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porarlly ehoald have The Bee
mailed le then. Ad areas will be
France feels that the Fez fits.
Spring fever and a small purge go
poorly together.
They ougnt to pulverize that sugar
trust and be done with It.
The fall of Juarez at leaat does a
lot to save the face of the revolution.
Even a soaring ambition ought to
be partially (satisfied with 4,200 feet
above ground.
The .amateur poet knowg the verity
of the scriptural saying, "The last
shall be first."
' Harem skirt has beat a, retreat."
Headline. It Was rather retreating
from the atart.
Even Mrs. Madero was in at the
urrender of General Navarro. Sort of
a family triumph.
A New York gambler complaint that
someone outraged his dignity. Must
have railed him a two-spot.
"Keep your eye on Bryan," calls out
a democratic seer. We will try, but
he bops around pretty lively.
A western paper has printed the
portrait of Porflrio Dias as "the re
tiring president." An unwarranted
scoop:
With forest fires on the Dominion
line and Mexican fires on the Rio
Qrande, we ought to be able to keep
warm.
It has been determined that a ciga
rette caused the Bangor fire. But there
are other reasons for putting out the
cigarette.
At any rate, no one thinks it neces
sary to ask Willis Reed whether ha
will, stay on the senatorial race track
to the finish.
Governor Wilson says "no man Is
big enough to seek the (presidential)
Job." Just for that be may not gel the
Kalrview vote.
General Orozco should have told
those enthusiastic friends over El Paso
way that the time for banqueting him
had not yet come.
, Senator Kern says the mention of
his name in connection with the pres
idency is a Joke. Yes, senator, there Is
no argument there.
Omaha must, indeed, be getting
bigger on the railway map when the
presidents of two great systems visit
us Within two days. ,
The St. Louis Republic reminds the
world that "St. Louis Is on the mili
tary map again." In which aha has
no edge on El Paso
The city council does not seem to
realise that the demand Is for pool
hall regulation. "Not next year, nor
next month, but now." '
Greetings to the new bishop of Lin
coln with the sincere wish that he
may sail a lesa troubled Bee than his
immediate predecessor.
Danker Tilden'a experience in Illi
nois doubtless suggests to certain af
fluent gentlemen in Ohio the wisdom
of burning their books.
. John Temple Graves gays humorists
la the bouse are afraid to give vent to
their wit any more. It is kind to the
humorist to put it that way.
If this thing keeps up readers of
newspapers who try to hook their
tongues around aome of those Mexican
names may have a casus belli them
selves. The state food commissioner is also
eolng to stop the sale of food articles
with prlxe packages concealed in them.
J retty sooii he will Insist on knowing
which slice contains the thimble be
lure the cake Is cut.
A Senate Deadlock.
Th Insurgent republicans have tem
porarily blocked the selection of a
president of the senate by refusing to
accept Senator CJalllpger, the caucus
nominee for that position. The situa
tion as it Is disclosed presents a clearly
threefold division in the senate in
stead of a twofold one, with a small
group of Insurgent republicans acting
Independently and voting for Senator
Clapp, and the democrats., voting sol
idly for Senator Bacon as agreed upon
by their caucus.
So far as the organization of the
senate or the transaction of public
business Is concerned this deudlock
holds no serious threat. There would
be no necessity of electing a president
of the senate at this time were it not
that Senator Frye, wbo has been bear
ing that honorable title, has resigned
owing to ill health, but presumably
will continue to serve at least nom
inally, until a successor Is chosen. In
the meanwhile Vice President Sher
man's health appears to be reasonably
robust and he can call to the chair
any senator as he pleases whenever he
wanta to, yield the gavel for a tempo
rary absence. The line of succession
to the presidency would never reach
the president of the senate, bo there
is comparatively little at stake in the
contest.
What the deadlock does do, how
ever. Is to emphasize and accentuate
the cleavage between the insurgent re
publicans and the regular republicans.
Prior to the assemblage of congress
in extra session there was much talk
about "getting together," but eighteen
republicans refused to vote in the
house for the caucus nominee for
speaker, and now the similar dissen
sion In the senate would indicate that,
if not getting farther apart, the fac
tions are at least getting no closer to
one another. Unless a new alignment
la produced the insurgent republicans
holding themselves aloof from the
party caucus will be able to deadlock
the senate whenever there is a divi
sion on party lines.
