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What a narrow escape the prohlbltlon
Utg bad. General Miles Is now support
ing Parker for president
What about that market house? It
It la not made to pay expenses this year,
when will It be made to pay out?
The temporary vacation of the butch
ers and meat packers cannot fall to
stimulate the bakers and bread makers.
Free sliver democrats may find a sym
pathizer In General Kouropatkln. Both
feel at If they have been defeated by
a yellow peril.'
Mr. Barrlman seems to have won the
first round In his contention that a cor
poration ' which does not legally exist
cannot legally own anything.
i : Omaha can stand a curfew whistle tn
the early evening, but the siren whistle
la midday Is a little too much for un
strung nerves and sensitive ears.
Mr. Bryan will support Judge Parker,
bnt It is safe to say he will hire no ball
to counteract the effect of the speech
he made in the last ball he rented.
The Board of Lady Managers of the
fit." Louis World's fair could also have
learned some valuable lessons from the
Board of Lady Managers of the Omaha
exposition.
So far the meat packers' strike has
been devoid of turbulence at this point
It behooves the strikers to keep a clean
record of good behavior and law
observance. There Is one cause for satisfaction In
the democratic ticket The nomination
of former Senator Davis for vice presi
dent takes President Baer as an issue
out of the campaign.
Santos-Dumont says he will not return
to compete In the flying contests at the
St. Louis Exposition. The French aero
naut evidently lacks that quality which
nude Sir Thomas Llptoo famous.
This year the republican party will
present a solid west as a set-off against
the democracy's solid south, with more
votes cast by literate voters than any
other section bavlng a population of the
same slse.
" Great Britain has granted permission
to relatives to Inter the remains of the
late President Kruger in Africa. The
, only surprising thing about this is that
permission from the government should
te necessary.
The most serious Indication that New
Jersey may go democratic this fall is
the fact that the governor of the state
has been forced to call out the militia to
protect two negroes, who are to be tried
there this week.
That American crew which la going
to Russia to show the sailors how to
maaage. submarine boats may succeed
In convincing Americans that such boats
may be successfully operated, and per
haps it Is better that tbey experiment
upon Russians rather than upon Ameri
cans, Judge Parker's experience In dodging
sightseers who want to watch him dive,
may be of value to him should the un
expected bappeu. The rush of the
sightseers of today Is nothing compared
to what the rush of the office seekers
would be should there be a change at
the pie counter.
"Uncle Joe" Cauuon says he is going
to spend two weeks with the clams on
the Main coast after he shall have
surprised President Roosevelt by tell
ing him that be has been nominated. It
Is to be hoped the Maine clams will not
shock the humorous speaker of the bouse
tn the degree that the clam of Esopus
abockwl tba flemixraUQ cvnvwiUon
'PARKER ASD THX TRUSTS.
No ona knows bow Judge Tarker
stsnds regarding the antitrust plank
of the St. Louis platform and probably
there will be no public information as
to his views lefore be is formally ap
prised of his nomination. Meanwhile
there appears to be no uneasiness or
anxiety on ihe part of the trust mag
nates reopecthiK what may be the atti
tude of the democratic candidate for
the presidency. No expression of alarm
has leen heard from any of them over
the hostile declaration of the platform.
Bearinir In mind that Mr. Belmont was
one of the most active of the Tarker
boomers and has a great deal of Influ
ence with the candidate, there is mani
festly no reason why the trust people,
with whom Belmont Is in intimate as
sociation and sympathy, should worry.
He is quite eaimble of looking after
their Interests.
It is already announced, apparently
with authority, that the democrats In
tend to appeal to Wall street for Support
and It Is not to be doubted that they
will do so. The evidence is ample that
they have carefully planned to do this.
The Wall Street Journal expresses the
opinion that Parker will have the sup
port, partially open, but mainly cou
coaled, of the "interests" in the hope
that he will be successful in defeating
Mr. Roosevelt. It says: "The -signs of
this are clear and numerous. Judge
rnrker is supported, of course, by many
democrats In Wall street because he la
the democratic candidate, apart from
other considerations. But he is sup
ported, also, by the 'court circular type
of newspaper which has no politics but
the politics of the dollar, and the 'court
circular' press makes no secret of the
reasons why it supports him, these rea
sons being, in the main, that he will
not do what President Roosevelt has
done and that he may possibly undo
some of President Roosevelt's work."
