Nebraska Newspapers

    flE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, I'EIUlUAllY 21, 1D07.
EDITORS FINISH -IP WORK
Fd tWt Befftrnoe to Madden Made in tbs
, KfO n'iorl Adonted.
OFFICERS CHOSEN FOR ENSUING YEAR
eeslees Arc Broaght te a Cleae by
Theater Party at la Orphean
In the Rtrnlni ftlven by
Local Cnfeimlttee.
Henry O. miennond, Fremont Herald,
president.
A. a. Wood, Osrtng Courier, rloa presi
dent. Will M. Man pin. Commoner, aecretaty
fend treasurer.
O. O. Johns, oorrespondlnf Moratarr.
The above wera elected oflleera of the
Nebraska Preas association for the com
ing year, at the final aesalon of the a
Ociatlpn held Wednesday afternoon at
Crelghton hall.
With the completion of the olectlon of
officers the report of the resolutions
committee wai considered and all the
reaolutlona adopted', except that aectlon
pertaining perapnally to the third as
alitant postmaster general, which waa
trlcken out berauae that point had been
covered In a special reaolutlon In the
morning.
The association decided to have 'he
record! of the newepapere of Nebraeka
printed. A apeclal committee had ' been
appointed which reported that thia should
be done In conjunctlpn with Nebraska
Hlatorlc.al society, the expense to the
aaaoclatlon to be foOO.
The program of the afternoon conalated
of an Interesting paper on "City, Dally
and Country Weekly." by A. L. Gale of
the Mncoln Btar; "Tweiity-seven Teara
In One Office," by A. W. Ladd pf the
Albion News. Mlaa Rosa Hudspeth's
paper on 'IA Woman Editor's Experi
ence," waa read Dy airs. Anna iu
Alfred Tarlow, advertising manager of
the Vnlon rnclflc was on the program
for a paper, but he failed to appear, and
Lee Haney of the Colorado Midland rail
road waa called uppn to take his plaoe.
He told a few stories and ended by dona
ting 125 for his road to assist one of
the edltora who had een burned out.
Hesolntlona Adopted.
These resolutions were adopted:
The thirty-fifth annual convention of tht
Nebraska frees association, now closing
Its sessions In the city of Omaha, haa been
one of both profit and pleasure to every
member In attendance and notwithstanding
the changed conditions In our relations with
the railroad companies the attendance was
good and the resulla encouraging.
We desire to express our thanka to the
good people of Omaha for their generous
and kindly reception and hospitality during
the entire se.ialon. And especially do we
desire to show our appreciation f the
efTorta of The flee, the World-Herald, the
News, the American Press association, Ihe
Carpenter lJuper ciinpnny, the Western
Type Foundry, the VWstern Newspaper
fnlon, the IJn!n.er Art gallery. Mayor
Pahlmans Rev. Mr. Mackay, Colonel 1. w.
McCulough of the Hee and all others who
have contributed to our pleasure or our
comforts during our stay In this city.
We desire also to congratulate the peo
ple of the state of Nebraska aa well as
' the people of the metropolis on the rapid
and substantial growth of the city of
Omaha during the pest deende. We are
proud of our great city and we realise
fully that whatever adds to Omaha's great
ness also adds to the greatness of the state
at large, aa we also reallme that any good
that comes to the state will add to the,
gond of our great city.
Whereas. This Is an age of reform and
the principles of publicity have been gen
erally accepted aa the best method of ac
quainting the public with the affairs of
legitimate corporations, therefore be It
Resolved, That we recommend to- the
members of the present legislature that
they enact a law requiring all Insurance
corporations to publish In at least one
newspaper In, each county In the state in
which they solicit business, by agent or
otherwise, the certificate of the auditor of
this etste, together with a brief statement
as to Ha financial standing before it will be
lawful fcr It to attempt to solicit any bus
iness In such county.
We object to the government continuing
In the commercial printing business aa we
would oppose Its entering the grocery, the
lry goods or the general merchandise bus
iness and especially when Jt does so at an
absolute loss and when In doing this It la
taking away a share of the legitimate bus
iness of the printers as la now done In sup
plying printed stamped envelopes at the'
aerno r-rl.'e that imprinted one are fur
nished. We ask our senators and represen
tatives In congress to use all honorable
',means to secure the repeal of the law
.authorizing the Poatofflce department to do
such printing. We believe that there will
.be enough aaved to the government by this
.reform to aid materially In overcoming the
alleged deficit that Madden la so anxious
about. ,
j' Way to Reduce Deficit.
We would also suggest to the powers that
'he In our national affairs that If the gov
ernment would pay Its own postage on all
'matter sent out by any departments or by
the members of congress and the president
t" In Torments a Year and a Half with
Terribla Sores on Face and Body
Hands Tied to Stop Scratching
and Tearing at Flesh But ,
J CURE BY CUTICURA
V: COMPLETE AND SPEEDY
"My little son, when about a year
and a half old began to have sores
come out on his face. I had a phy
sician treat him, but the sores grew worse.
