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Noiar;' Public.
Just think how much worse it might
hove been hod Itojestvensky been run
ulng an automobile.
Lost registration day next Saturday.
If you have not already registered you
will have but one more chance to save
your right to vote.
If Sabbath breaking Is excusable at
any time, the operations of the paving
gang on North Sixteenth street Sunday
will be freely forgiven.
(JeneiTtl Stoeesei may not bo able to
1 7l(l Fort Arthur, but he has done
enough to show that he is no "convert
to Tolstoi's doctrine of passive resist
ance. Three large Cotton mllli In New Eng
land reeuinrA yesterday. If Wully, Boll
Weevil & Co. will suspend operations
indefinitely prosperity. may return to the
textile Industry,
The Incorporation or - a company to
build storngo elevators at Omaha is a
Welcome news item, but the opeulng of
th new elevators for business will be
till' more gratifying. '
; Colonel Bryan and Senator Fairbanks
tart out on political tours of their own
suites the aame day. It remain to be
seen bow 111110U of the other's work each
can offset during the week.
If the campaign were to be much
longer the politicians of Colorado and
Utah would be candidates for Insane
as,vlums to Judge by tjie throes the
!cvnpapors of those states are under
going. One of the advisers of Dr. Amador,
president of ranaum, baa resigned office.
If lie does not reappear at ther1 capital at
the bend tt a revolutionary party u lot
of democratic politicians In the United
States will bo disappointed.
Japanese warn neutral vessels against
"mines set by Busaiaus at Port Arthur."
When these mines were doing such exe
cution upon Russian ships the Japanese
were willing to claim them as their own,
but "circumstances alter cases."
Jnst as a number of military surgeons
had agreed on the absence of appendl
:ltis among the Japanese, the Japanese
minister at Washington sets aside all
their fine-spun theories by baring an
operation performed for the fashionable
malady. '
, Taxpayers are admonished to look at
their tax receipts to tee the workings
of the new Nebraska revenue law. The
taxpayers of Douglas county who look
2t their receipts wU discover that they
re paying less under the new law in
state taxes than they did under the old.
Colonel Bryan will spend the remain
der of the campaign in Nebraska, whose
electoral vote be concedes to Koosevelt.
That United States senatorshlp Is a good
deal nearer to the heart of the demo
cratic leader than Parker's candidacy
' for tho presidency.
1 . s
President Harper should file a caveat
upon methods of extracting money for
schools from Rockefeller. Prof. Twlgg
; announces his inteutluu of starring a
school and, as he has already said
that Rockefeller la a greater man than
1 Shakespeare, It is possible he may get
closer to the source of supply.
The Free church of Scotland Is mov
ing In the courts to secure poeskn of
the property until recently held by the
United church, but awsrded to the for
uier.by fh British House of Ixrds. It
will be Interesting to observe bow many
of the mlnfttters of tho United. cbareh
will be reuOr to rvturu along wllh the
mouse. ' '
IBS XKXT COAORf &
Assuming tliat President Roosevelt
will bv elected, which It very generally
believed to be assured. It la moat prob
able that the ffpnbllcfln pirty will elect
a majority of the house of representa
tives of the Fifty-ninth congress. It litis
rnrely happened In a T.resld'ntin' J"ear
thnt the party elertlnjr the president has
not lo electotl a majority of .the repre
sentatives. The exception usunlly cited
Is the presidential election of Wfl, when
Hayes became president. The demo
crats fotind themselves in continued con
trol cf t'-ie house, ty a majority of nine,
which was subsequently somewhat In
creased. After the election of 1376, when
the house stood 1.11 democrats and 142
republicans, the party electing the presi
dent has uniformly obtained a majority
of the house.
