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THE OMAHA DAILY DEE: WEDNESDAY. OCTOHEK 9, 1007.
The Omaha Daily Bee,
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State of Nebraska. Douglas county, :
Charles C. Roswaler, general manager
of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly
aworn, says that the actual number pf
full and complete copies of Tha Dally
, Miming, Evening and Sunday pee printed
iKrrlng tha month of September, 107. wii as
follows:
t .. M.700 Is S,680
I M.A40 IT S,S0
I., 3300 II 8,0
i.i SS.SB0 II M.S09
.. 94,360 SO .. H
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....., o, 90,HW 21......
38,800 21
I 88,14,. J4
it 38,830 it.......
7 ..... , ,o ' 34,940 21 38,830
, . 7,S80
, . . 38,830
38,630 38,380
11 38,470 21.......... 36,130
12.......:.. 38,970 2T .. 38,000
II 3e,OS0 21 38,880
14... 36,810 ! 33,800
it .... . . . .'. ; as,4O0 ' to . . two
Total
1,03,4T0
Less unsold and returned copies. . 8.837
r Net. total V. . . V. ... . . . 1.083,889
Pally average ..i. 88,118
. CHARLES C. ROSEWATER. .
! .General Manager.
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ber, 1 01. .
loeal) , M. B. HUNOATE, '
, Notary Public
WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
abecrtbers leafing- the city tint
: norarlly shoal have Tho Baa
mallea to thoaa. Address will b
changed as often, ae re.nesea.
Alaska appears to be 'the favorite
place to put Nebraska politicians In
cold storage."-'"
Lincoln is agitating for "Owl cars"
to run all night. ' We thought the lid
-tyas on at Lincoln. ,
The corn exposition In Chicago Is
designed to prove that it pays to raise
more corn and less earn. '
A London medical journal insists
that the prettiest girls are the stupid
est. They can afford to be. '
"A wifo should take a deep Interest
&-lc her husband's affairs," says a
.wornan't r pg -w-rttar. - As if the
didn't.
It is announced that the sultan of
Moron!) has been' compelled, to pawn
the royal Jewelry. '..The sultan has one
hundred wives.
, The temperance advocates will prob
ably make the most of the report that
the president Is, going through the
south, "loaded for bear."
"Nine marriages out of ten are un
happy," says Lillian Russell, who is
entitled to the respect due to the per
son speaking from experience.
"Look aloft, but keep an eye on
your earthly path," says the Baltimore
American. Tee, try it and see how
quickly you will become cross-eyed.
W. E. Corey denies the report that
he Js is going to resign the presidency
of the Steel trust. Why should he?
It pays well and apparently takes 'but
little of his time, .
. "Taft Is In the lead," says the Bos
toil Transcript.. Yes, and even . If he
does not run very fast ha fills the
road so it will be difficult for any other
runner to get by. him.
:' "Make Kansas City a good place to
lU'O" has-been adopted as the slogan
of the commercial club of that' city.
Still, little good comes of aUenipta to
accomplish tho Impossible.
, The Canadian manufacturers want a
tariff wall so high that the Yankees
ran not, climb over it. It would be built
but for the fact that the Canadian
consumers think differently about it.
1 The New York Herald says that It
the price of food products keeps on go
ing up the "dollar dinners" of Democ
racy will-consist of soup and nuts. Not
much. ' The democrats have bad too
much soup.
. Bishop Moore says that Methodist
ministers should' wear well-tailored
clothes and collars that fit. The col
lar part may be arranged, but the
average Methodist minister hesitates.
it his present salary, to go into debt
to the tailors.
Nine of the twenty-one candidates
Dominated for city offices In Cincinnati
have resigned because the convention
was run In an "autocratic" manner by
the- democratic . bosses. Incidentally
none of the nine had a ghost of a
Aanct) of election.
Dr. Pollls of Germany Is la this
country to study the Weather bureau
; system. That is a sample of wasted
effort.. Under our form of govern
went the American weather Is fully
protected from competition with the
oauper weather of Europe.
ItOS PARTIS AS SHIP BUXCOMBK.
