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Notary Public.
Tlie Bryan platform la nearly as full
' of platitudes as the Parker platform.
Runlng at large a few young torna
does. Finders will please impound
them.
Wyoming democrats are said to be
for Hearst Really there is no ac
counting for what thesd woman suffrage
states will do.
. Sir Henry Irving announces that he
j will retire from the stage in 1906. This
: will still gire time for the usual "fare
i weir American tour.
Omaha fans should brace themselves
for bad news. The Kidnapers are going
up against the altitude again, with
games at Denver and Colorado Springs.
Fata Is unkind to Mr. Bryan. While
fc was making his appeal for the Kan
sag City platform, the news came tell
ing that, Panama bad adopted the gold
standard. '-;
It-begins to look as if something
might be accomplished by Illinois re
publicans when recess follows so close,
upon the release of delegates from in
structions. A letter of condolence is due Governor
Herrick from Governor Peabody but
at the present time Ohio has no "bull
.ens," and both sides must give up
their guns. '
' '
Acttng Mayor Zlmman is starting out
finely.V One thing we may bo sure of
no franVhlsed corporation Job will be
smuggled past him during the absence
of Mayor Moores.
Golf came to America from Great
Britain, but the American Invasion has
taken even the golf championship from
Great Britain. It Is another case of
pupil outdoing master.
Careful inquiry among the national
delegates selected by the Nebraska dem
ocrats discloses the fact) that Colonel
Bryan will answer roll call at St. Louis
by voting sixteen to one times.
It Is to be noted that the democratic
state convention developed no unre
strainable scramble for places to be
filled on the state ticket to be made
. up at the second session called for Au
gust Having nominated their legislative
ticket Douglas county democrats are
already engaged In the task of pulling
It to pieces and filling up the boles.
This, however, is the usual method of
begetting democratic tickets hereabouts.
As long as the British islands are
surrounded by, water It Is safe to say
no British ministry will protest against
any other country using all means in
Its power to protect its coast line, even
, though the means look a little Irregular
at first blush.
President Roosevelt has just appointed
sneciaj attorney to Investigate charges
ygalnst federal officers In Alaska. No
political campaign is to be permitted to
stand in the way of an honest admin
Istratlon of the laws under the present
, strenuous executive.
The Pan-German congress intimates
that the kaiser is "soldiering" on hla
J Job, and as there Is no international
union of allied kings and emperors to
protect him the war lord may be called
, on to attend closer to business during
working hours.
According to the Bryan platform,
"Democracy would administer the
Treasury department In behalf of the
public," but when democracy vwas In
'Dower the last time It administered the
treasury for the benefit of a bankers'
syndicate tbat Is reputed to have cleared
110,000,000 is single bond deal
irtBRABKA DtMvCKATIC eLATTVRM.
In view of Mr. Bryan's criticism of
the New York democratic platform as
a platitudinous and for the most part
meaningless deliverance, It was natur
ally expected that the platform of the
Nebraska democrats, written by Bryan,
would specifically declare the party's
position on sll public questions, but as
to this it Is not very much better than
that of the Empire state democracy.
Much of it Is composed of a definition
of democracy, such ss might be made
editorially in Mr. Bryan's paper, but
which conveys little information as to
what the party In this stste thinks
alKHit public questions. Perhaps the au
thor of the platform thought it suffi
cient to reaffirm faith in the principles
set forth in the Kansas City platform,
which was also framed by him, but a
very considerable number of democrats
In Nebroska, it is snfe to say, are un
famlllnr with the Kansas City declara
tion with the exception of the free sil
ver plank. They can of course acquaint
themselves with that platform, but Mr.
Bryan should have saved the rank and
file of the purty this trouble by a spe
cific and unambiguous statement of Its
position on all national questions. That
could have been done in fewer words
than the platform adopted contains.
