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9 TTIE OMAHA DAILY HEE; SATURDAY, AUOU8T 12, 1905. 1- Tim Omaiia Daily Bee. E. ROHEWATF.R. EDITOR. rt nuanED evert morning. T&RM8 Or Bt'BflCrUPTtON. ,Tlly (without (Sunday), on year. .MOO J'nny and Sunday, on year , Illustrated B. one year BurvUr Io, -rm year Saturday Hm, one yar. ... Twentieth Ontury Farmer; on year 6 00 .. l.M PFXIVRRED BY CARRIER. ral!r B (without Sunday), jx-r copy.... io pally wrtthm' Sunday), per week. ..He Jly Hee (Including Bunday), per week.Ko JKvenlns; Hee (without Sunday), per wee 70 Evening ilea (Including 8unday), per week 1'" Sunday Ree, per copy. o Complaints 06 Irregularities In delivery should be addresved to City Circulation, V partnient - - OFFICER ' Omaha The Reo Rulldlng. tVmth. Omaha-Oty Hall Building. Twenty-fifth and M afreet, i Council ttinnl I'earl street. ' Chlengrt i'4A l'ntty Building-. New Tork-IBOO Horn Ufa Insurance Building. Waahlngtnn 501 Fourteenth street. CORRESfONDKNCB. , Communlratlona relating to news and edi torial matter ohould be addressed: Omaha Hee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, espre or postal order, TiayRble to The Bee Publlahlng Company. Only -ret atampa received In payment of mall arToiint. Perfmnl cherka. except on Omaha or eautern exchange, not accented. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglaa Count y, a. : C. C. Ruaewater, aacretary of Tha ! Publishing Company, being duly sworn, say that the actual tiumner of full and complete copied of The Dally. Morning, Evening and Bunday Be printed during tha month of July, 1906, waa aa follow: 1 81..110 17 BS.480 t BO.ifclO 1 2,8HO 4 so.ino t Sft.TBO 2N.H.10 I an, imo I . ao.two ; 1 8H.1BO jo as.uoo 11 KN.ttlO II ZM.OOO It UM.IMIO !.. SM.T10 it n,tao li im,i3w Total Las unsold coplss. H 28.OR0 19 SH.B10 39 2A.10O a aa,o B 8O,70 n Stfl.MK) u ax,o7o as :cmto 2t XM.lttO 27 an, l.it) M. ........... sm.iwo 2 m,4o jo., ,.. an,3o II JI7.H10 ..twu.itao Nat total sale. Dally average . tK2,41S a.v-o C. C. ROSE WATER. Secretary. Subscribed In my presenc and aworn to before ni mis Slat day of July, 1906. (Heal) M. B. ML'NUATE, Notary i'ubito. WUO OLT OK TOWH. abaorlber lcavtuat lb city tan. porarlly abaaid ha The Be mailed 10 tktoaa. It la batter tbaa dally latter lam hoaua. Ad dreaa will a ekauaad s often rcqnf tU . Klug Com continue to do business nt the oiu st nuil,' . , Have a carel Do not step 011 a banana peel. It may harbor a yellow fever mos quito. .. " . ' Tat Crowe 18 also still missing. If any one Is after easy money, why not nuj him? .. . u.. Answer to the question, "Who is prosperous?" can be had by consulting the deposit exhibits of Nebraska banks. To forestuil any 'fjhtu'ge. ot disappoint ment Henry Wattersou announces that the next president will l.e a republican. France is warranted in feeling de pressed at the demands of Japan until better security la offered for the pay ment of the Hussion loans. With 103 lawyers In prison in the state of New York, western lawyers will feel that professional courtesy is not aa strong in that state as in some others. Indications are that the yellow fever will surely be completely suppressed In New Orleans after frost comes, and that It will not return until the next time. Every mechanic who is able and will ing to work can find employment in Omaha this summer without paying a commission to an employment agency. If Japan takes cognisance of occi dental history it will proceed on the theory that the real cost of war cannot be estimated until all pension claims are in. Interest is growing In the question of how congress can open its eyes upon "graft" in the departments and keep them closed to "graft" in the leglslntlvo branch. South Omaha Is promised a rejuvenn tlon of its fire aud police departments Just as soon as the mayor and police board can agree and that reminds us Of Gabriel. Candidates for municipal offices to be filled In May, 1900, who are already ma ueuveiing for place; may burn their finger tips in butting into the couuty campaign. ' The universal consensus of opinion Is thai Farnatu street should be repaved. but the Job should be done right this time so that It need never bare to be dous over. Yellow fever baa not scared Texas to k point where its inhabitants lose in terfst in the: rsai affairs of life. An other negro has been burned at the stake in iut Lone Star state. The revised circus ordinance should be revised again. In fact, a prohibitory tariff on circuses would be generally ap proved by Omaha business men. Omaha can, get up circuses enough of its own Now, suppose the judges should all sta away from Nebraska for a month or t two and ' dodge Attorney Gen eral Browu'g application to mandamus County Qeek lrexel what would b coino of the tax lety? The Salt Lake City newspaper which complains the loudest of the failure of the. Uintah reservation opening to at tract a crowd ts the same oue Which bus' for years declared that Utah is so badly governed that few people would care' to move to that state. Blackwash