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THE OMAHA DAILY 1JKK: WEDNESDAY. . OUTOHKU U. 1WS. The Omaha Daily Dee, FOUNDED BT EDWARD UOSEWATER VICTOR ROPEWATER, KD1TOR. BnlerM at Omaha postofflce as second class matter. TaM n r.hn,,t ftnnriavi. nnr ve.ar..M0l Daily Boa and Sunday, one year w i DEL1VERED BT CARRIE-R. rT (lneudlngRunday), per week.. laiiy He (without nunnayi, per -... Evening Io (without Hunday). per w VS..!.,. Tl rx.r M...1W nurxiay nee, one year 8A,r.B:,.- S";;"nf Vr;i.Vmii; in delivery to city circulation Department OFFICiJ. Houtn Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. Council Bluffs-lS Rrott mreet. fhh-A1hia M.rnnett Rill d nC. -. New York-Rooms 1101-1102. No. M V Thirty-third Street. . Washington" Fourteenth Btreei, r. . correspondence, Communication relating to news ni I editorial mattr ahould be addressea; Omaba Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. MvaKu Th. tu rihitahintf Company. wTar iWrJ Ona.ha or eaatern axchangea. not accepicu. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. N.wk MMiriaa County, sa. : Oeonre B Tshuck. treaaurer or in pee j-Tiniinma iompny, avnrn u v that the actual nurawr wi full and wmpiete copiea of The naiiy. lurlna- the month of September. 1908, waa a follows: I. 1 it an.iaa i 17!........ . 3.30o II t ....k rr,5o s t 4...' s,oeo ssse i ;! aeooo I i saroo 21 3e,30 T 86,530 39.S10 ,840 1 S,B10 ' It,,... SCMO,. II 84.SO0 It... - 3,600 1 11 . . . M ian - 21.... it..., it.... 15.... 3-83(' 3S.4B0 2... 80 Vi. ......... sl'wo !!!"!!!!! m,4M II.... MBO'IO 36,700 I Total-. ..(. ..w. l,o6,390 lm unaoia and, rationed copies. . .w Net total........... x,oe.96J Dally average. 3S.838 OBORQia B. TZSCHUCK. Treaaurer. tt'jST 10 (Seal.) tVUBBUl 1 nuniun. wry ' WHEJf OPT OF TOWS. Safeecrtbera leavlaa: th eltr tem porarily abel "ave The Bee aaalle te them Aaareae will ha chaasieA mm often aa reaaeated. The earl of Rosslynhas married a poor girl. Pool1, poor girl! Mr. Bryan has replied to Governor Hughes. He cannot answer nlm. Hobson can be spared If ho wants to go over and mix up in that Bulgarian muss. There la. some question as whether Castrp is ill or simply natured. to 111- "Alfred Austin eught not to wrlto I poetry." says a New York paper. Who sayg h does? V . . The Balkan troubles will doubtless develop a whole lotjof hew names for the sleeping cars. The treat ot Berlin has been laid aside.' with as much easo as a Bryan paramount Issue. ' ' Too many political plumbers have been making connections with the Standard Oil pipe lines. Crete has thrown off the Turkish yoke again. The habit is becoming chronic with the Cretans. "What has become of Roy Knaben- shue?" ask the New York Mall. He has gone up Into thin air. Castro is so anxious to tight he night take on some of those Balkan states. Just to get Into trim. The bookmakers of New York are raising a fund to defeat Governor Hughes, but his defeat Is not In the books. Mr. Harrlman has rheumatism, and that is about the only thing he "has taken lately without causing a row in come quarters. Oregon's registration stands 80.927 republicans and 28.788 democrats. Thafa the warrant the democrats nave for claiming Oregon. Neither of the leading candidates is claiming that the Georgia state clec- tlon last week had any bearing on the result In November. It will help some' if Governor -r- Haskell is kept so busy writing letters that ha will find no time to write any saore campaign "pomes." Mr. Bryan withheld comment on me nnaing or canaiaate K.ern a rail- roaa pass. r, aryan snies at propo- sltions not Included In the Denver platform. The Jlmocrats thoroughly appreciate the independence of the double-ender and its congressman editor, and his frantic efforts to secure their support ar most amusing. A slumpof 25 per cent In the demo- cratto rote at the recent primaries at Cincinnati is another clinching Indi- caUon that th democrat, ere going to carry Ohio this year. .Dancing has been eliminated and religious meetings substituted in the program for the welcoming of the American fleet at Toklo. The sailors had no vot in the matter. Th epitomized showing of Governor Sheldon of the last two years' work ot the republican party in Nebraska is a roost forcible appeal to the intelligent voters and will certainly receive com- tueadaUoa at th polls. ' DOCS tT MAKE A DIFFERENCE Will it make any difference