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elaage aftea o. e)mlo. .
That Illinois - democratic- resolution
looks like an attempt was being made
to drown Mr. Bryan la honey.
Cessation of activity on Wall street
Is a sure indication that the lambs
gambling in stocks have been duly
sheared..
Since a "desperate civil war" la ex
pected In Santo Domingo, it la probable
that the present '.uprising will be a
flash in the pan.
The opening of. the theatrical sea
son may not result in. an immediate
reduction of temperature, but It is at
least a hopeful sign 'that cooler' days
ana nigut are near at hand.
The report -that- Valparaiso is still
trembling can te'lsastly 'b'e'fllBved,' if It
la known that some of the stories sent
out by , correspondents at Santiago
have reached the stricken city.
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Mow' that the high quality of local
cantaloupes threatens to make Rocky
Fords a drug on the market, Nebraska
adds another argument to Its claims
to consideration as a summer resort.
The report that Cossack peasants
are growing rebellious is chiefly inter
esting because" of its probable effect
on the Cossacks In the army-r-the
backbone of , modern Russian "loy
alty." v . ...
-The breach in the democratic party
does not show any signs of healing.
Mayor Jim persists In remaining in the
saddle, despite the persistent efforts
of some other statesman to unhorse
him.' -
4 Since Premier Stolypln has called
upon commissions to prepare laws for
promulgation - by ' the etuperor the
promised duma may be able to devote
' more time to purely revolutionary af
fairs. . i
. . The allegation that police officials
i - " 1 1
connived at the escape of the Moscow
bank robber for fear of revelations he
might make is an intimation that Rus
sia has developed ' along some western
lines. - .
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Railway,.offlclala generally, quality
their approval of the new rate bill by
the proviso, "if It have fair add proper
enforcement'.' . Aa explanation of this
expression from A 'fairway standpoint
would be interesting.
W. A. Harris, democratic candidate
for. governor of Kansas, promises
strictly enforce, the prohibitory law If
he ' be elected. Kansas might have
been expected to reach the limit on
candidates', pre-election promises.
Secretary Wilson's unannounced visit
to the packing bouses , Indicate
desire to know the fact3 without hav
lng them filtered through official
sources a plan that Is achieving pop
ularity under the present, admlnlgtra
tlon. .
Hot air has long been a standard
componeat of nolltlcal dope, but the
weather man has, afforded an overdose
this time. This enthusiasm on the
part of Old Ftods may be responsible
for' the premature oollasse of some
booms that would have looked promis
ing o a cooler day.
" . . r?
The failure of the city council to
confirm the . appointment of needed
employes, and thua comply with the
provisions of the charter, will render
further delay la public improvements
necessary. This, however,' will not de
ter the reformers from carefully
acrvtlnisiog all the names submitted
tme their august approval.
HCCRtTART WlhMoXt rtsir.
Tho regult of Secretary Wilson's
tIbH of Inspection at the 8oath Omaha
pncklng houses, finding them "In good
rendition," as he expressed It at the
conclusion, Is not at all surprising to
ell who understand Itfe CondltioDg. At
no tlm bis there been any Official or
other ciitlclam of the packing methods
and situation In general here. The
disclosure which caused such" a" sensa
tion during the late session of congress
related to unsanitary- conditions and
offensive practices In some of th es
tablishments grouped around the Chi
cago stock yards.
A sharply contrasting situation has
11 the time existed In the meat Indus
tries of South Omaha, where the plants
are of newer construction and were
provided with all the modern means of
cleanliness, convenience and sanitation.
Doubtless the requirements of the
amended inspection law have called
even here for some changes,' which
have been" promptly made, but they
have been comparatively few and slight
because of the original satisfactory
state of affairs.
Nevertheless the secretary's approval
after examination Is Important as an
official Indorsement, and as a' conclu
sive guarantee to the public,' whose
sensibilities have been recently sub
jected to severe shock by so many sen-
aatlonal and Indiscriminate rumors af
fecting the meat. supply In general. -.
THE BRTAX SULLtrAN KMBBOQIitO.
ft would seem that the "Majority
Rule club." under which designation
the anti-Sullivan coterie in Illinois has
been operating since tb.ey were thrown
out of the St. Louis convention In spite
of Mr. Bryan's championshipshould be
satisfied with the vote, of 1,03 8 to. 570
by which his demand that" the1 demo
cratic .national r committeeman be
ousted was rejected In, "the-state con
vention.' The action of - the . Illinois
democracy was deliberate, "for Mr.
