Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 11, 1910, Page 4

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Company, oeing _duly actual number of full p‘fl 8¢ The Dally, Morn- ine. Bvening. Ay Bee prinied dur- cember, 1909, was 7 18 19 month of an Returned oopies v dev Net Total, R aed Daily Avsrage . L awees [ P . Treasurer, Bubscribul in my preseuce and sworn to berore luw Lins sist A Ut Desemrat, 1vov. ¥ WAL, oy guiic, Bubscribers ienving porurily should them, e gty tem- The Mee Address will be changed as often un baye wuniled to requested, Next in grder is a safe and sane St, Valentine's day. B 80 we hear calls for a revision down- ward in the case of the $9 hog. — For Heney the Hermann trial will afford a flood of oratory where rolls the Oregon. —— Tom Lawson's effort to corner to- bacco indicates an ambition to bite off all he can chew. The forestry service deserves thanks for the oonlervnlnn of that fine old word “gravamen.” For those daredeyils. planning to shoot the rapids it may prove to be the pace that kills. New York shows no fear of a finan- clal flood with J. P, Morgan gulding the stream within the banke. 2 ———— If Halley's comet wishes to avold frostbites, it ] ould better keep its dis- tance from our icleled winter. o N ——— It this winter 18 a sample of next, it is in order for some one to devise beds on the fireless-cooker principle. Fortunately, there is still enough snow in Omaha to afford healthful ex- ercise for: every able-bodled tramp. i —— It the Postoffice department’s in- come is growing at the rate of $12,- 000,000 a year, why won't it catch the deficit? Dr. Felix Adler has brashly declared that “Oratory as an art is dying.” Respectfully referred to Willlam Jen- nings Bryan, During the dull,pauses in base ball, there are Ays cropping up last sea- son’s avel l[!. to stir the blood of the hibernating fans. Another English clergyman has been called to a New York pulpit at a fabu- lous salary. What Is the matter with our home product? The theatrical business in New York is said to be overdone, which may account for some of the raw deals sent out Into the provinces, ———— Now that fienry Watterson is in Florida, we may contidently look for & dispersal of the cold wave that has been threatening the oranges, ——— ' It the moving pleture people are really enterprising, they will have their cameras trained upon that landsliding village in Italy when it collapses. Mr. Taft has Interpreted what is whisky, and now lllinois purposes to alscover what s soda-water. Thus are life's mysteries solved drop by drop. Bince she stopped being queen, what & lot.of fun Liluokalani has been hav- ing at Washington, where it is greater to be intercepter of congressmen than to wield the scepter of Hawali. Some persous,fly for fame, some elimb itg ‘dizay belghts, but the am- bitlous. citizen Who dug a hole from hig cellar toward the vaults of a New York hank drew @ bigger throng at his bier dln assembled }o bury Caesar. Major Hemphlll, picturesque painter of palm fronds on the editorial page of the Charleston News and Courler, is moving on to Richmond. And what will Charleston do then, poor thing? This shotk comes alinost like another earthquake. | tlon on week_10c | | th nouse on July 12, Income Tax and State’s Rights. While Governor Hughes informs the New York legislature that he favors | conferring upon the federal govern- { ment the power to leyy and collect an income tax, he :d\lm adverse ac- the proposed 'constitutional amendment because its text, as sub- mitted by congress includes incomes “from whatever source derived.” Un- der this, the governor fears, taxation of incomes derived from munieipal or \smta bonds might destroy the state's | | borrowing power and thus invade | state's rights. The point, whi¢h is| a new one, has been asked by «the democrats as a basis for the yelp that | the republicans in submitting the amendment played a trick upon the | people. lated, in face of the facts on record. The form. of the proposed constitu- tional amendment, and the resolution presenting it to the states for approval, were adopted in the United Btates sen- ate on July 6 by unanimous vote, after fenator Bailey of Texas had volun- tarily withdrawn his amendment which provided for a graduated income tax. Senator Stone of Missouri read from the Denver platform extracts to estab- 1ish on behalf of the democratic party a prior claim to this particular piece of legislation. The resolutioh and fegy' Of amendment were adopted in by a vote of 317 | to 14, the democrats voting solidly for it. Representative Clark, as minority leader of the house, won rousing ap- plause from his democratic associates by claiming for his party the credit for the proposition, Not a democratic voice was heard in either senate or house warning the nation of any in- vasion of state’s rights, nor even re- ;mntely suggesting a republican trick. 