It I vote for Taft or for Bryant That la the question many voters are aeklng themselves. Is there any difference between the republican party and the democratic party? The nlftirArm Ae1artiHnna nn a few DOlntS are similar, on many puima on lame points are diametrically op- j rr-u- hit.... n.rtv has fhA uriurcu men lapauio .jminattrln( the nub- S"'w " " " no anairs 01 in nauuu muug oic, tun- aerratire and progressive llnea. Th democratic party haa failed each time antriiBtoJ m-Itb nnwer. Mr. Taft stands pledged to continue noIlr,p. lne POUCieS ,n nrnsneritr to the whole country j .. ,.j v n,n uu, 11 rrai, tu utv""' to direct the affairs of government . ,.. ., .nf and " f"" --- beneficial. .Mr. Bryafa, on the other if at far as Dossible. the vise ana able of the pbn an t0 uDBUtute tnereior nis visionary iaw , ,k. ... mne any aiiirreniJ wueiuei iui 6' Iprnment la rnntlnued In the banas 01 . . , .. .. . tlirT10j wcu inunuiQ vi uiicwivu. v - - - oyer to inexperienced men for the pur- pose of trying experimental nnaa it ila anv illffprpnre whether "j " j vote for Governor Sheldon or for Mr Shallenberger? Governor Sheldon has proven him- I ... at t-t A sen a wormy executive, capauie uu courageous, and nnder his administra nun tun auuiia ui tuti (icuyia wi nv- braska have been so looked after that the condition of the state was never better than during the time Governor Sheldon has been in the chair. He is running on a platform that pledges him to a continuation of these policies. Mr shallenbexger. on the other hand, already rejected by the people of Ne- braska, is again running for office and making the same Dromises that he made two year. ago. These promises 1110 ivi imuuuu lu a iuoui wnrlr arnmnllha1 ht th rnnubl ran party and to return to a system that was found inadequate. Governor Shel don stands upright and squarely on a platform that is unequlvocatlng In its very pronouncement. Mr. Shallen berger is running on two platforms as widely apart as the poles. He is making promises to the brewers in Omaha and promises to the prohibitionists outside of Omaha, and if electea must prove false to one or the other. Does It make any difference whether you vote for a man who has been proved to be honest and manly, or for a man who by his own public attitude shows himself to be a hypocrite and double-dealer? DisFRANcmsiya the negro. The Georgia democrats have cinched thn matler of disfranchising the negro n. ... .v ,.,. . . -onBtrtutIonal Lmendment nlch maUeB lt a Dart ot Lb. fndamntal law of the state. At the election last week the amendment was adopted by a majority of nearly 100,000, the democratic candidate for governor being elected by 60,000 over the nominee of the Hoarst party, the republicans havlng.no ticket In the fi6ld. The new amendment la modeled after those aaoptea in omer soumern states,, providing, in effect, that all male residents of the state who are ue scendants of men who were entitled to vote in 1860 may vote t in Georgia after complying with etvrtaln requlre- raents of residence, etc. tt is simply the "grandfather clause." applied to preventthe voting of all descendants I of slaves. Coupled with lt ar certain alleged educational tests that are de signed to be applied only In depriving I V v aa-i a Vila trrita III amis mi a Iha P"" MAn1r.iAnl tliA Atlanta .TnnrrtQl . . ' t ber of Cleveland's cabinet and now governor of Georgia, says: . The ratification of the amendment, U haa been ahown many times, will eliminate (0 per cent of the negro voters, yet pre serve to every whltev man the right of suffrage. The amendment, (s modeled after similar amendments in Alabama Mississippi, Louisiana, Bouth Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia, and In each of these state lt haa worked like charm. No white man In any of the six southern statas has been disfranchised consequence of the law, er voters in me norm snouia need no further evidence as to just where they stand in relation to the two parties or tne country, rney should remember, too, that Mr.. Bryan has publicly expressed his approval of the action of the southern democrats in disfranchising the negra voters THE ORGANIZATION OF banks. The comptroller of the currency at Washington, Lawrence O. Murray, must be given credit for doing most effective work In providing new regu i.tions and restrictions for the opera Uona of national