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TIIE OMAIIA' DAILY BEE: MONDAY, Al illL 1, 1907. r , 4 The Omaha Daily Kee FOUNDED BY EDWARD Rl (SEWATKR. VICTOR ROSEWATKH. EDITOR. Kntered al Omaha poetofflce aa second claaa matter., TBRM8 OK SUBSCRIPTION. Pall Bee (without Sunday), ona year. ..MOO Pally H and Sunday, one year .W Sunday Bee, one year !W Baturdav lire, one year 1. 50 DELIVERED Br CARRIER falljr Bee (Including ftunday), per week..l5e Dally (without Sunday), per week...loc Evening B-e (without Sunday), per week. Vs Evening hr (with Sunday), per week lo Address complaints of Irregularities In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hull Building. Council H luff a 10 Pearl Street. ChlcaRO 1. Unity Building. New York lios Home Life Inaursn- Bids'. Washington oftl Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and ed itorial mutter should be addressed : Omaha bee. Editorial Iepartment. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to Tli Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-eent stamps received In payment of mall acoounta. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE HE0 PUBLISH INO COM PA NT. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss: Charles C. Roeewater, giern ral manager of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning, Evening and Bunriay Bee printed during the nonth of February, 1907, was) at follows: 1 31,600 II 31,980 S13M IT 80,390 ... 30,100 II 33,030 4 31,630 II 33,000 B 31,680 10 38,650 31,670 11 33,470 7 33,120 It 39,400 31.060 II 33,060 9 33,130 14 30,630 10 30,450 11 33,080 11 '31,760 11 31,860 12 31,670 II 33,060 13 31,640 II 33,130 14 31,640 It 31,860 Total 390,730 Less unsold and returned copies.. . 9,763 Net total 686.987 Dally average 31,677 CHARLES C. ROSETWATER, OemraJ Manaier. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to Derore me mis lit aay of March, law. (Seal) M. B. HUNGATB, Notaxy Public, when out or TOWS. Subscribers leaving; the city tens porarlly should have The Be mailed to them. Address will be chanced a often aa requested. Now for the legislative home stretch. It looks like a dog-fall between Mayor "Jim" and Dr. Miller. The public is lean concerned about ex-presidents than It Is about next pres idents. The bill to stop the county Jail feed ing graft In Douglas county must not be lost in the shuffle. Senator Foiaktr will not admit that be Is out for the presidency, nor can be deny that he Is out for the president Guessing on the makeup of the next Omaha police board is .harmless pas lime." But Governor Sheldon gets the last guess. William AJlen White declares that "a majority of the women of Emporia are asleep most of the .time." Now, bow does bo know? About everything has been suggested In the way of regulating railroad rates except -the abandonment of the Wall street differential. The London Lancet Is demanding to know "what Is a sausage V If the Lan cet editor relishes them, be had better smother his curiosity. Steam shovel engineers at Panama want their wages increased to $300 a month. Next thing they will be asking for salaries Instead of wages. The announcement that New York women are seeking positions as street sweepers Is an indication that long skirts are to be fashionable again. A New York boy has run away from borne because be could not get enough pie. lie will likely torn up later as a machine politician In Philadelphia. Those Boston scientists are respect fully Informed the people are more troubled about the destination of their souls than about the weight of them. The Standard Oil company and the European Petroleum union have reached an agreement that Is "mutually satis factory" to all concerned except the consumer. Texas proposes to pass a law making It a felony for a man to lay a wager on any game of chance. Texas see ins determined to keep John W. Gates out of the state. One republican paper down at Lin coln predicts the re-election of the democratic candidate for mayor. That does not look very good for a repub lican stronghold. Former Seuator Burton says he Is going to divide his time between talking and writing on public questions. II U division of time leaves him no chance to do any thinking. The railroads preparing to test the constitutionality of the employers' lia bility "act might make it a dead letter by devising plans of saving their em ployes from accidents. Although only two days were spe cially appointed for cleaning up, there Is nothing to prevent any good cltlxen from cleaning up at any time and as often as his premises need It. Investigation shows thst the contrac tors who decorated the Pennsylvania capltol building made a profit of 4,305 per pent. Yet some people Insist that iLere Is no prosperity la the country. the rntvARr election law. The primary election, law Just en acted by the Nebraska legislature, while by no means perfect In all Its details, will furnish the Timeus for a practical trial of the state-wide