THE OMAIIA DAILY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1908.
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Qaorge B. Tsrchuck. treasurer ot Tha
Bra Publishing company., being duly
worn, aaya that tha actual number f
full and complete copies of Tha Dally,
Morning, Evening and Sunday B printed
Ourlng tha month of March, HOI, was aa
follow! .
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I I,840 II S6.630
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4 86,430 10 36,680
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It 86,070 r. 27 86,700
II.. 36,600 tl 3670
II 36,130 ,, II 88S0
.'4.......... 86,670 10 36,860
11 30,360 .11 86,830
16,600 '
Totala 1,1334160
Lcs unsold and returned coplaa.. 8,153
Nat total. 1,193.098
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CEOKQE B. TZSCHUCK.
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WHEN OUT 09 TOWN,
yakaerlbora leavlaa tha ctty ta.
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aval tba-m. , Addreee will V
ehaoned aa aftea ava reastd.
The hammock Is next on the Hit
vMr. Taft, however, Is responsible for
the real "The Winning ot the West."
The real question, yet to be answered
Is, What Is the correct definition of
wholesale and retail?
Between water navigation, water
power and. water works Omaha is in a
air war to be Inundated.
"The rich do not live long," says
Chancellor Day. Prospective heirs
.are apt to think differently.
Bryan believes in state's rights ex
cept when it comes to sending anti
Bryan delegates to Denver.
The only astonishing thing about
Alfred Austin's latest poem is that he
got paid well for writing it.
Evidently France and Italy were
mistaken about the sultan of Turkey
desiring to see a naval parade.
A New York society woman killed
herself by drinking a quart Of varnish.
That la nna wav . tn n rod lira a fin
finish. ...
Not satisfied with having laid the
Aid rich bill on the table, the house
has thrown ltbe Vreeland substitute
out of the window.
It is time to call In that question,
"What does It cost to. keep a hen?"
It Is well known that a hen scratches
for her own living. -
It will seem a little strange for Sen
ator Piatt to go to a national conven
tion under instructions instead of go
ing to give Instructions.
, A New York banker has Informed
congress that money will soon be a
drug on the market, ; Perhaps, but the
drugs usually come high.
Hosiery mill employes In the east
threaten to strike against the open
shop policy. A strike against open
work hosiery might be popular.
"America Is facing a timber
famine," says the London Times. Too
true. . Even much of the presidential
timber has disappeared recently.
Financiers who are unable to ex
plain, tljst shipment of $1,000,000 in
gold to Paris' should remember that
Mme. Qould has gone back to Paris.
"Where can the American fleet
dock?" asks the Boston ' Transcript
The answer is easy as soon as It Is
known where the fleet wants to dock.
..... 6aBaaajaat8aBaSaaWaaaWB
Why not taka It up with Brother Andrew?
-World-Harald,
Just to keep the record straight,
please amend by-making It Uncle An
drew, A physician, predicts that , 50 per
cent of the people will be In lunatic
asylums' tOO years from now. We
presume the t,Vr.60 per cent will be
dead.
President Roosevelt's veto of the
Rainy River Power company's bill
shows that bo does not propose to al
low the government resource to be
wasted by a dam site.
Aai now we are told that for1 -he
democratic Prty to try It with "IK
Murphy and "Mngy" Connors st t
helm would., be "insanity." It niua
hs bea poHUcal suiilJe with Tom
Tagrt st the helm.
TUt tULASD.WATtnWATS.
