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Pl E————— Some of the western cattlemen may be soon in a position to syrupathize with politicians whose fences are out of re- pair. —— Four Nebraska counties are afflicted RELATIONS WITH SOUTHERN REPUBLICS. Current events give fresh interest to | department and this the relations of the United States with the southern republics, at all times a matter of concern and one of constantly growing importance. In an address de- livered about a year ago Secretary Hay, of this hemisphere, said that the briefest expression of our rule of conduct is per- haps the Monroe doctrine and the golden rule. He thought the republics to the south of us were perfectly convihced of the sincerity of our attitude. “They know we desire the prosperity of each of them,” said the Becretary of state, “and peace and harmony among them. We no more want thelr territory than we covet the mountains of the moon. 'fl"e are grieved and distressed when there are dMferences among them, but even then we should never think of trying to compose any of those differences unless by the request of both partles toit. We owe them all the consideration which we clalm for ourselves.” This voiced the unanimous sentiment of the Amer- fcan people. Another reassuring statement of the friendship of the United States for:the southern republics was made in the annual message of President Roosevelt. * | This declared that no independent nation in America need have the slightest fear of aggression from this country. “It be- hooves eath ome to maintain order within its own borders and to discharge its homest obligations to foreigners,” said the president. ‘‘When this is done, they can rest assured that, be they strong or weak, they have nothing to dread from outside interference.” This is a plain and simple statement of the posi- tion of our government toward the southern republics. Not only have we no design upon thelr territory and no intention to Interfere with them politic- ally, but we shall protect them against any forelgn aggression that threatens thelr territorial integrity. That is the construction our government places upon the doctrine declared nearly elghty years ago. The Unlted States says to those countries that flley should faithfully ful- fill thelr International obligations and thdt they should pay their just debts. and that when they have done this it will defend them against forelgn ag- gression. This attitude relieves the United States of any duty or responsibility in referring to the independent countries a higher degree of usefulness and effi clency could be attained under a new appears to be reaconable. But the chief object sought in the creation of a new department is to advance our commercial interests. As stated by the chairman of the senate committee, our industrial and commer- cial development makes an urgent de- mand for the establishment of a depart- ment of the public service to have the charge of and to ald in our indus- trial development, and to secure us bet- ter and more extensive markets abroad. It is easy to say, of course, that the proposed department could not accom- plish anything in this direction, but that is not a sound reason for refusing to create the department. At all events, it is the judgment of all the leading commercial bodies of the country that a Department of Commerce could be made very serviceable to the industrial and commercial interésts of the country and their opinion is entitled to considera- tion. — STAMP OUT THE CATTLE PLAGUR. The country will approve prompt and liberal provision by congress for stamp- ing out the cattle contagion which has broken out in New England, and ‘such provision will doubtless be forthcoming. 1t 18 not going to be easy to stamp out the contagion and it Is apparent from the reports of the specialists who are on the ground on behalf of the Agricul- tural department that it will cost a great deal of money. Quite extensive districts are already infected and one necessary precaution is the siaughter of the dis- eased animals. But too rigorous precautions cannot be taken and any expense, however large, necessary to the extirpation of the plague is an economy. Under mod- ern means of communication the germs of the disease, unless they be isolated and destroyed, will certainly be dissem- Inated with great rapidity. They can be carried in the clothes of persons who are in contact with infected objects and may thus travel with the speed of the portion of taxes for the maintenance of municipal government. Governor Mickey's avowed purpose to retain in office heads of state insti- tutions who have shown themselves to be eminently qualified for the positions they hold has already been commended by The Bee. The' report of the superin- tendent of the State Industrial school at Kearney shows that its present head, Dr. Beghtol, has worked a marvelous improvement in the condition of that Institution since he took charge only six months ago, and that if given an opportunity to continue his