TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1907."
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State of Nebraska, Douglas county, ys:
. Oeorge B. Tsschurk, treaaurer of The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly
worn, aaya that the actual number of
full and complete coplet of The Dally
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of Asfast, 1807. was as
follows:
1 88,750 17 W,640
S M.MO II MO0
t 87,(HO II 87190
35,0O 20 87,000
87,440 II 38,640
88,830 22 38,390
T. ....... 36,700 22 36,980
t 36,880 14. 36,960
t 36,660 21 86,600
16 36,880 26 38,780
11 36,660 27 36,880
12 , 8740 21 36 480
11... 87,110 2 36,800
14..; 86,700 80 36,640
It 38,770 II 36,140
II 86,860
Total 1,138,320
Less unsold and returned copies. 11,340
Net total..... 1,126,974
Pally average 38,364
GEO. B. 'TZ8CHUCK,
Treaaurer.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
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' (Seal) M. B. HUNQATE,
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WHES OCT OF TOWS.
labeorlbers leaving; the) elty tens-
porarll? should havs The Baa '
r mailed to them. Address will ho
changed as often as requests.
; Morocco Is getting unusual promi
nence In world history, but the price
is enormous. .'
Fourteen populists still boast the
name In this county where used to be
nearly 4,000 of thorn, ' '
"Can money continue easy V asks
a Wall-street organ. It can, if it
keeps out of Wall street.
All the PittBburg millionaires are
returning from their vacations. The
theatrical season has opened.
Why are people always ready to be
lieve anything they.heaf against the
coal dealer andth BtlUtmanT
It looks as if Mr. Harrlman were
still leaving his business in Nebraska
to his "lawyers and subordinates."
At last accounts Judge Keuesaw
Mountain Land 1b was refusing to turn
on the water for the Alton's immunity
bath.
"Shoes will be worn .longer than
usual this year,1 says a fashion note.
They certainly will be if prices keep
loarlng.
The Literary World says, "We need
i great journal of criticism." On the
contrary, the need is for great litera
ture to criticise.
Managers of lyceum bureaus may as
veil begin to book Wafter Wellman
'or his series of talks this winter on
Adverse Winds."
One of Georgia's new. laws prohibits
fishing on Sunday. It will not be such
a hardship, since another law prohib
its the carrying of bottled bait at any
time. ,
Secretary Root is said to have
gained twelve pounds of flesh at Mul
doon's sanitarium. If Secretary Taft
ever feels the need of a rest he will
9ght six of Muldoon's.
The Woman's Home Companion
taya the old-fashioned nightcap is
doming into style again. The old
fashioned nightcap has never been out
f style, even in prohibition states.
Please take note that in the latest
appeal to the federal courts to nullify
itate authority, "the only good rail
road" in Nebraska Is associated in full
partnership with all the bad railroads
In Nobraska.
Nan, Patterson has filed a protest
gainst the newspapers which reported
that she was carrying on high jinks at
Pittsburg. . 8he IqsIbU that when she
Is in Pittsburg she does not do as
Plttsburgers do.
Stfll. it is going to be difficult to
jonvlnc the country that the presi
dential contest next year Is to be de
eded by the result of that mayoralty
Ight between Tom Johnson and Con
iresBman Burton at Cleveland.
Oliver II. P. Belmont wants the
Newport authorities to change the
public roads so the common people
cannot get so close to his new home
there. Why common people should
want to get near Belmont is not ex
plained. Congressman Hull says he can dis
cuss the Philippines question freely
now, "because I have no financial in
terests there." Sounds, like an Inti
mation that congressman is not sup
posed to discuss national problems
freely IX he has financial Interest Jn
them.
TRAIL or THE IAXD FRAMS.
