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41 THE 0UA1U DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1906. I Tim Omaha Daily Bee. & ROSEWATER EDITOR. Entered at Omtb Postofflos as second ItM batter. terms or subscription. tnllr (without Bunday). on year.KW laaly Bh and Bunday. on year Ji? Sunday B, on year Saturday Bm, n year 1 DELIVERED BI CARRIER, pally Be (including Sunday, per week.17 lilr Bm (without 8ndy, Pr week..li .viilEg B4. (mtnout ttunuajr), pr we. Evening Be (with Sunday). Pf week.. 100 Bund.)- Um, per copy : I"'. ',t Adores, complaint of Irregular! U lQ " livery t City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Ornate-Th Be Building. South Omaba City Hail Bulldlng. Council Bluffs Id Pearl Street. ChicagoI Unity Building. Now Tork 1C! Homo Life Ina. Building. Waahingtofw-iOl Fourteenth Street. CORALS PONOENCB. r,U.Id1naddr:"mat,. i tor la Boa, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Ram It by draft, express or pootal order payable to Th Bee Publishing Company. Only J-oent stamp received a payment of nail acoounta. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eatrn exchange, not accepted. THfl BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, tat of Nebraska, Douglas County, '. C C Roaewater, general manager Of Tha Bm Publishing company, oelng duly worn, say that the actual number of full and complete copies of Tha Pally, Morning, Evening and Bunday Be printed during in month of June. 1106, was aa follow 1 airao It. 89,400 a i BB.S10 SO.T50 ai.s&o 89,070 80300 31380 31310 39,000 91340 31.850 89370 30340 91,739 31300 81360 81.780 81,700 39,950 6 .... aa,cio .... SM0O 3.410 80,680 81300 31390 81310 31,830 31370 SO.! Total Leas unaold ooplea .904,180 . 10,4 Net total al 943,854 Dally average .......... , . 81,458 C C ROSEWATKR. General Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 10th day of June. 10. (Seal) M. a HUNQATK. Notary Public WHEH OCT OF TOWH. Sakaeri.era leaving? ths city tem porarily saonld hare Th. Be mailed to then. Address will bo chataared sua often sua reaested. July la here, but not that oft-promised appraisement of the water works. "The white man's burden" Is falling heaviest Just now upon th medical corps in the Philippines. If the DoVifeI)nmaTyRScUon law la In disrepute It la lu pretended friends and sponsors who have discredited It From the trend of events in Russia that official "disgrace" of a life guard regiment, may be borne aa a badge of honor under a new regime. Had the signers of the declaration of independence known of tetanua to follow the celebration, the would have delayed kg adoption tinlU cold Weather. The new Colombian minister la said to be a man of deep learning. Need less to aay he did not favor war with the United States over tha Panama in cident. Isolation of soldiers shows that Rus sian military authorities are behind the times fpr tha willing soldier la the cue who is not given time to think of trouble. ! . . . If the heir presumptive to the Oer nrm throne-fulfills the hopes of hia I. ly. Americans In Berlin will al feel perfectly at home on July 4 hereafter. I ' Kansas populists have resurrected themselves to the extent of putting In nomination, s oomplete state ticket. No populist aids show to a democratic dr cua In Kansas. Now that Kanaas populists have nominated s ticket Candidate Harria may not be compelled to dodge that platform which was made like the cele brated coon trap. Now that Belgium has won the grand challenge cnp at Henley, British oollega oarsmen may Include all but the United Kingdom in their remarks against Americans. Naval cfn;ers who are to move their ships In ; v o maneuvers without signals should w ..;. aa many friends as pos sible. Such experiments are often fol lowed by courts martial. The democratic organ of the repudi ated Tontanelle la reluctant to con cede Its defeat at the primaries In fact, almost as reluctant as If the re sult were a democratic Waterloo. That William J. Bryan to gaining caution with the passing years cannot be doubted alnce he would not trust himself to deliver an extemporaneous speech In London on the Fourth of Jul. 1 Advocates of asset currency have the difficulty of being compelled first to convert a majority of national bankers to the Idea before they can have hope of auccess In their campaign In con gress. Omaha celebrated tha Fourth with all sorts of explosives except oratorical explosives, but managed to furnish the orators for several celebrations In other places. Omaha la nothing If not nsslfish. Tbs Omaha drain exchange haa won oat again In Its protest against a dis criminating rats favoring Kansas City All Omaha Insists upon from the rail roads is a square deal as against its oaipeiltors In the grain business and If it sets a square deal Omaha will Lavs bo trouble to hold lu own aa a MUsoart