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6 TH1 IIEK; OMAHA. TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1911. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE KOVSDED Br EDWARD ROSE WATER. VICTOR ROSE WATER, EDITOR. Kntered at Omaha postofflc second rlsss matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Sunday He, on year 12. SO Raturdav He, nnt year 18 I 'ally Bee (without ffcinday), on year.. 4 00 Daily Bee and Sunday, one year 100 Db.1.1 VERtD BY CARRIER. Kctims He (without Sunday). per mo. .2ec Ktening He iwlth Hundayi. per month. .46c im K.. nn, i,.HinV nri.vi rr mo. 8c I Dally Hee (without Sunday), per month . .4ac If the way to a Settlement of dlfflctll Aridress all romnlatnta of irreaularttle la delivery to City Circulation Department OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Bufldtng. South Omaha 2 N. Twenty-fourth 8t. i ouncit murra 1 B-ott m. Lincoln Z Utile Building. Chicago IMS Marquette Building. Kansas City Kellance Building. New York-34 Wen Thirty-third St. Washington 725 Fourteenth St., N". W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and ed itorial matter should b addreaaed Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft,' express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company, only 2-cent stamps received In payment of mall accounla. Personal checks except on Omaha and eastern exchange not accepted. MARCH CIRCTJT.ATION ' 48,017 Stats of Nebraaka, County ofUooglas, sa: Dwlght Williams, circulation manager of The Bea Publishing Company, being duly aworn, saya that the average dally circu lation, leaa spoiled, unuaued and returned "plea, for the month of March. 1911, Was 8.017. .. DWIOUT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. ubacrtbed In my preaenre and sworn to before me this Slat day of March 1S11. (Seal.) ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public ' Sabaerlbera leavlaaj th city taa porarlly ahoald kaV Th , B mailed to throw Addreea will b Some of Senor Dlaz'a troopa seem to have the spring fever. Even Paris dressmakers can stand no longer for the hobble. The Mexican war Is surely getting hotter, having reached the state of Tabasco. No resignations yet in the city hall because of the veto of that charter bill raising salaries. To what expedient would Mr. Bryan resort should he find himself at the head of the majority? Sooe of he lumbermen now de mand Mr. Hines' resignation. What did they expect him to, do? Mr. Jeffries has recovered his feel ings sufficiently to stand, by the ring side and witness a prize fight. What's In a name? Lee Risen of Auburn, 111., rose up the other day and killed a friend over a game of dice. President Buchanan, has at last been vindicated on his war policy. All tiling come to those who wait. ' If this border war continues, enter prising Texana will be erecting grand stands along the foul line pretty aoon. Still, no one Imagined the atmos phere of the United States senate would affect him that way quite so soon. . ' 1 Now that some of his doctrines ap pear to have been embraced by others. Mr. Bryan seems to be leas happy than ever. , ; The expression, "Congratulations," covers a multitude of emotions, when following the breaking of a senatorial deadlock. the "cold, grey dawn of the morn ing after" seems to have set In In the obampagne district or France. The rku is ending. V t Senator I-orlmer haa warm frelnda. How many statsmn could get 1100,000 raised for 'them? Minneapolis Journal. Yes, and that, too, without his knowledge or consent. President Dlas'a call for volunteers Is accompanied by an offer of 60 cents a day of findings. - That at least xan not be considered a bounty. By ending a woman's quarrel with supplication a Denver, policeman haa proved that the fervent prayer of the righteous man avalleth much. Senator Luke Lea of Tennessee is said to despise a professional politi cian. It la to .be presumed, then, the senator will always stay in the ama teur class, himself. A Seattle girl left the altar to change her stockings and In the mean time changed her mind and 'phone her Intended. There Is a tip, men, never let her leave the altar till the knot is tied. Mayor "Jim" at $1,600,000 may be too "cheap" a buy for Memphis, but Omaha possesses a Water board tagged In plain figures at $8,160,000 on which a discount might be had by any city offering proper Inducements. For some strange and unexplalnable reason the latest engineering expert to advise the Water board says not a word about another atorage reservoir which the hydraulic politician of the Water board insisted not long ago was the only thing needed. It is not at all strange that of the entries thus fsr in the , democratic free-for-all Champ Clark should be Mr. Bryan's preference, for as