10 TIIH OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY. MAY 23, 1908. Tiir omaiia .daily bee ROUNDED BT EDWARD BOBKWATER VICTOR ROSBWATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha I'ostofflc scond class matter. TERM9 OF SUBSCRIPTION: rftly Hn (without Sunday), on year..4J Pally Bp and Sunday, on year ftunday D, ona year J J Haturday lies, ona yaar l t0 DELIVERED BT CARRIER! Tally Cm (Including Sunday), per wrek.ISc Ially He (without Sunday), per week..l Kvwilng Fee (without Sunday), Pr wk So Evening Bi wlth Sunday), per wek...lOa Address alt complaints of lrregulsrltles In delivery to City Circulation Department. omcrs: OmshaTh Pea rutlldlngr. South Omaha City Hall Huildlng. Council Bluffs 16 Soott Street. Chicago liVW University Building. New Yark Ronms IWl-llOi, No. M Wat Thirty-third Street. Washington 7a Fourteenth- 8trt N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to new and dl-, torlal matter should ha addressed: Omaha hse. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit hy draft, empress or poatsi order rsyabla to The Bee Publishing company. Only 2-cent atampa received tn payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION. Stata of Nebraska, Douglas County, .: George M. Txsr.huck. treasurer of The. Bee Publishing company, being duly aworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning, Evening and Sunday Be printed during tb month of April. 103. was aa allows: 1 86,944 !f ... ... ae.voo ... 36,600 1 36,900 36,760 4... 87,010 I a,eoo 87,80 1 37.840 t 87,040 t 87.140 ; 37,140 f 36,960 )0 36,890 1 36.M0 U 36,460 H.-. 36,660 Nj4 36,860 15.... 36,650 II 36,600 17 36,780 ! 87,060 11 37 60 t: 7,O60 It 37,340 14,... . 87,830 II 97,130 II 86,M0 it w,n 10 36.970 Totals IO r unsold and returned copies .1,108,830 . 1M41 Net total. 1,097,179 36,873 Daily average GEOHQK B. TZ8CHUCK. '1 rea surer. Subscribed In rhy presence and sworn to befoi tu UilS 1st day of May, 10. SaU ROiiERT HUNTER, Notary Public. W1IEX OUT Or- TOWN. Sahscrlber leavlac city tern, porarlly akesU fcava The Ba uallea to tkens. Address will Im changed m often aa reqneatad. It will be difficult to convince Sena tor Piatt that It pays to advertise. Maybe Mr. Harrlnian will note the necessity of a new headquarters bufld Ing, as well. Cleveland Is discovering the diffi culty of running street cars with may or's messages. - Sir Thomas Llpton Is building an other yacht, but whether for racing or advertising purposes is not announced. Harper's Weekly calls Mr. Bryan "the advance agent of his own circus." lie is also the treasurer and the prin cipal performer. An Illinois man 'named Lemon has Joined the army. He should be as signed to duty under Colonel Stewart at Fort Grant, Arizona. Local trade excursions are showing Omaha business men more than they ever dreamed of. It is well some times to know your own city. The Standard Oil company has paid Its regular quarterly dividend of $9 a share, or at the rate of $38,000,000 a year, exclusive of fines unpaid. Senator Teller declares that under .no circumstances will he be a candi date for re-election. The 'Colorado legislature Is largely republican. Editor Fales has won his libel suit In the supreme court. This Is a vindi cation for a free press, but does not mean that a newspaper is entirely ir responsible. With Panama suffering from insom nia and Colombia talking In its sleep, Dr. Magoon, an eminent specialist, has been summoned from Cuba to took after the two cases. Premier Stolypln asserts that the Russian government has no intention 'of assailing Finnish autonomy.. The government simply asks that the Fin nish people become Russians. If Peary were as successful In lo cating the North Pole as he is in win ning cold dollars from the public every year we could have a border of poles all around the Arctic circles. Speaking of keynote speeches, do man ever heard one of Senator Bur rows' talks without gettlng'anxious to go out and place a bet 6a himself,-if, he happened to be a candidate. ; ' '. The want d that brought the horse home before the paper was out worked better .than such ventures usually do. It serves to e.mphasiie the oft-repeated assertion that it pays to advertise. It Is' asserted that Senator Flint of California Is the best dressed man In the senate, Perhaps, but It is little short of a shame to rob Senator Kean of New Jersey of his only claim to dis tinction. ' . ' Cuugivaeuuiu Fia.uk Clark of Flor ida has been, soundly trounced by a former official whose honesty, he' had questioned. ' ' He is entitled to a line of sympathy from Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas. Senator Jonathan Bourne, the sole surviving member of the .'