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TIIE BKE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1911.
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Those earthquake shocks seem to be
giving us in Omaha the go-by.
"Mystery of the Crumpled Voucher"
would make a good title for a prob
lem play. . t .'
'Some one demands the name ot the
inventor of the aeroplane. What for,
to have him arrested T
The former secretary of the Sugar
trust testifies like a man who had
been through a rehearsal. '
Most of us still refuse to believe
that the country will go to the bow
wows with or without reciprocity.
Colonel Bryan will not be able to
devise his own paramounter until he
gets all the others out of the way.
Tomorrow is registration day. If
you are uncertain whether your name
is on the list of voters, better make
sure of it.
Christmas is coming in the middle
of June, the Central American general
of that name having landed troops at
New Orleans.
If congress continues in session on
through the summer its appropriations
for water carriers may look like
watered stock.
It was a hot month for the trusts,
too, showing that the sun's rays 'as
well as the rain drops fall on the un
just and the Just alike.
The British have ample evidence in
history to prove that their fondness
for the name "George" is not due to
the fact that that was also Washing
ton's name.
The Atlanta Constitution puts it
that "The Chinese worm has turned."
Yes, and before it crawls off Mexico's
back with those 26,000,000 pesos it
may look like a snake.
Mr. Carnegie declares he does not
read what newspapers say of him. Cer
tainly not. Few men of his wealth do.
They hire clerks and press clipping
bureaus for that purpose.
J
Why should Omaha people have to
pay more for ice than Is exacted in
Des Moines, Kansas City, Denver and
St. Joseph? It must be simply be
cause Omaha stands for it.
Th Charleston News and Courier
regards Jeff Davis of Arkansas as a
severe tax on the public. Yes, some
times the people are half-way justified
In dodging taxes, or trying to.
The Judges of our Nebraska su
preme court soem to draw the line at
playing base ball. They prefer to let
the lawyers toss the sphere while they
hand down the umpire's decisions.
Former Senator W. A. Clark's pipe
organ at his Fifth avenue mansion cost
$110,000. Of course it requires an
organ of that immensity to give full
volume to a multi-millionaire's notes.
Omaha barbers want a Sunday clos
ing law. Of course, there Is 'nothing
to prevent them from agreeing to close
on Sunday now except the fact that
each Is afraid the other will renege.
Omaha will know pretty soon
whether or not it gets the new railway
mall v service division headquarters.
And Omaha will get it unless someone
t Washington again falls asleep at
the switch.
The Courier-Journal remarks that
In Kentucky "emotional politics Is be
ginning to yield to common sense."
Congratulations, Kalntuck, and we
hope all theother states may soon
make the same claim.
At the fast and furious rates the
casualties are coming in (t evidently
will not make much difference In this
neck of the woods whether our glori
ous Fourth of July celebration Is safe
tad. sane or not.
The Farmer in the Limelight.
This Is the particular season of the
year when all attention turns to the
farmer. He Is, to put It real academic
ally, "the cynosure of all eyes," only
It Is ears and minds as well as eyes
that are focused upon klm. lie bus
no difficulty getting a 'hearing with
anyone now. In fact, he does aot have
to ask for it; the other fellow Is doing
that
The farmer Is the man behind the
closed, cushloned-covered door. The
tables are turned. Outside In the ante
room are the banker, the merchant,
the railroader, the manufacturer, the
farm laborer and even the automobile
man. All alike are Interested in the
farmer's welfare, his prosperity. All
are anxious for him to reap a rich
and abundant harvest, to get the best
prices for his products and to come
out with a balance on the right side
of the ledger. All are interested this
way, because each is Interested In bis
own selfish business interest. Just
now, between the time of the ripening
of the grain and the gleaning, between
the rain and the sun, between this un
certainty and that everybody sits
watching the farmer, to see what the
harvest is going to be.
Why all this concern over the crops?
