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If yon do not wUb the Journal continued for another year af ter the time paid for haa expired, yon ahonld previously notify ca to discontinue it. t'HANUK IN ADDUKUa-When ordering a jbange in the addn, subscribers should be sure to give their old a well as their new addraas. ROOSEVFXT ON EGYPT. Two noted Americans, tenajmrarily sojourning in Europe, have taken ad vantage of Mr. Roosevelt's "England in Egypt" speech in London the other day to try to even up some old scores. Mr. Bryan remarked airily before a British Y. M. C. A. meeting that traveling in foreign couutries he did not discuss the politics of those coun tries because, as an outsider, he did not regard himself as being sufficiently informed. He added that as a guest of a foreign people he would "account it poor repayment for their hospitality to descant on controversial subjects which his entertainers understood bet ter than himself." Mr. Bryan's remarks are particu larly interesting as coming from a man who has said more and known lass about a large number of vital subjects in his own country than any other American in public life we can remem ber. Mr. Roosevelt spent the better part of a year under conditions which gave him opportunities for close stud' of the character and results of British rule in eastern aud northern Africa. If we were of a gambling turn of mind we would be quite willing to bet that T. R. has ten times as much practical knowledge of the political situation in Egypt today as Mr. Bryan to take only one instance had on the subject of government ownership of railroads when he made a certain famous speech in Madison Square Garden some years ago. Mr. Hearst is much put out at the stand Mr. Roosevelt has taken in re gard to the Egyptian situation. He asks: "Since when has it been neces sary to urge Euglaud to govern with a rod of iron and sword of blood? In dia, Ireland, Egypt and South Africa are broken with the former aud wet with the latter." We take it that it is very generally acknowledged by England's best friends that the English policy in Ire land has been a blot on a colonial le- cord that in modern times has been generally creditable. On accouut of the iuterest of man' of her noblemen iu Irish lauds, England's policy iu Ireland has beeu based, to a consider able extent, upon seltishuess. Her policies iu India and in Egypt, on the other hand, have been largely altru istic. The treiueudous system of irri gation that has beeu built up uuder English rule in Egypt will last as a monument to English efficiency in colonial management long after Tom my Atkins has left, or been driven out of the country. If it had not beeu for Euglaud Mahdism, with all the horror that name implies, would haye spread to the shores of the Mediterranean in the closing years of the nineteenth ceutury. Some time in the future the Egypt ian fellah may be able to govern him-s-elf. He certainly was not able to govern himself twenty-five years ago, aud it is not at all plain that if given a chauce he would prove able to gov ern himself today. Mr. Roosevelt is an unusual man. No other American, perhaps, would have made such a speech as he made iu Loudon ou Tuesday. However, he had been asked to speak and it is a part of the Rooseveltian philosophy that when he is expected to speak, he is expected to say something. If he said it in a way to make the shivers run up the spines of those "Little Eng lauders" who are today somewhat more than usually influential in Brit ish politics, we do not see why that fact should pertube Mr. Hearst and Mr. Bryan so deeply. Cincinnati Times-Star. LEGAL ECCENTRICITIES. One of the peculiar laws often set up for the protection of the criminal is being tried out now in the legislative bribery investigation in Illinois. Hav ing failed to defeat his prosecution by the contention that buying votes for senator is not a crime in the Sucker state, Lee O'Neill Browne is now endeavoring to establish the principle that the confessions of those whom he bribed cannot be used against him. Unfortunately, there seems to be something in the contention, and that there is really a foundation in the law which insists that the state must not be impolite to a person accused of crime, and it seems to be the theory of the criminal law that the more revolt ing the crime charged, the more signal and decided must be the courtesies shown by the state to the accused. Lincoln people will recall a cause celebre in this city wherein a negro once confessed that he had been em ployed by a woman to kill her hus band and how at the end of a long and expensive trial both the negro and the woman were acquitted of the con fessed crime, the woman because the confession of the uegro could not be used against her, and