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10 TTTR OMAHA DAILY SATURDAY", NOVEMBER f, m07. :.. -'. .... : Titf Omah' Daily Dei rotXDED UV EDWARD ROBEWATHR. VICTOlt KOSEWATER. EDITOR. faltered at Omiht Feetefllce as second clae matter. , TERMS OF PfPSCRIPTlON. Pally ff (wiihdni siunday), one year. .I4.ee lally bee and Sunday, on year !I5 Eunday Bee, one year fcaturday Hee, on year DEL.lVt.HEU BT CARRIER. Tally Fee (Including Sunday, per week. .10 I'ally fcee (without Sunday), per week..lOe F.venlng Pre (without Sunday), per week So Evening Bee (ulth Sunday), r" week. ..ISO Address ail complaints of Irrentlsrltlea In delivery to City Circulation Department. ,- OFFIt F.S. Omaha The Bh Bu'ldlng. South Omara City l'all Ril'ldtng. Council Bluffs 18 Bcott Street. Chleaao-1f40 I'tiltr Pulldlr.. New Tork-1508 Home iJfe Insurance Bids'. Washington ir Foiiftii" street N. W CORRESPONDENCE. Communtcatlone relating to news and ed' final matter he. 1dreased, Omaha Bee, Ed'torlel persetrr-ent. REMITTANCES. Remit hv draft. exnrees or poetal pavahle to The Pee Publishing Co-rany. Only 2-rirt et-nrrw rere'red p.v-eif of mall accounts Fereonul checv. eitrent on Omalia or eastern exchange, not acce-te. STATEMENT OP riftd'HTTON. State of Nebraska, Douglas County. as: Charles C. Roewater, general manaerr of The Bee r'iM','r- - ". belug duly awam, aaye that the actual number cf full ii"1 ocinrlete cordee of The DHy Unrnlnr Kvehlps- an Amidav BC BTinte'l during the month of October. XIOT, wag at follows: , 1 88 870 IT .? j i ss.mo i 8,eo 1 3t.eoo if a 149 j 4 88.3CO 20 40,800 ! t 88,850- 21 3e,8S8 86,500 II 88,940 j T 88,440 2S 87,39) 1 1 88,180 24 88,80 j 1 38,700 2f .,... 88,783 . 19 80.6S0 28 88,90 1 88.430 27 38,080 ; 12 88,630 28 87,OlO 1 35,300 28 3,kfev 14 SJ0 30 M0 U 830 81 8rM II M,U0 1 Total ,138,4i.O Lena unsold and returned copies. .8,833 Net total 183,53 Dally avai age 80.4a' CjiAKJ.ES C. ROSEWATKR, . General Manager. Subscribed in my pramenue and sworn to before me thla lai day o( Movemor, ItOtJJbitf WON li.n,. t Notary Public. WHE.1 OCT or TOWIT. Babacnkere leavta the city tesa rarity akanld have Ik But mailed ta tawm. Adireu trill be changed often aa requested. Are there any more "nonpartisan' democrat running aiound loose? Mr. PJncLot piuuKU a timber famine within twenty ars. Time to quit sawing- wood.- There'll be lewer da.l uays In Wall street for a i,loie. 'John W. Gates has returned from Europe. Dr. Wiley la toing 10 prove that all soda water is Injurious. That is another way of putting on the eundae lid. Delaware has ,ou dry, but it is only a short walk tor a thirsty manto go out of the etate when he wants a drink. Geologists have recently unearthed a hammer weighing fifteen pounds. Send it to Chancellor Day, Syracuse, N. Y. Omaha now Laj Business Woman's club. It has a great chance to et a pace for some of the business men's clubs. "Who started that Lodge presidential boom?" asks the N York World. That la not the Question now. What h become of ItT Seven murders have been committed in Kansas City within the last ninety days. Kansas City reformed its police force a short time ago.. A Philadelphia girl has been fined for making faces at a Philadelphia pc. llceman. It was wrong, of coarse, but think of the provocation. . The results at San Francisco show that the court of beet resort, the ballot box, has affirmed the verdict returned by the Jury on Schmlts and Ruef. '. The population of the world is now placed at 1,600,000,000, many of whom are trying to catch the car a few min utes after 6 o'clock every evening.' The New York Sun ehould hurry tip and finish its war with Japan. Editor Hearst is preparing to whip Great Brit ain aa soon as he can get an open date. No wonder the democratic states men are playing up the success of Tom Johnson so strongly. It Is about the only ray of hope that Is. left to solace them. The announcement that Eddie Foy is to play Hamlet should be excuse enough to open the grave of the late Mr. Chakespeare to see If he has not turned over. "A man has no business la congress unless he has a backbone" eays Speaker Cannon. It does require some backbone for the average member to carry oat the speaker's orders. While the currency tans may need amendment the country