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before me this Slat day of March. A. D.,
1303. At. V. HUnUAJtt,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
"Anything to beat Moores" is the cor
poration slogan. Every corporation
toot-horn Is echoing It
This political unanimity among Ohio
republicans can only recall the thought
that It la too good to last
Remember that with six councllmen
the corporations can do as they please
with or without the mayor.
With Its direct connection with the
Thomson-Houston powf.r plant, the
democratic city ticket ought to shine by
electric light
The pop-rump candidate has not yet
declared on which platform lie la run
ning the populist platform, the rump
platform, or both. . ...
Attorney .. General. Knox , may have
been a trust lawyer before be. went
Into the cabinet, but the trusts no
longer put their trust In him.
By putting through the railway proj
ects he has In. hand, Senator W. A.
Clark will soon secure credentials that
will admit him Into the top class of
merger magnates.
Every once In a while a true succes
sor of Billy the Kid emerges from the
wilds of Arizona and New Mexico but
only to bite the dust speedily as a vic
tim to Invading civilization.
Tax Commissioner Fleming has made
a conscientious officer, but that does
not say that Fred Bruning would not
make a tax commissioner equally If
not more capable and efficient
Having prevailed upon the federal
court to release the money held for
dividends on Northern Securities stock,
Jim Hill and J. Plerpont Morgan may
soon feel able to put In their next win
ter'a supply of coal.
The cowmen and the sheepmen of
Wyoming are said to be again thirsting
for one another's gore, but the chances
are that they will make little blood
flow as couipured with the Ink shed by
the war correspondents.
To get an approximate Idea of how
much money is in clrculatlou the Mexi
can government Is trying to locate all
the silver coin 1 11 Its realm. That Is
just .what each of Its citizens has been
trying to do for himself all the time.
'. It Is amusing, if not suggestive, that
republican ' members of the Douglas
delegation, who are stigmatized as cor
poratlou tools by the World-Herald
editorially, are quoted as eudorsers of
Ed Howell, while at the same time they
are shouting for Beuson.
The man who under pressure of his
employer slgus a pledge to vote for a
particular candidate Ik uuder no obllga
tlon, morally or otherwise, to redeem
such an enforced promise. The caudi
date for whom such intimidation is re
sorted to, must be In desperate straits
Indeed,
During his visit to Omaha President
Roosevelt will be the guest of the city
and every one of us w ho calls Omahu
his home his host. The president Is
the president of all the people, not of
any party, class, or' special organlza
tlon. ijtt every one do his share to
warm his welcome.
Another great boon conferred on suf
fering humanity by the long distance
telephone Is demonstrated by Its con
venlence of use for Missouri boodlers
trying to keep out of reach of the 1 111
placable grand Jury. Were It not for
the telephone the fugitive would be cut
off from all conversation with his
friends and run the risk of discovery
and apprehension If he used othc
mean of communication.
UMROtH PtCRtg MODiriMD.
In lt decree against the Northern B
curltles company the court eujolned the
Northern raelfle and Great Northern
companies, respectively, their officers, di
rectors and agents, from paying any
dividends to the Securities company on
account of the stock of those railway
companies. This part of the decree has
been- suspended, so that dividends to
the amount of several million dollars
will be paid to the Securities company.
In his Instructions to the United States
district attorney at St Taul to oppose
the application of the Securities com
pany for a modification of the decree.
Attorney General Knox said: "The de
cree finds defendants guilty of violating
the declared public policy of the nation.
The modification proposed would In ef
fect be an Indulgence to continue to
violate a law of the United States. The
principal relief granted by this decree
Is the Injunction. To suspend It would
produce the same effect as a certificate
of division In the circuit court and de
prive the decree of Its force and mean
ing." ;
The argument of the district attorney
was an aujpllflcntlou of this Tlew and
will Impress most people as sound. . As
he said, while a loss of dividends by the
stockholders would be unfortunate for
them, yet as the corporation was vio
lating the law there' was nothing for
the court to do but to see to-' the en
forcement of the law. There Is a feel
lug ofconfldence in the court, but It Is
also to be remarked that the opinion of
Attorney General Knox Is also entitled
to great consideration. Perhaps the
modification of the decree, as asserted
by .the Securities company attorneys,
will do no harm, but It will be quite
generally regarded as a concession to
that corporation that might well have
been denied.
