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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. .
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ays mat tne actual numuer oi ium m
t omplata copies of Tha . Dally, Morning,
fcvenlng and Sunday Baa printed during tha
month of May, luot, was as .follows:
. 1 80,000 ' IT. 80,630
- 1 9,90O Jg. 80,000
ae,ro u.. ,io
i ao,Tao .' ..'. se,s0
w,io : at.., 80,880
a,se - ae,ieo
f.. MkSM n...... SO,T8
I 80,700 SO.TBO
80,180 SB.S40
10 80,100 'M..... 0,tO0
11..... 90,100 7.;, .SO.TIO
U S0,T8O St.,...., 89,l
U. 88,800 ', .fi....,..T,lOO
U 8A.04O 8..'. ;J3M
It .KMaO M... ....... .30,780
"'Ku-.... ..,.....5H3
Lass unsold and returned oopiaa.... 10,039
Net total aalas '. S01,eMU
Nat average sales. 8,oBi
GEO. B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
oeiore rua itua ut oar oi Ma, A u. vm.
Bjlv of May. a
Ueai
. iL B. HONQATB,
notary ruouo.
All lndlritlo4rioln to" a?methlng do
ing In the fielglibarhood of Tort Arthur.
What ht becomt of tho municipal
paTng plaint poJectl'Hfli It 1een aban
doned or 1 It 'bniy plumberlhg In Bom
pigeon hola. '-.'
In talking abrmt 1 the alleged combine
egalnrt NebraaVa'i ric.prldentlal can
didate, Gujrdont', 5' "VVatUe not to be
taken eriomlfcVjt ' . V
Ak-Bar-Ben hat ajet 2,600 at the record
mark for " this; jrcar'B.t membership roll.
Ak-Sar-Beld uluany a'ccOmpUBhe what
ba seta out to-dov .,- ; ' .
With the kind pennlsslott' of the par
ing contractor- Omaha ' rnajr poaalbly
succeed In gefUnjf throe or fonrtlock
of new patemM thUeaiv.: . -. -L'-
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For nuraerooa complUneatar notice
by our exchange. f- Tbe, Bee'a turn of
lta third of a icentMry -irf .hereby' make
annrnolatlVA aknnwtidB'fant.V -', .
Omaha cannot arrora to hare its build
ing tea son Interrupted thla year by
strikes. To the Journeymen painters and
master painters get together And stay
there.
Tammany Is out Tor McClflllan, but It
Is a well remembered fart that the only
democrat fleeted to the pre&ldency since
the war Was nominated oyer the protest
of Tammany. , ' .-'
With the approach of h dog days the
rise In thi price of meat Will not cut as
much figure with boarding house keep
ers aa would a rise In the price of fruits
and vegetables.
' America' regrets to hear that German
crops are In poor condition, but the Ne
braska farmer may be permitted a flush
of pleasure when be looks over his fields
of moving grain.
- Colonel Bryan has come home to put
the last finishing touches on his feath
ered war' bonnet and sharpen op his
tomahawk before setting out to EC
Louis on fell scalping expedition. .
The St; Louis convention may 'not
carry out prearranged program, but It
will not be because each faction Is not
trying to :inake Its machine effective
enough to put its own slate thrqugh.
Omaha 1 trade excursionists have a
bunch of 'trade lasts" for all the push
ing, progressive Nebraska towns they
hate visited. All tWy want In exchange
Is an occasional good word for Omaha.
Congressman WlnlJuh Is to sound
"the keyiiote of the' campaign" at St
Louis and.lt Is a safe prophecy, to say
the note Will sound discordant In the
harmony jbf republican-, prosperity and
progress.
. Chalrmaji Oortelyou declares he will
not talk or think politics .until after his
'resignation as 'secretary of commerce be
comes effective next month. That will
not preve&t him, however, from dream
ing politics.
The ney president of Ban Domingo
has been in office long enough to select
8 cabinet 'but the new cabinet members
have notj'had1 time yet to organize a
revolutloni-whlch may account for the
present peace ta the Island. - - '
There is no good reason why Omaha
should not do a lot of street paving be
fore cold weather sets In If the paving
contractors will only stop their boy's
play and iget xlown to business. There
is t limit on; public patience with ob
structive tactics.
Clnce the effects of the tariff; war be
tween Germany and Canada hare bean
brought to light showing loss of busi
ness to Germany, It la not to be ft
pooled that the (Jurmn a parUAr.'itntnr
Ucs who are xrsacttng a tariff war on
ttie Uixltsl : '? 1.U1 Is Vry pcjular
- A 8QVKD TROVOaiTlOX ..
