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rarity saoalil , Tit Be
Mailed ( then. Addreaa will b
eksat4 aa oftea aa raetd.
If you clou t re&laur ou can t vote.
Colonel Y auerson s declaration that
be Is out of politics leaves hlin with
the demo... Jc majority for once.
After au . .ir experience, M is as
tonlfahlng that u-th Fish and Harrlman
Bhould put up such & fight against
taking water,
Vardaman need not have left Vlcks
barg In order to avoid meeting the
president. The president was hunting
bear, not wild asses.
Wall street is full of men who
"carved their own fortunes" and have
been busy ever since trying to earve
the fortunes of other folks.
New Yorkprofe.se, to be surprised
because an actress there takes a pig i
automoblling with her. Perhaps she
prefers a pig to a lobster.
Colonel Bryan is campaigning in
New York, but the political situation
there Is so muddled that neither party
is afraid be will do much harm.
The Hague peace conference spent
$500,600 in dinners. The hotel keep
ers' union at The Hague are ready to
vote the peace conference a success,
i
During the month of September the
total number cf immigrants to the
United Eta tea waa 98,894 and every
one ot them who got past Wall street
has a Job.
."The president used to wear side
whiskers," says the Washington Her
ald. It waa a long time ago, however,
and youth must have its indiscretions.
So forget it.
Kentucky farmers are signing an
agreement not to raise any more to
bacco for a term of years. This may
drive Inveterate smokers to he use
of cigarettes.
The Houston Post Insists that lunar
rainbows . are , visible every night In
Texas. There must he some mistake in
the reports about that state having
gone prohibition.
"Wall street Is the longest street
on earth," says Robert S. 'Mlnot, tn a
magazine article. Recent financial
reports would Indicate that Wall street
Is the shortest street on earth.
. . The Russian general staff at St.
Petersburg has been ordered to study
the Japanese language. The staff
might also be benefited by a study of
the Japanese style of flthtlng.
In the meantime, tbe Omaha bank
clearings continue to show such dally
Increase over last year as indicates the
solidity of the local business regard
less of tbe upheaval on Wall strer
. President Roosevelt admits tin. j
la very fond of bear meat, when U is
properly cooked. Thla will be a sur
prise to Wall street, where the notion
has prevailed that he "eats 'em alive."
Saturday, October 2(1, i the last day
on which you can register your name
for voting at the coming election. If
you are sot already on the list you
should make sure that the matter U
attended to today.
Postrraster Palmer's efforts to im
prove the local mall service are appre
ciated by tho Omaha business men. A
Ilt'.I mrre rhcerful co-operation or
the rrl if the railroad company would
also b Eppreelat4
hemkdtixg noMrsrtAD KTiti.
Commissioner Balllnger of the gen- 1
eral land office at Washington has
Just Issued an order, the rigid and Im
partial enforcement . of which will
doubtless do much to end the abuses
that developed In the operation of the
homestead laws In the past. Under
the new order, "constructive resl-
dence," heretofore recognized In the
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administration of the land office, will
cot apply to homestead entries made
on or after November 1, 1907.
The abuse of the homestead privi
lege nnder the old law, or the old
method of administering the law, grew
out of a disposition on the part of the
federal authorities to make the lot
of the homesteaders as easy as possi
ble. While the letter of the law re
quired actual residence, the authorities
early adopted' the plan of accepting
"constructive residence." The entry
man was required only to show that
he had lived on his pre-emption, and
usually this "living" amounted to the
building of a shack in which the
homesteader slept a few nights
each ' year to . ease his conscience,
while he may have bad employment
hundreds of miles away. After the
fourteen months of required "resi-
the entryman usually took ad
vantage ofathe commutation clause of
the homestead law, paid the acre price
asked by the government and then,
more frequently than not, sold the
property to. some lumber, cattle or
land syndicate for a profit.