is not clam oring for any of the kind of legisla tion usually rushed through at a spe cial session of congress. It we are to have no more gum-shoe campaigns some other kind of foot wear will be required for those smooth futloa politicians to enable them to walk around on two party platforms at the same time without making tracks cn eltrer. The f!okefmen for the paper-built Ir-tcrurtian trc'.ley line between Omaha and Lincoln explains the stoppage of work on the ground of too much leg islation end afl'atlon. Too much i watt r i.nd too little cash would come cioer to the mark. what wovr.rt njrv PArrryen -Taking up The Bee's query as . to what would have happened "If Colonel Bryan had made a few more speeches In Nebraska,", our amiable democratic contemporary, which Is now almost aa loyal tct Bryan as It was to Parker this time four years ago, thinks . it has made out a flattering case for Mr. Bryan by. comparing the figures for 1907 with those for 1905. The World-Herald takes up three counties In which Mr. Bryan made five speeches, which two years ago voted as follows on judge of the supreme court. Letton Hastings (Rep.) (Fua.) Merrick , 99 ; Sft Platte Ul '1S38 Polk 834 lot For these same counties this year the World-Herald constructs the fol lowing table: Reese Loomla 1907. (Rep.) (Fus.) Merrick 1087 ' 750 Platte 14 1M Polk 831 1060 The conclusion of the World-Herald Is that the three counties were carried by Judge Loo mis, the fusion candidate, by J 04 votes, whereas two years ago the fusion candidates lost the same counties by 21 votes. And It goes on to say: They are the same counties In which Mr. Bryan made five of his seven epeechce de livered In Nebraska this fall. The net gain la 13 rotea In three eountlea. favored with five speechea from the democratic leader. But why stop hereT We had ' an election In Nebraska last year in which the same issues were Involved, when the .vote of these, three counties as officially recorded was as follows: . Shallen- I ' Sheldon berger 108. (Rep) (Fus.) Merrick Ill 780 Platte 1047 2U9 Polk m 830 - Totaling, we find that the three counties were carried by the fusion candidate In 1906 by 051 votes, and that these were the same counties the fusion"' candidate carried thla year by only 304 votes. The net loss in three counties, "favored with five speeches from the .democratic leader," is 647 votes. Quoting again from the World Herald: It Is fair te conclude that If Mr. Bryan's speeches are- to be charged with responsi bility for what happened, that If he "had made a few more," the outcome would have been distinctly more encouraging to the loyal democracy of this state. What would have happened if Col onel Bryan bad made a few more speeches In Nebraska? WWtSISQ -Tut Vj SAM A CAKAU The decision of President Roosevelt and the isthmian Canal commission to widen the proposed Panama canal by ten feet, so that upon the bottom there will be a stretch of 110 feet from side to side, la undoubtedly a wise provis ion, in view of the development of ma rine architecture that has taken place In the last few yeara, even since the work of construction of ; the Inter oceanic waterway waa commenced. The original plans for the canal, which called for a width of 100 feet at the bottom, were considered by engineers aa sufficient for all time, but with the construction of big steamships like the Lusltanla and of battleships of the Dreadnought type it as become evi dent that more room in the canal would he necessary for the proper handling of such vessels. The Lusitlania Is eighty-eight feet In width and, even under the revised plana, would fill the canal space snugly without leaving room for even tow boats to pass. It Is hardly probable that there will be' any great Increase In the site of future steamships and warships. The limit appears to have been reached, aa any Increase la width wenld call for a corresponding Increase in length,' and marine experts agree that any' addition in length of steam ships would, be at the cost of safety and speed. Accepting that view as cor rect, the addition of ten feet to the bottom width of the Panama canal should be a sufficient discount for fu ture development In marine construc tion. The new plana will not Interfere with the work already