The tariff plank of the republican na
tional platform contains this sound prop
osition: "When the only free trade
country among the great nations agi
tates a' return to protection the chief
protective country should not falter In
maintaining It" .The campaign being
carried' on In the United Kingdom by
Mr. Chamberlain for 8 reform In British
fiscal policy, Involving an abandonment
of the principle of free trade, has Us
chief . Inspiration In the wonderful In
dustrial and commercial development of
the United States' under protection. The
most telling statistics employed by the
English champion of fiscal reform are
those showing what has been accom
plished here during the. period In which
we have had a tariff that encouraged
the growth of manufacturing indus
tries, until we have reached the first
rank among industrial nations. And
let It be borne in mind that a very
large part of this growth has been at
tained since the republican party iwas
restored to power In 1807 .
It Is perhsps needless to say that there
was no Industrial growth In the period
of the last democratic administration.
That was 8 time of depression and stag
nation and of course there was no In
centive to new enterprises. Recovery
from this condition Immediately fol
lowed the republican victory of 1800,
which carried with It the assurance that
the protective policy would be cared for
as long as that party should be contin
ued in power. Gradually the great army
of idle labor returned to work and eves
since, the country has had prosperity,
much of the time greater than it, ever
knew before. This has been freely em
ployed by Mr. Chamberlain In his cam
paign for reform of the British fiscal
policy.
Now the' democratic party la renewing
Its attack upon protection and the St
Louis convention -will undoubtedly , de
clare against that policy. . It will hardly
dare to follow Mr. Bourke Cockran In
pronouncing In favor of free trade,
though perhaps 8 majority of tne dele
gates to the convention believe In the
British xlley, but It Is a safe prediction
that protection will be roundly de
nounced. American manufacturers who
have prospered during the last six or
seven years and American worklngmen
who havehad constant employment in
the industries during those years, are
not likely to support a partythat stands
for the overthrow of a policy which has
placed -this country In the lead as an
industrial nation and Is certain to keep
It there if the policy Is maintained. '
' TBS T TALK OF PE ACS. -The
exchange of courtesies ' between
King Edward and Emperor William at
Kiel has an interest for the world bo
cause of the expressions of both In be
half of peace. The. German fleet said
the kaiser, is Intended for the protection
of trade and territory and also serves
for the maintenance of peace-'' To , 'liis
response the British sovereign Expressed
gratification at the' reference to his "un
remitting endeavors for the maintenance
Of peace."; Undoubtedly both were sin
cere, -for -each has given very positive
evidence that they are friends of peace
and are ready to use their powerful In
fluence for the maintenance of peace.
King Edward has been conspicuously
active in this direction since he came to
the throne. He has succeeded In remov
ing longstanding causes of disagree
ment between Great Britain and France
and in strengthening friendship between
his country and Germany-. Emperor Wll
pam has also maintained a consistent
attitude favorable to peace and unques
tionably has exerted a most ealutary.,in
Cuence upon Europe.. The utterances
of these rulers of two powerful nations
is therefore reassuring and cannot fall
to have a good effect With them thus
pledged the danger of 8 European con
flict Is remote. . ' v
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A DKLVIlOlf AXD A BBAK&'. '
; The railroad assessment for the jear
1004 has .been completed and official cer
tificates pave been mailed to the various
counties showing the exact proportion to
which they are entitled In the assess
ment of railway mileage. It is also an
nounced officially that the Omaha termi
nal values ware distributed on a mileage
basis over each tf the roads that con
verge In this city. '
IIow much the Omaha railroad termi
nals were appraised for and how the
distribution was made will forever re
main a mystery. We doubt even
whether the most expert mathematician
could figure out whether there has been
any distribution of the railroad termi
nals. Take for example the terminals,
depots and depot grounds of the Bur
lington ' system at Omaha, that are all
credited to the Omaha & Southwestern
railroad. ' In 1003 that fond was as
sessed for $0,600 pot mile on Its total
mileage.
