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THK OMAHA DAILY BEE: SAT tT It DAY, DECEMHElt 2, Tim Omaha Daily Dee E. ROSEWATEK. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY JIORNI.Va TERMS OF SUnSCRIPTION. Imily Hoe (without Biind.iy), one year. .11 OH Imlly Hp- anfl Sunday, one ear i.(0 Illustratc-d Bee. one year 2 50 8unljr Bee, oua year 2 W Batumay Hee, one yrar 1.50 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Ial1y Bee Onrliullnx Sunday), per week..l7o Ially Bee (without Sunday), per week.. 12c Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week c Evening B (with Sunday), per week...lH3 Hunday Ben, per copy..... 6c Addreaa complaints of Irregularities In de livery1 to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The pee BulMIn. South Omaha City Hal) Building. Council BlufT! 10 Pearl Street. Chicago IMo Unity Building. New York 15no Home Life Ina. Rulldinf. Washington flit Fourteenth Streot. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating- to news and ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or poslnl order, payahle to The Bee Publishing Company. lnly 2-eent stamp received as payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING! COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Dou1ns County, ss: C. C. Rosewater. secretary of The Be Publishing Company, being- duly sworn, says that the actual numbt-r of full and complete copies of The Dally, Mornlnir, Kvenltisr and Sunday Bee printed" during the month of November, ' 190S, was as fol lows; 1 e...... Sl.BOO 2 t 31,110 ' 31.14A ' 4 .. 81.TBO 5 Z.7 6 SO.KBO 7 S3.1SO 8., S4.01O 31JIOO 1 31.8HO - 17 31.7TO lg. S2.BDO 19 JM!lBO l 31.SOO a si,noo a .11,-130 tZ 82.KBO :t 8i,s.vi 10 S1.INIO 11 81.KMO u a.r,r.o 13 31.20V 14 HI ,350 16 31,430 a -sa,4io 1 2 2W.1IKO 27 31.0HO . a ai,aao i 2 8I.C40 I 30 81,WO I Total t4M0 Less unsold copies I... 10,313 Net total sales 030.!tU Dully average 81.207 C. C. ROSEWATER, Secretary. Huhscrlbed In my presence and sworn to before me this 1st day of December, 1906. (Sual) M. B. HUNGATB, Notary Public. WHE.1 OUT OF TOWN, Subscribers learlaja; the city tem porarily sboajld have The Boa mailed to tbeia. It la better thaa m dally letter from home. Ad dreaa will be changed aa often as requested. To official Inmates of the state house; Don't write letters for publication. Itockefellerlsra is again rampant. Both Cblcngo and Nebraslsa triumphed at Tlinnksglvlng foot ball. Couut Wltte could probably run the uetv Russian government all right If someone would help 'start It. i i ii L Now it is announced that silver is too high-priced for FlHIpino money. And liryan more than 10,000 miles away! The new councilman from the Fourth ward will feel more thankful next year If he can still celebrate in his official IMMltiOU. With a passenger train snowbound for three days during a November bllr.zard, the year is keeping up its pace for novel ties to the end. Soldiers of the czar's guard who wero arrested for making an appeal to him made the mistake of not presenting de mands through a walking delegate. The loss of ten vessels b,y one com pnny operating on the Great Lakes may tend to put a partial brake on efforts to create a monopoly of the lake traffic With 4he price of silver higher than it lias been for nine years, it is possible, but not probable, that some people will again dream of attempting to repeat the campaign of 1890. Oregon is now enforcing the federal law requiring safety appliances on rail way trains. The momentum acquired In the trial of the land frauds seems to keep the court moving. Real college meu now have a few months in which to devise a -plan to make their schools more noted for learn ing than for the weight and swiftness of their foot ball players. Tc Judge by his letter to the Jewish two hundred and fiftieth celebration In New York, the president may be shocked but not surprised at anything which may take place in Russia. It took a stroug pull, a long pull, and no little contention for Omaha to get Its Auditorium, and it may have to go through a similar ordeal to get that long delayed new fireproof .hotel. In advising Australia to encourage im migration from southern Europe Presi dent Roosevelt does not seem to be af fected by' that fear of the Latin races which seems to prevail In many quar ters. Had the Turkish ministers attended to business a few months ago they wonld not have to be working overtime at pres ent "A stitch In time saves nine" In governmental affairs as well as in per sonal business. 