THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1903.
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WHE3 OfTOF TOWS.
ftaerlaers leavlaa- the city tem
porarily aaoald i baT The Bee
walled to thesa. 'it la better tkaa
ally letter tVasa home. Ad
dress will be eaaaa-ed as aftea as
reqaested.
If a dishonest man la worth $100,000
, year to a large corporation, what ii
the man who watebps blm worth?
Facing the legislative investigation a
number of life Insurance officio If agree
with Mr. Vanderllp that this Is no time
for lax business method.
The tale of. "A King tor a Day" la
not in It wttH the fctory of the experience
of a well Ithowh Xebraskan as Panama
cankl caterer for a few minutes.
, Senator I'atteraon's "smouldering vol
cano" of the Philippine seeins to be
Setting active and threaten! at, its first
eruption to throw out a governor -general.
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' According to the tth'traphlc reports,
Judge Faker I again under me with
the Department of Justice at Washing
ton, but It la not our Judge Baker this
tin. '
ffciu Otunua-Ift to vote on a new
IsaUe of newer bonds at the coming elec
tion. South., Omaha seems to be thor
oughly addicted' to' the bond voting
habit. ( r-f . ...
As long as one man ran cause a flurry
on v Wall street by simply making a
'speech, cautions lnyestors will look in
some other direction for'a place to put
ther money.
With Germans eatjHg dogs and horses
becianse of the blgh, price of meat, the
United States should have less dlfliculty
In arranging a new commercial treaty
with the kaiser. .
the printers' strike has already
reached the Injunction stage over In
Chicago. Here lit Omaha the game Is
tlH a little too young for our judges to
draw cards in It .
j Jt is greatly to be feared that the an
nulment of the, Harkel contract by the
Panama Canal commission dries up the
oorce of a pottslblecontrlbutlon to the
Nobraska campaign.'
Now that the soldiers cf Norway and
Sweden have been sent home without
smelling powder there can be no ques
tion of the growth of raee sentiment
lu the northern peninsula.
That New York politician who com
mitted suicide rather tiian face trial was
probably ashamed of the paltry amount
he secured In the light of the achieve
ments of less prominent men.
That famous Hyde dinner has caused
raors Insomnia on the iart of those not
jresent than among the Invited guests,
spice It was the real Instigation of the
pjreseut insurance i'uveatiirntlon.
w ' i r" 1
lt Is not strange thst a southern rail
road man should object to government
regulation of railroad rates; but rather
tarprlslng that his objection should rest
on the allegation that It is "commercial
lynch law."
'The Comuierclul club appears to be
waking np to the need of additional
hotel facilities for Omaha, and espe
cially of at least one new flrst-class
modem fireproof hotel Lulldtug. The
Commercial club could score no blg
er success than to make the propotted
new hotel a reality for the coming year.
An bla testimony at Chicago, Presldeut
Itipley of ths Santa Pa said that In
terest and taxea on a car of dressed
meat la $1(121 and the same on a car
of live stock, while on a car of packing
bouse products the Interest and taxes is
figured at $20.21. An explanation of
these figures might make the entire rail
way Tare situation plainer. -
OKBMAKYH MT.AX TAMMSK.
The gravity of the meet famine In
Gernmny Is Increasing. The price of
even horse meat has risen l.eyond the
means of-many of the people and a
Itcrlln dispatch states that dog flesh Is
no longer obtainable. Municipalities
are endeavoring to supply the people
with fish, but this expedient Is not gen
erally acceptable. As has been ex
plained In a report by the United States
consul general at Berlin, this state of
affairs is the Inevitable result of the
complicated system of inspections and
prohibitions Imposed upon the Importa
tion of meats and domestic animals by
the new meat Inspection law of Ger
many, which went Into effect a few
months ago. This law was enacted
through agrarian Influences under the
pretense of protecting the public from
the sale of diseased or unwholesome
meats, and of defending the flocks and
herds of the fatherland from contamina
tion by diseased cattle, sheep and swine
Imported from abroad. When the sup
porters of this policy were asked what
would become of the working people's
meat supply, ibe answer was that the
German farmers would look after that
by Immediately Increasing the number
of meat-producing animals, so that the
hitherto imported meats and cattle and
swine would never be missed.
