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The Omaha Daily Dei, POCNDED BT EDWARD ROSEWATER, VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR. Entered at Omalii clas. matter. Fostofflc. second- TERM B OF SLIlfirniPTlON. T'slly Ree (without Sunday), one year.. 14 no 'ally bn and Runday, one year 0 Humlay Wee. one year 2. 50 featuniay Dee. one year I SO DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Jl!y Ree (Including Bunday), per week..l.'c j-iijr nr (wiinnui euniiayn per ween.. Kvenlnff Hua iwitimnt Mnnuv ner week Evening Rr (with Sunday), per week..,10o snores, an complaint" of Irregularities in 10 .:uy Circulation uepanmeiu.. offices. Omaha The Ree Building. South Omaha Otv Hall Rulldlnf. Council Bluffs It Scott Street. Chicago ic Unity Building. Now York im Home Life Insurance Bag, Washington Wl Fourteenth Street. CORRESl'ONDENXB. Commiinlrattona relating to newa and edi torial matter should be addreaied, Omaha cc. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, .tpress or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only it-cent lit am pa received In payment of man accounts. Personal checks, excepi on umaha or eaatern exchange, not acceptea STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, Ftatft of Nehraaka. rm.r1iis cotintv. MS Oeorge H Tiechuk. treasurer of The Ree Pnhllahfnv Pnmnmv helnar duly , sworn, aaya that the actual number of mil ana complete copies or rne umu Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of August, 107, waa as iouowi: 1 36.750 36,t40 I 37,040 4 38,900 ' 37,440 36.S30 ? 36,700 39.680 I . . f . 86,660 10 36,830 11 ' 35,650 It 37,840 It 37,110 14 aa.Ton IT 36,640 II. 35,800 19 37 AiO 20 37,000 tU. ...... 36,640 22 36,390 2 36,980 tl St:::::::: 36,950 3. 600 38,780 36,880 36 4B0 27........ 21. 2 36.500 SO... 36,640 36,140 (1 36.770 36,850 Total 1.138.320 Le. unsold and returned coplea. 11,346 .Net total 1,136.974 X)aly average , 36,304 i . GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence nnd sworn to before ma this Slat day of August, 1907. eal) M. B. Ht'NUATB. Notary Puollc. WBI.1 OPT Or TOWN, Subscriber, leaving the) city tens porarll shoald have The Be Mailed to them. Addresa will bo And now for the platform makers. It la the open season for new col lege yells. ' , There appears to be nothing wrong with the Chanler presidential boom xcept its refusal to start. Admiral Evans Insists that one of the needs of the nary'' is more sea cooks and fewer Bona of sea cooks. It coat J. Plerpont Morgan $10 each for the trout he caught out of season. Anyway they were fresh and probably worth It,- Having been shown that his Income ia $1 if,. Brinule, ,John D. Rockefeller may decide .that te'.can. affprd oysters occasionally. ' ' ' "Why la whisky going up?" asks a trade organ. Must be because so many lawa are being passed to keep it from going down. ' ' Secretary Root has returned from Muldoon's, looking like a new man, all except . that scrambled hair which never changes. According to Annie Besant the world would be a dull place if we were all alike. Most persona will be glad they are nob like Annie. The New York Medical Journal la abolishing the fly. There is no objec tion, If the Journal will point the way, but It la mighty hard to fool a fly. With? all these new colonels at large In Omaha, the business of the local tailoring establishments ought to ex perience an era of unprecedented pros perity, 'i ' , ' , Su miner Moon haa been 'eclipsed by an indictment for participation In the Idaho Jand frauds, but Insists that he will go to his last quarter In defending his case. The new German ambassador to Washington carrlea the name of Baron von Tachlrschkyz-Bogendortf, which gives aa other reason for lamenting the retirement of Baron. "Bpeck." Emilia Calve says she Is enthusias tic over everything ' In America. It would make the prince of pessimists enthusiastic to have a long-time con tract calling for $2,000 a night. A Massachusetts-man declares that he is for Senator Lodge for president, "first, last and all the time." That p lac as the Lodge boom neck and neck with the Foraker boom in the presi dential race. ' The supreme court haa just an nounced the membership of the bar examining commission for the ensuing year. Ambitious law students who expect to seek admission to practice will take notice. . John L. Sullivan thinks he would have been elected mayor of Boston ten years ago if he had kept sober before the convention. Still, some misguided people Insist that no good results from the use of liquor. Mme. Calve spent most of her time on the way over from Europe mak ing dolls for the children in the steer age. It was a mighty mean trick In her press agent to go anTell the news paper? all about it. A New York woman offers to find any man' an "affinity" for $5. Ac cording to the latest reports, the av erage New Yorker is willing to pay mera .than that to . lose an . affinity rather than And oas. . TAtT TaH IX TUK LEAD. Political forecasters have been busy for some time taking postal card votes and making canvasses of the sentiment In different parts of the country as to preferences for the republican nomina tion, assuming President Roosevelt to l -I I. - -. 