Assume that the $6,600 assessment
for last year represented only one
tenth of the true value of the road, no
body could discover -a dollarof distribu
tion of terminal value In its assessment
This year the Omaha ft Southwestern is
assessed for $9,035 per mile, or an In
crease of $2,633 per mile, equal to $129,
285, which multiplied by five .represents
sn increase of $040,425t although' the
Burlington depots and , terminals alone
are wprth. anywhere from $3,000,QQO to
$5,000,000. " j ;' '
If the distribution of the Burlington
terminals at Omaha and Lincoln. have
been distributed over.tbe entire ieugth
of the Burlington system, which would
have been, in conflict .With. '.the policy
adopted by the board In assessing each
of the sixteen roads that constitute the
system 'In Nebraska . separately,' the
amount apportioned to each of the 2,011
allcs is not discernible. ; . , . :
Tne distribution of ther Union Taclfle
terminals Is equally incalculable. The
Union Pacific main .line, on ,whlc. the
distribution was presumed to have taken
place, is 407 ni!Js long inj tho assess
ment for 1004 Is $18,000 per iiille, ss
against fD.JMJ for J0C3, an incrtaae of
IIOO per billoVTle Union rat-lflo ter
minals in Omaha were estimated to bel
wertn at least sia,uuu,uuu ten years go
and today could not be duplicated for
20,000,00a At $15,000,000 distributed
on a mileage basis, the Omaha terminals
would represent $32,120 per mile for the
entire main line, whereas the assessment
for the year 1904 has only been incressed
by $0,100 per mile, or an aggregate for
the entire main line of $248,700. Aa a
matter of fact the Union Pacific for its
entire system in Nebraska main line
and branches is capitalized at $100,000
a mile, and its earnings have been equal
for the entire system to at least $80,000
per mile, which at one-fifth would give
$16,000 per mile, but the branch lines of
the Union Pacific; vis, the Omaha and
Republican Valley . road, 428 miles. Is
aaressed for 1004 at $0,500 per mile and
the Kearney branch, sixty-five miles, at
$4,770 per mile, making the total assess
ment of the Union- Pacific main line and
branches $10,673,000, or an average of
$11,020 per mile, as against $0,021 per
mile for the year 1003, or an increase of
$4,405 per mile. The Omaha terminals
of the Union Pacific, at a valuation of
$15,000,000, distributed over the entire
mileage of the system in Nebraska, 901
miles, would have added $15,008 per
mile, equal at one-fifth to $3,121 per
mile. Such a distribution would leave
the assessment of the tangible vtlue
and franchises of the Republican Val
ley branch at $3,879 per mil and that of
the Kearney branch at $1,049 per mile.
Manifestly the alleged distribution of
the value of railroad terminals is still
a delusion and a snare. .
PB0ORE8S OF TBX WAR.
Military events In the far east are
moving rapidjy and while the Informa
tion received continues to be more or
less indefinite and therefore Confusing,
it appears evident that a great battle,
which may prove decisive in Its results,
is Imminent The Japanese have again
shown themselves vastly superior to
their adversary m the sea, accepting as
authentic the latest account of their
natal operations. Will they also prove
the superior strategists on land la a
question that the movements now in
progress should speedily answer. They
have certainly demonstrated their abil
ity thus far and It Is not unreasonable
to assume that they will continue to
show themselves at least equal to the
more experienced enemy.
.The operations going on. It Is sug
gested by some of the experts, may cul
minate in a Gettysburg for the Japanese
Invaders or a Sedan' for the Russians.
It is pointed out that should the Rus
sians fall in their immediate purpose
the moral loss will be even greater than
the material, but they would not be
compelled to take the extreme decision
of retiring beyond Mukden without for
cing the Japanese to offer battle at more
than one point under conditions in
creasingly disadvantageous for them. It
Is also thought that the Japanese ar
rangements have been to a certain: ex
tent disturbed by the 'exploits i of the
Vladivostok squadron, though iot Seri
ously enough to Influence materially the
cburse'of the campaign, ' One of the ex
perts remarks that whatever the pur
pose or result of the Russian movement
to the south, it was illogical and badly
conducted and adds: "A few more les
sons In Japanese artillery practice and
the' mobility of Japanese infantry, per
haps, are necessary before the Russians
learn that stubborn bravery is not a
match for superior guns and superior
forces. A knowledge of when and how
to retreat is a large per cent of the total
of the science and the art of war." The
Russians have certainly been given op
portunities to learn this.
It is to be remarked, however, that
much of this so-called expert opinion
Is necessarily based' upon Inadequate in
formation "and therefore of no great
value. When the advancing armies meet
and a great battle is fought it will then
be determined which Bid has employed
the superior strategy. Meanwhile there
can be little better than conjecture re
garding plans and purposes.
The quesUoiTliMsTwKiu asked why no
official statements have been published
by the city and county treasurers of the
financial condition and places of deposit
of the county and city funds. The ex
planation is very easy. The city and
county treasurers are both aa busy as
they can be gathering In the delinquent
taxes and the . regular taxes that are
coming in with a rush before the close
of the fiscal year.. It may be safely pre
dicted, however, thatv official treasury
statements will be published beginning
with July. The raonev Is aji drrfiair
in banks ' In accordance with the de
pository law under present republican
treasurers. '
Another lnterurban railroad has been
projected and Incorporated. This time
the proposed road Is to connect Omaha
with Hastings and a number of towns
this side. How soon the Dronosed
Omaha-Hastings lnterurban will be sur
veyed; lithographed and financed has not
yet been 'divulged. ThefWMa no doubt
however, that eastern Nebraska Is aa
ripe for lnterurban electric roads as
western Iowa.
Democratic love for the- working man
can best be learned by Inspecting the
laws governing labor In the southern
states, where child labor is permitted
under such vile conditions as to call
forth protest from all classes except the
democratic politician and the greedy
manufacturer of the south. .
