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(-banged as often, aa reqaested.
Mr. Bryan evidently docs not ex
pect to carry Pennsylvania.
After adjournment It will be In or
der to re-christen "Pike's Peak" with
the name "Dunn Spoko."
In the mean time Colonel Watterson
Is keeping up a silence that Is as
ominous as it Is Impressive.
As a privato citizen Mr. Taft looms,
up even bigger than he did as secre
tary of war and plenipotentiary of
peace.
"Dave" Francis was too wise a bird
to undertake to fly along the route
over which the Bryan procession is
heading.
It is significant, if not strange, that
no one has proposed Alton B. Parker
for second place on the ticket with
William Jennings Bryan.
Permanent Chairman Clayton made
It more than ever apparent that his
party Is t,tlll the "fernlnst" party.
Democracy suggests nothing except
that whatever-ls is wrong.
Just to call attention to his can
didacy, Tom Watson has Just held his
notification meeting in Atlanta. Tom
Is not at all discouraged by the fact
that he is running for the third time.
The Equitable expects to put $10,
000,000 Into a new home office at New
York to be the tallest building in the
world and to get all its money back
from the newspapers in free advertis
ing. Several states . of the 'union are
thoroughly under democratic control
in all branches, but which of them has
ever adopted any law such as is pro
posed for the curtailment of court
power? ' "
That "Eagle of victory perch upon
the Bryan standard" sounds rather
familiar. The "eagles" perched in
1896 and again In 1900, but they were
not strong enough to carry Mr. Bryan
to the White House.
When he gets good and ready
Colonel Bryan will tell whom he wants
to manage his campaign as chairman
of the democratic national committee
and all the rest will be put In the
"also-mentioned" elass.
The newly chosen chairman and
secretary of the national' republican
committee are both graduates of Har
vard. That ought to insure good team
work when they pull together for Taft,
who is a graduate of Yale.
The socialists are the first In the
field In Nebraska with a state ticket
without waiting for the operation -of
the direct primary law. Socialist
nominations always seek the man in
stead of the man seeking the nomina
tion., With nearly, S.000, 000 acres of corn
showing a condition of 84 points, the
Nebraska) farmer can face the present
prices for the cereal with something of
equanimity. Presidents may come and
go, but good old King Corn Is with us
year after year,
Demands for space at the National
Corn exposition to be beld at Omaha
In December are coming In at such, a
rate as thoroughly convinces the pro
moters of the Importance of the show
Omaha bullded far tetter than it knew
"BOSS ISM."
According to the self-constituterl
lexicographer of his party, from whom
there Is no appeal, "democracy" Is de
fined as "the jute nt the people," and
"bosslsm" as "the rule of one man."
If Mr. Bryan's political dictionary
were to be, photographlrally illustrated
from life all he would have to put
after the word "bosslsm" would be a
picture of his so-called democratic
convention in session at Denver.
If there were ever a uerfected ex
ample of the rule of one man, the con
vention at Denver, blindly registering
the edicts from Falrview, constitutes
an example of bosslsm-supreme. The
manifestations of bosslsm have not
been confined to merely naming the
chairman of the convention and com
mittees, and ruling out of order the
desire of the last democratic standard
bearer to present a resolution eulogis
tic of the last democratic president,
but has allowed no detail large or
small to escape.
A great political party in national
convention assembled is supposed to
be endowed with plenary powers over
its own organization. Yet In this case
the temporary roll of delegates, made
up by the duly constituted national
committee, has been amended by tele
graphic Instructions of the big boss.
The unseated delegates submitted
their evidence and arguments to the
credentials committee, but got their
verdict from the man at Falrview, who
had not even seen the briefs. Spokes
men" for different interests desiring
their views reflected In the platform
have been presenting the proposed
planks to the resolutions committee,
deluded by the idea that its members
were free to accept or reject their ad
vice when, as a matter of fact, the
platform will contain nothing that is
not put there by direction of the boss
D00 miles away.
It is notorious that the democratic
party has always been the worst boss
ridden party in history. Up to this
time, however, the democratic raitn
has been built on the doctrine of
state's rights, with one boss holding
undisDuted sway over each state.
Using the cry "Down with the boss"
to overcome the state potentates re
fusing to recognize his superior do
minion, the new democratic over-lord
has finally established a national boss
lsm that covers the whole democratic
party and knows no state line.
WELL TRAIXED MILITIA.
