Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 18, 1910, Page 4

"(IUNDID BY EDWARD nosl:wu'r:n VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PR+ otk v Entered at Omaha postoffice as second- class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Bee (including Sunday), per week 1bo Daily Bes {without Sunday.” per week 108 Daily Bee (without Sunday), one year no Dally Bee and Sunday, one yea 600 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. E"'lln')n (withot€ ma-y), g week 6o Evening Bee (with Sunda. week_100 Sunda, one. y $2.0 Satui o 1.50 inritios n partment. all somplaints of | flellvt;;"ln Clly.clrcu)luon mcm Omaha-The Bee Bull Sruth OmandTwenty fosrth and N. Councfl Bluffs--18 it Street. Lincoln—618 Little” Building. Chicaga—168 Marquette Building, New ¥ork—Tooms 1101-1102 No. # West Thirty-third 8ty Washington—1% Fourteenth Street, N W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and ed- ftorial matter should be addressed: Omahs Bee, Ediforial Department REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express ¢r postal order yable to The. Bee Publishing Company nly 2-cept stamps received in payment ot mail acéounts, Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT OPF CIRCULATION. State of 'Nebraska Douglas County, Glargu Tawchuck, l"ll‘r'l‘ fl( biishing . .Compa oy, duly sworn, says that the sctual ‘aumper of full and complete coples of The Daily, Morn- ing. Evening and Sunday Bee prinfed du ing the month of December, 1300, was as follows: 41,580 © 7. 20. . .. The Total Returned poples. . Net Total.... Dally Average 48,334 GIOMI B. mclmcx. Treasurer. e and sworn to D'clllhll' 1909, .Nnu bl o Buhseribed before me this l Subscribers leaving the city t porarily should have The Be mailed to them. Address will be e often as requested. England seems to be liberals liberally. ting the The life-giving Gunnison tunnel has taken its toll of death, Standard ofl hearing set for March 14. Beware the ides of March. Architegts raising prices? Well, it's their bl’liflell to put things up, / § Another blow to the Taft policies! The price of golf balls has gone up. Pleasant of the vaue man to fore- cast unpleasant weather for a whole week. . “ \ It looks as though the resolution to change the inauguration date may not again march forth. Pictures of those Ohio legislators, who are investigating the prices of food, show them to be a well-fed’lot. e Now that Kermit Roosevelt h killed a bongo, he may come home whenever he s ready and all will be forgiven, e ] A Daalel ‘come to judgment. Chicago justice fimed a .spiritualistic medium because her spook dropped false teeth in its flight. s X A New London man has demon- strated that dynamite, llke dlamonds, when worn in the shirtfront, may set a pace that kills. The dangeér is that that lean Tam- many tiger will have developed an ap- palling appetite by the next time he gets near the public crib. That university professor who rec- ommends pigs as playmates for the children cannot have heard of the pre- vailing prfce for porkers. . — The eusiest way for 'a politician to break into print in an opposition news- paper is to say something knocking on his own party, It works both ways. The vote to relegate the word ‘‘col- lision” to eblivion would be unanimous were, it not for the activities of the railroads in maintaining its vitality. ! oo . As far a8 we can discover, those Arkansas bottom lands intended for the unemployed have been likewise idle a long timie, " ‘Looks llke a case of working both ends. While it may be true that “kind words can never dle,” still *Boss" Murphy evidently wishes Mayor Gay- nor to understand that -neither can Tammany. Remarkable how unanimous the demooratio country press throughout Nebraska {8 In offering words of en- couragement. to the so-called repub- lican insurgents. P -y + It is the British warship Scylla that {8 assuming the dictatorial tone at Greytown. The Tacoma will now range in line as-the Oharybdis, with the Nic- araguans between the two. — Will the democrats of the Fifth Ne- braska district demonstrate their sin- cerity by putting anyone in the field to contest Congressman Norris' re-elec- tlon? ‘Will'a duek swim? If there Is any bigger game hiding in the honeycomb of the sugar frauds, smoke him out.. It would afford the The Incorporation Remedy. Our amiable democratic contem porary is trying very hard to prejudice public sentiment against the proposed federal incorporation law as a remedy for trust evils