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THE OMAHA DAILY IJEU: WEDNESDAY, MAY '29, 1907. Tut Omaha Daily Be. FlMNDF-D BV EDWARD IlOSE WATER VICTOR ROSI". WATER. EDITOR. fcnterrd at Omaha poatofnoa second cmiil matter. TF.RMS OF HLTja'RlKnON. 1 siiy iiee '.without ur.dn), one year. .HOC Dully Hm snd t-jnday one year t'j:iny Iter, oris year 2 sO tyvturosy Hen, ore fa- 1.(0 !tfIJV:il(l HT CAHItlCR. Dally Pee Inchidin Sunday), per week..lSe 1 ally Je (without Humla. r ck...lOo Evening R- iwitho.it thir.day). per week. Co Kv"tirnt He (with Funds)', por week. ...loo Adili'-im nil complaints of Irregularities III delivery to C'Hr ' 'Ir-nlnt'on Deixrtmsnt. Onishi-T B-e (luiUting. Hou:h ijnum- city Hall Hutlrt.f. inndi fliurr-13 3cott Sti'et. "iiU'npi- !(:( 1'Mty Riillillnir. Kov York rj II. hup I Ifo Insurance Bids. -'.ml.:tiltt''r. -oTl 'c'ourtrpnth Street. ui:ifspondence. f i-.m'iu'ii. atlon i-elutlng to news and -d'-luil il matter should be addreaaed. Omaha Pee. Fdlior.al Depurtinent KKM ITT NCE8. Ketiilt hy rlr.ift, tpres or .ostal order, payable to Tne lice Publishing Company, i nly r-rrnt stumps received In payment of Mii'.l accounts. Personal rh.'ks, except on :) in 1 . i or eastern exehnnuie rot Bcop'.ed. THE y.V.F. PUBLISHING COMPANY. atatlmfnt or cikctlation. Ktite if Nebraska, Douglas County, Charles .'. Hrsewiiter. genral marHCT ( The l:-e Publishing Company. beln-: duly sworn, ssv that the actual nnmlw of roll nt;d rritnplete copies of The Dally. Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed il'iflnc the month of April. W7, waa as follows : X '.. 33,870 2 34 030 I 34,110 . 34.380 34,330 34,330 T 31,400 34,380 34,450 17 35.099 g 33,090 f J4.840 SO 85,010 tl 33,350 H 35.090 13 33.300 SI4, 35.430 it..... 39,470 2 J b.i,340 JT 38,830 II 34,000 2 38,810 10 a 30,680 10 34,t00 II. 34,410 35,720 38,690 33,400 34,690 U.... 13.... It.... U-... I ... . 34,830 Total 1,033 410 Less unsold and returned poplee. ,84 Net total 1,038,640 Dully average 34,384 CHARLES C. ROSE WATER, General Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this SOth (lav of April, 1W7. (Seal) m. . Hl'NOATE, Notary Public. WHEN OtT OF TOWS. Subscribers lenTlns; the rlty tern. ' pornrlly should hare The) Bf mailed to them. Addraa will be rhanjged as often as requested. If present Indications ni.iy be ac cepted as reliable, the demounts may have the dollar gas plank Jn their next platform. A tribe has been found In Africa whose main object in life Is getting drunk. Probably descendants of sail ors on shore leave. - "Is. the democrat a turtle?" asks the Ohio State Journal. We should say not,' remembering the turtle's fondness for water. '' The country would be In a terrible condition If the .farmers were worry ing as much about the crops as the grain speculators are., - r . -,-. " , S IV "Fie Is a villainous lnvention,, says a writer - In a ...woman's 1 magaslne. That's what ,tha frleads of the de defeated candidate always say. 1 "The weBt Is ablaze for Cannon." said Senator Hopkins of Illinois, and tve Weather bureau recorded a frost all over the (train belt that night. Mr. Roosevelt may not be the presi dential candidate of his party next year, but it seems to be pretty well tettled that he will be the convention. If the Yeiser law should finally be invoked In behalf of the dog,, what would It determine: The efficacy of the referendum, or the popularity of Tiger Tlge may eventually be compelled to wear a nuzzle when he appears In public In Omaha, but if he does It will not he because Dr. Miller was asleep t the switch. The New York Herald says there re 198,000 yovsng widows in that city. The theatrical companies must be re turning to New York earlier than UBual this year. The State Board of Health finds ItSvlt In a deadlock on . appointees, which leaves a presumption fahr r.hat the lucky man has not yet been turned In the balloting. : Mr. Corey says he has not selected his final home, but that it will be in tome cooj place. The majority opin ion teems to, be that his final home will be In a very hot place. "The tariff divides the manufac turers,' any the New York Times. That will surprise people who have & ml a lcng-cherUhed Impression that 'U mtiMtfhrtcrcis divided the tariff. Undo Jcj Cannon refuses to admit .hat he h n candidate for the presi lency, but i, disposed to hint that if the peor-le do not elect him next year '.hey will never have another chance. Governor Little of Arkansas pro poses to reiKn because his Ul-health prevents Mm from giving proper at-.