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WHEN OUT OF TOW!.
ahscrlbere leaving the city tem
jMtrwrlly ahaald have The Bee
aaalled te theaa. Address will be
chanced a oftea as' requested. ,
Ten years ago today. Admiral Dewey
had breakfast In Manila bay.
Senator Depew Bays he confines
himself to a vegetable diet. Chest
nuts?
. It begins to look as though Gov
ernor Johnson ' may have missed the
Denver train.- ' . ,
Of course thejoke will be on con
gress if the president really expected
but two battleships. '
Speaking of . lonesome men, two
more Foraker . delegates have been
elected in Mississippi.
A Philadelphia court has held that
it Is legal to sell skimmed milk. Legal
Or not, It Is customary.
According to an eastern exchange,
Astronomers are much worried over
the sun spots. So are the farmers.
It was fitting that the pure milk
bill in the Massachusetts legislature
should be Introduced by a Mr. Cowee
Congressmen are anxious to ad
journ. . Having had a long rest, they
want to get back home to attend to
their personal affairs.
"How would Sullivan do for vice
president on the democratic ticket?'
asks a Chicago paper. Which Sulll
van, Roger or John If
The navigation boosters hope to
have the river Improved so the battle
ships may be invited to visit Omaha
on the next world cruise.
The Paper trust is willing to have
its books examined by "a select com
m It tee of congress." It la a question
who Is to select the committee.
A fatal automobile accident Is re
ported from Lincoln. Omaha automo
blllsta Inoculated with the speeding
fever should take the hint to alow
down.
Mr. Taft la the only aspirant for
the republican nomination for presl
dent who feela safe In goiog out of
the country and leaving bla boom at
home.
One of RebTaska'e memBers of the
consular service ia to make the far
Jump, from Samoa to Switzerland.
These ' Nebraikans are getting to be
great globe trotters,
Speaker Cannon Is reported to
very indignant at the newspaper car
toonista. If he wanta to get good and
even up with them, be might Quit
smoking long, black cigars
The achoo'rbo&r JTs'IeUlng contracts
for sew school buildings to be erected
on the same old slow-burning plan. A
Strictly fireproof school building would
be worth ten fire drills every hour,
A' Greek prince in New Tork Is
advertising for any Job that will pay
him $15 a week. The average prince
coming to America seldom looks for
a Job except for some rich father-in
law.
Judge 'Alton B. Parker might create
some excitement at Denver by mak
ing a poll of the delegates and inquir
ing how many of them voted for him
when ' he ran for the presidency in
1904.
Celonel Bryan says he baa not
changed hla views on publlo questions
and there is nothing to indicate that
the people have changed their views
of Colonel ilryaa'a view a a publio
-"'v.ttnea. , .
A WAXJX9 OTTOSITWX.
With the republican national con
vention only six weeks distant, the
early Indications that Secretary Taft
would be the republican nominee have
turned almost to absolute certainty.
As the choosing of convention dele
gates has progressed from week to
week, the majority of the delegates
selected have either been Instructed
for Mr. Taft or have declared for him
on Individual preference. As the Trfi
strength has developed, the plans "
the allied opposition have been com
pletely upset and little effort is now
being made to carry out the original
program of concerted action to keep
enough states from formal commit
ment to Mr. Taft to support the hope
of finally combining the field upon
either one of the favorite sons or upon
some dark horse candidate.
The political trend is strikingly
Illustrated by reference to the predic
tions publicly made on the last day of
March by the spokesmen of the allied
opposition. At that time the Taft
managers claimed that he would go
into the Chicago convention with more
than a majority of the 980 delegates
either instructed for him or certain
to support him. On the same day the
allies Issued a statement through the
Washington Post, which concluded as
follows:
Two hundred and sixty-two delegates
have been chosen and distributed, as fol
lows: Taft, IS); Fairbanks, M: Foraker, 2;
Cannon, 22; unlnstructed, 32; contested, 42;
the showing of the opposition Increasing
from 84 to 116 during the last week. The
results justify the prediction -made last
week that the Taft campaign has reached
a period of greatest momentum, and that
the end of the coming month will find the
opposition far In the lead. It ia now be
lieved by representatives of the opposition
that tbelr estimates of a possible SjO votes
for Secretary Taft In the Chicago conven
tion should be considerably reduced.
