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Notary Public.
Omaba has been honored with, one of
the officers of the American Veterinary
association, This la no horse, on ue,
either. '. " . ' . ,
"Got any more fleets for me to prac
tice onV la the query of each Japanese
admiral. The Japa want to keep their
hand In.
Denmark's navy has lost a torpedo
boat In practice maneuvers another In
stance of learning In the expensive
school of experience.
Massachusetts has captured the head
ship of the Grand Army of the Republic
this year. The, west will reassert its
claim at the next election.
When the price of corn or wheat goes
tip all the speculators boast of their win
nings. Whep, intakes a fall, they keep
their losses quietly to themselves.
Whether foodstuffs constitute contra
band depends wholly on the point of
Tlew whether a nation is Interested as a
carrier or as one of the belligerents.
It la seral-offlclally announced that the
demo-pop headquarters will be estab
lished at the state capital. The atmos
phere of Omaha la not congenial to the
fusion reform drum-majors.
Tom Blackburn has Issued another
call to himself to convene as congres
sional committee next week. Members
of the committee will please send their
proxies to him In ample time.
Western farmers will sympathise with
the drouth victims In central Europe.
Should it come to- a call for relief con
tributions the American farmer may be
depended upon to reciprocate past
favors.
Judge Parker's guests are causing him
every now and then to miss his morning
ride. The Judge can consider himself
let down easy If that Is all be Is com
pelled to miss In exchange for presiden
tial notoriety.
The race outbreak at Btatesboro, Ga.,
reminds us that the democrats In their
national platform are accusing the re
publicans of thrusting the race Issue
upon thein. As If anything could be
thrust upon anyone who already has it
It will not require much work for
Tom Watson to get ready to launch his
speech of acceptance at New York City.
All he has to do is to dress up and adapt
the pert and pointed remarks be made
to the Nebraska populists at Lincoln a
week ago.
The sultan of Turkey is again trying
'to settle his diplomatic obligations with
verbal promises. As the sultan's prom
issory notes have long been quoted at a
discount on the International stock ex
change, he may be asked again to put
up some more tangible security.
1 The steamship llnea may cut the steer
age passage rates going both ways
across the Atlantic, but westward traf
fie alone Is likely to respond In paying
quantities. There are no attractions In
Europe to take people there from Amer
ica except for temporary visits.
Joe Johnson's elaborate and fervent
endorsement of the demo pop candidate
for governor should be framed and hung
side by side with a copy of Joe John
son's record as a corporation lobbyist
arid a tenacious member of the defunct
do-nothing state railroad couiiuishlon.
Several more Cleveland democrats and
a few republicans huve been culled in
to testify to the high moral character
cf the iiopullst gubernatorial nominee
of the democratic convention. If thla
(l..-r n,'t tnke awav the durk brown iusia
left in the tiioutlis of tne democrats
afur the p.-i'uiNia bad rtmnncd the doo
do a ILeir tiivHi iviLlug will.
BREADSTCrr EXPORTS-
There has been a very marked decline
In the exports ct breadstuffs thus far In
the current calendar year, a fact which
suggests the rapidity with which food
stuff consumers in the United' States, as
compared with foodstuff producers, are
Increasing. The New York Commercial
remarks that while the native suburban
population of this country Is swiftly
augmenting every year, that population
is annually receiving great accretions. by
reason of Immigration. These new
comers settle chiefly In the North At
lantic states, in or near great centers of
population. Only a small proportion nf
them, relatively, seek the farming dls
trlcts. This constantly increasing add!
tlon to our population is equivalent to
an extension in the foreign demand for
American agricultural products. Instead
of exporting such products over the seas,
they are sent to these busy centers of
population on this side of the Atlantic
to be consumed there. The economic
result is, of eoum, the same as If they
were exported, the general wealth of
the country being Increased thereby Just
as much as If such products were sold to
the outside world and gold were re
ceived In payment therefor.
"Is the day approaching," asks the
Commercial, "when the United States
will cease to export breadstuffs?" It
thinks indications point in that direc
tion and says: "Undoubtedly we still
have large tracts of laud capable, by
irrigation, of being made productive of
wheat and other cereals, but our urban
population Is growing so fast that it Is
not unlikely that we shall soon be meas
urably In the position that 3reat Britain
was sixty years ago when the. necessity
for cheap bread compelled that country
to alter Its tariff policy." It is quite
possible that the time will come when
this country will produce no more bread
stuffs than will supply the home de
mand, but that time Is remote. It la
not unreasonable to assume, however,
that prices of breadstuffs will not again
be as low as they have been in the years
of large production'. '.
