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WHEJf OCT OF TOWN. .
Subscriber leaving? the city tem
porarily should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address Trill be
changed aa often as requested.
May will be remembered as the
month with wheat higher than heat.
Oklahoma has been Blow in passing
laws prohibiting floods and cyclones.
"How can labor be put to work?!'
asks a. St. Louis editor. By putting
the Idle dollars to work.
If Senator Piatt will not attend the
Chicago convention, someone else will
have to pick a Vice president. .
v.."I write when the fit takes me."
Bays Jack Lon.$or who should consult
some specialist and be cured of fits.
Washington society is now showing
much q.ueue-rloslty over the report
that Wu Ting-fang wears false hair.
The bubonic plague lp under control
In Venezuela, but the country Is still
suffering from its Castronld plague.
"It is pleasant to dig up a rich rela
tive," says a St. Louis editor. And
more pleasant to have a rich relative
dig up.
"Will, Mr. Bryan withdraw grace-Lhl1.
fully T" asks the New York World. f
Mr. Bryan withdraws at all it will be
awkwardly
Attention is called in tha fart hot
no improvement ha. been made in the
style of fish hooks in 200 years. Same
Is true of fish Btorles.
A Brooklyn man who recently died
left half his fortune, to a bartender.
Most men attend to 'that part of the
Job during their lifetime
This effort to place a ban on merry
widow hats should be stooped. The
hats are big enough now, without plac-
ing anything else on them.
According to the local democratic
organ, "the present democratic city
council Tjf Omaha, is proving true to its
own record." We think so, too.
Admiral Evans Insists that we need
Aitf! ..v 7 . ?
the Atlantic and the other for the Pa-
clflc.
one.
Make it three. Manawa needs
No anti-trust law will be invoked
ageinst the church merger which is
on the boards for Omaha, even though
It may be a combination in restraint
of spiritual trade.
The tixodus from Washington of
congressional v subordinates has begun
without waiting for adjournment.
Congress "voted, them their extra pay
about a week ago.
Colonel Bryan's official press agent
accuses the Johnson people of not
making a.' fair fight. Put it down as
settled that Bryan and Johnson will
not- b yoked together on the same
ticket.
The comptroller of the currency is
preparing new rules for the guidance
of bank examiners. One of the rules
should require examiners to reveal the
condition of
a shaky bank before it 1
closes.
Ex-Secretary Leslie M. Shaw has de-
llvered an address in which he tells us
that some radical president might as
sume absolute power and become an
American dictator. Having been prop
erly warned, it will be our own fault
if we tall to le( Mr, Shaw pick a safe
and sane president tor us '
DISTRIBUTING 1MM1GRAST LABOR.
The Prpartment of Commerce and
Labor and the Postofflce department
have agreed upon a new plan to divert
Immigrant labor from the congested
cities to the rural districts.- In spite
of the report always current that la
bor Is In great demand on farms,
there has heretofore been a lack of
methods for bringing the Idle labor of
the cities and the farmers la need of
help Into communication. It Is pro
posed to have labor department agents
In the cities obtain names and data
concerning the unemployed and to
have the Postofflce department
through Its rural free delivery carriers
secure similar imormauon aooui
farmers who are seeking laborers, the
character of the work and the rate of
wages. The two departments In co
operating would In effect form a na
tional employment bureau.
If present plans are carried out
these departments will establish one
of these Information stations in each
of the large cities of the country, with
all the facilities for conducting an em
ployment agency organized In the
most systematic manner. Thus any
one who, applying for Information as
to the demand for labor In any state,
county or township, could get it at a
moment's notice. The data, collected
by the federal officials, would Include
the kind of labor, rate of wages, school
facilities, even the number of people
in a neighborhood who speak the lan
guage of the applicant.
For many , years there has been too
much crowding of cities by Immi
grants, many of whom come from
farms in foreign countries, who have
found it impossible to find employment
In the great centers of population.