It Is plain that the campaign for the
fusion nominee for supreme Judge Is
to be urged on a plea for nonpartlsan
shlp on the supreme bench. Judge
Loom Is, himself, gave the rue for this
In his speech to the democratic state
convention, when he said:
1 believe that public confidence In the
court of any state la strengthened by the
fact -that the Judge of that court are not
alt of the same political party. '
Following this tip, the democratic
World-Herald, after attacking Judge
Reese as the republican nominee, de
clares:
Added to thla Is tha argument for a non
partisan Judiciary; In other worda, a Judi
ciary In which both parties have representa
tion.
What buncombe this sudden conver
sion of hide-bound democrats to the
principle of nonpartlsanshlp Is may be
more readily understood by reviewing
a little recent history In .Nebfciska
politics. 'The demo-pop fuslonlsts
first secured a place on the supreme
bench in 1897, when they secured one
of the three judgeships by the election
of Judge Sullivan over Judge Post.
Two years later they captured a sec
ond place by the election of Judge
Holcomb over Judge Reese. With the
court thus consisting of two fuslonlsts
and one republican, the nonpartlsan
shlp Idea would have required that the
third place continue to be occupied by
a republican judge.
When the time came, however,, to
choose another Supreme Judge in 1901
the nonpartlsanshlp of the democrats
and populists was strikingly noticeable
by its absence. The republicans nom
inated Judge Sedgwick, who at that
time was serving as a member of the
supreme court commission, to which
he had been appointed by the unani
mous aBgent of the entire supreme
bench, including the two fusion Judges.
His judicial qualiflcatlohs.were not at
Issue and the argument for a nonpar
tisan Judiciary,' "in other words,, a Ju
diciary In which both parties have a
epresentatlon," demanded his unani
mous election to the place about to be
vacated by the retiring republican
Judge. But did the fuslonlsts rise
above partisanship and 'endorse the
candidacy, of Judge Sedgwick in order
to keep the court from becoming
wholly partisan? "Not at all. They
immediately put their party labels on
Judge Hollenbeck, a dyed-in-the-wool
democrat, as the fusion nominee for
supreme judge and fought just as hard
to exclude the republicans from any
representation on the supreme bench
as they are fighting now to smuggle
in another democrat. 1
This record fully exposes the hollow-
ness of demo-pop nonpartlsanshlp.
When the bench is occupied by repub
licans the demo-pop spokesmen beg the
people not to allow the court to be
made up of Judges all from the same
party. But when there ls; a prospect
of filling the whole bench with fuslon
ista. nonDartlsanshlo is thrown to the
winds and . the- Jjartj ikes' "are strictly
arawn.
11 tub soutrt akj"tbb Jrsoao.
While the charge of Senator Till
man that the "ignoramusses up north"
do not know anything about 'the real
merits of the race problem In the south
may nave a sugnt foundation; even a
northern "ignoramus" may understand
some things and draw reasonably Intel
ligent conclusions when facts are of
fered so they can not be misunder
stood. '
Two Instances of the southern
method of dealing with the negro ques
tion are at hand. The New Orleans
Picayune publishes the official resolu
tions adopted by the democratic state
central committee of Louisiana,, from
which . these significant excerpts are
taken:
Whereas, The forthcoming primary elec
tion to select a candidate for governor and
other state offices to compose the demo
cratic ticket, is distinctly a whit demo
cratic primary election; and.
Whereas, It la the purpose and spirit of
tha primary election law (Act No. 49 of
1906) that only white democrats should vote
and participate in said election.
The resolution then goes on to de
fine the methods for conducting the
primary election. The Louisiana dem
ocrata are not bashful about making
their position clear on the negro ques
tlon. In most southern states the ne
groes have been deprived of the fran
chlse by means of certain state consti
tutional amendments or legislative en
actments providing tests with which
the negroes cannot comply. In most
of the states, however, the laws stlp
ulate certain educational or property
qualifications, under which some few
negroes may vote. The Louisiana dem
orrats, however, have put the "No
negro need apply" sign up in plain
sight. Their action is a conclusive an
swer to all claims advanced by the
TiUmans that the negro Is not deprived
of his political rights In the south
merely because of his color.
