THE. OMAHA DAILY DEE: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, ""lf05.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, aa. !
George B. Tsachuck, treasurer of Tha Bee
Publiuhlng Company, toeing uly sworn,
say. that the actual numiwt or 'ull and
complete coplea of The Dally. Morning,
Evening and Bnflday Pea printed during tha
month of Auguat. 1906. waa aa followa:
1., JI(,OUO 17 80,000
I XH.OMO. ' 18 80,050
I..... XT.BSO 19 81,470
4 20,040 20 2M.ST0
I........ 80,800 21
I 30,000 22...... 80,000
7 80,040 28 8O.110
an,NOO ?4 30.1 oo
KA.BSO 26 8O.110
10 XH.80O 26.; 81,7itO
U SO.OSO 27 80,030
12 81.810 2 3O.1U0
18 S0.220 29 32.2S0
U 80,010 M U0.710
IS 2,0tO U 80.BH0
It mjtao
TotaJa 930.2S0
Less unsold coplaa 11,410
Net total sales 01H.834
Dally average ' 80.040
GEORGE B. TZ8CHUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed la my presence and aworn to
before ma this Slat day of Auguat, 1906.
(Seal) M. B. HUNGATE.
Notary Public
WHElt OUT Or TOWI.
akacrlkera leaving? tha city Ira.
poraitlr snoald hare Th. Be
mailed to them. It la better than
aallr letter froaa home. Ad
dress will chanced aa often mm
reqaeated.'
Now that gnmbling has been stopped
In Denver the sport loving element Is
left to take chances on the failure of
1 bank.
Advices from the north indicate that
Norway got what it wanted, while
Sweden got everything else and all are
latlsfled.
The collapse of a .building at Buf
falo whlle in course of construction
bows that New York builders are not
Improving their methods.
With the Suea caual cloned until a
wreck cnn.b. -removed - America can
better realty ,vnhnt thai opening of the
Panama canal will mean.
All may not be flsli which cornea
to the nets of the American poachers
on Lake Erie after that Canadian ship
Is equipped with rapid-fire guns.
While hailng is a thing of the past
at Harvard the upper class men will
no doubt make. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.,
remember that ho is the son of the pres
ident Was Judge Sutton Joking when he
ordered the city council to convene in
the Douglas county bastlle during the
next thirty daya in order to have a
quorum r . - ,
If you want to patronise a paper that
carries aa many deadhead ads as any
other three Nebraska papers, make sure
to send them to the Omaha bogus want
ad claimant
Street car men in Besaion at Phlla
delphla aaa make work in tbe claim
department easier if they can devise
a method to prevent passengers from
stepping backward off the car.
With Becretary Shaw out of the cab
inet next February and Governor Cum
mlns a candidate for re-election Iowa
promises enough excitement next year
to make up for Its rest in 100&.
Baron Kaneko, who came to Increase
the good feeling between the United
States and Japan, has been recalled
The mikado must need tys services in
like capacity between the commonalty
and the officeholders.
The State Board of Health Is to be
congratulated upon the selection of the
successors to Dr. 8omers and, his
brother-in-law. Both Dr. Sward and
Dr. Spauldlng are reputed to occupy
first rank in the medical profession.
Building Inspector Wtthnell Is emi
nently . correct when he declares that
Omaha Is 'way behind the times In Its
building regulations. The trouble, how
ever, Is no more with tbe building ordl
nances than with their periodic sus
pension.
In coming to the United States to
have a surgical operation performed the
duchess of Marlborough evidently be
lieves American doctors would be more
careful than those of London because
they do not operate upon duchesses
very day.
South Omaha real estate speculators
are still clamoring for a new city hall,
aa if the city hall of Omaha were not
large enough to do aU the business for
all the municipal officials that will have
to administer the affairs of Greater
Omaha for the next fifty years.
To Judge Ly the "bluff Dut no
by
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railroad lawyers when they come Into
contact with the state authorities on
can hardly imagine that President
Sttckney is not Joking when ha de
clare the packers force tha railroad
to Oo ihluaa they do not want to do.
