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(Seal) M, 13. HUNUATE,
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HUC)I OUT Of TOWif.
abacrlbera leaving; the city tens,
porarlly ahonld kat The Be
wialled to thesa. It la better than
a dally letter from home. Ad
dress will be changed mm often as
reqaested.
Komura baa started to America.
Japan, evidently In to be flint In peuce
as well as first In war.
Topeka and Kuuhus City are be
Devllned and praying for a suvlor to
come and 'cast out the swine.
Cronstadt strikers have been conceded
the shorter workday and higher wages.
Look out for more disorders in Russia.
Df. Wiley Is visiting Europe. Im
porters of food of doubtful quality no
doubt hope he is really on a vacation.
If that abnormal heat In Europe will
but continue America may make back
some of the money spent by interna
tional tourists.
Nebraska crop conditions are decidedly
promising, according to official reports.
With bountiful crops Nebraska will hold
Its own against all comers.
The Fourth of July cusualty list is
probably not yet all in, but it shows
signs of marked progress toward sanity.
Keep the good work a-going.
If the pressure becomes too great the
mutineers on the Black sea can cut the
diplomatic embargo of the Dardanelles;
jmoi perhaps Russia would not object
This is about the time of year that the
rain prayer gauge used to be suspended
on Nebraska, church doors. But this
season nobody would dare even suggest
prayers for rain.
Former Minister Bowen can get all
the satisfaction possible out of the fact
that Assistant Secretary Loomls was
not promoted to the position tuude va
cant by the death of his chief.
--
The upper Missouri has been enjoying
a small fresjiet We venture the opinion,
however, thai it Is ft little too late to
stir up the Big Muddy In this vicinity
to go on ft June rise rampage.
"Why hav the lumber dealers quit
advertising?" asks Edgar Howard In bis
Columbus Telegram. We did not know
the lumber dealers had ever begun ad
vertising, at least In Omaha, trust or no
trust
If John Paul Jones left America a
century or mors ago in control of a
squadron as powerful as that which is
bringing his body back, history would
have a different chapter.
The Omaha Real Estate exchange will
bend some of its efforts toward advertis
ing Omaha1 and Omaha's advantages
abroad. 4 This is the right Idea. Every
lick for Omaha is a lick for Omaha real
estate.
Sluee the Russian government has Is
sued an order prohibiting the meeting
f the leinstvos cougress, the cxar should
bo prepared to receive another delega
uou wuicn , may come in a less con
ciliatory spirit.
It is to be hoped Kansas does better
in puliing out deposits of public funds
In failed banks than Nebrabka has doue.
If not Kansas may as well prepare at
once to pocket the full loss and add a
goodly sum to boot for lawyer's fees.
It looks as If the school board in its
recent distribution of awards overlooked
the truant officer altogether. Our people
surely art) not ready to dispense with the
breesy and refreshing reports that come
to them periodically from that over-
forked public aeriat -
root run ssmsnsror state.
Klibu Iloot, former secretary of wnr,
will le the giiffCBKor of the lnte Sec
retary liny. This whs gulte plainly
forewtiiiilowptl when the president In
vited Mr. Hoot to represent the Iepnrt
inent of State nt the funeral of the late
secretary. It will le jrcnernlly conceded
that no better selection, none more sat
lfnctory to the country, conld have leen
innile. Mr. Hoot Is one of the very
strong men of the nation, able, ener
getic, conscientious and patriotic. A
Kocret.iry of war he made a fine record
for administrative ability and accom
plished reforms In the military depart
ment of the government which already
have proved of great benefit to the serv
ice, i
It is needless to say that Mr. Root Is
In full and hearty sympathy with the
views and policies of President Roose
velt and therefore will be an Influen
tial force In the administration. While
probably not thoroughly familiar with
our foreign relations, he undoubtedly
has a good general knowledge of them
and so able a man will not be long in
acquiring all needed Information for
Judiciously conducting those relations.
He will succeed one of the greatest of
American secretaries of state and It Is
not to be doubted will prove worthy
of that great office.
HISS! A WASTS AN ARMISTICE.
