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Subscribers leavlac the et7 teas
perarlly shawl have The Be
iuU s ikesa. A debase will We
tkaand as of tea as raeated.
That Denver platform ia evidently
no longer binding aa to what It omita.
Even a iwuei aumier aometlmea
wants to know where hla pay la com
ing from.
Portugal haa decided to rebuild lta
navy, having just reconstructed Its
ship of state.
Gotch baa signed articles agreeing
to wrestls Hack, ao that ia one war
settled, anyway.
Soma folks call It "dandy lion," but
that 4os not hurt it any more than to
call it "dandelion."
It seems too bad for that ward In
Chicago to be reduced to only two
cabinet representatives.
El Peso should tell Juares to shinny on
Its 6wa eld. Chicago Evening Post.
It probably will before the thing Is
over.
Now that. they hava found Edgar
Allan, Poe's wedding ring, alert jew
elarsiomght to have them on sale
promptly.
Query: Why should, plumbing
work at the county hospital coat more
than the same work would at any
other place? .
With the rebela In the mood to
strike for their pay, a walking dele
gate ought to find a rich harvest In
Mexico Just now.
Bom nature raker proposes a
scheme for extracting the atlnger from
a bee. Better plan than that is to keep
out of the stinger's way.
Inasmuch aa the president knows
all about bow to run the War depart
ment it doea not matter greatly who
acta aa aecretary of war.
Wall, street Is disturbed at what It
conceives to be discouragement In the
west. No use to worry over the west.
It has smiles enough for all.
The grocers' and butchers' annual
picnic has been set for June 22. Be
sure and have your rain gauge ready
for emergency use on that day.
According to the Boston Herald
"China la turning over In her sleep.
Bo far ao good. Now if the old lady
will Just, bounce out of bed It will be
better;
Omaha will entertain the 1912 na
tional convention of the American
federation of Musicians. That will
surely give us a chance to blow our
own born.
One of the bidders for sn electrlo
lighting franchise la aald to hava with
drawn hla application. Does that"
mean that he haa already gotten what
he went after?
Presumably, our Water board finan
ciers are waiting on the federal court
of appeala to tell them whether to let
that water bond issue go at SS, 250,000
or to raise the ante.
The demand in Omaha is for a pool
hall ordinance that regulates or for
none at all. A set of rules without
sufficient penalties for Infraction will
be simply a dead letter.
The total general bonded Indebted
ness of the city of Omaha is officially
atated to be $6,070,000. These fig
urea give perspective to the proposed
Issue of $S,2S0.000 of water bonds.
Changea come ao thick and fast
down on the border that a man
scarcely dare to commit himself with
an expression of opinion on the situa
tion for fear of being overturned the
next minute.
Dr. Wilson has on attribute com
mon to all presidential aspirants he
staggers In astonishment when asked
about, hla candidacy, exclaiming In
surprise: "Really, I had not thought
about the presidency."
Sherman Law Again Upheld.
In upholding the Sherman antl
truKt law In the rase of the packers.
Judge Carpenter of Chicago, says: "I
sm of the opinion that sections 1, 2
and 3 define with sufficient ac
curacy the offenses therein enumer
ated." He, therefore, overruled the
demurrers of the packers to the in
dictments on the ground of the law's
invalidity, reasserting the constitu
tionality of the act. . In thla ruling,
Judge Carpenter has nearly 100 Ju
dicial decisions as precedent to sup
port him, for the Sherman law has
been adjudicated that many times,
and haa been held by the supreme
court to be clearly constitutional and
broadly comprehensive. . The issue
raised in the packers' case Is a combi
nation in restraint of trade and the
defense has set up the claim that It
Is not engaged In maintaining an "un
reasonable" restraint. An interesting
point there is that the law rqak.es no
reference to an "unreasonable" re
straint, a point laid down in a de
cision rendered by the United States
supreme court in 1897, when It re
versed the decision of the circuit court
of appeals of the Eighth district, stat
ing, in the course of Its decision:
Section 1 of the Sherman law applies to
II combinations In restraint of Interstate
or foreign trade or commerce, without ex
ception or limitation; and the prohibitions
that section are not confined to un
reasonable restraints of such trade or com
merce.
