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I TIIE OMAHA DAILY HEE: FRIDAY. AUGUST 18, 190o. The Omaiia Daily Dee E. RtVBWATER, EDITOR. PUISLI8HF.D EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF ElIiHrRIPTlON. Pally He (without Mindnyi. one year. .I4.A0 Imliy Hp and Hurxlay. tw year "U Illustrated Uvr, one year 2 fx) Sunday Hee, one year 1 .) Saturday Bee, one year 1 M Twentieth Century Farmer, one year.. 1 W DKMVKRED BY CARRIER. Pally Hen (without Sunday), ier copy.. 2o I'ally Hee (without Hundayi, per week. .12c liaily Hee (Including Sunday, per week.. 17c Evening Bee iwittmut Sunday), per week 7c Evening lice (Including Sunday), per week K'c Sunday Hee, pef ropy 5c Complaint ol Irregularities In delivery ahould be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twenty-tilth and M streets. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl street. Chicago 1H40 Unity Building. New York l&uo Home, LUie Insurance Building Washington &1 Fourteenth street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed; Omaha He, Editorial Ipartmenu REMITTANCES. Remit hy draft, express or postal order, payable to Tho Be Publishing Company. Only 2-eent stamps received In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas county, ss. : C. C. Rosewater, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of July, 19n6, waa as follows: I st.aio n as. 4,10 I SO.SOO 15 SIH.OSO I S0,8M IS 28,810 4 sn.ioo 10 28,100 I XH.TAO 21 28.8O0 8,n0 22 2U.070 7 2S.OHO 83 2. BOO fMMMIO 24 t 21, OTO t 2R.IB0 26 28,170 10 2S.OOO 26 2H.100 II 28,640 27 28,130 12 28,000 28 28,100 13 2ft.lHO 29 20,400 14 118,710 80. 28,480 16 SU.8SO 81 27,010 1 28.18W Totals 802,230 Less unsold cople.. 0.815 Net total sales Dally average .". 882,4 in 28,405 C. C. ROSEWATER, Seuratary. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this first day of July, 1906. (Seal; M. B. H UNGATE, Notary Public. WHEN OIT OF TOWS. Sabserlbera leaving; the city tem porarily should have The Bee mailed to them. It la better than dally letter from home. Ad dress will be changed as often as requested. Local developments show that records of "trust" meetings should be kpt with Ink which fades. Tom Worrall's carpet bng is still sev eral laps behind Joo Bartley's famous cigar box. In view of the prospective, harvest in Nebraska the prediction of a car famine la the Dear future is an entirely safe on. Looking tit the vote of Norway It would seem to .bo "tip to" Sweden to call an election, if only to disillusion the dlsunlonlstg. It la an 111 wind that blows nobody food. All this antl-truRt litigation is like shaking the plum tree outo the laps Of the court stenographers. "Tom" Worrell has told too much or too little. In justice to the lawmakers who did not connect with the bribes, he ihould name those who did. Since Mr. Moore inslHts that his weather forecasts are ns reliable as phy sicians' diagnoses, the prosperity of the undertakers is more readily understood. When It comes to a good all round healthy climate through the four sea sons of the year Omaha and vicinity In vites comparison with any other city In the eoontry. With official statistics s'jowlmr moro than 10,000 persons killed by tbo rail roads in the United States In ono jear the yellow fever situation docs not look o bad after all. Perhaps those "forgotten" Inpantse demands, as published by a Toklo paper, ere but a gentle suggestion to Russia of what may be asked If present peace negotiations fall. An Intelligent negro Is responsible for the statement that out of 'a population of 05,000 negroes In Washington 2o,00U are Idlers. This, after all, may be he real race problem. Assistant Secretary of State Loo 'u Is admits that he Is to resign his office; but he will probably permit the president to say whether he will retire to private life or coutlnue In the government (serv ice.' Having made some progress in check ing the slaughter of Innocents by Fourth of July fireworks, the next thing In order la some safe and sane precaution that .will stop the needless loss of life by drowning. It Is announced that all danger of Jim Hill paying $l0,0o0 as a fee for the privilege of Incorporating his Great Northern road In Nebraska Is past. The danger, however, was never very Imminent. "Graft" is now being brought to light at the Missouri penitentiary. Governor Folk may have an excuse for "getting off the ltd" In St Louts and Kansas City while he convinces some of his ap pointees that his definition of "reform" Is not merely beating the other candidate for office. - The Omaha Real Kstate exchange has taken the ground that the city should Hot sell any of its outlying parks, but should confine its operations to buying additional land for park purposes. The . real estate men have land to sell and naturally want the city on the market as a purchaser rather than a a seller. OUR TREATIES WITH CHIXA. The lcartiuent of State is giving careful attention to conditions in China which threaten Injury to American trade. The American minister at Tekiug has !eeu lustructed to call the attention of the Chinese government to the treaty of 1NVS with the. United States, which remains In force, one article o,f which' guarantees certain rights to American