Mr. Bryan is quoted as having ex
pressed himself on the question of the
platform declaration concerning the
army that he believes with Thomas
Jefferson that "the nation's best de
fense is a well trained militia." ' The
habit of recurring to Thomas Jeffer
son is bo ingrained in Mr. Bryan that
this reply seems characteristic. Mr.
Jefferson made his remark at a time
when a well trained militia was the
Idea of democracy as opposed to the
standing army that had been the.suP;
port of the royal prerogative.' The
militia of Mr. Jefferson would bear
about the same relation to the army
of today as would other features of
social or commercial life of the time
compare with similar activities of the
twentieth century.
Military service In the United States
is and probably always will be volun
tary. The soldier enlists freely in
time of peace and enthusiastically in
time of war. Never since this has
been a nation, if a short period during
the civil war be excepted, has any
question as to men arisen, in connec
tion with the national defense. The
American citizen is ever ready to vol
unteer. Even Mr. Bryan served for a
short time as colonel of a volunteer
regiment, and that service should have
taught him the differ nee between a
man ready and willing to fight and a
man properly prepared to fight. The
soldier of today is really a specialist
in the fine art of war. Improvements
in arms, changes in methods and ad
vance in tactics and ' strategy have
hroueht new demands on the soldier,
and the man who would, have been
considered well trained in the time of
Jefferson would be helpless in the
days of Bryan.
The small army maintained by the
United States is merely a nucleus for
the establishment of a great volunteer
force In event of war. But It has
even a more Important function, in
that it Is in a larger degree a train
ing school for soldiers. Men serve
their time of enlibtment and return to
civilian life well trained to re-enter
the military service at any time, and
thus the little army is really a train
ing school. The utter Inadequacy of
the old Idea as to the national guard
was thoroughly exhibited at the time
of the Spanish-American war, and
since that event more and more at
tention has been paid to the training
of the men in the state service. At
the last session of congress legislation
was enacted that establishes the
guardsmen of the several states on the
footing of United States volunteers,
and provides for their further incor
poration into closer relations with the
regular army. Thia is for the pur
pose of better training.
Tbe democratic objection to this
program naturally flows from the per
sistence of the state sovereignty idea.
It is this that is uppermost in Mr.
Bryan's mind In his quoting from Jef
ferson. The same idea was uppermost
in the mind of -one of - Mr. Bryan'
warmest supporters, who, as governor
of Colorado in 1899. cabled to tbe
First Colorado, serving in the Philip
pines, to lay down arms and take ship
for home, because the national 'gov
ernment had no claim qd their serv
ices. Something of the same condi
tions have been experienced at other
times in the history of tbe country.
It -is to obviate -this sort t( thing- and
to secure something of iinirulty in
conditions of service that has brought
about recent national legislation on
the subject. . A- well-trained mllltla
must always be the reliance of the
United States for its military defense
but it can not be on the Bryan basis.
It Is as Impossible to Improvise a mod
ern army as to improvise a modern
nary. '
THE IIAKDr SCAPEGOAT'
The Guffey incident cannot fall to
Impress disinterested observers how
fine it is to have a handy scapegoat.
When driven into a place where the
ordinary man would find himself cor
nered. Colonel Bryan has a deft fac
ulty of unloading upon some con
venient victim.
Xot to go back into ancient history,
when the pot of Belmont-Ryan money
sent into Nebraska in 1904 to pave
the way for Bryan to the senate was
uncovered, a devoted brother-in-law
turned up to assume responsibility
and to assure the public that the guile
less Bryan did not even have knowl
edge of the proximity of the tainted
money.
When Colonel Bryan more recently
concluded that it was expedient to
give another exhibition of his courage
ous independence of machine domina
tion, Colonel Guffey had to take the
blow and go down in a heap, while
Tammany Chief Murphy, Roger Sulli
van, Tom Taggart and other equally
unsavory members of "the old Parker
gang" were shown to soft-cushioned
reserved seats in the grandstand.
The scapegoat business dates from
Biblical tlmeB, and Bryan Is a great
student of the Bible.
vandalism.
Tho destruction of the banner
strung across the street at Lincoln by
the republican state committee, which
has its headquarters in that city, Is an
outbreak of vandalism which all good
citizens should deplore. Tbe repub
licans have as much right to show
their colors as the democrats either
in Lincoln, in Cincinnati, in New York
or in Chicago, and it is no more dis
respectful for republicans in Bryan's
home town to express loyalty to their
nominee than it will be for democrats
In Mr. Taft's home town to show their
devotion to the democratic ticket. We
dare say that the only reason Bryan
banners have not been floating in Cin
cinnati is because the democrats there
have been waiting to make, sure who
would be actually nominated in
Denver.