Judge Carpenter's decision, we are
reminded, may have an "indirect bear
ing on all anti-trust litigation in the
United States in upholding the com
pleteness and stability of the Sherman
act." But would it not have had a
direct and more far-reaching effect on
all such litigation if it had been the
other way? The decision seems to be
in direct line of the precedent estab
lished by the supreme court's ruling.
The Chicago Judge takes the ground
that if the packers have sought to
control low prices to the producer of
raw material and high prices to' the
consumer, as charged, the trust would
be complete and should be dissolved
and the penalties inflicted on the law
breakers. HOLD
A' Word for the Olive.
The Wall Street Journal has made
an invidious comparison of the Cali
fornia and European olives, and, of
course it has been properly called to
account by loyal California papers.
The San Francisco Chronicle comes
boldly to the rescue ot this succulent
Qttle. product and . shows the Wall
Street Journal that, while It may
know all about, bulling the cotton mar
ket or bearing steel, it knowa nothing
about an olive. The Chronicle takes its
text from this derogatory statement
from the Wall street paper:
Olive culture -In -this country Is admit
tedly exotic. The" California olive Is both
tough and acrid. Ita oil may serve for wool
washing or soap making, but for these
purposes it is handicapped by the partiality
which the tariff extends to petted manu
facturing Industries, for it permits them
to Import their olive oil (the lower grades)
free of duty. .
An Indictment with three charges
is made against the New York critic;
first, that olive culture in California
la not exotic; second, that the Cali
fornia olive ia not tough; third, that
all ollvea are acrid. .
Since) California la a part of the
United Statea and, better still, a part
of the west, we are Inclined to the
California side of this debate, but
there ia no need for holding out for a
far-fetched footing. Aa a matter ot
fact, the Wall Street Journal is
wrong, aa anybody who baa ever
tasted , a California olive aa it came
from the tree or brine knowa that in
stead of being tough, It la very tender
and aa Juicy aa an oyster. One might
easily get the Idea that thla Wall
street man never tasted any sort of
ollvea when he attempta to make a
distinction by saying that one is acrid,
for If they were not acrid they would
not be olives. Nor is the culture In
California exotic, even though It has
not been going on 2,000 years.
When It comes to a serious consld
eratlon, the olive bids fair to be one
of the largest ataples In the California
fruit orchards. It grows luxuriously
except In the Sierra Nevada moun
talna and ia being more generally
planted each year. It ia larger than
the ollvea we get from Europe, and.
naturally, better as It comes to the
table, for the European olive la mora
apt to be picked before matured for
marketing purposes. It will not do for
the east to let lta habit of seeing
superiority in European Importations
Influence Its Judgment too far in thla
case, for the statistics on olive cul
ture In this country are all agatnat it.
Omaha's Population.
The census of last year gave Omaha
proper a population of 124,095, while
adding In South Omaha. Florence,
Dundee, Benson and other adjacent
suburbs would put the census at ICS,-
000. But here cornea the city directory
man to tell ua that by the customary
methoda of computation Omaha is en
titled now to claim 1(9,932 and South
Omaha 33,302.
This is decidedly grattfylng to our
sense of bigness. But while it is plain
that Omaha haa been and la steadily
growing we should not delude our
selves Into the notion either that there
waa a shortage of 35,000 In the cen
sus or tbst we have had a population
Increase of 35,000 within lesa than
twelve months.
