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PARTIES 1.EAVI5Q TUB C1TT.
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any tint may bT Th Be
sent to them regularly by
notifying The Be Business
office. In person or by mall.
The address will be chanced
as often as desired.
Ia spite of the strenuous efforts on
the part of the prohibitionists, Nebraska
has gone wet this year. (
' The democratic nominee for governor
of Iowa is trying bard to--eobvlnee htm
self that he Is really running for office.
As. ft financial verHure - the direct
primary experiment inaugurated by the
republican county committee has proved
. colossal success.
Will the school board keep out of
politics In the Impending county cam'
palgn? Will a duck stay out of water
In the summer time?
' .Injunctions, counter Injunctions and
mandamuses are still all the rage. Just
as fast as one injunction Is dissolved
two others are being Issued.
It did not require a speech of welcome
from Nebraska's vice presidential can
dldate to assure the president of the
Great Western that be Is welcome In
Omaha.
. Pictorial Illustrations In the shape of
photo cards and ten-dollar-per-lnsertioa
portraits are now to be supplemented
by ten-cents-a-llne poetry, lauding the
candidate to the sky.
Why not ask the federal courts to
Issue a restraining tmler that will pro
hibit the eurth from revolving around
xn its axis at the risk of being' brought
Into court for contempt?
' Why should the Turk stop at the ex
clusion of soap made of ingredients that
lncludo the fat of the hog? Why allow
such a needless luxury as soap to be
brought into the realm at all?
Senator Flutt of Connecticut and Sena
tor Piatt of Now York ar,e both recorded
publicly now for President Roosevelt's
mLi a L
reuutuiuuuuu. xuia mazes luem a seua-i
torial pair, who, however, are not paired.
Next after the indictment of the al
leged postoftlce crooks comes their prose
cution and conviction. If the cases
against them are good there will be no
excuse for not expediting the trials and
finishing up ' the job. At any rate It
should not be the government to ask
for postponements.
Nothing exposes the desperation of the
democratic bunch down In Ohio so forci
bly, as their ixrslstent efforts to make
political capital for themselves by ex
aggerating! the ill health of Senator
Ilauua. If this offers them their only
hope to win out the Ohio democrats must
be lu terrible straits indeed.
St. Louis unuks Insist they will reject
the proposal of Secretary Shaw for the
deposit wjth them of fJ.SOU.OOO of the
exposition appropriation because the
security exacted would Impose a burden.
If they are not careful the Chicago
batiks may Jump in and take the custody
of tho qiouey. And wouldu't St. lxuls
squeal tueu.
Notwithstanding the withering rebuff
encountered in Nebraska, the attempt
is to be iu:ide to curry into execution
the populist program embodied in the
Ik'uver nuulfitto, the fields to be
worked first by the national organizer
being MlitHourl riul Indiana. As only
those who believe In independent Hlltl
cal actlo'i outside of the republican aud
democratic parties are to be Invited to
iwrtlclpate in iopulit reorganisation
this cuts all of the Nebraska reformers
off the invited list.
BVRAL CARttlhtur VnOAMZATHlX.
The organization of the rurnl letter
carriers Into a national association una
two objects, with Itoth of which, the
public should h In hearty . sympathy.
Tho first purpose Is to Improve the con
dition of the rural mail delivery mid
the second Is to improve the condition
of the rural mail carriers. The two go
hand in hand, because the Improvement
of the service must follow from raising
the standard of the servants.
The rural mail delivery service bus
passed out of the purely experimental
stage, yet much Is yet to be done in the
way of systeuiatlzatlon and co ordina
tion. The rapid development or the
rural routes and the constant Increase
of the rural mail pieces handled win
ental! more or less reorganization of
the service, with a view to greater ef
ficiency and economy. The co-oporatlon
of the mall carriers In the accomplish
ment of this end will be of Incalculable
value and their united efforts will doubt
less be more Intelligently directed
through the agency of their associations
than If left to act by themselves. ,
With reference to the terms of em
ployment and compensation of the car
riers some betterment must come nn :
matter of course. A salary of $50 l
month may possibly be adequate In
some districts, but it certainly is insuffi
cient to keep a high .grade of men nt the
work without even a prospect of letter
recognition for years of faithful devo
tion to duty. Something in the nature
of a classified service with a graded
salary schedule must be the eventual
solution.
Incidentally, Nebraska has n right to
feel complimented that the first presi
dent of the new national association
should be taken from its corps-of rural
mall carriers. President Cunningham is
an active, wide-awake member of the
department, with a clear comprehension
of what the association wants to achieve
as well as how to manifest its wishes,
and his administration may confidently
be expected to produce results.