1f our own Congressman Editor Hitch- lcock had heen in Washington, he would have voted with his fellow demo- crats for the measure; if absent, his paper was presumably still run by him, yet) diligent search through its files fails to disclose any outery of alarm. Indeed, the first editorial utterance in the World-Herald on'the subject of the income tax after the passage of the resolution by congress, is a rebuke to Mr. Payne for his suggestion that the enforcement of such tax would make of us a “nation of liars.” This demo- cratic editorial, published’ July 19, after one week's deliberation over the congressional proceedings, closes with the significant confession, “We are al- ready liars, us.” Not only is the belated shriek of the democrats a singular repudiation of their boast of last July that ‘this in- come tax amendment was thelr off- spring, but it is a further fact that the point raised by Governor Hughes is a purely theoretical one, indicating solely an invasion of the sentiment of state’'s rights, not actually the rights themselves. For by the language of. the proposed amendmént gongress would be merely given the power, and it s not to be supposed that any power given to it for the laylng and couec- tion of & tax on incomes would: eyerbé’ applied to depreciate state and muni- cipal bonds. The national lawmakers re- sponsible to their several states, would hardly do anything to harm them de- liberately just because it is possible. Now that the democrats are re- minded of their vaunted paternity of | the amendment, are they going to con- tinue their claim that the republicans have foisted a monstrows foundling upon the people?, As between their in- come tax professionsand their state’s rights’ pretense, they seem to be in a panic over the question of paternal | recognition. Oversight. @ Lawyers on both sides of the polit- ical fence are hazarding their profes-: sional reputations in venturing opin- ions whether jn enacting for Nebraska the so-called Oregon plan of choosing United States senators our late demo- cratic legislature did, or did not, re- peal the law providing for party nomi- nations for United States senators. Those who contend that party nomina- tions for United States senator have been abolished in Nebraska pin their faith to the omission of a comma in a particular paragraph where its inser- tion might have proved to be a saving clause. It is well known that weighty statutes have survived or perished un- der judicial review through smaller de- fects than the punctiliousness of punc- tuation. Out in Oregon, where the Oregon plan is indigenous, the nomination of party candidates for the senatorship has not been abolished. In fact, its success a great reform measure, ac- cording to its advocates out there, is predicated on the result of its first ap- plication which required a republican legislature to commission a democratic |nominee to represent Oregon in the United States senate. If our Nebraska law-makers in adopting the Or plan had anything else im view than the Oregon object lesson which had led them to believe that by this means the democrats might capture a place in the senate, otherwise pretty sure to go to a republican, it was not disclosed at the time. Had the first trial of the system in Oregon shown a reverse re- sult, namely, of compelling a demo- cratic legislature to choose a repub- lican to represent the state in the United $tates senate, it is a safe asser- tion that our democratic legislature would never have undertaken to trans- plant the Oregon”law into the fertile soll of Nebraska. The undisguised Intention of our late democratic legislature was to make the Oregon plan work out in Ne- braska precisely it had done in Ore- gon, and if by any juggle of commas or pieing of the punctuation box this pur- pose of our law-makers has been ob- Such criticism {s somewhat be- | THE BEE: structed, it must be charged solely to their ignorance or Inexperfence in the exacting work of legidlatfon. Cquin' the Service. Lest it be supposed that the Depart- ment of the Interior has been devot- ing all its energles to defense against its assailants, it Is well to note that | Becretary Ballinger has suspended from office the superintendent of the five civilized tribes of Oklahoma, and \thne of his supervisors, pending the | final result of his inquiy into the mis- | management of lndlln“fllru. with in- | dieations that other officials may come within the range of simflar displeas- ure. ! | It is apparent that the promise of | | the ddministration for a general house- cleaning of the various branches n!