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G Tiie Omaha Daily Dee. rOUNDRp. BT EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSE WATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha. Pottotflc as oond class n.attcr. TEHM3 OF BUB8CRIPTIOM: Dally Be (without Sunday), on year.. 14. Dally Be anj Sunday, on yea a on Fun. lay Bee, i year M Saturday Bee, on year.... 10 DELIVERED Bt CARRIER! pally Pea (Including Sunday), per weok.IRo bally Be (without Sunday), par week.. 10c Evening Be (without Sunday). PT wek 6o livening Be (with Sunday), per we...10o Addreaa all complaint of Irregularis In delivery to City Clrrifietlon. Department. . t . orncKs- Omaha The. Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Funding. Council Bluffs IS Scott Street. Chicago 1M Marquette Pldg. . New York-Room 1101-1103, No. M West Thirty-thlrd Street. ' . ' . Waahlngton 726 Fourteenth Street N. w. CORRESPONDENCE. Cnmmunlcatlona relating to newa and edi torial matter ahould be addraaad; Oman Bee, Editorial Depaitment. REMITTANCES. 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A ........ . 1,110,T10 Dally average '....4. 38488 OBORQB) B. TZ3CHUCK. . :. . ' Treaaurer. Subscribed In mf present- and a worn to be for rat thl 1st day of June. 1 WO. . . M. P. WALKER, No'.ary Public. WH.CW OOT-1 Or TOWIf. 8aaerlbr lawlni fh city tame 8orrlly ahanJd' ktav Thai .Be Bailed to theaa. Andrea will b a ft a ra.net4. . No question about Chicago's right to the title, 'Th. Windy City." ' ' "Let your wives talk," says Parkhurat,'' Vonecessary advice. Dr. The Theatrical trust la to boycott Canada. Congratulation to Canada. Last call for the man who has not been "mentioned" for the vice presi dency.' ' X''''5 ; The noiseless, gun has been demon strated to work iBatlsfactorlly, but It will not be UBed In the campaign. According- to the census bureau there are 800 paint factories In the United. States. Nose,' fence or lace? - Mr. Cannon is learning that the del egates are not trained to obey his com mands as well as some of the congress men. ''. Colorado- democrats have agreed to cunport Bryan at the convention, but will probably fight each other as usual at the polls. . Secretary Tatt Is a great golfer and the convention at Chicago is expected to pick out a suitable rice presidential caddie for him."" A Bavarian scientist asserts that meat-eating causes heart disease, Meat-buying, at present prices, la more apt to. cause it. . . Paving the alleys is another step in the direction of keeping the streets clean. Gradually the problem In Omaha is being -reduced. The college graduate who has not yet decided what position he will ac cept will be compromising in a few months by accepting a job. Senator Gore of Oklahoma hopes to have his eyesight restored and, if lie does, he will be mightily surprised at some of his late associates. The nominating speeches will be made at Chicago today. In order to save time' some orator might nominate all of the allies In ono speech. s New Yprkers who cannot give their savings to the -race track gamblers have consolation in tho thought that Wall street Is still doing business A prominent.- Iowa republican dropped, dead while reading a letter from Senator Dolllver. The senator should Write letters to democrats I only. The American Stock of gold will be materially increased in a few daya. Charlemagne Tower Is coming home from Europe wltlj" bis wonderful court uniform ".V". Another batch pf ramshackle build ings have been Condemned by the city building-Inspector. For the sake Omaha the city 'Council should stand behind the' building inspector thla one time. Mayor Jim is in Chicago getting pointers "vo bow to rua a convention. He has certainly gone'to a good place to learn, the Chicago convention is moving with remarkable precision and no friction. y The High 'school soldiers make splendid, parade appearance, at any rate, but ao long aa the battalion is to be maintained it might not be out of place for the school, authorities to pro vide the cadets with modern equip THC OROfTTn OF A MdTHJK One of the old savafita once - re marked that a decade was but a mo ment and a century, but an hour In the life of a great nation, his purpose be ing to Impress the fact that ', matter which may seem of vital Importance to an Individual, measured by his view point of time, was really but an inci dent in the span of a rational life. This rather generally accepted method of measuring national progress, cor rect as it may be from the viewpoint f centuries, is calculated (o lessen