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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY. OOTOKEK 17. 10OG. Tim Omaha Daily Uer X)CNDKD III EDWAItD ROFEWATKR. VICTOR tiOSfcWATKH, EDITOH. Kntered at Oniali postuflicc as second class matter. TKRM9 OF HI.'iiSCHM'TIOX. iMlly Bee (without KunJa) ). one yrur..ti. Itally lice and Hunduy, on" year. ' Sunday Bw, one estr Saturday Bee. one year 1 kf.li vkri;l by cakrikh. Ially H (including Hunday), per week.. 15c Pally Bee million! fundayi, per .1 tvening Bee (witnout fiunnaj . per wel o Evening I lee (with Sjndayj, f'1 week.. Sunday Bee, per ropy JC Address complaints of Irregularities in do livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha Tlit Bee building. Houth Omaha City Hall building;. Council Bluff 10 Pearl stret. Chicago im l'r.!:j- building. New York iy Home J.lfn Ins. building. Washington fjul Fourteenth street. COHKESI'ONDKNCi; Communications relating to ni w ami dl lorlal matter ahould be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. RKMlTTANCF.i. Remit by draft, express or postal ord'-r payable, to The Bee I'ubll-hing company. Only 2-ccnt stamps received :i payment " mall accounts. Personal cheeks, except oil Omaha or eastern exchanges, n.it m-ceplcd. THE BEK PlBl,I3IHN; COM HAN Y. STATEMENT OF CinCi'KVTION. ' Btate of Nebraska. Douulas f'ouniy. : Charles C. Rosewater, general manager of The Bee Publishing comriny. betm; duly worn, says that th final number of full nd complete- nople of The Dally. Morning. Evening and Funduy Be priiitcu (luting the month of September. If-, " f!- lows: 1 34,430 30,360 1 31,080 4 30,880 I .30,370 30,730 7 30,480 30,840 1 30,470 10 30380 11 30,340 12 30,434) 1 30,350 It 30,e00 II 30,850 ( 30,670 j; 30.6C 0 g 30,710 I) 90,660 20 30.800 J 1 30,060 2 J1.140 Jl 30,410 24 30,710 ?! 30,690 2 30,640 27 i. .34)160 21 .4.670 It.,... 3S.CG0 It 30,600 Total 83 7.360 Leas unaold coplea t.S08 Net total aalea 887.843 Daily average 30,938 CHARLES C. R03KWATEK. . , . . Geneial Manager. Subscribed In my presence and swor.i to before ma thla let day of October, 10 (Seat) M, B. HI', tf GATE. v v . i Notary Public WHEJI Ol'T OF TOWS, Sahserlbers leaTlna the city tem porarily eboald have Tlie Bee nailed to tbrai. Address will be ebaaae aa oflaa aa vcoaeated. . Jt took the United States three years to land Senator Burton in prison. No wonder even lawyers complain of the law's delays. The reading public will not be dis pleased it the Castellanes earry thelf marital fight to a finish provided the finish comes right soon. With the present advance in the price of silver, Colorado people will find it still more difficult to maintain that pessimistic feeling. l; Thursday Is registration day. Ke member that no one can vote in Omaha or South' Omatrav who does, not register anew for the .'coming elec tion, v .; .;- .' '- With the evidence all in at Find lay', the public wilt sQon know If the club Ohio is using against the Standard Oil company is staffed with feathers or with Iron. In the suit of Clarence II. Venner against James J. Hill the real value of Burlington stock may be shown to be ven more than Mr. Hill la willing to admit to the assessors. , The announcement of Cuban liber als that they support the administra tion of Governor Magoon is accepta ble, but will not warrant suspension of the search for concealed arms. And now It is a tornado which hat damaged Central America. Between storms, earthquakes and political revo lutions residents of that part of Amer ica must have a good idea of the really strenuous life. If Kentucky Ja successful In its suit to force life Insurance companies to tetaln general agenta. opposed to the "administration" the heads or the con cerns may demand federal regulation In self-defense. No doubt the white race would do well to "discriminate between negroes" aa asked by Booker Washington, but ao also would the negroes if they would discriminate more broadly be tween themselves. If President Castro's death is to be the signal of an uprising in Venezuela one can but wish him a long life, al though at this distance it seems a if a state of "uprising" were Venezuc la'a normal condition. When the rebates on sugar ship ments to the American Sugar Refining company are finally abolished western beet sugar makers may be In a posi tion to operate and still see justice done to the Filipinos. The statement that the American Mining congress will ask for change in mining laws suggeats the Idea that the putted . States might with profit take stock of Its mining land before deciding bow It shall be alienated. Ka diaaent - whatever ha been en tered to The Bee's suggestion that Omaha's most urgent need is for greater and better