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4 B TTTE OMATTA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 2fi, 1913. Thij Omaha Si'Nday Bisk. FOlNDKDBY EDWARD ROSKWATKR VICTOR ROSKWATKR. HD1TOR. UEK BUILDING. FARNAM AND Will. Knttred t Omaha postofftee as secomi class matter. TICHMS OP SUBSCRIPTION: Pundav Bee. one year $-j Saturday Bee. one year iw Dally Bee. wlttiout Sunday, one. yean 4.tw Daily Bee, ami Sunday. cn year DELIVERED m CAIUUBR Evening and Sunday. per month....... ;je Kvenlng without Sundav. per month.. c Dally Bee. Including Sunday. per mo. R DtMy Bee. without Sundav. per mp... c Address all complaints or Irregularities In delivery to Cltr ClmiHtlfn Dept. RRMtTTANCE Remit by draft, express or postal order. tvable to The Bee Publishing company. On:y :-eent stamps riieiv! In payment of small accounts. Personal checks, ex cept on Omaha and rattern exchange, not accepted. ufficrs. Omaha The flee building. South Omaha-aiS N street. Council Bluffs-14 North Main ftreet Lincoln-!! Little building. Chicago 1941 Marquette building. Kansas CUy-Rellani-e building. New York-i West Thirty-third. fit Louis B Frisco building. WahliiBton-T Fourteenth St.. N. .v. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addressed Omaha Bee. Editorial department. DECEMBER CIRCUI.ATION. 49,044 Elate of Nebraska, County of DouKlas, ss: Dwlght Williams, circulation malinger of The Bee rubllshltiB company, being duly sworn, sys that the average dally circulation for the month of Decembor. Wt, wa 49.041. DWIOHT WILLIAMS. Clroulntlon Manager, Subscribed In my presence and swprn. fo before me this 21st day of December. VHt. ROBERT HUNTER, (8eal.1 Notary "Public. Rubucrlliera Irarlns the city temporarily ahoMliI tmve Tlio Reo mailed to tlirm. Addrraa itIII lie changed, na .often n. reiiuestrd. Jtjst what- UJhat Mr. jMndoro counts on, wc wuuuur. The hammock trndo is Bald to bo Bringing in tlio -balance. "took bororo you: leap," is worth lees advlco to glvo an nviator. ' "What ft hie St.: Patrick would hayo madjj with fratlior Adam and. Mother Eve, ' 1 This BmlUhB - brand of. weather. prompts suspicion .of ..something worse- later on. Solace vf or tho governor tho num ber of 'appointive jobs to glvo out In Btrictly limited. No chance" for extra tlmo charges yet by our underpaid, nnd over worked law-makers. What Is tho valuo of good will? The man who enjoys It gouerally doca not ask tho question. "Thirty Arrests Likely In Arson Cas'o," nays a headline. Lot It "bo "twenty-throe" for tho Arson trust. Again Vfe ask, "What's in a r.amo?" A candldnto named Mud was defeated for office In a southern state, Tho staff of gold-laced colonols Is to bo resurrected In Nebraska. Glvo tho military ' uniform niakors a chance. Coming and going in American life; When Prof. WUspn becomes president, President Tart, will bo como professor. Tho democrats, think to make Juicy subject out of ar otherwise dry subject by promising, to- put lemons on tho freo list. , Referring to a man with an "Im pediment in his veracity," tho Oyster Bay statesman would use a Bhorter and an uglier word. Clpriano ' Castro - says .Gcnbral Gomez robbed hlui- of 25,000,000 francs. Well, ho can't call tho gen cral a plkec, anyway. Tho new Chinese republic persists In running along as raoothly as it It bad always been one, even If It cannot get recognition. That Maryland congressman who proclaims President-elect Wilson the greatest man In public life will, of course, deny having designs upon a cabinet jlob. Our Nebraska .law-makers ore to bo equipped om request with identi fication cards. For some of them, perhaps, a tlmo clock and a cash reg ister might also como in handy. A "spike team" Is one consisting of three animals, two. abroast on tho wheels, with ono in the lead. How would a donkey, an elephant and a bull moose do hooked up that way? Yes, but If that Wyoming 6olon requisitioned from West Virginia had only been a regular republican, what front page shrieks he would have excited In certain ultra-reform journals. Look out with only one more democratic member of t tho United States senate, the democrats there will not need the help of tho "pro gressives," and will not valuo them bo highly.