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WIIE1 Ot'T OP TOW.
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porarily should hare Tbe Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
channed aa often as requested.
A Chicago man has entertained his
wife and three ex-wlves at a dinner.
Can Plttsburf beat it?
Paradoxically upeaklng, the timely
rain should make the 'wheat come up
and the price go dowu. I
The mllleniuui may not have arrived
at San Francisco, but the day of judg
ment seems to be near at hand there.
Two London architects are writing a
book on "Bricklayer's English." Por
tions of It may have to be printed on
asbestos paper.
Mayor Schmltz says Ruef Is a liar
and Ruef retort j that Schinita is In
competent. Apparently both men are
tolling the truth.
V'hen wheat Is worth $1 on tho farm
Instead of in the grain pit of the Board
of Trado, fewer farm boys will be
heading for the city.
Tho new deal In Chicago puts none
but married policemen on duty in the
red light district. It is in order for
the Woman's club to protest.
"Roosevelt discovered tho ten com
mandments," says Senator Piatt The
president was not searching Senator
Piatt when be made the discovery.
A man has been fined In Germany
for sticking out his tongue at the em
peror. That's almost as expensive as
sticking out your tongue at a doctor.
.The wise man will refuse to be lured
Into participation in house cleaning by
the stories now current of discoveries
of large amounts of money under old
carpets.
Having visited the navy yards of the
country, General Kuroki became really
eloquent in delivering the mikado's
message of peace and good will to
America.
"Mr. Bryan Is saving money," says
tbe New York World. Yos, and in
spite of his early efforts to the con
trary, every dollar he saves is worth
100 cents In gold.
A city census shows 17,000 more
women than men in Washington. The
women clerks In the departments can
not get away as soon as congress ad
journs, as the men do.
Tho discovery by the bureau of cor
poratlooa that tho Standard Oil Is defy
Ing the law will come as a surprise
to folks who have been led to believe
that the OH trust was the law.
Mayor Schiuitz has plactd tho affairs
of Ean Francisco iu the hands of a
committee of seven and Is now merely
an "official figurehead," with the $
mark removed from the figures.
The Department of Agriculture as
serts that the mustard is the one plant
that has lost none of its virility by
cultivation. The department must
have overlooked tbe meek and lowly
dandelion.
Jim Dahlnutn was known long before he
was elected mayor of Omaha, World
UvralJ.
It might be added that the pros
pects are Mayor "Jim" will be known
much , longer before he is re-elected
mayor of Omahn.
For the first tltu on word, the re
ceipts of the Po&lofflco department
have exceeded the xpcndlture for
tho Erst three months Of the year. The
government's one business enterprise
tM-ms to have been put ou a business
taUa
THE .XKVT 1STEHXAT10HAL1SM.
The extent of America's Influence In
the moral education of the world and
Its power for good In the solution of
problems affecting International af
fairs are not generally appreciated,
notwithstanding the remarkably rapid
growth of American participation In
world movements. Dr. Nicholas Mur
ray Butler, president of Columbia uni
versity, briefly calls attention to this
new distinction in his address before
the Mohonk peace conference, and
welcomes It as an augury of tho splen
did results promised by the applica
tion of American Ideas and Ideals to
the peaceable adjustment of Interna
tional relations.
It Is but a few days more than nine
years since Admiral Dewey took break
fast In Manila bay and opened negotia
tions which resulted in the United
Slates being given a performer's part
In the "concert of powers," which had
for generations had undisputed au
thority In tho settlement of Interna
tional affairs. From that modest be
ginning Uncle Sam has been advanced
until he Is nqw recognized as the
leader of the International orchestra.
The victory at Santiago gave America
recognition as a sea power and cre
dentials to all councils and conferences
affecting world politics. With the ac
quisition of the Philippines, the Mon
roe doctrine, while still regarded as a
western hemisphere proposition, fol
lowed the flag and now furnishes in
tangible but effective protection to the
isles of the Pacific, and incidentally
has given America a direct Interest In
the moral welfare of all nations.
America's Influence as a world power
has been exerted with most notable
results In effecting peaceful solution
of problems long the cause of most
serious complications among the other
world powers. America's presence In
China during the Boxer uprising pre
vented the partition of the empire and
perhaps a general European war be
tween the powers anxious to divide or
fight for the spoils. Later, American
participation In the Algeclras confer
ence forced an agreement between
France and Germany, fixing their
spheres of Influence in ' Morocco.
