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'tailed tham. lltreH will
The) Oil City Derrick ahould be one
newspaper with a pull.
Mexican rebela might adopt the
name Chihuahua as a battle err.
At any rate, Omaha occupies a big
ger spot on the musical map than ever
before.
Lincoln trade excursionists had bet
ter watch out or Omaha's bell-ringers
will catch them.
St. Louis Is trying to find out what
ia the matter with It. It needs some
Nebraska climate.
The city council has gotten no bids
for garbage hauling. Well, It can't
be any worse than It Is.
How times hare changed. Here Is
Congressman Underwood preventing
Uncle Joe from talking.
We shall probably hear as much of
this "rule of reason" now as we have
heard of the "rule of three."
With no rouge and no hobble skirts
at court, what sort of a bloomln coro
nation will this be, anyway?
It's an HI wind that blows nobody
good. The school fund gets the money
contributed aa fines by the aujo
speeders. .
This exchange of notes between
Dial and Madero begins to look like
a game of cross-questions and silly
answers.
Governor Dix need not worry about
having appointed a dead man to office.
Many dead ones are holding office all
the time.
Queen Mary has barred three things
from the coronation Hobble skirts,
rouge and cigarettes. Ladles will please
act accordingly
So far as anyone knows. Governor
Wilson does not -stop at Lincoln to
borrow an axe with which to cut his
presidential timber.
Tor his back-up on the wool tariff
question, the New York Sun calls Mr.
Bryan "Wabbling William." But
William Insists he hasn't backed.
It is to be hoped that President
Diss, when be resigns, will not use the
stereotyped excuse that It Is due to
ill-health or pressing private business.
Miss Telia, Bololat of a fashionable
New York church, has resigned and
naturally a big holler has gone op
from ber admirers among the mem
bers. The long man and the short man
are missing a chance to distinguish
themselves by not coming forward
and Identifying themselves and claim
ing the reward.
The advertising President Taft has
given to the Twenty-first ward In Chi
cago by selecting three cabinet offi
cers from that bailiwick ought to help
real estate prices.
Those democratic platform-makers
across the river are singularly silent
about free wool. They must have
gotten their Instructions from Wash
ington instead of from Fairview.
There are some impertinent persons
who feel that If the "rule of reason"
had been applied the supreme court's
decision In the meat packers' case
would have been more reasonable.
Ia refuting the statement that she
Is to wed a Pittsburg editor Lillian
Russell declares. "I do not Intend to
remarry for some yesrs to come."
And Miss Lillian admitted a year or
so ago that the was at least 50.
The Commercial club pool hall or
dinance "as amended" has been
passed by the council. It should be
understood, however, that the amend
ments are all in the direction of mak
ing the regulation do leu regulating.
The Kale of Reason.
The "rule of reason" which figures
so vitally In the supreme couft's deci
sion in the Standard Oil case also
entered into the safety device suit
brought up from the St. Louis & Ssn
Francisco railroad with almost equal
prominence. It happens, however, thst
instead of running in favor of a liberal
construction of the law, as In the
Standard Oil case, It runs counter to
the railroad's contention. The cases
are not parallel, of course, yet the
points are corelated In this one aspect.
In the oil case the court's dictum
distinguishes between reasonable and
unreasonable restraint of trade or
commerce, making the rule of reason
the measure of conduct. Ia the safety
device suit the rule of reason Is ap
plied to "due diligence," and the court
holds that It Is not enough that a rail
road shall exerctae due diligence in
keeping its safety appliances In repair,
but declares with force that under the
acta of 1896 and 1903 railroads "are
under absolute duty to keep In repair
automatic couplers and other appli
ances prescribed by law." Emphasis
Is laid on the "absolute duty" and the
"appliances prescribed by law." That
makes it definite and does not leave
each case that comes up to be de
termined separately as each court may
view It. The law requires a certain
standard equipment which the rail
roads must maintain or pay the
penalty, and no plea of "due dili
gence" will be accepted In extenuation.
