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TIIE OMAliA DAILY BKE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2G. 1907. Tub Omaha Daily Dee FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSE WATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postofllc as second claaa matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. rally be 'without Sui.day), on yar..M0J I'olly h-e Hnd Sunday ona year Bunds y Uie. one year Saturday liee, one year " VKIA VKRED BY CARRIER. Dally Bee (Including Sunday), per week.. 15c Dully Bee (without Sunday), per week. ..10c l.- ..I tl . ... , I . B.. fa livening Be (with Bunday), per week... .10 I Adoics all complaints or Irreg uiariu. delivery to C'hy Circulation Department OFFICES. Omaha The Bee xiuildlng. South Omaha City flail Building. Council BlufTe IS Bcott Street. C'hlraao 10 Unity Building. New i"ork 1 Home Life Insuranc Bldf Washington tfll Fourteenth StraeL CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to newa and edi torial matter should be addreeeed. Jmana Bet, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, espress or poatal order, payable to The Bet Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps received In payment or mall accounts, personal checks, escept on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Ptnte of Nebraska. Douglas County. Charles C. Roewater. general manager of Th Bea Publishing Company, "ein duly sworn, that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dl" Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee prlnUd during the month of May, 1907. was as follows: 1 88,f0 IS 86,790 ! 96.S10 It a,o I 88,890 to... 38.370 4 11,410 II ao.trau 84,300 It 88,810 t BS.B80 51.., 88,800 7 38,460 U 38,890 .. 80,500 it. 88,800 ( CB.T90 t.., 34.800 10 30,990 T 38,480 11 85,390 tl 38,810 11 34,880 tt 38,010 It 36,438 tO 38,880 14 35,380 tl, 35,810 16 88,830 it 35,4o Total... i.o8,eao 17.... 30,360 Less unsold and returned copies 8,887 Net total , 1.088.PB3 Dally average 80,083 CHARLES C. ROSE WATER, General Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to oelorn ms this list day of May, 1907. (Seal) M. B. HUNQATE, " Notary Public WHEN OUT OK TOWS. porarlly should bars Th Be mailed t them. Address will he Speaking of the decay of. romance; Buffalo Bill hag bought an automobile. Harry Orchard indignantly denies that he has added gum chewing to hla other crlmea. Oatmeal la a new shade In woman's dress goods. Must have cream trim mings, of course. New York Is going to spend $161, 000,000 for a water supply that is not of the Wall street variety. Pa Rourke may ba consoled by the thought that some of the teams in the league are not bo discourteous as the Denver. From all reports France designates as "an Insurrection" what would be a little more than a rough house during a Chicago strike. Scientists may go on looking for sun spots If they wish. The rest of us prefer to 'look for shady spots for the next two months. Of course the stockholders of the Adams Express company will enjoy their slices of that $24,000,000 melon. The public paid for It. The president is showing rare powera of suppression by refusing to ask the attorney general to smash the "Favorite Son" combine. ' President RooBevelt has only to point to the work of the Denver grand ury to prove Justification of his stand against the land grabbers. N "The runaway tore up Farnam street" says a local contemporary. We had an impression that the con tractors tore up Farnam street Secretary Wilson saya American prosperity Is at the bottom of the' high price of meats. This sounds like an alibi for the so-called Beef trust. ' Almost any old politician may get hla name In the papers these days by "assisting that his policies have been laken up by President Roosevelt. Colonel Watterson says that Gov ernor Hughes will be the republican nominee for president. All right, but hjr not name the democratic nominee, too? Tha export of American beer to Prance has more than doubled in the !ast year. Those riots over there may e just, the result of mixing win and eer. , , The mere fact that Seoretary Taft'a Mil for breakfast at a St. Louis restau rant was II.C5 must not be accepted ts proof that Mr. Taft Is a hearty utter. If the Young Men's Christian asso ciation campalgaers raise that $90,000 )y July I, according to program, they vlll be entitled to a big blow-out on he Glorious Fourth. ' There would b no serious complaint If the telegraph operators who are sending that Mil about the doings of 3eorge Bernard Shaw and Mark Twain should Join the strike. "The democratic nomination will go '.o Mr, Bryan if be wants if" says Chairman Jim Orlgga of the demo jratic congressional committee. "If he wants It" la just thrown In for good measure to show that Griggs is not atiuaW with