As a result of this system, syndi
cates of various kinds have secured
thousands and millions of acres of
valuable government lands that should
be owned and occupied by 'actual
settlers, for whose benefit and encour
agement the homestead law was
passed. In the recent exposures of the
scandals in the land operations in the
west, it was shown that some of these
syndicates made It a regular business
to employ men to file on public lands
for the sole purpose of turning them
over toithe syndicates as soon as titles
were secured.
Commissioner Ballinger's order may
resemble locking the stable after the
horse has been stolen, but any reform
designed to eliminate the speculative
evil in homesteidtng should help save
what remains of the public domain for
the use of bona fide homesteaders, for
whom It was originally intended.
frnr -t TF.HonD wait'
Persistent effort is hjein; made by
democratic newspapers to create the
Impression that the reason President
Roosevelt is delaying his proclamation
admitting Oklahoma to the union Is
because he does not approve of its
state constitution. In point of fact,
however, the apparent delay is not
due to the president. Under the law,
he Is given twenty days to Issue his
proclamation after the receipt of the
certificate of election. While the elec
tion was. held on September 17, the
Official returns hnvn limt hn tnr.
,arded tQ Wa8nlngt0n wnlch wM
allow the president at least until No
vember IS to make his official an-
nouncement of the addition of another
star to tho flag.
, The president has let It be under
stood that he will Issue the 'proclama
tion, at the proper time, although he
does not conceal his personal dissatis
faction with the constitution adopted
for the new state. He believes, as do
many others, regardless of partisan
alliances, that the constitution makers
erred In incorporating many matters
into tbe document that should have
been left for legislative action, but '
that does not constitute sufficient basis
for withholding statehood. The re
publican protest against tbe action
of the democratic majority in gerry
mandering the congrosslonal districts
of the new state will cut no figure with
the president. Unfair as the district
ing may bave been, it Is a purely local
matter and must be settled by the
people of Oklahoma. k
As a result of the September elec
tion, the democrats will have four
representatives and both United States
senators, the republicans securing but
one member of the congressional dele
gation. The statehood proclamation
will probably be Issued in time to
allow the seven Oklahomans to take
tbelr seats at the coming session of
congress. This addition to tbe demo
cratic minority in congress may offer
some encouragement to the members
of that party, but will not in any way
threaten republican control.
too itch r Lrsksiyrt."
Tbe vice president of the Chicago
Board of Education is behind a move
ment there for a thorough investiga
tion into the efflclency of the present
methods of teaching spelling, writing
and arithmetic ln the public schools.
In Introducing his motion he Is Quoted
as giving expression to these very
common-sense remarks:
I am aa much of a faddist In education as
any practical man dare b. but 1' can't a
in wiiaom in sacrificing the attainment of
ruaimentary knowledge for a splattering of
water coloring, and a little ef this and a
little of that which will never b of any
us to nlnty-nln hundredths of th pupils
after they leave school.
I hav found that th boa and girls who
leave th psbllc ' schools to enter other
schools or fields are extremely faulty In
the studies. I hav found that th teach
er are extremely faulty in many respect
In their methods of teaching th studies,
ther being a tendency to alight them aa
much a possible.
Incidentally a teat was cited ln Il
lustration ln which a class ot seventy
eight boys were asked to work five
prcblems la arithmetic, which their
teachers said they ought to be able to
lo. with the result that only one boy
aorked tnem all correctly and twenty
seven failed to get aDy cf them right.
The complaint that the public
schools pay too much attention to
"fancy learning" and not enough to
the bread and butter studies Is not
conflced to Chicago, but is Just aa
common right here In Omaha as In
any other place. The tendency is to
add the different educational frills to
the curriculum whenever demanded
by an apparently respectable backing.
As a result the schools have been
loaded down with the teaching of a
great variety of subjects supposed to
be carried from the kindergarten up
and the average boy or girl emerges
from school without being as firmly
grounded in the three Rs as were the
boys and girls who put in halt the
number of .years at school two or
three decades ago.
It is a good sign to see a movement
started in Chicago to ascertain what
makes the public school system top
heavy and to suggest the remedies. If
Chicago can work It out more satis
factorily, other cities, including
Omaha, will have a chance to follow
suit.
rr.w form or trust BiSTiyo.
