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THF nr.HA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY. JULY 14. 1908. I i i I M h a li m w, 1 In c El ip ml t th I 4 dOI A In Aft tha ma; bog T tlicn VflJ out wer Ult. evol lloct and Athj trai who inert para bH Kim 4 011 II T E i Drt lofi Dl You i The Omaha Daily Dfx FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR HOSE WATER, EDITOR. Entered t Omaha postofflc aa second elass matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Xally Bee (without Sunday), ona year. .$4 09 Daily Bee and Sunday, one yeari DELIVERED BY CARRIER: Dally lFr (including Sunday), per week..lSc Dally Beo (without Sunday), per week..lw Evening He (without Sunday), per week 6c KvfMni Ua (with Sunday), per week. ...10c Hunday Bee, on year Saturday Bee, one year 1 w Addri(a all complaint of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omah--Clty Hall Building. Council Bluffs 15 Scott Street. ' Chicago 1548 Marquette Building. New York-Room 1101-1102. No. 84 Wt Thirty-third 8tret. Washington 726 Fourteenth Street N. w. 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Tsschuck, treasurer of The Be Publishing company, lieing duly sworn, ays that the actual number of full and foniplet copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Dee printed during :he month of June. 1808. was aa follows : 1 35,830 16 38,40 8 38,740 1 38,40 3 36,030 17 35,930 4 35,800 18 39,110 8 38,780 19 36,480 6 35,880 80 35,890 7 35,900 81 35,760 35,960 S3 38,480 9 36,910 83 38,099 10 36,970 84 38,340 11 38,350 88 36.800 18 36,090 86 36,070 IS 35,690 88 35,830 14 36.060 89 36,600 18 30,080 30 38,380 Total 1,089,090 Lei unsold and returned copies.. 9,877 Net total . ..' 1,079,313 Dalley average 86,977 georcjh: b. tzschuck. Treasurer. Subset (bed In my prnnce and sworn to before m this 1st 5h of July. 1908. M. P. WALKER, Notary Public WHEN OCT or Town. abacrlbers leaving tke city tmm porarllr ehoald t Tha Be uallni to them. A dares will be Senator Ben Tillman has landed In Morocco. Ralsuli had better take to the tall Umber. Omaha automobile scorchers seem again to have gotten the idea that the only offense Ilea in being caught. To prove that be believes in free raw material, Mr. Bryan handed some of it to Colonel GufTey at Denver. Lincoln and Cincinnati might com promise the matter by Cincinnati agreeing not to put up one of Bryan. Two circuses within forty-eight houra form too much of a temptation for the weather man to pass them by unnoticed. Judge Parker might have attracted more attention if he had given an ex hibition of swimming Instead of tpeecbifying. The campaign Is on In earnest now that Colonel Watterson has begun writing seven-column paragraphs on the situation. A New England physician wants to abolish beds and make people sleep on the floor. He would be popular at 4 national convention. An eastern physician claims to have discovered the "grouch" germ. He must . have hkd Tom Johnson or Colonel Guffey for 8 patient. The president's decision to turn the Venezuelan muddle over to congress leaves Hobson to chafe at the bit until the call to arms Is sounded. "Crazy Snake" Is on the war path In Oklahoma. Some other prominent citizens of Oklahoma have been on the war path at Denver for a week. Thej city of Quebec Is about to cele brate the three hundredth anniversary of ita "founding. Just wait until Orctha Is three hundred years old. The democrats who have been men tioned for the vice presidency are now llanninf to use the prestige to enable them to get Into the legislature back homo. Everybody agrees that Mayor Jim was "It" out at Denver. But that Is no rtgn Mr. Bryan will run him for governor of Nebraska on the ticket this year. , Delegates to the Denver convention at least dispelled, that old notion that a man cannot drink as much booze a mile above aea level as he can in a lower altitude. The flood watera at Lincoln will subside, aa they have always done, and likewise will subside the effervescence there over the third-time nomination for the presidency of a former citizen of Lincoln. If the pay-ln-advance rule on dis trict court feea really worka out by reducing the amount of flimsy litiga tion docketed by lawyers contingently retained It will prove even more of a blessing than was anticipated. The Department of Agriculture sug gests that venison might be cheap and popular if the farmers would turn their attention to raising deer. The consumers will be willing to waive their taste for venison If the farmers will try to make beef cheap and popu lar by raising more cattle. NiSRFrrticsEyTiyQ the rBtsmtsi. President Roosevelt'a prompt denial of the statements attributed to him by Richmond Pearson Hobson is war ranted on Japan's account and not on Hobson's. Diplomats are always ready, If not eager, to take up care leBBly thrown firebrands and fan them Into international significance and it Is possible that even the president's emphatic denial will not wholly re move the impression In Toklo-that Hobson was talking by the book, be cause the oriental