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THE (WATT A DATTiY TF.F. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 11)07.
Tiie Omaha Daily DEt,
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VICTOR ROSBWATER, EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County.' s:
Charles C. Rosewater, general manager
of The Bee Publishing company, being
duly sworn, says that the actual number
of full and complete copies of The Dally
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of October, UK?, was as
follows: .
1 86,970
I 36,60
I.... 36,600
4 36,360
( 36,650
( 36,600
T.... , 36,440
I.... 36,690
... 36,700
10...; 36,650
11...; 36,490
It 36,630
1 39,300
14 30,630
It 36,630
IT . 36,790
IS 36.SP0
II 36,540
20 40,b()0
21 36,650
22 30,240
23 37,39
24 36,800
25 36,75 J
24 36,700
2T 39,680
2t 37.1U0
21 3B,bO
10 36.H0
tl. 37,330
14 36,980
Total 1.139,4b0
- A a ' . .. s
Leas unsold and returned copies.
9,989
Net total 1,139,539
DsJljr average 36.4J7
CHARLES C. ROSEWATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this 1st oay of November. 19o7.
ROBERT HLA i'EK,
Notary Public.
WHEN OUT OF TOWN,
fabscribers learlng the city tem
porarily should have The Uee
sailed to, them. Address will be
ehaased as often aa requested.
Canal bonds should float easily.
Somehow there 1b less talk theRo
days about "swollen fortunes."
Mayor "Jim" is oft for French Lick
Springs, but considerately left the lid
behind him.
It Is understood that most of the
backers are very pleasant gentlemen
to meet, In a purely social way.
"Chicago's Health and Beauty" Is
the title of an articlo in the Inter
Ocean. Chicago's health is poor and
Its beauty is ari unknown quantity.
In a recent speech .Minister Balfour
uttered a sentence containing 275
words. That soundu like a challenge
to CI rover Cleveland to defend hia
record.
' Tho third D.ip:i promises to help
the czar In his efforts tc abollsn an
archy. In tho meantime, diarchy will
go rliiht on with its efforts to abolish
tho cz'tr. "' i
A Denver woman named Reason is
ulng for divorce. The defense has
not yet been made, but at the proper
.time the court will doubtless be asked
to listen to Reason.
A man is under Indictment in Okla
homa for calling a fellow citizen a liar.
Under the territorial regime that
would have been cause for shooting
Instead of a law suit.
An old soldier has been sent to the
workhouse In New York for stealing
twelve prunes. It would appear to be
a case for the lunacy commission
rather than the police.
President Roosevelt might as well
give it up as a bad Job if he has any
idea that he can ever do anything that
will please the World-Herald, unless
it can turn It to account as democratic
campaign thunder.
Samuel Gompers' story of the at
tempt made to bribe him would sound
queer with so many witnesses to the
transaction. Bribe-givers do not as a
rule travel with brass bands nor make
"ytheir offers at mass meetings.
The bomb throwers' mouthpiece,
which declared that the charges
against Chief Donahue "bad come to
naught," now demands another Inves
tigation of the same exploded charges.
Anything to keep up the excitement.
Tbe Inevitable "conference of prom
inent democrats" looking to the
launching of a presidential boom for
Orover Cleveland is announced. It
cornea too late. Mr. Bryan Is going
to personally conduct the next failure.
The people down east can see no
reason why any money should be spent
to Improve tbe Inland waterways when
they can use it so readily on their At
lantic coast harbors and defenses.
They have no objection, however, to
the people of the interior paying their
share to make up the river and harbor
appropriations. ,
Attorney General Bonaparte, ad
dressing the National Municipal
league, declares the one thing which
the Newspapers must do to be an
agency for good la "to think and tell
the truth." If Mr. Bonaparte Is in
r.eed'of object lessons to use as horri
ble examples he should tend for
coDloe of Omaha's yellow Journals.
PAHCELS PV!T AXD TtVltAt,
MEKCIJAXTS.
