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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATUR DAT, - OCTOBER .12, 1907.
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"Is Lincoln a village?" asks the
Lincoln Star. What's the answer?
"Ireland," declares the Los Angeles
Times, "has over 30,000 goats." Ea!
Massachusetts democrats are In an
awful muddle, but -the Hearst Is yet to
some. -
' Senator Foraker's defense of ' the
president must be set down - as un
nacesaary effort v - .
Mr. Harrlman may be organizing a
new pool, but It is a safe -wager that
' b will not allow Fish in It. '
"What is graft?" sks the San Fran
cisco Call. It is difficult to answer,
except that it is not what it used to be.
Lillian Russell says divorce is a
blessing. An- impression prevails that
she looks upon It merely as a conveni
ence. The Department of Agriculture has
Issued a pamphlet on "Ideal Milk."
The country is more Interested in real
milk.
Casale Chadwiek ,1s dead. The
country is to be congratulated on the
fact that she was the only one In her
class.
Having agreed to marry ; Count
LadislauB Siechenyl, Gladys Vander
bllt ought to tell us what the calls
him for short.
The census bureau reports about
30,000,000 women over the age of 30
In the United States. Very few of
them live in Nebraska
Tha Salt trust hat boosted prices.
The attention of the attorney general
should be called to the fact that the
Salt trust is getting too fresh. -
"What doei. a dollar dinner amount
to now, compared with, 1896," asks
the Richmond Times. It amounts to
a dollar. The difference is in the din
ner. In brief, the president Is determined
that he will not tend the navy to Cali
fornia overland Just because some
other-power Imagines It has a prior
fight to the use of the waters.
The new Nebraska primary law
cuts the active work of the state cam
paign down to less than four weeks,
but no serious protest against this cur
tailment has yet beon registered.
'All this talk about the awakening
of China appears to have been prema
ture. The old nation is showing signs
of yawning a little and turning over
for another sap of a century or two.
Lemuel Ell Quigg testifies that it
cost 3500 to cause a "popular upris
ing" in Manhattan. He could organ
ize a junta and overthrow a Latin
Americas government for lest money.
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Only ene more day of registration.
Canvass your friends and note down
those who have yet to be registered,
and then see to it that they do not
negtoct to perform this all Important
duty.
The man who aspires to judicial
otSre cucht above all things to be a
man of his word. Resignations are
due from tl'.e remaining republicans
caurl ca til's uVruocraUc Judicial
Ucku .4.o Called to atcur rt publican
HO . In MUX
AMERICA'S pRiCK VCroRF.
While the general public has ben
disposed, with some reason, to joke at
the proceedings of The Hague peace
conference," the "Tact - remains that
America has gained sevetal distinct
victories at the conference, the effects
of which will be felt and appreciated
as soon as the principles Involved shall
have been applied to future dealings
between nations.
Mr. Chonte, former American am
bassador to England, secured the adop
tion of his plan for a "permanent In
ternational high court of Justice, court
of arbitral Justice, obligatory arbitra
tion and universal arbitration." All
the Latin-American nations supported
this proposition, despite the deter
mined efforts of foreign powers in gen
eral and of Germany in particular, to
defeat the establishment of such a
court.
As the net result of the adoption of
this plan, disputes between. Latin
American countries and foreign pow
ers, which in the past have produced
everything but open war, will here
after be submitted to a general high
court of arbitration and the parties to
the controversy will be bound to abide
by its decisions. In effect this tribunal
will relieve Uncle Sam of his duty to
act as a tort of special policeman for
Latln-Amorlrtn nations and will put
an end to the annual naval displays
by foreign' powers In their efforts to
collect debts, Just -or otherwise, from
the weaker countries in South and
Central America, by carrying through
this one proposition America has prob
ably done more for peace civilization
than would have 'been accomplished
by the passage of a, disarmament prop
osition. HARDWOOD DliAPPKARlHO.
The forestry division of the Depart
ment of Agriculture has issued a cir
cular that should ' appeal strongly to
all American citizens. According to
the pamphlet Just Issued, the hard
wood supply of the country will ap
pear as a defldtt instead of an asset
within sixteen years from date, unless
something is done to protect the na
tional forests and encourage the re
planting and preservation of the tim
ber supply.
