THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, MAY 27. VM7. ' Tim Omaha Daily Br.t FOUNDED BT EDWAilD ItOSEWA TER. VICTOR ROSEWATEn. EDITOR. Entered t Omaha postofflce as second Class matter. TERMS Or 8UU8CTUPTION. rlly Pee i without 8ur.dsy, one year..KfO lally lie und Bundny one year Biimlsy Ilee. one year ! J0 Saturday Bee, one year Lto IjELIVERETj BY- CARRIER. Dally Hew (Including Sunday), per week. .15c IUlyHe (without Bunday), per week. ..10c Evening llee (without Runday), per week. So Evening lies (with Sunday), per week lOo Address ell complaints of irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. Bmith Omaha City Hall Building. Council HlufTs-15 Bcott Street. Chicago into t'nlty liuildlng. New York IV Home Life Insurance Bldg. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed. Omaha, Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. 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ROSEWATER, General Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 10th day of April. 1S07. (Seal) M. U. HI NUATB, Notary Public. WIIE1 OfT OP TOWH. scrlbers learrna- the rtty tem porarily should- have The Be mailed to them. Address will be chanced as often aa requested. Colonel Watterson denies that his presidential dark horse Is Gray. May Irwin married her manager yes terday. Beginning today, May will manage her manager. Oliver, the new governor of Jamaica, la Bald to be very popular. Popularity should be easy for a successor to Swet tenham. May Irwin Is said to be an excellent cook. . She certainly looks like a per son who had been' enjoying excellent cooking. "Money Is a drug on the market," say a New York financial paper. Yes, but the' Drug r trust ' Is still keeping prices up. As the Irish look at it, the only1 ob jection to' the Birrell home rule bill was that it contained no reference to home rule." ' Two-cent fare laws have material ized within the last week in New York and Illinois, Nebraska will not even be unique from now on. A rare old book has been found in a heap of rubbish, in New York. In these days it is not unusual to find a heap of rubbish in the rare new books. The attendance at the Jamestown exposition is most disappointing. Peo ple have not become familiar enough with the place to begin calling it Jim town. , After looking over the matrimonial records of the other members of the Gould family U is easy to understand why Helen Gould elects to be an old maid. After the rain the green bugs will have to got busier than ever or the Board of Trade wheat growers will be compelled to discover signs of rust in the fields. The school census takers will now hie themselves forth and make a brave effort to verify the estimates of Omaha's population published by the directory makers. Perhaps that accommodating Jury over at Council Bluffs gave Pat Crowe a verdict of not guilty to save Gov ernor Cummins the trouble of turning him loose on parole. The czar, according to latest stories about him, Is said to spend much of his time singing sentimental ballads. The persistent plots against his ltfe fcsy now be explained. It Apache Kid, the Indian outlaw, Is reading the papers closely he will be surprised to learn that his skull has been placed in the museum at Yale, to be studied for scientific purposes. An Ohio politician walked from New York to Columbus for his health. This walking fad as a health cure has be- ome very popular since the free passes tu v been called In by the railroads. 1 "he Burlington Toad has bought an other gtrlp of land for trackage pur poses V in Omaha, taking the title In the oVt of the Omaha & South wstrn how much longer will this farcical K ggie 0f names be continued? Tb t', apportionment of school money, brea, ,ng recor(lg wU, ,yf Omaha const bJy r n the scuooi -.d counted on fromthat aourco. -rat however, wll not be trouble dlnr n,,M . w r - ROT ABOVt THE STATE COMMITTEE. Every little while the fusion organs and organettes In various parts .of Ne braska break loose with some tall tale about the pernicious activity of the re publican state committee. They would have the people believe that the re publican state committee is holding nightly seasons, concocting diabolical schemes to be perpetrated through re publicans who have been elected to office. AccordVg to the fusion Imagination the republican state committee last winder was constantly mixing into leg islation and ordering the law-makers tinder crack of whip to line up on one side or the other of this or that bill. Later the committee was heralded as attempting to dictate appointments by the governor and other state officers and state boards. It was pictured as holding indignation meetings and adopting resolutions of censure when ever the selection for any particular place was not In accord with the com mittee's wishes. The latest political bugbear Is that the republican state committee has lines out on Lieutenant Governor Hopewell with a view