Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 1, 1909, Page 6

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Boston is Iiving up to Hts traditions by denouncing the proposed tax on tea. It seems that not only the primary ballot, but the voters likewise, ro- It is Just as well to remember that as yel there has béen no change made in the tariff mfllq iy ¥ Even James J. Hill h refused longer to give the pessimists a peg to hang their laments on. Castro blames the United States for his troubles. If this nation is guilty it is probably glad of it. Bpe-kln.‘ur names, Elpnln Wind- man of the British army is the in: tor of the latest airship. A tax on oratory and near-oratory might cause congress to hasten the dispogition of the tariff bill. \ . - — 4 it is complimentary to Mr. Roose- velt that none of the newspapers seem to think that “Ex-" fits him. Apparently the real achievement in a tariff bill is to fix it so the consumer will pay the tax without knowing it. “There is something in America be- sides money and politics,” says the Lofdon National Review. The tariff, for instance. ““Hip pockets were unknown in 1800, says a magazine writer. They bought it in jugs instead of bottles in those days. Newport is anxious to know how to treat the son of the kaiser, who is coming over for a vieit. Might offer trg says he is sure the people of Venesuela are ready” to receive him. Indeed they are apnd, according to re- ports, they have a rope handy. Taken altogether, the voters of Omaha when put to the test know enough to pick the scalawags out and send them back to the rear benches, A scientist has Bucceeded in breed- ing a duck without a breastbone. Now let him come to the relief of the board- ers by breeding a chicken without wings. _— An eastern magatine editor declares that the volces of American women arg too shrill, Evidently he has heard some of them discusaing the tariff on mkm‘ { 'l’bt ‘Washington correspondent who findé one scheduld in the. tariff bill upon which all congressmen agree will have a real sensation to spring on a walting public. Al last accounts the relief expedi- tion reported that it had been unable to find a trace of Joseph Benson For- aker, who left Washington in a blin ing political snow storm on March 4, las! The discovery of a British scientist that sirconlum and thorlum may be transmuted into carbon will be cheer- i to those of us who have been worried about what we were to do with our surplus stocks of szirconium and thortum. The City Primari The résults of the city primaries make known to the voters what the lineup will be in Omaha this spring between the two politieal parties con- tending for control of the municipal government. The democrats have practically en- dorsed the administration of Mayor | Dahiman and his associates in the v rious executive offices and council, and by so doing announce that they will come beford the people on the record they have made during the past three years. The republicans have headed their ticket with the name of former City Attornéy Breen and have given him & supporting column of candidates which, on the whole, is individually and colléctively superior to the demo- oratic ticket in point of ability and standing in the community. There may be one or two weak men who have succeéded In securing nomina- tions in a large field, but none of them are notoriously unfit or disreputable. Omaha is conceded to be a repub- | lican city and, moreover, I8 made up of citizens, the great majority of whom desire good, clean, efficient municipal government Omaha would like to have the stand- ing and credit of their city ralsed not only in their own estimation, but in the prestige it commands abroad, and after a three years' experience with Mayor “Jim" are, we believe, ready to turn again to the republicans for better things. The record of the democrats and the issues of the campaign will, of course, come in for outspoken discu sion in these columns as the campaig: progresses. Tariff and the Census. The senate at Washington sérved formal notice on the house that the appropriation bill, for the taking of the 1810 census, will be the only measure, besides the tariff bill, considered at the present session of congress. The senators take the position that any attempt to go into general legislative matters will but result in delaying the tariff bill, where speedy disposition 18 demanded by the business Interests of the country. Under the circumstances, the sen- of the public, although a general im- pression prévails that congress might easily take time to pass the bill ad- mitting Arizona and New Mexico to