Best estimates place the standing
supply of hardwood In the nation at
400,000,000,000 feet. The amount
seems large until attention is called
to the fact that this supply is being
used un at the rate of 25,000,000,000
feet a year( most of It going into rail
road ties, telegraph and telephone
posts,. piles'," t fence posts and fuel,
with ' about 7,300,000,000 feet being
consumed annually in the manufac
ture of . furniture cooperage, musical
instruments, vehicles and agricultural
implements, car building and house
furnishings. At the present rate of
consumption no .hardwood will be left
In the country In 191 B. , .
The! demand . for hardwood shows
an Increase, although the supply is
dwindling with every year.-, There are,
in the United States, 2,483 furniture
factories, with a capital stock of $153,
000,000 and an annual output of pro
ducts valued at 3170,000,000. There
are 5,143 factories turning out agri
cultural Implements, Including car
riages, valued at $155,000,000 an
nually, to say nothing of the 60,000,
000 railroad ties of hardwood that
are demanded each year, and the
250,000,000 feet of hardwood lumber
that is, required for building railroad
cart and in house furnishings. The
first class in arithmetic can figure
easily how long It will be, at the
present Tate of consumption, before
the country is faced with a hardwood
famine.
Experience usually provides a rem
edy for every economic ill. The remedy
in this case la the support of the
president's forest reserve policy, which
is designed to stop the ravages that
have been mad in the timber re
sources of the nation. This it one of
the questions that will be 'presented
to congress for consideration and so
lution. It is quite as important, so
far at the Industrial interests of the
country are concerned, as some of
tha issues which in the past have
caused great popular upheavals.
AWAT-TROM-JtOUt SEWS.
A curious feature of the campaign that ia
certain to develop la that the Bryan aide
will have the. support ef the railroads.
which baa usually been given to the repub
licans. They defeated Reeae, the republican
nominee, for re-election aa Judge, once, and
still later defeated him with ' a populist,
when he secured the party nomination
Tola will not be the first time that Mr.
Bryan baa been helped out by the railroads.
not becauee they love htn, but that they
hate the other fellow more. When he ran
for col trees tha second time the Burlington
aided aim because hla opponent, while a
district. Judge, had once dared to fine the
gener&l superintendent for contempt , of
Court Just because he had disobeyed an or
der of the court.-Lincoln Correspondence
Beat tie Post-Intelligencer.
This must be an. Interesting bit of
information to come to Ncbraskans by
way of SeatUe, for it. contains ear
marks of at least partial truth. It is
notorious that tha railroads last year
threw their influence and support
against Governor Sheldon, heading the
republican ticket, and in favor of Can
didate Shallenberger, heading the
democratic ticket. The people, how
ever, were thoroughly aroused and
Oovernor Sheldon won out by a hand
some majority, notwithstanding the
fact th.at he had to take the brunt of
the political battle. The campaign
then, as npw, was waged by Mr.
Bryan's brother-in-law as chairman of
the democratic committee, who was
hand-in-glove with the railroad head
quarters. This year again the demo
crats are in position In Nebraska to
be the beneficiaries of the railroads,
but the rank and file of the voters are
not likely to go back oa the repub
licans in vHw of the republican record
of achleveiror.t cntltlf-d to popular endorsement.
PUltK FOOD LAW RESULTS.
Dr. Wiley, head of the bureau of
chemistry of the Department of Agri
culture, and the most active agent in
the enforcement of the federal pure
food law, has made a report which
must be gratifying to every consumer.
During the agitation which resulted in
congressional adoption, of the pure
food law the public was taken Into the
confidence of the investigators and
shown the alarming extent to which
the business of adulteration of food
products had been carried by the man
ufacturers both in this country and in
Europe. The evidence produced in
dicated that hardly an article of food
had been missed. After the law had
been passed certain manufacturers
made a determined effort to evade
compliance with its provisions, but,
according to Dr. Wiley's report, the
consumer may now buy supplies for
his table with the comforting assur
ance that he Is getting substantially
what h pays for.
The report of Dr. Wiley states that
ninety-five of every hundred manufac
turers are complying with the require
ments of the federal pure food law.