primary that should prove to what extent this reform will accomplish the object aimed at, namely, to bring the nomination of candidates for office n closo to the peo ple as possible. The new law provides for a uulfonn primary for all ix.ltticnl parties at the same time and places, conducted by regular election officers. It pro vides for straight plurality nomina tions. It provides for an official ballot made up of names tiled either by petition or by declaration of the candidates themselves with an extremely moderate filing fee. It pro vides for an alphabetical ballot, except possibly Id Douglas county, ami seems to leave uncertain the form of the bal lot here. It provides for a declaration of paity affiliation as distinguished from the so-called wide-open primary. The law permits fusion by the nomina tion of the some candidates on more than one party ticket. Its weakest provisions are those relating to party organization, which seems to have been made entirely appointive, thus depriv ing the voter of any direct voice in the party management. The penalty clauses are comprehensive and should go far to prevent fraud and trickery In the vot ing and In the count. The most notable change made In the law In legislative transit was its transformation from a closed primary to a wide open primary and the subse quent restoration of the closed primary feature. The minority members ap parently wanted the open primary with out disclosure of party affiliation for the purpose of protecting them In the process of fusion and preventing a dis play of weakness on the part of demo crats in populist districts and popu lists In democratic districts. The closed primary, however, has the endorsement of Colonel Bryan, who Is the demo cratic fountain head, and no democrat therefore, can find serious fault with It The closed primary Is absolutely neces sary to Insure the Integrity of parly nominations, so that republican tickets shall be made up by republicans, demo cratic tickets by democrats and popu list tickets by populists. It is not to be expected that the new primary law will not disclose objec tionable features, but the thing to do Is to put It in force in good faith and strengthen Its weak spots later. A SPOILT EXPERIMENT. It is greatly to be regretted that an adjustment has been made of the dif ficulties besetting the good people of Nebraska City because of the failure of all the different candidates for munici pal offices to file their names In time to get on the official ballot. When It was discovered that there were no legal filings the town clerk de termined to put out a blank official bal lot on which every voter would be re quired to write in the name of every candidate for whom he wished to be re corded for each office to be filled. This would have given a city election without any of the mechanical devices to facili tate the selection of any particular set of candidates. It would bave provided an experiment In what has often been pictured aa the Ideal election an elec tion In which every participant would have to know for whom he wished to vote and be able to write the name legibly to Indicate his choice. Under such, circumstances, it le supposed that the votes would be cast for the men rather than for the party which named them and complete nonpartisanshlp in augurated. The authorities of Nebraska City, however, seem to have gotten together by consent and tolerance to overlook the techlneal defect which ruled ont the candidates' filings and will supply a bal lot aa of old, unless some one objects seriously enough to ask for court Inter ference. This being the -case, we will have to wait awhile longer for a prac tical demonstration of an election with out a printed ballot FOR INDUSTRIAL PEACE. President Roosevelt's plan for the es tablishment of a commission for the promotion of industrial peace is taking tangible form. It bad its inception lu the award to the president of the Nobel peace prise of $40,000 foe his services in ending the Russo-Jap war. At his request, congress passed a law author izing the establishment of the perma nent industrial peace commission and the president turned over to that body the $40,000 to be used as the nucleus of a fund for furthering the work. The first meeting of the trustees has been held and tentative plan for future work discussed. Chief Justice Fuller of the supreme court of the United States has been elected president for mer Mayor Seth Low of New York, vice president and John Mitchell of the Miners' union secretary. Those se lected to be members of the "Industrial peace committee" of ulne, required by the congressional act, are: On ' the part of the public: Archbishop Ireland, Marcus N. Marks of New York and Ralph M. Easley of New York. On the part of employers: Fl H. Gary, chairman finance committee. United States Bteel corporation; Lucius Tuttle, president Boston Maine railroad, and J. Gunby Jordan of Columbus, (la. On the part of