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THE -'OMAHA - DAILY BEE: -FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1005. The Omaha Daily Beex B. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. 1UBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Hy Be (without Sunday), one year.. $4 f Daily Bee and Sunday, one year " IliuatrstM , on fear S M Sunder B, on year 1.60 Saturday Bee. on year 1.50 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Pally Be (without Sundayi, per weK...12e IellV ft (Including Mnnrlavt. nr week 1?r Kvnlng P (without Sunday), per week. e 'nnif tfl twnn Bunuay), per ween...iuc Sunday Bee, per ropy 6e Address complaints of Irregularities In aeuvary to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Be Building South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl street. Chlraro-IMO Unity Building. New York-1500 Horn Lira Ins. Rulldlr.g. Washington SCI Fourteenth street. CORRECPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and ed itorial mattar should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to Tha Be Publishing Cempany. Only $-cnt atampa received In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLlSHINa COMPANT. STATEMENT O" CTrtCULATIOT. Stat of Nebraska, Douglas county, a. I George B. Tsaohuck, treasurer of "he Baa Publishing Company, Mlna 4uir 'worn, aaya that the Actual numbet el full and completa copies of Th Daily, Morning, Evening and Sunday Baa printed during tha muain si Auiutt, iu, waa as toiiows 1 ,00 IT SO.OM 3S.4MO 1 80,050 S74M Jl Sl,T M,46 SO BU.STO 1 28, BOO 21 1H,IMM ao,uso 21 80,000 T 80,O0 n 80,110 t 20,800 M SO.100 U0.9SO 80,110 io xu.noo n si.rvo 11 8O.OS0 17 80,080 u iuio 21 ao.itw U 80JSO U 32,280 1 80,010 u o4,T10 1 30.SH0 t 80,5sH It MAW - . i Totals SO.ftSO Leas unsold coplaa .. 11,410 Kat total sales ...18.b34 Daily average , ao.040 GEORGE B. TZ8CHUCK. Traaaurar. ubocrtbed in my breaonc and sworn to day ot August, lfc. before ma this list (Seal) W U l f r Kill 1 TBI Notary Public. will evT or TOW. latoerloers Isarlaa the eltr tone or at 11 y shenld , have Th Baa Mailed to these. It la better than daily lotto trass fcoaao. Ad. dress will fco efcaaged aa oftea reaaeeled. -- The ovation recolved by M. Wltte at Ht. Fdtersturg Indicates that the Rus slant bard been hearing from Toklo. Mayor Mooroa thinks the ciy tax rate should hard been higher. That ia where the taapayera disagree with the mayor, The gates of the Gate City are now wide open to an who desire to pay their respects at the court of King Alt-gar- uen. - One thing la certain, if the municipal cow runs dry for lack, of fodder there Is no apprehenalonthat th city council will en nn (lb a t The Taft party heard many stories of American unpopularity In the orient but as usual It was always at some place tne delegation was not to visit. Dynamite in the Sue utual seems to have been worse In lta power to scare persons than In Its .explosion; but the returns are not all In at this time. In Issuing a snbpoetia lor Chauncey uepew the New York Insurance com- miuee does not necessarily Intimate that it desires an after dinner speech, Yt'e presume we are duonied to endure the confetti nuisance again. It will be well, however, to put the brakes on firmly against rowdyism and ruffianism. isow that Congressman Williamson baa been convicted In Oregon the gov ernment can afford to rest on its laurels until It learns whether the convictions will stick. Looking at the inspection fees hereto fore paid by life insurance companies it is no wonder state Insurance com Btssloners object to federal control of uch institutions. The desire of French hankers to par tldpate In loaus to Morocco shows that the sultan la not as near the end of bis resources as the PerdlcariB Incident led Americans to believe. , If King Ak-Har-Ueu bus any influence with the man In charge of the electric light dynamo he will Induce him to turn on a little more volt energy into the Incandescent street lamp. General Btoeaael Is said to be para lysed. The difference between the re ception accorded Jkf. Wltte and that accorded the "hero" of Tort Arthur must have proved too groat a shock. If Judge Vlusoulialer inlnts on re signing no one can stop him, but why should Judge VlnsAuhaler Insist that he be allowed to name bis succcKsorf Is the county Judgeship hereditary? Fusion bavins; failed iu .New Tork It Id now "up to" the republlrsns to find Duan who can make a run against Taaimany on some platform other than that ot the political loaves and fiahes. President Stlckney of the Urest West ern says President Roosevelt Is at sea hi his attempt to regulate railroad rates. But Mr. Btickney forgets that President Roosevelt la an excellent mariner aud iven willing to take bis chances under !he wares in a submarine. . Kansas City bought its water works ten years ago for $3,10u.0X). It Is flg ored out that the plant In ten years has earned $2,000,XW over aud above xpenses. But suppose Kansas City U4 Uen compiled