The alleged objection in Lincoln to
banners as street obstructions is pre
tense and sham. Tbe same street
only .three months ago was handsomely
decorated with a canvas sign stretch
ing from one side to the other admon
ishing all good people there to "vote
for a ciean city" and no remonstrance
was entered. While Mr. Bryan and
his friends, of course, disclaim all re
sponsibility for the destruction of the
Taft banner in Lincoln, the act none
the less reflects no credit upon his in
tense partisans. Tearing down the
banner and setting a match to it, al
though less violent, is a piece of law
lessness of the same warp and woof as
the capture of a negro by a southern
mob and burning him at the stake.
They both seem to spring from a
frenzy in line with the destructive
teachings of present-day democratic
leaders.
But a new republican banner will
go up as the emblem of the party of
safety, Banlty and equal protection of
the rights of all.
The organization of the McKeen
Motor Car company, with its main
manufacturing plant in Omaha, may
be expected to prove of tremendous
importance to, this city. There is
every reason to believe that the build
ing of these motor cars, with the pow
erful Harriman influence to finance
and push the enterprise, will in a short
time develop into an Industry on a
huge scale, employing large numbers
of men and doing business all over the
country, and still later over the
world.
Our "only democratic congressman
from Nebraska" went out to Denver
and came home again without even
waiting for the convention to organize.
He evidently thoroughly appreciated
the fact that the work of the conven
tion was to consist exclusively in
carrying out orders transmitted by
long distance telephone and that his
presence or absence would make ab
solutely no difference in the proceed
ings. The Bryan demonstration in the
Denver "convention "endured" for one
hour and twenty-six minutes by the
stop watch as compared with the
Roosevelt demonstration at cnicago.
lasting only forty-eight minutes. Who
will now have the temerity to deny to
the democratic ratification meeting the
firBt prize for enthusiasm?
When it comes to perpetrating
mixed metaphors, a Carnegie hero
medal should be forthwith awarded to
th imaginative "staff correspondent"
writing "on the spot" who tells in the
local democratic organ how Okla
homa's blind senator stood "with his
vacant, unseeing eyes looking out over
the convention."
According to the testimony of the
land commissioner of the Northern Pa
cific, the company's coal mines and
coal lands are worth $50,000,000.
This ought to prove conclusively that
"Jim" Hill's great Interest in the con
servation of our natural resources Is
purely altruistic and philanthropic.
Nebraska's sixteen votes at Denver
ware cast to undo the work In -which
Mayor Jim helped on the national
commute treating the Guffey dele
I
gates of Pennsylvania. Did Mayor
Jim slip his trolley, or Is this a case
where the sage of Falrview changed
his mind and reversed his orders?
Why should Bryan go to Denver?
Such a proceeding would reverse the
law of nature, which has always been
that the greater controls the lesser.
The convention should come to Bryan,
and thus preserve the verities.
The final figuresof this year's
Fourth of July fatalities promise again
to be a record breaker. No panic or
financial depression is able to drive the
toy pistol and tho giant firecracker
into business Insolvency.
Oklahoma's constitution with Its
fifty-seven varieties of new and novel
ways of doing things is getting a full
hearing at Denver. It will have a
splendid companion piece In tho plat
form.
Another Commercial club commit
tee Is to look into the feasibility of the
Columbus power canal project. We
thought the last investigating com
mittee settled that beyond a doubt.
Fit for tbe Job.
New Tork Bun.
For Campaign Biographer of Bryan Hon.
James M. Guffey of Pennsylvania.
Great JnpHer'a Blander.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Old Jupiter I'luvlua seems to have been
laboring under the erroneous Impression
that It was the prohibition candidate who
lived at Lincoln.'
Good Reason for a ( hange.
Boston Transcript.
Ex-Senator Burton of Kansas Ik enthu
siastic for Bryan. In the republican con
vention of 1900 he was enthusiastic for
Roosevelt for vice president. Since then
he has served a term in Jail for violation
of the United States statutes, which faot
may account for hla change of attitude
without Mr. Bryan being In the slightest
degree responsible for It.
The Steam Roller and After.
Chicago Tribune.
