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Got change about you for a bushel
of wheat?
The political dove of peace In Ohio
In laid up with a broken wing.
Among San Francisco's other trou
bles, the telephone girls there are re
fusing to talk.
If there is any graft that has gotten
past our Douglas c.ourityv sheriffs it Is
yet to be uncovered.
Prices have been raised at all the
boarding houses at Yale. Another
case of higher education.
It may not have occurred to Ambas
sador Bryce that the dearth of Amer
ican poets Is due to the late spring.
King Ak-Sar-Ben XIII may be still
a little new at the business, but this
;ls inevitable when royalty Is made and
jnot born.
A Toledo bill poster has fallen heir
to $8,000,000. Even the bill post
j brand of advertising seems to have
(paid In his case.
i Senator Depew does not think he
will retire at the end of his present
term. The voters of New York think
. V - ...in .
v wni, r iow your oetH.
Water power for Omaha would be
quito welcome. Hot air power, how
ever, will neither drive factory wheels
build the power canal.
The fish department officials at
Washington announce that the shad is
dying out' Oh, well, most persons'
preier me snaa roe, anyway.
"The mosquito must go," declares
the Newark Star. It will go some
Just as soon as the warm weather and
peekaboo shirt waists arrive.
The Irish have about decided to
tand pat In their demands for a home
l-ule bill, refusing to accept any "some-Lbing-equally-as-good"
substitutes.
The Department of Agriculture has
published a bulletin on the life of the
otton bolt weevil. A bulletin on the
death of It would be mote appreciated.
If the Douglas county jail takes
(boarders from outside counties Doug-
as county taxpayers are entitled to
the profit and not the Douglas county
sheriff.
Admiral Rlxey reports sixty-four va--anciet
in the list of naval surgeons,
lhe middies will have to govern them
selves accordingly and refrain from
; eying sick.
A rain of sulphur at San Remo,
'taly, is raus.ng consternation among
ibe people, who evidently have not
earned to mix a little molasses with
, i i
V US m glVTdl Bill (Utile
A fatlod Boston theatrical manager
las agreed to settle with his creditors
jit 5 cents on the dollar. That's pro
ducing a comedy for the Outsiders and
It tragedy for the creditors.
Kentucky's corn crop is reported at
fjOO per cent, as compared with the
Jen year average. This is surprising.
s it was thought Kentucky would lose
interest In the corn cron after the
bourbon country voted dry.
London hotel keepers are complain
ing bemuse American tourists carry
ff tho knives and spoons as souvenirs.
Fhe London hottl keener 1 never sat-
slcd If any American guest escapes
kith CiytMns more than his Ufa,.
IJAUVS AlHOSS THE C'OJTTITlf T.
The tremendous significance of one
action of the Nebraska grand lodge
of the Ancient Order of United Work
men during Its session In Omaha
thou Id not be lost. .The representa
tives of this order by a practically
unanimous vote have adopted a reso
lution by which the Nebraska Jurisdic
tion Is pledged to contribute as a free
and voluntary gift to help out the
eastern Jurisdictions whose straitened
financial circumstances do not permit
prompt payment of benefits. It is es
timated that from the Nebraska Juris
diction alone more than $150,000 will
be sent to the Jurisdictions of New
York, Pennsylvania and New England
and neighboring states as evidence of
fraternal solidarity and reciprocity in
this great organization.
What a reversal of conditions has
taken place in a dozen years is moRt
strikingly illustrated by the remark
of one of the officers of the lodge.
"When we were afflicted with drouth
and crop failure In 1894 and 1895,"
he declared, "our eastern brothers
sent us their old clothes and old shoes.
We are now paying them back with
multiple interest and principal In
money and in good hundretf-cent dol
lars as well."
The example of the Ancient Order
of United Workmen for Nebraska in
coming to the relief of the low rate
Jurisdictions of the east will probably
be followed by adjoining states, such
as Kansas and Iowa, and the hands
which stretched across the continent
to receive aid fcr the west a few years
ago will be again stretched' across the
continent to extend aid from the west,
which in that short time has not only
regained Its feet, but become the
strength and mainstay of the nation's
prosperity.