Then they began to oome on his arms,
than on other part of hla body, and
then one came on his cheat, worse than
the others. Then I called another physi
cian. Still he grew wore. At the end
of about a year and a half of suffering
he grew so tad I had to tie his hands
in clotha at night to keep him from
aoratchirg the sore and tearing the
Rix h. He got to be a mere skuletcn,
and waa hardly able to walk. My
aunt advised me to try Cutioura Soap
and Ointment. So great was her faith
in it that she gave me a amall piece of
Cuticura Hoap to try and a little
Cuticara Ointment. I took it home
without any faith, but to please her I
tried it, and it see rued to dry up the
Bores a little. I sent to the drug store
and git a cake of Cuticura Soat and a
box of Cuticura Ointment and follnwod
' the directions, and at the end of ab- ut
two montha the sores were all well. Ho
haa nevttr had any sores of any kind
since. Ila is now strong and healthy,
and I can sincerely say that only for
your nv-t wonderful remedies my pre
oiotia child would have died from those
terrible eorea. I used only one cake of
Soap and about three boxes of Ointment,
Mra. Kgnert Sheldon, It. F. D., Ko, i,
WoodvUJt), Conn., April 22, 1U05."
r ITCHING PIMPLES
Cured by Cuticura In Nebraska.
"I had suffered with Itching plmplog
for years. At last a friend tola me to
get Cuticura Hoap and Ointment. I did
ao and in three weuks my face waa
entirely cured. I am so pleased with
Cuticura Kemediee that I will recora
. mend them to other sufferers, airs.
- Florence Del aver goo, R. P. I). No. 2,
Auburn, Neb., All. 28. 1906."
rtaaDla Cxuresi sad lawraal Tmumt tat
: Kvrf HuiiHir of liilanu,, Ctuifo and Aduiu roo
of iuiHur fc.p 26 I to t'teatia tr aia.
tuitruia u.unfit i.Vio) to hMi u Kia, tu
uik urm HcK'iteul tfioc ). (or la U? turn of llofu
Ul (. uirl H-a JV. pf vial of SO) u Parity tba
ttMxl. feolt Ujrmuitioul Uia wor!4 Poller vn
SI I I1CTU I oiy . mi, i Iiy.. HUB.
aarMaiW fna. live le Cats arw H
BABY WASTED TO
I SKFLFTUN
Bad Symptoms.
The woman who ha porVidloaJ hed
fcehea, backachn. nor. Imaginary dark
pot or specks floating or dancing before
tier eyes, baygnawlng dittrnss or heavy
full feeling Wytomach, faint spells, drag
glng-downAellng In lower abdominal or
pelvic reason, easily startled or excited,
irregurror painful period, with or witb-
arrn, is suffering irom
lerangements that should
rssnd
ntlon. Not all of above
likely to be present In any
neXlri
lme
or badly treated and inch
run Into maladies which de-
surgeon's knife It they do not
retuJVTalaiiy.
INo medicine extant hn wh long
Hfd .numerous rrci.rd i.f mm In f uc h
f.jj Pr. fierce S Favor, Ifl Tn c.tu-
- mejifir.e i:m gurri
a'lf.ifli I'"1-1-'1"' '
a At rang
i i i . '
acw taTii.yreilientA wririh n.r.. tnsnsny
TllTlll,r."ri'r""ry "nn-jirolrsOnnarTj -tjincjnialy
Ihe very U'sl Ingredients
known to medical science for the cure of
woman's peculiar ailments enter into Its
composition. No alcohol, harmful, or
habit-forming, drug U to be found In the
flat of Its Ingredients printed on each
bottle-wrapper and attested nndor oath.
In any condition of the female system,
th. Pierce's Favorite Pnorlptlon can do
only good never harm. Its whole effect I
la to strengthen, invigorate ana regulate
the whole female system and especially
the pelvic organs. '.When these are de
ranged In function or affected by disease,
the stomach and other organs of digestion
become sympathetically deranged, the
nerves are weak Vied, and a long list of
bad, unpleasant symptoms follow. Too
much must not be expected of this 'Fa
vorite Prescription." It will not porfonn
miracles: will not cure tumors no med
icine will. It will often prevent them, if
taken in time, and thus the operating;
table and the surgeon's knife may be
avoided.
Women suffering from diseases of long
standing, are Invited to consult Doctor
Pierce by letter.ree. AH correspondence
Is hrld aa strictly private and sacredly
confidential. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Dr. Pierce's Medical Adviser (1000 pages)
la 8-nt free on receipt of 81 one-cent
stamps for paper-covered, or 31 stamps
lor cloth -bound copy Address aa above.
that the alleged deficit would be entirely
overcome and that there would be mora
money ahead In the Poatofflce department
at all times. To that end we would agaia
respectfully petition our senators and rep
resentatives In congress to use all honor
able means to secure the entire abolition
of the franking privilege In all departments
of our government.
