THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 13, 1004.
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N. B. H UNGATE. Notary rubllo.
The gates of tbe South Omaha pack
ing houses swing inward as well as
outward.
The Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben are bur
nishing up their armor for the Impend
ing tournament.
Judging from the tone o' th nulplt
orators, Omaha Is not quiu
as it used to be. '
The man . who was selling Spanish
titles for 4,000 was certainly getting all
that they were worth.
Another circus In town without an
Insurrection in the city hall. Who got
tbe free tickets this time?
Having disbanded his deputies,
Sheriff Tower has resumed business at
bit old stand in tho court house.
In the Jacksonfah gifroe of draw a
full hand, beats two pair, and a ma
jority of , the defunct convention lays
out a writ of mandamus every time.
It iss fortunate that President Roose
velt's letter of acceptance has been re
leased during the lull in the rear of
Port Arthur and in tbe front of Mukden.
The Canadian Pacific reports the first
train robbery on that line in twenty-five
years. " Evidently another American in
dustry l seeking foreign fields for
operation.
The members of the Interparliamen
tary conference cannot complain of luck
of raw 'materia! upon which to work.
Even South American revolutions are
becoming fata:.
Both sides of the impending national
political contest seem to have greater
fear of the force of General Apathy
than that of the man who is plotting the
adverse campaign.
Since tbe Japanese have reported the
discovery- of jum-dum' bullets in the
Russian stores, at Liu o Yang there con
be no dpubt as to the war spirit having
Infected the populace of tbe Islands! '
When It has ' finally reached Paclm;
waters the Russian Baltic fleet will
'probably be called upon to decide be
tween the ice field of Vladivostok and
au exceedlng'y warm Japanese sunburst
at Part Arthur.
The really, truly big show is billed
with- the advent of tils royal highness.
King' Ak-Sar-Ben the Great, the first
week In October. Beside his irides
cent mightiness all other spectacles sink
Into flickering insignificance.
Chicago Bourd of Trade operators
who predict the price of $2 per bushel
for wheat before the next crop Is har
vested will do well not to buy grain on
those i predictions until the cash price
reaches at least $1.50.
Jupiter Pluvtus seems to be tbe only
power which has the temerity to inter
vene Jn the far east in the Interests of
even . temporary peace. So both Bides
are blntnlng the weather for their fail
ure to, make faster progress.
Father Schell is of the opinion, that
bankers 'who beat the Indians out of
their pay checks work greater Injury
to the aborigines then the bootleggers,
but as there is not as many of the
former at of the latter, deputy United
States marshals cannot earn at much lu
mileage by going after them.
It It just possible that the test of tbe
ability of the Irish to govern them
selves, which still sterns to be a ques
tion Irt Great Britain, may come sooner
than expected, ' The nationalist deje
gate may hold the balance of power In
the British Parliament and not only
govern Ireland, but the rest of tbe
United Kingdom at well
THE LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
No one who would be thoroughly In
formed regarding the republican poal
tlon In this campaign and the reasons
In Justification of that position should
fall to read carefully President Koose
velfs letter of acceptance. It Is lucid
frank and forceful in its statement of
the attitude of the parties the democ
racy hrsitatliik, Irresolute, discordaut,
with no clearly defined issues; the re
publican party standing squarely upon
its re-ord, Its principle! and pollclee
plainly set forth and its purpose to nd
here to them If continued in power tin
quallfledly declared.
The democratic charges of usurpation
and of disregard of the constitution by
the present administration are conclu
sively answered by the president. In
the case of Tannina the action taken
was In conformity with the powers
vested In th president by the constitu
tlnn. In the matter of the pension or
der, which the democrats assert was an
encroachment upon the authority of
congress, it was made In pursuance of
existing law and In accord with prece
dent. In regard to the anthracite coal
ftrlke arbitration, as to which the presi
dent ected as an Individual and not In
hit official capacity, It Is pointed out
that it was only this action "which pre
vented the movement for national own
ership of the coal fields from gaining
what might well have been an Irresisti
ble impetus." In reference to the crltl
clsms of the administration's foreign
policy the president submits Interroga
tories which the democrats will find it
difflenlt to reply to in a way to Justify
their criticisms.
The president shows that t is not
safe to trust the maintenance of tho
gold standard to the democratic party,
for the reason that the party is not
unanimous In support of the standard
and has not renounced the free silver
heresy for which It contended during
eight years. "A determination to re
main silent," says the president, "can
not he accepted as equivalent to a re
cantation," nor will It be by the con
servative financial and business Inter
ests of the country. What Is said by
the president on the subject of capital
and labor must commend itself to all
fair minded citizens. The organization
of each is recognized ns the natural out
come of our industrial system and each
Is to be favored so long as It acts In
the spirit of Justice and of regard for
the rights of others. The president Is
"rm la the conviction that. the policy of
protection to our ' tdustries must be
maintained and he shows that every
class of our peopla is benefited by the
protective tariff, none more to than the
agricultural producers, who have real
ized nnder the existing tariff a greater
measure of prosperity than ever before.