the Houston Post observes, ' in differen tiating between the present speaker and th late Mr. Crisp, "Champ Is powerful 00 conversation." ' Like begets like. It the Peace Talk a Bluff t . . Since neither aide to the Mexican controvert? has made a move that was noticeable to the outside world toward following up the peace proposals which appeared so promising, it be gins to look as If this talk might have had a grain or two of Insincerity la it. After President Diaz had com municated his message to the con gress, enumerating the concessions he proposed to make as a peace measure . th rhl It rortalnlv InnV.H lo lne reD's. ii certainty tooKea as !i ir, 11 m it urrn v rr u r u aiiivi J ri IIUL ov substantial step has since been taken. lOn which side rests the blame cannot be determined at this distance. One thing is known from the dispatches and that Is that when be read the Diaz message General . Madero only "smiled." Now, a smile often be comes an ominous thing, betraying a world of feeling or meaning. It seems that Is what happened In this case. But the puzzling part of the situation is, what was it that balked the negotiations and apparently widened the breach? For Diaz's call for volun teers on a six months' order . and Madero'a plans to occupy strategic points with increased forces would In dicate that peace la still far off and all energlea are engrossed In pushing the war, rather than reconciliation. Dr. Pearsons' Farewell. Dr. D. K. Pearsons, who celebrated his 91st anniversary by giving away aa a farewell donation to his schools and colleges $246,000, wanta all his friends to know that he has stripped himself of the last free dollar and that what he has left to himself he cannot give away'. For, twenty-two yeara this grand old man, whom An drew Carnegie has styled 'The Prince of Givers," has sought and found hap piness In bestowing upon others the fortune he earned In earlier years and, In all these donations have amounted to 16,000,000. The forty-three Institu tions he has benefited he calls his children. Since Dr. Pearsons began his great philanthropy other rich men have fol lowed his example, Mr. Carnegie and Mr. Rockefeller and the late Mr. Ken nedy of New York among the number, and they, too, like him espoused the Ideal that only through such a dis position can fortunes like theirs be truly enjoyed and their possessors find real happiness. What an example Dr. Pearsons set? Who can measure the good coming from money devoted to such channels money of the amounts that these man and others have riven. Messrs. Rockefeller and) Carnegie have already far exceeded In the number of millions they have given away the bequests of Dr. Pear sons, but only because of the ex cessiveness of their fortunes. This, however. Is the lesson one of them taught by Dr. Pearsons'- example, that he has not only given, himself, but moved others to give far more than he had the power to do. It means wonders to the educa tional forces and facilities of the age to have tire advantage of such re sources, but it means vastly more to the spirit of the life of the day. It 111 comports with the old idea of the rich man and the needle's eye, which, though figurative, as an illustrative once became all too realistic. Is it not that the strong are turning the ear to the pleadings of the weak? Or that the world at last Is answering that old, old Question thundered down through all time,. "Am I my brother's keeper?" Philanthropy did not, by any means, have lta origin in the benefactions of any of these men, but It la far more freely pracced in this country today than It was twenty-two years ago, in spite of all the sordid notions of selfishness.- The little school or college that has not found this out must be a novelty and to what better causea can great fortunea be devoted than, education and reli gion? - ' . No Color Line for Cornell. President Schurman'of Cornell uni versity has denied a plea of 269 white girl atudenta to draw the color line against two colored girls at Sage college. 'Thirty-six white girls peti tioned the president in behalf of the two colored girls and he declares the thirty-six are In the right and the 269 in the wrong, a position With which no one who feels the need of helping those who strive to help themselves will find any fault. President Schur man in ruling on the case, says; Colored atudenta have resided In Saga college In the past and I e no good rea aon why that policy should b changed. At Cornell all unlvaralty door mint remain open to all students. Irrespective of race or color or creed or social standing or pecuniary condition. Th laat colored woman student who re sided In Bags college writes me that she was politely and conalderately treated by th woman students, atyl that these yeara of