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THK HKK: OMAHA. TUKSDAY. MAY 11. 1Mtf. The .Omaha' Daily Bee. FOVNDRD RT EDWARD ROSKWATER. VICTOR RliBKWAl KR. KDITOR. Entered it Omaha pun '.of ft Ice s econd- matter. TERMS OF PL BHC'RIPTION. ltaily Hee (without Sunday), orf year. .$4 00 Dally lfce and Fuid.iv one year ' DKDIVFRF.D BT CARRIER Jial'v dnrluding Runriav). per wk..1 I'aiy Ri e (without Hunday). per week Kvening Fee (without Putidayi. per week Evening Hee (with flonday). PT wk I Hunday Bee. one year 2 Baturdiv fVe. nn vear ' Address wll complaints of Irregularities In delivery ia City rirc nation I'i part meiit. OFFICES. Onisha-The IV. Hulldlng S'liith nmsri Twentr-fourth and N. 'ouncll Hluffs-IF. Bcott Ptreet. Lincoln 5t Kittle Building. ' hicsgo-Utf Marquette Hill'llng New York-Rooms 1101-lHrt No. 34 t Thirty-third Street. BshIngton72o Fourteenth Bireet, N. W. COR RESPOND EN CE. 'omniunlc atlona relstlng to nfwi and edi torial maltr should b addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BBM1TTANCEB. Remit bv draft, express or postal order, pahle, to The Bee Publishing Company. n l v '1 rpfit stamps received in payment of mail hccouii's. rcrsonal cherKs. except on iu.iha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT OP" cmCl'I.ATION. Plate r.f Nebraska. Douglas County, as: (ip(i-f R Tiaehuck, treasurer of Tha Bee Publishing company, being duly worn, sava that tha actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month cf April, 1909, was as follow : 1 39,960 : 39,060 3 39,490 4 37.800 IT 41,030 IS 37,130 19 40,350 JO. 40,620 ; 1 . . , 40,410 ..' 40,460 It., 40,380 14. 40,840 ;6. 43.450 2 43,880 7...'. 45.530 g 45,050 J 9 45,350 SO 45,360 h 41,300 40,540 41,600 41,450 41,680 41.400 37,300 41,300 41,440 S 10. n. IS:::::::::: 14 40,530 lo 40,600 1 40,550 Total. .1,338,410 Returned copies. ...... , 11,303 Net total 1,335,307 Dally average 40,840 George b. tzschuck. Treasu er. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to befoia me this 1st day of Mav, 1909. M. Pi WALKER Notary Public WII&N OCT OF TOWS, nherrlbers tearing; the city tem po r rl ly ahoald have The Bee mailed to them. Addreaa will be changed as often reqaeeted. The tariff dPbato Is about the only nrrn thing so far this season. Some Texas men are on trial for participating In a lynching. Made the mistake of lynching some man who had some friends. Former Ice King Morse says he is now a pauper. If he is telling the truth he will soon know how It feels to pay Ice bills at his rates. After scanning the election returns the country press does not know whether to sympathize with Omaha, or with Lincoln, or with both. The latest Is a proposal to cross the Atlantic ocean in a balloon. There should be some method of restraining the wise ones as well as the foolish. In a contest to decide on the favor ite flower of Milwaukee, the water lily came It last. The water lily Bhould have dropped its prefix when It en tered the contest . ' The deposed sultan of Turkey is said to have large sums of money de posited in various European cities. No doubt he would appreciate it more if he could get out and spend some of It. A uleutist asserts that twenty years from now we will all be flying. Some of us hope to live longer than that and some who do not still hope to go lo the place, where they furnish wings. 'Hie Filipino legislators who have been on strike have returned to their work. Siriking would he generally popular if h II could do as these men have done, draw pay when on a strike. Governor Shallenberger will now have a chance to stand up and be counted as a member of the State Hoard of Kqtialimton filing the an nual assessment of railroad property for taxation. The New York supreme court has decided that verba,! 'betting is not gambling within the meaning of the law. Is it possible some of the judges have had experience, follectlng that kind of bets? A Georgia woman has confessed that she .had her husband killed be cause he was a poor manager. If that offense is made a capital one. the job of the census enumerator would be materially lightened. I'nfortunately the Shallenberger ap pointees to the supreme bench, who hae found the doors closed to them, carried the title of Judge in the first place, or they might, at least, have gotten that much out of It. Colorado is undertaking as never before the development of Its agricul tural resources. There is more gold In the farms thao there is in the mountains and that is saying consider able in a siste like