The report from St. Petersburg that
Russia desires a suspension of hostili
ties, but as a mutter of pride hus not
asked for It, is entirely credible. Why
that government, however, should ex
pect Japan to make the request for
an armistice it is not easy to under
stand. It would be a most extraordi
nary thing for the victorious nation,
having every advantage on its side and
about prepared to strike another blow
which there is every reason to believe
would be decisive in results, to take the
Initiative for suspending hostilities.
There probably is no precedent for such
a course in all the history of warfare.
Japan is not called upon to give any
consideration to Russian pride, for
which under existing conditions there
Is no justification. The fact. that Rus
sia has appointed peace envoys is not
in itself sufficient. If her professed de
sire for pence is sincere she should not
hesitate to ask that hostilities be sus
pended. There would be no humilia
tion In her doing that, for indeed a stage
has been reached in her affairs that al
ready renders her humiliation as com
plete as possible. The existence of au
tocracy Is at stake and If It Is to be
preserved peace with Japan on any
terms must speedily come. The condi
tions In Russia, growing more grave
from day to day, should teach the czar
and his advisers that they have no time
to waste In paltering. A foe hardly less
dangerous than the one which confronts
their armies in Manchuria is alert In
the very heart of the empire. Japan
is aware of this and doubtless realizes
Its advantage to her. Do not the sac
rifices she has made justify her' in taking
whatever benefits may come from the
troubles of her enemy? Forced Into a
war that has cost her hundreds of mil
lions in treasure and the lives of tens
of thousands of her patriotic sons, why
should Japan be expected to show any
regard for the nation responsible for
all this? It will be no fault of hers If
Russia should be devastated by revolu
tion. It Is understood that efforts are still
being made from Washington to bring
about a suspension of hostilities pend
ing negotiations for peace. What the
result will be cannot be confidently pre
dicted, though it was stated a few days
ago that the outlook for a truce was
brighter than at any previous time.
TO MEET THE DEFICIT
The treasury deficit of nearly
$24,000,000 for the fiscal your just ended
and the expectation that for the current
fiscal year there will be t much larger
deficit gives coramandlnt; Importance to
th i question of legislation to meet a ritu
ultor. which in the opinion of tsouie may
become serious, notwlthsUind'.ug the
fait that the treasury hat now in Lend
a lurge cash balance. The mutter, ac
cording to Washington advices, is re
ceiving the earnest attention of the re
publican leaders In congress, among
whom there Is said to be a strong senti
ment In favor of restoring some of the
taxes levied for carrying on the Span
ish war.
Senator Dick of Ohio Is quoted as say
ing that the best thing will be to impose
the war revenue taxes on numerous
articles, especially the stamp tax, and
where the tnxatlon is barely felt by
the masses of the people. He thought
that injustice is less likely to be done
In that way than by imposing larger
sums upon various Hues of business and
making a few lines carry the whole
thing. This view Is said to be held by
a number of. republican senators and
representatives, while there are others
who suggest a customs duty on coffee,
believing this would bo a less trouble
some method than the other. There Is
promise of a strong effort to have a
duty placed on coffee, which will be ad
vocated In the Interest of our insular
possessions,' esieeially Torto Rico. The
governor of that island is now In this
country, It la understood, for the pur-
post c? urging that the coffee of Porto
Rico should have protection. It is also
being urged that the coffee Industry In
the Philippines should have encourage
ment. A duty of & cents a pound on
coffee would yield a revenue of moro
thun (40,000,000 a year, but undoubtedly
it would prove a very unpopular tax.
There are some of the republican lead
ers In !otb houses who are considering
the question of bringing the expendi
tures down to the receipts and it is said
will make an effort In this direction if
they conclude that they ure likely to
meet with success. If they fall In this
their inclinations are toward special
taxes of such a light natura as will not
be appreciable to the buying public.
