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TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TIIUBST1AY, JANUARY 23, 100. Tiie Omaha Daily Bee FOUNDED DT EDWARD ROSEWATCV VICTOR ROSE WATER. EDITOR. F.nter.d at Omaha rostofflcs second class matter. Dstly ie (without Hunday. on jrear..H rw Rnu niintiftjr, wnn j . . - rHinday Hon, one year Saturday Dor. one rear DELIVERED BY CARRIER: Dally Hee (Including Sunday), per week..1Se I'ally feee (without Sunday), per week..ltJ Kvenlng Fee (without Sunday). per week o Evening lien (wit ri Sunday), per week...lc Addreoa all complaints of Irregularities in delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. OmahaThe Be Jtulldlng. South Omaha City HaU Building. Council Bluff IS Soott Street. f'hlcago liHO ITnlveralty Building. New York 1508 Home Ufa Insurance Building. ... Washington 725 Fourteenth Street N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed, Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or poatal order payable to The Bee Publishing company. Only 2-cent stamps received In payment of mall account. Personal checks, exoept on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. STATEMENT OF cmCULATION. State ot Nebraska, Douglaa County, Ueorae B. Txschuck, treasurer ot Tne I?ee Publishing Company, being duly sworn says that the actual number of full ana complete copies of The Dally. Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of December, lWf, was as fol lows: i 1 88,400 97,160 87,870 87,890 37,320 se,eo 37,090 38,300 S8.S30 37,030 37,000 30,740 37,680 38,010 38,960 36,980 IT 88.840 j 36,080 If 88,840 80 88,880 1 38,380 It 38.300 Jt 88,400 14 38,890 . I I 38,000 If..... 88,880 SI..,. 88,880 21 36,300 29 86,800 10 88,110 II 88,610 Totals M. 1,133,980 Less unsold and returned copies. 8,804 Net total 1,189,778 Dally average 38,444 ' GEORGE" B. TZSCHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 2d day of January, 1908. ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public. WHEN OUT OF TOWN. Sobeerlbers leaving; the city tera porarllr shoald have The Be walled to them. Address will b changed mm often aa requested. One of the theater trusts announces that It controls 500 dramas. . Most of it is very common stock at that. While congress has been worrying about currency reform plans, the cur rency appears to hare been doing some reforming itself. ' California reports a record breaking lemon crop. Senator Foraker has ad vices that the lemon crop in Ohio is also larger than usual. . According to Colonel Bryan's defini tion, democracy is the rule of the peo ple but Nebraska democracy is the rule of Colonel Bryan. Mrs. Gertrude Atherton is attacking New York society In a series of news paper articles. Of course the publish ers have her new book about ready. "I confess I have never studied finance very much,." says Senator Till man by way of introduction to a speech of 12,000 words on the currency ques tion. The sentiment of the press of the country appears to 'be that Mr. Cor telyou would make a very acceptable president of a certain New York trust company. Mark Twain says it costs more to maintain , a permanent receivership than it does to run a harem. We knew that Mark had had experience with receiverships. "White coal" has been found in Kentucky and the discoverers claim it produces neither soot nor cinders. It remains to be demonstrated whether it will produce heat. It is announced that there will be little expert testimony offered at the present Thaw trial. The Jurors have been sufficiently punished without going to that extreme. It looks as If It were up to the fifth congressman to say who gets the in ternal revenue collectorship prise, which is about to be awarded to some good Nebraska patriot A New York paper contains a lengthy article on the doings ot the "refined sugar brokers." Every New York broker who is refined is entitled to t share of the limelight. It is said that the 9.000 sailors of the American fleet spent 1100,000 in their four days' stay at Rio. The cor diality of their welcome by the Bra slllsns is, partially explained. Jack London's publishers are very much disturbed because ho is not send-. ing them any copy for his new book. The reading public is doing as well aa could be expected under the circum stances. ' Governor Hughes has broken his silence to the extent of saying that it his part nominates him tor the presi dency he will feel It his duty to accept It Is presumed that the same sense ot duty will lead him to accept the nom ination for the vice presidency If his party insists. The cattlemen of the grazing dls tricts of western