Those who predicted that vigorous
prosecution of persons Implicated In
the looting of the public lands In the
western states would cease with the
retirement of Ethan Allen Hitchcock
from the cabinet are apparently slated
for disappointment. Mr. Hitchcock
started the crusade, which resulted In
exposing a system of gigantic land,
mineral and timber frauds, extending
Into nearly every state west of the
Mississippi and in the conviction of
many prominent people enmeshed in
plans for robbing the government. The
opposition aroused in certain political
circles against Secretary Hitchcock
was intense, but It was not sufficient
to secure his removal until he had es
tablished the foundation for a general
prosecution of these offenders and his
plan Is being carried out by his suc
cessor. When Senator William Borah was
indicted about seven months ago for
conspiracy to obtain public lands by
fraud great Influence was brought to
protect him from prosecution. It was
finally agreed that his Indictment
should not be made public until he
had been given opportunity to appear
as counsel in the Haywood case. But
the prosecution of Senator Borah will
now proceed. It is admitted that the
prosecution is not popular in Idaho, as
6hown by the expressions of leading
business men and political leaders of
the state, who Insist that the senator
Is not guilty of anything more than a
technical violation of the law as at
torney for the men charged with hav
ing conspired to defraud the govern
ment, s
It is not unusual to find such senti
ment worked up in favor of men
charged with land frauds. The whole
history of exposures in connection
with these cases shows that those who
have profited most by them are "prom
inent citizens" and, in many cases
"influential politicians," while the vic
tims of the frauds have had little
share in voicing public opinion. In
order to make the opportunities to find
homes on the public domain attractive,
congress passed most liberal land laws,
furnishing opportunities for the syndi
cates to secure control of millions of
acres of valuable property intended
for the use of the people. The laws to
protect these lands from the grabbers
and looters have been either Inade
quate or have failed through skillful
evasion. The crusade to protect the
rights of the homeseekers and actual
settlers came late, vafter most of the
desirable property had been gobbled
up by the syndicates, but the admin
istration is evidently determined not.
only to save the remnant of the public
domain for the persons for whom It
was originally Intended, but also to
punish the most flagrant offenders.
QERMAyra threat or trade war.
Germany Is apparently taking the
lead in a revival of an European trade
alliance against the United States. The
plan Is by no means new, hiving been
advocated at different seasons for
many, years without causing ..serious
alarm and without materallzlng in any
tangible form. According to Berlin ad
vices, the present movement Is sched
uled to Include Germany, France, Bel
glum, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Den
mark and possibly, Russia, for the
purpose of retaliating against the
American high tariff schedules.
Just at this time, regardless of the
question of tariff rates, the United
States has nothing to fear from a trade
war scarecrow. Should Germany, dis
satisfied with the terms of the recent
reciprocity agreement, which the sen
ate may not ratify, attempt To bar
American goods from its markets, it
would be the greatest sufferer. Most
of tt)e tonnage of: the German Com
mercial fleet, the second largest In the
world, is supplied from American
farms and factories, and adverse ac
tion by the German government to
curtail trade with the United States
would impair one of Germany's great
est industries. Any attempt to bar
American goods from foreign markets
would result in a retaliatory tariff
which would increase prices of food
stuffs throughout the European world,
for every country on the eastern hemi
sphere must depend, to a greater or
less extent, upon the United States for
a large proportion of its food supplies.
Great Britain, with free-trade and the
ships with the greatest capacity In the
world, would simply snap up the car
rying trade dropped by the continental
powers and the promoters of the trade
war would be the greatest losers
from It,
rvTVRt or the philipptkms. y
Congressman Hull of Iowa, chair
man of ifce house committee on mili
tary affairs, is in the dumps over the
outlook In the Philippines. He ex
presses regret that the United States
has the islands and predicts that "we
will get lots of grief out of them," al
though he declines to join the. New
York Herald In urging an auction sale
of the archipelago to some foreign na
tion. Mr. Hull says he lost a large
amount of money in a lumber enter
prise in the Philippines and sees no
way of getting any of it back. He de
clares that American .business men are
discriminated against In the islands
and that there is too much talk about
self-government, whereas the Islanders
are only half civilized and will not be
ready for self-government for fifty
years. He expresses the belief that
greater economies should be practiced
In the government of the lslandstbat
the'number of salaried officers should
be reduced and that the United States
should make up its mind to hold the
Islands for a halt a century or more,
until the natives are educated to the
point of governing themselves.- -
In the meantime the New York
Herald Is going ahead with Its propa
ganda for the sale of the Islands and
printing Interviews with leading men
throughout the country every day.
While many of our people regret that
the United States took over the Philip
pines, a very limited few as yet favor
selling them, or turning them over to
the tender mercies of some other na
tion. The Herald asserts that the
islands have already cost us $400,000,
000. They have cost not to exceed half
that amount, but they will continue to
be a financial burden for some time to
come, even though the Philippine gov
ernment will assume a greater share
of the burden, from year to year, as
the resources of the islands are de
veloped. The question of expense, while
weighty, wllr not be allowed to be the
controlling one. The American plan
for encourastag the educational, ag
rlcultural and industrial development
of the Philippines will be carried out
until the residents and natives are fit
to decide for themselves what Is best
to be done with the islands.