banks. Incidentally, be u demonstrating that many reforms ln j, direction may be accomplished without resort to legislation, Just as there exists in other branches of the government a demand for better en forcement of existing laws rather than the enactment' of additional leglsla tlon. Comptroller Murray has Just adopted an entirely new plan of bank ,n8Pection nd ha" Uken 8teps hlch promlse a complete reorganization of the bank examination system 6o long ,n force' Under the new regulations the bank directors will be held to a stricter accountability and deprived of the privilege of pleading ignorance of the acts of the bank officials. Inspec- tions will be made more frequently and reports will be much more complete than heretofore. Another reform proposed by the comptroller Is the exercise of grdater care in granting charters to national banks of small capitalization; Since the law reducing the minimum capital from 150,000 to $25,000 went into effect, the number of national banks has Just about doubled and tho organ- Izatlon of them has been very easy. It Is now charred that "many small, v.-eak banks are belnc chartered In various carts of the country for the purpose of working together with other banks "public beggars," Mr. Bryan bns ex ni iib k.Po. ... r t,rnmniini the plained that he never said It; that If schemes of various men who organise thra Blmolv to cct control of the funds of the local community for their own nurnose " The comptroller Is said to be determined to hereafter re- fuse charters except in cases where the proposod bank is designed to be a legitimate institution, organized in a place where there is sufficient real business to pay a profit on the capital engaged and not playing Into the hands of some outside financier or schemer. There is little or no occasion for this precaution in the west, but the wisdom of it is plain in the east, where great financial trouble has been caused by promoters and speculators using such methods to establish a "chain of banks" for the exploiting of their schemes. All of the reforms proposed by Mr. Murray have met with the aP- proval of conservative bankers and he will have no difficulty, it he finds his I present authority too restricted. In se curing congressional legislation au- thorlzlng action In such salutary measures. BRTAWS FLEA FOR HARD TIMES, Mr. Bryan has at least got back to one of the cardinal principles of the democratic party of he olden days. Being a little too late in the season to pin his faith to tho drouth and chinch hug. he is making a desperate effort to use hard times and depression as a democratic political asset, ue has made the astounding discovery that the country is on the road to the dogs, Just as It waa in 1896, when it refused to listen to his rree silver heresies, and that any signs of return- ing prosperity noted from the mills and factories and mercantile houses of the country are all a part of a deep- laid plot on the part of the republican party to' fool the people. In an ad- re as at Lincoln, on October 2, 1908, Mr. Bryan said: That this panic atill continues can be proven in many ways: First, by the num ber of men out of employmentmen anxious to work who are not able to find work to do. An effort haa been made among those securing upeeial privileges from the government to answer this argu- ment by starting up some of their mills In the closing days, but the people can hardly be fooled by such transparent tricks. Let it be admitted at once that the producers, manufacturers and consum ers have been unkind to Mr. Bryan by making their wants and the method's of supplying them known at this season of the year. They must have known that calamity is the hand maiden of democratic hope and de pression the party's most cherished asset. The hum of Industry, the whir of factory wheels, the groaning of the I " ' 4 . 