Distrustful Democrats.
It Is painful to note the apparent
absence from democratic councils in
congress of that spirit of mutual con
fidence so essential to party success.
It crops out about every time the ques
tion of patronage or preferment In
the matter of committeeships or ap
pointments comes up. It Is exceed
ingly disappointing, since the country
had been assured by the democratic
bosses that all Is peace and harmony
within the ranks. Here are demo
crats wrangling among themselves,
dealing In recriminations, over the
matter of the rules committee's power.
Some affirm that usurpation of caucus
functions 1b being practiced to the ad
vantage of a few as against the Inter
est of the many. Chairman Henry of
that committee Is bitterly denounced
by Chairman Fltsgerald of the appro
priations committee for an "unwar
ranted assumption of authority."
"Behold how good and how pleasant
It is for brethren to dwell together In
unity." One may well fear that in
their selfish haste to appease appetites
long denied some of the brethren have
forgotten JJiIb old Injunction. Will
Uncle Joe Cannon or some other de
voted student of the scriptures kindly
remind them of It? Something may
have to be done to stop this family
strife and get the brethren together
before the time arrives to start the
national campaign. A lot of good old
maxims might be cited, such as united
we stand," etc., and "a house divided
against Itself cannot stand," and all
that, by way of appeal. But one still
hopes that this la unnecessary, that
our hungry democratic friends will yet
discover that to get pie enough for all
they must cease fighting one another.
Pistol Toting Again.
"Big Tim" Sullivan's bill against
carrying concealed weapons has
passed the New York legislature and
Is the subject of general praise by the
newspapers that are not in the habit
of praising "Big Tim." The Tam
many senator Is freely given the
credit for forcing the measure through
against great odds. The act seeks to
restrain the ordinary gun-toter by
compelling him to pay a license for
the privilege. As the author said in
urging the passage of his bill, "We
want to remove, as far as possible,
the temptation to shoot or kill" from
the men who do not mean to do either,
but simply desire to carry guns be
cause they think it is an heroic cus
tom. If legislatures in all states would
enact similar laws they would do
much to diminish crime and protect
life. Nor is there any sane argument
why they should not do all fhey can.
There are two classes of pistol-totert.
One is the potential murderer, he who
carries a gun to kill if that becomes
necessary to the execution of his crim
inal plan to rob. The other ia the
man who is not a criminal in his
heart, who would not, under ordinary
circumstances, harm his fellow man.
Neither is Justified in carrying arms.
No argument as to the former Is re
quired. As to the latter, he might
be spared the temptation to shoot and
the consequences that come from
shooting if he had no gun.
The Idea that any man must go
armed is In itself vicious, contrary to
the highest sense of Justice and law.
If men will carry revolvers, then make
them take out a license for It. Cer
talnly that is not asking too much.
And while imposing restrictions upon
the carrying of concealed weapons,
th law should go a step further end
do something to restrict their indis
criminate sale and tempting display
In show windows and otherwise.
The confederate soldier who seised
on the occsston of the Ltttie Rock re
union to declare that Abraham Lln
ocln wss responsible for the war of the
rebellion, must not expect his ignor
ance and prejudice to belle historic
facts universally accepted. But for Lin
coln's moderation and humanitarian
Ism. and but for his conservative at
titude toward the erring sisters, for
J which radicals In bis own party de
nounced him, the war would have
been precipitated earlier. The war
came, not by, but in spite of. any effort
of his. But the fire-eating swash
buckler Is probably Indulging merely
pa harmless flareback for notoriety's
rake.
Garbage at the Wrong Door.
On the theory that a lie well stuck
to will overcome the truth, the demo
cratic World-Herald persists in pre
tending that the blame for the admit
tedly unsatisfactory garbage situation
In Omaha should be put on Governor
Aldrlch for vetoing the charter bill.