work he will certainly make an enviable showing. Even if the new. governor were dis- posed to make a change he would have difficulty in finding a man qualified in an equal degree to take charge of this institution with the ' present superin- tendent. E——— A new idea has struck the State Board of Charities and Corrections. The board proposes to ask the next legislature to make wife desertion a criminal offense. This bill is Hable to be strangled in the committee on the principle that “us fellers must stand tegether.” Men with pump handles in front of their names are just as Iiable to beé struck by the epldemic as an ordinary mortal. In any event, the woman that runs away from Her husband ought to be punishable Just as much as the man who runs away from his wife. e ——— The vehement attack, led by the New York Sun, on the Cannon bill to author- ize payment of the expenses of the coal strike commission Is groundless. No precedent is violated. In hundreds of instances congress has voted appropria- tions where at the time the expenses were incurred there was no legal au- thority. This attack is a significant exhibition of hostility to the whole policy of the administration in dealigg with the ‘coal strike and the regulation of trusts. ——— The lower silver drops, the greater lightning express, to say nothing of the fatal _trail of contaminated livestock cars. It would require but compara- tively a few months to spread the dis- ease throughout the length and breadth of ‘the land. The industry whose best interests are thus emperiled is one whose aggregate produce is of the prodigious value of a with a want of boarders in thelr county | regard to the controversy as it now | billlon dollars a year. The great live- jails. Something ought to speedily be done for their rellef. p——— After a few days more of hard labor, with much talk and little action, con- stands between Venezuela and the Eurgpean powers that have clalms agalnst that country. 8o long as those powers confine themselves to the pur- pose to collect thelr claims in accord- stock producing states of the west are incomparably more Interested than the New England states themselves in the abliteration of the contagion in the districts where it has already gained gress proposes to take its well-earned | ance with precedents and do not attempt |2 foothold. The Agricultural depart- rest for the holidays. to selze Venezuelan territory the United States will not Interpose. It offers no ment has acted with commendable promptitude and energy in guarantine E— Judging from the discoveries made by | ghield to repudiation of just debts by | measures and in investigations which the Board of Review, Omaha has accu- any country, nor does it undertake to have clearly ' shown the serious mulated an enormous amount of wealth | gay how long a creditor nation should | character of the emergency and the within the past twelve months. ] The railroad and express companies in Omaha should be assessed at a falr val- uation in proportion to the assessments of all other ¢lasses of property—no mere, 0o less. iy “Below zero weather in the east. Fog walt for the payment of valid clalms. Only in the event of Germany and Great Britain invading and threatening to hold possession of the territory of Venezuela would the United States feel called upon to intérpose. and .such a contingency Is not at all probable. The southern republics ought to means which are indi§pensable for meet- ing it. It temains to supply and employ those means, and this cannot be done too quickly or too thoroughly. —_— A WORD OF OCAUTION. The tax committee of the Omaha Real Estate exchange has asked the Board of In the west” This contrast, in the |cléarly understand the feeling of this|Review to assess the property of the language of Reverend Jasper of Old country toward them and its relations Union Pacific railroad within the city of Varginy, affords conclusive proot “that |30 obligations s a protecting power. | Omaha at $34,500,000. This demand ap- the sun do move.” The r¢cent advance in the. price of brooms should not deter the Board of County Commissioners from investing in a few and making good use of them about New Year's time. —— It is observable that European govern- ‘'ments, when acting as bad debt col- lecting agencies, are scrupulous to pick out some weak little tation. They never take a man of their size. —_— The officlal canvass of the vote of Nebraska will not be made until the legislature meets, but no one either of the victorious or defeated candidates are losing any sleep over the delay. EEe———— Senator Hanna again takes occasion to say most positively that he is not and will not be an aspirant for the presi- They have certalnly been most amply informed as to these, yet it seems they are not yet properly understood by some of those countries, — THE DUTY ON ANTHRAOITE. The proposed repeal of the duty on anthracite coal is likely to meet with vigorous opposition from the Pacific coast, whose coal interest would chiefly be affected by the removal of the duty. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer says that the duty is very vital to the prosperity of the whole Pacifie coast, for the bene- fit of which it was put into the tariff law. It points out that there are bitu- minous coals of high grade which are brought to the coast in ballast and sold in the markets where no duty 18 hn- posed. They compete with the domestic product and break down the domestic industry. That paper states that they pears to us excessive and unreasonable. The plain duty of the Board of Review 18 to assess all property, whether owned by individuals or corporations, on the basis of their actual value as near as possible, and any assessment that would give color to the charge of favoritism or discrimination would be pronounced by the courts as contrary to the spirit and letter of the state constitution. For more than a quarter of a century The Bee has steadily advocated radical tax reform that would compel railroads to pay their just proportion of state, county and city taxation. Within the past year it has fought the battle before the State Board of Equalization and the supreme court, and it does not propose to recede from its position until the rail- road corporations are placed absolutely on an equal footing with all corporations and individuals with regard to taxation. dential nomination, but. that will not|are called anthracite and if permitted | Th¢ Bee Will not, however, countenance be the last time he will be called on to | to come in free will work great injury | 0¥ attempt on the part of assessors and enter a denfal. It silence is a sign of deep thinking, to the coal Industry of the Pacific states, It 18 a fact that it was in the interest of that industry that & duty was placed boards of equalization to single out the railroads for punitive taxation on ex- orbitant valuations any more than it county delegition to the on coal that does mot contain 92 per|VOUld countenance any scheme to black- legislature must be éngaged In profound | cent of fixed carbon and it s doubt. | ™! the raliroads by hold-up.legislation. réflection on the subject of municipal less correct to classify such coal as bi- The west half of the Unlon Pacific home rule, but there is so far no other | tuminous, but in the present temper of bridge represents, without doubt, any- Indication of such occupation. That the meat packers and lumber Possibly its removal the country it Is very doubtful if con- gress will permit the duty to remain. would have no where from $500,000 to $600,000 of actual value. Its assessment for $1,566 on the mileage basis Is scandalously low, but it dealers seem to bave & longer pull in | oot upon the anthracite coal interests | 7014 be equally scandalous to appraise congress than the millers was exempll- fled by the defeat of the London dock | yoencer decl DIl The bread and meat eaters have h"ufn e mha‘;::l:mbenem long sinee lost their pull altogether. Sommt— Having polled 400,000 votes in the late election, the soclalist party s now in position to enter into traffic arrange- ments with other political parties. And there I8 plenty of evidence that David no of Pennsylvania, and as the Post-Intel- | 't 8¢ $3.000.000, by reason of its enor- mous revenue producing capacities. The yet public depots and depot grounds represent any- sentiment s 80 overwhelmingly for the | €™ from $15,000,000 to §20,000,000 in- hardly venture to disregard it. S OPPOSITION TO NEW DEPARTMENT. repeal 6 this duty that congress wil | terest-bearing and dividend-producing capital, and thelr assessment for less than $100,000 is a travesty on equity and Jjustice, but it would be equally a trav- esty on justice to return these properties There is still more or less opposition | for municipal taxation at a valuation of Bennett Hill is one of the first to see the [ ¢ the proposed - Department of Com. | $30,000,000. To raise these properties to merce, though there is reason to belleve | that value would afford an excuse for point. mmene—n— When Archbishop Ireland says that m"‘h‘"&m’ 'm"' m"w : ::: commercial interests and which perha; amelloration of the condition of laboy or the betterment of the relations be- In a broad tween labor and capital. sense this is genepally true. . Sm—— The warden of the penitentiary feels very anxious over the prospective advent tes of | UrY of Governor Mickey, but the inmal the penitentiary do not seem to be turbed very much. They all feel sure | ¢la! or fiscal affairs of the goves that under Mickey they will be able to keep their jobs. C— to assess the Union Pacific properties at | $34,500,000. The exchange should re-|a Department of Commerce that the |COmpanies that converge in Omaha such member that the Board of Review is not | business of the bureaus which it is|falr treatment that it is not so strong as at the last ses. poses a new department as superfluous. department has by mo means proved when it are several branches of the public ser- vice now under the charge of the Treas- department which have no