1 .v- . ,. "u" " " l" consensus 01 an i.iqumes tenos support 10 the slogan or tne Ohio candidate, "Tart far In the lead." The. most extensive and comprehen- .,,. . ... , , . . . .. sue canvass or tnis kind nas Just been compietea oy the Chicago Tribune and the results printed in tabular form. Tho Tribune's plan of inquiry con sisted In sending out blanks to selected lists of names In every state In the union to be filled in with the desired Information and returned. The Trib une propounded questions as to fav oring or opposing President Roose velt's policies, as to the demand for a progressive or conservative candidate to succeed him, and finally as to per onal preference between various can didates conditioned on the refusal of the president to stand for another nomination. The result Is an almost unanimous endorsement of the RooBevelt policies; an expressed demand for a progressive candidate and' almost as large a pre ponderance in the pronounced prefer ence for Taft to head the ticket. In fact, Mr. Taft, in the Tribune refer endum, has polled more registrations for first choice than all the other can didates put together 2,512 out of 4,518 and his second choice votes form a third as many more. The only competitor who seems to be at all in the running is Governor Hughes, who figures, however, more as a second and third choice than as a first choice pref erence. It is interesting to note that the re turns from Nebraska are more em phatically for Taft, relatively to the others, than from most o( the other section.-, t f tho country. Out of about 150 rcKpt-nses from this state, Taft has five-sixths of them for first choice and two-thirds of the remainder for sec ond or third choice. Nebraska Is al most unanlomus In endorsing the pro gressive policies of President Roose velt and but little less unanimous In insisting on a successor of the progres sive school. All the political straws will, of course, be tempered for the wind by people who form their own opinions of prevalent public sentiment. The Tribune's inquiries were directed largely to newspaper editors, state representatives and membera of politi cal committees on the theory that they reflect the public opinion of those around them, but even discounting the totals to allow for. artificial Influences and personal bias, they must still exert much weight as Indicative of present political conditions. While many things might happen before the nomi nating conventions to revolutionize the face of the political map, its general figuration seems to be pretty well made up subject only to the usual vicissi tudes of presidential campaigning. TUB O ERMAN-AMERICAJt TREAT. , The tariff btandpatters have prac tically announced their program of op position to President Roosevelt at the coming session of congress, by making their plans for a war, seeking the. de feat of the agreement entered Into by the State department and the German ambassador, looking to the reduction of duties on certain German products, In return for concessions allowed by the Berlin government In the way of opening new German markets to American meats and other products, natural and manufactured, from this country. ' The agreement was made under a provision of the Dlngley law, which authorizes such action by the State department and the chief execu tive. There la a constitutional question as to whether such agreement must bo ratified by the senate, in the exercise of its treaty making powers. The presi dent contends that congressional rati fication lsvnot necessary, while the standpatters take the opposite view and will carry the war into congress. According to the present program, the fight will not end with the settle ment of the question ef legality of the president's course. The standpatters declare their Intention of repealing that section of the pingley law under which the president is authorized to make certain trade agreements with other countries. The provisions of the agreement with Germany, which is causing all the trouble, are as follows: We gtve: First, the reduction In the duties on argala, brandies, spirits and wines and work of art authorised In tha Dlngley act. Second, a provision that "market value" on which duties are based, shall