THE OMAHA DAILY REE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 1. 1907.
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STATEMENT OF" CIRCULATION.
$tale of Nebraaka, Douglaa county, as:
Charles C. Kosewater, general manager
ef The Bee Publishing Company, being
duly sworn, aays that tha actual number
of full and complete copies of Tha DaUy
Morning, Evening an Sunday Bee printed
during the month of June, 1107, was as
follows:
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Less unaold and returned copies. . 10,38a
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CHARLES C. ROSEWATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my proa nee and sworn tu
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WHEN OUT Or TOWN.
Safe crib-era leavlaa the city tem
porarily satoald .have The Bee
tailed to thesa. Address will be
"What la wrong with PaHiT" asks
the New York Evening Post. What
Isn't? .
Ohio republicans will bless any
peacemaker who can get In his work
without bungling the job. .' .
The South Omaha man who took a
hower bath in the rain Is pronounced
demented. No question about it. .
Edna Wallace Hopper has declined
. to marry an English duke at least
that is what Edna's press agent says.
Senator Foraker Is about the only
manufacturer of explosives who has
not been gobbled up by the Powder
trust. ;
A man named Roosevelt has been
-signed as a player by the Butte baso
tall team. He's probably a big
ticker,
...Georgia's prohibition law win be
come effective January 1, 1908. , The
water wagon is always crowded at that
time of the year.
Sir William Ramsey has succeeded
In degrading copper. Sir Tom Law
son succeeded borne years ago In de
grading copper stock.
Colonel Ayres has been placed on
.the retired list of the army, but his
wife, who started the trouble, is
neither tired nor retired.
Consul, the chimpanzee, was the
guest of honor at a breakfast given by
the Belmonts at Newport. Consul is
getting careless about his associates.
James Crichton Browne insists that
the problem with alcohol Is to keep
ft In the right place. Too many per
sons believe that under the vest la the
right place. -'' ; ; -
Colonel Watterson says the demo
cratic party cannot survive another
defeat. Colonel Bryan is doubtless
onvlnced that Colonel; Watterson la
Again mistaken.' ' '
The real reason for calling off tho
war between Japan and the United
States has been discovered. Richard
Harding Davis Is too' busy to go to the
front at this time. . 1 ! ' L i . . :
"The Americana are allent, gloomy
people," says Maxim Oorky. Maxim
must have met the' crowd ,. coming
(rem the game the day the home team
lost a double-header.
Those mall order houses are getting
t whole lot of free advertising out of
the fight that la being made On them
for which they would gladly pay big
Atoaey If they had to.
It should. be remembered that the
genu anient advanced 12,765,000 to
the Jameatown imposition or Secre
tary Cortelyou's treasury surplua
would be bigger than It is.
... General Sherman Bell declares that
.Colorado has been and Mill is the
rottenest ' state politically . ia the
union." Yes, Indeed. They haveS
ven allowed 6herman Bell to bold
fflce out there.' ' -
Governor Sheldon. Is building up a repu
tation as a lecturer and will soon be eligi
ble to active membership In the great Sen.
alorlal Summer Society for the Accumula
tion of Wealth, the Chautauqua Crcle
Llncoln Star.
' Why not? Colonel Bryan has no
exclusive right to be the onljr honorary
member of this society from Nebraaka.
MflCS BVKKAV prunes.
The Lincoln staff correspondent to The
Omaha Bee, In an lll-dlsgutsed attempt to
favor the candidacy of Judge Sedgw'ck
misrepresents and Insults nine out of ten
of the republican newspapers of Nebraska
by charging that thry are controlled by a
press bureau lit Lincoln which la had'ng
thm blindly to the support of Judge Reese.
If The fVe correspondent will look up the
fllee of the republican, newspapers Immedi
ately following the death of Edward Rrae
water he will find eulogies of the life of
that honored Kehraskan, and the strongest
eulogies ' n will find were from the
eame republican newspapers that are
now earnestly and enthusiastically de
manding the nomination of Judge
Reeao. Would he Insult the republi
can editors of thie state who eulogised the
life-work of Edward Roeewater by charging
thgt these eulogies, because they were
simultaneous were prepared by a "Rose
water press bureau?" Aurora Republican.