The Journal states that very confident
assertions are made by local democratic
politicians that there will be any amount
of Standard Oil money for Judge Parker
and adds that the hatred of the "high
finance" for President Roosevelt is un
diminished and, Indeed, rather refreshed
by the hope of defeating him.
It Is not to be doubted that the men
of so-called "high finance" contributed
generously to the work of promoting the
nomination of Mr. Parker and of course
they will be even more liberal in con
tributing to the democratic campaign.
Then if Parker should be elected they'
will have a claim upon him which be
would be bound to regard. Bryan was
right when he said that the anti-trust
plank of the platform was virtually
nullified by the nomination.
WEST VIRGINIA,
The nomination of the venerable
Henry G. Davis for vice president has
perhaps placed West Virginia in the list
of doubtful states, but democrats are
confidently predicting that they will cap
ture the seven electoral votes of tbo
state, although It has not gone demo
cratic for president or governor since
1892. Its republican majorities -since
that year have never fallen below 11,000
and It gave 22,000 for McKlnley in 1900.
It did not send a single democratic rep
resentative to the last two congresses
and all of the five republicans elected
had good majorities.
Unquestionably Mr.Davls Is a very
strong man In the state, where be has
extensive Interests, but It la hardly
probable that he will be able to over
come the republican majority that has
been maintained there during the past
twelve years. In his address to the
state convention a few days ago Sen
ator Elklns said that West Virginia can
not be beguiled Into giving up protec
tion to make Judge Parker president
even If by so doing they make Mr.
Davis vice president He pointed out
that West Virginia la a protection state,
that the Interests of ber people are on
the side of protection and must remain
so. "We cannot stand for free trade In
our leading products, for free Iron and
steel, free wool, free coal and free
lumber. Free lumber would stop a
thousand sawmills In tbe state, as it
did under tbe Wilson-Gorman tariff."
West Virginia owes all that it Is today
to protection and it Is most Improbable
that a majority, of its people will sup
port tbe party whose platform de
nounces protection as robbery and thus
proclaims the purpose of the party to
do away with that policy If given the
power.
Senator Elklns, who Is the son-in-law
of Mr. Davis, Is as strong and popular
as the democratic candidate and bavlng
done perhaps more than any other man
in West Virginia to make the state re
publican will spare no effort to keep it
so. It will doubtless be a close fight,
but the chances of success are with
the republicans.
AJt AGRICULTURAL RIVAL.
The rapid agricultural development
of Canada leads the Northwestern
Miller to remark that our northern
neighbor is destined to become a for
midable rival of the United States in
the exportation of grain, If It does not
take possession of the foreign market.
In tbe, last three years tbe wheat crop
of western Canada has Increased four
fold, having been 80,000,000 bushels In
1903, and it is estimated that the area
suitable for wheat embraces 43,000,000
acres. With this under cultivation, at
Manitoba's rate of production, the crop
should be over 800,000,000 bushels,
which Is much more than tbe United
States produces. Besides wheat Canada
produces a considerable amount of oats
and barley.
A paper read recently before tbe Na
tional Grain Dealers' association said
that within a comparatively few years
we may expect to see the United States
give place to Canada as the chief wheat
producing country of the world. "It will
take time," said the author of the
paper, "It will require a lot of railroad
building and a great Influx of popula-
Ltlufl &a4 broad general dtvelopmeut lo
bring this about but it Is coming."
There is no doubt that Canada has great
agricultural resources and at present
good progress is being made In their
development, to which emigration from
the United 8tates has contributed to no
small extent, but It must be a very
long time before Canada becomes the
chief wheat-producing country of the
world and when that time arrives. the
United States undoubtedly will have
use at homo for all the wheat produced
here. At all events the agricultural riv
alry of Canada Is something so remote
as not to cnuse any anxiety and mean
while we should continue to build up
and hold the American market for the
American farmer.
