STATE LEGISLATURE COMPLETE ROLL OF UPPER AND LOWER HOUSES. THE POLITICS AND RESIDENCE i Complete Vote by Counties for Land and Railroad Commissioner—Two Offices Very Close. Foliowing is the completed roll of the senate and house in the Nebraska legislature: Members cf the Senate.e 1. .T. H. Cain Humboldt.Rep. 2. T. J. Majors. Peru.R"I>. 3. S. H Buck. Berlin.Hem. 4 tv B Banning. Plattsmouth. . .Deni. ">. Alex La vert y, Ashland.Rep. 6. K. E. Howell. Omaha.Dem. Frank Ransom. Omaha.Item. .1 M. Tanner, South Omaha... .Dem. 7. O K Thompson Wisner.Rep. 8. Nick Fritz Pender .Dem. 9. J. 11. Hatfield. Neligh.Hem. 10. Fred Volpp. Scribner .Deni. 11. A. Randall. Newman (I've.. .Rep 12. F .t. Henry. Schuvler.Dem. 13. J. A. Honohoe O'Neill.Dem. 14. 13 L. Myers. Newport.Rep. HI. .1. A. Ollis Ord.Dem. 15. I. S 1 leets. Kearney.Dem. IT. .1. H Buhrman, Boelus.Dem. IS. E. 1. King. Osceola.Rep. is. (J. W Fuller. Seward.Dem. 20. .1 F Miller. Lincoln.Dem. K. P. Brown, Lincoln.Rep. 21. Jaoeob Klein. Beatrice .Dem. 22. F W. Rartos, Wilber.Dem, 23. Smith Ketehurn. Chester.Dem. 24. Herman Diers. Gresham .Dem. 25. .1 M. Cox. Hampton.Rep. 26 C. R Besse, Red Cloud.Dem. 27. G W. Tibbetts, Hastings.Dem. -S A G. Warren. Holdrege.Rep. 29. J. c Gammill. Stockville.Rep. 30 L. L Raymond Scott's Bluff .Rep. Members of the House. 3. R. A. Clark, Fasills Citv.Dem, Henry Gerdes. Falls City.Dem. Otto Kotouc. Humboldt .Dem. 2. A It Barclay. Bookwalter.Rep. W B Raper, Pawnee City.Rep. 2. Fred Hector, Auburn .Item. B. T. Skeen, Auburn .Dem. 4. J. G. O'Connell. Tecumseh.Rep. ”>. c w Poool. Tecumseh.Dem. 6 G. W. Leidigh. Nebraska City. .Dem. K J Stodman. Nebraska City. .Dem. 7. C. E. Noyes. Louisville.....Rep. D. Smith. Elmwood .Rep. 8- M A. Bates. Plattsmcuth.Dem. 9. .3 M. Gates, Papillinn.Dem. 10. G H. Boland. Omaha.Dem. William Butt. Omaha .Dem. J. I’ Connolly. Omaha .Dem. R H Holmes. Omaha.Dem. .Terenlifili Howard So. Omaha . Dem •T P Krause. South Omaha...Dem. It S. Shoemaker. Omaha.Dem. W. F. Stoecker. Omaha.Dem. W P Thomas. Omaha.Dem. 11. 1! I) Sehoettger. Fontanelle. . .hem. 12. Nels Johnson. Oakland .Rep 13. K ft Griffin Tekamah.Rep 14. W. J. McVieker. Fremont.Dem. F 1’ Lawrence. Fremont.Dem. 13. Charles Graff. Bancroft .Dem D'- D. C. Hefferman. Hubbard.Dem. 17 Adam Pihrer. Stanton .Dem. 18. S Saberson. Ponca .Rep. 3 9. John Kohl. Randolph .Dem. 20. .7 M. Talcott, Crofton.Deni. 21. George Fannon. Neligh .Rep, 2- I. S> Bvgland, Albion .Dem. 2.7. T. J Toting, Madison.Dem. 24. James Greig. Genoa .Dem. 25. .T H. Weems. Fullerton.Dem. 26 VT. A. Unthsack Schuyler.Rep. 27. F L. Hadsell Wahoo.Rep. Frank Dolezal. Wahoo.Dem. 2S. John Dnstal. David City.Dem. Joseph Lux. David City.Dem. 29. C A. Ritchie. Seward.Dem. Henry Soheele, Seward .Dem. 30. Cyrus Black. Hickman .Rep. E. W. Brown, Lincoln .Rep. J W. Blystone, Lincoln.Rep. C E. Gro’-es. Lincoln.Item. Fred Humphrey. Lincoln .Dem. 3!. John Ohab. Wilber .Dem. •T. H. Horiodsky Wilber.I>eni. 32. B. II. Begoie. Beatrice.Rep. D. .T. Killer Adams .Rep. C. J. IMcColl, Beatrice.Rep. 33. F O. Eilis, Beatrice.Rep. 24. Wes Pickens. Fairbury .Dem. 2 William Gruber, Hebron .Dem. 36. J I’. Thitsson, Jansen .Ren. 2.. P A. Murphy. Exeter .Dem. H N. Swan. Fairmont.Dem. 28. D. W Baker. Benedict .Rep. A B. Tailor York .Rep. 29. E. E. Wilson, Osceola.Dem 40. J G Boelts, Central City.Dem. 41. R. W Boyd. Aurora.Dem. 3. J. Evans. Aurora .Dem. 42 D. M. Nettleton. Fairfield.Rep. J. E Broderick. Fairfield .Dem 42. A. H. Nelson.Dem 4 4 R. F. Raines Red Cloud.Rep. 4.. . T J. Coop,Tider. Hastings.Dem. 40. Eri< k Johnson. Rnseland .Rep. 47. J W. Sink, Grand Island.Deni. F S. West. Grand Island.I >eni. 4'. S M. Fries. IJannebrog .Dem. 4 9. J L. Fogarty. Greeley.Dem. •90. H. R. Henry. O'Neill .Item. H. A. Allen. Atkinson.Rep. •91. F P. Skillmnn, Ainsworth.Rep. ■92. .1 F. Carr, Springview.Dem. 53. Missing. •94. B. K. Rushee. Kimball.Rep. .93. S. J Rotts. Ord.Dem. 