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    THE BKE: OMAIIA. THIJHSPAY, AIMUt. 29. 191)9.
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' pererllr eaaald keve The Baa
- Mai lad tkoaa. Aadrcsa will hm
chafed aa aftea aa raaaad.
Some senator should make haste to
introduce an amendment to the tariff
bill putting gentle spring on the free
Hat. 1 .
, Just to emphasize the difference,
Lincoln, proposes to move Its lld-clos-ipg
hour up to ,6:30 o'clock of the
evening.
.'When a New York society Item Is
headed "Two souls made happy" you
have two guesses whether It Is a wed
Aliug or a divorce. -
The democratic council candidates
for re-election, are all for an occupa
tion tax on the franchlsed corpora
tionsbut not now.
The arrest recently of four Seattle
dentists disclosed the fact that not one
of them had . pull enough to square
things with the police Judge.,
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The late emperor of China has had
six. funerals and still has some more
coming. Just think of such an oppor
tunity for congressional junketers.
The pictures of the presidents of the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
past and present, would indicate there
was nothing doing for he lightweight
clasq.
New York waiters are discussing the
question of asking an Increase of sal
ary coupled with refusal to receive
tips. . Get your ascension robes ready
for the millennium.
The- Tennessee court has decided
the public has had enough of the
Cooper case If the defendants have not
and 'denied a new trial. Courts are
sometimes merciful.
A New York showman has offered
the deposed sultan of Turkey S 10,000
a week.- The sultan would have a
hsrd time of tt keeping his forty wives
on that amount of stage money.
Brooklyn school boys have volun
teered to protect a companion threat
ened by the Black Hand. When the
American boy starts out to do things
It behooves even the bad man to take
notice.
Now,' Mr. World-Herald, If you were
only, willing to admit it, don't you
really believe that Omaha's good name
throughout the land would be immeas
urably Improved If our people would
discard their cowboy mayor?
' There is nothing to prevent candl
dates running by petition for any of
fice on the ticket, but the man who
runs by petition for police commls-
loner Is In the same boat as the man
who runs by petition for mayor.
' A Kansas -man has been sent to
prison for signing his wife's name to
love letters. The average woman does
not. need any help In that line and the
husband displayed gross Ignorance
when he essayed to counterfeit the leal
thing- '
And what about the 1500,000 of
past due tiydrant rentals, bearing 7 per
cent interest! If we must raise the
money to pay this debt by selling
bonds, why is no such bond proposi
tion submitted by the Water board
at the Impending election?
Rest sure that there was nothing
nonpartltan about the late democratic
legislature Every law U passed with
any bearing on politics was dellber-
ately designed to build up the dera-
ocratle machine in this state and en-
trench tha democrats in power,
Yale Abdul Hamid.
With the forced abdication or the
Turkish sultan, Abdul Harold, passes
permanently, In all probability from
public life, one of the moat remark
able men of hie time. All humanity
will hope that with htm goes a etate of
affairs which no one less resourceful
could have perpetuated to Ion;. He
has lived up to the) reputation of his
predecessors on the Ottoman throne
for cruelty and oppression and In spite
of the united protests of the civilised
world bat pursued his career with no
terlout checks until the leaven of en
lightenment performed Us work
through the medium of his own peo
ple. '
Under the absolutism which has
prevailed In Turkey under Abdul
Hamid It would be too much. to e
pect that his successor could do much
toward the uplift of his country, for
he has been a prisoner within palace
wallt for twenty-five years and out of
touch with the world. The real future
of Turkey lies In the progressive ele
ment which has broken down the bar
riers of prejudice and opened the
doors of liberty and progress to a
downtrodden and oppressed people.
The evolution of a nation cannot be
accomplished In a day or a year. The
atrocities born of fanaticism and
Ignorance cannot be stopped by the
mere deposition of the old sultan, but
the revolution, if It maintains Itself,
will have opened the door to modern
thought and progress and the chance
t least is offered to the people of Tur-
key to catch the step of the twentieth
century.
The Spirit of Appomattox.