SKCRKTART RAW TO RETR
It Is authoritatively announced that
Hcorotarr Shaw will rotlra from the
cabinet next February. Ruruora have
been In circulation for some month, of
his Intention to give tip the treasury
portfolio, but tbla la the first definite
statement that he had determined to
relinquish the position which he has
held for the past six years. Tbe an.
nouncement seems to confirm the fre
quent reports that the relations between
the president and the aeoertary of the
treasury hare for some time been not
altogether cordial, but in regard to this
It Is quite possible that there has teen
misrepresentation. At all events there
has been no public evidence of any
difference between Mr. Roosevelt and
Mr. Shaw and In the absence of such
evidence It la but reasonable to con
clude that their relations have been
agreeable.
Bo far as the financial interests of
the country are concerned they will not
be affected by the retirement of Secre
tary Shaw. The national treasury is In
a perfectly sound condition and the gov
ernment credit waa never better than It
Is at tbla time. The finances of the
country are on an entirely secure basis
and there Is every reason to expect
will continue bo. . There have been times
when a change in the head of the na
tional treasury would cause uneasiness,
but it will not do so now. There will
be Interest In the question of a succes
sor to Secretary Shaw, but there will
be no feeling of anxiety or apprehension.
THE TARIFF TIIOBLEM.
What will the next congress do with
the tariff question is a matter which
Is uppermost in the mind of the indus
trial and commercial interests of the
country at this time. So far as present
Indications are concerned, there does
not appear to be any very strong ten
dency toward departing from the exist
ing fiscal policy. The entire country
seems to be fully satisfied with the prin
ciple ot protection and willing to have
It perpetuated. Even those who talk
of some modification of that policy do
not hesitate to admit the necessity of
preserving its substance and thus ig
noring the free trade idea.
There is every assurance that the
tariff question will be brought up In
the Fifty-ninth congress and that it
will receive there a perhaps as thorough
discussion as In any preceding congress.
It is already oertaln that a movement
for the revision of the existing tariff
will have some republican support
There are members of the party In
power who believe that it is de
sirable that the present tariff rates
should be reduced and that while
maintaining the principle of protec
tion something should be done to im
prove opportunities for foreign trade.
Those who take this view exert a good
deal of influence. They represent the
position of the late President McKlnley,
who urged in his memorable speech in
Buffalo that If there were any rates in
our tariff that were not necessary to
the protection of our Industries they
should be appliod to the advancement of
our exports. It is most correctly urged
that we have never had a more earnest
champion of the protective principle
than William McKlnley and that the
American people can make no mistake
in following his counsel.
We believe that public sentiment to
day Is thoroughly in accord with the
policy for which Mr. McKlnley stood
and which President Roosevelt has .pro
nounced in favor of in every public
utterance that he has made since he
became president. There is no evidence
of any change In the public mind on
this vital question, in which every la
terest of the people is so deeply con
cerned. The manufacturer, the ngiicul
tural producer and the wage earner
are all directly Interested in the ques
tion of protection, and to far as ap
pears every one of those interests is
today as earnestly devoted to the main
tenance of that policy aa at any time
in the past
The republican party, in state and
nation, still rests Its claim to popular
support upon the fact that always It
has labored for the welfare and the
Interests of the people and it points
to the record of lta achievement in vln
dlcatlon of its claim. Beyond all else
Is the success of Its tariff policy.
Wilt RE RXDVCTIOX IS POSSIBLE.
The question of how to reduce public
expenditures is one of the most Ira
portant with which the Fifty-ninth
cougress will have to deal and it is
Interesting to know that the president
Is giving the matter attention. This
means that the national administration
will be found in accord with that ele
ment In congress which under the lead
ershlp of Speaker Cannon will work
for such a reduction in the public ex
penses aa may be found necessary to
do away with a deficit
According to a report from Washing
ton, extravagances lu tbe army and
navy are to be stopped, provided that
the president can find a means of put
ting Into effect certain reforms he has
in mind for the two branches of the
military establishment It is stated
that the estimates of appropriations
for tbe support of the navy for
next year will aggregate more than
$125,000,000, and that the president
wants them pruned to $100,000,000.
It Is believed that the Navy de
partment can be maintained at an
annual cost of $75,000,000 or $80,000,000.