The World-Herald knows, or ought
to know, that the garbage situation
would be precisely the same If the
governor had signed the charter bill
Instead of vetoing It. There was not
a thing in the vetoed bill that would
have relieved the present trouble, or.
at best, could have brought relief for
another year. The charter amend
ment, to be sure, gave authority to is
sue bonds to build a garbage plant,
and to levy a tax to pay for garbage
removal by the city, itself, but the tax
could not have been levied until 1911,
and In the interval there was a Joker
in another section designed to nullify
the whole proposition. This Joker
consisted of a proviso attached to the
enumeration of powers vested in the
mayor and council as follows:
They shall also have power to make con.
tracta for the removal and disposal of gar
bage, provided that before any contract;
for the removal or disposal of garbage shall
be let, except where the city conducta the
garbage plant, the commissioner of health
shall make specifications tof the disposal
and removal of garbage and bids shall be
advertised for aa now provided by law, and
the contract let to the lowest responsible
bidder, who shall furnish a bond to the city
conditioned upon him carrying out the
terms of the contract, said bond to be ap
proved by the mayor and council.
This garbage Joker, If enacted,
would have perpetuated the existing
system, or lack of system, of garbage
removal. The council would have
had to advertise for bids "as now pro
vided by law," and lot the contract to
lowest bidder, or, if no bidders were
forthcoming, the city would be Just
exactly where it is now.
No one will deny that Omaha has
the worst possible method of dispos
ing of its garbage, but it is nothing
new, and the partisan effort to dump
the garbage at the door of Governor
Aldrlch will iot go with any fair
minded person.
The democratic patriot who has
been holding down two Jobs as mem
ber of the state board in charge of the
deaf and blind institutions and as a
member of the Omaha Water board
has found the dual duties so onerous
that he has been compelled to give one
of them up. Of course. It should be
explained that the Job relinquished is
the state job that pays no salary, and
the job retained is the Water board
membership that yields $600 a year
for attending two meetings a month.
Over in the Ninth Iowa district the
democratic nominee for congress
starts out with the assertion that it is
a national and not a local campaign
he Is making. That is a very plain
admission that on a straight party
line-up, as would naturally be ex
pected In a local campaign for a spe
cial election, he would be badly beaten
and his republican opponent would
win out.
In the Commercial club booklet re
citing the year's achievements one
concern which has opened an office In
Omaha, incurring expenses for rent
and clerk hire of perhaps $160 a
month, Is put down as having "come
to Omaha with $40,000,000 of capi
tal." The real story of Omaha's
growth is good enough without trying
to fool ourselves.
Omaha city hall renewal bonds Just
offered for sale have brought bids
which figure out an interest rate of
4.08 per cent on par. Perhaps if our
Water board would try now to sell the
$9,600,000 of 4 per cent water bonds
already voted, it would not have to
ask the people to vote another $8,250,-
000 at this time.
Troable) ta Baaehe.
Baltimore American.
The millionaire packers of Chlcaao. must
stand trial. Now that the Bathtub truat,
too, la In trouble, even the immunity bath
Is eut of reach.
Variety Splrtaar the Ruction.
New York World.
When Insurrectos insurge against Insur
rectos the Mexican language falls to sup
ply an adequate word to deecrtbe condi
tions. A Cfcallenar Awaited.
Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
An Iowa consTcaaman has Introduced the
Golden Rule In the form of a national
resolution. Mr. Bryan, who ta actlnar In an
advisory capacity In Washington, haa not
yet chalieneged It aa a naw gold bug
scheme.
Rival Political rircaaea.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Bryan V Bailey circus down In
Texaa can't avoid the single-ring competi
tion of Woodrow WUson, who Is going to
speak before the Pallas paatora associa
tion. "And may the best man win!" Is the
exclamation of every genuine aemocrat.
Some Valaa la a Xante.
Boston Transcript.
