Nebraska Newspapers

    THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. MAY 27. 1909.
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STATEMENT OF CTCUT,ATION.
State of Nebraska. Douglas County
George B. Tseehuck, treasurer ox The
Bee Publishing company, being duly
sworn, eays that the actual number of
full and complete copies of The Dally,
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of April, 1I0. was as
follow: -
I M.IM IT 41090
I M.OM IS IT.1M
I SS.4M It ASS
4 S7.8O0 ! 4030
41.300 tl 40,410
..!. 40.S40 11 40,400
T 41,000 tl. ......... 40,300
41400 14 40,00
41,080 it 4XVM0
10 41,400 14 4O380
11 87,300 fT. 4S.U0
11...;...... 41,300 3 4000
It 41.440 It 40S0
14 .... 4000, : 19 :. 4500
31 40,000 ' ..
14 4000 ' Total.. 130,410
Returned copies..,. 1103
Net total ..13007
Dally average.......!, f. ... 4040
GEORGE B. TZSCHtJCK.
Treajru.er.
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before me this 1st day of May, ltot.
U. P. WALKER,
Notary Public
WHEN OCT OF TOWN.
Bescrt avere loawlsiaT tk elty teas
porarlly,, eatoaild kvavr Tke U
mailed to tbeaa. Address will h
, The tax assessor la also coming
down the homo stretch.
If the tariff bill were a hot air bal
Iocn It would have gone up long ago.
' A Milwaukee paper reminds us that
Christmas la Just seven months away.
It certainly doesn't feel like It.
. Just because Mr. Hitchcock has had
a lease on the city prosecutorshlp for
three years he thinks he is entitled to
perpetual ownership.
. People, who go out automobile rid
ing around Omaha right now should
take witnesses along to prove that they
are- not train robbera.
1 1f. they must have snow at this time
of the year up In Montana and tho
Black Hills, will they pleaae blow their
breath the other way?
The wheat, git can take notice that
Nebraska's growing crops are amply
supplied with ' moisture no matter
what ma be happening elsewhere.
, With the Jobs for the jobless record
of tho legislature before him It makes
Mayor Jim sad to see some of the local
pie slip out of the democratic commis
sary wagon.
An English scientist has published
a book, on '.'How Much and What
Should a Mai Eat?" It all depends
who la to settle for the check at the
cashier's desk.'
The, railroads . are .again being
greatly troubled with high water. It
worries the railroad men when , water
attacks the tracks, but It ia different
with the stocka. : -
Lincoln police are, having a hard
time of It holding down tho lid. Some
of the good people of tho capital city
might help out by furnishing ballast
if tho force la too light.
Andrew Carnegie is to provide a
fund to purchase hero medals for ha
peoplo of France who deserve them
Mr. Carnegie must be determined to
make the order of heroes a worldwide
ose.
How about it? Did the voting of
those $6,500,000 water bonds take all
the disease germs out of the water, or
were tho germa merely Imaginary fig
ments worked up to help carry the
bonds?
A Boston girl has made a record of
a high jump of four feet three inchea,
and there was no mouse in the room,
either. Boston is gradually getting
In line with modern educational
methods.
That Norseman who dlacovered thla
continent so many years before Colum
bus and penetrated aa far Inland aa
Minnesota was evidently only spying
out tho land for his countrymen, who
were to take possession later.
Mayor Jim la denouncing In un
measured terms the tour democratic
council men who made a deal with the
republicans on council organization
But Mr. Hitchcock's World-Herald la
densely silent on tho subject. What
Is a democrat?
Isn't It pressing tbo limit to com
uience talking about contesting Hetty
fireen's will before she Is dead, or
even enjoying poor health'? People
should at lea b permitted the prlv
ilego of thinking they art disposing of
Ihtir w .properly., 1. . ' , . . .
Farmer and Speculator.
An eastern financial paper, discuss
ing the prospects of the future tend
ency of the wheat market, points out
that the speculator will soon hare a
new condition to contend with. Under
normal condition! the first of the new
crop will be on the market In about
alx weeks, but this authority declares
that there la no certainty that auch
will be the case this year. It all de
pends whether the farmer thinks he Is
getting the value of his wheat. Some
well known facta are cited to sustain
thla view.
