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WIIEM OCT OF TOWN.
Sabaorlbera leaviasT the city tem
porarily . ahald bsts Tha Bea
mailed t them. Addreaa will be
changed aa often s reqaested.
A riot in the capital of ttoumanla over
the production of a French play would
Indicate that America has no corner ou
"puritanical standards."
Miners of Pennsylvania say that they
will work as soon as their demands are
granted. It seems to be "up to" Mr.
Kobblns to "make good."
Philadelphia is the first city to see
men arraigned for accepting rebates
from railroads. The awakening of the
old town may be considered on in
earnest
Mr. Evans In his speech at Atlanta
makes It plain that the south Is not only
ready to shout for the old flag, but is also
In Hne for any appropriation which may
come along. ' ;V ,
when the internal reveuue tax on
alcohol Is abolished John D. Rockefeller
may be expected to come out of retire
ment long enough to mark down the
price of gasoline.
Council Bluffs N to be congratulated
iur uaviug notion turougn who its
municipal election, while Omaha still
has a primary election and a regular
election ahead of It
Having forced a merger of the Stand
ard and Republic oil companies, Mr.
Hadley seems to be finding a number of
other "Independent" concerns who re
port to 2tt Broadway.
The explosion In a factory lu New
York which cost the lives of four fire
men should cause Omaha to again turn
its attention to the proper control of the
storage of explosives.
The Railway Gasette favors govern
ment Investigation of railroad accidents;
but a better plan would be to have such
inspection of railway lines and methods
as to make accidents practically Impos
sible.
Now that both the governor of Iowa
nd the senator from West Virginia ad
mit that the argument is reduced to a
question of veracity, the great Amer
lean Jury will reserve its verdict for the
polls.
Attorney Jerome refuses to tell for
whom he caused warrants to be issued,
i-ernaps me ew ork prosecutor
wauts to be certain Judge O'Sulllvan
U wrong before he lets any honors
escape.
The Honorable "Jim" Dnhlmau has
round an obscure newspaper In Lin
coln to sing his praises. The Honor'
able "Jlni," however, knew better than
to run for mayor of Lincoln when he
lived down there.'
, No one can show respect for the
memory of Mayor Moores by trying to
heap honors npou those who pursued
blm In life with malicious vindictive
tens and by their persistent persecution
huuteued his death.
! democrats who rejoice because or
fcaulsed labor threatens "to go into"
national polities lu a body are a little
too aoou with their Joy, as the first step
of the organization may be in the south,
where it csu defeat democrats who sen
tence liuiotfut children to toll lu un
unitary factories for as muny hours as
their employers demand.
. That sumptuous repast served lu
Fremout for 20 ceuts Is only auother
reminder of the extent of the graft In
h 45 cents charged for furnishing two
HwUfferent meals a day to prisoners in
(lit Douglas couuty Jail, and the only
slightly smaller graft Involved in fur-
ilshlng prisoners two bread and soup
uicai for 33 ve.uW a day.
W7K.V THE STATE COMMITTEE MEETS.
The republican state committee has
been railed to uieft next week. The
rH Issued by Chairman Warner Inti
mate thnt "it will probably t the
most Important meeting- held for some
time." Chairman Warner Is eminently
correct In emphasizing the Importance
of this meeting, which will arrmige nil
the preliminaries for nominating the
republican state ticket to bo voted on
this fnll.
