Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 23, 1909, Page 6

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House hunting should prove good training for Marathon runners. A Parisian fashion note and shoes must match. In size? People wn(; are wadd:{‘ to art are often entitled to a divorce on the #round of nonsupport. The Washington base ball park is ¥ place for President Taft. There is hothing there to provoke a smile. A St. Louis paper offers a prize for the most beautiful hand. A royal fiueh looks pretty good to mest of us. S————Y. It is given out that the cement merger is going .to pleces. Possibly it lacked the proper proportion' of eand to cement. An Ohio man recently coughed up three carpet tacks and It is a safe guess his wife was able to tell him just where to put them. ——— A Philadelphia judge delivered him- self of the opinlon that ducking was the proper punishment for scolds and then proceeded to read the prisoner a lecture. A French astronomer is making a map of the heavens which he says will contain 40,000,000 stars and the beauty of it is not a one of them will need an angel to put her on the road. Richard Croker declined to attend a Tammany harmony dinner intended to bring Murphy and McCarren together. Possibly he feared there would not be enough ‘harmony to make a square meal. A Cleveland paper sa just in its infancy. It that in a number of instances the pa- rent had not made adequate provision in the way of clothes for the new ar- rival, Some man with a genius for figures has discovered it costs $7,500,000 to feed the pet canaries in the United States. “What If it does? Mer spend more than that having a bird of a time? Governor Shallenberger is having spme_ trouble arranging the various cogs in his new political machine so they will mash properly. Such a com- plicated mechanism needs a capable mechanic. A Washington sanouncement is te the effect the machinery for taking the next census is in process of prepara- tion. It is to be hoped the machinery will have good eyesight, but will not see double. —_— Nebraska is probably less interested the Turkish outbreaks than any «iher state in the union. Nebrasks has a law on the statute books for- Ui:ding the sale of Turkish cigarettes, whether made in Constantinople or in Jersey City. in the oléction last whried against it 1 FRIDAY, All Eyes on Tutkey. The great upheaval now going on | in Turkey cannot fail to rivet atten- | tlon whérever there are thinking peo- | ple. Directly, the United States has lit tle concern, but in the ultimate possi- bilitles we, as well as all nations, are In & large measure interested. What may be the present outcome of the unrest in Turkey cannot be foretold, but the ultimate eftect of the forces at work can be pointed to with a cer- tainty. The era of absolutism and misrule is steadlly nearing its end The utter disregard for all the senti- ments of enlightened people medieval cruelties and oppressions and refusal to look to the uplift of its own peoplé which have characterized Turkish rule in the past are rapidly expiring. The problem is complicated with the jealousies and selfish interests of other nations which heretofore have prevented its settlement by outside forces. At last the sped of individual liberty and the desite to keep step with the modern world has taken such deep root among the Turkish people themselves that it cannot be smoth- ered though it may be checked. Abdul Hamid, ths sultan, admittedly one of | the shrewdest and most resourceful men of his day, may render the con- cessions wrung from him of little present value, but his ability to re- press the aspirations of his people, now that their eyes are opened, can do no more than postpone the downfall of the Turkey of the past. While there is no prospect of this country being seriously involved, the Indirect result of a general European | contest for the rearrangement of - the | political geography of the Turkish do- main would be felt by us and we would be constrained to see that our interests were thoroughly guarded. safe- Encouragement ,to Forestry. Minnesota, which at one time pos- sessed as fine forest areas as any state in the union, has reached the point where those magnificent reaches of timber have disappeared and the prob- lem of the future is staring it in the face. A large portion of the land from which this timber has been cut is valueless for any other purpose. Fires sweep through it and defeat all efforts of nature to renew the growth, and travelers through the state see from the car windows miles upon miles of blackened wastes. Aside from what the state itself is doing to restore the timber a law hae been passed exempting from taxation both the land and the growing timber where the landowners will clear off the underbrush and down timber on which the forest fircs feed and intelligently g0 about the