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10 TI1K (JMAIIA DAILY HKK: SATIHUAV, (K'TOBEK 6, If. The OmXiu Daily Bee. POfNDKn BT EDWARD ROSrTWATKP. ' I. i i i . .. VICTOR r.OSEWATER, EDITOR. . Entered at Omihi postofUca as second class mattei. TERMS OF ertiSCRIPTION. THIly n iwlthout flun.lay), one year.. aily fcee and Sunday, one year J "j ftumlay B", on year Saturday Itce, one year I DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dally Fe (Including "iinday), per week..lSc Illy lc (without Siiniloy). per week. ..I1. Evening Baa iwithout bimnayi, per week c Kvenlng H-e twltb H'jnUr). I'"' Hunrtny Bee, Pr ropy ..oC Address complaints of Iff ulnrltlea In de. llvary to City Circulation Department. orFicts. omann The Bee building. Houth Omaha-City Hall building. Council Bluffs-ID Fearl street. Chicago lo4o I'nlty building. New Vork-iwi noma Uf In. building. Washington- fourteenth street. COnhEHI'ONDKNCE i . rommunieatlona relating to ni and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha He, Editorial liepartment. RBMlTTANCf H. Kemlt by draft, espress or postal order payable to The Ree Publishing eompeny. only 1-eent stamps received as payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except On Omaha or eastern echngee. not accepted. THE tIEiC ri BLlSHlNO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CtnCT!,ATfON. Hat of Nebraska, lwruglaa Courtly, aa: Oeorge b. l ist buck, treasurer of The Bee Publishing eonipniiy. being duly aworn, saya that the, actual numwr ot full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning, ICvimlng and Sunday Hee prmteri during tha month of September. If", was aa to I. lows: 1 14,430 1 30,670 3 10,360 IT 30,860 I 31.080 II 30,710 4. 30,680 1 30,880 J 1 30,370 2 0 30.650 f ..30,730 :i 30,800 7 ...30.480 22 J1.140 30.MO 21 30,410 30,470 24 30,710 10...., 30380 21 30,690 11 30,340 26 ,....30,840 12 30,430 27 30 180 It 30,360 it 44.670 14 30,600 2 36.800 ii 30,060 30 30,600 ' Total .837,360 I,eaa unsold copies t,60t Nat total sales 837,843 Dally average 3U,(U8 CHARXK.S C. ROSE WATER, Qaneral Manager. Subscribed In my presence and ewor.i to bafor m thla lat day of October, JS9 (Seal.) M. B. HCNOATE, Notary Public. WIIE1 OtT OF TOWN. Subscribers leavlnaT the rlty tem porarily ahoalil Iists The lire mailed (a them. AUdrraa will It Marquis lto must be the Taft ot Japan since he Is called to "sit on the lid" In Cores. . With the czar returned to Peterhof, activity on tbe high explosive .market may be resumed. Mr. Hearst's denunciation ot "bosses" Is only amusing since be has ciiddled up so close to Tammany Hall. Each successive triumph of Ak-Sar-Ben puts to flight all recurring talk of abandoning It as an annual institu tion. Rockefeller says he gave out his interview during a game of golf. No wonder be used strong language at times. The public mlfcht be In favor of "a more elastic currency" If it were cer tain of the direction in which it would be stretched. The' federal grand Jury Is still busy with land fencing cases. The fencers doubtless realize by this time that Uncle Sam means business. In other words the president believes that "apostles of discontent" should be silent until they have a remedy to suggest for discovered evils. Russia's conviction that another big loan cannot be floated should prove to the rulers that the internal situa tion has affected Its foreign relations. King Ak-Sar-Ben should provide an armor plated car fop protection of the Judges who award the prizes to par ticipants in' his various street pag eants. " The Inference Is Irresistible that President Roosevelt at Harrlsburg gave the people an outline ot what he will more formally tell congress next December. Until' It Is known that President Palma will not join Queen IA and the sultan of Sulu In a raid on the pension office, intervention In Cuba remains a doubtful expedient When "a cold raw wind'' can affect the warmth of his reception in Ne braska Colonel Bryan must admit that some natural laws cannot be affected by legislative enactment. Pleas of guilty in an American court rather weaken the claim of Japanese sealers that tbe men caught on seal Islands were not poachers but oriental diplomacy may find a way out. Now that It Is oak-tally declared that basing baa been stamped out at West Point our embryonic military genius may test strategical powers by devis ing new plans to "make life Interest ing to tha "plebes" and officers. Postmaster Palmer of Omaha has been making a plea for continuance of men In the public service Irrespec tive of their politics. After a man one get Into office he alwaya advo cates retention on tha score of merit, while the fellows out of office always clamor for a change. Tha Nebraska and Iowa Retail Har