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    THE 0MA11A DAILY BEE: FRIDAY. MAY
5.
1A03.
The Omaha Daily Jee.
K. nOPKWATER, EDITOR.
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smrrr.Rn wast to re hkard.
There was recently notd some t-om-plaint
thnt tli senate Interstate com
ment' eiuiinilltee had not railed upon
any but railroad nidi In the hearings re
garding railroad rate regulation. It wm
tlMn stated that no Invitation to npiesr
Ix'fore the committee hntl Ismi extended
to menibors of the Interstate Commerce
i-omuiis-lon. other advocate of govern
ment rate making: or to shipper, the
time of the senate committee since the
hearing liegiui being thken tip with
listening to the views, already qnite well
known, of rnllrond managers and at
torneys,, w hich were sent broadcast over
the country In the press dispatches.
These opinions are all In one direction
and have been obtained from men
known to le unqualifiedly opposed to
the regulation of railroad rates by the
government.
It would seem that the time had come
for the committee to get the views of
shippers and the latter are demanding
through their national organization that
they shall be heard. Whether or not
this is to be granted remains to be
seen. It Is reported that the demand
from the shippers occasioned some sur
prise among the members Of the senate
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
.State of NnViKkn. Douglas County, ss.:
C. O. Rosewater. secretary of The Be committee, who had understood that the
j'uDilsning company, peing auiy aworn,
ejs that the actual rumber ol run and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning.
Evening and Suntlav Bee printed during the
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shippers had made their case and rested.
It would lie. Interesting to learn where
they found any warrant 'for this Idea.
The instructions of the senate to Its com
mittee on interstate commerce contcm-
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so.iso ment of the views of railroad represent;!
23 si.tto tives. The obvious purpose was to obtain
: 2'o5o I tne 'u"w,t possible expression of opinion
m as.ono on both sides of the question. Of course
the attitude of the great majority of
us' 30.100 shippers was well known, but so also
30 a:,io was that of the railroad managers and
Total 8HD.430 attorneys, so that there was Just as good
Leas unaold copies reason , why the committee should give
Net total sales 7t,KiT I hearings to the former as to the latter.
Daily average UO,33l Ag . ni.TtM. of fart thpr no ro(,i
C. ROSEWATER. .. , , ...
Secretary, necessity for the Inquiry, which was ar-
Hubscrlbid In my presence and sworn t I ronpd hv the rsllronrl senntrs rather
before me this 1st day of May. 1906. irangea oy me rauroaa senators ratner
tBeal) . M. B. HUNOATB. I for the purpose or aeferring legislation
'Notary rUDlIC. I M,.lnir eatlennt en tan thin tnf aa.
l l I i b)miiiviu i uuiviiii l u iv u iiiiiu a,vra.
curing new information.
The president of the National Associa
tion of Shippers has asked for an op
portunity to be heard. It is presumed
that the request will be granted, since
to deny It would be regarded by the pub
lic as Very distinctly find conclusively
Mr.' Hitchcock Is very mad at County
Treasurer Fink. That's very evident.
'Now' for a campaign against danger-
oiis billboards before any more people
arc killed or maimed.
. Fort rronk and Bellevue are to be "howlng that the sympathy of the senate
annexed to Greater Omaha by electric wmnUttoe Is rather with the railroads
street railway before the snow flies. Tnan wml Tne P?"- " appears rrom
reports tnar. ronator i-.iKins. cnairman or
iSince Kansas City saloons were the committee, is not disposed to extend
tlosed on Sunday people are finding the hearing ho as to give the shippers
alligators in the Missouri river at Leav- ii opportunity to state their side of tbe
en worth.
Jljl may not be the Japauese synonym
for "Jingo," but editorials from a Tokto
newspaper of that name would indicate
that it might be.
When the county board .gets through
$vlth its new broom 'ut the county hos
pital. It will find ileuty of exercixe for
.It in the court hotiM.
, A-
Omaha'g immediate want is flonrlng
mills and cereal mills. When the mills
are set' to grinding, the money coined
in the mints will circulate.
cose, but he. may not be able to control
the decision of the committee In the mat
ter. At all events, the public would like
to hear what the advocates of govern
ment rate making have to say in reply
to what has been submitted by the rail
road representatives and It is undeniably
the duty of the committee to give the
shippers the opportunity they ask. If It
hall fall to do this there can be but
one reasonable conclusion and that Is
I that the committee Is pHrtia! to the rail
road view.
leading In this provision? It was esti
mated by the framers of the charter
that the levy for city taxes would ag
gregate l.HHi.0H a year, of which 9)
per cent, or about fl,UKsi, would be
collectable, and 1 per cent on l,(k0,ls0.
viz., $10,XX). would be ample to pay the
additional clerical force needed by the
county treasurer to keep the city treas
urers books and make the collections.
