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STATEMENT OT CIRCULATION.
Stnte of Nebraska, Douglas County. .
Charle C. Roewtr, general mane r'
of Th Be Pulllihing Company, being
duly sworn, mvi that th actual number
or run and complete rople of Th L'aiir,
Morning, Evening and Sunday Be prlntid
during th month of May, 191. was
follow:
1 38.0(10 II 5.70
. 1 89,510 Jf 3,0OO
I 98,390 tO 38,970
4 38.410 II 38,090
1 34,300 ti 38,810
6 38,880 21 38,890
T 38.480 ft 88,890
1 38,680 l 38,800
1 35,730 If.,; 34,000
It 33.3S0 IT 88180
11 88,390 tl 38,810
II 34,650 II 38,010
II 88,438 10 38,830
14 88,380 11 38,810
-II 88,330 1
1 88,480 Total... 1,08,000
17 35,360
Lea unaold and returned oople 9,887
Xt total 1.038.P83
Dally average ; 39,003
CHARLES C. ROSBWATER,
General Manager.
' Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before m thi list day of May, HOT.
(Seal) M. B. H UNO ATE,
Notary Public.
WHEN OUT Or TOWS.
8absrlber leavlnaT th lty tem
porarily akoald bar Tb Bar
changed a often as raested.
San Francisco note: Schmiti qultz.
Prospects are good that the last
remnant of alot machine gambling In
Omaha must go.
Editor Watterson says that his dark
horse has "a winning smile." Also a
Jolly borne laugh, we presume.
Marry Orchard might plead that
Idaho has no Jurisdiction In hta rase.
He operated in Interstate commerce
territory. - -
; Dr. -Wiley now explains that it la not
pie, but the Ailing of the pie, that Is
dangerous to health. The boarding
house pie is vindicated. ' ,
The Duma has been dissolved, but
the czar would rest easier if a storm
ignal were hot flying 'from the place
where the Duma disappeared. ' -
Harry Orchard could not have been
a very good union man, after all. - He
could not have killed all those people
If he worked but eight hours a day.
"The idea that John D. Rockefeller
owns the earth ia an Idle pipe dream,"
says Chancellor Day of Syracuse uni
versity. An idle oil-pipe dream, to be
exact.
A Baltimore paper observes that
Thomas Jefferson wag not' an orator
like Bryan. Mr. Jefferson was too
busy to work at being an orator all
the time.
Enthusiasm over the return of
Omaha's trade boosters could hardly
be excelled by anything short of the
capture of the pennant by the Omaha
ball team.
It is' unofficially reported that the
manufacturers of dyspepsia cures are
greatly pleased with Dr. Wiley's ad
vice to people to swallow their meat
without chewing it
J. Plerpont Morgan has Junt paid
, 300,000 for the Stroszl collection of
marbles. Remember when you used
I to beat the Strozzl kind out of his
' marbles by playing "keeps?"
As matter of faet the publication
of last year's free pasa list by the vari
ous Nebraska railroads would In all
probability bo much more Interesting
than the publication of this year's list.
The railroad lawyers evidently knew
what they were doing when they se
lected the court presided over by
Judge Smith McPheraon in which to
make their stand against the Missouri
rate laws.
The police board has dismissed a
police officer for intoxication while on
duty. Members of the police and fire
departments ought to have discovered
. by this time that the new police board
means business.
Hard luck appears to pursue James
J. Hill. Just as he had folded his
: hands and prepared for "the end of
republican government," the Northern
Pacl&o directors got together and
made a "noise like aa extra 10 per cent
dividend.
Governor Cummins has made It spe
cifically plain that he Is In favor of
tariff revision and reciprocity and will
endeavor to have the Iowa delegation
to the republican national convention
Instructed along those lines. It Lesr
He M. Shaw wants really to enjoy him
self he wUi arrange to spend hl vaca
tion la Iowa this y
vnrroRX tiAttWAt accovkts.
Undoubtedly ' the most Important
step the federal government has taken
In the development of administrative
supervision over a quasi-public busi
ness like that of the railways Is the
order ot the Interstate Commerce com
mission promulgating a uniform sys
tem of accounts to b followed by
railways doing an Interstate business.
The system will go into effect July 1,
and after that date monthly reports
must be filed by the railroads with the
representatives of the federal govern
ment. The system adopted has been
d lac u need by accounting officials of all
the leading railways, and while some
railroad officials do not approve of It
In detail all agree that It Is the best
yet suggested and unquestionably will
serve the purpose for which it is de
signed.