citizens ss to Importing, exporting, buy ing and selling at the open jxrtB of China. It is apprehended that the boy cott movement may Interfere with these treaty rights, respect of which will of course be firmly insisted upon by our government. At the same time the American consuls in China have been Instructed to furnish detailed reports of the boycott situation. A Washington rHspatch says that our government will probably take a de termined position and Insist upon fair treatment for American trade lu the Chinese empire and it Is believed that once the government of China gives ex plicit orders prohibiting the boycott the merchants will abandon the undertaking in short order. There should be no hesi tation on the part of the government in taking such action as It properly can whenever it shall become convinced that the movement hostile to our trade is as represented. There must be a firm in sistence upqn strict observance of all treaty rights and the Chinese govern ment must be given to understand in unmistakable terms that It will be held responsible for any failure In this re spect. Of course nothing that our gov ernment can do will compel the mer chants of China to tako our goods or the peoplp to buy them, but we can In sist that there shall be no openly unfair discrimination against us, especially of a character that violates treaty obliga tions. The trouble Is that the Chinese gov ernment may prove unable to prevent this; that while It may make a sincere effort to do so, little heed wHl be given to its efforts. Peking has already Is sued an order to viceroys Instructing them to prevent the boycott, but it Is stated that practically nothing has been done by Chinese officials. The fact undoubtedly Is that these .officials are very generally in sympathy with the boycott movement and are disposed to aid rather than to hinder it. Being irresponsible and virtually independent of the Imperial government, tthey will give only such respect as they please to the wishes of the Peking authorities. It Is therefore to be apprehended that the Ijoycott will be maintained, perhaps somewhat less aggressively than thus fur, yet with enough vigor and per sistence to effect a very material reduc tion In our trade. As a matter of fact the feeling in China toward the United States is at present distinctly unfriendly. There is a very strong sentiment of resentment among merchants, students and the bet ter class of the people, and there Is rea son to believe that some prominent and Influential men at Peking and elsewhere are not doing anything to discourage this feeling. Everybody here under stands Its cause and the question to be determined is whether we shall remove the cause. That Is for congress to de cide, the simple course being to so mod ify the exclusion law as to keep out only Chinese lalxrers. If that be done the peril to our trade will be averted. ISSCRASCK REGVLAHOX. The great Interest which President Roosevelt Is showing in the question of federal regulation and supervision of the life Insurance business gives promise that he will la his next annual message devote to the matter careful considera tion and earnestly urge It upon the at tention of congress. There Is no doubt that the president Is very strongly Im pressed with Its Importance, as Indeed most persons are who have given the subject Intelligent and serious considera tion. The Interview given out by Sen ator Dryden of New Jersey, after a con ference with Mr. Roosevelt, indicates some confidence that congress will act upon the bill which he Introduced In the senate at the last session, and also that the measure will have the upiort of the principal life insurance men of the coun try. If the question or federal super vision and regulation could be submitted to the policyholders they undoubtedly would he found practically unanimous In favor of the proposition. The investigation to be made of the New York life insurance companies by the Joint committee of the legislature will perhaps disclose conditions that will greatly strengthen public sentiment In favor of having the business placed un der federal regulation. There is no sus picion in regard to the solveucy of any of these companies, but It is believed that some of them have not been pursu ing sound and judicious tuslness meth ods. VOKSVLAH RCURQAMZATION. A part of the mission abroad of Mr. Loomls, assistant secretary of state, was to Investigate the business methods of our enibussies, legations and consulates and also look Hito the system In vogue in the foreign offices of European coun tries. It appears, that his Investigation resulted lu finding some things In the Europeun systems which could be ad vantageously adopted oy our govern ment and which probably will be Intro duced soon after Secretary Root assumes his duties in the Depurtment of State. Ue found, for instance, that the German Foreign office has a first-class Informa tion bureau which constantly sends out news vital to the German foreign offices throughout the world. The German For elgn office gets information of pressing interest to its ministers and consuls and uses the telegraph or the cable freely to keep them informed. Mr. Loomla stated that It Is this kind of a clearing