Nebraska, Wyoming ng and Colorado are aa much divided now aa ever on the question of national leg islation governing the use of lands In the semi-arid region. If the cattlemen had been able to agree on what they wanted this question would have been , United long ago. - , . BRTAtl AVD int STRAW TOT It. Terhaps a less self-satisfied candi date than Colonel Bryan might be dis turbed over the apparent growth ot anti-Bryan sentiment In the democratic party throughout the country. Of the 168 members of the democratic party In the house of representatives at Washington a recent poll shows nearly one-half unfavorable to the nomination of Mr. Bryan at the Denver conven tlon. Most of them, It is true, predict that Bryan will be nominated, but de clare that if there were any reasonable prospect of uniting upon any other candidate they would be for him as opposed to the renomlnatlon of the Ne- braskan. The difficulty of the democratic op position to Mr. Bryan lies in the fact that it la neither organized nor united. Democratic leaders in various sections do not hesitate to express disapproval of plans for the third trial of an un lucky presidential candidate, but they usually fall back upon "What's the use?" excuse when a pull against the Nebraska man is proposed. That some sentiment has been' worked up for Governor Johnron "of Minnesota is proved by the congressional poll, in which thirty-one democratic members came out openly for him. They admit however, that Governor Johnson is a state and not a national figure, who belongs to the northwest, rather than to the country, just as Parker, in 1904, belonged to New York rather than to the nation. Judge Gray of Delaware has the cordial support of a respec table following of the Grover Cleve land school of democrats, but his name cannot conjure up enthusiasm among western democrats. Judson Harmon of Ohio is being urged by a similarly se lect faction, but his name is not in the popular books. Opponents of the Nebraska leader, after a search of the field and a sizing up of the presidential possibilities, are forced to lament the paucity ot men of presidential caliber In the democratic party and to con cede reluctantly that it would be wasted effort to attempt to urge any other candidate at Denver. Mr. Bryan evidently understands and appreciates the situation. He prob ably finds enjoyment In the thought that his party Is forced to accept him and his platform, because it has no al ternative. FIGHT OVER THE QRAZIXO BILL. . The decision of the cattle growers in convention at Denver, to oppose the bill offered by Senator Burkett for per manent government control of all graz ing lands under leasing arrangements serves to complicate seriously the grazing land problem, so far as con gressional action upon it Is concerned and is sure to hinder legislation on the subject by congress at this session. The fight for the control of the pub lic ranges ot the west has been in progress for years and is one of the question congress has vainly sought to settle on terms equitable to all the in terests involved. With the creation of many forest reserves and the with drawal of public lands for reclamation and other purposes, the president has outlined a very clearly-defined policy calculated to encourage the small ranchman and the actual homesteader, at the same time allowing the big cat tle syndicates certain privileges, so long as they do not conflict or interfere with the bona fide settlers. This policy has been strenuously opposed by the big stockmen and all attempts to reach an agreement and adjustment of dif ferences have apparently been futile. The National Live Stock association, through its executive committee, has approved the provisions of the Burkett bill. The determination of the Colo rado cattle growers to carry the fight against the bill Into congress may de feat all legislation on the subject and continue indefinitely the existing con ditions, however unsatisfactory to all concerned. ' The failure of those most directly Interested to reach an agreement will leave none but themselves to blame for failure of a congressional solution of the problem. RATIONAL CORNSHOrT A8MVRED. The pledge of $10,000 by the busi ness men of Omaha as a guaranty fund seems to assure to this city the next meeting of the National Corn associa tion and the exhibition which accom panies it under the name ot the Na tional Corn Show, The appropriateness ot holding this exposition ot corn and corn products at Omaha is self-evident. Omaha is close to the center ot the world's great est corn belt and on the gateway be tween Nebraska and Iowa two