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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 7. 1007. The Omaha Daily Per FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROfiHJWATER. VICTOR ROBHTWATFJR, EDITOR. F.nterrd at Omaha Foatofftce aa second class matter. TJ0RM8 r SCBSCHTT-nON. Taltr Be (without "under), en rMf..HW Dally Bee and Sunday, an year f Bunday Bra, on year ! l Saturday Bra, ena fear LM DEXJTXTREID BT CARRIER. Pally Be (Including Sunday), per week..l6e Pally Bt without Sunday), Mr wk..lOo Kvenlng Pea (wit hout Sunday), par week fco Kvenlrg Be wMh Sunday), per week. ..loo Addreoe all eomplernts of Irregularltlee In delivery ta City Circulation Department. OFFICER Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffs 1 Beott Street. Chicago 160 t'nltr Building. Now Tork IMS . Ham LiU Insurance Bldg, , . ushlngton 801 Fourteenth Street. ' , CXj RREfl POND ENCE. Cnmmunloationa relating to newa and edi torial matter ahould be addreaeed, Omaha Baa, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. ' , Rem ft tty draft, express or poetal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamp received In payment of mall accounts. Personal checka, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted- STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Stat of Nebraska. Douglas county, a: Charlea C. Roaewater, general manager of The Baa Publishing Company, being duly worn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of September, 1W7, wu at follows: I 8,T0o 1 . I ,40 IT I M.SOO II MSO 4 , S8.0 It UOO . M.SBO tO BMSO M.B40 11 3,70 7...., 3440 1 8,S29 I U,IM II 8TM 30,140 J4 3,B90 lis 36,M 15 38,380 11 M.470 tt 86,30 II 36,370 . 37 M.I0Q it saao it acaea 14 , 36,510 tt.. M,M it 3s,oo to ae,8o Total 1,0J,470 Less unsold And returned coplea. t,8T Net total . 1,083,883 Dally average ,.. 3,U CHARLES C. ROSKWATER, General Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this tOth day pi Septem ber, l07. .(Seal) M. B. HUNQATB, . I m Kftiary P,uJlic. WHIX OUT ,OF TO WW, ,. . beerther leavltsa; ife city tem porarily shoald have Tba Be Mile te them. jXdOeea will ke carnaged na oftea aa requested. After all, Kins Corn If still the real monarch In Qulvera. i . Detroit 1b Indulging In three cheora m r A a i i raw fnw TIm.b ' Long live thevklngl And equally long hi gracious aad beautiful con sort At least no one has arisen to re mark that the Borah verdict was a sur prise. N Captain Hobaoft says he will never allow his sword to beoome rusted. Nor his tongue. .' . . . The next time John EV Rockefeller goea on the witness stand the govern ment might Induce Minister Wu to examine him. It is surprising that there are but two democratic, factions . in Massachu setts. There' aire more than two dem ocrats in that elate. j Semi-official reports indicate that the arms and ammunition Jmsineea have not teen injured any by the peace conference at "The Hague. The contest Mn Pennsylvania 'this fall Is over the election, of a state treasurer. Anyone who reads the great stories from Pennsylvania will under stand why. It may be necessary for Secretary Taft to come home via Veneiuela and deliver his pacification speech. Castro Is again threatening to whip the United States. "China, has more money than It knows what to do with," says a finan cial organ. That's easily remedied. The Bteel trust Is going to start branch over there. Congressman Overstreet says that Mr, Fairbanks has a cinch for the re publican presidential nomination. He Is ready to swear to H, but will not bet anything on it. A Treasury department oflTcia says there, is- - great demand for small bills. If the demand exceeds the sup ply a few f us will be willing to ac cept the larger ones. Having secured an Indefinite delay of the Japanese-American war, Mr. Taft hag taken the curse of the title, "Tho Great" Postpouer' ronferred upon him by Mr. Bryan. . The tenants of a Chicago apart ment house petitioned" ' unanimously for the release of their janitor from Jail. Another proof of the contention that insanity is rapidly Increasing. ' Mr, Harrlsuaa 1 a happy as eowld be expected. In view of the tact that the government is it lermined to exer cise the control of the nation's i all roads Instead of allowing him to do It. "I counted 2 M women drinking from boo.