house that our government will put In operation, with such modifications as seem best to suit our needs, not add ing to our system any "red tape." of which there la already enough. Mr. Loonils further stated that the for- elgn service will also probably be strengthened by a shnkeup In its per sonnel. It Is manifestly still the lellcf of President Roosevelt, as he said In his last annual message, that the consular service can be Improved and he Intends to act upon that lellef. It has not been pointed out by anyone connected with the administration Just what the defects- are, but It Is not to be doubted that the president has made himself thoroughly acquainted with them and Is earnestly desirous of applying n remedy. Our for eign commercial interests will be pro moted by a strong consular service and the matter of providing this should re ceive the careful attention of the next congress. The administration can do much, but there must be legislation in order to attain the lest results. THE REU1STRAT1UX MIXVP- Acccording to the opinion submitted to City Clerk Llbourn by City Attorney Breen, embodying his latest interpreta tion of the new primary luw so far as It relates to the registration of voters, we are to have only three registration days as heretofore, but the first day is to be moved up a mouth to coincide with the primary election day, and the last two days will remain a week and two weeks before tho regular November election. Flow Mr. Breen arrives at this conclu sion is not clear. The very fuct that he has construed the luw differently nearly every time he has read It illustrates the confusion' made by the lawmakers and foreshadows the possibility of a mixup in registration from which it would be difficult to extricate ourselves. The law providing for the registration of voters relates to all cities having tip wards of 7,000 Inhabitants and fixes the dates of registration. "At the times herein before provided and then only." This law has not 'been specifically amended or repealed by the new primary law and cannot be regarded as modified by It In any way except by the huzy doc trine of Implication. The operation of the registration law had previously been enlarged by the act governing primary elections, providing for. the propounding of certain addi tional questions to voters seeking reg istration, these questions bearing upon their party affiliations, "In order that none but those affiliating with and being members of any political party shall participate in auy primary election held by such political party." The new primary law undertakes to repeal all other primary laws, und If valid takes away from the registrars whatever authority they now have to question as to political affiliation ex cept on the one day of the primary elec tion. Neither Is any one to be permitted to vote at the primary election who has not had his politics recorded at the reg istration of the preceding year. The re sult would be that voters registering on the second or third day, if deprived of their opportunity to record their party affiliation, would be disfranchised from ever participating lu a primary for at least tvo years. All this goes to emphasize the need of having the new primary law passed upon by the courts in all its provisions before it goes into operation. City Clerk Elbourn would, in our opinion, be fully Justified In himself Instituting n test case of some kind before entailing upon the taxpayers of the city the additional expense involved by its new registration features. If the law should be held good, the court would doubtless clear up the apparent conflict of Its provisions, and if it is not good law, none of the taxpayers' money should be thrown away experimenting with It. Klng Edward was willing to meet the emperor of Austria while on his way to the springs, but it Is to be noted that he preferred to partake of the health giving waters before holding a confer ence with his warlike nephew, who fills the throne of Germuny, and has opinions as to how all other European countries should be governed. The checking of the accounts of the different fraternal insurance societies by the state Insurance department will doubtless show that there is nothing the matter with their bookkeeping. If there is anything wrong, It must be found outside of the bookkeeping department. With the high congressional precedent set by Jerry Simpson before him, Judge Tucker surely had a right to believe that he was well within the code of Judicial ethics in sitting with his feet on his desk so long as his pedal extremities were modestly encased in shoes and stockings. Tho official statement that Ambassa dor Conger will not enter Iowa polities must mean that he does not Intend to return to the state, for it would be im possible to imagine a resident of Iowa who has once held office not up to his eyes in polities. By summoning his court to Join him In an excursion to Grand Island, King Ak-Sar-Ben Is going to show that he be lieves In reciprocity and Is willing to return some of the favors extended by the people of our Interior cities and towns. The suggestion that Henry Watterson be nomluated for governor of Kentucky must come from a man who would like to see hi in