-vicMou to the duties of his office. Such jonuidcTiitlon of duty Is as unusual as "t is commendable. . T'ie democratic city council has nado great pretense of friendship for .he working mau. but when a proposl ion to put this friendship In tangible form was presented for action It died Secausu no one would speak for It The Omaha Water board has u itfcer opportunity now. it may ful minate at least one proclamation in response to th water company's an nouncement hat tt will no longer sup ply water free of chri for CufchAg ha. U-ei A tilAflJ'.SO.V i.V AVttlDAMt:. II is doubtful If even that "Phila delphia lawyer." whose proverbial ability "for unraveling tangled prob lems has become h. classic, could pro duce a logical and harmonious ca-.te from the arguments tiiat are being offered by railroad managers in op posing the enforcement of legislation enacted by the different states looking to tne regulation of railway passenger and freight rates. The unbiased lay man Is forced to conclude either that the railway managers have gof their wires crossed or that railway rales, like General Hancock's tariff, it a local Issue. When the Nebraska legislature was considering the 2-cent faro bill the railway representatives made the most of opposition to it on the ground that much of the state is sparsely set tled and the proposed rate would not be compensatory. The argument was used with home effectiveness and, It Is understood", is now held In abeyance until a trial of the new rates has been made. If the rate does not prove compensatory the case will be taken Into thrt tonrta for the purpose of test ing tho validity of the 2-ceut rate law. The argument used by the railroads In Nebraska has been reversed In Pennsylvania, where the Reading com pany has Just announced an Increase In passenger rates on the ground that the business offered under the reduced rate Is causing too heavy a tax on the company's transportation facilities, and that some action la necessary to effect a better adjustment between the company's revenues and the disburse ments for train accommodations. The order Increasing the price of tickets to commuters affects a good many thou sand people in the Philadelphia sec tion, who work in the city and live in suburbs. In his formal announce ment President Baer of the Reading admits that the low rates, which were put Into effect to meet the competition of the trolley lines, have helped Im mensely to build up suburban commu nities and this upbuilding has added enormously to the railroad revenues, but that this liberal policy must now be reversed, apparently on the theory that even a railroad may have too much of a good thing. Baer's state ment Is strong testimony In support of the claim of the reduced fare advo cates that reduction In rates always begets more traffic and adds profit to railroad operation. Another complication Is added to the situation by a report from Chicago to the effect that thousands of railroad men In the west are to be thrown out of work In a few weeks because of the inability of railway managers to se cure funda for the prosecution of needed extensions and Improvements. This Is charged,' by the railway man agers, to the result of "hostile legis lation" by the' states, which has "frightened investors away from rail way securities." This has produced an anomalous state of affairs. At a time when ! the 'country Is prospering as never before,- when tb only .obsta cle to further advancement Is the lack of adequate ' railway facilities, when the railway managers are anxious to carry out comprehensive plans for the Improvement of the transportation systems, the money markets are ap parently closed against them. ' The country has the business to offer at rates which are admitted to be profit able and enough business Is In sight to keep the railroads busy for several years. Reports of April earnings show liberal increases In every Important railroad In the country, and all condi tions ase apparently ripe for a con tinuation of prosperous business in the transportation line for years to come. This would be sufficient showing to command unlimited capital for invest ment In any business and the failure of Investors to respond to such induce ment offered In railway securities mast be traced to the railway man ager and not to the public, which stands ready with Its contribution of patronage sufficient to Insure profit able return on railway investments.