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The address will be changed
a oftea a desired.
When President Roosevelt cite Dutch
liistory, he shows the Dutch that Is In
him.
No ned of Colorndo providing for an
annual encampment of Its state militia
forces.
The people of Omaha are unalterably
opposed to a beneficent municipal light
ins monopoly.
Nebraska will go republican this year
if only to get in practice to roll up a
big majority for Roosevelt next year.
' Governor Mickey draws the line at
dancing, but he ia not opposed to hop
ping a fandango with the Ak-Sar-Ben
goat. .
On the 1,354th ballot the republican
Judicial convention at Grand Island had
reached a stage when it was time to
pais from labor to refreshment
Attorney Herring of the Board of Edu
cation wants druggist saloons in the
vicinity of school buildings to tnlre out
a license. Why this discrimination?
It Is worthy of note that Charley
Towne has not yet come forward to deny
that he is Bryan's preferred candidate
for the democratic presidential nomi
nation. Conditions in Macedonia are said to
be daily "growing worse. It would aeem
that it would not take long, then, for
the point to bo reached beyond which
there is nothing worse.
Now that the Chicago Chronicle baa
come out unequivocally for Grover
Cleveland, Colonel Bryan's antipathy to
the fisherman statesman may be con
sidered act beyond recall.
Two swullowg do not make summer
and two democratic lawyer linked In
with three straight republican candi
date and two oblique republican candi
dates do not make a nonpartisan combi
nation. A post mortem quarrel among the
doctois as to the precise cause of Tope
I-eo' death i bnrdly in order. The
doctors have plenty to do taklug care of
ick people who yet have a chance of
recovery.
. Judge Barnes performed the duties
devolving on him as supreme court
commissioner so satisfactorily to the
court that be was reappointed by unani
mous vote of all the Judges including
Judge Sullivan. Don't let this fact slip
your memory.
The prohibitionists have already taken
the first formal steps looking toward a
national nominating convention for next
year. The populists will have to bestir
themselvA if they intend to follow out
their Denver plan to put their ticket in
the field ahead of all others.
The direct tax upon the steam rail
roads of the United State la computed
at not lees than 5 per cent of tbelr gross
earning and well toward 20 per vnt cf
their net earnings. If this ratio were
applied to the railroad operating In
Nebraska they would have paid at least
l.0tx1,UO0 in taxes for the year 1002,
whereas by their own showing they are
paying about $1,100,000. or half mil
lion lea than they should have paid by
light to keep up with tb average taxa
tloa of railroad in the other state of
th anioa.
COMMCXtl0 THK PM JlDaWT.
Only the oralis of the monopolistic
combination have criticised President
lioosevelt for h!s action in regard to the
reat coal strike and their utterance
are not likely to exert any Influence
ontaWle the rank of the trust defenders.
The vat mnjority of the people un
doubtedly acres with what was recently
snld by Judge C3ray, that In that grave
crisis the president acted wisely and
courageously. As stated by that dis
tinguished Jurist, the chief executive of
the nation was without legal or constitu
tional power to Interfere, "but his po
sition as president of the United States
gave him an Influence, a leadership as
first citizen of the republic, that enabled
him to appeal to the patriotism and
good sense of the parties to the con
troversy and to place upon them the
moral coercion of public opinion to agree
to an arbitrament of the strike then
existing and threatening consequences
so direful to the wlwle country." Had
the president not done this the conflict
would have been Indefinitely prolonged
and t Is not to be doubted would have
developed lawlessness of the most
serious nature. .
Nor was the president's action, as the
trust organs assert, an Interference with
or Infringement upon property rights.
On the contrary, it tended to conserve
them. Who can doubt that had the
trike continued a month or two longer
there would have been great peril to
the property of the coal operators, in
spite of the military provision that had
been made to protect that property.
Every one is familiar with the situation
at the time the president appointed the
arbitration commission. There was a
feeling of intense bitterness among the
men and it was with no little difficulty
they were held In restraint by their
leaders. They might not have been able
to hold them under control much longer
If a way had not been found to settle
the conflict. The action of the presi
dent, therefore, unmistakably conserved
the rights of property and It la an
altogether Indefensible assertion of the
combination organs that It was an In
fringement upon those rights.
