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THE OMAITA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1D0S. The Omaii Daily Bel rOlTNDKD BT EDWARD HOREWAIER VICTOR ROFE WATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postofflce class matter. second- TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Dally Be (without Hunday). one year $t 00 Daily He and Fuuday. one year a.vu DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dall Bee (Including Sunday), per week..l5e Daliy Bee (without Sunday), per we;k...lic Evening Fee without pumiay . per w h c Evening He (with Sunday j, per week.lOo Sunday Bee. one year 2.60 Saturday Bee, one year liO Address all complaint or irregularities in delivery to city circulation ijepanmeni. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluff 15 Hiott Blreet. rhl-iinIUC Msrnuctt Rulldlna. New York Rooms 1101-1102. No. 34 Wt Thlrt v-thlrd Htreet Washington 725 Fourteenth Street, N. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relstlng to. new and editorial matter should be addressed: Omaha llee Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-rent stamps received in payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not ac cepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION: fifata of Nehraska Dousing County. SS. : George B. Tsachuck. treasurer of The Ree f'lihllahfn enmnnnv. belnt duly sworn, says that the actual number of run and complete copies or i ne uany. Morning. Evening and Hunday Bee printed during the month tif June, 1808, wan as follow: 38.830 35,740 30,030 36300 35,76(1 aoeao T 35.B0O 36,60 35,910 10 35,70 . . .MJ50 36,090 13 35,80 U 36,050 36,080 15 38,490 16 38,490 17 35,990 18 39,110 19 36,460 80 35390 81. 35,750 83 36,460 93 36,099 84 38,340 85 38,600 86 36,070 38 35330 89 36,600 30 36,330 Totala 1,089,090 Less unsold and returned copies. . 9,677 Nat totml 1,979,313 Dalley average m 85,377 GEOROE B. TZSCHUCK. ... . , Treasurer. nwo.cnnen in my presence and sworn tJ into in aay or July. 1908 M. P WALKER, Notary Public WHEW OUT Or TOWN. abscrlbrra leavin thm city tem porarily should sits The Be mailed t them. Address will b ('banged aa often aa reqaesied. It is fitted that brth Mr. Bryan and Judpe Parker will take the stump. For a loint debate? Congressman Kitcrt?n of North Car olina i tryinx to break Into the gubernatorial parlor. Tho faio of Omaha bonds to Ne braf.kh Investors s a pplpndid exam pi" of the home industry spirit. Tf the donkey s to b. retired as th" emblem of tin: ilmiocratlc party, why not givo the r.arrot a trial? If It Is goins to make Philadelphia fee! any Iicut. let' nxvpe onee for ill that Retty Kim nidc the flag. In plain EnKll.n. Mr. Hearst de claims that he will ro longer recognize 83 a fririwi the mail who hit him with t axo. ffnatrr F'lntt admits that he is old enoah to know oet'r, but his train ing anil temperament are against a change. A New Jersey man who claims to have been bitten 2, .00 times by dogs is displaying symptoms of getting mad lbout It. The prohibitionists adopted a plat form against all ttrcng drinks and then declared their fondness for the Lhafln dish. "Is Bryan mvtlng overtures to Hearst because he likes him?" asks the Boston Globe. Oh, no, but because ho fears him. John Temple Graves calls Mr. Bryao the guardian of the democratic party. That's all right. The party needs a guardian. Another "original Kubens" has been discovered. The urtlst who Is paint ing original Rubeus appears to be working overtime. Candidate Kern says Bryan Is cer tain to be elected. All of those In diana men take aaturally to the pro duction of fiction. Mr. Roosevelt 'uas refused to sell his speeches to a phonograph company. Mr. Bryan has canned most of his for coin by that process. "It Is a shame to lie to candidates," says tho Birmingham Ags-Herald. Still, It might hurt their feelings more to tell them the truth. The an tl-liiiperls lists are going to support Mr. Bryan. They are opposed to Mr. Taft chiefly because he under stands the Filipino situation. T. Fortune Hyau might give I10, 000 to the Bryan fund In bis own name aud another 110,000 la the name of John Doe or Richard Roe. Jacob A. RUs refused to dine with the king of Sweden because Mrs. RUs was not Invited. fbo name of Mr. Rita' new book Is not announced. If Ak-Sar-Ben XIV can only cement firmly ties of friendship between Omaha and Lincoln he will have achieved a glory greater than that of any of bis predecessors. The new wing to the High school cannot be built before it Is needed. The growth of Otnaha Is exhibited bet ter lu the expansion of Us achocl de tuaad thaa la an other way, BAILHOAP RATt AJ1D &AHM.VG The most enconrigtnp feature of the recent conferences between railway managers over the question of raising rates or reducing wases for tho pur pose of