to pay $5,000,000 sr $6,000,000 for its plsnt instesd of $3,100,000, by reason of the rise in price ef material and labor and the ealarge aet of Ms boundaries I ths Rdrr-Mdirurd qcmsttox An exaggerated Importance. la given to the went utterance of Senator Kor aker In regard to the rate-making ques tion. No one famlllsr with the public record of the Ohio senator should have been In the least surprised at his an nouncement of dissent from the position of President Roosevelt on this subject. Mr. Foraker has always been Identified with the railroad Interest. His politi cal success hss been to no Inconsidera ble extent dne to that fact. The In fluence of the railroads wss a factor In making him governor of Ohio, and It assisted materially In sending hlin to the national senate. Ever since he became a member of that body he has been loyal to the power that helped him reach that eminence, lie baa always figured In the list of the railroad senators and be has never lost an opportunity to show his devotion to that Interest In hid speech at the opening of the Ohio republican cam palgn, In which be declared opposition to the legislation recommended by M Roosevelt, Foraker simply reaffirmed his previous utterances. He asserted anew views that he bad more than once expressed in the senate and elsewhere But he does not In this represent the opinion of the rank and file of Ohio republicans. The majority of these con cur In what was said by Secretary Taft as chairman of the state republics convention, heartily and unqualifiedly endorsing the position of President Roosevelt and which was approved by that convention. Senator Foraker'a leadership in Ohio Is not so strong as formerly and this fact Is largely due to his corporation affiliations. This may not materially affect his Influence In the senate, though even in that body he Is doubtless less Influential than before his allianco with and subservience to the corporations be came well and generally known. Mr, Foraker will continue faithful to the obligation which be owes the corpora tlons. He will still labor zealously In their cause. But the Indications are that be and those associated with him In' antagonizing the president and an overwhelming public sentiment will find that they have A much more difficult task than hitherto. The people are determined to have legislation of the character which Mr. Roosevelt has urged and they will secure It Accord lng to reports from Washington Sena tor Allison Is of the opinion that an effective rate-making measure will be passed at the coming Session of con gress. While recognizing the fact that the members of the interstate, com merce committee of the senate have diverse views concerning the fixing of railroad rates, the Iowa senator be lieves, that the differences will be.com posed so as to result In a measure that will conform to President Roosevelt's ideas. , This Vplnlon Is shared by others who have given careful attention to the sit uation. Thus an;esstern paper, which has the most favorable opportunity for knowing sentiment in corporation quar ters remarks that the regulation of rail way rates being the subject nearest, to the president's heart. It will be carried to d successful Issue through congress, in spite of the senatorial opposition. It Is yet to be determined how well this opposition has been organized. It ia possible that It Is not now as strong as In the last congress, that It has been somewhat weakened under the Influence of public opinion. But it undoubtedly is still formidable and may be expected to put up a vigorous and persistent fight. PHILlPPIKS VO&DITIOSS. The interview with Secretary Taft af fords no new Information of special in terest in regard to conditions in the Philippines. He said that the political situation Is in some respects not as good as It ought to be, there being among a portion of the people malcontents who continue to make trouble. The secretary did not venture an opinlou as to bow long this state of affairs Is likely to continue, but there is some reason to apprehend that it may go on for a considerable period, though possibly not developing into anything very serious. In regard to Industrial and commercial conditions what little Secretary Taft had to say was not encouraging and It Is reasonable to suppose that could he have told anything encouraging be would have done so. The obvious fact Is thst our govern ment must speedily do something to promote better business conditions In the Philippines or run the risk of hav ing more serious trouble there. This was pretty plainly Implied In one of the remarks of the secretary of war, where he said that this alien govern ment Is much more likely to be criti cised for existing conditions, however free from blame in respect to them, than a native government. The inves tigation of conditions made by the sena tors and representative who accom panied Secretary Taft, will, it is reason ably to be expected, be productive of legislation that will aid in relieving