mean "export price whenever goods, wares and merchandise are sold wholly for ex- u that ..rtTriui10"111"1 th establishment of ltshed. Third, open hearings in reappraise-! a permanent court of arbitration. Oen- ment cases, except in certain instances. ; eral Porter, head of the American dele Fourth, a recommendation by the prealdent gatlon urged this proposition very that tha tariff law shall be amended so I K, v,,,. , , . . a. to give a margin of 10 rer cent within ! b,y but lDe t rejected It be whlch error In Invoices shall not be treated , cuse of Inability to agree upon the as a crima. " ! judges. of the court. Great Britain and We receive: The reduction of duties on Germany, the two countries that were more than a hundred classes of our ex- , . . port, to Germany by tha difference be-! m8t COrdlal ,D "PPO'tlng the Amerl- tween the "general" and the "conventional" . tarllT, making a difference In favor of our products of from IS per cent to 60 per cent. The products on which reductions are ac corded by the German government embrace 5 large variety or food products, cereals, teats, fruits, canned goods, etc.. lumber, petroleum, hide, and skins, machinery, vehicles, watohs, railway goods, and so on. He must be nearsighted indeed who falls to recognize that the agreement is a jug-handled affair, with the handle on the American side, but the stand patters have an idea that a "principle" is Involved, and a principle Is almost ss sacred as a precedent when tariff schedules are concerned. The entire plan, aa promulgated by -the president and the State department, is one TIIE OMAHA In to the betterment of American trade relation, and It la doubtful If congress can be Induced to take the unpopular end of the controversy, which Is now In the hands of the stand patters. ARRAST DEMAGOGY. The judges of the aupreme court and their I l cominlaslonera have been busy tha past i week drawing their quarterly salary of I ff5 "?h- For ,h" 16 ,28 ,,al4 the" nlne m'n i lhe mlta was rewarded with three small ; unimportant decisions. The th lone coat the taxpayers more than I1.M0 apiece. World-Herald. A ranker exhibit of arrant demo gogy could scarcely be produced. By this item and Its heading the local democratic organ would have people believe that "three little supreme court opinions cost the state of Ne braska $1,800 apiece." One would Imagine that the World-Herald's ideal method of buying justice would be by the bushel or by the yard, or that It would measure up the length of the oplnons rendered by the supreme court and figure out the cost per word. It is not necessary to remind Intel ligent people that the number of opin ions handed down at any particular sitting of a court is no index whatever to the work done by tha judges and commissioners. The court has been known to sit without handing down any opinions and sometimes a mere ruling on a motion represents many times more digging Into law volumes for precedents than the most lengthy written dissertation. The judges and commissioners of the supreme court, like the Judges of all other appellate courts, hear cases and listen to argu ments and take them under advise ment, handing down the decisions' later after verifying the authorities quoted and consulting their associates. They draw their salaries quarterly at the munificent rate of $2,500 a year, Would our democratic contemporary, the World-Herald, advocate reducing the pay because "three small unimpor tant decisions cost the taxpayers more than $1,800 apiece? MAK1XQ THK PA RTF PLATFORMS. The conventions of the various polit ical partiea are about to meet at the state capital to formulate their respec tive platforms for the Nebraska cam paign of 1907. J In this work of platform making the republicans have decidedly the ad vantage. They have the handle end of the only local issue which will be before the people of Nebraska in the coming election, namely, the endorse ment of the remarkable record of per formance made by the last republican legislature and the fulfillment of last year's party pledges by Governor Shel don and his associates. These reforms have long been waited by the people of Nebraska and they cannot fall to appreciate their realization. The fusion opposition cannot denounce this good work of the republicans as far as it has gone, though it may perhaps find fault because some minor matters had to be deferred to permit of the important problems being solved first. To what extent the party platforms this year will foreshadow the presiden tial contest of next year will depend somewhat on the temper of the dele gates. The democrats and populists may be expected to lay greater em phasis upon national affairs because of their famine of state