska anything. The bourbon only
learns by his own experience, and not
often by that.
The selection of Congressman
Mann as minority leader in the house
is notice to the majority that Its path
way is not going to be entirely unob
structed. Whatever of destructive
legislation may be prevented by the
united action of the republicans win
certainly be stopped.
Fair Play in the House.
The selection of Congressman Mann
of Illinois as the minority leader in
the house will occasion no surprise.
Congressman Weeks of Massachusetts
was about the only other member
who could have, been regarded as a
rival for the place, since former
Speaker Cannon declined to be con
sidered. Mr. Mann Is known for
what he la In the house. No one will
have difficulty In finding him. His
knowledge of the rules and his re
sourcefulness should make him as ef
fective as any other member in that
position. Now that it appears the two
factions of the party may find a com
mon fighting ground in the sessions
Immediately preceding the national
campaign, Mr. Mann's position should
be one of much Influence and little
discomfort.
The new leader starts out by fight
ing for a fair share for the republi
cans in the increase In membership of
the committee. He proposes that the
minority party shall have its propor
tionate additions just the same as the
majority party. In, that he la entirely
right and should have the staunch
support of every republican in the
house. It would be manifestly wrong
and unjust for the democrat! to deny
them such representation. No rule
can Justify such denial. The minority
party, of course, expects to have the
short end of every committee, but if
the fifteen leading committees are to
be larger In number there is no reason
why they should not be enlarged pro
portionately so as to maintain the
ratio between the majority and mi
nority. Weather and Crops
Experts agree that crop conditions
on the whole in this section are much
better today than they were one year
ago. Most of them are conservative
in their predictions as to what will
happen in April and experience has
amply justified such an attitude. It
does not require a pessimist to see the
possibility of grave -danger in the
month of April. It might easily be,
therefore, that crops that looked most
promising the first of April would
turn out complete failures by the last
of the month. But, of course, one Is
Just aa much warranted in taking the
brighter vlew..
The fact is that, whereas a year ago,
much of the smaller fruit had been
t-ulned by premature budding to be
caught later by the frost, buds have
been held back thisyear by the cooler
weather. They are ready bow to come
out when they have the sunshine and
when they do they will be vigorous
and unharmed, .and, with favorable
weather for the next two or three
weeks, will lead to large harvests.
Everything, grain as weli as fruli,
has been benefited by the recent
moisture, but cautious experts go
slow in giving out anything definite
as to the grain situation. It is a dif
ficult matter to determine ahead of
time and , people's Judgment is so eas
ily affected by rain, sunshine or cold
weather. Some weeks ago, when the
ground had been long without snow,
farmers in this and adjoining states
were, complaining bitterly about
ruined grain fields, but now that
snows and rains have come the talk is
different among the farmers and the
city fellows who handle grain. It is
safe to wait a little longer hefnra
making any iron-ctad statements. It
is not as easy at this season of the
year to tell what wheat will do as to
predict the outcome of the fruit crop,
yet in South Dakota ranchers declare
their winter- wheat shows great
promise. We hope it does In all the
wheat belt and probably the yield will
surpass expectations. It generally
does where early conditions have
looked discouraging.
Two Hew Socialist Mayors.
Spring election returna show two vic
tories for the socialists, In Flint,
Mich., and Butte, Mont. Each city has
elected a socialist mayor and Butte
elected the entire socialist ticket.
These cities are about the same size,
Butte having g population of 39,165
and Flint of 38,550. Milwaukee still
stands in no immediate danger of los
ing the distinction of being the larg
est city ever to elect a aoclalist mayor.
Both Flint and Butte are Industrial
centers, where large numbers of men
of different nationalities are em
ployed, furnishing a fertile soil in
which the germ of socialism usually
works.
But there is little of significance so
far aa the cause of socialism Is con
cerned In lther victory, particularly
that of Butte, except that they hold
Oft a warning to the conservative
fot.ea In civio life that they may not
hope to retain powerfoy abusing it.
In Butte the socialist triumph seems
to have been a direct rebuke to an un
faithful democratic regime. The old
party had held sway and bad abused
every privilege it possessed. This cre
ated discontent that was expressed at
the polls in the defeat of the demo
crats and the election of the socialists.
There Is nothing new in this ex
perience. It is aa old as government
Itself. Radicalism has always sprung
from aa abuse of power in some form.
