THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TOTS DAY, . AUGUST 18, 190?.
Tiie Omaiia Daily Bel
rOVNPED BT EDWARD ROSKWATER.
VICTOR ' ROSEWATER. EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Slttt of Nebraaka, Douglaa County, aa.:
George B. Taachuck, treasurer of The
Bee Publlahlng company, being duly
worn, aaya that the actual number of
full and complete coplea of The Dally,
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bea printed
during the month tf July. wa m
follows:
i m,tm it oo
2 86,740 II 39,950
t M,710 It M.0O0
4 8C100 10 3',400
6 SS300 11 o,B0
M.400 11 3S400
T 35,880 21 35,730
1 30,030 14 3500
9 sa,ao it es.aeo
10 3S.400 It 33.W0
11 30,100 17 15.M0
11 30.100 g. ......... 36,950
11 , fttUWO It 3080
14 30,330 10 30,780
It 84V0 11 S3,l0
10 30,180
Totala it 1,110,4m
Las a unsold and returned coplea., 0,043
Nat totaJ... 1,100,413
Dally average 35,738
GEORGE B. TZSCHTJCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and aworn to
before me' this 1st day of August, 190S.
(Seal.) ROBERT HUNTER,
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whest out or town.
SMMribera lea; Tins th city
rsuril shoalal ' kmva That Bea
Mile to tkeaa. AOdraaa will
akaaaraal aa ftaai ,aa raMt.
MA O. Bosh- trying to organize a
Bryan league in Pennsylvania.
Thomas A.. Edison Is going to retire,
but his phonograph evil will live after
him.
The Baltimore Sun, the oldest demo
cratic newspaper in the south, refuses
to shine for Bryan. r
War between Holland and Venezu
ela seems inevitable. Castro has or
dered, a new typewriter.
Unofficial advices from Utica are to
the Affect, thai tbe feeling there Is that
Mr,-Shermir .will accept.
t
An Indiana cow refuses to cat any
thing but molasses. She should pay
for her feed' with sweet milk.
Pa Rourke knows how to treat his
company, lie never takes more than
half his games on the home grounds.
Will the weather bureau kindly let
us know how many more days like
Sunday it will take to save the corn
crop?
The Baltimore News has an edi
torial on "The New Mr. Bryan." The
News is mistaken. He's the same old
Bryan. .
J'One woman in five is a bread-
inner," says a compiler of labor stat
istics.'. And about one in 500 is a
bread-maker.
Mr. Bryan will -notice that sliver, in
stead of keeping on a parity with
wheat, Is now quoted at 62 cents an
ounce, or about on a parity with oats.
"Outlook is bright for W. J. Bryan
In Nebraska," shouts the Double
Ender. Sure, and . In order not to get
In the gloom he will stay in Nebraska.
One of the candidates for governor
of Minnesota admits that he eats pie
with a knife. It is up to his oppo
nent to prove that he can eat peas with
a knife.
The Board of Customs appraisers
of New York has decided, that bag
pipes are toys and must pay duty as
such. Hoot mon. We thought they
came in as explosives.
New York Is said to be suffering
from "a curse of silver dollars." Evi
dently New York has not read that
appeal from Falrvlew or It would be
sending its curses west.
A minister at Old Orchard, Me., has
succeeded in wresting ten bushels of
coin and Jewelry from his congrega
tion. What a help he would be to
either of the campaign committees?
The weather man wound up his dog
days engagement with about as un
pleasant an exhibition of his prowess
ra folks will care to see. We know
his worst; now let him try for his best.
John Temple Graves declines to be
formally notified of his nomination as
vice president. He doubtless thinks
It would be a reflection upon his
standing as a newspaper man to have
to wait for formal notice of what a
convention did.
"Ftngy" Conner says that Bryan
will carry New York by 100,000. Evi
dently Connors has not been buying
any brains lately, even If it Is true, as
he claims, that he can buy all he
wats. At that, he may not want as
man as he needs.