1 i i If British book agents resemble their American prototypes, the queen could ralM more money for the unemployed by letting the business men know that she will not permit that new book to be is sued if the cash arrives on time. Why should the citizens of Omaha be compelled to file personal protests against the granting of Uceusa to as. loons In the proscribed districts that are almost wholly patronised by the vicious and criminal classes? The beard has ample power to reject the applications of the keepers of these resorts without protest and should not shirk iU duty in the premises under plea that worse cou "Hon exist in other cities. BVSiyGSS AfE.V FOR COSSUI.S. That business men should be pre ferred to politicians, for the conxuliir Horrloe will w very genernlly admitted, since the duties of a cotisul are almost wholly of a business nature, lie is es sentially a commercial ttgent. Not, however, until the service is removed from the domain of politics will the business man father than the polltlclnus be sought for it. It Is mani festly the purpose of the present ad ministration to get the servke out of politics, if It be possible to do so, and In this effort It will have the earnest sup port of the business Interests of the country. It Is proposed to have a national con sular reform convention, to be held at Washington next February, and every business organization In the United States Hhould bo represented In it. It is announced, also, that Senator Lodge Will again bring forward his bill for the reorganization of the consular service, that measure having been very generally approved by the business Interests. This measure pro vides for changes which experience has shown to be necessary to the Improve ment of the "service, among which are the adoption of the merit system of examination, appointment and promo tion of consuls, the requirement that consuls must be familiar with either the French,-German or Spanish lan guages, and possess a knowledge of the natural, Industrial and commercial re sources of the United States, and what is not least in importance, the complete Americanization of the consular ser vice. Tha bill also provides that tenure of office shall continue only during effi ciency and conduct of the highest grade. This is doubtless as far as congress can be Induced to go in the matter, but it would be sufficient to bring about needed Improvements and giving to the service a business rather than a political character. "The time has come," remarks the New York Commercial, "when it is proper to recognize the real value of our con sular service. The productive energy of the country Is expanding. Let every applicant for a consulate be required to submit to a test of bis capability; then, in an Intelligent, energetic service let the rewards go to those wbOvonrn them rewards of salary and promotion with the perfect assurance of immunity from the machinations of the politicians. Let us begin now to reorganize our consular service for what it is a purely business matter. Let us divo-ce It from politics and keep them separated." This Is what the administration is aiming to do and to the extent of its authority will un doubtedly accomplish. To complete the work of reorganization and reform, however, legislation is necessary. The past congresses have shown little dis position to provide and It cannot be confidently predicted that the coming congress will be more; favorable to the proposed 'consular'' reform.'The spoils men may still be able to prevent legis lation. But a determined and persistent effort on the part of the business inter ests may secure what they desire. THE OEySRAL STAFF. The organization of the general staff of the army was one of the changes in the military establishment brought about during the administration of Ellhn Root as secretary of war. It was urged as absolutely necessary to a proper man agement of army affairs and to the Im provement of conditions in the military service. Now it appears that the gen eral staff has been exceeding its duties and usurping those that belong to the executive officials of the department It Is said that Secretary Taft, while think lng that the experiment of changing army management has been a success, is at tha same time of the opinion that the general staff needs curbing. He Is quoted as saying that it has been gradually overstepping the bounds outlined for it In the beginning, that It is novl performing functions which are executive and which do not belong to it The chief purpose of a general staff, said the secretary, Is to invest! gate and report. "It is a difficult mat