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TOE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY,- SEPTEMHRU n, 1P07. The Omaha Daily Del FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSEWATEB. VICTOR ROSK WATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha Postofflca a second- ciaaa matter. TERMS OF" SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee (without Sunday), ona year.. $4 00 Dally and Sunday, one year 00 Hun. lay Bee. on year 1W Saturday Wee, ona year 1.&0 DELIVERED Br CARRIER. Dally lira (Including Burtday), per week..l5o Dally Bee (without Sunday), per week. .10c Evening Bee (without Sunday), per wfk So Evening lip (with Sunday), pr week...lOo Addrens all complaints of irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The, Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council BlufTa 15 Scott Street. Chicago 1) Unity Bulldlnt- New York iy Hnm Ufa Insurance Bdg. Waahlngton COt Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Commnnlfatlona relating to nawa and edi torial matter should be addressed, Omaha lire, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps reewtved In payment of mall accounts. Personal checka, exrept on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION. Plate of Nebraska, Douglas county, Oeorge B. Tiscrnirk. treaaurar of The Pee Publishing Company, being duly worn, aaya that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of August, 1901, was aa follows: 1 38,760 17 36,640 2.....'.,. 38,940 It 35,600 8 37,040 1 37 130 4 35.S00 SO 37,000 6 37,440 21 36,640 36,830 22 38,390 7 36,700 23 36,980 8 38,880 24 36,950 36,680 28 35,600 10 ' 36,830 2 38,780 11 35,660 27 36,880 12 37,340 it 36 480 11 37,110 29 36,500 14 36,700 80 36,640 15 36,770 81 36,140 II 36,850 . Total 1,138,320 Less unsold and returned copiea. 11,346 Net total 1,136,974 Dally average. 36,304 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In roy presence and aworn to before ma this 81st day of August, 1907. (cal) M. B. HUNOATB, Notary Public WI1E.Y OUT OB TOWIf. Subscribers tearing; the elty tern porarlly should hat The) Be moiled to them. Addreaa will be chanced aa flea mm requested. II Iowa succeeds In abolishing, the baby farm other state may well fol low. The argument as to whether It 1b ' vodevllle" or ''vawdyvllle" may now be resumed. ''(. ' I 1 .Watermelons contain 98 per cent water and must, at present prices, con tain about 98 per cent profit. E. H. Harrlman It still catching trout, thus spoiling the impression that he never fishes for anything but suckers. It Is only fair to United States sena tors ' who', hayejeetl !nteted to ''say no one of them has"ever Jumped hia bail. ; , ' Senator Borah of Idaho will now have an opportunity to find out how it feels to face a Jury from the stand point of defendant. Evldenty Walter Weilman's balloon is not the kind that can be inflated with hot air, or he would have not delayed his start so long. Friends of Vice President Fairbanks want it understood . that Senator Piatt's indorsement of him for the presidency was unsolicited. It is probably not true that future meetings of the board of directors of the Illinois Central will bo held under Marquis of Queensbury roles. It is announced that the president is shortly to become a Redman. The rail roads have an idea that he has been on the warpath for a long time. Senator Borah of Idaho is the latest addition to the list of senators who will have to think whether to answer "present", or "not guilty" when the toll Is oalled. None of the nations object to occa sional meetings of the peace confer ence at The Hague. No harm has been done by the meetings, If no good has been accomplished. . Allum. Nlreddtn Adeds Abzdeddts of Turkey Is making a tour of toe coun try. The fact is not Important, but Is used JuBt to make trouble for the despised proofreader. "There is no comparison between President Roosevelt and Mr, Bryan," says Secretary Taft. That is com- plfmentary to both or either, depend ing on the viewpoint. Omaha Commercial club boosters And themselves In great demand, and rather too popular when it comes to being Invited to Council Bluffs and Lincoln on the same day. ,1,',1'1ssssssssssssssssss ine visit or the Kansas railroad commissioners to Nebraska bore fruit early. If Kansas would follow X braska's lead more closely in other matters it might stop the "bleeding.' "The republicans want to keep Colo nel Bryan to the front as a safe and sure man to defeat," says Editor Wat teraon. It Is almost Impossible to get a conspiracy through any mora without discovery. Secretary Wilson says the western farmers are sending money to New York for