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'1 J TIIE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1005. TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE. E. ROBEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNINO. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee- (without Sunday), on year Dally Bee and 8unday, on year , Illustratrd Ilee. one year Sunday Bee. on year 1 Saturday , one year .H.00 . 00 . tM . W . 1.60 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. rally Bee (without Sunday), per week... .12-1 ally H (Including Sunday), per week..l7o F.venlng Bee (without Sunday), per week. So Evening Bee imith Sunday), per wek....lOo Sunday Bee, per copy - eo Address complaint fit Irrerularltle In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago lb Unity Building. New fork 1!M H"m Life Ins. Building. Washington-ol Koirteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Cormnanlrstlons relating to new and ed itorial matter should b addressed: Omaha Me, Editorial Depr rtment, REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or potal order, payable to Th Be Publishing Company. Only -cnt stamp received In payment of mail aceounta. Tentonal check, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accented THE BEB PUBLISHINO COMPANY. STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION. Stat of Nebraska, Douflaa County, : C C, Roacwater, secretary of The Be Publishing Company, belnir duly aworn, ay that the actual pumper of full and oomplM eople of The Dally, Momtng, Evening and Sunday R printed during th montn of September, 1S, wu a follows: 1 80,400 a v..; Bi.aao , KO.ftSO 1 81, TOO 17 Jf,8l0 II AO.TOO It 8O.700 83.410 tl SO.S20 M... 80.000 tt 81.B30 14 8O.05O 28 81.1SO at.oao IT SO.BOO - SO.TTO 21 SO.KTO 0 81.880 4 RO,J?!W) B 80.7TO ....,.... 8M20 , T ; SO T80 81,000 81.SOO to so.ono XI 80,800 12 80.T80 II 8O.T10 II 8MM 1 1,WH Total 926320 Lea unsold copies , 1IM Net total sales 910.R3S . Daily average 80,34 C. C. ROBEWATER, Seo'y. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before in this 89 day of September, 1908. (Beal) M. B. HUNGATE, Notary Publio. WHEN OCT Or TOWlt. Sabaerlfcer leavlaa- th city teza warily ahoald) hav Th Be mailed to them, it la hatter thaa dally letter froaa home. 'Ad dreea vrlH ha ehaaged aa aftca a raejaeated. Less than four weeks of the political campaign remains. It is surely "an off year." When we tmd ourselves at a loss for other excitement perhaps we can tare the fight on the alleged "grain trust" renewed. Captain Taggart says be has no charges to make against brother officers, but the War department may not bo so forgiving. In comparison with . Omaha's 90 per cent reimbursement to exposition stock holders, the Portland dividend looks like 80 cents or maybe 40. ' - - Governor Folk is to speak in Phlladel poia, but It is hardly probable be can (Ire Mayor Weaver many points on how to "turn the rascals out. If Senator Drydeh should decide to start an Insurance investigation on his own account be would have the ad' vantage ef other investigators in know lug when he was nearlner thin ice. Newfoundland may surprise Great Britain by being the first colony to make a break for nnlon with America. Its present administration is already de manding free trade between the states and the island. : Grand Duke Cyril seems to be the real hero of the Russo-Japanese war, having survived an explosion, married the woman of his choice and quarreled with the autocracy before the bomb throwers got bim. . It would be interesting to discover upon what grounds of justice aside from the possible letter of the law In diahs who enjoy every right and privl lege of citizenship 'should be exempt from paying taxes. ' Aa a corn market Omaha baa touched the second notch ftom the top. With the best part of the corn belt to draw on, it Is only a question of time when Omaha will get second place and keep it against all comers. Frank Lambert, "who is resisting ex tradition to Nebraska, Is doing aa much as Beavers did to bring about a change in the federal laws, to that a federal warrant will be effective in Itself In all parts of the United States. Since Commissioner. Uurueld says be bsa taken up the "transportation end" of the oil question the public can under stand the length of time required to complete the work even if Ida Tarbell did "find out air about it" in such a short time. The aeeretary of the Iowa State Board of Health complains that the Hawkey state has more suckers taken in by quack doctors than any aute In the union.". Conditions must be pretty tad over In Iowa, or rather, pretty good for the quacks. The burning of the MUaouti building at thq Fortlsnd exposition la further en dorsement of the policy pursued by Ne braska at both Bt Louis and Fortland In refusing to plant any of the state ap propriation in buildings and confining the Nebraska exhibit to a display of the atate'a resource and products. The typhoid fever