"khali. twb rxorir. rvlzI"
In his speech of acceptance at Lin
coln Mr. Bryan got his eloquence and
logic aadly mixed in bin effort to prove
that there can be no lasting relief from
the evils and abuses of which the peo
ple complain until there is a restora
tion of the rule of the people. He
contended that thl could not be ac
complished until the way was pro
vided for the election of United States
senators by a direct vote of the people.
This Is In thorough keeping wltn Mr.
Bryan's position on that subject for a
number jof years. In fact, It Is one of
the few propositions on which he has
not changed front to meet the
changes in public sentiment. But Mr.
Bryan was not content to stop with
his recommendation of a change In the
manner of electing United States sen
ators. He continued his argument
with this statement:
Shall the people rule? They ran not do o
until they can control the house of repre
sentatives, and, through their representa
tives In the house, give expression to their
purposes and their desires.
That is a complete crossing of the
wires. Even Mr. Bryan will not con
tend that the members of the house
of representatives are not elected by
a direct vote of the people. Whateyer
argument may be used against the con
stitutional method of electing United
States senators, it can not apply to the
selection of members of .the house.
These members have to go back to the
people every two years with an ac
count of their stewardship and to sub
mit their records to the voters of their
districts. They are elected or rejected
by a direct vote of the people, and yet
Mr. Bryan argues that the people can
not rule until they get control of the
house of representatives which he de
scribes as "the third instrumentality
employed to defeat the will of the
people." If the people can not rule
through their members of the house,
elected by their direct vote, what as
surance can be offered by Mr. Bryan
that the people would come any nearer
to their rule if the senators were
elected in a similar way?
Mr. Bryan might be excused for mak
ing this error if he had not had ex
perience In the house of representa
tives in congress. He knows, or should
know, that each house Is a law unto
Itself, so far as Its rules are concerned.
He knows, or should know, that the
power now vested In the speaker' of
the house and the select committee
on rules against which republicans
and democrats alike are protesting
may be taken from the speaker and
the rules committee at any time a
majority of the members of the house
so .decide. He knows, or should know,
that the democrats had thla opportunity
when Mr.. Bryan was in congress. The
famous- Reed rules, which had been
adopted to stop a democratic fill
buster, were readopted by the demo
cratic majority under - Speaker Crisp,
Just aa they have, ben, adopted by each
succeeding . congress. nese njjen ro
subject to change , it any session of
congress , and doubtless : Bhould be
changed, but the change will haye to
be made by members of the house.
Mr. Bryan simply befogs the Issue by
demanding that the senate be elected
as the house Is. now chosen and then
attempting to prove that the people
can not ruie unui wej ei muuui
house. The proposition is very similar
to his plea for regulation of railways
in face of his reiterated conviction
that regulation must prove a failure
and that government ownership Is the
only remedy for railway abusea and
discriminations.
TUB TAX BA r&
For some time the democrats of Ne
braska have been keeping up a hulla
baloo about the threatened increase in
taxation, charging that under the re
publican administration the farmers
would pay more and the railroads less
taxes than ever. The figures Just Is
sued from the State Board of Equaliza
tion give the best possible answer to
this silly charge. Although the as
sessed valuation of the state is in
creased by more than $62,000,000,
only a little more than $18,000 addi
tional will be collected by the state.
This sum is due entirely to the opera
tion of the law, which fixes the rate
for the university and the redemption
fund and gives the State Board of
Equalization no discretion in the
matter.
The redemption fund is collected to
pay the enormous floating deot, which
was piled up against the state during
the years before the present revenue
law was enacted. Much of this debt
is a legacy from the popo'cratlc admin
istrations, due to the reckless misman
agement of the state institutions un
der the false plea of economy. It
stood for years, constantly growing,
until the republican officers and legis
lature took hold of the matter , and
made provisions for paying the war
rants that were the fruit of excessive
appropriations. No stigma can possi
bly attach to the administration for
making provisions to pay the state's
debts. The 1 mill that Is levied ifor
the purpose of discharging the great
load of excess warrants is not a per
manent appropriation and the cause
for its existence is rapidly disappear
ing under the wise administration of
the state's affairs by the republican
officers.