his words. important irynvr,-nrT not tuck- Most of the railroad legislation passed In a score of states during the winter and spring Just past was prompted, not by an Intelligent adaptation of statutory remedy to railroad ell, but by vlndlctlveness. Tha railroads have been soundly clubbed and are on their backs pleading for mercy. In the midst of Satisfaction over thla. Is It not time to consider what 'one does with a thoroughly thrashed snd properly humble opponent with whom one must continue to live? Collier's Weekly. This would be Important if true, but so far as Nebraska railroads are. concerned Jt is not true. The late Ne braska legislature enacted a number of measures affecting the railroads and other common carriers, but they were enacted not in a spirit of vlndlctive nees, but in a spirit of generous con sideration. The vindictiveness seems all to have been on the other side, the railroads through their representatives manifesting ill-concealed resentment and resorting at once to retaliatory practices. y If the editor of Collier's Weekly can discover any railroads "on their backs pleading for mercy" he must have pe culiarly constructed eyes. In this state the railroads seem, on the con trary, to have learned nothing from experience, and where they are not trying to make the new laws burden some to the public and to their patrons by overscrupulous enforcement and withdrawal of previous concessions, they are wilfully defying them and ap pealing to the federal courts to pro tect them from regulation by state au thority. Unless the railroad manag ers' come to their senses beforelong the only thing they may expect at the next turn of the wheel will be anotter and more thorough thrashing. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LABIA The bureau of manufactures of the Department of Commerce and Labor teports that manufacturers are much concerned what to do to meet the sus picion of the consuming public over the branding of articles in compliance with the pure food law. Olive oil la used as an illustration of the problem that confronts t.he manufacturer. In the did days "pure olive oil" from Lucca, Italy, was found on the counters of every grocery store in the country. It is no longer a secret that the bulk of this oil never had even a remote relation to an olive, but was made from cottonseed oil. Now, under the law, this product must be branded and labeled to Bhow that it la made from cotton seed. Major Carson, chief of the bureau of manufacturers, insists that cottonseed oil is equal 1n purity and healthfuiness to olive oil and that there would be no hesitancy about its purchase and use if people only recog nized its value and cheapness. If Major Carson'B contention la true, as it probably is, cottonseed oil must pay the penalty of having masque raded under false colors. ' It may be healthful, a delightful dressing for salads, good for the complexion and a cure, as some claim, for appendicitis, but like the prize fighter who chal lenges a man out of hla class, it will have to be told to go out and (make a reputation for Itself. It cannot hope to profit by the reputation it secured while branded "pure olive oil." Each Illustration of thla kind con vinces the consuming public of the wisdom of the pure food law. The American people do not object to pay ing for the best on the market, but they protest against deceitful substitu tions. They will welcome cottonseed oil, as a substitute for olive oil, when It comes with a reputation won on its merits. THINKING IN MILLIONS. Preliminary estimates of the amount of money to be distributed in dividend form by the various industrial organi sations for the month of July' are al most beyond comprehension. While the unparalelled prosperity of the na tion for the last half dozen years has taught the people to think in millions, as It were, to roll mammoth totals from the tongue as trippingly aa the ordi nary citizen speaks of carfare, the average mind is unable to grasp tho significance of the figures, jisrepre eented in dollars and cents,' which show the amount of money to be disbursed next month among the investors In American enterprises. New York re ports that this dividend disbursement for July will reach the total of $182, 881,849, or an increase of $18,573,678 over the corresponding figures for July of last year. The record eclipses the total of any July in previous history and furnishes an illuminating 'reflex of conditions that prevail throughout the nation, despite all the doleful pre dictions of Wall street manipulators who have bad an Idea that the action of the government and the states in regulating, curbing and controlling the operations of railways and other cor porations was but a preliminary step toward the confiscation of vested in terests, and, as