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' WHEV OCT OP TOWN. ' .
taheerlhera leavta the city tem
porarily aaoald kare Tha Bee
mailed to them. ' AAdresa will fee
'changed aa of tew aa requested.
Three weeka from tonight the demo
craU will know the worst.
It doea not quiet political waters to
tare Standard OH poured on them.
' Wonder It Colonel Wattenon ap
, proves Mr. Bryan's attitude In favor
of deep waterways?
Of course, the president will not
. issuo his Thanksgiving proclamation
until after November 3.
Tho Sick Man of Europe Is In pros
pect of being treated with something
except ultimatum poultices this time.
t "No "woman who wears a 'rat' shall
become my wife," says an Ohio col
lege professor. Another case of rough
on rats. .
"Is Mr. Hearst trying to elect Taftt"
asks the Chicago Journal. Far from
It. He's trying to lkk the whole list
of candidates.
Bryan insists that he is running
against two republicans. Worse than
that He's running against about
8,000.000 of them. v
The czar of Russia has promised
Turkey his moral support. The Turks
will have to decide for themselves
whether they are pleased.
John D. Archbold can not be con
sidered a famous man by Any means,
tut he ha received a handsome price
for some of his autographs.
The civilized world will not get
wildly enthusiastic over King Ed
ward's efforts to preserve the Integ
rity of the Ottoman empire.
Mr. Bryan is learning that a man
does not strengthen confidence in him
self by making it his regular business
to question the motives of others.
An Iowa politician has eloped with
his affinity. It is bad enough to put
up with this affinity business In New
York society without mixing it with
politics.
It has been discovered that the city
of New York paid 11,500 for a 4
pair of rubber boots. This gum-shoe
method of keeping city accounts is
expensive. .
Mr. Hitchcock needs help In bis race
for congress, and he will support
"home rule" or anything else the
'Jlmocrats" want, if they will only
vote for him.
King Peter of Servla Insists that he
does not want to go to war with Aus
tria. Still, some folks profess to be
lieve that King Peter Is not much of
a statesman.
Mr. Gompers will please notice that
some laboring men in good standing
still have the temerity to call at the
White House and discuss the situation
with President Roosevelt.
Judge Parker Is playing safe when
he says be has no. opinion of the
chances of Mr. Bryan's election. The
Judge does not propose to have to re
tract or explain anything -after elec
tion. .
In his addreea at Chicago Mr. Taft
stated that "during the ten years end
tng with 190& the internal commerce
increased 118 per cent, while the rail
road transportation has Increased only
20 per cent." .That, leaves no room
for argameut as to the advisability of
lu-pravtng the inland waterways.
"ABVSISG MR. DMAS."
Several correspondents have com
plained In letters to The Bee that this
paper and republican newspapers else
where have been injuring the republi
can chances of success by "abusing
Mr. Bryan," and this complaint has
recently become very popular with the
World-Herald and other followers of
Bryanlsm who, when faced with argu
ments against Bryan and Bryanlam.
answer promptly by declaring that It
is unfair, cruel and dishonorable to
"abuse Mr. Bryan."
As a matter of fact no candidate for
the presidency has ever been so suc
cessful as Mr. Bryan in escaping abuse.
His personal character his honesty,
his social and domestic life and! his
personal Integrity have been free from
attack in all his political career. The
trouble appears to be that the blind
partisans of the Nebraska leader per
sist in finding "abuse of Mr. Bryan"
in every utterance that is not lauda
tory of the man, his theories and va
garies. "My record is sufficient answer,"
wrote Mr. Bryan in replying to Presi
dent Roosevelt's letter exposing Gov
ernor Haskell' connection with the
Standard Oil and hi chummlnesa with
Mr. Bryan. Mr. Bryan has persis
tently challenged attention to his rec
ord and discussion of it cannot, there
fore, be construed as "abuse of Mr.
Bryan."
It is not abuse of Mr. Bryan to call
attention to his record on the sliver
Issue, to his declaration that no other
question could be settled until the- at
tempt to establish the gold standard
In this country had been defeated.