Omaha haa Buffered in the past more
than it haa gained by circulating .In
flated population statistics, and the
costly lesson of the 1890 cenaus pad
ding ought not to have to be learned
over again. Omaha has made a cred
itable ahowlng In the census with a
SI per cent increase for the decade,
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or neajly 2 per cent each year. If we
can continue to grow by adding 3 or
4 per cent to the population annually,
and then take in South Omaha and
other suburban towns, we may be sure
that in the next census w will find
ourselves where we belong.
Health in Town and 'Country.
The American Academy of Political
and Social Science has recently pub
lished a volume relating to health
problems, affording aome interesting
comparisons between the healthful-
uess of people in the city and the
country. The common belief has
been that the country man had all the
advantage of the city man in the mat
ter of health, and when President
Roosevelt set his Country Life com
mission to work upon its great mis
sion of improving sanitary conditions
In rural districts he provoked aome
criticism and much witticism. From
the results of investigations disclosed
by the Academy's report we find that
there is not so much difference be
tween the country and the town in
thla one respect, and that in aome In
stances the town actually has the ad
vantage. The Academy'a report gives
to the Roosevelt commission credit
for starting this great work. It pub
lishes a list of diseases and their rela
tive effect in the city and the country,
which affords a most Instructive con
trast. Here is the list, showing the
number of deaths from some of the
principal diaeasea to the 100,000 of
population;
Disease. Cities. Rural.
All causes 1,654.6 1,396.0
Typhoid 215
Malaria l.l
24.3
1."
0.2
82
8.0
H.9
17.3
27.9
13.3
117.3
19.3
68.0
0.9
13.6
17.1
153.2
176.1
82.9
61.9
96.9
74 3
73.7
68 9
144
101.0
26.7
122.7
6.3
are
Smallpox 0.1
Measles 135
Scarlet fever 17.4
Whooping cough 10.4
Diphtheria and croup 27.9
Influenza 16. S
All other epidemic diseases.... 10.6
Tuberculosis of the lungs...,,. 169.1
All other forma of tuberculosis 29.2
Cancer 80.5
Tumor 1.1
Dlabetea 61.1
Meningitis 21.4
Other nervous diseases 131.6
Diseases circulatory system.... 190 4
Pneumonia 107.S
Other respiratory diseases 103.3
DIarhoea and enterltla 133.5
Other diseases digestive system S5.8
Bright a dlseaae and nephrltia. 113.9
Infancy $4.3
Suicide 20.4
Accident 99
Ill-defined 26.9
All other causes 120.1
Unknown 1.0
Some of these comparisons
really remarkable
For Instance, the
percentage of deatha from nervous
disorders is much greater In the coun
try than In the city, where people are
supposed to be so greatly oppressed
by the effects of sedentary life,
whereas in the rural communities they
have the advantage of the open air
and out-of-door pursuits. Likewise
the country leads in accidental deatha,
when It might easily be supposed that
the city, surcharged with so many po
tential dangers, would lead. The city
haa a greater percentage of tubercu
losis deatha, but the country haa far
more of them In comparison than
might be expected.
It Is probably a fact that, while the
city man has more In the way of un-
healtbfulnes8 -with which to contend,
he baa learned more about protecting
his health than hla brother in the
country. Therefore, there is a very
lively need for Just such work as was
instituted by Mr. Roosevelt.
But it may be asked, why does the
American Academy of Political and
Social Science take up such a prob
lem? Disease haa long been recog
nized aa having a psychological side.
It affects crime in a very large meas
ure. Therefore, It affecta society
from a moral angle and la a matter of
most vital concern to social and polit
ical scientists.
. Nonpartisan Democrats.
According to our amiable demo
cratic contemporary W. H. Thompson
will be the candidate for the senate
next year, and aa a prelude wanta a
vigorous fight made for the demo
cratic judicial ticket this year.
We congratulate the "Little Giant"
on his frankness.
If hla advice la followed we will thla
year have no democrats pretending to
be nonpartisans Just long enough to
run for office. .
