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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1909.
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e..ll w, A n ... nl.t. n Tha n11v
Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of January, 1809, was as
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-1 .'.38,600 IT 30,100
2 80.680 II M60
t M.300 1 zao
38,180 !0. SS.OSO
I 38.010 21 39,180
37,680 22.. 39,030
7 38,400 23 38,880
1 38,360 24 37300
9 38,400 25 39,010
10 38,900 26 39,030
11 38,310 27 39,840
12 38,370 28 38,990
It 38,690 29 39,020
14 38,878 10 38,800
15 38,680 31 97,700
It 38,830 .
Total 1,196,130
Less unsold and returned copies. 10,418
Net total 1,189,714
Daily average 88446
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WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
Subscriber leaving; the city test,
orarlly shoal A have The Be
tailed to them. ASdrass will
changed often a reoaested.
Old Mr. Groundhog evidently knew
what he was about when he postponed
nis iu debut.
Speaking- of names, the town of
Nowata in prohibition Oklahoma has
been destroyed by fire.
Governor Haskell of Oklahoma must
hare the prejudice of iom congress
man against secret service men.
The Omaha Commercial club wants
1,000 members.. It ought not to bo
content to step befori tt has 1,500.
" This country spent $14,000,000 for
.peanuts last. year. Certain congress
men must have got more than their
hare.
- Strawberries are pn the market at 2
cents apiece. Still, there are lots of
fclka that do not care Z cents far a
strawberry.
After Mr. TaftV round of banquet
ing on freak viands, Omaha, might
tempt him to visit the city by offering
him a beesteak dinner.
Berea college has been fined $1,000
for allowing a negro to attend it for
five minutes. An education; that costs
$200 a minute is uncommon.
: 'The Man and the Ring" is the title
of Cyrus Townsend Brady's newest
novel. The title Indicates tht it is
either a political or a love story.
The fake clairvoyants and the pro-
fesslonal spirit mediums, who live off
the credulous, owe a formal vote of
thanks to th Omaha Woman's club,
..-Philadelphia has a school boy who
talks and thinks in millions. He is
doubtless training for a place on a
congressional appropriations commit
tee. .
Borne physician may nuke himself
popular with hotelkeepers and board
Ing bouse proprietors by proving that
eggs at 4 cents each are a menace to
human health.
" H'b dollars to doughnuts that Mayor
'Jim did not write that Round Robin.
If it were his composition it would
'contain several expressions mora forci
ble than elegant. . . . .
. An advertisement in a Texas paper
calls for "a barber who can play the
cornet." If is difficult to believe that
a barber who plays the cornet is
wanted anywhere.
.-.A Pennsylvania farmer caused his
son to be sent to prison for two years
for stealing one of his bogs. Some
man ar Dear related to their hogs
than to their sons.
. The congressmen who are criticising
President Roosevelt for the treasury
deficit should stop to think that it is
congress and not th president that
passes the appropriation bills.
' Although 1,600 talesmen hav been
examined they have been as yet un
able to secure a jury for th trial of
,he men charged with th killing of
x-Senator Csrmaclc at NtubvlUe. Th
difficulty is to try tb ease with nor
justice than politics. v
A Grover Cleveland portrait Is to be
placed on the new issue of $10 gold
certificate?, and it Is ftttlng thst the
work should be superintended by Sec
retary Cortelyoa, whom Mr. Cleveland
discovered snd started on his way. to
' prominence
THF. PtttHinKST AXD STEEL. I
Senator Culberson's effort to dis
credit the administration in connex
ion with the absorption of the Tennes
see Coal and Iron company by the
Steel trust has collapsed. The senate
committee on Judiciary has had the
Culberson resolution, cslllng for the
president's authority for permitting
the merger, for some weeks snd has
about decided not to make any report
upon it, as it has found nothing war
ranting Ihe president to interpose in
the merger.
