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THE BEE Will be Basiled wpom request
to aobscrlbers leavlna; the city
daHnaj the snmmer mmtb,
Cbnafti of address will be made
as freqaeatly as desired notices
of such change most give both
the. old and new addresses.
Gold democrats who have been charg
ing Bryan with being a populist will
a(fw be sure of it
Russian officers who complain that
Japanese soldiers are too slow are liable
to be considered sarcastic.
They 'say all is fair in war, but Jap
soldiers masquerading In .Russian uni
forms should be placed on the contra
band list.
The rejoicing over the settlement of
the meat packers' strike seems to have
been a. trifle premature. It is to be
hoped, however, the real day of jubilee
is not far off.
Judge Holcomb has gone' to Puget
Sound, but he will remain close enough
to a telegraph office to send a message
promptly to the populist state conven
tion next month if occasion demands.
If all reports from Bonesteel are true,
many of the people who have registered
at that 'place will have their letters ad
dressed to. another postoffice should they
be fortunate to draw a homestead.
Prohibitionist candidates for presi
dent and vice president are now offi
cially informed that they- are in the
race, but they will never be able to
prove it by the vote of the electoral col
lege. .
Senator Gorman koka . at Jamea K.
Jones of Arkansas and firmly declares
that he cannot afford to lead the demo
cratic party this year. Mr. Gorman
would rather ba a senator than be a
buck number.
Nonunion, men who quit work Thurs
day night at the packing bouses, after
the announcement Vf fhe settlement of
the strike, will probably not be subject
to discrimination if they report for duty
Immediately. ,
If Admiral Jessen oakea good In his
raid upon the Japanese coast there will
not be enough medals for him in St
Petersburg if the honors heretofore
heaped upon losers are to be the meas
ure of decoration.
An ordinance to prescribe and regtilate
the distribution of circus tickets will be
Introduced at the next meeting of the
city council to prevent future collisions
between the first story of the city hall
und the second and third stories.
The story from Oonntantinople that
the Busalan volunteer ships which
passed through the Dardanelles as mer
chantmen may be treated as pirates
adds a tinge of historic romance to a
war heretofore conducted on principles
of uold science.
The member of the democratic na
tional committee have been formally in
vited to meet at the Hoffman house bar
in New York next Tuesday. The Hoff
man ijouse la refuted to keep the most
famous " concoctions and decoctions of
democratic - stimulant in all America.
Jim Dablman of Nebraska will be there
ou rlmo.
Now the French are saying that Tur
key Is to blame for any violation of the
treaty covering the passage of warships
through the Dardanelles.' The French
would protect their ally and know that,
Withlu the bounds of human reason,
nothing that Turkey can do will pre
cipitate war against tlie sirltan. No na
tion la ready to be resitonslble for the
couaequenevs which might follow the
&alh of the skk untax of Europe."
WHAT HE UtST DO TO BK SAVKD.
A new plan for the reformation of the
democracy and the preservation of the
republic has been evolved and communi
cated to the American people by Wil
liam Jennings Br) an. The plan of. re
form . and salvation promulgated by
Bryan is not the result of profound
study, but rather of superficial thought
While' some of his ideas are rational
most of them are visionary and would be
found to be utterly Impracticable when
applied in the face of existing conditions.
Bryan's centrifugal idea is decentrallza-
; tn, and that Idea carries him to an ex
treme that is utterly at variance with
the trend of twentieth century progress.
Taking Jefferson for his model Mr.
Bryan would force a nation of more than
eighty millions of people to wear tbe
swaddling clothes of the Infant republic
of three and a half millions.
At the very outset Brysn's plan would
collide with the federal constitution. . It
would take a constitutional amendment
to validate a national Income tax, and
It would take a constitutional amend
ment also to change the federal Judge
ship! from appointive to elective posi
tions. These constitutional amendments,
like the proposed amendment to elect the
United States senators by direct vote of
the people wltl never be submitted until
a national constitutional convention shall
be called by the states 'to revise the or
ganic law. To that plan Mr. Bryan has
always heretofore Interposed strenuous
objections because he fears the abroga
tion of the states' rights doctrine.
