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THK OMAHA DAILY BKK: SATURDAY. OCRmhK 'J,, v.toG. ID Trm Omaha Daily Der - . . mi I, i r I. . i . r ii ' ifOt'NDF.D BT EDWARD ROSE WAT EH. VICTOrt IIOSEWATEH. RIHTOK. tCntered at Omiht postofllo a iwn clas matter. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Ialj Be (without Hunjay). on year..! -W Wily He and Sunday, on year J " Funrtsy !:. one r J" feature!? lie, om year LELIERKD BT CARRIER, rally Ue (including Sunday), pr wW..lio Jlly Hee (without Sunday), per weK...l t.vemng Bee (without hunoay). per w Evening be (with Punday;. per week., .vja tjjnilay bee. per copy Andrea complainte of Irrefiisritlea In de livery to City circulation Ijepartiuent. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee building. ' South Omaha City KalL building. Council Bluff 10 Pearl street. ChicafwlAM I'nify building. New York 1J llomn IMr In, building. Wellington-01 Fourteenth street. COR RESPON PENCE- Communication relating to new and edi torial matter hnuld be addrefted: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. , Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Be Publishing company. Only S-cent scarnj received a paymeM of mail account. Perannal check, except on Omaha or aatern exchange, rot nccepteU. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County, as: Charlea C. Rosewater, general manager ol The Be Publishing company, being duly worn, av that the actual number of full nd complete cople of The Illy, Morning, Evening and Sunday Iee prlnteo during tli month of September, ltQ6. was a fol. low: I , .34,430 I. .......-.S.B7 2 30.3M IT S0.560 S 31.0P0 II .....SO,T10 4 30,880 11 30350 t 30.970 ' X 30.660 30,724 SI 8000 7 30.40 XI 41,140 3040 11 - I ....30,470 St 30,710 10 30,380 :l 30,680 11 .-..30,340 t 8O.640 13 30,430 17 30160 II .3060 21 34,670 14 3000 21 33,600 16 30,SO 10 ..30,600 Total .'. M7.S60 Less unaold coDtaa t,600 Nt tout sale a7.84t Dally average .'.;... 80.83O CHABL.ES C. R08ttWATEH, General Jdngor. Subscribed In my presenc and sworn to before m this lt day of October, l0f. (6ai) at. B. HUNG ATE. Notary PubUo. WHR1 OCT OF TOWS. SabMrlbera Icarlas; the elty tea, perarlly h14 aart The Be mailed thaa. Addrea will chaajged eftea a i-tel. Ueronlrno apparently tblnka the rule laid down la Cuba should extend to American Insurgents. Governor Mickey seems to bo trying to emulate Mayor "Jim" in making a big record as a great pardoner. That alleged "grain trust" ought to hare known what would happen when it endeavored to coerce a determined Nebraska woman. Ohio voters no doubt realize that President Roosevelt needs no defense by Colonel Bryan, even though Ohio senators may not always agree with LI views. New York has apparently absorbed the political Interest heretofore dis tributed over tli entire country, but listing conditions must have modified it In transit. . In throwing the surrendered fire arm Into the sea In Cuba Governor Us goon lg preparing the - way for American salesmen when the next "revolution" gets under headway. in presenting their case to a court Japanese residents of San Francisco whoso children have been denied en rollment In schools show a commend able desire to secure justice without posing as martyrs. Attorney Heney will probably find it more difficult to oust "grafters", in San Francisco who do not want to give up a good thing than to convict Ore gon people of fraud after public senti ment started them to seek cover. Activity in Omaha real estate cir cles is being kept steady, notwith standing the seasonal changes. That Is because Omaha real estate is on a vising market and poople are buying for investment rather than specula tion. .Vow that the minister to Santo Do mlDgo is on his way home, It will be bard to make the public btllerve thai the Island is In the throes .of a t evo lution, for Uncle Sam's representatives do not leave their posts in the faoe of danger. Unless all signs fall the withdrawal of the Mormon church from Utah business enterprises will serve to con vince more persons that Senator Smoot Is not such a bad man, after all, than any other argument produced tor him. With more than half the meat con demned In London in two mouths com ing from Argentina and only 5 per cent from the United States, it would seem that the attack on Aineneau raeat trade is more uois than effective. F.efore raising th "put-it-burk" Issue upon any republican candidate for office, our democratic friend aaould find out wbettur Candidate Baallenbe rgt-r ever put back th; money be drew as congrsslunul mlleggo (or riding down to Wabhlug toa on free pus&ea. Tbe