The most significant feature of the
new uniform accounting system is a
provision that railroad companies
shall not charge additions and im
provements to operating expenses, but
shall state these items In a separate
account by themselves. A deprecia
tion account is also provided. This
will at once remove one of the most
troublesome problems that has hereto
fore stood in the way of ascertaining
the valuation of railroads, the differ
ence between gross and net earnings
and the basic value of new securities
offered. It Is charged that railroad
managers have been too' much dis
posed, when earnings were at a high
level, to distribute them In liberal dlv
idejds and then secure capital needed
for Improvements and extensions by
Issuing new bonds or other securities.
It would have been much better to
have kept dividends within a mod
erate limit and to have devoted a por
tion of the earnings to betterments.
This would have strengthened the
roads financially and physically and
would have avoided the difficulties
that have marked the efforts toward
undue expansion ot stock and securi
ties. If the railroads had pursued
such a policy as the government now
propose to make obligatory they
would not be ton years behind the de
velopment of the country, as Mr. Hill
and other well posted railway mag
nates say they are now. The practice
of Increasing dividends and capital
stock simultaneously has been carried
too far by the railroads and ia the real
cause of the financial impairment of
which the railroads now complain and
attempt to lay the blame upon "the
hostile attitude of the public."
Immediate beneficial results are ex
pected to follow the adoption of tho
new accounting system. The, monthly
reports furnished will enable the In
terstate Commerce commission to pre
sent fully and clearly the condition of
each, railroad company and enable the
Investors and the public to judge of
the relation ot receipts and expendi
tures, of 'assets '8nd -liabilities, and
furnish a relief from the old' system
6f railway report, which, were noted
most for what they concealed. Such
information ' should strengthen the
confidence of tho investor and enable
properly managed roads to Secure all
tho financial support needed for legiti
mate purposes. The decision -of the
Interstate Commerce commission,
therefore, promises to do for the rail
roads what they have been unable to
do themselves.
DlSSOr UTIOX OF THE DUMA.
While the Russian reactionaries
have succeeded In Jnducing the czar
to dissolve the Duma and to violate
the Imperial pledges' regarding tho
election laws, present conditions do
not warrant the belief that the friends
ot liberal Institutions have any cause
tor serious or lasting grief over the
action. The imperial ukase of Octo
ber 30, 1905, specifically bound the
czar to mako no change in the elec
toral system without the consent of
the Duma. This was made a condi
tion by French and other bankers be
fore they would agree to certain loans
which Russia was then negotiating.
The czar has violated this obligation
and haa ordered a change in the elec
toral law which will narrowly restrict
the franchise and make the new
Duma an organization that will be
dominated by the czar and his ad
visers. The encouraging feature of the
situation to the friends ot free govern
ment is the czar's declaration that he
hag, no intention to abandon the prin
ciple of a representative assembly.
The more enlightened members of tho
Duma are disposed to accept the dis
solution of the body with good grace,
feeling that perhaps the czar's plan
may result in' a new Duma, less radi
cal and hostile to the Imperial regime
and therefore more potent in ad
vancing tho reforms desired, with full
constitutional liberty as the final goal.
A well selected Duma Is more likely
to solve the more serious problems of
the Russian people than a Duma com
posed, as was the present one. ot
groups of extremists seeking advan
age of their own class without regard
to the rights ot others, and with but
scant appreciation of even the rudi
mentary principles of self government.
Tho czar's excuse for tho dissolution
of tho Duma is flimsy, vague and
hopelessly Inadequate. Its refusal to
comply with the Imperial demand for
the expulsion of fifty-five fit its mem
bers ona trumped-up charge of high
treason jd to tho tall of the Parllr
ment ana tho new election ukase. "
situation therefore to the credit of
tho Dumaand the friends of consti
tutional government. The very meth
ods by whA-h the reactionaries have
won a temiWary advantage are cer
tain to maK tho victory lllualouary
TIIE OMAHA
and short lived. The political portion
o the Russian people Is being broad
ened with each clash between the re
actionaries and the representatives of
the masses and the result Is certain
in the end to be the triumph of con
stitutional government and the over
throw of autocracy.
A PLACE TO GO SLOW.
