THE OMAHA" DAILY BEE: FlllDAY, OCTOBEIt If, 1907.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas county, s:
Charles C. Koswatcr, general manager
of The Be Publishing Company, balng duly
sworn, sayi that the actual number of
full and complete copies of Tha Daily
M&rnlnp;. Evening and Sunday Pee printed
dming the month of September, 1WT, was as
follows:
1..... 85,700 l..i SMSO
2... aa.040 XT... ae.eeo
I 3SJ0O a,680
4. 38,960 It..;....... WO
5 38,350 20 . ... M.8M
6 3e,M0 21...' 3e.70
7 . . . . . . .-. 86,846 !J . . .'. ... . . 15,390
t 3,00 21 37,300
0 3,14o 2. . 86,830
10 34,630 25 a,880
' II.. 38,470 2 ,3
12 ... 38,370 T;.. 38,600
13 38,030 2S 36,800
14 38,610 2 38,690
15 35,400 v 10..., 36,890
Total ..1,08370
Leys unsold and returned copies. t,88T
Net total .',... ...1.063.893
Dally average ,U
CHARLES C. ROSE WATER.
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and aworn
to bi foro ma this 30th cay .of Septem
ber, 1U07.
tSeal.) .......... M. B. HUNGATB,
Notary Public,
WHEJI OUT OF TOWN.
Babsertbers leaving; tlte city tent
porarlly shoold have Taa Be
mailed to tkeoa. Address will an
-hanged as aa rqst4.
"No presidential candidate should
drink cocktails," says Speaker Cannon,
who always takes hie "straight.".
. A Mrs. Blizzard of Iowa is suing her
husband for ,,a divorce. Blizzards
should not be allowed . to travel in
pairs, i
'"DlBpatches state that 10,000 persons
saw a negro lynched at Cumberland,
Sid. No other amusement has such
.drawing powers In the south.
; Wall street might be more enthusi
astic over the f 7,000,000,000' cropa
raised by the, American farmers this
year If there were' more lambs 'in the
list.
A New York preacher is reading to
bis congregation a serial novel of
which he is the author. And some
folks wonder why men- d not attend
church.
The oiflf e of sheriff U a big job that
requires a big man. The- republican
nominee for sheriff, E.- F. Brallay, is
just the right kind of a big man for
this big job. .
The wife of a- Tobacco trust mag
nate has just been presented with a
$200,000 necklace by the company.
What a pile of bands and coupons she
must have saved.
Bishop Potter declares that war will
last as long as the world lasts. The
bishop must have been closely watch
ing the proceedings of the peace con
ference at The Hague.
Aguinaldo has come forward with a
proposition to buy the Philippines at
cost price from Uncle Sam. Agui
naldo must want his portrait printed
in the New York Herald.
Lemuel Ell.QuIgg, who absorbed
S349.000 of traction company' money
in New York for "accelerating public
opinion" is entitled to some credit.
Me has refused to lie about it '
"The First Rule tor Husband and
Wife" is the title of a magazine article
by Colonel Bryan. The first rule, la
such cases, is usually that of home
rule and the vote is usually tie.
A few more bond propositions sub
mitted for ratification at the coming
election and it may be difficult to find
the regular party nominees for office
V an lha voting machine checkerboard
Treasury department officials say it
Is impossible to make paper money fast
enough to meet demands. Most per
sons find it impossible to make any
kind of money fast enough to meet
demands.
Assistant (secretary of 6tate Bacon
is said to be slated to succeed Charle
magne Tower as ambassador to Ger
many, notwithstanding Germany's well
known npnoaitlon to the admission ot
American bacon.
President Roosevelt is picturing the
future pOBiilbilltles of the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers In such glowing
terras that we need not be surprised to
wake up come fine morning and lftd
that Hill and Harrtman have capital
Ued thee.
The Gould roads bave made their
peace with the Western Union, but
Ihey have not made their peace with
the railway commissions of Nebraska
tad Kaunas, in which states they have
allowed their roadbeds to deteriorate
to the danger point
rns TARtrr oy wheat -
Tt II a littlo difficult to decide when
doctors disagree and some amusement
Is afforded to those more or less
familiar with political affairs when
Benator Hansbrough ot North Dakota
appears charging that Leslie M. Shaw,
formerly secretary of the treasury,
'destroyed the protection of the Amer
ican farmer when he admitted Ca
nadian wheat free of duty under the
drawback' clause of the Dlngley tariff
r." Both Mr. Shaw and Senator
Hansbrough are protectionists of the
33d degree, and it is something ex
ceptional to find them at daggers'
points over even a detail of the tariff
complication.