The chief organ of the so-called
press bureau, which Is notoriously still
conducted by the secretary of the statvx
committee notwithstanding the fact
that he hn been transferred to a
$2,000 job at Lincoln, has made a mis
take In analogy. The example of
spontaneous coincidence which he cites
has nothing whatever to do with press
bureau methods by which a string of
weekly newspapers are lined up be
hind some candidate chosen for them
at the seat of Inspiration.
While no one has charged that the
republican newspapers of Nebraska,
or any great number of them, are
banded together In a hard and fast
organization, . "controlled by a press
bureau In Lincoln," the practice of
press bureau methods by the self-constituted
reform leaders Is too thinly
disguised. When we see republican
newspapers, which expressed them
selves prematurely, switching from
one side to the other as soon as the
word goes out the Inference is Inevita
ble that they have responded to a call.
The Fremont Tribune, for example,
pronounced Judge Reese too old, to be
the party's standard bearer In one Is
sue and In the nexj- hoisted the Reese
banter..
Another press bureau paper, the
Bradshaw Republics n, voiced the senti
ment of York county voters as "In
clined to stay by Judge Sedgwick for
another term," and expressed Itself at
a loss to see how the "suspicions that
he la not In line for reform sentiment"
might detract from his ability, con
cluding that either Sedgwick or ReeBe
will make a good judge. Yet this
paper is now shouting itself hoarse
against Sedgwick.
The most striking example of som
mersaultlng, however, Is given by the
Osceola Record,' which referred to the
suggestion of Reese as entitled to
favor now because turned down by the
railroads some years ago with the fol
lowing comment:
What has that to do with Judge Sedg
wick? This paper haa the blgbgjregard,
for the ability and Integrity of - Judge
Reese, but what Is the matter with Sedg
wick? .
Later Issues of the Osceola Record
are- vituperative against Judge Sedg
wick and no ono need guess twite as
to how its editor saw the light.
The press bureau Is a legitimate ad
junct of the regular political campaign
In which the party managers; have a
right to call upon the Tarty organs to
co-operate against the political enemy.
Press bureau methods In a preliminary
campaign, however, are of questiona
ble, If not dangerous, propriety. Every
fearless newspaper Is In duty bound
to expose crooks and grafters seeking
party preferment and to continue to
oppose them, even If they succeed in
stealing the party label, but an on
slaught of Innuendo and recrimination
only furnishes ammunition to be used
by the enemy against the nominee no
matter which may be successful at the
primaries.
ArTEtl IRK ruWDKR TRUST.
The government's suit against the
Powder trust follows the general lines
laid down, la the recent action insti
tuted against the Tobacco trust, the
contention being that the combination
which' controls the powder trade of
ihe country is in restraint of trade
and subject to dissolution. The pro
ceedlngg bae been commenced under
the Sherman anti-trust law. The peti
tion asserts that the powder trust, the
dominating spirit of which is Senator
Dupont of Delaware, haa secured an
absolute monopoly of the manufacture
and sale of smokeless pgwder and
also controls more than 95 per cent
of the production and distribution of
other , high explosives. The govern
tnent asks the courts to determine
whether the public Interest shall be
best conserved by the dissolution of
the Powder trust or by the appoint
meat of receivers to take over the
business.
One of the peculiar features of the
present action Is that the Powder
trust's control haa been made possible
largely through Its ownership of
natents granted by the government
The trust absolutely controls the pro
ductlon of smokeless powder and dic
tates to the government, from which
It secured the patent, the price to be
paid for powder and other explosives
for the use of the army and navy. It
places the government in position of
fighting a monopoly made possible by
Its Own patent. The exclusive patent
right Is the one real monopoly granted
by the government Itself and directly
protected by It. It is a monopoly, not
only. for the inventor, but for any one
to whom he may sell his Interest. In
the present caee the Powder trust hi
profiting largely by the patents for
smokeless' powder secured by officers
of the navy, who sold their Inventions
to the trust. While the petition of
the government In the pending case
does not ' refer to the part of the
monopoly due to the government
patent, this peculiar feature U cer
tain to be developed and emphasised
outside of ronnand perhaps In court.