A proposition has been presented to
the Board of Education to make an
allowance out of the school treasury
to reimburse teachers assigned to dis
tant schools for the car fare expended
for transportation to and from work
during the school year. It strikes us
that this is a good place to go slow
and that to Increase the salaries of
certain school teachers outside of the
regular schedule prevailing alt over
the city on this pretext would open the
door to grave abuses.
There is no question that the con
venience and accommodation of the
teacher should be taken into consid
eration in the assignment ot schools
Insofar as they do not conflict with
the requirements of discipline and the
best interests of the children who are
to receive Instruction. The teachers
should be given schools, as far as pos
sible, that are reasonably accessible
to them, but because a teacher prefers
to live at a distance from the school
In which he or she Is employed Is no
conclusive reason why the taxpayers
should be called upon to pay for the
privilege. On the same theory that
the car faro would be reimbursed,
teachers in schools remote from their
homes or boarding places might ask
to have the school board provide their
lunches for them as well and the dis
tant assignment may become a prize
instead of a bogle.
The salary schedule and conditions
of service in the Omaha public schools
are so much better than those that
prevail In other cities and towns In
this vicinity that there should be no
difficulty in keeping the teachers'
corps up to full numbers without spe
cial Inducements, and If the school dis
trict ever gets into position financially
to be more generous to the teachers
It should do so, by revising the salary
schedule so that it applies to all alike.
SENATOR MORGAN'S SUCCESSOR.
By commission of Governor Comer
of Alabama John II. Bankhead, for
many years a membei of congress,
has been appointed to succeed the late
John Tyler Morgan In the United
States senate and will be elected, when
the legislature meets In July, to the
full term of six years from March 4,
1907, his appointment and election
being the result of one of the most
unique: and questionable campaigns
in tho history of American politics.
For more than a year Mr. Bankhead
has held quRsl-credentlals for Senator
Morgan's shoes, having been endorsed
at the- primary elections in his state
as an alternate to Senator Morgan,
who was endorsed at the same prima
ries for another six-year term, begin
ning March 4 of the present year.
The condition in Alabama politics
was a little peculiar at the time of the
primaries. Mr. Bankhead, who had
been in congress twenty years, had
been defeated by , Richmond Pearson
Hobson. State resentment over the
action of the voters of Bankhead's dis
trict led to placing Bankhead on the
primary ticket as an alternate to Sen
ator Morgan. So far as Senator Mor
gan waa concerned he was then stur
dily and vigorously performing his du
ties in the senate and showed no signs
of the physical weakness which caused
his death last week. The voters of
the state, however, in their misguided
enthusiasm for Bankhead, practically
served notice on Senator Morgan that,
he was a doomed man! that they did
not expect him to live to serve out his
term and that hts successor bad been
selected and was only waiting for him
to die. The "alternate" performance
was an Insult to -Senator Morgan to be
characterized as politically Indecent.
Senator Bankhead is considered a com
petent man for the Morgan succession,
but even he must regret the grave
robbing tint of his credentials.
INTEREST OS STATE DEPOSITS.
It Is announced from Lincoln that
all but one of the Omaha banks have
refused to accept the .state treasurer's
requirement that depository banks pay
8 per rent on state money from July
1 instead ot 2 per cent, as now.
Omaha -bankers, and bankera any
where else in the state for that mat
ter, have a perfect right to retu.se to
accept state deposits on the terms
offered. If they see fit, but if the state
treasurer finds that he can place the
state money In safe depositories will
ing to pay 3 per cent the Omaha banks
must not complain if he withdraws the
funds which they have been keeping
and opens new accounts outside.
The state deposits are, doubtless,
no longer an Important factor In
Omaha banking and the payment of 3
per cent to the state as contrasted
with 2 per cent to the city, school dis
trict and county might lead to Invidi
ous comparisons. But a little matter
of discrimination as between different
deposits ot public moneys never trou
bled the local banks, because tor years
they held on to the county money
without crediting tho county up with
any Interest, although they were pay
ing the city the agreed rate on city
balances. '
The truth Is that, with the general
prosperity of the banking business and
tho Increase ot deposits and private
accounts, tho prestige of being a state
depository has lost much of its value,
and when measured In dollars and
cents at the rate of 1 per oent Interest
DAILY IJEEt WEDNESDAY,
the local banks apparently do not con
sider it worth the money.
