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    THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: r'HIDAW JANUARY 13. 1905.
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GEORGE B. TZ8CHUCK.
8uhcrlbert In my presence and aworn to
hi fore ma this 31st day of December, 1904.
(Seal) M. R. H UNGATE,
Notary Public.
U takes more than a snowstorm In
J!ito temperature to cool the ardor of a
convention of Nebraska and Iowa lm
llenipnt dealers.
KuhkIhii minister are disc ussing pro
Ioh1 changes In the press laws of that
country. It Is to bo hoped they will not
tuko tho German laws as a model.
Admiral noJCHtvousky wll! no dmilit
find the Indian ocenu ait ideal place for
winter maneuvers If Admiral Totfo will
only keep himself busy a little further
north.
Since President Roosevelt ha taken
the. matter tip with' Uncle .Toe Cannon
there can be no doubt that tariff revision
occupies one of the hend lines on the
presidential program.
South Omaha has a new organization
of retail merchants, whose principal ob
ject Is proclaimed to be to nmt ihi city
as a huslnetig proposition. No illy can
have too many boosters.
The Xatiopal Commission Merchant.'
leafcue flhks conj;rets to adopt a Ktnndard
package for goods handled by them. The
first thing to be done Is to make a quart
berry box hold a quart.
rrenident Ripley of the Santa Fe de
cide that he does not desire a rehearing
In the matter of the Colorado rate. Per
haps this is one of tire best reasons why
the matter should again be opened.
Hy taking the Inspector directly
under hi own supervision Postmaster
General Wynne evidently intends to be
the star player in the next postal investi
gation if one is found to be necessary.
Governor LaFollette asks the legisla
ture of Wisconsin to permit him to ap
point a commission, to tix freight rates.
He should also have power to remove
them if they fall to discharge their duty.
U may that out of all of this talk
of excessive railroad rates some one will
have time to Investigate the status of
contracts between the government and
otiie of the lines for the use of mall
ca rs. '
The report of tho census bureau on Ir
rigation In the United State is chiefly
Interesting lu showing how much will
yet have to be done before the country
actually has a complete system of irri
gation. Iowa is gettlug ready to take a state
census this year. As Nebraska Is also
required by its constitution to take a
tate census this year, the plans and
methods adopted by Iowa should be of
special Interest to us.
If the present time uouo of the west
ern press correspondent have referred
to the late snow storm as a blizzard, but
indications from several iMjInts are that
they are preparing to kill all the cattle
on the range as usual.
i -i j
When Oklahoma is fluully admitted-to
th union it will have the distinction of
bringing a larger population of uatlve
American citizens into the sisterhood of
state than auy territory ver before
erected Into a state by cougreHS.
Sacator Newlands has made a fervent
appeal to his colleagues, lu the United
Ptateg senate to Join him lu one supreme
effort to take tho railroads out of poli
tics. IXxs Senator Newlauds really ex
pect two-thirds of his colleagues to Join
him lu repudiating their makers and
musters? Liu flfc-g grow ou thistles?
The state of Wisconsin, with about
double the imputation of Nebraska, uiau
ages to get along comfortably with a
supreme court constituted of five mem
ber gndj no commissioners. Why could
not justice be administered In Nebraska
by three supreme Judges and three com
missioners. Instead of six commission
er, a now proposed
RAILROAD IS&VE .V THt LEG1SLA TVRK
Th Bee Is not a latter day convert to
jiiitl-nioiioiKily principles and doe not
have to proclaim it sentiments con
cerning railroad regulations and rail
road domination from the housvtnp.
For more than n qmnter of a ntury
It has coiiHixtcntly, tlrmly and with ab
solute disregard to flnunehit or political
consequence advocated the policies for
which Theodore ISoosevelt today Mauds
a the foremost champion In America.
.When rclmte-fuvored jobber were
Irmbnrdii)g congress through commer
cial clubs against the enactment of an
interstate commerce law. The I?ee, fore
most among all republican papers of the
west, championed Interstate commerce
regulation. When successive state lecls
lattires were grappling with legislation
designed to protect shippers and pro
ducers from excessive and discriminative
freight rates. The Boo wa In the fore
front of battle for the paramount Issue
of today. When railroads sought to shift
the burdens of taxation upon tbe other
property owning taxpayers of tho state
through undervaluation, the fight for
eqnnl taxution was taken up and carried
on by The Hee and Its editor In tho pub
lie forum, liefore state boards of as
sessment and lu the courts, iwhile its
locul coiil eiuiKii'nries maintained an tin
armed neutrality.