The second illustration Is furnished
by the Atlanta Journal, through whose
advertising columns - J. F. Monk of
Mountrle, Ga., offers a reward of 25
for the return to him of two negroes,
Jim Williams and Frank Stafford by
name. Pictures of the negroes are
printed in the advertisement, with a
minute description of their physical de
fects and peculiarities. Williams is
described as a "short, chunky build
and walks a little stove up," while
Stafford la branded as being "pigeon
toed, but very pleasing looking." Mr
Monk failed to furnish any reason for
offering !6 for the return of the ne
groes. He does not appear to be a
sheriff or other official, but the adver
tlsement leaves the Inference that he
looks upon the negroes as his personal
property and has advertised for them
as he would for estrsy cattle. The
offer reads like the old "For Sale" ad
vertlsements of ante-bellum days
when negroes were sold on the auction
blocks to the highest bidders. Ex
posures have been made recently of the
"slave camps" In the lumber regions of
Georgia and other southern states, and
a suspicion attaches that the claim of
the advertiser against the negroes Is
based on one of those mysterious con
tracts by which negro prisoners are
farmed out to contractors on terms
that make them practically slaves.
The south may persist in dealing in
its own way with the negro problem,
but it should cease complaining be
cause its way elicits no applause from
the. north.
SHOBT CROPS AKD PRICES.
Measurements have succeeded esti
mates in the ' matter of the national
wheat crop and reasonably accurate
figures are now possible as to the value
of the year's yield. It now appears
that the year's harvest is of more con
cern to the deficiency nations than the
surplus countries have been accus
tomed to meet with in many years.
The public has become so imbued with
the thought of bumper crops as a sure
sign of prosperity that a short crop
suggests the reverse, but such is not
necessarily the case.. The price is more
important than the volume, and all In
dications are that the yield of the pres
ent year will return more to the Amer
ican grower in dollars and cents than
did the crops of some bumper years.
Under normal agricultural condi
tions in this country, importers have
had the benefit of a pressing surplus.
American growers have been compelled
to sell their wheat at prices fixed ac
cording to foreign demand, but the
world's shortage of wheat this year
gives the seller the advantage in the
international markets. Reports show
the production of wheat in Australia,
Argentina, India and in nearly all of
the foreign countries to be less than It
has been for years, with the result that
the bidding for America's surplus,
available for export, will be keen and
spirited. Wheat, as well as other farm
products, at present prices will bring
the farmers a financial return that will
more than offset any deficiency in the
yield.
SENATOR BORAH'S CHAROSS
Senator Borah of Idaho, acquitted
recently by a Jury of a charge of con
spiracy to defraud the government of
public lands, has adopted a queer
method of celebrating his victory. In a
formal speech, reviewing the trial, he
makes a vicious assault upon the fed
eral government's methods of enforc
ing the land laws, particularly the
stone and timber enactments. He even
charges the prosecution in his case of
'corrupt motives," and intimates that
the land officials at Washington have
been guilty of conspiracy to punish cer
tain federal officials who have not done
their bidding. In the course of this ad
dress he says: '
The atone and timber 'law la a piece of In
famy' as administered by the government.
The government makes a man swear that
he doesn't take land on speculation, . and
the department construes this to mean that
he. must not take It with a view of selling
it. There is not a man In the Department
of the Interior, and presumably none In the
Department of Justice, but who knows full
well that ninety-nine men Or women out of
100 take up theae claims with no other view
than to sell them as soon as they get title.
Notwithstanding the government continues
to iasue final recelDts. and thus connives at
tne doing of that which it afterward seeks
to visit upon someone as a fraud.
It is generally admitted in official cir
cles that the stone and timber law was
a mistake. Its object, to allow actual
settlers to secure lands not suitable for
agricultural purposes, but valuable for
timber and grazing purposes, was en
tirely lost sight of by the land syndi
cates and timber combines, which took
advantage of the opportunities offered
to secure control of vast areas of tim
ber land by inducing persons to eater
upon them and then sell their titles to
the combines. The prosecution of these
timber thieves by the government has
resulted solely from an attempt to en
force the land laws in the Interest of
those for whose benefit they were in
tended. Senator Borah's address makes
it plain that his sympathies are with
the syndlcatea whom he served as an
attorney. His vindication would have
looked better to the public eye if he
had not marred it by his picture of the
land grabbers as sorely persecuted in
nocents. Our amiable .democratic contem
porary answers in the affirmative this
question, propounded' by an out-of-town
inquirer:
Did tha way the democratic party man
aged the last primary ticket and election
Improve sr lessen his (tha voter'a) oppor
tunltlesT
The answer must, however, be Re
garded in the abstract rather than in
the concrete. Here in Omaha and
Douglas county the democratic bosses
got together even before the filings
were closed and fixed up a slate that
left the rank and file of the democrats
not even as much to say in the selec
tion of their candidates as they had
under the old1 cut and dried convention
game. Carried out In spirit aa well
as in letter, the direct primary will
improve the individual voter'a oppor
tunlty, but the democratic program
circumvents the law.