Colorado. The new sultan of Turkey has takeu the sword, which is the cere mony of formal Induction into his of fice. He will be fortunate if he later escapes having it applied where it has struck many of his predecessors. The outgoing city council has two more weeks, in which to get busy liquidating Its campaign obligations. It's dollars to doughnut, however, that it will leave all the platform promissory notes to be taken up by its euccesbors. Careless Legislation. Iowa just now has an object lesson In careless legislation as pointed per haps as any which ever came to public notice. A law passed by the recent general assembly, which had for Its ob ject the inhibition of the publication of unauthorised versions of the code, is found to be so broad as to prohibit the publication of any law or portion of a law In the newspapers or their circulation In pamphlet form even by slate officers, for the Information of the public. In Iowa, as in other states. It has been customary to print lo pamphlet form the school, tax, election, game and various ottier portions of the statutes for the Information of the classes di rectly Interested In particular laws or classes of laws. Various portions of the statutes are from time to time printed In the newspapers for the In formation of the public and no on 1b so foolish as to believe It the intent of the legislature to prohibit such practices. It is simply a case of some legislator who wanted to be mire he would hit the mark that he scattered a charge all over the wide world. At home the recently adjourned Ne braska legislature has also given the state a fine example of halfbaked legis lation. Practically all of the law making business was crowded Into the closing days and bills were rushed through by wholesale without consid eration. Numbers of instances of blip shod composition have already come to light and It is a fair presumption that the test ol operation will disclose still more. It is notorious that many of the blunders of the late Nebraska leg islature are directly chargeable to the fact the members were too busy seek ing partisan advantage to devote time to carefully scanning the contents and wording of their bills. Talk of Tariff Conferees. With the time approaching when the tariff bill will go to conference be tween the two houses for the final compromise the make-up of the con ference committees Is a matter of much Interest. Who will be appointed no one of course knows unless lt.be the men who have their naming and it Is doubtful if even they have as yet determined definitely. Two of them, of course, can be singled out with rea sonable detinltenesa Aldrich In the senate and Payne in the house by rea son of their positions as the head of the committees of the two houses which framed the bill, for all prece dent Is in line with their appointment. In scanning over the list of those who have had previous service on such committees it Is apparent there is a paucity 'of this class In congress. The following is a list of the conference committees commencing with the Mc Klnley bill: McKinley Bill. 189V-Senale: Aldrich. Sherman, Allison and Hlscock. repub licans; Mcpherson, Vance and Carlisle, democrats. House: McKinley. Payne and Dlngiey, republicans: Mills. McMillan and Fowler, democrats. Wllann Bill. 1S94 Senate: Voorhees, Mar rla. Vest and Jones of Arkansas, demo crats; Sherman. Allison and Aldrich, re publicans. House: Wilson. McMillan. Tur ner and Montgomery, democrats; Reed, Burrow and Tayne, republicans. Dlngiey Bill, 119T Senate: Aldrich, Piatt of Connecticut, Burrows and Jones of Ne vada, republicans; Vest, Jones of Arkan sas and White of California, democrats. House: Payne, Dalzell, Hopkins and Gros enur. republicans; Bailey, McMillan and Wheeler, democrats. Of these Aldrich and Paysje are the only ones now In congress who have served on all three of these commit tees. All their associates on the Mc Kinley committee are either dead or retired and all on the Wilson commit tee except Burrows, who has since been transferred to the senate. Of the Dingley committee there remains Burrows of the senate and , Dalsell of the house and Bailey, who at that time was In the houBe. The system of seniority which pre vails In the senate and to a considera ble degree In the house Is likely, how ever, to give the older, members a potential representation in the commit tee. The president, however, is far more likely to be consulted at this stage of the legislation than at any other and It Is here that his Influence may