Bryan's declaration in favor of the
government ownership of the telegraph
and its operation In connection with the
postoffice will meet popular approval,
und so will his endorsement of ttja mu
nicipal ownership of public utilities
wherever it is practicable.
The scheme for the public ownership
and operation of the railroads by the
various states would hajve been worthy
of the late George Francis Train. The
Idea of chopping up over 200.000 miles I
of railroad and distributing the owner
ship and control among' forty-five states
and five territories is simply wild. How
would such a colossal Industrial revolu
tion be accomplished? .Who could force
all the states to buy and operate all the
railroads? Where would the states get
the money if they were disposed to buy
them, and how would the public fare If
some of the states should reject and oth
ers adopt Mr. Bryan's plan? Suppose
the little stnte of Delaware should set
its face against buying the link of the
Pennsylvania railroad between New
York and Washington that crosses that
state? Suppose little Rhode Island
should kick up its heels and refuse to
fall in line. Would travelers between
New York and Washington and New
York and Boston cheerfully change cars?
Would shippers cheerfully pny tolls for
reloading their merchandise at the state,
line of Rhode Island? Are not the rail
roads in the very essence of things pub
lic highways, and national public high
ways at that?
Granted that the ownership of the rail
roads were desirable and advantageous,
would not the American people insist
upon at least as much uniformity in
rates and facilities as they now enjoy?
Would not national ownership, which
Mr. Bryan dreads, become Inevitable?
The plan of state ownership of the rail
roads ts scarcely discussable, any more
than would be the state ownership of
the America rt navy.
AS TO CAMPAIGN TUWDS.
It Is very generally thought that the
nomination by the St. Louis convention
of Henry G. Davis of West Virginia for
vice president was prompted by the fact
that he Is many times a millionaire and
was counted upon to be a generous con
tributor to the campaign fund. Mr.
Davis is an octogenarian and if elected
will probably not perform the duties of
vice president He has been out' of poli
tics for more? than twenty years, giving
attention exclusively to the numerous
business Interests with which he Is iden
tified, and he Is not expected to take a
very active part in the campaign. He Is
too old to stand the exactions and the
train of campaign work.
Undoubtedly Mr. Davis would like to
round out hia career as vice president of
the United States and It was not unrea
sonably thought that he wonld be dis
posed to put up liberally to secure the
honor. It has been suggested thnt'he
would perhaps place at least a million
dollars In the hands of the democratic
national committee, which it la under
stood he could do without seriously im
pairing his large wealth or in the least
Interfering with hla numerous enter
prises in mining, manufacturing, bank
ing and railroading. But It appears
probable that those who have expected
this will be disappointed. Mr. Davis la
said by those who know hlra hest not to
have acquired the money-dispensing
habit and some of these predict that he
will not give anything to the campaign.
Doubtless he will give something, but It
appears safe to say that his contribution
will not be a record breaker and perhaps
will not exceed the lowest amount ex
pressed In four figures,
. nowever, the democratic party Is by
no means wholly dependent upon Its vlco
presidential candidate for campaign
funds. The indications are that It will
be able to secure liberal contributions
from Wall street and some of the trust
magnates. The party appears to be In
fsvor now with the Standard Qll people
and while the Rockefellers themselves
have not hitherto been notably generous
In a political way their Influence msy He
cure a considerable sum for the demo
cratic treasury. Then there Is Belmont,
whose financial connections ought to en
able him to gather In a goodly sum for
campaign purposes and It Is needless to
say that h will not lack seal In this di
rection. There Is no-doubt whatever thst
the men who are planning the demo
cratic campaign are looking to the
"money power." which the party has
been persistently denouncing during the
past eight years, for the sinews of wsr.
nor Is it to be doubted that they have
given Wall street and the trust mag
THE OMAHA DAILY I1KE: SATf'liDAY, JTr- 23,
nates satisfactory assurances that they
have nothing to fear from democratic
success. The democracy has for the
present ceased to war on plutocracy and
if the signs are not misleading they will
bo found In the camps Ign working cor
dially together.