agricultural depression In the Islands and Improving the industrial and com mercial situatiou. There needs to be some very practical work done for the Philippines. AXOTHKR false alarm Another false alarm baa been sounded from the city hall. There Is no danger that Omaha will-be left' in Egyptian darkness and without police protection for the next three months, even if tha brakes are put on to prevent overlaps In the police and eaa llffhtinv f,.n,u UUUOi Some way will doubtless be found ta bridge the chasm. But even If the cas and electric light companies are com pelled to snnff out some of the street lamps, and policemen to discount their pay for three months, there Is no dan ger of a strike on the part of the gas and electric companies or toe polk-a. One thing la patent, however,, that tn i revising the city charter th next ttm no account should t taken of the royal tlea on gss and electric light consump tlon. The levy for public llghtln should t specific and cover the entire cost of lighting, and the levy for flro and ollce should be large enough to enable the city to maintain both depart ments without periodic shortages. The royalties Should be tnrned Into the gen erai fund. As a matter of fact, the dumping of the royalties from the gas snd electric light companies into the public lighting fund baa resulted in an Increase In the number of lamps, not because they were needed, but because the public lighting companies Insist upon transferring their contribution to the city out of one pocket and Into the other pocket. For example, when the electric light con tract was extended for Ave years last winter, the reduction In the cost of arc lights was Immediately followed by an Increase In the number of lamps to swallow all the savings besides the ex pected royalties for the year, and the taxpayers hold the sack. WELCOMIKO AMERICANS The emigration from the United States to Canada has not been regarded with entire favor ty some people In the latter country. They have expressed apprehension that the effect would be to ultimately Americanize the Dominion and draw it away from its British loy alty. The Canadian premier. Sir Wil ma Laurier, nas no such fear. On the contrary he would extend to Americans the heartiest possible welcome. Some two weeks ago he turned the first sod of the Grand Trunk Faelflc railway and In a speech on that occasion said that If there Is a class to which he would give a special greeting It is the Amerl cans. He said his reason for this was mat ror sixty years or more the tide of Immigration on this continent has Deen nowing from the north to the south. Now the tide has changed and is flowing, from the south to the north, "Canadians are no longer going to the Americans the Americans are coming to the Canadians." He expressed grati fication at the existing friendship be tween the countries and added: "It is true that there are some people who are afraid of American immigrants coming Into Canada. For my part have no such fear. Let our American neighbors come In. There Is a field for their labor, a vast field for their arms, a vast field for their capital. Let them come with their brains, brawn and money." Energetic efforts are still being made to attract people from this country to western Canada and they appear to be meeting with considerable success. Land there can be had for less price an acre than Is asked In our northwestern states and perhaps so long as tills continues to be the case people will go to western Canada. .In doing so. however, they must expect to encounter more of prt vatlon and hardship than they would experience 1p this country and It Is doubtful If the ultimate benefits will compensate them. The enterprise, how ever, which the Canadian government Is showing In encouraging American Immigration is certainly to be com mended and must result most ad van tageously to that country. tims to stop the hvmbvq. As originally organized the various Improvement clubs of this city were de signed in good faith to create popular Interest in needed local Improvements and concentrate the Influence of the resi dents of the various sections of the town upon the mayor and council, the park board and the various public utility companies for the betterment of condi tions and abatement of abuses. Within the last year, however, the Improvement clubs have been utilized by polltlcul mountebanks and corporation cappers to disseminate misinformation and create false public opinion on muutcipal Issues. Meetings of tnls and that Improve ment club' are called on snort notice, and resolutions are passed and promulgated as expressing the sentiment of the mem bership of the club when, in fact the meetings are attended by only a handful of people, most of whom are trained stool pigeons, paid to make capital for or against any particular proposition. Thut was the character of the public improvement meetings last fall when the municipul electric lighting proposi tion waa before the people of Omaha. The same tactics