to get ting him to turn things upside down in the state house as soon as Governqr Sheldon crosses the state boundaries on his forthcoming trip to the Puget Sound. . All this Is the veriest rot. The re publican state committee consists of thirty-four members, together with a chairman, secretary and treasurer. The committee has not held a meeting since last November and it is doubtful if more than three or four of Its mem bers have been in one another's pres ence at the same time since that date. The committee has an executive com mittee of six members, but the execu tive committee has not been together for any business whatever since the last meeting of the full committee. The members and officers of the com mittee may have personal preferences and personal opinions about both leg islation and appointments, but if any of them have sought to influence any officer or any law-maker It has been solely in his private capacity. It is quite possible that the state committee ought to take a more active hand In public matters which affect the party interests and its prestige for or against republican success in future campaigns. But the committee has not in years done anything of the kind. It would be no offense against the law or against political morals If it should do so, nor would It neces sarily be resented by the rank and file of the party providing the commit tee's action were taken with good mo tives and well calculated to build up and strengthen the party Irrespective of factionalism. Democratic and pop ulist Btate committees always assumed to be the power behind the throne during the fusion regime, and that may explain why they can only con ceive, of the republican committee doing the same thing. - ' i i i. f: v .7 THE DEATH OF MRS. W Elf LET. . The late President . McKlnley took pride, during the latter years of'hi$ distinguished public career, In giving credit for much of his success to his wife, the guiding light of his home, who died yesterday. In their earlier life In Ohio, when Major McKlnley was Just entering upon the career that ended In his twice receiving the high est political gift in the power of the American people, Mrs. McKlnley, al though, an invalid from girlhood. shared his counsels, his triumphs and defeats, and her Influence was always for the highest and beat In public and private life. During their life in the White House, Mrs. McKlnley was pre vented, on account of constant 111 health, from actively participating in the social gaieties of the national capi tal, but her gentle Influence was always felt, not only in social affairs, but also in matters of administration She be came one of the best loved women in the nation and held the world's sym pathy In the bereavement that came to her through her husband's martyr dom. In her death the nation loses a well-nigh perfect example of gentle and noble womanhood. THE WIFE AKD HER FRIKSDS. Magistrate Fordham of London will hear something to his disadvantage If he will attend a few meetings of women's clubs, after they get tha force and effect of bis recent decision from the bench that It Is not only the right but the duty of the husband to inspect and revise his wife's visiting list and to exercise the greatest care In determin ing her social associates. The learned magistrate In delivering his opinion discoursed at length upon the wicked ness, that flourishes in the world and declared that It was the bounden duty of the husband to protect his wife's name, and to do so it was right and necessary for him to see that her vis iting list was carefully purged of the names of all people with whom, in the wise Judgment of the husband, It was neither desirable, wise, safe nor ex pedient for his wife to associate. As if Fordham's ruling were not radical enough, In view of the latter day relations between husband and wife in the matter of choosing friends and associates, one of his colleagues, whose name Is not given la the cables, went further and pleaded for a restora tion of the old regime, when the wife was recognized as her husband's chat tel, and was not allowed to have any friends of her own, any more than she was expected to have opinions. This eminent rello of tire paleozoic period declared that the wife should not have a separate visiting list, but should leave home only with her husband, and stay at home when he wanted to do a little visiting on his own account. The subject and the magistrate's ruling are Interesting chiefly as show ing that there are still men of avowed learning in the world who have fallen so far behind the procession that they do tot realise the new conditions under which the marital relation is marked by reciprocal confidence, consideration and respect. It Is Just as well, per haps, to leave the London magistrates alone with the pant. ANOTHER TARIFF I'ROBLKM. The annual report of the Philippine commission, Just published, is not pleasant reading for American