follow some of the good ad vice from bis pen that has teen wasted in the past. Lincoln Is agitating fur a municipal art commission whose members are to work without pay. We presume that the Intention is to draw a sharp contrast with the Omaha Water board, whose members draw pay without work. Rassla's Greatest Dlflscalty. Philadelphia Record. If Japan demanded an Indemnity or Sakhalin It would be a simple matter for Russia to "reimburse" Japan for her tx pensa In that island and resume Its owner, ship, neither 4aylng an "Indemnity" nor surrendering any of her soil. But the Japanese demand aa Indemnity and Sakha- lln, and the Russian envoys have not yet been able to Invent a process by which the demands could be compiled with and the facts concealed A Slant foi the Gods. Washington Post. It will be worth the price of admission this winter to see Bourke Cockran and John Daliell standing shoulder to should' r and fighting for legislation for the benent of the Elllplnos They Wouldn't Do Si Thing. Indianapolis News. If the stories of the Taqul Indians sre to be believed. It would seem that they have exercised considerable restraint, after all. What would a good active bunch of white men have done If they had been skinned out of their lands twice? Why Horry Job? Chicago Chronicle. American politicians will be disposed to doubt the anxiety of the peace envoys to bring the deliberation of the Portsmouth conference to a speedy conclusion. How any man In his senses can desire to wind up a Job which pays $2nO per day for ex penses, besides a big salary, will be In comprehensible to our native statesmen. Another Convert In Sight. New York Sun. If the Hon. Bourke Cockran has been snatched like a brand from the smoldering fires of antl-bnpertallsm by the expert hand of Mr. Taft, why Is there not hope for Senator Patterson of Colorado? Patterson, too. Is a member of the personally con ducted expedition to Manila, according to the official list of that distinguished party. Familiarity Breeds Indifference. Chicago Chronicle. If typhoid fever excited the tithe of ha fear which Is aroused by yellow fever the former disease would speedily be extir pated In this country. Typhoid fever, how ever. Is a familiar disease, while yellow fever Is relatively Infrequent. We become accustomed to the one and dread the other. Yet typhoid kills Its thousands where yel low fever slays Its scores, Hard I. nek Chasing; Addlcka. Boston Transcript. One by one the things that J. Edward Addlcks has cherished are falling away from him. First, his model dairy farm was attached and then his yacht; but he can console himself, as did the good old Baptist lady, who said they had robbed her of the doctrines of election and eternal damnation, but she would stick to her total depravity as long as she lived. Vodka Suffers an Eclipse. Baltimore American. One gteat accomplishment of the peace conference will be that the Russians will abandon vodka and Introduce the American cocktail. It Is said that they are Infatuated with this seductive creation and have sam pled it In all Its Insinuating forms. A new one has been added to the already long list, which has been christened the "con ference cocktail,'1 and the Russians declare that if It could be generally Introduced a few drinks of it would put all the world at peace. Weather Report Save Money Country Life in America. In spite of the standing Jokes about the weather man. It is probable that for every dollar spent on the weather bureau $10 are saved. At the time of the Mississippi flood of 1897 $15,000,000 worth of live stock and other property were saved as a result of warnings Issued a week ahead. Signals displayed for a single hurricane have de tained In port vessels valued, with their cargoes, at $20,000,000. The West Indian stations, established In 18OT, Inform us of hurricanes as soon as they begin. The course of the hurricane that caused the Galveston flood was charted for a week be fore It struck our shores for hurricanes move slowly. ' Eighty-five per cent of the forecasts now come true, and by the aid of rural free delivery 26.000,000 forecast cards were distributed last year to farmers, many of whom could not have had them five years ago. A Plea for Sobriety. Baltimore American. The work of today demands men of clear brains for its performance. It matters not whether that work be In the office, the counting room, the legislative hall, the store, the shop, the field or the mine. The worker ' who each morning brings to his task a strong mind and a steady nerve will always find his services In demand, while the one who allows himself to become the victim of an unbridled appetite will soon discover that his place has been filled by one who can do the work better than he. Such an address as that made by President Roosevelt Is always timely. While it is un doubtedly true that excesses In-the use of liquor are not as common today as they were a quarter or a half century ago, there Is still vast room for Improvement, and every effort tn that direction deserves the encouragement of all who seek the eleva tion and betterment of their fellow men. KO SECTIONALISM 11 TRCSTS. Pointed Criticism of Discrimination la Trast Prosecntlon. Chicago