The city law department Is said to
be drawing an ordinance to restrict
the billboard nuisance In Omaha. We
have had a long succession of ordl
nances to restrict the billboard
nuisance In Omaha drawn and pre
sented to the council, but when it came
to the crucial point the city author!
ties have always weakened and
knuckled down to the billboard men.
It remains to be seen whether the
present mayor and council have the
backbone necessary to put the un
sightly billboard out of business.
"Among the people who greeted the
president at Oyster Bay," says a news
paper report, "none attracte'd so much
attention as a woman who carried two
children in her arms and led another
by the hand." Naturally. A woman
with three arms would attract atten
tion any place even in a dime mu
seum. The Omaha Ministerial association
wants the baccalaureate sermon
preached to the high school graduates
Ijereafter In the Auditorium In order
to provide for a larger audience. Has
anyone heard of any church heretofore
selected for the baccalaureate sermon
turning people away by the thousands?
Give the Union Pacific credit for at
least one thing: In making Its special
newspaper contracts, as disclosed by
the list of names of editors holding
exchange mileage, it has not drawn any
discriminating line on political affilia
tions, but has taken in democrats, re
publicans and nondescripts alike.
"Why do tramps drink?" is tire sub
ject of a dissertation by Dr. B. L. Relt-
man, the Chicago sociologist who
achieved some near-fame recently by
giving a banquet to hoboes. Chances
are tramps drink because they are
thirsty.
The newly appointed successor ot
Mayor Schmitz of San . Francisco is
Mayor James Gallagher. San Fran
cisco's Mayor "Jim," however, will
have to take on a lively gait to trot in
the same class with . Omaha's Mayor
"Jim."
Senator LaFollette has been hunt
ing in Colorado for ten days, but as
the press has not recorded any In
crease In the mortality list of bobcats
it is not certain that the senator is to
be a presidential candidate.
"Harrlman and Hill are fine fel
lows; both friends of mine," says Sen
ator Depew. . There seems to be no
end to the knocking on Harriman and
Hill. '
A Ifotnlil Record.
New York Svenlng Post.
If there were no Instructive legislation
to the governor's credit, his vetoes alone
would entitle him to public esteem. To
gether legislation and vetoes are attract
ing national attention.
eektnar an Endorser.
lcago Record-Herald.
James J. Hill thinks the government
will have to assist the railroads to raise
money for the purpose of making Im
provements. Perhaps Mr. Hill' wih la
farther to the thought.
I'nt on th I,ld.
Brooklyn Bogle.
Japanese of a certain class seem spoil
ing for a fight with thla country. Remem
bering our own jingoes who have so often
declared hostilities on papor, we can afford
to be patient while the firm-handed govern
ment at Toklo calms these people down a
bit.
Calls for Chans of Tan.
Kansas City Journal.
But why should Colonel Bryan And fault
with Mr. Roosevelt for "stealing" his plat
form! If he can't get Into office to carry
out hts policies, it ahould be gratifying to
him to see them carried out by a man who
can. Colonel Bryan should be hurrahing
vociferously for Roosevelt instead of charg
ing htm with theft.
Looklna; Backward.
Plttaburg Dispatch.
Concerning .Mry J. J. Hill s dictum that
th government must, lend Its credit to the
railroads to enable them to make exten
sions and Improvements, It may recall th
fact that th government did that very
thing less than forty years ago. It proved
highly profitable to promoters, but waa
not quite satisfactory to the government or
th people.
JEFFKKSON'S WARM BLAST.
Aathor of th Declaration Gives ''Jl.
tare Fakrra" Stiff Dlar.
New Tork Evening Post.
If the "nature fakers" should go Into
politics, the Democrats could point com
placently to the fact that the founder of
their party. Instead of warring with mere
popular authors, cam successfully out of
at least one scientific controversy with the
great Buffon himself. Mr. Jefferson's ac
counts of species In which h was Inter,
ested ara quit as minute as Mr. Roose
velt's, and th Rev. Mr. Long would un
doubtedly find them much less bloodthirsty.
Th recent sketch of Alexander Wilson,
by Dr. J. 8. Wilson, contain a letter writ
ten In 1806 to the pioneer ornithologist
worthy to be bracketed with recent White
House magaslne article. Jefferson wrote:
"A you arc ourloua In blrda ther la one
welt worthy your attention to be found or
rather heard In tvery part of America and
yet scarcely ever to be seen. It 1 in all
the forest from spring to fall, and never
but on the top of the tallest trees, from
which It perpetually Serenade us with
some of the aweeteat note, and aa clear
a those of th nightingale. I hav fol
lowed It mile without ever but ono get
ting a view of it; It I the slae and make
ot the mocking bird, lightly thrush colored
on the back, and a grayish white on the
breast and belly."
