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10 THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1911. TlIK OMAIIA DAILY BEE found id bt kdward rosewater. VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR. Entered at Oraalia poeteffloe aa eecond elaae matter. TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION. Sunday Bee. oae year MM Be.1 u relay Bee. mi yar 16S pally Hee (without Sunday), one year.. iQO t-aily Ree and Htinday. mm year 100 DELIVERED BT qjrER Evening Bee (with Sunday), month.. S ps'ly Bee (Including Sunday). per mo., "c 4eily Bee (without Sunday). per mo Addreee all eomplaJnts at IrregularlKee In delivery to City Circulation Department. orncn, Omaha Tha Be BulMlmy. South Omaba 2 N. Twanty-fourth St Council Bluffe U Soott Ht. L4aeela M Uttla Bulldlne. Chloao-lA4 Marquette building. Kaneaa City Reliance Building. Nw Tork-4t Weet Thirty-third St Washington 7X Fourteenth St., N. W. CORRESPONDTNCB. Communication relating to newa and editorial matter should be addressed Omaha Bee, fcditorlal Department. REM ITT A MCXa. Remit by draft, expreea or postal order, payable to Tha Bea Publishing Company. Only I-east stamps -eorteed In payment of mail aeeounta. Personal obeeka exoept an Oman and aaatern exchange not accepted. 4TJNB CTHCULATION. 48,466 Ute of Nebraska, County of Douglas, aa: Dwrht Wllliame, circulation manager of Tha Baa Publishing company, being duly worn, aaya tha tha average dally elrcula tleei, Uaa spoiled, unuaad and returned eoplea, for the month of June, 1111, waa l.efit. WIGHT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me tola flrat day of July, 19)1. (SaaX) ROBERT HUHTLH, Votary Public Sahaortbere leavlag; the elty teat yxxwrlly eaaaldl have Tha Bea tailed e these. Addreee will ke a aa ftaa aa reaaeated. Uneasy hangs the bead (these days) that wears tha tassel. It Is all orer but tha moving pic ture reproduction of tha coronation. Evidently this hot weather baa started another revolutionary fire In Cuba. Those Britons seem to have become seasick trying to settle the sailors' strike. Still, as a letter of credit, Mr. Mor gan did not have to buy that Lather epistle. Will Senator-to-Be Ollle James in vite Mr. Bryan to come Into or stay out of Kentucky this yearT At any rate, the weather man ought to be elected an honorary member of the Ice Barons' association. Mr. Morgan Is now a member of the Eagle order the , German kind. "Birds of a feather flock together." Only 68,000,000 barrels of beer sold rn the United States during the last twelve months. Oh, you schooner! Old Sol has wrung a promised sur render from the senate, anyway. It Is an 111 wind that blows nobody good. "Passing of Royalty" Is the caption of an editorial. We saw It pass In review over In London the other day. From the way they are standing the hot weather, some of those congress men will put up a tough fight against old Kick. Jack' Johnson might make another Imaginary million by staging moving plctnres of himself getting arrested for speeding. The signal corps company formerly stationed at Fort Omaha Is to be or dered back from Texas. Omaha will give the high sign. A big golf tournament and a sli-teen-inning ball game on one and the same day seems like filling the sports nan's cup to overflowing. If the much vaunted Albert law does no mors than our district Judge aays it does, then It went through the legislature under false pretenses. In spite of the scripture that "A boas divided against Itself . cannot stand," the senate has even been able to defy dissolution In a 105-tempsra-ture. ' Tme WerU-Herald believes that the peo ple of this elty have bean taught a badly needed leaaon. World-Herald. Well then, why squeal so hard and KdT The new automobile law requires auto owners to psy registration fee In the county of which they reside, which should soon give us an accurate count the sutos in our midst. The most distressing part of It Is that these water bond elections Inter fere with the summer excursion to Europe annually taken by the Water board's high-priced lawyer. v City Clerk Butler haa figured that a special election costa the taxpayers not less than II, BOO. But what Is $1,860 to the Water boarders when it comas out of other people's1 pockets? By "one fell stroke Senator Ken yon has pleased a lot of political op ponents and displeased other friends by deciding to vote against reciprocity. Every senator hss a problem all bJs own. Mr. Bryan proposes his plan of 1114 as a compromise on which ths bouse and senate may come together In their scrap over the popular election of sen ators proposition. Perhapa if Mr. Bryan had let somebody else propose It It might have been more consider ately heard. Calling Coal Eoadi to Time. Judging from that part of Its evi dence made public, the government has a strong case sgalnst the coal roads. It should have little difficulty In proving that the coal companies are ddmmles In the handa of the railroads that control the great anthracite coal