The first question to be met Involves
the adoption of some form of direct
primary expression, conforming to the
platform declaration of the hist repub
lican state convention. That the senti
ment of the rank and -flic is largely In
favor of direct, nominations has Income
more and more apparent. The main
objection urged to providing fo a di
rect expression of preference this year
Is that it is unwise to anticipate a
primary law which will make direct
nominations compulsory upon all politi
cal parties In other words, that direct
nominations are a good thing, but
should not be inaugurated except under
compulsion of law. This objection
needs but to be stated to bq exposed as
frivolous. There is nothing whatever
to prevent the party committee from
Instituting any proper method of nomi
nating candidates and many of the most
successful direct nomination systems,
cnpeclally In the 'south, have been put
Into operation and maintained without
any special legislative authority. Every
other objection presented against a di
rect primary expression adheres fn much
more obnoxious form to the old conven
tion system, which has the additional
objectionable feature of making nomi
nations depend in their finality upon
mere barter and sale of delivered dele
gations. Another overshadowing question to be
decided. Independent of the method of
nomination, turns on whether the call
shall or shall not include the nomination
of a candidate for United States sena
tor. Nebraska democrats tried a con
vention nomination for United States
senator in 1804, but have not repeated
their experiment, and It is understood
that they will make no senatorial nomi
nation this year. The only conven
tion nomination of a republican candi
date for the United States senate took
place two years ago, and there is soma
dispute as to whether that constitutes a
binding precedent. There Is no ques
tion but that the republican rank and
file are eager to have something to suy
about the selection of their senator, and
In our Judgmeut the popularity of a con
veutlon nomination for senator will de
pend altogether upon how much oppor
tunlty the rank and file are given to
make known their preferences and to
enforce them
As to the minor question of time of
convention, sentiment throughout the
state seems to favor a date neither
early nor late, presumably name time
In August The main point here is that
ample notice be given of what nomlna
tions are to be made and how they are
to be made.' so that there shall be no
chance of snap Judgmeut or " tinder
handed scheming. The nominations
i lnniit Im fair and . noun re nartlcu.
,ar,y uomnaton for Unlted states
senator, if made at allIf they are to
have the needed acquiescence of the
voters ' and of the various legislative
nominees.
ST.r LEGISLATURES TO COXGRESS.
The Joint resolutions and memorials
to congress from the several state legis
latures since President Roosevelt's mes
sage to the- Fifty-eighth congress a year
ago last December, urging enactment
of laws to enlarge the powers of the
Interstate Commerce commission, are au
interesting study suggestive of the pub
lic unity and insistence for such legisla
tion.
Within the year eighteen state legis
latures have taken action on the sub
ject, and of these only two, Illinois and
New York, failed to Indorse the presi
dent's policy. .In Illinois a strong reso
lution was passed by the house, but,
being amended in tho senate, concur
rence was refused. A similar resolution
In Ne'w York after passing the house
was defeated in the senate. ,
Excepting ) Massachusetts, the other
fifteen state legislatures, most of them
unanimously or by overwhelming ma
jorities, adopted Joint resolutions calling
upon congress in the most positive and
explicit terms to regulate and enforce
Interstate rates. These are the legisla
tures of Arkansas. Idaho. Indiana, Kan
sas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri. Mon ta mi, North' Dakota, Ohio,
Texas, Utah, Washington and Wlsion-
sln. The resolutions are in substance
the same, some of them like the Indiana
resolution quoting the president's recom
mendation of power to fix a reasonable
rate when the challenged rate Is found
unreasonable, the same to go Into effect
and obtain nntil reversed on appeal to
the courts, and all the others stating
those points forcibly, whether quoting
the president's words or not.
The ' Colorado legislature "instructs'
the Colorado senators and members of
the house "to use every effort to secure
the passage of such legislation. The
language of the Wisconsin resolution la:
"We respectfully demand of seuutors
and representatives, and each of them,
representing this state In congress, to
vote for and urge to the best of their
ability the Immediate enactment Into
law of such proposed legislation." The
resolutions of the other legislatures em
ploy the more usual, but hardly ' less
significant form of a request to their
senators and mcmlwrs in congress, and
some of them Include therewith forceful
protests against wrongful discrimina
tions and other railroad abuses which
the amplification of the powers of the
Interstate Comiuctve commission Is
al'ed to destrt y.
Three other legislatures holding tea-
slons within the year has with equal
emphasis previously memorialised con
gress to the same effect that of Iowa
by concurrent resolution, April 0. 1W2,
that of Louisiana in February, lf02. and
that of Michigan April 3f, 1SXU; the last
being notable for calling for power for
the com mission "to put Into full force
and effect Its own rulings and decisions
so that the hitter may be mandatory
and final to all whom It may concern,
until reversed or modified by the courts
of the United States."