be felt In moulding the bill into a form to satisfy the demands of the country as far as divergent and con flicting Interests will permit. How We Have Grown. Some late figures given out by the Department of Commerce and Labor are of Interest as Bhowing the growth of the United States in many ways and an indication of future possibilities. Of our entire population one-third live in the original thirteen states and fully one-quarter in six of these states. One- third live in the territory originally a part of the United States but un settled at the time of the formation of the government. This leaves the other third distributed over the vast area comprised of Florida, the Louisi ana purchase, Texas, the strip secured as a result of the Mexican war, Ore gon and Washington and the small Gadsen purchase. A glance at the great extent of the acquired territory, together with a knowledge of its immense resources, which now contains but one-third of the population of 80.000,000 will give some idea of our possibilities for fu ture development. Those possessed of even limited information know that the great west contains the resources to sustain millions more of people and that those have hardly been scratched. A survey of the development within the forty years since the first transcon tinental railroad was completed be wilders even the optimist In his de sire to fathom the future. With the development of the latent possibilities of the wesr must- also-conie additions to the population and industry of the tates to the east which have by no mesns reached the maximum of their power of expansion. It is not alone In population that the growth of the country has been phenomenal. Postal receipts, which are a fair reflection of the business of a nation, have increased from $1,000, 000 in 1S20 to I161.500.0no in t908. It Is a wonderful story of the carv ing of a great nation out of a wilder ness and still those who have gone before and those of today have left plenty for their successors to do. A Place to Save Money. The report of the county comptrol ler for the year 1908, among other In teresting exhibits, gives the list of es tates for which appraisers and witness fees were paid for the year under con sideration aggregating S4.49S.50. Aside from the small items going to witnesses, this hand-out of nearly $4,500 Is distributed to parties se lected by the county judge to make the appralsemeut of estates going through probate as a basis for the as sessment of the Inheritance tax. While the probate business of 190S embraced several large estates, the prospects are that the number of es tates to be appraised will be steadily increasing and that the aggregate of appraisers' "fees w ill grow rather than diminish if the law is left as it Is. This suggests that the law ought to be changed so as to provide an official appraiser for these estates, drawing a salary commensurate with the service, which at any rate would not exceed $1,800 to $2,000, and would save to the taxpayers several thousand dollars a year. It would also save the county judge from the constant pressure for appointment as appraisers and from the charge of discrimination as be tween applicants for these soft jobs. It Is even possible that the work of appraisers could be devolved upon one of the deputy county attorneys with out any additional expense whatever inasmuch as it Is well known that these deputies are by no means over worked and ought to he capable of performing these additional duties without seriously Interfering with the other demands upon them for official service. A Spasm of Virtue. We are glad to know that our amia ble democratic contemporary, the World-Herald, has suddenly under gone a spasm of virtue which permits it to see in Omaha something worth praising. The World-Herald has all at once discovered that a lot of reforms have been accomplished in Omaha, more particularly In the administration of the police departments, although it would have people overlook the fact that the credit for all these improve ments belongs to the republicans and not to the democrats. t For the first time in years the World-Herald admits that the "police records will bear ont the statement that there are few cities in the United States as large as Omaha with less clime and public disorder." Until a few months ago the control of the po lice department in Omaha was charge able to the republicans, through police boards appointed by republican gov ernors, agajust which the World Herald has been most constantly