' Foreigners in Mexico.
The move of the diplomats In Mex
ico to protect the homes and persons
of foreign residents in the capital
should not be subject to criticism on
the ground that it is a step toward a
larger movement to fortify the exten
sive property Interests of Americans
and other outsiders In the republic of
Mexico. In fact, the Spanish minister
has taken occasion to explain that it
seeks simply what it purports on its
face the protection of life and homes
in Mexico City. ;
The action was initiated by our 9n
Ambassador Wilson and has every ele
ment of common sense and wisdom to
commend it. It is forced upon ; the
foreign representatives la tna bellig
erent country by present, and posajbly
future, conditions. It would b fo)ly
to leave unprotected the Uvea and
homes of 28,000 foreigners there,
5,000 of whom are Americans. That
the action baa been approved by the
Mexican government as wise and
necessary should commend it abroad
and allay any sensitiveness as to. its
possible effect for further eompjicar
tions. !
1 No man can yet tell what the result
is to be between the contending forces
in Mexico, and, while intervention is
to be avoided and deprecated, it Is not
an Impossible contingency.
Battledore and Shuttlecock
Nearly a year ago an ordinance fil
ing a midnight closing hour, for pool
halls was presented in the city council
at the urgent demand of The Bee, but
was quietly smothered and laid away
on the shelf because the pool hall pro-
prtetors did not want It.''
Two months ago the need of pool
hall regulation again became acute
when the community was startled by
the murder of a prominent business
man, and the bounds put on the trail
led the pursuers into a crowded pool
hall doing an active business at half
past 3 x clock Sunday morning.
The regulation ordinance was res
urrected, but the pull of the pool ball
proprietors has been sufficiently potent
with the councilman to have prevented
action so far.
By clever maneuvering between or-
dlnances and substitute ordinances,
reference to committee and repeated
postponements the game of battledore
and shuttlecock baa gone on, while the
pool halls have been permitted to rua
unmolested.
It seems to us that the city councl
should wake up to the fact that the
patience of the people in this matter
is about exhausted. The demand is
for a strict regulation of the pool ball.
Let the council paes an ordinance that
regulatea, or let it vote the ordinance
down as It did before without fooling
away any more time.
Reducing Fire Ion.
The laat big fire in New York City,
which destroyed $500,000 worth of
property and 143 Uvea, and the holo
caust at Bangor, Me., which wiped out
$3,000,000 worth of real estate and
two or three lives, were caused, it has
been determined, by lighted cigarettes
carelessly thrown aside by smokers.
Doubtless many such fires have corns
from similar causes. If the smoker
bad gone in stealth and applied a
torch to these buildings and been
found out it .would have been arson
and he would have been dealt with
accordingly. The law should be Just
aa keen in a case of wilful negligence
as in one of deliberate felony. What
difference does it make to the vlo
tlma of the flames? - -
This is exactly what the city 'of
Berlin does. It makes little or no dis
tinction between the nin who negli
gently sets fire and the one who de
liberately does It. And It is orth
Amerksts' while to observe that in
Berlin the aanual loas from fire la
about 1175,000. Chicago and Berlin
have nearly tbe same population, more
than 3,000,0000 each. Last year's fire
losses in Chicago amounted to more
than M, 000,000. Did anybody hear of
anyone being held responsible for
negligence last year in Chicago?
A writer in the New York Tribune
recently said: "Remove tbe premium
on arson by making It Impossible to
profit by fires through over-Insurance
and loose adjustments and give the
limit of tbe law to tbe Individual who
starts a fire or permits a fire to start
on his premises through lack of precaution."
The Straety Cat.
Inasmuch aa the Stracey case, de
cided against the government by a fed
eral Judge in Washington, rests upon
a technicality there is reasonable
ground for hoping that the govern
ment may not, after all, lose title to
what is regarded as the most valuable
coal land In Alaska. Stracey, an Eng
lishman, and ethers were indicted in
the state of Washington. on the charge
of Illegally seizing this land and the
federal court there quashed the indict
ments on the theory that they did not
properly state an offense, which then
went to tbe United States supreme
court.