It la also the opinion that the army can
be maintained at considerable less
thau the present coat though perhaps
It la not practicable to make so large
a reduction in this branch of the serv
ice as In the navy.
At all event a reduction in 'both
brunches of the military establishment
seema feasible and it is Interesting to
note, accepting the reports aa author
Itatlve, that the president la favorable
to making reductions. If a saving can
be made in military" expenditures, to
even half the sum that Is suggested
there will be no deficit for the current
fiscal year and consequently no neces
sity for any provision for Increasing the
revenues of the government And a
reduction of army and navy exp7es
will in nowise interfere with tho 7J.
clency of the public service.
THE REASO.V Will.
If tha so-called "direct primary" were
really what It la cracked up to be by a
few agitators, how comes It that the peoplo
of Ntbraaka have not had It In force long
since? From the day the first white man
settled In Nebraska there has been abso
lutely nothing, except good judgment, to
prevent every political party In every
county, town and township from carrying
on their politics under the forms of the
direct primary. No action of the legisla
ture waa necessary. No resolution or ac
tion of any state convention was neces
aary. The members of every political
party In every county, town and township
have had full power every day for the last
fifty years In Nebraska to put this method
In force.
Why have they not done It T Simply be
cause there was not need of It; simply
because they had a better, a cheaper, a
simpler, an easier and a more satisfactory
way. Lincoln Star.
'wenty years ago all voting at regu
lar and primary elections was done by
paper ballots of all dimensions, printed
according to the caprice of county and
city officials and political factions. In
some Instances primary election ballots
were . printed on paper of variegated
shade, so as to make the man who sold
his vote stand bought, or to detect the
wage worker who dnred to disobey th.
mandate of his employer. As a counter
check pasters with the names of can
didates were plastered over the names
of other candidates. This system, how
ever, was entirely done away with upon
the enactment of the Australian ballot
law, In spite of the fact that for thirty
years prior to that there was nothing
to prevent every political party in Ne
braska in every county, town and town
ship from carrying on their politics un
der the crude forms that prevailed in
territorial days.
Twenty years ago everybody who
wanted to vote at a primary was al
lowed to get in his work regardless of
his party affiliations, and greenbackers,
democrats and political nondescripts
helped to carry republican prlmorles for
or against this or that candidate. In
thosa good old days it was the custom
in Omaha for shopmen, freight house
men and railroad employes generally
to march to the polls in platoons and
companies under the direct command of
their bosses or picked lieutenants and
be voted at republican primaries, re
gardless of their party connections.
When the first attempt to do away with
this rank invasion of party rights by
the registration of known republicans
was made the polling places were
mobbed and the ballots destroyed by
the corporation plug-uglies.
Since then laws have , been enacted
regulating primary elections and the
line has been drawn so that only mem
bers of a political party can vote at a
primary for its candidates, and the laws
punishing offenses at general elections
have also been made applicable to pri
mary elections. The primary election
laws have, however, not eliminated
some of the worst abuses in political
nominating machinery caused by the
manipulation of conventions, which In
stead of registering the will of the
party have for the most part registered
the will of the confederated corpora
tlons.
This pernicious system Is not confined
to Nebraska. It has permeated many
other states In which railway corpora
tions have been the dominant political
factor. By doing away with the bar
gain counter nominations the direct pri
mary system means to restore to the
rank and file of political parties the
power that has been wrenched from
them and used to foist into public office
men who do not represent the party on
vital isaues.
In endorsing the direct primary
through their state convention the re
publicans of Nebraska have simply fol
lowed in the footsteps of the republicans
of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and
other states that have been similarly
afflicted politically. They have not
asked for the direct primary before, not
because' there was not need of it, but
because public sentiment that favors
tbe demolition of the rotten convention
system had not been fully educated to
the demands of the hour.
Sooner or later the Ouiuha health
department will be called upon to ex
tend its usefulness In the prevention
of unfit foods and meats. As a fair
example of what is being done In other
cities the following extract from tho
last health board bulletin of Chicago
will suffice:
The two inspectors at the stock yards
the entire available force for this work
hare condemned and destroyed 212 cattle,
M hogs, 11 sheep and I calves, being a
total of 202,901 pounds of meat unfit for
human food, but ready to be offered for
sale to the cltlsens of Chicago.
