' TIIE OVAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, 'AttfCST , 1907."
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ICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR.
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STATEMENT Ol CTRCUtJtTION.
State of Nebraska, Doiiglea oounty, aa:
Charle C. Roaewater, general manager
of The Bee Publishing Company, being
duly aworn. says that the actual number
of full and complete eoplea of The Dally
Mnrnlng, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of July, 107, wi aa
follows:
1 66,640 IT M.T00
t 66.160 II ,480
I 66,180 II 86,810
.' M.SOO II........ 14,890
I 86,640 11 68,880
IMH II 87.870
7 88,600 II 96,670
' I 86.000 ' 14 66,680
I M.I10 II 86,420
10 ia,ao a6,4oo
11 66.460 IT. 66,700
12 66,660 II 65,400
It 19440 11 41,370
It 68,800 I. 86460
14 66,760 II.., 9640
It 96,160
Total ...77 1.13a,ao
Leai unsold and returned coplea. . 10339
Net total 1461.089
Dally average. 96,193
CHARi.ES C. ROSEWATER.
Oeneral Manager.
Subacrlhed In ray preaenco and aworn to
before mo thla lal day of August. 1907,
(Seal) M. B. HUNOATE.
Notary Public.
WHfCfl OUT OF TOWN.
Saitarrlbere leavtaaj the city tern
porarlly ahoald have The Bee
mailed to them. Addreaa will fee
changed a oftea aa reneated.
It loo It 68 if those gas ordinances
had already sprung several leaks.
A portion of the peace temple at
The Hague has collapsed. - So has the
peace conference.
In effect, Secretary Taft has ad
vised southern negroes to begin car
rying safety racors.
That frost in the norttowest did not
do any damage to crops except on
the Chicago Board of. Trade.
Kansas men have paid, $4,000 for
a Missouri hog. Even the hog is look
ing for higher things these days.
. "America owes much to the trusts,"
says the Paris Figaro. Well; the
trusts have Ueecbllefctwr it, all right.
Colonel Bryan will not deliver his
keynote speech this year until he fin
ally decides what keynote he will use.
r. Mr. Harrlman denies that he wants
to own all the railroads of the coun
try. Some of them are not paying
dividends.
It i the man who places his bet on
the wrong side in the Wall street
game that la always first to predict a
financial panic.
It Is said that the number of masked
men in the mob at Bancroft was twenty-six,
which, is twice thirteen and
doubly unlucky.
The Pacific coast is said to be
grooming a vice presidential candi
date, but refuses to disclose his name.
Can it be Schmlti or RuefT
Wall street has offered no explana
tion of the fact that while railroad
stocks continue to go down, railway
earnings are ' increasing every day.
Whisky is already being ahlpped
into Georgia labeled "paint," the ahlp
pers tnd purchasers both understand
ing that it Is designed for nose color
ing. Mississippi is having much difficulty
In selecting a governor this year. Mis
sissippi baa bad experience in electing
a governor in haste and repenting at
leisure.
This Increase in the price of milk
Is going to eause a protest from cer.
tain men who have fixed objections to
paying more for milk than they do
for beer.
One of those Nobel peace prizes
should go to the wife of Senator Bev
erldge. The world has not heard a
disturbing' chirp from the senator
since the wedding day. .
Senator Allison has made formal
announcement that he will be a can
didate for re-election. The announce
ment will please about everybody ex
cept Governor Cummins.
Stockholders ia Senator Piatt's ex
press company asking him what he
did with all of that money, ought to
know that divorce suit and breach
of promise casts are expensive.
"Long . live .democracy!" shouts
John Temple Graves, who has Just re
membeted hti party affiliation after
having spent a busy summer nominat
ing republicans for the presidency.
Mr.' Hnrrlir.r.n announcee thM the
t'l 'rt Pactfl- ws never in such shape
as It is at tbo present time. Wonder
if be la referring to physical condition,
or to Caaaclal condition, or to both?
ta rra talk to the ocm
Secretary Taft's address at Frank
fort, Kentucky, clearly is not in
tended for Kentucky consumption
alone. It Is a message to the-south,
particularly to those states that have
by devious ways succeeded in robbing
the negro cltlien of his vote. Ken
tucky has not yet despoiled the negro
of his ballot. While the democrats
have bad the power to do it, they have
refrained from nullifying the federal
constitutional amendments and the re
sult has been such as apparently to
Justify Mr. Taft's optimistic prediction
that the problem will work Itself out
In the end. In Kentucky, the negroes
do not "follow the leader" and vote
en masse but have allied themselves
with different parties, so that It is
estimated that the numerical
strength of the negro voters is pretty
evenly divided between the republi
cans and democrats. Mr. Taft con
tends that a similar result would fol
low, in other southern states If the
negro were allowed the right of suf
frage. .