realdenc In Sag college war th hap piest of her life. Though I am compelled to deny th peti tion of th 2SB woman atudenta, I have not a particle of doubt that they will make the Uvea of th two Incoming students equally happy. This is the only fair and consistent position for the head of such an Insti tution, founded and aupported as Cor nell is, to take. The white man cannot reconcile hia demanda of the black man for improvement unless he is willing to give him the help he can. In forty-five yeara the negro race haa made astounding progress and In the next forty-five it must do oven more, but it cannot without the spirit of fair and aano co-operation on the part of the white man. The latter cannot ex pect the nsgro to progress if when ho comes to the door of opportunity he find It closed in bis face. 8o fsr as the negroes who have entered upon higher education Is concerned, the records of our large colleges and uni versities show they are doing creditably. Law for Lazy Hatbands. Among the varied assortment of reform laws enacted by the late Cali fornia legislature is one dealing with lazy husbands, who fall or refuse to support their families. The law, true to the spirit that Invoked It, has gone to work already, having netted Its first victim and given him a job on the chain gang. Under the provisions of this novel statute the man Is paid, or allowed $1.60 a day for his work and the money Is devoted to the sup port of his neglected family. The law assumes full responsibility for seeing that the man earna enough to warrant the state or county In paying that amount to his dependents. It seems at first glance to be a fair proposition. Chain gangs when prop erly directed may be turned to great account and surely in these days of liberal wages any able-bodied man should earn that much money. But that la only one side of the question and the less Important side, too. Think of the moral effect how it will Incul cate the spirit of industry and quicken dull senses of obligation. Homes now bereft of these needful influences will be brightened, hearts gladdened and grocery bills paid. Under the benef icent workings of such a law, a wife's comfort and support rests . entirely with herself that la if she can get comfort and support out of the means provided. If her spouse "falters or hesitates In the support" he gives her all she has to do is to borrow the use of a neighbor's telephone to call up the police and report the case. In a few minutes the delinquent husband is on his way, pick or shovel In hand, to do by the sweat of his brow and the prod of the law what of hla own accord he would not do. Here Is one personal-liberty law that cannot be condemned for Its In herent weakness.to accomplish what it set out to do, for Its compulsory clause seems to be fully' equal to the demands that will be made upon it. . The Water Expert Report. The . report of the . engineering ex pert on betterments and extensions urgently required to put the water plant in condition to supply present needs has been made public, and con firms 'What has been generally known for some time, namely, that the first requisite Is a second main from the Florence pumping station, and the second a rearrangement of distribu ting pipes for suburban service. The report calls attention to the fact that the water consumption of the meat-packing industry at South Omaha constitutes one-third of the amount pumped, and ventures the hypothetical assertion that if , South Omaha were cut off no trouble would be encountered in meeting all other demands with the present distribution facilities. But this possibility is waived aside In view of the fact that the compulsory purchase judgment forces Omaha to take the plant as a whole, including South Omaha, and even if the two were separable, Omaha would still be compelled in equity to continue service to. South Omaha. What Is" not mentioned is that while South Omaha may be consuming one third of the pumpage, it la also con tributing to the revenues and pre-, sumably Is not being served at a loss. irrespective of all that, It is univer sally agreed that Omaha and South Omaha will eventually be one mu nicipal corporation, and that the en tire area should, for economic and sanitary reasons, be supplied by the same water system. Where the expert's report la decid edly disappointing is in Its omission of all estimates as to the cost of the proposed Improvements. What the people of Omaha would like to know right now la how much money will have to be Invested In betterments and extensions 'as soon as the plant comes Into the city's possession. They would like to know approximately how much as a grand total an up-to-date completed water works will stand them and what Interest charge will have to be met each year, because