J. Dean Ringer, secretary of the
Nebraska and Western Iowa Retail Im
plement and Vehicle Dealers' associa
tion, looks arith suspicion upon the
plan of Postmaster General Meyer for
the extension of the parcels post sys
tem. In his report to the association,
Secretary Ringer stated that the par
cels post proposition was only an en
tering wedge which "will eventually
result in the establishment of a par
cels post throughout the country to
tbe great advantage of the mall order
houses and the consequent damage of
the retail dealers in the towns." This
Is the only argument that has been ad
vanced against the enlargment of the
present scope of the parcels post sys
tem and even this has not been very
generally supported by merchants' as
sociations throughout the country,
most of which have openly endorsed
the parcels post plan and are working
for its adoption. At former sessions
of congress, when the parcels post plan
has been under consideration, protests
framed along the line suggested by Mr.
Ringer, have been showered upon con
gress but it has been rather clearly
established that most of them found
their origin in the offices of te express
companies, which .will be the heaviest
losers by the adoption of the parcels
poat. . In a recent address before a
commercial club In Chicago, Post
master General Meyer, ' made thl3 an
swer to the argument advanced by Mr.
Ringer:
I can disarm the criticism of the re
tall merchant or storekeeper by the fact
that I shall recommend a special rat
to be charged on packages originating on
a rural route for delivery to patrons on
the same route, the rate to be 5 cents for
the first pound and 2 cents each ad
ditional pound up to eleven pounds. This
will he a. great boon to the farmer and
others on the rural routes, because with
out inconvenience to themselves they will
bo able to order tbelr household neces
sities by telephone or postal card. Ac
cordingly it will facilitate consumption and
increase tho business of the country
merchant, and Increased trade for tho
coi'ntry merchant means Increased orders
for those from whom he purchases his
supplies the wholesale merchants.
Under this plan, the discrimination.
If any exists. Is clearly against the mall
order houses and in favor of the coun
try merchant, who is given a distinct
reduction on poods mailed to patrons
cn rural delivery routes. It must be re
membered, also, that the parcels post
would offer another advantage to the
rural merchant in allowing him to se
cure, at a minimum cost of delivery,
goods which ho could not carry in
stock and which are wanted by special
customers. The advantage of a facil
ity of this kind will be appreciated by
every merchant who carries a limited
stock of goods.
Another feature of the proposed
parcels post, suggested by General
Meyer, should appeal directly to re
tall merchants and to all citizens, as
it affect every parson who uses ac
cepted facilities for the transportation
of parcels. General Meyer predicts
that the reduction of four cents
a pound on mail parcels will
doubtless result In a decrease In
the rates of express companies. This
can hardly be called a disadvantage
to the rural nierchant, who has been
at the mercy of the express companies
for these many years. Viewed in any
light, the parcels post plan would seem
to be a good thing for the rural mer
chant, as it will certainly be for the
rest of the people.
CHECKIKQ XATIOXAL WASTE.
The call which President Roosevelt
has Issued for a conference of gover
nors to oe held ntxt May to consider
the conservation of our national re
sources, serves to again direct atten
tion to the reckless extravagance
which has characterized American
handling of sources of material wealth.
Americans have gone on, heedless of
the experience of older countries, lav
ishly using the natural supplies of the
country, with little or no effort to
ward replenishment, until the coal,
timber and other sources of fuel and
power supply are being rapidly ex
hausted, with but 6cant provision for
the future.
Vast areas of land rich in timber
and minerals have passed into the
hands of private concerns and have
been exploited for profit in the most
wasteful manner. "There Is plenty
more where that came from," appears
to have been the motto of Americans
who have wasted because they have ap
parently had plenty and to spare. Now
the time is approaching when the na
tion must pay the penalty of Its ex
travagance and waste, unless the presi
dent's warning Is heeded and co-operation
secured of congress and the legis
latures of the states ' in conserving
these natural resources In order, as the
president says that "our descendants
may be as prosperous in 'their time as
we have been In ours."
The queetlon proposed by the pres
ident is one of tbe greatest before the
American people, calling for construc
tive statesmanship of the highest
order. It affects the fundamental
source of wealth and has an import
ant bearing on both the present an4
future prosperity of the country. As
the public becomes aroused to the full
significance of the question; It will be
a source of constant regret that the
lawmakers of fifty years ago did not
become aroused to the Importance of
it. As It is, no action that the presi
dent and tfie governors may take can
be binding, but It will have a pro
nounced effect in educating the public
to the necessity of being less lavish in
tbe waste of resources. In the end,
legislation, both state and federal, is
certain to be enacted and enforced
looking to the conservation of these
resources, to the lasting benefit of
the country.