The resolution of the Massachusetts
legislature March 21. 10i)5, as a sample
of New England selfishness, deserves to
stand alone. It utterly Ignores the great
question of public policy as against pre
vailing rate discrimination and abuse,
and is solely concerned to secure dis
criminations In favor of "the port of
Boston." which through existing dif
ferential rates enjoys great discrimina
tions against New York and other com
peting iorts. It Is, accordingly, not so
surprising to find both Massachusetts
senators arrayed against the broad
policy on lines of public Interest ho
significantly demanded by the people
through the medium of the state legislat
ures since President Roosevelt a little
over a year ago pushed this great issue
to the front.
STANDARD OIL YIELDING TO PCBLIC1TY
It Is unprecedented for officials and
agents of the Standard Oil company to
make any sort of answers to official In
quiry Into its affairs, save peremptory
refusal to answer at all. But their
hitherto unvarying polleys of absolute
secrecy is at length being somewhat
broken, except so far as ' convenient
lapses of memory are concerned when
interrogatories begin to touch tender
spots, as in "the Missouri proceedings
against the octopus.
It is a sign of immense progress when
high Standard Oil officials condescend
to answer at all. as the vice preslden,
the general auditor and several others
are doing, to questions put in a Judicial
hearing by the attorney general of Mis
souri, although, indeed, those questions
have not as yet penetrated very far Into
the oil monopoly's viscera. It is not a
willing compliance, but forced by the
power of public opinion, reinforced by
the recent sweeping decision of the
supreme court of the United States.
When this most secretive and recalci
trant of all great corporation monopo
lists begins, even a little bit, to yield,
there Is surely ground to hope for great
results In the general movement for full
publicity of corporate affairs.'
AO REVISION THIS SESSION.
The reply of Chairman Payne of the
house ways and means committee, to
the Inquiry of. Congressman McCall of
Massachusetts, states cogently some of
the considerations which render Im
practical general tariff revision during
the preseut session of congress. No
tariff, high or low, protective or for
revenue only, of course can be perma
nent since Industrial and trade condi
tions are not permanent. But the time
and manner of general revision of any
tariff are practical questions to be de
cided with a view to many other con
siderations apart from the mere que.
tlon of tariff rates. Chairman Payne
pertinently points out that while there
are groups of congressmen In the house
and localities and Interests in the coun
try who desire a special change here
and there in existing duties, the party
which made the tariff and by which
alone It can be safely changed has not
as a party reached agreement on the
subject, and he might have added that
the party has not as yet decisively un
dertaken it. Prosperity has so abounded
under the present tariff. In memorable
contrast with preceding democratic
tariff conditions, that the mass of the
people have' been rather content with
good fortune than disposed to hasten
to the Immense labor of tariff revision,
which under the most favorable circum
stances must always have a disturbing
effect upon business.
But Chairman Payne does not allude
to one of the most Important reasons
for not taking up general tariff revision
at this time, a reason which alone would
be sufficient if the dominant party were
otherwise ready for tariff effort. The
party has other and more pressing work
on hand, to-wit: The great task of
subjecting transportation companies
engaged In Interstate commerce to effi
cient public control. This the neoole
do demand to have attended to without
ueedless delay, and by itself it will en
gross every energy of the national legis
lature at the present session. The coun
try will be well satisfied if Its para
mount Interest in that behalf shall be
provided for, leaving congress free after
control of transportation rates Is secured
to revlso tariff rates t the proper time.
President Roosevelt has been wise to
proceed under the rule that one thing
at a time is enough, recommending ami
pressing with all his might for immedi
ate railroad rate regulation, and not
urging tariff rate revision now. The
leadership of the president's party in
the house in not taking up the latter
work now is simply following the line
of the president's leadership.