adjusting t?ie differences be tween incomes and disbursement Is found in tho dlffert-jrie of opinions on the subject. Many rf the ablest men in the transportation business have ad mitted the double-odged character of the proposed remedy and the result of the conference In a decision to leave the question of Individual roads, to be adjusted according to local condi tions, Is undoubtedly the wisest pollry that could have be"u adopted. New tariffs have been promulgated on sugar and coffee between New York and Chicago and 'he roads east of the Mississippi have decided to advance tariffs on certain commodities. Shippers and manufacturers are naturally antagonistic to this proposed Increase and meetlnirs have been called In various business centers to protest against the proposed changes. , They take the position that an increase In freight rates would retard the return of normal business conditions and add an important Item in the cost of goods and products. The railroads contend that the proposed inn ease would cut only a trifling figure in the coBt of any given article. The shippers retort that however trifling the Increased cost may be. the containers can not be made to pay It and that the increased cost will accordiiiR'.y fall upon the manufacturer or the merchant. The railroad side cf the argument la also worth considering. Statistics show that the rail'oad companies are the greatest spenders in the world. Since 1901 they have been expending something like $200,000,000 a year In extensions and betterments, taking this sum from ih?lr net earnings. The reports for the present year show that the roads are lunnlng behind in their gross and iet earnings at the rate of $500,000,000 a year, or a total of $700,000,000 a year In loss of their spending power. The aggregate ex penses of the country railroads, for the year ending .Tune 30, 1907, for operating expenses wire $1,748,515 814. Every reduction of this flow of money must affect rot. only the rail road employes directly, but indirectly reach practically nil classes of indus tries and activities. The railroads con tend that an Increase in their freight rates would at on-e start the restora tion of normal conditions in other in dustries by enabling the roads to make a showing upon which they could raise money for needed improve ment and in this wey quickly put the wheels of Industry in motion at their old speed. The resulting benefits, they uree. would accrue to all Industries and to all classes cf population and those bearing the burc.cn would them selves be the largest beneficiaries, be cause the benefits would come back to them many fold. . . , ': The rather gloomy outlook of , the railways Is not wholly supported by he report of the Interstate Commerce commission for tho year ending in June of 1907, nor by figures on the business of the present year as com piled by New York financial papers. The fiscal year ending with June, 907. was an exceedingly prosperous one for the transportation industries, healthv increase I elng shown in both frpipht and passenger net earnings. The Wall Street Journal estimates a loss in net earnings of 14 rer cent for the year closing with June, 1908, and, hii the amount la lprge, It must oe remembered that it Is compared with th most DrosDcrous year In American railroading, and t:iat even a loss of 4 per cent in net earnings leaves a landsome margin of profit. The interested r.ubltc may feel sat isfied that the questions involved are receiving the earnest and careful con sideration of railroad men and ship pers alike. Railroad men appreciate the fact that the precise enect pi any in freight schedules can be determined only by experiment and nprtenre. They understand tnai a higher rate will not tempt the shipper and that certain consignments now ielding only a moderate profit may ease altogether under the pressure of higher rates. Thoy understand xnax it will be a rueful bargain for the railroad companies if they increase tP nnlv to find that it nas cmueu energy and deferred the revival of In dustry instead of hastening u. of the discussion has come tne rouu. clearly evident, of having the rauroaa ,.r,nra recognize the fact tnai meir prosperity and that of the shipping public are dependent upon eacn uuiei. rur svviw ako thi; senators. Nearly every democratic newspaper, of prominence In the south has de clared for Bryan flnce the convention, and nearly everyone of them has taken pains to find some lault with the plat form. The south has never been for Bryan, except on sympathetic strike, and many of his jiatform declarations are rudely shocking u the views held by the old bourbm democracy. The popular election of United States sena tors has been a lemocratlc platform plank for a numb-.'r of years, but the south has not become reconciled to it. The Charleston News