AMERICAS ASU CSQLISH ftORKMKX.
American workmen ahould feel an In
terest In the conclusions of the English
workmen who came to this country to
study labor conditions. While there Is
something peculiarly British In the
views expressed, particularly In the dis
position to criticise things which have
little or no relation to the labor ques
tion, still there Is a spirit of frankness
In the report that Is to be commended
and on the whole they are rather fa
vorable to American workmen. It was
hardly to be expected that the repre
sentatives of British labor would con
cede any superiority to our workmen
In efficiency and skill, or confess that
the British workman haa anything to
learn from the American, yet the fact
remains that there la, on the whole, a
superiority which Is being constantly
shown In the competition of the prod
ucts of the Industrie's of the two coun
tries. The complacent claim la made
that the workmen who' have built up
American Industries are largely! British
era and that most Of the inventions .In
American 'Workshops come from, men
hailing from the 61dw country which
simply discloses a proverbial quality of
British character.
An Important concession la made,' how
ever, In the statement that the Amer
ican workman has a far better educa
tlon, la better paid, Indeed, fed and
clothed, and moreover Is much more
sober. It Is also remarked that the
Americans employer and employed,
realize more fully than the Britishers
that brains, and not brawn, count
These statements are rather Inconsist
ent with the declaration that British
workmen have nothing to learn from
Americans. The fact Is that these for
elgn labor representatives did find no
little Instruction here, bur. whether they
will profit by It Is another question.
MANUFACTVReRS AKD THK TARIFF.
The representative convention of the
manufacturers of the country, held In
New Orleans last week, went on record
88 being unfavorable to a revision of
the tariff. A resolution was Introduced
urging the national administration.
through the Department of Commerce
and Labor, to prepare for general tariff
revision and it received some support,
but the large majority of the members
of the convention expressed opposition
to any such action, ft was also made
evident that the manufacturers who are
members of the association are for the
most part not friendly to a reciprocity
policy, the president of the association
saying as to this that "our market of
80,000,000 people of high Individual con
sumlng power Is In every reciprocity
proposal thrown Into the scale against
the market of some country of far less
population and far less consuming ca
pacity per Individual."
It thus appears that the manufactur
ers of the country are 'generally In ac
cord with the position of the national
administration on the question of tariff
revision. In one of his late speeches
President Roosevelt said that we must
as a people approach a matter of such
prime economic Importance aa the tariff
from the standpoint of our business
needs. "We cannot ' afford to become
fossilized or . to full to recognise the
fact that as the ueeds of the country
change It may be necessary to meet
these new needs by- changing certain
features of our tariff laws. Still less
can we afford to fall to recognize the
further fact that these changes must
not be made until the need for them
outweighs the disadvantages whl
may result, and when It becomes neces
sary to make tbeiu tbey should be made
with full recognition of the need of
stability In our economic system and of
keeping unchanged the principle of that
system which has now become a set
tled policy In our national life." A like
view was expressed by Secretary Root
in his speech before the Home Market
club of Boston, when he said that
revision of the tariff Is a great and dlffl
cult task, not to be undertaken except
for grave and serious reasons, and that
the principle of protection ahould be
maintained.
This Is the attitude of a very Urge
majority of th men who are engaged
In our grt industrial enterprises and
In view of the fact that the tariff Is to
be a prominent Issue In the presidential
campaign next year the position regard
ing It of so Important a body as. the
National Association of Manufacturers
la Interesting and cannot fall to exert
a more or less potent Influence upou
the public mind. . These men believe
that to undertake general tariff revision
under existing conditions . would
seriously disturb business and thus
necessarily Impair prosperity, and there
cannot be a reasonable doubt that such
would be the effect. The democratic
party will urge tariff revision. The
republican party will undoubtedly en
dorse the position of President Roose
velt on the question and there Is every
reason to expect that this will be ap
proved by the country.
A CAMPAIGN Or DtCBPTIOX.
The present municipal contest has
from the outset been a campaign of de
ception and brazen Imposture.
At the republican primaries the dark
lantern faction labeled Itself "anti
machine" when It notoriously controlled
the entire party machinery and was
backed by the police clubs and the al
lied corporations.
