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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, 'AUGUST C, 100. The Omaha Daily'Bee. E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR, PUBLISHED EVERT MURNINO. terms of Subscription. DUy Bee (without fiumlny). One Tear..M "fl Il!y He Hnd Sunday, One T-ar Illustrated Ui-f. One Tear 2.06 Funds Hee, on Vear W Pnturrfnv H-e, One Year Twentieth Century Farmer, Out Tear.. IM DELIVERED BY CARRIER, pally Fee (without FnnrUy), per copy... Ic Imlly He (without Sunday), per week...Ko lHlly Bee (Including Bunday), per week..l7r fcunday Pee, per copy c Evening Bee (without Bundnr, Pr week 7c Evening Uee (including Sunday), per week .. ..Mo Complaints of Irregularll les In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation Department. OFFICER. Omnha The Tie rinllrtlng. South Omaha :ity Hall Building, Twin' ty-nftli and M Streets.. Council BluffsIO Pe;ir1 Ftreet. Chicago linn Vnlty liulldlng. New York 23?S Park Row Building. Washington .VH Fourteenth Rtreet. CORRESPONDENCE. . . 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II. .. t o,oo .. , A 1,340 10... aH,320 11 j..,JIO,10 13 ;ftO,TNy 1J Jtft,KO 14 t..2,?iN li..- , an,nao 90. f Jl... 2TVMH) Is..... 't....... '.88,800 Total 02T,2W Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,10 Net total sales....,..., D1T.OOT Dally average ao,B88 QEOROE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed lh my presence end eworn to before me tbla 1st day of August A g. 1J04. (Seal) Notary Public. 'TUB DEB will be mailed neon reqaest .'. te sabssrlbers leering the olty daring the ' Yammer .-" months. Cksagsi e( address will be rae.de e freaaeatly desired Botloea o( each change naet give both .the old and new addressee. The usual crop disaster, are' maturing Ju8t now on the floor of the Chicago ' Board of yrade. . ... . The writer who fef erred to Itussell Page as a human cash register must have forgotten that money can be taken out of the machine. As Croker hag begun to sell large blocks of his New York real estate It Is surmised that New York "with the lid on' is not o his Jlklng. Two more lives blotted out by being run down on a grade crossing south of South, Omaha, It Is to be hoped the time will come when the grade crossings re entirely isfcollshed. , '" Outside influences', may suggest torms for settling strikes, but they can accompll8h"nothlng unless there1 Is ia. de sire by both parties to the contest to re store ainlcabla relation. "When Clark Howell and St. Clair Mc Kelway shall have convlncedthe voters as to Which of tho two la-Jtbe, better dem ocrat tjiif election will probnbly be over, but the argument Is diverting while It lasts. We will probably hear less of Mr. Roosevelt's alleged , "Impulsiveness" since Judge Parker flitted from Esopus In the dewy hours of the day after an nouncing his Intention to remain at home, i . . : It would be hard to tell which would be the more offended should people con fuse the national treasurer of the demo cratic national committee with the chief executive of Colorado of the same sur name. - ' - Russian soldiers are said to be heart broken because ordered to retreat from Hal Cheng. Officers giving the order proliably thought they might' be minus other parts o their anatomy If they re mained. The Union Pacific will have a new headquarters building in Omaha some day. It is only a question of time, but the time may yet be hastened by the present rattle-trap building either fall ing down or burning up. Thoso Ilaytlen heroes may congratu late themselves that they were bunlahed before the court passed death sentence ' upon them. Nothing so dampens revolu-" tlouary ardor as for the leaders to be 1 resfut at their own execution. Judge Farker is said by the eastern democratic press to represent the real attitude of the democratic party. As he has announced that so far as he ia per sonally concerned he wants to conduct a "do nothing" campaign, this Is proba bly tru. Kansas City bus uucovered six dealers on Its stock exchange who have been guilty of cheat lug cattle shippers and commission meu; St. 1 Louis recently found tlutt a number of Its grain buyers had systematically defrauded shippers, and both lucldeuts emphasise advan tages to be derived from sending both live stock and grain to Omaha. Politicians, will waUU with Interest the effect of what may be called the constructive .cartoon. Heretofore the effort of the cartoonist has been to make ridiculous or belittle the candidates and theories of the opposition, but this year H mier Davenport ia undertaking to ad vant'svthe csuae of the republican party through cartoons not burlesquing de mocracy, but exulting " the republican e&it&dates and policies. "" ' 'PdtrttD tit isict;.' The democrats of West