But supiHise that the percentage al
lowance under the state law should ag
gregate $2r.nxt a year, the money must
go to the county and not to the treas
urer. In a nutshell. It Is Immaterial
whether the percentnge fixed by the
charter governs or- whether the per
centage fixed by the state law for otWr
treasurers is applicable also to Douglas
county, all the county treasurer can col
lect for his services as city treasurer ex
offlelo Is $1,000 a year, which added to
his salary as county treasurer, $'-'.500 a
year, would still pay him $500 less for
his services as both county and city
treasurer than is now paid to the city
treasurer alone.
When It Is borne In mind that the
county board Is empowered to designate
the number of clerks to be employed
and fix the salaries to be paid In the
county treasurer's office, the Intimation
that Kink would "swell his revenues
by assessing the taxpayers all the traffic?
will bear"' is absolutely inexcusable.
Tretty soon we will have a legal de
partment for the park board, a legal de
partment for the library board, a legal
department for the police board and a
legal department for the health board,
but even then there will not be enough
provender In sight for all the lawyers
In waiting.
trreat Brits In would not be surprised
to learn that while It ha been endeav
oring to force Admiral rtojestvensky
from French waters Admiral Nebago
toff has been using British waters In
which to prepare bis ships for battle;
but England, was always able to be dis
creetly ignorant at the proper time.
Too (inoit to Paaa t a.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Mr. Alexander Is said to have been ycry
much affected when he was requested by
the Frlck committee to resign. Mr. Alex
ander's salary as president of the Equitable
Is 1100,000 a year.
A Forgotten Pall.
Baltimore American.
The governor of Pennsylvania has vetoed
a bill providing a heavy penalty for the un
licensed practice of dentistry. Evidently,
the governor never has had a tooth pulled
by a man who did not know hl business.
PRKSWBXT AXD THIS STRIKE
It is understood that President Roose
velt will receive a petition In behalf of
the striking teamsters on his arrival in
Chicago, but it is not probable that he
will take any action respecting the
strike, as suggested by the Federation
of Labor of that city. While the situa
tion Is certainly serious, it is a purely
local conflict and therefore to be dealt
with by the municipal and state au
thorities only, so long as there Is no in
terference with any federal Interests. It
Is not to be doubted that Mr. Boosevelt
deplores, In common with all good citi
zens, tho violence and bloodshed which
have made this teamsters' strike one of
the worst in this respect the country has
ever known, but It Is a matter that does
not call for any action on the part of
the nation's chief executive, unless the
situation should get beyond the control
of the authorities of Chicago and of Illi
nois and the federul government should
be asked by them to Interfere, which is
not likely to happen
What was done by Fresldent Roosevelt
during the authracite coal strike was
Justified by the fact that it affected tens
of thousands of persons and great In
dustries all, over the country. It was
much more than a local trouble. The
president declined to interfere In the
Colorado miners' conflict, because the
state was competent to deal with it. For
the same reason he will not Interfere In
tbe Chicago strike so long as no federal
Interest is assailed or Imperilled.
I'erllons Liberty for Poor l.o.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The I'nlted States 8upreme court has Just
decided that a land-owing Indian, whose
holdings have been allotted to him in
severalty, Is a eitlicn In the full sense of
the word, and that therefore It is no crlma
to 'sell him whisky. Everybody who knows
the Indian can see the land-owing ones
without the land soon.
Lmi to Jamestown Shorr.
Buffalo Express.
General Fltzhugh Lees death Is a severe
loss to the proposed Jamestown exposition,
which he had been engaged In promoting.
He waa depended upon to persuade the
various states to help along the exposition
by appropriations, and later on he was ex
pected to go abroad to promote Its Inter
ests. No one Is left In Virginia who can
take his place In such a business. The
work, however, will go on. and the cele
bration of the landing at Jamestown will
be held according to the program.
BI SIK)S SIDK OF THE CASE.
A MALICIOUSLY FALSE ALARM-
Ever since Couuty Treasurer Fink
thwarted the conspiracy of the late
democratic county board to publish the
Chicago may find that It made a mis
take lu sending for an expert from Glas
gow. In place of an expert from St. scavenger tax list In the World-Herald
Petersburg. at the full legal rate, although ft had
previously held a contract for such nub-
-ow mat Assistant casmer Uoil Is In nations at about one-third of the legal
iiuido we may icarn wnetner President rate. Treasurer Fink has become h tar
Blgelow really lost bis money in wheat g(.t of abuse for the World-Herald uu-
or merely In hlgu living.