- The hostile sentiment, or the sus picion, which causes the withholding of money from investment In railway securities Is due solely to the expos ures that have been made of the man ner In which railway Investments have been manipulated In the past, to the enrichment of the manipulators and at the expenteof the stockholders and patrons. Mr. Harrlman, Mr. Fish and other prominent railway magnates have admitted the err.or of past poli cies In railway management and have promised reforms. When the reforms ae Inaugurated, tlnild capital will cheerfully sok Investment in railway securities and save railway managers the necessity of making new and con flicting explanations as they are now doing to meet conditions In different localities. . Tflt STAFDAtin OIL LITIGATION. Announcement coine from Washing ton that the Department ot Ju:ilce is preparing to make a. general move ment against the Standard Oil com pany, under the provisions of the now railway , rate law which makes pipe lines common carriers. The Standard has already had more than Its share of litigation, both in slate, and federal courts, In the warfare that has been waged In the last few years looking to the extermination of the trust pest. Texas has been at battle with the Oil trust for several years. Kansas has protected all the markets of the state from the exactions of the Standard Oil company. Ohio and Pennsylvania courta have made Important decisions against the trust. Missouri' ouster proceedings have been sustained in the preliminary proceedings. The com pany ha beeu found KuUty in the fed eral court in Chicago ou 1.4 00 counts and in.ulo aui'.rt to tlnt that may .-Eiregate t ,UUO.OuO uud couvlc- I tlon for various offenses of rebating ; and other forms of UUciiminatlon have been secured in the courta of Indiana and Michigan. Various method: have elected Senator Stephenson unanl- been used to compel the trust to ob- mously adopted a resolution memor I serve fair relations with dealers and . iaiiznK congress to remove the tariff consumers in tne cirrerent stAtes. nut the new proceedings promises to be more general In scope and is designed to finally end the monopoly of the concern and stop Jts disregard and violations of the law,. Officials of tho Department of Jus- tlce have long felt that the Standard s pistols, Winchesters. broadswords, monopoly of the pipe line Industry j bowle knives or bare fists. There's al was Its most vulnerable point of at- ways something doing in Colorado tack, but action has been deferred be cause of the question ot the sufficiency of the Sherman anti-trust law to meet the requirements of the contemplated I roaecution. The railway rate bill's provision defining the pipe line as a common carrier mnkes the Way clear for the proposed action. The report of Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corporations, shows that -while the Standard produces but one-sixth of the crude petroleum of the nation, its ownership or control of 98 per cent of the pipe lines In the oil fields gives It an absolute monopoly of the trans portation of petroleum, equivalent, to actual ownership of practically every oil well fn the country. The blow at the Standard's pipe line control prom ises to be the final and most effective method of breaking the power of this ruthless monopoly. KANSAS AXD AEBRASKA. A peculiar, and in some ways re markable, condition of affairs Is pre sented by the attitude ot the Kansas Railway commission. That body after solemn' deliberation has determined that if the Nebraska statute is upheld It will make an order establishing the 2-cent passenger fare In Kansas. The astounding feature of this is that Kan sas has hesitated at all, waiting to see the probable effect of reform legisla tion In another state before adopting it. In the past Kansas has been In the van, or a little bit ahead of the van, In the matter of experimental legisla tion. Nebraska has suffered much In reputation by reason of some efforts made to Institute needed changes In practice In the state, but has never as sumed such radical attitude as ha characterized Kansas. It must, there fore, appeal to the casual observer as in some degree humorous that Kansas should now bex willing and content to follow Nebraska's lead along the path which appears so safe. One of two things must be true: Either Kansas has determined to fol low the advice of William Allen White, and "raise less hell and more corn," or the hold of the Santa Fe on the official machinery of the Sunflower state Is still sufficiently firm to be po tent. bELAY IX DOLLAR OAS. . The city council has prudently de termined to postpone for another week definite action on Mayor Jim's bunco ordinance tor dollar