Virginia are to a man In favor of disfranchising the negro Toters, They had -intended ,to make this an issue in the state cam palgn and undoubtedly would have done so had not the venerable Henry O. Do vis been nominated for the vice prrsl dency, but Mr. Davis did not want the Issue raised, this year and accordingly the state convention dodges When the platform was reported delegates wanted to know where the "white man's" plank was and an amendment to the platform was offered incorporat ing such a plank. It was explained that it had been decided to omit any refer ence to the negro question "in. the in terest tsf the national ticket." Of courso the proponed amendment was over whelmingly defeated, but it remains true that every democrat In the con vention, not excepting Mr. Henry O. Davis, the candidate for vice president of the United States, is In favor of dls franchising the negro voters of West Virginia nod will enact legislation to accomplish this whenever Uiey have the opportunity. " There being no reasonable doubt as to this, it Is not apparent that the fail ure of the West Virginia democrats to declare their conviction and purpose re garding the colored vote can be of any value to the national ticket. The issue remains and the democracy of the state as unquestionably committed to negro disfranchisement as If a plank demand ing it had been put into the platform. The evasion of the matter will not de ceive anybody and certainly no repub lican will fall to register hi,srote against the party of dlsfranchisehrWit because It had not the courage to openly pro claim its sentiment on this question. Instead of being in the Interest of the national ticket this circumstance ought tn Insure the defeat of that ticket in West Virginia and convince many peo ple elsewhere that a man who is mani festly In sympathy with the southern policy of disfranchisement is not a fit man to be the vice president of this re public?. . . . PABKEB'S KEW ALLIES. The utterances of the anti-imperialists, so-called, at their meeting In Boston, have not as yet made much of an im pression outside their own circle, judg ing from the fact" that little attention hag been given by the newspapers of the country to what , they said. Of course they endorsed the St Louis plat form and undoubtedly all ofthem who are alive and physically able to go the polls next November will vote the dem ocratic ticket, but It remains to be seen whether Judge Tarker is in full sym pathy with the position of the anti-lm-perialists. Some of his most Influential news paper supporters certainly ore not and the candidate Is likely to show some respect for their opiniou. Thus the Brooklyn Eagle says that "no greater barbarity could be committed than would be Involved In the abandonment of the Philippines out of hand" find points out that for the.'' first ' time Id theV history the Islander are beginning to realize" the significance of the wortt freedom. 'jTbe truth, the whole truth, and nothing . but . the truth," declare that paper, "is stated when it is said that under American auspices civiliza tion ! spreading its beneficences over the archipelago. Those who would call this sort, of thing to a halt would ex change a benediction to a malediction." If It should be found that Judge Farker entertains such ideas on the subject as these what an unhappy condition the antl-lmperlallsts would be placed In. AMEBIOAX OPimOX DESIBED. It Is stated that the British Foreign oflico contiuuea anxious that the United States should make a declaration to-the world of Its views regarding the rights of neutrals, particularly the question of contraband, as it Is believed the princi ples of the two countries are Identical. The British government has protested against the Russian view that foodstuffs are contraband of war and has declared that raw cotton should be so regarded only when Intended to be used in the manufacture of explosives. Undoubt edly this Is In accord with American opinion, for so far as foodstuffs are con cerned our government clearly defined Its position to Great Britain during the South African war, when It held that unless foodstuffs were unmistakably In tended for the use of the military forces of a belligerent they should not bo re garded as contraband. As to cotton the question Is, we believe, a newine,,that commodity having never before been de clared contraband. It Is safe to say that the United States, as the leading cotton producing country, will not assent to the Russian position respecting It Our government has observed a Judi ciously careful silence as to the rights of neutrals and the question of contra band. The Washington administration has not yet felt it to be necessary to de clare to the world the American view regarding the issue that has grown out Of the course of Russia.