If his advice Is followed the demo
cratic Judicial nominees this year will
aak for votea on their merits, and not
because the opponents are republicans.
But will this advice be followed?
Our recent Nebraska legislature
created the office of county highway
commissioner for the express purpose
of promoting ' the good roads move
ment by putting the road work under
competent and central supervision.
But the democratic combine that runs
our county board Is trying to nullify
the law because the county surveyor,
ho In this county is the highway
commissioner, happens to be a repub
lican. It goea without saying that
experience as a profealonal civil engl
neer and road-builder ahould count
more for this work than agility at
political wire-pulling. If the law la
a step in the direction of better roads
it should be given a fair trial.
A Tuakegee institute graduate haa
Juat been given a diploma admitting
him to a course of instruction in the
Nebrsska penitentiary. But that ia
no necessary reflection on Tuskegee
or any other institution of learning
that likewise at tlmea have contribu
ted to this graduate school. It does
go to show, however, that dishonesty
Is not cured by education alone.
Oklahoma is having more trouble
with Its deposit gusrsnty law through
the refusal of a bank to pay the as-
OMAHA. MONDAY. MAY
sessuient, setting up as an excuse that
the guaranty fund has been misappro
priated. Inasmuch as the Nebrsska
deposit guaranty law has not yet got
well started, it may avoid the pitfalls
that beoet Oklahoma, but to do so will
call for careful handling on the part
of the State Banking board.
Governor Fops luls sent twenty
special messages to the legislature
thus far. The governor In Massa
chusetts hss only one year to serve
unless re-elected and thla one evi
dently believes in making the most of
his opportunity.
President Earllng of the Milwaukee
railroad says he wishes he knew bow
newspapers take pbctographa and get
them in the paper so quickly. Tell us
how railroads make those 10-20-30
dividends and we'll tip it off to you.
Paraalaat the Better Way.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
t'nrle flam e voire la not for war aa
lonir as there la any better way to deal
with other natlona. and It Is seldom that
a better may ran not be found.
No Money Seeded.
Houston Tost.
Quoth the Inquisitive subscriber of
Wharton: "How much money must one
have to become Identified with the Inter
ests?" It doesn't require any money. All
that Is necessary Is to doubt the wisdom
of nominating Mr. Bryan for president and
to question the efficacy of the Initiative,
referendum and recall.
Checks to Child Labor.
Baltimore American.
A bill has rassed the Pennsylvania legis
lature prohibiting the employment In coal
mines of boys under 16. This Is one of the
steps showing the real progress of the age.
With the regulation of child labor and the
greater protection In every way of child
hood, morally and physically, will come
the solution of some of the greatest prob
lems of the times, affecting the moral and
physical life of the whole nation.
Flghttnar Man's Resolve.
Philadelphia Record.
President Plat's declaration that he
came into power fighting and he will go
out fighting Is only too likely to be veri
fied. The general has done a Herat deal
for his country. The one thing he hat not
done Is the thing Latin-American repub
lics have the greateat difficulty In learn
ing, and that la to change administrations
without violence or bloodshed. Dlax It a
great man; If he had been a little greater
he would have permitted hie country to
elect another president, or at least to exer
cise Its free choice regarding a vice pres
ident, while he wat still at the senith of
hit power and popularity. The grandest
celebration of the Mexican centennial
would have been a free pretidentlal elec
tion. STRATEGY OP GRAFTERS.
Shady Lawmakers Seek Immunity
Bath la Ohio.
Ft. Louis Republic.
Perhaps some ot thoie former decisions
rendered by Ohio courte denying the power
of the legislature to institute Investigations
In some caaee and restricting their efficacy
in others may be found to have peculiar
value In aq existing complication. . , .
A statute of Ohio provides that those
who give testimony before a legislative
committee of Inquiry ehall have an in
munlty bath. The testimony thut given
cannot be used against them. This It.
under ordinary clreumttaneee, a provltlon
founded on sound principle. It makes It
easier to ascertain facte that ought to
come to public knowledge.