ness Manufacturers' and Dealers' Pro .tectlva association is trying to put a heck-rein upon' harness makers who either sell at retail or honor requisi tions from tha mall order houses. Tbe eUngar Is, however, that they will airlke several. balky horses. A LEUSLATtTK rROR4M. In his Harrlsburg address President Roosevelt outlines the substantial leg islation enacted by the last Pennsyl vania legislature, which ha r "marks an epoch in tha history of the political betterment of political condi tions," and In so doing constructs a legislative program, which for the most part would fit wtll In many other statea and especially in Nebraska. Speaking to the people of Pennsyl vania, fbe president says: Throufh your legislature you have abol ished rS'i; you hava p',nri tha offtcrs of th aerretsry of the commonwealth and tha Insurance commissioner upon an honor sbln and honmt basis of salary only by abolishing the tea system: you havs pnssed a law compelllnir tha officers and employ of areat rltlea to attend to tha dutlrs for which they are paid by all tha taxpayers, and to refrain from usln the powsr con ferred by their oftlreg to Influence political cgmpatgna; you hava prohibited tha solici tation or receiving of politics.) assessment by city employes; you hava by law pro tected the state treasury from depredation and conserved the public moneys for ne only In the public Interest: you hava by law for the protection of the elective fran chise made tampering with the ballot boxes and the casting of Illegal votes so dlfflcu't an In all probability to be upprnfltahle; you have provided a primary election law which guarantee to the voters free expression In the selection of candidates for offlre; you have by law regulated and improved tha civil sen-Ice systems of your greauet cities: and, finally, you have paSsed a law containing a provision which I moat earn estly hope will In substance be embodied In a law by congress) at the coming session a provision prohibiting the officers ot any corporation from making a contribution of the monsy of that corporation to any can didate or any political committee for the payment of any election expenses what ever. Taking up this enumeration as af fected by local conditions In Nebraska, we can see that while some ot the work has already been dona here, much of It Is yet to be accomplished. Nebraska long go threw safeguards around its state treasury and enacted laws to prevent the farming out of public funds for private gain. Ne braska has fairly adequate laws for the protection of the elective franchise against ballot-box frauds and illegal voting. Nebraska hss a direct pri mary law governing Its largest city and county. Nebraska has a corrupt practices law, prohibiting campaign contributions from privileged corpora tions, and also a law forbidding the Is sue of free passes for the purpose of manipulating conventions. Nebraska has yet to enact a law ab solutely abolishing free passes. It has yet to enact a law completely wiping out the odious fee business and plac ing all of its public officers upon an honorable and honest basts of salary. Nebraska has yet to enact a law ex tending civil service tenure to mu nicipal and state employes and com pelling them to attend exclusively to their public duties. Nebraska has yet to make its primary law state-wide In Its operation and give the people out side ot the one large county the same guaranty ot free expression In the se lection of their candidates for office. Nebraska has still other laws to en act as well as theso, among them. Laws to compel the railroads to pay their taxes the same as other people: laws to prevent discriminations and extortion in the exactions of the rail roads for carrying freight and passen gers; laws to drive the corrupting lob byists out of tbe slate bouse. This does not exhaust the list by any means, but includes the most Important. It the coming Nebraska legislature v.ould carry through a feglslatlve pro gram like this it could expect commen dation like that Just given in Pennsyl vania for "a remarkable record of achievement." WA0K9 AD.COJJT OF LIXIKG. The report of the Investigation by the national bureau of tabor Into wages and hours of labor covering the principal manufacturing and mechan ical Industries ot the United States supplements its recent inquiry Into the retail prices of the chief food com modities, and emphasises the improve ment which is being effected n the condition ot working people. ' Con trary to . a common impression, the facts show that aVerage wages have advanced far more than the cost, ot living. In 1905 average wages per hour in tbe forty-two chief Industries investi gated were 1.6 higher than In 1904, and 6.S more persons were employed, tbe hours of labor per week remaining the same, so that there was an increase ot 8 per cent In tbe total weekly earn ings. But the average retail cost of the commodities consumed, tha calcu lation being carefully made on the quantity and quality usually consumed by this class, wrs only 0.6 per cent higher than in 1904. The comparisons, of course, are more striking the farther back we go in the period covered by these investigations. The average wages per hour in 1905 were 18.9 per cent higher than the average for the period from 1890 to 1899, the n'umber of employes S3. 