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HIIE OIT OF TOWN.
Subscribers leaving; the city tern
porarlly should, have The Baa
mailed to them. Address will be
changed aa often aa required.
The railroad tax agents have to
make a show of earning their money.
The czar has "called the hand" of
the Duma and the world waits to see
what It hold.
Only the fattest trains will enable
the Eagles to keep up their reputation
for traveling at a rapid pace.
The "fak reformers" are not con
fined to any one political party, nor do
they all flaunt the republican label.
The "crisis" passes so often at St.
Petersburc'tliat both the duma and the
court are rapidly, reaching the Immune
class..
Having signed bonds to keep the
peace. hose Cejitral American republics
will have to be more careful In their
politloal campaigns.
Nebraska Is to have another formal
"corn contest" In December, but the
real contest . Is now taking place be
tween the corn and the weeds.
With Bryan visiting Richard Croker
In Dublin democratic . officeholders
may change their mind about prosecut
ing "ice trusts" in the United States.
King Peter of Servla I to build a
new palace and may realize the truth
of a western proverb about "fools who
build houses for wise men to live in."
Those Shoshone reservation towns
have an unsurpassed opportunity to
attract new citizens by showing how
well they can preserve order under
difficulties. ...
Japanese traders busily sending sup
plies through the port of Dalny before
It Is open to all trade probably believe
that Japan means what ft says about
the "open door."
Would It not be a good deal better
If all these disputes of rate discrimina
tion could bs settled promptly by Im
partial arbitration rather than by boy
cotts and blacklists?
The sooner Nebraska assessment
are made on the true value basis in
stead of the confusing and misleading
basla of one-fifth, the better It will be
tor all whom it may concern.
Americans fleeing from Mexico for
fear of a native uprising are not just
the kind of which this country will be
proud but perhaps they know why
they are In a hurry to eome home.
For' once in Nebraska the demo
cratic state convention is called to
meet a week ahead of the republican
State convention anil the railroad dem
ocrats will Jiave to. show their hands
first.
Since aipresa companies are asking
for more Urns to file rate, sheets with
the Interstate Commerce commission,
one la led to wonder why a copy of the
book the local agent uses cannot be
ransmltted.
With Waahtagton Ice dealers given
until September to answer to Indiet
woU they may conclude to plead not
and go out of business at that
1 ...thus escaping punishment and
if Nebraska , precedent Is to be
ed.
rith "arbitration" feeing- discussed
it!
'the Panamerlcan congress at Rio
f Janeiro and the Interparliamentary
inference at London at the same time.
,t fs probable that the new force will
make more rapid strides In interna
tional affairs than it has In labor dis
putes. i,t ' ;. : ' .
THAT UXSKKMLY SCRAMBLE.
The platform resolutions adopted by
the Cheyenne county republican con
vention taper off with this declaration:
W deplore the fact that from present
Indications the scramble-' for this dis
tinguished place (the United States sen-
atorshlp) bids fair to be more unseemly
than though It was left to the legisla
ture te decide without a recommenda
tion.
With all due deference to the as
sembled wisdom and patriotism of the
republicans of Cheyenne county, we
should like to know why and wherein
the nomination of a United States sen
ator by state convention is regarded
as an "unseemly scramble?" Why
should not the preference of the rank
and file of the party govern In the se
lection of senator as It does in the
selection of congressmen, governors
and other state officers?
Since the admission of Nebraska Into
the union fourteen senatorial elections
have been held. Five of these termi
nated only after a protracted struggle
that In each case scandalized the state
and party and deprived the people of
Nebraska of the beneficent legislation
which they had a right to expect from
their lawmakers. In nearly every In
stance these deadlocks were stimulated
and engineered by the corporation
lobby through which too many of our
legislatures have been debauched, de
moralized and corrupted.
Nebraska is by no means the -first
state that has set Its face against the
legislative deadlock and dark horse.
Ohio republicans have for the last ten
years made their choice of senator
through state conventions. Senators
Foraker and Hanna, as well as Senator
Dick, the successor of Senator Hanna,
were all nominated by state conven
tions after "an unseemly scramble."