"We are for Bryan first, last, and
always, but In this fight we are with
Guffey."
This statement by a Pennsylvania dele
gate puts the democratic national con
vention of 1908 in a nutshell. The steam
roller moves as triumphantly and remorse
lessly as a Juggernaut. But the dismem
bered limbs it leaves will mend again and
the broken bodies rise.
The dramatic struggle that is being
waged In Denver Is certain as to Its issue.
For William Jennings Bryan is master to
day. But the Irreconcllables will not be
reconciled and the democratic party .will
go forth weakened by wounds which bleed
and will not be healed to meet the - dis
ciplined and confident republican hosts.
EATING THK1IV OWN WORDS.
mm a
A Characteristic of Drmorrati I'nder
Radical Leadership.
Kansas City Journal.
That the democratic convention did a
very commendable thing in all human
probability the only thing it will do that
will meet the approval of the great body
of the American -people wben It adopted
resolutions eulogizing the' late ex-Presl-dent
Orover Cleveland,- goes without say
ing. At the aatni:tlme, It can not be de
nied that In so;riqlng a, large majority of
the delegates stultified themselves and ate
the things ther have been saying about the
distinguished dead for the last fourteen
years at least.
Ever since 1894, when the free silver
craze came in vogue, the democrats who
comprise the Bryan wing of the party
has been abusing Mr. Cleveland In bitter
terms, denouncing him in public and private
as a traitor to bis party, an enemy of the
people and a tool of Wall street, alt be
cause he refused to forswear the political
faith of democracy'a founders and Join
with them In the worship of the silver calf.
Mr. Cleveland's career was handicapped by
more than one aerlous fault or shortcom
ing of manner and disposition, but even
hla severest critics must concede his rug
ged honesty and unswerving consistency
In politics aa well as In his private life;
and this Is more than can be said for the
motely crew of populists, snllallsts and
apostate democrats who slandered him
alive and who now praise him dead. In
both Instances for the same reason to
catch votes.
However, It were Idle to expect political
consistency or honesty from so-called
democrats who reversed the unbroken re
cord of their party for nearly a century as
a sound money party and ran off after
flat money or from a democratic leader
who declares for government ownership
and other socialistic fads, but Is willing to
forego his principles because they can not
win. The democratic assemblage at Den
ver la an anything-to-wln party, but be
yond that It ha no fixed principles.
SHORT-LIVED REBKI.MOT.
I'prlslnar la Northern Mexico Encoun
ters the Steam Roller.
Philadelphia Press.
The most extensive and most carefully
planned movement for twenty years
against President Dlas and his govern
ment has miserably failed. Railroad and
telegraphs put the revolutionary band at
a hopeless disadvantage when the govern
ment has, aa in Mexico, a well-drilled and
well-armed force,, organised on the lines of
tn efficient constabulary.
The revolutionary hands in northern
Mexico, though they operated in a region
where there Is and always will be dissatis
faction with the Dlas regime, have been
dispersed and driven across the frontier.
The army and the better classes have re
mained loyal. Mexico has out of 15.000,000
a population of about t.foo.fioo more or
leas educated property holders with their
families and Z,00Q,0u0 more made up of the
mechanics and small shopkeepers claps.
These are. perhaps, half of them white and
half of mixed Indian and Spanish uncestty.
Both are satisfied with Dlas. He has
kept the path open to the ambitious and
loyal and made all tecure in their prop
erty or business. The remainder of the
population, some 11,000,000, working In
dians, have as yet neither education nor
aspiration. In the propertied and trading
classes some political activity exists, but
It will only appear after Diaz's death and
probably act constitutionally." Today the
flections" are all arranged in advance.
Railroads, mines and ranches together,
at leart $7a.0no,000 of American capital,
are Invested In Mexico under tha stable
order created by President Diaz. A sue
cesaful revolutionary movement would
bring heavy losses to this Investment and
In many Instances wipe It out altogether.
The result would be serious on credits in
this country-
Every proof of Mexican stability add)
to the value ot Mexican investment. In
the nature of things the 11 fo of President
Diaz cannot ba prolonged many years and
the experience of the past months, in
which he has scarcely appeared, the active
work going to Cithers, indicates that the
, tniumt ha has created will outlast his
life. i
IMRTV THRILLS AT DENVER.
Some Feat a res of tbe Conreatloa
Worth Retouching.