WHY PARKER RATHKR THAS WATS0X2
In his official proclamation explulnlng
to his followers why he intends to vote
for Parker and Davis at the coining
presidential election, in spite of their
notorious alliance with plutocracy,
William Jennings Bryan gives several
reasons, doubtless satisfactory to him
self, why he would feel Justified in pre
ferring the. democratic nominees to the
republican nominees, but be gives no
reason whatever why he should prefer
the democratic nominees to the populist
nominees.
In two successive presidential cam
paigns the populists have followed the
Bryan banner, putting .aside their own
leaders on the ground of principle, pro
fessing to believe that they would secure
through the election of Mr. Bryan al
most as many of the peculiar reforms
upon their program as they would by
the election of one of their own number.
They insisted that Bryan was as good
a populist as any, one of them and that
they would as soon see him In the White
House as any self-styled populist.
But Mr. Bryan is not manifesting any
thing like the same sort of reciprocal
devotion that the populists paid to him.
This year seems to have brought him
the opportunity to pay back past favors
by enrolling himself among the support
ers of Watson and Tibbies. If Watson
was good enough to run for vice presi
dent on the same ticket with him in
1890, and to vote and work for him in
1896 and 1900, he ought to be good
enough to receive the support of Mr.
Bryan in 1904. If, as he has been com
stnntly telling us in upholding fusion in
this state, it is principles rather than
men and policies rather than partisan
ship that should claim the good citizen's
allegiance, then the ticket promulgated
by the populists at Springfield should
offer Mr. Bryan more In common with
his Ideas of national government than
tbe ticket nominated at St Louis.
When certain disgruntled republicans
in 1896 said they preferred a free trade
democrat to a protection republican, be
cause they believed with the former in
tbe free coinage of sliver, Mr. Bryan
extended to them a welcome hand. But
now, Instead of emulating their example
by embracing the populist candidates, be
shows himself hidebound to his partisan
ship by preferring a trust-ridden gold
democrat to bis former partner in the
famous 1896 fight upon the Wall street
money changers. We ask In all candor:
Is this fair?. Is Mr. Bryan showing
proper appreciation of the sacrifices
made by the populists for him In two
campaigns?
The arrest of several grafters wlio
managed to secure' positions In tbe de
partments of admissions and conces
sions at the St Louis exposition Is only
the forerunner of a general upheavaL
But in this the St. Louis World's fair
does not differ materially with the ex
periences of other expositions, except
ing possibly that of Omaha, which was
comparatively free from scandal simply
because the limelight of publicity was
never turned off from the opening to
tbe close.
Republicans of Douglas county arc
entitled to every right and privilege in
the nomination of a candidate for con
gress that is enjoyed by republicans of
Washington and Sarpy counties, which,
with Douglas county, constitute the Sec
ond Nebraska district. . And republicans
of tne various counties making up tbe
Second Nebraska district are entitled to
everjt right and privilege enjoyed by
republicans of any of the other five con
gressional districts In the state.
The suit brought by the county treas
urer of Douglas county under the new
scavenger law embraces delinquent
dues estimated to aggregate about
$5,000,000. A lot of tbe taxes Involved
will be contested on points of legal
validity, so the treasurer need not fear
being buried all at once under an ava
lanche of back tax payments.
An average assessed valuation of Ne
braska farm lands of nearly $65 an acre
shows what the proximity of a great
city with an effective home market will
do for the farmer. It also shows that
Douglas county farmers who own their
land without Incumbrance have a pretty
good financial asset to fall back on In
emergency.
Improvements In the fire department
and fire-fighting facilities are welcome,
but no one has seen any signs of in
surance rates coming down as a conse
quence. If the available fire apparatus
were being reduced it would not take
long to bring the fire rates up.
i
It would be evidence of superhuman
attributes if neither Mr. Roosevelt nor
Judge Parker envied President Dlas the
ease with which he receives the electoral
votes of the republic of Mexicoand he
Is also permitted to choose bis successor,
i i
Oa th ttaaol Waaoa.
Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
We boast of our sturdy Independence,
under a republican form of government,
but there are few of us who are not vas
sals lo temporary emotionalism which
makes us slaves to the Impulse that sud
denly seises us and hurls us Into the band
wagon.
troaaV Fore, Patriotic.