by making out that the idea emanates from the Standard Oil octopus. ‘‘John D. Archbold is the father of the federal corporation scheme,” declares the World-Herald, and proceeds to prove it by quoting the words 6f Mr. Archbold while on the witness stand before the Industrial commission of 1900 favoring national charters for interstate corporations. All this might be “important if true” were it not for the fact that the incorporation remedy is by no means of such recent birth. In the confer- ence on trusts held under the auspices of the Natlonal Civie Federation in Chicago in September, 1899, the late Edward Rosewater, founder of The Bee, In his address recommended these measures to make trusts harmless: First—The ereation by act of congress of a bureau of supervision and control of cor- poratlons engaged in interstate commerce with powers for its chief similar to those exercised by the comptroller of the cur- rency over natlonal banks. Second—Legislation to enforce such pub- lieity as will effectually prevent dishonest methods of accounting and restrict traffic and competition within legitimate bounds. Third—The abrogation of all patents and copyrights held by trusts whenever the fact Is established before a judicial tribunal | that any branch of industry = has been monopolized by the holders of such patents or copyrights, Fourth—The enactment by congress of a law that will compel every corporation en- gaged In interstate commerce to operate under a national charter that shall be abrogated whenever such corporation vio- lates its provision. Fifth—The creationl of an Interstate com- merce court with exclusive jurisdiction in all cases arising out of the violation of interstate commerce. Jaws. Sixth—The revision (If necessary) of the constitution of the United States by a con- stitutional convention to be called by two- thirds of the states at the earliest possible date. It will be noted that among these recommendations are several that are now prominently before the public, in- cluding complete corporation publicity, an interstate commerce court and na- tional fncorporation. The ghen editor of The Bee had been advocating these measures long before'the trust confer- ence of 1899 in the steadfast opposition of all the corporate interests who unanimously opposed any and all legis- lative interference with their business. A Fisherman Distraught. The spectacle of our secretary of war apologizing to the head of another gov- ernment can be tolerated only when it is known that the pardon was asked for the spoiling of a fishing trip. Fishing is the sacred right of the male animal, and when Mr. Dickinson found that he had invaded that prerogative of the president of Cuba he-did just. what loyal Americans would expect him to do. ¢ When Grover Cleveland used to go duck hunting there were those who criticised him, but when he and Joe Jefferson went off among the waters and dropped . their 1Ines overboard every man had a fellow feeling for the absentee president. When a public man went to Horace Greeley with a tale of disaster and asked what he should do, Mr. Greeley replied, “Do? Why, go a-fishing—I have wanted ‘to all my lite.” Most men have had a similar yearn- ing, evel those who have never known the gentle and seductive art, but only dreamed of it. Even if one catch no fish, the patlence and reflection at- tained are a joy to contemplate by any- one whose career is crowded with cares. President Gomez was doubtless weary of the turmoil through which he has passed, d to have to turn back from his line and reel to hearken to the voice of statecraft must have called for more fortitude than is given to the average man Loss of a Good Name. New England statifticlans are a 1it- tle slow in discovering that Maine i8 no longer entitled to be known as the Pine Tree state, Twenty years ago the head of the Maine Central railroad, when asked where a consumptive could take refuge to get the full breath of the pines, answered that no pines had been left in Maine for a long time previous. Spruce there still is in some abundance, but it is fast falling before the axe of the lumberman, just as fell the state- ller evergreens. Now that the pines have gonme, the cry is raised that they might have been saved in a large measure if in the early days of the onslaught upon our re- sources any intelligent effort toward congervation = had been attempted. Scientific forestry is steadfast to pro- teet, but slow to rebuild, and the ma- Jestic forests that gave