Because, after all, we are pre-eminently
an agricultural people, with all
the great maze and machinery of com
merce dependent in large measure
upon that oldest of industries. Why
does the neatly groomed man of fash
ion, who perhaps never was bn a real
farm, greet you the first thing in the
day with, "Well, I'd like to see rain:
the crops need it?" New wealth comes
from the farm. A crippled crop means
consequent deformity of industry and
trade. This turning of the thought so
exclusively to the farm, even if it does
appear selfish, denotes that encourag
ing fact that we are becoming more
intelligent as to the source and char
acter of our prosperity.
Good Eoads.
One feature of the good roads con
vention at York that will commend It
greatly to the folks interested In the
movement is the temperate Jone of the
proceedings. The delegates avoided
the flamboyant resolutions too often
adopted at ' such gatherings' and
mapped out a campaign that seems
practical and worthy of undertaking.
The economic value of good roads
Is too well established to call for illus
tration. That it costs more to' irt the
products of the' farm from the farm
to the railroad has long been demon
strated, and probably will still be true
after the best of good roads have been
provided. But this should not deter
the effort' to better the condition of
the highways as far as possible, and
thus reduce the cost of the initial item
In the great bill of costs the "ulti
mate consumer" must pay.
City people are as deeply, if not as
directly," interested in rood roads as
the farmer, and should give the mat
ter quite as much -attention. With
the people of Nebraska awakened to
the need for better highways', the Im
provement desired is bound to come.
Wisconsin's Proposed Income Tax.
The Wisconsin legislature has Just
passed a bill providing for a state
income tax, whose operation depends
upon the approval of a majority of
the voters at the general election in
November, 1912. The bill proposes a
tax on "all Incomes, of individuals.
firms and corporations," ranging from
one-half of 1 to 6 per cent and ex
empts the, corporations which pay
taxes directly into the state treasury,
such as railroads and insurance com
panies. It allows an exemption for
an unmarried person of $1,000 a year,
witn $200 additional for every person
dependent on the taxpayer for support.
It Axes the married man's exemption
at $1,200, with an additional $200 for
every minor child or other person de
pendent on him for support.
Thus Wisconsin becomes the first
state to make definite headway toward
the working out of this perplexing
problem, agitated alike in state and
federal forums. The provisions of the
bill are apparently not unfairly drawn;
the exemptions are much more liberal
than those contained In most European
laws and would not be regarded as a
hardship on any, particularly if, as it
must be assumed, this taxation is to
take the place of some other tax now
being levied. The referendum feature
of the bill leaves entirely to the people
tne rejection or acceptance of tha
proposition and gives them more than
a year in which to study the feasibility
or Bucn a law.
Needlessly Prolonging; the Discussion.
James J. Hill calls those senators
who are opposing Canadian reciprocity
"ghost dancers," and compares them
with the old-time medicine men who
went about among the Indians in the
early days, playing upon their cre
dulity and superstition 1 and often
"working them up Into frightful fury."
Mr. Hill, however, Is not the only
one with this placid assurance that the
reciprocity bill is as good as passed.
Senator McCumber, the chief "ghost
dancer," has admitted In a speech In
the senate that "this measure will pass
the senate by a vote of nearly two to
one." He confessed in beginning hU
last argument. "I do not expect my
discussion will' change a single vote
In this fight." Others opposing rec
iprocity have conceded as much.
Yet we are told in the dispatches
from Washington that the debate will
be prolonged "for weeks." If the thing
is settled now, why extend the discus
sion, consuming time and expense
that might be devoted to other things?
The opponents of the bill, it is said,
will do most of the talking from now
oh. If they continue long enough,
they will lay themselves liable to con
viction on Mr. Hill's charge of being
"ghost dancers." A half-way careful
examination of the Congressional Rec
ord would disclose evidence tending to
convince most reasonably-minded per
sons that about everything that needs
to be said pro and con on this sub
ject can be quickly said. If it Is settled
there is no need to prolong the discussion.
In the Good Old Summer Time.
W'hen the weather conditions are
most trying, and the heat seems unen
durable, try to be patient. The man
alongside of you feels the heat quite
as much as you do, and his nerves aft
strained Just as yours are. This Is
the time to exercise forbearance.
Don't worry about the temperature;
you can't control it, and you must en
dure it some way. Stick to your
task and you'll suffer less.