We congratulate the public on the efforts
that are now being made In congress and
out to secure a reduction In the ratea paid
to the railroad companies for carrying the
United Btatea malls. Aa an evidence that
these rates are excessive we Instance the
recent voluntary cut of over tftVJOO made by
the Burlington on Its own bid for carrying
the mulls from Chicago to the Missouri
river. We ask the help of our senators
and representative ffTcongress to bring
about this very much needed reform, which.
If secured, will- plug another hole In the
alleged deficit In the affairs of the poat
offlce. We recommend that the executive com
mittee of this association, in conjunction
with D. M. Butler of the Lincoln Legal
News, codify and vubllsh in namDhlet form
I the entire body of the printing iwa of this
"aie iu w suia to printers, puuiisners ana
all other persons Interested.
We congratulate the members of this as.
social lun on the fact that the question of
railroad advertising is now upon a purely
business basis. The railroads will adver
tise with us and pay cash therefor If they
find It profitable for them to do so, and
when we ride we will pay the cash for
our transportation Just the same aa any
other person, and thus the ataln of dead
head will be removed from our profession
an odium that has not had any right to at
tach, as we have all paid full value for
all our transportation, but which somehow
did not exist In the minds of the general
public.
The secretary of thla aaaoclatlon la re
quested In the publication of the minutes
of thla meeting to devote one page to each
of the members wha have passed away
during the last year Edward Kosewater
of The Omaha Bee, Ram D. Cox, O. D.
Wiener and Moses H. Sydenham and others
whose names this committee may have
overlooked.
President Richmond during the afternoon
made the following announcement of com
mittee! for the ensuing year:
Executive Committee Frank B. Reed
Shelton Clipper; Lewis F. Raber. Benson
Times; Will Owen Jones, Lincoln Journal;
John B. Donovan, Madison Star-Mall; c
A. Ready, Hayes Center Times-Republican.
Historical Committee A. E. 8heldon A.
E. Wells and H. M. Bushnell.
' Legal Committee D. M. Butler,
During the evening the members of fhe
association attended the Orpheum theater
as the guests of the local committee.
Madden anil Postal Rates.'
The proposed change of postal ratea on
second-class mail matter from 1 to 4 cents
per pound and other regulations affecting
particularly newspaper , publishers, to
gether with the capabilities of Third As
sistant Postmaster General Madden, waa
brought up in vigorous manner Wednesday
, morning at the second day'a meeting of
the Nebraska Press association. After
Secretary Maupln read a paper on "Mad
denlsm Run Mad," ' written by Ed A. Fry
of Niobrara, and Mra. K. O. Edgecombe
read her husband's paper on "Proposed
Postal Law Changes," the following reso
lution, offered by Rose L. Hammond of
Fremont, waa adopted:
Whereas. Under the guise of necessity
for abolishing the postal deficit. It la pro
posed by the postal commiaaion appointed
by congress to greatly Increase the poatage
on second -class mail matter; and.
Whereas, The facts show that while dur
ing the last ten years the volume of aucond
class mall matter haa lncreaaed from ap
proximately JW.UuO.Ouo pounds to (60,000,000
pounds without appreciably Increasing the
deliclt, it is plain that the postal shortage
is not Justly attributable to aacond-class
matter. ,
Wbereaa, The present rate of postage on
mail matter of the second class was es-
loousnea aa a recognition and encourage-
oD'r...!sn:flcir ,nfluei,c' o(, rh: himwi,h",uhoritrfo" m"."..u;
,V". e,,,k.?n,, V.rS"11 TmlV: ' could tor himself out of the contract. He
if V L Ioro Ln J.h?. neighboring , lost hla Jot one morning, mournfully proph.
v..m ".,?lnadai.n1 h.'ener,. t,,an Pr'-leylng that the Ledger editor would be
ri.Mn ,ri".n 7"l!;8a .f?.r dl'rlbutlon dead in leas than ali months or be lan
T.ruv n'ui J"ii0-f,iClr.CUlll,l0n f ma' trulahlng In the bug house at Norfolk.
1 Wh.a ""V.. hh 1 telegraphed to fir. Belllck at the Omaha
thorm.ahi; -hiuhJrf mnit UveJ7onc? Newspaper Union to send me a printer,
department, ni ' inv.LI I'k d'ftVrfnt The next day a tall young man wltfi hand
r,?u,! iJ of government each bearing ,ome black eyes and a fine manner came In
L lmlVu Ln Vh- S"!! the malls and took his place in the composing room
thZm wm 7ul dP"rtmnt. I He was a ekilled workman and very ac
tofe b" it 8 aurpiua; there- pmpiished In the use of the English lan
Resolved. That the Nebraska i i ?uae' th"eIM h nrst week. I
i?..T,hV,reb.7.JUe?,'rd P
lA..ii '5 .econd.o a"l
matter proposed by the postal commission.