On the question of negro rights
under the constitutional amendments
the secretary takes no uncertain
ground. He declares that the letter
end the spirit of the law must be ob
served and that the south cannot
prosper politically until that is done.
He Offers no objection to the , dis
franchisement acts of legislatures In
the southern states so long as they
are applied to white and black alike
but he rebukes the south for allowing
a single issue to obscure all others,
thus making a vast section of the
country politically impotent and de
priving it of all independence of
action upon national policies. In
other words, he urges what has often
been contended, that the democratic
party in the north .would be strength
ened by the south's abandonment of
its one overshadowing issue.
It will be better for both the south
and the north when the south learns
that the north does not desire to med
dle in the domestic affairs of the
south, so long as the federal consti
tution is not violated. The south has
the negro problem and must work it
out in its own way but it must not
be done by the nullification of federal
laws. It will be a long step In the
right direction when the southern
whites find that others issues and
other interests demand their energies
more earnestly than does the alleged
fear of negro domination. Mr. Taft's
plain talk wl'! meet appr6val In the
north and will doubtless be accepted
in the proper spirit by the thinking
men of the south.
A DERELICT SHERIFF,
' No one can read the accounts of the
Bancroft lynching without coming to
the conclusion that Sheriff Young of
Thurston county, who had the victim
in charge, was guilty either of gross
cowardice or of flagrant dereliction of
duty and probably both.
Had the sheriff possessed the moral
and physical gtamlna and a moderate
comprehension of his official rights
and obligations, this lawless outbreak
would never have occurred, or at least
would never have proved successful in
accomplishing its object.
No one can read the account of the
lynching -without coming to the con
clusion that it was planned well In ad
vance of its perpetration and that the
sheriff either knew of it, or ought to
have known of it and taken the neces
sary precautions to safeguard the Ufa
of bis prisoner. The most that, ,1s
claimed for the sheriff is that his dep
uty attempted to draw a : revolver
while he. himself, was nonreslstantly
taken by surprise and overpowered.
The statutes of Nebraska confer
ample authority upon law officers to
meet such emergencies. The sheriff
would have been justified in killing
any one who laid bands upon him or
his prisoner. It was his duty to call
upon all persons to asBlet him In pro
tecting life and upholding the law, and
refusal would be a punishable offense.
The, last Nebraska legislature passed
an act making the sheriff removable
for willfully failing, neglecting or refusing-to
enforce any law which it is
made bis duty to enforce.
The sheriff of Thurston county la as
much, if not more, responsible than
any member of the mob for the stain
placed on Nebraska by the Bancroft
outrage and there should be a way of
holding him to account even if the
others escape.
Tftt HtW BCSSIAX DCilj.
The alow and complicated process
of electing another Duma Is in prog
ress in Russia. Incomplete and
conflicting reports of the method of
election operatlonsmake it difficult
to form an intelligent forecast of re
sulu from the returns already re
ceived, but the early' reports indicate
,that, in spite of the government's ef
fort to load the dice by dttfranchis-
I lag most of the population, the voters
are determined to return another
Duma that will represent the people
in pronounced opposition to the im
perial program. The govern merft
has established franchise qualifications
which strongly militate against the
mass of city dwellers and has barred a
large number of men who were prom
inent and influential in former
movements for political reform. It
has dope everything possible to pre
vent the election of a radical or even a
liberal Duma. As the elections will
continue through September, the real
complexion of the Duma will not be
known until the end of nest month.