\ the government service has been ac-| companied by the sort of per-lstoufl work which s no less effective for| being cqpducted quietly. Every large | establishment, In spite of vigilance, fs | | likely to accumulate rubbish which has | to be swept out, a condition that has | constantly beset the government's housekeeping. All good citizens will | be gratified to observe that in this di- rection the Taft policy is deeds, rather than mere declarations. In the case of the Indians, if there has been a renewal of old abuses, it 18 well to discover them, and to cleanse | the service effectively, for these hap- less wards of the government should not be required to suffer any further| evils of the white man's guardian-| ship. The Fashion in Bread. When outlandish changes in drese confront us, and mere man inquires the wherefore, he is told that it is the style, an answer that usually silences him, for intv the mysteries of woman's | wardrobe and the whys thereof, who shall penetrate? But when it comes to the matter of a fashion in bread, even a man may have a right to ask the eternal question, “Why the change, and who sets it?" Into the merits of the government’s dispute with the millers over the val- ues of bleached flour, it is not one's province to go, since the courts are to determine the point at issue. Never- theless, curiosity may. be pardoned, as to the reason for ever changing the natural color of flour. Time was when the bread that mother used to make was judged not [for its hue, but for its lightness and sweetness and nourish- ment, If color was ever considered, it was merely to contrast the peculiar shade of the white bread from the so- called graham. Indeed, all old-fash- foned white bread was more creamy than white, and beloved aceordingly, while to possess a ‘“nutty’” flavor as well as a “‘nutty” color was to be the acme of perfection in a loaf. Who. asked for the ¢hange to the white and tasteless flour that has be- come universal?” The government says that it {s the makers of the machinery for bleaching the flour that are really defending the administration’s attack. It can ‘be understood that these manu- facturers do not wish to be disturbed in their enterprise. But if the millers and the people are unitedly against the modernizing of the staff of life, | who, let it again be asked, first in- stigated this change of fashion? And to ask him, also, Why? The death of R. IN. Kelley, who in more recent years has been editing a weekly paper at Uehling, takes away one of the ploneers of Nebraska jour- nalism. Mr. Kelley wielded a vigor- ous and trenchant pen and was in the thick of it in some of the earlier fights in this state. Although sometimes po- litically at variance with The Bee, in the great battle for the regulation of railroads and the restriction of &h;lr pernicious intrusion into polities Mr. Kelley and the founder of The Bee fought side by side. Reports from Panama, by way of Washington, are to the effect that Dan V. Stephens enjoyed himself very much on his recent trip to the Canal Zone taken with the congressional party by invitation of Congressman Latta. Un- less the signs of the political zodiac ¢all Dan Stephens will again handle “the check book' for the coming cam- paign in the Third Nebraska district. The location of the new Normal school at Chadron is hailed as a vic- tory for the Northwestern road. Pos- sibly 8o, but presumably the school had to be located in some town accessible by one or more railroads, and there are no towns in that section that are junc- tion points for all the railroads doing business in Nebraska. e The National Wool Growers' assocla- tion at least gives Omaha's wool ware- house credit for materially helping the redemption of the wool market. If one good turn deserves another, the western wool growers should recipro- cate by helping liberally to develop Omaha as a wool market. Census Supervisor Saunders sol- emnly announces that applicants for jobs as census takers will need no pull, It is much more likely that it will be the census supervisor who will need a pull to get competent men to serve as enumerato; Lieutenant Shackleton reports the OMAHA, TUESDAY, it he is discoverable, it will be in order |' Antarctic penguin acting and con- versing in the highest style of efvili- sation. Begins to look as though Copenhagen needed to take a squint at the South pole procfs. Now that the mayor of New York and the governor of Massachusetts have picked newspaper reporters to be their private secretaries, the state so- crets of the Atlantic seaboard are once more in safe hands. The Harvard professor whose scan- nings of the deposits of the Arizona cliffs resulted In the decision that the age of Mother Earth is exactly 60,000, 000 years evidently belleves that a woman is as old as she looks. otforts of the District of Columbia to drive henroosts beyond its borders may be regarded as constituting a foul blow at a native institution. People expect always to find a hen on at ‘Washington, ¥ Governor Haskell of Oklahoma is sure that the deposit guaranty law is a complete succese in