.'second elec tive term" crusade. Is in position to sympathize with' the man who has stood five raises only to draw the eight ef spades to his trey, four, five and six ot diamonds. -- A lilLLlOX A TEAR. The present session of congress, now on the eve of adjournment, furnishes another striking illustration of the manner In which the country's needs have grown in the last decade and the Imperative necessity of making some intelligent provision, at an early date, for an Increase of the national reve nues. Only eighteen years ago the party out of power raised the cry of extravagance because the appropria tions for two years aggregated nearly $1,000,000,000, and the "Billion Dol lar Congress" was something of an is sue. But disbursements nave grown, as the country has grown, and the na tional congress now appropriates nearly $1,000,000,000 a year. The appropriations by the present session of congress will fall but a little short of a billion dollars. As an inspiration of the growth In national expenditures the following tables have been pre pared,, showing the appropriations by the congress for the fiscal year ending with June, 1892, and by the present congress for the fiscal year ending with June, 1909: Fiscal Year. 1909. Sundry civil $130,000,000 Legislative, etc 33.000,000 Army 95,382.000 Navy 122.660,000 Formications 11,505.000 Pensions 163.000,000 1S92. $ 35.460,000 22,000,000 24.000.000 Sl.50Tl.000 8.775,000 1S6.WJ.0OO Heretofore the Increase In expendi tures has been more than met by a per sistent and consistent increase In the public revenues. Each year since 1898, when the republicans took charge of the national administration of affairs, the customs and internal revenue receipts have grown until the treasury was burdened with an enor mous surplus, an irresistible Invitation to liberality in appropriations. The situation has changed materially, how ever, in the last year. The decrease In imports, caused by the depression which set In last October, has wiped out the surplus of receipts over reve nues and left the certainty of a deficit of from $40,000,000 to $60,000,000 at the close of the present fiscal year on June 30, next. Appropriations by the present session of congress, compared with the estimate of probable reve nues, indicates a still heavier deficit for the fiscal year ending with June, 1909. Analyzing the) appropriation bills, It will be seen that the remarkably heavy ipcreases have been in the army and navy expenditflrea. These expendl tures have been the natural, and ap parently unavoidable, result of the war with Spain and the ' nation's entry thereby Into the list of world powers. How far they may be curtailed in the immediate future is problematical. All the functions of government, however, have grown in the expense column. The appropriation for the postal serv ice in 1892 was $76,000,000, as com pared with $221,700,000 for the pres ent fiscal year. The need of this in crease Ib unquestioned and there will be no thought of a retrenchment that would call for an abandonment of the rural free delivery service or any lessening of the facilities now offered It is the same In most of the depart ments of the government. The appro priations have grown because the country has grown. . Out of this situation, however, must come, not only more economy In the public service,, but a new plan for rais ing revenue A country that has need of $1,000,000,000 a year for govern ment expensea cannot safely look for Its revenue supply upon the amount of liquor and tobacco consumed by its people or the amount of goods bought by them from foreign dealers. With expenditures far outrunning receipts, the treasury surplus, now amounting to about $250,000,000, will be ab sorbed within another year and pro vision must soon be made for adjust ing the costs of government to the financial conditions of the treasury This cannot be accomplished by reduc tion of appropriations, as desirable as the practice of more economy may be, because the growing needs of the gov ernment In all its functions must be supplied. The need is for the exercise of statesmanship In the establishment of a sound flscarpollcy, suitable to the demands of the nation and not subject to dangerous fluctuations by ordinary changes in the commercial and indus trial worlds. VX JHE VP GRADE. One of the very best signs that bus iness is on the upturn Is the announce ment by Vice President Mohler of the Union Pacific that President Harrlman has approved the plans for the new Omaha, shops and that -orders have been' given to hurry along the con struction, nd equipment of the plant. The. fact that the Omaha shops of the company"' Lave been entirely Inade quate for nrany years does not enter into the question. The work of re construction has been going on since some time in the last century, but now the hand-to-mouth policy of adminis tration is to be abandoned and the Omaha shops are to be made such as will be worthy the great ' system of which they are a part. . This determination Is an indication that Mr. Harriman, at least, considers the worst or the financial crlBls past and beiievca that busiuee la agaiu on the upgrade. The showing made by his great system of railroads proves that at