gas. .The contract existing between the gas com pany of the city of Omaha is slowly being recognized by the democrats as ot some force and effect. Dollar gas under proper conditions Is a consum" mation devoutly to be wished, but dol lar gas at the expense of a repudiated contract Is not likely to be obtained, nor would It be creditable to the city In any degree If It were. The hollowness of the democratic promise and the sham of its perfor mance Is rapidly becoming apparent to all men. The responsibility of plat form pledges Is being borne home to them, and the difficulty In the way of redemption Is now. very plain. The unseasonable weather has had a most regrettable Influence on the ed itor ot our amiable popocratlc contem porary. He Area a double-shotted dose at the graduate under the head of "Vinegar,"" and winds up his parade of pessimistic platitudes with the an nouncement: "That is our rede to the graduate." Much consolation for the unfortunate graduate will be found. In the reflection that the editor ot our amiable popocratlc contemporary Is about as reliable when gloomy at he Is when gleeful; and the sweet girl gradute and her handsome, manly boy companion can go Into the world with the fresh enthusiasm of undaunted youth and find that there Is still much Joy in this vale .of tears and that smiles abound as plentifully as frowng, and while few of us ever achieve all that we set out to accomplish, we gen erally attain such measure of success as leads us to a reasonable content and lends auch zest to existence as makes It enjoyable. A little vinegar is essential to the salad of life, but the vlandset before us are riot exclusively salad. Pr. Hazletine, secretary of the Illi nois Homeopathic Medical association, I authority for the assertion that most of the deformed noses are due to ' overdevelopment oi tne Drain, tie says the 'human brain has reached! such a high state of development that the cranium is forced downward and the structure ot the. nose forced out of shape. It'- a safe wager that Dr. Ilazlctlno has one of those dromedary noses. Drug bill for the asylum at Hast ing aro causing oine discussion at tho state house now.- It was drug bill that resulted in the rempval of the superintendent from this asylum under Governor Boyd. His tory may not repeat Itself, but the precedent Is one that should be heeded. The esteemed Philadelphia Record declares tljat "tho great Lumber trust will huve In Stephenson of Wisconsin 1 another vote in the I'nitcd States sen-. I ate fur tho malutenao:e ot duties that niake It next to Impossible for a man j 0f moderate means to build or repair h3 dwelling. " The leclslature that j on iDlbCr, and there Is nothing In the rePnrd to Indicate the senator's lack of fullest, sympathy with the action. ieneral Sherman Bell has chal lenged Adjutant General Bulkely Wells of Colorado to fight a duel with when Bell slips his muzzle. "I would rather that the people wished me president In their hearts than that I be made president," says Speaker Cannon. Colonel Bryan can tell Mr.'Cannon the difference between wishes in the heart and votes In the ballot box. In Cfnss by Themselves. St. Louis Republic. Ancient stanrinnls of honor may yet pre vail among thieves, but If we form Judg ment from the San Francisco peachmenta they have no forre among graftera. Prosper! I ve Joy. WnshlnRton Herald. Now that Mr. Roosevelt has been pre sented with a base ball pffss good for life, Is It right to ask hltn to servo another term? Is he not entitled to an opportunity to enjoy himself? More ered Than llnrt. Minneapolis Journal Tears ego the northwest was amused by the RiiMHinh thistle danger. From the acare talk one might have thought that the cropn would be crowded out permanently. But tha thistle did no great harm. It Is the same way with the wheat aphis or the brown-tall moth. TheV have their day as "big scares" and then drop back Into the llBt of minor nulsancea that keeps tha farmer from rusting out. ITJA HAXTOX M-KISI.EY. Colonel Henry M'ntteraon's Trlbnte to Her Memory. Toulsvllle Courier-Journal. If ever a star fell from heaven Into the arms of ninn If ever a flower grew Into a woman that star and that flower was Ida 8axton McKlnley. There was an aroma, of sweetness and grace In the very name. Her husband never addressed her, never referred to her, except bb "Ida. By an Interposition littl short of divine th full knowledge of the supreme tragedy which descended Into a life yet In its noon, Waa spared her; the angeladrew a veil as of teara between her and Its full