Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 10, 1903, Page 6

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REMITTANCES, Remit by draft, express or postal order, Bee able to T) Publtshing Company, 2-cent st accepted in payment of accoun .cn.?mm. except on Omaha or eastern ex: not_acce| od, E BEE PUBLIBH[ G COMPAN flAmm oF CIRCULATION. State Nebranl nt; e B Tuethick, oo b Bech ury 'oF Fhe Be Bee ‘being duly sworn, Says Toat the -anfi}"mb« o full and somplete fly, Morning, Kvening and inday Beo Dfln!.yd during the month of January, 108, was as follow! 1. 80,420 1 30,600 28.020 HEERURREBEREES Total.. Less unsold and returned coples Net total sales. Net average sales. GEORGE Subscribed in my presence and before me this 8ist day of January, A. 18, M. B. HUNGATE, (Seal.) tary Public. 8o far as appearances go, the friar question is simply stewing. Eie——— Of course those Indlana grave robbers a1d all their work just for the benefit of innocent doctors. Skt Grover Cleveland sees no reason to re- ject a presidential nomination that he knows is beyond reach. L Lucky that earthquake shakeup in Kentucky came on Saturday or the Ken- tuckians might have attributed it to something else. | railroad Just In passing, it may be noted thut no churches hereabouts were burning | cancelled mortgages before the present era of republican prosperity was fnau- gurated. m————— After reading of the catastrophe in the South Sea lslands, the famines in Sweden and Trinidad, ove s tempted to the belief that being in the United States is worth while. 2 Seee—— Colonel Bryan has the right of every American citizen to choose his own table company, and if he wants to draw the line on political grounds, that is a purely personal matter to himself. s The lawyers will take up six days of the coal strike commission’s time. If all the hot air they spout could be used for heating purposes, the pressure for fuel might be somewhat relieved. If trusts are over 2,000 years old, as asserted in the debate on the trust bill, the only wonder is that anything out- side of the trust octopus is left for the trust promoters of today to wonk on. E— That omuibus statehood bill seems to have been too heavily loaded to get safely over the rough places, and the result 1s that two of the passengers will have to get out if the coach is to ar- rive at the destination at all. Em———— So well satisfied {s the heuse with its innovations of Sunday sessions for eulo- gles on deceased members, that it seems anxious to hold memorial meetings every Sunday if only enough members will die successively to keep the dates filled. ] A cleverly constructed bill is slumber- ing on the legislative filles at Lincoln designed to shut out of Nebraska all the local guaranty bond companies and monopolize all the business of the feld for the foreign companies. The bill should be put to sleep permanently. e The inclémency of winter weather does not seem to be interfering with the prosecution of the municipal campaign down at Lincoln, where it s already on in full blast. A bill postponing the bat- tle to thie balmy days of May should be rushed through the legislature at once. Emm—————————— Up in tfloux City, stage realism is to. be promoted by a real wedding cere- mony as part of a dramatic perform- ance. When the company reaches Siou: Falls, it can earry the drama of life one Step further by having a real di- vorce connnuuud before the eyes of the audien SEp—— n naturally be supposed that e Co . 1 club would get to the forefront in the fight to secure equal taxation of railroad property in Omaha with the property of private individuals and business houses. - But it 4s keeping. decidedly mum. The reason why, is not hard: to discover. - E—— . Gowernor Mickey's umtudn on the qn‘hl of theaters, card playlng and dancing may be approved by only a part , of the people of Nebraska, but the uni- versal verdict will be that it Is far pref- A STRIKING SAMPLE OF DISTRIBUTION. Twenty years ago the Omaha & South- western milroad w) returned to the state board of rallroad assessors as 40.25 miles at $10,649 per mile and its total assessed valuation was $497,645.67, dtatributed ns follows: Douglas county, 7.81 miles Sarpy county, 10.9% mik Cass county, 1.02 milds. Baline county, 17 miles Gage county, 12.43 miles «§ 83,168 69 . 117,092 61 . 10,861 96 . 181,088 00 . 132,367 07 Total, 49.25 miles............. $524,463 26 In 1002 the Omaha & Southwestern is returned as 50.88 miles at $6,500 per mile and.the total assessment thereof s $330,720, or $193838.25 less than it was assessed for in the year 1882, The mileage and assessment for each of the five countfes traversed by the Omahn & Bouthwestern raflroad in 1902 1s as follows: Douglas county, 4.86 miles $ 31,500 Sarpy county, 14.91 miles 96,015 Cass county, 1.02 miles. 