outbreak at the Lincoln insane asylum suggests a thor ough Sanitary Inspection of all the state Institutions without waiting for disease germs to make themselves felt Let the members of the State Board of IlealtU contribute their servlcee for a few daya without extra compensation In recogni tion of the honor their positions carry. TRKATT OP TtACE JQMD. Tha 14th Any of October, lism, will bo 8 memorable occasion not only in the beginning of the twentieth century, but in modern history. On that day the treaty of psaee between Russia and Jnpnn was signed and thus was ended ono of the greatest conflicts In all the world'i blstory. It may seem super fluous to dwell .upon the importance of this event and yet all who bare an In telligent conception of Its significance must regard It as an occurrence of the very greatest significance not only for th countries Immediately concerned, but for the entire civilized world. Of course since the agreement was reached at Tortsmouth peace In the far east bas been assured, yet (there was needed the final act of imperial ap proval to absolutely confirm what was done by the peace envoys, and this has now been given. At St., Petersburg and at Toklo the conclusion and final act has been done and the world now knows that beyond peradventure Russia and Japan are at pence. It la a signal event, in which the whole civilized world bas a profound and vital Interest It means a great deal for humanity and for civilization. It Is a triumph in the interest of international peace of the greatest significance. And the greatest glory in connection with it belongs not to any of the monarchs of the old world, but to the chief executive of the tJnited States, who at the oppor tune moment stepped In between the warring nations and brought about the conference that ended the conflict. That illustrious achievement will forever re dound to the honor of Theodore Roose velt . TBK AXQLO-CUBAN THE ATT Another compact is noted in which the TJnited States is involved In a way that may make trouble between our selves and Great Britain. It is simply that the British government has In a quirt sort of way, quite characteristic, succeeded in negotiating a commercial trenty with Cuba, the effect of which will be, if ratified, to give Great Britain certain benefits or advantages which it is said the British government ought not to have. Consequently our government is said to be making strenuous efforts to stop the ratification of the Anglo-Cuban treaty and there seems to be a promise that a really serious controversy may grow out of it It is not purely a question between Britain and Cuba. There are certain obligations of the latter country, especially those growing out of and dependent upon the Tlatt amendment that need to be considered. jCuba can make no treaty without the consent of the government of the United States, nor can she enter into any com mercial agreement without the assent of this country. In these respects she Is absolutely restricted by what is known as the Flatt amendment and the binding force of that will remain as long as the United States deems it .to be etpedient No hostility to It on the part of Cuba will ever have any effect, nor will any foreign antagonism be per mitted to exert any influence. What the government of the United States will insist upon, and with every propriety and consistency, is that Cuba shall not enter Into any agreement with a European power the effect of which would be to any extent detrimental to American interests. This country has a right to ask, on every ground, that Cuba shall treat us with the most lib eral consideration and treat us more generously than any other country. The Cuban people are Independent because we bave made them so a,nd they will remain Independent under American guardianship. This nation exercises only such influence there as Is essential to the peace and prosperity of the Island republic, and for this all Its people should be glad and happy. It is for their good and not for the benefit of the United States, which under any circumstances could bave only an incidental gain from any progress which Cuba might make. Meanwhile our government is perfectly warranted in making objection to a treaty betweenCuba and Great Britain the undoubted effect of which would be to the commercial detriment of this country. APATHY OF THE CAMPAIGN. If an apathetic campaign reflects con teUtment with existing conditions of government, then the campaign in Ne braska means that the people of this state are reasonably well satisfied with the administration of their -affairs oy the republicans now in charge. So far as is visible on the surface there Is no over-reacblng desire to change, the complexion of the supreme court or to overturn the management of the University of Nebraska by refus ing to continue republican control of these bodies. Quite the contrary, the disposition seems to be to recogulze the Improvement that has been accom plished since the