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Charles C. Bosewater, general manager
Of The Be Publishing Company, being
duly sworn, says that the actual number
of full and complete copies ot rh Dally.
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of April. l3t. was as
follows:
1 33.ST0 17.. 35.00
84,090 II SS.O90
f ,110 1 34.840
34,30 0 38,010
34.330 tl k 33,360
( 34,340 II 8S.090
31.400 II 3S.3O0
34,880 94. ......... 33,430
34,480 IS 33,470
It 34,300 II 3a,S40
U 34,410 ' 17. ........ . 3S.330
II 38,730 II 34.300
II... 39, tOO 21 35,510
I 33,400 10 38,650
II si.eoo
84,830 Total 1,033,410
Lest unsold and returned copies. 8334
Net total ....1,098,843
Dally averse-. ... , 34084
CHARLES C. ROSEWATEK.
General Manager.
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before me this 30th day of April. 107.
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WHEN OCT OF TOWH.
Sabaerlaers l.avlaa- tb Hy teas,
porarllr should have Th Bee
mailed to them. Address will We,
ckaasjed as oftea mm reaaeated.
The habit of backing; up to the steam
-adlator has become almost chronic. ,
Spain Is a great country for castles
In the air, also for the heir in the
:astle.
The man who fallg In business often
lets a lot of sympathy that should go
jo bis creditors.
Senator Foraker is discovering that
the country has about broken ltfjelf of
the habit of running to fires.
A Georgia man has been asleep forty
days In Kansas City. The Kansas City
sir Is a sure cure for insomnia.
AlfonBo Plo Crlstino Eduardo Capet
Is unwittingly the most prominent fac
tor In Bpanlsh affairs of the day
The president was out riding when
James J. Hill made his latest call at
the White House. Mr. Hill's luck ap
parently holds out-
Senator Foraker, in effect, declares
he will gladly sign any agreement that
will be binding upon all Ohio politi
cians except himself.
Contractors on the Pennsylvania
state capltol building admit that they
made mistakes. Possibly they neglected
to take everything.
"Does It pay to be honeat In prise
fighting?" asks the New York World.
The question cannot be answered until
the experiment is tried.
San Francisco has been too busy
with its strikes to protest against Gen
eral Kuroki hobnobbing with the presi
dent and cabinet members.
Other power, may become Interested
In the diplomatic quarrel between
Japan and Turkey, but there will be
little disposition to play favorites.
The United States Investor declares
It wrong for the government to have
big surplus. A democratic administra
tion would soon cure that defect
Chicago councilman are hereafter to
draw $S, 600 salaries. Omaha pays its
councllmen only $1,500 and Is con
vinced that In some cases It overpays
at that
, The stocking of the cellar In Secre
tary Root's home la Washington with
a year's supply of coal is the best an
swer to the report that he Is to retire
from the cabinet.
The reappearance of automobile ac
cidents on Omaha streets suggests re
enforcement of the speed limit rules
ven at the risk of keeping the police
court busy for a few days.
With 3-cent fare laws enacted by
Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois the
'hrough rate to Chicago from Nebraska
points ought to be brought down to
the 2 -cent basis before long.
All the Missouri bucket shop men
ire prepsrlng to move to Ksnsas to get
tway from the penalties of the antl
aucket shop law and at the same time
x give the Kansans something to con
sole tbera for the closing out of the
irewery saloons.
' The Illinois 1 glslsture just ad
'ourned has for the first time enacted
a law requiring tha state treasurer to
.urn lu all the Interest earned on pub
ic funds. Nebraska has had such a
aw on its statute books for nearly flf
een years. Compared with Ita sister
itates. Nebraska is entitled to be rated
ilfch up among the progressives.
I At "a nrt v ..-jctti n iicrr
Mr. Bryan Is one of the bet busli
getting assets Uncoln has; his two cam
paigns for the presidency has helped the
town In a financial way; and If he Is again
nominated there will be a considerable gain
for Lincoln In the lino of publicity and In
money spent by visitors and lr various
other ways. Lincoln Star.
An honest confession is good for the
soul. This Is what many peoplo have
been thinking, but few expected to
hear coming from such a source. Of
course, Mr. Bryan has been "one of. the
best business-getting assets" Lincoln
has snd, measured In dollars and
rents, the balance when struck on the
ledger would show a snug Item In the
profit column of the capital city. In
view of the results It would naturally
be to Lincoln's advantage to keep him
In the role of a standing candidate for
the presidency, never reaching the
goal, because his election would Imme
diately transfer Its "best business
getting asset" to the White House at
Washington.