4 '. j a . - ... - . -I over-iaaen Dins oi me tarmer ana tne i song of, the workman at his task are elegies of grief to the, party that fat tens on woe and sings ln Jeremiads. Fortunately, the country takes a dif ferent view of the situation. The re ports show that the 413,000 Idle freight cars that wore on the side tracks last April have been reduced to about 90,000, thinning out the long line of empties until there is already talk of a car shortage. Railroads are putting men back to work and orders for new cars and other equipment are larger than for several years. Fac tories are reopening throughout the country. Steel millB have booked or ders for structural Iron, indicating a building revival greater than the coun try has seen since 1906. Clearing house reports show that the banks are breaking records and have all of the funds needed for legitimate enter prises. Dun's and Bradstreet's both report a marked Increase In shipments . . . . , . . . i . oi ginjua to an paria ui mo country, The Department cf Commerce and La- bor reports that the percentage of uh- and all this in spite of the usual de- roiaH frrmi 55 0. nor oont In Anrll tr. r. j.o.u ire. --"i- m u(,uoi, niiu a. marked trend to better conditions and a prospect that normal conditions will be restored before the end of the year, and all this in spite ot the usual de- pressing uncertainty of a presidential campaign. As Mr. Bryan's statement was made i i . , in au Brriyuiiri,a, u. musi ue bo con- sldered. It was made as the deliberate adjudgment and opinion of a man who Is a candidate for .the highest office .., th am nf th. A 1- ..- He goes on record as declaring it to be his firm conviction that the railroads are spending millions of dollars for improvements; that the manufacturers are putting thousands of men on their payrolls and turning out products; that the Jobbers and retailers are busy buying goods by the trainload; all for the purpose of making the people be lieve tha the era of commercial and financial depression is over; all for political purposes. In charging that this Industrial and commercial revival Is "a transparent political trick," Mr. Bryan leaves the Inference that these enterprises and this activity will be abandoned as soon n the election is over; that it is all part of a big politi cal bluff. The voters must Judge for themselves whether a man who would deliberately make such a statement is a fool or Just a demagogue. The people of Omaha should nnder- stand that the tuberculosis exhibit now being made in the city Is not for the purpose of frightening anybody nor for the purpoee of raising money, lt is intended solely to give to the general public instruction and information along certain definite lines that all should have. It is as free as the air and it should be' taken advantage of by all who ran possibly visit the place of exhibit. The public health is our greatest asset and the public indiffcr- ence on this point' Is most deplorable. In reply to the charge that ne once declared that the laboring men were he said 'beggars" he meant ' bencfac tors;" that if he meant beggars he lu tended it as a Joke: that the statute of limitations has run in mat case ana m cannoi qibcush h not mentioned in the Denver piat- form. Governor Sheldon's campaign' trip through Nebraska Is a splendid Indica tion of the feeling of the people of the state. The crowds that hear him are earnest and thinking voters and are not going to abandon the ground gained for good government under Sheldon's administration. The coroner's Jury failed to fix the responsibility for the boy's death, leaving it only certain that he was kmed by an automobile. This fact emphasises still further the necessity for regulating the control of automo- tiles in use In the recent election in Georgia an amendment was adopted to the state constitution providing a property qualification for franchise. The demo- crats are very rona or me common People, always exciuqing me negro Ton! Blast is another bright spot in the Bryan campaign temporarily in darkness. He might have been work- I n or anlfilv fni Hrvan tint dpudlnnnioTita ghow he wm ,n dod ing the police. There is no reason why a republican should vote the democratic ticket at tne COming election, but there is every reason why both republicans and dem- ocrats should vote the republican ticket. A writer la Outing tells how an owl may be prepared and cooked so it will be a very palatable dish. Democrats will be more Interested In some plan for making crow palatable. The fact that the Bryan remedies would not work is bad enough, but " "BU luo lue wuuiu throw other remedies out of working order. How many factories closed by the panic do you figure would open if Mr. Bryan is elected and starts the free trade crusade to which he Is pledged? A fashions writer says that slim figures will be in vogue this year. The campaign' committee treasurers have already found that