"The end of the coming month" re
ferred to In this bulletin has arrived,
but the allied opposition, instead of
being "far in the lead." is trailing far
in the rear and in Imminent danger
of having the "distanced" flag hung
out before the turn is made into the
home stretch.
The. expectations of the Taft man
agers at the end of March have, on
the other hand, been more than ful
filled. While a few of the states or
districts claimed for Mr. Taft have
either failed to instruct for him or
have expressed preference for other
candidates, he has made gains in states
then conceded to the opposition, so
that according to present indications
the Taft strength will be greater than
the estimates of a month ago. In the
original estimate only six delegates
from Kentucky were claimed for-Taft,
only eight from Massachusetts, and
the votes of New York, Illinois, Wis
consin and Indiana were counted solid
for favorite son candidates. Mr. Taft
has two Instructed delegates from
Illinois, t,wo from New York, one from
Wisconsin, at least twelve from Ken
tucky and twenty from Massachusetts.
He has lost expected Instructions from
Porto Rico and from Nevada. In the
other states the original claims have
been strengthened, particularly in the
south, where he will receive a good
part of about 100 delegates conceded
at first to the opposition.
The movement for Mr. Taft is ap-J
parently overcoming all opposition. As
asserted by The Bee a few days ago,
barring a political upheaval, his nom
ination as the republican standard
bearer in the coming campaign may
be looked for by a practically unan
imous vote.
Iff OMAHA' 8 TAVOR.
The complete opinion of the Inter
state Commerce commission, now ac
cessible in official form, in the case
brought by Lincoln demanding equal
rates with Omaha on certain commod
ity shipments from the south and
southwest as of right shows the deci
sion to be really favorable to Omaha,
although granting part of Lincoln's de
mands. The opinion of the commission,
voiced by Commissioner Prouty, re
affirms a preceding decision in favor
of Omaha aa entitled to differentials
because of peculiar conditions of com
petition and natural geographical ad
vantage. Quoting from the opinion the
commission says:
Taking everything into account, it ia
apparent that the coat of handling traffic
from Kansas City to Omaha and Lincoln
la practically the same and that difference
In expense does not Justify the mainte
nance of a higher rate to the complainant
city than to Its rival. Justification for
theaa higher rates must be found, there
fore, if at all,- In commercial and com
petitive conditions rather than In added
ooat of service.
Taking up the articles with respect
to which complaint waa made sepa
rately, the conclusion la reached that
with reference to coal an arbitrary of
16 cents per ton higher to Lincoln than
to Omaha is not unwarranted; that
with reference to cement and paving
brick, the 3-cent arbitrary in favor of
Omaha la too high and ahould be cut
to 1 cents; that with reference to
lumber, rice, glass, salt, egg fillers and
sugar the rates to Lincoln and Omaha
from points of origin in Kansas and
south and west of the Mississippi river
should be the same.
In arriving at thla conclusion, with
reference to the articles on which Lin
coln is entitled to the same ratea as
Omaha, warrant is found in the
changed conditions of manufacture and
market governing each particular item.
Abolition of the arbitrary on lumber
ia justified by the transfer of the main
sources of lumber supply from Minne
sota and Wisconsin to the lower Mis
sissippi and the Pacific coast Aboil
tlon of te arbitrary on rice la Justified
by the transfer of the main sources of
aupply from Sou th Carolina to the ric
fielda of Louisiana and Texas. Aboli
tion of the arbltraryon glass is justi-
. fled by th change. In the rrain source
of supply from Indiana and the east to
the gas belt of Kansas. Abolition of
the arbitrary on salt la Justified by the
change in the main source of supply
from Michigan to Hutchinson and
other Kansas producing points. Aboli
tion of the arbitrary on egg case fillers
is Justified by the change in the main
source of supply from Iowa to the gas
belt In Kansas. Abolition of the arbi
trary on sugar from the south relates
only to shipments originating west of
the Mississippi river, not including New
Orleans, and ia justified by the devel
opment of sugar production west of
the Mississippi In the south and In the
beet sugar fields of the west.