Some years ago the financial condi
tions of the farmer was by no means I
. . . V A 1 I 1 1
so good aa now ana wneat, oeing nis
first marketable crop of the year, was
aold as toon m possible after harvest,
with the result of a depressed mar
ket, while the apeculator and grain
buyer reaped the real profit of the,
farm. As a consequence of a succes
sion of prosperous years the farmer,
aa a rule, la no longer forced to rush
his wheat to market In order to pay
pressing debts, but Instead has both
the financial resources and the storage
ability to hold his grain If he desires
to do to.
Market statistics show that last year
the farmers held onto their corn
longer on the average than usual, send
ing it to market only as there was
a market demand, with the result that
the farm price was nearer the average
price of the year than ever before in
the history of the country. If the ob
ject lesson of this is not lost, wheat
Is likewise more apt to be marketed
only as there la actual demand for the
grain, with a resultant higher average
price at the farm and also a more even
price throughout the year. With large
supplies tn the farmers' hands a corner
with Its artificial prices would be Im
possible, for the manipulator would
simply be buried under an avalancho
of grain.- .
The marketing of the crop only in
response to demand would be of fi
nancial benefit to the farmer and also
to the consumer, by making both Im
mune from the squeezing of the specu
lator. Withholding from the market
grain .that was needed would, of
course, injure the consumer just as
much as the same process of hoarding
by the speculator, but farm owner
ship Is so scattered and the modern
farmer so well posted as to the world's
supply and demand that a farmers'
corner on grain la improbable.
Democratic) Conundrums..
Tba age of Ann has been de
termined, nobody cares any more who
struck Billy Patterson, and Charley
Ross haa been given up as definitely
lost. The conundrum, "What is a
democrat?" and "What Is the demo
cratic position on the tariff?" are still
open for debate between Mr. Bryan
and those who think they have a right
to an equity In the party label.
Mr. Bryan continues to run his blue
pencil through the names on the party
membership list and to assert that the
party la Irrevocably committed against
protection. Senator McEnery of Loui
siana tella the senate, while discussing
the sugar schedule, that free trade has
no place In the American scheme of
government. Senator Stone of Mis
souri, with the apologetic mien of the
man who has just stepped on your
coma, tells Mr. Bryan that a little pro
tection for one of the Industries of the
senator's atate is a good thing and that
the Nebraskan should not object so
seriously to the senator's looking after
his fences by a vote judiciously placed
on the iron ore schedule of the tariff
bill.
It Is a merry life this thing of
trying to be a democrat and figure out
whether your ticket is for the upper
or lower berth or whether, perchance,
you must do penace by walking to
Falrvlew with peas in your shoes for
daring to vote without taking a cue
from tho great .Chautauquan, only to
find on the front door a new sign, "On
tour of the world, back In time to run
for president again In 1912."
German Naval Views.
During alf the talk about the great
Increase In the German navy and the
scare It has produced in Great Britain,
Germany has been busily engaged
building warships and saying practi
cally nothing. In fact the ambitious
naval program of the Teuton was well
under way before Great Britain woke
up to the fact. Some recent utterances
of Germans high in authority make it
evident that the German takes no
stock in the British statement that its
navy ia solely for defense and In no
sense a menace to Germany or to any
other country. Rear Admiral Weber of
Oermany points out that ever since
the rise of Great Britain as a world
power it has never tolerated a rival on
the aeas, either commercially or In
war fleets. As Spain, Holland, France
and Denmark have In turn created
great navies, Great Britain has
watched for a favorable opportunity
and smashed them. The admiral boldly
declares that Germany does not pro
pose simply to build up its navy to a
point where It will be a valuable pawn
In the game of nations, but will con
tinue until Germany Is able to hold
ita own on the seas. He gives voire to
the general distrust of Great Britain
la Germany and the fear that unless
the fatherland Is able to hold its own
on tho seas as well as on land If com
mercial rivalry becomes too acuta
Britain will attempt to crush Ger
many as It haa other rivals.
In hla remarks made In the Reichs
tag. Chancellor von Buelow la a little
more discreet, but read In tho light of
official reserve, what he says leads to
tho same conclusion. Tho chancellor
It quoted as saying, "It is Germany's
aim to have a fleet so strong as would
maka oven a atronger power think
twlct befors attacking us." Count Re-
vent low. in discussing the situation,
slated plainly that Germany was liv
ing In constant fear of attack by Great
Britain and that every step forward by
Germany In shipping and commerce
makes the danger greater. -
How much of thla talk, both In Get
many and In Great Britain, is for the
purpose of forcing through the ap
propriations considered necessary for
naval development, no one of course
knows except those In authority, but
that behind It is a large measure of
mutual distrust and fear is obvious.