Within the year he has declared that
every plank in the Chicago pfatform
is stronger today than it was In 1896.
He has never recanted his views on the
silver question and has offered no as
surance that he would not, if elected,
Inject the issue Into congress.
It is not abuse of Mr. Bryan to re
mind the country that he advocated a
scuttle policy in the Philippines in
1900 and within the month has made
speeches advocating the- immediate
recognition of the Independence of the
Filipinos, with the certainty that such
action would provoke revolution in
the islands and involve this country
in foreign complications that might
lead to war.
It is not abuse of Mr. Bryan to recall
his 1900 platform in which he de
manded the retirement of national
bank notes and the substitution there
for, of government paper (greenbacks)
or silver certificates.
It is not abuse of Mr. Bryan to call
attention to the fact that he is now
working hand in glove with Roger Sul
livan, "Flngy" Conners, Pat McCarren,
Charley Murphy, Senator Bailey, Col
onel Guffey and other democratic
lights whom he denounced in 1896
and 1900 and whom he accused, In
1904, of having secured the nomina
tion of Judge Parker "by crooked and
indefensible methods.". In his public
letter on July 12, 1904, pledging per
functory support to Judge Parker, he
declared "a democratic victory will
mean little, if any,' progress on eco
nomic questions so long as the party
Is under control of the Wall street
element." That element Is now work
ing for Bryan and it Is considered
"abuse of Mr. Bryan" to call atten
tion to the fact that the Wall street
element of democracy has not changed.
The change is on Mr. Bryan's part.
It is not abuse of Mr. Bryan to
quote from his speech at Cooper Union
hall In New York last April, in which
he endorsed the action of the demo
crats "of the Bolld south In disfranchis
ing the negro voters, while he now re
fuses to discuss the negro question be
cause it was not mentioned in the
Denver platform.
It is not abuse of Mr. Bryan to re
mind the public that while he is mak
ing speeches id favor of railroad regu
lation he is on record as having ex
pressed his supreme conviction that
railroad regulation was not possible
and that the only remedy for abuses
growing out of the transportation
business was government ownership
of railroads. ,
It is not abuse of Mr. Bryan to dis
cuss, at his invitation, the collapse of
his economical delusions and the re
jection of his financial fallacies and
vagaries. He has Invited discussion
of his record and he and his support
ers should accept' the results without
whining. ;
HILKIXO THE TAXPAYER.
Some revelations made by the
Bureau of Municipal Research in New
York, furnishes an explanation in part,
of the statistics given in a recent
census bureau bulletin showing an ab
normal Increase in the cost of govern
ment in American cities in the last
seven years. This bulletin shows that
the increase in the cost of running the
government of New York City had been
something like 39 per cent in seven
years and the report of the bureau of
research gives at leaBt a hint that a
goodly share of this increase must be
charged to graft, pure and slmplo.
The bureau of research In New
York is a taxpayers' organization. It
employs expert accountants to ex
amine and report upon the expendi
tures of public money, tt is not a
muck raking organization, but alms to
accomplish reforms by educating the
people so thst reform shall be Intelli
gent and backed by public opinion,
based on knowledge of facts. The
bureau- names no names in its reports
and does not discuss politics. It
simply ferrets out wa.te and extrav
agance and publishes the facts. The
work already done has caused tile real
estate organisations and a number of
civic organizations to join with the
bureau and its w6rk will be car
ried on hereafter on a wider
plan and scope than has . . been
possible la the past. - The bureau
has opened an office on the ground
floor of a Broadway building and
Is making a dally exhibit of the
manner In which the money of tho tax
payers is being disbursed. One of the
"exhibits" now being displayed Is an
ordinary coat peg and beside it the
following printed text:
Anybody can gt It for centa anywhere.
The city got the hook at 60 centa per hook
and S centa per acrew. The city S"ot 165
hooka like thla, 172 bolta, and 183 arrewa
for 1117.10. It took 31 daya W per day) to
put up these 165 hooka. The two "work
men" (tot $?. Total cost, materlala and
labor. KPjo.10. Coat per hook, 1161.