But, more than a quorum of the senate
at Columbus being now under suspicion
of graft practice, that body hat patted a
resolution directing that an investigation
ehall be started with the express design
ot enabling Its menaced members to take
advantage of the Immunity privilege. The
committee, when named, will presumably
hold nlght-and-day sessions until all guilty
members have been enabled to tell their
story and escape the penitentiary.
If legislative resourcefulness haa devised
a more Ingenious way In dodging the pur
suit of justice, Its precise character Is not
now recalled. Such a ludicrous perversion
of the purposes of a statute designed to
serve useful enda would furnish a divert
ing incident for a comedy of the "Man of
the Hour" order, particularly If the ene
mlra of graft should ehow as great an
Ingenuity in frustrating the aim of those
who mitute the law.
People Talked About
Few New Yorkers rival Mr. Belmont In
the variety of his activities and resources.
Until the pool selling law put race tracka
out of business, his racing atable contained
many ot .he best and speediest horses on
the turf. ' Mr. Belmont'a business special
ties are railroads and banka.
Although John Hancock'a flowing name
haa almoat faded from the original
Declaration of Independence, along with
all the others, there Is no general com
plaint against the man who aold the Ink
to the government
Congreasmen are trying to make the
Congreional Record honet mereely by
omitting the "leave-to-prlnt" speeches. To
make the Record honest and self-supporting
the fist fights on the floors ot both
houses must be reported with up-to-date
moving picture apparatus.
Jacob Belly came near having to pay
116 66 a minute at St. Louis, because he
had to atop to button hla wtfe'a dress in
the back. Ha waa due to apixar in the
federal court and, being an hour late, his
11,000 bond was forfeited. When he ex
plained the cause of hla tardlnesa the for
feiture waa rescinded. t
When George Pharo of Birmingham,
Ala., aeked for the hand of Mary Dubois,
a telephone operator In Nashville, Tenn.,
her father objected on the (round that
she was giving the l-0 a year aha earned
to him. Young Pharo paid the father M0
two yeara' salary the marriage waa cele
brated and the couple left for their new
home in Birmingham,
15. 1911.
Canned Oratory
Yieter Kardeek Tells Why Unde
livered Congressional Speeches
hov.14 e Bo Labeled.
f- The movement Instituted by Congress
man Victor Murdoch to do away with the
"leave-to-print" abuse In the Congressional
Record, Is to be persisted In. What Mr.
Murdork wants is that undelivered speeches
be se labeled and shorn of misleading In
terpolations like "applause'' and "laugh
ter." In a statement explaining the purpose
of this propoaed reform, he gives some In
teresting information about the "canned
oratory" that Is palmed off on unsuspect
ing constituents.
"It It the only honest way," declared
Mr. Murdock In explaining his views on
this matter. 'The Record, under the present
system, la not a true report of the pro
ceedings of the house. It ought to be, if
a man really makes a speech In congress
the people In his district ought to know It.
i. on the other hand, ha m.r.iv
mlsaion to print an essay or a naner. thev
ought to know It. I do not claim that noth-
ng wnich la not spoken on the floor shorn
be printed. It may well be. that an article
of value, prepared by a member of con
gress, ahould be printed in the Record.
But It should be so deelgnsted. That would
be In no tense a reflection upon the article
itself. But It would not be aendln. h.
record out to the reader under false pre
tentea. "In my mind the greateat end that
be attained under this system would be
the shortening of speeches in congreee and
the reatoratlon of debate to a plane It
once occupied, but no longer doea. Oratory
... nun nae oeen aecllnlng for a num
ber of yeara. Speechea are ton
- w waia).
or them are read from manuscript, or per
haps only a .mall part of them I. read
and the reet Is juat printed. I believe that
the practice of getting leave to Insert long
prepared documents to be mainly respon
sible for the decline In the quality of de-
"A newspaper man can easllv t.n e,m
reading the Record what tneech..
really delivered and what were not. Ora
tory and writing have dietinct styles. You
summarise a news story In the first para
graph. In oratory you leave it fne h
climax. Is writing about a man you usu.
am start tne sentence with his name.