The fortunes of the Dlax family are being
evened up. Just aa Porflrto Dies of
Mexico seema in danger of having to
abdicate Adolfo Dlas of Nlcaraugua is
promoted to the presidency of that dis
tracted little country. Adolfo Dlaa suc
ceeds from the vice presidency, his succes
sion showing that Nicaragua la constitu
tional. Weatera Railroads Set tea Pare.
rhlladetrhla Record.
Again the racing, rushing weat forge to
the front and sets the pace. A Chicago
dispatch announcea that one of the western
railroads haa so far Innovated that It la
now possible to order your dining car meal
in advance when planning a railroad
Journey, making your selection of what
you desire to eac while you are buying
your tickets. At W o'clock every morning
the ticket offtcea are supplied with the
menu for - -. if there were no ac
companying guarantee of good conker. for j
which the railroad should agree to make
itself responsible, what more could be d
slred for care-free locomotion?
Interfering with nnalneae."
Flushing Dispatch.
The interference of law with business
prosperity la certainly dreadful. Here are
.the fellows who have been selling prospect
holes for developed mines getting caught
and arraigned before the heartless and un
sympathetic courts. It looks as If the
law does not want any one to get easy
money.
ALAS, POOR JINGOES.
Yapping; af the ellnv Press Offi
cially Discredited.
New York World.
Secretary of State Knox. In his instruc
tions to Ambassador Wtlaon at Mexico
City, has issued what la. so far aa we
know, the first, direct explicit official state
ment of the attitude of this country to
ward Mexico. He authorises Ambassador
Wilson to deny "all foolish stories of In
tervention." He declares that nothing
could be further from the Intention of our
government than Intervention. He pro
clalms our alncerest friendship for Mexico
and the Mexicans. He limits our Interest
to the safety of American property and
life In Mexico, and declares that we are
"not concerned with Mexico's internal poli
tical affairs."
It took an army of 20.000 men, a series
of confused and inconsistent unofficial
statement from Mr. Taft and the yapping
of every Jingo sheet In .this country to
give any headway to the Idea that the
United States would by Invasion make war
upon a friendly nation.
It haa taken only a few common sense
remarks from senators and congressmen
and other representative Americans to
knock the props from under this discredit
able house of cards. This statement by
Secretary Knox ought to complete the good
work by blowing the craxy structure to
the four winds of heaven.
HAH D TIMES FOR LAWYERS.
Corporations Entering Field of Prac
tice and the Reaalta.
Law Notes.
Protests against corporations practising
law In the face of the recent decision of
the New York court of appeals In the
case of In re Co-Operatlve Law company,
198, N. Y., 479, were made at the dinner
of the New York County Lawyers' asso
ciation at Its annual meeting March 28.
J. N. Emly said he had Investigated sev
enteen case of Indemnity companies whose
policies provide that the Insured mut
turn over to the Insuring company the con
duct of his defense In case of litigation.
These cases, he said, were only an ex
ample of many Instance where corpora
tions were not only practising law, but
were practising In a manner which would
be sufficient to disbar an individual so
practising.
At a meeting of the Baltimore Bar asso
ciation. March 7, a committee of five was
appointed to report upon "th legisla
tion necessary to properly supervise, regu
late and control bodlea corporate acting
In legal and fiduciary capacities In thia
state, and to regulate . other charges as
well as limit their legal powers." One of
the speakers said;
"This association I face to face with
an Important situation. 1 have hpn In.
formed that 70 per cent of the member of
mi bar are not making a livelihood. 1
do not believe 80 per cent of the 1,500 or
1.800 members are making 1100 a month.
Corporation doing our business are work
ing not only to our detriment, but will
also ultimately Inflict tremendoua Injury
upon the general public. Slowly, but with
persistence, the corporation are pushing
me lawyers to the wall. They advertlae,
solicit, and by their corporate Influence
and wealth monopolise the legal field."
Some member of the Denver (Colo.)
Bar association declare that of th 600
lawyer In that city fully one-third are
scarcely making a living from the practise
of their profession, and It Is reported that
the law business transacted by corpora
tion will be brought to the attention of
th association. "There is no Intention
to make an hysterical attack upon cor
poration engaged In the business of law
yers," said one well-known practlcioner.