Among these animals were six cattle
that had been passed by the government
Inspectors.
Of the work done in the downtown
district the report says:
Dr. J. r. Blehm, director of the labora
tory, with two meat Inspectors, made a
round of the fruit atands. As a result
more than 1,000 baskets of peaches were
condemned.
One of the problems of the hour in
Omaha is whether our telephone sys
tem shall be constructed on the double
standard or the single standard. The
double Standard insists that we must
have duplicates, so that when one hello
girl la tired or busy the other one can
ring in, but the single standard people
claim that one telephone ia nuisance
enough to keep everybody wishing that
distance talking had never been discov
ered. And so the argument" proceeds.
Chicago is wrestling with the street
railway problem. One of tbe moat per
plexing features la met in the selection
of the motor power. The overhead
trolley presents objectionable obstruc
tions to traffic la the bualncM center
and the underground trolley Is regarded
as Impracticable for Chicago during the
winter and spring months, when the
streets are clogged with snow or mud,
while cable traction la too slow and too
expensive. It strike ns that the most
rational solution may be found in the
icKeen motor car, that assures rapid
0 n at 1 f amrmtK I sr sa Twl MrnntFfl.
Uvely low cost of operation.
Some people In the country may feel
with Captain Oberlln M. Carter that be
has a right to keep the cash for stealing
which he served time in prison; but Jf
the government can recover It one of
the strongest blows against "Doodling"
will have been struct If every
"grafter" could be made to disgorge
as well as to serve time there would
be fewer fascinations along the crooked
path.
If President Stlckney of the Chicago
Great Western Is correctly informed,
and we have no doubt he is, the packers
dictated the railroad rates for dressed
meats. The question naturally sug
gests itself. Why can't the shippers of
live stock be allowed to fix the rates
for beef on the hoof? The American
people are In fnvor of a square deal.
Had the embattled schoolma'ms of
the Hickory street school used cotton
hose instead of rubber hose in dis
ciplining that rebellious schoolboy,
there would have been no occasion for
calling them on the carpet, even if they
had imprinted some blue spots or red
spots or yellow spots on his corporoslty.
The sale of the BIgelow securities
at 80 cents on the dollar would lend
to the belief that the reports of the
vast wealth of the "captains of Indus
try" are somewhat overdrawn. It Is
really Improbable that any of the multi
millionaires could realize In caRh what
he is credited with being worth.
According to the Chicago Inter Ocean
the Rev. Lloyd Darsle sees good In the
political machine and thinks Christians
should adopt a machine as well as poll
tlclana and lift their church out of
lethargy. The Rev. Lloyd Darsle is
evidently anxious for a call to Omaha.
"Windjammer's few Assignment.
Kansas City Journal.
The appearance of those "fake" Inter
views with Governor Folk would indicate
that Omaha's "Pat" Crowe reporter haa
gone to Denver to work.
Stand from Inder.
Chicago Tribune.
It turns out that this panto of 1907 Is Mr.
Tom Lawson's private and particular panic.
No trespassing permitted. Keep off the
grass. Beware of the dog.
Oar Orowlnsr Nary.
Springfield Republican.
Six new battleships within the next six
months, four more In the six months fol
lowing and sun three more In the six
months after that let no one Imagine that
the United States will not be a great naval
power by l90T. " feut there are those who
never will be sattsned.
- A Tale for the Marine.
New York Sun.
President - Roosevelt carried Ohio last
year by 266,421 plurality, and Governor
Herrlck won In the state the year before
by 113.812. Tet some folks say they are
disturbed over the outlook for Herrlck's
reelection on November 7. That Is a tale
for the marines.
' Heroes ot the Fire Brigade.
Baltimore American.
Three firemen In New Tork, holding their
rubber coats over their faces, dashed
through a Sheet of flame to save four com
rades from burning to death. If all the
acts of heroism daily performed In ordi
nary life are to be recognised and re
warded, even the Carnegie fund will not
hold out. Bad and selfish as the world Is
declared to be Its potential heroes out
number Us cynics.
Penalty for Rebating.
Springfield Republican.