report that Strrftary Shaw may go to New York to head a financial institution on bis retirement lends ad ditional Interest to bis recent remarks on the rlatlou between the Koveru tuent and the tpevulutors. He may have wanted to cloar the- utinosphuc of Wall street b f jre oil:t up Ufculltst the ganid. ' IT Lt'AGVE wnit THK RAIIR'AT8. If anything were needed to prove the charge that the democrats are In league with the railroads in the pres ent Nebraska campaign, me tell tale letter which The Dee reproduces in facsimile In this issue furnishes con clusive evideneei It J notorious that the democratic tate convention was manipulated by railroad lobbyists Into nominating Shallcnberger, whom the railroad bosses regard as a tried and trusted friend, and rejecting Berge, on th pretext that he was a populist, al though he was good enough for the democrats two years before. It is also notorious that during the present campaign the democratic state chairman, who Is a partner of the legal representative of the Missouri Pacific, has been supplied direct from railroad headquarters with tips on railroad pass favors previously enjoyed by republican nominees. The tell-tale letter, however, shows that the democratic machine, Is already beginning to pay the railroads In kind by pulling their chestnuts out of the fire in the matter of municipal taxa tion of railway terminals. Terminal taxation is something the railroads really fear. It will compel them to pay city taxes upon their property, which enjoys the benefit of city gov ernment, which they now escape al most completely. It is not a question whether this property under pretended '.'distribu tion" is taxed in cne Jurisdiction or another. If it were. It would make no difference to the railroads where they paid the taxes on their terminals. The proposed taxation of railway terminals for city purposes Is a move ment to make them pay taxes which they now utterly evade, and that is why the railroads oppose it. When this question was up before the legislature in 1903 the fusion press and the fusion members en deavored to make political capital out of it by charging the republicans with abetting the railroads In procuring its defeat. Now, we have the sorry poc- taclo of the chairman of the demo cratic slate committee appealing to democratic editors to print articles in spired by the head lobbyist of the Union Pacific railroad and to take up the campaign for the railroads against terminal taxation. The mask is off. The democratic ticket is the railroad ticket and a democratic legislature means the sup pression of all legislation not beholden to the railroad bosses. In the face of this revelation all efforts of demo cratic organs and orators to fool the people into the belief that the demo cratic party Is not the railroad party must fall flat. The only way for Nebraska to make effective a declaration of independence from railroad domination is to bury deep the railroad rappers who are flaunting the democratic banner. the postal i:htivatks: Postmaster General Cortelyou's com pleted estimates of appropriations re quired for bis department the next fiscal year call for a total of $;06.000, 000, an increase of $15,000,000 over the current fiscal year, the estimates tor which were $12,000,000 more than for the fiscal year preceding it. The increase for the coming year pro vides for .only the normal growth of postal business. But while the cost vt this single department thus reaches vast proportions, it merely marks the expanding volume of the country's commerce and Industry, which as It increases defrays most of the cost. With equalization of postage rates according to relative cost of service in the various classes of mall, and with rectification of compensation to rail roads for carrying the malls, which is notoriously excessive, every dollar of expense charged to the department. vast a the estimated total is, could be paid from its revenues without un due burd'-n anywhere. Over $5,000,000, or one-third of the estimated increase, is for better pay for poetofflee clerks, letter carriers and railway mall clerks, the propriety of which is universally recognized, and to which the department now stands emphatically committed. Such pro vision of course depends upon con gress, which is now confronted by an actual emergency in the postal service as well as by the demands of Justice to its underpaid employes. srci.fcss or shah-a pi. as. It has been already made certain that the $1S, 000, 000 of national bank J no, win De tk?n out under 8-re- I ,ar3r hnaw DUu- ,n1 probable that ' umrh inure than that -amount will be J aisked