In the matter of lung power and sus
tained output of wind, the assembled host
of democracy at Ienver has smashed all
previous records. The Roosevelt uproar at
Chicago last month was a topnotcher for a
brief period, but has become a back num
ber by the Brysnlte roar of Wednesday.
The record of prolonged applause following
the nomination or mention of 'favorite
sons" shows:
James O. Blaine, Minneapolis, ISfW. forty
minutes.
William McKinley, St. Louis, IF', thirty
two minutes.
Mark Hanna, St. Louis, taenty
four minutes.
Theodore RooFevelt, Philadelphia, lfoo.
forty minutes.
W. J. Bryan. Chicago, lR5e thirty-six
minutes.
John Sharp Williams, Kansas City, 1X
twenty-two minutes.
Ben R. Tillman, Kansas City, 00.
twenty-four minutes.
Theodore Roosevelt, Chicago, 1904, thlry
five minutes.
Theodore Roosevelt, Chicago, 190R, forty
eight minutes.
W. J. Bryan, Denver, IPOS, eighty-seven
minutes.
Colonel James McClurg Guffey of
Pennsylvania, who was fired through the
stained glass transom by the Bryan
bronco. Is said to he n millionaire five
times over and 69 years of nge. For a
score of years he has been a democratic
leader of Pennsylvania, a state which his
ancestors helped wrest from its Indian
holders. William Guffey, a Lanarkshire
Scotchman, accompanied the Forbes ex
pedition which captured Fort Duquesne In
175S, and In his old age became one of the
first permanent white settlers on the Loyal
hanna Creek, In Westmoreland county,
Pennsylvania.
Marrying the sister of a Scotch com
panion of the Indian wars, William Guffey
established the line of Pennsylvania Guf
feys, who atlll are the largest holders of
real estate In the surrounding counties and
whose members are listed in the leading
families of the state.
The family name, but not the fortune,
descended to James Guffey, who went out
and garnered the wealth he felt requisite to
the dignity of the Guffeya. Today he Is
the largest Individual oil producer In the
United States, owns mines In Idaho, Mon
tana and Colorado, and his business Inter
ests are scattered through a score of states.
In business life Mr. Guffey, who has
added the honorary title of "Colonel" to his
other holdings, has been a whirlwind of
energy, industry, diplomacy, originality and
persistency. His combative traits have
been reserved for his pet avocation politics.
The personality of Colonel Guffey la his
chief charm. Despite his fighting instinct,
he is the embodiment of courtesy and affa
bility, and in his home and business life his
democracy is proverbial. He la a trustee of
Washington and Jefferson college, a mem
ber of the Duquesne club of Pittsburg, the
Manhattan club of New Tork and many
other similar Institutions, and la famed aa a
social entertainer.
But the colonel would not bow to the
Peerless One, and out he goes. .
Some democratic state conventions thia
year have taken a shot a Speaker Cannon,
accusing him of various violations of par
liamentary law. Reports from Denver show
that Speaker Cannon's conduct was aa mild
and soothing as a July zephyr compared
with the parliamentary steam roller oper
ated by Temporary Chairman Bell. Ray
mund, In the Chicago Tribune, says: "The
steam roller at Chicago, of which ao much
was said, the despotic rule of Speaker
Reed In the house'of representatives, or the
domination of the emperor of Russia over
his newly created legislative chambers was
nothing compared to the short ahrift which
was given to Guffey and his followers.
They were run over In defiance of every
possible rule of parliamentary law and
were deprived of right which were given
to them by an overwhelming vote of the
party. All this was .done without any de
bate and In a fashion which does not
speak well for the fairness of the con
trolling element In the convention."
A more effective Illustration of Bell's
autocratic methods was given 'when the
time came for presenting the resolution on
the death of Grover Cleveland. Judge
Parker sought recognition from' the chair,
but was Ignored. It was planned that I.
J. Dunn should be recognized for this
purpose. It waa the business of Chairman
Bell to see that Mr. Dunn was not over
looked. The former representative and
democratic candidate for governor of Cali
fornia took no chances on Mr. Dunn be
ing tardy in asking recognition. The ap
plause had scarcely subsided on the con
clusion of Mr. Bell's speech before he said.
"The chair recognizes Mr. Ignatius J.
Dunn, a delegate from Nebraska."
If Mr. Dunn had made any effort for
recognition up to this time nobody except
tha temporary chairman had noticed it.