Chicago Post
Paul Kruger was . not an enlightened
statesman lo th European state of ho
phrase. But ha was s strong man, a pur
man and a patriot. History may neglect
him, but when It speaks of him at alt It
must concede him that which, after all,
la no undesirable epitaph.
Oa Which Tlaak, Wllllanat.
New York Sun.
Upon what platform will the Hon.
William Jennings Bryan conduct his cam
paign for the seat In the United States
senate now occupied by the vindicated
Chorlea Henry Dietrich of Nebraska? Will
he construct It out of that timber with
which in St. .Louls he pounded to death
David's money plank?
Novelty In Municipal Owaerahlp.
Boston Transcript.
With a city-owned newspaper Webster
City, la., la entering on an experiment full
of Interesting possibilities, even though It
hardly promises good Journalism. For ex
ample, who will take the mayor and alder
men to task when discipline seems neces
sary, and how much room will there bo
for other than political news?
Child Insaranee.
Boston Transcript.
They are trying to put a stop to child
Insurance In Franca, and a bill has Just
passed the Assembly prohibiting risks upon
children under 12 years of age. But the
business is so profitable that It is doubt
ful If It can be abolished on either side
of the water. Besides, under right regu
lation there is a good deal to be said for
industrial Insurance, as It Is called.
Oratory In the Campaign.
Boston Herald.
Oratory as a compelling force in a polit
ical campaign Is duly appreciated by the
party managers, who are on, the lookout
for every resource that will add to their
rote-getting- power. The "spellbinder"
who Is clever enough to slse up the tem
per, of his audience and who knows Just
what to say to the ones about htm on any
and all occasions Is supposed to be worth
all his services cost the campaign commit-"
tee. As a student of the subject has put
It the most convincing address la one that
has "profundity without obscurity, per
spicuity without prolixity, ornament with
out glare, terseness without barrenness,
comprehension without digression and a
great number of other things." But a
speaker with and without all these things
la a rare specimen. There Is never near
enough of him to go around. ,
GOING BACK TO THE LAKO.
Trade Hostlers Riponnd a Forgotten
Gospel.
Minneapolis Times.
Full to overflowing with common sense
were the resolutions pertaining to the
preservation of our public domain, adopted
by the Travelers' Protective association
at the recent convention of that organiza
tion In Springfield, 111.
No set of men can be more vitally in
terested in the building up of the wast
places In the country- and their conver
sion Into productive farms than the com
mercial travelers, of whom, In the main,
the Travelers' Protective association Is
composed. Of prime interest to them should
be the creation of new communities of
self-supporting, prosperous citizens,
. According to the resolutions adopted and
submitted to the National Rducatlonal
association, our educational system should
be so remodeled as to teach every child
to be a lover of nature and of the country
and to train children to seek the land
as a source .of livelihood. In this way the
discouraging congestion of the cities could
be checked In xsome measure.
Children should be taught the rudiments
of farming as they are now taught In
Denmark . and France. - Such knowledge
would be valuable to the wage earner out
of work, as it would be a second trade,
and It would be a wonderful help to the
man who, having accumulated a little
capital by his years of toll, wishes to
escape the pathetlo fata of the elderly
man In search of a situation and make a
little position for himself.
The remnant of the public domain still
accessible to the people should b re
served for actual homebullders, for their
use and occupancy In small tracts and
the government should preserve and per
petuate our forests for the preservation
In turn of our sources of water supply.
The proposition Is somewhat arithmet
ical. If people are to go back to the
land there must be land to which they can
go. There must be a cessation tot land
grabbing and recognition of the rights of
the genuine settler. There must be Irri
gation by federal initiative, but that does
not. mean ' that Irrigated lands shall be
given away by the government. Every
acre will be paid for In time and th
treasury will be gainer rather than loser
by the enterprise. Let us not rest con
tent with merely preaching the doctrine
of a return to th solL
CHEAT HEQAPHONB CONVENTIONS.