- President Mellen of tho Hartford road will Jiavo vindication, though it Hangs by. a thread. His lawyers have dlhcovercd that one. of, the jurors who indicted hi in resided lit ,iyiother state. Individual Accountability. Speaking of Individual account ability, a current writer declares that there lias always been a ten dency for men to claim that their yielding to an evil bont was some thing for which they wcro not re sponsible. In olden times they blamed the stars or planets or tried to shift their guilt to evil spirits. Later it canio to bo heredity that was the scapegoat for mrn's sin, and apparently, to be just in our punishments, we should have pun ished tho grandfathers of our crim inals. In still more recent times various physical inlurlcs have been blumod for tendencies for evil. As often pointed out, It is ex tremely convenient, nnd decidedly moro reassuring to conscientious scruples, to adopt a theory that wrong-doing Is caused by environ ment, or by factors beyond our own control, and thus relievo ourselves from tho necessity of shouldering the responsibility. But such a the ory has never been made to stand the tost of actualities. Even where futuro nctlon of a social group may bo predicted with a degree of tlefl. nltonuss amounting almost to cer tainty, it cannot ho fixed upon tho particular .members of the group. For example, although out of a thou sand people a certain number will commit suicide during the year, tho particular individuals who will make away with themselves cannot be picked out in ndvancc. Heredity has been invoked to explain many a criminal career when other off spring of the same parents have ex hibited no criminal sypiptoms. Put it down, then, that, barring exceptional enscs which merely provo tho rule, 'freedom of judgment nnd cholco to the extent of taking tho right pth gr tho wrong path is within tho power of each one of us, and that tho general levol of good citizenship will bo raised only by bringing moral standards of the in dividual up to tho proper exercise of this power. Straight oh Civil Service. Tho National . Civil Service Re form leagtio has sent, out a call to arms for tho protection of civil serv ice, in which it ombodlcsa dotailed record of. (ho recent, voto In congress on tho democratic raid on tho classi fied list, It Is gratifying to note from this record that ovory ono, of Nebraska's six representatives democrats and republicans allko voted "No" on tho proposal to rescind tho presi dent's order enlarging tho classified service, nnd that tho thrco Nebraska democrat wero lrt the small com pany ., of. tarty democrats, alb told, who stood out against tho spoilsmen?' Analysis of tho voto servos, how- over, to show how great tho danger is, because 106 democrats, out of 146 voting, favored return-to-the spoils system, v It Is to bo prcsumod that in the next congress pressure to break down tho elvll sorvlco will bo Btlll greater, and that It will take still moro bnckbone on tho part of tho democratic congressmen to with stand tho effort to roako it a party measure, and to forco tliom by use of tho caucus whip to voto contrary to their Individual judgmont. The Epigram Habit. Fow public speakers today sue cesstully resist the' temptation to oplgrammntical spocch. It lsquite tho fashion to employ thp brief and breozy, torso and tart expression. It seems, to fit Jhe Bplrlt of action of oursday, which breathes an Intensely practical view of things. And there ls advantago In, this as woll as tho epigram, but also disadvantage, even more-there"is potential harm. The epigram Is forcoful and ef fective, chiefly becauso It puts thing In a nutshell, so that It may be carried away and rotalncd by tho nverago mind. In this very vlrtuo lies its danger. Tho tendency to put a thing pnt sometimes makes it too pat, too pungent. While tho epl gram affords a splendid vehicle for direct and simple spoech, It invites exaggeration by ill-balanced minds, which though, perhaps, capablo of framing effoctlvo phrases, are ex tremely apt, in over-wrought zeal and the glow of approbation, to