The Question will be raised 1 whether
an Inventor - etiall longer have ex
clusive patent right, particularly If dis
position Is made of It which will pre
vent the public from sharing tn Its
benefits. Out of. the discussion wilt
probably come tome amendment to the
patent laws by which useful Inventions
shall be made agents of progress
rather than the mainstays of monopolies.
STAXDIKQ BT HIS rROPLE.
The attempt of the Hungarian Par
liament to pass laws to prevent the
emigration of Hungarian farm labor
ers to the United States has developed
a situation which places Emperor
Francis Joseph In a strong light as the
defender of the rights of his people
and the uncompromising opponent of
the landlords mho have attempted a
species of legislation that would ap
pear radical even In Russia. The law
passed by the Hungarian Parliament,
which is composed entirely of land
owners, virtually places all farm labor
ers In serfdom. If prohibits every
laborer or tenant from leaving the
farm without permission and confers
upon landowners the right to nog
laborers, male and female, under the
age of 21.
Emperor Francis Joseph refuses to
approve the law and insists that the
peasantry of Hungary and Croatia be
given suffrage with the full rights of
representation In Parliament, rights
which he has already succeeded In se
curing for those of Austria. The sit
uation is unusual, In that such re
forms are more usually led by the
people against their monarchs Instead
of the monarch being the advocate of
greater liberty for his subjects. In
this case the emperor will doubtless
havt the support of the peasantry and
compel the nationalists, now In power
n Hungary, to yield, at least to the
extent of reconsidering and rejecting
the odious law, which Is the most bar
barous piece of legislation seriously
proposed by any country In modern
times.
SPJTCtXitrOW ASD BU81tKS8.
The sale of a seat in the New York
Stock exchange for $71,000, a slump
of 30 per cent from the high-water
mark of a year ago, Is being com
mented upon by financial experts as
an Indication that Wall street does
riot yet see the end of its prolonged
season of sackcloth and ashes. Pro
fessional 'speculators are disconso
lately puzzling themselves as to why
the public Is refusing to' take a hand
In the Wall street game and1 volumes
of figures are being offered to con
vince investors that opportunities are
more numerous and alluring now than
ever. But still the lambs are wary
and business le dull beyond expres
sion. There 1b an occasional rally, It
Is true, and'thCn observant Wall' atteet
takes new courage and begins building
air castles, but these flurries usually
last but a day or two and are almost
invariably found to have been due to
the efforts of professional speculators.
The best explanation of the situa
tion and the one the speculators are
slowest to accept Is that the public Is
out of Wall street and is engaging In
legitimate business to an extent never
before dreamed of In the history of
the country. Reports to financial or
gans In New YOrk show that the coun
try at large Is too busy with home de
mands, home needs and home euter
prises to take chances In the specula
tive game on the Stock exchange. The
change appears to have been a tem
peramental one to a large degree. In
vestors have apparently turned from
the get-rlch-qulck schemes and are
seeking Investments that are sound
and satisfactory Instead of risking the
uncertainties of deal" In speculative
stocks. ' Commercial agencies report,
contrary to general expectation, no re
action In business; as Is usually the
case in July" and August. '. The steel
mills and factories are working over
time, still unable to catch up with or
ders, while the merchants are buying
larger stocks of goods than ever be
fore. The prosperity of the country
Is not In the hands of the speculators
who have heretofore been able to
create panics, or move the financial
Market up or down at will by manipu
lation of . speculative stocks. The
ticker is no longer accepted as a trade
barometer. Wall street may have Its
booms and Its panics, but It will take
something reaching down deeper to
disturb the industrial equilibrium of
the country.
The Union Stock Yards company of
South Omaha has filled the vacancy
left by the death of Its late president
6y the selection of another Omaha
man. While tn air probability this ar
rangement is not Intended to be per
manent. It nonetheless Indicates a pol
icy to keep the corporation headed by
a local man. An Institution like this,
which needs to keep in touch with the
people on whom it depends for busi
ness, can hardly afford to let Its offi
cial roster, placard tt as a nonresident
corporation.
Among other things that seem to be
distressing the Union Pacific tax
agents la that the company Is not pay
ing enough taxes on the beautiful cor
ner lota bought for Its new headquar
ters building because they are still car
ried on the assessment roll at figures
fixed four years ago.