THK DEMOCRACY AND LABOR.
The St. Louis platform says: "We
favor the enactment and administration
of laws giving labor and capital Impar
tially their Just rights.". This suggests
the question as -to what the democratic
party hat done in behalf of labor and
what has been done by the republican
party. TI19 facts bearing upon thia are
easily accessible.
These show that nearly every impor
tant act of legislation for the betterment
of labor conditions and the promotion
of the welfare of the wage earners of
the country has been adopted by the re
publican party. The first eight-hour law
in this country waa enacted by a repub
lican congress and approved by Presi
dent Grant the act applying to all arti
sans and laborers employed by the gov
ernment Later this law was extended
to include persons employed by con
tractors on public works, this also being
done under a republican administration.
The act creating the federal bureau of
labor, now embraced In the new depart
ment established by the republican
party, was passed by the forty-eighth
congress and signed by President Ar
thur. State labor bureaus are among
the most valuable agencies fot giving a
clear insight into the problems of labor
and capital. There are now twenty-threo
such bureaus in republican states and
ten In democratic states and of the lat
ter only a few are so efficiently con
ducted aa to be of any real value. A
careful examination of this labor legisla
tion by the states shows a marked con
trast between what has been done by
the republican party and what by the
democratic. The former has been .far
more considerate of the Interests of
labor in all respects and especially as
regards women and children workers.
In the southern states women receive
little consideration and It Is only In very
recent years and under great pressure
that the conditions as to child labor in
that section have been ameliorated.
These states, It Is perhaps needless to
add, have long been under democratic I
rule.
No one who will familiarize himself
with the facts can hesitate to admit that
the republican party has shown a much"
greater Interest In the welfare of labor
than has the democratic party. Take,
for example, factory-Inspection laws.
Out of twenty-eight republican states
twenty-one, or '75 per cent, have estab
lished factory Inspection services, while
but three out of seventeen democratic
states, or but 18 per cent, have factory
inspection services, and even In those
three states the service Is not thoroughly
enforced. Thirty-one of the forty-five
states prohibit the employment In fac
tories of children under 12 years of age.
Of these thirty-one states twenty-one
are republican and ten are democratic.
Twelve states have enacted laws to reg
ulate "sweat-shops" and all but one of
these states ore republican. These are
facts which every Intelligent working
man should acquaint himself with. He
should carefully examine the record of
the parties in regard to fabor. From Its
inception to the present time the repub
lican party baa been the consistent friend
of the wage earner. All its policies have
had In view the elevation and the wel
fare of American labor. It has always
recognized the Just and reasonable
claims of the worklngman and has never
failed to deal fairly with him. The dem
ocratic party, on the other band, has
done very little for labor, especially In
the states where It holds practically un
disputed power.
The St Louis exposition directorate Is
Just now ' wrestling with the problem
of restricting free admissions to the
great show to the classes properly en
titled to pass through the gates without
paying. The discovery has been made
that passes promiscuously issued by the
press bureau to editors and publishers
of newspapers have been loaned out to
parties not connected with their publica
tions, and in consequence an order has
Just been issued to the press bureau and
gate keepers to cancel and take up a
very large number of these free admis
sion cards. This forcibly recalls the
fact that the directorate of the Omaha
exposition, nagged at and misled by
parties Interested in discrediting the bu
reau of publicity that saved the exposi
tion thousands of dollars by a policy
that prevented the imposition from
which the St Louis World's fair is now
suffering, spent a good part of its time
In overruling and ordering press passes
iKsued in defiance of precautionary regu
lations Incidentally the appeal of the
national commission or more ' efficient
publicity for the St Lonla exposition
recalls the warfare waged upon the ed
itor of The Bee for his alleged Incom
petency In advertising the Omaha ex
position, while 1 as a matter of fact It
wss the best advertised and at least ex
pense of American fairs. It may not be
out of place also to recall the fact that
the gates of the Transmlsslsslppl expo
sition were opened In the midst of an
American war, when the front pages
of all the great dallies In the country
and most of the magazines and the Illus
trated weeklies were monopolised by
war .news and wsr pictures.