American Influence was again courage
ously exerted to bring about the peace
of Portsmouth, at a time when such
action by any European power to end
the war between Russia and Japan
would undoubtedly have been the sig
nal for enlarging the field of hostilities.
American friendly guidance for Santo
Domingo and Venezuela has brought
peace and prosperity to those countries
In place of recurrent visits of foreign
warships on debt-collecting missions.
American overtures have done more
than all other influences to halt the
Congo atrocities and check persecu
tion In Russia, Roumanla and Turkey.
Dr. Butler rightly congratulates the
world upon America's contribution to
tho new internationalism, because our
activity has done so much to elevate
the ethical standard of International
relations and develop world morality.
OOVERXOR T1VQHEH' VIC TORT.
The bi-partisan political machine In
New York has surrendered uncondi
tionally to Governor Hughes, after a
most hitter fight over the "Public
Utilities" bill, a measure framed un
der the personal direction of the gov
ernor and made, by reason of peculiar
political conditions, the test of power
between him and the dominant forces
in the management of tho allied re
publican and democratic machino,man-
ipulators of the state.
la the earlier stages cf tho fight a
sufficient number of republican sena
tors joined with the democratic minor
ity to prevent favorable action upon
tbe measure and an effort was made,
by holding It up, to force the governor
to make certain concessions deemed
essential by the machine managers for
their continuation In power. The gov
ernor boldly refueod to listen to over
tures, but declared that unless the
utilities measure was passed by the
legislature he would appeal to the peo
ple and continue calling special ses
sions of the legislature until he se
cured a redemption of the party's plat
form pledges on the subject. Tho gov
ernor's attitude aroused such enthusi
asm among the voters that the recal
citrants In the legislature withdrew
their opposition and the bill Is now a
law.
. The enactment of the bill is a sig
nificant triumph for the governor and
the people, as It places the control of
regulation of public corporations, both
in New York City and the state, in
tbe hands of commissions, to be ap
pointed by the governor, and removes
them from the hands of the political
machines lu New York City, which
have alweys used them for political, if
not personal, profit. Honest enforce
ment of the new law promises much
for the public in tho way of better ser
vice from the franchlced corporations
e.tii freedom from their domination in
municipal politics. Incidentally, the
victory of Governor Hughes will bring
him Into more prominence In the polit
ical field thr.t is cot bounded by state
lines.
TUK SJ.VB OLD STORY,
Some of the rmooth railroad lobby
ists who were In attendance upon the
late Nebraska legislature must have
smuggled themselves In as delegates
to the meeting of the National Asso
ciation of Manufacturers in New York.
The assoctaticyi listened to and
adopted a report from its committee
on Interstate commerce embodying al
most verbatim, with a few extra flour
ishes, the piteous picas entered
against the enactment of the 2-cent
fare law In this state.
Tbe committee's report sees In the
movement "an Indirect attack ou pub
lic Interest." It la aurc that the roads
will have to be "coiupccfated" by
Liuher freight chargtt or give poorer
service, and even then may be thrown
into bankruptcy. No ono but "an ex
perienced railroad man" should touch
any law pertaining to railroads. No
Improvements and extensions may be
expected if the law-makers Interfere
with tho rate-makers and, "finally,
the effect of such legislation would be
a lowering of the value of railroad
property practically amounting to a
confiscation."
The proof of the pudding, however,
Is In the eating. The same tearful
tales were told at Lincoln, coupled
with dismal predictions of more dro
disaster, but the 2-cent fare is a fact
In Nebraska and the railroads here are
still doing business at the old stand.
What contributed as much as any
thing to force the 2-cent fare In this
state was the apparent selfishness of
certain manufacturers and jobbers
who, having secured a 2-cent mileage
book for their commercial travelers,
put themselves in the attitude of ob
jecting to extending the samo privi
lege to other people.