The committee examined a number
of bankers snd financiers supposed to
be familiar with the inner workings
of the transictlon and secured all of
the Information obtainable concerning
the legal and financial complications
Involved in the transaction. The most
severe criticism thst the democratic
members of the committee have been
able to suggest after the examination
is that the president should have told
Messrs. Gary and Frlck, when they
called upon him to confer about the
proposed' merger, to consult their at
torney and not to bother him.
The criticism of the president for
listening to t4ge Gary and Mr. Frlck
Is far-fetched, although it might rest
against the financiers for taking their
troubles to the president.. Their at
torneys could have told them, and
probably did, whether the proposed
merger proceedings were within the
law. Their request for a conference
with the president was ah imperti
nence, excused only because it was a
time of financial stress when failure
of the Tennessee company, certain un-
ess the merger was accomplished,
threatened a real panic. Perhaps the
president should not have considered
the question at all or, having con
sidered it, he should not have com
mitted himself, but the developments
show that he was warranted in in
forming Judge Gary, and Mr. Ffick
that he could find no legal objection
to the proposed merger, snd that
seems to be the extent of the presi
dent's ofiepse. . ... '.
So far as the senate's investigation
is concerned, the situation is some
what complicated by the testimony of
Mr. Perkins, Mr. Stlllwell, Mr. Frlck
and others to the effect that the Steel
trust was not anxious to control the
Tennessee corporation, does not care
much about it now and would be glad
to have the company reorganized on
a separate basis and released from the
merger. The testimony all tends to
show that the merger was due to a
complication of conditions affecting
many banks and a long list of Indus
trial enterprises throughout the coun
try that would have suffered greatly
If the Tennessee company had gone to
the wall. This labored effort to make
the merger an act of lofty patriotism
and public spirit may be accepted for
what it is worth, but it has been made
very clear that .the president could not
hav prevented the merger had he at
tempted to do so. The senate has been
exceedingly unlucky in Its efforts to
make any of its charges against t he
president stick long enough to get
even a favorable report from a com
mittee room.
WALL. STREETS LATEST DREAM.
The public has become so accus
tomed to President Roosevelt's habit
of smashing traditions that it has been
neither alarmed nor surprised by his
announced determination not to re
turn to the White House with the new
president on March 4, but to go direct
from th capltol to the train which
will take him to Oyster Bay. "
Wall street, however, attaches deep
significance to this breaking of prece
dent and discovers that "a cleavage
has occurred between the retiring
president; and the Incoming presi
dent." Her is the view offered by the
New York Journal of Commerce:
Mr. Roosevelt's attitude was attributed
to petulance and an inborn aversion to
playing a secondary role on any occasion,
whereas, according to responsible finan
cial authorities, the real explanation ts
to be found In a quickly widening breach.
The tariff and Panama are mentioned as
bunas of contention--!)! then Mr. Taft
dared to gratuitously attaak Mr. Roose
velt's sacred ideas on the sise of families!
This alleged coldness between our two
leading political figure Is interpreted as
a happy augury fur tit next, adminis
tration's course. In the most Influential
and best Informed banking circles there
1 growing confidence that President
Taft' Inaugural aiidrsaa will sound
note that will vibrate through our whole
economic fabric, giving new heart to
throw off the depression that still aits
heavy on tlie nation' affairs.
All of which, while not very Im
portant even if true, simply, serves to
show that Wall street is still in a state
or mind. Tb "Street" has been so
hopeful thst Mr. Taft would do some
thing to indicate a reaction from the
Roosevelt policies that it has grasped
every opportunity to encourage itself
In a belief based entirely on hope
Wall street would pot be able to con"
tain itself If Mr, Roosevelt and Mr.
Taft should clinch just after the In
augural ceremonies and go to the mat
for a fin Uh fight. . Stocks would soar
to unprecedented heights if Mr. Taft
would give Mr. Roosevelt a pair of
blackened eyes before sending him to
th depot.