In view of this the Improbability of a
democratic house and a republican
president as the result of . the coming
election Is obvious, yet republicans
should not allow overconfldence to In
terfere with the performance of their
duty next Tuesday. However little Im
portance may be attached to the fore
cast of the chairman of tho democratic
congressional committee, whose claim of
pains Is for the most part manifestly
rldlculous, yet republicans cannot afford
to be apathetic or" Indifferent. As we
hove heretofore said respecting this, the
election of a republican house of. repre
sentatives Is no less necessary to the
promotion of the Interests nnd welfare
of the- country than the election of a
republican president. The president can
do little for the development of the
nation without tho aid of congress. A
democratic bouse could not effect any
legislation of h partisan character, but
It could block legislation for the carry
ing out of republican policies and thus
retard progress and do no little amount
of mischief. For th-i continued advance
ment nnd prosperity of the country there
Is needed n republican house as well as
a republican president
ASOTHER HAGUE COXFEREXCE.
The promise of President Roosevelt
to the request of the Interparliamentary
uulon to invite another conference of tho
powers signatory to The Hague treaty
has been fulfilled. The American repre
sentatives to those powers have been
instructed to present the matter of an
other conference to the foreign offices
nnd ascertain to what extent the gov
ernments are disposed to act in the mat
te. The note of Secretary Hny suggests
soui'i of the questions that would be
presented for the consideration of the
proposed, conference, the importanct of
an international understanding in re
gard to which has been greatly em
phasized by events incident to the war
in the far east
As to the question of the propriety of
proposing the conference while the war
Is in progress, the secretary of state
answers it by saying that the fact of
an existing war is no reason why the
nations shonld relax the efforts which
they have so successfully made hitherto
toward the adoption of rules of. eonducj
which may make more remote the
chances of ftituro wars between them.
There would not necessarily arise from
the conference any InterfereiTbe In the
existing war, but as the secretary sug
gests It might simply direct its efforts to
"further codification of , the universal
Ideas of right and Justice which we call
International law. Its mission would be
to give them future effect."
What reception Russia and Japan will
give to President Roosevelt's Invitation
It Is impossible to say; but it will not
bo surprising if they decline to enter a
conference before the war la Over. It
la more than likely that such will be the
position of Russia, In which case her
ally, France, would probably plso de
cline. At all events President Roosevelt
has acted upon the request of tho Inter
parliamentary union with commendnbls
promptness and Secretary Hay has pre
sented reasons for another conference
that an most persuasive and, convincing.
PARKER ON TUB STVUr.
Judge Parker has yielded to the per
sistent Importunities of the party man
agers and has started on a speech-making
tour. Nothing could better indicate
conviction of the desperate character of
his cause. Less than a month ago the
announcement was made from an
authoritative democratic source that the
candidate had firmly decided that he
would not go upon the stump, that such
speeches as he deemed it desirable to
make should be made at Hosemount. fol
lowing iu that respect the McKlnley
precedent of 18DU. That decision made
and announced." it was said, "he pro
ceeded to work along the lines he bod
marked for himself. He believed then,
as be does now, that be decided rightly,
and no amount of entreaty will budge
him. His record during all bis previous
life proves that clamor will not move
him one lota. The incident Is closed and
those lu charge of tho campaign fully
approve of the determination of Judge
Parker." This was proclaimed early in
October, and now the boasted determina
tion of the candidate, which no entreaty
or clamor could change, has given way
and during the remaining days before
the election be will talk at various
places In several states. It amounts to a
confession that be plainly sees the nearly
utter hopelessness of his cause and the
uecesslty of making a last desperate ef
fort to save It.
The effort Is mode too late. The peo
ple to whom Judge Tarker will talk, In
common with those of the country at
large, have beoa carefully taking his
measure and a majority of them have
coucluded that be la uot up to the presi
dential standard. The speeches he has
already made unmistakably show this
ami he cannot now undo the effect of
bla many- mistakes. Ids false charges, bis
statements founded upon Inaccurate In
formation and the abundant evidence of
bla very limited acquaintance with pulv
lie affair- .Judge Parker's departure
from bis decision not to go upon th
stump la characteristic of tbt man. The
great firmness and Immovable determin
ation that have been claimed for liltn he
does not possess. He Is as potter's clay
In the bands of such men as Dark! B.