mines of Pennsylvania. One point the government makee Is that the capital stock of a coal company Is owned by a railroad and that since this owner ship waa created the coal company has paid no dividends, that the railroad has advanced it millions of dollars, none of which has ever been refunded end that the railroad has paid the In terest on the company's bonds, re ceiving In return earnings of transpor tation of coal over Ha lines. Certainly this seems to be a very close community of Interest, entirely too close to satisfy the provisions of the Sherman law; st least too close longer to escape legal prosecution. By using this test case and proving that this rosd, the Lehigh Valley, is the proprietor of the Lehigh Valley Coal company, the government expects to succeed In bringing its case witnln uua of the recent decision in the commod ity clause case. If It finally succeeds In dissolving this railroad control of coal production,' It ought to bring about thereby tangible benefit for coal consumsrs. Of course, this Is one of the practical ends to which the people naturally will look. Perhaps public opinion has not been so com pletely agreed on any similar propo sition In late years aa that nine rail roads, in spite of all that has been said of "divine right of ownershp," have monopolised Pennsylvania's an thracite coal output and the conse quences have been severely felt by the people. Everybody! Business, It Is an old saying that what Is everybody's business is nobody's busi ness. The only wsy to get anything done is for someone to take hold of it. The new law permitting Omaha to adopt the commission plan of city government, which has just gone into effect, would He dormant on the statute booka Indefinitely so far as Omaha Is concerned, unless some per son or organization took it up and set about to secure the petition signatures necessary to vitalize it. The Bee . is coming to the front to do this work for the people. The submission of the question of adopting the plan la essentially the first step, and we be lieve the service which The Bee is doing In securing these petitions will be appreciated by all our people who are interested In better elty govern ment. ' , . Statistics of Drink. According, to authentic statistics the people of the United States drank 61.000.000 barrels of beer In the twelve months ending June 80 and whisky amounting to $146,973,000 In value. The beer consumption shows and Increase over the preceding year of 6.21 per cent and the whisky S.66 per cent These government statistics were anticipated in a report Issued by the general assembly of the Presbyte rian church In Msy, when representa tives of that church warned over zealous reformers not to run away with the Idea that Demon Rum had been cornered and was about to throw up the sponge. The church's Idea, of covnie, was thst such false notions might tend to Interrupt or retard real temperance work and it did not want that, At any rate, nothing la to be gained for or against either side of the drink question by misrepresenting the facts. Nor need we become dlscoursged In our efforts at temperance by these figures. The same report that con tains them declares that "prohibition" Is spreading. These statistics do not show thst Intemperance Is on the In crease. We must remember that what Increases are recorded are very slight aa compared with the general growth In population. And It may be, so fsr ss these figures show, thst temper ance is absolutely and relatively gain ing ground.' Temperate use of bever sges probably Is steadily gaining over Intemperance and when that Is the case, the country has much to be thsnkful for. There Is a very wide difference, of course,' between temper ance and abstinence. The one la al ways within reach and subject to In fluences steadily at work In our social and Industrial life, while the other la remote and not particularly re sponsive to these Influences. Evolution of the Bale of Region. What Attorney General Wlcker sham urgea In his address to the Mich igan State Bar association is that this rule of reason principle In dealing with large Industrial organizations under the Sherman anti-trust law is the result of the evolution of years of painsUklng effort on the part of the government to strike a safs and fair relation between legal authority and legitimate business. It Is not a thing hatched out In a day, nor the sudden product of a single Judicial proceed ing. It haa eome to us by slow stages and long process and as time goes on snd It Is more and more applied to the regulation and correction of these commercial and Industrial organiza tions, Its wisdom and equity will, he believes, become more firmly rooted In the minds of the people. While it Is true that thla rule of reason does not conform with the Ideas of the most radical. It seems fairly to meet the demands of the average-minded man who has thought seriously about It. Attorney General Wlckersham clearly points out the fal lacy of supposing