Want No Allusion to Madden.
Congressman Q. M. Hitchcock and F. O.
Edgecombe wera opposed to making any
l personal allusion to Mr. Madden In the da.
1 alT'oT" ' U"a- '':h0Uh th"
and others so disposed agreed in the mat -
ter of securing relief from the possible pa-
euge of the propoaed postal law changes.
Tk. ,,, . , . .
The matter eame up again toward the
noon hour when J. 11. Cotton of Alnaworth,
chairman of the committee on reaolutlona,
reported. . In that committee'a report Mr.
Madden waa referred to in vigorous terms.
the committee even recommending that
President Rooaevelt be requrated to make
a change In the office of the third assist
ant postmaster general and charging Mr.
Madden with superficial conceptions of the
office he holds. Mr. Bushnell of Lincoln
moved to adopt the couilttee report. ' but
the report waa held over for a special
order of business Id the afternoon.
Fry Laaacbes Oat.
Mr. Fry began his paper with:
"The United States nas Its Swattenham,
He llvos in Washington,
And his name la Madden.
Mr., Fry review the history of his maga
sine f twtng denied second-class privilege,
hs thought Mr. Madden's hostility to
Ihe press waa a disease, urged Nebraska
editors to join thoae of other statea in op
posfng Mr. Madden and auggested humor
o dispositions of the third assistant post
mnater general.
,'Io conclusion he said: "Let the press
apeak out truth and Justice and not curb Ita
sensible thought or Ita pictorial worth by
the ni.rrow processes of blue law days that
a Franklin and a Greeley and a nnett
and our own departed and revered neator '
of Jounrallam taught us to defy."
F. O. Edgecombe, being totally blind, '
asked his wife to read hla paper on "Pro
posed Postal Law Changes." Mr. Edge
combe took up the cudgel In Mr. Msdden'e
behalf, characterising him aa more the
creature of clrcurtstances. one being the
theory of whole Poatofflce Department that
of all other branches of the mall aervice
the second-class service Is losing money.
He cited that out of forty cases appealed
to the supreme court Madden had been
sustained In all but one of theae. 'There
la no reaaon why publications should not
pay a reaaonable price for aervice per
formed," ha said.
Maay rhararea r deserved.
'Madden' Idea is to throw alt reading
matter Into one class at the rata of 4
cents per pound. I think many of the
charges made against Madden are unde
served." I
Mr. Bushnell declared that the nea
paper publishers had been etngled, out by
Mr. Madden, who, the speaker said., had
never had a minute's experience aa a pub
llaher. As the result of Mr. Madden's
Ideaa. should they become effective. It was
explained that W. H. Smith's paper at
Seward, for Instance, would necessitate a
monthly postal bill of $35. aa against IS as
now. C. J. Bowtby of Crete said he thought
Madden ahould be removed from office.
Congressman O. M. Hitchcock waa called
on and advised agalnat any personal at
tack on Mr. Madden, aa such action. In hla
judgment, would bring the Nebraska ed
itors up agalnat the "big stick" at Wash
ington and would not aecura desired re
sulte. . Mr. Hitchcock said the editors
should be mindful of the fact that the
poatofflce had grown to the largeat de
partment of the country and, with the ex
ception of Canada, the preas of thla coun
try recelvea more liberal treatment from
the government than In any other country.
Great Big Job tn Perform.
"The admittance of 28,000 publlcatlona to
the maila Involves great responalblllUea In
performing his duties Mr. Madden may
make a few mlstakea, but ne naa Deen in
strumental in working numeroua reforma.
He haa locked noma with some of the
largeat publishing firms in the country and
is not singling out any obeoure publisher
aa an object for attack. Tons of stuff, de
trimental to Nebraska publlshera, have
been excluded from the maila through the
Instrumentalities of Mr. Madden. Any or
ganisation demanding Mr. Madden's retire
ment should first show that he has will
fully been arbitrary or negligent. Ne
braaka publlshera should, ' however, join
with those of other statea In requesting
that the old newspaper ratea be maintained.
I feel sure that congress will assume no
hostile attitude toward the preea and that
no censorship will be established to say
how much advertising matter a publisher
must carry or what color of Ink he shall
use to be admitted to aecond claaa ratea,"
Mr. Hitchcock said.
Kdgar Howard of Same Mind.
Edgar Howard thought the edltora ahould
defend Mr. Madden's good qualities with aa
much warmth aa they criticise hla short
comings, Mlse Predergaat aang an original song,
"Llvona," composed by J. F. Blxby, son of
Doc Blxby of Lincoln. Thia aong, sung for
the first time In publlo Tuesday morning,
waa much appreciated.
The edltora and wives will be guests of
the local committee at the Orpheum this
evening.