6 per rent greater and the average hours ot labor per week 4.1 per cent lower. Tbe average weekly earnings ot all em ployes were 52.8 per cent higher la 1905 than the average tor that period. On tbe other hand, tbe retail price ot the principal food articles was It. 4 per cent higher than the average price from 1890 to 1899. The power of an hour's wages in 1905 was 7.7 per cent greater than in 1894, the year of low eat wages. The general tenor of theae deduc tions Is notably corroborated by the contemporaneous report of the New York Bureau of Labor Statistics ot Its Inquiries, which are made on a differ ent basis and Independently of the national . labor bureau. The returns faom the trade union officers In that state show an Increase of 18.7 per cent In average dally earnings In 1905 over 1897. while the average number ot days of employment la 1905 was 273 against 227 in 197, or yearly earnings of $791 In 1905 against I5S1 In 1897. an increase of 2. 2 per cent. While the data do not include rent, clothing and other Important elements of cost of living, they Indicate that average Increased food cost for the extensive classes included or repre sented In the Inquiry Is smaller than is popularly supposed, sod they In contestably prove the enormous In crease of total or average individual wages. Thst family expenses of working people have greatly increased is be yond question, but it In also clear that in a multitude of cases all the Increase has not been compulsory by reason of Increased market cost, but thst much of It Is voluntary on the part of the consumer through a higher plane of living. It 1( to be said, however, that extravagant buying Is not confined to the wage earner, but is indulged In by all classes ot tbe community. THE CVBAS COBRESrOXDtNrE. It did not need tbe publication of the official correspondence of the State department to convince the country and the world of the reluctance with which President Roosevelt entered upon intervention in Cuba. Every official act and declaration, especially his solemn warning to the Cubans, and the strenuous efforts to Induce them to compose their differences have clearly established that fact, but the official record of the Inner workings of the government now throw it into the boldest relief. They demonstrate that nearly a month ago the Cuban government confessed its impotence to preserve order and security for persons and property and urgently ap pealed directly to President Roosevelt to intervene. And it is now shown to the world that over three weeks ago President Palma had resolved to resign at once and with him the en tire Cuban government to abdlcaie their functions, leaving the island ut terly adrift and at the mercy of In numerable Insurgent or lawless bands. It Is obvious that only the utmost caution and prudence, as well as promptitude, on the part of our gov ernment prevented Cuba from -being plunged into chaos and saved the sit uation even till Secretary Taft could reach Havana and change the direc tion of affairs towards an orderly and peaceful settlement. It has been sup posed that the crisis was not precipi tated till he was actually on the scene, but It is now made plain that there was most Imminent peril that It would be precipitated at least two weeks be fore our government could have a chance to prevent or moderate or guide it. HCLIXO ON ADVERTISING COXTRA0TS. To the protests of the National Ed itorial association and the Louisiana State Editorial association against the ruling declaring illegal accommodation contracts between publishers and rail roads to exchange advertising for transportation, the Interstate Com merce commission stands pat. The ruling, . as the commission re iterates, is simply an interpreta tion of the law which forbids the roads to collect a greater or lestS or different charge than the published tariff rate, the words ot the law, "or different," being construed by the commission to mean hat there can be only one method of payment, namely, money. Legitimate newspaper pub lishers will be the last to protest againift strict enforcement of the amended national code for rate con trol from consideration of public pol icy, of which