and Courier, one of the oldest and ablest papers in the south, thus dlscuBS's the action of the Denver convention on that question: I'erhaps little ts to be gained by repealing- ths arguments against this sin ister proposition, to which Colonel Bryan Is unhappily wedded. If at any time It should be Incorporated into ths federal constitution tha way would ba open (or the southern republicans to actively par ticipate In toe election of senators. Tbat tha brains a.d money of tha republican party In the North would ba turned to the capturing of southern senatorial? were the elections to be by direct vote of the people Is too plain to require statement. . Could anything be plainer? What could be more rep unant to a south ern democrat than any change in the laws thst would rrmlt a republican to "actively participate" in the elec tlon of I'nlted States senators south of Mason and Iilxon's line? The southern democrats have by various and devious ways si.cceeded In bar ring the republlca-is from partlclpa tlon In ordinary elections and they will naturally protest ij?Hlnst any proposi tion looking to give them a voice In the selection of I'nited States sena tors. As the News and Courier says, the objection to the plan, from the southern viewpoint, "Is too plain to require statement.' a rEnrLKXiyo aval m rsTERr. The British Parliament has become alarmed over the persistent rumor that the three Dreadnoughts being built by Brazil in English shipyards are to be turned over to some nation which has a sebene for enlarging Its navy In a hurry. The head of the British Admiralty admits that such transfer of sea fighters to any of the strong powers wou.d rpset the world's naval balance, and he promises that he will watch over the career of these vessels with keen interest. Japan de nies that It hai any plan for the pur chase of the ships ar,d Insists that if more Japanese ships were needed they would be built in Jepan'g shipyards. Russia showsa bank account with red lines under It as proof that the czar could not buy the rblps If he wanted to do so. Germaiy and the United States are saying nothing and trying to look unconcerned. Residents of the Interior will not become alarmed ov?r the situation, at least so long as congress refuses to make the Missouri tnd Mississippi nav igable for warships of the Dreadnought type, but the diplomats and rulers of countries with vast coastlines can find food for all the speculation they de sire. The stubborn ff.ct remains that Brazil Is preparing to pay about $30, 000,000 for the thne big ships. Bra zil has no equipped nnvy and no possi ble use for such an addition to it. The United States Is not in the busi ness of buying battleships In times of peace. and none of ihe other nations, with the exception of Germany, could afford such an outlay. There Is the proposition, heretofore hinted at, that Brazil may be planning to form an offensive and defensive alliance against the United States, li.vitlng the co operation of othr South American countries in that tcheme. Germany, with a long-supprassed ambition to colonize South America, might en courage such an ilHtnce, particularly if It could be made operative at a time when the United' States and Japan might be engaged in a death struggle for the control of the Pacific and the Philippines. The Brazilian delegates to The Hague conference are alleged to have discussed huth a plan and it may be that, the Brazilian people are starting work on tt. From all of whi?h it may be seen how easy It Is to start a world-wide, map-changing war on paper. PAHTISAS MALICE. The zeal of some Bryanites to turn trifles to their favor In Nebraska la leading them into dangerous territory. The extravagance jf some of their ef forts would be ridiculous were it not for the taint of partisan malice that makes them bitter. In the Incident of the Taft banner, which was de stroyed through the work of unknown miscreants at Lincoln, some of the Bryanite zealots are now getting be yond decency. In the columns of the World-Herald Is :ubllshed an article purporting to be a special dispatch from Lincoln which states that an un named traveling man is in possession of positive proof that the banner was cut down and destroyed by order of Chairman Hayward of the republican state committee. This Is merely giv ing utterance to whispers that have been bandied abo it among the more enthusiastic and less discreet of the Lincoln Bryan supporters. The Bryan committee In Lincoln offered a reward of $100 for the arrest and conviction of the parties guilty of the outrage. Mr. Bryan, himself, de plored the affair as one certain to re act against him lu the minds of all fair people. Chairman Hayward has employed detectives in an effort to fer ret out the guilty persons. The act by which the banner was destroyed Is a felony under