done nor delay to any considerable degree the date of completion of the enterprise. TjraT TOLVVK OF MCXfy. The monthly circulation statement of the Treasury department, issued on No vember 1, would Indicate that the financial flurry In the east Is due to lack of capital and confidence rather than to lack of money. The United States has more kinds of money and a larger volume of It in circulation than any other solvent nation on earth. Ac cording to the government report, we Lave, in round numbers, the following kinds of money: ' ' . Gold SiH.r .tl,840.808.8U8 S4l,U0.tfUl 7.o0,0j l!,UJ.0') H4.U09.0JJ lO.Suti.eje 'ir.uiy notes . QroentMtcka k Nai:onal bank notea Minor coin Total -.. ...U$.D.0.'0 This stock waa increased about 114, 000, OuO ' in the month- of October, raising the per capita to $3$. IS, the largest in any nation ef the world. Of this increase nearly $7,000,000 la In goldand $6,000,000 In national bank notes, the balance being in subsidiary silver. So tar. as the effect of this In crease in the "stock of money" con cerns the public, it is necessary to note the difference between the amount held In the government treasury and that In clrcuUtlon, It being remembered it at the government counts Ita money on deposit In national banks aa circu lation and not as a treasury asset. The amount of gold reserve in the treasury was reduced In October from ilOO.113 .151 to $119. 645,990. a reduc tion of $13,477,361. vIn circulation there was an Increase of $13,492,497 In gold and I14.S9J.J0J in gold cer tificate, a total or $37,091,300. In other words. In the transfer of $42. 820,688 In gold coin and certificate from the treasury there appears to be a gain of 949,693.797 In the circula tion, the' $6, 77. 129 representing the actual increase in the stock of gold money. The circulation for the month was also increased by the transfer of 11,776,341 standard sliver dollars from the treasury to circulation.' At the same time, the treasury holdings of silver certificates diminished from 912,876,749 to $7,177,432. There was also a transfer of about $5,000,000 in national bank notes from the treasury to the circulation. The total Increase in circulation for the month, therefore, was $70,600,000; while the actual In crease in the total stock of money was $14,063,562. The figures are particularly inter esting as gauging the supply of money, the amount In circulation being larger than ever before and the monthly in creases to the stock on hand being much above the average. rAJSJR'M OF JHK "01 D tOVTP." The country at large has accepted with more or less satisfaction the evi dences of development of the south along many lines. The old order hat given way before the commercialization of the country and most people have been feeling rather proud of the "new south," with its new mills, new fac tories, nsw railroads, new farms, new enterprises of all kinds, Including a new spirit. But among the surviving membera of the old regime, the people who dominated the south, politically and socially, in the "days befo' the wall," the rejoicing must be tinged with regret overv certain ancient Insti tutions of southern life that have ap parently gone forever. The news columns of the last few days strikingly illustrate the change that has come over the spirit of the southern people within the last few years. From New Orleans comes the story of a row between Lieutenant Governor Jared Y. Sanders and former United States Senator Donelaon Caf frey that in the old days would have resulted in a generous blood-spllllng meeting on the field of honor. Caffrey challenged Sanders to a duel and was refused. He then "posted" Sanders as a "common liar and poltroon.". Thousands of these posters, signed by Caffrey, were placarded on billboards and telegraph poles throughout the city and across the fronts of several downtown buildings. Yet Sanders maintains that, holding one public of fice and being candidate for another, he can not give Caffrey personal satis faction, however much he mlaht like to do so. Over In Texas the other day, a prom inent state official Issued a signed ar ticle In the press In which he declared Senator Bailey to be a filar, poltroon, cowara ana Dnoe-iaKer, aiong wun some other charges. Down In Ten- nessee, the