Included In the exhibits are charts
showing what the city pays for var
ious supplies compared with what the
same supplies would cost the individ
ual. Tables showing the, annual tax
rates and the increase in the budgets
for the different departments are dis
played, as well as lists showing the
rate of assessment and taxation on cer
tain well known business blocks and
properties. The exhibits are not de
voted entirely to criticisms, but give
credit to officials or departments that
show economy In administration.
The New York work is worthy of
imitation in all large cities. Educa
tion of this character Is essential if
lasting reform is to be secured In the
administration of municipal affairs.
Agitation and exposure of corruption
or extravagance may drive one admin
istration from power, but such reform
cannot be enduring unless there is ed
ucation back of the movement. An
efficient administration could desire
nothing better than such enlighten
ment of the public, while a corrupt
y incompetent one deserves it, in the
interests of the public welfare. '
HOME RULE AXD OMAHA.
Just at present the democrats are
raising a mighty howl about "home
rule" for Omaha, the basis of their
complaint being that the affairs of the
Are and police departments of the city
are directed by a board appointed by
the governor. It is not charged that
this board is In any wise Incompetent,
or has neglected any of ita duties. It
will be admitted that the present board
is composed of men of unquestioned
probity and determined sagacity, so
that whatever change might be made
in its personnel the board could
scarcely be Improved from a business
standpoint. The only cause for objec
tion, then, lies In the fact that the
board is appointed by the governor.
A great many of the older residents
of Omaha who are familiar with the
history of the city must recall in this
connection the conditions that existed
in Omaha twenty-one years ago when
the people demanded that some steps
be taken that would remove the fire
department and the police department
from the realm of local politics: One
of the prime movers to this end at that
time was Gilbert M. Hitchcock, then
editor of the Omaha World, to whose
efforts as much as to those of any other
one man is-due the -change. -..Mr.
Hitchcock stood manfully at the head
of the, forces which fought for the law
that gave Governor Thayer the right
to appoint a Board of Fire and Police
Commissioners for Omaha, and was
one of the guarantors of the fund from
which the firemen and policemen were
to be paid in event the city council re
fused or neglected to provide for the
payment of the servants of the city
while the case was being fought
through the courts. The law was up
held and the control of the fire and
police departments passed from the
hands of the mayor and city council
into the hands of a board appointed by
the governor. All the reasons that
were urged for the change at that time
are good today. It is not at all likely
that any citizen of Omaha would will
ingly subscribe to a proposition hav
ing for ita end the placing of the fire
department or the police department,
or both of these departments, of the
city government in the hands of local
politicians.
When, in 1898, under a democratic
governor, a board of fire and police
commissioners satisfactory to the
World-Herald's editor controlled the
city no complaint was heard from Mr.
Hitchcock. In that year Judge Cun
ningham R. Scott held, in a case
brought before him involving exactly
the issue now raised by the World
Herald, that the law was invalid and
under his decision a board appointed
by the mayor was substituted for the
board appointed by the governor. The
World-Herald never ceased its fight on
Mayor Moo res and his appointees until
the supreme court had v upheld a new
law directly vesting the appointing
power In the governor and when, In
1901, Governor Savage supplanted by
his appointees the Moores' board the
World-Herald applauded it as an act of
justice. Now that Mayor Jim sits In
the chair and might possibly select a
board that would make changes In the
administration of the Are and police
departments along lines desired by the
politicians whose wish the World-
Herald voices, the demand for "home
rule" has grown to be uproarious. The
voters of Omaha are not silly enough
to allow themselves to be misled by
such pleadings. "Home rule" In this
instance is merely a thinly disguised
move in tho Interests of the aspiration
of a well known "Jlmsonlan" demo
crat to become chief of police. ,
AMERICAS POLITICS ABROAD.
Business men, particularly manu
facturers and exporters, as well as the
laboring men affected by the success
or failure of these interests, will find
significance in the discussions now go
ing on in the European press over the
presidential campaign In this country.
