Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 16, 1910, Page 10

— THE BEE: OM SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1910, VHE OUMAHA DALY Bl-;!-‘: FOUNDED RY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, BOITOR. s Enlercd at Omaba posioffice as second- ilss aiter. # et TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Bee tncluding Sunday), per week.lse Bee (without Bee (wilhout 5 Bee &na sSunday, o . DELIVEREY BY CARK e (witioul punaay), per w-u:i: (with Sunday), per week.. o , Ohe year ] baturday Bee, one yeal oo b Address ail complaints of jrregularities centver W vity Circulation Department. OFFICES. Umaha~The Bee Bulliiog. Bouth Omaha—1I wenly-fourth and N. Council Biuffe—i§ Scott Street. Lincoln—4is Little Bullding, o Uhicago—1648 Marquette bBu 3 New fork—Rooms 101-il No. 3 West et 12 Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. P Communications relating to news a&n cditorial_ matter should be addressed. Umaha Bee, Bditorial Department. 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Now for all those grandmothers’ funerals. — There are some reasons for wish- ing that Halley’s comet had come and gone. ——— It has ‘been fully a week since Con- gressman Hobson has sniffed war with Japan. 3 — Note that Pittsburg, the center of the steel region, has found another . grafter. S ———— It is said Caleb Powers intends to ‘run for congress. Why uot Colonel Codper, also? — A daughter of J. Pierpont Morgan says the whole problem is labor, Not in ‘that' family. e — Speaking of spring, a Detroit man was nearly frozen to death in a boat the other day. Even the outlook for erops responds to the general stimulus in European activity just now. p Tie west is Nlld—ln-l its own money genter, says a contemporary. Yes, and with its own money, too, e —— Shadés of Thomas Jefferson! of all the things sald and done in his name after he has been so long dead. — For some uhoxplained resson lower- ing street car fares to 3 cemts has not ehecked automobile stealing in Cleve- land. e A Spaniard professor tn Harvard de- clares that Ameoricans have no ethies. Evidently he has unot heen to Reno lately. ; The ' colanel "and the ecardinal sounded good, but for alliteration the king, kaiser and colonel goes it one better. Wonder if “Brother Charley” is holding up his sleeve any more mys- terious letters signed by Wildam J. P — | The Baltimore Sun says “Rip the gover off the Bosses,” _Too .many Brags-band ' reformers go ‘mno deeper than the cover. " Posslbly Mr. Bryan will assert tiiat this is a demacratic administration just because the White House cook mafried a poliveman . } might boat them Censug takers, went on strike & week before their work began, - & Mr, Bryans disinterdsted. letter to the Joffeinon day banquetors Is an. other prot that he I ot vet a fourth e thme candidate for the nrosidency. - fig fa hm.fi Bas ‘best offclally Qirected to the fact that April 22 is Arbor duy in Nebraska. Thete is no Denalty, however, against planting frees before that date. \tflhnuze Start Right with the Waterways. Senator Burtcn’s dissent to the rivers and barbors bill, carrying an appropriation of $62,000,000, is not in our opinion to be ascribed to unfriend- liséss to the waterway improvements, but on the contrary to a determination to get started right and aveld errors in preliminary legislation sure to prove 0 | costly in the future. The one great defect in the whole plan thés far is that it contemplates a gigantic construction work without first organizing a construction de- partment to lay out the details in such 8 way as to jnsure permanent bene- fits and which, as Senator Newlands says, “will result in the co-ordination of the varigus scientific services of the government in the study and elabor- ation of plans and the co-operation of the states with the nation, each within its jurisdiction, in carrying out those plans. It is essential that haphazard methods be avoided as much as grab- bag appropriations, and piecemeal work. Senator Burton's minority report re- flects a careful study of this question in which the Ohlo senator has become a rocognized expert and contains pro- visions which must be adopted to make the enterprise successful. For instance the suggestion of greater dis- erimination In making appropriations for improvement work, omitting pro- jects already condemned by experts, the genmeral policy of improving main streams first, an adfustment of rela- tiona ‘between railways and water- ways—entirely possible now—with a view to securing greater co-operation —-all these things are not only desir- able, but essential to the largest suc- cess of the movement. But when the senator comes to his proposition to make adjoining