He correctly says that "the future of
American agriculture is bound up in
the future of 'American manufactures.
The two industries have become, under
the economic policy of our government,
so closely Interwoven, so mutually Inter
dependent, that neither can hope to
maintain itself at the high-water mark
of progress without the othpr. What
ever makes to the advantage of one Is
equally to the advantage of the other.
The president discusses tbe charge of
extravagance and shows that In order
to make any materlol reduction in the
expenditures of--the government It
would 1 necessary to abandon a num
ber of things which are of great public
benefit. The democratic promise of in
dependence to the Filipinos receives ex
tended consideration and the mistake
and folly of such a position, under
existing conditions, are clearly and
strongly pointed on.
The letter Is marked throughout by
a vigor and directness characteristic of
Its author and there can be no doubt
that It will make a good Impression
upon the country and greatly strengthen
the republican cause.
PERPLEXING THE CANDIDATE.
If Judge Parker has found tbe prep
aration of his letter of acceptance a per
plexing task the fact Is due to the varied
counsel of the organs upon which be
chiefly relies to promote the democratic
campaign. These New York newspapers
are widely divergent In their views at to
what the candidate should and should
not give prominence in his. letter. Two
of the more influential of them have been
persistently urging hfm not to sty any
thing about the Philippines. One asserts
that there it nothing to be gatncet by
keeping the issue of the Philippines to
the fore and that the democrat! have
lost votes already- by the attempt to
keep that question in view. The other
cries, "Let them alone; they are doing
quite well. The United States is ful
filling the obligations imposed by treaty.
The people of the United States are not
partial to a policy of scuttle. The Stars
and Stripes will not come down. Be
neath them the forces of civilization
are at work, with not the faintest pos
sibility that In the name of the Ameri
can people will they be called to a halt"
On the other hand are organs which in
sist tkat the candidate must stand
squarely on the platform in favor of the
promiso of Independence, warning Judge
Parker if he does not do so he will lose
many Independent votes.
There it also difference of opinion in
regard to how the candidate should treat
the taslff question, though a majority of
the organs would have him take a rad
ical position. The paper, however, that
Is perhaps most Influential with Judge
Parker, advises hhn not to antagonize
the policy pf protection, telling him that
a vast mujority of the American people
are favorable to that policy and that to
commit the democracy to ltt overthrow
would be to make defeat inevitable. It
has been the understanding that tbe can
didate himself is not friendly to protec
tion: It could not be determined from
his speech of acceptance Just how he
does stand on this question, but it It to
be presumed that bit letter of accept
ance will convey a more definite Idea as
to hit position on the tariff. ' It it prob
ably safe to say that be will not endorse
the platform declaration that protection
Is robbery.
With the leading newspapers thot are
supporting the democratic national ticket
so markedly at variance on the questions
which the national convention made
most prominent In the platform, and
which are subjects of commanding Inter
est with the people, it Is conceivable that
Judge Parker has had no end of worry
In deciding what advice to follow, for
in these matters he can take no middle
ground. The so-called antl-lmperlallsts
will tolerate no compromise, while the
free trade element will not be satisfied
with any concession, however slight, to
tariff protection. It. Is manifestly an
embarrassing and perplexing situation
for the candidate, who must realize
that It Is hardly possible for him to
avoid giving dissatisfaction to some of
his party.
THE FONTANELLE PLA1FOR.V.
The board of governors of tbe Fonta-
nelle club have promulgated a platform
upon which the so-called "antl-machlne"
candidates for the legislature propose to
Invoke the support of republicans of
Douglas county at the primaries to be
held on October 7. The Fontanelle
platform is constructed of these four
planks:
1. The fair and uniform assessment of all
taxable property whether corporate or In
dividual.
With this proposition nobody can dis
agree even if he were so disposed. It
is engrafted in the organic law of Ne
braska and will remain in force during
the life of our present constitution.
2. The limitation of main line rights-of-
way of all railway companies so that ter
minal facilities may be taxed for the bend
fit of school districts, municipalities and
counties within which they are situated as
In the case of all other property.