They have remained in the cities, not
only increasing the population out of
employment, but in too many , cases
becoming a real burden by overcrowd
ing the trade and labor markets. The
new plan will be of great benefit to the
cities and country alike if it serves
to bring about a reasonably fair dis
tribution all over the country of the
million of immigrants coming an
nually to the United States" in search
for homes or employment. "
10 BLOCK FJL1B USTKRWQt
Annoyed and disgusted by the time-
killing filibustering tactics which the
democrats in the house at Washington
have been employing for some weeks,
the leaders of both parties are giving
serious consideration to a proposition
to install an electrical or mechanical
device for the recording of votes of
members. Under the practice now
prevailing and under the rules govern
ing the house, roll calls may be de-
mftnded on mogt trivial ouestlons: It
,nla from twentv-flva t.n fnrrv mln.
I utes to call the roll of the house mem-
berg' and this fact furnishes a minor
ity or any clique 'of a dozen members
with unlimited facilities for taking up
the time of a session in roll calls, .
John Sharp Williams, the leader of
the house minority, has employed the
filibustering tactics to their limit in
the last few weeks, frequently causing
from a dozen to twenty roll calls a day.
The effect has been practically to halt
legislation and to prevent proper con
sideratlon of measures pending before
the house. With a mechanical vote
register members would record their
votes by pressing a button and the vote
enulrl h tnlcnn in flv rtr ton mlnutaa
,,,.mn,.,n. t0(,,na
nerVe-racklng process of calling off
383 names every time the ayes and
noes are demanded and depriving fill
busters of whatever party of their
m0Bt formldable weapon
"TBS PBILlPriKB MEHACe."
The American Economist, the offl-
c,af organ of the American Tariff
leaue. renewed its warfare
alnBt the candidacy of Mr. Taft for
the republican presidential nomination
by flooding the country with a pam-
Phlet entlted "The Philippine Men
ace." This document seeks to show that
Mr. Taft's proposition to reduce the
duty on Philippine products coming to
this country would be ruinous to the
beet sugar and tobacco industries in
this country. The pamphlet goes on to
urge that if the sugar production of
the Philippines Is encouraged, as Mr
Taft urges, the output would soon be
Increased to 1,600,000 tons annually
Pr ven more' and the result would be
L ...7
to upset the world s sugar markets
and confiscate all the capital invested
in American sugar farms and fac
torles.
The Economist's 'assertions belong
In the class of "Important If true,'
which they are far from being. Ac
cording to the report of the bureau of
statistics Just published, the produc-
tion of sugar In the Philippines last
year waa a little in excess of 280,000
tons, or lees than one-sixth the
amount piacea ny we .Economist as
being "a menace" to the world's mar
ket and America's sugar Interests. In
his address before" the congressional
committee on the Philippine tariff, Mr
Taft said:
It Is a mere dream to believe that ever
,n tha PhlllPFln 'r.ds we shall go be-
yond 400,000 to 500,600 tons, and that 1
a great many years. ... It will require
forty to fifty millions (of dollars) to
raise the production ouf there to 600.000
tons yearly. ... I do . not hope that
we are going to improve the sagar in
..... w I. iulana In --- V.a
yond tn blghe.t tou., whlcn tliev h,v.
raised and exported in tha past years
160.000 tons.
The sugar production of the world
lis about 13,000,000 tons annually, and
the amount being produced in the
llipplnes, or that is possible to have
produced there in tne next aecaae, can
notbe "a menace" to tha sugar pro-
duceM of any country. The Ei-on
omist
stats that 1? 10 per cent 'of
.cultural area of tha Philip-
I tha ag
pines suitable for sugar production
ere devoted to that purpose It would
produce all the sugar consumed In the
nlted States, both domestic and Im
ported.
Perhaps, but the Filipinos have
neither sufficient energy nor sufficient
capital to bring such an area of sugar
land into cultivation for several gen
erations. Recent reports are that the
sugar industry in the islands is lag
ging and that It will even be necessary
to Import rice and other food products
to the archipelago this year. The
menace" of excessive sugar produc
tion Is not to be feared from a people
ho have difficulty in raising food
stuffs to supply their own wants.
"GOOD WORDS FOB Em."
Judge Edgar Howard, who runs a
hide-bound democratic partisan organ,
nown as the Columbus Telegram, has
been traveling in the west-land and
writing his observations for his paper.
