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THE OMAIIA DAILY fiEE: THURSDAY. MARCH 26. 1909.' The Omaiia Daily Bee. FOUNDED BT EDWARD nOGEWATEO. VICTOR ROSE WATER, EDITOR. Entered it Omaha Postofftc a second class matter. ' TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION: Dally Be (without Sunday), one ear..HW Iellir Bee and Sunday, one year 100 Sunday Boe, one year 1-50 Saturday Bee, one year 1W DELIVERED BY CARRIER: Dally Bee (Including- Sunday), per week.Wo Daily Bee (without Sunday), per week. 10c Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week 60 Evening Bee (with Sunday), per week 10c Addreaa all complaint, of irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES: Omaha Tha Bee Bulkling. , South Omaha City tiall Hulldlng. Council Bluffa 15 Scott Street. Chicago 1640 University Building. New York lsot Horn Late Insurant: Building. Washington BS Fourteenth Street N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication, relating to n.wa and edi torial matter ahotild be addreaaed, Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES, Remit by draft, express or postal order Payable to Tha Bee Publishing company. Only 1-cent stamps received In payment of mall account. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not acceptad. STATEMENT OT WRCTJT..ATION. Stat nf Nebraska, Douglas Contny, as.: Georre B. Tsschuck, treasurer of The Be publishing oomouny, being duly sworn, says that the actual number Of full and eomplet cop If of The Dally, Morning, Evening ana Sunday Be printed during the month of February, 1908, was aa fol lows: l. .......... M,reo 16 3B,ioo 1 38,300 IT, 39800 a 8S.180 it a,flo 4 36,840 It.. 30,730 .... 3aio so...; 86,300 38,030 11 38,344 T 3S.MO 21 30,830 80,030 It..... 36400 t.... 38,000 14 38300 10 38,00 It 38,870 tl 30,100 ! 38,490 ll 38,800 17 38,860 1 36400 St....;...... 8880 I 30.100 . It 34,950 .. saio Totals 1,043,600 Lass unsold and returned copies. . 3,437 Nat total , 1,033,113 Dally average 36,831 GEORQB a, TZSCHUCK. . ... . Treaaurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to befora ma tola 3d day of March, 1808. , . ROBERT HUNTER. Notary Public WHEJT OtJT Or TOWlff. Vnkscr Iters leaving; tha city tcsa nsrartly shoal kava The Be nail- to thnm. Address will b changed aa of teal aa rasted. Universal peace seems Impossible. Germany Is now making It hot for the Hottentots. I Omaha's school' board Is discussing two new school buildings. Make them fireproof. This action of the banks reducing their loans on eggs, looks like a finan cial shel t game. . The power canal project has again been referred to a committee. - We are eorrjr for the committee. The fity council is again threaten ing to throw the city engineer out of office. Two can play at that game. Farmers are already placing calls for labor. ' The unemployed, who are not idle from choice, will be good listeners. Why guarantee bank deposits? Tom Lawson Is willing to take the savings of every one who has any doubts about the banks. "It is easy to be cheerful at all times," says the Richmond Dispatch. Does the home team never lose at Richmond? "Will we have a new deal from the White House next year?" asks the Bos ton Globe. Perhaps not a new deal, but surely a new dealer. That Inartistic statue of Lincoln Is said to improve on closer acquaint ance. The same thing used to be said about old Abe, himself. A. Berlin banker has Just failed with liabilities of $2,000,000 and assets valued at 1275. He must have been studying Wall street methods. After the American battleships have visited all the other nations they should bo paraded for the special view of the New York Sun, which is still hostile. The Department of Agriculture re ports that there were 56,000,000 hogs In the country on January 1. There will be more than that when the open car season arrives. As the last formal proof thai the campaign la on in earnest the demo crats' lu congress have servej notice of their intention to filibuster for the rest of the session. The supreme court of the United States has given assurance to the rail road lawyers of the country that tbero will be plenty of work for them at the legislative sessions next winter. A rich New York widow about to marry a man she supposed was a count discovered him to be only a cook and Jilted him. It is a little difficult to understand why she did not take ad vantage of the chance to get a cook who would stsy. An Idaho mau found some wild wheat growing in Alaska and brought It home for seed. Last year he raised 100 bushels to the acre, which is sell ing at IS