realisation. God had given It to Ida Baxton to be fitly mated. v There were many beauties and virtues In the character of William McKlnley; hla career was abundantly ful filled, and the crown of glory he wore with such consuming modesty waa studded with jewels both rich and radiant; the soldier. the civilian, the man of affairs and the party leader; but the rarest of all that shone In that priceless diadem was his devotion simple, constant, unerring to -Ida " It seems strange, a most mysterious. Inexplicable decree of Trovldence that or dained the death by the assassin's hand of three such men as Lincoln, Garfield and McKlnley, each bo unoffending, so filled with the love of human kind, bo gracious and generous. Of the three, McKlnley waa least ag gressive. Lincoln lived In deadly times, and Garfleld'a very Intellectuality raised up both enemies and enmities. Qurfleld, lova ble as he was, had a rough side to him. and Lincoln, big of heart and of brain, was outwardly, even as a gnarled oak. McKlnley lived a .primitive Christian man. He emulated St. Paul In the desire to bo all things to all men. It gave him pleasure to give pleasure; It caused him pain to In flict pain. No man ever grew a fast as he in the executive office, both in mental stature and in breadth. Ha came to power during moving times. Immense responsibilities dlescended upon him. War, which he had religiously op posed, and for which the country was Ill prepared, was suddenly thrust upon him. The White Houae became an armed camp. 1 nere was nui. an nour 01 me aay or nignt which the president could call hla own. But. night or day, there came never a moment when that aweet voice might not summon hltn to the side of the wife whose peculiar affliction had Imposed upon hrm the care .of a nurse for a child none other nurse than he. It was the knowledge of this in those who person Vly knew and loved them which gave to Inc awful final ity at Buffalo an added and Inexpressible poignancy of grief. The people of the south especially will ever hold the memory of William McKlnley deep in the heart of their hearts. He It was to whom It waa given to complete the aublime Intention of Lincoln with respect to the disunited sections of the union. He was quick to see the meaning and the op portunity of the Spanish war. The last, eternal treaty of peace between the north and the south waa written by tha pen that signed the commission as generals In the army of the t'nlted States of Joseph Wheeler and Fitzhugh Lee and John Breck inridge Caatleniun, and never did states man and patriot perform an act greater In reach and more benign In effect than did William McKlnley when he restored thbso confederate soldiers to the service of a once more united country, literally turn ing gray nto blue, and giving to .genera tions of southern men yet unborn the sign manual, along with tha deathless assur ance, of complete moral emancipation. Let the winged spirit take its way to the Immortal spirit waiting for Its mate. Much shortened la the distance to heaven from earth between these two. Around the seraphs stand In robes of light. Tho i gates are (lung open wide. But, be sure single voice will alone be hoard, just only the one word, "Ida." TO .WASH CLOTHES i WITHOUT RUBBING ! Take two quarts ot boiling water and I add ix small nanuful of iVlKgio-SUck j Wonder-t ax auU halt a cake ot soap cut up, and boil until wax ami soap are dm- ! solvetl. Add halt of this mixture to the i hot suds In the sash tub and keep half I for the boiler. Ir you boll yuur clothes f first, put all of the mixture into the boil- ! er and boil your clothes for twenty to thirty minutes, stirring them well to atmd 1 the Wonder-Wax through them. j Always wet the clothes in cold water i and wring out before putting lno wan- ' tub or boiler. Rinse clothes well twice or three times after boiling or washin. then ' blue with WigKle-Stbik Blue, making ilia water a very tight shade of bluo, and your ; clothes will hi? like l.anV.s of snow Vee Wtg.fc-le-Rti'-k Ulad-TVax for ffd-Irons-and you will save nearly all the1 labor and half the tltuo In Ironing. WASHING MACHINES HALF PRICE i To usera t Wlvgle-Stlrk goods. uve I your coupon. Write ua for full Informa tion. . I LAIMIHV BLIV CO j 83 E. i:Ac fatiect. Chicago, III. ; ARMY UOSlP IX WASIllXUTtlJ. torrent brents tilesned from the Army and &ar Register. The War Department has received noth ing of an ofllclal nature concerning the placing under arrest of three or four ofll cers of the Eighth cavalry. It I known, however, that the arrest was