ter to draw the line between the two classes of duties and It may take much time and study to do it." It Is stated that there are a number of officers in the army who will rejoice to hear that the general staff Is to be curbed. This ap plies particularly to the men In the staff department They say that the general staff is made up of a lot of officious committees that are constantly interfer ing with the technical affairs of the supply department and causing con fusion throughout the service by order lng Ill-timed Innovations. There Is no question that the creation of the general staff has on the whole resulted in Improving army manage ment and the fact that it has usurped duties that do not belong to It simply shows how apt such a body In this country Is to overstep the bounds pre scribed for It. The general staffs of the European armies confine themselves strictly to the duties devolved upon them and would not under any circum stances attempt to do anything beyond or outside of them. . The discipline in tLia direction Is Just as strict as In any other. The general staff of the United States army is to a certain extent based on the old world system, but vVmerican officers are perhaps less disposed to sub mit to restraints and restrictions than the foreign officers. Secretary Taft will probably find no difficulty In curbing the general staff If It has, been going too far and it is ueedlevs to say that he will not hesitate to do so. , Judge Hunger's order in the water wcrks appraisal injunction case has been signed, but it sets no date for the completion of the appraisement If the appraisers work as fast as they have for the past two years we may expect their final figures by the time the next federal census Is promulgated. The order thoughtfully refrains from enjoining the members of the do-nothing Water ltoard from continuing to draw their snlnrles with promptness and precision. isbctEyOEXT vorrxo t!t Nebraska The ftible of county officers chosen at the lust electlou. in this state, compiled by The Hce, discloses several significant facts. In the first place, out of uluety coun tlcs In the state only twelve elected straight republican tickets and only one elected a straight democratic ticket. In seventy-seven counties, therefore, the majority of the voters made selectlous from the candidates running on oppo sing county tickets and gave their en dorsement for certaiu offices at any rate to the candidates who appealed to them as having superior qualifications without regard to party affiliation. That this reflects an increase of Inde pendent voting among the people of Ne braska Is not to be questioned. There is no doubt whatever but that party lines are less tightly drawn among our voters today than at any time in the past. The disposition Is more and more to look into the character and records of those askiug support for official posi-1 tions and to place less stress upon the party label. " , A lesson Is also to be drawn from the further fact that more than four-fifths of the counties of Nebraska have elected both republicans and democrats to county offices at the same election something which could not have oc curred except where majorities are com paratively close. While the republicans have carried the state by nearly 25,000, they must not assume that they have a sure thing for the next year, especially in the election of members of the legls- lature, in which local considerations largely enter. Nebraska might go re- publican oil natlonol and State issues I and still leave the republicans In n minority In one or both branches of the legislature. The continuance of republican su premacy in the management of state af fairs In Nebraska depends upon leader ship which will keep the party in touch witbxthe rank and file. The Kansas railroad commission which has for years, been conservatively Inactive and harmless has suddenly caught up the spirit of the times; but no sooner had it turned the power on its regulating machine when the railroad lawyers applied the brakes by an In junction designed to put the commission out of practice by attacking Its constitu tionality,' very much in the same fashion as the Nebraska State Board of Trans portation was snuffed out some years ago on the plea that It was extra consti tutional. No wonder the democratic state com mittee did not think it worth while to choose a treasurer for the last campaign, bjt was content to let the chairman serve as acting treasurer. The Ne braska corrupt practices act, however, contemplates the handling of campaign money by a