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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 7. 1007.
The Omaha Daily Per
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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,
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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
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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
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Mr. Plnkhm'5tandini? Invitation to Women
"Women Buffering from any form of female weakneaa are invited to
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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.