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WHEN OCT Or TOWN.
Subscriber Icavlagr the city teas
yorartly should bart Tb Be
mailed tm thorn. Address will k
Anyway, the stock market has a
copper bottom.
F. Augustus Helnse apparently made
tbe mistake of coppering bis bets.
Perhaps John W. Gates was foolish
when he decided to take a year's vaca
tion from Wall street.
"Mr. Bryan Is making more epee'eheg
than ever" says the St. Louis Globe
Democrat. Is it possible?
Governor Hughes Insists that all the
abuses In New York must be stamped
out.- Going to move Wall street?
It U almost time for Senator For
aker to Intimate that the president is
gunning for delegates Instead of for
bear. .
The price of Standard oil abroad
has been raised. There is no objection
to allowing the foreigners to pay that
fine.
If flour and corn both keep going
up, economical persons may be com
pelled to turn to breakfast foods at
the morning meal.
August earnings of the American
railways were 11 per cent greater than
in August, 1906. and that In spite of
"hostile legislation."
No wine was served at that Manila
banquet to Secretary Taft. The secre
tary possibly had heard of the decep
tlveness of Manila drinks.
Mark Twain admits that he waa "let
lu on the ground floor" In a stock deal
and relieved of 12 5,000. Wall street
naturally enjoyed the Joke.
Mr. Bryan may find another cause
for contemplation In th fact that al
though w heat Is still going up the price
ot sliver is declining persistently.
Former Governor Dockery of Mis
souri declares that he Is out of pol
itics. The voters of Missouri reached
that conclusion several years ago.
The Chicago News Is discussing
"common honesty in Wall street." The
suspicion solda that any honesty In
Wall stmt 1b ot the uncommon kind.
This , delightful Indian summer
weather will not last, at least for dem
ocrats, later than the -"first Tuesdsy
nftor the first Monday In November."
According to experts, there is only
J5, "00,000, 000. 000 worth of gold left
In the Hand district In South Africa.
Now i the time to lay In your supply
uf gold.
Anyway, the returns from the I-ousi-aua
canebrake rather spoil the story
that the admirers of the president had
a lot ot bears crippled and hobbled,
awaiting hia coming.
CiKicUe Mr. Fairbanks as much aa
i hey may, he should he riven credit
for not trying to conceal the fact, aa
oorno others are doing, that he would
like to have the republican' nomination
for the presidency.
Secretary Taft should feel under
ome obligations to the Ean Francisco
mobs. They refrained frtAu assaulting
any foreigners while he was In Chttu
or Japan, even at the cost of working
J?ertime on the JoU since be reached
on the Joll since be
-ila.t'
me scAnriTT vr capital.
Statesmen, statisticians and students
of economic affairs are devoting much
time and thought to the "cost of liv
ing" problem and Indulging in specu
lation as to whether prices will go
higher and whether the cost of living
is excessive, and. If so, where the blame
lies.
The London "Economist, which has
been collecting data on the subject,
makes the discovery that between June
1 and October 1 there was a decline of
8 H Per cent In commodity prices In
this country, and on that showing it
concludes that the cost of living has
begun to recede from the recent ex
treme high levels. The report might be
more encouraging were it not for the
fact that Economist' lists Iron, steel
and copper among the "commodities,"
and the declines have nearly all been
in those metals. Unfortunately, for the
mere consumer, copper, Iron and steel
do not cut so much of a figure In the
cost of living as do wheat, corn, food
stuffs and articles of apparel, which,
along with rent, fuel and other items,
must be considered and Included in the
living expenses of the householder.
Tbe existing high level of prices may
help explain the i scarcity of capital.
The fact that materials entering Into
manufactures of all kinds are 25 per
cent or more higher than a few years
ago requires the use of 25 per cent
more capital than In former years.
While value of output Is increased, ex
penses for labor and material have ad
vanced and the necessary drain upon
capital 1 far in excess of former years.
With this condition existing in every
line, with the exception of iron, steel
and copper, it must make capital
scarce and costly."
In seeking to fix the blame, the con
sumer must bear his share and, per
haps, assume the burden of the, respon
sibility. While the captains of high
finance and Industry, the railroad mag
nates and the big manufacturers, have
been Insisting that they would welcome
a relaxation In business, the consumer
has shown no disposition to lessen his
demands. Discussing the conditions re
cently, M. B. Ingalls called attention
to the fact that this country has spent
over 1400,000,000 in the last two years
for automobiles, and Is preparing to
spend more each year. This one Item
alone has required a supply of capital
that, would have served to finance a
great railway. The outlay simply Illus
trates the demands being made upon a
llmltectmount of capital. Merchants
In all lines report purchases larger
than ever before, despite prevailing
high prices, and the entire showing Is
that, no matter how anxious the man
ufacturers and Industrial magnates
may be for a halt, the consumers have
no thought of voluntarily lessening
their Insistent demands.