states share the cost of improvement, he is getting on doubiful ground. Sentihent for waterway improve- ment along interior streams has been aroused by realization. of the fact that the middle west was paylng its share of the east of harbor improvement along the coasts, Great Lakes and the Panama canal "~ 'If these projects are to’ be carried on at the general ex- penss; why then should mot Interior waterway improvement? As we have al- ready pointed omt, for example, the Missouri river is an interstate stream, its imprevement would be an Inter- state engerprise in whose benefits and advantages all localitles and commun- ities would share no matter whether adjacent to the yiver or not. What ad- vantages the communities along the river derived would be offsét by’ (ermi- nal facilities and transportation equip- ment 'they woud have to supply. These still unsettled points, how- ever, only emphasize the need of agree- ing:on plans and methdds that will do justice to all parts of the country be- fore spending the money. ‘Mayor Reyburn’s Part. Next to the fact that the Philadel- phia street car strike 1s settled, public interest will turn to the terms of set. ilemnt, with the hope that they are broad enough to insure peace to the City of Brotherly Love, at least, for somé |years 'to come. If otherwise, then the result may be a mutual loss instead of gain. It has already been ’hlnted that it is a company victory, and that, while the final propesition passed “through - the channels of the American Federation of Labor to the strikers’ committee by which it was aceepted in hehalf of the union, the men had to concede more than they gained; This is based on the state- ment that many of the terms of settle: ment were those proposed by Mayor Reyburn a month ago and rejected by the strikers. Whether with justifica- tion or dot, the assertion was made from the first that the mayor's sym- pathies were with the company, and that throughout- the satruggle they ‘Dianifested themselves on that side. ‘Withotit ‘admitting or denying this claim, the -important faot is that the mayor of Philadelphia from the outset of thia strike left a toll of twenty- elght lives and hundreds of thousands of dellars of destroyed property in its wake, took an active part as a peace- maker, and in so doing set an example for other mayors who have at such times similar emergencies to meet. ‘With the complicatton of political ipteregts that conspired to make the Philadelphia strike so difficult of set- tlement, it would not have been sur- prising it Mayor Reyburn had found himself aligned om one side or the other as & partisan, but it is to his credit, after all, that many of his origindl peace praposals enter into the final abitrament. i m—_—— Mbderation and Tolera It i3 unfortungte for the.cause of WOmAL fuftrage thal national convention - in Washington hissed ' Presidént Taft because he ex- pressed his views tustead of theirs in the women are not quite ready for the elective franchise sa long as 7 'tind 1t tmpossiblé, under such ex- y cireuinstances, tq restrain ‘traordine o thelr -&ng- , Hisging the prestdent of the! ed States is really not a comimon’ or ‘popular ‘performance and seldom ifidulged in by moderate and delegates to. the | !them and thelr government than the ballot in their hands, however de- sirable the latter might appear. Friends of woman suffrage might wish that other delegates had been elected to attend this convention, for surely In the ranks of the crusade somewhere are women who, if they had felt the impulse, would at least have known that it was not good man- ners to hiss a speaker whom they had invited to address them, especially when that speaker happened to be the official head of the nation. Did some- one misinform the good women as to the prosident’s view on' woman suf- frage so that they éxpected him to ad- vocate their cause, or did they think that because they had favored him with the invitation to speak he would abandon his own convictions and for the time being adopt theirs? Latest Official Census Estimates. Just as the 1810 census enumera- tion is begun the census bureau comes to the relief of our curiosity with offi- clal estimates of the populations of citles having over 30,000 inhabitants for the year 1907. This is the latest estimate, and dpubtless the last one, that will be mfade by the buréaa be- fore the actual figures of the enumera- tion of 1910 are compiled. The census estimate of Omaha’s 1907 population 1is 127,768. It is carefully explained, of course, that these estimates are made by taking the figures for the nearest state or fed- eral censuses and computing the an- nual increase thus disclosed on a per- centage basis, with corrections for an- nexation of new territory or special local conditions. The purpose of the estimates is to secure the data on which to base per capita statisties re- lating to the different activities of the various municipal governments. In this connection, while the figures for Omaha are naturally of prime in- terest to us, the estimates made for certain other cities supposed to range close to us in population may be men- tioned: . 