Dlffloaltr of Transacting; Business In
Lara- Halls.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The two national conventions just held,
on In Chicago and th other In St. Louis,
have Illustrated In a striking way the dif
ficulty of transacting- th business of a con
vention in halls that are too large for th
ordinary human vole to be "heard by th
vast assemblage that Is intent upon hear
ing th speeches and the debatea They
have already provoked discussion as to the
advisability of holding future party con
ventions in smaller audltorluma
In the Chicago Coliseum there wer (,000
persons In addition to the delegates and
alternates. Speakers of national renown
contributed to the forenslo display. Th
crowd cam to hear them, and In most In
stances waa disappointed. Th polished
and forceful utterances of Temporary
Chairman Root and of ei-Qovernor Blade
of New York wer hardly heard beyond
th line of alternate from th various
states. Th Impromptu sallies and elo
quent eulogies of Chairman Cannon as he
Introduced the various speakers wer lost
upon a rood portion of the vast assem
blage. It waa not until George A. Knight
of California and Senator Beverldg of
Indiana cam upon the platform that th
audience was permitted to share fully In
th oratorical delights of the convenUon.
In the democratic convention at St. Louts
th difficulties In th way of transacting
business were even more pronounoed. Th
hall was larger and th audience greater
and mora turbulent There was more to
arouse th audience to noisy demonstra
tions of enthusiasm, more to evoke popular
acclaim. Th floor was the seen of foren
slo battles between orators of national
fame. Hence the great eagerness of the
audience to hear and th restlessness of
that fiart of th audience which could not
hear. 4
Great speakers participated In th con
venUon, men who have electrified vast au
dience, who have moved congress with
brilliant debate. And yet Mr. Bryan was
the first speaker of th convention whose
vole could be heard by ever yon in that
audleno of 12,000.
Th business of th national convention
is transacted by th delegatea. Tbey are
supposed to be th only ones who have
a vole In It. And yet th vole of th
galleries Insists upon being beard when
the vole of the regular speaker 1 Inau
dible. Of course th audleno cannot b
entirely shut out. In our democracy It Is
an essential part of the convention. Th
question to be decided Is, shall th audl
easy transaction of the business of th
ence b made small enough to permit the
convention, or shall we continue to hold
our national conventions In halls adapted
exclusively toe leatheo-lucged statesmen?
OTHER LARDS THAU Ol'RS.
In an Interview In a Paris newspaper a
French engineer of prominence who helped
to build the Siberian railroad, asserts that
th problem of the transport of food and
ammunition for th army of 600,000 required
by General Kouropatkln Is well-nigh In
soluble. Such an army, he says, will need
110,000 to 120,000 horses. Manchuria Is a poor
and hostile country and Eastern Siberia
does not grow enough corn for Its popula
tion. Th latter country could, however,
supply th army with half the cattle and
all the forage It requires. But the bulk of
the enormous quantity of provisions Indls
penssble to that mass of men and animals
must be drawn from Western Siberia and
even from Russia proper. Assuming that
the supplies from Eastern Siberia were for
warded to Kharbln by the Shllka. the
Amur and the Sungarl, It would still be
necessnry to send fourteen or fifteen trnlns
to Kharbln dally with provisions, ammuni
tion, railway material, etc. This would
make twenty-eight to thirty running both
ways, and he doubts whether the line can
bear such traffic Ther remains the possi
bility of organizing carriage by road and
river. Another engineer who has Just re
turned from Mukden expresses a very un
favorable opinion of the condition of the
Translberlan railway. He concludes from
his own observation that the actual trans
port of troops does not exceed 1,000 men per
day. He reckons that In three, months not
more than 90,000 men were Conveyed to the
seat of war, and that rate, he says, could
not be maintained. In his opinion General
Kouropatkln has not now more than 150,000
men, and could not place more than 100,000
combatants in line of battle. The Japanese,
he says, are perfectly aware of these facta
In spite of Its troubles In Manchuria Rus
sia, according to the latest reports from
that, region. Is not diminishing Its railway
and military activity In Turkestan. The
necessity for economy and retrenchment
has put a peremptory stop to railroad con
struction In many directions, but has not
been permitted to Interfere with the work
on the strntegloal line through Turkestan,
whose speedy completion was urged vigor
ously not long ago by the governor of
Turkestan and local commander-in-chief.
Lieutenant General Ivanoff, who Is anxious
to secure a double base for operations
against Afghanistan. His anxiety, perhaps.