6,620 | Saline county, 17.07 miles 110,950 | Gage county, 13.02 mile: 84,630 | Total, 50.88 miles..... $330,626 It will be noted that while the road is credited with a greater length in 1902 by 1.63 miles the shrinkage in its value is almost 37 per cent, and the loss to the five countles respectively was as follows: Douglas county Sarpy county .. Cass county . Saline county Gage -county . $51,668 60 20,117 51 47,737 07 Now mark the striking effect of dis- tribution. Twenty years ago the value of the terminals of the Omaha & South- western at Omaha, Including depot grounds, depot and other improvements o the rightof-way, did not exceed $100,000. In the year 1902 the depot grounds, depot buildings and terminals of that road, which include the wholé Burlington system at Omaha, exceed: In value $5,000,000. Assuming that the as- sessment for 1002 represents one-sixth of the actual value, or $833,333, the Burlington terminals at Omaha exceed by $502,708 the assessment of the whole line, including the terminals. Had the line been. assessed on the basis of 1882 at $10,649 per mile, which by rights s less than half of what it should be at one-sixth of its mileage value, the nssessment for 1902, exclusive of terminals, should have been: Douglas county, 4.86 miles Sarpy county, 14.91 miles Cass county, 1.02 miles Saline county, 17.07 mile: Gage county, 13.02 miles. With a correct distribution of the value of the Omaha terminals of the Southwestern road, the various coun- ties traversed by It would have been credited as follows: Douglas county . $ 123,361 Sarpy county 407,247 Cass county ... 217,972 Saline county . 467,271 Gage county .. 356,203 Total......s.e 1,382,144 By rights the value of the Barlington terminals at Omaha, which alt in- cluded in the Omaha & Soutliwestern, should be distributed part of the mileage of the Omaha and Ashland Iine. These figures ought to be an eye- opener to the public who are still con- tending that the values of the railroads at the Omaha terminals . being dis- tributed to the various counties, town- ships, villages and precinets along the ‘whole line of rallroad. BRITAIN'S FOOD SUPPLY. The solicitude that is being manifested by prominent men in England in re; gard to the food supply in the event of war Is Interesting as showing how en- tirely dependent the United Kingdom Is in this respect upon other eountries, particularly the United States. The manifesto just issued by a committee composed of peers, members of parlia- ment, officers of the navy and others of prominence, declare that in case of ‘war,the country must be prepared to see bread at famine prices, As most of the food supplies are drawn from the United States, the opinion is expressed that the price of wheat would be ralsed artificially to a point commensurate with the war risks and undoubtedly such would be the case. It does not appear that the commit- tee made any suggestion as to prepara- tion for this' possibility, and. it is not easy to see what could be done. Eng- land cannot- accumulate sufficlent food supplies to meet demand for any great length of time in the event of war, and prices would certainly bound upward very soon after the beginning of the war. It should be her policy, therefore, to use every effort to preserve peace. Especially necessary Is it to the wel- fare of her people that she maintain friendly relations with this country, from which most of her foodstuffs are supplied. Any impalrment of these re- lations which would interfere with this trade would have very serious conse- quences. for, Britain, and this is perhaps the most potent reason for English friendliness. Af any vate, it is so strong that Great Britaln will provoke no quar- rel with the United States and will sup- port no. other country in any hostile moyement aganst us. We send to the United Kingdom an- nually foodstuffs to the value of several hundred million dollars, and with total export trade with that country amount- ing to between. §500,000000 and $600,- 000,000 a year. This' vast commerce, much of it m indispensable articles which Eugland canoot obtain elsewhere, makes the strongest possible bond be- tween the two' dountries. In addition to this a hr'e amount of English capi- tal 1s fnvested in American raflway and oftier seeurities and In. various enter- prises In the United States. Hundreds of milllops of dollars have come from mipes and industries and a considera- ble part of it is still invested here. Thus enormous commercial and flnanclal in- terests have been created bétween the England for the development of our THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, for the maintenance of friendly rela- tlons, about equally important to each country, for while England must have our foodstuffs and our cu'ton, we want the trade and find it profitable. There are some who think that a Eu- ropean war is an event of the not re- mote future. Reports of armies being mobllized by Turkey, Russia and Aus- tria are disturbing symptoms> Tt might be Inferred from the anxiety of promi nent .Englishmen regarding the food supply that they expect war. There is no doubt that a war involving Great Britaln wonld compel the British peo- ple to pay a very high price for food- stuffs, so that nvn country will be wise to spare no effort for the maintenance of the world's peace. — THE STATES AND THE TRUSTS. The supreme court of the United States has pointed out that the states may exert a considerable power in con- trolling trusts, through legislation sup- plementing the federal statutes. The | constitutional limitations of the power of congress In dealing with trusts and the restrictions upon the power of the states to interfere with interstate com- merce make a very complicated situa- tion. On the one hand congress can regulate only interstate commerce, which does not involve the power to forbld combinations of manufacturers, while on the other hand the states can- not prevent foreign corporations from sending thelr goods within their borders and. selling them there, although they can forbid unreasonable restraints of competition and can impose conditions upon foreign corporations that seek to locate within their limits, A number of the states have enacted | antl-trust laws, but we do not know of an instance where one of these laws has been sustained by the courts, the general reason for their failure being that they went beyond the powers of the 'state aud in some way were an in- terference with Interstate commerce. This experfence, however, should not be permitted to discourage the enactment of anti-trust legislation by the states and the efforts that are being made to secure such legislation and have it uni- form are to be commended. A bill has been prepared by former Congressman Springer of Illinols, who is the attorney of the Natlonal Live Stock association, to be submitted to the legislature of every state in the union, which is aimed at the suppression of the evils that it is the purpose of all anti-trust laws to reach. The basis of the bill is what is known as the Sherman act, but this is very much amplified. It aims specifically at three objects—publicity for the af- fairs of all corporations and organized assoclations engaged In ‘business within the state, preventing the granting or receiving of special rates or rebates for transportation and preventing acts by means of contracts or conspiracles, or by underselling to particular persons, intended to drive others out of business and suppress competition. In these respects the bill is in' accord with the measures before congress and therefore would supplement these, thus establishing a concurrent policy between the federal government and the states, which appears to be absolutely neces- sary for effectually dealing with the combinations. Speaking of the provi- sions of this bill the New York Journal of Commerce says they are necessary If the trust problem is to be satisfac- torily solved and to accomplish the end legislative co-operation between the na- tion and the state is essential, unless the entire jurisdiction is to be ulti- mately turned over to the nation by amending the constitution. This un- doubtedly will have to be eventually done, but in the meanwhile it is most desirable that there shall be legislation by the states supplementing federal anti-trust laws to such extent as this may be done. With the federal and state governments co-operating much could certainly be done toward remedy- ing the evils and abuses of the trusts, e One of the speakers at the recent meeting of Nebraska democratic editors declared that the principal campaign expenses of democratic candidates con- sist of money spent for hooze. This is an arralgnment that should be indig- nantly resented not only by democratic officer seekers, but also by democratic voters to whose favor they appeal. In all the sworn statements of campaign expenditures filed by democratic candi- dates we have seen no items credited to booze, but, like the traveling man's ex- pense account, it may be there just the same. E— village in Nebraska in which the rail roads are paying as much in taxes on their local depot grounds and right-of- way under the system of pretended mileage distribution as they would pay if the property were assessed and taxed property. Yet the raillroad prate about double taxation. banks on deposits of county money, it drawn by registered county and city warrants. warrants than the state pays on Warrants. Sm—————— gressmen at Washington for? SupT——————— There is not an incorporated city or by the city authorities the same as other attorneys If the legislature undertakes to reduce the rate of interest required from the should also reduce the rate of interest There is no good, reason why county and city should be compelled to pay a higher rate of interest on thefr ate It is sald Nebraska congressmen want the state to maintain a pald business agent at Washington to look after the Interests of its people in the varlous|of