Whether It will stop short of either
war or bankruptcy of one or both, the
wlseBt can only guess.
The Mayor's Message.
The message sent by Mayor Dahl
man to the new council haa the merit
of being short and to the point and
free from all attempts at fancy writ
ing. It reada as If the mayor com
posed it himself and contains nothing
against which there will be objection
from any source except from some of
the franchlsed corporations.
The principal part of the message
Is a repetition of the platform declara
tions upe which the mayor waa re
elected and a reminder to the council
men both republican and democratic
that the campaign pledges were
largely identical in all platforms. The
mayor Is careful, however, not to em
phasize the fact that some of these
promises were made in hla campaign
three years ago, but are yet to be re
deemed. Fine words butter no parsnips and
it remains to be seen whether the
mayor will be able to accomplish more
along these lines in a second term than
he did in his first. He started out
three years ago with Just as fine prom
ises. He also started out three years
ago with a council insurrection on his
hands and he is by no means yet as
sured of clear sailing this time.
Better Supervision of Banks.
The comptroller of the currency has
instituted a number of reforms in con
nection with his supervision of the na
tional banks, which cannot fail to be
beneficial, both to the banker and to
the public. In the first place he has
insisted that bank directors should
cease to be mere figureheads and pay.
enough attention to the affairs of the
institution to be cognizant of their con
dition or get out. More important still
Is the action taken to render the work
of the bank examiners of greater real
value and provided against repetition
of past abuses. Comptroller Murray is
determined that the lesson of 1907
shall not be wasted. The national gov
ernment, however, is not alone charged
with a duty to the public in this respect.
A large part of the banking business
of the country is conducted by state
banks, over which the comptroller has
no supervision. The legal restrictions
on investments and field of operation
are not nearly so stringent upon state
banks as on the nationals. Many oppor
tunities for profitable Investment are
open to the state institutions from
which the national bank is barred, and
similarly the opportunities for Im
proper and ill-judged Investments are
also greater. This greater latitude of
investment for the state bank ia neces
sary, as the two classes of banka serve
largely different constituencies with
different needs. There is no reason,
however, why the supervision over and
examinations of state banks should not
be as thorough and efficient as in the
case of the nationals. Efficient regu
lation is as much of a safeguard to
the bankers as to the depositor. Guar
anty or no guaranty, there is no ex
cuse for bank peculations which ade
quate supervision and examination
could prevent.
All agree that Omaha should culti
vate the good will of tho interior cities
and towns of the state and that there
Is no good reason for antagonism be
tween the state' and Its metropolis. It
should not be overlooked, however,
that tbo late democratic delegation
sent to Lincoln from Douglas county
did more in three months to incite
prejudice against Omaha and alienate
friends throughout Nebraska than can
be undone In three years. It is only
going half way when we undertake to
cultivate friendly relations without at
the same time trying to stop widening
the breach at the other end.
One way to increase Omaha's pres
tige abroad Is to show special atten
tion to out-of-town visitors who oc
cupy high positions tn the business
and professional world whenever they
honor the city with their presence.
We have been doing aomethtng in this
direction, but not enough. The Com
mercial club and every other similar
organization ought each to have a live,
hustling entertainment committee
busy all the time and let no one get
past who is entitled to such recogni
tion. Candidates who made contingent
filings for the recent primaries, but
were shut off the ticket, are to have
their money back on tha ground that
they did not get what they paid for.
As a matter of fact, nine out of ten of
them went In simply for the advertis
ing and got that without being forced
to Incur the other expenses which
usually go with it.
New England papers are boasting
that $54,000,000 is to be invested In
that section in new mills, factories and
Improvements in existing plants.. New
England is to be congratulated over
the fact that It has wakened to tha
fact that tho panic has been over fop
some time.
President Winchell of the Rock
Island haa joined tho chorua for co
operation between tho railroads, the
shippers and the public There never
as anything In the way of co-operation
except the disposition of the rail
roads to go it alone unless everyone
else consented to play ihe game ac
cording to the rules they laid down.
WetaM Like In Be Motown.
Topeka Capital.
Admiral Iewey says the American navy
Is the peer of any. We hate to question
the word of a hero, but since the American
navy hss never been in a real fight nobody
knows how good It la.
In Line rrltk Hla Raalneaa.
Fhiledelphla Press.