Opponents of Henulngs for mayor
presume a great deal upon popular
ignorance. They are trying to make
people believe Mr. Heunings Is illegally
holding onto his office after the date
set for merger of city and county treas
uries simply to draw the salary. The
fact Is that while the new charter pro
vides for the county treasurer to le
come ex-offlclo city treasurer, It also
expressly provides that the city treas
urer continue lu office and to draw his
pay to the expiration of the term for
which he was elected. The litigation
instituted by one of the noisy Fonta
nellites has alone prevented the opera
tion (( the merger aud Treasurer lieu
nlngs has not been relieved of any of
his duties or responsibilities. He would
still be treasurer up to the third week
In May next, whether he were a candi
date for office now or not, unless he re
signed, and in that case it would be the
duty of the council to fill his place with
some one else, who would draw the salary.
The death of Iir. A. F Marble In New
York lu the harness as associate super
intendent of the biggest and most Im
portant public school system in this
country recalls the disgraceful warfare
that was waged upon him when he was
superintendent of schools here in
Omaha and was dismissed from his po
sition on the presence of Insufficient
ability as an educator, to make way
for an Inexperienced wire puller. Dr.
Marble was unquestionably the most
scholarly and most thoroughly
equipped superintendent who has ever
been at the head of our public schools
and the, shameful treatment accorded
him by the narrow, minded bigotry
which at that time had control of our
school board put a blot upon Omaha's
reputation abroad which it will take
long to efface.
An expert accountant, competent and
trustworthy to perform the v duties of
city comptroller, surely ought to be able
to get a Job at his profession in these
days of business prosperity. The dis
reputable Westberg, however, since he
was let out of the comptroller's office
has been either unable or too lar.y to
find work as an accountant When not
buncoing his friends on questionable
mining deals, he has done nothing except
lobbying before the legislature or city
council with an occasional feint at In
termittent Insurance soliciting. Is this
the kind of an expert accountant the
people of Omaha want to employ to
make sure that millions of, dollars of
city taxes ore properly collected and
disbursed ?
It Is hinted that the nomination of a
republican candidate for congress in
the First Nebraska district may be by
direct primary vote. The last repub
lican candidate for congress in the Sec
ond Nebraska district was nominated
by a direct primary system, so that the
proposal for the First district would
not be altogether an innovation. It is
only a question of time when direct
nominations will be the regular thing.
Making; It i nanlmons.
Kansas City Star.
Secretary Shaw, who contends that
"business" Is the purpose of government,
will find all the trusts joyfully agreeing
with him. :
Borden of the Boer War.
Philadelphia Record.'
The war claims of the Boers for the
destruction of 'their, property-amount to
upward of $3oo.,fl00. Peace with the
Boers Is almost a dear to the English
conquerors aa wa,r.'.
Shlftlnsr a. Blsr Load.
Chicago Tribune.
Dr. Wiley's discovery that a targe per
centage 'of the i whisky la merely prune
Juice will remove a great Joad from the
public mind. . The, Impression has been
general that It is 'something worse.
Passlngr of "Good Old Times."
Baltimore American.
The no-pass blight which has settled upon
the country Is another reminder of how men
In these reform times may praise the latter
outwardly, but In their hearts look back
regretfully on the past and sigh for the
"good old times."
Family of Repnbllrs.
Washington Post.
The visit of Secretary Root to South Amer
ica Is admirably timed and cannot fall to
produce far-reaching results. The countries
to the south of us now feel that the United
States Is but the elder brother In the family
of republics, with full affection for all and
only the desire to see them prosperous,
progressive and Independent.
POPIXAR EI.F,CTIOX OF SENATORS.
Ohio Starts Movement for Co-Opera-tloa
of States.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Ohio legislature, which has been
busily considering the relation of the Uni
ted States senators to the people, and
which haa strongly Indorsed popular elec
tlon. now has a new proposition before It
tending toward that end. A house com
mittee has reported favorably a resolution
providing for the creation of a committee
to seek to procure the co-operation of the
necessary two-thirds of the states to se
cure a constitutional convention.
The passage of the resolution will be
welcomed outside the state aa well as within
It. Roth houses of the Iowa legislature,
on Governor Cummins' suggestion, have
passed a resolution for a convention of
tha states to meet In Dea Moines next
summer. Many of the states, which have
already gone on record Individually, are
anxious for leadership which - will unite
them in a movement that cannot be Ig
nored by senatorial obstruetlvenees.
leadership Is absolutely necessary. It Is
only a question which state will take hold
first. The state that does stand In the
lead will make Itself a name In history.
