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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebrsska. Douglas County, sa.: Oeorre B. Taschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing company, being duly worni Bays that the agtual number ot full ana complete copies of The Dally. Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of September, 1904, waa as follows. i na.swo i tt.atw t 33,300 IT 8O.250 t 20.3OO 18 JMI.IMM 4 87.1RO 1 S0.050 6 SIMSO 10 8U.180 20,i0 21 2W.2O0 7 SO.il 20 22 2,a5U I ZO.IOO 23 W.l50 t ao.Mo 24 jeo.rao to ao.aiH) 26... 27,000 11 2T,OSO " 24 20,150 12 20,400 27 20,240 U 20,400 28 2O.80O 14 20.8AO 2 ,530 IS 29,850 tO '.380 Totai 87 C TOO Leas untold and returned copies.... t.tt3 Net total aalea WW.1BT Dully average M71 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma tula 30tl b day of Beptemoer, (Seal) Hi. a. HUNQATB. Notary Public To the deporting bankers: Come again, and come often. No one who sees North Sixteenth street actually In the throes of repave ment will dare deny that Omaha is rap idly forging to the front. An earthquake is reported in western Kansas. The short grass country has probably Just heard of Trof. Wilcox's theory as to the sanity of its citizens. There is not the slightest doubt of the intensity of the campaign in New York new that tho Evening Mail is re ferring to tho anti-expansion orators aa "copperheads." And that reminds us. Why didn't the fuslonists exterminate the1 free pass bribe in Nebraska when they had com plete control of every branch of the state government? The local democracy is having a Lard time in Impressing candidates into serv ice this year, the patchwork on its school board ticket being the latest brilliant example. No wonder. ' Attorney Folk cannot be accused of being a special pleader," for his re marks were so general as to leave all of his bearers in doubt as to what he would really do were he a voter in Ne braska this year. Admiral JKoJestvengky is at present the pnly one.to renp benefit from the North Sea incident. lie is not to pro ceed to the front until after an official Inquiry is ended and by that time the war may be over. Judge Parker hns thanked Colonel Bryan for excellent work done In In diana,' the letter possibly being written at this time because the judge may not bo in a thankful state of mind when the returns come in. Since the German government has de cided to ignore the report of Russian Teasels firing on fishing boats of that government it may be expected that the Itussophlle spirit at Paris will subside In an appreciable extent. A farmers' exchange, with a capital Stock of $30,000,000, has been incorpor ated in Oklahoma, but prospective in vestors should not deluda themselves that water purchased in this way Is serviceable for irrigating arid laud. Boodle Prosecutor Folk had a mag nificent audience in Omaha which gave him a cordial reception, but nothing that he said tended to persuade auyoue that Nebraska is compelled to look for salva tion from boodlerlsin to the demo-pops. "If auyoue doubts that the officials of the couth are opposed to lynching let them consult the court records where the indictments appear," says a south ern speaker. And if they would judge the sentiment of the southern people let them consult the verdicts following the indictments. A Swedish officer has sworn that hi vessel was fired upon by a boat belong ing to the Husslun fleet, but to far Ad miral Bojestvensky has forgutten the ncUlent in bis official report, which lends color to the belief that the reports no far received from the admiral are little more than excuses. President Stlckney points the way to Omaha's greater growth by the upbuild ing of a gra'in markVt here and allows how it will be of as much value to the people throughout the state as to those of this city. President Stlckney should be engaged to tell the same story to the people lu every town in Nebraska. unur Bee and Sunday, one year j Illustrate Bee, one year j-JJ! Hunday Bee. one year vl Saturday Bee, one year , S Twentieth Century Farmer, one year... l.w Dally Bat (without Sunday), per copy ... riiv n iiihniii H.iniiovi. ner week.. Dallf Bee (Including Sunday), per week..! BKRQE-THB FOSCUMBATAST. Tou want men who will expose corrup tion and not conceal It. It la not enough to be for honesty you must fight for It. The first la a noncombatant the other l a soldier In the cause. Prosecuting Attor ney Folk. When did Berge, the populist nominee for governor, ever fight for reform? Berge lives In Lincoln at the iery seat of legislative corruption and bribery. When did he ever expose a bribe-giver or denounce a hired lobbyist? Mr. Berge Is a lawyer himself and would not have to pay out attorney 'a fees for legal assistance when did he ever file a complaint against a boodler or public thief? Mr. Berge does not have