The arraignment of the national ad
ministration Is more unfair and unjust
than that of any other democratic plat
form of the year1. Every intelligent and
fair-minded man knows that it Is utterly
untrue to assert that the Treasury de
partment has been turned over to the
financiers in order to obtain, their political
support and that the law department
has been put Into the hands of the
trusts. Equally unwarranted Is the
charge, that President Roosevelt has
disregarded constitutional limitations.
The platform favors giving the Filipinos
an immediate promise of ultimate Inde
pendence. The probable effect of do
ing this' would be to encoVirage the dis
affected In the islands to renewed oppo
sition to the government and thus re
tard the work that Is being done for
preparing the natives for self-government.
There Is now very general order
and peace In the islands and it would
manifestly be most unwise to offer any
sort of invitation to a fresh disturbance.
There is no parallel between Cuba and
the Philippines and It is absurd to asso
ciate them as is done In this platform.
The deliverance on the tariff is in the
familiar democratic vein, calling for the
overthrow of the principle of protection.
A scxalled tariff for revenue only would
be disastrous to our industries and the
tniRts could withstand its effect much
better than the Independent manufac
turers, whose competition now tends to
modify trust exaction. The money
plank of the platform is characteristic
and nobody would hesitate to ascribe it
to Mr. Bryan. As to the proposition to
amend the constitution so as to allow
of the levying of an Income tax and the
popular election of United States sena
tors It is not a fact that the democracy
in (lie past has favored this and It may
be tibted whether a majority of the
parly now favors such amendment .of
the constitution. Who of the present
democratic members of the United
States senate would vote for an amend
ment providing for the popular election
of senators? The only way by which
this can be brought about Is through a
national convention, as provided for in
the constitution.
Ten years ago the democracy had
the presidency and the congress. The
party then did none of the things which
It is declared by the Nebraska platform
to stand for, but it did so alarm the
country that we had one of the severest
business depressions In . our history.
Could the Bryan program ' be carried
out there would ensue a greater Indus
trial and commercial stagnation than
that which afflicted the country during
the last democratic administration.
MR. JOHLYITS POINT OF YIBW.
Half a page of the third section of
the New York Herald of last Sunday
is given up to pictorial illustrations of
Joslyn's castle and its monumental gate
way and driveway, with, position top
of page, surrounded by reading matter
and with a black headline clear across
the page. To make the advertisement
attractive and Impressive the Joslyn
castle pictorial Is flanked by the follow
ing headlines:
"George A. Joslyn, fighting for "prin
ciple, leaves place of his fortune. Is
made victim of law affecting stock
holders in foreign corporations. Baron
ial estate to be a waste. Will live In
New York state. Means to abandon and
dismantle home In Omaha costing half
a trillion. His sharp denunciation of
the methods employed by the tax au
thorities." In support of these startling disclo
sures the baronial castle builder Is
quoted as follows:
Unless the Nebraska legislature shall re.
peal an absurd and unjust personal taxa
tfon law passed at Its last session, or un
less the officials charged with Its execution
shall do so with, fairness and strict Im
partiality, I will never again make my
residence within the boundaries of that
state, but I will abandon and .dismantle
my home In Omaha, which cost me more
than 1600,000, and leave It stand as a silent
and permanent protest against the Injus
tice and persecution to which I have been
subjected.
So On;aha must prepare Itself for the
worst, and share the fate of cities on
the Rhine, overshadowed by vacant
castles, frequented In the day time by
tourists and haunted In the night time
by the spooks of armored knights,
cowled monks and women in white.
With its turreted Tudor castle Omaha
will be unique among American citle
and hold Its builder in perpetual re
membrance. There is no prospect, Immediate or re
mote, however, that any Nebraska leg
islature will repeal what Mr. Joslyn Is
pleased to call "absurd and unjust taxa
tion laws," and there Is no Immediate
or even remote prospect that this offi
cers charged with their execution will
dure ignore them, even la the face of
the threatened migration of ' one of
Omaha's multi-mtlllonalres. Instead of
execrating and denouncing the tax com
missioner and the Board of Review, Mr.
