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Notary Public.
Tbe "Mark Ha nna of Nebraska poll
tics" will be allowed to foot the bills.
Waa It not a little early In the season
to bare aucb a hot time at a summer
garden?
So far no community has advertised
Judge rarker to deliver a Fourth of
July oration.
We are all waiting for the signal of
the signal corps to make Its appearance
over old Fort Omaha.
Despite its protracted deadlock, tbe
Illinois republican convention hopes to
make a Hltt In national politics.
If Governor Blancbard of Louisiana
succeeds In carrying out his promise to
suppress lynching Ohio will have to look
to Its laurels.
Tbe railroad attorneys reserve the
. right to make one plea before tbe tax
officials and a contradictory plea before
! the supreme court
The sense of gratitude of the Filipino
will be measured by the future conduct
of the youths brought to the United
States to be educated at public expense.
According to reports, but two men
were killed when the Japanese cruiser
struck a Russian mine and went down.
At this rate Hussla will find mines
rather expensive affairs.
France has had so many War depart
ment scandals that It will be necessary
to produce the traitor before tbe world
will believe that the latest "revelations"
are more than a free advertising scheme.
If the gun trust will advance the price
of Its product to the proper figure It
might be considered a beneficent' trust.
The proper figure is one which will keep
guns out of the hands of fools and
criminals.
Regardless of the assurances of Mr.
Ilearst ,the actions of his followers In
states where they have lost contests
give grounds for belief that they are
going into practice for a foot race at
8t Louis.
-i 1 ,.
Austro Hungary is beginning to growl
at Turkey, but the sultan keeps his eye
on Russia while carrying out his policy
of "pacification" in Armenia. He knows
that real trouble for him lies in only
one direction.
It Is probable that business sessions of
.intentions in St. Louis this week will
be few and short Conventions which
have important matters to consider,
political or otherwise, find exposition
cities too distracting.
Colonel Bryan is going to hire a hall
In Omaha to tell bow to distinguish be
tween friends and enemlea wlthlu his
awn party. In the classic language of a
Once noted politician, "those who are
not wld us are agin us."
The delegates from Douglas county to
the republican state convention will have
the lieutenant governorship handed to
them without a struggle. But that is
Just the part of their program on which
they would be most happy to lose out.
' With ill due deference to the artists
who designed the new Louisiana Pur
chase exposition postage stamps, we
till have a right to regard the series
of stamps issued in commemoration of
tbe Omaha exposition as more attractive
and ornamental, as well as more Inter
esting. The redoubtable Blackburn doesn't
want to let the republicans of this dis
trict put their candidate for congress
la tbe ield until September. lie seems
aaxious te give the democratic nominee
a big enough start that ne republican
competitor, no matter wbe be may be,
will bare time t catch u
fvtcrm tfiAhit ta ruuDsTiirs
A question of no little interest, par
ticularly In Hs louring upon the coun
try's foreign tradPj Is suggested by a
lending commercial paper In a reference
to the statistics of exports, the bulk of
which has long consisted of foodstuffs
and raw materials. It Is pointed out
that for some months past there has
been a continuous falling off In the ex
port of breadstuff in comparison with
corresponding periods a year lefore
and the question presented Is whether
this trade Is undergoing a change which
Is to result in a larger consumption, not
only absolutely but relatively to produc
tion, of our products of food and ma
terials for the support of a growing
population and Increasing industries at
home. If such is the case, the natural
inquiry Is as to what Is to take the
place in our foreign commerce of the
exports of the natursl products of the
country.
It Is further pointed out that the
tendency of exports of grain to diminish
has been going on for several years,
though our production has considerably
Increased If we go back over a series of
years, and the world's production and
consumption have Increased In a still
larger ratio. While we have been sup
plying a smaller proportion of bread
stuffs to the rest of the world the quan
tities dprlved from other countries that
produce a surplus have been steadily
Increasing. It Is the opinion of tbe
writer who notes these facta that If
there Is to be a continuance of the
general tendency toward the consump
tion at home of a larger proportion of
our food products it will probably not
be so much due to a falling off In
capability of production as to devoting
more of the national energy to other
forms of production than those which
come from cultivating the soil. He ob
serves that there are still large areas
susceptible of producing grain, whose
capabilities have hardly been touched,
but the development of other than agri
cultural Industries has been gaining
headway over the production of food and
raw materials for sale. It Is urged that
a larger consumption of these within
the country, and a relatively smaller
surplus for export, "may mean their
conversion by capital and labor Into
higher forms of value, and this sug
gests that our policy must be directed
more to encouraging a variety of ex
ports, the surplus product of other in
dustries, and less to exporting natural
products and fostering a home market
for manufactures."
