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changed aa often as reunested.
Any mora Madcros to bo shot?
Laziness gets up so close to the
skin that it is hard to shake off.
Ror. Irl R. Hicks, weathorvanc,
certainly had the right tip from the
March lion.
Those Thaw people seem to have
a terribly hard time to get rid of
their money.
March marched in mllitantly
enough to suit the most fastidious
British suffragette.
A Nebraska farmer with wlntor
vjheat in tbo ground is not complain
ing of too much snow.
.Cleveland has no dog license
The dogs must also have been placed
upon honor by the Golden Rule
chief of police.
'That reminds us that the second
fcupply main to Floronco pumping
plant was to .have had the water
turned in Doccmbor 1, last.
Dr. Lyman Abbott renounces be
lief in thedoctritio of a flory, brim
stone holl. In" spite of environment,
tho. good doctor grows milder with
ago.
t. , , 1
Wo fear Governor Morehead will
not be as picturesque an ornament
in tho Inaugural procession as was
our Mayor "Jim" on ,that famous
occasion.
Tho Chicago ' News compares
Ilucrta to a set ot false tcoth. As
teeth, howover, tho Madcros havo
found him qulto as Inclslvo as tho
real thing.
,U remains to .bo seen whothor
Mr. Hoarst's hysterical Imprecations
for 'Intervention In Mexico will fall
wiin any m,oro rorco upon a Homo-
cratlc presldont.
If our democratic frlonds needed
one moro United States senator to
establish their control, thoy would
probably not be quite so particular
about taking the long or short
term ovor in Illinois.
Only 11,500,000 for tho federal
government participation and ex
hibits at the San Francisco-Panama
exposition, mo modesty of our
Omaha exposition fifteen years ago
shrinks to Insignificance.
Woodrow Wilson did not allot
himself much time as a private citl
ren betwoon vacating tho governor
ship and assuming tho presidency.
Perhaps 'ho figures ho will havo
plenty ot time to figure In that ca
pacity later.
Assuming that congress will be
convened' to .meet In extra session
April 1, our congressmen will have'upon Reno, The tfctlon of the Ne
just four weeks to figure out how
much constructive mileage they can
draw without doing any traveling
out of Washington.
Another editor Is In trouble for
talking out about a Judgo of the
supreme-court of South Dakota.
This. particular editor 1b Ed A. Fry,
whose old-time connection with Tho
Be, has naturally equipped him for
this kind of a fight.
Stilt, it is not without tho range
cf possibilities that the tables may
be turned at the next Inning, and
upwards of 1,500 appointments by
President Wilson left hanging in the
air by an unfriendly senate at the
end of-hls four years.
Recalling, the fight for the two
cent fard, is a reminder that it was
fought for the benefit ot tho cora-mon-overy-day
passenger. Why not
Join Tho Bee now In tta fight for
lower water rates for the common-tvery-day
water consumer!
What Arc They Afraid Of?
The bill to roqufro public busi
ness to be transacted In public by
public servants has met with a set
back In the lower house at Lincoln,
the adverso votos being; contributed
chiefly by dotnocrats.
Our democratic frlonds have been
loud and blatant in profcselnR their
desire to trust the people. They
have played house-top politics In
n,l ,, mmmUInn nt tha it'linln
- - "",., .
tj,cr j,nvo talkocl about dark Conspl-
rncles against the common people,
but bore, where they have a chance
to mako certain the floodlight ot
publicity upon the acts done by pub
lic officials as agents ot the peo
ple, they trip themselves and fnll
down.
What are our democratic friends
afraid of? Is It the same old story
of calling republicans to account,
and then trying to escape account
ability themselves with positions re
versed? Commission Flan for States.
Commission form of government
for states within ten years Is a pre
diction hazarded by the political
editor of Collier's. It is predicted
upon the assertion that tho Ameri
can people havo seen too much of
efficiency in business to continue
content with monstrous Inefficiency
! In government, and upon tho as
sumption that the commission form
of government for cities will mako
good, and vlndlcnte itself.
If tho commission plait for states
In a promise of progress in govern
ment, it may be interesting to look
forward to It for Nebraska, because
It may be set down as certain that
Nebraska will not long lag in mat
ters of improved government. Wo
must observe, however, as some
what inconsistent with the move
ment in this direction, that the
late changes In the official structure
bore havo added to tho numbor of
elective stato offices rather than re
duced them. Wo havo Increased tho
numbor of supremo court Judges to.
bo chosen by popular voto, and we
have created elcctivo railway com
ralsslonorshlps, but in no caso have
wo abolished any stato office, or
converted an elective stato office
into an appointive one.