The action of the federal authori
ties seizing at Norfolk, Va., a shipment
of tobacco consigned to a British
company, on the ground that it is the
subject of a transaction prohibited by
the Sherman anti-trust law. Is the
most radical step yet taken by the gov
ernment In Its campaign against law
less trusts. It. opens the way, If the
Issue of the litigation that will follow
results favorably to the admlnlstra-
Jtion, for a new method of dealing dl-,
tors of the law. The seliure was made
under the clause of the Sherman law
which provldos:
Any property owned tinder any contract
or by any combination, or pursuant to any
conspiracy (and being the aubjeot thereof)
mentioned In eectlon one of thla act. and
being In the course of transportation from
one state toanother, or to a foreign coun
try, shall b forfeited to the United States,
and may be aelzed and condemned by like
nrnceedlnaa aa those nrovlded for by law
tion of property imported Into the United
States contrary to law.
This is the first effort of
the
government to enforce forfeiture of
the property ot trusts, in tbe
course ot shipment, subject to seli
ure and condemnation. The extreme
Importance of the powor with which
the government is vested under this
section of the law cannot be under
estimated. With such authority, the
officials of the government cecd not
wait the result of loug litigation in the
courts, but could begin proceedings
by stopping shipments found to be Il
legal, under the provisions of the law
and throw the burden of the proof
upon the defendant to the action.
They could seise property of the To
bacco trust, the Oil trust or any other
of the many combinations and bring
the matter to an issue very promptly.
In such cases, tbe company owning the
property would have to prove that the
seizure was unlawful. In the Virginia
action, If the Tobacco trust seeks to
recover possession of its property, val
ued at $7,000, it will be necessary to
present evidence that' its several com
binations and allied companies are not
operated In restraint ot trade and In
cidentally to reveal many facts of
value which tho government has been
unable to obtain for its prosecution
of the so-called tobacco trust In the big
case which has been pending In New
York for some months. The chief slg-
nlflcanco of tbe action, however, is
that if the government's position is
sustained by the courts it may point
a way by which the entire business ot
an unlawful combination engaged In
Interstate commerce might be stopped
or suppressed by the government.
Tha trust conference) In Chlcairn ex-
tended to the newspapers the unusual
. ,, , ,
courtesy of allowing them to present
their grievances. Peoole have become
so accustomed to occupying all the the Union Pacific emerged with only 1,89 ; i-ores, tour years ago. involved pre-ara-snace
in the newsoaners with clamor mtlea of road ar.d no connection with the "nr.. as for an exploring expedition Into a
space In the newspapers wltn Clamor . m. lgM ,t acqulro(1 , barbaroua country. Today, one can leave
against different sorts of oppressive . ' tock of the rc0rganlsed ToHo at 1! p. m. bv,a first cla.s exm-ss
trusts that thev have foriotten the ! ;.0ti.. a a few months later I tr-" wnlch ln twenty-nine hours tak.a
likelihood
of tha publishers, them-
selves, having any reason to complain.
Editor Rldder very pointedly calls at
tention to some of the difficulties en
countered by the publishers ln their
endeavor to keep pace with modern
progress and at the same time make
their papers bring reasonable returns
tor capital lavested.
Local Issues Involved In the coming
election are of such importance that
every voter in Douglas county should
record his preference. one way or the
other. This especially applies to 'the
voters of Omaha and South Omaha,
but If you are not registered you can
not vote, and today Is the lest day on
which you can register.
The Japanese crown prince Is said
to bave received a royal welcome In
Korea. There were enough Japs ahead
of him to form a real clacquers' brigade
and it is cot conducive to the health
of a Corean to withhold his applause
' from an emUsar
z.
of the mikado.
Tbe cannery men of Alaska are
complaining that only the Chinese will
do tbe work about the canneries in a
way satisfactory to the owners. This
ought, to be a valuable tip to the pub
lic, which is expected to eat the output
of these factories.
