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S'ate of Nebraska. "Douglas County. ss :
Oeorite.' B Tsschitck. treasurer or The
Bee Itihllshlng Company. being duly
worn, says that the actual- number of
full and complete copies of The Dally.
Morning. Evening- and Sunday Bee printed
during- the month of September. 1908, was
is follows:
1 IIMt II 9S.1SO
i 3790 17 8.3O0
30,060 II 31,340
4 3S.SS0. IS 38,370
I t,l0 2Q 3.00
I. 85.T00 II 3,e30
7..... 3S.630 S2 30,830
1 3M10 IS M,00
iM44 14 30.500
10 30,010 If 30,460
11 30,000 24 30,400
'I M.S00 11 37,700
I 33,000 31 30,440
14 34V300 SS 30,400
li OVSOO St 30.700
T0U1 X.000,330
Laaa unsold and returned coplea.. S.437
Nat total I.000.083
Dally overage .-. 93
QlfiORGB B. TZSCHUCK,
Treaaurer.
Bubacrlbed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 1st day of October, 1906.
(Seal.) ROBERT HUNTER.
Notary Public.
WHEN OCT OF TOWN,
akaerlbera leaTlag the oily tem
porarily ah owl 4 have The Be
eallca ta theat. Address will be
rktifri aa aften as reaaesteC.
The buoy signal io buzzing on all the
political Hues.
That Job of debrutallzlng foot ball
ought to be done over again.
Might pass a vote of thanks to the
Indiana who invented Indian summer,
It will b relief to find the Novem
ber frosts spoiling the otraw vote crop.
The Cubans are demanding more
American money. So are the Amer
icans. Wonder If Richmond Pearson Hob
son is reading war news f roni
Japan? . ..,.. ..
Richard Croker has given $1,000 to
the Bryan fund. CroKer has not yet
told where he got ft.
Debs claims he will get '1.500,000
votes and Mr. Bryan fears " that the
Debs estimate Is correct.
Horticulturists are advocating a na
tional apple day. Every day Is apple
'lay, when we can get 'em.
Miss Elklns la not profoundly moved
by the offer of an Italian title. Her
father is a barou in his own right.
Don't forget to regUter Saturday,
ft not only means a vote this fall, but
t vote at the city primary next spring.
If you fall to register you will be
unable' to kill the vote of t,he fellow
ho voteo wrong. He always regis
ters. "Now is tho time for all good men
to come to the aid of the party" by
getting their names on the registration
lists.
"Our cbiet t-vxecvtlve Is autochthon
ous," oaa tbt! New Ytrk Evening Post,
which fiinply cannot hold Its temper
any longer.
Eastern manufacturers persist in
playing "a transparent political trick"
oh Mr. Bryan by starling up their
mills on full time.
There's a prince at Cornell univer
sity who is known aa the Maharajah
of Cooch Behar. ' There's tho founda
tion for a new college yell.
An exceptionally clever ape recently
brought from Asia Is said to be dying
vt homesickness in the New York zoo.
It should be sent to Newport.
Now Is the time to see If you have
any friends in Atchison, Kan., you can
visit this winter. The Globe reports
that there is not an empty fruit Jar in
the town.
King Edward has congratulated
Mrs. Langtry on her winning of $100,
000 ou the races. Fortunately for the
king, be Is not running for any office
this year.
Mr. Bryan must feel absolutely cer
tain of carrying his borne state. On
do other grounds can the extravagant
use of money in hli behalf be ac
counted for.
Attorney Starr of Chicago predicts
that Bryan will carry loa. Nebraska
and Kansas. Probably he couldn't
think of any other way of getting his
came In the papers.
- It Ed Howard doe not edit any bet
ter for Bryan thau he did for himself
the deniociatJ will not get very exten
sive' returns their, investment Sa
"roi'uUicait papers."
A WORD TO WQRKIXUMES.
The worklngman, above all men,
needs the protection which Is given to
him by the supreme court of the t'nltod
States. It Is, unfortunately, a matter
of record that In the past rich interests
have secured an undue Influence in
some legislatures and hava even 8
parentlv controlled ctectitlves In states
nd niunlelralltL's to the hurt of the
Interests of the innn who toils; It Is
equally true that no man with a Just
cause hao ever been deprived of Mo
righto by the supreme court. Histor
ians and students of world events have
&U agreed that the judicial system of
this country is the greatest safeguard
to the American Institutions. Mr.