"But It 1 essential that attention be
directed toward them, for It ta a oondltion
that threaten the existence of our profes
sions and affect our livelihood."
People Talked About
HARRY B
rtr CLELLAN
Mr. McClellan earrle a large line of
moving good on hi hand and sixty-five
annual railroad paste In hi pockets.
Hi 1 the only curveles line on Wabash
folder, and his name ia featured aa pas
senger and freight representative In New
York territory.
Politeness ta a valuable asset In any
line of business. A Chicago pickpocket
tipped his hat and apologised for Jostling
a victim, whose purse disappeared In the
mlxup. Th show of politeness enabled the
crook to make an elegant get-away.
King George V of England likes to
dance. He is a golfer, too, but if one can
judge from the published description of
hi links, royal golf I not much more
arduous than waltzing over polished floors.
These golf Unka of hi majesty, says one
chronicler, are so smooth that the whole
expanse la like a putting green, except
for a few easy bunkers and haxards, all
artificial.
Stephen Wilson and Harvard Lomax, res
Identa of Broken Bow. Neb, were wit
nesses In th government case against C.
C. Wilson and five associates In New
York last Monday. The prisoners are
charged with using the mall to defraud
Investors In I'nlted Wireless stock. Th
Broken Bow capitalist bought fifty shares
each, paying S12M a share, and are anx
ious to get their money back.
Th Outhrle family of Wtlke-Barre, Pa.,
ha a decided predilection for the prac
tice of medicine. TU father, 1 r George
W. Outhrle of South Franklin atreet haa
been practicing medicine there for the laat
thirty-eight years; he ha served many
year a a school director and haa two
son practicing medicine Dr. Malcolm
Guthrie, in Wilkes-Barre, and Dr. Donate
Guthrie, head of th Robert Packer hos
pital at Eayra.
Who's Who
Boq.net of Breeiy Biographic
Flncked from th Page ef th
Congreaatonal Directory.
Flashes of the brilliancy of budding states
men are yet to brighten the pages of the
new Congressional Directory, fnllke current
works of fiction or history or adventure,
the "Who's Who'" rf the nation' law
makers it a repository of the literary gifts
of many minds, each author restricted to
hla own biography, written In hla own style
and so Inviolable In spirit, In letter that
no printer or proofreader dare utter a
word. More'a the pify. In many of the
biographies much Information la sacrificed
for brevity and here and there excesalve
modesty smothers stories of human ' In
terest. But thefe Is an oasis In every
page whereat the reader may slake his
thirst and refresh himself with draughts
of bubbling individuality without running
any risk of straining the hatband the
morning after.
Representative Adam Brown I.lttlepage,
a new democratic member from Charleston,
W. Va., Is conceded to take the prixe
so far as the new directory is concerned.
After narrating that hit father was killed
in a duel in Dublin, Va., In ls&i; that the
family was reduced to Want by the civil
war; that he started with nothing and by
being "a hard student, a faithful worker
and a consistent democrat" all hi life,
built, up "a very lucrative law practice,"
Mr. Littlepag gets down to business and
talk frankly about himself.
"He stands very high a a lawyer and
citizens," he say. "He bears the reputa
tion of being a very grateful man, never
forgetting a kindness, and Is faithful In
hi friendship and thoroughly reliable.
He stands for the under man in life. He
works hard, late and early, as a congress
man, and ia reflecting credit upon the
country by his manly, conservative and
wise course in Washington as a representa
tive of all the people. Hqr Is a patriotic
man, of ability and fin qualities of mind
and heart"
That Mr. Llttlepage Is all he claims,
and more, is reflected in his first effort as
a speaker, addressing himself to the "farm
ers' free list" bill, his flashes of brilliancy
were so marked that he withheld his re
marks for revision, probably to tone them
up or down, a sober reflection suggested.