"I do not think that any president"
said Judge Gray, "ever acted more
wisely or courageously In a national
crisis. Mr. Roosevelt deserves 'unstinted
praise for what he did." All fair
minded men will concur In this. The
president went about this matter with
careful deliberation. He discussed the
situation with representatives of the
operators and with leaders of the
miners. He was absolutely fair find Im
partial, desiring only a settlement that
would be Just to both sides and under
which the Interests and the welfare of
the public would be conserved. What he
did averted a danger that threatened
to be most calamitous and made a prece
dent which may prove In ' the future
to be of incalculable value. .
CJKADIAX COMF1 Tl I70. .
Montreal is gaining foreign commerce
at the expense of New York, on. account
of the advantages of the route from the
lake region and the far northwest down
the St. Lawrence valley and of water
communication much of the way. It la
stated that steamship , lines plying be
tween Montreal and Liverpool take
grain to Europe that has been billed
from Chicago over Canadian railway
at the rate of 4 cent per bushel for the
long land haul of 1,200 miles. The rate
on grain from Chicago to American sea
ports exceeds this by from 20 to 75 per
cent. Hence grain exports from Ameri
can ports are falling off, while the Mon
treal shippers are overdriven and over
whelmed with business.
In reference to this the Philadelphia
North American says: "In their anxiety
to wjuelch trunk line competition on
American soil, our railway magnate
appear to have loft out of account the
cheaply-constructed, government-subsidized
Canadian railroads. In business
there is, at the foundation, neither poli
tic nor nationality, and our vast cereal
crop seek the European market by the
least costly rate. This, of course, is
only one of the natural and inevitable
result of dreams of syndicate control
bo long indulged by American railway
managers. Our Napoleons of the iron
road must temporarily turn aside from
Bohemca of corporate aggrandizement
to rescue an imperilled traffic from alien
and hostile hand." That they are not
likely to do thin, unless compelled to
do so, It seems quite safe to say. Mean
while the American exporter in deriving
some lieneflt from the Canadian compe
tition in transportation.
A PROGUKSSIYK SOVTHKRX CITT.
New Orleans Is making rapid progress
a a commercial port. It has become
considerable grain market and its
enterprising loard of trade is planning
to enlarge operations in this direction.
A New York paper ays that New Or
leans is gaining in the grain trade at
the expense of the eastern metropolis,
as shown in the monthly reports of our
foreign commerce. In the past twelve
months the southern port exported 32,
257,273 bushels of wheat and corn, as
against 31,l.r0,088 bushel exported from
New York. It is a remarkable showing.
as is also the fact that the foreign ex
port trade of New Orleans for the year
amounted to $143,803,768, a gain of over
12 per cent on the preceding year. The
total commerce of that city for the
year exceeded .575.000,000. The Times
Democrat says that in every line of
business there has been Improvement
during the past year, uor has the im
provement been confined to commerce,
it remarks. The greatest advance dur
ing the year has been in banking bus!
ness, while manufacture have flour
ished, increasing their output In the
field supplied from New Orleans. Two
important railroad have established
terminal in New Orleans within the
past year and soon the city will have
30,000 mil? of tributary railway to
draw upon. It is the cotton metropolis
of the country, and will undoubtedly
remain so.
While New Orleans La been little
more than a stopping place for export
grain on Its way to be trans-shipped to
foreign ports, prices having been made
elsewhere for delivery at different
time. It now claims to have attained
the first position In the export of cereals
and is ambitions to establish a local
market and take pnrt in determining
the prices at which delivery shall be
made In the different months. It Is a
symptom of the enterprise that char
acterizes the business men of that city.
Another evidence of this enterprise is
the proposed establishment of a line of
steamships between the southern port
and Philadelphia, for which arrange
ments are said to be about perfected.
It is a project that promises much for
New Orleans. It Is remarked that one
of the predestined routes for the pro
ducts of the Interior of the continent
to the sea is down the Mississippi val
ley to the Oulf of Mexico and the chief
entrepot of the traffic created by It is
New Orleans. That city appears to be
preparing to take the fullest advantage
of Its opportunities.
THAT PRUFOUBO SICRET.
Ever alnce the appearance of Presi
dent Nash of the electric lighting com
pany beforei the Real Estate exchange
the citizens of Omaha interested in pub
lic lighting have been kept on tiptoe,
awaiting the disclosure of the profound
secret of which Mr. Nash and his sal
aried lobbyist have been the sole re
pository. Everybody In Omaha knows
that Mr. Nash always keeps a few cards
up hi sleeve, which he use effectively
when he can't win on a square game,
and curiosity is naturally aroused as to
the contents of the sealed envelope that
was withdrawn at the last council meet
ing before the profound secret had been
disclosed.