the ppreclatlon of the growth from year to year, such, for instance, as baa been xperleneed in the-United States In the last four years. Attehtion to Amer ica'a pace-killing record in this onward march of industrial triumph waa di rected by Senator Burrowa inhi key note speech at the opening of the re publican national convention at Chi cago. The history of the world furnishes no parallel in the record of achieve ment in all lines of commercial, in dustrial and social achievement- to that made by the United States ln;the four years of President Roosevelt's administration. - now drawing to a close. Summarizing from Senator Burrows' address, the record, . shows, for the four yeftra, from lp& to 1907: An Increase In population frrku 81.500,000 to 87.500,000. An Increase In the value of live stock on th farms from $1,98,OOMM to $4,3X1,000.000. An Increase In farm product from $5,117,. 000.444 to $7,412,000,000. An Increase In gold production from $74,- 000,000 to $90,000,000. .- ' ' " ' An Increase In coaf production' from $114,- L 000,000 to $420,000,000. An Increase in savings tanks accounts from $2,815,000,000 to $3,496,000,000,- and an in crease In all bank deposit from $9,663,000,000 to $i,ooo,ooo,ona , ,( , V An Increase of fcUXtt mile of railways. An Increase tn manufactured exports from $468,000,000 to $70,000,000. An Increase of 1,000,000 bales a year In the cotton consumed In American factories. An Increase In Imports of raw materials sed In manufactures from $330,000,000 to $447,000,000. ?rv . t An : increase' erf: 2.0W,000 aplndles in. the cotton factories of th natkan. ,' ry; The record Is slffiplr'amazlng and contatna really but -a hint 'of greater results to follow the development of the, nation's resources' anjV a contlnu- nce . of the policies which;- have made the nation a powef In the world's mar kets. With one-fifth of the world's population, the United States raises annually 43 per cent -ofthe world's total production of corn,' wheat and oats. We furnish 42 per cent of the world's iron, 62 per cent of its petrol eum, 57 per cent of its copper,- 87 per cent of Its coal and nearly 70 per cent of its cotton. It would be clearly unfair to claim that the republican party Is entitled to credit for this remarkable develop ment, but It Is proper to call attention to the fact that this development has come under the operation of repub lican principles and ' policies . which have been designed to protect Amer ican industries and stimulate their de velopment, a development that has been pronounced only in timea of re publican domination atv Washington. ISTERSATtOSAU COURTESY PATS. The Chinese government has per formed a gracloua' act by ' announcing in a formal communication to tne State department at Washington that the 1 10,800,000 returned by this country, as its share of the unused Indemnity fund arising from the Boxer outrages,-will be expended In the United States in the education of Chi nese students at American universi ties. At the close of the Boxer rebellion In China ten years ago the powers made a demand upon China for an In demnity to cover, their losses, tho losses of Individuals and the .cost of the military operations during th out break. After milch : delay u was finally agreed that1 the Chinese "govern ment should pay a total of $334,000, 000 in annual installments extending over a period of thirty years. In this award the United States received 125.000.000. A commission appointed by the government investigated the claims and found that after paylng-the expenses of the troops engaged In sup pressing the Boxer uorlslngand the individual , losaea austalncd by Amer ican cltlsena there was a balance of 112.800.000 lh the fund. Secretary of State Root recommended that this balance be returned to the) Chinese government and the recommendation was approved ty the president and forwarded to congress. The president urged that this money . 4W ot belong te the United Statea, but:abould be re turned. The congress' ' decided to withhold 12.000.000 to meet any other clalma that may arise and finally voted to return f 10. 