What the commission has decided
then is that Omaha's right to a differ
ential by reason of Its Missouri river
location and competitive traffic con
ditions must rest upon the merits of
the conditions governing each particu
lar class of commodities and that as
these conditions change the differen
tials may be properly changed up or
down, or completely wiped out when
ever the reason for the original differ
ence 'disappears. The position of the
commission, however, is diametrically
opposed to the absolute distance tariff
Idea behind whose advocates Lincoln
and a number of Interior Nebraska
cities and towns have been ranged
from time to time.
FORESTRY LAW UPHELD.
The decision of Judge Lewis of the
federal court of Colorado sustaining
the national forestry laws, although in
conflict with the Colorado state laws
relating to grazing on public lands,
will prove of special Interest to stock
growers of the west. The issues in
the case were squarely joined and the
stock growers will doubtless appeal to
the higher courts for final decision.
In the Colorado case a cattleman
was enjoined by the federal authorities
from permitting his cattle to go upon
the Holy Cross forest reservation, al
though the reservation was unfenced
and the Colorado atate laws allow cat
tle to grate at large. The Colorado
Cattle and Horse Growers' association
filed a demurrer denying the right of
the' federal government to prevent a
Colorado cattleman from turning his
cattle out to graze, as authorised by
the Colorado state law, which has been
sustained by the supreme court of the
state, but Judge Lewis overruled the
demurrer.
Judge Lewis ruling, if sustained In
the higher courts, will have the effect
of forcing a radical change in opera
tions of the western stock growers. In
effect it holds that the stockmen must
assume the duty of keeping their cat
tle off government reservations, In
stead of requiring the government to
protect its property from the grazing
herds. Whether this rule will apply
to all public lands or only to forest
reservations is not clear, but it em
phasizes the point that the federal
courts hold the government regula
tions supreme in control of govern
ment property, regardless of state en
actments with which they may conflict.
MR. BBTAtf'8 PUT SHOW PRIZES.
To all appearances Colonel Bryan
has again overlooked another oppor
tunity, if he has not made a serious
political mistake, by his donation of
prizes to be awarded to ribbon win
ners at "the first annual pet show"
(dogs,, cats, rabbits, ponies, etc.) now
being held In Lincoln. Through the
Commoner Colonel Bryan has offered
two prises of $2.50 each (gold stand
ard money) "for the best English Bet
ter" and "for the best Irish setter." No
one not on the inside can know hla rea
sons for limiting these prizes to Irish
and English setters, or to setters of
any breed or variety, especially when
the field presents such alluring possi
bilities for hanging up prizes that
would warm the hearts and appeal to
the voters of other dog-loving nation
alities. Why should Colonel Bryan exhibit
favoritism to setters? (' It must be be
cause the Bryan' followers are dis
tinctly in the setter class, much to the
disgust of eastern democrats, who need
not be named. He may have personal,
as he is known to have political ob
jections, to Pointers, but votes count
and the polntera are, always in the
lead. The Johnson men, in Minnesota
and elsewhere, will doubtless be
prompt in calling attention to the fact
that while Colonel Bryan is distribut
ing prizes to English and Irish set
ters he ia doing absolutely nothing for
the Great Dane, nothing for the Ger
man dachshund, nothing for the Scotch
collie. Mr. Bryan should also have
offered a prize for the water spaniel,
if he cares anything at all about the
floating vote, and, unless he is ready to
concede Massachusetts to Hearst, he
baa made a tactical mistake in ignor
ing the Boston Terrier. He may be
warranted in disregarding the poodles,
the pussy cats, the Pomeranians and
other mollycoddle pets, as their , ad
mirers seldom have votes, but he Is
taking mighty long and risky chances
when he allows his prejudices to lead
him into playing favorites among pets
when he might so easily have covered
safe by sticking to the democratic don
key. The returns bytheUx commissioner
of railroad property in Lincoln subject
to the new terminal tax law foots up
over f2.000.000 and even at that la de
nounced in the Lincoln newspapers as
grossly Inadequate. Assuming that the
city taxes in Lincoln are approximately
1 per cent, the terminal tax law will
give that city an additional revenue on
at least three-fourths of these returns,
or upward of $15,000 a year. In the
tight for terminal taxation four years
ago the advocates of this reform had to
I nieet the open opposition of the legis
lative members from Lincoln and two
years ago had only for the most part
their passive support. The reason will
some day he fully disclosed.