SENATOR GEORQK P. HOAR,
The country will learn with profound
regret that Senator Hoar of Massachu
setts Is on his Ueuthbed indeed, may
already have paid the .last debt to na
ture. Among the public men of the
time none has had In larger measure
the popular esteem than the venerable
statesman who has so long represented
Massachusetts in congress. Mr. Hoar
has been a conspicuous figure In the
public life of the nation since his en
trance into the lower house of congress
thirty-five years ago. ne was a par
ticipant in the work of reconstruction
and achieved prominence during that
stormy period, nis services in the sen
ate cover nearly a generation and have
been marked by great ability, an ear
nest devotion to duty and a watchful
care for the public interest
During a'l his years of service In con
gress the bitterest political opponents of
George F. Hoar have never for a mo
ment questioned his honesty, sincerity
and purity of purpose. His ability was
recognized as much by his opponents as
by his party friends. Always a repub
lican, Mr. Hoar yet at times .exercisod
an independence in thought and action
that led him to differ from his party
associates. His name belongs in the
list of eminent Americans who have
done inestimable service to the country.
AS !a world power.
Every American ought to And gratifi
cation in the fact that hla country Is
recognised as a world power and la ex
erting an influence commensurate with
that dignity. It is of no great conse
quence when this republic became a
world power. In regard to that there
is room for difference of opinion. The
democratic candidate for the presidency
holds that the United States became a
world power when it achieved independ
ence. "Ours is a world power," he said
In his acceptance speech, "and as such
It must be maintained,' but I deny that
It is at all recently that the United
States has attained that eminence. Our
country became a world power over a
century ago, when, having thrown off
foreign domination, the people estab
lished a free government the sources of
whose authority sprung and was con
tinually to proceed from the will of the
people themselves."
Perhaps few will be disposed to gain
say this, but none the Jess it is a fact
that at the beginning of our career as an
independent nation end for many years
afterwards the United States was not
recognized or regarded as a world power.
Down to the time of the civil war tlila
country exerted practically no influence
upon world affairs. - It was given a
measure of respect by the older nations,
but Its views respecting International
questions Were not consulted and If ex
pressed commanded little consideration.
The result of the civil conflict in more
firmly cementing the union and convinc
ing the world that republican institu
tions were here established on a lasting
basis raised the United States very
greatly in the respect of the civilised
world, but even then It Is questionable
If It was generally regarded in the light
of a world power, as that term Is com
monly understood. All countries knew,
of course, that this republic was abun
dantly able to take care of itself and
compel respect for its rights, and inter
ests everywhere. They kuew that here
wcr a people who understood what was
Justly theirs and who had the courage
to insist upon having it. Tliey realized
thut so far as this hemisphere was con
cerned the United States Was paramount
and Its wishes must le resperted. But
this did not necessarily Imply recogni
tion of the republic as a world power.
That recognition came unreservedly
after the war with Spain and our acqui
sition of the Philippine archipelago.
That gave the United States a foot
bold In Asia Hint compelled It to take
an Interest wMch It hud never before
known In world affairs. Then, Indeed,
other nations wvre forced to understand
tLut tLls republic ruuot be couelJertd
and consulted as to questions of world
wide effect We bad teased to be
Isolated. Oor interests were do longer
confined to this hemisphere. We had
entered Into the arena of world affairs,
with a determination to maintain our
position there.
Having become a world power, be
United States must do lta duty as such,
not in any aggressive way, but with dig
nity, honesty and firmness. This It has
thus far done and whoever would have
It do otherwise whoever would have It
make a cowardly surrender of what It
has achieved Is unworthy of the confi
dence and support of the American
people.
WHAT TROVntFH SOVTH OMAHA
MERCHANTS.
The South Omaha Home Patronage
and Hustlers' association contemplates
a plan of campaign for the relief of the
South Omaha retail merchants. We are
told by a local contemporary that South
Omaha merchants feel the strike keenly
because the army of packing house em
ployes have been going to Omaba to
spend their money.
If South Omaha merchants and mem
bers of the South Omaba Home Patron
age and Hustlers association would
take a moment's time for reflection they
would discover that they are on the
wrong scent The packing house em
ployes have been out on strike for nearly
six weeks. Most of them bad been earn
ing from ?5 to fS per week when they
were employed, and while some of them
had managed to save a few dollars,
precious few are flush Just now. It Is
absurd .therefore to assume that any
considerable sum of money "Is being car
ried to Omaha to make purchases of the
luxuries or necessities of life.