Another appropriation mad by di
rect levy Is the 1 mill for the support
of the Stat university. The demo
cratic organs that are piping the loud
est on the extravagance, key have
clamored most for money to support
the university, and would make a
dreadful fuss If It were even suggested
that the amount allowed that institu
tion should be reduced. This is be
yond the control of the State Board of
Equalization, however, and Is outside
the discussion.
The only fund over which the as
sessment board has any control is the
general fund, and for this the !evy has
been reduced three-fourths of 1 mill.
Any Increased collection must be due
to the increase In valuation. It was
but natural that there should be an
Increase In value of the property in
the state. Real property had not been
assessed for four yeara and the great
growth of Nebraska during that time
would have made ridiculous any effort
to prevent higher figures for the total
valuation. Great care has been taken
to equally adjust values In the differ
ent sections of the state and the result
is generally Satisfactory to all save
those who seek to make some cheap
political capital out of the condition.
The finances of Nebraska are in safe
hands and the business of the state la
being carried on prudently and eco
nomically. The clamor of the opposi
tion concerning the tax levy will fall
because its animus is too easily detected.
AS Al.LlAtiCE WITH CH13A.
The average American citizen will
offer little encouragement to the cam
paign that has been started In New
York for the education of the people
up to the need of an alliance between
the United States and China for the
purpose of preventing Japan from se
curing a dominating Influence in the
Pacific and creating a "Monroe doc
trine for Asia." The New York Her
ald Is leading the new agitation and
is endeavoring to make it appear that
American commercial interests in the
orient are threatened with extinction
unless this country unites with China
in an alliance that will offset the al
liance between England and Japan.
American Interest In China is one
of trade relations only. The late secre
tary of state, Mr. John Hay, made this
policy clear when he sought the co
operation of the other powers in keep
ing the "open door" in China.- That
was done for the purpose of saving
China from becoming a prey to other
European powers and was in part
successful. Now a new danger is
threatened through Japan, which is
seeking to dominate China and to set
up the doctrine of "Asia for Asiatics."
In a muddle of that kind, the United
States should have no part. It would
lead to International complications and
possibly to war, and wouldbe In vio
lation of this nation's long established
policy of "no entangling alliances"
with foreign powers.
Trade supremacy Is not determined
by alliances between governments. It
is secured by tariff concessions and or
ganized enterprise and effort on the
part of merchants and manufacturers.
This country should not entertain a
proposition of an alliance with any
other power, either for offense and
defense or for trade purposes. Any
consideration of such an alliance with
China" would serve to empha3lze the
question of Asiatic ( immigration ex
clusion and add to the complications
that already surround "that problem.
The United States is bound, by trade
Interests and by the doctrines of hu
manity, to give its best effort to the
preservation of the integrity of China
and to prevent that nation from dis
memberment by greedy foreign powers,
but no warrant can beNfound for mak
ing China's troubles a part of our
own, as they would become by such an
alliance as that now proposed.
THE FABMEH'S CONTBlBVTIny.
The estimate of Secretary Wilson
of the Department of Agriculture that
the total value of this year's -products
of the American farm will be In excess
of $8,000,000,000, or an increase of
about $600,000,000 over the very pros
neroua year of 1907, has started the
statisticians to computing the figures
of Erowth of the agricultural interests
of the nation with results that are
simply astonishing. The Manufactur
er's Record of Baltimore shows the re
sults of the farmer's wealth producing
operations by the following striking
comparisons:
1SS0. 1907.
Total value farm
property $12,180,000,000 1:8,077,000,000
Total value farm
products 2,112,000,000 7.412.000.000
How each member of the farming
community has shared in this good
fortune is shown by another group of
statistics:
1880. 1907.