that every "ordinary agreement of purchase and sale, of ownership or of corporate organiza tion" violatea the Sherman law and therefore becomes an obnoxloua trust. Under thla rule of reaeon it doea not, but let us look further and remember that this rule of resson Is still ex tensive In Its application. As the sttor Bey general puts it: It alee la sow settled that no form of corporate organisation, merger or consol idation, no apeclea of tranafar of title, whether by sale, conveyance or mortgage and no lapee of time from the data of tha original contract, coneplraey or combina tion, can bar a federal court of equity from terminating an unlawful restraint or com pelling the disintegration of a monopolists combination. South Omaha's Step Forward. The Bee congratulates South Omaha, and particularly its school au thorities and teachers, on the final adoption of a permanent teache.a' list modeled upon that of Omaha. From the day its first Issue was printed The Bee has advocated In season nd out of season the merit system for the ap pointment and promotion of teachers in the public schools, and the perma nent list, which insurea uninterrupted tenure after the teacher's qusllfica tlons and competency have been proved, Is the backbone of the merit system. To get a place on a teaching staff only for demonstrated ability, and to keep the place thue secured during faithful and efficient perfor mance of duty, alone removes these responsible positions from personal favoritism snd political pull. Upon the permanent tenure list, too, de pends the whole plan of teachers' pen sions.- for the right of a teacher to re tirement after a certain period of service is absolutely Inconsistent with the necessity of securing re-election every year at the hands of a constantly changing school bosrd. ' ' In, taking thla step forward 8outh Omaha is slso co-relating the public schools of the two cities, which even tually must be merged. The -merit system, with permanent tenure, In South Omaha public schools will even tually make conjunction with Omaha easier and put South Omaha teachers In better position to come in on a level with the teachers in the Omaha schools. From every point of view, therefore, the innovation cannot but be beneficial, first, In doing justice to the South Omaha teachers; second, In raising the standard of teaching effi ciency, and third, In giving the school children better and more thorough In struction. That story about the School Book trust opposing re-election In Milwau kee of the school superintendent who was the trust's trusty at the head of the Omaha public achools before his last transplanting, will go down only with the marlnea. If there Is a battle, the chances are that It la a sham bat-, tie for effect only. Prospects are for more than three candidates filed for the supreme Judge places on the democratic ticket, but that Is no sign the democratic bosses will not fix the slate. All but three will be given to understand In due time that it la their cue to withdraw or gracefully accept foreordained defeat. The city license Inspector takes credit to himself for the collection of $10,000 In license fees turned Into the city treasury during the last year. On his report no one not informed would suspect. thst this Is one of the city's bureaus where the deputy does nearly all the work. ' The Sioux City Journal thinks Gov ernor Dlx may regain part of his lost popularity by rigorous use of his veto power. He will not veto Murphy, though, and until he does will not regain much of his lost popularity. Indiana had better get busy and try to raise up another to take J. Whit comb Riley's plsce, or, st- least, to succeed him ss the poet laureate of the country. No man ean take his place when he leaves It vacant Just Oae Moret Washington Herald. Should Colonel Bryan get another nomin ation for the preeidenoy he would have a "Fourth" to celebrate that would com mand all his enthusiasm. , Where Royalty Valla Dowa. Washington Pot' Kins George and Kaiaer bill may hand out their orders and decorations, but they, will never get really strong with tha meseea unUl they begin to give green trading stamps. An Unbending: Pompadoar. Chicago Tribune. When Senator La Follette thinks he Is right, as he usually thinks ha Is, ha goes ahead regardleaa of his anemlea and neither obloquy nor ridicule can atop him. Hla pompodour may be rumpled, but It Is un bowed. Veteraa of Maay Wars Retired. Washington Times. And so pasaeth the hardtack, for Major denerel Carter haa reported that the ex periments In making fresh bread for troops In field service have proven thoroughly successful. Lever a Palater ef Flewera. Brooklyn Eagle. Paul De Longpre stuck o his own field, and In that field waa abaolutely first. If there are higher planea of art. he did not seek to enter them. In Interpretation of tha roae. the Illy, the violet he had his mission, and hla work at all times was a labor of love. Rear a gtatieae for Splelera. 