TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: . FKIDAY, rHimUAHY 15, 1907.
Tiir Omaha Daily Bee
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Stats of Nebraska. Douglas County, aa:
Charlea C. Itoaewaler. general manager
of The Be Publishing company, being duly
worn, aaye that tha actual number of f'"
nd oomrfete copies of The Dally. Morning.
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during tha
month of Januarv, 1907. waa aa followa:
IT.
.31,370
lit t f
1 1 . . . ; 4 . . -
20 a
)
V
.S1.M0
.31,760
.30,300
.81.300
.33,050
.31,640
.31,730
.31,700
.31,830
.30,300
.3L830
.81,669
.81,390
II 8i,ao
.....688,480
If..
.88,180
Total. .
Leaa unsold and returned coplea.. 6,134
Net toUl ; . . . .673.34
Dally averag 31,336
CHARLES C. HOSE WATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and aworn' to
before me thla tlat day of January, 1907.
(Baal) ROHICHT HUNTER. .
Notary Public.
WHEN OUT OF' TOWH.
Babacrlbera leaving; tha city tern
porarlly should bay Tk t Bv
mailed t them. Addreea will be
That Daggett divorce suit can be re
garded at best only as a carpet bagger
lu Nebraska.
Western Union telegraphers : are
pleased to announce that the paymas
ter has recognized their signal'.
- Honduras and Nicaragua must re
joice to learn that the United States
and Mexico will not' allow ahem to
tight.
An automobile with six wheels Is
on the market. The pedestrian would
probably as soon be hit by six wheels
a by four.
The city council has passed , the
mayor's ordinance to license the busi
ness of Belling ke. Now, will the ice
man be good ' f
The country la doubtless full of peo
ple who would be Just as generous as
Mr. Rockefeller and, Mr. Carnegie if
thev could affnrd It
Dr. Wiley, the government chemist,
says bottled whisky Is the only safe
kind. It is perfectly safe so long as
, the cqrk' Is not pullled.
Society decrees that soup is going
out of fashion. It will have to if It
comes under the pure- food law and
has to tell what it is made of.
The route of the transcontinental
mall from Chicago west will not be
changed. The Burlington's pull at
Washington, must be unimpaired. - .
A Burmese princess haa one drees
which she -values at $1,400,000. Any
woman who haa only one dress would
naturally value it quite that highly.
People along the river bottoms will
be1 exercising foresight if they look
for Jhe Juelse Ip, the Big, Muddy to
come about March or April this year.
If the Omaha Commercial club
wa'nta to accomplish something for the
business luterests of the city 1 will
have, to atop playing cat's-paw for the
railroads. '
"fh6nly good railroad" in Ne
braska seems to be represented In the
legislative lobby in Just as full. force
'aa the notoriously bad railroads In
Nebraska.
The warning, of physicians .to. look
out tor the grip, germs seems unneces
sary. The grip germ does all the look
lag out necessary tor both, parties to
I the encounter, .''' V
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The saltan of Turkey has again: re
fused (o I18-.' claims of the United
States .government. ' He must be anx
tous to have another look at our 1st
rst styls of .battleships.
It is reported that Harry Thaw has
abandoned' his, spendthrift "habits and
la becoming positively penurious. He
must be thinking of the money he
will have to pay those lawyers.
It would not be a bad idea, either,
to have the4 republican state platform
read aloud in each blouse of the Ne
braska legislature every morning Im
mediately after the chaplain's prayer.
Census experts figure that the coat
of government In this country, na
tional, state and municipal, ta-about
11.000.000.000 year. . The chief
kick Is that In many rases the, people
who pay the blllsdo oof get Ibetr
money'a wore "
1. 30,O0
t. as.seo
I bi.bto
4 si.seo
1 81,880
' 30,600
7 31,660
I. 33,900
6 ..33,360
14 33,040
tl ...31,670
II ....38,060
It 30,400
14 31,730
.11 ....31,330
" IT COXfTlTUTtONALf
The proposition to Impose a poll
tax upon all qualified electors, to be
remitted for eaih person In the event
he votes or Is unavoidably prevented
from voting, may be supported by
some meritorious argument, but, aside
from its advisability, the question of
Its constitutionality roust be consid
ered. The Nebraska state constitu
tion, among other things, guarantees
free suffrage In the following lsn-1
guage:
Air elections aha II be free; and there
hall be no hindrance or Impediment .to
tha right of a qualified voter to eserclse
tha elective franchise.
In another place, also. It contains
this clause, prohibiting in so many
words the legislature from remitting
taxes when once Imposed.