But when his name waa called, he climbed
Into hla chair and offered the resolutions
which had been prepared on the death of
Grover Cleveland, and moved their adop
tion. A correspondent of the New Tork Even
ing Post, discussing southern Influence at
the convention, says: "The southern men
complain that their section of the demo
cracy has waned In power and Influence
In the democratic convention. Bailey of
Texas, Culberson of the same state,
"Pitchfork" Tillman of South Carolina.
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, and
Daniels of Virginia, have passed from the
center of the democratic stage, and their
places have been taken by men from the
west, who have not had the experience In
the national game. Senator Bailey Is a
delegate from Texas, but la afflicted with
a sore throat, which prevents him from
making the trip to tho Colorado capital.
There was talk at one time that Culberson
might be named aa the presidential canrti.
date Instead of Bryan, and he declined to
accept flection as a deltgate-at-large.
Daniels may come, but he will cut a small
figure. His relations with Bryan have not
been cordial for some time, and he was re.
cently thrust aside by Bryan, who asked
uovernor Swanson of Virginia, instead of
the senator, to second his nomination. Two
of the delegatea-at-large of Louisiana will
be Senators McFnery and Foster, both of
whom are regarded In Washington as ad
ministration, rather than democratic, sen.
ators, and Bryan takes much the sam view
of them.
The Last Word on Injunctions.
Philadelphia Record.
No matter what anti-Injunction resolution
may be incorporated in the democratic plat
form at Denver, there is comfort In the
assurance that the congress of the United
States will have the next to the last word
to say on the eubject. The last word,
should It come to tampering with the writ
of Injunction In congress, will be spoken
by the supreme court In the performance
of its duty to afford equal protection to all
rights of property.
A Plrtare Worth While.
Kansas City Times.
Bishop Keane'a prayer at the opening of
the democratic national convention waa
Interrupted by the ubiquitous flashlight
photographer. However, a photograph of a
democratio convention In an attitude of
"-" will pontes a certain h'stor'cal in-
Orchard & Wilhelm
4I4-1(1S South Ifcth St.
SpcGlal Julij Furniture Sate
This Sale offers i lections from an unusually choice lot of plecea,
rathei-ori fnrn furniture manufacturers represent trig their drop pt
tern. Kach mid every Item of fried is a genuine bargain.
Here i n short llt:
8 15.00 Mission Rocker, loose
Spanish leather cushion seat,
large full site rocker or chair;
July sale price 810.75
$12.50 large Arm Rocker, made
of handsome quarter sawed oak.
shaped wood seat; July sale price
only 88.50
$22.50 handsome solid mahog
any Rocker, upholstered leather
spring seat; July sale price, each,
only $15.50
PERSONAL NOTES.
Anyhow, the provincial New Yorkers got
far enongh from home to discover the
reality of Pikes peak.
Nebraska tramps stole a brakemarj's gold
teeth and somebody committed larceny on
the chin whlskera of a Jerseyman. No use
to spring the theory that the world Is grow
ing better.
The St. Louis Board of Health has pro
hibited the use of the term "heart failure"
In death certificates Issued therefrom. This
means, of course, that the doctors must bo
a little more specific In the future.
John W. Riddle, the American ambassador
at St. Petersburg, who Is convalescing from
a threatened attack of pneumonia, is gradu
ally progressing toward recovery and Is how
allowed to sit up. He would be able to
lave the hospital were the weather favor
able. Russia has granted the United States
permission to open a consular agency at
Omsk, and the American embassy here has
applied for an exequatur for Adolph Keln
lecke. The Omsk post la an Important one,
aa It will be the only point between Moscow
and Vladivostok where the United States
will be represented.
LAIGHIXG GAS.
Elderly Uncle Bpent your entire patri
mony, have you, Archibald? Gone through
everything?
Scapegrace Nephew Yes, uncle; every
thing but the bankruptcy court. Chicago
Tribune.
"When a woman packs a trunk she puts
her soul into the task."
"And when a man packs a trunk he put
his feet Into It. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"This play In Its Intensity," said the
go-out-between-the-acts young man,
"fairly takes my breath away."
"I only wish it would!" gloomily re
marked the lady In the next seat. Balti
more American.
Johnny What would you do If you was
out in the deep water and a great big
shark was comln' right at you?
Tommy I'd do a short prayer and then
I'd swim like the old scratch. Chicago
Tribune.
"The light of your eyes Intoxicates me!"
"Hush! If papa heara you he will forbid
you the house."
"Why?"
"He's a prohibitionist." Houston Post.