Is not entirely disconnected with the recent
British proceedings In Thibet. At all events
it Is reported that work on the Turkestan
line is being- pushed forward with vigor:
and the latest news from Orenburg is to
the effect that work on the section linking
the northern and southern stretches Is ap
proaching completion. With a view to lay
ing the entire road with all possible dis
patch work was begun simultaneously from
both ends.
The commercial development of India was
the subject discussed at an Influential
meeting in London the other day. Sir
Lepel Griffin said that what India wanted
was In Infusion of western capital upon a
large scale. He maintained that progress
had been blocked, by the educational policy
of the government, and that the field for
Investment would be restricted uutil a
large class of trained native artisans and
engineers had been created. The Indian,
ha says, waa highly Intelligent, but un
trained; that waa why manufacturing in
dustries were stunted and feeble and could
not absorb more capital. Le the Indian
government put aside a reasonable sum
say 200,000 for foreign scholarships, and
send 2,000 young- men of sixteen or seven
teen years of age for five years' training
to England not In universities, but In
workshops. In -shipbuilding yards, In agri
cultural schools in manufactories and. they
would return to India able and eager to
Improve the native Industries, and In their
turn to teach in local schools and work
shops an army of their fellow-countrymen,
who would forget the idle dreams of the
law court and the platform for the nobler
work of Industrial development. ' Then cap
ital would flow to India, because there
would exist the brains and the training
which could make It fructify and increase.
Sir Patrick Playfalr, a large merchant,
said that th government ought to remem
ber that capital waa easily scared by fron
tier wars, riots, plague and famine, and
unnecessary legislation. Moreover, It ought
to Impress upon all Its officers that the
prime motive at the bottom of the whole
British relation With India was commerce!
When this was understood openings for
capital would bo created.
Correspondents In Johannesburg of Lon
don newspapers furnish accounts of th ar
rival ther of the first batches of Chinese
laborers, Imported for work In the mines.
The first lot consisted of 299 men, th seo.
ond of 1,149, and special trains had been
provided to run the coolies Into their own
compound, so that they had nothing to do
but walk out of the cars Into tbe huts
which were waiting, for them. A few hours
later they were all at work In th Comet
Mine. The orderly behavior of th men
caused a good deal of comment . The
strangeness of their surroundings did not
seem to affect them. They unpacked their
scanty baggage, put their sleeping mat In
their bunks, and were straightway at home.
Next they proceeded to eat their evening
meal with every symptom of enjoyment.
Bo far as their physique waa concerned,
th general verdict was that It was not
remarkable, but of good solid quality. Some
anxiety has been caused by outbreaks of
berl-berl among th coolies, but th doo
tors say that the disease Is not likely
to establish itself in a high, dry climate,
such as that on the Rand,
MS
Th Austrian emperor, Francis Joseph,
has just laid In Vienna the foundation
stone of a new hospital, which is likely to
be on of th most perfect Institutions of
Its kind in th world. It will replace tbe
famous Allgemelna Krankenhau In the
Alserstrasse and will be the largest hospi
tal in Europe. It will consist of forty
pavilions, as they axe to be calledof
which, however, th eighteen clinical in
stitutes, will be so many separata large
hospitals, with th best possible arrange
ments for teaching purposes, demonstra
tions, etc Ther will be room in each
atlng amphitheater for 250 students. In th
cnnicai institutes for Infectious disease
th patient will be separated from both
professor and students by a glass screen.
Every clinical institute will have a larg
ambulatorlum and In each ther will b
flat roofs, where patients may 11 In th
open air whenever weather and temper
ature allow It Th whole area of the
new hospital Is nearly sixty acres, this
being more than twice th area of th
present Krankenhaus, but ther will b
fewer beds. Forty-eight acres, or about
four-fifths of th total area, will be turned
Into gardens. Th estimated cost of th
Institution, which It will take tan year
to finish, 1 40.000,000 kronen, but th au
thorities will b satisfied If th work can
be don for U, 000,000 kronen, about CO..
000,000.
Trad Following; a Battle-flan;.
New York World.
Even with awar on Ita hands Japan has
managed to Increase Its foreign commerce
by about 4, 000,000 in th last six months.