Doubtless many people voted the so
delist ticket without being socialists
or understanding, perhaps, much, if
anything, about that school of poli
tics. Of one thing they were certain
they had had enough of the party
in power, of the kind of politics it
dealt In and were willing to take moat
anything to get rid of what they had.
And probably they are not to be
blamed.
Socialists, naturally, will see in the
returns at Flint and Butte the Influ
ence of their great vfclory at Milwau-
kee and the steady spread of their
cause. The Milwaukee election was
not v without its Influence; no doubt
of that, but It is a question how far
that influence has extended. City
elections more often turn on local Is
sues Instead of national or funda
mental. This country is not going to
socialism so long as it can get sane
conservatism.
Flaying Politics.
The mask has been thrown off at
Lincoln and the democrats who con
trol In the house have ceased to be
divided as "wets" or "drys" and have
become once more Just plain una
dorned democrats, and, with the
fatuity which has been characteristic
of their party from ' its beginning,
have abandoned their so-called pror
gresslve ideas and are once more the
bourbons. For the sake of possible
partisan advantage, they are deliber
ately sacrificing the interests of Ne
braska. Governor Shallenberger in his vale
dictory recommended that steps be
taken toward the erection of a new
state house; that a levy be made for
a state historical building and that
the matter of removal of the univer
sity to a new campus be given serious
consideration. For years the state
has housed its officers and its archives
In a fire-trap which has been pro
nounced dangerous every time it has
been inspected. The need of a new
building is imperative. For years
the great University of Nebraska has
been cramped in its present quarters.
It has expanded on the old campus
until expansion is no longer possible.
The democrats went into the legisla
ture pledged to take care of the sttfte
Institutions. From the first day of
the session the questions of a new
state house, of a state historical
building and of the removal of the
university to a new campua have been
discussed. The university removal
proposition was unanimously reconi
mended by the special committee
which had it under consideration. The
other matters were pressed with equal
fervor. On Saturday the house In
committee of the whole recommended
the bill for university removal and
expansion for passage; Monday the
house reversed itself and killed the
bill.
What wrought this change?' Word
was received in Omaha on Sunday
that democrats mighty in the party's
council had hurried on to Lincoln to
urge on their brethren In the legisla
ture that they vote down this measure
because it would carry a large appro
priation, and democratic, chances for
success next year would thereby be
Injured. It Is characteristic of the
democrats to hamper and repress the
great university and keep the state
house In its tumble-down condition:
to refuse to provide proper" housing
for the priceless library and archives
of the state In order that they may
make a showing to the people of hav
ing restricted appropriations. Money
haa been lavishly voted by this legis
lature in directions that may bring
possible advantage to the party in
majority in the legislature, but when
It comes to assuming responsibility
for really progressive steps, the dem
ocrats duck behind party expediency
and postpone again the improvements
that have been needed for years. This
act of cowardice will rise to haunt
them in 1912.
Interesthijj Immigration. Data.
Official statements show that in the
February Just past only 61,496 aliens
came to our shores, as compared with
66,072 In the same month of 1910,
and 81,992 in 1909. But the outflow
has been increasing. For' instance,
from July 1, 1910, to March 1, mi!
340,000 aliens left the United States
for their old homes abroad, as com
pared with 233,779 for the corre
sponding period a year previous and
with 290,063 for two years previous.
Where has been a net gain in our
population from foreign lands In the
last eight months, therefore, of 284,
479, as compared with 393,708 for
the eight months of the year before.
This tendency Justifies no alarmtntr
feara about being overrun by the for
eigner. According to Canadian of
ficial reports for the ten months end
ing February 28, 102,017 persons
crossed the line from the United
States to the Dominion, an increase of
26 per cent over the same period for
the year previous. Figures are not at
hand to show what proportion of
these people came directly to our
shores from Europe, but the number
is large. And it should be stated that
those who went from here to Canada
took money with them. They came
from Europe with money. They were
frugal, energetio people, looking fnr
places to build homes and become cit
izens, tor Instance 250 were land
seekers from England with not less
than $2,000 apiece.
Canada la maintaining agents In
England, Germany, Holland and other
European countries to Induce a good
element of people to migrate to the
north. The Dominion is devoting
scientific effort to this enterprise and
Is getting good results. It seems to
be straining its Influx through our
ports and getting a good deal of the
cream. So, before Americana do any
more complaining about getting too
many aliens, they had better look Into
the facts and see if they are really get
ting their share.