. Wheai pi Ha Loaa Iff (
Chicago Reoord-UsraJd.
John II Webster of Nebraska has tnt
home to got a aeputatlon.
B-r lotto Tssrs,
Baltimore American.
' The smoothness with which tha repub
lican convention at Chicago morad is
merely a sample of tha orderliness with
which tha government la to bo run tinder
tha continuation of tha Roosevelt adminis
tration, i
Dollars A hove Lit.
New York Tribune.
Tho sud who rods to death at tie Uttle of
Btnlaulava dit-d Lava use soiuo one bluuuered.
Tha victims of tha Bloeum aicsurtef want
to their death not only because someone
blundered, but also because owners and
official placed dollars beyond human Uvea.
Maat Bsts Be tha Raal Thla.
Philadelphia Lodger.
Thomas W. Lawson, a Boston stock
broker, who helped to organise the Copper
Trust, says the robbery connected with the
exploits of that trust was something awful.
When the stock brokers got frightened and
shocked there must bo something really
shocking,
POLITICAL. DRIFT.
St Paul Republican: RooaevelLand Fair
banks; that's a ticket to bo proud of, for
certain.
Schuyler free Lancet Tha populist party
still lives, but it has a very had case of
consumption.
Aurora Republican: Roosevelt and Fair
banks! A great pair to head a great ticket
It's a great national ticket and great will
be its victory
Stromsburg Journal: The renomlnatloo
of Roosevelt was made by the people Ir
respective of party, long ago, and will re
ceive their support st the polls. Rooae
vslt and Fairbanks will bo elected by the
eigrest popular vote in" the history of tha
United States.
Falls City Journal: The unanimous re
nomination of President Roosevelt by bis
party. Is an honor which has been ex
tended to very few presidential candidates
in the century and a quarter of our na
tional existence. It Is an honor of whlob
ho may well feet proud And It is one
Indication of the unanimous support Which
he will receive at the polls next fall.
Fremont Herald: It strikes us that If ex-
Senator Allen had been as much opposed
to fusion ten years ago as he is now
there wouldn't have been any ex-Senator
Allen. The Madison statesman likes to
hear himself talk and so do aa the rest of
us like to hear him. He may bo nomi
nated for governor, or president, or some
thing with Ws possibilities, and then there
wouldn't bo any further jealousies of Mr.
Bryan.
Creighton News: In nominating Theodore
Roosevelt for the presidency, the repub
licans have only ratified the oxprossed de
sire of the people of this country without
respect to party. Some of the republican
politicians mads wry faces for awhile, and
the democratic! politicians who ars after
o fries may bo expected to find fault, but
tha people at largo have confidence in
Roosevelt, they know ho Is patriotio snd
courageous, and they believe bo Is honest
and those three qualities go a long way
with the common run of humanity her in
this country.
Weeping Water Republican: Hon. E. J.
Burkett la the first Nebraska candidate tor
United States senator to bo nominated In
convention. While this Is an innovation In
Nebraska politics, it has long boon a ous
tom in other and older states. Surprising
as It may be, the plan is followed in a very
great part of tha states of the union. A
testimonial in its favor is the fact that it
Is a growing custom and each year adds a
new state to the plan. While Nebraska is
the latest to adopt the plan, Illinois and
Ohio are - new converts, comparatively
speaking. Indiana and Michigan and Cali
fornia have tried It . Of course the poli
ticians don't lika it the men who manipu
late legislatures don't Uks it hut the people
like it and it la one of. the reforms that
depends upon the people for its support '
Kearney Hub: The candidates Roosevelt
and Fairbanks 1 Two statesmen of ths most
splendid proportions, -U). fitness of the
former . proven by a severe probationary
test the. abilities anV, worthiness afH the
latter shown throughout. s, strenuous life
from' earliest boyhood toj the golden prime
of manhood, Roosevelt, Jhe masterful xnan,
supreme in every emergency, a leader with
the courage of conviction, superbly
equipped by temperament, by training, by
natural gifts and acquired accomplish
ments, tho strongest and sturdiest typo of
manhood, tho incomparable Amerioan!
Fairbanks, the strong and self-reliant
none more clean or capable in American
pubUo life, of that good stuff of .whlob.
even presidents are made, is an ideal "run
ning mate" and may be as much mors as
occasion or emergency shall require.
THIRTY -THH.JEB YJCARS TOVMO.
Kearney Journal: Tho Omaha Bee was
thirty-three years 'of age Sunday, atjd the
Kearney Journal extends congratulations. '
Grand ' Island Independent: The Omaha
Bee has Just celebrated its thirty-third
birthday anniversary. Congratulations ars
certainly In order.