mind haa not yet been trained to make allowances for exaggeration that characterizes our heated political discussions. ' t Unfortunately, the Japanese cannot appreciate the difficulty Hobson ex perienced In getting a chance to make his speech nor the derision with which his false alarm was greeted by his democratic colleagues. In response to calls for Hobson, In the course of one of the meetings, the chairman put the question to a vote and decided It a tie, then, very courteously cast his vote for Hobson. The hero of the Merrlmae anj the chautauqua, as solemn as destiny Itself, began to un load his address. The audience guyed him unmercifully, but he persisted. He declared that if the democratic party was successful, before the end of four years it would "have a great foreign war on its hands." Groans, cat calls and hisses greeted the an nouncement, but the undismayed Hob son went on: I want to say to you that "not so very long ago the president of the United States said In my presence that there ex ists the greatest probability of a war with Japan. American common sense, usually a rare article In democratic conventions, arose to the occasion and laughed Hobson off the platform. Of course, the Japanese have no moving pictures illustrating the scene and will natur ally be alarmed. Common sense will teach them, however, that the presi dent never entertained or uttered such thoughts and that he would not, In the very nature of things, have made Hobson the recipient of his con fidences on ao grave a subject. THE TRUSTS AD THE FORESTS. A lumber trust, with an entirely new plan of campaign, is bulletined from St. Louis. The new company is to have a capital stock of $300,000, 000 and is backed by Weyerhauser, the lumber king, who has taken-the novel position of offering the services of the new combine to tho government in aiding the movement to preserve the country's forests. Heretofore the lumber combines have apparently had but the one thought In view and that was to denude the timber tracts of the nation aa rapidly as possible and get the lumber turned Into cash. The new combine proposes to place a limit on the output, prohibit tho cutting of timber of small size and to provide for a systematic replanting of forest grounds that have been cut over. It must not be Inferred that the new Lumber trust is being inspired by any philanthropic motives. The lumber barons realize that there will be little lumber In the country In the next twenty years unless something is done, and dme promptly, to protect the for est reserves and the other sources of lumber supply. Accordingly, these men have volunteered their expert aa- slstance in the work of forest preser vation. The extent to which the gov ernment will accept assistance from such sources remalnn to be determined, but the fact that the lumber men are taking such action la proof that the movement for the conservation of our forests was not Btarted any too soon. THE VEKKZVKLAH RUPTURE. The American Jingoes will doubt less be greatly, disappointed at Presi dent Roosevelt's refusal to order a battleship parade for the purpose of bringing the pugnacious and imperti nent Castro of Venezuela to a realiza tion of his obligations to this country and other civilized powers. Diplo matic relations are now completely severed, for the first time in fifty years and the Venezuelan officials have furnished ample excuse for dras tic action on the part of the American government. The president, how ever, has decided to let Castro stew for a time In his own juice, with the hope that he will finally be brought to an appreciation of the embarrassing plight he will find himself in through his own misguided efforts. In spite of the present strained con dition of affairs, there is not the slightest danger of war in the near future, or indeed at all. A similar condition of affairs existed, between France and Venezuela a few years ago. While diplomatic relations were severed, trade continued and there was outwardly no show of differences, and diplomatic relations were finally restored through a third power, only to be broken. At present the United States, France, Holland, Colombia and England are Venezuela's unfriendly list, and Italy Is about prepared to withdraw Its diplomatic officials. It Is certain that Venezuela is in no post Hon to have such a list of unfriendly powera and must soon make overtures for a renewal of friendly relations. In the meantime, President Roosevelt haa decided to refer the whole subject to congress, unless there Is a settle ment before December, and so let congress decide what shall be done to bring Castro to terms. Our government has everything to gain by the attitude taken by the president and the State department. The overtures for peace will have to come from Castro and when he makes them we will be in position to exact terms which will Include an adjudica tion of the casea and clatma which have been pending against the Castro government for years and which have been arbitrarily rejected. When friendly relations are resumed It will be