The outside world finds Interest in
Russia's election troubles only to the
extent thut they show the growth of
sentiment against autocracy. The
(czar and his advisers make little effort
to conceal their purpose to defeat the
election of a Duma that will reflect
the popular will. They seek only the
semblance of a popular sanction to In
tended loans. Two former Dumas
have been dissolved by the czar be
cause they stood for the popular
government promised by lmperlul
decree. It Is' a tribute to the temper
of the Russian people that they sub
mitted with what grace they could
muster to defeat, preferring to seek
relief by continued appeals to the
ballot rather than to the bullet and
the bomb. If the new Duma, which
will meet on November 14, stands for
popular government, in spite of the
restrictions and obstacles placed by
the ctar in the way of a free expres
sion at the polls, it will be a notice
to the czar and to t'he world that the
demand of the people for representa
tive government cannot be much
longer denied.
THE TROVDLK WITH THE ARMi.
The annual report of Major General
A. W. Greely, commanding the
Northern division of the army,
presents Jhree counts in support of
the charge recently made by General
Bell, chief of staff, that, "there Is
something wrong with the army."
General Greely'a review of conditions
in the army is neither pleasant nor
promising to those who believe, as
most Americans do, that the army
should be composed of high grade
men, both in the rank and file,
equipped at all times for effective
service. Gen. Greely asserts that the
trouble with the army is that the men
are underpaid and poorly fed, that
the elimination of the canteen has
lowered the moral tone and that the
service is suffering because of "the
low standard and general worthless
ness of recruits.".
Army officers are very generally
agreed upon the truth of the asser
tions made by General Greely and
the country understands the situation
pretty well, although all efforts to
induce congress to remedy th'e defects
in the system have thus far proved
futile. Practically all testimony
taken on the subject shows that since
the abolition of the canteen drunken
ness has increased and low dives have
sprung up in the vicinity of every
army post in the country. Congress
passed a law abolishing the canteen,
in .response to a crusade started by
temperance workers, but has refused
to restore it, even In face of over
whelming testimony that its restora
tion would benefit the morals of the
enlisted men.
The charge that army officers and
soldiers are underpaid la not a new
one, but General Greelr offers a new
complaint when he says the poorest
unskilled laborer in the, country, the
man, who does not receive more than
$1 a day has better rations than are
served to the soldiers and better than
the soldiers can afford, while their
pay ' and ration allowances combined
amount to but 60 cents a day. The
general's contention that If the
government will not pay its soldiers
better it should at least feed them
better does not leave any room for
argument.
"The low standard and . general
worthlessness of recruits" may be ex
plained by the low pay, insufficient
food and the lack of proper recreation
for the soldier. America in greater
degree than any other nation offers
to the civilian advantages superior to
any that military life can present.
With day laborers earning from )2
to $3 a day and skilled artisans draw
ing more wages than are paid to army
officers, it is not difficult to under
stand why the recruits are usually
worthless. If the standard of the
private soldier is to be raised, he
must be paid better, fed better and
treated better, because civil life Is
ridding for his services, and getting
all but the least desirable material
of the nation. "What Is the matter
with the army" is booked for consid
erable attention by the coming con
gress. For the sake of the good reputation
of the organization, it is up to the Ak-Sar-Ben
governors to see to it that a
cleansing process be applied to "the
weekly program making. One thing
above all others that has made Ak-Sar-Ben
rank high is that its initiation
features have always been confined
within the limits of harmless humor
and stopped short of both vulgarity
and violence. To allow the entertain
ment to be besmirched with slime and
filth under any pretext Is Inexcusable.
The guests of Ak-Sar-Ben are guests
of the community and they are entitled
to the same polite consideration that
would be given to a guest In the homo.
Chicago club women are opposing
the proposed new city charter for Chi
cago on the ground that it does not '
give them woman's suffrage. That
the new Chicago charter is a great im
provement on the old one no one de
nies, but, of course, if It falls to en
franchise the women It should be
voted down without consideration. .
Colonel Bryan was complimented by
Secretary Taft's assumption in his Co
lumbus speech that the - Nebraskan
would be the democratic standard
bearer in 1908, and now Mr. Bryan
returns the compliment by assailing
Secretary Taft as if be bad already
been choosen to head the republican
presidential ticket.
The Firr and Police Board bas is
sued a proclamation to the effect that
the members of the police department
must not mix politics and business.
What about members of the fire de
partment? What about members of
the police board, who are themselvs
officially sworn to eechew politics?
What's sauce for the goose should be
sauce for the gander.