a pound. We have always contended that farming paid better than gold mining. Mr. Carnegie's name was omitted from the list of 100 men whom Sena tor La Follette declared controlled all the Industries of the country. That U probably due to the fact that Mr. Carnegie Is not In bus fc,T!,y til a uuidiCa? .11 TVS HEW RAILttOAD D&CIBIOSS. The newly promulgated decisions of the United States supreme court In the Minnesota and North Carolina rate cases clearly uphold the contentions of the railroads and practically nullify the state laws whose enforcement they were combatting. While caution Is necessary in discussing these decisions on the basis of the fragmentary parts conveyed in the press reports, It seems plain that they turn upon two proposi tions. In the first place, the court holds that these cases are not suits against a state such as contemplated In the eleventh amendment exempting states fiom being sued without their consent, and that the officers charged with the enforcement of these laws are subject to federal court processes Individually and officially, notwithstanding their plea that tha state is the real party Involved. On this question everyone knows that the supreme court reports are full of numerous and varied prece dents, to escape which the attorneys who argued these cases-bent much of their energy. They attempted to classify these decisions and to distin guish their application as between prosecuting officers and administrative officers. The defense of freedom from suability is, however, really a technical defense based on the long ago dis carded theory that a state possesses complete sovereignty. As a matter of fact there is no more reason why a state should not be suable in the courts than that a county, a school dis trict, a city or other governmental subdivision vested with corporate rights should be exempt from suit It should bo the equities of the case rather than the technicalities that should govern. The second question decided by the court is that the federal jurisdiction will be maintained to protect property rights under the Fourteenth amend ment, irrespective of the method adopted by any state to prevent resort to the federal courts. The court holds the North Carolina rate law to be unconstitutional because the cxcvis- Eive penalties imposed for its violation would ordinarily prevent a railroad ag grieved by it from enforcing Us rights under the Fourteenth amendment. The supreme court has heretofore defended its authority to decide whether schedi ules of maximum rates prescribed by the states are reasonable or unreason able. That was settled in our own Nebraska maximum freight rate cases. The court now proceeds another step along the same line by assuming to de cide whether the penalties imposed for violating such laws are, or are not, so excessive as to amount to a denial of. constitutionally guaranteed rights. It is naturally to be expected that certain newspapers will Immediately seise upon these cases for the purpose of making political capital out of them. We do not understand that these decisions deny the right of the states to regulate commerce within their borders or to fix railroad rates on Intrastate traffic, but they assert that the states may use their power only subject to Judicial I review and final appeal to the highest federal court DESERVED, BUT DANGEROUS. Perhaps no right-thinking Amer ican will protest asalnst the actionof Postmaster General Meyer in barring from the United 8tates malls an Ital ian weekly, Le Questions Soclale, pub lished at Paterson, N. J., on account of its open advocacy of anarchy, assas sination of police officers and general denunciation of law and order, but. at the same time, It Is a dangerous prece dent to establish in a country where the freedom of the press is' one of our constitutional guaranties. Under the existing laws the post master general has authority to bar from the mails any publication or any article "Intended or adapted for any Indecent or any immoral use." The postmaster general doubtless strained a point to make that provision apply to the transmission through the malls ct a newspaper published and domi nated by anarchists. His course places a rather broad definition on the woids "indecent" and "immoral,", bat this publication's abuse of the privilege of liberty of the press has been so fla giant that the public will be slow to find fault with the decision of the postmaster general. Le Questione Soclale has been the recognized organ of the Paterson col ony of anarchists. It has bitterly and venomously advocated resort