to go to the expense even of street car fare to attend the sittings of the State Board of Ball road Assessment when did he ever lend the encouragement of his presence to those who, irrespective of party, were fighting for more equitable railroad tax otion, much less lift his voice in the cause? The best that could be said for Berge would be that he has been a noncom batant In the war against boodlerism and corporate tax shirking that he has preferred to do camp duty while the fighting has waged all around him. Folk has done things he has shown the met tle he Is made of. Berge has done noth inghe has shown either the white feather or passive indifference when the battle was on. What right has Berge now to ask the people of Nebraska to rally to his sup port and fight for him when he has never seen fit to fight for them, although right on the battle ground all the time? THE AKOLO-RUSSIAX DIFFICULTY. Tnose who apprehended serious trouble brtwten, Great Britain and Kusslu, or hoped that there would be, growing: out of the firing upon English fishing vessels ore not to realize their fears or hopes, itcivrdlng to the latest advices. We rointed out in our comment upon tho episode at the outset that Russia could nut f fford to do anything less than admit that a very great blunder hod been made, for which an adequate apology was necessary and also such Indemnity n nn Investigation of the matter should show to be necessary. It seems that this Is the view of the Russian government. Ibo czar has already expressed his re gret respecting the unfortunate circum stance and it appears to be the disposi tion of the Russian government to do whatever may be determined as proper lu order to give reparation for what seems to be an utterly indefensible mis take. There is undoubtedly room in this mat tcr for arbitration. It Is one of those cases which can properly be submitted to a fair tribunal and it is very satisfac tory to note that It will probably take this course. Unquestionably Great Britain would be entirely Justified in making and Insisting upon an indemnity to be fixed by her own government, yet in the interest of international peace and goodwill her better course will be to let the issue go to arbitration. It is not to be doubted that in this way she will obtain quite as liberal an award as she could secure by making a demand upon Russia accompanied by a threat to en force it, and moreover there would be no interference with the peaceable rela tions between the two countries. The importance of preserving these re lations is perfectly manifest and in spite of ihe antagonism toward Russia which has been manifested in England must be obvious to the British people. Granting that Great Britain would have a vast advantage in a war with Russia under existing conditions and that there could be 'no doubt as to the result, still the danger that would be involved of a gen eral European war Is so plain that we cannot suppose Great Britain would in vite it. British rights, It is safe to say, will he properly protected, but unless Russia wants war with the greatest naval power in the world, which Is quite inconceivable, war will not be thrust upon her. THE DEMOCRATIC TBC'ST POSITION, Who can define the democratic posi tion in regard to the trust question? The, platform says one thing and the candidate for the presidency says some thing different, while it is well under stood that the vice presidential candi date is not at all opposed to combina tions which come under the designation of trusts. Such being the case, how is anybody going to determine Just what the democratic position Is in regard to the so-called trusts? In a speech delivered by Judge Parker last Monday he endeavored to let the country know what he thought of the combinations, but the result was de plorably vague and unsatisfactory. It left the impression that the democratic candidate has really given very little careful study to the subject and has no definite Idea of what a trust, so called, really Is. One would naturally sup poso that as a Jurist Judge Parker would be able to give the country n very plain and clear Idea of what Is meant by a trust and what the opera tions of such organizations are, but nothing of the kind Is to be found in bis sieich. On the contrary, here is every evidence that the democratic candidate is the merest tyro on the subject and thatMils whole idea consists in the as sumption that our whole industrial sys tem Is under the control of combina tions, whereas as a matter of fact they represent only a very small per ceutage of the production of the country. In this respect the candidate has sim ply adopted the mistaken idea of hi party. Perhaps this is excusable in view of the fact that he had never given any attention to nutters of this kind before his nomination and has since had to depend largely upon the