8t Ixmle Republic, In recent yeara man of parts have beva deterred from the pursuit of office ahd tha service ef the publta because of tha w'nolly Inadequate return. But the Chautauqua Is removing that obstacle. Ita call la for the man with a message, and no man of talent need longer withhold hla services from the people because ot the parsimony of taxpayers and the Impecuuloalty of UgislaUve bodies. President Who Leads Blgmineaaoe ef the nana and Solloleej ef the Adzalnletra tloa Wow Before the Fnbile. Boston Trenemipt (rod. rep.). Tha decision ef tha senate to take up the reciprocity bill alter the Fourth crowns President Tart's work and aanda him to Beverly, much better pleaaed than aver be fore. It establishes him at last, as a leader who leada. Thla event and Secretary mak er's relectlon of tha Cunningham ctalme to tha Alaskan coal landa are Important news In a great many waya. Fisher's act aettlea tha question that haa been agitating tha country for a long time, -opens tha way to a forward movement to make the coal landa of Alaska available to Its people, and re moves the aueplclon that these powerful claimants to thla land have too much In fluence with tha government. But the more interesting. If not more Important phaaa of these events la tha sidelight that they shed upon tha attitude and characteristics of President Taft They are significant revelations of the about-face which the prealdent has executed Bine's he came to sea tha changed view of the American people. A massive volume could be written about this shift of procedure and companions. It might be compared with tha tremendous change that took place in the attitude of Mr. Gladstone from hla youthful conserva tism of Oxford tradition to his later and practically lifelong liberalism. But thla change came about gradually, while Mr. Taft' haa been almost audden. Rather It should be said that the change took place when Mr. Taft became president, and that hla more recent shift of view haa been a re version to his former attitude. Certainly the President Taft of today la very Ilka the Secretary of War Taft that wa knew three or four years ago In Roosevelt's cabinet. After Mr. Taft was Inaugurated It soon became evident that hla associations and affiliations were to be with men of the old line of politics. This seemed at first likely to be a popular attitude, aa the country was thought to be tired of tha noise and fever of his predecessor, and quiet and security were needed. That Mr. Taft felt this too was plain. He meant to be a harmony prealdent; but that thla harmony meant taking Into confidence the men who 'had been moat antagonised by Prealdent Roosevelt was hardly expected. Even In the formation of bis cabinet. this predilec tion toward reactionary Interests was plain. His selection of a former trust at torney for attorney general, a former rail road corporation attorney for secretary of war, and a man who was somewhat tied up In Western land deals as seoretary of the Interior, were striking evidences of a very large leaning toward the conserve tlve aide. Then when the house began to organise It became evident that the presi dent waa throwing his tnfluennce in behalf of Cannon. Thla Irked Mr. Roosevelt very much, and ha waa In a restless spirit about the makeup of tha cabinet The story will not yet down that the only request that he made of Mr. Taft waa that he would retain Garfield as seoretary of the Interior, and that Garfield waa not In formed that he waa to be left out of the new cabinet until the nomination of Bel linger was sent to' tha senate. Moreover, the representatives of publicity newspa pers and magazines who had thronged the White House during tha daye of Roose velt allege that they ware poHtely or otherwlae Informed by the president's seo retary that they were not wanted there, and the most of them resolutely stared away. - There followed an atmosphere of sus pended judgment, whloh la the next thing to suspicion, regarding the president No body believed that he was in any way Inimical to good Influence or to liberal Interests, but the radicals believed- that he was playing the harmony game on the wrong side of the line. Ae spring- passed Into summer and tha Fayne-Aldrlch tariff bill was discussed In the house and sen ate li became manifest that the prealdent was not throwing tha weight of his au thority m the direction of lower revlaion, that he was mora Insistent on getting through the Philippine tariff end the tariff board provisions than ha waa en enforcing that revision downward of the schedules which he had promised In his speeches trs year before. Senator Dolllver made his eloquent attack upon the president and tha country applauded. Ultimately tha establishment of the tariff board, of courae, will be worth more than any other llberallxtng factor In tariff legislation pos albla, but that waa felt to be a remote affair and made vary little Impression upon tha country, which viewed the Payne-Al-drloh bill with loathing. Then came tha