THE OMAHA DAJLY DEE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1909.
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-WHU OUT OF TOWS.
Sabeeriben leavlac ta elty -aorarlly
saaala bust T Be
stalled ta theat. AddreM will a ,
tkaatti as of tea mm reaetd.
Every furnace In town is violating
the eight-hour law, , '
Still, Mr. Tillman is more at homo
in conducting an attack than la mak
ing a defense.
None will dispute the courage of
the secret service man who trailed
Senator Tillman.
"Wanted jioltt wave," says the
New York Evening Post. Take ours
' and welcome to it.
In its wrath congress may pass a
law. prohibiting , even the children
from playing "I spy."
, "What Is the truth about Yuan
Shi-Kali" asks the New York Sun.
Don't know. Do you?
If w are to get all our below-sero
weather tn January we may expect an
early and balmy spring.
"The aldermen should do . some
thing," says a Pittsburg paper. Yes,
something besides the city.
Governor Shallenberger has made
his first ' police board : appointments.
And , now his trouble begins.
"Blonde appeals to the police," says
a headline In a Philadelphia paper.
The brunette has a kick coming.
Omaha does not propose to relln
qulsh its wool market Just because
Chicago wants it. . Stick a pin there.
"Are. the republicans proud of their
victory?" asks Mr. Bryan. . They are.
And trie y are also contented and not
at all Surprised. 7 .
And irw. Wilbur Wright has been
made corespondent In a Paris dlvorct
case.; That's what man gejs tor be
ing 8 high flyer.
"Ar Kansas City boy ate axle grease,
thinking it was caviar," According to
a Kansas City paper. Who told him
about his mistake?
senator Tinman noes not by any
meats prove his Innocenos by 'threat
ening to lick every member of the
secret service corps.
, Perhaps the president might end
the fuss by admitting that the mem
bera of congress are exceedingly sensi
tive and remarkably dignified.
A Chicago professor makes a plea
to have the tariff taken out of politics.
That -would be almost as good as hav
log politics taken out of the tariff.
."Robin Hood was not a myth," de
clares, a Baltimore student of history,
Of course not. Wo can well remem
br having put up S for two orchestra
seats.
A night school has been opened for
inmates f the Now". Jersey penlten
tiary. A full attendance can bo se
cured without the services of a truant
officer.-. N
It was to have been expected that
the democratic World-Herald would
rush to the defense of Senator Till
man. ...The mere fact that Tillman is
a democrat is all the exoneration it re
quires.
The newly introduced Omaha city
charter bill makes the police board
oleotlvw and the park board appointive.
Why this difference when both come
equally wader th municipal homo rule
pledge? ' " .
STILL HARPING ON 17 R OLD CHORD.
Taking the Jacksonlan celebration
88 the occasion, Mr; Bryan continues
to harp on the old chord that he waa
three timet beaten for the presidency
by the coercion and Intimidation of
voters.
Mr. Bryan has evidently persuaded
himself that he was right in 1896 tnd
had the election won, that he was right
again In 1900 aud was again elected,
and that he was right a third time, in
1908, and was Once once more elected
each time, but for "the unscrupulous
way" in which the republicans con
ducted their campaign.
This seems to be Mr. Bryan's really
weak spot. In his mind he has never
been fairly and squarely beaten, al
though the majorities with which he
has been snowed under have increased
every time he has run. Every vote he
gets comee from the free and untram
melled people, while every vdte his op
ponent gets is driven or bought from
some hireling or slave.
"I would rather lose the presidency
than rule a subject people as a mon
arch," he dramatically exclaim. Does
Mr. Bryan believe, or would he have
anyone else believe, that McKlnley,
Roosevelt or Taft, each preferred over
him, wonld "rule a subject , people as
monarch?" Is It not true that the
only place in this country where the
people are ruled as subjects and serfs
Is In the southern states, which alone
have steadfastly given Mr. Bryan his
democratic majorities?
It seems to us that Mr. Bryan , In
sults the intelligence of the people
when he assumes to the democratic
party all the conscience and all the
patriotism and Imagines himself the
victim of diabolical coercion instead
of merely rejected as unreliable. .
CHARITY ASV THE CONSTITUTION.