56. W. J. Taylor. Merna.Item. E. Miller, Sargent.Item. 57. E. A. Brown. Loup City.Dem. 5-s. G. W Barrett, Shelton.Rep F. Armstrong Elm Creek.Ren. 59. H. T. Worthing, Overton.Dent. 60. .1. D. England. Axtell.Item Cl. E. H. Eastman. Franklin.Dem. 02. Joseph Snyder. Alma .hem. Co. E. W. Roberts, Holdrege.Rep. 04. Missing. C,"». Frank Moore, McCook .Rep. 06. E. S. Case. StockvIUe.Dem. 07. Missing. Land and Railroad Commissioner. Following is the complete vote by counties Cowles' majority over Eastham is 1,903. Cowgill’s majo; ty over Wil liams is hiil. The table: w K go £ r:- 5*0 = * “ ** — s 5^: =q; V Adams . Antelope ... Banner . Blaine . Boone . Box Butte... Boyd . Brown . Buffalo .... Burt . Butler . Cuss . Cedar . Chase . Cherry . Cheyenne . . Clay . fColfax Cuming _ Custer . akota . •awes . >awson . . . . 1 euel . Dixon . Dodge . Douglas Dundy . Fillmore . . . Franklin ... Frontier Furnas . Gage . Garfield .... Gosper . Grant . Greeley Hall !. Hamilton Harlan . Hayes . Hitchcock Holt . Hooker . Howard .... Jefferson . . . Johnson Kearney . . . Keith !. Keya Paha. Kimball Knox . T/ancaster .. Lincoln Logan . Loup . McPherson Madison .... Merrick Nance . Nemaha .... Nuckolls . . . Otoe . Pawnee Perkins . . . . Phelps . Pierce . Platte . Polk . Red Willow. Richardson Rock . Saline . Sarpy . Sr.unders . . Scottsbluff .. Seward Sheridan . . . Sherman .. . Sioux . Stanton Thayer . Thomas Thurston . .. Valley . Washington. Wavne . Webstar .... Wheeler ... York . 1,975 1,654 169 224 1,562 614 971 603 2.54a 1,880 1.418 -.561 1.646 401 1.085 913 1.910 1.132 1.274 2.762 744 828 1.721 517 1.266 2.426 14.477 487 1.765 1.089 1.115 1.418 2,244 1.402 156 1.544 656 856 502 2.461 1,171 2.082 2,301 1.678 338 97S 758 1.899 1,295 1.726 2.912 692 2,010 1,688 176 369 491 99 685 2.259 1.639 1.097 639 1,543 168 971 2.076 1,365 1.020 368 426 218 1.868 8,225 1.573 1 4 4 241 246 2.127 1,154 1.065 1,631 1.500 2.251 1.482 258 1.44 3 1.062 1.493 1.143 1.275 2.141 4 73 2.083 939 2.333 795 1,928 720 1,875 36S 1.061 2.634 15,2?9 384 1.982 1.309 824 1.583 2,962 34 S 626 93 1.077 1,599 3.126 274 625 1,745 99 1.432 1,683 1,114 1.161 304 344 115 2.062 1.338 149 176 145 1.859 1,045 876 1.601 1.507 2.363 1.091 251 3.601 540 982 602 2.535 1.895 1.404 2.514 1.626 410 1.063 903 1.938 1.139 1,271 2.888 746 798 1.752 521 1,237 2.454 14.054 488 3.773 1.106 1.127 1,432 3.764 36 0 496 99 681 2,205 1.683 1.140 3 7 1 64 2 no 965 1,98© 1,392 1.043 367 431 219 3.831 S.203 1.496 147 243 245 2.131 1,168 1.077 1,659 1,532 279 1.179 3.088 2.508 1.263 1.259 2.240 319 2.180 1,042 2,553 511 7S7 1,730 101 S91 1.040 1.600 1.274 1,422 237 0 53S 1.982 703 935 S12 1.660 1,515 255 1.438 1.142 1,501 1,188 1.192 2.157 470 2,183 946 2.350 807 1.959 122 1.014 1.422 1.035 1.291 248 1.941 7 93 784 1.731 101 884 1,055 1.618 1,282 1.428 238 2.279 Total vote in the ninety counties: Sheldon . Shallenberger .... Hopewell . Garrett . Junkin . Gatewood . Barton . Price .1 Brian .1 Mackay . 3 Bishop .1 Abbott .1 Thompson .1 Fleharty .1 Coyle. ....... . . .1 Eastham .1 Williams .1 Cowgill .1 2,287 1.445 67 . } ri° 746 870 516 2.561 1.181 2.144 2.348 1.725 541 97S l.S»3o 1.280 1.745 2.753 702 774 3.925 377 3.147 2.653 15.720 285 1.991 1,303 820 1,623 3.090 359 642 93 1.092 2,311 BIG 4 271 624 1,753 92 1,458 1.741 1,111 1,181 306 326 11S 2.155 7.612 1.431 155 162 145 1.895 1.086 921 1.606 1,513 2.389 1,114 253 1.288 1.035 2.509 1,302 1,370 2.231 323 2.141 1,053 2.603 524 1.976 702 926 456 823 1,688 121 735 1.040 1.415 1.096 1.292 *245 1.987 Totals . .128,880 126.977 128,940 129,491 075 : 960 I 3; i 480 i 7-6 ' *-’24 010 i 944 835 008 ! 643 871 , ,SS(. i 977 I 940 ' 491 Final Figures on Hinshaw. Hinshaw. Gilbert York . 289 Hamilton Gage . .. Seward Saline . Thayer 113 829 Jefferson Saunders FiHipore Polk _ Butler 24 463 707 Totals .1.821 Hinshaw s net majority. 8.71. 