One of the leading papers in Berlin
has a lengthy editorial discussion of
the situation in which hope is held
out to the German manufacturers that
they may, in case of Bryan's election,
find a big field for their wares la the
United States. Bryan's attitude on the
Bryan's Record on Pensions
St. Louis Globe-Democrat (rep.).
Mr. Bryan has Just laaued a at.ttemrnt
denying that he made In 1SJ a apeech In
congreaa aaalnat pensiona. . Tho exprea
aiona Imputed to- him may, he any a. have
appeared In a paper of which he waa later
the editor, but he. la not their author. It la
not neoesaary to revert to 1W2. nor to go
back of tho year 1!."., to show that Mr.
Bryan la reaponnlbla. for a moat decidedly
objectionable treatment of the etibject of
pensions. Tha utterance that old soldlera
and their rrlenda view with dlatruat and
condemn both for .Its aplrlt and form
Is found In tha democratlo national plat
form adopted at Denver last July. It la aa
followa: W favor a jeneroua pensrton
policy both aa a matter of Justice to the
surviving- vWana snd fhelr dependents,
and becauaa.1t tends to 'relieve .the country
of the neceairity bf maintaining; a large
atandlng army." This plank Is certalhly a
curiosity. Mr. Bryan ought to explain
what he moans by It, for he will not deny
that he Inspired or wrote It hlmaelf. The
relation between the first clauxe of the
plank and the second Is by no means ob
vious, and mixing two dlntlnct subjects In
this manner Is an Indication that one la
dragged In ao that Its weight may be im
posed on the other.
What has a Just pension policy got to do
with a purpose "to relieve the country of
the necessity of maintaining a large atand
lng army?" No sincere friend of pensions
would ever have written a plank like that,
or thought of such a duplex method of In
dorsing a considerate policy toward men
who have served their country, making thla
policy the occasion and reason for a slash
at the regular army. The size of tha stand
tariff question is discussed fully and
the conclusion reached that if the tar
iff is removed, or reduced to a mere
revenue basis, as proposed and prom
ised by Mr. Bryan, the German manu
facturers, by reason of their cheaper
labor, would be able to flood the
American market with their wares and
to enjoy a profitable market so long
as the Bryan party remains in power.
Workers in American factories must
decide for themselves if they want this
kind of competition.
DEMOCRACY'S LATEST ALLY.
"Sometimes Providence," wrlteB
Colonel Watterson in his latest appeal
In. behalf of Mr. Bryan, "does for us
what we cannot do for ourselves, and
certain recent occurrences seem to Jus
tify the belief that in this campaign
Providence Is with the democrats."
The Kentucky editor-colonel has
been most active in this cam
paign trying to find excuses for
being with Mr. Bryan and his lat
est discovery- will doubtless please
him, as Colonel Watterson is always
rejoiced when he finds himself in good,
if strange, company.
Colonel Watterson is not happy,
however, in the role ot bearer of the
olive branch. He has fought Mr.
Bryan bitterly for twelve years and
comes Into the camp with "Flngy"
Conners, Roger Sullivan, Ed. Butler,
Murphy, Sheehan and the rest of the
old Parker -gang" rather grudgingly.
doubtless remeaiberlng how muoh sat
isfaction he took in 1896 in penning
these lines about W. J. Bryan:
The speches which William J. Bryan has
been making on his tours are without
exception the most dangerous and Incen
diary utterancea ever addressed to the peo
ple by a presidential candidate. Let
the people one understand Bryan's real
character and they will drop him as com
pletely as tbey once dropped Dennis
Kearney and General Coxey.
No matter who appoints the Board
of Fire and Police Commissioners for
Omaha, they are still amenable to the
laws of Nebraska. No one man or set
of men can suspend an established law
for an Instant without being responsi
ble for Its violation. It will be well
to keep this in mind while debating
the "home rule" proposition.
The activity of the republican clubs
throughout the state Is an excellent
sign of the interest the young men are
taking In the campaign. The Na
tional League of Republican Clubs Is
an excellent institution and has proved
its efficiency In all recent campaigns.
Nebraska has always had a groat in
terest in this league.