his state. Some of the creditors of the defunct Colum- hl"bnk are still wnllln‘ to be shown. Now that the University of Chicago has dismissed its press agent, it is to | be presumed that the professors are about to launch some' more radical ideas to secure the desired publieity. The prison sentences pronounced | against the sugar fraud weighers are the most effective step yet taken for eliminating graft in the service. Now to send up a man or two higher up. Baltimore American. It has just been discovered that the earth has existed only 60,000,000 years. And this century is just beginning to realize its fuil possibllities. | t ¥y Wo Tl w Cleveland Plain Dealer. Charles W. Morse is very bitter against the courts that condergned him. It s strange what Influence personal prejudice will have on able minds. Bumper Crop in the Distance. Louls Globe-Democrat. be a few good resolutions forthcoming this year, but the big crop will not mature until 1912, when the political conventions shall assemble. Last and Best Act, Washington Herald, There is one thing they all have to hand Dr. Cook, however. He s admittedly one of the finest, if not the very finest, dis- appearers the world ever knew. Might Well Pass Washington Post. If all the explanations of the high cost of living be true, and it takes all the reme- dies suggested to effect a cure, the whole thing might as well be left to posterity. t Up. Pointers from Afa ! New’ York Tribune. Judging from the way in which the Mar- tlans are digglng canals, they must have been training their telescopes upon Pan- ama and taking notes of the way the dirt is flying there. A Tept that Falled. i Cleveland Plain Dealer. It has been found by actual experiment that eating gixteen consecutive bananas is not conducive to longevity. The Nebraska youth of 19 who tried it falled to survive the exhaustive test. TWAY Wondert Pittkbtirg Chronicle. ‘Why wonder it 'the spread of pneumonia when so many péréons are forced to sit half an hour, more or leks, in & cold and clammy street car after & long and chilling wait at & street cornerior other walting place? n Sympathy. St. Louls Globe-Democrat. It Morse had not ground the faces of the poor with his. New York Ice trust, the chances are that he would not now be at the beginning of serving a long sentence. Humanity has its personal and its com- mercial as_well as its spiritual uses. Angel of the Honk. Boston Globe. Sixty million dollars is the annual total expenditire of the state treasuries in the good roads movement. The automobile, which some consider the principal de- structive agent of bad roads, has rapldly spread the demand for good ones. Its wide extension of public and private traffic and conveyance, as well as the injuries which 1t works to highways of inferior construc- tion, necessitates superior road building, from which everybody benefits. The far- mer has been entertaining an angel un- awares. Our Birthday Book January 11, 1910, Thomas Dixon, Jr, Who wrote the' “Leopard’s Spots,” and a lot of other heart- rending novels, was born January 11, 1867, in Shelby, N. C. Mr. Dixon went into the mipistry, but the pulpit was too tame for him and he gave it up to go on the lecture platform and write his books. James M. Lynch, president of the Inter- national Typographical union s 4. He ls, of course, a printer by trade and officall represents all the union printers. He ha been in Omaha more than once to look after union matters here. John A. Kasson, the famous diplomist, was born January 11, 1822, and has there- fore reached the advanced age of 8. He 18 & native of Vermont, but went into public life from Iowa. Willam M. Giller, formerly one of Omaha's police commissioners, was born January 11, 1860, at Whitehall, Illinols. He is & member of the law firm of Weaver & Giller and has been in Omaha for more than twenty years and has been prominent in numerous secret socleties. Mr. Giller is & graduate of the University of Michigan. General John C. Cowin is & native of Obhlo, being born January 11, 1846, at War- rensville. General Cowin had a joke on Governor Sheldon two years ago, when he was appointed on the governor a prometion in rank from General to that of Colonel, General Cowin represented the government in the Union Pacific fore- closure oa and Is In the front rank of our lawyers. Irving F. Baxter is just 47 years old. Judge Baxter has held several offices, inecluding covnty judge, district judge and United Btates district attorney, and Is now prao- ticing at the bar. He is & New Yorker and read law at Utica, N. Y., with Frank Hiscock, who later became United States senator. Marcellus R. Risdon counts the turning of 68 year, most of which have been spent here In Omaha, where h e after the war fn which he served in y regiment of Ohio volunteers, Mr. Rl ‘was born In Warrensyille, which Is now a part of Cleve- land, and is well known as & lawyer by piofession, Thomas B. Coleman, of the Midland Gl & Paint company s 84 year old todsy. He Is a native Ne- braskan, being born at Falls City, and started out as & drug clerk here in Omah elghteen years ag assistant manager JANL ABY ,| Gresham, which left Boston on an urgent 'Ito proctatm .