Judge Howard may not be preaching
democracy, but he tells the indisputa
ble truth when he says:
No Nebraskan need be ashamed of tha
overnor of his own state when that of fl
at goes visiting. We crossed the trail of
Governor Sheldon and his Nebraska
colonels several times and all along the
route western people "who had met the gov
ernor were saying good words for him. I
am not always in harmony with the views
of Governor Sheldon, but I must admire
him In his capacity aa a man and I must
say that in his capacity as a governor his
walk has been clean.
A tribute like this out of the camp
of the political enemy may be taken
without discount, but Judge Howard's
observations are only those that have
been made by other people, as well,
although Borne of them are politically
too narrow-minded to admit it pub
licly. No governor of Nebraska has
ever before been put where he had to
measure up by comparison with as big
men as has Governor Sheldon and no
other governor of Nebraska could have
come out of this test better than Gov
ernor Sheldon has done.
VAUDEVILLE POLITICS.
If free advertising abroad is what
our Nebraska democrats want, they
will surely look with favor on the as
pirations of Mayor "Jim" to occupy
the gubernatorial place on their state
ticket. The following from the Wash
ington Star, which is only one excerpt
of similar comment in other eastern
papers, shows that Mayor "Jim" still
rates high as a news Item:
The cowboy mayor of. Omaha would
make a rattling campaign for governor of
Nebraska. Vaudeville features would add
to the gaiety of the state. Blngtng, gags,
buck-and-wlng dancing and all the rest of
It would attract crowds, and votes might
be made. The suggestion that Mr. Bryan
does not look with favor on his friend's
splratlons Is disappointing. Who In Ne
braska has done more for the peerless
leader than "Jim" DahlmanT Take as a
sample of loyalty and affection the journey
Mr. Dahlman made to New York upon the
occasion of Mr. Bryan's return from his
trip around the world, and when the best
descriptive writers for the New Tork news.
papers exhausted their powers on the pic
ture of the meeting between mentor and
man. Maybe Mr. Bryan will think better
of the matter. He Is a man of gratitude,
and. knows the value of the spectacular In
politics.
Now, why not a little vaudeville
politics under the democratic tent in
Nebraska this year? The demo-pop
circus managers ' have tried about
everything 'else unsuccessfully' in this
state during the last ter years and
cannot fall down worse with a new
experiment Mayor "Jim" would be
his own publicity agent, scenic artist,
tage manager, orchestra and head
liner all at once.
The editor of the World-Herald, who
signed the power canal report, finds
fault with The Bee because it says
that the report is "indefinite" and
simply postpones the issue" and
leaves the question whether the project
la financially practicable "still in the
speculative stage." Several other
members of the citizens' committee
were persuaded to sign the report in
the belief that they were simply post
poning the issue, and now their signs
lures are to be used as endorsements
of the project. This ought to be suffi
cient proof that the report is "In
definite" and can be read any way
desired.
Within the year tha number of
stockholders of the United States Steel
corporation has increased from 68,000
to 05,000, of the Sugar trust from
14,000 to 20,000, of the Amalgamated
Copper company from 12,000 to 18,
000, of the New York Central from
16,445 to 22,098, and similar Increases
are shown In the number of stock own
ers of other corporations. As the
water is squeezed out-' of industrials
they offer temptations to investors that
do not appeal when speculation has
kept stocks above their real value.
Candidate Berge Is going to hire a
hall to explain how differently he
would run things If, he were chief ex
ecutive In place of Governor Sheldon
There are no signs, however, that any
considerable number of people In Ne
braska are seriously dissatisfied with
the way Governor Sheldon has been
running things In his rart of tha state
house.
A great public service has been ren
dered by Consul Church Howe, form
erly of Nebraska and now of Man
Chester, in sending home specific dl
rectlons how claimants to English es
tates may secure their inheritances
without being buncoed. Unfortu
nately, most of us cannot avail our
selves of these directions.