The condition Is an unusually Inter
esting one as It shows that while the
element known as "capital" may be
apprehensive and retiring, the people
who constitute the consumers are giv
ing no signs of slackening the pace.
C1TT AW TO FAltMJCliS. '
A meeting entirely unique iu its
purpose la to be held under the aus
pices of the Syracuse Chamber of Com
merce and a number of farmers' or
ganizations to seek a meanB of culti
vating better relations between the
cities, and tha farmers and adopting,
it possible, some plan for preventing
further decline of the farm property
and the rural population of New York.
It has loug been a problem which has
vexed the residents of thickly popu
lated dlutrltts of the country to make
city and farm- Industries more har
monious. The Syracuse meeting will
discuss labor, rates and transportation,
national and state legislation, markets,
education, loans and taxation.
The situation, in mral New York
Illustrates the needs of some such ac
tion aa that contemplated by the con
vention. In the twenty years from
1880 to 1900 the men In agricultural
pursuits decreased to the extent of
over 13,000, while In other galuful
pursuits they Increased more than
813,000. In the same period the num
ber of occupied farms decreased 14,
388. Tbe decrease in the rural popu
lation between 1890 and 1900 was
115,823, while the Increase In the
cities was 1,371,543. In Madison
I county alone, one of the best farming
' regions ot the state, tha assessed val
uation of real estate has decreased
nearly tl. 600, 000 In tea years, and
farm values have fallen until unable
to carry even modest mortgages. The
villages that depended upon agricul
tural activity for their support have
decreased In population from 2 to 18
per cent, according to the federal cen
sus, and the atate census shows a still
greater shrinking. The condition In
Madison county Is duplicated, or em
phasized, by the condition In Chen
ango. Otsego, Oswego and Oneida
counties, formerly the finest farming
sectlou In the state.
It Is difficult for people of the west
to appreciate or understand this situ
ation In New York. In this country
the farm lands are ho productive and
increasing n value so steadily that the
owners have no thought of anything
but more wealth as the years go by.
The farmers are among the most proa
perous of the entire citizenship and no
effort is required to Improve their con
dition or make then more satisfied
with their lot.
From the way the World-Herald has
turned on Chancellor Andrews no one
would imagine that he was placed at
the head of the University of Nebraska
by a buard of regents absolutely con
trolled by the fuaionlsts and. ln,l;d
by political considerations. iDH'sting
that the ihoie ot the chancellor
should fall on a man committed to
free sliver and the support of Colonel
Bryan. The World-Herald said lots
of nice things about Chancellor An
drews "at the time he was appointed
which It evidently now repents.
BIQAROOS.
The best signs of awakening Inter
est In consolidation among the lnte.11
fcont people of South Omaha Is the
desperate resort of the officeholders
and tax-eaters to all sorts of prepos
terous bugaboos to make the,prospect
ot merger with Omaha look frightful
and repulsive.
The people of South Omaha are be
ing told by the "antis" that consolida
tion would mean the annihilation of
all their local Institutions and deprive
them of all the benefits of municipal
government, which they now enjoy.
They are told, for example, that their
schools would be crippled and their
high school abandoned, that their
parks would be closed up, that their
police force would be wiped out, that
street Improvements would cease and
that South Omaha would become
merely a backyard to Omaha and a
dumping ground for Its refuse.
Such overdrawn assertions must
carry their own refutation on the
face. The consolidation of Omaha
and South Omaha would not mean the
curtailment of a single benefit of local
government in any territory within
their confines, but, on the contrary,
would force expansion and improve
ment. The South Omaha schools would not
only be maintained, but Omaha would
i have to take over the entire corps of
school teachers, raising their pay to
the level of Omaha school teachers,
because nowhere else could so efficient
a teaching force be secured.
The South Omaha Are department
would not only be unimpaired, but
would necessarily be strengthened as
part of the fire service of the greater
city. Its firemen would at once have
places on the Increased salary schedule
that prevails In Omaha. They would
enjoy the twelve-hour shift, which la
enforced here, but not in South
Omaha, and they would have a chance
for promotion, which they do not now
possess.
