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Genrte b. Tuchuck, treasurer of The
Bee Publishing company, being duly swrrn.
aye that the actual number ot mil and
complete copies of The Dally. Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of June. was ae follow:
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35,740 1 38,400
S 36.030 17 35,930
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38,760 19 36.4G0
35,880 30 35,890
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GEOKQE B. TZSCHI'CK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 1st rfav of July. 10m.
M. P. WALKER,
Notary Public.
WHEN OCT OP TOW!!,
nbacrlbera Iravlnej the elty tem
porarlly ehoald hare The Bee
kualled ta them. Addreae mill be
rhanged mm oftea mm reqoeated.
The airship and the automobile must
b running a race for the casualty
record.
Mr. Bryan, having no further busi
ness before himself, has adjourned
Ine die.
Now watch the engineer of the road
roller appeal to Its victims to come and
help push.
The weather man seems finally to
have waked up to the fact that the
month of July is here.
Each a two-time loser, Bryan and
Kern have the advantage of knowing
how to accept defeat gracefully.
Pa Rourke's base ball team encoun
tered something In the shape of a road
roller at Sioux City, with the usual re
sult. The "Jacks" are the first to start
home from Denver. Of course, they
are coming to prepare a royal reception
for the return of the victorious "Jinia."
Colonel Bryan modestly refers to it
as a nomination in response to a de
mand from the people. This doesn't do
sufficient credit to his magnificent road
roller.
The four-day boat picked a poor time
to make its arrival. The Bryan dem
onstration at Denver was so noisy that
the whistle for the pore of New York
was drowned.
Colonel Bryan doea not hesitate to
say he Is very much pleased with the
Denver platform. In fact, it would be
pretty hard for Mr. Bryan to make one,
himself, that would suit him better.
The nominee of the socialist labor
party Is serving a twenty-flve-year sen
tence in the Nevada state prison. He
promises not to take the stump or
make any rear platform speeches.
Of course, had that famous nomi
nating speech wound up with the name
of Alton B. Parker or James M. Guffey
it would scarcely have elicited such
''an. appalling, overwhelming deluge ot
sound."
I can testify from personal observation,
lie ta honest. lg. J. Dunn.
Think of Ms" Dunn testifying to
the honesty of 'William J. Bryan!
Now, won't Mr. Bryan please endorse
for Dunn?
Lincoln newspapers are again vocif
erating protests against Omaha's as
sessment roll. It Is noteworthy that
they never have any complaints to
rnako about any other city or county
in the state.
While "it s tool in Colorado." it was
hot enough to suit some of the visitors.
And the chief fear ot the Bryant tea Is
that some of the heat engendered will
pot be lessened, even by the cooling
winds of October.
To anxious inquirer: No, that cam
paign fund publicity declaration Is not
retro-active. There Is no prospect
that the public will ever know what
became of the Wall street boodle
banded over to Brother-ln-Law "Tom"
Alien in 1904.
Temporary Chairman Bell was evi
dently cast for the role ot hooking
Bryan on to the Roosevelt bandwagon,
while Permanent Chairman Clayton
was given lines to show bow different
Bryan is ft out Roosevelt. For reasons
till ta be explained, the talks of the
txo chairmen failed to dovetail.
n.MmpwTfw?.v,
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j The unexpected sometimes happens
in politics, but the expected happens
much more often
The nomination of William Jennings
Bryan to lead the democratic hosts a
their candidate for president for the
third term has long been a foregone
conclusion. The convention at Den
ver hnB been Mr. Bryan's convention
from start to finish Just as much as if
he had named the delegates and made
their commissions revocable at his
pleasure.
At no time since the preliminary
campaign was well under way was
there any chance whatever for the con
servative democrats to head off Bry
an's nomination. He had succeeded
In eliminating from consideration
every democrat of presidential size,
leaving himself the only convention
possibility.