The "drawback" clause of the Dlng
ley law provides that the - secretary
of the treasury may rebate the duty
on raw materials which are to be
mingled with domestic materials and
manufactured Into finished products
for exports, with the proviso that
'when the articles exported are made
In part from domestic materials, the
imported materials, or the parts of
the articles made from such materials,
shall so appear In the completed arti
cles that the quantity thereof may be
ascertained." Under that proviso,
Secretary Shaw allowed Canadian
wheat to be bought, with -duty rebated,
by Minnesota millers for use in manu
facturing flour for the export trade.
The action was taken to allow the
millers to retain the foreign trade they
had built up in American flour. Sen
ator Hansbrough insists that if the
"drawback" clause had not been in
voked, rebating the duty of twenty
five cents a bushel on Canadian wheat,
the millers would have had to pay
the additional twenty-five cents to the
American wheat grower. On the
other side. Mr. Shaw contends that If
the "drawback" clause had not been
put Into effect, the American millers
wonll have been unable to supply the
foreign markets with the flour desired
and the gain would have gone entirely
to the Canadian millers, with resultant
loss of American trade and the loss of
employment In American mills.
Senator Hansbrough Is seeking re
election, which may account for his
contention that he is fighting to keep
the tariff wall Intact for the benefit
of the wheat growers of his Btate. As
a matter of fact, the tariff has mighty
little to do with the prices of Ameri
can wheat. Crop conditions in Russia,
Argentina, France, the Balkans and
other wheat producing regions, which
help determine the world's wheat mar
ket, have more to do with the price
of our wheat than any tariff enact
ment. The demand for wheat has
grown so that no American farmer
needs fear foreign competition in the
home market. Except in very limited
areas domestic or export price of the
product would not be affected if the
tariff on wheat 'were removed alto
gether, i l.
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TBE TRESD TOWARD TUB WKST. ,
The financial Interests of New York
and other Atlantic seaports are having
ill-success inr their efforts to suppress
their anxiety over results that may
follow the president's examination of
the Mississippi and the arousing ot
national interest in the development
of the Internal waterways. They
realize, of course, that no immediate
changes in the transportation affairs
ot the country will be accomplished
by the visit, but they are equally cer
tain that the construction of a deep
waterway, connecting the lakes with
the gulf for continuous passage of
freighters of deep draught will in
evitably turn -much commerce from the
Atlantic to the gulf ports. This is
looked upon a a rank Infringement
of the rights of the Atlantic seaboard
cities.
Since the decadence of river traffic.
due to the more rapid development of
rail transportation facilities, the coun
try has accepted as necessary the
across-the-continent haul of nearly all
the nation's products. . The grain of
the Mississippi and Missouri valleys,
the iron nd coal of the lake regions,
the minerals of the Rocky mountains
and even the fruit and lumber ot the
Pacific coast have been carried across
the continent at heavy cost In freight
ratee, to be exported from New York,
Boston, Philadelphia or Baltimore,
while outlets at Galveston, New
Orleans, Port Arthur and other gulf
ports have been neglected. It Is a
safe assertion that the extra money
paid by the weBt as freight on products
to the Atlantic seaboard, over the
cost of transportation to a gulf port.
would more than pay for the improve
ments necessary on the inland water
ways of the middle west.
The completion of a system of river
improvement for the Mississippi and
Missouri is fascinating in its possi
bilities. ;Wlth the completion of the
Panama canal it would give direct
connection with the South and Cen
tral American countries, broaden
trade relations with Mexico and the
Latin-American republics, and, in
short, by developing the middle west,
make It the center of the nation's
trade and commerce. It would mean
a new gateway through which the west
can .pour its products into the laps
of . suiter nations - without depending
on the transportation companies that
focus on the Atlantic seaboard. It
would make the middle west the real
battle ground of the nation's trade
and commerce. To that end, it will
devolve upon the west to support the
movement to improve the inland
waterways because opposition to it is
almost certain to be made by Atlantic
coast states. J
The State P.allway commissioners in
conference at W&khington affirm the
rale that a full hearing should be had
before any change in rate for trans
portation ot goods or pageiigerg U
made. That is a sound proposition J
that has been observed In all the re
cent rate-making in this stale. The
railroads had ample opportunity tor
hearing before our legislature while
the 2-cent fare bill was pending, but
were unalle to make any kind of a
showing. If they thought they could
satisfy an impartial tribunal that the
2-cent fare in Nebraska was working
confiscation of their -property they
would have been in the courts on this
mission long ago.