But either Mr. Nash or his chief lieu
tenant or both have talked in their sleep
and the profound secret has become a
well-defined rumor. The startling sen
sation that was to have been created at
the last meeting of the council will
therefore go off like a fizzed firecracker.
Mn Nash' beneficent scheme for mo
nopolizing the public lighting of Omaha
is that he will generously recede from
a ten years' contract and accept a five
years' extension with . an agreed re
duction of f24 per arc lamp from the
present price, which will be made to
appear as a saving of $10,000 a year,
when, a a matter of fact, the proposal
contemplates the absorption of the en
tire lighting fund with no saving what
ever to the taxpayers, but simply an
Increase in the number of arc lamps
at a lower price.
Another . attractive bait attached to
this scheme will be a proposition to pay
3 per cent royalty on the gross receipts
for private lighting and power, which
the Nash estimate place at no less than
$15,000 a year. Unfortunately, Mr.
Nash's estimates of royalties are, if any
thing, as much magnified as are his es
timates of the cost of extending the
electric lighting system over the ter
ritory now covered by gas. " Under its
present contract conferring. the conduit
privileges on his company, the city al
ready is entitled to a royalty of 3 per
cent for the period of its contract. The
royalty paid by the electric lighting
company for 1902 amounted to $5,083.90
and that paid by the gas company
amounted to $14,264.17. How Mr. Nash
could triple the royalty without tripling
the business of the company in the city
of Omaha is one of those profound mys
teries known only to Mr. Nash and his
salaried understudy.
How much reliance can be placed upon
any statement Mr. Nosh has made in
relation to the electric lighting scheme
may be Judged from a few trifling dis
crepancies. For example, Mr. Nash
claim to have expended about $250,000
for the promotion and construction of
the electric line conduits, of which, ac
cording to confidential statements, $15,
000 were spent for promotion in log
rolling the ordinance through the coun
ell. Competent electrical engineers place
the actual cost of the conduits at about
$90,000 Instead of $235,000.
Mr. Nash assured the Real Estate ex
change that it would require 2,200 poles
and forty miles of wire to extend the
arc light system over the gas lamp ter
ritory and his lowest estimate of the
cost for this expenditure was $94,000.
The highest estimate of competent elec
trlcal builders place the cost of building
a forty-mile insulated copper wire line,
equal to the present lines, at from $28,-
000 to $30,000.
Among other fictions that Mr. Nash
Indulged in before the Real Estate ex
change wna the statement that while
Omaha is taxed $30 a year per Wela
bach gas lamp, the city of Denver only
pays $11 per lamp and other cities In
proportion. As a matter of fact the city
of Denver has not been lighted by gas
for more than sixteen years. The Den
ver electric company and gas company
are one concern and their contract is
for electric lights for the whole city
Whether Mr. Nash fabricated the state
nient about Denver out of whole cloth
or whether he has been imposed upon
by his salaried lieutenant and statisti
cian will always remain a profound se
cret. While the cost of gas lamps cuts
no figure In the general proposition for
blocking municipal ownership of public
lighting by an extension of the electric
lighting contract beyond January 1,
l!0u, suffice it to say that It is uot safe
for the city council of Omaha to accept
the figures produced by Mr. Nash and
bis lobbyists a gospel truths. On the
contrary, they will have to be discounted
before any credeuce can be placed In
them.
According to the Omaha Junior yellow,
the fact that a ticket composed of five
republicans and two democrat was
nominated by the democratic convention
is a sufficient guaranty of its nonpar
tlsanshlp. The further fact that it 1
the ticket preferred by the majority of
the leading lawyer of the bar is a
guaranty of the fltue and ability of
the candidates for the position to which
they aspire. Here 1 logic for jou a 1
logic. When a party endorses candi
dates of the opposing party these can
didates become ttrlctly nonpartisan
even though they may be running on a
partisan ticket as partisans at the same
time. When a handful of lawyers get
up a alate and label It the choice of the
bar association their choice must le
satisfactory to the people. By the same
logic the bankers of Omaha should
name the custodians of public funds and
the contractors should name the county
commissioner and city council. The
people who pay the freight are, of
course, expected to fall In without a
murmur.
Omaha i not the only city In which
a crusade is in progress to compel clubs
that dispense liquor to member and
visitors to take out retail liquor licenses.
A half dozen of the swell club of Chi
cago, including the Union League club,
have been persuaded to fork over the
liquor license fee imposed by the .ity.