Colonel Bryan says that when he ad
dresses some college students in Wash
ington on November 25 he will make
an important political announcement
Is If possible that he is going to declare
himself a'candldate for the presidency?
The school board will start some
thing if it responds to the demand
made for a refund of license money
paid by a concern since gone into
bankruptcy. With a precedent estab
lished along this line applications for
refunds on all kinds of pretexts will
become the regular thing. If the
holder of a liquor license has any
claim for a rebate for unused time It
will be well for him to establish his
rights first in court.
General Barry Is to be congratula
ted on having had his claim allowed
by the federal government for services
as adjutant general during the Spanish-American
war. Although he
atayed at home, General Barry did
just as much fighting against the
Spaniards as did several other distin
guished Nebraska volunteers who won
high military titles in that terrible
conflict.
Lincoln is taking a tip from Omaha
by sending a' trade excursion up to the
Black Hills. We sincerely hope the
Lincoln excursionists will get a warper
reception everywhere than was ac
corded the Omaha trade boosters the
last time they took a look In at Lin
coln. '
The litigation over freight rates in
Nebraska is showing up the railway
community of Interests in a most illu
minating manner. It has made attor
neys for all the roads without excep
tion come out in the open without
even the excuse that they are trying
to protect "the dear farmer."
The resolution to submit to the vot
ers a proposition to issue $600,000 of
school bonds Is exceeding indefinite as
to the use to which the money is to be
put. More detailed Information would
be greatly appreciated, especially by
taxpaytng voters. '
Bolh the United States senators
from Nebraska volunteer to go to the
front for Omaha whenever necessary,
although neither makes his home here.
Perhaps it would be well to start a lit
tle competition between them to see
which will deliver the most goods.
. H.
Alabama is to have an extra session
of Its legislature and another extra
session is also promliied for Illinois.
Members of the Nebraska legislature
should hold themselves in reserve for
a possible emergency call.
Colonel Watterson warns Colonel
Bryan not to discuss government own
ership of railways in his speeches In
Kentucky. The warning is unneces
sary, as Colonel Bryan is doing his
best to forget that issue.
Secretary Wilson proposes to make
two bolls of cotton grow where one
grew before. Now if he can make one
boll weevil rrow where two grew be
fore, the soutn win rise up and can
him blesBed.
A New York paper accuses a Cana
dian paper of stealing jokes from Lon
don Punch. ' The editor who finds a
Joke In Pun'chU entitled to take it
under the rights of discovery.
CaTa He- Da It.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
It Is now up to Secretary Taft to Induce
the Filipinos to feel as friendly toward us
as the Japanese do.
Thrift ttcta a Knock.
Indianapolis Newa.
Seems aa If the government were very
unpatriotic to ship coal in foreign vessels
rather than let Itself be soaked by . thrifty
Americans. v I
OI Favorite la DUls.
Baltimore American.
Writings of prehistoric man have been
found In Wyoming, and great things are
expected tram their deciphering. Probably
when this Is done tha writings will be
found to be ancient mother-in-law Jokes
or letters to the public of "Veritas" and
Tro ZJono rutilico."
Wall Worth While.
Kansas City Times.
An administration that has Its secretary
Of war . restoring good will in Asia, Its sec
retary of state In Mexico arranging for per
manent order in Central America, and Its
chief executive exploiting Inland water
navigation at home is an administration
decidedly worth while.
Taklasr a Lena; Chance.
Washington Times.
Nebraska la solid fur Roosevelt, but
declared for Taft. according . to Senator
Burkett. The senator usually knows what
he Is talking about and we will take hie
word for the Nebraska aituation moat any
time, but he's taking a long chance If
Taft should be elected.
'For the Stomach's Sake."
, Brooklyn Eagle.
