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FEEBUAKT CIRCUUA.TIOX.
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i State of Nebraska. Coanty of Deeglas. ss:
Dwlglit WUUasM. cireulaUoa manager
of The Bea Publishing company, being
duly swam, says that the avsregs dally
1 rtreulstloa. lees rpolle. unused and re
turned eesiae. (or the month of February,
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DWIOHT WILLIAMS,
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t tabaerlbed hi my pretence and eworj t
' fcefre mo ttl U dayof March. MIX
, (Seal.) WOBERT HUNTER.
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getseeTtk seavtna; the elty
,' teeasswtlr aheald teavs Ta
' fee Mailed M the at. Addreea
' (-erffll be rkasce aa Be a.
' awes-Is'.
All quiet at th Nebraska peni
tentiary. -
Ho, there, dr. Groundhog, your
time Is opt . .
Now. ale little lloa, good little
Marchl. let's be friends.
1 Aa xrhnie sajs "boll your apple
dumpllnge." Way not eat tbemT
Oakland, Cel., claims to bare a
perfect man. Liar! Nature faker!
: Cheer np, the rattle of the lawn
ower will soon be abroad la the
toad. '
Aa a temporary capital the little
towa of Aubnra offers some advantage.
i What's la a name? Here Is a car
toonist aimed Witt, so aaiwer for
yourself.
' Amuadeea seem t bar foaad
the pole without the use of gam
drops, too. . '
, The graad Jury is entitled as much
aa the rest of aa to gal baek oa the
ascas of being snowed la.
Still, It would be hard to make a
pursing Usue out of the power sit
auestloa until It thaws a HtUe.
The militia companies that make
ap the Nebraska National Guard
com la right handy at times. '
Alt the "wwldwllFreJole that
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
succeeded one nor la dodging the
ballet.
As a 11 o heater, the west should
, have seat for Colonel Roosevelt
when this March animal got oa his
rampage.
Th Toledo Blade cute into the
weather situation to say that ao
parent ever same a baby after the
month of March.
Th deadly parallel betweaa the
vaalahlag street c leasing fund aad
th proverbial snow ball Is more
striking than ever. , .
' Of course. It woulda't have hap
pened had Qoveraor Aldrlch con
tinned la office th democratic war-
del Installed by Governor ghallen
fcerger.
The democrata of radical Kansas
have chosea the eoneervatlv MIs
Muriaa. Clark, as their favorite
aresideaUal candidate. Btlll, it Is
all honorary.
Is there any slgulflcBae la the
fact that Champ Clark la a 101 to 1
favorite la that part of th Oasrks
where skuak pelt la still th me
dium of ezehaBge?
It lb Main to aid talk It would a
tale relate a other modern battle-
ahlp might toll, but the Main ei
at eve say "Gurgle, gurgle," aa It
sick for the test time.
W might poke sham at Virginia
for th slaughter of a Judge, snarl a
aad prosecuting attorney had not a
penitentiary warden, deputy and two
gaarda beea slsughtered la Nebraska
oa th earn day.
Indifferent to the Amendment.
Although scarcely a month re
mains before the decisive vote, it is
safe to say that not one person In a
hundred knows that five amend
ments to the state constitution have
been submitted for popular ratifica
tion by the last legislature, aad that,
of those, not one man lu ten can tell
what thee amendments are. 'We
regret to be compelled in candor to
declare that If this referendum on
constitutional amendments is a fair
example of the Interest and par
ticipation manifested In direct legis
lation ' it Is a ssd commentary oa
public indifference and apathy.
These proposed amendments would
work vital changes in our funda
mental law and in our machinery of.
government On of them provides
for the initiative and referendum,
another abolishes all off-year elec
tions of state officers, another vests
cities of over 6,000 population with
charter-making privileges, another
creates a board of control for state
Institutions, and still another short
ens the time for introducing legis
lative bills sad doubles the pay of
the law-makers.
It is as certain as anything could
be that If these amendments were
to be adopted or rejected according
to the original plan designed by the
constitution framers, requiring an
affirmative vote equal to a majority
of the total number of ballots cast,
every one of thee amendments
would be beaten, and, if any of them
are saved, It will be only by the trick
that counts as "Yes" every ballot
marked for a straight party ticket,
without any intention to vote for the
amendments at all.
Canal Primarily American.