fiery Carmack, who was wont to !Uht at the drop of the hat, even dropping it himself to expedite matters, has gone to the newspapers with a defense of charges against him which Include everything but moon shining and pernicious religious activ ity. In Georgia, Governor Hoke Smith baa decided to' treat "with the con tempt of silence" charges preferred against him by Colonel Tapp, one of the Georgia fire-eaters who has a brief attacking nearly every act of Smith's public and private life. , What a decided change from the "old south'.' when the man who refused to accept 8 challenge to fight a duel was promptly branded as a social out cast who had dlf graced not' only him self, but all of his family. In the "old south the man who called his neigh- bor a "liar and poltroon" hurried home to place his affairs in shape and to select hla seconds for the meeting cer tain to. take place over In the grove about daylight the next morning. Per haps the newer way is better, but the old guard must feel humiliated to find the younger generation fighting meta phorical duels, with the plato thrown aside and the jawbone and typewriter substituted as weanons. Down in Lancaster county they have elected a successor to the Hon. "Joe" Berns as member of the state senate on the assumption that the place had been vacated by the filing of an affidavit by the redoubtable "Joe," stating that he was a resident of the state' of Colorado. As The Bee has already remarked, nothing in the form ef an affidavit or a deposition has ever been known to hold the Honorable "Joe" in a little matter of residence, j Eo long as the legislature la not called to meet in special session everything may run along smoothly, but should there be occasion to revive his sena torial prerogatives before the election of a new legislature the Honorable "Joe" decidedly Interesting. we may rely on to make things Another serious, alil.ojih not very damaging, fire at South Omaha again emphasises the Inadequacy of the fire department In our neighboring city, there each of the big packing house has to maintain a flre-flghtlng force of its own. with no recognised head for all. One of the benefits of coriaol Idatlon, which the people of South Omaha have rejected, would be an en hancement of the fire protection by Improvement of the fire department. With authority to issue only $50, 000 of intersection bonds, the total amount of street paving which Omaha an do nxt year will be limited to about $300,000. This Is not very much aod will hardly take care of all the street -paving for which abutting property owners win petition. The moral is to get petitions in early In or der to secure fair consideration and at the same time force the work on the part of the contractors. Another bouquet tor the successful outcome of .the republican campaign locally should go to Chairman Learned, of the county committee. Mr. Learned gave his time and efforts at no little personal sacrifice, and while nothing ! 8ueeeede like success, he Is entitled to special credit Tor skilfully overcoming various obstacles that appeared to block the path from time to time. l6hn fbarp Williams rays the finan cial trouble could be settled by put ting "three well known men .behind the bars." Wall street has a notion that the trouble wou'd be ended if one well known man were placed behind the bars. The editor of a democratic paper In Chlo has written to ask Grover Cleve land what kind of a platform the dem ocrats should 8dopt next year. That editor need not expect any exchange privileges from Colonel. Bryan's Com moner. The remnants of the commercial telegraphers orranlratlon In Omaha Insists that their strike Is still on. The telegraphers' strike petered out long ago and the beet thing for the strikers to do Is to reyomlr the situation. The American naif wno . v. m . i , . fight at Salt Lake City, electing eueh sturdy Americans as Rudolf A19. O. Schneider, H. J. Dlnlnny. E. O. O'Don- nell and F. 8. Fernstrom to important municipal places. According to Congressman Tawney, the' Panama canal will cost about $900,000,000. That will be a little more than 10 per, cent of the value of the farm products of the nation for the present year. New Tork insists that the tone of i tbo President's message to congress Is I , V. .nil T. IV., - - 1. 