Gladstone declared that it is "the most
wonderful scheme of government ever
struck oft at a given time and place by
the brain and purpose of man." John
Flske, the greatest of historians, who
had made a life study of all constitu
tions and forms of government, de
clared i
The supreme court Is the. most original
of all American Institutions. It Is pecu
liarly American; for Us exalted character
lml prk-eloN.i services It Is an Institution of
which Americans may well be pro ml.
This testimony Is timely, In connec
tion with President Roosevelt's strik
ingly forceful letter exposing the ef
forts of Mr. Dryan and Mr. Ckmpers
to strike a blow at the very founda
tions of American government by at
tacking the Integrity of the supreme
court and formulating plans for im
pairing its effectiveness. In his open
letter Mr. Gompers says:.
The faotg are that the Judiciary, Induced
by corporations and the trusts and pro
tected by the republican party, is, step by
step, destroying government by law and
substituting therefor a government by
Judges, who determine what. In their opin
ion. Is wrong; what. In their opinion, is evl-'
dence; who, In their opinion, is guilty, ao1
what, in their opinion, the punishment shall
be. It Is sought to make of the Judges Ir
responsible despots and, by controlling
them, using this despotism In the Interest
of corporate power. Despotic power under
the ermine Is as dangerous as despotic
power under the Crown. To stay its prog
ress some remedy must be had.
Mr. Gompers has alleged a condition
that does not and cannot exist. The
Justices of the supreme court of the
United States have set for 120 years,
considering the cases of the rich and
poor, unswayed by public clamor or
congressional demands, undismayed
by attacks of politicians or press, tin
swerved In their Judgment by any out
side Influence, and Mr. Gompers is the
only American citizen, who by right of
his position is entitled to a hearing,
who has ever professed to believe that
the court has ever betrayed Its truBt.
The framers of the constitution created
the supreme court for the purpose of
keeping the life, property and liberties
of the people safe from legislative or
executive abuse or Interference, and
honest men know that the court has
performed that high function.
President Roosevelt's letter places
Mr. Bryan In an attitude even more
unenviable thao-that occupied by Mr.
Gompers. It charges Mr Bryan di
rectly with endorsing, for political pur
poses,' a plan which, if enacted into
legislation, "while nominally in the in
terests of organized labor, nould
be really wholly ineffective or else of
widespread injury, not only to organ
ized.' labor, but to sll decent citizens
throughout the country." Mr. Bryan
can do no greater harm to his country
than by following his present plan of
Instilling Into the minds of working-
men and other citizens the idea that
courts are dominated by bad influences
and are corruptly Induced by the rich
to despise, ignore and trample upon
the rights of the poor. The adoption
of his plan would rob the court of its
power and substitute a plan that would
tnake the poor man's rights the play
thing of politicians. Mr. Bryan and
Mr. Gompers are slandering not only
the courts, but the intelligence of tho
whole American people.
THE LAWLESS XtQlIT' 1UDEKS.
The reign of terror that began in
Kentucky over the tobacco crop has
spread to Mississippi, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Texas and Tennessee, the
last notable demonstration being the
murder of one prominent attorney and
the attempted murder of another be
cause they were "too friendly" with a
citizen whose management of his prop
erty wag displeasing to the "night
riders." The spread of the new brand
of lawlessness la causing the wildest
excitement throughout the south, all
respect for or fear of the law having
apparently been cant aside by the or
ganized bands of assasxlns who are
venting their personal spites iu killing
or maiming defenseless citizens and
filling their pockets with loot.
The "night riders" movement
started in Kentucky, in the form of an
organized protest among planters
against what they conceived to be a
grievance against the Tobacco trust.
Growers who refused to hold "their to
bacco or insisted upon planting new
crops had their warehouses burned,
their etock killed and in many cases
were themselves beaten and their fam
ilies abused. Lawlessness begets law
lessness and the crusade that waa
started against the tobacco buyers de
generated Into brigandage. The rougher
elements formed Into bands of robbers,
thieves aud assassins, and all efforts
of the peaco authorities to stop their
depredations have been futile, until
now the peace-loving citizens of the
state are living in constant terror.