fusloulsts were driven ont of power, and, while admitting that still further improvement is deslreablo, yet to look to the republicans to respond to all reasonable demands. It goes without saylug "that "Nebraska will be counted again in the republican column this year. . It should be counted republican by an emphatic majority and It will be so couute4..unless republicans ennlt themselves to be lulled into in activity and lutllffereuce by the very apathy of their opponent. The annual car famine is already be ginning to make itself felt and with more crops to move this your than usual the car famine promises to be particu larly severe. The milleulum will surely be here wheu the railroads keep enough rolling stock on hand to meet all de- mauds of the crop movement. A cog uiUkt liuve slipiHttl Aiuiewhere since the local oocrtitlc organ has brought ltseie to say that the attitude of the republican administration of Cu Nebraska insurance department appeals to it as more sensible and much safer than that of the democratic administra tion of the Missouri Insurance department WHY KiT A TLUWKH SHOW7 The Increased popularity of the horse show and the liberal support extended to It by the people of Omaha and sur rounding towns suggest the question, Why not a flower show? Kansas City Is preparing for Its annual flower show to be held In Convention hall the third week in November. With the suierb facilities afforded by our Auditorium there is no good reason why a flower show here should not be made a success and become eventually an established fixture. The modern flower show seems to have blossomed from a seed that first germinated In the east The annual flower shows In Madison Square Gar den, New York, are most picturesque and instructive exhibitions participated In by all the most famous florists and patronized by the best people of the metropolis, There are florists in Omaha and vicinity who produce plants and flowers both rare and common that would compare- well In any competition and few people hereabouts even faintly realize the extent of our export floral trade, flowers grown in Iowa and Ne braska finding a market outlet as far east as New York and aa far west as Utah. The people to take Initial bold of a flower show for Omaha are the florists. it they would get together and go at it energetically they could count confi dently upon the necessary backing from the other busluess Interests of the com munity. The month of November is the time for flower shows, so a etart would have to be made immediately if any thing is to come out of the suggestion tliis year. Some of the patriots, who were most noisily opposed to the proposition for a municipal lighting plant when it was submitted to tlie popular vote last year, are now maktng spectacular speeches to Improvement clubs advocating mu nicipal ownership of all public utilities. If some inquisitive club member should propound a few pertinent questions to them, these weather-vane statesmen would find themselves in a very embar rassing predicament. . . . - , , . . , . r. On his return from Washington Sena- tor Burkett declared in a public inter- companies are now shown to have been view that he had not heard of Judge i making for commissions and salaries. The Tucker's resignation from the supreme 1 policy has even been carried so far that the bench of Arizona and knew nothing mo"t competing companies are ac mum ui " tually earning less Interest on their Invest- about it On the same day announce- nU than Br Bome of theMeBS puin,ng ment came from Washington that Judge I companies, which avoid such expenditures Jessen has teen appointed to succeed and devote more attention to profitable in t,,. TiiPlpr Wonder if Senator vestment and leas to the acquisition of new Burkett will also disclaim all credit for the appointment tendered Judge Jessen. Governor Cummins wants to make tariff revision the paramount issue. The railroads also would like very much to have the president's program for rate regulation sidetracked to give tlie tariff agitators right of way. Bit I'P and Look I'leaaaat. ' Minneapolis Journal. Three women have been admitted to the Hall of Fame. This ought to prevent the gentlemen now In the hall from sitting around with hats on and feet on the wln dowsllls. Gneaa Acaln. , St, Louis Globe-Democrat. tn President Btlckney. rate ,., i,riv m. matter of auesswork. ! mho. hin the case, the government might as well do the guessing as the railroad companles.