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4 TlIE Omaiia' Daily Dee. TOCNDEt) BT EDWARD ROSttWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postofffica as second elaae matter. TERMS OF gCBSCRIPTION. fully p, (without Sunday), ona year.. MM Daily Be and Sunday one year - DELIVERED BT CARRIER. fai:v Pea lnclodng Sunday), par week.JSc t'a'ly Bee (without 8unday. par week.. lOo Evening Be (without Sunday). par wek tvenlng Ra (with Sunday). per wwk I'M Sunday Bee. ona yer....i "JJJ Safurdiy Bee. ona year.... 1 " Addreaa all complalnta of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. offices. fimahi-The Bee Building. South Omaha Twentv-fourth and N. Council Bluffe-lti Scott Street Lincoln 61 Little Building. Chicago 1M Marquette Building. Nea- York Ronmi UM-1103 No. M Waat Thirty-third Itwt. Washington 728 Fourteenth Straet, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE Communications relating to newa and edi torial matter should be addreaaad: Omaha He. Editorial Department REMITTANCES. Remit hv draft, eapres or poatal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2 rent sumps received in payment of mail accounts. Peraonal checka, except on Omaha or eaatern exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT or CTKCX'LATION. Btste r.t Nebraska. Douglas County, aa: George B Tarchurk. traaaurar of The Hee Publishing company. being duty worn, eaya that the actual number Of full and -ompiere coplea of The Dally, Morning. F.verlng and Hunday Be printed during the month of April. 10. wee aa lOliOW 1 '.. 39.880 IT 41.030 I 3S.0M 1!. 37,130 33,490 It 40,330 4 37.600 St.. 40,490 1 41.300 11 40,410 40,340 1! 40,400 T 41,300 tt 40,330 1 41.4&0 14 40,340 41,330 1 40,430 10 41,400 2 48380 11 37,300 IT 45,530 II 4100 II 45,330 II 41.440 It 43,330 14 40,633 tt 48,300 If 40,300 .i 1 4040 Total..MM.410 Returned coplea 11303 Net total 1S3B,30T Daly average 40440 OEOROS a TZ3CHUCK. Traaau . ar Subaorlbed In my presence and sworn to patera ma tnis jai day oi U of May. 19&9. WALKER, Notary fublta. WURIT OUT Or TOWN. Sebsrrlbera leaving; the oily tern . porarlly ahaald have The Baa aaa I led t then. Addreaa will be chaaed aa often aa requested. Well: What would they do with out th Dennlson bogy man? Venezuela Is also revising Its tariff. Jo intimation, however, of putting Castro on the free list. With Coney Island dry on Sunday, the lid industry has certainly reached a floodtide of prosperity. Although It is almost June, the snow shovel la mill afraid to take niUiii of a lead off first base. Omaha gets th Saengeifcst after all jut", to show that o'clock closing Las nothing to do with real music. Perhaps those train robbers simply v anted to put Omaha on tha map again with a little free advertising. Senator La Follette cannot appre ciate humor or he would not bo con tinually availing jokers in the tariff bill. It possession Is nine points of the law, the democratic pie-biters already ou the city payroll start out with the long end of the string. Not all the protectionist are truat tnag natea or truat llck-splttles. World-Herald. Thanks, awfully. Please send marked copy to Mr. Bryan. It is said that President Taft has been asked to help break the sena torial deadlock In Illinois. The roan who had the key to the situation has lost it. Putzle: If there was an automobile and It did not belong to the train rob bers, what earthly excuse will the oc cupants give for being out in it at that time of night? The postal strike having been set tled, the French poets are talking about going on a strike. When they do, how would it work to give the mediation board a vacation? Returns from the railroads continue to show increased earnings and a steady and consistent increase In traffic. The tide is rising. Get out of the low ground into the highlands. The Thaws are bound to keep In the limelight. When they are not in court they are squabbling with the lawyers. The public, however, would be pleased to have them go into retire ment. Any time you think the Frenchman is slow,' guess again. Anyone who can buy cottonseed oil in this country and sell It back to us as pur olive oil can aspire to the same class as the Yankee. Pedestrian Weston has walked half way across the continent and has not been knocked down by an automobile. But then that roan Weston is an un usually agile fellow, even If he Is an old man. The Turks are now trying to put the blame for the Adana masacrt upon the Armenians That shows' how far be hind the times tha Turks are they evidently never beard of the emotional insanttyplo. Preacher Aked asserts thst New York Is desert of mentality and morality. New Yorkers never prided themselves