4 TIIE OMAHA DAILY FIEE; MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1907. The Omaha Daily Be. VOL'NDED BY EDWAnO ROBEWATER. VICTOR RCWEWATER. EDITOR. Bntered at Omaha poetofflc as second class matter. ' TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION. Fally He 'without Bur.day), on year. .M OS I'nlly H- Und Sunday on year W Bnnd iy Uee. on yjar t Haturday liee, on yeaf LtKL.lVKB.KV BT CARRIER. taily pe (Including Bunday), par week..JSe lally Bee (without Sunday), Per week.. .100 Evening He (without Bunday). pr week. So Kve,ilng Uee (with Hunday), par week. ...100 Address all complaint of lrreaularltte In delivery to Clly Circulation Uepartment. , OFFICES. Omaha The Baa JuiUltng. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Blufla 16 Boott Street. Chicago !) Unity Building. New York iym Horn Llf Insnmne Bid Washington Ml Fourteenth Btraot. CORRESPONDENCES. Communication relating to news and edi torial MHttr ahould ba addressed. Oman Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft eipress or postal order, payable to The Bee Ihibllshlng Company. Only 2-cent atampa received In payment mnll account. Personal checks, except on Ornaha or eastern exchange, not accepted BTATEMENT OV CIRCT7L AT ION. , Btnte of Nebraska, Douglas County, "a. Charles C. Rom-water, general manager of The Bo Publishing Company, holn dulv nworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning. Evening and Punday Ree print Ml during the month of May, 101. was a follows: , i 38,e(io i.'. aavreo 2 35,610 II.......... ar S 8890 10 35,370 4 36.410 1 8.0 6.. 34,300 it. 18,610 6 35,680 21 38,800 7....; 38,480 14 38.4S0 8 35,860 J 6 38,800 38,720 t 34,000 10 38,290 tl 38,480 11 38,390 28 38,610 12 34,650 23 38,010 It 35,420 JO 38,620 14 38,380 II. 38,810 15 35,830 1.. 88,460 Total. ..1,096,630 IT. 30,360 Leas unsold an returned copies 9,667 Net total . ............ ....... 1.08nB3 Daily average 85,033 CHARLES C. ROSEWATER, General Manager. Subscribed In my preeence ana sworn to before me this 81at day of May, 1907. (deal) M. B. HUNGATE, Notary Public. WHEN Ol'T OF TOWS. Subscribers leaving; tfc city trm porarlly should ba Tit Be mailed to them. Address will b changed as often aa requested. Mr. Bryan says be is Irrevocably against a third term. The first term Boems to be Irrevocably against him. , "Dollar making is not necessarily business," says Mr. Carnegie. No; it is a pleasure, denied to most people. Howard Gould is becoming suspi cious that his wife married him Just to teach him new ways of spending money. Reports show that since Harry Orchard has been locked up the popu lation of Idaho is increasing at a nor mal rate. The government proposes to start an inquiry to ascertain if the Coal trust Is an oppressive monopoly. It might Interview a few consumers. ' The young man who has had a lovely spring suit at home that he bought early in April has some excuse for exhibiting symptoms of pessimism. ' Omaha bank clearings for the last week show conclusively that the ac tivity that has marked the year in bus-' iness has not in any way decreased. The English insist .that Richard Crbker was not "a proper person" to win the derby. Croker may not be popular, but he has very taking ways. Secretary Taft says he is, going to study the tariff question. It is refresh ing to discover one statesman who .does hot claim to know all about the tariff. "A soiled hand looks as good to me as 'any other," says President Roose velt. Sure. ' "Dirty deuces" make a mighty good hand, if you have enough of them. The Thread trust has put the price of thread up a cent a spool. The bachelor will not kick, however, so long as shingle nails and safety pins remain so cheap. , While the rest of the country is ad vising Mr. Harrlman to quit talking, the curious Interstate Commerce com mission threatens to go into the courts to make him talk. "Mr. Bryan will receive his reward In the long run." says the Memphis Commercial-Appeal. Don't know about that. He has already had two long runs without his reward. The reading public should not be come too enthusiastic over the anr noancemeut that Henry James' new novel will be published next month. It has not yet been translated into English. The Department of Agriculture shows that water carries typhoid, milk holds the germ of tuberculosis and whisky indulgence produces paresis. A cheeBe lemonade seems to be about the oply safe beverage, left. Japan may loquire why the United Slate bccuuieg so excited over an at tack upon American missionaries by Chinese boxers snd pays so little at tention .to an attack on Japanese citi zens by San Francisco boxers. State Superintendent McDrlen Is after the school census staffers. Hel reports having discovered one district that padded. it census to -the extent of 67 per cent. 8urh a case as this would seem to call for something more ( severe thsa a mere rpritnaad from the state superintendent PAVTITY OT PARtT Rather remarkable progress has been made In this country In the last few years in the matter of eliminating great questions, affecting the