fmme- [20d deeded to the company. dls- | Qiate or direet connection with the finan- | Properties should be assessed the same ment. The main question would seem the eity couneil to override the Board of slon. An eastern paper representing | Review and return the property at the ps | Bominal figures fixed by the state board. has some influence at Washington, op- The Union Pacific shop grounds and . | buildings doubtless represent several It thinks that the need for the proposed [ milllon doMars of tangible property been | Value. The grounds not only include the 1s-shown that there | }1ands and lots donated to the road or purchased by the road, but also the . | streets and alleys vacated by the city These - | s all other tangible property In Omaha. It is to be hoped that the Board of Re- to be, It urges, is the business of these | Y'eW Will, after full hearing and mature offices and bureaus badly done and |consideration, place the valuation of the The Real Estate exchange overshot the | would their administration necessarily | Properties of the Union Pacific and all mark when it asked the Board of Review | be improved by the transfer? It is not alleged by the advocates of the other railroads at & minimum rather ¢ |than & maximum. Give the rallroad an suction shop where things are|proposed to transfer is now badly |#%ers of all argument that they are . kmocked down to the highest bidder. done, but they do think that probably | *sked to pay more than their just pro- | will deprive their man- the Incentive to making counterfeit full weight silver colns. With a clear 60 per cent margin, while giving the victim just as much bullion value as the government, the counterfeiter ecan ease his consclence without diminishing his. profits, e —— Striking Statesmanship. Chicago Record-Herald. They have during the past week or two had fist fights in the German Reichstag and the French Chamber of Deputies. It's up to congress. Prosperity Flouts Economy. New York World. Nebraska farmers.are so “flush” that they throw away $25,000,000 a year in corn fodder they won't “‘bother” to cure. Pros- perity is a fine thing, but economy is not its eldest child. Hot Aksld the Business. __ _Washington Post, Mr. 1s have contributed 4750 to the popul mpalgn fund and but $200 to the democratic campalgn fund. But it was the talk he contributed to the republicans that coumted. Howt Much More? i land Leader. ' Now there is to be a hird coal trust in fact as well af in theory. If Morgan's plans are adopted the whole anthracite industry will bb under ome head. The people may as well get ready to foot the bul. ¢ Baltimore American, The fatal fire in Chicago again points the moral that death traps are always exposed sooner or later. It is true that the ex- posure s generally made by a holocaust and that as death traps they are allowed to drift along until they fulfill their deadly miseion. Then eyerybody wonders why. Contradiction of Prophesy. Providence Journal. Before the end of this year our army will number less than 60,000 men and we shall have only 13,480 enlisted men in the Philip- pines. Is there an anti-imperialist candid enough to acknowledge that this is not what he was predicting a couple of years e — Inhumanity of Coal Baronms. apolis Journal, g testimony against the anthracite coal operators has been adduced than that of a 12-year-old boy who pro- duced due bills showing that he worked several weeks at-4.cents an hour and was docked every cent of his pay on account of an old debt against his father, who had been killed in the mines. A corporation that wpuld be gulity of such conduct as that would violate any law, human or divine. The United States, before -Arbitrator Oscar of Sweden, strenuously contended that it did not owe ‘any damages to any one on account of military movements in Samoa. Oscar has decided that the United States and Great Britain transcended their powers and must pay for damages incurred. Now Uncle Sam must make up & list of the debts he must pay—debts he made af- davit he did not owe. Now Will Crities Be Good? Chicago Chronlcle , Having come to the detense of Dickens against the modern critics, Charles Alger- non Swinburne has now turned his atten- tion to those temerarious folk who venture to question the absolute infallibility of Shakespeal He disposes of them as “dirty and dwarfish creatures of simian intellect DECEMBER 11, I902. BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE, on the Spot. Hon. Galusha R. Grow, the venerable con- gressman-at-large from Pennsylvania, is scheduled to deliver today the fourth im- portant set speech he has made in congress In half a century. The first was on the homestead agitation in 1852, the year after he entered congress. The second, in 1860, was entitled “Free Homes for Free Men." The third, delivered at Ol City in 1878, was devoted to the momey question and at- tracted wide attention. The last—for Mr. Grow says he expects it to be the last, as he will retire from congress on March 4— treats of the relations of