Byreouse Journal: The Omaha, Bee is
thlrty-throo years eld, and has been under
one manacement since its inception. The
Bee and its editor, Mr. Rosswater, have
been leading factors in the upbuilding of
Nebraska. ' '
Oakland Independent: The Omaha . Bee
Is thirty-three years old. . It was founded
that many years ago by Editor Rosewater
and has been under his .guidance over
since. The Bee Is a papet Nebraska can
feel proud of.. It has done much for tho
development of tho state..
Wood River Interests i The Omaha Bee
Is thirty-three years old this week and B.
Rosewater, Its founder and present editor,
can point with pardonable pride to the faot
that the Boo building, and Its equipment
and The Bee itself is classed among tho
great newspapers of this great country. .
Kimball Observers Tho Omaha Boo is
thirty-three years old snd Edward Rose
water, ths man who founded the paper,
has been the editor and manager for a
third of a century, Many people do not
agree with Mr' Rosewater on Important
questions', but all agree that h has made
a succeas of The Bee, . . ,
South Offish. Democrat: Ths Bee has
Just celebrated it thirty-third year, Mr.
Rosewatar may well feel proud of ths suo
cess that has crowned his efforts in build.
Ing up a fine newspaper In addition to
erecting one of the largest and best office
buildings in Omaha. As a business man
ager, writer and shrewd politician Mr.
Rosewater stands at ths bead of the list
in the wsat
Hastings Tribune: The 'Omaha Bee has
Just eel bra ted its thirty-third year, and
Nebraskans can everywhere' rejoloe with
It and feet proud of Its existence. The Bee
la a ylg-oroua newspaper charaoterlsUo of
the west. Those delicately fastidious Will
not find their Ideal embodied Id The Bee,
but those who enjoy a practical, news
paper of force will congratulate the state
on the existence of tho Omaha Bee.
Blue Valley Blade I With tha Sunday
Issue of The Omaha Bee the thirty-third
year of its existence was celebrated. The
Bee was founded .by Edward Rosswater
in U7t and ha IS sUU it editor. ' The Orst
issue ef The Bee was printed on a hand
power press turned by a Besro, and the
present edition Is printed on the finest per
fecting presses, while the type Is set by
tho latest machinery. The Bee is one of
tho best papers In tho country.
Ho wells Journal: Tho Omaha ; Bee Is
thirty-three years old, and during all of
thoaa years It has been tinder the man
agement of Edward' Rosewater, From a
mail b1nnlng It has crown to be one
of the leading papers of the country. Mr.
Rosewater has cause to look bask ward
over his newspaper career of a third of a
century with pride. His paper has done
Its full share toward the upbuilding of
Omaha aitd the suae eg NeUasfce t gB
ROCKD ABOVT HEW YORK..
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Ripples the Cwrreal ef Life la the
Metropolis. -
Ths persistent gullibility of the popular
tion, demonstrated week after week, yusti
fles a revision of Barnum's estimate of
the foot birthrate. A Arm of erooks.tn
New York City, which promised and for
a time paid I per cent a waea on lavest
meats, found enough fools to give them
a handsome "stake'' and then vanished.
The poetofflce inspectors have been trying
for some time to obtain evidence upon
which they eould base action, but without
success. They held up some of tho letters
and found the names of customers: asked
them for some specimens of tho "litera
ture" so that tho legality of the company
might be determined, but the Investors
Informed tho Inspectors that they were
rather Impertinently Interfering In a matter
which did not concern them, and refused
to make complaint or to furnish informa
tion. They were receiving or S per cent
Interest every Monday morning from the
oompany and were inclined to rejoloe. Tho
laree number ef Investors In ons Ohio town
were charmed with the results, and ware
very anxious that their neighbors and ths
public should not learn of the golden harv.
est, for fear lest the profit would be re
duced If they were split np among too
many people. Then tho crash came; thou
sands of people, chiefly wage workers, have
lost their money, and tho managers of tho
crafty game are said to have "cleared up"
several millions.
A new street washing machine which may
revolutionise the method of street cleaning
In New York Is being tried. Tho first ex
periment proved that this machine la ca
pablo of washing a given amount of street
surface with 281 gallons of water, lor wnicn
t,M0 gallons would bo required If a fire hose
were used. This enormous saving is ef
fected by means of compressed air. Tha
appearance of tho maohlno is very much
like that of an ordinary sprinkling cart.
but ths tank is of iron and Is equipped with
a fan-shaped row of spouts, through whloh
the water is thrown with sufflolent force to
wash the dirt into the gutter on both sides
of tho street. Tho authorities believe that
the problem of cleaning the streets of a
largo city economically and yet thoroughly
has been solved by this now flusher,
Leaping from his cage to the ground, a
largo chlmpansee attached to an animal
farm In Jersey City wrested from ths hand
of Matthew BroeaseU a knife with whloh
tho man, In a fit of temporary Insanity,
was attempting suicide. The, creature
saved Broessoll's life.