much on tbelr morality, bot it would be hard to convince a New York man that he was not the sinartett ever On the Right Track. State Auditor Barton's notice to life Insurance companies doing business In Nebraska' to stop certain questionable practices may be tsken to mean that the management of the Insursnce de partment under the new auditor will be directed to putting the Insurance business under its supervision on a sounder basis. The tendency everywhere Is to apply more rigid rules and restrictions to the operations of life Insurance companies for the protection of the policy holders and the prevention of misrepresenta tion and fraud. Since the Insurance upheaval in New York there has been a general tightening of Insurance reg ulation everywhere and practices that formerly went as a matter of course have come under the ban. Auditor Barton's new rulings are aimed chiefly at misrepresentation by life insurance solicitors. He draws the line at un authorized estimates of dividends and earning powers, at so-called ground floor policies to stockholders, at special board contracts and at pretended guar anty of policies by the state or by se curities deposited with the state. The manifest object is to put brakes on ir responsible solicitors and to compel all Insurance companies to transact their business in the open and on a legitimate basis, without favoritism or discrimination for one set of policy holders at the expense of another set in the same class. Our western life insurance com panies have demonstrated their ability to stand against the competition of the older established concerns and Ne braska should take no back seat among the other states In enforcing sound life Insurance regulation. Growth of the Protection Idea. The tariff agitation now going on in England furnishes a forceful ex ample of the wide-spread distribution and growth of the protection idea. With the single exception of Great Britain, every great nation of the world. Including some of the British colonies, are among the protectionists. The most notable move for protection in Great Britain centered around Joseph Chamberlain during the last parliamentary campaign and attracted attention, not so much for the actual number of voters which It rallied as for the character of those who es poused it. Since that time the pro tection Idea has been taking root anion; the masses, and, while there is no probability that the next election will find it dominant, it is certain to be a much greater factor than at any time since Great Britain took up free trade. Not only has this been brought about by persistent advocacy by the men who originally headed the move ment, but It has found Impetus through the long period of industrial depression which settled upon Great Britain while tariff-protected Germany continued to forge ahead. While the United States has also gained in international commerce, it does not present the same parallel, because this country is not dependent upon outsiders for raw material to the extent that obtains in Great Britain The point which challenges attention to the headway the protection idea Is making is that if Great Britain is look ing more favorably to protection it would be the height of folly for us to depart from it here. There may be, and doubtless Is, honest difference of onlnion among protectionists in the United States as to just how much protection particular Industries re quire to keep them on a secure foot ing, but the logic of world events makes it necessary for us to hold fast to the protection Idea. It Is significant that in all the discussion of the pend ing tariff bill there has been little talk of free trade, even from those who loudly demanded it a few years ago, Widening Use of Wireless. The wireless transmission of elec tric Impulses, first adapted to tele graphic uses, and originally only scientific curiosity, haa been steadily increasing Its field of usefulness. The latest is the proposal to send storm warnings to all parts of the globe through the medium of an Interna tlonal bureau, that shipping and other industries may have notice in time to guard against storm dangers. The ordinary methods of storm warnings sent out by the weather bureaus of the various governments have already done much to protect shipping, but this is a much broader and more com prehensive scheme. Like other great scientific achieve ments which have preceded it, the dis covery that electrical Impulses could be transmitted without the aid of wires was at first regarded as a scientific toy. Many of the brightest minds of the age have since been busy experi menting and studying and while great progress has been made it