If that technicality Is the best
ground on which tbe Stracey syndicate
has to stand, then certainly there is
no need for the government to despair
as yet. The Judge who rendered the
original decision says he. did so be
cause under his interpretation of the
Alaska coal land law, "the indictment
had not stated an offense." Of course.
then, it is for the ultimate tribunal to
Interpret this law. It teams only nat
ural that If a more substantial flaw in
the charge existed than this fragile
technicality, the Washington Judge
would have found it.
Associated witn Algernon Stracey,
the British capitalist, are prominent
men of Seattle and if they should win
in this case they have, It is admitted,
secured control of about 6,000 acres
of valuable coal land. It la time we
were taking whatever steps are pos
sible to see that no more of this
Alaska territory slips out of our hands
except for full value in exchange.
To discourage a dandelion, grasp it
firmly at the point where it emerges from
the ground, offer a silent prayer, and pull
steadily upward, Should it break, off five
or six inches down, leaving half of
the root In the ground, as It probably will.
wait patiently a day er two and you wll)
have a chance to tackle It again. Continue
this process until the desired result is
achieved. If it takes all summer. Chicago
Tribune.
That is all right for one's own yard,
but give us a method for the other
fellow's.
The eclectic have now also reso-
luted against the medical department
of the State university. The eclectics
want it distinctly understood that they
are not against any particular location
of the medical school, but against the
principle of using state money to
teach doctors to proUe medicine in
any Way different from the way eclec
tics practice it. Evidently, tbe publlo
has been grossly misled aa to the
progress which the science of medi
cine has madei
Omaha has lost the annual meeting
of the Nebraska Postmasters' associa
tion because Postmaster Thomas has
lost his standing with tbe organiza
tion as well as with tbe public. Per
haps if they will come to Omaha next
year the state Nasbles may find a post
master here to entertain them who Is
not under a cloud.
Senator Nbrris Brown has broken
away again from the Insurgents on the
choice of president of the senate. If
the senate Is not careful he will be
dropped from the column of near
insurgent and put into the Class of
near-regular. ' ' v
The best description of President
Markbam of the Illinois Central la
that he looks vary much like what
Judge Walter I. Smith would look like
if the Judge hadn't lost his hair.
A Massachusetts clergyman refuses
to accept a salary for preaching. Moat
ministers whose sermons are worth it,
however, rightly accept the pay.
Teaehlagr fa Paeke Nwrre.
Washington Star.
Very few measures affecting the tariff
eaa be suggested without creating sus
picions la the minds of various Interests
that there Is danger of a conspiracy to
restrain profits.
ReallslBST ll Wish.
Philadelphia Record.
President Dias is likely to have his de
sire. He declared recently that he came
lata power ea the crest of a revolution and
weuld ao out fighting. If he went at all.
Te go out flghtlna seems to be his destiny.
Crael Ceeslalr Thraet.
Baltimore American.
A British crltlo pf our tresy says that
American officers are so devoted to their
families as to be nothing snort than nurse
maids, net fit (or eetloa. Possibly he has
net oared to rea4 the record of these
"nursemaids" ia action. Ii hardly smacks
of the nursery, aa Great Britain itself can
testify.
Malae as p "Brr" Statu.
Philadelphia Record.
Maine will have a special election to de
cide whether prohibition ie te remain tar
the constitution. We Judge from recent
news from that state that whatever pro
hibition there is eaa be found only In the
constitution. After the Bangor fire, for
caempla. the newt dispetchea announced
that the police compelled the closing of the
saloons. In Lewlstoa the police compel the
saloons te close on Sunday and before mid
night. A Memo Judge who was recently
interviewed said the t.OnO liquor cases that
had been tried before him convinced him
that prohibition In the S'atute beok was of
small avail entree I here were ale prohibi
tion in tbe hearts of the people.
I
m. TAFT AND 'THE FATHERS.
St. IjouU Republic: The capacity as
representative of all the farmers of the
country, In whlih the officers "f certain
farmers' organisation denounced reci
procity to President Taft. was of course
only a self-assumed capacity. That fact,
however, does not detract from the courag
eous and statesmanlike quality of Mr.