HOVEL HAlLWAY FHUPOSITIOX.
Directors of the Kansas City South
ern railway have Introduced a striking
Innovation in the management of the
property In their charge, an innova
tion certain to be strikingly popular
with the stockholders, however much It
may lower the directors in the estima
tion of the captains of high finance In
Wall street. At the annual meeting
of tho board a proposition was en
dorsed to pay the company's share
holders one-half of the company's net
earnings each year. "Stockholders,"
said the chairman of the board of di
rectors, "are certainly entitled to a
fair share in the surplus earnings of a
railroad. I do not know how other
railroads would regard a policy of an
nual distribution of net Income to the
shareholders, but It would seem to be
a good plan with regard to the Kansas
City Southern."
While Chairman Slelcken is liable
to be charged with rank heresy by the
captains of high finance, the proposi
tion must appear reasonable and Just
to holders of shares in hiB railroad
property. The man Unskilled In the
high art. and fine practices of financial
manipulation will naturally look upon
it as a matter of course that the Inves
tor, whose money has made a railroad
or other property profitable, should
share in the surplus earnings, but such
has not been the custom under the
modern day methods of railway ma
nipulation. However profitable the
business of the railroads have been,
"fixed charges," "reserve fund for bet
terments," "legal expenses," "sinking
funds" and other like absorbers of
earnings have been nsed, or Invented
In emergencies, to eat up the profits,
leaving the holders of common stock
In the role of Innocent bystanders with
pride of possession rather than divi
dends as their share in the business
of railroading. The Kansas City
Southern's plan appears as attractive
as it Is novel.
"IFBRtAK WITHDRAWS,"
Apparently without hope of finding
tome .aspirant to enter the contest
against Mr. Bryan for the presidential
nomination, some of the old-time
democrats are indulging in the
pleasant, If profitless, pastime of
speculating upon what might .happen
should Mr. Bryan withdraw from the
democratic leadership. In a charac
teristic editorial in the Louisville
Courier-Journal Colonel Henry Wat
terson takes the lead in the discussion
and enters a dark horse, described as
follows:
Wo can tell him cf a democrat who, with
out entangling alliances with any of the
money powers, yet without any antecedents
which could drive away conservative demo
crats, Alls the specification made by htm
exactly, a good organisation democrut who
supported the ticket In l.W, who, In our
judgment, could still the discords and re
store the harmonies, yea, fill the loose sails
of the old ship of Zion with hopeful gales,
and perhaps prove an Abraham Lincoln to
the lost sheep of the House of Jefferson,
Jackson and Tllden. He doe not live taut
of the Alleghenles, either, nor south of the
IVtomac and the Ohio.
The guessing may be commenced
without further preliminaries. Evi
dently the Kentucky colonel has," a
western man In mind. The declara
tion that the dark horse is not pas
tured east of the Alleghenles or south
of the Potomac pr the Ohio eliminates
Judge Gray of Delaware, George Fred
Williams of Massachusetts, John Sharp
Williams of Mississippi, John Temple
Graves and Hok6 Smith of Georgia,
"Billy" Sulztr and "Big Tim" Sullivan
of New York, Bailey of Texas, John
Wesley Gaines of Tennessee, Rayncr
of Maryland and a long list, any one
of whom It Is believed would accept if
properly approached. Colonel Dave
Francis Is out of It, although meeting
tho geographical requirements, be
cause of bis failure to support the
ticket In 189G, and the came reason
bars Senator W. A. Clark of Montana,
even If there were not better reasons
In his rase. Kansas has one or two
democrats who mlaht classify, but
their names arc not easily recalled.
Eii-Senatcr Patterson of Cjloradj
might be considered cxcc;t W iuc fac t
that uo Information is at hand show
ing what party he now belongs to.
The number of avallables In the terrl-1
tory Indicated Is necessarily small, as
the democratic crop In the great grain
belt has been suffering for more than
ten years from ravages of the gold
bug. Few names suggest themselves
as belonging to men whom Colonel
Watterson may have in mind. It may
bo Governor Folk of Missouri and It
may be Governor Johnson of Minne
sota. Then, who knows but it may
be Mayor "Jim?"
THE Sll'VLY Or' tVEL OIL.