pneumonia, but another whose vitality executive departments of the natlonal government. Pray, what is the state|or other cares may prove a ready victim maintaining two senators and six con- ested in currency stability in Mexico as Mexico itself because of the large Amer lean investments there and our growing trade relations with our neighbors on the south. If this country can help out any in bringing Mexican monetary affairs lnto conformity with our own, we cer- talnly will find it advantageous to do so. but Vot 8t. Louls Globe-Democrat. Barnum's “bearded lady” is dead. This removes one of the last vestiges of popu- lsm. Law Lennt. Don't G Philadelphia Ledger. There 18 only one lesson taught by the way the house has handled the submarine boat scandal: 1f a congressman knows of an attempt to bribe him, he will keep it to himself. e Yourself Away. A Suggestion from Abroad. Brooklyn Eagle. And will not Boston erect a statue of Ralph Waldo Emerson on his one hundredth birthday? We have statues of forelgners, of politicians, of momentary consequences, while this great mind that America has produced is still unmonumented. Antlquity of kin Games. Indianapolis News. Mr. Littlefleld, in the house, traced the history of trusts back to 2,300 years B. C., which 18 interesting, but,not conclusive evidence that they have a vested right to skin their victims. No doubt a little careful research would enable an inveti- gator to trace variations of the gold brick game to still greater antiquity. Indianapolis Journ: Nothing could be franker on its face than the statement of the new German ambassa- dor, who has just arrived in this country. Unless he is utterly deceitful, which we have no right to suppose, the German em- peror feels very friendly toward the United States, and has no intention of violating the Monroe doctrine, which he understands and approves. This, of course, cannot make Americans approve of Germany's metbods in the Venezielan matter, but it should dispose of groundless charges and fears. | Salvation for Milllonaires. New York Times. General Booth of the Salvation Army gravely announces the purvose of that en- terprising organization “te go after the millionaires of the United States and en- roll them as members.” They have not usually been considered promising revival material, but perhaps the effort to reach them has not been made in just the right way. The millionaire as an active mem- ber of the Salvation Army would not be out of place. The qualities which have put him in the position he occuples, or kept him there 1 the formative work in building his fortune was dome by others, are very much those which it may be assumed would make for success in the kind of work Gen- eral Booth wants done. Better Pay for J Philadelphia Record. There was a time when the salaries of the judges of the supreme court of the United States were decmed quite sufficient to enable them to iive with comfort and dignity. But nowadays, when lawyers of by mo means the abilities of the judges of the supreme court often earn as much in fees in one year fs the salary of a supreme judge would amount to in ten, there is less inducement to ‘seek the highest honors of the bench. The salaries of the judges should the Taised 80 as to secure the very best abilitles for the gov- ernment. It is.to the highest interest of the country that the judges of this great court. should be' {ndependent financially as well as politically, Dana’s Sound Logie. Atlantic Monthly. They tell a good story of Charles A. Dana—how Dana once summoned a boy re- porter and sald: “Tomorrow you write up the yacht race “But,” sald the lad, “I don't know how. I'm a Nebraskan. I only came here last night, eir, and 1 haven't so much as seen New York harbor yet. As for yachts— why, I never saw a yacht in my life. *Just the reason I sent for you, boy! You'll write a story that people can read; you'll picture the thing; you'll write with enthusiasm because it's all new to you.” Sane logic! The poetry of the sea h always been written by landsmen; it ways will be. The barrack room ballads are best sung by.a gentle civillan. The in- side of anything is clearest seen by an erstwhile outsider. Mr. Bryce, mot Mr. Lodge, writes the “American Common- Bmerson, not Carlyle, writes “English Traits.” INCREASE OF PNEUMONIA. my A Time for Vigilance in Safeguarding Ome's Health. Philadelphia Record. The undoubted decline in the mortality from consumption may be traced to the greater care exercised by the patlents and those who have charge of them to avold everything known to favor infection. Owing to the instructions which have been widely distributed by health officers most victims of the malady are provided with covered cups for the sputa, which is destroyed by burning. Formerly no pains were taken to prevent the sputa, crowded with germs, from drying and thus fillilng the air with the seeds of the disease. It is because