the Nebraska law and a term In state's prison awaits the man who Is guilty. If the World-Herald's unknown traveling man can substantiate the In famous allegations made In the col umns of that paper he can obtain a re ward of $100 from a committee of his own partisans, and ton also secure the banishment from Nebraska politics of the man he so cowardly accuses. Un til he offers proof in st.pport of his as sertions he will rtand merely as a dummy through which the World- World-Herald can emit the partisan malice for which It Is so noted. The proposition to put the High school students In uniform Is neither novel nor attractive. It may be good practice in Europe, where some such method of inculcatiug democratic Ideas is probably necessary, but In this country,- where freedom and equality are the birthright of ivery babe, uni formity In dre68 'i pot essential. Here we give heed to. as nowhere else, the advice of Pvionlus, "Aa costly thy bablt aa thy urse can buy, rich, but not gaudy, though oft expressed In fancy." The fond mcther will not be denied the privileges of bedecking her daughter In such furbelows and flounces as aht- may be able to afford or aa her taste may auggeat as being appropriate, while ih high school boy will still exercise his own budding fancy In the pur;ha of raiment v herewith to adorn hi rapidly ex panding person. It will be Just as well for the school board to attend strictly to providing for the mental and moral cultivation and development of the youth of Omaha without under taking to Interfere In the matter of clothing. The State Board of Public Lands and Buildings Is still facing the prob lem of the disposition of convict labor. Some employment Khculd be found for the prisoners, but this necessity does not Indicate that a contractor should be given any esp ;JaI advantage or consideration. The rights of the state and consideration u'ie the convicts are above any interest that a private con cern can possibly have. Nebraska should not be a party to the exploita tion of enforced labor for private profit. The assessment rolls returned to the state board Indicate that the lines In Nebraska .have increased within two years more than a quarter of a billion of dollars In value. This Is simply another reason for believing that Nebraska will give its electoral vote to Taft. The Match trust is said to have 3,500,000,000 feet of lumber in re serve. This will not help the smoker who finds himself alone In the country with plenty of tobacco and his match pocket full of toothpicks. Democrats are placing much stress on the amount of money spent by the republican congress. The tact re mains that under republican adminis trations the conuivss always has money to spend. When Mr. Bryan comes up to pay his homage to Kins Ak-Sar-Ben he will find that all lovl Nebraskans bow their knee before the eam shrine and vie with each other in lauding the great king. The convention at Denver was held too early. If it had been called after the Olympic games, Flanagan, or Shep pard or Ralph Roso might have got n the list of vice presidential possi bilities. The Washington Post has an en thusiastic editorial, entitled, "A Win ning Washington Team." It refers to the drill tcr.m of :he Shrlners, not to the base ball team. Pearly Gates has announced his can didacy on the , democratic ticket for congressman from West Virginia. The voters are preparing to give Pearly Gates a Jar. Mr. Hearst declares that he has lost faith "even In the integrity of the democratic leader," and Mr. Bryan has not mustered enough courage to ask him why. An American consul reports a great demand for American windmills In In dia. It's too bad, cf course, but they can not be spared until after Novem ber 3. Dr. Wiley, the government chemist, asserts that poor bread Is the cause of most of the divorces. The good doctor has apparently overlooked pie. "Hobson is not taken seriously ln Japan," says Ambassador O'Brien. The Japanese and the Americans are very much alike on some propositions. Too Large a Contract. Indianapolis News. The delivery of the labor vote at any particular political point promises to bj quite aa large a contract as a good many disinterested people suspected. Keeping; I p the Circulation. St. Louis Times. Uncle Sam's expenses Increased about 19,000,000 last year, but it must be remem bered that the old gentleman has the money and needs the Improvements. llata to Let Go. Chicago Inter Ocean. If, as appears from the financial re ports, the Standard Oil's profits since 1S82 have been tSJ9.342.407 and there la now a surplus of J3H.5S4.1H2, why should the com pany hesitate over a little thing like that 29,l00,000 verdict? I'ulltlcal Ursglng Among; Farmers, Boston Transcript. Bryan's appeal to the farmers for con tributions will return to him void. There are two classes of farmers, thoae who have money and those who have not. Tho for mer are satisfied with things as they are; the latter cannot respond for obvious rea sons. Do They Want the Earth r Kansas City Times. During the last year the net earnings of the railroads In the I'nlted States amounted to SS4O,00A.000. 