A Kansas man whose Jaw was
broken by a dentist is suing for
$11,000 damages and claims that be
has been "totally Incapacitated." He
must bave been a politician by pro
fession. I
.X.
Members of the Commerelal club
are showing a very keen interest In
the efforts of that Institution, which
promises much for Its future growth
and Influence. The question of new
quarters and better accommodations
for the club is one which membership
will eventually settle, but the general
determination to make the club more
of a factor in local affairs Is the one
that means most to Omaha.
Th forage crop in the Belle Fourche
and Cheyenne valleys must be uncom
monly good this year. Else why Is
the Indian scare revived? The sale
of hay to the cavalry has been for
many years the chlefest result of an
"Indian . uprising."
John Temple Graves has been made
editor of Hearst's New York paper
and will probably be very busy for a
time trying to forget that he is author
of the scheme to have the democrats
nominate Mr. Roosevelt next year.
The Last Straw,
St. Louis Times.
Tho wisdom of the proposition to make
Washington a dry town la a little doubtful.
Many of the debatera In congress are al
ready too dry to read without a stimu
lant Why tbe I.amba Hesitate.
Philadelphia Press.
Notwithstanding tha splendid bfialn
offera In stocks, the honest Investor con-
' tinuea about as shy as aver. Tha fact
every day may, howarer, have something
to do with it
laearabl.
New Tork Tribune.
Mr. Bryan Involved tha query "What is
a democrat!" In more mystery than ever
by saying at Cooper Unttm: "Nlmstenthe
W th- e..MiMa a. d.moratL but don't
knoWlt... Democracy wust b a disease;1"? " t0 ,dl8po r ,n nemral
Oa Gaar4 for New Islands.
Brooklyn Eagle.
These mysterious earthquake ahocks that
keep getting themsolvea recorded, but
never located, must betoken th building
up of t group of Islands, probably near
the Aleutians. W ought to be on hand
with a nag and a warship to ae that none
of them get away.
Moral Sena la Bastaeas.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The more on read of Interborough
Metropolitan history the better Satisfied
th veryday cltlsen 6ughf to feel that he
is one. rather than a person "hose suc
cess is won through lack of moral sense.
But th absence of moral aens In busi
ness Is going to be unfashionable in a
few mora years.
Parchaslag Pnaloeaa Proaitalag.
Wall Street Journal.
Denials of anv noteworthy recessions In
business In the south, and aasurances of
continued activity In th weat, together
with th enormous volume, of traffic which
railroads are handling all over th coun-
try, aerv to show that trad opsratlone
are In a condition of aoundness which
should go far to allay any anxiety as to
th near future. Th setting down process,
from higher to lower valuea la one of the
healthiest Indications, especially when It Is
met, as la now the case, by a steady pur
chnalag activity throughout the consum-.
Ing world. Tho concluding week of Octo- j
the country for merchandl. Thi. promUe.
to continue, to the end of th year, guaran
teeing a volume ef bualnesa fully equal to
that of th most prosperous In recent
years.
HARRIMAN's RAILROAD WORK.
nMir unit Reronstractlon of
the
Valoa Pacrtfle Syatena.
Philadelphia Record.
E. H. Harrlman has com in for profuse
objurgation for three things: The stock
watering of the Alton railroad, the sup
pression for two days of the fact that the
dividends of th Southern and Union Pa
cific railroads had been increased, and th
iaia to corporation controlled by him of
certain railroad propertie which ne ownea.
Tn tni last matter rroi. miwihu vi
School of Commerce. Accounts and Finance
of the University of Nw York, who re
vliws th remarkable rehabilitation of th
Union Pacific In The Quarterly Journal of
Economics, acquits Harrlman of any
wrong.
If any one wishes to read the story of an
extraordinary piece of railroad manage
ment he should consult this artlcl of
Prof. Mitchell. At the lime of th receiv-
' '"hip In MM the Union paclflo . controlled
'or owned 7,641 mile of road. During the
j p,voh,p the gubsidlary lines wer. soM.