The local democratic organ has sud
denly discovered that the Board of
Fire and Police commissioners is a
democratic board. When the board
does anything displeasing It charges
its course up to the republican gov
ernor as the source of its power and
authority, but whenever it does nny
thlng that looks, good, it hauls up the
democratic flas.
Omaha Is again warned that , the
only way to get in on the game of
river improvements if to show that it
is ready to utilize the Missouri for
freight navigation to the full extent
that conditions justify. Omaha cer
tainly should be able to stir up as
much water as Kansas City.
Attorney General Bonaparte has
mentioned to other members of the
cabinet, In a Jocular way, that he bas
received letters from Maryland 'repub
licans urging htm to become a can
didate for the republican nomination
for vice president. The members of
the cabinet smiled.
The French authorities have served
official notice that they do not Intend
to penetrate to the Interior of
Morocco. As the Moors seem to be
getting the range on French troops as
fast as they land at Casablanca, the
official note needs no explanation.
Secretary Root has been compelled
to go to Muldoon's farm because he
was run down by political cares. Mr.
Bryan wa8 run down twice in that
way, but got healthier and wealthier
after each accident.
San Francisco will probably not ap
preciate Mr.. Harrlman'6 latest Joke.
After declaring his Intention to "visit
the wildest part 'of California," he
bought a ticket direct for the Golden
Gate City.
A statue of John Smith is to be
erected at Jamestown. John, It will
be remembered, achieved his reputa
tion by Interfering with the plana of
one of the first men's clubs in Amer
ica. Healtatlon of Inexperience.
Chicago Newa.
Spain ia criticised because It does nnt
take a more active pert in suppressing; the
niaoraere in Morocco, but It should be re
membered that Spain has not had much
experience lately In licking- people.
Beat In the Shop.
Chicago Record Herald.
It cost the United. States $2,664,70 to
maintain order In Cuba during the fiscal
year recently ended. ' Well, we may at
least have the aatlafactlon of knowing- that
it waa a pretty good brand of order.
Pretty Sedan Itlaht.
Chicago Recij-A-Herald.
A Harvard professoa-who has been figur
ing on the matter ays It cbata about US. 000
to rear a middle-mas boy In thla country.
Any father who la buying shoes for a lively
youngster will ' take the professor's word
for It without foolish questioning.
Stocking lTa on lalnnds.
Chicago Newa.
Having an Insatiable appetite for
lalanda, the United States government la
about to buy three more, situated In Pan
ama bay. Besides, It 'Is cheaper to pur
chase those already there than to move
thither any of the numerous islands
that we have on hand.
I,ona;-Felt Wants.
Chicago News.
It remains for some lover of humanity
to start a crusade against the collapsible
gocart," the springleaa lumber wagon
In miniature. In whjch the unthinking
mother Jolts her helpless infant over the
jagged pavements and uneven sidewalks,
to the peril of Its little bones.
Unique Distinction.
Philadelphia Record.
It la not the leaBt curious feature of the
recent history of International arbitration
that the administration which has laid such
extraordinary stress on the effectiveness
of gunpowder arguments and the utility
of a big slick should nevertheless have
accomplished so much In the interest of
peace; and that the president under whose
administration we have taken the position
of the second naval' power should also
have been the winner of the Nobel prise.
A Thrllllna; Vltlmntnm.
Kansas City 8tar.
Persona who have hitherto refrained from
giving voice to an opinion concerning the
merita of the telegraphere' strike will not
hesitate for a moment to queatlon the
hardihood displayed by the Western Union
in withdrawing pie from the bill of fare'
which it has been furnishing the messen
ger boya and tbe strike-breakers. No pie,
no work, Is the ultimatum hurled at the
company. In such aa issue, it is plain to
see there can be no compromise. It Is
amailng that any- corporation would think
of tampering with such an Implacable fac
tor as pie. Any other obstacle to amity
might be made to yield; all other barriers
to compromlae 'might be leveled. But
where the right to pie is involved, what
solution can there be but unconditional
surrender? '
KMIICHMENT OP COHWTIIY LIFE
( halklna; l'i Some Credit Marks for
Rich Men.
Wall Street Journal.
The prosperity of the last ten year
has accomplished one moat notable thing
for American life. It haa -aorlched and
beaut ined the country. Our rich men
have lavished their millions for the ben
efit of the towna, where they used to
live aa boya, or where they have been
Induced to erect their country homes.