None of these clubs ha ever attempted
to evade the tax imposed by the United
States government upon the retail liquor
dealers.
President Roosevelt hit the nail on
the head when be emphasizes the self
asserting truth that the prosperity of
one Is the prosperity of all that the
laborer cannot prosper without the
business man nor the farmer prosper
without the professional man. Pros
perity is a complex product of many
factor whose benefits are distributed
among all who contribute to the gen
eral result.
Keeping: Hi Word.
Washington Poet.
The price of the anthracite coal has been
advanced 60 cent a ton since last spring.
The consumers -have the consolation of
knowing that President Baer has kept his
word.
The Fatal Mark.
Baltimore American.
The fatal O. K. mark of William J.
Bryan has been placed upon the man who
Is supposed to be running agalnat Senator
Marcus A. Hanna of Ohio for the United
States senate. Hereafter Clarke will know
how It feels to be hoodooed.
A Gentle Toboggan.
Detroit Free Press.
The banquet was a great parachute with
which to let Sir Thomas down easily. When
loser Is fed on the fat of the land, and
told in all the ways possible that he Is a
prince of good fellows, it tempts him to
come over and lose some more.
An Effective Argument.
Chicago Chronicle.
Another count In the Indictment against
the automobile la that it lias practically
stopped the good roada movement. The ag
ricultural peraon argruea that good roads
will attract "devil wagons" to scare the
horses; hence, he Is agin' them. Not al
together sound reasoning, but effective as
shown In its results.
Forecasting- a "Walk-Over."
Saturday" Evening Post.
There is never much hope of beating a
man, whether for president or for dog
catcher, whether In the nominating conven
tion or at the polls, unless you have got a
man to beat him wfth.
An Issue wlthont-a man would hardlv dn
It, for an Issue baj colon and force only as
the man representing it has color and force.
A man without an. Issue might do it, be
cause a man of character la In himself a
powerful Issue. The man's the thing.
This fact must make Mr. Roosevelt some
times think he will have a "walk-over"
next year. And the thought must be dis
tressing to one so fond of the combat, so
eager to cry "Ha! Ha!" among the
trumpet.
The Hallway Postal Clerk.
Portland Oregonlan.
When an employe has to spend half hia
time traveling, It Is manifestly fair that he
ahould have his expenses paid. Otherwise
hi salary shrinks to a figure that Is lurt
to be Incommensurate with bis work. This
seem to be recognized In every branch of
the government service except in the case
of the railway poetal clerks, a strange ex
ception when the exacting nature of theln
work Is considered. The railway postal
clerk spends half his time In a cramped
railway car, working at high pressure for
shifts that vary from fourteen to twenty
four hours. Ills salary Is not any too great
for the exacting work he has to perform,
yet out of it he has to pay all hi expenses
for subsistence, which means, especially In
the case of a married man, a very consid
erable loss. This is on the face of it unjust,
and the postal clerks, in their effort to have
expenses allowed, should have the support
of the public, which benefits more from
their accurate work than most people real
ize. The postal clerk never cornea In con
tact with the public; his very existence I
unknown. And yet in a swaying car he dis
tributes the mall for a great section of
country. He must have absolutely accurate
knowledge of all rail, water and trolley con
nections in his territory.
THE LAW'S DKI.AV.
lllaatratloas ef the Basis of Pablle
Distrait of Canrts.
Philadelphia Press.
Justice Brewer's complaint sgatnst the
evil effects of appeals In criminal cases
finds support In almost every day's
news. President Roosevelt recently de
clared that the prime cause of lynching
was due to the popular distrust of the
courts, caused by the law's delay. "Justice
should act swiftly," he said. But it too
often takes the other course.
A recent dispatch from Alnsworth, Neb.,
told how Fred M. Hans, who killed D. O.
I.uae over two years ago, had been released
from Jail on bond to appear at the next
term of court. The fact that liana haa
been able by legal quibbles to stave off trial,
for murder for more than two years would
naturally lead men to take the law Into
their own hands. The case of former
Mayor Ames of Minneapolis Is another
Illustration of thin kind of delay. The
charges agalnat him are well known. By
hiding In other states hs escaped arrest
for a long time, but he was finally caught
and taken back to Minneapolis, where he
had a fair trial and was convicted months
ago. But on appeals, though denied a new
trial. It will be several months more at
least before hia sentence can take effect.