The fallacy of this is already demon
strated. The domestic supply of meat
hns not' been Increased, but tbe pro
ducers have reaped a rich harvest from
the steadily advancing prices, while a
vast numler of people who most' need
meat have been compelled to do without
It. There has been a general and very
vigorous protest against this situation,
but ns yet no Intimation on tbe part of
the government of an intention to take
any action to Improve conditions. How
much longer the people will be satisfied
with mere protests, to which no heed Is
given, Is a question. With tbe coming
of winter there will be a greater de
mand for meats, especially from the
working people. During the summer
they could get along with a small quan
tity, but in the cold weather they will
require more and the prospect now Is
that the supply will be still further re
duced, If the existing policy Is adhered
to.
The short-sighted policy of the Ger
man government Is most remarkable,
but it shows how powerful Is the
agrarian Influence In shaping the course
of the government. It Is this Influence
that Is responsible for the features in
the new tariff law which discriminate
agnlnst certain American agricultural
products, the exclusion of which from
the German market would have the
effect to make bread dearer for the
people of that country. It is an extra
ordinary position for an enlightened na
tion and one which we believe cannot
be maintained. A majority of the Ger
man people will not long consent to be
half starved in order that the great land
owpers shall profit If the present state
of affairs should be protracted the effect
must Inevitably be damaging to the In
dustries 'of Germany. A people Insuffi
ciently fed cannot perform efficient
labor. Under no circumstances can Ger
many produce sufficient foodstuffs to
supply the requirements of her people.
She must Import and her true policy Is
to place no restriction upon the Importa
tion of meats and breadstuff.
A BANKING A BUSS.
One of tbe addresses before tbe
convention of national bankers referred
to tbe abuse of managing officers of
banks making large discounts to them
selves out of tbe bank's funds. It was
stated that In a great number of bank
failures there have been found among
their assets the worthless notes of high
officers of the bank for large loans fre
quently, without any security at all, or
with "straw" security which proved to
be absolutely worthless. "This," tbe
speaker declared, "la a most flagrant
and reprehensible violation of the law,
to say nothing of business ethics. It is
the essence of personal dishonesty."
This does not state the case too
strongly and it ought to make
an Impression upon all bankers. It Is
Impossible to say to what extent the
abuse pointed ont exists, but there is
reason to think It Is pretty general, for
otherwise the author of the address
would hardly have felt called upon to
refer to it He did not suggest a rem
edy, doubtless deeming It sufficient be
fore such a body to call attention to the
matter, but a remedy should be provided
and perhaps congress will be called
upon to do so. That the abuse could be
remedied by bank directors. If they
cared to do so. Is not to be doubted, but
In too many banks tbe directors are not
as careful and vigilant In regard to such
matters as they should be. It Is within
bounds to say that 00 per cent of bank
failures have been due to tbe abuse
referred to by the president of the
American Bankers' association.
JVDICruCS ADVICE.
The Springfield Republican advises
life Insurance policy holders not to get
Into a paule'over the disclosures of mal
administration and rottenness lu the
management of certain leading com
panies and lapse or surrender their poH
cles. It says that while aaeaslness and
distrust are natural, 'It ahould never
theless be kept In mind that the
policy holders are committed to see the
game through to a finish or to the end of
their contracts, and cannot withdraw
without considerable sacrifice." The
Republican remarks that there seems to
lie no question that the companies now
under fire are wholly and easily solvent,
evldeuce of which Is seen In the large
surpluses of all of them, the aggregate
being nearly $:O0,OO0,0tO.
Tbe advice Is judicious. Notwithstand
ing all of the revelations which have
been made, nothing has been brought
out which In the slightest degree reflects
npou the financial stability of these
companies. There has been mot cul
pable 'mismanagement of 'the'lf affairs,
for which those responsible will deserve
severe punishment hut there bis been
no Impairment of solvency and there Is
no reason to doubt the security of the
Investments of policy holders In these
companies. It Is interesting to note that
during the Isst twenty-one years there
have been only five Insurance com
panies to retire from business In the
state of New York, while In the fifteen
years preceding 1884 there were sixty
six companies in that state which were
obliged to retire from business, many
of them going Into tbe hands of re
ceivers. The agitation concerning tbe
management of life Insurance will cer
tainly result in radical reforms and
those policy holders who remain with
the companies will profit by the Im
provement In conditions sure to come.