This declaration Is , indefinite. The
broad proposition that the right-of-way
of all railroads shall be limited by law
Is eminently sound, but the declaration
In its favor would be worthless unless
the width of the right-of-way is ex
pressly defined. In most of the eastern
states the railroad right-of-way Is fifty
feet in width. In Pennsylvania it Is
sixty-six feet. In the states west of the
Mississippi the right-of-way has ranged
from SO to 100 feet in width. A right-
of-way in Nebraska ranges from 100
feet to 400 feet. The proposition to
subject railroad terminals to local as
sessment Is confusing. The" demand
should be narrowed down to the assess
ment of railroad terminals for municipal
purposes by the tax commissioner or
municipal assessors instead of the state
board.
t. The extension of the power of the
Omaha Water board to Include all matters
respecting the acquisition and control of
the water plant, the fixing of water rates
and the payment of hydrant rentals.
This plank is superfluous as well as
absurd. The water board already ' has
all the powers Respecting the acquisition
and control of tbe water plant that can
be conferred upon it by any. act pf the
legislature. Until the city hat acquired
the water works the board will have
nothing to do but draw salaries. If the
city acquires the works there will be no
hydrant rental, consequently no such
function as fixing hydrant rentals need
be conferred upon It. If the city does
not buy the works the present hydrant
rental cannot be changed until the city's
contract with tbe water -company ex
pires on September 4, 1908. Unless the
city does buy the works the board can
not fix the rates to private consumers
any more than the mayor and council
can so do. These rates were authorized
by the original contract between the
city and the water company and the
city cannot repudiate the contract be
cause the courts have so declared time
and again.
4. The continuance of the Omaha Water
board undar Its present organization with
no legislative hindrance of Its. functions.
This plank also is superfluous. No
body proposes to repeal the law under
which the present water board is acting
and nobody will Interpose 1 legislative
hindrance of Its functions. The only
possible hindrance to the continuation of
the board will come through the courts.
Should the law be declared Invalid any
act amending the law would be equally
void.
In any event, the platform of the Fon
tanelle club presents no Issues over
which a heated contest can be precipi
tated. Tbe Fontanelle club's platform, upon
which It proposes to invite legislative
aspirants to stand, has one hidden but
paramount plank. If the intending can
didate will only pledge undying and
irreconcilable hostility to the machine
any backsliding on tax reform and mu
nicipal ownership of water works will
be cheerfully overlooked.
The republican presa throughout the
state gives manifest evidence of satis
faction with tbe nomination of John
L. Kennedy for congress in this Second
district. Mr. Kennedy is respected and
admired wherever he is known, and he
it pretty widely known at that all over
Nebraska at well as here at borne.
Having thot off all itt heavy artillery
at Governor Mickey thus early In the
campaign, the demo-pop organ will have
to place an order for another supply
of ammunition. It will be surprising
If it does not resurrect the Rockefeller
donation to tbe State university before
it gett through.
The humor of tbe present fusion cam
paign in Nebraska lies 'in the fact that
the populists tee tbelr only chance to
make votes for Watson to be to take
their democratic allies away from Par
ker. This it an alliance at it an alli
ance. No one expects the Japanese to at
tempt to cut out a Russian vessel in the
Golden Gate. Some naval commanders
have good Judgment la selecting the
neutral port tn which they will rest
from the strain of warfare.
Chlcaejo Record-Herald.
'."It third Rull Run was a horrible battle
with 'normous rasualttles. Half the mill
llcrr.tu had such sore feet that they could
not -.ike part In the grand review.
V.ntterann ra n rernsaff,
New York Trlbun.
Colonel Wattemon classes Independents
ss Germsns, mugwamps and floaters, and
then proceeds to persuade them to vote the
democratic ticket. A man capable of that
kind of clnsAiflratton Is not exactly the kind
of a person to appeal for votes of the in
dependent sort.
Great American Inatltatlon.
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
t'nele Sam can point with pride to the
70,000,000 barrels ot apples that he haa
grown this year. Think of the pies and
the sass and the mince meat that will
come out of those barrels. Tea, and think
of the Internal discomforts that the greener
samples will produce.
Receding Tide of Immigration.
Cleveland leader.
It is gratifying to know that the class
of immigrants who reached our shores
during the twelve months ending June SO,
1904, was far better as to grade than In any
previous fiscal year! It will astonish some
to know that, despite the low rates that
prevailed In May and June, the total of
Immigrants Is materially less than those
shown In previous reports.
General Koarnpat kin.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
English as well as Russian newspapers
are praising General Kouropatkln for ex
tricating his army, from the . enveloping
movements at LUo. Yang and for conduct
ing a remarkably successful retreat to
Mukden. He deserves all the commenda
tion he Is receiving, because from the first
he has been handicapped. He had to or
ganize an army to meet a great army al
ready organised and In his Immediate front.
