THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17. 1P07.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
3tate of Nebraska. Douglas county, aa:
Charles C. Roswatcr, general manager
9f The He Publishing Company, bains duly
worn, says that the actual number of
full and complete coplea of The Dally
Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed
ddrlna the month o( September. 1307, was at
'oiiows:
1.... 38,700
2 8S.C40
I... asjoo
4 38.B80
.., 30.350
..,'. 30.940
7 30,340
t 33,600
... 30,140
10 e,eso
11 S,470
12 3070
U 30,030
14.....'..... 84,810
It 33,400
1.
IT.
IS.
1.
30,380
36.630
36.660
30,600
36.390
20.
tl..', 36,670
;t 88,340
tl 37,360
24 36,030
J 5 36,300
'26.:....,...' 36,330
J7 86,600
21 36,660
26 38,080
80 3M0
Total X,03,470
Less unaolil and returned coplea. 3,337
Net total . 1,08,883
Dally average se.lia
CHARLES C. ROBKWATER.
General Manager.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn
to before ma this iota oay of Septem
ber, 1007.
Itteal) t . . . M. B. HUNGATB,
Notary Public.
WHEN OUT OF TOWJf.
Saberrtbere leaving; tha city tea'
lorarlly saoald have TUe Be
malted ta tam. Aaareae will b
"Coin collecting ha become a (ad
again," aaya the New York Sun. It li
not a (ad. It Is business.
Blue wing ducka are on tho market
at $6 a pair. Game bird are getting
to be almost as expensive as beet.
Perhaps' you are sorry that you
abused the ice man last summer when
you find him now delivering jourcoal.
"Mr. Wu will return without ques
tion' says a Washington correspon
dent. Then it cannot be the same old
Wu. "
"MeHsur your desires by your in
('01116," says -tho St. Lout Globe-Democrat.
The racer Will 'da that (or
you.
"People lie by instinct," says th
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, which takes
Missouri politics altogether too seri
ously, i ,
A partrof New Yorkers is to spend
$100,000 studying savagery in South
America. " Why go so tar away (rom
home (or that?
That Fortieth street car line Is hay
ing a hard time to get opened. When
!t is once opened, however, . it will
never be closed..
"That cocktail will not down," says
the Philadelphia Press. Wrong again
All the" trouble-was caused because the
cocktail did down.
The Literary World declares that
tumor is dying out. The Literary
World evidently does not tollow the
course ot democratic politics.
It cannot b true that George Fred
Williams of Massachusetts has repu
diated his party. George Fred is not
tho kind to repudiate himself'
"How It Feels to Bo Up in the Air"
is the title of a recent magazine arti
cle. Massachusetts democrats might
find a sympathetic Interest in) it.
The Horse Show management over
looked a prime attraction when it
failed to have Major Swobe and Major
Slaughter da their army, test riding on
the tan bark. '
Editor Sprecher's reasons for oppos
ing the fusion nominee for supreme
Judge is now pronounced by the local
democratic organ to be "drivel." If It
is "drivel," why get so excited about
it?
The standpatters are finding fault
with President Kooeevelt for being
silent on the tariff question, but the4r
criticism is mild compared with what
it would be it he broke his silence on
that subject.
A $30,000 contest, which threatened
to be interminable, over the will of th
late Nelson Morris, the multl-mllliou-alru
packer, has beeu adjusted by mu
tual agreement. What a terrible blow
to the lawyers.
nut those newspapers that
hut rhoutlng for a Greater
Cm.. 00,000 population? Are
th lu'li) get the 200,000 by
advci. . -j htlldution, or are they
going to etiw wod nntil after the vote
Is taken?
A St. Louis judge has decided that
i physician may not charge a rich man
iny more than a poor man. The
phyalcian will kit-ii within the decree
by charging the poor man as much as
bo dots the rich one and take what
ever he can pay on aco
J HE ILLSf.SS dF f'fiilAf l. JOSFTH.