800,000 to China. The evidence presented at the hear Inga before the, American commission tended to show that the claims against the Chinese were largely exaggerated The other natlona that took part in the suppression ot the, rebellion have apparently decided, however, to take all they could get and., the united States ia the only country to offer to return the surplus, after H reasonable claims had been satlBfled.7lt was Just a little practice of the. square deal principle between nailons, and the Chiuese have been quick to aho'w their appreciation ot it There could have been no complaint if the United States' had accepted aoi retained the entire amount of the award, and the return of a portion of it made , the act of friendliness all the more noticeable. Not to be outdone in courtesy, the Chinese government now announces that it proposes to send to America universities next year 200 of the brightest students, and to send 200 each year until the fund of $10,800,-' 000 is exhausted. It, is estimated that the money will last about tea years. Bj thla arrangement the fund will bt Spent in the United States and the result vlll be the education of about 2,000 young Chinese In our ways, they will return from American uni versities to become the heads of politi cal, professional and business activi ties in China and their Influence will doubtless be great in extending the trade relations between the two na tions. The Investment of 110,800,000 In international courtesy promises to be a good one for both China and the United States: TBK VSirvRM DiroRCS LAWS. The endorsement by the general Methodist- conference at Baltimore of the growing demand for uniform divorce laws in the different states is expected to lend a marked Impetus to that movement, particularly If the bishops of the church undertake, as It is now announced to be their inten tion, to make concerted effort through the churches of that denomination to secure the desired legislation In the different states. The Catholic and Episcopal churches are already in line for this reform and If so powerful a body as the Methodists take op the question it cannot be long until public sentiment Is educated to the point of forcing action on the part of the state legislatures. South Dakota, wnlch has been the headquarters of the quick divorce colony for a number of years, will vote in November on' a new law which will require residence in the atate for one year as the first requisite to a divorce proceeding. Of the E62 di vorces granted in South Dakota last year 364 were to nonresidents, every one of whom went to the state for the purpose of divorce and committed perjury by making oath that their residence was established in good faith. The new law will also provide that divorce cases shall be heard only at regular terms of court. Heretofore the Judges have been very acconv modatlng, listening at any time to those chafing under the marriage ties. The legislation asked by the Ameri can Bar association a committee on uniformity of divorce laws is not com plicated. It provides only that a di vorce shall not be granted In one state on grounds that would not constitute cause for a decree in the state from which the applicant came. The gen eral adoption of such legislation would end the farcical conditions that now exist whereby, under the conflicting divorce laws of the different states, a man may be divorced in one state and recognized as a married man in an other or may be married in one state and liable to be held on a charge of bigamy In another. FOB SEW COURT HOC8B. The need for a new court house waa admitted when the votera of Douglaa county authorized the issuance ot bonds for the construction of the building An early beginning of the work should now be part of the pro gram. Differences that have arisen in the county board as to the details are not such as would seem to be in surmountable. The only question ap pears to be how to provide temporary quarters for the prisoners held by the county and to determine the archi tect's fee. It would be too bad if these mat ters should unreasonably delay active building operations. . The memberB of the county board should get together on these points and adjust matters so that the actual work on the construc tion of the new court house will soon be under way. The muddle In South Omaha over the assessment of property for taxa tion is a splendid endorsement for the wisdom that consolidated the Omaha city tax department with that of Doug las county. Not only economy, but efficiency in administration, has been gained by the consolidation and South Omaha could well follow Omaha's example. Acting Governor Saunders an nounces the formation of a new polit ical society which promises to be about the- most exclusive of its kind. Its membership Is to be confined to mem bers of the Nebraska senate who have held the office of lieutenant governor. It will not takg a very large room 10 accommodate the state meetings of this society. That Indian