There Is no doubt as to tbe desira
bility Of encouraging a variety of ex
ports and this can fee done without giv
ing less attention to exporting natural
products, of which we shall undoubtedly
continue to have a surplus for many
years to come. As to fostering & home
market for manufacture,, it is to that
policy that is due the Increasing do
mestic consumption of foodstuffs and it
Is not apparent that anything could be
gained, certainly nothing jor,the..agri-
cniteai producers, by pursuing a differ
ent peaky in future. The farmers of
th Canted States are chiefly dependent
for their prosperity upon the home
market and this has been created by the
development of manufactures. We need
not be very much concerned about the
future of our foreign trade In food
stuffs. It is not an especially profitable
trade and it is not to be doubted that it
would be to the material advantage of
our farmers if all the breadstuff's they
produced were consumed by our own
people. Domestic consumption of food
stuffs has notably increased during the
last few yeara of prosperity and will go
on growing if the prosperous conditions
continue, but the country Is far from
having reached the limit in capability of
production.
wtOTRALirr up cam a.
Almost dally it is reported that the
Russian government la anxious regard
ing the maintenance of neutrality by
China, notwithstanding the repeated as
surances given by the latter of its de
termination to remain neutral. Tester
day's dispatches stated that the military
authorities in St. Petersburg claimed to
have information of a sensational char
acter, to the effect that the Chinese had
tacitly agreed to co-operate with the
Japanese operations against the Rus
sians. There was also an announcement
from the Chinese foreign office, said to
have been made at the instance of the
Japanese government, that China was
firmly resolved to adhere to the strict
rules of neutrality.
This would seem to be sufficient all
that could be expected or asked of any
government,. but It will not be surpris
ing if within a day or two there are
further reports Of Russian apprehension
respecting the maintenance of Chlna'a
neutrality. Of course that government
can in no sense be held responsible for
anything which the natives of Man
churia may do hostile to the Russians.
That being in tbe theater of war la be
yond the Jurisdiction of the Chinese gov
ernment. Therefore If the people of the
province render assistance to the Japa
nese, as they seem strongly disposed to
do, no blame can properly attach to the
reklng authorities. It has been sug
gested that Russia's professed fear re
garding China has a sinister motive and
this Is by no means unlikely. Her prob
able ahu la to create a general feeling of
distrust respecting the good faith of the
Chinese government and to render the
execution of Ita neutrality more and
more difficult. As one writer observes,
it must be obvious that any impeach
ment by Russia of China's good faith is
prompted by the perception of the fact
that the more scrupulously China ob
serves ber neutrality, and the more
completely Japan respects it the greater
must prove ita efficacy as a future
barrier against Russia herself. What it
is dlH cult to understand is why the
goed faith of China should be ques
tioned in France and Oeraany, unless
neither ef those powers is honestly In
favor ef maintaining the integrity ef
the China empire. Ueaawmlla it ia as
f Important and significant fact In the sit
uation that Japan is still exerting her
Influence at Teking for the mainte
nance of neutrality, thus attesting her
sincerity in declaring in favor of the in
tegrity of the empire from which she is
endeavoring to drive the Russian In
vader. NAKIXQ PmXiBSSS.
It appeara from the latest figurea of
our trade with the countries of Latin
America that quite notable progress has
been made during the past nine months.
Of course the most Important gain was
iu the commerce with Mexico, which
country is becoming every year a better
customer of the United States, but the
increase In the trade with the countries
of South America waa very consider
able, the two most Important countries
In the traffic being Bratll and Argentina.
The commerce with Central America
does not materially improve and of
course we buy more from those coun
tries than we sell to them.