consumption, while communicable, is not en acute infectious ailment that its ravages were not vastly greater than when so little was dome to limit its speed. Probably the decline in the percentage of deaths is due far more to these precautlons than to any new methods of treatment.. Pneumonia, however, has shown an in- sed mortality during the time that the deaths from tuberculosis have diminished. The people have been slow to realize the highly Infectious character of pneumonia. The germs are in the air, and it needs only & favorable opportunity for them to { develop rapidly. The vital statistics of the cens bureau are not regarded as sc- curate, but they indicate the tendency. In 1880 the deaths from pneumonia for each 10,000 of population (for the whale country) were 12.56, while in 1800 the rate had increased to 13.49.° At the same perfods the deatbs from consymption de- creased from 18.21 to 14.44 for each 10,000 of population. The health officer of Chi- cago reports a more alarming increase of mortality in that ecity from pneumonia— an increase of 350 per cent in forty years. In street cars, theaters and all publie bulldings persons with “colds” who clear their throats do not hesitate to expec- torate in cuspidors or on the floors, and in many cases they set free the germs of pneumonia. = A man in perfect health who is care-free may casily escape the danger is low and who is depressed by busine the germs in the air. There is no reasonable doubt that a thorough system of ventilating Wl where people gather and a more Tigid enforcement of £ The Mexican onetary commission | ihe rules against spitting o public places professes to be grateful at the friendly [ would tend to reduce the mortality from position taken by the United States in | pueumonia. At this season persons cannot FEBRUARY 10, 1908. BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE, Minor Scenes and Incldents Sketehed on the Spot. In spite of the vast quantity of anti-fat remedies prescribed and marketed by the medical profession there are Instances, strange to say, among the doctors them- selves, In which these infallible remedies utterly fail to produce the guaranteed re- sults. One of the victims of unseemly bulk, who tried in vain to melt some of his too solid fleah, has bad his faith in pills and potions sadly shaken, and his grief I8 the more poignant because his ex- pamsive front prevents his promotion in the medical staft of the navy. Dr. A. ‘H Simonton is acting assistant surgeon of the navy, has a remarkably fine record, and under the rules is entitled to promotion. But Dr. Simonton is of such massive frame that he cannot get through the hatches of a torpedo boat. He could not render first ald to the injured or any other kind of ald unless the injured should be brought on deck, where he would have room to turn aronnd. Actual measurements of Dr. Simonton's girth and of the hatchways apertures show that the hatchways would have to be reconstructed it he is detailed for the torpedo boat service. But that isn't all. It is objected to Dr. Simonton that he is so broad of beam that he cannot navigate the narrow chanpel of & battleship’s eorridors and would be in constant danger of getting wedged in be- tween the bulkheads. Further than that, the stateroom of a battleship is limited in size, and it is sald that Dr, Simonton would have to sleep on the cabin table, becauss he couldn't get into the state- room berth. Just before the close of the year the stock of silver dollars held by the general fund of the treasury was down to less than 300,000, being the lowest that had been reported for many years. At the rate at which demands for dollars were being recelved for shipments to all parts of the country, it was thought that the ‘stock would be entirely exhausted, in which event Secretary Shaw would have been compelied to notify bankers and others that he had no more silver dollars to distribute. Just as the vaults were about to be swept clean the tide turned the other way. Business slackened, and, instead of going out, the dollars began to come in. There has been a ateady gain for the past three weeks, and today the silver dollars in the general fund number nearly 8,000,000 It is curious to note the tastes of the people in different sections of the country in re- gard to money. The big silver dollars are very popular all through the south and west and in the rural districts of certain eastern states, but there is no demand for them whatever in large cities east of the Ohlo river. The people of Pottstown, Pa., evidently prefer the silver dollars to the silver certificates, for the department re- celves regular orders for tho shipment of large sums of silver dollars to that town. Uncle Sam, by the way, pays the freight on these shipments, and also insures safe delivery, there being no charge to the banker whatever. This is a scheme the government has for encouraging the circu~ lation of silver dollars. The only require- ment is that the money must be ordered in lots of not less than $500 worth. The Civil Service commission recently re- ceived from a concern which manufactures glass eyes a request for an indorsement of its wares on the ground that “a hagel, crystal left eye worn by one of our patrons was marked ‘far-sighted—refraction excel- lent’ in & recent examination for the com- mission.” 