are being pursued now in the improvement meetings called to debate telephone competition. Instead of a free and full discussion of the ad vantages aud drawbacks of two tele phone systems the public Improvement club meetings have degenerated Into wordy encounters between paid and un paid emissaries of both sides, and the resolutions adopted for or against sim ply ahow whether the one party or the other party had succeeded in packing the meeting. It seems to us high time that the offl- ers and .members of the improvement clubs put their foot down firmly against this abuse; otherwise the public Improve ment clubs will be impotent to mold public sentiment when their respective localities are vitally concerned in secur- ng action by public officials. west and north and south. That should be sufficient to cover his travels for at least the balance of the present fisca year. This may be intended as an ob Ject lesson to the next legislature that the taxpayers of Nebraska will be con txit to pay all the rsllroad fare for which there Is any justification. Congressman Pollard is not thily forehanded farmer and fruit raiser, but he Is displaying commendable foresight politically. Instead of waiting for the adjournment of congress for his fence mending, be has taken pains to set bis fence stakes firmly before assuming the duties of congressman. The "discovery" made by the Jspa nese that sailors should vut on clean clothing before a fight Is really ne Ira provement on the method in the "old" navy of the United States which pro vided that the men should strip to the waist before the firing began. The president of the United States may possibly possess autocratic powers but the Norwegian who discovered It In Paris should give the subject more study before posing as an expert Rassla'a Consolation. Minneapolis Journal. Russia, figures that she lost $113,000,000 worth of ships In the late disagreement, but she has the consolation that they were pretty poor ships and had barnacles on them. Shoatlnar for Their Salaries. Chicago News. Boms of the able railroad attorneys have now worked themselves up to a pitch of excitement which enables them to sea In the rate-regulating bill a scheme to con Qscate all ths railways' earnings. Golna- Throaah the Mottoaa. Pittsburg Dispatch. When Senator Allison commits himself to the proposition that the senate will pass soma sort of a rats regulation bill it la plain that the conscript. Fathers have been forced to perceive tha necessity ot going through tha motions. Topics In Abvadanea. ' Philadelphia Record. President Roosevelt Is busy writing his message The American people ars busy furnishing him topics. Since, we have be come a world power foreign as well as domestic housekeeping comes within the sweep of tha big stick. Tha message Is sure to be Interesting. Competition In Telephones. Kansas City Star, tn 1893 an agitation was begun In Kansas City for the erection of a dual telephone system. The Star opposed it. It told the people that a dual system would not only be an additional expense, but a nuisance. Now we have the two systems, and that la the exact condition we have today. Business men are paying as much as ever for the old 'phone with the additional ex pense of the new one. A banker said to me recentry: "I believe sometimes these two 'phones on my desk Will run me craay," when he answered the wrong one about tha fifth time. The telephone business la about the only competition that does not compete. Brave right of Mew Orleans. . . Spflngflsld Republican. New Orlean s fight against yellow faver shows beyond a doubt that another epi demic ought never to occur. During the ten weeks of tha struggle there have been but 136 deaths from the disease, which la a remarkably low record, compared with the epidemic In 1378, when, during tha same season of tha year, the deaths numbered 2.176 In a much smaller population. The immense reduction In mortality this year has unquestionably been due to the ad vance of medical science In the handling of yellow fever; and hereafter, with the city always on the alert and protected against the stcgotnyla mosquito, the epi demic of 1905 should be known as the last of the plagues. Be S are to use a ream of ii artar Baking Powder ROYAL Baking Powder is Made ol Cream ol Tartar and is Free From Alum or Phosphatic Acid Royal Baking Powder is pure and wholesome beyond question. There is never any doubt of the healthfulncss nor of the superiority of the food it leavens. Consumers are sometimes solicited to buy baking powders other than Royal because they cost less.' It is evident to cost less they must be made of inferior ingredients. Low-priced baking powders 10c., 20c. 25c, etc. are made from alum, phosphate or other harsh acid At most, an alum powdc would not lessen the cost of a cake or batch of biscuit more than the fraction of a cent. But can you afford for any sum to endanger your health by making your food with a dangerous baking powder ? " I regard the use of