- Kame'a Close Call. Chicago Inter Ocean. It appears that some of ' our lat eminent Americans have escaped real fame by only one vote, and some by a fraction of on vote. But they will have another chance, and In the meantime their friends should rally around their memory. Higher Ideal Inchanaed. Baltimore American. The smashing of the statues of angels over which the controversy rose by their sculptor bas completely broken up the thuory of angelic femininity In marble, at least. In tlie flesh, of course, women will cease to be angels only when men cease to be lovers. Great Mot for Peace. Baltimore American. If President Roosevelt Is as successful In his compalgn in the Interest of clear, manly sport, with the eradication or nruuuuy, , i . i . professionalism ana money ihubiu umu the college games, aa he has been In every thing else he has undertaken, th long-hoped-for new era In college athletics will become a reality Instead of a dream, as It Is at present. Statement Fall to Hitch. ' Chicago Chronicle. Somebody who does not quite understand modern business has found out, from the bureau of statistics probably, that the Im ports of this country during alx years of Mocha and Java coffee' were Just 137,000 pounds and that within the same lime the coffee dealer of the nation Have sold 1.500,000 pounds of pure Mocha and Java. Having discovered the two farts, ha Is try ing to reconcile them. Hand Off la Cuba. St. Louis Republic. Great Britain will get herself very much dUUked In the United States If she persists In trying to put through a treaty that would give her a naval base In Cuba. That Island controls the main gate of th Gulf of Mexico, and Great Britain ought to know that It has long been our settled, though silent, policy to permit no European power stronger than Spain to control It. It was. In fact, from the British Foreign office, through It chief, George Canning, that our declaration of the Monroe doctrine was first suggested. Any treaty giving to the warships of any European power a base In Cuba would be a flagrant violation of the spirit of that doctrine. Evil Ecrt Kaotlam. New Orleans Picayune. One of the greatest evils of th American character la Its Intense egotism. We take It for granted that w ar better people than everybody else, always do the right thing and cannot learn anything from any an. A natural result of this national trait la that we make some very serious mistakes, not merely in our dealing with other people, but In our effort to develop our foreign trade, lit our efforts to dominate th trade of South America we hav endeavored to oak out susuxnar lake such goods as w considered they should take and we have neglected to offer them Just such good aa they desired, with the result that w hav had the mortification to see th bulk of the Bouth American trad go elsewher. PERSONAL NOTE. American girls might do worse, than study the Jiu-jitsu that enabled a little Japanese woman to toss a big loafer Into th air and sit on him when he cam down. The distinctly feature of th Cincinnati man who kidnaped 1 00.000 Is a cigarette cough. People similarly afflicted might make money by hitting th trail. Two European cltle,'Nlnove, in Belgium, and Chrlatlania, In Norway, have, sine th Portsmouth peace, established Roosevelt streets, and In two other European cities, Geneva and Paris, the establishment of a Roosevelt street Is proposed. A recent accident at an animal show In Milwaukee reveals the saddening fact that the bewitching woman who tames the Hons Is sometimes a man In disguise. Nothing Is now left to us but our clinging faith In the gentle femininity of th chorus girl. Admiral of th Fleet Sir E. II. Beymour, the youngest man of that rank In the Brit ish navy. Is to be entertained in Boston next week. He comes to this country to represent Great Britain at the celebration of the centenary of the battle of Trafalgar at Tremont Temple, October 2S. Ho Is due to arrive on th 18th. J. H. Seger, agent of tho Cheyenne In dians at Colony, has adopted a plan of hav ing the young Indians of th settlement earn their livelihood by: doing farm work In that section. He has Issued orders that all of them prepare to pick cotton this fall, telling them that their provisions and clothes depend upon this work. Mr. Charles M. Schwab, It Is rumored, Is about to put Into practice In a new Meld of endeavor the lesson of economy which he learned In tlie service of the canny Iron master. Incidentally he will teach other millionaires th folly of attempting to break Into the senate from New Tork, Pennsyl vania or Illinois when Nevada is so much cheaper. EXCESSIVE IN9CRANCE RATES. Tip from aa Expert Who 1 Xot ea the Salary Roll. Chicago New. In a timely analysis of the life insur ance situation David Parks Fackler. for mer president of th Actuarial society, has put forth some suggestions which policy holders will find It profitable to consider. Mr. Fackler, Ilk many other experienced observers, believes that the present cost of life Insurance Is greater than It should be. The reason, he thinks, Is to be found In the methods the greater companies pur sue In getting business. Practically all these concerns obtain their new business through solicitors or agents. The compe tition among them has become largely a rivalry to get the best agents obtainable and In this rivalry they have kept on In creasing agents' commissions. frhA . - ,1.1. , , . . . , cucvv, v, hub ivuueuuy are reveaiea k . lavlhnMll , th. ..' ... . " business. The situation leads Mr. Fackler to the conclusion that while life insurance as at present conducted Is safe and sound as Insurance, It Is not good aa an Invest ment. "Unless you are an Incorrigible spendthrift," he says to the prospective pol- i i... i. i tiAM.i Li . . ... . compulg)oni ,j0' jiot tak, an endowment pMjCy, but Insnr either on the ordinary life or the twenty annual premium plan and then either do .your own Investing with your surplus or put It tn a savings bank. Years hence, If you do not speculate, you will probably find yourself better off than If you had taken an endowment policy." No one need be surprised If one result of the New Tork scandals Is to encourage the adoption of this view. The Investment fea ture of life Insurance has been emphasized In recent years, while Its prime purpose Insurance against the hazard of death has been correspondingly minimised. The re sult of the tendency has not been whole- some. The way the, big companies have used the "Invested" funds, taking large premiums from "preferred risks" and mak ing prodigal expenditures without regard to the policy holder' Interests, suggests that It would be well to make the Investment feature of Insurance purely Incidental. SEX OF A5GELS. Stroag Defense of th Maaenllae Idea Found la the Bible. Philadelphia Press. The sculptor who has been carving angels for the New York Eplaoopal Ca thedral of St. John the Divine, in the form of deep-bosomed women. Is doubtless a better artist than a theologian. Our mod ern Idea of angela is quite different from Biblical. The term angello ha come to be ascribed to smiling, sweet-tempered babes and to women of a particular amia ble, disinterested type of character. Th little girl who sings "I want to be an angel" does not aspire to a change of sex. So far as those words mean anything tq the children and. others who sing them they express a desire to become ultimately a being who shall be possessed of all the softer virtues, and whose duties in th next world shall b nothing sterner than th nonmllltant office of a singer In the heav enly choir. The angels of the Bible and of Milton are men. They carried the message of th Ruler of th universe, and very stern messages they often were. Sometimes they brought plague, pestilence and famine aa expressions of the Divine wrath. At other times they appeared to give direct assis tance to His people, and when King Sen nacherib, with his Assyrian hosts encamped against Jerusalem, bent on th destruction of God's chosen people, The angel of death spread his wings on the blast And breathed in the face of th foe as he passed. The angels Of the Bible wr decidedly masculine In spirit and the tasks allotted to them are clearly men's work. The Archangels Michael, Raphael, Gabrlnl and Uriel are all men. Satan Is an angel, though a fallen one, and It has never oc curred, we suppose, to any on to is pre sent Satan and hla associates, Moloch and Belial, as women. W read in Kevela tlons: "There was war tn Heaven: Michael and hla angel fought against th dragon; and th dragon fought and his angels. And th great dragon was cast out, that old aerpent, called th Devil, and Butan, which decelveth th whole world: he was cast out into th earth, and hla angels were cast out with him." Modern art and legend hav feminised th angels very sweet and adorable crea tures they are represented to be anl their Image ar mors agreeable to look upon than the grave, strong, masculine visages of Michael and Gabriel. These feminine angels may be forgiven and admired in an art gallery, and it would be unneces sarily sever to banish them from th cemeteries, where their soothing associa tion is their excuse. Th carving In th Cathedral of St. John th Divine should, however, not dlsses th angeU, whoa militant tabor and sever responsibilities ar so graphically pictured la th rvla- I tlont of BU John himself. R01SD ABOtT HEW YORK. Ripple th Carrent t Life 1st th Metropolis. Bummer pilgrims to New Tork from these parts recall with varied degrees of pleasure th rubberneck expedition which filled th daya with exhilaration and the - nights with picturesque Information and observa tion. Remember It? "Well, 1 guess yes." Rubberneck wagons ar great Institutions In Gotham. Pilgrims naturally view them with awe, and often hesitate to tak th trip. But hesitation, whatever the cause, doesn't last long. The crew tumbles, nods to a confederate and presently two or mor tidily dressed young WAmen mount th deck. That settles th hesitant male. He longs for company In a strange city. This Is Just what he la looking for, and Jumps at the chance for a seat beside the fetch ing girls. Other lonesomes do likewise. Fares ar collected, th bugle blows and the rubbers sre oft for a two-hour round Of flirtation and sight-seeing. Not quite. Just at the starting moment th girls dis mount and retire to the next coach, where they perform the same trick catching th flirtatious pilgrims. This Is their