doe m always uj vber It Is put japaxs vr.MAxm. There is nothing snrprlslng in the de mands submitted to the Itusslan envoys by the representatives of Japan. The reorts which bad preceded the formal presentation of the Japanese conditions are shown to have been in tlie inn In correct and the Impression that these were to be in some respects hard. If not excessive, la borne out by the formal statement of what Japan deems to be es sential to a peace agreement. I'rlmarily Is the question of indemnity. In regard to this Uie Japanese govern ment seeks to avoid the objectlonuble phrase by simply asking that Russia shall repay her for the cost of the war, the sum to be subsequently adjusted, possibly ly a board of arbitration, but this does not alter the principle involved. Under whatever name it will sUll be nn Indemnity and this Is severe upon Rus sian sensitiveness. Defeat the Russian government cannot help but recognize. It cannot but confess that its nrmles have been beoten and its navies de stroyed, Hut it still clings to the idea that to pay an Indemnity involves a humiliation greater thuu nny which it has suffered through defeat and there fore must te persistently resisted. Nor Is humiliation all. A great indemnity woujd have to be met by a vust addi tional burden of taxation upon the peo ple and already the weight of this Is most oppressive. To impose more might and probably would mean an aggrava tion of the, internal conditions that are today intensifying popular conditions in the direction of revolution. In tills, therefore, as has been repeat edly pointed out. is the chief obstacle to peace. Will Japan recede? Her claim la just. She was forced Into war. After making every effort to obtain from Russia a fair and honorable agreement that would have averted hostilities Japan went to war In order to preserve hor national character. It was a tremen dous venture, regurded by the entire clv Ulxed world as almost reckless. Even thosj most familiar with Japanese re sources when the war began did not think that she could hold out a year against her formidable enemy. The re sult has surprised the world and todny Japan occupies a place among the great military powers of ; the world hardly second to any. Has she a right to de mand reimbursement for the cost of the wor forced upon her? We do not think that any government or people will deny it. As to the demand for the cession of the island of Sakhalin it seems almost superfluous in view of the fact that it is already In the possession of Japan aud she is abundantly able to hold it Justly considered, Japan has every right to this island, which "was formerly hers and was taken by Russia under conditions by no means fair and honorable. As to the other reported JapnneAe ' demands, there is not one of them that is not fully warranted by the circumstances and nil are manifestly essential to her future peace and safety. Russia has staked her fate in the far east upon this war, under circumstances that are condemned by the civilised world. She has violated every principle of honorable interna tional intercourse and fair dealing. She has been beaten by a power deemed to be far inferior in every respect. Why should she not to the fullest extent pay the penalty? The Japanese conditions to peace are certainly hard, but who will assert that they are not Just? TIBOINIA REPUBLICANS. This year's campaign of the republi can party of Virginia promises to com mand rather more attention and interest than any previous cuuvass of the party In that state for some years. It is stated that the national administration feels an uncommon interest in the party in Virginia and this would seem to be borne out by the fact that Secretary Shaw delivered a speech in the state a few days ago that was evidently In tended to show the Virginia republicans that the national administration is by no means indifferent to them, even if it has no real hope that they will be able to overcome the opposition In the fall election. At the convention of the Virginia re publicans a few days ago they adopted a platform that is thoroughly republican In every line. It declares for a tariff that will maintain American, industries and the standard of living of American labor and which will also preserve the Insular possessions of the United States. It further favors the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine and to this end the steady Increase of our nuval power. In these respects the republican party of Virginia is in full accord with the party of the rest of the country and is there fore deserving of whatever support can properly be given it from a republican administration. There is another feature of the politi cal situation in Virginia, however, which is uncommon. This relates to the fact that the negro vote In the state has been practically disfranchised. It is said that the republicans are accepting this as a fixed condition and will as far as possl ble cut loose from the colored element aud appeal directly for the support of those white