chief "who was buried beneath eighteen Inches of burned clay la in a position to aympathlze to some extent with' the Pharaohs whose mor tal remains were enclosed in a granite sarcophagi and hidden beneath lofty pyramids. There seems to be but one sure way to escape the inquisitive an tiquary, and that la not to die at all. Nebraska has a good place on the floor at the Chicago convention and a splendid position In the strategic move ments of the gathering: Nebraskans are being heard from all along the line this year. Heart disease is increasing rapidly in this country, according to the report of an eminent medical man. The re port is confirmed by the report of the marriage license clerks. Caleb Powers is to be congratulated upon his release from prison and upon the further fact that he promlaea to LMn off the lectur platform and out of the magarlnes. It is reported that Charlea A. Towne has been selected to be Mr. Bryan ; r"ni" mate. Thla forcea the infer .nr that Mr. Towne Is a democrat this year. The cheering information Is fu nished that Kansas City's new union depot was not damaged In the least by the recent floods to the Missouri and the Kaw. . la It Worth While f Waahlngton ' Pot. Some of thee secret of long lite would be mors popular If they didn't begin with th advlc to cut out nine-tenths of th pleasure. Pakslaai for Bell Hlnaera. Baltimore American. Eight billion dollar I th estimate ot th value of the crop of 190, Her are 8,000,000 reason why all American should be optimists. A Tip Worth HeeHlav Baltimore American. The price of beef has gone up, and everyon I quit ready to agree with the statement that It I harmful to eat much meat In summer time. Good Time for a Chaaare. Brooklyn Eagle. In one sense the Increaae In. the prices of beef is very seasonable. - Bummer is a good time to ut down a meat diet and resort to Vegetables, fruit arid fish. It Par to. Be Good. Kansas City Times. The Standard OU company, threatened with a $1,000,000 fine In addition to Ita penalty of $29,000,050, may eventually decide that It la more profitable to obey th law than to try to get rich on rebates. . A Cheery ' Prospect. Philadelphia Press. Even before th first reper goe Into a harvest field It look a If that $9,000,000,000 crop of Uncle 8am' would Just about fill thoa $75,000 idle freight cars. Flmt thing we know ther lll arise that old familiar cry car famine. Trwat Theory Refated. Philadelphia Record. Since the reduction In price, order for teel products have been coming forward at a rata that discredit th theory ot learned professors of economic thit con sumption I not affected by price. If buy er could trust the trust's assurano that It will not cut again, the order would b till more abundant, but aoma of the cus tomer are waiting for further reduction. Crlmlaal Mellareae. Baltimore American. A a reault of a building collapsing- in Waahlngton th other day, killing several men who were at work on It, a coronr's Jury ha brought in a verdict against th District Inspector of bulldlnga. th fore man of Iron construction, the brick eon tractor and th owner of th building. The charge against the latter Is not having practical and competent men In charge of the work, th faultlness of which I re sponsible for tli collapse. Negligence which endanger Ilf Is criminal, ana it ia to be hoped that In thla ca th perona responsible for thl loss will b punished to the full extent of tho law, lio matter how high up they may be. The president s Interesting himself In the cas. with th view of preventing uch tragedies In the future. GREATEST OF AL1 HARVESTS. ( Bonnttfal Natar Give Pelmlat a Kaockoa. , Philadelphia Press. An $8,000,000,000 harvest. That is the all of Uncle Sam' total crop In 1908. At leat the official of th .Agricultural depart ment put th figures at that unprecedented level. This Is America's ninth great harvest In succession. It ia true thV on of tn coun- try' leading stple corn, wheat, oats, hay or cottonmay have been below par In soma on' of these nine' years, and an other crop may not ' have reached bumper proportion In nother year, but, taking all together, th aggregate of all of them ha been huge. , Th diversity a well a th quality of American agricultural producta la un matched by any other land on the glob. Our farms are an Inexhauatlbl treasure house, for their output of wealth la grow ing greater year by year. When the laat federal census wa taken. in 1900, th average value of produce raised on each farm In the United States was $828. The average now must be cloae