repre sentations and counsel of men whose policy it is to mh lead the voters. There Is abundant evidence that Judge Parker, bi his ignorance of public af fairs, has been the victim of untruthful advisers and '.hus has been led into tho making of statements that have brought upon himself reproach and ridicule. In one or two instances the democratic candidate has been compelled to aban don positions that were unmistakably shown to be erroneous, notably that in which he urged that the common law, as developed, supplied a complete rem edy against the trusts and that conse quently no additional legislation is necessary. This contention having been shown to be absolutely unsound the Judge has dropped it, but it clings to him as a striking evidence of lack of knowledge in one whose supporters claim for blm superior ability as a Jurist The democratic professions of hostility to the so-called trusts are utterly in sincere. At the outset of the campaign that party counted upon the support and assistance of the combinations. The men who were chiefly instrumental In securing the nomination of Judge Parker are identified with the trusts. Most of them are in one way or another cor poration men. If they are unable to command the support of the corpora tions for the democratic national ticket it is because their business associates realize that the success of the demo cratic, party this year would mean in- Jury to the business interests of the country and a check to national pros perity. GREAT IS HOWELL. Great is Howell, the marooned mari ner! The organic act under which the Fon tanels club created itself lays down this fundamental declaration of its object and purpose: , The object of the club shall be the ad vancement ot the interests of the repub lican party in the city of Omaha, In Doug las county and In the state of Nebraska. In pursuance and exercise of this function the Fontanelle club at its last meeting unanimously endorsed the candidacy of R. B. Howell, the defeated aspirant for the republican nomination, as a petition candidate for member of the water board against the regular re publican nominee and promised him its active support. President Roosevelt was renominated at Chicago lu June, but the Fontanelle club saw no occasion to endorse his nom ination and officially promise him its ac tive support. Senator Charles W. Fairbanks was chosen for the second place on the re publican national ticket, but no resolu tion has come from the Fontanelle club endorsing him and promising him active support. The republican state convention put up a state ticket with Governor Mickey at its bead and the votes of the club as represented in the state delegation were recorded for him, but no ohe has heard of the Fontanelle club endorsing Gov ernor Mickey and pledging him active support. As a result of the separate primaries conducted under the sole patent and su pervision of the founders of the Fonta nelle club, John Li. Kennedy won the republican nomination for congress, but so far no sign of a resolution of endorse ment and promise of active support. At the recent county primaries a legis lative and county ticket made up of rep resentatives of all elements of the re publican party was nominated by direct vote, but no resolution of endorsement by the Fontanelle club has followed. The Fontanelle club, however, has en dorsed Howell to run against the regu lar republicau nominee for the water bonrJ. Great Is Howell! Greater thnn Roose velt! Greater than Fairbanks! Greater than John Ij. Kennedy! Greater thnn the state ticket! Greater than the leg islative ticket on which depends the election of a United States senator! Great Is the mighty Howell! And Fontanelle is his prophet! The constant clamor of certain im provement clubs for the extension of the electric lighting districts and the addi tion of more electric lamps is so strangely at variance with their resolu tions in favor of .the electric lighting monopoly that the only explanation Is the pressure of the paid electric lighting public opinion molders. The lighting fund is limited by law and is simply de voured by the lighting monopoly. The some money paid out for interest on bonds and operating expenses of a mu nicipal plant would enable the city to cover the entire lighted area with elec tric lamps of full power and keep pace with growing demands, whereas now the bands of the council are absolutely tied. Huatilnar for aa Opening. Cincinnati Enquirer. It Is doubtless true that several cltlsena of Indiana are enthusiastically for the election of Mr. Fairbanks to the vice presi dency. They want his place In the senate. Hlah , Road to Fame. Baltimore American. About the only way a Russian naval commander can gain fame there days la to have his picture In the paper accompanying a grateful acknowledgment of the merits of some nerve tonic. Trout