is evident that only the scantest portion of possi ble knowledge about the mysterious force and its usefulness haa yet been obtained. The turning on and off of electric lights from a distance of sev eral miles which was recently demon strated here In Omaha Is one of its most startling manifestations. The possibility of wireless telephoning has been proved on numerous occasions, as haa the operation of electric motors by the same mysterious means. While all of these wonderful and curious exhibitions give great prom ise, yet the wireless telegraph is so far the only field in which any great practical use has been found for the discoveries. I) would be unfair to those who have made these discov eries, however, to denominate them as purely theoretical. It is more reason able to suppose that they are the foun dation stone of a new explication of nature's forces which in (he future are likely to revolutionise things as much as the telegraph, the electric generator and motor and the tele Phone have done In their day. No great scientific discovery has In the past gone tor naught, why ahould these? These men who are solving the problems of wireless are persistent workers for the highest attainments and their power of accomplishment Is beyond the range of our vision. Budding Presidential Boozni. Seldom before so soon after a presi dential election has the defeated party started out to size up the available imber for the next candidate. Mr. Bryan's ambition of course is quad rennial, and It la due to the acknowl edgement of this that so many other democratic booms have been planted and are tempting destruction by early frosts. The democrats who are tired of following a forlorn hope are sim ply searching for some one strong enough to take the leadership and unite the disorganized remnants of the party and possibly attract recruits. Governor Johnson of Minnesota was the first to have his friends announce him as an aspirant for the next democ ratic nomination. Former Governor Folk of Missouri has let It be known that, he is in training and numerous Ightning rods are up to indicate that underneath lies some ambitious boom which it Is hoped will later germinate. The latest sprout to peep above the ground Is Governor Harmon of Ohio. As an answer to the Bryan demonstra tion at Columbus, a statewide barbe cue In honorof the governor is pro posed, and among the speakers to be invited are Champ Clark of Missouri, minority leader of the house; Ollle James and Urey Woodson of Ksn- ucky, all formerly ardent followers of Mr. Bryan. Such a collection of stars plucked from the Bryan constel lation is expected to wield a powerful influence to attract to Governor Har mon the support of both wings of the party. As the "rapture of pursuing" is about all the pleasure the democrats got out of the presidential contest, they are not to be blamed for desiring three years of this entertainment to recompense them for the disappoint ment of hopes gone wrong. Dust Throwing. Our amiable democratic contem porary Is again trying to raise a great cloud of dust, this time over the posi tion of city prosecutor. Three years ago Mr. Hitchcock secured the ap pointment of the present incumbent in defiance of Mayor Dahlman, owing to a fluke by which the council was ena bled to Mil the vacancy. Knowing that the mayor will not reappoint the city prosecutor thus foisted upon him, the effort is now to be made to get the mayor and council at cross purposes so that Mr. Hitchcock's pet can remain indefinitely bb a hold-over. Like the little boy who hollered at the first Intimation that he was going to get a licking. Mr. Hitchcock Is set ting up a bogy man to frighten the mayor and council, and more particu larly charging the republican members of the council with the heinous offense of being willing to accept the place for a republican In case the mayor sees fit to appoint one. It goes with out saying that no one can be named to this or any other charter office, ex cept on nomination by Mayor Dahl man. so we suggest that Mr. Hitchcock address himself to his democratic mayor. The dust throwing over city hall ap pointments has a second and more hid den object. The franchise corpora tions, with the help of Mr. Hitchcock's World-Herald, would like very much to keep the mayor and council at log gerheads and continuously ' embroiled over the division of the patronage In order to divert their attention from the platform promises made in the re cent campaign. If the mayor and council can be kept fighting over the appointive plums the franchise corpor ations, paving contractors and other schemers who want to be let alono think they will be able to pursue their