The charter makers who advocated
home rule In the hopes that by so do
ing they would get the right for
Omaha to make its own charter must
feel a keen thrill of delight as they
see their efforts being turned in the
interest of Charley Fanning's ambition
to become chief of police.
A St. Louis minister insists that the
"Song of Solomon" was not written by
Solomon at all. but was composed by
a political campaign writer who was
a contemporary of the wise king. Well,
It was far ahead of anything that has
been produced in the campaign song
line since.
Chairman Mack says Bryan is cer
tain to carry New York, New Jersey,
Ohio, Illinois, Delaware, Wisconsin,
Maryland and Connecticut. It was
kind In Mr. Mack not to claim Penn
sylvania and Massachusetts.
Tuberculosis is now being publicly
debated locally, but the doctors are
telling rather bow to prevent than to
cure it. It is worth the while of every
citizen to hear what Is to be said along
these lines.
"Rectitude, restitution and reform"
is the slogan of one of the political
parties In Canada. Political parties
In this country have learned to fight
shy of any slogan with three R's.
Mr. John D. Rockefeller says he
never signs any checks. Some-men
in public life doubtless wish no one
connected with the Standard Oil com
pany had ever signed any checks.
In New York a s rip pled newsboy
has been glren a diamond studded
pipe by his patrons. Nothing like
being practical in makiug presents to
the needy.
ing army ought, to be settled without ref
erence to the pension roll. A nation of
8S.0on.O0O popl has military needs that
arise from Its position and responsibilities,
and cannot be decided by a count of sur
viving pensioners and the amount paid
them. It Is clear that the writer of the
plank referred to has a tinge of y-.-llow on
the subject of pensions and would Jump on
them openly It he dared. Knowing that to
ba candid In tha matter would be ruinous,
he relieves his feelings by an assault on
the army. As pensions are large he holds
that tha standing army should be small,
another specimen of the fallacious logic
and deceptive spirit Identified mith Brysn
lam. -
The veterans of this courrtry know where
to look for a generous pension policy, and
without any provisos relating to the army.
Thanks to tha present administration the
red tape obstacles to pensioning old sol
diers were swept away and the widows
of soldiers hare received considerate treat
ment. For the most part they are nearlng
or past 70. If anything waa ' ever to be
done for them the time has arrived and
the meaaurea adopted are based on this
rational vlaw of the matter, They are
paasing off tha stage at the rate of over
40,000 a year. President Roosevelt In his
pension orders has thought It best to act
row. He has dona so without thinking of
the standing army In this connection. He
has done things In a spirit of patriot lo ap
preciation. Bryan talks of a generous pen
sion policy because It tends, as he sees It
In his peculiar vision, to keep down tha
standing army. The old soldiers and their
widows prefer the Roosevelt policy and
spirit.
POLITICS I NEBRASKA.
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Osceola Record: Populists, if you really
wanted to vote this year tho same way
that you voted four years ago. how would
you go about It? Aak Mr. Walrath. Ha
can tell you, but he won't.
Winslde Tribune: Queer, Isn't it. that If
you raffled off an old watch and we said
anything about It, the- United States gov
ernment would have a fit over tt? but this
same government can rafflo oft thousands
o facres of land and no one thinks there Is
anything wrong,
Norfolk Press: ' Edgar Howard has de
clined the populist nomination for congress
from this district In favor of J. P. Latta,
the democratic nominee. It Is now Boyd
against checkbook, which latter. Is a hard
proposition to go up against. Edgar ex
presses the hope that the cause of good
government will not bo checked iw its car
eer. Fremont Tribune: Mayor Dahlman has
been campaigning in other states upon In
vitation of Mr. Bryan who adroitly got him
out of Nebraska so his boasts of Intimacy
with the Peerless One would not alienate
the democratic church and temperance ele
ment. When a fellow gets Into the game
bf national politics permanently, he learns
not to overlook any bets, however small.