For more than thirty years The Hee
has advocated the election of United
States senators by the jK-ople. and the
provision of our state constitution per
mitting an expression of choice by the
voters wa Inserted at its Instance In our
organic law. Its opposition to the nomi
nation of a United States senator by
party convention was not n repudiation
of the principle of xiular selection of
United States senators, hut a remon
strance against the method by which It
Wii sought to be brought about. It Is a
matter of history that with possibly two
or three exceptions the people of Ne
braska have not been allowed to have
their choice of Uuited States senators,
but the choice ha been made for tbem
by the political manager of the rail
road corporations. It Is n matter of
notoriety also that the endorsement of
Congressman Burkett for United States
senator by the various county conven
tions, as well as by tho state conven
tion, was not spontaneous, but was
pre-arranged according to a well laid
program mapped out by railroad attor
ney. In view of all the circumstances It
whs eminently proper for the house of
representatives to interrogate Mr. Bur
kett as to his position on the most mo
mentous Issue of the hour and upon his
future attitude toward Theodore Koose
velt, whose administration Nebraska has
endorsed by au unprecedented majority.
While It would be unreasonable to ex
pect Mr. Burkett to repudiate lifs obliga
tion to the men who have engineered his
senatorial campaign, we apprehend he
will have uo hesitancy to pledge himself
unequivocally to the loyal and unswerv
ing support of PreslfTtnt Roosevelt In
dealing with tho vital problems that
press for solution before congress.
It It ' be understood, however, that
The Bee, with Its well known and pro
nounced views on those. Issues, and In
view of prevailing ooudltlons. will not
attempt to Influence the action' of re
publicans In the legislature In the (Un
charge of obligations devolving upon
them under the constitution. They
were elected on the same platform with
Theodore Roosevelt, and it is their mani
fest, duty to uphold the president, not
only In the selection of a senator, but In
acting out In state legislation the princi
ple for which he stands In notional leg
islation. : J 1 PA RAMO CA' T ISSUE
When President Roosevelt said in his
annual message that in his judgment
"the most Important legislative act now
needed as regards the regulation of cor
porations is this act to confer ou tho In
terstate Commerce commission the
power to revise rates and regulations."
he stated a well-settled conviction to
which he Is firmly adhering. In the con
ferences he has held with members of
congress he Is reported to have strongly
urged upon them his desire for early ac
tion by congretm Increasing the powers
of the Interstate Commerce commission
In respect to the regulation of railroad
rates, which he still holds to Iks the para
mount Issue before the country. The
question of tariff revision can wait. No
harm will result from postponing It to a
more propitious time for It cousldera
tion. But the abuses and evils of re
bate and discriminations by tho fail
roads Imperatively demand Immediate
remedy aud the president has let it lm
understood that if a remedy Is not pro
vided by the present congress he will
call au extraordinary session of tho
Fifty-uluth congress to consider the sub
ject. The firm staud which Mr. Roosevelt
has taken in this matter will have tho
hearty support of the shippers of the
country and of all who have an interest
in the question of railway rate regula
tion. It Is now, a it has been for many
years, au Issue of first Importance, and
there can never be a more opportune
time than the present for dealing with
It. Not a few of the leading railroad
tneu of the country have come to reulizo
this. These meu admit that abuses exist
aud ought to be remedied, and that the
only power capable of remedying theiu
is the federal government. Them may
le difference of opinion among them In
regard to methods, but they are agreed
that something should be done. There
can be no doubt whatever that the gen
eral drift of opinion is lu favor of fed
eral control of ratti. just as the drift of
public opinion Is Id favor of federal con
trol of Interstate corporations.
This tendemy 1 highly gratifying.
Wa have for many years urged tho
policy for which President Roosevelt Is
now contending and which we are en
tirely oonUflent must ultimately prevail.
It Is inconceivable that the American
people will much longer tolerate the
existing conditions. "The goveruiucut,"
said the president In his annual message,
"must In Increasing degree supervise
and regulate the workings of the rail
ways engaged lu interstate commone,
aid such increased supervision is the
only alternative to an Increase of the
present evils on the one Imud or a still
more radical policy on the other." Vio
lation of tho laws continues. It is
claimed that the rolwto evil ha 1eeu
checked, but no one pretends that It has
been eliminated.. The discrimination
abuse xoes cm, probably to as great an
extent as ever. Mr. Roosevelt Is fully
Justified In Insisting that the situation
calls for Immediate treatment.
ADVERTISISO yiCBUASKA.