President Taft took occasion at the
Union League club banquet at Phila
delphia to reiterate his belief that the
time wat opportune to bring about a
change In political conditions In the
south, and also that he - appreciated
the fact that opposition was to be ex
pected from those who In a political
way reap a benefit from the continued
dominance of sectionalism. In mak
ing his announcement he gave credit
for the idea to two men who In their
day were the Idols of north and south
and whose memory Is now cherished
on both sides of Mason and Dixon's
line Grant and Leel Gifted by a
foresight and a genuine patriotism in
advance of their day, these two lead
ers of the great struggle foresaw that
Its termination should have been the
settlement of the controversy, but It
hat taken two generations to educate
the people to the point of seeing
clearly what they then perceived.
Time has effaced the bitterness of
that titanic struggle, and if Mr. Taft
can bring about the complete oblitera
tion of sectional lines be will have per
formed a Service scarcely less valuable
to his country than did the military
genius of Grant In his day.
Mr. Taft was careful to point out
that , It Is not desirable that there
should be unanimity of political
thought among the people of the na
tion, but that no geographical bound
ary should 'differentiate political
thought. Just at present, when there
are no great Issues which stir the pas
sions Of the people, such a division is
not so harmful, but with the advent
of differences of a more excittng na
ture sectional solidarity presents ele
ments of grave danger. Now that the
national spirit embraces the length
and breadth of the land,' why should
not our political ideas .be as' uni-
.a
versally diffused?
With Mr. Taft'a administration the
spirit of Appomattox promises to come
to fuH fruition.
Carrie Nation' Retires.
That there was method In the mad
ness of jCarrle Nation is now apparent.
If there were ever any Inclined to
doubt it. The apostle , of temperance
whose trademark was a hatchet and
whose sign manual was a broken bar
mirror has accumulated enough money
by the sale of souvenirs to buy a fruit
farm in Arkansas and as the Interest
lu her perfomances has subsided to a
point where It no tonger pays, she Is
subsiding to engage in the quiet avoca
tion of marketing the big red apple.
Carrie was the product of the days
when there was really something the
matter with Kansas, which evolved
whiskered and suckles statesmen,
freak legislation and Carrie Nation as
an anti-climax. Kansas has recovered
and its staple crops of the present day
are wheat, corn, cement and natural
gat. The state has become too tame
for the hatchet . wlelder, and what
more natural than that when going
Into retirement she should settle in
Arkansas, where Senator Jeff Davis
can relieve any tendency to ennui
which the quiet of rural life might en
gender.
public Eight! in Private Property
The supreme court of Maine has
handed down a decision which. If gen
erally accepted, is destined to play a
large part In the future of the coun
try. It involves the cutting of timber
on private land and the court has held
that the undisputed owner of the prop
erty does not have the right to denude
it of timber and leave the watershed
bare. Such a policy, announced and
enforced fifty years ago, would have
been the solution of some of the most
vital problems of the present day, but
It evidently required the object lesson
of necessity to illumine the Judicial
mind and create a sentiment to uphold
such a declaration.
The decision, It is true, only ex-
tends the application of long recog
nlied principles of law which found
their first voice In the right of eminent
domain and Is the outgrowth of the
universally recognized fact that as
population becomes more dense and
civilization developa the social fabric
becomes more complex and free action
of the Individual Is necessarily circumscribed.
Personal 'pleasure or profit Is no
longer supreme, but must yield at the
point where It conflicts with the wel
fare of the mass.
The universal application of the
principle that the owner must care for
and preserve within reasonable bounds
the natural resource entrusted t hta
care would be a broad and certain
foundation for permanent greatness
and prosperity and would pay In good
measure the debt which the present
owes to the future Instead of over
drawing the account, as has been the
policy of the past.
Pratt for City Attorney.
Everybody knows that the present
city attorneyship fell to the present
incumbent three years ago purely by
accident. Had anybody had any notion
that the democratic candidate would
win out there would have been real
competition between the strong law
yers on the democratic side of the
fence.
The voters now have an opportunity
to replace the accidental city attorney
with a lawyer of professional standing
and ability by giving their preference
to Nelson C. Pratt, who is running for
that office as the republican nominee.
Mr. Pratt will be able to look after the
city' legal affairs and direct his sub
ordinates In the law department for
himself and give sound advice to the
different city officials who need guid
ance as to their authority and duties.