ordered by Major Charles O. Ayrcs, at Fort Robinson, Neb., and is a result of trouble which oc curred when the command waa In the Phil ippines, ot course, nothing of a definite nature can be known here toncernlng thl Interesting state of afTaira in the regiment until ofllclal Information Is received, but It Is very well known In the War Depart ment that the situation has displeased the president and the secretary of war. both of whom are known to have expressed their opinion concerning certain conditions with some feeling, of which each gentleman is entirely capable. It is probable that tha Incident will be made the subject of a pedal Inquiry. Everything has been adjusted In the War Department so that all the families of the officers, lino and staff, may be accoiiiiiu dated on the army transport Thomas, which sails from San Francisco for tho Philippines on June 6. It was recently dis covered that all the accommodations on the transport had been assigned and that there was little or no room fur the families of some eleven army surgeons who Were un expectedly ordered to duty as a relief of medical ufllcers In the Philippines. Tho situation was relieved by transferring to tho passenger list of the transport Crook members of the coiycrysslonnl party who were booked to sail on the Thomas as far as Honolulu. There will, accordingly, he no difficulty In obtaining accommodations on the Tliomns for all the military pas senger's. Including the members of the families of the staff officers and the ofll eers of the two troops of the Tenth cavalry and the entire Twenty-sixth Infantry which goes to the Philippines on that vessel. Tho transport Crook will leave San Francisco Juno 15 with the congressional party des tined for an ofllclal visit to the lfawallan Islands. The contract prices for army animals have Increased materially this year, as compared with the previous contracts. Cavalry horses have Increased In cost from $142 to $176. and artillery horses show alout the same percentage of Increase, costing $220. Mules cost about the same as last year, when the prices were regarded as exceptionally high about $190. Added to this condition Is the Increase In the cost of forage, with every prospect, according to the reports of the western climate and the prophecies of the farmers, that this year's supply will be limited and expen sive. This situation has its Inevitable ef fect upon the available appropriations for army animals and their sustenance, and those In charge of that feature are ex pressing some doubt whether the funds at the disposal of the army quartermasters for this purpose will meet all the demands upon It. The quartermaster general of the army has sent nut Instructions for estimates from tha various departments in order to determine the total cost of furnlshlnfr of ficers' quarters with heavy furniture, as authorised by the latest army appropria tion act. All but three of the departments have Bubmltted the estimates, and It. la too early to form any Idea of the amount of money which will be required to carry out this acceptable provision. It Is known, of course, that It will be Impossible to equip all the quarters with the entire outfit of heavf furniture contemplated for ulti mate, installation, but aa aoon aa It is de termined Just how much money can be spared for expenditure .in . tills direction during the next fiscal year the quarter master general will purchase that por tion of the complete outfit for all the quar ters. It has been decided that It Is better to equip the quarters by degrees year by year and have an equality In the flttlng out, rather than fully equip some of the quarters and have a partial Installation or no equipment at all at other places. Under the arrangement, It la likely that some of the minor posts will be omitted from this year's provision. ' Instructions have been sent to the army paymasters in their disbursements to en listed men of the retired list of the army ao that the latter on the payment on June 1 may receive the additional allowance of $8.25 authorized under the law of March 3. To these enlisted men will now be paid. In addition to the amount for April and May, the $6.04 or the fractional payment which was made for the twenty-nlno days In March after the enactment of the law and which amount waa deducted from tire payment of May 1, pending the decision of the comptroller that the .law applied to those who were retired prior to the date of the act. In this connection, It Is of in terest to know that the War department will make no change In