From Kentucky the spirit of law
lessnefcO has spread into other south
ern states, where these oelf-constituted
regulars have taken the law into their
hands and are attempting to intimi
date cotton plantero. They are labor
ing under the delusion that they can
compel plantero to hold their cotton
until they can dictate their own prices.
The governors of Tennessee, Missis
sippi and Texas have taken a . deter
mined stand against these riders 'and
are using the militia to prevent and
suppress their depredations. Their
chief difficulty, however, lies in the
fact that the riders are so strongly or
ganized that it is apparently impossi
ble to secure Juries that will return
verdicts against them when they are
arrested.
The situation is the logical result of
conditions that have obtained In many
of the southern states for years. Dis
regard for the rights and life of the
negroes, successful appeals to the "un
written law" and a mistaken sense of
"honor" and ''chivalry" have conspired
to the strengthening of a feeling of
contempt and disregard of the const!
tuted machinery of the courts. The
remedy will bo found only In the awak
ening of a public sentiment against
the night riders that will bo strong
enough to demand a 'law enforcement
for the. benefit of all classes of citi
zens, without regard to race, color or
previous condition of servitude. The)
root of the evil lies deeper than a quar
rel with the Tobacco trust or the cot
ton mills.
THE SIIALLKSBEHGEtl STRADDLE.
One of the conditions of Amarican
politics is that candidates are required
to make their contest for office on pub
lic declarations of the principles of
the party they represent and tho poli
cies to be pursued. This has come to
be recognized as the law of party
division. There is probably what Mr.
Bryan would call a "twilight gone,"
where the platforms of the parties
overlap and merge with each other,
but In the main their division is sharp
and clearly drawn, and it seems
reasonably Impossible for one man to
represent two parties. This Is es
pecially true In Nebraska jjiat now,
where the democrats and populists
have taken stands diametrically op
posed to each other on the liquor ques
tion. The populist party has declared
flat-footedly In favor of county Option
as ? step toward statewide prohibition.
There is no "twilight zone" here. The
division of opinion between the demo
crats and populists could not be mors
distinct, v
But this does not apparently affect
Ashton C. Shallenberger In his canvass
of votes for the office of governor. In
filing as a democrat he accepted tho
democratic platform and declaration
of principles, and In filing as a popu
list he accepted the platform declara
tion of principles of that party. Only
one meaning can attach to this proce
dure. Mr. Shallenberger cannot hon
estly advocate prohibition among one
set of voters and oppose prohibition
among another set of voters. He Is
convicted of Intentional dishonesty of
puipose by his own action and presents
the most ludicrous appearance ever
afforded by a candidate in Nebraska.
His present attitude before the voters
of the state would be contemptible if
it were not comical.
For many years The Bee has been
accustomed to receiving lectures more
or less prosy and profound from sev
eral of its esteemed contemporaries on
the general topic of partisan Journal
ism and tho necessity for independence
of action during political campaigns.
And now The Bee views the melan
choly spectacle of some of theso truly
good and incorruptible organs, pro
fessing to advocate the principles and
policies of the republican party, delib
erately selling their space to the demo
crats. A paper whose principles are
In tho market at an advance of 16 per
cent above its regular advertising
rates Is certainly a luminous example
of what has been called "progressive
journalism." In the meantime The
Bee will try to struggle along under
tho onus of being called partisan and
will continue to fight the cause of the
party it has alwaya supported.
The local yellows are raising a great
hullabaloo about the condition of tho
public scboolo and the report made by
the chief of the fire department to the
school board. Better Judgment would
advocate that these alarmlsto should
wait until the report has been made
public. The patrons of the Omaha
schools have full confidence In the
character of the school board and the
earnestness of its members and will
trust them to provide amply for the
tnfety of the children of the city.
According to the published record,
Governor Haskell hao not contributed
any money to the Bryan fund. He
ought to come handsomely as an
offset to the damage he did by calling
the country's attention to Mr. Bryan's
long list of tainted associates.