All the clvlllxed powers of the world
feel a keen interest In the reports from
the bedside of FrancN Joseph, ent
l.eror of Austria-Hungary, whose ill
ness la of such character as to force
the fear that he has lost his strong
rold on life. This world-Interest is
largely personal, for Francis Joseph Is
one of tha best beloved rulers, but it is
also political, as the future of the dual
monarchy may materially affect the
history of Europe. Diplomatists and
statesmen agree that an Austrian em
pire is essential to the peace ot Ku-
tope, th only question being whether
a union of be Austrian, Hungarian
and Bohemians , can be successfully
maintained after the passing ot Fran
cis Joseph, who, in spite of racial and
other differences of 'his subjects, haa
heid them Into a common- union with
common purposes and sympathies.
Francis Joseph has done much to
cement the conflicting elements of his
empire into a union, with a distinct
national purpose. Recently he
bi ought about the grant of universal
suffrage, 'thus largely destroying the
power of the aristocratic classes and
privileged minorities. This strength
ened the foundation of the Austrian
dynasty by rallying to Its support a
popular enthusiasm previously lack
ing. While the Hungarian Parliament
has not yet endorsed the universal
suffrage proposition and the Magyar
nobles have thrown all their influence
agatnBt it, the measure will surely be
approved finally and Francis Joseph's
dream of empire realised.
One source of possible trouble has
been removed by the announcement
that the German population of Aus
tria, representing 24 per cent of the
total, favors the continuance of the
dual monarchy. This relieves the
anxiety ot England and France of an
extension of German Influence in the
Adriatic ,by partition ot Austria-Hungary,
as was once thought to be the
plan of the Germans In Kustrla.
Emperor Francis Joseph has been a
tremendous factor in the politics ' of
the world, managing to steer his em
pire and his kingdom into position of
vantage in the group of great powers,
notwithstanding Internal dissensions
and differences that would have dis
concerted or disabled a less able ruler.
It is for this reason that the world,
is politically interested in Francis Jo
seph's condition. His passing might
result in the dissolution of his realm,
a regrouping of the foreign powers
und a complete change in the political
map of Europe. At any rate some
very monientoifs issues depend upon
the statesmanship at Vienna, whether
Francis Joseph lives a while longer to
continue the part of reconciler, in
which he has achieved such notable
successes, or whether, by his passing,
his work falls to less capable hands.
BfTTFH PHH KS FOR EXPOHTS.
A hint of the Increased value of the
cereal croo of 1907 over" that of last
year is furnished by the1 federal statis
tics of exports for September. One
item in the government's tabulation
of figures of the month's trade shows
that the 'quantity of both wheat and
corn -sent abroad in September was
considerable less than for the same
month last year, w'hile the value of the
shipments dm in excess of the 1906
exports.
For Instance, the September corn
exports amounted to 2, SIS, 346 bush
els, as compared with 3,321,060 bush
els in September last year, while the
value of Jhe corn exports this year
was $1,841,470, as against. $1,809,274
for September shipments last year. In
other words, the American shippers
received $31,196 more for their Sep
tember exports ot corn this year than
for the same month last year, although
they dcltvered 602,714 bushels less.
In the matter of wheat exports the
showing is even more favorable than
that of corn. In September, 1906, the
American wheat exports were 11,104,
065 bushels, valued at $8,443,560. In
September, 1907, the export were
9,698,235 bushels, valued at $9,405,
865. While export wheat shipments
were 1,605,830 bushels less last month
than fof September, 1906,. the value
of the shipments was $962,32 5 more
than for the September exports ot last
year.
If this ratio continues the value of
our cereal exports for 1907 will be
close to 10 per cent greater than in
1906, although from 10 to 20 per cent
smaller measured in bushels. This,
however, is not an unmixed benefit as
it affects home markets and the domes
tic consumer even more than it does
foreign' trade, but it certainly spells
prosperity for the farmers in spite of
partial crop shortage.
J TAX-XATlKa VtFlCE.
The voters of Douglas county at the
coming election will be called upon to
choose a successor to .District Court.
Clerk Frank A. Broadwell. Mr.
Broadwell has been holdfnft this office
now for nearly eight years, having
taken possession of it as the first in
cumbent elected after the new' law
had gone into effect abolishing it as a
fee office and setting a limit ot $5,000
a year as compensation for the clerk
of the court.