Undoubtedly popular sentiment is
largely In favor of reducing ependl
t tires rather than Imposing additional
taxes. The former, however. Is not so
easily done ns the latter. The growth
of the country is constantly creating
new diMiiands njion the national treas
ury, some of which must 1 met In the
general Interest. The people of course
want a thoroughly efficient public serv
ice and they are willing to pay well to
have this, but they do not approve of
extravagance In any direction. It may
not Im easy to show where retrench
ment could wisely le made, without Im
pairing the efficiency of the public serv
ice, but It Is certainly the duty of the
representatives of the people to make
a sincere effort to find whether expendi
tures can be judiciously reduced before
considering any proposition for increas
ing taxation. The democrats In con
gress will of course urge a lowering
of tariff duties as n means of provid
ing more revenue and In this they may
have the assistance of a few republi
cans, but there Is no present Indica
tion that the next congress will seri
ously consider revision of the tariff.
O.V THE R1QUT TRACK.
In taking steps to prevent for the fu
ture the mutilation of our street pave
ments by public service corporations the
city council is on the right track. There
Is no question but that the blame for the
chronic bad condition of Omaha's
streets, from which our merchants in
particular have suffered for a long time,
lielongs In large part to recklessness
with fhlch the pavements have been
cut promiscuously for all sorts of pur
poses and the neglect to replace the dis
turbed surface In a satisfactory and
workmanlike manner.
There is no question either but that
the city has been put to an expense of
thousands of dollars, to say nothing of
the damage Inflicted by obstructed thor
oughfares, by reason of the imperfect
control and regulation of the cutting of
street pavements. Many times, per
haps, it is not the intentional fault of
the franchlsed corporations, but rather
that of incompetent or negligent em
ployes, but if, ns is proposed, they are
to be held to strict accountability for
paving repairs traceable to their work
they will see to It that competent men
be assigned to the relaying of tracks
and the digging of trenches, and that no
more of the pavement be disturbed than
is actually necessary.
While the franchlsed corporations
have been the chief offenders against
our pavements they ore not the only
ones. A considerable part of the paving
repairs is chargeable to building con
tractors who make use of streets ad
joining the premises on which they are
engaged as storage yards for building
materials of all kinds, or workshops for
blacksniithing, carpentering, mortar
mixing, etc., most Injurious to the pave
ment surface. The building contractors
tdiould be restricted In the amount of
street space they may use and be re
quired also to protect the pavement with
a covering against damage.
The greatest demand for good pave
ments. Just now, comes from the auto
mobile enthusiasts, and they, too, should
bo required to do their share to keep
the pavements In good order by prevent
ing their machines from saturating the
pavements with gasoline and oil drip
pings, which are said to be very deleter
ious to asphalt surfaces.
Omaha has a larger area of paved
streets than most cities of Its class and
size and It can regain Its reputation for
being one of the best paved cities in the
country by taking reasonable precau
tions In the way of prevention as well as
by remedying paving defects promptly
as they appear.
The fact that the Omaha grain market
has registered an Increase of 143 per
cent during the first four months of the
present year over a corresponding period
last year can scarcely be cited as a
striking proof of Omaha's rank as a
grain market. A man with a salary of
$10 a month who had his salary doubled
would not be regarded as a very highly
paid wageworker. The fact Is that
Omaha had no grain market to speak
of up to last year. But the Omaha grain
market is an established institution now,
although it will not enjoy the full meas
ure of its ambition until the new grain
elevators now In process of construction
shall be In full operation.
The ordinance requiring public utility
corporations and private individuals that
cut into or take up pavements to de
posit a sufficient sum for their replace
ment in as good condition as they found
them should by all means be passed by
the council. Miles upon miles of our
pavements have been torn up and ruined
almost without saying "by your leave
to the city authorities, and much of the
repaving that will have to be done at
the expense of the taxpayers should by
rights be charged up to and collected
from the public utility conratlons.
The water works appraisement has
not yet been completed. The ouly
rational explanation for the delay Is that
the appraisers are drawing $35 a day
out of the water fund. And they will
not get through pumping until the
settling basins in the city ball are
drained.
An American woman has been ar
rested in London charged with stealing
Jewelry. The female sharper who is
wise will confine her operations to her
native land, where courts and juries are
more impressionable than those of
Europe.