The same la true with reference to
the police department of South Omaha
because every capable police officer
would be required to supplement, oui
police force when required to protect
tjie enlarged area. South Omaha
would have to constitute a police dis
trict v with a police captain in charge,
detectives under his direction and a
police station to take care of the local
arrests.
Under consolidation the parks of
South Omaha would become a part of
the general park system of the Greater
Omaha and share in the expenditures
tor maintenance and embellishment.
The streets of South Omaha would
have to have the 'same attention that
Is given to similar streets In any part
of the Greater Omaha. , ,
If Omaha 'should acquire its water
works plant. South .Omaha would be
absolutely dependent upon Omaha for
its water supply, as It is now de
pendent on our water company, but If
consolidation first takes place South
Omaha would have part ownership in
the plant and a right to equal benefits
from It with any other part of the
population.
To be sure, a lot of useless and du
plicated offices would be eliminated
by consolidation and the money now
absorbed by these tax-faters demoted
to purposes which would give tangible
results to the taxpayers. On this ad
vantage of merger, however, the office
holders do not like to dw$ll. but It Is
the key to the fairy tales they are
spreading to picture Omaha as a man
eating ogre from whose rearh South
Omaha should flee.
EDUCATIXQ THl Of FICH BOY.
Not content with the wonderful work
it has done, amon; the boys of the
land, the Young Men's Christian asso
ciation has undertaken a tremendous
task in several ot tho larger cities of
the east. The organization proposes
to educate office boys by giving n
course of Instruction In their Intricate
duties. Reports of progress cannot yet
be made, but we can see without much
effort that the Young Men's Christian
association has a huge job on its hands.
It has gathered unruly youngsters from
the slums and drilled into them the
elements of successful men. It has In
vaded the railroad yards and baa a
flourishing following In that field. It
has gone wherever boys roam and has
saved many brands from the burning,
but most of the work, exciting and In
teresting as It has beeu, pales Into
dullness compared with the task now
proposed.
Tbe office boy is a distinct species.
His name appears seldom on either
the police records or the Sunday school
rol,ls. His early training and environ
ment are not traceable. As a rule, he
is never heard of until in response to
the sign "Boy Wanted," he comes In,
hangs up his cap and' begins to cause
trouble. The Young Men's Christian
association plans, as a starter, to give
the office boy Instruction In fSe use of
the telephone. 'He does not need It.
He may never have seen a telephone in
bis lite, but before the lunch hour
arrives on his first day of service, he
has learned to distinguish the voice ot
the'employer's wife from that ot other
callers and requires no coaching to In
form a persistent creditor that the boss
has just been called to New York and
will not return for a week. By the
same intuition he carries on a con
versation over the 'phone which lets
the entire office force understand that
he has no use for the head bookkeeper,
while tbe blonde stenographer gets a
quiet tip that a friend Is coming at
12:30 to take her to luncheon. He
knows, off baud, how to sort out visit
ors, spotting bores, book agents, col
lectors and other nulpaners at a glance
and disposing of them with dispatch,
while business men get prompt access
to the "boss," He appreciates bis
responsibility and makes others feel It
He knows when he may whistle and
when he must look meek and humble.
He knows human nature and Tlow to
meet It in its various moods.
Of course, a field exists for Young
Men's Christian association training for
boys who serve In offices, but It Is
wasting time trying to educate the
office boy. He Is born, not made.
Whatever may be said about the or
ganization of the republican state
committee, whether progressive or re
gressive, It Is certainly aggressive and
free from railroad strings, which can
not be said of the democratic state
committee, whose chairman is the
same chairman who last year wore
deep tracks to the railroad headquar
ters at Omaha and did his best to pull
the railroad chestnuts out of the fire
In the terminal taxation fight Our
democratic friends, who profess to be
so sollcitlous about the republican
state committee, should sweep first be
fore their own doors.
I South Omaha has pretty good rep
resentation in the court house, al
though It Is quite within the power of
Omaha "to hog it all" there If so dis
posed. South Omaha would-alao have
its full proportionate representation
in thecity hall and other branches of
the city administration If its municipal
government were merged with that of
Omaha.
Former Chairman Rose announces
publicly that be has not been offered
that Alaskan judgeship, nor would he
accept it if It were offered. But Mr.
Rose wants It distinctly understood
that there is one federal appointment
which he would not turn down.