At taut wa have an instance of punish
ment Inflicted on account of railroad re
bating. But it falls upon certain shippers
Hinnmnl and evidently concerns a mis
demeanor not arising under the Interstate
commerce law, since that law does pot
now permit of. punisnmeni Dy imprison
ment, and such punishment waa avauaDie
In this case. Meantime what of the rail
roads which granted the rebates under
prosecution? Their names were mentioned
In the proceedings.
WHERE REAL MILLIONS ARE MADE
Wall Street a Selling Plater Com
pared with the Farm.
Washington Post
Readers of the currant news In tho
dally press Intuitively gain tha Impression
that the Wall 'street bankers, the railway
magnatea, and the life Insurance man
agers possess some secret of financial
alchemy that enables them to press a
button and hold their purses for the
particular amount of money that may
be desired for their needa or their pleas-
urea. Testimony adduced In the life In
surance Investigations shows that the
money kings of New York have been ao
customed to hold brief business meetings
and announce,' upon adjournment, that
this or that railroad had been sold for
IliiO. 000,000, or that some insurance com
pany had bought another 1300,000,000
worth of bonds Issued for the financing of
some great industrial enterprise that was
guaranteed to produce other millions. The
Impression obtains that these men think
In millions and control wealth compared
with which Uncle Sam's hoard of 1730,
ouo.000 In gold is like the pennies in the
baby's bank.
AU this sounds Impressive, but Becretary
Wilson, of the department of agriculture,
has been offering some figures which show
that these New Tork money kings sre
pure amateurs In the kindergarten class
when the production of real wealth Is
considered. The nation's poeketbook is
niled by the man behind the plow. Statis
tics show that the tillers of the soil are
preparing to market eropa the value of
which from other sources sink Into Insignifi
cance. The combined value of the wheat,
cotton and corn crops of this nation for
last year waa about $1,600,000,000. The hay
and oata crops swelled this total by tTIO.OOO,
000, while the potato yield added another
tlSO.000.000. Fully ISC, 000,000 waa reaped from
the tobacco, flaxseed, rye and barley crops,
and other hundreds of millions came from
the sale of fruits and horticultural prod
ucts. Positively conservative estimates
place the actual value of the direct prod
ucts of the anil lat year at more than
tS.OM.000.000, 'and the agricultural depart
ment's report Indicates that the record
will be broken In every direction this year.
Tbe wheat crop, already harvested, haa
been exceeded but once in the history of
the country, and the corn crop, estimated
at 4TM,,b . U another record-breaker.
repiblica airrp.ss i the air.
St. Paul Republican: Having licked the
"allied forces of reform" out of their boots.
Nebraska republicans are In fine fettle to go
against an allied railroad combination.
Schuyler Free Lance (Ind.): Regardless
of the platform and regardless of anything
the opposition does the nominees will be
elected with good, big majorities because
this is a republican year In Nebraska.
With fusion or no fusion, regardless of
candidates or Issue the democrsts and
populists will get snowed under by a vote
that will bark up the statement that this
Is a republican state.
Valparaiso Visitor: The biggest railroad
fight Nebraska haa ever seen Is now fairly
on. The sbolltlon of the pass. It Is generally
recognised, Is not the end of the war, but
a means to an end. The program of the
younger element that made Its Influence
felt includes the creation ot a railroad
commission with power to fix rates, the
removal ot discriminations and excessive
freight charges snd perhaps the enactment
of a flat I cent passenger rate law. These
things have virtually been agreed upon
by the men who made their Influence most
felt In the gathering recently.
Tekamah Journal: No Intelligent person
can review the platform as enunciated by
the republicans In their stats convention
and not feel that the principles It advocates
are of the highest order. Along all lines
It speaks in a dectHlve manner. President
Roosevelt's administration is given an un
equivocal endorsement and the demand la
made on Nebraska's representatlvea In con
gress to uphold the president In his efforts
towards correcting abuses by transportation
corporations. A direct primary ia favored;
the use of railroad passes by state officials
and the Judiciary la condemned and a law
demanded to prohibit their distribution. If
the party Uvea Its platform, Nebraska and
the national government will be the better
for It.