It has always been customary for
the outgoing president to ride with
the incoming president to the capltol
building for th inauguration cere
monies and then to return up the ave
nue to the White House and formally
turn over the executive residence to
his successor. Mr. Roosevelt will ac
company Mr. Taft to the capltol and
will b present when he is sworn in,
but will not make th return trip to
tb Whit House.. When Mr. Taft ac
cepts th oath of office, Mr. Roosevelt
become a private citisen. He must
feel that while he may attract atten
tion by any part h may take In th
subsequent ceremonies the Interest
will b directed to the new president
Mr. Kooseveu baa never sought to
thine by reflected light and doubtless
would not feel wholly comfortable
should he remain for the reception of
the new chief magistrate at the White
House and for the inaugural ball, as
some of bis predecessors bare done.
His plan for going direct from the
capltol to the railway station is charac
teristic of him and is not significant
enough to warrant an advance in
stocks on Wall street.
MORTOAUE TAXATION.
The legislature at Lincoln has again
taken up the problem of mortgage tax
ation, but the latest proposed solution
holds out no promise of real Improve
ment over present conditions. Th
vicious, part of mortgage taxation in
Nebraska under existing laws is the
double taxation of mortgaged property
when the mortgage Is held by resi
dents of. this state with the exemption
of mortgage holders who are outside
of oyr taxing jurisdiction.
The present proposal is to tax mort
gages in the county in which they are
recorded, but it does not remove th
objection of double taxation. Tha
owner of the mortgage In substance
buys a part interest In the mortgaged
property, and if the property is taxed
at its full value and the mortgage is
taxed again at Its market value, the
tax is collected twice to that extent.
If people have the privilege of invest
ing or loaning their money in Ne
braska or in other states, it goes with
out saying that they will not loan on
Nebraska mortgages unless reimbursed
either by higher rates of interest or by
a contract agreement for the borrower
to pay all the taxes.
When the present revenue law was
In legislative incubation six years ago
the editor of The Bee presented to the
joint committee appointed to draft the
bill a plan for what is called "the unit
BjBteru" of assessment of mortgaged
property. This , plan provided that
where property, either real or per
sonal, were held as security for a loan,
the security and the "evidence of the
debt Bhould be assessed and taxed as
a unit and as of one and the Bame
value, but In no case less than, the
value of the security, and that the tax
should be a Hen on the property, pay
able either by mortgagor or mortga
gee, and if paid by the mortgagee
should be added' to the amount of the
mortgage and made collectible th
same as the principal. This 'plan of
mortgage, taxation was pronounced by
the committee 1 members absolutely
just and equitable, but was rejected
for fear it might' not be popular at
home.
If the present legislature has the
courage to meet the issue it will abol
ish the discriminating double tax on
Nebraska-owned mortgages and adopt
some form of the unit system of as
sessment and taxation.
It is' all right for the people of
South Omaha to go into partnership
with Andrew Carnegie for their public
library. It is all right, too, for the
people of Council Bluffs to go into
partnership with Andrew Carnegie for
their public library. But it is all
wrong to allow the superannuated pro
fessors of the University of Nebraska
to take retirement pensions from the
Carnegie foundation. At least, this is
the peculiar logic of our local demo
cratic organ.
The supreme judges have conde
scendingly permitted "Bill" Oldham
to file his suit to establish bis right to
be one of them by virtue of the com
mission signed by Governor Shallen
berger. This will give at least two
sets of lawyers a chance to earn an at
torney's fee, providing, of course, that
they are not in the case by courtesy,
offering their services for nothing,
which proviso is'almost unthinkable.
Anything to get Into the public
treasury. Why should the city treas
urer of South Omaha get a salary of
$1,200 a year out of the county for
collecting county taxes not over three
months of the year? Why should the
city treasurer of South Omaha come
In for such a hand-out any more than
the city treasurer of Florence, Valley
or Waterloo?
If there is any argument for abol
ishing the county comptrollership as
an independent audit office, the sam
argument can be applied with equal
force to the abolition of the city comp
trollership, except that th county,
comptroller happens to be a republican
and the city comptroller a democrat.
The Nevada legislature has cen
sured President Roosevelt for oppos
ing the anti-Japanese bills pending in
the California legislature. ' Any time
Nevada has no troubles of its own it
hurries over to th nearest neighbor
and negotiates a loan of some.