the size of fixed charges will determine whether rates may be reduced, and what, If any, deficit will have to be paid In Increased taxea. . One of the constitutional amend ments submitted by the late Nebraska legislature proposes to cut down the time for Introducing measures of gen eral legislation from forty days to twenty days. If that would reduce the number of bilia preaented propor tionately one-half it would be a wel come innovation, but the chances are that the law-makers would simply speed up and get under the wire, just the same. If cutting down the time for Introducing bills, however, will lengthen the time to kill them, the ad vantages of the proposed change might atill more than offset the disad vantages. I Yeaterday waa the day fixed for the final adjournment of th Nebraska legislature. We Invite the members to spend their vaca tion in Francltas rather than In Honolulu or Europe. No cueationa asked. Francltas (Tex ) be. The editor of the Francltas Bee used to be our legislative correspondent, and knows from personal observation how to word an Invitation that, will not give offense. If It takes the water company aa long to make answer to the Water board aa It has taken tho Water board to make answer to the water com pany, and two or three more inter changes of long distance communlca- tlons ensue, who will fix the date for 1 the completion of that new water main' to Florence.' which all admit ought to have been put in five years ago? With the public on the tip-toe of expectancy for the next chapter in that enlivening serial between the Commercial club and the Auditorium management, why not hire the Audi torium and have It out on the mat, with all expenses reimbursed by the gate receipts? While wishing Nebraska's new United States senator immediate and complete recovery, the very thought of a democratic' vacancy to be filled by appointment of a republican governor ia enough to depress the democratic side of the political b'arometer several Inches. It transpires that the prospect of a free hair cut and shave proved fatal to one of the Inmates of the Douglas county poor farm. The unfortunate man must have had a vivid recollec tion of the kind of a shave he last had. A Fir the Ointment. . Cleveland Plain Dealer. Any . remaining feeling of complacency over the approaching coronation of King George will be dispelled when It Is learned that Alfred Austin haa begun work on his coronation ode. Tke lanaeeat Spectator. St. Louis Globe-Demoorat. When peaceful v American citizens are killed In their own towns by foreign bullets from across S boundary line the situation Is aura to lead to prompt and effective action of soma kindr Political Forecasters In Action. Houston Post. The political forecasters predict a stormy session of congress, and an Investigation of our own Instruments Indicates that the prudent ones will stay close to the life boats and keep wlthln reaching distances of the life preservers. A Limited Prediction. Baltimore American. Colonel Roosevelt expresses the belief that Woodrow Wilson will be the demo cratic candidate for the presidency. PobsI bly a becoming modesty prevents him from expressing his belief as to the Iden tity of th opposing candidate. A Record Worth While. Philadelphia Record. In four years Chicago has received mora than $6,000,000 as its share of the earnings of the street railways. But this was only accomplished by scallngdown the capital ization to reasonable limits. The man who devised and engineered this reorganization b now secretary of the Interior. Havens for Lame Dnoka. Springfield Republican. The Cummins resolution requiring th national monetary commission to make a final report by December next and then abolishing It should be adopted. This com mission has become largely a restful and well-paying haven for retired statesmen out of a Job and due economy In the gov ernment demands Its early abolition. It has never been much more than a cover or support -Xer Mr. Aldrich In working out a plan of his own for currency reform, and lie can1 now--at least work as well without as with it. " THE SANBORN r DECISION. A Boost for Physical Valuation of Railroad Property. u-,"qnd9H '( sW pi,;8uadS The decision of Judge Sanborn of the Eighth federal circuit setting aside the rat reductions of th? Minnesota railroad com mission may be a victory for the roads as far as It goes, but that is not necessarily very) far.