hotel facilities. This deficiency should not be allowed much- longer to' b a drag on a grow ing city. ' CaadidaW Shalleuberger U talking volubly every day, but he has not yet bad the hardihood to deny the charge that after promUing to give up his passas c when f seeking votes for con gress, he rode down to Washington on free transportation, and then col lected mileage from the government. SQfAHf.LV M. THE PLATFfMM. The Be prints in this Issue a con densed synopsla of the republican slate platform, insofar as It promises state legislation, over the signature ofenearly ninety of the republican can didates for representative and senator. The signatures of the remaining repub lican legislative nominees have not yet come to hand, but they will be added to the 1 If t as they come in. and the document in more complete form will be printed again several times before the election. This exhibit shows that the repub lican candidates stand squarely on the platform and conclusively contro verts the assertion which the demo cratic opposition in indulging, that the republican platform pledges do not mean anything. If the republicans are kept In control of the coming leg islature the people of Nebraska may confidently count on the enactment of laws to bring about the most pressing reforms, thief among them laws to compel the railroads to pay taxes like other people, n law effectually abol ishing tli free pass evil, laws fully empowering the new railway commis sion to correct all dlsciiminations by the railroads and secure reasonable rates for the transportation of bolh freight and passengers, a law estab lishing employers' liability, irrespect ive of the negligence of fellow serv ants. This program of legislation Is progressive and constructive and when carried out will give relief from the most flagrant ahtiBes which our people have been suffering at the bands of the railroads. With such a guaranty of fidelity to the platform pledges, every repub lican and every citizen of independent proclivities should vote without hesi tation, in their respective districts, for the candidates whose names here appear. t.TKHSTATf; ffM f.7f AMJ IllHKi ATIOX Nebraska has an interest scarcely Inferior to that of Kansas in the case between the latter and Colorado on which final argument has just been made In the supreme court of the I'nited States Involving control, for irrigation purposes, of the water of rivers crossing state boundaries. Di version of the Arkansas river by Colo rado Irrigators has caused failure of wafer supply to immense tracts of Kansas land dependent upon It, cuuh ing millions of dollars of loss. Ob viously the jurisdictional contention of the two states is incompatible, broadly speaking, with equitable util ization of the river flow, since cither could not be trusted. If It had ex clusive power, to do Justice to the other. It is therefore fortunate that the United States has interpleaded, claim ing that neither state has exclusive right, to the waters of the river and that in law and in the necessities of the case the general government should regulate, the distribution in the common interest. 'J hero is in creasing expectation among the best Informed that the policy embodied in the plea of the United States will be established by the court, and thus a foundation laid for the conclusive and satisfactory settlement of one of the most vexed questions that has nrlsen across the path of reclamation of the arid lands. Nebraska la one of half a dozen great states, which, by reason of drainage and climate, are vitally Interested tn an equitable apportionment of the water of inter state rivers, which is possible only through supreme control In the na tional government. t'HEF. PASS RfiUVLATInSS. The rules promulgated by the Inter state Commerce commission ' regard ing free transportation are baBed on a strict construction of the new law and evidently have been scrupulously devised to prevent evasion Natur ally apprehension arose when the measure was pending In congress that exemption of many classes from the free transportation prohibition might result in virtual nullification, and there would have been more danger of such a result in the past before public sentiment had been thoroughly aroused. The commis sion,, however, narrows the excepted classes to the true intent of the law and its regulations bear directly against extension of deadheadism by ttrategera under color of law to per ons not entitled to free transporta tion. The rules announced ahould allay the feais of railroad employes that their interests in this" particular might suffer. The law itself recog nizes the rights, both of the carrier companies and their employes in this respect, and the