of the greatest corn-producing states in the union. It Is also within easy access ot the other corn-producing states and equipped with unexcelled railroad fa cilities radiating in all directions. From still another point of view the location ot the national corn show at Omaha ought to be productive of last ing results. The purpose ot this as sociation and ot Its exhibit is to raise the standard of the co'rn crop by Im proving the breed, thus making it more valuable for feeding as well as for sale. If by virtue of more careful selection ot seed anM better, methods ot cultiva tion the quality of the corn product ot these two states could be Increased to an equivalent of 1 cent a bushel it would mean millions of dollars annu ally to the farmers and producers. Locally, our people should realise that the corn show is aa it purports to be a national affair bound to at tract wide attention and to draw peo ple from many states, although, of course, the great bulk ot the attend ance will come from the Immediately surrounding territory, if it is worth while to bring the corn show to Omaha as the business men have decided it Is, it will be worth while putting every energy Into the work of promotion to make it an unqualified success. COAL BOADS AKD THE LAW. The announced purpose of the De partment of Justice to go Into the courts to secure a prompt ruling on the constitutionality of the clause of the Hepburn rata law prohibiting railroads from owning and operating coal mines or other industries in competition with private concerns, promises a speedy so lution of a troublesome question. Mr. Bonaparte's announcement has already evoked considerable adverse criticism from sources favoring most drastic ac tion against tne roads mat nave ap parently determined to Ignore the law or have at least failed, for more than a year, to make any preparations to comply with it. Culpable as the inter ested railroads have been, the attorney general's plan of action will be gen erally approved as furnishing an op portunity for a speedy test of the merits of the proposed law. The clause of the Hepburn bill at issue Is as fol lows: From and after May 1, 1908, It shall be unlawful for any railroad company to transport from any state, territory or the District of Columbia, to any other state. territory or the District of Columbia, or to any foreign country, any article or commodity, other than timber and the manufactured products thereof, manufac tured, mined or produced by It, or under Its authority, or which It may own In whole, or In part, or In whtoh It may have any Interest, direct or Indirect ex cept such articles or commodities ss may be necessary and Intended for Hs use In the conduct of Its business as a common carrier. This prohibition rests upon the prin ciple that common carriers should not enter into competition with producers compelled to use the same transpor tation facilities and there Is no ques tion as to the flagrant abuses it is de signed to stop. Yet, however sound the basic principle, there is room for contention as to the scope of its appli cation, under the complex condition of existing industrial and transporta tion affairs in . this country. Spokes men for the railroads Insist that the enforcement of the law would compel them to close their coal mines or sell them at a great sacrifice and might cause a marked Increase in tha price of coal, thus affecting the entire coun try. They argue that the enforcement of the law would mean an invasion ot vested rights and seriously Injure the holders of railroad securities. The decision of the attorney general puts it up to a test of the sincerity of the roads. He promises that if they will co-operate with the government without interposing delays by techni calities, the Department of Justice will refrain from seeking to collect tines for violating the law while the case is pending. If anything, the proposition is too distinctly favorable to the rail roads and certainly effectively disproves the charge that the administration is waging a causeless war against cor porate interests; The Board of Educational Lands and Funds is continuing to invest the per manent school fund in bonds isBued by distant states like Tennessee and Utah, notwithstanding the fact that a consti tutional amendment is pending, and almost sure to become effective within a year, to permit the investment of this money In bonds issued by Nebraska cities and school districts. The school fund, while on deposit In state deposi tories, Is earning 3 per cent Interest, so that loaning it to Tennessee and Utah on long time can produce at most a profit