Butler County Press (dem.): That the
republican party Is taking a stand on some
questions Is gratifying to many fatrminded
democrats and populists. It does not follow
that we need to rush to the rescue of the
reform element of that party, because they
have shown those of us who have en
deavored to teach better things very scant
courtesy. The reform element In the re
publican party are still in the attitude
where they have no confidence In any one
but themselves. However, their anti-pass
resolutions In county conventions, and their
defeat of the old liners at Lincoln
recently was a break In the monotony.
Whether they gained all they think they
have may be doubted, but the young re
publicans did down the old combine. It
means a step In some direction but where,
no one knows at present.
North Platte Tribune: The action of the
republican state convention in defeating the
preferred railroad candidates for supreme
Judge, and In endorsing the president's rail
road policy. Is a formal notice to the Ne
braska railroads that future attempts to
dominate the republican party of the state
will not be tolerated. The action of the con
vention Is only the opening act of what Is
to come, for the men who dominated the
state convention in the Interests of the peo
ple and against the corporations will next
fall demand that the congressmen to be
elected pledge themselves to support Ih
president In rall'oad matters, and will re
quire a pledge from the members of the
legislature to be sleeted that they will pass
an anti-pass bill that wilt Include state
railroad regulations. The fight between the
railroads and the people is now on and the
people will be victorious.
Seward Blade- The Seward county dele
gates to the republican state convention,
held at Lincoln, carried out the will of the!,
constituents in a Way that meets the hearty
approval of everyone. In the strenuous
contest In which the question of whether
the railroads or the people should control
the republican politics of this state, the del
egation voted solidly with the' people and
for Judge Letton of Fairbury for supreme
Judge. Not only did they cast nineteen
votes for Judge Letton, but they voted sol
idly for the platform, which declares In no
uncertain tone against the railroad discrim
inations In the nation and In the state, and
against the political pass as now used so
freely to corrupt our legislators and shape
laws to suit their selfish ends. The repub
licans of Seward county should feel proud
of the stand taken by the delegates who
represented them in the state convention at
Lincoln.
Aurora Republican: But the convention
battle is not without its after-fruits. Out
of it has come a new alignment of forces
and we have the glad spectacle of an Inde.
pendent faction headed by Senator Burkett,
Congressman Hlnahaw and others, who were
open In their opposition of the railroad ma
chine on the floor of the convention. And
this new leadership will be hailed with de
light by the rank and file of the party, who
have awakened to an active opposition to
the bold and aggressive methods oflhe
corporations. The party la stronger for the
victory won by the Independents in the con
vention. We admit to having had durtng
the last legislative session a pesslmistlo
view of the future of the party, but that
view haa now given place to one of bright
optimism. Just now the railroad ring is In
utter rout. The ring politicians have a
true knowledge of the temper ot the people.
The party must keep them In check if It
would inaugurate and complete a program
of political reform. The next legislature
must be free from corporate influence and
lta members must represent the people
solely and unswervingly. Better a few de
feats without railroad support than succes
sive victories under railroad control. The
party has reached a ripe opportunity. Will
advantage be taken of It?
PERSONAL, NOTES.
The New Jersey man of SO, who is being
sued for alienation of affections, must have
a magnetic poeketbook.
The advocates of a change of Inaugura
tion day are agreed that April Is better
than March; also, no doubt, that any day
in April but the first will do.
A Gotham landlord rises to explain that
real estate men would have little or no
objection to American children it tbe chil
dren were brought up to be better behaved.
As a memorial to tha late Jay Cooke,
one of the founders and rector's warden
of St. Paul's Protestant lOplscopal church
of Ashbourne, Pa., a memorial hall will
be built there. The plans for the building,
which will cost 116,000. have been accepted.
The funds will be provided by Mr. Cooke's
children.
C. J. ("Buffalo") Jones, who lived In
Oklahoma and who went from there to
serve as game custodian In Yellowstone
park, has resigned his position to engage
In the raising , of buffaloes and mixed
bloods, known as cataloes, on his ranch
near the Grand canyon of the Colorado
river in Aiisona.