The voters of Nebraska are thor
oughly familiar with the Tom Allen
methods of campaigning and are not
likely to be seriously misled by any
deceptive literature that will be Bent
out from the Bryan headquarters dur
ing the next week.
The Washington Post declares that
Mr. Taft will carry Ohio by 100,000,
while the Cincinnati Enquirer says the
state is doubtful, with a leaning to
ward Bryan. Owner McLean should
get the editors of his two papers ac
quainted. The purchase of "republican" news
papers by the democratic state com
mittee is anotner eviaence mat me
Bryaniteo have an unlimited boodle
fund for use in Nebraska and they are
spending it with recilew prodigality.
The empress of China has granted
her subjects a constitution, to become
effective nine years from date. The
empress hardly expecto to bo alive at
that time and evidently desires to post
pone trouble until after her demise.
The World-Herald will be happier
uow than it baa been since 1891. It Is
no longer the only newspaper la v-
Revelations
Chlcag) IntT
Mr. Bryan has bad a new political rev
elation. J?e told It to a Chicago audience
Monday night. It Is that governmental
problems are very simple. The art of gov
eminent Is merely the art of being
honest.
Mr. Bryan Is partly right. They are
simple to the ir.an with no responsibility
ridiculously simple, Nothing is nr, te.y
ta do as what the other man is doing.
No problem la difficult to the unlettered
Imagination. No solution need fear any
thing except its application. How tasy to
reel off solace!
Take the trust question. Vtuld you
destroy the trust? Very simple. Just
abolish tariff on articles coming Into com
petition with trust-made goods. To make
sure, let no concern manufacture over 80
per cent of any one product. There you
are aimplloltya self. Let us not con
sider the possibility of business prostra
tion, the j-Utu of the little man. or the
question .of practicability. That compli
cates things;
Trevontlon of' panics? In three words:
Guarantee bank deposits. Tho dove of un
assailable confidence descends. Everybody
Knows everything is safe. Neither over
production, crop failures, bad currency
laws, cataslrophles. wars nor rumors of
wars can affect us now. The thing Is
done and there's- an end of It. Whv dia. .
cuss It? Time presses. Pass we to other
mailers.
The Philippines? Throw 'em bff. r,it
loose. They ar capable of Independence.
That settle the -problem and settles it
uuK.my. cso. the other countries will not
braska with a record of having delib
erately sold its columns to defeat the
candidates of the party It professed to
support. Misery loves company, even
among known and branded traitors.
Attention is being called to the fact
that there is a marked decrease In the
number of persons being run over bj
automobiles. The good record Is per
haps due to the fact that long practlct
hao made pedestrians more expert In
dodging.
Mr. Bryan is now preaching from
the text, "Let There BO Light." All
right; let's have some on the dlBposI
tlon of that $20,000 contributed b
Ryan and Belmont to the Bryan ten a
torial campaign in 1904.
The question la still unanswered as
to what Ransom and Howell are after.
It is certain they are after something
besides election, for mere service to
their country is never tempting to this
pair of patriots.
The Omaha brewers who are aiding
Mayor Jim in his campaign for the
Peerless are wondering which end of
the prohibition question Br'er Shallen
berger will take in the remote event
of his election.
Tammany is not a corporation, and
csn therefore !lve $10,000 or any
other old amount to the democratic
committee. , Te Boston Herald prop
erly claB8iflcgKTTaminariy as "a plum
trust." '.' -
Some democrat has called Mr.
Roosevelt "the wise old owl of poli
tics." It will be In order for some re
publican to retort that Mr. Bryan is
the screech owl of politics.
Referring once more to the esteemed
New York World's "Map of Bryan
Ism." what state, excepting Oklahoma,
can Mr. Bryan carry this year that he
failed to carry in 1900?
DU the Peerless Rosft
Philadelphia wei.
What! The largest contributors to the
Bryan campaign fund from the representa
tive of an octopus! Isn't It about time to
ring down the curtain?
Reyaklleaa) Reaerrea la Action.
New Tork Tribune.
Chicago's registration, like New York's
shows a decided falling off in democratic
districts and a decided gain in republican
districts. This la apparently a year in
which the republican reserve strength Is
to be drawn out to an exceptional extent.