If the newspaper portraits of the
woman In the case are reasonably
good likenesses, there is no question
but that the defendant In Lincoln's
church scandal trial was entitled to the
legal presumption pf innocence.
The fusion candidate for 'supreme
judge made a strong partisan demo
cratic speech at the Fremont gabfest,
but the democratic organs and organ
ettes continue to play the "nonpar
tlsanshlp" string.
The political pot has been only sim
mering In the local campaign so far.
It is time for the application of a little
more caloric to bring It to a boll dur
ing the two weeks remaining before
election day. ' '
Senator' Scott of West Virginia res
cued two women ,frora drowning in
Mexico. His conduct was all the more
courageous as he Is not at present a
candidate tor any .'office.
Next Saturday, October 26, is the
last registration dUy before the No
vember election. Put a mark on your
calendar as a reminder, If you are not
already registered., '
The people of South Omaha are at
least not to be stampeded by tbe office
holders Into rejecting consolidation
without Investigating Its advantages
and disadvantages.
Mussllaa; the "Yellow Doga." '
Brooklyn Eagle.
If in past years the contributions to the
presidential campaign funds have come
from tli "yellow dog accounts" of the
corporations, then there will be empty
treasuries for the national committees next
year. '
Koollk Flavorea of Speech..
Portland Oregonlan.
Through a blunder, of hla attorney, ex
Mayor Bchmlts of Ban I'runclwo has lost
his .last chance to postpone by appeal .his
imprisonment, and he will now begin serv
ing hla term In th penitentiary. This Is
hard lines for th , man whom Bumuel
Oompers described as "tb noblest Ameri
can since Abraham Dlncoln," but the effect
on the Ban Francisco standard of morality
will t lasting. and,lt may also cause Mr.
Oompers to be less curelers with his fig
ures of speech.
1'atrlotlant of Fence.
. St. Loula Globe Democrat.
In his (Jettstburg address Governor
Hughes said he does not discourage the.
i patriotism of the .battle field, but that "tha
I kind of courage needed now is, that of men
who will fac a public Job with the same
patriotism. Tills country will never be
great, nor rcallzo tho Ideals we profess, un
less wo count service to the state far
greater thun the amassing of wealth or
any private gain." It la a good sentiment
to add to thoHe with which Gettysburg is
Identified.
Ntaiu: from Slot Marklnn.
New York Tribune.
According to promises lately made by the
postmaster giral, automatic stamp tend
ing machines will soon be installed for trial
at several large poatofflctJ. They will have
their trials, too. if they resemble the or
dinary railway statlc-r.i panny-ln-the-slotlers.
t'nlnss some tnlghty mind has evolved for
them a wholly new mechanism of Infinite
capacity and honesty, the stamp machines
will begin as useful novelties, mature as In
struments for registering the "kicks" of
customers Whose deposits elicit neither re
sponse or stamps, and finally be condemned
to death as breeders of profanity and an
archy. But perhups the postmaster has a
surprise in stoi for us.
Tk fr-ert Habit.
North American Review.
Nobody goes to see a man born, but the
entire community tarns out 'to see hlin
burled. Indeed, It is well known that many
people, pechaps a majority, derive actual
enjoyment fro.! beholding with their own
yes Ufa flicker out of a peraon's body.
The almost universal satisfaction found,
from time Immemorial, in witnessing a
hanging we can understand; the event Is
more spectacular end less expensive than a
circus. poasaea grisly human Interest to
a distinctive degree, is presumably grimly
just and. In any case, is unpreventable. If
the hanging Is to take place anyway, why
shouldn't we see It That Is the reasoning
and it aeems good enocsh if one cares for
that variety of sport. But we could never
understand why old women should, aa they
unquestionably do, love to attend funerals,
or how anybody could be induced, except
as a natter of duty, to make a business
or profteaioii of the handling of corpses.
ON" PrtEIDETIAI, riRISO tlST,
rertlneat Remarks the President's
fjtae of (hatnpit.
Harper's Weekly (Ind.).
Not being a Methodist, as Mr. Fairbanks
I. President Roosevelt ia apparently Im
mune to political disaster an a consequence
of being aeen In eompnny with Intoxlcnnts
or even Imbibing them. At a public din
ner at St. Louis on October 2. unterrlfled
by Mr. Fairbanks' experience, he drank
champagne In full view of the assembled
company and, report says, to Its satisfac
tion. It la no dlfflcult feat to drink cham
pagne, and In Itself no particular credit
to anybody, but. all things considered, It
may be argued to have been rather a use
ful exploit that Mr. Roosevelt achieved by
emptying his glass. BptiTftfon. the grant
preacher, found smoking wry helpful to
him. In 1874, being censured by someone
for smoking, he said:
"I demur altogether and most positively
to the statement that to smoke tobacco Is
wrong. There Is growing up In society a
Pharisaic system which adds to the pre
cepts of God the commandments of men.