ItfTtltlcST tH CfloP It t PORTS.
At the present time there ia undoubt
edly more Interest in the crop reports
than in any other matter which com
mands serious attention. Why this Is
so everybody understands, since the pos
sible outcome of tho crops is beyond all
considerations the most Important factor
in the question of our material pros
perity. It Is a simple matter to say that
we are making progress and that all
tho indications are in favor of a con
tinuance of progress and prosperity, but
it Is absolutely necessary to measure up
the conditions that are essential to the
continuous promotion and advancement
of our prosperity.
In making such a calculation there can
be no doubt that the crop possibilities
constitute the most important consider
ation. What the crops of the nation are
to be is undeniably the commanding
question of the time, which is being
most' thoughtfully "considered in every
portion of the country. As now pre
sented there is nothing discouraging In
the crop outlook. There may be dis
appointments In some directions. The
hopes of certain localities will not be
realized. . This is the case in almost
every year and the present" season is not
wholly extraordinary. But what is to
be still reasonably hoped for is a fair
crop, with prices quite up to if not a
little beyond the average, which means
thr t our farmers will at least be as well
repaid for their labors as in past years.
This assurance ought to be satisfac
tory to our people, since It means that
there will still be enough for our own
wants and for whatever demand there
may be from abroad, and that prices
will be remunerative. The foreign ad
vices of an authentic character are to
the effect that crops are considerably
less than ordinary in most of the Euro
pean countries, which necessarily means
a larger demand upon this country for
breadstuff. This may not Involve an
increase of price for what we sell
abroad, but it seems to at least assure
a maintenance of the present prices,
which at least wonld guarantee to our
producers a Continuance of existing
profits.
Thus the situation, as now presented,
is from every point of view, one of most
satisfactory and encouraging promise to
our agricultural producers aud there
fore to the country at large, since the
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prosperity of the farmer Is the basis of
I the general prosperity,
CHANG IX STATISTICAL UKTHUD.
There has been a good deal of contro
versy in the last few years regarding
the statistical methods of the Agricul
tural department, owing to the fact that
the reports have been at variance with
those of the census bureau, and as a
result it is reported that important
changes are to be made In the methods
of obtaining statistics, such a depa:ture
being apparently absolutely necessary in
order to obtain trustworthy results. It
Is perfectly ob,vlous, of course, that
there should be practical concurrence
between the reports of the census bureau
and the Agricultural departuient re
specting statistics In regard to mutters
common to the inquiries of both, the
fact that this has not been the case
causing coufut-ion and doubt which have
been more or less disturbing in their
Influence.
What la evidently needed la a system
that will enable each of these bureaus
to obtain the Information required of
them, so far as the crops are concerned,
which will be so complete and authori
tative in character that no serious dis
pute respecting them can occur. In order
to attain this there should be sffl h an
arrangement betweeu these bureaus as
would permit their representatives to
practically work together and yet under
circumstances which would not neces
sarily permit any collusion between
them. It is said that an effort Is to be
made to brlug aliout an arrangement ot
this kind aud thcre ran be no doubt in
regard to its uracticabillty. It would
seem to be incontrovertible that a sys-
tein can be devised and operated by
which a practically accurate estimate
can be nmde from year to year as to
the amount and value of agricultural
products of fill kinds and it is certainly
most desirable that this shall be done.
THK FVTUPK VF (MARA.
Under modern conditions of city build
ing the trend of Industrial development
and growth Is toward the centers of
commerce and industry. When a city
has pnssed its 10,XH) population mark
Its growth cannot be arrested, although
It may bo retarded. Omaha, South
Omaha end Council Bluffs are for all
commercial punoses one city Just as
New Wir'm, Brooklyn, Jersey City and
Hoboken are part of Greater New York,
although they are separated by rivers
and incorporated in different states.
With a population exceeding 150,000,
Greater .Omnhtt Is now on the eve of
still greater development. ( Located in
the heart of the great American corn
belt, the most prolific breadstuff-producing
region on the American continent,
and enjoying the superior traffic facili
ties of two transcontinental systems of
railway west of the Missouri and a half
dozen trunk Hues through Iowa, besides
being the northern terminus of the
Wabash and Missouri raclflc, that
afford direct railway communication to
the Gulf of Mexico, Omaha Is peerless
as a distribution center for trade terri
tory that exceeds three million in popu
lation. Its trade territory is not only con
stantly expanding, but steadily increas
ing in wealth and population. Beyond
Its natural trade territory, the Jobbers
of Omaha hove reached out clear to the
Pacific coast, and the products of its
packing houses aud distillery are ex
ported not only to the farthest of our
possessions, but to Japan and China as
well.