| more agreeable to record an incident which statf with |( 11, 1010 Army Gossip Matters of Interest On and Back of the Firing Line Gleaned from the Army and Wavy Register. iU Nas practically been decided thut Major General J. Franklin Bell will suc- ceed Major General W. P. Duvall in com- mand of the Philippine division, when the latter officer retires under operation of law in January of next year. Major General Leonard Wood, who comes to Washington in April as chief of staff, will be succeeded in the command of the Department of the East by Major General F. D. Grant, who, in turn, will be relieved at Chicago In command of the Department of the Lakes, by Major General W. H. Carter, now in command of the Department of Luzon. General Bell expects' to avail him- self of extended leave of absence in April and will probably visit Europe. An examination of the records of the |adjutant general of the army discloses the Interesting fact that of the 4,200 commis- sioned officers on the active list of the | military establishment only twelve served in the army, navy or marine corps during the clvil war, otherwise than as cadets prior to April 9, 18%. The following Is the lis: of those officers: General Offlcers—Bri D. Thomas, Brigadier |ton, Brigadier General Charles L. Hodges and Brigadier General Danlel H. Brush. | Judge Advocate Oen-rlll Department— Brigadier General George B. Davis, judge |advocate general, 15 uartermaster Department — Colonel n_L. Clem, Lieutenant Colonel Willlam | Robinson, Jr.; Lieutenant Colonel J. ‘Ellcuurl Sawyer and Captain Danlel' W, | Arnold. Subsiatence Department—Colonel N, Allison. Corps of Engineers—Brigadier General Willlam L. Marshall, chief of engineers Slgnal Corps—Major Engene O. Feoch And of these officers Major Fechet re- tires March 14, General Morton on March 18, Colonel Robinson on April 21, General Marshall on June 11 pnd Colonel Sawyer on July 3 of the preseht year. 1t looks as if the bill introduced by R: resentative K. W. Roberts to provide a means for registering communication by wireless telegraphy would recelve congres- sional approval, as it should. That!cause has been matesially fortified by repurts made by the Navy department u i Treasury department of glaring Instanc of interference with officlal messages of an important character sent from naval ships and revenue cutters. These quora- tions from the logs of vessels should have much infipence at the capitol. An Instance, which has occurred too recently to bo in- corporated in the Treasury department re- port, concerns a trip of the revenue cutter adier General Earl neral Charles Mor- James wireless appeal, which seemed to indicate a collision between two blg steamers olf Lynn, Mass., during the late heavy sform The Gresiam started out from Boston, with the promptness which Is charact of revenue cutters under such stances, and later got into communicatinn by wireless with the Boston navy yurd, only to find that the call was evident'v a prank by some inland amateur wireless operator. This form of amusement cost the government some expense, to say nothing of the trouble and risk involved. it 13 high time that congress adopts measurss which will prevent such reckless pastime. <l It was a grave mistake for those respon sible for the erection of the statue of Jtol- ert E. Lee in Statuary hall at the capitol to have accepted a design which shows that hero In the grab of a confederate officer. It gives the critics an opportunity ainst what, under other con- ditions, need have excited no adverse com- ment, for the career of Lee justifies Vir- ginlans in regarding him as entitied to @ place with the other distinguished Ameri- cans who have been represented In stone or metal in Statuary Hall. It 1s much occurred recently in Memphls, Tenn., and for the knowledge of which we are in- debted to Captain Willlam N. Hughes, U. 8. A, retired, who is on duty with the organized militia of Kentucky. There Is, in Court square in Memphis, a statue of Jackson, the base of which originally, at the time of its erection, long before the civil war, bore the inscription: *“The union must and shall be preserved.” At the time of the war of the rebellion this quotation was removed. When the name of Jeffer- son Davis*was restored to the tablet on Cabin John's bridge, near Washington, prominent citizens of Memphis, led by Colonel Robert Galloway, who was a gal- lant efficer in the confederate army, took prompt steps to have the inscription re- placed on the Jackson monument, This shows a spirit of loyalty which it