In some lnatancea they have expended
millions of dollara In the enrichment of
theae country placea by the building of
aplendtd resldertcea. by the endowment cf
schools and llbrarlea, by the conatmc
tlon of splendid roada and brldgea and
by the ereotloit-if beautiful churchee.
The sums aperi by our rich men In thla
way must aggravate hundreds of millions
of dollara, and. the Improvemente which
they have made are of ao aubatantial a
character that In many caaaa they will
laat rerhSps for centuries. Certainly this
enrichment of the oountry la one of the
things whit a muat be put down to the
ciedlt of the'weaJtn created since lb a
election of afcaUnley.
MFK O 8AGAMORR HI IX.
A Xear View of President Roosevelt
nt Hie liaimrr Home.
There are some facea for which Presi
dent Roosevelt looks especially when he
arrives at Oyster Bay for his annual
rest Indeed, thla year as he stepped
from the train, he paused In a sadly
ptusled fashion, writes Charles Somer
vllle In the Broadway Magaalne. At the
head of the line there had always been
extended toward htm a certain gnarled
and worn old hand, the property of "Un
cle Amos" Boerum. There la a new
tombatone out In the old cemetery that
could have told the prealdent wbjr "Un
cle Amos" waa not there.
"Uncle Jake" Flaher told the president
the sad news about "Uncle Amos.',' "Un
cle Jake" had first to curb ills anger
at the lively and disrespectful small boy
who had at the last moment appropriated
first place on the line. For, with the
death of "Uncle Amos" the other's right
to first place on the line had been ah
solutely conceded by the population.
"Uncle Amos" had. been hack man In or'
dlnahr to his excellency, Theodore Rooae.
velt, president of the United States, in
fact, the first glance that Theodore
Roosevelt ever had of Oyster Bay was
from the stage of which "Uncle Amos"
was the driver the stage from Byoaaet,
ten mllea away, that brought passengers
to Oyster Bay before the railroad ran its
branch there.
Condolences on the fate of "Uncle
Amos" having passed, "Uncle Take," an
ancient and honorable tiller of the soil,
took off his stiff derby hat and pushed
back his tousled hair, varying In- shade
from straw color to gray, took a re
flective pull at his whiskers, and said:
"Wal, I'm the first Roosevelt man, now
eh, sir?"
"You are," said the president, "the first
I knew here after 'Uncle Amos.' "
The usual dally program of the prealdent
while he Is at Oyster . Bay beglna with his
bounding out of bed (and that is really his
characteristic method of beginning the day)
and hastening for the shower bath. The
hour is never later than 7. He takes the
shower cold as cold as he can get It
There Is a prodigious splashing of water,
and It la a man with color surging In his
cheeks who seeks the breakfast table. He
Is invariably attired then for a ride
breeches, soft shirt and crash coat, with bis
big Panama lying on a convenient chair In
the hallway. On the way from the break
fast room to his mount he makes a stop
of from ten to twenty minutea In hta study.
There the most important telegrams or let
ters that have reached Secretary Loeb since
the conference of the day preceding are on
the desk. Whatever problems they pre
sent he takes with him on his morning ride.
Archie and Quentln, or frequently Mrs.
Roosevelt, are his companions on these
rides, although several times a week the
president goes forth unaccompanied.
Back from this morning constitutional, at
10:30, he dictates his private correspond
ence, and sharply on the stroke of 11 Sec
retary Loeb makes his appearance. The
hurrying secretary comes to the house In
the big, white secret service automobile the
only automobile with any right of way at
all on the private road. From one to three
assistants are with him. The official mall la
carried In big leather pouches. Two hours
of the fastest sort of work goes on then,
and Secretary Loeb and his assistants do
not look anyttoo fresh whet) they resume
their seats In the white automobile and are
taken back to the executive offices In the
village.
During his dally morning visit Secretary
Loeb acquaints the president with the
names of his visitor or visitors for the day.
At 1 in the afternoon the president is ready
to receive them. Usually, however, they
have already been received by Mrs. Roose
velt. There Is no form of etiquette observed
and if a visitor arrives before the president
has finished his statesmanly labors the
chief executive, looking through his study
window at the sound of an arriving car
riage. Is very apt to rush out on the porch
and greet his visitor In the moat informal
and therefore all the more cordial fashion.