of only 1 to 1 per cent for the year or two that we would have to wait for permission to make home in vestments. It seems to us that the state board would do well to make no more Investments of this kind, but to hold on to the school fund until it can be so placed that all the benefits ac cruing will be retained here in Ne braska. Nebraska lumbermen in convention assembled do not disguise their disgust with and antipathy to Nebraska's ju nior senator, all on account ot the suit he brought when attorney general to dissolve their organization as a com bination in restraint of trade. The only thing the lumbermen have over looked is a formal resolution of thanks to the referee appointed by the su preme court who decided that the points urged against them were not well taken. Sioux City has decided by a com paratively close vote that It does not want to try the commission plan of municipal government Just now. For tunately, however, there are some other Iowa cities ready to assume the expense of an experiment with city government by commission In order to furnish us with a practical object lesson near at home. The eleotrlc lighting company has followed the gas company in paying into the city treasury a substantial roy alty on eales to private consumers) The royalty to the city provided for under the franchise given to the Independent Telephone company will not figure in the municipal bndget for at least an other year. ' The Austrian count who Is to marry Miss Vanderbllt assaulted m photog rapher in a New York hotel. The photographer will get no sympathy from a publlo which is getting a little tired of seeing the pictures of counts and no 'counts. Mrs. W. W. As tor says she does not know whether her husband is an American or a British subject His success in dodging taxes la each, coun try on the claim of cltlsenshlp In the other doubtless forms the basis ot her uncertainty. Denver hotel men hsve agreed not to advance their rates "unreasonably' during the democratic convention. The Pullman company and the express peo ple got their original Ideas about rea sonable rates from the Denver hotel men. Speaking of President Roosevelt, General Manderson, once United States senator, but now general solicitor of "Jim" Hill's Burlington road, says "There Is a screw loose somewhere.' Now, we have the key to the problem. Mr. Bryan says It has not been shown that any number of "real demo crats" are opposed to his nomination In Mr. Bryan's opinion, "evidently, a "real democrat" is a democrat who favors the nomination of Mr. Bryan. The increase of the rate of wages of the street cleaning gang, making them the best paid laborers ot their class in Omaha, ought to enable the city to get a few able-bodied brush pushers and shovel wielders into its service. Colonel Bryan explains his love feast with Roger Sullivan by saying that per sonalities do not count in politics. Then why did he go after Roger Sullivan so violently with hammer and tongs in the first place? Hot Air Exhausts. ' Philadelphia Record (dem). The frantic speeches of demogogues Of the type of Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas sre anything but calculated to help his hero, William J. Bryan, with the sober-minded people of this country. Aa Explanation that Explains. Kansas City Star. Western bankers do not llko Senator Aldrich's currency bill. It Is only Juet to Mr. Aldrloh. however, to explain that he did not have the western bankers In mind when he was preparing the bill. The Democratic Clinch. Springfield Republican. An Important anti-Bryan conference at the Waldorf-Astoria next Thursday Is an nounced. Out in Omaha, Mayor Jim, Dahl man announces that he will organize the "Bryan Volunteers" In every precinct of the United States. Why doesn't the demo cratic party get together? The answer. In Mr. Dooley's words, Is this: "How cud they get anny closer together than their prlslnl clinch?" . . Jeff Outshines Tillman. Brooklyn Eagle. This Is one ot the gems from the collec tion of United States Senator Jefferson Davis: Out in Arkansas I've e-nt tha erlltnr. where 1 want 'em. Out there you couldn't convict a free nigger of shooting crapa on the evidence of an editor. There was a time when Tillman was re garded aa a masterpiece of his kind, but his Ineffectual fires are paling. He Is al most Insipid. Banker Walsh's Conviction. Chicago 'Tribune It is no wonder that'll Jury reached Its verdict In sorrow and that one Juror answered the poll ,ln tears. That verdict is a terrible termination to a long, brilliant and successful career. Whatever the ulti mate outcome of the case may be, It is horrible