BroesssU had been training the monkey
for a number of years and the animal was
greatly attached to htm. For tha last few
days the man had complained of the heat
and declared that his reason would not last
much longer. While cleaning the oage of
his pet he suddenly began to scream. He
picked up the knife and slashed his throat
several times. The monkey Jumped- through
the open door of his care and was wrestling
with the man for tho knife when the other
keepers came. - BroeaseU Is in the dty hos
pital In a Serious condition.
The building of a monument In Fort
Green park to tho martyrs who died in
British prison ships in the war of tho
revolution Is now assured, the Board of
Estimate having voted 160,000 to the project
Governor Odell has signed a bill authoris
ing an appropriation by the state Of 126,000.
Tho United States government has already
passed a bill setting aside 1100,000 for ths
purpose, ' and various eitlsens have raised
136,000. so that the city's 890,000 was needed
to complete the full amount -
In excavating for the now Grand Cen
tral station the 'contractors are using a
self-dumping dirt oar which Is loaded by
a big scoop worked by hydraullo power.
They save an ' Immense amount of labor.
Ths Irish foreman was explaining this re
cently. ,
"That scoop and car," said the foreman.
"do the work of 100 glnneys."
"Ya, hat big shovel an' car hav 'a no
hundred votes," said a farsseelng son of
Italy who overheard the foreman's remark.
One of the best free shows in Now York,
Some people think, are tho shop windows.
Window dressing ha reached the plans
of the fine art, and experts at the work
command high salaries. For example, there
is one Sixth avenue firm that pays tS.OOO a
year to Its head window dresser. He has
two assistants who get $2S and Kt a week.
Allowing for the cost of. velvet and plush
backgrounds and other incidentals the cost
of the- window dressing . of this firm Is
nearly tlO,000 a year. So far as Is known.
no othsr window dresser In New York
gets so muoh. As a rule, experts gat from
13,000 to XtOQ, the average yearly salary
being about $1,(00. Few window dressers
Bet less than 11,200. The most noted window
dressers now In Now York never had a
lesson in the art They were born with
an artlstlo syo for tho grouping of colors
and the arrangement of draperies in allur
ing curves.
lie was i German oonductor on a Third
avenue car, and when his ear was ap
proaching Grand street he leaned over the
rear seat and whispered to a smoker:'
"I like vhen a man smoke a cigar. Dot
Is a sign he Is not a grank. Vhen vo come
by Grand street listen to der cranks shout
dransfer tickets. Dry can't speak no Eng
lish at all, und soms of dem peoples I
can't understood." t
The first man to ask for a ticket was a
Swede, who shouted:
"Aye will a tecketl"
"Trans! Trans t" shouted an Italian, hold
ing out his hand.
Transforfaret" yelled a UtUe man with
a long beard.
Tickee! Tlekeet" sheeted a Chinaman,
who climbed along the car step to get his
transfer.
And then 8 big, broad-shouldered Irish
man nailed to tha oonduotort
Hey! Give me transportation tor Grand
street"
"Vhat did I told your (continued the
German conductor, when the tar had passed
ths corner, "Some people don') know no
Bnslish at all. Doy are vhat two oail Ignor
anoe. AlnVltT"
And ths man In the mo kink seat said It
was.
A woman dragging a big rodatlff dog at
tached to a piece of rope trtei to board a
Madison street horse ca soiig cast at
Madison and Catherine streets.
"Nothing doing, lady; wait fofr the next
car," said the conductor, signaling for ths
driver to go ahead. .
The lady stood at ths croaaing Jnd waited
for tho next oar. Meanwhile this dog lay
down, blocking the tracks. Along cam a
ear, and again tho woman beckoned to the
driver to stop. )
"See here, lady, It' againet tb rules of
ths company to rid dogs en this car," re
soarked the oonductor. '.
That's all right; I'll pay his far and
guarantee he'll not bite anyone," answered
th dog mistress.
But the driver started tb oar without
earrytnff woman or dog. Sba went across
th street to an undertaker's, whoee horse
and wagon were standing outsld and mad
8 deal with the undertaker to have bar dog
driven to the Orand tree( ferry. Than she
mounted th seat with the driver and
started off.
Fifty Years
V
Improves. Mho flavor and adds to
tho hcalihfalnoss of tho food.
PRICK BAKINQ POWDER CO. CHICAGO,
STATS PRESS OPINIOXS.
Kearney Hob: A pilgrim returning from
th St Louis exhibition states that the
educational exhibit from Nebraska is de
voted entirely to Omaha, Lincoln and Peru.
Th Kearney schools seat a beautiful and
Interesting exhibit of pupils' work, but no
trao of It eould be discovered. What be
came of it?
Chappell Register:, It was Just ten years
ago Monday that Judge Dundy telegraphed
for federal troops to protect the Union
Pad do road from, tho depredations of the
Coxyites who threatened to capture trains
at Julesburg and Ogalalla, This statement
of facts needs no comments. We think
every one can realise and appreciate the
oluuiged condition.