The trouble with South Omaha mer
chants and merchants in every
locality where a large number of
wage earners remain unemployed Is
that they find the ' supply of the
circulating medium to be cut short.
It is a condition resulting from natural
causes which cannot be changed by
home patronage resolutions or a home
patronage campaign. It must be patent
to all men that the 5,000 bread winners
In South Omaha who have been thrown
on their own resources are compelled to
curtail their living expenses ,and live as
economically as possible without sub
jecting themselves and their families to
downright starvation. The strike break
ers who have been Imported to take
their places are being housed and fed
within the packing houses, and hence
do not distribute their wage fund among
the South Omaha merchants.
This is exactly where the shoe pinches.
It would be the same if there were no
street car line between Omaha and
South Omaha, and it would be the same
If South, Omaha were fifty miles away
from any other town.
WHY THE RU8SIAI? VESSEL8 ESCAPED.
Many people are asking, why Togo and
Kamtmura allowed so many of their, op
ponents to escape, lo the. two recent
naval vlctorlea won by Japan. The"
facts seem very strange. The Russian
vessels, though battered and pounded,
quietly slipped away. For instance, the
flagship, the Czarevitch, with the en
gines partially disabled, steering gear
gone and damaged in every way, drifted
100 miles to the south, at a four-knot
gait and with little molestation from
the enemy. The two smaller cruisers of
the Vladivostok squadron also escaped,
though badly damaged. Why was thla
allowed?
Two reasons may be given.. In the
first place, the wear and tear of nearly
seven months active service, away from
all facilities for repairs and docking,
have told on the efficiency of the Japa
nese fleet Battleships are delicate
creatures and need a deal of nursing.
And apart altogether from that the
fleet baa fought a good many battles
with the Russian vessels and received
the fire of the Port Arthur forts as well.
In the face of this it would be idle to
deny that they have suffered. The policy
of secrecy maintained by Japan leaves
little scope for an accurate Judgment of
their naval losses, but they must have
been aevere. The very character of
their service blockading an enemy's
port made It impossible for them to
leave long enough to dock and repair
the ships that have suffered.
The second reason arises from the
first Togo's problem baa been to de
stroy the Russian fleet if possible, at
the least possible cost to his own fleet.
The Japanese know right well that tbo
powerful Baltic squadron of. Russia
must yet be met and vanquished before
their naval supremacy Is assured. And
as they have no reserves, the Japanese
admirals must do everything to preserve
the efficiency of their vessels. The Port
Arthur fleet was practically destroyed,
so far as its further usefulness in the
present war la concerned. Togo know
that the escaping vessels would have to
seek neutral ports and dismantle, or
try to gain Port Arthur or Vladivostok.
Port Arthur was untenable because the
harbor was commanded by Japanese
batteries. And Vladivostok was so far
away that In the disabled condition of
the escaping vessels it was doubtful If
they could reach it. Therefore Admiral
Togo did not feel Justified In Imperil
ing his own fleet more than was abso
lutely necessary.
The same reasons apply to Ka mi-
mum's squadron.. Both have to save
their vessels for the struggle with the
Baltic fleet.
Hugh LaMaster Is a native of Nebraska
and a descendant of a French soldier under
Kochfimbeau. who fought side by side with
Washington and Lafayette at Yorktown
for American Independence. J. II. Rroady,
When Napoleon Bonaparte was pre
sented with a patent of nobility on vel
lum by IiU fatlier-ln law, Francis I, em
peror of Austria, be flnng the precious
document Into the fireplace, with the
remark: "Sire, my nobility begin with
myself." in this democratic republic
the dependents of Washington, Lafay
ette or Lincoln are eui'.tled to uo greater
credit U-UU the ' rogety of John Smith,
Jim Jones or Nela Nelson. If Mr.
LaMaster Is a man of character, ability
and integrity, he Is entitled to popular
respect and confidence. If he Is lack
Ing In these qualities, he has no claim
npon popular esteem, however great the
debt of gratitude the conntry may owe
bis patriotic ancestors of the revolution
ry war.
Henry Gnssaway Davis, the demo
cratic nominee for vice president, seems
to have received his official notification
In much the same manner that a con
demned man goes to his doom. The dls
patches say he got up early, put. on a
dark suit and a black necktie. He was
then led into one of the rooms, where he
received the official notice and later a
committee escorted him to the platform
outside, where tie Was given an oppor
tunlty to make a clean breast of hU
Ideas on the political situation. Ills
remarks were brief. Further compart
sons would be odious.