Tho contention that railroad rates
should never be reduced because the
effect would be "a lowering of the
value of railroad property amounting
to confiscation" would apply as well
to reducing freight rates as to passen
ger rates, and if valid would mean
that railroad charges would always go
up and never go down. The National
Association of Manufacturers Is either
lending its name to a bunch of rail
road lobbyists in disguise or It Is woe
fully Ignorant of existing conditions
and the prevailing temperament of the
peoplo.
BAXQUETtXQ TPK HODOKS.
The slllyvseason has opened earlier
than usual at Chicago, despite the late
Bprlng, cold weather, green bug and
other factors that have served to keep
the average mind diverted from occu
pations that naturally Invite the atten
tion of the Fool Killer. Dr. B. L.
Reitman, founder of the Brotherhood
Welfare association, inaugurated the
simple season by giving a most elabo
rate dinner at a hyphenated restaurant
to 120 genuine tramps and hoboes, in
cluding all the thirty-third degreo
members of the species who could be
rounded up for the occasion. Tho
lodging houses, barrel-houses, box
cars and gutters were scoured by
agents of the association with invita
tions for these "soldiers of misfor
tune," skilled in the high art of living
without work, and the responses were
generous. It was the most represen
tative gathering of Weary Willies held
since tho last opening of a free lunch
ealoon on South Water street.
The purpose of the association, ac
cording to Dr. Reitman, Is to find work
for every man applying to it. "What
ever the man needs," says the doctor,
"we give to him If we can clothes,
food, encouragement or a job; we
don't care whether he Is good, bad or
Indifferent, so long as he has reached
the bottom of the ladder." That all
Bounds nice and interesting, from the
standpoint of a professional sociologist
with a theory and money to experi
ment, but it does not convince the
practical citizen as holding any possi
ble promise of good In the settlement
of the hobo question or encouragement
to deserving unfortunates. In the
first place, even in Chicago, there Is
little need of sympathy for able-bodied
men out of employment. With "Men
Wanted" signs on the doors of nearly
every mill and factory, with employers
offering fancy wages for workmen in
every line of commercial and Indus
trial activity, the man without em
ployment Is almost Invariably so from
choice and he merely laughs at the
dreams of the sociologist and takes
the good things offered In the eating
line. The information acquired in a
sociological study of vagrants at a free
feed will be about as valuable as a bent
pin and will add nothing to the store
of human knowledge.
In Chicago, as In every largo city,
there 13 a field for real philanthropic
work In seeking out the unfortunates
too timid to beg and too honest to
steal and extending aid to them In
stead of wasting time, money and un
necessary sympathy on professional
hoboes. Of course, Dr. Reitman has
the privilege to Indulge his whims, but
a primary lesson In sociology should
convince him that a hobo proud of his
calling will work at nothing that does
not promise to add cumulative evi
dence In support of the truth of the
old saw about a fool and his money.
Here Is an example of sour grapes
from the Lincoln Star:
Omaha Is very welcome to the use of
Governor Sheldon for its trade excursion
to the 1'aelllo coast. Mr. Sheldon's presence
In the crowd will .glvo to the excursion a
state-wide Importance and lie will tell the
people In hla western speeches that Omaha
Is not the whole thing.
If Lincoln would put lu half aa
much time and effort at building Itself
up as It does at pulling Omaha down
It might accomplibh more.
The State Railway commission has
been figuring out the ratio of mileage
in Nebraska to total mlleago of the
different railroad systems as eompared
with tho ratio of their net earnings in
Nebraska to total earnings. The
chances are that the railroad book
keepers computed the total earnings
on the basis of mileage, and, It so, the
state commissioners are simply figur
ing In a circle.
Consul Anderson is giving American
dealers advice on bow to ship coal to
Brazil. It is hoped the dealers defer
the lesson until they learn how to ship
coal to Minnesota and North Dakota
in the wlntPr time.
No interest is being paid by either
city or county oa outstanding general
fund warrants aa unusual situation
for Omaha unJ Doup,!as county. There
la to cotd I'kS'ua why titter tlty or
county should ever pay Interest on
warrants as long as It has money In
the bank, and this could and should
bo mado a certainty by abolishing the
foolish limitations requiring separa
tion of funds.
Slnco their advent into office a year
ago tho democratic mayor and council
have set afloat one new twenty-five-year
telephone franchise and one
fifteen-year garbage monopoly, and
are now trying to lay the foundation
for a new gas franchise The distri
bution of franchises proved a very
profitable business In San Francisco.