KOT A PtorLfB TIGHT'
- Deplorable as are the disgraceful ex
hibitions In the council chamber attend
ing the passage of the gas lamp con
tract, the public fully realizes that this
Is not a people's fight, but merely a fight
between two powerful francblsed cor
porations over their shares of tbe spoils
of tbe street lighting fund. This was
amply proved when the call for an open
meeting to discuss the pending contract
ordinance failed to draw tbe attendance
of a single taxpaylng citizen not directly
interested in one of the Immediate cor
porations parties to tbe controversy.
Whether the gas lamp contract went
through or was blocked, no benefit or
saving could accrue to the general pub
lic. The maximum amount permitted
by the charter to be levied for street
lighting purposes Is being levied from
year to year, and every cent of It Is
being spent under existing contracts
with the electric lighting and gas com
panics, and if the gas company's con
tract were not extended the electric
lighting monopoly would simply have
absorbed the entire amount available.
The unconcern of the public Is ex
plained further by the fact that tbe ex
tension of the electric lighting contract
effected last spring had provided merely
for furnishing more street lamps for
the same money' without any conces'
slon to the private consumers of elec
trie light and power, while In anticipa
tion of tbe gas lamp renewal 'contract
tbe gas company had already given a
materlnl reduction in price to private
gas consumers apparent1? without legal
compulsion. Irrespective of the merits
of the terms of the street lighting con
tracts the gas company bad made con
cessions much more material and much
more available to the taxpayers and
householders than bad the electric light
ing company.
The humiliating experience imposed
by this struggle ought to have at least
one good effect It ought to convince
the people of Omaha that they made a
grave mistake Jast year when they
voted down the proposed Issue of bonds
for a municipal lighting plant which
would not only have provided street
Illumination in plenty at less cost than
we are now paying, bit also have abol
ished forever these unseemly periodical
tussles between the electric lighting and
gas corporations to see which can get
Its hands Into the city treasury the
farthest
Sioux City and Omaha are our competi
tors. The state does rot maintain a fair
for them. Lincoln Star.
Waiving the unwarranted assumption
that Sioux City and Lincoln are in the
same class with Omaha, the logical in
ference is that the state maintains a fair
for, the benefit of the capital city, al
though when appropriations are de
manded In the legislature the fair Is
represented to be a state institution
with state wide benefits. Omaha would
certainly object to paying under com
pulsion one-tenth of the cost of an en
terprise instituted solely to build up a
competitor.
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If those Cleveland promoters are on
the square In their desire to give tbe
people of Omaha dollar gas there Is
nothing in the letting of the eas larun
contract to prevent them from coming
forward with a proposition. If they let
the matter drop now the suspicion will
be unavoidable that they were here sim
ply as cats' paws for some one in the
scramble for possession of the munici
pal lighting fund.
If Judge Paul Jessen should succeed
Judge Eugene Tucker on the federal
bench of Arlsona be ahould heed the
warning not to entertain visiting law
yers with bis feet on bis desk. We
shall be greatly surprised, however. If
Judge Jessen consents to bury himself
alive In the political wilds of Arizona
when be has such good prospects right
here In Nebraska.
With an eminent football Dlaver
barred for deficiency In his studies and
the leaders of the game In the universi
ties declaring in favor of abolishing
rough play, there may be real cause for
thanksgiving on the part of the Ameri
can public this year.
There Is no mistaking where Con
gressman Pollard stands on the ques
tion of the president's program for rail
road rate regulation. There Is no ques
tion either but that Mr. Tollard stands
exactly where 09 out of 100 people of
Nebraska stand.
The famous Dennison case has petered
out but Dennison will probably continue
to b drafted as a bogle man In every
political campaign In Omaha for the
next ten years as he has for the last
ten years.
Pabllrlty es aa Aatlseatlc.
Chicago Tribune.
In view of the recent appalling disclosures
of corruption In high places, all Calne
predicts aU sorts of trouble for this coun
try. Let Mr. Calne endeavor to be calm.
Publicity first alarms and then cures.