for, since within three days of its announcement banks of New York city aluno applied for over one-tblrd of the authorized total. Kaetern banks, which applied directly for notes equal to their holdings cf treas ury aurplus funds alto began at ouce negotiations aitb interior banks for the note quotas to which they would be eutltled, but might not choose to take out on their own account. This thoa in addition to tbe expreb ap proval of many representative babk- rs, Keneral acceptance of the secre tary's device, and makes euro p. con felderahle currency increase on top of the immense gold import atiuu now at t end l Tht proililai-U lUlef, uoivc'ict. wi.l rot be as quickly available la busi ness as could be desired. Consider able 'time Is required to dispose of preliminaries and routine, Including the printing of the notes. Under such pressure 83 exists for currency instant relief, Is the desideratum, but the sec-' retary's arrangement Is probably the most expeditious possible within the limitations of the law. The chief com plaints come from speculative quar ters, which. If they could. wouldhave compelled the treasury long ago to dump Its last penny, but its policy 1 directed with a view to public lc:.eret and not to that of stockjobbers' plots. I PVBLMIKD YEflSVS ACTCA h HA TtS. Secretary Hitchcock's characteriza tion of the new rate law as "a tremen dous success," and his assertion that "there have been more reductions In rates since August 29 than in all the twenty years preceding?. Jn one day the Interstate Commerce commission having received B,000 schedules pro viding for reduction of rates," while superficially stating the facts docs not discriminate as to their significance. These innumerable rate reductions are more apparent than real, for the re duced tariffs that have been filed are still in all likelihood not as low as the average rates heretofore actually collected by the roads. It Is pre cisely within the difference between the average actual tariff rates and the nominal tariff rates that the Im mense evils of rebates and all man ner of discriminations have flourished, the published rale being levied upon the mass of Individual shippers and the secret, rates enjoyed only by favored interests usually overgrown corporations and conspirators in re restraint of trade. That multitudes of reduced schedules are being so rapidly filed under the law which requires that the tariff shall Invariably be the actual rate charged to all shippers, making de parture from the rule a criminal and highly penal offense, Indeed Indicates a success which in view of prevailing illegal practices the last twenty years, may warrant the adjective "tremendous." It is beyond all ques tion a gain of a vital point, If the law shall thua secure equal enforcement upon all shippers of the published tariffs, and by odds the most impor tant point ever gained by any one act of legislation for railroad control. But by no means does this prove that th tariff rates, though reduced, are reasonable and Just charges for the service, and the superficial fact of reduction in the published schedules should not be permitted to create such an impression. Beyond uni formity of charge at published rates lies the crucial question of reason ableness of these rates for which a satisfactory final answer has yet to be found, and for which" the prevention of variations between published and actual rates is only, a preliminary step Our old friend, "Uncle Dave" An derson, comes to the front for South Omaha's governor-apppinted police board, telling all the good that has been accomplished since it was In stalled and lamenting the fact that home rule would give control to the ' Irresponsible classes," who "have no property interests there and never ex pect to have." This is enlarging the question to one of responsible gov ernment not only for the police and fire departments, but for all other de partments of municipal government The real burden of the complaint is that the people who have something at stake do not like to trust their In terests to the sort of democratic office holders who are in the saddle in South Omaha and in Omaha, too, for that matter. The thing to do is to Bee to it at .the next turn of the wheel that the city governments of both these cities are restored Into more trustworthy hands. Some state papers are criticising Governor Mickey for signing a letter addressed to policy holders of the New York Life Insuiance company advising them to vote the adminis tration ticket in the impending elec tion that is to decide the future con trol of the company. But they are overlooking