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THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: THURSDAY, ' JULY 18, 1007.
Tim Omaha Daily Her
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VICTOR KOSEWATEIl, EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas county, ss:
Charles C. Roeewater general manager
of The Be Publishing Company, being
dulv sworn, says that the actual number
of full and comnlete copies of The Dally.
Morning, Evening and. Sunday Be printed
Curing tha month of June, 1W7. was as
follows:
1 36,830 17 36,480
1 35,600 II 86,490
3 36,690 It 30,480
4 30,690 tO 38,310
6 36,410 21 36.820
36,810 21 38,610
7 36,630 22 86,730
8 , 36,800 24 36,600
8 38,900 25 36,680
18 38,660 2 36,660
11 36,930 27 36,670
IS 66,820 28 30,470
II 36,840 28 30,880
14 .36,930 80 86,980
15 37,170
II 36,800 Total . . . 1,04,630
Dess unsold . nd returned copies.. 10,389
Net total , 1,083,831
Daily average 36,137
CHHla "". R03EWATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
balo re rue this 1st day of July, 1907.
Ifceal) M. B. HLNGATE.
Notary Publlo.
WIIKN OCT er TOWK,
aberrlaera leavlasj the eltr tens
porartly should bar Tha Beat
uiallad to thaaa. Addreea will h
change aa often as requested.
Tho man who Invented the Teddy
bear has been arrested but not for
that.
The Board of Education Is figuring
on the school levy. The taxpayers are
figuring on a lower levy.'
Money Is scarce in San Francisco.
What was left by the grafters has
been used in punishing the grafters.
"Is the baby a nuiance?" asks the
New York World. Deponds upon
whether It Is youra or your neighbor's.
No Insurrection at Kearney yet over
the final failure of that normal school
appropriation. Hurrah for Kearney!
Philadelphia is experiencing the
novelty of being awake for a whole
week at a time. The Elks are there.
"Yakktguma" is the Japanese for
Jingoes. We sometimes call them
worse names than that In this coun
try. Japan and the United States have
practically agreed not to go to war
until they have something to fight
about.
Dexter Marshall is getting careless.
He omits Judge Alton B. Parker's
name from a list of "Celebrities Who
Have Been Forgotten."
Mr. Harrlman says he will reply to
the charges of the Interstate Com
merce commission. He may reply to
them and still not answer them.
President Roosevelt has been pitch
ing hay on his Oyster Bay farm. Sen
ator Tillman does not use his pitch
fork for any such commonplace pur
pose. Twenty-five years should be the
limit of any franchise rights In the
public thoroughfares whether granted
by the city council or by the county
board.
A New York policeman has retired
from tne force with a fortune of $500,
000. He is no hog, but willing to
give tho other fellows on the force a
chance.
Mayor Sohmltz of San Francisco
eays he Is sorry he was never admitted
to the bar. He appreciates tile differ
ence between appearing at the bar and
behind the bars.
The decision of the supreme court
confirming the tenure' of office of City
Engineer' Rosewater seems to be par
ticularly distressing to the local demo
cratic organ. Cheer up.
Senator Elkins believes Mr. Cor
telyou will be nominated for the presi
dency next year. Mr. Cortelyou will
hardly feel as confident, now that Sen
ator Elkloa has endorsed him.
After looking over the 100,000,000
acres of growing corn Secretary Wil
son assures the country that there Is
no danger of going hungry or thirsty
for another year, at any rate.
Tcxaas are trying to live up to laws
raised by the last legislature making
It a misdemeanor to drink intoxicating
liquors on trains, prohibiting cock
fighting, closing brokerage houses aud
bucket shops, taxing dealers In pistols
and requiring hotels to furnish bed
sheets nine feet long. There'll be
something doing when Texas starts to
, backslid.
COXFV8IXO THE ISSltt-
Republican politicians and newspat
pers who are bonding their energies
to foment a sharp contest for the re
publican nomination for supreme
Judge on the ground that It is neces
sary to save control of tho party ma
chinery to the reform element seem
to bo laboring under a misapprehen
sion. They seem to have been per
suaded that the success of one candi
date or another for supreme Judge in
the primaries to be held throughout
Nebraska will determine the complex
ion of the state committee and the
identity of the state chairman and
other committee officers.