Japan has concluded arrangements
for a new loan at 4 per cent interest
It will be Interesting to note the rate
and terms of the next Russian loan, as
the effect of the present w:ar can then
be more exactly determined from the
standlHiint of the man who foots the
bill.
Persons arranging for a meeting of
the ptjee commissioners at Washington
seem to fear In their quet for n cool
resort that the warmth of the delate
will dissipate the coldness- of the ..'ivct
Ing of the official representatives of the
bclllgercut powers.
Nebraska democrats may be late In
convening their state coi.imltttee to ar
range for the campaign this fall, but It
is not prolwtble that they will forego the
opportunity to show how badly the once
"allied forces of reform" are still
divided.
The Transmississippl Commercial con
gress, which is to convene In Portland,
Ore., In the middle of August Is to de
vote most of its time to wrestling with
the Oriental question, which would In
dicate that the silver question is dead.
5o Occasion for Butting la.
Chicago Tribune.
Inasmuch tie both Sweden and Norway
disclaim any Intention of going to war,
there Is no apparent reason why the out
siders should cry havoc and let loose the
dogs.
Talking for Effect.
Portland Oregonlan.
Senator John M. Mitchell Is not by any
means the oldest senator. There are many
older, and several have served longer. Ad-
oca te Thurston wai more rhetorical than
accurate.
An Explanation that Rsplalns.
Washington Post.
Secretary Shaw explains that the govern
ment spent 124,000,000 more than he esti
mated It would, thus causing a deficit. This
places the matter In an entirely new light.
as we had been led to believe that the de
ficit was caused by the government spend
ing more than It received.
Snme Thing Here.
Chicago Chronicle.
Indiana's ridiculous antl-clgarette law, as
nterprcted by the courts of that state, has
now simmered down to this proposition:
You can not buy cigarettes In Indiana and
you can not smoke them there If you do
buy them. You can, however, Import them
from another state, but you can not give
them away, though you may smoke thum
yourself.
Halt In Rallrond Building.
New York Sun.
We did not do as well In completed steam
railroad track construction in the first six
months of this year as In any other similar
period since 1898. The record Is 1,284 miles
by 122 roads. It Is noteworthy that more
than half of this new track, 6C9 miles, was
laid In the fourteen southern states by
sixty-seven roads. Texas led with 123 miles,
followed by Georgia. 96 miles; Alabama, 'i2
miles; North Carolina, 65 mtlea; Mississippi,
64H miles; Kentucky, G8 miles; Arkansas,
45 miles; West Virginia, 44 miles, and others
ranging from S to 19 miles. This Is a good
comparative showing for the south. In the
north the track laid was 616 miles. North
Dakota led with 98 miles, followed by Ore
gon, 92 miles; Indian Territory, 65 miles;
Arizona, 46 miles; Minnesota, 38 miles, and
the rest distributed over seventeen states.
In twelve of the northern states. Including
all the New England states, there was not
mile of track laid. It will be very dif
ferent In the coming six months, as the
track at present under construction Is more
than 7,000 miles.
AH EXPLANATION iN ORDER.
Russell's Unanswered Arraignment of
the Beef Trust.
Everybody's Magailne.
In the three years ending January 1, 1905,
the value of the beef cattle of the United
States declined 1163,000,000. I call attention
to this fact offLi'lly reported. It Is pivotal.
The whole discussion turns upon It. The
value of cattle has declined. Has the price
of meat to the consumer declined? I print
here tables from the retail markets of dif
ferent cities. They do not show that meat
has become cheaper. They show that It has
become steadily dearer.
Here, then, Is the great significant truth
we are to face: The cost of the raw ma
terial has diminished. The price of the
finished product has Increased.
In the history of commerce no such con
dition has existed without designed and
abnormal control and manipulation. With
out abnormal manipulation no such condi
tion would be possible. If the cost of the
raw material and the cost of the finished
product had kept some measure of rela
tive pace, one Ignorant of or blind to the
operations of this trust might assert that
raw material and finished product together
bad merely taken part In a world-wide
movement of rising prices. No one can
say that now. The discrepancy Is too glar
ing. The raw material Is cheaper; the fin
ished product Is dearer. In view of this
fact, what shall we think of those laborious
arguments by which a government depart
ment tries to show that this trust is no
trust, that the - packers' profits are very
small, that the public has no reason to
complain? Where are the "books" now
that will explain cheap cattle and dear
beef? And of what value are any "reports"
against the certain, plain dollar-and-cents
experience of every householder In the
country?