At the republican convention the self-
styled "antl-corporatlon" delegates, or
members of the Real Estate exchange,
who proclaimed themselves as the ene
mies of corporate rule, supported
for chairman Ralph Breckenrldge, the
Burlington attorney, and walked out of
the convention because they failed to
nominate" the preferred candidate of the
corporation with which Breckenrldge Is
identified.
Within three days after these men
had bolted the republican convention
they turned themselves Inside out and
fused with- the populists with whom
Benson, their candidate for mayor,
never had anything in common.
Within five days after the populists
bad nominated Benson for mayor on a
populist platform Benson pledges were
being distributed among the clerks at
railroad headquarters with the approval
of the corporate political bureau that
hopes through the defection from
Moores to be able to elect the demo
cratic candidate, Ed Howell.
At " the democratic convention ten
days ago Edward E. Howell publicly
declared that be inserted In the present
city charter the exemption clause by
which the railroad terminals, depots
and depot grounds in Omaha have been
assessed at less than 1 per cent of their
actual value and he blandly admitted
that ' he acted on the advice of Judge
Duffle, who was at that time retained
by the Burlington railroad and a part
ner of J. E. Kelby of the Burlington
law department.
The platform adopted by the demo
cratic convention pledges the candi
dates of that party not only to mu
nicipal ownership, but to the reduction
of telephone rates and. street railroad
fares, but the candidates and the plat
form do not Jibe. It Is a matter of no
toriety that Howell owes his nomina
tion to the franchlsed corporations more
than he does to the democratic party.
It Is a matter of notoriety that Fred A.
Nash, his principal backer, has blocked
every effort at municipal ownership
and will continue to resort to St Louis
methods to prevent the acquisition of
the electric lighting plant by the city.
It Is a matter of notoriety, too, that
Howell Is the preferred candidate of
the telephone company, and that com
pany would hardly favor a man who
was committed to cut its receipts In the
middle.
It Is an open secret also that the man
agers of the street railroad company
have put In their helping oar to nomi
nate Howell, not only because they re
gard Howell as a safe man, but because
they remember that Howell opposed the
street car vestibule bill when he was
in the state senate. Can any rational
person Imagine Howell would do any
thing that would compel the company
to reduce fares for all passengers com
pelled to hold on to a strap or stand on
the platform?
The candor of the democratic organ
In the present campaign is to be com
mended If not admired. When It de
clares that, "although the republican
party has repeatedly nominated candi
dates at the dictation of the corpora
tions, Mr. Benson has never been heard
to raise bis protest against corporation
domination and against candidates
chosen at tbe instance of the corpora
tions," it tells the truth without mental
reservation. When the democratic
organ further adds that, "the Influence
that selected the corporation-controlled
Douglas delegation to the recent legisla
ture is the Influence behind Mr. Ben
son," It also tells the unvarnished and
unpleasant truth.
Mr. Beeson, manager of the fire In
surance trust vouches for Ed Howell
as one of the best men It has been bis
privilege to know. The manager of the
local ' coal trust also vouches en
thuslastlcally for Mr. Howell as a man
who can be depended upon never to cut
rates, whether on lump coal or screen
lngs.
The Algerians credit President Lou
bet with bringing them the much
needed rain for which they had been
suffering before bis visit President
Loubet will have to disabuse them of
this delusion or they may insist on hav
Ing him revisit Algiers annually to save
the crops whenever drouth is Imminent
A noted French seeress predicts for
the coming year all sorts of dire dlsas
tera, a few of which she ventures to
enumerate. Every time some terrible
thing happens she will say "I told you
so," but when the ycer rolls around the
numerous predictions that fulled to
come true will be carefully forgotten
After telling the democrats that Ed
Howell was not tbe kind of a man they
onght to nominate for mayor, the
World-Herald Is now trying to per
suade the voters that he Is the kind of
a candidate they ought to elect as
mayor. What alout all those editorials
warning the democracy against putting
corporation men to the front with the
party endorsement?
Looks that War
Baltimore American.
It actually looks at though Justice to
Ireland would be among the other re
markable achievements of the twentieth
century.