out. More' Troa trie la Prospect. ti NeW':Tork World. The loss' of 7oopy of the secret code of the Standard "Oil company will excite In- . t.l.. j ....... ...... . huub i.n Aazloaii for a, Job. Chicago Tribune. Mr. Bryan atiokt to hia original opinion that the president of the United Etatca is merely a hired man Mr. Bryan centalnly has the hired man's appetite for the Job. Brian's, Principal Asset Chicago Record-Herald. Bryan's voice Is the only one that has not given out during the present campaign, Even his most persistent critics admit that Mr- Bryan's voice is about the best voice that a candidate ever, owned. tron of Automobile Accidents Boston Transcript. Accident insurance figures show that while automobile accidents have more than doubled In the last four years, they have Decome notably less In proportion to th number of cars In use. The reasons for thl" r obvious. It is human experience dV'C frm th" ,ocomotlve to JVlt The Opera BoaSTa Toach Springfield Republican. Pr ...a .iiiiiiiiiuu vi ni ime or czar by rlnce Ferrilnanri nf u.,i...i. - I - ""i.ii. js me one opera bouffe touch in the present Balkan business. Bulgaria can hardly set up as an mPr at this period In its development , ,"w ,7 vrooawy say that this ..." 7 . JumeB file rldl- cuie ne neaped: upon the Bulgarian army icupm in ms entertaining play "Arm " ln -Man, "Acala aad Again." Minneapolis Journal. ai -ui. oryan is aeieatert m n thev will begin to tell the story of the widow on rhlm' Tnl young and attractive helpmate ' "d the clergy l . - o as. BirHUger l wiiu WH aV irirtili h no . when be came to mention tho widow in his prayer, became confused. Ha said; "And "ow wo commend to thy care this widowed '"TlTJ,' w" n" ,rtn berea sm "'".'"iM9'"- The hesitating . i iimiam, ne aauea. "And neilmn. ...i. BR VAX , THE RE WARDER, "uiiiciw at I'roulin . latch the Gullible. New York Sun. Mr. Bryan's voice drips with tear. his eloquent right hand makea the motion of deracinating something from his mighty UllUtS If I am elerted T m-nnl in t a - . heart every selfish ambition and for four years give to my country whatever ability I have, that I may aaln work to make this again a government ln which the peo pie,.ruJe and "Oder which every cltlsen shall draw from aooietv r...J ' tionate to the eervice he renders his fellow Once more a beautiful thought from hi, platform, reward proportionate to aervlre What measures to fulfill this idea would Mr. Bryan recommend to congress, ahould he be elected? There must be a valuation of the physical and mental services every man. Such a valuation Is a condl tlon precedent of the proportionate re ward. Then there must be a board to de termlne the reward. Or would Mr. Bryan have congress fix a tariff of wagea and salaries, to be raised from time to time according to the demands of the payees and tha Board of Proportionate Rewards Gompers might expect to determine the rate of wages. Bryan could refuse nuthin to that Illustrious coadjutor We ahould be much obllnf-d If Mr. Brya or any other "i loud-capped thinner would explain how four years of a Bryan ad ministration would enable every cltlacn to "draw from aoclety a reward proportionate to the services he renders his fellow man It strikes us that Mr. Bryan's "reward la already entirely disproportionate to hi service to hlBii"lf. let alona his Xellow oiaa HOI .Ml A BOt T KW MIRK, Ipalra oa the larrent of Life In the Metropolis.. The gentleman burglar pulled off a stunt real life In New York more or less grreabte to the victims than any counter- felt operation seen on tha stage. The rooms j of two f-iheiidan sisters In the Bronx was raided two weeks ago. Last ftaturday the unwelcome looter returned with two sav- gs bank books which had been part of the loot on the occasion of the first visit. He accompanied tha bank books with a neatly written note, In which he said: "I could not . use these and I return them with thanks." Five hundred dollars' worth of clothing, tlOO In cash and two bank books bad been stolen. The young women were at dinner tonight when the bell at the front door waa rung. Miss Margaret Sheridan when to he door. There waa nobody there but on the threshold lay the two missing bank books. With them waa the note. Pathos was the dominant note In a scene enacted last week In the supreme court. here a mother appeared In habeas corpus proceedings to claim as her