Careful scrutiny of the new direct
primary law falls to show where any
power Is vested in the nominees on
the state ticket, individually or collec
tively, by which they could directly or
Indirectly control the organisation.
The law expressly prescribes the
method by which the state committee
ehall be chosn. The committee is to
consist of one member for each sena
tor chosen from the various senatorial
districts by the state convention meet
ing to formulate the platform and the
committee thus selected is to choose
its own chairman and other officers.
The convention from which the state
committee will derive Its authority is
to be made up of one delegate from
each county selected by the county
committees of the several counties and
the county committee of each county
is to be selected by the candidates for
county offices winning out at the pri
maries. The fountain-head of the state com
mittee, which is the state organisation
of the party, is, therefore, to be found
In the nominees for c6unty offices wlio
are far removed from, and absolutely
Independent of, the successful candi
dates for state nominations. As a
matter of fact, under the situation
created by the new primary law, It Is
about as Impossible for any Interest or
Influence not In full sympathy with
the rank and file of the party to cap
ture the state organization either by
stealth or by open fighting, as it possi
bly could be.
A wilful attempt to subordinate the
merits of opposing candidates for the
Important office of supreme Judge to
a scramble for control of the party or
ganization appears to us to be as un
called for as It Is unnecessary. There
is no Question but what the rank and
file of the republican party in Ne
braska are determined to stand firm
for the reform program Inaugurated
by the last legislature and against any
return to corporate domination. But
It will be hard to make republicans
believe that thta Usue Is Involved In
the claims and qualifications of as
piring supreme Judges.
SAVIXOS BAKKS AKD LJFE IXSCRAXCE.
An Interesting experiment, of con
cern to wage earners and small savers,
is to be tried In Massachusetts, under
the provisions of an act passed by the
legislature authorizing savings banks
to establish departments for writing
industrial life insurance. The ques
tion of savings banks Insurance has
teen agitated In several states In the
past, but Massachusetts Is the first
state to plan for giving the law a trial.
Tho Massachusetts law provides for an
Insurance nystera which is modeled
along the lines of the general life In
surance companies, except that it does
not guarantee the policy holder any
fixed amount, In case of death. It
provides, however, that the accumu
lated premiums, with a very liberal
Interest rate, shall be paid, In lump,
n annuities or in other of a dozen
different options such aa are usually
set out In the average life Insurance
policy.
The one striking and appealing
feature of the new kind of Insurance
Is the guarantee limiting the cost of
Insurance to about 6 per cent of the
premiums. The three big companies
that write the bulk of the life Insur
ance of the country have shown that
37.21 per cent of the premiums paid
by policy holders has gone to defray
the expenses of management and op
eration. In contrast with this the
Massachusetts savings banks show
that they have used but 1.47 per cent
of their deposits in the cost Of man
egement. The difference represents
what the policy bolder must look opon
as an economic waste for which he Is
taxed. This, then, Is the most attrac
tive feature of the Massachusetts law,
a promise to the policy holder that his
premiums, minus a very small per cent
for cost of management, will go Into
an accumulation fund in which he
will share instead of being used in the
payment of fancy salaries for man
agers, officers, advertising and the
other heavy expenses which the de
velopments of the last few years show
have eaten up a very large proportion
of the premiums paid by the policy
holders to the big life Insurance com
panies. It is but fair to the big In
surance companies to state that rad
ical reforms have been introduced In
their methods and their operating ex
penses are being greatly reduced.
Lite Insurance Is one of the most
complex problems that com fronts the
man of the day. Under perfect con
ditions, with each man his own moni
tor, adviser and agent, there would b
no occasion for such investment, but
conditions are so far from perfect that
life insurance has become recognised
as an essential factor In the economic
si heme. Until It shall have been'
tried the saving banks' life Insurance
system must he considered an experi
ment, pure and simple. Life Insur
ance represents an outlay, while the
depositor In the savings banks Is In
spired by a motive of increase, rather
lhan expense. Whether t'ue two plans
will work In harmony remains to be
determined. But the experiment is
to be made In Massachusetts and the
result will be watched with Interest.