The filing by the water company of
new auit against the city for hydrant
rental Is another reminder that Omaha
has been staving off these obligations
now for several years and that they
will have to be met some time, the
Only question being In what amount.
If the city should lose these suits Mid
happen to be plastered with Judgments
In addition to the inflated tax levy atl
at one time, people who have to pay
(he freight will nof be backward In
speaking their mlnda.
The World-Herald wants the appro
priation fer the State Historical Li
brary building revised so as to allow
Omaia to furnish the site which Lin
coln refuses. This is evidently in
tended as a spur to make Lincoln
come to taw with its Hay market
square said to be surrounded by
shacks and saloons. The Bee insists
that there Is no call nor excuse for a
separate building for the State His
torical society's collections, but that
they should be joined with the state
library and taken care of. In the new
state house whenever, that may ma
terialize. ' .
The first fruits of that enlarged city
tax levy for next year are seen already
In the proposal to send the mayor,
comptroller and three councllmen to
the Jamestown exposition at the ex
pense of the taxpayers under pretext
of attending the meeting of the League
of American Municipalities. Why not
charter a special train big enough for
all the occupants of the city hall and
draw on the city treasurer to foot the
bill?
Santos-Dumont has wagered
000 against 11,000 that be will
a motor boat that will go sixty
an' hour and also construct an
$10.-
make
mllps
areo-
plane that will fly a mile a minu
te, all
mean
prob-
shows
within a year.. This does not
the solution of the rapid transit
lem by any means. It just
that Dumont has more money
discretion.
than
The signal corps at Fort Omaha
ought to send up a balloon to see if
anything serious has happened to the
World-Herald's military expert, who
a month ago proclaimed war upon
Japan and notified us all to get ready
for the draft. ' ;
Caleb Powers Is on trial again for
the murder of Governor Ooebel of
Kentucky some seven, years ago. Ken
tucky refuses to hurry the case. It
must be tough on Powers to be kept In
ignorance bo long as to his guilt, or In
nocence. Wonder if that prospective salary
raise for Judges of the district court
to follow the adoption of the constitu
tional amendment now pending is
chargeable with the Increased competi
tion for places on the bench.
Governor Hughes lias vetoed 248 of
the 448 bills left on his hands when
the New York leglellfttfe adjourned.
Even the governor's "political enemies
admit that the slaughter was Justified.
Consolation for Trouble.
Baltimore American. ,
There la always tho lar of compensation
to console for troubjea. -The price-of sew
Ing thread la going up, but then there Is a
chance of reduction on the price of cham
pagne, so the public ouglit to be satisfied.
Action on the Spot.
Kansas City .Journal.
One striking difference between President
Rooaevelt and Colonel Bryan la that the
president never "ultlmates" his Issues.
What he la for he la for today, and he goes
after It In a fashion that promises to bring
It In by tomorrow night' .
The Land of Opportunity.
The Congregationalism
The king of Sweden Is asking why 'his
wandering children and-grandchildren do
not return from America. "He might ask
the question of Governor Johnson of Min
nesota, who Is one Of them and also one
of the most prominent democratic candi
dates for the next presidential nomination.
Worth Looking; Into.
Minneapolis Journal.
Nebraska earnestly enacted an anti-pass
law. Now the papers are stating that
where a railroad company appoints several
attorneys In one town and all of them
darry passes, the State has a right to know
If these men give the greater part of their
time to the business of the road aa the law
requlrea. to make a man eligible to free
transportation. This Is a matter that, like
the rat hole In Lincoln's law office, will
bear looking Into.
Exprrae Rates la Nebraaka,
Philadelphia Record.
The express companies doing business In
Nebraska have united In a remonstrance
against the enforcement by the State
Railway commission of the recently en
acted state law cutting their rates 16 per
cent. The companies offer, as a compro
mise, to make a reduction of 15 per cent.
Whether, under the terms of the act, the
commission will deem Itself authorised to
accept the offer appears uncertain, but the
conciliatory .attitude of the companies at
tests the propriety of the legislative action.
The extortionate ratea charged for express
service In Pennsylvania are quite aa bur
densome and unnecessary aa the Nebraska
rates. The greater share of the expreaa
bualneaa ought to be done by the railroad
companlea, at far less cost to shippers and
with great advantage to railroad share
holders. Mere Beer and Less Whisky.