No definite program has been an
nounced for the conference to be held
at the White Iloune In May to discuss
the Inland waterway proposition, along
with other questions of conserving the
nation's natural resources. lit a re
cent veto message to congress, Presi
dent Roosevelt hss given a hint, how
ever, of his attitude, particularly with
reference to the annual .ppronriatlons
for the improvement of rivers and har
bors. It has for years been the cus
tom of congress to make these Appro
priations, apportioning the money to
different sections more. It Is generally
admitted, upon the pressure brought
to bear by members than upon the
urgency of the Improvements. -, The
result naturally has been lack of sys
tematic waterway work anywhere and
actual waste of a liberal portion of the
money. In his veto of a bill giving a
western company certain water right
privileges on the Rainy river, Presi
dent Roosevelt said: ',
Tha navigability of every inland water
way, and of all connected and connecta
bla Inland waterwaya, aa a whole, Should
be Improved for tha purpoaa of interstate
and foreign commerce upon a consistent
and unified plan by which each part should
be made to help tha other part
A starting point may be had (f the
delegates to the White House confer
ence In May first accept the president's
recommendation that the Improvement
of Inland waterways be confined to
those streams that merit Improvement
for the purpose of Interstate and for
eign commerce, thus abandoning the
policy of appropriating money to be
expended solely In local Improvements
which can result in no direct general
benefit
The coming conference will be a
notable one in many respects. The
president has Invited the governors of
the different states, with three dele
gates from each state to be selected
by its governor, the members of the
cabinet and the Justices' of the su
preme court and the members of the
congress.' In addition he has! specially
invited Orover 'Cleveland, William
Jennings Bryan, James J. Hill, Andrew
Carnegie, and John Mitchell to partici
pate in the conference. The Invita
tion list, therefore, Includes the only
living ex-president; the president, and
all of the pronounced candidates for
presidential honors in both parties.
This fact, coupled with the time of the
conference, on the very eve of the two
great national conventions. Is signifi
cant of the nonpartisan and widespread
interest in the problem of savins and
developfng the country's natural re
sources and wealth which Is the broad
object of the conference. ,
' WHAT IBM COVBTB HAVE DKCWID.
Several decisions handed down by
the federal courts within the last few
days on cases, affecting the rate regu
lation laws . enacted; by the last Ne
braska legislature give a fair idea of
the position which the federal courts
take on this subject
The right of the state to regulate
traffic and transportation within their
boundaries, even to the point of fixing
maximum schedules of rates, Is con
ceded. This right, however, is sub
ject to several limitations, among them
that the rates fixed must be reasonable
and not confiscatory And that the pen
alties must not be so excessive as to
prevent the cairler companies froni ap
pealing to the protection ot the courts.
It may be taken for. granted that the
federal courts-will assume Jurisdiction
over any case in which it Is alleged
that property Is being confiscated or
denied the equal protection of the laws
guaranteed by the Fourteenth amend
ment, and that It will take this Juris
diction no matter what . devices th
state may resort to to hold tha cases
in state. courts or to pravent the insti
tution of suits in federal .courts.
The state of Nebraska has. there
fore, won In the case where the rsil
roads attempted to enJoln.,the exercise
of rate-making power by the state
commission before the commission had
promulgated any rale . schedule, the
court holding that the thirty days that
must elspse from the promulgating: of
a rate schedule to its enforcement
gives ample time for legal remedy for
any real wrong. ' The state of Ne
braska has lost In its effort to have the
question of reasonableness Teoanded
to the state courts to tw decided Urst
there. . .'
All this litigation is merely prelim
inary to open the way for final adjudi
cation of the reasonableness of any
rate schedule which the' railroads may
insist on contesting.
i
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AvxniCA'a colossal, rim w'aste.
Insurance authorities , report that
the losses by fire In the United States
tor the first three months of. 1908
have broken all former records, the
average loss per day being In excess of
f 600,000. These totals were, prepared
before the destructive fire at Chelsea.
Mass., In which property valued at
more than $8,000,000 was destroyed.
At the rate eetabllahed to date, the to
tal for 1808 will exceed $300,000,000.
involving a waste that assumes the
proportions of a national disaster. In
January 116,000,000 was put Into new
buildings In this country and $24,000,
000 worth burned, down. "4
The enormity of this loa'.is appa
rent only when stated in comparative
terms. For three yeefs past .our aver
age losses by fire have been about
$$06,000,000. ,Thli la about equal to
the combined annual , appropriations
for the maintenance of the army, the
navy and the pension rolls of the gov
ernment. It is more by $50,000,000
than the estimated cost of tbe Panama
canal and about equal to the amount
estimated by eoglneers as necsry to
make sll the rivers of the Mississippi
all?y navigable. It is greater than
the annual outlay for the executive,
legislative and Judicial departments of
the government with the diplomatic
and consular service expenditures
thrown In for good measure. The
loss by fire In a year and a half
amounts to enough to psy off the na
tional debt.