they have been in a spe cial sense champions. It is notorious that "advertising mileage" has been a means of extensive evasion of forbid den discriminations. Moreover, there ia no conflict between legitimate ad vertising Interests and the nondis criminating railroad administration which it is the central purpose of the new law to establish. ' Nor does it necessarily follow from the terms ot the law or the commis sion's ruling that open accounts may not be kept between newspaper pub lishers or other patrons and the rail roads according to established business methods, providing the transactions are in good faith and for the purpose and with the effect of carrying out, and not evading, the spirit and letter ot the law, which is to put all on an exact equality with reference to trans portation. Something must be amiss in Colonel Bryan's present political tour of Ne braska. The special reporter with the multiplex eyes has not yet joined the party. We have not yet heard of the grizzled old larmer who rode across country forty miles In a buckboard to listen to the peerless orator. There Is no touching description as yet ot mothers holding out their babes that they may In the future tell their grandchildren that Bryan once greeted them, nor ot the two little girls in blue who always sing that beautiful song, "Bryan, Bryan, Echo His Name." The water tank stops on the prairies have not yet been filled with jostling crowds, nor have the side tracks been blocked with seething multitudes preventing progress of the train. All this will come in due time, however, If we will but possess our souls In patience. It turnr out that the announcement from Lincoln that the names of party nomlneea for United States' senator would not go on the official ballot is entirely without foundation and that the names will appear this year just as they did two years ago and on pre vious occasions; The constitution of Nebraska Is very plain on this subject and there should be no room for dis pute. Nominations of. United States senators In the various stat conven tions wsre In each case mads with tbe same formality as the nominations for governor, lieutensnt governor or state officers, and have been duly cer tified In the same manner. The vote for senator will constitute the popular instruction upon the legislative mem bers of the respective parties. The real heartfelt sentiment of demo cratic leaders may be sought in Texss, which made Itself famous by giving 160,000 majority for Orover Cleveland in his second campaign, and where J he democratic, state chairman now wants no further agitation ot the charges against Senstor Bslley, as It breeds dissension in the party. The local democratic organ makes a great ado about the dincovery of a professed republican who says he will vote for Shallenberger because, he has known him personally for twenty years. Better make the most of such crumbs of comfort before the returns come In. Colonel Bryan should relieve an anxious public without delay by tell ing Just how the election of the demo cratic candidate for governor In Ne braska will expedite government own ership and operation ofahe railroads. The true motive for the resumption of traffic on the Missouri river may transpire when new railway freight rate schedules are published. A little water competition. Is not a bad thing at times. Senatorial t.oneaomea. Indianapolis News. We are orry that our Indiana senator's have ranged themselves with the jingoes In regard to Cuba. The people are with the president. Senatorial Thrift. Portland Oregonlan. Senator Bailey doesn't deny the $;5,(inn, but says he earned It legitimately at In tervals while attending strictly to business as United States senator. Evidently Bailey has been giving mighty valuable time to tha public service for a measly 13.000 per year. Reaches Into the Dim Future. Cleveland Leader. American occupation of Cuba, with the ' best and most benign Intentions In the I world, seems to stretch away Into the fu- j ture without limit. American control of i the Island, different from the relations i which have existed In the laat four years, will be found permanently necessary. j Open and Above Board. j Baltimore American. ' Secretary Taffs aesurance that Cuba Is to remain a republic, and that the lntrverf- ; tion of the United States is to aid In every j possible way her national destiny, will be a ! sore trial to those European critics who ' affect to be kept in perpetual dread by tlje ; skilfully cloaked designs of the United , States on the smaller nations that It can I add to its colonial possessions. j Back to Vellow Suarar. Buffalo Express. It Is said that unless the pure food com mission changes Its mind, people will soon be urlng yellow granulated and