Caaae of Traffic Coaaeatloa.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Since 189 the railroads of the country
have been trying to solve the problem of
handling a 43 per cent Increase of freight
with an Increase of only I per cent la
motive power and 14 per cent In car capa
city. No wonder traffic on the lines Is con
tested. I.ealslatlvp Persaaders.
Philadelphia Press.
Tboueand-dollar bills were so amailngly
thick around the Missouri legislature that
some of the members are actually forget
ting where they got theirs just as the grant
jury wants to know. A member of the
legislature with a deficient memory Is not
rare enough to have any value In aeol
lectlon of curiosities.
Root of Yellow Jack.
New Tork Tribune.
Thanks to American discoveries and
American methods of suppression, yellow
fever has been stamped out In Cuba, and
Is no longer a menace to the health of any
port of the union. But southern cities are
not entirely free from the acourge of small
pox. Vaccination should be carried out
tearchlngly. By that means and by that
only can relief be secured.
Mistaken Kottona of Railroad Owners.
Boston Globe.
Railroad managers speak of "our prop
erty" and "our business" with the same
assurance as does the landlord or the mill
owner. But the ownership of railroad
lines being the subject of charter and af
fecting the public interests Is subject to
governmental supervision by virtue of the
fact- that thelr's Is the business of a com
mon carrier and the publlo has an inalien
able Interest in it. This fact must be ac
cepted and acknowledged by the railroad
men, or a 'Curtailment of their corporate
powers will finally be the Inevitable result.
Slavery of City Life.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
It Is popular fallacy with young America
that the salesman, clerk and bookkeeper
occupy a higher place In the social scheme
than the farmer or mechanic. One of the
deplorable consequences Is seen whenever
a merchant or manufacturer advertises for
help of this kind and the applicants turn
out by scores and hundreds to get the place
ready to work at almost any price. It would
be found on investigation that most of these
had come up from the country and smaller
towns to "accept positions" attracted by
tho promise of easy life at large salaries
In the city. Nine In ten have no special
training or ability and If thrown out of
a place are as helpless as babies. The
salaries which looked so . large from tbe
country prove In tbe stress of city life to
be mere pittances, Friendships, even ac
quaintances, are Impossible. At best the
Ufa la slavery, at worst it it starvation.
The Minimum Wage.
' Boston Herald.
Indiana bat a .minium wase law enacted
n 1901. It . provides that no one employed
on work done by" 6r for counties, cities or
towns sball be paid leaa than 20 cents an
hour. The act was passed at the demand of
organized labor, and the purpose, of course,
wat to .establish a standard minimum rats
of living wages. While It wat not believed
that the state could enact any law making
a mlnlumum wage In private business. It
was Imagined that municipal corporations
could be required to pay a minumum wage
or more for work done which would become
a common standard. The Supreme Court
of the ttate haa pronounced the law un
constitutional, aa betng a proper inter
ference with the liberty of contract. If
the legislature has the right to prescribe
and enforce a minumum rate of wages, it
also has power to prescribe a maximum
rate, and need not confine Itself to wages,
but proceed to fix the prices of corn and
potatoes. The court concludes that coun
ties, cities and towns stand upon the tame
footing aa private or quasi-public cor
poration!, and cannot be compelled to pay
more than Itt market value for any prop
erty or labor.
MR. BHYAN IN THE! ISA ST.
Foibles and Falllnns Aired br
Member of tbe Family.
Philadelphia Record (ind. dem.).
A declaration of Chairman Campbell of
the democratic ttate committee of New
York affords another Indication of the In
fluence of Colonel William J. Bryan In tbe
councils of tbe party and of the manner In
which It It exercised. - According to Mr.
Campbell, the committee tent a confiden
tial agent to Mr. Bryan In Lincoln, Neb.,
last year to "request" him to express a
friendly Interest In the election of Bird S.
Coler, the democratic candidate for gov
ernor. The reason assigned for this extra
ordinary ttep was that tome democratic
adherents of Mr. Bryan had turned tholr
backs on the ticket and were endangering
Its success. Mr. Bryan's answer wat that
while the ticket was not bad, the platform
wat bad, and to his good word romalned
untpoken. The objection to the platform
wat that In a ttate campaign on purely
state Issues the democrats of New York
did not adopt Mr. Bryan's fatal Kansas City
platform, with the dead Issue of free silver.