The legislature shall have no power to
releaae . or dlacharge any county, city,
township, town or dlatrtrt whatever, of
the Inhabitant thereof, oY any corpora
tlon, 'or. the property therein, from their
or Ita proportionate share of taxes to be
levied for atata purposes, or due any
municipal corporation, nor shall commuta
tion for aurh taxes be authorlied In any
form whatever. , ,
The ' legislature may, it Is true,
make a tax payable In something be
sides money, as it has done in permit
ting the road tax to be liquidated by
working it out on .the roads, but
whether It can say that discharging
the duty to vote is worth $S Is a ques
tion that the courts would And a tick
lish one. ,
AVPK.it FOB TWO GOVERNMENT'
There seems to be a chance for the
enactment at this bphhIod of the meas
ure conferring on the government the
right 'of appeal in criminal cases, now
that it has passed the senate. That
rule was long ago adopted In many
of the most progressive states, and it
has been mooted in congress for years.
Its necessity, however, was signally
enforced upon public attention by
Judge Humphreys' "'immunity bath"
decision last year in the Chicago pack
ers' prosecutions, as to the correct
ness of which there were grave doubts,
but which, helng against, the govern
ment, could not be taken by appeal to
the supreme court for review.
No right of any defendant Is in
fringed in the slightest degree by the
right of appeal in the government. A
trial Judge's constitutional ruling, the
effect of which, like Judge Hnm
phrey's, is' to defeat an Indictment,
would of course still be final as to the
defendant In' that case who could not
be twice put in Jeopardy. But It would
prevent the wrong that results to the
public In' all other like cases from an
erroneous ruling by Insuring correc
tion on review by the court of last re
sort. .
It is of the utmost importance that
this measure be got on the statute
book at this session for the purpose
of enforcing many of the criminal stat
uses bearing on trust and trade con
aplracy offenses. Without such law It
would be years and possibly decades
before the legality of the Humphrey's
immunity ruling -could be passed upon
by the supreme court, and that ruling
is only 8 type of innumerable othera
which stand in the way of real public
Justice and policy.
VOXbEtlTJllQ THE FUEL SUPPLY.
President Roosevelt haa called the
attention of congress in no uncertalu
terms to the necessity of immediate
legislation to prevent two great
sources of unearned wealth, the fuel
and mineral resources of the nation,
from getting into the hands of the
few and thus becoming a tax npon
the people, Instead of being conserved
and safeguarded for the common good
The message cites -the record of tbe
past as convincing forecast of what
the future holds in the form of -bur
dens tor the consumers if corporations
and individuals are allowed to secure
control in the west, aa they have in
the east, of the coal and timber sup
plies and profit hugely by unreason
able and discriminating charges in the
disposition of them.
Opponents of the president's plan,
the men and corporations that have
grown rich and arrogant from the en
joyment of a monopoly of the coal and
timber resources ot the country, argue
that- the. assumption by the govern
ment' ot the control ot these resources
would force up the price of fuel and
that federal operation of these indu
tries would Interfere with the vested
rights . ot concerns now operating
under authority secured from thd gov
ernment. The president insists that
the system he advecatea would faclll
tate the working 'of coal deposits for
local markets; would Induce competi
tion; prevent waste in handling fuels
an4 minerals;, make Impossible the
evils of monopolistic control and guar
anty fuel and mlnecal supply at rea
sonable ratea after the corporations
)iave- ex-hausted the mines now 'con
trolled by them. '
It is estimated that about 10,000,
000 acres, or about one-half of the
hlgh- grade coal lands of the west,
have already passed Into private con
trol, and the president nlakes the en
tirely 'reasonable suggestion that
nothlDg can be lost by tbe govern
ment's trial of his plan for a few
years tor the purpose of determining
Whether private ownership or the leas
ing system, under government con
trol, would best . protect the interests
of the people, and thus promote the
permanent development of the coun
try. Influences at work in rongresa may
prevent any action at this session In
compliance with the timely sugges
tions ot the president. The house
committee xon public lands has agreed
upon a favorable renort of a com
promise coal land bill that falls far
short of the president's recommenda
tions, .but still goes farther tba any
previous legislation in restricting the
Operation of the syndicates and mak
ing It possible for small operators and
leasers to secure coal lands under rea
sonable terms. It reserves coal under
all land entered under the laws with
the exception of homesteads, and
limits to l,ftJ0 acres the amount' of
coal land that may be secured by any
association of four or more persons,
patents to which will be Issued npon
a showing that f 10,000 have been ex
pended in buildings, machinery and
Improvements.
While, as we have said, the present
congress may not carry Out the wtsTes
of the president, the agitation of this
subject and the expose of the frauds
in connection with the selsure of the
public domajn will undoubtedly re
sult eventually In legislation that will
prevent monopolistic combinations to
control the coal fuel lands of the na
tion instead of seeking to punish them
afterwards for violations of the anti
trust laws.