to vio lence In the solution of social prob lems, has urged the use of dynamite as an argument in quarrels with cap ital and has advised the open murder of officers and men of the army and the police forces of the country. That the paper Is a menace to law, order and good government will go without ques tion but the fact remains that the suppression of dangerous publications should be provided for by law and not left, to the discretion of any one offi cial. If the postmaBier general cau bar a paper from the mails for advo cating anarchy he can use the same power to deny the privileges of the mails to papers that preach populism, Christian science, osteopathy or any other Ideas not generally recognized as orthodox. It must be remembered that the freedom of the press and the right to use of the mails are two separate and distinct propositions. The freedom of the' press Is a constitutional right. The use of the malls is partially controlled by law, but largely left to the discre tion of the postmaster general. The Paterson case emphasises the necessity of a law clearly deeming the character I ot publications barred from the malls. This could be set down plainly In the statute books and thus forestall abuse Of such a. wide discretionary power In one man's bands. CONGRESS AND THE CURRENCY. By expressing his belief that con gress will provide for a commission to make a thorough study of the financial system of the country and report recommendations trthe next congress, Senator Aldrlch practically admits the hopelessness of securing any compre hensive legislation on currency ques tions at the present session. The Aldrlch bill has been con demned very generally ' by business men and bankers throughout the coun try. Many of the ablest members ot the senate are opposed to It and yet there is every assurance that It will pass the senate In an amended form, but that the house will unconditionally refuse to give it favorable considera tion. On the other hand, the house may pass the Fowler bill, which as it stands could not be driven through the senate with a piledriver. Most com petent observers agree that neither measure can pass both houses and they are so radically different that there is little, if any, prospect that a confer ence committee could patch up an ac ceptable compromise measure that could be enacted into law. ,Whatever may be the need of cur rency reform legislation, the existence Of this uncompromising conflict of position between the house and the senate is probably sufficient proof that neither the Fowler bill nor the Aldrlch bill fully meets the demands of the country, although they have supplied j the basis for a campaign of education on currency and have apparently paved the way for the commission plan now proposed. DEPOSIT GUARANTY IN OKLAHOMA. In view of the fight that Is being mado to eliminate from" the Fowler currency bill the provision for the guaranty of deposits in national banks'the report of results of one month's operations of the deposit guaranty law In Oklahoma Is particu larly interesting. Bankers through out thev country have been watching the Oklahoma experiment and the Ini tial effects are taken to confirm the general opinion among bankers that no marked improvement in the opera tion of banks under that law Is to be looked for. To the extent of allaying uneasiness, the law has unquestionably succeeded. At least Oklahoma banks have had the confidence of their patrons to a degree not known during the few weeks prior to the time the law took effect on February IB. Part of this confidence may be due to the restoration of nor mal financial conditions throughout the country1, but It is safe to Bay that some of it 'Is to be credited to this enactment. With that, however, the fulfilment of the loudly-heralded pre dictions of benefits to accrue endB. No rush of hoarded money from the surrounding states to the banks of Oklahoma has taken place. Although the national banks have declined to enter Into the guaranty plan, reports fall to show that any one of them has lost in deposits or other business to the guaranteed banks. It was pre dicted that the people of Kansas, along the Oklahoma border, would patronize the Oklahoma banks to the Incalcu lable loss of the Kansas banks. The president of the Kansas Bankers' as sociation, after Investigation, reports that no Kansas deposits have gone to Oklahoma except where geographically nearer or easier of access. The Oklahoma experience will doubtless prove something of a damper on those who have been urg ing extension of the deposit guaranty system