The immediate and most paramount
wants of. Omaha are cereal mills and
flour mills, elevators, glucose works,
sugar refineries and other works that
will fabricate the raw materials raised
in the Missouri valley into finished
products for distribution and export.
When these concerns are - established
Omaha will become a great grain mar
ket as well as It already is a great pat
tie market and meat-packlng center.
From any point of view the outlook
for Omaha is growing brighter and
more promising year by year and day
by day.
Here is tho record boasted by an Ala
baina man who Is heralded as one of the
populist "old guard:"
My first presfldontal vote was for Millard
Fillmore. In I860 I voted for John Belt. The
greatest political blufeder In my Ufa was
made In 1884, when I voted for Orovr
Cleveland. I did not vote In 1888. In 1892
I voted for Weaver. In 1898 I reluctantly
voted for Bryan and Watson. Was dls
gusted with Watson's treatment by th
Bryan democrats and voted for McKlnley
in 1900.
There ought to be a good chance for
this versatile voter to complete his re
demption by casting his ballot, again
next year for the republican nominee as
exemplified in Theodore Roosevelt,
Representatives of the commercial as
sociations of fifteen Wisconsin cities
have formed a state organization to
represent all the diversified industrial
and mercantile Interests of Wisconsin,
with tlie object of promoting the mer
cantlle and manufacturing interests and
to arrange for association with national
bodies organized for similar purposes,
Omaha and other cities of Nebraska
could profitably emulate the example
set by the principal cities of Wisconsin.
There is a wide field of usefulness for
such an organization that will broaden
from year to year with the development
and growth of the state.
Now we are told that the federal
court will be asked to enjoin the Omaha
police . from enforcing the market
ordinance, because it is alleged that it
interferes with Interstate commerce. If
the federal courts are to hurl injunc
tions against the venders of pumpkins,
squashes and turnips just because they
are raised in Iowa and marketed in Ne
braska, why shouldn't the federal courts
enjoin the sale here of Lake Michigan
fish or of the bottled beer that made
Milwaukee fanr.ous?
It seems that the sensitive feelings of
the late bandit, Frank James, have been
so seriously wounded by the portrayal
of his exploits on the stage that he Is
appealing to the courts to stop by the
Infliction of heavy damages the use of
his name by theatrical promoters. The
former hold-ups of the James boys were
at the point of the pistol, but they have
now apparently decided to accept the
more refined and civilized weapons at
hand lu our Judicial tribunals.
Can anybody tell why three of the
candidates for the district bench who
were nominated by the republican con
vention ns straight republicans are non
partisan, while the other four candi
dates, nominated by the same conven
tion, are partisans? In other words,
does a democratic endorsement of a
republican make him a nonpartisan?
The forecast prepared by the passen
ger department of tho Union Pacific
railroad of the prospective corn crops of
Nebraska and Kansas Is very encour
aging but there is a string tied to It
that we must have at least four weeks
more of corn-rlpenlng weather.
Honr Sweetly He Slags.
Washington Post.
With a year's salary as the sultan's press
agent paid to him In advance, Mr. Mor
comb of Iowa has already become con
vinced that "the Turkish rac Is Infinitely
superior to the mongrel races with which
the Turkish government has to deal." In
other words, "Whose bread I eat his song
I'ft ing "
AaotCer Tral.or to th taase.
Kansas City Star.
J'jhn Breldenthal of Kansas, with sn In
terest In el-ven barkt, must be assigned to
a seat In the chariot that is rolling over the
prostrate forms of the downtrodden popu
lac, with Charley Towne, x Qjvernor
Hogg. Senator Tettlgrew and Jerry Simp
son, not to speak of that glided apostate
from populism. Mme. Lease. There Is no
royal road to honor, but it seems that al
most anybody can get rich by hammering
th money power, If they will only keep at
It, and hammer real bard.
Crarlest rat of All.
Kansas City Star.
Pension Commissioner Ware I the very
last man In the whole country who would
ever have been suspected of going back on
the widows and the young widows at that.
Oh, 'Gene! 'Gene! How could you do It?
New Style of Shaft.
Tlttsburg Dispatch.
The mining Industry appears to have done
very well without a department of mines
and a place In the cabinet. If the miners
will confine their efforts to delving Into the
earth they will get along better than ty
worrying about a chance to dig Into the
national treasury.
Keeping Vp with the Procession.
New Tor Tribune.
Volcanoes are girdling the globe with
eruptions, and the Nebraska political crater
Is stl'.l In a state of violent activity, wltn
rumblings and detonations, and thick
clouds of pitchy smoke which darken demo
cratic counsel.