no time' dorin the . iast six months has there been any serious menace of bankruptcy. The econo mies practiced were perhaps , war ranted, but were effectual In keeping Mr. Harrlman' balance on the right side of the ledger. Now that he no longer feels the pressure of the money stringency and is willing tp go ahead with his construction work, others in the community wtll doubtless feel en couraged to put Into actual execution plans that have been laid aside to await the dawn of a brighter day. This all means much for Omaha. The reconstruction of the Union pa cific shops Is but one of a number of Important enterprises now under way here, all tending to 4nake the city's greatness more prominent. The sum mer Is one of great promise. RAILROAD RATE AD WAOES. A committee representing the Ne braska Railway Employes' association Is before the State Railway commis sion protesting against any reduction in railroad rates and giving as a reason that lower rates mean lower wages. The close relation between rates charged by the railroads and wages paid to their employes Is ad mitted, but other factors must be con sidered in connection with the ques tion. A communication from a rep resentative of this committee, . pub lished In The Bee, sets up the point that it is the middleman who Is mostly concerned. This Is probably true. The middleman is necessary both to the producer and the consumer. It li a physical Impossibility under present conditions of society for the producer to market his products directly. He must sell to the consumer through the middleman, and sometimes his wares pass through several hands before reaching their final destination. Each of these handlers must take his toll fot profit, and the effect of this toll is felt at both ends of the line. If any one of the agents that intervene between the producer and the consumer takes any more than a Just share for hie services he is working a hardship on all the others. This principle is so plain that it can only be Intentionally overlooked and any argument that does not give it full weight" Is worth less. The State Railway commission will undoubtedly give due consideration to the claims of the railway employes, and It Is not conceivable that It will deliberately take action that may re sult in a reduction of wages, but the railroad belief that lower rates mean lower wages cannot be accepted as an excuse for maintaining the unequal and unjust charges that are now Im posed on shippers. The weight of these unfair rates Is felt by both pro ducer and consumer and the matter of wages Is merely put forward as a sub terfuge to direct public attention from the main point A rEflXICJOVS MEASURE. Congressman Caulfleld of Missouri Is -making a determined effort to in duce the house committee on judiciary to report a bill Introduced by him early in the present serslon calculated to hold a financial club over judges of the federal courts who show hesi tancy in being placed on the retired list, In order to make room for ambl tlous applicants. Under the. existing laws judges of all the federal courts are appointed for life, or "during good behavior," and can be forcibly re moved only by impeachment proceed ings. The law provides, however, that any federal Judge who has served ten years and has reached the age of 70 years is entitled to retire upon part pay. Congressman Caulfleld proposes that this law shall be amended so that the Judge shall not be eligible to the pension unless "he shall resign his office within ninety days after the first day on which he shall become entitled to resign on pay under this act." No member of the federal Judiciary should be made subject to the kind of pressure contemplated in the Caulfleld proposition. A man of 70 years of age knows whether he may be still of value to his country and the Qiibltc and should not be placed In danger of suffering a financial penalty if he does not elect to make room for some other man on the bench. There is no hard and fast rule for fixing an age limit on a man's usefulness and there should be no room on the statute books to force into retirement a man still capa ble of rendering efficient service. Dr. Wiley expounds hla theory of dietetics with all the enthusiasm of one who is convinced of his position. The danger is that when the Wiley methods are universally adopted doc tors of medicine will have to find some other vocation, for there will be no longer either giving or taking of medicine. The ditto marks In the city direc tory may make some little confusion at the start, but Omaha is rapidly put ting on city- ways in other- directions and may as well adopt them in this. The next, step in line will be the use of , smaller type, for the book Is too big for comfort as it is. It may be some time now before we hear of the safety of travel on Euro pean railroads. The terrible accident In Belgium nuerely proves that human nature and mechanical ' devices are much the same no matter where