The campaign photographers have
gradually become important personages
In the management of party destinies,
To have a candidate notified of his nom
ination nowadays without a battery of
cameras facing him would be a grlev
ous tactical mistake. The campaign
photographer could no more be dis
pensed with than the campaign stenog
rapher. In fact, the voters do not care
half so much to know what a candidate
says as how he looks while he Is say
ing It
Sixth district populists have finished
the Job by making a separate congres
slonal nomination Instead of fusing on
the democratic nominee. If all the
candidates remain In the field we will
this year have a test of the relative
strength of the fusion parties in the Sixth
district, but it is no sure thing that one
or both of the popocratlc candidates
may not bo pulled off and a fusion Can
dldate substituted before the time fixed
by law expires.
Secretary Taft has fixed a day for
hearing the application made from Mis
souri for the War department to take
possession of the St. Louis Merchants'
bridge. Bridge conditions at St. Loula
are not much different from those at a
number of other river points and If the
War department finds a way to give
relief from bridge exactions it may have
more business of this kind to transact
Everything Goes.
Chicago News.
Politics Is a queer game. Who would
ever have thought to see speeches by
Bryan circulated as republican campaign
literature T
Cot Oat the Whiskers.
Philadelphia Press.
Borne of the democratic papers are scold
ing Bryan because be did not get a fusion
ot populists and democrats on an electoral
ticket in Nebraska But Bryan is right.
Parker doesn't want any populist support.
Russian Sea Power Crashed.
Philadelphia Record.
Russian naval' power In the Orient is
practically crushed." Not only is the Port
Arthur squadron dispersed," most of it In
jured and much of It permanently out ef
action, but the Vladivostok squadron has
met Admiral- Kamtmura's ships, and the
Rurik has been sunk and Rossla and Gromo-
bol severely Injured. These were three of
the most powerful armored cruisers the
cia? had. The loss of two fleets will
greatly delay the. execution of Admiral
AlexlefTs program of proceeding to Toklo
to dictate conditions upon which he would
permit the Japanese to exist. '
The Newspaper tm the Campaign.
' Baltimore American.
The dally paper now takes the place of
oratory. The spellbinder and the parade
till have a place, but they are ornamental
and spectacular. The average American
cttlsen reads his paper with care and forms
his opinions not In the excitement of the
hustings, but in the serenity ot his home.
His paper gives him the Issues freed from
fringe or any sort of ornamentation. With
his mind at ease he has only to read and
digest the reports upon both sides of the
questions to determine which Is best for
his own Interests and those of the country.
When this Is supplemented by the fund of
information sent out from the party com
mittees, more or less deftljt, selected to
meet the views or ambitious hopes of par
ticular localities. lbf crop of votes Is ready
for the harvest.
PLENTY AND PROSPERITY.
Am Abundance - ef 1 at re's Rlebes
Greets the Harvest Moon.
Bt Paul Pioneer-Press.
It Is not at all Improbable that the north
west will pocket mor In the aggregate
from the products of Its farms than It did
last year. There will be plenty of money
to oil the wheels 'of Industry and to fur
nish motive power to the wholesale and re
tail trade. And bealde our excellent crops
of minor grain there are the rapidly grow
Ing dairy and live stock Interests of the
state. We are not a "one crop" state or
section any more, and the sooner that Idea
Is banished the sounder will be our bualneas
forecasts and the more stable will be com
mercial conditions.
Throughout- tne rest of the country, In
whose prosperity we share and on whose
prosperity we are very dependent, the slight
falling olt In the production of wheat will
be largely made up by the advance in lis
price and the large yields of other products
will luave this country with more ready
cash In farmers' hands than lias been the
case for some years, except 11)02, which
was a year of remarkable heavy yields In
cereals. Testimony to this effect comes
from all directions. For instance, last
week we published the results ot an in
quiry made by James II. Kckles of ),402
banks scattered throughout twenty-ssven
states, comprising the' great agricultural
regions of the country. On spring wheat
there were no returns, as the crop had yet
to be made. On winter wheat there wa
a decrease ot T per cent In the yield. But
against his were the following average In
creases In yield over last year: Corn, 1
per cent; cotton, 14 per cent; oats, 10 per
cent; r', 11 per cent, and barUy, 20 per
cent.