Hill and Pheehan and Belmont. This
has been clearly evidenced since he be
came a candidate and Indeed before. Can
there be a reasonable doubt thnt the men
who raised him to political prominence
would largely control him If he were
pn-fMcnt? It safe to sny that the
speeches to be delivered by Judge I'ur
kcr will do the republican party no
barm.
XEBRASEA'S OrrvRTCXlTT.
The scholarly address delivered by
rresldent Stlckney of the Oreat West
ern railroad before the recent bankers'
convention on "Nebraska's Opportunity
to Increase the Prosperity of Her
Farms," should strike home to all our
citizens who are Interested In the de
Yelopment and growth of the state.
Presldeut Stlckuey Is a keen student of
economics and his analysis of Indus
trial conditions goes straight to the
core. Nebraska is essentially on agri
cultural state. Its prosperity depends
upon the prosperity of its agricultural
population. ,
The development of Nebraska's rc-
nox h ft" "tension of the area of
cultivation, by the reclamation of semi
arid lands, by the introduction of new
crops and varieties, by the application
of new processes and tho use of more
modern farm machinery is one side of
the problem, having for its object the
enlargement of Its annual farm output
and the reduction of the labor necessary
to produce It. The other side of the prob
lem Is that dealing with the enhance
ment of the value of the product after
It is drawn from the soil. This is
wholly a question of market nnd Ne
braska's weakness so far has been In
tho lack of a close-by-bome market for
its cerenl products.
Mr. Stlckney has shown by opt cxnm
plea bow the home market operates to
Increase the price of farm products.
The upbuilding of a Hvo stock market
at South Omaha, he asserts, hns put
millions of dollars into the pockets of
Nebraska farmers ' In the way of In
creased prices for their cattle, hogs and
sheep. What the live stock market has
accomplished for the animal products
of the .farm a grain 'market at Omaha
will also accomplish for the cereal
products of the farm.
"If we can Judge the future by the
pnst," declares President Stlckney, "the
establishment of n fully developed groin
market, with elevators, ns well as deal
ers at Omaha, will add to the annual
Income of the farmers of Nebraska at
least 5 cents per bushel, which, on the
basis of the crop of the census year,
after making allowance for the con
sumption of grain on the farms for feed,
would aggregate $10,000,000. The in
creased ' annual Income, capitalized at
the rate of B per cent, would be equiva
lent to adding the enormous sum of
$200,000,000 to the capital value of tho
farmers of Nebraska. And, as time
goes on and the number of farms In
creases and the productiveness of the
farms increases by reason of tmtter cul
tivation. It will add lncreosed millions
year after year."
President Stlckney's picture of Ne
braska's opportunity Is Indeed entran
cing and we do not believe it Is greatly
overdrawn. Here Is an opportunity
which must not be allowed to slip by
unseized.
The World-Herald taiks about the
people of Nebraska having short memor
ies if thoy bave forgotten some of tbe
defaults f republican officers in past
years. The World-Herald, however, bus
still a shorter memory if it has forgot
ten some of tbe defaults of fusion offi
cers when they were controlling Ne
braska. Has it forgotten Auditor Cor
nell and his holdup insuraucs inspec
tors? Has it forgotten Treasurer Me
scrve and bis absorption of. Interest
from school money farmed out for Ills
personal gain? Has it forgotten tbe dis
appearance of fees taken in by the
fusion secretnr of state? Has It for
gotten tbe malodorous oil Inspection and
faked-up mileage accounts of Oil In
spector Edmlsten? Has it forgotten the
beautiful force enacted by the fusion
State Board of Transportation, under
guldancj) of Jim Dablman and his fel
low railroad cappers? Has It forgotten
above all the work of the fusion State
Boards of Railroad Assessment which
always gave the railroads exactly what
they asked? When it conies to con
venient shortness of memory, the fusion
organs ore right there with the goods.