AIL IIO AD EJRXIKQS TOR JVXE-
One point should be borne in mind
In considering statistics of railway
earnings this year. The-y are all based
on comparisons with the record of last
year, one of the most successful In the
history of railway transportation In
America, In which an Increase was
shown for every month over the busi
ness of 1905, which, In turn, showed
a gain over the business of 1604. With
this fact In mind, the report of gross
earnings for the month of June re
flects a remarkable prosperity for the
American railroads. Returns re
ported by fifteen railroads, covering
98,864 miles, for the month of June
show increased gross earnings of
$9,844,023, or 18.08 per cent as com
pared with June, 1906, In which
month the earnings were 13.24 per
cent over June, 1905.
Preliminary estimates, from rail
roads that have not reported official
figures. Indicate that the gain through
out the entire country will be fully a9
large as that shown by the railroads
which have already made their reports.
The roads reporting are scattered
throughout the country, so that the
large gain shown is not due to any
local conditions that might abnormally
Increase the business of any particu
lar road or group of roads. The situ
ation is one of encouragement to the
railroad manager and Investor and
furnishes another proof of the general
prosperity of the country.
THE CHIEF OF THE JIXOOISTS.
Colonel Henry Watterson, In addi
tion to withholding the name of his
dark horse candidate for the demo
cratic presidential nomination next
year, has added another mystery to bis'
collection by refusing to give the name
of the "democratic member of con
gress" who has written this letter to
the editor of the Louisville Courier
Journal: I read your article tha other day defend
ing Roosevelt. Tou don't know the man.
His game the last two years has been to
break up both parties, to organize a Roose
velt following strong enough to hold tha
two opposing party fragments, and then to
precipitate a crisis which will place extra
ordinary power In his hands and enable
him to shape things just to suit himself.
This entire Japaneaa business has been
worked to that and. What be is after la
to goad Japan Into a hostile attitude. The
naval demonstration In the Paclfto has no
other object before it. If by hook or crook
ha can get aoma pretext for martial law
you will soon see what he will do with
recalcitrant newspapers and bucking poli
ticians. Mark my words, Teddy means
business and Is out neither for bis amuse
ment, nor his health.
Commenting on the letter. Colonel
Watterson writes that "Our congres
sional friend ia not Senator Tillman
nor Champ Clark." Of course not.
Senator Tillman and Champ Clark are
loth radical, to the point of cranki
ness, but neither Is a fool. Neither
has a brain so addled as to give birth
to such visionary nightmares as that
outlined in the letter. Neither is
President Roosevelt so poor a politi
cian as to hope to gain prestige, if he
needed It, by such methods as he Is
accused by this "democratic member
of congress." The masses have no In
terest in this gossip that Is going on In
official and diplomatic circles about a
war between the United States and
Japan. The country is disposed to set
It all down as a part of the inevitable
"silly season" talk that Is Bent out
from Washington every vacation
season, on some subject or another.
Much nonsense has resulted from the
discussion of the situation and most
of It has been of the harmless variety,
some of It even entertaining, but it is
a matter of regret that the cap sheaf
of foolishness should be put to stack
of Inanities by,a man who holds mem
bership in the national congress and
should, in the natural condition of af
fairs, be supposed to know better.
Colonel Watterson should disclose the
name of the congressman.
It would be surprising if the State
Board of Equalization should stand
for the performance of Lancaster's
county board In cutting off 20 per cent
of all the personal assessments made
by the county assessor. If the state
authorities should permit such tax
dodg?ng on the part of Lancaster
county another year would Bee every
county In the state under competition
to see which could cut down the as
sessments most. The power of review
Is vested in the State Board of Equali
zation Just to catch smart tricks like
this.
An Indiana school teacher went in
sane while trying to memorize all the
speeches made by Mr. Bryan In 1896
and 1900. That Is tha finding of a
lunacy commission, but there is a sus
picion that the insanity had its origin
when the teacher undertook the task.