Disturbing Their Pleasarrs.
Chicago Chronicle.
One of the Berlin newspapers Is Inclined
to fear that the presence of Rear Admiral
Cotton's squadron off Beyroot will "disturb
the Mussulmans." It does appear to hav
had that effect to the extent of interrupting
the followers of Mohammed In a pleasant
little massacre.
Dietary Qnallfleatlon for Offlee.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
It would seem aa if the civil service com
mission was currying Its conscientious con
victions to an extreme In its efforts to ele
vate the standard of qualification In appli
cants for offlee, when it makes the diet of
an office seeker an object to his appoint
ment. It has actually rejected an otnerwise
competent man who wished & position In
the Mobile postofflce, simply because he
swallowed nails, tacks and broken glass.
Perhaps after a while Prof. Wiley of the
embalmed beef department may suggest a
menu which all applicants will be required
to observe as a prerequisite to a certificate
for office.
Wireless Telegraphy to the Pole.
Philadelphia Record.
The announced determination of Lieuten
ant Peary to make another jlash toward
the north pole gives added interest o the
suggestion of Slgnor Marconi that by means
of wireless telegraphy It wilt be easy for a
polar exploring party to keep In dally com
munication not only with its Immediate
base of supplies, but with its friends and
th newspaper press rft home. The prac
ticability of constan' communication be
tween a desperate u.enturer in the lc
pack and helpers so stationed aa to give
aid upon emergent occasions certainly In
creases the chance- of successful Arctic
exploration.
Greater Than th Government.
Springfield Republican.
Th anthracite coal companies are resist
Ing the efforts of the United States govern
ment to look into their business. They
have refused to give Information asked for
by the Interstate Commerce commission
and have been supported in the refusal by
one of the lower federal courtu. This case
has been carried up to the United States
supreme court,' and pending a decision
there, the coal roads have refused to fill In
. . . I . ... . I. ... I'nK.J
inquiry Dianas sensu icin mjt iuv i-u
States censu offlct.They seem to think
thev are engaged iA a purely private bust
ness. That was the way they acted In re
lation to the strike, .and the way In which
they ar now acting'. It will prove In th
end to be a public business.
TENAClTlf OP A FlCTIOH.
Puritan Burst ot Eloquence Deficient
In Truth.
Washington Post
The Impression that th Puritans emi
grated to th United States in order to
establish religious liberty has been so
widely diffused and so sedlouoly cultivated
that it dies hard. That Idea was promi
nent In the literature of the country during
the first half of th last century, and still
survive In the song and story of that pe
riod. For many years, and until very re
cent time, it constituted the staple of ora
tory on Forefathers' day. Some of the
school readers of fifty or more years ago
contained extracts from addresses based on
that Impression utterances as full of elo
quence as they were deficient In truth. But
they were not lies, for there was no such
Intention to deceive. The orators and poets
who glorined the Pilgrim fathers for their
ardent love for and devotion to liberty were
themselves deceived.
A was Inevitable, the advance of educa
tion and the multiplication of books, mag
azines and newspapers checked the all-conquering
progress of that beautiful fiction.
It could not stand the light of truth. Th
facts of history were fatal to Its perpetu
ity. But It still survives in some quarters
where its existence would not be suspected.
If It did not proclaim Itself. For example,
th New York Commercial of September 2,
In an editorial rebuking a mercantile house
In Chicago for fcurrendertng to the demands
of a, lubor union, incidentally remarks:
"The small band of Puritans who set sail
for th Inhospitable shores of America, and
suffered Indescribable hardships, made the
sacrifice to keep alive that spark of liberty
which was so nearly stamped out in Eu
rope. A great people ar their descendants
and a great nation owes Its birth to thein.
What must the spirits of John Aldon, Elder
( Brewster, Miles Btandlsh and Roger Wll-
Hams think of the spectaele presented In
Chicago where liberty Is allowed to perish
on the threshhold of a commercial house
powerful enough to make Its Influence felt
around the world."
Our contemporary Is Just a little unfor
tunate In putting Roger Williams Into that
list. It would be really Interesting to know
what were his reflection on "thut spark of
liberty" which the Puritans were keeping
alive while he trudged through the wilder
ness from the village of Salem to the site
of the future city of Providence. Aa an In
teresting side-light on thU them we recall
the recent effort to Indue the Massachu
setts legislature to rescind the decree of Its
predecessor, "The Great and General Court
of th Commonwealth ot Massachusetts."
banishing Roger Williams from that Juris
diction. Whittler has told us something of
the sentiments of th Quakers, "sore from
their cart-tall scourglngs and from the pil
lory lame," and dalvera In musty records
have brought to light a hundred acts for
the punishment of heresy parsed by the
devotees of Puritan fanataclsm.