Chronicle. President Roosevelt's conclusions respect ing the treatment of the so-called "trusts" are In accord with public sentiment. There Is substantial unanlmty of opinion that reasonable regulation and supervision are necessary and that If the "trusts" do not accede to such reasonable regulation they will only Invite more drastic action. In this section of the country there Is, tiowever, a feeling that - the campaign against the "trusts," in order to be ef fective, should be of a general rather than of a selective nature. There Is no disposition In the west to defend or to apologise for the meat pack ers. On the contrary, popular disapproval of the "beef trust" is more pronounced in the middle west than In any other part of the country, because It is not only the consumer but the cattle raiser who deems himself Injured by the operations of the packers. The packers have been compelled to bear some of the odium which rightfully belongs to others. There Is, however. In the west a gen eral disposition not to disapprove the ac tivity of the department of Justice with respect to the packers, but to regard with surprise the inactivity of that department toward certain eastern "trusts" of equal potentiality for evil and of considerably longer standing. The west cannot understand for Instance, why the law department of the government should, during two years, concentrate its energies upon the so-called "beef trust" and pay no attention whatever to the "kero sene trust." v It Is not endorsing the outgivings of demagogues and magaslne sensation-mon gers to declare that ths Standard Oil trust Is the most prominent and compre hensive of all the "combines" which are alleged to restrain trade and commerce. It la substantially a monopoly. Its opera tions are matter of common notoriety. Such a situation may justly excite not the suspicion but the possible reflection of sectional discrimination. It Is certain, at any rate, to give rise to a general western hope that the department of jua ties may soon find time and opportunity to begin operations against the petroleum monopoly. The west bas no desire to see a great western Industry prosecuted on sec tional grounds. Lawlessness knows no especial locality If there I corporate lawlessness In the east it should receive the same attention a corporate lawlessness In ths wesL ARIOSO TIIE rEACEMtKEBJ. . Mo Meats on the Drama Being; Played at Portsmouth. Most of the American correspondents on duty at Portsmouth have had much ex perience In Washington and are posted on the vague, Intangible article known as "the diplomatic atmosphere." Others sent direct from the work shops are wrapped with the ''editorial atmosphere." The difference In the two classes is quite marked. The first parades In dress clothes and looks wise. The other class revels In working clothes and work, both of whUli aro considered a serious handicap In the search for semi official Information and diplomatic fictions. All the Washington correspondents are equipped with large wardrobes, consisting of several suits of clothes and a dress suit, which they put on religiously with the din ner and wear through the remainder of th evening. In a few instanres staff men were sent out from the New York and Boston papers to assist the Washington men, and they did not equip themselves with the requisite swallowtail. One ex tremely senflUve staff man from Boston suffered great embarrassment on account of being obliged to appear In business attire every evening, and one night his superior missed him. Lato that night he received a dispatch from the staff man tn Boston reading: "Am here after diplomatic at mosphere. Back In tho morning." Th next morning the young man arrived, car rying a huge box bearing the label of a well known Boston clothier. In It were a Tuxedo coat and a pair of patent leather shoes. He announced to his superior from Washington that, having equipped himself with diplomatic atmosphere at a cost of $15, ready made, he was prepared to go tp work again. "Cranks" are pestering the Ufa out of the envoys through letters and telegrams, and tho secret service men aro on the alert day and night to see that none of the long haired fraternity approaches the hotel. A small omnibus runs between the hotel and the trolley line from Portsmouth, and each stranger that alights from the vehicle Is closely scrutinized. Two secret service men sit on the front plana all day and fre quently act as porters, taking a stranger's hand baggage In order to make a closer In spection of him without attracting his at tention. Thus ' far the "cranks" have shown greatest activity In letter writing. The mall received by the envoys and their suites Is enormous and each day since their arrival from ten to fifty "crank" communications have been received. Most of them are harmless enough in tone merely informing the envoys what they should ' or should not do, but they glv the secretaries considerable trouDie and have caused a little apprehension among the Russians. The Japanese hav little fear of secret or abnormal enemies. Another source of constant annoyance to the envoys Is the Insistent requests from advertisers and fakers for autographs and pictures or testimonials of ono