TIIE 0MAI1A DAILY DEE: TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1908.
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Ptnte of Nehrt(a. lions-Ins Coutny. a.:
Georae B. Tsschuck. treasurer of The
Bee Publlahlna romijunv. helnc duly sworn,
says that' the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Mornlnw,
Kvenlna- and HundrfV Bee printed during
the month of February, 1908, waa aa fol
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WHEW OCT. OP TOWIf.
Sabscrlfecra learlm tks elty ten.
, porarlly akoald kava The Be
mailed to them. Address will ba
ckaagrssl aa cfte avs rcqaested.
, Inventor Holland of torpedo boat
fame has devised a flying machine
bo ha aays. '
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New York Is to have the largest
.restaurant In the world. Prices will
doubtless be la keeping.
United States Senator-elect Bradley
of Kentucky has lost his whiskers. It
was a close shave for him.
; Wu Ting-fang, the human Interro
gation point, haa returned to the
JJnlted States for a period.
"That Balkan status is crlUclal,'
ays a New York paper. That 1b the
normal condition of the Balkan status.
. Senator Knox weighs but 119
pounds. He will have to gain four
pounds to get into the one, two, three
class. .
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"In South America I can get fruit
for a song," says a returned traveler,
Caruso can do that even in cold coun
tries.
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"Is Jerome a fallen idol?" asks tho
Minneapolis Journal. The real com
plaint appears to be that Jerome has
fallen idle.
Leslie M. Shaw says ho has not au
thorized anyone to use his name as a
candidate for the presidency. Whom
does he suspect?
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What would America do in case of
war between Japan and ChlnaT" asks
the Boston Post
Ben arms and pro- I
visions to both sides,
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The attorney general may discover
causa for action against Secretary
Taft He is rapidly acquiring a
monoply of delegates.
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What, distresses . the democratic
World-Herald most is that Nebraska
republicans show uo signs of irrecon
cilable factional fighting.
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There should be a sharp advance in
the price of disinfectants. The Hartje
divorce scandal la to have another air
ing In the courts at Pittsburg.
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Countess Szechenyl has transferred
11,000,000 worth of bonds from New
(York to Budapest.' The count told all
America that It was a pure love match.
What has become of the Foraker
presidential boom?" asks the Detroit
Free Press. At last reports It was
fctlll In tho emergency ward at the po
litical hospital. .
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winter may be over, but there la
another storm, coming. Dr. Parkhuret
declares his Intention of dlacusslng
puDiio amirs in . mia-weeic sermons
until the campaUa is ended.
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Physicians Maert that Harry Thaw
can never be fully cured of his Insan
ity, although ho may be fixed up so he
can re-enter his accustomed place in
society without creating special atten
tion. .' , -
Kebraaka opticians are to bo barred
from calling themselves "doctors" be
cause it te(uds to confuse them with
practicing physicians. It remains for
the opticians to make the public see
H that way.
New Orleans is celebrating its Mardi
Graa carnival, but it no longer has a
monopoly of such spectacular displays.
King Ak-Sar-Ben makes carnival week
in Oirvaha easily a match for King
Ilex's celebration la -New, Orleans.
a Horn i r cam of msDtianT.
It liaa been clear for aome time that the
direct primary law la open to criticism fir
Ita failure to provide for the direct election
of party committeemen. The ayatem a it
stands mean that while tha people control
nomination, the same old rlnrsters may
by a little effort retain enntrol tf the part
machinery. The reason claimed for allow
ing the candidates to appoint the party
committee la that candidate have a right
to a committee personally favorable to
themselve. That argument ahrtvel under
proof that the method of appointment la
not conduclva to party or publlo benefit
Lincoln Journal.
The troublo with motit critics Is that
thev are always, ready with complaints,
but nowhere to be found when they
might help to prevent the evlla they
complain of, and that their hindsight
Is better than their foresight. There
is no question bnt that the most re
sponsive party organization is that
which is built up from the bottom di
rectly on the full membership of the
party. Yet all that can.be demanded
of the organization is that It really
represent the wlBbes of the party.