Himr. reorganised them, and
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it got the Oregon Railroad and wavigai on
company, which gave it an ouuei on me
Pacific coast. It rapidly recovered the
branch Une. which had been lost during
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th. receivership. Enormous sum. wer
tont on lmnrovlns th lines ana tneir
equipment; a part of the money was ob
tained by issues of stocks and bonds but
th earnings were used lavishly for the im
provement of the properties when they
might hav been used for dividends, which
would hav had a mor ImmeJiate cKVct
upon the stock values. In reporting on its
Investigation of th Hrrlman management
the Interstate Commerce commission au-
mltted that Harrlman had greatly 1m-
proved all the railroad properties that had
con e under his control.
The enormous Investments of the Union
Pacific and Its associates In the stock of
other rallroada waa Inspired mainly hy a
doslro to turn traffic ln the direction of
th Harrlman system. But It hss alo been
actuated in part by considerations that
move an Individual to Invest his money.
and Mr. Harrlman has been extraordlnar-
ana ir. liirruimn nam . . A.
lly successful ln putting the funds of the
t'nlon Pacific where they earn good rc-
t"rn-
The earnings oi me union runn " r
Increased enormously. The gross tsrnlngs
Increased from under forty to over sixty
seven millions between 10 and l1. lin
net earnings from under nineteen to thirty
two millions, the earnings from investment
from two and a half to ten millions, thou3h
the fixed chargea Increased only from a
little over nine to ten and a half millions,
the gross Income doubled, and the net In
come increased more than 160 per cent,
prof. Mitchell aays: "In fact, ths t'nlon
paclfio could completely abandon the oper
ation of Its railway llnea and atlll receive
as tribute from the AJton, the Atchison
the Baltimore A Ohio, the Northwestern,
th 81. I'aul, th Illinois Central and the
other great railway systems whoso stocks
It owns, enough Income to pay Its fixed
charges and tha ouatomary 4. per cent
dividends on its preforred stock."
Mr. Harrlman needs t be regulated ln
th public Interest, but a man who can do
thla with a company that came out of a
receivership nine year ago with less than
tOl miles ef track that did not reach any
sea coast la not an undealrabl cltUen, on
th whole.
OTHER LANDS THAW OURS.
The recent address of M. Clemeneeau,
the French premier, on the occasion of the
unveiling of tha atatua of the lata Rene
Goblet, Indicate a complete severance of
th relations of tha ministerial party with
the soclallnta ted by Jaurea and Hrrve.
Tha prima mfnleler said It waa tha great
mlsfcrtune of the present day thnt It was
necesssry for Frenchmen to speak up for
France. Thoy mut, however, submit to
that humiliation, aa them wera French
parricides who In their madnesa did not
fear to declare that they would choose the
moment when the existence of the nation
was at stake to turn their arms agalmt
their, fellow citizens and help tha foreigner
In crushing their native land. That doc
trine. If such a monstrous delirium could
be thus qualified, had only recently ac
quired that repugnant precision. But Gob
let had not, he aaid, waited for the hour
ef those blasphemies to vindicate the In
dependence of the mother country as the
Supreme guarantee of the rights that had
been already won. As a minister In dim
cult circumstances, he had always known
how to maintain above everything th
dignity of France and to secure peace with
honor. But who could have foreseen th
time when Frenchmen themselves would
surpass the fury of the foreigner against
France? When that evil manifested itsulf
Ooblet was the first openly to challenge
thoso who drew distinctions when the fata
of the country Itself waa at stake. M
Clemenceau ended by declaring that
Frenchmen could not for a moment se
riously fear the effecte of a criminal pro
paganda which could only excite the hor
ror of all Frenchmen worthy of the name.