'a It true that "a great nation owes Its
birth to them?" Had the sons of the Cava
liers no share In that creation? Where was
Virginia when "her old house of burgesses
spoke out to Faneull Hall? From what
stock came Qeorge Washington and Pat
rick Henry and the long list of patriot-hero
In th southern colonies?
It Is tru that the Puritans were strong.
brave men, who did what they believed to
he thtr duty. But' they would have re
sented as a base libel the assertion that
they cam here to establish freedom of
worship or any other freedom In harm on
loud with th?lr conUctlont. The false lm
pression paraded for their glorification
would have met their detestation.
ROIND ABOIT NEW YORK.
Ripples on the Cnrrent of l.lfe In the
Metropolis.
It Is now up to the devotees ot the "light
fantastic" to say whether the American
League of Dancing Masters is "It" lit the
vital matter of dance programs. The lesgue
held a solemn gabfest In New York re
cently and took two-steps or more on the
floor of reform. The bewitching two-step
was pronounced a terpslchorean outcast
and the three-step waits and the five-step
schottlsche declared the fashionable dance
for the coming season. The secretary of
the league, hailing direct from Providence,
Intimates that no violent measures will be
taken to drive the two-step from dance
programs a gracious concession, truly but'
It will be kept In Its proper sphere and not
permitted to usurp the whole floor and the
orchestra.
Mote power t the nimble shins of the
professors. Let them not grow weary in
the good work until every ballroom abom
ination is toned down 0 cast out. Away
with your Newport and Contuses, and
other irregularities! What is the matter
with a law restricting all terpslchorean ac
tivity to the good, old waltz, schottbich,
polka and quadrille? The professors utter
a feeble protest against the disappearance
of the square dance In the larger cities,
where "Fisher's Hornpipe" and "The Gilr I
Left Behind Me" have long ago lapsed Into
innocuous desuetude. As for grace, there
la more of it In th trusty waits than In all
the new-fangled combinations put together,
and If a man needs exercise there Is noth
ing more calculated to limber up the Joints
and set the blood to coursing than a well-
tuned Addle and a caller that knows bis
business.
The football tactics and grotesque ef
fects of the modern ballroom are poor
affairs compared with, gents choases or
swing on the corner. Balance all! Owing
your honey I Grand right and left! This,
we submit, is the stuff. This Is th ral
thing.
In a gloomy, old-fashlioned house in Pean
street, Brooklyn, the police, who battered
down the door, have found the body of
Mrs. Margaret May lying on a bed In an
upper room.' At her feet lay the body of a
fox terrier dog. Untll recently the old
house had been a refuge for the poor of
that quarter. Since the death of Mr.
May's husband, who was quite wealthy,
the woman had distributed charity to all
who applied. She had not been seen for at
least a month and weeds had grown high
In the usually well kept garden, where sh
formerly had spent much time. Finally,
alarmed at her non-appearance, the neigh
bors notified the police, and the doors were
broken open.
The Woman had been dead nearly a
month, evidently from natural causes, but
the little dog had never quitted his vigil
snd died from starvation.
"I never do business at a postofflce win
dow In New York," said a man who came
from the west, "without going sway with
a feeling of homesickness.
"Thing are so cold and formal here. I
hand in . a package: 'Merchandise only;
how much?' I say. 'Thirteen cents,' snaps
the clerk. And that's the end ot It. He
goes back to work, and I go away.
"Was It that way at home? 1 went Into
the postofflce and handed the package to
the postmaster. 'How much for that. Uncle
Silas?' He looked It over carefully.
What's up now, Henry? Sending a, lot of
government bonds to the boyr. 'No, only
a pair of socks his mother has knit htm.
'I'll bet he'll be glad to get them, now
that frost Is coming. Boy well? 'Yes,
h la all right.' Then th old man weighed
the package. 'Any writing In this?' 'No
'Just the socks?' 'Just them. "Well, its
about 10 " cents A , Might be a little over,
but 10 will go. . How's crops?" Thus every
transaction became a personal call and
ended with a genial glow of good fellow
ship. There Is non of that In New York.'
"Why don't you try th old system on in
New York?"
"And give the clerk heart disease? Not
much."
It Is nothing unusual for an Atlantic
liner to go to sea with anywhere from
tS.000 to $10,000 worth of cut flowers on
board as parting gifts. It all depends on
the prominence or popularity of the pas
sengers. I.Ike every other New York lux
ury this one Increases In proportion every
year. The chief steward on on of the big
White Star boats told how such an enor
mous quantity of flowers is disposed of
after the vessel gets past Sandy Hook.