rlTM maxktt lor breadstuff CVCttlk. ,- . kTOCKHOLbKltl ASD fiKRAWt. It Is beginning to be realized how Immense will be the benefit of the new Interstate railroad law to the railroads themselves, even If the view extend to no more than the two points of rebates and free passes. It Is. of course, im possible to state accurately the amount of railroad revenue sacrificed through rebating, but It la known to have been enormous. The sworn testimony In the various recent official Investiga tions and Judicial trials show how great are the sums which railroad officials have voluntarily paid back In one way or another to favored shippers or been compelled by powerful shippers to re fund. Bat the cases that have thus been brought to light are relatively few and constitute only a drop In the bucket. One prominent railroad of- firial In his testimony estimated that the annual loss of revenue In this coun try to the carrier companies haa been not less than $200,000,000 and other competent witnesses expressed a sub stantially similar opinion. Leaving out of the account the de moralizing effect of rebate discrimina tions upon business In general and their fatal injustice between the fa vored and the unfavored shipper. It Is perfectly obvious that these vast sacri fices of revenue are sheer loss to the real owners of the carrier properties, namely, the stockholders. Yet, slngu-. larly enough, many of them have been apprehensive of the movement to pre vent such discriminations through the Instrumentality of public authority, al though it has been demonstrated, and Is universally conceded even by rail road men, that adequate remedy through their own voluntary action is impossible. The truth Is that the ap prehensions and prejudices of stock holders have been abused by rebaters and their confederates In commerce and Industry who all the time were wrongfully profiting at the expense of stockholders on the one hand and the general public on the other. Now that the powers of the national government have been enlarged and a sustained effort Is to be made to en force them against rebating, it Is an auspicious sign that railroad stock holders are beginning to take a broader and truer view of their own Interest and to see that It requires the pro visions against rebates to be carried out In good. faith by their representa tives In charge of the carrier proper ties. Even If the whole question of overcapitalisation be waived, the fact Is deeply Impressing stockholders that, If rebates are actually wiped out, as the law requires, there could be a material reduction of average freight charges and yet larger profits divided than shareholders have been receiving under the rebate system. TBt COXORSSSIOSAL PRIMA RT. The selection of an uncontested del egation for Douglas county to the re publican congressional convention for the Seco ad -Nebraska' district assures the renominatlon of Congressman John L. Kennedy, although the other two counties, which together with Douglas make up the congressional district, are yet to held their conventions. Doug las county Is so preponderant In this district that, with It united on a single candidate. It Is not necessary to wait for the other counties to speak. In this case, however, Sarpy and Washing ton counties will In all probability ac quiesce In Mr. Kennedy's renomina tlon without dissent. His endorse ment for a second term will only be following out the established prece dent which, accords to a representative In congress a renominatlon at the hands of his party in recognition of satisfactory service during hia first term. The fact . that the nomination will have been secured without a prelimi nary fight and without embittering any competitors ought to leave the nomi nee In position to make an aggressive and auccessful campaign for the elec tion. The Second Nebraska district Is a republican district and should con tinue so. especially when the adminis tration Is entitled to the support of a republican majority In the next house to enable It to continue the progressive policies begun In the present congress The congressional primaries held here, therefore, may be taken to be equlva lent to notice to Congressman Ken nedy to proceed with his campaign. THE PrE FOOD GVARAXTEK. Despite the Inefficiency of most laws enacted for that; purpose. It la going to be possible for consumers to have as surance of the purity and wholesome ness of the prepared food products and medicines, a thing that has hitherto been Impossible, no matter what price people were willing to pay. Trade guarantees, for the most part, have been worthless, snd. In fact, the most positive representations aa to quality frequently have gone with the most deleterious articles. From the day the pure food law goes into effect every food commodity that enters Into interstate commerce has to be