Former Senator Allen Is still talking
about testing the new direct primary
law on the ground that it Invades the
secrecy of the ballot. The Nebraska
supreme court passed on this very
question when the Douglas county di
rect primary law was up for Interpre
tation, but perhaps the ex-senator ex
pects the court to reverse Itself.
The Indians on the Wind River
reservation In Wyoming have con
sented to let the government open up
their lands to oil and mineral prospec
tors. The consent of a reservation
Indian is usually Bccured very much
like the consent of a railroad passen
ger to the polite request of a train
robber.
Mayor "Jim" says he wants to find
out whether a contract entered into
by the city is binding. The ordinary
rule of law Is that a contract binding
on one party Is binding on both, and
it ought not to require a long-drawn
law suit with big attorneys' fees to be
paid by the taxpayers to find this out.
Is lie on Ground Floor?
Washington Herald.
Mr. Cleveland laments "the unfortunate
dissensions Inside the democratic party."
But does Mr. Cleveland speak as one with
Inside Information?
Deeds Are What Count.
Minneapolis Journal.
The way to check the ravages of the
green 'bug Is not to sit around In the post
office and talk about It, but to get out In
the field and rub the bug between two
shingles.
fobllclty of the Slum.
New York Sun.
Son a tor Foraker deserves the thanks of
at least somo of his opponents. He Is
bringing national notoriety to several pa
triots who hitherto have been unknown to
fame outside their home state.
Giving Themselves Away.
Wall Street Journal.
Confession seems to be the order of the
day. A clergyman confesses his guilt In
marrying a divorced person, a San Fran
cisco boss confesses his 'guilt In selling
government to corporations, and a promi
nent railroad confesses Its guilt In violating
tbe anti-rebate bill.
Fortunate In Ilia Foes.
New York World.
Again there Is talk of a combination of
far western politicians against President
Roosevelt on account of bis public land
and forest program. Of course land thieves
and their friends do not like a "vigorous
campaign against land thievery, But la
not the president favored by fortune in his
foesT
Corporate Indifference to Law.
Springfield Republican.
It may be that the anthracite coal roads
are Intending to Ignore the act of con
gress requiring them to dispose of their
coal lands by. May 1 of next year, as the
Standard Oil company Is practically ignor
ing another section of the new rate law.
Tho Delaware & Hudson company, Instead
of selling coal lands, has been adding to
Its holdings, and so far as appears nothing
has been done by the other oool roods In
preparation for complying with tho new
law.
, A REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN.
Dlstlnarnlshed Career of major E. IJ.
fonser Of Iowa.
Philadelphia Press.
Major Edwin Hugh Conger, who died
last Saturday, will be best remembered by
the present generation as the foremost
American of the siege of Peking In 1900.
That he played a creditable part In those
tense, dramatic scenes everybody knows;
but how creditable was that part the world
has yet to learn. The freely expressed
opinion of the men and women who were
besieged with him is that he was the
strongest figure In those days that tried
men's souls.
Other nations showered honors upon
their representatives In the slego; Major
Conger was content with the consciousness
of duty well done, and with the honor and
affection of the men and women who were
In the best position to understand his
worth; He must have known that It was
a cause of regret to the besieged that hn
was not a doxen of the diplomatic corps.
In soundness of Judgment, appreciation of
the conditions of an unprecedented situa
tion and an unruffled courage, he was tho
foremost among the official representatives
of the nations who were penned up W the
close confines of the olego. In hourly dan
ger of massacre.
In simple, unassuming democracy, also,
Minister Conger was a typical American.
He was the most accessible and paternal
official In the siege; even tho subjects of
other nations .were accustomed to go to
Mm for news and counsel. As It was In
the hour of danger, so also It was through
out Minister Conger's entire career at
Peking, lie nver played to the galleries
nor sought the notice of the public. But
every American In China believed In him
and found him a friend and protector.
It is common report In China that this
government has never had a representative
at Peking who worked more assiduously
and conscientiously for the Interest of
Americans.
Although always a gentleman, Minister
Conger never lost his plain Americanism
In an atmosphere of aristocratic Anglo'um.