The Lincoln Journal is lamenting be
cause the law which requires presiden
tial electors to be "strictly private citi
zens does not likewise apply to dele
gates to the national nominating con
ventions. "If only strictly private citi
zens were allowed to serve as national
delegates," it says, "the effect would
be, If not magical, at least noticeable.
It would make no difference In the re
sult if the electors were postmasters,
senators, national bankers and every
thing else forbidden by law." Why
does not the Journal Include members
of the legislature in Its prohibited
classes?
Why should claim agents at Wash
ington slice off 20 per cent of the
money collected from the national
treasury owed to officers and privates
of Nebraska's Volunteer regiments that
served In the Spanish-American war?
Why should not any Just claim on be
half of the state be presented and col
lected at Washington by our regularly
paid representatives without any mid
dleman or middlemen's profits?
The word of "the only good rail
road" in Nebraska muBt be below par.
Its returns for terminal taxation in
Lincoln have been reduced by the city
tax commissioner about 40 per cent
and the asHeBsors In some other coun
ties are following the same course. It
Is surely a paradox when a railroad Is
not to be allowed to pay as much taxes
as it wants, to pay.
If Omaha Is to forge constantly
ahead. It must continue to project and
carry out all the needed public im
provements as they may be required
to keep abreast of other thriving cities
of our class. Remember this when vot
ing on bond propositions next Tuesday.
Omaha will some day realize the ad
vantage that belongs to it by reason
of being located on a navigable stream
and then it wiy wonder how it man
aged to get along for more than fifty
years without making use of the Mis
souri as a transportation highway.
"Mr. Harrlman," says a New York
paper, "could walk from New York
to San Francisco without stepping off
his own property or property that he
controls." Perhaps, . but It is a safe
wager that he won't
"Bryan would de'feat'the ticket If
Johnson were nominated," says the
Milwaukee Sentinel. Other demo
crats seem equally convinced that
Bryan would defeat the tlcrfet if Bryan
were nominated. ;
Adrisre Police of Prosperity.
St. Louis CJlobe-Democrat.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson predicts
that 1908 will be a famous year for crone In
thla country. Th attempted panic appears
to be on Its last legs.
Explanations Overlooked.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The war scare venders fall to explain
how, If we are under peril of attack we can
afford to send all our best battleships
around the world, where they cannot be
used in case of emergency.
The Hisible Prune's Reward.
Chicago Tribune.
At last the patient and long suffering
prune, tired of being a butt of ridicule, has
turned upon its tormentors by registering a
crop shortage and Jumping skyward in
price. Herewith the once humble prune
takea its place among the luxuries. If you
want It henceforth you will have to
order it.
Senatorial Opposition to President.
Boston Transcript.