These losses. It should be remem
bered, must be paid for In some way
or another and the burden does not
fall alone upon the owners of the prop
erty destroyed by fire. The loss at
San Francisco and Baltimore and
later at Chelsea are big wastes, like
war, famine and pestilence, that cause
a drain on world resources and have a
depressing and retarding effect upon
enterprise and Industry. J
. Experts estimate that it least 76
per cent of the fire losses In the United
States are preventable. Investigation
shows that most ot the fires are trace
able to inflammable construction, im
proper Installation of electric wiring,
defective flues, lax inspection, care
less use of matches and other causes
traceable almost directly to neglect,
If of the 9300,000,000 annual loss by
fire $100,000,000 Is chargeable to
carelessness, the carelessness must be
of the kind which Is not excusable
and which should be avoided or penal
ised.
SEnSB AHD IfOKBKNSX '
The Water board for once exhibits
good sense In deciding to pursue the
appraisement litigation to the limit
The decision of the circuit court of ap
peals, affirming the appraisement re
port and upholding the purchase con
tract In favor of the water company, Is
not appealable, but It is within the
province of the supreme court to re
view the case by writ of certiorari.
The city will ask the supreme court to
Issue this writ and whether the re
quest is granted or not. It will give
our people time, at - least, to turn
around and figure on what should be
done next to get out of the bad mess
with the least possible damage.
The Water board has at the same
time given an exhibition of the most
arrant nonsense In connection with the
hydrant rental cases. The board by
Its affidavits filed in this case pretends
to have suddenly discovered that the
water system by which Omaha Is being
served is entirely inadequate to Its
purpose, out ot date, patch work, af
fording no fire protection and depriv
ing hs of water In order to supply
South Omaha. If these allegations
are true, why has the Water board for
five years been hiring expensive law
yers to force the water company to
sell us a plant that would be useless
after we got It? Have all the experts,
boards of underwriters, engineers and
appraisers been wrong all this time?
While It Is conceded that tha water
company has not pot In extensions to
meet the new demands of Omaha's
latest growth, this is palpably due to
the long-drawn appraisement and liti
gation, and possibly In part to the
withholding of the money plainly
owing by the city for hydrant rental.
The Water board has some members
on It of business standing and cav
pacity. They should not let their law
yers make monkeys of them.
AfJt. BETAS ABD TBS tOUTB.
Slight as the prospect Is that tbe
growing sentiment in the south against
Mr. Bryan will take the form of open
opposition to him, it seems none the
less to be giving tbe Nebraskao some
worry. Ia a recent letter to a friend,
evidently written for publication, Mr.
Bryan has become really eloquent in
his expressions of appreciation of the
south's loyalty to him In former polit
ical battles. Instead ot satisfying the
southerners the letter has served but
to emphasize their conviction that they
have been slighted. The Nashville
American, one of the leading so. them
newspapers, says:
Tha votes of the aouth have been riven
Mr. Bryan tn moat forlorn hopea, yet with
out a waver for all theae yeara. Tat ha
haa only now, at tha aua-g-eatlon of aoma
mora appreciative. mind and aoul, been in
duced to alva expreeelon to them, and then
not to any audience ha facea, but through
tha columns of the newapapera.
Mr. Bryan knows ha can confidently
count on both tha dotesatea to tha Denver
convention and those of the electoral col
lege from the aouth, and the south only.
Ha knew that at tha other two electlona,
yet . ha let all that and ' the Intervening
time go by without ona word of apprecla.
tion expreaaed publicly anywhere from 189S
to 191)8.
The Atlanta Journal, a warm sup
porter of Colonel Bryan, bears further
testimony to the fact that he is making
efforts to placate the south. Accord
ing to the Journal, the Bryanlte lead
era in the south are making out that
Colonel Bryan has been misrepre
sented by the northern press In his at
titude on government ownership. On
that proposition the south Is very
much concerned, looking upon govern
ment ownership as the final blow to
their beloved doctrine of states' rights.