While the statistics are gratifying Id
the showing of progress, it ia still to be
said that the figurea are not as large as
they should be and seem to indicate a
lack of effort and enterprise on tbe part
of our manufacturers and merchants to
obtain a fair share of the business of
these southern markets. The matter,
however, has been so much discussed
and with so little effect that it Is hardly
worth while to go over It again. Those
who have given the subject careful and
Intelligent study have pointed out that
the United States should have several
times the amount of trade with South
America that it now has and have in
dicated how this could be secured, but
it has produced little in the way of
practical results. Undoubtedly there
will come a time when this trade will
be more eagerly sought but in the
meantime European commercial rivals
are more firmly establishing themselves
there and find the business very profita
ble. The reason for their success is
that they are more willing than our
manufacturers to conform to the condi
tions of the southern markets. Perhaps
after the completion of the Panama
canal our trade in that quarter will
grow more rapidly.
Alt MTtLLlQtnT OVKSS.
According to reports from tbe state
capltol, the State Board of Railway As
sessment has, after mature deliberation,
decided to take the bull by the horns
and make an intelligent guess at the
value of the respective railroads op
erated in Nebraska. In view of the
fact that the figures and tables furnished
by the railroads and the arguments of
their tax agents before the board are
more confusing than instructive, an in
telligent guess may in tbe end be the
most sagacious and rational way of
reaching definite conclusions.
It is apparent to every unbiased in
telligent person that the railroads of
Nebraska, computed by any method of
valuation, are worth v as much as the
same mileage of railroads in other sec
tions of the United States. As a matter
of fact, they are worth more, because
their earnings are more than the aver
age earnings of the railroads of the
United States. The average capitaliza
tion of railroads in the United States,
according to Poor's manual, in round
figures, is $02,000 per mile, which at
one-fifth . would be equal to $12,400 a
mile, or $71,424,000 for the 5,700 miles
in Nebraska. Computed at $11,000 per
mile all around the amount would be
$63,300,000. Computed at the most con
servative estimate the Union Faclflc
railway is worth $80,000 per mile, main
line and branch lines; the Burlington
$55,000 per mile; the Omaha, St Paul St
Minneapolis, $50,000 per mile; the Mis
souri Pacific, $45,000 per mile; the
Northwestern, $33,000; the Rock Island,
$27,500 per mile; the St. Joseph & Grand
Island, $25,000 per mile, and the Wllmar
& Sioux Falls, $20,000 per mile.
An intelligent guess of tbe value of
the railroads of Nebraska would, there
fore, give "us the following result:
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: 5
Road.
Vnlon Pacific.
Burlington....
961
iso.oooj
1 7,8so,onoj
H6.37rt.0U)
20,721,000
2,710,000
7.036.9O
2.611
66,000
50,000
33,000
46,000
27,600
143.6ft,00O
C..8t.P.,M.&0.
271
18,660,000
86,1?8,0iiO
12.R25.000
Northwestern.
Mo. Paclflo...
1,08
25
245
112
121
2.666.000
1.847.6U0
660,000
612 001
866.400
Rock Island..
6,737,5001
St. Joe tt
Grand Island
26,000
2,800,000
2,6flO.OOO
1,782,000
Wllmar
Sioux Falls..
Minor lines...
20.000
22,000
81
6,780
159,183,500
Ave rase assessed valuation per mile,
110.376.
These figures are extremely moderate
and considerably below the valuation of
the respective roads, based either upon
the stock and bond value or upon the
earnings of the systems of which they
are on Integral part.
Omaha has a chance to get the annual
meeting of the State Teachers' associa
tion this year and ought not to let that
chance go by. Omaha la In position now
to afford auditorium accommodatlona for
big gatherings like this not to be found
anywhere else in Nebraska and can
offer other inducements besides, not to
be matched elsewhere. There Is no good
reason why Omaha should not at least
alternate with Lincoln in the entertain
ment not only of the teachers' organiza
tion, but also of all the other large con
ventions of state societies devoted to
various purposes. -This is where the
Commercial club and tbe Auditorium
management should get in their work
together.
Chinese bandits who use dum-dum
bullets prove that the residents of the
Celestial empire are no dull pupils when
It comes to studying tbe methods pur
sued by enlightened nations in warfare
upon balf-civlllaed and savage hu
manity. Ssb1 Taae Serve.
InaiajuteoUa Journal.