Senator Aldrlch will be allowed to select
his own route and name his own prices
For a season of chaulauiiua lectures. This
is quite In line with his cxpertnees In ar
ranging tariff schedules for other people.
Admirable t'aador.
Boston Herald.
Evening sessions ordered and the flow
of senate talk, unchecked. That North
Carolina member of other days, who repre
sented toe county of Buncombe and pleaded
to a wearied house that he was "talking
for Buncombe'" has k)ls disciples at every
session, although not all are as frank as he.
A' Time for Silence.
New Tork Tribune.
Mr. Bryan Is preserving a sphinxlike si
lence on the tariff Issue. He will be en
couraged In that policy by the reception
given In the senate to some few innocent
remarks from Governor John A. Johnson.
The tlemocratlc leader who theorises now
adays on the tariff Is likely to be assailed
by a majority of his party associates as a
troublemaker and a heretic.
I llf la Industries.
Springfield Republican.
Not only are the Independent steel com
panies to restore wages, but those railroads
which reduced the pay of the salaried class
of employes following the panic pf 1907 are
announcing a return to the old compensa
tion. The Boston and Maine Is the latest
to make known such a step. It means
that In the opinion of these men of large
affairs prosperity . has returned.
Fortunate 'Ootlylnoj Possessions."
Boston Herald.
Lucky Guam! The people felt that they
were burdened with unnecessarily high du
ties and complaints to Captain Dorn,
the naval governor. A tariff com
mission was formed at once, an investiga
tion made, end a revision downward was
outlined, which will become a law as soon
as It Is approved by the president snd sec
retary Meyer. But Guam is not entitled
to the blessings' of self-government!
A CIRIOIS SITUATION.
Senate Tariff' BUI Without Defenders
In Ike Press.
New Tork Tribune.
It In a notable circumstance that the
senate tariff bill has practically no de
fenders In the press of the country. We
have failed to notice a cordial approval of
It In Its present form In any conspicuous
republican newspaper, or In any demo
cratic newspaper, north or south, although
many southern-senators sre helping to
neutralise the reductions In d'ltles made In
the measure as It left the house of repre
sentatives; Our observation Is fully eon
firmed by the Washington Post, which sad
the other day: .
"The pre of a free country is a fall'
Index of public opinion; In forty years of
journalistic effort we do not recall any
question of widespread public eencertrupon
which the newspaper have been as unani
mous Ss theyciafrti -today In regard to the
pending tariff ,kUU There Isn't a publica
tion of note anywhere that has a kind word
to say in behalf of the measure In Us
present form a fact too significant to be
Ignored or lightly treated. It Is no exag
geration to say. that the bill hasn't a friend
outside the halls of congress and the small
circle of men whose rerrerentaltves came
here to see that It was framed with a view
to promote their own selfishness."
T" senate Is by tradition a highly eo
servatlve body. It clings to what Is. and
I usually prefers to rr on tne stae or seir
rrVstralnt and Inaotion. Yet the political
sagacity of theflrianee committee and Its
followers Is discredited by the fact that
their work finds no approval from the
public opinion which the newspapers re
flect. Can such work be expected to ap
peal hereafter to the voters? Is the senate
right In Judging public sentiment, while
the newspapers of both parties are all
wrong? These are questions which the
makers of the senate measure would do
well to consider.
DESIRABLE DISCONTENT.
Signal Fires of Enlightenment nnd
Social Progress.
Baltimore American.
A recent work by a university profes
sor undertakes to estsblish the fact that
American discontent Is a result of en
lightenment The writer points out that
the stolid Indifference of peasants In tyrant
ruled countries Is" the basis of social order.
Of course, the Implication la that society
should kave a privileged class and a hope
less mass. This Is, fortunately, un-American.
Discontent has never Injured anyone
who has entertained it as a stimulus to ac
tion. The American comes nearest to the
Ideal man in having a multitude of desires
which prompt a multitude of activities and
leads to the Impiovement of society, the
creation of wealth and the establishment of
life on a higher and broader plane.
it Is well to contrast American dis
content with the situation in such a coun
try as Englsnd. where certainly enlighten
ment Is as respectable as it is here. There
about 5.000 men own the great bulk of the
soil, while a single aristocrat owns in
Scotland an area as large as Maryland,
Virginia," West Virginia and Delaware. Be
side the great land monopolists of Great
Britain the trust barons of the United
States are children in a kindergarten. Land
Is an Impassive commodity, its ownership
is hard to break up, especially when but
tressed by traditional grants from the
crown.