And now we are told that tha voclf
erous campaign against Bryan "finds
Its inspiration mostly la tha offices of
Harriman, Ryan, Morgan and the
Rockefellers." A little while ago wa
were assured that It waa James J. Hill
who was pulling the strings back of
the boom for Governor Johnson of
Minnesota. Has anything happened
in the Interval, besides Bryan and Hill
being photographed together, that en
titles Hill to be left out of the plu
tocratic conspiracy?
Our old friend and playmate, Tom
Blackburn, declares that he never rep
resented any public service corpora
tion "professionally, personally or po
litically." It really does not make
much difference, but everyone has not
forgotten the campaign in which
money put up by tha electric lighting
company beat municipal lighting and
put R. B. Howell on the Water board
at one and the same time under the
direction of Mr. Blackburn.
"How may I get my came mentioned
without committing some atrocious
crime?" asks a correspondent. Well,
you might announce your candidacy
for the vice presidential nomination at
Denver.
Mr. Bryan says the Issue of the cam
paign Is to be the regulation of railway
rates. He has also declared that gov
ernment ownership Is the only true
method of regulating railway rates.
The government experts of Brazil
have decided that the soil of that coun
try Is not adapted for the growth of
wheat. In other words, wheat will
not flourish In coffee grounds.
The Nebraska farmer does not need
a life preserver when he goes out to
work his land. As a producer of the
crops that feed the world, he Is a life
preserver, himself.
The Occidental Tooch.
Chicago Tribune.
Owing to the softening and refining in
fluence of occidental civilisation, liquor
and tobacco appear to be taking the place
of opium In China.
Saperflaona Words.
Chicago Record-Herald.
"Uncle Joe" has written a magazine arti
cle on "How a Bill Becomes a Law." He
has strung the article out over several
pages, when he might have explained it by
saying merely that a bill becomes a law
If he likes it and doesn't If he is opposed to
It.
Oatflow and Inflow.
Springfield Republican.
The outward movement of alien labor
since the year began has been almost ex
actly twice aa great as the Inward or Im
migration movement; whereas, a year ago.
Immigration waa over four times greater
than steerage emigration Moreover, the
outward movement does not tend to slacken,
It waa greater In April than In any one of
the three previous months. This is not In
dicative of business Improvement.
Credulous Grab tha Bait.
Ban Francisco Chronicle.
There Is an astonishing quantity
of
credulity In the United States despite the
ract that education of a sort Is pretty gen
erally diffused. , ;Nqt long ago the post
office authorities were bothered by people
who were under the impression that the'col-
lectors of 1,000.000 canceled postage stamps
are entitled to some sort of a reward: now
the Treasury department Is afflicted by In
quirers who ask for Information respecting
the method tuat must be adopted to en
able persons to receive their share of al
leged per capita circulation.
THE WHIRLIGIG OP TIME.
Leaf from the History of Roose
Telt'a Career.
Collier's Weekly.'
Real light on Mr. Roosevelt Is shed by
private letter which has come Into our
hands, and which has more personality
than many of tha president's longer docu
ments: Btate of New Toik. Assemhlv Chamber.
Albany, April 80, 1SS4. Dear Mr. North:
1 wish to write you a few words to thank
you for your kindness toward me, and to
assure you that my head will
not be turned by what I well
know waa- a mainly accidental suc
cess. Although not a very old man. I
have yet lived a great deal In my life
and I have known sorrow too hitter, and
Joy too keen, to allow me to become either
cast down or elated for mora than a very
brief period over my success or defeat.
I havo very little expectation of being
able to keep on in politics: my success so
far has only been won by absolute Indlf
feren. e as to my futui career; for I
doubt If any one can realise the bitter end
venomous hatred with which I am re
gaxded by the very politicians who. at
Utlca, supported me, under dictation from
masters who were influenced by political
considerations that were national and not
local In their scope.
I realise very thoroughly the absolutely
ephemeral nature of the hold I have upon
the people, and the very real and positive
hostility I have excited among the politi
cians. I will not stay In public life unless
I can do so on my own terms; and my
ideal, whether lived up to or not, Is rather
a high one.