DANqiR roR TARIFF ADJUSTMENT-
It an element that fa strong both
(n thla country and lnGermany can
have Ita way no adjustment of cus
toms difficulties between the two coun
tries will be effected. Without wait
ing for the basis reached by the Joint
commission to be officially made
known, opposition la being manifested
in both countries. The hostility that
is developing In our senate to any
sort of composition or - concession,
while it proceeds largely from Jeal
ousy and antipathy to the administra
tion .takes the form of opposition to
any change in tariff schedules or cus
toms regulations. It is so strong that
the general opinion is that it would
be useless to attempt to reach a set
tlement through the treaty making
power, which requires senate concur
rence. On the other hand, the very reasons
which make an adjustment so desir
able from the standpoint of German
public interest are stirring up the
arduous opposition of the German land
lord and farming interests. For prices
of domestic moat and other farm
products, already grievously oppres
sive to the great body of German
consumers, would soar higher in the
event of a tariff war between the two
countries. The German agrarians are
thus as irrational and unpatriotic as
our own tariff bourbons and Roose
velt haters.
It 'Is not going, to be easy to over
come these obstacles to practical ac
tio in line with the views reached by
the joint commission. Its members
on both sides have given out the state
ment that they agree In substance aa-
to what .is necessary for 'an adjust
ment, and of course mutual conces
slons are Indispensable. But the ad
ministration in this country and the
government in Germany will need all
possible backing by public sentiment
to prevent their careful efforts for an
adjustment coming to naught.
NO MORE ROTATION D ALLOTS.
Aa a member of the Joint commit
tee to frarno the primary election bill,
Representative Dodge persists In
sponsoring the rotation ballot scheme
and seems to have persuaded his as
sociates to retain it for Douglas
county, even while rejecting it for the
rest of tha state.. Aside from the
prospect that this discrimination
might invalidate the whole bill, there
is no excuse tor longer Inflicting the
rotation ballot on the voters ot Ne
braska either here or elsewhere.
The rotation ballot' is a thinly dis
guised trick Intended to disfranchise
a large, body of voters by so confusing
them as to make, it impossible tor
them to mark their ballots accurately.
Rotation would Impose a test which
many intelligent people would fall to
pass and which would absolutely bar
out many foreign-born voters n,ot up
to the game of ballot - Juggling, al
though otherwise perfectly competent
to make proper selection of desirable
candidates for party nominations.
The rotation ballot would impose
upon a voter at a primary election a
-much more difficult task than is im
posed upon the same -voter at the reg
ular election. H would -entail upon
the county an- excessive and unneces
sary expense in ballot printing.
The rotation ballot, furthermore,
would operate, aa it has already op
erated, to stimulate the fllln of long
lists of candidates for the express pur-
poser of misleading the voters. The
court which passed . on ' the . rotation
ballot In Douglas county. last year up
held it subject to the limitation that
It might be 80 lengthened out as to
become a denial of, the right of suf
frage, holding that if the ballot were
ten feet long It might be unconstitu
tional, whereas If only Ave feet long
It would be constitutional. The re
enactment of the rotated ballot would,
therefore, pass 4t back again to the
courts to measure out Justice by the
yardstick, according to the number of
candidates for the office and the length
of the ticket.
If the legislature takes good advice
It will steer clear of the rotation bal
lot. The Nebraska delegation at Wash
ington aeems to be proceeding on the
theory that as soon as it procures the
enactment of the bill providing for
an extra federal Judge in this Judicial
district it will then be up to the -delegation
te name the new Judge. This
does not necessarily follow. Presi
dent Roosevelt has been making it a
practice to exercise hla own Indepen
dent discretion in the selection of
judicial appointees, in many cases
without even asking the aid or con
sent Of the political powers in the dis-
trict concerned.' It would be a regular
April fool Joke if he should hand the
Judgeship created after such strenuous
work of the delegation over to some
one not even thought of by any sena
tor or representative.
If the railroad politicians are as
glad as they pretend to be, that the
free pass graft has been cut off, why
should they be exerting themselves so
strenuously to head off the enactment
of an anti-pass law that will prevent
future resumption ot the free V"
business.
Former Queen Llluokalanl has
again filed her claim for the sovereign
lands taken from her in Hawaii. Pos
sibly she is afraid that if she does
not get them -now she may have to
look to the Japs for them after the
war.
German socialists Insist they were
defeated in the recent elections by
the use of money. They may think as
they please, but they have no way of
compelling the . kaiser to file an ac
count of his campaign expenses.
A Spanish soldier now in Washing
ton claims he shot at President Roose
velt in the Spanish-American war in
Cuba, i This relieves the Impression
that all Spanish, soldiers Just shot In
the air 'in that war. '
A Japanese giant, six feet and two
Inches tall, has arrived Ifl New York.
Reports from San Francisco would In
dicate that every Jap who lands on
the Pacific coast la at least twice aa
tall as that. '
The public will be slow to Join in
the offer of a reward for the thief who
stole a trunk full of comic opera man
uscripts from a New York manager
and made his escape successfully.