The "Advertise Ouiaba" committee of
the Real Estate exchange has evolved
several scheme for making known the
resources aud advantage of Nebraska
aud incidentally of Omaha.
Scheme No. 1 contemplates au appro
priation by the legislature of fi'.WW for
the maintenance of an immigration and
advertising bureau, w Ith a voluntary ap
propriation by couuties of '2 per cent of
their revenues for advertising their par
ticular localities" through a state immi
gration agent at Kills Island. N. V.. who
Is to Influence desirable Immigrants to
locate In this state. This should be en
titled, "A scheme to improvise a soft
place for some advertising agent out of
a job and to scatter a large amount of
money to the winds." Anybody familiar
with existing conditions should know
that Kuropean Immigrants landing at
Kills Island arc. for tho most part, pos
sessed of large families and Insufficient
menus to pay their 'way to Nebraska,
and Immigrant fairly well off have
made u selection of their future destina
tion before embarking for America. This
class usually ha relatives and friends
in this country, whom they join and by
whom they are guided In their location
and Investments. Fully 80 per cent of
the immigrants now coining to America
speak only foreign languages, and it
would take a genius to communicate or
negotiate with even a fraction of them,
and more than a genius to Inspire suffi
cient confidence to make an Impression
on them.
Scheme No. 2 is more rational. It I
proposed that the moving picture outfit
advertising Nebraska resources at the
St. louls exposition bo exhibited
throughout the eastern states, with the
bulanee of the $10,000 left from the
state's appropriation for the exposition.
This would certainly be much more
promising in practical results than the
expenditure of the surplus of tho ex
position fund at tho Lewis and Clark
exposition that will be hold this year in
Portland, Ore. The Portland exposition
wns gotten tip expressly to advertise tho
resources of the Pacific coast and to at
tract Immigrauts from the east, middle
west and the far west to the Pacific
slope, and tho most superb advertise
ment Nebraska could get up would not
pay back 1 cent on the dollar. At the
very best. It might Induce some people
dissatisfied with the const to return to
the great American corn belt. To an
ticipate anything else Is ah iridescent
dreaui.
Scheme No. 3, provldiug that systematic
aid be giveu to newspaper correspond
ents for eastern papers to prepare arti
cles for their use, setting forth the re
sources of tho state, ha some merit,
but the same money expended for spe
cial editions of Nebraska newspapers
would bring still better returns.
As a matter of fact, the Real Kstate
exchange, Commercial club and other
organizations actively Interested In at
tracting Investors and settlers to Ne
braska show a lamentable lack of ap
preciation of the great work that Is con
stantly lelug done by Nebraska news
papers for the development of Nebraska,
and do not seem to realize that the up
building of great newspapers In the
citle and towns of this state will do
more for the upbuilding of Nebraska
than nil the Immigration agencies,
stereoscopic view and paid letters pub
lished In eastern newspapers.
LAVOLLETTR CALLS FOR ACTIOS
The message of Governor LaFollette
of Wisconsin strongly arraigns the rail
roads of that state for charging uujust
rates and making gross discriminations,
and urges that the time has come for
decisive action. He declares that under
existing conditions It Is easily lu the
power of the railroads to destroy cities
and villages or build them up in wealth
and Kwer. "They have but to raise
rates In one case aud lower them .in an
other." Tho governor wants created au
appointive freight rate commission.
The last election showed very conclu
sively that the people of Wlscousiu are
with LaFollette In bis efforts to remedy
the abuses of the railroads and it is safe
to say that the legislature will be found
ready to respond to his recommenda
tions. It Is unquestionable that the gov
ernor' arraignment of tho railroads Is
fully justified aud that if the reforms he
has battled for are realized they will
prove of very material benefit to the
people.
It is Intimated that every otlh-e holder
in city hall aud court house is op
posed to consolidation of duplicating de
partmeut that would lessen the uuui
ber of persons ou tbe salary roll. This
Is hardly a fair statement of the case.
There are plenty of public officials aud
employes who recognize the possibility
of rearranging the work so as to reduce
expenses, and they are ready to retire,
if necessary, providing, only they are
not legislated out until the regular term
for which they were elected or apioiuted
shall have ended.