Still another condition has operated
against the adoption of the president's
program, and that is the strong, if sil
ent, opposition of many republican senators
to grant any extension of his policies in
legislation. What has been done has been
done. To attempt to undo It would be aa
futile as Inexpedient, but the step beyond,
the advancement of federal supervision
farther afield in the bualnes of the country,
so many senators were unwilling to take,
or to authorise, that their tacit determi
nation checked their colleagues and limited
their sympathies with the executive to ao
many "pious aspirations." The republican
leaders realise that they have a strenuous
campaign ahead of them, and wish to be
unencumbered, aa far as possible, with ex
planations or apologies. They desire to
enter the contest in light-marching order.
Adjournment of Coasjrress,
New York Independent.
In five of the last eight presidential cam
paign years congress was in session after
the first of the national conventions. In
one of those yeara it did not adjourn until
October; in two It was in aesslon until
August. This year,- the first of the con
ventions will be held on June 17. It will
not be right nor will it be good politics
for the republican majority to adjourn con
gress four or five weeks hence with such
a legislative record aa haa been made up
to the present time, or with what promises
to be the record then. The success of the
party at the polls In November can be
more effectively promoted by prompt and
wise action in congress upon important
questions which have thus far been avoided
or neglected, than by the campaign work,
largely for personal Interests, for which
members would be released by so early
an adjournment
Pure Flavorings
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Flavoring
Extracts
Vanflla
Lemon
Orange)
Roes, eta
have been given the
preference and are now
used and appreciated by
millions of housewives
who have used them foi
half a century.
DK WHY'S lY AT MIMIA.
Tenth Anniversary of the Battle and
Its llolt.
Karly In the morning of May 1, l'S. ten
j oars ago, the American battle fit ft of
six ships lined up within shooting distance
of the Spanish fleet of ten war vessels In
Manila harbor. Standing on the bridge of
the flagship Olympic Commodore Osorge
lewfy guve to his captain this metnorablo
order: "You may fire when you are
ready, Orldlcy." In a few moments were
heaid the eliola which demolished the Span
ish fleet, the harbor defenses at Cavlte and
gave the I'nlled State a foothold In the
orient. At 7:.H. after two hours' fighting,
there was a lull In the storm of shot and
shell poured on the doomed fleet. At 1ft
o'cloik the battle Was renewed ahd at 11:30
Spanlxh power was driven front the waters
of the Philippines.
"The stoiy of the balth hs been told
so many times there is nothing new that
I can add," said Admiral Dewey recently.
"There Is one popular misconception, how
ever, that I would be glad to correct. That
Is the story that after two hours of fight
ing we slopped for breakfast. We didn't
stop to eat: breakfast was an afterthought.
We slopped because It was Incorrectly re
ported that our ammunition was running
low, but this was not so, as we learned
when the captains came aboard the flag
ship. While the conference was In prog
ress the nien had breakfast, but they wrr
Impatient to he at the fight again. 1
verily believe that the hand of Gcd was In
our war with Spain. Why, Just think of
It'. In the two battles, Manila bay and
Santiago, the Spanish navy was practically
wiped from the sou and the Spaniards lial
regarded theJr navy as superior to our
own. And Jimt one American life was lost
In the two battles: They won't believe It
a hundred years from now. When the
story Is related a century hence peopl
will say: 'Oh, well, those Yankees always
were given to telling big tales." "
Dewey's action in Cutting the cables di
rectly after he had destroyed Montojo's
ships has become as famous as Sherman's
daring decision to cut loose from his base
of supplies and march his army from At
lanta to the sea. Mr. James A. Scrymser.
president of the Central and South Amer
ican Telegraph company, has added a bit
of Interesting history to that cable-cutting
affair. "Probably not more than 10) per
sons," Mr. Scrymser said, "are aware that
the cable which Dewey actually cut was
not the one connecting Manila with Hong
Kong and thence with Europe, but a small
one which merely crossed the harbor, Con
necting Manila with Cavite.
"One end of this cable was taken on
board the Olympla. Our company received
at one of Its South American stations a
message which showed without question
that It had emanated from Manila only a
few hours before.