He did not aspire to be a social linn or to
play the gamo of parlor politic. In fact,
he demonstrated the futility and short
sightedness of this sort of diplomatic
career by winning for himself a place at
the Chinese court more enviable than that
ever held by any other foreign minister.
Mrs. Conger, ltltewlse, was closer to the
empreds dowager than any other white
person; indeed, the friendship of the Con
gers with tbe Chinese court has continued
to this day.
In the death of Major Concer tlieri
packed away a type of Uie best American
citizen and public servant. His name re
mained spotless to the end: his works
grew In Importance the longer they were
contemplated. Cltlncn, soldier, statesmen.
u:an, Kdwln Hugh Corner was honored In
life, and Lo Is mourned In death.
E'en 4s be trrd. that dav to Ood
P wnlk.Ml he from h birth.
In f.tmj-l n. r,s r-nd frntifi.tjs und
H rlrKii o.li-th.
O THK PltEirETI l, FIRHO t,M
Preliminary Warming; 1 p of Uepnb
llean Aspirants.
Philadelphia Record (Jem.).
Nothing could be more opportune than
the proposed reunion of the "306," meaning
thereby the delegates to the republican con
vention of isso who voted for the nomina
tion of General Grant thirty-six times and
failed. Qrant's prestlpe with the party was
greater than that of Roosevelt, incredible
as this may seem to persons under thirty
years of age, and his campaign In the con
vention was conducted by three of the
most powerful politicians In the country
Roscoo Conkllng, J. Donald Cameron ahd
John A. Ixgan. tlut they failed. A re- j
union or the "x; would bo extermeiy
timely at tho moment when a lot of men
with short memories Imagine that nothing
but Mr. Roosevelt's consent Is necessary
to secure a third term for him.
Foraker "Snlendld l-intet Ion."
New York World (dem.).
The net result of the Fornker-Dlck cam
paign to prevent the election of a Taft
delegation to the republican national con
vention is the political Isolation of Senator
Foraker and his associates.
Governor Harris end the republican
state officials have made, a public declara
tion Indorsing the Taft candidacy and as
serting that there will be more than one
candidate for Senator Foraker's seat.
Chairman Frown of the republican state
committee Is so strongly committed to the
secretary of war that the senator publicly
denounces Rrown's statement as "rank,
dictatorial, offensive bosslsm." Even Cox
Is for Taft, and the Senior senator la left
alone with Dick and the remnants of the
Old machine. Mr. Foraker, who set forth
so jauntily to destroy the Taft candidacy,
may In the end count himself lucky If he
saves hla own skin.
Pennsylvania's Favorite Bon.
Philadelphia Press (rep.).
Senator Knox Is thus more Intimately
and responsibly Identified than any other
man with the president's particular poli
cies which are to be the touchstone of
the national campaign. His nomination
would be the pledge of their continuance.
Under these circumstances It is natural and
Inevitable that hla name should be care
fully considered among the presidential
ellglbles. It Is time to take up this ques
tion seriously and earnestly. We believe
It to be opportune and wise for the com
ing republican state convention which
meets at Harlsburg on June 6 to endorse
the president's policies and to declare for
Senator Knox as their representative and
as Pennsylvania's choice for his successor.
We are sure this action would be accepta
ble to the president. We know It would
express the undivided thought ot Penn
sylvania. And we are Confident that as
Its full Import and strength come to be
realized It will appeal with growing force
to the country.
. Boost for Fairbanks.
Cincinnati Enquirer (lnd. dem.).
No person who makes a careful personal
study of Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks and
patiently analyses his speeches need wonder
at his endurance aa a candidate for the
republican nomination for president of the
United States. He has a warm profes
sion of fellowship, a voice with just
enough of the husky quality to keep It
from being softly sentimental and a mem
ory of faces and names as Indelible aa
the stars. He has an equipment of words
and phrase which bear such rich garnish
ment that only the most captious analyst
doubts that they are true coinage. He Is
not going about the country with "fads."
He never trie to smooth the fur In the
wrong direction, and the publlo kitten
Is always purring with It eyes closed when
he caresses. Mr. Fairbanks Ib a keen man
of the world. He knbwa that in our tre
mendous affairs, of which he delight to
talk, there 1 not time to go Into detail
and split hairs on subordinate Issues. He
waste no shot In Insignificant inlets or
on desolate islands, but he plunge Into
the wide ocean and braces the world on
"goneral principles." He make a platform
big enough to stand and even prance upon
and soften rough place with a solution
of rhetoric. And everything he says 1
orthodox.