employes: Samuel Qom pers, president of the American Federation of Labor; Daniel Keefe, president of the Longshoremen's association, and Warren S. Stone, president International Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers. Wlill,? It Is not the jurimse of the commission to act as arbitrators in dis putes between laborers and their em ployes, all MMsible"B.ld will Re extended in encouraging this method of settling differences. The commission projoses to hold annual conferences In Washing ton, to which labor and capital will be Invited to send delegates, for the dis cussion and publication of the matters at issue between employers and the employ?d and to take steps to secure proper representation of the facts In controversy In every disagreement be tween these parlies. The amount now In hand Is but $40,000, although It la expected that the fund will be swelled by contributions from different sources until the Income derived from It will enable the commission to carry out the work on the very elaborate scale which the president has outlined. Practically unlimited good can be accomplished by the Judicious work of the committee and the president deserves the warm commendation for providing the means and the method for making nearer pos sible an universal Industrial peace so much desired by employers and em ployed. CONSULAR FEHVICK REFORM. The administration at Washington has delivered another body blow at the po litical spoils system by adopting a plan of selecting American consuls by com petitive examinations. The result of the first examination furnished abundant proof of the need of radical reform In this branch of the service. With twenty vacancies in the service, 100 applicants presented themselves for examination. Preliminary investigation reduced' the list of avallables to twenty, and only ten of these passed the required examina tion. Another examination will be held in July. The questions presented to the ap plicants were all practical, dealing with the commerce, industries and resources of the United States, modem history, international and commercial law, geog raphy and arithmetic. Knowledge of such subjects, In the opinion of the ad ministration, Is essential to successful consular work. The positions pay $2,000 per annum and promotion promises to be rapid, as there Is a constant and in creasing demand for better men In the American Jonsular service. This step of putting the American consular and diplomatic service on a sound basis has been too long delayed. The custom has been to use the consular positions as patronage for members of congress, for the reward of the polit ically faithful, and the result has been disastrous, so far as our competition with foreign trained men in the consular field has been concerned. The Amer ican consul Is simply the commercial agent, the drummer, of American indus tries, and this work baa been left In the bands of politicians who have had no sense of the importance of their posi tions, but have looked upon the con sular service as a means of buying, re taining or rewarding supporters. Ger many and Great Britain make the great est commercial use of their consuls. The men consider commercial experience as an essential part of their training and they have had little difficulty In achiev ing success in securing foreign trade in competition with the political consuls selected by the United States. Plans for reform in the service have been considered by congress for years without tangible results, the senators and representatives refusing to enthuse over any system that meant loss of ratronage to them. The adoption of the reform system Is due to the demands of American manufacturers and exporters that the consular service be equipped as an aid to the American plan for achieving the commercial and industrial supremacy of the world. Under the new system, young men have the assurance of permanency aa an Incentive for proper training for the service, so long as consular positions are not to be used as payments for political debts. The new system doubtless will be appreci ated and approved by the manufac turers and business Interests of the country, but it is going to be rough on the politicians. THE ROUMANIAN R10T8. Americans must be interested In the principles involved in the riots that are threatening the life of the Roumanian government, however indifferent they may be to the details of the slaughter Incident to these disturbances. The dis order bad its origin In the refusal of the government to keep Its pledges of religious liberty to Its subjects and in the ownership of nearly all of the lands of the country by great syndicates of absentee landlords. Both of these abuses are repugnant to American Ideals and forms of government, and to that extent American sympathy is ill with held from the peasants who, armed with axes and cudgels, are defying the mili tary forces of the country. The Roumanian government has vio lated its