on a basis which will not only call for a proper settlement of pending cases, but will make proper provision for the protection of American Inter ests in Venezuela in the future. OCtsTinyABLE. A beautiful home has been erected for the Young Men's Christian asso ciation in Omaha through the gener osity of our public-spirited citizens. The money contributed to the Young Men's 'Christian association building fund was given for a distinct purpose and came from people of all creeds, occupying all walks of life and pro fessing all the different political faiths. One of the incidental objects of the Young Men's Christian association in guiding the youth aright ia to promote temperance, ao that it ia quite proper to use the building for temperance ad dresses notwithstanding the accept ance of contributions from brewers and saloon keepers. Although the propriety of giving free use of the building to an anti-saloon league, which, as we understand it, is organ ized for practical politics rather than personal reformation through appeals to the Individual, may be disputable, there can be no question of the Impro priety of seizing upon such a meeting for political propaganda in behalf of the democratic nominee for the presi dency. If the democrats want to talk poli tics disguised as populists, single tax ers, government ownership advocates or antl-saloon leaguers they should go out and hire a hall and pay for it out of their own pockets. THAT HYDRAKT RESTAL. The Judgment rendered against the city of Omaha in the hydrant rental case, growing out of the refusal of the Water board to pay for hydrant serv ice furnished, was only to be expected after the decision adverse to the Water board's claims handed down by the federal court of appeals In the early spring. The Judgment entered up by the federal court Involve bills for only one year's service, amounting to a total of $115,867.67, of which about $21,000 is for interest on the past due debt. Our people, however, should under stand what Is really involved, which Is a much larger amount, and what thla litigation Is costing them. Since the Water board entered upon its pol icy to stop hydrant rental payments the steadily accumulating bills of the water company for hydrant service had on July 1, last, reached $378, 961.65. This, however, is not the whole claim, because these bills cover a period of three years, and being pay able every six months will all draw interest, if the present judgment ia affirmed, at the rate of 7 per cent from the time the money became due. The Interest, therefore, already accrued at this rate up to July 1 figures out $46,380.77, making a grand total of $425,342.43. Adding in the court costs, but ex cluding the big fees paid to the high priced Water board lawyers, the priv ilege of fighting these hydrant rental bills has already cost the taxpayers of Omaha approximately $50,000 over and above the stipulated price. If the cases are appealed, as the lawyers Intimate they will be, and again go against the city, It will be costing the taxpayers from now on at the rate of more than $2, BOO a month for interest alone. The Bee does not venture to advise tho Water board, wboae members we know would taVe no advice from us, but we do not healtato to give the pub lic the facts and let every one reach his own conclusion. A few editors of republican papers In Nebraska and wo are glad to say that they are very few aeoni to hare thought it necessary for them to apol ogize for the action of the republican state committee in putting up a Taft banner at the state headquarters city. There is no call for any republican to give precedence anywhere in Nebraska to any democrat advocating Bryan. We may be sure that no democratic editor professing to run his paper In the In terest of Bryan will return the compli ment, so the thing for the republican editor to do la to stand up on the fir ing line and carry the fighting into the enemy's lines. It looks, so far, 88 if the railroads traversing Nebraska were going to ac cept the provisions of the new termi nal tax law without trying to upset It in the courts. It is Just possible that the disastrous experience of the Ne braska railroads in fighting their taxes has convinced them that It is better to let well enough alone. The Chicago Tribune gives much space to a resume of the business con ditions of the leading cities throughout the country in which the report from Omaha Is a tribute to the stability of our financial and commercial Institu tions. Omaha will hold Its own in a business way with ny other city of Us class. Colonel Guffey has recovered suffi ciently from the lnjuriea he received In a contact with the steam roller at Denver to expresa hla fears that Penn sylvania will go republican thla year. Mr. Bryan says he will make no promlsea of patronage In order to se cure votes. He naturally feels that he should not make promises he has no prospect of being able to keep. A democratic paper up in the Third district has come out for Its favorite for the democratic nominee for con gress "without the