It Is believed that Secretary Taft drank
nothing stronger' than aakl at tha private
luncheon with the mikado. And as aakl has
not yet been made a political issue In thla
country, - his Indulgence will have no evil
consequences except the taste of stale but
ternuts which aakl usually leaves In the
mouth. i .'
DESTROYING TUB TARES.
Discovery of av Solatlon Strong
Cstifk to Destroy Weeds.
New York Timea.
The parable of the wheat and tha tares
Hill retain Its universal truth even after
It la no longer necessary to let grain and
weeds "grow together until the harvest."
But In Wisconsin, It Is credibly reported,
the farmers spray their standing wheat,
oata and 'barley with a solution of Iron
sulphate that, while It does not Injure the
grains, does Utterly destroy the eighty spe
cies of wild mustard, the yellow dock, the
cockle weed, - Spanish needles, Canada
thistles and daisies In their midst, at a
coat for labor and material of about "5
cents an acre.
Turnlpa, which belong to the mustard
family, are killed by the spray, but ex
periments at German and English agricul
tural atatlona, aupplemented by those .con
ducted thla aeasuB on farms In Wisconsin
and Minnesota by Prof. R. A. Moore of
the department of agronomy In Wisconsin
university, seem, to show that cereals re
main unharmed by a aolutton strong enough
to destroy the weeda within sixteen hours
of Ha application. Perennials such as tha
Canada thistle, whose roots send up new
ahoota. require treatment each season until
Anally exterminated.
Weeda destroy JO per cent of the crops
of the country. . Wisconsin university haa
already Invented the formaldehyde treat
ment for amut In grain. But If tha Iron
sulphate spraying will rid farm lands of
tha staple weeds, this Institution will have
dona tha country great service
ROl'XU ABOUT IBW VORK.
niaaJee on tho Cwrront of Life In tho
- Metropolis.
Official Ufa In New York City lacks pre
cious few of the conveniences which public
money commands. Though here and there
mule cats traverse obscure thoroughfares,
there is nothing ancient or "pokey" about
fhe means whereby officials scoot whither
duly of pleasure falls. During the present
year the municipal authorities have bought
twenty-three automobiles of twenty differ
ent makes, kinds and prices, ranging from
the t990 runabout type to tha fT.ono foreign
car. Thin tidy garageful coat 153,000 In
round numbers, and new machines sre be
ing ordered right along at the rate of about
one a week. Applications are now in for
some twenty or more new cars, and at the
present rate the record this year will be
about fifty machlnea at a .coat of 11 20.O10.
The city first began to purchase auto
mobiles for the use of officials about IMS.
Blnce that time over seventy machines
have been acquired, at a eost of about
IIKO.000.
There was little pretense at any time that
the circumstances under which cars were
bought were exceptional. When the head
of a department wanted an expensive car
for his own use, or for the use of the higher
official of his department, he simply went
to the board of estimate and apportionment
and got permission to buy what he wanted
by private sale. Somewhere about $125,000
worth of expensive cars have been pur
chased In this manner In the last four years.
Cheaper cars of the runabout variety have
simply been bought as a matter of course
by all tha departments year after year.
Out of all the machlnea that have been pur
chased, there are only about sixty now In
actual use. Moat of the others have gone
to the Junk shop long before their time.
The long-talked-of taximeter cabs have
at last been put in service In New To'rk
City, and they should be made a success if
the co-operattoii of the public la secured.
That co-operation will consist in a rigorous
determination to pay only the charge regis
tered on the dial of the taximeter, for It la
only by this means that extortion on the
part of the drivers can be prevented. A
scale of charges has been adopted that Is
comparatively low for New Tork, and the
expressions of opinion that were heard the
first day of the employment of the new
cabs forecast the success of the undertak
ing. Fifty cabs are now In service, and
more will be added gradually. All ferriage
or bridge tolls are paid by the passenger,
and If the cab la discharged north of One
Hundred and Twenty-fifth street or out
side the borough of Manhattan return fare
Is paid by the ; passenger at the rate of
40 cents per mile to the center of the city.