The staff correspondent of the
World-Herald, specially Bent to Lin
coln for the purpose, has discovered
that "a general spirit of hopefulness
characterized the meeting of the dem
ocratic state committee." While there
is life there is hope.
Those Omaha automobile scorchers
who object to a $2 5 fine as oppressive
for fast speeding should go up against
some of the Justices ct the peace lu
New England who make a living by
lying iu wait for millionaire chauf
feurs. Nebraska democrats, by their self
constituted bosses, have proclaimed to
the world that their purpose Is neither
to endorse nor to block the new UI-
rect primary law. This sounds big,
but the fact Is that they endorsed the
plan of nominations by direct primary
In the last party platform and would
be stultifying themselves now to take
the opposite position. As to block
ing It, they undertook to do that very
thing in the legislature and It was not
their fault that they failed.
Governor Davidson of Wisconsin
has signed the 2 -cent fare law enacted
by the Wisconsin legislature. The
railroad rate makers will take due
notice that the 2-cent tone has been
enlarged by the addition of another
state.
The democratic pow-wow at Lincoln
Is Bald to have refrained carefully
from discussing candidates. It Is a
safe guess, however, that everyone
who was there got a tip for whom he
Is to plug when he returns home.
One thing may be said In favor of
Jesse Grant's candidacy for the demo
cratic nomination for the presidency.
Democrats will have no difficulty in
remembering his last name, particu
larly the southern democrats.
The Hague conference has doclded
that hereafter a formal declaration of
war must precede the opening of hos
tilities. That wise precaution will
prevent Japan from licking us without
lotting us know about it.
Japanese spies who are said to be
making a tour of Inspection In the
United States ought to be furnished
with a photograph of that $87,000,000
surplus which is worrying tho secre
tary of the treasury.
Either the date for the annual pic
nic of the grocers and butchers must
have slipped a cog or the weather roan
who is responsible for these dally
freshets Is mixed up on his calendar.
Scientific experiments show that the
smoke of tobacco or hay arrests the
bacilli of diphtheria and typhoid. A
man may acquire the taste for hay
smoke by using campaign cigars.
When the Finish Cornea.
Washington Post.
After the Tobacco trust Is busted It will
be quite appropriate to equip every cigar
store Indian with a big stick instead of a
tomahawk.
Like Ditt'i Coon.
Tlrooklyn Eagle.
"Don't shoot, I'll come down" Is the at
titude of tho Burlington railroad system on
2-cent fares. The attitude of the other
coons In the railroad brush Is "Non Poa
umui." A Government Worth While.
Brooklyn Eagle.
In the French army no less than 13,000
soldiers are unable to . rad. In our own
armv there Is not one illiterate. See what
comes of having a government that la
worth while. , p
Emmy When Ton- Know How.
Pittsburg Despatch.
"Save; work hard; practice self-denial,"
Is the rule laid down by John D. Rocko
feller for becoming -rich. As this Is what
a great many poor people are already
doing without tha accumulation of egre
rin wealth It la Dosslble that Mr. Rocke
feller V.BH umltted soma such smalt but In
dispensable factor as making arrangements
with the common carriers for exclusive
privileges In the matter of rates.
Harrlmavn's Good Roads.
Philadelphia Record.
Harrlman's methods are not admirable,
and tha sentiment of tha public Is very
strongly against having all the transporta
tion interests on land and sea controlled
by one man. But we may as well be Just.
He did not steal these roads from tha
previous owners, whatever ha may have
done to other people, and he has increased
the services rendered by the transportation
lines to the public. In stating tha results
of Its Inquiries Into the practice of Harri
manlilng railroads the Interstate Com
merce commission says that every railroad
HArrlman has captured Is today a better
road physically than It was before he took
It. A man can't make money out of rail
roads by hocus pocus alone.
DAI1L.BIAN AS UH YAM'S MANAGER
Eastern Crltle Doubts the Ability of
Oinaha'a llayor,
Washington t?tar.
