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I .HE OMAHA DAILY BEE: (THURSDAY, JULY 2(3, 1903. The Omaha Daily Blx H. ROgEWATER. EDITOR. Knterwd at Omaha PoetofBee as second class mat tar. TERMS Or UPHCRIPTION. Iaily Vee (without Sunday), ore year.. HO I'ajiy bee aod Sunday, ona yaar 0 Sunday Baa, ona year IG Saturday Bee, ana year LW L K1A V ETRJED BT CARRIER. Lally Bee (Including Sunday?, Pr week..l7o L'aity ie (without Sunday), par weea.-lio Kvenlng Bee (without Bunriay), par weak Kvrnlng ilea (with Buudayj, prr week..luu Sunday Bee, pr copy so Adilress complaint! of Irregularities In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. Bouth Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffs 10 Tearl fitreet. Chicago 1MU Unity Building. New York ISt Home Ufa Ins Building Washington il Fourteenth Btreal. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication! relating to newa and edi torial matter should he addressed: Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or poetal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Oniy 2-eent stamps rect-lved aa payment of mail acrounte. 1'erscmal check, except on Omaha or esstern echnn-!, not accepted. THE BEE PL' BUSHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. 6 tan of Nebraska, Don Rial County, ss: C. C. Roeewater, general manuger of The Bee Publishing Company, being auiy sworn, says that the aetuul number u, lull and complete coplea of The Dally, Morning, i:rnlng and Humlay Bee printed during the montli of June was us follows: 1 31,730 2 33,810 3 30,750 4 1,960 t 31,880 ( 32,070 7 33,010 31,00 V 33.410 10 30.660 11 33,300 12 31,130 11 31,110 14 31,630 16 31,870 1 33,460 17 30,800 IS 31,80 19 31.810 20.... 33,000 11 31,840 22 31,880 23 83,870 24 30,340 26 31,730 ; 31,800 27 31,850 21 31.780 2 J 31,700 30 33,850 Total (84,160 Loss unsold copies , 10,490 Net total sales 43,654 Lally overage 31,458 C. C. ROSEWATEK. General ManHKor. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to LtloiB no this Sum nay of Jum-, 19u. tbeal.) M. B. Ht'NiiATE, Notary Publlo. Willi Ol'T OF TOWK. Subscribers tearing the city tem porarily should bare The Bee mailed tn them. Address will be chnniced as often aa reqalred. If President Stlckney should accept a place on the Interstate Commerce commission that body would lose a valuable expert witness. It Is now proposed to get away from weed cutting by planting alfalfa on vacant city lots to drive out the weeds. But who will cut the alfalfa? Statements from Peklnz Indicate that neither Japan nor Russia Is as anxious to evacuate Manchuria as their representatives pretended to be at Portsmouth. The fact that Hawaiian planters are going to the Philippines for laborers ehows either that the industrious Fili pino has been misrepresented or that Hawaii's case Is desperate. Russell Sage conferred a favor upon Wall street when he arranged his af fairs so that his death should have little effect upon the markets, and his heirs will probably profit thereby. The announcement that Tammany hall may support Hearst for governor or New York will cause the tiger to look like a hearth-rug kitten to the original exponent of yellow journalism. Omaha erected a line auditorium building for the special purpose of taking care of large national gather lngs. Omaha should go after some of the big conventions, If only to keep Its Auditorium busy. The manifesto of Premier Stolypln is said to bear remarkable similarity to the language of Von Plheve. The writer may reasonably expect an an swer such as the former minister re ceived. As Japanese merchants have pur chased the entire river front at Antung American promoters may find an op portunity to float a few railroad bonds If China would only take the ban from foreign speculators. The resolutions of the Interparlia montary union conference regarding contraband of war seem to prove that Interested parties are more anxious to preserve trade than to make appeals to arms brief and decisive. The trial of Oregon land fraud cases at the national capital will give a bet ter chance to secure an unprejudiced Jury than were the cases tried at home but there will probably also be fewer spectacular performances by the lawyers. SSSBSSnSBBaSBnSSSasaSBnnjsSBBS In taking Texas. Arkansas and Louisiana from the states under the control of the western branch of the democratic congressional committee tbe party shows wUdom, for It would be difficult for it to prepare political arguments which would apply alike to the north and the "solid" south. Tbe democratic World-Herald in slits that the proposition to avoid nom inating a candidate for United States senator by inviting all the candidates to run by petition will be presented to