They must be removed from the saloon, of
course, before the first meal. An especially
elaborate piece Is taken to the music room
for exhibition, but th majority, of the
flower are sent to the cabins of the per
sons for whom they were intended. It oc
casionally happens that a lover who has
some bunch of flowers of sentimental sig
nificance that he does not want the throng
of passengers to see, has It sent to his lady
love's cabin, sp that sh will see It after
the last boon-byes nave been said. But
such cases are exceptional. Most of the
flowers are taken to the saloon.
The harbor of New York, strange to say.
Is Infested wifh pirates, and the police have
been put to a great deal of trouble to ex
terminate them. Men cruise around In the
night with scdevs. visiting th various
steamship docks where Imported merchan
dise Is unloaded, and snatch what they can.
They often obtain valuable packages In
spite of the vigilance of the watchmen
Some of tbem hav duplicate key by which
they can open the doors of the sheds.
Thousands of dollars' worth of goods are
lost every week in this way, but General
Greene, the new chief of police, declares
that he will break up the practice If h has
to surround th docks with police.
Coal pirates are even more bold and suc
cessful, because It is difficult to protect the
scow loaded with coal that are towed
from the dock along th Jersey side of the
Hudson to th New York side and som
times lie three and four In a line waiting to
be unloaded. They are usually watched
with great care, but the pirates sneak up
and find little difficulty In stealing a half
a ton or so. Sometimes if they are Inter,
rupted they show fight and pull revolvers,
but If a watchman comes upon them sud
denly they usually bluff him off until they
can rut their boat loose and cteep out Into
the current of the river.
Crowds of people are flocking to the
American museum of natural history In
New York to see the little air-tight glass
tube, about an Inch long and as thick as
a slate pencil, containing the two grains
of radium .valued at 1300. All they see In
the tube 1 a little substance that looks
like powder gray, according to some of th
New York reporters, and yellow according
to other. They wouldn't know It from
flour of sulphur if the attendant didn't tell
them It Is .radium, but they go away happy
and contented.
The building of pulatial hotels keeps
pace with that of theaters. The fall,
which will bring curtain risings at half
a dozen new playhouses, will see the
doors of as many new hoteliie pened
not soon to close again night or day.
The wonder as to where the guests come
from to fill thera may be left unsatisfied
to a consideration of the source of their
larger permanent population of competent
employe. For the New Astor, the Knick
erbocker and the Belmont there will be
required an operating staff numbering all
told, from chief clerk to scullery maid.
several thousand at Uasb
TALK. Or THE STATU PRt:9.
Lyons Run: The farcical non-partisan
democratic Judicial ticket will b caught
under a snowsllds,
Monroe Republlcin: Judge J. B. R.trnei
ha shown himself well qualified tor th
supreme bench. Ills work as a member of
the supreme court commission demonstrat
ing his fitness for the position
Hortlngton Herald: John I Webster, the
Nebraska candidate for vice presidential
honors, Is receiving all kinds of flattering
encouragement from all parts of the coun
try. Roosevelt and Webster will mak a
strong team.
Auburn Post: Every on who Is ac
quainted with Judge Barnes of Norfolk, the
republican candidate for supreme Judge,
speak of htm In the highest terms both as
a man and a Jurist. It Is a pleasure to
present such men to the people as a man
whom they can vote for and never after
ward have any regrets for so doing.
Rush villa Recorder: Aa usual, according
to the fashion of the press. Judge Barnes
Is a corporation tool, like every republican1
candidate that comes up, but It Is noticed
the great common sensed people don't tak
much stock In that old, worn-out hue and
cry. The trouble with the fushion press Is
they think they know It all until the poor
dear people teach 'em' different.
Norfolk News: Th time will soon b
her for some of the fuslpn editors and ora
tors to claim the election of Judge 6ullivan
by a majority ranging from 10.000 to 100.000,
and following that will come the time for
the republicans to rudely shatter their pre
dictions. Th on Is certainly a sign of th
approach of th other, and I anxiously
awaited by an eager public.
St. Paul Republican: By raising the cry
of "railroad tool" against Judge Barnes the
democratlo newspapers have added proof to
the old saying that they learn nothing by
experience. After the disastrous exposure
of their gubernatorial candidate's relations
with the railroads last fall It was to hav
been expected that they would maintain
sllenc on this painful subject. '
' Springfield Monitor: In th democratic
Judicial convention In Omaha Saturday the
bar nominees for the district bench, with
the addition of a name to fill a vacancy,
was Indorsed. Th Monitor was never in
favor of such a move, and can nor? yet see
where the democrats will be benefited. The
delegate from this county wer really not
In favor of the scheme but there was no
show for them In th convention, so they
had to give In.