For the original direct primary Mil
presented by Representative Dodge lo
the legislators of 1905 the editor of
The Be drew the section governlug
party organization providing for this
very thing. It provided that the vot
ers In the various precincts snouia
choose their precinct committeemen,
who should constitute the county coru-
mlttees, and that the county commlt-
teo' should choose the members of the
various state and district committees
to which they might be entitled. But
that, bill fell by the wayside, with no
help from the presebt direct primary
boomers.
When the primary bill came up In
the legislature of 1907 the editor of
The Bee once more pressed this plan
of party organization, but found that
the scheme of appointment by nomi
nees was substituted in committee in
the senate. With others he entered
remonstrance and went so far even as
to urge friends of the direct primary
In the house to nonconcur in this sec
tion In order to get reconstructed in
conference committee. At the last
moment fear of failure of the whole
bill was made the excuse for swallow
ing It as it waa and sending It to the
governor without change. Had the
latter-day primary election reformers
paid a little attention to the bill In the
making the cause of their 'present ob
jections would hare been removed.
But while the appointment of com
mitteemen by nominees could, doubt
less, be improved upon. It is by no
mean" " Daa w lauw-nniwr.
maK oeueve- " 18 pracucaiiv
a continuation or tne convention sys
tem because the nominees always con-
trolled the conventions that nominate
them and. in fact, made up the com
mittees in substantially the same way
that they do now. With the candi
dates nominated by direct vote, the
choice of committeemen by the candi
dates is Just one remove from choice
by primary and the people who control
the nominations will also ordinarily
control the party machinery. The di
rect primary Is not Intended to give
one faction in a party an advantage
over another faction, but to insure ma
jority rule. A majority rule, free
from fraud and trickery, cannot fail
to be "conducive to party and public
benefit." - J
P0SSIBTL1TJKS OF WISVMlLtS.
Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief of the bureau
of chemistry of the Department of
Agriculture, haa an idea which he is
willing to pass on to our American
farmers without charge and with the
evident conviction that they can all
make money out of It Having been
studying windmills, outside of con-
tress, ho is convinced that they are
capable of use in producing electricity,
which may be utilized in many ways
oa the farm to the comfort and profit
of the farmer and his family.
Accompanying the suggestion is a
collection of tables, based on scientlflo
observations and tests, showing that
the average windmill, with but little
Infraction of the eight-hour laws, fur
nishes power enough to generate elec
tricity in quantities sufficient to run
the feed-chopper, heat the house, fur
nish fuel for the kitchen, and do most
of the laborlouB chores that now fall to
the farmer'B wife or the hired man.
Dr. WMey suggests that tho tdel sup
ply of the country la rapidly disappear
ing and may eventually become ex-
hausted, while the wind promises to
continue in unfailing breezes. Prop
erly conserved and utilized the wind
may be made to perform very valuable
service to the farmer.
It would be an ill windmill that
blows nobody any good.
rOHIJQX TRADE AND BtVEXCES.
While .export from the United
States were surprisingly large in Jan
uary, the completed records show that
the Imports were less in the aggregate
than for any January since 1904. Stu
dents of commercial and trade condl
tlona welcomed this condition at first.
as it increased the balance of trade In
favor of the United elates and re
moved the danger of any call being
made from Europe for a return of the
gold imported to the United States
during the financial depression in the
last months of 1907. Now that the
danger of a recall of tho gold, has been
removed, tho effect of tho lessened
imports on the revenues of the coun
try la being considered and the out
look Is far from reassuring.
The total Imports (f or January were
valued at $85,698,704. as compared
with $116,384,944 for January of
1907, a falling off of 3 per cent. The
loss In Imports is divided about
eaually between dutiable and aoa-
dutiable goods', and" With It comes
decrease la federal revenuea- which. If
continued for any conslderabele per
iod, promises to be serious. It is esti
mated that the loss of duties In Janu
ary, basej on the average Imports, waa
fully 9,000,000. Continued for a
year this would cause a shrinkage in
the government revenues of more than
f 100,000,000, or enough to embarrass
the government, inasmuch aa the es
timated revenues for the coming fis
cal year are less than the probable ap-1
proprlations the present session of
congress.