the democratlo state convention, but admits, In an aside, that no one ex pects it to be accepted. Apparently all that la now wanted by its foster sponsors is to be let down easy. One of the newly elected democratic city eouncllmen is trying to resurrect the initiative and referendum la - which was put on the statute books by the last fusion legislature, but made dependent for its operation upon rat location by the city. This was not In the democratlo city platform, but pre sumably It was not rejected, but attar! overlooked. Mar 10 TH PARTT PtATTORM. A disposition la manifested In cer tain quarters to criticise the actios of the executive committee of the repub lican state committee In selecting tn advance of the convention a provis ional resolutions committee to draft the platform. This action Is de nounced as "a usurpation of power" and "in violation of all Nebraska prece dents," and part of "a scheme to draft specious resolutions calculated to be fuddle the honest delegates In the con vention." There is no question that the selec tion of a resolutions committee in ad vance of the organization of the con vention Is "in violation of all Ne braska precedents," although no more so than was the inclusion in the call two years ago of the nomination of a candidate for United States senator. The only question is whether the Inno vation Is a good one or a bad one. The action of tbe executive committee Is In pursuance of a mandatory resolu tion unanimously adopted by the full state committee, and the resolution, moreover, was offered by C. F. Reavis, so that, if it Is part of "a scheme," It Is one fathered by the so-called re form element of the party. The power of the committee is restricted to the "recommendation" of its selection to the convention and It will remain with the convention to accept or reject the provisional resolutions committee and to vote Its platform up or down as it sees fit. The idea of having the party plat form carefully prepared without un due haste In ample time to be pre sented to the convention in finished form Instead of being slapped together under high pressure at the eleventh hour will commend itself to most peo ple and In fact is in line with repub lican precedent in a number of states. With the personnel of this committee known and advertised, every repub lican with a suggestion for a platform plank should feel free to formulate and submit it to the chairman or mem bor for his district, and it should be Incumbent upon the committee like wise to take Into consideration all the resolutions touching upon national and state issues that are now being passed from time to time in the differ ent county conventions. The platform to be adopted by the coming republican state convention should be truly expressive of the pre vailing sentiment on public questions of the rank and file of the party throughout the state In plain and un mistakable language and the candi date nominated on It made to under stand that they are pledged by it and will be expected to carry out its prom ises. The pre-conventlon appoint ment of the resolution committee can bring about this desired result, and if it does not it will devolve on the con ventlon to repudiate it and provide for the framing of a platform that does conform to the popular demand. INCREASE Or RAILROAD EARKIXQS. The remarkable average Increase of 13.24 per cent in railroad gross earn lngs for June in comparison with those of the same month of last year signally reflects the prosperous state of bust ness, railroad earnings being accepted as one of the most reliable Indices of trade conditions. For the June traffic figures, although covering official re ports of a mileage of 92,655, on which the accepted trade estimates are made, are carefully selected to represent every section of the country and all the great basic industries. The story of increasing freight- volume Is the same, whether as regards the trans continental lines or those which par ticularly serve the grain, the lumber, the cotton or other regions productive of distinctive commodities, except only the exclusively coal districts, which, on account of recent labor troubles, have not quite reached normal conditions. The most suggestive fact, however, is the strong probability that the net earnings will show a relatively much higher increase than the gross, al though the precise rate cannot as yet be stated. But the important point is already entering into actual business and financial calculations, that the abolition of rebates through enforce ment of tbe law is even now operating as a strong factor in swelling the profits of the roads. Not -only is the tonnage increasing so that on sub stantially the same tariff rates as