Correspondents and press bureaus neg
lected to tell the country what a thrilling
effort th Virginian pulled off and even
hla associates on the floor were not par
ticularly dazzled by (he spotlight. Mr. Llt
tlepage corrected these omission so well
that when the speech appeared In the Con
gressional Record it was punctuated with
"loud applause," "great applause," "pon
taneous applause," "prolonged applause,"
"applause on all sides," "long applause,"
and "tumultuous applause," beside a great
variety of "laughter," most of which was
indulged In when the "punctuations" ap
peared in print.
Representative Konlg, a democrat, of
Baltimore, make an astonishing statement,
in hi autobiographical sketch. "He Is
married," he says, "and live with hla
wife." Mr. Konlg add that he wa com
pelled to go to work very early in life,
"waadenled the opportunity of acquiring
a school education, and It was not until
quite advanced In yeara that he taught
himself, under great difficulty, reading and
writing." The Baltimore member add
that he Is a shlp-caulker by trade and s
real active labor man.
Thomas Reilly, a new member from Mer
Iden. Conn., mention that he la "a member
of the Second Company Governor Foot
Guard, and has seven children.."
Solomon Prouty, th republican insurgent
who defeated J. A. T. Hull, house commit
tee on military Xffalrs, lays special em
phasis in his brief Sketch of his career,
on the fact that he "won the first prize In
oratory In the oratorical state contest In
Iowa In 1876."
Caleb Powers of Kentucky refers to hit
"long persecution." "Senator William
Goebel, the democratic contestant for gov
ernor," he says, "was shot and killed by an
unknown assassin, and upon the heels of
that followed Mr. Powers' long persecu
tion, with which th public 1 familiar.
After having served eight years, three
month and thre day In the Jail of Ken
tucky, be was given hla freedom and was
nominated for congreaa."
James A. Daugherty of Webb City. Mo ,
distinguished himself as proficient In the
use of adjectives. He. sets forth that he
has had a "conspicuously" successful oa
reer as a farmer, miner and banker; that
he Ib "particularly" prominent In the
lead business; that he takea a "deep" In
terest In economic problems; that ha la
an "ardent" party worker, and that h
"It reparded aa one of the strong men of
the Miasourl delegation."-
Victor L. Berger of Milwaukee, after
mentioning that he wat born at Nleder
Rebbuch, In Austria-Hungary, ! tres
on the fact that he Is the first socialist
ever elected to congress, and that he hat
betn prominent as a pioneer organizer In
the socialist movement.
The only- man in the directory who
styles himself "capitalist" Is J. Kuhlo
Kalanianaole of Honolulu. Probably this
title is not used as a term of reproach In
the Hawaiian Islands. Mr. Kalanianaole,
who Is better known In Washington aa
"Prince Cupid," also aeta forth that h 1
a cousin of the late King Kalakaua and
Queen Lllluokalanl and nephew of aueen
of Kaplolant, consort of Kalakaua, and
married Elizabeth Kahanu Kaauwal of
Maul. '
Of the 391 member of the house ten arc
foreign born three In Ireland, two in Ger
many and one each In Nova Scotia, On
tario. Scotland. Bohemia and Austria-
Hungary, the last being Victor Berger, the
socialist. In the much smaller senate
there arc seven members foreign born-
Oliver of Pennsylvania, in Ireland; Steph
enson of Wltconsln and Gallinger of New
HamDshlre. In Canada; Lortmer of Illl-
nota. Wetmore of Rhode Island and Suth
erland of Vtah. In England, and Nelson of
Minnesota, In Norway.
Natloaal Heeards la Danger.
New York Time.
In the archive of th State department
at Washington arc uch priceless manu
scripts as the petition which Benjamin
Franklin tiled to present to George II, the
treaties of peace of the revolutionary war,
the war of 1R13. the war with Spain, the
emancipation proclamation and numerous
other state papert of Irredeemable value.