After those Young Woman's Chrls
tton association teams finish the build
ing fund their members ought to be
able to get lucrative employment as
solicitors In almost any line of busi
ness. Economy at Both End.
Nev York World.
After voting to rajaa the salaries of Ita
members fZ.SOO a year because of the In
creaecd coat of living In Washington the
houae la preparing to pans a bill making
tipping Unlawful in the DIatrict of Colum
bia. It Is true economy that savea at both
ends.
Punlahment Enooah.
Waahln(rJ,pn Herald.
A gentleman ' from out the wild, and
woolly weat haa been acquitted of a charge
of etealtng a phonograph on tha plea that
he waa mentally unbalanced at the time.
Bealdea, the Jury held It lan't a crime to
steal a phonograph; It's Juat a plain mis
fortune. .
A culled BlnOV
Buffalo Expreas.
The Chicago, Burlington ' Qulncy rail
road haa voluntarily offered to cut Its
charges for carrying the malls by 7 . per
cent, If neceasary to retain the bualneaa.
A month ago It waa threatening to dtacon
tlnue Ita fat mall trains because they were
being run at such a email profit. Either
the railroad haa found that It figured Its
profits wrong before or It haa decided that
Ita wanta the glory more than It thought
It did. .
Indlarreet Admirer.
Bprtngfleld Republican.
Mr. Rooaevelt facea an embarraaaing
challenge. That Chicago third term league,
becoming aggreaalve, nays that "we . chal
lenge his right to refuse to accept tbe
presidency of the United States for a third
term In the face of the papplf'a demand."
May tha league never become so belligerent
as to call Mr. Rooaevelt a "weakling" for
not toeing the third term scratch. But
Ita blood la up, and there'a no forecasting
the consequences. ,
1 Odd Streak of Weather.
Springfield Republican.
Oddly enough the Arctic wave which has
encircled the world haa spared the Arctic
sone Itself, where the mild temperature of
61) degrees has been reported.- Explorers
agree aa to the extraordinary changes that
take place In the far north In winter when
the wind shifts, th thermometer perhaps
rising In a few hours from 60 degreea be
low to SO degreea aboVe the sero point.
Whether the Antarctic summer haa been
blaxlngly hot of late has not yet been re
ported. Northern Europe haa suffered se
verely, Berlin, for example, having 41 de
grees of frost, which la quite unusual.
Vienna had 10 degreea below aero, the cold
est day In fifty-seven years. The Danube
frbse at Bucharest, which seldom happens,
and the Bosphorus was closed at Con
stantinople. In that city, which is much
colder than those who have never .been
there realise, there haa been intense suf
fering, . In . spite of the fS.OCO which the
sultan gave to relieve the ahlvering poor.
8TATTB OP RAILROAD PASSES. -
Vaararlea of Lawmaking; In Wools
aid RepelllaaT an OM Favorite-.
Railway Age. -Passes
are not absolutely extinct, al
though, they are rare birds now not count
ing employes' transportation, which la a
proper part ot the bualneas. . But state
legislators are not yet reduced to the al
ternative of walking or paying fare ex
cept In the very few states, like. Wisconsin,
Iowa and Miaaourl. where paaa giving and
paea using have been made criminal. In
some stalea annua) or'aeaslcn passes to
legislators and state officers have been
eent and accepted as usual.
A few roads have been so rautloua aa to
notify these favored classes that . while
passes will not be volunteered they can be
had -for tha asking, thus relieving tha rail
way managers from tbe liability of huviog
their feelings hurt by the .return of a. piss
or two with an Indignant r?tuke of brlbeiy.
Another more delicate way of extending
the usual courtesy of legislative tran
sportation la to leave It In the hotel boxes,
as a press dispatch says Is being done at
tha capital of Missouri, the proof cf thla
charge being "the exceptionally htrge
exodua of legislatcrs at the wet-k end." But
the evidence I not conclusive.
In one or more cf the thrifty Ererland
states bills are pending which propose to
swap the members' mileage money with the
rallwaya In exchange for crntlnjious passes,
which will glvu more rld-s than the money
would buy. If the rail wars are willing to
trade nobody need object In a few states.
Oregon for example, leltiator are think
ing to save their faces and their posies
tco by enacting a haw to hold ap' railway
ooiiipanlea and compel the.n to hand over
the coveted, tickets.
This is a go-jd scheme. Why not extend
It to purveyors of ether things that mem
bers if lea'e'atures want, ruch aa board
and clothing T
LOTABI.B THA ITS OP LI COLS.