It remained for Senator iialley of
Texas to achieve the questionable dis
tinction of being the only member of
congress to vote against the resolu
tion appropriating $800,000 for the
relief of Btrlcken Sicily. The measure
passed, the house without a dissent
ing vote and the senate ' adopted it
with but one voice raised against it.
that of Senator Bailey, who voted in
the negative, telling the senate: "I
am one of those who do not believe
that the federal government has the
power to apply the people's money in
this way."'
Watching the people's money is. al
ways a worthy mission for a legis
lator, bnt there are times . when con
siderations of humanity transcend
mere constitutional quibbles. It may
be difficult to find the exact words-in
the' constitution which authorize con
gress to make such expenditures as
that for the relief of the Sicilian suf
ferers, but, be it said to our credit,
no one has ever been very particular
about it when distressed humanity.
was calling out for relief.
As far back as 1 SIS, congress ap
propriated $50,000 for tho relief, of
sufferers from a Venezuelan earth
quake. It gave money for the earth,
quake sufferers in the French West
ladles, for the relief of the starving
Cubans and for tho relief of the fam
ine sufferers in the Philippines. Such
calamities make instant relief a fore
most duty and the American people.
such cases, do not want congress
to stop to gauge its charity by ultra
strict construction of the constitution.
In this connection it is noteworthy
that tho United States is the only gov
ernment that has come to Italy's re
lief by the : appropriation of money.
The ccar of Russia and some of the
rulers of foreign powers have' made
personal contributions and the war
ships of different powers have' joined
In the rescue work, but there has bfen
no transfer of money from any other
power than the United States.
DISFRANCHISEMENT AMENDMENTS.
Mr. Taft's recent denunciation of
the proposed elective franchise amend
ments to the Maryland constitution,
coupled with his appeals to the south
to break away from . tradition and
prejudice and make for political in
dependence, has started a warm dis
cussion in the lesding papers of the
south on tho plans of the president
elect and particularly his attitude on
the question of negro suffrage.'
There is no room for discussion, al
though the southern editors seem de
termined to find it, as to. Mr. Taft's
attitude on the disfranchisement ques
tion. In the plainest words he has
declared his belief that the different
states lave full and unquestioned au
thority to prescribe franchise require
ments and qualifications, conditioned
only that these apply to white and
black alike and not be Juggled against
tho blacksT as has been the csbo in
most of the southern states.
It is A matter of record that none
of the . constitutional amendments
thus far adopted by southern states
meet the requirements' defined by Mr.
Taft. Tho Maryland amendment pro
vides that the 'ballot be limited to
tboeo whoso ancestors were voters in
I860 and prior thereto, with an added
clause that the descendants "of Mmml
grants may have the right 'of ballot,
This is A clear discrimination against
tho negro in favoc of white citlsens
however illiterate or. vicious the latter
may be.
Tho Maryland amendment. li '.even
more drastic in this respect than the
amendments passed In North Carolina
Mississippi and several other south
ern states in which a time limit has
been fixed for the expiration of the
"grandfather clause." In North Car
olina that time has expired, but all
white illiterates ' whorq the 1 clause
made voters prior to January 1, 1909,
remain voters for the rest of their
lives, while tho negro voters ,tuust
submit to an educational test. ' Only
after tho white Illiterates, qualified
as voters uudor tho old law, have all
died, will whites and blacks be on an
electoral equality 1ft North Carolina.
There has never been any fair and
square test before the supreme court
of the United .States on the constitu
tionality of these disfranchising
amendments. Every case presented
has been so hedged with conditions
that the court has been compelled, ap
parently, to endorse the plans of the
southern states for nullifying the fif
teenth amendment. The disposition
of some of the southern states to fol
low the North Carolina example In
modifying the franchise laws is looked
upon by many northern men as possi
bly the most satisfactory solution of
the political aspects of the question
within reach. The attempt, however,
to force the Maryland amendment
through may result in a revival of
the whole Issue and start a campaign
for the overthrow of all of the simi
lar amendments now in force in the
south. The defeat of the Maryland
amendment, which Is to be voted upon
next November, would without ques
tion be the best thing possible for the
southern states that are honestly try
ing to work out their franchise prob
lems without violating the federal
constitution.
FORMALDEHYDE IN MILK.
The Department of Agriculture has
just published an interesting report
of the results, of experiments con
ducted with one of Dr. Wiley's "poison
squadB" for the purpose of ascertain
ing the effects of formaldehyde on di
gestion and health. Twelve men who
became members of the table were
subjected to careful physical examina
tion before the experiments began an
dally examinations were made of each
man, his temperature, pulse and body
weight being recorded. The tests ex
tended over thirty-five days.