American labor to capital, with particular reference to the recent experiences of the state Mr. Grow represents. Here s a pun credited to President Roosevelt, which is going the rounds: When Secretary Shaw was trying all sorts of expodients to relieve the financial strin- newspapers, retirement. In the midst of the hubbub he went to the cabinet meeting. As he en- ;ered the room the president shouted at im: “Hello, Shaw! I soe from the papers that I am expected to do with you what Mitchell did with his miners.” “How Is that?" asked Shaw, wonderingly. “Why,” salf the president, “I shall have to send you back to Des Molnes!" One of the first things that Justice Holmes found It necessary to do after ar- riving in Washington was to place him- self in the hands of the court modiste to be measured for his new gown. REvery new justice is expected to order a brand new gown. These robes are all black and are all made alike, the only difference belng {n the material, the chief justice wearing black satin, while his assoclates are robed in black silk. Justice Holmes' gown, like that of his assoclates, will cost him $100, and is made of wide, straight widths, at the bottom three s and a quarter wide, and it comes down to his ankles. The gown has a narrow hem around the bottom and & broad one straight down the front. At the top it is gored to a yoke which is short on the shoulder and forms a deep scallop at the back. This yoke has a silk lining be- tween the outside and the inner one of silk. The sleeves are a yard and a quar- ter wide and reach to the hands. The lining of the sleeves is formed by doubling the material at the bottom, turning it up on the inside and plaiting it about a quar- ter of a yard above the bottom to & narrow silk lining, which nicely fits the justice's arm. .. This arrangement makes the lower part of each sleeve appear to be a wide, loose puff. The sleeves are gored and yoked on the shoulders with many rows of plaiting, but not so many as at the back of the gown, where it is a quarter of & yard A new gown on the bench is sub- jected to as critical an examination by the wearers of the older gowne as a woman's Easter bonnet at church is popularly sup- posed to be. It is ome of the traditions of supreme court circles that the only justice who ever had a gown made outside of this country was Justice Miller, whose robe for some unknown reason was made in Paris. All the other gowns for more than half a century have been made by one woman in ‘Washington. Senator Spooner tells a gory, according to the Washington Post, in which the late Senator Ingalls and Senator Van Wyck of Nebraska figured. Van Wyck was making ©one of his characteriétic ‘speeches in at- tacking corporations. He had a pecullar style of delivery and as he warmed to his subject it was bis habit to move restlessly from one side of the chamber to the other, continually talking. He talked so fast that he often “sputtered” and semators were cafeful to keep out of range of the mols- ture he hissed through his closely set teeth, Mr. Ingalls and Mr. Spooner once sat directly in front of “Mr. Punch,” as Sena- tor Van Wyck was often called, because of his resemblance to that noted charac- ter, when he was delivering an impas- sioned utterance and an atom of spray rested upon the hand of the immaculate Ingalls. “He adjusted his spectacles carefully in- spected his solled hand and deliberately signaled for one of the pages to come to him. Then in one of his famous whispers, which penetrated the entire chamber, In- galls sald: “Boy, bring an umbrella for Se Spooner and a rubber overcoat for me. The incident provoked general laughter, but it @ld not interfere with Van Wyck's speech. Ho simply shifted his position so as to get beyond range of his always fault- lessly dressed and sarcastic colleague. tor “In office,”” Those two little words are more 'significant of broken promises, blighted political faith and blasted hopes than any other two in the language, says the Washington Post. At the same time they convey a pride of possession that is the breath of lite of some people. A col- ored maid recently employed by the wife of a western senator confided to Mrs. Senator that her “‘steady company’ was “in office,” and the pride with which she made the an- nouncement indicated her belief that he wi in a el not far removed from the senatos Inquiry developed the fact that the maid’ “steady"” was a laborer in one of the de- partments. But here is the other picture. An elevator conductor at the capitol was one of the most influential politicians in his section of & western state. He was an im- portant factor in the community in which he lived. He had a good business and money in bank. The desire of his life was to be “in office.”” He came to Washington with the senator whose election he had champloned, expecting to obtain a lucrative position at once. He was disappointed. Too proud to return to his home town without having tasted the fruits of political office he walted many weary months, Finally his senator