-to midnight," says a Chi cago parson. Tb women must have been eld hands at the gams to sit In toy a twelve-hour' bout against J. Barleycorn. . , An Indiana man ate' forty-eight bananas, two pounds of bologna sau sage and a pound of crackers and drank a half gallon of milk at one sit ting and became desperately ill. It Is suspected (bat the milk was' not strictly fresh. AA-SAR-Bir. Another season of Ak-Sar-Ben has more than Justified the faith of the people In the potency of the great king. The annual holiday season In Omaha brings the close to the sum mer's activity of this most gracious and beneficent monarch, and the con' sensus of opinion of those who are beet qualified to Judge is that the 10T Ak -Bar-Ben events have exceeded any of the fears preceding. This la, of course, a matter of pride to those who gave their time and thought to the elaboration of plans for the enter tainment of the public. It is not to be wondered at, though, that Ak-6ar-Ben should progress, for each year adds to the sum total of experience and each succeeding year gets the ben efit of all that have passed. There fore, it would be wonderfuj If the season Just, closed bad noi surpassed its predecessors. K - " ' It Is from the practical point, how ever, that the promoters of Ak-Sar-Ben revlefr the work of the year, and they find It, too, most satisfactory. The business aspect of Ak-Sar-Ben consists In the bringing closer together of the people of Omaha with the people of Nebraska and other states Immedi ately adjacent. In the way of cement ing "bonds pf business friend'hlp Ak- Sar-Ben has done more than any other agency. Indeed, It may be doubted If any other agency could have achieved even a small part of what has been successfully accomplished through this most unique organization. That it will be continued goes without say--ing, and that It will have In its support the beet Judgment of the united busi ness men of Omaha to make it a thor oughly enjoyable feature each year Is equally assured. A suggestion to the promoters may well be made here. The people( of the west are by this time thoroughly famUiar with Ak-Sar-Ben. Thirteen successive years have more than estab lished the king and his dominion over. Qulvera. Some effort ahould now be made to acquaint . the people of the east with the glories of this realm and the magnificent opulence that sur rounds the king on his throne. If the business men of Omaha, and especially the Jobbers, were to unite in inviting their eastern correspondents to come to Omaha during the carnival season and spend a few days witnessing the events, and especially the wonderful parades, which admittedly transcend anything of the sort, undertaken in America, the effect would purely be good for Omaha. Some effort in 'tbiS direction should be made before an other carnival season occurs. THE CHISESS PAgUAMKXT. "When the dragon stands up, the Island kingdom will be loat In the shadow," is the epigrammatic state ment of V diplomat At Washington who has been studying the developments in vthe orient "for the last few years. The "proposition is not unreasonable, if. based on the theory that the long promised awakening of China U really coming. The power of the empire in resources, numerical strength and U latent Influences that go to making a great nation and a great people tre so far greater than those ol any other Asiatle power that the awakening of China may reasonably be expected to deprlvs Japan of the dominating posi tion it now tiolds In oriental affairs. It Js now promised that China is to officially take the first marked "tep toward reorganisation and moderniza tion. Ancient CtSna, which has been playing the pari pf the foot ball for the other powers having Interests in the far east, nay at last come into ltd own. The empress of China ha issued a decree calling for fho establishment of a parliamentary government for her kingdom,' although speclfloally nrcert lng that this can be accomplished only with prudence jand general tnligbten ment. Educated men of the empire have been for years engaged In the study of the political organisations of other countries, and are now prepared to recommend to China s form of con stitution suitable to the needs and abilities of the country. , . With the adoption of such a form of govern ment, the way will be opened for the Chinese advance along the path of modern civilisation. Immediately after that day In January, 1SQJ, when the empress and her court returned from Peking, which had been in th hands of the .troops of other powerv plains began to develop for the advancement of China's Interests. Pool binding was abolished, the education system was reorganized and the obsolete Chinese code of laws was