to the national banks of the country. Opposition to the nationali zation of the plan has been strength ened by an able argument from Con gressman Burton of Ohio, a member of the house committee on banking and currency, a a minority report against the deposit guaranty clause of the Fowler bill. Mr. Burton says: Such a provision places upon the same level the banker of prudence and honesty and the one who is careless and ready to resort to questionable methods. If there is any line of business in which care and conservatism Is essential it la banking. This proposed regulation places those very qualities at a disadvantage and gives a premium to those who are guilty of reck less and dishonest management. Under a guaranty of deposits the money of depositors would inevitably gravitate to hanks or financial Institutions in specula tive centers because higher rates of In terest could be obtained though th reault would be that capital would be inveated In a manner which would be aure to lead to speculation and to unsuccessful undertak ings. In the long run the public, as In the case of all oppressive or unnatural legislation, would be compelled to bear the loxs either In the form of higher rates of interest or of a lower return upon deposits. The banker, convinced that his de positors were properly safeguarded, would be faced with the temptation to send his money wherever speculative demand forces call loan rates up to dangerous proportions. Instead of being content with the normal Interest on commercial paper. Under such conditions, the business man in need of funds would have to compete for It against the Wall street speculators. If deposit guaranty ever comes, It will have to be accompanied by other pre cautionary measures to make sure that it does not produce greater evils than it cures. It is to be noted that the resigna tion of Congressman Littlefleld be cause his service In congress inter feres with the practice of his chosen legal profession has not been followed by any stampede among the other lawyers ot the house. Neither has It had any apparent effect here In Omaha where several lawyers are still offering to take chances with their la cratlve practices as against a connec lion with the congressional pay roll at $7,600 a year and perquisites. . South Omaha'a police board has un dertaken to stop the practice of sup plying free beer to attendants at po litical meetings. We fail to see how such an order can be made effective except by enforcement of the no-treat law, and If the rule against treating goes up at political meetings It would have to go up at any and every con vivial occasion. Things must be com ing to a pretty pass in South Omaha If a rounder can't get next to free beer on the strength of his political pull. There are no country editors anywhors abler and better equipped to conduct an efficient campaign than are those at the head of the democratlo papers in this state. World-Herald. Granted, with one qualification. If results count, the country editors at the head of the republican papers In this republican state must be 'abler and better equipped to conduct an ef ficient campaign In this state. Deposits in Nebraska state banks have decreased only a little over $300,000 since last November, not withstanding the business depression. It is a safe assertion that no state in the union has suffered less from the recent panic than Nebraska. Three years from now, according to the English admiralty, the British navy will be able to whip the combined nations of the world. That Is non: Bnse. The British navy could not whip even the navy of Switzerland. An Omaha clergyman wants a cre matory built here on the "co-operative" pfan. Presumably everyone who takes stock will, when his time comes, be entitled to a preferred place at the furnace door. Richard, Croker says President Roosevelt is "doing God's work in cleaning out the rascals." The presi dent is undoing some things Croker and his clique did when they con trolled New York. Mr. Littlefleld of Maine has re signed from congress in order to de vote bis time to the practice of the law. The report that Samuel Gom pers will be one of his clients Is prob ably not true. German newspapers are boycotting the Reichstag and refusing to print a lino about it. Readers of the Amer ican newspapers are less fortunate con cerning affairs of the American reich stag. Congressman De Armond says this nation should raise its own noblemen. It does, as the congressman may learn by dropping around to any school house about noon of a week day. It is staged that the