Ideals. Philadelphia Ledger. The dead line for Boston .policemen hns been fixed at 66 years of age, when they must retire. The dead lino with the trusts la $5. The trusts aeem to think that human material Is cheap and unlimited. Striking a Tender Spot. . Brooklyn Eagle. The Japanese minister to France Is some thing of an epigrammatist, as is shown by the following: "When we had to our credit only great artists, they treated u as barbarians; now that we are killing peo ple, they say w are civilised." Fuddled In His Flarnrea. Philadelphia Press. Ex-Judge Parker's Ignorance of national affairs creeps out In nearly all of his refer ences to expenditures. In his speech aa to the cost of the army he Included In the figures he quoted the expendlturea for river and harbor Improvement!, for the improve ments cf national parka, such aa the Yel lowstone, for the support of homes for dis abled volunteer soldier of the civil war, and other such matters. In other words, he Included in the Item he quoted of expen ditures for the army during the last fiscal tear over (32,000,000 that waa expended by the War department, but not fortth army. Evidently he was unaware of that fact. Paaale for Stek Baera. Springfield Republican. Engagementa of gold for export at a aea son when only Imports are In order are among the -singular developments of the moment. They grow out of the disturbed monetary condltlona In western Europe In cident to the war. This la a turn In finan cial affairs which had not entered Into the calculations of the stock market boomers. Chasing Prairie Dave la Nebraska. New York Sun. The Nebraska campaign against the prairie dogs continues with varying results. A land owner whoae land la Infested is a maintainor of a common nuisance, and the authorities are empowered to clean out his land and aaoeaa the bill against htm. Strychnine and potassium cyanide are used to poison the doga. They are suffocated by fumlgators forced Into their burrowa. Some times the dogs succumb. Sometimes they don't. The overseers of highways get 13 a day for fighting the peats, and so the prairie dogs are responsible for some hap piness in a world too full of sorrow. RECLAIMING WESTER LAND. Rainbow Chasers Indulge la Talk ot the Wildest Kind. Philadelphia Press. The assertion of Vice Chairman Nleoll of the democratlo national committee that all of the Rocky mountain states will cat their votes for Parker for president is talk of the wildest kind. It would be natural to assume that they would all vote for Roose velt, and they probably will do so. The states lying between the Missouri river and the Pacific ocean owe a great debt of grati tude to President Roosevelt, and they are not likely to forget It It was his recom mendation that led to the passage of the reclamation act, under which the arid and semi-arid lands are to be reclaimed by Irri gation. Mr. Roosevelt waa the first president who hv actual raMan mil vpfi ra nf nerannnl observation and experimentation gained'! full knowledge of the needs of that west ern section. lie showed keen Interest In promoting the recovery of the millions of acres of arid and semi-arid lands. In his first message to congress in 1901 he called especial attention to the great Importance of the subject, and that led to the passage of the law under which vaet tracts of land will become valuable farms. That work coats some money, and comes In for the criticism of ex-Judge Parker on that account. But the western people know the benefits of the law, and they are not apt to give heed to what Mr. Parker says On the subject of "extravagance." It is a work In aome respects similar to the exten sion of the rural free delivery service In the Postfflce department. It produces tan gible results. The voters know how to ap preciate the wisdom and courage of a presi dent who favors such legislation. CAMPAIGN ROORBACKS. Democratlo National Committee En gages la "Very Small Business." Philadelphia Ledger (Parker). In every presidential campaign there are to be found ingenious people who devote themselves to the discovery or Invention of what used to be called roorbacks. There was a suggestion of one of these the other day, when it was Intimated from Wash ington that the democratlo national com mittee had been detected in a plot to Incite Insurrection In Panama. Of course, that was nonsense. What actually was discov ered was that the committee had been giv ing countenance to an enterprising Jour nallsfwho thought he could work up a campaign roorback concerning the com plicity of the administration in the former revolt. This is very small business for any re sponsible committee to engage In. The offi cial records are sufficient to condemn the Panama affair In the minds of thoughtful persons, but the Idea that the United States bribed the Colombian officials to de feat the treaty to which they were