Don't indulge too freely . in cold
drinks; don't eat too much, and avoid
all sorts of excesses. Thus you may
enable nature to respond to the un
usual strain placed upon you. '
Whatever else you do, don't fret
Fretting superinduces conditions that
Increase dlscqmfort.
The heated term will not last for
ever, and if yon will just be patient
you'll minimize its effects.
Why Boys Shun West Point.
Difficult as it is to account for the
decided falling off in the number of
applicants for admission to West
Point, there can be nothing in the
theory that the growing sentiment of
peace as a substitute for war has any
thing to do with it. Whatever the
reason may be, it is certainly an an
omalous condition as compared with
former times when senators and con
gressmen were besieged by youths am
bitious to get into the national mili
tary training' school, and no member
of either house would have thought
of letting his right to name a cadet go
by default.
Possibly it is no longer so much the
fashion to attend West Point. Possi
bly ambitious youth today goes in
more for freedom from restraint and
less for rigid discipline In getting his
athletic training. Possibly the boys
of this day are not r-burtlng hard work
and imagine they can get more for
their time with less arduous routine
than is exacted, at West Point. Pos
sibly any or none of these may be the
reason, or maybe each has a part to
do with the situation. We are scarcely
disposed to believe that the average
American youth is avoiding West
Point because he shuns hard knocks
in getting his start. It would be a
sorry come-off for this nation if that
were the reason. The rugged side of
West Point Is needed in the life of the
American boy and man, and the only
regret, is that there is not more of it.
But the real reason, or reasons, will
doubtless come to light in due season.
The White House Party.
The silver wedding anniversary of
President and Mrs. Taft is to be a
distinctly democratic function. More
than 3,000 guests have been invited to
this White House party. The number
Includes people high in official life and
others not in official positions at all,
but friends of the chief executive and
his wife in different parts of the coun
try. It will be a typical American
gathering, bringing into contact what
we might call the high amd low. At
least It will bring together many ele
ments of our population, representing
various ranks and occupations.
Such an assemblege in such a place
Is in bold contradiction to the royal
event soon to transpire in London.
Of course, it might not be considered
quite fair to compare, socially or
otherwise, the crowning of a British
king with the celebration of an Ameri
can president's twenty-fifth wedding
anniversary. It is not possible, even
if fair, for theimple reason that there
is no common standard for measuring
together the, amenities of royalty and
democracy.
It is on such occasions as this one
in Washington Monday that Americans
may justly regale themselves in the
vaunted pride of their government and
their national ideals and customs'
Underneath this, however, is another
thought that should not be lost to the
mind, and that Is that In spite of the
wide disparity of national characters
and institutions, there is a practical
Intimacy of association between the
British and Americans quite sufficient
to span any chasm of tradition.
The Dally Mining Gazette of Hough
ton, Mich., says it is unfair to assert
that the great steel corporation has
"ever hid its light under a bushel."
In other words, it maintains that the
Carnegie ijiethod, the Morgan method
and the Gary method has always been
"to show the public practically every
thing It wants to know about the con
ditions of the corporation's business
affairs." Perhaps that is why In this
Investigation so many men, who un
doubtedly know the inner workings of
the trust, contradict each other in their
direct testimony.
An Inquisitive Indiana congressman
has introduced a bill requiring every
newspaper mailed at second-class
postage rates to print In a conspicuous
place the name of the owner, publisher
and managing editor. Not bad bill.
The Bee has always advocated pub
licity and would be glad to furnish the
Information, which may be had right
now on application by anyone who has
any reason to know.
Naturally, our local democratic con
temporary comes to the defense of
"King Caucus." "King Caucus" was
an Indefensible tyrant when he was
doing business on the republican side
of the fence, but now that he is crack
ing the whip over the democratic fold,
"King Caucus" has become a benevo
lent and enlightened ruler.
The State Board of Educational
Land and Funds Is contemplating on
selling more of the bonds of other
states held In the permanent school
fund In order to reinvest In securities
of subdivisions of our own state under
authority conferred by a law enacted
by the last legislature. The question
whether it Is profitable for the state
to sell and reinvest should be care
fully figured out In each case. ' When
the state bought Its present holdings
It did It on a premium basis, paying
the premium by detaching unmatured
Interest coupons, thus deferring the
receipt of an income from the Invest
ment, sometimes for several years. If
these bonds wore to be sold at less
than what was paid for them the
school fund would be that much out,
and would have to make it up or. In
creased returns from the investment.