Bryan's "demand for SuUivan'B retire
ment wag formally and unequivocally
made seyeral'weeks ago,, and -when re
fused the issue was explicitly presented
to the party, to force the latter" out.
with the 'added notice--that 'thai. Ne
braska statesman did not want the con
vention's indorsement unless it also re
pudiated Sullivan. .
The answer by such an overwhelm
ing majority Is a signal certification
that the democratic party of Illinois at
least, while at .this Juncture two' years
ahead Of the national convention con
siders It good politics to toss a verbal
bouquet In Mr. Bryan's direction'; does
not want and will not tolerate his at
tempted crarlsm in their affairs. It la
an ominous note of Independence that
s thus sounded aa the chorus is taking
its place for the reception performance.
ine ininois democracy, having reaf
firmed the credentials of Its national
committeeman, It will be curious to ob
serve the progress ' of ' MrT Bryan's
purgation of that body pf all
taint of -"corporation 'connections."
for Mb point of fact. J$"gUfajtO
one of the least objectionable on that
score among the' whole committee
membership. Nor Is it : apparent on
what excuse the" aspirant, having' as
sumed to dictate to the party in 1111
nois, can refuse to Interfere when In
like manner appealed to by- factional
favorites in the other states. Under
the circumstances the Illinois -Prece,-.
dent, rudely defying the. Bryan form pf
imperialism, cannot but be, regarded
as peculiarly awkward at this Juncture.
CROPS AXD PROSPERITY. . ,
The waning days of summer- find
Nebraska's small grain harvest ended
and one of the most bountiful" yields
ever recorded Is now being stored in
granaries ready for the market. Such 6f
the wheat crop as has already been
marketed has graded unusually high',
and the promise of that now held 'in
tne farmers bands is such as warrants
the conclusion that no ; -former "Crop
brought -to the state the money that
will be paid for this one. The outlook
for King Corn Was never better than
It is today. Timely rains throughout
the growing season brought -this, great
Nebraska crop to its fullest maturity,
while the hot weather of midsummer
days nave provided, the necessary con
ditions for the ripening of the corn
It' has been the general expression of
men familiar with the state from its
very foundation that never in the his
tory of Nebraska was the promise of
the corn crop so exceedingly encourag
ing. The fields show the best stand
ever noted, and It seems now that the
corn is beyond any possibility of dam
age from weather conditions.
With this outlook tor the continued
prosperity of the farmer, ' the mer
chants and manufacturers of the state
see also signs-of continued activity in
their several lines. Nebraska's history
for the last decade, at least, has been
cne of steady advance In all material
ways, and the continuation - of these
conditions is assured by the crop of Ithe
present year. As a natural outcome of
this condition the several cities and
towns of the state', are showing great
improvement. . Building , operations
everywhere have been and are being
carried on on extensive lines." In "many
localities It has been found difficult to
build even for present demands, so
general has been the increase in the
business to oe done. Jn Omaha, for
example,' present demands require all
the added storeroom provided by the
immense amount of money that has
been invested in nw buildings during
the past two years, and It can be truth
fully aald that none of these have
really been bullded for the future
Building operations locally have been
hampered to a great txten by lack of
material , and I tick ot men to handle
the material when It Is supplied. This
means but one thing, and that Is
continuation through at least one more
season, because ot the impossibility of
completing during the present year
TILE OMAHA
projects already under way. , This,
with a demand that will naturally
arise, Indicates to a certainty that the
building activity In Omaha will be con
tinued indefinitely. What Is true of
Omaha In this regard Is true, la a gen
eral way, of 'the whole state of Ne
braska. The farmers of Nebraska are tilling
their ground with greater effort and
more Intelligence than ever before, and
the result Is seen in the Increased yield
of all sorts of crops These conditions
mean the prosperity of the state and
that Nebraska will continue In the fu
ture, as it has been" for years In the
past, one of the greatest wealth pro
ducers In the great sisterhood of eom-monwealtha.-
PABAlLth DISASTER.
Authenticated reports, although full
details are still lacking, make sure that
a fearful -earthquake and fire disaster
has befallen Valparaiso and the cities
and towns In Its vicinity. The uncer
tainty because of the remoteness and
Isolation of the scene caused exaggera
tion' In the first vague" rumors, but tho
loss Is overwhelming to the stricken
egion. In the light of the latest news
there Is only too much reason, to fear
that In proportion to total population
and property the destruction approxi
mates . the . San Francisco catastrophe.
The two cases present many analogies,
not only in the combined terrors of
shock and fire, but also in the scenes
and suffering that followed.