Th growth of home Industries Is one of
the msny striking features of the present
development of China. The production of
Iron and ateel needed for the extensive
railroad systems projected nearly equals
, J"" " " " "i-"
fr" th end of lhe nome Industry will
i rimsanr rl-mat. anJ la I- ..-.a at.. a i.
tlmea In the awakening empire Is the ex-
I panslon of the i atlve press and th develop. .
ment of education. A few years' ago there
; wtre only half a dozen native journals In :
; China, Now there ar several hundred, i
many of them subsidized by Hubs a, Oer-
many, France and Japan. "The last seven
, years," 'writes 8ydney Brooks, London
! correspondent of Harper's Weekly, "have
seen a vast expansion of educational activi
ties. The viceroys are rapidly founding
schools and college of every description
primary, secondary, military, agricul
tural and technical; and tn them western
learning finds an honored place. Aknowl-
edge of English
Is spreading fast: the
postal service carries the means of Instruc
tion to the most distant provinces; the
missionary schools were never better pat
ronized; and thousands of Chinamen of
the wealthier and official classes are flock
ing abroad to complete their education
the bulk of them to Japan, but many also
to German. Belgium, Great Britain and
America. The most significant fruit ef this
movement Is to be found In the changes
that have been made In the system ef ex
amination for degrees. Up to a few years
ego those examinations which every China
man must pass before he can enter the
employment of the state dealt with the
minutiae of Chinese scholarship, abstract
pedantries, and the teachings of Confuc'us.
But now political economy, modern phl'oso
phy, International law, and the iDblems
of the workaday world are obligatory aub
jocU." 1 g.'SS
and fiasco, but the on that cut deeneat !
Into the national conaclouaness wss, rather
curiously, the defeat of the British pro
posal to restrict within very nsrrow limits
the use of submarine mines in war. No
British journal seems able ta rit-tt this
matter with calmness. . The conference of
The Hague "chucked out" the British pro
posal, and the role It did adopt gives Urge
freedom to a weak power to protect Its
coasts by the use of these Infsmal msoh'ne.
which are so liable to prove a deadly pertl
to peaceful merchantmen, even after a war
has ended. Abstractly, tha British case
was unanswerable. Submarine mines should
be strictly regulated In their location, the
I duration of their explosive vitality and the
responsibility that may attach to the power
that turns them loose on the high seas.
Something was done In this direction, but
not enough to satisfy England. The reason
Is not far to a-ek. Aa the predominant
naval power, England'a wars are likely to
be fougtit on the coasts of her enemies;
hence her interests are In favor of rlg'd
restriction of the uae of the mines. For the
same res son, the Interests of the other
naval power point In the opposite di
rection. Germany dealrea freedom In this
branch of warfare, and Germany's will pre
vailed at The Hague.
A trip from Toklo to the Interior of
him tn flhlmnnna.tkl iihanM t.am.r
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from r,.n anothPr express tran with
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tern Imported from tho United States, con-
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to Seul the Japanese hod to overcome anme
formidable d'fflcultiea In the way of via
ducts and bridges. There Is a tunnel 4 00ft
feet In length, and much of the route Is
through a mountainous region. At the
station In Seul all the employes, por'ers
and jlnrlksha men are Jaranese. At the
j postomo, the
Most of th
stamps sMd are Japvcee.
. as nar nr i na nn nsman arsi SBVon0w sa n i
. (J ara ,he ,oMlf.r, , tfl, b,ri.aoks. Th,
j mpm r(( rrr.an a, are , c,m,,
, worn by .tBa n,t)ve. If the trsv-ler Is a
alnbe-trotter who wlnhea tn nroeefl ta
ch,n(l ht ., , MprmiB tra)n to
. rh.mi.inn tn a p.iiim.. f rrm
t. ,h of rh).,. tv.