task of propagating a new growth of timber on the land. Ne- braska law exempts from taxation growing timber, but does not go to the extent of exempting the land. There is a growing sentiment among men of wealth in this country to devote a larger portion of their means to the bettermént of posterity. The gratifica- | tion of present desires in time . palls upon & thinking man and simple ac- cumulation of wealth fails to satisf: If the state by such legislation can en- courage and point the way to the in- vestment of money in timber culture for posterity’s benefit it will have per- formed a useful service. The life of the tree planter may not span the pe- riod between the planting and the r sult, but there is something elevating in such work and those whose present needs are provided for can devote | themselves to no better purpose. The magnificent estates of continental Eu- rope, which bave not deteriorated in centuries, are examples of what intelli- | gent effort in this direction could do in a country where land is cheap and nature {8 bountiful. Horse of a Different Color. The wateér bond ‘hoosters are now riding a horse of a different color. A | few weeks ago they were greatly dis- | turbed for fear the legislature might pass an act vesting them with author- ity to negotiate with the water com- | pany for a compromise that would give the city an option elther to complete the purchase or make a new contract on more favorable terms. They did not want to be loaded with such a ter- rible responsibility and they were op- posed to be given that even If subject to ratification by the people. The water bond boosters now, how- | urging as one.reason for ever, are voting the $6,600,000 that if they had the money they might get the water company to negotiate with them for a compromise on the purchase price and throw off something from the $6,263,- 295.49, which sume this great responsibility. Oh, no! not at all. There may be a chance there | to slice off another big, fat fee for the lawyers, who, of course, never divide with anybody. But just why fre voted than before is not tiate with the water company purchase at an agreed price the Water propo- the plant could be had by the appraise- board declined to consider auy sition whatever, pretending that ment route for not to exceed $3,500, 000. Everybody knows now that tha was mere pretense, but evidently there 4o Water board could have sub- |wAs as much itled that $6.500,000 bond issue at |$3,600,000 award from the appra reason to expect been submitted that soon after their | after bonds are voted than before. flerce demunciation of the appraise- ment, t The owners of the water company members of the Water board | have at all times insisted that could not have back-tracked so easily, | would be glad to sell for $6,263,205.49 | but same al |the voter for authority, | the appraisers have awarded. They are not afraid to as-| the water company should be disposed to throw off more the sale price after bonds are disclosed. When we had an opportunity to nego- for aj| a e fall, but discretion | &8 there is now that the water com- If the bonds had | pany will be more generously disposed they ted will bring them any nearer to their money, they will be foolish not to push them along Administering Pure Food Law. Beyond enacting the pure food law the Roosevelt administration, with its many vexing problems, found little time to evolve a practical plan for its administration. The Agricultural de- partment, the Department of Com- | merce and Labor and the Department of Justice each by itself set out to do something in the way of enforcement, without concerted and concen- trated action and of necessity only a start was made of a practical nature. The administration of Mr proaching the problem in another way The heads of the various departments have been instructed to get together, co-operate and divide the work so that each shall perform only that part for which it 1s best fitted and all under a | common direction and with a common purpose. Results cannot be expected in a day or a month, but such a method | is bound to accomplish something prac- tical. Fads and academic discussions may not be so prominent in the public eye as when each officlal was permitted to pursue his personal bent, but the public will receive benefit and at the time unreasonable restrictions are not so likely to be placed upon the legitimate business of the country. The Oklahoma Lynching. The recent lynching of three cat- tlemen in Oklahoma I8 an event in many respects out of the ordinary The victims were all wealthy, identi- fied with large interests and each witl a powerful following. The charge against them was the murder of a United States marshal, whom it was alleged they had killed on account of his efforts to bring them to justice for cattle stealing and other crimes. Lynching is not