here tofore the gross earnings correspond Ingly Increase, but also, since more nearly the full amount of charges paid in is retained by the roads, the ne earnings tend to be even greater. QRAIX FROM THE DRY REOIOH. The proportion to the whole crop of thf grain produced this year on west em land beyond what formerly was regarded as hopelessly outside the rain belt, of course, cannot yet be pre clsely stated, but it is known to be very great, and la commanding atten tion not only in the grain trade, but also among farmers throughout the older states. The wheat and other small grains grown far beyond the ninety-eighth meridian, not a little of It on land that was abandoned for farming ten or fifteen years ago, turn out to be the finest quality of thi year's yield. And this crop, following as It does abundant crops for a series of years, goes Xar to change tbe fx-bllc Judgment, once believed to bt) final as to the character of that region. The most remarkable fact is that the revolution cannot be attributed to In crease of rainfall alone, as might naturally be Inferred. Tbe reports show that In considerable districts particularly in the southwest, moisture was materially below the average dur ing the growing and ripening period and yet the yield both as to quantlt and as to quality is In nowise inferior to that in other parts of the subhumld belt where there was more rain. The true reason appears to be that the farmer bare learned better how to cultivate the land, adopting, suitable seed and plants and conserving the moisture. It has been Increasingly urged by specialists, and It Is now known positively, that very great bene fit can be realised by such adaptation of methods to climatic conditions. These developments cannot fail to have a powerful Influence upon immi gration from the region of great rain fall, where land prices ae now so high as to be beyond the poor man's reach and where population Is dense. While it may be conceded that rainfall has been unusual for several years, the fact remains that millions of acres be yond the line formerly fixed for grain growing are now being prosperously cultivated, without resort to Irrigation and with at least the strong probability that such cultivation In one degree or another will be permanent. THE TRUE CAMPAIOS ISSUE. With the committees of the two great parties organizing for the active campaign, the Issue becomes plainer every day and Is narrowed practically to the one question, whether the coun try will grant the president's request for a republican majority in congress to co-operate with him in more com pletely carrying out bis policies. There cannot be a shadow of doubt that if President Roosevelt himself were a candidate, and a verdict were to be returned in the form of a vote on bis election, that he would sweep the country as he did two years ago, r that popular approval would be even stronger than it was then. It will not be easy toflnd a congressional district in which the opposition candi date will have the hardihood to seek election as an expression of popular disapproval of the president or popular demand for reversal of his program. Certainly no such opposition tactics will be ventured in any close or de batable constituency. Yet this in general is the actual issue as truly as if Theodore Roosevelt s name were at the head of the repub lican ticket this year or was the sole name on the republican ticket to be voted for or against. If the people are really for Roosevelt and approve his administration and want his policy on vital issues supported and continued the remaining two years of his term, the only possible way to do it effec tively Is to send to the national honse and senate republicans who are pledged and by their characters and records bound to hold up his hands It cannot be done, as President Roose velt himself gives notable evidence of realizing, by electing a democratic ma- ority in the house, which, because of the approach of the presidential elec tion, must be under special temptation to manufacture party capital. The very situation, from the stand point of party necessity as well as public policy, makes it the duty of republicans to back up the president and force the issue by solectlng for members of the house and senate only those who have shown by their records that they can be relied upon and whose very names will be to the people suffi cient guaranty of sincerity. The railroad tax agents have en tered objection before tbe State Board of Equalization to tbe real estate as sessment because the real estate is as sessed only once every four years while the assessment of railroad prop erty is made each year. But If the railroad assessment Is substantially the same as