Elaale ( Back Agae.
St. Louis. Globe-Democrat.
Maine's open season ended last week,
and Its success may be inferred from the
fact that an old man was shot for a
moose, a boy (or a squirrel, and another
boy (or a deer. Buck ague in Maine la a
deadly epidemic.
begat Gysaaaatles.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
A libel suit began in a Nebraska court
by a cltlsen of Oklahoma against a cllisen
of New York for a speech made In Ten
nessee and published by a newspuper In
Illinois comes pretty nearly being eligible
for removal to the fnlted Btates courts at
interstate commerce. ,
Mtghty Output ( Hot Air.
New York Sun.
A new record, seventy-one speeches in
seventy-two hours! Mr. Bryan deserves
that honorary membership to which he has
just been elected in Phi Alpha Tau, a uni
versity fraternity "having for its object
the encouragement tt oratory." Besides,
he is the most Industrious "joine'' In the
world.
o la (or Details.
New York Sun.
At Chicago Mr. Bryan pledged himself
to support the objects of the Lakes to
Gulf Waterway association, "but he did not
advance any plan by which the money for
the enterprise should be raised." Mr. Bryan
scorns to consider the details of the pro
jects in which he Interests himself. He
deals In broad principles only. The mean
and petty tasks of finance and engineering,
like the small matters of the admlslstratlon,
So r.ot appeal to his mind.
Where Hcforaa la Heeded.
Boston Herald.
The Base Ball - Writers' Association of
America Is organised, more particularly,
to promote unlfrmlty in scoring methods.
Incidentally, It might aisj give Us atten
tion to the lingo of the game. Not that
the base ball reporta lak a graphic and
picturesque quality, but that the general
public finds It mere or less difficult to keep
up wltn the rapid development of
base ball language. A corapk-ia and au
thorised glossary on the subject would Ix
helpful, adequate provision bolng made fur
frequent emendation anl upplcments, of
court.
in Simplicity
Ocean (rep.).
take them. No, there Is no question of
our responsibility. Brer) thing will be all
right.
In such bursts of inspiration does Mr.
Bryan show how easy It Is. The "flat"
method, pure and simple. What the coun
try needs Is some ono to say in a loud
voice: "lyt these things be done!" Then
they will be done. Experience, policy,
natural lawsnothing counts. Ty t official
slaves consider them. They aro not for
the advocates of simplicity.
How Mr. -Bryan must lament the wasted
efforts of our history. Think of the de
luded ones who labored, studied, agonised
when all was simple! Poor Hamilton! He
worked to devlso and establish a strong
flnanciitl system for the government, when
the magic word would have done the
trick. Poor Washington! So sedulous for
his country's good, so anxious for Its
future, so devoted to difficult tasks which
were in reality child's play. Poor Lincoln!
Finding the path of .official duty set with
thorns and strewn with rocks, all be
cause he didn't understand how simple
It was.
Would that Mr. Bryan were wholly right.
Would that governmental problems were
as simple as they seem to him. Much en
ergy could bo employed elsewhere. Much
mind could be released to literature,
science and art.
But the fact remains that government
is a supremely difficult task. It has
formed the study of the greatest minds
and toxed them, too. There Is no magic
formula which dissipates all difficulties.
Now, as ever, government demands work,
wisdom, patriotism and consecration.
not.XD A BOLT MiW YORK.
Ripples on tho Torrent of Life la the
Metropolis.
In an army of 10,000 policeman It Is t, he
expected many members will rise above
trie average level and shine llko an arc
light In a fog. Courage, intelligence, quick
perception are qualities whioh open the
way to the front. When to these are
added ability to seise opportunities out
side the line of duty and at the same
lime outwit watchful associates, you have
a combination from which success cannot
escape. Cart H. Luorson, a Brooklyn po
liceman, Is in this claes all by himself.