It Is the accepted view, we think,
that the Panama canal Is being built
primarily for the benefit of Amer
ican Interests and secondarily for
th benefit of foreign Interests. That
being th case, why should aot some
advantage be given In the matter of
tolls and otherwise to American
ships? First, see th disadvantages
American commerce would suffer
without any beneficial discrimina
tion. Our' ocean trade Is isms to
day, chiefly, for th reason that.
without subsidy aid, our vessels find
it difficult, and often Impossible, to
compete with th chesp labor and
grade, of living, of the seamen ' on
foreign ships. We ar misting out
In trade along the east coast of South
America for Just that reason, and
th same Is true In the Pacific. How
may w be eipected to extend our
com mere to the orient and the west
coast of South America without aid
of aom sort, except the mere right
to run shin through th canal a
right every foreign nation -will enjoy
If w cannot extend It effectual!
to uua nearer market along eterf
South America? J ' ',
Not many American vessel will
be built for th canal rout, w Im
agine, unless th government offers
them aom inducement that would
warrant a chanc In competition
with the cheap-going vessels of for
elga countries. This Is a subject
to which most earnest attention
should be drawn la congress at this
ion, for la congress It must be
determined upon. It Is a great mis
fortune that personal 'and .party
politics should ' be allowed to ob
scure aa Issue so great, affecting, as
It does, the nstlon'a commerce and
Intercnurs with other nations; la
fact, the biggest Interests of our
people.
' Nebraska retailers will return to
Omaha agaia for their next aaaaal
meeting. W congratulate th re
tailers upon manifesting so sensibly
their appreeiaUoa f th hospitality
to them at th oteetiaf In this ttty
Jsst closed.
The framers of th commissloa
plan law apparently overlooked the
MOv-a-reer allowance paid to mem
ber of the Exds board. If that
aridltloaal payment stands the eom-
mlasioa will cost taxpayer $I.6t
a year store than fbe original esti
mates.
Depopulation in France.
The enthusiasm with which
Franc greeted Colonel Roosevelt's
Sarboane speech fro res to have been.
In on Important particular, only a
characteristlo impulse. France did
aot set about increasing Its birth
rat. It lustily applauded the great
American's excoriation of Trance's
most notable national aln race sui
cide, but went right' on, perpe
trating It. , ;. -
A writer la the current North
American Review, venturing into the
delicate field of prophecy, assumes
to say that "la this year of 1 SI J
less than 800,000 living babies will
be bora to th 40.00v.v00 of
France." At any rate. France's
birth rate still stands lower then that
of any other cointry in the world.
That Is neither speculation nor
prophesy. And la no other country
haa the birth rat fallea ao rapidly
and so steadily aa la Franc. This,
therefore, it France s national prob
lem, tor It means depopulation.
The fact is, France's birth rate u
too low to effect an appreciable net
gala In population. France's death
rate, to be sure, like that of moat
other countries, haa decreased, but
aot as rapidly aa the birth rate.
This writer shows that la two years
of Late the deaths outnumbered the
birth la that country. To make
th situation more impressive, he
ssys that France's annual gain in
population through natural Increase
Is comparable with th fortnightly
gain of the United States through
Immigration. "
To long have th epteureaa
Frenchmen laughed this grave mat
ter out of countenance. It Is not a
laughing matter. Our own country
certainly would aot regard It ea. W
aever have had sack statistics to
shame us, aad yet It is to us the first
anti-race suicide curtain lectures
were delivered. It might be added
that Franc has th largest per cap
ita wealth of any nation, so that It
f .
will not do to Justify its race suicide
from the standpoint of" national
poverty.
Han-led Snifragists of Iowa.
The cause of woman suffrage in
Iowa has halted in Its progress to let
th good women, divided into two
warring camps, fight over a man.
According to veracious Information,
the struggle has assumed most mili
tant aspects. Oner-faction of the
women favor a man for campaign
manager and continue to maintain
him at headquarters, where he sits
supreme, 'ihe other -faction vigor
ously, even violently, opposes this
and out of the opposition has sprung
a civil suit by, the man, who thinks
bis good name ha been marred to
the extent of f 18,000 by some of the
women with especially pungent
vocabularies and facile tongues.