knocking. Until now, in Its view, nothing connected with the police de partment was going right and every thing was going wrong. We hope the World-Herald's spasm of virtue will last over night. And now we are told that Nebraska is the victim and not the beneficiary of excessive protection. Nobody, how ever, has ever made a successful cam paign in Nebraska on a free trade platform. It comes down then to a question of what constitutes reasona ble and needed protection to American Industries in whose prosperity Ne braska shares. Every year we ate making of this metropolis of Nebraska not only a greater Omaha, but a better Omaha, than it was the year before. World-Herald. Here's a platform on which we can all agree. Some of us think we have not done quite as well as we might have done, but we all have hopes that we will go further forward, aud at any rate not go backward. For his indictment of the corpora tion end of the late democratic legisla ture Representative Taylor of Custer Is getting no sympathy or encourage ment In the democratic newspapers. The democratic reformers in Nebraska spell reform with a big R only while they are in a minority and without re sponsibility. A St. Louis woman has brought suit for divorce because her husband could not make good biscuit. Any man who has so far neglected his opportunities for an education as not to learn how to make good biscuits is not entitled to have a wife. But, then, some peo ple never can measure up to their op portunities. A socialist preacher by the name of Alexander Irvine has broken loose in New York against Carnegie. Wonder if this Is the same Rev. Alexander Ir vine who flourished here iu Omaha for a brief period some years ago and left for the good of his health when his false pretensions were shown up by The Bee. Cuba owes the United States $8,000,000 for expenses Incurred in intervening In the little family row down there. This philanthropy busi ness comes high, and If Cuba Insists upon getting into more trouble we tj would suggf Ft thai Andrew Carnegie settle the bllL OMAHA'S ELECTION. Wlsner Chronicle: Omaha likes Dahlman and Ills style; Hint Is evident Dakota city Record: Omaha Is In for three more years of Mayor Dahlman. But then Omaha likes that kind of thins j Shelton Clipper: Jim Dahlman has faults, but his heart 'a in the right place, and the people overlook his faults on that account. Waterloo Unzett-: It Is to be regretted that Omaha should not have elected Mr. Breeti. Dahlman Is a good fishier, anyway, Tecuniseh Chieftain: Omaha disgraces itseir by the re-election of Dahlman as mayor and an expression for a wide open town. Pender Republic: Omaha voted to con tinue the Dahlman regime. Tills we con sider a dlsgrar to the good name of Ne braska. Beatrice Express: Omaha people have sentenced themselves to be led by Mayor Dahlman as the city's chief executive for another term. Hasting Republican idem.): In Omaha of course the expected happened. Dahl man was the sole Issue and won out. This occasioned no surprise. North Platte Tribune: Dahlman is not the sort of a man Omaha should have for Its mayor, but this opinion is not held by a majority of the voters pf that city. Juniata Herald: The atate of Omaha went Daiilmanlc and democratic at the election. Such a result will make Ne braska republican and dry In a few years. Howclls Jourt.al idem.); Omaha has again elected Jim Dahlman mayor. Ho seems to be what Its cltlsens want, and as they have to put up with him we suppose the rest of us can. Kushville Standard: 'With Omaha elect ing a wide open policy msn for mayor, and Lincoln going dry, would lead one to think that there Is a great difference of opinion In. different sections of our own "tate. Hastings Tribune: lt us hope that Dahlman will benefit by experience and go In to give Omaha the good, clean administration It deserves. Dahlman Bhould remember thai It is never too late to do good. Falrbury News: The election returns from Omaha would Indicate that the old saying, "A prophet Is not without honor save In his own country." should be re vised to read: Some prophets nre without lienor, save In their own country. McCook Tribune: The volume of moral sentiment In the city of Omaha is perhaps adequately measured by the result of the last city election. One James Dahlman, who has been a hissing to decency and sobriety f?r years, won the mayoralty by an overwhelming majority. Lexington Pioneer: It appears that J. C. Dahlman is a much stronger man, politi cally, than his o'pponents