Trained to aggressive, offensive warfare,
he has been compelled, to act always on the
defensive. Schooled by experience In bold
Initiative, he has been compelled to fight
and retreat. The. applause of the world has
been for the generals opposing him. It la
meet that simple Justice be done the man
who fought his army like a Sherman and
who conducted a retreat like a Slgel or a
Joe Johnston. - v
Harmless Bayonet Charges.
Philadelphia Press.
Bayonet charges are perpetually spoken
of in tho present war Just as they were In
our civil war. but when the medical history
cf this war comes to be-known It will be
found, as It was In our own, that there are
not a eeore of people who' have actually
hen wounded or killed by a bayonet. In
spite of the perpetOal remark of war cor
respondents, who always talk about the
bayonet as if It were the one weapon that
was used, when- the hospital records came
to be tabulated jfou could put In a very
small wnrd of a small hospital every man
who had ever suffered from a bayonet
wound. It will undoubtedly be the case
now.. The Russian troops are practically
all Asiatics, with' the exception 6t the
Tenth and Seventeenth , army corps, and
there Is no possible necessity for belief
that either they, .or. the Japanese are dif
ferent from other- troops, which In the last
seventy years. 'Since arms of precision
crime Into use. have never waited for bay
onet charges.
HARMOIt IV NEBRASKA.
Why Shvnld Old Friends and Allies
Wrangle Howl
.. .... .. - chloazifjChronlchy.
Proofs multiply that t'.ie democratic and
populist partleenvir&raeka are merely tied
together and not fused. Although the
ticket contains some candidates of each
stripe, In hope that both parties would sup
port all of them, .each party seems to De
conducting an Independent campaign, with
all that it Implies.
The populists have taken a great dislike
to Judge Parker, and their denunciations
became so fierce that a committee of demo
cratic leaders served ft formal notice on
the populist atata committee a few days ago
that unless theso attacks ceased the demo
crats would open on Mr. Berge, the popu
list Candida to for governor on the fualon
ticket. The committee is said to have re
torted that the democrats could not attack
Mr. Berge much worse than they had dona
already. Suoh are Nebraska "fusion and
harmony." .,, ;
What strikes the outside observer aa sin
gular Is that the Nebraska democrats and
populists should ba so squeamish about sup
porting each other, They have been frlende
and allies so long and hold views so nearly
alike that It is unaccountable that they
should now ba at sixes and sevens. Of
course, the loaves and fishes are In soma
way at the bottom,, of It. ,
Nobody hears o( Mr. Bryan kicking at
anything popullstlc.
EX-MARRIAGE STILL, CNCOMMOlf.
Statistical Featnrra of a Bulletin
Compiled by ne Ccnana Bnrean.
Cleveland Leader.
Too little notice has been taken of eatl-
matca made by the census bureau of the
number of divorced persons living In the
United Statea, for the figures are surpris
ingly reassuring to those who have sup
posed that marriage was fast being under
mined in America by the laws which per
mit the total separation of unhappily
meted wives and husbands. It Is evident
that the great majority of the men and
women divorced are by no means through
with matrimony when once released from
irksome bonds. They aeem to take more
naturally and kindly to marriage than those
who have never ventured Into wedlock.
Well known aa Is this tendency to try
again, who would have gueased that only
61,538 persons, divorced and so remaining,
live In the United States? The census bu
reau experts say there are 1S,3M men and
32,206 women In the state of ex-marrlage, so
to speak. It seems that Cleveland Is cred
ited with 1,058, of whom 388 are men and
670 are women. This city ranks aeventh In
the country In population, but ninth, ac
cording to the Washington authorities, in
the number of persons divorced and not re
married. Baltimore had more inhabitants
In 19U0, and now has fewer of the once
married who have been separated by the
courts. On the other hand, San Francisco,
smaller than Cleveland by 60,000 at least,
has about 70 per oant mora of the divorced
who are now single, and Indianapolis and
Kansaa City, bath much below this city In
population, exceed It In ex-wlves and bus
bands. The following table shows how
twenty-six cities rank In that respeeti
Men. Women. Total.