fall Into Intemporanco of speech, Pre cisely that Is being done all too much today by some of our vory cleverest epigrammatists. The epl gram habit, therefore, Is like many other commendable things n vir tue that may bo made a vice. Death for Using Opium. A law became effective In China January 1, making the use of opium puntshuble by a fine of $2,000 nnd death in extreme cases. If further proof wore required of China's earnestness In stamping out this deadly dope habit, It might be had In the execution of a woman habitue. This at first seems Incredible, but the report cornea through authori tative channels and leaves no room to doubt China's awakening to the menace, What must .besaid, then, at the report Ihat, while .the Chinese gov ernment cat) reach its native usors and "growers, it finds Itself unable to prevent British merchants In Hongkong and Shanghai from tin porting opium grown In British- India? Americans, through their, missionaries nnd others, have had a vital hand In bringing about tho nnti-optum crusade and have a right to take pride In tho achievement, but what a sad commentary upon the Influence of our neighbor, Britain! It is said that by rigid enforce ment of tho law upon Chinese, tho now republic will In tlmo bo nbh to defeat tho cunning commercialism of thp British, who already have f GO, 000,000 worth of llrltlsh-Indlan opium lying in warehouses waiting for purchasers. Tho least that any western power should do Is to help Instead of hinder tho Chinese re public in seeking to redeem Its people. Probe These Awful Charges. As Incidental to dealing with the big question of water power in Ne braska, tho leglsla'turo should insti tute "a searching investigation"' of the charges made by L. Y. Richards In his answer to the hot-nlr vapor Ings of ono H. It. Howell at the re cent hearing before the houso com mittee. Mr. Richards Is quoted as having said: The Intimation made by Mr. Howoll that Influence nnd money wero uod to bring about thlH grant (of water rights) Is simply ridiculous. HOWELL PROB ABLY DOES BUSINESH IN THAT WAY and judges other people by himself. If his remarks nro correctly reported, there are leoplo who would say that HE HAS A SERIOUS IMPEDIMENT IN 1I1S VER ACITY. Since "so serious nn imputation" Is "so broadly made," by all moans let tho legislature Investigate. The charges made by Mr. ltlchards aro ovon more pointed thnn those mado by Mr. Howoll, becauso tho latter In a signed postscript! oxpressly abne gates any intention of charging any one with dishonesty in tho matter. Tho Bee docs not have to reiterate 'Its very high regard" for "Its good friends," Mr. Howell or Mr. Illch- ards, but wishes to emphasize its de sire, to got at the truth, . and the whole- truth, "in thin matter of transcendent importance." Not in passion and prejudice, but amporately, candidly, fairly and earnestly should this question considered and disposed of." be Now for Aerodynamics. A bill for a commission to consider tho establishment of a national aero dynamical laboratory has passed the sonatc. Only through ouch a labor atory, it is maintained, may our country hope to keep pace with others In aorlal navigation. This may bo taken, therefore, as official recognition whether tho bill be comes n law or not of aviation ds a. sclenco. Perhaps nothing affords a clearer comparison of Its. progress in tho various countries, than a, state ment of the respective sums they havo made available for aviation. Franco leads with $7,400,000, then comes Russia with $5,000,000; Ger many, $2,250,000; Groat Britain and Italy, each $2,100,000; Japan, $600,000; United States, $140,000. Since aviation Is horo, supposedly to stay, wo, as a world-power na tion, will havo to make tho most of It. Authorities point out that we shall not corapeto with ther na tions employing tho most skillful mothods, so long as wo observe the crudest and perhaps wo shall not aVold numorouB casualties until wo- rench a more scientific basis. If we must possess an aerodynamical laboratory, why, tho sooner wo buy ono tho bettor. Loan Agency Legislation. As The Bee has previously stated, the prjmo object of now