The milk drank by six of the men
was treated with formaldehyde imme
diately before use, and in that taken
by the other six the formaldehyde was
placed in the milk two days before Its
use. The quantity of formaldehyde
used by each man for the first five
days was 100 milligrams and after
that 200 (milligrams. In all but two
of the cases the men, after fifteen
days' use of the milk, were found to
be suffering from headache, pain in
the intestines and, in several cases,
with cramps and nausea and vomiting.
The conclusion of the chemists Is a
strong protest against the ubo of for
maldehyde in preventing milk from
souring and an urgent recommenda
tion to health officials everywhere for
legislation preventing this method of
poisoning the people. The use of for
maldehyde prevents milk from becom-
ng sour, but does not Interfere with
the other organisms which are capable
of producing disease and which multi
ply rapidly in milk that has been
treated with formaldehyde.
The Oregon senatorial primary
scheme has duly made its appearance
in Nebraska's democratic legislature.
Wouldn't it be a huge Joke if the first
trial of the Oregon plan in Nebraska
compelled a democratic legislature to
send a republican to the United States
senate?
It took the Jacksonlan club feast to
discover "one of'the hundreds of thou
sands of republicans who at the last
election voted for William Jennings
Bryan and the entire democratic
ticket." If that's the case, were there
no democrats who voted the demo
cratic ticket?
A London paper is convinced that a
reciprocity treaty between the United
States and Canada would be sure to
result In the absorption of the domin
ion by this country. Well, the flag
has room for a few bright northern
stars.
The local democratio organ is ram
pant In its opposition to the appoint
ment of committees by the speaker.
It has entered no objection, however,
to the appointment of committees by
the chairman of the county board.
A Kentucky legislator says the
state has too many counties. Still,
the chances are that no other county
in the state would be willing to be
consolidated with "Bloody" Breathitt.
"Rube" Waddell, the famous base
ball pitcher, has bought some blooded
canines and blossomed cAit as a bench
show competitor. "Rube" has been
going to the dogs for several seasons.
A physician says he would under
take to purge New York of tubercu
losis for $16,000,000. Any profes
sional politician would undertake the
same task for less money.
It is up to the two newly appointed
members of the Omaha Police board
to show whether they are creditable
successors to the two outgoing mem
bers who resigned.
. Police reports show that only 686
,
persons were ' arrested for drunken
ness on Christmas day in Georgia
Constructively speaking, Georgia is a
prohibition state. '
The Georgia legislature proposes to
require men who carry pistols to wear
a badge. Wouldn't it be cheaper to
supply, badges to those. who .do not
tote guns?
Nebraska's eight electoral votes
have been recorded for William' Jen
nings Bryan, but not without a balky
horse exhibition on tho part of one un
ruly elector.
A Causa- fos tho Better.
Brooklyn Eagle.
. Th southern coruaJJssraD who fear that
th trend cf the young southern voters to
ward Mr. Taft may change th personnel
of member of that section In th nous
of representative arf taking counsel of
their fear, and ar forecaatlnjt th future
There ousht to h a change among: south
ern representative. Too many of them
learn nothing and forpret nothing.
Jaa't It Anlell
Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Rooeevelt should understand that he
cannot rontlnue In lila present courae any
lunger without Incurring- the sever dis
pleasure of Senator Cullierson.
I.le l.ectar Material.
Chicago Ilecord-Herald.
In starting- the Investigation which has
given the president a chance to accuae him
of being a land-grabber It may be that Ben
atorvTlllman wishes to open up a subject
which he might utilise In his Chautauqua
work next season.
Perk ape.
New York Tribune.
If congress repay to American citizens
th ta.nno mnsom which was raised for the
rescue of Miss Stone, the American mis
sionary, from Bulgarian brigands, the Bul
garian government, especially sine it is
now assuming- Imperial airs, ought to mak
It good to the United Btates.
Unshaken llamaa Plnek.
Philadelphia Record.
Hardly has th Italian earthquake ceased
to b a nine-day wonder when news comes
that Messina is to be Tebullt. Human
pluck Is not monopolised over San Fran
cisco way, and In all likelihood both Mes
sina and Rea-glo will arise from their ruins.
Man Is a small animal, but he la certainly
a pertinacious creature.