If tho commission form of stato
government is to overtake Nebraska
within ten years, wo will have to
have a fast and furious campaign of
education.
Mexico's Revolutions.
MoxIco'b history Ib a panorama of
revolutions, of which forty-six have
occurrod since 1810. Prudence, there-
loroiu pause in accepting, at face
vahio all tho pledges of peaco mad
by- the present provisional admlnTa?
tratlon. Intent and, earnest as rany
be tho Htiorta govornmont In .Its pro
gram of restored order, the record of
tho past standing out as an unerring
ihdox to racial Instincts, which count
for irioro than political promises, will
havouts inevitable Influence.
To bo Buro, forty-four of these
forty-six revolutions transpired from
1810 to 1872, only two coming slnco
then, and tho first of theso was that In
1010 which ovorthrow Porflrlo Dior.
who, with his unrelenting grasp of
affairs, had maintained comparative
peaco for a third of n century. But
while ho Porflrlo Dlas looms upon
the Mexican horizon today, evidently
J it Is. his method of ruling that Is re-
(Julrod to re-establish peaco.
Historically tho anlrlt that danosed
Diaz and later Madoro Is not essen
tlally different from that which after
fivo distinct revolutions freed Mex
ico from the Spanish yoke in 1821
Tho ominous moaning ot all this Is
that with. Its succession of wars and
regimes, Mexico has made small po
litical advancement. Tho forces now
In temporary control may, as they
predict, Intrench their power and
ovolvo permanent peace, but it must
be by tholr works that they bo
Judged.
Reno as an Object Lesson.
Now that the Nevada legislature
has purged the state of the law which
made Reno tho divorce mecca of the
country, possibly by inverses effect
Reno's blight and exporlenco may be
turjiod to great advantage, not only
to Itself and Nevada, but the country
at largo. For It will surely be a
long time before another city will
invito such an odium as thus came
vada legislature, therefore, may have
a large counteracting influence not
at first appreciated In the object
lesson thus afforded
This rather completes a chain ot
similar restrictive legislation in
various states which is good as far
as it goes, but divorce is not to be
most effectually dealt with by en
acting laws making It harder to ob
tain a decree. That Is, as we say, In
the right direction, but tp complet
the effort at abatement something
needs to bo dono at the other end
More attention must be given to the
license to wed. This is qnite freely
admitted, but little acted upon thus
far. The chief difficulty, of course,
is to know Just how best to proceed
But with the progress we are makina
in such matters, it will not Ja Ion
before tho proper course is dis
covered. For this country needs
no further demonstration of tho evils
of loose matrimony.
March, not May, Is the moving-
day month In Washington.
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Thirty Vcnrs Ago
General Oeorgo W. Harrington, In
Omaha selling coffins for an eastern con
cern, recalls that he passed through
this city In 1SST with General Johnston's
army en route to Utah, and Is quoted as.
saying that he tittle thought then he
would a quarter of a century later find
a metropolis of 80,000 on the site of
that little trading post.
At the memorial exercises to the late
William 8. McClelland eulogistic remarks
were made by Oeorge McCultough, A. C.
Troup and Joseph R. Clarkson.
The reception by the Young Men's
Christian association to Its new secre
tary, O. A. Joplln, wan a decided suc
cess. President Hlmebaugh, Dr. Wood
and others made welcoming speeches.
Indiana and Nebraska are to be united
by the marriage of a son of Major Ben-
Jcmln Harrison'to Miss Mamie Saunders
of this city.
Charlie Whitney has been appointed
captain for the Union Pacific base ball
nine for tho coming season.
Tho roller skating rink wilt bo lighted
by gas beginning next week.
Tho next lecture In tho Unity courao
will be given by Dr. Samuel Aughcy of
the Stato university on the subject, 'Tho
Beginning of Geological Time."
The Homo Circle club is preparing for
a masquerade through its executive com
mittee, consisting of -William Brown,
John A. White. F. W. Pickens, J. N.
Hensman and Thomas Curry. Tho
novelty Is to be Injected by having char
acters from 'Mascot." "Olivette," "Pi
rates of Pensance" taken by members of
the club.