Arcadia Champion: The republicans have
placed a state ticket In th field that the
party can well be proud of. In J. B.
Barnea of Madison they hav a candidate
against whose long career as district judge
nothing can be said. He is a man whom
the party can point to with Just pride. The
candidates for regents, Charles S. Allen of
Lincoln and Vll!lam G. Whltmore of Doug
las county, ar both good, clean, capable
men and deserve .the support of every re
publican. Blue Springs Sentinel: The real fusion
aggregation has no more use for a genuine
gold-bug democrat or a mid-roe i..- than a
patriot has for a rebel during a war. Cap
tain Ashby of Beatrice found this out when
he presumed to be a candidate for judicial
honors at the late fusion convention at
Tecumseh. The only honey that Is shown
anybody by that organisation Is to the
bolting republican. He I at once, as It
were, taken up 'nto the high mountain and
shown the earth which he Is Informed Is
his for the simple asking, but which never
materialises, if he will only continue to
shout for reform.
Kearney Hub: The Lincoln News talks
voluminously regarding the political pos
sibilities of Judge Wall and Deputy Attorney
General Ndrrls Brown, and assuming that
the latter will be a candidate for attorney
general next year, concludes that Wall is
liable to cut him out of the nomination. As
a matter of tact we have quite a number of
citizens out this way who are of large po
litical stature large enough for senators,
judges, congressmen, attorney general or
anything else the occasion may demand. So
there Is not much probability of a clash be
tween these gentlemen, as the News would
have us believe.
York Times: There Is no limit to the
possibilities of Nebraska. No one can set-
bounds to her wonderful productiveness.
Under favorable circumstances her climate
is almost tropical. Until a couple of weeks
ago it seemed impossible that we would
have any good corn In this part of the
state. Today the the prorrect Is better
than it has been for years. Gars that
looked Ilk popcorn then are large, splen
didly filled and almost mature Several
conservative farmers have told us that they
will have from sixty to seventy bushels to
the acre if the weather continues favorable
a few days longer. It Is never fafe lo pre
dict a short crop In this state until th
deed Is fully accomplished.
Pender Republic: It I interesting to ob
serve the different ways In which th fu
sion press treat Judge .Sullivan's plea for
decency In politics and for fair play
toward a worthy rival. Some of them
strongly Intimate that th judge did not
mean It, that It was only the usual amen
ities of the occasion. Bom that ar al
ways disposed to be fair have accepted
th plea a made lu good faith and cor
dially endorse th Judge's position, and up
prov of h's admonition. Inasmuch as
Judge Sullivan twice was party to the ap
pointment ot Judge Rarnes upon th su
preme court commission there Is no good
reason to supposo that Judge Sullivan was
no't stating his real thought when he so
heartily commended Judge Barnes.
Crete Vldette-Herald: Fusion politicians
can play upon the credulity of the people
but th rank and file of the democratic
and populist parties have the last chance
In the game. If there Is any good reason
for the existence of these two organisations
why on earth do they not stand up for
their principles? They will meet In coiif
vention and solemnly resolve that theirs
Is the only true, evangelical, orthodox
political outfit on earth. Each will unani
mously pass a resolution against both the
other pagan organizations and the third
resolve Is one to fuse with the same
much detested party. Down in Johnson
county four of the uncontrolled fusion
nominees have withdrawn from the ticket.
The rank and file can see that the manipu
lators of fusion conventions do not care
a picayune for principles and ar governed
solely by an Inordinate desire for the spoils
of office. Thousands of honest democrats
and populists are getting everlastingly tired
of this horse play and will enter their
protest against fusion on election day by
voting a straight, clean republican ticket.
Oat for th Stuff.
Baltimore American,
fhe main difficulty mat seems to be In
the way of the Panama canal treaty 1 that
Colombia wants the United States to fur
nish that country with enough money to
run the little government for the next ten
years.
Bares On, Ye Heroes.
Minneapolis Journal.
Look up and take courage, oh y poor be
nighted sufferers from bay fever, for it ap
pears that a man may sneez and snees
and still b well. Sir Jonathan Hutchinson
ha declared "When a man snece heartily
he may know himself in th beat of health,
no person In poor health was ever known
to sneeze." The day may come when, by
the aid of a little auto-suggestion, w may
look upon this summer scourge as merely a
strenuous svldcnc of abounding health.