- But it is quite possible that It will soon see the neces sity of making a publio statement of the position of this country, since the Inter ference with American trade In the far east is a serious matter. Thrro Is being manifested on the Pacific coast a strong sentiineiit that the government should take steps to protect our commerce with Japan and other tastern countries. A San Francisco paper remarks that the magnitude of the blow which Russia has struck at American commerce In the east may be estimated when It is seen that the Faelfle Mali Steamship com pany and its allied lines " life tofflclal!y announced to have largely 4,?iiSed busi ness on the Pacific ocean by refusing cargoes to Japan, Corea, Manchuria and New Chwang. Referring to this a Seat tle paper says: "The matter Is a very serious one to the people of the Pacific coast. It Is time to formulate a demand that vessels of the American navy pro tect our h'gltlmste Intercourse aqd trade with Japan against unlawful aggres sions. It is humiliating to the country that American steamships dare not carry legitimate cargoes of American goods to the private customers of our own merchants because they fear sets ore by a power with which fills country is at peace. Better detail a cruiser to accompany every merchant steamship across the Fnelflc than to submit tamely to a continuance of present conditions. Let our merchantmen fly the American flag under the protection f American guns." ('ranting that this is somewhat ex travagant, yet there is no-doubt that It reflects a very general sentiment on the coast which is certain to grow In force If present conditions are long continued, It is presumed that the Department of State Is giving close attention to the situation and will not hesitate to declare the government's position when the proper time to do so shall come. FARMING DELISQVEST TAXES. Schemes for collecting delinquent taxes on a percentage basis have been repeat edly concocted by parties In need of a lucrative occupation, but have rarely received encouragement from city coun cils or county boards. Most of the prop ositions for farming out delinquent taxes have bad all the elements of graft with out any redeeming qualities, in other words, they were simply "get-rlch-quick"! schemes gotten up for private gain ln steod of for public benefit The argument usually advanced in favor of this farming out process for collecting back taxes Is that it will cheapen the cost of collection materially and also iucrease the amount collected from delinquents. Conceding that the collection of taxes by parties deput!ed by city or county treasurers comes high, tho policy of farming out delinquent taxes Js? decidedly objectionable from every point of view. It would be more so than ever at the present time when the machinery of the courts has been set in motion to force the collection of back taxes, through the scavenger act. The latest scheme proposed Is decid edly the most audacious get-rlch-quick scheme we have ever heard of. This proposition contemplates contracting with private parties for the collection of ail delinquent personal taxes on terms that hand over to them the entire list conditioned on the payment into the treasury of 75 per cent of the original tax In any case lrt'which the bill may be collected. In other words, the favored grafters are to have for themselves not only 23 per cent and accrued Interest and penalties in addition on what they col lect in, but the same rake off on all the delinquent personal taxes that may be paid Into the treasury without their Intervention or even their knowledge. How the county board can entertain such a proposition for even a moment passes comprehension. A contract at 23 per cent commission on all taxes col lected within the next year can be made to, net the contractors anywhere from f25,000 to $50,000. Such a contract would be a bonanza, better than a Crip ple Creek gold mine or an Anaconda copper mine. It would require no In vestment beyond the cost of stationery and postage used for letters conveying the compliments of a law firm, and It might possibly also involve the outlay for the salaries of three or four con stables to enforce the demands by dis tress warrants. It Is to be hoped that the county board will do a good deal of thinking before It consummates such a deal. A PASOBAMW V KW The old adage that you have to go away from home to hear the news is again verified- by the Atlantic City cor respondence of the New York Sun, which, among other Interesting bits of gossip, includes the following entertain ing reference to ah eminent Nebraska statesman whose composition is of the same metal that is poured Into the mold for Fourth of July cannon: United States Senator D. H. Mercer of