Tart t reply.
Springfield Republican: No doubt the
personally conducted farmers will enjoy
themselves In Washington; possibly they
will send for their automobiles and go home
in these. At any rate they knew now that
not even the bellowing of that sacred
cow "the Interests of the American far
mer" can frighten Mr. Taft frem doing
what he thinks best for the whole country.
New York Worlds Farmer Hill scarcely
Sained anything for hla cause when he
surprised Mr. Taft during a social call by
making a set speech against reciprocity.
The unstudied response of the president,
confident in Ihe Justice of his policy and
careless of Its bearing upon his political
prospects, will not be displeasing to a
country that likes manly men In or out of
office.
New York Post: To tell a "vote." far
mer or labor, to Its face that it can go
where it pleases, requires a degree of
courage In a public man which we do hot
often witness. In President Taft this sort
of plain speaking- s not uncommon. It
seems to go with his Judicial habit. He
turns away political threateners Just as he
would make an irrelevant witness in court
Shut up.
A CHIHCHMA AM) HIS IIOIBI.E
' --
Retirement of the Dlst Insalsaed
Archbishop of Dabnque.
Boston Tranaertpt.
The announcement that Arrhhllhnn John
J. Keane has been compelled by Ill-health
10 resign from the archdiocese of Dubuque,
la.; will be received with res-ret hv tsns f
thousands outside his own church. He Is
two years past seventy, and at tpe time he
was Inducted Into his present hls-h nffio. h
was troubled, with n affection of the heart
wnicn nas made necessary the utmost care
la the conservation of hla strength a n...t
duties that have been comprehensive -and
ving. ne has been one of the com
manding- figures and fnrr.es In hl
He was the first rector and practically the
unaer oi tne Lethalic university at Wash-
Ington, which he dIb fin a YmA aata I et
high educational distinction. His retire
ment from that responsibility by the com
mand of Pope Leo XIJl, wag due to repre
sentations made by one of the reactionary
cardinals In the hierarchical family, but
when he went to Rome and his views and
character became known tq the holy father,
Instead of being disciplined he was ad
vanced to higher dignity, wncn ha paa
since honored and adorned.
There has been a series of singular coin
cidences between his career and that of the
late Archbishop Kain of St. Louis. Though
tbelr names are spelled differently, they
are pronounced the same. Both were
named John Joseph, and more than half a
century ago they were members or the
lame class at 8t. Charles .llege Mary
land. The professors had much trouble In
distinguishing them In the classroom. The
students solved the dlffieulty bp tailing one
My Maryland" and the other "Old Vif
ginny" from their respective states. At the
end of the first quarter, according to cus
tom, the rating of each student was read
and In each study 4a Waa -Keane first and
Kain second." But their parallels did not
,Che JT' u lH'y -am.
M !l !ch001 ' ,h r
J"J8U 'th: ch wa, m.d.
a. bishop before he waa W years of age. and
later both ocoupled Important archlepla
copal sees, the St. Louis man attaining the
distinction earlier, When Dr. Keana was
lnv,.u, with the pallium ,t Dubuque "
was nr. Kain who celebrated pontifical
high mass Those must haYe been trlendfy
as well aa brilliant planets that were In the
ascendant when these eminent churchmen
were born.
People Talked About
Grandson of the famous old "commo
dore" and leading representative of the
family In business affairs, Cornelius Van
derbllt hat achieved distinction In the
railroad and in the yachting world.
W. C a Oladatone, grandson ef the
treat statesman, who Is on the staff of
Mr. Bryce, ambassador at Washington,
will be appointed lord lieutenant of flint
shire. Great Britain's old age pensions now foot
up 166,000,000 a year. At the rate the bud
get Is growing it will not be long before
every woman In the kingdom wilt be tell
ing he truth about her age.
Although dispatches Indicate the con
trary, the luxurious crop of bumaldee on
the pictures of General Navarro Indicate
that the Mexican commander did not have
a very, close shave at Juarea.
Edwin V. Mjurgaa. aur new minister te
Portugal, la a resident of Aurora N. Y.,
where the family ha for yeara been prom
inent in social and business life. Mr. Mor
gan haa served the government in Korea
and Cuba.