' Paor Hlak Hejeeted.
St. Louis Olobe-Demorrat.
Mr. Tom Tsggmrt. chairman of the Dam
ocratlo National committee, denies that
he ever solicited campelxn funds from an
Insurance corporation. The political death
of Mr Parker was seen to be too close at
hand for any life Insurance, company to
be eipected to take a risk on him.
leformatloa la Advaaee.
Portland Oreronlan.
If you'll only look at It In the right
spirit, the Insurance Investigations con
vey a vast amount of comfort for the
average policy-holder. He doesn't have
to die to find out what became of Ms
mot y.
Main Is fr the Fray.
WashInton Post.
Formal announcement has been made
that the president has not changed his
mind about railway rate legislation. No
formal announcement Is needed to show
that the senate has not changed Its mind
on that proposition, either.
A Toaehlaa- Appeal.
New York Tost.
Secretary Bonaparte can sympathise with
"Corporal" Tanner. Borne "forty dosen"
descendants of Marshal Key are appealing
to Mm as Napoleon's grand-nephew tor
assistance, and beseeching Mm to re mem
ber "old times at Marengo and Austerllts,"
Sfretehlaa- the Coastttattoa.
Kansas City Star.
Certainly the framers of the constitution
of the United States never dreamed to
what ases that noble document would be
put. The Standard Oil company Is telling
the Missouri supreme court that the order
requiring the company to produce Its books
Is "In violation of the personal liberty
clause In the federal constitution."
Asanraares Well Foaaded.
Springfield Republican.
The country Is gratified to have It dl
rectly from Secretary Taft, after official
Inspection by him, that "no foreign power
could successrully assail our seaboard
cities. With the present efficiency of our
forts, rendered Impregnable by the fire
control system, sweeping a sone that would
bring annihilation to any fleet within range
Of the batteries of big guns, the seaboard
cltlea are safe from foreign Invasion.
Who's afraid 1
A Woaderfnl Labor Market.
Cleveland Leader.
The most remarkable feature of the In
dustrial situation, the most extraordinary
proof of the country's prosperity, Is the
easy absorption of an Unprecedented flood
of Immigration. Able-bodied men and
women have been coming Into the United
States at the rate of 100,000 or more every
month, on the average, for the greater
part of the last year. They are poor peo
pie In search of work and In urgent noed
of employment. And they have found what
they sought. If the country were not pros
perous and fortunate In all the great con
ditions of Its industrial and commercial
life this could not happen. The labor mar
ket would be flooded and the state of wage
earners made unsatisfactory In the ex
treme. But In that case the tide of Immi
gration would never have risen to such
heights as It has reached. Only the best
of good times can ever bring to the United
States 1,000.000 homeseekers from foreign
lands In a single year.
CROOKED BLASPHEMY.
Ploas Mockery , of an Imprlsoaed
FasltlT.
Kansas City Journal.
As Pat Crowe sat In Ms cell at the Omaha
police station he exclaimed to a reporter:
"When this case comes to trial the truth
will go to the world. Ood will take care
of me; He ' takes cars of everybody and
makes no mistakes.1 I do not feel nearly
so anxious about securing my liberty again
aa I do to reform and get back to an
honest life." Thls4 Is - the characteristic,
whine of nearly every criminal, who is
found out arrested and made to face his
trial. There are few murderers but weaken
and "repent" when all else has failed.
A singular example of this Is the case
of Edgar Bailey, now under sentence In
Jackson county to' hang. When he was
arrested he was Insolent and posed as a
hero. During the first days of his trial
he affected an air- of Indifference. As the
case grew stronger and his conviction
seemed probable he became serious. At the
words of the verdict he burst Into tears
and was hysterical. Then he tried an ap
peal and prayed for commutation of his
sentence. As hope after hope failed him
he "reformed" and joined a church. It
was the anti-climax of that cowardice and
braggadocio that caused him to shoot a
man to death.
If Crowe gets his deserts he will have an
opportunity of reforming and learning the
rudiments of good citizenship in the
seclusion of a penitlentary cell.
HATE MAKING OLD AND NEW.
Oatlla of the Ataended Bill to Be
Submitted fo Coasiress.
New York Commercial.