f ar ,rrf,B,lUr ,n(J pf M.r,T rrt
, However, by this route It I now possible
! t(J J0 from Tok)(j to Lond(JB w,tn on,y
. flfUen nourg Qn th( watftr
'
I The toU, ru
I wna ,,maI, ,n
-"her of people killed by
India during 1M wa 21
as against I,u51 in lW. This Is aconM'ng
to a government return.' Wolves ar re
ported to have hilled 178 persons ln th
United provinces. In th Madras presi
dency tigers were responsible for the
greater mortal'ty, while a rrad wolf In the
Bholapur district of Bombay eud ex
tern desths. In Bengitt the number of per
sons killed by elephants rose from n'ne ln
llu to eighteen In 196, end a proposal haa
been made by the magistrate of Cuttack for
the organization of a khedda in that dis
trict. Tigera killed a larger number of
persons in 1M ln Madraa, Bombay, the
United provinces and Burmah, and steps
hav been taken for the deal rue t 'on of man
eating ttgera In those districts. Three
rran-eatlng tigers were destroyed In 8am
balpuf, Angul, snd Mandular In ir4. The
persons reported to have died from snake
bites numbered 22.F54. atalnst :l.;7 In 19.
Tirbllaa- th Mas.
Chicago News.
In praising Andrew Jackson President
Roosevelt struck a responsive chord in th
breasts of anm volar of th southwest.
People naturally feel a pride In th man
for whom they bave always voted.
Without question it makes the finest, the
most healthful food. Dr. Price's Cream
Baking Powder has been used through
out North America for three generations
and is acknowledged to be the standard
baking powder for case and economy.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
The democrats of Shelbyvllle, Tenn., heed
loss of the perils of treason, have stared a
movement to secure the nomination of a
southerner as the next" democratlfl presi
dential candidate.
On the theory that free Implements ought
to accompany the free seeds cf congress
men, a candidate for congress In Oklahoma
haa nailed a free Implement plank on hla
platform and Is running like a prairie Are.
SeYt ial St. Loula aldermen are annoyed
because a grand jury Is Inquiring why the
alilern-.arilc thumb print appears cm cur
rency employed to promote a franchise. It
Is difficult for St. Louis solons to break th
force of habit.
According to the New York Sun. ex
President Cleveland, though In 111 health,
does not neglect an Intereat In national
political affairs. He tells his friends that
he believes Speaker CBnnon will be the
next republican candidate for president.
Intimate friends of David B. Hill of New
York say that they are worried about hla
health. They tell how the sage of Wolfert'a
Roost was very 111 last summer. It Is re
called that Mr. Hill was seriously 111 two
years ago, but Mr. Hill Is on duty at his
offices ln Albany and la head farmer at
Wrlfert'B Roost.
Portland, Ore., Is disposed to hire an
automatic kicker for steady business. Some
twenty yeara ago the city had an elegant
slice cf river front used as a dump. It
d'd not smell very sweet or look very
r retty, so It waa handed over, gratis, to. a
railroad company for a depot Bite. Now
the city needs a section of river, and must
pay from $3,000,000 to 14,000,000 for the land.
The Hearst Independence league ef
Massachusetts Is not to cut much of a fig
ure In the politic of the state this year, If
the figure at- the caucuses ar an Indica
tion. In Springfield, the horn of the
league's candidate for governor, only twen-ty-s'x
appeared at the caucuses, while In
Boston It polled only eighty-three votes, as
against nearly 11,000 republlcana and H.O0O
democrats.
Stat Laws' and Conrts.
Springfield Republican.
a Minnesota or Its sttorney general ap
peals to the fhlted Btates supreme court
aralnst the chloroforming Jurladlctlon of
the lower courts over stat enactments.
Alabama manages to win out In a similar
cause without appeal. Governor Comer'
calling of th legislature In seaslon to e
whether the real government of the state
was vested In the lower federal Judges of
not. seem to have produced th daslred
effect befor the legislature has assembled
conferences with the plaintiff railroads hav
ing resulted In a withdrawal of their suits
ln th federal circuit court. While th
state seems to hav cohceded a point or
two th victory la largely Its own, and
the aggressive Judge Jones of th United
States circuit court oannot.vlew the mat
ter with any great degree of satisfaction.
Came Oat of It.
Indanapolls News.
Cheer up, VTall atreet, the government
at Washington still lives, and. In an
emergency, la equal to the task of putting
a fairly substantial bridge over almost any
financial difficulty.
