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THE OMAHA DAILY ttEE: SATURDAY, MAKCII 28, 1908
TitE Omaha Daily Bee
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STATEMENT OF Vt RCU IAT ION. ..
State of Ncbraakk. Douglaa Coutny, se t
George B. TsechUck, treaaurer of The
Bee Publishing comoany, being duly aworit
aaya that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of February, 1908. waa 'o1'
lowa:
i se,7o
I 88,800
if 88,180
4 sa.aao
t SSJI10
,03O
T SS.MO
I M.030
85,000
10 SS.MO
it sa,ioo
It 36,800
II.... 38,200
M.... 3,100
It i,U0
Total
j j 36.100
17 36,300
is J 36,930
19. 84,730
D 38,300
11 M,30
CI se.sao
It 3800
14 BM0
t 36,670
It 36,40
IT., 38,560
H., 86,380
3360
.1,048,800
Less unsold and returned coptea. ,
8,437
Net total '. 1,030,113
Dally average 31,631
GBORQO B. TZSCHUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed in nay preaenco end sworn
to before ma tbia Id day of March. 190.
ROBERT HUNTER.
' !!dtary Publla
WHEJt OCT OF TOWN,
abscrlberp IcwTlaar tha city tea
Doraurlly ah old have The Be
tallew to them. Addreaa wlU be
ekuge oftes aV requested.
In other words Senator Elklnt
think more of ducaU than dukes.
' New Yorkers say their population
has grown too dense. Dense or stu
pid? Illinois republicans endorsed Mr.
Cannon, but they adopted a Taft plat
form. "Can monkeys reason?"
New York Tribune. Does
any difference?
asks the
It make
Emma Goldman says she is sick of
-the American public The public got
sick of her first.
One week from next Monday will be
Taft day in Omaha. Mark it down
on your calendar for April 6.
Senator La Follette declares e is
not a bolter and proves it by making
three meals of the Aldrlch bill.
Mme. Gould denies the report that
she is to ask for a receiver. This ap
pears to. be the last blow at Prince de
Began.
The governor of Kentucky would
be justified in using Haytlan methods
of restoring order in the "night-riding"
diatricts. .
The brewery strike is on again in
St. Louis. A' brewery strike In St.
Louis may be more disastrous than a
water amine.' -
The anarchist who assassinated a
Denver priest is appealing to the law
which he refused to recognize when he
was at liberty,
The Cincinnati" Enquirer persists in
urging Mr. Bryan for second place
That's where he will be in all likeli
hood when the polls close in Novem
ber.
f
"Will the democrats make a better
showing In 190g than they did in
1904?" asks the New York World
Locomotor stasia Is said to be incur
able.
. '
Theodore Shonts does not regard
the Panama canal as a paying Invest
ment. Still he got 130,000 a year
out ot it as chairman of the commis
sion.
With the treasury funds running a
little low. the government might offer
Mr. Rockefeller a little discount for
cash it he wants to pay that $29,240,-
000 fine.
Oklahoma has passed a law prohib
iting eavesdropping over the tele
phone. It will be worth while seeing
how Oklahoma Is going to enforce an
act ot that kind.
Edgar Howard's personal guaranty
that visitors can buy "Old Crow" for
15 and two for 25 in Denver should
reassure any democrat who has been
hesitating about going to the convert
Uon.
Denver subscribers to the conven
tlon fund will hall with pleasure the
launching of the Johnson boom. It
began to look tor a time as though
there would not be excltment enough
to draw a crowd.
It the railroads attack the 2-cent
fare laws in Missouri and Illinois it
is a safe in t recce that they will at
tack the t-cent fare law la Nebraska
in due time. There are no state lines
ila the railroad law dsartmeat. -
l.STEnSATlOltAL A0R1CVLTCRE.