states men who believe, regardless of party affiliations, that national pledges should be kept. The trouble all lies In the failure of congress to carry out the promises made by the administra tion of the Islands, under Governor Taft and Governor Wright, that the United States would furnish the Philip pines relief from the exactions of the Dingley tariff schedules and thus en courage Filipino industries and pro mote trade between the Pacific archi pelago and the United States. Con gress has not carried out the pledge and the report of the commission states that the Filipinos are actually suffering because of this negligence. The failure of congress to reduce or remove the tariff on Philippine to bacco and sugar was a severe blow to the Filipino Industries, but It has been emphasized and rendered more harm ful by other legislation which has prac tically shut the products of the islands from the markets of other countries. The United States has compelled the insular treasury to refund export duties on products which It imports Into the United Slates, for use here, a refund that apparently goes entirely to the manufacturers of cordage and other users of hemp. It has enacted a law requiring all commerce between the United States and the Philippines to be carried in American bottoms thus Increasing the . transportation rates and depriving the Filipino ship pers of the benefit of competition in shipping. It shuts out cotton goods of other countries from the Islands and has so changed the rates as to increase the cost of American cotton goods to natives. It has adhered to such duties on sugar and tobacco as to practically shut those products of the Islands from the American market, ,and the Tobacco and Sugar trusts are the sole beneficiaries of the legislation. . The report of the Philippine commis sion asserts that this failure of con gress to furnish the promised relief means actual deprivation and suffer ing to thousands of Filipinos who have been trying to develop the tobacco and sugar interests of the islands and have depended upon the United States as the logical and promised market for their products. With a certainty bf low prices for their products, the Fili pinos are utterly discouraged and are making little effort to develop the agri cultural Interests, which cannot be profitable so long as congress main tains Its present embargo on commerce between the United States' and Its ward In the Pacific. Secretary Taft under stands the situation and It is expected that as a result of his coming visit to the islands the Philippine tariff ques tion will be placed before congress at the opening of the next session fn a manner that will compel its considera tion. TO AVERT A LIMBER FAM1KF. The passage by the Wisconsin legis lature of a resolution, adopted by a unanimous vote, memorializing con gress to remove the tariff on lumber Is most significant as coming from a state which has heretofore been recog nized as the home of the lumber baron and whose representatives In congress have been most active for years In op posing every meusure looking to a change of schedules which would re sult In lowering the protection afforded to American lumbermen against com petition by their Canadian neighbors. The action is a recognition of the fact that the question of America's timber and lumber supply has now becomo one of intense national Importance and has been removed from the field of po litical or economic issues. Many na tional interests are being Injured by the growing shortage In the lumber supply and the Inability, under ex isting laws, of securing relief except upon the payment of tariff duties which would increase the prices on the ma terial already abnormally high. The forestry division of the Depart ment of Agriculture has shown by conclusive figures that the United States Is now consuming annually more than three times as much wood as all the forests of the nation grow in the meantime. The demand for lumber in the trades is greater than ever before In the history of the country, and as a result prices are artificially hUh and furnish an Incentive to the lumbermen to ravage the forests of the country, using up resources that cannot' be re newed In centuries. Every man who wishes to construct a building submits to a heavy tax to meet this Increased cost of material. The authorities at Washington and In several states are making an In vestigation to ascertain what propor tion of the present high price of lum ber' Is due to artificial manipulation by the Lumber trust, but whatever the result of the inquiry may be little relief will be afforded until a new source of lumber supply Is opened. Canada has a vast forest area that could be drawn upon If the tariff were removed, and the demand for some such supply will probably be too in sistent for congress to ignore much longer. The existing tariff law can no longer be argued as essential to the protec tion of the