Alice and Louis Harrison appeared in
the amusing comedy, "Hotos" at the
Boyd.
Twenty Years Agi
".Modjeska la the best Camille on the
stage today," was The Bee's comment on
Modjeska in this famous character at the
Boyd. "She idealizes Camille, nor does
the moral for a moment suffer In the
treatment" The audience was not large,
but that did not affect the acting.
These Omaha people returned from St.
Joseph, where they went as participants
In the dedication of L. "M. Crawford's new
theater, with Mrs. Leslie Carter playing
In "Miss Heylett:" Mr, and Mrs. W. B
Day, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mulvahlll, Mr.
and Mrs. 3t. J. Dowllng, Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Burgess and Miss Mabel Ulte.
The Young Men's Christian Association
Cyclers' club was organized with the fol
lowing officers: Captain, W. S. Sheldon;
lieutenant. M. S. Coe: sergeant, D. H
Brochle. The club starts with thirty
members and hopes to havo 100.
Champion Jim Corbett, the conquerer of
the great John L. Sullivan, was greeted
by a packed house at tho Farnam Street
theater. MJie is not an actor and ha
sense enough to know it." said The Bee.
but tho glamor clinging to him was suf
ficient to makeall he did acceptable
Spud Farrlsh presented a large floral
offering from friends and then "Gentlo
man Jim" announced that he was matchei
to meet Charley Mitchell of England In
the. coming December. -
.Ten.leara Aeo
. ,in-v"iyi"ii:iai oiud s (losing banquet
for tho season of I90O Was given in the
evening and was a most pretentloua
function. Arthur C, Smith called the
toaitors to order, talked a little shop,
men presented Howard It Baldrige.
toastmaster. Among the speakers were
I'Ted PaXfenrath, John U Kennedy, Carl
ttelter and Dr. J. II Roberts ot Kansas
City, pastor of tho Church of This
World, who lauded Bob Ingersoll.
Members of the Omaha Real Estate
exchango and others were Indignant
ovor the news that the terminal tax bill
had been put to sleep by the legislature
at Lincoln. Among those who publicly
condemned tho action were: Robert
Smith; W. Q. Ure, P. D. Wead, Mayor
Frank U. Moores, J. H. Mcintosh, T. J.
Mahoney,
MIm Webster was planning on a trip
to California and Mrs, Webster had
changed her plans and decided to accom
pany er.
Bishop Mlllsnaugh of Kanias was the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. P. II. Davis.
Miss Helen Buckley of Chicago, who
sang at the first Lenten musicals, was
the guest of Mrs. Luther Kountse.
People Talked About
Three hundred men aro entered for the
spring race for office In St. Louis. Sev
eral wards remain to be heard from.
By means of a charter amendment Min
neapolis proposes to open the door for
the entrance of women into the pollen
department
John Dennis Lewis, aged Ti, of Phila
delphia, believes himself to be tho only
surviving son of a revolutionary soldier
In tho United States.
J. Plerpont Morgan and Porflrlo Dlax
are enjoying "the umbrageous foliage
contiguous to the Nile." Just far enough
away to provoke an epidemic ot fiction
among the home guards.
Dr. W. E. Cell, who in 1903 Journeyed
from end to end of tho Chinese wall, sayi
that with Us extension Its total length
is really 2.550 miles, and that originally
40.000 stone towers guarded it
Cincinnati preachers have Inaugurated
a crusade against the "high cost of dy.
Ing" In that city. Just why Cincinnati
should seek to simplify an unwelcome
evil Is not explained In the advance
notice.
During K13 and the following two years
tho country will have a lively run of
celebrations fifty-year and 100-year an
nlversarlea, culminating In the Panama
canal expositions at San Francisco and
San Diego.
Dr. Stephen Smith, "father" of New
York Ctty'a sanitary laws and dean of
the surgeons In that city, celebrated his
ninetieth birthday recently, and Is still
In health and active as a consulting sur
geon of Bcllevue hospital.
Explanations of the vagaries ot Call
forma climate, assurances ot settled
peace and prosperity In Mexico, and thi
bold defies of "no surrender" In Turkey,
aro ulose rivals for laurels aa the best
sellers among the fiction ot the times.