The Hearst feroee aaaert that unit In
structions will apll the party an4 "give
mo i m i luoseTen. rincs wiim m
the democratic party have the state to
, ev . . . . . . j .tt
IfpUDIlCanS Will tllDnu w mti
. V. .
Cheer ia Xatare'a Beaetr.
New York Tribune.
The number of people who ask "Is Ufa
worth llvlne;?1' has senslblv decreased elnce
the season of apple blossoms and straw
berries and cream e;ot under full way.
Rare f'haalc ef ea.
VMIa.lnlnttla PfOlt
Tt amnears fmm tha, -flovernnr
Pattlson Is havlna; quite a run for presi
dent in jvanraska, but the difficulty is
that the man who runs well In Nebraska
doean't take with the rest of the country
Tips from Home Snsjrees.
Washington Post.
The government has aone to considerable
expense to publish Carroll D. Wright s
showing that the cost of living has ad
vanced In the last three years. We have
been getting weekly tips to the same effect
from our grocer.
Costly Water Transartlona.
8t. Louis Republic.
Plerpont Morgan collected $40,000,000 from
Uncle Bam Monday on account of the Pan
ama canal. But this Isn't a circumstance
to what Plerpont has collected from the
people on account of other water transac
tions. The Wall street canal la by far the
more expensive of the two.
McCIellnn'a Boom Panetared.
Philadelphia Record.
Governor Odell of New York undoubtedly
punched a hole In the presidential boom of
Mayor McClellan by his veto of the Btand
ard Oil gag bill, which the mayor had ap
proved. The bill had some merit, but not
enough to counterbalance the uncompen
Bated bestowal of a perpetual franchise of
great value. Mayor Low had vetoed a
similar measure last year. Mayor Mc
Clellan cannot plead that he acted un
advisedly, for the bill waa actively opposed
In the legislature and by vigorous re
monstrants afterward.
8TAKLKY AD SGAXTSHT.
Oae of the Consplrooaa Tralta of the
Discoverer's Career.
Washington Post.
The obituary biographers of Henry M.
Stanley have generally overlooked one of
his most conspicuous traits the shrewd
ness with which he handled the African
savages whom It was either not necessary
or not expedient to fight. Many of them
have dwelt at length upon his alleged
brutalities, such as the slitting of noses,
the sawing off of ears, and the occasional
decapitation of a native who had given
him displeasure, and seemed to require
discipline as a warning- to the others In
the neighborhood who might be tempted
to imitation. But Stanley could be as
much of a diplomat as of a despot. If It
seemed best, and his art aa an explorer
consisted largely In knowing when to be
one and when the other.
For example, a locally renowned chief
named Ngantshu had made threats of op
posing his progress up the Congo. Btan
ley Ignored tho hostile spirit of these ut
terances, and arranged with the chief to
meet him for a conference. Ngantshu had
to travel for this purpose about 150 mllea,
and arrived with a big retinue of war
riors and canoes, designed to Impress the
white Intruder of his Importance. He
also brought with him his ancestral fetish,
a composition In crude sculpture made of
a monkey's skull, with a chaplet of beads,
and a body of . red clay, studded with
shells, and hung,, with little bells. To
Ngantshu thls-herrld creation was the
mundane representative of his dead father
and grandfather, running back through
countless ages, and must be treated with
the same courtesy which would have been
exacted by them. .
The Image was. of course, assumed to
have human Instincts and desires; so
Stanley, Instead of Indicating any con
tempt for It, or even Ignoring It, gravely
placed a camp chair at Its disposal and
behaved toward it , as If It had come of
Its own motion to take part in the council.
A luncheon had, been provided, and when
Ngantehu, thinking his ancestors must
be hungry from seeing the good things
going around, squirted palm oil over the
beaded akull and spat chewed-up fish and
manioc into his mouth, Btanley, with
quite as much gravity, performed a sim
ilar libation with a mixture of claret
and water, and fed the gaping maw with
minced chicken. After the council, at
which Ngantshu showed himself unex
pectedly friendly, the two men signed a
treaty, and Btanley waa a welcome guest
forever after In the black chief's country.
This Incident was simply typical of many
that are recorded by- eyewitnesses In ex
planation of Stanley's success In Africa.