In Illinois Senators Cullom and Hop
kins were compelled to stand the or
deal of "an unseemly scramble" for
nomination by state conventions, and 1
another "unseemly scramble" for the
distinguished place Is now In progress
In Illinois for the Pull
Even If the discarded method of leg
islative logrolling and wholesale brib
ery of the lawmakers was lees objec
ti6nable than the nomination in the
open state convention, there can be no
retreat without disastrous conse
quences. The republicans of Ne
braska established the precedent In
the nomination of Elmer J. Burkett
two years ago, and the call of their
state committee for the nomination of
a senator this year Is almost Impera
tive. The "unseemly scramble" can
not be snuffed out even If It shocks
the tender sensibilities of candidates
who. are unwilling to trust the people.
AUTOCRACY VS. DEMOCRACY.
The peremptory dismissal of the
Russian National Assembly by order
of the czar brings to a climax a strug
gle which has been acute since the
czar was forced by menace of out
breaking revolution to yield the form
of a national legislature. Jt was in
deed little more than an Illusion form,
with onjy the shadow ot power, but
the parliamentary result and the tor
tuous methods, of reaching It suggest
the Irrepressible conflict which 1b In
progress and of which this lame and
impotent assembly is Itself one of the
landmarks.
Americans especially have to rid
themselves of their preconceptions of
a constitution in order to realize the
situation. Our idea is a framework of
government established by the people
granting a portion of their power to
agenta chosen by themselves and the
powers of government being strictly
limited by the terms of the grant. The
constitution, or the fundamental law
as it 1b called in- Russia, defining the
functions of the National Assembly,
proceeds on the diametrically opposite
theory. Its powers do not come up
from the people, but down from the
autocrat, in whose sole will resides the
sum total of the power to govern. The
constitution, so far as the assembly's
jurisdiction is concerned, therefore,
amounts to an elaborate series of de
nials by the absolute authority of the
czar of power to the elected repre
sentatives of the people, and they are
denials of precisely the powers, like
that of the purse, of legislation, etc.,
which is the very life 6f our consti
tution. At the very utmost tJie as
sembly, as chained down by the czar,
was a mere advisory body, with no
actual power of legislation or part in
government.
In short, the Duma has operated as
a cunningly devised scheme to thwart
the rising national will to govern or to
have a real share in government, the
merest shadow Instead of the sub
stance of what we understand by con
stitutional government. And durlne
the sitting of the assembly the autoc
racy has rejected or nullified every im
portant reform demand formulated bv
the elective branch.
The autocracy, or the formidable in
terests and powers that control It, dis
missing the assembly, simultaneously
confront the people with military
force, the instrument .and, mainstay of
despotism. That this menace will di
minish or stop the people's agitation
for government by their own author
ity. Instead of by the will of the
czar alone, is Impossible. The agita-
tloa has obviously gone too far and too
deeply. The experience of the as
sembly. If the teachings of history are
not belled, is llltely rather In the long
run to accelerate the revolutionary
movement.
The agitation of the W.-H. for the
adoption by the democratic state con
vention of Its pet plan to block a con
vention nomination for senator by
inviting all the candidates to run by
petition seems to have become sud
denly paralyzed. For some unac
countable reason the enthusiasm of
the foster parent f this scheme bag
rollapaod along with' aar following It,
was supposed to have gathered. But
a plausible excuse will doubtless bo
forthcoming If an excuse Is Insisted
upon.
.a.V OTSTKR BAT COXFK B KXC K-
The conference at President Roooe
velt'B cottage at Oyster Bay, Including
among the participants Speaker Can
non and Congressmen Sherman of New
York and Tawney of Minnesota, chair
man and vice chairman, respectively,
of the republican congressional cam
paign committee, must be regarded as
an Important event In the preparations
for the political contest which will soon
actively open. The place of the meet
log signifies the deep Interest of the
president in the result of the cam
paign which will decide whether his
hands are In a serious measure to be
tied during the last two years of his
term of office or whether he is to have
the effective support of the party to
which he belongs and which elected
him to the presidency In carrying out
those policies, still unfinished, for
which he so distinctly stands.