FROMUTlOIS )X 177 ARMY.
Critics of President Roosevelt's
army promotions without particular
reference to length ot service or posi
tion in the list of ellglbles are being
kept busy over two infractions of that
law of "precedent" which had been
looked upon as inflexible as the laws
of the Medes and Persians until Mr.
Roosevelt became president. The dis
cussion seems to have been started by
the president's appointment of Briga
dier General William P. Duvall to be
major general over Brigadier General
Funston, who had been slated by the
army precedent observers for the
place. N
The promotion of General Duvall
has been bo rapid as to create talk ot
favoritism. General Duvall has been
a brigadier general only eighteen
months. He did not serve in the war
with Spain, but made an enviable
record later in the Philippines. The
critics are pointing to the fact that
Generals Tasker H. Bliss, Frederick
Funston, Thomas H. Barry, Albert L.
Mills and Wlnfleld S. Edgerly are
entitled by , seniority to promotion
ahead of him. General Funston's time
for promotion came some time ago, )
but he asked that General McCaskey, a
civil war veteran, be given preference,
and naturally expected to be promoted
to the next vacancy.
Before the army authorities had
fully digested all the gossip occasioned
by the Duvall promotion, President
Roosevelt again shocked the select
circle by making Colonel Charles G.
Smith of the Ordnance department
brigadier general to succeed General
Godfrey. No charge Is made against
the qualifications of General Smith,
but the fact that he has been
"Jumped" over fifty-three colonels,
fourteen of whom are in the Infantry
arm of the service and in direct line
of promotion, is not to be overlooked.
While it may be true, as charged,
that this method of making promotions
is discouraging to the officers of the
army, tbo civilian will find it difficult
to criticise the president for applying
to the army the ruls that are observed
in private life. Managers and fore
men of factories and workshops are
not selected solely for length of serv
ice, but usually on account ot peculiar
fitness. It cannot be successfully con
tended that the army service will
suffer by the adoption of similar rulas
of promotion, however disappointing it
may be to the older officers taught to
expect promotion based on length of
service, efficient or otherwise. ' With
an insufficient number of officers of all
grades and ranks, no officer need fear
that he will not receive the advance
ment established by precedent before
he reaches the retirement age, even it
the chief executive shows discrimina
tion In selecting officers for the high
est positions irrespective of their
length of service.
WATER BOARD VAGARIES.
While nothing The Bee may say is
Jikely to have Influence, on the Water
board as its membership is now con
stituted, the taxpaying citizens of
Omaha are entitled to know what the
beard is up to and what the scheme
weald mean which it is Incubating to
nbV for $4,000,000 of bonds to build
a water plant. The members of. the
Vater board have been drawing sala
ries out ofthe city treasury for more
than four years on the flimsy excuse
that vbey have been engaged in the
work of "immediate compulsory pur
chase" of the existing water works.
In spite of the expenditure of thou
sands of dollars on high-priced law
yers and expert engineers, Omaha is
not visibly nearer owning and opera
ting a municipal water plant than it
was in the first place, ft has, how
ever, acquired several expensive law
suits, which are hanging fire in the
courts and may consider itself lucky
If It gets out without further damage.
The main piece of our water works
litigation revolves about the appraise
ment of the water plant under the
purchase clause which the city has con
tested. tIf the city losea on final ad
judication it will have to buy the ex
isting works at the upset pr.'ce. If the
city wins in this appeal it wMl still be
held to buy the works at a price to be
determined by a new approvement,
unless some middle ground le. reached
by compromise. But without waiting
for the outcome of this litigation, the
Water board is figuring on submitting
a bond proposition with a view to rais
ing money to build a new and dupli
cate water works system. ,
Why a second water vorks should
be constructed when we already have
one reasonably adequate to demands
eventually coming into our possession
Is cot clsar of comprehension. Mem.
bers of the Water board intimate tht.t
there is no indention to build a second
plant, but that the resources for its
construction are desired for use as a
club over the water company to bring
it to time in the matter of selling price.
They suggest that if tbe city were in
position to build it would be in better
portion to buy, and so the taxpayers
are to be asked to mortgage the city
and everything in it for $4,000,000 to
assist in the negotiations.