Several bills have been introduced In
the lower house of the legislature to re
vise the revenue law so as to provide
for the election of precinct, towuship
and ward assessors In tbe counties and
cities of this state and give them power
to asses property In the districts elo-t-Ing
them, lustead of leaving the resjsinsl
bllity and iower with the county as
sessor, Thl menus vlmply a returu to
I
tho old system of favoritism and dis
crimination In assessments, with prop
erty value ranging from 10 to Its. per
cent, according to the Inclination or
venality of the precinct assessor, who
would nnrurally favor the owner of
property who helped him to get nomi
nated and elected, or still nmre fre
quently, the owner of property who sub
mitted fr being hold up. That was the
experience with precinct assessors In
the large title, and as human nature
does not differ in the country from the
town. It w-as doubtless the same in the
smaller town and lu the country. pre
cincts. luting the republican primary elec
tion campaign last fall the Fontanellites
chargr.il that there was a conspiracy on
foot to repeal, alter or amend the How-rll-Gilbert
compulsory water works pur
chase act. and their battlecry was,
"Hands off the water work bill." I Hir
ing the progress of the campaign every
republican candidate for the legislature
was publicly pledged to keep Ms hands
off and oppose all change In the Howell
bill. Now their chosen leader In the
legislature ha championed a bill to re
peal two-third of tho original Howell
Gilbert bill in order to make the measure
less offensive and more constitutional
and insure the retention of a board that
lias had nothing to do but to draw sala
ries and 1 not likely to have Anything
to do for several years to come except
drawing salaries.
Governor Ik-neon has suggested to the
Illinois legislature an Inquiry Into tho
feasibility of furnishing employment for
convicts in connection with the move
ment for good roads. Under tho
law enacted by the last Illiuols
legislature convicts are permitted to
be employed in tho . manufacture of
crushed stone and other road ma
terlals, to be given free to such coun
tie as may apply for tho sumo, on con
dltion that tho material shall be spread
on some public road in the county
within a year. Why not enact a similar
law in Nebraska aud hasten the con
struct ion o( good roads?
Among the proposed changes ii the
revenue law is an amendment to pro
vide for the assessment of all property
on the basis of one-third of It actual
value Instead of one-fifth thereof. Why
not assess at full value, with a corre
sponding reduction of the tax levies, and
stop the farce of appraising at full value
aud nssesslug at Qno-fifth or ono-third?
In other words, assess property at Its
true value and reduce the tax rate to Its
just proportion to the true value.
It will bo a very cold winter wheu at
least one bill Is uot introduced in the
legislature to provide for the destruc
tion of wild animals and to appropriate
'stoeu thousands to carry out It provi
sions by giving a bounty for coyote
scalps, mouDtniu lion scalps, bear paws
and bear claws and other insignia of
wild animals that roam about the Rocky
mountain region and are smuggled
across the Nebraska lino for the sake
of earning a bounty.
The big vote for Theodore Roosevelt
in Nebraska was cast because the peo
ple of this state believe thoroughly in
the president and are in hearty accord
with his policies on the great national
Issues. And they want everyone to un
derstand It so.
Prosperity, Regardless.
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
Even the bunks of Xubrapka are com
plaining of a plethora of money, without
the slightest regard for the feelings of a
distinguished fellow citizen.
A Question PasaU I p.
Washington Post.
"Watchman, what of the night?" is tho
burden of Mr. Bryan's latest query. We
do not know, but suggest that he sond his
question to the weather bureau while we go
on trying to find out what is happening
during tho day.
Taking: a Large Contract.
Baltimore American.
In aeeking to restrain the. freedom of the
press Governor Pennypacker of Pennsyl
vania is making a most ungentlemanly ef
fort to snatch the laurels from the woman
who tried to sweep back the Atlantic ocean
with her broom.
Ostrich Tactic.
Indianapolis News.
The ostrich hiding his head and thereby
believing hlmelf invisible to his pursuers
la a model of intelligence and wisdom com
pared to the efforts of the Russian officials
to keep the people from knowing that Pott
Arthur had fallen.
An
Kqulllbrlnm Prevails.
St. Louis Republic.
Despite Lawson and Mrs. Chadwick and
Lawnon's "frenxled financiers" In New
York, au equilibrium prevails. Although
the te Beers syndicate has raised the price
of diamonds, the distilleries trust makes
another cut In the price of whisky.
Heal Frenaled Finance.
Indianapolis News.
Speaking of frenzied finance, did you no
tice that one of the New York savings
banks had to call the police to preserve or
der among the crowds of people who were
trying to deposit their money? It is stories
like this which make the theatrical press
age 'it realise how feeble Action la when It
bucks up ugulimt every-day business.
A Convenient Dodge Spoiled.
Philadelphia Press.