It la on the hillside back of Sagamore
Hill that the president, from time to time,
performs his most picturesque exercises in
the course of taking his hard-working
vacation. It Is from this htllslope that
hay Is obtained for the Roosevelt horses
snd sundry live stock, and here, under the
hot sun, the chief executive of the nation
has now and then become a subordinate In
the ranks, tolling afield under the stern
eye of Amos Jackson.
Amos Jackson Is a sturdy man for his
three-score years, and ia manager of the
Roosevelt farm. Though a staunch repub
lican In spirit, In the letter he Is a decided
democrat. In fact, according to village
history, he had no hesitancy on one oc
casion In going to the president and say
ing: "We need an extra man to load the
hay if we are going to get It all Into
the barn while the good weather holds
out."
"Ail right." said Mr. Roosevelt; and
suiting the action to the word, his coat
was off, hla ahlrt sleeves rolled up, the
collar of hta outing ahlrt turned back and
hla broad ahouldera swaying to the sweep
of his fork, he waa preaently swinging the
hay onto the wagons. The perspiration
beaded on hla brow, and there were tlmea
when breathing became an effort; but he
did aa much work aa any man there.
Since that time he has regularly taken
part In the labor of the hay. fielde. and
It la hla regularly asalgned place, after tho
hay haa been transferred to the bam, to
stand up In the loft and receive the
fragrant bunches s they are. tossed from
the forks of his fellow-workers.
PRRSOXAI, NOTES.
The American minister In Spain. Mr.
Collier, is negotiating an extradition treaty
between the United States and that coun
try. A Chicago man who rocked the boat
just as a Joke on a girl waa drowned,
while the girl was rescued. It la curious
to note how often retribution hlta In the
right place.
Speaker Cannon, who haa been rusticating
at Plattaburg. N. Y., la trying to. and haa
already succeeded in. giving up amoklng.
Ho told frienda here that, although he haa
been accustomed for forty years to smoke
from twelve to fifteen cigars a day, he now
smokes only three or four.
For some inscrutable rtaaon the Japanese
aplea who are reported sketching American
forta at several points have overlooked
the formidable fortifications of Fort Crook.
Perhape they have been there and were
unequal to the taak. He would be a cperfa
geoue aubject of the mikado who could
scale the bars on the meat aide and sur
vive the experience. The desperate valor
of the Japa has limitations.
The Pueblo Chtefton la rightly named.
Any competitor disposed to queatlon Ita
chieftainship on the reservation hedged In
by the mountains of southern Colorado will
aave energy and meana by examining laat
Sunday'a boom edition. One hundred and
eighteen pagea of booster stun, lavishly
illustrated, provea the Chieftain to be the
boas of the Pueblo tribe, a praas agent
qualified for the Jqb of inspiring the live
ones and rushing the lawn mower en moss
back a
TIRED AND SICK
YET MUST WORK
"Man may work from sun to son
bat Woman's work is never done,"
-In order to keep the home neat
and pretty, the children well dressed
and tidy, women overdo and often
suffer ia silenoe, drifting along from
bad to worse, knowing well that
the ought to have help to overcome
the pains and achea wbioh daily
make life burden.
It is to these women that Lydia
E. rinkham'a Vegetable Compound,
made front native root and herbs,
comes as a blessing. When the spir
its are depressed, the head and baek
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Mrs. Augustus Lyon, of East Karl, Pa., writes: Dear Mrs. Pink
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of aohee and pains in the lower part of back and aides, ' I could not
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Mrs. Pinkham's Invitation to Women
Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to
write Mrs Pinkbam. at Lynn. Mass. Out of ber vast volume of ex
perience she probably bas the verv knowledge that will help your
eatee. ner aavioe ta rree ana always
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.
Columbus Journal: There la nothing
strange about Mr. Harrlman going to
church when he was In Omaha. That's
the only place you can elude kickers.
Lexington Pioneer: Down In the eastern
part of the state the fusloniata are growing
suspicious and looking daggers at each
other. All of which is nt natural as a
nigger stealing chickens. They are not In
harmony politically, and all they fuse for
are the allurements of office. Hence the
jealousy and heart burnings.