The only thing Lincoln has to fear
Is that It may start competition for Its
stellar attraction. If Colonel Dryan's
mere nominal residence Is able to help
Lincoln "In the line of publicity and
In the money spent by visitors and In
various other ways," some other town
may get the notion that he would be a
valuable "business-getting asset" for
it and hid for him on the same plan
that bids are entered for the great na
tional nominating conventions or for
the national headquarters of the big
political parties. We would advUe
Lincoln to take out an Insurance pol
icy on Mr. Bryan's life and another on
his permanent domicile there.
SANTO DOMllfQO SEES A LTOUT.
The congress of Santo Domingo has
finally ratified the treaty, executed by
the direction of President Roosevelt
and ratified by the United States sen
ate In the closing days of the last ses
sion of congress. The island congress
held the treaty up for some time, but
finally, after looking over the record
ot progress made since the modus Vi
vendi has been in force, decided it the
part of sanity and wisdom to allow
Uncle Sam to remain as collector of
customs and guarantor of peace until
the Dominican government is In posi
tion to pay Its debts to foreign coun
tries and start out with a clean finan
cial bill of health..
Since the United States officials have
had charge of the fiscal affairs of the
island Santo Domingo's public debt has
been reduced S3, 000,000 and a finan
cial system devised which will result
In wiping out the entire Indebtedness
of the country in about a dozen years.
Revolutions have been placed In the
obsolete class and the Industries of the
country sre prospering as never before.
The Dominicans have become con
vinced that the United States has no
Interest in the matter other than the
protection of a weak American state
which U Its natural ward and they are
pleased to have assurance of a continu
ance of the protectorate.
Americans generally refuse to be
come enthusiastic over the Idea of hav
ing Uncle Sam act as a policeman for
ihe western hemisphere, but the re
sult In Santo Domingo will go far to
reconcile the country to the wisdom of
President Roosevelt's policy toward
Santo Domingo and other countries
similarly situated.
PASSIKQ OF THS DRVO TKCST.
The attorney general and his assist
ants have captured another tentacle of
the octopus, the combinations compos
ing what Is generally known as "The
Drug Trust," having accepted the
terms of an- Injunction Issued by the
federal court at Indianapolis and
agreed to abandon their system of
maintaining prices in the drug and
medicine trade. Officers of the Na
tional Association of Retail Druggists,
the National Wholesale Druggists' as
sociation, the Tripartite Proprietors,
the "Blacklist Manufacturers," the
"Direct Contract Proprietors" and
other organisations connected with the
trade have admitted that their combi
nation was in restraint of trade and
therefore unlawful. Under the deci
sion of the court these organizations
are perpetually enjoined from' com
bining and conspiring to restrain trade
in drugs, fix prices by agreement,
blacklist retailers who cut prices, or
to refuse to sell to any retailer on
equal terms. All publication of black
lists Is forbidden and all contracts and
agreements covered by the charges are
declared void.
The legal victory is a notable one,
In some respects, as the drug combine
was not a trust In the generally ac
cepted definition of the term. ' It was
not owned or controlled by any Indi
vidual or corporation and made no
effort to establish a monopoly. The
offense against the law consisted In the
agreement between Individual mem
bers of the different organisations to
fix and maintain a certain standard
of prices and to provide punishment
for price cutters. It was sought to
accomplish this by preventing a price
cutting druggist from obtaining sup
plies from manufacturers of the lines
of goods on which he had failed to
maintain the prices agreed upon by his
competitors. The federal attorneys took
the ground that this was a consplrscy
In restraint ot trade and their conten
tion was sustained by the court.
The plan ot the drug combine was
the greatest effort that has been made
since the complex development of mod
ern business to subdue competition and
maintain uniformity of prices. The de
cision is expected to form a valuable
precedent for future actio contem
plated by the Department of Ju3tlce.
It Is no secret that similar methods
T11K OMAHA
of coercing retailers have been em
ployed by the Match trust, the Tobacco
trust and other combinations controll
ing, or trying to control, commodities
of various kinds. The court's deci
sion at Indianapolis is notice to such
combinations that they cannot use
coercion or oppression to overcome
just and fair rules of trade.