The Board of Education of Worcester,
Mass.. after weighing the arguments for
Urea months, decided that St. Patrick was
not an Irishman, his birthplace being
Scotland. The A, O, H., PlelpUffa. la the
case, are looking for aome place to lodge
n appeal.
Mrs. Joan Cuneo, the well known women
automobile driver, arrested in lookers, N.
T., recently, charged with exceeding the
speed limit, was allowed to enter a plea
of guilty ever the telephone to the Tonkers
city court Saturday. The court announced
over the phone that ha had. fined her lit.
The ways of Providence are not only
wonderful but admirable. A resident of
the New England city, knocked down by
an auto, scrambled into the machine and
gave the offending chauffeur the slickest
dressing down he experienced since his dad
worked the strap. i
Jane and Margaret Colaon, fiMers, each
more thcan 90 years old. have ths rilstino.
tlon of never having ridden on a railroad
or In an automobile. The eld malda live
together on the Colsoa homestead at
bethel, on the shores of the Kaunneongo
Lake. New Tork. where their father lor.i.H
in 1T They declare they have aa desire te
travel by the modern Inventions.
SawAV,'
"-a Wi?RrfiClB
In Other Lands
tide Lights ea What la Trans
piring Among thp Hear and
rer stations of the Zarth
Rival measures for reforming the British
Mouse of lairds brings the constitutional
contest to aa Interesting state. The minis
tertaj bill, restricting the powers of the
peers, does not affect the membership
that questw-1. as stated In the preamble,
being relegated to the future, Power over
money bills is abolished, and -any other
bill passed by the Commons at three sep
State sessions after a lapse of twenty
seven months from the first of the last
passage, becomes a law, regardless pf the
opposition of the peers. Tho rival measure
of the pewa. Introduced by Lord Lena
downs, cuts the membership of the House
of lxrd from 1)1 to M This number is
to be chosen in three wsys-100 by the
peers themselves. 130 by an electoral col
lege coniiKf ed pf members of the lower
house, and 100 nomlnaled by the crown
None of the foregoing will hold a seat longer
than twelve years, one-fourth retiring
every third year. Thirty seats are reservec
for royal princes, the archbishops and
bishops of the Kstabllshed church, the law
lords and the Judges of appeal. The strlk
Ing feature of the unionist reform measure
is the abandonment of tbe hereditary
principle as a prerequisite ta a seat in the
House of Lords, leaving two-thirds of the
membership open to commoners. Consider
Ing the sou rue of the reform measure the
proposals are rightly regarded as revolu
tionary. Both measures coming before the
peerp at the same Ume constltut a novel
situation. ' Two-thirds of the membership
of the House of Lords rarely participate
In Its deliberations. ' for them the social
side of the peerage Is the chief attraction
Tha ministerial bill merely clips the legisla
tive power of the peers without disturbing
the membership or the prestige, while the
lnsdowne proposal would cut out five.
si (tha of the present membership. It would
not be surprslpg in, the circumstance If the
ornamental peers .constituting a majority
of the present body accepted the restricted
veto bill in preference to the unionist ex
elusion measure, on the principle that half
a loaf on the benches Is mora satisfying
thaif a crura!) In the gallery.
President Stqlypln's coup d'etat In estab
lishing the somstvo system In the western
provinces pf Ruteig broke the solidarity ot
bis opponents In the Duma and In the
Counell of gtais. The election of Rod
sianko as president of the Duma shows
that the Hber&J elements were not capable
of combining n effective opposition to the
premier's daring policy. The election was
accomplished through a spilt In the Oc
tobrlst party. The left group of that party
favored the election of Alexelenko, one of
Its members, who also had the support of
thp eadetf and the progressives. The Oo
tobrlsts of the right preferred to group
themselves with the nationalists, and the
result was the choice el Rodalanko by a
vote of 1 to IS. This completely restore
the position of the premier as respects the
Duma- In the Council pf State theeattack
upon him railed because the vote condemn
ing bis tactics had enly a support of ninety-
nine votes against fifty-three adverse,
whereat a,, clean two-thirds majority was
requisite. In the eouneii Premier Stolypin
Played the oldest kind pf game.