UXTEXADLE.
The demand of two defeated repub
lican candidates for district judge In
this district for certificates of nomina
tion on the ground that the votes polled
by them bb candidates for the demo
cratic nomination, If added to the
otes polled by them as candidates for
the republican nomination, would give
them the requisite plurality is un
tenable. s
The reasons set forth in the formal
demand on the secretary of state and
tho State Canvassing board are
specious, and perhaps plausible, but
by no means convincing. The plea is
made that the primary law Is intended
to provide for fusion and that this fu
sion is a fusion of political parties
rather than a fusion of the candidates.
The fact Is that all the law-makers in
tended to do when they opened the
door to fusion was to permit the vari
ous political parties, if they so 'de
sired, to nominate the same men for
the game offices at the same time, but
there was no intention to permit the
voters of one political party to deter
mine who should be the candidate of
any other party.
The nomination for district Judge
on the republican ticket is as sepa
rate and distinct from the nomination
for district judge on the democratic
ticket as is the nomination for su
preme judge from the nomination for
district judge. A candidate could
with equal propriety file his name for
ono office on one ticket and another
office- on a second ticket and still an
other office on a third ticket and then
8Bk to have all the votes cast tor him
added up to give him the nominations
for all three places.
Should such a demand as la now
inade be, recognized the logical conse
quence would be to make the primary
election take the place of the regular
election. Every candidate of every
party for every office would have his
name filed on all tickets and each
candidate receiving the highest num
ber of votes at the primary would be
entitled to the nomination by all po
litical parties, giving him a practically
uncontested election at the polls. Un
der such conditions the . November
election would be altogether super
fluous because the winners would
have been conclusively determined at
the preceding primary. Party lines
and party organization would be com
pletely obliterated.
Every one of the republican candi
dates for district Judge, endorsed by
the democrats, agreed in advance not
to run against the republican nominees
in case he failed to secure the repub
lican nomination. One of them has
already sent In his withdrawal from
the democratic ticket and the other
two should do the same.
The total republican vote of Doug
las county in tho recent primary elec
tion was 7,049.' The vote given Gov
ernor Sheldon in Douglas county last
fall was 9,555. In other words, the
primary brought out nearly 75 per
cent of the usual republican voting
strength in this county. Who said
the primary vote was light?
New York City's issue of $40,000,
000 In bends Is being taken rapidly
at 103. The bonds when offered a
few weeks ago found no takers. Then
they were cut Into smaller sizes and
the people are taking them readily.
New York Is learning that the people
have money, even if Wall street is
worrying over car fare.
The high vote polled at the Douglas
county primary Is registered for the
renomlnatlon of County Judge Leslie.
That should be regarded as a popular
expression approving the marked dif
ference, between the conduct of the
office under Judge Leslie and under
his predecessor, Judge Vinsonhaler.
The name of Andrew Jackson Hans
corn will be best known to future gen
erations through Its identification with
the beautiful park acquired by Omaha
through his generosity. Hanscom
park will be a monument everlasting,
bringing joy and pleasure to hundreds
of thousands every year.
Omaha is extending an Invitation to
the National Prison association to
hold Its next annual meeting here. It
Is also sending a delegation to James
town to urge the League of American
Municipalities to schedule Omaha for
its next convention. This looks a lit
tle more like business.
A Cleveland man picked up and
pocketed a penny which had fallen
from the cup of a blind musician. A
Pennsylvania baker visited the shop
from which be had been discharged
and mixed all the materials In the
place, including the yeast, so that
when the proprietor arrived the place
wae choked wUh dough to the door.
Prepare your ballot to vote for the
meanest man.
la it not a pretty spectacle for a
lawyer employed at a big fat salary
by the taxpayers of Omaha to defend
the people's rights In their water
works litigation to be appearing as
the paid attorney of one of the law
defying railroads trying to overturn
the people's right to reasonable
freight rates? Bu It. Is all right with
Wright.
A Campaign Thought.
Baltimore News.
The race Is not alwaya to the swift, nor
the battle to the strong, nor the election
to the beet hftnd-shakor.
Winking; the Other Rye.
Minneapolis Journal.
The State department at Washington
deeply regrets the attacks on the orientals
In British Columbia, but its regret is tem
pered by thankfulness that It occurred on
the soli of Japan's ally.