- An, Important feature of th Judgment is in substance that rat reduc tions on traffic, within the state ma be reasonable in themselves, but may so af fect lntarstat traffic aa to constitute a burden upon and interferet.ee with th latter. This has th effect of reducing th regulative powers of , state commissions and handing over practically all cases of the kind to the tender mercies of the fed eral commission. Thus th Minnesota roads. In escaping , the state commission may far' as badly or worse by falling into th hands of the federal commission. The attorney general of Minnesota says of thla part of th decision that It makes of the stat commission a mere clerical body for th compilation of statistics. An other Important feature of Judge San born's decision Is that it makes cost of reproduction or physical valuation of rail roads the basis on which to Judge of th reasonableneaa of rates, and thla valua tion of th Minnesota roads seems to b In excess of the market value of their atock and debt. Th casa does not thus become very helful to those who ar pushing th physical valuation movement. People Talked About Adolphus Busch's private car stopped In Hutchlnaon, Kan.', for a few minutes and beer was distributed among the citizens Soma of th Kanaans ar piping mad about it, but not those who got the beer. Mrs. George Snyder of Brechnock town ship. Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, la something of a pedestrian for a woman of 73. On April T she walked a distance of twenty-one miles and doea not regard her trip as anything unusual, or on which any woman In fair health ahould not undertake. Theodora Ingalla, who was recently ap pointed by Postmaster General Hitchcock as general superintendent of the. railway mall service of th United Btates. is a native of Loulavlll. He entered the gov ernment service aa a railway mall clerk In 1SSJ at a salary of m He now re ceives (4,000. Th oldest twins In New Hampshire ar to celebrate th seventy-eighth anniversary of their birth on April 12. They ar Lefay tte V. and Albert M. Newell of Ports mouth, N. H. Th Newell brothers are regarded aa th most remarkable twlna in th Granite state. They ar so alike they cannot b told apart. C. W. II. Luebbart, a civil war veteran, who will entertain the survivors of the Ninth Ohio Volunteers at Clnclnati, April 23, has- been saving 10 cents a month fur the last forty-five years to be the host at thla occasion, the fiftieth anniversary of the mustering out of the regiment. Sln hjs M0 trips to th bank Iiebbert deposited M. but Interest brings th total to 23-77. John Sharp Williams, the new Junior senator from Ulsaisaippi, has succeeded In a lifetime ambition. He has the scat In. the senate that waa occupied by Jeffer son Davia, president of th confederacy. Th deak still bears the bayonet marks mad by union soldiers In war times In an effort to destroy It. , The bayonet holes were filled with putty, but ar still easily seen. Army Gossip Matters of Interest oa and Back of th Firing x.in aieaned from th artny and Kavy Jtglatr The members of this year's class at the Army War college are preparing for thlr annual "historic" ride, which will begin eirly In May, probably about I t'i 10th proximo, and Include the civil war' battle fields of Virginia en route to and Including Petersburg. After completing this trlp,h class will visit the Anttetam and Gettys burg battlefields As Is usual on such oc casions, the members of the class will prepare lectures on some special phase of the battles and engage In an Intimnt study of the tactical and rtrateglc aspects of the campaign. Elsewhere is printed a general order from the War department mak ing certain modifications of the uni form of the United States army. An Important feature of the order Is the re quirement that all organisations shall adopt by October 1 next designs for dls tfhctlve mess jackets. Some of the corps, departments and regiments have not taken this action, which up to this time, has been optional. While It Is required that a design for this garment shall be adopted, there Is-still no compulsion for Individual acquisition of th garment. The order also establishes what may be described as har monious adjustment of detail in connection with the wearing of the special evening dress and mess Jacket. As has been stated In these columns, an Important provision Is for the display of the Insignia of rank on the shoulder knots as well as on the sleeves of the uniform when full dress, special evening dress, or the mess Jacket Is worn. The War department now has undor consideration the detail of officers of th regular army for duty with the organized militia as contemplated In recent legisla tion providing additional officers for the army. The department desires that the officers given this detail shall be well fitted for the duties they will have to perform, which are of a special nature. It will not be possible to find sufficient available officers possessing these qualifi es tlons at this time, snd, In order to pre pare additional officers for this duty In the shortest possible time, a specially se lected class of about forty