The city of Omaha, as a municipal
corporation, represents property values
aggregating $150,000,000, with an In
come and outgo exceeding11,000,000
annually, and should command the
best legal talent that the salary at
taching to the city attorneyship will
command. Strictly as a business
proposition, Mr. Pratt should be
elected city attorney.
Auto Speeding.
With the advent of the flowers that
bloom in the spring, the automobiles
are blossoming out In Omaha In un
precedented numbers and the mania
for dangerous apeedlng through the
crowded city ttreets Is again being
manifested. In the most aggravated
form. Some of the old offenders are
resuming operations and the ambition
of the possessor of a new machine
seems to be to outdo the experienced
scorchers.
The season Is yet young and the
number of accidents small, but unless
a brake is put on auto speeding In
Omaha our list of casualties will be
something appalling before many
months roll around. The speed limit
fixed by our ordinances Is now alto
gether too high and ought to be cut
down and then be strictly enforced.
If the auto speeders will not them
selves help eradicate this evil other
people who have some rights In the
streets may be forced to extreme
measures.
Seeing i New Leader.
Governor Johnson of Minnesota,
through his friends. Is already placing
himself In line for the democratic
presidential nomination in 1912. On
every hand Is the evidence democracy
has' tired of following the leadership
apd dictation of Bryan, who has prac
tically dominated its affairs ever since
1896. The east has never been
friendly to htm, but through the Influ
ence of the northwest and the south
he has been the "paramount" figure of
the party. The early announcement of
the Johnson candidacy cannot be con
sidered seriously except as an Indica- j
tion of the determination to take time
by the forelock and forestall Mr.
Bryan's leadership in the northwest.
So far as the south is concerned,
Governor Smith of Georgia, In a re
cent address at Buffalo, gave voice to
the sentiment of that section. In com
menting on that speech the Nashville
American says:
Nothing short of a political revolution
would place him In the White House,
and while we have never Imagined that
the democrats would never elect another
president, we have been convinced since
1 NMfl that Mr. Bryan could not reach the
goal.
Itemot-racy has honored Mr. Bryan with
three nominations; It has followed hlin
loyally and enthusiastically, more so In
189 and 1S08 than In ltOO, but it haa
been long alnce realised by democrats
who observe tha trend of political senti
ment that any possibility of his election
is hopeless.
Such evidences as these are not
likely to have any effect on the cheer
ful optimism or ambition of Mr.
Bryan, but to the disinterested they
point unmistakably to his effacement
as the central figure of the democratic
party.
If, as those high priced Water board
lawyers Insist, the condition on which
the proceedings for compulsory pur
chase were instituted, limited the
price to be paid to the $3,000,000
already voted, why should they be ad
vising the people to vote $6,500,000 In
bonds at this stage of the game?
A brutal murderer was tried and
executed In Mexico the day following
the commission of the crime. Mexico
could give other countries lessons in
this respect. Summary legal Justice
in plain and aggravated cases would
be the most potent cure for the lynch
ing habit.
The British cabinet announces the
American navy Is not considered In de
termining the two-power standard.
America has a habit of minding Its own
business and John Bull has discovered
that all that It necessary Is to heed the
"Keep off the grass" sign.
Mayor "Jim" has put all Mawyers
forever out of the running for mayor.
The late Charles H. Brown ran for
mayor jot Omaha on the democratic
ticket; so did William 8. Porpleton:
and Ed P. Smith was once talked of
for the democratic nomination. It's up
to all the democratic lawyers, how
ever, to scratch the mayor's office off
their list.
When the students of Drake univer
sity look at their annual they can form
a good Idea of what a Russian paper
loolca ITke after Oie censor hat had tils
say. They also know the result of
getting gay with the faculty. Of
course, In this instance no one will
ever know what was cut out of the
Issue.
Another trade excursion Is soon to
go out to cultivate friendly relations
between Omaha and Interior cities and
towns in Nebraska. We sincerely hope
it may help counteract the antag
onisms and prejudices engendered by
the work of the Douglas delegation In
the late legislature.
Parsing- the Party.
Pittsburg Dlsptach.