Stanton Picket: Those who had the
pleasure of hearing the Issues of tha cam
paign discussed by Senator Owen of Okla
homa two weeka ago, may be Interested
In the news that ha has been suddenly re
tired from the stump, on account ot his
connection with Governor Haskell and
Standard Oil. Nice sort of a man to tell
us about the virtues of the Oklahoma con
stitution and the honesty ot the men who
made It. -
Central City Nonpareil: In all the dust
kicked up by the democrats on the question
f campaign publicity don't permit yourself
to be blinded to the fact that for many
years the republicans in 1 Nebraska have
been complying with a law requiring the
publication of campaign receipts and ex
penditures while the democrats nave per
stiftently disobeyed it. That's why Mr.
Bryan goes clear down to Oklahoma for
Illustrations of the practical application of
hia policies.
Fullerton Post: If there ever existed
doubt as to the alignment of Nebraska In
the presidential contest It was swept away
and replaced by the certainty of "Ne
braska for Taft" In the two days' tour of
the state on Wednesday . and Thursday
last, during which thousands upon thous
ands of republicans gathered at various
points along Judge Taft's route of travel
and by the most unprecedented enthusiasm
registered their determination that the
slogan, "Nebraska for Taft." should be
Callaway Queen: During this campaign
there appears to be but one republican
dally paper in the state of Nebraska, and
that one Is The Omaha Bee, Mr. Rose
water, editor of The Bee Is always found
In the right column, delivering tha goods
straight from the shoulder. On tha other
hand the State Journal and Lincoln Star
keep whooping 'er up for Bryan, giving
that gentleman great headlines on the
front pages at the top ot the column and
next to "pure reading matter," at the
same time attempting to make people be
lieve they are both republican papera.
It may be all right, but from a partisan
standpoint both the State Journal and the
Star will soon learn that they are losing
tha confidence of the people, and that
there will aoon be found room for a good,
live republican dally at the state capital,
verified at the ballot box la November.
West Point Republican: Scratch a rail
road man today and a Bryan label appears.
There Is reason for It Two years ago the
legislatures of many of the western states
carried out their promises to tha people
and enacted laws cutting down passenger
freight and express rates. Those legisla
tures were republican and the republican
party must now pay the penalty for keep
ing faith with the people in the loss of
tho railroad vote. It Is not so many months
ago that the railroad companies served
notice upon their employes, or gave them
to understand, that further reductions in
rates would mean reductions In salaries.
Tills bad the desired effect and In many
places petitions were circulated by em
ployes asking that no further reductions
be made, or that the people let up on their
crusade agalnat rates.. A petition of that
kind was circulated and more, or less, freely
signed In thla city. It looked like mighty
small business to be engaged In, not on
part of the employes, but on part of the
companies suggesting It or conniving at
such things. v
St. Paul Republican: Is there a pledge
of tho platform of this state two years
ago that lias not been carried out by
Governor Sheldon, with a republican leg
islature, and a aet of republican officials?
Ara you satisfied with tha national admin
latratlpn of tha last four years? Is thers
one question which Bryan has taken a
position on during tha last four years as a
paramount Issue, but that he has provd
to be wrong? Ask yourself these questions
and ,then decide whether you -can afford
to vote against the policies of Roosevelt
and against the administration of Governor
Bhaldon. Bryan la abusing Roosavelt and
his work. Bryan is awing supported by the
most corrupt gang ot politicians the coun
try ever saw. Tba Uurphys, the Taggarts,
the Balleya. the Haskells, Conners. the
Kerns, the Wetmores. tne fiulllvsns, the
Guffeys, the Clarka have nothing In com
mon with the people of Nsbraaka. Theae
men hata Roosevelt for his stand. They
ara the mon on whom Bryan Is depending
to csrry tills country , for him. What does
the Nebraska;! think Shout giving aid to
these people to defeat lUt wluhbS Moid dt
sires of RouacvvlW
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Be on guard against alum in your food. Prof.
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introduction of alum into baking powders as
most dangerous to health." . .
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PERSONAL NOTES.
A large Joint Lincoln centenary celebra
tion on February 12, 190, with Secretary
Ellhu Root at the principal orator, la tha
tentative plan of Mayor McClcllan's New
York Lincoln committee.