Two months ago ho limited Into houdquar
ters, complaining of rheumatism, and the
sympathetic doctor said his case was the
worst ever and sent him home. A month
Went by. Luerson drew full pay, looked at
tho doctor's prescription, limped some
more, and went his way. Another month
was closing. Where was Luerson? A
hurry call was sent out and a search In
stltuted. It happened to be Sunday. An
unsuspicious cop, noticing a stream of
people coming from a saloon, concluded
to Investigate. The rn warn iht rKa.iMA.lrt
Luerson, In a healthy and active condi
tlon dishing up beer to the thirsty. The
Joint waa his own. Ho was taken In and
ine joint Closed. Of rnur .,n, r
the department Is at white heat, especially
.uersnn was caught beer-handed,
and on Sunday abova nil fYtiir a..,. ,j
nothing short of a term at Sing Sing will
"""') ui tne neighborhood U giving
the horse laugh to the deluded Inmates
of the station house.
New York experienced the novelty Sun
day of a dog dav Sa.bhath in h .
October. Though the yellow haze of In
dian summer hung over the parks and the
harbor and the distant hills, the streets
were full of August heat and many an
eye was turned expectantly upward , In
" '-" oi possmie thunderstorm.
As usual, the town rose to the occasion,
though not without a loud chorus of re
marks, some of which would not look well
In print.
A p-ood many strain hats .
the occasion. The wearers did not seem
mo least iut disconcerted.
At Coney Island several of the big bath
ing places were renrvoiri i,...,j.
of persons took a dip In the surf. Off
shore the water was almost glossy In Its
placidity. Every place on the island that
could be opened on such mhnwt
open and the mery-go-ro'unds were grlnd-
"Ul J"yuu xunes and whirling for all
they were worth. The Brooklyn trolley
roads got out hundreds of open cars, and
by afternoon the riif rr-,t n
thonged. About 100 persons bathed - at
Brighton, where1 the sea was aa smooth
as a ballroom floor. The thermometer rose
.v "i at J O CIOCK.
f had a long talk with one of the men
who directed the wtirk on the Singer build
ing, says a writer In Everybody's.
"Cowboys." he said. "Is about the right
word for these daring steel workers. The
more you see and hear the better you like
'em. There's not a Job from Broadway to
the moon they wouldn't Jump at. The
higher it Is the windier, the more ticklish
the better. The only trouble Is they take
too many chances. In our firm we check
"em up aa much as we can. When the
8)nger building was half way up I called
In the foreman.
" 'Look here,' I said, 'you've made a rec
ord Job so far. Keep t up. finish It with
out killing a man. and It's worth $100.
We'll call it pay for good luck.'
"He got the money."
The danger comes not only at the spec
tacular moments. It is there all the time.
The girders, before, they are riveted tight
have a way of vibrating in a strong wind:
the men walk along tlicm us on a sidewalk,
and more than one has been snapped into
space. Here is a story 1 heard from a man
on the Whitehall building, down at the tip
of Manhattan:
"It happened like this: Mac had picked
up a coll of rope an' t rowed It over his
shoulders an' waa starlin' out on .ir.
This was eighteen stories up, an' tho wind
was blowln' guns ttraight In from the har
bor, 'an the girder wa n t extra steady. 8o
I yelled over to him:
" 'Heigh. Mac! Why don't you coon It?'
To -ooon If is to get down on your honkeys
n' straddle. But that wa n't fast enough
(or Mac. He laughed kind of easy.
"'Well,' ho .aid. -If I g down 111 go
down straight, anyhow.' An' out he walked.
"Whtn he had about reached the middle
there come a gust of wind that hadn't
stopped since leavin' England. An' Mac
he was toplieavy because of the rope, an'
when the gubt caught him he leaned 'way
out Into the wind to balance. ti f,r ,0
good. But you -e he was leanln' on 'the
wind, an' the wind let up so unexpected
he hadn't time to straighten an' not a
blamed thing to lean on.
' Poor old Mac! He went down straight
all right, you bet."
A New York man who has collection of
political campaign devices priaes highly a
set of uniforms which were used by the
marching clubs of the campaign of jsflm
He shos id them recently at au Impromptu
meeting of first voters at hie home, on the
upper West Bide, at the request of his
grandson, who was one of the freshmen.
"This black tap and rout." he said, allow.
Ing two garments made of gUs,-a U-aihur
"were the regular Wideawake uniform
worn by all the republican mulching clulu.