Seventeen senators remained to lis
ten to all of Senator "Jeff" Davis'
speech predicting a civil war if the
stock exchanges are ' not put out of
business. Mr. Carnegie should for
ward seventeen of his hero medals to
Washington without delay.
If a republican legislative commit
tee had hired a lawyer to help draft
a bill the" opposition press would Im
mediately shout. "What is the matter
with the attorney general? Isn't he
paid to be the state's law officer and
legal council?"
The Douglas delegation will with
draw the charter amendment designed
to deprive Omaha of its right to tai
and regulate its local franchlsed cor
porations. The cloud on tha Omaha
horizon must be visible at Lincoln.
Mr. Bryan again reiterates thst
democratic prospects for y 111! ar
growing brighter snd brighter. If our
memory does not fall, Mr. Brysn said
something of the same kind about
democratic prospects for 1896, snd
about democratic prospects for 10,
snd about democratic prospects for
104, snd about democratic prospects
for 19p8.
President Roosevelt has been of
fered 8 fortune to head a Wild West
show for thirty weeks. He has been
with the congressional show so long,
however, that he is going to the jun
gles for a rest. 1
An eastern railroad bas ordered
8,000 all-steel freight cars. The
freight must be protected, even if pas
sengers are compelled to ride in all
wood cars that suffer most In case of
collision. -
A Brownsville compromise satisfac
tory to both. President Roosevelt and
Senator Foraker Is now proposed.
When that goes through it will ' be
hard to believe that oil and water will
not mix.
Democrat a Reformers.
Indianapolis News.
The Democrats as reformers of their per
ennial error are like tha repeaters at the
old-time mourners' bench. They llv In
In that they may have th credit of seek
ing grace. ,
Wherein the Clack Loom,
Washington Herald.
A Tennessee juryman recently told th
presiding Judge to "go to the devil," where
upon the judga told the juryman , to go to
Jail. And the pretty part of the story is
the Juryman went and the Judge didn't.
Marvelous change of. Tone.
Kansas City Btar.
The proposition to have the state of Mis
souri regulate and control the managemnt
of the Standard Oil company would cer
tainly be spoken of as "popullstlc". and "so
cialistic" did it not come from the able
Standard Oil attorneys themselves.
Only fteed av Chance.
Springfield Republican.
The Eskimo lad whom Perry brought
home after his last Arctic expedition is now
a student at Manhattan college In New
York, where he showa no sign of belong
ing to an inferior race. The backward
races only need to -foe given a chance in life.
Advertising; Their Incapacity.
San Francisco Chronicle.
When the propriety of retrenching is sug
gested to congressmen they shrug their
shoulders and ask wher tha cutting shall
begin. It is not their business to .retort
by asking their critics hard questions.
They are paid good, fat salaries for solv
ing problems like those of making both
ends meet,' and when they fail to do ao
they advertise their Incapacity.
An Esmnpl for Jingoes.
New York Tribune.
The speech of the Japanese foreign min
ister was admirable, in tone and substance,
and no part of it was more admirable than
that relating to America. The imperial gov-
ernmeni. he declared, was relying upon the
sense of Justice of the American neonln
and the friendly disposition of th federal
government. Surely it would bo a discredlt-
aoio tning to this country to Intimate that
such reliance was 111 placed.
Crncl Irony of Fate.
St. Ivouls Republic.
Th case of Governor Cosernve nt wh.
Ington, who sought .the offlc fnr iwentv
yeare and now finds at hi health re
quite mm 10 resin ror an indefinite time
In a warmer climate, is almost a pathetlo
a that of James Buchanan, whn uiirht
the presidency of th United States for
twenty years and won It only after he had
ceased to car for it. when all tha friends
h had hoped to reward were dead and all
me enemies h had marked for punishment
had become his friends.
Safeguarding Health of Soldier,
Springfield Republican.