1, . mj w muu. iu mil vtcoi iqq president may only be following his own advice to "speak softlv, hut errv a big stick." The Taint f ClTlHaattaa. Baltimore American. It developed that the Utea ar afflicted with a propensity often to be, . found In white civilisation they would rather eat than werk. Mach Trath la "mall Cnmpsu, Washington Post. The country Is solvent from one end to other. The reality of American prosperity ha been tested during the laat ten days. It haa been found to be genuine. Standard Gall. CWrago Tribune. It Is exasperating to all true patriots to read that John D. Rockefeller, who la building a new house on Pocantlco hill, has cornered the labor market at Tarry town by giving higher wagea and shorter hours than any ether emDlover.' The mil i or html Am Army ( Irlndlers. Philadelphia Record. From Artemna tvard down there has been much Jesting regarding the predomi nance of brigadier generals In the army any armyr regulars and volunteere. north and aouth. But cur army 1 declared now ' a a pr ae? ing the com 1 1 n 'n which the officers will exceed the number of enlisted men. One company of count artillery haa only fourteen enlisted men, arid one regi ment of twelve companies of Infantry has but 408. A eaaeleae Scare. - Washington Post. The truth la.that the. money flurry for past two week, la a. aenae.ea, aacare .a (theater crush or a mad dog oanto the .mnnJ .hnnn. tv, i. i. as to Trn. ..,., ' .v,.- . .v. ..v.i ...i... , . .." 7. ' aiiwia,, aa w. taai lass) ,v au b)iw:n itiwiivj back where It will begin to breed Interest. Foreign investors are snapping up the in vestments which 'Americana afflicted with money-collo threw overboard. In a fw daya theae Americana will be looking around and wishing their had kept their heada. They wlU ba lucky If they find as good investments aa those they threw over when it waa fashionable to become purple over aa Imaginary danger. PRICES It AVE DEEJC TOO HIGH. Redaction Can Work No Harm to tk General Interests. St. Paul Pioneer Press. The lowering of the prices of commodi ties, aa the result of the monetary string ency, will at least work no harm to the general Interests of the country, whatever disappointments it may bring in particu lar cases. Prices have been too high. Wltnesa the suspension, soma month ago, of work on all but a few of the many Ir rigation projecta undertaken by the recla mation service. That auapenalon was the result of such advances In the cost of labor and materials as made the prosecution of the works Inadvisable, lt the coat cf Uie reclaimed lands be made too high for the settler. Many private 'undertakings re quiring heavy outlays were similarly postponed. With prices restored to a nor mal level, they are likely to be resumed. If labor gets lesa per day, the laborer will hava td pay less for what he eata and wears. The main fact Is that there Is plenty to do, plenty to eat and 'ear. Kollov Bones of tht arm and U ar tubes lita a pUca f u pipe. The heOew centra k Rilai wiUi tefl reel fatty BnaUrU! ca!lt4 marrew. This I Ins place whart ruw red kUed Ii nude, Scott's Emulsion feeds hone mirreW. The rich LI and the peculiar power la JCOTTJ EMULSION :vm ruw vffer and new MurUhmtaL That l why aalt asa!e Imafova en ICOTTi EMULSION. It has the t-ewcr te arwf'Jte new red .llaad. AO Drstsbtsi ere. and $1.00. OTH.ER IAKD1 TH A OCRS. The liberal party ptogram for "mending or ending" the veto power of the British House of tords. aa outlined In the recent epeech of Fremter Plr Henry Campbell Bannerman In Edinburgh, doea not fore shadow art early appeal to the country en that laeu. Thla will be a disappointment for the torles and the more radiral mem bera of the party in power. In rejecting or amending to death the liberal Jetty mens urea pasted by the House of Commons lit the last and prered'ng aesaiona of Parla ment. the pera bodly challenged the min istry to appeal te the country on the tsnuet Involved In the measures. The mlnle Ignored the challenge, but pledged ttnelf t deal with the ehstr'vrttve taet'rs of the upper house In tta own way and at 'the proper time. In Ms Efl'nburgh speech, after rerlewtng the methods hy whlrh the lords frustrated the eviration - bill, the plural vot'rg and the two