The new law Is intended to get the
permanent school fund back into Ne
braska, but It Is not Intended to do so
at any material sacrifice.
I
Colonel C. B. Edgar, former editor
of the Lincoln Star, has taken editor
ial control of the Oklahoma City
Times, which will give him a good
neld for journalistic activity. The
Bee wishes Colonel Edgar luck and
unlimited prosperity in his new ven
ture.
An Old Favorite.
Washington Post.
The report of the widows and orphans
among the augar trust stockholders has
an old, familiar sound.
Pa reels Post Maat Come.
Sacramento Union.
Postmaster' General Hitchcock has com
pletely broken the back of the argument
against a parcels post by his conversion of
the traditional deficit f the Poetofflce
department into a surplus. If this waa pos
sible despite the excessive payments to
railroads for carrying the mails, there is
no use talking any more against parcels
service.
Coaceiitratloa of Baaklasr Capital.
Springfield Republican.
Chicago aeems to have taken awav from
New York the financial glory of having
the largest bank in the country. With th
absorption of the Hibernian bank the Con
tinental ana Commercial Rational of Chi
cago Is abla to claim resources aggregating
126,XjO,000 and deposits of over $223,000 000.
ihls goes quite a way ahead of th nt.
tlonal City of New York, which has de
posits ot about 116,000,000 and has hitherto
been the greatest banking institution in the
United States. Six formarlv . Inr. .
banks have been extinguished i .ir.
Chicago's big concern. We may now doubt
lesa expect to hear of further bank con
solidations in the New York field, which
will not lightly relinquish tha claim to
possession of the country. largest moneyed
iiivuiuuun.
MEXICO'S DILI, OP COSTS.
A Taste of the Luxury of Revelation
for Taxpayers.
Baltimore American.
The announcement by the provisional ov.
ernment of Mexico to the effect that all
Americans and other foreigners who bava
sustained property losses or who have been
otherwise Injured In the revolutionary up
heaval, will be financially recompensed
will undoubtedly soon produce tha visual
demonstration that a revolution, measured
In Its by-products of destructlveness alone,
Is a very costly proposition. Already an
American Mormon colony that had settled
in Chihuahua has sent in a round $1,000,000
claim for damages. This is but a starter.
The mining Industries and tha railroads,
which have been the chief sufferers, are
yet to be heard from.
President de la Barra has asked the Mex
ican congress to create a commission for
the adjustment of war claims, and the
findings of this commission will ba likely
to affect the balance sheet of national
finance in a very changeable way. The na
tional debt of Mexico at the beginning of
the revolution was small In proportion to
tha annual revenues. At the beginning of
the present year the total debt was $280,
965,860 'and the revenues for the last fiscal
year were $96,031,000. It Is, not likely that
the revolutionary cost will Increase tha
debt by as much aa $100,000,000, but even
such an Increase could be easily carried.
Mexico bas vaat resources, and if the revo
lution la succeeded by a period of com
plete Industrial activity, there will surely
be evolved a greater Mexico. During a pe
riod of more than thirty years, and until
the outbreak of the Maderoa revolution,
Mexico had been devoting mora attention
to business than to war. Hence the abound
ing prosperity.
People Talked About
HEiW
Always an actor, Mr. Miller la the real
matinee Idol of New York.
Mrs. Catt. re-elected president of tha
Suffrage Alliance, disclaims responsiDiuty
for her rams. Says she "got it from her
husband."
Parker I Walker of Salem. Mass.. has
served continuously as a church organist
about fifty-four -yeara and, considering his
age. Is said to have filled the position
longer than any other organist In tha coun
try. Jamea Chains and Z. E. Jackson of
Atchison, Kan., are going hunting In the
wilds of British Columbia, armed only with
bowl and arrows. They expect to go after
mountain Hons and gristly bears If the
opportunity should arise.