got the positfon of elevator con- ductor for him. Now this man, whoseé influ- ence was sought by a semator and who eut an important figure in his own state, is serving at the call of anybody at the capitol capable of pressing a push button. A few days ago he escorted a party of his old friends and neighbors to the principal points of interest about the city. They wanted to see the president, and, putting on a bold front, he togk them to the White and facetious idiocy, who deny the sun in heaven and afirm the fragrance of a sewer.” This ought to silence irreverent eriticism for some time to come. _ Good Advice Baltimore American. Secretary Wilson gives Kood advice to American farmers when he tells them to make thorough and systematic study of forelgn markets, so that they may be able to ship thelr products in the best way where they will commend In this work the sec- retary proposes to aid the farmers and will send experienced menm to several of the most prominent forelgn markets to note speclal conditions that may there prevail In a limited way, if the funds of the De- partment of Agriculture permit—and they probably will—the work will be besun the forthcoming year, and can hardly fall of practical and beneficial results. The markets are nearly all open to American products, and the only question is how to put them to the best and most profitable use. House and made the effort. Unfortunately the president was engaged with some mem- bers of the cabinet or he might have re- celved the party. As it was, the rebuff added only a trifie to the burden of disap- pointment already borne by the man “in ce Philadelphia Record. The supreme court in New York has granted Willlam Potter a preliminary in- junetion restraining the labor unlon of which he was a member from expelling him because of his refusal to withdraw from the National Guard and because of his service as & member of the guard during a strike. Potter alleges that he was ex- pelled without such & trial as he was en- titled to under the rules of the union, and claims damages for loss of work and wages. It w 50 claigmed on his behalf that the act of the union in expelling him was in contravention of public policy. The outcome of this ltigation, if it shall be pushed to final determination, will be of great public imterest. remedy is simple : FEED IT If your hair is turning gray or falling out, it is starving. There isn’t life enough in the roots. Feed your hair, The Feed it with Aver’s Hair Vigor. It will not do impossible things, but it often does wonderful things. It always restores color, stops falling, cures dan- druff, and prevents splitting at the ends. hair was three parts gray before I used Ayer’s Hair Vigor. Now 1_have ma same experience with it.”’ — Henry Coleman, “M there T n’t a gray hair to be seen, 3.0, Co., Mass. friends who have had the l(n York City, N. Y. LAMENTATIONS OF THE LEFT. Looking for Trouble. Stromsburg News. It is rumored that Mercer and his dis- gruntled element will start a new paper in Omaha in opposition to The Bee. 1f you don’t want to get stung it Is a pretty good idea to steer clear o Rosey's stinger. More Politieal Folly. Broken Bow Republican. The talk of Dave Mercer for mayor of Omaba and a new republican morning paper there, no doubt is intended as a jest for Rosewater's benefit. An attempt at either would be folly. The nomination of Mercer or Broatch would result in the election of a democrat for mayor, and the newspaper ‘would soon follow In the wake of its prede« cessors whose object has been to do up The Bee. Poor Business Proposition. Hutiboldt Leader. There is talk of the establishment of another morning paper in Omaba, sald to be backed by Congressman Mercer, who, it is said, seeks this method of getting even with Rosewater. In case this is true, which we very much doubt, the projectors of a paper for the purpose of punishing some- one is a mighty poor business proposition. The newspaper field in Omaha is well filled, and while many are not satisfied with its editorial policles at all times, the fact re- mains that The Bee is a modern news- paper and will be patronized by the people of Nebraska so long as it occuples its present place in western fournalism. And the patronage is what make: paper pay. Lesson of Mercer's Defeat. Journal. nd a few other news- still fighting the battle in the Second district. Their guns are all trained on Rosewater. They seem- ingly lose sight of the fact that Mercer was doing a considerable amount of “dic. tating” both before and after the nomina- tion. Had the “heelers” of Douglas county taken the “0ld man's” advice and nomi- nated some good, clean republican other than Mercer, the Second district would have gone republican with a nice majority. The trouble in Omaha s that the party machine has gotten into the hands of a few mercenary politicians who care nothing for party if they can attain thelr ends and gather in the pelf. Mercer's defeat has taught the party that it is unwise to force a nomination by fraud and otherwise