sent and another received. In the matter of dress the Japanese are astonishing the fashionables here with the readiness with which they have adopted styles In vogue at the hotel. When they arrived a week ago nearly every member of the commission, as well as the corre spondents, wore frock coats much too long to suit the American style, and stiff hats much too large for anybody. In this at tire they appeared for several days about the hotel, and then they began making quiet shopping trips to Boston and Ports mouth, and now their costumes are quit In harmony with those of the Americans. With the secretaries and attaches the frock coats have disappeared, and flannel suits and short coats and duck trousers are sub stituted. Straw hats, usually expensive Panamas, hav supplanted the uncomforta ble derbys. Of course the heads of the delegation stick to the more formal dress, but It Is very rare that one sees a, Japa nese of any rank here In evening dress. The Russians dress for dinner quite as much as Americans. While eager to learn all that Is to be known about American ways, the Japanese, especially the news paper correspondents, ar Just as ready to Impart knowledge about their own country as to ask it about America. Cigarettes and tea are M. Wltte's only convivial Indulgences. He drinks very lit tle wine, but tea he must have. No sooner Is he seated In a comfortable nook of the palm garden than he calls up his servant and sends for hot water. Tho brew Is looked after by M. Wltte himself. Such tea as Americans use is not at all to the taste of the Russian. When the hot water has been produced and the little silver pot set steaming M. Wltte Is happy. Again and again the servant pours out the hot beverage until M. Wltte .with a kindly gesture, says, "Chayu nelt," meaning no more tea. The teapot and hot water are removed, and M. Wltte's dissipation ends. Those of the Japanese who are now in America for the first time are cautiously investigating all that Is American. At th table they order all the dishes new to them, but make no comment as to whether or not they are suited. Rye whisky they openly pronounce something to be discarded. Scotch they are accustomed to and fond of, but rye they say "makes you to gasp." Th cummer eirl has caDtured Mr. Sato. Not any on summer girl, but a number of hee Lieutenant Commander Takashlta, who Is young, gallant and popular In Washington society, waa me entering wedge. Ha got acquainted first and led Sato over to a corner of the back piazza, -.v.- v - Rntn waa Introduced to six girls. Can"Mr. Sato Jolly a girl? He is a wonder. Ho was talking about the ooynooa games he used to playvln his native Nippon home, and a girl said: "Why, It's Just like our uoing to Jerusa lem." "Do you like playing Going to Jerusa lem?" asked Mr. Sato. "Oh! let's play It," cried on of th girls. '""Come on. Mr. Sato." tu .It o-lrla tumned and swept Takashlta and Sato to the ballroom. On the way they picked up a Russian correspondent who has no race prejudices and three plain out ague American citizens. Oolng to Jerusalem Is that game where all hands dance around a line of chairs until the music stops, when every one scrambles for a chair. They are always one chair shy, and h who misses a seat Is "It." Bato and Takashlta frolicked and danced and laughed gleefully as they hustled chairs. When the musio stopped they were always right there for a seat. Neither was ever caught. Two of the girls conspired to beat Mr. Sato. Just as he Jumped for a chair they Jumped together. He was too quick for them, but his Impetuous motion shot the chair out along th ballroom floor snd he landed on the back of his head. H said that he wasn't hurt a bit, but that th American girl is very athletic. When Going to Jerusalem got stal Taka shlta proposed a waits. Here, too, th Japanese made good. Jeremiah Curtln. an author and transla tor, almost as well known In the L'nlted State as In Russia, arrived at Portsmouth with his wife from St. Petersburg. He Is earnestly In sympathy with Russia, and has been constantly surrounded by groups of Interested listeners. He says that If Russia shall yield to any excessive de mands on the part of Japan the whole civilized world will have cause for regret. "In such an event," said he, "Japan would soon rule on the throne of China and the yellow race would dominate th east era world. If not the emir world." PERSONAL HOTKS. A. 9. Barnes of fTlklns. W. Va., Is, In point of service, the oMest railway postal clerk In the service of this government. He was bom In Connellevllle, Pa., and has served under very president sine Lin coln. King Alfonso has reoelved on of th strangest gifts ever presented to monarch. It is In the shape of two fin nigs mad from the hides of th horses which wers killed by the bomb thrown at th young Bpanlsh king during his recent visit to France. When the collection bos was passed. In a New York church th other Sunday on occupant of a pew was seen to call atten tion to a policeman's badge that h wore and then allow th collector to pass on without the gain of even a mutilated cop per penny. Philip Lee Phillips, In charge of th mars In the library of congress, has brought that department In a very few years up to