SHERIFFS' FEES ASD SALARIES.
A mild bombardment Of Inquiries
seems to have been aimed at the at
torney general by sheriffs In different
parts of the state solicitous to find out
If, under the new law passed by the
recent Nebraska legislature, this or
that fee Is not exempt from the re
quirement of official accounting and
payment Into the county treasury.
It is quite -possible that the sheriff's
salary and fee laws as reconstructed
In transit through the two houses may
be subject to divergent reading and
Interpretation, but the purpose ot this
legislation Is plainly manifest and can
not be misunderstood. The Intention
ot tho law-makers was to abolish Com
pletely the fee system as It formerly
applied to the office of sheriff In every
county in Nebraska and to place each
sheriff upon a fixed and definite salary
payable out of the county treasury the
same as the salaries of other county
officers.
For most of the sheriffs this chsnge
is equivalent to a large and substantial
Increase In the emoluments of their
office and for only a few of them will
it work out as a reduction In revenue.
Under such circumstances the sheriffs
ought to be glad to accept the law In
Its spirit as well as letter and to con
tent themselves with the salaries fixed
without grasping at any fees which
they might possibly absorb by techni
cal pretexts. If any county In Ne
braska has a sheriff who is unwilling
to serve for the statutory salary it
should get rid of him as soon as possi
ble and get an officer in his place who
will promise in advance not to put his
hand out for any side graft.
THE LOSE BR1CKLA1KR-
Daniel Chisholm appears to be en
titled to the distinction $t being the
only man In the country who Is paying
for the privilege of becoming a brick
layer. When Andrew Carnegie
donated $10,000,000 for the "tech"
schools at Pittsburg, he Insisted that
the first department started should be
for young men who desired to learn
the art of bricklaying. As the other
departments were opened they became
overcrowded with students, but Chis
holm Is the only student so far entered
In the bricklaying class. He pays 10
cents a day tuition and is the sole
charge ot a professor who receives
15,000 a year and an expert mason
who draws $6 a day.
Why this lucrative and not especially
laborious occupation should be passed
by is not explained. That special In
struction in the brickmason's art Is
desirable can not be questioned and
Chlsholm's wisdom lh getting the best
training possible must be' admitted.
The only explanation of the situation
Is that the students of practical brick
laying prefer to be paid for building up
walls snd leaving them Instead of pay
ing for the privilege of building up
walls and then tearing them down
again, Just for practice.
Governor Buchtcl of Colorado re
fuses to Interfere with plans for a
prize fight in Denver and says the agi
tation of the subject has caused the
"young people to read the sporting
pages of the newspapers, which I con
elder a most noxious practice." Still,
it will probably prove a good thing If
the young people get to reading the
sporting Instead of the political pages
of the Denver newspapers.
Dr. Miller declares that the only re
straint put upon dogs In New York
City is for the purpose of preventing
them from being stolen. There Is no
necessity for restraining Omaha ca
nines on this account.
The greatest conspiracy against the
lite of the ciar since the Decemberist
plot of eighty-two years ago has Just
been discovered and foiled. This ap
pears to be a record-breaking year in
all lines ot Industry.
Omaha Bohemian turners are send
ing a representative all the way to
Prague to participate in a world ath
letic tournament. The Bohemian turn
ers of Omaha will take no back seat In
any competition.
It will be in order to give the Ne
braska Railway commission notice that
it It will be good for a little while Mr.
Harrtman may yet be persuaded to
spend some of that 1100,000,000 in
this state.
Dr. Knopff ot New York declares
that morphine Is the cure for tuber
culosis, it administered In doses suf
ficient to produce eternal rest. No
objection to Dr. Knopff taking his own
medicine.
Council Bluffs has slmost reached a
compromise solution of its waterworks
problemV Omaha Is still in the throes
of "immediate compulsory purchase,"
already extending over more than four
years.
The Missouri legislature has passed
a law prohibiting all corporations,
firms, orgsnlxattons and individuals
from dealing In futures. Churches and
preachers are. of course, excepted.
ft re Aler ( t Scar.
Baltimore News.
Foriker rfjerlrg :lie olive , branch ap
pears to t producing no i.i re cCect on
DAILY HKE: TUESDAYS MAY 14, 1007.
the Tafi people In Ohio than when he
wss brvndkihlng the tomahawk.