Experience baa usually shown that
thee estimates of imports are too low.
Predicted deficits generally fall to
materialize, but the, evident Blacken
ing of trade, with a lessening of Amer
ican purchases abroad, indicates that
the recovery will be slower than usual
and that congress will do well to prune
appropriation to the vicinity of necessities.
THE KAOLE AND TBS ifOTTO.
Another effort is to be made to
have the St. Qaudens coins repaired
and improved to suit the artistic
taste of those of us who are rather
fastidious about the appearance of
their (10 and $20 gold pieces. Congress
Is to order the "In Qod We Trust"
motto restored, and the officials
charged with the duty of seeing to the
minting of these coins are to have
other changes made, in the hope of
silencing the criticisms showered upon
the designer.
The discussion of tho motto ques
tion has developed the fact that St
Qaudens is not wholly to blame for
the misfit appearance of the coins.
His original design waa purely classic.
The head for which Mary Cunningham
posed was Greek in outline and there
was a simple wreath in the' original
drawing. Some of the mint authori
ties insisted that there should be
something Indian on the coin, bo the
headdress was substituted for the
wreath. The Indian does not look
like a Greek and Indian women do
not wear headdresses. The headgear
Is solely the property of the Indian
brave. The eagle, too, proved a
shock to some people who had an
Idea that they knew what an eagle
looks like, and on whose artlatlo sense
the feathered trousers of the St. Qau
dens bird Jarred.
It will be interesting to see the re
sult after the tlnkerers get through
with their work of improvement. If
the face of a real Indian maiden is to
be placed on the coin, farewell to
hopes of beauty and the classic out
line. It the eagle ia to be modeled
from life, instead of from a picture
book, the coin will be a bird. The
present design la admittedly faulty.
but there is no assurance that the
proposed changes will make It better.
OKLAHOMA ItEPUBLICA KB.
While election returns , show that
the new state of Oklahoma is demo
cratic, there are about 100,000 repub
licans in the state who are evidently
determined that the party shall be kept
In an aggressive, fighting condition,
and not permitted to degenerate into
the condition too common in the south
of leaving control to a federal office
holding brigade. A bitter fight la
progress against professional politi
cians furnishes evidence of the deter
mination of the majority of the repub
lican voters to select leaders and take
action that will reflect the exact sen
timent of the party.
Certain political bell-wethers have
been using every effort to secure an
unlnstructed delegation to the repub
lican national convention at Chicago.
One of the self-appointed leaders re
cently urged that the delegation
should go without instructions in
order to be able to "make Judicious
trades" in the convention. A vehe
ment protest arose at once against this
proposition, whereupon tho reaction
arles took another tack by urging that
it would not be proper for Oklahoma,
democratic state, to attempt to dic
tate to . republican states In tho nam
ing of Ihe standard bearers. , On this
proposition all the opponents 'to Mr,
Taft are trying to get together to pre
vent an instructed delegation, but
their efforts have been dismally nn
successful. A recent Washington
Lincoln banquet at Tulsa got out of
the hands of the committee on .ar
rangements and developed into a Taft
love feast that threw the office grab
bers into a chill. . In three of the five
congressional district conventions tho
rank and file have selected delegates
Instructed tor Mr. Taft Every politi
cal meeting that Is held Increases the
enthusiasm for the war secretary, and
the ' reactionaries have practically
given up hope of securing a delega
tion that would vote for any candi
date who would promise federal pat
ronage.
The real militant republicans of Ok
lahoma are practically unanimous for
Mr. Taft and all Indications are that
the state convention, to be held next
week, will send a delegation to Chi
cago Instructed to vote for him first.
last and all the time.
A resume of the first two months of
the year 1908 shows a large number
of accidental or homicidal . deaths , In
Omaha, for which, however, coroner's
Juries have been called on Bcarcel7
halt the number. There have been
times when no unnatural death occur
ring in Douglas county failed to fur-
nteh excuse for au Inquest far the sake
of the fees, if tor nothing else. But
Coroner Davis is not that kind of
coroner.