Providence Journal.
Those persons who advocate temrerancc,
as distinct from abstinence, will be glad to
learn from the figures furnished by the in
ternal revenue office that an Increase among
the people of the I'nlted Statea In the con
sumption et beer haa been accompanied by
a decrease In the conaumptlon of whisky.
This appears to bear out the contention that
the use of malt beverages tends to diminish
the use of liquors. If this be so there is
ground for satisfaction. No one can redly
defend steady whisky drinking aa a good
habit. Beer, on the other hand, while It
may diaagree with sorr.s people, end may, If
taken too freely, produce Intoxication, Is,
generally apeaklng, a comparatively harm
less drink. It may be doubted if, on the
whole. It does aa much harm to the human
system as many of the various "soft" drinks
which people partake of so freely, especially
In hot weather. No doubt, tn a perfect state
of society, no stimulants whatever would
be called for. But we live under artificial
condltloaa, and while that is the caee the
real lovers of temperance ought to be glad
to aee the leas harmful stimulants becom
ing snort youlA
Trie iitrwoon "vhrmct.
rllle Jailatement.
Chicago Tribune.
Th verdict of the Jury acts Haywood
free, but public opinion haa riot cleared
hint. ...
Clean Hill of Health.
New York Bun.
By Its verdict Idaho has practically given
the Western Federation of Miners a clean
bill of health.
A Credit to Idaho.
Indianapolis Nws.
It Is very greatly to the credit of the
state of Idaho, of Its people and govern
ment, that uch a verdict aa thla could
have been rendered In a community In
which such Infamous crimes had been com
mitted. Too Mark Coafeaaloa.
Kansas City Star.
Not the least of the causes to which
Haywood owes hla acquittal la the fact
that Harry Orchard overstepped the limit
In his "confession." His "penitence" wae
overworked by the state's attorneys.
(eminently Fair.
New York Tribune.
The trial was eminently fair and admir
ably conducted on the part of the prose
cution. There was no vlndictlveness and
no sensationalism about Its methods. In
many respects It wae fortunate that so
great a case as this should be tried In a
small community.
No Material for a Hero.
Kansas City Times.
Haywood haa not been given a certlfi-ato
of exemplary character. His relations with
Orchard were not such that trades unions
can afford to make a hero of him. He has
been acquitted by a fair and competent
Jury, but he has not been shown to be a
calm, dispassionate, high-minded leader of
men.
A False Crr.
Philadelphia Record.
We trust that the result of the trial will
have some effect In abating the cry raised
every time a man is tried for violence In
connection with labor conflicts that capital
istic society Is waging war on workingmen.
No class of the community Is safer In the
courta than the worklngman.
A til ta tor Discredited.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
' The end of this case warrants the expres
sion of the hope tjiat certain vociferous
labor exponents, who during the past few
months proclaimed that these defendants
would nut have a fair trial, have In view of
the outcome sufficient grace to be ashamed
Of themselves.
Foond In Bad Company.
Minneapolis Journal.
While .he Western Federation of Miners
has been cleared In this case by the acquit
tal of Its secretary It should not be ovor
tooked that the federation has been found In
bad company, very bad company. If It has
escaped complicity In crime It cannot be
said that It haa been given a clean bill of
health.
MoclaliHtle Baneombe.
New York World.
What becomes of the "conspiracy?" What
becomes of all this cheap socialistic bun
combe designed to delude the weak-minded
and sew the seeds of class war? What be
comes of the agitators and demagoguea to
whom due process of law haa ao flatly
given the He? If socialism really was on
trial with Haywood then socialism Is con
victed of being an ass.
Judicial Impartlalltr.
. ? Chicago Record-Herald.
If there Is one thing about this case on
which everybody, the defendants and their
attorneys Included, can agree, It Is that
Haywood haa been given a fair trial. The
Judge was scrupulously Impartial, and from
the moment when the first Juror was se
lected to the close of the Judge's Instruc
tions to the Jury there was nothing which
would warrant any accusation of a delib
erate Intention on the part of the author
ities to railroad the defendant to his death.