The meeting of the state editors will
cloae thla afternoon with election of of
flcere, papers by A. W. Ladd on "Twenty
seven Years In One Office," A. L. Gale on
"City Daily and Country Weekly." Mlas
Rose Hudspeth on "A Woman's Editor's
Experience," and an address by Alfred
Darlow, general advertising agent for the
Union Pacific, on "Railroad Advertising
the Railroad View."
EXPERIENCE OF WOMA7I EDITOR
Mlse Hadspetk Makes Addreaa that Is
Crlap and Cnte.
Miss Rose Hudspeth of the Stuart Led
ger, who would need no Introduction to a
much larger audience than has gathered
at this' convention, haa been one of the
brightest lights at the mettlnga. She. de
livered an address yesterday afternoon on
"A Woman Editor's Experience," that waa
rather characteristic, for Mtsa Hudapeth
dealt with "Man,", a subject on which ahe
Is known to have well-aetinea views, uite
many other good things, however, this ad
dreaa must be denied tn aome of Its parts
to readers of The Bee because It was nearly
aa long as It waa good. But here are some
extracts of It:
While the city editors are perplexed with
the subject of capital and labor, the woman
editor in a western town Is confronted with
graver problems than that of employing
rat or scab labor.
As an employer of printers, If she In
haxardous enough to enter the profession
without a protector, ahe will meet things
that will terrify any woman without a
heart full of Nebraska grit, the martyr
spirit of a FIJI missionary and the power
of encasing herself In a shell aa hard and
Impenetrable aa the ahell of a turtle.
The problem of the printer Is the first
and the worst..
The first knight of the case waa employed
six years ago by the editor of the Stuart
Ledger. The fellow waa a confirmed
drinker and opium eater, who kept hia
brawny arms as spotted aa a anake with
hla coplua infusions of the white drug that
cheers. He was fired in a month.
The next printer Informed me that a
woman had neither the nerve nor the phy
sical endurance to run a paper and do the
mechanical work, and before ne would
promise to do hia beat for me he said I
miiNl aim A onntraet tn flrlv tAU na. mnnil.
with permission to manage the political end
or tne paper, wnicn privilege waa to em-
found a crowS "of" men' -nd'hoyV Zotg'ln
front of the saloon. The printer was on
hla head, hla feet gyrating like an acro
bat. Monday morning there was not a
vestige of his beautiful black orbs. Two
ugly gleaming silts Imbedded tn swollen
flesh were In their place. I paid no at
tention, but worked with him till noon.
! iwhy Sfdn'Vou0.! 0.rnydt'n,nne;
1 eyea?" I said I did not know
he asked:
about my
eyes 7 t said l Old not know anything
was wrong with hla eyaa. 'I got drunk,
,n .J1,8'' ot "ck?d-" he muttered.
"If you will give me a chanoe, I will show
you I have the making of a man In ma.
He waa In a pitiful plight and told a st ry
of Inherited thirst for liquor. I said the
repentant sinner would have a chance to
return. The next Saturday he went down
Persons will never know what
a delicious breakfast food is until
they have eaten
WHEAT FLAKE CELERY
mm
the ideal food for all classes, the
result of years of investigation.
10 cants a package.
For a! by all Qror
.u ins ,.l vi.u aM'i h,iilu-.j tun
hit MM M Song OI lllS t.M!l 'Uilltulil;. At Mil'
end of eacn verse s the lelimii: Hue
tuined me down. I'm In uniir. h lady
oi the golden hair! " Next iiioining l e was
Hred. ' What shall I do 7" he aeked. '1
have no money. H.iw can I get to Omaha?
"Walk," I said. "You will be aober by the
time you get there."
t Jt a week all Main atreet anlckered aa
I walked about for newe. Hchool boy a gig
gled and sang: "Oh. lady, with ths golden
hair." The old ladles near by met at a
certain house on Main street and nightly
discussed the subject of the Ledger print
era. In the face of surmises and stories
clroulated by the gossips, the rude Jokes
of customers, and the fear of getting a
nmmt .rynlm.n thm Hrlnlt tmile. life WSS
anything but a page of sparkling wit and
humor.
I next had a alege with lady printers.
But the town waa full of bachelora and If
I left the house, a large company of ad
mirers were always found hanging w"n
tender looks over the case where the girl
printer sat. If there had been any aort of
an old codger Bitting around who would
have passed for the protector," sum sort
of dignity would have been lent to the
printing establishment. He might have
been drunk and yellow with nicotine, but
his presence would have sattstted Madam
Orundy and inspired a feeling f respuct
In the young bloods of the town. So to
protect the Ledger office, I waa forced to
shut down on the employment of lady
rrlnters, who served aa a mark for till
he smart Alexanders In the country.
Then It was I took oft my kid gloves
and went to work. I mastered enough
of the black art to be able to set up.
print and manage my own paper with
out the help of a printer.