Between Mr. Waitereon ruling rertntn
claeeea of people out of the democarcy and
Mr. Bryan applying the same discipline
to other, that party seems fully protected
from the danger of having too many votes.
The Retort t'oarteoaa.
Brooklyn EglP.
Mr. Bryan Is convinced that Mr. Dickin
son la no democrat because he associates
with republicans. Mr. Dickinson, with
more plausibility, might Insist that Mr.
Bryan Is no democrat because he hs fellow-shipped
with populists.
The Coming Arla1vrats.
8t Louie Republic.
What s the matter with the prices of all
sorts of victuals? Do they keep on climb
ing because middlemen are working the
market, or does it simply mean that th
time la coming fajt when the erstwhile
horny-handed farmer and the woman with
a hen will be the only rear aristocrats
In thla country?
Jnrrlnaj Popular Notions.
Baltimore American.
The attitude of women for a purer
standard of government Is somewhat as
sailed by the report from New York of
over tl.OOn.ono worth of Parisian gowns
being smuggled Into the 1'nlted Btates.
But the feminine conscience, versus the
feminine toilet, appears to yield about the
same moral results as the msscullne con
science versua masculine politics.
A Reformer with n Messaae.
Philadelphia Press.
Cole Younger, the Missouri desperado,
who haa been pardoned from the peni
tentiary, is to .lecture on "lessons That
Might Be Drawn From My Past Life."
This eminent authority on holding up
trains and robbing banks, who served his
apprenticeship with Jesse James, wvre
well advised 'to draw the lesson that
obscurity la the best policy for a released
criminal of his ' atrocious type. He was
lucky to escape the hangman, and the
other lessons of his past life may well be
spared by tha world.
Tillman's Visit to the President.
Charleston News and Courier.
Prealdent Taft Is wise enough, we be
lieve, to consider Benator Tlllm.tn's llmlta
tlona when he weighs the senator s words.
The remark of, the senator, after visiting
the president, ," waited until a. gentleman
got here," lnrexplanatlon of the visit, was
In execrable taste and was calculated to
emharrnss Mr. Taft, who Is the intimate
personal and political friend of ex-President
Roosevelt. But Senator Tillman did not
think of that. The senator saye a great
many things without thinking, and It Is
hoped that Mr. Taft will overlook the oc
casional lack of delicacy cf the senator.
The president Should strive to keep In mind
the senator's .rugged honesty and other
primal Virtues, which are quite Impressive.
FLATTERED BY IMITATION.
Aa
Infrlnaeaient of the
Bnrkett
t'opyrlxat..
New York Sun.
If the Mothers' day resolution introduced
In the Minnesota legislature by an auda
cious Imitator of the Hon. Klmer Jacob
Burkett aver re-'np Governor Johnson we
shall be curious to see what that good son
and sensible man does with it.
The resolution, with a lachrymose pre
amble, calla upon , the governor to desig
nate a day to be observed as a public holi
day when the people of Minnesota shall
set motherhood on a pedestal and cele
brate their debt to it, which Repreaentatlve
Lewis C. Spooner, the copyright Infringer,
avers that "mankind can never pay."
When Mr. Uurkett of Nebraska proposed
In tha aenate, a year ago. that "Sunday,
May 10, be recognised as Mothers' day and
that It be observed as such by the members
and offlcera and employes of the United
States senate wearing a white flower In
honor of their mothere" all the old men In
the aenate fell upon the Tupperlan Burkett
with sarcasms so crude and rasping that
ha literally howled fpr mercy. Some
aenators were visibly hurt by the imputa
tion that they did not think enough of
their mothers and to prove themselves
good sons they paid unfaltering tributes
to their fathers, too. Was It not that ex
eellent man Mr. Teller who quoted Beau-
mont and Fletcher'a "Laws of Candy:"
It were a aln against the piety
Of filial duty if I should forget
The debt I owe my father.