0f hlch 1449.000,000 went as dividends or surplus. Yet one of the fore most railroad presidents says: "Freight rates must be advanced, or the employes' wages reduced!" Men, Not Platforms, on Trial. Washington Herald. It may be truthfully said that the candi date, Mr. Bryan, and not the Denver plat form. Is gottig to be the vote-getting or vote-repelling factor ln this campaign on the democratic side, Just as Mr. Taft, and not the Chicago platform, will be the con trolling or determining factor on the other side. It Is the man and what he stands fur that will make for victory or defeat at the polls four months hence. Weight of Ilia Own Connsel. Wall Street Journal (Ind. I. Several yeara ago when William Jennings Bryan was lecturing In the silver produc ing state of Colorado tho manager of the Chautauqua aas.-mbly of that state before which he lectured on "The Prince of Peace" ventured to put to test Mr. Bryan's faith In silver by paying him Ills lecture fee In 401 silver dollars. When the pile of ducats was counted nut and shoved across the table to Mr. Bryan he looked up with a reproachful stare and said, "Young man. you are gutting too smart all at once." Th next beat thing I can do, air," re piled tha yourur man. "la to pay you In my parsonal eheck." W hereupon afr. Bryan loaded tha twenty, thre poooda and six ouoet-a of silver Into aa Tsttsa aod disappeared. i; la a wis muri who knows th weight jf hia ewa osonaal. " I " WESTER MA THE AMERICA!. I " " -'- n -, rr-r m mum rrrw mm Real Article. Editor Harvey In Harper's Weekly. We have bfrn deeply Imprrssed during th- last week hy what we believe to be a vital truth. It Is this: Despise constant manifestation of seeming vagaries, the western man Is th true American. No hore.t mind cahi fall to recognise the wholesomeness of the atmosphere which envelops thse his. lean, bronied, stalwart sons of Anak; none can quistlnn the full Fine rltv of purple li dl.sted hy ti e h sny grasp of hnnd. the ftra ghtforward sat from the cl.nr ryes, none can coniemilale without regret the inter misconception of the spirit of tlrs community which p r vades the east. These men of the west are not fanatics; they are not even radicals at heart. True, msny are lid astray by the siren songs of lalse prorhets. but from no evil Intent and through fault of their own. They hear no other voices. The telf-fe 'kliirf (mogtigue is omnipresent and Indefatig able. He is out and nbout. speaking here, there, and everywhere, winning popularity for himself nnd Ills specious whimsies. while the Ihoushful s.ui.er.t of nf.'lrs groa'ns from I. In closet ocr "ihe Ignorance of the muss s." The Inevitable consequence U thaL which ever enrues from the constant (iropplng of watrr upon a Btnne. Hearing nothing to the contrary, is It In any way rurp lRini? that thousands. perMaps mil ions, i f our countrymen have ben :n luced lo belli ve that pia tlcally all who live in I eastern cltiis nre mere vul'.urei seeking to feast upon the product of oihers? Th reason why easter'n men of parts r:o nit come west and allay impiesslons wnch really are lalse Is si;fflcienl. ob- vlcus. They Hie not narrow, es is so often i charged; t!nv are Mmpl lazy and coir.- ' feriabiy Imlifrercnl n any o.I pa Ion that is not pressing or Imnudlate. It does ijio. ; Miffico to rejoin that western men of like; ...me no inn inane ;nem -elves Known ,n the eaM. Nothing would pi a.e tl em bet ter, tut, unfortunately, b tt?r expedience ha tai:ght them that they tannot get th knd of hearing they enre for. They tai and do ociasonaly go nnd sj cak in t'ooi er union, but how many of the no id citizens whofe a;t"ntion they desire and deserve are ever there to listen? No, It Is Inot the west that Is responslhlo for t e prevailing m;s ipprehenslr n between ine sections, it Is the east. And It I UD men of the . t?road;m"lded and Pr-o:!o , Tne crab cattn(r r(.cord for th, year " ,lv w,nl.a ' ,'m eh?r ""-n established by John Dailey at Town- M l Z Z : n? COn '?8'..il'"d'' I"" N- J- thirty-five crabs nest r themselves and come west In th'5 L. . , . a L. . flesh, and respond In kind to the hearty tRten ln Hy, ml"u4"; Th'8 T ,"d weli.ma which invariably awaits them. For I neT'tI! . 