' GENTLE ART OF REBATING.
Snippers Find a Way of DrlTlaar
Taranarh Freight Scaednlea.
Philadelphia Record.
Not all the rebating la brought about by
collusive arrangement between the ahlpper
and the carrier. 8ometlmes the ahlpper
"goes It alone." On complaints of the rail
way companies having terminals in Ntw
York an Investigation will be begun by
tha Interstate Commerce commission lb
that city of charges of persistent under
bidding and misrepresentation by- heavy
shlppera with the 'object of securing
fraudulent advantage In freight rals
through Improper classification. The rail
road companlea claim that their loeaes
amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars,
and that through the employment of de
tective agenclea they will be able to prove
systematic and continuous swindling.
The mUmarklng of packages of merchan
dise for the purpose of getting cheaper
freight rales is an offense that Involves
great risk, t'nder the law a flne may be
Imposed, on conviction, of not less than
II. Old nor more than tJn.COO. This' kind of
rebating, like tha smuggling operations of
rascally Importers, puts honest dealera at
a disadvantage. The effort to expose and
put a. check upon the practice ought to
be systematically pushed. The policy of
the square deal Is the best policy. It Is not
well even to rob a railroad or a gas euro
naav r a aovarmnftau
B1T OF WASHINGTON I.1FF..
Minor Srenea and Incident Mtetrhrd
an the Spot.
Kfforts to unite the country In one grand.
solemn Jeer at the profession of the
plumber are foredoomed to failure. Wash
ington Is Insurgent. There the plumber Is
esteemed and his talent apprecinted. The
reason Is the Washington grade of plumber
alms to plcsse. One of the capital boss"
explains their methods. A woman tele
phoned to his shop and asked that a
plumber be sent up to her house right
away. what do you think she wanted?
asked the workman, whr-1 he returned half
an hour later. "She wanted me to wash
her dog."
'Go back and wash him," snld his em
ployer, and he did It. It took him all aft
ernoon to scrub the canine. The woman
cheerfully paid H A woman not the same
woman In an excited tone of voice asked
that a plumber be sent to her house for
three hours. Whtn the man arrived tha
woman, who is well known In society,
brought out a box of her husband's best
cigars, the latest magallne and a baby.
After minding the Infant for three hours.
while the mother was out shopping, he
collected II. W, filled his pockets with good
cigars and returned to the shop. No won
der that In one city, at least, plumbers
are It. v
It'ls getting to be almost as difficult to
reach Public printer Stlllings In Washing
ton as It is to get speech with the presi
dent. The Boston man has given atrlct
orders toxoid up all who would intrude
upon his privacy, even Ii they come on
public business. The other day a man
got Into the sacred presence unannounced
and Mr. Stlllings roared at him: "How did
you get In here?" The visitor did not
seem to be much alarmed and Instead of
replying asked another question: "Are you
the public printer?" Mr. Stlllings agiln
demanded: "I want to know how you got
In here." The caller replied calmly: "If
you are the public printer I would like
to Introduce myself and possibly make a
few remarks about how to act like a gen
tleman. My name Is Dick. I am from
Ohio and happen to be a senator with busl-
nesa here." Whereupon tha publln printer
lost all of his anger and most of his dig
nity. It cost the, government 11,164 In the
form of salaries for members of the house
of representatives to prevent the committee
on appropriations raising the pay of one
laborer who weighs the coal that is used
In the house from $W to 170 a month. It
took that body three hours to accomplish
that mighty saving. Assuming that mem
bers work seven hours a day, the figures
quoted represent the sum they would re
ceive were they employed by the hour
Instead of by the year. During that time
the committee was able to keep the pay of
elevator operators at tl.soo per year, al
though a hard onslaught waa made on
that salary by Messrs. Hexdwick of
Georgia and Prince of Illinois. The debate
showed that while the appropriation bills
allow only tl,100 a year for the men who
run elevators In the capitol, congress an
nually Increases the pay to 11,200 and votes
an extra month's pay to all employes.