To that system ! will not yield for one
hour. The preservation c.f my liberty may
bring upon me the tipbrsldlngs of many of
tljo good and the sneers of the self-righteous,
but I shall endure both with serenity
so long as I feel clear In my conscious."
In various parts of our country, and es
pecially In, the middle west of which flt.
Ixus Is near the center, there has grown
up a pharlsaln system which not only adds
to tho precepts of Cod th commandments
of men, but embodies thorn In legislative
enactments, with penalties for violation of
them. That the president did not knuckle
down to the powerful Influences that would
Impose this system on unwilling voters Is
to hi credit. The most useful example
any man can set Is the example of doing
what he thinks proper. A hypocritical ex
emple or ono exhibited from Interested mo
tive has no value. The president's ex
ample as a very abstemious person In dally
life Is good. His example In drinking
champagno at fit. Louis was also good.
The Dark Horse Hope.
Collier's Weekly (Ind.).
Until Roosevelt and Bryan came to dom
inate the situation it was the custom In
national conventions for th state to boom
favorite sons and to vote for home talent
on the first ballot at least. But, with this
complimentary voting disposed of, the con
test resolved itself Into a battle of the second-choice
candidates. Consequently, In a
free-for-all race for th presidency, polit
ical prophets are accustomed to select as
the winner the candidate who is the second
choice of tho most delegates provldud, of
course, no one candidate has a majority In
the convention. From present indications
the next republican convention may have
points of resemblance to the old-time nomi
nating oonvenfton; Indeed, there is evi
dence that powerful interests are planning
to have It so. Tho on first choice la
Roosevelt; him, because of his formal
renunciation, no Bluti can be pledged to.
Then, with Illinois for Cannon, Indiana
for Fairbanks, Pennsylvania for Knox, .
New York for Hughes, and a few of the
other larger state delegations pledged to
favorite sons, a froe-for-all convention Is
assured, in which the conservatives, after
the first-ballot favorite sons are disposed
of, hope to be dominant. Thia strategy
can be aided by that careful supervision
of the personnel of the delegations which
the old machine, in the various states, is
able to effect; but It will end In smoke.
Flnanrlna; the Campaign.
Wall Street Journal (Ind.).
How ahall the next presidential campaign
b financed? , ;;, . .
That is a question whloh is beginning to
Interest a good many people. We all kmw
how the campaigns of vm, 1900 and Wi
were financed. There has been plenty of
evldenoe on that point In recent. Investiga
tions. But it will be exceedingly difficult, if
not impossible, to raise such a campaign
(und In th year 1908. A business man
who was closely Identified with th financial
administration of th last two presidential
campaign is authority for the statement
that It will not be possible next year to
raise In Wall street, msaning thereby from
the corporations and bankers, one-eighth
of the amount of money tlrat was collected
In 1904.
Since the last presidential campaign law
have been enacted which do not make It
easy for corporations to subscribe, and a
public sentiment has been created which
many business men will not care to an
tagonize by making contributions. Then
th corporation world Is not over-friendly
toward the present leaders of the repub
lican and democratic paftiea, so that there
are many reasons why th statement of
this financier is probably near th mark.
Altogether It may be said that it wiU be
a mighty good thing for the country If
the two parties ar unable to collect enor
mous campaign funds. - No doubt they will
-obtain money" sufficient for defraying the
essential expenses, and politics will be In
a much more wholesome condition It no
more than this ! distributed. As a mat
ter of fact, the Issues of the camoalan
are well placed fefor the country In the
newspapers, and much of the money ex
pended In manufacturing enthusiasm is
wasted, while some of the enthusiasm Is
simply graft.
A Combination Ticket,
Milwaukee Sentinel (rep.).
A spicy piece of political gossip from
Washington tells of a movement afoot in
circles where Mr. Roosevelt's methods pic
turesquely described by the discontented
western man as "shooting up the country"
incidentally to reforming it. are in some
disfavor.
A Cannon-Hurhes ticket would be a
strong one Intrinsically, and as a vote
getter; and so also with a Taft-Hughes
ticket; or with a ticket heaiVd by
Hughes. There may be, and very likely
is, such a movement afoot as Correspond
ent "Bumner" reports, quoting the author
ity of National Committeeman Rabcock.