Tho railroads doing business la Ne
braska are finding It difficult to furnish
alfte fiata required by the new terminal
tax law wltLln the time prescribed.
Getting ready for the first time for
such an appraisement of their prop
erty is natuially laborious, but once
done It ahould come easy for succeed
ing years.
Secretary of State Junkln Is said to
favor a law requiring all corporations
to file annually lists of their officers
nd stockholders in his office and pay
snug fee for the same. The secre
tary evidently has his eye oa the fees
with a view to showing how important
his office la aa a revenue producer. The
real object of fillpg such information
would be to keep the publlo Informed
as to the responsible owners and offi
cers of companies Incorporated In the
state, and this would not be accom
plished except with the additional re
quirement that the exhibit be adver
tised in a newspaper of general circu
lation published at the place of busi
ness of the corporation.
The action of the Lancaster county
democrats endorsing Ig. J. Dunn for
national convention delegate and
George W. Berge for governor at one
and the same time shows what kind
of a lemon was handed to Mayor "Jim"
the alleged compromise between
the Dahlmanltes and the Jacksonlans.
South Omaha is about to hold its
municipal primaries at which candi
dates for city office on all tickets will
be nominated by direct vote. If the
people of South Omaha do not put up
candidates whose election would be
creditable to them It will be their own
fault.
Both Senators Knox and La Fol-
lette have Introduced employers' lia
bility bills and are sparring to see
which can get his measure up for con
sideration. The authorship of the bill
Is not important, if the bill is war
ranted to stand the supreme court
test
Our amiable democratic contem
porary should go Blow in its fulsome
praise of Ig. J. Dunn. Before It
knows It, It will have strong ambi
tion built up that will aim at the
$7,600 a year and perquisites of Its
own congressman-editor.
The advent In Omaha of the Amer
ican car making the New York to Paris
auto race 1b to be signalized by the
shrieking of the siren whistle. It will
bo Just our luck' to have that auto
reach Omaha between 2 and S o'clock
la the morning. , . . .
Senator Teller ' Bays that an ex
posure of the treatment of the Indians
would astound the nit ion. It would
be a little difficult to astound this na
tion by a recital of anything that has
happened to the Indians.
Mr. Bryan haa shown the amblttou
man another way to get his name In
the papers. All he haa to do is to
overhear a conversation between men
who are hatching a deep political con
spiracy.
All the predictions of Bryan'B elec
tion this year are based on the violent
assumption that the voters who cast
their ballots against him twice are
going to admit that they were mis
taken. Poaalble Sobatltata.
Chicago Tribune.
A few mors star play on tha part of Sen
ator Owen of Oklahoma will cause Mr.
Bryan to alt up and take anxious notice.
Not far Them.
Washington Poat
Illinois haa adopted the violet aa Its state
flower. It la hard to aee how the Illinois
politician can be persuaded to adopt tha
modest, shrinking violet aa a model.
Bo e a and Bryaau
' Buffalo News.
Mr. Bryan assume tha air of a bos
When he call all delegate to hi Denver
convention If they are not Instructed. Ills
party likes bosses above all other men.
Owt af Auarchy'a Heaca.
Chicago. Tribune.
Tha body of the priest who waa shot by
an anarchist In Denver few daya ago Is
to be buried near his old home In Pateraon,
N. J. But (he Pateraon anarchists cannot
harm him now.
Taft aad tha Saga tin,
Chloago Poat
Mr. Taft got two delegates recently from
tha heart of tha beet-augar district of
Michigan. This waa where various kindly
critics figured out ha would be most bit
terly opposed because of his stand In favor
of tha Philippine angar grower.
Katare and the Lawr.
Boston Transcript
According to tha Nebraska supreme
court. If a woman geta off a car back
ward ft does not debar her from recover
ing damages In caa of accident That
la one of the natural condition for which
provision must be made.