The record of the congress that has
just adjourned Is one on which the
party can appeal for support to the
people, who are so overwhelmingly
with the president. For the success
of his continued efforts along the same
line during the remainder of his ad
ministration he can expect nothing
but obstruction and embarrassment
therein, especially as the temptation
to partisan and perverse opposition
tactics, never slight, always increases
in congress as a presidential election
draws nearer. What part the president
may personally take in the contest
cannot, of course, be foretold, but that
he Is profoundly Interested In the
preparations for it and in the event Is
perfectly apparent and ought to Im
press every man, of whatever political
party, who has been a sincere sup
porter of the president and desires to
see his policies successful In the fu
ture. riKoit ay; uoon uo.xr.r after bad
The special attorneys of the Omaha
Water board have secured permission
from the United States court of ap
peals to carry up the decision recently
Tendered by which Omaha Is enjoined
from reducing the water rates estab
lished by Its contract with the water
company to the supreme court of the
United States. For this special effort
with the appellate court the special at
torneys will, of course, draw a special
diaft on the city treasury and this
draft will be followed up by sundry
and various drafts J"rom year to year
until the case Is finally decided. What
has Omaha to gain by this litigation?
There are ten chances to one that
the supreme court will affirm the de
cision of the appellate court and sad
dle upon Omaha all the costs of the
proceeding, besides from ten to
twenty thousand dollars more for the
services of special attorneys who have
already drawn 112.000 of the tatn.v.
ers' money in this rainbow chase.
robo?j, including the eminent special
attorreys, expects the' supreme court
to reach a final decision within less
than, three yeais.
In the meantime the contract with
the water company will have expired
and the city will either have secured
possession of the water works by pur
chase or have negotiated a new con
tract under more favorable conditions
than it obtained In the original con
tact. Very naturally the taxpayers
of Omaha will want to know wh.it
benefit they will get out of this legal
battle in the high courts.
No one blames the special attorneys
for milking the cow while the city is
tugging at the horns and the water
company at the tall of the animal, but
to the man of horse sense It looks very
much like throwing good money after
bad.,
Attorneys for the Water board have
been granted their application for an
appeal from the adverse decision of
the United States circuit court of ap
peals in the Omaha water rate case.
The attorneys are now assured of at
least two or three years more at the
milking stool.
According to the official exhibit the
Auditorium association lost 111.-
817.95 on the guessing contest super
vised by a Kansas City promoter. This
only affords striking proof that games
of chance like shotguns are more dan
gerous at the breech than at the muz
zle. The socialist party In this state
seems to be the only political aggre
gation without any factional turmoil.
At the recent primary election in this
county ten socialists had to be drafted
to fill twelve places in both state and
congressional conventions.
Missouri's republican vote of 1904
la responsible for the presence of the
leading political speakers of both
parties In that state In the campaign ot
1906, but it is pot to be expected that
politics will interrupt business there as
it does across the Kaw.
- Although the warning sent out by
Secretary Wilson regarding , local
slaughter houses was not addressed
specially to boards of health of states
and towns, they should not stand on
dignity in such cases.
Talated Moaey.
Kanaaa City Star.
Since several railroad companies have
been heavily fined of late for giving re.
bates, the question naturally suggests
itavelfi What use will the courts make
of this tainted money r
rssass Strikes the Trail.
Bprlngfleld Republican.
Both the government -end the opposition
have united In Canada to bring express
oompantes ender public regulatloa Ilka rail
road companies, and the express rompanlea,
convinced that they cannot make a suc
cessful fight, have withdrawn opposition.
This la where the United Mutes leads the
Dominion. Express companies here will
fall under government control the last of
neit month.
Weeds la Deaaeeretle Psitsrei,
Boston Transcript.
"Boll-weevil democrats" Is a -terra ap
plied In the south te members of the party
who favor Hearst, the "boll-weevil" being
the meanest thing known to that section.
Up here they must be gypsy-moth demo
crats. l-aaahed Oat of Srheol.
Cleveland rialn Dealer.
There seems to be ne probability that
the list of 300 word suggested for sim
plified spelling by the New Tork super
intendents of schools will be adopted.
They evoke too much derisive amuse
ment, but that ha always been the way
with reforms.
There Are Others.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
If there wan vulgar gambling on the
premises controlled by Mr. Thomas Tag
gart he has no doubt the satisfaction of
feeling that H was no worse In morals than
the aristocratic gambling by affluent men
whom the world does not call gamblers.
They are, though, engaged In tremendous
speculation on "other people's money."
His Silent Majesty, Kiss Cera.
Philadelphia Record.
Corn Is a modest crop. Most of it stays
at home and feed the stock on the place
where it grew. Relatively little of It
travel on the railroad or goee abroad,
though the failure of the corn erop five
year ago was a terrible blow to the North
Atlantic shipping business. But It is a
great crop, though It makes less noise In
the market places than wheat and cotton.