Forty-second and Broadway. In case of
accident, which may be caused by a punc
tured tire or something of that nature, the
driver presses down the lever which sends
out the words, "Not recording." The pas
senger can then leave, if necessary, paying
the recorded price. A red flag In upright
position shows that a cab la dlaeasvaged,
and turned down to a horlaontal position
that It Is not for hire. ,
Every day, shout noontime, one may see
a company of rest Indians, dressed In
highly colored garments, walking west
through Forty-second street. They con
stitute a . part of the Hippodrome per
formance. The picturesque costumes, the
pslnt, beaded belts snd jackets and the
feathers naturally'sttract much attention,
and many people wonder what "Poor Lo"
may be doing In New Tork in such num
bers. A practical joker, who saw a group
of well dressed foreigners looking at the
Indians from the Grand Central, station
a few days ago, volunteered the Infor
mation that they were the chiefs of the
various tribes who lived near Nsw Tork
snd that they had to come to the city at
stated periods ,,to report about their people
and to assure the authorities of their
loyalty. The Information was eagerly ab
sorbed, and might have furnished material
for some Interesting, letters .and news
paper items if a charitable vltlsen had
not destroyed the romance by telling tha
truth.
The exterior of a fashionable Broadway
shop near Madison square has recently
been painted with what look, nice riartr.
tinted gold paint; this front presents an
appearance such as It would have had it
been covered with gold leaf and then
lacquered, the effect being striking and at
tractive. In Broadway, above Twenty
third street, there Is now a store painted
blue, and a-llttl farther along the great
morougnrare, below Twenty-fourth street.
Is a hotel well known In the city to which
painters are applying a coat of green. It
la eaay to Imagine Broadway with all Us
buildings nalnted In vat-tart hi.h i
. . . . vuwn
a cross-section rainbow.
One of the occasional visitors to the ennef
room where, the government la trvin n
gather evidence to dissolve the "Oil trust"
is Teddy Roosevelt, the sleek-looking mem
ber of the rat exterminating work in the
postoffice building, for whose support the
government makes a yearly appropriation
of 150. Despite his name the black and
wane cat snows no Dreferenca for itk.
aide of the counsel table. Though evidently
disinclined to accept the friendly overtures
of John G. Milbtirn, the Standard's chief
counsel, Teddy took a great liking for
Wade Hampton, the general auditor of the
"truat." He lay close to him for the better
part of a session before Mr. Hampton went
on the stand and showed such a distressing
lack of memorr about a certain letter that
everybody In the court room smiled. Teddy
was not present during that ordeal, and
has not since been seen In company of the
Standard's general auditor.
Singing for the various phonographic com
panies has come to be quite a source of
income with many arand onera art lot
They get fabulous prices for a few minutes'
work, as their records are extremely popu
lar, and some of them sell at the nrie nf
an orcheatra seat at the opera house. Some
v . . . ... CllUUgll in
thla way almost to equal their salaries for
stage appearance, but what la not gen
erally known la that some of them have
two names for public purposes. They will
sing under their own name an operatic
selection from some production In which
the publlo knowa them well, and then will
render a popular ballad or atandard song,
using another name. These latter records
are not so expensive as the operatic se
lections with the popular name, but the
vole la just the same.
That New Tork City Is an empire in It
self aeema more than ever emphasised by
the demand of Police Commissioner Bing
ham for l.tov more policemen and for 12.
041,000 to spend. A table submitted to the
Board of (Estimates la dealgned to show
how inadequate the present force is. Out
of 1.135 men to cover l.t&S day potts only
K3 were available last Wednesday. Of 2,11
to cover 1.77 night posts on Tuesday only
1.8S4 were available. On special details 110
men are engaged. Tht a small army of
men should be necessary to keep order In
New Tork ralsea it to one of the petty
members of the German empire.
Where tho Shoe f laches.
Philadelphia Record. '
Farmers In Minnesota have pledgtd
themselves not to sell wheat for less than
tl.Zt, and farmers In Georgia sre bound
not to sell cotton for less than It cents.
But they all loathe trusts and they de
mand drastic leslslation to punish the
raacala who auppreas competition and
maintain high prices.
rMiigF(JiIa"
is the most efficient and
perfect of leavening agents
MADE FROM PURE CREAM OF TARTAR
No alum, lime
PERSONAL NOTE".
In a small New Jersey town the tax
collector was directed to sell the village
lockup, but as the prisoners didn't want
to move, they persuaded him to postpone
the sale.