If Mors Dom Tell,
Pittsburg Dispatch.
It ! now credibly reported ' that ex-
Banker Morse la mad enough to tell all
ha knows. Including some Interesting facta
about hla former associate In financial
ope ratio as and tit manner In whloh be
waa cleaned out This may be Interest
ing, Inasmuch a there la no Intimation
that Mr. Mora Intend to assert that
Roosevelt did It
Hostaatf la Baalaeea,
Milwaukee Free Press.
Neither weaith, nor property nor any other
class distinction la tha proper standard by
which to Judga tce action of men. For
the honest man of weaith there la hearty
regard, a there la for the honest news
paper. "But part of the movement to up
hold honesty must be a movement to frown
upon dishonesty." . To attack tha corrupt
men of wealth, wbo find In tha purchased
politician the most efficient instrument of
corruption, and In tha purchased newspaper
the most efficient defender of corruption,'
la a duty.
And the chief quarrel I not with "thee
agent and representatives of the Interests,
but with tha "sinister offender who stand
behind them."
This ia tha Roosevelt "war on wealth,"
maclfested In his late message to congress
tba message which John IX Archbold'a man
at Byracuos declared to be the emanation of
Ja erased brain; Ui ravings of a lunatic I
BITS OP WASniXGTOX LIFE!.
Mlasr Sreaee and faeldeata Sketched
a tha ftaiot.
Advices received by President Roosevelt
from the governors of the states give ad
vance assurances that the May conference
celled to consider plans for the conserva
tion of the country's national resources will
be a notable gathering of publlo men. The
attendance of all the governor Is certain.
and that In Itself will constitute a historical
landmark. Each governor la allowed three
delegates, Inj the Selection of which there is
disposition to name some of the ablest
men In the respective states. The sessions
of the conference will be held In the east
room of the Whit House and President
Roosevelt will preside. While the governors
are In Washington they will be the guests
of the president at a dinner to ba given In
the White House.
Senator Foraker and Senator Overman
were dlscusalng civil war experiences, and
Senator Foraker told how, while he waa
marching through the south, he took oc
casion to question a number of stragglers
whom he -met aa to their political statu.
Invarfbly, he said, the Investigated native
declared for the union. They were all
union men."
But then ha crossed the North Carolina
border, and he had not been In the terri
tory of that state very long when he met.
In the Cape Fear section, a tall, lank High
land Scot
"Well, queried tho future defender of
the Brownsville shooters-up, "how about
youT Union man, I suppose?"
"No-o-o, suh!" waa the emphatlo reply.
"Oh, then you must ba a secessionist"
"Not a bit of It uhr
"Huh! What are you, then?"
"I, suh," e ponded the stranger, stretch
ing himself proudly to his full height "am
Jeet a 'damned rebel,' suh, from my toe
up."
Senator Foraker said he passed on, with
out molesting the man, for he didn't think
such an out-and-outer would stay a prisoner
long, even If he were captured.
The trig, actor-like figure of ex-Senator
John C. Spooner of Wisconsin, whose con
gressional day distinguished htm as one of
the greatest legal lights under the capltol
dome. Is much seen In Washington. But
he never goea near the chamber of hla legis
lative triumphs, reports the Washington
Herald. He takes many a constitutional
down the familiar thoroughfares. He Joins
his old senatorial cronies at a dosen wonted
meeting place up town. Occasionally, on
errands growing out of the receipt of fat
retainers, he presents himself In the su
preme court room. Its door is not thirty
pace from the senate door, which, how
ever, he seems to shun as though It were
the portal to Inferno.
Oh, they would all be saying I could not
keep away," he explained when one asked
Mm why he never visited the senate.
There Is still another reason. At one time
Mr. Spooner was chairman of the sen
ate committee on claim. In that capacity
he was often approached by ex-senators.
who have the privileges of the floor, but
who are supposed not to use such privileges
for lobbying purpose. They would sit a
while In the red sofa section at the rear.
Then Senator Spooner would feel a tap on
hi shoulder and be invited to come back
and talk. Tha conversation generally was
brought around to a little bill, which Mr.