commission has used Its discretion In this important field In a liberal spirit, aiming at the same time effectually to guard the vitul point that recipients of free pa suets and free freight undtr this head shall be bona fide employes. There is ac cordingly no. excuse for the companies to refuse their genuine employes transportation If they are entitled by reason of such employment, nor on the other hand to attempt to cir cumvent the law under color of em ployes' exemption. The vast class ?t legitimate railroad employes will in fact find that they are as much in terested as the general public In the ilgld enforcement of the free trans portation provisions of the national law, that the commission la striving to secure. The Young Women's Christian as sociation is about , to renew the cam paign to complete its building fund which was interrupted last spring when the call came (or relief for San Francisco earthquake victims. It is to be hoped the women may work out theij jrot'icn jartxyfuUy; although the difficulties besetting them are not I to be underestimated, and that when (they shall have finished, our buslnesa (men may have a brief respite from soliciting committees. - I AM 4 .VMf .' -V 1 UIFT. Omaha is proud or the pbllan I thropies connected with the name of j C.'relghton. The niagnifitent gift to the i Crelghton university Just announced as a testimonial of the occasion of ithe seventy-fifth birthday anniversary ! of Count Johu A. Crelghton places this enduring monument upon a firm foundation for all time to come. Count Crelghton surely has carried out to the uttermost the expressed de sire of his brother, the late Edward Creighton, that this Institution should be made one of the leading educa tional centers in the west, and con tinue to spread Its work of enlighten ment through the youth who Is secur ing Instruction there. Count Crelgh ton has manifested a praiseworthy ambition to see the first fruits of his beneficence gathered during his own life time. Incidentally it Is a fine tribute to i he farsighted shrewdness of the pa tron of thse great Institutions that he should prefer to give them their endowment in the form of Improved Omaha real estate, guaranteeing them not only an assured steady income, but also an Inevitable Increase in value as the city grows and thrives. This plan identifies the prosperity of the Creighton institutions with the pros perity of the city in which they are located, and on which they must de pend largely for support in other di rections, and to which they must make their chief returns in the form of up lifting Influence. It cannot but be a great gratifica tion to Count Creighton to know not only that his philanthropies are pro ductive of great good, but also that their value Is appreciated by all who are familiar with them. 1AGF.R IS THF. PHILIPPINES. It will be surprising If our compli cations In Cuba do not increase difficul ties and lead to disorders in the Phil ippines. "There Is In the far eastern Islands no lack of malcontents and ambitious plotters who have been held in check by the firm front and Just dealings of our government there, but many of these have been only awaiting opportunity. The mass of natives are densely Ignorant and easy victims of designing leaders. They have no true conception of American power or of our doings in Cuba, and would be ready to believe any absurd stories to the effect that the hands of the Unl'ed States are tied by compli cations nearer home. The strongest encouragement of the Filipino rebel lion against Spain was that country's war in Cuba and there Is danger that the memory of It may bo mis chievously revived now. Our army in the Philippines, all told. Is now only 20,000, a military force barely adequate to need under the most favorable circumstances. All accounts agree that great progress has been made there the last few years, especially In the work of edu cation and in strengthening public security, which Is absolutely vital to Industrial development. It is Imper ative that this work should not be Interrupted or endangered at this junctuie, and the warning that comes from both the military and the civil authorities on the ground against weakening1 in the slightest our army in the islands at this time is full of serious Import. The proposition to mark the old Oregon trail with a succession of mon uments has a certain foundation of historic sentiment, but it becomes questionable when It involves a scheme to solicit the children of the public schools for contributions. The exhibition of the pioneer as a mid way freak to be looked at for a price has not helped the cause he repre sents. The public schools should be kept strictly divorced from all private money