Pome unwarranted opposition has
botn expressed In congress to a pro
tIhIoii in tbe agricultural appropria
tion bill to pay the expenses of art
American delegation to the Interna
tional Institute of Acriculture to be
held in ftotne next May. The opposi
tion appears to rest in claim that
the United States, with its marked
lead In agricultural development,
should not co-operate in a plan for ad
vancing agricultural interest In other
parts of tbo world and thus encourage
competition with our own products.
The productive area of the world
is comparatively limited, and. with
the increasing demand, no develop
ment that may result in agriculture
elsewhere can rob us of our lead or
lessen the demand for our products.
The plan for an international confer
ence pi agriculture was suggested
some years ago to the, king ot Italy
by L'avld Lubin. the American consul
at Rome. The king was so taken with
the plan that he caused to be erected
in Rome 'a) magnificent palace, dedi
cated to the use of the farmers of the
world. He called a preliminary con
ventloi in 1905, at which plans were
adopted for the coming general world
moetlng for the purpose of organizing
an International agricultural society.
The originators propose to make a
bureau of agriculture for all the world
that wlJJ work alons the progressive
lines already adopted by our Depart
ment of Agriculture. ' '
The United States may learn much
from partlclsation In this work.
Through the operation ot the pro
posed international bureau of agricul-
lire it will be possible to get valuable
dati ao to the needs of the different
nations, new ideas of soil culture,
jedinK and all the elements that en
ter Into successful farming in all its
branches. Congress should be prompt
to provide for American representa
tion in tho meeting at Rome.
ROGER SVLLIVAX tSDOBSED
The Cook County Democracy March
ing club, the organisation that has
practically complete control ot the af
fairs of the democratic party la Chi
cago, has warmly indorsed Roger
Sullivan as a good democrat and rec
ommended him for re-election as na
tional committeeman for Illinois. This
action confirms the proclaimed truce
between Mr. Bryan and the Sullivan
supporters, by the terms of which Mr.
Bryan is to receive the votes of an
Instructed Illinois delegation to the
Denver convention, and in return to
stop his fight on Sullivan and allow
him to continue in his position as n
ley
tional committeeman.
Mr. Bryan made a bitter fight at
the St. Louis convention In 1904,
where he tried to have the delegation
headed by Sullivan thrown out ot the
convention. In the course of an im
passioned address to the convention
Mr. Bryan, in referring to Sullivan
and his delegation, said:
The evidence shows no band of train
robbers ever mora deliberately planned to
rob a train than these men planned to rob
the democratic voters of Illinois. They
now have the audacity to aay that the
statement of the officers of their conven
tion la proof of their regularity. If that's
ao, all the train robbers need to do In
court is to make a complete statement of
their actions and, over, their own signa
tures, state that they took up a voluntary
contribution for charity. If these Illinois
people make, a good defense before this
convention, then I tell you these train rob
bers have made an equally good one.
The, men who supported Roger
8ullivan at St. Louis in 1904 are still
loyal to him. Mr. Bryan is tbe only
recruit in their ranks.
KO F1SAHC1AL SACRiricr..
Congressman Littlefield of Maine,
who has resigned to re-enter the law,
has added his contribution to the
growing volume of fiction about the
financial loss that consressmen suffer
by serving their constituents. Mr. Lit
tlefield explains as the chief reason
fOL bis retirement from public life
that during his nine years In congress
be has suffered "a large financial loss"
and is "constrained from a sense of
duty to his family to resume the prae
tice of law."
It Is the perfectj-ight of Mr. Little-
field, as of every other member of con
gress to make all the money he can le
gitimately and to resign from congress
to better himself if he deems best,
but it Is unfair and, in moat cases un
true, to pretend that members of con
gress serve at a financial sacrifice.
The pay or a congressman Is now
$7,000 per annum, with mileage and
allowances for clerk hire and station
ery that make these perquisites bring
fCOO to $1,000 more. He has hand
somely furnUhed offices and every
facility for the dispatch of business,
public and private, without expense.