conventfon hall at Denver la one mile from a public bar, but that will notjnatter much. The thirsty delegate is always ready to go a mile for a drink. ' Every Month at Lucky One. Washington Post. March1 is said to bo Mr. Taft's lucky month, but this year It looks as If his luck Is going to slop over Into April, May and June at least. Nerv of "Predatory Wealth." Minneapolis Journal. Andrew Carnegie Js matched for a gams of golf with John D. Rockefeller. Otlr malefactors of great wealth appear to be oblivious of the whltherness ot the coun try's drift. Joka for Trained Accountants. Springfield Republican. According to the Interstate Commerce commission It is going to cost 1750,000 a year to supervise railroad accounting under the uniform system in course of adoption. Bo'ne 286 men, especially trained in the tr tthods of railroad accounting, will be n ded. This Is certainly promising for thb market for professional accountants. A J'vniacant Difference. St. Louis Republic. The pr'iiclpal difference between Taft and ant. -Taft boomers theae days Is that the fc.ner persist in counting a good mar gin 4bove the 4D1 votes necessary to nom inate at Chicago, while the latter exert their activities mainly In whooping for one favorite son or another and In casting aspersions upon members of their party who have been favored with civil offices of trust In the service ot their country. Democratlo Hop Looms I'n. Philadelphia Record (dem.). The Rhode Island delegation to the Den ver convention will go uninatructed. There is a movement In Virginia to send a Daniel delegation. Tha Alabama delegation may possibly be for Gray. New York will cer tainly refuae to Instruct it delegates. With Pennsylvania following In th lead of conservative democratic sentiment, as Indicated in th east by Delaware and in the west by Minnesota. 'It may happen, after all, that something may be don at Denver to restore to th country a great opposition party guided by fixed principles, Instead of a mere rabbi following a cru sader and hobby-rider, girted with a melli fluous voio eand fine command of language. Deatk's Impartial Stroke. Washington Post. What a commentary upon th uncertainty of life when, with impartial hand, death strikes down together th oldest and young est men In the senate! . The path before Benator Bryan seemed to run smoothly into a brilliant future, and there was rea son to expect that, with th advantages of youth, health and admirable qualities, he would accomplish great things for his stat and country. II might hav run such a career 'as that of his colleague, who went to hi grave th best-loved man In Maryland. It la difficult to reconcile th death of -such a young man with th Idea that all things are ordered ' for the best. Or, If faith la capable of such a feat, ther remain a rooted sorrow for those against whom th remorseless sisters bring tha un timely shears. The intrusion of death In youth Is one of th saddest things that men may contemplate, and when youth Is In high place, glowing with promise, th mystery .nd pathos of Its taking off ar I deep Indeed. BITS OF WASHIWOTOW I.1FK. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched on tk pot. Th mll'.s of both houses of the Six tleth congress hav a greater supply of grist In sight than aver before. Meas ured by the stock of official papers put Into the legislative hopper, the members are striving nobly to earn their salaries, Since the beginning of the session up to March 18 no less than 1 9.624 bills save been Introduced In the house, and enough resolutions, reports, etc., to bring th total of house documents up to 2,138 Senators wer eequally active, scoring total of 7,2 IS papers, making the total of both houses 29,35! bills, resolutions and reports. What this means. In a com paratlva way as to the growth of th business of Introducing bills. Is shown by comparison with the noted . "billion dollar congress," tha Fifty-first. In th "billion-dollar congress," In both ses sions, ther were Introduced In the hous 19.624 bills, documents, reports and reso lutions, and In the senate a total of 8.591, giving a grand total In both house and senate of 28,115. Frequenters of the senate galleries, says the Washington Herald, are wondering Just why new rules were promulgated for the day of Senator La Follette's speech, On the preceding day, when Benator Till man and Senator Bevcrldge had a little preconventlon debate in the senate, and on the day upon which Senator Bailey discussed the currency bill, the galleries were crowded to the utmost capacity, and people were allowed to sit