making ventures. It should be remembered that the arraignment by the local democratic orgau of the last republican legisla ture as a railroad-ridden body, would apply even more appropriately to the last fusion reform legislature. The railroads In Nebraska change their politics very easily they are repub licans when the republicans are in control, and they are democrats when the fusion combination holds the whip hand. Special attention is called to the republican platform pledges sinned by the legislative nominees presented on another paee of this issue. We would ruggest that our readers throughout Nebraska detach this sheet and post it conspicuously where it can be seen, substituting later the list as it will hereafter be published with the miss ing names added. There is such a thing as overstep ping all reasonable limits of fear en gendered by a sporadic outbreak of lawlessness such as Omaha has ex perienced. Other cities have gone through the same sort of ordeal and have come out 'all right bv simply bracing up and walkiug the straight path. Hrntarkable Hrlr-Dealal. Cleveland Leader. After all the Cuban Insurrectoa are man ifesting great self-denial In submitting va readllv. There la tl3.Utf.CU In the Cuban treasury. The ( rime of Ktf. Pittaburg Dispatch. Senator 6tone of Missouri has produced a new complaint in tha form of an as sertion: "It la due ta Bryan as an act of simple Justice that he should be elected and Installed la the office of which he was fraudulently deprived." Tlie cry of fraud Immediately after election la a proverbial solute to the defeated. Hut It l a newel feature to raise the oiy after pondering over It for ten yearn. 4a Amrrlrss Plavar ltaltlmore American. l'Htrlot'Km In Cuba seems to be very much mixed up with an:letv to secure arood Jobs: but the same phenomenon hns been observed In communities more fitted for self-government. Iylna Oat or anltchlna. Indianapolis Pur. Mr. Kryan says that partisanship Is dy'na; out. It looks that way. Most of the demo, (ratio leaders are busy charglno; other democratic lenders of huving abandoned democratic principles. Ifi II I m to the force. Buffalo Express. John Vlf, Nebraska fanner. Is fl brave man. an honest man and n Just man. He captured a burglnr and brouirht him. bound, to Omaha. On the way the burglar offered the farmer II. toil to llt him ro. Wlpf de clined the bribe, but has sued the robber for S7.t"0 damages, ns compensation for the wounds he received In the struggle. Senator t arter Halts In, Chicago Record-Herald Thomas C. Carter of Montana says, the flag Is In Cuba to stay. Mr. ('orter does not go so far, however, as to hint that Mnntnns. will go to war with the t'nlted States In cose President Itnosevclt ad heres to his exprewed Intention of hand ing the. government of the island back ti the Cubans as soon as thev exhibit an ability to take proper care of It. Aa Openlna for Peacemakers. Chicago Chronicle. Russia Is Kurope's Cuba, only a thou sand times worse than our Cuba. Europe could not do a better thing than get to gether and make Russia sit dowji and tic have Itself If it shruld take two-thirds of Km legions to do the job. Hut It Is a lietter thing that Kurope can sgree to do. It has put up with the Insane performances of one "sick man" so long that it can not be expected to deal with the car of a sicker man as It needa to be dealt with. Iowa's Select Corn C rop. New York Tribune. It Is estimated that the Iowa corn crop will reach a total of 3OflO.(' bushels, representing an Increese over that of last year of 63,128.200 bushels. The credit for this la? generally Hscribed to Trof. P. C. Holden of the Stale Agricultural school and his campaign for the Improvement of seed corn. A man who adds about $25,000, iioo in one year to the resources of the com monwealth is a pretty valuable cltiten. We hope Prof. Ilolden's hat still fits him, hut we could pardon him If It didn't. Aa I'p-to-Date Kavy. Harper's Weekly. The assumption that the biggest battle ship can whip one a few hundred tons smaller leaves out of account the matter of seamanship, brains, courage, marksman ship and relative efflriency. American war ships may not be as big aa the biggest, but In personnel and equipment they eo.uul anything afloat. Our newest warships have steaming radius of 6.000 miles, much greater thaji that of any othr battleships a Hunt. Thla Is a very Important element In the fight ing efficiency of all war vesse's. nnd one In which the large Knglish nnd Italian hattleshipa are likely to fall. riOVIRMKT CO A I, I.AM). Hetenllon of Ownership tu Properly HelonaJnsr lo the People. Chicago News., .lames J. Hill, in his address before the Chicago Commercial association laat Sat