a party, in order to furnish a pretext for the Pan ama "revolution," Is too preposterous to be entertained. Even were Mr. Smythe to bring back affidavits to this effect, nobody would attach any value to them and they would scarcely be worth printing as a cam paign document. They certainly are not worth sending out to secure. It would be unfair to accuse Mr. "Tom" Taggart of this silly enterprise, which ap pears to be fathered In New York, but It Is about the also of politics that might be expected of that statesman. Such sub terranean mousing should be left to the secret service agents. It cun make no appeal to the sober Judgment ot the people and can do the cause It la presumably meant to serve no good. the: cry op extravagance. People Want More from the National GoTcrament Taaa la Former Times. Chicago Tribune. The democratic candidate for the vice presidency says that the cost of govern ment when James Buchanan was president was only $2.01 per head, while It is $7.14 now. In the higher rate the democratlo candidate aees proof of gross extravagance. If he will tax his memory a little he will observe that the ordinary American Is no wise behind his government In so-called ex travagance. The average living expenses of the Amercian family In the days of Buchanan were much smaller that they ara now. People bought less freely of the lux uries of life and did not consume so exten sively articles which are conaldered neces saries now, but which many regarded aa luxuries then. The farmers, working men and other toilers of 1904 cannot be accused of riotous living because their yearly expenses ex ceed those of their fathers. Everybody knows, or ought to know, that wage earn era get much higher wages than they did half a century ago. They spend more than they uaed to for the excellent reason that they have more to spend, and yet, In spite of what the democratlo candidate for the vice presidency may regard as their ex travagance, they save more than they did In the frugal days of Buchanan. Further more, they do not feel the burden of taxa tion so much as did the taxpayers of his day. The per capita wealth of the country In 1850 was $308. In 1890 It was $613. In ltOO It waa $1,235. The annual percentage of the wealth of the country collected for the aupport of the government waa greater In 1850 than it la now, but the government did for the people only a tithe of what it does now. Take the Postofflce department, for In stance. The expenditure per capita In 1871 waa 63 centa. Last year It waa nearly three times that, or $1.73. Perhaps the democratlo candidate will call that extrav agance and s burden on the people. But In 1871 there was no rural free delivery. The carrier service In the cltiea was Insignifi cant compared with what It la There waa no fast mall aervice. If the people would be contented with the mall facllitiea of 1S6T and pay the same ratea of postage charged then, the per capita expenditure of the department could be brought back to what it waa half a century ago. The people would not submit to It. They ask more of the national government than they did. They hava Insisted that Its field of activity be widened, and tfy cheerfully contribute the larger revenue which that calls for. because they have It to give and know U will be employed for thalr benefit. OTHER LANDS THAN OtRS. A correspondent of the London Times says that the officially organised lectures to the Industrial workers and harbor labor era of South Russl.i have failed completely to rally them to the support of the present war. Openly In the workshops and on the quays the conduct of the war Is criticised unsparingly, and the groat bulk of South Ruaslan reservlata dread the day when they will be sent to the front to fight In a con flict which they never approved, and from which they expect neither national nor personal profit. As for the large Jewish element In the south, they ara positively solid against the war, In spite of statements to the contrary. Their trade has already been partly ruined. Their credit has been diminished abroad by the assaults which have been made upon them. Establishment after establishment has been driven Into liquidation. Others are tottering. Indus try, too. Is suffering most keenly. Scores of large and hundreds of smaller Industrial concerns are struggling alone 011 half time. Tens of thousands of workmen are Idle, and the number of men aut of work daily Increases. Prices of many very necessary foodstuffs have risen, and tho small shops refuse to retail even a pound of bread save on cash terms. The outlay of various pub lic works has been curtailed heavily by the authorities, acting on instructions received from the Russian ministry of finance. Everywhere, says the writer, there Is evi dence of a desire for "retrenchment," and the workers In the long run are inevitably heavy