But we suspect the movers are reckoning
without the concurrence of a very consider
able factor. Governor Hughes.
Probably the governor, when the time
comes, might consent to stand for second
place on a ticket otherwise acceptable to
himself; and there Is no apparent reason
why the Nestor of republican statesmen,
Joseph G. Cannon, should be unacceptable.
But it may bo aet down as certain that
at the present tim Mr. Hughes is not
.being used asa pawn In this or any other
political game with his knowledge or con-
SMll.
I The republican national ticket in 1Uu6 will
nut be the prearranged, cut-and-dried prod
uct of anterior backroom political confer
ences, or of Mr. Roosevelt's dictation either.
! The people who are to do tho voting rule
the nominating nowadays. Tha ticket will
reflect prevailing public sentiment ut con-
' ventlon time; and the convention will act
on the principle that the main thing ahead
Is to satisfy the party and win the election.
BlffBiaraBce ot laforauatloa.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Nobody goes to se a man born, but
th community turns out to see him
burled." says Gorge Harvey. This is due
largely U the fuel that by the time the
funeral rolls around the community Is
pretty well on to him, whereas notiiing is
known against him prior to his first birthday.'.
Til R- rGRKIt, KINO.
Eastern Tribute to 111 Majesty, the
Mcaarrh of the West.
Philadelphia Press.
If a tonrlst from the other side of the
world should cross the United Ststes In
October he would le profoundly Impressed
by the corn flel-Js. The straight rows of
shocks on the immense farms In the west
could excite the traveler's wonder as much
as the rice field of Japan, the tea tlunta
tlons of northern India, or the wheat fields
of the Nllo astonish and delialit the Amer
ican who behol.ls them for the first time.
Corn Is the typical American crop. Th
farmers arc now gathering the aioth liarv-
j est of malie. John Smith's little colony
j at Jsmestown planted the first seed in
! lStM anil It i r , i v ffliaf In ma
year since then hns this continent been
without Us con. Of course, tho Indian
were raising It long before the days of
Pocahontas, and the white man borrowed
the first Focd from the red man, a he also
obtained from him tohncco nnd potatoes.
This country was n'.reuiiy soiling corn
to Europe M0 years ago. Before the
revolution Virginia alone exported over
500,000 bushels annually. But in the seventy
year following the surrender of CotwrIUs,
America's corn exports did not grow very
fast. They ware 2.000,000 bushels when
peace came and had only Just doubled when
Henry Clay was fiahtlng for-hls gTeat com-
promise in the middle of the nineteenth
century. .
, In recent years, although the United
States sometimes ships abroad as much
corn In one week as It did in a year just
prior to the civil war, still our exports
are not large, considering the magnitude
! of the crop. In found numbers, America
soils to foreigners one bushel of wheat out
; of every six and a half bushels grown. We
aell but on bushel of corn out of about
every twenty.
Corn Is the great home cereal. It feeds
the horse. It fattens the hogs, it helps pro
duce the milk, it makes plenty of eggs, it
fills innumerable barrels with whisky. It
adds weight to the "cattlo of a thousand
hills," It makes a breakfast in countless
homes, and has been fuel for many a shiv
ering Kansan.
As Grady might have said, corn in its
very appearance of opulent yellow seems
to lock up the sunshine of an AnTerlcan
summer to distribute It throughout tho
winter In a thousand blessings. It Is honest
and formidable to look upon, while it la the
most beautiful cereal grown on the face of
God' earth, and at the samo time lends
Itself to more forms of utility than any
other. It typifies the nation.
From the cracks in a thousand cribs It
will soon smile out again its autumnal
benediction upon the human race.
PERSON A I, NOTES.
When Andrew Carnegie was a young
man he was Inordinately fond of taffy.
In Chicago it is worse than questionable
taste on the part of an amusement company
to try to set up Its apparatus next to a
cemetery.
It Is reported that 20,000 pounds of
prunes have been ordered for victualing
the Pacific fleet. That ought to make the
men feel like fighting i
Wlhlle Wall stueet was bewailing the
awful scarcity of lambs, a Philadelphia
trie strayed Into the shambles and sold the
shearers a railroad gold brick for $1,000,000.
This Is rubbing it In with a vengeance.