rewritten. The five years hs?o furnished many Illustra tions of China's awakening to its needs gad surroundings, and now pomes tbe announcement that a constitution will be granted the country. The reason for this announcement is thus ex plained by Mr. Chow-Tsxchl. the Chi nese charge d'affaires at Washington: These cajnaaleelonerg have now returned, and advUf i that the reaaoa why oir beloved cquntry Is not prospering la be rauae the government and the people are widely aeparated and that there la no unleon brtp our central and ur pro vincial gevernmenta. The various ruling officials do not know bow to govern and protect the peeple, and the latter have no confidence in their rulers. Foreign countries, wo are te4d, are wealthy and strong because tbey have constitutions In Which ths people themeelvea have a voice In their wa government, and bacsuiea the rulers mt the people get their wisdom from the people. The extent to which the representa tive feature may be granted In the new form of government and the rapidity with which the proposed reform may be put into effect depends to a large extent upon the attitude of that large element of the population which Is p posed to the existing regime, and whose agitation for rebellion and re form may not be satisfied with the con cessions proposed by tbe empress and tbns result In delaying their speedy adoption. However, the initial stfTos have been taken, and the world will watch with interest China's effort to adopt one of the essential doctrines of republican government, popular re sponsibility. The old v nation, after 6,000 years of stagnation, Is fct' last started on the highway to modem civilization. ' WfO OWSS THE RAILROADS- Information developed by the pre liminary arrangements for the comb ing annual meetings of the stockhold' era of some of the big railway corpora tions of the country throws a striking and significant light pn a change that has been going on for a year in the ownership of railways. The somewhat astonishing fact Is disclosed that, while railway magnates have been crying from the liouse tops that the "inno cent investors" were being ruined by adverse legislation and that it was impossible to secure money for rail way betterments, the investors of the country have been buying railway stocks and that the people are really i become large owners of railway stocks and securities. The Pennsylvania railway, for in stance, reports that the? number of its individual stockholders has Increased to 48.898, an lnrrease of 3,000 since last May and an Increase of 8,000 In a year. The New York Central, It is announced, will close its stock books twenty days before the payment of the next quarterly dividend, Instead of the fifteen days aa allowed heretofore, because the number of stockholders baa Increased -from 9,000 to 15, 000, a gain of T5 per cent in the last year. Similar reports are made by the Chi cago, Milwaukee St. Paul, tbe Oreat Northern, the Union Pacific and eome of the other big systems. It is now estimated that fully 1,000,000 persons, or one in every eighty of the popula tion, own stock in American railways. The meaning of all of this change is plain. The American people realize the value of American railways. For several years tbe railway financiers have manipulated stocks and kept a fictitious value on moat of the securi ties. In the tightening money mar ket the manipulators have been com pelled to sell some of their securities, the water has been squeezed out of In flated stocks and the investors have taken, advantage of the opportunity to buy sound stocks at xeasonaJHe valu ation. The result Is that the number of stockholders in some of the big roads has Increased more than 60 per sent within the year. The new holders are npt speculators, but Investors.- Tbe fact completely punctures the corpora tion assertion that the Investors have become scared by'federal and state ef forts -to enforce the law regulating railways and Interstate commerce cor porations. It shows that the capital Is ready to go Into Investments when they are offered on a reasonable basis. The "rich' man's panic" has had no terrors for the honest Investor. 