For many reasons I will not mind going
back Into private life for a few years. My
work this winter has been very harassing,
and l reel both tired and restless: for the
next few months I shall nrobab v be in
Daketa, and I think I shall spend the
next two or three years In making shoot
Ing trips .either in the far west or In the
great northern woods and there will be
plenty of work to do writing. If you are
ever In or near New York, let me know;
and I hope to have the pleasure of seeing
you In my home, either on 1-ong Island or
in New York; you will alwaya m sure of
a welcome. Very truly yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
When Mr. Roosevelt wrote this letter.
he was six months short uf 28 years old.
Since ho predicted the early termination
of his political career, twenty-four years
have passed, and tha last nineteen of
them he has spent enstantly in publlo of
fice. A few weeka after the data of this
letter, he went to the republican national
convention aa a delegate, and seemed to
further Insure his political oblivion by hit
terty opposing Blaine. Thereafter, this la
tha list of his political activities
188ft Republican candidate for mayor of
New York.
1889-18S6 National civil service commls
sloner.
1886-1887 President New York Police
board.
1W7-189S Assistant secretary of the
navy.
1R99-1900 Governor of New York.
1900-1801 Vic president of the United
Btates.
1301 to dits-rr5!dcr.t of th Ur.lt.d
States.
When he wrota this letter, Mr. Roose
velt waa Just finishing his second year as
an unpopular reformer In the New York
legislature. He addressed it t Simeon
N. D. North, editor and statistician. Mr
North Was then managing editor of the
Utlca Morning Herald, and had com
mended Mr. Roosevelt's course to the
legislature. Twenty-four yeara later found
Mr. North In President Roosevelt's ad
ministration as director of the census.
Will those politicians, petty and great,
who crlnga and fuas. and schema .and
He awake nights, and curry favor with
this Interest and that, to keep a desperate
and slippery tall hold on popular favor;
sea the celntt '
MEMORIAL DAY.
Fortieth Anniversary of Day Dedi
cated to the Talon's Heroes.
Forty years ago, with the rising of to
morrow's sun. the first Memorial day wss
formally observed In the northern states.
General John A. Logan, commander-in-chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
Issued an order designating May SO.
"for the purpose of strewing with flowers
or otherwise decorating the graves of com
rades who died In defense of their country
during the late rebellion." Kach succeed
ing Memorial day has been observed as
General Logan decreed and has grown
more sacred with each passing ypar. It la
the one day above all others In which
"Columbia sits at Memory's loom, wesvlng
In perfumed petals and reverential phrases
a texture that becomes fitting raiment for
the soldiers who have gone. Pacrtflc and
valor, courage and glory, threaded through
a woof of tears, set off In this spiritual
fabrio tha central design of the unton
saved."
The click of the shuttle of recollection Is
stilled for a moment while tha figure at the
loom turns to hear the tread of marohlng
columns. The vanguard moves by. Gtay
and bent, follow the thinned ranks of blue.
Here and there flutters a standard with
gath and seam as eloquent wltnesees of the
deeds done and the warriors given to keep
the tatured cloth. Even as the scarred
faces light, with pride under the treasured
battle flags the grtzsled column has passed,
all too soon. Behind It, with buoyant step
and flashing eye, tramp the heirs of 'S3.
Columbia bends closer to the forming
fabric. Through the strands a vision li
shaping. Mtmory has summoned to her
aid the fingers of Fancy and the stitches
now piece together the coming years. The
strands form a picture In which a tottering
group of white-haired men stumble Into
the perspective. They ar the last of the
host In whose deeds and deaths was writ
ten the perpetuity of the union.
A sob punctuates the rattle of the shuttle
Fancy's fingers vanish and Into the tex
ture of memory Is worked this legend:
Nor wreck, nor change, nor winter's blight,
Nor Time's remorseless doom.
Can dim one ray of holy light
That gilds your glorious tomb.
