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Sunday Be printed during tb month of
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... 36,600
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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
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II 36,600
17 36,780
! 87,060
11 37 60
t: 7,O60
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II 97,130
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10 36.970
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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
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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. ,
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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
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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
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. 875
, . 32.1
Cable-Nelson, at 275
Weser Bros., at
Burton, at
2.-.0
22.1
Kensington, at
Cramer, at . . .
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f you can't call, write for particulars.
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