investment It would only be turn about and fair play if the Ne braska and Kansas farmers should get a few mortgages on choice New York real estate. the jvo.w.vro.v or nr.rsE. Although It may be some little time yet betore the exact majorities are known, it Is plain that the republicans of Nebraska have chosen as the candi date to head thIr ticket for supreme judge Manoah B. Reese of Lancaster county. Judge Reese receives this high honor directly from the rank and file of the party, who have for the first time under the new primary law made their expressed desire effective with out the intervention of deteeatcs or other intermediaries. Judge Reese has served six years on the supreme bench, being retired In 1889 at the close of his first term as a consequence of the manipulation of hostile railroad politicians. Ten years later, Just before Nebraska had fully emerged from the dark age of popu lism, he was nominated a second time, but succumbed to a coalition of demo crats and populists on a fusion oppo nent. In this preliminary primary campaign Judge Reese's candidacy has been championed by the self-styled progressive" element of the party, demanding for him restoration to his former place in vindication of his pre vious sacrifice to the cause of reform. The Bee has already recalled the fact that it had supported Reese as the party candidate twice just as it had supported Judge Sedgwick six years ago and could conscientiously support either again, even though it saw no good reason why Judge Sedg wick should be deprived of his second term. The Bee has also recited in this campaign what it had said of Judge Reese when he was last nomi nated in 1899, and It reiterates again, as follows: In Judge Reese the republican party pre sents to the people of NebraBka a candi date who has often been tried and never found wanting; a man who laid down the Judicial ermine he had worn for six years aa spotless as when he first donned It, Coming unsought and. In fact. In spito of repeated declinations, the nomination of Judge Reese by tmanlmous Vote of a repT resentatlve and harmonious convention Is an honor rarely conferred. It is an ex pression of confidence and esteem that comes to but few men In a lifetime. The prospects now are that the vin dication which ahould have been given to Judge Reese at that time is at last to be accorded him and there is no valid reason why every republican, ir respective of previous preferences, should not rally to tho ticket headed by Judge Reese. THE PRESIDENT AXD THE FLEET. The guns of the democratic news papers and some of the anti-admlnis. tratlon organs are trained on Presi dent Roosevelt for tils final decision to send a monster fleet of battleships to the Pacific ocean early this winter. Some of the opponents insist that the action constitutes a direct challenge to Japan or any other( nation that may take offense at the presence .orj a fleet of battleships in peaceful waters, while, others are figuring out what the trip will cost in the way of coal purchases and how many poor families might b4 saved from suffering this winter if the money that muBt be spent for fuel on the trip were distributed through the regularly organized charity associa tions. Some of the Jnore radlcaLjop ponents of the president profess to see a scheme on the part of the repub lican leaders to create a situation by sending this fleet to the Pacific that will force the renomlnation of Mr. Roosevelt for president next year. It is a direct Insult to the intelli gence of the American people to assert that they would support a man for the presidency who would deliberately of fend a -foreign power for the purpose of manufacturing political capital. It is an Insult to President Roosevelt to suggest that he would attempt such a foolish thing. Some facts exist re lating to the sending of the fleet to the Pacific that should not be Ignored. The fleet is not 'going anywhere for, the purpose of carrying a menace, to any foreign power. If the trip to the Pacific has any effect upon interna tional politics-it should , tend -to pre serve peace rather than to destroy it.' In the first place, the United States has an unquestioned right to send its fleet to the Pacific or to any other point where American interests He. It is admitted, secondly, that tho nation has never properly guarded Its rights and interests in the Pacific, interests that have become highly important since the American acquisition of Ha waii and the Philippines. Again, a naval force la maintained as a guar antee of peace and, in order to be ef fective, must be thoroughly drilled and ready for every emergency. If no ex cuse for the Pacific