His duties keep him in Washington
but nine of tbe twenty-four months ot
his term, leaving him more than half
ot his time to attend to bis personal
or professional affairs.
In Mr. Littlefield's case the record
shows that his membership In congress
has ooVrated to his distinct financial
advantage. With the possible excep
tion ot Mr. Tillman and Mr. La Fol
lette, no member of congress has been
in greater demand as a lecturer than
Mr. Littlefield. He has talked across
tho continent and back several times
in tha last five years and has doubt
lent fully doubled his salary by his
lecture engagements. There Is ' no
mesns of ascertaining what his Income
from bis law practice was before he
went to congress, but it was hardly
mure than $5,000 a year His home
town ot Rockland is a mere village,
and the Indications are that hJs mem
bership In congress has given him a
prominence htch has attracted offers
ot. UcjfcUv legal employment which.
would have never come to him had he
remain In private life in Maine.
Tho chances all are that Mr. Llttle
fleld'a congressional career, instead of
causing him a "large' financial loss,"
has been a distinct financial gain to
him.
PAT ma THK 1KHKR1TAKCK TAX.
The payment ot the inheritance tax
on tbe, Crelghton estate under protest,
setting forth that the Nebraska Inheri
tance tax law should be declared un
constitutional and that, even It valid,
it should not apply to the bulk ot this
estate, will hardly be taken as a pro
test in good faith.
In the first place, the Nebraska law
has been passed on by our supreme
court and Its constitutionality upheld
as against the very points now raised
by the Crelghton estate lawyers. In
the second place, the alleged ex
emptions of charitable and religious
bequests are not tenable because the
constitution of Nebraska does not of
itself exclude them and the onlj' ex
emptions provided for by law are those
for direct heirs limited to a specific
sum. All the objections now raised
to the inheritance tax have been urged
against every inheritance tax law that
has ever been enacted in this country,
and jet such laws are In operation
today in thirty-seven of the forty-six
states.
The Cheighton estate protest calls
attention, however, to several defects
In the Nebraska law which should be
remedied. One of these defects is
that the law requires payment
of the tax before the amount
due can be Judicially determined.
Another is that It makes the
interest penalty begin to accrue before
the estate need be distributed, and
sometimes before the validity of the
will of the deceased may have been
adjudicated. These defects, however,
are merely administrative and tech
nical and do not necessarily affect the
legality or the Justice of the inherl-
ance tax
With more than $150,000 at stake,
however, it would not be surprising,
especially In view of the tat legal
pickings already pulled out of this es
tate, to find plenty of volunteer law
yers ready to chance a fee on beating
the county out of all or part of the' In
heritance taxes assessed against the
Crelghton properties, but the heirs
and beneficiaries should feel that they
have been pretty well treated and be
glad to let well enough alone.
Omaha has succeeded in aelllns a
new batch of municipal bonds aggre
gating $279,000 at a slight premium.
It is to be noted, however, that the
bonds bear 4 per cent interest,
whereas the city has Often gotten a
snug bonus on 4 per cent bonds. Still
another point that should be taken
Into consideration is that Bhould
these bonds be made available as se
curity for emergency bank note cir
culation they will quickly Jump to a
big premium.
South Omaha democrats are mak
ing lots of noise and raising lots of
dust an a cover for a desperate effort
to secure a renewed lease on the city
government at the coming election.
But the voters, and especially those
who pay taxes, can see through it all.
They have had enough of the costly
and inefficient democratic city admin
istration and will vote for a change If
given half a chance.
N
Lincoln declines to make effective
the appropriation for a state historical
society building by furnishing the site
on which it is conditioned. That was
only to have been expected. The Lin-.
Leln people will be back at the next
legislature asking for an appropriation
out of the state treasury to pay for
the Bite as well as the building.
, The great mistake of Senator
La Follette in making up his list of
100 names of men who hold the In
dustrial fortunes of the country In the
palms ot their hands was in leaving
out Thomas W. Lawson. He should
at once insert the name ot Lawson
and then reduce the list from 101
down to 1.