Some few years ago Texas promised
to revolutionize the fuel problem, when
the oil fields of the state. In the vi
cinity of Beaumont, were producing
enormous yields. The railways of the
section and the sugar refineries of
Louisiana began using oil as fuel and
much space was taken up In the press
of the country in a discussion of extent
to which oil would finally supplant
coal In the big manufacturing plants
of the nation. The Navy department
conducted a series of elaborate experi
ments, looking to the substitution of
oil burning engines instead of the coal
furnaces on the big warships and even
the modest householder was figuring
on tearing out his coal furnace and re
placing it with an oil burner. It now
appears- that the supply of the oil has
not materialized to the extent expected
and th3 railways and sugar refineries
in Louisiana have resumed the use of
coal for fuel and power generating.
. The cause given for this change in
conditions is the failure of the supply
from the Texas oil fields. This ex
planation has been generally accepted,
but Is rendered suspicious by the New
Orleans Picayune which, after an ex
haustive inquiry, declares that the oil
fields of Texas and Oklahoma are as
productive as ever, or would be were
It not for the fact that the Standard
Oil company has secured' control and
ownership of all of the best, oil prop
erty In the south and southwest and
followed Its established policy of lim
iting production to the point where
prices may be raised to suit its pur
poses. This Increase In price' has made
It impossible for the railways and fac
tories longer to use fuel oil profitably.
Apparently the same policy Is being
pursued that caused the shutting down
of the Colorado and Wyoming oil wells
as soon as they had been developed to
a point where they promised to become
competitors of the big combination.
The situation In Texas and Oklahoma,
If as described, furnishes warrant for
further activity on the part of the fed
eral authorities who hsve been active
and highly successful In blocking the
game of the oil octopus In Illinois, In
diana and other states.
CAUSES OF HA I L ROAD ACCIDKKTS.
The contention of railroad managers
that most of the recent wrecks on
American roads have been caused by
defective ralla, for which the steel
manufacturers are to blame, la not
borne out by the report of the Inter
state Commerce commission. The
latest accident bulletin Issued by the
commission shows that for the quarter
ending with December, 1906, 474 pas
sengers were killed and the total death
list, Including employes and outsiders,
was 1,430, and 19,514 were injured.
The total number of collisions and
derailments, bringing a monetary loss
of $3,099,228, was 3.095.
The commission reports on -the
causes of forty of the most prominent
wrecks, In which 144 persons were
killed and 564 injured. Kone of
these wrecks was caused by broken
or defective rails. Here are some of
the causes developed by the commis
sion's Inquiry:
Englneman appears to have taken
chances.
Operator wrote "96" tor "75" in tele
graphic order.
Signalman gave false clear block signal.
Englneman misread time by his watch.
Men In charge of eastbound train over
looked meeting point.
Operator asleep; failed to iHver order.
(- Conductor and englneman irrnde mistake
of one hour In reading time table.
Operator holding three orders for tialns
delivered only two.
The cold facts appear to be that
most of the accidents on railroads are
due to carelessness, or to failure of
trainmen to do their duty. How to
correct the fault Is the problem that
the public safety demands must be
solved by the railroad managers.
Anyone reading the local demo
cratic organ would imagine that the
democratic members of the council
comprised a band of disinterested self
sacrificing patriots out gunning all the
time for tho franchised corporations in
behalf of the downtrodden and op
pressed people. Anyone attending a
few meetings of the city council, bow-
i ever, would soon discover that, were !
I i. ikn ttnia renn lil I ca it member.
I 11 UUL H1 nw 1' - I
! the democrats would have forgotten j
that they ever made any platform
pledges from thu day that they took
oath of office. ' j
Tho temptation to morallie upon the j
explanations given by a murderer for
his crime may be great, but it should
be remembered that the explanations
may not be true. A man who will
commit a cold-blooded murder will
tell any kind of a story to excuse him
self and mollify Indignant public
opinion.