Maine her fame can be known no more, With the full knowledge that a good name fs rather to be chosen than great riches, Maine deliberately stiffered the sacrifice of the one for the other. Governors in Conference. Much good, and at any rate no harm, may be achiered by the conference of governors now on in Washington, for a free interchange of views conterning current matters of public interest to the several states is likely to result in a clear and definite demand for some unity of legislation, The fact that only a gentlémen's agreement is possible, and that no binding action can be taken, need not lessen the practical re- sults, for such & gathering, attended in a spirit of harmony, should produce full and free discussion, and serve |a clearing-house of interstate ideas, These volutary conferences may be utilized to serve ihe purpose, in a way, of the “House of Governors,” for wha! people great happiness to flout that| Ajrectorate resolution of confidence. a propaganda has been so active, Radi | eal differences are sure to continue THE BEE: among the states along several lines, and because of the widely divergent necessities of some sections it Is not certain that the states are desirous of an organization whose decision would be binding. With the difficulties of Identical state legislation so apparent, it is manifest that each state would prefer to go It alone, as now, rather than surrender its individual rights to eay “House of Governers,” but the in- formal éonference has its good uses, and no doubt will be remewed from time to time as circumstances war- rant. It will be seen in reflex in the messages which all these governors will transmit to their réspective legis latures at the next turn of the wheels of the law-making machinery. The Roosevelt Trophies Accounts of the Roosevelt exploits in South Africa both stimulate and sat- isfy the thirst for real adventure to such an extent that many of the boys of today are likely to remember the colonel more as a mighty hunter than as an ex-president, so lasting are the most vivid of the impressions of youth. And among the natives of the Dark Cpntinent not only the name Roosevelt, but also the name American, is apt to stand as a synonym for valor, like father, has made a record, and the entire expedition Inspires patriotic en- thusiasm, for in addition to the person- ality of the leaders is to be borne in mind that these are representative Americans, not only in courage to face the perils of the jungle, but also in scientific achievement. The Smithsonian Institution, custo- dian of the'trophies of the hunts, is as- sured one of the richest and most rep- resentative collections in the world, which will be viewed with wonder by visitors from other lands as well as by our own people. Much has been added to the store of knowledge concerning the creatures of the wilds, their habits and their haunts, and the discoveries of new species are a distinct addition to the field of natural history. The Roosevelt trophles at Washington are bound to acquire added significance as the years go by, serving as a monu- ment to American intrepidity, long after the wilderness from which’ they were wrested shall have become a peaceable habitation with its native fauna extinct, A dispatch under Lineoln date in the St. Paul Ploneer Press with reference to the impending insurgent demonstra- |/ tion containg this statement: By letter, telegraph and telephone appli- cations are pouring in and now 10,00 re- publicans have expressed a desire to attend the banquet. There are no accommodations for such a crowd. “Wo are up agalnst it," said W. H. England, chairman of the com- mittee on arrangements. “We will have to figure on some other plan of entertain- ment."” Some Insurgent press bureau at Lin- coln must be working overtime with the usual fervid imagination generated by a distorted vision left over from the last Bryan campaign. We suggest to the Llncoln insurgents that if they are up, unlm! it as bad as this dispatch would, lnfllclw they transfer their op- eratfons to Omaha, where our Audi- torium, with a little extra crowding, might be made to accommodate 10,000 persons. Our Anti-Saloon league friends will doubtless emit another howl against The Bee because, when they offered us an announcement the other Hay, they were advised that it came within the classification of political advertisement for which payment is regularly exacted in advance, and that we would await their order on these terms. The fact