THE VAGEVORKER By W. M. MAUPIN BMUIK& After All. the Wt way to avoid heat prostraUooa to to keep cooL Eminent actresses 8UU losing their diamonds. insist Airships and wireless messages are, crowding the atmosphere. Summer began working at the job Industriously as soon as it arrived. Su tinner-resort mosquitoes have not beard of the war on them. Some of the flies may have romantic natures, but never mind that. It appears from official reports that there Is also a made-ln-Germany de ficit. Be thankful that radium at present prices is not one of the necessities ol life. Those who cannot swim should avoid wading in water more than ten feet deep. Fiah cakes exploded in a New York store and wrecked the place. They were probably made from the torpedo fish. The best statesmanship these days is exerted not toward getting nations out of debt, but toward getting them deeper in. Every man cannot join the uplift by ridding the world of African lions, but he can assist at spreading traps for the feet of the nefarious housefly. XThatevir romance there may be In international marriages is removed when the bride's father cust settle the groom's debts. It is announced that the Greek drama is about to become a fad with American theater-goers. It is just an excuse to get women to wear that style of clothes again. The yellow peril is a literal and menacing fact wherever Sunday schools and well-meaning but worldly ignorant reform movements subject girls to the sinister association of Chinamen. A Russian grand duke has sent an order for the American Invention of silver forks for corn on the cob and again does the genius of the western hemisphere triumph over the nonre sourcefulness of effete Europe. A man was arrested in New York for kissing his wife in their own borne while, the shades at the window were up. This Is but a step removed from arresting a man for kissing his wife on Sunday, which will probably follow as a blue law not to be over looked. Princeton university rejoices in a student who has discovered the first comet seen this year. That young man probably is destined to promi nence in the astronomical world. He may not have hitched his wagon to a star, but towed by a comet he may get there just the same. Friends at Washington of Comman der Peary, the Arctic explorer, be lieve that he has reached the North Pole and the goal of his ambition and has placed the American flag there. This, if verified, will be a crowning triumph for American pluck and per severance. Incidentally the announce ment will also save trouble for a num ber of other gentlemen headed in the same direction or contemplating a trip to the pole. A Chicago magistrate has decided that it is no crime for one person to tread on another person's foot, but that neither is it a crime for the down trodden person to retaliate by smit ing the foot-crusher In the eye or on the Jaw If Solomon could revisit the earth and hear some of the judicial decisions of modern life, he would ac knowledge the folly of trying to keep the record for freak decisions for an Instant. The mosquito is made almost a bird of prey by the dispatch from Cape Town which states that an overflow of the Orange river due to a heavy rainfall, has bred so many mosquitoes tn the Gordonia northern district that three-quarters of the population are affected with malaria, which has been fatal In many cases. In some parts of the world the house screen is a sani tary necessity, both day and night, but the housefly Is the chief danger in non-malarious countries. Chicago's plan for the construction of an auditorium capable of accom modating 45.000 people is Interesting. But the architects will have a task !n planning a building in which so many can find seating or standing room within ear-snot 01 speakers. A vast hall in which only a portion of an as semblage can get within hearing dia. taace of the speakers platform would be disappointing and therefore less - desirable than a smaller hall la which all can participate tn the "doings.' It has long been remarked that an Island oS Chicago that could be used for pleasure purposes would be bet ter than the richest of gold mines foe Its owner, but there is no such pro taction from the bottom of th ut and Chicago has had' to be content with parks along the shore. But now It is suggested that an Island be con structed on a reef which exists in the shallow lake off the city, for a public park. This 1 visionary, and If island were made with dredgings and dumpings it would lack beauty be cause of Its docked shores. state commons PARTIES TELL PEOPLE VIRTUES. THEIR ALL GATHERINGS HARMONIOUS All Parties Were Represented and the Meetings Take on a Semblance of Old-time Enthusiasi Various Platforms. Republicans, democrats, populists, prohibitionists and socialists met in Lincoln Tuesday in state conventions according to law to frame platforms and to select state committees for the ensuing year. All promulgated plat