Acting; the Part.
Indianapolis News.
Tho American Philosophical society has
refused to elect a railroad president to
membership on tho ground that he Is not a
philosopher. As a rule our railroad presi
dents are trying to take things philosoph
ically today. .
southern Chivalry.
Baltimore American. -Southern
chivalry never appeared to bet
ter advantage than In tho courteous, refusal
of southern headers to contest with Bryan
the nomination. This attitude shows fine
appreciation of the Irreducible minimum of
democratic probability in tho next election,
and a disposition to permit Mr. Bryan to
occupy the vanishing point as he seems
Intent upon doing.
What a Western .Trip Does.
,Wall Street Journal.
It Is remarkable how a trio across the
country changes the point of view of a Wan
street man. Even B. II. Harrlman, who
has made the trip many times, and who
is thoroughly posted as to the resources
or every section of the land, has had his
faith In the future wonderfully augmented
by his last journey to San Francisco. Wall
street no longer troubles him, for he has
been out Into "tho big country," away
from tho sky scrapers and among the nuo-
ple who are producing the actual wealth.
A KNOCK FOIl WALL STREET.
Mr. Harrlman Waxes Eloquent About
Western Development.
Washington Tost.
The supposition still held In some quar
ters that Wall street Is- a barometer of
business conditions jW tho United States
is badly shaken byMr.,E. II. Harrlman,
who has Just returned from a trip through
tha west. He cannot be accused of Ignor
ance of his subject when 'he discusses Wall
street, and ho Is equally competent to
Judge of material conditions in tha west
where he Is the greatest Individual factor
In business. Mr. Harrlman declares In an
interview that Wall street is a f aUe re
flector of the country's condition, when it
reflects at all.' He points out that fluctua
tion In the price of stick does not Indicate
tho real value of sucVin securities, nor the
condition of the""eotitry. "Out In the
west, the southwest," and the northwest,
the people are tOC busy 'making money to
lose time In searching the future In the
hope of having trouble develop for them,"
was the way 'Mr; Harrlman put It.
"Passenger and freight traffic has- been
enormous on all lines, crops are big, the
manufacturers are running their concerns
to full capacity, and the merchants are
laying ln big lines of expensive goods.
The material. If not the gpeculatlvo,
wealth of the country Is enormous."
The time has gone by when Wall street
manipulators could create a panic In the
United States. They cannot now even at
tract the attention of busy men to their con
tortions over stock fluctuations. The owlish
financial articles speaking of "losses of $3,-
Ofln.OOO In values" and predicting disaster In
consequence of such shrinkage are tho sub
ject of jest among men Who deal In material
and not fictitious things. Card players
may bet millions among themselves, and
there may be appalling shrinkages and
panics around the green table without
upsetting the country's finances. Tho
country Is as Indifferent to the gambling
In Wall street as It Is to tho betting
of card players. The man who raUs
crops and the man who buys them and
the man who handles them are dealing
In real things, and they are busier now
than ever before. Mr. Harrlman has done
good service by exposing the falsity if
tha common assertion that Wall street'
Is the reflector of the business of the
country.
COMPARISON THAT HURT.
Arcldents on Drltlnh and American
Railroads.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Great Britain has fallen from the high
position which It attained for one year,
when it was able to report that not a
single passenger had been killed In train
accidents; but Its record in this respect
Is still so vastly superior to that of the
United Statea that to make a comparison
at all seems like straining a point. The
figures for the United Kingdom for liiOfl,
Just made available by tho Board of Trade,
show that the toll In life and Injuries paid
by the British people for the railway serv
ice was 1,109 killed and 7.J12 Injured. Of
this total, however, only fifty-eight passen
gers met death In train accidents, and 108
passengers were killed and 1,949 were In
jured In ways other than through tha
wrecking of trains. This Is slightly above
the average for the previous ten years, and
corresponding Increase In the number of
casualties among the railway employes Is
attributed to the exceptional activity In
freight traffic during the year.
Although the number killed In propor
tion to the Journeys taken In 1906 was
nearly doubled In comparison with the
average for thirty years, the accident rec
ord of the British roads Is clean in com
parison with that of the American. In the
first three months of the present year no
fewer than 421 persons were killed and t.930
were Injured In train accidents alone, while
the accidents of other kinds brought the
total up to 1,293 killed end 19.270 Injured or
124 more than the number killed and 12.0ON
more than were Injured in the entire year
1S08 on the railroads of the. United King
dom. For the entire fiscal year ending June
). 1906, tha last for which the official fig
ures are available, the American railways
killed 4,126 passengers and employes and
Injured 66.716.