970 i NEERASKA NOTES. Shalienberger’s plurality in Douglas county is 2.663. •Mr. Bryan’s plurality in Douglas county was approximately 1,500. Governor Johnson of Minnesota has canceled his speaking date before the V. M. C. A. of Lincoln. .James Barton, a young colored man, shot at his wife at Kearney with a single barreled shotgun and four shot took effect. The wounds will not be ! fatal. Fred Yv. Ashton, defeated for con gress in the Fifth district by 20 ma jority. may contest the election. Governor-elect Shallenberger's ex pense account shows he spent $264.75 I in the campaign. Paul FViblekorn, a brick mascn. who was working on the new school building at Pilger, fell from the sec ond story window to the ground. He was badly bruised, but no bones were broken. County Attorney Graham in the dis trict court of Dodge county dismissed the case against Pasquel Cristiano, who was charged with the murder of Tony Genova. A fairly large movement of com may be looked for in the course cf the next few weeks, according to the statements of Omaha grain men. One commission man returning from the western part of the state declared that there is a great amount of grain ly ing in wire cribs in the fields and that it will average well as to quality. The National Com exposition at Omaha will be a gigantic affair. A calculation of the amount of floor space to be utilized gives a total of 144.000 square feet or an equivalent of a square 1,100 feet and over on each side. This is equal to four consecu tive city blocks. Another comparison will aid in impressing the size of the exfiibiuon on ar v one. The total floor space of the Transmississippi exposi tion for exhibits was 500,000 feet and that was for several months and nor ten days. The county of Kimball has register ed $5,000 high school bonds, issued un der the new high school law enacted by the last legislature. Kimball coun ty is the first in the state to issue such bonds. James Svitek. the 15-year old son of Anton Svitek of David City, while at tempting to mount a west bound Union Pacific freight at the stock yards, fell under the train and both legs were severed below the knees. Majorities of congressmen-elect in Xebraska are as follows: First dis trict, Maguire. 035: Second, Hitchcock, 2.575; Third. Latta. 1.9G7: Fourth, Hir.shaw. 850; Fifth. Norris, 20; Sixth. K.nkaid, 2.584. Governor-elect A. C. Shallenberger has said he will appoint Dr. tV. M. Haxter of Prosser in the place of Su perintendent Kern of the Hastings !n sane asylum, and will name X. C. Ab bott of Tekamah superintendent of the institute for the blind at Xebraska City. Be True to Your Own Ideals. I would rather live on the most desolate crag—shivering with all the warm wraps of falsehood stripped off —gazing after unfound truth than sit comfortably on hmore inhabited spots, where others are warm in a faith which is true to them, but which is false to me.—F. W. Robertson. Natural Growth of New York. After eliminating the immigrant in crease to th? population of New York Pity, it is growing annually C5.800 by natural acrction. London's Population. The population of London, fi,549,000 j tanding shoulder to shoulder, would form a human wall 1,800 miles long; or put on a area of 0.7 square mile ~r on a square having sides of 0.8-S of a mile. Have Faith in Yourself. Without a robust belief in your* ability to accomplish you never will accomplish. You must believe in your self and not depend cn other to drag you up the heights to sucesa. U/ff-CMD P1MCMOT i ne nation may well pause in mournful contemplation of her rav aged forests—forests which have been blackened, and scarred and ruined in large sections by the fires which have raged within them. This year’s forest fire record eclipses that of any other year of which we have record, both in ex tent of territory burned over and value of timber destroyed. In speak ing of the matter Mr. Gifford Pinchot, chief of the United States forest serv ice, declares that in many