daughter a fifteen-year-old girl whom sho had not seen since she dandled her In arms as a year-old Infant. Mrs. Flora Avevy. of Ppearflsh, 8. D., was the claimant, and she had come thousands of miles to prove her right to the custody of the glrl, who In the writ was named Myrtle Barber. For the last two years 'this seemingly motherless child had been an Inmate of a Catholic protectory nd the summons on the officials of that Institution had commanded them to bring her Into court In order that It might be decided whether Mrs. Avery was her mother. The dramatic eplaode of today was a sequence of the arrest ln this city of Charles Barber, father of the girl and former husband of Mrs. Avery. Barber told bis lawyer that lie had a daughter in n Institution here and revealed his former wife's address In South Dakota. This law yer notified Mrs. Avery whose named had been changed by marriage after ber dl- orco from Barber. The case was ad journed until Friday to give Mrs. Avery n opportunity to prove her relationship. St. Stephen's Catholic church of Brook lyn will lose $55,000 unless Rev. John Q. Fitzgerald, pastor ot St. Stephen's, can learn tho present residence of four former parishioners, or show by Indisputable evl- ence that they are dead. For four years the priest has searched diligently for some clue to their movements during that time, but his efforts have not met with success. Seventeen years ago the four men now being sought, were selected, with six others, aa subjects for life Insurance policies In which St. Stephen's church was to be named as the beneficiary. They were M. S. Troy, J. M. White, 8. F. Gibbons and O. Brown. All were young men, in the est ot health," and the Insurance company was glad to accept them at a low rate of insurance. Policies on the 30-year plan were taken out on the young men.- The pol icy holders were not expected to pay any part of the premiums, but all agreed not to leave the parish without Informing the pastor of the- church and the Insurance company of any change ot residence. When Messrs. Troy, White, Gibbons and Brown first moved out of the parish they gave to Father Kilahy, who was pastor of St. Stephen's at the time the policies were Is sued, their new addresses. . For a time the records of the church showed where they could be found, but for the last seven years II trace of them has been lost. The son of a New York clergyman, who is in considerable demand as a camplgn speaker for one of the great parties. Is employed at the national headquarters of the party. Recently, when it' was., an nounced that a system of "keeping tab" on the speakers was to be instituted, and that those who proved; Ineffective were to be dropped, the boy wrote to his mother: 'Tell father he'd better not try to warm over his old political speeches this year, as he does his sermons. He's got to give the audience good, fresh talk, or we'll both be likely to lose our jobs." Alos'tair Wllkie of Scotland, now sojourn ing In New York City, who has a growth of whiskers over ten feet long. Is being wooed by mail and personal visitation by several American girls, who would fain become mistress of his great manor near Perth, Scotland. Through an error It was stated that Mr. Wllkie was unmarried, and he has been beseiged by letters from romantic women. But Mr. Wllkie laughs and will not be wooed or won, for, as he sagely put lt last night: "I'm a married- mon and ken weel that nae mon can raise nope in tne neart o a lassie when he has wife and wee ones at hame." Mr. Wllkie is taking the letters as a great joke. He is in this city on a pleasure trip after a tour of Canada. He will remain ln town for a week or more. His beard Is easily the longest In the world. He won the international prise for the longest growth of beard ln a London competition recently. The hirsute growth Is so elongated that he wears It tucked away beneath his waistcoat. To ordinary observers only the ordinary growth of beard is apparent, but when he appears ln Highland costume he wears his beard wound either around his neck or draped artlstlcaliy about his bocly. Among his Scot tish acquaintances and friends In Perth shire be is known as the modern Aaron. Mrs, Alice Damp, aged 56, mother of twenty-three living children, arrived In New York from the Isle of Wight, England, and passed through the gatea at the battery from Bills island with