legislation regulating the chattel loan business U to prevent extortion, and usury. It seems rather strnngo, therefore, for anyone protending to strlvo for such legislation to advocate 36 per cent as a fair rate of interest on chattel loans. Without more con vlnclng light on tho subject, tho tondoncy of such sympathies Is likely to bo misconstrued. No need to amend the law so as to give tho money lenders larger llconso than thoy already possess While some may, he extorting more than 36 per cent, thoy are not doing so with legal' warrant, which does not sanction even this proposed rate No doubt the loan men, thomselves, would hall with complete satisfaction a. law authorizing thorn to take 36 per cent -Interest, for thoy aro not opposing UBury. Let us linVo no legislation that Is cooked up in tho houso of tho loan agents. The demand Is for relief for tho borrower, and It must not be denied by a disguised responso that will not bear the test - of severe scrutiny. An Echo of Religious Bigotry. Official cognizance has finally been taken by Catholics of the fictitious screed circulated as a purported copy of the oath of tho Knights of (Co lumbus. Rev. William Livingston In Tho Columblad nails the He under tho, caption, 'Xho Knights and Their Traducers." By resort to tho deadly parallol, he shows that this "concoc tlon of tilth und falsehood" la but a revision of a printed diatribe au thorlzed by an alleced ex-nrleBt Ir New Orleauli many years ago and which has since been revamped periodically. The general Import of this circular Is to charge Catholics with tho same old secret purpose of destroying the republic and annihilating Pro-; testants. It Is couched In such odlois j terms that It Is boyond cwwprehcn-; sioti how any person with a grain j of snse could seriously give it cred ence. No true friend of Protestantism could Instigate so stupid and un called for an assault upon Catholic Institutions. It goes without saying tho effect oi such palpable distortion of truth can bo slight except on Ig norant minds easily Inflamed by ap peals to passion nnd intolerance. Y, M, 0. A, Expansion. Annual reports or the Young Men's Christian association show 2,192 local organizations In North America with a combined member ship of 556,100, These associations pay out for current expenses a total of $10,000,000 annually. They own 7.25 buildings valued at $81,000,000 and new buildings are constantly being erected. Tho report shows that 5,620,000 persons attcitded all tho meetings held in 4012, while 125,000 men and boyB -.havo bgon enrolled In lllblo classes, 69,000 In educational classes and 300,000' In gymnasium work. Tho association extends its activities into tho channels of the foreign-born with a zeal'and purpose quite remarkable. Tho upshot of it all is tliat tlie Young Men's Christian association s attracting the attention and en listing tho co-dporatlon of business jnen everywhere. Under tho impetus of one man's influence six cities nro completing now Inittdings and four others will soon enter upon construc tions on similar conditions. That man is Julius Rosenwnld, the big Chicago merchant who gives $25,000 to any city raising ,$75,00Q for a building for a colored Young Men's Christian" association. 'And it goes without say ing that this interest Is baaed Upon soundly practical grounds and rec ognition of tho Young Men's Christian association as an investment for widespread good. - Too Easy BonMing. The Chicago, auto band It who killed an officer after oqo of his numerous escapades, had been ar rested and had escaped several .times' before. Once ho was released with out bond on the word, merely, of a' friend. This friend later proves to he the leader of the gang of,hlgh waymen terrorizing tho city, and Is, himself, arrested. Such a proceed ing 8eema incredible. Hero is a judge sotting an alleged crlmlnnl freo on tho word of a man qutto aB much of a stranger to tho court as tho prisoner. Why, sine ho had waived bond and taken this stran ger's word for It, did the Judge not simply take (ho word of tho prisoner and let It go at that? What made him regard tho word of one stranger aB any