The remaining 5 per cent, "the recal
citrants," are being watched and will
be brought to book, ii the law will
stand the strain. The federal enact
ment has been supplemented and, in
many cases, strengthened by . the acts
of Btate legislatures, with the result
that the consumer who now submit!
to Imposition In food supplies has none
but himself to blame. Commenting
on the work already accomplished. Dr.
Wiley says: '
We have absolutely stopped the Importa
tion of adulterated olive olli We have
atopped the Importation of sausages con
taining preservatives. The imported Jams.
Jellies and marmalades which contain glu
cose and added coloring matter now have
the fact stated on the labels.
This statement furnishes all the
hint necessary for guidance of the con
sumer. The government's power to
compel the preparation of absolutely
pure food products is limited, in some
respects, but it will endeavor to make
the label tell the buyer what his pur
chases really are. If he is willine to
accept a combination of glucose,
sorghum and water for "Pure Vermont
Maple Syrup," well and good, but he
cannot claim to have been the victim
of any deception if the label must
show tie fact or the dealer be subject
to a heavy penalty.
Dr. Wiley states that today false
labeling" is confined "practically . to
those spots of the west that are bare
of inspectors and test plants." The
manufacturers of the nation, however,
are shrewd business men and but few
of them are taking chances of heavy
fine In order to unload spurious goods
on the public. The consumer bat. the
matter in his own hands. He can get
good goods by insisting , upon . his
rights. The "something equally as
good" argument no longer holds. . 1
THE SPIRIT IH AT WIX8.
Omaha has become a great city not
alone because of its natural advantage
of location, but equally because of the
indomitable pluck and enterprise of
the men who founded it and took a
leading , part in its upbuilding.
Omaha's Industrial forces are gradu
ally coming under the control of a
new set of captains, but the essential
pre-requUlte of continued growth ' is
the cultivation and strengthening of
the same, spirit which has hitherto
been the key to Success, Whenever
anything comes up which promises to
contribute to Omaha's prosperity, or
whenever any calamity is threatened
that would set the city back in the
race with commercial rivals, private
differences and personal Interests must
be sunk, while everyone rallies round
the standard to fight shoulder to
shoulder for Omaha. What the
Omaha spirit hat accomplished in the
past It only a marker to what it can
accomplish in the future. Those who
do not want to enter into this' spirit
and contribute to the work In hand
should from time to time be sent to
the rear and make way in the front
for the men of push and vigor and
public spirit who keep everlastingly
at it.
The county comptroller elected this
fall will have to organize this newly
created office and initiate the system
of checking the county's official rec
ords to be followed out for all time to
come. To do this properly requires
a familiarity with the methods of con
ducting county business In addition to
experience at an accountant and book
keeper. It would be hard to find a
man anywhere as well qualified to fill
the bill as the republican nominee for
county comptroller, Emmet G. Solo
mon. Omaha and South Omaha arc U6und
to be ono city sooner or later, and In'
all probability very soon. If the
Water board's expert engineers are
making plans for a water works sys
tem to supply Omaha alone It might
at well throw them In the waste
basket.
In a political address In Massachu
setts Senator Lodge declared that the
city administration of Boston Is cor
rupt and the district attorney forth
with invited him before the grand
jury to make his charges good. That
district attorney evidently never heard
ebout senatorial courtesy.
Poatm:teter General Meyer has held
up payment on a contract for stamped
envelopes and newspaper wrappers, as
serting that the government has been
mulcted out of $425,000 by the failure
of ilie contractor to comply with
tpecificatlons fixing the Quality of the
paper.- It must be 4!c'purg!uf ' to
some old contractors to find the gov
ernment demanding as good service as
would be required by a private con
cern. -" " : -
Our amiable democratic contem
porary Is amusing Itself repeating In
different verbiage th question -propounded
by Edgar Howard which The
Dee hat already answered. If the
World-Herald wants a question box
we can give it several questiont that
will keep it busy from now until elec
tion. ;
The late Dr. Mercer'e "rust streaks",
evoked much, mirth in Omaha, oneo
upon a time, but they proved to be
the forerunner of oar metropolitan
street railway system. Simply, an
other example, that big things Often
have small tyglnnings.