- The talk of new bonds to build a
second water works U an admission of
failure on the part of the Water board
and' its legal advisers in the task
which It originally assumed, to force
the purchase ot the water plant on
terms that would be profitable to the
city. With this confession of failure
the taxpayers will surely go slow about
entrusting $4,000,000 to this same
Water board for a task requiring real
constructive ability.
The protest of Henry T. Clarke
against sending delegations to rep
resent Omaha commercial bodies at
congresses and conventions consisting
of only one or two members is timely
and to the point. Omaha has usually
suffered at such gatherings by con
trast with its trade , rivals such as
Kansas City, St. Faul, M.'nnenpolls and
Denver, which have been on the
ground in full force. No representa
tion at all Is sometimes preferable, to
representation that does not refiec' the
size and importance of the city.
Senator Burkett is going to Inspect
the Omaha and Winnebago reserva
tions with a view to informtng himself
on subjects of legislation relating to
the, Indians. An Inventory to show
how much of the Indians' patrimony
has been saved from the reservation
grafters and land grabbers might
throw some light
A monthly publication announces
that its editorship is to be sublet for
several coming Issues to local celebri
ties, among whom Mayor Dahlman Is
to take his turn. All the common
herd of quill drivers 'may expect some
valuable pointers when Mayor "Jim"
begins to sling ink with a lariat.
Nebraska club women have been
pointing with pride to their achieve
ments in the field of constructive leg
islation with the hel p of the recent re
publican legislature. The club women
never had any achievements to point
to when the legislature was controlled
by the democrats and populists.
If the democrats are so wedded to
the idea of nonpartisan Ip on the
bench they have a chance to give evi
dence of good faith up In the Fifteenth
Nebraska district, where they have
for years monopolized both places on
the district bench to the absolute ex
clusion of the republicans.
Tbe joint meeting of Nebraska and
Iowa librarians Is proving even more
of success than was expected. Omaha
and Council Bluffs offer facilities for
joint meetings of various organiza
tions of these two states that are ixot
to be excelled and they ought to be
utilized more frequently.
Down In Lancaster county the Bry
anltes have resurrected a cantanker
ous Grover Cleveland officeholder to
substitute for a scared-off candidate
for district Judge and rally the faith
ful to the democratic ticket. What
are "the allied forces of reform" com
ing tot .
" . i 'ill ...
Lillian Russell has sold all her fur
niture and works of art, but clings tc
her books, insisting that nothing short
of a prospect of starvation would in
duce her to part with them. She
owns every turf guide published since
the winter the woods were burned.
Governor Johnson pf Minnesota says
that Bryan la a candidate for the pres
idential nomination and has been for
three months. Move to amend the
governor's statement by substituting
the word "years" for "months."
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says
the deepening of the Mississippi river
-to the gulf will make bananas as
cheap as potatoes In the Mississippi
valley. . The G-D should look at the
market quotations on potatoes.
Power Behind Jae Ooagrt-waiaa,
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Mr. Newlands of Nevada la neither Cicero
nor Socrates, but when ha said In his Mem
phis speech that persons outsldu of con
grtss must bring Influence to bear to pro
tect our natural resources, he drove a nail.
Congress Is responsive rather than aggres
sive in legislating for the good of the
people.
Let Conspirators Beware I
Baltimore News.
We regret to hear that, 1 in consequence
of the ultltudlftoua momentum of all table
delicacies, "pies are getting thinner." We
may survive high beuf and sausages of
depleted quality, but the American people
will be slow to tolerat any diminution
in the form or substance of what for gen
erations has been the piece de resistance
of our domestic menu. Let the conspirators
who are thinning down our pies beware!
Patriotism of the Dollar.
Philadelphia Record.
Militant patriotism la a drug In the
market; plenty of men are willing to
fight for their country who would rob It
everty time thty got a chance. Governor
Folk tells of a man who actually shed
tears during the singing ' of a patriotic
song because lie had no chance to fight
for his country, and three weeks later
confessed that lie was a member of a.
syndicate that wn selling legislation to
the highest bidder. At Gettysburg Gov
ernor Hughes said: "I would not dis
parage the patriotism or the courage of
men who faced the. belching mouths of
cannon, but the kind of courage needed
now la that of men who will face a pub
lic Job with the same patriotism." Ah,
yes; civic - patriotism is a good deal
harder to find than the fighting sot.
A Democratic r'eeler.
Philadelphia Record.