The area In this country planted In corn
this year Is far the largest area ever de
voted to one crop in anyone country In
the history of the world.
A Tip for Omaha.
New York Sun.
Milwaukee wants to raise an auditorium
fund of $100,000. and Mr. William F.
Hooker, private secretary to Mayor Sher
ble Becker, believes that the thing can be
done by a series of entertainments In
cluding boxing and wrestling watches, a
horse show and lectures by the Boy
Mayor. Secretary Hooker calculates tftnt
a prise fight "on the level" he calls it
a boxing match, however would bring
In 150,000. If the "pugs" could be intro
duced by the youthful mayor with a lec
ture on the manly art of self-defense and
Mr. Hooker would act as referee, a check
for the whole amount needed might be
sent to the city treasurer the following
day.
rXirOHMITV I FOOD LAWS
More to Harmonise State
Xatlanal Regulations.
Chicago News.
aail
With the enactment of a national law
relating to food products prepared for In
terstate shipment, the public acquires a
largely Increased degree of protection
against adulterated foods end against the
form of fraud Involved In their solo. Bome
thlng still remains to be done. The national
law applies only In the case of foods
shipped from state to state. It cannot pre
vent the manufacture and saleof Impure
food within the borders of any given state.
Furthermore, as the provisions of some
of the state laws do not harmonize with
those of the government and are, in fact,
wholly at variance with them, the resulting
confusion places a difficult problem be
fore the manufacturer who seeks to carry
on a legal business In' all parts of the
country.
An effort to correct these conditions Is
occupying the attentlonal of the national
convention of state food and health pfficers
now In session at Hartford, Conn. The
attendants upon the convention will urge
more stringent - legal provisions In the
states which fall to provide proper protec
tion for their residents and will endeavor
to work for the adoption of substantially
uniform provisions throughout the country.
The Illinois statute, for Instance, differs
radically from the federal law on the Im
portant question of labeling and the health
officers will urge that It be so amended
as to avoid this conflict.
Now thst the necessary food legislation
has been secured from the federal govern
ment there should be no delay on the part
of the individual states in taking what
Steps may be necessary to supplement the
federal , regulations and thus Insure the
greatest benefit from them. Every com
monwealth, of course, has a right to fix
Its own standards In the matter of purity,
but In proportion as these standard tend
toward uniformity all will benefit.
tTI WILLING TO I'NDERSTAJfD.
Railroad lawyers Tackle the Ila.r
Law with Clearer.
Chicago Tribune.
Executive officials and lawyers of the
western roads met in Chicago to talk ever
the new railroad rate law and find out
whether they were agreed aa to its mean
ing. It is said that they were not that
there were about aa many Interpretations
as there were lawyers.
The art of writing laws, none of whose
clauses shall be obscure or capable of more
than one Interpretation, appears to have
been lost. legislatures often are so care
leas or so overworked that they pass blind
laws, and leave It to the courts to say pre
cisely what they mean. It may be that
there are provisions of the new Intecftate
commerce act which are not so clearly
worded as they might have been, although
there Is little room for doubt as to what
they mean.
The law la not hard to understand when
one approaches It with an open mind and a
sincere desire to know what significance the
framers wished to convey by their Words
and phrases. There are many railroad men
who do not approach it In that spirit, but
In the spirit of destructive criticism. They
do not wish to understand the law but to
find flaws. They know that the object of
the law Is to put a stop to certain cherished
railroad abuses, and they wish to determine
haw far the law can be twisted or misin
terpreted so as to work the least possible
Interference with those abuses. They do
not hold counsel together to agree as to
method of complying with the law, but
a method of getting around It.
It would be more gratifying if the railroad
men were to go to those who are to admin
ister the law and ask them what con.
structlon they put upon the provlntons and
whst they would like to have the railroads
do In the way of conforming to It. If the
Interpretations put on any section of the
law by those who have to execute It should
seem strained and unjust to the railroads,
and they should be of thst opinion sfter
the matter had been argued between them,
they should appeal to the courts.
The railroad lawyers do not approve of
that kind of procedure. It suits their pur
poses to assume that the law swarms with
unconstitutional provisions, obscurities, and
double meanings. They see In It an oppor
tunity for the exercise of their skill at
quibbles and In earning fees. They will
make much money out of the new law.