In the aisles and on the steps of the galleries, so that every Inch of space was utilised. On Tuesday, however, when Mr. La Follette spoke, the seats alone wer occupied, al though long lines of people stood out side the gallery doors waiting for admls slon. Everybody knows that Mr. La Follette's habit ot speaking plainly anything that Is on his mind, whether or not It shocks the supersensltlveness of the senate lead ers to criticism, has not endeared the Wisconsin reformer to those leaders, but it was not supposed that "they, would go so far as to endeavor to make it appear that he was not popular with the people of Washington. Wonder if tha doorkeepers were re sponsible, after all? One Of the finest lnntjinnaa nt rAnant railway progress in the appreciation of me iramq promoting value or beauty is furnished bv the history nf the mnva. ment for the embellishment of the na tional capital, says a writer In the Cen tury. The chlpf feature nf h nlon. the magnificent mall, would have been Impossible had the railway line which until lately has had its station on Penn sylvania avenue continued to occupy that location. The enlightened and public spirited president of the company, how ever, the late A. J. Casaatt. himself heartily in agreement with the project. He looked at the question from the Point of View nf an Am.plnin f.ltl.nn appreciating that if congress Intended to mane or tne mall what the founders of Washington Intended it to be. nn rnllwav should be allowed to cross it. His con sent to a new location was also Justified from a strictly railway point of view. With the carrying out of these plans, wasnington will.be made the most beau tiful capital city in the world, and win correspondingly attract. Increased travel winner, greatly to th profit of the rail ways. In architecture and In site the new station is one ' of the fin .. erected, even surpassing th splendid ter minals mat characterise the large cities In Germany. It stands nn Mnaah avenue, facing the capltol, and yet not too near it. Fronting upon a semi-clr-cular plaia. 800 feet wl, the building is nearly fifty feet wider than the cap, ltol. It Is constructed of white marble, with a facade of classical atvia Th. plaza before it is a fine feature In itself, ana provides a place where bodies of iroops or large organisations can be formed for inauguration ceremonies or on other occasions. The railway atatlon thus forms the great vestibule of Whiminn a fitting introduction to Its attractions. ine monumental treatment of railway terminals to express their functions as the modern gateways of a great city has received a remarkable Impetus from the example set at Wuhlnrtnn niunt nn- sequences Are the two magnificent sta tions now under construction in New York, the Union station In Cleveland and the beautiful Atlanta terminal hull in the style of the Spanish renaissance. The postal authorities of the United States, aa well as those of Great Britain, for a great many years experienced great difficulty with the word "only" on postal cards. The efforts to avoid clumsiness and ambiguity taxed the Ingenuity of the post office people to the utmost, relates Har per's Weekly. The Poatofflca department mad six at tempts to find a brief, elegant and unam biguous legend for the card. An early postal card was Inscribed: "Nothing but the address can be placed on this side," which waa neither true nor elegant. "Nothing but the address to be on this aide" was more to th point. But as It looked bad to the authorities thev evolved this legend: "Write only th ad dress on this side." This was objected to on the ground that It barred th us of a typewriting machine. "Write tha addreaa only on this side, the message on the other," came next, and was promptly criticised as being both clumsy and ambiguous. Then th word "only" was dropped, but without much Improvement. Finally . Uncle Sam's officials gave up the struggle to be original. Tha card then adopted and now in use bears this Inscrip tion: "The space below Is for th address only." Congressman Bennett of New York called at the White House lasj Saturday and presented to President Roosevelt Mayor Streveiey of London, Ontario. "I never can tell an American from a Canadian," said th president, as ha shook hands. ' "Nor can anybody else," replied th mayor. "Why, Mr. President, I am a Canadian, but both my brothers married American girls, and my three sisters all married Americans." 