MINISTER AND GOVERNOR.
Judge Masroon's Increased Responsi
bilities In Panama,
New York Tribune.
The expected appointment of Judge Ma-
goon as minister to Panama la announced,
and will be generally received with confi
dence and satisfaction. Of his fitness for
the place, by both training and tempera
ment, there can be no doubt, nor can there
be any doubt concerning the approval
with which his appointment will be re
garded by the government to which he is
accredited. During his brief visit to Pan
ama last fall he became persona grata
to both the government and the people,
and there Is ,no conceivable reason why
that relationship should not be permanently
maintained.
The one feature of the appointment which
has given rise to any question is the fact
that, in addition to being minister to Pan
ama, he Is also governor of the canal tone.
There are those who have doubted the
propriety of thus "doubling up" Important
offices, and who have affected to fear the
Panamana wquld regard such an arrange
ment as a slight to the dignity of their
state. That objection may, we think, be
dismissed as not well founded. The Pan
amans are both proud and practical, but
they are not likely to consider their
pride hurt If the American minister also
performs the duties of chief administrator
of that strip of land which we perma
nently lease of them, while the practical
advantages of the arrangement for the
facilitation of business wl'! strongly ap
pear to them. When the plan was first
proposed, eight months ago. It required
only reasonable explanation to win their
acceptance, and there Is no ground for
supposing they have since then altered
their opinion of It.,
As governor of the canal sone Mr. Ma
goon has greatly commended himself to
the nation by his energy In dealing with
affairs and by his frank reports concern
ing sanitary or unsanitary conditions on
the isthmus. The maintenance of a simi
lar spirit and method In dealing with diplo
matic matters Is confidently to be expected
of him. and It will assure the success
of his mission. There may not be many
diplomatic questions arising at Panama,
but such aa there are will not be void
of Importance. They need for their solu
tion Just those elements of authority. In
tegrity and tact which Mr, Magooo ex
hibits in a high degree.
SWEDIMI-NOnW EGIAN CONFLICT.
Review of the; ( nsc by nn Authority
on International Law.
Trof. Lj. von ltar of Oorttlngen, one of
the German representatives in the Hague
peace tribunal and one of the highest
authorities on International law, has In
Die Nation of May 27 written an article
on the Norwegian-Swedish consular ques
tion, also published In France In Le Courier
European," In which he In every particular
gives Norway right
According to a translation made by
Scanldla, a Chicago publication, Trof. von
Bar traces the position of the consuls since
the Union of 1811 and points to the fact that
they were originally separate offices. Having
shown that the Union of 1R14 was not a
result of the treaty of Kiel, but was
brought about In Norway, not through the
war-luck of the Swedes, but In view of the
position of the great powers and on Swe
den's rrt because the crown prince saw
the difficulties in conquering Norway. Prof.
von Bar says that the Riksdag recognises
Norway as a free autonomous undlvldable
and Independent kingdom.
He then traces the positon of the consuls
since 114 and shows how they were first
separate offices, though the king, as a mat
ter of convenience, appointed the same per
sons consuls of both Sweden and Norway.
First In 1R30 were Instructions for the con
sular service issued, and the consuls were
subordinated In Sweden under the
Board of Commerce (Kommerce Kollegtum)
and In Norway under the minister of fin
ances; nothing was said about a common
foreign minister; the consuls were still
actl.-ig for each country separately, though
the same person held both offices.
First in 1S56 the Swedish foreign minister
got charge of the consular service.
Prof, von Bar says that already prior to
this common consuls had proven less satis
factory, and that the Norwegian govern
ment in an address to the king of February
27, 1847, had pointed out "that in certain
cases separate consuls for Norway might
be desirable because of the different com
mercial Interests of the two countries."