In Its current Issue the Railway Age
publishes replies to a somewhat similar In
quiry from the traffic officials ot some
6,uu0 miles of railroad, mostly west of
the Mlllil. setting forth general con
ditions. While these replies cannot be
reduced to percentages, they are alt hope
ful In tone and almost without exception
speak ot larger yields, already harvested
on on the point of being harvested, of all
crops except wheat. - Beside the cereal
crops, the forago crops have everywhere
Lieen abundant. Finally, the lust govern
ment report Indicates that, except In 1UU2,
In no year since im8 has the yield of wheat,
corn and oats boon so heavy. Quod yields
and Mgh prices are the ruin, and plenty of
lroycrU Is the watchword.
I
BITS Os WASHINGTON lifK.
Minor See nee nnel Incidents Sketched
n the "pet.
J. P. Israel of Lloeoln. editor of the Ns
brsska Dairyman, who Is Inspecting dairy
farms In the southeast In company with
an official of the Poutnern railway, tarried
long enough In Washington to give Ne
bras k a dairy Interests a boost. In an In
tervlew In the Washington Post he says
"The west Is fset becoming the center of
the dairy Industry of the country. Kansas
and Nebraaka are getting to be the greatest
dairy state In the union, and when it 1
considered that the Industry has only been
Introduced In those states within recent
years, Its growth and development are
something remarkable.
"In Nebraska the development of, this In
dustry will be quickened by reason of the
operation of the Klnkald law. Increasing
the else of homesteads from 160 to W0 acres
In the western part of the state, where
practically all of the range or public land
Is taken up. The dairy business In both
Kansas and Nebraska Is run on the crn
Initiation plan, which means that one
large creamery company manufactures all
the dairy product of the state.
"Cream la shipped In refrigerator cars a
distance of too miles. In some esses, to ths
large central plant, and there It Is manu
factured Into butter. The cream when It
lesves the country ststlon Is sweet. When
It reaches the central factory It Is pasteur
ised end ripened to ths required consistency
for manufacturing purposes. This cream
ery business Is proving to be ons of the
principal scources of revenue to the farm
ers."
"TVi r.r.Mr. f.ia fleen interest in
New Vnrir " uvi the Washington corre-
nnndont nf the Rt txiuls Globe Democrat
"It Is his home state, and he has Indicated
in hla friends that he would not like tO l0S9
the state under any circumstances. His
pride Is Involved and his fighting- niooa
fullv rniiaed It la safe tO SV that the
democrats will not carry New Tork except
after the hardest fight they nave ever nai
In that state, and the president has confl
denre In remihllcan success.
"The president knows the county leaaera
thrmiffhmit New York, and they know and
Ilk him. The efforts of hla friends will
be directed toward, turning every Influence
men wtM tn him. and It is Bare to
say the campaign will find more Individuals
at work for the republican tiosei man
nvonv ra Personal friends and admirers
of the president are volunteering tneir serv
ices by the score and will use every leglti
nvir in have him carry New Tork.
Judge Parker, likewise, has some stanch
unnntl friends and admirers, ana ine
in fsvnr nf u. campaign that
will be contested at every point and inch
by Inch."
T.r-v" omiih the "official duster" of the
White House, Is dead. Appointed by rresi
rinni when the soldier-president
e.t .rr, tntn the White House, Uncle
Jerry has been constantly on duty unui
f.r mnntha a crn His sjte. 76 years, then
began to tell, and from that time until
his death the "official duster" naa Deen
resting.
had a nerHOnal acquaintance
with every public man of the country, and
was a favorite with all. He was one 01 m
irht of the White House to the thousands
of visitors. His quaint manner and his ex
treme politeness made him many inenas.
Th. "nflirini duster" was above the ave
rage in height. Arrayed In a huge white
apron and with his smiling face set off by
a gray skull cap, he always attracted at
tention. i hfnra ha retired "Uncle Jerry be
came fanVuis "by' hoisting the flag- on the
whtt HnnM with the union down, a signal
of distress. His eyesight had failed and be
did not realise the mistake. He was mere
after relieved from ths duty of hoisting the
flag and a regular army man was given, the
detail.
n.afdea actlra- as flag raiser "Uncle
.Tn-v" iinated the etalrwavs and the lobby
of the executive mansion. No successor
will be appointed, and with "Uncle Jerry"
the position of "official duster - expires.