' ' - s
Negotiations between Great Britain and
China in relation to the opium traffic from
India heW out the promise of early sup
pression o the business. The British gov
ernment virtually granted everv conces
sion desired. It agreed to the oessatton, as
soon aa t?nAg hss completely suppressed
the growth pf the poppy, af the importa
tion of Indian opium; secondly, to a triple
increase in the duty; thjrdly, te the alter
ation of the original DrODOsals res-arrilna-
the disposal of accumulated stocks In bond
ui tna treaty Torts. . Thest stocks, which
now amount to. soooo chests, may be sold
without a time limit: but. In that case.
during the four subsequent years, the total
Cm ports of certificated opium from India
will be further reduoed by a corresponding
amount. It Is understood that England
will agree, aa each prevlnoe suppressss
the growth of the poppy and forbids the
Import f native opium Inte that province,
to forbid, likewise, the import of Indian
opium Into aueh province, entry Into Can
ton and Shanghai, which art the chief con
sumers of the Indian drug, being continued
meanwhile.
Political platforms of a radical character
are as useful to get In on In Italy as In
other countries. With the ministry se
curely In office and tha rampant socialists
soothed with fixed salaries, Premier
Glolltti and socialist leader Blssolattt are
convinced that radical legislation would
be Inappropriate during the celebration of
Italian unity, 'and have placed the cam
paign program In cold storage. With it
foe the promise of reduced expenditures
for war purposes. The maritime budget,
so far from showing any reduction, Is
very much greater than that of last year.
The main bill calls for a total or 192.
346.621 lire, or about 38,l,t24, of which
161,186.660 lire Is for the war establishment,
the balance being divided between py.
ment of floating debt and the subsidy to
the merchant marine. The regular budget,
however, Is not all. There ia a supple
mentary law regarding naval expenditures
which carries an additional 1,000,000 lire
far pmeioas a4 aa appropriation ef
000,000 lire for the navy, which will raise
the total maritime budget to 219,000,000 lire,
of which 17,000,000 lire Is for purposes of
war, an increase of S7,31,I00 lire over the
expensea of last year. The general budget
commission, in laying these figures before
the Parliament, finds no difficulty la apolo
gizing for them. The enormously increased
naval expenditures of tha other great
Pb wars, meaning, of course, principally
Austria, are a aufflcient Justification.
ess
Responding to a general demand for
abolition of billboards, the German gov
ernment has ordered the removal or de
struction ot all advertising on lands and
houses along the lines of state railroads.
While the order Is thus limited by the
central authority, discretionary power to
do likewise Is granted local authorities.
As these are more responsive to publlo
demands, It is expected the outcries of the
press and of mass meetlnga against the
billboard nuisance will b'Ing gbout action
aa thoroughly as that ef the Imperial gov
ernment. .
Hanaeweirs Mayoress la Raw.
New York Sun.
When the Honorable Ella Wilson took
office aa mayor of Hunneweil, Kan., she
proposed In her eloquent Inaugural address
that tha town bond Itself for a town hall.
The five ecunellmen proved obstructive,
affirming the Hunnewell't 2H) people would
not be able to pay the Interest en a 10,00t
town hall. Perhaps thsy were right, but
why de they refuse to hold council meetings
iih her honor in Hilton's feed store sad
flock by themselves In sa ordinary hotel
room? Hunneweil should have real town
hall befitting the dignity and propriety ef
the mayoress, even though It be a sections!
and portable building, which even Hunne
weil could afford. The sympathy of every
gallant man will go out te tha Honorable
dta Witeea la her struggle te ue-eld her
authority.
Around New York
Stipples oa the Current of life
aa seen la the Great American
Metropolis from Dey t Bay.
Herb Carthell Is an unecmmnnly gatlsnt
comedian and quite portly at the belt line
Thesa featurea ef a man s training and ac
qiiirement usually go together. Kat men are
Jolly. Jolly men are fat. But the profes
stonal Jollier rarely falls to rehearse hi
part. Occasionally he forgets the rehearsal
which was excusahle in Herbs rase, be
cause of his recant niBrrtaa-e. Wherefore
a hit of comedy painfully humiliating to
the oomedlan. While waving a farewell
salute to hia wife Mr. Carthell backed Int
a coal hole. He did not shoot through th
hole, his bay window acting aa a life pre
server, but was snugly wedged In. A small
hut appreciative audience viewed hi tin
happy predicament. Presently Corthell
pathetle moans brought two porters from
Ihe Hotel Portland ta hia assistance. Ten
derly they took hold. He did not budge
They used force and despite his frantic
outorles as the coal hole reluctantly yielded
Mm they drew him forth, ruffled in tern
per and sartorial I y smudged.