This showing is sufficiently appalling, but
when a closer study of tho statistics re
vealsas It does that the casualties are
greater In certain localities and on certain
lines of railways than on others. It would
seem to be time the American people did
something about It. That "something" has
taken shape In the legislation for the com
pulsory employment of safety appliances,
but tha situation laid bare by the statistics
shows that, compared with the emergency.
the remedies are plUfally Inadequate
BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE.
Minor "penes and Incidents Shetched
on tha Knot.
The business methods of Tubllo Printer
Btllllngs Is of little concern to the general
public, but they furnish a clue to the fre
quent "knocks" which Mr. Stilling! re
ceives In some of the nwnrv if-
Btllllngs took the Job under a hot fire of
criticism and opposition. Being a practical
printer, ne undertook to run the ihrni r
practical lines, and to do that effectively
was obliged to weed out the Incompetents
ana arones. mat Is an unforgivable of
fense in Washington. He also found that
the printing ofTice had been turning out
thousands of books and reports which were
of no Importance or benefit to any one, but
were stored away In warehouses to h
covered with dust and waste valuabU
space. The method which Mr. Btllllngs In
troduced to do away with the orintln nr
an oversupply of these documents Is worth
quoting:
"To do away with the printing of an over.
supply of these documents I began to print
a nrst edition, a second edition, and so on,
as the private publishers do when a new
novel Is put out. Last year. In printing
the Agricultural Year Book. I printed a
first edition, and found that the supply
would not meet the demand. Consequently
I printed a second edition, and was able to
supply the needs, and did not h.iv
superfluous copy on hand, but cut the total
edition down by several thousands. If I
had accepted the estimates I would have
printed several thousand copies more than
would have been needed, and theso would
have been taken to the warehouses to bo
stored away with thousands of other use
less volumes. In cutting down the edition
to the approximate number necessary to
meet the demands, the force of binders and
pressmen, of course, had to be cut down,
as It was not necesssary to keep the whole
force there."
Mr. Stilltngs reports that he has at pres
ent as good a force of workmen and as
competent a set of officers as It would be
possiblo for any one to secure, and lie be
lieves these to be co-operatUig with him
for hotter things. While realising that
there Is some enmity existing toward him
self, as a whole he believes that the gov
ernment printing office force Is In sympa
thy with his plans for more efficient serv
ice. Some ridicule has followed an order of
Mr. Suitings requiring tho heads of the
several divisions to be addressed as "Mr.
Mrs. or Miss," but there is plenty of busi
ness sense In the regulation. Mr. Btllllngs
thus defends It:
"do Into any large establishment and ask
the officials If they permit their under offi
cials to yell across a desk for 'BUI' to do
this or 'Bill' do that. It Is always 'Mr.
Jones,' 'Miss Brown.' and Is nothing but
right. Familiarity breeds, contempt, and
if the foremen do not respect each other,
how can they expect their nien'to do so?
The order was Issued merely to uphold the
dignity of the office, as private establish
ments have found expedient."
Arthur Simmons, for nearly forty years
a doorkeeper In tho upstairs vestibule of
the president's house at Washington, wus
one of the few remaining types of a class
now rapidly vanishing and never to be. re
newed or Indeed replaced. Born a slave In
North Carolina and educated as slaves
were In his day by the example of the
masters and mistresses to whom destiny
had assigned htm, "Arthur" developed
through the evolution of that accident Into
the most exacting and most radical of
aristocrats. This Is yiot to say "that he
acknowledged tha standard of wealth,
gorgeous raiment, or the noisy ostentation
of official power. On the contrary, says
the New York Sun, he clung to tha old
models and methods of appraisement, and
the gentleman of his simple, antiquated
philosophy was as much a gentleman In
poverty, as In affluence.
He Idolized Lincoln as one of nature's
noblemen who had the grand air despite
his ill fitting clothes and his awkward
demeanor. He bowed down before Grant
as a conqueror In real fields. President
Arthur delighted every fiber of a hqart
tha yearned tor mojeity of manner and
splendor of environment. Cleveland won
I his everlasting love by one act of kind
i ness to the high bred but Impoverished
la&les who once "owned" Simmons and
with whom, ever since his translation to
Washington, the faithful ex-slave had
maintained a fitful but always respectfully
affectionate correspondence. He angered
some of Benjamin Harrison's understrap
pershardly the prebldent himself and
was exiled to the Treasury department.