Governor Aldrlch would not have
had quite so much to explain If he had
algned the bill. Sunday base ball ia
a harmless and popular amusement
and will be largely Indulged in In Ne
braska In the future as It has In the
past, and little harm would have re-
suited had the communities been
glteri the privilege of declaring In
favor of the sport. The devotees of
the game make up a very large pro
portion of the citizenship, and they do
not like to feel that they are law
breakers when they Indulge In the
sport on the only day In the week on
which the tollers of the atate have
time to play
When the Lorimer whitewash
committee returned its report, the
Lorimer organ of Chicago published a
very Impressive editorial declaring
that that closed completely and for
ever the whole controversy, yet the
senate went right ahead with Its In
vestigation. Then when the senate
returned its whitewash verdict, this
paper again declared the thing closed,
sealed shut and never could be re
opened. And yet, the Illinois legisla
ture persisted In prying the lid off
the jackpot and now it seems that the
senate will take It up again. This
seems to be one of those things that
Is never settled until It is settled
right.
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A sharp squeak goes up from the
democrats because the commission
bill does away with the voting ma
chine. This will probably do away
with democratic control in Dpuglas
county. No one questions that! many
republicans would have been elected
In Douglas county last fall had it not
been for the "pull-one-lever" practice.
The voting machine Is not a factor In
favor of Intelligent discrimination be
tween candidates at the polls.
The San Francisco Judge who sent
Jack Johnson to jail for twenty-five
days for speeding, found that the ne
gro pugilist had been fined $25 six
teen, times for similar offense. It is
high time some judge was found with
enough respect for the law and other
people to impose a prison sentence in
stead of a nominal fine. Our courts,
much as they Insist on immunity from
criticism, often are the chief offenders
in such cases.
Omaha's claim to be division head
quarters for the railway postal service
is so forcibly supported by facts and
figures that to deprive the service of
the advantages offered here will be a
step backward, which the department
A
is not likely to take.
The next democratic platform will
ring with pralBe for "the little school
house" and our "glorloua Institutions
of learning," but .these Institutions
ask in vain of the democratic party
for support. .
Uncle Joe sent a box of cigars
found among "hla old trapa to Champ
Clark and they were' returned. The
Mlssourian la, willing to take Mr. Can
non' old Jobjjbat not alL hla old cast
offs. i v -
The fact'tfiat the' government can
discover no evidence of Japanese per
fidy does not satisfy the Jingoes. They
cannot find it, either," but they persist
In yelling "war" Just the same.
The gathering of the. clans at Wash
ington seems to indicate that the post
master and hla supporters are "not en
tirely satisfied with the prospect.
Htir Will lllir and Han.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Much of the gory ncwi from Mexico lacks
verslmllitude. We judge that acorea of the
alleged dead, perhaps hundreds, ill Has
again without waiting for Gabriel's
trumpeh This may or may not be a good
thing for the world, but probability la
probability. . i
Officials Move t'aattoaaly.
Baltimore American. ,
The owner of the building In New York
Where the recent holocaust occurred haa
been officially notified by the building au
thorities thbt bis building la "unsafe and
dangerous." Aa over 140 had fallen trapped
vlctima to the fire, It can be aeen tha,t
the cautious authorltiea did not act without
fully verifying their statement.
Apostle, of Peace at Work.
Philadelphia Record.
There are two apostles of peace on earth,
good will to men, who have a more mo
meiitoualy important missionary task on
hand at thia time than perhaps any other.
We allude to Secretary Knox and Ambas
sador Bryce, who have their heads together
at Washington In drafting a comprehensive
scheme of arbitration involving the settle
ment of all disputes that may hereafter
arise between the United (States and Qreat
Britain.
People Talked About
Jig IlarKnasclenon, a European, was a
passenger on the Immigrant train out of
New York, and hla claim to notoriety Ilea
In the fact that he wears a beard nine feet
long, the world's record, never having been
shaved.
John Strange Waller Reeves, aged 100
years, died at his home In Tacoma, Wf-rt.
He was born in Wllkeabarre. Pa., IV ;.
ber U, 1K10, and at the time of his d'.-f,,n
was said to be the oldest locomotive engi
neer In the failed states, having been the
first engineer on the Hamilton & Dayton
railroad.
Lydla Reed Sterling, the favorite aunt
of the former speaker, Thomaa B. Reed,
and Portland's oldest woman, died at her
home on Peak's Island, aged 97 years.