In the principle ao strongly emphasized
In the piiitform of the democracy of Ne
braska, presumably undiT the Influence of
Mr. liryan. thla gentleman has probably
found an Issue" that will appeal with
greater force to the members of the party
throughout the nation than did some of
his earlier "feelers." The extension of fed
eral power through "Judicial construction,"
through unconstitutional centralising legis
lation, and the paralysing of the functions
of state governments by means of inter
locutory injunctions issuing out of the
Inferior federal courts are signals of dan
ger that ought to lie heded. The ten
dency toward Imperialism of which the
proceedings merit loried are manifestations
ought to be inoet vigorously combated by
the party which stands for tbe InU-giily
of tha constitution.
HOOT IX MEXICO
Hob or and Entertainments for the
Dlstlns;nlBhe American.
Cordiality and good will snd lavish
hospitality are striking fcaturea of the
visit of the American aecretnry of sttte,
Hon. Ellhu Root, to the capltol of Mexico.
Though a gueat of the republic, people In
all walks of life vlo with official society
In giving the distinguished visitors
the glad hand. Borne Idea of the enter
tainment -provided may bo had from the
reports of the,Mexlcan Herald, from which
these extracts are taken:
At a garden party de luxe, thct would
rival any ever given at Windsor castle or
Buckingham palace, the elite of Mexican
society and of the foreign colonies were
entertained at Chapultepec park Wednes
day afternoon October 1 The affair sur
passed anything that has ever yet been
given for Mr. Root, and eclipsed any such
vent which has ever been held in the two
Americas. For beauty of decoration, per
fection of arrangement, and most of all
for the superb and brilliant company wttlch
assembled, neither Mexico nor any city of
the United States has ever seen the like
of Wednesday's affairs.
The section of Chapultepec'a famous
park which was chosen for the scene of
the garden party was the most wild and
beautiful of the whole preserve. It ex
tended from the Avenlda del Lego to the
Calsada de loa Poctaa, and from the main
drive back to the rocks of the castlo Mil.
This entire ' section, including space on
either side of the two avenues mentioned,
had been groomed and prepared for the
afternoon, and In the trees and about the
lake which was the center of the festivities
were strong 10,000 electrlo light of high
candle power, In white, red and green.
Chairs and seats were everywhere, and one
could not turn a corner and not encounter
some new diversion, something new with
which, to please the eye or charm the ear.
The scene from the tents erected on the
bridge over the lake Included everything,
but in every nook and cranny, from the
beautiful buffet which spread over the
grass to the right of the Calzada de los
Poctas to the little group of dancers who
played on and danced the old fandango be
fore a AackgTound of organ cactus on the
other sldo of the lake, there was something
of interest, something to take the attention
of a portion of the crowd. The guests in
cluded fully 5,000 people.
Tho Invitation announced the hour for
the beginning of th affair at 6 p. m., but
It was nearly a quarter of an hour before
that time that President Dial, accom
panied by his staff, arrived. Nearly
twenty minutes later Mr. and Mrs. Root,
Miss Root and their escorts arrived, and
were received at their carriage by the
president.
At that moment there broke forth from
the cornice of the historic castle of
Chapultepec, from every spot around the
castle and back again, the brilliant light
of magnesium torches, in red, white and
green, alternated, lit first by the torches
of the cadets aa they stood above tha wall.
For half an hour the brilliant lights Illu
minated the old castle and the garden with
their rich glow.
The rasp of delighted wonder had
scarcely died away when the electric
Sights, which had been spread from one
nd of the reserved space to tho other
and from the tip of the highest pine to
the graasy edge of the lake, broke forth
In fire. These lights edged the lake in a
solid lfxe, and twinkled In every part of
every tree, glistening like the light lu
line giant Christmas tree the only simile
rossible. The effect was as brilliant as
any of the world famous illuminations
o great expositions, and much more at
tractive. ' ''' ;
A moment later, and a fountain had
broken forth from the lake to the left, ad
across its glittering space on the right of
the Island the lights and. water were turned
on In a handsome electrlo cascade, which
played on from that hour until the close of
1 the party.
Tie silent appreciation with which these
superb effects were greeted gave the pause
needed for the appreciation of the hands
wh'.ch had been assigned to duty, the fa
mous police band on the Island, with the
etralna floating across the now brilliantly
Illuminated lake, and the artillery band in
thj offlng to tho right, both playing popu
lar American and Mexican airs.