Cleveland restored him In 18P3. William
McKlnley kept him on. After the accession
of Roosevelt, under the dispensation of
Loeb, Arthur Simmons met his final and
Irrevocable downfall. He was removed
from the White House to the Department
of the Interior, and there, at the swing
door of some small executive subordinate,
he dwindled Into obscurity and death,
Amzl Smith, superintendent of the docu
ment room of the senate for forty years,
known to every public man of his genera
tion, and renowned as the possessor of a
memory so marvelous as to exctte universal
comment, dli'd recently at his Washington
home. Mr. Smith's work In the document
loom was recognised as being of the great
est importance. Tho methods used there
were due ulmost entirely to him. He en
tered the document room forty-three years
ago as first assistant.
He was a farmer's son and grew up In
Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, where
ho was born. He was educated In the pub
lic schools of his native county, and served
ninety days In a Pennsylvania regiment
during the civil war. '
Soon Mr. Smith's peculiar fitness for the
work became manifest, and within a few
years h rose to be Its head. It was con
ceded by all who camo In contact with
Mr. Smith officially, says the Washington
Post, thtit no man was better fitted for the
place he held. His memory was excep
tionally acute. Not alone for public bills,
documents, reports and executive communl
catlons, which year after year found their
way by the thousands Into both houses of
congress, had ho peculiar recollection, but
he never forgot a face or a building which
he hd once seen.
It took him but a moment to indicate
where any document In the vast storehouso
over which lie presided could be found. It
made no difference to Mr. Pnilth that the
document called for was many years old
or that It was comparatively unimportant,
he could always produce It.
Senator Oeorge of Mississippi once' said
to him: "Vou might burn up all the In
dexes In the senate, Amzl, and you would
still be all right."
Onco tin late Senator Pettus of Ala
bama wished to obtain some information
In regard to a minor point which was con
tained In a certain law which had been
I asced years before. He could not get
what he wanted and applied to Mr. Smith.
Without looking up a reference of any sort.
Mr. Smith went to the bookshelf, picked
out a certain volume, fingered Its pages
rapMly, and In a few minutes said:
"Yes, here It Is. I thought that I recalled
the passage to which you referred."
With amasement. Senator Pettus said:
"Well, I never saw anything like that.
I've heard stories about your wonderful
memory, but I doubted them, or thought,
at least, that they were greatly exagger
ated. But now I bellevs,"
MOTHERHOOD
ine nrst requisite of a food
mother la good health, and the eg.
perienee of maternity should not be
approached without eaxeful physical
preparation, aa a woman who la in
good physical condition transmit to
her children tho bleaalnga of a good
constitution.
Preparation for health mater-
Plnkbam'a Vegetable Compound,
which is made from native roots and
herbs, more successfully than by any
othar medicine because it gives tone
and strength to the entire feminine
organism, curing displacement, ul-
Mrmtlnn ftn 1 n 4 - m rv. - i mA . 1. -
a u h . uw v.vu . ,uu
result la leas suffering and more
than thlrtv vaara
j 4 - ,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
has i been the standby of American mothers In preparing- for childbirth.
NotewnatMfa Tam..rv..- fi ot w tutu c v & , . ...
. . - . . .. - .u v..uo.".,. , v.. .
. 7!r:rIB'r Mrs. Pinkham:-"! wish
Lydia E. in
I.Wltaa MP IU.I.I
mm. M innoam S veirciaDie Compound. A neighbor who had learned
ft T.V106 4 th'" trTin(r period of a woman's life nrjred me to try
na 1 a,d . and I cannot sav enoug-h In rearard to the -rood it did me
1 recovered nnfoiri u iv k, t,.i.i.
PenJy tor the peculiar weaknesses and ailment of women.
It has enred almost every form of Female Complaints, rrrac-crlnir Rensa
t ons. Weak Back. Falling- and Displacement, Inflammation, Ulcera.
rl?iDi5u.nd1.Or,rnJ0 ni"eea of Women and la invaluable In preparing- for
Childbirth and during the Chang of Llfo.
Mrs. Plnkham's Standing Invitation to Women
Women sufferiDfr from any form of female weakness are Invited to
-." .un,. i inxnam, at L,ynn, Mass
PERSONAL NOTES.