The primary election law, with its
enrollment of each voter under tho dif
ferent parties with which be is affiliated
was enacted to insure tbe nomination of
candidates by bona fide members of the
political parties whose labels they bear.
In othejr words, tho law shuts out demo
crat from voting at republican primar
ies and republicans from voting at demo
cratic primaries. The same reason un
derlies the provision of tbe law which
prohibits the use of the party designa
tion except by candidates regularly nom
inated' and certified. Otherwise, inde
pendent candidates might bo filed as
democrats on petitions signed only by
republicans, or as republicans solely on
the nomination of democrats. The at
tempt of tho water-logged statesman to
get upon the ticket ns a republican after
ho has lieen repudiated by tho repub
licans on the strength of a petition fos
tered by democrats is a pieco with his
established policy of deceit and misrep
resentation. Tho democrats are working tooth and
nail to retuln control of tbe county pat
ronage through a party majority In the
county boHrd. They can succeed In this
only by the help of republicans voting
to elect democratic candidates for
county commissioners. No one can find
fHtilt with the democrats pursuing this
ambition, but no republican should as
sist them to achieve it Were It not for
tbe patronage at their disposal by rea
son of their majority In tbe board during
the last six years the democrats, would
long since have been routed completely
out of the court bouse, and if repub
lic na do not seise their opportunity now
they will bare themselves to blame for
several years to conie.
The re-election of Robert Oowell as
chairmnn of the republican county com
mittee by unanimous vote is a mark of
confldenco reposed In his political In
tegrity as well as a tribute to the en
ergy and party devotion of that ofllcer
and an endorsement of his work In past
campaigns as the head of the commit
tee. The republican county committee
Is made up of men chosen directly by
the rank nnd file of the party in the
respective precincts, Including represen
tatives of all elements and all factions,
but not a vote was recorded nor a voice
raised in opposition to the continuance
of Chairman Cowell in his position.
The proposal for the calling of a con
stitutional convention is to be voted up
or down ot tho coming election lu this
state, but It is safe to say now that it
has gone by default. To carry the propo
sition will require a majority of all votes
cast and as no political party has been
committed to It every straight ticket will
be a vote against It
Test of Statesmanship.
Kahsas City Journal.
One candidate for congress In New York
claims to have kissed BOO babies during hH
canvass. What more convincing proof of
statesmanship could be asked?
A Future Possibility.
Boston Transcript.
If the nirFhlp toy at St. Louis really
sped over A course of ten miles, then the
railroad companies would better stop laying
ties. The plaything of one decade becomes
the commorcliU utility of the next.
Trylnn to Break the rail.
Philadelphia Press.
Parker has become so much alarmed that
he has concluded to go on the "stump"
and show himself. If he doe not do better
than he hns yet dona In making speeches
the republicans will be gratified over this
change on his part. It mean more repub
lican votes.
Eye Openers for Railroad Men.
Cleveland Leader.
Not spasmodically, but tn the due course
of experiments watched with much care by
experts representing great corporations, tho
electric locomotive, suitable for use' on
steam railways, gains favor In America.
The latest tests are reported to have been
very successful, and there Is no doubt
that railway managers ot th old school
are being forced to recognise the un
bounded possibilities of electric traction on
the greatest railroads of th country.
The President at 441.
Baltimore America-'!.
At 46 years of age Presidmt Rooa;velt is
the embodiment of physical, mental and
moral vigor, a trained statesman, a fighter
for the right, conservatively strenuous, un
rcarable, with the affairs of the United
States government well in hand. To crip
ple the career of such a man in such a po
sition would be to crlppl the country itself,
so necessary to th government's . welfare
at this ataga is this man who has. been
raised up and trained for the purpose of
guiding it through, a critical period of Its
growth and develppment. Th people know
this and will vote to see that be la retained
in office and th parter of the administra
tion unchecked.- -p ..-
CHANGES IX LOCOMOTIVES.