on of great Importance. His book, "A List of th Maps of America," which he was fifteen years In compiling, Is accepted ss ths standard. At ths ball given at Manila Friday night In honor of Secretary Taft "th most promi nent Filipino women were present, be decked In $600,000 worth of Jewelry." Th event Is described ss a "magnificent suc cess." Bo far as society is concerned the Filipinos seem to be all ready for Inde pendence. Report has it that John V?. Gates Is mak ing all the other plungers at Saratoga look small. Gates thinks and acts In thousands where th average man does the sam things in dollar bills. He hardly recognizes small change when he sees Jt His bets at ths races sre all up In three figures, he pays $1 for a shave and tosses another dollar to the boy who shines bis shoes. He buys a good dinner for a largs priy at a time and gives the blgggst tips ever heard of. OR RAT REFORMERS GET TOGETHER Notable Conjunction of Planets from Nebraska and Kansas. St. Louis Glob-Democrat. U was a fortuitous combination of cir cumstances which brought about a con junction of two planets In the reform skies at the St Louis Union station last Satur day night. Hon. William J. Brysn and Mrs. Carrie Nation were both therq, and both awaiting their departure on the same train out to fill dates at Illinois towns. In this way the planets were brought In eon Junction. Th one from Kansas appears to hav dimmed lp luster, for the nonce, the one from Nebraska. Mrs, Nation as sured Mr. Bryan that h was ss stainless knight, with shield unstained by tobacco smoke and with breath untainted by ths odor. of rum. Mrs. Nation set Mr. Bryan on a nndeatal and figuratively fell down and worshiped him, And In so doing she struck the name of Folk off th list or tne anointed. Bha had heard of his taking a drink of whisky and omitting to dilute It with water. Not that dilution could paraon such an offense In the eyes of Mrs. Na tion. Taking It raw Is no wors In her sight than taking it mixed. "But," said h tn Mr. Brvan. "I won't say anything good of any man who smokes and drinks." Thus, at one fell swoop, was Mr. Folk disposed of. For h does both. The Nebraska planet appears to hav been the on obscured by th conjunction. He did nothing but laugh, while th one of Kansas shone out with a brilliancy to dazzle th eyes of all beholders. She seised th opportunity to address a crowd of trainmen and bystanders on their vile habit of smoktng. and Justified her faith hv her works in following her usual tactics of knocking or pulling cigars, pipes and cigarettes from th mouths of all attending votaries of nicotine. Mr. Bryan, from ths ar elevation of the rear clatfo' - of a train, had set before his very eyet n ob ject lesson In how to tackle th monumen tal and overshadowing avlls of th age. Mrs. Nation showed him how to go up to the help of th Lord against th raignty. Not by mere and empty words, said Mrs. km ion to Mr. Bvan. in effect, but by th fore of strong arms and resolute wills, ar the draaons of the degenerate days to be met and overcome. Still Mr. Bryan only laughed. It Is much to bs reared mat Mrs. Nation's work was all in vain. IS TAFT WIZARD Changes Wrought by His Fcrsoaally Condneted Mission. Detroit Free Press. Curious tales from the Philippines, One day wo are Informed that Bourke Cockran in a speech at Manila, has declared th policy of tho administration to b th best practicable, under existing circumstances. The next comes th news that, as a result of the Information he has obtained as a member of the official party now touring ths Islands', Congressmsn Grosvenor asserts th bill for free trade with ths Philippines will be Introduced early in th next session of congress, and that th prospects for Its passage are good. On top of this eomes ths announcement that ths discontented federal party In the Philippines, accepting Secretary Taft's statement of the attitude of the United States government toward the islands as given In his recent speech at Manila, will reconstruct Its platform In accordance therewith- Had anyone suggested that Mr. Cockran would ever accept the policy of President Roosevelt as laid down to th Filipinos he would have evoked deserved criticism, yet one of the champions of anti-Imper ialism announces his own conversion, mat Mr. Grosvenor, to whom th very sugges tion of any change In th tariff Is heresy, should consent to fre trad with the Isl ands Is well nigh inconceivable, yet we hav his own word for It Is Taft a wizard? When your chfld-iiHfyqii 'Jr. dislike to ? raak'eHttdaeXdl , sx) tasnog mcaicinc. Ticncc.Ki t well to knowtlutf Ayfw fjx1 Cherry Pectoral is-ver. Wfi pleasant, but it is a medicine, a. srronu vv medicine. rfimr , . ... n. . Time and time'again we havepublisned.the formula of this coughtmedicineinthejprincipal Medical Journals of i this country f and Europe, and have mailed it to nearly every physician in the United States. 