lumber industry. So far as the United States Is eoncerned,-the lumber Industry is In need of preserva tion rather than protection. The de mand is for foreign lumber, for a sup ply from other sources that will meet a demand which Is wholly In excess of home resources and thus stop the de vastation of American forests which must be preserved and restored In the interests of the national welfare. The Due de Chaulnes of France Is going to marry Miss Shonts after all. The engagement was broken when, according to report, the duke tried to Induce his prospective father-in-law to settle a lot of debts and stake the duke with spending money to last a life time, but strategy has conquered. The duke allowed the story to get out that his noble relatives objected to his marriage with a plain American girl, and then Pa Shonts came up hand somely and showed those French nobles that his daughter was too good for the best of them. The duke's cred itors may extend congratulations to themselves. ' The state supreme court has held that the sections of the Nebraska crim inal code penalising the keeping of gambling devices is valid as against all technical defenses. This looks like goodbye to slot machine gambling in Omaha and anywhere else where there may be a movement to enforce the law. Kurokl has finally been compelled to surrender, the dinners which he has attended in New York and Boston hav ing accomplished his undoing." It might make war less horrible if the armies would halt Just out of firing range and allow their generals to settle battles over the banquet board. Charles Schwab says the railroads will be compelled to substitute nickel rails for the steel rails now in use in the interest of safety. It might help, too, tq get a god substitute for the wooden operators who get the tele graph orders mixed with alarming fre quency. One of our amiable contemporaries holds out the . alluring hope that Omaha can "at no distant time" be come "one of the first cities of the country." What's the matter with advertising Omaha as "one of the first cities of the country" right now?""-. General KurokJ, has been sampling American drinks and expresses his marked prejudice in favor, of the "hon orable mint Julep." Is it possible that Kuroki is Colonel Watterson's dark horse candidate for the presidential nomination? . Needle Alarm, Kansas City Times. Those farmers who begin to worry about a "drouth" when a week has passed with out a rain are newcomers to Nebraska and Kansas. Not very many years ago a soak ing rain once a. nionth was esteemed as Still In- V Woods. Washington. Ileritld. Mr. Bryan says" hajfyuld not run against Mr. Roosevelt. JJpwiver, aa Mr. Roosevelt persists In his statement that he will not be a candidate under any circumstances, we do not seem to be any neareV out of the woods than before.'- , , ' V PKRSOXVl NOTES. .hf .I1"' betroth 2T years old about the age of Ellen Terry's new hus band. Boys will be boys. tf',1eT at Ba" AntoPl. Ju"t sentenced to fifty years In prison, when the maxi mum might have been flfty-two. must view ohTusr 88 bpn at th - fZf ?! . ' noteA' ,mrUfld the recep tions that are to be tendered to him In this country, by sendlny back to Jspan the full dress uniforms of himself an! staff Im mediately after the reception hy President Roosevelt. General Luis Terrai'nn ne rMh.u... . - - vuii.uaiiuil, wno is one of the richest then In th win vl A 1-, n Just purchased 4t;0,000 acres of land In nonnern Mexico for $tno,noO. He already owned 15,00n,00) acres of land In Mexico. He Is father-in-law of Rnrlnue Creel, Mexican amnasffador to the IVIted States. Among the attaches who win nvrnnun. the Vnlted States delegation to the second peace conference at - The Hague Is Miss Mnrxari-t A. Hunna. who In nrirat. tary to Mr. Adee, the second asutstant sec retary 'or state. Site is paid to be the first woman who was ever honored wtth such a position. Miss Hanna has an intimate knowledge of international law. precedent and policy. Prof T . r TTawnnl Mi!.f Antnmnl,lB( of the Department of Agriculture at Wnsh- Inctnn in at nrnMi.nt In th frfma vtnftlncr the Kuasian entomologist, M. Mckhrzhelsky. He Is making a study of the paramte that nrev nn tlie wild nllkworm. which have he- eome a menace to American horticulture, and he has applied to the American em- finvnv ttf tvrm iKKlnn trt pinnrt varlnul lireeds of parasites from Russia. imKAMEBS OF UHEAMS. Dead Romance llrought to Life by Modern Invention. New York Times. It's more than a generation since the first party of American boys Journeyed "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" In the Nautilus, Captain Nemo, commander, yet the Octopus and the Lake, which seem to bo the most practicable of the sub marines of today, are only approximating tha perfection of thtt vessel. Jules Verne told hvw the submarine might be elevated or depressed by pumping out or filling air chambers, and he likewise told