The railroads wlllnot accept It cheer
fully, but acting under the advice of coun
sel will dispute the accuracy of the Inter
pretatlon put on It by the officers of the
government and compel the courta to define
the exect meaalng of every oianae. The
period of struggle to secure the ensctment
of the lsw will be followed by a period of
litigation ever what it meana
RftBJfl ABKA SKVtTOItlat, CAMP4IO
la Si Spirit af Falraees.
Fremont Hersld (dem.).
In a aplrit of fairness the Herald sug
gests careful comparison of the anti
monopoly record of Edward Roeewater and
the anti-monopoly records of Tigs Harri
son and the editors of those newspapers
which he controls. Perhaps It Is 'not the
province of a democratic newspaper to
mix In the fight between the republican
leaders In Nebraska, but it Is our province
to ask fair treatment of Mr. Rosemater.
He ought to lose or wn tM senatorial
tight on the strength of his record.
If the republicans ars really looking fnr
an anti-railroad candidate then Edward
Rosewater comes closer to the mark than
any other Nebraska republican. This is
not saying very much for him. because
the record of that political party In this
slste Is a record of shsmeful subserviency
to railroad Interests. The only breaks In
the record occurred In those years when
the surrender to railroad Interests became
so niktorlous and so shameful that Edward
Roaewater could not stand for It, and some
times on such occasions the ultra railroad
tools In the republican party were carried
down to their political graves by an In
dignant public protest engendered and led
by Mr. Roeewater and his newspaper.
Edward Rosewater will probably win the
republican nomination for senator, and
after the winning some republican brother
will probably ask the Herald to say as
many good words In his behalf as wa
uttered before he became a nominee of his
party. We promise In advance to do so.
We shall give Rosewater. after his norolna
tlon, all the praise w give him now. We
shall say then, as now, that he Is the only
one among the many republican senatorial
candidatea with an anti-monopoly record
worth looking at. His record might be
much better, but It is by sll odds the hef
offered by any of the doaen republicans
wno are now looking for senatorial honors
In Nebraska.
No nark Horse Candidate
Humboldt leader (rep.).
Evidences multiply daily that the senti
ment among Nebraska republicans Is grow
ing more favorable to the candidacy of
Hon. Edward Rosewater for senator, and a
great many counties are Instructing their
delegations to the state convention to work
and vote for him. One thing Is Imperative.
na mat is mat each county In
struct Its delegates to follow the precedent
already established and name some one for
this important position, and thus prevent
a repetition of the events of 1900, when the
legislature took up all their time threshing
over the senatorshlp problem, neglecting
so many vital matters that needed atten
tion. B" all means, let a candidate be
designated, and let the republicans In con
vention agree to abide by the result of the
convention.
Not a Anbjeet of the Railroads.
Dakota City Esgle (rep.).
Rosewater seems to be the strongest
candidate In the field so far for the sena
torshlp. One thing Is certain. If Mr. Rose
water succeeds In his ambition to be
come fnlted States senator, the people of
Nebraska will be represented by a man
who will look after the peopled Interests
and who will not bow In subjection to cor
porate or railroad Interests when those of
the people are at stake.
Between Roaewater and Brown.
Bancroft Blade (rep.).
Another senatorial candidate has entered
the race In the person of Hon. Oeorge D.
Melklejohn, formerly congressman from
thla district. Oeorge D. Is all right and
haa the dignity as well as the ability to flU
the office with credit to the state. The
announcement, however, comes a little
late for the state oonventlon will endorse a
candidate,' either Rosewater or Brown, with
the chances strongly In favor of the former,
and the roan who tries to break Into the
legislature and become a tool for another
accident Is neither a republican nor a good
cltlxen.
The Two Rival Candidates.
Wahoo Wasp (rep.).
Hon. Edward Rosewater, editor of The
Omaha Bee, and Attorney General Norris
Brown, rival candidates for United States
senator, were pleasant callers at the Wasp
office Monday. These gentlemen came to
Wahoo to meet the people and to address
the republican county convention which met
here on that day. The meeting In Wahoo
was the first meeting of these two distin
guished gentlemen since the campaign for
senator began. There seems to be the best
of feeling prevailing between them. Mr.