"That startling Information was tele
graphed to Washington and laid before
tho Navy department and the Board of
Strategy, which held an extra and ex
tended aesslon to consider It. To find
that Manila and Madrid were In direct
hourly communication with each other
when It had been supposed that the Phil
ippines, were entirely Isolated, was Indeed
a disturbing piece of Intelligence.
"A suggestion which I made at this mo
ment to that secret meeting was happily
received. It was that this government
should- make Immediate and formal protest
to Great Britain against the reception at
Hong Kong and transmission thence of
cable message between Manila and Madrid
this on the grounds that Hong Kong was
British territory and that the transmission
of such messages was a violation of neu
trality. This was done at once, and with
out delay the British . government seals
were put on the cable ends in Hong
Kong.
"It was also my proposition that a spe
cial cable be laid from Manila to near
Hong Kong for the use of the United States
government.
" "But," said President McKlnley, to
whom the proposal waa made, Mf It is a
violation of neutrality of one belligerent
to cable by way of the neutral British port
to Hong Kong, why would it not be a vio
lation for the other?"
." 'It would," I admitted, 'If the cable
was laid direct to the city or landed any
where on British or Chinese soil. But
what Is to hinder the anchoring of a ship
outside the marine league, making that a
cable station and transmitting messages to
and from Hong Kong by means of a fast
dispatch boat?"
"This was considered by the Board of
Strategy and was approved. But the cost
11,000,000 there waa the rub. No euch
amount waa Immediately available, and
It could not be obtained without a soeclal
act of congress. The congress would have
had to have known the specific reason for
the outlay before approving it, and then
all the world would have known It. That
put congress out of the question.
"It waa In this emergency that Mr. J.
Plerpont Morgan authorised the Navy de
partment to draw on him at sight for
1,000,000."
The record of the United States In the
Philippines for ten yeara is summarized
from official documents, as follows:
American soldiers killed or dead of di
sease, 5,000. 1
Estimated cost of Islands, (400,000.000.
Present annual cost to us, 117,000,000.
Total troops sent to Islands, 160,000.
Number now there, 14.000.
Benefit to 'United States consists mainly
in "knowledge ot the duty done."
For the Filipinos we have established
upright Judiciary, publlo schools; built 600
mllea of highways, ninety additional light
houses; netted islands with telegraph lines;
established postal system; encouraged rail
way building and banking capital; opened
publlo domain; bought friars' lands; abol
ished inquisition system; equalized taxa
tion; established stable currency; improved
sanitation; preserved forests; guaranteed
freedom of speech, liberty of press, and
right to assemble and petition for redress
of grievances, and Instituted the archi
pelago's first elective assembly.
Admiral Cnglan, retired, commander of
the Baltimore in the battle, dates the ex
pansion of the navy from that historic May
day. 'vphe greatest change," says the ad
miral, "has, of course, been the great In
crease in the strength of our navy. Never
in the history of the world has a nation
Increased ita sea power within any period
of ten years aa we have since the war
with Spain. We had then four battleships.
We now have twenty-five, nearly all of
which are In commission. The four others
which are under construction should soon
be ready for service. You might emphasize
this: that any one of these newer battle
ships which we have built since the battle
of Manilla would have been more than a
match for the entire fleet which Admiral
Dewey commanded.
"The other advances. They have been
notable and many. There is the increase
in the rapidity of fire. We now have ac
tual rapid fire. But in those days such
appliances aa we were Introducing might
be described aa tending to, well, say, de
crease slowneaa of fire; that would be the
beat way to express what we were doing
then. Then the minimum of time required
between shots ot the heavy pieces waa two
and a half minutes. Now the maximum Is
about forty seconds. -
"The Improved gun merhanlam permitted
of a vastly increased rapidity In firing.
The teluecoplc sight brought about a vast
.improvement In accuracy, especially when
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These meals are always ready; and
what do you know that's so good?
You will never bake beans at home again when you
once learn the difference between yours and Van Camp's.