The platform is sufficiently Bryanls
tic to call forth the unqualified ap
proval of Mr. Bryan. Although from
motives of expediency It carefiilty
omits declarations on several subjects,
such, for example, as government own
ership ot railroads, free silver coinage
or elective federal judges, on which
Mr. Bryan is on record at variance
with the present position of his party,
it contains enough of Mr. Bryan's pet
political projects to warrant terming
It a Bryan platform. The platform
declarations will, of course, call for
more detailed discussion as the cam
paign progresses and the issues are
more sharply drawn.
The formal pominatlon of the demo
cratic candidate and enunciation of
principles on which he seeks popular
favor puts It tip to the American peo
ple to make their choice at the coming
election between William Howard Taft
and William Jennings Bryan to de
cide whether they will entrust their
government to a republican of progres
sive and constructive statesmanship or
to a democrat representing extreme
and destructive radicalism.
PRACTIVA I CAitPA lay VVBL1C1TT.
While democratic orators and or
gans have been shouting themselves
hoarse for campaign fund publicity,
the only practical stetis toward actual
Dubllc accounting of campaign funds
have been taken without ostentation
by the republicans. The selection of
George R. Sheldon of New York to be
treasurer of the republican national
committee affords tangible proof that
Mr. Taft's ideas on campaign publicity
are to be carried out without refer
ence to any platform promises ot legis
lation hereafter to be enacted for the
government of future campaigns.
New York has a state law requiring
custodians of political contributions to
file sworn statements ot receipts and
disbursements. The new treasurer of
the republican national committee was
treasurer of the republican state com
mittee during the campaign of Mr.
Hushes for governor, and, as such,
rendered a complete exhibit under the
publicity law of New York of the
moneys passing through his hands, He
has been chosen custodian of the na
tional campaign funds for the special
reason that 'ae Is subject to the New
York state law and upon a distinct
understanding that he will render
himself amenable to the provisions ot
that law in handling the national cam
paign funds.
After nratlng so loudly about cam
paign publicity all that is left for the
democrats to do Is to follow the exam
ple set by Mr. Taft and his advisers
and to select a man to handle the dem
ocratic money who comes within the
scope of publicity laws enacted by re
publicans In states like New York,
Ohio, Wisconsin and Nebraska, the
Nebraska law, by the way, being the
same notoriously defied and violated
four years ago by Brother-ln-Law
"Tom" and Mayor Jim as Mr. Bryan's
political factotums.
The action taken by Mr. Taft and
the republican campaign managers to
open the treasury to the full light of
day Is a proof of good faith with tne
people that cuts all the ground from
under the democratic diatribes on this
score.
A I' A lit tiF SPECTACLES.
A few years ago a famous play
wright built a popular comedy on the
happy reflection that the world would
be found gloomy or bright according
to the kind of spectaclec which the ob
server happened to put on in tne
morning.
There must have been all kinds of
spectacles for use In Denver to fit all
kinds of eyes. From the varied as
sortment the staff representative of
our amiable democratic contemporary
must have chosen prismatic glasses ot
strong magnifying powers. Describ
ing the tumult produced on the second
day, he Insists that "this portentous
Incident" was the beginning or tne
great Bryan demonstration, "which
broke all records" and which It would
h "little short of ludicrous" to com
pare with any previous event ot the
kind, and continues:
Merely by way of pointing the vast dif
ference. It might be mentioned that the
Bryan demonetisation today endured for one
Uour and twenty-six minutes, while the
Roosevelt-La Follette period of delirium
was for forty-eight minutes. The Bryan
demonstration today was spontaneous- and
unexpected, while that t Chicago was
carefully prepared and drilled for in a
concerted effort to stampede the conven
tion. The Bryan demonstration was par
ticipated in almost all the time by nine
tentha of the delegates and practically all
the spectatora. while the Rooeevelt-L
Follette outburst at Chicago wa on the
part of the spectator only and probably
less Uian balf even of them, and the dele
gates sat atolldly and sullenly silent.