Wellman may not be able to get away
this season, but as he views it now he
will have nothing to do next year during
the long summer but discover the north
polo. ....
It looks as If we would have to do with
out the north pole for a while longer
the wind Won't blow to suit Wellman,
and he can't afford to go In any old kind
of gale.
Dr. Henry H. Rusby, dean of the Now
York College of Pharmacy, Columbia uni
versity, has boon appointed official expert
In drug products for the United States gov
ernment.
Jules Vacherot, vice president of he
Nation Horticultural society of Franc",
and chief gardener of Paris, has arrived
In New York and will remain In this coun
try until the end Of October.
A Boston woman offered her landlord
kiss If tie would receipt- for a month's
rent. Owing to the fact that the ug'j
of chivalry is dead, he not only declined
the kiss, but tried to have the police
put the woman's furniture out oh the
sidewalk.
Paderewskl frequently sits at his Instru
ment until well Into the small hours of the
morning, says TId-Blts. Hence he seldom
rises until 9 or 10 a. m., and immediately
he is 'dressed he ' gets to work, generally
practicing on the piano, but often compos
ing. He keeps to his task until 1 o'clock,
and not a minute earlier does he break his
fast. .
Admiral Charles S. Pperry, ono of the
American delegates to the conference at
The Hague, has made his presence felt
In discussion of naval matters, and espe
cially In the matter of the establishment
of prise courts. Admiral Sperry wa's born
In Brooklyn In .1847, and graduated at
the Naval academy lit 1866. Since 1903
he has been on duty In Washington. ' His
home Is in Connecticut. " '
One of the most cherished possesslo.ii
of the family of General W. B. Curtis,
who commanded a brigade in the Army
of West' Virginia, is a handsome plpo,
made out of a limb which was wrenched
from tha famous apple tree at Appomat
tox beneath which General Lee surren
dered the forces of the confederacy to
Grant. The pipe was carved by a Penn
sylvanlan of General Curtis' command.
COST OK LIVING. '
,
It Is Higher Became the Dnallty of
Living; Is Oetter.
Portland Oregonlan.
On all sides we hear that the cost ef
living Is higher. So it Is. But the' main
reason is that the quality of living Is
higher, too. Few are content with the style
of living that was accepted without ques
tion or discontent In former times. They
want better, and will have It. They are
not to be blamed for this. But It ought
to be taken into account by those who are
continually laying, in tone of complaint,
that cost of living has. greatly Increased.
People want, and will have, better houses,
better furniture, greater variety of food
and better, more travel, better clothes. If
rents have "gone up," It is because better
dwellings, rooms and offices are required.
They must be well ventilated, prepared for
lighting and supplied with warming and
toilet conveniences . everything must be
"modern." Thers nrust be scientific plumb
ing, with pipes for water, gas and heat
ing, and electric wiring and gas and electric
light fixtures; water boilers, piped for hot
and cold water, with tubs and bowls for
washing, and toilet basins and porcelain
bath tubs, proper sewer connections, and
maintenance of "modern" streets and side
walks. Such houses and all pertaining to
them cost more than the poorer ones,
the Inconvenient shacks, however roomy,
of former time; the taxes are higher, and
occupants must pay more rent. Houses of
the old style could be had for the old
prices, but people do not want them; and
they are very right
The simpler life of the earlier time would
not cost mora than similarly simple life
would cost now. But people who can af
ford It snd most think they can afford It
want better. Goods of the ordinary or
cheaper kinds, such as we were wont to
use In the earlier day, now find small and
slow sale. The young miss, of country or
town, wants syllsh shoes and hat; the
young mother feels that she must dress
herself and her baby with "some style;"
the older matron must have gowns that be
come her. Entertainment of friends costs
money; and In the modern time "social ex
penses" are not the least of the house
hold. Nor are men's club and fraternity
expenses unimportant Items. You see the
"cost of living" grows, all along the line.
Even tha churches have social features
that can be sustained only with a fine bit
of expense. Everybody that Is anybody
must keep up with his set or her set; and
If we could take you through
our establishment, and show you
the vast care and cleanliness
which produce the old original
egg and sugar coated ArbuckleV
Ariosa Coffee, no one could
ever tempt you to change to
any other coffee.
ajlbugKU BAPfL Trk CM
fcii-V in i
ESTER
bllO
children healthy at birth.