trip existed other than the assertion of the Washington authorities that it was needed for practice purposes, the nations of the world would have to accept that state ment In good faith. The right of the country to order the transfer of the fleet to the Pacific, without giving of fense to any power, is beyond question. Back of all that, however, la an other fact that makes the Pacific trans fer a movement of wise diplomacy. It is no longer a secret In diplomatic cir cles that conditions In the far east are in a chaotic and dangerous condition. China is sending troops into northern Corea, now in possession of Japan, and Is openly arming Its forces to resist further encroachments of Japan in the territory heretofore dominated by China. The reported abdication of Tsl An, the empress dowager of China, Is accepted as a signal for all kinds of trouble In the orient, with a likely probability that all of the great powers of the world, whose Interests In China are large, will be Involved In the set tlement. Conditions in China are most acute and the explosion , may come'at any 'moment' In such event. the presence of an American naval squadron in the Pacific, In striking dis tance of the seat of trouble, may have a dominating influence In settling a world problem. Opponents of Presi dent Roosevelt's policy In dispatching a fleet of battleships to the Pacific are wasting their energies. THE FUTURE OF THE PBIL1PP1XE8. The New York Herald has come to the aid of the Anti-Imperialist league of Boston In the effort to make the Philippines an issue, more or less par amount, in the next presidential cam paign. The antl-lmperlallsts, who came painfully close to treason In their campaign of four years ago, are now insisting that the Filipinos be given their full and immediate Inde pendence and that the United States withdraw from the islands on the briefest possible notice. The Herald does agree with the Boston agitators, but demands that the deal be placed on a commercial basis and that the islands be sold to the highest bidder. The Herald's campaign Is the more interesting, as it has been soliciting opinions from public men throughout the country as to what disposition the United States should make of the Islands. Some of the democratic statesmen of the south are urging the sale of the islands and occasionally a republican of prominence goes so far as to suggest that It would be a good riddance If the United States could get rid of the Philippines upon some hon orable terms. The proposition, how ever, is finding few advocates among the men whose opinions are entitled to serious consideration. An interesting conflict, by the way, arises between the views of the antl imperiallsts and the Herald. The antls declare that we should give up the Philippines because we never had any right to them. The Herald in sists that they should be sold. If we had not right to take them, we have no right to sell them, which raises a question that the Herald and its Bos ton allies may settle between them selves. Aside from this attempt to inject the Philippine problem into the national campaign, the country as a whole Is rather Indifferent to the ques tion. Mr. Bryan tried to make it an Issue In 1900 and the overwhelming opinion of the voters of the country was expressed in favor of the repub lican plan for governing the islands. There has apparently been no marked change in sentiment on that proposi tion. Down in Missouri the other day Secretary Taft, In addressing a large meeting, asked, "How are you on the Philippines? Do you want to surrender them? Do you want to give them up?" He received a chorus of "No" that made the woods ring. That Is the way, we predict, that any further agitation of the question will be met by' the people. I ' Some things about the Philippines and th Filipinos are pretty clearly understood by the American people. In the first place, the Filipinos are not yet fit for self-government. To grant them independence would be but to invite a repetition of the Cuban experi ence. To sell them would be an act of international cowardice, as they could be sold only to some nation that would desire the final subservience and serf dom of the natives instead of follow ing the American plan of lifting them to a position where they may be able to govern themselves. Humanity de mands that the United States should hold those islands until the Filipinos are capable of managing their own af fairs. Even then our responsibility will not end. For many years the islands, even after they achieve their independence, must be under the pro tecting hand of the United States. This country has to carry the burden so long