president's tour to the weat, the Boston speech la whloh he praised Senator Aldrlch for his currency program, but which of courae tha public Interpreted as laudation of the senator for his tariff program an unjust accusa tion, to be sure. Next earn th. ni.ui. dismissal, which stirred tha country Into almost hostility. Then followed tha color, lesa Chicago speeches, followed by the greatest blunder of tha entire administra tion, tne Winona speech, which, to be sure. waa no ao bad as the headlines marfa I out to be. He did not really "read the In surgents out of tha party," as tha head lines said he did. bat wa aa a neanla .r. becoming newspaper headline readers, so mat a neaaune now haa almost more in fluence than tha reading matter that fnl. lows It But reviewing this Winona speech in tha most friendly way, It waa really a capital error and paved the way for the party discontents and SDllts which have since occurred. The remainder of tha western tour was a disappointment and almost a failure. In tha midst of It came the Crane resignation, a disgrace to the country and the State department Tha trip down the Mississippi river dissatisfied the People there by the evident attanmta of tha prealdent to take a middle course. ana ne returned ta the White House with the cloud of defeat hanging ever his head. As conservation had been one of the great and memorable achlevementa of tha Roosevelt administration, the con. servatlonlste became furious ever what they regarded aa the president's retreat During the following winter this toplo waa uppermost and Washington waa full of excitement The Olavis Investigation and the dismissal of Pine hot ware tha main features of this disastrous period. The affect of these quarrels, added to tha tariff bill's dlagnosia came quickly. Mr. Foas was elected to congress from the Fourteenth Massachusetts district by an overwhelming majority, and when a little later a democrat was elected In the Rochester district by as complete an over turn, the country and the president began to see that they were la the midst ef a political revolution. Prealdent Roosevelt returned and Immediately undertook' hla crusade for a new nationalism. It seemed sure that he would lead a great revolt The protests against the toryiim of the Peyne Aldrlch bill were overwhelming, as every, body could see. Vermont's republican ma jority shrunk. Maine went democratic not because of prohibition but because of the tariff bill and the country waa brae, lng itself for the storm which broke upon It In November. The primaries that were held throughout the weat In the summer in which the progressive elements woa by overwhelming majorities, the refusal ot the Iowa republleane to even mention Taft's name In the platformall thla showed that the revolution waa within the party aa well aa without When later In the sum tner the BalUager Investigating committee split and the report was delayed, tha un reet In the party became mora evident. There waa no possible way to heal this break before the election. The prealdent had gone toe far with the regulars. With out Intending to do so, perhapa, he had practically made them the custodians of hla policies and tha agents to carry them out. Their poiioiee were apparently " hla pollolee, and It was a violent wrench to shift away from them, but ha began to do so very steadily just before election. A change had come. Hla famous letter declaring that the Insurgents should be recognised In the distribution of patronage was an illustration ot thla shift of scene. Following Immediately after that came tha election, and while the prealdent was alow to ahow any audden change of front soarcaly one of hla public acta alnce that election has been In the direction of the conservative element He baa allowed Bellinger to resign, although he gave him a letter of commendation that must read very curiously now In the light ot his successor's rejection of the Cunningham claim. Ha haa allowed Dickinson to resign also and thus removed another embarrass, ment to his administration. The placea of these two secretarys have been filled by men very close to Mr. Roosevelt, and the ultra-liberal wing of the party. Theae ap pointments are very clear evidence of the new policy. Moreover, the tenure of Secre tary Knox Is not regarded aa secure. But the president's moat powerful mani festation of his change of plan Is really seen in the negotiating of the reciprocity agreement Because the Insurgents have done the most complaining about this meas ure it does not follow that they are the partlea that are most hurt The president indeed haa become almost aa radical aa they on the tariff, and even haa gone a step further than they had thought pos sible, but it must not be forgotten that tha cardinal Idea behind reciprocity Is op position to and a powerful 'blow struck at the old citadel of the regualrs. They are the ones who are the most severely hit and hurt Here Is where the president we re peat ahowed hla newly acquired