ways this year's forest fires have been the worst »e has ever known. The whole north ern half of the country has been at tacked, he says, and the losses which have been caused represent a serious drain on our timber supply. Besides destroying valuable tim ber and other property, the fires which have been raging during the last few weeks in the east have caused an almost incalculable loss to water sheds of important streams supplying power for countless industries. In the Adirondacks the destruction has re sulted in marring one of the nation's most useful playgrounds. One of the earliest of the great for est fires which have attained historic importance was the great Miramichi fire of 1825. It began its greatest destruction about one o'clock in the afternoon of October 7 of that year, at a place about 60 miles above the town of Newcastle, on the Miramichi river, in New Brunswick. Before ten o'clock at night it was 20 miles below New castle. In nine hours it had destroyed a belt of forest 80 miles long and 25 miles wide. Over more than two and one-half million acres almost every living thing was killed. Even the fish were afterward found dead in heaps on the river banks. Five hundred and ninety buildings were burned, and a number of towns, including Newcastle, Chatham and Douglastown, were de stroyed. One hundred and sixty per sons perished, and nearly a thousand head of slock. The loss from the Mira michi fire is estimated at $200,000. In the majority of such forest fires as this the destruction of the timber is a more serious loss, by far, than that of the cattle and buildings, for it car ries with it the impoverishment of a whole region for tens or even hun dreds of years afterward. The loss of the stumpage value of the timber at the time of the fire is but a small part of the damage to the neighborhood. The wages that would have been earned in lumbering, added to the value of the produce that would have been purchased to supply the lumber camps, and the taxes that would have been devoted to roads and other pub lic improvements, furnish a much truer measure of how much, sooner or later, it costs a region when its for ests are destroyed by fire. The Peshtigo fire of October. 1871, was still more severe than the Mirami chi. It covered an area of more than 2,000 square miles in Wisconsin, and involved a loss in timber ami other property, of many millions of dollars. Between 1,200 and 1,500 persons per ished, including nearly half the pop ulation of Peshtigo, at that time a town of 2,000 inhabitants. Other fires of about the same time were most de structive in Michigan. A strip about 40 miles wide and 180 miles long, ex tending across the central part of the state, from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron, was devastated. The estimat ed loss in timber was about 4,000,000, 000 feet board measure, and in money over $10,000,00. Several hundred per sons perished. In the early part of September, 1881, ! great fires covered more than 1.800 square miles in various parts of Mich igan. The estimated loss, in proper ty, in addition to many hundred thou sand acres of valuable timber, was more than $2,300,000. Over 5.000 per i sons were made destitute, and the number of lives lost is variously esti mated at from 150 to 500. The most destructive fire of more recent years was that which started near Hinckley, Minnesota, September 1, 1894. While the area burned over was less than in some other great fires, the loss of life and property was very heavy. Hinckley and six other towns were destroyed, about 500 lives were lost, more than 2.000 persons were left destitute, and the estimated loss in property of various kinds was $25,000,000. Except for the heroic con duct of locomotive engineers and otner railroad men the loss of life would have been much greater. This fire was all the more deplor able because it was wholly unneces sary. For many days