issues. Ne braska republicans are unquestionably In line thoroughly with the reform pol icies of President Roosevelt and will not hesitate so to express themselves. The voters of this Btate last year ral lied to the support of the president. They will this yeir have two rallying points In President Roosevelt and Gov ernor Sheldon, and there are no indi cations that there has been any back sliding In the adherence of Nebraska to the principles and policies of the re publican party. DEFEAT AT THE HAGUE. The net result of the peace confer ence at The Hague is practically nil, the only real accomplishment being the adoption of the American proposition relating to the use of force in the col lection of contractual debts. The Latin American countries Insisted upon the adoption of the Drago doctrine, pro hibiting absolutely the use of force in the collection of such debts. The Amer ican proposition, offered as a com promise, provides that force shall not be used until such claims have been referred to a general court of arbitra tion. Aalde from that decision, the agreements at The Hague have related only to minor questions of interna tional law and the rules of war. Perhaps the most Important proposi tion offered and urged by the American faa Propoaition during the tiresome discussion of it, refused to give their final endorsement. of the plan, urging objections to certain judges as their reason.' The suspicion galna that the opposition to final endorsement arose from a prospective disagreement be tween the United States and South American countries, a difference that Germ&ay and Great Britain were both anxious and willing to encourage, as It promised an increase of their trade with Bratil, to the detriment of Amer ican commerce. The Hague conference, therefore, haa done little and but Tittle ran be expected from future sessions of It unless the natlona interested are look-'educated to the point of considering a DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, SEFTEMHER 24, 1907 the general good and placing it above personal prejudice and trade greed. The Commercial club has appointed as its representatives to the waterways convention at Memphis' the two sena- tora and It rnmrroumpn rn,,.t HM.r the Nebraska delegation at Washing ton. This might give us good rep resentation at the convention if these gentlemen would go, but It would not reflect any Interest In the convention on the part of Omaha. If the Com mercial club wants to respond to the Invitation to send delegates It should appoint a delegation who would agree to attend; otherwise. It should take no action at all. The suggestion comes from the lo cal democratic organ that If Omaha wants to give an object lesson to the League of American Municipalities when it meets here next year "It ought to begin getting ready right now." Unfortunately the next city election at which the present democratic mayor and council could be unloaded dues not come for over a year. The democratic World-Herald issues a plea for "a nonpartisan Judiciary" as an argument for the election of the democratic candidate for supreme Judge. The Wrorld-Herald Is always for the sort of nonpartisanship that gives a democrat An office and enables It to proclaim a democratic victory. Commissioner of Immigration Sar gent says he Jias been a close follower of. the joint debate between Bryan aud Beveridge, running in a magazine. Bryan, Beveridge, Sargent 'and the proof reader make four men who ad mit reading that discussion. The Union Pacific has rescinded Its obnoxious order barring local passen gers from through trains In Nebraska, but it will take some time yet and no little diplomacy to allay the ill-feeling and resentment which this foolish or der created. A few extra touches to give Omaha more presentable appearance for Ak-Sar-Ben visitors are due not only from the city authorities, but from our mer chants and business men and house holders as well. Let Omaha look Its best. " A hurry-up call should be sent out for delinquent paving contractors. To make it effective it should carry with It notice that they will have no more work to do In Omaha until they deliver the goods more promptly. Not Much' of Dream. New York tribute. One thousand per cent, earnings! It la time old avarice had!' another dream. Enouah to Scare the Wolf. Chicago ' News. Reduced to an average of .119 a minute the common or garden - variety of Intellect Is able to grasp what Mr. Rockefeller's in come means. . Jones of Arkansas Talka. St Louis Globe-Democrat (rep.). Ex-Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas has reappeared at the front to say that "I talked with Mr. Bryan lately, and It Is by no means certain that he will be a candi