Congressman Bart hold t of St. Louis at
one time got up a bill In the Interest of
the brewers. Just then the conscience of
his colleagues were In the usual acute
conditions over the evils of the demon
rum and Bartholdt's proposition was
downed by the usual Woman's Christian
Temperance union majority. "Bartholdt
sat and glowered while the next bill was
put on Its passage. - It was a measure
giving some new privileges to a railroad
company. It went through pretty nearly
unanimously and then the house adjourned.
As the members went out one of them
asked the St. Louis man what made him
look so glum and sour. "Meln Gott!" he
said, and It came straight from an over
charged heart. "If the breweries could
only Issue passes!"
All the prises In the catalogue set aside
for absent-mindedness belong to John
Sharp Williams. The democratic leader is
even more absent-minded than the man
who would forget hla head were It not
fastened to his neck, if he remembers
to keep a dinner engagement without the
assistance of any other person he counts
himself the brightest cltlren in tha town
for that day.
A short time ago hla secretary re
minded him that that was the evening he
had promised to, dine with Representative
Sibley. Aa soon as his memory was
Jogged Williams began making toilet ar
tides describe all the curves ever thought
of by old man Hogarth. He Is a wonder
In getting dressed.
In about five minutes, after carefully
surveying himself In a shaving glass, which
showed his person down to the top button
of his vest, he turned to his secretary and
asked: "Now, how's that?"
"Fine, flne," admiringly remarked that
young person, "but, really, I think you
would look a bit better If you ahould wear
trousers tonight."
Senator Fulton of Oregon has entered
Into tha full togaahlp of his office. For
many years so many that no man now
in tha senate remembers when he did not
do it the late Senator John H. Mitchell,
Mr. Fulton's colleague, had been In tha
habit of giving to- his friends of the
senate a luncheon from the largest salmon
to be had from the northwest. Senator
Fulton Invited the senate down to th
restaurant to partake of the noblest sal
mon that ever graced a plank. It weighed
fifty pounds and was a magnificent sight.
The negro cooks planked It on a piece
of oak six feet long and cooked It to the
klng'a taste. When they had garnished
It with salad, greena and whittled turnips
and beets, it waa a picture that made
It almost sacrilege to plunge a knife In it.
Champ Clark has been receiving felicita
tions on the popular appreciation which
has greeted his use of the word "Jower
Ing" In debate. Papers all over the coun
try are discussing It and hla colleagues
are congratulating him on adding a new
word to the language. "Hang 'em!" said
Champ. "I'm going to look it up now and
see If there isn't authority for It. I'll bet
Bhakespeare or somebody used It, and if
they didn't It's the first new word ever
added to the language of which that Isn't
true."
Tha flne distinction drawn by government
employes as to the division of their labors
was well Illustrated by a dialogue between
two negro laborers on the went terrace of
the capitol.
"Get out here!" said one laborer to tha
other, who held back. "Get out here and
help clean tha snow off this terrace."
"Go on, you nigger!" the other replied.
"I won't do no auch thing, l'se a portico
nigger. I ain't no terrace nigger, no
how."
Congressman MeCall of Massachusetts Is
a born Insurgent. He never Is on the
same side with anybody else If ha can help
It. A short time ago he proposed an
amendment to a pending bill. There was a
rail of the house. After It was over Mc
Call waa discovered striding moodily up
and down In tha republican cloakroom.
What's the matter, McCall?" he mas
asked. "Mailer!" snorted McCall. "Matter
enough. I am getting too blamed popular.
Seventeen peopla voted for that amvuti
ment of nilna."
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PERSONAL OTE.
"I have never had the heart to punish
boy for throwing snowballs at a man
wearing a silk hat,'v says a New lork
Judge; who. Indeed, kept his word when a
bold youngster toppled the shining mark
Into the street.
The emperor qf China has a household
consisting of 600 persons. Including thirty
bearers of state umbrellas, an equal number
of fanbearers, thirty physicians and sur
geons, seventy-flve astrologers, seventy-six
cooks and sixty priests.