treasurer separate from the chairman and the democrats would have shown a more law-observing disposition bad they complied with Its provisions. A Judicial order has been issued by the federal court for the appraisers of the Omaha Water company to segregate the bead and the tail from the body of the Jersey cow that Is being success fully milked, and then to hemstitch the parts that have been negregated without hurting the feelings of the animal. In the meantime the special attorneys will continue to play the game of heads I win and tails you lose. We called special attention of our readers to a table of county officers-elect printed in yesterday's Bee suggesting that it be cut out and preserved for reference. Unfortunately the table was badly wrecked by the typographical mis placement of a line, so we print it again corrected and completed, and ask those who cut out the first copy to destroy the same and preserve the corrected copy instead. The taxpayers of Douglas county are at a loss to understand why the county board has taken no teps, up to date, to do away with the county Jail graft by which 45 cents a day Is exacted for feed ing county prisoners, while the city is only paying 10 cents a day for feeding prisoners In the city Jail. All members of Nebraska's delegation in both houses of congress are said to be lined up now for the president's rate regulation policy. If they will line up again on all questions affecting the In terests pf Nebrabka they can make more headwuy than any previous delegation. The state treasury is enjoying Its share of the benefits accruing from the operation of the scavenger tax law in various counties in which It has been in force. Now, if the railroads will only pay their taxes In Nebraska that state debt may be reduced. Nebraska has won a glorious victory i at foot ball, but It is nothing to glory aDout. it would have been much more glorious not to have played and won than to have won out In a game that is more brutal and more dangerous than a Mexican bull fight -Low Bridge." i Chicago New. Maybe the railroads are in full retreat and maybe they are only retiring In the direction of a well-laid ambush. "Dolac" the Pablle. Ban Francisco Call. The street railways of this city, accord ing to their sworn statement, make an annual profit or $2,686,814. They cost $7,000, 0f and are capitalised at $80,000,000. Fig ures like these are calculated to strengthen the municipal ownership idea. OTHER t.An THAJS Otfts. In a lei tar published I" Pails Oem-rnl Ca nons? conit nd tlmt. If well commanded, the French army, with iiumlwrs Increased and with training unquestionably equal to modern demands, tvould fight with advant age against the German anny. He dues not know, he ss-s; which side would bo vic torious, but there would be a hard struggle betweert two armies worthy of each other's steel. While admiring the lilfrh qualities of the German Infantry, he points out that. Inspired by the spirit of tradition. It still holds to the methods wheh secured Its suc cess In 1870, There, was a great deal o( talk In Germany about fioer taetlca recom mended by the emperor himself, but U has now been proved that the German Infantry has returned to its former system. A com parison of tha tactics of the two armies In delivering an attack upon artillery shows, fn the general's opinion, that In some re spects the German Infantry Is Inferior to the French. Tha French cavalry, he holds, la not inferior to the German, while- the French artillery Is unquestionably superior. At the present tnortient Germany, he says, only possesses a quick-firing gun capable of discharging tour to five rounds a minute at the outside. It cannot, therefore, be compared with the French gun, which has been In use for eight years, and has the unquestionable advantage of firing ten to fifteen rounds a minute. The Australian federal premier has In troduced the amended immigration bills Into the commonwealth House of Representa tives. The first bill empowers the common- wealth, by means of treaties with other governments, to arrange that merchants and tourists shall travel In the country under passports. The second provides that workmen under contract may be admitted, If the contract Is In writing and approved by the minister concerned. The conditions of such approval are that the workman must not be Imported to Interfere In an Industrial dispute, that the employer Is un able to obtain within the country a work man of his kind equally skilled, and that the contract war are the same as those current In Australia among workers of