welfare of the entire people, from the domain of party politics. Mr. Bryan referred to this fact. In a good natured way, the other day when, in the course of an address to the New York legislature, he said: 1 find It Increasingly difficult to tnak a partisan speech. Whenever I make one, before long President Roosevelt says the same things with more fore and elo quence, and takes them out of the field of partisanship. The leaders of the two great parties are In very close accord, having very similar Ideas as to the nature of the government and the policies that should be employed and adopted. The statement applies, too, to the rank and file of the parties, as well as to the leaders. Today there Is little room for bitter party strife. Parties are simply a reflex of public sentiment and the people have become educated be yond the point where they will blindly follow the organization leaders. The people have learned to think for them selves, with the result that there Is little difference between republicans and democrats on the question of finance, tariff, railway Regulation, the control of trusts,' the Panama canal or any of tne questions before the public Unquestionably, the general effect of the condition will be good. The Issues between the two great parties upon which It would be possible to arouse partisan excitement are becom ing fewer and fewer and both organi sations are realizing that their future appeals must be to the intelligence of the people, not to their partisanship. There Is lrftle or no prospect that the removal of these public" questions will result in the obliteration of party lines, but there is a very certain prospect, already In fair way to realization, that it will result In a confusion of poli ticians and party organisations. It will compel party leaders to Belect their most competent and worthy men for office and will effectually bar the "yellow dog ticket" from success at the polls. It will be a good thing for the country when the,. voters reach their Own conclusions on public ques tions and elevate men to office onac count of their merit and integrity, rather than because they wear the label of. one party or another.' ' Party organization, under our form of gov? ernment, is essential and desirable, but blind partisanship may be eliminated without Injury to either the party or ganizations or the people. ' MORK PAY roR THE ARMY- . A determined effort Is to be made to Induce the next congress to pass a bill Increasing the pay of the officers and men in the army, navy, marine corps" and" revenue cutter services.' Friends of the movement have already pre pared a bill which has been forwarded to members of congress, together with arguments In support of Its adoption. The new bill provides for an increase of 10 per cent In the pay of the gen erals, IB per cent for major and briga dier generals, 10 per cent for colonels, 25 per cent for captains and Commis sioned officers below lhat grade snd 30 per cent for enlisted men. It is difficult to understand the oppo sition ot congress to the nroDosed in crease of pay for men in tne army and navy. Measures looking to that end have been introduced at every session of congress for years, but hare in variably been defeated, and there has been no change in the pay of the army snd navy for thirty years. While the pay ot some of the officers of higher rank is comparatively liberal, it Is admitted that the pay for enlisted men and officers np to the grade of major Is not sufficient to secure the enlist ment or retention In the anrvle nf thA character of men desired. The pro posed bill gives the highest Increase where it Is most deserved, and the prospect s that congress will look npon the measure with more favor than It has In the past. - I FAKKUJh HALh VS. OK AW POT. Boston has not been so excited since the days of tho Spanish-American war, when evory Bostonlan feared by day and dreamed by night thnt Cervera's fleet was going to drop into the harbor and wipe the town off the map. The present trouble, however, deals not with war or war'Sittfarms. but Is a pro test against the action of a committee that In preparation ' for the home coming week, made an appeal to (be stomach rather than to the patriotism of Boston's sons and daughters who are temporarily extled In barbarian states or countries. The committee which had charge of the preparations adopted, in a thoughtless moment, with visions ot the fixed Saturday night dinner In mind, the counterfeit presentment of a beanpot for the cen ter ot the official seal. The commit tee hurried thousands ot letters, bear ing the seal, through the malls and then the storm broke. . The Colonial Dames rose In their wrath and protested, spiritedly con tending that "it would be better If the city appealed through some patriotic subject rather than to the stomach." Some of the rasher members of the committee on arrangements argued that the Bostonlan who was compelled to live elsewhere thought more of beans than he did of historic subjects, and that sx long as it was certain that the beanpot was to occupy