specifically guaranteed to be pre clsely what It purports to be. The compulsory guarantee under the law covers such points ss these: That the food, or medicine, whatever it may be, has not been mixed or packed with any substance so as to reduce or lower or Injuriously affect Its quality or strength; that no substance has been substituted wholly or in psrt; that no valuable constituent has been wholly or in part abstracted; that It haa not been mixed, colored, powdered, coated or stained In' a manner whereby dam age or Inferiority la concealed, and that no poisonous or other deleterious Ingredient has been added which may be Injurious to health. And any whol sale or retail dealer who sells food articles, false, so guaranteed will do so at peril of Imprisonment and heavy fine. J?'Jt rrtcUca. 1 nominally relating only to food prod ucts made In one state and sold In another, will necessarily be to warn the consumer as to every article on the retailers' shelves, without regard to place of its origin, because if It were of pure quality It would certainly bear the government stamp and guarantee. The mere fact that a food preparation Is unbranded under the national law, even If there were not a line of state Inspection law, will be a warning for the Jobber against the manufacturer, the retailer against the Jobber and the Intelligent consumer against the re-taller. K0T A MOXEr campaign: It is a welcome assurance which comes directly from the republican congressional campaign committee that this "will not be a money campaign," and that "there will be no effort to get contributions from corporations." Not withstanding the senate bill forbidding political contributions in any election in which national officers are voted for and the bill requiring publicity In cam paign contributions failed of enact ment, the announced policy of the com mittee is in conformity with over whelming public sentiment and with the demand for reform In political methods. It has been discovered, too, that not a few of the states have now and long have had laws on tbelr statute books which forbid and punish the diversion of corporation funds for the purpose of Influencing elections and legislation, although those laws had long remained for the most part a dead letter. The law of New York, as amplified by the last legislature, provides sweeping pro hibitions and drastic punishment for violation, and public opinion is now such as to call for enforcement every where of all such laws. Even more ef fective upon the whole Is the universal awakening of public conscience which will cause a multitude of corporation officers and agents, who may heretofore have made contributions of corporation funds according to prevailing custom without intent to violate law or do wrong, to refrain from doing so, even should they be solicited. The operation of these Influences, it Is to be reasonably hoped, will this year have large effect upon all political parties, for the evil of corporation money haa been common to all parties, not only In national, but also In state and municipal elections. It will be a great step towards honest government for the people to exclude from the campaign the agency of corporation money, the tendency of which. In addi tion to its direct corruptions, must in evitably be to pervert government to the ends of special Interests. It of course by no means follows that campaign committees and party associations should be deprived of the financial means of promoting the causes they represent. There are legitimate campaign . needs requiring expenditure of no small amount of funds. Publicity by the spoken and written word, on the stump and through the press, la costly and neces sary party organization, for Interesting electors and bringing them out for reg istration and voting cannot be provided without expense. Contributions there for, representing the voters' convic tions touching public policy, are not only proper, but honorable and salu tary when rightly aafeguarded for which one of the best methods la that of complete publicity. It Is gratifying to know that Tom Tibbies Is riding the political circuit as s living object lesson that the pop ulist party is not dead. When Tibbies makes his appearance at the populist state convention called to meet at Lin coln on Invitation of the fusion demo crats, he may be expected to make himself heard, as there are no algna yet that he Is ready to go out of busi ness. Democratic papers must be mistaken In quoting Senator Millard as ssying that he proppses to continue to be a candidate for re-election no matter whether the republican stats conven tion endorses another man or not. A little while ago Senator Millard pub licly declared that he would not want re-election unless the republicans of Nebraska expressed themselves for him. The next occasion for Omaha to act