Contrasts In the Exhibits of 1808 and
Those of i0O4.
. Chicago Record-Herald.
A recent issue of the Engineering Newa
contains an Interesting resume of the rail
road locomotive exhibit In the Palaoe of
Transportation at the St. Louis exposition
and a comparison, with the Chicago ex
hibit. The exhibit; Is smaller than that
made at the Chicago exposition eleven
year ago, but comprises, a larger number
of engines of special dre'gn or special in
terest. The St. Louis . exhibit comprise
forty-two engines, of which mix are for
eign made and ten are of the compound
type that Is. having more" than one cylin
der. At the Chicago expotltlcn there wero
sixty-two engines,' of which ten were of
foreign construction and twenty were com
pounds. One of the most striking features
of the present exhibit I the great s!k of
most of the engines, the smaller classes
of engines also being relatively fewer.
The largest engtns In the world Is th
exhibited Mallet duplex compound of the
Baltimore & Ohio' road, weighing 1C7 tons,
minus the tender,' and all on the drivers
Next In site Is the doub'.e-end decapod
Santa Fe engine " of 144 tens weight, 117
tons being' on the driver.. Half of the
engines on exhibit weigh over 90 tons. wth
over 80 tons resting on the driving wheels.
At the time of the Chicago exposition th
general opinion of experts was that th
heaviest locomotiva there was too heavy
to be a practical euceere. That locomotive
was a decapod of 97 tons, with 8ti tons on
the ten drlvfng wheels. S!nc (hen, how
ever, there has been a general ter.denoy
to Increase weight, the record of being
the heaviest locomotive in the woild hav
ing been held and relinquished by ei g ne
after engine. The art of track construc
tion and bridge building have had to ad
vance rapidly In order to accommodate the
Increase In locomotive weights. At the St.
Louis exposition experts are aiylng. a
they did In Chicago, that the weight limit
has been reached. Pesplte this fact; will
the next eleven yoari' show another such
marvelous advancement in locomotiva
weights?
It is noted that the use, of th stnill
trailing wheel to carry tho load of th
larger fireboxes has now become gsneral,
whereas in Chicago only two machines
displayed thl feature. Attention Is cal.fd
to the diminished use of comprundr, which
were hailed as s markfd advancement, and
to the us on foreign locomotives of a
superheater In the form of a box sur
rounding th tubes In the bciler barrel. It
la also pointed out that the main and sldo
rods on foreign engines are much smaller
and lighter than on American engines,
presumably due to a reduction In vibration
on account cf greater ability of track and
roadbed 00 European ror.ds.
Considerable comment is made upon the
fact that the foreign englpea show a finer
finish, a closer attention to detail and
more regard ' for geneal appearanoj than
American engines. The foreign eng'nes ar
uniformly handsome and attractive, and
bear evidence of skillful workmanship a
well as of excellent design. Th two Urge
Oerman engine, for example, ar painted
a dark green for the upper parts v:A have
red wheel and brown frames; all are
highly finished and more or Wen relieved
by brass work and lining or striping of
different colors. 'The American engines are
uniformly black, relieved only by the let
tering, and In a, ftw Instances by a mini
mum of gold striping.
. In tender construction lb snoot tio;U
feature la sold to be the cylindrical tank
Invented by Cornelius Vandrbti. wbjuh
rteou a material saving is tbe cost.
ABUT GOSSIP I WAiHISGTO.
Careen t Events Cleaned (res t
Amy and Ravr Register.