computing length of aervlce towards retirement bo far as double time Is concerned. The decision of the acting Judge advocate general of the army In this respect has already been noted In these columns. Of course, under the terms of the law, service In the army, navy and marine corps may hereafter be counted In reckoning the period for retire ment. The nine candidates from the enlisted force of the army who passed the examina tion for appointment as second lieutenant of artillery will probably receive their com missions early In July, but not until there have been commissioned the lieutenants of infantry and cavalry who are being ex amined with a View to transfer ' to the grade of first lieutenant of artillery. Even this delay In the appointment of the army candidates will give them an advuntniee over tholr associates who took tho exami nation at the same time at Fort Leaven worth and who were some weeks ago ap pointed second lieutenants of Infantry and cavalry. Aa soon as the qualified can didates have been appointed second lieu tenants of artillery they will be eligible to promotion to the next higher grade, one of them g'olng Into the field artillery. It has not yet been decided whether they will be sent to the artillery school at fort Mon roe, but It Is expected that all of them are employing the time since their examina tion at Fort Leavenworth In preparing for examination for promotion, which will he held shortly after their appointment to the grade of second lieutenant. A Hefna-c from Trouble. Baltimore American. It now turns out that tho president wrote his article on the Irish Sagas during the agitation over the rail way. rata legislation as a meana of forgetting the accuiatir.n of 8enator Tillman and Senator Ra.'ley i that he had made a deal with thorn to get the democratic support for the bill. Aa the controversy and the work on the article ended at the same time, there Is ground for the assumption that some of the famous leprachnuni or tha pioka about which the president waa v.-rltlni exercised tlu'ir skill to exTrrljie some of the trouble. Why ot n Wntifr rtrirlsg House Pittsburg Drnatc',i. The welcome new that tl-.o drouth In Nebrsska Is -.ken by rslns ruirir-ts thn thought that If a weather cearH7 tinus- could be established western Pennsylvania moViKI gladly hue spared Nebru'ks ,t con aluutabl uuumul vt rain sou. Moeks ao. Cream Mado from grape Cream of Tar" tar absolutely free from alum, m Strongest, purest, most economical and healthful of leavening agents Carefully fSuard your food from alum. n:itM i, xoTkh. A soclnllst speaker invaded Wnll street and. as nobody there took anything uway from him, he muM be 'deemed to have beeen fairly successful. Former Adjutant General Bell of Colorado has had a disagreement with Adjutant General Bulkeley Wells, and he says the latter Is a "plnhead kindergarten cadet." 8. S. McClure has a new partner In his publishing business. Harold Roberts, who Is prominent in the American Tobacco com pany, having acquired a considerable in terest In the magazine. Ernest Thompson Seton has started northeasterly from Edmonton for a l.ooo mlle canoe trip In Canada, with tho barren lands beyond Great Stone lake ns bis destination. Ho has a companion and the trip will take six months. Among the textile kings of New Eng land is Walter H. Langshaw of New Bed ford, Mass. He rose rapidly from the hum ble position of barefooted bobbin boy to a man who now controls the most success ful cotton mill In the world. The hundredth anniversary of Garibaldi's birth next July wllj. be celebrated by tha dedication aa a permanent monument of the house In Clifton, Staten Island, occu pied by the Italian liberal In the early 60s a celebration organized by the Italian so cieties in America, Daniel Frederick Shrlner of Dayton, O., has a record unequaled by any other man In the country. During his seventy-one year he has established thlrty-slx news papers, thirty-two of which still survive. And Mr. Shrlner Is himself still In the business, at present In Dayton, where he runs fair-sized printing establishment. Henry Galbralth Ward, who has Just been appointed to be United States circuit Judge In. New York City by the president, graduated at the University of Pennsyl vania In 1870., and was admitted to tho bar In Philadelphia three years later. Mr. Ward was vice president of the Philadel phia Law academy In 1874 and was elected president the following year. President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton university deplores the promiscuous giving