Congress is evidently . taking the
"In God We Trust" motto seriously.
It has cut the military appropriations
in half and threatens to limit the con
struction of battleships to less than
half what the president recommends.
"Congress should look at tbe mat
ter of gambling at the Bennlng races,'
says the Washington Herald. Congress
does. It is frequently difficult to se
cure a quorum in the house while the
races are on at Bennlng.
"Nowadays, declares a New York
paper, "no newspaper can fill a col
umn without referring in Borne man
ner to Theodore Roosevelt." Well.
tbe newspapers have to print the news
The Washington Herald reports that
"fifteen populists have nominated Tom
Watson for the presidency." No ex
planatlen is made for the failure of
the other populist to Join in the action
Candidate Berge is playing for
votes in the democratic primary by
eulogizing Mr. Bryan on ever; ocea
slon. Candidate Shallenberger will
do well to sit up and take notice.
Governor Johnson of. Minnesota has
consented to be a candidate for the
presidential nomination at Denver.
-All that is now necessary is for him
to obtain Mr. Bryan's consent.
The democratic World-Herald con
trasts Tennessee and Nebraska very
much, to the favor of Nebraska. ' Ne-
braska la a republican state and Ten
nessee a democratic province.
Mayor "Jim" has tried his hand as
a rope-thrower and as an editor, and
now is to sally forth into foreign lands
as an orator. Colonel Bryan had bet
ter look to his laurels.
This talk about "the slums' of
Omaha strikes us as decidedly out of
place. The Bee would like someone
to tell Just where . "the slums" ot
Omaha are located.
The price tags on the Raster bon
nets furnish complete refutation of the
report that the cost ot living is de
creasing. Consistency Auurfd.
New York livening Post.
It is lucky tlint Denver lias made up the
full 10n,0u0 pledged for the democratic
convention, for (ho party's principles are
inconslHtent with giving any rebate or
secret discount'.
' Fits the Country's Ideas.
Daltlmove American.
Secretary Taft'a plea against the c?n
tralizatlon of power in tho national govern
ment may not gain loud Applause at Wash
ington, but It fits tho Ideas of the rest
of the country.
A one Is Below l'nr.
New York Mail.
Mr- Uryan'B business Is politic. Ho has
grown rich at tho game. His trade Is uf-foot.-d.
his market diminished, whenever a
governor of either polltlral faith mukis
good In his own stato by deeds rather than
words, whenever another candidate ap
pears In hla party wltH claims to those
honors which have been hla chief business
asset. "
'Health's reaet Mc:incc.
Buffalo Express.
The socialists are going to txplode a
new hind of bomb in St. l,ouis, even niori
terrifying than tha ordinary sert. The
women socialism. It seems, have been hir
ing out as maldfc 'in the service of wealthy
society pople and- now threaten to tell all
they know. And the curious world outside
nirtiirbed social circles seems willing
for tho explosion to take place
Interference from the police.
without
Calculations on Hot Air.
. . San .Francisco Chronicle.
A recent report of tbe American Tele
phone and Telegraph company declares that
there is now in use by that company
enough wire to enclrclo the earth 344 times,
or to stretch thirty-five separate lines to
the moon. The writer of the report is now
hard at work on a calculation of the volume
of sound that would have been embraced
in 6,997.000,000 calls made during the year
If all. the hellos had been shouted In
unison.
Lincoln and the Duke.
Indianapolis News.
The duke of Devonshire, Just dead, was
noted for several things besides being a
great statesman-and a peer ot vast wealth
and high dignity, a party leader and a fac
tor In the life of his country that few men
aoe in any country. It was said of him,
for instance, that he had the most haughty
Sphinx-like expression of countenance that
ever mortal wore, and especially In his
young days he was prone to live up to it.