Warsaw is not to be outstripped by
Chicago. The strikers there are now
stopping cabs on the thoroughfares and
making the occupants walk home.
der every Imaginable pretext. Scarcely
a day has passed within the past six by way of Suez and the longer distances
THE ASIATIC MARKET-
A former member of the Japanese cab
inet, now in 'this country for the purpose
of studying the economic; conditions with
particular reference to the commerce of
the far east, is of the opinion that fol
lowing the close of the war the oppor
tunities for the United States to estab
lish a glowing and profitable trade in
the Asiatic, countries will be of the best
and especially so because It can be done
on reciprocal lines. As a result of his
investigations here so fur he predicted
that the United States will find Asia its
best market, better even than Europe.
He pointed out Unit from the Pacific
coast to China we have a voyuge
through the temperate zone, instead of
BITS OF WAHIrTO i.trR.
Chicago Nhould take Its census at once
before one-half of the population kills
the other half and while the imported
men are In a condition to be counted.
If ' resolutions will do It, the Great
Northern cutoff will deflect in two direc
tions at the same time and turn a sharp
angle somewhere within the city limits
of Omaha,
Vice President Fairbanks says he be
lieves In publicity for railway business; we are told:
months that Mr. Fink bos not been the
object of attack lu some form from
that sheet, either through Its rcpor
torlal or editorial columns.
The very latest assault has taken, the
shape of a sensational screed which
fairly Illustrates the conscienceless war
fare that is being waged against Mr.
Fink. According to the World-Herald:
The expense of consolidating the offices
of city and county treasurer commence to
stagger Omaha taxpayers. Instead of an
expenditure of $26,000 for managing the city
finances the taxpayera will have to pay
166.000 a year, and the people are beginning
to open their eyes aa to what it costs to
ha ye Fink ex-offlclo treasurer.
In support of this startling revelation
hut tbe distinguished vice president
never had experience with politics lu
Nebraska.
"Tom" Lawson will never rest until
he stands In the same relation to the
captains of finance as the long range
forecasters stand to the United States
weather bureau.
County Treasurer Fink la not disposed
to overtook an opportunity to swell his
revenues by assessing the taxpayera all
the traffic will bear.
It happens that the provisions of the
general revenue law were In no way re
pealed or aet aside, and it la provided that
where a county treasurer acts aa treasurer
for a village or municipality, he shall re
ceive ! per cent for collecting taxes. Hantd
on recent years, the current and delin
quent city tax collections will closely ap
proximate $1. 5O0.600, on which 2 per cent
would be $30,000. In addition to this the
county treasurer is to receive a salary of
$1,000 for hit extra work, making a total
After all. It Is better for the yellows
tu blot out fifteen lives with red Ink
and then reduce the death loss to three
than to report only three killed when
the real number is tifteeu.
Correspondent in. southern Kansas
persist lu confusing pipe dreams and
pile lines, although the Standard Oil
company has never been known to In- expense to the city under the new ar-
vest In the former. I rangement of $5.o0O for having the county
treasurer act aa city treasurer, Instead of
$25,000 a year, aa It was before.
If the World-Herald had not been
bent upon black-washing Mr. Fink it
might readily have ascertained that
there is no foundation whatever for Its
charges and Insinuations. The section
of the new charter bearing upon the
emoluments of the county treasurer for
the collection aud disbursement of city
funds reads as follows:
The county In which such city (of the
metropolitan class) la located shall receive
I aa full compensation for the collection and
disbursement of all funds of the city and
expenses thereof an amount equal to 1 per
President Fish of the Illinois Ceutral e!!n!.of th mount ci'' Buch amount
predict. ,h, America will have to look iot ' h.
lo Europe- for the solution of some of able monthly. No other compensation, or
expenses or salary shall be paid by such
city to such county or to any county offl
cer or. employe for the collection or dis
bursement of taxes, assesaments or reve
nues of the city, except the aum of $1.(i00,
which shall he paid to the county treaa
urer aa additional salary and shall be
paid quarterly.
Provided, that no compensation shall be
allowed upon the amount of money turned
over to the county treasurer aa ex-offlclo
city treasurer by the city treasurer or any
city officer, cor upon the proceeds of the
sale of any bonds Issued and sold by the
there anything confusing or mis-
which European nations must send their
goods. He believes that in the next five
or ten years American trade with the
far east will cxpund with enormous ra
pidity, particularly with Japan.