The action ot a Massachusetts minister
in -eslgnlng his charge to devote his talents
to golf, tends fro-ftrove the value of prayer
ful deliberation in striking a gait suited to
one's mental endowments.
The inability of the International Peace
conference at Th Hague to achieve great
practical results, needs no other explana
tion than the statement that the' delegates
attended 200 banquets. Fortunately, all live
to tell tho tale.
A New York preacher who contracted an
overdose of affinity was given four months
of Involuntary vaoation on the sworn com
plaint of his father. Solitary seclusion is
esteemed a specific for the disease at
least foY the term.
A -lctory in tho now widespread cam
paign against unslightly bill boards has
been achieved in Cincinnati, whers 900
prominent bill board advertisers have
agreed not to resort to this mods of dis
play, and have signified their intention to
co-operate with the municipal arts commit
tee of the Business Men's club In Its
efforts to beautify the city.
New England has furnished nearly as
many of our present naval ol.lcers of
flag rank ai all the rest of the United
States combined. The highest officer of the
navy. Admiral Dewey, is a native of Ver
mont, a state without a seaport. Of the
twenty-two rear admirals on the list eight
are New Englanders. Tills Is a remark
able showing for so small a section of
the. country.
An Albany paper makes the statement
that General Philip Sheridan was a natlv
of that olty. It says that it is well es
tablished that the union cavalry leader In
the civil war "was born In a small, low,
two-story brick dwelling on Sheridan ave
nue." Th historic house is now so badly
dilapidated that it is entirely useless. It
stand' in the store yard of Howard N.
Fuller's flour, lime and tile establishment,
corner of Sheridan avenue and Chapel
street.'
Kings of the t'onatry.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The farmers are reported to be gaining
benefits from the present high price of
wheat. The farmers ought to begin to be
a little careful. They will ba listed with
members of th capitalistic class, th first
thing they know nd where can they look
for sympathy then?
JULIE FLORENCE WALSH
MISS
these symptoms la
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made from native roots and herbs. No other medicine in the country has
received such widespread and unqualified endorsement. No Other medi
cine has such a record ot cures of female ills.
Miss J. r. Y alsu, of m W. SfSth St . New York City, writes: "Lydia
E I'iskham'a Vegetable Compound has been &f Inestimable vaiu- in
restoring my-health. I aurtered from female illness which caused
dreaiiful headaches, diszintaa, and
meaioine soon oroug-nt about a change In my general condition, (milt
me up and made me -perfectly well."
Lydia E. Pinkhara'a Vegetable Compound eures Female Complaints,
such as Backache, Vailing and Displacements. Inflammation and Ulcera
tion, and organic diseases. It ia invaluable in preparing for child-birth
and during the Change of Life. It cures Nervous Prostration, Headache,
General Debility, and invigorates the whole system.
Mrs Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women
Wcmia suffering' from any form
write Mrs. Pinkhasn. at Lynn, Maaa.
ANDREWS' KEVNOT.fl OF PErn
Chancellor of Nebraska 1 nlirrsltr
Plainly Polata the Road.
Minneapolis Journal.
E. n njaml'n Andrews lias got Ihe riaht
Idea at last. E. Itcnjainin has been ln,,k
lng for It for some time and has missel
It by a hitlr on sovernl occasions. h;i'
nt length his pertinacity In strtiKsli!
with Ideas has been rewarded, lln In,
hit the right one. It Is to hang libl. is
"None of the business villainies allcR.l to
be so rife," reports E. Benjamin. 'Van
compare In atrocity' with these squnlid
campaign of libel which recent months
have produced."
There Is a sentiment not only of fine
quality, but of perfect balance. The etroc
ities of business deals like the New York
traction Job ore as nothing compared
with the crime of telling about them.
Why? Because In stealing a street rail
road the promoters stole nothing; but the j
right of people td a cheaper fare. But tnn
stealing a bunch of lunguago to throw at '
the promoters who did this, tho llbeler is
quite likely to hit some Innocent persons
In the crowd of the guilty. What la steal
ing a material raitrmid compared to steal
ing an Innocent character? Rattier than
take any such awful chances the tlbelera
from Theodore Roosevelt -to Unk StefTena
should be made to shut tholr yawps. If
they do not agree lo this E. Benjamin
recommends that they lie hanged. And it
may be said in passing that Messrs, Ryan.
Elkins, Widener and others thereby egrf
with Brother Andrews. They believe h
has struck the keynote of peace in tlii
country. '
A Pew Silvery Thoughts .
Springfield Republican.