Had the explorer plunged Into the Jungle
with both elbowa out. figuratively speak
ing, and no regard for the peculiar ante
cedenta of the heathen, he might have got
through his journey with his life, but It is
very doubtfuf whether he could have ac
complished half that he did In the way of
opening the Dark Continent to civilisation.
He was shrewd enough to discover the
common trait of Ravage human nature
which makea fear 'the ultimate basis for
all peaceful relations, but also distin
guishes between the strong stranger with
the soft hand and the more unsympathetlo
tyrant. By accommodating hlmBelf to his
surroundings, Instead of trying to move
mountalna of tradition and superstitions
with one sweep of the hand, he was able
to dispel a great deal of potential friction
before It had taken shape.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Chauncey Depew head the list aa a direc
tor of companies, being a member of no
less than seventy-four. Hla feea for at
tending the meeting of auch bodies would
make a right comfortable Income.
Hamlet A. Rye, a business man of Sioux
City, Ia., is organizing a society which Is
to be called the Appendlxlesa club. "It will
be something like a, O. A. R.,". Mr. Rye
aays. "We can talk of our wounds and bat
tles within the prison walls of the hos
pitals." The fact that the x-queen, Lilluokalanl,
couldn't get through the dining room door
at ber hotel because It was too small seems
to argue that hotel proporletora In 8t. Jxmls
haven't planned on having their guests eat
enough while there to grow suddenly and
uncomfortably stout.
Prof. Bowden, who was 61 yeara old on
May 8, has spent more than half bis life as
professor of English literature In tha Uni
versity of Dublin. He has been besides a
moat Interesting critic, a poet on his own
account, a Shakespearean expert and the
historian of French literature.
The whirligig ot time brings Ita queer
happenings, now aa always. Jamea ' F.
Dolan, the builder f the new Tombs In
New York, la a prisoner In the famous
prison, whose erection, aa a wealthy con
tractor, ' be personally superintended. He
once did a business of above fMO.M a year,
but bis business had fallen away and be
waa found guilty of tbe forgery of a note
for 12. On.
Mrs. Tom Thumb (the Counteaa Magrl).
and some two score other midgets have ar
rived In New York from Europe, having
been brought to this country by an enter
prising showman, who will eetabllah a
colony of Ulllputlan at Coney Island. With
them cornea a giant, whe ia eight feet three
Inches tali Tha mid gets will gtve operas,
dramas and ether performances. They
come from Budapest, where thera la a
colony bf dwarfa.
ROt SD ABOCT NEW YORK.
Ripples the Cerreat ef Life Im the
Metropolis.
John Fasel, aged 23, a tailor by trade,
undertook to Increase hla income by swal
lowing various metalic substanree to sat
isfy the curious-minded who paid the price,
Now he Is In the German hospital at Wll
llamsburg, and the surgeons who explored
hla Interior department report the opera
tion was e jeeessful, but
Fasel be(,in by swallowing hairpins, and,
finding that he could do that successfully,
substituted nails and pins, and gradually
found that he could even swallow chains,
keys and pocket knives without aeriously
interfering with his stomach. He became
what he wanted to be a wonder and aa
such commanded a high price for bis re
mark able performances.
He likewise succeeded In the greater am
bltlon of his life to be able to contribute
more largely to the support of his parents,
At first he continued the work at the
tailor shop and gave his performances In
the evenings. Gradually, as his fame ex
tended and hla Income Increased, he de
serted the shop and devoted himself ex
clusively to his exhibitions. He became
known as the "Human Ostrich" and the
"Chain Swallower," and waa in great de
mand.
The doctors took from his stomach six
knives, a gold watch chain, key ring chain
a brass key, small deak key, four Yale
lock keys, button hook, fourteen wire
nails, two Iron nails, four horseshoe nails
and two pins.
"It waa the most remarkable collection
of substances ever taken from the stomach
of a human being," declared one of the
surgeons. "Of course, we know that there
are glass-eaters and nail-eaters who ex
hibit their tricks In public, but I never
before saw a stomach filled with nails and
pins and such stuff."