Ho Bnttnna aa Oar Pocket.
Philadelphia Record.
Ambassador Orlaoom's promptness In get
ting a shipload of supplies to the earth
quake sufferers Is an honor to his liber
ality and a cause of just pride among his
admiring fellow countrymen. Americana
are leading all other foreigners In their
measures for relief. American pockets
have no buttons and dollars .com out of
them easier than out of any other pockets
in the world.
Roosevelt's "Dlsclplantarlaas."
Kansas City Star.
It looks as though those members of con
gress who are disposed to "discipline" the
president for Insisting that th secret
service shall be employed for bringing m
thieves , irrespective of classification are
getting ready to go out of politics. '
At least. If they are possessed of any
of the instincts of frugality or thrift, they
would be both reckless and foolish to put
money amounting to anything in a cam
paign for re-election.
Th people of this country don't like
thieves, and they don't have any more use
than the president himself has for people
who want to devise loopholes for thieves
and to make stealing easy.
Hldlealoa Heroic.
CWlcag-o Tribune.
Friday the senate defeated an amend
ment to place 8,500 census employes under
civil service. The house already had de
feated an amendmnt for competitive ex
aminations by a vote of lit to 65. Bo with
the senata action, which may or may not
escape public attention during th present
rumpus with the president, this little sur
vival of the day of spoils is rounded up.
Thus Is fulfilled the candid statement of
one Plunkltt, a representative of Tammany
hall In th house:
"We differ oa tariffs and currencies and
all them things, hut we agree on th main
proposition that when a man works in
politics he should' get something out of it"
Th episode1 provides a pleasantly Ironic
footnot to th!'terolos of outraged 'dig
nity and righteous Indignation now Shak
ing the halls of --congress.
NO LONGER FORTUH K'S TOT.
Hoak Chariot's Com In a: Wlthla II each
of Ordlaary Mortals.
New Tork World.
The doom of high automobile prices hss
sounded. One can buy a better car today
for tlOO than he could a few years ago
for 3,O0O. It is cnly a matter of time now
until any man who can afford to keep a
horse can afford to own an automobile.
Automobile building was more or less
of an experiment up to a short time ago.
But now It Is in exact science. When th
nrcdern car Is turned out of th shop th
makers know that it will run and run
well. Clcse watching of th performance
cf the earlier machines haa pointed out th
defects of construction. These have mostly
been remedied. Bhops are better equipped
now. Cylinders, crank shafts, axles, gears
and the like are made In great quantities
by special machinery. Th cost of labor
and materials haa been much reduced by
system, until now it Is possible to turn out
a much better machine than formerly and
charge about half the original price for it
Truly good touring- cars are offered for as
little as $1,000. Runabouts that will give
ten times the service of any horse and
buggy brine $500. The higher priced cars
give th buyer a better finish and higher
power, but the cheaper sutomobll Is a
very satisfactory car In most cases and
has th support of thousands of users in
moderate circumstances. And this Is only
ths beginning-. Ths years will sea a yet
more pronounced drop In prices, M1
quality is maintained.
PROPERTY LOSSES BY FIRE.
No Visible Check oa Coastraetloa of
Combastlhl Batldlaa.
Philadelphia Record.
Fir loases ought to decrease from year
to year. If not, absolutely, at least propor
tlonately. W are all th time building more
pretentiously. We are spending mora money
on buildings. They Increase In height; the
cost of their decoration grows very fast;
In their ornamentation they ars increasingly
palatial; more steel and concrete are used
every year, and no on supposes that these
ar combustible, and yet th fir lost
grow; they ar probably growing faster
than th wealth of th country.
Thirty years ago th fir losses were a lit
tle over $64,000,000; twenty years ago they
exceeded $110,000,000; ten years ago they had
only crept up to $119,000,000, and last year
they were $238,000,000. If we deduct from
1904 th losses at San Francisco resulting
from an earthquake, the losses for the last
three years have been as follows:
19 ras.ono.ooo
215.OHO.OiO
10 147,000.000
The- losses for several preceding years
exceeded these last figures, but the Increase
in fire losses In th past decade is most
alarming-. It la not creditable to th coun
try, because It indicates flimsy construe
tton, carelessness as a national trait, and
the lax administration of fir ordinances.