that the advertisement, appeared in other papers, while The Bee is still waiting for the order accompanied by a gheck, would indicate that the Anti- Saloon league will not deal with us ex- cept on tick. Some of the cities are taking practi- cal steps toward a ‘‘safe and sane’ Fourth. In Springfield, Ma the local legislators have enacted an ordi- nance restricting the gunpowder noises to a brief early morning and briefer | early evening period, and cannon crackers and blank cartridges are barred. This appears to be the era for a short play day as well as work aay. Another condition has entered into the senatorial fleld in Nebraska. Gilbert M. Hiteheock has stated that he would prob- ably enter the senatorial race as the dem- ocratic candidate for United States senator. —Kearney Democrat. Good. Now we know what we are up against. It is a condition and not & theory that confronts us. Governor Shallenberger has been in- vited, along with thirty other gov- ernors, to be a guest at a White House dinner. That ought to take the edge off his failure to sit at™he table with the president at Omaha when the lat- ter was the guest of Ak-Sar-Ben. A contributor to one of our local publications offers a very convincing argument under the caption, “‘Poverty a Blessing.” That is to say, the argu- ment must be convincing to everyone but those who happen to be blessed with poverty. When the new reform is established substituting figures for points of the compass, any one who ean count can box it and & mathematician might con- sider himself a sallor. Thus does the salt of the sea lose its savor. you-enter cars are & great improvement, but for some reason or other they have not stopped the demand for an elastic rear plat- form that may be streiched to make room for one more. Anyone else want to furnish the luncheon in order to get Commereia! Son, |! OMAHA ’I'IF"!DAY JA‘IUARY 18, club members to come_out and listen to them? Weekly meetings of this kind would surely help make the club more popular. — The chief valentine factory of the country burned, but not till after the season's supplies had been shipped, which may be interpreted as good or bad luck, as viewed by optimist or grouch, | —_— The lengthening program of the suc- cessive annual meetings of the State Historical soclety will afford welcome evidence that Nebraska is gradually growing old enough to have a history. Mr. Fletcher continues to advocate forty chews to each mouthful of food, but most consumers are doing their chewing over the cost. That Kansas béiress who eloped picked a farmer fof lers, thereby as- suring herself of @ firm foundation for fature fortune. Now Get Busy. Pittsburg Dispatch, Fame and fortune beyond the dreams of avarice await the génfus who can devise & steam radiator thag will always produce the right amount of heat Thrills Without Admission Fee. Baltimore American, The situation in congress just now Is what 1s exacted by theatrical managers of playwrights. There Is plenty of action and very much heart Interest—espectally of the heart-burning order. San Franelsco Chronicle. On his way back from “Barbarous Mex- fco” the author of the magaszine expose should drop off in the south and learn how they burn & negro at the stake for stealing a white man's ham. S — Plug Up the Leak. : Chicago Tribune. Uncle Sam might save a lot of money in his postal department by Intimating to the congressmen that their constituents can get along with about half the usual quan- tity of garden- seeds this year. —_—_— List to Boston’s Sob. Boston Transecript. Boston has elected a mayor without the support of a_single newspaper. Tammany in its worst days once did this. The elder Carter Harrison regime In Chicago scored it, too. It I8 an unenviable distinction. Where Genfus Falls Down New York Tribune. All the progress of .the nineteenth cen- tury, all our- maryelous achievements in sclence and all the‘advancement which has been made in the.art of municipal and other government fall to solve the problem ot keeping sidewalks free from ice. — \ There Are Others. Philadeiphia Record. The tobacco trust Is not the only, one of those combinations that, according to the description of Attorney General Wick- ersham, “sneaked into a competitor’s house, hung Its hat on a nail and before long had the whole trust family around the table,"” \ —_— \ Uncle Sam Outpaced. St. Louls Globe-Democrat. Canada's . premier announces’ that the canal to Hudson bay may be:begun this vear and that the canal to