J HE MOBILE IABVBER.
An apparently automatic adjust
ment between the supply and demand
of unskilled labor is being effected by
tho efflux of ',former immigrants from
the port of New York. Steamship
agencies report the departure within
a week of some 16,000 steerage pas
sengers and tho engagement of ac
commodations which indicates that
fully 100,000 foreigners who have
been working in this country for a
year or more will return to Europe
before the end of the year. This will
constitute about 10 per cent of the
immigration that has reached these
shores during the year.
Experts of the immigration bureau,
while admitting that the number of
men returning to foreign countries is
larger than usual this year, explain
that it is simply an illustration of the
mobility of labor. These men camo
to America by the shipload in tbe early
spring when there was a universal de
mand for workmen in all parts of the
country. They found employment with
the construction gangs of railroads,
with building contractors, in the mines
and factories and worked for Beven or
eight months at wages better than
ever received before. Now they are
returning, to spend the winter at their
old homes and to watch for Jhe labor
demands of another year. If business
Is good and the demand strong for
workmen In this country, they will re
turn and remain as long as their serv
ices are in prime demand. Many of
them, of course, come with the inten
tion of locntlng permanently in this
country and becoming citizens. Most
of the immigrants, perhaps, follow this
plan, but there is a big army of them
that comes only when Its services are
in demand. It Is Just an illustration
of the fact that the flow of labor is
responsive to the flow of capital.
MAKIMU VP Jl BY PANELS.
The judge presiding over the crim
inal division of the district court has
set aside the whole jury panel on tech
nical objections interposed by the law
yers appointed by the judge himself
to defend an Indigent prisoner. In
making his order the Judge has taken
occasion to score the legislature for
not chancing the law so as to remove
the possibility of this technical objec
tion, which amounts to a demand that
in making up a panel the names of not
less than one-fifteenth of the legal vot
ers of each voting precinct be put in
the box and that whatever ratio be
selected shall be applied without vari
ation to every other voting precinct in
the county.
While tho law-makers may be sub
ject to censure for enacting fool laws,
that does not require the courts to put
strained constructions on them. If
this particular Jury panel can be in
validated by any lawyer sparring for
delay for his client, every jury panel
ever drawn in this county could have
been knocked out on the same grounds,
and it will be absolutely impossible to
get a Jury panel made up precisely In
the way demanded. By entering ob
jection to the panel in the first case
called in each term our whole system
cf drawing Juries, that has been so
carefully worked up to protect liti
gants against professional jurymen,
would be destroyed and we would bo'
put back to the era of special venire
men, picked up at random by court
officers, with demoralizing conse
quences to all district court litigation.
The Jury law is not peculiar to
Douglas county, but applies to every
county in Nebraska. It is safe to say
that Jury lists have been more care
fully prepared In Douglas county than
in any other county in Nebraska, and
it is also safe to say that if our Jury
panels have not been properly drawn
no Jury panel has been properly drawn
in the whole state.
Former County Attorney Slabaugh
raises an interesting question as to
the diversion of money which the
county would get as inheritance -tax
under a will by agreement among the
heirs and beneficiaries for a new dis
tribution of the property. Another
question of equal interest is whether
the county is entitled to a tax on the
money absorbed by the lawyers as fees
for professional services In adjusting
differences between the heirs and ben
eficiaries. The lawyers ought to be
glad to pay en inheritance tax on a
providential windfall.
One by one the railroads are re
suming tho sale of mileage books,
which were discontinued when the 2
cent fare laws were enacted, and tome
of them are putting in excursion rates
for special occasions, notwithstanding
all the declarations that excursion
rates were a thing pf the past. If 'it
paid the railroads to accommodate
their patrons in this way before the
2-cent fare laws became effective,
there is no good reason why it should
not pay them to offer similar accom
modations now whenever the business
warrants.
A Kansas City paper makes special
note of the fact that Kansas City. St.
Joseph, Omaha and Sioux City are all
pulling together for consideration of
tbe Missouri in any river improve
ment plan. . They will have to work
shoulder to shoulder to put the Mis
souri on the waterways map and It
will take a long pull, a strong pull
and a pull altogether.
The gold is not all coming this way.