Th quartermaster geteral of th army
has advised th officers of his department
that under th new regulations bidders
bav th option of furnishing a certified
check. Instead of a written guaranty. This
la a new practice in th quartermaster's
department, bidders for material In that
branch of th army heretofore being re
quired to furnish written guarantee. Tho
certified che. k ha not been recognised. A
circular has been Issued containing In
structions to quartermasters concerned in
making ef con trad a
Oei.erl Francis Moor, U. S. A., believes
th ride competition in Its varied form
IS something of a distraction, tn his re
port as head of the school of application
at Fort Riley he recommends that th
annual competitions be not held at any post
where ther lu a school of application and
that troops while at such a school be not
required to attend such competitions. He
state that Airing his tenure of command
at Fort Rl on account of such Inter
ruptions le; f time was given to practical
application and Instruction than at any
post at which he has ever been stationed.
He has reference In the report to the an
nual department, division, army and na
tional rifle competitions which took place
on this reservation. In all aave the laet
the troops of the post were compelled to
furnUh laborers and markers on the range.
During the last event a battalion of the.
Twenty-fourth Infantry from Fort Robin
son, Neb., was on duty on th range. He
also recommends the Issue of ball ammuni
tion to the cavalry during battle exercises.
He states that the exercise at Aldershot
and In the French and Oerman armies,
where such practice obtains, have proven
of undoubted benefit. The construction of
another riding hall Is recommended as the
strength of the garrison forbids any one
organization having sufficient drill in It:
about an hour a week Is the best that
can be accomplished as matters now stand,
H also recommends that a bridge be built
over the Kansas river to replace the one
washed away by the great flood of last
year, as the great drill ground on the other
side of tho river Is now useless to the
garrison.
Lieutenant General Chaffee has approved
the text of the general order relating to
army uniforms. This Is an amendment of
the order Issued some time ago which la
now to be reprinted In Its amended form
The changes have been described from
time to time in these columns and are not
material. The text of the order will not
be formally given out at the ' 'War de
partment until proof from the printer has
been revised and when It 1 known there
are to be no further amendments. It Is
likely that this will be the final word on
the subject of army uniforms. General
Chaffee Is of the pplnlon that the subject
has been sufficiently agitated and that It Is
time the existing provisions should remain
In force without molestation, especially
when the change can only be for the sake
of the change.
Overtures have been made by the State
department, on behalf of the War depart
ment, to the governments of Japan and
Russia for the purpose of securing perm is
slon for the detail of medical officer of our
army aa military attaches tn the field with
the armies of those countries. It Is desired
that opportunity be offered for experienced
medical officers to observe tho medical
equipment of the two armies. Our military
observers in the field have already re
ported , many Interesting facts concerning
the medical equipment of the belligerent
armies, and it Is now considered advisable
that further observations be mads by medl
cal officers. Upon the recommendation of
the surgeon, general of the army . Colonel
Valery Havard, assistant surgeon general,
now .on duty as chief surgeon ot the P
partment pf the East, and Captain Charles
Lynch, assistant surgeon, now on duty
as a member of the general staff, hav been
selected to be sent to the far east for this
duty, If the requisite permission Is obtained,
Colonel Havard will go with the Russian
armies and Captain Lynch with the Japa
nese.
Recruiting for the marine- corps I now
conducted with excellent results through
main omces and substations, 'located In
the most populous districts between the
Atlantic coast and the Mississippi river.
At tho present time the corps is but little
short of th maximum strength allowed by
law. and with the increased number of re
cruiting office and through activity mani
fested by officer and noncommissioned offi
cers on recruiting duty the command will
shortly be recruited to its full strength.
A territory which has not hitherto been
covered by marine recruiting parties 1 will
be canvassed from a recruiting station
about to be established In Texas. The
present style of recruiting poster Is con
sidered too small and it Is hoped that a
generous appropriation can be secured
from congress for the purpose' of having a
large and attractive poster lithographed.
Designs for this are now under considera
tion. It has also been suggested that
fences, billboards and the like be used for
signs for the purpose of attracting the at
tention of recruits, the proposition includ
ing the employment of one of the agencies
which place commercial advertisement all
over th country. This matter Is now under
consideration at the headquarters of th
marin corps, and Inquiries are being mad
with a view of ascertaining the probable
cost.
Sank by Its Own Weight.
Springfield Republican.