She died In the house whje the former
speaker'a father was born and which la
126 years old. She was a native of Peak's
Island, and had lived there all her life.
Major General William 11. Carter, com
manding the United Stales troops on the
Mexican border, la In th unique position
of handling an army of hla own recon
struction. The legislation that made the
army what It la today waa one of his draft
ing. Ueneral Carter j both a desk and
a fldld warrior. He is a Tenneaseean and
a West Pointer.
Capita Abraham C. Grimes, a noted
Confederate mall carrier, pioneer river
pilot and manager of hunting preservea,
died at hla home in St. Iuls. Mo., re
taUjt. Ha waa M yer old and had been
III for a month. His career was linked
with tha life of Mark Twain, the late
humorist, as both were pilots and members
ut aama Confederate company.
Around New York
Klpplee on the Current of X.lf
a Sees la the Oreat Americas
Metropolis from Day to Day
Mayor Clamor and City MaKlstrate
Corrigan are enaaged In a heated contro
versy over police Inefficiency In New York
City. The former maintains that the city
Is as orderly as could be expected and
threatens to drive the city macMsirate off
the bench for calling public attention to
the rels;n of crime In the city. Addressing
the City club last Saturday Maglstrnte
Corrla-an afflrnled his origins! chars; and
showed by the records that the pollre are
unable to cope with the multitude of law-breakers
preying upon the people. That
conditions are pretty tough In the me
tropolis and life and property menaced
Is freely admitted by the New York press
and corespondents. "I have never In all
the years I have lived In New York."
writes Jeannette I,. Gilder, "seen so mar.y
vicious looking men walking In the streets
arid even by day as' well as by night,
nuring tha daytime they slouch along the
street and don't say much, but at night
they are as bold aa they are bad. and
follow you with throats and curses, some
times worse. If you do not accede to their
demands.
"The glad word has gone around that
New. York, as far aa disreputable char
acters go, beggars, yeggmen and the like,
Is wide open. Mayor Oaynor, who seems
lo be bidding tor the beggar vote, has
given the order that beggara shall not be
anested. "Let them beg,' he says, and
they are taking him at hla word. It is
absolutely unsafe to walk through cer
tain neighborhoods In the city after dark,
and they are not out-of-the-way neigh
borhoods either: Around Union square,
Orammercy park and even Fifth avenue
it Is disagreeable, if not unsafe, to walk
early In the evening and one takes great
risks who walks In them late at night.
"The wave of crime Is here and It may
be that the New York'pollce will be able
to cope with It If they make the attempt
But they are not making the attempt now.
The boldness of these criminals Is beyond
belief; they hide In hotel corridors and
rob women guests as they enter their
rooms: they pinion men in the streets
with their own coats; they blindfold them
with their own overcoats; they chloroform
men, women and children In their apart
ments; not only bt night, but In broad
daylight."
Mrs. Margaret Mcsklll of 698 Bloomfleld
avenue, Montclair, N. J., went to the back
door of her home in answer to a knock
and found on the steps a one-legged man
who asked alms. Mrs. Mesklll was sym
pathetic and In answer to a question the
mendicant, a giant In stature, began a
tale of accident and misfortune.
He was leading up to the climax of his
description of the mishap that coat him a
leg when Tige, Meskill's bulldog, came near.
The matv shoved Tige axlde with his
crutch and the dog dashed for the beg
gar a leg. The next moment an apparent
miracle occurred. The supposed one-legged
man suddenly developed into a spry two
limbed athlete and dashed Into Bloomfleld
avenue at a ten-second gait, with the dog
in pursuit. Tige waa called off after ha
had chased tha faker nearly a block.
, Samuel Uhler, a defendant la a separa
tion suit, described an unusual business
on the stand before Supreme Court Jus
tice Qlegerich. He sad: ,.,
"I lease a basement In ' Harlem which
I uae for a laboratory and refinery. Each
week I visit dentists' offices and collect
the sweepings from the floor and put
them in a bag and carry them to the base
ment. The sweepings are dumped out on
the floor and 1 begin a search for gold
fillings and crowns,' for particles of plat
inum wire, and for Ivory and particles of
silver. Then I water the sweepings. Then
by filtering and an electrical process the
tiny particles of gold dust are separated
and extracted. By electrical devices each
atom of valuable mineral ia withdrawn
from the sweepings and placed In sepa
rate receptacles. The gold fillings and
crowns that I find by this process are
then melted Into lumps, which I dispose
of to the United States mint In Wall
street. The other mineral 1 also dis
pose of."