Owing to the fact that bar husband has
Just been appointed by the kaiser as head
of tha colonial department of Berlin, the
Countess Adolf von Goetsen, an American
woman, will become a leading figure in
German court circles. Her husband during
the Spanish-American war accompanied
President Roosevelt and his rough riders
throughout the Cuban campaign.
' ProStable Tips.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Useful tips on stocks used to be given
by bsnkers and brokers, but Insurance of
ficers appear to know more about such
matters in these dsys than any one else.
A gain of tj6,O0O In a year from stock
gamblers Is uot bad. But suppose some
thing had happened to tum tbe stocks tho
other yl . -
4 I
A Master
of HeaJth
There is a quality in Royal
Baking Powder which pro
motes digestion. This pecu
liarity of Royal has been
noted by physicians, and
they accordingly use and
recommend it exclusively.
ROYAL BAKING POWDtR CO.. NEW YORK.
ARMY GOSSIP IN WASHINGTON.
Current Events Uleaned from the
Army and Knvy Register.
On his way to Wellington from his
recent Inspection tour of Alaska, Brigadier
General A. W. Greely, chief signal officer
of the army, stopped at Fnrt Omaha, Neb.,
to observe the progress that has been made
toward completion of a four-company
signal corps post. He found that the work
of the quartermaster's dopArtment in re
pairing the old buildings and in new con
struction Is of a high character, and the
post promises to be an unusually fine one.
Two companies of signalmen are already
at Fort Omaha, one la en route there from
the Philippines and another will be or
dered from Bnnlcla Barracks, California,
The post la commanded by Major Eugene
O. Fechet, of the signal corps.
Certain changes have been recommended
In full dress shoulder belts for officers of
the signal corps. The change recommended
In the shoulder belt of the chief signal
officer at the army was concurred In by
the general staff. It appearing that the belt
as at present prescribed is objectionable
in some small details. The change recom
mended for other signal officers was not
concurred In, as all officers have supplied
themselves with the present design, and the
change was not deemed necessary or of
sufficient Importance to Justify the trouble
and expense to tbe officers concerned.
This action of the general staff is In accord
with the wishes of the chief signal officer
ot the army on the subject, as. he haa been
loth to favor any changes which will
entail upon officers additional expenaes for
uniforms, which are heavy at beat, and
which have been especially burdensome
during the recent period ot numerous al
terations In the regulations prescribing
military attire.
In view of the number of cases of de
fective vision found among recruits en
listed at recruiting stations, recruiting of
ficers have been enjoined by the War de
partment to take special precaution in the
examination of the eyes of applicants.
Cases were reported where applicants prior
to examination had committed to memory
the letters on the test cards, thus securing
a better rating for sight than that to which
they were entitled. To obviate this In tha
future. It has been ordered that the cards
for testing vision be kept locked up when
not In use, or otherwise protected from
access by prospective recruits. ' In all
doubtful cases a small paddle with hole
In It of euchslxe as to expose only one
letter at a time should be used.
The general staff of the army has made
an interpretation of paragraph Oft ot the
army regulations, which relates to hunting;
leaves, and which was recently the sub
ject of an opinion by the acting Judge
advocate general of the army, as stated in
the register at the time. A question was
raised as to Its construction In view of the
provisions of circular IB, current series.
War department, which states that "all
authorised absence from duty on the part
ot army officers not otherwise specially
provided for by law, whether In tha form
of delays In reporting for duty under
order., extra time allowance for making
Journeys, permission to be absent without
formal leave, or under any authority of
any kind or nature whatever, unless spe
cially stated and shown to be for the con
venience of the government, or excused by
competent authority as unavoidable, must
be regarded as absence with leave, and be
subject to the same conditions as to pay
as absence in pursuance of formal orders
granting leaves of absence." The general
staff concluded that circular 85 does not
modify the provisions of paragraph 6i.
Army Regulations, as absence for the pur
pose of hunting Is clearly for the con
venience of the government. In view of the
report which Is required to be submitted
Id order that the absence may not be
charged against the leav. account.
Radical changes In the methods of ex
amining recruits for the army are pre
scribed In general orders 1M Issued from
the War department this week. The
order directs that after September 80 the
employment of civilian physicians as ex
-
Sixty years of experience with Ayer's Sarsa
pirilla! Think of that I Think of the millions
of people who have been cured by this medicine!