Tt la anM tha.t BrlKSdler General Weston,
commissary general of the army. Is re
annnadhie for the order permlttineT army
officers to wear civilian costume while on
duty In the War department. The otner
day he met Secretary of War Taft In one
nf th nnrrldora and ex Dressed bis gratitude
on account of the order. General Weston
h,A nni lia-ht civilian coat. H threw
It back around his shoulders to display
the pinkest of pink negfllgee shirt that
ever adorned the person of a general officer
of the army. "General Went on, saia
cvraiarv Tuft. "If I had known that that
order would permit any officer to expose
hlrt like that I'd never nave issuea k.
Inflammation of hs eyes Is a common
oomplclnt among police officers and socret
service men detailed for duty at the White
House, particularly among those whose
duty It Is to pe,trol the grounds Immedi
ately adjoining ths mansion. The trouble
Is caused by the constant and brilliant
glare of the white building. A coat of
fre;h paint was applied reoently, and the
reflected rays of the sun constantly keep
those in range squinting their eyes. Sev
eral of the officers have had more or less
serious trouble with Inflammation. They
have, in a modified form, ths sama diffi
culty that afflicted Richmond Pearson
Hobson while working at Manila on the
hulks of the sunken Spanish ships. The
glare from the white sand of the beach
brought on Inflammation of the eyes, which
was badly exaggerated by Inattention, and
for a time threatened loss of vision. Hob-
son afterward tried to secure retirement
on the plea that he was Incapaclted for
work by reason of this Injury, but the
board turned down his application.
Some workmen wer engaged In running
electric light wires through the redemp
tion division of the Treasury department
the other day. The operation required
the cutting out of a portion of the cornice
In the celling. The cornlcs Is of plas
ter of parls and has been In position for
the lust fifty or sixty years. A section
about four Inches wide and six Inches
long was removed, and one of the work
men happened to see what looked Ilk a
pipe stem Imbedded In the piece. He
whittled off some of the plaster and re
vealed a short pipe, the bowl of which
was black with the 'stains of tobacco. It
was In perfect condition, despite the fact
that It had been confined In ths plaster for
many years. The officials surmise that
the pipe had been used by a workman
fifty or more years before for a quiet
stnoke after lunch, and was carefully placed
on the cornice for safe kreplng. The
whole exhibit, appropriately labeled, la now
exhjolted on the desk of the chief clerk
of the redemption division.
WKATHEIl FOR THK COItN BELT.
A First Class Article Dole Bnalaeas
la This Locality.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The corn belt Is very rarely of one mind
as to the weather. Nebraska, with Its
strung, tall stalks and vigorous blades In
a thousand fields, may be calling fur hot
weather to round out the ears, while II I
nols snd Indiana are not satisfied as to
stalks or blades or ears, and would like
growing weather. Kansas and MUsqurl
may have no frar of frosts, while stales
farther north fear that even the most
seasonable frost may find their cornflelds
n a state ot unpreparednrasg.
Undeulably, corn la wtoUru IiliuU, la
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t - A" ri
-rc)YrA i
Imparts that peculiar lightnsa,
sweetness and flavor noticed in he
finest cake, biscuit, rolls, crust
etc, which expert pastry cook
declare is unobtainable -by the use
of any other leavening agent
Made from Pore, Grap Cream cf Tartars
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ROYAL BAKING POW0M CO, KO WILLIAM ST, KCW YOWC.
Iowa and In Nebraska looks well. Partners
In certain sections with a bill of particu
lars In hand are not willing to admit that
all that looks well Is doing well. The cool
weather that has been so delightful to the
people of Chicago has not been good for
the corn crop. While the mothers of sick
babies In the cities are praying that the
cool weather may continue, the farmers of
the corn belt are praying for different va
rieties of warm weather.
In many seasons rain la money to the
farming states. Just now hot weather Is
money to most of the corn belt. The aver
age Corn crop In Illinois has a value of
$130,600,000. A good corn crop means 175.003,
000 to Nebraska. I Kl, 000,000 to Indiana. ?,
000,000 to Iowa, 187,000.000 to Missouri. $75,
000,000 to Kansas, $51,000,000 to Ohio end
$18,000,000 to Oklahoma.
rtJSIOll'S SPUTTERING FISIO.
Nebraska's Combination as It Appear
'In tbe Enemy's Coantry."
New York Sun.
With an obedient loyalty to the demo
cratic cause and an alleglant devotion
to Parker and Davis, William J. Bryan
proclaimed at Lincoln on Wednesday last
to the democrats and populists of his
beloved Nebraska his submission to th
will of the majority at St. Louis. Mr.