Each year adds to' the solemnity and sig
nificance of Memorial day. Every new gap
In the Grand Army files brings the nation
nearer" to the time when comrade hands
will no longer garland the graves of the
union dead. But the sadness of this pros
pect Is tempered by the consciousness that
the gallant heroes who remain will bear to
those who preceded them Into eternity the
testimony of a national gratitude, more
lasting, more holy and more profound than
has ever marked the memory of a departed
soldiery,
And while the memorial festoons, swayed
by the spring breexca, murmur a requiem
for those who have gone the comrade sur
vivors must thrill with the conscious gran
deur of the deeds that are reverenced on
Memorial day. The armies of the union
bullded better even than they knew.
Notwithstanding the fact that forty-two
years have elapsed since the civil war,
there are still a number of survivors of
the 153 men on both sides upon whom fell
the military responsibilities of the field In
the course of the war, the major generals
and those superior In rank. Tha number
of the "grand old men" of that great con
flict now living Is computed by the Now
York Tribune at twenty-one. Only one of
them is under 70 years of age, the average
age being more than 77.
There are nine surviving union major
generals, three confederate lieutenant gen
erals and nine cenfederata major generals.
Those- who fought In tha union armies are
Grenvllle M. Dodge of Council Bluffs, la..
and New York, 77 years old, who com
manded a corps In Sherman's march to the
sea; Benjamin H. Grlerson of Jacksonville,
111., 82 years old, a cavalry leader; Otis O.
Howard of Burlington, Vt., who will be 78
years old on November 8, and who played
a conspicuous part In the battles of Chan
cellorsvllle and Gettysburg; Wesley Mer-
rltt, 73 years old, a cavalry leader of
great dash and bravery, who was one of
the throe commissioners appointed to ar
range with the confederate commanders
for the surrender of the Army of Northern
Virginia; Nelson A. Miles of Washington,
who will be 89 years old on August 8;
Peter J. Osterhaus of Mannheim, Germany,
86 years old, who aided in the capture of
Lookout Mountain and after the capture of
Atlanta commanded one of the two corps
of Sherman's army; Daniel E. Sickles of
New York, who will be S3 years old In
October, the commander of the Third
Army corps at Chancellorsvllle and Gettys
burg, to whom credit has been- given' for
turning Gettysburg into a union victory:
Julius H. Stahel of New York, who will
attain the same age on November 5, a di
vision commander under Slgel, and James
Harrison Wilson of Wilmington, Del., who
will ba 71 years old on September I, a
cavalry leader. Of these. General Miles
was retired from the regular army In 1003
as a lieutenant general, and the proposi
tion to give General Howard a similar rank
on the retired list has been favorably
acted upon by the United States senate.
Of the confederate leaders the two
still surviving who rose to tho rank of
lieutenant general are Simeon B. Buckner
of Munfordvllle, Ky., who was years
old on April 1 and who prepared the de
fences of Mobile, and Alexander P. Stewurt
of Chattanooga, Tenn., who will celebrate
Ms eighty-seventh birthday on October I.
and who served as a corps commander
under Johnston. Stephen D. Lee. who de
feated Sherman at Chickasaw Bayou, Mlsa,
and served under Hood end Johnston, died
yesterday, In his seventy-fifth year. The
confederate major generals are u. w.
Lee of Burke. Va., who Is almost 78 years
old, a division commander In the Northern
Army of Virginia and an aide-de-camp of
President Da via; Robert F. Hoke of Ra
leigh, N. C, who will celebrate his scven-
tv-flrst birthday next Tuesday, a aivision
xnmmandnr under Johnston and In the
Army of Northern Virginia; Matthew C.
Butler of Washington, who was 72 years
on March a. a major general or cavairy,
L. L. Lomax. of Gettysburg. Penn., who
i. in hi seventy-third year, a cavalry
louder in the Army of Northern Virginia
Thomas U. Rosser, of Charlottesville. Va.,
who Is almost exactly one year younger
than General Lomax and served as an
artillery and cavalry officer, refusing to
aurrender with Iee, his superior; J.
iviin,.., f Orleans. France, who Is 7tl
years old; E. M. Law of Darlington, S.
r who la almost 71 years old; Samuel O.
tjw.,i, rf Pcnaacola. Fla.. who Is 80
v..r. old. and Will T. Martin, of Natchez,
Miss., who Is 75 years old, and who served
under Johnston and Hood.