sufferers. A dlspatrh from Spuln says that a death blow has been struck at bull fighting lu that country by the action of the Institute of Social Reform In ratifying an absolute prohibition ot the fights on Sunday. That Spain would soon abandon this anachron istic fcrm of barbarity has been evident for some time, but that the reform should be effected on the ground that the contests are a desecration of Sunday is certainly surprising, that feature of the situation being the ono which Spaniards, despite their piety, seemed Httle likely to note nnd still less likely to hold Important. One can see, however, that the prohibition of Sunday fights was shrewdly devised, since it Involves no crKicIsm of bull fighting Itself. It will doubtless be much less humil iating for Spain to avow the mature con clusion that bull fighting on Sunday la rep rehensible than to confess that bull fighting on any day is a cruel and cowardly sport. And what. Incidentally, Is the Institute of Social Reform, that Its decisions can strike death blows at national customs estab lished for ages? We do not remember to have heard of this body before, but Spain Is to be envied for its possession. Prussian paternalism has done at least one good thing in relieving the anxieties of parents as to the deadly perils to which school children are exposed from "microbes In the Ink" used In the classrooms. There Is no doubt that many unsanitary practices In which boys and girls have Indulged in school, as, for Instance, the primitive and well-nigh universal method of cleaning slates with saliva, have Justified the cam paigns of reform which have been more or less successfully waged. Switzerland a few years ago developed a new terror for anxious mothers, the deaths of several children being attributed to "repeated pricks from pens dipped In Ink containing molds and other harmful bacteria." There was no scientific testimony to back up the Indictment against the Inks, but Prussian anxieties were aroused and a government commission was created to probe the ques tion to the bottom, or, perhaps it would be better to say, the Ink to the dregs. Theso experts found that the Inks, Instead of being a source of danger, were unusually sterile, owing to the tannic acid In most samples. Even the common Inks, made from vegetable gall, were declared to pos sess antiseptic qualities, so that If the pen pricks did actually result In blood-poisoning it could only have been through secon dary Infection. Thus Is one school bugaboo banished by the searchlight of chemical analysis. The publication of a project to connect the towns of Slerre and Zermatt by a new railroad to pass through the Zlnal valley has provoked some angry protests In the English press from travelers who fear that the whole picturesque chorm of Switzer land Is In Imminent peril of destruction by the speculative capitalist. The English Alpine club is adjured to follow the ex ample of the Italian Alpine club, which de feated a scheme for a railroad up the Mat terhorn, and of the Swiss Alplno club, w' 'ch has prevented the rr-etlon of gam bling caslnoa at many pair, to. One writer who professes to be familiar with Swiss popular sentiment on the subject, Bays that "there Is a deep and widespread feel ing of sorrow and resentment at the dese cration and destruction of the beauties of their land which are being wrought by this process of exploitation by engineers and capitalists," but that the natives ara powerless against the political influence wielded by the Interested promoters. Com plaint Is made that the money thus gained all goes to the towns, and that, while a few are enriched, the country an a wholo becomes poorer; that certain railings for merly so characteristic of Swiss life fhe voiteurlers, muletlers, guides find dimin ished employment or become extinct; that their enjoyment of their own land Is spoiled, and that the national character la becoming contaminated. The king of Italy has been giving away titles at a great rate since the duke of Piedmont was born. That event put out of Joint the noses of several young kins men who might otherwise have indulged hopes, or whose parents might for them, of aome day succeeding to the throne if enough others should die off. So that theae tltlea are in the nature of consola tion prises In the Futurity race, so to speak. The duchess of Aosta's two boys, 6 and 4 years old, become duke of Apulia and duke of Spoleto, and the former title la declared to belong henceforth to the eldest son of the duke of Aoata. Then the duke of Genoa's eldeat son, now In the navy at 20 yeara of age, Is made duke of t'ndlne, and Prince Phlllbert, who la 9. la to be known as the dulte of Plstoja, while 6-year-old Adalbert must be called duke of Bergamo. Thus do the rulers of the earth amuae themaelves with names; no duke doms go with these titles, and who