Blue Hill Sentinel: Congressman Hln
shaw returned to his home in Fsirburv
last week from Indiana, where ha has
been since the adjournment of congress.
The columns of the Sentinel are open to
him to(-explain why he led the revolt of
a few republicans against President Roose
velt's subsidy scheme when he promised
the voters of the district and made hla
standing with the president the paramount
Issue of his lsst campaign.
Weeping- Water Herald: The Railway
commiaalon has been out track walking
over the Missouri Pacific to learn about the
condition of the roadbed and tracks. We
have been advised to come out ahead of the
findings of this honorable body and state
that the track was found to be In good
order, but not wishing to get a scoop on
the commission will wait for developments.
Besides, we believe the commission will act
In justice to all. If they fall to find condi
tions as reported by the Trackmen's union
they should ride between this place and
Lincoln a few times and write thler experi
ence. Ashland Independent: The strike of the
telegraph operators will permanently Injure
the telegTaph Interest by leading the busi
ness men to learn additional methods of
employing the telephone, especially If the
boards of trade should be compelled to
dispense with the telegTaph for even a few
days, telegraph operators would And thst
they had not only lost a job, but that the
job Itself would In many cases stay lost to 1
everybody. Something similar happened In
the nallmakers' strike twenty years ago.
When the nail cutters were ready to go to
work no one wanted cut nails. The wire
nail had come to stay. ,
Schuyler Free Iance: Editor Howard of
the Columbus Telegram la a great trim
mer and when he cannot trim his sails to
catch the breexe it is because there is no
breeze. After Bryan declared for govern
ment ownership of railroads as a national
Issue Howard came out boldly for It and
was made secretary ot a league wun inai
In view. Now that Bryan has seen that
government ownership is not going to be
winner yet and has declared that govern
mental control muat first be tried, Etlanr
trims accordingly. After several weeks of
painful silence he falls Into line and talks
on the new line. Great trimmer that!
Ord Journal: Pretty soon the school bell
will be ringing again and the streets will
be filled with pupils as they go back and
forth to their duties. Probably the ma
jority of school children think they are
having a hard time and are being imposed
upon, but when they get older and have
the real duties of life weighing down upon
their shoulders they will begin to realise
that their school days were the best times
of their lives. While the theory may bo
carried to excess, the pupils of the public
school. It seems to us, are not generally
Imbued wtth 'he idea of the value of time.
Teachers are averse to furnishing their
time. In the school room for no pay and
yet they often allow .the pupils, to waste
many valuable days, weeks or even years.
Fremont Tribune: The spectacle of the
three members of the Nebraska Railway
commission disappearing from IJncoln
down the Missouri Pacific track on a tie
counting tour must have been an Inspiring
one to their friends who understand their
seal for reform. Under former regimes
lnspectiona, If they were made at all, were,
made in Pullman cars as the officials
swept through the state In a blaze of
glory on a pocketful of passes. But now
the commlsslonera Inspect when they In
spect. They kick the ties to see If they
are rotten; they examine the jointa to dis
cover If they are low and uneven; they
look to see If the ballast Is tamped prop
erly about the ties and the weeds cut
alonK the right-of-way. Who says thla la
an administration of "fake reform?"
A Consolattoa Prise.
tttsburg Dispatch.
In these days, when almost evervhnv
deems It his duty and pleasure to lumn
on the Standard Oil company, that cor
poratlonmust appreciate the Navy Depart
ment a tealimonial to tne quality of Its
product.
A Purine la veatnaeat.
Indianapolis News.
By the time we are through administer
ing affairs of Cuba for Cuba's own good.
It will owe us so much money that It will
have to be good.
You prove your intelligenco
when you pick Arbuckles' Ari
osa Coffee instead of the mis
branded, misnamed "Mocha &
Java," as the cheapest good
coffee in 'the world.
AJUJUCKXJB BSOtL, New Tack Cat
MRS. AUG. LYON
neipiui.
KNOCKS AN 0 BOOSTS.
Norfolk News: The Uriiaha Bee bas In'
serted a pink sporting section for Sundays
and looks more like a, metropolitan news
paper thun ever.