Brown remarked In his address at the court
house that. If he was not pledged to an
other he would probuMy be for Mr. Rose
water himself. In return Mr. Rosewater
said that If Mr. Brown was a candidate
for governor and ha wished he was he
could support him, and that If he u
nominated by the state convention he would
support him for United States senator.
Aside from the rivalry for the senstorship
they are friends.
If the People Had the gay.
Wayne Herald (rep.).
A Norris Brown supporter, who has trav.
eled over the slate considerably, was heard
to remark In Wrayne recently that If the
republican choice for United States senator
were left to the people, Edward Rosewater
would be the men.
Right on the Isaneo for Years.
Stanton Pickett (rep.).
Among the duties of the republican
state convention will be the nomination
of a United States senator to succeed
Hon. J. H. Millard. The two leading
asplranta for the position are Edward
Rosewater of The Omaha Bee and At
torney General Norris Brown. Mr. Rose-
water Is a man whom we all know has
been advocating for years the Issues that
are now paramount, to the state and na
tion. His nomination and election would
mean that Nebraska would be represented
In the senste by a man who would look
after the people's Interests. Mr. Brown
has made a good record as attorney gen
eral and upon this record alone Is mak
ing his candidacy for the senate. Mr.
Brown has only done his duty as attorney
general and should be given a renomlna
tlon to that office to enable him to finish
the work already begun. Of the delegates
Instructed for sens tor up to date Rose
water has M and Brown 117.
Usi aad Consistent Record.
Wayne Herald (rep ).
As between the two candidatea aspiring
to become the choice of the republican
state convention for United States senator.
It appears, from what the Herald ran learn,
that the aentlment In Wayne county Is fa
vorable to Edward Rosewater. the veteran
editor of The Omaha Bee. His long record
aa an active enemy of oppressive combina
tions of wealth is believed U) be consistent
with the demands ot the public
Noae Better Qaallaed.
WaJteflrld Republican (rep.).
Edward Roaewater is getting mors favor
able words from the preoa on his candi
dacy for the United States senste thsa
any man In the atate. And why shouldn't
he He has fought the battles of the
people for over a third of a century and
Is certainly deserving of some reward, be
sides there Isn't a man la the state any
better qualified for the pool Una Uaa ths
sage ef The Omaha
ROVftD ABOVT NEW YORK.
Rlalee oa the Cnrrent of l ite la the
Metropolis.
What is distinctively known as "The
Great White Way" in New York City is lit
by iSo.000 electric and gas lights. When
the shadows fall the sctlon of Broadway
from Twenty-second to Fiftieth street takes
on the artificial glow, brighter than any
other part of the gnat city, and continue
ablate and alive till dawn sends the night
hawks to roost. Not only Is each theater
front a blase of light, but your carriage
number Is called by the display of electric
numbers; not only do s'gns of light at sa
loon and restaurant doors Invite you, but
great broad eyes of tight shine through the
windows. TO more certainly attract the
eyes huge electric letters are made to ap
pear and disappear.
Then mighty elans In letters of light,
reaching fifty feet above buildings and
extending for more than 100 feet, appeal
to you In colors of red, yellow, blue and
green, recommending some article of utility
or some beversge. These signs are the
moat conspicuous and the most expensive
In the district, being In some rases visible
and readable for mllea and costing hun
dreds of dollars in their construction. One
of the largest of these biases out with
1,?2 lights.
Bo great has been the recent multiplica
tion of brilliant points In the district that
now they are beginning to Interfere with
each other, one often cutting off the view
of Its neighbor, and choice positions for
signs are at a high premium. But there
Is a readjustment going on and the bril
liancy will continue to increase, dally
adding to and extending the great, at
tractive white light district of the me
tropolis. A drunken man Is a rare sight In Broad
way, rare enough to attract attention when
he does appear; but for nobody else there,
perhaps, does he possess quite the Interest
that he has for the motorman when the
motorman sees him essaying to cross the
street ahead.
The motorman can calculate on the
movements of trucks and other vehicles,
and he can figure, at least, on what people
In their sens s crossing the tracks will do,
but nobody can determine the rrratlo move
ments of a drunken man. and with him the
motorman takes no chances, and him he
seems always to sec.
So when this particular one set out by a
devious course to cross Broadway he was
noted by the motorman of a car coming up
Broadway at the moment he stepped down
from the curb, and though tb? car was then
fifty feet away, the motorman turned off
the power and took a turn or two on the
brake and so got the car under complete
control, keeping his eye all the time on the
drunken man.