democrats who are in opposl tlon to the state democratic machine. How effective this will be cannot be pre dicted with any degree of confidence, but it seems to lie the opinion of the republi can leaders that It is under the circum stances the wise and proper course to pursue. At any rate It gives peculiar aud unusual Interest to the campaign. The St. Louis Glolte-DemoeVat remarks that "republicans throughout the country would be glad to believe that Virginia in 100Q would lead off In that long her aided smash-up of the solid south, but they are cantious about making predlc tlons in that direction. The dlsfran chlsement of the negro cut down the re publican vote In Virginia from 113,000 in 1000 to 47,(M in 1004, yet the demo cratlc plurality In the latter year, 82.0(0, was but 2.0110 greater than it wfts In the former." EnoAiraglng as these figures are for the republicans, yet it is far from probable that the; will be able to- carry the state this year. Still they have a fighting chance and with thorough or ganisation and a vigorous contest may win. More remarkable things politically have happened. A TIMELY 8VUU&SUOX When General Uraut was asked at the close of the civil war what was his high est ambition, he renpomled, "I would like to le mayor of Galena Just one month aud have a sidewalk built from the dcKit to my house." When the gen eral made bis entry luto Galena a few month after he had boen nominated for president he was met by a large con course of people and an arch In frout of the dejKt bore this legend, "General, the sidewalk is built." There are, no doubt, many prominent Omniums who would like to be mayor just to have a chance to do something to make Omaha more beautiful aud make living In Omalm more comfortable. One of these men has contributed to The Uee the timely suggestion that Omnhn needs more Inside parks, or rather breathing spaces, where the tollers nild their fami lies can sedure rest aud recreation In the torrid summer season. On this score the great majority of our people are in ac cord. Our park system is top-henvy. We have too many parks outside of the city and too few inside. Omnha is a checker board town with only two squares on the checkerboard laid out in green. These are Jefferson Square and the High school grounds. To be artistic and at tractive Omaha needs a score of circles, triangles, quadrangles and parallelo grams sodded and planted with flowers and shrubbery and Incorporated into its general park system. If the Park board has not the funds to acquire such grounds It should be given authority to sell Fontnnelle and Elm wood parks. The former will probably never be needed as a park and the latter might be laid out Into five or ten-acre plots and sold to parties who are willing to expend from $10,(M to $30,000 for residence purposes. This would create a suburb for the wealthier class and at the same time retain all the features of a park. There never will be a time when ground for the little parks in the heart of the city can be ncqulrcd as cheaply as it can now, nor is there any probability that Greater Omaha will require more and larger parks than it already has within the scope of the Fnrk board, ex cluding Fontanelle and Elmwood parks. The professed object of the direct pri mary law is to give the rank and file of the respective political parties a chance to say something as to who should le the party ' candidates for the different elective offices. With the Fontnnelle governors kindly taking upon themselves the naming of the republican ticket, this argument for the direct primary loses all its force. Suppose a member of the Good Gov ernment league should happen, as it were, to get a nomination by some purty for a political office, or should happen to succumb to the pressure from numerous friends and admirers who desired to pre sent him as a candidate by petition, not withstanding his shady record, what would the Good Government league do to him? As a grain market, Omaha has made wonderful progress since the Omaha Grain exchange was organized. If Omaha can handle half of the grain grown tills year in the territory natur ally tributary, it will make a record of business that would be an eye-opener. Announcement Is mude that the queen of Italy is to visit the United States. After having successfully arranged for the meeting of the peace plenipotentia ries a little thing like a royal visit will not excite those who are demonstrating the flue tact of American society. Omaha has been talking a long time about projected suburban trolley lines uniting It with the towns and cities within n radius of 100 miles but the talk has not so far, materialized. One subur ban line In operation would be worth a dozen on paper. From the number of visits being paid by Emperor William to other rulers it seems as If he believes himself to be the bulwark of the monnrchlal idea in Europe and that he does not want to Bee the bulwark shaken. When Secretary Tuft beurs of the size of the tips left at the New York hotel by Raron Komura he may be sorry