The democrats of "Pennsylvania, who have
been making state campaigns on ttate It
sues alone for several years, will appre
ciate tbe position of their brethren In New
York and of Mr. Bryan's sullen attitude to
ward them. e
When reorganization and harmony of the
party are urged aa essential tor tuccest In
1904 the Bryan retponse Is that there can
be no reorganization and no harmony ex
cept on tbe Kansas City platform. As for
Orover Cleveland. Richard Olney, David B.
Hill, Arthur P. Gorman, Judge Parker. Ed
ward M. Shepard ard tbe rest, Mr. Bryan
holds that these rep,isentatlres of "pluto
cratic" and "reactionary" tendencies can
not be considered as counselors of the na
tional democratic party. William J. Bryan
is tbe absolute head of the party, and bit
decreet are Infallible. No principles or
policies have any validity unless they come
with bit certificate of their genuineness.
The long and short of it it that In the
next democratic national convention the
party will have to reckon once more with
Bryanlsm and all that It Implies. Happily
the conditions are vastly different now from
those that extated three years ago, when
Mr. Bryan and hit Kantaa City platform
were forced upon the reluctant party. . In
mounting bit tteed for a new campaign of
what he calls hit principlei he it too apt
to forget the circumstances to which he
owed both hit last nomination and his Kan
taa City platform. The Intrigue with tbe
self-banished Richard Croker under the In
spiration of Croker't malignant hatred of
David B. Hill Is what turned the scale In
the last democratic national convention,
and under no probable combination of cir
cumstances can such aa Intrigue be suc
cessfully repeated.
WHERE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES STAND
republic rLATrow.. .
The republicans"? Onaha by this oonvsttonpp7aif eFthsujrport
f Its candidates by eltlsens" en taxpayers of all parties on the
.following platform, to which Its nominees are hereby pledged!
1. are favor municipal home-rule' in lta broadestaene.
a. W favor municipal ownership of publlot illtles.Ccwnelttltg;
the water works and elect rlo lighting plant .
3 wis stand for equal and just taxation of all Usseof property;
Including corporate franchises, and especially. the localMissenf
of railway tninals for'elty taxation.'
. We pledge an economio and business' Ilk adlnistrationef 'the
city's affaire.
ft. we premise government in' the Intsrest of ths eonwionpoplaaa
resistance of every attempt of the corporation ta'ivJbvertur
government bjf brieery ana corruption.
The undo rs 1 gned candi dat et "of t he" Hepubl 1 "eanpTrtydul7
nominated for the sevsrel offices' as hereinafter" at forth aOhe
Republican City Convention held in" thlereltyof cnahAprlt 111903;
do hereby endorae and approve the above platform and do pledge our
enr support to the declarations contained in said platform and that If;
leeted we will faithfully" end to the best of our ability carry. ou
the said platform In every, respect
Ovaha jAprll 13,1903
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, ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
Ripples on the Current of Life in the
Metropolis.
The vast, priceless amount of free ad
vertising given the famous Flatlrcn build
ing hat been wafted beyond the possibility
of profit by the winds that whirl and swirl
about Its walls. Lest than half the bu.ld
lng is occupied, while other skyscrapers
are crowded. Wind is the hoodoo. From
tbe Broadway side a person Is unable to
tee a tlgn on the whole facade to Indicate
the presence of a tenant. This seems
ttrange, at biany of the skyscrapers down
town are having additions built to meet an
ever Increasing demand for office spare.
During a gale the other day a policeman
moved away persons, especially women.
who started to brave the gales that swept
around the huge structure. Many took the
good advice to go around another block.
Several persons who tried to weather the
Flatlron were blown down, whtlo few made
the trip without the lost of hat, spectacles
or the wrecking of umbrellas. Every
shopkeeper in the vicinity of the building
shored up hit windows, but In spite of that
tbe plate-glass front of the Bartholdl hotel
was smashed. The wind's velocity wat
about fifty-five mllet an hour.