urday evening, told bis bearers that tlio nation's natural resourrcs have been ex ploited with a lavish hand. Mr. 1X111 ought to know, because he had come to Chicago freeh from participation In a deal where by his railroad sold In the ground, the- purcha.'er to do tiie digging, Iron oro' val ued at about t400.ono.ooo. Mr. H.ll also mentioned the wasteful denudation of forests and the draining of our greal oil fields. President Roosevclt'a latest action with reference to coal lands is Intended to re serve to the government the heneh'.a which Mr. Hill In the Iron field has se cured for the stockholders of his railroad Originally the government owned all these valuable deposits, not only of coal, but of Iron and oil. Its action In turning them over to speculators to manipulate for their own benefit was the height of folly. Far-sighted statesmanship Ions ago should have disclosed the wisdom of Hih course which President Roosevelt Is now entering upon. Singularly enough, some self-styled "conservative" crltlus have rlsn to Bay that President Roorevelt'a action Is In line with Mr. Bryan's government owner ship policy. Nothing could be more ab surd. Mr. Rryan wants the government to own and operate railroads that Is, manage a great Industry. President Roosevelt's policy with reference to conl lands Involves simply the retention of ownership of property already belonging to the nation. The government need not, and Indeed should not. go Into the busi ness of digging coal on Ha own account. But there la no good reason why It should not retain for the public treasury the roy alty derivable from the right to mine tho coal. Neither Is there any good reason why It should not regulate he soiling price of the mined product. RAKING IV EASY MOF.V. Kansas City's Tribe of Promoters Worklnf the Mining: flame. Kansas City Star. The fabled pot of gold at the end of the rainbow has never lost its fascination for the sons and daughters of men. It is the merest myth in the minds of all sane per sons, nnd yet Its power to excite and de fraud mankind remains undiminished. There Is not a week in the year when the newspapers do not contain some story of persons digging for ru-nored treasure al leged to have been burled in out of the way places years ago. In the yellow stuff called gold, nature seems to have incorporated a strange and perennial germ of temptation which haa been perverted to evil and un holy uses in all ages of recorded time. t'pon this curious and consuming passion swindlers and mountebanks continually play, to the Impoverishment of the weak and credulous, and to their own wicked ngprandlienient. It haa been discovered that this form of thievery Is rife In Kansas City. Seven pages of advertisements of Kansas City mining companies most of them fakes Of the baldest stamp recently appeared In the Sunday edition of a New York newspaper. The employment of such "bait." spurious as It is known to be by practical and sensible 'persons. Is always attended by an abundant catch of "suck ers." It is pitiful to learn that the victims. In large part, are widows who throw away the life Insurance left them by thrtr hus bands in these fraudulent investments, and. In all cases, people who cannot afford to lose the money. That many persons making a pretense to respectability and looking people in the face whom they meet In the streets and in abodes which are supposed to be secure against the visitation of criminals are en gaged In thla style of wicked plunder, and with the definite Intent to plunder, would not be believable In the absence of abund ant proof to show that it Is so. AHHI t.OSSIP M M 4MIIM.TO V Current Ileitis cleaned from the Arms- and ar Reslalrr. Tin iv appears to be a general misun derstanding regarding the purpose of the summary court, according to Oencrsl Davis, the Judge ndvocale general of the army, who la In receipt of reports from Judges advocate showing thai the com manding ofhccri do not avail themselves of the authority granted tu them of estab lishing discipline without recourse to court u or ceding. It la held tin re l sufficient grant of Jurisdiction to enable post and company commanders to bring about a sub stantial diminution In the number of sum mary court trials, with a corresponding advantage to the discipline of the military service. It is. theretore, recomnunded that such Instructions be Issued to officers of the inspector general a. department as will cause the necessary Inquiry to be made as to the effect which Is given, at the several posts at which troops are sta tioned, to the requirements of the regula tion above (lied. It would appear that pretty much all derelictions of duty are referred to the summary court for action In