Senator Healey Introduced a bill which
has been passed at Albany authorising
the city of Yonkera to pension municipal
employes after fifty years' continuous
service. Now It Is found that the bill
affects only one man, George Pilson,
sanitary Inspector, who Is said to be the
only survivor ot John Brown's raiders.
I 1 .
Twice Told Tales
The Port I.ovcr.
He was a poet with long hs'r and
tall, and for a time she win tickled to
death at the novelty of holding hands
with him on the sofa. But after a time
shu tried hints, but they went In one
pof.tlc ear and out the other, like water
off a duck's bsck, and the night our
story opens she spoke right out
"Algernonle," she said, "Sunday nisnt
when you came around, you wrote a son
net to my left eyebrow, didn't you?"
"Ye, love, I did." he returned, put
ting one hand on his bosom to keep It
from swelling with pride.
"Tuesday night when you called," -ha
continued, "rsu composed a triolet to my
nether lip, didn't you?"
"Yes, love." he admitted. "I did."
"Wednesday night, during your call,"
she pursued, "you dashed off a roundel
to my dimples, didn't you?"
"Yes, love," he smiled, "dashed off is
good. But there, there, don't men
tion It."
"And didn't It ever occur to you," she
said, earnestly, "that a girl might some
times wish for something more sub
stantial?" "Darling, you are right!" he cried.
"This very evening shall I write an ode
In blank verso to your entire face?"
She walked sadly to the foot of the
stair?.
"Father," she willed, regretfully, "put
on your storm shoes and come down."
Detroit Free Press.
I. nil or Unrrrr nrricil.
Mrs. E. 1. Harriman Is to present a
medal eaoh year to the railroad that
makes the best record in accident pre
vention.
At a dinner In New York, Mrs. Harr'-
man, replying to -a newspaper sneer
about her excellent idea a sneer about
a woman's Interference In the male sphere
of railroading said:
"Let me tell you a fable, a fable In
anecdote form.
'Two men sat at a table In a club. The
first man, frowning at the other, asked:
'Why on earth do you let your wife
go around saying that she made a man
of you? You never hear my wife saying
that.'
' 'No,' the other frowned back, 'but
I've often heard her say ahe tried hir
hardest.' "New York Tribune.
The Worrrlnir Aire.
Mrs. Benjamin Guinness at one of ner
dinner parties In New Tork mode nr.
epigram upon old maids.
"When an unmarried young woman.
said Mrs. Guinness, smiling "when on
unmarried young woman gets to be 25
I've often noticed that she begins to call
old maids bachelor girls."
Over the Seas
The largest national park In Europe
Is to be established In the canton of
Orisons. Bwltierland. and will have an
area of nearly eighty miles.'
General January and General Febru
ary have done tho biggest part of the
fighting In Turkey since the first of the
year, and struck at both sides lmpar
tlally.
The Franco-Spanish railroad hn m-
pleted a five-mile tunnel through the
i'yrenees.
Over 200,000 mummies have been din-
covered In Egypt, most of them dead a
long time.
The world moves and Rami hnmn.
wnn it a private wireless tele
pioiu is 10 do installed In the
Gardens of the Vatican.
Teluan, a Moroccan city in th TmH.,
peninsula, has been named the capital
of tho Spanish possession In nn,th..,
Africa.
A gorgeous piece of m .--
,,UU1 y i-unts from the belong-
a bargain counter in Paris, seeking a
- u.M,t iitiu. ii stun tr ,i
CI "Htiwy encrusted with dla-
.,uu. ruoies, emeralds and pearls and
- iu ue wortn xiO.000,000. Trade
tllscount for cash-Turkey needs the
Human Iff- I. -i .
sections of England. Moorhouse. th.
... io n. . iicu ii nrnrio n --.--.
aviator, who killed a m-i... . .u
less driving of an automobile, got off
a. oi iw and costs.
Editorial Sittings
CI v-l n n A T I n T -t-v ,
Avniurr: Th,, w
ctentlst. who foresees a comlns tooth
less age for man Is surely no friend
of the dental associations.
st Louis GIobo-Democrat: In Constan-
V...UI..C, u ueposed nigh official Is at
iciteu y apoplexy, m the City ot
Mexico he Is invited to take an automo
bile ride. The unwritten law m both
cases seems to reach the same fatal
rcsuil.
uu" iransenpt: The doctors tell us
that the youth of their profession do
not finish their education early enough,
but wasn't It a president of Princtnn
who said: "The afe of 23 years Is soon
enough for these youngsters to begin
practicing on souls, bodies and estates.'