Chicago 1,878 2,4X8 4. Ml
New York 784 l.i2 2.148
Philadelphia 746 1,017 J hi
Snn Francisco 749 1,011 1,760
Ht. Ixtula ; n 90S 1.5M
Iudlanupolla 612 871 l.Jfll
Boston 4... i'X :n i,2u$
Kansas City.... ft 871 1.104
Cleveland 8S 870 '1.068
Iiulsvllle S4l SS5 1.0m
Rnltlmore SM 832 K8
Brooklyn SftO 801 (51
Milwaukee 3D M4 867
Cincinnati 9 &M 843
Washington . "t 618 821
New Orleans 279 : 6.10 M
Minneapolis 812 iht " 770
Lenver 287 418 866
IK-trolt ., JS4 43 7,7
Bt. Joseph , 862 Ir7 678
Columbus 248 846 68
Buffalo- 197 2KS - 4M
Omaha 248 M 46
Grand Rapids 147 ' 4 4hl
Toledo U 271' 431
Peoria iDi a- iiO
ROt'ND ABOl'T HEW YORK.
Rlpplea on the Cnrrent of Life ia the
Metropolis.
New Tork has a magistrate of a minor
court whose Ideaa of things spiritual. If
generally acted upon, would endear him to
the booxlng host and make aaloonkeepera
dlisy. His name la Pool, and he holds
court In the Tombs. Magistrate Pool holds
that Intoxication la a disease, tnd that tha
saloonkeeper and not the drinker la the
real offender. In a recent "plain drunk
ease he suggested from the bench that
each police station house be provided with
an automobile for the purpose of conveying
Intoxicated persons to their homes, Instead
of taklnz them to the station house and
later to the court.
"The automobile need not cost very much,
for fare could be collected from the friends
of the passenger taken home," said tha
court. "Any man would prefer to pay au
tomoblle hire rather than spend a night In
a cell and then pay a fine In court the next
morning. It la a good Idea, and I will write
to Commissioner McAdoo In regard to It
"If a man goes Into a saloon," he ex
plained, "sober or Intoxicated, and has
trouble with anybody In the place and
cornea before me charged with disorderly
conduct, I'll fine him, If It can be shown
that he did not obtain any liquor In tha
place. But when a man, drunk or sober,
goes into a saloon and gets liquor In the
place, and because of that liquor creates a
disturbance, I hold the bartender, or the
proprietor, equally guilty with the man for
making the prisoner drunk. I blame him
for the man's condition, and will discharge
the man.
Drunkenness Is a disease with most
drunkards, and people who sell Intoxicants
should know the condition of the persons to
whom they dispense the stuff that steals
away men's Brains."
In Bethune street, where Greenwich
village seems to tie Itself Into a knot of
tangled thoroughfares, there Is an old-
time herb shop," reports the Times. "Fifty
years or so ago there were many of them
in New York, but there are very few now.
The sign over the door reads, 'A Herb for
Every Pain.' On the shelves and counters
are 300 kinds of herbs for the cure of human
Ilia, and bottlea with fluid extracts made
from nearly half of that number, or combi
nations of them. Customers with old-fash
ioned Ideas about health and slckncas go
therw for bugle weed for consumption, su
mach for sore throat, wlntergreen for rheu
matism and extract of oats to cure drunk
enness. At this season of the year there Is
a constant call for catnip, sassafras, cham
omile, horehound, yellow dock, cherry bark
and mandrake. Bonset tea lu brewed as a
cure for colds and served hot In little
china cups. Lobelia Is sold as an emetic
when persons living In the neighborhood
have taken poison either by accident or
otherwise, Some of the herbs are deadly
poisons, and are sold under the same restrictions-
as other poisons. Strangers to
the herb doctor are served with caution."
Bankera from any other cities who are to
attend the thirtieth annual convention of
the American Bankers' association In New
York this week, will doubtless be amaied
at the sumptuous arrangements which are
being made for their entertainment. It Is
all a part of a scheme of the canny New
York financiers to extend and strengthen
their business connections and their Influ
ence among the minor banks throughout
the country. One New York bank has set
aside I10.0CO from Its contingent expense
fund for the purpose mentioned above, and
It Is estimated that the banks of Manhat
tan will devote something like 1160,000 alto
gether to .this species of hospitality. Lux
urious suites of rooms, including sleeping
accommodations, have been engaged by the
officers oi one Institution for the free use
of clienU who have been specially Invited
to the convention. Delegates will be met
at the stations, and carriages will be pro
vided to take them to their hotels. Deli
cate attentions will be bestowed upon their
wives and daughtere If they accompany
them. 1 .
The penniless blind In New York re
ceived their annual stipend last Tuesday,
which, by virtue of an act of the legis
lature, haa been aet aside for them each
year since 1876. From all over Manhattan
and the Bronx sightless persona to the
number of 667 gathered St the temporary
pay station at the charities wharf, at the
foot of East Twenty-sixth street, to re
ceive their share, which was 847 each. The
total aum expended this year was $49,950, aa
against 852.2S0 last year, when each appli
cant received 150, the sum being appor
tioned pro rata. This particular form of
charity Is supervised by the Bureau of
Dependent Poor, which Investigates each
case that is brought to the attention of
tha authorities. A few of the blind had
pet dogs as escorts, which guided them
seemingly as well as a human being could.