connect Lake Huron directly ' Montreal hes the official approval. With such a running mate as Canada, how can Uncle Sam stick to & do-nothing pollcy on waterways? ( Have the Vietims as Much? Buffalo Express, The sympathy already expressed for Morse, the convicted banker, will probably be Increased by the statement that his support costs the gbvernment only 10 cents a day. But he has'assured food and shel- ter, and many of the victims of frensled finance would be thankful for as much. —_— May Protest Too Muel Springfield Republican, 1t is understood that the coming confer- ence of governors will be asked to protest against any federal inheritance tax on the ground that it is a source of state reve- nue. They might bétter keep quiet on the subject until it appears what the fate of the federal income tax amendment s to be. The states may easily protest too much in these matters. Best on Exhibition Philadelphia Record. For exceeding gall commend us to the Sugar Trust. It has rivals, but no equal in consummate audacity. While pleading the statute of limitations as a bar to pun- ishment for proven frauds, and while In the act of paying back stolen money, it has the hardihood to make a public disclaimer of williful wrongdoing on the part of its responsible managers! Where Regulation Is Needed. Brooklyn Eagle. The widespread automobile extravagance which President Taft deplores would not affect the people’s purse as it does If garage repair charges could be #brought within the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce commission. Many automobile owners of the Hamiltonian school would be willing to carry the United States mails free of charge t6 secure such national protection. Two Makes the Team. St. Louls Republic The New York sculptor who represents idealized woman as Atlas bearing the welght of the world on her shoulders catches the germ of o great truth. But he misses the subtler truth of human nature in averlooking the fact that woman cheer- tully totes the world's burdens only when she has man to help her. The experlence of the world teaches that it takes two to make a strong team. M Work Encugh for Overtime. \ Pll”bw Dispatch. 1t congress vigorously pursues all the in- vestigations -ordered or asked for, passes all the messages recommended, makes all the appropriations desired and cuts down éxpenditure to the requisite limit of re- trenchment it has'a job lald out which would justify a continuous session untl March 4, 1911, Judging by the example of its promptitude presented In the matter of the tariff bill, the inference s quite strong that even with a sperpetual sitting some parts of the program will be omitted. First Duty of Congress. Minneapalis Journal, The governmental regulation of raflroads, the curbing of the great trade and indus- trial combinations, the conservation of our natural resources, the reform of our court procedure—these are some of the things that congress ought to dispose of before it gives any time or thought to the subsidy question, If regulars and insurgents can give over squabbling long enough to do these things, it will be time enough to tigure out how the government may justly nold out @ belping hard to the stemmship apantes 1910. Some Interesting Phases and Oonditions Obwerved At the Nation's Capitol. Congressman Clarence B, Miller, a Min- nesotu insurgent, representing the “senith city of the unsalted sea,” seems unable to grasp the humor of the situation without mortising his cranfum. A story current In Washington and sent along the line by the Brooklyn Bagle correspondent, Inti- mates that Clarence was pried loose from the ple counter by Adam Bede, former funny man of {he house. Clarence dumped Adam at the last election, beating him on loud promises of progressive reform and work for the people only. As soon as the seat and the salary was safely annexed, Clarence hied himself to the plo counter, 80 the story goes, and stuck to it with the zeal of a standpatter, setting up, when Jarred loose, the most painful ‘holler” heard In Washington since Adlal Stevenson swung the ax. Just before Clarence set up his “holler,” Adam dropped into Wash- ington and snuggled up to Frank Hitoh- cock, postmuster general, and dropped & few Mumorous remarks. Hitchoock took the tip and the ple took the elevator. Two elderly women, one of them an instructor in a well known girls' gollexe, were “doing Washington.” They began with the senate, and, after listening to a stirring speech by Senator Rayner, in which he urged that Zelaya should be ar- rested and tried as a murderer, they sal- lied forth to see what the supreme court was like. Recounting thelr impressions afterward, they told of their arrival In the midst of an argument, in which a young man was defending his client's right to a certain patent. “But,” explained one of the women, “the young man talked so low we could not ,| arrangoment of the house of representa- hear what he said. The strange thing about it she continued, “was that all the judges looked as though they were asleep. 