Undoubtedly there are substantial rea
sons for this view. The United 'States
has some advantages over European
commercial rivals in the competition for
Asiatic trade and it Is to be expected
that our enterprising merchants and
manufacturers will take advantage of
these. But In order that we may secure
the greatest benefits that may be had
we must be careful to maintain and cul
tivate the friendship of the oriental
countries and at present there is a ten
dency In a section of thls country nwoy
from this. Not only do we adhere to a
rigid exclusion policy in regard to the
Chinese, but it is seriously proposed to
extend It to the Japanese. It is hardly
probable that If this should be done our
expectations in regard to the future of
trade with the Asiatic countries could be
reullzed. If indeed we should not lose a
large part of what we now have. We
shall encounter vigorous competition for
that trade and a great deal will depend
upon maintaining friendly relations.
title eucountenug a senteuce of
seven years In the penitentiary for falsi
fying the books of the Obcrlin bank,
former Cashier Spear probably wishes he
hud been content with ordinary profits
on money In place of reuchlug for irldes-
ent commissions.
its transportation problems. Home rail
"way presidents apparently think tbe
l''ttroMau experiences can serve only us
horrible examples.
The Irrepressible conflict over the lo
cation of new ttrv engine houses has
been temporarily postponed by the dia
vovery that there are no new fire 'engine
houses to be built until another bond
proposition has been submitted and rat
ified by a two third majority of the
vote on the propositi
The State Board of Assessment ap
pears to be staggered and puzzled over
the returns made by the Omaha Bridge
& Terminal company, which reminds
us of Balzac's romance of "the Jackass
skin" that keeps shrinking, shrinking,
shrinking, until It Is ho larger than an
ordinary purse. Why tbe board does
not put a quietus on the masquerade
seems incomprehensible. Everybody in
Omaha and most everybody lu Ne
braska knows that the Illinois Central
railroad has absorbed the Bridge & Ter
inlnol company, and the Terminal com
pany Is Just as much a part of the
Illinois Central as the Omaha & South
western is a part of the Burlington
system.
The man who makes two blades of
grass grow where only one grew before
Is a human benefactor, but the public
official who plants one fire hydrant
where none stood liefore will be entitled
to the everlasting gratitude of several
generations, provided he shall do so
when there is no money lu sight to pay
for It.
Tbe city now has a legal department
for the mayor and council, a legal de.
partment for the school hoard and a
legal department for tbe water board.
Pertinent Question Raised by the
Insurance Fnas,
fit. Louis Republic.
Just how "honestly" can the people's de
ooslts be invested? Is a question growing
naturally out of our observance of the
Equltable's internecine fuss.
Behind a board of directors having large
deposits In charge presses the enormous
necessity of making the money "pay ils
way" In a complex world of Investment,
and before It lies the vast heckonlng op
portunity of incidental prrsimil profit, with
the law of the land aiding and abetting the
temptation by defining what may be done
In many Instances, nnd with nothing save
ethical consideration to restrain the money
ambition of the individuals.
More things than kissing go by favors
In this world, as the editor of Life suggests,
and a great insurance Institution with
$Ti00,O00,00O to Invest has a big stock of
favors constantly on hand. How can it
be otherwise than that some of the in
cidental benefits should be turned to ac
count by the men who have the favors to
distribute? The money, which has to be
Invested In something, la extremely likely
In some instances. If not In many, to be
Invested In things which the directors have
favored, for reasons beyond and addition to
a desire to eeaiure a return for the depositors
or policy holders. . Loans are likely to be
made to tjoncerns which directors prefer.
A thousand and one partial. Interested and
profitable trankctlona are possible to the
directors, which transactions are not in con
flict with the usual custom and the estab
lished rights of depositors and are well with
in the "rules ot the game." In how far are
such Interested and profitable operations
right, and, what Is of more practical Im
portance, to what extent can they be pre
vented If they are not right?
Is the public entitled to all of the indirect
as well as the direct profits accruing frcm
the Investment of Its funds? Theoretically
it is. since the public is supposed to pay
directly and by way of premium for hav
ing its money cared for by the insurance
method: Independently of the theory that
the public supplies the wherewltfi to make
profit possible, and Is therefore entitled
to whatever is realized. The companies'
expresa contracts with the public very nat
urally do not specify the compensation
which the companies are to receive, but
these contracts are baaed upon what has
grown up to be the Implied agreement that
compensation Is to be measured by the
precise "cost of Insurance," or rather in
cluded within the cost of insurance, the
latter being supposed to cover the
element of risk and the expense of handling
the money.