ls agree- able to record. Now that the time is approaching for recommendations of reglmental ofticers for detail at the army school of the line, the War department Is prepared to receive the usual number of requests for interpretation of ‘what officers shall be so detailed, and | even of errors In the selection based upon ignorance of existing orders und regula- tions. It Is surprising how many colonels seem to overlook the requirements of cir- cular No. 13, W. D., series 1%8, which gives explieit instructions as to what kind of officers and their qualifications are desired for detall at the service schools. The sum- mary contained in this circular includes among other things a requirement that de- talls to the Army school of the line should be limited to officers of known ability, ex- perience, fine record and proved scholarly attainments as long as officers of this type are avallable who desire the detall, and the additional proviso that no officer shall be selected who does not desire the detall In spite of these instructins, the War de- partment still receives occasional recom- mendations by regimental commanders of officers who have not been consulted with regard to detall ay Fort Leavenworth and who oftentimes’ do not desire such detail. Of course the detall of such officors is not only unjust to them,” for It often causes humiliation and heart burning, but is not in accord with the best interests of the service. It would seem that every colonel who contemplates detailing an officer or officers of the Army school of the line should carefully read the provisions of the circular and confine his selection to offi- cers who conform to its specifications. PENSIONS ON WAGE BASIS: Rock Island Plan a Novelty in That L St. Paul Ploneer Press. The Rock Island road has decided upon & pension plan for its employes that is some- thing of a novelty in that line. The com- PANy proposes to place its pensions strictly on & wage basls, without making any de- mands upon the employes. The manage- ment will not set aside a pession fund to provide an income for distribution, nor will it deduct anything from the wages of the | employes for the creation of the fund. Pension payments will be made from the rallroad treasury, as they become due, and will be charged to operating,expenses each month, just as the payroll fs charged. The plan ia & marked departure from the usual pension fund plans, in that it marks the recognition by the rallroad of at least a moral obligation to provide for its veteran One of the terest bearing certificates totallin, irstN Bdnk of Omdha Established in 1857 as Kountze Bros. Nationalized in 1863, Charter No, 209 Safest Forms of Investment Is a 3% Certificate of Deposit In This Bank, Which Has Over $12,000, The published statement of November 16, *09, showed that this bank bad outstanding 000 of Assets. in- & 91,984,210, ational the pension s to be a part of thé fixed charge on the earnings of the road. Under this plan the employe who serves the com- pany for a stated period is assured of a lite Income, amounting to about half pay, as an acknowledgment of the theory that an Industry should care for its own. WORLD'S BEST EAR OF CORN. Indiana’s Pull on the Prises at the Omaha Show. Loutsville Courler-Journal. An Indlana farmer has produced the world's best ear of corn. At any rate, If there s any better ear of corn In the world It did not find its way to the recent National Corn exposition at Omaha, which was open to all com The lucky Indiana farmer is Fred C. Palin, of Newton. G. L. Kerlin, another Indiana farmer, who resides at Franklin, also figured at the Omaha exposition, win- ning the prize offered for the best bushei of corn in the world. Still another Indiana man, Joe R. Overstreet, also of Franklin, captured a $1,000 silver trophy offered by the Indiana Corn Growers' association for the best ten ears of corn. Mr. Palin's prize for his champion-of-the-world ear was also @ silver trophy valued at $1,000. All in all, Indiana seems to have taken about the best that was to be had in the way of premiums at the big Omaha show. Two vears ago, at the same exposition, “the world's best for $50. The Palin corn is said to be far superior. Mr. Palin says he spent seven years producing it. He s a progressive man and he began his experimentation with a view to producing a superior var- fety of corn. He had faith in his ability to grow & surpassing article of corn and his faith has been amply rewarded. The accomplishments of these Indiana men show what can be done by intelligent and sclentific farming. Every farmer can- not do what they have dome, but every tarmer has it in his power to improve the quality of his products by patient applica: tion and by the adoption of modern meth- ods of cultivation. Kentucky has some of as good corn- growing soll as any state In the union. Kentucky