But there were other spectacles
turned on the demonstration at Den
ver through which the realities could
be more plainly seen. As witnessed
by another equally disinterested ob
server, once prominent in democratic
councils, as John Temple Orates of
Georgia and now writing for the Chi.
cago Examiner, the Denver outburst Is
thus described:
The democratic convention set out delib
erately and practically to beat the iceord
(of Chicago and to swing the measure
of noise and tumult behind It.e nominee.
Today the democratic machinery realised
that ambition with consummate skill.
I studied the movement and the ma
chinery of the record ovation of title
morning a I never have studied any sim
ilar expression of public feeling, and I say
deliberately that, whether or not there
was any depth of real sincerity beneath It,
It was from first to last the most perfect
combination of tact and mechanism that
ever produced a desired result.
For not Henry Irving nor Richard Mans
field ever set stage" scenery to such great
erfect or used materials to such a result.
The best brass band In the balcony was
the genius of the whole machinery.
And not only the band wag Inspired In
that hour. Out of every lull came some
new and dramatic episode.
The convention for ninety minutes
cheered a series of thrilling songs and sur
passing Incidents. It really cheered Bryan
for twenty-five.
The master machinists of the demo
cratic convention learned much from the
errors of Chicago. Their machinery
moved on oiled hlngea nd was a master
piece In action. Not a break was recorded
and not a gap was left unfilled. It Is per
fectly evident from the physical develop
ments of today that nn ovation Just as
easily can be prolonged for two hours ae
for one, If the political exigency demands.
Th're you lave them. Take your
cholca.
n.v RErvnucAS onotKD.
With due deference to the fatuity
that has marked It for so manv years.
the democratic party is today occupying
ground over which the republican
party passed four years ago. In Its
platform declarations, as promulgated
from Falrvlew, by way of Denver, the
oppoRltlon party gives splendid en
dorsement to republican achievement,
under the pretext of raising new issues.
On the tariff the Bryanite plat
form demands revision. The platform
adopted at Chicago pledges the repub
lican party to accomplish revision. All
the tariff laws for forty years, save
one, have been of republican origin.
That one was passed by a congress con
trolled by thj democrats, and was de
nounced by the then democratic pres
ident as a miserable makeshift and a
disgraceful surrender of party integ
rity. Mr. Bryan was a member of the
committee that drafted the Wilson bill,
and as such came In for a full share
of the condemnation visited by Grover
Cleveland on the committee and the
congress allks for failure to enact a
democratic tariff bill. The disaster
that overwhelmed the country as a re
sult of the Wilson bill is too fresh In
the minds of business men, manu
facturers and worklngmen alike to
make it at all likely that Mr. Bryan
will again be entrusted with the work
of revising the tariff.
On the railroad question, the recent
legislation of the republican party Is
endorsed most enthusiastically. The
Falrvlew-Denver platform gives full
tongue to the theories of the radicals
who have abandoned their demand for
government ownership in favor of
something they said was Impracticable.
In this, also, the accomplishment of
the republican party is made the ex
cuse for a platitudinous plea In avoid
ance by democracy.
Free silver and flat currency make
way for government guaranty for bank
deposits. The precedent for this must
be looked for In the Ocala platform,
now forgotten, which had for Its center-piece
the nubtreasury that was to
issue notes against deposits of farm
produce. In lieu of the government
guaranteed bank, the postal savings
bank Is commended. But the repub
lican idea of a postal savings bank is
specifically condemned.
On the income tax President Roose
velt is endorsed, and, as Mr. Taft Is
especially condemned for representing
the Roosevelt policy, It may be said
that the platform endorses Taft In this
particular. The antl-lnjunctlon plank
Is composed of many words, and
vaguely refers the Inquirer to the re
jected plank of 1896. The republican
policy ot building up an adequate navy
Is also endorsed, as well as the repub
lican policy of conserving the natural
resources of the country. But, with
the purbllndness of Its devotion to
state sovereignty, the democratic party
pronounces In favor of state control of
public domain and forest reserves. In
fact, state sovereignty Is still the dem
ocratic shibboleth and is made the para
mount feature of its every platform
utterance.