aid or consent of any boss." If this Is not hurling de fiance at Mr. Bryan, what Is It! "Does anybody recall the name of the present governor of Missouri?" asks the New York Run. Never mind about that. The name of the next governor of Missouri will be Herbert S. Hadley. Neither Temporary Chairman Bell nor Permanent Chairman Clayton, nor the committee on resolutlona, thought to blame the republican party for the failure to find the North Pole. The Hearst convention will come eoon and then It will all be over ex cept the campaign canards, the slo gans, the spellbinding, the shouting and the voting. The horses In the Postofflce depart ment at Washington are to be given thirty daya' vacation in pasture with their board paid. The army mule has a kick coming. Tools of the Trade. Minneapolis Journal. Mr. Taft has the steam roller, Mr. Bryan the locomotive. But the boss of the pro hibitionists crushes the opposition with an Ice cream freeier. while the leader of the safe and sane suffrage party suffocates the Insurgent with hi satchet bag. Steam Holler Slipped a Cow. Kansas City Star. A glaring flaw In the Denver arrange ments mas that Mr. Bryan was nominated too late for the regular edition of the morn ing papers and Mr. Kern was nominated too late for the regular edition of the after noon papers. Being a newspaper man him self, Mr. Bryan should have corrected thla error In the program. Glnwlag Crop Prospect. Springfield Republican. The beet feature of the current govern ment crop report Is the part which relates to corn. Both acreage and condition are above what they were last year, and Indi cate a harvest of 2.7M.OOO.OOO bushels, com pared with the 2,692,300.000-bushel yield in 1907. So If present promises hold out the production of corn, which Is our most Im portant crop, will surpass all previous records, save that of 1906, when tho yleld( fell only a little short of 3,000,000,000 bushels. And such an outqome Is quite possible. Pity With ' Sneer. Boston Transcript. President Roosevelt will reject without thanks the pity expressed for him by the democrats at Denver for his Inability to have every one of his policies put Into legislation. This democratic sympathy with Fresldent Roosevelt is not so suddeni as It seems, but has been carefully organ ised for the purpose of catching a few votes here and there for Bryan. The larger effort will fall, for the republican of the country will think tha shortest, and best way of Indorsing Roosevelt is to vote for Taft. Too Blt a Task for Bryan. New York Sun. At the game of "putting Taft in a hole" the most eminent resident of Nebraska Is not a shining success. He suggested that Mr. Taft Join him In urging congress to pass a campaign fund publicity law. or.ly to be Informed that Mr. Taft had done this very thing soma 'weeks before. Now Mr. Taft has directed that tho party's books be kept open, just a Mr. 4 Bryan is pre paring to have hysteria over the subject at Denver. Mr. Taft Is a large, stout man, and Mr. Bryan should bear this fact .In mind when he ia digging pits for the re publican candidate. Porch Candidate. Minneapolis Journal. The public haa grown tired of candidates who hustle for the presidency as they would for a job, a contract, an Insurance policy, or sell a book. It demands dignity. The porch 1 the thing to give that. Let ua have porch candidates. Not porch-climbing candidates, but candidates who sit on the porch In a willow chair, smoking pre ferably; candidates who do not appear to be running for anything, but who, when they see delegations headed by brass bands coming down the street, rlRe, and adjust ing their neckties, address to said delegation, remarks wholy impromptu, which Indicate an allwlsdom that cannot but be lmpres s'.ve. The peripatetic candidate musses up the streets of the town with crowds he at tracts. I.OOZK TYPES AT DESVEH BARS. Easterners Oatclasa Westerners la Tank Capacity. Denver Letter to Cincinnati Times-Star. It is the eastern crowd at Denver that does the drinking. There Is a distinct va riation of type between the men from the ftilddle west and the east, but they may be classed together as against the extreme west and the south, both of which are strongly marked types. The man from the middle west rather likes to take his nourishment leaning against a bar. He stands there for hours at a time, his face shining, twisting from foot to foot In the effort to rest his tired body, but glowing with happiness and quite content to put the theory ragardlng the effect of alco holic potations taken at an extreme altitude to the severest test. Maybe he gets a lit tle noisy later on, but not unbearlngly so for the middle west seems to regard Mr. Bryan as the man who has the rarty by the short hair rather than aa his coun try's destined savior. Under the circum stance he doesnt get hysteric. When he gets his meals, he likes to find some quiet little German Joint where he can gobble masses of rich, heavy food, wash it down with high steins of beer and later take his coat off. perhaps, and smoke thick black cigars while