gave him credit for. It begins to look as If he can be mayor cf Omaha as long as he likes, not withstanding his drunken escapades, cow boy divertlsements. hobnobbing with swindlers, and other lapses from the path of moral rectitude. Kearney Hub: The World-Herald has It figured out that the re-election of Mayor Dahlman In Omaha Is a rebuke to the knockers who made "nasty personal at tacks" upon him. Possibly this Is so, but Ills rnajority Is only' a trifle larger than when he was first elected, so that the rebuking business was probably not very widespread. Omahai virtually makes con ferslon that Dahlmanlsni Is the proper thing In a metropolitan city, but the confession Is not good for the soul and It does not endear Omaha to the balance of the atate of Nebraska, In which the people look for somethlns better coming out of their "first city." A.V KM BAH R ASS VI K T OP RICHK9 Dimension of (he Snap Enjoyed by Coal Road. Springfield Republican. The Delaware, Lackawanns A Western railroad appears to be the only one of the anthracite roads, excepting the Delaware & Hudson, whose status quo Is disturbed greatly by the supreme court decision In the commodities case. It mines and sells coal directly or without the agency of a subsidiary corporation, and under the de cision may feel Itself forced to hand over its mines to some coal company, either of Its own organizing and ownership, or otherwise, notwithstanding Its possession of a special charter. On the first news of the decision somebody, sold a block rf I-acka-wanna stock fifteen pointa below the last previous quotation, but the stock recovered the loss. And, indeed, the decision ought to be regarded as highly favorable to that company In helping It put of a veritable embarrassment of riches. This Is by all odds the richest considerable railroad prop erty In the country. It pays dividends of W per cent on the stock, and Is earning about 30 per cent additional before expendi tures on permanent improvements have been made from earnings. Its stock sells at 1)370 per share, it ia out of debt, Its capital stock has ncft been increased since 1876, when It atood at ja6.2OO.00O, and the flowing in of surplus earnings to build up the property haa gone on so generously that many stockholders feel that the road can afford to spend less In that way for a while, and more on dividends. But more than 20 per cent dividends might attract hostile public attention, and a stock divi dend would have a worse public greeting. Yet It is to be observed that the road's comparatively small stork capital was not all contributed by original investors, not by any means. From IS54, when it first began to pay dividends, down to 1KT0, the road watered Its capital frequently through stock dividends, paying, for example, W per r ent in stock In 1SU3 and again in 1S66, and in per cent In IStH. It has paid some sort of a dividend every year since Ikbi, and the average up to 1, when the rate la-came per cent. Was not far below 10 per r ent. The segregation of Its coal prop- ! ernes may easily be made the means of a very rich melon-cjttlng or distribution j among stockholders of a large body of surplus asseta. ' Variations In the l'roihrt'S anir. Boston Transcript. In choosing his title the new sultan has nine recognized spellings of the name of "the prophet" from which to select. Mohammed, Mahomet, Mahomed, Muham mad, Mahmoud, Mehemet, Mehemmed, Mehemed and Mehmed all refer to one and the same historic character. Turkey has had four sultans bearing the name Mo hammed, one of them the conqueror of Constantinople and one Mahmoud. The new sultan's suffix. V, Indicates that if he bowa to simplified spelling he still adheres to the traditions of the great name nt Mohammed. Outaha Is Not Uavlea. r-mpoi la I Kan.) Gazette. The people of Omaha appear to be in fatuated with Jim Dahlman, "the cowboy mayor." and re-elected him by a great majority. Omaha Is welcome to Jim. There Isn't another town that wants him. I. eat We Forget. Chicago Tribune. Keeurring to the subject Of pears con gresses, do you remember that only fl years ago Russia and Japan were tryu.g to wipe eacb other oft the mupj Army Gossip Matters ef laterest Ob and Back of the rirlnr Line Cleaned from the Army anil Hay Kegtster. The Army s stial office will make ar rangements for the Instnlhitiou of w in less stations at Kurt Leavenworth and I'ort Riley, where steel towers 1 feet In height will be elect' il with a view lo communi cating with the army wlrel.