The drunken man was still far swsy, but
nobody could tell which way he might
lurch, and the motorman was taking no
chances; and so he kept the car down and
his eye on the man. and not until the
drunken man was across the street nnd had
stepped up on the curb on the other side
did hs give the car full power again end
throw off the brske.
The street beggar with pockets lined with
money Is a fslrly familiar figure of New
York City life, but one of the free dispen
saries reports sn Instsnce of an attempt to
get free medicine, on the plea of poverty,
that deserves a plsce in the catalogue of
good stories rf "graft." A middle-aged
woman appeared the other day and got a
prescription, after which she took her place
In the line of persons waiting to have their
medicine made up by the apothecary. This
particular woman. It should be said, had
given satisfactory answers to all the ques
tions put to her, designed to show whether
she was a proper subject for charitv. Sud
denly there was a cry: "Tm mhbedt I'm
robbed!" The victim was this woman, who
so far forgot her previous professions as to
sssert that her pocket had been picked and
that the thief had got away with A0. Then
she lost the opportunity to get free medi
cine, thus adding. In her view. Insult to
Injury.
New York City has the largest diamond
cross In the world, though It Is not recog
nised ss such. Its main line runs along
Maiden lane, with Its foot resting on Broad
way and Its arms extending north and
south along Nassau street. Here there are
ISO men In the diamond business, and there
are more of the gems there than In the
same space In any other city. On nearly
every floor of every building In Maiden lane
from Broadway to beyond Nassau, and both
ways along Nassau far enough to make
arms for the cross, are thousands of dia
monds, from those In the dull condition, as
taken from the mine, to those In their
sparkling condition, as set for ornaments.
When a heavy shower hits the streets of
the East Side these July days It mesns a
bath for a good many thousand children.
They run out some taking most of their
clothes off, others not bothering to. The
streets are vacant eicept for the children
everyone else has cut for shelter. So they
can tske the full pelt of the big hard rain
drops and run about In the open enjoying
the lark of getting a good wetting. They
sail boats down the rapid gutters, following
their course on the run. If there are drain
pipes emptying overhead, they stand tinder
the spouts If they have enough rubbish
they build a dam across the gutter and
disport In the depths of ths lake that col
lects. "Ve like de voder," said one wet
urchin. "Ve vouldn't get tired of de voder
every day.".
The New York man arose and gave his
seat to a woman in a street car. His
friend looked at him in amasement and
then after a moment of hesitation arose
For Thin,
Poor Blood
You can trust a medicine tested sixty
years! Sixty years of experience, think
of that! Experience with Ayer's Sar
saparilla; the original Sarsaparilla; the
Sarsaparilla the doctors endorse for
thin blood, weak nerves, general de
bility. What does your doctor say?
We have no secrets!. We publish
the formulas of all our medicines.
SUe ky tke . O. Aye Oe., Lowell, ateae.
Alee Xfaounwturers er
ATSS't lAnt nOOB-Fer th aalf . ATBBS P!LL4-For con tip ties.
ATU'tCaJIUrntCTOmAIr-reiOVBgaa. ATWi'S AGU1C0RB r"f malaria ass tree.
also and stood tslklng with him.
"Aren t goln- to die, are you?" he asked
apprehensively, "(l.-ttin' so polite."
"I may," said the first, "but more likely
I'll get over It soon. Just now, however,
I've got to do It I've .tist returnee! from
a trip to a southern capital snd I don't
mind Mlng 1 felt like s boor when I first
went th.-re, ss compared with those south
ern men. I had to fall In line mighty sud
den to save my srif-rrspert, for no man
down there would ever sit In a street csr
while a woman was standing, or In any
other place, for that matter. Kvery man's
hat comes off Instantly when a woman
steps Into an elevator, even in the moat
public office building. Perhaps we haven't
time for those things In New Tork. but I
was brought tip that way and I can't help
really preferring It. though I have been
out of the habit for a while."
I FFRSO l. OTF.".
J There can be no further doubt as to
Manila being Americanised. A million
dollar hotel lias been projected there.
luhn V. Rockefeller has promised J2RO.000
towards the rebuilding of the Young Men's
Christian association building In San Fran
cisco, providing a like sum is raised.