date." Mr. Jones will not even Bay that he believes a democrat will be elected In 1906. How changed la this once sanguine Bryan leader, but the public .may rest assured that It la the same Jones, Moral Wronar of Pardons. Baltimore American. Secretary Bonaparte's suggestion of cap ital punishment for' habitual criminals will probably strike the majority as radical, not to say drastic; but no thoughful person can disagree with him on the moral wrong committed when pardon for criminals Is asked on purely Interested grounds without i regard to the merits of the case. Too many allow their sympathies or their personal feelings to interfere where the safety of society and the Interests of Justice make clemency both a blunder and a wrong. Coming; tn of It. '. Philadelphia Ledger. It may be believed that we have passed through the "crisis'', of 1S07, not without losses but with much less general disaater than at one time appeared Imminent. All large enterprises have undoubtedly been placed on a sounder footing than before,' prices tend to adjust themselves to a practi cable basis, as in the Important Instance of copper, and we arc learning that the pro cesses of law are adequate alike for the protection of rights and for the redress of wrongs. With the passing of the "silly j season" we may hope that the wave of i disturbing hysteria has also passed, and ' that the country Is going forward, safely and sanely, to renewed activity and pros perity. V PARTY OF LIVK ISSLES. Reonbllrans Meet All Situations ttalcklr and Intelligently. Philadelphia Press. Diogenes hunting for a man had a simple Job compared to the task which the demo cratic party haa In seeking a real campaign Issue. The reason la that the republicans have completely met all situations quickly There were widespread abuse. , the life ! uisurance companies which affected million. ; of people. The republican party set out at once and remedied them. Thera were violations of th. law by pow- f?rDei Dy lne a1""0 company of erful corporations, and. there were attempts I New Jerey- Tho totl value of the stock to .addle new burden, upon the public i w" NTJ.&O.oqp, so Mr. Rockefeller's per for the benefit of a few rich men. The r- ! "naI noldinB ''re ln ces of 2i000,00v. publican party stepped In and has success- j Hlg ,har ,n the company', dividend, for fully thwarted very such purpose. I th la,t "ven years has been more than There was a' Panama canal to .be built J77-000 000- the total amount of dividend, and not to be simply talked about. The pa,d that iim having been $308.SS.408. republican party I. digging It with unpar- ; Mr- Rockefeller', holding, and Income alleled speed. j from Standard Oil are a. follow.: There wa. a navy to be constructed which i Standard OH Capital, 1S99 972.8M shares should Dreserve the lntenrltv of the rmm. I try and protect It. Interests. The republl can party has put a great fleet of battle ahlp. upon the ocean The tariff need, attention and schedule. " "u tuniuiei , rrrwiun. j no repuDiican party, ; which believe, that revision doesn't v.ean j annihilation, will t tha . ,. I . ' w-..... w work revising it. i ne people not only In the city, but throguhoul the country district, want their newspaper, and letter, delivered to them every day. The republican party ha. put into effect a .matchless system of free rural mail delivery. Tha republicans ar. a party of live Is sues and not dead memories. Like their president, they are not deterred by fear of making a mistake now and then from at least meet th. living questions face to ftJ ARMY (JOIP 1 vV.tSHIXOTOX. Carrent Kventa nleaaed from tha Army and ary IlriUtrr, Army trunk lockers will not be furnished to the national gu.irJ organisation at the expense of the general government. Con- I rP" ,,a" Provtncn ror an appropriation ot " f " ftfVl ftm tfW tha s-ktifnna. a.nr,U.nl avmst v ., av. .. r-uif'wtj 'UI'I'IJ l"'B ail inr ordnance stores, quartermaster stores and camp equipage o the militia and It was the Intention to thus arm, clothe and equip the state guards for active service, hut the sla'o waa left the duty of providing an ar nioi y and the current expenses found neces sary for the security and preservation of the armament and military stores provided for It use by the government. Army regu lations provide thnt In all permanent bar racks a trunk locker will be furnished each enlisted man for his uniform and extri clothing and Is a part of the permanent furnishings of the barracks, and although soldiers are occasionally permitted to take the trunk lockers with them when chang ing station they are not Intended for field service and are not so used. The War de partment has held, therefore, that the states will have to provide the