he did not have an intimation of the Japanese idea on the subject In-fore ar riving at Tokto. Where t arte Hooka Comes In. St. Louis Republic. It's an III wind that blows nobody good, and the liberal uae of kerosene In the mos quito campaign 1 a great help to Uncle John D. Rockefellor. Hot a Meaalaale I'braae. Chicago Chronicle. It 1 not meanlnglcaa that earth Is called our "mother earth." It was somehow from the earth that mankind sprung at the dawn of life. It i Into her arms he must go back when life la ended. It Is from her Intimate, loving touch that he mut win the beat In life as long aa life Is bis. Maklnar for Peace at Home. Indianapolis News. When Secretary Taft toasted the csar at that Manila banquet, Admiral Enqulst (till comfortably Interned), according to the dlepatch, was much affected and roue and made a profound salutation. Plainly, the admiral Intend to omit no ahow of deference that will tend to square thing when that Inevitable time romes to go horn. Oce-aa Cable M alttpl) lar. New York Tribune. Marconi's splendid work, which ha been before tha world at leaat three year. Mem to have had little influence upon the ub marln cable oompanle. New wire are being manufactured and laid under the ocean every year. Probably half a dosen enterprise of thla kind have been carried Into execution within tha laat thlrty-alx month. Ona of them la for eormnunlcattnn between Ban Francisco, Hawaii aud the Philippines. Neat week the operation of stretching still another cable arrows the Atluntlc from Ireland to Newfoundland will tM-sln. To Whom It May Concern. New York Pun. In spite of all thnt I written and much that la believed shout the power of poli tico! machine and the skill of boomer, there la nothing more fragile, doubtful, evanescent and uncertain than a boom for president. The wloe man with that bee In hi bonnet keep under cover as much a he con and hide the UuEiIng from his neighbors. Tlme'a Change. KufTalo Kxpre. It would have done Hen Butler good If he could have lived to see the day when New Orleans would welcome Federal control of a yellow fever epidemic with such enthusi asm that the citisens ihemnelves would raise by popular subscription the money to pay for It. Butler established federal con trol of sanitation as of everything else In New Orelans during the war. lie was roundly abused for It, but he proved the efficacy of cleanliness and strict quaran tine In preventing yellow fever. Ttp for the "Mod Ion Bryan. New York Tribune. Mr. Bryan, when studying munliipallsa tlon abroad, should not fall to visit the municipal kitchen of Nantes, France. Mr. Bryan Is said to believe he failed of elec tion In IR. owing to the public's memory of the "soup houses" established during the lat Cleveland administration. By care fully observing the methods at Nantes Mr. Bryan might obtain many pointers that would be of service should another "soup house" administration come In IPS. A Pauling lie fleet I on. Chicago Chronicle. In spite of the honor recently paid to Paul Jones by the navy department. It i a puzzling reflection that If Paul Jones were alive today he could not get a com mission In the United States navy except In the remote contingency that he should enlist and succeed in getting one of the half dosen commissions which are yearly available to enlisted men who pass a par ticularly tlff examination. Up to four or five years ago he would not have had even that chance. The only way to the quar ter deck was then through the naval acad emy and it is not much different now. THE SECRET REVEALED. Why Missouri Hirer Water Is Mont Wholesome. Kansas City Times. Another cargo of whisky has been dis covered In the bed of the Missouri river. It is not known Just what number this treasure will have in the catalogue, but It must be "well up." This time the cargo is that of the City of New Orleans, foun dered near Bellevue, flib.. in 185. The whisky was supposed to be worth about $78,000 when it went to the bottom, and It Is roughly estimated that tha respect that comes with age has enhanced it value to the extent of at least 126,000 in the fifty-three year' submersion. It Is said that the recent flood dislodged the old steamer and that It Is lying In "only a few feet of water" and that "the bar rels can be seen In the hold of the wreck." Now this vlBlble evidence Is certainly much more encouraging than some of the former Indications of buried treasure whisky that have sent prospectors into excitement, if not Into bankruptcy.. At least It will not be necessary to drill wells to tap the barrels in order to. locate the cargo and sample the goods.., Th prospect ought to be a great deal better than those found in the "gold .bearing , shale" of Trego county, Kansas. But it is not certain that the discovery. aisl.ismoval of these nu merous .cargoes . aid . whisky not the adulterated artiole ftf -Inodern distillation and dilution Is a good- thing for the peo ple of the5 Missouri "vklley cities. It has long been a imysterjr Just "why Missouri river water, in spit Of