way unmolested and unnoticed. Corporal Punishment in the Schooli. The advisability of administering corporal punishment in the schools has long been a debatable question among Intelligent teachers, although there is general agreement that the rod should be used sparingly, if at all. The discussions of the teachers however, have all been along the line of its advisability. Another aspect of the question is now up before the su preme- court of Iowb. In which the le gal right of the teacher to administer corporal punishment Is challenged. The tendency of school admlnlstra tlon, as well as of court declstons, has been to place the teacher In as abso lute control of the pupil from the time of leaving for school until his return home as he would be under the parent at other hours. This ten dency has become so strong as at times to raise the objection ' that the teacher is practically supplanting the parental authority. The abuse of this or any other corrective method Is not open to either legal or ethical discus sion, but the one of adequate control of the pupila Is too broad to be lightly passed over. We have turned over to the teacher ao much of the character forming, as well as the educating of our children, that no step which would weaken the position of the teacher should be lightly taken. The sent! mental objection against letting oth ers than parents lay hands Hipon i child is strong, but, If custom puts the child's training upon the teacher. Is it advisable to deprive the teacher of the aathorty which parents deem nee rssary to maintain discipline? There Is the theory that corporal punish ment In the home Is never justifiable, but mere sentiment is not likely to govern the legal rights Involved In this lows case. Mother Nature deattned well when he provided that man must die; and that al though he can leave his material posses alone when he departs this world, he muet talie the powers of his brain with them. World-Herald This Is philosophy as is philosophy. It is to be hoped that "the powers of the brsin" which evolved this thought gem will not soon hsve "to depart this world." Haytl has another revolution on hand. Under American coaching the crop has been liht for some time, but seeds of unrest are bound to germi nate. The first thing those Haytlans know a policeman will be called in they will be arrested for disorderly conduct. A customs collector at a port near New York collected 11.20, the first money that has come into possession of his office in a generation, and he doesn't know what to do with It- Here is an opportunity for another Haw thorne If one can be found. The chief perquisite of the president of the city council Is to serve as mayor when the mayor is out of town. It will be up to Mayor Jim to determine when and how long he will let his sub stitute occupy his chair. Paylngf the Penalty. Boston Transcript. Senator Aldrlch, invited to address the Chajtauquans, expresses hla gratitude by asking: "What have I done to be thus inflicted ?" Thundering; In the Index. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Presbyterian conference at Denver denounces the divorce evil In a report which Includes one aentence of 170 words. Anybody who haa been growing pesslmlstio can take heart of hope aft'r tlila. The divorce evil la great and threatening, but a few more broadsides like that will put it on the run. Remarkable Legal t'orealarbt. Philadelphia Press. A Philadelphia lawyer waa found by the record of the court to have begun a ault for personal Injuries to himself two months before the injuries were sustained, according to his testimony. It looks as if thla were another Illustration of the familiar adage about the sort of client who fees tha man who is hla own lawyer. Saprerae Teat of Good .atare. Boston Herald. The president Is noted for hie extreme good nature, and It's unlikely that even the long "ode" at the Mecklenburg cele bration disturbed him. Here's is the clos ing atansa; Wa've alaln the "Billy Possum," And "killed the fatted calf." And give our heartiest welcome To William Howard Taft. A Reminder for Uemorrata. New York Bun The announcement by Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota that under no cir cumstances will he be a candidate for gov ernor again after his six years of service will remind democrats in whom tha faculty of memory la not dead that Mr. Bryan has not aald that he would not be a candidate for president again, and yet Mr. Johnson has been elected 'vernor of Minnesota three timea in succeaainn. St'PPLYlNti VITAL, OMISSION. Measnre to Care Defer! In tha Com' modltlea Claaar. Chicago Record-Herald. When the federal supreme court took tha