1900 Census. 202,718 105,065 . 163,762 . 183,859 1907 Estimate. 285,676 210,606 185,479 153,524 . . 127,768 120,504 12.767 81,00 0,522 69,781 62,216 49,590 44,088 38,558 City. Minneapolls . 8t. Joseph. Portland Des Moines. Kansas City, Kan. Duluth ... =1 Salt Lake City. *Not estimated because abnormal. It goes without saying that the cen- sus bureau experts do not lay claim to infallibility in their estimates, nor do they do any more than apply a formula for computation, which must be subject to test and correction by the actual enumerations that are now being made. The 1907 estimates, however, should give us a closer idea of where we stand, both absolutely and relatively, to other cities. Ban on Soldiers of Fortune. It is ‘most remarkable that Madriz and Hstrada should have sent their agents to American shores for troops to perpetuate the Nicaraguan insur- reetion, particularly since the sever- ance of relations between the two gov- ernments and the interference of the State department comes as a matter of course and wisdom. The only won- der is that it should have been delayed at all, and probably would not have been but for the ordinary red tape re- quired in verifying reports. New Orleans, where the foreign bel- ligerents had established their recruit- ing stations, soon became filled, it is sald, with soldiers of fortune, men without any apparent purpose of ecall- ing in life, as willing to fight on one sldé as the other, and large mumbers of them lenlisted. Some, in fact, had done service before in the Nicaraguan army, and those who may have fought for the govermment were just as will- ing* to re-enlist against it, while the former rebel was as ready to take his second commission with his old enemy. Tats is an index to the type of men drafted into the armies of Madriz and Estrada, an unfavorable comment on the eause of the war, to say nothing of the charficter of the sodlery, President Madriz, as the successor of Zeaya, I8 confronted with a formidable task in attempting ta shape the desti- nies of a nation where war 1s so lightly regarded as' thfs condition indicates, His greatest achievement swill' be not in conguering the army of Hstrada, but-rather in vanquishing the barbarié beliet in the minds of his people that was is mere pastime. The worst of it is that the incobherency of Nica- ragua’'s present so-called government offérs no assurance for the early ascendency of any such reasonable ideal. ———e 3T The Linedla Jour wroMght up begause The Eee has inti- mated that the school censuses in Omaha in years gone by used to be padded, and ineists that this was a de- Uberate attejapt by Omaha to purloin more than itg share of the state school apportionment. Not at all, not at all, It was simply an effort at self-protec- tlon sgaimst the notgriows school cen- sus padding of Lincoln, where several thousand students a¢ the State univer- Bity, who d& not belopg in Lincaln, were regularly counted, and for all we | know dfe still counted, in order to get the ‘bulge on the state school fund. e = It the dewmpocratie party is to fuse with !lumfl Inds leagug, what is to become of th t of the popylst iparty. which has hereto- tore beeu the tavorite partder of “Miss < seems to be| i} Democracy” for the political dance? Or perhaps the democrats feel that they no longer need give any consid- eration to the populists. The assurance of the rebullding of the flour mill recontly burned in Omaha is gratifying because it means | that Omaha has proved ita desirability as a center for flour manufacture. Omaha ought to have a dozen flour and cereal mills to transform into fin- ished product the unlimited raw ma- terial at our very do One by one the members of the Ma- bray gang are getting out on bond. ‘'he next thing in order will be public notice that business has been resumed at the old stand in Council Bluffs. The sucker born every minute is still wait- ing to be caught. —_—— According to our amiable democratic contemporary optimism s strong ways been strong with democrats, but still a very unsatisfactory substitute for ple. e e The St. Louis pastor who says there are fourteen roads to hell ghould re port his findings to the Interstate Commerce commission and ask for an order to stop this cut-rate competi- tion, Census Tips for All Ears. Boston Transeript. In one respect the president wscores a point over his immediate predecessor, The latter never had a proclamation published in forty different languages. 