James J. Hill expressed It, "the beginning of the end of a re publican form of government" in this country. The peculiarly significant feature of this showing Is the 'fact that the In creased disbursement is due largely, almost entirely, to the larger earnings, both gross and net, of the. American railways, which have been most promi nent In their protests against legisla tive regulation and restriction, both national and state. Complete returns from ninety-one railways, representing the most Important trunk lines of the country, gtve an Increase in net earn ings for April of $8,883,437. or 26.4 per cent over the record for April of last year. This increase is recorded lu spite of an addition of $18,000,000 in operating expense and a general ad vance in the cost cf lalo- and material. The average merchant, in Jobbing or letall lines, would feel Joyously satis fled If his business showed an Increase of 2 6.4 per cent over the previous year. The entire record simply furnishes cumulative testimony in support of the claim that the railroads have not suf fered by either national or state legis lation. It also serves to refute the claim of railroad attorneys and Wall street representatives that the Inter ests of the investors in railway stocks have been Injured by the attitude of either the public or the legislative bodies. The figures furnish proof that the railroads are doing tolerably well, apparently in spite of themslvea. POST OF SEW BA TTLESHIFS. Everything in the commodity line has apparently Increased In price ex cept the cost of battleships. Meat Is at an almost Indigestible price, the Japs have cornered the camphor mar ket, elbow-length gloves cost nearly as much as an automobile, wheat and flour are rising without yeast, and yet the bargain-seeker may go out and get a battleship of the Dreadnaught pat tern positively the latest style, war ranted not to rip, ravel or run down at the heel at about 83 per cent t)ft list price. At least that was the experi ence of Uncle Sam .when he opened bids, a few days ago, for the construc tion of two battleships of the Dread naught type. Congress had placed a $6,000,000 maximum on these vessels, exclusive of armor and armament, but when the bids were opened It was found that the lowest bids were less than $4,000,000. No explanation of this remarkable Incident is offered. It is the only au thenticated case on record in which a government contractor has offered to do a Job for less than the amount au thorized by the congressional appro priation. There has been no decrease in the cost of materials the trusts look to that and wages are higher than ever before. The bids are a tacit confession that the .shipbuilders have been making an awful amount of profit in the construction of ships like the Oregon, which .is less than half the size or efficiency of the fighters called for in the present contract and which cost about $4,000,000. It may be that the shipbuilders do not need the money or it may be that their consciences have been awakened. At any rate, now la the time to buy yourself a battleship cheap. AS AN ORIGINATOR OF jD EA S. An ardent admirer of William J. Bryan, writing to The Bee in exploita tion of the democratic leader, asks this question: Now, honestly, Mr. Editor, don't you think a man who originates an Idea, Is en titled to more credit and a safer leader than men who simply adopt his Ideas years after when they find It Is policy? Then let us give credit where credit Is due and stand up for Nebraska and Nebraska's talented son. The Bee has never denied the versa tile talents with which Mr. Bryan is endowed, but when it comes to the origination of ideas we believe our con tributor is claiming more for Mr. Bryan than he would claim for him self. What Ideas has he originated that other men have adopted simply for policy? Mr. Bryan's first advent to conspicuous publicity was in connec tion with certain free trade amend ments to the traiff proposed by him when a member of Congress, ' but he certainly did not originate the free trade idea. His next public stand was as a champion of 16 to 1 free silver, but that was not his Wa. The recog nized free silver leader was Richard P. Bland, conceded even by Mr. Bryan to be entitled to leadership on the rec ord then made. From free silver Mr. Bryan went to anti-imperialism, but there were lots of antHmperialiBts in the land before he took up the cry. Neither Mr. Bryan nor his party had any monopoly on the demand for the suppression of trusts and his govern ment ownership of railroads has been borrowed bodily from the populists, as likewise is the Initiative and referen dum. The fact Is that ideas and move ments which culminate in reformleg islation are seldom originated by any one man, but are the products of evo lution, growth and