it was the year the real estate was assessed, notwithstanding the notorious increase of earnings and stock values, it would behoove the tax bureaucrats to go away back and Bit down and maintain a dense silence. If no one can build another gas tank in Omaha without the consent of the owners of every foot of property within 1,000 feet, and the present gas company sees to it that no one else gets such consent, what becomes of the promise in the democratic city platform to force a reduction in the price of gas by granting a second fran chlse to a competing company? It looks very much as if that gas tank mandamus were one of those "heads I win and tails you lose" cases, so far as the gas company Is concerned. Not content to let the State Board of Health alone make a record, the State Board of Veterinarians has set a new precedent by refusing a license to practice in Nebraska to an ambl tlous horse doctor, who has been una ble to meet the tests prescribed to prove his ability. When the state sue ceeds in protecting four-footed animals from veterinary quacks there may be hope for the same protecting arm to be thrown around those who walk on two feet. It la time for the Real Estate ex change to make another demonstration against excessive tax rates by county city and school district. Of what use is It to achieve a measure of reform in assessment of property if the tax rate is not also to be restricted in the interest of economy? Advices from Russia telling of "plans" of either side to the contest are more or less imaginative, as events show that the only "plan" being car ried out Is that of making "tbe other fellow" as much trouble as possible regardless of results. The men selected by Dr. Oeorge L. Miller to settle the water works ques tion do not seem to be climbing ove one another to serve In that capacity The good doctor may nave to resort to a draft to fill np bis committee. Soafh Omaha, Council Bluffs, Flor ence, Benson and Dundee, and ail th suburban districts of Oman, are alike experiencing the unprecedented build ing expansion, which is most pro nounced In this city. As all this terri tory Is comprised In Greater Omaba, we can all take pride in It and share the benefit. Why the West aallea. Minneapolis Journal. The 190 rrop la likely to bulge tha ele vators. Before Taking;. Chicago News. Brfore proceeding to put down the liberal movement with his army, the csar might o well to consult the army about It. Canilng; to the tsar. Chicago Record-Herald. The csar says the Duma has bitterly disappointed him. It Is probable that sev eral more bitter disappointments are In store for him. Dlltloalty Looms Big. Atlanta Constitution. It has been decided that a young man can marry en 810 a week, but a Chicago authority says It Is hard to find girls there who are earning that. Cause and Kffert. Kansas City Star. It will be observed, too, that Guatemala nd Ban Salvador ceased fighting just as soon as Herr Dnkter Rartholdt'e peace congress was convened In London. Mnnlrlpnl Mnntflcenre. Pittsburg Dispatch. The mayor of Detroit proposes to give the people cheap municipal Ice. This Is likely to be popular unless the taxpayers discover that they have to pay for the cheapness. Another Iowa Idea. Minneapolis Journal. Benator Polllver was mistaken for a hackman In his native city of Fort Dodge. a., and ordered to move on. The Idea of a United States senator being ex pected to move struck the Iowa statesman as so funny that he did not get a bit mad. Greatest Show on F.nrth. Chicago Record-Herald. The courts have decided that H. H. Rogers must give up $2,500,000 which he pocketed while he was acting as trustee of a gas company. If he would build a fence around himself and charge for the privilege of seeing him give It up he could confidently count on a large attendance. Sasareatlon for Smith. Brooklyn Bugle. There may be spectacles of wilder effort and deeper despair than that of a 800 pound woman boarding an open car, but we have never seen them. And a good share of the despair belongs to the people who have to sit next. Derricks are justly demanded from our street car companies. Where the Consumer Gets On. Chicago Chronicle. Coincident with Intelligence of the set tlement of the Ohio coal miners' strike comes the intimation that the price of coal will be fractionally advanced "because of the short supply on hand." In other words, the miners and operators having adjusted their differences, now purpose to make the consumer foot the bills. This Is a consummation so common that it or dinarily excites little comment, but In the present aggressive state of the public temper It may lead to legislative action that will not be entirely satisfactory either to the miners or