Washington Post: When theso sufr.
getio hikers can go through a frightful
campaign on two pounds of chocolate
caramels and a can of talcum powder.
It looks as U something were radically
wrong with the commissary and quarter
master's departments of the army.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: The only demo
cratic economy the republicans have dis
covered at Washington has been the re
duction ot the pay of republican office
holders, who could not bo got out any
other way. Apparently some of the office
seekers do not mind risking being called
"scabs" for taking Jobs under the pre
vailing rate.
Philadelphia Bulletin: President Trues
dale, ot the Lackawanna, complains ot
the steady, persistent and continuous er.
fort toward the absolute control by the
government of all the activities of the
railroads of the country. But this effort
Is not Without reasons, and near the top
o the list might be found the record
of 33:1 per cent on Its stock earned by
the Lackawanna last year and the an
nounced Increase In the revenues for the
year of almost 1,000,000 compared with
the figures of the previous year, most
of which came from the transportation
of coal, 'which commodity has been held
at famine prices during this winter.
Democratic Keanomy.
New York World.
With the biggest pension bill on record,
and the biggest naval appropriation bill
on record, and public buildings and rivers
and harbors bills and other extras, the
democratic house Is giving a glorious il
lustration of what "cnonomy" means.
llovr to Mnkr Hotels Safer.
OMAIIA, March J.-To the Bdltor of The
Bee: Aa k ciUzen of Omaha I would
like to make a suggestion for the safety
of people In the old hotels. It seems to
me that the proprietors of these houses
ought to be compelled to Install an elec
tric bell In each room and connect same
to main office as close as possible to
alarm boxes used for fire, and a regular
storage battery put In the cellar, so In
case of fire the clerk could call the fire
department and at the same time throw
In a switch which would ring a bell In
each room. This would certainly give the
guest nn opportunity for safety ns soon as
the clerk discovers the fire. This is only
a suggestion, but I feel that If others
would offer suggestions along this line,
by taking them all Into consideration a
plan may be adopted for the safety of thv
people In the frame hotels.
W. A. HABERSTROH.
Danclnic n UrvlPs De-lrc.
OMAHA, March 1. To the Editor of The
Bee: In regard to your article stating
that society had taken up the Wilcox
glide, I, .an admirer of Mrs. Wilcox's
thoughts In previous articles, have
awakened to find by Ideal shattered
sunk to tho level of the mundane sphere.
Because truly "dancln is the Invention
of tho devil" (the verdict of many learned
and dignified synods). Considering these
very undtaputablo facts, do you still con
sider It complimentary to your previous
Incarnations to have been a dancer?
My choicest selections are poems and
articles of your compositions and while I
myself am not adverse to dancing, one
hardly expects their lavorltc poetess to
resort to It to find said rhythm, music,
painting and sculpture therein.
Besides knowing through previous
downfalls of grnccfui dances the liability
this glide Is of becomlnp commn. your
name, too, would eventually suffer tho
degradation of commonness Instead of, as
previously, bringing high thoughts of
Praise. a. READER.
Against Medical Inspection.
OMAHA. March 1. To the Editor of The
Bee: A bill Introduced during the pres
ent legislature of Nebraska which has oc
casioned much consternation nmnntr
thinking people provides for compulsory
medical inspection and subsequent neces
sary treatment of school children, teach
ers, Janitors and buildings.
Behind Its seeming Innocence lurks the
determination of tho political faction of
the American Medical association to con
trol the health problems of tho state. It
Is not a necessity of the people, but a po
litical invention. It deprives .parents of
tho natural light to choose nhd use for
their children that means of diagnosis
and treatment found most successful;
and, since medicine is still in Its experi
mental stage, we prefer that our children
be not the subjects of compulsory experi
mentation. Medical Inspection of schools Is not con
fined to the mere weeding out of those
Inflicted with communicable diseases; It
Involves objectionable examinations of
children, various operations which many
surgeons are discouraging and- Instruction
on Intimate subjects. Inspection Ik the
entering wedge of compulsory treatment.
which can bo forced through secrt jratlnii
"of the child to the satisfaction of the In-
spector.
Let the medical profession, liko others.
stand on its merits and not nttempt to
ooister its feebleness by compulsion.