Bryan Isn't a blacksmith. He didn't sulk,
neither did he chase himself Into the tall
grass; and, above and beyond ail else,
he did not write an unmannerly missive
advertising himself as "a. still a very sfallt
democrat." No, slrreel He boldly ab
squatulated to Deacon Bill Vincent Allen's
pop marquee, and later: v
'Mr. Bryan addressed the democratlo
convention. He said ha came to make his
report of the St. Liouls convention. He
said be was satisfied with the platform,
although It did not contalnxall he wanted.
He had fought for a number of things
he got, and the platform did not contain
a number of things he did not want. He
advised support of Parker, saying that
whilo Parker did not represent all he stood
for, he did represent more than did Roose
velt. He promised to take up . hla right
for reorganisation, whether Parker won
or lost."
The only discordant not was piped by
the' Hon. Tom Watson, presidential candi
date of the pops, a visitor to the memorable
field at Lincoln, and upon whom Deacon
Bill looka as upon an unruly child. "Wat
son compared Bryan unfavorably with
Jefferson and Jackson and referred to him
as a lump of sugar dissolving under the
first touch of water."
With night closinr In upon the scene
came th official announcement
The democratic platform reaffirms ths
democracy of Jefferson,. Jackson and Bryan,
approves the Bt. Ixjuts convention, and
pledges hearty support to Parker and Davis.
It points with pride to Bryan's record and
expresses appreciation of hla steadfast de
votion to democratlo principles."
Finally, after a hard-fought day. In
which th Hon. William J. Bryan pre
served Intact his devotion and loyalty to
the democratic party and to Parker and
Davis, and In which Deacon Bill went
throat-bam in his efforts to keep th peace,
two electoral tickets were put In th field,
one democratic and th other populist, but
the same names are to appear on the tlckst
for th stat officers and the legislature
of Nebraska, which. It Is declared, will
glv the fuslonlsts a better chanc to elect
as United States senator William Jennings
Bryan.
Incidentally, under this arrangement Par
ker and Davis have as much chanc of
carrying Mr. Bryan's beloved Nebraska as
they hav of becoming respectively High
Muck-a-Muck and Muck of ths Moon.
PERSONAL NOTES.
The sultan's mouth at last Is open, and
the Inoldent is closed.
A correspondent says the Russians in
Port Arthur are packed In there as close
as peas in a pod. They will be shelled.
The new csarevltch was made colonel of
a Russian regiment when be was 24 hours
old. A good many mors babies like him
are said to ba In active service in th far
east
Albertua Newklrk of Glassboro, N. J.,
was milking his cows In bis barnyard, near
Monroeville, when lightning struck th
barn. Th cow he was milking and thres
others were Instantly killed, but Newklrk
shattered the child was entirely unharmed,
was only slightly shocked.
Th will of Mrs. Olivia Langdon Clemens.
wife of Samuel L. Clemens, "Mark Twain,"
was filed for probate , in th surrogate's
office In New York City. Mrs. Clemens
died In Florence, Italy, on June 5 last.
Her will was executed on May 9, ffll. She
left all her property, which Is estimated at
$35,000, to her husband.
Senator T. M. Patterson of Colorado has
gone to Navajo 8prings to meet the chiefs
of th Ut Natldn and try to make ar- i
rangements with them whereby they will
convey to ths United States government
the tract known as Meaa Varde lands snd
s snclent ruins. These ruins ar of In-
estimable value as prehlstorlo studies.
Kuno Fischer, th renowned philosopher I
nd teacher of Heidelberg, among th
most distinguished of living professors and
th last representative of a great school i
of German scholars, reached his eightieth
birthday recently. In spite of the old
msn's protests thousands of students who !
havs sat at his feet gave vent to their.
revorentiul and affectionate feelings by
niiniin ana otherwise.
A war correspondent who worked in the
day when war correspondents were some
body was the aged Sir William Russell
now living In England, In his 81th yeor.
He reported the Crimean war, our civil
war and later wars down to lm, tor the
London Times. Interviewed the other
day. he was asked to explain the difference
between war correspondence then and now
and this was the prompt answer: "In my
time we wer fr to i0 anywhere. Now
correspondents are not' free to go oT.
where, atpartuily." '
SMILING RRMaRXIi
"How delightful that will be! Tour
going to take your wedding trip In an auio-
motile?"
"Why ah yes: we're jpointc to make th
start In one.'; Chicago lr'bune,
"What! Merry my daughter?" snorted
old Gotrox. 'Why, you must be destitute
of all reason"
"Yes," Interrupted young Poorley, with
refreshing candor, "I admit I am destitute,
but that very fact Is my reason." Phlladel.
phla Press.