regular business, and is quite profitable for th eoachers. The great trip for rubbering pilgrims Is the tour of Chinatown at 12 per. It Is a three-hour run and Is esteemed by the victims th greatest "fake In all New Tork." They see things, It is tru, but never enough for the money. One's feel ings next morning cannot b reduced to th normal without a short vigorous session with a self-acting kicking machine. Miss Mlsao Soga, k Japanese sword dancer, gave an exhibition of Jiu-jitsu In front of a dry goods stor in West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street. J. F. McCullom, 22 years old, an electrician, at tempted to speak to her, she alleges. Tho young man no sooner had the words out of his mouth than Miss Bnga grabbed him by the coat collar and threw him over her head as If he were a toy. McCullom picked himself up. and when he tried to explain to her that he mistook her for somebody else she caught him by the arm and threw him again, and he landed on the sidewalk harder than he did tho first time. In court, through an Interpreter, Miss Soga told how McCullom tried to flirt with her and what she did to him. "What did she do?" asked Magistrate Barlow. The little doll woman's eye sparkled as she an swered the question, but the Interpreter said: "I cannot explain In English." "Well, .let her show what she did," th magistrate ordered. The Interpreter, who weighed ICO pounds, grabbed the little doll woman by the shoulder, masher fashion. Miss Soga seised his wrist with one hand and tho lapel of his coat with the other. ' The next moment the man's heels twinkled In the air as he went flying over her shoulder. Then he crashed down on th floor. "Great!" cried Magistrate Barlow. "I wish our Amer ican girls knew Jiu-jitsu like that. They would not be bothered much by mashers. The defendant, McCullom. is found guilty of disorderly conduct and fined 15." Som time this week there wllf arrive In this port the latest marvel of marine archi tecture. It Is the Hamburg-American liner Amerlka, which sailed from Hamburg on its Inaugural trip on October 11. The steamer Is one of the largest ever built for passenger service, the displacement being w,vw tons. The Amerfka Is not of the flier class, but the vessel has engines and Is built on a new principle to reduce vibration. There are several striking Inno vations jn tne Amerlka. one belnr in a i. carte restaurant, which will accommodate 120 persons. Other features Include an elec tric passenger elevator, a nursery, trained nurses, for -sick persons, a hairdresser, a florist's shop, a candy store, a gymnasium and electric baths with expert masseurs. Th Amerlka Is a nine-day boat, 887 feet long, with 23.000 tons capacity. There are accommodations for ,057 passengers, and the crew numbers 620 officers and men. As a general rule th leading hotels of New Tork rather discourage lone woman guests. No matter how well reeommenrte they come or bow certain the manage ment is or their -respectability they always tack about 20 per cent on tha nrl apartments when they are let to women. women do not patronize the bar; they do not spend much money In the dining room; they are Inclined to make their own coffee for the morning in their own rooms; they tack plcturea on expensive wall paper; they demand more service than the men; they do not entertain In the way that helps the hotel to make money; they are apt to keep a pet dog without telling the pro prietor about It In advance. When they wear waists that button down the back they want the housekeeper of the floor to come In and button them down or up for them. They are always demanding extra service of a kind which eosts the hotel money, but they are not inclined to pay for it. A little old woman was watching the New Tork skyscrapers from the deck of a Pennsylvania ferryboat. From time to tim she turned to the stranger sitting at her side and confided that she was on her way for her first visit to New Tork. Pres ently she said: 'Those are very high houses over there." "Yes." smiled the stranger, "they are the tallest in the world." Th little old woman looked at them now a long time In silence. "I suppose," she sighed at last, "that the four hundred live In them." Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stetnway celebrated the twentieth anniversary tf their wed ding by giving a Louis XIV dinner In the marble room of th St. Regis. It wu a cene of regal splendor that greeted the guests after they had been received by the host and hostess in th adjoining reception room, trimmed with American Beauty roses, and had made their way to the white and gold banquet room, done in marble and gilt, and hung with white and gold brocade. Lackeys In court livery of the time of Louis XIV carried out the Idea of the feaat and seated the guests. The table waa shaped somewhat like a horseshoe, the guests being placed around the outer edge, while they were served from th Inner side. The Uble wa beautifully dec orated with