While the public is entitled to rely upon
the Implied as well as the express agree
ment, ran It construe Its contract to
comprehend obligations on the part of the
directors and officers beyond thoae of car
rying on the regular Insurance business?
And If so. does the public pay for what
It demands? It would not aeem that the
price of a policy, tn business fairness,
entitles the buyer to the sen-Ices of emi
nent financiers and financial operations in
addition to the services of strict Insurance
management. If he buys the Independent
services extending outside of the business
of insuring him and performing other
stated pecuniary obligations, certainly
nothing la said about It expressly or Im
plied In the agreement upon which his ex
press contract Is based. He pays for a
legitimately condtirted Insurance business
on the safest possible basis, and when he
gets that he gets all to which a business
Interpretation of his position entitles him.
It the policy holder's money were "risked"
In outside transactions he would be en
titled to the benefits unquestionably, and
whether he voluntarily assented to the
speculative enterprise or not. Does It not
follow that when his money ' is "Invested."
In the proper sense of the term, the direc
tors and officers have fulfilled their obli
gations? The Incidental and Indirect bene
fits of Investment are not comprehensible
within the terms of the contract, or possi
ble of definition. Yet It must be acknowl
edged that the benefits logically result both
from the thing Invested and from the
manner of investing It; the depositors'
money making profit, possible for the Insur
ance manager, and vice versa a consider,
tlon which removes the diacusslon from the
plane of -business Interpretation to a plane
Of abstract fairness and ethics. But it Is
doubtful whether the problem Is soluble
upon any other terms than thoia of busi
ness. Common sense dictates that the policy
holder conatder the business aspect of
what has vaguely become an Issue between
him and the Inauranca companies. What
dors he pay for, what does he get, and
what can he expect beyond It? Strict com
pliance with the law and with his con
tractual and business rights he should de
mand. But he must be prepared to allow
for the margin of human nature which
enters Inevitably Into the management of
Insurance companies, as Into every other
transaction or incident of life. It Is prob
able that, allowing for the margin of
human error, the interests of the average
policy holder have been as well cared for
aa the Interests of men In general who
pay somebody else lu take tare of their
money.
Minor Scenes and Incidents sketched
on the Spot.
A story Is current In Washington, sup
ported by documentary evidence, tie signed
to prove that Vice President Kalrb.inks Is
thoroughly serious In planning lot- the
presidential succession and accepts the
sarcasm and raillery of acquaintances as
solemn contributions to his candidacy. The
Brooklyn Kagle correspondent tells how
William K. Chandler, president of the
fipanlsh Claims commission. In his mirth
ful moods. Jollies aspirants for the presl
dency, and on a recent occasion penned
and triplicated a letter In these words:
"Mv lear Mr. Secretary Shaw: I deslro
to Inform you that It seems to me you
ought to be the next president of the
I'nlted Htates. Your long devotion to the
principles of the republican party, with
your eminent fitness for the position, high
Integrity, and the faith and confidence
which the people of the country repose
In you, make you the logical presidential
candidate of the party of which you are
today the most distinguished leader. Yours
very sincerely,
WILLIAM K. CHANDLER.
"P. 8. No. 1 I have written similar let
ters to Vice President Fairbanks and Sen
ator Foraker.
"P. 8. No. 'J Please don't forget me.
"W. E. C."
Mr. Shaw and Mr. Foraker answered In
kind, but the correspondent avers that
Mr. Fairbanks replied in this dignified
fashion:
"He sincerely thanked ex-Senator
Chandler for his cordial endorsement and
promise of support, appreciating thor
oughly what this mennt at the hands of
a man possessing the great Influence of
tjie New Hampshire republican. He then
added: 'I am also pleased to learn that
you have Informed Secretary Slinw and
Senator Foraker regarding your attitude
toward me and the presidential nomina
tion.' "
Mr. Fairbanks may be as solemn and
serious minded as charged, but the last
quoted sentence shows considerable clever
ness In turning the Joke on the author
and rivals. (
The auditors of the various departments
of the government are lynx-eyed In their
keenness to discover errors In the ac
counts that are presented to them, nnd
they are like ferrets after a rat In the
accounts of employes who have traveled
out of Washington for the government.