the center of the table during the home-comina- celebratlon there was no good reason why It should not occupy the center of the seal and figure In the advertising. Just abovV the time the debate had reached the point where It threatened to cause a suspension ot everything but the cooking of beans, the commit tee relented, the beanpot was removed and a picture of ' Faneuil Hall now adorns the center of the official seal. The staid Boston Transcript, com mending the substitution, says'. The beahpot's somewhat hasty adnptlvn at the start Indicated an absence of child ish resentment against the ancient and bewhlskered Joke of Identifying th city with that useful utensil, which may still have Its symbolic uses; but the sign t)y which we expect to conquer should be as sociated with' something of more dignity and Importance than the prevailing Sun day morning; repast. If tho entcrprlae is a serious one Its symbolism ahould be of a kind that the historian rather than th humorist has mad famous. No better se lection than the old and honored "Cradle of Liberty" could have boon made. It stands for all that la most distinctly In th larger clvlo Itfo of Boston. Its fame has gone out tp the ends of the earth, for from It has gone forth appeals for liberty In other lands as well aa our own. Now that Boston's virtue and patri otism has been officially recognized, the work of advertising home-coming week may be resumed, but Boston should not delude itself with the Idea that the exiles are returning to gaze at Faneuil Hall, to get a new and af fectionate look at Bunker Hill monu ment or to lay in a new stock of patri otism at its fountain head. The wan dering Bostonlans are being irresisti bly drawn home by the vision of the bean pot and Its succulent contents. RAILROAD TAXATlOIf. The tabulation of railroad valuation for the purpose of taxation in Ne braska shows the Increase over last year to be a little more than $5,000, 000, distributed throughout eighty-five counties. This will give Douglas county, for example, an additional value on the tax roll of about $140, 000, which is at a ratio of increase not exceeding that of the general property of the county. The annual assess ment of personal property has Just been completed, and while the figures are not available, yet the indications are that a normal and healthy Increase In value will be recorded. The real estate valuations were corrected last year and show a comfortable addition to the tax roll. i . Railroad property will not be as sessed locally under the terminal tax assessment law this year on account of the failure of the bill to carry the emergency clause. Next year when the general re-valuation of real estate occurs, the railroad property will be added locally. In the meantime the railroad complaint of excessive valua tion is really more the result of a habit than of actual conditions. THK POTK3CT OF PIE. i Ray Stannard Baker.-'one ot the original "Florodora sextette" of mag azine muckrakers, who has been mak ing a tour of the south and studying the negro question, sent something of a chill through the country in his last article by declaring that "the south is rapidly breaking itself of the pie habit. He asserted that pie had lost its place as a fixed article of diet on southern tables and that pie-biting luid, become practically a lost art. However, to the confusion of Mr. Baker, the Atlanta Journal thus records a recent incident in that southern metropolis: After pawning a typewriter for a plec of pin, thus strengthening the Inner man and lessening the weight he was carrying, Emory Carver, an athletic gentleman, who claims Canton, Cherohoe county, aa bis home, gave members of the Atlanta detec tive department a delightful exhibition- of sprinting, lie outran two officers, distanced two fleet-footed patriots, and might have been running yet had he steered clear ot an avenue traversed by a trolley car. Here. we have unbiased testimony that the succulent pie still retains its pristine potency as a toxic and in toxicant. Dietetic experts, students of sociological conditions and faddists of high and low degree"may continue to rail against the magical combination ot fruit, flour and cook's skill, but the man who wants to meet emergencies and overcome them In this work-a-day world of ours, whether the emergency assumes the form of a financial battle, a shrewd business transaction, barter or sale, a fight or a foot race, will con tinue to follow the example of bis fathers and fortify himself, before go ing Into action, with a wedge of pie. They may destroy our Idols and shat ter our ideals, but they must not rob us of our pie. The Omaha trade boosters have reached the limit ot their outwsrd trip and will now turn their faces home. It has been a novel experience to many of them and a delightful ex perience to all. The reception ac corded them along the route Indicates In a measure the feeling In the Great Northwest for the Gate City, and the visit has simply served to augment this friendly sentiment. It has had another effect (hat has not generally