THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, MAY 27. VM7. '
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STATEMENT OF CIKCt'LATION.
Stf.te of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.
Charloa C. R'' sewater, general manager
rf The Bee A'ubltshliig Company, being
duly sworn. 'Fays that the actunl number
of full and complete copies of The Dally,
Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of April. 1W7. was as
follows:
I... 83,870 IT 3B.W0
t S4.090 It SB.090
t 31,110 II 44,"0
4 34.390 JO.. 33,010
84,330 1.. 83,300
. a 34.330 21 30.090
T 31,400 ti 80,300
1 34,380 J 4 38,430
1 34,480 . 28 38,470
10 34,000 28 So,340
11 34,410 2T 38,830
It 98,730 21.. 34,800
18 30,030 29 36,810
II.... . 83,400 10 , 33,650
15 34,890
1 34,830 Total 1,038,410
Less unsold and returned copies. 3,864
Net total 1,038,840
Dally verage......i............ 34,334
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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 .
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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.
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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.'-
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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
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Miss J, F. Walsh, of 338 W. 3fith tst . New York City, writes: "Lydia
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such as Backache, Falling and Displacements, Inflammation and Ulcera
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and during the Change of Life. It cures Nervous Prostration, Headache,
General Debility, and invigorates tha whole system.
Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women
Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to
write Mrs. Pink ham, at Lynn, Mas.
man. clean, honest and gentlemanly. has
excellent ability and a large acquaintance
In tha stste. 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.
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