Th bird found "never but on th top
of th tallest treoa," ha since been Iden
tified with a k!cle of such different
habit from those described as to be
called th "ground robin.' but th error
la pardonable. At th same time, the
author of th Declaration wn not always
tolerant of those who differed wtth him
about wild life. His wgrds hav again a
familiar ring when he says of Dalnes Har
rington, who denlad the American origin
of th turkey, that "the argument h pro
duce are such as none but a head, en
tangled and kinked as bla la, would vr
hav urged,"
JUNE 19, 1907.
ARMY UOftSlP I.f. WASHlUTOX.
Cwrrat Events Gleaned frwn the
Army and Ji?r Register.
Officer of th signal corpa are awaiting
with Interest the completion of th gas
generating riant, balloon house and other
work necessary for the establishment of a
well equipped balloon station at Fort
Omaha, Neb. Thla plant la Intended to
generate hydrogen gna by a new system In
which steam and Iron filings ar employed
and It I believed that the gaa can be pro
duced even cheaper than Illuminating gaa
I at present. The present cost ot hydro
gen when made by the cheapest of the
systems la about twice that of Illuminating
ira. When the plant Is ready for use a
balloon now awaiting trial at Fort Omaha
will be put Into the ar. Thla balloon dis
places 15.000 cublo feet. The balloon re
cently tested In a flight mad from Wash
ington by Captain Charlea Do F. Chandler
of the signal corpa and accepted by the
government after this satisfactory trip,
requires 78.000 cubic feet of gaa. Illuminat
ing gaa was used on Captain Chandler's
trip, when the total amount lifted. Includ
ing the balloon, three passengers, para
phernalia, ballast, etc., waa 1,401 pounds.
If hydrogen gas had been employed, the
lifting power of the balloon would have
been about 8,600 pounds, or over twice aa
much.
Teats' will be mad next week at Fort
Leavenworth of field wireless sets having
the latest Improvements which hav been
made In th algnal corps laboratory in
Washington under direction of Major
Edgar Russell of that corpa. Thee testa
will be made during the maneuver of the
troop forming the garrison of that poat.
which will be held aa an Incident of the
graduation exeiclses of the algnal and
other service schools there. Major Russell
will be at Fort Leavenworth at that time
to observe the workings of the Improve- j
ment. While no radical changes have j
been made In the Instruments, Important
changes have be n made In the details
with a view of Increasing the efficiency and
reliability.
Thq War department has annrnved tho
recommendation of the chief slanal officer
of the army for an allotment for the nnr.
cnane or the telephone camera from abroad.
Thl camera makes a new denarture in
the art of telephotography. The army
signal corps haa made use of nhotornhlc
apparatus In the field and has also had
ome experience In photographing from
aues ana na noons. In photographing from
kites promising results have been ob
tained by the use of ordinary cameras.
However, In order to get photographs of
large enough alae to be of anv use In the
ahowtng of details of distant objects, the
cameras hitherto have been .very bulky.
inia telephot camera appears to supply a
want In that direction, since It furnishes
photographa showing details In distant
onjecta without a corresponding Increase In
the alae of the camera and has. rmu.
qurntly, a probable value for military pur
poses. Tho type which will be purchased
glvea an enlargement six times. The
camera will be teated from the military
Daiioon.
Referring to the deplorable accident to
tho Minnesota's steam launch, all tho
newspaper account have contained the
statement that the boat must have been
run down .and cut In two, otherwise it
would havo been kept afloat by ita water
light tank. The statement la wholly In
error, as these launches will not float
when filled with water, as haa repeatedly
been ehown by tha simple fact that every
time thoy fill with water they sink, and
this can be demonstrated at any time by
testing any launch In the fleet while
equipped with canopy, etc., for regular
sorvice work. The navy ha lot a con
slderable number of launches In this man
ner, or haa been put to tho trouble of
raising them from the bottom. Moreover,
these launches are veritable death traps
In case of an accident in bad weather,
because they carry a heavy roof-like
canopy, extending from the forecastle to
the atern, and In rainy or rough weather
the aides are completely enclosed by can
vas curtains, securely lashed to th roof
and the rail of the boat, thus forming a
canvas dock house, which encloses all
the occupants of the boat, both passengers
and crew, and without a single opening,
except a peep hole In the forward end for
the coxswain. The boats are built for
comfort, and they accomplish the purpose
ot their design, aa a passenger in rainy
weather Is as completely protected as
though he were In a closed cab; but. In
case of accident while" thus securely
lashed In, an expert swimmer provided
with a Ufa belt has no possible chance of
escape, even though tha boat sinks within
easy swimming distance from th shore.