Another problem that confronts the wo
man editor Is: "Can rhe manage a busi
ness auccessfully and at the same time
take an active part In the social lire of
her community?
Here a woman meets the same criss
cross. Jim-Jam, flim-flam regard that she
meete smong the gentlemen of the profes
sion. The being does not live who can. in
our evolutionary state of society, perform
the double function of the business man
and the society woman. If she tries It
she Is looked upon aa a hybrid of an
unusual species. If she dresses well
and takea part In the social festivi
ties the men call her allly and think she
Is bidding for attention. If ahe attends
strictly to business the men are afraid of
her. The women call her mannish and
thank their stars that they do not have
to mix with the horrid men and lose their
feminine qualities, which consist in look
ing modest, puckering the lips, wearing
heels In the middle of the foot and wlg-
f llng Delsarte, all of which make the only
rue brand of the genuine lady.
EVen If there were no misunderstand
ings, the newspaper woman cannot afford
to divide her energies if she would mnke
a success of her work. Between two evils
she must choose the least and stick to
business. She cannot serve two masters.
The political boss Is one of the first
enemies to meet and overcome, or to be
his. He laughs to himself at the idea of a
woman publisher and editor, and believes
that the only way to manage her Is to
keep her In bondage, for liberty will make
her a tyrant. The first move will be to get
her Into the double corner, penned up by
men moving to the klne; row. That done.
ahe can And no way Into the king row. If
ane escape tne double corner ahe has reason
to thank the LOrd for Hla mercies to her.
It la always chooslne between two masters.
In society. In business. In politics. No one
ran serve uod and the political bosses.
If you turn your earthly boss down you
will have to look to Ood for your pay. It
you obey Mammon you will be paid by
Mammon. If you obey God you will receive
your compensation In the coin of His
realm peace, a clear conscience and sound
sleep, put the politicians will call you
bug house and strike a blow at your pocket
book. The first time I wrote a complimentary
notice of a candidate I Bald among other
things that he was a man of virile qualifi
cations. He had a magnetic presence as
well aa fine mental equipments.
The next week a woman came In with
a wild eye and shrill voice and demanded
an explanation. "You say my hunhand Is
magnetic. What do you mean by the word
magnetic? Now, how do you know he Is
magnetic?"
I picked up a paper and aald: "My dear
Mra. Flimflam, for lack of space I did not
speak of hla family, relations. Next week
I will publish this, and I rattled off a long
ilngo about his charming wife, who would
make a aenaation in social circles at Lin
coln. "They aay you are stuck on my husband."
ahe said, half Inclined to be frank and
trust me. Then she told me the neighbors
had said a great many unkind things about
the way I entertained the candidates and
politicians.
After a while I got tired of compliment
ing offlceseekera and fixing up explanations
for wives and gossips, who always looked
with suspicion upon e candidate sitting In
the front office of the Ledger. Bo I de
termined to change my policy and criticise
every man who came up for office. In or
out of my party. I publicly stated that
only a good and moral man would hence
forth get the support of the Stuart Ledger.
I dropped party lines and put everything
upon the basis of right and wrong. This
proved more fatal than compliments for
the offlceseeker. While the women only
passed uncomplimentary resolutions and
glances, the politicians combined to starve
the paper that would dare to express an
opinion without consulting the powera that
be.
Bo the woman editor Is always standing
between the devil on one side and deep
niri on tne otner. 1 nere is one consola
tion left her. It Is better to have a little
with right than great revenues with wrong.
In truth, the ledger editor la comnelled
to aay that from a worldly standpoint
Journalism for a woman In the west la a
failure If she places principle above ex
pediency. It will be still a bigger failure
If she counts expediency first, for he wfll
be used as a catsoaw. like a certain bril
liant woman of the Hawkeye state, who
was paid a big price for pulling chestnuts,
and waa banished In- disgrace from the po
litical and social circles of the metropolis.
W. H. KETCH I'M AMD HIS BEARD
Veteran from Crawford One of the
Popular Delearates.
"Who la the man with the big bunch of
alfalfa whiskers rolled up under his vest?"
asked a young newspaper proprietor. "The
wind caught them yeaterday and wrapped
them around a lamppost, and I thought
for a minute they would pull up the post
and cause a leak in the main." ,
"Oh, that's W. H. Ketchum of the Craw
ford Tribune. He founded the Salem Argus
twenty-five yeara ago, ran a paper at
Stuart, la Holt county, for a while, sind
went to Crawford In 1883. Just a few
months after the townslte waa laid out.
Outalde of hla home and hie newspaper
he has one Joy, and that's his whiskers.
They say he used to flag the Northwest
ern trains with them in the early days,
when they didn't always atop at Crawford.
I'll hall him for you, and you can have
a chat with him."
' Tea, Ji-n Dahlman and I used to roam
around that country together," aald Mr,
Ketchum, after the Introduction. "Every
body up there knows Mayor Jim. All the
old-tlmera were down to the station to see
blm when the Omaha trade excursion went
through last summer."