Uhler stated that some weeks he makes
$100 and other weeks only $lo from his
business.
Two men about town were walking up
Broadway near Long Acre square, when
one oi mem caned the attention of the
other to a woman buying a bunch ot
violets from a flower vendor. She wasn't
Very well dressed.
"That's Maggie," he said. "She doesn't
tee us. Let's get by before she does."
, "Did you ever know her?" asked the
other.
"I certainly did," replied the first "She
used to be one of the prettiest chorus glrjs
on Broadway."
"Seems to like flowers, doesn't she?"
"Bhe Just lovea them. I used to send
her American Beauties. They used to coat
me aa hh a $JS a dosen."
"What's she buying now?"
"Violets a 15-cent bunch, I guees," re
plied the one who used to know Maggie.
"And she's paying for them herself."
On of th olowns with the Barnum 4
Bailey circus, now playing In Madison
Square garden, has for a pet a bantam
rooster which will fight anything from
an ant tq a locomotive, but when It cornea
I to battling w ith a mouse he scratches and
lies down for the full count of the referee.
Mr. Bantam was Bleeping calmly In the
cage with the baby giraffe In the men
agerie yesterday afternoon when a mouse
came nibbling around the cracked corn
which the rooster had laid away fur a
rainy day. The gaze of the mouse and
rooster met and the rooster took to the
bars of the cage, but they were sllpiery
and would not hold him. As ha was losing
hla grip he flew onto the back of. the
baby giraffe, which la now a tiny thing
only nine feet high, but not deeming hlm
self far enough away from the mouse he
took a few hops and alighted on tha baby
! due to the debilitating weather of the season,
and to the Impure, Impoverished, devitalized
condition of the blood caused by too close con
finement, too little outdoor air and exercise, too
heavy diet during the winter.
It la cured by the great constitutional remedy
Hood's Sarsaparilla
which sfiects Its wonderful cores, not simply becaojs. It contains sarsaparilla,
but tMcau. It combines th. utmost remedial values of mors than twenty
dlSerant Ingredients. There is do real substitute for Hood's BaraapaxlUa.
If urged to buy any preparation slid to b. " ust as good." you may b. sure It
U Inferior, cost to nuke, and yields tb dealer a larger profit. 100 Doms IL
In buylnn tmldng powder
examine the label and take
only n brand shown to be
made with Cream oi Tartar
JilUDU Liu
CRKAM
J katiUU
A pure, wholesome, reliable Grape
Cream ol Tartar Baking Powder.
Improves the flavor and adds
to the heallhiulness oi the food.
No Alum No Lime Phosphate
Doth Reduce the Healtlifulness
ol the Food.
I am quite positive that the na ol alnm baking
powder abonld be condemned."
Prof. Vanghan, Vnictnity sf Michigan.
Road tho Label and remember thai
MAlnm, sodium alam, basic aluminum sulphate,
sulphate ol aluminum, all mean the same thing
namely, BURNT ALUM." JtaaMj Stat BorJ cfHeohK
giraffe's head, where he perched with the
air of a war strategist.
The mouse seemed to enjoy the per
formance and went on nibbling the corn,
while the aby giraffe seemed possessed
of the notion that she had received a new
Chanteeler bonnet for Easter and wore
It proudly.
TARIFF CHEATS I'lMHEU,
Sfcond Restitution of Over One Mil
v - Hon Hollars.
Baltimore American.
The agreement by the New York firm
of art Importers doing business under the
name of Duveen Bros, to pay the govern
ment 11,200,000 n discharge of dues upon
Imports which the firm had escaped pay
ing by systematio undervaluation of Im
ported wares constitutes the second resti
tution In excess of a million of dollars
which tha government law department ban
brought about since the beginning of the
Taft administration. The restitution by a
Hlngle firm ot this enormous sum, taken
In connection with the fact that another
Importing corporation had been compelled
to yield up an even greater amount, sug
gests the ' wholesale possibilities of tariff
frauds. The government hunt Is still In
progress. Announcements given out from
time to time indicate that yet another Im
porter who haa been caught playing tricks
with the customs has been brought face
to fac. with serious trouble.