ifcutenants will probably be sent to the army service schools at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., at an early date for a special course of four months, designed especially for training them for' duty with the militia. The War department is now considering this matter with the school authorities at Fort Leav enworth. It Is hoped to have this special course begin In May, and the officers tak ing It will be available for duty with the militia about September 13. The presence of so large a force of troops as that comprising the maneuver division In Texas affords an opportulty for the study of the question of service of supply, and the subject has been taken up In a practical way by orders of the chief of staff of the army In order to ascertain if It is necessary to Introduce any improve ments In the existing plans ifor the sys tematic supply of the army when In the field. The officers assigned to this work of observation- and improvement are Colonel John T. Knight of the quartermaster's de partment, who Is on duty in the quarter master general's office; Captain Frank S. Cocheu, Twelfth Infantry (general staff). who Is on duty at the Army War college; and Captain James A. Logan, Jr., of the subsistence department, who Is on duty In the office of the commissary general snd who has lately returned from a year's study of the subject with the French army. It Is desired to devise a plan or organiza tion and administration of the base to in clude dutiea and normal organization, with attention to such details as operation of the line of communication, an organization for an advance supply depot and the re vision of the existing system which was adopted some three years sgo with the primary object of having all organiza tions ready at all times at a moment's notice to take the field for at least thirty daya to maintain them for one year. Th opportunity "for observation, investigation and the ascertainment of changes In the system Is afforded by the existence of the maneuver division In Texas and It is de sired to take advantage of the situation. The military authorities ar giving care ful attention to the questions created by the clause in the act of March 3, 1911, providing the means ' for adjust ing the rank of those army officers who were adversely affected by the former system of regimental promo tion. No law has produced so many troublesome problems, as was to be ex pected by the very nature of the situation. On question, settled by the secretary of war, has to do with th detail to duty with the permanent staff corpa of those offi cers who are now carried as additional in the line. Another more general, question has to da with the duties to which these officers, or the surplus officers, whether addltlonala or not, may be assigned, notably In the case of the colonels, who exceed the demand upon that grade for regimental command. Connected with this problem Is the question of how the surplus officers shall be carried on the register. One propo sition is to regard them as "unasslgned," whenever an officer is not on regimental duty, notwithstanding the fact that he may be un other duty quite as Important. The objection to maintaining an "unasslgned list" arise. In part, from the Impression it la apt to convey of too abundant leisure on th part of the officers whose nttmes ar borne on such a list. That fate must befall th officer who Is not an additional number and who may be on staff duty and whose regular place at the head of a regi ment Is taken by an "additional" colonel. These and other aspects of the situation relating to these officers are now before the secretary of war for his decision. Loss to the Katloa. Boston Transcript. In the resignation of David Jaynes Hill, the United States government loses Its sblest and best ambassador a man who bas Impressed bimself deeply upon the whole world. Is he resigned voluntarily, very well; but If through any criticism from th Stat department, so much the worse for-the latter, already charged with enough grave blunders. Wholesale & Retail HAVENS-WHITE COAL CO. 1710 FARNAM ST. rW D4 kU. A-1Z81 I fwaOlDALtb "K ' "1 I 1 COAL 35 t 1 ' c,wl",,J1ur'' t., T., i . " ' " f " "' P- . ... ..,.T.r't ). 