But nothing was done. The author then
mentions tho Swedish coup of 18.85 when the
minister of foreign affairs was made re
sponsible to tho Swedish Riksdag Instead of
to the Union king. Then considering the
advisability or practlblllty of the two coun
tries having separate corsuls. Prof, von
Bar comes to the conclusion that there
might be eases where a stAte with provinces
of heterogenous population and with very
different Interests might appoint consuls
for separata provinces; comparing the Nor
wegian and the Swedish proposal for a new
consular law he says:
Justice then would decide for the Nor
wegian bill. But when at last the ques
tion Is put whether it would be expedient
that Norway obtains separate consuls this
question also must be answered In favor of
the Norwegian demands."
The two countries have very different
commercial Interests. Norway, which aa
aforesaid, la a separate custom district
against Sweden, faces the Atlantic, Sweden
the Baltic sea; and Sweden Is more impor
tant In agriculture and industry. The Swe
dish commercial navy cannot at all be com
pared with Norway's. It Is therefore, easy
to understand that Norway lays much Im
portance on a special consular service. It
will also be understood that Norway, hav
ing through many years attempted to in
duce the Swedish government acting under
the influence of the Riksdag, to an agree
ment, is about to lose patience, and that
the Idea of a dissolution of the union Is
gaining ground.
Thin aennrAtion mlsht be rerrettable also
In the common European Interest because
the Scandinavian peninsula as a whole
even though only united In the person of
the monarch would offer, a better resist
ance against the expansion of a formidable
neighbor than two, only friendly or allied
atntea between which dlnlomatlo art at a
favorable opportunity might drive a wedge.
"Sweden and Norway demand the closest
ttentlon. which alone will maintain such
a union, and Norway has an undoubted
rla-ht to a perfectly equal legal position
with Sweden In the union."
COUNTRY LUXURIES.
Modern Comforts and ConTCnlences
Within the Reach of All.
St. Louis Republic.
The rural town Is fast becoming a city
In its general appointments, accommoda
tions, manners and style, and It Is the
means of disseminating the latest Ideas
and conveniences among surrounding
farms. Through Investments and Improve
ments the country Is getting nearer to
the city, nearer to the myriad advantages
of comfort which human Ingenuity la de
vislnc. The present Is an era of luxury. Every
urban home has the Investiture of a palace
In ft former period; In fact. It offers, with
the common exception of size and yard
area, more and better facilities for easy
living. Every country home Is compara
tively as well furnished. Almost all the
comfort which Is found In the city home
can be Installed and enjoyed In the most
Isolated farm house lying In an out-of-the-way
locality.
Railroads go through most of the coun
ties of prosperous states, and are stretch
ing out Into growing sections. Telegraph
stations come with the railroad system.
The average flourishing county has Its
Independent telephone service, with wires
reaching Into the farmers' homes. Coun
try towns have long distance telephone
connections. letters, newspapers and
packets are delivered by the rural mall
carrier at farm !,ouse gates. Light, elec
tric or gaa, water and all similar require
ments or conveniences are extended past
the town limits, and they can be had In
almost any section at a reasonable cost.
Educational opportunities are adequate,
even liberal. The construction of good
roads and highways and the expansion of
the Interurban electric railway system are
bringing the city and the country Into still
closer relation.
In the course of time country towns and
agricultural sections will be as well equip
ped as cities with public utility arrange
ments. No want or convenience will be
neglected. The tendency to give the coun
try such accommodations as are desired
for quickness In work, dispatch In trans
portation and augmented comfort In liv
ing Is accumulating energy. The country
Is having an experience similar to that
which was had by the city. Appreciation
of each Improvement leads to other im
provements. Hot Shot for n Con let.
Brooklyn Eagle.
A degraded army officer now serving a
term In a military penitentiary has written
a book dealing with the social scandals of
army life. His excuse Is that there are
others wearing epaulettes who are as ba.l
as he was when he wore them, and that
they should be exposed. Ha evidently for
gets the old proverb: "No one will believe
a liar even when he Is telling the truth."
And he is a convicted liar, and worse.