forms, while the republicans and the democrats, both by selection of the committees, and by their organiza tion, perfected the working force for the fall campaign. The republican state committee at night elected Will Hayward by a un animous vote to the position of chair man of the state central committee. At the democratic convention an at tempt was made to elect Chris Guen- ther as chairman of the state commit tee. Later the matter was taken up in the committee meeting and was then left to a sub-committee. From the standpoint of attendance the conventions surprised the state committees. From that of enthusiasm there was something lacking. There had been little to fight over, and the harmony among all was somewhat un usual Not a ripple ruffled the calm of the republican convention except a difference of opinion between Chair man C. O. Whedon and other speak ers. At the democratic convention Douglas " Shewvan instilled a little spice into the deliberations with his contesting delegation from Boone county. The republican platform contains no mention of the county option, ques tion, and after much debate in the resolutions committee nothing was said about the bank guaranty law. Only slight mention was made of the work of the Nebraska delegation in congress. The democrats made no mention of the county option question. Most of the other ground was covered by both parties in their resolutions,! tney taking uinerent iorm uepenaing on the view points of the authors. The republican platform declared in favor of a continuation of republican state policies, praised President Taft for his stand on the revision of the tariff, declared that the Chicago plat form meant nothing less than down ward revision, pointed out the numer ous successes that have attended re publican laws in the state, commend ed the republican minority in the last legislature, its attitude, criticised freely the efforts of the democrats to unseat republican officeholders by the manipulation of the laws so as to give berths to democratic faithful. and declared that the non-parusan law was a makeshift contrivance to further democratic ends. The democrats are equally specific their declarations, but adopted a different tone. They affirmed again their fidelity to the doctrines of the Denver platform, declared that the republican leaders in the national con vention of 1908 had deceived the peo ple shamelessly by the use of the word "revision" when the people Interpreted to mean reduction, declared that the republicans were stealing their thunder in adopting the income tax. asked Governor Shalienberger to call a special session of the legislature to pass the constitutional amendment so that the state might be the first to do so. demanded popular election of United States senators, reiterated the faith in the initiative and referendum declared the contest in federal court on the bank guarantee law only em phasized the platform plank at Den ver which demanded more limited scope for the federal court, endorsed the governor and the legislature for re deeming so many pledges, and finally condemned the republicans for their attitude on the non-partisan law. They called on the voters to select their choice for judges of the supreme court regardless of party, voting always for the man. While the republican resolution com mittee hesitated for some time as to whether to make some statement concerning the bank guaranty law and finally compromised between those who favored it and those who wanted to denounce the principle, by making no mention of it, the convention was not so cautious. Chairman Whedon led off with emphatic declarations in favor of the law, saying that he want ed to see it extended to national banks as well, by federal law. and prophesy ing that this would soon come to pass. He was not received with tre mendous enthusiasm, and when Will Hay ward rollowed witn a sweeping condemnation of the law, declaring it was a democratic vagary, or possibly a cheap method of gaining votes, and demanding that the republicans not subscribe to such demogogry, he was welcomed with riotous cheering. There was no doubt where the delegation stood on what they considered as dem ocratic doctrine and for that party alone. Definite enough was the republican convention on the tariff question. Every mention of that principle which has been the center of the storm in Washington all summer was met with vociferous cheering. Repeatedly speak ers said that no party would have dared to go before the people last fall In favor of upward revision, and that the Chicago convention knew it when they adopted the tariff planks. The people voted for downward revision, and the convention demanded that such results be secured from congress. Taft was praised for his attitude, al though speakers were careful to say that the party in the state did not give up the principle of protection but merely demanded that be lowered. Populists for County