The new premier of Australia has for
mulated a plan for taking over the large
estates In the country and dividing them
among the people who now have no
hind. Such socialistic experiments may
be witched by America, and advantage
taken of the experience of other gov
ernments, avoiding the mistakes and
adopting that which is proven good.
The promoters of the Sioux City &
Omaha Interurban Electric railroad have
been called Into ' the federal court to
explain some of the discrepancies be
tween their capacity and their veracity.
Judging from the contents of the papers
filed In the case, the road was to be
largely constructed on wind and oper
ated on gns with electricity aa a bait
for suckers. Nothing better, however,
could have been expected from alleged
eapltallxts whose assets were principally
brass and gall.
Over 85,000 tickets have been sold in
the Rosebud reservation land lottery
More than half of the buyers of these
tickets have perjured themselves In de
claring under oath that they intended
to become bona-flde "homesteaders" In
South Dakota. Several hundred of these
land lottery gamblers live In Omaha
The drawing will begin next week and
Elmer E. Thomas more than 8,000 miles
awsyl Is this not "an appalling condi
tion of affairs?"
According to the Associated Press dls
patches, the feature of the reunion of
the grand encampment of exalted and
dehorned Elks was an, old-fashioned
Kentucky barbecue, where over 20,000
pounds of beef was served and "burgoo"
waa made In several kettles holding over
800 gallons each. The word "burgoo"
manifestly was bulled In transmission
and should have read "bug-juice."
The World-Herald indignantly denies
that It Is Inviting the populists to Join
with the democrats "under the Wall
street banner," but It does not deny that
all democrats who are supporting
Parker and Davis are already "under
the Wall street banner."
Conundrum: How will the election of
Parker and Davis help toward executing
Colonel Brvan's program for public
ownership of railroads, election of fed
eral Judges and direct taxation of In
comes? No solution yet in the answer
book.
.
"Golden Rale" Jones.
Boston Transcript.
If there were more cranks like the late
"Golden Rule" Jones, the wheels of in
dustry would revolve with less friction.
Toledo ought- to erect some Imposing me
morial not necessarily a conventional
statue to this msn whose life was a prac
tical demonstration of the value of ideal
ism. Parents Are to Blame.
Minneapolis journal.
The number of deaths from Fourth of
July fireworks has reached the appallng
total of nlnety-one-nearly 100 persons sac
rificed to false and foolish and barbarlo
notions of what constitutes a holiday
and nearly all of them children. Another
singular fact Is that the parents are to
blame for it.
Platform Hot Air.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The democratio party Is offlolally . "com
mitted to the principles of civil service re
form, and we demand their honest, just
and Impartial enforcement." But demo
cratic as well as republican, congressmen
will continue Just the same, voting to strike
out the civil service appropriation in com
mittee of the whole and taking it back next
day on roll call..
Trade Follows the .Ilattle Fla.
Ban Francisco Call.
Enormous consignments pf Amerlcjn rail
road material and thousands of American
horses are being sent o Japan to reinforce
the.' mikado's war footing.! .While, theor
etically, we must deplc-e the terrible stress
and storm of war, particularly its financial
burdens, if expense there must be , let' us
reconcile ourselves to the fact that we are
furnixhlng the supplies and the little brown
men the money.. 1
Real Dner of Consolidation. .
New Torsi - Tribune.
That is the most serious danger of the
consolidation movement It means putting
a community's eggs all In one basket, A
strike In the coal mines or the packing
houses stope the whole ooal or meat sup
ply. If this is hereafter to be the normal
organization of business, If every industry
Is to operate as a single maohlne, and the
Individual desire for profit from continuing
business when others stop and for wages
frctm work which others will not do ceases
to be . a force regulating end steadying
production, then the community must de
vise new methods of safeguarding Its own
Interests. It cannot let Itself be sacrificed
between two warring hosts, like the wo
men and old men who In mediaeval sieges
were driven from the city walls, and driven
back against them to starve by the attack
ing army.
CHARACTER OF THE CAMPAIGN.