We distinctly remember that Mr. Fulton
of Oregon, whose wit Is wielded tike a
bludgeon, proposed a mother-in-law's day
In Justice to a cruelly misunderstood In
stltution. There were no symbolical flowers
in the lanela of elderly senators on the
8unday In question and doutbless the Hon
Elmer Jacob Burkett learned the lesson
nut to give his seniors kindergarten In
struction In the household virtues
Tha Minnesota resolution Is not floral,
but festival that la to aay, It dedicates
fixed and entire day to liquidating the
debt that Mlnnetana owe to their
mothera. We know how It would be spent.
as all American holidays are In sports of
tha season. Into which filial sons are wont
to throw ao much energy that there la
no room In their souls for anything else
If there Is to be such a holiday Governor
; Johnson
III win the esteem of his people
I If ha designates a tlav M the neight of
the baae ball season.
But we hope th governor will not suc
cumb. Manifestly one more holiday would
be necessary, and perhaps enough to re
fleet tha attachment that should exlat in
every well regulated family for all blood
relations. In the daya of the elder atates
mo. Ben Franklin, John Adams and the
like, tha people were not under auspiclon
of Ignoring their parents. Filial sentiment
waa taken for granted. No one proposed
Mothers' day tj tan it into animation. Bu
in a day when all the vlrtuea are tlagel
tated from aun to sun and the command
ments are in a chronic state of being
discovered with shouts from tiie housetop
I nothing but original sin is taken fo
I granted.
Around New York
SUpalea ea the Owrrest ef Ufa
as la the Oreat Aaaerteaa
fetrowoUa front Xay a Say,
The big city la planning to pull off a
celebration next September In honor of
tha discovery of the Hudson river by Hen-drlck-Hudson,
and the Inception of steam
navigation by Robert rulton, which will
cost much more money than the authori
ties are disposed to put up. Managers of
tha celebration have received J4,nno from
the city, but Insist on getting $2,000,000 for
a blowout that will be worth while. The
various expenses are thue Itemised: Aero
nautics, I15.0QO; art and historical exhibits.
I2R.00O. Including 15,000 for the Metropoli
tan Museum Art exhibit; aquatic sports,
115, (Oa, for launches, prises, headquarters,
etc.; poster design, )500; badges and flags.
X4.5O0; official banquet, 15,000.
The carnival and historical parades will
take I190.&50, Including tha elaborateness
of this part of the event. Items In this
total Include 146.000 for a repetition of both
parades In Brooklyn.
Children's festivals will take tlO.ODO. The
building of the replica of the steamboat
Clermont will cost InO.Ofy); a tug and launch
for two weeks for the Clermont, 110.000;
decoration and reviewing stands, $36,000;
transporting troops and other expenses of
like nature, $3,000. and general commemo
rative exercises, $6,000. The Half Moon
replica of Hendrik Hudson's boat, which
tha Dutch are building, will not require any
outlay; but to entertain the Dutch dele
gates will mean tfi.ooo. with $;.8C0 more for
a steamboat and tug.
Historical resesrch Is costing $6,000. For
hospitality the expenses are estimated to
be $100,000, for official guests, carriages,
tc.
Illuminations will require nearly $100,000.
Lectures and stereopticon views will need
at least $10,000.
For celebration medals $10,250 will be
spent
It will take $25,000 for the National guard
parade and the same for other
troope.
music festivals will cost $l6.ono, the naval
" band for the aged bride, a he having been
A bargain rush and riot In Brooklyn last ' married twice to one of her previous hus
Frlday waa the hardest proposition the ' bands.
police of the borough had to handle for
many a year. The trouble was caused by
liberally advanced sales by rival 6 and lu
cent stores located within a few doors of
each other. These sales were advertised
to begin at 8:30 o'clock. But long before.
o'clock women began to arrive and
crowd about the unopened stores. Women
from every quarter of town arrived to swell
the crowd. Some were hatless and otherg
came with sleeves rolled un. as thouan
they had Just left their day'a work for a
few minutes that they might profit by
the bargains offered. The stores were sell
ing umbrellas for 5 cents, men's overalls
nd waah boilers for 10 cents. Other bar
gains equally attractive were offered.
When the doora opened the women wrrtl
rush forced their way Into tha stores.
So great was the crush from those who
were struggling to be among the first to
gain entrance that scores of women fell
In a faint and were trampled by the women
who followed.
Police reserves were called out to quell
tho riot. The mounted men rods through
the crowd, and by using their clubs tha
other policemen were finally able to force
the women back.