the host Is the meeting of the Baptist Young People's union, which will hold its sessions here next week. Our peo pie have promised to do the right thing by the visitors and they may be counted on to fulfill the promise and put In a little extra hospitality for good measure. The campaign to make Omaha beau tiful should not be allowed to languish under summer heat. The Improve ment already wrought In the general appearance of the city is only a fore runner of Improvements that can be made In the Immediate future. The Fourth of July celebration at Paris was undoubtedly the only one In Europe which had the unqualified ap proval of the ruling powers but France, with the exception of George III., was the only European power which made the celebration possible. Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Vanderllps discovery that the people are In s "lethargy of suc cess" may causa the dictionaries to be revised since he at the aame time an nounces that the people were never more active. Local real estate transactions con tlnue to exhibit reasonable activity considering the season of the yesr. A live real estate man never stops push g-"1 Omaha U full of live real s tate men time. who keep pushing all the T. ret thai Kills, Indianapolis News. The wreck at Salisbury reminds us, with a considerable shock, that the speed craxe la not confined to this country either. Pleae.e f Distant Hoe. " Washington Poet. Tha next democratic platform, we ar Informed, will Ignore the money question. Th men who have been yielding up In the past will be pleased If the campaign committee will follow suit. Cheapening- Thrills. Indianapolis New. Airship. It Is now promised, will soon be on the market at ll.tmo each. Why flitter away your Installments on an automobile when you can get an even more dangerous machine for the same price? Drlvtnej oa tha night Boa. New Tork World. Thus far there have been thirty-six In dictments and nine conviction under the anti-rebate law. There is no better way of destroying the rebate system than by continuing th vigorous enforcement of that law. la the Sick of Tine. Boston Transcript. Th indication are numerous that free alcohol was not secured any too soon. One of them 1 th withdrawal of high grade gasolene from the market by the Standard OH company. H. H. Rogers runs hi auto mobile by steam. Core for Temporary Disease. Baltimore New. The plea of emotional Insanity as a de fense to the charge of murder recalls Ihe story of the English Judge who was In formed that kleptomania Is a disease. "Tes." he replied, "and I am her to cure It." The penalties of th law ar made snd provided to repress Insanity of th kind that affects th emotions without dis turbing the perceptions. Expansion at "America. Springfield Republican. Rev. Samuel Smith s "America" has at last Its only default supplied. Among all the attacks made upon our most familiar national bymn. the gravest count was that It was too closely of New England, that Plymouth rock, the White mountains and all that possessed It wholly. Now comes to the rescue Rev. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, who has seen the whole country, and at the late Presbyterian general assembly pro posed two new stansaa which would nat urally come in Just before "Our fathers' God to thee." Here they are, as printed In Harper's Weekly: I love thy Inland seas. Thy capes and giant trees. Try rolling plains. Thy canyon wild and deep. Thy prairies' boundless sweep, Thy rocky mountain steep. Thy fertile mains. . Thy domes, thy silvery strand. Thy Golden Gale that stand Afront the west. Thy sweet and crystal air. Thy sunlight everywhere, O land beyond compare, I love thee beat. Senator Alllsoa'e Health. Washington Star. The absence of Mr.' Allison from his place In the senate in the closing days of this session has been remarked with slncerest regret and the deepest sympathy. His health made It necessary for him to leave town In advance of adjournment. The Iowa senator has for years been one of th most Industrious and Influential of the members of the body In which he Is a veteran. An authority on matters of gov ernment, s wise and. fair mui la all re lations, he enjoys the unqualified confi dence and respect of both sides of the senate chamber' ana -of the country at large. There Is probably no other member of the senate who possesses so thorough a knowledge of th details of publlo busi ness, or Is so well qualified to handle upon the Instant In debate tha thousand and one questions that inhere In th public purse. Probably without so exception, everybody advised of Mr. Allison's present Impair ment of physical strength will wish hint a speedy recovery, and the country early benefit from his valuable service again. THE OLD ASD THE IIW. Thoaght Suggested hy Workmanship In Demolished Balldlagt. Philadelphia Ledger. In