of honorary degrees, though he recognizes that of late years the great educational In stitutions have been more judicious in this regard. He tells of being at a dinner on one occasion when a peculiarly uncouth person was a fellow guest On Inquiry ho found that the man had three university degrees, and hla Informant ndded: "The third of these degrees was given him be cause he had two, the second because he had one, and tha first because he had none." SHOES intly worn a long ago z.en,sv were unsurpassed for service and re are stock of King Qual ity Oxfords I k . that s:.a w WW meet every requirement of Style, Fit, Finish, Comfort and Durability. Always give perfect satisfaction. If dealer does not carry "Kla QUALITY", tend for Priced Catalog ARNOLD SHOE GO,, No, b iglon, Mass,. ianof or Nothing Would Of all the gifts deniaed to make her new home beautiful and complete, what could be more appreciated, what could make her-happier than a hand some piano. It will bo a companion .with her always, o companion ever ready to respond to each emotion and to caress her eoul with the Fccret sooth ing touch that understands us ouly music can understand. It will till with happiness and ro mance many an hour ot the new en vironment which othcrwlfe would have been empty and lonrly. A piarfb is as essential to the brhle Bs the love. anrj tendernms of the husband. BuyaP . A. MOSFE CO. 1513 Douslas Street, - . Omah. Nob. Writ for Free Catalogues whit price i -li jV2)rL& Ey PO I T K U PI. K A X A N T II I ICS. "I Wonder," said the man with the bul bous nose, "why it is that the woman with tin- pie crust face nlayn wants to wear a Penh colored waist."-ChicuKo Tribune. "Did I understand you to sny that nil rum-selling has been stopped In yout town ?" "Not at all. I merely said it was strictly prohibited." Catholic Standard und Times. "I'll bet I could write a rural drama." "! t's have your plot." "W ell. In the Hist act, the (tirl leaves the farm, in the second, all bunds eat a meal In full view of the audience, and in act three comes the reconciliation. It's a cinch." Washington Herald. Rich Aunt You only visit mo when you want money." Sjs ndt hrl: : Well, I couldn't come much oftener, could 1? Harper's Weekly. "What is your objection to Our pure food system?" asked the professor. "It offends my grammatical sense," an swered the literary person. "It annoys me to find that I have been subsisting all these years on misnomers." Washington Star. "Do you suppose this medicine will be good for me? "It ougnt to be doubly effective In your case." "How so?" "It is labeled, 'Good for man and beast.' " liouston Post. SIl!(i IX KOIV9 At HU Eugene Field. Out yonder In the moonlight, wherein God's ' acre lies. Go angels walking to and fro, singing their lullabys. Their radiant wings are folded and thelr eyes are bended low. Ab they sing among tho beds whereon tha flowers delight to grow "Bleep. O sleen! The Shepherd loveth his sheep. Fast speedeth the night away; Soon Cometh the glorious day; Sleep, weary ones, while ye may- Bleep. O sleep: The flowers within God's acre see that falj and wondrous slKht, And hear the angels singing to the sleepers through the night, And lo! throughout the hours of day those gentle flowers prolong The music of the angels In that tender slumber song "Sleep. O slepp! The Shepherd loveth his sheep; He that guardeth his flock the best Hath folded them to his loving breast So sleep ye now and take your rest Sleep, O sleep!" From angels and from flower the yeara have lenrned that soothing song. And with its heavenly music speed the days and nights along. So through all time, when flight the Shep herd's vigils glorify, God's acre slumbereth in the grace of that sweet lullaby "Sleep, O sleep! The Shepherd loveth his sheep. Fast speedeth the night away; Soon cometh the glorloua day; Sleep, weary one, while ve may Sleep, O sleep!" FOR MEN by our leading citi- demonstrated that comfort. showing a full s.m " the Juiie' PieaSe Her More UGLRE TO ELY TOE PMO In the fullnoEs and generosity of your love toward the wife-to-be don't bo reckless bv buvin a crimliiattly.. There is ono store the A' HOBPE COMPANY where people always ret tho best for their money, where an advising frle:l Is not ne es rary to help In tbe-ut kction of a pimo, where commiEslcn are not allowed and where the prices are u I ways the lowest and In plain figures to one and all alike. We save jo.i JT.O to f l r.O t,n a pfano. You n ay sck-ct aad w will set aoitlo and deliver at any Imur you name. Coaio In end talk it over. Bride 1 V