1 don't suppose they were, but they looked that way. And, oh, do you think,” she questioned, as a sudden thought flashed into her mind, “do you suppose that Justice Brewer wears a wig, or Is that Jong white hair really his own?' The proposition to make changes In the tives to conform to the general plan of the House of Parllament has caused much talk about the capitol, some favorable and some unfavorable. One old states- man, when approached on the subject, re- marked sarcastically, “They . make me tired. Anything English seems to tickle some of these youngsters. Why don't they let well enough alone? The next thing you kiiow someons will propose knee breeches and all the nonsensical trappings that go with them. Nothing doing along that line for your uncle.” A | Charlie Rider, special stenographer to the postmaster general, is one of the falr- haired lads of the Hitchcok administration. At least such hair as yet remains to adorn the head of Mr. Rider is of the ‘fairest Bort of bl interested IR the operations of the New York Stock exchange. He read the daily market reports and thought he had mas- tered the Wall street: proposition. in its en- tirety. Then he took $10 and bought on margin twenty shares of one of the ‘‘cat and dog” stocks that move easily and without much reason In almost any direc- tion. In two hours Charlie's hundred had gone a-glimmering. Next morning he re- celved a statement from his broker show- Ing a vacuiiffi on the credit side of his po- count: Stamped across the page were the Initials, “E. & 0. . In Wall street this means “Errors andomisslons excepted.” Charlle puzsled over the initials all day. At the close of business he met a lawyer friend and showed him the statement “What does ‘B. & O. E’ mean?’ he queried. The lawyer looked at the vacant credit column and handed the statement back. “In your case, Charlle,”” he replied, think it means ‘Easy and over-easy.” ke § It Is possible to purchase at the Phila- delphia mint faithtul portraits of Taft and sundry similar souvenirs. The coins are 2 each and there are over 300 dles in the medal department, including those be- stowed by congress since the opening of the mint In 1792 and given by congress to heroes of the continental army. The first dies for government medals were struck at the mint in Parls. under the supervision of the thrifty Benjamin Franklin, whg inaisted on having It as perfect as pofuible, as had been the rule of his life since the early days when 'he learned his trade in the old shop on Milk street, Boston. This medal is about. three inches In dlameter; the original was pur- chased by the Massachusetts Historical as- soclation for %6, A replica can be had for §2. The latest modal given to the Wright brothers Is of gold, and Is the orly design on which two figures appear. This Is cred- itable as showing the contrast between the recognition now given a great inventor and the neglect of those great genfuses of a not rémote past, who struggled for years with poverty, scorn and hope deferred, and often djed before their achlevements in the cause of sclence and clvilization were recognized. In the Naval department there are nineteen different medals on sale, from one of Paul Jones down to Admiral Dewey of the present day. The medal de- partment of the government is constantly increasing Its capacity In turning out government work and medals for so- cletfes.at & nominal charge. Our Birthday Book January 18, 19i0, Sethi Low, formerly mayor of New York | and previous to that president of Columbia university, and now president of the Na- | tional Civie Federation, was born in Brool lyn, January 18, 1850. Seth Low's father made a fortune out of Oriental trade, and the son was assoclated with him for many years. . W. Kemble, who draws artistic car- tdons and pletures for Colliers, lacks just one year of the half-century, but he is approaching it as fast as he ¢an. Fablan Franklin is 57 years old. Dr. Franklin