It seems Incongruous that women
in quest of the ballot. so long with
held by mere man should finally em
ploy him to lead their crusade. Per
haps It was done on the theory that
th msn will, supposedly, under
stand better than woman bow to go
about wresting this coveted prise
from his msn-made and man-maintained
government. At any rate,
moral suasion haa been dethroned in
Iowa and mild suffragists have de
veloped Into real suffragettes and are
going after the right to vote, under
the leadership of this msn, with a
vim that would do Justice to Kansas.
The outcome should be a matter
of deepest interest. No doubt many
of the good women are standing
about wishing for failure, that they
may have proof of their protests of
man's unfitness for the Job. Should
be win out, though we hsrdly
know what will constitute victory
the inonvation suroiy will become a
regular system with the suffragists.
On thing, th man, If he fails, can
do no worse than most women thus
far bar done, though we pity him
tf he does fsil.
Grove L. Johnson, the old-time
California politician and father of
Governor Johnson, mskes this con
tribution to . current political
thought:
The men who are following Roosevelt
remind me of the boy who was riding the
runaway hull. When aaked where he
wa- folnf. the boy replied: "I don't
know; ask the bull."
And his son, Hiram, Is on of
those boys, but father and a lot of
other Callfornlans are keeping care
fully away from th bull.
Mr. Taft's refusal to countenance
personal attacks upon Colonel
Roosevelt In his contest for renoml
nstlon haa no appeal, 'to' a certain
coterie of rabid Roosevelt newspa
pers bound by ao principle' or pro
artett tot Indulge dally la personal
SHtuJtj ujoo thore'ldent of the
Cnltetlv States. It's, a, rule - that
doesn't work both ways. ,
The grspblc description of the
conventions In Oklahoma, where the
Rooeevelt men ar throwing Taft
delegates over the transom. Indicate
that when they ar In control self
styled reformers act very much the
same aa'macbln politicians..
In view of the eight-toot ballot In
front of voters In Douglas county
the corps of Judge and clerks of
election appointed to man each vot
ing booth ought to be supplemented
by the addition of a fsw guides.
Through th efforts of our very
own democratic United States senator
from Nebraska a ten-year closed sea
son on the killing of Alaskan seals is
to be enforced by our government
Buy your sealskin coats now.
Classifies Mrtsskers.
New York Tribune.
"Don't fUnokl Hit the line hard!"
"Beat them to a fraule." "My hat la
In- the rliif."-- Theea are prosreeslv
matadors. 'Chanting' the rules of the
rune" it reactionary.
laeiplalae Hesitative.
Hu Paul Dispatch.
An Omaha railroad clerk reatgnod his
position s halt hour after ho learned
that be had fallen heir to a fortune. The
delay In presenting the resignation is
aot explained.
'
The New Prrrvdeat,
Washington Bur,
It hi conceded that three consecutive
presidential terms for any man are out
of the ejusttlo. Ambitious statesmen of
the future must content themselrea wtto
a program that wli compel them to rest
tour years after each pair of terms.
Belles s( Old Ssswers.
St Louis Republle.
The Pompetan win shop rias been
uncovered by Jhs reverent heads of ex
plorers, eootaSilng metal and glass u
phoras elssila Kasllsh (or demljohnsw
end aa Ivory safe. Doubtless the cash
resist tr and the bung starter were tue
badly corroded- t be recognisable.
Wonders sf fwi i ee.
St .Louis Republic.
The school geographies teach that Aus
tralia Is largely desert aad that the Ama
in vmlley Hi th moat heavily forested
recloa ta the ' world. Yet a railroad
recently bsllt sround some rapids at the
bead of twenty-three-root navigation on
one ot the sisantw tributaries of the
Amaaon, consists ot Amerioaa steel
spiked to ties brought from Australia!
t Sarprtetnai Tgnw-Bews.
. Bprinctletd tMsss.) Republican.
Tin 'state of Mew Mexico- tarnished
mors roash riders to the square mile
than most any other state la the union.
It Is almost incredible that the New
Mexico lesislstloa wss not captured by
th cslontJ. Yet such Is the (act. ' Th
delegation was not Instructed at all, and
the Taft mea claim five X the elsht dele
gates. And this Is the country where
a ens who Isn't a dead shot, or whose
father didn't kill a man. Is recerred In
the most exclusive society, it is aura
time the colonel took the stump, or the
saddle. U be Is coins; to accept it nominates.
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Marritia.