1HB WAR ITJTPlJAPAh ' Despite Secretary Taft's speech and reception at Tokl& and the general abandonment of talk of war between the United States and Japan, the New York Sun refuses to be convinced. It sees war on the horizon and: Is con vinced that President Roosevelt is de termined to force a conflict. The Sun has discovered this reason for the dis patch of the battleships to the Pacific; Mr. Roosevelt does not need a rleet in the Pacific for it weight with a republican national convention. Ha needs t beeauaa ha means that this country ah si) go to war. Well, go to war we doubtless shall, and as cheerfully and enthunlaatlcally as heart of man could wish; but the people went to know first what the casus belli la which lies between .this country and Japan. They want to kno whether, If any exists. It la not appropriately referable to The Hague conference, if. Indeed, It Is not such as may be dealt with adequately by the simple exercise of common sense. In his address at St. Louis President Roosevelt explained that the fleet is going on a peaceful mission from American waters on the Atlantic to American waters on the Pacific, and after It has served its purpose will probably return to the Atlantic, Japan understands the situation very thor oughly, and so does the rest of the world, except the Sun, which appears to have allowed either its opposition to the president or its fear of war to becloud its usual clarity of vision. The Sun should seek a cure for Hobsonitls. ANOTHER "TtLLOW DOO" FLUD "Handy Andy" Hamilton, now a resident of Paris, who became no torious during ' the life Insurance scandals as the political fixer of the big concerns, a man who kept no books and dealt only In cash, has a worthy emulator In Lemuel Ely Quigg of New York, whose operations in behalf of the New York Traction company have Just been exposed by an Inquiry before the Public Utilities commission. The Quigg type Is common enough to make his exposure a matter of Interest in every municipality. , In examining the books of tbe trac tion combine the Public Utilities com mission found f ISO, 000 had been paid to Mr. Quigg and charged to the "con struction work" accqunt. It happens that Quigg la neither an engineer, con tractor or shovel man, and the com mission became curious. Quigg was Summoned and frankly told the com mission that be. had been employed and had spent a Urge amount of. money, a good deal more than 1 1 50. 000, but he had-destroyed the checks, In the work of "accelerating public opinion." Tbat was. In, effect, be thought, a legitimate charge to be made against tbe construction ac count. His doty has been to drum up Interest In behalf of the merger, prop ositions that were being planned by Belmont, Ryan and other traction magnates, and he bad succeeded pretty well. Ths deal went through, the merger waa accomplished, the syndi cate reaped a fortune and the traction company Is now Irf the hands of a re ceiver. Quigg worked on established linqe. Armed with a check book he scattered money with a lavish hand. He worked at Albany, at Washington and In New York, making It his special duty to arouse citizens' associations to support the merger plans. He even stage managed and produced a "labor up rising" in behalf of better transit fa cilities, thus playing the people In the Interests of his employers. The pub lic opinion was "accelerated" all right and the stockholders were robbed and tbe public life corrupted. . There are too many Qalggs in cor poration employ. Public service never will have a good name until it has dis pensed with them. A decision of the supreme court handed down during the week should be carefully scanned by the city coun cil and other boards who let contracts for public work. It was delivered in a case appealed from South Omaha, and In effect holds the city responsible for the acts of Its contrastors. This should be carefully considered by pub lic boards when, arranging for the work of Improvement If the public is to be held responsible for the neg ligence of contractors - It will be necessary to the proper protection of the people's rights vthat only thor oughly reliable and responsible men are given work Jo do for the city. The railroad commissioners of Ne braska now propose to go after the railroads .on another point. It is sug gested that trains be run a little nearer to schedule time. If this, can be "accomplished a great service will be rendered to the traveling public. The disregard of advertised time by the, Nebraska railroads has grown to be of scandalous proportions and the annoyance endured by tbe public as a result has been borne with patience too long. , 1 1 " The vote of the Commercial club In favor of submitting the court house bond proppsltyon came after a full and sharp " debate on the question. It ought to be of much assistance to the county commissioners fa reaching