to be excused or condoned fn a community where the machinery of the law is supposed to govern, but this particular case throws a strong light on the causes which lead people at times to take the administration of the law into their own hands. One of the victims I8 credited with many killings, estimated the way from ten to thirty. In addition it was charged against him and his companions that they had surrounded themselves with desperate men and freely and with impunity ap propriated the property of others. It is not strange, therefore, that ulti- mately the sufferers and their friends should have taken justice into their own hande. While condemning lynching it is well for those who have the duty of admin- istering the law to take cognizance of the cause and remove it. Delays and miscarriages of justice which permit | one man to pursue his course until the number of violent deaths charged agatnst him numbered up into two figures are poor records to draw against those who resort to mob vio- lence. The Two Engineers. In the coming election the choice of the most responsible office to be filled, namely, the city en- gineer, will narrow down between George W. Craig as the candidate and Willlam A. Aycrigg as the democratic candidate. The city engineer has control and supervision | ot all the costly public works, which constitute the permanent plant of the city, including the surface of the streets and alleys and all the pipes, conduits and sewers beneath the sur- face. It is of the utmost importance that this work shall be devolved upon the very best qualiied man who I8 available. Assuming the democratic that the personality of candiddte 18 not ob- | jectionable and that his professional fleld fis | standing In his own special good, it should not be forgotten that practically his entire experience as an engineer has had reference to railroad construction and bridge building, and that he is entirely unfamiliar with paving, sewerage, street grading and ! municipal engineering in general, to | say nothing of a lack of information about the particular public works that |have been constructed in Omaha and | which will be required to meet our | future needs. On the other side, George W. Cralg {is not only an engineer of acknowl- | edged professional attainments, but his specialty has been municipal engineer- |ing, and in consequence of his long s e as assistant to the late city en- gineer he is thoroughly posted | Omaha’s public works and can take up and carry it forward along the same lines. If you had to have your eyes treated | you would go to an ocullst and not to {a dentist, and so a city which wants |an expert to take charge of its streets and public works should give prefer- ence to a municipal engineer over a bridge engineer. The democratic city platform con- tains a pledge of an occupation tax on the franchised corporations and this pledge 1s supposed to be binding on | all the candidates on the democratic ticket, Inasmuch as ten of the twelve democratic candidates for the council nothing to stop them from redeeming that pledge right away. Will they do it? Watch and see. t Our amiable democratic con- temporary does not take kindly to The Bee's suggestion that the defense of the new Nebraska deposit guaranty law be devolved over to Mr. Bryan. It wants special counsel hired for joL €. J. Smyth, John J. Sullivan, Wil- Taft is ap- | republican | on | !the work just where his chief left it | are at present in the council, there is | money and names as eligible for the | {and, 1t voting the bonds now submit- | iam V. Allen and M. F. Harrington | What's the matter? Jlsn't Mr. Bryan |a good enough lawyer? Then, too, if any one {8 to be hired, what's the mal | ter with Judge Alberts, who got $300 |for drawing the bill and ought to be | | best equipped to defend his own work- manship? —— The wager by a Wyoming man of a large sum that he can raise more and better oats to the acre than can be produced on the famed grain land of Mvestern Canada will be an eye-opener | to people who once thought Wyoming was only fit for grazing. Those who have watched the once “desert’ bloom will pin their faith on Wyoming. —— Constantine J. Smyth stands behind a challenge to produce a single act of Mayor ‘“Jim’s" that entiles him to the votes of decent democrats. If he's not entitled to the votes of decent democrats, he: certainly is not entitled to the votes of any one else who pre- tends to decency. Royal matchmakers are busy ar- ranging things for the young king of Portugal. There may be some advan- tages enjoyed by royalty, but there are also drawbacks. Courtship in that manner i8 not to be compared to sit- ting on the parlor sofa with the lights turned low. —e If Omaha acquires the water works for $2,263,295.49, how soon will con- sumers have the benefit of that re- duced schedule of water rates which the Water