In St. Ijouls nineteen men have been crth
victed of "bundling." All of these rases
were tried long ago, but every on of the
nineteen men convicted Is out on ball
"pending appeals." Parka, the labor leader
In New York, convicted of extortion and
sent to state prison, was promptly released
by a country Judge who knew nothing ot
the case, but who was Induced to Interfere,
When the caae will be finally disposed of
now is uncertain. -
These are mere lllustrstlons of thst delay
which causes distrust and leads to the de-
sire to reap vengeance by lynch law. Pres
ident Roosevelt was right In declaring that
the law should Vs made "adequate to deal
with crime by freeing it of every vestige of
technicality and dtlay."
HITS OF WASHISnTOK 1,1 FH.
tflaar geeaas a lavldeata Sketched
aa the Snot.
One of the Washington correspondents,
being somewhat shy on midsummer mate
rial, recently started a wlerd story about
the rapid decay of the building at Mount
Vernon and the crumbling of the old tomb
of Waahlngton. The story was artistically
embellished with Imaginary assertions, as,
for Instance, the disappearance from the
tomb of the cornerstone on which a Ma
sonic emblem wss said to be engraved.
Practically every statement made In the
story Is untrue. At no time since the
patriotic women comprising the Mount Ver
non association took control of the hal
lowed home of Washington have the
grounds and buildings been in better con
dition. The buildings are In fine order and
remarkably well preserved. The wood
shows no signs of decay and the stone
foundations are good for centuries to come.
The new tomb necessarily presents a bet
ter appearance than the old one, but both
re watched with Jealous care and needed
repairs are promptly made. There was no
cornerstone with Masonic emblem removed
because there Is no such stone. Inst sum
mer the drives through the grounds were
being curbed and guttered with brick and
cement and permanent walks laid. In every
direction Improvements were being made,
contributing alike to the perpetuity of the
sacred spot and the patriotic enjoyment of
visitor.
The fake stories had one good effect.
Visitor flocked to the ground, substan
tially swelling the revenue of the associat
ion. A unique proposal for disposing of the
Philippine Islands has been made to Presi
dent Roosevelt by the Rev. H. It. Atkinson,
pastor of the Park Street church at Genevi,
O. He wanta the Island ceded to Japan,
the conveyance to be conditional upon the
digging of whatever isthmian canal the
United States decides to construct. He
believes the loss of life would be smaller
if the Japanese did the canal than if the
work were undertaken by American lab
orers. He gives reason for proposing the
trade, as follows:
First Japan need the island for
colonization purposes.
"Second The only value of the Islands to
the United States is that they afford coal
ing stations for the ship of the navy and
give American merchants a foothold from
which they can reach out for trade. He
is sure the Japanese will be glad to give
us all the privileges of that kind w can
use.
"Third This would Immeasurably
strengthen Japan In the eaat and especially
In Its Inevitable struggle with Russia, a
matter, of no small Interest to us.
"Fourth It would remove one source of
European antipathy toward us and be
regarded as a magnificent example of
national fair-mindedness and generosity.
"Fifth It would double, . yea, multiply
tenfold our naval strength In case of a
struggle with Germany or any other Euro
pean nation In view of our purpose In main
taining the Monroe doctrine."
Rev. Atkinson suggest that Japan be
given the option of paying for the islands
with money or with the labor of it sub
jects.
The letter was sent to President Roose
velt, who endorsed It a follows. "Re
ferred to the Secretary of War for ac
knowledgment and consideration."
The Civil .Service commission has decided
that a constant diet of glass, tacks, brass
watch chains, frogs, soap, collar buttons,
wire nails, broken china and belt buckles
render a man unlit to hold a government
situation and ordered that the name of Lee
W. Wright, better known as the "human
ostrich," be dropped from the eligible list.
The case was brought to the attention of
the civil service commissioners by the com
plaint of R. D. Barker, postmaster at Mo
bile, Ala., who refused to recommend
Wright, who headed the eligible list of the
Mobile poatofflce, for a place under him,
and asked the commission how he was to
avoid making the appointment.
The postmaster said he thought a man
who had three square meals a day and car
ried around an assortment of the above
mentioned articles for his own refreshment
between breakfast and dinner and dinner
and supper was a crank, and he didn't want
him around the office. Mr. Barker Inclosed
with his letter a number of communications
from leading citizens of Alabama and Mis
souri, who told of their knowledge of the
"human ostrich" and his" remarkable diet.