Oratory puts the name at the end of the
sentence. The methode are totally dis
tlmllar. A reading of the Record will
ehow that It tends more and more toward
being a collection of prepared articles
rather than an actual report of nroceed-
Ings on the floor. These articles may be
all right, but they do not consUtute de
bate. 'The flret result of labelling thlnrs in
the Record by their right namea would
be the abandoning of the present abuse
by individual representatives. When a
man's constituents besln to ask him
'Did you really deliver this speech, or did
you Just have it printed V he will quit the
practice, becauae the average voter won't
take much stock in undelivered speeches.
Then the congressman will try to get an
opportunity to deliver these long tpeechee
on the floor. But that will be Impossible.
Congress could not poealbly afford ths
time that would be necessary for the de
livery of all the speeches that appear In
the Record. Therefore, speeches will have
to be shortened, and they ought to be.
Xo man needs an hour tn congrest to
explain an Idea. Half an hour, and usu
ally less, ought to be enough for any man.
When the time Is shortened we will tee
sn improvement In the material. Lan
guage will be condensed and Ideas will not
be clothed In to many words. There Is no
ser.se In a congressman ttanding up and
reciting Webster's reply to Hayne every
time he wants to exprett hit opinions.
"Members ought to yield oftener to ques
tions. That It what illuminates a debate
and brings out Information. Nowadays,
when a man arises and proceeds to read
from manuscript. It is understood as a
signal to his fellow members that he does
not want to be interrupted. But to my
mind interruptions are what we need.
They stimulate the rnlndt, both of the
questioner and the man who antwen.
That tort of debate it valuable. But the
man who sits down now and reads the
Congressional Record or tits in the gal
lery ind lletens to the speeches does not
get a very exalted Idea of the proceeding!
of hit national legislature.
"We have been drifting Into a slipshod
manner of debate. A man's manner has a
vreat deal to do with his methods of
thought and speech. When he Is allowed
to get up and read articles, prepared with
out regard to length hie ttyle detertoratee
and become elovenly. Betides that. It Is
not debate. We are sent here to aiecuse
publlo Issues, exchange tdeaa, aak each
other questions and bring out facts; not
to write long srtlcles and have them
nrlnted In the suite of apeechee. These
so-called speeches, prepared for consump'
tlon In the home district may be of somo
consequence In the huetlnga, but I think
even that point Is debatable.
"If w keep hammering the trouble will
eventually cure Itself. The cure will begin
when the folks at home start to aak their
congreasmen whether thla or that speech
waa the real thing or not. He will see to
It that thereafter a speech Is a tpeeeh.
Then tpeechee will perforce become shorter.
and being shorter will become better. The
kind of debate of which we have to much
now, with a member reading a long eaaay
to a handful of fellow members while the
rest are out In the cloak rooms, would not
be tolerated In a foreign parliament. Over
on the other side they hoot that sort of
procedure. Let's get down to real debate
In the United States."
Optimism of Bis Jim.
Philadelphia Record.
James J. Hill knows something of the
commercial Interests, of farmers for hit
railroad depends almost entirely upon farm
ers for Its business. He tayt the real
farmers are not opposing reciprocity; It is
only the political farmers. Wheat may be
a couple of centa lower In Manitoba than
on this side, but It would cost more than
1 centa to bring It over. In hla opinion re
clprocity would be a great thing for our
manufacturers and would have no injur!
oua affect upon our farmera. The well
proved fact Is that where obataclea to
commerce have been removed the results
have been advantageoua to both sides.
Is the Pea Comfortable?
Minneapolis Newa.