A way-from-lloss Sews.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A woman in the Nebraska penitentiary,
sent there convicted of the murder of her
husband, has been permitted to open a
drrssmaking establUhment In the prison
and has fashionable patrons from all parts
of the state. Evidently those fashionable
patrons have no scruples about wearing
prison-made garments. But they certainly
are lndulul to Uiolr prisoners in Nebraska,
w. anw ar a
In the throat? That means hoarseness, sore
throat, tonsillitis. In the chest? Then bron
chitis, pneumonia, consumption.
Do not let your cold settle. Break it up! Drive
it out! Ask your doctor the best medicine for
this. If he says Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, take it
at once. If he has anything better, take that.
Made by the J O. Arvr Oe., Lowell, Kui
Also aasBufsotttrers of
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PERSONAL NOTES.
"Mark Twain" smokes constantly when
writing. He "swore off' for a year and did
practically nothing during that period.
M. N. V. Muravieff, selected by Russia
as one of the peace envoys, belongs to one
of the oldest families In Russia, having held
landed estates In the province of Novgorod
From the way the Canadian courts are
acting on the Gaynor-Oreene case, It Is ap
parent the Canucks do not intend to lot
those wealthy fugitives come back to the
States untU all their money Is spent.
Cardinal Richelmy has instituted a move
ment to secure funds for the erection of
a monument to Christopher Columbus In
the neighborhood of St. Teter's, Rome, to
commemorate the 410th anniversary of the
great discoverer's death.
The Chinese government has Issued a
proclamation against the boycott, and
Governor Sparks of Nevada has declared
that the States need more Chlnomen. Now
we seem to be really approaching the solu
tion of a vexed question.
Just before his marriage. In 1874, the late
John Hay gave a bachelor dinner. One of
his guests asked how long his honeymoon
was going to last. "All the rest of my life
I think." was his reply, and his closest
friends say that he prophesied truly.
Hlnton Perry, the sculptor of the bronze
fountain In front of the library of congress,
has been commissioned to execute and Is
modeling an equestrian statue of General
G. S. Green., which Is to be appropriately
placed as a memorial on the Gettysburg
battlefield.
Charles Henry Trea,t, who became
United tSates treasurer several days ago,
Is a direct descendant of Robert Treat, who
for thirty-two years was deputy and royal
governor of the colony of Connecticut. Mr.
Treat lived for a number of years In Dela
ware, and later In Maryland, before mov
ing to New York.
OUT OP THE ORDINARY.
There Is a sign In the window of a New
York grocery that Is attracting attention.
The sign reads this way: "If you can-,
not enjoy your breakfast. Why not try
some of our invalid eggs from the farm?"
Two women and a 10-year-old boy had
a ferocious battle with five monster black
snakes at the Smith Chapel school house,
near Logan, O. The snakes were In the
water bucket, with their heads protruding,
completely filling the bucket. The snakes
were killed. The largest measured eight
feet four Inches.
The potato season closes at Northport,
Mich., with hundreds of thousands of
buBhels of the tubers remaining In the
pits and warehouses, while quantities of
them have been sold In thousand bushel
lots for 8 and 10 cents a bushel. Cottagers
who arrive early can secure thirty bushtls
for 26 cents, that being the price they
must pay a man to haul them away.
Germany, In spite of smaller territory,
employs a greater number of women pos
tal clerks than the United 8tates, having
no fewer than 242,000 In the combined postal
and telegraph system. In America there
are only 238,000 women thus employed and
Great Britain finds a place for but 184,000
women In the post and telegraph offices.
In France there are til, 000 and In Austria
69,000. Russia, Japan and British India
each give work to some 80,000, but In the
other countries In the postofflce union
women are not largely employed.
Although the United States is by far
the largest purchaser of mouth organs,
comparatively few are made In this country.-
Most of the mouth organs sold here
are of Oermah make and are Imported
from the Black Forest, where one factory
alone turns out 6,000,000 harmonicas yearly
through Its fifteen branches. In which 2,000
hands are employed. Only the higher grade
harmonicas are of domestic make, since
It Is Impossible to compete with the Ger
man made affairs in the cheaper grades
mostly sold, but at the same time the most
expensive are also obtained from Germany
because of the care used In their manu
facture. Our name
is cvn every loaf
and we are proud
to put it there.