11 the detalls of the matter were given, the candidate’s name, the date on which he took the examination and the percentage he made. The commissioner- found that the statements in the letter tallied with the records. The candidate was summoned be- fore a medical exper® at the commission’s New York office and the report of that offi- cer received today confirms the company's assertion. The medical officer says that the left eye was of glass, but that it could hardly be detected, it rolled 'in unison with the other, was of the same color and looked for all the world like a natural optic. The physjclan was in some doubt himself, he says, even after the usual tests until he tapped the candidate on the pupil with the butt end of a penknife. “Yes,” taunted John Sharp Willlams of Mississippl to “Uncle Joe” Cannon, “we democrats will whip you all right in 1904." “Got a'candidate?” asked “Uncle Joe,” softly. “We'll have one,”” Williams replied. “You fellows remind me of the man who was driving aloig a country road in Tlli- nols,” sald “Uncle Joe" “He asked a farmer which was the road to Paw Paw, ‘Wal’ sald the farmer, ‘there's two roads. It you take that one yender you'll wisht you'd taken t'other, and if you take other you'll wisht yow'd never come.’ " Representative Goldfogle had some con- stituents who came to see congress work in the rotunda of the capitol. He was show- ing them the pletures. . “"Now this,” sld Goldfogle, “is & picture of Washington giving up his cormission.” “Glving up his commission, huh?" com- mented one of the party. “He must have been & sucker. How much was his com- mission? Representative Sibley of Pennsylvania, who was elected to the Fifty-sixth con- gress as a democrat and to the Fifty-sev- enth as & republican, was making a trust speech. “What side is Sibley taking?’ asked Rep- resentative Nevin of Representative Kyle. “I don’t know,” sald Kyle. I only heard him talk for fifteen minutes. He may have shifted since then.” PERSONAL NOTES, King Edward may be said to be rioting in pleasure. He has been entertaining Gen- eral Miles and Sousa’s band at the same time. A woman reformer has discovered that the life led by telegraph messenger boys is “demoralizing.” Does she accuse them of being fast? It ia proposed to mame one of the new battleships in honor of the state of Kan- sas. Kansas may be expected to take to water quite naturally. In granting a pardon to Cole Younger the governor of Minnesota surrounded it with so many limitations that his future will be seriously handicapped Congressman Tawney of Minnesota de- clares that he recently received from a constituent a letter in which the writer begged him to forward “a bushel of mac- aroni seed.” Medical Director G. F. Winslow, U. 8. N., has made application to be -placed on the retired list. He is & Massachusetts man and has a long and creditable career in the navy. The sixtieth birthday of Senator Nelson of Minnesota was celebrated in Washing- ton on Tuesday by & dganer at which the senator was the guest of honor, and at which covers were lald for sixty-five per- sons, including Senator Moses E. Clapp, who acted as toastmaster; other senators. representatives and heads of departments were present. The dinner was given by the Scandinavian association of Washing- in behalf of which Senator Dolliver TIPS FOR THE LEGISLATURE. Afnsworth Star-Journal: The bill intro- duced by request by Brown to recede to the old law for hunting chickens, in our opin- fon, I8 & very poor idea since it has been established that birds are a great enemy to insects. Whatever your opinion, it 18 pertinent you write the semator at once stating your desire in the matter Fairbury Gagette: Women clerks and employes In the legislature should be “cut out.” Such places belong to the boys who made the fight 1 politicat fleld. Good and worthy young men, with real and posttive claims upon the members, are turned down { for mere sentiment. This is mot right; it is not good politica or good business princi- ples. Stromsburg Headlight: H. R. No. 255, by Thompson of Merrick (by request)—To punish the stealing of domestic fowls and to punish persons receiving or buying stolen domestic fowls and to punish all persons harboring or concealing poultry thieves. Makes tho offense a felony. ch a bill ought to pass with a whoop. Every com- munity in the state is suffering more or less from this kind of piifering. Springfleld Monitor: One of the bills in the legislature that is belng pushed by the representatives from the