Ex always had conveniently In his Inside
pocket,' with a request that the chairman
see it safely through his committee.
Mr. Spooner la sensitive little man. lie
has a retentive memory about the general
attitude toward ex-senators, which crowds
out any realisation of the glad hand he
would always ba sura of on the floor from
his old-time senate colleagues.
Tha oldest weather man In the United
State Uvea in Washington, where weather
conditions are dealgned to promote guess
ing. His name Is Dennis Horigan and ha
boen attached to the naval obsorvatory for
fifty-two years. Long before the weather
bureau waa established Mr. Horigan was
making observations at the observatory
night and day every thre hour, noting
tho temperature, the barometrlo pressure,
tho nature of the clouds and the direction
of the wind. Appointed under the admin
istration of President Buchanan in 1857, he
haa been In the service ever since. Ha Is
now an old man, yet In fair health, con
sidering hi long service and tha fact that
It included night work. He came from
the old. country in the 'GO and settled In
Georgetown, then the most Important part
of tha District of Columbia. He waa at
tha old observatory In 1861, when Captain
M. F. Maury left to Join the aouth In tha
civil war. He haa served with many naval
officer and scientists, among them Com
mander Maury, Captain Qlllia, Admirals
Davis, Sands, Rodgers, Rowan, Shufeldt,
Franklin, Belknap, Pythian, McNalr, C H.
Davl and Cheater and Profs. Hall, New
comb, Harkness, Eastman, Prisby and
Skinner.
He wa a new representative, telling of
hi first appearance at a White Houso re
ception. Ha had met the president only
once and then had shaken hands only for
a ' moment So he waa full of Joy at the
fact that when he had at length approached
the chief executive In the line at the great
dlplomatlo reception Mr. Roosevelt had
taken his hand, squeesed It till It croaked
and said:
Dee-lighted to see you; I am so glad
you have oome at iasc it is always a
very great pleasure to ma to see you and
always will be a pleasure and satisfaction
to sea you in this position."
It was o much more effusive than his
greeting for any of tho people In front of
me," explained tne new msmoer. -Keaiiy
I can't quite understand how he could have
remembered me so welt I was quits taken
back with the reception I had."
"How did you coma in the llneT' asked a
cynical listener.
"Oh, I wa the very last man In line.
The president must have been there shak
ing hand for two hour with Tom, Dick
and Harry and I wouldn't have felt hurt If
he hadn't remembered me or taken the
least interest'
"Well." replied tha eynlo, "don't you
think after two hours of that he might ba
expected to bo glad to receive the last
man?"
The new member went away looking seri
ous.
Although a native of Vermont and tha
graduate of an eastern college, Frank
Pierce, who recently began hi labor
Washington as first assistant secretary of
tha Interior, 1 a man of western oppor
tunity and growth. Mr. Pierce was selected
from th bar of Utah, where ha had won
tha esteem of hi profession and had built
up a large law practice. It was In this
field that ha acquired a knowledge espe
cially minute of government land matters.
coal. Iron and precious metal mining and
the Intentions which should actuate tba
bona flda occupant of lands granted by
most liberal government
AaswertBsr tha "Uaeaaplsyed."
Minneapolis Journal.
Philadelphia ahould try the xperlmeat
made in Detroit Wbun th Detroit mob
marched In demand for work, tha city aa
thorlties planned to aig a canal across
Bella Isls park, and invited bids from the
famishing laborers In the procession. Only
tea applied for Jobs. Ths rest were sweat
ing away over their speeches to demon
strate that tha government Is Intolerably
cruel and corrupt
For
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Sake Get
CORN SYRUP
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PERSONAL rOINTERB.
"Tell the truth, even If It I Inexpedient"
say young John X. Rockefeller. But what
If your lawyer won't let youT
Mrs. Hetty Green denied In Boston that
her daughter Sylvia had become engaged to
Matthew Astor Wllka of New York, as had
been reported In that city.