statehood, and, perhaps, act upon the postal savings bank bill, which has already been thoroughly considered by both branches of congress. On the other hand, the country is await- ing final action on the tariff bill. The | house is threshing along on the meas- ure, without creating any special inter- est, the understanding being that the senate will have the' final word, and there 1s some aftiety to have the bill passed by the house and quickly sent to consideration in the upper body. Haste is not essential, however, as the senate finance committee is already discussing a tentative bill to be offéered as a substitute for house Bill. In the meantime, the house members may have their oppor- tunity to make their speeches for and against the measure, which will be ers have framed it, and then go to the senate for remodeling and get the finishing touches in conference. The Increase in Imports. Detailed reports of the bureau statistics for the month of Februa offer much encouragement to the busi the students of foreign trade condi- tions, who look to the imports as the best key to the revenue resources. For the month of February, ordinarily a quiet month,in international trade, the imports were valued at $118,635,807, an increase of $34,000,000 over Feb- ruary, 1908, and the heaviest impor- tation for any single August 1907, | largest in our history, yet the imports for the first seven months of the pres- import greater than for increase is largely in raw materlals, including chemicals, coffee, fibres, hides and skins, cocoanut, olive and palm ofl, raw silk and raw wool, indi- cating anew the demands of Ameri- can industries for matetrial to be woven or worked into superior manu- factures by American skilled labor. Illustrating the increases in various lines of imports, the Bureau of Fed eral Statistics says: The imports of dutiable hides during the first seven months of the fiscal year 1907 000,00 - pounds. compared with 100,000000 pounds during the first seven months of this year. The imports of hides and skins of all kinds, free and dutiable. show. increase from 202,000,000 pounds in 1907 to 24100000 pounds In 199 Lead shows, for the same period, an increase from 6,000,000 pounds to 1340000 pounds; automobiles from 760 to 99: India rubber from 41,000,000 pounds to 48000000 pounds; spices from 30,000.000 pounds to 41.000,000, and tea, #6000,000 pounds to #,000000. The #aing in coffee, copper. fibres, raw silk rice and wool are small. ranging from § to 15 per cent,” but they ‘mré gains, and under the clreumstances they are notable Compared with the condition existing a vear ago, the improvement is striking The significant feature of these re- ports is that the commercial and industrial worlds have recovered a degree of confidence that can not be impaired, even by a fight over tariff schedules, which is usually adequate to unsettie business conditions for an indefinite term, In almost every line there is efther a. demand. for goods or an assurance of a brisk demand as soon as the tariff legislation shall have been enacted. Cotton manufac- turers are busy, and the importers of fibres, hides, raw silk, rubber and wool have heen buying in lnlltlp-uonl The people of | THE OMAHA of future orders. The Importers and manufacturers are compelled, by the very nature of their business, to antici- pate the wants and needs of consum- ers, and the mere fact that they are investing liberally is most encourag- ing. No Tax on Coffee. The senate committee on finance, | which has the tariff bill under dis- cussion, although the measire has not yot come from the house, has decided to strike out on coffee imported from countries where an export tax is placed against that article. The provision was aimed directly at Brazil, which has an export tax on coffee as one of the chief sources of its national revenue It is apparent that some of the big speculators have been urging the re- tention of the proposed coffee tax schedule 1t is charged that more than 4,000,000 bags of Brazilian cof- fee is being held by American and BEuropean warehouses, ready to be unloaded on the American market if the Payne bill should be passed, unchanged, by congress. This would cause an increase In the price of coffee equal to the Brazilian export tax, and would net the syndicate about $1.20 a bag, or nearly $5,000,- 000 on the coffee held in storage. Such a pick-up of the syndicate would come out of the pockets of the Amer- fcan consumers without yielding any revenue to the government. [t is esti- mated that the coffee in the ware- houses, ready to be dumped on the market, would supply the American demand