The amount of Insurance carried has In
th last few years risen from $18,000,000,000
ta $31,000,000,000, th premiums on which
amount to a heavy tax upon the business of
the country. Thes rate will have to b In
creased unless th losses can be rdued. It
Is said that several Insurance companies
would have been forced to the wall this
year but for the advances In th value
of their securities.
It la perhaps Idle to admonish smokers
not to throw burning matches Into wasts-
baskets or tJ urge painter not to leave
their oily rag In out-of-the-way corner.
but the fir and building bureaus of our
cities cannot bo too vigilant In enforcing
safuty regulstlons. We can't afford to de
str y four and a half billion dollars worth
of -property In thirty-two year
BITS OP WASIIIOTOW LI PR.
Minor Seeaes aa laeldeat Sketched
a th Spot.
One of New Tork's keen lawyers with
scent for a good thing Is doing Wash
ington good and plenty on a stake o 117.-
Ouu won on stocks by forecasting th d eel-
Inn of th federal supreme court in ths
New Tork gss esse.
In the course of his practice befor th
supreme court this lawyer made a point
of studying the trend of the reasoning of
the various Justices and had achieved auch
proficiency In this study that he felt he
could almost Infallibly predict a decision
by hearing the opening paragraph of the
opinion.
Trusting to this knowledge of the Jus
tices, he placed 110,000 with his broker and
cam to Washington. By accident the
Consolidated Oaa Cas was preceded by a
similar case from Tennessee, the city of
Knoavllle against the Knoxvllle Water
company, and the lawyer felt sure that
whatever predictions he might make as to
th Knoxvllle cas would hold good for
th Consolidated Oaa.
Listening Intently to the opening of Jus-
tic Moody's decision In th Knoxvllle case,
he was convinced that the decision would
be adverse to th publla service corpora
tion, and that on th same line of reason
ing; th New Tork case would go against
th gaa company. Hurrying from the court
room, he wired his broker to sell 1.W0 Con
solidated Oaa at th market. He then got
where he could watch th market and at
th earn time keep In touch with bis
broker.
He followed gas down for 17 points and
gave the order to cover, which was don.
He felt so good over his winning of $17,000
that he decided to stay tn Washing-ton and
see the sights.
Something of a fuss Is likely to be made
In congress over a request by President
Roosevelt to remove certain furniture from
the White House and the White House
offices on March , when he retires to
private life. If trouble comes, says a
Washington dispatch to the Boston Herald,
It will be largely because of the unfriendly
relations that exist between the president
and congress. Senators and members say
th president has Improved every possible
opportunity to cast reflections upon them,
and he ought to expect no quarter In . re-
urn.
Not long ago the president wrote to
Speaker Cannon a letter that has been .re
ferred to th house committee on appropria
tions. It stated that when he retires to
private life he wishes to take away th
chair at the head of th cabinet table,
where he has presided, and also the chair
at his office desk In the corner room. Mrs.
Roosevelt, the president added, would like
to take away a sofa, which was th first
article of furniture that sh purchased for
the White House.
Furthermore, the president said he would
like to permit the members of his cabinet
to take away chairs they had used at the
council table. He did not mark the letter
'personal," and therefore It was referred
to, the appropriation committee.
It Is not probable that the house or the
senate will refuse th president's request,
but pains have been taken at the capltol to
look up the cost of th property In ques
tion, especially of the chairs. It seems that
the government paid $75 each for them.
The cost of the sofa to which the president
refers Is not known at the capltol.
Last winter the president wrote a letter
to Speaker Cannon about appropriations for
furthering the operations of the Hepburn
law and also In behalf of the secret service.
He marked that letter "personal, and yet
as soon"as the wrangle between the con
gress and the president began to grow
warm senators and representatives became
aware of th fact that persons In the
Treasury department. Including Chief
Wllkle, were making much of the speaker's
failure to mak that letter public Plainly,
the house leaders (think the president has
not Intended this letter should be public.
but as he did not mark It confidential
they are allowing It to follow routine chan
nels.
The president writes to the speaker that
it has been customary for his predecessors
to take away certain articles of furniture.
It Is claimed at the capltol that no record
of such precedure can be found. However,
it has been the custom for th retiring
vice president to appropriate certain fur
niture of his room at the north end of the
capltol, and It is a matter of record that
those officials have taken away some very
costly pieces.