Our old friend silver has again been st
tracting attention, by another collapse, in
price, duo, it Is said,' to crop failure and
small demand In India. It la now under
CO cents an ounce, though it used to bo
there quite generally. If anybody wants
to know and has no time to figure it out.
-we will say that at the present price the
silver In one of our "standard" dollars
has a market value of about 45 cents.
Reciprocal Relations,
Minneapolis Journal.
E. II. Harrlman believes the railroads
would bo saved "much trouble if the news
papers would como to them before pub
lishing damaging stories. Likewise tha
newspapers would be 'saved much trouble
if th railroads would come to them before
going about to smssh a couplo of federal
statutes. It' is In these little acts of reci
procity that we are to find the solution ot
the railroad question.
, l.AUGHINU GAS. I
"So your boy has gone back to college."
"Yes." answered Farmer Oorntossel; "an"
I'm glad of it. He's done nothing; but read
books all summer. Now. maybe he'll get a
little exercise." Washington Star.
"Our new college yell," explained the fair
coed, "Is Just plain hurray."
"Why do you leave off the hips?"
"They won't be fashionable this winter."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Yes," said Hi Trsgedy, self-oompla-cently,
"I am satisfied that I would mnke
an Ideal 'Hnmlet.' "
"Come off!" cried Ixiwe Comedy; 'Ham
let' means 'a little ham' and you're a big
one." Philadelphia Press.
Knleker Does he play foot ball?
Bocker No but ho can kick beautifully
with his lungs.-New York Sun.
"When Jinks went home last night lie
found his wife fairly boiling with anger
and weeping scalding tears." ...
"He remarked this morning that he. had
been In hot wuler," Philadelphia press.
"Jokktey waa telling me he saw yon in a
restaurant yesterday. Said Coakley.
"yes," replied the new rich Hartley, "aiulv
T kin . r,l I tll v,tti that'"
''No: but he snld he was In constant frar .
that you'd cut yourself." Baltimore Ametv4
lean. "
"Do you ever take your wife a box of
candy or a bunch of violets?"
"Nope."
"And why not? Is she not as dear to you
as she was before-you married her?"
"Yep; but if I was to urnd her flowers and
candy, she'd wonder what crime I was try
ing to cover up." Houston Post.
"1 don't look much like an athlete now
'days, ina'am." said Warehum Long1, with
his mouth full, "but when 1 wus young I
held a champeenship fur two years hand
runnln'." "Championship for what?" asked the
woman of the house.
"Plo eatin', ma nm." Chicago Tribune.
THE REAL, AND Til 13 UNREAL.
J. M. Lewis in Houston Post.
Oh, married life is not exactly what young
lovers dream.
It is not all beer nnd Bklttles nor ripe
peaches served In cream,
'Tis not a wulklng-hand In hand forever
and a day
Days through a blossomed sunny land,
nights down a moolit way
'TIS not an everlasting song whose words
are bliss, bliss, bliss,
'TIs not a snugKling all day long betwixt a
kiss and kiss. '
'TIs not a loved one In your arms, a strong
hand on your hair,
Eyes looking love into your eyes, a fare
well to all care,
'TIs not love alwavs at the door, love's
hand upon the latch;
Nay, nay! If marriage was like that there
wouldn't be a bach.
Nay, marriage means the furnishing ot one
wee little cot,
A young , man hustling for tils bread
through frigid days and hot
Away from home, a llttlo bride perched in
a window nMt
To watch for him and dream of when she
had bonbons to eat;
Or bending o'er a redhot stove where burns
a costly stesk.
Or cutting dough in little wads that she
will later hake
And will cull biscuits holy smoko! each
day to further seem
From that enchanted, sunlit land creation
of a dresm!
It means some dai s of dark despair, a w lull
ing to bo rich.
And then a sewing of wee things with
love in every stitch.
WOMEN SUFFER
Many women suffer in silence and
drift along from bad to worse, know
ing well that they ought to have
immediate assistance.
How many women do you know
who are perfectly well and stroii??
The cause may be eahily traoej to
some feminine der&sgement which
manifests itself in depression of
spirits, reluctance to go anywhere
or do anything, backache, dragging
sensations, flatulency, nervousness,
and sleeplessness. .
TbeM symptoms are but warnings
that there is dinger ahead, and tin.
less heeded, a life of sufferiDR or a
serious peratiou is the inevitable
result. The best remedy for all
dull pains in my back, bet your
pf female weakness are Invited to
Ucr advice ia free.