Farm property, per capita 11.579 32.341
Farm products, per capita 28 611
This remarkable development is
shown more emphatically by the state
ment that the Increase in the value
of farm property alone for the years
between 1900 and 1907 Is $8,000,000,
000. or about nine times as great as
the aggregate national banking capi
talization of the nation and more than
half as large as the entire capitaliza
tion, stocks and bonds included, of the
railroads of the United States. In other
words, If the farmers of the nation
had simply taken the increase in the
value of their farms for seven years,
they could have used it to buy all of
the national banks of the country
and to have had eight times the capi
tal stocks of the banks left over Tor
other investments.
In 1890, the 8,565,000 persons en
gaged In farming produced a total of
$2,466,000,000. or a per capita aver
age of $287. In 1907. the 11,991,000
engaged in agriculture, produced a
total of $7,412,000,000 or a per capita
average of $618. In that period the
number of agricultural workers In
creased 40 per cent, the value of their
products lncreaaed over 200 per cent
and the total value of farm property
Increased by nearly 90 per cent.
In this connection, it must be re
membered that from 1870 until 1880
there was a decline in the value of
farm products and that from 1880
until 1890 the increase waa nominal,
so that the remarkable record ot ad
vance has been made since 1890 and
most of it since 1900. Since 1900 the
gain has continued uninterrupted.
Quoting from the Manufacturers' Rer
ord:
The effect of this really amaslng change
In agricultural conditions finds an Illus
tration In the advance In the average alue
of farm properly to the number of people
engnged m agriculture. In 10 the aver
age per capita was U.R79. By 1!X thla
had Increased to 11. SM. or In twenty year
an advance of $371 per capita to those en
gaged In agricultural pursuits. Between
lfO and 1907 thla Increase continjed at
uch a rapid rate aa to bring the average
up to $2,341 In 1907, or a gain In seven
ye-a of $M3 per capita, which was a
larger. Increase for that period than the
gain In the twenty years from 1W0 to 1PH).
The actual gain In the value of farm prop
erty alne 1M0 haa been equal to an aver
age of $762 for every man. woman and
child engaged In agricultural pursuits.
With the agricultural conditions
of the country so fundamentally sound,
there can be no lasting period of com
mercial and Industrial depression. The
farmers are ready to give the lallroads
the largest tonnage In their history
and thus form the sure basis for a
great expansion of industry.
The resignation ,f Alfred Darlow
from the service of the Union Pacific
will remove from railroad work one of
the best known advertising men In the
country. As head of the Union Pa
cific literary bureau Mr. Darlow has
not only brought his work to an un
commonly high standard, but has be
come known almost wherever the road
Is known. -He will be missed by p.
host of newspaper workers throughout
the world.
While the police commissioners are
attending to other matters of moral
housecleanlng, they might look after
the effort that is being made to make
Omaha headquarters for a lot of va
grants masquerading under the title
of "boxers." Omaha is all ready to
support the cause of athletics or sport
in any of its legitimate undertakings,
but the cheap prize fighter should not
be allowed to find a resting place here.
Germany is to make a fight to ex
terminate the cheap and nasty "novel."
Wonder what the kaiser would do If
he had to contend against some of the
cheaper and nastier newspapers that
are published in America? The penny
dreadful la bad enough, but It is not
to be compared for harm-doing with
the "yellow" journal.
Old King Corn is doing wonderfully
well; the green bugs and the rust have
disappeared from the wheat fields and
nature la generally smiling, but the
Board of Trade operators will be able
to work some new reason for sending
prices up or down. That's one of the
beauties of the business.
In another week or so the 'man who
Is running for office and the delegate
who Is running for the man who is
running for office and the plain citizen
who la running for the man who is
running for the delegate will all be In
the political, tswlm. There is glory
enough for alk
The cry of higher taxes having been
exploded, the democrats will now have
to hunt another issue for their cam
paign. If they stick to facts they
have nothing in their favor, and if
they try misrepresentation they are
quickly found out.
"Boss" McCarren advises Ms fol
lowers that In case Tammany tries to
capture t ;lyn democracy to "make
as many dtnts In their skulls as you
please." .It la sweet to find the dem
ocratic brethren dwelling in harmony.