better than that of another. simply because the latter happened to bo charged with a crime? This is a shocking object lesson of tho loosoness too frequently charac terizing this bonding of prisoners. Tho tendency too often is to subordi nate Justice to mercy and degrade tho law and tho "pence and dignity of the people of tho state" tho law abiding people to the accommoda tion of tho man charged with violat ing the law. It is time to call a halt In Buch abuses, and this Chicago case 1b a vory good ono to hold up as show ing to what lengths thoy may go. Two prominent Missouri news papers many years ago fell into an acrimonious disodsslon, In -which tho ono In Kansas City retorted: "The St. Louts reminds us of a snaggled-to6thed, bedraggled old beldame Bitting on her tripod mouthing her wisdom to an ignorant world about her," evidently content thnt it had driven tho last nail nnd firmly clinched it. The' St. Louis paper merely observed that "If calling.' names were argument our contemporary would have us." When the Hon eats grass like an ox and potato Duga swallow me whalo, when terrapin knit woolen box and hares are outrun by the snail, wnen doodle bugs walk up right as men and a-nary birds swim In the air woll,: what do you care, bo long as the Water board is "going" to reduce rates. The Wisconsin corrupt practices act has been declared unconstitu tlonal. If wo are -not mistaken, the Wisconsin law 1b built on tho same model as those in other states. Still, wo do not recall ever hearing of any candidate kept out of office, or suc cessfully prosecuted, for violating a corrupt practices act. The public is entitled to know the name of tho University of Nebraska girl who knocked down a footpad by a punch in the Jaw. She should be entitled to have her diploma In scribed "Cum laude." Lucky thoso Washington folkB have no vote, otherwise their disap pointment over tho abandonment of tho Inaugural ball might have started a recall petition on the next presi dent already. Nebraska soldier boys will not march in tho Inaugural parade. It la too far to walk and the Nebraska National CJuard has no "angel" to foot the bills of a Washington trip. Looking Backward Jliis Day itt Omaha COMPILED FROM DEC F1LK 0013 JANUARY ? OPO Thirty Years Agi Further detail of thn big tire In the Caldwell block gives thin summary of losses. MeMnhon Abert &. Co., wholesale gloves, JSi.OCO; Meyer & Rnapkc. whole sale croaera, JJ5.000; J. J. Brown & Co., dry Roods stock and store. $7,500; Henry Ilornberger. billiard hall, saloon and build In K, 19.000; Krnnk Smith, building, $5,000; George U. Lake, building, H.S00; John W'lrth, restaurant, $l,7; Ratfllffe & Shaw, gamblng rooms, $.1,000; S. 8. Caldwell, gliding, $3,000; "West A Frltchcr, tobacco, 00; L. R. Wright, Justice of the peace, furniture and records, $300; Robert Pur vis, commlsslj.i merchant, $100. A tcrrlblo explosion of dynamite oc curred at the Florence cuttotf, seriously Injuring three men. "Only a Farmer's Daughter," was the ittrnctjon at the Boyd, presented by Agnes Herndon, "tho handsomest woman on the stage." S. B, Jones, assistant general pas senger agent of the Union Pacific, has returned from Kansas City. . Tho wires were kept hot all last night sending telegrams of congratulation to Morltz Meyer; who was married In New York City. Major T. S. Clarksdn df Schuyler, Is In the cltr. Acting. Mayor Kaufmann bkd a narrow escape from a collision on his sleigh with a. sump In the road on South Ninth street. f . twenty Years Agw -, O. W, Crawford, secretary of'the Trans mlsslsslppl Commercial congress, was In Omaha and told a reporter for The Beo how ho hoped that Nebraska would send a largo representation to the Denver ses sion of the congress. Miss-Grace Turnoy of Kansas City was visiting her. sister, Mrs. Bird sail McAl laster, 2027 Wirt street. Kountzo place. Joo McBlroy and. George MJddtcton faced eacli other for forty-two rounds at tho athletic club rooms and the referee decided It "na contest." , (The pupils of Hans Albert gavo a very fine muslcalo nt the rooms of the Young Men's Christian association In the even ing. Mr. Albert was heard In two violin selections and Charles Hlggtns and Miss Luclla Allen were' among1- the soloists. It was announced that bids would be' opened February. IT for the; cdnqtructlon Of several buildings at Fort Crook for which congress had appropriated .'