The veteran editor told a atory of how
"Doc" Middleton and hla gang tried to
drive him out of Holt county. Afterward
Kid Wade became leader of the gang, and
he waa hung by vigilantes.
Mr. Ketchum took great delight In meet
ing Rosa Hudapeth, editor of the Btuart
Ledger, of which he was proprietor more
than twenty yeara ago. He told her he
had alwaya wanted to see the woman who
edited auch a breeiy paper.
Mr. Ketchum and H. L. Scogglns. editor
of the Platte Valley Newa at Bridgeport,
almost became Involved In a quarrel aa
to which had coma the greatest distance
to the convention. Mr. Bcoggtns declared
ha was willing to fight It out In the edi
torial ring, and proposed to make arrange
ments whereby papers could be exchanged
while the battle was on. Mr. Ketchum ob
jected, saying his entire county of Dawes
had but one subscription to the PHtte Val
ley Newa, and he wanted hla people to
read both aides of the controversy. A plan
to buy a column of the Scott a Bluff Hepub
llcan was discarded because Mr. Ketchcm
aid he needed the money, having paid no
aalarlea for three montha to editors, re
porters, pressmen or foreign correspond
ents. The flght waa settled when the men
agreed to take the word of the Burling
ton passenger department at to whether
Crawford or Bridgeport la farthest from
Alliance.
Kdltor Bcogglns Is using his paper to
boost Irrigation In the Platte Valley and
dry farming on the plateaus. He reports
that the Trl-Stata Land company haa al
most completed Ita dltcb us far down the
river as Bayard, which la a few miles
above Bridgeport, and will have water In
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If You Can Trust The People-They Know Vhat They Vant. I
OYER 5,000,000 BOTTLES SOLD ANNUALLY ffl
l w i?"v rV And the gale Increasing each yrr leaves no room yj
ivl I la08tion U0 wisdom of the people's v-,r,'I
Ul rVbkvv Choice of a Cough Remedy. fjT A vj
1 rk Lock for the Bell on M Bottle.
Mi ?f2g$f jmj arraortn, oaxr L"" )M .
y THE L E. SUTHERLAND MEDICINE CO, foe. t-T d
it May 1; also that a larger acreage of
crops will be planted on the highlands thla
year thnn ever beforei He aaya Bridgeport
has 600 Inhabitants, and when It becomes
a division point on- either the Union Pa
cific's new line, or on the Burlington for
It has a chance for both It will soon grow
to 6.000.
LAMEXTATIOS9 OF DOC
DIKBY
Verses by Wooater Rise t'p and Cost
the Clarnra.
Doe Blxby of the Btate Journal was talk
ing with Ave editor friends Irt the lobby
of the Murray hotel Wednesday morning,
when a seventh editor sailed up tn the
buncli and shoved a torn and age-saffroned
newspaper clipping under Blxby'e nose. He
commanded Blxby to read It aloud for the
delectation of the scribes.
Importuned on all sides, Mr. Blxby could
not do otherwise. Prom that paper of
about ten years ago he read how "Dr. A.
L. Blxby, who used to be editor of a popu
list paper over In Platte county, finding
that there was more glory than cash In
fighting the people's battlea, had nult the
cause and been engaged at a good salary
to write cnmpalgn rubbish he didn't be
lieve for the Lincoln Btate Journal."
Then the clipping quoted these verses of
Representative Wooeter of Merrick county,
attempting to describe Mr. Hlxby's secret
feelings:
'On O street Blxby hove In sight, his
eyes were sad though blue; I grasped him
firmly by the hand, just as I used to do
Ah, Blx,' said I, 'where Is your fat? You're
thin aa thin can be. You used to weigh
600 pounds, but now not more than three.'
Don't Joke me thus, my whiskered friend.
it makes me feel so sad; If you but knew
my Borrows now, to them you would not
add. I cannot tell you all,' said Blx, 'but
tls enough to know that these goldurned
republicans give me no earthly show. Ood
meant me for an honest man, and honest
The General Condemnation of So-Called Patent
or Secret Medicines
of an injurious character, which indulge in extravagant and unfounded pretensions
to cure all manner of ills, and the
National Legislation Enacted to Restrict Their Sale
have established more clearly than could have been accomplished in 'any other way
The Value and Importance oi Ethical Remedies.
Remedies which physicians sanction for family use, as they act most beneficially and
are gentle yet prcmpt in effect, and called ethical, because they are of
Known Excellence and Quality and o! Known Component Parts.
To gain the full confidence of the Well-informed of the world and the approval of
the most eminent physicians, it is essential that the component parts be known to and
approved by them, and, therefore, the California Fig Syrup Company has published for many
years past in its advertisements and upon every package a full statement thereof. The per
fect purity and uniformity of product which they demand in a laxative remedy of an ethical
character are assured by the California Fig Syrup Company's eriginal method of manufacture,
known to the Company only.