When the first words of the processional
hymn were heard lust Punday morning in
the Cathedral pf ft. John the Divine, there
came a lively response from one of the
corners of the structure. There was a
"chirp, chirp" and several sparrows, stirred
by the soul of the organ, flitted about
singing merrily. Then as the members o
the choir appeared, two robins, opened
their throats widely and trilled In gladness
because of the bright day.
The birds Joined heartily In the responses
They twittered during the chanting of the
prayers and warbled during the reading o
tho Scriptures. When the sermon was In
progress the birds flew from one part of
the cathedral to another. They seemed
to like the pipe organ Immensely, and when
the organist played they opened their
throats wide.
The birds have been in the building for
more than a week. They have built nests
and the attendants are unable to drive
them out. The worshipers seemed to en
Joy the presence of the birds.
"I think you're the meanest man In New
Tork," said Magistrate Steinert to John
Kelly of No. 17$S Amsterdam avenue. Kelly
had been summoned to court by his JO year
old son, Vincent, whose wooden leg he
bad taken away.
'feu jpught to be filled with shame,"
snapped the magistrate. "I'll give you Jut
an hour to return your boy his wooden
leg. If you don't"
Kor three years Vincent has been trying
to make a living by doing errands. Beoause
he could not get a regular Job, he said.
his father took his leg from htm.
There ate to iructa Servers In town
who were given papers to serve on a the
atrlcal manugswvUaing to his office thsv
sent word in by the office boy that thsy
Wished to see their man. In a moment tha
bey returned, and said;
"Mr. (to-and-So will see you presently
About half an hour later one of the men
got tired waiting, and. going ever to the
boy, he said:
- "I thought you said yoijr employer would
see ua presently T" ' ,
Ho j did," 14 the boy, "and be did.
He looked in and aa he didn't like your
Ipoka ha went out tjie back door."
'After this week's exnerlenoaa I can tin
del stand why three or four saleswomen'
In three or four different stereo stand out
In the memory of western women who
come to New York shopping," said I
woman from Iowa, quoted by the Sun
Before I left heme 1 thought It rldleu
lous for my friends who had passed
through the ' ordeal of going bankruptJn
New York to say: There Is ent perfectly
It-vely Ktrl in the shoe department at A'a
store, a nice girl in the waist department
at p i, and another ' in the millinery da
artmant t Ca.' How. I argued, was it
pesaiDie xor women wnj nae spent nun
dredt of dollars In aterea that employed
thousands of alerka to blok aut thr
four girls as examples ot good nature and
Cheerfulness?
'But now I know. For a week I have
wrestled with the clothes DroDosition In
New York, and after lntervipwlng scores
of young women behind the counter i ajn
going home with. Just three that have
treated me Ilka a human being enshrined
in my memory. At thought of them s
glow of gratitude envelops mo. Such an
experience would not be possible in a
western store. Maybe the air la out there
do not stand a bit nearer the angels, but
they are required to simulate whatever
virtues nature denied them. Tha atoras
there have goods tg sell, and the girl are
obliged te try to sell them. ' la this town
you have tq plead With a girl to show the
goods on her shelves. New Torkera art
so accustomed to such treatment that they
ao lonaar resent II' but It still rankles is
the soul of the independent westerner."
A young woman who - was going frem
house to house in a street on the upper
west side soliciting funds to help support
a children's home received the surprise
or her lire the ether day. As she wont
from house to house she noticed that a
young man was canvassing the same
hvuitt that aha bad visited, but the bul
la's were closing the doors rather abruptly
In hla face.