been thought of and that Is It has en couraged those who did not go to even greater efforts at home. The Impor tance ot such a trip cannot be over estimated. It Is cheerful to contemplate the spectacle ot a Methodist minister com ing to Omaha from Kansas City and telling ns that the world Is growing better and that the cities themselves sre leading in the procession for bet ter life. This is o different from what we are accustomed to hearing from the pulpit that we will cheer fully endorse the further statement of the reverend - gentleman, that the church Is not doing all It might to make the world a better place to live In. Nebraska's floating debt has been decreased by almost three-quarters of a million ta the last six months s, reasonably creditable showing for the operation of the state treasury. This and the fact that the treasurer psb llshes a monthly statement showing eaah oa hand and where it eaa be found Is la conUadlstlactloa to the policy of the popocratlo 'administra tions, when the floating-debt was piled up snd the state's money was buried In banks at the pleasure of the treasurer. Lancaster's county attorney Is going after the street railway companies ot Lincoln for lower fares. He has not made the mistake of going to the city council, however, but will take his suit directly to the Stste Railway com mission. The outcome of the appli cation will be watched with Interest In Omaha, where public concern In cheaper fare is still keen. The Society of Equity takes a slam at the government crop report. This is the most nnkindest cut of all. Gov ernment crop reporters, as a rule, base their guesses on guesses originally tarnished by the farmers. One point In favor of the weather man is that so far the crop of torna does has also been short. Faker Flelrta Invrorked. Kansas City Time. It Is strange that no gifted "nature faker" has yet written an account of a battle between a green bug and a lady bug,' or given a vivid description of th long standing warfare between the boll weevil and th Guatemalan ant. Straight Rod la Beat. Philadelphia Record. In the opinion of all railroad managers th stralghtest route Is the best route. If they will only make th moral management of their corporations conform to the' phys ical as to th straight way, demagogues will cease to find profit In denouncing; their de linquencies. Seatterlnsr Japan Mosey. New York Tribune. v Blx prominent Japanea cltlscnsiav just reached this country with 110,000,000 In their pockets, one-half of which gum la to b spent here for machinery, armament and raw materials. The other half goes for tips to Pullman porters, waiters and cab men. ..a PERSONAL NOTES. However, th June bride doubtless will be up to the usual standard of sweetness, whether th weather is or not. The case of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gould merely emphasises th fact that people can have lots of money and still be mighty un happy. The Washington Herald notes with delight the unanimity with which tha press of th land Is rallying to th defense of Methu selah. That Is right; no going behind the returns! Prof. Eugene Wambaugh. of the Harvard w school has been engaged by th gov ernment since early In March compiling Information about statute law affecting corporations. ' He Is regarded as one of th greatest authorities In America on consti tutional law. ' Henry F. Shaw, th well known mechan ical engineer of Roxbury, Maaa., has re cently had patented a new type of the famous balanced locomotive, which ha maintalnrwould, if adopted by all th rail roads of th country on which high speed is made, - reduce the liability to accident at least BT per cent W.'J. McOee, th famous anthropologist and geologist of Washington, Is one of th few men in th United, State who have no "given" names. Thai. 4s. to soy. his two Initials serve aa a given name, as they do not stand for names, as Initials usually do. Mr. McOee was named "W. J." in his in fancy, and "W. J." he Is to this day. , Btrlcken Valparaiso Is undergoing rebuild ing troubles very much as.San Franclsoo. A correspondent of the Boston Transcript says building material and labor are very high. Lumber Is brought from southern Chill, K miles away. It baa greatly risen In price, ahd Is still scarce at any price. Labor is still scarcer and higher than ma terial. Workmen who were glad to get 11.50 a day a year ago now demand 16. Carpen ters ask IS. and even $10, and a friend told me of on -workman whom he found lying In bed at 10 o'clock in the morning because the best offer he had for his day's service was only W.'" , ORBED OP 9AII, MAKER. Steel Traat Acrnavd of Markvtlasr laferlor Material. Railroad Engineer In New Tork Times, Th real reason fori th present deplor able eonditlon of rail furnished for us on American railroad Is the cupidity of th manufacturer In placing quantity of output abov quality. Th lack of com petition In th manufacture of rails and the desire of the manufacturer to make s good financial showing entirely remove the incentive that formerly existed, for on manufacturer to turn