The Journal and the Bryan managers
are insisting that his speech at Madi
son Square garden, on August 10,
1809, did not declare for government
ownership of the railroads, but simply
suggested such a contingency in case
regulation, plana failed. Unfortun
ately for Mr. Bryan and his southern
supporters, the record In that case is
very plain. The speech was carefully
prepared and printed In all of the
newspapers of the country tbe next
day. In the course of his address be
made this unequivocal and unquali
fied statement:
I have reached tha conclusion that there
will be no permanent relief In tha railroad
question from discrimination . between In
dividuate and between placea. and from ex
tortlonate ralea, until tha railroads are tha
property of tha government and operated
by the government In the' Interests of the
people.
When the storm of democratic pro
test over the declaration broke. Col
onel Brysn, In a speech at New
Haven, Conn., explained:
What I said at New Tork about federal
ownership of railways you ahould regard
aa a eounsel of perfection. I don't know
whether tha country ia ripe for It. For the
present It la elmply my personal opinion.
Whether It ahould ba embodied two years
hence In tha party platform la for you and
your delegates to a national convention to
determine.
There Is no prospect that Colonel
Bryan will try to place a government
ownership plank in the Denver plat
form, but there is nothing to Indicate
that he has changed his "personal
opinion" on the subject.
The county officers making up the
county appointing board have filled the
vacancy caused by the retirement of
County Commissioner Solomon by the
selection of James H. Rlggs of Water
loo. This selection will, we believe,
give general satisfaction to the great
majority of the people of the district
which he is to represent and which is
made up of the rural precincts of
Douglas county. It will be up to Mr.
Rlggs to demonstrste during the re
maining months' of the year his fitness
for the place, and If he succeeds fully
he will be la line for election to the
full term In the fall.
The democratic World-Herald Is ter
ribly wrought up because Secretary
Taft has not resigned, from the cabinet
to devote his time exclusively to the
canvass for the presidential nomina
tion. Should he resign it would be
equally wrought up. It Is a cold day
in midsummer when the local demo
cratic organ cannot conjure up some
republican bug-a-boo to get excited
over.
The Washington Poet announces
that former Senator George W. Turner
of Washington is being urged as a
compromise candidate in case Bryan
falls to receive the nomination at Den
ver. All of which serves to remind
the public that George W. Turner was
once United States senator from
Washington and that he calls himself
a democrat.
The question whether the Lincoln
statue erected on the High school
grounds should or should not have
been adorned with a beard has become
subordinated to the question whether
such a publio monument should serve
as an advertising signboard for an art
store through which the commission
for tbe statue was placed.
An Indian war bonnet has been pre
sented to Senator Clapp of Minnesota,
one of the ' mildest-mannered men in
congress. The donors could have dis
played a better appreciation ot the fit
ness of things ty giving the war bon
net to Senator., "Jeff" Davis of Ar
kansas. ; L-.i
Colonel Bryan' thinks it should not
be against him that he has made
money out of politics, inasmuch as he
has put up tbe same line of talk all the
time. This Is an incontrovertible
argument. Why should he change his
talk while it is paying?
Pittsburg cares nothing Just now
about the currency bill, the movements
of the Pacific' fleet, the trouble with
Castro or any of the affairs that con
cern the rest of the world. Hans
Wagner has signed with the Pittsburg
team again. '
It is stated that twenty-seven law
yers have been engaged by the Stand
ard Oil company to resist payment of
that $29,240,000 fine. The company
may learn that it would have been
cheaper to pay the fine. ,
Aaklagr Too Mach.
Pittsburg Dispatch. .
Foraker's reported willingness to corn-
premise on the basla of recognising his al
leged presidential boom Is calculated to In
flict on the opposition a sever strain, of
Its Imagination.
The the Fa Will Baa-la.
1 Brooklyn Eagle.
If Russia and Japan have aecretly agreed
to divide Manchuria between them. It will
be Interesting to watch tha scramble among
tha other powers aa to which shall have the
privilege of Interfering first In behalf of
China.
Apply for Gaardlaa.
Waahlngton Post.
If, In tha light of tha past, any demo
crat vows that ha will not have hla hair
cut till Bryan Is elected president, his
friends should at onoa aea that he Is
placed where h will receive proper car
at tha hands of bralik specialists.
Problem Readily Solved.
Baltimore American.
A problem In all countrlea la to keep the
young men In the smsll towns. Tha rem
tCife suggested are many, but we. fall to
find tha most practical and the moat
potent Tha way to keep the young men
anywhere Is to keep tha pretty girls In the
same neighborhood.