was born In Hungary, and made a reputation as teacher of mathematics at Johns Hopkins with political economy as a side line. He is now assoclate editor of the New York Evening Post. previously being in editorial charge of the Baltimore News. Reyv. Charles A. Mitchell, professor of New Testment literature in the Presby- terlan Theological seminary at Omaha, was born at Springfield, O., January 18, 1864 Mr. Mitchell 1s & graduate of Princeton Theological seminary, apd was connected | with Bellevue college until the Theologloal seminary became & separate institution. Harry M. Christie, the real estate man is just 4. Mr. Christie was born in lowa, d. Some months ago he got| and played the real estate game in South Omaha until last year when he became | associated with the W. Farnam Smith | company | Established in 185 PubLsugd showed .at RESULTS COUNT. Credit feor Favorable Showing Awarded the President. Detroit Free Press. During the final stages of the tariff bill in congress, Presidént Taft took an active hand in reshaping certain schedules whieh were not to his liking. ' One of these for which he made & fight and won out was the hides schedule. He demanded free hides and got them. His demand aroused much angry controversy, and it was de- clared that = free hides schedule’ would work great Injury to. the cattle Interests of the west,. Many: of the cattle. men themselves joinéd in the clamor of the Payne-Aldrich tarfff law. What have been the result? Statlstics now at hand appear conclusively to prove the correctness of the president's position. During October and November of 1909, the value of imported hides amounted t0 38,740,000, as against §3,190,00 for the cor- responding months of 1%6. Of the total imports of hides there was an increase of $2,000,000 from South America alone. The exports of leather during the same two months were Increased by 2,206,000, and the general trade exports to South America went up by $3,100,000. The large increase in the imports of hides ‘from South America, taken with the Itke Increase of exports to that country, seems to indicate a reciprocal relation, and that trade begets. trade, Nor have there been any claims or Indications that the business of our western cattlemen has suffered in any way by the admission of hides free. The demand for hides has taken the entire stock. And the increase in the manufacture of leather as shown by the exports, as well as the increase in general trade exports, has furnished em- ployment for additional labor. To President Taft belongs the credit for this showing. THOSE ROOSEVELT MESSAGES. Congress Disposing of Uncirculated Coples. ew York Mail. It there is any joke In connection with the 19,000 uncirculated coples of the mes- sages of Pre fi‘u Rousevelt which con- gress has {o& it desirable fo destroy, the joke is not on the man who Is now Munting the whité rhinockros In Africa. There certainly never was a president who was as widely read as Mr. Roosevelt has been. The fact is that the congressional malls have alwhys been too slow for his public utterances. By the time a congress- man could get a Roosevalt message to his constituent—if he wanted to send it—they would have read every word of it, days before, in the newspapers. As for the fireside perusal of public documents, the average ¢ongressman some time since made up his mind that if he wanted to get a word of his own deliver- ances read by his constituents, he must gracefully keep Mr. Roosevelt's utterances out of their hands. Roosevelt comes before the local paper and the “Rural Hoosier” and the “‘Grangers’ Palladium." Congress- man Blowhard, on the other hand, has no show for his great speech on '“The Rights of the People's Representatives Against Executive Usurpation” until after the last mail order house catalogue has been committed to memory. Hence the congressional tendency to allow the Roosevelt messages to slumber in the document room. But the words that the message contained have not slumbered. Even at second hand, they have an awak- ing effect which 18 superior to anything that has been pumped out of the congres- slonal brain for some years. Autos Ruther Than Diamends. Cincinnati Enquirer. It is not fashionable now In New York City to be seen with horses and carriages or on a stroll on foot. To.rank at all well a person mush have a machine, and speed up Fifth avenue, Broadway, Riverside drive and the park, or run over to Long Island resorts for the afternoon or Sunday The wives and daughters