Previous to Mr. Broadwell's Incum
bency it was commonly accepted that
the office was worth 'from $15,000 to
$25,000 a year after paying all the
expenses (c- clerical help properly
chargeable against its receipts. With
increasing but-lness and an economical
administration the office of clerk of
the court ought to pay the $5,000 al
lotted to the clerk, himself, and
reasonable salaries to all of his subor
dinates, and then turn into the county
treasury for the benefit of the taxpay
ers not less than $10,009 a year.
For the seven years that Mr. Broad
well has bofu H office be has showed
up an excels of tees of a paltry $3,000
a year. His failure to produce better
results he excuses on the pretext that
he has been unable to collect a large
part of the fees and the county Is to
day suing hi in for some $60,000 ot un
collected fees, or fees unaccounted for,
Including about $6,500 of fees pock
eted by him as member of the Insan
ity board tinder the flimsy claim that
the law limiting his salary does not
cover these perquisites. In a word.
the conduct of the district court clerk's
office under the present rnglme could
hardly be worse for the taxpayers, be
cause it has been run on the graft
principle of leaving as little surplus
over revenues as possible.
The elecMon of the democratic nom
inee for the office of district court
clerk means Its continuance as a tax
eating office. The democratic nominee
Is "Andy'.' Gallagher, who was four
years Mr. Broadwell'B official deputy
in South Omaha before he became
clerk of the court and has been his
chief lieutenant for the seven years
he has been, in charge of this office,
and half of that time his recognized
deputy. "Andy" Gallagher is a pupil
in the Broadwell school and could be
expected to do no less in his own be
half than he has been doing for his
chief.
The republican nominee for clerk
of the district court, on the other
hand, is Robert Smith, who as county
auditor has had a principal part In un
covering the extravagances and ques
tionable transactions of tho district
court clerk's office. No one doubts
but that as clerk of the court he would
give the taxpayers a businesslike ad
ministration, that he would collect all
the money that is due that could be
collected and scrupulously turn back
to the treasury every cent in excess of
his legal salary and the reasonable
cost of running the office. Such a
change for the next four years ought
to mean to the. taxpayers not less than
$50,000, which Is well worth consider
ing as a purely financial proposition.
MH- BUY Ay JXD TEE SOUTH.
The democratic faction that has been
making a determined effort to wean I
the solid south from William Jennings
Rryan may as well close its headquar
ters, dismiss its press agents and sub
mit to the inevitable. For more than
a year this faction has been per
sistently and perniciously btiBy in en
couraging an anti-Bryan agitation in
the south, with some results that have
been significant, to a certain unsatis
factory degree. Colonel Watterson,
the veteran democratic editor of the
Louisville Courier-Journal; Colonel
Hemphill, the editor of the Charleston
News and Courier, and Colonel Joseph
Bryan, the owner and editor of the
Richmond Times-Dispatch, have been
set against a renomlnation of Mr.
Bryan for the presidency and have
used all brands of eloquence and argu
ments to convince the south that the
time had come for a change. But the
last count of noses shows that Mr.
Bryan still retains his hold on the
southern democrats. Colonel Watter
son has thrown up his hands in dls
gUBt, announced his withdrawal from
politics and wants a new party organ
ised. Colonel Bryan of Richmond has
finally capitulated and Colonel Hemp
hill of Charleston hedges enough to
admit that bis anti-Bryan fight is a
losing one. In a recent issue the
Charleston News and Courier says:
If Mr. Bryan be nominated by southern
democrats, the Hlpiple explanation will be
that they will find 'a keener pleasure In
certain defeat under bin leadership than
In the reasonable prospect of victory
under the leadership of another, althougn
that other be Governor Johnson, whole
views of public policy are substantially
Identical with thoae of Mr. Bryan,- barring
government ownership.