Adlal Stevenson Dncks.
Brooklyn Eagle.
It is hla-h time that somebody "rr
tloned" as tho democratic candidate for
vice presidency. Adlia E. Stevenson taaes
no chances, and -puts himself beyond the
reach of danger early In the game by letting
tt be known that he wants to ba nominated
for the governorship of Illinois. Wise old
man!
Masterpiece of Brokerage.
Philadelphia Record.
A New York broker who failed for
million a few days ago has been Indicted
for larceny. Imprisonment for debt has
been abolished, but tha search, thus far
unsuccessful, for the customers' securities
it is thought may be materially assisted by
tha suggestion of a penitentiary aeoUnca.
84 Nutriment
Beans are Nature's choicest food
Better than meat cheaper by far
You don't eat enough of them, because beans cooked at
home are not cooked rightly. And cooking takes too long.
Beans, to be digestible, must be factory cooked.
It requires a fierce heat to break down their fibre, and
you can't apply it. That's why your beans are heavy.
Ours are baked 90 minutes at 215 degrees.
Let us cook for you. We are experts
on beans, and we have the facilities
Ours is the accumulated knowledge of 47 years applied
to baked beans and tomato sauce. No wonder we know.
We bake in live steam. That is why our beans are all
baked alike without bursting. They are nutty, yet mealy.
And we bake the beans, the tomato sauce and the pork
all together, and secure a delicious blend.
Van Camp's pork and beans
baked with tomato sauce
Then we get better beans than you get. And we pay
seven times what some beans cost to get them. '
We tise only the whitest, the plumpest, the fullest-grown.
Our sauce is made from vine-ripened tomatoes. It costs
us just five times what some sauce is sold for. But to that
sauce is due Van Camp's superlative zest.
You eat beans once a week now, maybe.
You'll eat them daily when you know1
You will eat them because of their food value. Because
they are appetizing delicious. What else do you know
that compares with them?
You will serve them because they are convenient. A
dozen cans in the house means a dozen meals always ready.
But be sure to get Van Camp's. Other brands are uot
like them.
10, 15 and 20f per can.
Van Camp Packing Company, Indianapolis, Ind.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Brigadier General Alexander MacKensle,
chief of engineers, has been retired
on account of age. General Mackenxle
had the distinction of being the oldest offi
cer on the active list and the one of longest
service.
A French woman and an English woman
are dlscuslng tha quesUon to to whether
American girls make bad wives. Both, how
ever, take the affirmative. There is some
relief in the thought that it Is none of the
business of either.
The girl that wanted to sell her merry
widow hat for enough money to pay for a
marriage license lacks the reflective mind.
In reality, the coat of a license Is only one
of several Hems of expense connected, with
stata of matrimony.
Marion ' Hill, whose stories of the stage
are appearing In tha magazines, la a
daughter of Barton Hill, who. In his time,
was leading man for Edwin Booth and
other great actors. Her sister Is an ac
tress. She married a well-known railroad
man, Charles R. Hill.
The resignation of Prof, H. H. Bawden
from the chair of philosophy In the Uni
versity of Cincinnati not having been pre
sented, as demanded by president Dabney,
that chair has been formally declared va
cant by the university trustees. Frof.
Bawden Is an exponent of the soul-mate
go.
Tha residence of John W. Gates, at
2SH4 Michigan avenue, Chicago, was sold
at public auction, the sale being con
ducted from the front steps. The house
was originally built by Sidney Kent, for
many yeara one of the leading packers
of Chicago, and waa at one time valued
at 8400,000. The successful bidder was
Michael H. Spades of Chicago, who paid
$65,000.
MERRY JINGLES.
. i 1. 1 Uifua T am a-nlno to kick
If they put any of those "Merry Widow
hats on us tnis summer
Second Ditto Why?
.... . it dsiim T want neOnla to
know there is some horse sense left in the
world. Baltimore American.
.. . - ,, .v.a lnnir-haired vlst.
- 1 nave Here, miu 9
tor who had wandered Into the sporting
editor's room by mistake, "I have here a
short poem on 'Niagara Falls.
uon i say r Bnuimu n -i-
rt;. i . hm vnn keer vour raoor
from getting wet? "-Catholic Standard and
Times.