army trunk locker If Its members of the militia are to enjoy Its use. Some of those who are interested In the legislation which will effect an Increase of service pay are already apprehensive In re gard to the congressional attitude toward that part of the administration measure which proposes to place with the president authority for prescribing the pay of on. j nsiea men or the army, marine corps and revenue cutter service. This Is merely aa extension to those branches of the author ity which has existed hi regard to the navy ror many years. No one haa considered It a menace In any particular for the presl dent to possess such a privilege and there has been n"8 Instance, of course, of the misuse of the power. Of course, If there Is a disposition In congress to withhold this authority, it will be easy for the War de partment to place congress In possession of the statistics which will enable the legislative body to formulate the graded pay tables on the bnsla of an Increase for tho entire enlisted force. This will be no small Job and It Is easy enough to Imagine the difficulties which will be promptly en countered In any attempted adjustment upon the basis which will be regarded as fair to those most directly concerned. It Is not considered at this time of observa tion that there will be any Insurmountable obstacle In the way of obtaining congres sional approval of the plan to leave with the president the adjustment of the pay of the enlisted force. There Is nothing very violent In this prop osition to give the president authority to regulate the pay of enlisted men. lie has done this for the navy since 1814. He lias fixed the ration of the army for many years, as well as the clothing allowance for the army and marine corps. He nxes now, under existing law, the pay of the Philippine scouts, and he regulates the maximum limit of 100.000. The president early next month, will have an opportunity to appoint two brigadier generals and a major general by virtue of the retirement, under operation of law, of Major General William S. McCaskey, on October 2, and Brigadier General Edward S. Godfrey on October 9. The senior brig adier general Is Frederick Funston, but aa he has some time to serve on the active list and as there are Ave brigadier gen erals who will retire In the course of the next three years, there Is a possibility that a vacancy In the grade of major gen eral may bo filled by the appointment of one of the older brigadiers, the executive choice undrjr such circumstances Including w. S. Edgerly..who retires in May, IfllO; A. It. Myer, who retires In April of next year; Charles Morton, who retires In March, 1910, and J. M. K. Davis, the most recently appointed brigadier, who will retire next January. When It comes to filling the two vacancies In the grade of brigadier general In place of the brigadier who la made major general on October 3 and In place of God frey on October 9, there Is cordial Invita tion to unrestricted conjecture upon which It would be perilous to embark. It will suf fice for the purposes of this premature comment to again express the devout wish of army officers who have the Interests of the service at heart that Mr. Roosevelt will stick to the practice, of late mado manifest, since the appointment of Brig adier General Godfrey last January and represented In the subsequent selection of Generals Myer, Hall, Thomas. Morton, Hodges and Davis, that the brigadiers to be appointed will be senior colonels. There would be no occasion for Indulging In this hope were It not for the violences which have been wrought by presidential action ,n making brigadiers of Junior officers. The armV baa a right, after this ecourge of ravoritism, to expect the protection of sane selection. Where a railroad honors a "transporta tion request," which Is In the usual form In such cases, and there Is no apparent negligence upon Its part In so doing, the government Is held liable to the carrier for the transportation furnished. The comp troller haa approved the ruling of tha audi tor of the War department In the eaee of such transportation having been Issued to a soldier who was discharged on certi ficate of disability and ordered to broceed, after such discharge, to the SoldlerV home in Washington. D. C. As the soldier has vered hla connection with the military organixatlon, he was not entitled to trans- Prtat,on and should have paid his own traveling expenses. The order for "trans portation request" to the railroad was In all respects regular, and It Is held tha com pany Is entitled to pay, although It Is ad mitted the question may 'well be raised aa to whether or not a charge rests against the officer who Issued such a request. ROCK E FULLER'S INCOME, Dividends In Seven Trari Anion at to Seventy-Seven Millions. m New York Times. The fact was brought out In the course of the day that John D. Rockefeller', hold- HlZ 'T, la shares Issued to liquidate the stock of the tuncern. wnicn were ao- UM Dv v- Rockefeller.... XB.8M .hare. Mr. Rockefeller's holdings. 