Within the week steamships sailing
from New York have taken more than
16,000 steerage passengers to Europe,
each carrying his savings. The total
money taken home by these laborers
Is estimated at $4,000,000. Most of
this money will be placed In the pos
tal savings banks of the old country,
just as most of it would have been in
postal savings banks In this country
if the United States offered any in
ducement of that kind to secure the
savings of the laborers.
The Pennsylvania railroad's number
of shareholders Is now 62,000, an In
crease of 7.000 in six months. The
number of shareholders of the New
York Central has nearly doubled since
the first of the year, while nearly
every railroad in the country reports
a big increase in the number of stock
holders over last year's record. The
small Investor evidently is not afraid
to invest when a bargain is offered.
Governor Sheldon's deputy food
commissioner is taking a lot on him
self to travel around the state to tell
the grocers and butchers that they aro
being cheated by the manufacturers
and Jobbers from whom they buy their
goods. The pure food law defines the
duties of the deputy food commis
sioner, but falls to Include any lecture
bureau engagements in his onerous
labors.
"Congress never understood the
money question and never will," said
Senator Bailey in an address at El
Paso. The record shows that Senator
Bailey got bis enlightened views on
the money question from his associa
tion with Standard Oil experts.
The American consul at Rhetms has
resigned because he cannot afford to
"live in a champagne town with cham
pagne prices" on his modest salary of
$2,500 a year. Still, since he gets his
salary in real money his condition is
not so deplorable.
Governor Sheldon's Thanksgiving
proclamation declares that no business
will be transacted on that day In any
departments of the state. But pre
sumably there is a loop-hole some
where in favor of the State university
foot ball team.
A man has been employed at $1,200
a year to keep the government print
ing' office at Washington free of
roaches. The public printer seems
determined to do everything in his
power to make the veteran printers
feel lonesome.
Ominous Numerals.
New York Tribune.
It seems that the per capita circulation
In 1893 was 123.23, while now It Is $33.23. We
hope none of the hoarders is alarmed over
that 23.
Relief from a Sinker.
Kansas City Times.
Mr. Bryan appears to be so glad to get
out from under the free silver load that
he Is Inclined to give all the praise to
Providence. ;. A i..
An Exception to the Rale.'
Chicago Record-Herald.
A Nebraska sheriff has succeeded In per
suading a mob not to lynch a man. Ne
braska may be Justly proud. She appears
to have the only mobs that are willing to
listen to reason.
Very Kind of the Admiral.
Boston Olobe. .
Admiral Brownson, chief of the bureau
of navigation, says that the board of
strategy will allow one representative of
each of the three big press associations to
go with the battleship fleet to the Pacific,
and adds: "I hope this precious trio can
supply the world with the nows which
seems so eagerly craved." Admiral Brown
son himself, of course, jievcr reads the
papera. ,
Gee Whla, What a Coin!
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Take a good coin of the old style and
compare It with the atrocity now being
turned out by the mint and then figure
but. If you can, why. In the name of good
taste or anything else, the change was
made. There was dignity about the old
coin. It was a production worthy of any
nation. It was pleasing to the eye. It
was a work of art. . But this new con
trivance la a thing to, laugh at.
The World Owes the Weat.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The west Is no longer a debtor country
It has the products which the east and Eu- '
rope need and does not Owe for them as It j
was accustomed to owe not many years
ago. For those delivered and not paid for !
the security Is good and early payment
sure. As for those not delivered, they are
still In our own hands. The west can draw
gold from the east as fast as the east gets
It. for It Is owing to us, or will be. The
I'nlted States, for the same reason, ran
d rsw gold from Europe, and Is doing so. I
We do not think there will he serious Ingres
anywhere, but at any rate they will not
fall on us.
PERSONAL TfOTES.
Thirty-four hunters have been killed and
sixty-seven wounded so far this year. A
South American revolution Is harmless In
comparison with one of our hunting sea-
j sons.
A New England Enoch Arden has had
an experience somewhat removed from
the ordinary. He has Just returned from
the home he left at- the time of the civil
war, to find that his wife had been burled
by her third husband.
William R. Smith, a Scotchman by birth.
Is about to complete his fifty-fifth year as
superintendent of the Botanical Garden In
Washington. He claims to have served the
federal government In the saT position
longer than any other of Its employes.