3 How Much They Love Him. ; New York World. Probably the insurgents who wouldn't let Uncle Joe Cannon have an offielal auto- moblle were afrald ‘‘something would hap- pen him" in such a dangerous contraption. Passing It Down the Line. St. Paul Ploncer Press. There appears to he a mistake In the re- port that the rallroads were golng to In- crease the wages of their employes. The fact appears to be that the shippers are going to increase the wages of the rallway employes. 1 Polishing Off n Deticit New York Tribune, 1t ‘A now seems not unlikely, the an- nual deficit in the postal service of from $12,00,000 to $20,00000 15 to be Wiped eut fu 1911 or 1912, there May be reason for hoping that Semator Aldrich's suggestion that the government's annual appropria- tions might easily. be.out $300,000,000 will be translated into fact Before the first.ocean steamer passes through the Panama canal. ————— Mostilitics Postponed. Brooklyn Eagle. While Wickersham was saying in Chi- cago that the time for running ‘With the hare and with the hounds was ‘over, the president was speaking in Washington, olive branch in hahd: ™ “Tonight we are’ reading nobody out of the party. We want them' all In the ranks” o & o And he''tool oteasion -to udd that the republican party was broad and liberal enough to permit differences of opinion. Thus wis #iie forse“ol one gpeech broken by the other, to tbe disappointment of those who are “spoiliig for a fight* Hostilities postponed. —— WALL STREET RAINBOWS, Hope and Quotations Boosted on Slim Prospeet, Clevoland Leader. When it became known Monday that the Standard Oll case and the Amerioan To- bacco company < case would' have to be heard again before the supreme court, pre- sumably next fall, there was a sharp ad- vance in the New ¥ork stock market. The feeling of Wall strect-was that the re- bearing meant that the court was quite evenly divided, and that without a full bench there was small chance of ranging five justices on one slde of these cas: ‘There is one vacancy In the court now, on account of Justice' Brewer's death. Justice Moody has been too il to take part in these cases. Five justices are necessary [ to render & convineing decision, beeause no smaller number would make & majority_of {& full bench. But on what sane theory does Wall street find encouragement in such & situa- | tion, th the highest court of the land? Is {1t ‘supposed that the filling 'of Justice Brewer's place will be to the advantage of the trusts?. Is it possible that the masters of the stock market belleve that the coun- try will be ready to give up legal war upon great business monopolies, or near-menop- olies, when the supreme court divides quite evenly on the question of dissolving two ot the greatest corporations in the worla? . If these theorles give- comfort to the “street” its mental vision is singularly narrow and short. No ‘divided court of upon huge corporations which are accused of the untair and unlawful control of fm- portant industries. They will have to get & better bill af health or else mend their Way§ so plulnlyA that the country will be convinced of théir -thorough reformation, Qur Birthday Book April 19, 1910, Wilber Wright of the famous Wright Broa,, flyers, was born April 16, 1867, in In- Qiana. He and his brother have been working for years on flying machines and have startied the world with theilr mar- velous success, George R. Sheldon, New York banker and treasurer of the' republican national committee, Is 6 years old. He ls a native | of Brookiyn and fs interested in a large number of financial and industrial con- cerns. Clarence D, Clark, United States senator from Wyoming, was born April 16, 1851, He was born in New York, but educated in Towa, where he taught school gnd prac- theod law before removing to Wyoming in 1881, David R. Forgan, one of the two brothers who are big Chicago barkers, was born April 16, 1862 His birthplace in Bcot- land. and he is also & leader in public life in Chicago. H. 8. Fredrickson. the automoblle man, is just % years old. e was born in Fre- mont, Neb., and In oid hicycle days was a fast one on the wheel. He started business handiing bloycles in 1897 on' $200 capital and has been golng so fusi that he is now presidont of an autotoblle company capital- ized nt $100,000. Wil H. Thompsen, attorney at law, is 4 years oid. He atudied law with Thusston & Hall and was later in partaership with James P. English, self sinco 1306 . p among demoérats. Optimism has al-| last resort will stop the warfare waged | | In Other Lands @ide Lights on What ts