PEAJILH CHAMBERLIN.
.
J fi n a ti t ii Miller.
IIARTINGTON, Neb.. Feb. 28,-To the
Editor of Tho Bee: There Is a hackneyed
and threadbare proverb; De Mortuls Nil
Nisi Bonum. But I believe that we should
talk of a dead man as wo would talk of
a livo one. What Is history for? Is It.
according to Napoleon's definition, a
series of lies agreed upon?
Clncinnatus Heine Miller ha passed
away. He Is moro familiarly known as
Joaquin Miller. It Is passing Btrange,
by the way, how a sobriquet will take
the place ot a baptismal and a surname.
There was Mary Ann Evans, known as
George Elliot; there was John Mary Ar
buet, known ns Voltaire; there was
Domlnlo Breda, known as Toussalnt 1'
Querture, etc Magaxlnes and news
papers are summarizing Miller's career
and publishing specimens of his verse.
He died of senility at the ago of seventy
an early age to die from such a cause.
I saw him at the age of thirty-two.
He delivered the poem at the Dartmouth
commencement. It was a narrative poem,
and told ot one of those dark eyed In
dian maidens: A Sylvan Diana that
never existed outside of Cooper's novels
or Longfellow's poems, and the scrib
bling of their imitators. This maiden
lived, on tho banks ot the Columbia
river, the life of a female hermit Her
only companion was a pet bear, which
followed her about like a cosset. One
day a brutal skipper appeared in the
river with his brig. He saw the maiden,
and "loved her with the accursed love
of his accursed race." The maiden re
jected his advances. The treacherous
sailor attempted violence. The- bear came
to the rescue. The skipper retreated to
.his craft Looking toward the shore in
sullen silence, tho sailor saw the bear.
Raising his firelock, he took deliberate
aim and discharged the gun. The bear
dropped dead. But It was the dry season,
and the wadding ignited the dry leaves.
The forest was on fire. The wind blew
sparks to the opposite side. ' Between
the two sheets ot flame, tho guilty man
steered his bark toward the sea. The
beasts of the forest, driven to river,
boarded the skipper's brig; the only
available resting place. On he went to
ward the ocean, with grlwly bear and
wolf on board and a cloud of squirrels
running up and down the ratlines.
The poet drew his moral. The river
wai life; the ocean was eternity; and he
who would be a beast In life, "will dwell
with beasts eternally." I have told this
tale In my own poor prose, for I cannot
repeat a line of Miller's poem. I wrote
him while he lived at Washington for a
copy. He answered that It was a trifle
that he thought not worth preserving.
Sallust expelled from the senate for Im
morality, In the most profligate age of
profligate Rome, is the most philosophic
moralist and the most Inspiring de
nouncer ot vice, among all classical writ
ers. And when I listened to Miller, and
reflected upon the admitted facta of his
life, he seemed to me like Satan preach
ing righteousness.
In the writer's humble Judgment,
Miller will have no penuanent place lr
English literature. As a self-advertiser
he was a past master. Defeated In his
ambition to be a supreme Judge of Ore
gon he took a cue from Bret Harte: and
set out for Europe. People over there
have always been partial to American,
who write about prairie does, buffaloes.
teejteea and tomaliawks. Any American
writing of rofoa and clover blossoms, Is
an Infringer Upon the British patent.
Miller felt the burden ot a family, had
a quarrel with his wife at thts stage and
they parted. But like '0tler Joe, she
came to watch by his bedside In his last
sickness. Miller "struck It rich" In Eng
land; and Americans thought as they
think of some of our cheap politicians,
who have gone abroad: "If he Is rccog
nlzd abroad, there must be something
about him worth recognition."
Miller impressed mc as a person who
was acting a part, trying to Imitate the
proverbial eccentricities of genius. No
man was ever great by Imitation. Miller
hai written some things worth reading.
Miller cared nothing for consistency. A
copperhead during the civil war, he was
th most extravagant eulogist of John
Brown. In fact, he was In our literature
what Bourdau l'OIsc was In the French
revolution. He cared not what people
said of him, so they said something.
WILBUR F. BRYANT.
President Tnft'n (,'rnrloiisnra.
Philadelphia Record.