Mayor Dahlman of Omaha referred to at
times as the cowboy mayor Is a Bryan man
of so 'nuch ardor, and enjoys so completely
the confidence of his hero that when ha
rraks about him and his plans much
weight attaches to the deliverance. lie
speaks quite often, i and has Just spoken.
The latest Information with which Mayor
Dahlman has favored the public is that the
next democratic national platform Is al
ready aa good aa written. Which Is to say
thnt the matter Is in Mr. Brayan's hands,
and will represent his views on all the vital
questions of the time. ' For partiouars, watt
until next year.
From another source comes some Infor
mation abuut Mayor Dahlman himself. This
Is that he Is bonked for the chairmanship
of the democratic national convention In
succession to Thomas Taggart, and will
manage Mr. Bryan's third campaign. In
teresting If true. But trueT
If Mr. Bryan Is the candidate he will, of
course name the campaign manager, and
may be expected to put such momentous
buslneaa Into the hands of a man in whom
he has complete confidence. But because
the business Is so momentous he will like
wise have to be most particular about the
man. The party also should have confi
dence in the man, and Mayor Dahlman
might not pass muster.
To begin with, that sobriquet would hurt.
The cowboy mayor would suggest too many
things to the east and to the middle states.
Votes are not to be taken with a lariat, or
by lariat methods. The candidate himself
will cattily provide all of the spectacular
the campaign will stand. A campaign
carrying too much of that sort of thing
might degenerate Into a wild west show.
An eastern or a middle state man for
manager would do better. Mr. Bryan, It la
true, on a platform of his own writing,
would have small chance of success In the
east, and would face a hard fight In the
middle states, but he would have to try
for votes In both sections, and unless his
manager knew the grtund, and was Known
there, success would be utterly out of all
calculation.
Not the cowboy mayor, then, for that
post. Pomethlng tetter for him and for the
party could be provided later, as a reward
for Ms affection and duty, In raae fortune
smiled at the polls and put Into Mr. Bryan's
hands the thousand and one giwd things
Included In the tempting dish of What Is
CMlkd government i.
BITS OP WABIUKGTOX LIFE.
Minor Meeaea and Incidents Sketched
on tha Soot.
Vncle Fnm Is not as hard a taskmaster
as some of his employes assert, nor Is ha at
all penurious when his various scales of
wages and salaries are averaged. Omitting
members of the congress, who look after
No. 1 with becoming fortitude, your uncle
treats his hired help quite liberally, partic
ularly In the matter of vacations, going
down Into his capacious pocket for about
(3,000.000 annually to sugar a thirty-day
layoff. This sum Is for the army of em
ployes In Washington alone and does not
Include the thousands of others who are
on duty and on the payrolls throughout his
vast domain and In foreign countries. Lib
eral lawmakers decided that ten months
each year was long enough for employes
to work, and that thirty days should be
allowed for sickness and thirty days for
annual leave. At first this law was for the
offlolals and clerks only and did not In
clude printers, pressmen and navy yard
workmen. Eventually these were given
fifteen days annual leave and finally,
through hard and persistent efforts, the
full thirty days. No sick leave, however,
has ever been granted them, and, strange
as It may afpear, they seem to be the
healthiest clans of government workers.
The government printing office, the bu
reau of engraving and printing and the
navy yard are not classed as "hospitals for
Invalids," ss the Treaaury and other de
partments are termed. Not getting pay for
being sick, those not entitled to such leave
manage to remain In extraordinarily good
health and perform their duties with great
regularity. The employes who are not en
titled to sick leave must have something
worso than a "rocky head and drawing
blanks" to cause them to remain from
duty. In the government printing ofTlce,
where there are about 4,0oo men and women
employed, there are only occasional ab
sences on account of sickness, while in the
Treasury department, with about the same
number of employes, the sick list each
day Is simply amailng. The same Is true
of other departments In which the em
ployes are entitled to sick leave.
So badly abused has been the sick-leave
privilege that at the last session of con
gress what appeared to be a determined
effort was made to repeal the law, but the
matter was permitted to go over, giving
the Keep commission and other reformers
an opportunity to make further investiga
tion and secure facts and figure. If one
la to Judge by the policy of retrenchment
and reform so strenuously carried out by
the present administration, It Is entirely
safe to assert that sick leave win not be
one of the pickups now employed by gov
ernment workers after tha next session of
congress.