Omaha, chairman of the committee on public buildings, finds much pleasure In riding in a rolling chair pushed by a North Carolina darky. Thr senator thus obtalas an excellent panoramic view of the cosmo politan front of the resort. That he Is popular and known In the east as well ss In his home territory is evidenced by his frequent noddlngs and handshakes while tiding on the famous promenade. That "North Carolina darky" must feel very proud In being permitted to push the -rolling chair of the robust and rotund "senator" from Omaha, A panoramic of the "senator" would also entertain his former constituents hugely. The initiative toward a municipal electric lighting plant for Omaha was taken a year ago last spring, when every candidate for mayor and every candidate for the city council on all the tickets was pledged in favor of the acquisition of an electric lighting plant by the city at the earliest possible mo ment The fact that these pledges have been on exhibition In the pawnshop win dows for more than a year and are still unredeemed Is suggestive of the neces sity for enforcing the initiative in move ments for municipal ownership. The railway discrimination against Omaha is making even railroad officials talk. They concede that tn some In stances It will make a difference of 27 cents. On freight originating in Iowa they cannot change the rate to Council Bluffs without the permission of the' state'Tallroud commission, which, they fear, cannot be obtained. When Ne braska had a railroad commission the traffic managers never seemed to be dis turbed over any order emanating from. that source. This la a compliment toJ the Iowa commission. The regularly constituted republican county committees in Douglas, Karpyand Washington counties are not to be con sul ttt or considered in the conduct of the primaries to select delegates to the convention that is to make a nomina tion for congress this yeur. We pre sume the reiectlve coouty committees, however, will be permitted to carry the wood and haul the water for the candl date after he Is nominated. The delay In the appraisement of the water works 1s not likely to last much louger. When the award of the ap p raisers Is made public It may, however, dawn upon the cltlsena of Omaha that a beautiful little confidence game ha been played upon them to unload th plant at double the price for which It could be duplicated. Our old friend Charley Wooster ha been smoked out. He secured a divorce from the republican party on the ground of free silver lncompatability, but al though he finds he has been buncoed by the democrats, he proposes to stick to the bunco steerers Just the same. 1 The old saying that there is nothing new under the sun finds an exception in the wonderfully made call for a con gressional primary In this district con cocted by the chslrrann of the republican congressional committee. But perhaps this exception proves the rule. The former organ of reform forces In Nebraska throws up its hat and shrieks for Joy over the promise of Tammany hall to Join hands with Wall street for Farker and Davis. Its pretense of de votlon to great moral principles is enough to make a horse laugh. The origlnol Bryan man, C. J. Smyth, has gone to help surprise Tarker, whom Bryan branded as the trust nominee. Bryan sends an offer to help in any way the committee sees fit to use him. Well may the 'sage of Esopus beware of Greeks bearing gifts. Holders of worthless stock In the late lamented Asphalt trust can learn some thing of advantage by watching the course of President Castro of Venezuela, who seems to be the only man who has so far demonstrated ability to get hold of any of the assets. Artistle Base gliding. Chicago Tribune. To do General Kouropatkln Justice, he has executed several difficult slides from one base to the other with much skill and Judgment. Giving the Dead a Jolt. Boston Transcript. Pettlgrew will make speeches during the campaign and "talk about dead democrats, such as Jefferson and Jackson." He might also include himself and Bryan. A Saloon with a Halo. Baltimore American. A model saloon Is to be tried in York where drinking can be done New with dignity and decorum. The philanthropic will hope that It Will succeed; the optl mlstlc will insist that it shall; the wise will be surprised If it does. Cheerfal Optimism in Fignres. Boston Transcript. Not so badly oft after all. Wage Increase since 18S6, !. per cent; increase In cost of living, 15.6 per cent. That cheerful op. niuiai, i;o:onei Larroil l). Wright, can always be relied upori to prove to us with figures that we are a little farther away from the wolf or the bowwows than ever before In the history iff the race. "Embarrassing" r the Administration Baltimore1 American. If there Is anything the democrats