There were several young girls and yount?
men, and all wore a look of pleased an
ticipation as they approached the- pay
master. Some of the - older ones received
the money with tears streaming down their
cheeks and uttered fervent thanks as they
turned away. Twenty extra policemen were
present to keep an oversight of those who
might otherwise have fallen a prey to
thieves, and to watch alt of them until they
were well started on their homeward way.
Society women, with fat bank accounts,
who won't pay their dressmakers' bills may
be blacklisted, for Alexander Grean, an
Importer and tailor, has set about to or
ganise a union of the members of his craft
to abolish the habit of keeping them wait
ing from six months to a year, poaalbly
two, for their money, with a chance of no
pay at all. At the dressmakers' show In
Madison Square Garden, Mr. Grean Is urg
ing the necessity of such a union among
the members.
"Thirty thousand dollars. in bad debts Is
not at all an unusual sum for dressmakers
to carry on their books," he said today.
"Under my plan, when a new dressmaker
begins business ha wlH ask for a Hat of
u"deslrable cuatomera, and then It will be
his own fault If he falls short In his ac
counts."
New York Is pointing with pride to Its
two magnificent hotels, one of which was
opened two weeks ago and the other last
week. Their location once - more empha
sises tne fact -that the center of New York
Is constantly moving northward.
The St Regis, tha last one opened, has
cost over 86,000,000 and claims to be not
merely a hotel, "but a temporary home
for those who are used to luxurious sur
roundings." Naturally luxury costs money
and the prices charged here will run from
16 to 20 per cent higher then those st The
Waldorf. . Tha cheapeat rooms In tha house
will be 87 per day, European plan.
Pravantlon tho Beat Cnro.
Indianapolis News.
An Omaha physician claims that he ean
treat lockjaw successfully by placing the
patient In a room with very low tempera
ture. What will cure ought alao to pre
vent, therefore would It not ba well to
place all tha toy platols In cold atoraga for
alx weeka, beginning about the' 16th of
JunaT
Why tho .Pair B
St. Louie Republican.
About fifty-eight members of the Nlede
roeaterrelchtechen Gewerbeverelna of Vi
enna are visitors at tha World's fair. This
society is very distinguished, and Ita name
la a household word,
state rnr.ns ormos.
Central City Democrat: As an Invidious
comparison between the east and the west
In the matter of morals, try to Imagine
what would happen to Bishop MfCahe If
he should try to follow Potter's lead by
establishing a "Chrletlsn" saloon In Omahs
Auburn Granger: The Granger congratu
lates the republicans of Washington snd
Dodge counties over the nomination of
W. D. Ilalier for thr state senate. Mr.
Haller Is a man with a sense of right and
duty that outweighs party fealty. He does
not believe In hie party right or wrong.
Custer County Beacon: It Is announced
at populist headquarters In Lincoln that
W. J. Bryan has decided not to speak In
New York. This Is gratifying to populists
everywhere. Should Mr. Bryan go Into
New Tork to check the movement toward
the populist ticket there ha would stanl
about as much chance to go to the United
States senate from Nebraska as a snowball
would stand In .
Albion Newa: Chairman Burgess pf tha
republican state committee Is being hauled
over the coals by a good many state papers
on account of hla assumption of authority
not sanctioned by the state committee. His
worst offense Is In persisting In placing
one Charlie Rlgg at the head of the speak
ers' bureau after being turned down by
the committee. Said Rlgg Is a notorious
railroad lobbyist, and the republicans of
Nebraska will not sanction any such ap
pointments. If we haven't got good, clean.
reputable men enough to run the republican
party then It Is time to go out of business.
Schuyler FTee Lance: The Central City
Democrat editor properly commends Parker
for resigning his Judgeship when he was
nominated for the presidency and digs
E. J. Burkett one In the ribs for his present
candidacy for congress and the United
Stales senate at the same time. We would
like to ask the Democrat editor If he ever
heard of one A. A. Worsley, who Is a
fuslontst candidate for state senator, c
gress and commissioner of public lands and
buildings at the present writing, with a
chance still of running for county attorney
and Justice of the peace? Worsley Is In
Burkett's class, only he has It worse.