of the New Yorkers prefer a new machine, that they can run wherever fancy dictates, to diamonds and jewelry, that they must for- 7 as Kountze Bro ! Nationalized in 1863, Charter No. 209 One of the Safest Forms of Investment Is a 3% Certificate of Depos:t In This Bank, Which Has Over $12,000,000 of Assets. , ‘09, irst National Bank of O ma hd PERSONAL NOTES, It Paulhan can fly over the Slerras, why isn't he the boy to investigate the top of Mt. McKinley? A New York woman lost her pearls and pald a poor girl who returned them $2,000. If any suspicion ever existed that those pearls were paste, it has vanished. J. A. Buchanan, a wealthy ranch owner and politiclan of North Dakota, announces that he will be a candidate for the repub- Jican nomination for governor this year. Lloyd George's fame as the greatest of Welshmen 18 the reason for his inyitation to visit America and be entertalned by the St. David's Soclety of the Lackawahna ab trict In Pennsylvania. There are nume ous Welshmen in and about Bcranton. Miss Charlotte Augusta Van Deu Heuvel, wald to have been the last lineal descendant of Robert Morrls, a signer of the declara- tion of independence, s dead at the old Van Deu Heuval residence In New York, ‘She was 86 years old and is sald to have been reiuted to the late Mi. John Jacel Asior. The Lew Wallace statue for Statuary hall in the national capitol bullding was preferred by the Indiana legislature over one of Vice President Henfricks on the ground that Wallace was a literary man of fame. But literature was forgotten by the sculpter, who put the author of “Ben- Hur" into a general's uniform. Misses Gertrude and Marguret Davis of Sharon, Pa., have made application for recognition by the Carnegie hero fun@ com- mission because they saved the life of Charles Bodamer, a wealthy real estate owner. He slipped on the ice in front of a fast approaching train, and they . pulied him off the tracks, { WHITTLED TO A POINT. “Why do you consider your p.mnrh Beeliive” the most true to life drawing ¥ ever made?”’ “Because the man who paid me $% for it sald ho got stung."—Boston Courler. He—Dlrl(nl" all 1 pos possess I lay at your Shp-\rou are just like all-the mm—-\vw inalst on putting things whers & womsn will have to pick them up after you. But —I'll say yea, John.—Judge. Chllrch—l feel some concern about my *Gotham--¥ou mean the!éne ine - Church—Yes; you ses they are talking of abollshing foot ball. Gothams-Oh, is he a foot ball player? Church=~No, but he's studying to be a surgeon—Yonkers Statesman, The Tallor—Hip Doclleu! -Yes. “What makes you doubt whathu that was the spirit of your ancestor “My ancestors were all 00 aoomvmlcnl to encourage the expenditure of real money for such communication as the medium afforded."—Washington Star. “Paw, do you belleve there is any luck in carrying the left hind foot of a rabbit?" “Yes, Tommy; it's extremely unlucky, anyhow, for a rabbit that is carrying one to lose it."—Chicago Tribune. “Do you find it hard to keep the wolf from the door?" “Gee! If there was a wolf at the door, .Ind kill him and make soup.’ '—Knnul City mes, Collector—How many more times have I #ot to come here with this bill? Debtor—How many times have you ‘been here before? Collector—This is my tenth call. Debtor—Well, sir, to use the words of a great patriot and orator—I quote from memory-I kbow no way of judging the future but by the past.~Chicago Tribune. VISION OF HARVEST. Kansas City Times. Out 1n the flelds so barren, Underneath the snow and sleet, In_the bosom of the plowland, Sleeps the promise of the wheat! With ‘its fifty thousand binders And 'its hundred thousand m And horses panting through The ‘grain And whips that snap And screaming monsters, Dividing grain and chaff, And dust veiled men whose pitchforks gleam The while they jest and laugh, . And rattling tralns that carry bread, A hungry world to fil breathing steam, ever keep under ghard and can exhibit them to comparatively few of thelr friends. l You Can’t Get For Less than THE CHEAPER S P and the cleaner and about your home is, brighter e All sleeping just beneath the snow Out yonder on the hilll S ——————— Lenox Quality’ Lenox Price 1S, the more you use, rything in and BUT THERE IS A PRICE below which it is wunwise for you to go. THAT PRICE IS THE Soap s sold. ] IT ISN'T POSSIBLE to PRICE at which Lenox 1l good soap for I BUY OTHER SOAPS than Lenox, if you like, but don’t expect Lenox quality for less thanm Lenox price. Lenox Soap-Just fits the hand