he talks of the situation. But the man from the east Is the sybarite of the day. When he dines he prefers the hotel cafes, where the service Is fairly good, the food of somewhat higher quality and much higher priced than In the little roadside restaurants, and where he may Indulge his luxurious soul by watching pretty women and seeing other men drink wine. This Is the case with him, though he has no more than the price of the dinner In his pocket book, and know he must borrow to get home. He drinks wine for ostentation, whiskey for pleasure, and beer when he must. He mora silent than his conferre from the west, pays more attention to his dress perhaps, and seems to harbor a repress -d grouch most of the time. If he happens to be a Judge or a dignitary of um sort he Is as talkative and playful aa a treed cat. If he belong to the ordinary braid of politician he will loosen up, but always with one eye on the line of retreat Into his shell of unapproachableness. But If ha happen to be of the Tammany rooters, or one of that class, he goes off with his friends and gathers him a nice little Jag and haa a good time, and lets politics take care of Itself. For he knows that he la simply excess baggage on this trip, and If he tried to exchange views with the bosses ibw wouldn't lt him com again. XEDRASKA POLITICAL, POUTERS Howells Journal: Jim Dahlman has de cided to launch his gubernatorial boom August 1. If we mistake not. It will be nipped by a chilling blast long before thp frost Is on the pumrkln or tha corn Is In the shock. Hastings Tribune: James Dahlman hat been surceded by P. I Hall of Lincoln, as national committeeman for Nebraska. Dr. Hall Is apt to have a hard time of It trying to undo some of the things that Dahlman haa already done. Ord Quls: It will now be In order for Bryan to smash the gubernatorial bee that has been busting In Jim Dahlman's hat Jim was a good fellow when he was getting delegates Instructed for Bryan for the Den ver convention, but William Jennings Is too smooth a politician to allow Jame to have his name printed at the head of the state ticket. , Red Cloud Argus: Red Cloud Is now to have a Simon-pure democratic paper. But this paper will pursue Its wonted course. It will have nothing to say against Bryan except where his policies differ from those we Judge best, and It will easily find much to be proud of In tho record of the republi can candidate, and much to approve In the republican platform administration. Shelton Clipper: The people of Nebraska, should be proud of the fact that they havo a citizen who can remain at their home at Lincoln and dictate the entire proceedings of a national convention In Denver. Republicans as well as demo crats should be proud of the fact notwithstanding that the democrats mad a great ado over the republican convention at Chicago last month being dominated by one man. Kearney Hub: The selection of Frank Hitchcock as chairman of the republican national committee Is highly satisfactory to tho republicans of the country, but bodes all kinds of trouble for democrats. It was a. clean-cut and admirable campaign that Hitchcock made for Taft preceding the national convention, and the whole oC his work waa clean and beyond criticism. Undoubtedly Frank Hitchcock stands head and shoulders above any other person who waa available for the chairmanship. Rushvllle Recorder: Mr. Bryan's eulogy of the late Orover Cleveland Is In vivid contrast to some of the things he has said of him In the past. If there Is any thing In this world that makes us feel cynical It Is waiting for the man to die before you can treat him decently. We say too many nice things thst fall on deaf ears for fear of making men puffed, but afterward, very often, when they dio of a broken heart and quit an ungrateful world, we sing their praises, which were aa much due in life aa death, or else we are hypocrites. Howells Journal: Every young man should take an active Interest In politics. It Is a mistaken Idea that politics have a demoralizing Influence on young men. Xt must be admitted that there was a time when such was not the case, but that time Is past. It Is the clean, right-thinking men who are coming to the front today In the political world. Bum rule In politics Is ft thing of the past. We advise every young man to choose the party that best represents his principles and after making his choice be a worker and a booster. Be a' live wire! That's what counts In very walk of life. Elgin Review: Mr Frank H. Hitchcock is unquestionably the man to manage the coming campaign. The work that he has accomplished haa been remarkable. In all sections of the country, and especially in the south, his preconviction campaign has been conducted without breath of scandal and absolutely no charge of corruption, even by his opponents before the national committee. Not only will he conduct a successful campaign that will be aa "clean as a whistle," and will reflect no dis credit to the candidate or to the parly, but he will command the confidence and respect of every member of the