Trans. piring Among the Near and | | With the full voting strength of the allied , Prime Minister Asquith hds driven b the House of Commons the three resolutions dealing with the powers of the House of Lords. In substance the resolu- tiohs embodying the liberal party plan of feforming the upper chamber propose de- briving that body of all power in relation to finance bills. On all other measures the right of rejection may be nullifed by the passage of the objectionable bill by the Commons &t two separate sessions. The lgp of a Parliament is to be reduced from soven to fivé years. These resolutions, it Fiven the force of law, would reduce the Lords to a body of advisory power of re- Jection ovet any measure submitted for its consideration. It s & definite proclamation of the supremacy of the Commons 8& the final legislative power of the empire. It is pertinent to contrast the Commons' plan of ‘“ending” the Lords and the “tentative | plan of “mending’ that body outiined in | 1ora Rosebery's resolution recently given | qualitied assent by the peers. The latter affirms the need of the two-chamber prin- ciple, but would abolish the heredity right to & seat in the upper chamber. Regarding the membership the Rosebery plan pro- vides that the reformed chamber shall consist of the lords of Parllament chosen In part by the peers themselves, in part by nomination by the crown, in part eleo- tive trom the outside, and of others sitting by virtue of their offices and amplification, the term of office of all to be the same. Both plans are now before the peers for consideration, Occasfonally the holy city of Rome Presets & scene of licensed anarchy on parade oaloulated to grieve religlous people af every denomination. The London Satur- day Review and the Paris Temps prints detalls of '@ celebration held in Rome on Bunday, February 10. There was a proces- slon of about 20,00 persons, comprising anarchists, - revolutionaries, anti-elericals and antispvérything. Red flags were S0 numerous that “they lcoked like a river ot bl pouring down the streets,” inter- ed with banners bearing blasphemous and seditiouis Inscriptions. Revolutionary bpeeches were delivered against the ehurch &nd the monarchy from a platform whereon Mayor Nathan stood and expressed sym- pathy with the proceedings. From the {crowa came such edifying cries as “Down with Christ” “Down with the Pope,” “Death to Religion,” ‘“Nefther (od nor Master,” “Death to the King and Queen.” Fearing lesw the holy father would not gomprehend the meaning of the turnout, leaders of the crowd established headquar- fers morose the street from the Vatican, decorated it with red flags and offensive insdriptions, and in the evening turned a searchiight on the windows of the Vatloan to better attract the attentlon of the in- mates. Sueh conditions are sufficlent ex- cuse for the Irritation manifested at the Vatican, and measure (he growing revo- lutionary fires menacing’ the orderly ex- istence of the Eternal City. o British tory ciroles are very angry over the confession of St Robert Anderson in Blackwood's Magasine that he wrote the infamous ‘‘Parnellism and Crime” articles which appeared in the Londen Times in 1887. 'ory “wrath 18 not comcerned with the lifamy -of fabricated evidence. In- dignation 18’ caused by Sir Robert's indis- cretion in .dragging a deeayed egt out of the, ‘8, political bag. . Sir Robert. was chief of the secret service of the govern- mefit at the time and was in close touch with the then tory government. Any means of diserediting Parnell and the Irish party was walcome to the ministry, especlally it it tended to identify he Irish leaders with the Phoenix park tragedy. The arti- ¢les weré timed to appear during the dls- cussion and votes on a coercion bill, and were designed to inflame the public mind {0 ‘a piteh 'which would Justity wiping out any remaining fragment of Irish liberty. The fabricated evidence served that end, but its exposure followed before a court of tory . seleciion, and both author and pub- Iisher were proven character assassins even before the forger and fugitive Plggot sent the fatal bullet inté his brain in Madrid. Sir Robert merely followed the practice of a long line of predecessors. Manufactured evidence againat Irish political agitators is & regular Brittsh industry, and a very siiecessful one. It was in active operation under Prime Minister Pitt over & century ago, and wes second only to the Brfiish “slush fund" In strangling the Irish Par- lament. Many an {nnocent Irishman has been jailed, extled, or sent fo the gallows by just such means as was employed to destroy Charles Stewart Parnell and his gsspciates, and the long line of purchased {nformers, from MoNally and