Option. " A small number of populists met late in the afternoon in one corner of the senate chamber at the state house. Bill Deck of Saunders county, who was found seated with the once strong band that made all political parties tremble, denied strenuously that he was a delegate to the convention and told his friends he had gone out of politics. C. B. Manuel was re-elected state chairman, E. A. Walrath was again made secretary and J. C. Canaday, treasurer. They declared for a non-partisan ju diciary and commended the legislature for the enactment of the depositors guarantee law, endorsed Governor Shalienberger for the faithful dis charge of the duties of his office, also the attitude of those representatives in congress who have stood with the interests of the west in the reduction of the tariff, and went on record as favoring county option. Will Nominate Full Ticket. The prohibition state convention was called to order by D. B.. Gilbert of Fremont who was also made chairman of the state committee; J. P. Heald of Osceola, secretary; J. L. Claflin of University Place, vice chairman, and J. H. Vonsteen. of Beatrice, and Isaac Brooston, of Stromsburg, as associate members. The committee was given full pow er to create a full state central com mittee and fill all vacancies on the prohibition ticket yet to be nominated at the primaries. The resolutions presented by A. C. Wolfenbarger of Lincoln demand that the next legislature "drive the brew ers out of politics and restore to the people the government which the or ganized liquor traffic has subverted. STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEES. Democrats and Republicans Name Complete Roster. The republican state committee was selected by senatorial districts, each district sending up its selection to the chair. Following is the committee: First A. J. Weaver, Falls City. Second Dr. M. Stewart. Tecumseh- Third F. E. Helvey, Nebraska City. Fourth Henry Schneider, Platts raouth. Fifth W. H. Davidson, Springfield. Sixth Charles L. Saunders, Omaha; Otto Leptin, South Omaha; ilyron L,. Learned, Omaha. Seventh John F. Piper, Lyons. Eighth. E. A. Wiltse, Pender. Ninth Charles H. Kelsey, Neligh. Tenth J., Howard Heine, Hooper. Eleventh--Charles McLeod, Stanton. Twelfth Alfred SI. Post, Columbus. Thirteenth R. H. Harris, Lynch. Fourteenth Allen G. Fisher, Chad? ron. Fifteenth George H. Kinsey, Arca dia. Sixteenth R. P. Starr, Loup City Seventeenth Charles R. Housinger, Grand-Island. Eighteenth J. C. Slartin. Cenwal City. Nineteenth George F. Miller, Utica. Twentieth C. O. Whedon, Lincoln; . C. Severin. Hallam. Twenty-first Robert R. Kyd, Beat- nee. Twenty-second C. B. Anderson, Crete. Twenty-third F. C. HenseL Hebron. Twenty-fourth Clarke Robinson, Fairmont. Twenty-fifth H. G. Thomas, Har vard. Twenty-sixth W. C. Dorsey, Bloom- ington. Twenty-seventh A. L. Clarke, Hast ings. Twenty-eighth E. W. Beghtol. Hol- drege. Twenty-ninth J. F. Cordeal. McCook. Thirtieth Ira L. Bare, North Platte. The members of the democratic state committee are as follows: First Henry Gerdes, Falls City. Second John S. SicCarty. Auburn Third F. H. Slarnell. Nebraska City. Fourth W. D. Wheeler, Platts- niouth. Fifth E. E. Placek. Wahoo. Sixth George Rogers, Omaha; C. E. Fanning. Omaha; John S. Walters, Omaha. Seventh W. R Beum, Tekamah. Eighth E. W. Ferguson, Harrington Ninth H. S. Palmer. Neligh. Tenth Wallace H. Wilson, Fremont Eleventh W. E. Powers, Pierce. Twelfth J. C. Byrnes. Columbus. Thirteenth Arthur Mullen. O'Xeill. Fourteenth S. S. Joice, Gordon. Fifteenth H. C. Cox. Brewster. Sixteenth J. E. Morrison, Kearney. Seventeenth F. C. Langman. Grand Island. Eighteenth Charles Krunibaugh, Shelby. Ninteenth W. H. Smith, Seward. Twentieth T. S. Allen. Lincoln; P. L. Hall. Lincoln. Twenty-first C. P. Fall. Beatrice. Twenty-second W. S. Collett. Crete. Twenty-third Dan Kavanaugh. Fair- bury. Twenty-fourth H. F. Requarette, York. Twenty-fifth H. E. Sletzger. Aurora. Twenty-sixth Geo. W. Hutchinson. Red Cloud. Twenty-seventh R. B. Wahlquist, Hastings. Twenty-eighth c: E. Harmon, Hol- drege. Twenty-ninth J. H. Mooney, Arapa hoe. Thirtieth George C. Gillan, Lexing ton. Convention Notes. "We point with pride" and with alarm did duty as usual. "view When Will Hayward said a good word for conventions, the delegates burst out " in applause that showed their fondness for this kind of meet ing. The regular convention goers have always ben opposed to the pri mary method of making nominations. Mr. Whedon received many con gratulations for the fair and forceful way in which he presided over the re- puDucan convention. PASSING BIG HITTERS NOT FAIR TO THE FANS One of the reforms sure to come with the evolution of the national game Is the adoption of a rule prohibiting the delib erate passing of a star batter to get at a man supposed to be weak at the hitting game. Pur posely allowing a .350 batter to walk to first is baseball strate gy all right, but