how the confined atmosphere might be freshened by the manufacture pf oxygen artificially, and the absorption of the carbonic acid by chemicals. The nearer naval architects approach the Nautilus type the nearer they are to the production of the most formid able fighting machine man has yet Imag ined. Nearly three centuries have elapsed since children were first thrilled with the story of Beauty and the Beast. Among the di versions of the castle In which Beauty was Imprisoned were three windows from which the maiden might, at pleasure, behold and hear operatic and dramatic performances. Of course, any millionaire of these days may provide similar entertainment for his Inamorata with the aid of "canned" or electrically conveyed ' music and moving pictures, though Charles Perrault failed to describe the Ingenious mechanism employed In Beauty's castle, and has allowed the children to suppose that everything was done by enchantment. Instances might be multiplied of how dead romance has been brought to life by modern Invention, but these will suffice to show that even dreamers' of dreams sometimes contribute to the world's material progress. ROISD ABOtT HEW TORK. Ripples on the t orrent of Life la the Metropolis. Judicial ' discretion and wisdom grows apace. Justice Bischoft of the supreme court of New York City Intimated in a re cent case that there are some things be yond the reach of the injunction, among them the Inalienable right of a man to choose liberty and harplnesa wherever he can find them. Sarah ft. Levy, wife of Ernest Levy, was the plaintiff. She learned J that Ernest had gone to a western state to procu-e a divorce. Thereupon Mrs. Levy petitioned Justice Blschoff for an In junction, asserting that her husband was living In South Dakota for the sole purpose of obtaining a divorce or separation under the lenient laws of that stste. She wanted him restrained from obtaining a divorce In any state other than New York. She secured a preliminary Injunction, ex parte, which Justice Blschoff has dissolved, giving reasons interesting to husbands with roving Instincts. "The husband," says Justice Blschoff, "hss an indisputable right to change his domicile as often as Ms pleasure, health or happiness dictates, though the wife may choose to live apart from him." It cost Mrs. Levy $10 to find It out Describing the peculiarities of the men on Admlrnl Kurokl's fleet, reoently In New York harbor, the Times says the uniform of the Japanese blue-Jacket Is almost Identical with that of the English man-of-war's men. Their pay, however. Is very small, and ranges from about $4 a month to 116 a month. Their highest paid petty o Ulcer receives a lower wage than does the apprentice In the American navy, and tha ration which Is served to the Jap anese bluejacket would not hold an Amer ican boy In the naval service over night. The American navy ration Is the envy of every other .man-of-war's man In the world, and Is In every respect equal to the food which one finds on the table of the average New Yorker. The Japanese ration consists almost wholly of rice, with an allowance of bread twice a week. The routine of shipboard life Is very much the same, but one notices striking little differences here and there. For ex ample, the captain of an American man-of-war would promptly bring to court martial any deck officer who was found smoking while on duty. The Japanese of ficers placidly smoke their cigarette at any time they wish. Unlike the American ships, the Japan ese carry no marines. Then, too, their small boats are entirely different, their steam launches being long-walsted, speedy Craft, and which seem to have been built originally for torpedo boat work. Their smaller boats are most peculiar, the type of craft which corresponds , with the dinghy of the American service, being propelled by a set of quadruple sculls, worked from cleats rigged overside. The state education building to be erected Jn Manhattan at a cost of M. 000,000 will, from an architectural standpoint, eclipse any structure In the city. According to t' e approved plans the building will be 600 feet long and four stories high, of pure classic design, with the longest Corinthian colonnade to be found In this country. The i Ionto stone columns will be sixty-five feet high and will run along the front of the structure for probably 600 feet. The edu cation department, administration offices and the audience room are to be on the first floor of the building, and the work rooms for the rougher work of the depart ment and facilities for receiving and de livering .mall, express nd freight will be In tha basement. The state library, with a. capacity of upward of 8,000,000 volumes, will have the second and third floors, and the library delivery room will be the most Imposing feature In the new building. It la to be In the center of the structure and the entrance will be from the Washington avenue side.' The state