before the high wind came and drove it into uncon trollable fury, it was burning slowly close to the town of Hinckley, and could have been put out. In reviewing the losses of this year. Mr. Pinchott says: "There is little or no difference between the fires of 1908 and those of other years, so far as causes are concerned. Unfortu nately, there is also little difference in the way people have met them. In most states fires have been allowed to run until they threatened valuable property, and then efforts were made to check them. This eleventh-hour activity succeeded here and there, but even a cursory summary of the fire loss for the year shows that such methods result in almost inevitable disaster. "This forest fire question resolves it self into one of the most important problems before the nation in the care of its natural resources. Success I or failure in its solution by those hav ing private holdings of timberland, means the continued use of the land w the perpetual burden of caring for vast barren wastes. The devastation following a fire is not realized by many people, and 1 sometimes think that the greatest thing that can be done in furtherance of the movement for the conservation of the forest resources would be to give as many people as possible a chance to visit a section of the country that has been thoroughly impoverished by a forest fire. "The fire warden system has been fairly successful in places, but its fun damental weakness is that it is not a preventive system. To begin work after a fire has gained headway means that from the start the chances are against checking it before it has done serious damage. No fire-fighting sys tem has shown itself effective that did not provide for ranger patrol. In the national forests we are meeting the proposition with a satisfactory sys tem, although the number of men in the field is insignificant and the rangers' districts are so large that the fire risk is raised above the point of safety. The one secret of fighting fires is to discover your fire as soon as possible, fight it as hard as you can, and refuse to leave it until the last ember is certainly dead. The rea son for the widespread destruction by large fires this year was the indiffer ence of the people to the smaller ones.” Paradise Lost," or A Life Insurance Official s Side of the Recent Investiga tion. BANK NOTES IN A DUST BIN. How They Were Curiously Discovered and Returned to Their Owner. Ten 1,000-franc bank notes, repre senting the savings of a woman who lived at Nanterre, near Paris, were hidden by her in an old envelope, which was placed in a drawer. In a moment of forgetfulness the envelope found its way into a dust bin. In the morning the ragpickers turned out the bin. but tossed aside the tattered envelope without inspec tion. Some carters happened to pass that way. They picked up the now mud splashed piece of paper, one re marking to the other: "Perhaps there is a fortune inside!” They drew out the notes. "This is some fool's pleas antry,” they said; so by way of re venging themselves on the unknown ioker and not believing the notes to be genuine, they tore them to pieces and threw them aside. Two market women came along shortly afterward. With the shrewd- ; ness of their class they recognized i the scattered pieces of paper and | gathered them tip and took them to the commissary of police. They were pieced together and it was found that none was missing. Two hours later the notes so curiously discovered were restored to their owner. Traits of Cannibals. The thick forest along the banks of the Semliki. in eastern Africa, is densely inhabited by pygmies. They 1 are cannibals, and when pressed for food exchange their children for those of other families. They refuse to eat members of their own families. At the southern end of the frontier of the Congo Independent State there are people who owe allegiance to no chiefs, each