board tried to enforce on the water company? Will one of the water bond boosters please answer? [ S—, If “Cowboy Jim' is such a good man for mayor as the World-Herald would now have us Lelieve, why was he not equally good for governor last fall, when the World-Herald turned him down for the man from Alma? When Mrs. McLean made her open- ing address to the Daughters of the American Revolution her auditors were ready to cry, but the next day they were looking for a bad boy to ex- press their sentiments for them. Our amiable democratic contem- porary, making its plea for every man bearing the democratic brand, over- looks altogether the democrate candi- date for councilman in the Third ward. Intention or ignorance? [ —, Action Follows Reflection. New York World. The sultan may reflect that a constitu- tional monarch with his head on his shoulders possesses advantages not en- joyed by a decapitated autocrat. Bald-Headed Art. Washington Herald. Works of art more than twenty years lold will be admitted free, under the new tariff laws. Hereafter, old masters should be more careful than ever to avold the appearance of youth when headed this way. — How the Country New, York Tribune. It the dgmocrats In congress had to trame and pass a tarift biil the extra ses slon would last till the snow flies. The democratic leaders In the house and the senate were saved from & summer of tor- ment when Mr. Bryan was beaten last year for the presidency. Itself, Who Controls the ew York Tribune Bryan says that the Becretary of Jacob M. Dickinson Is not a demo- crat. Mr. Dickinson may, however, con- tinue to imagine that he s, since the courts are likely to dismlss any suit for Infringement or misuse of the title brought against him by the present proprietor of the democratic party label Long Distance Talking. St. Louis Republic. Protessor Pickering yearns for a fund of $10,000,000, 1n order communicate with Mars as It approaches within a nelghborly 35,000,000 miles of us. He believes that we | might use the Morse code. We susgest that the language be Esperantp, and that the first question, coming at the height of the Martian summer, be “Is it hot enough for you?" elst M War to As AN INCOME TAX. Some Remarks on the Moves of Demo- eratic Scnators. Washington Herald (Ind.). We are not so sure that the democratic senators will score a great hit with the country by proposing an income tax that will yield 300,000,000 in revenue unless they couple it with tariff reductions that tend to reduce the cost of living. It s true that they arc committed to a perfunctory declaration for low dutles on the neces- saries of life and high duties on the lux urles; but what dpes this doctrine come | to tn practice when the strongest opposi- tion to its application exists among demo- cratic senators themselves? In the son bill the income tax was complementary to vital reductions on necessaries— sugar, for instance. How many democratic votes could be obtained today for free sugar? Among tho stoutest advocates of stiff duties on hosiery, on lumber, cot- ton goods, on rice, tobacco and hides fruits and vegetables, and on many other recessities, are our democratic the south. As long as these duties are 1o remain, and will, according to Mr. Aldrich, provide & sufficient revenue, what is the purpose of raising more revenue? The fact is that in this matter the demo- | crats are, as usual, on the wrong side of | the proposition and the republicans on the right side. & tariff bill that will yield sufficient rev- | enue to meet the necessities of the govern- ment economically administered, to quote from sundry democratic platforms. If the republicans succeed in their present plan of reducing expenditures so that the in- come from @& tariff bill supply the fof the treasury, thus avolding the impos tion of new taxation, they will have ex cuted a very shrewd and appealing pro gram. It will go far to excuse the Imper- fections, even the enormities, of any tariff bll they may enact. And they will have | dished the democrats, as is their habit, by | appropriating one of the most maxims of the democratic party The income tax will be all we need it. We do not want it stmply maintain the extravagance of public ex- penditure at its present helght. The duty of the hour is economy In expenditure and reform in administration—good cratie ideas, for the practical |of which we have to look to Mr. Aldrich |and President Tag the needs ancient to wil- | on | friends of | Mr. Aldrich proposes to frame | right when | old demo- | application | Red Rule of Abdul and Oarser of Figure in the Turkish Disturbances, Characteristics the Central Prosent The central figure turbances In Furkey Hamid, padishah of the Ottoman empire for thirty-three years. Dispatches make fairly clear the distinguished characteristic the suitan , playing both sides and leaning to the that