quantities of white rose. Th ntlr gold service was used, even th crystal glasses being overlaid with gold. A young lieutenant stationed near New Tork was Jilted by his sweetheart re cently and his despondent air and mel ancholy sighs attracted the attention of hla commanding officer. One day the com manding officer called the young man aside, and after a fatherly talk, wound up his homily by saying: "My dear boy, ther ar as good fish in th ea as. aver wer caught," and as an afterthought added: "Don't catch 'em! Don't catch 'em!" Charity Racket at Home. Boston Transcript. After It had been ahown that all his relative held princely positions, and that ven th annual bill for clerks' luncheons amounted to IT?. OK), it wasn't really neces sary for the president of the latest life In surance company to be investigated to de clare that the true purpose of such com panies Is elemosynary. The purpose I not to make money, but to spend it to giv it way oa a magnificent scale. CALUMET B akifligf Powder Tho only high gradd Balling Powder sold at a moderate price. Com plies with the puro food laws of all states. STATU PRESS OPIXIOS. Rushvlll Recorder: Governor Mickey is about one of the best governors ws have had for fooling his critics. They simply can't understand our jnan Mickey. Kearney Hub: Congressman Kennedy of the first district, la doing valiant work for the retail merchants of Nebraska as against the - department stores and caia olgue houses, several of whom ar his close constituents. Friend Tribune: The people of Nebraska are' generous to Omaha In the matter of patronizing Its Ak-Sar-Ben festivals, and It must be said for the people of Omaha they have always provided lavishly for the pleas ure of their guests. Tekamah Journal: The notoriety that Is being given to Pat Crowe Is conducive to the breeding of depravity. To read of the attempts on the part of men and women to get a look at Crowe and the explo sions of sympathy for him ts enough To give one who believe In morality. If noth ing more, a feeling of disgust and pity that he Is of a race so deficient In horse sense. The Omaha Boe Is to be admired for Its stand In refusing to launch forth columns of Pat Crowe stuff. Grand Island Independent: The Tork Re publican has a roll of honor at the head of Its editorial column in which It carries the .names of all republican officials or candidates who have turned in their free passes or have pledged themselves not to put themselves under the obligations of the railroads by accepting such favors. It carries all the state officers except Secre tary of State Galusha, who Just simply couldn't part with the dear little thing, and carries Judge Letton and the two can didates for regents as the present candi dates of the party. Lincoln Herald: Omaha entertained an Immense crowd of people all during Ak-Sar-Ben week, the crowds were Jolly and happy and the city reaped a great benefit from It. But one thing was noticeable In the way of entertainment and that was the lack of proper hotel facilities. Omaha can always get a crowd when she advertises for It, but she always falls to take care of the people comfortably after getting them. The fact is. Omaha has not a first class hotel for a city of its slxe. Otherwise. Omaha did herself proud In entertaining the vast crowds of festival visitors and everybody came away pleas'd and satisfied with their trip to the metropolis. Columbus Journal: Victor Rosewater "started something" In the republican cen tral committee when he Introduced a reso lution asking the committee to take steps toward nominating the candidates for the state offices In 1908 by the "direct primary"- hiethod. As a matter of fact, no harm would result from the committee's taking the coursq recommended by Mr. Rosewater. If It should hit upon a good plan, our state legislature would have noth ing tor do In carrying out the convention's Instructions but to incorporate Into law the committee's plana. If the plan devised should not work well, the legislature could amend It. Whatever the committee may decide with reference to these resolutions. It should not lose sight of the fact that the republican party has spoken In favor of a direct primary law, and that In con sidering these resolutions It has no au thority whatever to take into account the merits or demerits of the system. The only question . for the committee to decide is that of the propriety of "butting In." Grand Island Independent: The city coun cil of Omaha rather unceremoniously dis patched 'an ordinance this week 'the pur pose of which was to secure a franchise for the Independent Telephone company Into th city of Omaha. Omaha's busi ness men It would appear, have so far been opposed to two systems on the theory that they would be compelled to keep both and that their telephone expense would be Increased rather than diminished. It la argued on the other hand, that even when this is the case, the Improved ser vice brought about by competitors