These documents, and, In fact, .a great
quantity of the records of the department,
arc piled carelessly, one atop the other. In
wooden casea In a room of the state, war
and navy building, which ta far from fire
proof. Sara War of Hobbling Jaaflre,
Minneapolis Journal.
After eight year the indictment acainat
th packer of Chicago have been declared
good. In about etght more yeara the trial
will be pulled off, unlesa some prosecuting
attorney enterc a convenient nolle. All ef
which goea to ahow that Delta made a mis
take In aut having a lawyer.
The Bee's Letter Box
Contribution ea Timely Electa
Slot XxeeeSlag m Hundred Ward
Axe tamed from Oat Beadera,
Thaaka for He! a.
OMAHA. May la.-To the Ml tor of The
Bee: On behalf of the committee I want
to thank you for th ever generous way In
which you treated our Mothers' day flower
sale. We realise how much your paper did
to make It possible for us to turn over
such a liberal amount to the Child Saving
institute Very gratefully,
HARRIET HARDINO,
Chairman.
Mlaqnoted An Ezplanalloa.
KANSAS CITY. May W -To the Editor
of The Bee: There appeared In the Kansas
City Journal an article In which I roasted
Omaha. I did not make that statement.
Neither did I pose as an ex-senator from
the state. Th whole substance of the
matter wss. I was eut with a few friends
drinking after the Flynn-Kauffman fight,
and stated I liked Kansas City, s there
were mors amusements her than in
Omaha. At tor children, I have none. But
1 made th remark that Kansas City af
forded a greater attraction for children
than any city In the west. I have lived
In Omaha all my life and this I the first
time that anyone has ever cast a disre
spectful word to my native city, purport
ing to come from me.
I love Omaha, I love Its people. It
ground is sacred to me a It Is th resting
place of my father snd brother, and wh
t should make a statement Of that kind
in regard to the home I love best la really
strange. I strung no reporter. Reporters
strung me. When a boy I sold The Be.
Edward Rosewater was my benefactor.
Kindly refute the statement of the Jour
nal as boasted matter for the uplifting of
Kansas City, and oblige.
JOHN T. EKELINTJ.
EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Did President
Taft, In his consideration of the approach
ing vacancy at th head of the War de
partment, take Into consideration the grave
tact that Henry L Stlmson Smokes cigar
ettes? Wall Street Journal Out of S5.000 Wis
consin farmers bitterly opposed to reci
procity $300 Was obtained to send represen
tatives to Washington. Apparently they
are Interested to the extent of less than
1 cent a head.
Cleveland Leader: Dr. Lyman Abbott
declare thst he la for war under "certain
circumstance." Probably the circum
stance he wishes to be the most certain
about Is that he will not have to fight his
contributing editor.
Brooklyn Eagle: The watering mouths
of ID-fed tarantula down In Mexico
strongly deprecate our policy ef non-intervention.
It tantalizes the tarantula to
have so many thousands of well-fed men
In sight and out of reach.
Indianapolis News: Disarmament, ac
cording to Major General Leonard Wood,
M. D., TJ. 6. A., IS a dream of dreamer,
and to prove It he shows us how ha can
have a reserve corps of 170.000 soldiers for
th paltry sum ef from ,oW to $10,005,000
a year. Are you convinced?
Here is a Treat for You
Send around to the grocer for ft packaged Knox Gelatine
today, before you forget it, end just try this delicious
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i box Koox BparkHaf Gelatine Juloe of half a lemon
i oup sold water ; t oup sugar
1 cvp strawberry Juloo sad pulp ' 11 cup heavy cream beaten solid
Soften gelatine la cold water S minute; let dissolve by tending' in hot
water) strain iato strawberry and lemon juice) add ug r and stir antll dlt
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la chilled Cream. Turn into anald lined with strawberries cut In halves;
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makes 2 full quarts.
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"Dainty Desserts for Dsiaty
People," containing reoipa for
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lees, lee Crcaa aad Caadict,
illustrated ia color FREB
for your grocer's name.