promiscs his cone tinuance on the throne. Whether the young Turks will tolerate him mu:n longer will not ma‘erially brighten the record of Abdul's rule. The poet who characterized him as “Abdul the Damned truth than poetry into the Charles Johnston, writing of the “Red Rule of Sultar Abdul in Harper's Weekly, sketches his career, In part, as follows. To say that the story of Abdul Hamid in the present Sultan Abdul one expression No romance ever dared to depiot such a Gehenna of darkness and hate as the history of this more than Oriental despot From his Infancy he inspired fear and repulsion; and we are told that his father even gave orders that the child should never be brought to him in the morning. lest day He was, it is sald, the son of an Armenian slave girl, who Christianity for 1slam and danced her way into the favor of Abdul Mejid. That wise and liberal ruier was succeeded by and tempestuous Abdul Aziz, whose mani- acal frensies forced his ministers to depose him. He ended his life a few days later by opening his veins with a pair of scissors. This was the immediate environment of Abdul Hamid's young days. Murad V. was raised to the throne made vacant by the deposition of Abdul Azis, at | the end of May, 1876. Three months later, | he himself was removed from the throne, and a pall of mystery which has never been descended upon him ralsed the lawful soverign of Turkey of the faithful, Kallph of Islam, in the marble dungeon of the Cheragan palace. And to this day no Mohammedan boatman will willingly approach the forbidden ground on which the Cheragan stands a cliff above the Bosporus. Whether Murad V. lives Is certalnly known omly to Abdul Hamid, the younger brother, who holds his throme. But this much s certain Murad, soon after the suicide of his manfac uncle, was stricken with mental depression, perhaps braln-fever, and a commission of doctors, with Abdul its head, declared that he was hopelessly insane. The Sheikh ul Islam, the religious head of the Moslem world, thereupon de- clared a regency, and it Is as regent for his brother Murad that Abdul Hamid still holds the throne. Thereafter the pall of darkness began to descend upon Murad Gradually he was isolated from his friends and former ministers, and at last even from his wife and mother, and rumor has it that he still lives In the Cheragan dun- geon, his life only wpared because the The Incarceration of the elder bhrother took place at the end of August, 187. At that very time a frightful struggle wus golng on among the Balkan mountains be- tween (he Christian Slave and the Moslem | Turks. De Taveleye tells a horrible story of tortures and impalements, and records that the Austrlan consulate at one frontier polnt asked the Constantinople government not to fmpale Christian Servians at a cer- tain place, becausa they were vistble from the windows of the consulate. The Porte apologized, and thereafter fmpaled them on the farther side of the town. Wire and sword raged through the Balkans as fiercely as fn the worst days of Genghis | Khan and the Tartar raids. The uncon- quered warriors of Montenegro joined hands with thelr Servian brothers. The Chris- tians of Bulgarla were up fn arms. And | the world rang with the tale of the “‘Bul- garian atrocities” which filled all northern Turkey with a carnival of cruelty and | destruction. Meanwhile whispers were rife through Constantinopie that Murad V. had completely recoversd both health and | mind, and that his brother Abdul Hamid was guilty of the high crime of usurpa- | tion, made possible by the cruel imprison- ment of his hated elder brother. The Berlin treaty, in the summer of 1878, dismembered the Turkish empire. Austria took the two rich provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Servia became.an independent kingdom. Wallachia and Moldavia, nom- inally a dependent principality for the last few years, became a kingdom, with the title of Roumanla. Bulgaria was raised to the position of @ principality. which just fell short of complete Independence. A part of Bessarablay adjoining Kisheneff of evil memory passed Into the hands of Russla England got Cyprus under an indefinite protectorate. Greece got nearly the whole of Theesaly, But, to compensate, Mace- donla, with fts largely Christian popula tlon, was thrust back under the iron heel of Turkey, thus opaing the period of blood and fire which still prevalls through its three provinces. Abdul Hamid seems to have taken rather | lightly the loss of so much of his empire, or his brother's empire, whose throne he | d usurped. The treaty had recognized | him as the ruler of Turkey. He had got | rid of his Parllament. And in all ways his position was strengthened, rather than weakened, by the war. He now turned his great and malign abilitles toward the task of consolidating his power. | - The Turks are a race of warriors, among