to $1,000. No other form of enterprla In any coun try of thla earth equals in value of output the agricultural products of America. Our farming constltulea th world's banner In dustry. Now with th greatest ot all harvest In vn th richest of lands, just ripening tor the reaper, It la an opportune time for everybody to cheer up. WHITHER ARB WE DRIFTING t Certain Danger Signals on th High way of th Nation. Washington Post. That eminent churchman. Cardinal Logue, 1 a man of such thousrhtrulnaaa and high character that, though a prelate of the Catholic church, his opinions upon whatever subject he may ae fit to en tertain any are entitled to the 1 caput of men of all sects, and even if those who claim no Beet His recent visit to the United States waa of marked Import ance, and win nave consiaeraoie miiuenc upon member of his raltn in this coun try, but he left them with a message for the people of whatever religion. The cardinal waa pleased with America and predicted for us the great future which we, aa .a nation, ao confidently expect- But he qualified his prediction to soma extant. W are to realise that future, he thinks, If we are true to th Ideal of the men who founded the re public. And, Ilk other foreigner who have come to view ua without prejudice, he haa seen clearly our faults, lh shoals upon which we r drifting, and lias not healtated to lay stress upon tho import ance of our heeding" certain danger alg nala. It la a striking thing thnt all our un prejudiced and wisest crl'.ica have laid their flngera upon the fime spot In our national life and pronounced It a blight. We have forgotten almpliclty and are Inclining to misuse ot our prosperity and power. Out of thla turning of our back upon th simple, fundamental things of our Ufa ha com what th cardinal re gards aa our greateet national evil di vorce. Tbe greatness of any country," aay th eminent prelate, "must be meas ured by the strength and purity of lu home. Divorce dlarupta the home." "But dlvorc 1 th result and not the causa of any evil that may have come upon us a consequence of our : lisuse of prosperity. It I rather the laat step than th flrat. It la th logical outcome of our having already btrayed frum the natural almpliclty of living, which has distinguished every enduring people. When extravagance and showlncs and a craving for excitement are cast aside Ilk soiled finery, and clean, simpler Ideals ar substituted to cloth us In stead, w will find no menacing4 specter of dlvorc handing darkly in the sky." The cardinal waa much Impressed with the simple dignity of Mount Vernon, that noble horn of "the first American.'" How many families of today with the wealth and position of th Washington would b satisfied with a "place" of such stately, simple proportions aa that of Mount Vernon? (The word I chosen; our I prominent families have only 'place" I these days, either In town or country.) ,, mMBln . ou.h. loned. ROCXD ABJOl'T NEW YORK. Ripple on the Carrent of 1,1 fe In th Metronoll. ' A klt-krr tor universal transfers on the street car systems of Greater New Tork lost out on hla test appeal to th court for damages for excess .far he claimed to have paid. Th case turned on th right of a street car company to refuse to Issue a transfer upon a transfer. Butt was brought because of the refusal and the Jury In th trial court gave th kicker a verdict for S cente. The court of appeala reversed the verdict, holding that the plaintiff waa not entitled to ask for a transfer upon a tranafqr, and saddled the coats of the case on him. The declaion afford timely re lief for the companies of the big city where transfers ar grossly abused. In th Third avenu road It la shown that within ten year the tranafera had risen from 1.1 per cent to 66.13 per cant ol all revenue passengers, and that the avrge far paid per passenger had fallen to 1.16 cent a. Receiver Whltridge of that road declare that for 10 cent anybody could rid all day and have transfer left to give away If he aurvlved th experience. In Booklyn th case Is even stronger. The percentage ot transfer passengers Is 66.6, and It re quires the gross receipts of 150,000 passen gers dally merely to pay taxes. O. J. Weeks, a prominent Brooklynusl neaa man, recently aaked to be excused from Jury duty on the ground, a he stated In a very well written letter, that he ob jected to "the method of Juggling with the law, splitting hairs, and granting appeal on any pretext" A wholesale confectioner of New Tork, a friend of MrT Weeks', aay tn the. Sun: "A good many Americans, seeing