Armstrong to Le Caten and Piggot, bear melancholy avidence to the success of the Industry. e The campalgn opeped up in France last Bunday with a keynote of stones and re- volver shots. Radicals of all sorts organ- ized violent demonstrations against Pre- mier Briand, disrupting his meeting and foreing him to seek safety in ffight. St Chamond, where the disorder occurred, ls & coaverging polnt for révolutionaries of | France and Spain, and their outbreak s a | natural result of encouraged or tolerated anarchy. Fortunately for the candidates the campeign s too short to afford op- portunity for serious ebulilons of’ political temper. The slection takes place on the %th of this month, and seeondary balloting on May 8. Predictions as to the result are on par with political predictions in other countries. A great mumber of party fac- tions are represented In the contest, each {promising to save the country In return for the job. To the serious minded elector the gravest problem Is to femove the stain ob the nation's integrity coused by the of- fiotal - grafting ond squandering of the ehurch liquidation funds. Equally disturb- ing 18 the lssue of religious and secu'ar the effect of these fundamental lssues by the new expedient of old age pensions, in- greased taxation of the rich and lessened burdens on the poor. b The Russian Dume is not as ploturesque in emphasizing Its dislikes as the Hung: ian Diet, but It ha# & way of throttling in- surgency that theilis with the elixir of joy the hearts of Mustovite Uncle Joes. Dur- ing & tumulituous seasion on March 19, these ineldents happened: “M. Gegetehkory promptly called him @ blackguard. M. Tim- oshkin of the extreme right Yetorted, and both were exoiuded for two sittings. The labor leader, M. Bulal, entered the tribupe and declared that he associated himself and his party with the words of M. Gegetoh- Kory. Amid everincreasing uproar M. Bu- lat was excluded for fifteen sittings. M. Purishkevitch attémpted to resume - his speech, but was shouted down by the soclatist and labor bers. Four of thede were éxpeiled one after the other. B Millukeff ch the acting president, Pringe Volkonsky, With lowering the dig- nity of the House, whereupon he was ex- cluded tor the reat of the sitting. E The Aifficu'ty of Bolding to an agreed Iibe of action the factions eonstituting the lberal majority o Great Hritain was 12,710 out of nearly 15000 votes cast. strikingly ‘showh in the by-eléction In Mid- Glamoryanshire. Sire. Samuel elected by a majority of nearly 10000 in the Febtuary election, was elevated to the bench, necessitating election of a sucessor. Liberal lenders agreed upon & laborite as [ party eandidate, and his nominaidn was indorsed by the nationalists and soclalists. A political row ensued. The party rank and file put up an independent liberal can- Qidate and glected him by & majority of The lash of the party whip had no more effect than a pea shooter on the hide of & hippo. POLITICAL DRIFT. The good citizens of Pittsburg are mov- ing for & munieipal commission to replace the counclls, whose members for the most part are self-convicted boodlers. It 1s announced that Thomas F. Grady, long the Tammany leader of the democ- ratic minority In the New York senate, will retire at the end of this session ‘Gene Foss spent $7,380 I his campalen in the Massachusetts ocongress district This |8 $120 less than hi§ sality for a year, but he had a hot run for his money. In Danlel B. Finn, the few leader of the First assembly district, Tammany Hall has gained the youngest leader in its ranks, and Mr. Finn goes into the Wigwam with the distinction of being the firat Tammany leader to succeed his father, the ndted “Battery Dan" Finn, recently deceased. The strange action of Mavor Hibbard of Boston In remaining in the field as a can- didate for re-election last December has an flluminating sequel. The vote givén H'% bard was sufficlent to defeat the most popular candldate and elect Iitegerald. ‘'Honey Fita" has just rewarded Hibbard with a 8,000 job, Commenting on the sweeping Investiga- tion of legislative crookedncss urged by Governor Hughes, a retired corporation lawyer |n New York says that “from notv on until the Investigation gets under way there will be more old account books burned than ever before in the history of New York City, and thousands of old files ransacked for incriminating letters which will go the same way as the hooks." He predicted that the Investigatfon would dis- close a new rule among corporations—that is, that books of record more than three years old are not now Kept. He predicted that stubs ef oheck books and ocanceled vouehers would not be kept even that long, probably not more than for a' year back. SMILING LINES. “Why don't you buy & home instead of paying rent?’ “T'm tempted to," replied Mr. Flatson, “but I'm having too good a time riding around with real estate men, looking at suburban property.—Washington Star. “‘Well, Uncle Simon, I'm: mighty glad to you. Just down from Bkiggsville, are you? What's going on up your way?" “Well, nothin’ much, 'eéptin’ the sawmill nund i’am Jess Watkins."—Chicago Record- erald. “Sir, ‘I heard you using the word ‘Jackass.” DId you apply it to me?"” “No, sir. Do you think you are the only Jackass in the world!—Cleveland Leader. Hogan (with paper)—Glory be! Here's a solentific felly who says he wance ate th' v A mammoth that wus frozen 260,000 years ago! 2 a fibber, thin! rove 1t? prove BrTfl—Bhum‘ how could we find out from th' cold starage comp'ny lg',dm they received that animal?—Topeka Capital. Knicker—Is Jones charitable? Booker—Well, he doesn't let his right foot know whom his left foot kicks.—New York ' Bun. o “What's the matter Marc?" asked Brutus after Antony had made his célebrated ora- tion over the dead body of Caesat. “‘Confound the luck, enyhow! Here I've developed into a fine orator and there's Chautauqua oircult for mé to get busy on. —Chicago Tribune. “By Jove, I find it, quite impossible to 1ift my new style of spring hat to a lady, don't 'you_know. ““What do you do?” “Cross th' street, don't you know.—Cleve- land Plain Dealer, “Now," sald Brokelelgh, suft. What would you say-it “Give it up,” replled: Nowitt, I know what you paid for it. “What? “Cash."—Chicago Record-Herald. look at this worth 7" ‘but I'll bet . Two traveling salesmen, detaiped fn a Jit- tle village hotel, were Introduced to a crazy littlo billiard table and a set of balls which wére of a uniform dirty gray color. “But how do you tell the red from the white?' asked one of the guests. “Oh,” repiied the landlord, “you soon get to know them by their shape.”—Success Magaszine. LOVE SONNET IN DIALOGUE. Willis L. Clanshan in Smart Set. . He. Did I but dare, 1 kn;: 1'd love you deanly, o. If you were brave, ylo!u would not falter 50, e. Your lovely présence sets my heart dglow. .. And yet It seems xl?l agitate you, merely. e. Nay—more than that! 'Twill be my death, or nearly! She. ¥our mood {s not indicative of wae. How little of my mood you seem to kno Do you belleve that you could lave sin- cerely? He, Do I belleve? Oh, if you wonld bug try me! . She, What 1 there, pray, to hinder such a thing? . He, Should }Inm:mp: it, then, would you deny me A Bhe. Bhould I consent and Cupid have his fling— e, A thousand kisses t;uuld not satisty me! She, Ab, the expression has the proper ring! f Crossett hoe “MAKES LIFE'S WALK EASY" Style and dunbilibl PLUS absolute comifort —the ecasy, dressy, altoe gether satisfactory shoe— that’s the Crossett. Shown above is a partics ularly breezy Crossett model for 5p.ing and Sume mer —the ** Whirlwind ", It’s new—it’s modish. Stylish high heel and hygh toe, with the neat €m- fortable fit for which the Crossett Shoe is famous. There’s a Crossett stylo tor every taste, making selecti \n easy. $4 ‘0 $6 enrywhere. Lewis A, Crossett, Inc., Makes, North Abington, ass. HAYDEN: 32w N s e Agents fu Crossett Shneg Estabiished 1879) An Inhalation for in, -couq_;l, Croup, Bronchit! ough Diphtheria Oresolene is & Boon to Asthmatios. Does 1t not seem more effective ln;'mht ina THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD Very Low Fares To BAUTIMORE, Bouthern Bap- ; M. p.Mst_Convention, ‘May 11-18, ATLANTIC CITY! g:::;l'-',‘mhl.v. Church, May 18-31. orlds Sun- WASHINGTON, 'y Bohool tion, CONSULT NEAREST TIOKET AGENT REGARDING STOP- OVER PRIVILEGES AND OTHER DETAILS, or Address B, N, Austin, W, A. Preston, Gen. Pass, Agt., T.P. A, Chicago Chicago NG CALUMET Baking Powder, Racoived Highest Award Pure Foed Exponiion [] 'd‘cuu'...lm. education. The ministry expects to offset | House, Hotel and Office Furniture Orchard & Wilhelm 4141618 South 16th St, SATURDAY SPECIALS Drapery Department Bed Spreads, erochet for wood or iron beds, with fringe all around; sell regularly at $2,50. We will sell 150 sl 29 Saturday at, each, . . Basement Two big specials in the Basement for Saturday—B, 0. E. Sad Irons with either nickel or oxidized tops, in sets con- sisting of: three irons, oue handle and one jron rest; regu- lar priee on these sad irons are $1.75 per set; our price for Safurday only, either set....... Mrs., VanDusen Patont, Cake can be used without greasing. $1.00 lds~-this is the pnn. that ey come in a round and square shape, layer and loaf height. These pans sell reg- ular for 20c and 25¢. All the regular 200 pans special for Saturday, 15¢, and all the regular 25¢ sizes, special for Saturday . ........ » . . o = e