On nearly every vital issue the plat
form endorses the policy or achieve
ment of the republican party. On im
material points it recurs to past ex
pressions and reaffirms its opposition
to what has been enacted Into law or
achieved under executive administra
tion. Briefly, the democratic party pur
sues its tradition and camps today on
ground that has been covered by the
republicans, while presenting its dis
organized opposition 10 every positive
reform proposed by the recognised
party of progress.
The World-Herald recalls as a sig
nificant coincidence that it announced
the nomination of William Jennings
Bryan on Friday, July 10. 186. and
again on Friday, July 10, 1908. And
on the morning ot the first Wednesday
after the first Monday in November,
1908, it may have the privilege ot re
peating another announcement made
twelve years ago in connection with
Mr. Bryan.
Before the International Congrega
tional convention at Edlnburg a
speaker referred to President Roose
velt as "America's greatebt preacher."
It should be added, also, that the pres
ident practices what he preaches.
We are assured semi-offlclally that
t present the talk with reference to
the selection ot a democratic national
chairman I "pure speculation." Know
ing their records at the poker tsble
and roulette wheel, that straw must
point either to Frnt h Lick "Tom'' or
to our own Mayor Jim.
The Lincoln Bryan club has come to
the front with a $100 reward offer for
the conviction of the man who cut
down the Taft banner. The demo
cratic World-Herald Intimates that the
art of vandalism was committed by "a
republican the worse for liquor and
breathing forth union labor ardor."
This democratic flue may help some,
but the slur on union labor Is hardly
called for from that source.
The report of the appraisers for the
estate of th world-famous surgeon,
Dr. Nicholas Senn of Chicago, show
that he left something over $500,000
in persona property, largely in mort
gages in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Ne
braska. Dr. Senn was not only a great
surgeon, but he had a long head In
making Nebraska farm lands security
for his savings account.
The democratic platform denuncia
tion of republicans In congress because
of "the absolute domination of the
speaker," muat have been written be
fore the temporary chairman at Den
ver constituted himself a parliamentary
czar, whose rulings would have made
Speaker Reel and Speaker Cannon
both gasp.
The Missouri Pacific Is asking the
State Railway commission for permis
sion to nullify the 2-cent fare law in
Nebraska and ro back to 3 cents a
mile. We violate no confidence in
saying that the railroad making the ap
plication has no expectation whatever
of having Its request granted.
The nomination will go in the record
for Thursday's session, although It was
really not pulled off until Friday. It
Is a safe guess, however, that Bryan
would have taken It even had it come
to him on a Friday, the 13th.
Japan Is waiting for a new cabinet,
whose appointment has been tempor
arily delayed. If Hobson's declaration
of war crosses the Pacific in time every
member of the new cabinet will be a
minister of military affairs.
Of course, Tammany is well pleased
at the outcome. In fact, Tammany hag
had much to be pleased with ever since
the convention was flrstValled to or
der. What a triumphant return it will
be for those braves.
While the railroad magnates read
the democratic platform and Its de
nunciations, they may find consolation
In the reflection that all campaign or
ators will pay full fare for traveling
this time.
It is said that Russia faces another
crop shortage. All the more reason
why Nebraska and surrounding corn
belt states should have a big crop sur
plus, such aa present Indications fore
shadow.
"They Certainly llBTe."
Kansas City Star.
"The democrats have been very good to
me," said Mr. Bryan at his home at Fair
view yesterday. Mr. Bryan submits thia
for concent and not for argument for they
certainly have.
One UDIct Seeks the Man.
Washington Star.
It seema difficult for a man to enjoy a
comparatively small share of prosperity
without feeling that he is too strong for
the vice presidency.
Expert Halnbow (baser.
New York Tribune.
There la only one real, blown-'.n-the-bottle
ralnbow-chosing expert at the Denver con
vention. He Is the chief manager of the
Gray presidential boom and his name fitly
describes him. It la Marvel.
Demoernoy'a Parliamentary t iar.
Kansas City Times.