Rear Admiral William It. Brownson. com
manding the fourth division of the North
Atlantlo fleet, has been Invited to succeed
Rear Admiral George A. Converse as chief
of the Bureau of Navigation, when the
latter retires for age on May 13.
A consul in China remarks that "the
Chinese will buy only what they want and
not what foreign manufacturers think they
should buy. No effort to force upon them
goods 'manufactured for export' and prob
ably unsalable at home will avail."
A New York, boy, who claims to havs
travelled 30,0(10 miles on a total expenditure
of $1.50 for carfare, arrived home the other
day as a stowaway on the Vmbrla. Now he
can write a magaxlne story about It and
earn enough money to travel all the rest
of his life.
In a character sketch of Thomas F. Ryan,
the insurance and railroad magnate, a mag
axlne writer has this to say of his subject:
"Big, gaunt, squnre Jawed, grim; a toller
front youth, a maker of his own way, a
fighter of his own battles, grixxled by years
of fierce combat with the most merciless
set of foes on earth, clear and cold-vlsaged,
niggard of speech, a compeller of men. His
eyes, level and cold, and an almost phe
nomenal power of mental concentration
upon the matter In hand, are all that could
give ground for any notion of a hypnotic
suggestion In the man. In manner he is
smooth and dignified, in speech he Is de
liberate and straightforward, positive and,
above all, economical."
Light oa Grave Problem.
Minneapolis Journal.
The Nebraska supreme court has handed
dewn a decision on Nebraska a antl-clga-rette
law, which was tested In the courts
by a young man arrested on the charge
of -rolling a oigarette. The effect of the
decision Is to sustain the law In general,
making the sale and manufacture of ciga
rettes illegal, but the rolling of cigarettes
by Individuals for their own use Is not
called "manufacturing." It Is a pity that
tha court did not rule on tha legality of
these single "manufacturers" throwing
their by-products out Into other people's
sir.
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Many mothers of families in the United
Elates have reason to be grateful to the
?ereon who recommended Dr. Pierce's
avorite Prescription. This is a medi
cine specially prescribed for diseases of
womankind. It does not cure eczema,
catarrh in all ita iorms, nor heart dis
ease, for it is put up for the $ingU pur
pone of curing diseases peculiar to
women. It haa a reputation of over a
third of a century of cures, and has
sold more largely on this continent
than any other medicine for women.
Another point in ita favpr it does not
contain a single drop of alcohol or
harmful habit-forming drags. It is
purely vegetable and perfectly harm
less in any condition of the system.
An alcoholic compound for women is
something no woman should take and
vet "Favorite Prescription" is the only
tonic and nervine put up for sale
through druggists, especially for wom
an's weaknesses, that does not contain
alcohol and that too in large quantities.
Womanly weakness will always bring
nervous irritability and a nervous con
dition, for which alcohol is the worst
thing in the world. What a woman
thus afflicted needs is a vegetable tooio
and invigorating nervine like Doctor
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, which
will build nrj her delicate system and
bring about a healthy tone. It cures
the drains and weaknesses of women,
' also displacements, as prolapsns, ante
version, retroversion, irregular and
painful periods and kindred ailments.
If you want to know what ails you
the United States mail will bring you
the best medical advice for only the
cost of writing materials and ttauips.
Many women owe their present good
health to the fart that tiicv consulted
Dr. Pierce by letter, giving him all pos
sible iaformation about their condition,
symptoms, etc., and received in return
good medical advice which cost them
nothina. This is wliv we advise vou to
write to Dr. R. V. Pierce, the founder
of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y.
Dr. Pierca by no means confines
himself to prescribing his ueU-known
proprietary medicines. lie tells you
In the most common-tense wsy w'liat
ails you, what you ought to do, what
Powclfep
Mealih.
FLASHES OF FIN.
Tommy Wrott Did you tell a friend of
mine the other day that I was the biggest
iti I In trtm-n?
Lotta Gtiph Never. All I snld was that
you were the biggest fool for the opportunl-j
ties you'd had. Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Jawhack It seems to me that i
man's pretty much of a drunkard when hs
has to go out and get a drink after every '
act at the theater. !