New Tork a wrecker Is tearing down a building that was erected thirty years age, "when they did things more cart- fully than they do today," as on com mented upon seeing that the demolition was accomplished literally a brick at a time. Th structure was put up by a concern that then expected to occupy it Indefinitely. All the material in It Is sound. Walls and girders are heavy. The mortar contains th requisite amount of cement. When workmen succeed In pry ing off several year of th brick at once th piece falls to tha ground with each brick adhering to It neighbor. In the effort to clean th bricks of th clinging mortar th necessary blow often breaks tha brick Itself. There Is no good reason for not doing thing today as well and aa honestly as they were done thirty years ao. In structural work th necessity I exactly the aame on the moral side, and on the practical aide more manifest. Thirty year ago there were no lofty building, housing during business hours enough people to populate a thriving llttl city. If In th Integrity of an elght-tory wall there was protection, the protection 1 more needed now. when the wall towers to three or four times the old height. According to experts, a large part of the destruction of San Francisco is to be ascribed to tha dishonest wurk of builders. That the architect would de sign a costly edifice and among lu spec ideations have one authorising the us of mortar llttl better than mud Is not sup poaable, and yet this was the quality of much of the mortar used In a city In which every builder knew that an 1m portant part of his duty wss to safe guard his work from possible earthquake hock. But the Pan Francisco rule, hap pily, I not regarded as general. About two years sg a hotel In process of erection In New Tork fell of Its own weight, causing several deaths and much hard feeling against the persons respon sible. Th knowledge that their course had been displeasing waa. however, the extent of the punishment. This episode wss exceptional. The common fault of hast should not be permitted to render buildings unsafe, and the conclusion that It la permitted seems In itself hasty. When they ar unsafe through Intrinsic weakness they a re this as the result of criminal carelessness. Architects are aware of the sustaining strength of the nrt and comhined elements In the buildings they plan, and builders eaually familiar with It. are Perhaps, after all. th Intimation that things war dons better thirty year ago than now Involve an Injustice. Many splendid edlflcea are being reared In every Urn city. In appearance tney are im nriiva mnA in rnat they ar sufficient to warrant th ua of the best materials It would be a discomforting thought that. romoared with" the old. they are snams. Why think so? Men would bs slow put their millions Into buildings If they thought they wars not getting that for which they pay. and capitalists ar too shrewd to be mass U UcMm ContracUxa sen k iKitmnuL etui-Aits Where Papalarlty Connie. Butte Osteite trep t. The way the entire force of The Pee met Rdward Ronewater on Ms return from Rome speak well. Indeed, for him as an employer. A reception w given him on the day of his arrival home, every member of the staff being present and pledging themselvea. unsolicited, to do all In their power to help Mr. Rosen tier to reach the t'nlted State sennte. Sara Make a Record. Uncoln County Merchant (Ind . Our next t'nlted State senator returned to his horn In Omaha Tuesday from his trip to Europe. Mr. Rosewater was ten dered a reception on his arrival by The Bee employes, who extended a warm welcome to their chief. Mr. Rosewater has a num. her of enemies among the claae known as politicians and grafter, but there ar scores of upright business men and aage earners and thousands of farmer belong ing to the agricultural class of Nebraska voting population who know that the "grand old man" has fought many a polit ical battle, lone-handed and generally at tended with victory, for clean administra tion and honest politic and a government of equality. He would not be human If he wss perfect, but Mr. Roewaer Is human, and. aside from those with an axe to grind, he Is popular with the masse snd a loyal cltlsen. As Nebraska's reprei-enuitlve In the t'nlted States senate he will make a record that will be a monument to Ills memory for years. Sidelight oa the Tork Primary. Tork Times (rep.). Unfortunately, the primary election held In thla county last Saturday Is not a fnlr test of th system, as the rain no doubt prevented a good many from attending who otherwise would have gone. A good deal of Interest had been worked up and a very large vote was expected. Nearly (0 voters attended the polls, nesrly half of whom reside In this city. The vote here was a few less than half of th"! entire vote of the county. The vote for Mr. Rosewater was a surprlr to friend and foe. Bets were mad that Norr! Erown would have fout v.cs io one for Hom water, but In the rouulup he had little more than two to :ni, Ilwewatrr i-ariltd at least one townsi p and thi-re vrua a lie In one ward and tome ou'slde towns. A Journalistic Prediction. Center Register (rep.). The Nebraska Liberal says Edward Rose water will probably draw a three spot from Knox county In Ms senatorial cam paign, but that the four aces will go to someone else. The Liberal Is off Its trol ley. Mr. Rosewater wilt draw four aces and a Joker from the newspaper pack of this county. 