a decision as to their action in the. mat ter. That Douglas county needs a new court house is admitted by all. The only question that can possibly exist la one pf present expediency. "In street -pageantry," says the Globe-Democrat, "S.?,,, Louis baa again Shown that it has na superior.." That may be true, so far aa St. Louis county is concerned, but the Ak-Sar-Ben elec tric f parade surpasses the Yelled Prophet show In St., Louis about as far as the -St. Louis, show does that of a street fair carnival in a Kansas county seat. Now the railroads .propose to Hake the injunction case t 'the supreme court of the United States. This is not surprising and will bring the test needed to give the new .commission its fullest recognition, but the feeling of the public oward the transportation companies will no be lessened any by the delay that results. The Chicago Tribune says that Mrs. Potter Palmer is the only married American woman who .knows bow to spend a fortune. The Tribune staff must be composed of bachelors. Ak-Sar-Ben XIII finds his kingdom In more prosperous condition than any other of his royal linn, it remains for him to turn It over to his succes sor still further advanced. The American Medical association wants ' tbe Department of - Health created with its head a"inember of ihe cabinet. Too late. Maldoon I already looking after that work. With Fish calling- Harahan a shrimp and Harrlman a lobster, a meeting of the board of directors of the Illinois Centra will. sound like a aixup in the aquarium. King Corn is making his autumnal bow to the grain buyers, and they are with one voice praising him for his magnificent appearance. The Pile a ad the ptstrlbatlom. Brooklyn agle. The value of our crops' this year Is esti mated at 17,000,000,000. Pretty good, but In order to get 17,000,000,000 out of them you must move them to the markets. De They Kavasv tke Color t . IOU1vllle Courier-Journal. Bankers want the colors of the varloua banknotes to be different. Calling for a etack of blues and a atack of reda over the counter at bank may lend, a little lfve llnese to sordid transactions. Let Actios Follow Words. , Indianapolis News. While giving due consideration to the plans of the embattled attorneys general at St. Louis,' It la understood that the trusts will drfer their shudders pending further and mora definite action. Wss'i Afraid t Kanaaa City Times. "The honest mare has nothing to fear from thla administration.!' said President Roosevelt at Keokuk. Well, has anyone heard of any complaint againat tha admin latration'a policy from honest - ment Who's afraid? Debleae ('- latlea. ' Waahlngtoa Post. A good many democrat are audibly hint ing that Bryan ought to step aside, but he probably on so lee himself with tha reflec tion that a good many republicans would be asking Roosevelt to go eacfc and alt down If they had tbe nerve, V ' . '. O PRESIDENTIAL FIR1Q LIXH Growth mt New York's Governor tm Prelealal Slse. Washington Poet (Ind ). Either Governor Hughes does not care to be president, or he la a consummate poli tician In pursuit of -that great prise. Tha country first heard of him as the Inqutn-ltor-tn-chlef of tha commission that Uld bare the rottonneaa of tha three great life Insurance companies; nor did he fllnr.b when the secret of campaign boodle con tributions were revealed. He" simply did Ms duty, and duty -put him In the place held by the Clintons, Tompkins, Marcy, Van Buren, Wright, Seward, Seymour, Tllden, Cleveland, and "Roosevelt. As governor, Mr. Hughes has been a reformer without fuse or feathera. lie gava the several rings, democratic as well as republican. Into which New Tork poli ticians Is srpsrated, to ' understsnd that he was governor. Had David B. Hill pur sued a course Identical with that subse quently followed by Hughes, the admin istrations at Washington, from 18SS to lf. would have been eight years of Cleveland and eight years of Hill. But Governor Hill was a practical politician of the Al bany regency school. He wss faahtoned In tha mold of Dean Richmond and Peter Cagger. He was hot a corrupt rnan, In the vulgsr sense, like Tweed or that Pennsylvania aet that Is now in danger of the penitentiary because of statehouse graft. He was not only too arris rt for that, but he was too honest for It. But Hill was a political despot, and that Is what ruined him. ' - , ' As governor of New Tork, Mr. Hughes liea constantly grown in foe confidence wf the public. It will be In the nature of tha -marvelous If there goes not eome