the negro lie cause the jury refused to convict him while (necessarily under the law as laid down) letting the woman go free. And so Lee O'Neill Browne of Illi nois, whom half a dozen members of the legislature have implicated in their own disgrace, is able, for a time at least, to snap his fingers at the majesty of the law and defy the outraged state to touch him. It is a most impressive example of the distinguished consid eration which our law makers and in terpreters have accorded to the crimi nal as his due. One accused of crime may not be convicted upon the evidence of those who are particeps crimiuiswith him, and even his own confession is clothed by the law in an atmosphere of the gravest suspicion. With the law itself destroying the value of the testimony of either the accused or those who have participated with him in the crime charged, aud with the inevitable im pulse of crime to skulk in paths uot open to the public view, the state has beeu most generous toward the crimi nal by robbing itself of available wit nesses against him. However, fortunately, the decisions of the courts are uot at all unanimous in holding that such confessions as those of the bribed legislators of Illi nois are not admissible in evidence aud eutitled to weight as such. It depends somewhat upon the condition of the presiding judge's digestion, and it is open to the public to hope that the digestive organs of the judge before whom this case is now (tending iu Chicago will be perforuiiug their wonted functions from this time for ward until the case shall have been disposed of to the credit of the dis graced state of Illinois that gave to the nation a Lincolu and a Grant Lin coln Star. WASTING HIS OPPORTUNITIES. A man who had made a fortune iu a western city retired from business some years ago and moved to London to re side. He came to the United States recently on a visit aud some one asked him why he resided in London. His answer as reported by a New York paper was as follows: "Well, there is no place in America for a mau out of a job. Over there you will find more people in the same position and you can associate with them. Here, after I go in aud shake bauds with my friends, they wonder how soon I am going to leave so that they can get back to work." This is rather a busy country of ours and the individual who has nothing to do is likely to get lonesome at times. Still there is a good deal that might be done by a man who has plenty of leis ure on his hands. There are hundreds aud thousands of people who would be glad to have this self-exiled western er's opportunities. They are so busy making a living that they haven't time for much else. Perhaps that is the trouble with some of the ex westerners friends who have impressed him as wondering how soon he is "going to leave." A man who has both time and mo ney at his disposal need not necessari ly be out of a job. He might go into politics and do something for the cause of good government; he might lend a hand in charity work; he might assist in some ot tue many movements tor improvements and upbuildiug; he might help fight the great white plague; he might put his shoulder to the wheel of any one of half a hundred humanitarian enterprises that are lag ging or halting. There are multiplied thousands of things that need to be done every day for the progress of the world aud the betterment of mankind. "The harvest is great and the laborers are few." There is no excuse for a man who has health and strength and time and money complaining of lack of vocation or avocation. There are other ways of being busy than by keeping one's nose to the grindstone of commercial ism. If this former westerner is sin cere in the reason he gives for his self expatriation he is a most woefully de luded man. Courier Journal. BRYAN ON SUMPTUARY LEG ISLATION. I have heard people say they were opposed to sumptuary legislation. Have you ever heard that suggested? When a man talks to me about sump tuary legislation now I want him to define what he means by it. They have been usiug these general terms long enough. Mr. Bryan at Wash ington Hall, May 17, 1910. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 11, 1889. Deak Sik and Fkienh: Your favbr just received. I expect to attend the convention at Omaha and am glad that you are going. I will try aud leave here at once, so that we can get together and talk over platform before the convention. I have no doubt we will agree on tariff opinions, but I have been in much trouble over the temper ance plank. I, like you and the great bulk of the parly, am opposed to pro hibition, but thought that as the re publicans took no stand on prohibi tion we had better content ourselves with a declaration against sumptuary legislation, such as we usually have. We have a number of men who will vote for the amendment, among them Sawyer, Snell, Miller, Whitmore, etc., etc. They do not ask us to declare in favor of prohibition, but simply do as the republicans havedoue leave it to each individual to vote as he likes. By declaring against prohibition we will lose a good many votes, while we will not gain republican votes. We tried last fall in our country; declared in so man' words against prohibition, aud the saloons went solid agaiust us. I wish I could see you before the convention. Can't you come up here Tuesday morning and go from here to Omaha, aud we can discuss all of the planks? Will draw up the plank you suggest. Yours truly, (Signed) W. J. Bkyan. WHY VAUNT ONE'S CALLING? A youth, with a flowing black tie, negligee shirt and self-couiident man ner, walking along Broadway yester day, ?aw a crowd gather in the neigh borhood of the Cadillac. He rushed into the midst thereof, osteutatiously pulled cut a notebook and announced loudly that he was a rejiorter and wished to get the news. Then he wait ed for the homage that never came. "Why do men vaunt themselves on their business or profession?" asked a traveler. "Why do they think that they amount to more than anyone else merely liecause they are lawyers, or doctors, or leporters, or cowboys?" "I give it up," said someone. "Out in Los Angeles recently, I saw a man riding down the main street of that city looking like a circus," con tinued the traveler. "He was a cow boy, and wished all to know it. He wore a bright red shirt, with neith er coat nor waistcoat. He liau on wonderful chaps, a broad brimmed hat, a gun at his right hip. Also I noticed that his hair had beeu oiled and curled and brushed forward on his temples. Why did he think that auyone cared what his business in life was.' Is a cowboy anything wonder ful? I had not heard that he was. "Riding on a train through Kansas, I noticed a youth board the train at Hutchison. He wore the rough clothes which are supposed to go with the West. Talking with the youth, he told me he was a cowboy. He was a preacher' son from Akron, O., and had been working on a farm near Wichita for six months 'tending cattle and sheep. He had a paper called the Kansas Cowboy in his possession. and folded it so the word cowboy could be seen, anil then he stuck it in his handkerchief pocket of his coat so that all who looked at him would get the word. What did people care, because this poor, feeble minded per son had been workiug on a Kausas farm? I give that up, too. "Somewhere iu Illinois a chuch man boar Jed the train. He was clad in black, with knee breeches on, wore a purple ribbon around his neck, on one end of which was an eyeglass. He had on a Roman collar aud wote an enormous ring on the third finger of his right hand. What do you sup pose we cared Iwcausc he was bishop? And yet he undoubtedly wished us to know or he would not have worn the tidiculous knickerbockers, the shovel hat, the purple ribbon, the absurbring and all the other paraphernalia of the churchmau. "There was a thin faced woman on the train, also, with flushed face and rather anxious look. She attracted some attention to herself and then ostentatiously produced a yellow cov ered book, one of the old French edi tions of some play, and carefully began to read it, looking up at times and making her lips move. She wished everyone present to believe she was an actress. It's a funny world when everyone thinks it is smart to tip off his profession to everyone else, isn't it, now?" "Sure, it is" said someone. "That is a very handsome pin you are wear ing there. What's the design?" "It is a horse's head inside of a stir rup, the whole with a whip running around it," replied the traveler. "Why do you wear that?" "To show that I'm a horseman. See?" "Yes, I see." THE SAME OLD BRYAN. Mr. Bryan may have changed his spots in so far as to be willing not to force himself upon his party again as a candidate for the presidency, though even this we are somewhat inclined to doubt. But he has not as yet changed his character. That it is the same old Bryan is made evident by his attack in the Commoner on Governor Har mon of Ohio. And how any man guilty of this sort of thing could ever receive the support of democracy is a mystery. Governor Harmon is one of the best type of democrats. He is honest, high minded and has shown himself capa ble in office. He is a caudidate for re-election to the governorship; and it is generally admitted that, should he succeed, he will be the democratic no minee for president. At this moment, for this reasou aud for no other, comes Mr. Bryan's paper, denouncing Gover nor Harmou for the purely imagiuery offense of not insisting upon a popular choice of United States senators, and declaring that he is too closely