Senator Harry A. Richardson of Dela
ware, tS years of age, started as, a boy of
16 to learn tha canning business, and has
been In It ever since, having accumu
lated a big fortune Incidentally.
Tolstoi's domestic life Is singularly happy,
In spite ot the fact that his wife does not
share his views concerning religion and
sociology. The countess Is sixteen years
younger than her husband, and, although
the mother of thirteen children. Is still
beautiful and charming.
Dr. Frederick . J. Fielding of Galveston,
Tex., who won the championship cup in
the International balloon race at Chicago
last spring, has perfected plans to cross
the Atlantic ocean In a balloon. Tha con
tract for the balloon will be let in a few
days. It will have a capacity of 300,000
cublo feet, and tha basket will be twelve
feet square. with a heavy cork bottom and
watertight.
- Mrs. David Jayne Hill, who will join her
husband, United States ambassador to
Germany, In Berlin, this month, will be
very much at home In that center of music
and social interests, fof aha speaks French,
German and Spanish with ease, and has
quite a reputation as a musical critic.
Her daughter will be at school this win
ter In Paris, her mother having just re
turned to Berlin from placing her there.
John E. iRedmond, member of the British
Parliament, and John Fltzglbbon, who
came here to raise . funds for the bom
rule party, have started for Ireland ou
the steamer Cedrlo Beforo leaving they
united In saying that they had been sur
prised to note that Interest on this side
In tha Irish cause was not confined to
Irish-Americans alone. The third member
ot the party, Joseph K. Dovlin, M. P., was
left behind for a few weeks longer to com
plete the work of organising tha Irish
league In this country. ,
LITTLE) KSOW.V FORTUNES.
Death Brings to Llgbt Estates Well
lr 1b tha Millions.
New York WorUl.
George W. Parkman, dying in Boston,
left half of his 18,000.000 estate for the
maintenance of the city's parks, and tha
fact was chronicled In a few paragraphs.
Yet the benefaction was approxlma ely
eight times as great as Bmlthson's bequest
to tha Smithsonian Institution. Peter
Cooper endowed Cooper Union with 1630.000,
but little more than tha $600,030 bequeathed
by Henry Jones Braker to Tufts college,
which passed almost unnotioed.
These compsrlsons throw light on our
altered standards of wealth. The estate of
tho lata John J. Emery, the "Astor of
Cincinnati," owner of 1,000 houses, was es
timated at $40,000,000, more than four times
the fortune that made Stephen Olrard one
of the celebrated rich men of hia time. W.
B. Leeds died possessed of $30,000,000, but
virtually unknown to the man In the street.
W. 11. Singer of Pittsburg distributed 1,
000.000 among his children In the form ot
"dinner favors" on the occasion of his
golden wedding. F. C. Hewitt, tha bach
elor capitalist of Tioga county, left $30,
000.000. The will of Wesson, tho revolver
maker, when probated after two years of
litigation, revealed an estate valued at
$5,000,000.
These great fortunes were amassed by
men of whom fame took little note. Except
for Wesson not one ot them Is enumerated
among tha nearly 17,000 names In "Who's
Who."
' Mnssllaar the War Dugs.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The folly of attacking Austria because ot
the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
is manifest In a comparison of forces.
Even with the alliance of Montenegro the
Servian field army would aggregate hardly
mora than 150,000 well equipped men.
Austria, without greatly taxing her re
serves could oppose these with 600,000.
And tha disparity of financial resources
upon which war la moat dependent Is
even more glaring than the difference In
armaments. The best work that Russia,
Germany, England and Franco can accom
plish In thla crisis 1 to smother the war
fire of Servla with all the wet blankets
at the disposal of their diplomacy.
Deanocratte Dlalatearatloa.
Philadelphia Press. .
Since the April primaries the democrats
have been compelled to select nsw candi
dates for congress In four districts of this
state to take the place of those regularly
nominated at the primaries and declined.
It is a significant fact that in three ot
these cases the declination was due to the
disinclination of the nominee to run on a
ticket with Bryan. Like the declination
of two candidates for Bryan electors In
Massachusetts and one in New York, It
shows that the pretense that the party la
united on Bryan Is tha merest sham.