The iiitu in line carried tui.hea niada .f
SUNDERLAND'S
ECONOMY
I If vou went a reallv desirable, sstistai-tory cockii com oi low
cost w are sure you w lU not ho displeased with Xooaomy Hut Coal.
Price Is Six miy-$b.5
Program i Vse a little kltvllliiB ami put on only a small quan
tity of Kronnmv Nut coal. Open iu the draughts well and let tin
smoke slip up the fine. The stunk Is always greatest while the
fire ( starting T'on't put on a lot of coal; don't fill the stove full,
for a little Sooaomy Hut will make a very hot fire. It In wasteful
to pile on too much. Hemember to close the drfiughts us soon us
the coal Is red hot. for then there Is no more smoke.
An Order
for a ton of Loot.omy Nut will
Sunderland Bros. Co.
Here since leWM.
1614 Harney.
swinging lamps on five-foot sticks and the
officers carried colored lanterns. Tin-so
were the Llnroln and Hamlin men. The
Little Giants, tho democrats, who Were for
Douglas and Johnson, wore suits like ourp.
of the same material, except that they were
yellow. The Bell and Everett clubs, the
Know Nothings, also wore the same uni
forms, made of red leather. In the north
there were no Breckenrldge and Lane clubs,
the hard shell democrats, but they marched
down south in suits like ours, made of blue
leather. Officers sometimes took the liberty
to wear other colors than those which were
prescribed, and some organliatlons had dis
tinctive colors. But black meant repub
licans and yellow democrats. The march
ing campaign lasted six weeks and there
has never been anything like It since."
PERSONAL SOTES.
Turkey explains that the Turkish troops
are out only for drill. BullfarH explains
that the Bulgarian troeps are out only for
exercise.
It Is reported that President Kocsevelt
will make a tour of Europe, on his return
from Africa. After the African lion the
social Hon.
United States Senator Francis O. New
lands of Nevada has broken down after
three weka of severe campaigning and Is
on his way to San Francisco to receive
treatment.
Ir. Alexander Schnefer has leon Investi
gating the vision of many animnl species
and has . found that the siz.: of the eye
ball is the principal factor of acutcnss cf
vision. The bovine species has the sharp
est sight.. The second place i occupied by
man and the horse, which hove nearly
equal visual powers; the third by the
sheep.
Neither King Carol of Roumania. nor his
queen, known In the world of literature as
Carmen Sylva, had ar.y desire for regul
honors, and when the assassination of
Car Alexander In 18S1 forced them on
Roumanla's unhappy throne, they went
protestlngly. Carol finally consented to be
king, but declared he would never sit upon
a throne nor wear, a crown.
Clerk James McKenny ot tho supreme
court of the United States on Thursday of
last week celebrated the fiftieth nunlver
sary of his entering the clerk's office, and
tho occasion was Hken advuntug-.- of by
the friends of the bar in Washington and
elsewhere to extend their congratulations.
Mr. McKenny entered the office in a sub
ordinate capacity, but ho lina hold the posi
tion of clerk for twenty-eight years.
The musical department of the Newberry
library of Chicago has recently buen en
riched with a large number of scores used
by Theodore Thomas during his half-cen
tury of orchestral conductoishlp, arranged
and donated by Mrs. Itoso Fuy Thomas
Included In the collection Is the autograph
score by Wagner himself of the festival
march which he composed for the Phila
delphia centennial and which he sent to Mr.
Thomas as the original score.
GOLD DUST goes after
dirt with a "big stick" and
does all cleaning quicker
and more thoroughly than
soap or any other cleanser
GOLD DUST is more than soap does more
than soap. Soap merely cleans, GOLD DUST
gets under the surface, kills every germ, washes
out every impurity and sterilizes everything
it touches. It is a sanitary cleanser and saves
the housewife the toil of rubbing and scrubbing.
Other cleansers make
you show what you're
madeot.
what s made 01.
. GOLD DUST makes
its own cleansing suds.
It does the hard part of
the work; you merely
assist it
Made by THE N. K.
Makers of FAIRY
NIT COAL
prove what wo cuu only ric.criii
Both Phones.