One ot the objections raised to the bank
ruptcy law, that it permitted divorced hus
bands to escape payment of alimony, has
been swept away by the supreme court of
the United Stales. This has strengthened
tho law and there has been no effort made
at thia session of congress to repeal It.
Men w ho are liable for alimony cannot es
cape payment by means of the bankruptcy
ct.
More Work, Leas Parade. .
Baltimore American.
President Roosevelt's movement tot have
the Panama Canal commission abolished
and the matter placed in his hands en
tirely Is an Instance Illustrating the secret
of hla remarkable hold on the public The
mass of the people like, In the great drama
of life, to see things done rather than to
hear things talked arut. There Is a charm
In action which will always appeal, and
the president acta. The tendency of offi
cials toward red tape and delays, while
great public works wait, meets with no
sympathy In the popular mind. What the
peopls want In U0 Panama affair Is. lea
talk and moie t-iadta
ROIMJ AROIT SEW YORK.
RH
om tbe arrat of l.lfe In the
Metropolis.
New York City has the latge.t aggrega
tion of milllonulres In this country. They
build castles to ahow their municipal pride,
they boast of Ita greatness, boost Its In
terests, do business and spend money there.
In all but one of the many civic duties they
are Johniikt-on-thc-Rot, The tax asfensor
finds them poverty-stricken and nonresi
dent. The opening clay of the tax books for l!i
disclosed only twenty persons In nil whose
personalty aeec-samcnt waa t.vio.OcO or more
each. TIiuj Is a much smaller number than
the rolls showed last year. Next to Andrew
Carnegie, who Is assessed at tt.flOO.OKi. John
D. Rockefeller has the largest personalty
ascessmcnt, th amount being $:'.5o).iioo.
Russell Sage and Frederick YV. Vanderbllt
como next with assessments each for
O00.WO. Four persons. Daniel O. Reid. Alice
. Vanderbllt. William K. Vanderbllt 'ami
Sadie Crane White, nre each Assessed at
JI.OOU.UOO.
Some peculiar groupings of t lie name on
the personal aaaesemeift list are noticeable.
For Instance, while John D. Rockefeller Is
afaessed for $2,&i,00ot his son, John D.
Rockefeller, Jr , is asjesaed at llSO.noo. his
brother William at f.KXMM). Henry II. Reg
era gnO.OftO and Henry Rogers. Jr., at 1:50.000.
James Pullman, president of tho National
City bank, Is assessed at I10U.OOO. A year
ago Mr. Stlllmun was asyesaed at $l,000.noo.
but he swore off Kv0,i.) of that amount.
Mrs. Ator does not appear on the rolls
for personal taxc. Laet year she was as
aessed at $200.uno, but she swore It off on the
ground of nonresldrnce, claiming Newport
as her home. Colonel John Jacob Ator fa
assessed at Wuo.onn. as last year. The Van
derbllt nsseosments remain much the same.
August I'clmunt's assessment Is placed at
laXi.OOO, as aguliuit half that amount last
year, and J Plerpont Morgan's remains
unchanged nt S-sn.uno. Joseph It. Choate.
ambassador to England, Is assessed as
usual for EiQJ&Q.
A new name on the personal assessment
lists this year is tho negro woman, Hannah
Kilos, who acquired much of tho I'lutt for
tune. She is Ht-eesFrd at S10D.OUO.
The combined Increases In realty and per
sonal assessments for the year amounted
to approximately $Jti.5on,ftoo over the totals
for last year. This Is against an Increase
of 1)1.139.52 made last year over l'J"3 and
an increase of upward of $1.0u,000,0X in 1903
over 1!K2, thut being the year when the so
called full valuation on real estate was
adopted.
The Aitor ball Monday night whs a thing
of beauty and a Joy for the Aitorlal 000.
The. gowns of the women were of the most
vivid tints and most brilliantly trimmed.
Every woman wore a new. gown and all
the treiiflurcs of their Jewel boxes were ex
hibited. Every woman of social importance
was present and as usual there were many
foreigners among the guests. ,
Mrs. Astor wore royul purple velvet
trimmed with stihle, and with great sleeves
of lace. She wore her parura of emeralds
and her stomacher of diamonds, supposed
to have been In the possession of Marie An
toinette. She wore her high tiara barbed
with huge solitaires, her necklace of dia
monds, her dog collar of emeralds and dia
monds and so many ropes of diamonds that
her bosom wo almost covered One of the
Jewels Mrs. Astor seldom shows Is her gir
dle of pearls. It resembles the modern
pearl dog collars, and the clasp Is a huge
brooch of diamonds.