There are other ethical remedies approved by physicians, but the product of
the California Fig Syrup Company possesses the advantage over all other family laxatives
that it cleanses, sweetens and relieves the internal organs on which it acts, without
disturbing thc natural functions or any debilitating after effects and without having to
increase the quantity from time to time.
This valuable remedy has been long and favorably known under the name .of
Syrup of Figs, and has attained to world-wide acceptance as the most excellent of
family laxatives, and as its pure laxative principles, obtained from Senna, are well
known to physicians and the Well-informed of the world to be the best of natural
laxatives, we have adopted the more elaborate name of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of
Senna, as more fully descriptive of the remedy, but doubtlessly it will always be
called for by the shorter name of Syrup of Figs; and to get Its beneficial effects,
always note, when purchasing, the full name of the Company California Fig Syrup Co.
plainly printed on the front of every package, whether you simply call for Syrup
of Figs, or by the full name, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of Senna is the one laxative remedy manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Company, and the same heretofore known by the name, Syrup of Figs, which
has given satisfaction to millions. The genuine is for sale y all leading druggists
throughout the United States in original packages of one size only, the regular price
of which is fifty cents per bottle. , '
Every bottle is sold under the general guarantee of the Company, filed with the
Secretary of Agriculture, at Washington, D. C, the remedy is not adulterated or mis
branded within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act, June 30th, 1906.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
Louisville, Ky. v
I would be. but that Infernal maw of mine
kaa been the curse of me. To keep It full
and feed the kids. I He to them for hire,
and, worst of all. It seema to me, men
know I am a liar. It dally preya upon my
mind; my soul Is sorely rift, and it gets
worse and worse, my friend, aa I write my
Dally Drift. I'm tired of harping on Bil
greene and that ancient, speckled pig; I'd
rather go to hell at once, or In Cuban
trenches dig. I think I'll shake the beastly
gang, though I hate again to flop, but I
gueas I'll do it Just the same, and bo a
happy Pop.' " (
Taking his cue from the roar that fol
lowed the reading, Mr. Blxby waved the
bunch to the cigar counter.
RECORDS IN LAND OFFICE
Secretaries Tell How Dinger Hermann
Kept Copies of Correspond
ence with Others. ,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. When the trial
of Representative Blnger Hermann of Ore
gon, charged with destruction of public
records while he was commissioner of the
general land office, waa resumed today tes
timony for the government waa Introduced
to show the methods of handling corre.
apondence in Mr. Hermann's office.. The
testimony did not Indicate the destruction
of the records, but related simply to the
methods followed by clerks in that commis
sioner's office In transcribing, copying and
mailing the commissioner's letters.
The former private secretaries to Mr.
Hermann when he was commissioner of the
general land office. Dr. Harry R. Roger
and Elliott P. Hough, testified relating to
the methods of. handling correspondence In
that office. Both of them declured that
during the latter part of Mr. Hermann's
term of office a much larger proportion of
the letters were taken Into the defendant's
divisions of the land office to be copied.
Mr. Hough admitted that Mr. Hermann
San Francisco, Cal.
U. S. A.
London, England.
had dictated letters to him directed, among
other things, to former Senators Mitchell,
Simon and Corbett, and that this corre
spondence In the ordinary course of busi
ness would have been copied In the Com
missioner's private letter book. Mr. Hough
identified a number of leters written by
himself and elgned by Mr. Hermann, moat
of which were probably copied In the per
sonal letter press books.
LINCOLN SHAFT FUND CLOSED.
Over Two Thousand Dollars Collected
by Piiar High School
Classes.
The campaign for raising funda for the
Lincoln statue to be placed in the hlj,h
school grounds was closed Tuesday even
ing with a total of lttX credited to the
fund. The amounts raised by the several
high school classea were; Senior, (.91;
Junior, $427; sophomore, 1653; freshman, JiW. .
The sum of $4k waa received from the other'
sources. Principal Waterhouse announced '
Wednesday morning that the fund had been,
closed and no more soliciting was au- -thorlxed.
The classes did better than waa'
thought they would do. although all entered
Into the work with spirit.
The statue will be completed at Vienna,
about April 1 and will be In Omaha In time
to be placed before the closing week of 1
school. The unveiling of the statue will'
be one of the important feature of the clasa
exerciseM this year.
Legislators Fear Smallpox.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. Feb. 20 Senator
McAllister presented a resolution In the
senate today requesting the State Board of.
Health to convene at once In Jefferson City
and take such action as may be deemed
necessary to prevent the spread of small,
box. The resolution was adopted. City
Physician J. F. Lopp, In a sworn statement
says there are only thirty-eight cases of
smallpox In the city, and all are qtiaran
tined. He thinks there la no danger of
apread of the disease.
New York, N. V.