-s station at Omaha. It Is appreciated that the wire less stations at those posts will be of prac tical value In the way of demonstrating the use of that medium of communication, especially in view of the presence at those posts of so many officeis. The army signal corps officers have pur chased for experimental puipos s a (icr inan portable wireless set mounted on wheels. The army has been using a pot table set which Is carried on the backs of animals and which is capable of exchang ing messages at a distance of twenty-five miles. With the larger wireless set from abroad the communication Is possible for a distance of from I'iO to 136 miles. The apparatus is mounted on a vehicle drawn by four horses and equipped with an ex tension steel mast which may Me elevated to a height of sixty feet. It is proposed to try out this type of portable wirplcss apparatus, with a view to ascertaining whether It may be advantageous to add it to the equipment of the army signal corps In the field. The Brownsville court of Inquiry held its first formal session on Tuesday in the. quarters which it occupies at 1703 New- York avenue. It will be necessary for the court, of which lieutenant Uencral S. B. M. Young is president, lo go over the volumninous records in the case Involving the discharge without honor of enlisted men of the Twenty-fifth infatrtry as a re sult of the Brownsville affray in August of 19. It will probably take two months or more for the court to acquire all the information, which it Is possible to obtain from the printed .and the documentary records, when witnesses will be called and there will be hearings of the dis charged soldiers who desire lo be rein stated under the terms of the law, for which Senator Koraker is responsible. The general staff of the War department is making progress with its tentative plan for army reorganization and increase with the prospect that the proposition, at least in general terms, will be ready for the con sideration of the secretary of war in time for Its Incorporation as a passage n tha first annual report of Mr. Dickinson. The aim Is to have a comprehensive scheme of line and staff organization based on the needs of a regular establishment of 1&,000 enlisted men. That force is considered neces sary as an army In time of peace and con templates, so far as the cavalry and In fantry are concerned, of three cavalry divisions of two brigades each and nine Infantry divisions of two brigades each. An Important proposition is the revival of the plan for a consolidated supply branch, the head of which shall be an officer of the rank of major general, under whom shall be three divisions now represented, respectively, by the quartermaster's de partment, the subsistence department and the pay department, the heads of which divisions shall be. as they are now, of ficers of the grade of brigadier general. It Is hoped to have this plan In readiness for the consideration of congress at the regu lar session, which begins in December. Although the occasion for appointing the successor to General Bell, as chief of staff of the army, will not present Itself for nearly a year, army officers in Wash ington are already speculating upon the Identity of the officer to be detailed in that Important capacity. The present in cumbent, under the existing law, must be relieved from duty as chief of staff In April, 1910, upon the expiration of the four years from the date of his original detail as chief of staff. It is surmised tiiat the next chief of staff will be selected from the major generals, In which event there Is every reason to expect that tha choice Is confined, for one or another reason, to, three officers General Ieonard Wood, who is quoted as preferring other duty; General Thomas H. Barry, who has added to his reputation as the commanding gen eral of the army of Cuban pacification, and General William H. Carter, who at tains the rank of major general in Novem ber, upon the retirement of General Wes ton. It Is presumed that General Wood will be afforded an opportunity to accept or decline the detail. General Barry's record In Cuba and his experience as assistant and as acting chief of staff recommend him to the position, while General Carter's previous duty In Washington and his fa miliarity with the organization of the gen eral staff are natural qualifications for regarding that officer as eligible to the duty. Danliuan and Hran. Washington Star. Honors are easy or should be between Mayor Dahlman and Mr. Bryan. The for mer wanted the gubernatorial