for at least two years. If this condition is correctly stated, it would defeat the purpose of the meas- ure as a revenue proposition and add has | ate’'s decigion will meet the -pprovnl‘] the | of | " vin ness interests of the country and to | | place in America. month since | The. total imports for 1907 were the | ent fiscal year show many articles of | the corre- | sponding period of two years ago. The | a useless and unnecessary burden to the consumer. —_— The railroad commissioner of Illi- nois are printing figures to show that the Illinois lines are increasing their trafe and making more money under the 2-cent-a-mile rate than they did when the rate was 3 cents. Those comrnissioners are liable to find them- selves in contempt of Judge McPher- sou's court. —_— let me win, it T may, when the game's afoot, me her; Let master my Fate when I choose But my soul's deep ery in the fight, O Lord, If 1 fali—let me be a good loser! Respectfully dedicated to those who also ran. _— just as If the old charter remained unchanged. The council, however, will soon hurry to annex all the pa- tronage which it was supposed to acquire by virtue of charter amend- ments. _— The prospects are that the next primary election we will hold will be under the system of the wide-open ballot. If so, pity the poor judges and clerks of election who will, doubt- less, have to be impressed into the service by a drafting officer. It this is the way Mayor *Jim" | does it with an elective police board eventually passed sbout as the lead- | hanging over his head, how could he have done any more it the legislature had made the police board appointive and lodged the appointing power in | his hands? —— The ease with which the Donohoe has been killed would indicate it was put up as a straw man for the purpose of being knocked down. Listen to the World-Herald make a noise like Cock Robin. that Jim Jeffries says if he fights Jack Johnson the fight will have to take May have to elect those two men to congress, as prize fighting is under ban everywhere else. R We trust there is nothing to the re- port that a conspiracy exists among seven teams of the American league to prevent the Washington ball team from getting out of last place this year. —_— It is sald that Mr. Harriman will name a consulting board to ald him in running his business. Mr. Rooseveit, on account of his absence in Africa, will be unable to serve on the board. states are now laiming ““Mrs. Helen Boyle," the woman kidnaper, as a native. TIf Mrs. Boyle escapes jail she need not hope o escape a vaudeville engagement. Seven different Wanted: Some kind of an auto- matie counter that will bring primary election returns in as early as the vot- ing machine makes the regular elec- tion returns ayailable A Texan pleads self-Gefense in mur- |dering a man whom he stabbed sixty- seven times. Doubtless he | have shown malice if he had stabbed his victim once more. A Profitable C Washington Post After carefully 100king over the ground in Nebraska, Bryan concludes there is| more fun in remaining & prophet than try- ing to be a senator. w Rtlnr“ H Boston Herald The Pullman company 18 to make a dif ferential rate between upper and mner berths. While in the mood for reform, the | company should put a prohibitive rate on the passenger who tries to bring In a snore Pay Up or Walk, Boston Transcript Railroad pass reform in New Hampsbire | seems actually coming, since the terms of the federal anti-pass law have been vir- tually adopted without & dlasenting volce in the lower house. The long campaign for more wholesome conditions in the Granite State Is at last bearing fruit the countervailing tax | the syndiecate in | The city council is still instructing | | the city eugineer to do street work would ! DAILY BEE: THURSDAY. BRYAN AND TAINTED MONEY. Blue Springs Sentinel: The state univers sity will not recelve any of Carnegie's cash as & pension fund. Bryan's influence killed the bill. One we however, what dif ference there fs between Carfegle’'s money and Bennett's. [t makes a whole lot Qifference fn life whose ox gets gored. Pender Republican: The democratic leg islature has turned down the Carnegle pen #ion fund for our state university profes- sors because they say Mr. Carnegle's money is “tainted.”” But we presume about the only taint the average university pro- fessor would feel wbout the pension is “taint” enough Loup City | big the Northwestern: Bryan's stick seems to have full sway over democratic legislators and they have | spurned the Carnegle pension fund for re- | of | | nent ret: | ity The transition from bulldog mooley cow in the scenic