discussion. Mr. Bryan's great forte is as a popularlzer of other people's Ideas, but even In this he has failed as often as he has suc ceeded. The safe leader is the states man who sifts out the good ideaa from the bad ideas at the right time and puts them into practical operation for the benefit of all alike. The World-Herald thinks the demo cratic lawyers at the state capital are doing Just the right thing in advising republicans whom to nominate as Ju dicial candidates this fall. Presuma bly the Intention la to lay the founda tion for a similar performance here in Douglas county. If the democrats could only smuggle a Judge or two on to the district bench under the gulso of nonpartlsanship they would count that as bo much gained. It the automatic Blot machjnes are gambling devices it makeB no differ ence whether they are operated by minors or adults so far as constituting a violation of the law Is concerned. The statutes prohibit the setting up and maintenance of gambling . devices whether accessible to all or only to the chosen few. ' , The railroad auditors are now ob jecting to the requirement that they file with the Nebraska Railway com mission, among other things, ' a schedule of salaries paid all their oHl era and artiuluvea. That - lillclit bo embarrassing to some of the over-paid employes, but most embarrassing by starting 'applications for raises from those who think they are earnjng Just as much. The city law department re-enforces the position taken by The Bee, that the Initiative and referendum proposition was never legally submitted to the vot ers and that it would be a dead letter If an attempt were made to operate under it. The points at Issue will probably have to go to the courts eventually, but In tho meanwhile no one in Omaha Is suffering for lack of a referendum. The building inspector's office re ports that permits Issued from month to month are keeping ahead in the ag gregate of construction cost of permits Issued for the same months of a year ago. That speaks well for the steady growth of Omaha and the constant pressure of population for new build ing accommodations. Dilatory paving contractors are to be called on the carpet by the city council. If the council would hold up their pay on work already performed until they show a disposition to carry out their agreements with reasonable dispatch the contractors would proba bly come more quickly to time. Some of our councllmen want to stop the blowing of whistles within city limits, whfle others think we should have more whistles as an evi dence of business activity and life. Won't someone buy each of the coun-' cllmen a tin whistle to keep them out of mischief? ' V A lot of new laws passed by the Ne braska legislature are to go into effect within ten days, but as yet the texts of many of them are inaccessible. The next time the contract is let for print ing the session laws It should have a good, stiff penalty clause attached, j Iowa will soon have a state parole board charged with the responsibility for the execution of the prisoner parole law in that state. This is likely to in terfere seriously with Governor Cum mins' activity In freeing convicts who peach on their pals. Members of the Nebraska Associa tion of Postmasters will get their mail at Omaha while the organization is in session here. With the additional clerks Just secured, the Omaha post office should be quite equal to this new business. A financial note declares that Wil liam Rockefeller Is trying to borrow $15,000,000. As he wants real money he should get away from Wall street and make bis application to a bunch of Nebraska farnifrs. The Mlrticie' of Snnahlno. Wall Street Journal. It Is Impossible- for the leopard to change his snots, .but six hours of sunshine all over the country would be more than suf ficient to change every bull into a bear In the crop market and every bear Into a bull In the stock markets. Hlsrh Art In tirnftlnsr. Washington Herald. It appears that the Pennsylvania capl tol looters actually charged for the vacant space between the chair legs. So splen didly has the art of grafting been per fected In that state that the manipulators are able to make money out of nothing at all. American Cities Imposed Vpon. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. One of the queerest developments In American cities Is the extent to which they allow themselves to be Imposed on by the billboard nuisance. In European cities public posters are limited in size and yield a large revenue 'In taxation. Justice with the Feathers On. New York Tribune. Portia's familiarity with the technicali ties of the law and her fine sense of Jus tice are recalled by decision of Vic Chsncellor Bergen of New Jersey. A com plaint was brought against a chicken fan cier of Nutley y a neighbor whose sleep was Interrupted and whose peace of mind and health were Impaired by the crowing of roosters and cackling of hens at un timely hours. The court ruled that the poultry yard might be maintained If the owner would Insure the silence Of tha oc cupants. t plllt of tha Booster. Hartford Post. Within the memory of tha most of us th ' business of the "drummer" has undergone a remarkable change In tha public estima tion. Indeed, the change has been so marked that one rarely hears the old nam now. Tho representatives of the great wholesale housis are known as commercial travelers, and they form one of the strong eft elements of our business world. They are made up of clean, smart, energetic men, contributing alike to the success of the houses they represent and of tha customers whom they serve. Wear and Tear In Itolllnar Stack. Philadelphia Record. InVhe United Stales and Canada, aa was stated at the master car builders' conven tion at Atlantic City, approximately 60,000 locomotives, 56,000 passenger coaches and t.OOO.OuO freight cars are In use by the va rious railroads. The wear and tear of this equipment would cost 3,420 a day, or tS,550,0(K) a year, to make good. This Is a mouthful; but in comparison with the capi talization of the rallroada (over 114,000, 0OO,o: In the T'nlted States alone) the de preciation of rolling stock does not seem a large Item; It Is llttl more than half of 1 per cmt. ProAts of Ksareaa Compasln. Philadelphia Press. The Adams Express company is about to present a bond cf I'!00 to Its shareholders for every share of stock that they hold. In other words, it will pay a 3u0 per cent dividend. Nine y,?ars ago It paid a 10i fxr rent dlvid.-nd. It psys annually tho usual sort of dividend. These slot,!: dividends are what Wall street calls "cutting a water melon." Unquestionably they are Juicy and sweet. The express companies do a lot of the business that the railroad companies ought to do (and probably would do If the lnt-r-Ms of railroad officials and ralltuad I shareholders were always Identical), and some of the buelness that the Pos:offlce de ' pnrfm.r.t would do for less money If the (express companies did not keep aenator to llgl.t all tarctla-pvsi nojtcts. HITS OF WAHIQTOW LIFE. Minor deeae and I arisen t Sketched on th Spst, Tha late Sonalor John T. Morgan of Ala bama enriched the political literature of the country with many striking phrases, but none retslns as great hold on public Tavor as his application of the word "cuckoo" to those of his associates In tha senate who took their cues from the White House. He did It during the administra tion of Orover Cleveland, and In bitter de nunciation of his democratic colleagues who wers friendly to Cleveland, and this was the way he did it: "The trumpet has sounded," he said, "The forces were marshaled, .the clock had struck at the White House, and the cuckoos here (In the senate) all put their heads outsf their boxes and responded to Inform us of the time of day." Official Washington thnt Is. the top layer of It is up In arms against the lectures o'the "Seeing Washington" automobiles. 11 Is all very well to be president, or an m basaador, or a cabinet officer, and there are times when It Is not unpleasant to feel that the eyes of the multitude are centered upon one, observes the Washington Herald, but to be pointed out to rubber-neck visitors aa an object of Interest Is a little disquieting and calculated to offend one's sense of dig nity. For Instance: "There upon, your left, ladles and gentlemen." y the lecturer, "you see the Hon. William Howard Taft. secretary of war the large gentleman walking rapidly with th portfolio under his arm. Mr. Taft always walks. He Is accounted on of the handsomest men In Washington and on of the biggest n mors ways than I care to mention, and he has been chosen by President Roosevelt to be his successor." This Is unpleasant enough to a modest and retiring personality, but when a lit tle girl on the sight-seeing wagon calls out In a shrill voice: "Oh! mamma, he walks just like Uncle Tom," the blow Is almost too hard to bear. If forty pairs of ayes are fastened on your lega and forty minds are making notes of Uncle Tom's pedestrian mannerisms, it Is no wonder that your feet seem to be tangled and your knea joints refuse to bond. X)r again: "Keep your eyes straight ahead, ladies and gentlemen, and you will observe tha president of th United States upon his favorite hunter." Or suppose you were Hon. George Brucs Cortelyou and was pointed out as a man who wore his hair pompadour, or Hon. Wil liam Loeb, Jr., and heard It announced that you weren't as serious as you looked; or If you were an ambassador and you were standing on the front stoop of your em bassy, looking up and down the street for your dog, and