After examining the exhibits In the case
and reading the various letters submitted,
the commissioner decided that Wright
would not make a good public servant and
ordered that hi name be dropped.
A fortune awaits some lucky and in
genious Inventor who con devise an Im
provement on the present United States
tnall bag and its attachments. The Post
office department will shortly Issue an ad
vertisement Inviting those of an inventive
turn of mind to give their attention
to a study of the mall bag and Its fasten
ings, In order that Improvements may be
suggested. This will be done, not because
the present bag Is unsatisfactory, but
merely in following out the general policy
of making Improvement In the service
wherever possible. At stated periods an
advertisement of this kind Is Issued, in
order to stimulate the Interest ot those
who are given to the making of Inven
tions. As the government now has In use
more than 1,000,000 mall jouchea and bags,
it will be readily seen that a profit of a tew
cents on an attucliment adopted In the serv
ice would net a respectable fortune.
There u room for Improvement In the lock
that Is used in closing the bag. while the
fastener is also far from perfect. The label
holder, which Inclcee the slip of paper tell
ing the destination of each bag, is suscep
tible of betterment, end the bag Itself may
be Improved. The Postofflee 'department
now employs a canvas mall pouch, fitted
with a stiff leather bottom and soft leather
head, this being superior to the all-leather
bag. One of the officials of the department
snld today that few Individuals had profited
by the numeroua devices that had been
sdopted'ln connection with the mall bag in
the past twenty years. "Practically every
Improvement of the bag that haa been made
In twenty years," he said, "haa been sug
gested by some one In the service, and the
government ha adopted them all without
rewarding any one."
The "Krleads at tbe People."
Saturday Evening Post.
There are two kinds of monopoly monop
oly through excellence and monopoly
through force.
There never has been snd never will be
sny wise way of abolishing or even of re
straining monopoly through excellence. For
In the end It la th moat unfailing developer
of ambition and of the dealre and the abil
ity to Improve.
But monopoly through force Is the arch
enemy of progress. And It cannot exist
without government aid. Wherever you
see competition strangled, whether or not
you ran see the strangler, you may be cer
tain that It Is the government. Either
the government hss granted oppressive
power, to some man or clique of men, or It
has refused to restrain that man or that
clique from the exercise of oppressive
power.
Therefore it Is difficult not to suspect the
sincerity of those "friends of the people"
who shout for legislation against monopoly
but are silent on the subject of the exist
ing laws which securely shelter monopoly
and, unrepealed, would continue to shelter
it against any laws passed professedly to
destroy It. '
TOrKMK ARK PtT.kt.KD.
Meat (is the llaof Uw, Retail Prlees
High.
Portland Oregonlan.
Stockmen In the great Rocky mountain
state range are at a loss to account for
the low price of beef cattle that at present
prevail at the shipping centers of the great
middle west. Inquiry ha brought eut com
parative data which .shew that there in no
more stock, sheep or cattle, on the market
than there was a year sgo, when prices
were up, while every consumer of meat
knows that the prices of beef and mutton
from the block have not In the least de
clined. On the contrary, in some local
markets, including our own, meats of all
kinds are higher than they were a year
ago, and there la no probability In lght of
any reduction In prices. It is specifically
stated that the price on cattle on the great
ranges Is 12 to $3 less per hundredweight
than It was a year ago & reduction thn.t
makes quite a difference In the returns on
a bunch ot steers the average weight of
each of which Is from 1.J0O to 1.IKX) pounds.
To add to the anxiety of the stockmen,
the grasshoppers have been more numerous
In many sections than for years poet, eat
ing the ranges clean and Invading many
alfalfa fields. Cattlemen of such sections
will be forced to sell at the reduced prices
offered, while those more fortunately situ
ated will continue to "buck the beef trust"
for another year, with good prospect of
winning out when the "six markets," vis.,
Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis,
St. Joseph and Sioux City, run short. In
the meantime the "unorganised public" as
a late writer upon unionism and trusts put
It, Is at the mercy of whatever scheme Is
behind the live stock situation that has for
Its object a reduction In the price of cattle
and sheep on the ranges and a further In
crease In the price of meat product at the
great supply depots.
It is evident that there 1 a master hand
at work shaping these conditions, and a
little later, before the shipping season
closes. It will probably show Itself In send
ing cattle buyers to overstocked valleys
who will offer prices for stock that, though
ruinously low, will be better than to allow
the animal to starve to death while wait
ing tor higher prices. Stockmen are said
to be pussled at the situation and unablo
to account for It. They will probably be
enlightened In due time as to the cause
which makes the price of cattle shrink while
the high price of beef Is maintained and
the market for beef products Is being con
stantly extended.