effects of the White House lot provokes pat and perti- stions on Administrative changes. Pete,” as readers will recall. represented the strenuous life, but lacked discrimi- nating taste in selecting trousers to chew cn. He might have been spared for a long career of usefulness did he not thought- leasly insert his molars in the nether gar- ment of a diplomat, sorely jarring the dig- and feelings of a representative of some offete monarchy. In extenuation of Pete's undogly actlon it was said at the Pote” tired educational professors. Tainted Car negle money Is s0 much worse in Bryan's | nostrils than tainted saloon license money. ! Bryan 18 proving a peerless trimmer par | excellence. Ord Quiz: Bryan opposed the acceptance | of the Carnegle pension for old university | instructors on the ground of ite being | “tainted money.” No man should deny us 4 blessing without supplying a substitute. We suppose If Bryan should offer to sup- ply the pension it would be all right. Now, compare the taint on Carnegle's and Bryan's money. Carnegie made his money by the application of strict business prin- ciples. great energy, daring and foresight Bryan made his by foollng the people with absurd political propositions which or stand the test of more than one campalgn, even In the mind of Bryan himself, Carne- &l has done much for the country, while Bryan has never benefited anyone but him- self. 8o far as taint is concerned Bryan has Carnegle beaten a thousand miles. Fairbury Gazette: Mr. Bryan and the democratic legislature at Lincoln have repudiated thelr own doctrines. They were unwilling to let the people rule when it came to deciding the momentous questions a8 to whether or not the Carnegie pension fund should be accepted. In the face of a protest against lobbles and lobbyists they found that, having no mind of thelr own, they were obliged to send for their only original stentor to solve the problem for | them. To lobby in the cloakroom and hotels is & sin, but to lobby on the floor of the | house Is righteously personified, espe- clally when the lobbyist is the peer- less one. He came, he looked over the | situation and quickly decided what to do. No compromise,” sald Bryan. “We need | the money no doubt, but it wiil never do to admit the fact. Let the superannuated teachers starve and show thus by their | indifference to money the superiority of mind over matter. E pluribus unum! Sie' semper tyrannis! Pro bono publico! “Let the people. rule!" Crete Vindette-Herald: The university professors and students who temporarily | deserted thelr party last fall and cast their votes for Mr. Bryan on account of state pride are in a serious state of meditation | at the present time. When it came to ac- cepting the Carnegie fund for the benefit of aged and retired professors, Mr. Bryan was actuated by a meaudlin sentiment rather than state pride or any special Interest in the welfare of retired professors or of the state unlversity. Mr. Bryan Is very scrupulous regarding “tainted money He was not so particular when Daly and Hearst, Sulllvan, Taggart and Guffy were contributing thelr thousands to his cam- palgn fund. If-any of thelr money was “talnted,” and he could withstand the “taint,” fsn't, it.just possible that the professors of sbe university could also have warded,off any undue influence of Mr. Carnegle. .Over. twenty states of the union have already .accepted the funds, but none but Nebraska is in the “shabby genteel” or “holier than thou" class all by itself. Falrbury News: Through Mr. Bryan's influence with a democratic legislatura Nebraska has'been placed in a class along with Oklahoma in refusing to accept the Carnegie pension fund, and it is impossible to estimate the injury that the educational fnterests of the state thereby. Mr. Bryan is making an exhibi- tion of consistency that is certainly win- ning him no friends in Nebraska. A few years ago it was largely through his per- sonal supplications 1hat the city of Lin- coln was granted a generous slice of the Scotchman's fortune to establish a public library. It js the same money now that It was then. What strange freak of con- sclence could have impelled him to cringe, crawl and beg for the favors of the steel magnate then and denounce them as de basing now? When Mr. Bryan was en- gaged in a feverish legal battle with a widow woman for a few thousands of the Bennett estate, there was no indication that e had any fear of being contaminated by contact with the tainted gold. The possi- bilities of personal profit have always acted as an antidote to Mr. Bryvan's con- science when ‘“tainted”’ money was under