' ' ' '
Unas Alone; Which the Battle Will Be
' Fought to a Finish.
Philadelphia Press (Rep.).
With the presidential nominations of both
parties made the general character of the
campaign may be foreseen.
Firstly, It will be a clean campaign. Both
candidates are personally. Irreproachable.
Both are worthy and capable. No un
pleasant reflection can be made on either.
There can be no mud-flinging. It will be a
square, standup fight og the broad differ
ences between the candidates and their
parties, and what those differences signify
for the country. v
Secondly, It will be a sharply fought
campaign. The republicans have shown for
many years how they can fight a battle.
They have organisation, discipline, posses
sion and the habit and prestige of success.
This time they will face a more formidable
opposition than they have encountered since
189. The democrats will be better organ
ised, better equipped, better solidified than
they have been for twelve years. The New
York machine of Hill, Sheehan and Bel
mont which swept through the 8t. Louis
convention with so much force, will now,
with Parker himself dominating it leave
no stone unturned to win.
Thirdly, It la likely to be a campaign of
fluctuating tides. With such a vigorous
fight as It Is certain to be there will be
variations In the pulse. Periods of "scare"
will come. There have been such periods
in every campaign even In the Bryan cam
paigns. They will be sure to come In this,
and to do good to the majority party which
needs them to bring out Its full strength.
Fourthly, the personality of the two can
didates will figure largely In the campaign
not unpleasantly, but because both are men
of strong individuality. Each will plainly be
the master spirit of his own side. President
Roosevelt and Judge Parker are different
Intellectually, different' temperamentally,
different organically, but each U powerful
in his own way. The attributes of both will
be measurably studied and weighed.
Finally, the campaign will turn In the end
on the position, character and tendencies of
the two parties. This Is generally the de
riding factor. It will be In this case. The
personal equation Will have some Influence,
It did In the rase of Greeley, who was felt
to be surh a mhiflt for the presidency; It
did in the case of Bryan, who was so wild
and meteoric; but not much unless the
candidates are esrepllonally removed from
the common orbit. The real determining
question will be which party the people
deem It best to trust with power, and there
cannot be much doubt about the answer.
OTHER 1.4XDS THAJf OVRS. .
Lord Cromer, who certslnly yields to no
man In knowledge of the economlo r.uedx
of Egypt and the business possibilities of
great transportation projects In Africa, Is
sure that while a complete railroad line
from Cape Towa to Cairo may not be
wholly Impracticable as sn engineering
problem, It Is out of the question financially
and commercially. The reason he gives Is
simply that the coat of building a railroad
through the vast swamps of the Nile valley
lying between the fifth and tenth parallels
of north latitude would be far too great to
be Justified as an Investment, 'especially
when steamers on the river might be sub
stituted for a railroad at a small fraction
of the pecuniary outlay. The part of the
Nile which Lord Cromer would make tho
permanent connecting link between the
southern and the northern parts of the" pro
posed "Cape to Cairo" railway is especially
favorable for reliable and adequate steam
boat service. It Is never seriously affected
by low water, and there is 110 Important
natural obstacle to the constant use of the
river by vessels of sufficient size and power
to meet the needs of traffic for generations
to come, provided that the ,-sudd." the re
markable masses' of vegetation which
sometimes clog and bridge the channel of
the Nile, Is kept broken and cut up. a mat
tor of comparatively small difficulty or ex
pense. But whether by river and railroad
or wholly by rail, there will probably be a
complete line of modern steam communlca
tlon between Cape Town and the Nile delta
before many years. British pride Is enlisted
In the project,. well as British commer
cial spirit, and more than half the work Is
done already.