Bvldenre has been presented In Illlnoia
that Edward Tllden apent 1100.000 electing
Lerlmer to the United Statea senate. The
courts refuse to allow the enforcement of
the Investigating committee's demand for
a look at Tllden s bank account. Senator
Lorlruer now tilts back In his chair and
remarks, "Your next move."
Too Meek Gam at Home.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
T. K. going to hunt polar bears In Green
land In 1912? "Noniense:" he says. We
should think so. No contributing editor
worth his salt will be off his Job next
e
K0SEGAYS TOR 0HAHA.
Kearney Hub: The Omaha (lee has a
war correspondent who haa been right out
on the firing line on the Mexican border.
Rah! 'Rah!
Fremont Tribune: Omaha started anti
pool hall aquation several months ago.
but haa not eucceeded In regulating them
yet. Anything that tavora of reform movet
at a mighty slow pace In Omaha.
Blue Pprlngt Sentinel: The mayor of
Omaha clalma to be vindicated tlnce the
capital city has gone wet. Jim should not
take the matter too seriously and consider
It an Invitation to again get Into the ring
Tork Newa: Mayor Dahlman will have
an opportunity to heap coala of fire on the
heads of a large number of Nebraska edi
tors when he welcomea them to the city
of Omaha at the opening meeting of the
press association next month.
Tork News: An Omaha man, who has
gone to Kansas City to make his home, it
credited with the ttatement that he hat
had more fun in the few weekt h haa
lived In the Missouri town than In the
forty-seven yeara he apent tn the old home.
Forty-teven yeara of attention to bualnees
In Nebraska ought to provide the material
for having a good time anywhere, and It
la no special compliment to Kansas City
that this particular Individual It enjoying
himself so greatly, it eeemt to be human
nature to seek new fields when play day
arrives and there Is a lot of Nebraska
money paying for good times the world
around.
Wayne Herald: Omaha Is getting ready
to treat Nebraska publishers to a sample
of genuine m-estern hospitality at the an
nual press meeting during the first week
In June. The Commercial club of that
city proposes to tee that the visitors are
properly entertained from the opening un
til the closing of the session. The metropo
lis will endeavor to show by example to
the presa members that It haa a cordial
feeling for the reet of the etate. North
east Nebraska publishers should attend
this meeting and encourage closer rela
tlons with the statea biggest town. We
need Omaha and Omaha needa us. It can
do ua mora good In the way of advertising
and booatlng than large renters outside of
the state. We ought to have a reciprocity
treaty with the metropolis.
THE FALL OF JUAREZ.
New Tork World: W regret ta report
after an Inspection of a full-length portrait,
that the commander of the regular Mexi
can forces at Juares Is bow-legged.
Kansaa City Tlmea: Now that Juares has
fallen the public is willing to put Its name
alongside Babylon, Carthage. Nineveh and
Tyre, and pass on to the next picture.
Indianapolis Newt: Then, too, after the
Mexican rebels have captured all the towns
along the border, the Innocent by&eundlng
business will be much safer If not so ex
citing. Kansas City Star: General Francisco I.
Madera, aa provisional president of Mexico,
has appointed a cabinet in wblch Gustavo
Madero ia minister ot finance. Nothing
like keeping the purse strings In the family.
New York World: Only Dlas himself
knows whst he means by "anarchy;" but
the absence of a government that can
enforce its authority implies anarchy, no
other word so well describes the state of
Mexico. It la not the resignation of Presi
dent Dlat, but his continuance In office
that spells anarchy. Whatever his achieve
ments In the past, he la now wholly In
capable of coping with the tituatlon that
confronta hit government.
Botton Trantcrlpt: The taking of Juarei
by the Mexican Insurgent looks like the
doom of Dlas. Unless all reports are false
there Is no force that the president of
Mexico can rush to the relief of that city.
Moreover, this success gives the rebels a
port of entrance to the United States. Let
ua hope that the Mexican government will
recognise the situation and act so at to
relieve the United States of a disagreeable
task.