Joslyn should have expressed bis grate
ful appreciation of the concessions made
to him. The bsronlsl estate, on which
he clolms to have expended $500,000
and assessed at Its presumed full value,
was returned at $127,500, and the News
paper Union stock, valued by him at
over $1,000,000, was assessed for $87,500.
Other property owners in Omaha, ex
cepting possibly the rallronds, would
have been well satisfied with Just such
"absurd and unjust taxation."
While claiming to be fighting for prin
ciple, the point of view of Mr. Joslyn
is supremely selfish and illogical. The
constitution and laws of Nebraska re
quire all Individuals and corporations to
contribute tbelr Just proportion toward
the burden of government according to
the value of their property. This is a
sound principle and applies with equal
force to baronial estates and Tudor
castles as it does to the modest home
of the laboring man. The chief owner
of the stock of a foreign corporation is
expected to psy his full share of taxes
In proportion to Its actual vslue, the
same as if he owned mortgages or
bonds secured by real estate located
outside of Nebraska.
Removal from Omaha to Saratoga will
not afford material relief to Mr. Joslyn
from his tax burdens, if he shall make
an honest return of his personal prop
erty for taxation at his new residence
as required by the laws of New York.
In any event, the taxing machinery of
Nebraska cannot be reconstructed to ac
commodate Mr. Joslyn's frame of mind
and Omaha is not likely to suffer very
seriously if the castle on the hill
shall stand "as a silent permanent and
grotesque protest tgalnst the injustice"
and alleged persecution to which Mr.
Joslyn has been subjected under the
new revenue law.
COUItllAQ ON TB SOUTH,
The Parker men are 6ald to be count
ing confidently on the support of the
south at St Louis, but it Is not clear
upon what they base their faith. There
is, of course, some Parker sentiment in
the southern states and unquestionably
he has more supporters in that section
than any of the other possible candi
dates, but the men who will go from
there to the national convention, most
of them unlnstmcted, will want to be
convinced that Parker could carry New
York before they will give him their
votes. The fact that the Empire state
democrats have Instructed for him does
not necessarily carry with it assurance
that he could win In the election and it
is quite probable that the Tammany
contingent in the convention will make
this plain to the southern delegates.
There is a report of a probable com
bination between Gorman, "Murphy of
Tammany, James M. Guffey, the Penn
sylvania democratic leader, and John R.
McLean of Ohio, in opposition to Par
ker. It is said that in the' event of
this combination being effected It will
probably be able ty overthrow the New
York Jurist unless he should have a
large majority on the first, ballot, which
Is not now expected. The opposition to
him points to the fact that less than
one-third of the delegates chosen are
pledged to the Empire state man
and they argue that if the same propor
tion is maintained Parker will go Into
the convention with little more than
one-fourth of its delegates pledged to
him. They expect to effect a combina
tion of unlnstmcted delegates and dele
gations committed to favorite sons that
will effectually dispose of Parker's
chances. Of course his friends profess
to feel not the least bit apprehensive
that anything of this nature can be ac
complished, yet it is quite possible and
the obvious fact in the situation is that
the Judge's alight lead has not recently
been increasing. There Isn't much be
ing said about the McClellan movement,
but there is reason to believe that a
good deal of quiet work Is being done
and so far as the south is concerned It
Is not to be doubted that New York's
mayor would be not less acceptable
than Parker.
Senator Howell failed to land on, the
original water board because of the
constitutional prohibition against ap
pointment by the governor of members
of the legislature to lucrative civil
office and the unwritten code that law
makers should not be the pecuniary
beneficiaries of their own legislation.
But he has now gotten in to fill a va
cancy by co-operation of the board. If
this is not accomplishing indirectly what
is forbidden to be done directly, It comes
pretty close to the line.