1 ? " .""I" ourselves, we say emphatically that wa I Fletcher system of mastication have no apprehension of alny serious dis- ' ,here W0Uld b" 320 bite8 to an ave,ra sster ovi rtaklng the republic s. long as J Ctab' these strong-he arted, pure-minded men who have been Ireadlng n our toes for the last week continue io be as they are recrn In the heated crucibles of his Im They are good mttn. They are not given aK'nntlon and he announces that bad bread over to prejud'ee; they want to reason, ' at the bottom of most family troubles, and lack not candor In admitting them- ; 1"nls weighty conclusion arouses a sus ses es to dp in the wrong when fa'rly con- vinced. And while thry lequlre 1'nforma- i ""Inkers." tiun respecting their lellow countrymen, I There Is only one descendant of "Molly the;r ne.d Is far less than that of the Pitcher of Monmouth fame now Wi ll ousands of easterners who assume the Frederick Hays, of Carlisle. Pa., whose what s-the-use at ltt.de and classify all - grandfather. Molly1, son. was born on Mon- westerners as cranks, Again we say. The western man la the irue American. He has the f ne spirit, whose outputs are energy, far play, and kindliness. DEMOCRATIC TIIl'M DER. Sample of ('mpslgn Dope Pot Ont by tha. Party. ., New York Evening Post. The first democratic campaign tract, comprising 3f6 pages of edifying literature from the congressional record, lies before us. Bound In a superb green coversug gestive, doubtless, of the verdant Innocence with which it is undertaking to win the presidency with W. J. Bryan-it sets forth republican sins of omission and commis sion. Here Is Mr. Bryan's famous Bpeech, entitled "Thou Shalt Not Steal." Judge Parker's vindication from the columns of the New York Sun; eight pages devoted to labor, and then the speech of Congressman Henry of Texas showing Just why the power of federal Judges should be curbed. The Hon. William Sulrer Is heard In be half of our downtrodden merchant marine, and there Is a whole chapter on the elec tion of I'nlted States senators by vote of the people. To the question of the tralff and the trusts are given a substantial seventy-elgnt pages, and nearly as much space ts awarded to a consideration of our financial and Industrial conditions. This subject of bad times Is naturally the one of which we are likely to hear the most in tho coming campaign. To appeal to the dis contented was even Mr. Bryan's best play, sna the Commoner, In its every Issue, shows a grave and fitting concern for the empty dinner pail. Republican extrava gance, too, Is to be one of the Important points to be assaulted. It is the very first subject touched upon in, the book, which is not without some skill In arrangement. But ir there were a doren such volumes, in all the colors of the rainbow, It would still be plain that this campaign Is once more to turn largely upon personalities rather than principles. INCREASING PI BLIC HI HDEXS. Projected Advance In Freight Rates Arouses Shippers. Chicago Record-Herald. iime ana leucrtion have not caused the .- iorK i i-nirai ana other lines to change their vlrws as to the necessity of a general 10 per cent Increase In freight rates. The discussion of the subject has been vigorously renewed, and the Manu facturers' association of New York has pro tested against the proposed advance as strongly as the middle western business interests did when the scheme was first broached. No new arguments have been put forth on either side. The railroad men assert that rates are too low at present, that they cannot go ahead with rehabilitation, exten sion and construction plans unless their re ceipts, gross and net, are Increased, ami that not" oi.ly will the consuming public fe-l no addition to Its burdens, but busi ness and prosperity will actually be stimu lated, to the benefit of all, by the heavy buying whlrh the railroads would be en abled to resume. The shippers answer that It Is sbsurd to make business by ralslnfc prlres instead of lowering them; thst the money which the rallronds want to buy material and labor with Is Just as avail able now. In tho hnnds of the manufac turers and merchants, for exactly the same purposes, and that business will be further curtailed, rather than promoted, by an In crease In rates. That rates are too low In any case the shippers deny, and the sincerity of their denlsl Is attested by their announced In tention of challenging the Increase, the mo ment It takes effect, before the commerce commission and contending that It la unfair and unnecessary. They would challenge in advance If the commission had the power to pi-event Increases as well aa that of setting them aside on complaint after the event. Natere Ilea tha Brseer. PhOadelpMa Preaa. Judging- by the great atse of one, crop afbrr another, tt aecnra as If old Mothar arth wrrt tryfrtg to put soma ha rlsnas tn Lha faiDL-baaxt4 of this land. WW 1 of Lemon, Orange. Vanilla, etc. impart their deli cate fresh fruit flavor. I sur.i Colorado Yellowstone Park No trip can surpass in pleasure and health a vacation spent in the Rockies. Low rates are In effect every day this 8ummef. The