Its muddy Ingre dients and yellow appearance, should, in its Altered form, be about the most whole some and palatable beverage that nature supplies. I It not possible that this par ticular tang and bracing effects are due to the gradual assimilation of thousands of cargoes of good old ante-bellum whisky? If so, Is It not a sin to destroy the spring that flavors the golden stream? KO MERCY FOR THE RASCALS. What Bondlnar Companies Do to Those Who "Do" Then. Springfield Republican. One of the helpful things in this era of financial irregularities is the relentless way In which the big bonding companies pursue those who break faith with them. No matter how far away the thieves may go, or even If restitution is made, the bond ing companies do not let up on their pur suit or the purpose to prosecute. A strik ing Illustration nt this firm policy appears in the cose of Frank C. Miles, charged with stealing $150.0 nine years ago in Boston, who has now been found at Capo Town, South Africa. This shows the far reaching character of the effort to capture defaulter. Then, too, there I Wlllard 8. Allen, who Is wanted for embezzling $100, 000 from the Methodist preacher's aid so ciety, who Is said to have been located in Buenos Ayres, South America. Every ef fort Is being made for ill arrest and extra dition to till country, and It la to be hoped that success will crown the attempt. He was the meanest kind of a thief, operating under a cloak of seeming exceptional sanc tity. Then, too, the agents ot the bond ing company affected are earnestly seek ing after Frank E. Vinton, the missing cashier of the Ox f 014 national bank, whose disappearance in Februury disclosed a shortage of $8,600 in his accounts. Another man whom it Is hoped to secure Is Lawyer Charles F. Berry of Boston, short In his account with estates for $300,000, who dis appeared early In March. The head of the Boston Plnkerton agency thus describes the way In which the large securities companies proceed: "Once a man 1 bonded In those companies he Is never released uptll his obligation Is regularly discharged. If he steals and runs away there la no compromise. If hi folks settle It makes no difference. He will be sought until he die. It is a hounding sys tem that is considered necessary to the general scheme. No one can be bought off for wrong doing; he must pay the penalty or remain banished from society to the end ot his life, hidden and ever alert lest he be discovered, for once located he can oarcely escape. When a defaulter skips the matter Is either taken up by the surety company's agency or turned over to u. The procedure Is the same in either event. We notify our twenty office from Maine to .Oregon, give an accurate description of the man and send his photograph if possible. We also and an accounting of ail of the fact leading to the crime. The amount of money 1 given and whether taken In lump sum or through speculation. Corre spondents in all countries and land are notified. Soon we get Into touch with ail police department, wherever located. If nothing tangible show, we next flood the cttle of the world with circular setting forth all the needed information. A I said, It Is a case of hanging to the man for all time. It ta a easy to get a man In India or Australia as In England. 80 with other possessions about tha world. Small Independent countries are the moat trying to International law." It will not be denied that thla method Is the only one for the bonding companies to employ, or that their course make for th safety of all financial Institution. Thla Is one of the reasons why bond of thl sort are coming to t Insisted upon. OTHRR l.An THA" Ol US. The (lerman liberals bsve met with an other dlsastrnu defeat, thl time in Ba varln. A a result of the alliance of ths renter with the social democrats, the lib eral group have together lost twenty of their forty-four seats In the Ijtndtn. the center now having nearly two-third of the 15s representatives. If thl union of ths tincks and the reds is In Itself sur prising enough, the lron drawn by the liberals, thst they must become the allies of the socialists, Is even more remarkable. In other words the party of Bcbel holds a It were the balance of power In Bavaria and I wooed on all side. An offensive and defensive agreement with the liberal would seem far more natural for the so clnllnts than their existing coalition with the reactionary clericals who are steadily tightening their grip on Bavaria and mak ing It one of the most priest-ridden stales of Europe. With what face the renter, which baa hitherto posed as the defender of throne, altar, religion and property, can hereafter attack the social democrats as tho enemies of the nation it Is hard to see. Tho yearly allowance of tho mikado, which 1 at the same time that of the whole Imperial family, ts now $1,600,000. Besides, he has the yearly Incomes of $500,000 from the interest on the $10,000,000 which wa given to -him from the war Indemnity re ceived from China ten years sgo, of $250, 000 from his private estates, which amount to $5,000,000 or more; of $500,000 from tho forests, covering an area ot 6,124.873 acres and valued at $T12. 