how x pedltlously and cheaply casea ar handled abroad, and how long, and with what coat to the taxpayers aa well as to the contest ants, they are dragged out here, will heartily agree with Mr. Weeka. I'm glad he wrote his letter. Our laws do need re forming. - "But Mr. Weeks makes no charges against, the Judiciary. He doesn't Impugn their good faith. It la only th system that he falls upon. "He said he didn't attack the judges. He said he held them In no such suspicion a a Brooklyn chicken thief held a Brook lyn Judge last month. "This Judge, he explained, said to the chicken thief: " .'What I don't understand, Calhoun, Is how It waa possible for you to steal those broilers when they were roosting right under their owner's window, and there were two vicious watchdogs in the yard.' "Calhoun chuckled and answered: " 'I wouldn't do yer a bit o' good, Jedge, to' me to 'splaln how I cotched deny chick en, for you' couldn't do It yo'se't if yu tried fohty times, an' yo' mout git yo' hide chuck full er buckshot De be' way fo' yu' ter do, Jedge, ia ter buy yo' chickens In de open mahket, an when yo' wants ter commit any rascality, do It up dar on de bench, whah you' am at home.' " It was declared some time ago, when th New Tork schoolma'ams were fighting for equal pay, that Xhey were not In th same class with men teachers, and aa an argument someone remarked that the boys were becoming "stastfled" because of too much association" with the women folk. But the person who put up th argument ahould have heard two future Hans Wag ners discussing the merits of a gam near an uptown school. "An" w'at do ye t'lnk de mutt doesT" said one of the kid to the gang. "'Stead of puttln' It to de ketcher, w'at does he doT He puts it foist. Foist ain't looktn' an' It goes over folst's heail: Den the empire tries to call me m'en I tells 'lm w'at I t'lnks o' dat fol ball pla in,.'' That doesn't sound as if the schoolboy of New Tork Is becoming slsslfled. ; Mollis Reggenberger, a sleepwalker, walked from the fourth story window of a tenement at Forty-second street and Third avenue, fell to the flrat floor coping, landed on th cornice and slept on. Relatives, with much difficulty, drew her in through a window and took her up stair to her room. When aha was on tho bed her sister and brothar-ln-law shook her and a doctor was summoned. Finally, after a great deal of shaking, the girl slowly opened her eyes. In a dased manner she. inquired what th trouble waa. The doctor' Bald Mollle waa sound In wind and limb 'and perfectly good all over, with the exception of a alight wrench to her right shoulder and a bruise on her hip. At the suggestion of Judge Asplnwall a Jury In the criminal branch of the su preme court acquitted Roaarlo Morrano of the charge of murder on the ground that the man he killed waa an undesirable cltl sen. On February 17 Morrano shot and kilted John Carpienterl. The slayer's at torney set up the pleat that his client had shot In self-defense and It wa brought out in testimony that If Morrano had not shot him Carpentlerl would have shot Mor rano. In charging the Jury Justice Aspln wall said: "It Is plain from the evidence that this defendant acted In self-defense ; It Is also plain that tho man he killed was an undesirable cltlsen and that his demise was probably a benefit to the community. In cases where two such persons aa figured In that affair shoot at each other It would be well for the publio If one was as pro ficient and deadly in markamanshlp aa the other. In thla Instance the defendant was th better or quicker hot." Ther 1 shopkeeper In Twenty-third street who 1 a firm believer in th saying, Sweet are th uaea of adversity," as well as in tha perveralon of It in which the last word is changed to "advertisement A glaas show case outalde th store waa broken Into and despoiled tha other day and now It haa a sign on It which reada; "All men want our goods: when they haven't the price, they steal them." PERSONAL. JfOTES. Luther Burbank of California declares that for tha first ten or twelve year of if the human plant need sunshine And fresh air more than book and schooling. At the recent golden wedding of Mr. and Mr. Albert O. IJoyd of Wajtsburg. Wsh.. mora than SCO old settlers war cn band with congratulations. Lloyd crosaed tho plains In 1845 and tn season to'tak part In a four-day fight with the Indiana on the bark of Walla Walla river. Little Joe Brown, five feet six Inches In height, who will be th next governor of Georgia, la 57 years old and a son of old Jo Brown, governor and