The real signal of surrender, bearing
the flag of truce by the southern pppo
sltlon to Mr. Bryan's renomlnation, is
furnished by the editor of the Rich
mond TJmes-Dispatch. Mr. Bryan has
been speaking in Virginia and Ken
tucky for the last ten days, and the
reception tendered to him In Virginia
has been such as to convince Editor
Bryan of the Richmond paper that
nothing is to be gained by further op
position to renomlnation of the Ne
braskan. On the day Mr. Bryan ap
peared in Richmond the Times-Dispatch
made this editorial announce
ment: No other name has been mentioned that
aroused the people at large, and Mr.
Bryan stands conspicuously alon a the
first choice of the great majority. He
has many opponents, but he has no rlvnl.
These statements from a newspaper
which Is reckoned among the most pro
nounced of Mr. Bryan's opponents may
have a strange sound and may seem to
vome to be out of place, but It la not
the habit of the Times-Dispatch to shut
Its eyes to a patent fact. Nothing but
a protest from himself can prevent 1.1s
nomination next year, and the fact ihat
be is going in and out among the people
and making speeches upon national Isanua
la conclusive that Mr. Bryan U willing
to receive the honor. He haa alreaJy
said, we believe, that be will be a candi
date before the convention If the peirdei
show that they want him, and he Is now
feeling the popular pulse. I'p to thin
time he certainly has no reaaon to be
discouraged.
After Mr. Bryan had received a splen
did ovation at Richmond, the Tlmes
Dispatch burned all its political
bridges and accepted him as the choice
of the southern democracy for the
presidential nomination next year.
The anti-Bryan agitation in the south
ts close to an end. The south will be
for him in the national convention,
with every indication that he will have
the party's nomination without a con
test. A combine of democratic city couu
cllruun has let a sewer contract over
the remonstrance of the city engineer,
declaring tha price to be paid to be ex
cessive. The public should kuow that
what is back ct this contract is a prom
ise of support for one of the members
of the councllmanlc combine who is
tunning for sheriff on the democratic
ticket. The question is whether the
taxpayers will approve of this method
of furnishing a councilman with a
campaign fund out of the city treasury.
Over In Illinois they are considering
a proposed direct primary law which
Is very close to that enacted by the re
cent Nebraska legislature, although
with a few noticeable modlflcatt jus.
The Illinois law-makers would abolish
conventions altogether and put the
platform-making Into the hands of the
respective state committees In confer
ence with tha candidates on the state
ticket. Another feature of the Illinois
bl'l would set a maximum as well ns a
minimum to the number of signatures
required on petitions, the purpoo be
ln$ to prevent monster petitions golt?n
up for the purpose of overawing the
public. Of course, a maximum would
not prevent this abuse, If it Is an
abuse, because any candidate could get
as many signatures as he pleased and
then file only the number required by
law. Illinois-Jias declared for a direct
primary, but is assured of the usual
fight In the legislature as between a
primary that really puts the nominat
ing power in the hands of tho rank '
and file and a primary which only pre
terms to do so. 4
Five companies of the Iowa National
Guard are In danger of being mustered
out for falling to come up to the stand
ard Bet by the federal law. The Ne
braska National Guard Is compara
tively small In numbers, but so far has
managed to maintain itself in good
state of efficiency. What is happen
ing in Iowa, however, ought to be an
additional spur for Improvement of
the militiamen everywhere.
An eastern pictorial paper illumi
nates a group of western governors
attending the reception to President
Roosevelt on his Mississippi river trip
by labeling one of them "Governor
Sheldon of North Carolina," and an
other "Governor Cunningham of
Iowa." Such is fame. It is needless
to say that the paper is published in
New York.
Reports show that the earning
power of American industrial and rail
way securities has not been dimin
lHhed, although the speculative possi
bilities of them have been sadly im
paired. That Is probably the explana
tion for Wall street's worry, while the
rest of the country goes along safe,
sane and contented.
Five staff officers attached to the
headquarters of the military depart
ment have successfully completed their
fifteen-mile practice horseback ride
and report that neither they nor the
horses are the worse for the wear.
They should have bad their photo
graphs taken at the start and again at
the finish.