It smacks of a cowardice that has no place in the most popular sport in all the world. So many concessions have been made to the pitcher's end of the game that the fans would rise up en masse in joyful se dation Jf a little consideration of the batter's side of the ques tion. Men like Lajoie, Wagner, Cobb, Crawford and other slug gers are paid princely salaries for their batting ability. The fans who pay their good money at the gate to see "batting" have a right to demand that their favorites be given a chance to hit the ball. It has been suggested that when the umpire is satisfied that a batter has been deliber ately "walked" he shall allow all men on the bases to ad vance. Such a rule ought to break up the practice right speedily. The average fan would surely appreciate a rule that would give every player with a repu tation for killing the ball a fair and square chance to hit it out. fflcosgagggaeaaeaMMeflraBca- CINCINNATI OUTFIELDER. Paskert, one of the Cincinnati out fielders, has played good, bad and in different ball for that team this sea son. He has a reputation for being a strong hitter, a fine fielder and is fast on the bases. Cantillon seems to have picked ui- a likely hitter in Mr. Lelivelt. The Macon (Ga.) franchise has been taken In charge by the South At lantic league officials. As a consumer of foul flies of ev ery description, Bergen of Brooklyn is the tidiest performer of them all. The Athletics seem to be one cf those teams that are weak on paper and strong on the diamond. You often hear of a new player be ing a second So and So, but never of a second Hans Wagner. ( Numerous captains have been out of the game at various times this sea son from accidents or illness, among them Chance, Lajoie, Keeler, Gessler, Lumley and Bresnahan. Beyond all doubt. Red Murray has filled Donlin's shoes, leaving nothing to be desired as a successor to Mike. The only point is that were Donlin on hand there would be two of them. "My team would be in the thick of the fight if Hans Lobert had been playing with us all season," says Clark Griffith, manager of the Cincinnati Reds. Storke makes a good substitute for Abstein, but he is not half as danger ous with the stick as the regular first sacker. Jimmy Barrett, the farmer Detroit and Boston player. Is showing excel lent skill in the infield for the Brewers. x Russell Ford, who was farmed out to Jersey City, has been recalled by Manager Stalllngs. Pitcher "George McConnell will go to the Boston Red Sox. McConnell was recently turned oyer to the Jersey City team by the ' Highlanders, but the Boston club refused to waive on him, and will get him for $1,500. Armour of Toledo has purchased Outfielder Raftery from the Cleveland I club. Y WAS HE RIGHT. Mrs. Rant Do yon think men tn more clever than women? Mr. Rant Some men are. Mrs. Rant Who are they? Mr. Rant Single men. SKIN ERUPTION CURED. Was So Sore, Irritating and Painful That Little Sufferer Could Not Sleep Scratched Constantly. Cuticura's Efficacy Clearly Proven. "When about two and a half years old my daughter broke out on her hips and the upper parts of her legs with a very irritating and painful eruption. It began in October; the first I noticed was a little red surface and a constant desire on her part to scratch her limbs. She could not sleep and the eruptions got sore, and- yellow water came out of them. I had two doctors treat her. but she grew worse under their treat ment. Then I bought the Cuticura Remedies and only used them two weeks when she was entirely well. This was In February. She has never bad another rough, place on her skin. and she is now fourteen years old. Mrs. R. R. Whitaker, Winchester TeniL, Sept 22, 1908." , Potter Drag a Cbem. Corp. Sola Prop. Privilege of English Husband. A wife - who complained at the Marylebone police court in London the other day. that her husband used abusive language to her was informed by Mr. Plowden that this was one ot a husband's privileges. "You must put up with it," the ma istrate told her. "Better an abusive husband than no husband at all." "But I have had so many years of this kind of thing," she protested. "I cannot give you any redress. Mr. Plowden replied. "You must ex pect a certain amount of abuse in this world." Tuberculosis Conference. Under the auspices of the Swedish National League Against Tuberculo sis, the International Tuberculosis con ference held its annual meeting in Stockholm July 8 to 10. Among the American speakers on the program were Dr. Hermann M. Biggs of New York and Dr. John C. Wise, medical director of the United States navy, who was the official representative ot this country. Two subjects of special interest discussed were: "Care of Tuberculous Families, Especially of Healthy Children," and "Tuberculosis and the Schools." Cheap Skate." "Joel Chandler Harris," said an At lantan, "used to write comic newspa per editorials. Sometimes he made fun of other editors in