Baseless Assertions.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Meantime It Is made known by this great
trial that the courts of the country are
still open to do justice to the worklngman
as to all others, even as against a mighty
array of hostile Influences. The suspicion
or conviction that this Is not so, which was
used to Justify the socialist and unionist
street demonstrations in advance of the
trial and even after It had begun, are now
shown to be baseless, and we should heat
no more from those classes for one long
time of the commanding sway of the In
terests and prejudices of the wealthy over
American criminal procedure.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Looting of the royal palace of Corea by
subjects of the deposed king was strangely
suggestive of civilisation.
Gertrude Atherton and P.oultney Hlgelow
are said to be going Into the chicken busi
ness as, partners. The feathers will fly,
sure.
Lumbermen in the northwest are fighting
an advance In railroad ratea. It looks so
different to them from the recent advance
In lumber ratea.
The New Jersey man pulled Into the
water by a fish he had hooked may now
brag endlessly about the biggest fish that
ever, caught him.
Vice President Fairbanks has accepted
an Invitation to deliver an address at the
unveiling of the Victory monument, com
memorating the battle of Lake Erie, which
will take place on Auguat 6, at Put-In-Bay.
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy is per
perhaps the most literary monarch In
Europe. He knows English, French and
Germany equally as well as his native lan
guage, and has a reading acquaintance with
Russian. He spends at least three hours
a day In his study, busy with current liter
ature of every kind.
Dr. Wlnfield ' Scott Chaplin, who at the
age of SO la retiring from the chancellor
ship of Washington university, Bt. Louis,
after sixteen years of notable service. Is a
West Pointer, class of 'TO, and an ex-officer
of the Fifth artillery. Professor Marshall
Solomon Snow, who la to be acting chan
cellor, was graduated from Harvard In
1865.
Professor Paul Clemen, historian of art
at the 1'nlverslty of Bonn and Prussian
Conservatory of Art for the Rhine prov
inces, has been assigned by the minister of
Instruction to lecture In the United States
from September, 1907, ' to February, 190S,
under the system of exchanging German
and American professors. Professor Cle
men Is a student of Merovingian and Carl
ovlngian art and an author on art of
the Charlemagne period.
Prohlaar Two Coaablaea.
Springfield Republican.
The powder combination, whose prosecu
tion under the national anti-trust law be
gins thla week, concerns the government
more than It does anybody else, and the
case Is chiefly Interesting as showing how
monopolistic effort haa dared even to plnoh
the mtttary arm of the nation. Greater
popular Interest will be felt tn a reported
government Investigation of the Thread
trust, which has given prices another lift
and la aald to contemplate an Imposition
of 10 cents per spool compared with the
former prtoe of 4 and I cent
Good Tilings to Eat
Bread ef delicious flavor,
ally tender and inviting!
smooth; Jelly that mou
uy mat moulds
these are but a few of the
improvtd by the genuine
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NEBRASKA PRR8S t'OMMENT.
Kearney Hub: South Omaha holda right
on to third place as a hog market and has
Kt. Lnula and St. Joseph skinned at leaat
three-quarters of a mile.
Beatrice Sun: No measure passed by any
legislative body has met with such uni
versal condemnation nt the hands of the
peoplo as the child labor law. This bill,
besides being Inoperative. Is lacking In
every essential of even good Intention. If
It docs anything It will simply be to place
a premium upon Idleness and prevent many
children from earning clothes during vaca
tion to wear during the school months.
Beatrice Express: Mrs. George Sheldon,
wife of the governor, followed the latter's
address, by request, with a brief talk be
fore a teachers' Institute at Broken Bow
recently, and In speaking of "graft" evils,
said the place to begin correcting-them was
In the home and school room,. She ex
pressed an eminent truth that ought to be
Impressed on the minds of old and young
everywhere. Home and school training Is
all Important In fortifying the country
against dishonest citizenship.
Kearney Hub: The Increase In Nebraska's
assessment roll this year Is over 114,000,000,
this amount of course being entirely on per
sonal property, as real estate, which Is as
sessed once In four years, will not be re
assessed until next year. Of this Increase,
Buffalo county contributes Ij60.270.09,- or
more than one-twenty-eighth, out of ninety
counties. Douglas and Lancaster counties
are tho only ones showing a greater In
crease and no other county shows as much.