He cannot even hope to be. heard If he
crlea for help. Th moat dlstreaslng fea
ture of thla accident la the probability
that the alx unfortunate young midship
men and the five members ot the crew
were drowned like rats In a trap, and that
If the boat Is ever locajted and raised they
will be found Inside. These boats are tho
laughing atockx of all navies, being unique
of their kind. No other nation builds
such "comfy" boats, or such poor sea boats.
No other nation fits Its boats with a fixed
canopy supported on an iron framework
and covered with dozens of coata of paint.
It haa been decided to plAce the United
States ship Nebraska In commission.
This event will take place on July 1, and
to that end the crow of the Princeton and
the men who have been assembled for the
Nebraska will be transferred to the ship.
No commanding officer of the Nebraska
has yet been designated. Neither Is there
nny Indication of who will be selected to
the command of the South Dakota and
North Dakota.
PKKSUXAU NOTES.
i
Becaufe a New Tork man married a
aplrlt medium hi relative ar trying to
hav h'lm declared Insane.
New York la eafe. Admiral Brans' bat
tleship were theoretically sunk, having
been hypothetical) hit.
Andrew Carnegie haa donated $160,000
to Western Reserve university for the pur
pose of enabling the Institution to pay Its
professors larger salaries.
Vivian M. Lewis, a young lawyer of
Paterson, N. J., and a former newspaper
man, has been named aa a candidate for
governor of th tat of Nw Jersey by
the Lincoln club of hi city.
Among thoa American who hav en
Joyed th freedom of Dublin, a privilege,
about to be granted Richard Croker, were
General Grant and P. A. Colllna, th lat
ter, like Mr. Croker, being a native of
County Cork.
Th beat efforts of wlr tappera In daya
gone by rarely secured mora than a sec
tion of the booktiutkcr'a roll. New York
authorltlea turned a trick In that gam
surpassing In result. They tapped a wit
and bagged staff and content of two
flourlahlng pool rooms.
John Hollla Bankhead, whose appoint
ment a the successor of John Tyler Mor
gan in the I'nlted Slates senate was In
cumbent on Oovernor Comer, a a result
of the operation of tha Alabama primary
ystem. haa been out of congress only
since the close of tha last session. For
eighteen years prior to that time h waa
continuously a member of th house. He
1 68 year of age, a native of Alabama,
and an ex-confederate soldier.
Health
Insurance
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B1SCOVERV OF THfl WEST.
Impreaalons Eastern Tenderfeet Cmrry
from th Tall Oman.
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Wall Street Journal. '
The enthusiasm which tha traveler from
the east brings back with him from the
west often leads to th Impression that he
has discovered something new. But quite
the contrary la the case, because the dis
covery of the west la as old as the Impulse
which terminated In the voyage of Co
lumbus to America, and as young as the
latest return of a dweller In the east who
has come back with the spirit of the west
upon him.
The fact Is that the west Is not so much
the name of a geogrnphlcal locality aa of
a temperamental attitude caused by as
sociation with an energetic people who are
more closely In contact with the soil than
Is the- case In other parts of the world
Here Is an empire of the open and free
spirit which manifests itself to the new
comer in a way that communicates Itself
to him and sends him back to the east aa a
missionary.
The spirit of the weat la not easily as
sayed. There Is a love of hard work In It,
and readiness to work hand In hand, a de
gree of pluck and strength of purpose, and
a high measure of faith In the future, all
of which figure constantly In laying the
foundations and building aloft the structure
of empire. The cast Is so different that
the change from the east to the West, no
matter how often It Is made, has the na
ture of a voyage of discovery, during which
new points of view, new facta of life, new
appreciation of personal and buslnean forces
are disclosed as fresh discoveries, unlike
the things which belong to the mode of
thought and methods of business In the
east.