5 Doabt Abont Election. Schuyler Free Lance (Ind.). In spite of all the schemes of the Fontanelles In Omaha the state delega tion will be for Rosewater, aad It looks as If he will be the nominee for United States senator. If he is, he will be elected, even if Douglas county sends a solid demo cratic delegation to the legislature next fall. The country districts will elect Rose water. Does Hot Rave to Speak. Nebraska Republican (rep.). Now that Edward Rosewater Is back th senatorial campaign is expected te liven up considerably. Many, of the voters nf the state are anxious to hear the editor speak, and wherever he goes there will be no difficulty In securing a large audi ence. Attorney General Norrls Brown Is well started on his stumping tour and will endeavor to keep ahead of the Rosewater schedule with his reform utterances. Ro Coercion of La bar. Omaha Labor Advocate (lnd . Edward Rosewater has returned from Rome, where he represented the United States at the International Postal con gress. A everyone knows, Mr. Rosewater Is going to be the next United States sena tor from Nebraska. If Douglas county has Its way In th matter. Mr. Rosewater ar rived In Omaha Tuesday morning, and Tuesday evening the employes of The Bee gathered together In the hall on the sixth floor of Ths Bee building and tendered Mr. Rosewater a royal welcome home and Informed him that every employe was go ing to boost his candidacy for the senator ship. Mr. Rosewater stated his apprecia tion, saying It had always been hi belief that ao long as an employe faithfully per formed his dutlea for which he was paid, said employe owed nothing further to his employer. He said every employe hsd the right to do as he pleased In regard to supporting hi candidacy for the senator- hip, and If any of them thought he was not the right man for the place they were at liberty to boost some other candidate and still he sure of their Jobs, as fsr as that was concerned. Tom Doyle, foreman of the night force of The Bee, aptly ststed the situation by saying that th printer on Th Be were unanimously with Mr. Rosewater In hi candidacy. Printers are naturally stubborn," aald Mr. Doyle, "and the fact that they are with Mr. Rosewater shows conclusively that there never was coercion used about The Bee building, for In thst event the printers would as natu rally be a bunch of knockers." PERSONAL, XOTEi. It I said that since an English nun In Madrid gave King Alfonso hi first Uste of gingerbread he can't get enough of that particular dainty. Prealdent Roosevelt has presented to Sen ator Bevertdre the pen with which h signed the agricultural bill which contained the meat Inspection clauses. Zlem. the great French colorlt. I H years of age. but Is still able to read with out glasses. This wonderful old man ha been painting since he was 7 years of age. Captain Christopher Tyler Arms, an inti mate friend of Abraham Lincoln when he was a young lawyer, and a pioneer In American railway construction, has Just died in Indianapolis aged S8. Andrew l. Harris, the new governor of Ohio, goes Into office at a greater age than that of any man before hlra when he took the oath of office as governor of Ohio. The next oldest man was William Allen, th democrat chosen In 1ST, who w M at that Urn. Mr. Harris will be 71 next falL Attorney General Moody Is a base ball crank. He does not often get tlms to go to the league games In Waahlngton, but when he Is out on horseback and comes a-reaa a srame on a vacant lot he always stoos and looks on for hslf an hour and cheers the amsteurs heartily when they play well. The bishop of Alabama, who Is noted for his piety and humor, was once asked why It was that the pictures and figurea of men angels as well as female angels were rep resented without beards. He promptly re plied that It seemed easy enough to make angela out of women, but that men couia only get Into heaven by a "close shave. Among the American writers who are studying Russia In this momentous perl-d of her history Is Prof. Edward A. Stalner. who baa Just sailed for Europe, expecting to spend the summer In Russia. Prof Btelner. who holds the chair of applied ChnstUnlty la Iowa college, haa devoted much time to the study of the Russian Jew. both la his