By hard shaking Governor Sheldon
has finally knocked a Mew political
pluma oC the tree. By so doing he j
has resurrected hope that tho fruit j
crop has not been entirely destroyed J
by late frosts and cnows. j
. It sounds well to haar the passes-1
g.r trafflc manner pf ie Islington j
tI-ltiro thr.t vrsfeni ir:i;oais are '. I
fronted with a passenger business bo
heavy that it could not be handled
under the old scheme of fast running
time and that, therefore, the time
schedules must be slowed up. The 2
cent fare must be getting in its work
as a business stimulator.
The State Railway commission has
decided that it will make no change In
freight rates until after the commodity
rate law goes Into effect In July. This
ought to be eminently satisfactory to
tire railroad people even though they
have been Insisting that all the ma
chinery of government Is set against
them.
Over In Chicago they call them
"trade missionaries." Omaha busi
ness boosters who have been content
to travel as "trade excursionists"
might find It to their advantage to go
Chicago one better and call themselves
"trade ambassadors."
It depends upon the viewpoint. The
San Francisco Call reprints editorials
from The Bee and Chicago and Milwau
kee papers under the heading "Reflec
tions of the Eastern Press."
The United States had a Johnson
for president once. That may account
for the frost-bitten appearance of the
presidential boom of Governor John
con of Minnesota.
The asphalt repair plant has started
up for active work. It cannot keep
too busy to suit people who are com
plaining about the bad condition of
Omaha streets.
Bellows of the Hulls.
Chicago Inter Ocenn.
If it 1 true that the wheat crop is going
to be as short as the bulls claim, It will
be a great relief to the railways that are
so short of cars.
Overdolnw the Job.
Baltimore American.
The railroads seem anxious to furnish
new proofs that even more stringent laws
aro needed to compel them to take better
care of the lives of passengers.
A Divided Household.
Washington Herald.
We believe that Mr. Taft ennnot expect
more than to divide the newspaper voto
of thlsland. It Is pointed out on the one
hand that he used to be a reporter, but,
unfortunately, It is also pointed out that
he once thrashed an editor.
l.nree Stork In Store.
Philadelphia Record.
From the vigor with which Attorney Oen
eral Bonaparte Is prosecuting numerous
trusts for violation of the laws ngalnst
rebates, It Is apparent that there Is no
such diminution of this Iniquity as the
trusts and their champions would like the
public to believe.
TELMXU THE TRl'TH.
I"n re Food Labels Cense to Boost
"Something Jnst as Good."
Washington Post.
Whether the pure food law shall promote
public health, we do 'not know; but it is
manifest that It will promote public morals.
Labels have ceased to He to expand the
trade and swell the profits of manufac
turers of food. There Is not a large city
In America that has not sold, in any one
of a dozen years, mure Mocha coffee than
the Mocha district of Asia can' produce In
two years. Very good coffee, doubtlosa;
but a sham and a fraud that Is a reproach
to mercantile Integrity.
It Is claimed that under this pure food
law householders will even be able to find
out what suusage is composed of, and
that when a man buys black pepper he
will not have delivered to . him ground
cocoanut shells. If he shall buy ground
mustard, It will not be half cornmeal. If
he buys potted chlckon, It will not turn
out potted -veal, and if he calls for pure
apple vinegar, he will not be shown a
villainous ooze that results from pouring
ralp water over beechwood shuvlngs and
allowing the mess to ferment.
Doubtless prices will advance, for hon
esty Is costly In' this age of frenzied
finance and counterfeit commerce; but wo
do not Dee how prices can get to-be higher
than they are become. Already they ere
all the trade will bear.
As for the whisky, there is none good
when It gets to be mastor. There Is a
deal of truth In the admonition of the
philosopher who said, "One drink is enough,
two are too many, and three are not half
enough." Bgt men have drank ever since
Noah was a sailor, and will drink as long
as the earth shall stand. But If we raunt
drink, by all means let us drink tho pure
stuff with as little headache and as little
remorse in It as possible.
The pure food law la on trial. If it ahall
help the public heajth as much as It mirely
will help mercantile morals, there will be
a general demand for its extension and
perfection.
I'KKSOMl, SOTES.
BJornsllenie BJornsen. thi- Scandinavian
author. Is said to write so badly-that every
line of his manuscripts has if be copied
before it is sent to the printers.