The Cape Colony Gazette announces thst
the South African colonies will reciprocate
Canada's preferential tariff rates in favor
of British goods. Canada gives the United
Kingdom a reduction of 33 per cent from
the usual rates and South Africa Is to re
Qeive like treatment. Since New Zealand
has adopted the policy of "preference" and
the commonwealth of Australia ts favor-!
able to It, "colonial preference" has evi
dently gained much momentum, and if
"fiscal reform," as advocated In England,
should win at the polls a sort of sollvereln
will speedily be Inaugurated throughout
the empire. Including India und the Brit
ish possessions in the east. But under the
most favorable conditions some years must
elapse before the proposed new regime "of
protection and colonial preference can be.
come an accomplished fact. If Mr. Bal
four Is beaten at the next general election
the prospects of the new movement may
be ruined. Mr. 'Chamberlain Insists that
to delay acceptance of the preferential
scheme offered by the colonies will be to
lose the opportunity of binding the colonies
closer to the mother country by means of
ties of trade. The colonies are now In
creasing their purchases of goods from
countries outside the empire, and aftor
they have once formed strong ties of trade
with foreign eountriea It will be too late
to talk to them of preference for British
goods. It Is a question of time, therefore,
according to Mr. Chamberlain of "now or
never." The oolonies will after a time
cancel the preferences they are now giving
If the United Kingdom does not formally
reciprocate.
The standard of official honesty has been
the subject of much free discussion 'lately
In the Italian 'press. Slgnor Nasi provoked
the discussion by his disgraceful flight and
his published plea that he had only fol
lowed the common practice of Italian min
isters In the use he had made of his op
portunities. His assertion, so. far as some
of his minor delinquencies are concerned,
does not seem to be entirely wlthouT Jus
tification. According to the testimony of
correspondents of the London newspapers
the notions of propriety regarding the, ex
penditure of petty cash , appear to have
been exceedingly Ioobs in Italian official
circles. Thus it eeems to have been no
uncommon thing for officeholders of high
standing, even of cabinet rank, to make
wedding presents to eaoh other which were
paid for out of the publlo funds. Even
In the publio press there ts, apparently,
some doubt as to whether or not such
practloes were honest, legal or Justifiable.
There Is, however, very general agreement
that an accusation of stealing a shoehorn,
when preferred against a minister of state,
Is too contemptible to demand an answer.
There was. It Is said, such a count In the
charges which Slgnor GalembertL ex-minister
of posts and telegraphs. Indignantly
refused to notice.
The strain upon the concordat la, growing
constantly more tense. The case of the
French bishops subjected to discipline from
Rome brings the Issue very close to a crit
ical point. It ts unquestionably a part of
the agreement between France and the
Vatican that episcopal appointments and
removals . shall not be made without the
consent of the state. Whan the resignation
of certain archbishops and bishops was
called for apparently because of their
political views the . state Interposed Its
veto. They were then ordered to come to
Rome, under pain of deprivation of their
episcopal powers. This also M. Combes
forbade. It seems to be admitted that the
concordat protects the bishops tn their sees,
but It cannot eontrol ecclesiastical discip
line, If the Vatican should deride to go so
far. The French bishops are thus under a
double threat. To obey Rome may subject
them to secular deprivation of their sees;
to obey Paris may bring them under the
ecclesiastical bin. And If the Issue be
pushed, the whole church of France, as
concerns nil church property and revenues
guaranteed by the state, may be brought
'into a like position. This is surely one of
the gravest situations Imaginable. The dis
cussion as to whether or not somebody
tried to bribe M. Combes would seem trivial
under such conditions, except ss the vote
upon the report showed that he still has
the support of -the deputies In his far more
serious controversy.
The Russian official decree abolishing the
system of condemning political prisoners
by administrative order contains an Im
portant reservation. The old order of things
still applies to "exceptional cases," a suffi
ciently comprehensive and elastic term. It
Is estimated that since 1123, when Russia
begsn to register the number of exiles sen
tenced by administrative orders, 1 .000.000
persons have been sen J to 8lberla. The offi
cial figures secured by George Kennan show
that nearly SO.OOO were exiled In one year,
1RSS. in no year since 1871 hss the nnmbar
fallen below 17,000. From 1823 to 18S7 the
exiles numbered 772.T. Since 1887 no re
ports have been attainable, but 1,000,000 has
doubtless been reached. It la said that
thousandse have been sent to Siberia foe
such comparatively trivial offenses as for
tune telling, prise fighting, snuff taking,
driving horses without reins, begging and
setting lire to property scolden tally.