as Its services are necessary in the spread of civilization. SPADES ARE TRUMPS. Charles P. Nell, United States Com missioner of Labor, sums the situation up in a nutshell when he explains that the trouble in the labor market is that "the world has bitten off more than it can chew." He explains, dropping the vernacular which all understand that "widespread prosperity and the un paralleled prosperity of the age have led to the undertaking of more great projects than can be completed within a reasonable time." It Is the old law of supply and de mand working again, with demand do ing the suffering. The difficulty Is all due to the fact that Jobs have multi plied faster than workmen and the sit uation is becoming positively serious. The United States wants a steady force of 40,000 workmen on the Pan ama canal. Canada guarantees steady work for five years for 60,000 men on the improvements decided upon by the Canadian railway managers. Russia has decided to double-track the Trans siberlan railway, a job that will re quire the services of an army of men for a half dozen years. New York city has started work on a new water works that will Involve the expendi ture of $160,000,000, most of which will be paid to workmen, and New York state has begun work on a barge canal that calls for the disbursement of 1101,000,000, most of which will go to the man with the spade. Eng land Is building a railroad from the Cape to Cairo and syndicates have al ready made contracts for girding South Africa and China with a system of railroads built after the American plan. Three or four big tunnel prop ositions are under way In New York and nearly every state in the nation Is calling for workmen on railroad ex tensions and betterments. It lg estlr mated conservatively that fully 1,000, OflO' workmen with shovels would not more than fill the demand that Is now being made for labor in the dirt moving line. The call of the world is for the brawn of the man with the spade. General Drude, commanding the French forces In Morocco, has asked for 16,000 additional troops to quell the troublesome tribesmen, but the French Board of Strategy has decided that 5,000 will be sufficient for the job. It will be remembered that the government at Washington thought that 75,000 men would end the war of the rebellion. in thirty days and that England was certain that one reg iment of red coats would put down the Boer rebellion in a few days. France has not profited by its reading of mili tary history. The passing of St. Philomena'a marks the close of an epoch in Omaha's history. Some sentimental regret will attach to the fact that en croaching commerce has driven the cathedral and Its associated schools and charities away from the familiar location. Another feature Is that it leaves an Immense area of Omaha without a church of the Christian re ligion, St. Phllomena's being the last of the downtown churches. Attendance at the state fair is run ning rather less than last year, but the attractions are not any less, nor have the deserts of the show dimin ished. It is probable that the atten tion to the primary election kept a great many people at home on Tues day and Wednesday who will yet visit the fair grounds. The rotated ballot may not have added any particular weight to the de liberate choice of the voter, but it cer tainly did add to the deliberation of the returning boards. If the author of the, plan will meet some of the judges and clerks of election in Omaha he may learn much that will Interest him. South Omaha's prestige as a primary sheep market is being well supported by the traders. The advantages of this market are many and have long been recognized by sheepmen through out the west, until now the receipts at South Omaha are greater than at all the other sheep markets combined. Candidates who were successful at the primaries, find their trouble Is just beginning. By the time they organ ize, select committeemen and do the other things set down for them to do they will be prepared for almost any emergency the new campaign may oSer tor them. "' It Is asserted tbjU. the average life of a set of automobile tires Is about two years. This1 holds, except when you are about forty miles away and a storm coming up." .Then the average life of a tire is about two minutes. A Chicago woman spanked her son, who had a dynamite cap in his hip pocket. The mother is now shy of two fingers on her spanking hand. Boys may be relied upon to give wide cir culation to news of this character. By a Judicious use of hatpins a New York girl is said to have captured two thieves and held them until the police arrived. The story is not complete, as it