can do let ween now and November 1 to em. barraes the administration it will be done. Unsuspecting pemontf should not be de celved by the adroitness with which such schemes will be carried out and should remember that they - are all for political effect. None of "-em will affect Theodore Roosevelt's ablll., or courage, to face and solve whatever legitimate governmental problems arise, Is Port Arthur Impregnable? Chicago .Chronicle. T Dt l-.i , . ' noi impregnable to a land attack it ought to' be., If the Rus sian engineers, . wKi;' .unlimited means at meir disposal, cannot make a line five miles long, Hanked by the open sea at both ends. Impregnable, It Js difficult to see an v use in military science.' They ought to be aoie Dy me use of mines, entanglements ana rorts to make the country Impassable to a musKrat. When we read of the Japa nese losing 26,000 men' In a three-div. fruitless attack on puxh a line we feel like auvising mem to rely- ori the slower proceBs ot starvation or else to rig up a few tor pedo baloon., . .. .. ... Could Not St.n t.e Change. San Francisco Calj. Wu Ting rang, who recently distin guished himself ns . the representative of China at Washington and. .then returned to his native land ta assume duties of ad. ministration of the highest character, has decided to abandon his public oareer, gjve up the-honors and emoluments of official life and retire to his. private estates. Can any one blame him for suffering from ennui after leaving the hotbed of Wash ington public life and the hurly burly of American politics to fall Into the dull, dreary routine of Chinese officialdom, where ojly the headsman offers a relief to dall'Mnonotony? 1f OUTPUT OP COAL. Value of the Product of Xatar.'. Fuel Bias. Philadelphia Hecord. The United States have for several years exceeded England In the production of coal, and In lt their production wes much greater than In 1S0J, not only in anthracltej but also' in bituminous. In the mining of which there was no strike. The output of Pennsylvania anthracite was 0.2i2,50 long tons in 1S01, J,6,710 tons In 1901 (the year of the great strike), and M.M1.71S long or 74.313.919 short tons in 1903. The Increase over 1901 was 19 per cent. The output of bituminous coal was 225.8M.8t9 short, tons tn 1901, 29,M1.0C4 short tons In )9( (when the shortage of anthracite stimulated the con sumption of soft coal), and 2S6.107.393 short tons last year. Here la an increase of 40, 000,000 tons, or a good deal over 26 per cent tn two years, due to the extreme activity of all manufacturing enterprises last year. The average value of bituminous coal at the mine last year was higher than In 1909 by II cents, or more than 10 per rent, nnd the average value of anthracite at the mine was 32.06 last year, against II. M In l!C- an Increase of 21 cents a ton since the strike. But the average value of coal mar keted, excluding coal consumed at the works, was I? HO per long ton In the strike year as against 32.06 tha yeur before. The average value of coal marketed In 1"3, on he basis of these figures, would be nearly JJ( The mine value of the coal produced Ut year was 3606.190,733 as compared with t.t7.037,o tn Itus and t348,9lo,i In 101. It Is W striking fact that In spite of the re dutlon In the anthracite output In 1901 the aggregate value of both kinds of coal In creased that year over tha year before. The Increase In the value last ' over lyul is astonUhltig. OTHRR LASDI THA OVHS. The whole number of members of the Japanese tXet Is 371, and ot them seven are Christians, Including one Baptist, two Con gregritlonallsta and four Methodists. The Christian representation Is thus In a mi nority of 1 to K but It le Influential beyond that proportion. In the population at large there Is, roughly speaking, only one Chris tian In 10,000 a little leaven In a great ninss, but Its effect Is visible and recog nised even by thoee who sre not nominally Christians. In old Japan Shlntolsm, Bud dhism and Confucianism all encouraged absolutism and feudalism, while constitu tional government, representative Institu tions and local self-government are fruits of Christian civilisation. It Is favored by a good many who make no open profession of It, end Is particularly valued as an Instrument of social and moral reforms. It has a long road to travel In that country before It satisfies the desires ot Its propa gandists, but ths road Is open, and there Is no opposition worth speaking of, but rather a spirit of receptivity and encourage ment, The serins of conduits, now completed. which are to (supply Birmingham with water from Wales, represents one ot the largest direct labor undertakings of the kind carried out by a municipality. From the filter beds In the Elan valley to the service reservoir, located