There can be no doubt that the Val
paraiso disaster will likewise call forth
the sympathy-and aid "of the civilized
world to supplement the prompt action
of home government and . private be
nevolence. To no people' should the sit
uation appeal 'more Intimately than to
our own who have so recently had
cause to know to their sorrow' the full
ness of Its meaning. And especially at
this time, when we are putting forth
extraordinary effort to win the confi
dence and good will of the South
American republics, such deeds of gen
uine helpfulness would go far to vital
ize our professions of friendship.
"TUB PUBLIC III THE MARKET.
There are signs that "the public" Is
n.ovlng In force into the stock market,
where prices all along the line are Ha
ng since the sensational dividend de
nouement In Union Pacific and South
ern Pacific late last week. It is well
known that for months speculation has
been distinctly what Is called a
'traders' market," from which the
great mass of ' nonprofessional oper
ators or possessors of funds all over
the country hold aloof, or In . which
they dip only gingerly and occasion
ally. But the tremendous Impulse
given to the market Is a temptation to
those who have been quiescent to enter
It actively and boldly.
Thus is once more created the famil
iar condition in which the leading spir
its In speculation quietly,' and deliber-
ateiy unload upon-, the. -public!, at
traordlnary high, price level, taking to
themselves" Vast profits. 'So far as rail
road stocks are concerned the unprece
dented crops to be carried encourage
expectations of great earnings, sym
pathetically boosting other securities,
and in the rush the public is likely to
stop at no extravagance, of antici
pated gain. It is the opportunity, of
the cool-headed and experienced pro
fessipnal and shearing time . for the
lambs. ,
Enormous stock holdings have been
accumulated by insiders the last two
or three months of falling outside de
mand and falling prices, and the con-i
dltlons are ripening for reselling of the
same at sensationally 'advanced prices
to the multitude who invariably buy
the speculative lemon only after it has
fleen squeezed
Illinois democrats accepted the chal
lenge from the peerless leader, and
the Issue Is now squarely Joined "The
convention of 1908 is still some dis
tance in the future, and it may be that
Mr. Bryan, with the facility he has re
cently developed for turning sharp cor
ners, may be able by the time the first
roll call is '.reached to see his way
clear to accepting the vote of Illinois,
even with the Sullivan attachment. It
would be deucedly awkward if the
unanimous nomination .wer to be
marred b the Inability of Illinois dem
oc.-ata to register-their choice simply
because they also have a choice In con
nection with their home affairs.
If the city council moves in the ice
natter with the celerity that has
marked its course in dealing with
other important matters submitted for
Its consideration, the-proposed ordi
nance regulating the trade will be
likely to be passed about the time next
season's crop Is harvested. If the
present body is noted for anything, it
Is the success with which It has evaded
any effort to secure from it relief- for
the people promised In its platform. .
- Visiting tennis men probably appre-!
elate tbe efforts of forecaster Welsh
to furnish them with an unlimited sup
ply of high grade tennis weather. If
the Mid-West tournament goes on to
Its conclusion aa it has started, a vote
of thanka to Uncle Sam's manipulator
of the weather stops will surely be
due.
One ot the best arguments In favor
of the nomination of Attorney Jerome
for governor Is that 'Tammany "hall opt
poses htm, but this argument will not
appeal to New York democrats who
hunger for pie.
Proaalaem Vrrana Perforata seem.
Philadelphia Preaa.
There are a gooi many people In this
country who would be Just as well aatls
Jled If William Jennings Bryaa confined
himself to writing syndicate letters In
stead of getting ready to rattle the dry
bones of free sliver, exhibit hla croaa of
gold and promising to do what Theodora
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DAILY DEE; THURSDAY,
Roooevelt has already accomplished. And
they are democrats, too. -
Nebraeha'a WtMl Cree.
Philadelphia Reedrd.
Tho yield of winter wheat this year In
Nebraska rachea the eittonlahlng average
of n I bueheis per acre. ' 1
' Itoi aa Mad ae Painted.
St.' Louie Olob-Democrat.
A rate bill whoae peerage la followed by
a decided advance Id the price of railway
Stocks muet hare a value for the rdads
aa well as the public.
Blackballed.
n. Kansas City Time.
Those delegatea to the International
Typographical union convention who op
posed an Indorsement of W. R. Heant will
never appear on the payroll of the New
York publisher. J
Tbe Whole Works.
Chicago- Tribune.' ' '
If Mr. Bryan can regulate the personnel
of the comrnjttees, orgnnlee the conven
tions, dictate the ptatfnrrna and name the
candidates for the effloes, he cares not
who does th rest.-
Hl,oe Wronaht In Ruael.
-Nw.Xork Tribune.