U was after the lirst brilliant effect of
the- fireworks and lights had worn away
tnat tho guests, apparently without signal,
begin to take the promenade to the left
and to the right around the lake. Passing
to the right, tho road, newly sanded and
treih from the rain in the early afternoon,
vhich had come so opportunely, and spent
iU strength so early, led around the lake,
w'th a View toward the official tent, and
past a small buffet. Then it went past the
little dancing stage where a handsomely
gowned group of dancers and an orchestra
elegant In fall charro , costume were per
forming the "Jarabo" jimt as It ls danced
In the haciendas of Jalisco. Beyond, the
train of guests passed close to the lake,
And henril am thir nn ,u.d lh. Knb..rr..i
- -' i wauiiim
songs of the Italiuri-opera singers, who had
been engaged at great expense to sing in
the superbly decorated gondolas as they
were paddled about. Typically dressed In
dians punted canooa of H&nta Anita hv
dancers and the quaint stringed orchestras
of the "chinas poblanas" performed in their
flat bottoms. They were followed by the
decorated boats of the lake, which bore
arches of flowers, from which hung Japa
nese lanterns, with their dim light.
Patriotism, fraternity and oratory were
predominant at the luncheon which Was
tendered Secretary Klihu Root by the
American colony of the City of Mexico In
the magnificent banquet hall of the Mexico
Country club yesterday afternoon, (October
4). The eveal en one supremely interest
ing to Americans as citizens and their dis
tinguished countryman. In one of the most
Inspiring speeches which he haa made on
his present tour, left with his hearers a
feeling of the responsibility which they as
sume upon leaving their country to tempt
Dame Fortune tn foreign lands. Mr. Root
was In his happiest mood when he arose to
address his fellow citizens, and In the man
ner whlcn he knows so well to affect en
tered upon his discourse, giving his flrst
words the tinge of a popular oration. lie
soon became serious, however, and his
words of admonition and his treatise on the
duties of Americans abroad In upholding
by their righteous conduct the good name
of their country and their government ap
proached at times the sincerity of a sermon
which might be expected to be shot from a
pulpit. He impressed upon those Americans
who surrounded him the fact that every
citizen in some degree represented ins
country abroad, and with the aingle Indi
vidual rested the responsibility of shielding
the honor of his fatherland. He became
eloquent when enumerating the great ad
vantages which are enjoyed under the bene
ficient and liberal rule of President Dial
and of the protection which la offered
Americans under the Mexican flag
An Ontanoke-n Tin.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Mr. Bryan will do well In nls Kentucky
speeches to omit all reference to govern
men ownership and to let the Initiative and
referendjm seveely alone. The democrats
bave troubles of their own without any ape
ctal Importations from Nebraska. Williln
tills limitation, the Courier-Journal wel
comes Mr. Bryan heartily
IF.tHRTAHY
UlDIIEY TRQUCLES
The kidneys are essential organs
for keeping the body free from im-
Surittta. If they should fall to work
eath would ensue in very short time.
Inflammation or irritation caused
by some feminine doranpenient may
spread to some extent to the Kidneys
and affect them, The cause can be
so far removed by nslng Lydia E.
I'inkr.am's Vcpetable Compound
that the trouble will disappear.
When a wonian Is troubled with
pain or weighs in loins, backache,
swelling of the limbs or feet, swell
ing under the eyes, an uneasy, tired
feeling in the region of the kidneys,
she should lose no tima ia com
mencing treatment with
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
It may be tha means of savins; her life. Read what this medicine did
for Kate A. Hearn, 620 West 47th Street, New York, who writes:
Pear Mrs. Pinkbam: "I owe a debt of gratitude to Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound for It has saved my life. I suffered with
Kidney trouble, irregularities and painful periods, and my blood waa
fast turning to water. I used your medicine for some time and it haa
made me strong and well."
Lydia B. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound made from native root
and herbs cure Female Complaints, such as Falling-and Displaocmenta,
and Organic Diseases. Dissolves and expels Tnmors at an early sta-e,
It strengthens and tones the Stomrch. Cures beadach . General Debility
and invigorates the whole system. For derangement of the Kidneys in
either sex Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound is excellent.
Mr. PInkham's Invitation to Women
Women suffering from any form of female illness are invited to write
Mrs. innknam, at Lynn, Mass., for
PERSONAL NOTES,
It is stated that the cost to New York of
the expert medical testimony in the Thaw
trial will be 27,O0O.
Charles Cork oi Aberdeen, Wash. a blind
man, who Is compelled to take much exer
cise In the open air, has walked on a board
walk on his premises 2,639 miles since last
May.