Note how nutty our beans are how mealy, .-None art
browned, none are broken; all are baked alike.
And note what a delicious blend we get. It comes from
baking the beans, the tomato sauce and the pork all
together.
It isn't your fault, but you cannot be
gin to bake beans as we bake them
You lack the facilities. Beans must be baked in a very
fierce heat, else they are not digestible.
We bake ours 90 minutes at 245 degrees. - "
Then we bake in live steam. That's .why our beans .
don't brown, don't burst. That is why they are all bjikec
alike, and baked well. That's why they are .mealy, 'yet
nutty. . . , , ,
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Van Camp's pork and beans
baited with tomato sauce ;
Then you can't get the beans that we get, for purs are
selected by hand from the choicest beans grown. -
We pay for them seven times what some beans would
cost. '
Then our tomatoes are ripened on the vines not ia
shipment. They are picked when the juice fairly sparkles.
That gives to our sauce the zest which you don't get in other
sauce.
The millions of people who know Van
Camp's never want home-baked beans
We have spent 47 years in learning how to best prepare
this dish. Is it any wonder we know ? (
Don't judge Van Camp's by some other brands that are
cheapened at every point. It pays to get the best In beans,
because your people will eat them more frequently; eat -them
in place of meat.
And beans are Nature's choicest food--84 per ' cent
nutriment.
10, 15 and 20 per can.
Van Camp Packing Company, Indianapolis, Ind.
firing at long range. One observer had be
come so much Impressed with this ac
curacy that he sought to tell about It In
this wise: The captain peering through
hla binoculars at a ship Just above the
horizon, says to the captain of a six-Inch
gun: 'lilt that fellow on the bridge In
the eye.' 'Aye, aye,' says the gun captain,
'which eye?" "
PERSONAL. NOTES.
Scotch whisky has been hit by the pure
food law, but Scotch whisky is a hard hitter
itself.
If less tragic, the sinking of a British
cruiser by a Yankee liner might cause Mr.
Reuterdahl to cheer up.
Because the kaiser scorched his mustache
In lighting a cigarette, an entire revision of
Teutonic fashion plates will become neces
sary. Captain Frank R. McCoy, military aide to
President Roosevelt, la In Cuba to Investi
gate whether conditions there warrant the
withdrawal of the American troops.
President Roosevelt is to have a large
stork, captured by James Hallock of Mount
Carmel, Ind., if he will consen to take It.
The stork la a very large specimen, and at
the suggestion of a number of Hallock's
neighbors, he haa written to the president
telling him of the capture and asking if
he will receive the bird aa a present.
E. T. Williams, newly appointed consul
general to Tientsin, who arrived in San
Francisco Sunday, says that the most sig
nificant feature in the awakening of China,
and what promises to be the most potent
factor In raising the empire to the level of
great western nations, ia the earnestness
with which the government is pursuing Its
policy of general education. Mr. Williams,
who has been In the orient for twenty-one
years. Is on hla way to assume hla consular
duties, having been appointed on March 4.
TAPPING THE Fl'NNV DONE,
"Mr Pedagogue la an old-time teacher.
He believes In the rod to brighten up dull
'Well Isn't that the natural way to make
them smart T"-Baltimore American.
"An outlaw ball player," she repeated lr.
a puzzled way; "why. I didn't "PP-
they'd let an outlaw play. What did he
"Hlmt Stole a base."-Philadelphia
Ledger.
Doctor Those remittances from your
popular songs ought to be very soothing
to your nerves.
Muielan-They are, doctor; regular
composing drafta.-Baltlm.oro American.
"Have you ever been spoken of aa a
noestble presidential candidate?"
P "'Yei i" answered Senator Sorghum. "My
boom la not as conspicuous as It might be,
GIVE UP WORK
S WEAKENED CONDITION
Mr Earl McCoy, living at 150 South
Branson street, Marion, Ind., ha passed
through an experience that Is being dupli
cated every day In every town and city
of any consequence in the United States.