knowa how long the tltlea will last? While they are worn they bring no respect. The only one of the Italian princes who attracts at tention Is the duke of Abruazl, and that Is not because he la called duke and "royal highness," but because ho doea thlnga the aame way that the Scandinavians Sven Hedln and Nordenskjnld get their fame. The street railways of Liverpool. Eng land, passed under city ownership and op eration In 1897. Since then the number of paaaengers carried has Increased 202 per cent, the mileage 102.8 per cent, and the revenue 85 per cent. The distance which can be traveled for a penny or 2 cents waa leaa than a mile under private ownership and has been Increased to two and one third miles under municipal ownership; nevertheless the street railways have earned enough to provide a sinking fund for the extinguishment of the purchase debt. $K!S.M) has been set aside as a re serve and renewal fund, and there remalna a balance of $100,000 "for the rell. f of the ratea." Such Is the substance of a state ment made the other day by Sir Charles Petrle, chairman of the Liverpool corpora tion tramwaya. Ita declarea that the ex periment of municipal ownerahlp la a auc caas In every particular, and the city now Intends to attach aa sxpraas and parcels service to the tramways. Other Engllah cities which own and operate their street railways seem to have no thsight of turn ing back, and Manchester, Bradford, New castle and Nottingham are mentioned among those which contemplate rather con siderable extensions of their railway sys tems. In the excellence of Germany's schools of technology may be found the underlying cause of the phenomenal progress of the Industries of the empire. The chemists, metallurgists and mechanical engineers have supplied the knowledge which haa en abled the German manufacturer to over take his Britlah rival and not only under sell him, but outclass his warea In every open market In the world. What the tech nical Institutions have done for German In dustries the more recently established com mercial high schools are expected to ac complish for the mercantile and financial professions In Germany. These commercial high schools, the first of which was founded at Leipzig In 18!8. rank with the Institu tions of technology, an'd though sneerers may object that the qualifications for busi ness cannot be acquired In a school, the countenance given to the commerrlal high schools by the Boards of Trade and other commercial bodies In Germany Indicates the practical men over there believe In their usefulness. POLITICAL DniFT. Shneman Douglas, democratlo candidate for governor of Massachusetts, has a few welts coming to him. A marked increase in the registration of New York, Boston, Chicago and other cen ters of population indicates that General Apathy has been unhorsed. In former times Tom Watson waa a knot on the tail of Bryan's political kite. Now he is camping on Bryan's trail, spouting like a fire hydrant with air pockets. Congressman McCall of Massachusetts will be returned by a'unanimous vote of his district. Whatever opposition exists In his bailiwick did not think It worth while to put up a candidate. The New York Evening Post gives "strenuosissiml cujusque perlculum" as ita reason for opposing Roosevelt. A charge of such sonorous gravity ought to call out a full puge ad from the literary bureau. Ohio has become a fixture In the repub lican column as firm as Pennsylvania, and is enjoying a season of profound nolltlcal repose. The only symptom of politics In tne state is the deep prophetic breathing of Congressman Grosvenor. Down In southwestern Missouri Miss Lltta Wood is conducting an active campaign for the republican ticket. Miss Wno.l hi a thorough comprehension of publio affairs, which she discusses to audiences which in varlubly crowd the halls In which she ap pears. The chair that President Roosevelt used at the national republican convention In Philadelphia four years Kgo, an ordinary kitchen chair, gayly decorated, hua hi-en presented to the republican headquarters in xv ew iork and has been placed in Chair man Cortelyou's room. The Cincinnati Enquirer, the democratic arc light of Ohio, waxes eloquent in the support of the national ticket In the edi torial page. A series of articles on "The Gospel of Health" are surcharged with political enthusiasm in sufficient quantities to Jar the slot machine at French Lick. Mrs. Electa M. Eggleston is the second woman In Massachusetts to be nominated for state representative, having been chosen by the prohibitionists of the First Hampshire district. The first woman so named was Mrs. Fanny Clary of Wil liamsburg. At that time many outside the prohibition party looked on the matter as a Joke, because they believed that even If she was elected she cpuld not be enrolled in the house of representatives. Tha