Contracted with this situation Is the
condition In Fraice, where only 6 000
Frenchmen have Incomes of I J). 000 from
wealth of f4S.000.00e.OtM. Here Is diffused
prosperity. The basis of It all is the sys
tem of small land holding and intensive
cultivation of the soil. Enlightenment Is
a common characteristic of France. Eng
land add the Vnlted States. The first
represents diffused capital, the second cen
tralized land holding, the third consolida
ted IndJbtry. Each country possesses a
restless population, full of complaint with
existing conditions and desire for better
ment. So that the t'nited States Is not
different from the other great powers In
the fact that its people are not as happy
as unattired savages In a tropical banana
grove.
It will be a sad day when the people
shall be content to let things be as they
are and not seek Improvement. The great
problems are those that rail forth great
energy and the fact that problems eilst
that cause discontent is In no sense a dis
couragement. The elements of discontent
are here, but rfiers Is little of the dissatis
faction that leads to despsir. Americas
discontent U of las stimulating brand.
Washington Life
Sert Mraaaaaa f tswManta b4
tyiMOam U& Mark tke rT
arreaki a tke sTaatoa's OnpttaL
Mainly the well sprint of news In the
t'nited States senate are dried up. Pro
longed deflate on tariff la held up as a
Culprit responsible for a news drouth of
such severity that Washington correspon
dents are forced to the extremity of slslng
up the "most august assemblage on
earth" as a millionaires club. The Brook
lyn Ragle man, a cautious observer of na
tional and financial symptoms, asserts that
a poor man, though not a poor senator,
is not as lonesome as he used to he In
senate. He has plenty of company. Of the
twelve new men who were sworn In on
March 4, nine are poor. Two are rich and
another has been ahle, by leading a life
of celibacy and frugality, to accumulate
about S100.000. Two other senators who
were sworn In a few months previous are
also classified among the Impoverished.
By a liberal estimate there are fifteen
millionaires In the t'nited States senate.
If the exact truth about the stale of the
finance of these men were known, it Is
likely that several of them would he
dropped from this list of modern Midases.
It's not an easy thing to ascertain cor
rectly the worldly possessions of people,
these days. However, the following sen
ators are generally looked upon In Wash
ington as being millionaires, some of them
multl-mllllonaires:
Nelson B. Aldrlch of Rhode Island, Mor
gan G. Bulkeley of Connecticut, W. Mur
ray Crane of Massachusetts, Chauncey M.
Depew of New Tork, Henry A. Du Pont of
Delaware, Stephen B. Elklns of West Vir
ginia, Simon Guggenheim of Colorado,
Francis G. Newlands of Nevada. George
8. Nixon of Nevada, George T. Oliver of
Pennsylvania. Nathan B. Scott of West
Virginia, Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin,
Francis E. Warren of Wyoming, John
Kean of New Jersey and George P. Wet
more of Rhode Island. There are several
other men who might be termed "near
millionaires." They Include Jonathan
Bourne of Oregon, George C. Perkins of
California, Ellhu Root of New Tork and
Charles J. Hughes, Jr., of Colorado.
Against this select group of nineteen
men Is the great army of senators, who
are well fixed, comfortably well off,' and
poor. The last classification Is- the most
numerous, and takes In the men who have
nothing but their salaries. Especially in
the western . states Is the tendency grow
ing to send poor men to the senate. For
merly the mining kings had a. large mon
opoly of the senatorial business.
Root and Hughes were the men of afflu
ence of the dosen who took the oath at
the commencement of the present session.
Burton of Ohio, who has saved nearly
$100,000, waa the other man of some means.
Of the balance, Brtstow of Kansas was,
perhaps, the man with the flattest pocket
book, and he looked it- Making both ends
meet Is a serious problem of life to Brls
tow, and may account for the fervor with
which he Is attacking the high schedules
of the tariff. Chamberlain of Oregon Is
also poor. One reason for his poverty
was a conviction he once had that it was
his duty to squander his savings in order
to pay the depositors of a failed savings
bank of which he was a director. This
occurred some years ago. When his op
ponents In his fight for the senatorship
sprung the story that . Chamberlain had
been connected , with a bank that had
failed, his manly sacrifice came out, and
the newa elected .him to tha senate, j
Coe I. Crawford of South Dakota ia a
poor man with a large family, and he lives
in a boarding house her which could be.
with truthfulnesss, classed as "cheap."