A few yeara ago Russia . was annually
exporting more 4hah 1 300,080,0(10 worth of
grain. Now It la Importing- grain. . There
could be no ' more striking Indication of
the ruin which the revolutionary disturb
ances bare wrought upon it. , ,
, LeTe Well Eimaarb Alone.
St. Louis Globe-Pern ocrat.
The work of the present oongreas at the
recent seaelon, IVeeident - Ropeevelts says,
subserves the - welfare of the people as a
whole and of the nation as an entirety.
Thla la an - excellent . reason ' for electing
another houee of the same kind. ,
Rlak Too, Great, for Veterana. ,
Baltimore American. ...
There la something- more than .usually
pitiable In the deaths of veterans In the
annual parade- at. MlnneapoTtS from beat
and exhaustion,- when they bad -so of tea
periled their Uvea In a .better cause. Buch
risks' as undue exposure to -the heat at
-this time of the year are not Inevitable,
nor of the kind, that .are. sanctioned by
that prudence, which. Is, the better part ot
valor.
- . Stand from Vnderv
Chicago Chronicle.
''Whatever goes up must surely come
down," la what the children cry when they
throw water In the air aa a. pastime. It
la a saying which nilglit properly ' be borne
In mind by stock gamblers. When every
body la "whooping 'em .up" It looks aa If
securities would never come down, but
they do. Wise man Is he who knows when
to ge.t out. Wiser still ,1s he who does not
go In.
Another Chapter Conine;.
Chicago Inter-Ooean.
There will be another chapter to the
"Harrlman coup" of August 17, IX. The
Union Pacific Is the only railroad In this
country. If not In the world, -whoso stock
Is on a dividend basis of 10 per cent.
Many others, notably those In the Penn
sylvania and Vanderbllt groups, earn more
In proportion to capital and expenses than
the Union Pacific does. It is safe to predict
that the Union Polflo' dividend basis of
10 per cent will not be. permanent.
tntCLfe SAM'S, RETIRED LIST.
Army
Officers Anxlona ' to
'' V Active Service,
Leave
New ; York Evening- Post.
The rush of. officers ,tp leave active serv
ice continues,. Tla w'eejc two majors were
granted permission ialgo ojt, John Btaf-
exir-kfofd, Twentieth.infajjiw,wbo, was retired
on; Thursday on hlso .application,., and
uavia rrice, artillery corps, wno wm re
tire on September 30. Besides these two
officers there are eight who will go on the
retired list dn their own application within
the next four months, iia followa: ; Colonels
Oliver El Wood and Louis V. Caslaro, ar
tillery corps, on October- 1; Clarence A.
Stedman, Fifth cavalry, on - September 20:
M.'.B. Hughea, First-eavalry,, on August
Si; WM. Wallace, Fifteenth cavalry, on
October Z; J. E. Mackllru Fourth, infantry,
on December z; Lieutenant Colonel H. E.
Tutherly, Ninth cavalry, on October 1, and
Majof E. F. Wlllco, Tourth cavalry, on
November 28,
Bines January 1 no leas than fifty-one
officers In the various grades from major
general down to first lieutenant have been
placed on tbe retired ,11st either for age,
disability or on- their., own applications.
Before the year Is ended the Hat will ba
supplemented by the names of six officers,
who will leave active service for age, the
principal one being that of Lieutenant
General H. C. Corbln on Beptember ' IS.
More officers were placed on the retired
list In 1908 than In 1904, aixty-flye being
the number In the former year, fend fifty
three in the latter. In 1908 ' there were
ninety-six retirements; slxty-flve In 1902;
seventy-one In 1901; forty-five In 1900; seventy-two
In 1899, and seventy-seven In 1898.
Thla year bids fair to rival 1899 and 1898,
particularly as ,. the War department la
ready and willing to grant all applications
for retirement from older officers. The re
tired list haa grown from 663 in 1897 -to 903
In 1908. Commenting on Its slxe. the Berlin
(German) Tageblatt says that to Ger
mans, even with thely vast army, the
American retired 'Hat ' seems swollen out
of -art proportion 'to'the'slke of the army.
' ' PERSONAL (kOTKS.
Wall street Is engrossed by the spectacle
of a new plunger whoae name la White.
But any day he la likely, to plunge out of
sight.
Elmer K. Btelner, 'a' rural route carrier
of Indiana, has -perfected an Invention
which he believes will In future preclude
wrecks brought about by the present sys
tem ' of dispatching trains.