heard a man telling about you through a megaphone, wouldn't It Jar you? However, these are but mere Incidents or Illustrations. Tha thing that has brought the top-notch officials to bay Is that some of the rubber-neck lecturers have taken to pointing out members of th families of prominent men when they go abroad In carriages. Friends of Secretary Taft, who have not seen him sine ills return to Washington, and who may be worrying about the state Of his health, have the assurance of vera cious St. Louis reporters that the big man is in perfect condition. The secretary wae In St. Louis an hour Friday morning, en route home from his western trip, and he breakfasted at the restaurant In the union station. The veracious reporters aforesaid assert that tho check for the meal was ex actly J2.65 and that, moreover, Mr. Taft told th waiter to keep the change out of the 13 handed over In payment. Assuming the narrative to be entirely accurate, tt would appear that the war minister Is not at all apprehensive about " a possible ' return of the attack of Indigestion which cam on him at Minneapolis. There Is a saloon keeper In the south east section of Washington who puts men on probation, and It Is stated his sen tences are thoroughly respected. It earn to the knowledge of tha polje a short whll ago that the proprietor or the drink ing place was dispensing Justice as well as liquor and they are heartily in favor of his action. Their first knowledge that court was held by the saloon proprietor came through a business man In that section a few days ago, when he hired a colored man, as he wanted to send a message. "Here's a quarter," he said to the colored man. "Stop In Mr. 'a saloon and get a drink." "I can't go in there, boss," promptly stated the colored man. - "Why notT" he was asked. "Because I'm on probation." "And have you boon arrested, too?" "I haven't been arrested for ten years." the colored man asserted, "but I'm on pro bation. Tou see, when, any of the boy use profanity, get drunk or cause trouble they are put on probation. That man won't let them come back to the saloon for a week or a month, and sometimes he makes It three months." The police made Inquiry and found that what th colored man said was true. By putting troublesome persons on probation the saloon keeper maintains order about his place and hla patrons are not apt to become Intoxicated. They usually know when they get enough and then they start homeward. The annual cleaning of the White House Is under way. A large force of palntera la now at work on the structure, and pretty much all of the four months the president Is absent will be utilised In renovating and cleaning the exterior of the old building. The walls of the White House wer not painted last year. The experiment of washing with a highly recommended preparation was made. This was unsuc cessful, as th wash seems to have cracked the paint and left the walls In bad shape generally wherever It was applied. After these walls have been properly treated a liberal treatment of good old fashioned paint will be used, and th White House again will appear In Its glistening dress of purs' white. Tha government s printing bill, which amounted to a Utile oves $7,600,000 las year, will drop to about $5,600,000 this year, and this in spite of the fact that a number of new bureaus have been estab lished and several new laws. Including tho Immigration law, tha purs food law, und the railroad rate law, whtch entailed an enormous amount of printing, have come Into operation. The congressional print ing commission Is working out plun for a still further reduction of the printing bill. v Oalrr Mrs la Hallrwadla. Portland Oregonlan. The Osier theory Is substantiated by the expressston of the chief surgeon of the Union Pacific, who says that no man over 40 years of age at the time of his em ployment should be given work on the railroad. The requirement is, of course, subject to different Interpretations. It might be that the chief surgeon had In mind the fact that very few men over M years of age were physically able, to wor double shifts of long hours without proper rest or food. Suin venerable men of 'I or 4$ years might be able to get a train over a division without collision or derail m."iu, providing they ware given an oc caalonal hour In w hich to rat and aleap be for doubling back with aa extra. it makes you lonjac for t dinnertime BAKING Best for flaW naatrv wholesome bread and best for crisn mniris oegt for delicious cakes, tooth some muffins, douphnuts that will melt in your mouth. Everything: yoti make trell, it will help to make Wttex, because it's "boat by teat." Anybody cso cook wall If they use rain met Baking Powder, Failure with It it almost Impossible, It Is ehemlcally earrert and makes Pore, Wholesoua