native land asd la America. HRITI9H An AMERICAN RAILWAY. me reatnree of the Former Fwt la Strong Light. The recent wreck of a pater.rr train at Salisbury. England. In which a number of American tourlsta were killed and Injured, renews discussion of the merit of railroad management In Great Britain and th Untied States and lends present Interest to a comparative review by Ray Morris In the July Atlantic. Mr. Morris says In part: "If I were asked to name the character istic which, from the standpoint of the casual traveler, made Brltleh railways most unlike American railways. I should reply unhesitatingly. Hedge and the Board of Trade. Each of these terms Is somewhat symbolic, as used. The hedges., perfectly trimmed and laid out like the boundaries of a model garden, suggest th neatness and careful exactltud that pervades the service. They may fairly b made to stand for the politeness of th employes, the "railway servants" as well, for one does not expect to And rude servants In sn old fashioned garden. The traveler does not see the Board of Trade, but he I surrounded on all sides by It handiwork and watched over by Its Inspectors. Ppec'flcally the Board of Trade a a British railway char acteristic stands for th broad maonry station platforms, the overhead bridge from the up-llne to th down-line, the ab sence of grade crossings the efficient sys tem of block signaling and Ihe careful In spection and report following even the m"t Insignificant accident. More broadly. It de notes the great British Publlo Opinion, that may be Inefficient, but I always honest and courageous, and carrlea an Influence whether It expresses Itself In Ihe hare holder' meeting or In th columns of the Times that haa no parallel In this coun try. "The Board of Trade 1 a branch of the government and Its railway department 1 concerned almost solely with publlo safety. It views public safety broadly: It will not permit any new line to be opened for traf fic until Its Inspector have passed on It; and th Inspectors require compliance with almost countless arbitrary requirements that entail a tremendous expe"" "n the railway company, and have. In considerable part, no real hearing; on safety. Many of these requirement are traditional rather than expedient; If railways were to be built de novo In the.year 1906 it I certain that the Board of Trade would be Immensely ahocked. If not Insulted, at the suggestion that a loo-ton locomotive should rely on wheel flanges less than on and a half Inches deep to keep It On the rails, at a speed of seventy mile an hour. But the traveler who Is not a shareholder haa no occasion to worry over excessive safety, and he can feel assured that every British railway on which he Is permitted to travel has- passed a rigid examination at the hands of one of the most critical exam ining bodies In the world. "The British observer ! naturally sur prised to see that our safety measures are enforced primarily by the newspapers; he Is scandalised to learn that the cause of some of our worst accidents Is never known, and hence that preventive measures do not follow. For example, the Mentor wreck, on the Lake Shore. Is still unex plained, after Incomplete and unscientific examinations made by coroners' Juries and the inefficient 8tate Railroad commission. "The upshot of a comparison between Eng lish and American railways is that each country has provided Itself with the sys tem that, broadly considered, answers its own needs best, and that, when, all cir cumstances are taken Into account, neither has much to learn from th other. Certain great defects stand out In each; English riiiwir nnanctnar and American railway carelessness are both deserving of oensure. j Tet these defect are quite expiainaDia in their outgrowth from the physical condi tions at hand. an tney are not amenaoi to any off-hand remedy. Likewise, cer tain point e pecial attractiveness, such the v.n fftuh basaaare srstem and the punctuality of trains, and th American luxury of through travel, have arisen from nnmnilc&ied net of local clrcumstsnoes and could not be transplated unless all the circumstances were transplanted aa wu. Most forclbl of all Is the Impression gained by such a study that ths essential belief, the very creed and doctrine of on country, as regard th economies of its wnrktnar. ma not be so much as discussed In another, when the same ulti mate problem Is gotten at la a wholly dif ferent way. I British railways do not have presidents. and there Is nobody In the official roll whose authority exactly corresponds to that of tha American chief executive. Th chairman, often titled and usually a layman, finds his chief duty In presiding over aeml-ennal meetings and answering the extremely pertinent questions put to Browning, King & Co outouTflu ajo seu sums ealf icij a CUTim Iftwil-Awiinal This is the