a similar class. The bill docs not apply to domestic servants. Mr. Denkln, In his in troductory speech, explained that, while ;:,J" ,T , , J", Icy, he did not wish to cast a slur on any ot,,Pr people and ,n particular wished to avoid hurting tha susceptibilities of British Indians and Japanese, In one esse subjects, i" lno oln" a,ueB' jjne rmen emire- London has 26.739 persons on' its lists of lunatics. Of these 24,282 are supported by the rates. Tjie County Council Is at Its wits' end trying to devise accommodations for the rapidly Increasing numbers of the city's Inssne. January 1, 1901, England and Wales, with about 32,000,000 Inhabitants, had 117,199 Insane persons an Increase of 8,234 over 19(3. The ratio of Insane to every 10,000 of the population went up from 34.14 to 84.71 In twelve months. This almost In credible and dangerous increase is far be yond the recorded Increase In the' king dom's population. Indeed, the decado 1SSH 1904 shows that the number of the Insane was as one to 827 In ISM. and as one to 2S8 In 1904. At this rate of Increase the end of England's, supremacy in many lines Is In sight Luckily, before it is too late, legis lation may devise methods of meeting the matter and securing a remedy. . ... ... , , The Paris correspondent of a London journal enumerates the names of the pol iticians who are mentioned most frequently as possible successors of President Lou-1 bet. The chance of M. Fallleres, president of the Senr.te, Is thought to be good, though It Is remarked tliprjhjs may bo among the long-expected etiJu Ulat do not happen. M. Leon Bourgeois is sUll spoken of aa a likely candidate, and In some reDects. If not In all, a suitable one. M. Doumer, the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Is another favorite, though not with the advanced republicans, whose opposition helps to make him popular with the Centre and Right parties. . Borne think that M. Rlbot would be a 'good president, though he .lacks the support of the advanced ele ment. It Is believed that the prime min ister, M. Rouvler, would not refuse the presidency If It should be' offered to him. A somewhat vague article that appeared In a leading Parisian Journal recently, la believed to have been In the interest of hU candidature, aithbugh It did not meni tion his name. There are those who be lieve that M. Loubet himself may at the last moment be prevailed upon to stand for a second term, In spite of repeated declara tions by himself and his friends that he Is bent upon retirement. Amongthe dark horses is M. Sarrlen, who for many years has been a noted secret power In politics. The general Postofflce department of the German Imperial government Is now build ing a wireless telegraph station of mon strous height at Norddeich, which proba bly will be for the time being the most efficient In the world. It Is expected to cover a circuit of not less than IBS miles. This station win convey not only messages to and from Germany, Switzerland, France, Great Britain and Denmark, but also the larger. part of Italy, Sweden and Norway, and even portions of Spain, the Balkan peninsula, and Russia; to the southeast It will operate as far aa Saragossa, In the south it will almost reach Naples and Cetlnje, In the east get close to 8t. Peters- , . . , . . , v.,,.-., . i , . ., ' I essary to control them. But If the thing is burg, and In the north Jt will talk to the,.. . .. . . -vaaIa . . ti . . , , people at Dronthelm and about half way . Nr.u nr. .,. r - ' . " ....... . . v. i tiuiuvnuiu bound from America will be able to com municate with tha German station at Norddeich when they are still on the At lantic fax beyond Land's End, twelve de grees west of Greenwich. The installation at the station will be set up by a Berlin firm supplying machinery, apparatus and accessories for wireless telegraphy, ac cording to the system called "teltfunken." Marveloam I'mareas of the Japs. New Tork Tribune. An ambassador from Japan will be pe culiarly welcome at Washington, and there will be a corresponding pleasure In sending one thence to Toklo. There are men now living who can remember well when a . 