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NEBRASKA PRESS COMilENT.
Tork Times: The name of the n- rhlef
of police of Mnooln la "Hunger." There
Is not much In a name, but confess we
would have felt chagrined and grieved If
his name had been "Thirst."
Nebraska City News: A Nebraska City
boy pasted the examination for entrance
to the Nsval scsdemy st Annapolis. Let
us hope that he falls to scqulre that poiieh
of snobbery we have been hearing so much
about lately.
Wakefield Republican: The Otmond Re
publican editor Is also tn undertaker and
embalmer. Hera t a chines now for that
editor to get even, with the delinquent tub
tcrlber. When the d. t. turns up hla toes
the editor can tack on a little extra for the
casket. Great thought! Eh?
Beatrice Exprett: Governor Aldrlch 1 as
tertion In hit decision In the Johnson case
that Johnson ass plainly a criminal be
cause he wat In the habit ot associating
with low women and waa found In a die
a hen the officers went In search ef him,
was correct-ajid It applies to other men
thsn Johnson.
Bridgeport News-Blade: Lodgapole. over
In Cheyenne county, has bobbed Into the
limelight by being the only town In Ne
braaka to aak for ths new atate tubercu
losis hospital. Ahem! If It were not for the
fear of being accused of harping on an
obnoxloua subject, the News-Blade ould
propose that if Lodgepole will conaent to
take Sidney s ottrich farm with It. th
tuberculosis hospital be conceded to It with
out further consideration.
LAUGHING GAS.
Miss Askltt-Havert't you a perfect hor
ror of dying unmarried?
Miss Oldham oh, no; It's having to live
thst way that worries me. Botton Tran
script. Marks-t 'hear that Jaggman waa so
drunk last night three of vou fellows had
to carry him Into hit house. Did his wife
think he was dead?
Parks She must have. Phe was laying
him out when we left -Boston Transcript.
"She's positively lost when her husband
goes out of town."
"That so?"
"Yes she Isn't on speaking terms with
any of her nelghhora and she hat no one
to hook hor gownt down the back.'' De
troit Tree Presa.
"How does Slithers
ra feel about that'
off with hla car anal I
Wilkes. i
teful." aald Blldld. (
ot relieved him of Mi J
chauffeur who ran of
hli daushter?" asked
"He's mighty grateful.
"Ha sava th none Mint
two moat expensive poissssioni." Harper s '
"I understand you bought a gold brick
when you went up to town?"
"Nope, you ere wrong."
"But your wife told me you bought a
gold brick."
"Fhe's wrong I Juat thought It was a
gold brick." Houston Post.
KEEP A-SMLUN'.
National Magazine. '
Still a-smllln'. my good brother?
That'a the way through life f go.
Keep a-laughln', don't y" worry,
An" dull care won't have a anew.
Check your trunk for Sunshine Country
Where old Trouble never atraya
A' you'll help th' world be merry
W hlle y' live through happy days.
Keep on dreamln'. It won't hurt y';
Let th' world know you don't care
Though the wild winds rage an' ruin
All your castlea of the air.
Sing your song if It's a aad one
Fetter alng it mighty low.
But If there It sunshine In It
Lift your voice and let ut know.
Don't quit hopln'. It will bring y'
All y need an' plenty more.
He who worke an' keeps a-smllln'
Finds life tweet unto th' core.
. 8'pose th' clouds do hide th' heaventf
Can't have blue sklea all th' whiles
Get f use th' clouds for somethln'l
Y" won't mind It If y' smile.
If y' feel bad. Just remember
There'a a heap worse off than you,
But they smile an' keep on hopln' .
An' their days are never blue.
'What's th' use, friend, o' complelnln'f
H won't get y' nothln' good.
While you'll sure be well an" happy
If y' amlle'an' saw your wood.
JM
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