Preliminary market advices indicate
that It may be cheaper for the butcher
to give a suit of jclotb.es with each tur
key this year than for the clothing
merchants to throw In a turkey with
each suit of clothes. -
The result of the annual meeting of
tho Union Pacific stockholders does not
please the New York World, although
there is nothing to indicate that Mr.
Harriman expected it would.
The Standard Oil company has ad
vanced the price of oil 30 cents a bar
rel. This may be just a notice to the
consumers that they are expected to
help pay that fine.
Square Deal Labor Leader.
Boston Transcript.
The retirement of John Mitchell will be a
loss to both labor and capital. He Is more
distinguished for a square deal and a level
head than any other labor leader In this
country.
Try It Once, Colonel.
New York Times.
If Mr. Bryan really believes that the
columns of the large metropolitan dallies
are open to the highest bidder, he is ex
posed to rude disillusionment. There Is no
conceivable offer that would secure support
for him In any of these papers save one,
which would aupport him. If at all, for
nothing.
Railroading In jtnon Country.
Brooklyn Eagle.
What enow means in the operation of
railroads Is seen In the last annual report j
of tho Great Northern railway. During the
winter of the snowfall was so heavy ,
as to be called unprecedented. .Result, the i
net earnings for the year were nearly
13.000,000 less than the preceding year,
though the gross earnings were in excess
about that amount.
Aa Old Idea Banished.
Minneapolis Journal.
The country la "shy" ou small bills. Sev
eral people have noticed the lack. United
j States Treasurer Treat announced tfie other
j day that In spite of everything he could
, do, he could not make enough small bills
to keep pace with the demand. This dla
' poses of the old idea that If we had a
printing press and a few government dies
we could make money fast enough. Kven
the. United States cannot do that.
Uayera la Slgkt.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Secretary Taft says that the Philippine
Islands ire not for sale. There would
probably be no purchaser If they were.
j The higher class powers would rather see
the United Statea keep them and get Into
the classification of countrlea which make
a specialty of having foreign possessions.
Nobody but Japan wants to buy the Phil
ippine Islands, and she cannot raise the
money. And she Is not strong enough to
fight for them.
latprovlaaj Army Cooks.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Soldiers are being taught to cook. There
Is wisdom In Imparling education of this
kind to enlisted men, for if the statements
they make are well founded one of the
principal causes of the dissatisfaction with
army life which Is the prolific cause of de
Siiuons Is the bad cooking and lack of
variety in fare provided by Uncle Sam.
Tha government is a liberal provider, and
the 'aoldl. r has no complaint oh the score
f quality, but, the monotony of tiie fare Is
unendurable, and if it cun be varied by
skillful cooks the army will be a great
gainer.
BIT OF WAHHJJTO LIFE.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
aa the pot.
The Department of Agriculture Is about
to pass up to th Department of Justice a
number of cases against manufacturers
who think they may defv a pure food law
without serious risk. They do tvt heed
the melancholy experience of rebatera, tim
ber land grabbers, oppressive trusts, nor
have they marked tho marvelous precision
with which federal courts and Juries yank
lawbreakers put Pf their pleasant dreams.
Makers of duped food and drink seek to
dodge the provision of the law which In
sists on the truthfulness of the label.
Hence, the authorities are determined to
give them a little experience In the courts
and demonstrate how smoothly and ef
fectually the Judicial road roller does its
work.
"We now have forty laboratories and
ISO Inspectors In the field," says Chief
Chemist Wiley. "They do their work well,
but they do not cover the country thor
oughly. There are spots, particularly In
the middle west, which we have had to
neglect. To make the application of the
law universal we should have more In
spectors and laboratories, and that will re
quire a larger appropriation from congress.
We now have 10,000 a year and we need
$1,000,000. During the coming session of
congress 1 shall ask .for an Increase of
$100,000. On October 1 the regulation In
regard to labels went Into effect, and the
law is now In full force. 8o far the law has
not caused a decline In stocks nor an In
crease In the cost of living, but It has cer
tainly lessened the danger of causing dis
ease among the American people by means
Of Impure foods. It more than Justifies the
money that haa been spent upon It.".