There are employed in New York In
musical playt between 1,200 and 1,500
women who appear In the chorut; the
aalarlea range anywhere from flSO to $30 a
week. Taking a mean average of J20 a
week tor tbe chorut girl, It will be seen
that no lest than 124,000 It paid out every
week In chorus-girl salaries alone. la a
season of thirty weeks the expenditurei in
salaries for chorut girls would amount to
no lets than $720,000. This Is merely an
estimate for tome ten companlet playing
In New York, but when It it remembered
that at present Chicago hat probably half
that number of musical playt on view and
that tcattered throughout the country th-re
are innumerable companlet playing musical
pieces, each and every one of which must
have Itt chorut, it may readily be Inferred
that the expenditure for thla tort of ma
terial it something enormous.
An Interesting suit hat arisen in New
York, where a wholesale candy dealer hat
brought an action for damages against tbe I
Confectionery Jobbing association for ruin- I
Ing his business. He claims that the Job-
bers' association charged Mm unjustly with ,
violation of rules of the association and j
drove blm out of business, at mey control
the candy trade of the city. If the caae te
not compromised out of court It It probable
that testimony will furnish evidence enough
to enable the government to bust the candy
truat and make caramels cheaper for the
summer girls.
Up in the highlands of the Hudson be
tween Fort Montgomery and Newburgh, on
the west shore, land la being acquired for
the founding of a colony of millionaires.
J. P. Morgan, James Btlllman and E. H.
Harrtman are the men at tbe head of tbe
enterprise. Back from the Hudson between
Fort Montgomery and the slope that begins
at Cornwall and ends In level ground at
Newburg there la a wilderness of mountain
ridges, land unimproved, unoccupied, as It
was In early colonial days. West Point Is
the center of this tract. Borne 25,000 acrea.
Including tha valleys and approachea to It
on the north, south and weat, form an Ideal
site for a great park of magnificent dwell
ings and clubt.
In Central park any bright afternoon
nowadayt you may see aa equestrian parade
which la as attractive as anything of the
kind to be seen anywhere. Along tbe br'.dle
path on tbe eastern tide of tbe park, under
tbe windows of the Fifth avenue mansions,
one may aee the flower of New York's
femininity daintily stepping along on
thoroughbreds, with watchful grooms close
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behind them and generally brother, hus
band or father by tbe tide of the fair rider.
Plant for the reconstruction of the Grand
Central terminal station of the New York
Central railroad, In New York, have been
finally adopted. It will be converted Into
a twenty-atory structure, containing a
hotel, office rooms tor rental, betldet tbe
offices of the company, and other revenue
yielding features, which will make It an
Income producer. These Improvements are
to be made because, at an official states,
the company hat dltcovered the value of
the air.
After 250 years of municipal life, the city
I of New York is Anally getting the street
I names on the corners. For the first time
since the elevated roads were constructed.
J pastengert can sit at the windows of the
1 trains and learn the names of ths streets
I they have been passing over. Said one cltl
Isen: ."Borne of these thoroughfarei have
grown very familiar at I have patted tbea
for twenty years, and now for the first time
I known what their names are."
A singular use of tbe injunction Is seen
In an order recently issued by a New York
court restraining Mayor Lew from exercis
ing his veto, power to prevent aa ordinance
concerning some show window privileges
from beoomlng a law. If be falls to veto It,
the ordinance becomes a law by the mere
passage of time. But probably the mayor
will cheerfully run the risk of being ad
Judged "In contempt," and prooeed with the
exercise of his undoubted right under the
charter of the city.
The fact became publlo last week that the
Ledger Monthly, which under tbe manage
ment of the late Robert Bonner became
known all over the' world under itt then
1 name, the New York Ledger, was in finan-
cial difficulties. After Robert Bonner died
j the New York Ledger wat continued for a
I time by hit toot, Frederlo and Robert B.
; Bonner. They changed Its name and made
It a monthly and a year or two ago sold 1L
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$15 Not Vargain" Suits $15
But they are bargains just tbe same, and of the
honest kind. Not the 25 kind that we are offer
ing at f 15, but our regular $15 grade at f 15, and
the "best f 15 suits to be found for $ 15." We make
every suit wo sell in our own factory and we know '
how they are made and what the are made of.'
"these suits include all the new kinks that give"
snap and tone, and we only wish you'd look at '
them if you know something of style and value.
"No Clothing Fits Like Ours."
BroWnmg
R. S. WILCOX, Manager.
THE OLD nZUABLE
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Absolutely Pu ro
THERE fS A'O SUBSTITUTE
PERSONAL NOTES.