In his keynote" speech to the Denver
convention Chairman Bell denounced the
arbitrary rule of Speaker Cannon, a de
nunciation that was Just and right. But
In his own rulings as chairman he fully
demonstrated the fact that he had learned
much from Cannon's methods. If Cannon
Is deposfd, let It be hoped that under no
possible circumstances shall Bell be Ills
successor.
Mar rent Prosperity.
Wall Street Journal.
According to figures prepared by official!
of the Department of Agriculture at Wash- j
Ington, the crops of 1908 will be worth
nearly .0(.ttj0,(.i0.
That's a lot of money.
Going Into the pockets of the American
former It means prosperity for them, and
when the men who till the soil are pros
perous the times are generally good for
everybody In this country.
Take the tip and get ready now to do
business. Don't let the fact that this Is
a presidential election year scare you even
a little bit. Polks will eat and drink and
wear clothes and build homes regard!
of the political complexion of the next
lodger In the White House.
The harvest days will soon be here
sooner than you think.
THE QIHK AXD THE DEAD.
Specter on the Shoulder of the "Peer
leas Leader."
Cleveland Deader.
The ghost of Grover Cleveland was laid
In the opening session of the democratic
convention of lflnS.
The Bryan resolution and the Parker
resolution w-.re duly read, and no explo
sion shook the edifice of Bryan's power.
Applause and cheers greeted them both,
and the most soontaneous outburst of the
session was that given to Judge Parker.
But neither then nor later, when Colonel
Guffey s brilliant but brief assault was
made, did the renioi scless engine whose
throttle Is held by the man at Lincoln,
stay Its even, orderly progress.
"Able, conscientious and forceful" the
epitaph of William Jennings Rryan upon
Grover Cleveland: They are cool, well
choKen words, and honest words without
doubt, and they are the best tribute that
In sincerity the organised Bryan demo
cracy of ISf'S can pay to one who but a few
years ago expressed the definite political
and economic Ideals of this party and gave
to it Its only triumphant leadership in
balf a century.
The ghost of Grover Cleveland laid?
No. It goes Into the coming conflict. Its
shadow will ride at the shoulder of the
"Peerless leader."
OTHER LAD THAN MR.
Teople of the I'nlted States who urge
the establishment of postal savings banks
a a safeguard against bank runs and
bank failures, or the counter proposition of
deposit guaranty, will find In the German
system arguments favorable to buth.
Robert J. Thompson. Amerlran consul at
Hanover. In a recent report on the subject,
T the savings banks of Germany hare
shout 19.ono.on0 depositor, with savings
amounting lo H.213.oro.Oof. He adds:
"Tires deposits are practically all guar
anteed by the various municipalities of
the empire, and the condition forms a bul
wark of confidence In the security of pri
vate wealth that cannot be shaken by
hard times, panics, ajid bank failures.
With the taxing power of the municipalities
behind the guaranty." says Consul Thomp
son, -the deposits are put. so far as the
security goes, on the same basis aa a city
or county bond, which Is perhaps as good
a guaranty aa has been devised. At any
rate, the thrifty German considers himself
well secured." As might be expected,
bankruptcies or failures are extremely
rare. The consul reports only one Instance
has come to his knowledge that of a
bank looted, and the defalcation was made
good by a special tax on the municipality,
t nder the system, loses to depositors are
practically Impossible. The profits of tho
two municipal banks of Hanover, after the
creation of a reserve fund amounting lo
It jer cent of the deposits r to the c ty
and are used for charities and corrections,
and for beautifying the city streeta, squares
nd parks.
During the Russo-Japanese war. when
Emperor William sounded the "yellow
Peril" warning, English critics mocked hla
fr; re and accused him of selfish designs In
the far east, n Is now th n.rm.n
peror's time to Jeer at his critics should
dignity permit. The dangers which he pre
flctei would follow the triumph of Japa
tes9 nms English stafesmen now realise
and sorrowfully admit. I.ord Curzon, for
mer governor of India, and Viscount Mor
ley, secretary of state for India, consider
the rising discontent In India the direct
rfsult of Japan's victory over Russia.