about seven miles from Birmingham, the aqueduct has a length of seventy-three miles. Aocordlng to the latest estimate, the cost of the en terprise, as at present undertaken, foots up JI9,434,680. The total expenditure au thorized by Parliament Is 333,000,000, so that the actual cost Is well within the author ized outlay. The works will furnish an unlimited supply of water for Birmingham and for all the villages and towns, twenty or thirty In number, within fifteen miles of the line of aqueduct. The total population thus supplied with wholesome water yu ru bers 800,000. The British cities now supplied with water from distant sources In the hills are Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham, and the London county coun cil has plans prepared for bringing water from Wales from the next watershed to that appropriated by Birmingham. The Birmingham corporation constructed ex tensive filter beds at the head of the aque duct to prevent the accumulation of de posits in the pipes and to Insure the purity of the water delivered to consumers. The Cape Colony elections, held to fill the seats in the Legislative Council and House created by Dr. Jameson's "addi tional representation" bill, have produced the expected rcrult. That is to say, the progressive majority of one in the Leg- slaUve Council has been lneVeased by three and the progressive majority In the House has been Increased on strict party lines by seven, while the Africander bond has gained three. Several "independents" were elected, most of whom lean toward the progressives. The general effect of the recent' elections Is to strengthen the hajids of the Jameson administration, which stands for the maintenance of British Im perial Interests In South Africa. Dr. Jame son, the premier, having been the leadet of the abortive "Jameson raid," which hurried on the recent war, was much de tested by the Dutch, or "bond" party, till ha recently won esteem and liking by canceling the sentences of Dutchmen who volunteered for service In the Boer army during the recent wvir. This ret has done much to Improve the relations of the Dutch and British In Cape Colony. Feelings of amity are growing In strength, so that there Is a hope of a united state. Dr. Jameson's ascendancy Is expected to pro mote the movement for a federation of all the British colonies In South Africa, with the result of creating a, single common wealth, embracing Cape Colony, Natal, the Orange River Colony, the Transvaal and Rhodesia, The Rome correspondent of an English newspaper gives an encouraging report of the condition of the Italian finances. He points out that the financial year ended on June 30 closed with a credit balance Of from 20,000,000 to 26,000,000 lire (34,000, 000 to 35,000,000), this being the sixth year in succession that there has been a con siderable balance on the credit side. The result for the last year Is the more note worthy, as a r. umber of extraordinary ex penses had to be met, and In the Italian budget system ell expenditure, even such as might be described as ultra-extraordinary, Is charged against the ordinary rev enue. Moreover, the wheat crop In Italy In 1903 was an especially good one, and there was a marked falling off In the re ceipts from the duty on Imported wheat. The budget for the current financial year, 1904-5. Is expected to show even better re sults. For one thins:, tha wh.. . though satisfactory, will be below last year's yield, and the wheat duty will fur r.lsh a correspondingly larger sum. On th other hand, the rice crop and the vintage are expected to be vory good. The indus trial and commercial development of the country continues unchecked and there la a marked Increase In the saving deposits is aiso remarked that the repurchase of Italian bonds abroad are more frequent while there . Is an Improving demand for Italian private, industrial and comm.mlm securities. While strikes and rumors of strike, nil the air. It Is well to recall the fact that the wage-earners of Germany are protected against all risks In their trades by the ad mirable system of insurance which pre vails. Upward of 20,000,000 working Deonl. In Oermany are Insured' against sickness, accident and disability in old age. Of oourse is not Intended thst these Insursnca risks shall be used to sustain s4rlka though they sometimes operate In that way. oui isiten merely as a benevolent system the scheme hss worked Immense oivi when It Is remembered that in 1902 upward of 711,330 cases of accident were Indemni fied, while during the past year tha num. bar of pensions for Illness wss 14,186 and tor oia age 166,813, Ths Insurance system for working men as pursued In Germsnv hss some drawbacks, but taken ss a whole it is of great and growing benefit. The experiment of introducing