26.1 per cent of total. Standard Oil capital. 1901, par value I tT.44fl.M3 iB.j per cent of total a.tiS.O'Ki Maraet vaiue at iiiscn price, mz... as.TW.TK Standard Oil capital, 1908, par value S).33S.SsJ Ai p.r cent of total, par value... M.&hz.wt Market value at low price of 7.. 17.84MM Bhrlnkage, 1S01-J7 107.IH,LL1 Standmd Oil dividends, DWMSW H. K. fcmtth renortl MI.K3,t01 Standard Oil dividend.. 1898-190$ (present evidence) S3J,S59.4ul John D. Rockefeller', .hare (on . basis of 28 1 per rent). lhZ-l"9.. C.ta.JlO Jnn D. Rockefeller', .hare, lgfr 1M U.171,444 Total IUS.4i.S4 Average yearly return, )H-lo.. f tr.i4 Average yearly return. 1W9-U06.. 10,021,M Average par monm ims-inaj sin. 140 Ht.lW i us... .4. in veraK per (lay, lBW-lwVi .. Av.rag. per minute, ltfey-tful. M Not all pood salesmen have jjood positions. Not all the men who have it in them to sell have yet found the right opportunity to develop this ability, or the position where their ability will be rewatded when shown. If either erf the above applies to you, if you are all right as to character, capable as a salesman, and persistent as a worker, this advertisement is pointed right jour way. 1 he business referred to is the sale of life insurance; some thing that is certain to be more in demand every year. The Company referred to is the strongest in the world best for policy holder, best for agent. A contract will be offered that will result in building up an increasing income each year. No previous experience is necessary; a course of rofessional instruction will be given free, hut the position calls for work it will never pay a quitter. If you are interested, drop a line at once to the undersigned, give your references, and tell him something about yourself. .' Hon't simply send your p.ddrew that alone will not fill ' th bill. All letters treated in strict confidence. GEORGE T. DEXTER 2d Vice-President Tho Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York 34 Nassau St., New York, N.Y. PERSONAL NOTES The national con exposition will open In Chicago In to weeks. After such weather as we have had corn certainly ought to celebrate. The thousand of marriageable Knglish girls enroute to thle country should strlk? ror the west. The eastern matrimonial market Is already overcrowded. That Illinois woman who has been di vorced seventeen times evidently believes In trial marriages and brings In a verdict against her husband every time. The Sl.OOO.000 branch of Standard Oil In Indiana made a profit In one year of over 110.600,000. Such figures might Induco even an Indiana man to abandon literature and Its midnight oil. At a recent session of the Virginia brunch of the Patriotic Sons of America a niovo- ment was started for the purchase of the old Stratford house in Westmoreland county, Virginia, historic as having been the birthplace of the Lee family. It la proposed to make Stratford one of tho na tional shrines of the country and to pre serve It for the historical and patriotic In structionof future generations. Transformation of the ollff dwellers of the Mesa Verde. In southwestern Colorado, from scattering groups of unprotected ruins Into a great ethnological museum Is now la progress. Under a recent act of congress Major II. M. Randolph has been appointed superintendent of the Mesa Verde National park. Dr. J. Walter Fewkes of the bureau of ethnology, has been aaslgned to under take the work of excavation and preserva tion of the prehistoric remains. There I. Knox. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph (rep.). There are giants In the republican party In these days, and their stature has been revealed In the baules for the people's rights. Anything that mlght.be said In praise of the mental and moral qualifica tions of Taft and Hughes could be said with entire truth of Pennsylvania's candi date for the prealdency, the Hon. Philander C. Knox. In the recess of the Vnlted States senate he I. temporarily In the background, while circumstances have kept Taft and Hughes ln the public eye. Mr. Knox might have sought ways and means of keeping himself before the public, but he Is the sort that avoids public appearance for the mere sake of the stage effect. But when congress Is, again In session his quality will appear once more, and by the time that the na tional convention meets Knox's prospects will be bright. 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