Russian newspapers assert that with
a new treaty with Great Britain manu
facturers of the latter country will drive
American agricultural Implements from
Rnssla. As American' machinery baa to
a great extent replaced native manu
facture In England, Russia can get
along with second-class goods If It so
desires and pocket its own losses.
According to the oracular Mr. Hanks,
"nations are not born to die. In God's
calendar they are not numbered." Mr.
Hanks had better turn over a few pages
of history and he will have no trouble
In finding that in the calendar of God
nations, like men, are mortal they have
their birth, their growth, their decay
and their death.
Rldlna; (or a Fall.
New York Tribune.
Some democrats. It is said, arc preparing
to give Mr. Bryan a talking to at Bt.
Louis. Fei haps It would be welt tor them
to remember that Mr. Bryan Is something
Vf a talker himself.
Tfc Uayvnet Not Obsolete.
New York World.
WaJ plays havoc with glittering generali
ties as' well as with other things. At the
close of the Boer war smoking-room strata,
gists wens agreed that the bayonet was
made obsolete by the wide firing sons of
long-range lflea. Yet the Japanese are
said to have Vken Nanshan by a bayonet
charge under tV cover of a heavy artillery
are, precisely axajpoleoa would have done
eaj?ol
It In his day. All of which teaches us that
It Is not safe to generalize from special
cases.
Short, Sharp and Readable.
Baltimore American.
If both parties announce a short, con
cise and precise platform the voters of the
country will take to reading them to know
what the campaign Is all about. It may
be taken as a safe rule that few things are
read from beginning to end by the average
citizen that are Independent of the wise
editor's blue pencil.
Worklif It Off.
Chicago Tribune.
Amid a deep, impressive silence Colonel
Bryan, who had managed to secure the
floor, began to address the St, Louis con
vention. "Mr. Chairman," he said, "realising, as I
do, my personal Insignificance"
Here he was Interrupted by a sudden
commotion.
Several delegates had fainted.
The new Idea Mr. -Bryanplcked up while
he was abroad had been sprung upon the
convention too abruptly.
Evils of Mock Gentility.
Philadelphia Kecord.
Students of sociul conditions In Great
Britain are alarmed at the false pride
which makes many young men prefer to
be poorly paid rlerks rather than well-paid
worklngmen. That the desire for mock
gentility exists, at least to a limited extent.
In this country also Is shown by the eftger-
ness with which youths who would be first
class mechanics or able farmers rush but
half qualified Into the learned professions,
only to meet disaster. An attempt at mock
gentility Is the most pitiable thing In the
world. It cnrrles with it Its own punish
ment to the Individual, but Its more wide,
reaching effects are to deprive the com'
munlty of efficient worklngmen and to mul
tlply useless members of society.
A CI1AXCE FOR ORATORT.
Peerless Leader Expected to Do His
Thrilling- Stunt.
Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Mr. Bryan will be one of Nebraska's
delegates-at-large at the democratlo na
tional convention. He won by an over
whelming majority In the Omaha primaries,
where the reorganize expected to name
the delegates. There will be an oppor
tunity at the Bt. Louis convention for
some fiery speeches delivered on the spur
of the moment, for no one can tell what a
second will bring forth In the gathering
that meets without Issues, and with a pur
pose, It Is supposed, to disown Its' plat
forms of 1S96 and 1900. Mr. Bryan says he
will make an uncompromising fight on
that point. He will find many delegates
In tho convention who voted against him
on the strength of the money question, and
this clement, with recruits, expects to name
the democratlo ticket. The New York
politician who In 1886 was "a democrat
still very still," will lead the Parker
forces. In fact, Parker Is Hill's political
creation.
As a ready, sturdy, vigorous orator, Mr.