"Everybody knows where Bryan
stands," : "i Senator Tillman. If
that's so, . someone please tell an
anlxous pubilo where Mr. Bryan stands
on the question of negro disfranchise
ment In the south?
"Mr. Bryan finishes one Bpeech be
fore he begins another," says a Lin
coln correspondent. It is understood
to be a source of regret to Mr. Bryan
that he has to do this.
tyr. Bryan will hardly become opto
mlstlc enough to prepare his speech
of acceptance , to be delivered on
March 4, 1909.
Tonic of the Harvest.
Philadelphia Preas.
Judging by the great site of one crop
after another. It aeema as If old Mother
Earth were trying to put aome backbone
In the faint-hearted of this land.
Hot Weather !MeeU Supplied.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The campaign committees are not doing
much, but the press la doing buslneaa at
the old atand and tha people are not suf
fering from want of auggestlve reading
matter.
Where Ild It Com From t
New York World.
That report that the democratic cam
paign committee had found $300,000
tucked away In tha pocket of an old veet
hanging In the attic was only another
fitful dream.
Harrlman'a Smile Makers.
Washington Post.
"What wa want." aald Mr. Harrlman
at Omaha. "I co-operation and rational
lam." At the aame time, an occasional
railroad or two will do much toward
keeping Mr. Harrlman In good humor.
No Uoabt of It.
Chicago Tribune.
"Shall the people rule?" thunder Mr.
Bryan. They shall. Peerless deader; the-y
shall. And In the opinion of the gentlemen
who hypothecate large auma of money on
election propositions a considerable plu
rality of them will vote for Taft aa their
prory.
Philadelphia Record.
Nature la often obliging In placing the
antidote near the poiaon. Another Illus
tration of thla has been discovered by
our geological experta In Alaska, a land
of anow and toe, with a sprinkling of gold,
which haa been boasting about the
aalubrlty of lta climate becauae a few
fast-growing vegetablea can be cultivated
In gardens favorably altuated. , It la
found that the territory contalaa large
deposits of coal. or. at least, large forma
tions of a carboniferous character.
not n . not' t r.w iork,
nil
Metro poll.
Having discovered by exhauathe tSts
that gas meters show a decided Inclination
to work overtime and speed up without
giving an equivalent of the product, the
public service commission of New Toik
has promulgated new regulation whl'h will
go Into effect August 27. The proposed
rules In subntance are us follows. No tea
meter after having tfen pit In ue rhall he
veiifieti or tested hy any nr. except nn
Inspector for the puhllc rvlce commie
alon when a bill Ik In lleimte or com
plaint haa been made as to the accuracy
of the meter. Whereer a rmter is re
moved by the con pany notice shall bo
served upon the. occupant or owner of
the premises frc.m which It hs been re
moved. All metera In ue for seven year
or more shall bo rerroved before Novem
ber 1, and all othera that have been In
tse more than five yeara shall be ro-n-.cved
before January 1. ami the nme
shall not again be put In us until they
have been approved by an Inspector.
Hereafter every rs meter that haa been
set for five years shall he ter.ioved within
twelve months after the completion of the
five year period and submitted for testing
by an Inspector.
After the horseless carriage, the player
less piano, and all the other less things
that modern Invention has devised, New
Tork la lo have a walterless restaurant,
and. of all places In the world, it Is to be
on the site of the old BHratmc hotel, In
Broadway, near Forty-second utreet. John
I.. Murray." backed by a syndicate of
wealthy tobacco manufacturers, hits ob
tained a twenty-one years' lease of tha
building, and his plans are elaborate nnd
unique.
Mr. Murray, who has other restaurants
In this city, haa been trying fot a long
time to think out eome scheme lo do
awpy with the time-honored nuisance of
having a waiter atand at your elbow
while you are discussing private affairs
with a friend. He thinks h hits It at
last. In the new restaurant all one will
have to do will be to give the order
upon entering. Then the most Intimate
and confidential conversations may e
pursued with Immunity from the eafer
ears of the servitors, for at the end ot
each course all one will have to do will
be to press a button.