out as good ma terial as his competitor, This Is clearly shown from th refusal in th laat few years by the manufacturers to co-operate and work In harmony with the representa tives of the railroads, to agree upon specifications for steel rails that would ba satisfactory to th purchaser aa well as to th manufacturer. The manufacturer appears to, b afraid to consent to th preparation's of any specifications that will Improve the-quality of th material for fear that by so doing h will reduce the output of his mills. . I am especially surprised at th state ment credited to Mr. Gray of the Pnlted State Steel corporation that the manu facturer "receives 1 exact stipulations and specifications a to their (rail) composi tion." It is tru that prior to 1903 th manufacturers consented to roll rails for th road With which I am connected, ac cording to our specifications, but subse quent to that date we have not only been denied any right whatever to formulate our own specifications, but we have ven been refused th five-year guarantee that had been customary for th manufacturers to, give where their own apecincatlona, rather than thoae of th railroad, gov erned. In other worda, so far as my knowl edge goes, at th present day th American railroads Sre denied th right to prepare their own speclQcation and ara forced to take rails of th quality which th manu facturer chooae t give. That this quality la very bad t think will not need vary much demonstration. At a recent meeting of th American Railway association at Chicago th request was mad for th rising of the representa tives of any railroad satlafled with . th quality of steel- rails furnished b the American manufacturers, ' and of those mea, representing Ho. 000 mile of railroad, not on stood on his feet. I am furthermore surprised that Mr. Gary Is represented a having aald, r"tf rails were heavier less would be broken." As a matter of fact, on th line with which I am connected, without any la crease in th weight of motive power or rates of speed, ther hT been three tines a many breakage with th recently laid 100-pound rail aa ther hare been with th old eighty-pound rail; thus clearly demonstrating that the whole trouble of th day Is not on of heavy motrv power In connection with light rails, but a aorr grade t material with heavier rail 0! PRESIDENT! At, P1RINO MX Bryaa's Kamlsalla Means bfrno eratle Defeat. Harper's Weekly (lnd.). That Rrysn's hom'natlon means demo rretlo defeat for th third tlra Is more than an impreaatoa; It ts a certainty. Mr. Bryan la not only burdened with th de spairing conviction of many men who will,' or who, might, vote for him, lhat be Is foredoomed to defeat. To many of the h live under an evil star, and they will look upon their votes in advance as wssted. They will ba easily persuaded to stay at home on election day. He has represented an Isaue In his two disastrous campaigns. This Issue, on which he went to defeat, nevertheless, brought Mm some strength, aa It lost htm other and most valuable support. He no longer has that Issue, and while he cannot hold all that cam to him In 1K96 and In 1900, he cannot re gain mora than a trifling percentage ot those democrats who declined to support him In 1900. v A Democratic Platform. Bt. Louis Republlo (dnm.). Th democratic party la going Into next year's presidential fight lined up on the safe and conservative principles upon which all its great victories have been won. Th rights of th state against federal aggreaelon will be a . ringing not In tta battle cry. A tariff that will brlna; revenue to th treasury and promote American Induatry without allowing predatory monopolies to Intrench behind It, the democracy will In sist upon, Hostility to oppressive trusts and com binations In restraint of trade, no matter In what lines of business or Industry, will be a strong declaration In the platform. Betterment of navigation In the Inland waterways, especially those of the Mlaaia sIpdI valley, will be urged as the best of all promoters of commerce and th best possible ' regulator of railroad freight charge. Pence In Ohio. New TorV World (lnd. dem.). Peace again reigns In Ohio. The Foraker headquarters In Akron have been closed and Dick has packed up his kit of tools. Brother Charles In Cincinnati agrees that th Taft managers will quit fighting For aker and bury th hatchet. Th bloodless war Is over. Not a political lit has been lost. Of course both sides offer explanations. Secretary Taft hi Incapable of compromis ing. Senator Foraker Is Incapable of sur rendering. Taft wants th state Indorse ment for president next year. PYraker wants the indorsement for senator next year.