museum Is to be on the fourth floor. At one of the last dinners given In the old Fraunce's tavern, New York City, to General Washington and the French min ister In December, 1783, 135 bottles of Ma deira, thirty-six bottles of port, sixty bot tles of English beer and thirty bowls of punch were drunk by the 1W good French men who sat around the host's hospitable board. In the final accounting It does not appear remarkable that the state of New York, as Is provided by an old voucher, had to pay for sixty broken wine glasses and eight decanters, the total bill for the din ner amounting to 1780, of which $2W was for the actual food consumed. When the famous old tavern was re opened Saturday night, reports the New York Herald, there was aa different a story as there are years between today and a century and a quarter ago. Madeira and port gave way to champagne and cocktails, but there was no less good cheer. Robert Olphant, chairman of the com mittee of the Sons of the Revolution who have restored the old house at Pearl and Broad streets as nearly as possible to the condition in which Washington saw It when In Us long upper rooms he bade fare well to his officers; James Mortimer Mont gomery, Arthur Melvln Hatch, Alexander R. Thompson, Henry A. Wilson and Hugh Hastings of the organization talked of tho old days and drank the health of the i.vn who mude the tavern famous. Although the upper floors will not be completely furnished until next fall and the formal opening will not occur until De cember 4, the main floor Is now open to the public. "Queer, Isn't It," said an out-of-to(vn wo man, quoted by the Sun, "that of all the hotels In New York where women and chil dren are welcome . the only strictly 'wo man's hotel' rules against children as guests of the house? I believe In the case of a mother arriving late at night with a child they are, under protest, allowed to remain until morning, but that's all. CBil dren are, however, allowed In the dining room. "A similar rule debars children from eat ing at one of the few restaurants In the city catering especially to women. In this restaurant a conspicuously placed sign no tifies mothers that children are not ad mitted. "With no such rules laid down In other hotels and restaurants, It seems rather Incongruous that these two establishments, run especially for women, should rule the children out." While three members of the East River Park Athletic club were battling with the waters near Hell Gate one morning last week, to save a young woman who wanted to die, some sneak thief on shore stole the coat and shoes of the leader of the rescu ing party. The girl herself scolded all three for dragging her out of the river. She will recover. Mere Man's Downfall. Chicago News. Nineteen woman legislators have taken seats In the Diet chamber at Helsingfors. Most appropriately It Is I In Finland that mere man begins to see his finish. A Political Mlllealnm. Indianapolis News. Another evidence of the persistent march of civilisation is the talk of Senator Hop kins about Uncle Joe Cannoi running for president on a tariff revision platform! STATU r-RRM COMWFT. Hildreth Telencope: While there are rumors to the effect that there will be quite a bunch of republican candidates before the primaries, there seems to be a dearth of democratic and populist candidates. Do you suppose It is because the latter two think there Is but little chance of an elec tion this fall? nestrlce Sun: Winter hss scarcely rung down hrr comber curtains when we are adjured by the railroads to lay In a supply of coal, as the Interstate Commerce com mission has decided that the rends cannot longer engage In tho coal business, hence they will not be responsible fnr any short age that may occur later. This may be a friendly tip, or It may mean that as ths roads are driven rrom the cnal fields they may. prompted by a spirit of resentment, plead the snme old gag of a shortage of cars. At any rate, the people who burn coal may prepare to get It In the neck. Beatrice Express: In the course of hl speech before the- Commercial club Inst evening, Mr. Bushnell emphasized the Im portance of the newspaper In the upbuild ing of a city. He did not speak for the pa pers from tho standpoint that they should be helped because they are of general pub lic benefit. His Idea, which Is plainly cor rect. Is that direct profit Is returned to the man who advertises, and that as an addi tional advantage the paper Is built up and enabled to become a stronger factor In helping promote the city's Interests. Every dollar paid to a newspaper for advertising or Jobwork produces two-fold results gives full value to the ono who pays It and returns to him a sbero of the advantages accruing to a city by greater newspaper service. Kearney Democrat: Not a cltlsen of the state has appeared before the State Board of Assessment during its session at Lincoln, where it had tho assessment of