Tho Fort Dodge girl who knocked a foot
pad down and held him 'by the throat till
her yells attracted three policemen to the
scene probably thouKht she luid captured
an able-bodied bachelor.
Trof. Wilder of Cornell would like to
have smoking In the streets stopped and
thinks there Is a good deal of force In the
argument that "among the most funda
mental of natural rights Is the right to
pure frtsh air."
The Pittsburg woman' who Invested 42
cents in a raffle and won a valuable aubi
mcblle probably would not have invented
had the price been 60 cents. The figure
looked so Ilk a bargain mark down tint
there was no resisting.
A dozen companions of Herbert Seorest of
Detroit, who was killed, by excessive
cigarette smoking, grouped themselves about
the coffin of tholr dead friend last week
and solemnly vowed to abandon forever the
use f the noxious little tube-i. This was
In response to the dead lad's dying request
to members of his "gang.''
Putrlck Calhoun, principal owner of the
San Francisco street railroads, is a grand
son of South Carolina's great antebellum
statesman, John C. Calhoun. He has been
Interested with street railways all over the
country and Is one of America's recognized
art connoisseurs, having Bpent many hun
dreds of thuuvar.ds of dollar (or the wunu
cf American artists.
Qcorglj bus selected as lis e'ins to Ix
rtpresented in Htatuary hnll In th na
tionul capltol two ir.cn who won dUtinclio i
In prufenslonul life. (lti Is Ur. J. I Curry,
who devotid thu frealer part of hU life
to the cause of ed'itat.jri. Tbe other Is
Dr. Crawford W. Long, who a few year
after the civil war discovered the use of
ch.oroform and was claimed to be the
frt to applv It ti eurx'ry. He mule n"
utici. i't o make out of the Uia.'uvery and
OS THE PHRSinESTI AL FIHISQ LISK
Star-Eyed fJnMe Traces a Platform
far the Democratic Party
1 Itut y V utiersjii in courlei -soui n-il.
The next Ueuiocraliu platform suuuiu be
very suoit ami very crisp. It should be so
simple that lie who runs may read, i'he
tun it mum be I educed to a revenue basis.
The government 1ms uo right, e. titer in
equity or in law, lo col.ect a doilir ut
tuxes except for its own support. 1'ub
llctty for the franchise corporations. The
railways to be roached and regulated
through the Interstate Commerce commis
sion; but the law to be limited to the
supervlnlon of their capitalisation and their
relation to the general public, Hrlklng
down the possibility of discrimination and
fxcennes, either as to passengers or ship
pers. The railways are the property of the
people. Their managers should be made to
obey the law. But all lawe cn-icted In hot
blood or for revenge can In the end -only
recoil upon the people. The separation of
church and state. The further Improve
ment of the labor laws so as more fully to
meet the reasonable demands of labor as
agnlnst the frequent Impositions of capi
tal, and thus by eliminating Just causes of
discontent to allay agitation and make
progress townrd the complete reconcilia
tion of capital nnd lnbor.
It seems to us that a few simple re
scripts of this sort, grouped under tho
paramount lasue of "back to the constitu
tion" would put the democratic party on
solid and high ground. Public ownership
I ft mirage. The Initiative and referendum
are foreign to our constitutional system of
checks nnd bnlnnces nnd Impracticable to
a territory of such vnst extent nnd a popu
lation so varied, great and wldelv sepTrnte
Hnmo rule for the sntc. th fcd'Tfil
power, restricted hy a constitution, for the
nation; a eessntlon for awhile from strenu
ous politics: nnd. above a'l. ns nmmt dem
oc.rnts, a U'tle less vinegar and a little
more oil. wltb n drori or two Just a drop
or two, of molass.
Senator Fornker.
Nw- Vork Sun (rep.).
The Hon. Joseph Benton Forakcr Is stiff
necked and li reconcilable. More thun thai,
he Is old-fafhloned and reactionary. If a
number of Ohio poiitlclanH, members of
congress, members of political committees,
obey the all compelling word at Washing
ton and go to Columbus to di-re the will
and pleasure of the supreme cut a pun as to
Ohio's candidate for president, why does
Mr. Kornker resist?