Mr. Jawtwu-k Not at all. It scents to me,
that a man's prettv blamed temperste,
when he can sit through a whole act be
tween drinks. Cleveland Leader. j
"Don't you care to be known as a racon
teur?" '
"No." answered 8enator Sorghum. "It .
Is getting so nowadays that whenever yod
tell a man a funny story he thinks you are1
trying ot get Into his good graces for the
purpose of making some kind ot a flnanclai!
play." Washington Star.
Mrs. Bensome And when we were In I
Egypt my husband found an amulet 1,000,
years old It was Just perfect. i
Mrs. Nonaut Mv goodness! How did the1
eggs keep fresh all this time? Philadelphia,
Press. j
"I thought Jim was going to marry tha
banker's daughter."
"Oh. he can do better than that." '
"How?" !
"By marrying the Iceman's daughter."
Cleveland l'lalrr Dealer. '
In compliance with the pressing Invitation
the young woman seated herself at the:
piano.
"You musn't mind It, Miss Pllnkplank." '
said Mrs. Sllptung, "If the dog begins to,
howl as soon as he hears you. He always
starts that way when the girls start tn
graphophone." Chicago Tribune.
"What I want," said the constituent, "Is
a nice, easy position."
"My friend," answered Senator Sorghum,
"give up that Idea. When an easy ixislilou
Is discovered so many people are after It
that a man has to fight ten hours a day'
to get it and twelve hours a day to hold
on to It." Washington Star. '
HOPEKIXNESS.
Chicago News.
The sky today Is overcast;
i ne. sun no mure is sinning.
It's been the same the whole week past.
But still I'm not repining.
What's gone Is gone, what's here is here,
But that's no cause for sorrow,
No weather can be so severe
But It may clear tomorrow.
Calamities of yesterday
Already I'm forgetting:
Those of today seem tough, but may
Not be dlKpelled by fretting.
Tomorrow, though, the luck will turn,
I'm confident, not fearful; '" ' ' '
My sparks of hope will alwaya burn
And that'a what keeps me cheerful.
No sense at all In going round
Oppressed with gloom abysmal.
No consolation have I found - ,
In contemplation dismal.
Things may Improve, at any rate.
Bo trouble I won't borrow.
But live In that fair, roseate.
That best of days, tomorrow.
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line of treatment should be followed
out in your particular case, and if your
case does not indicate the ' need of
his proprietary medicine, he tells yon
plainly and frankly what you do need,
and the best possible method of im
proving your health. - If yon are a
young woman just , entering upon the
duties of life, you should have good
medical advice of a confidential nature.
If you're the mother of children, you
may want advice about yourself and
how best to put your system in order
that your children may be healthy. To
sufferers from chrouio diseases which
do not readily yield to treatment, or to
people who are past the youthful stage
of life and want confidential advice
about their ailments or their physical
condition, Dr. Pierce offers careful con
sideration and the best medical advice
within his power, free of cj t.
' " ' Favorite Prescription is indeed an
ideal medicine fer women, and by far
the best I have known to restore loft
health and strength," writes Mrs. K. C.
Hoclker, 24 Ingram Street, Henderson.
Ky. " I suffered misery for several
years, being troubled with flooding.
My back ached aud I had bearing-down
pains and frequent headaches, would
often awake from sleep in such pain
and suffering it would be hours before
1 could close my weary eyea again. I
dreaded the long nights as well as the
weary days. Consulted two different
physicians hoping to get relief, but find
ing that their medicine did not seem to
cure me 1 tried Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, as a friend had recom
mended it so strongly. Am glad that I
followed her advice for it was the only
medicine for me. Kvery ache aud pais)
has gone, and aot only this, my gen
eral health has improved. I feel well
and strong, have a fine appetite, have
gained llesli and never looked bettes.
My advice to suffering women is t
take the 'Favorite Prescription' aa4
they will never be disappointed with the
results." Formula printed on wrapper.
Vou should read The People's Com
mon Seiift Medical Adviser, by K. V.
Pierce, M. D. Send 21 cents in one-cent
fcltnnps, for this 10U8 page book in papei
covers, or 31 cents for the cloth-boundj
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