There was no gown In the room more
magnificent than Mrs. Ogden Ooelet's. This
was of white velvet covered with rock
crystal ornaments. The bodice waa a ma
of these glittering beads, and she wore dia
monds and pearls and her tall tiara.
Mrs. William K. Vanderbllt was marvel
ouely gowned In cerise velvet, spangled
with gold sequin. Bhe wore an all-round
crown of diamonds and moat of her cele
brated Jewels.
The rooms were decorated with huge pot
ted plants, Including terns from Itermuda
and several royal palms. There were tail
American beauties in vases act In corners
and the mantel shelves were banked with
white violets studded with orchids.
The men about the city hall are asking
Street Commissioner Woodbury what he
Intends to do with It. He went before the
board of estimate and apportionment Mon
day afternoon and asked for $tfW,0ii0 with
which to clean the streets of the mountains
of anow that then encumbered them That
night the warm floods fell for hours, and at
dawn of the following day the streets were
washed almost clean. Only a tithe of the
sum appropriated was needed for the work
to be done, and the commissioner Is forti
fied financially for the next fall that comes.
Who will get tho treasure, aaid to be
valued at $130,000. found In on old rusty
Iron box under the site of the old Macy
mansion, In the Bronx, is a question that
may put to test some nice and novel points
of law. Contractor Meehan, who recently
purchaaed the land from the estate of the
late Theodore E. Macy. still has the box,
and does not believe tho Macy heirs have
any right to its contents.
"I have gone far enough Into the box."
he aald, "to find that It contains more than
1100,000, moatly of gold money of various
countries, and that there Is no document
or paper in It Indicating that It ever be
longed to any of the Macy family. If they
can establish a claim they can get It. There
Is nothlpg in the box with a dute on It later
than the civil war."
The Standard Oil king is at the head of
B.000 men In this country, whose respective
fortunes are computed to exceed 15.000,000,
his own wealth being conservatively esti
mated at $3a).O00,0O0, yielding him an Income
of 15,000 a day, or $2o0 an hour. In aheer
self-protection to keep himself from being
swept away by a flood of money John V.
Rockefeller Is compelled to employ several
men who devote their entire time In dis
posing of a great part of hie constantly In
creasing fortune. Thia corps of distribu
ters la under the direction of Starr J.
Murphy, formerly a practicing attorney.
Although the nature of Mr. Rockefeller's
gifts necessarily carries publicity with
them, he gives away millions privately, and
at least tlo.OOu.OOO a year that go In that way
are not accounted for.
Some male person, who seemed very much
excited, called up the Tenderloin police sta
tion the other night and gave this red hot
tip over the telephone:
"There's a burglar cracking a safe at 12S5
Broadway. If you hurry you'll get hlin at
work."
Four plain clothes men hot-footed out of
the police station and to 1283 Broadway.
They didn't think of it on the way, but
that number happens to bf the Manhattan
theater. They took one look Inside and
thn lost their energy. They saw Mrs.
Fiske as Leah Kleschua trucking a safe
on the stage. The sleuths are looking for
that Joker.
I'ropenallr to Fright.
Buffalo Express
Theater panics are becoming matters of
almost daily occurrence. Something must
be done, but It seems probable that Jiumsn
ingenuity will never overcome humau pro
pensity to scute. It is sn instinct; the
bravest of ua dink at a bullet's whins or
rush from a spouting flam.
My Offer to Women
-A Dollar's Worth free
You deposit nothing. You risk nothing. You promise nothing. There l
nothing to pay either now or later. I want every woman, every where, who lis
uot used my remedy to make this tet.
Kor mine Is uo ordinary remedy. It represents thirty years of experiment -thirty
years nt bedside-in laloratories at hospitals. Th'rty years of the
richest experience ihat ft physician can have. I tell below vlr?rclu Ii Snoop"
Restorative differs, radically, from other medicines.
I want no refcreuco- no security. Th ior have the same opportunity as
the rtch. To one and all I say "Merely write and ask." Simply say that you
have never tried my remedy lor I must limit my offer to strangers those vh
lmve used pr. Shoop's Restorative need no additional evidence of Its worth. I
will send you au order on your drmrtri't. He will give you free, the full
dollar I'd oka ce.
I IIIUV. MCI
Only on noun In Si hit part, t health. And
lrao.t all woronlr tkkont rta he trr4 to toin
mon rauM 4b arrri r wk. Not ttis nr
rou ordloirMr thlok boat th nrve that
gorvrn roar mortmeDtl and rour thought.
nut th nerve thit.nni ildd il unknown, night
and dr, knp th hert In motion control the
ltlr Bprtui rult th llTr ojrl th
ldnT th nrrr on which all th vital (unction
depend.