Lord Curzon puts It In these words: "That
wae the triumph of Asia over Europe, and
the reverberations of that conflict have
spread like a thunderclap through the
whispering gnllerles of the east." Viscount
Morley regards the situation aa "dark and
tigly," for the cure of which severe meas
ure, have been adopted. England i alliance
with Japan, entered Into as a means of
blocking Russia's advance to an open port
prevented European Interference In the war
and made Japan's triumph possible. The
fruits of that alliance. Joyfully welcomed
r,Vnr8 "0W return to Pa the
chief ally.
The reversal of the tide of emigration
from Italy to America Is causing much
distress In Italy. Emigration from that
country has practically ceased. Only 4 43
persona took ship for America during May
while 31,539 emigrants returned to Italy'
During the first five months of the present
year the number of departures for America
was S.,025, and the number returned 1,11
Compared with the corresponding period of
last year the departures ahow a falling orf
of 1S7.124, and the repatriations an Increase
or 71,29,. The stream of money hitherto
pouring Into Italy from Italians In thli
country has been checked, and the Influx
of emigrants vastly overcrowds the labor
market. It is eetlmated 200,(00 returned eml
grants are out of work, and no remedy for
the evil has been devised.
The financial pinch In the Vnlted States,
which Is primarily resnnnaihi fn- h. a,.
tresa In Italy. Is appreciably felt through
out lob wona. As a consequence of the
"lack demand In this country the diamond
markets of Belgium and Holland have
gone to plecea and 5,000 diamond cutters
have been thrown out nf ,noiom
Similarly the slump in the rubber market
... mm country nas paralysed the rubber
Industry of Brazil, cutting the year s ex
ports one-half. Germany complains that
the American tourist business this year
la far less than was expected, and steam
ship owners, hotel and shop keepers feel
the pinch severely. Lond nn nlon aim,...
satisfied with the season's tourist business.
ine inited States has become the barome
ter of the world business, and all lands
feel its ups and downs almost us keenly
as we do.
A singularly unique demonstration was
held In London July 4, not in honor of the
day we celebrate, but to vindicate r.H r,,
tect the dignity of the tall hat. li was
pulled ort by the Journeyman's Silk Hat
ters' trade union, and every ono of the
thousands In the procession wore a silk
hat of the mnat tx.lu, .... I ...1.. .
- . i i nianc. i ne mai.i i
object of the demonstration was to revho I
the waning popularity of the Htovenir. I
which has fallen from its hinli est:ii in
world's metropolis, bringing idleness and
distress to tho employes of twenty hat
factories. "The motor crare " ,vo ,.
secretary of the union, "is respons.blo for j
me aowniau or tne silk liat. In the eld
days," he adds, with a touch of melan
choly, "none would ever have gone la
business In the city in a Panama hat and
a Bill. b
Iceland has achieved a measure of home
rule as complete as could be hoped for un
der monarohlal government. The conces
sion amicably reached betw.cn the Inland
ers and the Danish king la the culmination
of nearly forty years of struggle for po
litical Independence. Icelanders, like oth..r
assimilated peoples, insisted they knew
their nteds best, and were more competent
to enact laws to promote thtlr welfare
than the ruling Danes. Years of persistent
agitation were required to drive home this
truth, but It reached the spot. In the lajit
thirty years concustions were reluctantly
granted, each an advance In the direction
of home rule, but with strings attached.
These have now been cut away and com
plete legislative Independence granted with
out conditions. The last obstacle to go
Is the appointed governor general, who will
be succeeded by a governor elected by the
people. The success of the. ioclandeis In
convincing- the Danes of their ability to
make their own laws Is likely to cause the
home rulers of Ireland to lament the con
duct of their forbears In driving the Dan
ish invaders Into the soa.
The rrusade against opium smoking Is
going forward slowly, but surely n China.