starch and point out of the commodity clause of the railroad rate act by declaring that, while it waa entirely valid. It did not either expressly or by necessary Implica tion forbid common carriers to control minea or manufacturing companies by means of stock ownership, the duty of congresa became clear. The court quoted from tha debate In tha senate to prove that amendments coveting control through stock ownership had been offered and voted down, but It ia safe to aay that few cltiaens were aware of that fact when they were praising the senate and congratulating it on the remarkable "Improvement" It had made in the rate bill. It waa generally assumed that the clauae waa intended to terminate a serious abuse and carefully framed to accomplish Its ostensible pur pose. The adverse decision, therefore, "im posed" an amendment of the clause. Perhaps a special session is not con ductive to a proper consideration of legis lation dealing with the relatione between carriers and producers and manufacturera. but for educational purposea. aa well aa In order that tha auhject might be kept in mind by the more forgetful lawmakers, a bill haa been Introduced In the house which Implies the omission discovered by the supreme court. Ownership of at leaat one third Of the stock of a mining or manufac turing corporation la declared to constitute an "interest" in auch corporation within the meaning of tha act. Attorney General Wlrkeraham ia said to have approved the bill, and the atttute lawyera in rongreae ahould give it their attention. What should be done was ad mirably atated by Juatice Harlan In his dissenting opinion namely, "to divorce In real, substantial sense production and transportation and thereby to prevent the transporting company from doing Injustice to other owuera of coal or any other com modity." A food Joes not need to be teavy to ke strengthening. Flake, arc dainty and ap petuing1 as well aa strehgtLenicg. Remember it's tke E-C process ttat E-C FlaV.es so good. Watch for tha (3 nark on the pack ago. Army Gossip Matters of Interest Oa sad Back of tha nrlng Ida Oleaaed from tha Army a ail Wavy Beejlater. It has been decided to Indicate service in the enlisted force of the army by means of a service stripe and do away entirely with the term "chevron." This stripe will be worn on the sleeve horliontally and will N of gold wire, one-eighth of an Inch In width. Each braid will designate three years of Service and all branches of the sHtne service stripe. The servlce-ln-war chevron will he no longer worn, since the campaign badge takes Its place. The military authorities have been con sidering a problem presented from the ser vice schools at Fort Riley. It appears that certain trees were cut on private land with the tntertlon of using the timber In the construction of a pontoon bridge In the course of tactical Instruction under the commanding officer of the service schools. Of course, the government will have to pay for the trees and It has been decided that the charge for the purpose must ho made against the funds set apart for the use of the particular service school In connection with which the pontoon con struction was undertaken and ths trees cut for use in the construction of the pontoon bridge. As the timber was not cut for the use of the engineer or quarter masters department. It la not considered that the cost of the timber could be ma.le a proper charge against the appropria tions for ths service of either branch. It need surprise no one If recommenda tions are made within the next few month from both the war and navy departments to Preeldent Taft for a modification oi .the orders which reouire annual phy sical test of officers of the army, navy nit murine corns. The experience uhlrh has been aained in that direction since Mr. Roosevelt's orders have been In effect haa fullv Justified this action. One suggestion In the war department Is to have the rides take the form or sucn a trip 6s Is now being made through Vlrslnla hv officers of tha Army war college, making the ride itself an incident the lectures or observations which have a vnlue to the military student. The most conservative view is In favor of weli- r.ir.iimeri systematic ehvsical exercise for everybody, in order that the personnel may be kept In a fit condition, with, per haps, annual examinations conducted by -Aimt .rrir.era avoMlnir the severe demands upon individuals now required by the riding and walking teats. The military authorities will have no oc casion to seriously consider the case of Captain Tcter C. Haina, Jr., Vnlted Btatee army, until the civil authorities finally dlapose of the appeal of that officer s at torney