An unun al Instance of trad following th
battleflsg.
Can Dispense with Both.
" New York Tribune.
Richmond Pearson Hobson at St. Louis
remarked: "We want no Cromwell In this
land." Right, and at a pinch we could
probably get along without a Hobson,'
POLITICAL DRIFT. .
Where, oh where Is Coin Harvey? Does
he regard th gold standard fcs Irrevocably
fixed?
New York democrats are not over-confident
They want two Roosevelt dollar
to cover each on put up on Parker,
The voluminous "Cards of Thanks" Issued
by Wllllsm J. Bryan are so adjusted that
victors and mourners can extract comfort
from. hem.
Hon. Fred M. Warner, republican candi
date for governor of Michigan, waa born
In England and crossed over when he was
1 months old.
With the flop of the Chicago Chronicle
to the republican party, democrats of the
middle west are almost restricted to Yellow
Kid lit era turn for political Inspiration.
Rhode Island's new state house was
built for much less than the amount ap
propriated, and the balance converted into
the treasury. The age of miracles Is not
passed.
It Is said In the New York World that
Hearst's filer In the presidential arena
cost him 11,400,000. With this sum he se
cured 204 delegates, a variety of chefep
advertising and a round of cheera
Senator Steve Elklns of West Virginia,
son-in-law of 11. Qassaway Davis, says hi
father-in-law Is too large a man for the
vice presidency. Th senator proposes to
uphold th dignity of th family by doing
all he can to keep th old man out of
office.
A woman who looked at th democratic
bosses assembled in' St Louis says of Dav
Hill: "His eyes are deep set and cold,
and his face rarely wears a genuinely
happy look. A lonely, unloved life has
written its character on the wall of a face
that Is Impenetrable.
t'nllke the republican national conven
tion at Chicago, there was not a colored
man or woman, or rather a woman or 'a
colored man, as a delegate In the St. Louis
convention. A native of that city ap
proached one of the Tammnny delegates
and said: "Look here, I saw a coon down
the street with a Tammany badge on. Do
you have coons In Tammany Hall?"
"Young man," replied the Tammany pol
itician,1 "we allow In Tammany Hall any
thing that wears pants and can cast a
vote. Chinamen who wear pajamas have
been known to vote the Tammany ticket."
Missouri democrats will assemble in state
convention at Jefferson City next Tues
day to select a state ticket. Joseph Folk,
prosecutor of boodlers, has a cinch on the
nomination for governor, but the old ma
chine promises to capture the balance of
the ticket. Just what kind ft men consti
tute the machine Sam Jones, evangelist,
tells in a recent exportation. Says he:
"If the machine politicians in Missouri
were to die all at once, of course, they'd
go to hell, and when the devil saw them
coming he'd close up shop. But the gang
would caucus, hold an election, knock the
devil in the head, make a new one and
run hell to suit themselves. In less than
ten days everybody there would be sorry'
for th change."
COMMON FEALTY TO THE UNION.
Boy of the Bine and the Gray Get
Together.
Chicago Record-Herald.
As the ranks of the blue and the gray
grow thinner the occasions for giving ex
pression to their common fealty to the
union grow more frequent and more Im
pressive. In these days of a reunited
country, forty years after the great civil
conflict the command to "close ranks"
finds the confederate veterans touching el
bows with union veterans under the one
flag of the republic, ; '
The blue and th gray cam together at
St, James' Methodist Episcopal church on
Sunday In patriotic exercises of a most
Inspiring character. On the platform there
wer veterans of Mosby's guerrillas, of
The:
There Is.
That describes our clothing and nothing can be
better than best.
Quality considered, no other clothing rea-to-wear,
is so moderate in price.
Here are some special after-stock-taJdng bargains:
Men's Summer Suits.
cheviots, worsteds, serges, etc., at
$8.50, $10, $12.50, $15
Half and less than the regular price.
Men's Extra. Trousers,
of all popular materials, at
$3.25
Regular prices, $5.00, $6.00 and $6.50.
ALL OF OUR
Children's Wxxsh Suits.