Desaoeratia UeaaersUlaatlea.
Beston Transcript
The Withdrawal of a second of the sixteen
presidential electors named by the demo
crats In this state, following the party's
difficulties In getting here a member ot its
press committee, beginning with the ap
pointment of a man who had bled aouie
months before, is symptomatic of the ex-
traordlnary demoralisation which the third !
trial of JUryanisia Ita breugUt te pass.
LAUGHING l,IE.
"De smart man," said Unrle Kben, "la
likely te gel along fun, rule until tin stahts
in figgerln' roun" an' try In' to -make his
brain take do place of his conscience."--Washington
Star.
"Fellow-cltlsrns!'!. shouted the candidate,
"If I am elected for thla district I ahall
endeavor to make' you glAd that you did
not elect another." '
"That'a right!". yelled the dry goods box
philosopher. "I reckon on-j would be a
plenty." Puck.
"Do you consider Ills reputation- for ve
racity good?" . . .
"What's that?" '
"Is he a man of veracity," ,
"I dunho as I ever heard him say whether
hs wss or not. Anyway. I wouldn't be
lieve him he's suuh a dum- llar!''-Cleve-land
Plain-Dealer. , .. ... v, , .;
"The man who fixes Weather signs on
heights and steeples, must have hard
work." - w '
"Yen, and the worst of It Is that no
matter how successful he may seem, his Is
always a vane attempt. "Baltimore Afnei
ican. "Never mind, dear,' he said, reassur
ingly, as ahe raised her sweet faoe from
his shoulder, and they both saw the white
blur on his coat; "it will all brush orf."
"Oh, Charlie," she burst off. sobbing,
hiding her fare again upon his whltey
shoulder; "how do you know?" Hoinn
vlllo Journal.
"What would "Vu' Oo If a trust should
Offer you money?"
"Well," answered Senstpr Sorghum, "If
I accepted it I'd expect the voters to rstiru
me, and If I Indignantly refused it I'd ex
pect the trust to put me out of business."
Washington Star.
Mrs. Fddumk I dew think It's outrage
ous to stnd fleets over to Japan.
Mr. Podunk Oh, 'shaw, ma! It'a Jest on
a friendly visit. . Why is tt outrageous?
Mrs. podunk Why them s.l!ors will be
full' on' them Japanese JlnilkishSs the hull
time. Judge.-
WHEN THE ROSEBUD BLOOMS.
Tripp county, South Dakota, where the suit
shines clear;
I hate to be u renter, that's Just why
I'm here.
I've won a little lady, and we want a
home, 1
I've come to South Dakota, where there's
deep, rich loam.
CHORUS.
When the rosebud blooms, when the rose
bud blooms.
We'll build a little shanty, with a brace
ot rooms;
When the rosebud blooms, when the rose
bud blooms,
We'll all be gay and happy when the rose
bud blooms.
My girl Is bonnle twenty, and I'm twenty
three; She says that she'll be happy anywhere
with me. ,
Here's where I'd like to bring her, where
there's fresh blue sky,
I know we'd be contented, If we'd Just half
try. . .
Chorus
If you are feeling hopeless, where the
land's too high,
The Rosebud reservation la tha place to
buy.
Come with your team and wagon, with
your hoe, your plow,
A pair ot pigs and chickens,' and a gc-ntle
cow.
Chorus
I like this treeless country, where t'.K
coyotes ara.
So make me out a ticket, Mister Regis
trar, And if I win a quarter, like a lucky man,
I'll come back with my lady and a frying
pan. -Chorus
, ,t-G. W. CADV.
r.
Tha Pessimist Tho speed spoils the
pleasure.
The Optimist Go slon.
TAKING TIME
The man who will take time
will find what he want here
in less time than elsewhere. ;
And it will be Just aa he wanf s
It or we'll make It so.
There la slrupl no argument
on thla point of satisfaction.
Front $23 to $35 you'll get the
beat Suit or Overcoat tiered hat
can be had at the price. ,
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