The valedictorian of the graduating class
ot Williams 'college la to be Jamea Oar
field, son of President Harry Garfield and
grandson of Jamea A. Garfield, twentieth
president of tha United States. Grand
father, father and sua are graduates- of
a
WllU
In Other Lands
Ida Light ea What la Transpiring-
Among tha Wear and
"a BTattoaa at tha Earth
tlon of tha peace of Europe Is housed In
the Moroccan magailn at Fes, around
- -nil 'uwucr iu biow un a mm m-.
wnicn tne aoldlcrs of Franca ara stationed
France took the first step to enforce order
in tne disturbed section, exercising police
power rights conceded by the Algeclras
convention or 1909. 6 pain proposes to break
Into the fracas, despite the disastrous ex
perience at Melllla a year ago, by dis
patching troops to occupy the towns of
letuan and Larache on the west coast.
ranee insists that Spain's action la un
called for and unfriendly, while Germany
",rn ranee against attemotlna- In
Morocco the British scheme of squatter
sovereignty- ao effectively exploited in
Egypt How long a time will be required
to establish order In Fes and vicinity la
as uncertain as a weather prophecy In
midsummer. As fast as ona section Is rid
of Insurgent Mussulman a row starts at
some other point, so that the policing sol
diera may be kept busy Indefinitely. Late
reports Indicate that Raisull, the notorious
brigand, la out for blood and Indemnity.
A Spanish protege was recently captured
and beheaded by him as a warning to. both
Spanish and French peacemakers. Mean
while the yellow press of Franoe. Spain
and Germany are thundering as loudly
and aheddlng larger quantities of warlike
Ink than did tha yellows of tha United
States when Insurrection popped up on the
Moxlcan side of the Rio Grande. The el
feet of the former, however, should not be
gauged by the futility of the latter.
Abroad, the screams of the yellows are
taken seriously, while In this country they
provide pity and a kick Into the gutter,
A sinister feature of tha Balkan war
cloud set In motion by the Insurgent Al
banians Is the mobilisation by Turkey of
the picturesque cut-throats known aa the
Bashi Baxouks. Whenever a Turkish row
becomes ugly and menacing the Basouks
are called to th work of merciless slaugh
ter. In dealing wtlh the Albanians, how
ever, they go against foemen who ara born
huntsmen. lodged in mountain defiles, af
fording unequalod opportunities for marks
men to work terrible execution on an at'
tacking force. During the Macedonian re
volt of 1R03," writes a Vienna correspond
ent, "a certain restraint was observed In
the employment of the Irregulars, due to
the pressure of European publlo opinion.
But since the Turkish revolution the pow
ers have relaxed all vigilance and public
opinion has dozed. While there is no ques
tion of the tight of the Turkish authorities.
vigorously to suppress revolt in Albtna, as
in Arabia and other parts of the empire,
none but the most shortsighted friends of
the Young Turka could condone the need
less employment of the methods Invariably
associated with the name of Bashl Ba
louk." The prevalence of insurrection In the
northern and southern borders of the Otto
man empire Albania and Arabia' afford
ground for current reports of active an
tagonism to the present Turkish regime on
the part of Russia and Great Brltian.
Present conditions are favorable' to such
co-operation. Both governments have
every reason to oppose German Influences
in Turkey. Russia is not likely soon to
forget the defl of Emperor William when
Austria gobbled Herzegovina, and England
has a chronic case of germanophobla. Ger
man officers are reorganising and drilling
the Turkish army. Railroads under Ger
man control penetrate to the eaatern bor
ders . hitherto monopolised by England on
the South, and Russia on the north. - These
railroad activities aim at the Persian gulf.
Russia has quartered a dlvtslslon of Its
army In Northern Persia whtla England la
extending Its control of the gulf waters.