alum baking powders as highly injurious to the health of the community, and believe that .their sale should be for bidden by law." Geo. F. Barker, M.D., University of Pennsylvania. BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. Minor Scenes aad Incidents Sketched on the Spot. There are few spots on the srlobe worth living in that does not feel the gentle touch of Uncle Barn's generous hand. United States pensioners are to be found wherever clviliaad people congregate. They are In such remote places as Samoa. Algeria. South and Bast Africa, China and Egypt A colony of a doten pensioners lives In Liberia and one lonesome exile lives in St. Helena and draws $144 a year. A little mora than 5,000 pensioners live abroad and draw annually from the federal treasury about $750,000. The following official list shows the location, number and amounts drawn during the last fiscal year: No. Total ier 1 t 7S2.47 Argentina 1,034.00 Au.irKim , ,, 77 Austria-Hungary 35 Azores 4 Bahamas , $ Barbados j Belgium 22 Bermudas a Bolivia 1 Bratll ; 5 British Ouiana 1 Bulgaria . " 1 Canada 2.5S2 ton It Is not such a serious problem, be cause clean money can be obtained any day by. those who have old money to ex change. But In points far distant the dirty, germ-bearing paper money is really a disgrace to tha nation. The annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture, or the "Tear ' Book," as It Is called, la rapidly nearlng completion. The number of copies called for Is 600,000, a mammoth undertaking In fact, the largest Job turned out by the government printing office. The number of copies and the length of time required for Its production makes the work monotonous to the em ployes. Blxty-flve carloads of paper were hopes to Increase the record to 2,506.000, at the close, October IB. Portland Is welcome to her laurels, but It must show earnings of at least 90 cents on the dollar to equal the pre-eminent record of Omaha aa an ex position financier. Emperoa William has again posed for a set of official portraits of himself, this time in full regimentals. Something like two dozen attitudes were assumed by the ruler of the Germans when he graciously loaned his presence the other day for the delec tation of posterity and the purse ,of the Imperial kodaker. Unlike most of the members of the diplo matic and consular service of the celestial empire who oame to this country, Sir Chen- The prohibitionists of "Lancaster county, in convention assembled, have unqualifiedly condemned the action of the late logUlnture in defeating the Mil giving local option to the counties and thus surrendering to the liquor Interests of the state. But what would local op tion be If It were not local? State School Superintendent McBrlen has drawn lift) out of the $10. (MX) ap propriated ty the last legislature for bis office to pay for the purchase of rail road mileage. This will enable him ta travel 8,000 miles, or twelve round trips from Lincoln across the state, east and CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, Phase af tne Qaeatloa Ignored Democratic Crltloa, Chicago Chronicle. Corporation contributions to political campaigns are to be criticised from three widely different points of view, according as the complainants emanate from the peo pie, from stockholders and policy holders or from some political party. At tha present time there Is popular prejudice against corporations and great alarm la expressed at their alleged contrl buttons to campaign funds. Concerning this feeling It is sufficient to say that we live In a corporation age, In which every thing is done through corporations, and It inevitable that political expenditures shall be provided for like everything else. All things considered, no mora money Is raised for ordinary campaign funds than has always been raised and campaign funds are not one whit more apt to be per verted to dishonest uses than they were a generation ago. The most groundless and ridiculous com plaint that could be made against these contributions emanates from the demo cratic party, and this complaint la not so much that the corporations contribute to political objects as that they now confine their contributions to the republican party. Lp to the campaign of IK the demo cratic party received aa many corporation contributions as the republican and it has taken all it could get ever since, but with out the former publicity. Admitting for the sake of argument that the corporations for the last ten years have not contributed one dollar to the demo cratic treasury, who Is to blame for It 7 Most assuredly the party has no one to blame for it but Itself. Ever since tha national democratic con vention of ISM tha party has advocated, though with waning enthusiasm, a national financial policy which would not only dis turb financial, commercial and Industrial Interests, but ruin them. Wealth, whether private or corporate, was openly menaced as long as William J. Bryan waa tha party leader, and Its fears have