under standing not only of the rights of the situ ation, but of Its political necessity. And nearly all of hla actions, since In the reciprocity bill he first showed his liberal tendencies, have been along one line. Ha haa apparently thrown away his old thoo- rles, haa diacontlnued the harmony platform with which he started out, and has squarely planted "hla feet upon the platform qf real progresslveness, and he Is making a win ning 'oonteat of It fhu conservationists no longer can regard him as their enemy. Only the ultra-insurgents can declare that he Is fighting against their principles. As for the old-line, standpat, reactionaries, he need have no fear of them. Whether he has learned this recently or not the fact re mains that he has learned It. He la now experiencing all the satisfaction that comes from being a popular president for he baa beoome a prealdent who leads, and leada la the right direction. His recent course haa made It Impolltle for the Inaurgenta to put forward one of their number for the presidential nomination. They might ae well join wtth him and strengthen his hand. Whether his change haa oome too late to save him and the party for 1S12, no one ean tell, but If the popularity of his ad ministration grows as much In the next year aa It has In the last few montha, the outcome will be a splendid vindication of the president In hie turning to the light HOT 8TUIT. Chicago News: Warmer winters are promised. It Is a oonsolation to know that thsy cannot be wanner than the summers. Atlanta Constitution: July Is not such a warm number. It's alt In tha way you look at the thermometer. Smoked glasses are fine. Baltimore American: Bvtdeotly tha weather man thinks the patriots of the country want to have hot times end haa been giving them. St Louis Gtobe-Demoorat: The Atlantic states are new being cooled off by "re freshing brasses from the west." Where do they blow away from? Chicago Tribune: We take no pride In the matter, but merely note that we pointed out long ago that thla was not to be a summer, but aa athletlo event If the sporting blood of the community is what It ought to be, 1811, the Equatorial Kid, will be applauded for hla clever work In knock ing out records. Be a sport even If you don't like the winner personally. People Talked About Florence Ziagfeld, theatrical producer, New Tork, only dodged being a musician by threatening when a boy to run away from home, because his father proposed making a Llsit or a Moiart.out of him. Alfred Tennyson Dickens, eldest son of the novelist, who has lived In Australia for forty years," will visit this country In the near future. He will lecture on his recollections of his father. Mrs. Clara Louise Kellogg Strakoach, who forty years ago waa one of the beat opera singers In ths country. Is writing the memoirs of her life at her summer home. Elpstone, In New Hartford. After having been parted eighteen years, Herbert W. Bradley, a Trenton engineer and contractor, and hla sister, Muriel, of Durban, Bouth Africa, met in New Tork, the means of recognition being Uttla bows of ribbon. The young woman made the trip alone on the steamer Philadelphia. The unusual distinction of being the only woman te handle v trains In this country belongs to Mrs. Jennie Connor of Melrose Highlands, a suburb of Boston. She Is em ployed by the Boston A Maine and Is well known to thousanda of railroad men throughout the four states In whloh the road operates. Another J. 000 miles was added to the bicycle record of Mr. A. A. Adee, assistant secretary ot state, before he returned to thla country on board the Touralna of the French Una. Mr. Adee left thla country early In April last ond met William Thackera, the United ftates consul at Ber lin, and hla wife, who Is a daughter of General Sherman. In Other Lands ISe X-igkea ee What te wieae plrlag Among the STear aaS Far sTaUoaa ef ike Berth Fortunate la this nation m having the right representative at the right time la the right place In England. Especially should Nebraska feel ehesty In having IU distinguished eltlsen, the Hon. Church Howe, oa the firing line la a crisis. Those who remember his ability, pereplcaclty and adrottnese In speech and action aa a legls lator In bygone days will not be surprised to learn that his talents shine on all need' ful oooaalons aa American oonaUl at Man- cheater. Many such occasions ansa, in variably General Howe ta there with the goode. The latent happened oa June M. A party of American business men, number ing eighty. Comprising eity offlolele, newa paper men and plain toarlsta, stopped a day at Manchester to view the sights and Inspect some publlo works. The customary banquet closed tha recaption. Sir Boadtn Leech did the honore as speaker for the city. Having recounted the many achleve menta of the city and the success of mu nicipal operation ef public utilities. Sir Leech threw a shower of bouquets toward the city officials who 'devoted their time and talents to the public good." He