1)reacnte. hl. creA'tMa at the " , n0n's mouth. Immeasurable Is the contrast ) between the Japan of that time and the Japau of today, and also between Amerlco Japanese relations then and now. Yet It has all been effected In less than fifty three years, and the bulk of. it in less than half that time. If hereafter a similar rate of pro Kress shall be maintained, the rest of the world will be put to It to keep pace with the Yankvea of the far cast. lips for KariiU Farmers. Saturday Evening Pout. The fanner is no lonser an Isolated per son, except as he persists In the old wavs and isolates himself. He ought to get Into closer touch with his neighboring farmers; and they ought to plan to produce finlshd products In co-otration, Plow the bralu as well as the soil, and the good years be come great and the bad years great. Aa ApneM J Hamilton. Louisville Courier-Journal. Ah, jedge. keep not in despair these American' heart that lov you. Let not the pain of your absence rack them still longer. Wherever you are, Jedge, oonie back, etime back! "And the stately ships go on To trelr haves under the hill But O. for the touch cf a vnnlhed And, And the sound of a vtl that is still!" ROOSEVELT'S ISSUE AND RAILROAD WAGES By J. M. Mason. NO. III. When seaklng the other day to a dele gation which professed to represent rail road labor, the president ssltl that. In his opinion, railroad rates, taken as a whole, arc not too high. This means that present re-enue is not too large to pay operating expenses, Including labor, and to pay full Interest on all the capital which has ever been furnished. The president teaches sane and safe theology. The public is very willing to pay the biggest price for the best services of the best men and, In view of the charac ter of much of the work, the amount given to labor Is not excessive. I pointed out yesterday the percentage of revenue given to labor, towit, 42 per cent, and the per centage given to capital, towit. 28 per cent. f ast year's revenue was $2,000,000,000, then the l.Soo.coi) employes (this Includes high salaried officials, but excludes attorneys, lobbyists and. newspaper owners), got 8&40, 000.000, and the 84.000,000,000 of capital fur nlshed got 8640,000,000. In other words, labor averaged $500, and capital received ISH per cent. But the point Is, that tho Wall street cap tains of railroad finance are not only claiming full Interest on 88,000.900.000 of capital which was not furnished, but are also claiming the right indefinitely to In crease the bonds and stocks Issued to rep resent unfurnished capital. , It will be observed that Mr. Roosevelt has not as yet made public utterance ss to whether rates will be too high when rail roads pay full Interest cn 88,000,000,000 of pure water. In his speech to the Roosevelt club of St. Paul, President Stickney of the Chi cago Great Western, mentioned an in stance where a combination not only re ceived a rebate of 25 cents on a SS cents rate on all its own shipments, but on all the shipments' by its competitors. Of course, eastern water holders are very anxious for legislation which will prevent rebates and thereby increase revenue. But these water holders and their western at torneys profess to think It sacrilege to suggest that the public Bhould not be milked to pay Interest on capital which was never furnished, and they also profess to think that It's populistic to suggest that when capital receives more than 12 per cent then labor ought to receive more than 42 per cent of the amount taken from the public. Some figures are Interesting In this con nection. Twenty-seven per cenf on 82.000, 000,000 is $i.ono.000 in excess of 12 per cent on the 84,000.000,000 capital, which was fur nished. This 880,000,000 ought not to bo taken from the public, but If It Is taken, then, on the basis of 27 and 42 per cent of gross revenue, labor should receive 60 20-23 per cent of it and capital 39 2-23. A railroad organ has suggested that, "Wall street will panic if Roosevelt pro mulgates the Iowa resolution." But this was answered in the October Era, as fol lows: "Action would not be precipitous. Wall street generally discounts the Inevitable. The truth Is, the wiser heads already realize that thev will never be able to un load directly on the outside public, and the Insurance scanadals intimidate trust offi cials; hence, these wiper heads are ad lust ing conditions accordingly. A few rich men will be disappointed about expected future profits, but the $12,000,000,000 of railroad Is sues may be converted Into 84.000,000,000, bearing 12 per cent, without jostling legiti mate trade. The loss, outside of frenzied finance, will not fall on a sufficient numher of persons to work general distress. "Again, business will rebound the instant enterprising men have a certainty that tho Iowa 'resolution has come to stay. Besides this, wages will be better and the housewife will not contribute so much to Interest on railroad water every time she buys sugar, salt or shoes." Again, it Is evident that traffic officials. Adjusting rates with reference to a limited revenue, could take Into consideration and weigh every fact or feature whlcl. 