It may be true that these persons have
no technical right to bind anybody but
themselves; that the Ohio republicans are
quite capable of expressing their opinions
on the subjecj, and that the nomination of
candidates for president or for senator is
no part of the constitutional functions of
the president of the I'nlted States. Yet
Mr. Foraker ought not to kick against
facts. There are things that cannot be
left to the people; and whatever is done,
In a time of "conspiracy," must be done
hastily, summarily, Irregularly, with the
fear of that conspiracy nlways present. Tt
has been tfce custom for the people to ex
press their choice, often" to Instruct the
delegates. Well, the president will mnk"
the choice and furnish the Instruction. If
Mr. Foraker Is a decent citizen he will
make no objection.
"The party will be stronger nnd fin act
moro Intelligently." Mr. Fornker snys. "If
we will nlwnys wait for Its duly chosen
representatives to speak." The pirtv has
one duly chosen representative; nobody has
to wait to hear him speak.
' Taft and Tlnrton.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican (lnd.)
In connection with the sudden" Improve
ment of the Taft prospects, which tends at
once to make the secretary of war a more
powerful figure, the story is sent out from
Washing-ton that a move will be made
against Speaker Cannon and that Mr.
Taft's Choice for the place Is his Ohio
leader, Representative Theodore E. Burton
of Cleveland. Those who have followed
Mr. Taft will take little stock in the story
In so far as It promises any active effort
on his part to put Mr. Burton In the
speaker's chair. It would not be a good
omen for his possible career as president,
nor would It comport with Ms previous
record of good judgment, If he should ac
tively enter into any such movement af
fecting the organization of a co-ordinate
brunch of the government. But that he
would like to ace Mr. Burton made senator
or speaker is another thing nnd is hardly
to be doubted. In the first place, Mr. Bur.
ton has for several years been regarded
by many close observers In Washington as
conspicuously the ablest man In the house,
which of Itself Is reason enough for Mr.
Tuft's favor. In the second place Mr. Bur
ton, like Mr. Taft. has come out for tariff
revision which Is certain to become a
burning Issue during the next administra
tion while Mr. Canson is the bulwark of
the stnndratters and the Incarnation of
narrowness on many public questions. Yet
It Is fortunately not In the least likely
that Mr. Cannon's hold can be shaken.
Though It has been supposed that he fa
vored Mr. Fairbanks, whom Mr. Taft has
yet to beat, the speaker has a good eye
for weather, and showed tt when he
diplomatically remarked the ther day
when pressed as to his choice that he
fruersed he "could get alojg with any
president."
Can Democrat Get Toatetherf
Cincinnati Enquirer (lnd.)
Would It not be wise for some of the
leading democrats of the country to get
together, informally and possibly at first
privately, and take steps to bring some
well considered plan before the democracy
and before the national convention when
it meits? Indeed, can anything like har
mony or a sound proceeding be assured
In any other way? It might be Important
to have two such voluntary caucuses one
of the conservatives and one of the radi
cals, so to speak. Suppose those who want
to return to cardinal lines and who see the
strongest democratic light In some such
consistent and original democrat as Judge
Harmon of Ohio, or Ucoige Gray of Dela
ware, or "some southern man" who Is not
yet ready to be proclaimed ln the race,
shall outline a proposition to the democrats
of the country. Will tlm thousands who
are devoted to William J. Bryan Implicitly
cry out that they cannot follow, or Join on
eg:;al terms, or compromise with such
leadership? Will they repudiate all efforts
to get together?
Stralidit Coo ils In Cans.
Portland Oregnnlun.
The Department of Agriculture has ruled
that under the new pure food law it is not
illesal to use sugar In canning fruits, but
ti.ot It Ih unlawful to put sugar in egeta- j
bles for the purpose of misrepresenting
their character. The dn4Hlon Is a reason
able one. Putting suijar In canned fruit
deceives no one. Putting It In corn may J
quite easily nmke the purchaser believe he (
is buylnt sweet corn whn h Is not. When I
m ;sr Is put In canned vegetables that fact
ir.un hereafter Ik- stated on the lube!.
rilrhfnr't Knows o Hrotbrr.
New York Tribune.