Bryan will hardly have an equal In the
convention. He will unquestionably be a
man of power and influence In that body
outside of Ms devoted followers. It will
be impossible to 'put him down or side
track him. He will force a full hearing
in spite of ordinary devices to get rid of a
disturbing factor. The Bryan position Is
that the democrats who voted against him,
rejecting the platform ' of 1896 and 1900,
shall not now coitrol the party.. Their
triumph. It Is believed), cannot be so veiled
that Mr. Bryan will sumblt to it. It Is
said that Bryan's , hold on. the party has
waned. , But be .wcot.lnto, one democratic
national convention - comparatively un
known and came anT'of It famous. It re
mains to be proVed that hS cannot sway
the Bt. Louis convention to a sensational
extent
WHEN GROVER SPEAKS.
New York World: Mr. Cleveland Is a
keen lover pf sport. When he Is not fishing
he Is poking sticks at the animals through
the bars of the popullsflc cage.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: When In
doubt, play trumps, Is. one of the rules
In the game of whist. When the democrats
are In doubt they Invariably think of
Cleveland.
Philadelphia Press: Cleveland, of course,
doesn't mean any harm to Judge Parker
by predicting his nomination for the presi
dency, but Judge Parker might have got
along without It.
Washington Post: Mr. Cleveland de
clares that Judge Parker Is the logical
candidate for the presidency, but there are
some symptoms Indicating that the demo
crats have no passion for logic.
Chicago Record-Herald: "Let us forget
Cleveland," says the Nashville News.
What! And Cleveland right up where she
has a fighting chance to get Into first place
If her pitchers hold out? Well, hardly!
Chicago Chronicle: If life and faith and
hope abide In the democratlo party the
nomination of Grover Cleveland will be ac
complished on the second ballot at Bt
Louis. The platform will then take care
of itself.
Indianapolis News: Mr. Cleveland's new
indorsement of Judge Parker as the logi
cal candidate of the democratic party Is
likely to be a two-edged sword. While it
will help Parker In the east, where Tam
many, for example, la striving for his de
feat, it will hurt him In the west.
Philadelphia Kecord: Mr. Cleveland's
cordial recommendation of Judge Parker
as a competent man lor the presidency,
and a candidate that all conservative
demoera s can support heartily, ought to
relieve him from the repeated Insinuations
that ha Is hopeful of getting the nomina
tion. If he "had his lightning rod up," In
the slang of politic, he would say noth
ing, or confine his commendations to men
who are not in the least likely to be
nominated.
NO FAVORITISM TO RAILROADS.
Beatrice Express: The Stat Board
of Assessment may find something
for the secretary and his assistant to
do. In counting the ties and rails In
the different railroads, but If a house
and lot In Beatrice is to be assessed
at what It Is worth, why cannot the
railroad property be assessed in the
same way. Both have a market
value. In one case It Is not neces
sary to Itemise the value of the lot,
the value of the house, the barn, the
coal shed, the location and the trees
and shrubbery. Why Is it necessary
in the other? The assumption that a
railroad is entitled to more consider
ation at the hands of the assessor
than Farmer Jones or Merchant
Smith, make us tired. Taxation
should be equitably distributed. That
means that every dollar's worth of
property should bear Its Just propor
tion of the tax burden. It doesn't
mean that the farmers' property
shall be taxed on a valuation of 100
per cent and the property of the
railroad corporations be taxed on a
value of 60 per cent. It means they
must both be taxed on the same
basis. There la little sense In all
this noise about trying to vslue the
railroad property. If the same prop
rty belonged to some nonresident
who took no Interest In local polltica
there wouldn't be a bit of trouble
about the railroad valuation and the
chances are it weuld be fixed about
100 per cent higher than It will be
under present conditions.
BITS OF WAiHISGTOJf LIFE.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
on tho Spot.
"When General Charles F. Manderson,
formerly United States senator from Ne
braska, was In Wsshlngton not long ago,"
relates the Washington Post, "somebody
asked him If he did not hesitate to appear
in public Just now for fear that be might
be caught In the vice presidential snare.