$200,009. Sir George Pullman indicated through his legal' representatives that he would "go in court" In a fnal effort to avoid payment of all the $16,000 city taxes held against, his company in Omaha, In which case City Treasurer Bolln seized and was holding several Pullman cars, which ho threatened to sell at auction February 1, unless the amount was paid. Ten cars Atri Judge Stenberg. as head of n. lirwlv nf Sewlsh people In Nebraska, was sending money they had collected at tho rate of 1,000 crowns a week back to Sweden for the relief of famine victims. These nine new members were added to tho fire department by the Board of iFire and Police commissioners: Thomas Murphy, Pat Roche, Edward A. Burmes- ter, M. C. Kotch, G. L. Fox, C. Cum mlngs, R. C. Gray, Ed Car, August Gutter; Burmcster, Murphy, Fox and Car, were formerly on the force. The Board of education decided to ask for a tax levy of 2.2 mills. Frederick A. Klmmerllng, SO years old, a woll known German musician, died sud denly at his home, 2221 Charles street. Ho had complained during the evening of not .feeling well, but had not been out wardly 111. He Is survived by a wife and two sons residing In Boston. It was decided to bury him In Forest Lawn cemetery. Tho estate of Peter Glandt. the pioneer Bennington farmer, was filed In probate court and valued at $100,000, of which $60,000 was in realty and $70,000 In personll property. Tax Commissioner Fleming found, after the tax assessment rolls had been altered by the board of equalization, they totalled ror aggregate assessed valuation, $129.- 403,705, the real estate being appraised at $71,SS,1S5, the personal $26,330,170. People and Events A Vienna astronomer calucUlates that "215,000,000 tons of cosmic dust falu nn tho earth every day." No wonder the street cleaning department cannot keep up wun me rusn or business. Some gaiety has been thrown Into In. dlana politics by the Woman's Franchise league. .Members of the legislature have been invited to dino with trie suffragists ana pay I each for the privilege. Molasses sloshed over ail his food has been the elixir of llfo of William Boone LIdred of Wakefield, Mass,, a descend ant of Daniel Boone. Wakefield is 87 years old, and still doing the lick, sir. Cheer up. the light is breaking In! The Housekeepers' league of Phlls.de!. phla has discovered that the consumer in some way or other pays for trading stamps given away at grocery stores. By snooping around in various dark corners of tho Astor estat In Now York appraisers nave added a little over $2,000,000 to the total of $77,826,000, on which an Inheritance tax of $3,150,000 has already Been paid. Former Governor Harmon t Ohio, is going abroad to study military condi tlons. EVcr since his tour or the lakes with the Ohio marines two years ago, Judsou has cultivated tho dress parade fad, and Baltimore failed to root It out. The 'mayor, the police forco and four preachers alternately tried to stop a' "ragging beo" In u hall In Redwood City, Cal., but the younfatcnT held the fort until the last ragged note of the music was drowned by the fire- department Such Is the musical tlmbro of California's native sons and daughters. C. A. Bonds, an aviating financier from Memphis, who undertook to show Kan sas City how to run a day and night bunk, is spending .ho winter In Canada, giving the merry ha ha to Uncle Sam's postofftce sleuths, who .want to meet him on this side of tho line. Using the malls to defraud Is not extraditable. Since Mr. Taft became governor of the Philippines In 1S91 it Is stated that hfs tours and travels have taken hlm a distance of 315,000 miles. In 10O& the year he was elected to the prealdenay. he covered 17,270 miles, nearly twice the circumference of the earth, thus adding to other distinctions the title of "the' great American traveler," SECULAR SHOTS AT rvLHT. Louisville Courier-Journal: A Kansas minister says he'd