Willing; t Be Stterlflreil.
New Tork Tribune.
The Hon. Champ Clark of Missouri Is re
ported to be willing to take the democratic
preoldentlal nomination. If nobody else
especially wants It. Mr. Clark must be
feeling In a particularly altruistic and sac
rificial mood.
A Measure of Convenience.
Baltimore American.
If all the gentlemen who are being In
troduced as the next president of the
T'nlted States could only get together and
select a deputy to represent them, they
might save the national conventions no
end of trouble.
I
Aa Kye-Opener
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A Nehragkan Is sued for divorce by Ms
three-weeks' bride, who asserts that on
her wedding day he struck her with a
hammer, threatened to shoot her and
threw a poker at her. He was probably
ronably
knhwn
suffering from a form of Insanity
as a'cute disillusionment.
rberklmr n Southern Infamy.
Chicago Chronicle.
It win not take many more convictions
of persons charged with peonage to wipe
out the Infamy In certain southern states
j especially as It develops that white men
as well as negroes have been kept In
slaverv. Tn the meantime there Is room
for the suspicion that the peon system In J
a modified form exists In severs.) localities'
north of Mason and Dixon's line. When',
tnen are marked with brass tags, herded
In barracks and otherwise treated like ani
mals the spirit of the law Is violated even
If Its letter Is not.
BEAITIEJ OP JAMESTOWN SHOW.
Customary Confnelon and Delay of
the Openlna- Days.
New Tork Independent.
The exposition grounds and buildings at
Jamestown, although they have been for
mally opened to 'the public, are still In a
stage of Incompleteness. In some of the
buildings scarcely one exhibit ha been
Installed. Walks and drives are rough
and I In some places Impassable. Com
plaints are already made by exhibitors of
graft and favoritism which Interfere with
the Installation of exhibits. No misman
agement, however, can take away the
charm of the southern landscape, the noble
stretch of waters tn Chesapeake bay and
Hampton Roads, the lines of smooth sea
beach shining yellow In the sunlight, the
dark green masses of southern pines, and
the brilliant beauty of the electric lights
Of the exposition gleaming across the bay
at nightfall. The naval display, which Is
the contribution of the United States and
of several foreign nations, Is already Im
posing; and It reflects more credit upon
the government than upon the managers
of the exposition to say that the t'nlted
States Government building is the only one
on the fair grounds entirely finished, with
Its displays completely arranged and In
full running order. The success of tl.ls
particular feature of the exposition cannot
fall to give the visitor renewed confidence l
In the ability and efficiency of government
officials, and the magnitude of tha busi
ness "Uncle Sam" Is engaged In. If, when
the exposition Is In full running order, any
private corporation maintains an exhibit
more complete, more picturesque, more en
tertaining, more instructive, or better dis
played and managed than that ot the
United States Postofflce department, we
shall be very much surprised. The dis
appointment of more than one early visitor
to the exposition has been changed Into
satisfaction by this one exhibit alone.
COST OV MILITARISM.
i
Aatlons Rapidly Approaching- the
Point of Exhaustion.
(Philadelphia Ledger.)
In the course of long compilation of facts
and figures showing the Increasing burden
of militarism, Frederick Austin Ogg makes
the remark that until practical considera
tions pf economy and conservatism of na
tional energy shall remove from the active
field of human affairs, "talk about 'dis
armament' Is cheap, plentiful and well
meant, but of rather small avail." This Is
a judgment with which those statesmen
who are deprecating the Introduction of the
subject at the peace congress at The
Hague as impractical and useless will
doubtless agree. -Nevertheless, It Is Inter
esting to note the progress of the nations
toward the exhaustion point, and It Is this
that Mr. Ogg has attempted to portray.
The following table Is reduced from the
fuller and more complete compilation re
ferred to and shows the military expendi
tures, In five-year periods, of the principal
countries of the world:
1881-1RS5. 1901-1!TR
Great Britain 12.101. 84H.9.T6 K.143,i!3.xSS
r ranee D..twU.Mil 8.4&1.1M y t4
Germany la.ibu.ail 2,6b6.361,&S
t'nlted States 1.2si.4Sfi 844 5 Kin ifv
Russia 1.018.977.636 6,J42,44.1:9
Italy l,6N.Wu,idO l,7f.-!,5;.(47
Japan 182,913,134 6S2,93,471
If the figures for army and navy expendi
tures are considered separately they will
show that the cost of the' former arm of
the military service Is .by far the greater.
though the Increase of naval expenditure
particularly In the last decade has been
more rapid than that for army purposes.