western part of the state is for the extermination of prairie dogs. The maker of the bill, Frank Currie, an old-time Papillion man, claims that over a million acres of land is ren- dered worthless for farming each year by theso pests in western Nebraska and that something must be dome to put a stop to it Gordon Journal: We hope the legislature will not adjourn until it has taken some steps to compel the Standard Ofl company to furnish a better grade of il for illu- minating purposes than is now being sold to our local dealers. The stuff we are ueing now is not fit to kindle & fire with. There ought to be a heavy fine for tmposing such stuff on the people. This is one of tbe things that should not be overlooked by the legislature. Nebraska City News: A bill has been introduced In the legislaturc making it a fineable offense for any youth under 18 years of age to smoke on the streets or at any public place. A heavy fine is to be placed against the dealer who sells tobacco in any form to a youth under that age. The bill {8 & good one and seems to meet with the approval of all of the members of the legislature. It fs to be hoped that this will be one of the laws that the legislature will enact. ‘Wayne Herald: There will be an earnest effort on the part of the present legislature to put the finances of Ncbraska on a bet- ter basis. The state debt is now double the constitutional limit, and is increasing. An effort will be made to reduce the run- ning expenses to the lowest reasonable limit, but it will be found impossible to bring them within the present revenue. Some means must be devised to increase the Income as well as to diminish the- ex- penses, ' Hastings Tribune: Legislation for the construction and maintenance of good roads will never be a thing amiss. It is not often currently remarked of, nevertheless the country road is one of the most important factors in the accumulation of wealth. It 18 the feeder of the rallway systems, which in turn are the feeders of the merchant marine. These roads are the little streams which convey the agricultural quota to the commercial current. They are abso- lutely essential to the farmers who border thelr lines and to towns and villages, es- pecially those of the western country. Let there be good roads. Stromsburg Headlight:- If a bill which Senator Umstead of this district has in- troduced goes through, the renters of Ne- braska farms will be confronted with “landlord’s llen,” which will grant the “landlords a lien on all crops grown on leased land and also all personal property used in the cultivation of said land.” A nice little measure, which undoubtedly is prompted by a selfish motive, as Hon. Um- stead is now sald to be quite a landlord himself. Should the measure become law there will be more than one renter who will, kick himself all over the barn yard for 'having helped the measure along by voting for its maker. Wayne Republican: Two years ago the Tegislature passed an anti-cigarette law. It has not abolished the use of cigarettes by any means, but it has undoubtedly been of wholesome effects. A bill has been intro- duced this term making it unlawful to sell a boy under 18 any form of tobacco. This would be a good law if enforced to any extent. It is not conducive to good policy to allow boys to use tobacco. Some re- straint should be thrown out, mere chil- dren should not be given the legal right to purchase it. It is hard to say what of boys from 15 up, but while fixing the limit it might as well be 18 as anything. It would be hard to enforce the law, but 1f it would do any good to remove the legal right of young boys to buy tobacco it would be a step in the good work of real social reform. Rushville Recorder: There seems to be a pecullar kind of anxiety on the part of some of our legislators at Lincoln to give the people of northiwestern Nebraska what the taxpayers and those interested in edu- cation generally are opposed to—namely, five junior normals, one of which is to be located at Alllance, for which these enter- prising lawmakers ask an appropriation of donate their normal institute funds to be used to help out this scheme, which no one is anxlous to see carried out. Speaking for this part of Sheridan county, we emphat- fcally protest against any appropriation for euch a temporery and unsatisfactory ex- periment. What the people of this part of northwestern Nebraska want and in justice ought to have s a permanent state normal for the training of our teachers in answer to the growing demands of the western half of the state, Stanton Reglster: A decade in the busi- ness has given us an insight into the tricks Job work they are aimply outrageous. Just think of using common newspaper type and having the lines a half inch mpart. Imagine a page of foolscap, having. omly 200 words on it, when a thousand could have been as easily read on the same page. What the legisiature ought to do is to have the