Some time ago an official of one of the
departments who Is the happy owner of a
railroad pass hail occasion to go from
Washington to a town In Iowa. Anxious
to save money for the government, this
official used his pass from Washington to
Chicago, and thence to the town in Iowa,
and. after completing his work there, back
to Chicago At Chicago he found that
the train of the road whose pass he held
would not bring him back to Washington
In tltie to attend to certain work de
manding his attention, and he accordingly
bought a ticket on another road which ran
a limited train making much better time,
but charging 5 extra above the regular
fare. When he made out his statement of
expenditures It read like this:
"Washington to Chicago no charge.
"Chicago to Res Moines no charge.
"Des Moines to Chicago no charge.
"Chicago to Washington $22 ($5 extra for
limited.!"
He had hardly sent In his account to
the auditor of his department when he
was summoned to that official's office for
an explanation of the extra charge of $6.
"Don't you see," he explained, "that 1
have saved the government $54 In not
charging anything from Washington to Des
Moines, and from Des Moines back to Chi
cago. Can't the government allow me these
$6 for the limited when It saves $5t on
Other, railroad fares and when I spent the
extra five ''simply because I- wanted . to
hurry back to my work?"
"There is nothing In the Treasury rules
about spending $6 for the limited." replied
the auditor. "If you had spent the $54 for
railroad fare It would have been allowed.
You will have to refund the $5."
nrct i.atiox or railroads.
Organisation of a Powerfol Corn
palaa Against It.
San Francisco Chronicle.
It is announced that the western rail
roads are creating a western bureau to
co-operate with the eastern bureau now
for some time In a state of active erup
tion in disseminating literature In opposi
tion to the proposal to endow the Inter
state Commerce commission with authority
to reduce rates round, after due hearing,
to be unreasonable. The president Is out
spoken In favof of conferring that power,
nnd the last house ot representatives passed
a bill In accordance with his reommendn
Hons. The next house la morally certain
to re-ensct the same bill or Its equivalent,
and will be called In extra session. In Oc
tober, mcinly for that purpose. The last
hope of th railroads Is In the aenste, and
It Is becoming evident that that will fall
In the face of the tremendous popular
pressure for regulation. For years the
railroad Companies have been aowing the
wind, and are now dismayed at the harvest
which they are about to reap. Hence the
organisation of these bureaus to appeal to
the people themselves by means of litera
ture prepared for the purpose, and dis
seminated so far as possible through the
press.
There Is no objection to that. Every Hog
must have his day, and the railroads, cer
tainly, are entitled to a fair hearing. But
they would gel far more of their literature
republished and read were It not for the
conviction that where they are spending
one dollar In literature lo convince the
people they are spending ten dollars to
maintain their grip on the legislature, con
gress and the courts. 8o long as the "legal
departments" of railroad corporations de
vote their main energies to the nomination
and election to office of persons whom
they believe they can control the public
will remain In a state of mind which will
make them very suspicious of the literary
arguments. Incidentally, while we do not
assume to advise those astute gentlemen,
we may say that if they would agree on
exactly what they wish to say, put that
In one document and circulate that and
nothing else, it would be a great relief to
everybody and probably of more advantage
to themselves. Those who are on their
mailing lists have long since ceased, from
sheer weariness, to even look at the un
ceasing succession of documents.
PF.HSOVA1. .NOTKS.
. Hiram Cronk, the only survivor of the
war of 1812, is now being utilized as an ad
vertisement for whisky.
George A. Wilbur, associate Justice of the
supreme court of Massachusetts, has re
signed after serving as Judge for forty
years and on the supreme bench over
twenty years.
The Young Women's Christian association
building at Lxiwell, Mass., to which Fred
erick Fanning Ayer gave $65,000 for its
building, will be dedicated on May 10, with
Miss Helen Gould as a guest.
The oldest editor In Missouri is Lewis
Lampkln of the Lees Summit Journal, who
has Just celebrated his seventy-third birth
day. During sixty years of life he has
been In the newspaper business.
Eugene F. Ware, the Kansas poet, is not
aware that It Is Incumbent upon him to
provide a portrait of himself to be placed
In the office of commissioner of pensions
along with those of his predecessors, and
he refuses to do so.
While on his way last Sunday to a church
some distance out of town Mayor Berry of
Chester, Ta., saw several boys and men
gambling on the outskirts of the city. He
stopped his team and gave the Sab
bath breakers some gooa auvue. His honor
was a Methodist preacher at one time.
Mrs. John W. Mackay wore at the
Wlckes-Haven wedding in New York last
week collection of pearls' worth $840,000
one rope of 300, valued at $200,000; two
strings, one of which cost $250,000 and tho
other $300,000; a brooch of five pink pearls,
$50,000, and two earrings of black pearls,
$40,000.