Stop tearing your
throat! One dose
of Ayer's Cherry
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Lewcll. Mm.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Walter Wellman declares that Teary will
reach the North Pole this time. Mr. Well-
man may be considered an excellent au
thorlty on what other pole-hunters can do.
Outside of the Panama canal difficulties,
further trouble Is afoot In Colombia. Th
cobblers of Bogota are now refusing to
mend North American shoe. Nobody
knows, of course, how long this will last
Franklin Farrell, Jr., the son of a Con
necticut millionaire and a recent graduate
of Harvard, has entered his father's foun
dry at Derby with the purpose of learning
the trade of a foundryman In alt Its de
tails. Eugenie Sorrentlno, the famous Italian
bandmaster and composer, and his brother,
Vincent Sorrentlno, have become American
citizens, having received their naturaliza
tion papers In Kansas City several days
Ago.
General Daniel E. Sickle will be present
at the unveiling of the Sherman statue at
Washington in October as a representative
of the Army of the rotomac. He Is ono of
the few surviving general officer of that
organization.
Captain Wrlnge, who sailed Shamrock III
for Sir Thomas Upton, has wisely con
cluded to remain In the United States and
become a citizen. He says of the Shamrock
race that he "had no chance to show any
seamanship against a yacht that could sail
rings around him."
Ross L. Clarg. president of the Rice Belt
Railway company, which runs through the
rice-producing section of Texas, is the
youngest railroad president in the United
States. He is but 30 years old. He began
his career as a cowboy and subsequently
became manager of a rice plantation.
Returning to the donor the American
eAgle sent him from the White v.ountalns.
Sir Thomas Llpton unwittingly raps those
Americans who have snld that they would
like to see him win. "This is an American
bird, and out of place on Erin," Was the
message that he sent with the eagle.
"Naturally, It couldn't be a mascot for me,
for no good American llrd could possibly
wish to see me lift the cup."
POINTED FLEASANTHIE.
So they're to be married. Since they
both hav money, I suppose It will b
considered a good match.''
"It's what you might call a 'safety
match.' It will only light on the box the
money box as it were. Chicago Tribune.
"My uncle," he said, "fell at Lookout
Mountain.
"Was It a bad fall?" she asked Innocently.
Chicago Post.
"I suppose the duke of Roxburghe Is
very rich." - -
"He must be. A man shouM have a
lot of money In the bank before he can
afford to attach two useless letters to the
end of his name. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
He Your father did not object to our
marriage as much as I had expected.
She Oh, poor papa has given up the
Idea of being too particular. Brooklyn
Life.
Ada po you get much exercise?
May Why. yes, I have no maid and I
have a waist that buttons in tho back.
Judge.
"Some men," fald Uncle Eben, "sits down
an' does a day's loafln' an' calls It beln'
patient an' resigned." Washington Star.
"There IS some talk of turning over the
Philippines to the Japanese."
"Well, 1 never did like those Japanese."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
She I'll never forget my feelings when
you asked me to marry you.
He Why, was it such a hard thfng to
answer?
She No, but you were such a soft thing
to answer Philadelphia Press.
"Darling," whispered the young bride
groom, "we are about to enter a tunnel."
"Then won't you please go and get a
drink of water for me, Harold?" said the
young bride, observing that the other pas
senger were watching thm expectantly.
Chicago Tribune.
Ward Worker No, sir, I'd never sell my
vote. I'd
Candidate Ah! but won't you rent It to
me for a day?
Ward Worker Well, that's different.
Indianapolis Journal.
He wa described as beetle browed.
As busy as a bee;
As lively as a cricket
And a guy June bug for glee;
lf bussed like a mosquito
But the people said: "Oh. my!
We do not like thut person's ways;
He seems extremely fly."
-New Orleans Times-Democrat.
TIIE SIMMER OF 1!H)3.
. Washington Post.
It will be a fine thing when th year hav
slipped by
And a new generation appears to the eye,
A happy us happy can be.
To tell, vAiile young hearts are with sym
pathy wanned
Of the year when the summer got good and
ruformed:
The summer of r.lneteen-three.
The zephyrs that used to be parched were
so mild
That they seemed like the sigh of a com
forted child
As they swept o'er the blossoming lea'
And the sky overhead as It smiled on tiie
bay
With a canopied cloud kept the sunshine
away,
The summer of nlneteen-three.
It was like some old rogue who Is changing
his mind,
And resolves to be generous, gentle and
kind.
To alone for life over-free;
And though some batkslldlngs occurred
now and then,
It cooled off and tried not to do It again,
The summer of nlneteen-three.
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