railroads un der consideration, to defend the people and encourage the board to tax railroads on the same basis aa other people are taxed, or to offer any argument In opposition to the statements made by the railroad agents. Nebraska never had but one man who knew enough about railroads, their methods and the real value of their vast properties to meet the railroad agents In public and dis cuss their methods, and he Is df a I. E Iward Rosewater was the only man who had the knowledge of their affairs, and possessed the nerve to meet them In the open and ex pose their sophism. Allen News: Does farming pay? Well we should say so. The News knows of a man near Allen who only Ave years ago bought a farm and paid less than $50 cash down on it, and was encumbered for Over $7,000, today he does not owe a single dollar, and we could go out and sell his personal property for $3,000 or $4,000. Ho Is not a speculator, does not feed cattle, has not received a penny other than what he has received from the farm In the way of products and animals sold that were raised and fed upon the farm. In addition to this he has lived, dressed himself and family comfortably, kept up his taxes and considerable Incidental expenses. He Is yet a comparatively young man, not es pecially strong and ohly a good faithful worker. He goes as much as anyone should and lives as good as anyone should. Wo know of a few more near Allen who In lessi than ten years have done better than this party. What business man In Allen can show up as well? None. York Times: The Commoner hardly does justice to Mayor 'Brown of Lincoln, when It says his re-election Indicates democratic gains in that city. Mr. Brown was an ex periment the first time he was ciectea, Dut the second election was a distinct endorse ment of his administration. He was sup ported by one of the two republican dailies of the olty openly, and by many republicans. We are not endorsing their course by any means, but are only saying It was purely and emphatically a personal victofc-y for Mr. Brown, aided by faction In the republican party. The Commoner should be Just with Mayor Brown. He Is a lifelong friend of Colonel Bryan's and has done more for him than any other single man. Mr. Brown assisted Mm materially to get on his feet when he first went to Lincoln and has been constant In his loyalty. They were ac quainted In Illinois, and If we are not mis taken, Mr. Brown was instrumental In get ting Mr. Bryan to go to Lincoln. They were near neighbors and close friends for many years and there is no man living who holds Colonel Bryan In higher esteem than his friend, the popular mayor of Lin coln. York Times: There Is always more or less Interest In the appointments of the governor of the state and all classes of people take a hand In the discussions that precede and follow them. The public Is only Interested In the efficiency and In tegrity of the appointees, but politicians have other Interests beside the salaries. The appointments Indicate what faction or set of politicians, If any, have influ ence with the governor and who he Is going to favor In party matters. Governor Sheldon has been very deliberate In an nouncing his appointments and only a few have so far been made. Consequently all have been guessing and hoping. His first appointment warn purely personal, being a personal friend who had always been a democrat, but supported Mr. Sheldon most sincerely and heartily. There was some criticism of this but It was very "deep down" and undemonstrative. Recently Governor Sheldon has made some of the most Important appointments In his power and the personnel Is very gratifying to the friend of good government and clean politics. A. B. Allen has been appointed chief oil lnnpector. He has been secro-1 tary of the republican state committee for! a number of years and private secretary to the governor. He Is an old newspaper MISS JULIE FLORENCE WALSH Lydia E. Pinkham's made from native roots and herbs. No other medicine in the country has received such widespread and unqualified endorsement. 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This appointment was doubt less made on the governor's own motion and because he wants such men In the responsible positions to the state. As private secretary he ha named M. W. Dlmery. ex-stale senatot and an Independent, honorable and abll man. It Is more than likely the personal choice of the governor himself, aa no ont would be likely to urge upon him anj person for this position. The significance of these appointments Is that Govemot Sheldon Is not to bo "controlled" by anj faction or clique, but will select tho best men for the positions according to ths light he has. This will be a sad disap pointment to those who want to dlctats the politics of the state, but highly gratl- ' fylng to the large number Of people wh desire only a clean, honest and efficient administration. If the governor continue! as