Scottish 'land nine, beeldee Impa'r'ng the -THsh evicted tenants' and the Eogl'sh land tenure b'll. the prem'er declared that the time had come when the rtpremary ef the elective over the hereditary chamber must be estab I'ahed. A afart w'll be mad at the ap proaching sees'on. As Indicated by the prem'er. the muiistry Intends to send tin a b'll to the House of Lords and nnon that hody disagreeing to Ha pror'elona or threatening to alter fundamentally or re ject the measure, a conference of equal n-imbers of the two houses will he called Should the conference fa'l to agree, the measure Involved or a a'mllar one wilt be reintroduced after an Interval of sx months and sept to tie Hou.e of Lords. In event of a second dlssgreement and fie fa'lure of the eecond conference, the b'll 'a to be paeaed by the Commons for the third t'me and sent to the lords. Should the latter d'aagree for the third time. Par liament w'll he dissolved and an appeal taken te the country on the Issue of elec tive or hered'tarv lea'slativ ar,r.m.. tv. ' . . ' r-we an annndanra of red :iape ana a (Tarda mpl. tIrn8 for pot,P(ll ' maneuvering before eubmitting the issue I u electors. Evidently the ministers . w'" fcw,tt for ,f tn cannot create the i 11" mra"t for B ppe" to ,he Two contributions illuminating he dark aide of Japanese character, have anreared recently and are receiving wide publicity. One la a letter from a German merchant at Toklo to the New York Times. The othe rla an article In the North American Review by W. T. ' Ella, an American resi dent of Japan. Both wrltera have lived In the land of the rising sun for a num ber of yeara and have had bualnesa and , opponunmea for obaervlng national cnaracterletlce. which give weight to their oplnlona. And theae oplnlona are the re veree of flattery. The German merchant expreeeea eurprlee at American frlenrtahlp for the Japanese, and regarde the cousinly nickname, "Yankees of the east," as a alur on the genuine Tankee. He declares that the Japaneese are utterly without con science in their business dealtnga with for eigners. They spy upon foreigners, Imitate their warea, cepy their 'nventlona and do not aeruple at any means to evade an obligation. The American aupplementa the German Indictment with charges of aseaa slnatlon, robbery and rapine In Corea. For cold-blooded, calculating selfishness he awards the leaurels to the Jape. "He Is shrewder than a Washington politician at putting up a front,' and walks as prim and properly as a New England aplnster when the world Is looking." To show how Japan doea things when the world Is not looking he tells how "Japan's grand old man," Marquis Ito, took a company of aol dlere Into the palace of the emperor of Corea and ordered the emperor to agn a treaty practically annexing .the Hermit kingdom to the Japanese , emp're. The emperor refuaed to sign It and never did. The prime minister also refused to altfn It, aad when one me Tiber of the cabinet alinai It under duress, the prime minister slapped him In the face and called him a traitor. With thla single signature the document has been published to. the world as a treaty duly signed. "AH this," aaya the Ameri can, "la aweetnesa' and light when com pared with what the Japanese aold'ers and Imm'granta are doing throughout Corea. To knock down a Corran 'on the street Is nothing. To drive him, unremunerated, out of his home, without Ave minutes' warn ing, for no other reason than that some Japanese thlnka It would be a good place to live In, is so common as to pass almost ,, lv lUM "w"nl" DU,,ne- De I ' "f "?an" hPUl""' i'" " 'T 1!t.wU P ' l1" n unnoticed. To take away his business, be mor barbaroue than some proceedings in ! America. To force him by thousands to work tor weeks without wagea aa a coolie upon Japanese enterprises, Is but one more exemplification of the doctrine that 'might makes right.' But to brat defenseless old wotren, to Insult Inoffensive foregners, as well as Coreana, to murder scores of men simply for protesting against being robbed of their property, and to crucify and then to shoot (I ave the photographs) men who actively resent having their homes stolen this comes near to barbarism." 