the fact that Candidate Hitchcock has put himself in the same boat with a like endorsement and voluntary service on a committee to vote proxies for the administration and against the reformers. If Gov ernor Mickey has latd himself liable to censure, what about the democratic candidate for congress in this 'dls trlct? The fatalities In a Kansas City lodging house fire would suggest that the building inspector make a thor ough Investigation of all buildings In Omaha being used for sleeping quar ters for any large number of people wjth a special view to ascertaining their safety In the event of conflagra tion. All sorts of fllrusv, structures are being used In this city as lodging houses, some 'of them doubtless with out adequate nieacs of escape for tho inmates. An ounce of prevention is worth several pound of post mortem grief. When Candidate Hitchcock was in congress he told constituents who ap plied to him to h"lp t bem out that as a member of the minority under, a republican adruiui&trutlon he was powerless to do anything for them. Now that he is out of congress and wants to get back, he is laying claim with becoming modesty to credit for everything the republican administra tion did for this district while he 'drew pay as a congrstmau. It is In accord wit a the eternal fit ness of things for Candidate liltch cm k's paper to take the side of the indicted coal dealens and to attempt to impugn the grod faith of County Attorney Slabaugb. It will bo re membered that the Omaha Coal ex change three years ago secured the O. KVof Mr. English, the democratic county attorney, and the editor of the World-Herald to its plan of operations. In deciding that the books of com panies connected with the St. ' Louis railway terminal merger must be produced In court Judge Flnkelnburg has given added Impetus to the de mand for corporation bookkeeping which will tell nothing to outsiders. Fromoters of the two telephone systems are still flirting with Omaha and with each other at long distance. They will have to come into closer quarters before the invaders capture the cltad"! or the besieged repulse the attack. .Toe Heavy te Move. Chicago necora-HeraJd. In the rearrangement of the cabinet Tart will continue to be secretary of war and peacemaker extraordinary. Better Maw. Chicago New. If Japan Is going out of Its way to pick a quarrel with us. It may find your ITncle Bam standing pat all over the Pacific ocean. Triable Vk e Mast Bear With. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Something Is alwaya happening lo the western farmer. HI current annoyance Is found In the fact that the ears of corn grown this year are too long for the IwJlcr. I.imeatatleat of the left. . Kansas City Journal. The Hon. John Sharp Williams Is declar ing on th stump that tho country' present prosperity is fictitious. Oh. well. It is satis fying, anyway. The people would rather have fictitious prosperity under republican rule than genuine calamity tinder demo emtio rule. ( Traced y of th Tropic. Baltimore American, An island with its entire population swallowed up in the jaws of the ocean a a tartllng- tragedy of the great tropi cal hurricane, which ravaged the coast of Florida and Cuba. A continuous chain of natural disasters is evidently passing over the earth and exhibiting Itself lu very way In which the fury of nature can finu vent. VICTIMS OK HYSTERIA f Diet of braka Phraleiam on Amerlua Emotionalism. Chicago Journal. A Nebraska physician says that the pres ent state of the public mind Is nothing mote nor lc&s than hysteria, that it I growing worse every day, and that if It is not checked soon It will result In Incalculable damage. Men ami women. In a .crowd, are but children, governed by emotions that affect the crowd, and under thlat influence they will be driven to do things that not one of hem individually would think of doing. Modern methods of communication are so swift, newspapers so rapidly convey Intelli gence everywhere, and people are so con stantly In touch with one ano:her, that the nation la Utemlly a crowd. Instead of an aggregation of, comparatively small com munities. ... Thu an Idea almost at once bfcoines Common property and act slmultancoubly upon millions of minds, which at the sumo tint react upon on another, building it up Into an obsession. When Idea that corruption ts at work In high places and that the rich everywhere are conspiring against th poor are thua dlaaeminated, they arouse performers who cry In the market place that the country 1 in danger and that woe ts at hand. Thus new crowds are created, with new crowd idea, and hysteria 1 developed