In the last twenty-Ova years Great Britain,
for Instance, increased the army outlay
rour times; that of the United States Was
tripled; that of Japan multiplied by four
and one-half; that of Russia nearly dou
bled; that of Germany increased by a third;
that of France Increased by barely 13 per
cent, and that of Italy Increased by 18 per
cent. On the other hand, during the same
period, the naval expenditures of Great
Britain were more than tripled; those of
France were increased by three-fifths;
those of Germany six and one-half times;
those of the United States, five and one
half times; those of Russia were multi
plied by three, of Italy by two and one
half, and of Japan by seven.
Great Britain has never lost Its place at
the head of the list as the nation making
tha greatest outlay on Its naval establish
ment, and today It is spending more than
twice as much as any other country. Tha
United States during the last ten years has
risen, in respect of nival outlay, from
the fourth to second place, while Prance
and Russia have sunk to third and fourth
places, respectively. In spite of enhanced
expenditures. Great Britain In the last
decs do allotted one pound out of every
five in the national budget to the nuvy,
and during the last five-year period the
United Slates set aside for the navy 116.40
out of every $100 appropriated by congress.
Still another graphic ll!utratln of the
growing burden of militarism Is found in
the following table of per capita expendi
tures for the two flvt-year periods:
Annies. Navies,
lsta-tt. in-c. issi-s.. i n -ob.
Great Br.taln.. . fll 04 J.U.K , fi n 118.2)
Franco 14 91 16 1$ 4.75 7.4rf
r,rmnnv .as ,8 4 13
United States.... 4.01 t.0 l.M 6.64
Uu:a 6. "5 t ' s.43 1 '
Iwly 7.M ', 7.74 1.7X 1.6o
Japan 64 1W .L2 1.11
The dei-p signlflcaiice f these statistics
will be found in the fact that they show
that military expep Inures In all cases have
outrun the Increas of population, and the
hopeful element In the Bltuallon for the
pesce advocates I -4 In the knowledge ttint a
ptuiit will be reached when the men and
resources will tin lorvjwr be available to
meet the drain. Then and then only shall
we Niiin rtMtllJ to ulk vt the UiiUlaikn
of an.ian.vuts.
BOUin ABOUT HEW YORK.
Ripples the t sjrrent of Life la the
Metropolis.
General Bingham, official head of the po
lice department, has come to the conclu
sion that members of the detective force
might Improve their skill by getting next
to the thieves and crooks run In on sus
picion, so he haa arranged to parade the
shady fraternity before his men. While
the officers can study the faces In the pro
Cession, the latter cannot spot the detec
tives. The latter wesr masks during Ihe
hour given for facial study st the police
headquarters. Behind slips of velvet they
can focus their attention and do the act
of mental photography, while themselves
rendered Immune.
One of the most noteworthy figures on
lower Broadway has disappeared, says the
lirookiyn feagle. No; I do not refer to any
millionaire or captain of Industry! I have
In mind a man whose face has been known
to every pedestrian on Tark RoW snd
Broadway, below that point, for twenty
years, as a seller of men's garters. He has
been stationed upon the Steps of one of
the best known banks In this metropolis
always In his humble capacity.
The fact hns been known to the well
informed 1n that locality that this man whs
one of the highest paid detectives In New
Tork. Although he was apparently selling
stocking supporters for men st 8 cents a
pair, he was closer to the desks of the
cashier and the paying teller of the bank
behind him than any other man In the
great establishment. In the woodwork of
the outer doors, that appeared to swing as
freely ss the air of heaven permitted, were
two large spots that seemed to every other
eye than his like brass screw heads.
They were In reality electric buttons that
kept him Informed of the 'Absence or pres
ence of doubtful characters or detected
thieves Inside the bank. When the danger
signal was given to him, the vender of gs
ters turned a knob at the left hand of the
entrance to the bnnk and the front doors
were closed by secret bolts, rendering im
possible the escape of all persons InsldS
the bank. The man who had presented a
forged check or a stolen bond was caught.