- Why nott "This party war is futile," ttie.tr friends considerately agree; let's all acquiesce in both indorsements." So everything la beautifully arranged. Everybody Is good, everybody will b happy. Roosevelt Bryan. Baltimore News. It Is a striking phenomenon that Is pre sented by th ascendency of these two men (Roosevelt and Bryan), who share between them the personal loyalty and admiration Of . at least nine-tenths of the American people. Whatever th next presidential lection may show, it Is certain that, so far as popular feeling ts concerned, It 1 a case ot Roosevelt and Bryan first, Vmd the rest nowbare. And, whlla there are many qualities . that have gone to th making of this sttoatfon, th great thing that has brought it about Is a quality common to the two men that of unyielding persistence In any fight to which, they bav given them selves. Both, too, have phenomenal powers of work and of endurance. ' Both have their defect, but th American people are not prone to. bother much about defects if tnoy like the man in th lump. . Brraa and . the Majority. Washington Post (lnd.). It occurred to Mr. Bryan the other day, at Richmond, to remind & larga audience that there are mora democrats In tho r publican states at the north than there are- In the solidly democratic south. That Is true, and It ts a act of some momewt. It has been such a fact for a long time. Nevertheless Mr. Bryan Ignored It at Kansas- City In July, 1900. As the already nominated candidate of tho populist na tional convention he felt bound to keep faith with them by demanding reaffirma tion of the slxteen-to-one hoodoo, th rotten-money proposition which was the tie that bound the populists to the Bryan democrats. Therefore, against tba protests and votes of delegates representing a very large majority of all democrats In the country, Mr. Bryan forced that declaration Into the platform, whereupon the northern delegates went to their homes feeling con vinced that a defeat awaited their party. Mr. Bryan had the national democratic party In that convention at his mercy. Tfi rejection of his dictation as to platform would have disrupted the party as hope lessly as It was split In 1860. But. fully realising the conaequences that might en sue from their action, so many delegates voted against Mr. Bryan's ultimatum that he could only save himself from defeat by one vote, which was generally credited to a titled personage from Hawaii. There Is not In the annala of parties in this country a parallel to that sample of stu pendous bossing. Warflrld Running Mat. Baltimore American (rep.). With Governor Warfleld aa a running mat th result in this state (Maryland) might possibly be different,, but ther Is no convincing reason for believing that It would be different. The element of the democratlo party in Maryland, as else where, that has' hitherto mistrusted Mr. Bryan as a chaser of delusions would not be Induced to a change of view because of a desire to have a son of th state, however personally popular he may be, elected to preside over the United State senate. It may be Mr. Bryan's manifest destiny to b a third time th presidential oandldat ot his party, but. If so. It Is safe to prophesy that it will be his in evitable destiny Jp, for th third time, go down In defeat. Senator Daniel's Boom. Minneapolis Journal. Senator Daniel of Virginia deprecates talk about democratlo candidate juat now, snd especially about himself In that con nection. But If Senator Daniel were a can didate and If people would insist upon talking about him without his advice and consent, he would be free to say that he standa for the constitution and the people, for justice, th law, th square deal and a few other things. He also Is of the opinion that the candidal should be chosen regardless of the section of the country from which li hall. Having thus put S stop to th Daniel boom. Senator Daniel went fishing. Cheapened t able Traataaxlasloau New Tork Tribune. By th us of certain new tranamtttlng and receiving device a aavieg of mora than 81 per cent In time la said to hav been effected tn submarine telegraphy. Th ap paratus also makes It feasible to dispatch cabla message at Be without cutting th II n after picking It up. The and other Improvements will doubtless render th cable companies mor Indifferent than ver to th threat of competition by wireless mtb.ods. ' Use A - NEW PERFECilOBI Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove Because it's clean. fe Because It 'seconom ical. Because it .saves time. Because it gives best cooking results. Because its flame can be regulated instantly. Because it will not Because it is better than the coal or wood stove. Because it is the perfected oil stove. For other reasons see stove at your dealer's, or write our nearest agency. Made in three sizes and fully warranted. wssssaaW U : rjbA-'.ja, STATE PBRSS COMMENT. Beatrice Sun: Th man who ride upon a pass should not be s deadhead tn th enterprise, and h will not be. If he doesn't do something In return for th "eonrtesy." the "courtesy" will do some thing to Mm. Harvard Courier: Governor BheMon evi dently does not Intend to got tangled up In any pardon scandal, for he pulled out for the far northwest snd put In a sub stitute In time to avoid the Frank Baker execution on Jun 18. Carleton Leader: On second thought one can hsrdly blame tha packers for their refusal to stand the loss on diseased cattle When w stop to think how nulck most people are to sol anything when they