fast. All this lu unmistakably true, and yet it has another side, that if the crowd is easily stirred, still it a swiftly lets its nthulain pass. The manias of history have never lasted long, however great thefhunage thoy may have done while they were In exist ence. Men are so constituted that tliey cannot keep themselves at fever heat for more than short periods of time. Tne blood cools, the heart aiowa and then reflec tion comes; and the fierce t reformer won der what It was about which he became o excited. That ts the reason eivilixtion make progress so low. The mass of mankind, however hysterical on the surtax, la Very slow and cold below. Th man in a crowd feels himaelf In sympathy with others. Under the influence of oratory he may think himaelf ready to lay down his life for the world. But, aooner or later, lie U alone, and then the hypnosis dluappcurs and he finds himself disposed to accept things a they are. OVERPRVDl'CTIO OK KHKHillT. I KallvoaU Ovenvhrlmea with T-aUlu Offered. Wall Street Journal. From ereral different direction In formation come to Indicate that th eoon try is producing freight faster than tho railroad are capable of distributing It. From th west there is earnest compliant against the .lack of cars to ship grain. In northwest Canada a condition of block ade more or less continuous ha prevailed for some weeks. In the north weatetu state, of this country th shipping of live stock and of coal weat has occupied so much of the rolling stock of the roads as to put grain shippers at a disadvantage. In the south and southwest there . are equally strong complaint of the lack of ears for handling lumber. A representative of one of the leading trunk Hoc says that the car equipment establishments of the country are at fault. ! because they are not prepared to turn out enough car to meet the orders of the railroads. ' Whatever may b th cause, th coivtl Uu Is prevent, of more freight than the road are capable of carrying promptly. In due time they will no doubt' catch up with th demands; but It 1 usually th experience that when th railroads enter the mlnter season with freight congestion on hand they are more or leu likely to be handicapped by winter weather rather than to be able to clear th deck as has been anticipated. Under existing conditions it Is some body's turn to wait, and work hard ami b patient. The most urgent class of freight will need to b delivered first. The winter Is near at hand, and nieichandUt moat be delivered to th place of con sumption. Coal cannot be well turned aald for loralltie which depend upon their supply being delivered by lake and rail. It Is certain that many railroad are doing their best to meet the situation. If the freight producing capacity of the country ha outrun that of th railroads to handle th commodities, thoa In au thority ar not likely to permit sach con gestion to remain permanent. The dis tributive systems of the country must grow with th growth of production; other wise the stagnation and arrest of progress will l- a penalty too heavy for business to pay fur a lcl: of aoi.rtr.'lailun of tiie ital ;.:uL.itm ou tje U th rtnlumdi oTHtn la ins th oi n. Old world politics ha b;i unexpectedly relieved of Its spalhtlc condition by the advent of M. Clemenceau as premier of France. A milker and breaker of c-HWncts, he becomes the hoed arid front of the diverse faction of the French congress. His oft expressed antipathy for Germany and frinndllneea for Mrltaln, provokes e- precnlon of uneaeinpss in th former and gratification in th latter. It should be remembered, however, that the opinions expressed by a political free lance, respon sible to no one, usually undergoes a radical change when weighted with the responsi bilities of tat. Th radical of today be comes the conservative of tomorrow. It I not unlikely that M. Clemenceau, hav ing reached hi long desired premiership, will adjust his . former tipinion to the necessities of the state, and follow policies of compromise, of give and take, by which alone a Krench ministry may secure an average duration of life. The appointment of General Plcquart as minister of war in everywhere esteemed a notsble vindication of th man ,ho dared obloquy and ostra cism to secure Justleo for Captain Drey fu. In all the French nrmy Colonel Plcquart was the only man with the moral courage to eKpouM the cause of Dreyfus. He steadily urgud his Innocence In the face of military proscription and publlo clamor. He lost his commission. He was deprived of his decorations. Up to half a year ago ho still bors the bitter burden of disgrace, punishment and proscription