Chin... eoolles to labor In tha gold mines of the Transvaal has been a great success. Th. arrival of ths eoolles has .n.hi.H min.. previously Inactive to resume operations and enlarges the output of operating mines that were short of labor. The more labor ers there sre the greater the number of white men employed In supervision and In tasks requiring skill. White men will not work at mining In Bouth Afrioa. fashion or the climate putting all manual labor on the colored races. It results that onlv h getting in more Kaffirs and Chinese can the British element be materially Increased The number of available Kaffirs Is limited, but the Chinese can be had In any number and they do. It la found, better work n far not over 6.000 of the Chinese have been brought In, but S0.000 will ultlm.t.lv K- im ported. Prevision has been made against a new "race question" by requiring the Chi oese to live In compounds and to return to (-"m "l ,no aspiration of their term of service. Strict regulations prevent their escape, since It Is Intended that they shall be miners snd nothing elss. Doabllag the loaa af roa. New York Herald. Physicians say that beef and Iron make' blod. Must of us will have to order a double portion of iron. iStoyirag Power for TIRED BRAINS Horsford's Acid Phosphate is a boon to the overworked Officcman, Student and Teacher. It keeps the mind clear, the nerve steady and the body strong. HORSFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE. POLITICAL DRIFT. Lightning struck Tammany hall last Monday. No damage. The Indians were on easy street. All the active and retired democratic statesmen are making pilgrimages to the new shrine at Ksoous.. Even Bill Devery 'Is hobblng toward Rosemount. Judge Parker passes the plate In church, and can make the coins vibrate with mel ody under the nose of slumbering mem bers. A good collector Is mighty handy in a campaign. Thomas Taggart, chairman of the dem ocratic national committee, has Invented a voting machine which he thinks would work well In Indiana. A preliminary trial wilt be given among his slot machines at French Lick. Democratlo contemporaries are already trying to swing the Episcopal vote for Judge Parker by explaining that he Is an enthusiastic churchman, and the Preshy. terlan vote for Mr. Davis by referring to the fact that he is a good Presbyterian. J. H. Tlmberlake has declined the dem ocratic nomination for congress In the Sixteenth Ohio district. He says he can't support Parker, but makes no mention ot the fact that the Sixteenth Ohio district is normally republican by about 6.000 votes. It Is said that when Mr. George Carroll of Beaumont, Tex., otherwise known as "the Hon. George Carroll," was Informed of his nomination for vice president on the prohibition ticket he seemed pleased, smiled, and went off to "set up" with a corpse. At last accounts the Brooklyn man en gaged In rounding up the John C. Fremont old guard of 1866 had succeeded in getting three responses. He wants them for cam paign purposes. If there are more of them alive It Isn't to be wondered at that they are reluctant to make the fact known. According to the political statistician of the New Tork Sun, the' campaigns of the two parties In New Tork state, Irrespective of the national fight, will call for an ex penditure of 31,000,000. The natnal cam paigns of the two parties In all the states and territories will result, It Is estimated, in an expenditure of 310,000,000.. A sensation has been caused in Jersey City by the head of a department there Insisting that the employes of the de partment must do a full daj j work. The idea of practically running a city depart ment on private business-office principles seems to be looked on as a revolutionary Innovation and an unwarrantable and wanton aggression on all known and ac knowledged rights and leisure- of office holders. ; GRAND ARMY OF THE KEPIBLIO. Thoughts Inspired by the Coming Bostoa . Encampment. Minneapolis Journal. The . national encampment of the Grand Army .of the Republic will be held In Bos ton this month, and it pomUes to be one of the most successful encampments of re cent years, both In point of Interest and attendance. According to the official re ports of a year ago, Massachusetts is one of five states which have 119,647 of the sur viving 458,610 members of the order. New York has the largest department, 29.9S3 members. Pennsylvania comes second with 26,426, Ohio third with 26,529, Illinois fourth with 20.800 and Massachusetts fifth with 16.804. Each successive national encampment from this time on will probably see a smaller attendance, and In a fw years prob ably the national encampment Idea will have to be abandoned, and in the place of It a small number of the best preserved men of the order will meet