Great Naval Paradea.
Buffalo Express.
Tha French and British fleet will now b
used, ilka the American fleet, to show
friendship. When President Fallierea visit
England next month, the whole channel
squadron of Franc will go with him and
tha British horn fleet will be assembled to
welcome it. Altogether there will be sixty
warahlpa. not counting the torpedo boat.
yhether or not theae warshlr help to
make the peace that now ealsts between
tha two countries, their 'assemblage at
least helpa a realisation and enjoyment of
tha fact of peace.
Oratory with a Measaae.
Baltimore American.
The complaint la made that' there are few
orators today compared with the number
that existed In tha days of our fathers and
grandfathers. Tha answer to this is simple
oratory, which ia only oratory, Is not
countenanced today as It waa a generation
ago. when a pretty pkce at aentiment.
clothed In rhetorical phrases and uttered
with feeling and emotion, waa hailed as
great. Tha modern man demaivds that an
orator have something to say mattera la of
mora Importance tbaa aenilmvat, practical
worth than artUtlo terbiagt.
BITS OF WASIilwOTOX LIFR.
Mlaor treses aad laeldeata Sketched
a tha Boat.
t'ncle Joe Cannon, speaker and ruler ot
the house of representative, ia enjoying a
larger-degree f merry life Just now than
ever before. Tho occasion fits his Joyous
disposition so completely that h la putting
In overtime on tha Job. Ha does not limit
himself to the merry task of lambasting
filibusters or whispering "skiddoo" to
obstreperous minority. All shsdo of mot
Ing life around the eaphol contribute to
hi enjoyment, especially so whin It comes
within range of hla gavel and vocal stunts
Tho other day the speaker, after having
cracked a tew filibustering nuts with his
mallet, turned smilingly to a group of smil
ing Japanese journalists and greeted them
effusively. With his stogie tilted toward tha
eyebrow ha talked to tha Nipponese and
told them how publicity makes and tin
makes statesmen In America, prekent com
pany alwaya excepted. Of American Journ
allata ho said:
"If there la news they send it; If there
Is no newa they Invent think' storiea. If
ona aet of 'think' storle don't please ail
tha boys the minority invent some that
do. Then the next day If the 'think' storle
can't be verified, why, they deny them
and get another atory."
At thla tha journallat from Japan were
greatly shocked.
"I make permission to correct for the
honorable great gentlemen," spoke up tha
leader with a gleam of spectacles. "Japan
newspaper men study new hard ao ha
shall underatand exactly; then write those
thing very intelligent, very honet thank
you." .
The speaker sighed audibly at that.
"I suppose," he said, bending a benignant
eye on the earnest faces of the champion
of truth. "I ought to address you all as
boy." "
At thl the" spokesman wa plainly non
plussed. He sought aome enlightenment In
the grave face of his colleague, but found
them blank.
"Pardon to me," he said. "I politely in
form the honorable sir, we ara not boys in
Japan."
"Oh, I see," tho speaker hesitated to ex
plain. "In thla country we speak of all
good newspaper men, all real newspaper
roen who know their business as 'the boys
ierm 01 compliment ana sometimes
of endearment."
The newspaper editors of Nippon, with
much bowing and scraping and Infinite
graoe, accepted this explanation and bade
the "honorable great gentleman" good by
in tno best or good humor.
A pretty warfare Is being waged in Wash
ington between the wive of member of
congress and daughters of tho nation's
lawmakers a to which will be the rec
ognlzed club of two organisation which
they have formed. Many week ago Mis
Bessie I.amb, daughter of Representative
Lamb, of Virginia, and Miss Julia Will-
lama, daughter of John Sharp Wllllama,
minority leader of tho house, conceived tha
Idea of bringing daughter of representa
tive and senator together by forming a
club In which membership would be re
stricted to girls of tha congressional circle.
They had no sooner made known their
plans than their mammas disclosed the
fact that they, too, had In mind a club ot
congressional women.
Then began a race. The daughters met to
organise, and ao did the mothers. The
daughters decided their club could Include
tho mothers, but the latter had nothing
to say about the daughtera being taken In
The girls lost no time, and before tha
mothers had mora than called their first
roll the daughter had framed up a con
stitution, named their society and were
ready for business.