Incidentally, the pure food law has forced
the Department of Agriculture Into the
grocery business. Whenever a sample of
an article of food has been tested and
proved Impure, the remainder is destroyed,
but the greater part of the articles the
department found pure, and so the gov
ernment has hit upon the device of soiling
the remainder by auction.
Confronted with a statement by Henry A.
Castle, former auditor for the Postofflce
department, that the government for a
long time had lost an average of $1,000
dally through error and fraud In the money
order system, the congressional commission
which Is Inquiring Into postal methods haa
gone far enough to decide that Important
reforms are necessary In the conduct of
the service.
The postofflce for years has been without
the' system of checks and balances known
to every efficient private business enter
prise. Before steps were taken to cor
rect tills defect a postmaster in a western
town, for instance, might Issue a money
order for $100 to be paid in New York. He
would receive the $100 from the applicant
and notify the postmaster at New York by
the usual 'means, that he had issued an
order for $100. But In reporting to the de
partment he might state that tha order is
sued was for only $1.
The system was such that tha fraud
would not be detected, for the western
postmaster's order to the postmaster In
New York and his report to the department
were not brought together for comparison.
The bureau of supplies and accounts of
the Navy department. In struggling with
the task of securing supplies for tha battle
ship fleet on Its cruise to tho Pacific, has
hit on a scheme fcr making thirteen tons
of provender aeem like 1S5 tons to the
stomachs ot the 10,000 bluejacketa who will
make the voyage.
The single item of potatoes for the cruise
has been a pestiferous proposition. On tho
basts of tho regulation ration, It' would take
000 tons to give everv Jackie his full share
every day all the' way around. But the
department Is not sending the battleships
to the Pacific for the purpose of shipping
a, cargo of potatoes, and the full potato
ration for the whole cruise cannot be taken
from the start.
So the bureau of supplies Is putting In
K.000 pounds of "dehyrated" potatoes, which
are alleged to be the finest Improvement
on the old dried apple and water schema
ot filling up ever devised. It Is solemnly
asseverated by experts who have never
eaten them that three-eights of a pound
of dehyrated potatoes contain as much
nourishment and are Just as acceptable to
the palate as ten pound" of fat, fresh Irish
spuds.
But the navy allowance 14 more liberal
than that, and so the thirteen tons of
dthyroled potatoes will be held equal to
only 135 tons of fresh. The ships will start
with 50,000 pounds of fresh potatoes, and
arrangements are' under way to buy more
at Rio and Valparaiso In case they are
needed.
The house of representatives Is about as
human an Institution as was ever organ
lied. AH the emotions of humanity sweep
across Its face. One sees there generosity
and meanness, selfishness and unselllsh
ness, prelcnso and offenalve plainness,
hypocrisy and franknjess. The dominant
note, however, Is Intense rivalry. In which
the newest member participates. Every
one is seeking to obtain more for his dls
tiict than anybody else; io ahlne forth in
some particular role, no matter how lowly
or how strange its character. Thus there
are members who desire to be known as
the best dressed In the house; others who
want the reputation ot paying no attention
to their clothes. Some seek to be considered
eccentrics. Several claim to be the hand
somest, and like to pose Ulimnmuo a
colleague who takes pride In the fact that
he is the homeliest. Of course, all want
recognition aa the ablest orator or lawyer.
There will be three men in the coming
congress who will Ixi contestants for the
honor of being proclaimed the tallest mem
bar. They are Sulloway of New Hamp
shire, Barchfeld of Pennsylvania, and
Anthony of Kansas. Sulloway and Barch
feld were rivals In the last house. The
former haa a height of six feet six Inches,
but he Is round shouldered, and it topped
by Barchfeld, who is six feet three. Inches.
Anthony ts six feet four inches. The
friends of Sulloway have been urging him
to take exercise In order to get rid of his
bump. If he should succeed he will be a
towering figure, at least in Inches, in the
lower branch of oongress.
Experiments have Just been completed by
savants of the Department of Agriculture
to determine the contention that hydropho
bia or rabies wss an Imaginary disease
purely and had no germ basis. The con
clusion reached Is that rabies is a real die
ease which may be generated by germs.