they are found. ' Governor Haskell of Oklahoma has vetoed an anti-trust bill passed by the legislature because It Is too radical. It Is refreshing to learn that Governor Haskell has found something too rad ical for him. These 'societies - that are ilwayg so active In looking out for. the. welfare of other people'a children should take charge ot Mrue. Gould's boys, who are now 14 danger of being turned over to Count. Bonl. Congressman - Llttlefleld of Maine says most of the members of the house are a cowardly as rabbits. Simply shows that Mr.' Llttlefleld knows noth- Ing about the man-eating rabbits that rule some of the western plains. - i eanannBBBBnwaBBBaBBBBBBBaBBBMaBaBBaBmwaw A Massachusetts democratic district convention instructed Its delegates to vote for Mr. Bryan at Denver, but voted dewn an amendment of four words "and at the polls" ofTered by a real supporter of the Nebrsskan. fecand the Motion. Minneanoils Journal. If there Is any chance that we shall be overt alked In the coming campaign, now Is the time to start a movement for tha conservation of our oratorical energies. Concerning; Third Trials. t New York Tribune. Now that the socialists have decided to make a third attempt with Debs, the demo crats, who owe so much Inspiration to the socialists, can hardly fail to follow their example and make a third trial with Bryan. A National Booster, New Y-eTk World. E. H. Harrlman has become an optimist as to the country's future. A practical man Ilka Mr. Harriman has reason to be happy In being able still to enjoy the sun shine and tha pleasant breeses Of pros perity. Natare Provides, Congress ftpeads. Philadelphia Record. The movement to conserve the natural resources of the country might be made more Immediately helpful by conserving some of the acquired resources already in hand as a reault of Industry. The congress now about ready to adjourn will have apropriated approximately the vast sum of $1,028,000,0(10. They Work Together. New Tork Tribune, The American Flag association requests everyone to hoist the flag on June It as tho hundred and thirty-first annlversay of its adoption. As Its stars and stripes were borrowed from the coat of arms of George Washington, his farewell address might be read aloud as the educational feature of the day by all who celebrate the anniversary. I'pllft In Stock Market. Wall Street Journal. The stock market has had a practicAlly uninterrupted rise ' of between 17 and 18 points In the Inst nine weeks. There has been no price movement of like proportions In four years., The last time that thera was a movement of this sus tained character was In 1904, when be tween Mar 16 and December S, a period of nearly sev.cn months, the railroad aver ago advanced 5 points. That advance sig nalized, tha recovery from the depression Of 1903-04. Punishment Flta the Crime. Philadelphia Record. On year In prison and a fine of $1,000 has been Imposed under a new law upon a New Jferk druggist f6r selling cocaine without a prescription. Aa the result of his nefarious trade six women of Chinatown were sent to the hospital aufferlng Trom cocaine poisoning. It ought not to be as easy to buy cocaine and cyanide of poUssium and revolvers as It la to get breakfast tooda and candy and everywhere there should ba further restrictions on the sale of poi sons, firearms and knives that are ob viously dostgned for criminal rather than legitimate us. , Br-anlsm and Bnster. New Vork World. An Omalm despHtch to the New York Tribune stiitea that "a majority ot tho Nebraska deli-irate tn in .i ,n,.iu national convention have gone or. record In wrtng that they will take steps to overthrow the two-thirds rule In J. Bryan is unable to obtain 67i votes on me ursi pauot." A few days ago Mr Bryan's fiionis In Minnesota wera threat ening to blt tho state conven-.ion It tho delegates were li.htrurteri for r: -,,r.r. Johnson. Th delegates were Instructed, Dut Mr. uryan s friends did not bolt. Neither will thi two-thirds rule l over turned if Jit. Bryan does not re?.;.e two thirds of the voles on the first ballot at Denver. . DEFYING A TOHXADO. Thrilling Spectacle at Fort Crook Dsrlag tha Storm. Kansas City Journal. One of the most remarkable eventg in the annals of American arms occurred at Fort Crook. Neb., the other day when a tornado atruck the place. As the dispatches tell the story: "when the officers real lzed that a tornado 'had atruck the post 000 men of tha Sixth regiment were brought to battalion formation and In the midst of flying slate roofs and other debria they were marched across the parade ground to the aubstantlal buildings, where they were put 'at rest,' and took to tha cellars. Tha fort was damaged to tha extent of 1100, 000." History and fiction alike have dwelt upon the dauntless spirit of men who have manifested their willingness to "charge .he gates of hell or scale the heights xf heaven," but doubtless no better Illustra tion of this spirit waa ever given