Another trust to fall ihort of early ex
pectations I th Preued Steel Car com
pany, whloh ha Just suspended dividends
on th common itcek. Like the United
States Steel corporation, it seems to have
started out In tho midst of the boom period
on the theory that flui-h times were to con
tinue forever, or that at least trust "econ
omies" would make possible tho paymtnt
of dividends on watered capital should the
times ever become hard. But such xr eo
lations have ruffered a successive series of
hrlnkage. The company began by dividing
I per cent on the common, then 4 per cent,
and now nothing at all. And 00 shrtnlu
the trust argument generally.
MASUV
The Gentle Art
of pleasing guests find; fit expression.
in a table areuea wan glassware
made by Uortiinger. (Jt purest
crystal, cut in artistic patterns, this
glassware atwaysdocsf lH jusuce
to the taste ot a discnnunating
host fcaicrsercqiadtoprovo
the gemnoenec cf their stock
by showing the trade-mark
label on each piece, ,
JOH5 U KBXNKDY.
"Why should John L. Kennedy be elected
to congress from ths dlstrictr I hare
known Mr. John L. Kennedy se long. Inti
mately and well, that In reeponc to this
question 1 gare as my strongest reason for
supporting him that he Is an absolutely
clean and square man, and that be would
conscientiously do his duty to his constitu
ent If h wore elected. This estimate of
Mr. Kennedy s character, which I base
uron my long acquaintance with him, Is, I
think, proved to be correct by the high
estimation, because of his ability, honesty
and high moral character, In which he Is
held by the business men as well as by th
lawyers of th city.
Mr. Kennedy has not been so active a
participant In the smaller kind of repub
lican political work In Omaha aa to become
personally acquainted with as many of the
voters as other candidates, perhaps, but I
have not known anyone, after however
slight acqutalnance with htm, who has not
felt that he has met an honest, capable
man.
I have not the slightest doubt that Mr,
Kennedy's opponent has as many excellent
qualities as he, but. as a second reason, I
believe that Mr. Kennedy should be elected
because h Is a republican. In my Judg.
ment th next administration will be repub
lican, and I think that the two candidates
being equal In other respect the repub
lican can do mora good for his country, for
Nebraska, for hie district and for Omaha
than can the democrat
As a third reason for supporting Mr. Ken
nedy I believe that he Is a man who will
art as his Judgment and conscience dictate
nnd not at the behest of any political or
evil influence or Interest MEL UHL.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Longworth Powers, the sculptor, son of
the late Hiram Powers, the famous Ameri
can sculptor, -has just died In Florence,
Italy.
A Boston girl has ben awarded $3S in
damages because she was hit by a bottle
of soda water syrup from a revolving
stand In a drug store.
Literary folk continue to marry and be
given In marriage. The author of "The Hel
met of Navarre" ha Just joined fortunes
of war with an American army officer.
Prof Oscar Lovell Trlggs expects somo
time early 1r the new year to found a
novel educational Institution on a farm
somewhere along the banks of the Illinois
river. It will be known ss the People's
Industrial college and wilt be oonducted
on the cottage plan, and shop life will be
a feature.
One of the least self-advertised of great
men Is Prof. Roentgen, who discovered the
marvelous rays which now bear his name.
The professor has never been Interviewed,
never been banqueted and he has even re
tusd Immense sums of money offered him
by American publishers for a book on what
he himself modestly styled "a new kind
of ray."
A. 3. Drexal, the Philadelphia million
aire, arrived home the other day from
a trip along th Pacific coast, just In time
to learn from the newspapers that he
contemplates taking up his permanent
abode In England. Mr. Drexal indignantly
denies the report, saying he has not the
slightest Intention of following Mr. Astor's
example. . v
Sine old Geronlmo, the noted Apache
chieftain, now 64 years of age, became an
attraotlon In the Indian building at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition at St Louis
he ha learned to spell and print his nsme
and I very proud of his accomplishment
learned at the advanced age ot 64. The
old fellow holds an Informal reception
every day In his little stall In the building.