the bravest and best soldlers In the world. But whetler it be his mixed biood. or his innate superstition that conscience which makes cowards, Abdul Hamid wholly lacks that physical courage which is in- grained In the Turkish nature. He fis a timid as he Is suspicious, always haunted by the dread of assassination. and wearing a coat of mall by night and dsy. The bravery of Turkish sultans in the past h been magnificent. Abdul Hamid, in 1 boasted that the mantle of courage had de- | scended on him. and that he would lead | hts western warriors against infidel Rus- {sfa, He boasted, and then stayed behind, | hiding In his fortress on the Yiidiz hi And when the Russian armles drew near Constantinople, Instead of putting himselt | |at the head of his troops to defend his | capital, he made all preparations for igno- { minfous flight, and kept a gunboat under | fun st cady to carry him through the Bosporous and off to some safe retreat in | Tripolt or Arabla | A physical coward, and mortally afraia ! of death by a strange contradiction. a man tremendous and despotic will- | power, of flerce, relentless, tirelens force of {mind and determination. he s, in his | cowardice and his craft. his weakness and i his immense determination, like Philip 11 | of Spain, the Prilp of the Netherland massacres and of the nquisition. Though devold of all the better parts of intellec ‘hn- has the boundiess astuteness of some cunning animal, and. with his craft and his | torce, he has held his own against Chris- | tendom for more than thirty years. of have in general the idea that the are a backward and barbarous The Turks are really one of the we | Turks | nation dis- | pumped more | reads like a romance is to do it injustice. | the wild | Hundred- | tongued rumo: aeclares that he still lives, | commander | Hamid's physician at | seers had told Abdul Hamid that he would | not long survive his brother's death. | Kaysers-the Want All women want the Kayser silk You Gloves gloves—the standard for 25 years. silk glove be? he might cast 11l luck over the whole | renounced | The poorest silk gloves on the m: Kayser. That is the pity of it. | fabric—cost the Kayser price. Gloves that den't fit and don’t wear—that lack our finish Without the Kayser patent tip—the Kayser fit and finish—what would a None knowingly take anything else. But some women get inferior gloves, in the belief they are Kaysers, be cause they don’t look in the hem. Patent Finger-Tipped Silk Gloves et cost just as much as the d Get the gloves you have always worn—the gloves that we make from the raw silk up—the gloves that ge through fifty eperations. Watch for “Kayser” in the hem. Short Silk Gleves, - 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.28 Long Silk Gleves, 75¢, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 | manliest races in Burope and among the | tinest soldiers in Europe. The barbarity of | Turkey's government for the last thirty years has really been the expression of the | will and character of & single man, the | gloomy tyrant in the steel-clad chambers of Yildlz, who sits plotting like a great spider in the midst of his web of spies, | and trembles at his own shadow, fearful of | well-merited death. The Turks as a naton, | and not only the Osmanlis, but the best men among the score of peoples governed | trom Constantinople, whether of Greek, ! Blavonic, Armenlan, |long striven for good government in the | modern sense; and the fight for liberty and | civilized ‘\rl’ martyrs In Turkey as in any natlon in the world. It Is to this wide-spread liberal movement that the name of the “Young Turk” party is popularly given. PERSONAL NOTE. Sam Small, the Atlanta reporter who turned revivalist on the Sam Jones pat- | tern, is now editing a magazine—the Golden West—at Waterloo. Owen Reeves, aged 77, of Kansas, known as “Speedy,” has been married fourteen times, had fourteen separations, and is now in the field for the fifteenth Mrs. Reeves. In the early days In Kansas, John J. Ingalls was trying & lawsuit, and in his argument turned to the other party in the sult and dramatically exclaimed: “Your woul would find more room in # mustard seed than a bulldog enjoys in Lake Super- for. Tt is not stated however, that Mr. Tngalls won the case “After the siege of the Peking legations hand boys lived with his mother and ster,” Sir Robert Hart sald at a dinner at the London Authors' club. “The boy snatched his violin and played the Russian national anthem, and the looters stood to attention. Then they left the house with- out molesting anyone." Dr. Sven Hedin says that some of the lamas of Thibet have a custom of allow- ing themselves to be inclosed in grottos, so that they would live in darkness for the rest of their lives. He heard of a man who was inclosed at the age of 16 or 17 years and lived there sixty-nine years with- out