According to a semi-official announcement
as to President Roosevelt's program on
railroad rates regulation by the govern
ment, the administration measures will be
the old Each-Townsend bill with Important
modifications" and additions. Among the
latter are provisions covering private car
rates In order to meet the contention that
these companies are not common carriers
terminal railroads, water and rail ship
ments and authority to examine the rail
road companies' books and records. As to
extending the Interstate Commerce Com
mission's powers the "modification" from
the Each-Townsend bill Is said to be this:
That the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion shall be given the power to decide,
upon complaint and after full hearing,
whether a rate la unjust or unlawful; that
the commission shall have authority to sub
stitute a rate, which shall become Immedi
ately effective and so remain unless and
until reversed by the courts. To what ex
tent this would be a ''modification" of the
Esch-Townsend provision may be seen by
comparing it with the first paragraph of
that bill, as follows:
"Whenever, upon complaint duly made
under section U of the act "to regulate
commerce" the Interstate Commerce Com
mission shall, after full hearing, make any
rinding or ruling declailng any existing
rate or any rerulatlon or Dractlce
whatsoever affecting the transportation or
persons or property to be unreasonable or
unjustly discriminatory, the commission
shall have power, and It shall be Us auty,
to declare and order what shall be a Just
and reasonable rate, practice or regulation
to be charged, imposed or followed in the
future and the order of the com
mission shall, of lu own force, take effect
and become operative thirty days after
notice thereof has been given but
at any time within sixty days of date of
such notice any person or persons directly
affected may Institute Droceedlnn
In the court of transportation sitting as a
court of equity to have It reviewed and Its
lawfulness. Justness or reasonableness In
quired Into and determined."
Under either provision the rate would
stand until set aside by the courts. Under
the old btll the rate would go Into effeot on
thirty days' notice; the new bin says It
shall become "Immediately effective."
That can hardly be called a "modifica
tion" of the original. The railroad com
panies will unquestionably regard It as
more stringent than the original. And, on
the whole, the new measure goes considera
bly farther than the old.
?iay not the "railroad loWy" be sorry
new that It didn't let tbe Ssch-Townacnd
bill go through the senate last spring T
THE HARVEST MOOS.
Levellaese that tomes with Large
Ortaber Nights.
In other days and other lands tbe poets
gayly sang of merry May and bonnle June.
The "Treasury of Literature" sparkles with
many a gem In praise of spring and sum
mer. But for the dwellers in the Missis
sippi and Missouri valleys there la but one
queen of the months, beautiful, bountiful,
benign October, motherly and serene.
What a world of romance lingers about
this peculiar season! A strange mingling
of heat and cold, the subdued sunshine by
day, the sort whisper of rain by night, the
gentle rustle of leaves as they fly before
the autumn wind, all tell a story of the
finished year and hint at coming winter.
No other month of the twelve seems to
smile upon us like October, with skies so
hasy, so soft, so mellow.
This Is the, social month, the time for re
unions and state fairs and harvest homes.
It Is the time for good old-fashioned coun
try visiting, for nutting parties and apple
parings; for friendly neighbors to coins
with thimbles and help with the qullttngs
and comfort tacklngs.
Thoreau has told how the bright coloring
of our autumn leaves Is slowly tlngelng our
poetry and giving It a glowing hue, un
known to old world literature.
No country but our own. no month but
October, can show such trailing draperies
Of scarlet woodbine, such yellow flags of
forest leaves, such liberty poles of fantas
tlo maples, from which a thousand guy
banners are flying. No celebration with
bunting and ribbons could make the land
soape so beautiful; no picture gallery on
earth show half such variety and charm.
Not yet have come the melancholy days.
not yet the tragic sorrow of the frost; but
everywhere the glow before the ember days.
But yesterday the equinox was here with
rain and wind. Now all Is peace, the golden
hours follow each other until the setting
sun drops slowly out of sight.
What Is this halo, the radiance, serene,
unmistakable; this light that never was on
land or sea? It Is the harvest moon, the
full moon of October theme of poets' lay,
and strange old world superstition.
All day It hides beneath the greater glory
of the sun. In the calm autumn afternoon
we may see it like a silver shield, far up
In the deep blue sky. But as night draws
nigh Its full beams are so blight that we
scarcely miss the departed sun.