While vaccination as a preventive of
typhoid fever has been adopted by the med
ical corps of the regular army, no officer
or soldier will be required to submit to the
treatment Against his will. The new de
parture was recommended, by a special
board of eminent medical expert, and
laboratories for th preparation of' th
serum are to be established at Fort Leav
enworth, Kan., th Presidio in San Fran
cisco and also at Manila. An effort will
be made by means of lectures to set be
fore the soldier the advantages of such a
simple and easy way of escaping one of
th most dreaded of camp diseases.
HAHRIMAN l.V . y. CENTRAL,
Said to Represent Only One-Third In
terest la the Property.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Th long-expected and much-talked of
took place yesterday. Edward H Harriman
was chosen to a seat in th board of direc
tors of the New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad company. Mr. Harriman
has been credited for many years with the
ambition to hav a vole in those councils;
indeed, with even the higher ambition to
control tha great system. What the end
will be, lime will disclose. As yet, at least,
the Vanderbllt interesta and their allies
are in control.
The Union Pacific, of which Mr. Harri
man la the representative, owns $14,000,000
of stock of the Central, and he himself and
allies own much more. Cut their holdings
do not exceed a thiid of the whole Issue.
Nor An the Vanderbilts, In all their
branches, hold in excess of one-third. J. P.
(Morgan- la th trustee for targe foreign
holdings. As a Vanderbllt ally, together
with the proxies of the amall holder who
hav for years trusted th Vandeibilt man
agement, he ha given the majority control
to th Vanderbllt. It would, therefore.
appear that tha balance qf power Is In the
hands of J. P. Morgan. A large part of
Wall street believes this. A larger part
e in Mr. Harrlman's entrance his event
ual control.
It Is not forgotten' In Wail street that
when Mr. Harriman obtained control of
th Union Paclflo It was with the Intention
of selling It to th Vanderbllt Interests, as
completing a great transcontinental chain
of railroads, from ocean to ocean. That
die did not take place. The conservatism
of the Vanderbilts pi evented it. Mr. Har
riman Is nothing if not tenacious in his
purposes. He haa never dropped the idea
of auch transcontinental plan. The union
of -the roads under the Vanderbllt control
tha Chicago A Northwestern, the Lake
Shore A Michigan Southern and th New
York Central with th Union Paclflo would
mak It. It 'I argued that Mr. Harriman
haa never abandoned his plan. In the de
velopment of tlni a new line, competing
with the Central road, has become Impos
sible, because of the cost of terminal lu
New York. So a union wlih'tlie Ceutral Is
absolutely necessary to the achievement of
the long-cherished plan.
The election of Mr. Harriman to a seat
In tb board of th Central la, it Is ar
gued, tb last step in this achievement. It
may be, but it is a fcict that at present
th Central Is organised In tb InUrast of
th Vsnderbilt control. What may vn
tual at th clos of another year wlU b
known then, and nut befora,
OTHER I.A1DS THA Ol R.
Practically everyone of th world powrs
profesa to be peacefully disposed. Each
would readily decrease Its military and
naval establishments if this or that neigh
boring powers would consent to be trans
lated from the pugilistic to the molly
ro1die clans. While national bullies ar
strutting about, seeking to devour the in
offensive, self-preservation requires that
the pescef ully-J;sposed keep their guns
handy and their powder dry. Tills was tha
spirit of an address recently delivered be
fore a military company at Halifax by
.Mr. Haldane, the British secretary of war.
Discussing and explaining the steadily
growing burden of the British naval and
military establishments, he said that th
state of mind of the British public which
had no desire to go to war with anybody
and only asked to be left In peace, was
the Impelling motive for enlarging both
arms of the service. Peaceful Great Britain
looks at her neighbors and' finds -every one
of them of Importance a vast military
camp. France and Germany have each
have 600,000 men under arms all the time,
with four If not rive times that number In
trained reserve ready on ahort notlc to
bring th firing line up to between 1MO,000
and 1.000,000 effective. Austria and Italy
hav systems numerically only Inferior to
France and Germany. Russia ha reorgan
ised Its army and Its soldiers ar con
servatively estimated at 1,300,000 men on a
peace footing. Looking over th armed
camp of Europe the loyal Briton asks,
"What 'av we?" Mr. Haldane said It was
the purpose of the government to bring tho
British military establishment up to an ef
fective fighting force of 800,000. With each
nation on Its own reservation parading
with a chip on Its shoulder, the bankers
of the world, who. furnish th sinews of
war, must exercise an ever-increasing pres
sure to avert a clash.