01. So it follows that -when' your, doctororders it for coughs, colds, bronchitis, or consumption, he knows precisely what he is giving.7 Physicians recommend their families to keep it on hand. Sua ? OV. . C. Ayw ITT'! I Art TJOOt-Fer ths hair. ataa'i Aaf SII I -f w U Meed. ON THEIR GOOD BRFIAVIOR. Railroad Maaaaror Strive to Satisfy I'nblle Demands. Chicago Tribune. Th growing popular sentiment In favor of giving the Interstate Commerce commis sion larger authority over railway rates has put th railroads on their good behavior. Formerly when the commission Issued an Important order affecting th rates th roads disregarded It or fought Its execu tion. Anxious to smooth th ruffled feelings of a people Incensed by their disregard of law, th railroads sr now exhibiting a Wonderful alacrity to comply not only with orders which the commission has Issued but also with orders It Is thought It may issue If its action b not anticipated. Investigations by th Interstate Com merce commission hav revealed that th owners of private car lines have been reap ing enormous profits by monopolistic, and extortionate methods. Some doubt hss existed as to th extent of th commis sion's authority ovr th relations between these lines and ths railway companies, but sine that body served notice on the roads that ths government would, hold them re sponsible for any special rates they might glv private lines ths Michigan Central, Pere Marquette and Union Paclfio have an nounced that hereafter they will provide their own cars for th transportation of fruits snd other perishable products. If these roads carry out their promise th private car monopolies will bs given a hard blow. A yet better Illustration ef the prompti tude of the roads at present to do Justlca to remonstrating patrons is afforded by ths action the Illinois Central and Louisville A Nashville have just taken tn reference to oil rates. Southern oil refiners complained to the Interstate Commerc commission that th rates charged by these and other roads on northbound oil were much higher than those charged by them on southbound oil. The result of this discrimination was that th Standard Oil company, most of whose properties are In th north, was able to sell oil In the south at a profit, while the Independent southern refiners were prsctlc ally barred from markets which were naturally theirs. Beore the time came for a hearing on the complaint the Illinois Central and Louisville A Nashville reduced their northbound rate about 60 per cent, and it Is expected that th other roads con cerned will follow their example. The people will b pleased with these signs of a new disposition on th part of the railroads to treat shippers more equit ably and to obey ths law before they are forced to. They are on their good behavior beosus they wish to prevent th enact ment of a rate law. They will stay on their good behavior only if, by th enact ment and enforcement of new legislation. FLASHES OP FUN. Jenks That boss of yours tells such pointless jokes. I don't see how you can tell when to laugh. WiseThat's eay. I just wait and laugh when he does. Philadelphia Press. "Aro you th complaining witness In this case?" asked the Judge of an old colored man In an assault and battery case. "No, sir. I ain't complalnln' 'bout nothln that trlflln' nigger could do to m. I just here to tell 'bout what ha tried to do to mo. Atlanta constitution. "I don't know whthr my lirtl girl Is destined to become a great beauty or ft future Chadwick." i "Why, what do you 1 metnT" '1 have to glv her nickels Instead of fennles because she says red isn't suited o her complexion." Louisville, Courier Journal. "That's a wonderfully Intelligent dor of Hardupp's." "What can h dof "Why, he bit three bill collector task week." Cleveland Plain Deale, "What 1s frenzied finance r "Frenzied finanoe," replied th Wall street man. "Is a condition of affairs In which small Investors lose their heads while we remain perfectly self-posaessed and take th money." Washington Stark Benners Do yon) over go on thai merry go-round? Jenners -No, I am on th water-wagon now. Philadelphia Telegraph. Noah had turned the dove loose from the ark. Finding- no resting place, it had returned to him. "Just as I expected, he muttered. The? are still haggling over tho Indemnity." Putting the bird back Into Us coop, he sat down despondently te wait m While longer. Chicago Tribune. IS TUB COL' NTH X. Washington Stan, When ths day Is warm and jsrearyit- ig then your fancy turns To th country. There is a spring, half hidden In V braid ring or Irns, In the country. There I a winding road, where shadows, green and blue and gray. Are whispering to th bloaeoia-s canted breezes as they stray, There's a bird that gaily ohsttsig la the trocs. far, faraway, in vu eounirjt The peop do not have to count the tne meats as they go, In th country. They ar happy and contented, whether stocks ar high or low. In th country. And when along tbe road a lazy journey you pursue, Th folks In th spring wagon smile and say, "How do you do?'" They say It ven thought they've not bB Introduced to you. J,n the eoontry. Of course, there's toil by day, but there la also rest by night. In ths country. The struggle for existence Is a fair and honest fight. In ths country. Though others own the acres they are blossoming as fair For every passing stranger, as for bios who has th care, And there ar miles of sky and there ar oceans of fresh air. In the country. T- v O. , lewstl. Kass. area's pili-s rsr foeatJstloe. Mvt soaiana as sgss.