A Long Island man consented to the mar
riage of hla daughter to an Ignorant
Chinese, aaylruj he 'regarded the Oriental aa
bis own aoclarand latellfectual equal, which
was rough on the bridegroom.
' Alfred J. Klein Is about to atart Vor the
Kerg-uelen 'Island In the Indian ocean for a
three months' stay there to And plants and
animals for the New- York Museum of Nat
ural Iflstory. The Island Is uninhabited
and far from anywherej
George F. Pollock, recently appointed as
sistant commlsHloner off the general land
office in Washington, did not have even a
primary school educ,t!ou-uiull he was over
19 years old. Now, while stl". quite a yoang
man, he Is receiving 138,000 a year for purely
Intellectual work. His father was a coal
miner with a large family.
8lgananda, the rebel Zulu chief who haa
been court-martialed and sentenced, la 107
years old. H'S captrve son are verging on
90, and many of his grandchildren have
passed the allotted span. But the quality
of mercy Is nod strained, even when
waning . with aemi-barharians, and the
treasonable old chief Will probably live to
die a natural death.
Relnhold Begaa, probably the graateat
German sculptor, has Just paased hla seventy-fifth
birthday. Ten weeks before Bis.
inarck's death Begaa appeared at Prted
licbsnlhe to get 'a Onai impression of Ger
many's most striking figure before begin,
ning work on the great Bismarck monu
ment voted by the Reichstag. When Begas
stated bla mission Bismarck replied: "Oott,
why do you wlah to set me a great monu
ment 7 Represent me as being ba crutches!"
AUGUST 23, 1900.
ROUD ASOIT HEW TORK.
afSnasaSBssnSJ V
Rlaplee on the Cnrreat ( 14fe In the
Metropolis,
What la claimed to be the finest passen
ger steamer on inland waters started from
New York for Albany last Monday on Its
maiden trip on the Hudson. The steamers
plying on "the American Rhine" hereto
fore were regarded a splendid models of
river craft, but they are outclassed by
the Hendrlck Hudson, as the new steamer
la named. The Hudson was launched last
spring and represents sn outlay ot fl.OCO,
000. Already It Is known as the "plate
glass steamer," being in entirely new
departure In construction and equipment,
Which In likely to be extensively copied.
The Hendrlck Hudson Is 400 feet long
and can accommodate 8,000 passengers. The
great show place of the boat Is Convention
hall, tha after saloon on the third deck.
It la so called because It may be secured
by orders and societies wishing to hold
sessions on the way. It Is slmost entirely
of plat glass, while above It rise a dome
ot stained glass specially designed and
constructed by Tiffany. Everywhere In th
boat are excellent painting, not the least
Interesting being a portrait of Hendrlck
Hudson, painted by Robert Fulton Lud
low, grandson of Robert Fulton.
In a Jewelry store In Colu.nbus avenue
this advertisement Is shown In display type
half a foot long:
J LADIES' CANEfU) CENTS TO $18. t
Do many women carry themT" repeated
the dealer when questioned about the fad.
."Yea, .a good many. Th fashion has not
taken such a hold upon the women here as
was expected, but a few New York women
Vno wish to be thought strictly up to date
are beginning to adopt It. The cane habit
la generally considered a British Importa
tion. "I don't belleys that It ' originated In
vanity or a desire for notoriety. To my
mind It Is the outcome of a principle of
human nature. It Is Impossible to ex
perience, a more distressing, one-sided feel
ing than to go along th street with noth
ing in the hands.
"There ere many tl-"e8 when one doesn't
want to carry an umbrella; the folly of
carrying a pocketbook In the hand on all
occasions has frequently been pointed out;
a newspaper becomes soiled and shabby,
while neither a letter nor a handkerchief
gives a feeling of security as though prop
erly balanced. And right there th utility
of- the cane becomes apparent, for what
else Is so appropriate V
A well dressed man and woman adopted
an absolutely new plan to abandon a
month-old girl last week. Engaging a
cab, in front of the Grand Central depot,
at 11:30 o'clock In the morning, the couple
ordered the driver to go to an employment
agency at 481 ''Sixth avenue. There the
woman got out of the cab, carrying th
Infant with her. She gave her name to
the employment clerk aa Mrs. W. H. An
derson, and said she waa accompanied by
her husband, who war' waiting In the cab
outside.
Mary p. Smith of 121 West Thirtieth
street was engaged by the woman. Telling
the girl to follow her, Mrs. Anderson
handed the child to her and got Into the
cab. Before tha vehicle drove away the
woman's companion, saying he had to at
tend to some business, left. The woman
then ordered the driver to take her to a
department store In Twenty-third street,
nesr Broadway. -
Leaving the child In ears of the maid
and saying she wanted to do some shop
ping and would be back in a moment, th
woman disappeared In th crowd going
Into the store. When she did not reappear
In three hours the cabman drove to a po
lice' station, where the infant was taken
charge .of.. A drees suit ease, left In the
cab, contained, a complete baby outfit of
the finest quality.