the, operators. The oper ation of "gouging" the public Is not so safe as It once was. PEXJSVLVA'VIA'S WORTHIES. Strange Collection of Bronse Effigies on Capitol Doors. Indianapolis News. The covering of the great brons doors at the main entrance of Pennsylvania's new state capltol have once more been removed and the people are again able to feast their eyea on the featurea of the great states men that adorn them. Among the heads re those of Governor Pennypacker, Sen ator Quay, Senator Penrose, Senator W. A. Clark and Israel Durham. The men who arranged the scheme of decoration evidently forgot that such men as William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander James Dal las, Albert Gallatin, Robert Morris, Andrew Gregg Curtln and Benjamin Rush ever had anything to do with Pennsylvania. These doors will preach a strange sermon to the youth of the great state of Pennsyl vania. Quay, as everyone knows, robbed the state treasury more than once, and dur ing his life he represented all that was cor rupt and rotten In politics. Penrose Is now engaged In a desperate fight to maintain the supremacy of ring rule In state politics. Pennypacker Is chiefly famous for his ad miration of Quay, whose kinsman he was. Clark Is a millionaire senator from a west ern state who happened to be born In Penn-, sylvanla. While Durham was the big man In the gas ring In Philadelphia that plun dered the city of millions of dollars. Thus we are to understand that there are peo ple In Pennsylvania who think It proper to erect monuments to corruption, crime, greed and mere wealth. Great public serv ice counts for nothing. The men that re flected glory on the commonwealth are passed by In contempt. All that Is needed to complete the picture is that the statue of Quay shall be placed In the grounds of the capitol on the site that has been pre pared for It. EVIL OP EAST CREDIT. Moral as Well as Economic Danger la Modern Condition. New Tork World. That people of moderate resources are much given to living beyond their means In the effort to keep up with their richer c6ntemporarles Is a fact long established. The Massachusetts Bureau of Labor Statis tics arrives at this old conclusion by a new route. In so doing it suggests that to the extensive employment of credit and the In stallment system moral as well as economic unwisdom may attach. The bureau has gathered figures to show the unollectlble indebtedness of the people of the state. They are very large figures. A disregard Is In evidence, amazing In the aggregate of Its results, of the claims of butchers, grocers and other small trades men. It Is Implied tn the report that to the spreading of the Installment business to an extreme much of this evil is traceable. Credit has become so easy that tha re sponsibilities of debt sre more lightly re garded. As against traders. too, who merely keep books an Immense advantage for collections rests with dealers who hold contracts, with forfeiture of goods as one of the penalties of missing regular pay merits. Tha argument Is not against the install' ment principle. More often than not the system of part payments Is a great help It la a special provlderce to many young people starting at housekeeping. It bes as. ststed In the building of countless homes. These accomplishments Justify its mainte nance. But thai tha system fs shuaed there can be ne dispute. Extravasance loeea Its warning far when It la represented by a small rnro per week or per month. Instead of a targe ran cash down. Hrch comfftians aa the Masaartrn setts airrsao has revealed wsnli woold be shews aUn. tt la rilrely. tn New Tort Tbay axs worth thinking e t'H, I.IFH AT OTSTKR BAT. Oddities ssa Incidents at the Proai deat'a la as Bier Hosaa. Queernesa that Is the prevailing charac teristic of the sightseers which tha pres ence of the president brings to Oyster Bay. Overrun with odd specimens of hu manity tbe town certainly is during the thr?e months of summer, says the Oyster Bay correspondent of tbe New Tork Even ing Sun. The majfrlty of those who corns simply dralre to cast their eyes upon the Queen Anne cottage In which the president lives and. if possible, obtain a fleeting glimpse of the chief magistrate himself, but there are others whom nothing short of a personal Interview with Mr. Roosevelt will Mtlsfy, and their disappointment when they discover that the president's time is too valuable to permit of his listening to their plans for providing rapid transit to the millennium or to their long tales of petty grievances Is at once ludicrous and pitiful. They come srmed with visiting cards and self-importance. They depart leaving behind them both their visiting cards and self-importance In tha custody