Billy Brswt't Rellee laa Hla
Frle6, Tlwtini a mm' PreaMeat.
in the various exercises throughout the
tountry commenoratlng the birthday aa
tilrersary ot President Lincoln, men
eminent In pubilo life and private tat loo
paid tributes of a grateful people to tiie
life work of the martyr president, yet nons
of thorn Is compsrable In simplicity and
nefgMtorly admiration with the plctureeqjo
temlnlsoenoes of Billy Brown, Lincoln's
friend and townsman. Billy Brown was
discovered by Ida Tarbell and she lets him
tell his story In his own way of Lincoln's
departure from home and Lincoln In Wash
ington, In the current number of the Ameri
can Magaslne:
"Of course he seemed pretty cheerful
always," says Billy Brown. "He wa'n't
no man to sho-w out all ha felt. Lota of
them little etuck-up chape that came out
here to talk to him said, solemnly as
owls: 'He doa t realise the gravity of the
situation.'
"Them's their words, "gravity of ths
situation.' Think of that, Mr. Lincoln
not realising. They ought to heard him
talk to us the night he went away. MI
never forglt that speech-ior any man who
heard It.
"I can see him now Just how he looked,
standln' there on the end of hla car. He'd
been ehakln' hands with the crowd In
the depot, laughln' and talkln'. Juat Ilka
hlmaelf, but when he got onto that car ha
Seemed suddlnt to be all changed. Toil
never seen a face so sad In alt the world.
"I tell you he had woe in his heart that
minute woe. He knew he was leavln' us
for good; nuthln' else could explain the
way he looked and what he said. He knew
ha never was oomln' back alive.
It was ralnln' hard, 'but when w saw
him standln' there in bare head, hla great
big eyes lopkln' at us so lovln' and mourn
ful, every man of us took off his hat, Juat
as If he'd been In church.
"Tou never heard him make a speech, of
course? Tou missed a lot. Curious voice.
Tou could hear It away off kind of shrill,
but went right to your heart and that
night It sounded sadder than anything I
ever heard.
"He atood a minute lookln' at us and
then he began to talk. There ain't a man
In thla town that heard him that ever for
got what he aald. but I don't believe1
there's a man that ever said It over out
gud he couldn't without cryln'. He Just
talked. to us that time out of his heart. .
"Somehow we felt all of a suddlnt how
we loved him and how ha loved ua. We
hadn't (taken any stock In all that talk
about his bein' killed, but when he said
he war goln' away and not knowln' when
or whether ever he would return I Juat got
cold all over. , '
1 "I began to see that minute, and every
body did. The women all fell to sobbln'
and a kind of groan went up, and when
he asked us to pray for him I don't be
lieve there was a man In that crowd,
whether he ever went, to church In hla
life, that didn't want to drop right down
on his marrow bones and aak the Lord' to
take care of AbraJiam Lincoln and bring
him .back to us, where he belonged.
" 'Ever see him again?' Tes, once,
down In Washington, summer of '61 I
had a brother In Washington, clerk In a
department awful set up 'cause he had
an - office and when I got down there I
told him I'd come to visit Mr. Lincoln.
"He says: 'William, be you a fool?
Folks don't visit tha president of the
United States, without an Invitation, and
he's too busy to see anybody but tha vefy
biggest people In this administration. Why,
he don't even see me,' he says. Well, It
made me huffy to hear him talk.
" 'Isaac,' I says, 'I don't wonder Mr.
Lincoln don't see you. But It's different
with me. Him and me Is friends.' -i
: "'Well,' he says, 'you've got te nava
cards, anyway.'
" 'Cards.' I says, 'what for? What klndr
" 'Why,' he aaya, 'vlsltln' cards with
your name on.'
" 'Well,' I says. It's earns to a pretty
pass If an old friend liie me can't 'see
Mr. .Lincoln without sendln' him-a piece
of pasteboard. I'd be aahamed to do such
a thing, Isaac Brpwn. Do you suppose
he's forgotten me? Needs to see my name
printed out to know who' I am? Tou ean't
make me believe any such thing,' and I
walked right 'out of the room, and that
night I footed It up to the Soldiers' home,
where Mr. Lincoln waa llvln' then, right
among the sick soldiers In their tents.
"There's a lot of people ettin' around
In a little room, waltln' fer him, but there
wasn't anybody there I knowed, and I waa
feelln' a lUtle funny when a door opened
and out come little John Nlcotay. He
came down this way, bo 1 Just went up and
eaya,! . - .
" 'How'd you do, John; Where's Mr. Lin
coln?' Well, John didn't- seem over gmd
to see me. k
" 'Have you an appointment with Mr.
Lincoln?' he says.
"No. Blr,' I says; 1 ain't: a'nd It ain't
necessary. Mebbe It's all right and fit tin'
for them aa wants postofflces to have
app'lntments, but I reckon Mr. Lincoln's
old friends don't need 'em, so you list trot
along, Johnnie and tell him Billy 'Brown's
here and aee what he aaya.' ,
"Well, ha kind o' flushed up and set his
lips together, but he knowed me, and so
he went off. In about two minutes the
door popped open and out came Mr. Lin
coln, his face all lit up. He syw me flnt
thing, and he , laid holt of me and juat
shook- my hands fit to kill.1
" 'Billy,' he says, 'now I am glad to sea
you. Come right In. You're goln' to stay
to supper with Mary and me.'