It la said that Charles Q. Dawes, presi
dent of the Central Trust company of
Illinois, will quit banking and finance to
become a composer of music. He Is a
great lover of music and has already com
posed considerable that has been well
received In New York and Chicago.
Eugene Zimmerman of Cincinnati Is
rivaling William Waldorf Astor In becom
ing the largest owner of historic castles
In Great Britain. He has already acquired
Kylmore and Klmbolton castles, and Is
now negotiating for the purchase of Tan
deragee castle and of Brampton houe,
the last of the historic Manchester estates.
Dr. Emll Munsterberg, the greatest living
authority on the subject of publio charity,
has Just arrived In New York, and has
made the Journey of J.iXO miles to make
a fifteen minute speech at the conference
of the Charity Organisation society to
night In Carnegie Hall, New York. lis Is
a brulher of Prof. Hugo Munsterberg. of
Harvard university, the great psychologist.
BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
oa the Spot.
Trouble la brewing among the managers
nf the projected S3 dinner in honor of
1'ryan. which will be spread In Washington
next Tuesday. The matter of eatables was
easily disposed of, but the question of
drinkables Instantly sent harmony to the
mat with a lively bunch of patriots dancing
on Its collar. The opponents of boose drink
ing in public say that aa Mr. Bryan Is
temperate In all things except political
Issiwes It would be the proper thing to have
a dry feast. But there are others, and not
a few, who swear that a dinner without
wine Is no dinner at all, and that paying
$3 a plate for 50 cents' worth of food is an
outrage. The dinner committee Is not a
little perplexed. Bu the last report has
It that they propose to serve a light punch
only before the dinner as an appetizer.
Now, as no light punch can be concocted
as an appetizer without an Intoxicant,
claims one of the elements, If Is a little dif
ficult to see the difference between It and
tho sherry and champagne.
A I'nlted Slates senator the other day
took a fine looking chap of more than six
feet In height, strong and athletic, Into the
office of John Wllklo, chief of the secret
service. The senator explained that the
young man was of exemplary character,
bright and Intelligent, and that he would
like to have him appointed as a member
of the secret service.
"There is Just one thing In the way of
granting your request," replied Wilkle,
running his eye over tho commanding fig
ure of the applicant. "Thla single objec
tion Is so serious, however, that It offsets
all tho good points. This young man Is
too tall. If he were six Inches shorter, I
would appoint him without hesitation."
If one will scrutinise closely the next
secret service man he sees he will find that
he Is of ordinary height and without con
spicuous features of any kind. This Is the
type Chief Wilkle selects. It would not do
to employ a young giant to shadow a man
suspected of passing counterfeit money.
This work Is best done by fellows of the
averoge height and weight with nothing
striking about their makeup to attract at
tention. Even the members of the personal guard
of the president are medium size men who
give no sign of great strength or slugging
abilities. Two of them are almost under
sized. They are built like steel, however,
and when It comes to pulling a gun or
delivering a stiff uppercut no one ran beat
them at It.
In his annual report of the policing of
Washington Major Sylvester has thla to
shy anent the city beautiful and bill
boards: "The attractiveness of any city
In a measure Is murred by the maintenance
of unsightly posters on billboards. For
several years efforts have been made to
reduce the offenslveness of the displays,
with some success. Where posters are sub
mitted to the authorities for criticism. It
devolves upon one official to bo the Judge
of such matters for the whole community.
unlops taken to court, where It becomes 1
a Question for a lurv. Aside from pictures
which are along the line of the nude, there
Is a class- of posters mode to depict crime,
hold-ups, and blood-and-thunder shows
which are not specially Instructive to the
growing girl and boy, who not Infrequently
study them as they would the dime novel.
The boy has been known to Impersonate the
desperado which the poster represents. In
fact, the business of placing Instructive, at
tractive, and Inoffensive Illustrations and
high-class mechanical Work on the boards
has been Injured by the cheap and decidedly
yellow flaming bills which too often find
rromlrcnce In public places. Nea'ness seems
to be at a discount, and the association of
bill posters, be It to their credit, are not In
sympathy with the efforts of advertisers to
go beyond the limit of decency, and they
have so declared In their convention. The
aw should rebate and "rrt"th,
Honi! - rp, f ate tl'f B,na -
tional. .mlsle-dlng and exciting object les-
sons that deface the billboards, that add
no substantial patronage to the houses that
employ them. Portraits l,oM t v,
eluded In the category with burglaries, kill-
lngs, train wreckings, and the attempted
portrayal of sensational beauty shows."