Ha visited this country during the civil
and wore a confederate flag in nis
lapel at a ball. This am noi i y"
him from calling on President Lincoln at
the White House. In those days the duke
was the marquis of Hartlngton-the cour
tesy title of the heir to the dukedom. When
presented to the president that fine -gentleman
with a depth of diplomacy and
sarcasm never eKCelled, persistently called
him "Mr. Partington." This bland way oi
ignoring him must have got through his
hide If anything could which Is to be
doubted. James Russell Lowell and others
less eminent scored the marquis In the
public press at (he time.
FAREWELL OF LABOR LEADER. JA
John Mitchell TnUlnig Lenvo of Hla
Associates.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Tnhn Mitchell, who had been for ten years
at the head of the union representing the
coal diggers of the United States and Can
ada, took his farewell of the men ne nas
well served at the convention in Indian
apolis. IJ ,u,t W8ek- Tnera were 1,000
delegates present, representing the united
mine workers, and it was evident in me
scenes which followed Mr. Mitchell s leave
taking how atrong his hold had become.
The formal proceedings ended with the
singing of "My Country 'Tla of inee ana
then followed the parting words of the
retiring president. He concluded as fol
lows; My boys-and I will call you my boya,
even though aome of you are nearly twice
as old as I am; I regard you as my boys
be aa good union men now and in the time
to come as you have been while I was
directing your affairs. God bless you
again.. I am leaving this movement, not
because I want to leave you, out Because
have to leave you. I say to you now.
gentlemen, may God bless our movement!
May He look down on our efforta to Better
the lot of humanity with that favor, with
that grace He has given It in the daya that
I have led you."
Then the delegated paased In a long line
to Bhake hands with the man who had laid
aside their . leadership, and tears were
streaming down the cheeke of the most
sturdy of them, and Mr. Mitchell was
equally moved. Few could say more than
God bless you," and the man who was
affectionately called "John" could not rlk
a word in reply. A spectacle like this must
mean something.
It is not always recognized how difficult
is the material with which John Mitchell
has had to deal. They represent bone and
muBcle more than brains and restraint of
thought and action. They mean labor In
Its crudest form. Since John Mitchell be
came the hed of the great union conditions
have been vastly Improved In the mining
regions, affecting the homes of the miners
and the outlook for their children. Higher
wagea are paid and better working condl
ttona prevail,' while of course plenty of
room remains for still further betterment
In the surroundings of these laborers. Mr.
Mitchell has not alone aought better phys!
cal surroundings, but he has urged the
men to live cleaner Uvea, to provide better
homes for their families, to establish and
maintain schools, to observe ths law and
to recognise the rights ot others.
Mr. Mitchell has been a large part of the
forward movement because of which these
new and Improved conditions exist. Boys
under 1 years of age cannot now enter the
mines and the old extortionate, company
stores have largely disappeared. The basis
of John Mitchell's work has keen tbe steady
effort to Inculcate aelf-respect among the
miners, and even those recently arrived
from foreign countrlea have been taught
that they must cast In their full lot here,
and that they must respect home and fam
ily if they would prosper. It was char
acteristic o! the man that Ms last official
words -were a fervent benediction upon the
miners and their rgan.saUoB. and tbete
was no cant about lu
OTHER LAD TllA OCRS. i
The feverish seal of world powers In
modern navy building Is likely to result In
the sacrifice of quality for quantity. Haste
makes for waste In naval equipment as In
other branches of official activity. This
fact is being exploited In Great Britain by
unofficial naval experts a class of critics
dubbed "knockers" in tne domain of VJncle
Sam. Vnawed by the deep-rooted senti
ment expressed m the ballad, "We have the
ships, we have the men, we have the
money, too," the Brlltsh experts declare
the present type of Dreadnaught battle