8o many women fainted or were other
wise overcome by the crush within the
stores that Dr. Rodderman, who arrived
with the ambulance from the Bushwlck
hospital, realised that he could not minister
to all of the Injured. The ambulance waa
sent back to the hospital on the run and ad
ditional surgeons were brought.
Those women who arrived early . and
made their purchases had Just as much
difficulty In getting out of the stores aa
they had to get In. As they streamed out
many were without hata and wraps and
their faces were scratched, but they trium
phantly carried out their bargain counter
purchases.
Surgeons of the Flower hovpltal have
Just effected a remarkable cure of a patient
suffering with a malignant tumor by means
of the injection of gelatin Impregnated
with radium. Only one other similar caae
on record, according to tha hospital au
thorities, waa treated In Europe recently
by means of radium In a glass tube, which
was aewed up In the tumor. In the Flower
hoapltal case tha tumor was as large as a
grapo fruit, and waa first reduced by use
of the X-rays. Then the radio-active
gelatin was lnjocted, and at the end of five
weeksc the growth waa so materially re
duced that tha patient was allowed to go
home. It Is expected that he will recover,
although the tumor was In the abdomen,
and his death was expected six months ago.
No official report has been made on the
case, nor has the name of the patient been
made. He is a well-to-do resident of West
chester county, and went to the hospital
with the Idea of an operation. The history
of the case Is to be published In the official
Journal of the New York Homeopathic col
lege in a ahort time.
Mayor McClellan haa a new cure for the
grip, which he is recommending to nis
friends. The discovery Is a strong testi
monial for the medical properties of the
Nick Carter dime novels.
Tha mayor has been auffering from an
attack of the grip for several daya, but haa
remained at his desk. He found that the
combination of the malady and his work
necessitated radical measures for mental
relaxation, and hit upon the Idea of spend
ing a few hours each nay wun a volume
of Nick Carter. He found the experiment
to surpass his fondest expectations, and
told hla friends about It.
An Interesting Incident followed.
John G. Milburn, who la a close friend of
the mayor, was chatting with him the other
day, when he remarked: "I had a startling
experience with Mr. Ledyard today. He
haa been suffering from the grip for some
time, but has Insisted on remaining at
work. I went Into his office to Inquire
about hla health, and what was my sur
prise to find on his desk several volumes
of those cheap dime novels written Dy a
person named Carter. A moat startling
habit, your honor."
Yes," replied the mayor, "I sent 'eru to
him."
A candle constructed with mathematical
certainly to burn continuously nearly rive
ears Is In the possession of A. Ajello, 233
First -avenue, awaiting ma nniwvuvn ui
the widow of Joe Petroslno, the detective
assassinated in Palermo. It waa to have
been placed In tha cathedral on Mott street.
to keep alive the light or rememnrance,
but because of the dimensions and ex-
ploslv
character the determination was
Does not Color the Mairl
AYCR'S HAIR VIGOR
Stops railing Hair An Elegant Dreaming
Destroys Dandruff Makes Hair Grow
Composed of Sulphur, Glycerin, Qulnln, Sod tuns Chlorid, Capsicum, Sage, Alcohol,
Water, Perfume. Ask your doctor his opinion of such a hair separation.
Baking Powder
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Where the finest biscuit,
. . .at M
puddings are required noyai is indispensable.
Royal is equally valuable in the preparation of plain,
substantial, cvery-day foods, for all occasions.
Royal it the only Baking Powder
made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar
made from grape
reached that It await the wishes of the
widow who probably will have It sent to
her husband's birthplace In Italy and there
enshrined, to burn until tha last particle
Is consumed. '
Tha principal material used waa Austrian
beeswax, kneaded ami tempered and mixed
with a secret Ingredient to retard combus
tion. The candle Is nine feet high and has
a circumference of three feet six Inches.
It weighs 171 pounds. From within one
foot of the tip to one foot ef the base It la
embossed with fourteen carat gold, laid on
in octuple loaf. The cost waa $450.
PERSONAL NOTES-
On the termination of suit of Samuel
Dempster of Pittsburg against Town Topics
and Colonel Mann, its editor, tn the I'nlted
Stntea circuit court,, southern district of
New York, the Jury gave the plaintiff a
verdict of $40,000. the largest verdict ever
given in a similar case.