"I s'pose John is still takln' life eaay,"
said the woman In the spring wagon.
"Yea," answered the woman who was
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THE BIGGEST SELLER ON THE MARKET.
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IOWA TONIC COMPANY, SIOUX CITY, IOWA.
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Nobles of the Mystic
Chicago
Great
Ticket on Sale
July II th to 1 3th
iodiuive
Good to Return
July 25th
Information, Tickets, Booklet!, etc from
w. a. diviiiid.
City rasasnger Agent,
1S18 farnam fetrsat, Omaha.
50c A TON
HARD COAL. BEST QUALITY.
For July Delivery-All Fresh Mined
GENUINE GCRANTON AND LEHIGH ,
Havens - White Coal Co.,
1618 Farnam Ot. Tilephonn Doig. 630; Ind. 1281.
Tom Collins Havens. victor Whits' Coal Company
Table (like cut)
Arts craft design, round
top, 30 Inches In . dia
meter, with under shelf,
weathered oak finish,
heavy and substantial.
Repular rrlce $7.50,
July sale
price
.4.90
$27.50 Mission Rock
er, loose Spanish leather
cushion seat and back.
Furnished either In a
chair or rocker.
18.00
July sale price
$20.00 Mission Library Tablo,
made of quarter sawed oak,
weathered finish, has one large
drawer, panel end with under
shelf; July sale price, $13.50
$8.00 De9k or Reception Chair,
quarter sawed golden oak, wood
seat; July sale price. .. .$5.50
$10.00 Maple Arm Rocker, wood
seat; July sale price .... $0.50
$13.50 polden oak or mahogany
finish Kocker, leather seat; July
sale price $0.75
carrying an srraful of wood. "John has
only two regrets in life. One Is that lie
has to wake up to eat. an' ttic other Is
that ho has to quit eatln to aletp." Wash
ington Star.
"O, my!" exclaimed Mrs. Bchoppen,
"I've lost my pocketbook!"
"Never mind, dear," replied her bus
band. "I'll get you another pocketbook, and
you can easily collect more dress goods
samples." Philadelphia Press.
A POLITICAL, WEATHERCOCK.
I
James B. AdnmS In DenVer News.
Run onto a feller the other day'
In a chatty crowd and a boop csf-fay.
An' he says, says he, as onto the bar
He brought his fist with emphatic Jar;
"There's nothin' to it but Johnson! Bay,
Just take it from mo that ol' Judge Gray
An' Bullous Bryan
The gang's a-ciyln'
'1.1 win on the first durned ballot play
'1,1 find when it conies to a showdown that
There's more'n one way to skin a cat!
Hooraw fur Johnson o' Mlnnysotel
He'll tread the deck o' the wlnnin' boat.
An' you hear me soream ( "
That it ain't no dream
From the waxy hop that I set Afloat!"
An' they shook hla hand, did the Johnson
crew,
An asked him to chamber a drink or two;
An' they tol' him to keep his tongue In
play,
A-bllsterln' Bryan an' stabbln' Gray.
An' with tank In quite
Agreeable plight,
He lit a cigar an' blew away. ..
I follered him down the busy atreet
An' Into another moist retreat.
An" saw him listen to ketoh tbe drift
O' the conversation, then give a lift
To his voice in a quite stentorlous way:
"Hooraw fur Gray.
Hooraw for the son or Delaware!
I reckon gents, you are well aware
O' the dead-sure fart that he's got a chinch
That is pulled too tight fur that feller
Lynch " 1 ' ' 1
That's a-boomln'. Johnsonian', them, that's
tryln'
To swipe the pot fur Nebrasky Bryan!
Hooraw fur Gray!
Why, gentlemen, say,
While the rest's hot-airln' he's makln' hay!
He's a-movin' an' stackln' a crop o' votes
That'll land him winner ns sure as shoats
Grow up into hogs. Well, thankee, yv;
I have room fur a drink or two, I guess.
Well, here's to Gray
May we see the day
When the seat In the White House hla
pants '11 press."
As the shades of the evenln' settled down
Like a star-gemmed robe, on this peerle.-a
town
A swat from a big policeman's club
On the sole of a font aroused the dub
Who had chosen a shed In an alleyway
Fur a sleepln' chamber, an' as he lay
An' stupidly gazed at the big bluecoat
There gurgled from out o' his buoie-burnt
throat:
"Raw fur Bry (hlc) Bryan."
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