Scrlbner News: Governor Sheldon Is
quoted as saying that it looks as though
something would have to be done toward
equalizing property assessments over the
state or conditions will soon be nw bad
again as they were before the enactment
of the new revenue law. tn making their
last payment the taxpayers certainly did
not discover anything In the line of reduc
tion which those who have the disburse
ment of funds would call "bad " . Notwith
standing the tendency toward economy
which the governor has shown, there must
be some huge, leaks somewhere.
Weeping Water Herald:; We have been
informed by one who' has been there and
ought to know Uiat the treatmept.of ."dipso
maniacs at the asylum Is alt a farce, so
far as curing the, liquor or dope habit. If
being confined where you can hear the
blood-curdling yells of cray people or see
the sufferings of the person from delirium
tremens will have a good effect there Is
some how, but as for medical attendance
and attendants' care, they pay about as
much attention to you as if you were a
hardened criminal. They do'iiot pretend
to doctor a person for the liquor habit,
only to keep If from him and tone the
system a little.. Not 10 per cent of the
cases are cured.
Kearney Hub: When Governor Sheldon
declares that there is an evident tendency
to get away from actual values In the
various county assessments, and that this
tendency will have ' to be checked If the
benefits of the revenue law are to continue,
he la uttering a Self-evident truth. The
great fight In thla, state has been to secure
a Just assessment of railroad properties
and to bring that assessment up to a
proper level. The Individual taxpayer who
demands an Increased assessment for the
railways needs to be careful that under
that ' cover he Is not endeavoring to beat
down his own valuations In order to re
duce his own taxes. Hence the governor
and the state board, of which he Is a mem
ber, will be Justified In going over the
whole aasessment matter carefully and in
giving all classes of taxpayers an equaliza
tion scheme that equalises.
North Platte Telegraph: .Occasionally a
good ' man growa dissatisfied with Ne
braska. The milk Is too yellow or the
honey too sweet, and . he doesn't like them
to flow over his land anyway. Bo he parts
with his farm, sells his live stork and
"other things too numerous to mention,"
and moves to Oklahoma. There he takes
his good Nebraska money and buys a
farm, which today la and tomorrow Is not,
because the wind has blown It away. Or
he tries Colorado, and slushes around In
the mud Irrigating a strip of bottom so
narrow that a cow can't jump Into the field
because she Jumps over It. Then he hears
of Texas, and goes down to hunt the bag
of gold at the rainbow. In the daytime
he acratches sandburs out of hla flesh and
at night centipedes crawl over hla face.
When his money la all gone he begins to
feel like he did the first night he ever
stayed away from home. He yearns for
good old Nebraska and the yearn sticks
in his throat and chokes him until fears
come In his eyes. He would give a month's
ABILITY PLUS
A store may have ability to serve
well, but the people somehow find they
cannot rely upon the ability. And just
as nature withdraws talents from us
that we do not use, so patronage with
draws frryn the store that does not
keep faith.
BK FAIRS UK FAIR!
How hard it is, how seldom we find it.
Fairness in all Justice. It la so easy
at times to take a mean or petty ad
vantage of the ignorance of Its cus
tomers by exaggerating values or ex
panding prices, or offering commission
tor trade information.
Ability plus rell-abllity. That ta
what the Hoape atore haa striven for.
We want our customers' friends to feel
that we can be depended on for both,
A. HOSPE COMPANY, 1513 Douglas Street
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scores of dishes iinsaeasurably
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COMPANY,
work to see the cows standing at the hare
on Ms old Nebraska farm and hear the
horn blow for supper. Sfemory la a mar
velous painter and paints best the things
we love best. It pictures to the traveler
the corn silking In the field he once owned,
and the wheat yellowing for the harvest,
the clover stretching away In a carpet of
red and green, richer than the ruga of
Persians. It shows him the elms as they
whispered to his children at play beneath
them, points to the roses In the corner of
the old rail fence, and In Infinite detail
paints a thousand things that touch the
heart and prove Its whimsical power,
Happy Is the man who wakes from sleep
to find that he has wandered from Ne
braska only In his dreams.