Where the Blow Palls
Kansas tltv Journal .
The revised dictionaries will
a new
definition of the word consumer. Consumer
will b defined aa one who Involuntarily
bears the brunt of all contests between or
ganised labor and combined cepltal.
Barometors of Tra4a.
Minneapolis Times.
The commercial reports are beginning
te predict a better fall trade than anybody
expected. The fact Is there is no Issue
between the two great parties that can
affect tho stability of trade.'
POLITICAt. SNAPSHOTS.
Pittsburg Dispatch: It Is claimed Henry
Oassaway Davis Is a regular gusher, and
nc pipeline can run his eloquence when
started.
Chicago News: Senator Fairbanks has
henrd that the democrats are going to carry
Indiana, bt he knows from eaperlence that
one cannot believe all one hears.
Buffalo Express: It Is reported that the
republicans need expert no campaign con
tribution from the Rockefeller Interests
this year. The publication of the fact is a
campaign contribution In Itself..
Kansas City Journal: If Senator Fair
banks will give tho name of that brand of
whisky which he drank twelve years ago
and can taste yet, he will confer a favor on
a large number of his fellow cltisen.
New York' Tribune: Painful It is to note
that prominent democrats galore have de-
layed forwarding congratulation, to Judge
Parker. The Judae must especially ne ao
Ing a deal of thinking over the fart that
Tnuimany did not transmit the warmest
words . of good will
I ballot was counted.
as soon as. the nrst
Boston Transcript: Esopus Is having
quite a boom. Trains which used to "thun
der" by It now halt at Esopue station to let
off visiting democrats. The old depot,
which was. good enough for Chief Justice
Tnrker in ante-nomlnatlon days. Is to be
replaced by a new one of ornate design.
The tracks are being carefully rock-ballasted.
Judge Parker s lawn Is being tram
pled by the feet of hundreds who come to
serenade him. As he Is particular about his
turf, the dally replacement of the nightly
damage gives employment to the. laboring
classes of Esopus. Altogether these are
great days for the little town.
PERSONAL NOTE.
It has Just been discovered that the au
thor of "Tenting on the Old Camp
Ground" is still alive. Oh, well fate is
obliged to overlook some bets.
Havana missed having a lynching by a
very narrow margin recently. Somebody
should explain to those Cubans that our
advanced civilization is not to be swal
lowed, whole.
Mother Eddy, the head of the Christian
Science church, Is 84 years old. She showed
herself tn a. carriage at the recent visita
tion in Concord looking like a woman of
not more than 60 years. She dresses In
white. '
General Daniel E. Sickles, .discussing po
litical questions in Washington a few nights
ago, observed that the democratic ticket
"seemed to be all frontispiece." An octo
genarian for second place, he said, would
hardly commend itself to voters.
A cold blooded government fcxpert went
from Washington to Massachusetts to in
vestigate the plague of moths In that state,
and when he bad looked over the situation
he said that every farmer could easily
keep his own trees clean, and if every one
did that the plague would be abolished.
But that Isn't what Massachusetts farmers
maintain, government experts for.
Senator Thomas C. Piatt of New York
was told by Charles. K. Murray, a local
politician, that Judge Parker waa "so
towering that England sees, and salutes
him." "Yes," remarked the senator, "the
oandldatea can be seen a long way off
this year. Both, so to speak, stand on
high ground." Murray Is shrewd, but
didn't grasp the IdeV- So Piatt simpli
fied it: "Roosevelt on San Juan hill;
Parker on David B. Hill." -
PLEASANTLY POINTED.
Alice Herbert says he Is a self-made
man. -
Kitty How he must suffer from re
morse! Harper's Bazar.
"Yes." said, the lazy son, "I'm ' out : of
work again."-- . -i
i, '.'All right," said the wjse fathet "you
can come clown to my store and we'll
change all that. You ' won't get out of
work there; I'll get work-out of you."
Philadelphia Press. -
"One thing I likes 'bout Satan," said
the old colored brother, "en dat Is he
ain't never discouraged. Des run htm out
Mid-Simmer
r at End-of-SeasoA Prices.