printing committee adopt & cer< taln form, similar to the suprems court docket and make those bum printers do the work right, Under the present systom that has tbe legislative printing to do has & graft, that as it is worked, gives them the opportunity to wear diamends and itve in luxury for two years from the profits of two months' work. Ord Journal: One of tho questions that the present session of the legislaturé will have to deal with is that of the poll tax question. It {s evident to any observer that the slip-shod method that is mow in vogue 1s a farce in every way, aud is re- sponsible in a large measure for the poor condition many of our roadé are In at the present time, when, if all the parties wha are assessed poll tax, would do an honest two-days’ work on the road, they would be all right. We have it from good authority that in onme road district in Valley county last year not oneé man was warned out and no work was done, yet in spife of this each man 1iving in that road district has been given a receipt, or it has been left at the county treasurer's office for him, by the read overseer who ldsued them. To cura such defects as this a bill has been intro= duced in the legislature which provides that poll taxes shall be pald in cash and the road fund that is thus raised is to be distributed among the townships in pro= portion to their population. The money will be expended under the direction of tha men elected for that purpose in the atffer- ent road districts, and they are to be held accountable for their stewardship, WHITTLED TO A POINT, ' Mrs. Henpecque—Married men live longen than single men, Henpecque—Yes, and it serves them right, $12,000, besides expecting the countles to | of the trade, but if we were in the legls- lature something would drop if there wasn’t a change made fm the mode of printing bills. We have seen several bills that have been printed, and as & plece of ~—Detroit Free Press. “Tnis,” declared lhe eminent oraton, “is the very key to the whole question’ “ Bul, interrupted a rear sdat, “whers s the KeyholoT aBro0ks Iyn Lite, Reuben—Jason's furover plottin’ tew git his name in the country paper. . Bllas—8o0? Reuben—Yaas, betwnn times when tharn hain't a new baby up t' his house he Wn is barn or s !hln oPhllldI phia “Remember, 4 Mrs. Corntossel, “that you ought to be -enln .vouh an example." I suppose so. ere’ But 1 don’t belléve any use. wh was to work hard an wear everyday clothes same 1 dunno but I'd feel that his Odnufiofl been wasted."—Washington Star. “Horace," tician's wite, running _th ‘slush _ fund streets?"' And he was silent. and exper} to him.—C indignantly asked the poll- ‘why don’t you men who are s use what you oall your to clean these horrible With all his wisdom ence the idea had never occurred icago Tribune. Percy—I sent a girl a book hollowed-out and fifled with chocolate creams, Guy—Did she like it? obercy—8he writes me that she wants at ce a complete set of the American Bneyelopedia.-Detroil Freo Pross, “Mary, my love, things are so beastly bad, don't you think you might have & try ‘at making your own. clothes? “Oh, George, pet, T don't think I'm o enough for that, ‘but I'll tell you w i Tll have a try at making yours.”—Moders Boctety. Rambo—You're always talking abou arinking too much, and rbout wi o eing bad for me, and all th Perha) fow that the scient e o o s )lnv. found out ‘v“ be satis- o Bl PRAIRIE CHICKENS, Hamlin Garland. From brown plowed hiilocks In early red morning, They woke the tardy sower'witlr fhate cheerful ¢ A mellow boom and whoop That held a warning, A song that brought the seed-time wery nig The e]rcn'nl. splendld anthem of thd.n n Ran like the morning beating Of a hundred mellow drums— Boom, boom, boom! Bach hillo¢k’s top repeating, Like cannon answering cantion When the golden sunset comes, flea wllh what you've .nu want to keep pouring it delphia Prees. They drum no more! Those splendid spring-time plckets, he sweep of share and sick! Has thrust them from the hills; They have vanished from the praf Like the partridge trom the thicket ave perished from the sportsmany T ho kil e Kie, and kitlat Often now, ‘When seated at my writing, Ilay my pencil down And fall to dreaming, still, Of the stern, hard days Of the old-time Towa seeding. When the praire chickens wuk- me With their chorus on the hi & g send you somewhere else Just now some extra NOTHING THAT’S NOT GOOD e don’t carry the sort of clothing that would’ It is your eontinued trade that we strive for. We knowthere’s only one way to hald that and that’s by satisfying the first time. NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS, for the next purchase. reductions prevail. . erable to the performances of his prede- be too careful about exposing themselves A its assurances of co-operation. The | 7 .3 ‘weather when they are. weary of ummnmm-nmmur depressed. ton, presented Senstor Nelson with & bandsom sllver service.