With nil the magnificent buildings In
Washington, the government Is one of tho
largest renters In the capital of the nation.
It Is a desirable tenant and pays more
for what It gets than tho every-day citizen.
It rents office buildings, old hotels, dwell
ing houses, sheds and cellars, and the yearly
cost is Vi.3J2, which Is equivalent to the
annual Interest at 6 per cent on an invest
ment of nearly it.r,on,om. The list of prem
ises Includes towering structures of stone
and brick, rows of houses formeriv m.4
as residences and sheds In alleys. The gov
ernment Is now building half a dozen
great houses, but their completion will not
be marked by a reduction of the annual ap
propriations for rent.
President Roosevelt has more big sticks
than he knows what to do with. Since ho
enunciated the famous principle of tread
ing softly but going well armed, he has
been deluged with clubs of all sizes, mado
of all kinds of wood and decorated In tho
strangest fashions. He has received them
from Maine and from California, from
Michigan and from Louisiana. They have
arrived at the A hlte House, from the Philip-
pines, from Cuba, and from every point
where an Industrious person could get
hold of a piece of strange wood. Some
people have sent him paintings of a big
, mi luinio rt'iueaeimng win
carrying a big stick.
T! ' V Ivle House groans nowadays when-
ever the expressman drives up to the door,
for the chances are that among the pack-
ages will be a bludgeon. Most of these
presents have been piled up In the attic
of the executive office where they form a
pile that would make a Zulu tribe feel at
home. What to do with the clubs Is a ques
tion. They can never be used for any
thing except kindling wood, and if they
wi : '."it to the White House kitch
en probably this would be their fate. As It
Is, most of them will remain In the attic
" ' ' tis'Vnt leaves the White House
permanently, when they will be cust upon
the ash heap,
The excite hoard of the D'sirlct of Colum
bla has expressed the opinion officially,
that It Is better for a man to buy a 10- j
cent "growler" of beer and take It to his .
home to drink than to become a habitue of
barrooms. Many of these persuns prefer I
draught to bottled birr. The board re
cently Issued a statement to the effect that '
It will give careful attention to complaints '
against the "growler traffic In any
neighborhood, and that If, in the opinion
of the board, such sale of liquor Is preju
dicial to the Interests of the Immediate
community In which the tales are made, a
stipulation will be required of the saloon
keejr to abandon his bucket trade. If
this stipulation is broken the excise hoard
will consider the violation of a auff'clent
cause unon which to reject the offending
applicant's license.
When Doctors Disagree.
Wall Street Journal.
The tiatlent. our Uncle Samuel, who Is
suffering from Impaired circulation. Is
dally receiving more difficult prescriptions
for a remedy than were ever offered to a
sufferer from rheumatism.
If a rheumatic person were to try, one at
S time, all the remedies proposed, ho might
not recover his health, but he would cer
tainly have o Intcrvaluig cxpcrlcuta,
" Get next lo
Atk your dealer to
how you the genuine.
EDHASKA PRES1 COMMENT.
Tekamah Herald: This financial flurry
does not scare the a vent go newspaper man.
They are not afraid of any old panic thnt
comes down the pike. They usually have
nothing In the bank but a red Ink balance.
If they have a 'pair of socks they are on
their feet and they can't use them for a
safety deposit vault. If they have any
profit coming It Is always on the book In
tho way of unpaid subscription, and If they
lose It that Is Just what they expected.
Friend Telegraph;' ' How quickly can
you tell 8 live town from a dead one by
simply looking over its newspaper. A poor
skim milk sort of a newspaper with a few
small advertisements, and these looking as
1 though they were run at half price', be
linens a aeaa town just as aure as a corpse
Indicates a funeral, while a good, lively,
well-printed newspaper, filled with good,
fresh ads, and displayed locals, shows that
the town Is prosperous and thriving. It
never falls.
Stanton Ticket: The recent financial
flurry did not have the effect upon Ne
braska farmers that was predicted. It was
contended that they would become scared
and dniw their money from the banks.