MinTiirn. ncMMtiiX.
Interviewer May t nsk how vou urn. up .1
yiMir dear Hurt luminous sl le of wrlling'.'
Hiiee-s8lul Author- 1X you think II .
luminous style, young man? Will. I in
quired It by ,,nK- m ,,ninful libor In a
dimly lighted ba.-k at tit .-fhlcucJ Trllium .
"Cornstalk pa per-Would be tho kind
print yellow Journals on."
"How so?" ' .,
"It has n Kh-kinr susk si ion. "- Cleve
land Jialn Dealer.
"Which do you cohMdor DeM, a' 1mm m a
short Migugcim-ni?"
"I your fvleiul a tightwad 01 a nailv
spender-.'" Houston IWt.
"Does . it -l-enllj- lake capital tu K J i;.;,,
til bakery buslncss-."-"Moi
than hiiv ther."
"Hows that?"
"llecause a man can't make bread ur.l--.-i
he has the dough." Baltimore Ami rlcan
KlrM -Little Girl Your papa ami mamma
are not reHl parkins. Tln-v- adopted vou
Second Little Girl Well, that makes It all
th more satisfactory. Mv parents pltkiM
mo out, and yours haH (n tnHe Vou n-t
as you ciime. Tlt-Hlta. . .
"Our pastor Is suc-ii u th'mcii't,- il nui i
said Mrs. Jenm-r Tx: Ondexn. "When Il ls
going to preach a mlnsl'inai'v fi-rim-n
and take up a collect 'or... fi r Uic In-mlnn
he always announces It two or tin-. Sun
days beforehand." Chi: -ago Tiibtm.-.
The bonk 'publisher l.aj mix u) t f
agents.
"Hhve you ever don,- any caii a'sliic ' ''
he queried of n impltm.
"Well, t ku-kh I have," replied the i.iii
hunler. i work-i! In ti ham factory ! r
nearly three your." t'himigo News.
"Wo have not i in far tu I.
stove. I sec." I
"Yes. but the iniii.'-' ol" human lam:.-!
huppir.ess will iv-ver h- reaelM-1 mt I v
have the eoaUcVg ,fu:'t!:c'o.".H ': i ,U''
American.
ntLi.Aoi: i pox oiDi:.v rtiiioN
Chicago J'uM.
Wlv-ie is tlie am-lcnt waterfall?
Where are the hoops (hut 'lived l may
In I ho blithe maac of ro.it uad ball'.'
Where are tin- modes we oin-e i all,il gay ."
All In due season had tln-li- day
Basques, uu.l the dolmans Uiut looked
queer
Went, like tlie wondrous One 11 i.-m K.i.iy.
Where iirt thu fashions -of ycsici vein -.'
Where are the trains they used to haul
As they strolled proudly on the m;
The polonaise, that ej them nil.
Turbnn Mini toque, long sin c pass, c
Jackets and Waists of steel and stay
Once they were lenders fin and near."
Seen at the dinner, church, and play--Where
are tlift fndhlons of cstcry ca i '.'
Where are the nli-eves that had tlv- call,
llig as balloons; and where, we pray.
Ale all tlie belts that came last full
But were do Imp before laM May ,'
Where are the hues, pink, brown am.
gray,
Thot were declared to be so dear'.'
Who Is it tells them yea and nay.
Where arc the fashions of yesteryear'.'
L'KNVOr.
Here ore the bills that nn-n must pav
For all tlie modes that now arc lu re.
What of tlie others, now, we suy;
Whero are tlie fashions of yesteryear .'
WDTfJW
PS
"IM ( a OLD VI IT Ash 4o sear Mars"
FAIRBANK COMPANY
SOAP, the oval cake.
THEY WON'T FALL OFF
when provided with the clip that Bulls
onr own nobe. Glasuea that won't
shake off are a specialty with us, ami
you don't have to tie tbctu ou either
That's only one of their advuntuges.
The best la that we fit theui accurately
to your eyea. We are expert in teatlni;
eyes, and we make no charge for that.
For the glasses we charge only accord
ing to the stylo and frame
II. J. Pcnfold & Co.
LEIDIHO OrTICIANS,
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