The members of congress who have ac
cepted the Invitation of Secretary Taft to
accompany him to the Philippines this sum
mer have been making a strange inquiry
of Mr. Carpenter, Secretary Taft's private
secretary, who has charge of the details
of the trip. The members ask about their
quarters on the railroads and the steamers,
and invariably after each inquiry conies an
other as to where Representative Sereno E.
Payne Is to be located and a request to be
as far away from his as possible. This
query puzzled Mr. Carpenter for a time,
when he asked one of the party what It
meant, and It was explained to him that
Mr. Payne Is noted as the champion snorer
of the t'nited States. Those who have gone
on trips with Mr. Payne can testify as to
his championship in this matter, and it has
become a Joke with the older members of
congress that In every party of which Mr.
Payne Is a member-goes on an excursion
by rail his confreres overwhelm him with
entreaties to accept the drawing room of
the sleeping car, and he nearly always ac
commodates them. Mr. Payne is not at all
bashful of his accomplishment, nor Is he
sensitive when his talents In this direction
are exploited. He takes the jokes In good
heart, and he never Interferes with the
plana of his colleagues when they seek to
find him isolated quarters in the sleepers
or on shipboard. Mr. Payne annually re
celves several hundred cures for the malady
of anorlng. Moat of the gifts come from
members of congress who have spent sleep
less nlghta when they were his traveling
companions. But no one has noted any
Improvment in Mr. Payne from the reme
dies sent him. They are now saying that If
the Philippines excursionists run Into a fog
on the Pacific there will he no need for the
steamer to use Its fog horn, because
Payne's snoring will be warning to ships.
General Grpsvernor, who Is a great
stickler for strict postal laws, waa talk
ing In Washington, the other day about
the violation of the postal laws in the way
of fraud letters and circulars.
"There Is no scheme so absurd that will
hot lure money out of the hard working
and the credulous." said the Ohio con
gresaman. Particularly will those schemes
take which promise swift and remunera
tive returns from little . labor and
capital. This question was discussed one
day In Columbus by a lot of men, and a
young newspaper man said that a printed
advertisement, whether sent througn the
mails or Inserted in the paper, would al
ways be respectfully received, and an
swered with money, too. He said he
would make a bet on the the Issue and we
could $11 frame aa foolish a proposition
aa we wanted. After some debate the
young man decided to put an advertise
ment In the paper which stated that If
the reader would enclose 60 cents and her
address to a certain druggist in the city
he would, on receipt of the same, send her
a formula by which she could make one
pound of pure, wholsome butter out of one
pint of skimmed milk. In three days time,
letters poured Into that druggist shop like
a rain In Apr!!, and every letter had en
closed 54 cents. Then the young man got
cared. The druggist became furious fqr
fear of being arrested for getting money
under false pretenses. The managing ed
itor of the paper on which the young man
waa employed got hold of the story and
told him that he would have to return
everyone of those SO-cent pieces and a full
explanation of the hoax, or he would lose
hla job and perhaps face other unpleasant
things. It took the Joker nearly six weeks
to straighten things out. and all the money
he m-1 on the bet he lost on the returi
postage."
fifty Years ho Standard
DACWffi
Made from pure cream off
tartar derived from grapes.
MIII IMi I.IM-'.S.
She Is a telephone girl's occupation a
profession or a business?
He Neither; it s a vailing. Chic me
News
"What do you find the most trying thii g
about being rich?"
."Saving no to people who want to he j
me double my pile." Chicago Record-1 lor-aid.
"Don't you feel deeply .Impressed by tin
halls of congress?"
"I don't know." answered Senator Sor
ghum, thoughtfully, "The hauls made then
don't strike mo as being, nearly as hirgf ai
formerly." ashlngtiui Star.
"So the lawyers gt most all the cstr.e
Did Kthcl get anything? '
oh. yes. She got one of the lawers.'
Juilge. "Thiv have arresied hint, have thej:
What is the amount of the defalcation?"
"No one know, but It must he rnntmous
He can remember where $lu.wXl of It piil'
Chicago Tribune.
THIS HIM DOWX.
San Antonio lixpress.
Pretty maid. If yon discover
That your ardent." plc-idlng lover
Spends his time In loafing ully round till
town.
If his hair is carried hangy
On his forehead, and lie s slangy,
Don't you hesitate a moment
turn
him
r ' down
If you note his eyebrows fusing
O'er the nose that he is using.
And the very least annoyance makes hin
frown.