" 'I am immune,' replied the Jovial N-
braskan. 'I have been threatened with
the vice presidency on former occasion
and I have escaped, and escaped so well
that there Is now no danger of the phan
tom pursuing me. Why la It,' be asked,
'that there Is such a dread of the vice
presidential office I know that I felt It
when I was In the senate and quite a
number of people began discussing my
availability and fitness for the position.
" 'I would not have It, and said so. In
fact, when I announced that I would not
be a candidate for re-election to succeed
myself in the senate I determined then
and there never again to hold a public
office, and to devote myself to my own
business. And that being the case, It Is
utterly Impossible for them to threaten me
with any vice presidential scar. Besides,'
he remarked, 'you know that we have a
vice presidential candidate In Nebraska
now. Hon. John L. Webster has received
the Indorsement of Nebraska, and Ne
braska will present his name. Even If I
had reached the point where I could look
with complacency upon filling that post
tlon. It would be entirely out of place for
me to allow the use of my name when
Nebraska has an active candidate.'
"While Manderson was senator John J.
Ingalls, then of Kansas, was president
pro tempore of the senate, and after the
death of Vice President Hendricks, pre
sided a great deal of the time. When In
galls went out there was quite a sharp
contest for the president pro tempore, and
It developed Into an eastern and western
fight. Serator Hoar of Massachusetts was
a candidate, and Manderson was a candi
date. ThN was not a contest that was
settled In advance, but It took a republican
caucus to determine which of these men
would be selected as president pro tern
pore. Manderson won. Many men who
took an active part In that contest are
no longer members of the senate, but It
was one In which the new state senators
played quite an Important part, and they
were friendly to the Nebraska man. After
the caucus Senator Gorman, then as now
chairman of the democratic caucus, asked
Senator Sherman, chairman of the repub
lican caucus, for the name of the man the
republlans had nominated for president pro
tempore.
" 'Manderson' replied Sherman.
" 'The democrats will make no nomina
tion for that office,' said Gorman, as he
turned away.
"Manderson was therefore elected by the
unanimous vote of both parties after he
secured the republican nomination."
"I have no sort of doubt there are old.
gray-haired men vegetating in the depart
ments, who, If they had never secured a
clerkship In Washington, would have be
come great lawyers, doctors, preachers.
edttcrs, authors, scientists or merchant
princes," observes Congressman Champ
Clark. "To many of them the notification
of their appointment, which filled their
hearts with Joy and conjured up before
their mind's eye gorgeous visions of con
spicuous and lucrative careers, was an un
mitigated curse. They came to Washington
full of lusty life, of high tesolve, of lofty
ambition; they are here now, fallen Into
the sere, the yellow leaf, their energies
gone, their aspirations dead, their talents
frittered away by service on a treadmill,
with only on purpose remaining to hold
on to a Job; and unless dismissed sans
ceremony, they will be here when the In
exorable and inevitable messenger who
comes for all and will not be refused,
knocks at their doors, even though he
should postpone his unwelcome visit a
thousand years.
" ' 'TIs true 'tis pity; and pity 'tis 'tis
true.'
The Insatiable desire for a clerical posi
tion under Uncle Sam is comparable only
to being stage struck."
Your "Unci Samuel" Is becoming quit
a banker for the American soldiers. For
the year ending June SO, 1901, there was de
posited by soldiers $1,888,014, and it Is under
stood that the amount for the fiscal year
which will end the last of this month will
be much larger. The enlisted men of the
United States are allowed to leave their
money In the hands of paymasters, taking
a certificate for it, and the government
pays the men Interest at the rat of 4 per
cent a year. ' On several occasions attempts
have been made In congress to allow offi
cers of the army the same privilege of
leaving their money on deposit, but every
time such a bill has been defeated.
Mr. T. Nelson Dale, mlcroscoplst of th
Geological Survey, to whom several sped
mens of th black, reddish and greenish
roofing slate sent to the survey from Polk
county, Arkansas, were referred for ex
amination, gives the results of his examina
tion.