Eenator Tiliii.an Is u critic whoa; lutico
knows no brother. Ho Is reported as say
ing of. Senator IU:lley: "H-illey Bot Into
hnd company and was found out " Yet
nly a year ngo he and Mr. B.Uley era
ixalng ai the Innocent twin victims of a
ni'.minderstun.lii.g wlt.i President Rnustvelt
on the question of ruilioud rule rciiu! itlun
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If you buy two packages of
Sliredded Wheat
Biscuit for a quarter you have
a delicious, breakfast for a
penny more real nutriment
than is to be found in any
other food in the world for the
same money. It contains all the
body-building elements of the
whole wheat made digestible
by steam-cooking, shredding
and baking.
For breakfast heat the Biscuit in oven to
restore crispness, pour hot milk over it, add a
little cream and a little salt; or, sweeten to
taste. Shredded Wheat is also delicious and
M wholesome for any meal in combination with
E fresh or preserved fruits. At your, grocer's.
RUSSIAN GRAIN OUTLOOK BAD
Present Prices ire Hiehest Ever Quoted
Tbere in Vary Decade;.
WEATHER CONDITIONS MOST UNFAVORABLE
Seventy-Five 1'er 'tent of Winter
Crops Damaged by Cold Weather
Little Speculation lie
suits' as Yet.
ODESSA, May lO.-The European wheat
condition Is regarded by competent grain
merchants here as being most unfavorable.
The present prices are the highest quoted
In Russia for decadeB past. The provinces
of Bessarabia, Poltava, Kherson and
Podolla, where wheat la chiefly cultivated,
are gravely affected. Seventy-five per cent
of the winter crops have been damaged
by the cold weather and dry spring. Owing
to the sudden rise In temperature a fort
night ago from 4 degrees below freeiing
point fo Intense, summer hoat, the entire
spring crops will be lost unless rain falls
within a week.
The president of the grain Bourse at
tributes the present prices In Russia to
the foreign quotations of grain, which
Russia Is compelled to follow, owing to tho
exhaustion of Its stocks. The prospect of
a crop failure, however, has not caused
any speculation In grain,
KISHINEV, Bessarabia, May 10.-Tho
farmers In many localities in this vicinity
are replowlng their fields, the first sow
ings having been ruined by drouth.
YELI&ABETHGRAD, Russia. May 18.-A
famine htre is threatened by the entire
failure of the winter wheat and thu bad
condition of the sowings In the localities
which have been replowed owing to the
absence of rain.
BILL REGARDED AS INSULT
Advanced Nationalists Anion Irish
Denounce Rlrrcll's Proposed
Relief Measure.
DUBLIN, May 16. The executive com
mittee of the Seln Fein society, represent
ing advanced Irish nationalism, considers
Mr. Blrrell's Irish bill to be an insult to
Ireland and wants the nationalist members
of Parliament to withdraw from the housa
and demand a settlement of the "Interna
tional dispute between Ireland and Eng
land" by The Hague arbitration court. It
is also suggested that the program pub
lished today by the organ of the nationalist
party be placed in the form of a resolu
tion to be adopted by the executive com
mittee of the Irish national council. In
It, the Irishmen, "who have attended the
British Parliament for the past twenty-one
years to support the British liberals," are
invited to return to Dublin and "devise
measures for the material betterment of
Ireland and securing international recogni
tion and support of Ireland's political
rights, as tho first step towards which it
should claim representation at the coming
peace congress at The Hague and a settle
ment of the International dispute between
Ireland and England by the International
court of arbitration."
nltan of Morocco Will I'nv.
TANGIER. May 18 The sultan of Mo
rocco has decided to comply with France's
demand for the reparation as the result of
the murder of Dr. Maurhamp, according
PLACE A PIANO IN YOUR HOME ANYWAY
Don't wait until you have saved the cash.
Read about
it's milte different from the one
usually followed where pianos are sold
on payment. The Hospe plan of ONK
PRICE, NO COMMISSION la one of the
greatest tourcea of protection ever of
fered to Piano purchaser. To know
that he Is buying aa low as the lowest
Is a satisfaction to every man. Opera
ting as we do on our own responsibility
and a rash basis, we ran elve our
costumers the privilege of buying on
time 'at the cash price, and for this
require of him only a amall lnterost
per annum. We do not know of a store
in the whole west which would make
you so generous an offer. It is a fact
that the wife, the daughter or tha
orphan, making bis own way. In the
world, ran buy of the Iloape-house as
safely and as economically aa the
wealthiest or most Influential citizens.