Then, In Arabian Nights fashion, the
Crnler of the table will sink through the
floor Into a serving room beneath and
presently will rlae again with the new
dishes. The table ha been patcnt-d by
Mr. Murray, who has Just returned from
Europe, where he searched for Ideas, and
the plan will be made practicable by hav
ing the kitchen next to the top floor, but
connected with the serving rooms on tl
the other floor by mean of a dumb
waiter system operated by compressed air.
Except for the top floor, which will con
tain bachelor apartments, the building
will be used exclusively for restaurant
purposes, and the floora will be ao ar
ranged that private dinner parlies for
four or more persons or banquets for as
many as 1,200 can be provided at almost
a moment's notice.
Although Conrad Steingruber laughed at
the Christ hospital physicians In Jersey
City who said he would die In twenty-four
hour from the effects of a bite from a
dog, the prophecy was fulfilled to the
hour. Steingruber said he Waa a dis
believer In hydrophobia, and that he would
be around again in a tow day, despite the
warnings of the physician. He rapidly
grew worse, however. He remained con
aclous until the end, and almost tha last
word he spoke were that ha would get
well...
Steingruber wa bitten a little over
three week ago, but paid no attention to
the bite, and when warned by hla witc
that he might develop rablea ha merely
laughed at her. On Wednesday of last
week he called at the hospital, and when
offered a glass of water he was taken
with a spasm. From that time until he
died his suffering was interna.
New York's fire department I not only
the most expensive In the world, costing
a it doe nearly $3,000,000 every year, or
nearly $1.75 per head of the population, but
It also uses more water than any other, the
quantity averaging 3,000.000 gallons a year.
London's fire brigade use but 17,000,000
gallons annually, and coat per head of the
city s population not more than 10 centa.
In point of number Parla cornea flrat with
ntarly 1,000 "laddies," St. Petersburg next
with l.:50. Berlin 1.200. Now York 1,100, Chi
cago 1,000, Hamburg about 900. The last
named city supplies more than 300 firemen
for every 100,000 head of population, while
London supplies oiny thlrteem-for the same
number. The bell prevail for, a warning
signal aa the fire chariots dash through
the streets In all cltie except London.
There the brigade career through the
crowded thoroughfares to the hoarse yell
of "Hi! III!" coming from the lusty lung
of the gallant laddies.
A visitor to a hospital ward began to
sing to the patient she had come to see.
The nurse politely requested her to atop it.
"Stop," said the woman. "Why, good
gracious, 1 never heard of such a thing.
Is it against the' rules?"
"There is no special rule on the subject,"
the nurse replied, "but most of us have
found that singing to one patient haa a
harmful effect on the other persons in the
ward. The trouble la, most visitor who
try to cheer up their (irk friends by sing
ing to them Intone such weepy airs that
everybody within hearing distance feels
like committing suicide. Again, occasional
caller go to the other extreme and atrlke
up 'Harrlgun,' or like popular ditties.
Those tunes, too, are out of plate In a
waid where there I always some one very
ill. Obviously it la Impossible to please
everybody in the matter of hospital ward
singing, so most nurses cut it out on their
own responsibility."
New York City business men who are
careful obaervera aay that the hotel popu
lation of the city la the greatest money
spender and that the average of that popu
lation is about ?G0,Q0. while In the time of
great business activity It closely ap
proaches 300.00.
Combine of False Pretense,
Ht. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Nebraska authorities have decided that
the populists and democrats of that state
ara entitled lo combine on an electoral
ticket. Mr. Bryan la not pretending In
Nebraaka that he has become too con
servative lo act with populists and ap
prove their platform.
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our work absolutely.
Our vast eiperience of 20 year
aa esolnalve Lya Sight Specialist
Is at your rviu
V m Tuy )
OpP- ftoplas tor, raotory Vramlaa
Sixty-six Years of Superiority.