Blx specimens were examined. No. 1,
a black slate from Mena, near Big Forks,
and unnamed localities, is a very superior
quality of roofing slate. No. S compares
favorably with the "red slate" of Gran
ville, N. Y., though somewhat darker. No.
8, a light pea-green slate, la a very su
perior quality. Mr. Dale's conclusions are
follows:
'The remarkably fine cleavage and th
absence of calcium and magnesium car
bonate in the black W and th green (6)
render them exceptionally good. Th red
dish (4) is good and 8 may also prove
equally so. If 1 and occurred in a popu
lous region they would doubtless be In
great demand. For commercial purposes
the microscopic, examination of 1 and 6
ought to be supplemented by partial chem
ical analysis to show whether they are
entirely free from carbonate, as th mi
croscope indicates."
An Impressionable young magaslne writer
recently made a trip all th way to Esopus,
In the state of New York, for the purpose
of writing at close range a character sketch
of Judge Alton B. Parker, the overeager
but silent candidate for the presidential
nomination on the democratlo ticket.
The result of his observations was given
In a recent number of a Washington pub
lication. In the course of his narrative
th writer make th remarkable statement
that the hair on th back of Judge Par
ker's hands has been "burnished a bright
gold" by having so long been kissed by
the sun during the Judge's extended ram.
bles over his extensive farm.
Another Interesting and Important state,
ment Is made to the effect that while
Judge ' Parker's hair and mustache are
red, whether burnished or not the author
does not say, his eyes are black.
The gamblers In Washington say that
such a combination as this Is sure to win,
and Parker's stock has gone up accord
ingly In political betting circles. Among
other things the Journalist noticed was that
the Judge's trousers were much rumpled,
a condition of things which he ascribed
to the candidate's agility and vigorous
movements.
Bores neers of Old Ontalassed.
Washington Star.
Th arguments of people who raise prices
"because they need the money" are mild
and conservative compared to th explana
tions advanced by Mr. Baer when he raise
tb price of coaL
Fifty Years
mm.
n9
Improves fho flavor and adds fo
lho hoalthfulnoss of tho food.
price bakinq powder co. ohicago.
A GALLANT FIGHT.
Pender Republic: The Omaha Be
has been making a gallant fight for
the taxpayer of the state In Its ef
forts to have railroad property as
sessed at Its actual value. It Is Urn
for th people of Nebraska to get out
from under railroad dictatorship and
The Bee should be upheld In the
stand It has taken for honest assess
ment of railroad property.
PERSONAL ROTES.
Congressman Robert R. Hltt will receive
th honorary degree of doctor of laws from
th Northwestern university at th ap
proaching commencement.
Dr. Ralph Nemson Isham, on of Chi
cago's oldest and beet known surgeons,
died last Saturday. Ha owned the finest
private library In Chicago.
Robert Henderson 1 disputing th rights
of George Carnack as to having discov
ered th Klondike, and the Canadian au
thorities are looking Into this claim.
Th venerable J. W. Hutchinson, the only
survivor of .th famous Hutchinson family.
has presented to th city of Lynn. Mass.,
th famous "Old High Rock," which is to
be maintained as a public park.
John R. McLean, who seems to be chief
of the Ohio democracy, has one of the
oldest fads. His particular weakness la his
private rogues' gallery, In which are to be
found an enormous number of photographs
of noted criminals.
It Is planned to give Senator Thomas
Collier Piatt a great ovation when he de
parts for Europe on the occasion of his
Hst birthday July 15. It Is understood that
he will return before th national campaign
get into th regular campaign pace.
Within a block of the city hall of Chicago,
while scores of pedestrians were on the
streets, four highwaymen entered the store
of th Touraln Shoe company, 166 Madison
street, shortly before o'clock Saturday
night, and while three of the marauders,
each armed with two revolvers and wear
ing masks, drove twenty-two persons Into
a rear room, th other opened the cash
register, stole $400 and disappeared.
POINTED REMARKS.