senator,, shrewd, long-headed, - long-winded, who held h's own and cam Into office among alder like Stephens. Howell Cobb and Bab Toombs. Oeorge C. Buchanan, engineer In th em ploy of th British government and preal dent of the port commission of Rangoon, India. Is at present in St. Louis Inspecting th Jetty system of the Mississippi river with a view ot obtaining information to b applied In th construction ot a $t,0O0,0CO retaining wall at Rangoon. Madame Wu, wife ot the Chines minister at Washington, will arrive In San Fran cisco from Hong Kong on th steamer Mongolia on June 19, and Collector Strat ton has been asked by the Stat depart ment to extend th usual courtesies to the party, Including free entry of their bag gage. Accompanying Madam Wu ar her son, V." Choachu, and his wife, Ther S1M ire kbout a dosen atudenla In the Prty. . EmmmmmmmmmHmtBmmmmmHmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnm pwiam Hade from Pure Grape Cream ol Tartar i in ma y B9amanJBBasBB , mis." m n"' "J ,1 lfftrl ,i ,1 I I Shields tiie FootTtrom Alum 1 Shields the Food from Alum VIRTUE TRICMPHAWT. Traill; th Boodle from Wall Street to Omaha. Washington Post. "The gloom from th face of the heavens retired,' Th wind ceased to murmur, the thun- aers expireu. And what is more to the purpose, carp ing criticism and groveling envy cannot Invent reaaons why the Peerless One ahould make restitution of that $15,000 that went from Wall street to Omaha In 1904 to promote his candidacy for United States senator. Let ua even suppose for tho huge prob ability of it that the money came dirty from the plethoric pocket of Mr. Tom Ryan. It went through the hands of William F. Sheehan. Brother-in-law Allen, and "Cow- boy Jim" Dahlman. That cleansed It of Ita miserable plutocracy, and, of course. It was no longer predatory when applied to promote tha political fortunes ot the Peer less and Matchless. Thua do the righteous triumph; thus sre the wicked confounded. And it waa ever thus. Twenty year ago come Sep tember Mr. John Wanamaker, a very rich and a very ' religious man, went into poli tics and raised a fund of $400,000, every cent of It clean money, sanctified with a benlBon and approved with a text. Thl money wa confided to Mr. Matt Quay and Mr. David Martin, on the cleanliness of whose hands It Is not necessary to dwell. It was employed In tha godly town of Brooklyn, on Long Island, and a soon as the laat cent of it was placed where It did the moat good It was all over but th shouting. Thus it is given to the good to do evil to confound th Philistines. . Mr. Wanamaker recouped himself soma weeks before th McKlnley tariff got to be a law. He wa one of the greatest dry goods merchant In the world, and adver tised In page after page of the newspapers that It was then the time to buy, as the new tariff would greatly advance prices, which wa tantamount to saying tb tarltf 1 a tax tha then political Issue. The democrats used Mr. Wanamaker'a adver tisement to great advantage, and this was a caae where th wicked spoiled the right eous to the end that the Philistine might triumph. ") A In the case of Widow Bennett's $50, 000, Mr. Bryan emerges from the furnace of public criticism without the smell of fire on his garments. Is not Tom Ryan's money deprived of Individuality by mingling with the cleaner boodle of the general cam paign fund? . It I aald that Mr. Moses Wetmore, Mr. Bryan's closest friend across the line In Missouri, made a deal of money promoting that Is, relieving of competition the To bacco trust. Will Mr. Bryan allow Mr. Wetmore to contribute to the campaign cheat tins year? ' JUST BAT LKS9 BEEF. Insures Improved Health and Prevents Strain on Parse. Chicago Record-Herald. Every cloud has a silver lining, and when tha price of beefsteak la 22 cents a pound and threatens to soar to 25 cents a nound it may send a shudder through the frame of the housekeeper, but It Is not an un mixed evil after all. There ia a providence in prices, and high prices are sent no doubt to teach Important leriona and bring about salutary reforms. There Is no dietetic habit that needs closer watching than meat eating. That It is vastly overdone Is the opinion of physicians of every school. It follows, therefore, that whenever people who are fond of meat are compelled by circum stances to eat less of .It they ought not to fret about It, but, on the contrary, take advantage of the situation and Improve their health. A partial abstinence from beef at pres ent should be still less objectionable, for the reason that