Beatrice Sun: From what the David City
Press says about the encampment of the
National Guard in that town we should
Judge that the conduct of the members of
that organisation while In David City was
not of the best.. If there Is any truth In
the charges of the Presa the offenders
should be punlahed. If the chargea are
unwarranted the good name of the Na
tional Guard demanda that the charges be
refuted. To say the least, the military
authorities should Investigate the matter
and find out the truth. It muat he remem
bered that an encampment of ; dsmen
Is not a Sunday school picnic, b. - .t must
also be romembered that an encampment
Is not an invasion of the enemy's country.
PERSONAL, NOTES.
The Goddess of Liberty who surmounts
the dome of New York City hall, dropped
her scales on the roof. They were restored
to her and she was warned that this was
no time to go to sleep.
Major Henry Seton, a noted army officer
and former Indl.r.i fighter, haa Just died In
Baltimore. lie was a grandson of Mother
Seton, the founder of the Sisters of Char
ity In the United States.
Autographs of French "presidents do not
seem to be in great demand. At a recent
auction sale In Paris letters by Thiers,
Perier, Carnot, Grevy, MacMahon and
Faure were sold for from 46 cents to $3.40
each.
New York's bass ball fans have an affec
tionate way of showing their enthusiasm
for an umpire. . One of that misguided
profession Is in a local hospital communing
with several pound and compound fractures
handed him by a group of admirers.
The Antitreatlng League of America,
which for some Inscrutable reason has its
headquarters In Chicago, proposes to go
nisnop t-oiter one Detter. 1 ne moral coae
of the member Is short and to tha point:
Pay for your own drinks and keep sober."
The row and wrangle In and out of the
courts of Buffalo concerning the site for
the McKlnley monument Is not creditable
to a city which exhibited profound sorrow
four years ago. The memory of the mar
tyred dead deserves better treatment where
the tragedy occurred.
Dr. Emit Hlrsch, the Jewish rabbi of
Chicago, has Just returned from a long
trip abroad and says: "Plebve, who was
assassinated last June, Induced the csar to
go Into the war with Japan, and with his
death It may be that the voice of the peo
pla who cry for peace may be heard by the
esar."
Horace Jackson of Haddam, Conn., offers
tn bet ll.OfiO that he pan beat tha nfflclnl
forecast sent out from Washington In pre
dieting the weather, and he propo.es the
month of December for a test. Many farm-
ers of his own state are said to place much
dependence upon Jackson's guesses or de
ductions.
The National Irrigation congress will hold
Ita twelfth annual session at El Paso, Tex.,
November 16 to 18. Boards of trade, com
mercial and agricultural organisations
States, cities and towns Interested In con
serving the great natural resources of the
country, are Invited to aend two or more 1
delegates to the meeting.
Prof. Johannlt Orth, the eminent German
phyalclan, haa arrived in thla country and
during hla stay will visit leading cities In
the eaat snd middle west. Dr. Orth la
phyalclan to the emperor of Germany and
Is also head of tha University of Borlin,
having recently taken the chair left va
cant by Prof. Vlrchow. He Is regarded as
one of the foremost pathologists In the
world.
In reading the Maasachuaetts political
news In the Boston papers the Yankee
names of Michael Hart, Martin Lomasney,
Joseph O'Connell, II. S. Fitzgerald, W. 8.
McNary, John A. Kelllher, Michael J. Sul
livan, John T. Cuslck, Michael H. Conroy
and others of the same kind Indicate that
there is no present danger that the Italian
Immigrants will crowd the Americans to
the wall In the Hub.
Tha aultan of Turkey does not like tho
dark and every night not only hla apart
ments In tha nalaea. hut tha ann-nnnHna- '
gardens ss well, are flooded with light. He 80 hat my ace may oon 9t tr1ht
la generally read to sleep by his brother Eaci dream that haunts my slumber mocks
or a special servant, his favorite books 1
being sensational novels. If ha dreams an
Interpreter Is summoned directly the sultan
awakes and the meaning of the dream Is
expla'ned to him.
Every Hospital
of prominence in
in the treatment of Rheumatism, Gout, Gravel, Bright':
Disease, or kindred ailments. Sold Everywhere.
THE RICHARDSON DRU8 CO.,
- M JACKSON STREET.
OIlTRIBVTina AGBATS.
FT IS A NATTER OFHEAUB
ft
Absolutcty Puro
THERE IS AO SU2577TUT&
AS TO K ABLY RISING.
Modern Savant Componnda Soothing
Poaltlce for l.aaybonee.
Chicago Chronicle.
Although It la conceded that the early
bird catches the worm, it Is likewise
pointed out that If tha worm were not up
and about even earlier than the bird he
would not be caught. There ts something
to be said on both sides of the early-rising
proposition.