PKRSOXAb SOTE9.
The young Vermont woman about to be
married, who Insisted on having the word
"obey" omitted from the service, didn't let
her love get the better of her Judgment, at
any rate.
Frederlo R. Coudert, one of the most emi
nent lawyers In the country, 1 said to be
mortally ill at his summer home at Oyster
Bay. He Is over 70 and I troubled with an
affection of the heart.
Canada's House of Commons ha at least
four and perhaps more members of United
States nativity, principal among whom la
John Charlton, who ia one of the ablest de
baters In the Canadian house. ,
A physician tells the Massschusetts Medi
cal Journal that as between a knowledge
of the higher mathematics and of swim
ming, the latter Is to be preferred. If of
more use In the water, anyhow.
John Leland Henderson of Hood River,
Ore., established a swimming record for
old men the other day by swimming eight
een mile without a rest in the Columbia
river. Mr. Henderson is 62 year old.
; Charles M. Schwab of the Steel trust has
purchased a tract of land at Cape May and
will erect an Italian villa upon it from
Plans procured in F.urope by his archlteot.
It will be ready for occupancy early next
season.
Major General lan Hamilton, during his
forthcoming visit to this country, will In
spect the military academy at West Point
and the principal battlefields In the vicinity
of Washington. He will reach New Tork
about the 19th proximo.
The forty-first anniversary of the battle
of Antletam Is to be observed on the 17th
of this month by the unveiling of a monu
ment erected on the field to the New Jersey
soldier who fell there, and President
Roosevelt will deliver the address.
A bronze statue of William MoKlnley will
be unveiled In Toledo. O.. on September !,
the anniversary of his death. The monu
ment will be erected In Courthouse park,
and an effort Is being made to have Presi
dent Roosevelt attend the ceremonies.
There Is a sad waste of energy and en
terprise In the manufacture of ancient
mummies Just discovered In Paris. Con
sider the number of animated mummies ef
the modern variety on top of the sod, a
constant temptation to artistic fabricator
of stiffs.
San Francisco bids for the next yacht
race and Incidentally boasts of the quality
of wind put up In that locality. If wind is
all that is required to make an attractive
race, Chicago must not be passed up. There
an inexhaustible supply can be found at all
seasonable hours.
The Consul Magelaaen Incident caused an
eruption of painful spell for the proof
reader. When that erudite Individual
wrestled for hours with Beirut, Belroot,
Beyrut and Beyroot, the time had com to
heave the lexicon of youth at the office
cat and be rootln' for home.
King Alfonso, chaperoned by his married
alst-r. the princess of ths Asturlas, and her
husband, has been traveling through a por
tion of his kingdom, with the laudable de
sire of making the acquaintance of his peo
ple, who could never see him otherwise. He
has been well received by the masses
everywhere.
V 'jr
Apply with equal force to our boys
and children s department, made
by our tailors from materials that
have been selected with a view to
best service and style, For tomorrow
we direct your attention to the ?iety
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2-plec Suit- la th Norfolk f ylo
chviot and mixed twaoda
age 7 to H, at $8. SO down to ....
2-plec Suit In doubt b re tod gtyU
cbovlot and nixed tweed
res 7 to 16, at $8. 50 tfowa to. ..... .
3-plec Long Pant Suits -
and mixed twaoda ago
to 18. at $l down to
drowning:
R. 8. Wilcox,
A HATTRAI. CORWKR.
Veadore
t Oaa IJver Oil r.lv ta.
allde a Hseste,
Chicago Chronicle. t
The ell extracted from codfish liver hT
long been regarded aa a specific for ome
form of pulmonary disease. It Is said
to have cured or alleviated many rase of
consumption, and ny artlolo which, used
as medicine, eaves or prolong human life
Is of the greatest value to the world.
In It original state cod liver oil Is one of
the most nauseou products of piscatory
Industry. While the lungs needed It heal
HI-
ing properties. In many case where ttt
neoeaaitv waa s rente t. the Stomach Ttl
volted at the sickening preparation and
oould not be applied.
But science, which I the aposiollo min
ister to every form ot human need, found
harmless and even helpful adulterants for
the raw product, making the prepared spe
cific agreeable to the most sensitive stom
ach. That Is why the dispensatory prepara
tions of cod liver oil have all the virtues of
raw oil and are tolerable to the tastes of
weakened Invalids.