Thit
down.
ar th nrvfi that ar out and bmk
It Ann no food to trt th alllnc oisan th
lrriular hoart ih dionlrl llw the rilllou
tomacU th dpranaM kidney. Thy ara not to
Mam. Rut so rak to th nrv that rontrol
thm. Thrr juu will And the at ot th trouble.
Tht I nothing nw about thla nothing anr
physician would ilioput. Itut It ramalnod for lr
Shcop to apply thin koftwlt'lx to put It to pran
dial um. Ir. Shoon'a Hut oral Ire is th ru.t ot
a quarter rnturv of ndavor alone thla vary lln.
tt do not do th organ or Uodn th pain
but It do i at one to til nrv th Inatd
nrr thr power nry and build tt up, nd
atranathena It and mak-n It wall and that l Ilia
nd at womanly waakneaa.
Dr, Shoop's
pkrsoai. sort:.
There are the days wheu the sight of f
Panama hat mokes a man wondt r whnt on
earth It was ever used for.
Secretary Rhaw has ordered a new uni
form for the customs officers who Inspect
the bagguge of persons coming from Ku
rope. It contains fifteen pockets.
An Arkansas wnrrmn offers a reward of
I?0 for the return of her missing husband,
tieaa or alive, the neighbors who Know
the mon say the alive part of the adver
tisement Is a mere rhetorical flourish.
Longfellow's "Evangeline" lias been ban
ished from British Columbia schools The
reasons given are that the poem is tainted
with an antl-Ei itLsh spirit and It Is becom
ing atalo to the teachers lrom long use.
John Morley, who has Just returned to
London from America, when Rskcd what
Impressed him most, said: "Niagara Fulls
and tho president; both give you the Im
pression of going on forever, or better, tho
activity of both seems ceaseless."
Gorki waa recently asked for a brief au
tobiography. His reply was as follows:"ln
1878, cobbler's apprentice; 1879, draftsman's
apprentice; 18S2, diswaeher on a steamboat;
183, baker; 1!84. Janitor; 1S86, chorister In a
wandering minstrel show; 1887, apple ped
dler In the atreeta; 1889, candidate for sui
cide; 1889, lawyer's copyist; 1891, tramp In
Russia; 1893, railway day laborer; 1894, first
book published."
One of tho busiest men in Washington
these days Is General Harries, who runs
the electric lighting plant that furnished
tho soft coal smoke that blew Into the pres
ident's window In the White House and
thereby caused the president to explodo
with his anti-smoke letter. In addition to
hi duttea as manager .of the lighting plant,
Harries has a big hand In running one of
me street railway companies, is doss or me
DU?trict militia, has a dozen other enter
prises under his control and Is regrulorly
arretted because of his so-called smoke
nuisance.
JIST HOW JT MAPI'UM-M).
Tom Taggart Tarns the I. la lit on a
Painful Subject.
Kansas City Star.
Under the mellowing Influences of a Jack
son day banquet at Ijnfayette, Ind., with
his friends all about him the Hon. Tom
Taggart explained to 8sj expectant demo
crats Just how it happened. Apparently
they had never been quite clear on thla
painful subject. They knew that some
body had turned the sunshine off ofi No
vember 8 and that tho postofflnea were
still in the enemy's hands. But they were
anxious to learn more, and so they had
Journeyed to the fountain head of wisdom.
Mr. Taggart, it will be admitted by any
impartial observer, was In an embarrassing
position. If he confirmed the current gos
sip, that he had been snubbed and Ignored
by the rest of the committee, he would be
making a humiliating confession. But if
ho insisted that he was In full control,
then how could lie escape incurring the
odium of the defeat? Again, If he should
admit a deficiency of funds he would be
blamed for his delinquency as a collector,
while If he should acknowledge a full treas
ury, some of "the boys" might Inquire
how the workers had happened to be left
out.
The chairman was equal to the emer
gency. He admitted that he was In full
control, that there was plenty of money
and that the campaign organization was
stupid. You are the stupid one !
Stupid because you never thought
Ym
about his liver.
his trouble Ijes.
a sluggish mind.
when his blood is
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M
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In aior thn a million hnro mr rmd I
known It ha turd womanly troubl M .
but rapeaiadly wr and orr tal- V you a
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or doub:il. So I raak thla eff r to you. a stiangar,
that arery poaaihla excua for douM may b ra
movrd. Send m no monry ntaka me no promta
tak no riak. simply writ and k If row h
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vour druag at for a full dollar boole not a empl
hut th tagular atandard hottl h kaepa eohatantlv
on hi alielyea The ilruglt will ro,ulr no con
dition, tl will .-.pt my nrd-r as .hrfully
though your dollar laid bafora him. H will and
th lull to mr.