other su gars, which are now white. The commis sion has decreed that no mineral bluing substance shall be used In bleaching sugar. As four pounds of this bluing will bleach l.WO.nno pounds of sugar the public health la not in any particular danger. But prob. ably householders would quickly get used to yellow augur.. Fariuera Poor Business Men. Ivoiilsvllle Courier-Journal. The head of a manufacturing concern keeps his eyes open to prevent waste. There must be no extra,vagarfce in labor, in time. In fuel, in machinery. He looks for the minimum of cost and the maximum of profit. It Is a matter of business and h manages ll along strictly business prin ciples. How many farmers manage their farms along business principles? Too few hereabouts. And yet farming Is as much the farmer's business as manufacturing Is the business of the other. If the manu facturer trusted to luck, allowed his ma chinery to lie out of doors and rust, worked only when he felt like It and permitted his employee to work only when they felt like it, failed to keep books and figured every thing on a dollars-and-centa basis he would soon find himself a bankrupt. The farm ers should avoid such mistakes too. HIGH SCHOOL FRATERNITIES. Movement Against Theiaa Gathers Fore Everywhere. Indianapolis News. The movement against the undemocratic and demoralising fraternities In high schools gathers force. We noted not long ago that the principals of the Chicago high schools bad taken a firm stand against all extraneous Interests in the school interest In various forms, that have crept Into the school life to distract the pupil and well nigh to nullify the best part of high school education. The Chicago schools for one thing will offer no foot ball pennant thl4 year. At the university high school a pledge Is to be demanded from alt new pu pils that membership In fraternities will not be accepted and prompt expulsion will follow a breaking of the pledge. Now the Wisconsin State Board of Education is appealing to teachers throughout the state to unite. in their Influence for the suppres sion of fraternities, and the same appeal is to be made to parents. It is the unani mous testimony of Instructors of all grades that these organisations are detrimental to school life. The membership of such societies Is small compared with the total enrollment and yet the evil Influences af fect the whole school. It Is significant that the most persistent opponents of high school fraternities are members of college fraternities. Believing in them for good In higher Institutions they see only evil in such atsociatlons am ng boys and glrla of the Imprerrtonable age. Some of the officers of the large college fraternities are moving toward the dla couragement of these secondary societies by appeals through their own members who are alumni members of the latter. Ob servation has shown that the boys and girls that enter college after a tutelage in school fraternities seldom bring tha strength of Interest or Intellect and effi ciency that those bring who come free from these early associations. As we said In speaking to the subject before, a uni versity life with its separation from home and where the boys and glrla have grown into men and women offers conditions for which something may he mid on the aide of societies. At all events the college anocUtion are not In queetlon. It la their misapplication to the high school where pupils differ In nothing from those of grammar schools, Imply attending a few hours a day, with all the rest of their lives passed In home surroundings. In any event, we all know j by experience that the Ini reduction of j th se outsldo elements 'imrftr aitb the proper life of a high school. j OTHKSt t.AD TIH 5 OlRa. The controversy between church and state In France grows In Intenatty as the time arproarhra for the enforcement of the law governing the control of church property. It Is widely asserted that the priests of the church and most of the laity, aa well as a majority of the bishops, favored Compliance with the law. further more It Is asserted that a petition to the pope drafted by distinguished members ot the laity, setting -forth the need and ad vantages of co-operating with the govern ment, has been Ignored or suppressed at Rome. This charge Is substantially reit erated by at. Henry de Houx, who Is at the head, of a league of French Cathollca whoso object Is to form associations to tske over church property Independent of the episcopate. In an address explaining the aims of the league and appealing for pop ular support M. Houx says: "The com plaints of the faithful in France are not allowed to reach the ears of the vicar of Christ, who nevertheless calls himself the common father of all the faithful. The