than when this devoted band of American aol dlers at Fort Crook formed ranks to "do or die" together in the face of a resistless tornado Those who hava never viewed tha fury of one of these terrible outbursts of the angry elements can not imagine th dreadful reality of the scene, with the heavens blacker than night, the darkness Intensified by blinding flashes of lightning, the terrors of the storm multiplied by the terrific crashes of heaven's artillery, and the air filled with swirling clouds which hide all else but the awful figure of death, the ghastly funnel shaped ' cloud which makes gigantic leaps alcng tho ground, up rooting trees and whirling bouses, anlmali and human beings through tho air on tha wings of the death-dealing wind. It Is a sight to appall the"stoute?t heart and to cause the human mind to realize the utter Impotence of man In the presence of angry nature. The charge of tho fclx hundred nt Baloklava was a trivial Incident of mili tary duty compared with tha steadfast flls cipllne of the six hundred American sol diers at Fort Crook, who coolly formed In line and braved the tornado's fury as though It were a matter of mere routine duty. That scene waa worthy tha art of a great painter. Sneaking of AJax defying the lightning, her were tlx hundred Ajaxea .each a hero, defying a cataclysm of nature of which the lightning was but minor feature. Nothing approaching It has occurred since the hurricane in Samoa's harbor, when an American admiral In full dress uniform stood on the quarterdeck of Ms flagship ss It drifted on the rocks and ordered the ship's band to play the Ameri can anthem while the crew of the vessel cheered a British warship as It fought its way Inch by Inch In the teeth ot the gnlo out to aaa. It Is true that no Uvea were lost in the Fort Crook tornado, but it la certain, nevertheless, that to every soldier who dressed on the colors In the teeth of the storm, death seemed Inevitable at any moment. The danger was rial and the escapa must have appeared to be mirai-u lous, for the tornado destroyed a number of lives before and after It struck Fort Crook. At all events. It was a remarkable Instance of the discipline of tli American soldier whl-lt Kurpinau critics are. so fund of decrying. OTHER I.Ar. TMA OlRi. j The steady uplift and growing self-confidence of oriental people Is driving home the unwelcome fact that the nations of the west muat revise 4helr policies In deal ing with the east. Pigns of racial and mili tant development are too clear to be Ignored. They are conspicuous In Egypt. In India, and In China, and were brought sharply to the world's mention when Japan drove the Russian bear from tha Yellow sea. The demand for home rule In Egypt, though feeble. Is a reflex of the stronger Insistence of the natives of India for relief from alien rule. In that vast empire, with Ita teeming millions, tha fires of liberty, started and ted by edncaton. are certain to develop Into a conflagration unless Great Britain Concedes the natives far greater participation In the government of the country. China Is fully awake and growing self-reliant at an astonishing rat. A vast army Is being drilled Into shape and a sfHr't of patriotism aroused which aready has shown Its strength and de termination In resenting by peaceful means tho aggression of Japan. That the facts ara not Ignored la evident by the warning note sounded by the London Spectator. "The .western peoples," rays the Spectator, commenting on Asiatic unrest, "will soon be compelled to revise their Ideas of the eaatern world. The fact Is often disputed, but there undoubtedly Is a comity of Asia which Is at least as operative as the com ity of Kurope, or It Is possible that there Is an emotion abroad akin to the one which produced the crusades and that, though r.ot so directly connected with any religious Impulse, it Is still fatal to quleserneo, and Is sweeping through Asia, from Nigaakl to the Bosphorus. stirring tip races which for ages have slept the sleep of cont"nt. but are now determined to advance upon some path, mental or physical, which they thlik open. What the recult will bo we krow ss little as our readers, but of this we feel quite suro, that the relation of the continents will be perrranently nltered, or. to be more exact, the widespread effort to alter that relation will call on white men for new exertions and. above all, for new and more careful meditation." The hitherto thriving business of klrlnnp- Ing foreigners In Morocco, Bulgaria and Asiatic Turkey Is approaching a panicky stage. Great Britain's Foreign office serves notice on the thrifty brigands of those localities that the publlo treasury will no longer pay rash for tha release of Englishmen, but will pursue heroic methods, more Ikely to fatten graveyards than purses. Similarly tho American State department frowned upon the proposition that congress should reimburse those wno eubeeribed to the fund of IsO.OOO with which