Stanton Ticket : Shades of the dcpartedl
Could Edward Rosewaler have seen Bun
day's Bee lie would have turned over Itv his
grave and groaned. That stately and dlgnl
fled old sheet came out with one section
printed on bright pink' paper. Talk shout
yellow Journals! This took the lead of all
of them. Too bad that TThe Bee would go
off on a tangent like this.
Bradahaw Republican:, Circumstances fre
quently alter rases, and politics often make
strange bedfellows. The Omaha Bee Is no
longer an Edward RoseWater' paper. It Is
easy for one who has beep In Nebraska
since 1870 and lias been a reader of The Bee
most of that time to conclude that If the
late sturdy Edward Rosewater were, alive
and at the masthead of The Bee Its course
In this campaign would be exactly the op
posite of what it is at the present.
Battle Creek Enterprise: The Omaha Bee
characterizes the present democratlo ac
tlvlty in Nebraska as "peanut" politics.
Oh, the burning, boiling cslumny In that
atarchy epithet! Think of the size of the
deaplaed tuber and of the plebeian manner
of Its consumption! Carrying out The Bee's
figure, you should show a preference fo
plums. There Is a variety of earthly product
worth striving for. "Plum" politics, that's
the kind. To be sure, the plum Is a very
perishable fruit, but just ask The Bee and
it will teach you a process of political can
ning that haa stood the test for fifty years.
Columbus Telegram: I want to conirratu-"
late Victor Rosewater this morning not In
a political way. but becaure of the fact
that he is the first owner of a metropolitan
newspaper In the transmlsslsslppl countrjV
to brave the wrath of the medical quacks
and clairvoyants. He has given orders that
no questionable medicine advertisements, no '
advertisements for abortion pills, no an
houncements for clairvoyant ac any-thtf
fortune tellers shall hereafter appear In
the columns of Tho Omaha Bee. This ordor
will lose The Bee thousands of dollara In
advertising patronage, but I believe that
In time The Bee will win more new legiti
mate advertising than the space heretofore .
sold to the illegitimate.
FLASHES OF Fl'N. '
"That convict I was talking to," said
the visitor at the prison, "seems to be a
smooth kind of a man."
"Doubtlees," responded the wirden.
"You see, he was Ironed when he got
here." -Baltimore American .
"Ah!" exclaimed the optimist, -'Isn't
the sunshine lovely and bright this morn
lug?"
"Huh!" grunted the pessimist. "It's cast
1ng shadows somewhere." Philadelphia
rress.
"I see by the papers that they have had
another monkey dinner at Newport."
"What of It? Where else would thejr
have it?" Chicago Journal.
"A mere gallery play," declared the oil
magnate.
"Then you won't pay that fine?"
"If we do, my boy, it will he with stag
money." Pittsburg Post.
Hicks fid you ever succeed In persuad
ing your wife when she gets angry to
count ten before she speaka? i
Wleka Yea, but ahe ia a very rapid
counter. Somervllle Journal.
First Deaf Mute If you objected to his
kissing you, why didn't you call for help?
Second Deaf Mute I couldn't. He was
holding both my ' hands. Harper's
Weekly.
"How far," asked the first automoblllst
as they met at a turn In the road, "is it
from here to the next town where there's
a repair shop?"
"Eleven hills, three bad bridges, one
long stretch of dep sand and two ar
rests." answered the second automoblllst.
Chicago Tribune.
A DREAM.
James Whltcomb Riley.
Oh. it waa but a dream I had
While the musician played
And here the aky. and here Uie glad
Old ocean kissed the Blade.
And here the laughing ripples ran.
And here the roses grew
That threw a kiss to every mal
That voyaged with the crew.
Our silken sails In lazy folds
Drooped in the breathless breeze;
As o'er a field of marigolds.
Our eyes swam o'er the seas;
While hr the eddies lisped and purled
Around the Island's rim,
And up from out the underworld
We saw the mermen swim.
And it was dawn and middle day
And midnight for the moon
On silver rounds across the bay
Had c-limhed the skies of June
And here the glowing, glorious king.
Of day ruled o'er his realm.
With stars of midnight glittering
About his diadem.
The eca gull reeled on languid wing
in circles rouna me masi:
We heard the sontts the sirens sing
As we went sailing past; ,
And up and down the folden sands
A thousand fairy throngs
Flnng at us from their flashing hands
The echoea of their song.