farmers should be able to raise corn that Is second to mone in quantity and in quality. There is a large amount of good corn grown in thb state. There are ‘many farmers who are up to date, but I} is not observed that Kentucky is taking any prizes at the big corn exhibi- tions in Omaha. The man who produces a new and superior variety of corn s con- ferring & favor on all the ‘corn growers of the world. Why should not some of our Kentucky farmers do a little experi- menting along that line? The results cer- tainly would repay the effort. | —_— HARRIMAN’S GIFT. Ten Thousand Acres to Empire State Springtield Republican. Mrs. Bdward H. Harriman has carrled out one of the plans of her husband in offering to glve to the state of New York for park purposes 10,000 of the 30,000 acres included in the famous Harriman estate in Orange county. This matter had been the subject of considerable correspondence be- twéen the late Mr. Harriman and Governor Hughes. « The idea Is to place within the reach of all the people, particularly those of moderate means, a great breathing space, such as is found on a larger scale In the Adirondacks. The territory included in the tract offered to the state is wild and to be had without number. The stocking of the property with deer and other game, large and small, would be a comparativély easy matter. Of course, the Harripan offer will be accepted, and it carries a fine sug- gestlon to other men and women of great wealth, It is also advised that the state should buy more land, in order that this Harriman reservation may be made to touch the Hudson river, and so increase its advantage for popular use. It is all the time becoming more difficult and ex- pensive to secure public reservations, and it will be the wisest possible policy for all states to deal generously in making great ear of corn was sold | arsely settled, and camping sites are |¢ PERSONAL NOTES. ’ Harry M. Daugherty, who for many vears has been a prominent figure in Ohlo politics, has announced ‘himself a candidate for United States senator to succeed Sena- tor Dick Banker Morse's farewell was pitched in a key different from that pressed by the American Ice trust a few summers ago, when scorched humanity was squeezed to the limit, Dr. Danfel K. Pearsons, who has already given away $,000,000, has decided to part With his last million before the 14th of next April, when he expects to celebrate his ninetieth birthday anniversary. K. W. Mierly of Mapleton, R. D., Pa., drives a mule that has served him fafth- fully for twenty-three years. She is said to be the kind that would stop eating its oats any time to get a chance to kick | somebody. Major Sylvester, Washington's chief of police, has made “a wise and timely sug- gestion” that the horde of guldes In the capital be subjected to examination as to their fitness and be compelled to pay a license fee. Mrs. Harrlet Taylor Upton and Mrs, May Harripgton of Warren, O., have both been re-elected to the board of education. Both women have, already served several terms and at the recent election were uagain chosen without opposition. Deacon Herhphill of the Charleston News and Courier took & day to mend his New Year resolutions and told the boys to run the old machine as they liked. They aid. Fifty-two pages of booster oratory and ads to match stunned the deacon and cheered the town on New Year's morning. The boys made good and delivered the Jjubllee goods in first-class shape. LURES TO A LAUGH, Maria, I can't stand it any longer. Where aid you put my pipa?’ ‘Up In the atitic, John, behind the old trunk, along with o package of chewing gum 1 put there at same time. You Eay aa well bring them /both Chicago Tribune. Little Wllllo—Wh the hand of wel- come, 178 the PLogmed to, A, strange rainy” my roar to liberty down''— umbrella on won.— Philadelphia Pr.- “How s Jack getting along In his race pith the young milljonalre for the falr arie?” hand of Miss “From the glimpse I got of Jack and his inamorata the other day, I judged he was holding his own."—Baltimore American. 8 Ot breaktast food do you find Teplied the weil-nourished citizen, at the “Well,” “I haven't run across anything yet that bacon and g8, though sausage and beats buck-wheats afford a pleasing change oc- casionally."—Philadelphia Ledger “Revers, how are your New Year reforms holding out?” “Dear boy, I was too busy to make any 1 adopted and con- good ruoluuonu this time, so the ones made a year ago, sidered t.hem still binding." ““What are they “I've forgotten.”—Chicago Tribune, Ho~My dear Miss Flip would you have sn-—x wouldn't have you as a precious }le—You did not Jet me finish, I was go- ing to ask If you would have me such 8 ool as to want youito. —Baltimore Amer- can. “HorrldThe Dlpor says shells are belng groun: consumption. m""l‘)on't lnt excited. 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