to him the combined foroee of Knox, .Fair banks, Cannon, Foraker. and all tha others who ' do not love the president for the things ha has done and the ways by which he perpetrated them. , Then tha woods are full of . reformers who believe In Roosevelt and who Just as implicitly trust In Hughes. If the. New Tork delegation shall sUck by the governor of New Tork In the re publican national convention of IMS, Charles EX Hughes will ba a mighty dan gerous man, and it may take Roosevelt himself to beat him. All la ftala. Brooklyn Life ind.). Wa do not elect another president for more than a year yet, but the country seema ajready to be very much on tha Job. and aa usual, Prealdent Rooaevelt la get ting most of the attention, fliers are two considerable , bodies of voters Who would like to sea him run again. One consists of admirers whose seal, or self Interest outruns their Judgment, and who yearn lrrepresslbty, or think it polltle to seem to yearn, to have him become his wa successor. Tha other consists of hos tilea, whose seal (almost all accumulated within tha last two years) also exceeds their discretion, and who want him to run again beeauaa they think he can be beaten. inis last group la beginning to pursue boy tactics .with him. darins- him to run and assuring him that he will ba beaten w na aoea. But there is no prospect whst ever that either 111 advi4 xtmi,.,. hostile malefactors, nature fakers, pre- varicatora or anyone else will move him from hlr resolve not to run egsln. Bryan Stamping Omt Back a re. ; Minneapolis Journal (rep.), I Tha . Johnson boom Is mm in ..,. ... iv, cerved an awful blow vMtnt h. t. ' r W t ftmvh UW Illinois delegation was pledged to Bryan Tltlnnl. - . . . . . ... M'liivia waa. una ok i na aravAfl .hij.h w.a fair meat for tha favorite eon. It had no candidate of,IU Own, and while tha rank and 01 wera perfectly satisfied with Bryan, It waa possible to take thla important dele gation . entirely away from the peerlesa leader. This could have been done through Roger . Bulllvan, national committeeman, whom Mr. Bryan roundly denounced by cable and whose resignation from the na tion committee he demanded by letter ad dressed to Bullivan, Mr. Sullivan did not resign. On the contrary; ha went out and controlled the "next democratic primaries In- tbe stsbs and "showed" Bryan. Now ths leader is said to have compromised with the representative of the Gas truat. Sulll. van wlJJ pot oppose a Bryan delegation and presumably Bryan will drop his clamor about gulllvan. The compromise, If It has been made, shows that Bryan wants tha nomination, and that ha uiuivntann h. ... allowing such favorlte-son candidacies as i oo much rope. The Minns- sot governor, with Minnesota, tha two Dakotas and Montana behind blm, might have been not 6nly a respectable figure In the convention, but with the Illinois dele gation" he would have been able to look Bryan squarely In the eye and demand, "Who dictates here?" Booat for Colonel Watersoa. , Charleston News and Courier (dem.T. We knows what he believes and why he believes It. He Is a -democrat n and not for reasons of expediency. Tha ""u"11"" "as norost lis strength with him; In. his opinion it la trill v1 Ri4 nnl anil power of popular government, tha only hope "i- vpie. in hs opinion, also, the democratic party is the nartv r fh- J" stltutlon. That Is why he Is 4amrl; w wny na would make safe and sound president of tha United JHates. And that Is why he will probably never be presi dent. Drnoeracy's Store? , Petrel. Cincinnati Enquirer (ind. dem ). William R. Hearat Is quoted aa declaring that ha cannot conceive the condition under wJilcjh he would consent to be a prealden tlal candidate. Thla may be clearing the way for somebody whose consent is npt so hard to obtain. Whether Mr. Hearst has done a good thing or not depends on what sort of person that "aomehnv" i. u- might have done Utter for his country by u, a wiuie longer and keeping things mixed 'up. Polater for Ohio. St. Louis Globe-Democrat (rep.). Three of New York's governors became prealdent, four pf Its governors were elected vice president, and four pf New York's nine vice presidents became president by. elao Hon or succession. Ohio should examine tboae figures thoughtfully. Diplomacy mm the Prsicy, Kanaaa CUy Star. About the only tttmon that might be sug. gested for not making Secretary Taft presi dent la' that be ought to be "foot loose" to undertake tha dcllcata diplomat) mis sions f hich need an envoy extraordinary. However, M