July a Great Clearing Month
at "Our Store"
"The Store of the Town"
Men's Bumfner suits for Immediate wear that sold
for 115.00, $18.00 and $20.00
Now
Some extra trousers that are - good to see and to
wear all aizea
$3.25
Worth from $5.00 to $6.50.
And our kind of straw hats for men should not be
OTerlooked, When you can get $5.00 ones for f 2.50, f 2.50 '
ones for $1.25, $1.50 ones for 75c You take your choice at
Half Price.
" Don't forget thj boys and little folks these hot days
cool, strong warih suits and extra pants at just half
price $2.00 suits, $1.00 $1.50 suits, 75c, etc
Extra Pants for 25c and 50c.
Boys waists and blouses at reduced prices.
If you consider the price you'll come here.
.If its the quality you'll make a mistake to go else
where, "No Clothing Fit Like Ours."
W cIom this month and next at 9 p. in. Saturdays. . ,
R. S. WILCOX, Mgr.
er one town en de fdet news you hsar Is
he done Inveoted In real estate In the next
settlement bless 0.d:' AUaota. Conatitu.
Hon.
Mildred Kae never has any trouble h
getting rid of- callers when she want
thetu to go
Kthel Mow does she manage ltT
Mildred-She sits down at- the piano and
plays to thein. Somervllle Journal.
"SnlfcKles has given up smoking."'
"I knew Ms wife would make him stopi"
"No. it wasn't that. He's working In a
powder, mill." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Do you believe In the 'barrel' In poli
tics?" "Not any more," answered Senator Sor
ghum. "A n-sn ought to have a hogfhnui
In order to amount to much these days."
Washington Star.
"Mike." said - Plodding Pete, "dry ain't
got de rl(fht answer to his money ques
tion yet."
Vh;it s your schemer" asked Meander-
j inn Mike,
I UVde ennven
both out o bust-
nee of us folks an"
do bartender I'd have de whole circulation
done up Into nickels. 'Washington Star.
RHEl'MATIK.
Milwaukee Sentinel. "
When you've got the rheumatls
S'pose you know Jes' how it Im,
All' the fellers in the kentry wants to make
the rose their bis;
Tellln" you
What to do,
When you've got the rneumatia,
"Tell you what!" says Elder Brown.
"Sot ter git the swellln' downl
Brother Ike he was that bed
Thought we couldn't save the lad.
Both his legs were full o' pains,
80 I says to old Doe Haines:
'Doc, I reckon this won't do
Got ter pull the youngster through!
Ho I takes the case myself,
Uits some Ucker off the shelf.
Soaks It inter Ike fer fair
Made him boozy, I declare.
Then I wraps his legs in wool,
Gives 'em quite a hefty pull.
And, by gravy, the next day
Ike re 'lowed he felt O. K,'r
"RheumatlsT" says Jabes White.
"Clder'll fix you out all right.
Drink a gallon, good and hard.
Gallop up and down the yard
Take a heap o' exercise,
t'si warm water fer your eyes;
Stuff your ears with cotton batten.
Git th.it done the name la Latin
" I Somethin' like 'Ideeadlne,'
And you'll soon be feelin' fine!"
"Cider nutnin !" says im Jones,
"Rheumatls Is In the bones.
Git a quart o' catnip tea,
Jcs' as hot as It can be.
Let it cool and drink It down
Nuthin' better in the town I"
"No use talkln'," says Eph Law,
"What vou want's a good big chaw
Off a plug o' nlggerhead.
Then undress and go to bed.
In the momln' flll your Jaw
With another good big chaw!"
When you've got th rheumatls
S'pos you know Jes' how It Is,
All the fellers In the kentry wants to make
the case their bla;
Teilln' you
What to do.
When you've got the rheumatls.
DO
YOU
HAVE
Headache?
Eye-Ache?
DO
YOU HOLD
Things too Near?
or too Far?
' Tbesa and many mora are symp
toms of Defective Vision,
We will tell you frankly If you
need glasses or not. .
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