does not explain what she did with her hat. Judge Parker's declaration that he will not be a candidate for the presi dency again must be accepted as au thentic and final. He does not want the nomination and the party does not want him. The boy may be a little lame In frac tions during school hours, but he can figure out the base ball averages to the smallest decimal. Evolution In Dentistry. Chicago Record-Herald. Because one of his patlenta would not sit till a Waahlngton dentlBt hit him on the head with a hammer. One trouble about dentists la that they never give absent treatment A I'roiulalsi Beginning-. Springfield Republican. The recent lynching of a murderer In Nebraska finds defenders among public of ficials and also among the clergy. This makea a promising beginning for mob rule In that state. Japan's Exclusive Notions. Philadelphia Record. Japan la thoroughly westernized. It In alats on the right of Its people to go to any country, but excludes Chinese coollra from Its own domain. It Is astonishing how promptly the Empire of the Rising Sun adopts every occidental fashion. User's Bad Taste. Cincinnati Enquirer. It seems a trifle late and In bad taste for Divine Right Paer to lay. the blume for the settlement of the anthracite coal strike upon a great man who la dead and cannot rise up to refjte the statement. Perhaps he wouldn't want to, even If he were living, for the lute Senator Hanna was not a man to break Into print unneces sarily. Standpatlsui Confounded. New York Tribune. Trade between the I'nlted States and Cuba continues to show a growth which utterly confutes the "stand pat" argu ments of those who opposed the ratification of the Bllas-Zaldo reciprocity treaty and who now oppose the reduction of the op pressive tariff duties laid on Philippine products. Reciprocity with Cuba was con demned In advance by the "stand-patters," first, because It waa bound to prove a, fail ure In stimulating our export trade with the new republic, and. aecond, because, even If it did happen to Increase our ex ports. It would do ao only at the expense of American Industries competing with the Cuban augar and tobacco growers The Tribune argued, with other advocates of reciprocity, that mutual concessions in tariff rates would work to the advantage of the I'nlted Slates In opening a larger market for our manufactured exports while In no way Imperiling domestic Interests. Rorxn a not t f.w York. Hippies on the Torrent of 1,1 fe In Ike Metropolis. The souvenir fiend, whose number la legion In Gotham, swooped down on Prince Wllhelm's cruiser, Fylgla, last Bunday and worked overtime. The heir to the throne of Sweden gave a farewell public reception on board hla ship of state, and the Acquisi tive public responded numerously and did did things. The only things the vlsltora did not try to take away were the smoke ttacka and the big guns, according to the men of the Fylgla. In one Instance, It waa said, the sword scabbard of one of the senior officers of the cruiser were stolen, while wine glasses, spoons and other small articles are missing by the dozen. At nightfall officers declared that even the latch of one of the big guns had been stolen by the souvenir crazed crowd. Pieces of rope, spikes, small casters and. In fact, every Item of small property on the deck waa carried away. Profiting by Abruzzi's experience, the cabins and private quarters of the officers and crew were locked, so that the unlforma of the prince and hla men were not cut up pleceineul, aa was the experience of the Italian duke. That there Is a real method In the seem ing madness of the mob of apparently rav Ing maniacs who bellow menaces to their fellows for several hours a day on the curb of Broad street, New York, may be gath ered from an article by Frank Marshall White In tho current Broadway, which telle something of the system by which various stocks amounting to a hundred millions an nually are handled by the curb broker. Aa a matter of fact, nays Mr. White, the curb market today 1b aa reputable an In stitution (and the comparison Is flattering or otherwise according to the point of view) as the Stock exchange and, next to It, the moat important stock and share market In the United States. Indeed, as It exists at present, It Is an essential adjunct of t'no Stock exchange. The rules of the Now York Stock ex change prohibits its members from becom ing members of any other stock exchange, or from associating In business with a member of any other such exchange, and it enforces this rule rigidly for Us own pro tection. The Stock exchange la, In fact, a quasi public lnutttullon. Every stock listed Is subject to an