from the decision of the Court In volving Captain Halna' confinement to the penitentiary. The case is more or laaa troublesome on account of the probable re fusal f the civil authontlea to permit their prisoner to appear before a court martial, although, of course. It might be possible to have the sessions of auch a court held at Sing Sing. An easier way out of the difficulty of dropping Captain Haina from the army would be to Invoke tha pro .f h law nt Ififtt a embodied in section 12B of the revised statutes. Which authorizes the president to drop from the rolla of the army "for deaertion" any of ficer of the army who is absent from the service three months without leave. It ia observed that this does not specifically provide, whatever the intention may have been, that the officer must be In desertion or a deserter. The fact of absence for three months without leave Justifies ex ecutive order dropping an officer "for de sertion." In the project for army increase and re organliatlon, under consideration in the general staff of the War department. Im portant changes are contemplated In the Judge advocate general's department. If the plan ia adopted by congress. It will be necessary to add to the personnel of that con, ss to the other special staff branches, and It la proposed to creata the grade of captain, the officer to be of the permanent personnel, aa 1s now the case In the Judge advocate general's departmennt. The Idea is to have apnolntmenta made to thla Junior grade after competitive ex amination, with special reference to the legal qualifications of the candidate, and It Is Intended that lieutenants of the line of the regular army and lieutenants of the organized mllltla shall be eligible to take the examination. The proposition ia re garded wtth favor by General George B. Davis. Judge advocate general of the army, who believes that from both aourcea the lieutenants of the regular eatabilahment and the militia may be obtained a com petent personnel, who, serving In the grade of enptaln In the corps, under observation and Instruction of their seniors, will be admirably fitted for permanent duty aa judge advocate. PERSONAL NOTES. Senator Theodore R Burton of Ohio la a French scholar and a bachelor. An Oregon man who has juat died at the age of M won more than local fam by giving an annual dinner to all the old maids of the community. General Stoeasel and Admiral Nebogatoff have left the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul, having long expressed disregard for Ita qualities as a residence. M. Clemenceau, the French premier, la a martyr to Indigestion, and has been a regular visitor to Carlsbad for k years, finding it easier to direct a government than a stomach. King Manuel of Portugal haa decorated hli mother for bravery In trying to de fend him at the time of hla father's assas sination and bestowed like honor on the policeman who killed the murderer of his father. According to the program prepared by the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce, twenty-one governors are to act as an escort of honor to President Taft whin he attends the opening of the Gunntaon irrigation tunnel. A Detroit man waa fined for laughing out loud at a passing beehive hat. A New Yoraer waa nearly drowned is rescuing a fWial pt-arh basket from tha rlvar, sup posing, aa he leaped into the surging ater j, that the peach waa under It. The lesaon of felf-control ia' driven Into man by h. td knocks. The highest honor college girls can con fer upon a claaamate Is to name her presi dent of the aenlor class, and Mlsa Rathei M. Randail haa been named president of the clasa of 1910 by her Weliealey class mates. She ia a Chicago girl, 21 years old, quite a scholar and yet so fond of outdoor sports that she is not at all a bookworm. Pavid Graham Phillips doea much of his writing standing at a deak, and he aaya he does so because. . It is the most healthful way to m-ork and he feels better afterward. He says: "No: I don't mind the weanneaa incident to standing ao long, for I have become accustomed to ths po sition and rather like it I write T.tfv or s.v.i wnrdc a day. or about three and one-ua.t itcwajeper colum Kl 1 " Th only baking powder made from Royal Grap Cream of Tartar made from grapes RoyaJ Baking Powder conTers properties and rondors it superior in flavor sjm wboJaaomenaaa. VITAL. BOOSTER Of TRADB. Cirenteet Power In tke Modern World of Baalncaa. "amuel Hopkins Adams in Collier's Advertising la ths universal appeal. It la the merchant, ths purchaser, the laborer snd ths town-crler all packed Into print and made one. Thanks lu Ita expediencies, the employment seeker need no longr tramp