Pint aawipre for St rtamp
and your grocir't noma,
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318 Kaos Ave.
Johnstown, N. Y.
THE PLAZA
NEW YORK
FifUs Aveaue eael Fifty-ninth Street
The coolest Hotel in New York, overlooking Centra!
Park. Convenient to theatres and shopping district.
Siogl Room, with bth . . $4. J5 and $6 per day
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Omtdoor Ttrrme; Surmm CaWea with Ruian String Orckasrrm
SpMtl Xuf during tin Soeaaaav Seaaoa
The Plasa-Cepley, Boston, now coder construction, open My
lit, 1912, under me maoacment a The Plaza, New Yoik,
FRED3TERAY Managing Director
LUTES TO A LAUGH.
"Pa, What is a Suspected statesman?"
' He's a fellow, my son. who get hi
name Into the newspapers ten times to an
honest mans Once." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"What a want is economy," ssM en
statesman.
I thought you wanted appropriation,"
replied the other.
"I want both; enonomy for your con
stituents and appropriation for mln."
Washington Star
Hank Si Hawbuck and his missus had a
tarnation tquabhle thla mornln' over wtw
should go out ter the pump n" git the
water.
Hiram Dew tell) How did It end?
Hank In a draw, pi drawed th water
Boston Trnsctipt.
'Dumler Just back from a trip ftr
trout, and he sava It was the most dismal
failure he ever experienced.''
"What els could you expect of him? He
couldn't make a fishing trip a success be
cause he has absolutely no Imagination."
Catholic Standard and Times.
Pat Th newspaper. In the market re
porta. says: "Eastern hogt are being
cleaned up." Phwat do they mean b thot?
Mike I dlnnaw. unless they mean thot
the Wall street fellera are gettln' an Im
munity bath. Puck.
Ev took the apple.
"That's a real Ben Davis." said the aer
Pnt in hi Ingratiating way.
Eve took a bite.
"Now t know yoti are the father of Ilea,"
she said Cleveland Flaln Dealer.
Weary and footsore, th Wandering Jw
stopped for a moment at a wayside house
to aet a drink of water.
"Have you raised the Maine yet?" he In
quired. ,
"No." thfv answered.
With a discouraged sigh h resumed his
wandering Chicago Tribune.
A WESTERNER.
eaaaaaaa. a
Charles B. Clark In Pacific Monthly.
My fathers sleep o'er the sunrise plains
And each one aleeps alone;
Their trails may dim the grass and rains
For I chose to make iny own
I lav proud claim to the blood snd name
But 1 lean on no dead kin:
My name la mine for the prnise or scorn.
And the world began when 1 washorn,
And the world is mine to win! '
They built high towns on their old log si Us,
Where the great, slow rivers gleamed.
But with new, live rock from the savage
hills.
I'll build as they onlv dreamed.
The fire scarce dies where the trail camp
Ilea
Till the rails glint down the pass;
The desert springs into fruit and wheat
And 1 lay the stones of a solid street
Over yesterday' untrofl grass.
I wa not thought on my neighbor's birth
Or th way he make his prayer;
1 grant him a white man's room on earth
If his game la only square.
While he play It traight 1 11 call him
mat.
If he cheats T drop him flat.
All rank but this Is a worn-out He.
For all clean men are aa good aa I
And a king ta only that
I dream no dreams of a nursemaid slat
That will spoon m out of food.
A ttout heart sings In the fray with fate
And the shock and sweat are good.
From noon to noon all the earthly boon
That I aak my God to spare
Is a little dally bread In store,
Wtth th room to fight th strong for
more,
And the weak shall get their share.
The sunrise plain are a tender bate,
And th unet see are gray.
But I stand here where the bright skies
blaza
Over me and the big Today.
What us to m Is the vague "may be "
Or th mournful "might have been?"
For the aun wheel swift from morn to
morn
And the world began when I -was born,
And the -world is mine to win:
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