The "beautiful moon of harvest" has from
time Immemorial filled the fancy of artist
and singer.
Moon of Harvest, herald mild
Of plenty rustic labor's child,
Hall, O hall! I greet thy beam.
As soft It trembles o'er the stream
And gilds the straw-thatched hamlet wide
Where Innocence and peace abide.
'TIs thou that glad'st with joy the rustic
throngX
Prompting
tne
dance starting the merry
song!
No other moon of tne year can equal this
In brilliancy and magnificence. At its ris
ing It has a characcer so peculiarly Its own
that the more we expect and observe It the
more does It strike us with astonishment.
The warmth and dryness of the earth, the
clearness and balmy serenity of the atmos
phere at this season, the freshness which
comes at eventide all combine to make the
twilight walk delightful.
But scarcely has the sun departed in the
west when suddenly the full moon In the
east springs up from beyond some solitary
hill, over a broad lake, or from behind the
dark, rich foliage of the trees, and sails up
Into the still, transparent air in the full
magnificence of a glowing world. It does
not appear, as at other times, merely a
fair, flat disk pasted against the aky. Now
we behold it suspended In the crystal air,
in all Its greatness and rotundity.
It stands out like a ball, rounded on
every side, a silver orb floating In the pale
gray ether.' The April moon is a dainty
maiden, chary of smiles, coy, retreating,
reluctant, shy. The October moon is a
mother, a warm-hearted benevolent Juno,
smiling on all her children.
Men have always had Strange fancies
about the moon. They have worshiped it
aa a goddess, sung of It as the birthplace
of dreams, honored it as the home of kind
spirits empowered to visit the earth and
help good men and women. Once it was
queen of the weather, and by its rising
nd setting all farming operations were
decided. Tbe old-fashioned almanac was
full of moon lore. "If the moon rises with
a white light, it signifies fair weather; If
with swarthy light, rain. If at full moon
half the disk is clear then look for good
weather; if red, wind; if black, rain."
A circle around the moon Is a sign of
stormy weather. When the moon Is shaped
like a boat, the end upturned predicts
air weather. When Adam Bede was pre
paring tor his father's funeral he watched
the moon and said: "There's no itKeunooa
of a drop now, since the moon lies like a
boat there."
The literature of all nations Is full of
moon talk, from Father Homer down to
the latest spring poet of our country news
paper. Maxima abound In every tongue,
fables and folk-lore songs and signs. "The
nature lover keeps a tally of the year,
skies. In the light of the harvest moon."
In early summer it waa the goddess that
waved the young Endymion from the
earth. Then came the full moon of Au
gust, red faced and full of glow of the
season. September had a weeping moon and
skies all streaked with light and shade.
Now kind October revels In the witching
beams. The new moon greeted her first
days and all through the month the earth
has basked in silver glory.
These October nights are wonderful, and
full of such serene beauty, so medicinal,
so healing to the soul. It seems a loss to
spend them Indoors. How much do they
miss of real life who close the doors and
waste the long hours in artificial light
reading the thoughts of other people. One
evening under the brooding skies, In the
light of the harvest moon, the full moon of
October, would teach us more of heaven
and earth than all the books of modern
philosophers ! E. A. Matthews In Kan
sas City Times.
COHMAXDER-IX-rUIEF OS DECK
Presldeat Roosevelt's ComlasT Oeeaa
Vayaae a Rare Precedeat.
St. Louis Republic.
By all odds the most Interesting Incident
of President Roosevelt'a October Jaunt will
be his return from New Orleans to Hamp
ton Roads In command of a fleet of ar
mored cruisers. He will be tbe first com-
mander-ln-ohlef of the navy of the United
States to go to sea In one of the floating
fighting machines In which the American
people have taken such pride ever since the
days of Paul Jones and Nicholas Blddle of
the Randolph.
There is an appearance of Ruoeeveltlan
strenuousness in the blllow-boundlng ocean
race In which the president will try the
mettle of -the three great cruisers that will
be under his command as soon aa be goes
on board. But as commander-in-chief of
the navy It is part of his duty to find out
for himself of what stuff our boats are
made.