After all, Ralaull la to get $160,000 for Sir
Harry MacLean. Although the bandit
chief was compelled to reduce his terms,
the kidnaping haa proved auch a good In
vestment, as immunity goes with the ran
som, that It will probably be repeated.
One of the greatest private game pre
serves and aummer homes In the west Is
about bein.r completed In the heart of the
hardwood belt of Upper Michigan by Mar
vin Hughltt, jr., son of the president f
the Northwestern railroad. He recently
bought an entire township, consisting of
23,400 acres of land, which Includes several
of tha most beautiful Interior lakes of up
per Michigan.
Colonel J. S. Du Shane of Newcastle, Pa.,
who was recently elected Junior vice com-'
mander of the National Union Veteran
Legion, is one of the youngest-looking civil
war veterans alive. He confesses to 64 years,
but one ' would never guess his agb, and
old soldiers have frequently demanded to
know why he dared to wear a V. V. L. but
ton, because he looked too boyish to have
served in 1861.
FLITOCHAT1C DIRECTORS, i
Grip of Representative Financiers on
Corporations.
E. A. Rors In the Atlantic. .
Let It be understood that a man's reputa
tion may be blasted by scandal within his
corporation, and we shall not see men
directors on a score or two of boards. In
New York City one man Is found to be
director of forty-live railroads, another of
forty-two, others . of thirty-seven, thirty
live, twenty-eight,' twenty-two roads. Fif
teen men are In sixteen or more railroads,
thirty-four are directors of from ten to
fifteen roads. Forty-eight are directors of
seven roads or more. Those on the boards
of from two to six roads are almost In
numerable. Seventy-six men holding among
them about sixteen hundred directorships
are said, on high authority, to control
fully one hundred of the greatest railroads,
Industrial and banking corporations, with
a capital equal to one-fifth of the national
wealth! Now, stricter accountability would
greatly enlarge this directing personnel and
perhaps rid It of some of that plutocratic
arrogance which is inseparable from filling
boards of directors with Wall street bank
ers and speculators and a few men . of
enormous wealth. By enlisting more men
with an interest in the technical aide of
the business, or In the community it serves,
tho evils of financial directorates would
be mitigated.
There is nothing like dltttance to disin
fect dividends. Therefore the moral char
acter of the stockholders makes very lit
tle difference in the conduct of the affairs
of the corporation. Christian or heathen,
native or alien, blue blood or plebeian,
rich or poor they all sanction much the
same thing, and that is, the policy that
promises the biggest dividends In the long
run. To tbe directors their virtual man
date la "Get result!" The directors pass
this mandate on to the officers. The officers
pass it on to the heads of dpartments,
and these send It on down thq line. Take
one gas company formed by saints and
another formed by sinners. The 'directors
of the two companies will bo more alike
than the stockholders, the officers will be
still more alike, and the men that coma
Into contact with the legislature or the
city council, or the gas consumers, will
not differ by a shade. The saintly stock
holders not only do not know what is
going on, but so long as the dividends are
comfortable they resent having inconven
ient, knowledge thrust upon them.
The Time for
Fall is here. It Is the beginning, of
a new season, the most pleasant in the
whole vtar.
The air is freBh and invigorating. Peo-
pie feel rejuvenated and keen to the
Joy of 11 vine. There's new life in the
atmosphere. .
We are breathing it In this store. All
of us, clerks, managers and workmen,
feel the effects of it. We're more ac
tive, more energetic, more anxious to
satisfy and to please..
And as for our piano stock there,
too, the fall spirit is evident. Hundreds
of new ones the best products of the
best manufacturers have been re
cevea. i hey are on uinpiay tn ail tneir
newness, freshness and beauty. They
er hgBln for your inspection. They
are proud of themselvea and they want
to show off before you. .
Never before has the A. Hospe Com
pany begun tbe fall reason with such
a complete stock of fine brand new pi
auos, every one a beauty. It won't cost
you anything to look at them and it
will interest you it you are Interested
in pianos or thinking of buylug one.
As for the prices well, uowhere In
WK 8AVK YOU 30 TO flSO ON A IM.iNO.
A. HOSPE COMPANY,
1513 Douglas Street.
We Do Expert I'lano liming and Repairing
MI55 KATE A.HEARN ,
advice, it is iree.
FLASHES OF FUN.
"My husband got hardly any sleep at all
IaM night, doctor."
"Did you give him the medicine I left
for hla Insomnia?"
"Tes, doctor, regularly. I Woke Mm Mp
every half hour to, be sure he took It."
Baltimore American.