'When I was ranching In Dakota," said tha president, "I never could tell th Cana dians from th Americans who worked for me. I can't yet because all the Canadians ar now holding federal Jobs in th United States." A project to erect a memorial to Secre tary of Btate Root has been taken up by the governing board of tha bureau of American republics, and a commute has been appointed to carry It out. Th me morial, which will probably be a bust, will ba erected in the new building of th bu- r u 11 Tli memorial la In innrMt,tlAn ..f the secretary's efforts In the cultivation ! of closer relations between the American republics. Bankers' Hens na Assets, New York Times. The Chinese system of guaranteeing bank deposits Is, In case of bank failures, to Include th bank officers' heads with tha assets. Thus th depositors ar paid In satisfaction If not in cash, with th result, they do say mors or less authentically, that no bank has failed to repay deposi tors In a thousand year Powder, dispensable tion of our daily food must be free from noxious Ingredients Complete purity and whalc someness are the unques tioned characteristics of WE PPFAM lii'idUuu.u Its active principle cream of tar tar a pure health-giving fruit acid, is derived solely from grapes .1 Potoonona Ingredients are found In tbe low-priced baking powders. Their active principle Is m mineral acid de rived Irvna snlpburlc acid, oil ol vitriol BSSI 1 Staia tas label aa' buy arty baking powder sand rasa tartar THE WEST HAS GROWN UP. Eastern People t'ra-ed to Wake Up and Look Up. Lewis Howland In Scrlbncr's. It Is time for the west to realize that it is grown up, and to submit Its work to the Judgment of mankind on Its merits. Yet there Is another side even to this ques tion. The east, too, must understand that the west has attained Its majority, and recognize It even over Its own protest If need be as an equal partner In the great commonwealth of American states. West ern literature. If It Is good at all, must be good as literature, and not as western literature. No concessions on the score of our supposed youthfulness ought to be asked or granted. For the west is old, and not at all a child. The spirit which too often prevails in both sections is very like that so often manifested by the women who talk of "woman's work," and insist that it . be appraised, not as work, but as woman's work. I am persuaded that we have here a very fruitful cause of misun derstanding. The west poses as a "smart" young man or woman and the east ap plauds border dramas or "Wolfvtlle" stories, not simply because they are or may be good, but chiefly because It is believed that they accurately reflect western life. I have rather assumed the existence in the east of an ignorance of the west, but as that is practically my theme I could hardly do anything else. This Ignorance will become more formidable and danger ous every year, because the subject In re gard to which it manifests Itself Is every day growing larger and more important Fifty, years ago one could have afforded to know little or nothing of the west. But to know nothing of It now is to know nothing of tho controlling Influence in our national -life. What we have to consider Is no mere petty question of the misun derstanding of one section of the country by another section. That Is a subject which has not the remotest Interest for the people of the west. They have lost whatever sensitiveness they ever had in this regard, precisely as the American people as a whole ar no longer stung by foreign criti cism. PERSONAL NOTES. Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas, when governor, is said to have one released a negro from the Arkansas penitentiary and sentenced him to Boston for life. Captain Ervln L. Phillips, Thirteenth cav alry, has been detailed as professor of military science and tactics at Cornell uni versity, Ithaca,. N. Y., to take effect Oc tober 14, 1908. Christian P. Smith, a millionaire farmer and banker, died at Edwardsvlile, 111., Sat urday, aged TS years. Mr. Smith was a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and came to America when a young man. Starting without a penny and handicapped at 21 because he could not speak English, Smith became owner of more than 6,000 acres of farming lands, valued at more than 1500,000. and controller of four banks and other Interests. The celebration of his one hundredth birthday anniversary recently by Dr. Eu gene Ney of Saltlllo, Ind., who claims to be a son of Napoleon's famous marshal, re vives, In spite of the lack of satisfactory evidence, the story that Marshal Ney was not actually shot, but escaped through a mock execution and cam to this country. wher he taught school In South Carolina