Food, Price ! Moderate) PErtSON AI, WOTU". By dint ot much computation the bureau of statlstlca finds that the United States consume 12,0ti0,flro bushels of home-grown pesnuts each year. Silent Smith may have been all that the name Implied, but some of thoso who are after a part of the fortune he left are not living up to It. They are making a noise like people who want money. Two kidnapers In New Tork have been sentenced to fourteen years and ten months In the penitentiary. As the legal limit is fifteen years there Is aome curiosity as to the two months they didn't get. Being a Pittsburg alderman was a crime, but for intrinsic meanness hardly equul to the substitution of wasta paper for tha money, Th mere legend of honor among thieves ought to have prevented such a trick. Tuneful and poetic Justice In large chunks was handed to a St. Louis man who sought to live off the labors of wife and children. Court murmured that as every member of tha family worked but fathor, father should work tn the work house. An effort Is being mad at Portsmouth, N. H., to purchase th boyhood horn of Thomas Bailey Aldrich. where th scene of 'Th Story of a Bad Boy" was laid. The house will be used as a memorial, and the wife and son of the poet have promised to furnish on room aa a memorial to his literary life. William E. Chandler, former senator, Is to be a candidate for governor of New Hampshire next year, aocordlng to present plans. The report comes from the White Mountain state that friends of the sharp tongued statesman are getting ready to present his nam, and It Is further averred that he Is willing to make the run. "WHAT 19 A DEMOCRAT f" Colonel Bryan Deflnes Him as a Jer feraonlan Cltlaen. W. J. Bryan In New Tork World. Accepting your kind Invitation to define a democrat, I beg to say that th subject may b considered from two standpoints: First, from a party standpoint, a demo crat may b defined aa on who la a rrumir ber of the organisation known-as th demo cratic party. , I would say that a democrat Is one who considers himself a member of the democratic organisation, who works with the democratic organisa tion and who expects to vote the demo cratic ticket. I do not mean to say by taking part in the organization he would bind himself morally or politically to Indorse any platform that might be adopted or support any candidate who might be selected, for these questions must be left to the conscience of each voter; but when I say that he expects to support th ticket, I mean that he desires to do so and will do so unless good and sufficient reasons can be given for refusal. A democrat. If the meaning of th name Is considered, must be one who believes In th nil of th people. One who believes In the tight of the people to rule and In tho capacity of the people for self government naturally accepts the funda mental democratic dlctrlne of local self government that Is, that th people can govern best where they best understand conditions. The democrat believes that each community should attend to Its own matters; that the state should have control of state affairs, and that tha federal gov ernment should be supreme In It sphere.- There are thoas who are constantly and consistently democratic, and ther are thosa who apply democratic, principles to some question. It ought to be th purposo of those who engage In educational work to enlarge th number of questions to which democratic principles are applied. To recapitulate, a democrat, according to a party definition, is a man who connects himself with the democratic party and acts politically with those who bear the asm party name. In a broader aenao, he la a democrat who believes in the rule of th people and who desires to make the gov ernment the Instrument In the hands of tha people to carry out their will. Buch a man trusts the people and favors such reforms as will give to tlje people an Increasing power. And a real democrat will not only favor democratic methods In government and Insist upon the right of the majority to rule, but will favor the administration of the government In the Interact of the whole people according to the Jrffersonlan maxim "Equal rights to all and .special privilege to nono. " , Vacation lis a Good Time to Slari We have some extraordinary good value which will surely Interest you. COME DOWN and let ua show you five makes of new Pianos, full seven and one-third octave,. upright grands, all of them throe gtrlng, in a great v variety of styles gnd cases at the following un equaled prices: 9125. 9145. 9175. 