Probably no man In Vermont raised a
larger crop of strawberries this year than
did Walter F. Walker of Dummerston,
who harvested 16.000 quarts, or 600 bushels,
In thirteen days.
Th C. C. 'Oulbert property In Bridge
water, Mass., has changed hands for the
first time since revolutionary days. It has
been handed down from generation to
generation In the Cary family.
There has Just entered the School of
Commerce and Finance of New York
university, Mr. Enkl Rl. the son of one
of the three wealthiest families In Japan,
who is preparing thus to take charge of
hla father's and his grandfather's great
tea and oil Interests.
In connection with' Lusltanla's ocean
speed records the new KUlarney express
trains of the Great Western railway, which
make the 262 miles between Paddtngton
station and Fishguard harbor In five hours
without a stop, adds a new plume to Brit
ish speed records on land.
The . president has directed tho appoint
ment of Colonel Charles 8. Smith, ordl
nace department, to be brigadier general
on the retirement of Colonel Godfrey, Octo
ber . 1907, and wishes it announced that
the appointment Is made in recognition of
Colonel Smith's exceptional services In
connection with the establishment of the
coast defenses of the United States and
the supply of the artillery service with
modern armament. Colonel Smith will
have but little more than two months'
service In his new grade, because he will
retire on account of age December 2 next.
Ot'R "Ol ERLLXURIOl-g" STATION.
Unwholesome Feat ore . of Too Macli
Prosperity.'
Chicago News.
In a letter of congratulation to a civilian
marksman who had won distinguished hon
ors President Roosevelt the other day de
clared that this country had an "over
luxurious" civilisation. Now M. E. Ingalla,
banker and railroad president, has been
telling the American Bankers' association
that the people of this nation In their daily
lives are "extravagant."
Mr. Ingalla, like many other observers.
Is Impressed by th enormous sums paid
out for automobiles. He reminded the
bankers that a yeas ago he told them that
1100,000,000 had been expended for these ma
chines by the people of the United States
during the preceding year or two. He ad
ded that the rate of expenditure had gone
on Increasing. The man who has not paid
for the automobile flios along with the
richest, happy In his exhlbltlon'of "conspic
uous waste." Pedestrians who scurry from
tha street crossings st his coming are
tempted In their turn to strain their credit
to buy"b!g red machines. But unrestrained
Indulgence In the automobile habit is only
on of many signs of the prevailing passion
for luxury at high cost.
Extravagances are possible to the msny
because of the great prosperity of the na
tion and the broad sea of credit into which
th cltsen may plunge snd be refreshed.
But when the shock of unsettled business
conditions comes at soma future time and
the sea of credit freeses over there will be
a lamentable readjustment of condition.
The prudent man will take thought of the
unpleasant "possibilities which the future
holds and will not mortgage It for purposes
of "conspicuous waste."
Mr. Ingalls, whose advice is usually
sound, tells tha bankers of the country to
exercise great care In extending credit
until the people quit squandering their sub
stance on mere extravagances and begin
to turn a larger share of It back to Indus
try. Certainly th custodians of the peo
ple's surplus wealth owe a duty to th na
tion In putting a check upon th luxurious
ness which cripples productive enterprises
by withdrawing needed support from them.
If th peopl of th United States are to
have the richest life possible they will use
th nation's great productive power, after
th conveniences and comforts have been
gained, to secure leisure for wholesome
recreation and for active participation in
the duties of cttlsenshlp, including that of
Improving the condition of the less fortu
nate of their fellows. Mere luxurlousness,
If sown broadcast In thrift's uprooted fields,
must bring an abundant harvest of evils.
Facts Without Frills
Just 'as th lens of a camera gathers the rays of th sun and
focuses them at a single point, so the A. Hasp Company has gath
ered 'the best parlors and concentrated them on th floors of this
big store. Pianos are her front th beat factories in the world
pianos which hav ean. International as well as national reputation.
External signs are ofttlmes delusive; one must know mora
about th piano he buys than he can ascertain by a superficial ex
amination. Many instruments may have a fin exterior appear
ance, but varnish and handsome finish can gloss over inferiorities
that II beneath.