There are In Washington about J1.000 em
ployes of Uncle Sam. The salary and
wages paid will average $1,200 each, male
and femnle. This gives to each Individual
employe 1100 leave money, and Is ready on
call for officials and clerks any tlma during
the calendar year, but employes of tho
class stated were not entitled to leave until
tlw beginning of the fiscal year July 1.
When Colonel Bill Sterrot first went to
Washington to report the news of the capl-
tol for his Texas papers, he had desk room
In the office of the late General H. V.
Boynton, then the militant correspondent
of the Cincinnati Commercial.
General Boynton spoke out In meeting,
relates the Saturday Evening Post. lie
said things about statesmen that made the
statesmen angry. He had many personal
encounters with patriots whose foellng
had been ruffled.
One night a man came Into Boynton's
office loudly proclaiming that ha Intended
tu shoot Boynton. Tha general grabbed a
chair, beat the intruder over tba head with
It, knocked him down, and threw him out.
All this time Sterret sat at his desk look
ing on in great amazement.
When the man landed In the gutter Ster
ret came timidly over to Boynton. "Gen
eral," he said, "being a new hand here, I
don't know the practices of this office nor
the customs that pertain to Washington
correspondents, and I didn't want to In
trude. Now that I have seen what has
happened, I trust you will allow ma a ques
tion 7"
"Go ahead," said Boynton.
"Whan tha next man comes In, would It
be too forward If I should crave the privi
lege of kicking him a few times In honor
of the sainted confederate'dead?"
Among the numerous employee of one of
the government departments In 'Washing
ton are two men whose names, though they
differ In the way of spelling them, are not
altogether unlike In the manner of their
pronunciation. Both of them, have the good
fortune of being close friends of a promi
nent druggist, and tha elder of tha two has
frequently obtained from the medicine man
a supply of medicated cigars which ha finds
to be of value In giving him relief from
a catarrhal affection.
Recently he called on the druggist and re
quested him to have prepared for him a
box of the cigars, relates tha Washington
Post. After a few days, not having re
ceived them, he wrote a note Inquiring as
to the causa of tha inattention, and re
ceived word in reply that the medicated
stogies had been sent to hla office several
days before the complaint was made.
Tha next thing was a call made at the
drug store by the man with the catarrh,
who was disposed to be Indignant, and the
porter who had been dispatched with the
cigars was called in. He said that he took
them to the office and handed them to a
messenger, who promised they should be
delivered without any delay. They had not
been, however, and It became necessary to
Investigate tha mystery.
An explanation carat next day, when the
other friend with a name sounding like
that of the sick man called on the druggist
and thanked him for what he thought had
been a present to him. He wanted to find
where ha could procure another box, aa ha
had used all of these. There Was a pecu
liar flavor to the tobacco, ha said, that he
liked very much. He didn't know they
were medicated cigar until the druggist
told him. and the matter was set straight
by the other gentleman being promptly
supplied with hla catarrh remedy, and then
they all enjoyed the Joke.
Coutraats with Injunctions.
Kansas City Star.
Attorney .General Bonaparte's plan of
using the process of Injunction to control
the trust ha an exceeding great merit
of contrast to the employment of the In
junction by the trust to control the gov
ernment. It la quite In Una with the for
ward march of event that now the most
iffectlve branch of the government, the
Judiciary, hould be appealed to on behalf
of the co-ordinate department Instead of
against them.
Dreualua; the Mlsaonrl.
Kansa City Times.
For H0.nun.m0 the Missouri river could be
given a rourteen-foot channel from the Mis
sisslppl up as far aa Sioux City. But the
railroad lobby Is not likely to allow con
gress to undertake euch a work.
Poiilahinent to Pit Crime.
Chicago Keeord-Herald. ,
It would be a fortunate thing for hu
manity If the the people who work up war
uurei for their own benefit could ba com
pelled to do all tha fighting In tha front
anka.
The strongest sometimes
eat the least, but they eat
wisely.