must be remembered that, after all, tha president of the Cnited State should be a great diplomatist, ne snatter how wail ha Is equipped with talent to assign to especial missions. And In this regard no ether' man who has ever as pired to the prealdency has been so well prepared as th seeretary of war. Covoraor M-gooa's Troablee. Brooklyn Eagle. Ooveraor Magoon could afford to treat tba Cuba revolution lightly, but a Cuba railroad atrlks is a very different matter. The foarner Involved prlndplea only. The latter involves cash. And In any conflict Between principles and rash the average Cuban will make mora trouble over thUst th a ba will over lha first r . To contradict certain talc ' and to pat the consuming pub lic in possession - of tke tratb, ve say in plain words that no one in this town can sell as good coffee as Arbuctlcs', Ariosa for as little money ' ... r Misbranded and make-believe Mocha and Jaya. jpr coffee sold loose out of a bag or a bin, is not as good value for the money, nor can it be vso(d at as narrow profit, nor reach the "consumer ; under as favorable conditions. When you v buy Arbucldea Ariosa Coffee you get more than 16 net ozs. of straight, wholesome , x Brazilian coffee from the largest coffee firm in the world, with that firm's direct assurance, that they are giving you the best coffee ia . ' be world for the money, AK5UCKLB ROS., New Tork Cttak " PERSONAL -NOTE. Uncounted hoboes are tiesded for New York, where the opulent will "kindly rendor them a little assistance." Three million dollars offered to Swarth- more college if 1t will give up Intercollegi ate athlftles forces 'the distressing con clusion that the testatrix was never "puce a boy herself." J. Franklin Fort, the republican nominee for governor of New Jersey, Is ena .t tiie beat orators 'in tha United States. His speech delivered In placing Garret A. Ho bart'a name In nenijntlon for vica-presU dent at the convention In St. Louis in 1896, la still recognized, as a masterpiece hi that line. - Capt. FltsUugh ). wJU remain in Wash ington this winter as on pf the aides la tke president. C'ap'aln Lee la a bachelor lend extremely popular, and J always In great demand at social functions during the sea son. He is a slJUful horseman and n:a:)y always accompanies the prerident on lus horseback rides. ' . James Parry Wood, who has been ap pointed chairman of the Spanish Claims commission by President Hoosevett, to suc ceed Senstor W. E. Chandler, i.as been connected with tha commission Alice tst. organisation in 1901. He -was born Jn Bio Oraada, In 1864, and was anpoioLoJ from that atate, where for a number of year ha lui been a prominent member of tha bar. . . Governor B. '1. Comer, of Alabama, has sold bis ' plantations In Barter mvl Bul loch counties, consisting of IS.CjO acres, to Internal Revenue Collector Thomps.v of the Alabama district, for HW.QOO. It is ur, derstood Mt- Thompson is acting for Book er T. Washington, and that It li the lat ter'a intention t establish colonies rt ne groes on the land, aarly ail of which is under a high etate of cult! v K ion- PraasrJvaolass.pavreauaer,' Philadelphia Press. Half of tha tH.OOO.OOO' tpns of coal mined In America last year came from Pennsyl vania, This commonwealth's portion elono exceeded the country's total production of bituminous and anthracite only ten years ago. These figures contain within them th seeds of an epic on -our material expan sion during the last decsde. Not only Is coal that comes from the earth real and substantial wealth, but It Is a potential source of more wealth. pennaylvanians may b pardoned for self eongratulatlon when they remember that their state stone has contributed In this respect as much as ell. the other states combined. SM1M1VU HKMAHK.' "You csn't alius gib a man credit foh a clear conscience." said Cncle Jibn, "be cause he looks cheerful. Iyer is some peo ple dat smiles de hardest after dey has put ttirough de crooked' deals." Washington Star. "You're a good Judge of horse flesh, aren't you, sir?" 'f ought to be. ate In Paris -estaurants all summer.'