As the strains of "Home, Bweet Home,"
rang out to waits time and Mlaa Raphaelo
,Jennro whirled about a ball room In a
Btaten Island resort Sunday night with
her cousin, Marie Annunsio, she exclaimed:
"Isn't that beautiful 7 I wlah I were going
home."
As she spoke she sank to the floor and
died Instantly. A panlo followed. Before
order could be restored several persons) had
been trampled and the dance was turned
Into a mad stampede. A physician decided
that the girl's death waa due to heart fail
ure. Mlaa Jennro was only 19 years old.
i ns engineers in cnarge or tne renneyi
vanla railroad tunnel now being constructed
under the East river at New York have
begun to meet the danger of "blowouta" In
the tunnel by "blanketing" the river bot
tom. 1 The tunnel Is filled with compressed
air to keep the water from leaking In be
fore the wall are aealed up, and when the
head of the tunnel gets too close to the
actual river bottom the air forces Its way
out, and there Is a small geyser, or blow
out, on the surface of th river. It is to
prevent this that the' "blanket," or re
inforcement of the river bottom, la being
laid along tha line of the tunnel. Th
"blanket" consists of clay.
Tobtna Thompsen, a Norwegian servant
girl, weighing 280 pounds and standing six
feet In her stocking, led Detective Sergeant
Bonine of Hoboken, N. J., a chase over
roofs Thursday night and was not captured
until four alleys had been hurdled. When
caught ahe fought until she reached the
street. Tonetta Blraonsen, a sister of the
prisoner, complained that Toblna had taken
her bank book and drawn from tbe bank
all hef money. They had lived together In
1483 Amsterdam avenue, Hoboken. Toblna
would make no statement.
A bag containing $60 In nickels fell off a
dray enroute from the United Statea sub
treasury to one of the banks' the other day,
scattering coins In every, direction. The
street waa crowded and tber waa a gen
eral scramble for the bright new ' coins.
But when a sub-treasury official, together
with a cop, requeated that the money be
returned, explaining that It waa govern
ment property, the response wss Immedi
ate. On counting the returns the entire ICO
was found without a nickel mlsalng.
At leas one boy in the city of New York
has not learned the meaning and practice
of graft. Last week a man over In Brook
lyn sent a small boy In hla neighborhood to
deliver a note to a young woman who lived
a couple ot blocks away. He gave the boy
a quarter to make him hurry. In due time
the messenger came back, and, returning
the money, said;
"Miss B- says she will be glad to see
you tonight, ' but ahe didn't want the
quarter."
In New York City are about 700 signs that
read "Watchmaker" and not a single one
of them belongs to a watchmaker, and few
that have them could make a watch, and
If they could and did the watch would cost
about 1100, while any of them can sell a
better watch- lor ia that came from a
great factory.
re Thla In Land.
Kansas City Times. '
Wall street prices soar. So It la with
outsiders who go there. The higher they
soar the. more ballast they hav to drop,
aud Wall street gets It as It falls. It la
very profitable to Wall street. An Invest
ment In western farm landa la th safest
thing for soarings, and one Is close to th
ground all the time,
The Song
of the Hair
There are four verses. Verse i. Ayer s
H air Vigor makes the riair grow. Verse 2.
Ayers Hair Vigor stops falling hair.
Verse 3. Ayer's Hair Vigor cures dan
druff. Verse 4. Ayer's Hair Vigor al
ways restores color to gray hair.. The
chorus is sung by millions, in all lands.
. j
The best kind of a testimonial- - '
"Sold for over sixty years"
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Hade by tbe I. O. Ayer Oe.. fcev.ll. Kaes.
AIM StaaefMtttrers ef .
ATBR'S ARSAPAItlLLa For the blood. AYBR'g niXaWFer eeastlaarlea,
ATBB tCRJlTFCTOtAt-ocoohs. ATXayg AUB CUftVte svgarU SAi Sgat,
PROSPKRITY III THE WEST.
Pointed Evidence In the Dividends of
the t'nlon FneMe.
Chicago Inter Ooean.
The whole country awoke yesterday
morning' to learn that large fortunes had
been made by many persons In Wall street
on Friday by speculation In shares of th
Union Paclflo railway.