Not what you eat, but what
you digest, gives you strength.
Uneeda Biscuit
is the most nourishing and di
gestible food made from flour.
Eat wisely eat for strength
Uneeda Biscuit
i In moisture and
dust proof packages.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
SOME OF THE MEIOJT JVICE.
Encashed Express Money Orders Make
a Unas; Sam.
Minneapolis Journal,
There Is one feature of the exprana
money order business to which very little
attention ha thus far been paid. So far
a known, the American Banker' associa
tion, which ha enlisted In a crusade
against this branch of the express business,
has made no allusion to It. A certain per
centage of tho express money order sold
to the publlo are never cashed. They are
lost, destroyed or forgotten. Quite natur
ally, the express companies have nothing
to give out about the large amount of
money that accumulate In their hands from
uncashed money orders. The government's
experience, however, furnishes proof that
these sums must be considerable. There is
now In the treasury of the United States a
fund of several million dollars, which rep
resent tha proceed of money orders that
hava never been cashed. Tha government
make every endeavor to find the perons to
whom this money belongs. It is at their
disposal whenever found, no matter how
many years elapse, providing satisfactory
proof I made.
Bo It 1 beyond question that the xpres
companies have accumulated large sum of
money belonging to the publlo. But no one
ever heard of their making an earnest ef
fort to restore these ums to the rightful
owners. The money entrusted to the ex
press eompanle and never cajled for, must
figure aa a considerable Item In the profits
of the business. There Is really no good
reason why such funds should be appro
priated by the companies. Like the prop
erty of those who die without Issue or
testament, they should go Into the public
treasury. This 1 only ono Interesting
phase of tha express business that I due
to b thoroughly Investigated by the gov
ernment. PERSONAL NOTES.
When Mis Csatstanlakow of Connecticut
waa married to Mr. Frlncktnowtoksy she
expressed delight at being rid of her old
name, but the less optlmlstto with difficulty
discern any Improvement.
Dr. Charles A. Davis of the University of
Michigan, who has recently completed a
report of the peat deposits of Michigan, has
been engaged by the United rtate geo
logical survey to make a reoonnolsance sur
vey of the peat formation of the coastal
plain from tha Carolines northward during
the summer.
P. Wellington Rucktuhl, the New Tork
sculptor, who was chief of sculpture at the
St. Louis exposition, has received a J10.000
commission to execute for Statuary hall.
rn the capitol at Washington, a statue of
John C. Calhoun, senator, secretary of
war. secretary of state, vice president and
author of the doctrine of nullification. Tha
money waa appropriated for the statue
by tha state of South Carolina.
Secretary Cortelyou I at work preparing
an authorlred life of William McKluIey.
His task will require much tlma and will
not be completed for aeveral year. It 1
Intended to be for McKlnley what tha work
of Messrs. Nlcolay and Hay was to Lincoln.
Mr. Cortelyou ha collected much of the
data and has completed the period covering
tha official life of the lata president and Is
now looking up the fact of hi early life.
C. Parker Woodbury, a New Tork
banker, will build for himself a glass
house. He ha engaged an architect to
draw plans for the novel dwelling, which
Is to be erected at Beechburst. Long
Island. Brick of oompreased opalescent
glae will form the walls. The Interior
and partitions are to be of the same ma
terials worked Into thin slab, and tho
roof Is to b of glass. In fact, wherever
It I ' possible glass Is to be employed,
aa Mr. Woodbury la a great believer In
sunlight.
' Senator Newland of Nevada prides him
self In hla oratory and the varlou fllahts
of flowery language In which he frquently
Indulges. During the last session In one
of these flights Benator Newlands sat down
with much satisfaction after saying: "In
deed, Mr. President, perfervld oratory msy
be pardoned, for this subject furnishes all
the food eloquence needs." He waa a bit
abashed, however, to read In the Con
gressional Record the following day t'.at
he asserted hi topic "furnished all the
food elephant ned,"
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MF.ItnV JINGLES.
"Dof your wife ever go through your
pockets at night?"
"Never."
"You're lucky."