Throughout the voyage the president will
be constructively within the limits of the
t'nited States, for he will have an linert
ean deck under his fot and the American
flag above him all the time. Rough seas
snd a speedy trip to the commander-in-chief
on his Initial voyage! Kverybody will
wish the cruiser that carries him may win
the race.
'fSIlOVFtAKEJi
. W mjmmmim&arriit -at, 'AT-. - isswsa.yj
is Jhe badge of good bread. It means a well
baked big appetizing satisfying loaf.
AVhen you order bread ask your grocer for
U. P. Steam Bakery
Snow Flake Bread
Baking bread, at horn. Is hard work.
If you use as good flour and count the cost
of coat and gas home-made ' bread coats
more than Bnow Flake to say nothing of
tho work and worry. Try Bnow Flake for a
single week there will be no more back
breaking, bother and trouble home-made
bread baking for you.
5 cents a Loaf.
PERSONAL NOTES.
In Indianapolis the board of health has
decreed that all cosmetics shall hereafter
bear the skull and crossbones by which the
apothecary indicates poison.
John Farson, the Chicago millionaire
banker, says he attributes his Success In
life to hard work, and that he always made
It a point to "get In with the right kind
of people."
"Scotty," the Death Valley croesus, is
coming east again, but aa he has only 100
pounds of gold ore with him with which
to pay for special trains, it Is not likely
that he will last long.
Because of the record he has made in
New Orleans in stamping out yellow fever,
a movement is taking form to have Dr,
J. H. White permanently stationed at that
city, as a military adviser to the authori
ties. Prof. Brand er Matthews of New York is
strongly advocating the establishing of a
museum gallery for the drama to give a
practical Illustration of the gradual develop
ment of the theater in various countries
from the earliest down to modern times.
Jose Estrada Palma, son of President
Palma of Cuba, is making a practical study
of the railroad business. Some time ago
he Went to Mexico and obtained a position
as clerk in the auditing department of the
National Railroad of Mexico. He performed
his work so faithfully and well that he was
recently promoted to the position of assist
ant city ticket agent of that road in the
City of Mexico.
The following Is told of Thomas B. Reed!
When a young man, Just completing the
study of law, he wrote to the postmaster
of a small Arkansas town, asking what op
portunities it offered for an honest lawyer
and stating that he was a republican. This
answer came back: , "If you are a republi
can the game laws would protect you, and
if you are an honest lawyer there won't
be no competition."
An American who has seen the emperor
of Germany at close range several times
declares that he Is one of the most nervous
of mortals. He shifts from one foot to the
other, paces two or three steps backward,
forward or sldewlse, shakes hands with
this one, speaks to that one, returns a
salute, always moving, constantly doing
and never for a moment eeaslng to give
pent-up energy some kind of outlet.
HYPHENATED AMERICANS REBUKED
Esnperar William of Gerasaay Adsala
latere a Merited Oae.
Washington Post.
Emperor William of Germany has per
formed a service that should be appreciated
by both Germans and Americans In point
edly rebuking an American politician who
sought audience with him as "a German-
American." Imagining that such a designa
tion would be pleasing to the emperor. This,
however, waa not the case, and the kaiser
Instructed that the request be returned with
the following message:
"His Imperial majesty the emperor rec
ognises and appreciates highly a German
or an American, but such a thing as a 'German-American,'
according to the imperial
view, does not exist. If, therefore, you will
make your application either as an Ameri
can or as a German it will doubtless be
granted."
No ons begrudges the naturalised cltlsen
his love and affection for the land of his
birth, nor his affiliation with social organ
isations that serve to keep alive this home
sentiment among its members. This is as
natural and commendable as the formation
of college alumni associations, or the or
ganisation of Pennsylvanlan or other state
societies among natives of those states who
are located elsewhere, but there Is no ex
cuse for any person who Is entitled to call
himself an American cltlsen to seek to di
lute or hyphenate that title, with all of Its
blessed privileges.
The hyphenated title, such as rebuked by
the kaiser, is an outgrowth of politics in
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yLZL Ache 811 over? hevensh?
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with a hard cold? Where do
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In the throat? Thatx means hoarseness, sore
throat, tonsillitis. In the chest? Then bron-
CnillS, pilCUIUUIlia, WUelSUUlLHIUIl.