Cod liver oil is now cornered and sells at
a comer price. The former market price
wa about KZ a barrel; the preseir.t price Is
119 a barrel. This I not the result of a
speculative corner but of a market greatly
crippled by the natural loss ef a supply.
The best oil for medicinal purposes I
upplted from the- fisheries of the Infoden
Island on the west coast of Norway. The
fish of those waters yield an oil with nau
seous qualities unequaled by the oil from
the cod In any other seas. The Newfound
land codfish furnish oil that hs no marked
medicinal properties and which I most
used In tanning some kind of leather,
which shows that It ha preservative qual
ities though not of a kind useful In human
disease.
Th regular output of the oil from the
Norway fisheries haa been 3Q.0W barrel
annually. The output for the year Just
closed was only 1.200 barrels. As many
fish were caught as during any previous
year, but the awful cold of last winter 1
said to have destroyed the small crusta
ceans which formed the oil-producing food
of the codfish.
That Is why our Invalids are paying a
vastly higher price for cod liver oil or era
buying a worthless article.
POINTED REFLECTIONS.
"We get along excellently together," ha
explained. "You see, he never borrows any
thing but trouble, and that's all 1 ever
loan. umcago row.
"De trouble 'bout some lsxy men," said
Uncle Ehen, "la dat dey's stways tryln' to
brasr about whut a talent dey baa fol
makln' odder folks hustle."
If bad enough to tell all you know, but
a good many people tell a lot that they
don't know, too. Bomerville Journal.
"Your husband never has hay fever. I
believe," said the new acquaintance at the
northern lake resort.
"No," languidly snswersd Mrs. Oaswell.
"But he suffers dtendfully. sometimes,
from appendicitis." ,
Weary Willie Die paper sea deys quit
a few prominent people dat thinks Its un- S
lucky to begin any work on Friday.
Tatterdon Tom Well, d.it's wat yer ,
might call de "enterln wedge." Mebh
after while people will, be dat sensible
ubout every day In de week. Philadelphia
Press. . '
"I daresav the cost of living ha been
freatly reduced In 600 years." "Oh. yes!
n the nineteenth century, the ancient rec
ords tell us, a simple operation for appen
dicitis cost $200.'' Puck.
"Tou went away. I believe, to enjoy real
country fare?"
"Yes."
"And why have you come back?"'
"To enjoy real country fare. Tou see.
they produce It where I wss, but they shl
It to the city." Chicago Post. . ,
If you were a' borne' " '
And people drove yon In th hot sun,
And made you wear a funny hat.
And ran you down bill, .
And kept you overfed or underfed.
And ran you in crooked races.
And treated you like a machine,
Net much more liable to damage than a
lawn mower.
Wouldn't you kick? . ,
Washington Star
THE DOIBIE PLAY.
Bomerville Jo-jrnal,
The crack of the bat, and the coaeher's
houtl , . . , .
Blng hey, for the caught high fly. .
And the throw to third and a man put
out
Before he can reason why!
O, it's lively work, but the runner' caught,
For the ball goes swift today.
And the bleachers yell as the scorer tell
The tale of the double play!
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The ahortstcp jumps at a hot lln fly.
And his gloved hand stops the ball!
It 1 swift and high, but it can't get by
The champion infield wal!!
O, if sharp, quick work from 6 to 4
And from 4 to 3 tooay.
And th crowd comes up with a sudden
roar
Of cheers for the double play!
The balsmsn bunts and the Infield Jumps;
It look like a wire safe hit.
And the runner starts from third for home.
But th pitcher murmurs "Nit!"
He Jerks the ball to the catcher band.
And the runner' out! 81ns; hey!
And the ball goe whizzing dow n to first
Hurrah for the double play!.
BROWNELL HALL,
OMAHA.
A Hoarding snd Day School for young
women and girls. Special courses requir
ing two years for hlich school graduates,
also special courses. Vaaaar, Wellesley, Ml.
Holyoke. Western Reserve University, the
University of Nebraska and tlio Unlveralty
of Chicago admit pupils without examina
tion on tbe certificate of the principal and
faculty. Exceptional artvantagea in Music,
Art and Elocution. Well equipped gym
naaium feet hy 40 feet. Ampl provision
for outdoor sports. Including private skat
ing grounds. Reopens September 14... genii
for Illustrated catalogue. Address the
Principal, Omaha, Neb.
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