rust ling diligently for business, Is worth mor than the Increased price for two phones. The ordinance referred to provided that the question of granting the franchise be submitted to all the citizens and voters, at an election, and this In brief, Is the propo sition that was shelved. Regardless of what one's individual experience may be, it is generally a mighty doubtful procedure when a whole community la refused a There is a reason, and the best Kind of a reason, why Ayer's Hair Vigor makes the hair grow long and heavy. It is a hair-food. It feeds the hair and makes It healthy and strong. Healthy hair grows, keeps soft and smooth, does not split at the ends, and never falls out. . Give Ayer's Hair Vigor to your grsy hair and restore to it all the deep, rich color of early life. atwte r u. . e. Ar e. , tweti. aiM BftAaulMturers ef 1TY'S ClTVBnV KCToL oreoufli. Aiaa a aaaaraKiiXA-var tu kiooa. Trust Halting Powders sell for or SO cents por pound and may be klea tided by this exorbitant price. Tbey ar a menace to publio health, as food prepared from them con taint largo quantities of Racbell alts, a oangerous catharuo drug. voice in a matter which concerns every member of It more or les. GLORIES OF TUB BANANA BELT. Soath Dakota Vocalises th Nebraska Composed. Soazf Washington Post On the brown and golden face of th United States I a smile that reaches from Maine to California the smile of fatness and contentment. The east Is full of busi ness, the west has turned out corn and wheat and hogs enough to feed the world, and the south I rejoicing In th short crop and long price of cotton. Th wood are turning brown, the stubble fields are yel low and possums are getting fat. Th newspapers everywhere are bursting Into autumnal choruses of pure Joy. Here, for example, is the paean of an esteemed South, Dakota contemporary, th Hudson Hudson lte: "You can talk about your California ell mate and all that, but we will take South Dakota for ours every time. Here it is th 6th of October and J. A. Pierce Is picking big, luscious strawberries out of his patch every day; we found a fine mess of string beans the second growth this year In our garden; the pastures are green and th grass Is knee deep In lots of them; flowers are In bloom everywhere; the bees hum merrily as they gather golden stores of honey, and you can't for the life of you tell the difference between October and June, lovely June." How can the country feel blue when such a chirp comes from the banana belt of tho Dakotaa? Wa recall a rrtnln Kth r rn. tober, of an Immemorial year, when a bliz zard swept over Dakota and stalled tho railroad trains for three weeks. How dif ferent ts the picture In 1906! Even the cli mate ts growing balmy. If not tropical. Ka ture shares with mi: the Joy of eternal summer and bountlfulne?. There Is a throb of envy tlie southern breast In reading of the big. luscious South Dakota strawberries and the editor's sec ond mess of string beans. California may be all right, but South Dakota Is evidently the place for riotous living.' From no other state has come such a glowing report of summer lingering In the lap of fail. Pos sibly Alaska may be reveling In greener fields and fairer fruits, but the returns ar not yet In. South Dakota must look to Alaska for rivalry In tropical fruits. Th Department of Agriculture has often told us of the luxuriant growth of tender plants In that country, but somehow the story never 'seemed real until now. When th report comes In from Nome of unprece dented harvests of oranges, pineapples and guavas, our satisfaction will be complete. Until then South Dakota will bear the palm, as the loveliest, warmest spot in a glorious continent. HUMAN SUNSHINE. Baltimore American, There are tx-nufactora Of man and mankind Men strong and protecting. Men gentle and kind; There are heroes wjio battle, And heroes of peace, And speakers, whose wise words In minds never cease; There are rich men ot millions Whose hospitals great Help thousanda In Buttering, Or light... hard fate Who build Immense libraries Free from all needs. Or In the big colleges Sow learning's seeds. But when the list's ended And benefits grow. Of all who have helped us Through life's days to go. Let each take his choosing As seemeth his while; But for Jieui t-cheer, oh, giv tn The lrl with a smile. A happy heart brimming With life and with love. Its olive branch holding Like some joyous dove. To trouble and worry. As each one she meets, Scattering sunshine Along busy streets. Whose cheery wurmth lightens The clouds of the day. And loath aa it lingers To pass quite away This, her childish mission To help in the press And scatter like sunbeams Her own happlnnss On the fret and the flurry Of life's busy day, Till a hint of fresh breezes Comes straying our way. She may be Just passing Just seen for awhile. But she leaves cheer God bless her I The girl with a smile. arsfa mia-For eesattpsrlM. Aisi't aoub ctikJ-i-uf ntitni sal agi. f r J 0