Outside of the financial maelstrom of the
country probably few persons were Inter
ested In the published facts, larg aa they
seem to men who follow the vagaries of
the stock market. But behind the facta on
the surface are a good, many other facts
to which all the people of the United States
may well give, attention.
Fortunes were made In Union Pacific
speculation because prices of tha shares
went up. Prices of the shares went up
because the dividends were enormously In.
creased. The dividends were enormously
Increased because the railway had earned
tremendous profits.
Finally, the railway had earned tremen
dous profits because the west, the wide
west, the golden west, had been loading
the Union Pacific ears with an ever in
creasing amount of Its products that they
might be taken forth and distributed to all
parts of the world.
In a word, the flurry In Wall street and
the harvesting of a million or two of sud
den profits here and there, by this, that or
the other speculator, waa not a fly speck
on the great situation which thua waa
brought before the -eyes of the American
people.
, The enormous fact, the overwhelming
fact, of this situation was the colossal
wealth of the west, on which but a (toy
percentage had enabled this one railway
to pay such great profits' to its owners,
even after numerous deductions for other
purposes.
Marvelous, Indeed, Is the development of
the territory penetrated and served by the
transcontinental railway lines. The "des
ert" of fifty years ago has been made to
bloom. The - "uninhabitable" tracts lying
between the. Platte, and the. .Yellowstone
are dotted with flourishing towns and popu
lous cities. The ."desolate" mountain sides
are In pasture green, the hum of Industry
Is heard where only th crack of the hun
ter's rifle resounded a quarter of a century
ago. ,
The products of the west alone would
make this nation great, and yet the empire
that lies between the Missouri and tbe Pa
clflo Is only In Its Infancy.
NATIONAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Matters to Be Considered at the Idaho
Session.
New York Tlrbune.
Great Interest attaches to the fourteenth
National Irrigation congress, which will be
held at Boise, Idaho, September I to I
The tremendous, growth of the Irrigation
movement since the passage of the reclama
tion act In 1903 gives the subject to be dis
cussed an Importance which could not
have been foreseen four years ago.
This act provides that all moneys re
ceived from the sale of public landa in the
atatea and territories west of the Missouri
river. Including Oklahoma (except the fees
And commissions due registers and receivers
and the 5 per cent set aside for educational
and .other purposes), shall be a special fund
to be used in the examination and survey
and maintenance of Irrigation works for
the reclamation of arid and semi-arid lands
in thoee states and territories. Thirty mil.
lion dollars has been thus accumulated,
and plans for the Irrigation of nearly 2,000,
000 acre hav been completed. It la esti
mated that the total amount of land which
can be thus benefited Is 100,000,000 acres, of
which nearly 10,000.000 acres are under cul
tivation. The completion of the work which
the reclamation service aspires to accom
plish, with some aid from. private enttr
prise, will. It la hoped, Increaae the national
wealth 35,000,000,000. Bona fide settlers In
the Irrigated regions pay for the uae of
the water In ten annual Installmente. the
price varying In proportion to the difficulty
of construction and the amount of water
available.
Boise Is well situated for the scene of de
liberations on Irrigation questions. Idaho
furnishes object lessons In the work of the
reclamation service hardly to be matched
elsewhere In the country. Including the de
velopment of the Shoahon falls power,
which, when completed, will produce more
electrical unlta than Niagara now does,
and the Twin falls project, where water
was turned on a little more than a year
ago, and -where In 100 days reapers wore
Do You Expect to Buy a. Piouacr
This Summer? ;;; c
Von will never find a more attractive variety of Instruments from i
which to make a selection. High, tide in piano opportunities arrive
in August. '.'
There is no day in the year that this piano store Is not -keyed
to high pitch In Its endeavor to serve its patrons; that is what has)
made our business the greatest in the West; but manufacturers make
It possible for us to dd more In midsummer than at other seasons,-,
because manufacturers will sell us at lower prices now to keep their
rectories running through the dull heated season.
This store covers the whole range of pianos, from tho Gilbert at
114 5, up through the Cramer at 1 10. The Weser Bros, in two Styles,
$235 and 1260. The Kimball at 1365, the superb Knabe at $450,
and the magnificent Bush ft Lane at 5350. ;..'- .-
What a feast to spread before one who Is music hungry. '
Immense variety as to makes, styles, material and form ot ossog
and prices. In our store there is a greater variety, a larger number
from which to choose than is In all the other stores la Omaha oom-.
blued. Every piano marked In plain figures at its lowest uet caab
price. Easy terms for thoee who do not pay cash. . - ,
' A. HOSPE CO;
1513 DOUGLAS STREET.,. .
harveetli.g the first crop. ' 'Thee Vnd the
Fayette and Mlnandoka'" project, for' the '
execution of which th government has ap
propria ted $10,000,000, will be examined by
the delegates. ' -
Irrigation is a great subject hnd there Is
nothing small about" the plans which Some
of the delegates are making for Its future s
Not content with the measure ef govem-
they are planning an agltaMbn' t Secure a'1
direct appropriation frem congress of !10o,.