Just the thing to o with all kinds of
fresh or stewed fruit, either as a delicate
sauce to pour over the fruit or as a blanc
mange or pudding to serve with it.
Before another meal drop postal for
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PERSONAL NOTES.
Prof. Robert Koch, Tfof. Martin Kirch
ner and Dr. Wllhelm von Leube have been
appointed official German delegates to the
tuberculosis congress, which will be h Id
In Washington, September II.
Michigan's monument lo Its first gov
ernor, Stevens Thompson Mason, was re
cently' unveiled In Capitol park, Detroit.
The portrait statue of the governor was
modeled by Albert Weinert. The pedestal
wa designed by H. Van Buren Mngonl
gle. The work wa erected by the atate of
Michigan at a cost of $10,000.
Whether It I proper professional ethics
for a batbrr to put a leas keen edge upon
a razor left with him for that purpose
than for those used In his own business,
was a question seriously discussed at the
recent meeting of the New York Associa
tion of Master Barbers. Who an longer
question the mora uprising In business
standards?
Mr. Fredr;tk Dent Grant dee not spend
her summer In seeking her own pleasure,
but Is doing everything she can to rescue
ch'ldien from live of poverty and crime,
to find homes for unfortunate little ones,
whatever the circumstance that have mado
them hoinchss. Mrs. Robert M. Lafollctte,
Ml Helen Varlck Boswell, Mr. Edith
Rockefeller McCormlck and other are
helping her.
The newest drink in New York la called
the "aviator." No doubt It send you up
In the air very nicely, and the next morn
ing you wonder how you ever got down.
Admiral Dewey will get Into the con
troversy as to the proper design for
American battleship by attending a
meeting of the general board, to be held
at Newport on August 28. This will be
the first summer meeting that Admiral
Dewey has attended In several yeara.
CUT OUT THE SMELL.
New Tork Biperlmcat Worth Watch
laar by the Country.
rittsburg Dispatch.
Tha prV commissioners of New Tork
City are engaged in an experiment on the
automobile question that la well worth the
careful observation of other place. It I
based on th expert assertion that the
emikslon of a cloud of gasoline smoke with
a more than correapondlrg volume of that
odor which has earned for the motor the
popular nam 'of ".link wepons" Is un
necesaary. It la held to be caused either
by bad handling or defective machinery,
and I alike injurtou to the public a well
a costly to the automobile owner.
Wherefore tho park police have been ar
resting chauffeur who emitted from their
motor an egvegloua quantity of smoke and
slink, while lesa flagrant, as well as
fragrant, offenders were warned. Tha
Initial proceedlnga were chiefly In the line
of giving chauffeura solemnly to under
stand the they muit rot poison the park
atmosphere with half-cor.eumed gasoline.
Thore who persibt will on a aecond hearing
probably be subjected to a atlffcr argu
ment In the form of flnea.
Unprejudiced people will certainly rec
ognise the desirability of deodorizing tho
autos If It can be done. The autobusea in
Ixmdon for a time produced so mephltic
an atmosphere In the crowded city that
an outcry wa raised for their prohibition.
If New Tork can control the apeed mania
and abolish the smel! It will relieve the
automobiles of their mot glaringly ob
noxious feature.
Dr. Price's Wheal Flake Celery Food
The first thing in preparing this food is absolute
cleanliness. Not a human hand touches it from
the washing of the wheat until served for the
table. It contains all the elements of which the
body is composed. Nature has combined these
elements in no other cereal but wheat. It is so prepared
that it cannot fail to prove a wholesome diet. As a break
fast food it is unexcelled.
To CLEAR LAKE
and return via
0 CHICAGO
A GREAT
y" WESTERN
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST lOTH
Train conaiatlng of tourist sleeper, chair tar and coache wljl leava
Omaha 11:60 p m.
Ticket good to return until Augjat 23rd.
ruaiagr, fcoatUf, -batblsg-, ato.. at Iowa' greatest lake rasorV Xata
eryboua-.