nomination of the party last year, but failed to get it because of the refusal of the latter to sup port him. Mr. Dahlman has now been re elected mayor of Omaha without Mr. Bry an's assistance. The temperance Iswue en tered into the mayoralty campaign, and Mr. Dahlman stood for what Is called a liberal Interpretation of temperance laws and regulations. Mr. Bryan is rated as a strfrt constructionist. Where Is Mr. Dahl man likely to land lit 1912, when the John sons and the Harmons and the Marshalls are embattled against the BryanitesT nrlstow on tbr Floor. St. I.ouia Republic. Joe Hristow held the floor In spite of the opposition of Senator Aldrhh. Xo sen ator from a pent-up I'tica like Bhode Is land, no matter what weight of years he bears, can avail to crib, cabin and con flue an editor from the short-grass country In the season when his pulses are wont to throb to the lilt of the meadow-laik and the ululatlnn of the prairie dog of his na tive plains. For that tired, run-down feeling eat It has all the body-building material in the whole wheat prepared in a digestible form. Try.it for breakfast. ..f isC.?.,?Hr made from Royal Grape t thy zz&f -J$f ' Cream of Tartar SIM) Absolutely set mm- - PERSONAL NOTES. The Dutch baby is princess of Ornnge. that being the distinguished title of the heiress apparent to the throne of Holland. If Queen Wllhelmlna Is blessed with a son he will be prince of Orange, and his sister, losing precedence, may regard him as a lempn. Worcester, Mass., has a bunch of whis tlers who are very annoying to a "dry'' community, and plans for their suppres sion ate under consideration. Official sta tistics allow that the community's whistles are kept In prime order by an average of 780 wet packages a day. .Where there is steam behind a whistle there's sure to be more or less music. The St. Ixiuis Globe-Democrat answers Judge McPherson's question. "Who is Murphy?" by saying he hails from the Osarks, Wears blue jeans, the weave of local looms, gallantly fought the tipping system of Washington and rescued the Six teenth Missouri district from t lip grip of democratic kidnaers. Murphy is not in the Judge's Jurisdiction, which is more than the rest of Missouri can say. The American who annexed a large part of the quinine fortune of Philadelphia pro poses a tribute to old Bamesls by setting Up In Cairo one ot the obelisks of ancient Egypt. King Bamesls was a wonder In his time, the greatest advertiser and booster that ever struck the Nile pike. So deeply was his name graven in the annals of Kgypt that it comes down tin- ages with out effort. His name was a guaranty for the goods. The Getmtn emperor Is In the peculiar predicament n' having no less than two doubles. One, a certain Herr Nltsche. fol lows the humble and prosaic calling of a chimney sweep. A year or two ago. when the emperor was staying at a small Ger man watering place, so the story gos, a tailor of the locality, suddenly waking up to the fact that he was rather like his majesty, had his mustache trimmed ac cotdingly, copied the atyle of dress as nearly as possible and bnlddly sallied forth Into the town. His reception even ex ceeded his expeditions, but the Incident got lo the ears of the authorities. .. A 1. AI ADI.K I DKA. Teach In it the Science of Improved Seed and torn (ironing. Washington t'o.-u. The following from an eastern publication is an account of a practice adopted In some of the cotn-growing states of the west that promises more material advancement and prosperity than any enactment of congress: ';Thrugh the schools of a number of western corn-growing stales boys and girls tire stimulated by prizes to plant little patches of corn. Out or each community where an exhibit is held, ten prlza-winning eara are sent to the county exhibit. The best ten there are entered in a state show, and then the states compete. The final winners are sifted to the best one ear in the whole t'nlted Slates. Scientific Interest In agriculture Is growing. It is one finger post on the road from the city to the farm." The "heet ear" of last year's crop was grown In Indiana and brought under the hammer enough to buy a farm In a good corn region. The prize Is won waa munifi cent. As much attention ought to be given to tha Improvement of seeds as is bestowed on the improvement of live stock. It can be done at Infinitely less cost and the re sulting advances would be hs great. What with bad roads, weak and infertile seeds, the ravages of Insect pests, the inroads of noxious weeds, thriftless