did not know the reason why, but the fact re mained that thoae who entered the elty council never made a penny out of It "If any man waa found using the corporation as a vehicle for his own enrichment he would be drummed out." Somehow -be gathered the impression that city council men In the United States were different, and expressed the hope they would soon be banished from 'the eight of honeat men. Right here General Howe broke Into the conversation. After seven years In England he oould vouch for the honesty of the municipal governments ef the kingdom. "The officials worked for love of country, and for the good of their fellowmen." There wee very little dif ference between the city officials of the two nations. While the Americans were looking for the almighty dollar English men were looking for four shillings and two pence." The Shot struck a vital spot and the subsequent conversation was leas boastful In tone. eee Germany'a determination to be within striking distance of Moroooo should a divi sion of northwest Africa be "deemed In the Interest of civilisation," has deeper sig nificance than Is attached to the dlspatoh of a war vessel to the port of Agadlr. Ger many la without a naval base on the At lantic! or on the Mediterranean aea. Agadlr la within balling distance of the Straits of Gibraltar and midway between Germany's chief naval station of Kiel and Rio Janeiro, where German Intarests ' are growing by leaps and bounds. All other European powers are provided with naval bases on the Mediterranean, and Germany Is not disposed to let a chance go by when the cutting of territory begins. Of course there Is no intention of acting hastily In throw ing the harpoon. Germany is looking ahead, determined to act should France and Spain perslat In extending their spheres of In fluence permanently. Both powers are Justi fied by treaty rights in exercising police powers In Morocco. To Franoe has fallen the more difficult and dangerous task of Invading the Moroocan capital of Fea and driving off the besiegers. The perile of the situation He In the length of time required to suppress the warring native bands and the possibility of maintaining order with native foreea. The disposition of Franoe te emulate the British policy In Egypt ex plains why the "mailed fist" appears off the coast as a warning for a fair divide.' ee China, In the eyee of the west, haa been so chronically the land ofvaet attempts and painfully alow achievement that the story of the war against opium whloh Is aproaohing its successful close, falls little short of the tnarvslous. The progreee of that earn palm Is graphically described by Rosa Pendleton Chiles In the Forum. On January 1, 1908, China began a three yeara' probation; upon the showing she made dur ing these three years depended the sym pathies and co-operation of the outside world. At the end of the probationary period it was ' estimated by the Chinese government that the cultivation of the poppy had been decreased by SO per cents the estimate by British consular officers Is from 26 to SO per oent; the estimate by our own consuls Is about W per cent Evan at the lowest figure, the result Is astonishing and leaves absolutely no doubt of ths de sire and determination of the Chinese to rid themselves of ths opium plague. There have been no less than 1,000,000 closings of opium dsns. Ths publio burnings of con fiscated opium and smoking apparatus are almost dally events. eae , The mighty strides of education In Europe are strikingly shown In recent con tinental statistics. Twelve years ago there was only one teacher for every sixty pupils. Todday the proportion is one teacher to every forty-five pupils. This advance toward correct conditions Is a re markable one, and It Is doubtful If it ean be paralleled even In the United Statee. Germany, aa Is generally recognised, has the least Illiteracy, , returning only three Illiterates to each 1,000 of population. In England there are ten In every thouaand; in Russia, SIT. eee Australia's population Increased from 1,773,801 la 1MI to lett,486 In 111. Australia has now passed Ireland and pulled up! A aet reader sad ao4 leva expectation. By Eleanor M. Ingram, Author o"Ths Flying Mswcury Illuttrattd im Color If Edmund FrtJtrick. Al M Moelrelert. $r.OO At NEwS-mBOBBS'MIllCPMPAW close te Scotland In point ef numbers. It will undoubtedly have overtaken Scot land by 121. and will then have te fight out with the South African Union Canada for priority ae a eoestltuent part ef the Brttleh empire with seif-govamln rlghta. SI' FT, DAVIDSON I BIO TASK. Natare ef the SeSoel Dlrflealtlee Bleoiwlns la eVesalaaTtoa. Washington Preit The public school system ef Washington Is maintained oa a scale of physical ampli tude and at a financial outlay which ought to give resulte reflecting eredU en con gress, the district supreme court the board of commissioners and the board of educa tionthe four august bodies having to do with the task of housing and Instructing