Fender Republic: Unless something Is
done to check tho ravages of this firewater
fiend it will carry off the red men as did
the smallpox plagu In the days of the
great Blackbird, for verily I say' unto you
that thdtklnd of whisky those bootlegging
brigands are furnishing tho Indiana would
sat ths entrails out of a brass monkey or
make the hide of a slno lined hobo look
like a blanket Burnt full of holes. .
Beatrice Bun: Some ef th papers of tho
State are roasting the last legislature for
hot appropriating a largo sum of money
to oreot a building for the state upon the
exposition; grounds at St Louis. As a
matter of fact tho best thing that the last
legislature did was to refuse to make an
appropriation for th benefit of a commis
sion of follows who have made it a busi
ness for years to .attend all sorts of shows
at publlo expense; There Is no mor reason
wby a stat that , Is loaded down to the
guards ' should wade In deeper In order to
show off than an individual who Is Involved
should mortsT&g his bom to rels money
to go. Theiw Is a too liberal expenditure
of money that does not belong to the
fellow who does the spending.
Allen News: The editor of the News Is
in a deep quandary. Tb question with us
Is can th country be aaved without our
able (T) assistance a an editorial writer.
Fifteen years ago we thought not and used
to write editorials galore and swell up like
a poisoned pup over our stupendous efforts.
Finally we thought most Intelligent people
knew as much about running the govern
ment as wo did, and for many years have
out out an editorial column in the paper.
for we really got our cue from some one
els 'who . really did have some- brains.
However, most of our exchanges have an
editorial page and are running the govern
ment after tbelr own ideas. Why not us 7
Better look out for by hokey we believe
It time to cut loos Again.
Schuyler Free Lancet Th cattle baron
of western Nebraska; who hav had the
us of th land out there free a pasture,
do not take kindly to tho new homestead
law of Congressman Kinkald, whloh gives
homesteaders In that region 440 acres of
land. They see that the law means settling
that country and they do not want that
as it cuts them out of their free pasture,
In fact those fellows hav ever tried to
keep settlers out and hava at - times re
sorted tovtolenc to keep people out of
their range.' They are down on Kinkald
and at a recent meeting of their leaders
th congressman was called before them
for an explanation. No doubt but that
ths cattle interests will fight ths law and
the author, but it will do no good. That
homestead law ofKlnkald's has mad his
majority s big up there that ho will be
elected with a larger majority than before.
Friend Telegraph: The Ak-Bar-Ben of
Omaha had its poster work for, the next
carnival done In Milwaukee, snd as a
natural consequence Is receiving a roasting
on the part of the Omaha newspapers. It
Is said In this oaso that Milwaukee Job
printers are doing the work for $60 less
than Omaha printers offered to do the
work for. Suppose they do, tho Ak-SSr-Ben
of Omaha wilt desire 1600 worth of free
advertising from tho newspapers of that
city before and after the carnival. Will
the Milwaukee printers who work for !M
less do this free advertising for themT
Not a word of It People often become
penny wise and pound foolish. Her in
Friend this same plan has been followed
for two years last past with th commence
ment Invitations in our high echool. Doubt
less th graduating class has- saved a few
cents In prices - and even Imagined they
were getting a better Job, but Chicago
printers failed to give tho graduating class
and th graduating exercises a write up.
and only comparatively few In and around
Friend know who graduated or what the
exercises were or anything In regard to
them. By many newspapers this class of
matter isn't counted as news, but rather
as advertiser of th graduating class.
AkwllshUa- t'aalgMly Billboards.
- Philadelphia Presa.
The agitation for th abolition of un-
sightly billboards Is going on In a number
of cities, with varying sucoess. In Paris
and la other European cities such dis
plays are wisely limited, and that ought
to be don everywhere. Boston ha taken
up th subject and th Park commission
has adopted a rule forbidding all sign
"within such distance of any publlo park
or parkway, or In such place as shall ren
der th words or devices of Such Sign
plainly vlslbl to Ihe naked eye." An ex
oeptlon I mad of a sign of limited dimen
sion "relating exolualvsly to the prop
erty on which It may be placed." That Is
a wise step, and th Boston city govern
ment should stop the gbua n the olty in
t entrai.
tho Standard
PERSONAL ITOTBg.
President Roosevelt is net as heavy as he
was. Exsrolse and diet have trimmed bin
down. " " "' '' '' "
T. I St. Germalne, -a Chippewa, has Just
been admitted to the bar In Iowa and Is
th state's first Indian practitioner at law,
Major A. Bt H. Gibbons, the well known'
African explorer and writer, is to be a del-'
egate to Washington at the eighth Interna-'
tlonal geographical congress. . , '
It Is announced that twenty Voisar girls
were engaged to b married before com
mencement day. The girls' . colleges, it
seems, are getting their press agents.