-' Cleveland Leader. Miss Thuttyfore Bee. how she paints and powdera herself. How foolish it is to try to conceal one's age! Miss Tarlun Indeed, It Is. because you can't do It, you know. Chicago Tribune. "That actor yarles from his lines," re msrked the dramatic critic. "Ha aaya 'more PEN ADMIRE a pretty fade, g good f fare, fcot aooxier or later learn that I a healthy, happy, contented woman ia moat of aU to be admired. Women troubled with fainting spells, Irreo-alaritiea, nervous irrita bility, backache, the ' bluee," and tboee eWadful dregg-ing- aeaeationa, eaanot hope be be happy or popular, and adraneemeat in either heme, buelnea - social life U Impossible. The cease ol theoe troables, how ever, rUlrj quickly to Lydl . Pink ham a Vegetable Compound made Iroea satire root and herbs It aete at nee upon the organ afflicted and the serve center, dispelling- effo in all r all those distress! n a? evmn. tome. No other medicine in the country has received each nqnali&e4 indorsement or ha such a record of euree of female ilia aa aee L dla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound If Isa Emma Rnataler, of eSl Bute St., Schenectady, N. Y writes;-. "For a long time I wee troubled with a weakness which seemed to drain all my strength away. I had dull headaches, was nervous. Irritable, and all worn eut. Chancing to read on of your advertisement of a ease similar to mine eured Com pound, I decided to try it and J tenant received. - I am entirely wall Lydla B. PieKhasa'a Vegetable bom pound te the most sueeeaafui remedy (or all forma of Female Complatnta, Woak Back. Falling and tHaplaoeaaeata, Inflammation and Ulceration, and I invaluable in pre pannf for childbirth and the Chang ef Life. Mr. Plnkhm'5tandini? Invitation to Women "Women Buffering from any form of female weakneaa are invited to promptly communicate with Mr. Flnkbam, at Lynn, Mas. Her adrloe Is free and al way helpf uL severe,' when he ought to say "severer,' which ia shorter and Just as eaey for hint to say." "Not If he's hsd a couple of drinks," said the sporting editor. Philadelphia Press. Coakley PoRlcy'a looking badly.. What the matter wlVh hlmT - ' Joakley iAinga. ' t'oakley Yoig don't eayt Weak, eh? Joukley No7 strong; there's a new baby at his house that keeps him awake nighta. Philadelphia Presa. "But why did you refuaa MmT I thought you said you loved him." "I do. But I refused him so that when I linally accept him, and we're- wed, I can. remind him often he begged me to marry ilm." Judge. - . . "Are you studying Esperanto, Mr. Jdlot," aekftd the linguist. . . "i am not, raid the Idiot. "I can talk too much In English if I want to." : "It is a line language," anld the linguist. "Condensed, concise and easily Required." "No doubt," eald the Idiot. "But J don't care for potted tongue." Broadway Maga- , Sine. MAI DIH. ' "Oh, who la ao gentle as MaudU f I ask as I walH,ln the wood; I talk to wild things of my dearie, ' By such J am best understood; "Is there any so gentle aa Maudle, If you aearch the whole world, thro! ana thro?" , From the treetop an wl, like a. monk ia Ills cowl, In weird tonen responds, "Wboi who-6, who-O?"-- tat) :u.. ;l " - ii- :' : ' 1 "Oh, who is so winsome as Maudlef I aak as I push thro' the crowd, And speed up the 'street with thous'.ita that were sweet. And dad myself thinking out loud; "Is there any so winsome as Maudia Her eyes all with pleasure ullt?" And a little street sparrow, aa it spotfJs like an arrow, , Flings ba'k the pert answer, "Nit." ' III. S Oh, w)tO Is so lovely as "Maudle?" I ask, as 1 sit In the Band; On the lake 'neath the sun. Ilka her hair golden-epun, The bright, flashing wavelets rspand; , . "Is there any so lovely as Maudle?" I ask of th eddies that swirl fays each wave, aa it rushea toward a sunbeam and blushea, "She's a mighty, mighty, mighty pretty girl." IV. . . . . "Oh, who is so sweet as dear Maudle'" I ask, as enraptured I gace On a small photograph, and I cannot but laugh With Joy as I look on her face; "Is there any so sweet ss dear Maudle? I don't know what I waa about But a slangy old hen from th barnyard, just then " Sal1, "Cul-eut, cut-cut, out that cut." V. ', ' "Oh, who Is so fearful as Maudle, - When her eye flashes anger or scorn. If once you Incur her displeasure You wish you had never been born. "Is there sny so fearful aa Maudla?" . I snatched on small . kisa bo JT I rue it! But each saucy bluejay I encountered that day , ' Screamed lustily; "Do it, do it, do-e-wlti" t VI. ' "Qh. who Is so stubborn as MautfJe?" I sigh, aa I speed thro' tha park Her cold, itunv star drive me most te despair, ' And of hope there U not left a spark. "Is there any ao stubborn a. Maudu?" I ask. as I rave like a fool For anawer I bear from the pasture land near, The hee-haw of somebody1 a mule. BAYOLL. fits 'XRELB. MISS EMMA RUNTZLEa- by Lydla E. Pinkham'a Vegetable . eannot eaprea my gratitude for tha and feel like a new person.