question was referred to the attorney gen eral of Massachusetts for a decision, and he ruled there is nothing to prevent a women becoming a member of the house of representatives If ahe wins an electiou. Surprises for President Stlckney. Minneapolis Times. President Stlckney of the Chicago Great Western has discovered that life is full of surprises. He goes to bed at a seasonable hour, think ing his railroad has been tucked away se curely and cosily for the night. He wraps the draperies of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams. In the morn ing he awakes refreshed for the arduous duties of another day. Over his coffee he skips through the morning paper and finds that his road has been sold. Tho latest Is that it haa been coupled to the Union Pa cific. President Stlckney says he hasn't heard of this transfer, nor has he been officially advised of a dozen others that hava been reported in the last twelve months. A rt in Clothing There ia nrt In making clothes that look, right. It lun't enough that you get into u suit, hut it must fit Just so, or It's a failure. We do not admit any question us to the stylo nnd goodneKB of the giinnents wo inntiufacture. The super- , iorlty of "Browning, King & C'o.'s" clothing was fully reeog- ; nieed at the "Universal Exposition" at Kt. Louis ami awarded "the grand prize." Our clothing speaks for- itself nnd if you have never had an opportunity lo Judge now is a good time to see what flnu values we have to offer In suits and overcoats from $12.5 0 to $4 0.0 0' m No Clothing Fits Like Ours. R. S. WILCOX. Mgr. Kill CREAM WM aWMam iB-sBsm 'vj aa- Improves the flavor and adds to the health fulness of the food. JOHN L. KJSNNEIIY. I think Mr. Kennedy should be electro1 because lie will be more useful to the com munity than his opponent. The house In which he will serve, if elected, will he re publican; the senate will likewise be re publican. It is well known that a member of the minority does not anil cannot have the Influence in shaping legislation that one acting with the majority ha. There is, I think, little doubt of the re election of a republican president. In this event Mr. Kennedy would Ik- of value both to the president audi to the ointrirt. Ha would, of course, be the president's rep resentative so fu. as this district Is con cerned, and would be fur more useful to the community than any man could bs who was pot in harmony with the administra tion. No one would have the hardihood to say that Mr. Kennedy u not thoroughly equipped for the position or that lie would not represent the district with ability and dignity, and no one who knows him would gainsay the fact that he would serve the community with all his energy and ability and with no thought except the putilo good. E. A. BICN8ON. SAID IS FIX. Tommy Pop, what does the Blblo mean by a handmaiden? Tommy s Pop Great Scott! They didn't have manicure girls In those days, did they 7 Philadelphia Record. "Who goes there?" "Godfrey Oodfrey Godfrey de Bouillon," stammered the young actor with his lirst two-line part. "Supe! Hope!" yelled the unfeeling gill lory. PlUsburg Post. "I tell you," said the sentimental stroller, "It's refreshing to go out for 11 walk In the country these days. That's the way to get close to nature's heart." "Well." replied the nutolst, "1 whs out there yesterday, but my machine run Into a. fence and I got closer to nature's heart than wau good for me," Philadelphia Ledger. Rome was burning- "This wouldn't have happened," wiillod Nero, "If they'd been up-to-date and held a quiet campaign. I told 'em to cut out those torchllslit parades and the- red lire." Cleveland Leader. "Does your coachman have any perquis ites?" asked. Mrs. Oldcnstle. "He hud one once,'' replied her hostess, "but the doctor said It was brought on by bein' out too long In the hot un. . Mv! I don't know what I'd do with a person around me that had litem regularly.' New ork Htraid. . . . "Do you catch any shell fish?" Inquired Admiral Joestvensky of the Hull fishermen. "No," they replied as they edged away; "the nsh we catch are without shells." "Then take a few," cried the facetious admiral as he told the gunners to ttre. Cleveland Plain Dealer. TOPICS OF A MOKTH. Browning's Magazine. who says the times are out of Joint. And life is growing harder? This is the season's happy point, When Joints fill every lardc. Ftost garnishes the leafless tree. The air Is damp and mufty; How sweet the smell of celery. Likewise the scent of turkey! The little farm house orf the hill Is Just the place to bunk in; Winds may be full of winter chill If we are full of ptmkin. The outer air we do riot mind If we may put mustache In Pies of the unexampled kind Our mothers used to fashion, TIs strange! But thus our children will Extol our wives' creations; How fine the culinary skill Of other generations! mm V