consideration nev wiil accrue to Harmonlous Brethren. Boston Herald Hot times in democratic congressjonal circles in Washington. Bolter Francis Bur- ton Harrison, having been requested by one of the regulars to oblige him by going to a certaln specified hot place, Bolter Harrison begs the regular gentleman to be so kind as to go and sit down on a cake of ice. And thus the merry round of crim- inations and recriminations proceeds from | one extreme of temperature to the other. reater Liberty, Boston Globe. According the fashions for spring there are going to be some freak things In men's clothes But that will not mat ter much, since men do not have to be In | fashion with their clothes, whether they { like the fashions or o not | Health For All ! A tonic of general and genuine value is needed in every home. It helps to maintain complete vigorous health, which is the foundation of [ all success. - Pabst Exfract ¥ The Best Tonic uards the heaith of the whole jousehold. It is accepted by ph{- sicians everywhere as an eminently ! dependable tonic. No other remedy approaches its value for convales- o.nu anaemia, nervousness, i \wh—yqr | the animated scenery | happy spot! When Mooley roams through | Time has run back and fetched the age n(‘ | lener of | tions at present + | duced; | How long the chilef celebrated is not known, | known | privilege countries. | find out what they time that the spectacie to resist, but the excuse and Pete ceased to be a had visible no weight part of peaceful and picturesque bossy in the ad- ministration clover patch moves the Wash- Ington Post to these reflections: Happy those sequestered groves, fauns and satyvrs shyly return, and peep from behind the | massive (runke; Mooley's mellow lowing | bringe echoes, as from the pipes of Pan; tumult and annoyance are expelled from this delectable spot and the sharp yelps of | Fghting Pete are drowned In oblivion gold. Mooley has not been in office long !nnu.h{‘ to have displayed all her intellectual pe- cullarities. but aa the harbinger of the new | era she s well worth the study of all| statesmen. The difference between Mooley and Pete is, of course, obvious, but the full significance of this difference Is still to be | observed. Pete belonged to the imnres- | to & was too tempting | The advent of the | BAXINGPOWDER, The most highly refined and healthful of baking powders. Its constant use in almost every American household, its sales all over the world, attest its wonderful popularity and usefulness. PERSONAL NOTES. April Fool's day Pause a moment concealed brick. New York City's opinion of subways may be judged from the fact that the new pro- jects under discussion call for an invest- | ment of $500,000,000. Texas students deprived a professor of a set of whiskers. As a* mitigating circum- stance It may be mentioned that the whis- kers were of the side varfety. A New York judge has decided that a man must not be sole boss in his own home. The queer thing is that it took a before you kick the slonistie school. There was scarcely A dl-] plomat upon whom he did not leave the | imprint of h individuality. Mooley, on | the other hand, is pensive and retiring. 8he loves the qulet life and abhors the spirit which would stir up complications between this government and forelgn representa- tives. Diplomats may come and diplomats | may go without fear or hindrance from | Mooley. She Is a strict constitutionalists, and while Insisting upon her rights, she does not believe in the usurpation of au- thority. 8o far as Mooley fs concerned, ! the three great co-ordinate branches of the | government will enjoy their prerogatives undisturbed, and this government will | | matntain a correct attitude toward all for- | eign powers. All hail to Mooley, may she be prophet as well as a benefactress! and " ““The possibilities of the wireless tele- graph in all the works of modern industry are Immense,” said Dr. Frederick H. Mil- | Omahe, wireless expert of the | Unlon Pacific railroad, to a Washington | Post reporter. It may be noted that whereas it will| not take the place of our wire Installa- 1t will add to their ef- ficlency. With proper control of the wire- less installation, telephones ean be six- naled from a distance, messages sent to any point, and then transmitted by means of a wireless telephone. In that way the installations of copper wire will be re- torpedoes can be controlled and | steered, guns fired from a point far away from where they are stationed. Many wireless experts have thought that the| Japanese used the wircless system to blow up the Russian ships. “The wireless for telegraph purposes