The North China News describes the de
struction recently of thousands of dollars'
wirth of smoking utensils seized and vol
untarily surrenders. Fays the News:
"Kor aome of the pipes as muc'.i as tM had
been offered. . couple of roollea were en
gaged in stripping the pipe of their
metal work, while others were splitting
up the small metal boxes used for holding
the drug by means of a hammer and
chisel. Yet another man, armed with a
sledge hammer, was showing his prowess
on. the delicately fashioned brasa lamps.
8ume of the Ivory pipes were sawn up
into small pieces, but those Intended for
the bonfire, which were mostly made of
wood, were dipped In a kerosene can an !
then stacked In two square heaps on a
couple of large stones to be burned."
"Hat Don't Do If Again."
Chicago Tribune.
With an eye to the proprieties, the tem
porary chairman was arrayed in conven
tional afternoon attire. If Mayor Dahlman
of Omaha had any objection to this he
doubtless kept It to hljnself for the aaka of
harmony.
On the top
floor, in white tile ovens
of the $1,000,000 sunlit bakery
the cleanest of bakeries are baked
IopSE-ILES
Graham Crackers
Made from the best whole wheat
graham flour with all the goodof the
whole wheat retained.
Dainty crackers crisp anddeli-
cious with a wholesome goodness so
different so much better than the common
graham cracker.
Insist on the Dark Brown pack-j
age it signifies the best then you arc!
certain of the perfect graham cracker.
The Dark Brown package is thrice
sealed. This extra protection keeps these
perfect graham crackers fresh and firm free
from moisture and exposure.
At your grocerV- 10c?
lOOSE-WlLES - Omaha, Nel)
POLITIC A I DRIFT.
TV. 3. Bryan admits "the democratic party
hag been good to me."
"Hurrah for BUI" will be Just as welcome
In one camp as the other.
One enthusiast baa such endless faith in
the Peerless One as o believe he will resur
rect the railroad pasa.
Public Interest In Colonel Quffey's f. el
ings will not be appeased until he describes
how the road roller works.
Men who ducked at the mention of the
democratic vice presidential nomination can
now safely"come out of the woods.
That pickpocket who tried to work the
Tammany train on the way to Denver
proved to be an amateur among experts.
The two leading candidates for the presi
dency, besides responding to the familiar,
"Hello, Bill," each la tagged by a brother
Chrrlie.
By unanimous vote Alfalfa Dill Murray
of Oklahoma was declared to possess the
greate.1. voice at the Denver convention,
beating Mayor Jim Dahlman by several
lariats.
The notion that one cannot put away
as much boose in Denver as in the lower
aHitudes was thoroughly disproved by del
egates and vial tors from the prohibition
districts of the south.
Accounts from Denver agree that
"Brother Charlie" Bo an la not an orator
or a copious conversationalist. The ilmlt
of his vocal talent is said to runse from
"I don't know" to "1 am not suie."
Senator Jeff Davis of Aikansas was a.
tho convention as a distinguished spec
tator, but restricted his oratory to the
hotel lobbies. He brought with him his
Buit of butternut clothes mid the :ick
which his rival took away from him in t.iat
little mixu;i in Little ilock when Jeff got
punched. In order to get his nick back
Jeff was competed to undergo tlio Unomlny
of giving the man who took it away from
him a receipt for It. Some of his southern
opponents l.avc been cruel enough ti say,
that Jefi s name Is not Jetf at a I, i jt
tiiat lie ':is christened Jeffries an I t .at
he has tried to add to his pjll:i.al capital
by a change, of name.
SMIi.lVC l,lb.
"Now," said Boreni, concluding a long
discourse, "that's what 1 think you should
do In the matter. I'm no lawyer; it's Just
a llitlo bit of tree advice. N hat do you
think of- It?" '
"Well." replied Wiseman. "It's wortli it." .
Philadelphia Press.
He I told Miss ClulluH I thought the only
word that properly described vou was
"peach."
SIih-I suppose he said something "real
nice," as ukual.
H; 8he said: "Perhaps that is the proper
-iu. .rti uny rule s.:e luuKU W.-il
Served." Philadelphia Press.
ire-
"Which la better." inquired the voting
patriot, "to be a silver-tongued orator or
a pivti tlcal politician'."'