As the came down the steps of one stoop
the mea was waiting for her at the bet
torn. "I don't know what line of gooda
eu are selling, madam," said the young
Plan, "but whether you are selling matches
tr hair curlers I can't do any business
with you ground. Now, I tell you what
we ought te do. You take one aide of the
street and I'll take the other, and there'll
be no opposition."
The young woman waa too shocked to ,
make reply, but It stopped her house can
vassing for the day.
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SMILING REMARKS.
"There i a lot of flrins of pistols in
the nolsv crowd which collected before
the policemen came.''
"Was anybody hurt?"
"No, although 1 understand quite s num
ber were half shot." Baltimore American.
"What made our pirate thief compel
the prisoner to walk ihe plank so
hastily'.'' naked the pirate.
"He was one of those cheery and fa
miliar ready-made humorist Ihe first
thing he said when he saw the ihlef
was. 'Oh, you Captain Kid!' "Washington
Star.
"Jinx lied to me yesterday in order to
get off to go to the bull game. He said
his wife's mother was dead."
"I think you are mistaken. 1 heard what
he said."
"Then what was It ?"
"He said he would like to attend hit
mother-in-law's funeial." Houston Post.
She Tell me one thins, desr. I wsnt l.i
know.
He Yes. pet; what is It?
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bsll games electric (r Just plain palm
leefTahlcago Post.
Won ift from Hardunns In a noker asms
last night.
HlohliH I don't consider Inst so eitrsnr-
dinarlly lucky.
Hlohhs Hut he actually ent tha IK -Phil.
delphla Record.
Mi'i. Jawback John, vnu're a tnerfert
fool!
Mr. Jawback I knew something llkelha'
t&milrf k.nn.N .'lian Dm 4 l- a mail. Lmi
and ma one. Toledo Blade.
"My wife went to town tiday to get a
good, plain cook."
"i in sne get oner"
"I don't know whether she's a ennd one
yt. but fht's plain all right." Baltimore
American.
"That boy of yours must be pretty well
grewn by this time."
"in his Junior year at ronege.
"Is he ever Inclined to be wild?"
"No; they say he's the sleadet south
paw the team ever had. Washington
Herald.
MOTHER.
Mother holy name, sublime,
Angel musio to the ear.
I dedicate thlg little rhyme
1 hat news from heart smears
To you. and pray the Hod of all
un my pen to it m bieasmg tan.
Oh, come again tonight and kiss
My eyelids Into fleep.
The while mv bovhood prayers in pllst
I rive to God to keep;
And In life's fadl nf twilight glow
My slumbers will be blessed I know.
Mother at home today I see
Her dear old fhrlstlan fuce '
A letter In her hand from me
Her angel eyes doth tract;
And ths fragrance of a lova-kssed fiewer
Lends sweetness to that holy hour.
Mother though absent, far away
From a mothers lore tonight.
Yet pn, her templed locka of gray
Mr tears fall as 1 write:
sea her In tha old armchair,
Her face to God, her heart Jq prayer.
Mother sweetest word e'er spelled,
Earth's' purest rold below
How oft "my form thou hast held
In childhood s lnnr aao:
A mother's love life's neblest thing
To thef this tribute poorfhnng.
And lay It at your saintly feet,
TJoon thy aged brow:
A mother's love, hallowed, tweet,
inspires my spirit now;
And on her breast this rose today
Of saored love I pentlv lev.
WILBUR W. ANNJCM,
Dunbar, Neb.
THE LAZY J3U0.
Detroit Fret frttt.
Jes' aU In,
Got no sjtibUh',
Kneep' t' so
Homawhar an' fish;
Plumb fagged out,
An' don' know why,
X see de clouds
Go floatln' by,
An' aU de time
I'm alt tin' here
J' wishln' qulttln'
Time waa near.
Jes' all in.
Can't think, ca't work.
Got lots t' da
But want V shirk
jes1 yawn, yawn, yawn.
An stretch, an sign
An' see de cou.dt
Go floatln' by;
I'm plum faaged out.
Can't hardly atep
Myself awake,
I want V sleep.
Jes' all In.
No ache, no pain,
Jee' weariness
Of limb an' brain.
Jet' want t aqeak
Away from here
An' aleep a week
A month, a year!
It ain't no use,
I got f qittt.
Spring fever Well,
I guest dat a It!
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