national committee. Schuyler Free Lance (Ind.V This repub lican platform is good reading and it con tains very little that even a democrat can find fault with. Of course it lauds the re publican party and denounces the demo crats and has a lot of glittering phrases In it, as can be expected in all partisan plat forms, but what It declares for Is com mendable as a rule and Is not the bad doc ument partisan democrats consider it. That platform is more to be criticised for what It does not contain than what It does con tain. Its declarations as to the corpora tions and trusts are all right and Its refer, ence to the negro Is proper. That antl-ln- Junction plank is good enough. Of course, if one does not believe in the gold standard or Is a free trader it will not suit. But It is a very fair document and Is good reading. While It Is not as radical for any reform as a populist platform would be, yet for a republican platform It Is along advanced grounds. Schuyler Free Lance: W. J. Bryan says In his Commoner that there Is no reason why the negro should not vote the demo cratic ticket; that he should study the principle of the parties and vote accord ing to his views. That sounds good on the surface, but it Is not well founded. If there was nothing back of It it would be proper, but there is all the reason in the world why the negro should not vote the democratic ticket under any conditions, and that rea son Is that his political life Is at stake. In every state under democratic control the negro has been disfranchised, even In Maryland, where the negro population Is but one-fifth of the white population and negro domination was not feared. And W. J. Bryan endorses the disfranchisement of the negro, as It has been In the south, re gardless of fitness or citizenship, classing all alike. The negro who will vote the na tional democratic ticket ought to be dis franchised, for he Is sanctioning that very thing by his vote. And If Bryan were square In hla political talk he would so state, for It Is a fact that all know. The negro under present conditions has nothing to do with party principles; he is voting for his own political existence. Orand Island Independent: There Is one feature of the primary law to remedy which requires neither legislative action nor fur ther delay. There la nothing Impractical In the remedy, nor Is It In the least in viola tion of the spirit or letter of the law. The Independent haa reference to the selection of a delegate to the state convention. Each county has to select a delegate to the con vention and an alternate. It requires but lit tlo more apace upon the ballot to put tho selection of the delegate up to all of the voters Instead of to tha candidates se lected at the primaries. An expression could thus be had which every candidate would be glad to regard as final. The choice of the majority of the voters of the party would be followed as a matter of course. Just aa r.a member of the legislature has ever yet presumed to violate the Instruc tions of the voters of the state with refer ence to Uslted States senator. Let the friends and proponents of some one or more competent, right minded republicans In every county request. In the usual form, that the name of such and such person be put upon the ballot as choice for delegate, and one feature of the primary law which has occasioned considerable criticism and frequently has put candidates In an awk ward position will have been remedied. Eaprrlaneatiasi with Ia4laBa. St. Louis Olobe-DemocraL Indiana's majority against Bryan was U.1K1 In US and tt.OT) in 1900. The fujure look unpromising tor tblii trial. l iwrx i i pastries, desserts delicious, tive, out of the ordinary are the pride of the cook who uses (DSNEGO STARCH For filling for cream, lemon, rhubarb, pineapple, strawberry and other fruit pies, nothing equals Kingston!'. It makes them delicate and delicious. Improve your cooking by following "Original Recipes and Cooking Helps n by two Cook who know. Free on request. Insist upon the old reliable Kingtford's Oswego Com Starch. Pound packages, 10c. T. KIKSSFORO & SOU. OSWCBO. N. T. -DsTlOMl STUCa CO., t accruals ARMY GOSSIP IX WASHINGTON. Current Event Cleaned from the Army sad 'vy Rrsjlster. The chance that politics would be made out of the award of contract for a large quantity of English-made khaki for uee In the Philippines has led this week to an annulment of the order placed with for eign houses and the announcement from both the War department and Oyster Bay that Mr. Taft was In no respect responsi ble for the transaction. The Incident grew out of tho fact that officers on duty In the Philippines urgently recommended tho adoption of the English khaki as being lighter and more comfortable. If not mora serviceable, than the American khaki. In the meantime, the quartermaster general's office as a result of tests was able to place an order with domestic firms for 750,000 yards of khaki, which was nearly two ounces lighter than that hitherto purchased. This was considered as answering the needs In all respects. The