"It depends," answertd Senator riurghuin.
"on your personal ambitions. Sun.e
dutlre the last word und others, are con- J
ctrnud iolely al.uul ihe first oailol."
Washington rtar.
"Johnnie," said his mother, "if you had
lundt lhc right kind of el fort you might
have won a place on the champion spelling
clan."
Johnnie shook bis head.
"No, ma," lie said. "I wouldn't have
stood any more show In a s-ilin' match
than Shakespeare would!" Cleveland Plain
Dialer.
The Doctor I've stood for a good many
wild and reckleve assertions on your part,
but you can't make ine b.lieve there la a
trlhe of Indians of Irish d- scent
The Professor That only rhows that you
have never heard of the All Uor.e "41. Inns.
Baltimore American.
The smaller man bristled up.
"See here," he grow.ed, you have applied
two unpleasant t.Tins to in..." Then h;
paused an 1 scowled and c in c a l:tie cl .er.
"I Just want .u to understand mat a
third term doesn't go In this country."
Whereupon the big man dr-w l ack a I ttle
and said no mure. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Mr. Ollirard." asked the caller, "are
you carrying all the l ie Insurance you car.
afford?"
"No." answered the man at the desk. "1
can afford more and I fiad expected to take
out more, hut from a mile I got ftom inv
employer this giorning I have begun to
suspect that I'm carrying a g...id rital more
than 1 am worth." Chicago Tribune.
cwsn.wfc fvRiurtuer kin you mention one
good purpose that Is served by our Idiotic
and barbarous method of celebrating th
Fourth of July?
The Other Man Yes, sir, I can. It fur.
nlshea the practice necesxary for con
verting a student Into a skilled surgeon.
Chloago Tribune.
"You feel suro he Is your enemy at
heart?"
"Absolutely sure," answered Senator
Sorghum.
"Yet he always speaka of you most
pleasantly."
"Yes; but he keeps on suggesting me aa
a candidate for tho vice presluenoy,"
Washington Star.
A IiniDAL PROSPECTUS.
(Written before marriage by a Chicago
woman, now seeking divorce.)
A huKband will keep. It you know how to
cook blm,
And if you Just know what to do.
But freezing, or roasting, will nevar Im
prove him.
And 't
w 111 spoil him to be In a stew.
When out at a banquet, hla friends gaily
toast him, i
Ami 'tis morning hefor? his return;
Preund you'ie asleep, It were wise not to
oast him,
He's already been done lo a turn.
When put In hot water, or put In a pickle,
lie surely will try to "raise Ned,"
You may think he's a lobster, but lob
sters are fickle,
Thi y change In hut water, 'tis said.
Be sure that hla wrappings are white and
well mended.
With buttons and strings aa required,
If he spluturf. or fizzes, you mustn't be
anxious,
For husbands will do this when tired.
He mustn't le kept In the kettle by
firee,
He'll sluy there himself. If enthused.
Ar.d lest lie get tasteluss and flat, you
must stir lilm.
But pepper should never be used.
With Judgment a email bit of splce will
Improve him.
But sweets .m can use by the ton,
'Twill make him delicious, digr-stible quite,
Surpassed in the market by none.
Now If you will do all the things I have
told you.
H. 'II keep. Just as long ss you please.
For husbands are good, if they're properly
t rented.
They've good, for a kiss and a squeeie.
The Pessimist What an old-looking dog!
..i Fine combination of A
bathing suit and a fur overcoat.
Value of a Name
If Uirre) in any clotting made
that 1 better than our, we don't
know It.
Tlu name of Ilrowniog, King
& Company lg a aort of apparel
Insurance.
In t lie lightweight, mld-aum.
nier gai-niciits, hones roust ruc
tion and hkillful tailoring ar
the whole thing.
Vou have them liere.
Anil the prices Just now are
especially attractive.
BrQwnin&King
Wnrrrft Co mnhv
W Fif taeiith and Dousja S. '
OMAHA
R. S.
WILCOX, Mgr.