9180- 9185 9100 nd 92OO There Is nnfin this whole United States such a splendid stock of Pianos. There Is no firm which offer! such a reasonable equitable, safe proposition. The above prices, as every price we offer, are spot rash. You can buy any I A. HOSPE. CO. ' 1313 DOUGLAS STREET ' We do expert IubIoq aa. repairing, POWDER hUruir "Ft vs. fiSv MILlXi HKMARK. The Kid Pa, what Is a "automobll meet"? The Had Anybody that gets In the wy of one is automobile meat. Cleveland Leader. Abou Ben Adhem had Just asked .o be put down as one who loved his fellow men. "I never throw orange peel on tha side walk," he explained. Herewith tho angel saw that his name led all the rest. New York Sun. "What are your opinions on the tariff;" "How do I know?'' answered Senator Sorghum, a little testily. "All the heads of big Industrial Interests In my part of tha country have gone to Europe. 1 haven't had any Instructions." Washington Star. Friend (cheerfully) I, heard your nephew was a public official out In San Francisco. Is he still prosecuting his official labors? Undo (gloomily) No; they're prosecuting him. Baltimore American. 'JVhat was the most thrilling moment Of your life?" "It occurred last night. I walked th floor with tha baby for two hours, and. Just as he had finally dropped off to sleep, I trod on a squeaky board." Cleveland Leader. . "What'g- he doln' now?" "Practlcln' law." "Why. he never studied law!" "I know he never, bvit he Inherited tho code of Georgia from his grandfather, and ha didn't know what els to do with It." Atlanta Constitution. "If Is always the unexpected that hap pens," she remarked Just because It was necessary to say something. "Oh, no; not always," the cruel man rs plled. "I knew the moment I saw you that you would have mo cornered somewhere Inside of fifteen minutes." Chicago Hecord Herald. "Do you regard the railroads with , dis favor?" "My friend," answered 8enator Sorghum, "I canot yet bring myself to feel that my opinion In such a matter Is Important. Mv comfort still depends very largely on whether or not the railroads regard me with disfavor." Washing-ton Star. . "Parker won't buy his wife a piano player," "Why not?" "Says she'd spend all her time putting on airs." Harper's Weekly. ' "The new firm Is going to make shoe out of all kinds of skins." "Not out of banana skins?" "Yes, Indeed! They'll make, slipper out of them." Philadelphia Inquirer. , . . OKTTISO HEADV. IVew York American. Blow the fife and beat the drums, The nation's glorious birthday comes. Land of the brave, horn of th free. Won't we celebrate 1 Hully geel We've been ready a week or mora; Mother's laid In a doublo store Arnica, bandage, oil and lotions, Plaster and pills and soothing potions; Everywhere that a fellow turna He trips on something that's good fot burns. Mother says with pride that w Are the readiest patriots you could see. Father's bought crutches and wooden legs. Some of hla children must lost their pegs. But legs are trifles, ssys Dad, say be When lost In the cause of liberty. And aa for a finger, ear or eye. They're nothing at all on the Fourth of. July. Orandad la ready, too, you bet, -With everything that It's wts to get Double Insurance our hous Is wood: A out little monument, all to th good. To place o'er the one whoa happy lot May lead to rest In our burial plot. He's old, Is Orandad, but never says die, Exoept, of course, on tha Fourth of July. Blow the fife and bang the drum, ' Light the fuse and let 'er cornel TO WASH-CLOTHES WITHOUT RUBBING Take two quart of boiling water and add a small handful of Wlggla-SUca Wonder-Wax and half a cak of aoap cu$ up, and boll until wax and soap are dis solved. Add half of this mixtur to th hot suds In lbs wash tub and keep half for th boiler. If you boll your clothes first, put all of the mixtur into tha boll er ana boll your cloth for twenty to thirty minutes, stirring them well t ssnd lb Wonder-Wax through thm. Always wt th clothe in cold water and wring out before putting into wash tub or boiler. Illns cloth well twice or three time after boiling or washing, then blue with Wlggla-btlrk Blue, making th water a very light shad of blua. and your clothea will be 11k banks of anow. Cs Wiggle-Stick Glad-Wax for Sad irons and you will save nearly all tn labor and half tha time In Ironing. WASHING MACHINES HALF PRICE ' To users of Wlggle-Stlck goods. Bare your coupons. Writ us for full Informa tion. LAUNDRY BLUE CO. 83 E. Erie Street. Chicago. ILL is Mere the Children oa the Piano. of these by paying. $10 cash and tt per month. You have the guaranteed cash price and there is no extra Charge excepting a small Interest per iaum. Wo are faotory distributers for the best pianos in the world, among which are the Krakauer. KranUh & Bach. Kimball. Bush & Lane, Hallet tc Davis. Cable-Nelson, Weser Bros., . Nelson Whitney, Hlnze, Cramer, etc., etc. Hperial Bargains la IMano flayers. New A n gel us, regular price $250, tir price 113 5. Used Anpelus, regular price 1250, our price 1100. 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