"Didn't I know It? Think bain' president
would change him? not a mite.
"Well, we had supper and then' talked
some (nore. and about 10 o'clock, I started
downtown. Wanted ma to stay 'all night,
but I says to myself, 'Billy, don't you
overdo It. You've cheered him up, and
you better light out and let him remember
it when he's tired.' Bo I Bald:
44 'Nope, Mr. Lincoln, can't. Goln' back
to Springfield tomorrow. Ma don't like to
have me away 'and my boy he ain't no
great shakes kespln' store.' -
" 'Billy.' he says, 'what did you coma
down here for?
" 'I come -to see you,' Mr. Lincoln.'
" 'But you ain't asked me for anything,
Billy. What la ft? Out with It. Want a
postofflce?' he said, glgglln', for he knowed
I didn't. '
" 'No, Mr. Lincoln, Jest wanted to see
you felt kinder lonesomer-been so long
since I seen you,- and I was afraid I'd
forglt some of them yarns If J didn't un
losd soon.' N
"Well, sir, you ought to seen, his fsce
as he looked at me. .
" 'Billy Brown,' ha aaya, slow like, 'do
you mean to teU me you came all tha way
from Springfield, III., Just to have a -visit
with me. that you don't want an office for
anybody, nor a 'pardon for anybody, that
you ain't got no complaint In your pockets,
or any advice up your sleeve?
"'Yes, sir,' I says, 'that's about It. and
I'll be durned If t wouldn't go to Europ
to sea you. If I couldn't do It no other way,
Mr. Lincoln."
"Well, sir, I never waa so astonished In
any life. He Juat grabbed my hand and
shook It nearly off. and the tears Just
poured down his fare,"
Fit of Maaraaalaslty.
Baltimore American.
The Japa would have been atlll more tact
ful If they had not offered to decorate
Americas diplomats In the same fit of
magnanimity that prompted them to build
a cbapul lu memqry .of the Russians who
died at Port Arthur. .
"Especially the
MM
'. WATOP of
W'il iiiilVi. Virginia."
For Bright'! Disease, Albuminuria, Rcn&l
Calculi, Gout, Rheumatism and All. .
Diseases Dependent Upon a
a a r it
uric zicia
SimuBl O. L. Potter, A. M., M. D.. M.R.C.P., London,
fttsor oth Frinciplti amd Prttici MedtttH mnd Chmuml Miduint isj M
Colltgt of Phyticiant md Surgeons of San Francisco, C., in his "Hand- .
Book ot Materia Med lea, Pharmacy and Therapetitics," in the citation of
remedies under the bead of "Chronic Drt&iit's Disease," says: "Mineral
Aimimuin lifSnrraiAf mnn la highly reeom.
rU'besayBI
81 UXIiaJJIJbiat.m l.uUfcJl mended."
Cora Malstod Boytand, A.M.,M.D.,tfrnris,DofforoMttt'
tint, of fkt t acuity of ram. in iht Niw York Mtdical Journal. Aturust as.
1806, says: "There la no remedy aa
wheffao?.;
Sprint No, a, accompanied by a milk diet. la all cases of pregnancy, where
albunia U found in the urine, as late as thai last week before confinement, if
this water and a milk diet are prescribed, the Ibtifnla disappears rapidly
from the urine and the patient haa a positive guarantee against puerperal
convulsions." , - , i - r
T. Gflaweld Comatok, A.M
veld Comatoek, A.Mn
nave ouea
prescribed
Call
Heidi, accompanied by Renal Colic,
results. , in Renal Calculi, where there Is Aa excess of Uric ACld, it (a
especially efficacious." '
Medical testimony which defies all Impntatlon or qnestioa mailed t as)
address. ' ....... ....
CUFDILO LlTIalA VJLTTEn i'ndV-
PROPRIETOR BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS
A DISHEARTENED RAILROAD MAI
Aaaeala to the Fresldeat to Qalt Prod
dlaai roraorattoaa.
' t New York World.
W. C. Brown, senior vice president t
the New York Central lines, seems to be
convinced that If President Roosevelt does
not change his attitude towhrd the cor
porations right off, the railroads may have
to stop running and the country go back
to ox carta. He Is so downhearted over
the situation that ha haa let hla fears over
flow Intd a warning letter Intended for Mr.
Roosevelt's eyes.
To begin with, Mr. Brown does not see
how the raflroada are going to Bbtaln any
money for needed Improvemente. It) hap
pens that his own company, tho New Tork
Central, ten days ago sold $50,000,000 short
term notes, and since January 1 nine com
panies have sold SllS.OOO.ono of the sama
class of securities, while within a few
months railroad capitalisation has been In
creased 1350,000,000 by new Issues. But thee
sre matters to be Ignored, since they do
not prove what he wants.