1 Ittle Holland with Its 6.COO.0UC people liv ing safely behind their wave-washed dlkea, la about to make a new conquest from Ita it' the ocean.. A writer in the ; Technical-World says the Dutch engineers' have begun the tremendous task which will result In turning the Zuyder Zee Into 1,4(0 ! square mllus of dry land. Where of old 1 no 8reat Dutch war fleeta gathered, where i t a t.mu fishermen alnk their nets, theie will rise happy villages, broad pastured, poplar-bordered reads and sleepy canals ; -..- rarma and homes for 60,000 Dutchmen. The task to be undertaken Is a tremendous one. It will cost nearly irt.OOO.OOO. In re turn the government expects to secure an nual rentals of mure than 14.000.004 from those who occupy and till the hard-won ground. The Zuyder Ze haa occup'ed a moat promlnyit place In Dutch history. On the shores are the ancient towna of Medemblik, Hoorn, Harderayck, Norden and Enkhulsen, under whose walla tho Dutch fleet used to lie at anchor In the daya when Holland disputed with England , the supremacy of the seas. It seems pecu J ' r- ; ate row, that Holland has turned from the ways of war ta the paths of peace, that It ahou d win In a great fight with the sea-a Hght that haa cont'nued throughout hundreda of yeara attaining ' 1y ty cec'.es vig'lance and flerce endeavor. And yet one cannot' but j experience a feeling of regret that thoao , ancient cities, which, though natlona roae and f-11, made good the clrclea of their battered ramparta, defying alike the power of the sea and the might of Sjalh. a.iuld i became c.ualnt Inland towna, far removed ' from the roar of the breakYra aalaht tne ! 'dlkea. Ruasla haa completed the great attel and concrete bridge across the Oxua at Karkl, n whlcn It haa been buay ever alnce the f . This brld de is tie i.st and i ew atrateglc rail- I principal link In the n way which is being built between the gie.it City of Samarkand. In Russian Turkestan, and the little village of Boaaga. on the ftont'er, and aa aoon aa the rails are laid, which will be In a few months, the esar will be able, should he eo wishr to mass a million men upon the borders of this debatable territory. Another of these stratefcio railways haa also ben recently completed from the Caspian to Penjeh. by way of Merv. Theae trunk lines have been constructed aecrelly . lYl D 0 ri IrW 13 liMraTy FTai PURE, healthful, gripe cream of tartar kind that out impairing the healthfulness of the food. Makes the biscuit, cake and paltry more digestible and wholeiome.. Absolutely, free from alum and phosphate of lime. Chemical analvvcs skew tie lerw friceJ wwe'eri mtit . ef alum to contain large anaaririe8 ef sulphuric acid, and that a portien ef the aluaa rVesa thru Nking pow ders remains undisnfejl b tee fVedl Van er,rtot affori te take alum and sulpanric STUDY POLITICAL DRIFT. Cleveland asserts that It cannot get "toe much Johnson." Occasionally the "wind Is tempered for the shorn lamb." No snow or rain the day after. , A fiery eltlsen of Texas haa ) applied three hot epithets to Senator Bailey and failed to provoke a shooting match. District Attorney Moran. the flaahllght prosecutor of Boaton, ran Ilka a scared rabbit on election day. Though too 111 to leave hit home, he beat the opposition to a stand . Ul. The bosses and the looters pooled Ipsu.s In Jersey City and defeated Mayor Fagan for re-election. An officer who strives to do right In Jersey becomes mighty lone some In a campaign. Mr. Burton of Cleveland wlaely refuaed to sever his connection with the pay rolt of the national house of representatives. A salary of 17,800 a year affords much sweetness and light when voters go wrjng. Colonel Henry Watterson waa alncera when he aald he was through with politic. In the cold grey dawn of the morning after Kentucky went republican the Courier-Journal remarked, "We have had an election. Now let us have a smoke ordi nance and clean streets." It la proposed to start a democratic party newspaper In Chicago with a eapttal of tlOO.ooe. If the parties who are to furnish the money will confer wtth John R. Walsh, late of the Chicago Chronicle, they will obtain a bunch of mighty Interesting In formation on the capacity of an organ to absorb the coin. Outside of the south there are only Ave democratic governors Minnesota, Nevada, North Dakota, .Oregon and Rhode