Call for Leslie M. Shaw.
Hartford (Conn.) New.
Whilst aspiring statesmen In the near
west are wrestling with the chance of a
precipitately early campaign, It would not
be surprising If men of experience and
discernment in the eul; locking to wise
stability in the politics, and to equally
wise development In the business and af
fair of the land, should suggest the name
of somo candidate wholly devoid of self
seeking, whoso known policy and proven
capacity would serve a an assurance of
united conservatism and progress, and
thus furnish to the whole community a
pledge of continued prosperity and peace
ful expansion. Men of the neoded chart
actor and ability can, happily, be found
In our mutbt, men such, for Instance, as
Leslie M. Shaw, who, In the field of ad
ministrative politics, has shown as much
Intelligent and painstaking devotion to duty
In a position of supreme trust and far
reaching Importance, and who ha so
thoroughly won the respect ond approval
of those of our leading citizens best able
to judge the requirements of tho times, that
he has just been honored by election to
membership In the New York Chamber of
Commerce.
Mr. Shaw, like men of tils typo. Is modest,
and, by hublt as well as Instinct, disposed
to think more of the calls ot duty than of
the suggestions of ambition; but It la pro
clrely men who think, work and fiympathlse
as he does, who may be most readily
trusted, and from whom results of real
consequence muy be fairly and continuously
expected. We therefore hope that if ap
peal should be made to him to accept a
responsibility for which his own efforts In
the cause of good government have speci
ally qualified him, he will not refuse to
consult the wishes of disinterested fellow
citizens who seek rather the advantage of
all than the profit or preferment of either
themselves or of some special class or In
terest with which they may have chanced
to be affiliated.
l'ERSOAL NOTES.
Detroit's mayor won't appoint any but
married men to office He knows they need
the money.
"Ulll" Sinclair, an Oklahoma cltlfcn,
seerrs to have given oCanr to tho Vlniard
Vine, which says of him: "EM Is of no
more use than the noise he makes when
he eats soup."
Among tho textile kings of New England
Is Walter II. Langahaw of New Bedford,
Mass. He rose rapidly from the humble
position of barefooted bobbin boy to a man
who now controls the moat successful cot
ton mill in the world.
The third Harvard profoesor to be desig
nated as exchange professor with tho Uni
versity of Iierlln Is Prof. William Henr7
BchofeM. head of the newly reorganized
department of comparative lilera'ure. Ills
Rcrlln term of scrvlco la for tbe ucadcmlo
ye.iT rf 1DW-3.
I'aao Stephenson, tho new senator from
Wisconsin, Is the rlcbtet man In that state.
He will bu 73 years ( Id on June 18, but Is
vigorous and resourceful. The bulk f his
fortune wai made In lumber. Ho was bom
In N'cw lirutiFM Ick, his father being a
Ecutih-IrULu.iiu,
LYDIALPMKIIAM'S
VEGETADLE
COMPOUND
Is aoknowledped to be the roost sue
cvsful reroMy in the country for
those paiuful ailuicuts peculiar to
women.
For more than 30 years It has
been curing Female Complaints,
such as Inflammation, and Ulcera
tion, Falliug a I'd Displacements,
and consequent Spinal Weakness,
Backache, and is peculiarly adapted
to the Chancre of Life.
Records show t.iat It has cured
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Lydla B. Flnkham' Vetrctable Compound dissolves and expels
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It corrects IrrppmlBrttles or Pninful Functions, Weakness of the
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Flatnlency, Melancholia or the "niues." Theae are sure Indications of
female weakness or some organic derange! nt.
For Kidney Complaints of either sex Lydla E. Flnkbam's Veg-etable
Compound is a most excellent remedy.
Mrs. Plnkham's Standing Invitation to Women
Women uffprin(r from any form of female weakness are Invited to
write Mrs Ilnkham, Lynn, Mass. for advice. She is the Mrs. Flnkham
who has been advising sick women free of charge for mure thnn twenty
years, and before that she assisted her mother-in-law Lvdia T2. Pinlthain
in aOvisinrr. Thus she is well qualified to guide sick women back to
health. II or advice is free and
n ailtioad iioviK imc.