family owning its own vil lage and recognizing no head. The whole community, however, is domin ated by a clan of witch women, who are extremely hostile to Europeans. An Aeronautic Helpmeet. Dinks—The aeronaut’s wife seems to be so anxious to carry out his wishes. Winks—Yes. she is the most dir igible wife 1 ever met. IN THE PUBLIC EYE NEW GERMAN AMBASSADOR Count Johann Heinrich Von Bernstorff has been selected by Emperor William to succeed the late Baron Speck Von Sternburg as ambassador to the United States. Countess Von Bernstorff is a daughter of Edward Luckemeyer of New York. Count Von Bernstorff was first diplomatic agent and consul-general at Cairo, but was raised to the rank of minister plenipotentiary early in 1908. He'is the fourth son of Count Albrecht Von Bernstorff, a distinguished contemporary of Bismarck, and he was born in 1862. while his father was German ambassador to the court of St. James. The new ambassador began his diplomatic career in 1899, when he was made attache at Constantinople. He was counselor of the em uassj auu nrsr secretary in umuoii in While in England the count came especially under the notice of Emperor William as a result of his work in ameliorating the existing ill-feeling against Germany. He drew up a scries of lucid and comprehensive dispatches on the situation. After four years' service in London he was sent to Cairo, in the German diplomatic service this post is regarded as a stepping stone toward advancement. The count married Miss Jennie Luckemeyer in 1887. His wife was born December 13, 1807, and the couple have two children. The Luckemeyer family left New York several years ago and settled in Prance, where the countess’ father died this year. Count Ernst Von Bernstorff, the founder of the collateral branch of the family, also had an American wife. He was married in 1801 to Amerika Riedesel. Baroness Zu Eisenbach. who was born in New York in 1780. Count Von Bernstorff's daughter, Alexandra, is 20 years of age and came out socially in Cairo two seasons ago. His son. Christian. 17 years of age, is now at school. The new ambassador is a man above middle height, of slight figure and wears a blonde mustache. His knowledge of English is well-nigh perfect and he is known as a successful after-dinner speaker and a witty conversationalist. HIS DEFEAT A Charles 15. Landis, congressman from Indi ana. whose defeat at the recent election was one of the surprises of the campaign, will prob ably be taken care of by the incoming national administration. Just what he is to get in the way of an appointment is not announced, but it is believed that he will be named as public printer. >lr. Landis has been one of the most promi nent members of the house, and has made a great name for himself. He has been known as a close friend of President Roosevelt and has besides been actively associated with a number of inter esting legislative matters, including the cam paign against Mormonism. The Landis family has been fairly well taken care of by the public. A few years ago there were five members of the family drawing good-sized envelopes on- the public payroll at the same time. Two were members of Indiana's congressional delegation, Chas. B„ from the Ninth district, and his brother Frederick, from the Eighth. Frederick, the younger brother, was run over by the political juggernaut four years ago. Now the retirement of Charles leaves only two of tfte brothers still at the pie counter. One is Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the $20,000,000 Standard Oil jurist in Chicago. The other is in the postal service in the Philippines and has an excellent job. The retiring statesman is editor of the Delphi Journal, a weekly newspa per, when he is at home. He is an orator of the rapid-fire sort all the time, whether at home or away. He has served six terms in the house. COMPROMISE CANDIDATE WINS William E. Glasscock is the