Dr. Charles B. McCarthy of the Catholic
High school, Philadelphia, has accepted the.
Knights of Columbus chair of, American
history at th Catholio university la Wash
ington. " t
A remarkable veteran soldier In England
Is Lord Chelmsford, now 77 years old, hut.
appearing like a man in the 60a. It is sixty
years since he entered the army, and h U
among th now thinned ranks of those who
served before Sebastopol. - .- -i
John Christian Watson, prime minister of
th Australian commonwealth, lonly a few
years ago was sotting- type in a Sydney
newspaper office. - In 1001- he was elected t
Parliament and aeon became th. man' of '
the hour, because of th strength he Showed
in debate. ;. .:-
A society has been formed. With Ernest
Thompson Be ton as- one. of its principal
members, for the preservation ot . Indian '
folk songs, and their work deserves en
couragement Frederick R. Burton Is at.
work on a collection of the songs ef the
Ojlbways, of which he ha njad spaoisity
for a number of years and which he con
siders the highest type of American abor
lginal music .. .... ...... , .,,,,
' '. LIKES TO A . LAUGM. ' ' ..V "' .
Tommy I wonder whers tbs 'mosqultoe
spend the winter ..... -., . ,
Elsie Mebbe that's what they're . try In ,
to tell us wlftn they come busain' around
us in Ui summer. Philadelphia Press.
brldef'thy throw shoe atjir the'
for the family to wear -while he oaten) '
UD with tha waddlna exDanaea."clvitla.nd -
- Tom son The doctor said I could hav oa
imam vi ucrrr a nay.
Johnson And you are obeytns; orders f ''
Tomson Yep. But I'm. Ave weeks ahead C
my allowance. Kansas City JournaL, a,
"Oh, Gertrude, I cannot stand it to have
you eay tho cruel words." ,
"Well, George, I'll telephone to you after
you go home." Cincinnati Coraaereiai
Tribune.. ,-, ,,, ,.. . ,
The Fakir Now, then. Just d ' Second,
squire. Take the spots - right - out yer -Clothes.
. . .,,
Farmer Ridgepole Go ahead, hgosh.
That's all yer can take out of 'em. I bin
in yer golrammed ewn. a week. C'uok.
"Why don't you tell the voUrs 'that yon'
Intend to purify poUUcs?" - '
"It wouldn't do any good In my particular
S art of tha country', answered Senator,
orghum. "There are too many voter
who have grafts that they don't want '
polled, "Washington Star. ... .,
BTOCKLIG VP, ' ' ' '
-
W. D. Nesblt In Chicago ' Tribune. '
Get out the well known phrases' ' ' '
And pearls of oratory,
Such as "Lake ena-wtae gases 'J-
Down vlstaa lit with glory,1' ' -
"l'he bulwarks of the nation,"
"The star that will not wan" : 1
It's time for preparation) .'
We've opened the campaign, , - " -
Get "Movement of aggression,"' " "' '
And "Parly's peerless loader,"
"The shadow of secession," ,
" "From pulra to pine and cedar'
"The courage of convictions, " ' '
"Our legislative bails," & ! t
"Malicious, green-bora fictions" ;.
fchake Out the camphor baila , ,
. Bun up "The grand old( banner,"' '
Unsheath "The gleaming saber,"
Reheurse the proper manner - -
Of celling voters "Neighbor,-"
Find "May -my right hand wither
If I forget my plfxlgel'"
Go, bring these phrases hither
To set our teeth on edge.
"The conflict with its clamor,"
"The men of might and muscle,"
"The arm that wields the hammer"
It's time that yau should hustle,
Awaaa, you cumpaiga apeakers, .
"Wll
Anil "Tli.r. uhm fliit fltavl"
Gst "Helmsman, true and steady,'-
And ''uhall not be In -vain'
It's time, your speech waa ready; ,
We've opened the campaign.
' . iisa
Consumption
Nearly all early cases can
be cured. Expert physicians
tell us they. rely;, largely-on
three things fresh air, good
food, and Ayer's - Cherry
Pectoral. IT the case is ad
vanced, recovery Is more un
certain. Follow your , doc
tor's orders. That's best.
I feared I might have joasumpuoa.
Nothing seemed to give me relief until
I used Aver's Cherry 'sctoral. It acted
promptly and cured me completely."
Wiss EmrnaMillcr. f ori Snel'iw 'ntjj
Uc, Me . li.M. J.w. AVUfcO., U.wi,J
uet Wltn propljeuo scan; .; ,
And all you ofnie seekers ' "', ' -
, Get. "Offlcs seeks the isan.'V-' " .
' .' ' .J: ..'.','
Get out the well known phrase, -V
Let "Freedonj tell her story,; . f .
Get "Conduct that amasps","- ., . r ' '