As for Investing In railroads, how can
any prudent man of ordinary lntetttrenoe
"think of Investing money In a huslmva
apalnst which every man's 'hand, from the
prealdent down, seems to be raised?" Why,
Mr. Brown himself confesres that at the
present time he does not own' a share of
railroad stock ss an Investment. In fact, he
has never owned that kind of stock. He
prefers farms, ' banking stock and manu
facturing enterprises, which pay hlnr bet
ter ttyin would the best mltroad ' stbek In
the CnTted States today. He H a very
fortunate man. even If President Ro6e
velt doe frighten him half to death.- .The
only people who can afford. In his opinion,
to put their money In railroad .bonds or
Stocks 'are the rich who are satisfied with
low returns, and the rlc h buy them, ha ex
plalna, because they are so safe.
Yet a number of the principal railroads;
In spite of the rate bill and the Roosevelt
movement against corporations, have re
cently raised their dividends. Most of them
hav,e more traffic than they ran handle.
Borne are even complaining of theVountry's
prosperity. As long ago as 190 the rail
roads managed to earn enough to pay 1270.
81B.280 In Interest and 9S03.676.632 In divi
dends, and their earnings have Increased
rapidly alnee then, although they .. have
added little new trackage. Mr. Harrlmar.,
who ought to know, thlnka so well of rail
road, stocks that he haa bought them In
650,000,000 lumps from the Inside for his
corporations and regards them aa profltahln
holdings. He even borrows money, to buy
them.
Mr. Brownand his corporation aaaoclatee
should try to calm themselves. Even If
the worst happen and Freaident Rooeevelt
refuses to cry qultSj there will still be
plenty left for. them to do. Bo long as the
rest of .the country devotes its attention to
raising corn and wheat , and cotton and
digging coal and making steer the rall
riAds need. not deapalr. Their business Is
to move freight and passengers. If only
they will do that safely, and -afnclently,
abandon politics and rebates and obey the
laws, they will manage to survive, although
the stock market may move Dp and down
for reasons not apparent to the public
PERSONAL. NOTES.
amaaaa
Judge William B. Teasdale of Kansas
City, a Jurist known ' to many Omaha
people, died at hla home last Wednesday.
Unless Rockefeller curbs his fiery gen
erosity ha may xflnd himself unable to pay
those colossal fines. I
A visitor to the home of Joaquin Miller
expressed surprise at the absence of a
library. "Books!" exclaimed tha poet. "I
do not read books, I write them. ( '
Unless the state of Indiana steps In
within a short time, or unless the people
of Vlncennes secure tha necessary funds
within a reasonable length- of time, the
home of William Henry Harrison, former
governor of the Northwest Territory, will
be rased to the ground.
King Edward's cigar bill la large.' Ha Is
an Inveterate amoker and the "weed" he
uaea la valued at anything from & to tlM
apiece. It la aald that the king's clgara
are the product of a particular plantation
In Havana which supplies no one but bis
majesty and Lord Rothschild.
Vr. Thomas L Shearer, one of the most
prominent physicians In Baltimore, haa de
cided to go hatleas for the rest of his life
and will try to Induce others to follow his
example. Dr. Shearer holds that . If men
would only go bareheaded a generation or
two tha bald-headed mat would become a
thing of the past.
Thomas Alva Edison, the Inventor, was
1$ yesrs old on Saturday and he says when
a man arrives at that' age "It Is time to
knock off work and play awhile." Far
forty-five years Mr. Ddlaon haa been mak
ing experiments with electricity, and hs
says he wilt apenj his "play time" In his
laboratory, working purely aa a scientist
and not for. commercial ends.
Myra McHenry essayed to duplicate'' In
Topeka, Kan., some of Carrie Nation's ex.
plolts. but "fell down" woefully. She en
tered a "joint" with the Idea of wrecking
the place, but developed a bad case of
stage fright Seizing a bottle of whisky I
and a glass, she ran out. Which move a
western editor to remark that "Mrs. Na- ' Bh found hers In Ik umpire
nailaTsLVed' mTfmTZ ?"Vh"' liXlZ Ml
nalla, destrcyed all th liquor, chased th I Oh. Cuutd. you r a visard!
patrona through th skylight and Ml th ' found h ' gay young thing
UrkMMr danrllio .n th. .1 ..-- .. I That couldn't tell "a" from "lMrd "
i .
uiiunesis.
absolutely B pacific in all forma off
rji)LmnAVaxri.
M.D., of Si. Louis, Mo., aaya: "t
and always with the most satin factory
A BHAMEFIL. CONSPIRACY. . ,
Washlaartem Plaaa in Bwtpe- Oaasrrea.
aloaal Salary Raise, '
Pittsburg Dispatch. .