The experiments were conducted at an ex
perimental station at Bethesda. Md., mar
Washington. The scientists claim to have
successfully isolated the germ In doga sup
posed to have been Infected. A healthy
horse bitten by a dog four months ago de
veloped rablea last week at the station and
battered himself to death. This case
thowed the necessity of detaining a bitten
animal for a longer period than three
months, the time oidlnurliy fixed by veter
Inarlana for the development of the dis
ease. In every case of rabies Inoculated
with a particle of the brain of a supposed
Infected animal the subject has died, while
the animals fVoin which tha particles were
taken have recovered.
Proof of friendship.
. Washington Post.
The teport that China Is feeling very
friendly toward us seems the more remark
able In view of the statement that during
1JS over $150,000 worth of pianos were
shlpptd to that aauntry.
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remedy equal to Dr. BeU's Pine-Twr-Booay.
It gire aoiok and permaaanl
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TWB
PERSONAL NOTE).
Denman Thompson, the veteran actor,
celebrated his 7h birthday on Tuesday of
this week. He Is on the stage again this
season and is In excellent health.
Dr. Jerome Schneider, emeritus professor
of Greek language and literature, at Tufts
college, and last surviving member of the
original Tufts faculty, celebrated his 83d
birthday last Monday.
. Ex-Scnator Chandler of New Hampshire
Is a good stenographer and It Is hinted
that he has kept stenographic reports of
his conversations with public men In re
cent years, which he will use some day in
the writing of his "Reminiscences."
"A few years ago 90 per cent of the
Chinese army was composed of vagabonds.
Today China hi.s a well trained and. a
powerful army," says Rev. O. 8. Miner, a
missionary from Foochow, China, who is
visiting this country and Is at present lit
Baltimore.
Marconi now announces that his company
will accept business between New Tork
and London at 10 cents a word for ordi
nary messages and 5 cents a word for press
matter. If the wireless can do this the
cable companies will have to reduce their
rates for the first time In twenty years.
Wouldn't that be terrible?
Henry J. Duv;rn, who not long ago paid
more than $.".000,000 for The famous Rudolph
Kann art collection, began life as a black
smith. Mr. Duvecn was one of a number
of young Dutch Jewa who left their native
land for England. Emigrating to Hull, he
followed his trade, that of a blacksmith,
for some time, but soon his faculty for
getting on asserted itself. He went to
London and became associated with a llol
burn firm of Jewelers, educated himself and
mastered every detail of his work.
COMPARATIVE lESTHAI.UATIOJT.
Bryan's Latest Performance Provokes
a Large Smile.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Tiere Is Interest, not to speak' of amuse
ment, In the reason which Mr. Bryan as
signs for his stern rejection of President
Roosevelt's proposition of national incor
poration of railroads doing an Interstate
business. Mr. Bryan sees In this "the
most far-reaching step for centralisation
proposed in this country since Hamilton
submitted his plan of government." and
will have none of It.
We are not prepared to endorse the presi
dent's proposition until Its necessity and
effectiveness are made clearer. But the
unconscious humor of Bryan's objection is
that whether Mr. Roosevelt's proposition Is
a "far-reaching step for centralization" or
not. It Is not half as far reaching In that
direction as would be the proposition which
a certain gentleman made at the Madison
Square Garden for the United States gov
ernment's ownership and operation of all
the trunk line railroads.
National Incorporation of railroads would
establish relations equivalent to those be
tween the government and national banks,
which, whatever else may be said of tl)em,
are so centralized that a large share of the
banking interests are busily agitating for
a big central bankers' bank. But ownership
of the trunk lines by the federal government
would add to the present powers of the
national government all the powers, legal
of illegal of the entire railroad interest
rolled Into one, unrivaled In arbitrary pos
sibilities by any existing government in the
world.
Certainly the man who made that propo
sition is not in a very good position to
accuse others of seeking centralization.
Mr. Bryan may have forgotten for the mo
ment who made the proposition, but the
public may with an (effort recall his name
ts W. J. Bryan.
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LAUGHING Gg.