Dr. William Edward Woodend. whose
name AD Dears In tha dlanatches In rnnnee
tton with shady nnancial transactlona on
Wall street. Is a Long Island, product, who
blew into the bis- rltv durlnar the stnrW
boom. He became a protege of Henry
Hart of Third avenue surface road fame
and Of Edward Lauterbach. Ha became
one of the railroad's physicians to examine
persons who claimed damages for Injuries
against the company when Injured throueh
being struck by cars or horses, or what not.
Me was very successful, rrom the railroad's
point of view.
When the MetroDolitan system took over
tne ihlrd avenue Dr. Woodend's services
ended. Dr. Woodend and James Eager
formed a partnership under the name of
W. E. Woodend & Co., each member of
the firm contributing 12.600. The nartnera
disagreed, and In September, 1901, Eager
got out and Dr. Woodend paid him 17,500
ror his interest. Dr. Woodend'a profit for
the second six months he was in business
was (125,000.
Then came the desire for social recos-nl.
tlon and lavish display. It la a truth tn
say that Dr. Woodend bought all styles of
equipages to the value of $230,000. The
horse shows became a hobby with the phy
sician, and his colors were seen wherever
fine horse flesh waa shown.
Money came In so freelv that Dr. Wood.
end showed his extravagance In tha office
furnishings. His house was furnished ex
quisitely, his private office furniture was
heavy and magnificent and In mnaA tnst
But there were times when Dr. Woodend
was unable to pay his bills, and some
were charging his accounts off tn hmii
and loss last June, when Dr. Woodend
visited various carriage dealers, demanded
their bills and paid them after Insisting
that they add per cent to the lonar.atn rul
ing account. At the time only last June
wr. wooaena had 300,00t In bank and
owed less than 160.000. Hla business hurt
grown tremendously and branches were
openea not, oniy in Nw York City, but
throughout the country. Now he la deal
broke and owes thousands of dollars.
The new Brooklyn bridge terminal plans
call for the erection of a magnificent steel
frame and Iron building GOO feet In length,
connecting with the present building at
the Manhattan end of the bridge. When
the original plan was proposed the erec
tlon of a building MO feet longer than the
one which has met the favor of the board
members waa proposed. The cost of the
contemplated new terminal ia $8,600,000. The
building will rear ita front on the east
aide of Center street and extend from the
present bridge terminal to a point oppo
site the Hall of Records. The ground floor
will be used as an entrance. Over this
the mezzanine floor will be the great dis
tributing medium for passengers to the -several
railway platforma on the second floor
proper. This floor will contain four tracks
with wide platforms. From the westerly
side of Park Row and from the city hall
Inclines will be erected, all leading to the
mezsanlne floor. There will be entrances
on both aides of the building. The fourth
and fifth floors will be used for city offices.
The women setting our for European
tours this spring are putting a new acheme
into practice with reference to their jew
elry. In previous years many New York
women of wealth, possessing magnificent
Jewelry, have been put to great annoyance,
and, often enough, to the humiliation of
the search, on their return to the United
States, owing to their Jewelry.
They would not "declare" their Jewels
upon their return to this country, having
been In possession of the things for yeara,
but word would have reached the customs
authorities in New York that they were
bringing vaat quantities of new Jewelry
back to the United Slates with them.
The agents of the customs authorities In
Parts, for example, would write or cable
to the customs people here that a certain
wealthy woman has been buying- a lot of
new stuff in one of the great Paris Jewelry
establishments, when, sa a matter of fact,
the woman's visit to the Paris Jewelry shop
had only been for the purpose of having
her Jewelry cleaned or repaired.
Then, upon her return to New York, aha
would be held up and her regular Jewelry,
of which ahe had been possessed for
yeara, put under suspicion or actually con
fiscated as new stuff bought abroad, and
then It would be up to the woman to prove
to the customs people that ahe had owned
the jewels for years snd had bought them
In New York, or previously paid duty upon
them if originally bought In Europe.
The women are now obviating the possi
bility of such experiences as these by "de
claring" their Jewelry before starting to
Europe of taking their jewela, that la to
say, to the customs authorities here before
starting for Europe, and having descrip
tions taken of the things, thus to make It
certain that upon their return they will
not be bothered by the cuatoms Inspectors
over articles with which they are on record
as having sailed away from here with.