will become more and more improved, but the | simple fact remains that in all such work | the man who can make the biggest sound | will get ahead of all others. One of the important uses of the wireless will be that | of making miore efficient the block system in use on raliroads, so that it will be pos- | sible to signal a train at almost any point along its route.” That President Taft will retain and ex- tend the Roosevelt policy of requiring com- petitive civil service examinations for ad-| mission to the consular service, is the positive assertion of the Washington cor- respondent of the New Post. This service was rescued from the | spolls system by an executlve order of | June 7, 1006, The terms of this order will | be kept In effect, and it is not improbabie | that Secretary Knox will devise other safeguards and provisions which will elimi- nate all political appointments whatso- ever to any consular office. These as- sertions are made upon the best possible authority. The postponement of the consular ex- amination scheduled for March 7 was purely a matter of decorum, but gave rise to a report that the new administration had de- cided upon restoring the consular offices to the spoilsmen and making them part of the patronage of senators and representatives Reasons for postponing the examinations | of applicants for places in the consular service are simple. Under the practice of | the State department candidates for (his | examination were designated two months ago. The new administration came into office a day or two *before the time set for the examination to be held. Under the | circumstances it was thought best to avold | possible complications by canceling the des. tgnations of candidates and ordering a new examination. Possibly the entire list of | candidates will be renamed when another | competitive examination is ordered. Tt is | probable, however, (hat Secretary Knox will regard the precedent of the depart- ment and make his designation of candi- dates two months before the examination held York Evening | Varlous causes have been given attempt of Chief “Crazy Snake up a section of Indlan Territory Uncle Bam. The real reason may be found in the fact that “Crasy Snake" was in | Washington during the inauguration and celebrated with the rest of the Indians. for the to shoot and buck but it is evident he returned to the reser- | sible 11t | bought ithe future when vatlon with a dark brown taste in his mouth, an expanded head and & hummer | of a headache. The chief's second son, as Thomas Wilson, remained in Washington, but professes ignorance of the cause of his father's outburst. Loyalty to | father is stolcal and characteristic of many tribes, Citizemship » vilege. ew York Tribune, Here fs one point on which the immigra- ton laws might ea be strengthencd, ' American cltizenship is not & right, but u | and it should be so construed If the country offers exceptional opportu- nities to the strong and intelligent of other it Is worth thelr while to prove that they are entitled (o share in these pportunities. No one can find any legitl- mate fauit with this procedure except the riminal and the incompetent, and the | erican people need consult their wishes in so far as it may be desirable to | would prefer and then Al only act 1o the contrary. Niee Discriminat Pittsburg Dispatch The insistence of that perfectly charming lady that while she may steal children for blackmail she would be above using vulgar | and unseem!y langua, is one of the lat- - est examples of nice discrimination. Judge to say this obylous thing. One of the scientists claims to have in- vented & machine which will make it pos- to detect llars. He may expect to be demounced by the Ananias club. The execution of an Arkansas Inegro was postponed several hours last Friday In order that the condemned man might sober up sufficiently to know what was happen- ing to him. New York has added Columbus day to an already long list of legal holidays After a while there will be so many events to celebrate that the banks may not have any day on which to keep open Fanny Crosby, the blind hymn writer, observed her 89th birthday when she was A guest at a reception given in the home of Mrs. Orville Rector by the Fanny Croshy Circle of King's Daughters in Bridgeport, Conn. Rev. James Roscoe Day, chancellor of Syracuse university, and Mrs. Day. who for a month or more have been staying in /Calcutta, India, have left for a visit to Java and China, and later will go to Manila AMERICAN ENERGY ABROAD. Harriman and Hill Interests Crossing | the Rowndaries. Philadelphia Press. Edward H. Harriman is