the 5S.S00 children ef soheol age. For an ex tended period ef yeara, down to the time when eongress began studiously to curtail the time devoted to district legislation, the school machinery.1 despite Its shifting methods, made the schools something to be proud of and patterned after. And on the whole they compare favorably today with the schools of eome other larger cities. But that they are losing ground is toe obvious for denial. The new superintendent Is taking hold at a time when thlnge are at sixes an1 sevens. Congress la out of sympathy with the district commissioners and the school irusieeB. aiinpupn eumminTi v. anuii . . kM.nlM An kA .Kb, aamwa.. Itself Is primarily to blame for existing conditions, while a bitter feud betweeen commissioners and trustees Is being fought out at heavy eost te the schools. Ths dis trict supreme court, whose function Is the appointment of the school trustees, haa held aloof from the battle of erose-pur-poses, but Its recent appointments to the board indicate an unshaken eonfldenoe in that body as against the attitude of the commlaelonera Could Superintendent Davidson have found a more complicated deadlock, a more mixed situation generally, anywhere else In the country T Besides the Immovable body of Inertia back of htm, he confronts a demoralised teaching start marked for reorganisation and the delicate problem of restricting the mischievous activities of ths high sohool "frets" which the teachers find subversive of discipline. What with a congrosa more Intent upon digging Into the burled peat than dealing with the living present a board ef oommlesloners reaching out for more power, and a board ef education of limited authority and time, Superintendent Davidson faces great diffi culties. But he is a man of experience and address, and the publlo Is with him. He will not be lacking In strong support In his efforte te Improve the school situation. SMILES. "How did you anjoy the ball game?" "I hollered myself hoarse. One of the vlaltin' fallen got beaned and had to be carried to the club houso, and our boys ' licked 'em, IS to 18." Chicago Tribune. "There are microbes In a kiss," eald the scientist. t "I don't care," replied the summer re sort beau. "A microbe can't be a wltnesa In a breaoh ot promise caae." Washington Herald. I - A W . I I ........ I . New Jersey with dynamite." . "Bless ma. la that aot Well. aav. It must to ait quiet 'till th' fuse is lighted." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Ever undergo any hardships on your cruise, shipwreck or anything like thatT" "Never was shipwrecked, but we went out once without a corkscrew aboard." Pittsburg Post "Why do you eonsult a doctor when you are ao cere leas about taking his advice T asked the physician. "Well," replied tha hypochondrtae. "It's worth what It costs to find a man who Is willing to sit down and listen to my troubles.'' Washington Star. The owner of a large library eolemnly warned a friend against the practice of lending booka. Te punctuate hla advice he showed hla friend the well stocked shelves, "There," said he; "every one of (hese booka wae lent me." Lipptncott's Maga alne. The doctor stood by the bedside and looked gravely down at tha si ok man. "I cannot hide from you the fact you are very 111," he Said. "Ia there one you would like to see?" x "Tea," eald the sufferer faintly. "Who Is It?" "Another doctor.' Judge. "M-O-T-H-E-B!" John D. Wells ta Buffalo News. Fifty times, or more, a day Hear 'em call her that away ! Out t' play, perhapa, or fetch Kindling wood or mebbe ketch Hena or shoo the turkey cocks Out o' reaoh o' ohlcken hawks. Semethln' in their eyes, or got Stung by wasaupa, like aa not, Flngera plnohed, or gypsies nigh Anything that makes em cry Sends 'em to the house from play First oddrotted thing they say Is: "M-o-t-b-e-rr "Mother" this an "mother" that Til she don't know where she'e at 'Twixt her pana an' kittlea and Toungima ail around her! "Land" Bhe-saye-she "let up on mawl Why not go an' ask your paw Jeat far change T" an' then, blame-don. Tells 'em how they're wearln' on "Moth'rln' " every whlp-an'-atltch! "Mother rin' " every whlp-an'-atltch! Talks 'em quiet, purty nfgh, 'Til she's Interrupted by "M-o-t-h-e-r!" Tit for all her takln' on 'Bout their pesterln', blame-don, When they went with Uncle Joe Up t' eee the elrcua show First aa' only day aba Jest Rallly had a chance f rest! What 'd she do? 1 She aet an' aet, Handkerchief jtst wrlngln' wet: "Give that quarter aectlon there . She declared, "throw In the mare, H elf era, tooan' grainan' hay J Let t' hear one young ua aay; 'M-o-t-h-e-rl' High-Speed Romance Hare s motor car Korr te eaedvsta only the motor enthusiaet bet alas tha whe knows aot tunc about snotorin. ciree aethinc about wort. It holU ,K sttentioe by iheer pitch ef excitement aad skill ef plot Stanton Win: Mas iaffsa auks a peed coatrst real, with equal clarcracas contrives stery that keeps the feeder la a pleasant glow of aiatciy and XI A i V 1