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What little patlont touches of genius I'ncle Josh was full of; it was worth walking ton miles to see- him take his boots off; and why should too much be asked of a performance which has Riven so much pleasure lo so many? Cleveland Plain Dealer: Numerous are the forms of endeavor through which men of fame hace striven to serve their fel low mortals. It was given to Penman Thompson Innocently to entertain to draw the ready smile or tear, to touch the sym pathetic chords. Thero may be higher missions. Cleveland Leader: The death of the veteran actor. Penman Thompson, brings out estimates of the prosi earnings of that play which run as hiih as tl0.00j.0U0. It Is believed by some who aVe familliir with stage affairs that no smaller sum would cover all the tickets sold for "Old Home-, stead" performances. Chicago Post: Mr. Thompson had merely to put on the familiar spectacles and cow hide boots to he Jiis character. Ho wore no makeup and no wirs. but had that abundant peraonality which needed none. As an actor of rural types he had no equal In his day, and had no successor unless It was Mr. Heme In "Shore Acres." Kl.tMTHIC HO A DM COMK IV glarniflrant Haling; by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Washington Herald. The decision of the Interstate Commerce commission, requiring steam railroads to ac cept traffic from electric roads, Is an im portant recognition of the electrically oper ated line and will be of special significance In many sections of the country where ter ritory hitherto monopolized for freight traf fic by steam railroads h.is gradually been Invaded, by lnterurhan lines, nominally for passenger service, hut vspable of utiliza tion for freight as well. The status of the electric road was one of the points of contention In the discussion of the amendments to th Interstate Com merce law before congress a year ago, and the principle which the commission now sets forth was urged at that time as es sential to the full utilization of electrically operated franchises as feeders and distrib uters for the steam railroad systems. The sympathetic attitude of the Interstate Com merce commission Is likely to help ma terially In the development of electric sys tems In suburban territory. The great Railroads, Steamship Lines, Hotels, Etc., of the world accept the A. IJ, A." Travelers' Chenuca at face value. Very easy to negotiate, because beif-identi-fying. Not available to finder or thief, in case of loss or theft. Take a few cheques on your next trip. ' FIRST National Bank oi OMAHA a Co., sew yom. , T. LINES TO A LAUGH. "My son. don't he in such a hurry about marrying tins girl who you ny bas so many other lovers. Remember 'the old adage about marrying In haste " "Yes. but If I don't marry In haste, now she's willing, she might change, her muni. 1 Baltimore American. "Io you mean to say that you married for money?" "In a way 1 did. I got married becpne I rouldift afford to stay engaged any longer." l'etrolt Kree Press. She (positively) No. I could never con sent to tie mvseir flown to one man. He (sarcastically) Perhaps if I organize a syndicate you will consider our offer. - Uoston Transcript. "You don't expect ma to kiss you, do you?" "Sir! Certainly not!" "I'm glad of that. I don't believe In It, either." Cleveland Free Press. Old Vol licTilnnd Hl' My w ife has a pearl neclilace concealed In her bonnet! ( 'usr.cus I nspector 11 uh old Porkcnlarrd IVm't overlook It. that's all. She wants to get her name In the papers as a society ieader! Puck. General Sherman was protest llitf. i thn otl Willi much difficulty they persuaded hint to let It go at that. Chicago Tr luine. "And von advise me to bring suit fr tl.YOfl" l;in'ages?" "I certainly do." "" hat. in the world would I do with k much money?" "Klrst you will pay your lawyer. ,'Ui'l after there will not' be n -I. ..fj for oi to worry about." Houston Post. TO PRESIDENT TAFT. fFrom a Ptaff Correspondent WASHINGTON. April 17. (Special - -Ti following, found In lUilirnuiK, iuiitiii III ill,- Mill- llilll'- lll.ill yrsterdav. a glowinc tribute from a Cniad ian to President Tuft 1h fHiieclnlle llmr-lv la I . . . in view or the passage or the ( anniran f In view of the pas reciprocity pact by the house: An aul 1 Cannuck o' Scottish lilrth an' name. Pevoid alike o fortune an' o' fam, Wi; three score years o' worldly Joys an' pangs, Wad like to bless ye. sir. afore he gangs. Fain wad I speak o' a' vlr noble gifts The sympathetic heart, the brain that lifts. The wide purview that grasps tjie Christian plan ' Glory to God. on earth rood will to man. Yir regal mind wad llcht the btirthen'd pulr: Wad peace proclaim ru cverv human door J An'. Inst nnd best, up-ha d the ino-al law The Hook o' Books the keystone o" them a'. The arbitration scheme that ye propose Will bind In concord mony erstwhile fo And million In this Wari o strife an' craf will yet arise and laud the name o Tart Heaven bless ye. sir, wT ' its choicest store. That ' ylr klnply gifts niay shine the more, And whan at length ylr Journey here is dune Ylrs be it then to win 'he. eternal croon. AV ADMIRING CANADIAN. it I Irenerai fnerman was protesting. a. "What I leallv aid " he Insisted, "a3 lf hat 'war Is cruelty.' " "Kilt, gem nil. " lliey assured him, "th ther Is better." ( 1 0 1