000,000 to supplement the- present -reclamation
fund. It Is hardly conceivable that
such a drain upon the resources of the rest
of the country will b . made, and- some
westerners appreclatehs danger of ovtf
enthuslaatn In 'relation to Irrigation devet t
opmont, the Denver . Republican .counsel
ing moderation In the demands of th con
vention, lest the' fear of extravagant ap
propriations should act as a check to the
carrying out of existing projects. -Already
there Is In some quarters a feeling (probably
due to a misapprehension as to the sources
of the reclamation fund) that the govern-
ment Is doing too much for the arid re- -glons.
Such a feeling would ertnlnty. -be
Intensified by any such demand aa that
which it is proposed to make at - Boise.
Other questions, such as those of -water :
rights, arising from the ' new conditions
created by Irrigation. Are likely to be dis
cussed to more purpose than this one .
MERRY JINGLES..'
"Do you get any valuable Information
from your agricultural panerT"
"Not much," anawered Farmer Oorntoa
seL 'It keeps tellln' how to feed stock In
stead of how to teed summer boardera,"-
Washington Star.
. . i . i
Dora Never tell Flora any secrets,' . ,. .
Cora Can't she keep them? ' ' '
Dora Keep them? Why, that girt taUg
people her right age. Cleveland Leader. ,
"They are accusing th loomon in New
York of trampling on physical lmpoaslbiu
ties.- ' ... ;
'How Is that?" ., ' ,
"They say the loemen stay where they . :
are and ateal a weigh at the .same time."
Baltimore Amertcaty, , K.!l x . t i-0HmO
' "inJ iW un' m. MU1! '. nivitMf
writer," gurgled Miss Fetherbed, 'Oh.
a silly ?" Philadelphia Press. ,
mat a ao inier.Buns - j u uvw. .
awfully stupid of me, but I didn't know
there waa such a thing I've always V
thous-ht ther orlnted newspaoera, Alnt.X .
Visiting Friend Brudder Bampson. bow's . -de
chu'eh gtttln' along h'yah? . 'V
Brudder Bampson ' 'Well, Brudder Jafk
son. hit's a kind o' slusTgardly anMuke- .
wahm- J Is' now, dat'a a fack, but we a
rooUn' hahd fur a good ol' -fashion' revival. .
Chicago Tribune. . . - . ,i
"I suppose.' aald th sentimentalist,
"that It makes you feel very, aad to see
the roses fading, the leaves withering, the
grass dying" ,
"Yea,'' Interrupted Farmer Oorntosael,
"an" the aummer boarders goin' bom."
Washington Btar. - ,
"Musicians are a brave lot. aren't they?"
"I didn't know they were particularly
"Oh. yea: they are much readier than
other people to face th muslo.'.' BalU. ..'
mora American. ...
"How shall w list this?" asked the
clerk of th sale, pointing to a kitchen
"Well," aald the bankrupt owner of the
establishment, "that has been In the house
twenty-five years. I guess you may put
!w.. X,. u a valuable family airioonV1
Philadelphia 1'resn.
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VERSE FORMS,' f
Ted Robinson in Cleveland Leader.
Oh. - ,1- ,f ....-v
I would go-' - '
Where the pine trees grow,, . . .
And the little whit rabbits- Wda' dej m
th And 'the gaunt wolf, lair ' '
I would share, ,
There! ' " ' ' " ,
For the whirling electric fan's) .brasses
are not . - ' .. y 1
What touch the spot.
. I have got i
- Hot, l - :, ' '
And a slice
Of the boreal lee
For a sofa to lie on. I think" would be-Moat
. . n .-. . j j , t
SO u- . .,
I would go , j- . ,
Where the glaciers flow, " "
All Icy and chilly, resistless and elowT '
I J T .
Wm.IA .. If .. .
....... . -- -i l r
'Neath th loebergs high.
Where Aurora paints pictures aS ev-i
the say. '
Sura, alike. .'.." ' i , i
I'd like ' 1
To strike- - " "
The pike .; ; vv'.' '.-.
And nlke , -. ' t
To where the Froet King's palace id Dullfc
Where August is not and where Collars
don't wilt I '
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