obligations to the treaty of Berlin, in 1878, In which it solemnly agreed to grant religious freedom to all its subjects. Laws have been passed and enforced by use of the military which were in effect anti-Semitic dec larations. Jews have been prohibited by law from carrying on any trade ex cept by special authorization of the Parliament. They are not allowed to be peddlers, pharmacists, dealers In to bacco, railway employes, customs agents or physicians In public service. Tho re sult has been the practical Impoverish ment of the 2."0,OtiO Jews of the country, who are compelled to pay taxes for the support of schools and other Institutions from which their children are barred. In addition to this unjust government, the control of tha lands Is In the hands of the alleged nobility and absentee landlords ' who draw support f roui the soli without leaving any reward for the farmers, who constitute more than SO per cent of the population. The authorities at Washington have lken asked to take some step looking to the amelioration of the condition of the Roumanian peasants. In liK.'i. Mr. Hay, then secretary of state, addressed a -- circular note to the powers asking that Roumanla bo required to comply wllh Its treaty obligations relating to re ligions freedom for its subjects, but nothing came of It Posihly this gov ernment may renew Mr. Hay's request, as the reports show that the government of Roumanla must accord its subjects adequate rights and proper protection, If It Is to retain the respect of the civ ilized world. The local democratic organ tries to make out that the new direct primary election law Is In line wllh the prin ciples of democracy. That may lx true In the abstract, but in the concrete It Is decidedly at variance with dcmocritic practice and precedent lu Nebraska, The democrats In this city njvl state never undertook to bring party nomina tions within reach of the rank and tile until forced to do so by republican legis lation. The republicans, oil the other hand, took up with the direct primary long before required by law to do so. The Panama Canal commission has filed a claim at Kingston for $1!V00 for the use of tents and supplies fur nished to the earthquake sufferers. It Is necessary, of course, to make a proper accounting of the government material and funds In the hands of the Panama commission, but there should be some way of cutting the red tape and pre senting the bill to congress, charging It to profit and loss or doing something with It besides sending It to the suffer ers for whose relief the supplies were forwarded. The World-Herald Is mistaken when It assumes that tlie state senate Tins turned down all the demands of tho state uulverslty for money for perma nent Improvements. ' All the senate has done has been to confine the uulverslty drafts to the proceeds of the special 1-inill levy instead of giving an addi tional big slice out of the general fund. There is no danger that the university will be crippled, its growth obstructed, or Its prestige Impaired, by keeping the proportions within the limits of reason. With the resumption of building oper ations we again have the nuisance pro duced by the sieve-bottomed dirt wagou scattering its contents over the pave mfiits. We doubt If another city of Omaha's size and metropolitan preten tions tolerates this inexcusable abuse, which can be so easily prevented by requiring the use of -tight-bottomed wagons or carts. It Is time for a new deal with the dirt haulers. After figuring it up, the railroad tax bureaucrats have come to' the con clusion that all the cities, towns and villages along their lines will gain by terminal taxation as well as Omaha and that the railroads will have to pay the bills' This ceralnfy puts the rail road Tappers,' who Ttought terminal tax ation under pretense, that it would hurt their borne towns,. In. a very awkward hole. Colonel Bryan's correspondence with Henry M. Whitney is plainly a con tinuation of the little debate In which these two democrats of opposing schools engaged in recently , in Omaha. There is no danger, however, of either being able to convert the other to his way of thinking. Some day Omaha will be permitted to frame and adopt its own city char ter. When that flay comes, charter amendments will not stand or fall ac cording as one or another set of public works contractors has the longest pole to reach with In Lincoln. The railroads centering at New Or leans are to spend $2,000,000 on a union depot and $3,000,000 in Improving ter minal facilities. The Wall street tip that the country is heading for tho demnltion bow-wows must not have reached New Orleans. Our amiable democratic contemporary is still objecting tot the' party declara tion required for a closed primary. Why should that be so objectionable? Are the democrats ashamed to proclaim their democracy? Conductor Paur of the IMttsburg or chestra has had his salary increased to $12,000 a year. At that rate, a first class musician will soon be drawing as much money as a high grade base ball pitcher. An Ohio mayor has refused bis pay, saying he did nothing to earn It. That's what he missed by neglecting his early education In lariat throwing. . John a r-oR-t he-Spot. Kansas City Times. But could even Foraker, with all his temorlty, have suppoaed that he could owagfrr around the neighborhood of the White House with a chip on his shoulder and not have 11 knocked oft? The Point of View. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The sharks ara blaming President Roose velt for tho unsettled eonnttlon In U'a'l street, but when everything- is coming their way they Invariably attribute It to their own foresight an d wisdom. Hot Pace Sanders Ties. Baltimore News. According to figures compiled by the Cen sus bureau, a divorce suit Is filed every two minutes and a dtvorci granted every three minutes during working hours of court officials fn the United States. Doubt less the record will be further Improved as the country progresses along present lines. Another Bln Called Off. Kansas City Times. The railroads of Indiana and Ohio have ' Kissed back" on another bluff which they attempted to w;rk, on the legislatures of these two states when the 2-cert fare laws were und"r consideration. They threatened to withdraw all excursion rates In either state if the laws were passed. Notwithstanding- their threats, however, the laws were carried Into effect, but the railroads. Instead of withdrawing the ex cursion rtes hhve voted to continue Ihcm, sad at a lower (Wure tbaa heretofore. Sinn LIGHTS O THE l.KCSHLATl TF Madison Chronicle: The republicans down In the state legislature must "stlrk one by each" If they want to maintain the Integ rity of the party. Redeem every platform pledge and come home with a clear con science. , Tobias Express: Last Saturday morn Ing's Bee announced that Culdloe of Saline was among the republicans that voted ajralnst terminal tsxatlon. Wonder If he calls that "doing all In my power to help regulate the railroads," as he expressed himself In the convention last July. Or does he suppose the men who nominated him and the men who voted for him have forgotten his words? Lexington Tloneer: The railroad cappers In Dawsrin county who worked so hard last fall and accomplished the defeat of the republican nominee for the legislature, M. W. Gregory, don't appesr to have gslneJ much by their labor. Mr. Worthing ap pears to be lined up squarely against the railroads and so far has cast his vote In the Interest of measures that are for the benefit of the people. Springfield Monitor: It Is to be regretted that Representative Whitney of Sarpy was unable, through sickness, to be present to record hli name against the railroads In the vote on the terminal taxation hill. ( His heart was with the measure, though, and had his vote been necessary to carry the bill "Old Whit" would have been there even If he had to be carried on a stretcher. He Is built that way. Grand Island Independent: No little credit should be given to those of th fuslonlet who, seeing meritorious legisla tion undertaken by the republicans of the legislature, have been broad enough to drop party advantage and Join the republicans for the benefit of the people of the state and have voted with the republicans. Among these are Quackenbush of Nemaha, Mr. Fries of Howard and several others. Orand iKland Independent: It Is to be doubted If there are two other members of the legislature who stood up under as fierce a fire during the Inst two weeks, and who yet refused to yield an Inch, as did Representatives A. L. Bcudder and E. O. White of Hall county. When their fellow citizens placed them In nomination they did so in the belief that these two men would carry out the platform of the party. The Messrs. Scudder and White, upon their nomination, promised they would. They have done so. Loup City Northwestern: The legisla ture Is making good this week by passing the terminal tax measure, the state-wide primary and the anti-pass laws, three of the principal things asked for by the re publican state convention. While Brother Brown slipped from the path of rectitude on the terminal, he partially redeemed himself on the other two measures by giv ing them his vote, and we are prepared to forgive him for his sidestep, especially as the terminal Question won out In spite of all. Bloomfleld Monitor: The Monitor Is not a little surpriped at the vote of State Rep. resentattVe George W. Saunders on the railroad terminal taxation bill recently passed by the legislature. It Is even more surprised, that In voting the way he did, he chose to repudiate the republican state platform, cn the strength of which he was so easily elected to the position of honor he occupies. While Mr. Saunders never signed the pledge to personally sustain the state convention platform, he was never theless In honor tound to assist in tha redemption of its each