respectful supplications of those among us who are most eminent for science and piety have been turned Into derision and Interpreted as acts of Insolent rebellion. The opinions of the majority of our bishops havs been tra vested and disregarded. Their voices have been stlfld. They have been forced Into a complete abdication of their eonrcience and their will. Our priests ae treated as mute and terrified slaves. The certain and almost avowed object of those Germano-Roman maneuvers Is, If not the suppression of public worship In our country-, at least the expulsion from our par ishes of the secular clergy, which would reduce our old Catholic France to the level of a mission country In order to confer upon the members of ambitious and covet, ous congregations a monopoly of private worship, the only form henceforth autho. riitd by Rome, and to reduce our bishops to the rank of simple apostolic vicars like those working amcng savages. Religion thus diverted from Its universal and divine mission will become an exclusively political and aristocratic Institution. It will be con fined to the chateaux and the committee rooms of parties. It will no longer serve to promote the morality of peoples, but only to place them under the domination of the monks and the castes." The German emperor's declaration at Breslau thjt he will tolerate no pessimists has provoked some plain-spoken comment in the press. The Natlonal-Zeitung con siders that criticism and critics within due limits are necessary for the well being of the st&ta, and It points out that It would be Impossible to expel all the "pesnlmlsts" at the present moment because they prob ably form a "majority of the nation. Fiytl erlck the Great and Bismarck were both In their day in a sense "pessimists," and they owed to their pessimism much of their succexs as guardians of the national interests. It rebukes the "optimists" who are always soliciting foreign friendship In vain and who In season and out of season find It necessary to accompany every for eign event with their gratuitous expres sions of approval or condemnation. The Emperor's utterances about the "pessi mists" It says, only prove "how Imper fectly his majesty Is Informed as to whnt is thought and said arid desired among hla people." The Vosslche Zcltung poln's out in a satiric article that the kaiser's control Is confirmed to army officers, court functionaries, and so forth. Other ap pointments he cannot cancel nt will, any more than he can eject cltlsens by his mere flat. Other journals direct attention to tha fact that in 1K2 the emperor in somewhat similar fashion denounced the grumblers ond expressed a wish that they might all leave the country. The Infer ence ia drawn that he has not changed much In the last fourteen years. According to the Paris Temps, the Brit ish have encountered a characteristic plcre ot Turkish diplomacy in the negotiations over the Egyptian frontier question. It apponrs that nftcr an agreement had been reached for th appointment of a frontier commission, a Turkish note was handed to the English representative. Sir Nicholas O'Connor, stating that the. delimitation would take place "approximately"' on the basis of the Firman of Investiture of 1S!K. The British ambsssador paid no heed then to this adverb, but had cause to do so later. The Ottoman commissioners mot their Egyptian and English colleagues at Akah,h, and the most charming courtesy characterised the early days of their lnbor. The Turks wore too well advised to reopen the question of the oasis and village of Tabah, tho point of departure of the whole Incident.. They were well awaro that the delegates of tho kheiiva would admit no concession In that part of the frontier sono. It waa elsewhere that they would seek to encroach upon Egyptian territory. They traced the frontier from El Arlsh to Aka bah In an ore of a circle penetrating forty kilometers Into Egyptian torrltory west of the absolutely straight line. The English and Egyptians, of courso, have protested. The Turks, however, will mako no conces sion, manifesting their notorious stubborn ness. Thus the matter stands. Meanwhllo the British are reflecting that they have Other frontier questions on hand with Tur key, and are wondering when they will be settled. The cable a few days ago directed at tention to a notable article In the Amster dammer, one of the most Influential of Hol land Journals, on the question of the suc cession to tha Dutch throne. The following Is the concluding paragraph of the article in question: "Wo Dutch are proud of our Independence, which we mean to retain at all costs, especially as, thanks to the pres ent International situation, It Is Impossible for Germany to take us by force. But the actual situation