rather drink red Ink than beer. Well, does anybody want to abolish the constitution to keep him from drinking Ink? Answer: No, not one. New York Sun: "Impulslve".'clentymen with a tendency to rash, sudden and vlojent language would do well to ponder the word "charity," and to them Mat thew, vl:22, might be profitable for dot trine and reproof. , Indianapolis News: However much ih Rev. Myra C. Hoyt of Brockton, Mass., rtiay condemn nagging wives, let it not be for gotten that nagging is the inaliena ble right of wives and furthermore that It is about all the .fun some of them have. ' Houston Post; "Hopo," says a Birming ham minister, "Is an anticipatory fire that concentrates Its light upon salva tion;" It Is true Jn many cases, no doubt, but. In our party wo observe that most of hope's anticipatory Illumination U focused on the postofflces. Springfield Republican; The followin comes from Rev. Joseph E. McMahon of the'ehurch of Our Lady of Lourdes New York City, a moderator of the Roman Catholic church; "To me there Is a sense of the ridiculous In learned ecclesiastics In our church denouncing the clamors of women for the voto because It is op posed to Catholic tradition. Far from yelng lh violation of Catholic tradition, woman suffrage was in accord with Cath olic tradition all through the middle" ages, so far as there was any Catholic tradi tion concerning suffrage." BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORN. Many a man prays for grace, when what ho needs Is grit. Manhood has done more for the country than all Its gold mines. The devil Is most like a lion when he looks most llko a sheep. .Nobody has even been made color blind by looking on the bright side. , Solomon had white hair and long whis kers when he said: "Alt Is vanity." The better men know God, the more asltamed they are of themselves. The man who Is down on excitement !n religion Is often a whirlwind In politics. Every good cause Is most hindered by the people who wish It well and stop with that. The kind of religion that counts Is the kind that works at the trade seven days In the week. The man who claims that he is trying to make the world better too often votes to make It worse. There Is no better way of hiding your light under a bushej than by keeping your church letter in the bottom of your trunk. NEW IMMIGRATION CHANGES. The principal changes In the existing law made by the bill recently passed by congress are thus summarized: 1. An increase in the immigrant head tax from $1 to $5. 2. Exclusion of aliens not eligible for naturalization. S. Adoption of a reading literacy test. t. Making it permissible for the secre tary of commerce and labor to decide be forehand as to tho necessity of Importing such skilled contract labor as now Is ad mlsalble under the existing contract labor law. 5. Providing heavier penalties for trans portation' lines that violate the law against advertising tor immigrants and which bring' to tho United States aliens who are Ineligible to enter. 6. Providing machinery for compelling the attendance and testimony of wit nesses before Immigration authorities. . 7. Providing for matrons, Inspectors and surgeons on Immigrant .ships at the discretion of the secretary of commerce and labor. a. Providing for the deportation of aliens who become criminals three years subsequent to entry. 9. Providing for Interior immigrant sta tions. 10. Providing against illegal entry of seamen and stowaways. 11. Permitting aliens to be represented by counsel lit appeals from decisions of boards of special Inquiry. 