for his heroic self-nacrillce. The Dreyfus case was a pitched battle agaJivtt privilege and race prejudice by the democratic spirit of France. Instead of showing the Injustice of th French people, it was a colossal triumph of their Inherent sense of Justice, such a could have taken place In no other continental country whatever. The ap pointment of General Plcquart as secre tary of wsr complete the victory of equal ity, law and Justice over claas feeling and racial proscription. "The British Admiralty is certainly the most aggravating body of experts In the world," say tUc New York Post. "First It turns out the greatest battleship ever seen, with turbine engine and the pheno menal speed of twenty-three knots an hour, completely upsetting all American and continental theories that th turbine were unsulted to warship use. . Not con tent with giving the most powerful of battleship a speed which Will enable It to dlBtance all but a very few of the cruisers afloat, It suddenly announce that the three so-called armored cruiser building on the Clyde are not cruisers at all, but battleships, with na heavy broadside fire " i as the Dreadnought and of four knots greater speed. Indeed, these three vessels will actually be seven knots faster than any American. German or French battle ships, as a speed of twenty-seven knots is confidently expected on their trials. Only Lone or two of our battleships can make twenty knots; the bulk of them averago seventeen under service conditions. In other words the English designer, have borne forward to the day wher. th distinction i between the armored crulper and the bat- lleship would cease to be. NRturallr, there j Is consternation among thi big navr maniac of other countries. Onr Navy de partment, which has been for a year plan ning to outdo the Dreadnought, and will not 1 get the money for lta monster for some months yet, flnds Itself compelled to rendapt Its plans in accordance with th designs of the new battleship cruisers." Thev,. are some terrible figure In a re- ci-t Kngllsh blue book In relation to anl tary Measures In India. Under th heading of plaf,-u'i It is recorded that th number of cl'iitliH due to this disease from the au tumn of 1SHC to the end of 19t4 reached the enormous total of 3.2i3.H0, of which 2,806,551 occurred In tlje llrftish provinces and 151, 23) In native etut-. Proceeding to point out the difficulties which complicate the plague problem In India, the report says: "The mud huts of the people favor th spread of plague, but they are built of mud because that Is generally the only nialeti.-.l the builder can obtain. Tho thorough dis infection of such houses is often Impossi ble, and the measure is unpopular because tho inconvenience which it Inevitably causes Is so frequently followed by flalluro. The poorer class have few possessions, but the fewer thy are the greater the dread of their loss or Injury, and the keener the anxiety to keep them in sight and avoid their baing disinfected." The spread of plague In India, the report continues, has been compared, not inaptly, with the spread of a Jungle Are; slowly but surely tho margins of the fire extend, th flames darting forward where the grasses are long and dry, and. dying down where soxe 1 obstacle checks their course, while here and there sparks are carried to a dlstanco, where thoy fall upon combustible material to set up fresh foci, whence th fire ex tends a In tie original conflagration. Throughout the report the carrying of plugua is attributed to rats, and the de struction of these animals is specified as the meat important preventive measure. A Vienna newspaper publishes A letter from St. Petersburg In relation to the ne gotiations now In progress for commer cial treaty between Uuvtia and Japan. Par on Motono Is the Japanese representa tive, and he has experienced a tteady op position to all bis propositions for the opening of the Amur, the KuMtiati ob lec tions, says the writer, beuig founded on a profound conviction of the superiority of the Japanese commercial ability. He de clares that RumU is filled with a great fear nnd mistrust of Japan, and that mili tary oftlcers, especially thonc who have re turned from the far east, are continually aMked, "When does Japan mean to attack us?" This fear is founded partly upon the considerable Increase of the Japanese popu lation In eastern Siberia, and partly upon th frequent arrests of spies Inside the Vladivostok fortifications. Nevertheless, the relations of Paron Motono with the Kussian court have been of tho friendliest nature. On his arrival in St. Petersburg he was most cordially