he has begun he will win the confV dence of all classes and the approval ol the most worthy. Columbus Telegram: Say, you Columbus people who are discouraged regarding ths efforts of Mr. Bahcock to make the power canal a winner you ought to have been In On aha th's week. Babccck was there talking to the big men of Omaha, telling them what they wanted to know about the canal, tell ing them that It will be built, no matter how hard the Omaha Electric Light company may try to kill It telling them that Colum bus will do the fair thing by Omaha la the distribution of electric power for manu facturing purposes. And It waa good to a Columbus man's cars to hear those Omaha people talk about the canal. The Telegram Is not prepared to tell Columbus people that Bnhcuck Is going to close the deal this week. We do not want to raise any falsa hopes. But nil (he same, the canal Is com ing. Babcock will win It for us ultimately. He Is now In touch with the men who have the money. Our advice to all friends of Columbus Is to cultivate a better spirit of optimism. The canal Is coming. Bab cock cannot fail. ' He has traveled a long, a rough and a dangerous road. He la bear ing the end'. He Is within sight of the goal. At last his mighty energy, undaunted courage and Arm faith In his cause are to win for him the laurel of success. Tha canal Is coming. TRIFLES LIGHT AS A I It, Mrs. X. What lovely children' Are all four vours? Mrs. Y. The court hasn't decided yet. Cleveland Leader. Mr. Saphedde When we are married yo shall want for nothing. Miss Gotrox But I want nothing now. Mr. Saphedde Then take me, Philadel phia Record. Jack the Giant Killer donned his Invisi ble coat. "How unnecessary," they protested. "Just become a bridegroom and nobody will see you." Accepting the advice, he was Immediately lost to view. Philadelphia Ledger. "Do you understand the language of stamps?" "Well, not as love-sick girls use Hi but when my wife stamps hep foot I can In terpret It all right." Philadelphia Ledger. "The weather man ought to be able to make a good living." . "Why so?" "Because he can always raise the wind In somo quarter." Chicago Record Herald. Mr. Crlmsonbeak But, you know, yon can only die once. Mrs. Crlmsonbeak Of course, I know that. I hope you didn't think I was a cat? Yonkers Statesman. "I understand that the De Styles sra to have a real novelty at their next func tion." "What Is It?" "A society minstrel show." JL "That's nothing new." .S "Oh, but they're going to have keM-W tons. -from family closets to rattie the , bones." Baltimore American. "Why don't you Improve your roads?" asked the disgusted traveler. "We dasn't," answered Farmer Corntos sel. "We've got to keep "em this wsy to discourage automobiles from comln' slnnff an' scarln" the hosses." Washington, Star. "But," said tho persistent suitor. "If I were to swear to you that I would go to the ends of the earth for you" "First of all," Interrupted the Boston beauty, "you would have to prove to me that the earth really has ends, and that, you know, Is quite Impossible." Philadel phia Press. Galley I tell you we had a hot old time last night. Ascum Really? What was the causa of it? Galley Cold bottles. Washington Herald, Snappe Yes, I believe I did say you wera always lying about yourself. Bragg Fir, I'm not accustomed to that sort of lull-. I'm a gentleman, lr! Snappe There you are again. Philadel phia inquirer. THE COLLECTORS. Harper's Magaxlne. I wasn't but u little boy When I eolleeted butterflies; And next I took to postage stamps, And then cigar bands were the prise, I had a lot of birds' eggs, too. And horseshoes soiuu were red wlta rust, My hornets' nests were thrown away The maid said they collected dust. But mother whispered not mind. For Bhe had a collection, too, And showed me Juki the queerest lot A baby's cap, a small pink shod, A rubber cow, a yellow curl, A ragged book A M C. A ifiei, thick with blots, I wrote When she was m.a' a a & from me. I wouldn't give a quarter for The stuff, but mother thinks It's fine. And only laughed when I remarked It wasn't valuable, like mine. But when It comes to keeping things. She gives me pointers, you ean het; I sold or swapped mine long ago, But mother has her rubbish yetl ( WOMEN SUFFER Many women suffer in silence and drift along from bad to worse, know ing well that they ought to have immediate asKistnrice. How many women do you know who are perfectly well and strong? The cause may be easily traced to feminine deraDfretueiit which manifest itself in depression . of spirit, reluctance to go anywhere or do anything, backache, dragging sensations, flatulency, narvousneaa, and sleeplessness. . . These symptoms are but warnings that there is danger ahead, and un less heeded, a life of suffering or a serious operation is the inevitable result. The best remedy for all these symptoms U Vegetable Compound dull pains In my back, but your Her advice is free. l f !