some departments. The reduction. In some cases, has been so small aa to be hardly appreciable, not exceeding 1 per cent of the trials, 51,3:! In number, that were had during the preceding year, and we are still confronted by the fact that the tiuniher of cases refeirod to minor courts for trial is far in excess of the disciplinary needs of the service. It was the purpose of the summary court legisla tion not to increase the number or fre quency of trials, but to simplify the ad ministration of military justice and to se cure uniformity In the punishments Itn postd tiiKin enlisted men wiio had been convicted of minor military offenses. The army candidates who will be exam ined for appointment as second lieutenant In the army are much Interested In know ing whether it Is worth t lit Ir while to tnke up that part of the artllh ry examina tion included In the subject of mathema tics, on the theory that qualification In that subject will give them a correspond ingly better standing In the infant ry cavMlry examination. The army candi dates are not to be examined in artillery subjects, unless they wish lo take the entire examination for BDOointment to the artillery corps, which examination Is In- dependent to that for the infantry-cavalry arms. It appears, therefore, that It would not avail tho candidates to any extent to take any part of tho artillery examina tion, when they are simply attempting to qualify for the Infantry and cavalry. Of course, it Is not necessary to ay that study along the lines Indicated by tho artillery examination would be of benefit to the student, on the theory that It is well for the candidate to know as much as possible. The white ant continues Its ravaging operations at Guantanamo, to the manifest Injury of most of the wooden structures of the station. A few of the very hard woods used are exempt from destruction. This condition makes it necessary to build houses, as far as possible, of concrete or other permanent material. Further, this requirement Imposes an extra cost, which must not be overlooked in 1 1, ,.i .... development at atiantanamo. since It is estimated by the experts that It will re quire about double the amount otherwise needed for public works. Nothing appears to answer the purpose, of exterminating the pest and no amount of treatment of the wood is sufficient to render it proof agaiiiHt the attack of the Insect. Kor that matter, probably tho most effective method of protection would be too costly to adopt, and, in the end, concrete and other ma terial, which will withstand tho omnivcr ous white nut, would be cheaper, aa well as more enduring. Changes are to bo made In the new rllle for the purpose of adapting the weapon to the sharp-pointed style of bullet which is to replace the old service bullet. The new bullet requires a different chamber, a slightly shorter barrel and a "hange in the stock and sight cause. Tho change In the eight gauge will necessitate a new leaf and a long period of firing to get this delicate task completed. Tho elevation of the rllle for long dihtancea will bo much less with the new bullet, by reason of its flat trajectory, and for this reason the gradations on the sight gauge will be even finer than on the sight gauge recently completed, which was used with the old service bullet. Colonel Frank H. Phlpps, Ordnance department, on duty at the Spiingtlold armory, said this week that the rifles now completed would still continue to be supplied to the service until all branches had been equipped with the new gun adapted to the new service bullet. The rltlea for the new projectile will be manufactured and stored in the arsenals until the government has enough of the arms to equip the regular service, after which the guns now being used will be recalled and the latest models lasued. Strong complaint against the absence from their commands of company officers is made by Brigadier General William S. McCaskey, commanding the Department of Texas, in his annual report. He says tho situation In that respect is getting worse, and lie believes that if more officers of the grade of captain were present with their companies contentment among enlisted men would exist and fewer desertions would occur. He also recommends a 20 per cent increase in the pay of officers and enlisted men. and a corresponding Increase of the allowance for quarters. The aban donment of the present system of division commands in favor of the old system of departmental commands would result In an Improvement In administration, in tho opinion of General McCaskey. Because 28 Vi per cent of the total number of de. sertlona In the department was in men of their first year of enlistment, the military secretary. Major