The internal troubles of Turkey keep the
army employed at home, while the oppos
ing Influences of Russia and England ex
tend footholds at atrategio points and pos
sibly give the needed aid and encourage
ment of ammunition to the Inaurgents. The
game has all the earmarks of national
greed and land hunger, and its develop
ment Is well worth watching. "The mo
tive," writes the St. Petersburg corres
pondent of the New York Bun, "for the
present inflexible hostility of tha two gov
ernments to the new Turkish regime Is by
no means based on altruistic sympathy with
oppressed Christian nationalities nor even
on treaty rights. It springs from the con
viction held by Russia and England that
Turkey Is not to be trusted. Moreover
they think that she Is not to be feared. It
would seem to be abundantly proved that
the new course In Turkey has failed signally
to bring to the top any man of the caliber
and authority needed to save the Ottoman
empire from floundering."
The French government la determined
to put Into effect the decree defining the
area In which the real champagne is
produced. The former attempt to settle this
delicate question brought destructive riots
In the affected district In April and May.
Two champagne sonea ara defined by tha
decree. The first sons, comprising the de
partment ot the Marne, Is to have the
right to label its wines "champagne," but
the second tone, comprising the depart
ment of the Aube, must label Its wines,
"Champagne from tha second sone." Tha
wine producers ot the Aube, consequently,
threaten to die in their tracks before sub
mitting to such discrimination. They de
clare, by resolutions, that thay will resist
to the end. Doubtless tha government is
prepared for any disturbances, but there
Is grave danger of starting a blaze that
may develop Into a conflagration in wh! h
the Monls ministry will be concerned. -
Sweeping changes In the suffrage of
Italy is proposed by the government bill,
which Is likely to ba passed without modi
fication. Practically tha bill ordains man
hood, sufrage In place of the present sys
tem of educational and property qualifica
tions. Tha charge will increase tha num
hood suffrage In place of tha present system
of educational and property qualifications.
The change will increase the number of
voters from about 3,000,000 to nearly ,000,000.
able, that la, to read, but not to writs. One
result of tha change will ba to make over
whelmingly predominant the influence of
the south Italians. For while It merely
doubles tha vote in northern Italy and
trebles It In central Italy. In Rome and
Naples tha vote will be Increased fourfold,
and In Sicily and Sardinia fivefold.
' "SpllelasT tha Mala Brace."
Philadelphia Ledger.
The British admiralty's determination to
honor coronation day by observing the an
cient custom of "splicing the main brace"
which means making two portions of grog
flow where ona flowed before may bava
the effect of making tha Jolly tars wlah
there was a new king to be crowned every
once In a while.
Listen for the Yell. '
Houston Poet.
Brlstow says It would require extreme
provocation to Induce him to take notice
of Jeff Davis of Arkansaw. When a Kan
sas senator has the nerve to scorn Arkan
aaw'a redneck senator, it Is time far tha
Oaarks to roar and yell oountry to take
notice.
CURTIS' CONQUEST.
McCook Tribune: "Let us go after some
thing else" Is tha motto sugceetrd by a
Cambridge booster. "Let us go after the
state board" Is the motto offered by a
I Holdrege disappointed, The former for
: as.
Hlldreth Telescope: Holdrege Is a poor
loser. The fact that the state board lo
cated the new agricultural school at Cur
tla has brought forth walls that are loud
and long from the people of that little
olty. Wa favored Holdrege and still think
the school should have been located there,
but there Is no occasion for'any knock
Ing. Holdrege doesn't need inv aarlcul-
tural school to enable her to continue to
grow and prosper and be one of the best
l.ttle cities In the state of Nebraska.
Alma Record: Should future develop,
ments disclose the fact that Lincoln's in
fluence together with other Interests
dominated the action of the board in lo
cating the agricultural school at Curtis,
an Inaccessible point, ao that it would not
be a competitor with the Lincoln Institu
tion, the capltol removal proposition, which
Is still unsettled, will po doubt becomo
a live issue and be settled in such a way
that the capltol city will forever regret
having tried to dictate the policies and
politics of the state.
Bridgeport News-Blada: Curtis, down In
Frontier county, has been selected as the
site for the new state agricultural school.
ui wnai aa vantages Curtis possesses
over North Platte, Broken Bow, Holdrege,
Alma and the other towns which were as
pirants for the school, we do not know.
but. Just the same, when the members of
the State Board ot Public Lands and Build
ings recall the "big feeds" which were
spread In helr honor by the people of the
now aisappointed towns, their consciences
will reproach them for years to come.