Instead of doing so, they have displayed
their confidence and deposited more. While
prices on hogs, cattle and farm produce
has gone down temporarily, farmers are
still hopeful of the loosening up of money
and that within a short time the prices will
be back to where they were a few weeks
ago.
Loup Valley Queen: Tho state of Ne
brankB. according to all reports, will some
of these days be called upon for a new
capltol building. It Is said that the present
building Is fast decaying, and In such a way
that It cannot well be repaired. When the
matter of a new building la brought before
the people, a change of location will also
be brought up. When the location of the
present site was before the people, the
western part of the state was sparsely
settled, but since that time things have
changed, the west has grown and the peo
ple of the western part are crying out
against the capltol being so far away from
them. There Is already much talk of
moving the capital to a more central loca
tion, that the people of tho whole state may
i be benefited. In looking the grounds over,
! we cannot ep better location than either
Kearney or Grand Island. If It Is to be
moved, make It one of these two places,
and the capital will be about as near the
center of the stato as It can well be located.
Blair -Pilot: State officers need not
think that because Judge '"Reese could be
triumphantly elected with a charge of nepo
tism hanging over him that the more nepo
tism they practice the better. The Pilot
did not approve of this practice by Reeso
and said so frankly. It was practically tho
only charge to be found against him In
the late campaign and democrats worked
it to a finish. The qharge Is legitimate cam
palgn. matter, too, and republicans want to
be 'able to avoid having It repeated when
tho state campaign Is on next year. There
M " t0 mttny re'aUVe8 en,ptoyed th
. state house now and all that will avoid
; th neDotlBrn chare next vear ., h fnr
' ,T ntpoU"m cnarfe next ear 111 be for
officers to begin at once to "cut
11 uul' 11 no1 De Pa"y l lu Vur
' Wlfe "",ter or your falr nlece,, of whom
VU 're Ju"t,y pr0ud' but you 8hould re"
t member- gentlemen, that your party may
suffer If you don't, and you who have re-
delved rich gifts at the hands of your
pany nave no rignt to put your party on
the defensive. The practice Is
a great
temptation, we will admit, but It Is bad
taste and the chances are It is not "for the
good of the service." We appeal to the
present atate officers, every one of whom
we did our level best to help elect, to parry
the charge by making It untrue and thus
put the party In better shape for presiden
tial year.
IJ It VAN'S f IKK TESTED POLICIES
The Task of Pumping; Hot Air Into
Banished Issues.
New York World (Dem.).
The Omaha World-Herald, Mr. Bryan's
first assistant personal organ, lifts up Its
head and bursts Into ecstatic song:
In l&iifl the democracy will go Into the
fight under the same leader, time-tried and
fire-tested; a leader whom all the world re
n ' M m il of whom h II Americans are
proud; a leader of stainless record and of
unimpeachable greatness. It will enter the
campaign with principles and policies
which, like Its leader, have stood the test
of tire and acid and emerged pure gold.
Nothing could be lovelier, but if the desire
Is not impertinent we should like to know
'precisely what those Bryan policies are
which "have stood the test of fire and acid
and emerged pure gold."
Not 16 to 1, surely; although that has been
iransmuiea into gom in spue 01 Mr. Aryan s
protests. Not the reorganization of the
I'nlted States supreme court, for Mr. Bryan
no longer speaks of it. Not "antl-lmper-
lallMin," for it has ceased to be discussed,
Not government ownership of railroads,
for Mr. Bryan has- said It would not be an
Issue In the ! campaign. Not Initiative
and referendum, for Mr. Rryan no longvr
Insists that It Is a cardinal principle of
democracy. Federal licenses, perhaps, but
they have been tested only with Ink, never
with acid.
We are very curious to know what those
time-tried policies of Mr. Bryan's are. Pos
sibly the Commoner, which ought to be
Do(ter informed tha the World-Herald, can
enlighten us
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DAY OP MIRACLES PROMISED.
Noted Inventors Hearhlna Oat fttw
More Woadera.
Loulsvlllo Courier Journal.
Marconi, having mastered the secret of
transmitting, messages by means of Hert
zian waves, ow announces that he hopes
to develop a method of transmitting power
in similar fashion.
Such an achievement does not seem im
possible. It appears to be a logical se
quence of wireless telegraphy. Jf the one,
why not the other?