Republican gov ernor-elect of West Virginia. He was the third man named as a candidate for the place within four months by the Republicans, and he achieved his position at the head of the ticket of the dominant party wthout the trouble of carrying on a tiresome and expensive state-wide cam paign. He wasn't even required to waste any time or worry over a state convention. There were no critical delegates to be satisfied or ap peased, and while West Virginia had a num ber of other ambitious Republicans who had a hankering to be governor for the coming four years, Glasscock was nominated by the unani mous vote of the state central committee of his party. Two popular men sought the nomination for governor, Charles M. Swisher, secretary of state, and Arnold C. Scherr. auditor of state. The preliminary campaign was hot, bitter and so close that neither man could get an uncontested majority of the delegates. The Swisher element finally secured the whip hand and nominated him. The Scherr end of the convention bolted, held another session and nom inated the state auditor. Efforts of the national leaders to bring about a truce and induce one man or the other to withdraw were futile. Then the national committee placed its seal on the Swisher candidacy, declaring him the regu lar nominee. Scherr refused to withdraw, and his faction christened them selves the Lincoln Republicans. This factional warfare continued for several weeks before the national party conditions became so uncertain that an insistent demand for the withdrawal of both men came from the Taft forces. Swisher promptly com plied. Scherr did so reluctantly a short time afterward. So Glasscock, who had been identified with neither faction, was placed on the ticket as a compromise candidate with the consent of both factions and every effort was made to heal the breach. That the requisite harmony was finally secured and the white dove of political peace caught and tied securely in the back woodshed with a trunk strap is attested by the fact of Glasscock's election by a safe majority. VICTOR AFTER HOT FIGHT George L. Lilley. governor-elect of Connecti cut, is one of the evidences of the moment as to the harmlessness of a fight with organized labor. Lilley won the election to the highest position in his state, against the bitterest opposition of labor and, incidentally, against the opposition of some other elements of his party, as well. Moreover, before he entered the campaign for governor he was elected to congress as a representative at large from his state, also against the strong op position of the unionists, this time directed by President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, and other prominent labor leaders. It begins to lock as though Mr. Lilley liked to fight. He has not gone out of his way to avoid a clash with anybody, so far as the records show, since he began to play the fascinating ut a«caio Uf,u. iju iuv.1., xx "uc »uojM.v,Lo ui a 1 Ut, l IU LI around, Mr. Lillev was looking for it. He would have been tickled to death at one of Donnvbrook's chaste and simple social soirees. Mr. Lilley lives at Waterbury, but he was born over in Massachusetts. His political career began in 1901, when he was elected to the state legislature. Two years later he was promoted to congress, and served three terms. Here he made a record which brought down on him the labor anathema, but was re-elected. In the gubernatorial fight he was opposed by Judge Robertson, clean, able and extremely popular. The Simple. Life. When any man may, if he please, thus live at peace and liberty abroad in the open fields, or his own gardens, what reason is there why he should affect and pursue honors, and not rather modestly bound his desires with the calmness and security of that condition? For, to hunt after glory by the ostentation of virtue, of science, of eloquence, of nobility, of wealth, of attendants, of rich clothes, of beauty, of garb, and the like—seri ously, it is altogether the fame *oi ridiculous vanity; and in all things modesty exacts no more than this, that we do not, through rusticity, want of a decent garb, or too much negligence, do anything that doth not correspond with civility and decor um. For it is equally vile, and doth as much denote a base or abject mind, to grow indolent and lofty upon the possession of these adjuncts of mag nificence, as to become dejected, or sunk in spirit, at the loss or want of them.