'
For more
M.HMkiiokiew lurKMTun tnil
every expectant mother knew abont
Her advice Is free.
It's quite right, too. It Is the same, rela
tively. In city, town and country. When
we remark that the cost of living Is higher,
let us not forget that our tables and table
ware, equlpago and ornaments are more
sumptuous. And musical instruments
abound. The time has not yet passed from
living memory when not ono house: in ten
In all the west was even partially rarpttd.
Yet actual necessaries, staple goods, are
now much cheiiper than 'hen. Good farm
wagons can now be had In Oregon for one
third of tho money once paid for them;
axes and tools of all kinds aro much
cheaper. So of substantial clothing. Staple
foodstuffs, except meats, are not higher.
But everybody now wants the best cuts,
and the butchers must rack their Ingenu
ity to get rid of the loss desirable without
ruinous loss. .
81X.W GEMS.
"I thought you said you never gambled."
"I never lo." i !
"Then why have you bought that basket
of cantaloupes I C lilcagu it'.'Coi d-llerald.
"It Is a wonder that successful hair
dressers do not ImiUito tho Indian pro
cesses." "Why?"
"Because the Indian tribes are noted for
their success In ruislng hair." Baltlmoro
Amcrlcun.
"I don't see how Inveterate temperanco
advocates can ever make up their minds
to go to Europe.."
"What an Idea! Why not?".
"Becauau there. coms a point In their
occun trip when they are hound to be halt
seas over." Philadelphia Press.
"Did you take his bill to his room as ho
requested ?"
"Fifteen minutes ago.'"'
"Weil, peek over me transom and see if
he has fuinted; he hasn't kicked about the
size of 11 yet." Houston Post.
"Can you read the future?" she asked.
"Yes," he replied. "There Is a light
young man who Is going to destroy j our
domestic peace."
- '1 know It!" she watld'""It is 1he gii
collector." Baltimore American.
"You say this young friend of youra youiJ
want to get a position for Is of a dogged '
disposition?"
"yes."
"Then why not get him a Job as a
barker'" Baltimore American.
"I saw Mrs. Parker kissing a pug dog
this morning."
"What of it?"
"Shocking taste, I call It."
"Oh. I don't know. Have vou seen Mr.
Parker? " Clevelund Leader.
"I thought you said you were golna- ta
make this play realistic."
It Is realistic, llie characters are drawn
with infinite skill and"
"But the millionaire who breaks the laws
gets dragged off to Jail." Chicago-Record
Herald.
Friend Business seems to continue ernod
with you.
street Car Magnate ies, most of our pas
sengers continue to hang on. Town Topics.
i
"Do vou know who that old gentleman Is
talking to our hostess?" asked Mrs. Blun
derer of the lady sitting beside her.
J liat. answered llie lady coldly, "Is
my son."
"Oh!" gasped - Mrs. Blunderer In confu
sion, "he's a Rood deal older than you arc.
is ne noti cjppincoti s.
MOTOH J) A.N I A.
Gellett Burgess In Smart Set.
I C
I have a motor-runabout.
And have often wondered -
How I could ever do without
My car, which cost... ,....800.00
i
It plays me many a HrtTe Joke;
I well recall my fix .
When my left sleerlng-lplndle broke
That cost exactly .....(.00
The other day I brok my chain, '
It gave me trouble, plenty;
But still, I oughtn't to complain,
it only cost 4. SO
My carbureter wouldn't work
I tried till I was blue; v
' 1 " , " a- UB
and charged
She went so fast, when this was done,
She seemed to be alive!
And then my pump refused to run.1
A new one cost ma.,...
'.5.00
And I was happy Just a day,
And then my Joy was o'er!
My battery failed. I had to pay
For cells , .
ft..
I
..1.41
I thought that I bad known the worst,
And dared to laugh at fate; ,
When suddenly my tire was burst; 1 ,
New shoe cost....,",
.38.00
And then my radiator went; '
A new one.., , 27.00
Repairs to brake, a lever bent,
A dust cap '., J. 11
And now I was a little vexed:
My lamps went hack on me!
It was my generator, next.
They stuck me 13.01
This tinkering wltl) my marhlno
Was not because. I blundered; . ,
With garage, oil and gasolliia, , V
I spent another ....100 00
TOTAL. -But
still, I've had a niuiith of fun, ' t
Despite repair shop rows, and ' ' m
After It all it said and done, f
I've only sVent 1,000.00
mmrtm a a a