"Here Is another proof that republics are
ungrateful."
"What la It?"
"Switzerland has never erected any monu
ment to her naval heroes." Cleveland
liaUl Dealer.
"I see they're advertising a new break
fast food," said the traveler.
"That so?" replied tho stranirer who
shared his seat in the train. "11 havo
to look It up."
"Fond of those things, eh?"
"No, but It might be worth dramatizing.
I'm a theatrical manager." Catholic Stan
dard and Times.
"The learned district kttorney," " began
counsel for the defense. .
"Aw," growled a man tn a back seat,
"why don't theno Until vaudevllllans get
some new gags?" Louisville Courier-Journal,
"The mill will never grlng' again with
water that is past," remarked a mournful
citizen. ,
"That's where a Joke mill has the bulgn
on h water mill." cackled tho cheerful press
humorlBt. Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Dishore talk of de automobile put tin", d
boss out o' business," said Uncle Kben. "Is
all foolishness. It hadn't even shut tout do
pushcart an' de wheelbarrow." . ,
"Something happened to Jlpfts today that
made him hot under the collar."
"What was that?"
"He absent-mindedly' swallowed a spoon
ful of tobasco sauce. Philadelphia l'reas.
"Miss," said the pullto conductor, ','your
fare."
"I beg your ' pardon, sir," the damsol
rejoined haughtily, freccing him with tt,
look. "Brunettes Is tho fashion now."
Philadelphia Press.
-"Don't" you enjoy being famous?"
"I don't know whethehr I do or not," an
swered Senator Sorghum; "the method
pursued nowaduyn'in making a man famoua
make him feet liko a new brand of soap
or a popular.. song. " Washhigton tiliiij
'I went to a ball game today," rcmarlAl
the golf enthusiast. '" V
"Tell me about It," suld the fan.' . V
"Well, at the second . stroke the pitches
foozled"
"Excuse me, old man. I have to catch a
car." Houston Poet.. ..
"The agents that Induce you to take soma
of these apartments certainly do remind,
you of a musical combination."
in what way?"
, "By the time you have pnid the first
' year's rent In advunee. you rind you have
been taken In by a combination ot sharps
and fluta." Baltimore American.
"The woman In front of me at the theatef
refused to take off her hat."
"What did you do?"
"I was idiot enough to make sarcastia .
remarks about It. And presently the woman
turned" around and what do you think?
It was the wife of my tailor!"
TIIK SIMPLE THUVC.S.
Detroit Free Press.
Seemed that mother only enred ' '
For the slmplo things of life;
Seemed that mother never shared
. In the turmoil and the strife.
Simple things were' her delight,
Closer to her hpart, 1 guess;
Ters would fill her eyes at sight
Of a little baby's dress.
Mother never cared for show,
She was satisfied to dwell '
In her humbln way, and know
Those lie loved were doing welL
Many keipiakes mother kept,
Always simple tilings she'd choose;
Many times lias mother wept
O'er a little pair ot shoes.
Little sorks that once were worn, , .
And a little bow of blue;
There's a little nightie, torn.
Where a baby's foot went through.
These are all the simple things
Shu has treasured UhoukIi the years
And each one a meni'ry brings
Of u baby's smiles and tears.
Only simple, simple things,
Little booties, soilml. 'tl true; ,
But to Dunn she fondly cliiias.
Seems that mothers always lo.,
(incest to her heart tliey lls , ' .
Kaered treasures none may share;
Only for a mother's eye
Clothes the buby used to wear.
the New Piano
the United States could you find them
lower. They rest on the rock bottom;
they are positively as low as it la pos-
siblu to make them. It 13 necessary
that we swell the volume of our sales.
That's one reason, why our prices are
low. And then, too, we are dealing
with the manufacturers on a cash baxli
Every piano we buy from them we
pay for at once. We-don't ask foi
credit and consequently are able to gel
the pianos at smaller prices than tha
time buyer.
itemember that every instrument In,
this house may be bought in payment '
of a few dollars a month, the . onljJ
cost for this privilege beiug a small
Interest per annum.
If you contemplate (he purchase oi
a piano you can't afford to go else
where. Economy aud satisfaction in a
piano point always to the liospe store
We are factory distributers for thi
bebt, including Krakauer, Krrnlch
JJaih, Kimball, Hallet & Davis. Iiu&t
& Lane, H. P. Nelson, - Cable-Nelson,
Wescr Bros., Cr' , etc.
If you can't Ctit don't fail to wriU
for catalogue. '