to. see ad old man convicted of acts for whuch the penalty is the peniten tiary. It Is impossible to consider It with out pain and even a sort of sympathy for Walsh. Even among the Jurors and those who agree with them there are some who will wish Walsh may never serve the sen- ton oe which the law prescribes for the crime of which he has been found guilty, but who believe the verdict will make for righteousness. It will make for a nicer, higher sense of obligation on the part not only of bankers, but of all men to those for whom they are, morally trustees in business. THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE. Comment on the Ontalvlnaj at the Lincoln Dinner. New York Sun. At the Lincoln dollar dinner Mr. Bryan pointed out how the work of the conven tion at Denver could be simplified If It decided to nominate him for prealdent, as ha expects It will do: 'The most far-reaching, the paramount Issue is not the tariff, railroads, labor or money; but, shall this government be run for the people by the people, not by the few for the few?" In the free coinage of silver was the paramount lasue, and in 1900 anti-imperialism, but neither elected Mr. Bryan. We see In this new proposal a conviction that the platform makers, scattered their fire even In 1900, when imperialism was particularly designated aa the paramount Issue; there were many planks, it was only one and now Mr. Bryan allows It was a failure. If he can run on the platform of his own choice in 1906 it need consist of only one plank, an omnibua plank, a merger plank: "We believe that the government should be run for the people by the people, not by the few for the few." Government ownership, the Initiative and referendum, and all the other beliefs whloh Mr. Bryan shares in common with populists and so cialists would be Implied. With Mr. Bryan making a campaign on this conolse plank of his own composition and without a campaign fund, for fear It might contain tainted money, the demo cratic party would have a complete and exhaustive demonstration of Mr. Bryan's strength ss a popular leader. In the fol lowing February the electoral votes would be counted, a ceremony which would have little Interest for the democratic party. Livers Exchanged IF (he active liver of th 1 cod-fish could be pot Into the place of the torpid livtr of the consumptive it would probably do him a world of good. Next best thin to Scott's Emulsion of Cod Uver Oil. Almost as ood as anew liver. The rreat power of SCO ITS EMULSION as a flesh-pro. ducer proves that much of the activity of the cod's liver Is corvUined la every spoonfuL AO Drarti too. aa4 81.00. ROIND ABOt'T SRW YORK. Rlppes on the Current of I. If la the Metropolis. The growth of urban population along the Hudson river and the use of the stream as an open sewer raises an Issue of first Importance to the communities affected and the rpuntry at large. Health authori ties of New York agree that the pollution of the Hudson Is a serious menace. Ron res of cities, towns and villages In the Hudson Watershed thus offend against the publlo health of New York, where the river, meet Ing the ocean tides, churns the refuse and scatters it along the lowlands of river and bay. Prevention of contamination Is considered a grave problem, and the authorities are bending their energies to ward a solution. A decision recently ren dered by the vice, chancellor of New Jersey suggests one way of penalising offenders. The principle declared in this decision Is that when a city turns its unpurlfled sew- age Into a river so as to cause Injurious pollution It violates the right of riparian owners on the stream below the sewer out lets, and therefore takes their private prop erty for publlo use. This, under all consti tutional principles, requires compensation, The ultimate court of New Jersey has held that cities have the right to so dispose ot their sewage. But under the constitution that must be subject to compensation for all Injury Inflicted by such use. In the case of the city of Peterson, before the vice chancellor, he proceeded to fix the damage. He puts It at 5 per cent of the rental value of the property affected for the first year the river was Injuriously polluted, with an Increment of 1 per cent each year. This estimate of damages would vary with each case. But its serious possi bilities are shown by the fact that the damages found against the city of Pater son now reach 20 per cent of the rental value of the riparian property on the Passaic river below that city. One of the enthusiasts members of the red flag fraternity of New York, says the Tribune. Is a baker. His