received b the csar, befor be received his credential. During tho maneuver at peterhof he wa treated by the cxar with exceptional honor, whllo the highest state oftlclals vied with on3 another lu paying attentions to him when he visited the Duma. The Perolom. a mod erate liberal organ, remarked that th Japanese would never have put forward such shameless demands with respect to the Amur if the Duma were atlll sitting, to which tho Novoe Vremya replied that the Japanese have no fear o' the Duma, whose members "grovelled In the dust" before Baron Motono in the Taurla palac. Meanwhile the Japanese have been over whelmed with invitations to dinners, motor excursions, shooting and yachting parties, and" to country houses; but, adds the writer, "these clvlllUe have not the slightest in fluenoe on the resolve of Baron Motpno to secure for his country all the advantage to which It is entitled by the Portsmouth treaty." A Pointed Waralaa. Uulllmoie New. In reference lo the rumor that a foreliri beef trust 1 forming that will comprise all the pretvt companies In tl.ln country, Sec retary of Agriculture Wlln n remarks that "We have penitentiaries In the country." 80 far, the penal lies Imposed for con spiracy In reotraint of trade have b-en IIh, and sometimes they have been lo.avy enough to be exeniplui v. Hut If funi.cr Maruing i- ue dn1, liopriwvuiuvwt U net LkiJy 10 l viuiUxa, l A 5 V j f f . ax i r jr A vholcsomc cream of tartar baldng powder. Makes the finest, lightest, best flavored biscuit, hot breads, cake and pastry. Alum and alum-phosphate powders are injurious. Do not use them. Examine the labcL ROYAL SAKIN. OW0CH CO., MW YOWC POLITICAL DRIFT. A youth of 18 was arrested In New Tork for registering under twelve different rallies. Hereditary traits will com out occasionally, Down in Ohio General Apathy is con spicuous among former party rustlers, be- cause these Isn't money enough In sight to grease th Jolhta or wet the tongue. "We can't live on wind," they declare, with a pathos Uar-compelling In It depth. New York democrats haven't tho cournge of their conviction this year. A tralnload of them homeward bound from th Jamaica race last Wedneaday had only one spoit who took a piece of a bet, even money, that Hughe .would get a plurality of 3W.000 or more for governor. ' "Presidents, governors of states and others occupying high public posts in the country, In the csttmatlon of wise men receive most of their advice from interacted persons," says the New York Sun. "It - ni, t An-f B H.'lJ u f ....r-t 0f the visitors received by thes high public officials are, in giving suggestion or advice, actuated solely by personal ends and aspirations, but It would not be far from the truth." Ccx of Cincinnati will exclaim with Bhy lock, "Oh, learned Judges, oh. Just young Judges," over the decision of the Ohio , ,onRtoria, ,nvMttKatloll of th, po,,,!,,, en- The decision Is thnt the livestlgitlon cannot be conducted at tho public expense with out an appropriation made by law. How ever, the Investigation netted Hamilton county over IKO.OOO. A novel suit has been brought In Cin cinnati to compel an accounting and for the distribution among the contributors of I14C.00U. alleged to have remained in the republican fund after the last campaign expenses had been paid. According to the petition filed, private corporations contrib uted Io9,wj0 and public service corpora tlons and steam railroads $50,000. Federal and city employe.. It is averted, paid about $7,000. The suit Is brought by a former city employe who made a small . contribution. ! There Is a good chance that a republican ' will gain' the seat in congress hitherto held but not occupied by Mr. Hearst as a repre sentative from the Eleventh district In New York. The democratic vote will spilt between the democratic and Independenc ! league candidates, so thst In the three cornered fight the republican may win. The republican candidate Is Charles W. i Lefler, a lawyer, former newspaper man, ' and a graduate of Yale. HI campaign j slogan Is "Brush the cobwebs from Hearst's scat in congress." THE LAD OF BOY. Baltimore Sun. A wonderful land Is the land of boy. Where th hands on the clock mark the moment of Joy. Where the hills ar sugar, the mountains are cake. And the rivers flow Into an Ice cream lake; Whero candy growa on the forest trees Aji'I the fairies dwell vith the mysteries: The land of boy away, away Through the happy valley of Golden Day! The land of boy Is a dear delight. Where the sun shines sweetly and soft and bnjrnt: Where the Kir is filled with the robin's song And ti e heart of venture beats bold