season of the year when nearly every clothing house will be bidding for your trade. We have just finished our inventory and find that with still two full wearing months ahead, there is much sum mery apparel that must be put on the "re tired list" A better chance to buy Men's, Boys and Children's Clothing and Haberdashery for less than actual value, has never pre sented itself. There's lots of hot weather ahead and you can make a profitable investment now for future use. During July and August our store will be closed at 5 p. xa, every evening except Saturday. nilcenlli and DouqIas Sts. JU.W him by Ihe proprietors for every TV: i shareholder feels the weight and dlsvi-v his proprietorship, and may not be .,. aid. To make, for the moment, a ir . cal distinction, the characteristic nrn:?,. tlon of a British railway is rt t- e-.i the characteristic American oritsnli.t - , divisional. That I to say. e are prv. t, make each operating division nf tl.n . a separat entity, ruled by It ,.,,,. tendent, who reports to the genersl nv..-. Intendent of all divisions. On most ,,f tv larger systems there are a group , ( , , . president, each responsible for rn.n branch of the bulnes. but repo-i ;!., ,n turn, to th president, while they ( i .. ,., division superintendents, who i- th operating units, a free a hand a p '!(. Our general managers are little nwf t' .la full-powered general superintendent " PAMIXG n.KASTRlV.. Mr Henpeek It lun't evry on h ancetor ws a signer of the rv,-Urr:,.., of Independence. Hf-nnerk Naturally : I tipnoe t ,f them were bachelors New York 8 ... "De man dat think he know . in ald Uncle Kben. "I one o' de people , Is strong In theory, but liable to tv :!- weak In practice." Washington Star "Did FThel faint when the footpad tr .j to snatch her pur?'" "Yes," she feinted and Jabbed him 'i--'. the ear with her let t." Cleveland I'I.mt Desler. "Rut the trouble with all this rpfArm" said the trust msgnate. "Is that It tntrr. ftrea with business and that's bad " "Perhr." replied the,plaln prsn. ' I t It Interferes most with monkey biiirR"!, snd that s good." Philadelphia Press "Do you believe In the survival of f-s fittest? Inquired the srlentlflc man "Alwsys," answered the practical person, "provided I am sure that my InlerfM ar the fittest to survive. "Washington Star. "Do you think thst actress h.is a future before her?" "Yes If he has an interesting enough past behind her." Cleveland leader. "What do you think of these political In vestigation?" . , "Well, I don't think any of the parties are as black as they're painted or as white as they're whitewashed." Cleveland Leader. "William, run around to the Chinaman and get your father's wash. Here's his laundry ticket." "Goodness, ma, that aln t pa's laundry ticket. That's my simplified spelling les son for today." Baltimore American. Mr. Hlghmus Tou never have any trouble with your cooks? How do you manage It? Mrs. Upmore Whenever w get one that doesn't ault I go out of town for a day and leave Instructions with my husband to discharge her while I'm away. Chicago TrIBuna. , "Tou told me he mas a good ladles horse. ' angrily said the man who bad made the purchase. "He was. replied the descon. "My wife owned him. and she's one of tne best women 1 ever knew." Chicago Record Herald. BRYAX. Wallace Irwin In Collier s. In '9 when Bill came forth To slug the Moneyed Bully. The nation gaspel from south to north: "Good gracious, ain't he woolly. But since we've killed the Silver Cow And raised the Golden Heifer. The "Cyclone from Nebraska" now Is like an April sephyr. Twlxt William Jenntnge Brysn then And William Jennlnge now There Is a difference, as If The world had changed, somehow. For latterly he's seen some llfo And ceased to travel steerage. He's taken food with silver knife From plates of British peerage; He's tucked beneath hie massive chin Fine napkins, hemmed and crested. And gone to teas and luncheons In An evening-coat low-vested. Twlxt William wild And William mild The gulf Is nearly weird: To put It frank. . The Argent Plank Is scarcely to be fesred. He rather thinks th mad Muek-Rake Is low and vulgar gammon; He fears too much reform will make "Th Commoner" too common. And if you have the hardihood To mention "Socialism." Bill whisper: "Hush!" and touches wood And reads his catechism." When Bill wss keen For "Sweet Sixteen" Her hand he archly prayed; But now he trie Those goo-goo eyes Upon another maid. For William's dreams of power have brought Some hankerings appalling. And half-way round the world he thought He heard his party calling: "Come back, before the safe Insane Has made another bungle; Come, prophet, on a special train To lead us from the Jungle!" Such words of cheer On William's ear Like words of promise glisten; The echo oomes Of distant drums And Bill alts up to listen. Sale. OMAHA NED. YOU