U. P. Steam
SNOW FLAKE BREAD
Five Cents a Loaf
It's your own fault If you lu't know how gorxl It la. W hav
been making bread for 2) years, and we think this a better loaf of
bread than was ever sold at any price.
th-er V0 grocert tell it. The little red label on every loaf.
MAKES YOU
ACHE
ALL
) OYER
Ache all over? Feverish?
Chilly? Just coming down
with a hard cold? Where do
you suppose it will settle?
ATER'9 PtlLfl Pot constipation.
AYER'8 AGUBCURR For malaria ana iril.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Hope enoblos a man to accomplish won
dersIn his mind.
Honeysuckles and the sweet girl grad
uates bloom simultaneously.
A man seldom has to work overtime to
make a fool of himself.
A man seldom goes to a friend for a
loan if he really needs tho money.
Where there Is a man's will there Is a
woman's way to break It.
A well-balanced man deesn't have to
part his hair or name In the middle.
More women would go In for vocal cul
ture if they could buy things for a song.
After singing the baby to sleep a woman
proceeds to talk her husband to sleep.
About the only fault the average woman
has to find with her past Is that It's too
long.
During the courtship a young man Is
never out of danger till the girl says "No"
three times.
People would have more faith In a re
former if he would furnish proof of his
sincerity by beginning with himself.
Lots of men who figure on schemes to
make millions would be surprised to find
themselves In possession of SS In real
money.
When a man stands at the marriage
altar he gets as nervous as he does when
watching the bulletins of a base ball
game. Chicago News.
LINES TO A LA I GH.
"Blngley Is the most truthful business
man I ever met."
"Then how do you account for his suc
cess?" "Oh, he's got a partner who can He the
bnrk off a first growth hickory."-Cleve-land
Plain Dealer.
"Talk about tainted money! exclaimed
Uncle Allen Sparks. "I know a man that
got rich by running a rendering tank and
nobody ever made any bones about taking
his money !" Chicago Tribune.
"That orator Is ve.'y much given to star
tllng statements." , . -
"Yes," answered Senator 'Sorghtim; ''he
thinks he Is a man of the period, when he
Is merely a man of the exclamation point."
Washington Star.
"Yen!" said the first office boy. disgust
edly. "I had ter give up me Job on ac
count of the new typewriter girl."
"Wa't was the matter with her?" asked
the other.
"Aw, she wus so homely It wuzn no fun
fllrtln' wld her." Philadelphia Ledger.
"Tell me the truth. 'Mandy. Do you love
Archie AUacads well enough to marry
him?"
"No, I don't, auntie. But I hate the
other girls lust enough to marry him!"
Chicago Tribune.
"I understand Skinner has lost all hla
money."
"Yes, by his speculations."
"But how did he get his money In the
flrnt place?"
, "By his peculations." Philadelphia Press.
AT AS AWKWARD AGE.
Cleveland Leader.
When skirts are lengthened past the knees.
And curls are prisoned In a braid;
When any close observer sees
A coltish length of limb displayed:
When needless blushes glow and fade,
And heedless laughter ebbs and flows.
That Is the age girls can't evade
Too old for dolls, too young for beaux!
Full of small fears and Jealousies,
Timid and easily dismayed;
As changeful as an April breese
Brasenly modest, wildly staid;
Pickles and soda, lemonade.
Romantic friendships deathless foes
With such wierd toys her games are
played.
Too old for dolls, too young for beaux!
With others never at her ease.
Alone her freaks aside are laid,
And all her graceless gaucherles
Ieave her no longer on parade.
What dreams are these of flashing blade
And prince and prsnclng steed who knows?
What perns conned, what hopes be
trayed Too old for dolls, too young far beaux I
L'KNVOI. '
Princess uncrowned! I.et It be prayed
That, as your sprlngtlmo fancy goes,
You find him worth the vows you've paid
When you're no longer, little maid.
Too old for dolls, too young for beauil
Baking Co.
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