Thirty Years Ago
The special (rand Jury returned In
dictments against leaders of the so
called riot, and Ed Walsh and Barney
Shannons, were arrested. 1
Tlis Bee prints a card of thanks -for;
sympathy over the . names of Mrs.
Rebeoo. Armstrong. George n. "Arm
strong. Thomas P. Armstrong add WW
E. Armstrong. ... . 1
Business mea say that military occupa
tion Is knocking business In the heed.
The sidewalk en the northwest eorter
of Twelfth and Fernsm street la tor
up for the Immediate removal ot Brash's
old building Into (he street to make way
(or the new bank.
Five prahie schooners were -seen on
Parnam street bound westwaitl. They
contained two families who report the
weather as being rather toe cold for
them.. . '..-"" . -
The steamer "Red Cloud." on ef the
finest and largest la upper allssourl
trade, haa left 8t Louis, and may be la
Omaha some time next week. .
The Qrst track for the Missouri Pacific
In this city, la being, laid on Jaekse
street. , .
Bishop Jobs Sharps of Salt Lake City
arrived In Omaha from the east. .
Levi Carter of Cos M Carter, eon
tractors,, has , (on ', to Green Rives,
Wyoming Territory. ...'. .v, .
The elunday . school convention, di
rected by Dr. J. H. Vincent, ta the Meth
odist Episcopal church, held He closing
session today.
Twenty Years Ago "
B. P. Weaver of the firm of Paaton A
Gallagher left for Ban Francisco, where
on the Kth he was to sail for Japan
and China on a business trip."
Dare - Rbwe. manager of the Omaha
Western league ball team, left for Chi
cago te hook onto some ball players for
thd season. He had arranged ' game
In Omaha wH Patsy Boliver Tebeau's
Spiders of Cleveland.' '-
Passenser on the North ; Sixteenth
street and Walnut Hnp street railway
Unas complained because the 'cars were
not heated. ( ' .
Colonel Cal B. Valentine' ot the 'district
court reporting bureau returned front
California, whither he made a flying
trip as a part owner of museum, wsteb
he Intended bringing to Omaha and to
which he proposed giving a "oomp" to
every lawyer and Judge ta' town. '
The Heal Estate exchange made ar
rangements to give financial aid to the
Phoenix Foundry oompany nt getting
started to manufacture ear wheels. Job
T. Csthers, lawyer, told the exchange
General Manager Kimball ef the Onion
Pacific haa expressed satisfaction with
the quality of wheel turned out, made ef
a combination of Pittsburgh, Connect.
tut and Lake Superior ore.
After several vain attempts the street
car oilers, cleaners and Inspectors o
Omaha. Booth Omaha and Council Bluffs
managed, under the dlrecUoa of Deputy
Organiser Bergman to form a union at
Clark's hall ea Fourteenth street with
these officers: chief carman, JL. A.
Smith; vice chief carman, H. A. C.
Johnson; recording ' secretary, O. H.
Miller: financial secretary, a. C Bagdi
treasurer, J. A. PaJmqulst; members ef
the board ef directors, 1. U. Putney, a
E. Olssn. t. M. Paulson. .
'' '
Ten Years Ago
Rsv. Father Walsh ot Columbus and
1H Knight of Columbus from various
parts of western Nebraska, registered
at the Millard hotel.
President Casper E. Tost ef th Ne
braska Telephone company announced
plant (or the building of a branch ex
change at Thirty-third and Harney
streets, to meet the demands of growing
business.
The first sound! of the Knights of
Columbus organised in Nebraska eras
instituted In the afternoon at the ternpis
of the Ancient Order of United Work'
men. District Organiser M. W. Oleasoo
wss master of ceremonies and was as
sisted by thirty knights from Chioage.
The program, of toasts was: K. W. Simeral,
acting aa ttaat master: C. I. Smyth,
"Our Quests;" P. L. .McArdls of Chi
cago, "Our Ordsr;" Rev. Morlarty ef
South Omaha. "The Church;" T. J.
Nolan, deputy supreme knight of Il
linois. "The Cathode Cltlsen;" T. J.
Mahoner. "Columbus;" James Manahga
of Lincoln, "The Future of Our Order."
Count John A. Crelghtea contributed te
the special entertainment ot the guests
In a suits of rooms he bad engaged la
the Millard,
Charles Ualpln returned from Ot
tumwa. Is., where he spent two weeks.