12. Providing experts in insanity In large ports of entry- 13. A new definition of the meaning of the word "alien" where it appears in the law. Tonal Moderation. Pittsburgh Dispatch. It- is observed that the old "gentie men's agreement" la heard of no longer. It Is now supplanted by a "community of Interests" and "lnterlock,lng directorates." Are we to understand this as a tardy recognition of the fact that the combi nations to squeeze tho public are not exactly cqjiBonant with the character of gentlemen? tpREE Samples of Cuticura Soap and Ointment for mothers of fretful, sleepless babies suffering from heat rashes, itch ings, irritations and chafings. Rest for mother and sleep for babe fol low a single treatment Cuticura Soap and with S3-pK Skin Boole, addma Potter Drug sc Chem. Corp., Dept. 4Si Boston. Loodon. Pari. Sydney, Oalcstta, Bombay. Toldo, Uoa Kwi w Caoe Town. SUtfDAY SMILES, Lawyer When did your, husband flnrl show signs of Insanity, madam? Client The day lie married me. I then discovered that he was making only $1J a week. Boston Transcript. "They are now adapting prisons to their Uimate.i' needs." "Is that soT Then I suppose for the convicts of mind and education, they have brain cells." Baltimore American. "He's a trusting soul." "What's thefreason, nowT" "He still thinks the small stockholders have a chance." Detroit Free rress. "Buy this clothes wringer for your wife, and save hor weary back." "I can't afford It." "Come on, now; be a good .fellow." Tho sale was made. "They never resist that plea," said the arent In a stage aside. Louisville Courier-Journal. "He says his poor children need another toother." . "Then why doesn't he takeone home?" "Seems the children pay the rent, and they are very hard to convince." New York American. Wife (sobbing to John on his return from office) John, I baked a cake. John Well, don't cry, dear. Wlfo-But. John, the cat ate it. John Don't cry, dear. I'll buy another cat. National Monthly. "My wife says she knows me' like a book." "Well, you don't object to that, do you?" "I'm not sure. Tou see, my wife reads terribly trashy literature." Washington Herald. Dr. Crabbe had almost succeeded In dis missing Mrs. Gassoway. when she stopped In the doorway, exclaiming, "Why. doctor, you didn't look to sco If my tonguo was cofl-tpd I "I know It Isn't," said the doctor wearily. "You never find grass on a race track." Mrs. Youngwedd (shopping) Look at this new stove with the glass door In the oven. Wonder what It's made of glass Youngwedd-It's to make the bread lighter, I suppose. Boston Transcript. "What Is Wombat always pondering aboutV Looks as thoughtful as a tree full of owls." "Boen that way for years. Sponds all his spare time trying to think of some way to utilize the burnt matches. Washington Herald. ' MOTHER'S SONG AT TWILIGHT. Author Unknown. Oh, to come home once more, when the dusk Is falling, m , To see tho nursery lighted and the children's" table spread; 'Mother, mother, mother!" the eager voices calling, "The baby was so sleepy that he had to go to bed!" Oh, to. come home oqce more, and see the smiling faces. Dark head, bright head, clustered at the pane;' Much tho years have taken, when the heart its path retraces, But until tlmo Is not for me, the Image will remain. Men and women now they are, standing straight and steady, Grave heart, gay heart, fit for life's emprise; Shoulder set to shoulder, how should they bo but readyl The future shines before them with the light of their own eyes. Still each answers to my calling; no good has been denied me. My burdens have been fitted to the Uttla strength that's mine; Beauty, pride and peace have walked my day beside mo, Tho evening closes gently In, and how can I repine? Burbh, to see once more, when" the' early dusk is falling. The nursery windows glowing and tlio children's table spread; "Mother, mother, mother!" tho high chlld-vojces calling, "He couldn't stay awake for you, hi had to go to bed!" DAFFEDILITIS. (An Aggravated Case.) Was the UttTe Dandelion When he said that Bouncing Bet All that the Shepherd's Purse contained On how much Mignonette? Does the Cowslip on The little Yellow Jacket? Is Solomon'a Seal On every seed packet? Wood Violet Cypress Tho Dutchman's "britches?" Will the pretty Snowball If the Hickory switches? Will the Larkspur the Horse Mint to Canterbury bells? Is tho Chrysanthemum When the Adders-tongue tells? Did the Snowdrop down. When the yellow Primrose? Can you find Silver-weed Where the Golden-glow(s)? If the Splder-wart blue Tho West Wind's whistle The Godwood bark And the Catkin bristle. Will the Bachelor Button Up the Fox Glove dainty? Is Jack in the pulpit? , If he ain't, why nlnt'ee? Omaha. BAYOLL NE TRBLB Ointment