487,800, at $100 an acre; In all, $1,260,000. Thus his yearly net In come amounts to $1,750,000. Thero are In all sixty members in the Imperial family. Inclusive of eleven married and four widowed princesses, who are members of the family by marriage, not by birth. Of the rest there are eleven married and six teen unmarried princes. Inclusive of the mikado, and eighteen unmarried princesses. The mikado Is Industrious. He rises early In the morning and performs his official duties all day fot many hours. The mikado Is an Intelligent man, well educated. It Is said he I erudite enough for a degree of I'h. D. The mikado ts six feet tall; he Is one of the tallest men at his court. He Is stout, broad-shouldered and weighs 200 pounds. His countenance has an expres sion of an athlete, which Is not repre sented in his photographs that are made public. In 1875, four years after the German em pire was created and the first emperor of the Hohensollern house was crowned at Versailles, the number of students enrolled at Qerman universities was 16,441. It is 41,928. by the latest official reports. The Increase in thirty years has been over 25,000, or more than 60 per cent. In the same period the gain In the population of tho Qerman Empire has been about 45 or 48 per cent, possibly 60 per cent. The difference between the rate of growth In the popula tion an in the universities is explained by various causes. It Is due, In part, to the greater prosperity of the Qerman peo ple, the general advance In education and the fame and development of German sci ence. It Is accounted for. In some degree, by the great Increase In the number of students from other countries. Never be fore did German universities stand so high in the estimation of educators the world over. The announcement of a native outbreak In Qerman east Africa must seem like the last straw to the Berlin Colonial office. Not only- has It had the stubborn and costly war In the west African possessions to contend with, but news of trouble In tha Cameroons, of the murdering of mission aries in Emperor William's land, and of constant friction between the governor and the Qerman settlers In Samoa has come to dlsqutet it at every turn. The Chinese colony of Klaochau alone seems contented. Elsewhere the autocratic military methods of the colonial officials appear to please no one. The East African colony has been pacific! since the late Hermann von Wls mann subdued the natives. It has been fortunate, too, In Its governor. Count von Qotzen, lately military attache in Washing ton. Just what the causes of discontent are beyond a dislike of the overlord Is not yet apparent. M A correspondent of a London newspaper writing from a region of the Caucasus, declares that nowhere In the czar's domin ions has the process of enforced Russlflca tlon done more mischief than It has there. He says that the exceptional outbreaks of racial animosity which recently turned Baku, and tc a lesser extent Erlvan, Into a shambles are attributed by the Armenians largely to the campaign which for many years has been carried on against them by the government press. The strikes of rail way and factory hands, and even of clerk and tradesmen, whloTi have taken place In the towqs arise from the same causes which have produced similar demonstrations In all parts of European Russia, and have been fomented and encouraged by the soctallM and revolutionary organizations. The agrarian movement, which resulted In seri ous outrages committed against the land lords, and the police throughout the gov ernments of Kutals and Tlflls, the territory of Batum, and the district of Sukhum, Is practically confined to the Armenians and Georgians, and originated at the time of the conflscatlon of the property of the Ar meniun church following upon the decree of June 26, 1908. It Is no longer denied by the Armenian that their loyalty to Russia, whom they have regarded as their protector since the days of Peter the Great, has been seriously shaken by this act of open spolia tion. I Still another movement for the promo tion of physical education In England is a memorial addressed to the government by the Anthropologlo&l Institute, and signed also by Lord Roberts and Avebury, Sir William Ramsey, and many headmas ter, praying that an anthropometric ur- vey, a register of sickness, and an advlaory committee may be established without de lay. Should these measures be adopted It will be known with certainty whether the physique of the population at large Is lrm proving or deteriorating. It will also be possible, by comparison of the phydque with the environment, to ascertain the in fluences which are bringing about the changes of physique. The data supplied by the survey will enable the advisory com n't tee, consisting of experts and repre sentations of government departments, to arrive at conclusion on which Important legislative action can be