It furnlshea abundant proof of the cor
rectneas of U T. Cooper's theory In regard
to the degeneracy of the human stomach,
and ahows conclusively the merit pob
essed by his New Discovery medicine to
restore the weakened system to full
strength and vigor.
Mr. MeCoy aays: "For a long time I
have been a sufferer from atomach
trouble. I was unable to retain any food,
and became ao weak and run down that
I wet compelled to atop work. My sys
tem waa nearly a wreck, and I had tried
to many remedies and spent o much
money without deriving any benefit, that
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7'Utor
if
tllipinii.ii ii.iji
but It ts entitled iff sa much -consideration
as a lot of them. When I was a small boy
my uncle placed hla hand upon my head
and remarked, 'My "boy, you may be presi
dent some day !" Washington Star.
Eminent Statesman"What. are the In
fernal newspapers saying about me now,
Chlcksey?'"
Private Secretary "They haven't' men
tioned your name for a month, senator."
Kminent Statesman "Blank daetl the
newspapers!" Philadelphia Press.
"Was he sound asleep?"
"If there was half, as much sleep as
sound, he was." Houston Post.
"James," said Mr. Rakeley, . "I believe
you saw me er saluting the nurse
maid." '
"Why, yes, sir," replied the butler. ,
"Well, It'a best to keep quiet about
It. Do you understand?"
"Yes, sir," replied James, with upturned
palm, "silence la golden, sir." Indianapolis
News. ' .
"The last time I saw Miss Kutely she
had a Job as collector running down
old accounts for a wealthy, manufacturer."
"She'a got a better Job now running up
new accounta for a wealthy manufacturer.
She married her employer." Philadelphia
Press.
Senator Crane came smiling from the
White House.
"You muat have hit it off pretty well with
the president," remarked a friend.
"Hit it off! I should say so," answered
the senator. "Why" he was so good-natured
that he unconsciously called me Mr. Btork."
Philadelphia Ledger. ,
BRIGHT FKET OF MAY.
, mm tm t
Horatlus Bbnar. ' '.
Trip along, bright feet of May, ' '
Trip along from day to day;
Trip along in sun and showers,
Trip along and wake the flower.
Trip along the breezy hills.
Trip bc-side the gathering rills;
Trip along In light and song.
Trip away, all bright and gay.
Trip away, bright feet of May.
Trip along when morning shines.
Trip along when day declines.
Trip along when In the night
Moon and stars are sparkling bright!
Trip across the sunny sea,
Over cloud-land, high and free;
Trip along In light and song,
Trip away, all fresh and gay.
Trip away, bright feet of May.
Trip along the budding wood,
O'er the moorland solitude;
Trip through garden, field and brake.
Trip beside the gleaming lake;
Revel In the star-loved dew.
Drink the clear sky's summer blue;
Trip along in light and song,
Trip away, all fresh and gay.
Trip away, bright feet of May.
Trip along, and aa you move,'
Fill the springing earth of love.
Fill of love the sunlight free.
Fill of love the bounding sea.
The love of him who gave to May
The sweetest of its smiling day.
Trip along In light and song.
Trip awav, all fresh and gsy.
Trip away, bright feet of May.
BECAUSE OF
I became discouraged and gave up hope
of ever being well again.
"I heard a great deal of Mr. Cooper's
theory and medicine, and after much
hesitation decided to try It. The result
waa a pleasant surprise. Before I haJ
taken half of the first bottle I waa able
to retain all food eaten, and my strength
began to return. I have taken aix or
seven bottle, and am feeling floe. I cat
and aleep well, do not cough at nlgnt,
and am able to perform a hard day's
work. I can cheerfully recommend Coop
er's New Discovery, . for It has done
wonders for me."
The Cooper remedies are meeting with
remarkable success wherever they' are In
troduced. They are without a rival In
toning up a weakened and run-down ostein-
W aell thera. Beaton Drug Co .
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