Walter L. Finley, recom mends that first enlistments be made for one year only; the second for j two years, and all succeeding enlistments for three years. ' I'asslaa of the Indian Gallon. Indian School Journal. The western portion of maps of the t'nlted Staies In use half a century ago was covered with the names of Indian tribe. There were the Sioux, the Modocr, the Shoahonea. the FIathads, the Qros Ventres, the Blackfoot, the Arapahoes, the Crows and many more. The boundaries of their respective countries were indefinite, but for all that, the government In Wash ington made treaties with the tribes as if they were independent and separate na tions. As long ago as 17H3 congress provided that no purchase or grant of land from the Indians should be valid unless made In pursuance of a treaty. Nenrly 700 agree, menta were entered Into with the ninety seven tribes, until this method of pro cedure was ended by the act of 1871. When the lands of the Flathead. 8ho shones and Crows are occupied there will remain no large Indian reservation of importance, and th Indians themselves will have been partially absorbed into the gen eral population. New Yotk. Tribune. The Idea of a fugitive banker, with a million dollars of other men's money In his pocket, wandering about the high seas ln a steamer, at-eklng some port where he may land In safety from arrest, seems Just a little bit too fantastic fur these coin, monplace tlmua t a MATTER ((H) . mm Absolutely Pure A Cream of Tartar Powder free from alum or phos phatlc acid HAS U0 SUBSTITUTE lll MOTHKH S niKTIIPAV. Business of a limy Man I'ot Aside for the Kvenl. Cleveland Leader. - oner news item in tlie papers tout, me other day, of a railroad directors' meeting which was postponed because the president of tin.' company was "it his old home for his mother's birthday." Assuredly a man could have few better excuses than this for absence from business ! duty. Mother's birthday. Of all the cycle of th 'fr' duys none Is richer In tender i ,n''le!" men and women. There Is a ' ' "e 'n! """1 "P- ing bacK to earnest childish recollection, iiacK to uays wnen tne niotner was me most beautiful of things known when her cheek was the fairest and her eye tho brightest ln all the great, big world. When her brown hair fell in silken spun glory over the brow whence came all wisdom, and the lips which spoke the final word In all things of human Import were tho red dest anyone had ever seen. Back to tho days when mother's birthday was a f -te day when the bright eyes were wet and tender and the soft lips tremulous at the. sight of little hands bearing gifts. Down through the years the fete day has 1 n w" ,ea r"lrr' l,Pr cl"'rK ,s w""kici j now "nd ,hf! cyr" Brp "ot Bf brlR,,t a,,a lhp "llko" ,,alr "l,vl'r- 1,ut ,he ,ra18 "f I erness and the tremulous smiles are "" rraV t,,P Mron nam,, th,,t i bring glfta and greeting now as they were to the baby offerings of sped years. It is well that a man should remember his mother's birthday. I'KRNOVAI, UTK. A note for the curious Is afforded by the statement that If Hughes Is elected he will be the first governor of New York to wear a full beard since Fcntmi, who was chosen In lS6t. J. Plerpont Morgan's remarkable collec tion of illuminated meylaeva.1 ptanuscrlpti Is bclns showm to the- pnhllc. In' the Col umbian University library New York. The collection represents l.fnni years of tho art of illuminating manuscripts: The forthcoming tour toroiiKii India of the ameer of Afghanistan will be con ducted with great pomp and ceremony. It is the llr.t time that the ameer will have left his own country and ho will take with hiiu an imposing retinue of some l,!y.io per sons. Ciilhi-rt McDonald, blind since his birth, Is assistant telegraph operator at the railroad station In Maunle, III. He uses the typewriting machine when receiving i messages and can send forty words a minute. For ten years he has been bread I winner ror his widowed giothcr and three j younger Misters. i Dr. Maurice Francis lOgan. teacher, tihll. I anthroplst and author, has been selected by the president lis a member of the Boerd of Indian -Commissioner to succeed Sec retary Charles J. Bonaparte. He Is now a member of the faculty of the Catholic university at Washington, occupying the chair of Knglish language. Kdward A. Curtis, the famous photog rapher of Indians, to aid whose work J. Plerpont Morgan gave $76,000, and whom President Roosevelt selected to ake pic tures of Miss Alice Roosevelt's wedding, has been initiated Into the Order of the Snake by the Hopl Indians, in the state of Washington. He Is the first white man to take the vows of the mystic order. No Unworthy Pianos. NO MATTER HOW Our most reasonably priced