One woman who started for Europe three
days ago took the $76,000 worth of her jew
elry which she decided she would need In
Europe to the cuatoms people before sail
ing, and had them make a list of the arti
cles, with descriptions of each, so as to be
certain of avoiding unnecessary trouble
upon her return next fall.
This woman cams near losing a $10,000
pearl rope a couple of years ago owing to
the extra offlnlousnesa of a customs house
detective In Paris. She had taken th4 pearl
rope from this country to Europe, but had
bad It cleaned In Paris, and the Parla aaent
of the customs cabled to New York that
ahe had bought the thing at a Paris Jew
tler'a It waa confiscated upon her return, and
the New York Jeweler whe had originally
f is worth your
sold the thing to her having gone out of
business, she had to go to law to recover
it, and had enormous difficulty In finally
proving her claim that she had bought the
ornament In New York.
Although "Holy Joe" Dennett, the fa
mous ploner of cheap restaurants In New
York, Is now out of the business for good,
hla methods are growing in favor. Joe
Dennett was the first man who success
fully used the safety razor In shaving the
shadow off a pillar of ham wherewith to
make a sandwich. In Park Row there
are three or four disciples of the idea who
can shake a scimitar at a ham all day
without perceptibly diminishing Its bulk.
There are two distinct schools of restau
rants In the city. One comes from abroad
and the other Is a Yankee product. The
foreign table de note serves so much In
actual bulk that the average diner usually
loses all his enthusiasm for a dinner long
before the piece de resistance Is reached.
The American Idea is to give a person so
little real food that he is compelled to
order a second time (and pay, of course)
before hla appetite ia appeased. At the
Italian and French places here one may get
enough real food for a hired man and his
helper without additional cost.
TATE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN.
Syracuse Journal: Why all this talk
about a successor to Harry LJndsay,
chairman of the state republican com
mittee? Hasn't1 he been "Johnny on the
spotT" Is there a better man in the state
for the position? We wot not.
Kearney Hub: Judge Wall's candidacy
for chairman of tha republican state cen
tral committee Is creating considerable of
stir in political circles In the eastern
part of the state.. But It Is proper to
remark that we grow that kind of poli
ticians out tn the sand hills.
Kearnev Hub: The Fremont Tribune
does not see any reason why Harry 'Wnd
say shculd resign the chairmanship of tha
republican state central committee be
cause he has been selected for clerk of
the supreme court. As a matter of fact,
there is not any good reason, and there
will not be any call for his resignation
unless It should be the wish of the Judges.
It Is not a good time or place to swap
horses.
Crawford Tribune: Judge Aaron Wall
of Loup City Is among those most favor
ably mentioned aa the successor of Mr.
Lindsay as chairman of the republican
state central committee. The mantle of
Chairman Lindsay could fall upon no
more worthy shoulders. With the Intelli
gent and Indefatigable Aaron Wall at the
head of Ita state organization, the republi
can party of Nebraska will be able to
inscribe upon Its banners this fall, "Twenty-five
thousand majority for Roosevelt
and the O. O. P." The Tribune knows
of no man In the state who could handle
the destinies of the party In tetter shape.
St Paul Republican: There Is one thing
that the state convention wants to be
mighty careful about, and that la the se
lection of a chairman of the campaign
committee. The names that have so far
deen mentioned In this connection Indl
cats a grave danger that the place may
be allowed to go by default, or In other
words, filled by some one who Is not only
Incompetent to perform its duties but
unworthy to enjoy its honors. In this
year of all others, with presidential, con
gressional and state tickets at stake, the
party cannot afford to be careless. There
are plenty of men big enough and brainy
enough to fill this office whose tervlces
are at Its command. The suggestion haa
been made that there Is no reason why
Harry Lindsay cannot direct the campaign
again. His duties as supreme court clerk
will not seriously Interfere, but even If
this ahould prove a alight disadvantage
It will be more than offset by his valuable
fund of experience. The Republican be
lieves that Mr. Lindsay should be con
tinued ss chairman and we hope that the
state convention will put the matter to
him In such a way that he cannot refuse.
O
w fi"
a
Doctors first prescribed
over sixty years ago. They use it today
more than ever. They rely upon it for colds,
coughs of all kinds, bronchitis, consump
tion. They will tell you how it heals in--
flamed lungs and strengthens weak throats.,
M... tea., 1 SO. Aliarassisse.