cannot laat, and wo do not understand how a government can leave matters in their present uncertainty. The question of revision of the constitution has now become one of extreme urgency, and It Is only by the Introduction of universal suffrage that the Dutch people can' make known how they wish to be governed should the succession to the Houaa of Orange be come extinct," Referring to this subject, a Brussels correspondent of an English Journal states that the mooted Idea of an alliance between Belgium and Holland, as against German aggression, is not creating much enthusltsm. He says that the advo cacy of this scheme by General Langlols In tbe Paris Temps has been discussed widely In the Dutch press, but coldly re ceived. He polnta out that the divergence in the fiscal policy of the two countrioa Is in Itself a barrier to anything more than a limited form of commercial reciprocity between them. Belgium ia wedded to pro. tectlrm; the Dutch are free traders by con viction. The chief cause of Dr. Kuyper's downfall was hla proposal for an Increased customs tariff. At Sydney, New South Wales, there was opened the other day by the minister of mines an exhibition showing the mineral resources of the state. At present 4&.04 men are engaged In working the mines and the value of their combined product Is esti mated at tS.OOii.OoQ annually. Tbe statistics of last year show that the gold produced was "worth 85.000, OHO; the silver. llJ.SuO.OflO; coal. tlO.OOO.uti); copper, ti&OOiO, and tlii and sine, 13.500,000. The minister announced that an expert report estimated that the amount of workable coal In the fluids l readv known was worth S3 .in.isl0.jrtii. A remarkable cclWvtlon of 'gems mid marble wua also Included in th t-xlth!tt"Ti. I ! h is llkvly to be attn la London before long. DISTINCTIVELY A CREAM OF TARTAR BAKING POWDER Royal does not contain an atom of phosphatic acid (which is the product of bones digested in sul phuric acid) or of alum (which is one-third sulphuric acid) substan ce adopted for other baking pow ders because of their cheapness. ROYAL tAKINd POWDtR CO.. NEW YORK. POLITICAL DRIFT. David Bennett Hill is on the shelf for good. The situation of his party falls to rouse him. Henry Watterson likens the democruilc campaign In New York to an eruption of a great Ink vat and type foundry. The youthful democratic party of Hono lulu has endorsed both Roosevelt and Bryan. Wise heads for young shoulders. In one of the congress districts of Mas sachusetts democratic mossbacks captured the machine and by a vote of 40 to 2 re fused to endorse Bryan. It Is small wonder that New York is the most expensively governed city In the country when a bill for thirteen postage stamps has to be passed upon by eighteen high-salaried rletks. James ll. Higgins, known ns the "hoy mayor of Pawtucket, R. I.," has announced hie candidacy for gSvernor of his state. He Is not quite 110 years old and has twice been elected mayor of Pawtucket. Report has It In Cincinnati that Con gressman Longworth is up against the fight of his political life. Things are de cidedly mixed In Hamilton county and band wagons sre not overcrowded. Perry Heath of Washington, Indlantipolls and Salt Lake City is in New York trying to boom Senator Foraker of Ohio for presl dent In I!. Perry's words are loud enough to be heard In Cincinnati, where they re featured in print. Secretary Taft is accumulating a formid able list of ofliclal dlstinctlona. The extent vl It to date Is about as follows: Judge ot the Ohio superior court, Juuge of the l ulled States circuit court, solicitor general of the U'nltod States, governor general of the Philippines, secretary of war, provisional governor of Cuba. Harry B. Wolf, who is running for con gress in the Third Maryland district, be gan his career as a newsboy and became In vucccpHon tire llghtor, office boy, law clerk, student, lawyer and politician. He la still little more than 26 years of age and in his canvass is known aa "The News boy Candidate" and "The Man With the Grip." Eenor Quexada says nf President Palma' retirement as the head of the Cuban re public: "After spending forty years of the seventy-three years of his life in lighting for Cuban liberty, President Palma leaves tho palace In Havana without a dollar, his privato fortune, as well as the best ener gies of his life, having been patriotically poured out in the cause of his country." POSTAL SAVIOS UAXKS. KHorts to Enlist tha Support of Presi dent Roosevelt. Chicago Newa. The agitation for postal savings banks has had the support ot a number of post masters general from Creswell In 1ST- to Gary In 197. The most successful business man ever connected wltli the Poatoflice de partment, John Wanamaker, . waa an en