splendid train service, protected by the perfect !ock Signal System of the UNION PACIFIC makes It the most desirable route to these fascinating regions. ITrw and Soenlo X.lae to TaUowstona. Inquire at " CITY TICKET OFFICE, 1324 FARNAM ST. I hones: Kelt Douglas 1828 and Ind. A 323 1. PEBOSfAt, NOTES. Hetty Oreen Is said to be saving $no a month by her present style of living. It Is sad to see the rich forced to such economy. Champ Clark got his nerves so shaken at Denver that he Is getting out Interviews concerning the evil of "boilershop" presl- dentlal conventions. ' r' w,,p'- rhe Washington food expert, ! has ar,alyd a large number of divorce P'clon that Dr. Wiley has been eating mouth battlefield, to celebrate June 27, the day on which, 130 years ago, Molly, whose surname was not Pitcher, but Hays, performed the deed which has handed her name down to posterity. REAL BASE RAM,. W. J. Lampion In New York World. Oh, take me away from the base ball game Where science Is at the bat And the players play In a technical way Till a rube can't tell where they're at. Where scores are highest when nothing at all And nobody takes a base; Where nobody makes Any sort of mistakes And everything's just in place. Where spectators keep on the watch for plays So close that It gives them a pain; And whatever'a done In hit, catch or run They scream at to take off the strain. Oh, carry me back to the old-fashlonad game That doesn't know science at all. Where the sides go in With a whoop to win, And they don't do a thing but play ball. Where twenty or thirty or forty runs Are likely as not to be made; And the bags are hot From msny a swat In games that are played as Is played. Where the catcher don't look like an armored knight And the pitcher Is not so Intense, The batter can't hit 'Em a little bit, But bangs 'em clean over the fence. Where something Is doing that sure stirs up the soul About every minute or so. With the home runs made And double plays played And the whole darn thing on the go. Where grandstand and bleachers are all of a kind. And are there Jieoause they are there To see a good game That's good Just the same Though science be up In the air. Oh. take me away from the base ball game Where scientists have the call, And give me the play That lusts half a day Hurrah! That is ball; that 1s ball. The Pessimist This The Optimist Don't UNREASONABLE PROMISES ' The man who thinks before he buys knows how unreasonable are many of the advertised promises of something for nothing. In our present mid-summer reviiion of prices on all Men's and Boys' Summer Suits, the fact that you know all about the quality of Browning, Kirg & Com pany Clothing is what gives these reduced prices their greatest significance. 20 per cent discount on all Light Weight Clothing. Straw Hats half price. 'BrQwning.King W0& CQjfiDanv v ttuuahweat "farmer a'UWratb li. 8. WILCOX, TIER TOURS TO MERRY JINGLES, New Reporter (breathlessly) I've get a hot ftorv! City i dltor (langulrtlv)-From the weather man '.'Baltimore American. Mrs. Newbrlde Have vou ever tried on of mv ules. Jjdae .TonesT Jidye I never did, but I dare say they v they deserve It Harper's Weekly. Village Lounger Mr. Jinks seems unre mitting In his correspondence with his wlie up here. Vll'ae Postmistress Yea, I don't notice he se'nds her many money orders. Phila delphia Press. "You rich men are very liable to he criti cised for your rampalgn expenses." "No," answrid Mr. Dustin Stax. "there Is no objection to our making contribu tions. What we're criticised for la lruin to find out what we get for our money." Washington Star. "They say the suht has enough heat to last for 37.000.000 years." "How long? " "For 37.0 0,fliO years." "Then what's the use of me taking a two weeks vacation?" Louisville Ceurier Journal. Departing Guests We've had a simply de lightful time! . Hostess I'm so glad. At the rama time I regret that the atnrm kept all of our best people away. Brooklyn Life. Visitor I ssy. landlord, your food Is wors than It was last year. Landlord Impossible, air! St. Lou's Times. "Did I understand you to ssy that all rum selling has been stopped In your town?" . "Not at all. I merely ssld it was strictly prohibited." Philadelphia Prsta. EDITH WHARTOU'S THE PRETEXT one of her most remarkable short stories HENRY VAN DYKE'S remarkable poetic drama THE HOUSE OF RIMMON F. HOriilNSON SMITH'S delightfully humorous FORTY MIXl'TES LATE MARGARET SHERWOOD'S charming love story THE DOWRY JAMES R. CONNOLLY'S stirring AN OLYMI'IC VICTOR JOHN FOX JR.'S THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE N. C. WYETH'S beautiful paintings ln eolor, il lustrating 'BACK TO THE FARM" are features of the (AIGUST SCR IBM FICTION NUMBER For Sale Everywhere 3 So a number Is going some forget that I also ran. am4 Dengkaa Tjfrr. V 1 ) t f f I