"Is thst ex-New Yorker who likes Lon
don so well a naturalised e.-ngusnman i
"No, answerea mi wjjih.
a dc-naturtd American." Washington
Star. i
ii th. I.ftf hnraeflv. "why
don't you take things easy? Why do you
work so hard?" .
"Because 1 UKe 11, repuea ini uur v,.
- K.r. thai usually
IOU 1 11 Li r 1. 11.,. ' - .
h. I'm at work I'm in clover. Phila
delphia Press.
,.ti', ia h M file over there with the
..nat the atoveolDe hat and the
baggy kneed trousers? ...
That's the professor who Is lecturing on
the absurdities of womso's dress. Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
"Speaking of 'political dark 1hor"M-' 1
suppose we migni prujiiy -" .
former the 'political mule.
"Think ma appropriate, ,,,.w.
"Of course; the reformer Is forever kick-
,n"Yes, but when a mule starts kicking he
usually accomplishes something. Catholic
Standard and Times.
"Eternal vigilance." said the man of se
vere standards, "is the price of success
"Perhaps. And yet the man who winds
up with insomnia isn't much of a success.
Indiana polia News.
No Change
Necessary
Dr. Price's Delicious Flavoring
F-xtracts have always been hon
estly labeled; no change wa nec
essary since the enactment of the
National Pure Food Law, either
as to label or their manufacture.
They have had for nearly half a
century the patronage of the intel
ligent housewives of this country
Flavoring v.nm
aa - a Lamon
Lamon
txiracis
Ormngm
Re.
ROSESt
Roses? Well, I guess thsr" used to ba
Hlgnt smart on em in oinere any-,
Coure thar' warn t sech beauty ones e
ourn
When Nebrasky sunshine on 'em lay.
But them furrln ancients, I've heard tell.
Thought a heap , and writ a mighty lot
'Bout the splendor of tho damask rose
And the Provence and the Jack-me-not.
And they do tell sech a marv'lous tale,
Thet the rose was always chas'ly white;
Till' 'mongst them old storied pagan folks,
Eros, Venus' goblet upset quite.
He wss Jes' a dancln" 'mid the gods.
So the story runs when on the flow"r
Which belonged to Venus, beauty queen,
He spilt out the nectar In a show r.
Since which time thet ers'whlle milk-white
rose
Bloesoms out in glowln' jtalae.--.
-Course I can t vouch fer the truth p this,
I'm a tellln' Jes' what others ve said.
Once I heerd the sweetes' little song.
Briny tears Into my eyes t brought
All about a wild rose growln fair
In a hedgerow; 'n' by a small boy sought.
Las' spring, searchln' In the
Found the queerest, rnutet oA boo.
N' thlnkln' for to while a half hour by
Carefly opened It to take a look.
Thsr within was told a legen' utrange
wut the last rose of the summer hour
15 "8 mi f
a9,&PoTe.
ounU" ."S1"'
H-tSMra..
Bout the rose thet s nauoweu
Ko.e-? Well l' ""hem W day
Whenr Nebrasky sunshine on 'em lay
Omaha.
all.
The Pessimist Gracious, but my boy
la hard on his clothes.
The Optimist So much the more rea
son for buying the best
Children's Wash Suits
A comparison of our Child
ren'a Wash Suits with tho
common sorts will show at
glance the supororltjr of ours.
AVe are showing all the new
styles and colors and GUAR
ANTEE them to wash.
In Boys' Wool Suits in -sailor,
Russian and two-plec
styles we have some very
tempting bargains for those
interested.
Hoys' Shirts and Dlomt
Waists 50t to 91.50
Boys' Straw and Summer
Hats 50 and up
Boys' Knee Pants, worth
91 .80, now 75
We close Saturday at 1
o'clock' and remain closed tha
balance of the day.
OPEN FRIDAY EVEMXQ.
Brgwningftina
p Company
Jw7' Fifteenth sad Douglas S. '
V OMAHA s
R. S. WLLCOX. Mgr.
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