allied with the corporations for his own good or that of his party. Now we have uo love for Governor Harmon aud no wish to see hitu suc ceed. But he is a deceut man and de serves deceut treatment. The reason and purpose of Mr. Bryan's assault are obvious. It will, he thinks, pos sibly prevent the re-election of Gov ernor Harmon in Ohio. That will prevent his renominatiou. Aud Mr. Bryan is determined that no one but himself or some one personally chosen by him shall have the nomination while he lives. It will in the future be couuled one of the strange freaks of American his tory that this man should have re ceived aud held the support of so many excellent people among the voters for so loug a time. For Mr. Bryan has not chauged. He is what he has al ways been. He has always charged every man who happened to oppose his own ambition with personal cor ruption. He has always made the vote for Bryan his test of national pat riotism aud civic righteousness. Nor folk News. A CREATIVE SENATOR. Governor Broward has been chosei. by the primaries as senator from Florida, a very unusual event, consid ering that the present incumbent has made a good record. The reason is not far to seek. Governor Broward is a creative man, whereas most of the southern statesmen are academic. A few years ago Governor Broward proposed that the state drain the Okechobee lands, which are the finest quality for small fruits and vegetables. This seemed like communism or social ism to many, and he succeeded only after great difficulties. Now he has turned worthless swamp lands into soil worth 3500 an acre and the state will soon get rich out of its energetic enterprise. This is the type of man needed in the south. The average statesman of that section is so haunted by the ghost of the confederacy anil the ghost of negro domination that he has no chance to make two blades of grass or corn or cotton grow where there was only one. If every southern state had a few such men as Broward there would be a revival of industry in that section which would wipe out all fear of ghosts and would relegate sentiment to its own sphere. Philadelphia In quirer. There is a disgusted man in the business office of the Journal. He re fused to take money from a palmist and clairvoyant who wanted to adver tise a few days ago, on the ground that such a business is essentially fraudulent and ought not to be admitted to col umns of a respectable newspaper. After this turn down the clairvoyant went over to the city hall, where at a cost of seven dollars and a half he ob tained a liceuse to rob the people for a whole week. The query naturally arises why a business that is too dis honest to get into the ordinary busi ness columns of a newspaper can secure a license from the city merely by ask ing for it and handing over a specifi ed amount of coin. The wrath of the city authorities when they discovered that this man had been fleecing his customers amounted to a fine piece of comedy. They licensed him to do a thing and then chased him out of town because he did it successfully. State. Journal. Governor Shallenberger in speaking before the educators in the state in stitute last week, referred with evident pride that Nebraska, once a frontier late, now has no state debt, owns 24,000,000 of bonds of other states and has an overflowing treasury. The Sheldon taxation act did the business. Governor Shallenberger also express ed his willingucss to speud for educa tion all that any legislature cares to appropriate foiv that purpose. Bel grade Herald. THOMAS DIX9N Dean of the American Platform This eloquent southerner, iu whom is preserved all of the traditions of the ideal public speaker, is to lecture at our Chautauqua. lie has a mess age of vital interest and he delivers It fearlessly and well. ?.& Miss Annette Tucker Celebrated (l!it with Weiss-Esery Musicians. NOTE: Physician.-! :uul any others who may cxi?ci t lit- i-ulUd .Indus th pro gram, will kln.ll ti-ll lli- nat; keeper when thi-y v.ill .sit and Dins avoid In-tt-miptiuii:. A Program of Interest at CHAUTAUQUA FRENCH TRADESMEN. Bows and Smiles and Flattery All Used In Business. "Bon jour, uinilume." This In a cor dial tone .Mini accompanied by a ready smile Is the welcotm of your Freucu tradesman or tradeswoman. With low ly bows and uidesprc.