founded. Glomlns; Harvest Oatlook. Philadelphia Record. There is llttl danger now of any dis appointment In the harvests. Of course, corn might be frost-hit ten, and all tho northern wheat 1 not safe and cotton, till has ome danger to face. But when the crop are. in prime condition at thla late lUtte there U not much fear of aerlou re verses. Hence, business 1 proceeding with the utmost confidence that the farmers will have plenty of money. A dozen western state now promise I70,000,0) buahela more of corn and lU.Ono.OOO more of wheat than last year, and 1904 wa a famous year for tha farmers. Railroad officials and crop statisticians of the states are almost unani mous In predicting an uncommonly nn year for agriculture. The wheat crop will not reach the figures of 1901. but it may be the second largest crop in ouc list, and corn is likely to beat all record. In spite of our abundance th state of the world's markets I such that prices ars good aud ar pcc.t4 to rtmaln su. 11 -i : U i; J 'iLiv r-eV ''111 j THI OOit OAyersChsrry Pectoral MuX MM.. UHlIkM n MunrwMH MwMtrtm I It imn ..! JO araM i -S.J& " '' 1 PrW 4 rwrt CM . I W 1 1 rM !t Sw ... St I "2s, I ran ... I Jm lywr ....4 t iniMtAi CS99 Ai. sisa'iw, f B ' A, ft fH fM ,WMM to j : . "I IXrrlUl-'WC i n 1 i1' h1' tVWtrifi ""' ft 1 tTi ii I t, s-.ji M'r grss-stlf ffi its MSk.s m 1 POLITICAL DRIFT. Graft Is crowding the record of beer in making Milwaukee famous. A Missouri politician claims St. Thomas as the original Missouri man, because he had to be shown. The forthcoming story of Chauncey M. Depew will not be a ancient as some of his favorites, but wfll bo more decidedly Solemn. Senator Stone of Missouri confesses to a hankering for buttermilk, particularly when mending bis fences in the rural sections. It Is annuonced unofficially, but from an authoritative source, thnt Governor La Follette of Wisconsin will relinquish the ofllce of governor early In September and go to Washington aa United States senator In October. The aetm of Governor Folk of Missouri in drinking deeply from tho flask of a traveling companion, and spurning the of fer of a chaser, is regarded as unmistak able proof of his democracy. The country is safe and Missouri Is right In It. A member of the city council of Wllkes barre, Pa., threatens to causo the arrest of his follow members for using street railway passes. If reform keeps up the present pace in Pennsylvsnla otnceholding will not be worth the effort. The County board of Cook county, Illi nois, Is trying to discover why the county should pay for 220,000 meal tickets when less than 200,000 meals were eaten by the sheriff's deputies during the teamsters' strike. That's easy. Somebody needs the money. Tom Taggart, chairman of the demo cratic national committee, is not permitted to enjoy the usufruct of his enterprise. The prospect of a raid by the minions of Governor Hanlw of Indiana caused Tag gart to screw th lid on his gambling establishment at French Lick Springs. Since District Attorney Jerome of New York snnounced his candidacy for re-election as an independent he has camped on the firing line, whence he takes a dally shot at the "machine men" cf both par ties. Meanwhile Mr. Jerome Is diligently building up a nice little machine cf hi own. Senator Piatt's remark that If he hsd his life to live over he should model hi political activities on other line recalls the reply of Speaker Reed who. when asked by the lady reporter of a Sunday paper If, having another opportunity, he would not be a better man, said solemnly and sadly that he did not think he would. A Pittsburg patriot who was convicted and sentenced to a year in the workhouse for assisting in stuffing 104 ballot boxes, proteted against what he termed the in justice of the law which sent him over the road and permitted the beneneiaries to enjoy unmolested the fruits of his crime. 'Twas ever so. The tool gels the hammer. Governor Jeff Davis of Arkansas Is try ing to break Into the United States sen ate. He wants to succeed Senator James H. Berry, who has represented Arkirtir-as In the senate twenty years. To further his ambition Governor Davis has gone on another stump speaking trip and is being greeted everywhere by thousands of what he terms "red necks and hill billies." These enthusiastic followers from the rural districts have three times elected him to the state house. Annoal Cry from the Farm. Cleveland lialndealer. The harvest season ha brought with It the annual complaint. From the mall neighboring farms to the vast grain fields of the west on both sides of the national boundary the cry goes up of a scarcity of labor to secure the crop. High prices as compared with the usual farm wages are offered, but without attracting a suffi cient number even of unskilled and only partly efficient hands. Of really effective help, according to reports from the harvest Let Common Do you honestly believe, that it is opened in your kitchen. Tbte BUM swdl LION COFTEE the UADM er All riO.it I COfTtXS. Millions of American Homes welcome LION COFFEE daily. There is no stronger proof of merit than continued aud increas Ing popularity. 