Certain Texas statesmen are trying
to bring Senator Bailey Into the lime
light again as a presidential candidate.
The trouble Is that whenever Senator
Bailey gets Into the Jight It turns out
to be the. oil light. :
Collecting, old bank notes has 'be
come quite a fad," says a Washington
dispatch. It may be a fad in Wash-,
ington, but in this section the collec
tion of old or new bank notes Is a mat
ter of business.
Those Jacksonians will have to
blow themselves for their annual feast
of "Old Hickory" next time If they
want to get out from under the shadow
of the forthcoming Dahlman Democ
racy dinner. .
An English authoress Just landed in
New York avers that Englishmen are
far superior to the American men. Sh
may change her mind it she comes
west of New York. '
The Toll ef War.
Washington Post. ' .,
The president says the war on the trusts
must continue, and we all throw up -our
hata and cheer the' aenthnent- But In
the meantime the trusts boost the cost of
living higher and higher.
A Dash, (or tha Celn.
Chicago Record -Herald.
Mies Gladys Vanderbilt Is to marry Count
Ladlslaus Szechenyi, a dashing Hungarian.
Owing to the fact that the lady has a
fortuno of J,OCO,O0O, It ia probable that the
count will be able to keep right on dash
ing after the wedding.
Wleh Father te tha Thought.
Baltimore American.
The president' of a western railroad ia
very gioomy over the proapect, of hard
times owing to the popular hysteria over
railroads and corporations. The heads of
these organizations, whose aecret doings
are now' being investigated, are. e. per
sistently and p-rseverlngly pessimistic over
the coming of hard times because these
secret doings are uncovered and re"pro
bated by popular opinion one cannot "avoid
the suspicion that with them "the wish is
father to the thought. '
"A Natural Folttlelaa.
. Batuvday Evening Post.. ,
Roosevelt . ia; a natural ; politician:' . Ha
might be called, with proper regard for ac
curacy, an unconscious politician. Most of
what he gained In the political field came
fiom being perfectly natural In his dealings
with men. There waa apparently no art
tils method In his early publlo life. Ho
said what he thought and practiced what
he preached. All classes appealed to hi
Interest. In each of them he found aome
thlng to attract hla fancy.' If he liked a
man he. showed It. without taking Into ao-
count. the rnan'a position in the wqrld. If
he did not like a man he showed it. Blnos
he haa been In the White House he ha'
sometimes tempered hla naturally frank
disposition to the exigencies of tha .occa
sion In dealing with Influential persons for
whom he had no personal liking, but some
of his supporter contend that this waa due
to mere courtesy and not to a desire to gain
support.
"THOV SHALT NOT ITBAL."
Wall Street Discovers the Cat
saad-
seat Meaas Mark.
Wall BtTeet Journal.
On the bulletin board of a Wall atreet
1 roker s office the following waa posted
last week:
"Five thousand years ago Moses eame
' down from the mount and brought with
him a tablet on which was written, -rnoo
Shalt Not Bteal."
"Today President Roosevelt Is giving the
same advice and Wall street thinks It I
news."
This, of course, ! a plagiarism from
Thomas B. Reed, who, a number f yeare
ago, described Roosevelt aa a statesman
who had "discovered the ten command
ments." It was witty, it was true, and It waa also
a compliment to Roosevelt.
The ten commandments cannot be preached
too much: and certainly no generation ha
needed mora than this to have "Thou
Shalt not steal" preaohed to H. ,
Thle commandment In its application to
the conduct of .great competitive business
; was in the nature of news. The country Is
now at last learning that unfair eompeti-
, tlon, market manipulation, and rate dis-
criminations are stealing.