It can never be said that President Tatt
"lay down on his Job." If he were Just
beginning Instead of wltbln a few days
of ending his official term he could not Be
more Indefatigable In responding to de
mands upon him for a speech here, a
cornerstone laying there and the break
ing of ground in a third locality for a
great monument or enterprise. From the
beginning of the government wo have
never had a president who placed himself
and his office so constantly at tho serv
ice of all who desired to grace a really
worthy occasion with the highest official
presence.
Iteformntlon nf Ileno.
, New York Tribune.
Nevada Is going to make applicants for
divorce live In the state one year before
their petitions may be acted upon. At
present the term of qualification Is six
months. Propriety Is the gainer by tho
change, and tho business of providing
for the wants of residents for divorce
purposes only, will not suffer from a
doubling of the period of enforced enter
tainment "With Nevada's reformation
complete, there remains no made-whlle-you-watt-slx-months
divorce state.
)
The flreat American Traveler.
Philadelphia Ledger.
During his term President Taft has
traveled 114,479 nllles, and if he accepts
all the Invitations that will come to him
when out of office he could easily dupli
cate the record In the next four years,
for, unless we are vastly mistaken, Mr.
Taft'a personal popularity Is of the kind
that sticks, whether he be president or
private citizen.
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the. hotel property is conceded to bs unequalled any where.
BATHS are In charge of experienced masseuse and masseurs
from well known Institutes abroad and In this country who scientific
ally give all kinds ot steam, vapor, electrlo and sulphur baths, also ths
famous Pine Needles baths ot Carlsbad.
ALL MEALS ara served in first class tablt d'hote atyl and
this hotel Is famed for its excellence In this department.
RATE3. The htel Is run on the American plan at present, and
all rates Include boaikl and lodging. The rates are from $3.00 to
15.00 per day per person. Rooms with private toilets or from IJ.50
to 14.00 per day. and with private connecting bathroom are $1.00 to
16.00 per day. We have a few rooms, steam heated, electric lighted,
hot and cold running watei and telephone service at 117.60 per week.
After January 16th, It Is advisable to make reservations In advance.
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Hp (after proving) Then 1 shall lite
upon hope until next Sunday evening.
8hc On, not exclusively. 1 wouldn't go
without my regular meals. Boston
Transcript.
Fair Visitor Oh. don't trouble to see
me to tho door.
Hostess No trouble nt all, dear. It's
a pleasure. New York Mall.
"Do you think a woman believes you
when you tell her she Is tho first girl you
ever loved?"
"Yes. If you're the first liar she has
ever met" Baltlmoro American.
"Bella," have you any engagement for
next
"Mr. Squlnchley, my name Is Miss
BUm."
"Yes, and from the present outlook It's
likely to be Miss Bltm as long ns you
live." Chicago Tribune.
"The Joneses go In for a lot of fuss
and feathers." .....
"Yes, ones gets the fuss nnd his wife
the feathers." Town Topics.
"Bllgglns was assessed for four times
the amount of personal property he ac
tually owns." '
"Why doesn't he appeal?
"Ho Is afraid to. His wife takes pride
In showing the notice to the neighbors.
Washington Stan
"The bride's wedding dress was made
of lawn." ... ,11
"A delicate compliment to her bride
groom's trade."
"What Is he?"
"A gardener."
"A Gardener." Baltlmoro American.
"I don't know how to refuse a girl em
ployment. I hato to send 'em away feel
ing downcast." , ,,
"I always send 'cm away smiling. Tell
em frnnkly they're so good looking that
they might disturb the office work. -Washington
Herald
"We've had a fine winter, so far."
"Yes: but we'll pay for It later."
"Well, If the weather authorities can
collect anything from me, all right."
Chicago Post.
MOTHER MARCHING HOME.
Washington Star.
Oh, father, dear father, come home with I
me now;
For mother Is out on parade.
The brass bands are raising a terrible
row;
They're nil out of breath, I'm afraid.
There's Aunt Sarah Jane and there's
sweet Sister Sue,
And dear Counsln Gladys and Kate.
They'll soon promenade down the grand
avenue. v.
In splendid and serious state.
Oh, put on some blinders like cab horses
wear.
Don't look to the left or the right,
2Tor fear you'll behold all our women
folk there.
And shy, bolt or kick at tho sight.
Oh, pull down the curtain, dear father.
with care,
For mother walked eight miles today.
Until she gets rested and fluffed up fo'r
fair.
Oh, please keep your faco turned away.
AEZ
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now under the personal management of
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