ships possess In themselves their own de
struction. The Idea dominant In their con
struction is capacity for sending the great
est weight of metal against the enemy's
ships. Hence the batteries consist mainly
of twelve-Inch guns. Secondary, batteries
are eliminated. - Basing their opinions on re
cent gun practice on the first of the Dread
naughts the experts declare the concussion
of the batteries fired simultaneously Is
more dangerous to the lives of the crew
than the fire of an enemy. Bcorea ot men
were stunned, others suffered from vertigo,
some had their vision ao affected aa to be
practically useless. The experts' conclusion
is that high-power guns which destroy or
Incapacitate the crews renders a battleship
a floating sham and puts It at tbe mercy
of the enemy. To save the Dreadnaught
trom such fate, the experts urge replacing
some of the big guns with secondary bat
teries. The French senate has agreed, after a
prolonged deadlock, to a 'modified form of
.he old age pension bill passed by the
Chamber of Deputlea In 19U6. The compro
mise measure, which will Boon become a
law, aupplcments the present law, which
grants a state pension to persons over TO
years of age who are infirm, incapacitated
or Incurable, and by which 300,000 persona
were benefited last year, entailing an ex
penditure of $12,000,000. Under the new act
the age limit Is lowered to 60 years, and
there are to be no conditions as to In
firmity, incapacity or disease. On the
other hand, It Embodies the contribution
principle, which Is repudiated by British
socialists and laborltea, but which forms
the basis of the old ago pension law oper
ative in the German empire. Like the Ger- i
man precedent, the French bill when It
is in full operation will require workmen, j
If they are to qualify themselves for the i
receipt of pensions at the age of 60 and
thereafter, to contribute 3 per cent of their
wages annually during a period of thirty
years. Again, in accordance with the Germans-pattern,
a precisely equivalent con-
iriouuon is imposea upon uie empivyvn ui
labor. Bo long as the compulsory' savings
of the workmen and the compulsory con
tribution of the employers do not create
a fund large enough to furnish a pension
of at least $72 a year, the state must make
good the deficit. In order, however, that
the old age pension law may become opera
tive speedily, ' Instead of being applicable
only after three decades from the date;
of Its enactment shall have elapsed, there
Is a clause granting pensions smaller than
$72 to all existing workmen over ,t years
old who can prove that they have worked
continuously thirty years. '
Those who believe Japan la ready to
fight "at the drop of the hat," are led by
the distant perspective to mistake the
staggering burden of war taxes for a chip
on the shoulder. Congressman Denby ot
Michigan, son of a former American min
ister to China, in a recent address before a
Massachusetts audience, presented some
striking facts about Japan's financial con
dition. Ho referred to the staggering debt
of tho empli-e, amounting to $25 per capita,
which has Uoubled since 1906; the meager
resources of the i country, the searching
and crushing system of taxation, the huge
standing army, and the feverish energy of
the country Is Increasing Its naval and
military strength. He concludes that Japan
foresees war, and he reasons that war with
China, and not with the United StateB, la
the next step to be taken by Japan. A
deficit of U,0u0,000 yen la admitted for the
year 1908-09. Even with .the help of In
creased taxation, the estimated deficit of
1910-11 will be 7,000,000 yen, and of 1911-12, 16,
000,000 yen. The budget committee ot the
House of Peers promises, however, that
surpluses will be forthcoming after that
time. Where will the tax be placed? The
peopje are already heavily burdened. The
wealth earners of Japan pay about 21 per
cent of their earnings to the government In
one form or another. They pay less per
capita, ot course, than the workers ot
Europe or America, but this Is because
their earnings are leaa. The average Amer
ican Income la $220, while that of the Jap
anese is $30. The American worker earns
nearly six times more an hour than the
Japanese. fio, while the American con
tributes 3.2 per cent of his money In taxes,
the Japanese must give 21 per cent.