Rev. J. IL George, D. D . president
of the. Congregational Theological semi
nary of Chicago, preached at the St
Marys Avenue Congregational church oa
"The Mao Behind the Missionary.'" hold
ing ap Jesus Christ as the Ideal missionary.
People Talked About
Bald the Ice dealer to th coal man:
"Leggo!"
Signs of spring are multiplying la the
shop windows exclusively.
Possibly a coal miners' strike ea the
solar system affects the steaming power
of Old SoL If the eld machine m to re
spond te the anxious cal la of the plala
people, now. Is the time to "let up."
Frank P, Croff of Lower Merlon. Pa,
who wants to go to congress, is touring
the district la aa automobile and dis
tributing candy among the wives aad
children of his potential constituents.
According te an official agipralsement
made by . New York tax fecials, the
Karri mas estate will come very dos te
the UvO.e. ore mark and very does te the
goes ot tl.etn.oet a word, disposed ef Is
his MA-word will. -
Boms thoughtful persons In Booth Car
olina, appreciating the woman la . the
case, orgs the ereetioa ot a monument
to Queen Isabella ef Spain, the patroness
of Columbus and bis co-worker la the
discovery of America.
, The Countess of Warwick, a dear girt
vial Una ta New York, admits that she Is
it and decorates the half century aa the
golden eg of woman. The countess is
beautiful and a grandmother and her
heart echoes the optimism of grand
children. Dr. F. S..Archonfe!d, the German as
tronomer, who has Just arrived la thai
country, believes that Mars it Inhabited,
and explains his belief by resnarking that
a there were toagatc houses all fitted
silks In the work and en was known
to be Inhabited It weald be a fcogicei tn-
lectuce
to suppose that ail were.
Iii Other Lands
Basse Blso lights ea What Is
th Wear
ef as Carta.
stutters' Aerwplss fleets.
The aeroplane dWtaioa. or the Italian
army, operating in Tripoli, has achieved
esnslderable success aa a' means of spr
ing aver the land occupied ay the Arabs.
Bombs have been dropped ta or about
the esiwoo ef the enemy.' bat th results,
as retards accuracy, cannot be deter
mined. Th Itallaa achievement, how
ever. Is of little value hi determining the
utility ef the aeroplane In modern mili
tary operations, (or the reason that the
Trtostttaa defender sr aot supplied
with artillery- seek ea European
armies possess, which would blew to
pieces aa aeroplane flying within ritual
range. But the Italian demonstratlea
etisMea militarists to-press for larger
aparopriatlons for that arm of the serv
tee, Francs t establishing avtatioa
eartipt and airports In various parts .of
Ms North- African peseeeetone. Th Brit
ish war off Ice has decided te equip the
British army with aa aeroplane flotilla
of tfctry or forty machines, tan of which
have already been ordered. The error ap
propriation la to be Increased te enable
th creation ef a British aerial fleet
The French and German military : au
thorities have made' such no labia ad
vances in' military aviation that Britain
Is now in a position te profit by their
mists It es and discoveries, avoiding years
of costly experimentation that have been
pact-weary to bring aviation to its pres.
ent usefulness.
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sdrtt ( bet.
A significant feature of occidental com
ment on the disorders in China la the
absence of criticism ef the spirit of loot
rampant s motif supporters of the de
funct Manchu dynasty. The subject la
too disagrees bis to warrant the custom
ary. "boiier-thao-thoa" expressions of
horror. Memorise ef the Invasion of the
International armies during the Boxer
troubles of a dosen years ago bars the
plea of a hocked sentiments. The looting
operations ef .these advance agents ot
a. superior civilisation, contrasted with
native work, stamps the latter as crude
novices In the business. In "The War ot
CurlUsaUoB." George Lynch describes
the looting ef the rich elty ef Tuhgvhow
by taa international soldiery ss "a veri
table orgy."' aad of the looting of Pe
klng be relates this typical lnstaaos:
. "Nearly all the natives to be seea Were
worklag. drawl nsl carta and carrying bur-
dene under the dtrsctlea ef the French
soldier . Cross! oa the great - marble
bridge, I met swneosnmlsaiened Officer
with He oooitee earryiag an Immense
vase ef eld ewteoane of rare and beauti
ful workmanship. Amid the ruins ot the
houses the sjoMlers were searching for
the gleantaga of the harvest of looting
This, which appeared to be their chief
occupation, had brought their uniforms to
a perfectly ludicrous state ot ragged
nssa." Ha eeneludee a chapter by say
ing! "It win be maay years before the
dty of Peking eaa possibly recover from
this terrible visitation of fire and pil
lage." sse
eaasMlatf Mania la Frae.ee.