not been allayed by anything that the party haa done alnce. ir Kryan had been elected In 1896 the result would feave been the greatest finan cial convulsion In tha hUtory of the world and Its effects would have been felt around the gldbe. The greatest sufferers of all would have been widows and orphans and wage earners, but the mightiest financial structures also would have toppled from their base. It would have been strange. Indeed, If every great corporation In the country had contributed funda to assist in bringing this about. It Is not at all strange If these in stitutions from that moment avoided the democratic managers as wreckers, con spirators and revolutionists and contrib uted their funds ta aid In the overthrow of a colossal Infamjl. - - The democrats are now making an effort to fight this battle over again and to aad die the guilt ca the republicans. They are denouncing the . corpora 10 a offloars as scoundrels for not contributing to the dem ocratic campaign dnda, but the real scoun drels are tha men wha planned ruin for rich and poor alike' and. made it aulcldal foe any wealthy person or corporation to ooatribute a dollar te deotocraUa success, j Cape Verde Islands Chile Comoro Islands Costa Rica Cuba JJanlsh West Indies Denmark Dominican Republic Dutch West Indies , East Africa Ecuador Knaland Egypt France Germany Greece Guatemala Haytl , Honduras Hongkong India Ireland , Isle of Man Isle of Pines Italy Jamaica Japan Liberia Madeira Malta Mexico Netherlands , Newfoundland New Zealand Nicaragua Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Portugal Russia Samoa Bcotlanod Seychelles Islands Btam South Africa Spam St. Helena St. Martin Sweden Switzerland Turkey United States of Colombia Uruguay v aies . Total 1 10 1 t M 4 37 400 04 487 62 12 102 65 11 IS 106 10 1 64 K 14 25 11,034. S6 6,015.87 4W.73 662.00 240.00 S.1&2.S0 671.73 108.00 1,719.73 54.00 240.00 $70,272.47 136 47 2,j.80 120.01) 6S3.73 8,026.33 462.00 6,302.45 3HO.0O 2100 M.00 246.00 67,324.04 104 33 10.175.01 M.&K6.83 1.W6 00 4200 29.20 Ktf.07 4R9 00 1.296.33 6S,71 M 237.20 00.00 7.453.11 1.1K9 40 ,426 63 'lkVt 1 OJ0.40 SM.00 23.214.24 1.(69 33 378.00 1.296.40 bam 0.315.13 623.C0 384.13 2,737.33 64.00 2.357.M WOO 16.047.SO 106.U) MOO 3.4M.SG 6M.0O 144 00 WOO S. 171. 83 0,746.07 1,56. 0 18.00 V 00 3.632.77 Ki nm .1 , k, ""u",n I tung Liang-Cheng, the Chinese minister in 'k mPr:"slons Probably the largest Washington, clings to the dress of his "'''" - " worm. nutiv i.n tv.1. 1. .i 11.. the Chinese and Japanese of the better class 6.1U $746,972.56 It often happens," says the Washington Post, "that political banquets are given these days by those who are on the out aide and desire to get on the Inside. It Is generally a fact, not strange but Interest ing, that the prominent people at all such banquets wear the 'ex' before their names. Ws will see ex-senator, ex-representative, ex-mayor, ex-comptroller, and ex- governor. The ex s show that these men have "been In If In years gone by. Prob aoiy tne largest number of ex s ever as sembled In any one place was at Indian spoils In 1RM, when the gold democrats held their convention for the purpose of putting a ticket In the field antagonistic to Bryan The republican avalanche of 1894 had swept hundreds of democrats out of office. It Included not only seAators and represen tatives In congress, but governors of states as well. But aside from that there was gathered In ' that convention hundreds of men who during tha previous twenty-live years had at one time or another been of some prominence and had held office either in congress or under democratlo admin istrations. The result was that scarcely a prominent man could be mentioned unless the prefix 'ex' was used to designate that at one time he was something or some body. ' It was the largest collection of 'has beens' that has been seen In the United States for some time. A great many of the aame sort are common today." John Wesley "Gaines, congressman from Tennessee, proposes to push 'energetically Ms crusade for clean money. He certainly ought to make a success of It and com mand unanimous support In congress. Washington aad la points near Washing- "There are not many wealthy young offi cers serving In Uncle Sam's army," says the Washington Times. "Consequently when a few days ago announcement was made of the resignation from the service of Lieutenant Robert 8. Clark. Ninth In fantry, old officers shook their heads wisely and remarked that It didn't seem as if any of those millionaire fellows could stand the racket for long. "Still the majority of officers In the army do not blame Lieutenant Clark for his ac tion. In his particular case they say he made an unusually good record and while there was really active work. In the "Boxer" campaign and the operations In the Philippines young Clark, though a millionaire, was more than willing for hard work. Recently when Clark, who Is a stepson of Blshon Potter of New Vm-u found that he waa to be