'Quality survive all opposition." (Sold only ra 1 lb. packages. Lion-head on every package.) iBavs your Lion-heads fur valuabl premium.,) SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON 8PICS CO., Tokdo, Okie, Do not undervalue the services of a skilful phy sician. Even the best medicine cannot take the place of ,the family doctor. Therefore we say: Con sult your physician freely about your case and ask him what he thinks about your taking Ayers Cherry Pectoral for your cough. If he says take it, then take it. If he says do not take it, then follow his . advice. If4 th 1. O. Ayoe Co., L.w.ll, Mm, aim msaufhoturar of ATBR'S PILLS For eonittpatioa. ATKH'S HAIR TIOOH-For ts hair. ATBR'S SARSAPARILLA For tha blood. ATBR'S A0DB CORK For nuUrl tat tfst. fields, there is a lamontable deficlenc Yet in the cities there are able-bodied mot without employment sufficient to meet all he demands of the harvest fields. It 1 an ever-recurring condition. For a brief sea son there is a serious deficiency of labor In the country and throughout the year a surplus in the cities, but all attempts to readjust these conditions have proved futile. 1.1 ES TO A LAt Gil. First Office Boy-Why did yer t row up yer Job at Hiffuin A Bangs? Second Ofllce Boy-Why, I couldn't stand oie Bungs' impudence. He had de crust Vr.,1,1 ,M0- r'KUt ter me face and before de, hull oilU-e, ter git ouf uv de place and never come back! iat was de last straw ! Brooklyn Life. Buskin Your "Hamlet" company didn't take very well in tho provinces, eht What s the matter? Didn't the ghost walkt Harnstroin Oh, yes. He's back In town with the rest of us Philadelphia Ledger. "Why do you always seek the deepest pools?" asked tho grayling. "In order to be where th sunshine can't strike," answered the trout, 'i freckle so eusily. " Chicago Tribuno. Adam hnd Just discharged ths office bov. "He wanted to lie under the old apple tree," he explained. Stung by the insult, he hastily Inserted an ad. New York Sun. Junior Partner I guess It's time to lira the cashier. Senior Partner Caught him gambling, have you? Junior Partner No; but he's begun teach ing a Bible class. Pittsburg Post. "You would advise a young man In poll tics to start out boldly as a reformer?" "Certainly," answered Senator Sorghsm. "It U getting so that th(J public Won t nit anybody a chance at the plum tree unless he claims to be a reformer." Washington Star. Mrs. Houskeen I don't believe you havs ever went to work. Weary Willie (! honest, ladr. . many't the time. But I'm slch u strenyous feller dat every time I sta ft ter go ter work I go clean past it. Philadelphia, Press. 1 1 . ' I'':' j 1 "What, may I ask, was the keenest dl sppointment of your career?" asked tha anxious Interviewer. The great financier stared coldly at the Ink bottle. "H was when I was four years old. I think." he drawled, "when I woke up one morning and found' my red balloon shrunken to one-fourth, the size of the day before." Detroit Free Press. A II (OIU PICTlllK. Locomotive Knglneers"' Journal. O! the happy little home when the sun shone out, And the busy little mother' got the chil dren all about: And Johnny fetched the water and Tommy brought the wood. And Billy-boy tied both his shoeB, as every laddie should And 1'annle rocked the cradle with a clat ter aud a song, To mnke the little sister grow so pretty and so strong. O! the sweet peas snd the morning glories climbing round the dxr. And the tender vine of shadow with its length across th? floor. O! the "plnies ' and the roses, and tha eiulver of She grns And the cheery call of friendship from ths neighbors as they pass! O! the scuttle and the shouting, and ths little mother s laugh As the rabbit starts up somewhere, and her "great help" scamper off. O! the happy little home when the twilight fell. And all along the meadow rang the old cow bell. With a tinkle that Is music through ths ruxhlng of the years And I tiee the little mother In the tremble of the tears; And I hear her happy laughter as sha rrie "The boy have come!" And we know she getting supper in th happy little home. O! the happy little home when the moon gleamed forth. And Ullly-boy would have It that It "rlsed In the north." Ol the raptures and the whispers near the little mother ennir. As the whlte-rohefl little figures are flitting here and there. And we're Just a near to beavn as we mortals ever roam When we kneel snd say our prayers In ths happy little home. Sense Decide coffee sold loose (in bulk), xposeoi through many bands (some of them not over-clean), "blended," you don't know how or by whom, u fit for your u&e T Of course you don't. 33 ut LION COFFEE ts another story. The grtm berries, selected by keen fudges at the plantation, ars skillfully roasted at our fac tories, where precautions yoa would not dream ot arc taken to secure perfect cleanliness, Cavor,stren0lh snd aallormlty. From tha time the coffee leave the factory no hand toiiche it till