Nothing held back AT HALF PRICE
$3.00 BUITS AT $1.50.. $2.50 SUITS AT $1.25,
$2.00 SUITS AT $1.00.
i
Boys' Waish Pants,
HALF PRICK.
$1.00 PANTS AT 50C. 50O PANTS AT 25Q
Our whole store is filled at this time of the year
with seasonable bargains that will certainly interest
you.
NO CLOTHES FITS LIKE OURS.
S. R. WILCOX, Mgr.
We close Saturday night at 9 o'clock.
Morgan's raiders and of the Grand Army of
th Republic. The spirit of th Survivors
of that great army that cam up from th
southland was happily voiced by Colonel
Forrester of Morgan's command, when he
ssld:
"Never mind whether I was In th con
federate army becaus t waa a single man
and loved war or because I was a married ,
man and loved peace. I was there. But
th Important fact now Is that I am a re
constructed rebel, and so thoroughly re
constructed that ther la no better union
man In th United States. "
Death Is now making heavy Inroads
upon th ranks of th brave fellows who
followed Lea and of those others who
fought under th leadership of Orant. At
the last reunion ef th United Contcderato
Veterans held at New Orleans In May of
last year th number of members was rev
ported to be about 78,000. The number of
members of the Grand Army of the Re
publio on Jun 20, 1908, was reported as
25U.510. On each side ther Is a rapidly di
minishing host, and it Is very pleasant to
se the cultivation of a fraternal spirit
between them.
MIDSUMMER SMILES,
1 can't keeo th wolf away from the
door," moaned the wife. . .
Well," said th ahlftlee husband, "let
htm have It The files will get In whethec
It's ther or not" Cleveland Leader.
de hardest work you ever dldr
And with a look of Infinite contempt Me
andering Mike replied: "Answerln' de fool
questions of me friend." Washington
Star. ... -ei
"One of th great problem before this)
country," said th western man, "1 lrrura
tion."
"That's right" answered Fanner Corn
tossel. "What w want to do la to get
some of the water out of stocks and Into; -the
ground." Washington Star.
"The rreat secret of success," said th
prosperous man, "la th ability to se an
opportunity."
res, answered me less ionni ineno.
"Rut the trouble Is that so many ODDor-
tunltles turn out to b optical Illusions,"
Washington Star.
'We need a drawer or something to nut
these cuts awsy In," said th foreman oi
the country weekly.
"Haven't rot any drawer now that's not
In use," replied the editor. "But, hold on
Yes, we have. Take th cash drawer.".
Philadelphia Ledger.
H' out of a lob now. He had a aood
opportunity, but he didn't take the trouble
to Improv it." '
"Yes. It's a funny thing about trouble.
Isn't It? If you don't tak It you'll have
It." Cleveland Leader.
'Notwithstanding Marconi's achieve!
ments there is plenty of room for Improve
ment yet In the science of telegraphy."
"Yes, It won't be perfect until they de
vise some schema to make It possible tor m
woman to receive a message without gat-
ting scared to death." Philadelphia IT.
LAY ON, OH HEN
W. D. Nesblt In Chicago Trlbun.
O, Hen! The butchers are on strike;
We nennle cannot flourish
Without some food that we will like
And which will likewise nourish.
Already comes the oreeplng fear
ur reeling nign-pncea snacKies ,
O, Hen. we bend an anxious ear -
10 eaten my lunerm c acmes,
We beg th dealers for relief
They do not care a Dutton,
And skyward goes the rrlce of beef.
Of pork, of veal and mutton.
They say they see no hopeful sign.
Nor ray of sunshine ah, cut
Loose with that glad song of thins.
Tny tjut-cut-out-cut-aan outi
And let us know the eggs are fresh
When we go forth tor torage,
That we mayscape the clutching mesh
Of-those who have cold storage.
The meat man's laying for us you
Can lighten all our sadness;
If you are laying for us, too,
x wui nil our nearis wiu giaauBaa,
0. Hent i Tour' humble servant begs
That now you will hot fall us;
The grocer tells us "Eggs Is eggs,'
And other fears assail us.
O, Hen, thy faithfulness we'll praise.
We'll praise thy aunts and cousins
Accept this lay writ to thy lays
Which we want by the dozens.
Best
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