The detective would then abandon the
few dollars' worth of stock In garters or
ear mufflers, as the season served. He
would enter the bank by a narrow front
door at the left of the main entrance and
place the alleged culprit under arrest.
That man has saved hundreds of thou
sands of dollars for the great bank ho
served. But now thnt a new building Is
completed, he has been promoted to a plsxie
Inside, and the most eomplteited machinery
ever known for stopping the escape of a
suspected character Is under his control.
Not only Is he able to close the doors lead
ing to Broadway, hut "he can Instantly
warn every man on the main floor who
handles money to seal himself Inside the
teel lattice that surrounds him. Success
hy a "pneketbook dropper" or "a man on
the paying line," who reaches for the cash
handed to the man in front of him, is Im
possible. The newest comer among New York's
many exchanges Is one In John street, a
few doors east of Nassau, the moving spir
its of which are employes of Jewelry houses
In the neighborhood. These meet dally
from 11 :S0 to 1 o'clock and auction off what
ever bargains (hey may have picked up.
In Illustration, a clerk In a Maiden Lane
shop, say, sees a. piece of marked-down
Jewelry In the Show case e.nd buys It from
his employer, receiving the regular com
mission, then hurries to the exchange and
sells It to the highest bidder. The member
ship of this Institution Is about J00. A po
lice officer has been detailed to keep the
curious from blocking the street. Outsiders
cannot bay.
The favorite "stock" traded In on this
exchange Is diamond dust Experts will
explain to you thmt when a diamond Is to
be cut It Is Imbedded In a preparation of
which cement la the major part. In the
process of cutting the dust and chips drop
Into a canvas pouch beneath the tapldary's
bench. The Job finished, the diamond Is
picked out of its cement bed and sent to
the polisher. The cement Is swept up and
bought by cutters at so much n ounce,
and the buyer autlons It off on the floor
of the exchange. One man buys It all.
and makes considerable money. He has
Invented a substance that eats away all
the cement and other foreign matter. Oc
casionally he finds small stones weighing
as much as one-sixteenth of a carat, and
at rare Intervals some as big as one
eighth. All of the stones, chips and dust
he sells to manufacturing Jewelers, who
use them In making set pieces of Jewelry,
such as Insects and small flowers.
Mayor McClellan has vetoed the White
salary bill, giving "equal pay for equal
work." In the language of women teachers
of the city of New Tork. The mayor
says that the bill violates the principles
of home mle In that It makes the In
crease mandatory. He also says that the
local authorities have all the necessary
power In the premises; that the bill dis
criminates In favor of a certain class of
women teachers and that It would destroy
the "elasticity In the present school sys
tem and would result In great Injury to
the service." The women teachers will
now attempt to secure the passage of the
bill by the legislature over the mayor's
veto. As the measure passed the senate
by a vote of 46 to 1. and the assembly by
a vote of 106 to 15, the women confidently
expect to get It before the governor.
A clerk who has served for twenty-five
years in New York hotels, beginning at
the bottom and working up to the top, de
clares that his opinion of people Is far
higher today than In any other time In
the past.
"Constant contact with the public." ha
adds, "broadens and mellows a man, If he
la the right sort of a man, rather than
sours and narrows him. NInety-nlne men
out of a hundred, take ihm year in and
year out, are disposed to do what Is
right if you only give them one-half a
chance. The hotel clerk whe does not
reach this conclusion and who does not
love people better as he grows older. Is
net St for his business, but ought to get
out and go Into some business where he
meets hobody but himself."
Near In a- the filad Hand Time.
New' Tork Sun.
The glad sesson of the college commence
ment draweth nigh, and "old grads1' are
getting ready to renew their youth In the
academic precincts. One class reunion
committee lias sent out this schedule of Its
expenses: Rent for headquarters (six d lysi,
IT; costumes for parade, fM; band.
$J60; I'iel, $300; carpentry, 2i; electric
lighting and wiring. $1; hired quartet,
tl0; service (doorkeeper, waiter, etc.), 1W;
steins and banners, cup for class boy, tent,
plana and various "Incidentals," $3u0. The
week's Jollification will represent an official
nutlav of about 12.260. for which the spm-
mlttee modestly promises about JlO.tfo j
worth of fun. With twenty classes on
hand. It Is plain that there will be at least
t:W,00 worth of pure Joy on that ancient
campus.
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Hot Air at a DUrosst.