Owner They say that the iwn constable
Is mighty sharp about catdng speeders.
Do you think we might nnage to fool
him?
Chauffeur I think I couk manage to
throw dust In his eyer. Balmore Ameri
can. Adam had eaten tho appleind then ha
saw the snake.
"Get out!" he shouted; "th Is no state
legislature."
But nlas! there was Eve, at It was too
late. I'lttsburg Dispatch.
"You used to write Jokes tout appen
dicitis, didn't you?"
"Never you mind," replied with soma
spirit, the Joke writer, who Id emerged
from a hospital and left his tpendlx be
hind him, "I got enough for tjse Jokes to
ray for my operation. "---lilladelplila
xnlger.
"Now, Johnny," asked the gentleman
who had kindly consented t teach tha
cluss, "what does this fasclttlng story
of Jonah and the whale, teachis?"
"It teaches us," said Johtiy, whosa .
father reads practical articles. n praotlcal
people, ."that you cannot keep , good man
down." Harper's Weekly. t
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The Greek commander was taking ths
circuit of the walls of Troy, biking for a
vulnerable spot, when bla autoxibila stuck,
fast In the mud.
"Get a horse!" jeered ths rojan sen.
tlnels on the walls.
Smarting under their ridlcul he went
and built a huge wooden hors) The rest
Is hlBtory. Chicago Tribune, i
Diogenes What Is the dlfforero between
a plain, downright burglar andhese finan
ciers who wreck big Instltutloi?
Cynlcus A great difference, mv friend.
Tho burglar blows up good, teful safes,
and Just takes the money. Te financial
wrecker merely unlocka the afe, takes
the money and puts the loot A the bonks
as asscta. Baltimore America
TIIF. VANISHED DA'S.
-f Atlanta Georgian,1 .
Lay th Jst about tho Julepi the cam.
phor balls at last,
For the miracle has happud and tha
olden days are post; 1
That which makes Milwaukej flilrsty di)e
not foam In Tennwusoe.'
And the lid dn old MIskouj. is ' jta tlgbC
locked as can be. J
Oh, the comic paper colonel kjrt his cronie
wel may sigh, I '
For the mint Is waving gallyibut the south
Is going drjv x ,
By the still side on the hlllslo' In Kentucky
ull is still.
For the only damp ref resilient must bo
dinned up from the rill
N'th C'llna's stately -ruler vea his soda
iclasa a shove
And discusses local option th the South
C'llna gov. 1
It is useless at the fountain :6 be wlnktul
of the eve.
For tho cocktail glass is dsty, and the
south Is going dry.
It Is water, water everywh're and not a
tlroa to drink. '
We no longer hear the mus of the mel
low crystal clink.
When tht) colonel and the jajor and the
. general and the Jeilge ,
Meet to have a little nip to live their ap
petites an edge,
For the eggnog now is ncglc and the rya
l as gone awry.
And the punch bowls boll c.rmitlons, and
the south is .going ky.
All the night caps now navt tassels ami
are worn upon the held -Not
the night cups that terc taken when
nobody went to beda
And the breeze above t lui bluograss Is as
solemn as Is death, I 1
For it bears no pungent floye-tang on Its
odorific breath, I
And ra li man can walk a balkllne when
the stars arc In l lie ky.
For the tin glass now is kzlcss, and the
soutli la going dry.
Lay
For
For
And
For
And
the Jest about the Jifcp 'neath the
chestnut tree at last,
there's but one kind of Hnohshina ana
the olden duys are pa,t;
the water wuKn rumblis through the
southland on Its trip,
tt heli h no one to dropljff to pick up
the driver's whip, (
the mint bed mukes a pfcture and tha
cuikHciew hanguth hlgll
all la still along the stiir.slde, and tha
south is going lry. , y.
:
It the joy of tho household, for ari thont
it no happiness can be complete. How
weet the picture of mother anj babe,
angels smile at and, coninieid tha
thoughts and aspirations the moths
bending over the cradle. The ordeal through
which the eapectant mother must pass, how
ever, is so full of danger and Buffering that
she looks forward to the hour wien she shall
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