earnest argu ments In favor of socialism attracted the attention of some men who sat near the group of which he was one in an East Side Hungarian coffee house, and one of the party asked to be presented to the elo quent youth. He was much surprised to hear that the baker's name was Scott. "You aro a Russian or a Hungarian, are you not?" the visitor asked. "I wonder how you came by your name." "I got that at Ellis Island," he said, "and must thank my brother for it. He came from the west to receive me, and told me, the first thing, that It I wanted to get along I must cut off part of my name. He la still burdened with Scotlnsky. I followed his advice and cut off the 'lnsky, and my friends soon put on the extra 't.' Charles Scott Is cer tainly a better name than Chalm Scotln sky In this country; but I have not suc ceeded In convincing that man," pointing to a white-bearded man near by. "He has my old name." 'And who Is he?" 'That's my father." Eight hundred of the favored ones have received summons to Miss Gladys Vender bllt's wedding to County Ssechenyl Jsn. uary 27. The ceremony and reception will take place at the Vanderbllt mansion, Firth avenue. Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth streets. As 1,000 persons can be accommo dated In comfort In the ball room of the mansion there will be plenty of room for the 800 wedding guests. It is expected the bride will be given away by her eldest brother, Cornelius Vanderbllt. " She will have two bridesmaids Miss Ruth Twombly and Miss Dorothy Whitney both relatives. The gifts from the 800 wedding guests, it Is believed, will exceed In value any re eelved by ah American bride In recent 1 ' - years. The burning of the "fireproof" Parker building In New York has stirred up demand among the business men ft the Ity for the enactment of the revised building coda recently submitted to the Board of Aldermen by a commission of ex nerts. The Insurance committee' of the Merchants' association has sent a letter to the president of the Board of Aldermen, in which It Is said, among other things: "We desire to point out that had the Par. ker building been erected under the provl slons of the proposed revised code-, the fire which broke out on the sixth floor would, in all probability, have been confined to that floor; the damage might well have been nominal, and there need have been no loss of life. In the first place, the pro posed Revised code very properly limits to a maximum -of 160 feet the height of a fire proof building, occupied for such purposes us was the Parker building, and if the height exceeds 100 feet it must be protected with a standard equipment of automatic sprinklers calculated to extinguish a fire In Its lnclplency." Hail the taxlcab as a liberator. It has broken In a few short weeks the shackles that the Broadway cabby had spent many long years In welding on' the nlghthawks. So effective has been the emancipation that three Jehus have auctioned off their han soms in front ofl the Knickerbocker, and others are looking for the services of a persuasive crier. All this the taxlcab has done because It goes twice Ss fast as the old two-wheeler. Jerked along by a dod dering crowbalt, and the; charge Is Just about half. Then there is the record al ways in front of the fare, reeled off by a meter that all who ride may read. No more overcharging In the aafe assumption that Reginald won't "holler" because Qwendolin rides this night with him. Cab bie are learning to be "shovers." And they have ceased to smile complacently when trust companies tie up their funds, or the price of champagne goes up or the walking fad becomes severe. And all these things have come to pass with the taxlcab. The automobile has certainly arrived at the dignity of an Institution when It con stitutes one of the principal subjects of consideration In the annual message of the mayor of our greatest city. Mayor Mc Clellan called attention to the omission of a general ordinance applying to the licens ing of public automobiles, especially the sightseeing monstrosities which at present pay no fee to the city. Furthermore he dei.