Washington Herald
Attorney General Bonaparte does not
think hi office uecessarlly a place ftom
which should emanate dully a lot of hot
air newspaper stoi leg. This will be con
sidered a trifle old-fashioned In some
quarters, but It sounds good 10 tb well
balanced averag American,
You can make better food with
EoyaS Baiting Powder
ABSOLUTELY WIIE.
Lighter, sweeter, more palatable
wholesome
nd free from alum and phosphatio acid
TOUCH OP THE BIG STICK.
Re press Companies Feel the Pore of
the Rate Law.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
It la a novel situation In which the ex
rnvs companies of the country now find
IhrmeWve that of having their tharges
to the public subjected to review and pos
sible reduction by the national authority.
Tho first rase (4 tho kind, srlsing under
the new federal rate law, haa Just been
passed upon by the Interstate Commerce
commission with the consequence that Sen
ator Piatt's express company Is ordered ts
beat a retreat from a radical advance In
rate which It had made last year on cut
flowers from New Jersey points to New
York City. The advance was so extended,
following upon a previous marking up of
the rale, as to give an Impression of un
reasonableness on the face of things, and
It will be found difficult to quarrel with
the commission In reaching the conclu
sions It does.
The commission In this case gives full
exercise to Its new powers. It not only
declares the existing rate unreasonable,
but names a rate which would be reason
able; and It furthermore lays down the
rulo, Important for express companies, that
they cannot justify a given rate by merely
producing the contracts entered Into with
agents and railned carriers, upon which
the rate Is made up. The commission will
exercise the power to go behind the con
tracts and determine the reasonableness of
theso carrier charges to the express com
pany, and thus It threatens to make trou
ble for the device of playing railroad Snd
express company the one against the other,
where both have a more or less common
ownership, for the concealment of extor
tionate charges.
It remains to be seen whether tb com
pany will obey the order of the commis
sion or appeal from It to the courts. But
Under theTiew law It must do one thin
or the other, or submit to a. dally fine ot
$5,000. It cannot, as railroad companies
could under the did law, practically snnp
Ita fingers In the face of the commission
and go on making the old charge. This
Is where the new law Improves greatly
upon-the eld, and In this action of the com
mission may be raised all the questions
of constitutionality Involved In the new
enactment If these question are to be
put to early Judicial test, good oppor
tunity Is now afforded the railroads and
express companies.
TWO SIDES TO SALOON QUESTION.
Osc Side Inaaffiefeailr Studied hy Hot
Air Reformers.
Chicago Tribune, f .
Saloon keeping, as It Is commonly csrrled
on, la a bad business, but It Is sometimes,
although Infrequently, conducted In such
a way as to be no worse than many other
kinds of business. There are saloon keep
ers who are as honest as the average man
of business. There are many who dis
courage drunkenness. There are many
who believe themselves to be respectable
and who are respectable snd keep respecta
ble places. This Is especially true of the
German saloons, where the man of the
house or his wife serves the customers:
where drunkenness Is almost unknown and
where lodging houses for respectable single
men many of them laborers are connected
with the saloon, and no Improper charac
ters, especially no women, are permitted
about the place.
Possibly some of the reformers who have
such a horror of the saloons do not know
what comforts the saloon offers to worlc
Ingmen tn winter, for example, when the
only warm and comfortable place they
can Pnd Is the lounging room of the sa
loon. There they find a hot stove and an
opportunity to smoke or have a glass of
beer' without any Interference y Improper
characters. What Is the laboring man who
lives overhead In a place of this kind to
do In bitter cold weather? He can scarcely
be Jnvlted to take a walk in the park
when the thermometer Is at sero or below,
or to walk the streets.' He can not have
a taste for the publlo library, or If he haa
he may find It overcrowded. There are
few places where he can go In cold weather
to obtain warmth and comfort freo of
charge, except In the main living room of
his lodging house, and that often Is the
front parlor of the saloon.
There are two aides to the saloon ques
tion, and one side has been Insufficiently
studied. When the opponents of the saloop
will provide for poor men comfortable
quarters, where they can lounge, smoke.
read and talk at their convenience, there
will probably be fewer than T.200 saloons
In Chlcsgo,
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if mm
The instinct and habit of
4600 ye irs have proved wheat
the one absolutely necossary
food for man.
Latter day science has
f proved the soda cracker to
be the most nutritious of all
wheat foods.