thusiastic advocate ot the postal savings system. Committees ot congress "at differ ent times have made reports favorable to postal banks. But no president as yet has discussed the subject In a mesage to congress. It ought to be possible to enlist the ln terest of President Roosevelt In this move ment If the subject were brought to his at tention properly. The president la a be liever In the old-fashioned virtues, of which thrift Is one. He Is anxious to advance the welfare of tho people by sane and well con sidered reforms, not only because of the benefit which those reforms thomselves con fer, but also as a means of allaying dis content and defeating the spirit of radical lam which cries for changes bringing in their wake more evil than good. Leaders n the movement for postal savings bank legislation should endeavor to induce the president to take up their cause and champion it In his next message to congress. With the president's support success might be looked for in the near future. A Question To Be Settled At Once. J? win drop in and take a look. Our new "Ultra" is the up-to-date coat for the swell dress er, and we also show all the staple styles in various lengths and in the different fabrics. "No Clothing Fits Like Our$" Browning, Ming & Co H. S. WILCOX, Manaa.r. BIAXY GEMS. "They say you are but the servant of liie trusts. sud the repioving friend. "Well,"' antwercd senator S-.ignum, "the position hnt Its a'ivti!)int. Ol ro.irse it a more agreiabie to be me boss but slur till, the strvmit isn t the one tne ttr.mJ Jury gs after." Washington Biar. "Whv was old Oraughter expelled from the club?" "He bioke the rule that requires every member to drop hia bUt4ness habits while in the building. ' "how ilid he break It?" "lie was caught cneailng at cards. " Chi cago Kecotd-lieiald. nave mm neiernvnt goi any viut ast Inquired the reporter. 1 don't know," snid the woman lr'ia house had bwn robbed. "My husb.md s.i tney have got a iiyixithests. .Thais abnn the same thing, Isn't It ?" Chicago Tribune. "Ma," said Mrs. Schoppen's little buy. looking up from his book, "what's a -counter-Irritant?' " "A -counter-irritant?' " repeated ins mother, who had been in among the de partment stores all day. "That's whit most every salfeperson i these days. ' Philadelphia Press. "You are not going out of htisiuesa. nro of htisluesa. Hro ns he watched new wire fn-- 1 you? asked the lounser, the farmer putting up a around hi cornneld. "Of course. I ain't going out of hustwsa. replied the farmer; '-what makes yju think o?" "I merely notice that you are closing ut your entire stock." Baltimore American. "Talk about necessity being the motinr of Invention!" exclaimed t'nele Alku fipnrks. "The ablest liar I ever knew n un amateur fisherman." Chicago Trlhum.: "Oh." growled Dumley, "you're too putr naclous. You're forever going around wltu a chip on your shoulder fur some one to knock off." "That's the difference between you hikI me,- replied Huakey. ton go aro:u-ii with a block on your ahouldera that so body ought to knock off." Washington star. Cholly How do you think I look with my automobile goggles?" Miss Capsicum I suppose you look through them, Just as If they were ordinary glasses. Don't you?-Phlladelphla Press. J18T OXCB IS A WHII.K. Roy Farrell Greene in Leslie'a Weekly. Just once in a while if we'd think to con vey To those who walk with us life's devious way. In glances or words, half the Joys that abide In our hearts because loved ones are close by our side; If we'd think but to garb in words tendci- est drees A phrase that were sweet as a mother's caress, Care's road would be shortened by many a mile; If we . .. link to be thankful Just once lu a while. Just once In a while if we'd lay down our load Of wotiy and work by the side of the ronU, Ana a mi oi ino love mat we re reeling ev pena On sister or brother. von nerent or frlnd. In words that would tell them their near ness makes light The path which alone we would grope through the night; How oft we'd be bleBsed with answering smile. If wed ti'lnk to be thoughtful Just once In a while. Just once In a while If a hand were but pressed, A shoulder but patted, a word but ad- That would thankfulness sneak to the one bv our side. Would not Joy spur the feet to a magical stride As they wended their way down life's main traveled road? Would not griefs slip away and thus lighten the load? For ourselves and for others we'd shorten each mile. If we'd think to be thankful Juat once In a ' while. DELLEVUE COLLEGE COLLFJOSl CUmIi-oI, ctontln, phllnwwhlral rouiMt ACADEMY An aecndliMl Huh arhnol prepare (or Pellevus or any other eoltei or uulvoritty. NORMAL, SCHOOL, El'mraurr ana ilwH enuraea. 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