eleven of them. She was accompanied by five, grandchildren, her daughter, Mrs. George Warren and Mr. Warren. At the gate to meet her mother and sis ter was Kathleen Warner, who had come from New Haven and Mrs. Damp's son, Arthur, 22 years old. who brought the greetings of his father, Alfred Damp In Pittsburg, Pa. Another daughter of Mrs. Damp Is liv ing lb New Haven and three more sons are with the father In Pittsburg, while the remaining children are comfortably married and have been left behind on the Eng lish island. Four carriages were hired to take the party to tha' Pennsylvania railroad ferry and when Mrs. Damp entered the carriage she appeared not a whit disturbed at the entreaties of several small children to "ride with mother" and beamed, on the crowd that quickly authored to see a ma jority of the Damp family. 1 Rlalagt Th roach tha Storms. St. Louis Times. It appears that the American fleet is pursued by storm. On many laps on the Journey around the world It has fallen In with rough weather. The lust of these storms is just subsldir.g in the Philippine archipelago, but dispatches indicate that Admiral Sparry' ships have ridden the typhoon without the loss of so much as a spar. A Spectacle for tho Uoas. Boston Transcript. Adlat Stevenson, lite famous headsman of the first Cleveland administration, says that he wants to "lift the office ot gov. ernor of Illinois," for which he is now a candidate, "out of partisan politics." Ad lal's delicious sense of humor suffers no ubatemeut with the years. pSaWMSSSBi i ii ' ia i ''WPIltaWSaaangwsaaasaha &vn only baking powder made Ironi Iff I Vu Koyal Grape Cream of Tartar Suf ftLVk MADE FROM GRAPES MfJ JtaJO ( Of greatest fcealthfulnea. and SQjvfcw'' uene No alum or " dttjfiT Absolut BjggBBBjBaansaBaaaaB rERIONAL NOTBH.. I M1RTIIKI I. REM A HK. J Political prophets of today are not very original. Rameses II claimed every thing. The fellow who used to Jbe called a burglar la now know as a yeggman. Other wise tho march of progress does not seem greatly to have changed him. A batch of alleged assaslans of Breathitt county, Kentucky have been discharged by the court, apparently on showing that no body cares whether or not they are guilty. Harry Thaw comes high. He cost the state of New York 154,000, which, however. Is not worth mentioning when compared with what he cost the newspapers of the country ln telegraph tolls. Mulal Hafid, the newly aoclalmed sultan of Morocco, Is half brother to Abd-el-Asiz, the legitimate ruler. He Is about 30 years old, a year or two older than the other who was the son of a more favored wife. Mulal Hafid Is an intelligent man, possess ing great legal and religious learning, and Is a strictly orthodox- Mohammedan. Johann Martin Schleyer Invented Vola puek In a flash of inspiration one sleep less night. Devotion to the original. Vola puek Is still paid by a publication printed In Grants, the capital of Styria, Austria, entitled Volapuekabled Leiendoulk, and at pesont edited by the aged bishop Schleyer months ago. Bishop Schleyer Is now 76 ment of the previous editor eighteen himself, who took up the work on the retire- years old. One of the kings In the happy family of Balkan states has ben ruled for over 10 years. King Charles of Rumania, , was placed in. bis present place In 1S66, although lie was then given the title ot prince. No one expected that bo would last so long, and Bismarck expressed with grim humor the belief that tho Job of governing Ru mania would at leant provide King Charles with some Interesting reminiscences. Yet, since 1878 the kingdom has been the quiet test In the Balkan community. TALK OF CIVIL STRIFE. Colonel Watterson's Delllcereucy and Antaslna Break. Cincinnati Enquirer (ind. detn.). By his long years of meritorious service as a journalist, by his signal ability as en editor, Colonel Henry Watterson hss worthily won his place at the head of his profession and his recognition as a master In that noble Bphere of action. We are grieved that In stepping into the domain of political oratory he has com mitted the lamentable blunder of predicting under any circumstances, a civil war in this country. Our cttiaens. Irrespective of party, creed or section, are in no mood to have such ideas flaunted from platform or stump, and Colonel Watterson by his 111 advised words gives to his political op ponenta one of the most