upon the people. You may be able to coerce dele- gates, but not voters PERSONAL NOTES. Dr. Henry 8. Cutler, who died a few days ago at Swampscott, Mass, organized the first boy choir in the United States. Dr. Timothy Field Allen, the author of an extensive encyclopaedia of materia medica, and & well known physician of New York City, is dead. Senator Proctor of Vermont s president of the irst manufacturing corporation in New England to erect a fine building near the works for the educational and moral benefit of the employes. Fred P. Clark, twenty years ago a promi- nent and wealthy mill owner in Minneapo- Iis, was arrested as a vagrant the other day and sent to the workbouse. A succession of business and matrimorial misfortumes dis- sipated his fortune and he took to drink, and now, at the age of 60, he is a mental and physical wreck. ‘When Congre: Hill of Connecticut first went to Washington he fell into con- versation one day with a portly and some- what pompous lawyer from the southwest, into which section Nutmeg state capitalists at that time were putting & good deal of capital by way of investments. “Connecti- cut 1s not mugh of a state, I believe,” said [the lawyer In rather patronizing fashion. | “Well,” said Hill, quietly, “the people of my state own about all of the country down where you liv “Bill" Sewell, the Maine hunter-gulde- triend of President Roosevelt, will visit Washington with his wifs in February, hav- ing been invited to do so when the presi- dent visited Maine Jast fall, Strasburg s about to ereot a monument to Goethe. The German poet passed some of the best years of his youth in the Al- satian town and referred to it frequently with words of admiring affection in his memoirs. The design for the statue has not yet been selected, but no attempt will be spared to make it worthy of the great name which it is to commemorate. POINTED REFLIEOCTIONS. New York Times: W. O. Bryant at a recent dinner spoke of Danlel, of biblical fame, as one of the few men who was lionized and kept his head. Philadelphia Press: “Well,” sald the lain citizen, ‘‘there are always two sides 0 & question.” Ot course,” replied the diplomat, “ether- wise how could we dodge it?’ Washington Star: *“When a mule stahts in to be & kicker,"" sald Uncle Eben, ‘he's mighty 1i'ble to land an’ make some ' differ- ence. “Dat's whah he hab de advantage of human folks.” Somerville Journal: Of course it is pos- sible that a dry goods clerk may make a £00d husband, but he must feel times to take revenge on hi trouble that other women give Cleveland Plain Dealer: “Biniler sayn th e president blustered too much in his seage.’ imler sald thaf! By jove, -I_always suspected him of having English blood in his veins.” Chicago Tribune: “There with the umbrella I lost rday. “If youre sure he's wot it why don't you m give it to you cauze Th pretty sure he kaows where Detroit Freo Press: 1 got it.” to have B+ goes Smartiey "Ha‘ says he's bound his magazine ‘‘He's goin 0 pu o wher: Lh.- m.u'i usually ll:' Philadeiphia Bulletin her own well, doeen': “But it isn'f. That's THE GIRL BEHIND THE PID. Baltimore News. The man behind the cannon and the girl behind the man Have been sung in fabled story ever since the world began_ From the day the Trojan Helen, leader of a "M fla Moorphy, mascot of de bloomin’ T ‘Round the world have spread the stories of the brave who do or dle, But_we've aever heard an anthem on the Girl Behind the Ple, There she stands, with cups of coffee, slabs of pastry, chunks of cake, Temptingly arrayed around her, with dys- pepsia in their wake— ~ And she eves the deadly sinkers with a mo: itching eye, As a stream of w!fllnl victims sorrowfully wanders by; Filled or filling, starved or foundered, go they on thelr varied ways, And for her who works the ple pump they have naught but ready praise. Call her Liz, or plain Eliza, or Elizabeth, mayhap, Since yisapchum {s teh to notliing that he doesn’t care a rap— Call he: adam’ she will snicker; call her “honey’’ she will irown, But you're safe to call her anything, so you don't call her down; “ginkereup—draw one!” An! the magic of her volce Is & wicked death to sorrow and & bldding to rejolce! Ve “Mrs. Plumm holds she?” her sister’s chuld.” swurmurs. Yoy may keep your fabled wonders in the long, immortal line, But Ll take the little pre girl as the heroine, in mine! Aye, T'll take the little ple girl in her modest suit of drab, As she cuts a brand néw custard, when I ask her for a slab! Laud your mfinkbehlnd the cannon and his rl to the sky, Bul"l'm writing_ihis here anthem to the Girl Behind the Ple! There’s nothing shoddy in our suits and overcoats, for boys—big or little. But with sound materials and workmanship, we combine all the style that the dandi- est boy or the fondest mother could desire- -jaunty and serviceable, and our prices are in keeping with the gar- ments—just right—and don't overlook our fine lines of wiuter caps and furnishings. ~ “No Clothing Fits Like Ours.” Rrowning-King §-@ R. 8. WILCOX, Manager.