Modern skill has given to
the world Unecda Biscuit,
the only perfect soda cracker. ;
In dust
moisture
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NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
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PERSONAL AKD OTI1RR WISE,
"Silent" 8mlth vindicated his title bj
never betraying the fact that his fortuns
never wss anything like $SO,00O,0M).
I Just while Bnn Francisco's pride wai
considerably humbled, a prominent mcr
chant of that city visited Coney Island Snd
lost :,nu In a coin game.
There Is only one pupil In the bricklaying
department of the Carnegie school, Snd as
his Instruction costs 21 a day the wall h
will learn to build ought to be a dream.
Rn-bbl J. Ionnrd Terry of the Rodelp
Shnloni congregation of the Pittsburg,
reace society will go to Germany nextj
month to ask tho toymakers to cense man.
J ufacturlng toys which Instill thoughts of
war In the minds of children.
The new Chinese minister, Liang Tung
Yen, who will come to Washington soon,
will be entitled to full membership In the
"tennis cabinet," unless he has forgotten
his athletic days at Yale. His fellow stu
dents at Yale used to call him "Ting,
and tn his time at Yale he was one ot Hi
most assiduous tennis players there, as
well as one of the champions.
The census taker called last year at ths
residence In Worcester, Mas., of the hit
Congressman Rockwell Hoar. Mr. Hoar's
daughter, Marjorle, aged 11 years, an
swered the bell. When the question re
garding religious belief was asked Miss
Marjorle said: "Papa, he Is a Unitarian;
mamma la an Episcopalian; Alice, my sis
ter, Is only I and Is too young to decide,
and L well, I am wavering."
POINTED PEASANTRIES.
"Look out!" exclaimed the man who had,
seen another bravely rescued from tha
water. "Handle that fellow carefully, or
he might revive."
"Brute!" ejaculated the rescuers.
"Brute nothing," rejoined the first
speaker; "I noticed hlra rocking the boat."
Philadelphia Ledger.
"Yes," said the enthusiastic Inventor, "It
will be but a short time till my flying ma
chine Is floating gracefully In the air.
"Never mind about that," answered tha
capitalist. "The question now Is whether!
we can gracefully float the stock lu thm
market." Washington Star.
"It's strange," remarked the bear to ths
wolf, "that you should always be so
gaunt."
"Well, you see," replied the wolf, "It's
all because I'm always obliged to keep
away from the door until there's nothing;
left In the house to eat." Philadelphia
press.
The Talkative One What do you think
about spelling reform f '
The Larnest One I can't wast any tint
minaing aooui spelling it. i am too busy;
trying to secure it. Homervllle Journal.
nun nouiwr wm . compiling US !
mentary SDelllng book.
"1 want to get It out," he said, "befors
Josh Billings, Petroleum V. Naaby, Bran"
der Matthews and Andrew Carnegie so to
monkeying with the orthography of th
language. Chicago Tribune.
Elderly Persevere, my boy, persevere I
There s only one way to accomplish your
purpose, and that Is to "stick to It." '
Youngley But suppose your purpose la
to remove a sheet of fly-paper tnat you'v
svt down upon accidentally? Cuthol.o
Standard and Times.
"What's his standing as a politician?"
"Couldn't be better. Why, he addresses
Taft as 'Bill.', Indianapolis News.
"SI s Is half frantic sine her husband
died."
"Yes, she is sure be went to heaven and
she haa Just read that the majority of
angels are women." Houston Post.
SPRING.
AJfred Austin, Poet Laureate of England,
In New York Independent
Birds of victorious 8)ring,
You know nor grief nor pain;
Sing, sing, sing!
Reiterate the strain-;
To you life doth net bring
Or loss or gain. v
Your unforebodlng song,
With each returning year.
Is Just a sweet and strong,
As silvery and clour,
As when the Attic throng ,
Stood, husht, to hear.
Yet something do you miss
Of what to us Is lent.
The spiritual bliss.
The whispered message sent
From oher world to this.
For our admonishment.
The mystery half-dlvlned
Of "Where," when we depart,
leaving our loved behind
Alono to bear the smart;
High melodies of mind,
Jjeep music of the heart.
So would I not exchange
P'or your my graver lot.
The wider reach and range
Of feelings you have not,
AnVctWns fresh and strange.
Ami friendships unforgot.
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tight.
proof packages.