Pierce O'Mahony, brother of the ousted
custodian of the Dublin castle jewels of
the Order of Bt. Patrick, the disappearance
of which caused official furore last year,
boldly affirms the charge, heretofore hinted
at, that the custodian of the Jewels was
sacrificed for the purpose" of suppressing
one of the scandals with which Dublin cas
tle reeks. In a published letter Fierce
O'Mahony challenges ail concerned to Come
into court in these warm worda: "I have
accused the police of wilfully, withholding
evidence In their possession that Is favor
able to my brother. I now go furtherand
I state deliberately that the government
does not wish to find the thief, because one
suspected man, and one of his associates,
also auspected, are known to the people aa
men of unclean Uvea, and have threatened
to Involve aoclety in scandal; and bo, In this
twentieth century, under the enllghtenod
rule of a constitutional monarch, an official
of unblemished character and name Is to be
dismissed and ruined, and denied the oppor
tunity of meeting his accusers In the open
a right accorded to the manest criminal
because a few members of what are ao
falsely called 'the upper ten' and who
circle round the throne, possess characters
so absolutely degraded that they fear to
face the threats of two men whom Right
Hon. A. Blrrell has described as 'abandoned
ruffians. My brother's honor Is of no account
to them titled corruption must be shielded
from the public gase. Not thus, however,
can they stem the fetid tide." '
Qme&a Oil
A CPBAIN sever wu
ted never will b curd
by a liniment The
only thing that
cures a sprain
or braise is Nr
tnre herself.
But Omega. OU will
stop the pain
while Mature is do
in? the carta-:.
the Oil helps
Nature make a
quicker cure because
it keeps the sufferer
from worrying. It makes
the patient quiet end
that's the main thing.
r s
1
CoBiMifleiiiice
when eating:, that your food la of
highest wholesomencss that it has
nothing in it that can injure or
distress you makes the repast
doubly comfortable and satisfactory.
This supreme confidence you
have when the food Is raised with
TW taT .assn f" 0 '
v The only baking powder mado
with Royal Grape Cream of Tartar
There can be no comforting confi
dence when eating alum baking pow
der food. Chemists say that more or
less of the alum powder in unchanged
alum or alum salts remains in the food.
POLITICAL DTUFT.
The shooting of a gray wolf In the ex
treme suburbs of Chicago points to the
danger of public game straying away from
the city hall.
The Immediate effect of the struggle for
supremacy In the Tennessee republican con
vention waa the rush to clothing stores for
rentlesa garments.
Some fellows sought to throw Toa Tag-
gart out of the Job of running the demo
cratic machine In Indiana. A fine line of
Hoosler scalps adorns Tom's back yard at
French Lick. v
Hearst and his Independent league will
flock to Chicago "on or about July 1."
Every delegate will be equipped with ham
mer or hatchet. William Randolph will
swing the axe.
In some quarters of Pennsylvania the
fear la expressed that Bhould the capttol
looters break Into the penitentiary that
imposing Institution would soon cease to
be state property.
Colonel John J. Kern of Indiana, men
tioned aa a running mate for Colonel
Bryan, is remarkably well fitted for the
Job. Colonel Kern has a voice wonderful
In volume and endurance.
Tho most affectionate and reverential
sentiments that admiration can fashion are
now poured on ex-President Cleveland by
the New Tork Sun. In less sunnier days
the ex-president waa swatted aa "The
Stuffed Prophet of William Street."
A presidential ticket that would sweep
the country by reason of limitless family
connections la proposed by John T. Mc
Cutcheon In Appleton's. John Johnson of
Minnesota and Hoke Smith of Georgia,
with James K. Jones as campaign manager,
is esteemed an Invincible combination.
WRere do the Browns come In?
LAUGHING GAS.
"Pa, what was the age of brnnre?"
"I don't remember just which one it
was, but If you wish to know anything
about the age of steal there are several
magazines on the shelf that will tell you
all about it." Chicago Record-Herald.
First Britisher Tweedmouth saya our
navy is without a peer.
Second Britisher That's where It differs
from the 'ouse of Lords, ha, ha!" Cleve
land Plain Dealer. j
Mr. Staylate I see a western genius Is
perfecting an apparatus by means of which
a person's face may be seen miles away.
