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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. .
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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.
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TO IllTLAST PAPER THt ST.
Pnbllsher Nraot latin With Pain
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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. '
To enjoy the knocking habit one must b
Hammer proof and fond of trouble for you
ae
When Dame Nature built mankind
She made each of different mind.
But ah gave them all th same propenal
tee.
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