An English physician, for Instance, de
clares that "to be forced to get up early
grinds the soul, curdles the blood, swe'.la
the spleen, destroys all good Intentions
and disturbs all day the mental activities."
He winds up by declaring that criminals
are recruited from the early-rising class
an assertion which la meaaurably austalned
by the known fact that the burglar man
and his contemporary ,the footpad, usual'y
choose the very early morning hours for
tha practice of their respective professions.
Setting aside tha ethical phase of tha
question, however, It Is certain that early
rising Is not a source of Joy to most
people. The average man hates to get up
with the lark, and If there is anything In
Inherited Instincts the fact that he hates
to get up Indicates that It Is not good
for him to get up. Ilia disinclination to
arise Is nature's way of telling him that
he ought to stay in bed.
The father of . Frederick the Great per
mitted his children only five ot six hours'
sleep, declaring that more than that made
people lasy, but It Is doubtful whether
anyone ever had too much sleep. If na
ture be not at fault a man should sleep
until he awakes not until he is awakened.
Nature, that Is, did not Intend our slum
bers to be regulated by an alarm clock.
Perhapa, however, the way to get
around the "early-to-rlse" difficulty Is to
practice the "early-tc-bed" maxim. He who
seeks his couch betimes In the evening
will experience no difficulty tn getting up
while the light is still faint in the east.
He wi'.l have had hla sleep out and that,
after all, Is the desideratum.
JESTS AND JINGLES,
Knlcker And what did you do after yout
boat turned turtle?
Truthful Tar Luckily, It turned grean
turtle and we had tho mnl H1ltnn .,..
New York Sun. j
"Madame, will you officiate at our church
ralr 1
"Dear me, I never did a dishonest thing
in my life." Life. ...
. f6-"'8 ridiculous for you women to '
talk of "intuition" and all tqnt.
She Not as ridiculous as to talk of a '
man a "uommon sense," for any sort of
S?i!7?,Jn. a,.,ma" would be most uncommon.
Philadelphia Press. ,
Upgardson Are you reading about those 1
maneuvers on the old battleground of Bull
itun. 1
AtomTes: It's magnificent, but It Isa't I
wr- nlC fyo chlckena have been stolen.-- 1
Chicago Tribune.
Sir, said the Vague Shape at the portal
L 1. man f the house, "I am Oppor
tunity. I knock once at every man's door. 1
and
"Yes," snapped the man, "and you've
knocked some of the paint off. What do
you suppose the bellpull s for?"
tTii J? 1 ?. 'ammed the door In hla face.
Philadelphia Ledger.
"No," remarked tha ear-wearied flatterer;
let me kill the popular song writers, of a
i.woij una 1 care not who makes
lows." New York Sun.
its
"I see It stated here that tha sultan wears
an Iron undershirt."
"Say. I wish I had one like it to snd to
my laundry. I'd like to ret even with 'em
once In a
while. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
'17 bTi ner'eSTnUS
t night. My doctor savs it Isn't healthy
1 '''rSltSP.0" iu" ttoniaeh.
Flfklna 80 does mine.
Blfklns-Then what makes you 1
Flfklna I don't- . ..n
do It?
I sleep 00 my back. Town Trvnic.
stomach.
THB CANDIDATE'S GLAD HOUR.
W. D. Neablt in Chicago Tribune.
I do not mind the shaking hande.
Nor Introductions right and left.
Nor bang and blare of buay bands
n,7y Zht,cll tn trembling air la cleft
BS ?' .have tmlle and smile.
To scatter sunshine every placej
I m thankful for each little whllo
When I may partly reat my face.
The delegations come and go,
Committeemen drop In to chat
A smile I've always got to show;
I always must remember that.
Although this conatant smiling lends'
To ones campaigning work a sest,
I m happy when good fortune sends
A cbanca to give my face a reel.
Shako hands and smile; smile snd shalo
hands: -
Arise and bow with winning smile;
Smile, to the tooting of the bands!
I feel Just ilka a crocodile!
The weary muaclea of my cheeks
Seemed stretched to hold . my mouth
agape '
I m but a slave Who thus bespeaks
A chance to get hla face In shape.
; All morning and all afternoon
Ana nair tne night my amlle is on,
Until I think of what a boon
'Twould be ware It forever gone.
Alas! Not mine to question why
iwy amy is to smue and wait,
And pray that the Ions hours ma v fly
r weary ince, wun man mm guue
A nightmare of a ballot bot
Demands that I keep on my smile.
So, one dull ache from ear to ear,
I go my way from place to nlace,
And finer far than ahout or ch.r
Would ba a chance to reat my face.
America uses
sheruan & McDonnell drus co
irTU and no DOE.
RETAIL AGEJIT8.
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