'ley may legally consider when fixing rates with reference to unlimited revenue. SOMETHING DOI!(j. ' ' Varlaae Interest Swelling the Lobby t Washlaartoa. Indianapolis News. There is to be a great lobby at Washing ton this winter. The, railroad lobby will, of course, be one of the most conspicuous and persistent, and will do what it can to prevent any legislation on the question of rate regulation. It will be impossible to' deal with the various questions concerning the proposed admission to the union of the remaining territories without the help of several lobbies representing different views of the situation. The old tariff lobby will be on hand to head off any possible assault on the tariff, an assault by the way which is not likely to be made at the coming ses sion. The ship subsidy grab will, of course, be backed by powerful lobby, as it ul ways is. On the whole, however, we are Inclined to think that the meanest of them all . is the anti-pure-food lobby, it la to be re gretted that a pure-food law is necessary, I for it will Involve another extension of the 1 functions of the national government. Alno ; it will be a confession that our people are . .. .a . . . .A i . - i. ' imc, must u3 iviurpecu, aiiu u nic ptr'j- , ... .... P'9 n not b protected except by the na- tlonal government, then the government must act. One wonders why anyone should oppose any attempt to secure pure food. The anti-pure food lobby ought to be so dis credited from the start as to deprive it of all influence. Everybody knows that food adulteration In this country has developed almost into a science. People pay for gi 1 safe and wholesome food, pay full price, and yet they have to be content with tvhat ever poison Is served to them. And there will be men In Washington insisting that this infamous condition shall continue. We warn the people that their enemies are al ready conspiring against their health and safety. Whatever can be done to Influence congress against the people will, we may be sure, be done. But we shall not believe, until forced by the facts to do so, that con gress will be influenced by the- anti-pure food lobby. RrtheBaby Many of your neighbors have used Meilin's Food for their children. Ask them what they think of look at their children and ses the result of using a proper food. Meilin's Food will give the same good results if you will use it with your baby. Send for a sample, we will send it free of charge. Malllm'e. Feel Is the HIT lariats feed, which received the Grata frise. lae hlthewt swa ilibevt ewers el toe Loauiaaa rr- ckaae iLspMtuea. It, Leaia, m. stUa- tmU sternal. MU4.IN TQOa CO- BOSTON. MAIS. O . r;- k Att Absolutely Pure A GRAPE CREAM OF TARTAR BAKING POWDER It makes the most delicious and healthful hot breads, biscuit and cake FREE FROM ALUM, LIME OR PnOSPRATIC ACID No other baking preparation or powder has equal leavening strength or healthful qualities JtOVAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK POLITICAL DHIK1', Governor Pennypacker's autograph sprawls over eighteen square Inches. Mr. Hearst is getting all the publicity contracted for out of the New York may oralty contest. Assistant Treasurer Lleb of Philadel phia Is In the right mood to sympathise with the man who monkeyed with the buzs saw. Captain Frank Frata, who will receive his commission as governor of Oklahoma In January, is only 33 years of age and will be' the youngest executive that state has ever had. The house of mirth at Albany, tho head quarters of the Insurance lobby, is for sale. Publicity has put the Insurance lobby out of business, and there is no longer any mirth to be housed. Governor Jeff Davis of Arkansas has achieved a fistic record worthy of a pro fessorship at Annapolis. But the gov ernor thinks the. United States senate is the proper place for his talents. Nebraska sets the pace in other things than corn. The governor-elect of Ohio announces that dancing will be omitted from the festivities at his Inaugural. Mr. PaUlson is a Methodist who believes the dance Is an abomination. Schoolmaster Coin Harvey, the famous educator of 189G, , emerged from his cave In Arkansas long enough to say that the country Is going to the dogs at a fright ful pace. Having said his say Mr. Hurvey dodged into his 'cyolone1 cellar.' - An Ohio legislator is putting in his best licks by taking a night school course In political science, economics, constitutional