- - " . . ' bujiiv uini ct nurse
Jockey Is overloaded with piety simply be
cause his trousers bag at the knees. fiom
ervllle Journal.
'Tone fan. ' Va maiA 'l a m u.m MA
It Is so full of meaning."
"Oh," she replied, "then you don't mean
that tTIV fur la mivn.fn. nem lis mit 0"
Chicago Record-Herald.
"We've got a dandy school yell, now."
"What is ltT"
"We rive four Russian battleshlns. a siss-
boom-ah and then two Jap generals."
Fuck.
"A successful mart," said Uncle Eben,
' glnerally advises youna- men to ko Into
some other line o' business. Dat's 'cause
BIG BARGAINS
Friday and Saturday.
150 juvenile two-piece and three-piece suits mostly broken
lines worth from $3.50 to $6.50 special for Friday and
Saturday-
$1.95
300 Norfolk, sailor blouse, two-piece and three-piece suits
worth up to $8.50 special for Friday and Saturday--
$3.50 and $5.00
Youths' long panta suits, blue, black and fancy mixtures,
that sold from $8.50 to $15.00 special for Friday and Sat
urday $5.00 to $7.50
Boys' special blouse waists
75 Cents
Regular $1.00 values.
R. S. WILCOX, Manager.
the Standard
he hones'ly believes dat no on kin show
as much smahtness as he did in glttln'
over difficulties. But he' wrong." Wash
ington Star.
"Young man, have you stopped to think
where you will go when you die?"
"Uad, no I haven't even thought where
to go on my summer vacation." Puck.
Customer Have- you any extract of beef?
Walter Yes, sir. Brown or white?
Customer Brown or white?
Waiter Yes, sir. Beef tea or milk?
hlladelphia Press.
"Am I th first girl you ever wanted to
marry?" .
"I'll be frank with you. You are not but
you're the first girl I ever asked. Am I the
first man you ever accepted?"
"I'll be equally frank with you. You ar
but you are not the first man I would
have accepted If any of the others had
asked me.' Chicago Tribune.
Investigator I understand the relatives
are disputing over the will. What la th
principal bone of contention?
Friend of Family Bone? Great Scott,
mister! He left 2ou,000 of 'era!" Philadel
phia Press.
IT'S POLICY, YOU KNOW.
James Barton Adams In Denver Post.
When a man comes home quit laU
In a rather boosy state
How his wife will welt It to him with her
tongue!
And he'll sit there calm and mute
While she tells him he's a brute.
Just the greatest beast that ever went
unhung!
Let him hint he has his eyes
On a hat about her Sire,
Down her cheeks th damp, repentant
tears will flow.
And she'll clasp him In her arms
And dilate upon his charms
It is policy to do it, don't you know.
In her home a pretty girl.
One you'd think a priceless pearl,
WIU be spiteful., roes and surly, as a, bear.
She will snap at her Mamma,
Bcold her venerable pa
And will pull her liulo brother's tousled
hair, . '
But when Freddie comes to woo
She will smile and bill and coo,
Not a trace of ugly temper will she show;
Shell be gentle as a dove,
Little lambkin thrilled with love
It is policy to do it, don't you know.
Many men engaged In trade
Lay their scruples in th shad
And will skin their feilowmen In vry
deal.
They will play their cards to win.
Even to the verge of sin.
And the sitghest prick of conscience never
feel,
Then upon the Bnbbath day
To the church will wend thelt way.
And the praises from their pious lips will
flow:
They will sing and lead In prayer
With a humble Christian air
It Is policy to do It, don't you know.
Thus it Is the country o'er;
If you probe them to the core
Many men you'll find who lead a double
life.
Yet they half-way think It's right.
That to win the earthly fight
They must use deceptive weapons In th
strife.
When their final race Is run,
When their -mortal work Is done
And they hear the summons calling them
to go.
It should be their last request
In asbestos to be dressed
'Twould be policy to do It, don't you know.
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