pianos are never "clxeap" cheap ness Is not a matter of price, but of the article Itself. The mere fact that this piano business haa grown to tha present unequaled proportions Is the ttrongest and most tangible argument we can advance in corroboration of this policy ' ot "Nothing un worthy, no matter how low the price. .h, . Our Gilbert piano at $145 is a remarkable pUuo at that "gure. It has the full size sounding board, the full length bass atrlng. the full solid metal back with hardwood buaher tuning pins, a good double repeating action, a modern, neat, up-to-date case, and so It goes. - ... Our Cramer piano at $190 I strictly in a class by Itself. Our popular Wtser Bros, piano at $235 and $250 have mad an enviable reputation. Their valua as Instrument of good quality, standing in tune and generaldurability is acknowledged. There Is no piano so safe to buy at equal prices. Our prices on Kimball, Bush. Lane, Cable Nela'un. Knabe, Jvia nich It Bach, Whitney, Hinze and other pianos ara -unquestionably our bouse is marked ln plain figures at its lowest cash net prfc-.. Easy terms If you wish to buy on payments. Ours Is the ouly one price, no-commisBion-paying piano house. . A. HOSPE CO., 1513 Douglas Street OF HEALTH MKS TO a. LAI (ill. "What." she asked, "Is your Idea , Womanly Woman'.'" "One," ho leplii d. "who takes the con i out ttf her buck Iniir trv llllln while uml gives it two or three upward serai s a- . then tabs it in again. Chicago Koo.i.i- Herald. "I presume you spend all you make" "No; 1 don't wnd a tenth of Ii." "Then you must have a nice. Utile bal ance in the bank?" "None, not a cent." I "Shake, old ch.ip; I'm married mself." JIOUKIOI1 I'OKl. The sultan rc iivtd his pucst most ki.'c- I i V,,. v'onVj Ainerl in ! t ! w S I i , nl!; ln ,.,. -.,. ,,,d.-.." Certainly.'' responded his maicFtv. "The harem is the first door to the rlKht." Harper's Weekly. Chuggerlon How's your new chaufTeut 7 Carr Had to lire him; he used to be a iikiIoi nmii. ( iniKKerton Too reckless, eh? Carr Reckless, nothing! Why. I couldn't break lilui of the habit of slowing up at crossings. Puck. "That beard of yours." said the mer chant. "Is getting very lung and j.!y.'' "Yes sir." replied Adam I pp. hi book-kecH-r: "I'd like to hhavc It off." "Well, why don't you?" "Well, you see. 1 made a vow some years ago that 1 wouldn't nIi.ivo until I tint a raise in salary." Philadelphia Standard. "Kvrrylioily Is telling exactly what Jem will do if you are elected lo office." "Yes-." answered the candidate. "Well, what will you do?" "1 don't know yet . ' Washington Star. "Here's something about the dutch steal ing one of the Philippine Islands. I won der what t'ncle Sam will do about it?" "Well, It would serve them light if he refused to take it back." Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Infatuated vouth was gloomy. is It true." lie said, "thai you have had twelve hUHbiinds'-' . . , The great actress smiled. Yes," she murmured, coming nearer, "but, dear. I'm not a bit superstitious!" Baltimore American. tiOOII TKNTIOS. ; ! ' . - i ...I. - . Chicago News. He men tit quite well When he tried to rock the boat. Though the other ptople. told hiiu In- oiifcht not to net the goat. It was strange he didn't float. But he sunk right win re he fell. And those others were not s amy, tli"URh he meant quite well. He meant quite well Whciy he went Into the cage To subdue the forest monarchs, but they Hew Into a rage. V liuiv be they took hit gauge. For liiev prim ply wouldn't quell. There was nothing left to bury, bill, he meant quite well. He meant quite well When he bultid In the si life. For he clinked the brutal husband who was beating up bis wife. Was he plugged? You bet your life. His fate's too sad to tell. For the two combined their forces, Ihongli he meant quite well. He ineint quite well, But he didn't own the horse. It was purely accidental, he believed he (lid, of course. He was full of keen remote. But thev threw him In a cell And Just now he's picking oakum, thoush . he meant quite well. Oh, they mean quite well; They are guiltless of offense. But the trouble Is they nivereen lo hava a lick of sense; Yes. their Intellects are dense Anil their numbers we may swell if we're not a lltt'ei careful, though wa mean quite well. "Tailor-made", men wear Kexvmrv guaranteed rain-proof coats because no other raincoat equals Kenreien quality, though the tailor might charge three times the cost of a Kenreign. Aa sBorusua produodon. the itrgtit tn tbe world was rod br merit before this Knrigo nark 'was sdded ror your prottctloa. hsr tbta superiority. UtMl stylo l.c.U from lbs dealtr wbs soils Kouro'Ko Ouut or froai G.VUorC. - NEW YORK LOW THE PRICE. 1 f 1 X r-