Every piano sold In this store Is backed up first by the rsbuta
' tlon of Its makers, and then by our own personal guarantee. In
th least expensive or the most costly you are certain to get as much
real quality as the smount you psy would buy anywhere la the
United States. '
No piano purchaser should feel satlafWd unless positive that .
th price he give Is th lowest price obtainable. No piano purchaser
should feel satisfied unless positive no other person could get. a
lower price. The Hospe One-Price, No-Commlsston plan Is a posi
tive assurance of this
v Us your discretion if you Intend to buy a piano. Select th
store wher pianos are beat and prices lowest. Do this and you'll
com to lioepe's. '
W are factory distributers for th Kranlch 4c Bach, Krakauer, '
, Hallat A Davis, Bush Lane, Kimball, H. P. Nelson, Cable-Nel- 1
son, Conwsy, Cramer, etc. tf you cannot call, write for catalogue?
and prices. v
A. Hospe Goriapany iR15
We Do Expcrt Tunlna.and Repalrlnfj
or ammonia.
.
M ERR V JINGLES.
"What does old Sympcr e a cash regis
ter fort He's the only person in his plai-o
nf business that handles, a cent of tha
money."
"I know It. but old Pymper won't trut
even himself." Philadelphia Press.
The Old Man (to prodigal son) I bate) te
disappoint you, my boy. but the beef trust
has boosted prices so alnce you went away
that 1 couldn't afford a fatted calf. Puck.
"De sayln' 'business Is business' Is all
right In Its place," said Uncle Eben, "but
a lot o' people Is In danger of letting It
take de place of de intlre ten command
inents." Washington Star,
"Alcohol will furnish Uie power of the
future," said the engineer.
"Well." replied the motorist: "I hope It
won t affect the running near of a ma
chine like it does a man's legs." Chicago
Record-Herald.
Boy Papa, you're putting a layer of big
applea In the center of the barrel. What's
thut for?
Honest Fruit Packer It's th square
thing to do, Johnny. Besides, wa some
times cut a hole in the side of a barrel,
halfway down, to show the customers that
we don't put the littls applos In th mid
dle. Chicago Tribune.
A WOMAN'S ASSURANCE!.
Adelaide Ann Proctor.
I will not let you say a woman's part
Must be to give exclusive love alone,
Dearest, although I love you so, my heait
Answers a thousand claims besides your
own.
I love what do I not love? Earth, and sir
Find apace within my heart, and myriad
thlnga
You wouid not deign to heed are cherlahed
there. '
And vibrate on Its very Inmost strings.
'I love tha Summer, with her ebb snd Hon
I Of light and warmth, and music, that
! have nursed
Her tender buds to blossoms and you know
It waa In Summer that I aaw you first.
I love the Winter dearly, too but then
I owe It so much; on a Winter's day.
Bleak, cold and stormy, you returned again
When you had been those weary months
away.
I love the stars like friends; so msny nights
I gased at thorn, when you were far from
me,
Till I grew blind with tears those far-off.
lights
Could watch you, whom I longed in vain
to see.
t
I love the flowers; happy hours He
Bhut up-within your petals close and fasti
V.a !., , A n ... . ... 1, J r
Keep every fragment of the golden past,
I love, too, to be loved; all loving praise '
Seems like a crown upon my life to make
It better worth the giving, and to raise
Still nearer to your own the heart you
take. .
j'love all 'good and 'noble feo'uls-l-t heard 9
One speak of you but lately, and for days,"
:Uniy lu inula in n, my kiui -was surreal
I In tender memory of such generous praise,
I I love all those who love you, all who owe
' Comfort to you; and can And regret
Eveu for those poorer hearts who once
I could know.
And once could love you, and can now
forget.
Well, Is my heart so narrow I who spare
Love for all these T Do I not even hold
My favorite books In special tender care,
And prise them as a miser does his gold?
The poets that you used to read to me
While Summer twilight -faded In the sky;
But most of all. I think, Aurora Leigh,
Because because do you remember whyt
i
Will you be jealous? Did you not guess be
fore I loved so many things? Still' you the
best: ' '
Dearest, remember that I love you more,
O, more a thousand times, than all th
restl
Differing in
Every Respect
Flavoring v.m.
Extracts .'Sa
differ in every respect from all
others. They are more uniform,
more economical, as it requires
but a small quantity to impart the
desired flavor. They are true to
nature, as they are made from the
fruit. '