Investigation; periodical reports and balance sheets are requited, and fees exacted. There are numerous stock companies, however, whose officers do not care to place their securities on the exchange; and it is theBe outside securities that are dealt In on the curb. Practically all the business of the curb market comes from the great Stock ex change houses, notwithstanding the fact that the outside market exists without any organization and without officers, consti tution, bylaws or habitation, making It possible for the members of the exchange to trade through the curb brokers without violating Its rules. Curb brokers when they make a trade are required to give the name of a respon sible brokerage firm aa the real principal In the transaction. Thus whenever a trade Is made the buyer and seller exchange the names of recognized brokerage houses, and these houses subsequently confirm transac tions with one another precisely as is done on the Stock, exchange. ' The proprietor of a downtown cigar store, when he moved Into new quarters, rented one-half of hla space to a fountain pen es tablishment, under the impression that his business, would not require all the room. Very soon, though, he discovered his error, for trade poured in ao rapidly that his half of the shop was insufficient to ac commodate all the customers. He politely requested the fountain pen man to move out. But the fountain pen man had opin ions of hia own on the subject. The posi tion of the store was as advantageous to him as to the other, and he declined to move. In reply to threats, he produced his lease. Nothing daunted, the cigar store man bought a stock of fountain pens, which he widely advertised to be given away with purchases. For Instance, the man who bought three 10-cent cigars waa to get a pen with them. The fountain pen man re taliated by cutting rates correspondingly. Barkers were obtained by the rivals, and lurid signs were posted. They drew crowds and still draw them. The policeman on the beat always wears a worried expression on his face at tho noon hour, and many a downtown business man Is wondering how his office boy is able to carry a handsome pen, while the passscrsoy are chuckling and hoping the tight will last until Christ mas. Under the new law regulating the sale of cocaine it la now unlawful to sell that drug or any of its admixtures except upon the written prescription of a reputable phy sician, and that prescription shall be tilled only once. Also under the new law whole salers may supply the drug only to llaensed pharmacists or licensed druggists, regis tered practicing physicians, veterinarians or licensed dentists. It will be necessary also to label packages containing "sprass" aa poison, and to display distinctly the name and quality of the cocaine or Its salts. Violations of this law are punishable by Imprisonment of not more than one year or a ttne of not more than H.uuO, or both. Four women pushed their way up to the glove counter and Importuned the solitary saleswoman to wait upon them. When the girl finally turned her attention their Way one of the women said to the other three: "Are you shopping In cabs?" They said they were not. "Well," said she, "1 am. I pay 3 an hour for it. Every minute that I waste means 6 cents thrown away. Since you will lose nothing by waiting a few minutes will you kindly let the clerk wait on me Urst." The three women gasped, but sat quietly by while she selected her gloves. A recent craze for mutilated coins cents preferred can be ascribed directly to the i..i ni turninz around the old Montauk ' ttieater In Brooklyn. The building is.sltd i lug slowly along on little rollers which ! travel on heavy ateel rails. The other day ' a woman in the crowd of onlookers told her escort to put a piece of money on one of the rails so that the rollers could pass over It "Just to see if It would be smashed." It took twenty-nine minutes for the roller to pass completely over the coin and It was smashed. The young woman put It In her purse as a souvenir. That started the fad, and now there are lots of oolns and trinkets of all sorts being mutilated to be kept aa mementoes of the big house moving- Turn of toe V1U. Baltimore AmerKn:.. Hitherto big trust magna.: Lave ahown great reluctance toward goii g on the wit ness stand. Now that It la understood that the government will furnish no more free Immunity baths, the tide may turn and the rush be Into the arms of the pro cess servers and onto the stand. A Hare- I'.scrpt Ion. Philadelphia Press. Judge Parker denies the story that he la a candidate for another nomination, which j shows that there Is at least one democrat J wno knows when