Because of the Investment power which
the west represents. It becomes more Im
portant than ever for those whose lot Is
cast In the eaat to partake occasionally of
thla occldentatlon aa a means of under
standing the western position and point of
view. Thla position Is characterised by an
increased financial Independence of the east,
a more radical attitude en many of the
newer public questions, and the disposition
to select the better things from all sources.
unhampered by limitations of tradition.
This fact shows Itself In their institutional
development aa well as In their business
methods.
The accumulation of western rceourees la
beginning tol react directly upon the east.
Western menvand western capital ar con
stantly turning east for a wider field for
their energies. Tha drift from the weat to
the east la quit aa definite, though pos
sibly not quite so large as that of the east
to the west. After all, eaat' and west, north
and south, are but so many great aapects
of the same national life which need to b
mingled to keep the provincial In ua from
narrowing our vision, or from accepting
tha illusion that a part la greater than the
whole.
FRAUDS IX THE MAILS.
Great Vain of Frand Order In 9-
preaslng Swindle.
Baltimore American.
In a recent Issue of tha North American
Review, Secretary of the Treasury Cortel
you makes a moat Impressive defense of
the statutory power vested In th executive
head of the Poatofflce department to lasue
quick order for the suppression of fraud
ulent scheme Insofar as such enterprise
ar conducted by means of the United
States mall. Ther have been numerous
attempts to hav congress withdraw thla
suppressive option from the postmaster
general or to so modify his authority aa
to deprive the existing law of lta chief
value. The ex-poatraaster general makea
It very plain, however, that tha real value
ot the present law consists In the power
which It confer upon the postal authori
ties to act with imperative promptness. A
right of appeal to the courts, if granted,
would simply be In many Instances the
granting to some fraudulent concern an
opportunity to fleece th public during an
extended period, made possible by the de
lays and hindrances of the law. An In
stance In Illustration Is given of an of
fender, stopped by a fraud order In 1901,
who kept his case dangling In the courts
until 19U1 by successful appeals upon tech
nicalities, and, though 'convicted and sen
tenced In the latter year, has yet another
appeal pending. The point ia, however, that
lie haa bean kept from doing bualneas dur
ing the extended court procedure by the
"fraud order" which stopped him In IWi.
The conferring of the power to Issue these
fraud orders, of course, gives an Immensely
important prerogative to on of the gov
ernment departments. It la a aumraary
power to atop certain forma of business,
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The Value of
It not to much ia whtJ is
What word Is used more recklessly
than GUARANTIED? What word
can mean so little and yet so much?
How often have you heard a salesman
say "I Ol'A KANTEhl this" r I
GUARANTEE that'' and paid as little
attention to It a to th alghlng of
the wind.
And so th reliability of a guaran
tee depends uuon who gives It.
Integrity In dealing ana an Impregna
ble financial standing -tli.se are th
requirements to make a GUARANTKK
convincing. Th sea' beach wasn't
made by a single wave; the Arm wnit
and collected there was tha work of
years. So It la in th building up of
a reputation for reliability. Th guar
antee the Hospe store gives with every
piano that goes out of Us house Is
supported by year and year of square
dealing, it has convinced others and
will convince you. it stands on a ruck
bottom foundation., It la the personal
word of a store whose financial
Strength cannot be queatloned.
A. Hospe Company,
On Pric.
1313 Douglaa
GAIUMET ib
BAKING POWDER 3w
is offered to I
for any sub-
health found
rowder.
In frmA
wholesome
chemists.
may be I
that food I ,
harmful
correct
ure Wholesome
and It has been plaualhly argued that suh
a power might b unfairly us.il it u a
sufficient answer to such a contention that
"since the enactment of the rresent lcirW
lation over 2.4O0 fraud orders have leen Is
sued by the department, but In less than
thirty cases has the propriety of the o-.w
been challenged, and In none haa the rn;t
held that It waa erroneous or tmwnr
ranted." It Is fairly claimed that this r-c
ord la of very great Importance In consid
ering the advisability of withdrawing v-.n
power. The record emphatically indli-sts
that there has been no abuse of power
rendering a change In legislation advisa
ble or desirable. The department lias he. n
careful to safeguard Its own action hy a
most cautious exercise of the fraud order
prerogative. It haa held to tne view that
"In no case Is the branding of a business
aa fraudulent, with resultant exclusion of
Its correspondence and literature from the
malls Justifiable, except upon complete and
satisfactory evidence of Its Intentions."