Russia scores a diplomatic triumph In
effecting a settlement of the Bulgarian
trouble satisfactory to all concerned. When
the Bulgarians severed the link, nominally
binding them to the Ottoman empire, they
took control of so much of the oriental
railroad as traversed Bulgaria, th owner
ship of which was vested In Turkey. Bul
garia agreed to pay $16,000,000 for the con
fiscated property. Turkey insisted on $2t,
000,000. While both parties were haggling,
Bulgaria threatened to smash the conceit)
of th powers, paraded an opera bouffe
army on tha Turkish frontier and boldly
declared Its readiness to swim in Moham- j
medan gore rather than give up another
plaster. At this point Russia stepped in
with a unique proposal. Bulgaria shall pay
an indemnity, not to Turkey, tout to Rus
sia, and Russia shajl relieve Turkey of the
need of paying fifteen annual Installments
of the Indemnity due on account of the
war of 1876-7. Bulgaria will pay $1.000,000
In fifteen annual installments, with Inter
est, and Turkey will have remitted $24,
000,000 In fifteen years, without interest.
The latter secures less than demanded in
the loss of Interest, and th former pays
more than Is, desired in paying interest
Russia recoups Itself with the Interest
Bulgaria will pay, and Increase substan
tially its grip on the young buffer na
tion. . " .
While browsing around Berlin In search
of recreation or comlo opera color. George
Ad permitted himself to be interviewed
and expressed sentiments which usually
provoke a duel, a peril he averted by
cleverly ducking. Th modem Aesop re
marked that "next to being an Englishman
he would rather be a German officer than
anything In the world." 'When asked to
show cause for giving German officers
second rank, the ready wit of the Indiana
farrrer saved his faje. "I merely meant
to express by Implication," he said, "a
firm belief that the Englishman Is the
mrst fortunate being In the universe, be
cauFe 'he nwer has even a glimmering
doubt as to th superiority of himself' or
his English cnvlornment. Some ' people
travel to learn comparative values. The
Englishman travels In order to corroborate
hi Ingrown belief that verything un
British Is Incorrect. That Is why I envy
him. I should like to wear a tweed suit
that bunched in th neck and bagged at
th knee and still feel serenely confident
tl at I was well dreteed. I should Ilk to
feel assured that th best seat next to th
window and all of th luggage racks were
mine by divine right." After having his
deliverance accurately translated and ab
sorbed by hi hearers, the American author
snd tourist was cheered as only Berliner
cheer and was treated to th beat In the
rathskeller.
What purports to be a vindication of th
German emperor with reapret to th auth
orship of the famous Kruger telegram of
January 3, 1896, appear In an official book
just published In Berlin. The telegram In
question congratulated President Kruger
on successfully repelling the notorious
Jameson raid, by which the English mining
interest sought to overthrow th govern
ment of the Boers. The. Berlin publication
assert that the telegram was the work of
th German foreign office, and that while
the emperor objected to it he allowed Vm
self to be overruled. Th explanation la
Intended to reflect on the diplomatic skill
of the foreign office, and relieve th em
pereor of th charge of raahness. Tn th
emperor's now famous London Interview
he admitted that while his sympathies were
British, the sympathies of the German peo
ple were strongly pro-British. An indirect
apology for congratulating th Boer for
repelling what th world condemned as a
raid born of gread ts not happy way of
restoring th prestige of th kaiser.