Sweeping restrictive legislation. Including
suppression of usury, making drunkenness
misdemeanor and greater regulation of
nostrums, all measures designed to pro
mote the general welfare of th masaes of
the people of the District of Columbia, are
recommended in the report of th presi
dent's homes commission, transmitted to
congress today by President Roosevelt.
This commission was appointed to study
ths problem of how bast to Improv the
conditions of th people of th district, es
pecially from th standpoint of their physi
cal, social and moral welfare. Th recom
mendations ar of vital Interest to th peo
ple of the who! country. Conceding the
necessity in every community of pawn
shops and- money-lending concerns, the
commission declares that "the system now
In vogue Is attended with gross abuses.
absolute extortion and -financial distress
which calls ' for 'remedial action." Sueh
operations, the report says, cannot be car
ried on at a. lower rate of Interest than
per cent per month, and It Is recom
mended that the rate be placed not hlrhr
than t per cent per month to legalise It,
Declaring that "quackery and th great
nostrum evil are frequent causes for phy
leal nnd financial Impoverishment." th
appointment of a board to Investigate and
formulata additional legislation In th In
terest of th public health and morals la
recommended. Th distribution by ths
Postofflc department of a bulletin la post
offices and along free delivery route giv
ing the essential fact regarding fraud or
ders Issued by ths department, and dissemi
nation of warning concerning harmful In
gradient in foods, medicines, soft and
alcohollo drinks resulting from enforcing
th pur food laws, ar recommended.
Th report say that th families Investi
gated could add on an average at least on
room to their overcrowded home If th
money expended for tobacco and Intoxi
cants were devoted to paying rent. To re
strict the consumption of these so-called
harmful agent th commission favors edu
cational methods, social settlement and
proper amusements.
Prohibition of tb sal of tobacco and
Intoxicant to person under S years of
age; greater restriction In th aale of pro
prietary raedlrln. containing alcoholic In
toxicants, and In the licensing of saloons
In residential and manufacturing- aeotlons
making drunkenness a misdemeanor
placing habitual drunkards and drug habit
ues under lcsral restraint, and th estab
lishment of playgrounds and athletic fields
to promote "temperance and chastity," ar
atrongly reoommended.
. Other reoonmndatkn ar for a com
prehensive system of working-man's Insur
ance; saodel factory and labor laws, th
appointment of a conunlsaioa for that pur
sost; establishment ta Industrial osnUr
of exhibit Illustrative of byfieale prob
lem for promoting- th industrial aad social
bettrtnnt of was roars; adsqual
compensation for government and other
employe; permanency of employment and
authorisation from congress of the loan
of money St a low rate ' of rntereet tn
building associations to erect sanitary
houses for the working classes In the Pis
trlct of Columbia.
TALI. OP Tlin FAR WEST.
i
Drift to the title Serloaalr Retard
Aarrtealtaral Develoameat.
Philadelphia Uedger.
When Horace QreeU-y sakl "Go west,
young man!" he waa undoubtedly mindful
of the beet Interests of the young man
He was not thinking so much of the need
of men to exploit the vast resources of th
transmlsslsslpp! country. Tho Portland Ore-
sronlsn vigorously voices the complaint t
farmers of the Psclflo slop that they
cannot get help; thst the trend and drift
Is entirely toward the cities and away from
the country, and that, whereas the land
would yield abundantly If men could be
found to till the soil and harvest tb crops
thousands upon thousands of acre are
lying unutilised because of tho dearth of
laborers. In the meantime, daily from
the east there arrive shipments of dairy
products, poultry and canned goods, which
the west is quit able to supply if It would
The plctur prevented Is the obverse of
that to which th dwellers in "the effete
east" are accustomed. Wo are accustomed
to think of the "golden west" aa the land
of unbounded oppjenunltles and unbridled
energies taking advantage of thes oppor
tunities. We do not usually think of th
westerners a lasy and unwilling to work.
Buch statement as these sound strange In
our cars as purporting to describe truth
fully the conditions that obtain beyond
ths Rockies;
Men work as little as possible. They
desire to work, when they do work. In
logging and railroad and mining camps,
on the eight-hour bssls. and to call for
their 'time' when they want to quit and
go to town, where they expect to find
politicians and preachers and newspapers
telling them how sorely oppressed they are,
and advising thorn to stand up for their
rights, since they are the backbone of th
nation.