SACK
s
VJl sack suits this season are distinctly
different from last year's models. The
lapels are longer -nd more graceful, and
the coats are not quite so long and are
made without vents.
When you buy a new suit see that it
looks it. Our furnishing and hat depart
ments are showing the season's newest
y
productions,
the little fellows
For
showin
n nil rf Vilnnrc
y It 1 1 t-Ji. "
Browning, Eiing i Co;
R. S. WILCOX, Manager.
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POINTED AMD PLEASANT.
"I see that Tnft ridicules the Idea thai
the Philippines are to be sold?"
"That's pioter as long ns there seems to
he no poaeihlitty of scaring up a buyer."
Cleveland Plain Iflr.
Knlrker What Is the artistic tempera
ment T
Booker An attempt to light the d.lvlrt
fire with kerosene. New York Bun.
"Maude Is such an Interesting talker."
"Tea, ahe always fills mo with wonder.
With her supply of subjects I don't know
of anyone else who could talk half as much
as she does." Chicago Record-Hwrald.
"But she sings more than she plays; why
do you speak of her mualc as Instrumen
tal f'
"Well, It's Instrumental In making the
neighbors move out." Cathollo Standard
and Times.
"You traded your automobile for a Jersey
cow. did you? Doesn't the cow cost you a
good deal for feed?
"Yes, but she doesn't cost m anything
for repairs." Chicago Tribune.
"You after th Job as office boy?" asked
the' merchant.
"Bure!" replied th youngster. '
"Any previous experience?"
"No, sir, nothtn' previous about me an' I
don't whistle.
"Hang up your hat I" Philadelphia Press.
"Have you any vl ible m ana of support?"
asked the polKeinan sterniy.
"Me? Yes, eah. I sure hss. As a wash
lady mah wife Is out of sight."
"Then she's not visible," rejoined th
policeman, and the march to the patrol box
began. Philadelphia Ledger.
'Tour speech sounded fine," said th at
tentive listener; "but, do you know I can't
rerrember half a dozen words of It!"
"That'a good," answered Senator Sor
ghum; "the art of speechmaklng consists
'n pleasing the ear without furnishing any
.ata for aubaequent contradiction. Wash
ngton Star.
THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.
Brooklyn Life.
Under a spreading chestnut tree
The village smithy stands.
The smith, a mighty man Is h
Now creDsred to meet demand
For prompt repaira to auto cranka,
Magnetoa, sparkerS, chains, hoods, lanka.
New parts for every known machine;
Full stock oil, graphite, carbide, gasol.ne
i
And the muer.lea of hia brawny arms
Ar airong aa iron can us.
His hair Is crisp, and black, and long,
ills face la Hue the tan:
His brow Is wet with honest sweat.
aa earn wnat r ne can.
Vulcanising, riveting, braslng, repairing
Of radiator, clutch, cylinder, bearing;
Inner tubes for sale, cement, patches, tires,
Iiattery cells, spark-plugs, colls, wire
And Innka th whola wnrM In tha
face.
For ne owe not any man.
Tollingrejoicing sorrowing,
Onward through life ha goes;
Each morning see some task begin,
wh evening sees It close
Tire recovered, rellned, retreaded; eo
tlonal and tube patohlng; aluminum bras
lng; repairs ta radiator, mud-guard,
prockel-cones; overhauling and adjust
ment of every description; on hand day,
night and Sundaya (rasldene, third hous
to right, behind choolhouse); prices reason
able; all work guaranteed; patronage of
automoblllsts reap. Invited
Something attempted, something
done.
Has earned a night's repose.
SUITS
our children's department .is
in cm a Via 4 a arA 4Vi t
ojvwbir iiuto IX iU It, iUliUOU"
ic?
Special Soe
.Saturday
Diiiiug Room Chair, like cut,
with brace arm long post in
back, cobbler's seat (ffft
and we'! -finished, ydOu
price, eaoh.....,,,.., v VViV
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