Mrs. Polly Weed Baker, aged 7. resid-
inr v.bur. Ind.. and fli mon ft 1 1 1 r, -
pert, aged 80, an Insurance agent at Bur-
It Is
the tenth marriage and the ninth hus-
Dr. S. N. D. North, director of the cen
sus, haa excepted the Invitation to deliver
the eulogy on Carroll V. Wright, before
the American Statistical association, of
which Colonel Wright was tha president
for fourteen years, succeeding General
Francis A. Walker, director of the ninth
and tenth censuses.
Charles M. Gormly, aged 7$ years, former
secretary to Edward M. Stanton, secretary
of war under President Lincoln, died In
Pittsburg. Mr. Gormly was a member of
one of the oldest Pittsburg families, his an
cestors having settled there before the
revolution, and his great-grandfather hav.
Ing been a soldier In the revolutionary war.
If the new statute regulating automo
bile just passed by the aenate of New
York becomes a law, all speed restrictions
in that state will be abolished. Drivers of
motor cars will be held to a strict ac
counting for tha safstly of persons and
property In their course. The theory la
doubtless that no matter what speed may
prevail, the skill and discretion of the
driver are tha most important factors In
preventing accidents.
It will be two years before A. C. Dickin
son of Walla Walls, Waah.. knows how
much money too acres of land sold to
Gustav Vollmer brought. Dickinson Is to
receive for each acre 100 bushels of wheat,
and this wheat is to be delivered In two in
stallments. 10,000 bushels this fall and W.ooo
bushdla next year. According to the prea
ent prloea of wht Dickinson would get
$117.60 an acre, but the prices next year
may be as low as 0 cents a bushel.
SLAVES Or THB I'BRKAt,,
Projected All-Amerle Anti-Wheat
Mare Leagae.
Baltimore American.
Have Americans become wheat slaves?
The question bids fair to have testing In
the present emergency of that much util
ized product of the western range. It la a
serious question in several aspects. If the
myriads of China had not specialised on
rice there might not today be a yellow
peril, for It Is well understood thst the
food stuffs of a people give them their race
characteristics. If the Irish d'd not live on
potatoes-well, it might be Invidious to
point out the particular characteristic of
the Isle of the Erlners that would have
been lacking. If the Scotch had not spa
clallxed upon gruel they certainly would
nui nave Deen noted for cannlness and
Bruce and Wallace might not have been
in the Hat of their heroes.
The versatility of the American type la
not a little due to the failure of a people
possessing food opulence to specialise upon
any one ingredient. Hut the tendency has
been toward wheat, with all the perils thst
beset dependence upon e me one predomi
nant form of food stuff. The slaves of the
cereal ahould strike for their liberties at
thla auspicious hour. When tha much used
grain that has been a favorite subject for
monopoly from the time of Joseph in Egypt
Is being, held for all kind of rises by the
Chicago operstor, It Is suggested that the
people allow him to eat his wheat himself.
Graham braad and grual, with Indian
meal and corn flappers, hot pone and
hominy grits are but a few of the reliefs
open to those who In the spirit of their
revolutionary forbears rebel against unjust
taxation of a favorite food stuff. An all
American revolt from the bondnge to wheat
would bring that cereal down with a Jolt
to tha apeculators and cause the gamblers
In the commodity to beg the public to take
It off their hands at any price. Ths plsn Is
worth a trial. Who will join the sll-Amer-Ican
Anti-Wheat Slave league? Some 10.
000,000 or U.000.000 enrolled would do ths trick
for wheat and Introduce the American peo
ple to more wholesome and no less nutritive
cereals. The ball has already been set
rolling In New York.
The
French
Way,
This Chilly Weather
Is a reminder that you will need
your Jacket or overcoat for awhile
yet. Better have It eleaned and
pressed once more and look right
as well as feel right. 'Phone us
and we will aecd for It and deliver
It back again.
French Dry Cleaning Works
Fhawesi Bear- " A-tlSt
ItOt rARNAMI
cake, hot-breads, crusts or
fl) a a a a
MERRY JINGLES.