GUOD WORD FOR RANK CLCRKI,
enacting In the endeavor to check all kinds
Mighty Impsrtsst Faetor la Flaaa- of Asiatic Immigration. From the atand
clal A STa Irs. , point of his majesty's British Indian sub-
Gllson Wlllets In Leslie' Weekly. Ijects. the law I extremely humiliating
One new thing proposed at the bankers' .' to them. The law not only calls upon
meetings had special reference to bank every Asiatic to apply for a registration
clerk. The bank clerks In yi country will certiorate, but en the form asking for
be pleased to know that the new thing may I this certificate every male'. Asiatic over
go through before the tim of next eon- J y years of age must place Impressions
ventlon. The new plsn Is to sdmit the of his fingers and thumbs. The entire
Bait Clerks' association aa parfftf the body of Asiatic, not Including the C'hi
Bankers' assoclatloa and give all th tellers nee coolies, who are regulated by oth?r
and clerks a chance to attend the conven- laws, have adopted a policy of passive
tlon and have a voice In the business. i resistance. They are ready to be deported,
"And why nott" said a csshler of big ' imprisoned or ruined, but they decline to
New Tork bank, whlje we sat with cashier apply for registration certlfleatea and leave
of other banks throughout th eoontry. their finger prints. Proudly they protest
"The paying teller Is. la fact, almost as against being treated like criminals. The
Important a man in any bank as th cash- j Transvaal whites, British' and Boer alike,
ler. He can break a bank r.uirker than take the position that thla measure Is
sny other one man oh the premises. By necessary if they are to check the Influx:
dint of faultless memory he 'helds his
cage." In th five hours eif banking, the
paying teller cashes perhaps thousanda of
checks. At a single glsnce he must know
whether the signature on a check la
grautne. The teller is also a careful stu
dent of the human face. If he doea not
know the facea of his customer aa well
as the facea of their checks, he may some
day crtprle. If not break, a bank. In the
great banka In the large cities tbe paying
tellers sometimes have ga much a five or
six million la their direct charge. That
there are wondrously few betrayal ef trust
speaks volumes tor tha high average of
honesty among the hundred thousand or
moie bunk cleiks of-the country. "
. OTIItR. )LAKDJ THAN-OI-R9,
.When the Coresn delegation of prince
appeared befrre The Hague International
Peace conference a few months ago and
beeeeched the representative of the world
to save the hermit kingdom from the clutch
of Japaa the spectacle called forth a chorus
of admiration. The conference gracefully
sidestepped the appeal. It did not pre
sume. t restrict the land hunger of .any
nation, nor restrain rt trained appetite In
the middle of a feast. 1 But the pathos of
the appeal, ! and the loyalty and devotion
$f the princes to a people ruled by their
forbears for centuries, presented a rare
contrast to the materialism oX tha world.
Such unselfish seal and lofty patriotism
lent to royalty the attributes of divinity,
f A mora appealing spectacle could not be
conceived," aaid one commentator, "than
the sons of 'a princely house striving to
avert the triumph of might over right"
Japan considered Corea had outlived Us
usefulness aa a separate kingdom and pro
.ceeded to assimilate It without the consent
of the governed. The royal house of Corea
wa not. overturned at once, but It dwin
dled In power and Importance and became
a pensioner on Japan's bounty.' No wonder
the princes protested and sought outside
aid. No wonder their patriotism waa
stirred as never before. Common people
will more readily appreciate the depth of
that patriotlo touch when it la stated that
the princely purse loses its robust aspect
at the same time. In -in, iast year of
home rule the Corean budget appropriated
11.103,000 for "the privy purse" and $C4 for
public works, 11,000,000 for the funeral ex
penses of a princess and $27,715 for publio
education, 15,000,000 for a ridleuloup army
and $1,880,000 for "incldentala." For every
dollar distributed tn public needs retainers
Of Corea's crown apent $14. Under Japa
nese rule all these royal snaps have van
ished. Japan handles the money. The
princes, like ordinary mortal, are Jurtifled
In grieving over the loss of a good thing.
Their lauded patriotism In the light of
these figure tahea' rank with American
enthusiasm for "the old flag and an ap
propriation." Statistics of alcoholic consumption ob
tained front the office of the British chan
cellor of the exchequer have enabled a
London paper to make a per capita exhibit t
for various eountrl;a qyer a series ot
years. The latest figures are for 1905. and
from them this comparison I taken:
Pel1 capita consumption In gallons
Distilled Beer, spirits. Wines.