them, too. "Simon Simpson, a rival editor in Mobile, having been made fun of. wrote angrily in his rage: " 'Joel Harris has been getting off some cheap wit at our expense. "Joel, on reading this, grabbed his pen and dashed off, quick as a flash, for next day's issue: " it must have been cheap, Simon, to be at yonr expense. How an Angry Woman Looked. The otlHsr day we saw an angry woman in a street car and her face was anything but a pleasant picture. She was angry at the conductor, en tirely without, cause, and that made her look more terrible than if she bad had a real grievance. Nebraska Jour nal. Green Pea Soup. One pint of green peas, three pints of thin stock, two ounces of bacon, one onion, bay leaf, sweet herbs, a few spinach leaves. Boil all the ingredients together and, when quite tender, pass the peas and spinach leaves through a sieve, adding as much of the liquor as is required to make it of the consistency of thin cream. Return to the sauce pan, heat it, adding a teaspoonful of caster sugar, and pepper and salt to taste. Serve with small dice of fried bread. To Test Bacon. To test a ham run a steel skewer through the middle of the ham to the bone; if the skewer comes out clean and free from any unpleasant odor it indicates that the ham is in good condition, but should the skewer be smeared and the odor unpleasant the ham should be rejected. Yellow streaks in ham or bacon in dicate a more or less rancid condi tion. A Picnic Sandwich. The sandwich is the picnic standby, of course, and unusually good ones can be made by baking a pan of little round rolls, cutting the tops nearly off I when they are cold, scooping out some oi ine crumo ana nuing tnem witn chicken chopped and reduced to a stiff paste with cream. They may be seasoned highly with salt and black pepper, and celery salt if liked. England may now recover from the apprehension felt regarding attack by the upper route. Reports from that country are to the effect that an air ship has been perfected hat surpasses anything of the kiad in existence, and it is expected tliat a flight from Paris to London will soon be made. The flying machine is the property of an English company, but was constructed in Fran,ce. The announcement seems to be a sort of answer to the Zeppelin challenge. - COSTLY. PRIZE OFFERED W. K. Kellogg of Battle Creek, Mich, Gives a $1,000 Trophy to Be Cow peted for by the Farmers, BATTLE CREEK. Miek Jahr ute purpose ot strumming use nsi the brim of the country am pro mem of the grade of corn tn curing a greater tmM, V- K - uus city bas ottered a nld and uhcr trophy to be competed tar at tW rhmi annnal national cora exparatioa to be held at innate, eb- Uc. to la of that year. The trophy will be known as the W. K. Kellogg National Cora Exposition trophy, will cost S1.000, and will becocse the sonal property of any exhibitor lijaa it twice. 1M trophy will be ia the shape of a massive vaae, and -will sndaUr fast designed and built by either Gorhua or Tiffany. Mr. Kellogg has just ittmaed from Chi cago where he held a conference with Pro fessor P. G. H olden of the Iowa State Ag ricultural College at Ames, and Stanley dague, bead of a large Chicago advertis- 1 Th tr i , uig agency, xroiessor noHien at known as the foremost authority of the eoaatry est corn growing, and Mr. KeHof-g. who at a huge manufacturer of food products made from corn, is keenly interested ia ail move ments tending to improve the quality of the cereal. This year be has donated S1.000 to be divided in several nr. among; the corn gjuweis of Iowa, and at Professor HoMen s suggestion, he decided to offer the Kellogg trophy to be competed for by the corn growers of the nation. .vih ma luvjKicatiCB ouy OS OK COW- try," said Mr. KeUogg today, "and the bur ger the yield of corn the greater the eona try's prosperity. Seed selection aad im proved methods of cultivation win not onrv greatly increase the yield per acre, but will i - .t . - - . i Bjaw uxiwc ine proiero ns sue corn stof) thus enhance its nutritions qnaHties. If the yield per acre, for instance, eaa be ia ereased five bushels in the state of Ne braska alone, it will add $25,000,000 to the wealth of the farmers of the state. The National Corn Exposition is doing a crass work in educating the farmers, and I asa glad to help the work along." His Preference. Commander Maxwell of the navy enjoys telling of an unique complaint preferred by a recruit. On every man-of-war the bar, of justice is aft in front of the "stick,' or mast The recruit had gone to the stick to "state" his grievance. "Well, what do yon want?" asked the executive officer. "Please, sir, I want to complain of the breakfast this morning." "What did you have?" '"Burgoo, crack-hash, hard tack and coffee, sir." "What did yon expect?" "Please, sir, I always like to start my breakfast with a nice steak and a pair of eggs." Illustrated Sunday Magazine. 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