A. HOSPE CO. 1513 Douglas St.
WHITE FOR FREE CATALOGUE
Good Breakfasts
for 12 Cents
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to a letter from Fes, handed to the Frenohj
minister nt Tangier. The fact was com
municated to the cabinet at ft meeting
held today. The ministers decided to await
the reception of the full text of th. letter
before arriving at a decision as to whether
It is satisfactory. In any case, th. occu
pation of Oudjii will continue until an
absoluto settlement haa been reached.
Would Disarm Colon Ira.
PARIS, May 1C A curious proposition
suggesting the complete disarmament of
the colonies belonging to all the powers,
exrept for Interior police purposes, was In
troduced by M. Rodler, governor general of
Cochln-Chlnn, at a meeting today of h
arbitration committee of Parliament. It
declares that the arguments against dis
armament do not apply In any way to tha
colonies which should bo placed under the
protection of alr'clvlllzed nations.
POIXTEU AND PI.KA9AXT.
Reporter Here's that assignment about
the society hops.
City Editor iaklp that. Baltimore Ameri
can. Mrs. NnpTRet That friend of yours Is a
very Impudent and Ignorant fellow. I over
beard him remark that I was "no chicken."
Mr. Nagget Well, you can't blame hlin
Tor, his Ignorance, lie couldn't be expected
tif.now liow.you cackle at times. Phila
delphia Press.
"Pa, what's a political leader?"
"A man who Is able to see which way tha
crowd Is going and follows with loud
whivips In that direction." Chicago Record-"
Herald.
"Stolen kisses aVe sweet."
"Yes they're syrup-tltlous." Cleveland
Leader.
"Conductor, I don't believe this trnln la
going more than ten miles an hour."
"Then It ain't costing you more than 3d
cents an hour, is It?" Cleveland Plata
Dealur.
"Of course you entertained during tha
social season?" '
"Well," answered Mr. Cumrox, "mother
and the girls didn't think much of me as an
entertainer, hut I overheard several visltora
s'iy I was one of the most amualn' people
that ever broke in." Washington Star.
"Take hfm for all in all," said the good
man who was offering up the final prayer
for the departed machine politician, "we,
rhall not look upon his like again."
"Amen! Amen!" exclaimed nil the dea
cons In chorus. Chicago Record-Herald.
Minister You're a very sick man. Hava
you ever done anything you regret?
Patient Well, on several occasion X
talked back to my wife, Detroit Frc
Press.
OS THE GO.
' Houston Post.
Everybody's
Out for dough, ,
Morning, noon
And night they go
To and fro,
And here and there.
Hack and forth
And everywhere.
Doing this and
Doing that,
fcuxy here, her
Standing pnt.
Climbing, digging,
Toting things,
WlHhing they were
Wearing wings;
HiiHtllng, rustling,
Hweat and wheels.
Sailing ships
Arroxs the seas;
You're as bad, you
Know that you
Always have
Enough to do.
Always got
To hump and strive
For the right
To be alive; t
But you bet
The world's all right;
There's the wlfo
And babes at night!
our plan
And many of pur best citizens prefer to
take advantage of our little a-monttt
payment pluti and by paying only a
small lntcrebt, uss the cash to better
advantage in their business.
In our store there are 300 Pianos to
select from and 15 different makes,
among which we mution;
The KHAN1CH & UACI1, the KRA
KAL'ER. KR1JLL, HUSH & LANK.
KIM 11 ALL, C A D L E-NELSON,
WESER, IIALLET & LUVIS, WHIT
NEY. BELL, CRAMER KENSING
TON. HOSPE. IMPERIAL. 8CHTLL
M O FF KNAl'E it E M E R 3 O N,
ANQELUU & KINOSUURy, etc.
We sell a beautiful, new larse up
right Grand for H5.
We save you $00 to $150 on a"
Piano.
1 mm at una-
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