Do not let your cold settle. Break it up! Drive i
it out! Ask your doctor the best medicine for
this. If he says Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, take it
at once. If he has anything better, take that..
Vase y ' O. Ayar Oe.. UwiU, Maes
Alee SMauiaolurara f
ArtB'g Virt TtOO-er the kair.
Alkk'g AkAiAkILLA-uf the stood.
The little
red label
every loaf
0vr 400 jjrecera mU it.
this country. Party workers In every rum
palgn attempt to form German-American.
Irish-American, Swedish-American, Polish
American and other clubs, composed of
voters of foreign birth, and there Is usually
the party designation, "republican" or
"democratic" tailed on to the citizenship
title, with the open purpose of Indicating
that a class of citizens favors this or th.it
party's principles. The scheme has been
worked to a finish In the large cities and
will probably continue to do service in fu
ture campaigns, until the American political
leaders learn that nothing is gained by such
clap-trap except a little prominence for the
organisers of these clubs. Tarty lines are
drawn amonir the naturaliuKl m.n
closely aa among native born cltlsens, and
any attempt to appeal to race pride Is al
most Invariably futile. Naturalized -iti.
sens, who are proud 6f their adopted coun
try and Its institutions, will thank the
kaiser for his merited rebuke of his caller.
FLASHES OF FVK.
"And vnn IrlaNAil Tulna r.nmi.. v,
could you?"
"Well, you see, that's the only way I can
keep her from singing-." Cleveland Leader.
HfolcM flenntni Dntlar .
acquired a repiftatlon for wit.
wivkb ies, ne was interviewed once by
bright reporter. Philadelphia Ledger.
"What kind of ft man la nM tt-h...lnl,.
asked the newcomer.
'VVIieesicks?" said the other. "He's the
contraries, mrtnr alflah rM v. Min i.
ever lived. When one- of his teeth aches,
there's not another tooth in his head that
sympathises with it" Chicago Tribune.
Manaaer Weren't vou afraid to aleen in
that haunted roomT
UlSKusted Thespian1 No: It was a rani
comfort to be In some place where the
ghost walked. Baltimore American.
"That slirn seems Queer: 'Headmiart.r.
for S3 nants.' "
What's queer about It?"
'Well. I always thought nants wara it.
slg-ned for otnar quarters. '' Detroit Free
ITCM.
. "Is it axpettstrs sandlnc your girls to col
leger1 "I should say so! My wife takes advan
tage of their absence ta dress about twenty
years younger than she really is." Brook
lyn Life,
"I'm so thirsty," said the old lady. "Can
you direct me to a soda water fountain In
this neighborhood, sir?"
"Soda water?" exclaimed Weary Willie
In disgust. "Say, lady, you don't deserve
ter have a thlrstl" Philadelphia Press.
"You say that you are using your Influence
against all kinds of trickery in business."
"Yes," answered Mr. Dustln Stax. "I'm
taking precious good care that nobody gets
a dollar of mine without value received."
Washington Star.
OCTOBER.
.Helen Hunt Jackson.
O suns and skies and clouds of June,
And flowers of June together,
Te cannot rival for one hour
October's bright blue weather.
When loud the bumblebee makes haste,
Belated, thriftless, vagrant;
And goldenrod Is dying fast.
And lanes with grapes are fragrant;
When gentians roll their fringes tight
To save them from the morning.
And chestnuts fall from satin burrs
muium a suunu ui warning;
wnen on tne ground red apples Us
In riles like Jewels slilninar.
Ana reader sun on oia stone walls
Are leaves of woodbine twining;
When all the lovely wayside things
i neir wniie-wingna seeds are sowing.
And in the fields, still green and fair.
Late aftermaths are growing; .
When springs run low, and on the brooks.
In Idle golden freighting,
Bright leaves sink noiseless In the hush -Of
woods for winter wafting;
When comrades seek sweet countrv f
haunts,
Br twos and twos together.
And count Ilka misers hour by hour,
October's bright blue weather.
O suns and skies and flowers of June,
Count all your boasts together
Love loveth best of all the year
October's bright blue weather.
at a M K Sgaaa
suppose it will settle?
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