one a year to transact the business that will come up. Already there has been much talk In favor of abandoning the long parades which for many years have been the principal feature of encampment week. The veterans are growing old, and the fatigue of travel and parades Is greater than It used to be. We are sure that Boston will give the We axe Closed Until noon Saturday, on account of the death of William O. Browning, the founder of the firm of Brown ing, King & Co.; after that we will be open till 9 p. m. During that time we are offering some specials that ought to interest close buyers. There are quite a number of our high grade suits for $ 10.00 and $12.50," that were $18.00 and $20.00. Extra trousers at $3.25, worth up to $0.50. 200 pairs of larger size odd trousers, 38, 40 and 42, that are worth $5.00 and $6.00, for $2. Only two pairs to a customer. Men's Fancy Hosiery, 25 per cent discount. Bathing Suits, 25 per cent discount. $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 cuff attached Negligeghirts at 25 per cent. Straw Hats, none reserved "Half Price. Boys' and Children's Wash Suits at "naif Price." And a fine selection of boys' wool two and threepiece suits, worth up to $5.00, for $195 VO CLOTniNO FITS like ours. R. S. WILCOX, Mgr. boys who wore the blue a right hearts welcome, and that the boys themselves will feel that It wss good to be there. ' The average member of the Grand Army of the Republic Is about 00 years of age, and in the natural course of events they must soon pass from the scene of action. While they are yet with us, let us learn well the IcKton of patriotism which they have taught, so that when they are gone tha things which they did and said may live on In the hearts of those who oome after them. BRIGHT AND BRKE1T. Teas Ol dear, my belt won't stay In place. Jess Here, put a couple of pins In It. Tess How thoughtless of you. Didn't I this evening? 1'lillad. la Press. "Don't you think the expenses of running a campaign might be curtailed T" "Certainly," answered Senator Sorghum. "It would be no trouble to curtail 'em. But the real trick Is to. expand 'em and at the same time restrain Mm curiosity concern ing disbursements." Wasrli gton Star. Ketchurh A. Cumin What do you' think about that young New Yorker who com plains thst he can't live on 313,000 a yearT Orvllle Ardup Huht f can't live on 313. 000,000 a year! I have to worry along on about 3180 darn the luck. Chicago Tribune. "Do you believe that ths rich are con stantly getting richer?" "I used to," answered the New Tork tax collector, "until I observed the figures sub mitted from year to year by some of these, multl-milllonairea." Washington. Star. , Ernestine And were you very nenfoua whon you walked up to the altar? Eva Nervous? Why, dear, there ' has been only one time when I wss Ss nervous. Ernestine When was that? Eva The day I pressed Tom's trousers for the first time. Chicago News. Geraldlne What are the wild wares say. Ing? Gerald I can't hear a thing while yo have that loud bathing suit on. Town Topics. May Gayley Did you say youjsaw father at the club last night? Jack Younger Yes, I saw him. May Gayley What did he say? Jack Younger He said: I ve only got A pair of kings; It's all yours.' -Philadelphia rress. "Didn't you say there were no mosqultea around this place?" "Yes," answered Farmer Corntassel, "and we never mlsrepreeent. That advertise ment was written - last March." Wash ington Star. JUSTIFIABLE LIARS. James Barton Adams In Denver Post. When the evening stars are peeping from ' the quiet summer skies And, the evening breese so soothing rourid the fishing quarters sighs, t When the .waders are discarded and tha rods are laid away And the smoke from ripe Havanas floats tu dreamy curls away. Then' the piscatorial sportles, gathered, in a social group. Tell of how the big 'uns put them in the figurative souu: How they hooked the kings of rainbows. how the battle raged red hot Tin the speckled warrior triumphed and vamosed as quick as thought! Their wild adventures they'll relate With gllbness through the hat " And think it Is legitimate. To , lie like l that! How the flow of words will ripple from - their oscillating Hps As they tell of broken leaders, as theyt prate of broken tips, And of hook snapped square asunder And of hooks all straightened out When the monster they had captured gave an unexoected flout! Every beauty that escaped them was St rainbow tinted dream, Was the biggest ever happened In the rec ords of the stream, And their heads they'll shake so sadly find will sigh as if In pain As the tales of their misfortunes thafV evolve from dreaming brain. The fairy, tales they'll glbly spin And not a guilty. y will bat. And really think It's not a sin To lie like ' 3 . that! , , ' ' ' JO 1