If despondent, down-hearted, discouraged, and
almost ready to give up, this splendid old family
medicine will prove the silver lining to your
dark and dismal cloud. Ask your doctor.
kU4e mt tte . C. Arse Os., Lowell, tOss.
.Alas awaSu .rare
ATTB'S Wira VTOOI V tae Wir
Alaa'S CaJtaBT rMCTWAi Seaxat.
aminers of recruits at stations of the gen
eral recruiting service will be discontinue
Thereafter, the examination of recruits at
such stations, whe.-e the services of mrdl
cal officers of the army are not ava!lhl.
will be personally conducted by the recruit
ing officers themselves, assisted by tin
enlisted members of their recruiting par
tics, and In accordance with the Instruc
tions set forth In tho manual for the ex
amination of recruits. The medical ex
amination of iVcrulls enlisted st gener.U
recruiting stations will be held at the re
crulting depots or military posts to which
the recruits are first sent from those sta
tions. Under the new system of examin
ing recruits, recruiting officers are en
Joined to exercise great care In order not
to aocept recruits having defects which
should be evident to a line officer having
knowledge of the requirements of a sol
dier. While the new system will result
In Increased cost of transportation of re
cruits, the fees paid civilian physicians
for examination of recruits will be saved,
such fees amounting to about 860.000 an
nually. On reason for the change in the
method of examining recruits is the fact
that numbers of recruits have been re
ported physically qualified by civilian phy
sicians who have later been found not to
meet the physical standards of the ser
vice, such physicians In many instances
not being fully conversant with the physi
cal requisites of the soldier.
PLASHES OF FIN.
Mrs. Oldnlood Do you go back to William
the Coniuerort
Mrs. Newblood No, but our boy Is a
quarterback. New York Sun.
"I want a dozen eggs." said the young
housekeeper, "If you're sure they're fresh.
"Oh, positive, ma'am," replied the dealer;
"We haven's any other kind today. You
see there was an 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' show
in the opera house, next door, last night."
Philadelphia Press.
"I suppose he clasped you In his arms
when the canoe upset?"
"No; quite the opposite.
"Quite the opposite?"
"Yes; the canoe upset when he clasped me
In his arms." Houston Post.
Considering the amount of listening that
Is done on party telephone lines, Is It wen
derful that nearly every one la well-informed?
Bomervllle Journal.
Jaggles How do you know you talked
sensibly to your wife?
Waggles She wouldn't listen to me.
Judge.
"Look at Bntrle-Nose Ben, for Instance,"
said the earnest exhorter. "It waa the
demon rum that made him the one-eyed,
low-browed sot that he is today."
"Not altogether, parson," said lkall
Ike. "It mebbe made him a low-browed
sot, but it waa my good old gun that made
him one-eyed." Philadelphia Standard.
AITLMN.
Alice Carey.
Shorter and shorter now the twilight clips
The days, as through the sunset gates
they crowd.
And Summer from her golden collar slips
And strays through stubble fields, and
rnoarie aloud.
Save when by fits the warmer air de
ceives, And. stealing hopeful to some sheltered
bower,
She lies on pillows of the yellow leaves.
And tries the old tunes over for an hour.
The wind, whose tender whisper in the
May
Set all the young blooms listening
through the grove,
Sits rustling in the faded boughs today,
And makes his cold and unsuccessful love.
The rose has taken off her' tire of red
The mullein atalk its yellow stars has
lost.
And the proud meadow pink hangs down
her head
Against earth's chilly boaom, witched wlto
frost.
The robin, that was busy all the June.
Before the sun had kissed the topmost
bough.
Catching our hearts up In his golden tune,
Has given place to the brown cricket now.
The very cock crows lonesomely at morn
loach flag and fern the shirking stream
divides
Uneasy cattle low, and lambs forlorn
Creep to their strawy sheds with nettled
sides.
Shut up the door; Who loves me must not
look
Upon the withered world, but haste to
bring
His lighted csndle, and his story book,
And live with me the poetry of Spring.
A TIB'S PTI IA VT sosttisstiea
ayua vyji rat
anusiia aad ac.