That the daughters have showa their
loyalty to tho little circle of which they
are a part la manifest In the name which
they have eelected. Tha club will be known
as the Society of Archonldes, a nam
choaen by a professor at Georgetown Uni
versity. But tha mothers ara still struggl
ing for organisation, drawing up a consti
tution by degrees, and have not yet de
termined upon a name. In fact, they may
not even have a name. They are busy
planning what they claim are mora neces
sary details of their society, tha selection
ot rooms, etc.
At Washington mora electrlo automobile
ara to be seen than are likely to ba found
anywhere outsido of an International oon
gress of electric automobile manufacturers.
They are mostly .of the ona seasted type
and they aneak around quietly and tn a
dignified way and so are rather typical
of the city.
Washington always - give the' stranger
the Impression of being rather unnatural
because It Is so dignified. The wherefore
of tha many electrlo automobile we ex
plained to a wondering person by 'the man
who always know why.
"You don't sea a lot of heavy trucking
in Washington and the pavement alt are
smooth and In, fine condition. That' the
sort of going that tha electrlo car needs,"
ha said. "There aren't a lot of rut In tha
streets. There Isn't anything that kills
the electrlo battery like being jarred and
shaken up, and the Washington streets
and conducive to the long Ufa of the elec
trics." Possibly because there are ao many elec
tric cars there ara more women who drive
utomobtlea In Washington than In almost
sny other city. That Is another feature
that strikes the observer aa aoon a ha
get through noticing the extraordinary
number of electric cars. Then he takes
note that most of tha automobiles carry
three license tags. One is for the District
of Columbia, another for Virginia and a
third for Maryland. .
Tha tourist In Washington gets a shock
when he is passing tha back of the Depart
ment of Agriculture building these days
and aces a big red flag with tha usual
white letters sewad on: "Auction Today."
Ha wonders if the government Is resorting
to desperate means of raising the wind.
But your Uncle Sam is not In the auc
tion business from necessity. The Agricul
ture aalea are explained in thla way. When
ever an Invoice of any article of food ar
rives from abroad, a certain number of
packagoa are taken by th government far
examination to aee whetiiar the article
complies with our food lawa.
Imported food articles are not the only
cnes sold. The government receives speci
men packages of domestlo manufacture!
fooda and even of those which ara natural:
Oranges, molaasea, maple syrup, wine.
whiskey, olive oil, breakfast foods,
patented foods of all kinds Come to this
depsrtment.
Most of. these ara auctioned off to th
highest bidder, but some of them ara sold
at a fixed price. Recently ther have been
almost dally aaks of molasses and of light
brown sugar.
Anyone can attend these aalna and buy.
or at leaat bid, on, tha gooda offered. But
moat of the patrons ara tha elerka and em
ployes of the department. Tha auctlona
are held at noon, ao as to aoconunodata
these people.
Artloa Vrrsaa Air.
Washington Post.
Fava tha Commoner: "Mexlcaa nsaiu.
rwrs need not worry. t'ncle 8am never
steala territory. He merely Hta Providence
toe It Into nls lap. In th ease of tha
Fiilllnr.ines however. Provirit-nr.. tl4 nnt
corn the assistance of Mr. Biyaa when It
came to tha loaning act.
ieV AWJk
to FOB
and strictly prohibits
the sale of alum
bilking powder-
So docs France
So does Germany
The t&Ie, of alum foods
has been made fflcal ia We&KIngton and the District of Cofum
hla, and alum baking powders are everywhere recognized u
injurious. yQ protCct yourself agaiastahim,
when ordering baking powder.
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zap
wmm-aq ?
f - Jftk MM I El
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and be rery sure you get Royal
Royal is the only Bailing Powder made from Royal Grape
Cresin of Tartar. It adds to the digcstibiBry and whole
someneu ot tne iooa
PERSONAL NOTES.
Among other funerals held last week we
notice alao that of the lata, lamented Al-
drich Bill.
Evidently the prince of Wales, who re
solve not to visit the United Statea, haa
received a tip from. Prince Henry.
China is juat beginning to usa butter.