Miss Patience Goone Well, it certainly
will be a boon to see some faces there. If
they can only be kept there. Philadelphia
Press.
The bank cashiers had been considering
the application of the titled Spendthrift for
a large loan.
"No." they finally announced, "on ,'the
strength of a mere rumor that you are en-
Browning,' I&ng i Co
CLOTHING, FXJRNISHIMGS and HATS
SPRING 1908
UR lines
complete and up'to'date line of cloth'
ing for men, boys and children ever
shown. ,
Fashionable Fabrics
While worsteds are still in demand,
the softer woolens and unfinished wor
steds have the calL
This season is one of odd shades of
olives, stone and smoke colors.
Grays, and more recently, brewns
have been put forward.
They are all here for your choice.
315.00 to J53S.OO
Our furnishing and hat departments
are also showing the season's latest
fancies.
15th and Douglas
t t R. 0. WILCOX, Mar. ' t I
ft
gagnd to a plutocrat' daughter we Imv
decided that wo cannot advance more tlimi
5 cents on every IO0.0fH of hi repi.el
wealth." Chicago Tribune.
"I thought." salt! the American who w:i
seeing Europe for the first time, "tha
you people hud a lot of Interestln' old tul:n
over here." ,
"Once we hail such things." the ni:lv
apologised, "hut your heiresses have c.im
over and had most of thm put in gno I
repair." Chicago Hecord-llarald.
"Have you a college diploma?"
"No. But I have several nilninr stork
certificates that I might frame and Ian;
up as evidence that I have been tlinuu i
the school of experience." Wasliln jto.i
Star.
Immigration officials stopped the T.w le
st the dock and asked his buclness. '
"I am arrive In pursuance cf r.iy ;i r i--ment
to marry with Mecse K.os,., i I.,
top." said the stranger.
"flunr.y FrHnce for you," repl d the c 1 1 f
Inquisitor. "Aliens under comraci sr
burred. You'll find n nice deten.l n p i
at the left. Next!" Philadelphia I. djjer.
A SPHIXG MKDI.KV.
Spring has come. Do you see
Tho amber tint In the willow tree?
Fleecy clouds racing overhead.
Keen eyes watching the tulip hed.
Spring has come. Do you hear
The robin's note, piping cle;ir?
And, mlnglAd with his ardent rret:';i;.
Is borne thei sound of carpet heating.
Spring has come. Do you smell
Bonfire smoke from hill and dell? i
Sprouting grass and clover peephiK"
Also sassafras tea a-stecplng?
Spring has come. Do you feel
At each Indoor task a grrp of stei.
Then a stir within an' a anenkin' wl?h
To go off somewhere an' dream and ft;r.'
Spring has come. Yes, we know i
The trail where telltale footprints go: '
In the willow true is the March wiml'i
harp;
In the pond below are the waiting enrp.
Spring hna come. On the hill
The winds of March are cavorting still
In the purple sapling of the grove
And fattier is taking down tlvj stove.
Between the trees the sky shows bluo.
But not so blue as tho bird that flew
Across my vision, beyond my ken
Ma's trlmmln' her last year's hat asaln.
Spring has come. The purple prackle
On the willows swings the iienr. all cackle
The spoonbills are seen In the park i:i
pairs, I
Unfeathered spoonbills Ihat put on alra.
Spring has come. The farmer's piow
Turns up the soil and the mooley cow
Seeks fresh, green tufts In hillocks sprout
ing. And far away children's voices shouting.
Yes. Spring has come with memories sweet.
Of the fiel of the earth to small, burt
feet; Oh! to take off our shoes If we only dast
And bury our toes In the cool, green grnsi.
Omaha. Bayoll Ne Trele.
of Spring suits,
overcoats and raincoats are
now ready for your in'
spection.
We pride, ourselves this
season on showing the most
tJT7 15th and Douglas