Joseph Chamberlain, .accompanied by
Mrs. Chamberlain, haa left London for tho
Riviera. They will remain there for sev
eral months. Mr. Chamberlain's health
contlnuea to Improve slowly.
Rev. Thomas Spurgeon, pastor of th
Metropolitan Tabernacle, London, whose
health continue poor, ha .made definite
hi resignation of the pastorate, which
was postponed from March last year.
Profesor of Mathematics Edward T.
Rawaon, the second ranking officer In that
corps of th navy, waa placed on the re
tired list on account of age. Ha I from
New York and entered the naval service
in October, 1880.
Vice President Fairbanks will speak- at
the dedication of tho monument erected
by George Mlddleton of Chicago to the
memory of union soldier of Jefrerson
county, Indiana, in tha city of Madison,
the latter part of May.
The Duchess D'TJsea say that she did
not have time to see much of America on
account of the number of teaa she at
tended. There are a number of foreign
critics who have seen the country In muoh
the same way, but who have not been as
frank in their statement.
Kenyon Cox, th painter, la also an ac
complished writer. He Is a son of General
Jacob D. Cox, secretary of tha Interior in
President Grant' first cabinet, who, after
hi retirement from the army became a
successful writer on historical and military
topic and wa for mors than twenty year
a contributor to the nation.
George A. Robertson, one of the oldest
end best known newspaper men in Cleve
land, died last week, aged 68 year. He
served a secretary for' General Garfield
while he waa in congress and also while
Garfield was president of Hiram college.
He wrote much of ths campaign literature
for Garfield during the latter' presidential
campaign.
Frank M. Smith of Oakland owna a
mountain of borax In the Death Valley
region of Nevada, estimated to contain
8,000,000,000 tons of borax, worth $100 a ton
where It Ilea, and this controls th visible
supply of borax In tha world. A writer
says this mountain "makes Smith easily the
richest man In the world, from a point of
resources But this borax deposit is merely
a lining for the pot of gold that rests In the
Funeral Range." 1
Copies of th order Issued by General
George Washington during ths revolution
are In such demand that Representative
Adam Bede ha Introduced a resolution
directing the librarian of congress to print
10,000 copies of tha complete order. Ac
cording to the resolution. 8,000 of the copies
are to be distributed by member of con
gress to historical societies and other pa
trlotlo organisations and libraries and ths
other 2,000 are to be sold.
Chicago' term with It treet railway
companies hav turned out well for the
city and the corporation. From the City
Railway company Chlcsgo will receive thl
year $675,000. The company will pay a I
per cent dividend, aggregating $1,215,000, and
set aside a surplus of $T01,SC8. Ths City
Railway company operate less than half
Chicago's traction lines. It 1 expected
that the Consolidated company will pay
Chicago aa tha city's share of ita profit
over $1,000,000 mora.
During the debate In the senate the other
day on tha Aldrich bill Senator Lodge, de
ploring the apparently limited knowledge
of the present membership of ths sonat
regarding financial problems, .told of a
story tha late Senator Vance used to tell
of hla speech in North Carolina during a
financial crisis, whn ho faced his audi
ences and modestly admitted that In fact,
ha knew very little about finance. "About
the only financial principle with which I
am entirely familiar,' Senator Vance ad
ded, "Is that It takes two names to float
my not" ;.! I .
Old Coughs
a- i . . . r ,t. i
Ktp bi dot foecA With ymtt family doctor.
NTmoAcb er mad ihtcouU ips
hi, plac. TrvJ him at oil time,.
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HAVE YOU BEEN?
Not by OMAHA BEE, but by Bending EAST articles of
metal to be repaired and replated pn which you are paying
express and freight charges.
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PHCSE CCSJS. 1773. SILVERSMITHS. ALL KIS2I rlir.3 . ,
Between Farnain and Ilaniey.
ICaro
Corn Sprvp
Is more than Mgoodnes"
Jt'i stood so valuable In
Its properties that author
ities class it high among
food product. Not only
nutritious but delicious
a golden syrup of ex
quisite flavor that please
all palate. For every use
from griddle cake to
candy.