-ianded a modification of the sights and the sounds which these vehicles have In troduced. The siren whistle Is the signal that has been adopted as the particular warning of the apparatus and officials of the fire department, and he desires the adoption of a regulation prohibiting auto mobiles from usihg it. Tne avoidance of confusion Is not the only reason for con fining the use of the siren whistle within the emalleat limits. It is bad enough on the water and almost Intolerable on city streets, though for fire department pur poses K baa a value. That aervice should be kept distinct from all ordinary street traffic, and the wail of this warning device can be heard for a great distance and can not be mistaken for anything else. No tnwrnlr Raiah. Philadelphia Press. Mayor Dahlr.ian of Omaha Is going to or ganize Rryan clubs In all the election dis tricts of the country and make them put up the Bryan campaign fund. In this part of the country there will not be so great a rush to get Into these organisations that the police will have to keep the crowds back. Rieemratndid by ludinj physicians tnd chtrr.Utt BAKING has obtained the confidence ot the public. L It complies with the Pare 4. Food prepared with it is 5. It is tbs strongest Baking t t, i compiles wun ine mre rooa urws ot all states. tSkl I. It is the only high-grade Powder sold at a moderste price (4 3. It la not made bv a Bakicar Powder Trust. IV vi.ooo.po civon Tor any aubetanoo injurious to neaitn round In Calomel Is so earefutly and rleotlfleanr prepared that the neutralitatlon of the lorradlnnte Is absolutely perfect. There fore Calstanet leaves sio RorheHe Salts or Alum la the iood. It Is chemically correct All Grocer ars AsMiorfztd to Cuarantts this Calamot Baking Powder eotts little. Costs a little more than the cheap, injurious powdsrt now on the market, but It It a big saving over toe RECOVERY FROM PANIC. No Reason to Apprehend Lens; Period of Depression. New Vork Journal ot Commerce. Capital destroyed or wasted cannot be replaoed at once. It must be saved out of a slackened production. Credit Impaired must be restored, not by a mere rival of hope, but by repairing and strengthening Its foundations. There will have to be hard work, close calcula tion, economy, and prudence In this pro cess of recovering ground, but we see no reason why there should be prolonged depression, or a period of "hard times." There Is not likely to be, any Issue in the presidential campaign of the year that need disturb calculations or deter from steady effort in business recovery Money will be abundant, though capital Is scarce, and rates will be low for some time. While production and trading must proceed more slowly and cautiously for a time, and credit and capital must be nursed and saved, there will be a grad ual accumulation to repair the waste of the past, and normal conditions will be restored with perhaps some substantial gain from the lessons of experience. If good crops come again this year, and conservatism prevails In business, there s no reason to apprehend that the process of recovery will be painful or protracted V PERSONAL, NOTES. Apparently the youth of this land will never believe Ice thin until they have viewed it from the under aide. Walter A. Kelly, a blind lawyer of St Louis, Md., has announced himself as the democratic candidate for the office ot lieu tenant governor of his state. His sight was destroyed by an accident when he was 11 years old. He is now 28. Dr. E. O. Lovett. professor of mathe matics st Princeton university from 1900 to 1906, and since professor of astronomy, has resigned to accept the presidency of the Institute established at Houston, Tex., by the late William M. Rice, with an endow ment, which after long litigation. Is said to still amount to over $2,000,000. No member of congress It Is said, has had), more occupations In. his ..timer than Representative Champ Clark, of the Ninth congressional district of Missouri. He has been a farmhand, country store clerk, newspaper editor, lawyer, and politically. the people of his state have given him al most every position of prominence at their command. A model of the proposed statue to Gen eral Philip Sheridan, which is to be erected In Washington, has been received and ap proved by the Sheridan Monument commla sion, whlili consists of Secretary of War Taft. General H. C. Corbln and General Michael V. Sheridan. The model was de signed by Gutxon Borglum of New York. It Is expected that the statue will be un veiled next fall. POINTED PLEASANTRIES. ' "The money a man amasses," remarked the philosopher, "la not the measure of his value to the community." "No." answered Mr. Dustln Btax. "it's the measure of the community's value to him." Washington Star. Wareham Long How near did ye ever come to bein' rich? Tuffold Knutt Well, I wus next thing to a millionaire wunat. Me an' old Munto burn happened to go on a toot the same night, an' they put us In adjolnln' cells at the p'llce station. Chicago Tribune. "Who's the preacher here?", asked the stranger. "Rev. Mr. Gasaaway," replied the sex ton, who was busy in the country church yard. "Has he preached here long?" "Why, ho always does." Philadelphia Press. "You deny the women of Russia the right of equality with men," acclaimed the lead ing lady of the committee. "Madam," responded the head of the bureau courteously, "you are In error. I It is one Liver Pills mm i i Miiintng; IIPT MlilQ areconstiP-ted. Undigested material, waste ffCw J. a-a-O products, poisonous substances, must be AJt irour sfcea if h know m isfer d,,,7 "moved from the body or there will pill for m tluiitih Uom than Ana' be trouble, and often serious trouble, too. Pill.. Tha, folio H, advice. Ayer'sPHIs aid nsture.thst Is aH.