—Epicurus. It’s when a man has sense that the dollars take care of themselves. TO CURE A COUGH Or Break a Cold in 24 Hours Mix two ounces of Glycerine and a half ounce of Virgin Oil of Pine com pound pure with a half pint of Straight Whisky. Shake well and take a tea spoonful every four hours. The genuine Virgin Oil of Pine com pound pure is prepared only by The Leach Chemical Co., Cincinnati, Ohio and is put up only in half-ounce vials each vial securely sealed in a round wooden case to insure its freshness and purity. r USED TO IT. 1 Old Gem—Are you not ashamed to I stand there listening to such awful j language? The Boy—Oh course 1 ain’t. I'm a ! golf caddie. -—— MIX FOR RHEUMATISM The following is a never failing rem edy for rheumatism, and if followed up it will effect a complete cure of the very worst cases: “Mix one-half pint of good whiskey with one ounce of Toris Compound and add one ounce Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound. Take in tablespoonful doses before each meal and at bedtime.” The ingre dients can be procured at any drug store and easily mixed at home. A Terror to His Kind. A certain congressman is the father I of a bright lad of ten. who persists, de spite the parental objection and de cree. in reading literature of the “half dime" variety. “That's a nice way to be spending your time,” said the father on one oc casion. “What's your ambition, any how?” “Dad,” responded the youngster, with a smile, “I'd like to have people tremble like aspen leaves at the mere mention of my name."—Lippincott’s. Laundry work at home would be much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used. In order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually neces sary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wear ing quality of the goods. This trou ble can be entirely overcome by using Defiance Starch, as it can be applied much more thinly because of its great er strength than other makes. An Autocrat. “Do you think that the people ought to rule?” asked the patriot. “Don’t ask me,” answered the nerv ous man. "I’m prejudiced against the idea. I’m a baseball umpire." This woman says she was saved from an operation by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Lena V. Henry, of Norristown, Ga., 1 writes to Mrs. Pinkliam: “ I suffered untold misery from fe male troubles. My doctor said an opera tion was the only chance I had, and I dreaded it almost as much as death. “ One day I read how other women had been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and I decided to try it. Before I had taken the first bottle I was better, and now I am en tirely cured. *• Every woman suffering with any female trouble bliould take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, andhaspositively cured thousandsof women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bear ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges t ion, dizziness or ne rvous prostration. Why don’t you try it ? Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice,. She has guided thousands to health. Address. Lynn. Mass. Western Ganada MORE BIG CROPS IN 1908 Another 60,000 set tlers from the United States. New dis tricts opened for set tlement. 320 acres ofland to each set t 1 e r,— 160 free hoL estead and 160 at $3.00 per acre. “A vast rich country and a contented pros perous people.— iruct