10c.,25., and' 50c
In tlr-tlght tins.
DIGNITY. OF LABOR. .
Honest Tribute to the Man Who
neally Works.
Boston Globe
That manual labor la aa dignified a
mental labor, and that the highest labor
Is that which make demands upon th
qualities of head and hand, of heart brala
and body, formed the theme of President
Roosevelt' Interesting address to the' dele
gates of the National Educational associa
tion In' Washington. " The president said
that he hoped tha schools more and mor
would train toward and not away from tha
farm and workoh ,p.
It Is probably true that less misunder
standing aa to the real dignity of labor
exlBts today than ever before. It is better
understood today than It ever was that th
dignity of labor 1 the dignity of th end
for which It I performed. Purposeless
drudgery had no Inherent dignity, any mors
than has ths toll which Is directed to un
worthy objects. The crease In tha fore
head and the callous In the hand are
equally meritorious marks, as Oliver Wen.
dell Holmes said. Some labor produce
one, and some the other, but esch kind of
labor derives its dignity from ths dignity
of the character behind It.
M1HTHFVL, MOMK.NT9.
"Anybody that tries to tell m college
tralnln' doesn't fit a man for prastical
life will be simply wastln' his time after
this," remarked Farmer Corntossel. "I
guess me an' Josh will have a good time
talk In' over crops when he gits home."
"You didn't always talk that way."
"No. But I've had news. Joah Is in
tralnln' fur the squash championship,"
Washington Star.
"Have you really broken off your engage
ment to him?" aaked the serious girl.
"Yes," replied tbe giddy one. "I Just
had to. He was getting too sentimental;
began to talk to me about getting mar
ried." Philadelphia Press.
Father If you marry my daughter are
you sure you will be able to take cars of
her In the style to which she has always
been accustomed?
Suitor (who is in the wholesale business)
I'll guarantee, air, or or return the good.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
An American speeding, over ins continent
of Europe in hi automobile asked of his
chauffeur:
"Where are wet" .
"In Paris," shouted the man at the wheel,
and the dust flew,
"Oh, never mind the details." Irritably
screamed the American millionaire. "I
mean what continent?" Argonaut.
Farmer Something the matter with the
machine?
Voice (from under the auto) No; I Just
crawled under here to get out of the sun.
timart Set.
Dyer What do you oall your machine,
an automobile or a motty car?
Hartley I call it either when It runs.
When it doesn't I call It other things.
Somervllle Journal,
"Fifty years ago her father came over
from Europe In the steerage."
Well?"
"Yesterday she started back with alxty
trunks and a duke." Pittsburg Post.
'
The nose of the Egyptian sphinx hal
dropped off.
"Let It go," said the splnx, spesklng for
the first and only time. "It wasn't a
Grecian nose, anyway. Chicago. Tribune,
Tommy Pa, wasn't Washington th no t
American?
Pa No. I'll bet It wa Martha' first hus
band. New York Bun. '
i .O.ESIT IB COMISQ." .
"Lent I coming,- Lent Is coming," '
Sighs the pretty maid;
"Let us hurry or we'll deeply
Ru it I'm afraid. '
Think of all ths play we baven't
Been to see as yet;
Lent is coming I repeat it, ,' ,
Lest you may forget."'
. . ,-
"Lent Is coming," algae tha, widow
Who Is young and falri
"Why sit wasting precious moment
When we might b where
Jewels blase and corks ars poping .-
Where tie llghta ars bright. '
Where there's muslo and loud laughter
And unchecked delight."
"Lent Is coming, -Lent Is coming,"
Bays the pale young man
Who is trying to save money, i .'
But who never can;
Rnd-eyed, nodding o'er Ms duties, '
tUeepily he hums;
"Lent Is comlrg; ms to hit tha
Feathers when it come."
Old coughs,desperatc coughs, rasplni
coughs, extremely perilous coughs,
coughs that shake the whole body. It
takes a atronf medicine, a doctor's
medicine, to master such coggbs. A
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314 So. 13th St.