mnk sure It Is going to die. Norfolk Weekly press: Tom Allen has been given a clean bill of health on the pass question by the Missouri Pacific man agement, and stands acquitted. Tt was only a courtesy extended him In deference to his wicked partner, and Tom put It back. Auburn Granger! This editor acknowl edges an Invitation from the Rlkhom Val ley EJItorlal association, to b held In Alnsworth, Saturday, June 15. Knowing th capacity of th fount of knowledge of some of the Elkhorn valley editors, I wotHd enjoy drinking In the Inspiration that will flow In larga artopathln doses. But th Interstate Commerce commission er must be blamed for my Inability to at tend. Humboldt Leader: It I astonishing how careless the railroad companies are tn their bookkeeping methods. When tho companies recently filed their list of passholders. as required by law, T. S. Alton, recent chair man of the democratic state committee, and hosts of lesser legal lights, whose names art reported by the railroads as passholders, every one camo out with em phatic dentals, asserting that their names appear on tb list through som sort of error. Logan County Pioneer: As evidence of the prosperity of Logan county one should drlv by J. II. Thompson,' and observe th buildings of sod he put up less than twenty years ago, and they were good one . then, are yet, . then se the fin barns, tha elegant new residence and gen eral air of prosperity and say whether there is money in farming. He started with his homestead and tree claim and now has a section, and Mr. Thompson Is only one of many who have made a success on the farm, but we mention his because It la on th road all travel In going to North Platte and In passing there made these observations. Pawnee Republican: In Nemaha county, and In other Nebraska counties which are quit evenly divided politically, th can didates for th various offices within th gift ot tha people are already getting their names before the people through the medium of tha press. The Auburn Republican last week contained the an nouncements of four self-sacrificing men who were willing to serve their country. Two desire the office of county treasurer. one Is willing to look after the work In the clerk's office, while the fourth would be county assessor. Over here In Pawni-e county there Is little stir as 'yet, but you B on your guard aralnit Substitution- Ther are many so-called "witch-hazal" soaps, artificially color greeo. of fered at "Juat as good' SJ Pond's Extract Soap ts guar antaad sndof Pur Pood and Druti Act, Jim 30, l906- pars as Its cream-white color mdtcatsa. Th nam appears ca cak and container. Ask your druggus. ARMOUR & COMPANY lULan f Fsm TaiU Saas. Sal Lksssaai ft feaTt Extract C. ' overheat your kitchen. cannot be eqnslsd for its bright and simple construction B a and absolute safety. Eauinned wtth latest improved burner. Mads of brass throughout and beautifully nickeled. An ornament to any room, whether library, dining-room, parlor or bedroom. Every lamp warranted. Write to our nearest agency if not st your dealer's. STANDARD OH, COMPANY (IMXtKPOaaTED) can guess Just about who are wilting to makn the race for th various office by their congeniality. ... Aurora Republican: The Nebraska press Is Just beginning to give the proper at, tentlon to th abuse of th postal frank ing privilege on th part of member ot th federal congress. . Th growing de ficit In the Post office department and th recent agitation for amendment of th postal laws to reduce . that deficit hav brought to tight some good-elsed leaks and one of th biggest of these leaks Is In the us of th free government en velope by senators and congressmen to send out letters making dates for publio addresaes and printed matter of a- nature tending primarily to strengthen them with their constituency and only of secondary Interest If postage were paid on half ot this matter the postal deficit would bo wiped out." WHIMSICAL FIX. "And you are proud of the dragon as your national emblem?" said tha orientalist. "Immensely proud of it," answered th lenrneil Chinaman. "It shows that, nm i?i , everything else, our country was centuries I ahead of the rest of the worla In nuiuix faking. Washington star. "What are you runntgg so hard for, Itttl boy?" 'Decause , mo big brudder is trytn' ter pinch me."' "Aren't you ashamed of yourself, yotf big bully, to hurt this little fellow?" "Aln t nurtin nntnin . jniy piayin per- llceman, lady. Baltimore American. "Hn vrm think there la leaa bribery anions' public officials than formerly?" ."I'm Sure of tt." answered Senator Sor ghum. "'It's gotten so that a man can't tell whether an offer of money Is a bona fide transaction or merely a tmp to get a man before the grand Jury." Washington Star. "Doct,,-, I suppose that cross-grained. grouchy old patient of yours is grumbling now because he ' can't complain of tha heat" 1 "Well, I really can't say whether he is suffering with the heat or not." "What, In this raw weather?" "Oh. then, you dun t know he's dead." 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