Men of th heroic breed of the pioneers
of the west were not nurtured In th lap
of luxury and cradled In Indolence, and
their descendants will yet "look back Into
their mighty ancestors," proving them
selves worthy cf their Inheritance, and
not degenerate eon of their "plain-living
and high-thinking" sires.
PERSONAL. NOTES.
With Tillman once fairly In the Ananias
club thst organisation Is going to have the
time of Its life.
A son of Senator Eugene Hale has ad
vertised his desire to be the next con
gressman from the First district of Maine
th old Tom Reed . district. His front
nam la Frederick and he's a colonel.
Frank N. Meyer, one of the most efficient
men m the field workers of th Department
of Agriculture, Waahington, D. C, recently
returned from a three-years' trip in Asia.
Considerable of his tims waa Devoted to
the study of how th Chine farm dry
land.
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, who has
been working for th last fifteen year on
learning to fly In heavter-than-alr ma
chines, la pursuing these operation on aa
estate of about 1.000 acres at tuenn
Breagh, near Badeck, In northern Nova
Bcotla.
President W. C. Brown of th New Tork
Central railroad says If Toxa were de
veloped the country's cotton crop could be
duplicated there. Southern planters ar al
ready crowding the line to reap the enor
mous fortune to be gathered by raising
8 cent cotton.
But three men survive of th party of
fifty who left Belfast. Maine, on December
8, 1849. in th bark William O. Alden, for a
voyatt around the Horn to th newly-dis
covered gold fields ef California. They are
William W. West of Boston, Henry J.
Woods of Newton, Mass., and Lorenao Q.'
Coombs of Globe, Aria.
Vernon Bailey, who has charge of the
division of geographic distribution of th
biological survey, has dons much traveling
In the haunts of animals and written much
concerning their habit. The gopher Is one
of th animals of which ha has made a
special study, though he has written about
hundreds of others, particularly about those
of the Mississippi valley and the District of
Columbia.
It Is doubtful if any book of useful In
formation haa ever been printed In ths
English langruag that stands so high in
th estimation of students, lawyers.
merchants, historians, professors and busi
ness men at large as does th New Tork
World Almanac and Encyclopedia. Just
from th press, th 1908 edition of this
greatest of alt ready reference book la
now being distributed to It regular' sub
scribers and to newsdealers In all parts of
the United States. Evsry on of th 16,000
facta and figures It presents, whether about
politics, commerce, weights, measures.
secret societies, populations of cities, states.
countries, sporting events, etc., is handily
Indexed so It may be turned to at a mo
ment's notloe. It is on of the few books
that may be called a necessity and a lux
ury at on and th sams time. It 860
pages fairly bristle with faots that people
want and ought to know.
WHEREVER THERES
W PLASTEESyfe
Pains In the Back
AVcock't Hasten hav no equal.
Btrengtbea Weak Backs
as nothing else caa.
Cosighs, CoMsi Weak Lungs
AUttnh' i PJtttert act a a prevent;?
as well as a carstir.
Prevent oUs becoming deep seated.
eow0rell0,Ex,ernlieJI,
'ft5 M wiisvsd ars ttmasaaa tj,
acao pwu wun same sjm scares i r
TRYING T. Olf NRBRgSK.
lajertlasr Political lata a Soaad
Body, . .'.
Brooklyn Kagl. , . ..'-
Two-third of the message r(fOqvernor
Ph Allenberger to the legislature of Ne
braska concern the guarantee' hank de
powta, which William Jennings' ftryan mad
o prominent and o' Ineffective, an ' Issue
In the last national campaign, It I th
governor s Idea that Nebraska shonlit at
once put this scheme - Into effeut in Its
state banks. He goes into minute detail
as to the proposition. II s. illumnatlng
and exhaustive. If other slate 'question
seem to have been lsnrely' hrnored per
haps th governor Will find 'time- to writ
a supplemental meeange. ' f
On would Imaain the Nebraska state
bank had been breaking every day or so;
that th people of Bryan's stat war In a
state of nervous apprehension bordering on
hysteria, and that ths first aim of an In
telligent executive bad to be to calm their
fear. A a raattar of fart, tho stat bank
of Nebraska are pretty sound with or with
out th -state guarantee. . They' hav ex
perienced no seismla disturbance. ; It is f
the mind of th governor that , haa been
shaken up. He has looked upon, tha ,wlne
of Bryan's eloquence when Tt Vaa' rod,
when It was giving Its color In 'th cup;
and. at th last. It Is biting Ilk a erpent
and tlnglng like an adder. - '
This must be amusing to Mr. Bryan
himself, who did "not Intend to b taken
too seriously. Mr. Bryan ha found th
banks of his own stat. both aafo-aod con
venient. Governor Bhallenbergw. - never
theless, may exrct to be rather pertuno
torUy patted on th shoulder by the- Lin
coln statesman. The bank guarantee, obe
slon. aa Mr. Bryan knows, I not likely to
hav much effect on th tvsxt presidential
election.