wearily from door to door. He can send his message for a few cents to hun dreds of thousands of possible employers enould I lose my watch. I do not send out a man with a bell to cry it; instead I dis patch a newapaper with a paragraph. Have I something new In merchandise to offer? The whole world la my market place, and I can sell by bill-board In Havana, while. at the same time, creating a demand through the street car spaces of Amster dam, and sounding the virtues of my wares throughout all the Americas in the pages of the magastnes. Wherever the printed or painted word goes, there supply and de mand meet and merge In the revolutionised field of trade. By forje of Importance or novelty an advertisement may become tha news of the day. When the New York Ledger was wavering on the brink of failure, Rohert Bonner, the proprietor, sent to the New York Herald a brief advertisement, to be set up In a single line. So Greeleyeaque was Mr. Ilonnera handwriting- that the advertising manager interpreted tha direc tions aa ordering that the copy be run In full page, which Instructlona he obeyed, though marveling greatly. The Herald came out thj next morning with one whole page devoted to the crisp adjuration to read tne Ledger's new story. The effect upon Mr. Bonner was almost fatal, first from chagrin at the thought of the possi ble bill, then from amazement aa subscrip tions began to pour in. and finally from satisfaction, as they continued to flood the office, until the fortune of the publication was made. The novel, though accidental, device had struck the public fancy. Mr. Bonner waa hailed aa the pioneer of a new and daring theory of exploitation, and the advertiaemant gained tenfold currency by being commented upon as a feature of the newa. Only two years ago Mr. Thomaa W. Lawtons brilliant stock pronunclamentoe. though published as advertisements, were quoted as newa because their effect upon th market was such that they could not ba omitted from any comprehensive con sideration of the day's financial history. The best experts of the day are striving. In a hundred phases of endeavor, to find something that will attract and amuse him. and he flinga their work Into the scrap basket without so much as looking to sea whether It haan't something to say to him. To cite one Instance, when the "Old Dr Gose" advertisement of slnceretv clothing were running: I used to look for them with svkjlty, because of the intimate hand-on-your-shoulder. flnger-in-yojr-but-tonhole atyle of talk, although I waa In no manner Interested In the goods offered. Even the illustrations for the advertise ments are not Inferior to those of the fic tion or articles, being, in many cases, the picked work of the same artists. Kipling, on receiving a batch of magazines from a friend who had torn out the back pages, to aave postage, wrote: "Next time you keep the front rart and send me the ada. I can write etorles my self." ronftrem Beat Him to It. Philadelphia Record. A man who presented himself at the treasury department on Thursday laat, say. Ing that he understood the government had mora money than it knew what to do with, snd proposing to "help out" by taking a million, was committed to an asylum for lunatics. The record of the Hlxtleth con gress discloses a state of mind among the members differing but little from that of thla strange vlaitor. They also seem ti have been oppressed with the Idea that T'ncle 6am had tm much money, and proposed to relieve him of K.ooo.oon.rmo or so. The appropriations of the Sixtieth con gress footed up to Ii.o5o.oori.ooo, approxi mately Sftfln.ono per member. It is noo-sccret, non-alcoholic and bat a record of forty year of cures. Ait Youa NstoHsoai. They probably know of some of its snsny euros. If you want a book that tells all about woman's diseases, and how to euro them at noma, send 21 one-cant stamps to Dr. Pierce to pay cost of mailing . and ha will send you a frtt copy of bis great thouaand-pafe illustrated Common Sense Medical Adviser revised, up-to data edition, in paper covers. Ia handtoma ctotb-biadinf, 31 stamp. Addrca Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N.Y. ' . . ! FC-Ov Sis expresses In a limited degree ' iuoin i.ocKies viewed enroute to th ALASKA-YUKON-PACIFIC EXPOSTION Stopover without extra charge at the famous resorts: aaff Lak Loaiae risia oiaclu. Thla "Land of Enchantment" la reached only by tha Canadian Pacific Railway Throuah trains to Seattle from Rt. Paul dallv at 10 30 a m X.ow SacavraioB Tares fiom all place to Seattle and all Pusaa found cities and return. Alaska and return from Vancouver M by Can Pacifia lam.a. Tickets for sale Ly stents of all rallmaje Send for Challenge of tha Mountalna" and Ataaka folder. A. C. Shaw, General Agent, Chicago. SmlmCissmnkCsGSamMT OYAL Baking Powder Absolutely Tur to food Um most taoajthfa) of fngit SMUTRG EEMASKS. "It is a wonder girls generally go i the grsnd stand at a baea ball gams. Why shouldn't they?" "I should think they would find It more naturnl to prefer ths bleachers.." Baltimore American. "ton't you think that writer has a re markable Imagination?" "Ha has." answered Miss Oayarlna. "If he Imagines that many people see antng to read what he publishes." Washington Btar. "Hue anybody called on your new nettrh bora?" "Nobody but tne man across the street He's a colleclor."-Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Harold." said his young wife. "1 am Just as economical as I know bow to -. and still we run behind. 1 believa It would be better if you took charge of the fniancea yourself." The young husband paced tha floor for several minutes In deep thought. . Then he spoke. . ' "I will, Clara.'." he exclaimed, his face lighting up. "I've Jost thought of some thing that never occurred to me before. I'll ask the boas to add 16 a week to my salary: "Chicago Tribune. "And papa said no? Pear. dear. You didn't forget to tell him that you felt aorrv he was 111. did you?" "No, I didn't. I didn't say a word about It. I knew he wouldn't believe foe. He would think It was a jrke." "Why would he think It waa a Joke?" "Berause he has rheumatism in his feet." Cleveland Plain Dealer. . "I want you to understand." said Newed. firmly, "tiat I am golag to be tha head of this combine." "Oh. very well, dear," rajotned Mrs. Newed. "and I am going to be th neck so T can turn the head any way I please. See?" Chicago News. Pete Yallerby Dat ah a k!d to b proud ob. Mose. What do you done call de fat rascal? Mose Moketon Jack Washington Moke ton. Pete Yallerhy Jack Wnshln'ton Pone make a mistake, didn't you? ' Moae Moketon Nopey. Man wife aha In sist on callln him Bookeh Washln'ton. an' I stood pat fo' Jack Johnson, so we split de difference. Puik. "They Hay Thelma'a husband la a very amiable man " "Amiable? I should say so. I hare known that man to laugh at a joke when he waa taking down the stovepipe." Balti more American. "Poetor. that ointment you left for mv husband to use on his rheumatic elhow mny be all right, but there'a no use tell ng him to rub It In. He won't take the trouble to do that. Tou don't know hlrrt as e a 1 do." "I think I do. madam. I put some stuff in that ointment that will make hi elhow Itch like fury, and he'll have to nib It." Chicago Tribune. YOUTH. J. W. Foley in New York Times. Pon't you recall when apples grew. Oh. twice aa big as now? When fish, however they were few. Were monster one somehow? When Gaines mill dam made a roar Aa thnurh the water hurled Were gathered In a mighty store From all the wide, wide m'orld? Pon t you remember when the trees. The oak treea and the beech. Were Inst In clouds on days like these And eyes could hardly reach Their waving tops? When noonday sklea Were oh. such deeper blue? When Jack's great bean stalk In our eyea Just grew and grew and grew? And thera m-ere bella. so more than fine. Of blue and white and red, fpon the morning glorv vine That climbed up on the shed. To be a wonder and delight. So fresh and full of dew. To bud and open In a night I see them now don't you IVn't you remember when the cava Were thick and full of gloom. Where captive maldena. once, like alaveS, Were chained In eome damp rne.m? When twilight rustling In the brush Waa some fierce beat? A cow It was. but cows at dusk are Hush! I think I hear ona now. Come, take a little trip with ma, Forget the things that fret. For you may close your eyea and sea some things that I forget. Why. I've aeen Bluebeard a hidden mom And Clnderella a ahoel And I have aeen where violets bloom Bo blue! So blue! So bluet Despair and Despondency No one but woman can (ell tbe story of the suffering, tha despair, and tbe despondency endured by women who carry s daily bordao of ill-bealth and pain because of disorders and derangements of tha delicate and important organs tbat are distinctly feminine. The tortures so bravely endured eons pletely upaet ths nerves if long continued. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pretcnptioo is a positive care for weakness and disease of tha feminine organism. IT MAKES WEAK WCTIEN STRONQ, SICK WOMEN WELL. It allays inflammation, beats ulceration and soothes pa'. It tones and builds up the nerve. It fits tor wifehood and motherhood. Honest medicine dealers soil it, and have nothinS to ur unnn mi mm ' iuat as 4nrtA." 'A ft only, th magnificence of tha