the release of Mrs. Stone was purchased This will be sad news for halsull, the brigand chief of Morocco, who has with masterly Bklll worked up a profitable busi ness In that line for the last six years. Two Englishmen who strayed beyond the reservation of Sultan Assls and were taken In by the hospitable Ralsull, yielded tha princely suma of 110,000 and iiw.ww eacn, while the esteemed Perdicarla of New Jer sey and his son-in-law brought $70,000 to the brigand's treasury. The countries nem up and forced to deliver at long range regard further contributions as a premium on crime and will exact protection from the rulers of the countries Involved or there will be something doing in the vicin Uy. "Viscount Morley of Blackburn" makes a sonorous and Impressive mouthful for thosa who "dearly love a lord," but It grates harshly In the eara of friends and former assoclatea of the distinguished Gladstonlan commoner. Their surprise and regret Is feelingly expressed by Justin mc Carthv In a letter to the New York Inde pendent. "Morley retains his position as Indian secretary." says Mr. McCarthy, "but glvea up his seat In tho repreaenta tlve assembly and moves Into that heredi tary chamber which no English public man has ever condemned and denounced more strenuously and more justly than ha has done. I must say that I cannot help deeply regretting Mr. Morley's consent to become Lord 8omethlng-or-other and to take his place among those hereditary leglslatora who have In all modern history proved themselve the persistent oppo nents of every legislative measure which tended to promote the growth of human freedom and jof equality before the law. It might, perhVps, be said that Mr. Morley entera the House of Peers with the hop of effecting some Improvement In the do ings of that chamber, but Mr. Morley la by far too keen-eyed a atatesman not to know, as. Indeed, he has often and often explained, that there Is only ona possible way of really Improving that leglalatlve chamber, and that Is by abolishing alto gether tha hereditary principle on which Its existence Is based." It la suggested by other friends, by way of apology, that Mr. Morley's acceptance was prompted by the permanent emoluments of the office, a sug gestion Implying the sacrifice of principles long maintained for pecuniary results. Striking proof of the power of militarism In Germany was given In the Reichstag, recently, when Prlvyx Councillor Paaache, one of the leaders of the National Liberal party and vice president o( the Imperial legislature, formally apologlsled for the attack made upon the minister of war In December. On that occasion Herr Paasche, speaking of the revelations made by Edi tor Harden, accused the military of en deavoring to hush up the whole affair, mentioning, especially, Lieutenant General von Einan, tha minister of war. In utter ing these criticisms, he waa acting In hla privileged capacity as a public man. Herr Paasche, however, is not only a privy councillor, the leader of a great political party, and vice president of the Reichstag, but he is also a major of Landwehr, and In this capacity he owes obedience to the military authorities, and la aubject to the jurisdiction of the military court of honor. Taking advantage of tbis fact, tha minister of war ordered Major Paasche to withdraw the accusations made from the rostrum of tha Reichstag, and to offer a full apology for having uttered them. He instated that this apology ba given, and merely permitted Herr Paasche to choose his own time. The latter choose the third reading of tha mili tary rstlmatea as the most suitable time, and offered his apology from the rostrum of the Reichstag with the same publicity as that with which he made tha original charges. , . . Bishop Thoburn, Methodlat missionary bishop In India, who la attending tha gen eral conference In Baltimore, discredits stories of a possible revolution In India. Having lived in India and aouthern Asia fur foity -tlalit 1 nat-ss-s first hand information which carries weight. "There may have been a plot among a few conceited natives to kill Lord Kitchener," aald Bishop Thoburn, "Just aa plots of the kind develop In this and other countries, but that the Insurrection can become any thing like national In acope appears to, be most Improbable. The trouble Is reported from a part of India where a serious up rising Is the leant .likely to occur. The Hengalese are not a warlike people. The climate, damp and warm, has produced a race, of people who ara not muscular. They have flesh, but are small-honed, and in variably have small wrists and ankles. Thtsa physical attribute hava tended to make tbam cthsr than warlike la nature." political nnirT. Alabama partially consoles the Ttrysnlles for the loss of Pennsylvania. A candidate for office In Philadelphia bears the name of Freoxe Quick. Straw vote getters will now take a vaca tion till the slanting shadows ot Septem ber. Tho late John Hay once declare,! the democratic party to be "a fortultoua con course of unrelated prejudices." The man who fathered the Woodrow Wilson presidential boom seems to have left the bantling on the doorxtep of a political orphanage. Judson Harmon, democratic candidate for governor of Ohio, proposes to cut out presi dential rainbow chasing and plug for B.ick eye votes from seeding time till harvest. When the New York Bun observed th.