The king of Denmark, who Is 85 years
old, It one of ten children, of whom three
survive. The average age of the ten Is
nearly TL
Dr. Thomas Jagger, professor of geology
at Harvard, who recently investigated tbe
eruption of Mount Pelee, wat married on the
14th to Mitt Helen Kline, of San Francisco.
Bute Representative Blumle of Cameron,
Pa., who won brief tame by Introducing a
bill In the Pennsylvania legislature to
enoourage large families, haa been unseated
la a legislative contest. .
Bmlle Wadteufel, tbe waits writer, though
aa old man, still composes a large amount
of dance music. Over 800 waltzes, polkas,
maiurkat and ether dances have been writ
ten and published by M. W'aldteutcl.
It it announced aa probable that Presi
dent Roosevelt will be made head of Har
vard University at the close of hit tervlce
la Washington. There ought to be a mad
ruth to get on the Crimson foot-ball team
of im.
David Bennett Hill used to be a con
firm td baseball "rooter" wben he wat In the
United Btatei tenate. ' Senator Spooner of
Wltoonsln it tlmllarly afflicted or gifted
He and Mrs. Spooner attended a game in
Washington recently and when the homo
Bine won in the tenth Inning tbe Wisconsin
statesman discarded all senatorial dignify
and yelled with the best of them.
POINTED HEFLUCTION9.
it Is bad enough for a man to have his
skin turning to fish scales. But to be told
mat ne naa --aermiuuis niouiuvi uihth
stOlt" It too much. Baltimore America
Nell Would you marry a man Just .be
cause ne nappenea to oe rieni
Bees Of course not. Hut. then, I would
try awfully bard to get him to marry me.
Comlo Cuts. , .
Tou knew you were going to loae your
money when you bet on that horse, dldn t
you?'' '
"Of course I did.
"Then what did you do It for?"
' "I wanted to show' ern, by George, that
I waa a hot eportl" Chicago Tribune. .
"How ' cultured and polished that Mrs.
Kasammt It.1'
"I know It. Whenever a person sings
anything she always calls It rendering it,
doesn's she V Chicago Record-Herald.
"I believe I can truthfully nay," remarked
the self-complacent man, "that I have only
one fault and that a a small one.
"Yea? Just Ilka the hole In a nickel. It
may be a small hole, but it makes tna
nickel no good." Philadelphia Press.
Mist Btayler Everybody aays I don't look
my age.
Miss Pertlelgh Of course you don't dear.
It would be impossible Boston Transcript.
1 "Why don't you try to write your name
on the scroll of fame?"
"My friend," said Senator Sorghum very
earneatly, "I have never yet aeen anybody
tearing leaflets out of the scroll of fame
and getting them cashed at the bank."
Waahlngton Star.
HE BIDED HIS TIME.
Newark (N. J.) News.
There lived, one time, a shiftless chap, who
wasn't satisfied;
To settle down and plug along he never
could abide.
He felt the fire of greatness burn within
hie eager breast
And knew himself cut out for deeds the
highest and the best.
His spirit fairly fumed and frothed at cruel
1 at cruel
tr made
t. I'll set
Fate s restraint;
Of favorleaa environment he ever
comnlalnt.
But tome flne day, he Uted to say,
tbe world anre;
It's not for me unknown to be when I do
so aspire.
Each day our hero might have Pound some
labor to pursue.
On every aide atood waiting work tor will
ing hands to do; ,
The neighborhood wherein he dwelt had
crying need of men
To mow the lawns for Instance, and to
beat the rugt but then i
A man to keenly conscious of hit real, In-
wara worm
Could hardly care to tackle toll to taint
if lha Mtrth.
And so, to pass the time away until hit
chance should come.
He boarded with his mother when he wasn't
drinking rum.
No doubt, good-natured reader, you opine
and apprehend,
That thla vain, shirtless person met a mean
and sorry end.
The facts are these: He waited till the
time, for us so end.
When wagont run with gasoline became the
reigning fad.
A sudden, wild demand arose for drivers,
men with cheek.
And Shifty got a handsome Job at fifty
bones a week. t .
The people stare where'er he goet; ha't
gained his great desire.
And every day he sete the world, or part
of It, afire.
- King