. 48.8 1.10 1 02
Belgium
unlit
d Kingdom 27.7 0.91 0.32
Germany 26.3 1 16
Denmark 20.6 1.42
I tilted State M S 1M 0 43
Austria 14.1 l.W S .90
France 7 6 1.17 80.M
Italy comes next after France In wine
drinking with 20 gallon per capita, and
Spain next with 18H gallons neither of
these countries' figuring in the beer and
dstllled spirit statistics. It Is, of course,
dimcult from the table to' assign prizes In'
the aggregate per capita consumption of
alcohol, though first place apparently be
longs to Belgium, with Its enormou beer
consumption supplemented by a pretty
Jarge average In concentrated spirits and
more than double the per capita unttea
State consumption of wine. No wine sta
tistics are given for Denmark, but its large
consumption of spirit would seem' to en
title It to second plaee. Austria rather
ourlously falls far below Germany In beer
consumption, but goea much ahead 'of It
In wine drinking dtvidlng Its drinking cus
toms between ' Germany oit the one hand
and Italy on" the bthen-'The United King
dom record a decline In beer consumption
from 10.8 gallons per capita In 1901 to 28.1
tn 1904 and 27.7 In 1906, and there also ha
been a decline in the- per capita consump
tion of spirits and wine.
tm : .. ,. .
' A Bt. Petersburg' correspondent, writing
Ut a London Journal about the existing po
litical situation in Russia, says: "Out ot a
total of 6,161 provincial electors In Euro
pean Russia, Who will choose 187 out of tho
442 deputies of the third Duma, the land
owners havs been given S 6141. e., an abso
lute majority, or about twice as many aa
they should have on a property basis. The
recent sevnstvo elections, which are con
trolled by the same . land owner, have.
with one or two exceptions, resulted In
the overwhelming victory of the reaction
aries. The semstvolsts who played a lead
ing part in the reform movement, and who
then controlled the semstvos, thanks to the
Indifference of the majority to public af
fairs, have almost everywhere been swept
oof of office by the reactionary wave which
began to gather aa aoon aa the land own
era realized the possibilities of agrarian
reform. It n n't be frankly recognized that
the prospects if reform legislation, for
which the country ha been anxiously wait-
ing these two years, and without which
the promises of the October manifesto can
not be fulfilled, are anything but bright.
We see on the one hand the bureaucracy,
securely grasping the reins of government,
but unable, without the support of public
opinion, to carry out these reforms; on the
other hand, publlo opinion Is divided Into
two unequal sections, the greater gagged
and sullenly awaiting Its opportunity, the
lesser refractory and incompetent. Even
the supreme resort of playing off one sec
tion against the other In order to get some
headway is Impracticable. The bureau
cracy, fearful lest the reformers, needed
by the constitutional democratic party,
should liurry it out ot power, has pro
claimed war a outrance against them. It
feels Itself safe with the rival section,
whose waywardness It feel strong enough
to tolerate even If It cannot secure their
support. Obviously, the present situation
, cannot be Indefinitely prolonged. Sooner or
later th reactionaries will have had their
day and the. bureaucracy have absorbed
another Installment of constitutional wis
dom." Tne Transvaal colony' new law requlr
ng n Hindu residents to come forward
and register their names, length of rest-1
I dence and occupatlona la an illustration l(
' the legislation that British colonlea are
, B0W coming from India. In order to know
what to exclude, they aay, the government
must know who are entitled, by previous
residence, to remain. The deadlock baa
become acute, and It solution Is not now
apparent. To enfoice tha law, the govern
ment would now require new Jails capable
of accommodating 10.000 soul.
Staatlaar V to Their Taaka.
InduTnapcUa News.
None ot the army officers appeared to
suffer from th fHteen-mlle test ride which
was taken yesterday, but it 1 suspected
that those who have to give some atten
tion to cU-rlcal duties may reel Inclined to
tand up for thtlr write for a fsw duya.
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POLITICAL DRIFT.
Michigan's first constitutional convention
since 1867 consisting of ninety-six delegates,
will meet at Lansing, , October 23. ' ,
The Kilkenny " capes of the Massa
chusetts democracy greatly Increases the
difficulty of defining "What , Is a demo
crat T"
Colonel Watterson refer to Mr. Bryan's
campilgn speeches In Kentucky as "Special
Importations from Nebraska," who pays
the freight? v '
The boom of Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
for the democratic nomination for presi
dent Is to be officially launched' In Putnam
county. New Tork, some time this month.