returned to the Philippines he sent In his resignation and It waa accepted. "It Is said by army officers here that Clark was probably the richest officer who has served recently under the colors of the United States. His mother, a Mrs. -iars, 01 rvew jersey, was one of the wealthy Clark family, whose fortune was made In the well known Clark thread mills ot New Jersey. Clark has had a handsome income ever since he became of ace, "Army officers hero recall the lavlshneas witn which he spent some of his wealth when he first came to enter the service On one ocaslon he entertained his friends at tne New willard with a party which Is said to have cost $10,000. He kept fine horses and Instead of leaving them In care of the depot Quartermaster, tn quickly adopt American dress come to live In this country. . rhen they POINTED REMARK. "What profession will your son follow?" "Haven't decided. If his hair Is especially luxuriant I'll advise him to be a musician. If his beard Is particularly heavy I'll tell him to be a physician." Washington Star. Customer I think $00 Is, a ridiculous price to ask for that antique. Why, you only charred $40 for it last month. Dealer well, ma'am, it's getting older every day. Cleveland Leader. privilege he was entitled, he kept them a jivery siame. ' Mrs. Housekeep You're a big healthy man: why don't you go to workf Weary Walker Lady, I'll tell yer me troubles. I'm an 'unhappy, medium. Mrs. Housekeep What do you mean by that? Weary Walker Well, yer see, I'm too heavy fur lisjht work an' too light fur heavy work. Phlladelnhla Catholic Stand ard. The professor, who haa a large lawn, was making his regular dally attemnt to keep I it clear of the autumn leaves contributed by his neighbors trees. "There's a good deal of rakoff In this business," he said, stopping a moment to rest, "but not a cent of graft." Chicago Tribune. "What's the dlfferenee between beln' mar ried an' beln' in Jail T'' asked the Pohick philosopher. "There's a heap o' difference," replied the saga of Plunkvllle. "A man In Jail kin get some time off for good behavior." Louisville Courier Journal. Blnks When I first met you, sir, I thought you were a gentleman! Solnks And when I met you. sir. I was Maure yuu were sn Idiot! Blnks wen, let s snase nancis ana maae up. I'm willing to admit that we were both mistaken. Cleveland Leader. PERSONAL NOTES. "Oh. the pains of being wealthy!" ex claims Mr. Calne. Still, the millionaire manages to endure, and reaches out for more pangs. General William R, Shafter, United States army, retired. Is now deeply Inter ested In stock falsing at Bakersfield, Cat, and devotes almost his entire time to his herd of Jerseys. Frank Rockefeller, ths youngest and least known of the Oil King s brothers. Is reserved and unpretentious, his hobby be. lng the taming of wild animals at hia home near Cleveland. Wlokllffe-on-the lake. On his Kansas ranch he haa raised 3,000 horses and 10,000 cattle. H. -W. Denlson, an American attorney, who has been for the past twenty-five years legal adviser In the Japanese Foreign office, will retire and return to the United States within a year. He Is the only Amer ican who has ever held such a high position In a foreign government. The Oregonian boldly declares that the attendance at the Portland exposition will equal and probably surpass the Omaha record. The attendance passed the J.000,000 mark, September 21. With three weeks to run from that date the management FABLES. New Orleans Times-Democrat. X. The Tender-Hearted Haa. The man had such a tender heart He wept and wept and wept, apart. To think that after many years (Some million millions, It appears) The many year un would lose its present neat. jts system te a wreca complete. And what we call the human race Would freeze and die within Its plaosl He wept so much, he wapt so long. He really did himself a wrong; Neglected those precautions wise For years approved in mortal eyes, , At last one day he frose and died, A fire neglecting to provide. ' . , . s The moral's quickly understood: "Beware of being too blamed goodf II. H ecessary Distinctions, A certain shopman kept a flask ' Right up In front. No need to ask; For friend and stranger knew th spot And tapped at times th willing "bot." Another shopman kept the same Right un In front; but when there came A friend around he took him back And gave him secretly a whack, Out of another bottle fair He kept ensconced for friendship there. Tha shopman mentioned first did lose His friends through the Inferior bnnto. While he last mentioned kept his friends. And every stranger Mm commends. Whoso treats friends and strange alike Will see the former quickly bike! J J a You are cordially invited to see the SHHEDDING, making and baking of Shredded Wheat Biscuit and Triscuit from the cooked whole wheat berry and be served. No selling. No soliciting. No. 1416 Douglas Street, formerly Orchard& Wiihelm's, Omaha, Neb. The Natural Food Company, F. B. Black, Sales Agent. September 28 and OO day.,