Elwood Bulletin: We congratulate the
people of Curtis In securing the new agri
cultural school. We have no fault to find
with Curtis whatever. We also extend to
the taxpayers who have to pay the $100,-
000 our sympathy for having the school
located In so isolated a section of south
western Nebraska that the attendance and
general use of tha school will never be
what it would have been had It been lo
cated In a more densely settled section or
one where it would have been mora con
veniently reached by rail, of the eleven
towns asking for the location of the agri
cultural school. The Board of Public
Lands and Building might have dons bet
ter. They could not have done more.
St. Paul Republican: Being acquainted
1th the town of Curtis and country sur
rounding It, we cannot agree with some of
our contemporaries that the Board of Pub
llo Lands and Buildings made a mistake In
the location ot the new agricultural school.
Not only is the scenery around the town
delightful but It has soma very fine table
and valley land, and that part of the
country gets as much rainfall aa any part
of the state, and has Just as many advan
tages as any of the other towns men
tioned. In fact it has a beautiful lake and
some very nice natural timber along the
Little Medicine river from the north. ' The
only argument that can be set up is, that
the town does not have as large a popula
tion aa , some of the other towns men
tloned. Curtis Is situated In a very pic
turesque spot, encircled on the north by
hills of gradual slope which are easy 'of
acoeas and pleasing to the, eye. In years to
come we believe that, the wisdom of the
board will be approved.
MR., BRYAN. AND THE SOUTH.
Soma Remarks Stronsr Eiouk
Reach Falrvlew.
Houston (Tex.) Post (dem.).
We find this paragraph In the Knoxvin
Sentinel:
"Representative Robert Lee Henrv nf
lexas appreciates Mr. Bryan's treat In.
fluence. "If Bryan should declare against
any aemocratlo candidate for nomination
or election he said, 'that candidate could
naraiy carry the state of Texas.' Mr.
Henry did not believe a candidate could
carry Texaa over Mr. Bryan's opposition
and he says that would be true not only In
Texaa, but In nearly every southern state."
Mr. Henry Is, no doubt, an earnest ad.
mlrer of Mr. Bryan, but It Is difficult to h-
lleve that he made any auch statement as
the above, because be Is bound to know it
Is not true. Furthermore, it is a great re
flection upon the Intelligence and Indepen
dence of tha people of Texaa.
Mr. Bryan bitterly opposed the nomina
tion of Judge Parker In 1904. as did some
of the Influential democrata of Texaa. Tin
Texas was overwhelmingly for Judge Par-J
iter ror tna nomination, as were most of
the southern states. Undeed, it was the
south that nominated Parker. In spite of
the most bitter opposition Mr. Bryan oould
offer.
Mr. Bryan is not as influential In Texas
or In any other southern state as he was
at that time, and there is no doubt ha ha
lost much prestige lately because of his
attitude toward tha democrata In congress
on tne question of free wool. When tha
campaign opens next year, the democrats
of tha southern states are going to make
their choice without regard to Mr. Bryan's
views. They ara going to please them
selvea. Just as Mr. Bryan pleases himself,
In tha matter of selecting tha candidate.
and they are not going to undertake to
please anybody else. When the nomination
Is made they will support the nominee. Just
aa they always do, regardleaa of Mr.
Bryan's course.
There Is no reason to believe that Mr
Bryan will not be equally faithful, but If
he should bolt the nominee of the conven
tlon ha would not carry with him enough
votea from any southern state to affect the
result.
Where Quickness Saves Expena.
Sioux City Journal.
The Omaha Board of Education pulled off
a superlntendency without benefiting to any
appreciable extent the postal revenues or
the passenger receipts of the railroads.
Tha compensating circumstance Is that
Omaha waa denied the time to get Itself
by tha ears.
-DAWN O'HARA ought to be a
mighty popular young woman this
summer, and even after, wherever
the printed pages of romance can
reach. She is pretty, fresh, charm
ing, piquant, of the American Irish,
possessed of an unfailing sense of
humor, yet with enough pathos in
her story to afford an interest wholly
human and uncloyed." N. Y. World
THE GIRL WHO LAUGHED
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SENATORS BYDIRECT VOTE.