I'oreinan Where's thai new p t at
was handlln' the dynamite ai lrSlai :
Ynrrler I dunno.
Foreman Why, he waa here a ,;w min
utes ago, '
Tamer Yes. but that was twrm-e ih' ex
plosion tuk place. Cleveland l-ailiv.
"t should think bane hall mn u:i
particularly useful In th army in ncuin
wsrfsre."
"Why especially bass ball ment
"Because they would kn' w Into i;k n
others how to fight a pitched luuif."-
Baltimore American.
Father," said Mabel, "do ym nv h...i-.
Ing me sing?"
Well." was the answer, "I d"n't kiiin but
It's rather soothing In a iy, I. nuke
me forget my other Viuttle" iiiuii,
ton Star.
s'.rj .ti
Doctor (Id lawyer' A IiIr tiir.r.ig.i t:ic
medical museum) Your rtbfesa.tm rtie n .1
offer any opportunity, tor tiie ccpl!eH;.p;i m
professional relics.
Lwyer I am not so sure nt ui Unit I
have a unique collection of fainllv "k!
tons at my office. Puck.
Rhody "Tis contented ti foind jc -i.tin
here, Mike. Are 'ye elitnokl-n' tli" poljij h.
peace?
Mike Ol 'in contented. Khnriy; Inn
the rlst av it ye're back end 1 1. til ni
shmokln' my piece av poljie. J ii,tgi
"Man wants but little hie bHo, n
wants that little long." is what tw mi
aome yeara ago-but It's now. an otivi
song. The words we ute are llffuvi.t
quite, though fully as uhllmc. "Mini
wants everything lu sight, ami whihs it uli
the time." Judge.
"Speedem ran across a filml of his t!"
other day when he was out-1n his rcw tin .
and is very much depreased because lv tm I
to cut him"
"I'nplcasant. I list: hut (here are, time
when the best of friends must pai r "
"That's all right: -hut he parted Mr
friend In the middle." Baltimore Auie i
PUSHING THE MOWER.
Chicago News.
Now for a real good pushing time-
I wonder If the thing needs oiling.'
Of course! It beats the deuce how I ic
My hands continually soiling!
Ah. well, here's fun enough lo pay
For all the grime, and grease and worr -I'd
like to mow the lawn all dy;
Jt's Baturday 1 needn't hurry;
Bav, how I used to long for thm,
Iast winter! Hold on! What's the mut
ter? I used to think Is would be hliss
To hear thia old lawn mower clatter.
Wow! What a puke I got Just now!
Square In the ribs confound that handle.
Who threw that stone hr. anyhow?
I'd dearly love to catch the vandal.
Well,, let me see. that's twice around;
It seems to me this laun Is growing.
In else. I mean; I haven't found
My arms so stiff sinca I learned rowing.
Whew! but I'm warm! It's aporl, all right,
This cutting gross. Hello, there, sonny.
You get this grass all cut by night
And dad will let you have some money.
THURSDAY,
FRIDAY, and
SATURDAY
will be
Great Days
in the
Art Business
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day have been big days. Thous
ands have availed themselves
of this great opportunity to
beautify their homes at prices
unbelleveably low. Priest that
had to be teen ,o be' realized.
Ask your neighbors and friends.
While the first three days of
this week were marked by won
derful bargains,, during the
next three days, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday on our Third
floor bargain square we will
tell thousands and thousands
of pictures, we mean beautiful
desirable, choke subjects In
water colors, colored and un
colored Artotypes, French and
German Carbons, Rare Artist
Proof Etchings. Genuine fiteel
Engravings, etc., at the follow
ing prices 19,, 49,, 78,.
98 and 1.08 The actual
value of these pictures range
from 12.00 to $20.00 and they
will positively be sold at from
one-tenth to one-twentieth rf
their real value.
Thursday we will place on
sale 1,000 new subjects, Friday
1,000 more new pictures wjll
be sold, and Saturday we will
throw on our bargain squsre
2.000 pictures, as yet unshowo,
consisting of regular stock and"
salesman's samples.
We do this that everyone
may have an equal chance In
procuring the choicest of sub
jects. t r.
A. Hospe
Co.
1513 Douglas St.