It Is only temporary. Thla Is not the first time that the price of beef ha gone up and that word haa been passed around that the farmer no longer flnda it profitable to raise beef rattle. The farmer will change hla mind and the receipt at th stockyards of prime steer will be a large as ever. The price of beefsteak will fall again, and the beef eater who has not lost hla desire tor It dutlng his temporary abstinence will eat It with Increased relish. r. Br J a, II ..aaaui ' ' opens up new possibilities in cooking Improvement, Imparting- to everyday duties s delicacy and goodness that is Uif to you. Uoe celled la purity sixty-sis years of superiority. . . ' ' Groctrt pound T. KINCSFOBD SON, Oswego. N. Y. NaMnaaJ Starch Cat. nnccanaore TO IllTLAST PAPER THt ST. Pnbllsher Nraot latin With Pain Mill to Make Paper. N New Tork Times. A new method of trust fighting waa dis closed yesterday when ' an advertisement appeared In a paper trad publication an nouncing that John Norrls. chairman of the committee on paper of the American Newspaper Publishers' association, had been authorised by publishers using 151. 0.O tons of news print a ve"ar to negotiate with owners of pulp mill and arrange with them for the Installation of 'paper-making auxiliaries, with tho . understanding that if a satisfactory basis- can be 'reached the publishers will underwrite and. guarantee th price free on board at mllU which the owners will receive ! for-a' term ot years on th product of their new paper-making Installations. i By "underwrite" the publishers mean that they will guarantee to take .tho entire output of the new machines for $12 day of each year, at the minimum price, to be fixed, In case the mill owner la not able to Bell his product elsewhere at. the Urn ot manufacture at a higher "price. MIRTHFUL REMARKS. "Some people." aald t'ncl Eben, "is crazy, 'bout money 4 at rley aakea mo' pride In false teeth an' . wooden leg dan dey doea in what dey waa horn wlf (ru of change." Washington Star. "How are they going, do you think, to make the planks of the democratic plat form?' "They ought to make them out of cheat nut lumber." Baltimore American "Yes." said, the coal dealer,, hbnest we'ght, of course; my weight, I assure you. Is honest as the day'a long." . "H'm!" remarked. the plain man, "hone t aa the day is long, eh? You -sell 'most of your stuff when the day are short. "Phil adelphia Press. , "No, sir," said the actress. Indignantly, "I will not war a sheath frown." "But you appear In tighta." . "Yes,. I do. and that's the limit to. which, you may ask a lady to gel" Philadelphia Ledger. 1 , ' ' - "Father." aald little Rollo.. "is It tru that riches do not bring happiness?" "Quite true, my son. If you doubt it observe how much mora th people in th bleachers seem to enjoy themselves than those In th grandstand." Washington Star. "I suppose the watch and clock bualneas Is about the easiest one to keep going on small capital." "Not a bit of It. What makes you think that?" "Because It Is always running on tick," Baltimore American. "What's the matter. Sum?". ' . t "Aw'fly discouraged. Bah," "What's the trouble?" "Mali wife, sah. She came home las' night an' says sh ain't goltV to work no mo'. An' goodness knows what'a gwtne to become of me!" Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Good gracious! these, fat men will be th ruin of me,'' etclatnicd the automatic scales; "that last one simply put me on "Well,' replied the chewing gum ma chine, "now you can He In weight for the next one." Philadelphia Press. "Why Is Cabel going V wear blue In. stead of pink at her graduation?" "Because dear Mahel is so sensitive to harmony in everything, and as sh Is to lake rather a gloomy view of th future in her graduation assay on the growth of socialistic pessimism, she thought it best to be all blu." Baltimore American. TUB KNOCK I.NG-rROPJSNSJTY. L. S. Wterhouse In New York Sun. If you have a little hammer 'lh your fiat, And you atart a gentle motion with youw wrist, . t . . There will come a lot of knock That will give somebody shocks Which will last until your ready te desist. Now, thia knocking la a Very funny way To find out what other people have to aay Stir him up with rapid tap . . And the quietest of chap Will convince you that the mischief Is te pay. As a knocker you will very quickly learn How the sentiments of all creation turn; Clve a man a blow or two -And he'll pound yon black and blue It's the chance for which all human beings yearn. 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