Oaiy ta its wider reputation as a gam.
sling resort does Monte Carlo differ from
th casinos ef France. The latter esse
th pressure of sporting blood and trim
the victims of chance just as elsvsrly as
the more notorious resort. The French
casinos at Enghlen, Nice and Trouvllle
eleaned up H.H5,M0 In pro fits In the last
sporting season, from May to September.
A Paris oorree pond ent. discussing the
growing gambling mania, declares that
in no country dose the game pay the
proprietors se well as la Fraaoe. Equally
astonishing are the Use received by tas
staffs of the leading casinos. At Cnghlea
the chief croupier pocketed lil.ett In the
five months end the croupiers aa a whole
eolleeled the healthy sum of S347.aax
Meanwhile her Is a warning: If you to
to Paris this year have no dealings with
the money-ln-the-slot machines found In
nearly every cafe. The "gambling brl
gads" of the French police haa been In
vestigating thee machines and dlscov
,ertd that many can be "fixed" so ss to
leave little to chance.
' ess
BVaasss-Clerasaa Levity.
The astonishing escape of Captain Lux
of the French army from the German
fortress at Olats. where he "was Im
prisoned for alleged spying, nettled Ger
man authorities keenly and caused wide
spread desire for speedy forget fulness.
But ths memory of It turns up In a dis
agreeable (aahton. Herr Toepfer, a
Olats baker, has brought suit against
Captain Lux for about tit worth of cakes
supplied hira while in prison. Legs'
publication ot this suit started a wave of
merriment on both eidee of the border.
German papers comment -Ironically on the
"colossal complacency" ef ths baker,
suggesting that whoa Captain Lax ap
pears ea April V the date of bearing,
the courthouse be draped In garlands snd
toe word "welcome' be placed over the
door. All FYs ace la enjoying the Joke.
Captain Lux, whs has resumed his place
la the French army, says a left check
for k fraaoe In the cell when be
escaped, aad thinks that sum enough to
pay for seerr.Toepfer'e pastry.
Ballrsads la Central A fries.
Th Ores. Unfe la the western half sf the
German Trans- nijuetorlel railroad, which
st to cross Africa (rota the Karoerum to
German Bast Africa, ta practically com
pleted. It ta less then tea sails long
and connects Duals with- Edea. The
former Is the pert ef Kamerum, the
latter aa Important towa near th mouth
of th Bans river. Preps rations are
new being snade te extend the tine Inland
toward the Cbanghl and Conge.- This
is the road . which win cross French
Conge by one ot the strips ot territory
scq ul red by Germany In the recent
treaty. On the other side ef Africa the
railroad building has ssmnsssd much
mora rapidly and the Cenaaae now
have a line In operation about tut miles
ta length and are planning to extend
It te Lake Tanasaylks several hundred
miles further to th west.
Pesetas; ( Snap.
Although members of the British
House of Commons ne longer work for
glory, having reached a salary standard
six months ago, they hardly eaa avoid
"viewing with alarm" a projected boost
in the cost of Irving and the lose of the
cheapest meals heretofore enjoyed ta all
England. For some years they have
bee eating tf-eent dinner that would
cost th seas fortunate aaliUone who
sever enter the portals' eX Westminster
sisnost twice the sum. Now tt has been
discovered that the refreshment separt
asrnt of the House ef Commons has
bsea dropping aseaey at the rate of flTJos
a year and a new kitchen committee pro
pete to jump the "price of th members
dinners to 31 or X casta.
PATE5T MONOPOLIES.
Chicago Tribune: Unless Justices
White, Hughes and- Lamar have heea
utterly confused by ths legal verbiage
of their brethren on the bench the result
of this patent decision ' upon the cora-
tnercial life of the nation will be incred
ibly disastrous. Close monopolies will
be established and upheld by law, with
a grip, upon .the consumer compared te
which the grip ot the most powerful
of existing trusts Is light aa aa infant's
touch.