He has sot a disposition
That may land you in perdition.
And you'd better nerve yourself and
turn
him
down
If he pays no marked attention,
Doesn't even give It mention,
When you meet hjni in a new and charm
Ing gown,
Show him to the door politely,
Tell him that his Niindny nightly
Visits must be discontinued;
tun
him
down
If he talks about (he races.' ' ,
Calls the silver dollars "rases,"
Tells you how he "done up" Smith ami
Jones and Brown.
If he meets you with a swagger.
And you catch a sniff of lagar.
Get your nerve In proper trim and ,
. turn
him
dowa.
Study well your pleading lover,
Or vbu may too late discover ,
That he'll place ntore' horl1s' thilh rosea In
your crown.
And If anything about him
Gives you slightest cause to doubt him.
Do It In a gentle way, but
turn
him
down
pACTS IN NATURE
Learn The Truth.
ia not afraid to oublish the truth it
the man who . will be honored by his
countryman. Every person who neeila
a tonic and health-builder at this tiao
will recognize the merit ol this mediclW
which Dr. Pierce offers you the in
gradients of which he is not afraid or
ashamed to put in the lime-light of pub
licity.
From the pure fountain of nature flows
the stream of energy and health, which
renews and invigorates our race. In
every period of the world'a progress men
have received their greatest strength
and Inspiration direct from nature. It j
is the greatest teacher and developer of
mankind. Not only do we get inspira
tion from nature, out health as well.
To live in the open, in the sunshine, in
the fields or woods, drinking pure air
into the lungs, ia best for those who
have the opportunity. For people who
are run-down, nervous, suffering from
occasional indigestion or dyspepsia,
headaches, night-sweats, whose machin
ery baa become worn, it becomes neces
sary to turn to some tonic or strength
ens which will help them to get on
their feet and put the body into its
Siroper condition. For centuries it has
een known that nature's most valuable
tealth-giving agents are found in plants
. and roots. Some forty year ago Dr.
R, V. Pierce, consulting physician to the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, at
Buffalo, N. Y., discovered that by scien
tifically extracting: and combining cer-
tain medicinal principles from roots
taken from tne nems ana wooai aim
makin? into an alterative extract pro
duced results in the system which was
satisfactory in almost every case of blood
disorder and stomacn trouoie. i ma con
centrated extract of nature's vitality
purifies the blood by putting the stomach
into healthy condition, helping the as
similation of food which feeds tne uiooo
and arousing the liver into activity.
Nervousness, and sleeolessness are usu
ally due to tbe fact that the nerves are
not fed on nrooerlv nourishing: blood.
Dr. Pierce's Oolden Medical Discovery
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like the machinery which runs in oil.
In this way you feel clean, strong and
strenuous von feel braced up, and you
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mental work. Best of all, the sttength
and increase in vitality and health are
lasting. The trouble with most tonics
and medicines which have a large sale
for a short time is that they are largely
composed of alcohol holding the drugs
in solution. This alcohol fairly shrinks
up the red blood corpuscles, and so one
may feel exhilarated and better for the
time being, yet. in the end weakened and
with vitality decreased. Every bottle of
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
bears the stamp of public approval. For
the druggist to offer you something he
claims is "just as good" is to insult
your intelligence. What you want is a
remedy without alcohol, and one which
has stood the test of time.
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
does not contain alcohol. The proof is
easy. TEST : The white of an egg will
4m..iy woKu.-v - r v ...,. ... ..h.tinatu cnMlnn.
the bottom of a test-tu "?' ' TtVle7 pleasant, .ugar-coa.'ei
will mix with thts medicine and not .p0n,,.. h0uld be taken to sld the !Vw
precipitate. scrlptlon." One or two for a IsvHtlva,
i ne nana, tne , jlRVP bwn know n to cure many bad cases
science, or the j of stomach trouble. 1yswtil and lnu
Nation which gesi.lon. Tliev act ou tne liver anil
is founded on renuiato the romei. rut up in giat
truth is the vlsls. corked, therefore, ilwavs fret-li
i-l.V. ... A. Ik. man i Via. SllO le-
Dili: wiui.il u, .... i liable
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11j .(i Ml
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extracts of medicinal plants :
Golden Seal (Hyffrruifls fViuiVii).
Queen's root, (StilHngUi .(ixif).
Stone root (CollhitouUi Cnttndeiml!
Cherrybark (Prurtu ITrofntmuO.
ISloodroot (.sViitffuinurkr ('unu)en.
Mandrake (PfxloihiUtm pcl(atuin).
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