British khaki will probably he bought for Issue to the Philip pine scouts, but the protests of the -American makers have led to the cancellation of all but the minimum part of tha con tract, which originally called for 600,000 yards of that material. Major Henry T. Allen, Eighth cavalry, on duty at Fort Yellowstone, Wyo.. has been purchasing for the quartermaster general some 200 horses for the remount depot at Fort Reno. These horses are of known breeding and pedlgTee, raised on the ranches In Montana and Wyoming, and are of the type which Major Allen regards as suitable for the cavalry arm. An effort was made by the quartermaater's depart ment to obtain satisfactory bids for furnish ing 100 colts from the central west and the Paclfio coast; but the figures were con sidered high for that class of animal and no contract Is likely to be awarded. Spe cial reports on the subject of horses to be found In various parts of tho country have been made by various army officers, In cluding Captain F. B. Hennessy, of the Third Field artillery, on duty at Fort Myer, Va, who has been looking over the market In that state. In the meantime, Captain Letcher Hardeman, of the quar termaster's 'department (detailed from the cavalry) Is arranging the new ' remount depot at Fort Reno for the reception of some X) or 500 horses, which number of animals It Is expected to have at that place by the fall. An important decision was rendered last week by the War department to the effect that officers of the army may be pro moted subject to examination In those cases where by reason of sickness they are not able to present themselves before a board of examination. It Is held that this condition constitutes an exigency of the service within the meaning of section 33 of the act of February 2, 1901. This will do much to relieve the army of such blocks to advancement as have occasionally oc curred and which now exists In the grade of second lieutenant of infantry by reason of the sick leave of absence granted to Lieutenant R. W. Drury. which leave will not expire until August 20. The adjutant general of the army pointed out that In stances of this kind caused great Incon venience to the service and furnished the Illustration of one regiment In which five vacancies recently existed In the grade of first lieutenant and the regiment was that number short of Its legal quota. Several efforts have been made by people who are Interested In this or that religion movement to have adopted for post libra ries of naval vessels the volumes which re late to their special creed or church. The policy In both the War and Navy depart ments, so far as It affects the selection of books for the libraries at army posts an 1 on board naval ships, Is the commendably safe one of excluding sectarian literature. It Is considered as having no part In libra ries of this character, which make no aim to have a theology section. It Is realized that were such books admitted for one or another church there would be no line drawn and the libraries would speedily be full of the pamphlet and book which da not add to the value of the collection and have the added disadvantage of taking up much useful room. The War department is Informed by a trust company In Ban Francisco that It holds the note signed by an army officer bearing the endorsement of another offcer of the army upon which no payments have been made. Tha endorser of the note ad mits his signature,, but asks that he ba relieved from the obligation, which Is prl. marlly Imposed upon the author of the note. The War department Is not al le to take any part n the transaction b'-yond asserting the fact that the position of the endorser must be looked upon from the standard of commercial usage and the law bearing on negotiable paper. It Is held where an officer endorses a note he ia sup posed to have full knowledge of the action he takes and be ready to meet the conse quences. PERMOMALi NUTtS, Senator Francis Emory Warren of Wyo ming, 64 years of age, U the owner of the largest sheep ranch In -the United States. Nicholas li, ciar of all the Ruaslaa. Is 40 yesrs old. The recent anniversary of his birthday he spent a captive In his winter residence at Tsarskoe-Selo. Blnce the tragic events of bloody Bunday In January, 16, he has never passed a night In the winter palace. Miss Oertrude Holland Wren has Just received th Perelra medal from the Phar maceutical society of England. The medal Is looked upon as tha blue ribbon of phar macy and has never before been won by a woman. Miss Wren also won the silver medal for practical chemistry and was bracketed for the silver medal In chem istry and physic. She Is reported to be an Indefatigable worker and to be da voted to bar pr eft salon. pics ana v.