he has had envugh, t MEN ADMIRE a pretty face, a good flrar, but sooner or later learn that the healthy, happy, contented woman Is most of all o be admired. Women troubled with fainting spalls, lrrerularitles, nervous Irrita bility, backache, the, "blues," and those dreadful drairjring sensations, cannot hope to be happy or popular, and advancement In either home, business or social life la Impossible. The cause of these troubles, how ever, yields quickly toLydla E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound made from native roots and herbs It acts at onoe upon the organ afflicted and the, nerve centers, dispelling effec tually all those distressing symp toms. No other medicine in the country has received such unqualified Indorsement or has such a record of cures of female Ills as has Ljdia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Miss Emma Runtsler, of 831 State St., Schenectady, N. Y., writes: "For a loan time I was troubled with a weakness which seemed to drain all my strength away. I had dull headaches, was nervous, irritable, and all worn out. Chancing to read one of vour advertisement of a case similar to mine cured by Lydia E. I'inkham's Vegetable Compound, I deolded to try it and I oannot express my gratitude for the benefit received. I am entirely well and feel like a new person. Lydia E. Pleikham's Vegetable Compound is the most successful remedy for all forms of Female Complaints, Weak Back, Falling and Displacements, Inflammation and Ulceration, and Is invaluable in pre paring for childbirth and the Change of Life. Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women Women suffering from any form of female weakness are Invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mas. Her advice is iree ana always neiptui. PERSONAL XOTK". Prince William of Sweden thinks this is the greatest country on earth, and he hns seen only the fringe of It. It Is reported that already whlslcv Is ho. Ing shipped Into Georela labeled "PaJnf " Before the prohibition law goes Into effect the state la likely to have a rich carmine hue. v ., Mrs. George West, formerly Lady Ran dolph Churchill, Is about Jo write a book of recollections. Her literary talent Is well kriown and she aided much in the prep aratlon of Lord Randolph s biography, written by her eon, Winston Churchill. Lord Alverstone, who is now on a visit to this country In company with many other distinguished Jurists of Great Britain, has the reptuatlon of having made the long est speech ever delivered by a lawyer. This was when he appeared as counsel for Great Britain in the Venesuelan arbitration mat ter. Hla addreaa, which covered the Brit ish case thoroughly, occupied sixteen days. Prof. A. K. Skinner, chief astronomer of the United States Naval observatory, who will soon retire on a life pension, was ap pointed to the position In 1870, since which time he has discovered or determined the places of about 9,000 stars, besides doing an Immense amount of work In the Held of applied astronomy and mathematics. He will be succeeded by Prof. Herbert L. Rice, formerly In charge of the Ephemerls and now aaalstant astronomer. DEMAND KOK LABOR DOWN SOUTH V'nlqne Experience of a Shipload of Imnlsraats, Springfield Republican. One cannot be surprised by the rush of European Immigration to this country, in view of such scenes as that at New Orleans last week when the steamship Sofia Hohen berg arrived at that port. There were landed 898 Immigrant, the bulk of them being able-bodied men . from Germany, Hungary, Greece, Italy and other Mediter ranean countries. A New Orleans society for promoting Immigration welcomed them and provided a lunch for the entire ship load. The pier was thronged with em ployers and agents of planters, who bid against each other for the labor of the newcomers. The men, says the New Orleans Times-Democrat, "were beselged with offers at wages ranging from $1.60 up ward." And "Immediate employment could have been furnished to ten times the num ber" that arrived on that boat. The effect of such welcomes must quickly be felt In the old homes of the Immigrants as soon, Indeed, aa they can communicate with their relatives and friends by the mail. It Isn't hard to believe that recent story of the little town In Hungary which had lost every Inhabitant, except the mayor, be cause every one had gone to America. FAVOR FOR lilt II CROOKS. Peculiar "Prison Treatment" of Gay nor and Green. Philadelphia Reoord. It would serve to assuage the fears of trust magnates -and of lesser grafters who have made themselves rich at the public expense when they read of the laxity shown by the government to two dis