SMILING REMARK!.
Gussie Tn snuff a candle nut Is a sign
of marrlaire.
Dora Yes, end to turn down lamp Is
a sign of courtship. Philadelphia Press.
Green Bnrlth asked m to -forget my
troubles this morning. , ,
Brown What for? "
Green He wanted me to listen to his.
Chicago News.
"Plunkvtlle has sixty-eight nSw houses
now, I hear."
"Yes, sir. The- PlunkvW 'Plain-Dealer'
Justifiably alludes to Plunkvlll as tha Chi
cago of Plffla eolinty, lr." Puck,
The Chinese were building , their great
wall.
"This will prevent un.iust discrimina
tion," they said. . "It will keep everything
out.5'
Thereby, too, they tutvefl the-trouble and
expense of bavin to revtee the tariff every
few years. Chicago Tribune. .,
Tha bachelor girl looked down coyly.
"You want to know why I never mar
ried?" she said. "Is this idle curiosity, or
do you mean business?
"Puslnees," replied th pert young man.
"I ounht to get a -column of' copy out of
this Interview." Philadelphia, Ledger.
Danehter pootlnr) I don't ne why you
are nil so down on poor. Reginald simply
bera use he waxes his moustache. That
is only a trifle.
Big Brother Nay, nay, sis,- Waxed mous
tache I a cereous matter. Baltimore
American.
"I'm going to wait 'em up In th sen
ate." said the ambitious statesman.
"HowT"
"By making a speech."" !.
"Nonsense. That's the way to put 'em to
sleep." Washington Star. - . - .
"You don't Ilka the way he laughst".
.N,' to '"""l and forced to say
nothing of being hollow. He laughs Ilk a
hit congressman listening to th reading of
a presidential messag." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"More than $,000 .elephant a year go to
make our piano keys,'' remarked tho stu
ent ,rder who bad been reading the
Mm Mac? f9te ..JrtM,-lFiSuiliie
i.-i thV.V"?J ekerxclalrhd' "the
landlady. "Ain't It wonderful what soma
News' C" trained to doJ"-Chicago
1 isat . '
"If you engage ma, sir, to attend to th
dmvt want " P " th Peopl aw' you
. "Novw nave a maid who Is so"popular
or"ws the people to the house."
Then you would rather have it that
Wn y j
"Certainly. We would much' prefer a nice
door belle to an old knocker' Baltimore
American.
WHERE THE SHADOWS D.WELU
Irving Chapln In Appleton's.
For of moonlight's thrall nor th after
glow Of the setting- sun on th Alplns snow.
But of rustling deeps in the forest shade.
Away and away In the leafy glade. .
Would I have you know.
Of the gentle play -of th summer
breese
It touches a myriad of golden keys
And tha lullaby of the wsterfall,
With the hush of the forest avbr all
I would tell of thee. ,
Now wrlth gladsome notes ' all' the wood
land rings, '
A rustle, and twitter and warbling-
Th red squirrels chatter. : the wood
thrushes' song, ,
To a mountain brook as (t purls along
A melody clings.
Mid the great tre tops of th vaulted blue.
How tha sunbeams dance with an ssur
hue.
And the glitter and fall of a waving sheen
A glory of gold and of waving green
As they flitter through.
Till the spirit you feel, tha haunting spell
Of my far retreat In an eerie dell
A spirit of peace and you understand .
All the witching rhaim of my fairyland
Where the shadows dwell.
PAIN APPLY AN
Pains la the Side - -AUcack't
iXcuteri raliar pranrptiy
and at tb sam tun .'..
atrMfftbsa aid and raster aaarrr.
Rheumatism la Shoulder'
relieved by using Allcotk' t Piaster s
Athlete dm Umts tor
Stiffness or Soronca of nascU.
weaal BC, M. tot beok 04 1
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