and , strong; J Where hope's grav star burns clear and 1 fn'r I And th wine of the summer Is In the air: The land of Uy away, away I The road winds dowu to the Oolden Day! There are top and trinket and marble and books. Penknives, putty and fishing hooks; Printing press and railroad trains, Wheelbarrows, wagjns Bn driving rains; Posts and whistle and hoop and skates. Sledires and sponges and drawing siutev; The lima or Doy away, away Over the hills of the Ch!ld-at-riav! The land of boy is a sunny place. Where rosy cheek and a smiling face. Where roinp and laughter and chatter and gleam Oo round and round till the meadows dream And the stars come out and th golden wast Is red wher th sun ha gone to rest: The land or ooy away, away To the wand of fairy and elf and fay! Merrv games and the venture heart In tho lund of boy are a living pHrt; Castle building and ships that sail On the pirate main, and the paths of whale; Hope anil love ana oeauty una gienm All, all are a part of the bovland dream: To the land of boy I long to atray Thrnirli the hnipy valleys of Golden Day! Kimball Pianos Are Good! The KIMBALL piano Is distinctive In that it is the most desirable CHICAGO MADB piano. The KIMBALL tone, as fouud In the SCALE KIMBALL, is more to be desired than others of the West eru made pianos, it is sold lo every largo city. It meets the demand for a reliable piano at a fair figure. Our one price, no commission plan of selling enables us to hell a brand new, up-to-date Kimball piano for $260. Ve lnite jlno buyers to call and investigate these new scale improved Kimball plinos. You'll be surprised to learu how well they compare In tone, quality, material and workmanbhlp with pianos sold for $350 and $100 elsewhere. Dou't forget this Ion't be persuaded against an examination Into the Kliubal). You'll save time, patience and money in dealing with us. We are one price. We do not pay coinmUbtons. There's 110 gam ble when yon buy a piano from us; no deception, no trickery of any kind; Just a plain straightforward square deal to everyone. We are factory distributers for Knabe, Kranlch & Bach, Mallet-Davis, fable Nelsou, Krell, Mathushek, Kimball, Bush & Lane, Weser Bros., Iloupe, Whitney, Hlnze, Burton, Irving, Cramer and others. A. II0SPE CO., 1513 Douglas Street !! Ilet rice to tlate lour VUao Tuoe4 Oul $13.60. f rf777 LLzr THIH.K LIGHT A AIR. "Last Tuesday." enirl Ml Bute, mum mf birthday, nnd. really. It was hnrd for me lo remember that I wan !!.." "Indeed." replied Alit-s Cutting, "couldn't you remember that iar back'.' Philadel phia Ledger. "I fear." said thn vnunsr cnndlil.it. "that there Is an Inipre-wlon t!:at I nm trying tn nlev rMilltlra " "Yes." answered Senator Porahum. "nnd when a imin plays olitlcs he Is In reality trylnit to work some politician." Washing ton Star. "I'm troubled a great deal with head- aehru In the inornl'nx." mild Ijisrhman. "Perhaps If my eyes; do you think I need stronger classes?'' liA.4 WlMA mftnlnffH'! "what Jou need Is not st ronger ulassus, but fewer."-Phlladelt.hla Press. "You look dlvcoumged." 3 r-r ." n Z V.Vi. Benjamin. There Inn l likely to .no piucu left, for me when he dies." Chicago Itec-ord-Hera!d. Sirs. Knlcker What were the favors at her dinner? Mrs. Hooker Her conk let her give It and her dottor let her eat It. New York Sun. "Deware oX tare-', my brothers, beware of tare." "ltlght you are, pnrson. I'll never go on another.1' Washington Hciald. "flntor." she asked, "whtu Is your defi nition of success?'' "To l.. irt!. as far an n mnn i con cerned, to have o lnrae mi income that his wife won't have to o.vRgK. VMto when sh tells about It." Chicago K.vord-llerald. "Sir." Ixgan the young mnn, nervously. "I'd llk to tako your daughter away from you next April" "'VhHt?" cried the father. "Wlr --or really, j ou must expe.-t to loce her sjmetime " ... "Of course, and so why next ApriiT What's the matter with this October?" Philadelphia Press. "I feel," said the plain oitiz- n, "Hint I am not receiving the consideration to which, as a taxpayer, I am entitled. "Well." answered the billionaire, "save up vour money, make csrenil investment and' if you're lucky you may in time cms to he a taxpayer and become a m uongor. -wasmngion omr. . , 'Our cottf," said Beau, frum meU "ore as mttoAo part of v$ at out ianner. lliertfore, let them y jopd." THE SUIT for BUSINESS Ths Sack Suit for business wear this fall is our "Madi son' with iis wide lapel and medium lengthJThe front is slightly cut away. It fastens with three buttons $15 to $35. A Rain Coat is an Autumn necessity. See that yours is all wool $15 to $30. TBroWrlr2-