buildinf a rail- road nearly 1,800 miles long in Mexico, and James J. Hill Is constructing a great line to the Manitoba region of Canada. These are the most Important enterprises over undertaken by American capital in foreign countries. When two such aggressive forces in rail- road management go outside of the United States it significs that our own land now pretty thoroughly covered with tracks. Otherwise the scores of millions that must be invested fh our northemm and southern | nefghbors would remain at home to bulld | railroads here. Mexico welcomes American money, and is giving Mr. Harriman a substantial subsidy. The fleld there is fallow, but not barren. American energy and twentieth century methods In railroading pected to yleld a rich harvest for the ploneers who are pushing the great trunk | ine down the Pacific coast Only recently the Canadlan Pacific com- pany “invaded” the United States and a ralirond. It is & good omen for international bourdary are crossed and recrossed by rall- racks by international Interests. There is little likellhood of any more were on the Rlo Grande, and no cries of “Pifty-four-forty or fight” will be heard in the future. But peace will be doubly insured when the North American conti- nent is bound by tracks of steel as well as by ties of sentiment. lines road 1% | For every rule is April Fool are ex-| | | heating her and -then | the | thought LINES TO A LAUGH. Shocked Acquaintanes—Why, Gayman, | you were on the water wagon. Slightly Inebriated Person~Ole fel'r, | { g-k1ve my seat to & lady an' got off.—Chi g0 Tribune. “They say the New Yorkers like the new London piay. ‘An Englishman’s House “Yes, | understand they shoot the Eng | Hshman In the climax.” Is It as brutal as that?'—Cleveland Plain Dealer “It's odd to see that pair together—the so badly.” Why o Because he's & bird and she's a peach —Baltimore American Bartender—Say, what do you think ef this fdea of runnin’ citles on the commia- slon plan?" Alderman (from the ‘Steenth don't know much about it. but I'm a The—er—commisslons are mighty they don't go to the rght people. Tribune. * sald the minister's little daugh ter, “the paper says vou ‘officlated at the wedding, clad in the traditional garb of the clergy.” What does ‘traditional’ mean?" “Traditional,’” my dear.”” answered the good man as he looked at his chean suit of black with a sigh, “refers to something that has been handed down *—Chicago News. “Father Did vou take eognizance of the prisoner when he was in the saloon? Witness—No. sir: #ll T took was just one little drink.—Baltimere American. Lawyer “Are you still helping that pedr famity ™ “I'm trying to help them. 1 gave the mother some monay the other day so that she wonld feel independent of ‘her drunken whe had her hushand arrested fo- id. hie fing wit money T gave her.’—Cleveland Plain Dealer. APRIL FOOL LAND. George Phillips in 8t. Nicholas There's & joyful land, T understand ¥or the folke who know the way: It's hard to learn the place to turn And it can't be reached in & d Oh. a tricksy road And a mixey rcad, That leads to the Joyful Town, Where every rule is April Foal And the streets run upside down. Policemen bold are clowns, I'm told, And all the money is jokes And e for the King, in the land I aing He's the fellow that's best at a hoax. Oh, the royal crown In ‘the Joyful Town 1 the jingling Jester's cap, And every door a trap! With wily care must you bewara Of the sign posts in that town: They always sound the other way rouna And they're mostly upside down. The ple crusts hide White mice insid And the frightened guest For every rule is April Fool And school’'s an idle dream. all scream— Small children play their tricks all day And neve: are spanked at all; And harlequins with pointed ching Are gleefully playing ball. The rain and sun Join in the fun To trick the Weather Man— For every rule is_April Fool And cooks play Patty-Pan! Now, once a yvear the folk come here, And a joyful time have they! They turn the town quite upside down On April Fool—his day, It T could find The roads that wind Acrosa to Joyful Town, I'd backward run and have some fun With Harlequin and Clown. Where every rule is April Fool And streeis lead upside down! THE REAL THING In buying a Spnng Suit, of course you want to know that it is right in cut and in every detail of style. And in spendin want to be sure of ful Two particulars in which the Brown- ing, King & Company stores are bound to please you. Fe your money you alue in return. Clothing, Furnishings and Hats. Browmne King & company R. 8. WILCOX, Manager. 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