Many achemea which bear earmarks of he
ing fraudulent the Postofflce depHrttnent
la compelled to give the benefit of a doubt,
because the evidence of fraud Is not suf
ficiently tangible.
There Is little room to doubt, however,
that the authority which enables the post
master general to act quickly and effec
tively la an Immense check upon swindling
devices.
SMILIXQ LINES.
"You mustn't Interrupt me when I'm talk
ing, Kthel!"
"Why, that's the only time I can Inter
rupt you, mamma!" Yonlrur Statesman.
"Do you think women ought to vote?"
"I don't care whether they vote or not,"
answered Mr. Meek ton. rather teatlly. "But
In th Interests of harmony they ought
not to be encouraged to make speeche."
Washington Star.
"There Is no doubt that th president la
a humorist."
"What has he done now?"
"Warned a gathering of newspaper men
against the evil of swollen fortunes."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Jlgley Woodby tella me he haa bean
working on his family tree of late.
Knox 'Yes; it seems to keep bun pretty
busy. '
Jlgley Rather tedious work, ehT
Knox Yes. I believe be discovered a
hanjrman'a noose on one of the branches
and he's having soma trouble sawing It oft.
Philadelphia Preas.
that last novel of yours. How did it end
happily T
'No, Naggus; it ended tragically. Th
total sale were seventeen coplea. "-Chicago
Tribune.
"When a man stahta In makln' tro tibia,'
said Uncle Kben, "he glta so he don' oar
'Km,. A a nrr,fit u lnnsr . he kn hflh da
satisfaction of workln' overtime. " Wash
ington Star.
Young Wife Tom doe make auch ex
treme statements.
Mother-ln-Law In what way, dearT
Young Wife He says If we want to get
ahead I must toe the mark If I expoct
him to foot the bills. Baltimore American.
Tom I tell you, old mon, Miss Gabble
certainly has got a pile of money. Why
don't you propose to her?
Dlca 1 ve started to ao u several umei.
Tom What's the matter? Los your
courage?
Dick No, but I m never anie 10 ae. a
word In edgewise, Philadelphia Press.
THE ESCAPE.
John Kendrlck Bangs In New York Sun.
Oh, let us away to the countryside!
Awav from the city's scenes of prld
If pride It be that spura the race
To toll and moll In maddest paco
Away from the canons dark und deep.
Where tollers never stop to sleep.
Nor pause to rest, nor e'en to think,
n.i. flit liUa. i.n.i'iri'1 on the brink
Of death and sorrow, care and pain.
All In the mad pursuit of gain!
Cain! Is It gain to fill the purse
With gold attaint with a demon curse?
Oaln! Is it profit to pile up wealth
Oot from an endless chain of stealth?
Gain, when we stop to count the cost
Of gold that's Won through a soul that s
lOSt?
nr. r.,,.u f brain, and brawn, ana heart!
Conscience shredded and torn apart.
Cast underfoot In the mire ana mm
Of the sordid chase of tho money lust! (
Oh. let u away to the restful scene
Where the air is pure ana ir..r B.- -..
And men. like birds upon the wing.
Have not forgotten tne sons- ,r "'""
Where skies are broan as net-piy
And every rill has a story true
To breathe as on Its way u no
Little romances 01 un r..-.
And daisy mend ami Clover - .
And fox and deer along the trait.
.. . a,hl,r-rtnar nf the hf-ASS
That softlv rustles throufih the Ireoa
irlngs healtn 10 oiner, inn
or Mops tn mm 01 jam ...
here every nee inai num- n- ,
irnugn an me worn m in. -,i......n. .
id every bud. and grassy blade,
tat sees Its master's word obeyed.
Vw.lirht In lowliest Clod.
Tells of the loving hand of God!
a Guarantee
ta.id at in who says it
W have a great sale on this week,
making some extensive alterations In
our store. W ar compelled tu re
move our large stock and rather than
to move It to-our warehouse we will
sacrifice our profits and sell them so
low that will move them to your
home.
We have th finest stock of pianos
In the west and tills Is your oppor
tunity to secure the greatest value for
your money.
Slightly used plunns from 176 up.
New planus from V.'X, up.
Square pianos from t& up.
Used organ from M up.
Sold on easy payments and each In
strument sold with the A. Hospe guar
antee from to 2u years.
Today ours Is th largest, most suc
cessful piano house In the west. Is not
that sufficient proof that our Idea was
right? 1s t that sufficient proof thai
our guarantee I trusted?
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