Will you ar.ept Mill opportunity to learn at it.'
p arilulely. lo he. I'd fnrwrer of all
forma of womanly neakneae to b rid not only of
th trouble, but of th yty aua wnltn protuiad
It? Writ today.
Tor a free orlr for
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Shoo p. Hon 43 a.
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Book on tha Haart
Book 3 on the Kldno
Book tor Women.
o.ik ii foi Man.
Book ( on Rheumatism
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aotuatlmea aitlraht to clve local treatment. If o.
get Dr. Hhnop'e Nlghl lure. Both remedies ar on
sale at all diunlM.
Restorative
practically perfect. The only difficulty, at
he assured his audience with charming
frankness, was that the voters insisted On
casting their ballots for the other man.
In short, the campaign was precisely analo
gous to the surgical operation which was
highly successful, with the trifling excep
tion that the patient died.
As uti cxpUlncr Hon. Thomas is nearly
as Kuccewaful as ho is a campaign man
ager. The ( fuithful ones who uttended
,ho bunquct and the country
as a whola
know now just what tho trouble wns.
I.VM.IIIXU GAS.
Miss Uiishlngton Did you ever feel the
delirium of th Muse, Mr. Tanker?
Tanker Xo'ra. I never got beyond the
delirium of the booze New York Time.
"A clear conscience," said T'ncle Kben,
"Is a gnat luxury, but In dishere slnlul
mulotradin' World it's ll'ble to ho mo' or
less expensive." Washington Stur.
'Did you ever have an expert examine
your books?"
"Yes. My wife gos through my pocket -boca
and my cnecKbonk every dav or two."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"What do you do to show your baby a
good time?"
"I let him look at my watch "Cleveland
Leader.
The British hiul Just buund their prison
ers to the fa nni ill's mouth.
"No," said the victims, "we don't think
It is in the least dangerous to be the man
behind the gun."
Owing, however, to the density of the
English, the point passed unnoticed. New
York Sun.
"You know, they say, 'ct II the world loves
a lover,' " began tho sentimental young
man.
"Yes," interrupted the cynic, "but not as
much ns it loves to hoar that lover's letters
rend out in court." Philadelphia Tress.
"Lots o" time," said IMlcle Eph'm. "when
yo' hear a man a-taikln' to hlsse'f he's doln'
It to keen f'm llsfpnln' to wot hla nnnaoloncu
, is a-tryln to tell 'lm," Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Caller Early Misa Oldglrl is looking
for a husband.
Mrs. Cutting Hlntz She can have mine.
Houston Chronicle.
When a quarter of a ton of slushy snow
has Just slid off the roof and burled a mm
half way to hla neck, whllo all tho passers
by stop and laugh at his predicament, how
weak language seems! Homervllle Journal
sl.sIiI.B 1IA.K.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
"What's the use o' feelln' blue
Jcs' 'cause things is goln' askew?"
Them's tho words that Sunshine HauJa
t'ster soy; he warn't no crank;
No one never heerd him kick.
Flush er dead broke, well er sick,
Happiest guy I ever knowtd
Allers saw the smoothest road.
Sunshine Hank, he had a creed
That feller could suceed
If he cut out all tho hurry.
All the pesky work and worry;
Whar the cattle swarmed like flies .
Alj us other foolish guys
Worked, and didn't work by halves,
Ropln' critters, brandln' calves.
Hunk played cards, and met his losses
Now and then by stealing hosses.
"Take things eaay all the way,"
Sunshine Hank lie uster say.
Hank kept smilin' day and night,
Hfueadln' sunshine left and right;
Never got the double cross
Till at last he stole a hoss
What belonged to Llghtnln' Jos
Then we 'lowed Hank had to go,
So wo had a little bee
Round a good sized scrub oak troe.
Hank Jes' says. "I can't objeck,"
Put the rone around his neck.
Then us fellers gave a yank
"Ooodby, boys," says Sunshine Hank.
"What's the uho o' feelln blue
Jes' 'cause things Is goln' askew?"
Always at
the foot of
the class
Do not blame
the boy for be
ing dull and
There is where all
A sluggish liver makes
A- boy cannot study
full of bile !
on the liver. They are
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