"Am I? The reason she doesn't Is be
cause she draw my pay." Cleveland
Leader.
Sunday School Teacher Gerald, you know
one of Bunyan' character is "Heart's
Rase," don't you?
Little Boy No, ma'am, but If he had bun
ions he couldn't hnvo hail much hearts
ease. Chicago Tribune.
"I met young De Peyster, of the upper
sot. the other day and lie looked me suuara
, In tho eyea without spenklng."
"That what they call tha aoclety urper-
cut, you see.'' Baltimore American,
"Do you believe In tho fatalistic theory
that the hour of a man's death Is foretold?''
"Me? Certainly not"'
"You speak positively."
"Well, I ought to know. I'm a doctor."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
ReubenI thought you'd be busy this
time o' year gettln' ready for your summer
boarder.
Farmer Skinner So I am.
Reuben But you don't appear o ba
plantln' any vegetables.
Farmer Skinner Certainly not. I'm a-put-tlng
In moat o' my time a-wrltlng of tba
advertisements. Philadelphia Pres.
"I It true, doctor." asked the summer
f1rl, "that eating cucumbers will remove
reckles?"
' Of course," replied Dr. Kidder, "under
certain circumstances."
"Heally? What circumstances"
"Well, provided the freckles are on til
cucumbers." Philadelphia Press.
"Mosquitoes large here?"
"Puny large," answered Farmer Corn
tossel; "but I wish they were a little biugr.
Then mebbe some o' these fellows that's
so crazy for huntln' would com down here
In oilcloth suit an' hoot at 'em." Wash
ington Star.
He Women never take any time for prd-4
lonKfd rettection. J
She Don't they? What do you suppose
looking R Issues were made for. Baltimore
American.
Kicker Can she chin, the bar?
Bockel- Nov but she can get oer' voll .
down over her chin by wrinkling her nose.
Harper's Bazar.
"Why doe the old man holler hallolula so
loud?"
"Well, they ain't been answerln' his pray
er lately, and he wants to wako up tho
angels." Atlantic Constitution.
Mrs. Chugwater (who bas been reading
about the peace conference) Joslah, why do
they call that place "The'' IlaKue?
Mr. Crugwater "Tho" Is short for "Theo
dore." Anybody with a bit of sense would
know that without being told. Chicago
Tribune.
A member of the proletariat waa ad
mitted. "Sir," said he, "the wolf ha been at my
door for months."
"Pooh, pooh, my good man," responded
the fat capitalist. "Bucli Is not the nature
of the wolf. You have evidently been read
ing unscrupulous literature." Phlln ;i 'i
Bulletin,
JULY.
Bvaleen Stein In the Independent.
Far, far away, beyond the rlponing wheat.
The toresu stand In mantles of soft blue;
While wreathed in music, near and heav
enly sweet,
A lark soars singing from tho meadow
rue, j
Along the roads1, where sheltering sumac)
grow,
A few wild roses linger and defy
The bright midsummer, but the elders'
now
Ha Qielted In the sunshine of July.
Through fallow field the scarlet flre-weeda
flame
Like Hula Qheber shrines among tha grank,
And with their biasing blosajiu worship
claim
From all the pilgrim butterflies that pans.
1
A drowsy languor tlnctureu all tho air;
And In the garden, nodding o'er the wall.
Tall hollyhocks weave scented shadows
where
From fragile stem red poppy petals fall.
Email, spicy pinks about the dooryard
shine.
Bright orange lilies sway along the wnlks,
And through the fence bold ragged robins
twine
And clamber up tha tail tat auuiiowur
stalks.
A warm breeze stirs tha cedars and floats
through
The feathery willows; while witblu U
sky,
As white a wind-flower buds against tha
blue, ...
The uinmer cloud go slowly blowing by.
i
So honey-sweet the earth Is, and so purs
The Under heaven ben'llng overhead,
I think no heartaches here could long en-
dur , . ,
Nor any pain remain uncomfortedl
You may take thirty days or
thirty months in paying for one
suit yourself. A small Interest
per annum for such time as yoa
may tako. That's fair aud It's
good bosiness.
You can't do better than buy a
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