Proposed Federal In vesication of
Train W reeks.
Washington Post.
Investigation of the recent railroad
wreck at Honda, Cal., in which a scoro of
Bhrlnors and their wives were crushed
and burned to death, has revealed that
the cars provided by the Southern Taclflo
company were too frail for tho heavy
service required of them. Tho same de
fects caused another California wreck, at
Colton, according to the verdict of tho
coroner's Jury. The Interstate Commeroe
commission has sent for copies of the tes
timony relating to the two wrecks, and It
Is supposed that an Inquiry will be made
Into the feasibility of bringing suit against
the railroad company for failure to pro
vide sukable equipment.
It would be a novel thing. In tho United
States, to seo a railroad company called to
account for a wreck In a prosecution
brought in the name of the nation. But
why not? Is not human life as Important
as railroad ratesT The list Of the dead
and wounded In railroad wrecks mounts
to appalling figures In the course of a
year. The dealing out of disaster and
ileath In any other form would meet with
an Instant demand from the public that
the slaughter be stopped without regard
to the corporate or other rights of the
slayers. But the railroads have been
treated with extraordinary forbearance,
possibly because they tried In good faith,
beforq the current of prosperity swelled to
a torrent, to deliver their passengers alive
and unmalmed. The recent enormous in
crease in tho numb r of accidents Indicate
that the railroad's are no longer mainly con
cerned with the factor of safety. The quan
tity of business Is the chief thing now. Let
the passenger look out for themselves.
The Interstate Commerce commission
and the Department of Justice could not
employ their time and talent to better
advantage than to call railroad compahtos
to account for wrecks caused by defective
equipment, overworked . crews, or other
faotors which might bring the offender
within reach of the law.
BADKK9S THE EXCEPTION.
"It 1 Watnral that Men and Women
Be Good and Do Good."
Wall Street Journal.
"Bad men are the exception. It la nat
ural that men and women be good and do
good. Love and sympathy are part of the
divine' plan."
These words are to be found In one of
the essay contained in Richard L. Met
calfe' beautiful and uplifting book entitled
"Of Such I the Kingdom." Mr. Metcnlfo
I subeditor, under W. J. Bryan, of the
Commoner.
The thoughtless reader of tho dally news
paper might easily get a different Idea
than that put forth by Mr. Metcalfe In the
paragraph quoted. The dally press la con
stantly parading before tho people the bad
deeds done by the bad men. They tell of
the manipulation, the scheming, the unfair
competition, the lawless Uvea, the divorces
and godlessneB of those men of wealth
and high station whose sole Idea of life
appear to be to use their power for their
personal gratification. They parade also
the gross crime and violence of the lowest
class, the vile wickedness to be found In
"tho submerged tenth."
One would almost think from reading of
the crime which are reported In the news
paper that bad men were the rule Instead
of the exception. We are apt to forget
that the newspapers simply report what
Is abnormal, because It Is abnormal things
which are the most Interesting. Ooodness
Is usually tame and it Is so general as to
seem common place. Badness, on the other
hand. Is dramatlo and exciting because It
Is aa compared with the bulk of human
transactions so rare. The fact Is that most
pooplo are naturally good. Their t?nden
clra are In the right direction. They re
flect the stamp of the divine which is upon
them. Wero this not so this world would
bo a pretty poor place, to live In. There
fore believe the best you can ot pooplo;
your jMdirment then will be more nearly
right than If you believed the worst.
Bnithoase Activity.
-New York Tribune.
Betting on the green bug continues brisk
In tho wheat pit.
"A Man's a Man For A' That
Be ho a bank president; bo ho the
head of a great railroad, be he the
owner of a dozen Automobiles, or bo
ho only an everyday worker earning
his livelihood by the power of hla
niuBclce
A square deal ia hla due. The
value of one man's money Is equal
to tbe value of another's and becauso
the one can afford to pay for a Piano
In cash la no reason why the ether,
the less affluent one, should be com
pelled to clve a much greater price
if he chooaea the time payment plan.
To rcqulro that would not be giving
him a cquare deal.