- crowded condition of the Taft band wagon thla pathetic leader In curved Italics ap peared on tha editorial page: "Lot us alone." "The watch dog's honest bark ' was un- usally melodious when the congressional pork bar'l" appeared with an appropila- tlon of t27S,Oio for a postofflc at Dan ville, III. All New York stale politicians, office holders and others are guessing at tha Identity of a stata senator who claimed to have been offered SVi.ooo for his vote against the race track betting bill. Every mother's son of them Is entitled to an other guess. After spending thirty year In the na tional congress, mostly ks senator from Colorado, Henry Moor Teller announces that ho will retire to hla home In Colorado next March and there spend the remainder of his days. Senator Teller waa born In Allegany county, New York, In IM i. There'll b many a stout poker game on the democratio train between New York and Denver. It la a long trip and there'll be plenty of opportunity for some of the experts at the great American game to put In good work. Already some of the Tam many delegatea and their friends are hus banding their resources with the Idea of having plenty of cash on hand. No I O U is to be taken. Times are hard and every thing In the poker lrne Is to be on a cash basis. MAN AFRAID OF III" SlIAflOW. Reason for Alleged Lark of Coaraae In Congressmen. St. Louis Times. Retiring Representative Littleficld nf Maine says that the average congressman is afraid of his shadow. He quotes Speuker Cannon as having said that the only thing more cowardly than a congressman was a pair of congressmen. Mr. Llttlefleld might go a bit further and find 'a reason for the cowardice he charges. It Is found In the elemental tend ency to look out for self and Ita preserva tion. Th average congressman does not find his place served to him on a. silver platter. He works for It. He fights for It. The place costs him much perspiration and treasure and peace of mind. He goes t Washington In a fever of escltement, one side of his brain at work on the con atituency situation back home, the other worderlng why 'Washington failed to meet him with a brass -band. Before the ses slon ia half over, he reads In tha Frairlc Torchlight, hla official organ, that Judpe Smiley has announced his Intention to seek congressional honors. That day does the Incumbent become u coward. He sees peril In every shadow. Ho watches th country papers for the spirit of his district. The thought of ex pressing a stralghtout opinion sends him Into a panic. He writes letters to the letders back home nd showers them witn garden seeds. He is a full-fledged con gressional coward before the end of the firat session. Four-year terms might help. The con gressman would have two yeara in which to think of the nation's business and two In which to run for re-election 1 OUR NATIONAL ASH HEAP. Atlanta's Blase Swells th Fir Losses of the Year. Boston Transcript. The national aali heap Is still gaining mass, both by small fires and by confla grations. Atlanta's t experience help to swell the figures materially. The destruc tion of a half-dozen business blocks there means more than In some other cities of her class, because the new Atlanta is sub stantially and aomewhat expensively built. It is In outward appearance mora Ilka a prosperous New England city than any other place In the south. Moreover, Its fira department is more completely up to date than any other In that section. It ha been the city's particular pride and Its chief had been one of the best paid officials In that capacity in the United States. So It is not because of exceptionally bad building or of weakness In tha means of fire protection that a loss of over $1,000,000 has Just been Incurred. Th confidence of the cltlsena has apparently been for aome time Justified, because not for many years, if ever, since the torch waa applied to her when Sherman marched to the sea has she experienced so large a loss from a single fire. The first third of -the year has not been an encouraging one for the insurance underwriters. April was a par ticularly bad month, the figures rising to t36.fu9.000 for this country and Canada. This was nearly tlO.000.000 mor than th losses for March, though with tha Chelsea destruction eliminated tha recorda of tha two months were about the same. There were twenty-eight fires, Involving a loss of between 1100.000 and 1200.000, and nine about tha latter figure. Atlanta leads thus far the' present month. "Don't and "Do" For (he Piano Buyer Don't take another dealer's