Island. The governors of Minnesota and Rhode Island are accidents, elected on personal popularity and local lssuea. Neither state ever gave Its electoral vote for a demo cratic presidential candidate.' The United Btates senate, the upper houaa of the Sixtieth congress which con venes early In December, will have-nlnety-two membera, the largeat In Its history. Two of the new senatora, Charles Curtis, republican, of fCansas, and Robert L. Owen, democrat, of Oklahoma, come from Indian parentage. Senator Curtis' ances tors were Kaws - and Senator Owen's Cherokeea. Senator Thomas P. Oore. Senator Owen's democratlo colleague from Oklahoma, la totally blind. The new sen ate ta two-thirds republican and the pre diction la that the Sixtieth congress will sit until neatly July 1 next. There's no use paying fHM Every eesiaalwaaJe) laea aar-waraalng tae alanaUrel TkJeugksat Ike tv Fine Furnishings. ...... C are headqoartera for fine goods In gentlemen's furnishings. We are showing some exquisite colorings and patterns In high grade shirts at $1.00 to $3.60. New colorings In high grade neckwear in all the season's latest styles, 90c to $4.50. We can fit yon In underwear whether two-piece or nnlon suits We are the leaders In our showing of leather goods and trunks. - ' SPECIAL FOn S ATTItD AY: . Broken lines of Shirts at 51.05 Browning, R. S. WILCOX, MinAjer. "A OAllIiu WllhUUI I Canadian. Cloar Rod. ( edar Shin los. usually sell . rr a a - (T . tori.u pur mi, wi as it m j inoyvt fUUL COUNT so tako fowor tc layaroi. Certainly, no risk In buylns thosa o QUIT TO boat prepared roofing. 1.00 a square omalate, .nd 20 dlscoui t on our big stook of lun ber. All .or caah. We're maklnr thins mova C. II. DIETZ LUMBER CO., 1214 Fannm. TjI.Dou2.35 2) J powder, the only can be used with adds tare rear itomach. TEE LA II EL WHITTLED Tt A POlTtT, "Next Btrnday,' announced the Rev. T Snow te hla congregation, "I expect U preach a aermon en 'Liars.' Please tel uur friends." Chicago Tribune. "I'm aa artist," aald the bore, finally. "1 Judsed so frem your talk," replied hl weary fellow-traveler. "rUally, howf ' An abundance ef talk Is the ehiet characteristic of the tonsorlal artist." Philadelphia Preaa. "What la your position on this questl'inr1' asked the man of etatea-nanlike Instlne a. "My poaltlon." answered the man of I-koJ quslinca'l -ne. "la one that pays $40,0.4 a year." Washington Star. "What, air," ashed the gatherer of eir rloua atatlrtlca, "Is the average age at which members of congreaa begin to be conspicuous T" "I am Ineltned to believe," answered the seasoned member, with an air of au thority, "that It is mileage." tfaUlnvirs American. "Teu made a mistake la putting that en gagement to a Spanish duke In the commer cial column." "Not on your life," replied the editor. "Perhaps you didn't notice the price pal for the duke." Philadelphia Ledger. "1 was aorry te hear that your new venture In the publishing field turned out to be a failure. 1 su pise there wasn't really enough of the magaslne to carry th tteoeeeary ads." "Not on your electrotypes! There weren't enough ads to car.y the magazine." Chi cago Tribune. "The waves ran mountains high," wrot the beginner. "Tl.at expression la old," objected th experienced writer. "It was all right twenty yesM axo, but It won do today." v "I see. Everything Is higher now. ' Phlladelphla Press. A FROSTY PHILOSOPHER. Jttlanta Constitution. I like these frosty momln's when the wlrm sings on the way, Comln' eroet the mountain at the breakln' o' the day; The twitrhln' of my Jlnta Is a most un- fa'lrn' sign That they're tunln' up the fiddle far th boya ter falln.llne! When the eebln-flres look lively, an' twinkle o'er the way, It's then I have a feelln' good times have come to stay: You kin hear a whip a-craekin' crost a clover field or two, An' you think o" rldea by moonlight, with a sweetheart clost to you! Let old Winter whistle! he brings the Joys along; Spring Is rich an' rosy, an' summer's sweet wun song; Every season's god enough, but give me frost and fall. An' balance to yer pardnars, an" kiss yes sweethearts all! tnan fee McJCIBBIN Price for .PuauiyJ e f aVrlci ervwry kwev, A far UWael staring in McKJBBlN West at last Bsalasa ECing l Co RISK IS A UliLU IlllWt" f 1 r