and every pledge. His vote on this bill Is taken to mean not alone a clean cut repudiation of those pledges, but a positive betrayal of the confi dence imposed In him by the republicans of his district. Crete Vidette Herald: Last week we gave our full representation credit for having faithfully stood by the several planks of the republican platform and by the plighted pledges made to the people last fall. But before the ink was dry word reached us that Representative Culdlce had "slipped a cog." He went over to the McMullen-Klllen-Hamer-Wllson crowd, voted against th terminal taxation bill, and received the applause of the railroad lobby. The sound that will greet their ears from their constituents will be of a different variety. Sixteen republicans flocked with twenty four fuslonlsts and made the sum total of forty, but fifty-one stalwart republicans and five fuslonlsts voted for the bill. The twenty-four fuslonlsts are partly excusable, were not pledged by their platform, and had the bill been defeated they would have Charged Its defeat to the wicked repub licans, who violated their party pledges. Columbus Telegram: At last Omaha has won Its stout fight for terminal taxation of railroad property for city purposes, and the railroads will now be compelled to pay a share of taxes for the support of the city government. It Is still contended by some politicians that this new terminal tax law will rob the country -districts of the state In order to help Omaha. The Tele gram regards the principle of terminal taxa tion as Just right, and It will work right, not only in Omaha, but in Columbus and every other town where the railroads own property other than rails and ties and the ground on which the tracks are laid. Many owners of homes In Omaha have been com pelled to pay aa much city tax on the home as the great railroad companies have pild on their Il.0fi0.0cl0 depots. Many home own ers In Columbus are now paying as muoh city tax on the home aa the Union Pacific 1b paying on all Its buildings In this city. The terminal tax law means that the rail roads must pay city taxes on all such property. The principle of the new law must be right. It cannot be wrong to ey by law that a great corporation must pay city taxes In proportion as the small home owner paye such taxes. ' Friend Telegraph: Wshen th present Ne brnska legislature adjourns they will have pretty thoroughly redeemed the promises made the people prior to their election. About the only one there will be to regret their action during the present session will be the ward heeler, the corporate pass distributor and the corner rond politicians whore only occupation has been to run caucuses and conventions. The people have no Inclination to Injure the corporations doing business In this state by adverse legislation. The refusal to pay their pro portion of the taxation by two of the great corporations doing business In this state has been the straw which has broken the camel's back and opened the eyes of the people to the situation as It has for many years existed In this state, to the great detriment of the people who on looking over every train passing over the road ss.w that about one-half of all the passengers rode on passes have concluded to eliminate the pasa from politics, a thing which would allow regular fares to be lowered at least one-third. The fact that railroad earninfi have mounted up to so great an amount as to compel the watering of stocks in order to keep the net earnings below what the people would consider an adequate re turn for the Investment will be tn the future another reason for attacking the already too high freight rates, which w predict must be lowered by the corporations themselves or the people will do It for them through future legislatures. The peo ple will for a time at least have an eye upon the operations of these corporations, whom they greatly desire should In the future carefully attend to their business as common carriers as servants of the ptople and not assume the roll as masters In jx.lltVs or assuming the roll of political bosses over almost every county la thU state a "WOMAN'S RIGHTS. The Dignity and Sacredncss of Motherhood. Think of the greatest man who has ever lived tipon this earth, and then think of him as he lay, an infant, in his mother's arms. Does it sem possible that he should have prown, become Rteat in the world's estimate and perhaps had monuments erected to perpetuate his mcm or)', and yet that the world should have forgotten even the name of tha woman who bore him ? The son's work is the mother's primarily and,' therefore, the recognition of the dignity ami tender sacredncss of moth erhood should no longer he delayed. It is high time that'this country's greatest treasures ths women who have contributed largely to MAKE IT WHAT IT is should be recognized. y'hy should not these good mothers lie given th t if;b.t to vote and have a voice in our government a right that