A Pittsburg' paper speaks of "Knox's
boom In a nutshell." As Senator Knot Is
a Plttsburger the local press must be
credited with accuracy In measuring Ms
boom.
General Grosvenor of Ohio, now out of
congress, has Joined the ranks of those
who think President Roosevelt will have
to run again. He believes that tariff re
vision will figure In the campaign and
that It will not mean free trade.
Without the mandate of law and simply
to redeem his campaign pledge, the state
treasurer of Illinois has turned Into the
treasury $70,000, the Interest received on
state funda for nine months. Former
treasurer lined their pocket with this
spoil.
A Ian son Canfield of New Milford, Conn.,
Is the oldest voter in New England. Today
he expects to cast hi vote In his home
town, at a local election, although he Is
100 yeara old. He haa deposited a ballot
at every presidential election since 1528,
casting hi first vote for Andrew Jackson
and Ms last for Roosevelt. .....
In' a gathering of VUinla democrats a
few days ago, an outspoken, plalnspeaklng
gentleman introduced a resolution which
dubbed Mr. Bryan as a "blower," and further
stated that "he haa as much chance of
election aa a ahort-tall bull In fly time."
After what I called a tempestuous discus
sion, the resolution wa withdrawn.
LAVGHl.NG OAS.
"What are you going to do now,
colonel?" Inquired the Intimate friend.
"I expect to spend the remainder of my
days," said the retired statesman, "living
down the Ilea that have been published
about me In fourteen political campaigns."
Chicago Tribune.
"Why don't you say something clever
and original?" asked the critical relatives.
"I wouldn't think of such a thing," an
awered Senator Borghum. "The way to
be famous ia limply to wait your turn
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for the anecdote writers to take the old
nvniM out of standard stories of repartee
and put yours In their places." Washing
ton 6tar.
"That." she murmured ruefully, ss the
patrol wagon drove oft with Its battered
freight, "was the clashing of two hard
wills."
'Tn what way, my girl?" asked the
sympathetic bystander.
"The contact of my William's head with
the policeman' billy." Baltimore Ameri
can. "Yes," remarked Mr. TIussol, impres
sively, "the doctor aay If I don't take
a rest and not work so hard I'll be dead
,n"AhT"exela!med his, wife, "what a con
solation It must be to you to know that
your life's lnsured."Philadelphia Press.
"I believe Maude Is weakening 'In her s
championship of the Audubon movement
against blrd-plUmage hat-trlmmlng.
"What makes you think so?"
"I notice In public, especially at the.
theater, she Is showing the white feather.
Baltimore American.
"oSie more question." said the trust
magnate to the applicant. "How Is your
memory?" ... ,
"Very hazy." replied the latter.
"Good," cried the magnate. "The Job
Is yours." Cleveland Plain Dealer,
JACK AND ROSE.
A daring theft Jack wrought laat night
Hstoe some th I rg-s ne wanted, right
Beneath her very JlUd.lphta Press.
TIs to be hoped that If fair Rose
Returned the blissful smack.
Jack did not overlook a bet,
liut turnea ana .- . .
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u thev do this lob
Down in uie eunny oouio,
But If Jack lived here In the North,
He'd kiss her on tho mouth.
. v - - Tho Commoner-,
Wriy rouse again the bitter strife.
And North and South wax hot?
1 t'M all arree to compromise
Ib.I. W!m1 tis. fin tV,A unfit t
Why so much racket over a kiss,
Or e'en about the spot? It
Would Interest ua more If wo
Had been the one who got It. .
Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald.
Tet Jack perhapa had little glee.
Though on the mouth he kissed her;
We have aa yet no proof, you aee,
, That Rose was not hla sister.
Chicago Record-Herald.
That smack smacked not of family tlea.
The truth' not far to aeek.
If Rose were Jack'a dear sister, he'd
Just peck her on the cheek.
New York Tribune
Come out of It, y cynic ere.
Your line show envy's tips;
Let not age aroft while Jack Impales
Th Rose tint of her yps.
fpWXSTED under and push-'
Ing bade with stitching
pulled at an antic. Aa trying
a position as it is unnatural
and yet common enough.
Test a Crossett this way to
appreciate fully how a shoe's life
depends upon extra thorough
construction for extra difficult
work.
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