New' York Tribune:- The dissent In
this case it weighty, and the chief jus
tice uses rigorous language concerning
the evils that win spring from the
court's Interpretation of the law." The
whole subject of patent rights needa the
attention of congress more Imperatively
now than before this decision was ren
dered. I'pon this, at least, the majority
and minority of the supreme court agreed.
8t- Louis Republic: The case Is pre
cisely in point with much recent declama
tion and agitation. The higher court haa
given . an Interpretation, of law which
competent observers say amounts to new
law at least mischievous law. So far
as the court Is concerned, let it go at
that. It Is for congress to asy whether
It shall be wiped out. This Is the true
democratia referendum in judicial mat
ters. This la the one sober and circum
spect way In which a court which Is
"supreme", only when there is nonaction
by congress and people may be .over
ruled: We do not need to upset the
court. " What la needed la that we give
our serious attention to the law.; Con
Kress can rewrite that law In a week If
It will and by doing It can make blank
paper of the decision for all time.
Get It Rlsbt.
Springfield Republican.
Although Amundsen haa been a famous
man ever since he discovered the north
west passe ge. his name Is still sronounoed
Wrong as often ss right. The correct
pronunciation Is with a strong stress oa
the first syllable, which I made rather
long "Ahi-moond-sen." The "eo" is not
quite so-close and positive as In moon,
snd the "e" Is somewhat slighted. The
last two syllables, being cluttered up
with consonants, teke sack about ths
same time Ss the long sh." so that the
rhythm Is much like that of "Edmonton"
or "excellent emphatically spoKen. it
Is a resonant, spirited name,. worthy of a
modern viking. :
, The Iowa Idea.
8L Louis Globe-Democrat.
It baa not always been easy to. define
Ihe Iowa Idea, but it embraced some
measure of dlFsatlsfactlna with recent
republican national policies. " Iowa Is
normally a strongly republican etste, and
Its average -of Intelligence la high. It
has .contributed eminent. .men- sad im
portant measures to the statesmanship
sf the party and the welfare of the na
tion. After deliberating over the present
situation Iowa la choosing at least a ma
jority, of Tatt delegates to the national
convention. Thla is true also In districts
lately Identified with what are termed
progresslvs members ot congress. Iowa
ia disposed to let well enough alone, and
in this east ths well enough Is decidedly
the best In tight
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-By the way. old top, is the gruBly bear
common around hers? . - .
Landlord feed to be. bat It e extinct
now. Why. even Three-Fingered . ike
won't allow It ta his dance hll.-Puck..
ivrnt vou think gaod roads 'would
.V .... imminent
eltissn. M ere had better d maybe
we could arrest more automobiles fur
violatin- the speed HralUVaahingtoa
u-im.'UAtn siwava' carves when we
nave cunt ,
uooey isa i your - ....
Willis Guess he a;n t abls to with
sayla' things Boston Transcript.
"I shall net run for Of rice." earn ins
eminent statesmen, 'unless- Jers Is sn
overwhelming popular demand for me.
Welir i . M
"It la now up to me to ret busy ana
create that overwhelming demand.
Washington Star.
"Has Polly got her music lesson mixed
up with her gymnasium hourr
"Of couree net. Why do you aekT"
"( thought from the way she was play
ing, she might have theugntlessly taken
the piano for a punching bag. Balti
more Americsn. i
The anesthetics don't seem to have
any effect oa Battersby, air. He woe t
drop oft" -
-Hum. Ah.' I have It Bend for his
pastor and his barber. ' Between them
thev ought to put him to sleep." Cleve
land Plaia-Peakr. . .: , -...
Blobbs Do you think Mlas Antique
would appreciate a birthday present?
Blobbs Not as much as birthday ab
sent Philadelphia Record. . i
"I can understand spread-eagle tactics,
but here's something I cant understand. "
What's that?" ' ...
"Why ahould a congressman srgutng
for an spproprlailon to dredge a creek
speak bitterly about ths crowned beads
of Suroper' Pittsburgh Post -
The baffled detective looked shout him.
"I hsve got to the end of my rope!" he
exclaimed.
Then he threw away the stub of the
campaign cigar he had been smoking and
lite seemed sweeter. Chicago Tribunal
"How did you nke the new revivalist"
"1 hsrdly know. lis startled ms so.
He suddenly sprang on the platform.
cried. 'Hers we are again and turned
two bandrprirurs and a dipflan."
"Yes. he used to be a circus clown.
you know." Cleveland Plaradealer.
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