history and law, so as to be ready for business next January. The necessity of properly serving the people Imposes new burdens on the gray matter of officehold ers. Mayor Franklin P. Stoy of Atlantic City, who has just been elected unanimouuly to serve bis fifth successive term, holds the world's record, so far as known, for at tending the greatest number of banquets and making the greatest number of pub lic addresses In the course of a year. Dur ing the last twelve months he has been either presiding officer or chief guest at more than 700 banquets, muklng speeches at all of them. This Is an average of two dinners and two speeches to every working day. TRIFLES THAT TICKLE. "You're a polite guy. you are. Why didn't you go to my wife's assistance when she leu down in me street yeeiernayr "I'm too honest. I never pick up anything on the street that doesn't belong to me." Cleveland Leader. Jl IXIUIBT, Bttl'l HIV It'lllilll CUM It?l , "you believe tn the greatest good to the greatest number." with me the 'greatest number' is always Number One." Philadelphia Press. Confound It," muttered the new arrival In Hades as he trlcpod over an unusually Browning, lining & Co ORIGINATORS AND SOLE MAKERS OF IULF SIZE! IN CLOTHING. " A good yarmtid" taut Jicau Brum vul, "turntth a tea y wra.h," f Fifteenth and I Douglas Sis. I Brtdway m ti Street I I tiEW Coal. Wood. Coke, Kindling. W. ssll th. b st Ohio and Colorado Coals -el.an, hot, lasting: Also tho Illinois, Hanna, Shorldan, Walnut Block, St. am Coal, Eto. For gsnsral purposss, uo Ch.ro Lump, $5.50; Nut, 95.00 p.r ton. Missouri Lump, 94.75 Largo Nut, $4.50 -makss s hot, quick fir. Our hard coal Is tho SCRANTON, th bst Pennsylvania anthrcclt. Wo also sail Spadra, tho hardest, and dsanast Arkansas hard soal. All our coal hand scrnd snd weighed cv.r any elty seal dslrd. COUTANT Ct SQUIRES ,4.:.M0A" 71 Jr large paving stone, "that's about th thousandth time I have stumbled over that same resolution." Hoston Transcript. First Citizen Then we both believe In mutual ownership? Second Citizen Ves, but we differ on the point of which party should own the muni cipality. Yonkers (Statesman. Maybelle Mrs. Mommer really seems to enjoy taking her six unmarried daughters with her wherever she goes. Gladys Certainly. It's no trouble to show goods. Chicago Tribune. "Did you never experience the slightest touch of fear In a naval engagement?" "Never," answered the officer with hau teur, "after a man has gone through the Naval academy, he isn't afraid of any thing." Washington Star. "My wife refuses to let m correct my small boy. She says it Wi.l break his spirit." "But your wife corrects you, doesn't she?" "I should say she did. But then she claims I never had any spirit." Clevcla--" Plain Dealer. LAIG1I IT OFF. " Milwaukee Sentinel. When you're suffering reversion Till it seems naught but diversion Is the only thing you need to keep your weary mind Intact, Try a little healthy laughter. Good old-fashioned, Jolly laughter, And you'll find It bully medicine tonlo for a (act. When you can't mnke any headway. And each day seems like a dead day. And the thorns besln to poster till youT nerves are shattered, racked. Stop a bit; get busy quaffing From the bottle labeled "Laughing" Get your All and thpn start over It's a tonic, for a fact. 1 ,; Are you grumpy? ' Are you grouchy? Do you Jeel like saying ouchy Every time some one get neir you? Have" you lost the thing called tact? Try a cuptif sunny chatting. Sweetened up with merry laughing It's the bent thing on the market for a tonic, for a fact. , One of the cleverest 'and most delightful old maids that ever lived has written her auto biography in Everybody's for Christmas'. , She would not' be an old maid again or- a new pair of old shoes; but she's not a grumbler and gets more con tentment out of life than most folks young, old, married, or unmarried. Everybody's for Christmas. F.verybody'i Magazine 1J ceass 1.50 year Sptrtal rrprMratttlvM t4 tar Bneisoey UgutD In townt wktre ther are so ocairia. Chesterfield Overcoats Of all the overcoats now worn there i9' uo coat that has 60 many friends as the Chesterfield or medium length overcoats; Cut about three quarters length single breasted, broad shoulders, clone fitting lapel, full and. roomy about the body and full of grace and 6tyle. The fabrics are smooth kerseys, meltons, black cheviot, un finished worsteds, etc. The price range is quite a long ohe-$15, $18, $20, $22.50, $25, $28, $30, $33. Match these coats for the price if you caa. OMAHA NED. W YORK y. Cooper SqL