Revolutionary as the wireless telegraph
was, wireless transmission of power has
even a greater aspect of the revolutionary.
When the time comes for machinery and
plants to be operated with power generated
a considerable distance away and - eon.
veyed by an element of the air, then the
area of maglo will, Indeed, seem to ba
here.
If Mr. Edison ever discovers the process
of abstracting power dlreotly from ths
coal at the mine a process which ha some
time ago predicted would be Invented some
day and thus obviate the first Coat ot
carrying and handling and the second cost
of generating the power by the existing
complicated means If, we say, that direct
process Is discovered. It, combined with,
the wireless mode of transmission which
Marconi plans, would usher In a period aa
much more wonderful than the present as
the present Is more wonderful than the past.
I Power abstracted directly from the coal
I itself at the mine and transmitted great
j distances through the air thla would be
tno miracle promised. Bucn an attain
ment of Inventive genius would affect rail
road earnings, because It would reduce
tho coal tonnage; It would reduce the con
sumption of copper wire, because wire
would not be needed; It would affect labor.
But also It would cheapen the cost of
production In myriad ways, and thla would
benefit consumers perhaps. ,
LINES TO A LAUGH.
Barber Why don't you get your hair
cut?
Iocks I will some day.
Barber You'll have to take gas when
you do, then.
Locks Of course I will. I'll have to go
to a barber. Baltimore American.
The last leaf of autumn was fluttering on
the tree.
"This Isn't any soft snap," It wigwagged,
"but I've Just got to hang on until soma
poet has observed me." Philadelphia led
ger. Fanning: "So the family In the flat next
yours has a phonograph, eh, How many
re -rrls have they? : .
Frlck: "HeHven only knows! But they
hroko their best previous record lat Sun
day by five hours and twenty-six min
utes." Puck.
The fool and his money were about to be
parted.
"Incnmpatablllty,' he explained to the
rytan'!i'rH.
He might also have pleaded desertion
ami liii V of support but he was too blisv
arranging te dotails of the separation
c,'lt'". Tribune . 7 rM h - ,
'lrrn,' Moi,.i v, i. . .
f.'TnhS ViV.'-d four d' y.
In mine on nothing but oil and wood." '
"Well, what's that to shout shout?"
..p,nty. You.re tuplrt ,t .lvs me a
new Idea for a breakfast food."-I'hlladel-
f"
.ToaVley There's n fellow who gives him
self dead away every time he starts talk
ing. Ooakley Tou don't ay? Whafa the
trouble.
Joukley He makes his living by pos
ing as a deaf and dumb IxirirAr Phil.
tuieipnia press.
f
"It's funny. Isn't It. that people talk
most on subjects of which they know
leant ?"
"Yes. Whpf worn - ing abouj
music?" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Do you give gas?" asked the man with
the swollen ' Jaw.
"We have that reputation.'' stlflv re
plied the barber, whose shop had been
mistaken for a dentist's office. Philadel
phia Ledger.
"What a pity It I
s that gossip can't
cash checks lust now.
"Why gossip especially?"
"Because It ' alway in
Baltimore American.
currency.
A SEHRASKA NOBLE MAX.
W. J. Lampton In New York World.
Mr. Bryan will not ask for or s'ek a
nomination and he will not m-UTie to de
cide the question of bis availability. Tha
Commoner.
Ah. modest Matchless Leader,
Ah, Kllver-mounted star,
Hnw little do they know who do
Not know that's what you are!
A daisy growing by the brook,
Obscure, retiring, shy.
Compared with you Is brass and noise
And odor rank and high. .
Ah, modest Matchless Leader,
ouiMiunpive, lowiy meca,
In any phase of leadership
You neither ask nor seek,
But far away, kissed by the sun
And watered by the dew,
You grow and wait and wait until
Your party cries for you.
Ah, modest Matchless leader,
What candidate presents
To party view for public use
Your dainty diffidence?
H"w few like you. if they had led
The party to defeat
In two campaigns, would start Sgala.
Along the same old bt-atl
Ah. modest Matchless Leader,
You've proved what you can flo,
And still you do pot thrust yourself '
I'pon the party view,
But modestly staid tack and wait
Until It tails, and then
You sucrlfir e yourself and get
The party Hi ked again.
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