powerful of polit ical weapons. By his prophesy of the fu ture he affords them the opportunity to recall the past. Does not Colonel Watterson realize the eagerness of republican managers to revive j tne sectional panmuna ul ubuiiu years; Does he forget the injuries such injudicious words have for two generations inflicted upon the democratic party? To put lt bluntly, yet- aorrowfully, such language is a bad polltlca break by any democrat, and by the accomplished Wat terson, so Influential in the councils of the party, so close to Mr. Bryan" himself, so largely responsible for the plans and poli cies of democracy, It will causo Irrepara ble damnge. The country lias hud enough . of the un leashing of the dogs ot war; enough of the lurldness of the battlefield and the horrors of civil strife to reject and condemn any thing that tends to such terrible scenes and actions. Nineteen and eight Is not the year 181.. and the wild statements of ora tors, saturated wltb partisanship or sec tionalism, will fire neither southern, west ern, eastern nor northern hearts In this campaign, but the utterances of Colonel Watterson, owing to his exalted rank and position In the political world, will not be allowed by republican managers to remain Idle. An Indiscreet friend -has often provtd more disastrous to political parties than their most bitter opponents. It behooves the democrstic leaders to dis avow such thoughts or expressions, and we regret ln every way Colonel Wuttersun's prediction of civil strife. Commendation or condemnation of your goods may depend upon the character of your printed matter A. L Raot. IncMraaraUd. 1210-1212 Howara Stmt, Oaisba 'Mrs. Col(ltrrsm Ih an iii'drnl b miur- anr-c worker, inn't she?" "I should fin v sill .Ih kiu-L n f:inutk- on the drink question tlmt lir will wi-ki none but sobi-r colors. Halt l more Amer ican. - , ' ' Burglar Irt's rob this here house. Tlu-i alnt's a man within mile of I'. Assistant How d yer know tlmre uin't? Burglar Can't ver se the wlmmen In doing th' fall nousecleanlng? Cleveland Loader. " 1 ' "Yes." said thn discs red ZmlloV." "bitterly. ', "I would have loved you with retil pntslon. but my successful rival give you but lln service." -. "On. she cried, startled,. ' who told you" -Philadelphia Press. 'What I object to." Hnld-thu reformer. "Is tha ostentation of wealth," , 'You have a mistaken Impu umoiil mc matter. If you wunt to find nlil Imw Hln wealth can be- Juist give ill iriWiw t t contribute to a c;mpulgli fuud." Wash ington Star. ,. I expect t" take n few bnuka with Me.' said tho leronaut, "us the trip, ii likely to be a long one." . .... "They'll bo useful for -liarrn.M, t ), I pre sume," observed sUrr-reiwirter.'- "Not In the least,"- relolneil the aeronaut; "I shall take nothing but UglU fcelioii." Chlcago Tribune. ' ' n The African ohleftajn slik-, liis Ikk-I liaoa-htllv. a. "Tho deuce.'' hi? ''said'. '"''with your red calico, glass beads and hrasa-i-wire. You shall not cross my country, ..TheodJiv, -unless you pay me my own price." "And what may that be?" asked 'the' In-. tiv-piJ hunter. - - o. I Half a dollar s wyrcl for every line yor write." Minneapolis , journal. - US ' A 'VINI'IV - . Marie Tompkins In Harper's Weekly. When I go to niy gram'ina'H tin' She gets done kitmin me. I wondor what's to happen nex,'. (Don't have to 'cite no "Uolden Tex' At gram'nia's no, slr-cc!") My gram'ma. she puts on In r. -specs . (That's so'h 'ut she can heeif. "More like his f.illnr cv'iy day: Don't favor his mix's folks." shoil say. "A mite, It 'prut lo me."'. My gram'pa. when we go outdoors . To Klve th' hoive his feed. StaiulH me up 'gainst the hli? barn An' marks It where I've grow'il soiin "I'm growln' like a Weedl'' My grain'ma knows it's rtreffl" hard For bucy folks like me To have to stop an' take a tm. An' so I sleep right on her Va.i; An' after we go ao If Mr. Oingersnnp is home He has a roun', tin house ' An' I can "help myeo'f lo some." An" mustn't drop a single c-rum',, So's not to call tli'mouse. ' My gram'pa says I'll help hint na if I'll hunt roun' an' see W'ich pocket's got hi" winleigrei n An' peppermints I know he loculis His candy 1 Some's for met . . Wen I'm all grow'd up tall an' hi;: 1 don" know wich I'll be A gram'ma or ii gi im pa, 'emise They're bof so good to mel'! Fall Styles in The Lanpher Hat Are "Always Right" ASK YOUR DEALER v if f Y J I 1 (t