of Secretary Loeb. The women are, of course, the most per sistent. Only the other day one arrived at the railroad station armed with a care fully prepared treatise on the Immorality of New Tork society which she desired to bring to the president's attention. Her researches, she said, had been Inspired by the Thaw case. The secret service men last week were called upon to Investigate the fell designs of an ancient, gray-haired dame, whose behavior at the railroad station was so violent and her utterances so denunciatory that the station agent rushed to the tele phone end got hold of the executive offices and Informed the secret service men who are always kept on reserve there that there was a very suspicious person In town. Two sleuths traced the suspect to the boarding house at which she had elected to stop. There they found that admittance had been denied her. -In high dudgeon she had returned to the railroad station, where she was tramping up and down the platform, waiting for the next train back to New Tork. When it pulled In from the yards she climbed majestically aboard. Then she turned and faced scorn fully the Jeering crowd. "It's hack to Thirty-fourth street for mine!" she cried. "I wouldn't live In a boarding house anyway!" The resourcefulness of some of the women who come here Is really worthy of admiration. W'hilo visitors are allowed to drive In the president's grounds " and around his house, provided they do not loiter on the way, no one, unless a special dispensation Is first obtained from Becre-, tary Loeb, Is permitted to take a photo graph. Naturally to snap a photograph, therefore. Is what every feminine sightseer most desires. Shortly" after the president's arrival from Wcshington two young girls were driven up to Sagamore Hill by one of the hackmen who are always on hand te convey strangers to Oyster Bay's one great point of Interest. When the president's house came In sight one of the two girls produced a pocket camera and prepared to take a picture "Tou can't do that, ma'am!" warned the hackman In alarm, with a furtive glance In the direction of the two secret service men who were on duty on the lawn. The only answer he got was the click of the shutter. At the same time one of the secret service men started toward them on the run. "That means goodby to your camera," the Jehu grimly predicted, discreetly rein ing in his spavined steed. Quick as a wink the girl unhooked the front of the lace waist she wore and slipped the earner behind Its folds,, She had barely sltpped'the hooks In place again when the panting sentinel hove up alongside the di lapidated "carryall" and came to a stand still. "I'll have to trouble you for that cam era." he began politely. "What?" Inquired the damsel sweetly. "I'll have to trouble you for that cam era." he repeated, eyeing the spot where he had seen It disappear. "If you want It you'll have to come and get It." the maiden coolly retorted without the quiver of an eyelash. The secret service man put one foot on the carryall's step. Then he hesitated. He had been In difficulties before. More than once bis superiors had hnd cause to com mend his cleverness and courage. But there are some things to which even the courage of a secret service man Is not equal. He withdrew the foot he had ad vanced, mid he became suddenly absorbed In the flight of a crow overhead. He was quite sure the girl was laughing, but he didn't dare to look and see. "Drive on!" he said, and fled. IJterature has many devotees In the sum mer capital. There Is a woman's club which discusses such subjects as "Which author has had the most vital effect upon your life Henry Van Dyke or Mrs. Rohrer?" "Is Browning proper food for the Infant mind?" "Is it indicative of genius for a man to beat his wife, and. if so. why?'1 and other kindred topics. Art. too. Is not neglected. Artists (mostly of the tonsorlal and sartorial varieties) abound In the community. There Is also a singing society organised for the purpose of cultivating a love of good music. The members are now prac ticing such tuneful classics aa "Tenting on tha Old Camp Ground" and "It Wouldn't Seem Like Heaven if My Seven Wives Were there." That last ditty was composed by a young poet of local note and runs like this: I am getting old and feeble. Gone my days of hardihood. I have not been Very wicked, I have not been very rood. I am seven times a widower. But my wives have gone before. And ths parson snys they're waiting For me on the shining shore. CHORUS. Oh, I crave the calm and quiet Of that far-off land so fair. Put it wouldn't seem like heaven If my seven wives were there. One was French and two were Irish. Two were Dutch and two were Slavs, I was never good at