It Is said that th family of Harry
Thaw, th young Plttsburger who recently
married Evelyn Florence Nesblt, the chorus
girl smd srtlsts') model ba spnt about
$1,000,000 In trying to keep him from mak
ing Just such a marriage as he has con
tracted. The young man has been en
tangled on several oooaslons with stage
beauties, snd the sum named is believed
to be about what It has cost his family
to prevent suoh affairs reaching the wed
ding stage.
Dr. Newell Dwlght Hillls, pastor of Ply
mouth church, Brooklyn, Informed his con-
eroa-atlon last Sunday that the good forces
of the country were eomlng out of the
west. "It Is a fallacy." h said, "that the
cities, especially New York, ar the con
trolling Infiuenoos of the nation. Th
preachers who have a chance snd are
reallv doing thing are In the west. I
don't underrate my work here, but I am
only mixing up tonics to get up a spiritual
appetite In you who are already fed to
the point of gluttony. In the west there
Is a growing movement of return to pa
triotism, which Will act as a corrective to
this part of the country, where men are
alwsvs talking about England and apelng
England and preaching pessimism."
"My advice Is: If at first you don't
mccecd, try a visit to MY clothiers."
You can have no better advice man
or boy than is implied here.
Today's invitation is to the young;man
particularly. '
Suits and Overcoats, cut as they
want them cut v
$15, $18, $20, .$25
NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS,
Our Clothing Took Grand Priza at St Lotils
Exposition
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SMILING LINES. '
Rankin Didn't you tell ma you were
going to have a new overcoat thl fall?
Fyie Um yea. I was thinking of getting
one, but I had a long talk with my tailor
abcut It the other day and he kind o' dis
couraged the laeo. Chicago Tribune.
"The voters here say you havs done ab
solutely nothing during your present term.1
"Good," answered fcenator Sorghum,
"that Is much bettor than to have then
discussing what I really did." Washington,
eiar.
He There's only one reason why I'm not
a poet; I can make sense all right, but the
words don't rhyme.
She Your case Is hopeless then. The true
poet always makes his words rhyme, re
gardless of the sense. Detroit Free Press.
"MoGraft says he ha a clear con
science." "He ought to have. That last company
firomoting deal of his must have strained
t. Cleveland Leader.
"All is not gold that glitters," observed
the man who Is fund of moral reflections.
"No; nor all hain't gold whloh is esti
mated aa sich In the gol-dnrned mining
prospectus," bitterly responded Hiram
Hardacrabble, who had been investing.
Judge.
Old Gentleman What has been' the cause
of your downfall?
Tramp well, yer see, 1 usea xer ne a
music teacher; but I've bin out uv work
ever since dey had dee here autermatlo
planner players. -Puck.
BALLADE OF WOMAN'S WATS,
Town Topics.
I do not ask that you, my Grace,
Should coincide wito an 1 says
I do not look to see your face
Forever like a sny tn May,
If for some favor I should pray,
You need not yield, on bended knee.
Exact 1 suoh allegianoe? Nay I
Say "No!" and leave the rest to ma.
Strolling In some sequestered plso.
When sunset marks tne close 01 oar.
I picture you in my embraco
And watcn your dreamy eyes of grao
If from the croner oath 1 stray
To beg one kiss, you needn't be
Too meekly anxious to oDey
Say "No!" and leave the rest to ma,
Of self-esteem I have no trace;
Whate'er they think who read this layj
I've been "thrown out at second, base
As often as the other jay,
But this I sing to the array
Of maids and matrons fair to see:
When I am pleading, turn away.
Say "No!" and leave the rest to me.
L'ENVOL
Girls I Whether you be grave or gay.
Wedded or wholly fancy free,
Hand me no "Yes, dear!" on a tray
Bay "No!" and leave th rest to m.
A cup of
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and warmth
loao before
other food could be digested.
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