cultivation, faulty harvesting, anil carelesa garnering, out farm crops. Immense as they are In gross and vast Is the jin they fetch, yield to the husbandman less than one-fourth what they should. A yield of thirty bushels of corn, fifteen bushels of wheal, 0 pounds of tobacco, and half a bale of cotton to the acre ought to be a disgrace to the farmer, for with in telligence, the best utensils, energy, and in dustry It is as easy to harvest 1) bushels of corn from an acre of ground as fifty bushels. York county, Pennsylvania, Is not the best corn region in the union by a long shot, and yet the agricultural pavera tell of a farmer there who gathers annually more than thirty-five barrels of five bushels each, to every acre he plants to corn. The same methods adopted In Iowa or Missouri would produce forty barrels, or iOO bushels, to the sore. This Pennsylvania farmer lias been Improving his seed corn for thirty years, and he plants a field of corn but once In seven years, though he Is fortunate In owning many fields and grows a crop of corn on some one of them yearly. If this idea prevails ef Improving seeds, and It becomes general, within a decade the yield of corn per acre will be double what It ia. MEAT POINTED REMARKS. "They say old Blnka eold his daughter." ".Mistake. I was 'at the wedding SnH saw hitn myself give her sway." Bali i inote American. "Very few of us realise t he terrible thing!" tiiat may result trom a wold hastily spoken." said the In nevolent woman. "Well. I realize it," answered the youns man who sat by her on the train. " tn a base ball umpire." Washington Star. Mrs. Oraniercy Why doesn't your church get a minister who preaclies the hlghi t criticism'.' ' ' Mrs. Dorcas How can we. my dear? We can't afford to pay pns more tHan Il.ofO a year. Judge. "Congratulations, old mart. -I suppose you're tickled lo death because It is a boy." ' . "Yes; in a few years now I'll ha sn excuse for going to the circus." Detroit Free Press. "George." she asked, "are you very brave': Would you do anything very dar ing for me?" "Yes. darlliiR. There Is no danger I wo i hi not undertake to show my love for you." "Then please go to the stairway and ask papa to quit snoring." Chicago Record Herald. "I hope you never nag your huaband." "Only when he's beating the rugs. When thoroughly irritated he makes a much bel ter Job." Washington Herald. Constituent Senator. I should like a straight answer to one question. Do you believe In ttxing inheritances? Kminent Statesman To some extent, my dear sjr, I do. For example. I Inherit a tendency to gout from my ancestor. 1 am more than, willing to see that Inheri tance taxed clear out of existence. Chi cago Tribune. "Drat the call" ' "Whafs the matter, girl?" "Oh. the cat went to aleep on my new t hat, and 1 wore her downtown and back." JjOulsvHle Courier Journal. SWEET YOUNG MOTHERHOOD. Chicago Record-Herald. I saw a sweet young mother where She sat and gazed through dreamv eyes, Her brow was free from line of care. The slglis she sighed were happy sighs; I noticed when our glances met That she was blessed wljb many charms. That gladness filled her" breast, and yet She lingered there with empty arms. "How sweet," I thought, "is motherhood. What grace It lends, what Joy it bingsl" She smiled as One who understood. And seemed an angel without, wings; In fancy 1 could see her hend Above her little one, to pray That watchful fairies might attend And gladly guard It nltrht and day. The fair young mother turned to m And lightly spoke and sweetly amlle When eagerly and earnestly I asked about her precious child; "I hope," she said, "It's thriving still, I haven't seen It lately though; I'm sure that If It should be ill The watchful nurse would let m know." A brMkfut of fVJ Cam Flakes, so dainty, appetis ing and stranfthaniag, serr d with good milk or craam and a littla fruit, aseaae a, satisfied appetite aad (rate f ul stomach aad a good day's work. Remoember it's tha E-C process that produce tha crisp delicious E-C Cora Flake. Watch ior the-) mark oa tha package. With Confidence Tli advantage of buying Brown iiiK, King & Co, Clothing is, for tine tiling, in the certainty that you are getting what you pay for. With us, this covers corect fit a well as right styles. The best of materials and work manship, of course. We'll buy back at once anything that isn't right. Suits $15.00 to $.'53.00. BrQwnine.TC.rig Company fc Ftilacnlh aad DousIm Sis.' OMAHA R. S. 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