figures Have I seven better halves? But the parson says. "Don't worry; When St. Peter sees It'a you. If he's got a sense of humor He'll be sure to let you through." CHORCS. Oh, I crave the calm and quiet Of that far-off land so fair. But it wouldn't seem like heeven If my seven wives were there. Demoastratloa of ConSaenee. New Tork World. Tha entire Issue of S30,0t)0.aJ0 of I per cent Panama canal bonds has been subscribed for, ths bids averaging above 103. M. This Is believed to be the first time that any government has succeeded In selling t per cent bonds at a premium. Whatever Influ ence peculiar currency conditions hitd in making this price, the bids are nevertheless s remarkable demonstration of financial confidence In continued prosperity. Oae Hapcfal Sign. Philadelphia Record. Tt Is refreshing te team that since the exposures tn the Thaw scandal tt haa be come difficult to get chorus girls is New Tork. The temptations that surround thein sre manifold, and if some girla are scared away from stags entrances and others are thoroughly warned of the pitfalls among which they will walk, there will be teaser areltan. hearts sod wasted Uvea, Is, Your Hair Sick? That's too bad! We had noticed it was looking pretty thin and faded of late, but naturally did not like to speak of it. By the way, Aycr s Hair Vigor is a regular hair grower, a perfect hair restorer. It keeps the scalp clean and healthy; and stops falling hair. The best kind of a testimonial- " Sold for over sixty years." auas by she J. O. i On., Lowell, Haas. All. KaamotwTr t . . . . . . OTf,a Ttrr r a . v n. Ham Arm's SARSAFARIIXA-roT ins siosa. ATM 8 CBBRKT fBCTORA-FwcoaxbS. PERSONAL NOTES. Secretary Root has a formidable string of LX,. D.s to his name. Hamilton, Yale, Columbia, Williams and Princeton uni versities have contributed. John David Rodeffer, at present connected with the library of congress, succeeds Dr. F. U. N. Dalnter to the chair of German and French in Roanoke college. When T. P. O'Connor visits this country early in the autumn he will have the time of his life. Few men have had the benefit of a wider advance introduction than Tay Pay. Congressman Gamier of Texas represents the greatest goat raising region In the world. There are more than 300,000 goats in the twenty-two counties composing his district. For the first time tn his career M. Ed mond Rostand haa written a play es pecially for an American actress, having just finished a comedy In blank verse for Miss Eleanor Robson. Santos Dumont has began experiments with a flying machine which he has Just completed In Paris. It is In the form of an enormous bird, S00 feet long, weighing SJO pounds and driven by a twenty-four horse power motor. Benator Dryden, In reference to his $03,000 salary, says modestly that ability com mands price. Bo good of him to explain. It seems a little tough that the head of the Rockefeller reception committee should be a sheriff. The modest Senator Clark of Montana conceived the idea of decorating the doors of Pennsylvania capltol building with bronze heads of "eminent Pennsylvania's." The senator's effigy Is among the number He Is a Pennsylvanlan by birth. Alfred S. Nlles, who has been appointed a Judge by Governor Warneld of Mary land, wus born In Tork, Pa... in 1860. He Is a graduate of Princeton, haa practiced law In Baltimore for many years, and for two years was dean of the Baltimore Law school. ' Princess Von Buelow, wife of the Gor man chancellor, remarked to the kaiser recently that her mansion needed cleaning, and he asked her if he might help her. She assented. Next day she received sev eral large crates and an autograph letter from blm, saying that he waa doing his share of the cleaning by sending a ton of soap. Renouncing fashionable society and for saklng hla life profession, that of law, Holton James, nephtw of Henry James, the novelist, and nephew of Prof. William James, head of the philosophy department of Harvard and scion of one of the oldest and richest families In the country, has chosen to live the simple life of a cow herder and dispenser of milk on a farm near Seattle, Wash. C. I. Crawford, who recently won the re publican nomination for governor of South Dakota, threw up his attorneyship of a railroad and fought all over the state for a primary election system and an anti-pass law, saying: "We want one so that we can run this state ourselves. We want the other so that we .may know tha railroads are not running anything more than the railroads." Two years ago he secured 400 of the 1,300 state convention delegates, but this year he secured 900. Food Purity reaohes perfection In Lleblg- Company's Extract of Best. 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