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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,
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(6ai) at. B. HUNG ATE.
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WHR1 OCT OF TOWS.
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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
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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.
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