A correspondent of a London paper, who
had been investigating the political situa
tion in South Africa, asserts that the
propesed union of the colonies will not be
effected unless Pretoria is selected a the
capital. The common argument there is:
"We have nothing to gain from unifica
tion, having bumper surpluses and compar
ative prosperity, whereas In unification we
must share these riches (derived almost
solely from our mines) with other, dis
tressed cr lonks. The only possible advan
tage to the Transvaal would be to possess
the capital, and therefore, unless we get
that, we won't accept unification." Thla Is
the general view of the matter, but another
point Is made by some of th older Boer
settlers, who a; "W feel here that for
years w have been unsettled snd inter
fered with by various 'extraneous influ
ences, and we want peace, which we shall
not get if w are once more ruled from
Cape Town. Therefore. If we must liav
unification, we must still keep the govern
ment st Pretoria." It is said that General
Botha fully realise thla tron feeling
among r is peP'. a"4 tim " th lnflunc
of the Trvsl delegation will b ex
orcised to mak Pretoria the capital, what
ever advantages In other way may i
offered by th other claimants.
A quaint touch of Oriental Ingenuity to
harass the persistent users of opium has
been Invented by the superintendent of
police st Canton, says th London Lancet s
correapondent In China. Thi official haa
Issued 80.000 wooden licenses, ten Inches
long by eight Inch broad and thro
fifth of an men thick. On th front of
the boards ar ch"'"rs giving th
Absolutely Poro
Economizes flour, butter and eggs ;
makes the biscuit, cake and pas
try more appetizing, nutritious
and wholesome.
Royal Is the Only Baking Powder
Xfade from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar
It Has No Substitute
inert art Alum and Phosphite ofUm mixtures soldst
a lower price, but no housekeeper cejardlnt; the
health ef her family can afford to use them
Alum ts a metallic acid of well knows Injurious proper
tlea. Makers of cheap baking- powder conceal its ue
smoker's name and address, and th quan
tity allowed him per diem, and on th back
are the . opium regulations. The licensees
are not allowed to cover their boards when
going to buy opium, but must wear them
conspicuously so that all may sea them.
Next year these wooden licenses are to be
two feet long by one and a half broad and
three-fifths of an Inch thick.
POLITICAL DRIFT. !!"'
Vice President Fairbanks promises to
give a consolation dinner to all th repub
lican statesmen of Indiana who fell outside
th breastworks last November.
Mayor Hlbbard of Boston Is one of th
few executives who has made good, lie
promised on the stump that he would re
duce the expenses of the city $1,000,000 the
first year of his administration, lie did.
Boms of the stalwart opponents of Gov
ernor Hughe of New York are sorely per
plexed. It was reported In the camp of
tb kickers that th governor reads Epio
tetua at midnight. Thereupon couriers were
sent abroad to learn, "Who the devil Is
Eplctetu?" j
In consenting to a recount of the vote of
Missouri cast In November democrats were
brought face to face with the unwelcome
fact that the republican candidate for lieu
tenant governor was honestly elected, tie
was installed in office before the show
mes recovered from their surprise.
After much cogitation and exercise of
gray matter th aldermen of Chicago
boosted: their salaries to $3,000 a year, ef
fective after the spring election. Holdover
members, barred by law from direct par
ticipation In the salary grab, ar soothed,
by a provision giving them "secretaries,"
who will be paid th difference between the
new and th old, rate.
At a special election at Los Angeles this
week amendments to th charter were
adopted enabling th city to acquire and
operate public utilities, and for -consolidation
of adjoining villages. At the same ex
position of public sentiment th voters sat
down heavily on proposed lnoreaaes of
salaries of city officials and rejected
amendments extending tha life of publlo
franchises from twenty-five to thirty-five
years.
When the court of last resort comes to
deeld "whst Is whisky?" a helpful hint
may b had from the bill of a Colorado
lawmaker defining a ."highball." According
to this authority, a highball is "a kind of
sanguree, good for ague and distemper, and
so harmless that a child may drink It
some .of it after h haa grown up." An
amendment to the definition offered by a
Leadvlll expert declare th highball Is
V.n emollient for a dry and Irritated
throat, which may be applied with a
feather, but usually Is not." Every little
help th world's enlightenment
Good, FicJkimgs
In our boys' and children's department, second"
floor. We have got together 228 garments from different
lines that are odds and ends from the best selling styles
. and we wish to closa them out. '
We have placed them on sale at the following-clean
up prices:
LOT NO. 1.