What docs the
Breakfast-Bell
mean in your
household
Light, whole
some Biscuit
made with
PRICES
BahingPowder?
oi tmwholesome food
made with aa alum
baking powder?
white to inquire.
POINTED PLEASANTRIES.
George III was wondering how the apple
got Into the dumpling.
"I don't aee how It found the keyhole,"
he explained.
Perceiving he had given himself away,
he hastily changed the topic Mew York
Sun.
"The last time I saw him he had Just
graduated from college and was walling
tor a good position." .
"All that's changed. He's looking for a
plain Job now." Philadelphia Ledger.
"The doctors didn't know what was the
matter with him."
"Well, there's r,t thing unusual about
th"But they said they didn't." Brooklyn
Lifo.
Adam awoke and missed hla rib.
"What a disappointment." he muttered.
"If it had been my vermiform appendix
I should have been right In style. '
And thereupon he grieved to think ht
had missed . the opportunltj.-turday
Evening Post.
"What did they do with that Idiot In ths
gallery that yelled 'fire' at the doe of thi
third act?" , ,
"They put him In the cooler Chicago
Tribune.
"Did you give him the medicine?"
"I thried; but he hadn't snny slnse!"
."Oi any he hadn't amiy-ielf; '
"Since what my good woman?"
"Ol mane he'a a dom fool an' yora an
other!" Houston. Post.
"Don't you feel kind of lonesome since
the legislature adjourned?"
"Well," answered the business man, "It a
a good deal with me as It was with a
man who had a pet Hon that got loet. I
feel a little lonesome, but not pear SO
scared." Washington Star.
When I beg to stay uo lata at night
They Bay it will not do,
," 'Tie time you got your beauty sleep.
Such a little girl as you!"
But when there's dishes to be washed.
And lots of work to do.
They say: "Come, Mildred, you can help.
Such a great big girl as you!
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
THE COMING MORN,
When the clouds are hanging heavy, and
the times are sad and drear,
When the days are damp and chilly, and no
sunlight comes to cheer;
When your money has departed, and your
friends have quickly gone,
When your former great exertions you no
longer lean upon;
When your married sons and daughters
nave no room tor sucn an yuu,
When the pleasant things of this life have
departed aa the dew;
When the darkness la the darkest Just he
fore the dawn of day.
Will the breaking of me. morning drive the
moving clouds away?
When your youthful aspirations have been
- shattered by a breath,
When unsatisfied ambitions have been
doomed to Instant death:
When your reputation's Injured, casting
doubt upon your name.
When you pass sdown the hlUslde and, no
longer wish for fame;
When your deareat houoa are blasted, when
your acta ere misconstrued,
When you know that friendships broken
can at no time be rcmewed; .
When you feel sad and disheartened, when
your spirit brave la oowed,
Will the coming of the morning chase away
the hanging cloud?
When misfortune's cruel winepress squeeses
to tbe very dregs,
When poor, degradeu, fallen man for mercy
loudly tegs;
When environments compel us of the bitter
cup to drink,
When the billows overwhelm us, In the
rolling waves we sink;
len all torn and brulned and mangled In
Wh
thA wnrM'i uneven flaht
When denounced, abused, berated for de-
f ending truth and right;
When fx&e criticisms crush us and we
hasten to our doom,
Will the coming of the morning disperse
the gathering gloom?
When we weary of the actions of tha
giddy, foolish throng.
When the wicked aeem to flourlah, and tha
thoughtless do ua wrong;
When we feel depresesd and lonely, when
our friends (.gainst us turn,
When the envious persecute us, and our
kindly actions spurn;
When the daya are Ion and dreary, and
we are sore distressed.
When we drop life's heavy burden, and cry
out for endless rest;
When grim death, the liberator, breaks this
world's unenvied, sway,
Then the glories of the morning drive the
passing clouds away.
North Platte, Neb. R. H- LA NT! FORD.
Cherry Pectoral
-l had a very bad cough for three
yean. Then I triad Ayer Cherry Pee.
toral. My soie lungs wars soon healed
and my cough dropped awsjv"' Mrs.
Pkakl Hyde. Guthrie Centre, Ia.
this grand medicine
t. O. JsOe..Lewetkl