tinguished' criminals under sentence of Ave years In the penitentiary and a fine of 5, 000,000 for embesilement. Pending an ap plication for a rehearing, John F. Gaynor and Benjamin' Greene, supposed to be In Jail at Macon, Ga., have had all sorts of privileges. Gaynor Is at a pleasure resort for his health. Both culprits have gone hunting, attended ball games, walked the streets at will, and have taken their wives out driving. The only restraint on these pleasuring la the compulsory attendance of United 8latos marshals, who must be paid for their extra arrvlcea pending the determination of the courts. If a rascal has money to fight extradition and to liti gate indefinitely after trial and conviction, fine and Imprisonment do not count for much. epf Ciller First EAXS put away the Straw Hat. We are pre-pn- 1 to show you the prettiest nnd swellest Hue of Soft and Stiff Hats that you can see anywhere. We wish to call your attention especially to the 4,Mallory Cravenette" Hat, for which we are sole agents for Omaha. We carry this hat in both Soft and Stiff shapes and it is ab solutely rain and sun proof. Wo make this celebrated hat under our $3.00 special die and it is the best hat at that price that can be had. LET US SHOW YOU Browning, R. S. WILCOX, Manager. MISS EMMA RUNT2LER POINTED REMARKS. The sculptor wns working on a statue of Melancholy. ".May 1 ask what you are doing?" inquired the visitor. "Culling a sorry figure." snld the sculp tor, scrowllng at him. Chicago Tribune. "Ik thnt senxhore bathing resort you went to much fu breakers?" asked the curious friind. "ies," replied the young man, gloomily. "Tiny have several varieties of breakers at every hotel." Haltimore American. "But," protested the space writer, "per haps you could uee this article if I were to boll it down?'' "Nothing doing." rejoined tho man brhlnd the blue pencil. "If you were to take a gallon of wuter and boll It down to a pint It would still be water." Chicago Dally News. "Is JuinOiy drinking as hard as ever?" "I don't think so. We carried him hnmn about an hour ago, and he's sleeping now.'' Cleveland Leader. "A man's opinion should never te for hire," said the sevr.re patriot. "Never," answered Senator Sorghum, "unless he puts them Into the form of a, lecture and takes a share of the gate re ceipts." Washington Star. Mrs. Henpeck Why Is a husband like dough? Mr. Henpeck (lnsplratlonly) BecauKe a woman needs him. Mrs. Henpeck Not at all. It's because a husband's hard to get off one's hands. Judge. "My husband Is troubled with a buzzing noise In hia cars. What would you ad vise?" "I would advise him to go to the sea shore for a month or two." "But ho can t gut away," "Then you can go." Houston Post. Bardlets Married life affords me no In spiration for song. How do you find It? Does It give you any Impetus in your work? Hhymelt I should say so. My wife makes (6 a week doing washing. Chicago News. "My gracious!" exclaimed the first flea, "what makes you so rd?" "Sunburned," replied the second flea, dis gustedly. "Some idiot clipped the dog I was summering . on." Catliollo Standard and Times. v "Have you ever contributed any money toward the cause of higher education?" "Indeed, yea. We use Standard oil at our house." Life. The through train from the west had stopped at the little station where the over lund flyer from the east wns to pass It. "What Is the population of your village?" asked one of the parengers. "I don't know, sir," said the station agent; "but if your train doean't leave within the next live minutes you'll have time to count em for yourself. They're all here at the deepo." Chicago Tribune. THE UNWRITTEN LAW. Detroit Freo Press. Father sits and chuckles, Itlother's coming back: Even now she's speeding O'er the railroad track. Father worked a brand new trick Best he ever saw; Says that Ma s obeying The unwritten law. Father wrote and told her. Things were going right; 'Cept he lost a hit of sleep Almost every night. , In his letter, father Said that she might stay; Although he was lonesome With his wife sway. "If the air Is bracing. And is helping you, Don't lie In a hurry. Stay a week or two. . I've a cold that's settled Somewhere on my chest; But I wouldn't worry Stay and get your rest." "Have a good time, mothor," Father wrote to say; "Though, of course, I miss you. While you are away." Mother got hla letter, Need I to explain, Mother parked her trunk and ran Straightway to the train. Father alts and chuckles. laughs the whole day through; Says that ma would not have come, Had he told her to. But he knew she'd hurry When his note she saw; Father's found a way to UN The unwritten law. Ming fk Co