Columbus Tribune: State Auditor Searle
Is using the same caution In naming the
state accountant as Governor Sheldon la
exercising In his appointments. By some
they are criticised for being slow In ap
pointing, but. In our Judgment, slow and
sure Is a ml-rhty good policy.' The state
accountant, besides checking the accoSinta
of the various Institutions, wilt work 'with
the purchasing hoard and eventually ha
'will be a factor In purchasing. In past
years, under both party rules, much side
stepping has been done 1n the purchasing
of a great amount of supplies for state
Institutions; in former years a careful
audit of the receipts and expenditures of
our various state Institutions has not been
required, but now under our "fake re- .
form" a careful audit will he given tho
books of each Institution. We have full
confidence that State Auditor Searle Will
get a good man for the position.
FLASHES OF FUN.
"Did Charlie find any big " game up
north?"
"Yes, he said the natives are great pokei
players." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Rev. Dr. Fourthly Brother Hard
esty, 1 was sorry to see you ssleep In
your pew while I was preaching this morn
ing. in-other Hardesty Sorry, doctor. Tou
ought to have been ashamed. Chicago
Tribune.
"fliinnosinar vou discover the north po'
u
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pole," X
'what
remarked the inotiisltlve person, "what
direct benefit to humanity will result?"
"We will have the assurance," Bf.swered
the traveler, "that there Is one spot of
earth where nobody asks, "Is It hot enough
for you?" Washington Star, i-
"Willie's teacher was telling me today."
said Mrs. Skemer, "that Willie never gets
his arithmetic sums right at all."
"Maybe It's all for the boat," replied
Skemer. "He may turn out to be ait
expert short change artist." Philadelphia
Press.
Popular Speaker You eay you want me
to address your club- on current ".ppicsT
Then I should prefer to talk to them on
the divorce of politics from business.
Visitor (nervously) No no! Please do
not mention divorce.
Popular Speaker Whv not?
Visitor (wiping his forehead) This Is
the Alimony club. Baltimore American.
Farmer Haycroft had Just engHged a'
man to help him through harvest time.
"You haven't asked me," said the new
hand, "whether or not I have ever hod
any experience aa a hired man."
"I'll know all about that," crnwled
Farmer Haycroft, "as soon as I have seen
you eat." Chicago Tribune.
"The simple life for me," said the first
woman.
"But where are your social ambitions T"
asked her friend.
"Oh. that's all over. When I waa asked
to join an appedlcttis excursion to a fash
ionable sanitarium I Just had to draw the
line." Philadelphia Ledger. ,
SONG OF TUB ItEKL.
Puck.
There's music in the whisper of the gentle
summer breese.
That wwia the slumbering melody from all
the forest trees;
There's music In the ripple of the crystal
mountain stream, r
That haunts the sou) of memory like soma
forgotten dream
God's very sunshine seems to trill a glori
ous symphony.
As when with note discordant, shrill, the
reel goes, Zee! ee! e! ee!
And then all nature seems to stop, as
though a master .hand,
Had waved aloft a magic wand to still
some monster band.
Mute are the bees, the nodding trees bend
low to catcli the sound.
And all the voices of the wood In that oa
note are drowned.
The warbling bird, no longer heard la JS9
oua jubilee,
Paya tribute to his rival when the reel
goes Zee! ee! ee! ..
Zee! ee! Zee! ee! Ah! note so free
that fills the angler's soul
With Joy such as no mortal felt who never
handled pole;
Who never knew the ecstacy, the quiver
ing delight,
Of equal conflict with such game as e'ea
the gods would fight!
Zee! eel Zee! ee.' Ah! tingling sorig. ne'er
waa such melody
As when with note discordant, shrill, the
reel goes, Zee ee! ee!
RELI-ABILITY
ability to serve well and reliability in
what we say of our pianos and tn the
way we do business.
We aspire to be not merely "a store"
but a helpful server of the public.
When we say our stock represents the
best manufacturers in the world we do
not exaggerate. When we say that that
stock is the largest and most varied In
the west, we speak only the truth.
When we aay that our prices are the
lowest obtainable anywhere in the
United States and that they are alike
to all customers, we state an absolute
fact. Not only do you obtain economy,
at Hospe's, but also the assurance that
you will get the best valuea and the
fairest treatment. Come in and talk
it over with us.