In time we may b able to Introduce the
Chinese to breakfast cereals, cold-storage
egga and other substitutes for food.
Rudolph Spreckle and hi family are
said to b "suffering from a social boycott
In San Francisco. That' all the thanka a
man gets for exposing tho fact that many
of hia fellow citisens ought to b In jail. '
Robert Skinner, American consul general
at Marseilles, ha presented to the vener
able Provencal poet, Frederic Mistral, a
photograph of President Roosevelt bearing
his autograph. Thia picture waa aent espc
dally to tha poet by Mr. Roosevelt.
French court have aent a meat con
tractor to jail for a year for supplying
bad meat to tho army and assessed an
automobillat $2S,0OO for causing an accident.
Some of these things they appear to dq
natter in Franca.
Ona of the most efficient servants that
Japan's government ha ever "had 'la
Henry D. Dennlson, an American, who for
years has been th chief legal adviser of
the Japanese Foreign office in Toklo. Mr.
Dennlson rendered "very Important service
at the peace conference at Portsmouth, N.
H., in lios. H has dona a great deal also
in Introducing useful . western . Ideas and
customs Into Japan. ., Tha Japanese, have
frequently expressed their high apprecia
tion of his work.
MERRY JINGLES.
"You will make aoma SDeechea on the
tariff, I suppose."
No, answered Senator Borah um. "The
tariff la ono of those topic that people
are more likely to give you credit for
knowing all about If you don't try to ex
plain." Waahlngton Star.
"It's a curious fsct." observed the doctor.
"that tha Japanese are trying to Increase
their atature. They find that their bodies
are long enough, and they are making a
systematic effort now to Increase th
length of their W-gs."
"Ye." said th professor; "I see that
tne rniaaao is inilllnr their leaa for a
bigger navy," Chicago Tribune.
What t am after." declared the anolls
party candidate, "la not so much causes ss
effects."
Whose effects?" shouted a msn In the
crowd. Baltimore American.
"Did Oolt ever develop the full possibili
ties of his machine In that trip? '
"No; he was unfortunately prevented-
"What waa the matter?" ,
"A Dollceman ran him In . for exceeding
the speed limit."
"Ah, I s-el A case of arrested develop
ment. Baltimore American,
Tha 1t time I aave you money." aald
tho kindly old lady, "you promised you
wouldn't walk right Into a aaloon and
spend It." -
Iat s rigm, nay, sam in, imuo.
Yes. but as soon aa you got tha money
you did."
"Say! lady, don't youse know de differ
ence between a walk an' a sprint?" Phila
delphia Press.
Waalthv Pstron I hear ' that vour nrn.
feasor ot languages haa resigned his posi
tion. President (or college) yes, na resigned
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"Surely you don't despise him almply bo
catiiie.he'a a self-made man?"
"No, I merely regret that when ha made
his voice he didn't pitch It In a lower key."
Catholic Standard and Times.
Mrs. Crlmaonheak-'-I sea by thla paper
that in the British museum there is a hug
rope, of hair weighing nearly two tons.
Mr. Crlmsonbeak These American women
traveling abroad are so careless, aren't
they ? Yonkers Statesman. '
THE RIVER ROAD.
Where the river breeses blow
Fareth a road I fain would go.
Past the outskirts of the town.
Creeping through th hedge brown,
Dipping down between the hill,
Loitering near shadowed rills. .
There, the first, In early spring,
Cardlnal'a full note ahall ring.
Over darkling little lake.
Belted halcyon ahall mak
Clattering uproar, aa he flies.
Bit of blue from April skies.
Near tha bridge where forks th way,
Up hill, down hill, a I say,
Smallest heron may rlae alow
From the reedy marsh below;
Phoebe build and plaintive call.
Killdeer's minor piping fall; '
Blood-root, evanescent, shine
Where the hasel hangs her sign:
Jilcentra, paler than dawn' flush,
Fragile, away. In that last hush
Kre the wood's awakening
Tenants, whisper of the spring.
On the dsrk flood of th stream
Purpling shadows, floating, dream;
While between the wood and Shore,,
Affluent in sylvan lore.
Road and I, companions gay, -Fare
to th hills and far away,
Omaha. -EMILY WOOD.
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