The fines Imposed upon th. two mem
ber of the firm who have confessed to
the charges are but nominal, amounting
to $14,000 In each Instance. Against two
other .'picmbera of Ilia firm criminal
charges ate pending, and while the gov
ernment haa agreed to release th. firm
from all civil liability upon payment of
1.H),00, th. criminal liability has not been
withdrawn, .The two members ot the firm
who nav. been fined resided In Kngland.
They could not have been extradited upon
tha charges. They cam. to this country
voluntarily and faced the charges. Ho
much they art entitled to have placed to
the credit side of the accounting.
It is Important that restitution ' Is being
compelled in these detected custom houre
frauds, but of still ar.ater Importance, that
ered and a mora trustworthy aystem ot
espionag. established. Tha government
cannot afford to permit a system of into
discriminations to be operated w hich works
deleterlously, not only as between Indi
vidual impoiting firms, but as affecting"
the commerce of rival porta.
LOVE SONNETS OF A CONDUCTOR.
Chicago News. i
1. i
Oil, Maine, 1 never thought 1 would I19 '
took! I
Me, that was such an all fired honest
mug
Till 1 was bitten by the spoony bug;
landed 'and brandea as a common crook.
Caught with the gooos like any raw ga
sook; Yanked from my Job and hustled to tin
Jug.
Just like a low down satchel snatihitij
thug.
And mugged and Indexed In the station
book !
Today aa I waa knocking down a dime
Two souses that waa kickln' tip a fuss
On the back platform made a sudden climb
Over tilt rail and aaid, "Conio on with
us."
And as the sni tellers on my wrists the.
clinched
I murmured sadly to myself, "You're
pinched!"
II.
Turn itnwn th calcium on the f'11111 I
house scene.
Put the sit 1 pedal on the mournful lay
They had ine up before his nobs today.
Ami did me up as brown as any bean,
feihaps I didn't feel low down and mean
To see Vlame slain' with that lop-eaicd
Jay.
Thowln' the Icy smile across my wav
t'ntll I felt like goln' bughouse, clean!
It seems he was a spotter all the while.
And Mam. was helpin' him to rope me in!
Oh. say, to see the "Ain't you easy" unile
she flashed on little Willie waa a sin,
When, like a parson readln' nut a text.
The Judge said, "Two years on the rock
pile. Neat!"
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LINES TO A LAUGH!.
CO A LAUGH. y
"Muggs lias somen hat of a spare figure.
hasn't he?"
"I don't know as I would call It that.
He hasn t much of it to spare.' Baltimore
American.
Sunday Arrlvnl Cart a man got drink
In this town today 7
Disconsolate Chorus of Natives Do we
look It'.' 1'ilck.
Kthel Did Mabel et that six shooter
she spoke of providing herself with as a
protection SKSinst burglars?
Evelyn No; she got a slx-'Witer. Judga,
"Woman Is a riddle," remarked the wise
ten. agreed the Himptw..mug, - sn
keeps us guessing and we hale to give her
up." I'hlladelp ila Kecord.
"I am glad to. see, anyhow, that you
sympathize with the under dog In this
biirliarous fight."
"Sympathise wlth'-Mm? Ooah. mister, all
the money I've got la up on that dawg!"
Chicago Kecord-llet u lil.,, . V
"My books are In a very, bad shape,"
said the high financier. '
"Shall 1 send for an expert wcountant?"
Inqtih-ed the confidential man.
"No. Send for an alienist." Washington
Ktar.
'; k :'.r"wuft.1 "')"'"' ''t
"I had to lnugh at that fellow with tha
new automobile the other day the one,
you k-noWj who boasted he hid such in
fluence." -
"Why did you laugh at him?''
"Because he was sitting by the mad
with his machine staltcd, waiting for a
man to come along with a pull." Balti
more American.
"You're not going to put up the big offica
building you were talking about?"
"No; the land deal fell through."
"What whs the trouble?"
"The owner of the lot refused to sell It
outright. All he'd agree to do was to leasn
It to me for Wit yearsand. 1 wanted to put
a. permanent structure on It, ott know."
Chicago Tribune.
That Bathroom
of Yours
Bath tubs, bowls,
kitchen utensils, etc., are
enameled so that their
smooth surfaces may be
! easily kept clean. I
Scouring bricks and
gritty powders ruin the
polish of the enamel,
making it rough and hard (
to clean.
I Use GOLD DUST for
I cleaning all sorts of
enameled and painted
surfaces. -
I GOLD DUST simply
releases dirt, allowing it
to wash away easily by
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: a
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