-idin smiles he shows himself delimited to serve you. If you lKik over everything in theshop aud buy only th winy of a chicken, yet he will Just as smilingly bow you out and hope to see you again. Once I entered my milkman's speck less shop and was met by .Monsieur Jean himself. "Oh. Monsieur Jean," 1 smiled. "I am so sorry! Your milk Is so delicious, but I lind that I cannot use all of 4 cents worth a day." Mon sieur Jean was all sympathy, under standing nt once, and answered, "Hut, madame, let me send you half that quantity, 2 cents worth 1 cent's worth what you will." And with a shrug and a smile, as if to say, "What Is 2 cents worth of milk compared with the honor of your patronageV" he put my fears to rest This subtle flattery of the tradesman Is really good business. One Is only human, and It is so pleasant to be a person of consequence! I resolved on the spot to buy all my butter and cheese from Monsieur Jean, as well as the milk. New Idea Woman's Maga zine. A Dog and a Song. During oue of the last birthday cele brations of the poet Whitticr he was visited by a celebrated oratorio singer. The lady was asked to slug, and. seat ing herself at the piano, she began the beautiful ballad "Uobin Adair." She had hardly begun before Mr. Whit tier's pet dog came into the room and, seating himself by her side, watched her as If fascinated, listening with a delight unusual In an animal. When she finished ho came and put his paw very gravely Into her hand and licked her cheek. "Robin takes that as a trib ute to himself." said Mr. AVhlttler. "lie also Is Robin Adair." The dog. hearing his own name, evidently con sidered that he was the hero of the 6ong. From that moment during the lady's visit he was her devoted attend ant He kept by her side when she was Indoors and accompanied her when she went to walk. When she went away he carried her satchel iu his mouth to the gate and vatched her departure with every evidence of dis tress. Courtship In China. A curious custom prevails at Iluay nlnghsien. In Kwangsi. On the fif teenth day of the first month in each year all the young ladies and gentle men take a walk to the Vcnyen moun tain. Each damsel carries a little bos, which she deposits at the foot of the hilL Any young gentleman desirous of entering the bonds of matrimony may select one of the boxes and take it away with him. whereupon the fair owner of the bos makes herself known, and an acquaintanceship is thus formed. IU assorted matches are not likely to occur, as this custom Is observed only among the well to do classes of society. YHiVJPR mmmlaSK'mwSmmmH m 'iSmmmmmmmmmmB mmmmmmmmmmVmmV.mmmmmmmmmmmmml amYeWefmmmWmweWeWeWeWeWeWeWmweMi IBI5?IHMBHpntr9H FURNITURE We carry the late styles and up-to-date designs in Furniture: If you are going to fur nish a home, or just add a piece to what you already have, look over our com plete line. Need a Kitchen Cabinet? See the "Springfield. HENRY GASS 21-21-23 West 11th St. When Kissing Was Costly. The case of the ieople against Mur line. heard by the governor of New Haven colony hi council on May day, ltitiO. Indicates the attitude toward un licensed kissiug iu those times. It ap peared that Jacob Murline and Sarah Tnttle had been caught kissing each other. Jacob tried to throw the blame on Sarah, saying be thought she bad "with intent let fall her gloves." Sa rah denied the inteut. Jacob then ad mitted that be "tooke her by the band aud they both sat dowu upou a chest, but whether be kyssed her or she kyssed him be knows uot. for he nev er thought of It since until Mr. Ray mond told him that he bad uot layde It to heart as he ought." The stem gov ernor, after duly lecturing the guilty parties on the enormity of their of fense, decreed that "the sentence there fore concerning them Is that they shall pay either of them a flue of 20 shil lings to the colony." . - tteiWMB8BMBIWMMWWWfBWWM JUNE BULLETIN OF EXCURSION RATES TO THE EAST: Unusually low and attractive summer tour ist rates are in effect every day to New York, Boston, Atlantic Coast and Canadian resorts, Niagara Falls, De troit and vicinity. Also for desirable Lake tours with 30 day limits, and (JO day diverse tours of the East, including coastwise ocean trip. These rates afford the best chance in years to make that long desired Eastern tour. WESTERN TOURS: Very desirable tourist rates daily all summer to the Pacific Coast: for instance, $60.00 round trip, and on special dates only $50.00. 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TKKASII U HKIW KTJI KX I. ottiio or Suiht viniuit Arcliilctl. WnshluKt'in, 1. I,'.. .Mm) Jii. lDIII. Sritlrd irtxmiilri will tit ftt'eUttl lit thi-. otlii-e nut it it oV-liK-k ii. iu. ou iIih lltli tly .f Jul). Il'iu. ami tltfu oimued. for thcutrut-tin -oiuilrtt iiiicliiiliiiif luuibinir. Lrn nininir. IiimI- ! inn iiur'i!ii:. elctrie cutuliotH nut I wiring) ! Iliu I'.rt. lonl uriw-Mit I oliiiultiw. Nilirnkn. in Htvinil:uici with druwiuK" nl titciticittiu-. i-0iit-t of liirli nifty tx ubtftinml from Urn -iir tiMliun of silent CtiluiuliUH. Nebraska, or at tint oilit-o. Hi th di-rretion of tlit Suiifrvihintc Alili-iti-ct. JA.MKS KNOX i'AYI.Oi:. Huriinll)K Architect. b. F. REGTOR. Ticket Agent Golumbus. Nebr. L. W. MfftKbLfcY. Csn'l. rssaner flflnt. Omaha. Nebr.