Further Information from
W. O. DAVIDSON, 0. P. & T. A., 1512 Farnam St., OMAHA.
" Original Recipes and
Cooking Helps "
and learn what a -practical cooking M Kin.
ford's Oswego Corn Starch really is. It many
met will surprise you.
Tor making custards, blanc manges, ices, puddings
ill dishes that depend for goodness upon corn
starch quality Kingsiord's has been chosen by
best cooks for three generations.
Grocers pound packages 10c
T. MNGSFORD & SON. Oswego. N. Y.
National Starch Co Successors
L A I GIIIN fa G AS.
"Yo,i may ny what ou please ahnu'
'em," temniked Incle Alien Sparks.
"They're all rtgul for beginners, hut. n'.
pretty louprh on us old Biaouate of the
Hihnol ol roltiis to hae to go bark to
tie primat department again." Chicago
Tribune.
It ilevelnp.d at il.e lii.tue-t that th auto
mobile had been running at slxtv miles an
limir along a dsrk ronntrv road.
"Make your verdict suicide,' gentlemen,"
InKtniftcti tiie nrnir. ' but soften It a
lit ili by Hse.it, ing ti lo a d'sM'Jered mind."
iJhllnJeiphla
A brs band was serenading the csnrtl
daie, tlio, aocirding to the early return?. ,
had been elected.
A he appeared on his front porch to ao- 1
knowledge the compliment a bov handed
him a telegram.
11" upeneil it and rend it.
' Boys.'' he eaid. raising his hand to corn-
inund silence, "oblige roe by turning that
Hot Time' business into a dirge." Chicago
Tribune.
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Bacon Tell me, la a lemon a fruit or a !
vegetable? J
Kgbcrt-IC neither: it' a disappoint- I '
hient. Yonker Statesman.
Practical Parent Can you support my
daughter? '
Titled Suitor If I had that mtich monev
of my own do you suppose for a minute
I would want to marry her? Baltimore
American.
"la your wife economical?", asked the
intrusive questioner.
"In some respects," answered Mr. Meek
ton, "she doesn't believe In waating monev
on cigars or ee.ntve lunchea or base
ball ticket, or a number of other article
that I might mention." Waahlngton Star.
"Can you tell me where I can have some
iut made?" asked the 'newspaperman or
the stranger.
"Why. yea," wa the reply; "that i
where I get shaved, right across the street
there! Ifonkers Statesman.
K.ultn-1 ' "'prised when thla mora
i X Thunderbolt, in referring to me. aald.
I TlfVrfA Cn .. . 1. - - . . . ....
wrote It "lobsterlan." Chicago Tribune.
'.'If1, S.'J! '10uJdane 'h'a dance with .ma?"
..ISO' 1 1onn prnmlaed Jim."
.-.J w,'.aU rl.Bh,: '""' b'y Jal now;
iho'K oi. hl raxor an' eplked his
shotgun. -Atlanta Constitution.
TO A BEGINNER.
Washington Star.
So you're anxinua. young-man, to gS ui
In the world;
You're looking for friendly 'advice; .
You thlr.k that to see your own portrait
unfurled
When banners flot forth would be nice'
There a a serious question which you must
decide
r-Alh.PJ' JM0Ur..bld to lhe Publ,c ou ";
.re the limelight presents you to view fn,
and wide,
vvnat kind of a poae will you take?
Will you seek to Impress by your solemn
repose
h!?m ,,J cnarrn by your manner an free?
Will you strive for lor. speechea that mak
people doae
Or dairle with swift repartee?
Will you sound tho baioo that is slum
brous and slow.
Or the trump that keeps people awake.
You can't make a start till you let tn
world know
What kind of a pose you will take.
Take warning, before your position vou
choose . . ',
In the scene, full of hazard and strife;
You muat wear the aame whisker and
waistcoats and'Mhoe
The rest of your natural life!-
Let nothing your smile or your frown dis
arrange Vtin nhnln. .-.I..- -1
It la really mrange how the public hates
What kind of a pose will you take?
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