While, to the surprise of congress, the
country failed to go Into spasms over that
SO per cent raise In congressional salaries,
the wondrous calm with which the news
waa received waa no doubt due to tbe belief
that the legislators needed the money. But
there seems to be some congressional doubt
an to whether It will be of real benefit.
Representative Adamson of Georgia la one
of the Thomases. People ' In Washington
who control things that congressmen must r
have, ha says, have agreed among- them
selves on a scale of price that will take
care of the Increase about as completely
ss tbe present salary. "The people of
Washington .are determined to get all the
money a congressman draws. If we got
only $2,500 a year we could live as well aa
If we got fXtoo.' .
This puts another phase on the matter.
A generous, prosperity-laden nation mad
no kick about adding 60 per cent' to the
wages of Its representatives, ; but It will
hate to think that Instead of benefiting Ita
leglsfators It is merely adding to tha al
ready bloated pocketbooks of the 'Wash
ington boarding house keepers. For that
reason, .If tha facta are' as charged. It will
give Cordial support to the efforts of Mr.
Adamson to keep what he has got. The
Georgian Is busily engaged organising a
statesmen's union, which. 1b to be pledged '
to pay Just so much, and no more tor.
board, for rent, for midday lunches and
after-theater dinners. - "Twenty-meal tick
ets for 64.60" Is to be the slogan of tha
new union. That Is considered a fair prloe
for a square meal down In Chattahoochee
county, although It overshoots the mark '
somewhat and Is really calculated to arouse
sympathy for the Washington caterers whe -have
to deal with congressmen. .Also It
puts a crimp In the claim that representa
tives could not live on the old salaries.
Bom ofl them perhaps - could not, but evi
dently there are others who could sawe .
money on $10 a Week.
HIRTHFl'I. REMARKS.
,
"The clearing In court of - that receiver
of stolen goods waa a homely sort of
triumph for the lawyer."
"In what way?"
"It waa a wnltewashlng; of the feno."
Baltimore American.
"How's Olbblets getting along?" '
"Fierce." , '
"When I saw hint last he seemed beat;
on throwing his money to the birds."
"That's It he bent too far. He's broke,"
Cleveland Leader. - (
"You don't car for bridge whlat?"
"No," anawered the novlo. "Whnve
1 am told that I am dummy I can't help
foellng that I look too much at. home la
the part." Washington Star. ,
Him Your hair Is nloe and curly tonight,
but I knew It would be.
Hei-;Who told you?
Him I saw it In the papers this morning.
Cleveland Leader.
' - - - . ..
A plea ot Inaantty met a plea of etft
defense. .
"Weil," said the firs. "I'm not -so crasy
I don't anow you have no' business monkeys
in In a oase with me." r -
Thereupon tiey clinched, and ah unwrit
ten law that had been loafing around In
hope of a Job took to the woods for safety
Philadelphia Lodger. ,
"Anything peculiar about thes people
that have just moved Into th house next
dVr to you, Mrs. Cross way?" .V . ,
"No, there's nothing unusual about them.
They've borrowed a atepladder and a tack ,
hammer and turned their children loos In .
oor back jrVrd." CMeago-rlbuk. ( , ;
''A ellpper manufacturer ought' to be a
man of extra tact." ' '
"I don't se why."1 ' . '
"Because It Is his business to put people
on an easy footing." Baltimore American. .
"My honest conviction" began th po-
Utlcal orator.
"Pardon the Interruption." said a voir
from the audience, "bul we war under th
Impresaloa here that you had been ao-'
quitted." Philadelphia Ledger,
''Yes." said the woman o th house. -
"my husband haa some old garment which,
he has told me to give away, bqt they are.
mum tun sma.il iar yju.
"Theyll fit m all right after today.,
ma'am," -rejoined Wareham lng, with
much earnest nee. "I've had two souar
meals since morning', an' that ain't likely
to happen agin fur a year." Chicago Tri
bune. CIPID VERSUS THH MATCHMAKERS.
"They're Just made for each othsr,
Bald the friends of a certain pair;
"She's such a splendid llatener,
And he loves his thoughts to air;
They're both so fond of books, you know.
Much comfort can they nnd,
For If there's on essential,
'Tla harmony of mind '
That make more sure and stable
The joya of wedded bllsa.
With such high tastes In common.
Bur, naught could be amis."
So said Dam Gossip, but, you know.
When thes two chanced together,
No topic could they broach at all,
Except that old. old weather;
She took an evening n per up.
And so perrhanr did h.
And when thetr friends inquiring com
A total ecllpa they aee;
And in the bui-kground; sour and ssd. ' .
The Utile love-god- lingers
Ho Hid his fa-e In dire disgrac t -
And rub his frosty fingers.
The saouel to my tale Is brief
1 For each found love s fond dream-
Omaha.
BAYOU NS THJOUL
V.