14 Children's Overcoats, sizes 2 to 5 years, that formerly sold
up to $5.00; your choice go 05
LOT NO. 2k
2) Children's Overcoats, sises 24 to 8 years, that sold up to $9.00-
'J w will close out at 95 00
' LOT NO. 8.
i Boys' Two-Piece Straight Pants Suits, sizes 10 to 16 years
formerly sold up to 110.00, plain blue and fancy patterns'
ch0,c . $3.75
LOT NO 4.
61 Boys' Knickerbocker Suits, sises 10 to 16 years.lblues and fancy
patterns, sold up to 112.60; to close J q jq
LOT No. 5. , '
17 Boys' Overcoats, sizes 10 to
while they last your choice
LOT
47 Boya' Overcoats, sizes to
$15.00; sale price
ISrQwningJting
JFUlf WITH THB TAG OX,
"No matter how they fl it. there wllr
always be scandalous Vaik about tba Pan
am a canal."
"Why so?"
"Because It Is work whose very nature
Is to make people throw dirt.14 Baltimore
American.
"Do you think alienist's testimony proves
anything!1" asked on lawyer.
"Y,'r answered th other "at a glance
It shows conclusively the aid by which he
was retained." Washington fkaa,
rWhat fa thn sis of your large Tnen'a '
handkerchlefsf' ask th ahoppen,
"They are just the same suse as the smalt
men's handkerchiefs, madam.' explains the)
affable salesperson. Tha sice of the man;
doesn't make any difference) In his $and
kerchief." Judge.
"Papa Is going to marry again.
"Aren't you sorry, girlT"
"Not altogether. Ha was getting; fceyoni
my control." Philadelphia, Ledger.
Timid Matt of the UousaMy wtfej vanls
a plain cook, pleaaa.
Manager-Httre's Just tba right Oao tot
you. sin, i
T. K O. 1 M. Csttrttng beckr-COt. o( ,
than plain! iBalttmor American,
A tramp sat by the roadside cMrinaej
heavy rain, calmly eating; hi dinner
"Why don't you seek analter, OilrLft ,
asked a passerby.
"Fore of habit, my fiend. In my palmjf-''
day I wa a famous diner-out," wait the
reply Harper's Weekly.
"I was Jnst reading- of a man wftci act
hen that can sing; another man, ha aj ;
hen that whistles . and. tmltaUs various)
birds."
"I don't oars for thes vaudevUJa hensL '
X hen should stick to the legit. avodLJax
egs-s,"-Kar.sa city Journal T '
TWO BO VS. ' : ' - V
Washington etanA -
Atonsrt 1 j JikeOy boyj toe's full of mental
grace ' .
He keeps a-thtwlrr rem ef thought pro '
musu'ou 'round the, place.
An' strive with m an mother (a a roan
iter moat polite
To get ua to take notice wtoen our grammas
isn't tight.
Ha shave at least throo thnea bj weekl
Alotiso's mighty neat.
An' he's expert In tils judg-mens subeut
thing that' grood to eat ,
His brother's kind o different. Ho ain't
built much fur show,
Bill saw an" splits tha firewood an ha
Shovel off th snowi
The sewing circle compliments th family
now and t V. an
About Alonso; ayin' he's th nicest of
J uung IIICIU
But as fur me an mother, wo lea do
1 Tin mnt . will
Defying neighbors' comment. We are mighty
We like- to hear th tompln of his feet
out In tha shed:
We like to hear hi lmio-Mn
hollerln' to be fed.
It ain't right to bo partial, but our hearts
Fur the boy that npliu th firewood an
" v "vriB uu mo snow.
14 years, sold for $10 snd Its Kn
I J. 7?'
NO. .
16 years, formerly sold 112 r.n
....$8 50
It. S. WILCOX, Manager. .
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