Likewise secret comniHaloas tire
unfair to tho purchaser. A dealer can
not Boll a Piano for Its reol value if
he must pay to the third party, the
pernicious "cappor," a specified sum
for inducing tho customer to buy ot
htm.
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LYDIA E. PINK1
always helpful.
).Mnuu WAS.
"At least." mufed the philosophic motor
ist, as he lay under Ills upturned machine,
waiting for thn rent of the party to pry
him out, "no funny guy can come along
and nay that this Is a horsu on me." Balti
more American.
"You can't get on this Cur; you're
drunk," said tho conductor.
"D'ye s'pno n sober mun'd want to get
on your old car?" replied tho rcloeted, not
without spirit. Philadelphia Lodger.
Mr. Jawbaek How well Kipling has de
scribed this plate of hash!
Mrs. Jawbaek How T
Mr. Jawbaek "A rag and a bone and a
hank of hair." Cleveland Loader.
"Really," remarked Minn Passay. "I don't
see why any woman should try to conceal
her ago. Now I'm willing all the time to
let peoplo know I'm 26."
"But," replied Miss Knox, "does It do
any good? You know, Lincoln said: "You
can't fool all the people all the time.' "
Philadelphia Press.
Foote Lights I have a wonderful mem
ory. I ean learn a new play In a day.
Miss 8uo Brette Well, to have a memory
like that must be bad If the play Is on
you want to forget! Yonkers Statesman.
Tho Sphinx had Just propounded a riddle.
"Why does a plain girl understand a ball
gnme better than a pretty one?"
Herewith they were fain to give It up.
New York Sun,
"Father, I am thinking of getting mar
ried." "All right, my son, but remember that
love Is not everything. Take caro to select
a wife who will support you In the style
to which you have always been accus
tomed, or you run the risk of being vory
unhappy and maybe of having to go to
work yourself." Baltimore American,
WHEN HELEN HADE THE CAKE.
Detroit Free Press.
An air of mystery seemed to fill
The dining-room that nightj
I guessed at once that I wu In
For a. atlrnrtaii. all rlirht-
But not Until dessert was served '
Much headway cotild I make:
And then, with smiles, they told me that
Fair Helen made the cake.
They called It angel food, and passed
Two slices on to mo;
Then, lust to please our Helen, X
Attacked it greedily.
But suddenly I paused the while.
"There must bo a mistake,"
Bald I, "Now, what cement was used
When Helen made this cake?"
I've eaten food, t guess,
A thousand times or more;
Tint none that fell with such a thud
When dropped upon the floor.
And none on which my teeth would not
A alight Impression make.
Until the night I tried to eat
Of Helen's angel cake.
And now I am "a mean old thing,"
Likewise, a "heartless brute;"
Now I am called a hundred names
That are not kind or cute.
I Cannot got a minute' peace,
I see my sad mistake:
I never nbould have told the truth,
When Helen made a cake.
RED HANDS
ate nuaHy caused by poor
circuUuoo, sometimet due Jp'4LT
to texneted cJothine hke fMYyCk X
a tight arm-hole. lUha. VW
cautea auauoa ot the cap
illaries in the hand and,
even when the tightness hat
beea relieved, the capilUnc
will tend to remain enlarged.
Pond's
Extract Soap
soothes and cools the ilia aod its liny capillaries,
tending to reduce the redoett; alao came lb
Food' Extract Into lb pore and thus to the
capillaiiet thcDiielvet, fanpng them to cootrsd;
lu free, pcrauteat use wul traotform red or rough
ened hands to those of the patncUn soft, deli,
este, ivory white, with Kny Logo bps and shell.
Lk atil. hi wLocara indicates iu purity.
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Piano purchaser from the sliding price
dealer and tho speclos of grafter
known In the Plac.i buuinesB as the
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IT'S A SPLENDID SAVING you
mal.r? in buying your piano from th
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mind our stock Is as large and more
varloj than that contained In ten or
dinary piano btorca.
As factory distributers of the best
Piano makers of the country we tan
show you a stock in which you are
bound to find whut you want, and If
you cannot pay ail in cash, there will
be a charge of only a small interest
for tho privilege of settling monthly.
We are factory dlatrilmtr rs for thv
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