St. Louts Republic: Direct nomination ot
senatora is not a very good substitute ror
popular election of senators, but after
lot of men had got Into the senate through
the direct nomination route approval of a
popular election amendment to the con
stltutlon followed as a matter of course.
Cleveland Plain 'Dealer: The senate has
always appeared unwilling to take any
action looking toward a change In tha
method of electing Its members. Possibly
some of those who supported tha Brlstow
amendment took that stand In the hope of
thereby msklng lmtosslhle an agreement
between senate and house.
Houston (Tex.) Post: So far at the south
Is concerned, the direct election of senators
already prevails In a substantial form.
The senators are nominated In direct pri
maries. The direct primary system prevails
In many other states, So very little would
ba lost In delaying the change of system
until a fairer proposition can be sub
mitted.
Washington Star: Still, while a law .pro
viding for a direct vote for senatora is not
absolutely necessary to the Improvement
ot senatorial elections, such a law should
be passed. Deadlocked legislatures, with
eenatorshlps in . contest, produce alt sorts
of scandal, a, poor quality of laws, and,
not Infrequently, a very doubtful quality of
senators. .(
Chicago Inter Ocean: Had this resolution
been opposed, pot with a mer lawyer's
public would have been spared a staggering
biow.
GRINS AND GROANS.
"Are you going to tha automobile races
tnie arternoon '
"No. I prefer the ball game."
Pshaw! Come on. be a snort. It aln'tJ
likely that anybody will be killed at thoj
ban game. Chicago liecord-Herald.
"Oh. for a lodge In some vast wilderness,
sighed the man who quotes poetry.
'What's the use ot 'talking nonsense!'
rejoined the matter-of-fact friend. "If you
naa a inage in a wilderness it wouidn t b
two weeks befare you Wero clamorln foi
a railroad ami a real estate boom." Wash
lngton Star.
t A German went to a friend and laldr
"Tomorrow I owe you $J0,0ti0. I am
ruined. I cannot pay It, and I cannot
shleep a vlnk." The creditor said: "Vy
didn't you valt to dell me tomorrow? Now
nelder can I shleep a vink." Uonton Trans
cript. '
Us Come right In, old man, and see our
new baby! There Isn't he great?
He Oh, yes! Fine! Well, they say
homely babies grow up to be handsome-
that is, you can be thankful or well, how
much he looks like his mother, I mean!
Toledo Blade.
Wagg That thunder and lightning scenu
in your act won't go In a retined show. I
Tagg Why not? I
Wagg Because the thunder Is too loud
and the lightning U apt to bo too striking. ,
Baltimore American. t
Visitor Was old man Jonea well fixed,
do you know? J
Native 'You bet! He left prlxe-eontextf
coupons good for $45 on a thoufand-dollarf
Piano; a credit on a .sewing machine, an
other one for first payment of $3 In a seil.a
of seventy-five payments on a Iong Inland
lot, and a mlSHlng word coupon good for
$7 worth of groceries in a Chicago house
If you bought a hundred dollars worth.
first. Puck.
A WHOLESOME REMEDY.
New York Times.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Madeline Fayles,
A sMrl ahntif aeven ni nlrht
Had cherished the habit of biting her nails.
Ana pracucea it early ana late. !
From auch an absurd and ridiculous trick
It was not a long time before
Each delicate flnger-tlp down to tha qulok
waa puiniuiiy tenaer ana sore.
Elisabeth's father declared 'twas a sin
fiuch beautiful flnirers to sftnll!
rAnd big brother said, with a comical grin,
let s smear them with capsicum .oil.
So capsicum, aloes, and pitch were applied,
Ana vile thlnge too many to name:
But Mary Elisabeth silently cried
And nibbled her nails Just the same.
Then Mrs. Faylea said, with delight in her
voice,
'I've thought of a cure sure as fate!"
She tried it at once and had cause to re-'
joice;
The nail biting ceased from that data.
H'hut potent device did this fond mother
use
. curing the trlrk of her pet?
vaa simply an artifice, stratagem, ruse
bought her a munlcura set.
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