&O'.fr frowning, Ming x Co CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS and HATS FURNISHING O make room for I And we have put all our broken lines of soft and- plaited bosom '' -Shirts at the same price. $1.60 and $2.00 Underwear now $1.25. Flancnl Shirts at 20 per cent discount. ' - ,. Smoking Jackets and Bath Robes 33 Vi per cent off. 20'Per Cent Off on all men's, boys' and children's .Winter Suits and Overcoats. 15th and Douglas Ni-vJJv 5h and Dufllaa rA Streets viOi V t t I. O. WILCOX, MorJ it FIVE REASONS WHY CAL0L1' POWDER Food Laws of all states. free from Rochella Salts n.,. X Powder on the market. ' X Calumet trust powders. XV. . ,,v ..n,iiuiiii3'1 r( Try calumet I -: "mm. distinctly remember having hanged a num ber of you." Philadelphia Ledger. "Money," he said, "la possessed ot fevon devils." "Do you know any one of 'em?'' "Certainly." "Then, for heaven's sake, Introduce nvV Atlanta Constitution.' I.ady Visitor Mr. Hartflst Is very mil" He passed me Just now without toucinnn his hat. merely nodding. Waiter (confidentially That Isn't rude ness, madam. It's because he la that menu he won't even tip his 'hat. Baltimore American. "He's a Joker, ain't he?" ' "Yes, but his Jokes are like the pencil mv wife sharpened with the scissors lasi night." How Is that?" "No point." "Every cloud has a silver lining,-' ald tli patient clttien. "There is no loss witlioul some gain." ' "That's right," answered Farmer (Vrn tossel. "Nesrly every mix-tip these flnsn clal institutions get into gives some liillier to underpaid patriot a good Job." Wash ington Star. I ' THE DIFFERENCE. The thin-nosed school ma'am goes foi "bis," You can tell right away by the hang of liei "phis;" What a serious matter study Is At the unlverlsUy. The up-to-date girl goes for the fame of It, She talks to her friends of the high-sounding name of It; This gratifies even if nothing else caim of 11. From the university. But the sweet southern girl with a voici like a chime. And the hair on her head like a halo n lime; Looks forward each year to one mor gone time, At the university. II. The thin-nosed school ma'am does majors three, AH In one summer, toward her degree; Such a wise, wise woman, oh my, oh mul Of the university. , The up-to-date girl, Jaunty and trim, In a fresh linen suit plays tennis with vim; She's sure of one credit, and that's at the gym or the university. " " ' - t But the sweet southern girl wjjo is bii full of fun At beauology, boating and dancing has won A whole score of minors pray pardon the pun At the university. III. The thin-nosed achool ma'am returns Willi her shell; She still clung to that whatsoever befell: Like Peter'a wlt sim has kept very well," At the university. The up-to-date girl has a bearing profound And her witty lemarKs both ntr parents astound. Though her small barque of knowledge Ion,' since ran aground, At tho university. But the sweet southern girl in tears, sad t see. oh! Returns and they work over-time at the P. O. A-sorting out letters which fill her with glee, oh! From the university. IV. The school ma'am will win by using het pen some A certificate refraining from thought ol the men soma To teach forever and ever and ever and then some , From the university. The up-to-date girl here opinions may clash- Bears home to her pa a receipt for his cash; 1 What wonder If father here says somcthlnf rash About the university. But the sweet southern girl win's a lottery prise. All made out and signed by the courthouse guys. A life certificate for two, T surmise, 2 rom tne university. Omaha. BAYOLL NE TRELB. impossible, simply impossible, for any to enjoy the best of health if the bowels SPECIALS our new spring goods which are beginning to arrive, we are malting some big reductions in Shirts, Underwear, Etc., Etc. All our $3.50 Stiff Bosom Shirts.. $2.60 All $2.00 and $2.50 Stiff Bosom Shirts $1.75 All $1.50 Stiff Bosom Shirts $1.15 All $1.00 Stiff Bosom Shirts . . . . . . .. . 85c ' i . . . .. . Streets