When llvlne Alfred Bolt was reported a
billionaire. Now his possessions are esti
mated In some quarters as low as ejO.ono.onO.
Being dead, he escapes the humiliation.
Having been privileged to attend an
Oyster Bay cabinet meeting. Mr. Dooley
ought to have many matters of Interest to
impart to Hennessey when they next meet.
A great funeral was given "Butch'1 Har
rington of New York, whose principal dis
tinction was that for forty years he had
successfully avoided work and was a great
story teller.
K. H. Harrlman. the railroad magnate,
who has a large estate In Orange county.
New York, lias rerctved three cub bears
sent from Alaska, lie will summer thorn
on his estate and thry will spend the winter
In the Bronx soo.
Miss Kllen Terry has written the follow
ing letter to the students at the Ieeds
Dramatic college: "I have been asked to
say a word to you. If I say one word It
will be 'work.' If It were two words I
should say 'Be patient,' and If It were
three words, 'Don't be vain.' "
Nathan Hawk, a veteran of the Mexican
war and the man who In 1848 first brought
east news of the California gold discoveries.
Is a hale and hearty citizen of Fotsom.
Cal. Mr. Hawk, who la now 81 years old.
left his Iowa home for California In 1M7.
He lives a few mllea from the spot where
James Marshall dug up the first gold found
in the state.
PASSING PEASANTRIES.
"Yes, he's got the greatest memory I
ever heard of. '
"Ye?''
"Yes. Why, he can remember the name
or the presidential and vies presidential
candidate on the prohibition ticket in
184. Philadelphia Catholic Standard.
"What was the most interesting ruin that
you saw abroad?"
"Well' answered Mr. Cumrox, "the ruin
that most Interested me was a vear's in
Stax'' totally dPrnoll"h,l." Washington
New York Lover Come Into the garden,
Maude.
New York Girl No, thank you. My taste
for shooting affairs has besn satisfied.
Wheeling intelligencer.
"He used to be In the newspaper busi
ness, but he's studying for the ministry
now. He savs he decided ha cnulrin'i l.a
a reporter and save his soul."
"Huh! His old city editor says he couldn't
w rjM.ricr 10 eave nis soul. rfiliaaei
phla Press.
"Thst hall room man moved today."
"I didn't see sny trunk go out." .
"There was none. He probably Dlaced hta
effects In a large envelope and mailed
em to ine new address." f nlladelphla Bul
letin. . ..
-"Can you repeat the declaration -of IttnV
pnndenre?" she asked. . ,u
"I used to be able to," he replied, "but
about all I remember of If now Is: "To
be or not to bo, that is the question."
Judge.
First Fish A fisherman caught me a
while ago and landed me In the bottom ot
a boat. It was like being In Jail.
Second Fish How did you manage to es
cape First Fish The boat began to leak and
some one bailed me out. Detroit Free
Press.
J! ST FOR A CHANGE.
John Kendrlck Bangs In the Century.
I'm sort of tired of things that Is;
They're lackin' somewhat as to Acs.
There ain't no ginger in life's Jar
With thing a-guln' a they are.
The fault may be with me, and then.
It may be otherwise again.
I ain't a-tryln' to fix no blame
Because all tastes about the same.
Howe'er It is, I wish It might
Have things turned round a bit some
night.
So that Instead of as they be.
They'd work towards the contrary.
I'd like to see some mountain rill
Have spunk enough to flow up hill.
Bo that old Nature might be shown
It had opinions ot Its own.
I'd like to see the set tin' sun
Out in the east when day la done.
Just aa a hint, when goln' to bed.
To prove that It wasn t bigoted.
I'd like to hear a bullfrog sing
Like nightingales upon the wing.
Instead of that eternal "clunk"
With which he aeeks his swampy bunk.
A cat that barks, a dog that meows.
And when It comes to mllkln' rows,
'Twould cheer me up to get a pall
Of lemonade or ginger ale;
And If the bucket iu the well
Would give up water for a spell.
And bring me up some fresh root beer,
There'd be no kick a-comln', here.
'Tsln't discontent that's vexln' me
With life ao everlaatin'ly.
But Just a sort of parchln' thirst
To get a peek at things reversed.
They've been the same so very long
A rhafige would strike me pretty strong.
And, though I'm makin' no complaint.
For once I'd like 'em aa they ain't.
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