any communication with the outside world whatever, his food and water be- ing passed underground by a long pole. The annual report of the Carnegie hero fund commission, just issued in pamphiet form, shows that 24 medals have been awarded since the institution of the fund— thirteen gold, 113 silver and 120 bronze medals. Applications to the number of 2,060 have been refused and 914 applications are pending. The pecuniary awards to herces and their dependents amounted to $164,041.64 and $124,46206 was contributed to or Semitic race, have | e has as long and noble array,ing around a dozen Russian soldiers bent on loot and | outrage ralded the house in which one of | | my JULIUS KAYSER & CO., Makers, New York | Visitor—I understand that yvou are the re- sponsible person in this o | Drudge—No, | sin't. I'm just the one | that's ‘always to bLlame. for everything.— | Cleveland Leader. Teacher—Give me an example of what is meant by “masterly inactivit Boy (with the prognathous face)—A base | bail pitcher delayin’ a game so {t'll have to | be calied on account o' darkness,—Chicago Tribune. Johnny ~Pa, what is an inflated currency ? Father — The money you blow in. — Bo- | hemian. { | “What,” sald the judicloun friend, look- the forlorn little farm, ‘‘ever prompted a city man Iike you to (ry farm- na?” “Because." fully, I heart. anawered the city wanted to get “You have.” commented the fudiciouy friend, “and It is & very plain case with you of heart fallure."—Baltimore American Nell-What excuse did Goodleigh offer for kissing you? Belle—He sald he was merely obeying tha lden rule—to do unto others as he would have others do unte him.—Philadelphla Record man, dole- next to nature's Mr.’ constituents do with all rou send them 2" “1 don't know," answered the member of congress. “I have a suspiclon that they put milk and sugar on them and use them for breakfast food.”—Washington Sf ““What do your the garden seeds “It's all well enough to keep pluggin’ along, but jest watch out an' don't let yewself turn intew a plug.”—Boston Herald “Doctor, on which slde do you to testify in that law case?’ “Don’t care which. I'm an expert wit- ness.'—Judge. expect Raggsy—You don't never see me standin’ in_a bread line! Muggay—Thai's ‘cause ver wife runs a clothesline.—Chicago Tribune. Teacher—And what do you suppose all the animals did during those forty days in the ark? “Smarty” Willlams—They jest and and scratched themselves. Toole (disdainfully)—Chuck it What'd thev scratch for, when there was only two fleas?—Judge. TO PATTEN OF CHICAGO. W. J. Lampten in New Say, Patten, ou who fatten While the poor grow lean, What do you mean? Why grow fat Onprovisions like Does it seem (o you The nobler thing to do? Is the game Worth the shame? Do you suffer? Are yvou hungry? Does you stomach cry for food 1s there nothing In your pantry For the mother and her brood? Does the gray, gaunt wolf come prowling Around your 'office door, Demandlng that you feed it The life-bread of the poor? Does it take Ten millon bushels of wheat to make Your cake, loafed York Herald that? funds for the relief of sufferers by dis- aster. Annual pensions amount to $16,320. Tarlft Commission Snas. Springtield Republican. Several bills are now before consress providing for the creation of an expert taritf commission. The Beveridge bill specifies seven commissioners to be pald $1,60 each per year. Ix-Gov. Guild of this state favors any such bill and pre- sumably would be satisfied with the Bev- eridge measure and $7,600 salaries. Beveral other retired statesmen are sim flarly minded. A tariff commission would | provide & number’ of easy places for them handsome salarles, ané that would be to the country. Congress at its chief serv | would pay even less attention (o Iis recom- mendations than to those of its own house ways and means and senate finance com- B L | mittees. i [ Lan Spring Aunouncement u 1909 We are now displaying & most com plete line of forelgn noveities for spring and summer woar. Your early inspeciion is Invited, as it will afford an opportunity of choos- ing from & large number of exclusive e mport s ‘Sngle sult longt! ‘s impor y *y and s sult cannot be Qupticetsd An erder placed now may be deliv- ered at your somvenience. While & child stands With empty hands And begs for a crust? Do you feel that you must Take it all And heed no cail Except that one fierce cry, “Buy! Buy?' What? You've simply got To win? That's what you went fn To do and that’s what you wifl de, No matter who suf! 8o long ax its not you? 1n that so? Onh, Very well, §o ahead, Let the bread Of the poor Pile up at your door! But Patten, by There's blood On that wheat, and—well, some day You'll have the bill o pay It will come to you straight: Wait Only scud! wait! The pher Hat New Spring Styles are rs Guckert McDonald, Tailors 317 South Fifteenth Street ESTABLISHED 1887