-:m attrac- V:VV Sixty-six Years of Superiority HREEZY TRIFLES. Ordinary Individual I See Pres'.denV Roosevelt has been offered a dollar a word for the story of his hunting adventures in Africa next yeHr. If he had been paid at that rate for his messages to congress gee! Tredatory Trust Magnate Huh They cost a lot of us a good cleHl more than A dollar a word! Chicago Tribune. "I should think you'd go slow," said the cautious friend. "Ymi know, us ljncoln said, 'you can foil all the people some of the time, and sonic of the people' " "That's all right." interrupted the sharper, "but 1 find It s always possible to fool enough of the people enough of the time." Philadelphia Press. "What do you thlr-k the finish of the campaign will be?' "I suppose." answered Mr. Plrlu Barker, "It will be the usual finish with one side talking about virtue triumphant and tha other making dark hints about fraud. " Waahlngton Star. "Old Orahdollar, the eminent and re spocted trustocrat " "Yes, he is dead, but Irj his will he showed his gratitude to the best friend he ever had. He left a large chunk of his plunder to erect a monument in grateful remem brance of the man who Invented technicali ties. 'Puck. ' ' "And." continued the teacher, "how many feet are there in a mile?'' "Two thousand," promptly answered Wil lie Meterson, whose father was president of a taxlcab company. Life. "lis good to see you again. Smldgley, after all these years, and talk over old tlmea. By the way, I remember there was a pretty school teacher that was a good deal stuck on you at one time. Hbe got over it, didn't she?" , "I hope not, Ounson. I married her about ten years ego. 'Chicago Tribune. "You ought to go in for palmistry," de clared the Intellectual damsel. "What's the use?" demanded the local beauty. I can get my hands held easily enough." Washington Herald. THE WISE O.NE. Detroit Free Press. He knows Just what the nation needs to guide it safely back Unto the prosperous days of old. and put It on the track That leads to riches, and he knows Just what should now be done To curb the trusts, and he can tell, If h wen BBlted to run, , Just what he'd do; hlB methods he is very proud to state: But then, of course you understand, h s not a candidate. If "Big Bill" Taft would ilst to him and take his good advice, He'd have the presidential job elrfady packed on Ice; The platform no one would dcty, If l.e had written It, For every plank that he'd have used would be a perfect f li : To hear him talk you'd think that It was easy to he great, Its' hard to tlgure out Just why he t not a candidate. In rroblems of finance he's versed, quite plainly you can see. Most fluently he can discuss elastic cur All diplomatic questions he will settle right offhand. There's nothing in the government that he can't understand; And so. whem hearing him discuss the grave afflrs of siatu Bomehow you have to wonder why he's not e candidate. What Dt They Cure? . Tha above question Is oftcu asked coiv eernlng Dr. l'ii-rco's two loading modi einos, "Golden Medical Discovery" and favorite Proscription." The answer Is that "Golden ModfcsJ Discovery " Is a most potent alterative or blood-purlfler, and tonic or Invlporator and acts especially favorably in a cur tlvo way upon all the mucous lining sur faces, as of tho naal passage,, throat, bronchial tubes, stomach, bowels and tladdfBr-curlng a large percent, of catar rhal cakes whether jje disease affects tha nasal paMaps, the tfrcoat, larynx, bron chia, stomacli(a catarHijl dyapepvia), bowels (as muViuiifoiujfrivl bladder, uterus or other pelvic orgTn? Ftven, lri tllf rhr?i'T nf "1"'"-Vft fiCo f,f f 'to11'!!'1 " ' c'Ul P H'"eesfulTn affectr 3 J!i r svi is of a is.'11-.f rjiTaTJ li a bnweriuf iel gt'iihy acting InviJuraU Ing tou.c and nervine. For weak worn out over-worked women no matter what has caused the break-down, "Favorite) Prescription "will b found mct oftectlv In building up the strength, regulatlnn the womanly function, subduing pain and bringing about a healthy, vlgorou condition of tho whole system. A book of particulars wraps each bottle) giving the foriuulrpof both medicines and quoting what mires of eminent med ical authors, whose works are consulted by physicians of all the schools of practice) as guides in proscribing, say of each ln grodicrit entering l,ito these medicines. The words of praise bestowed on tha several Ingredients entering Into Doctor Pierce's medicines by such writers should lave more weight thun any amount of Don professional testimonials, because cuch men are writing for the guidance of their medical brethren and know whereof they apeak. Both medicines are non-alcoholic, non ecret, and contain no harmful habit forming drugs, being composed of glycorta i tracts of the roots of native, American anedicinal forest plants They are both sold by dealers In medicine. You can't afford to accept as a enltltute for one of these medicines of known evmpofcilioD, any secret nostrum. Dr. Pierce's Pellets, sroall, sugar-coated, easy to take aa candy, regnlaUt and In vigorate stomach, liver ana bowels. WE DO NOT USE DEADLY DROPS Many eye specialists put polon ou drops In the eye before mak ing examination. This method Is decidedly dangerous. We have no use for poison In our profession. "WRlalS Gm. faaaUa fcteta, " 1mkh e rrsnUiaa- . s?k -r . . j v m t i oupenvruy i h iru'l den ii'ii tnis.