is accttded to so,ne of the most ignorant, most insignificant and vilest of men It has been well said that "for every monument to a gTeat man there should be a monument to his mother and the mother's monument should be built first." But. it is not so much the purpose of this brief article to advocate tne just rights and privilef;9 due to ths women of tins country, although it has afforded the' writer tfreat pleasure to pen the fore- f;oiiifr brief tribute to their worth and list deserts, as it is to call attention to the fact that when broken down In health and strength by over-work, the too frequent bearing of children, the never ending toil, worry and care of the household, or by whatever may over tax the strength and delicacy of her sensitive system, there is ont, tried and proven. $af remedy upon which she msy rely to regain health, strength and tho" power to fully enjoy life. That remedy is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription -a remedy made wholly from the roots of native forest plants which have been proven to be most tffxcnrioui, reliable and safe in the cure of woman's peculiar weaknesses, period ical pains, irregularities, wasting and weakening catarrhal, pelvic drains and kindred ailments. It is a remedy, the makers of which print its formula on every bottle-wrapper and attest its com' fleten and correctnesi under oath; a remedy devised ami adapted to woman's delicate constitution by an educated physician an experienced specialist in woman's diseases; a remedy, every in rredientflwhlch has received the writ ten en(Irsetaent of tKe most eminent msdicarVrlteVs of all theeveral schools of practicXfofX the cureVf woman's peculiar disasM; a remedySwhlch has more bona-fide eyres to its credit than any other sold by lirugpslYjthtriaa's special requirement iyfiJir oljne which contains DlTalcohol urOiu make op Delicate, weak, nervous women should especially shun the use of alcoholic medicines which, from their stimulat ing and exhileratlng effects may seem, for a time, to do good, but which, from the inevitable effects of the alcohol in shrinking up the red corpuscles of the blood, are sure to do great and lasting barm in the long run. Besides they beget a craving for stimulants which is most deplorable. "Favorite Prescrip tion" is the one remedy for woman's ills whioh contains no alcohol. Only Invigorating and nerve strength ening effects can follow the nse of this famous medicine for women. It can not possibly do harm in any state or condition of the system. If a woman has bearing down, or dragging pains, low down in the abdo men, or pelvis, backache, frequent PERSONAL, notes. "San Franolsoo la so large a town," say the Portland Oregonlan, "that In order to put the ltd on the Kuef must come off." New, York, ClnoinnaU and . Kansas City have been selected by the Methodist ohurch as the clUes most urgently In need of mis sionary effort and salvation. It Is recalled In Washington that In his maiden speech In the United States senate In 1887 John C. Spooner attracted much at tention from the older senators by his words of warning against overcapitalisation of railroads by the states. W. W". Plnley, the new president of the Southern railway, following the example of his predecessor, Samuel Spencer, who was killed In a wreck some time ago. Is going among tho people served by his network of lines and talking with them face to face. Thomas T. Ryan, New York capitalist and Insurance promoter, has secured a farm of TO.OOO acres In the Congo country, and Is going to raise Jumbo peanuts. When the crop cornea In, Ws.ll street and other circuses will have some substance to chew on. Despite his ill health, Baron Speck von Sternberg has been Interesting hlmsolf In the outdoor exercise of soma of the Roose velt children. The German ambassador has been giving them Instruction In Jump ing their horses. He has been an officer In the German army and Is well known as an excellent horseman. A sailor from his fifteenth year, who after several voyages left the sea at San Francisco, tramped through the United States, being a barkeeper, a Tammany "runner" and many other things before he was 26, Is one of the newest figures In English literary life. This is John Mase fleld, known aa a writer of fine sea poems, editor of an anthology called "A Sailor's Garland" and a writer of prose sketches. PoBtiasr lJdy of the Snows. Baltimore News Reciprocity between the United States and Canada would mar the preference that Great Britain now enjoys under the Cana dian tariff, and the question has already been raised In the House of Commons whether Ambassador Bryce is mixing Into this husliu-ss. Tho point illustrates tha difficulty of the position of the British AmbaBsndor at Washington due to diverg ence of the Interests of Canada and En? land, both of which countries he Is sup posed to represent. Foolish Pears. Chicago Record-Herald. 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