word about our business. He Is apt to be prejudiced. Don't believe what a dealer says about the quality of his pianos If you can't believe what he says about the price Dop't "believe that the dealer, who makes one price for one man and an other price for another' man Is so fond of you that he is going to sacrifice bis profits because YOU are YOU. Don't believe that the friend who does not wish you to buy at Hospe's Is disinterested. The disguise of the Commission taker Is-varied. Don't buy a piano at a store where you need a third party to get a deceut price. Don't buy a piano anywhere before you come to Hospe's. There are more "donts" but these will furnish some food for reflection now. Do use your own eyes to look at our pianos. Do use your own good taste In selec ting a piano. Sold on easy payments of $5.00 up. I A. Hospe Co. ,513sS:.f " BKAXCH HOI 8E9 Lincoln, Kearney, York, Meb.;. Council Blotts, Lu MILIXG RF.MAHK. 'Those sniao'S or mil were nueer rnp-. . Weren't they?-' sold Willie, looking U;tf from hi illustrate,! hlstuiy stoiy book. "Why?" asked Tomn-y. "Because they vermeil to no perrernr , , well satisfied with t lot of retainer, who, ' from these pictures, were nothing but piker." Baltimore American. "Why!'' exclaimed the renter po to the tight-rope, "that fellow walks on ou Just as easy as can be; seems to come natural to him." "Well." replied the tight-rope. "II doesn't come any mor natural to him than to me. both have to be taut. " Philadelphia Press. Teas I actually believe some man is calling on Miss Psy. Jess The idea! What makes you think so? Tess I notice that Instead of fastening her belt with ordinary pins, as she uwt to. she's now using safety pins. Phila delphia, Press. One thousand Chicago women applied to th city clerk for permits to wear sandal on the municipal thoroughfares. The startled official shook his head. "Sorry, ladles." he said, "but we hive no funds wih which to widen th side walka." Cleveland Plnln Dealer. "I'm thinking of running for eonres." said the village lawyer. "Will you rota for me?" "No, sir," anawered Farmer Corntossel. "I'm In fsvor of lettln' the presnt con gressmen stay where they are. There's no good of continually takln' men nn-1 gettln' em out of the habit of hard work an' then hrlnRln- 'cm back home aglu." Washington Star. THE PIECE THAT ROBERT SPOKE Carolyn Wells In St. Nicholas. Once there was a little boy, whose name was Robert Recce; And every Friday afternoon he had to speak a ph-e. So mai.y povrn thus he learned, that soon he had a store Of recitations In his head, and still kept learning more. And now this Is what happened: He a as caMed upon one week. And totally forgot the piece he was about to speak! . Ills brain he cudgled. Not a word remained within hla head! And so he spoke at random, and this Is what he said: "My Beautiful, my Ecautlful, who standout proudly hy. It was the schooner 'Hepperus' the bresk- lg waves dashed hlh! Why Is this Forum crowded? What means this stir In Kome? Tnder a spreading chestnut tree there Is no place like hmne. "When Freedom from her mountain hclglii crieu, iwinKio little star. Shoot if you mint this old gray head. King Henry of Navarre! Roll on, thou deep and dark blue castled crag of Drachenfels. My name Is Norval. on the Ornmplrtn Hills. ring out, wild bells! "If you're wnklng, call me early, to be or not to be. The curfew must not ring tonight! O, woodman, spare that tree. Charge Chester, charge! On. Stanley, on! And let who will be clever! The hoy stood on the burning deck, but I go on forever!" The Pesrslmlst Now what dp you think of that? Th Optimist The bast ever! Proof's in the wearing And it's true of anything; you see in our windows or iu the salesrooms bark of the windows. The best ever, covers it. A dosen models in Spring fculls that are the very new est styles. Patterns that will be found nowhere else. Workmanship that ran be ICuaranteod by the makers only and we arc the fnnkers. Brvnin&King Fifteenth and Douglas St. OIvtAHA . 8. WILCOX, Manager. Temple Israel Real Photo Post Card Rlegeatb Stationery Co., 15th and FarnamSts. A. L Hull, 2924 Lea ven north SI. Do see to It that all your money goes Into piano value, and tione into anyone's pocket as a commission Do use your perogatlve of buying what you want with your own money. Do remember that Hospe's is one price, and pays no commission and gives you full measure for your money. Do rely on the fact that Hospe backs every piano sold. Do believe what we Bay, for our his tory proves that we speak the truth. We have the most magnifk"4sfeselec- in of pianos in the country. We tlot have the lowest prices in the Udtted States. Kranach & Bach, at.. Krakauer Kimball, at Uush & I.ane, at ... Melville Clark, at. . . . Hallet fc Davis, at. . . .100 . 850 . SOU . 875 , . 32.1 Cable-Nelson, at 275 Weser Bros., at Burton, at 2.-.0 22.1 Kensington, at Cramer, at . . . 1 10 -J f you can't call, write for particulars. 3 It 1 7 J-