"Msbel's slnrlng1 teacher la a wondar.
We all think so much of him."
"Whyt"
"Well, Mabel seems to have something
wrong with her voice, and he told hr that
she must not attempt to sing for thirty,
two years st least, and maybe not then."
Cleveland Leader.
"Woud you be willing to w
"Sure," answered Ploddln
to work?"
K Pete. "If I
could follow me chosen pcrfesslon."
"What Is that?"
"Conductor on a flyln' machine." Waah
lngton Star.
"You say he never paid you the $100 he
borrowed, yet now sends a bill of $2u0 for
services rendered, i never heard of such
a thing."
"But you seem to forget he ran away
with my wife." Town Topics.
"Will you promise," she anxiously asked,
"not to do anything desperate If 1 say It
can never be?
"Yes," he replied, "I think a man's a fool
who goes to the bad because a girl refuses
to love him."
"Then X will be yours." Philadelphia
Ledger.
Esau had Just traded bis birthright for
the mess of pottage.
"Perhaps I was foolish," he reflected.
"but when you have the breakfast food
habit, what ar you going to do?" Cleve
land Leader. ,
"That pet lent has one of the most Inter
esting complications of maladies I ever
saw' remarked th physician.
"Yes," answered the professional nurse,
"she has what I should call a lovely In
disposition." Washington Star.
"That candidate declares that be desires
only a single term of office."
"Of course," answered Senator Sorghum.
"No one thinks of asking for a second
helping of pudding until after he ba bad
th flrsL" Wsshlngton Star.
BACK FROM VAOATIOJT. ' " -
Chicago Chronicle.
Back from my summer vacation, ;
In the noisy old town once more,
Away from the vicious mosquitoes
And the chiggers that sting and bore,
With my nee all raw and ollstered
And my nose as red ss a beet,
I find that the city is welcome
And that life In town is sweet.
Back from my summer vacation.
Away from the worms that creep.
And the gnats that crawl down my neck
band, And bother me while I sleep.
Afar from the flies and the spiders
And the June bugs that bid and plt.
I am glad to get back from th country
And the loneliness I haVa felt.
Back from my summer vacation.
And the soggy old stuff to eat.
Where a restaurant meal Is a pleasure
And a table d'hote Is a treat.
Where there's something to do besides
grumble
And something to do besides wait.
Where I get my papers each morning
And they're never a whole day late.
Back from my summer vacation,
In the good old town once more.
Afar from th oppressive silence,
To the rush and the rout and roar.
In ths city there's something doing,
There's Joy in the meet of might
And the soul expands with the struggle
And grows In the shock of fight.
TO ALL HEADACHE
SUFFERERS
BrosBo-Las; Guaranteed to Car by
Sherman A SleConnell Drns; Co.
or Money Refanded.
The great Increase In the sales of Bromo
Lax, tne safe remedy for colds and bead
aches. Is evidence alone of Its great value.
Never before In th history of medicine
bas th demand grown eo rapidly as with
Bromo-Lax. Our filth in th remedy was
such that.wa instructed Sherman Mc
Connell Drug Co. to sell every box under
a positive guarantee that It would cur
colds and headaches, or th purchaser
could hav his money refunded by Sher
man & McConnell Drug Co.
Bromo-Lax Is different from sll other
headache remedies It's better It's different
from all other cold cures It's better. It
contains no quinine or any of Its Injurious
compounds. It Is not Just a lot of drugs
thrown together, but each Ingredient la
put In for a specific use. Each Ingredient
helps the other Ingredients to perforin their
work. It acts upou Lb nerve centers of
the head, breaking up th colds. It clears
the passages of the head, and relieving
thos awful - headaches that accompany
colds and lagrlppe. It acts on th stomach
and bowels, relieving thos awful sick
headaches that com from stomach
troubles. ,
You absolutely take no chance whea
you buy a box of Bromo-Lax from Sher
man 4 McConnell Drug Co. It costs you
i6c If It does you good It costs you nothing
If It doesn't.
Way Not Have
Your Eyes
put In good condition today? A care
ful examination and the rUcnt glusse
does It, and you can gut both liTe
bi to It also that before the' children
commence school for the fall season
thut their tin and slaSM are all
ritsit for the work brfuie tlmm. J5nng
litem to us.
Ilutcson Optical Co.,
211 So. 16th St
Pa it o a Clock.