for many years. Dr. Ney asserts that he was sent over to this country by his mother to Join his father In 1821, when he was a lad of 13. Tired Women Women's delicate nerve organ ism suffers much from worry, ex citement, pver-work. Headache, nervousness, backache, stomach trouble, and general debility are the natural result. For all such Dr. Miles' Nervine will be found to be a splendid nerve tonic. It soothes the nerves, and brings re freshing body-building sleep and rest. "I hav been extremely nervous for noma years Dr. Miles' Nrvln has don me more good than any medicine I hav ' ever taken. I have used It whenever I need I It and it always quletrd my nerves, and strengthened me so that I feel nrt rate." MHB. W. H. POZARTH. Hamilton, Mo. If llrst bottle falls to benefit, money back. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, I -.J. TOM COLLINS IIAVEIIS VICTOR WHITE COAL CO. HAVE CONSOLIDATED UNDER THE NAMES ) HAVENS -WHITE COAL SO. Note Our Address New York Life Bldg. SAME TELEPHONES AS FORMERLY. . We Have 4 Yards. Dak Inn beinrf in- In the prepara SMS SI I .. Ji. l.,JMBnsnsBB MIRTHFUL REMARKS. "Did you see that they had produced an odorless onion?" "Yes. but what Is really needed Is a smell-less between-the-acts drink." Phila delphia Press. "I suppose Shakespeare Is your favorito author." "Yes," answered Mr. Btormlnglon Raines, "next to my press agent." Washington Star. And so you think there really Is occa sion for a new party?" "Occasion?" responded the promoter, "I should say so. Not on of the old parlies has offered me a Job. Philadelphia Ledger. "You can't tell," said uncle to us. ''you can't tell. Feller, I know that's a esthetic artist know what he does? Ho smokes chewln' terbaccer in a pipe that's made o' rubber. Honest, he does. An' he claims his health Is dellcut!" -Cleveland Leader. "Are you ever going to pay fack that five?" The man addressed looked pained. "It would be a plvnsurc to do so," lie re plied, "but I cannot Indulge, In pleasure during the Lenten season." Philadelphia Ledger. "Have you succeeded In convincing your constituents that you are the greatest ora tor of the age?" . "No," answered Senator Sorghum. "Jlv constituents don't take much Interest In my speeches. But I go on making them because it helps to convey tho Impression that I don't like to be Idle." Washington Star. TROUBLES OK CASEY. J. J. Montague In New York American. When Casey disputed a statement of Clancy, 1 And Clancy replied, to dispel any doubt. With a seven-pound fist, it pleased Casey to fancy, - . When he woke up again, that his teeth were knocked out. But a doctor who practiced hypnotic sug gestion Gave Casey a long ahd a lingering stare. And said, "My dear fellow, it's out of tho question For you to imagine your teeth are not there!" Strange treatment, but faithfully Casey pursued It ; He swallowed food whole and imagined he chewed it. 1 When Casey was quietly smoking one morning. As he placidly sat on a dynamite keg, The contents exploded without any warn ing, And Casey descended without his left leu. The hypnotic doctor Intently surveyed him With a strenuous eye and with patient endeavor, And managed with Tnany long words to persuade him That his leg was still on and as lively as ever. So Casey hopped painfully hither and yon. Quite firm in his faith that the leg wasn't gone. ' Little and Go6d Th atatnadlaa feature of LHBIG Company' EXTRACT OP BEEF is its high conden sation, such a lot can be done 'with a small two-ounce jar. .It's pure beef nothing more nor less. Watch this space for a series of talks to investors. Talk No'. &. A MONOPOLY IS THE MOST CERTAIN PROFIT MAKER It also makes the greatest profits on the smallest Investment. It Is difficult to become a monopo list. If you do, your profits are quick and sure. The man who can Join such a business has the opportunity ot a lifetime. Since we commenced to make these talks, several men have become mo nopolists. They have become interested in this company. . - . When they investigated, they found a strong company, already achieving big success. They learned they could invest their money safely and surely, and could make grttat profit. -'Why ? Because they found a corporation, controllng a monopoly, und the di rection of competent dlrectoil,. Their money was protected by law it was handled by several men, lJitead of one man, who might turn dishonest. If you think you would UMe to join mese monopolists, mere 1 still a chance. Address W-259, BeeV ' 1610 Farnam Gt No One Can Serve Tiu So (Quickly, mmmu3! Maaawtt 0b ywcjJkbu 3 IE U0 BBS 4 I