Johnson of North Dakota and Jones of
Washington would have to borrow money
to keep going if it were, not for their sal
aries as senators. Shlvely iof Indiana haa
never had more than his modest income as
lawyer, and Smith of South Carolina
earned his livelihood up to a few years
ago as a traveling organizer for tha cot
ton growers of his state.
Cummins of Iowa was on the high road
to wealth until he became a reformer.
About all he has now la the house that
cost him $60,000, and he hasn't money
enough left to run It. It was the boast of
Brown of Nebraska last year that he was
the only member of the senate too poor to
own a home. His colleague, Burkett, Is a
poor man also. Taken as a class, the men
who have recently coma to the senate from
the west are lacking in worldly goods. The
same statement is true generally of sen
ators from the south.
Bourne of Oregon had one fortune left to
him, which he lost, and then he made
another, a good part of which has slipped
from htm also. Bulkeley of Connecticut is
the head of one of the biggest Insurance
oompanies In the country and is an hon
ored member of the Millionaires' club.
Carter of Montana came to the senate In
IKjT) a rich man, and left in 1901, dead broke.
McKinley gave him a government Job.
Since then he has made enough to keep
the wolf from the door without doing any
more hard work. Culberson of Texas mar
ried a rich wife and is as well fixed as any
of the southern contingent. La Foilette Is
a money-maker, but he lets It slip through
his fingers. He Invests nearly every dol
lar he makes In printer's Ink. By hard
work on the Chautauqua circuit he earned
140.000 tn 1907. What he didn't spend In pro
moting his campaign against the trusts he
Invested in his weekly newspaper.
"Cullom Is poor as a church mouse," Is
a comment frequently heard In the senate.
A remark of this kind, by the way, is the
highest tribute that could be paid to the
honesty of any man who has been long In
the senate. Cullom has been there for
twenty-alx years, and has saved barely
enough to buy a small but comfortable
home. Hale, who has been in the senate
since has had the benefit of his wife's
fortune. She was a daughter of the late
Zacharlah Chandler of Michigan, who was
a merchant prince of Detroit before he be
came 1'ni'ed States senator and secretary
of the Interior
The greater part of the batik account of
Owen of Oklahoma Is made up of his share
of the latgest fee ever awarded in a case
against the government. It was fTOO.OOO and
was earned In an Indian land suit. Plies of
Washington as one of the five attorneys
to split a 1250,000 fee. Senator Warren la
several times a millionaire and one of the
biggest wool producers in tha world. He
owns vast stretches of gi axing land.
Senator Tillman or South Caroling. Is a
poor man and lives like one. His hitherto
spotless reputation was mussed up. a trifle
by Mr. Roosevelt last year because poor
Tillman was trying to make a few dollars
out of a land selling company In Oregon.
From the foregoing It wtll be seen that
the name "Millionaires' club" no longer
fits the senate. It is an assembly mad
up of a few very rich men. a few well-to-do
men and a great many who are poor,
but would like to be millionaires.
A Pair of Hnnnncra.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
While Mr. Bryan la expelling prominent
democrats from the party Senator Bailey
undertakes to go him a little better by
readme ine party platform out
Absolutely
Thaonly
Ratlcino' Powder
macle from Makes the finest, most delicious bis-
Crwim'of cu't cace an Pfy conveys to food
Tartar e mosl healthnJ of fruit properties.
PERSONAL NOTES.
M. Paderewskl, having recovered his
health, la enjoying himself In agricultural
pursuits at his chateau on the banks of
the Lake of Lucerne.
There Is an Impression In Chicago that
Carter H. Harrison, four times mayor of
the city. Is likely to be a candidate for
the democratic nomination for mayor in
1WL
The Duke of Norfolk hss a rent roll of
fl.3a0.Q00 a year. His London' estate in
Norfolk street, Surrey street and Arundel
Street, Strand, was erected on the site of
his ancestors' town house by speculative
builders after the great fire In 10M.
Mrs. Harry E. Mitchell, of Pullman,
Wash., has made what . Is believed to be
the largest t'nited States flag In the
world, and which Is to be unfurled at the
moment President William Howard Taft,
In Washington, presses the button that
opens the Alaska-Vukon-Paclfio exposition.
Clinton C. Hutchinson, who recently died
In Fortland. Ore., Is called" by the Ore
gonlans of that elty the father of Irrigation
In Its state. He was born In Vermont, De
cember it, 1S33, and first went west to
Illinois, where he married and In 1S55 re
moved to Kansas nnd helped the "free
state" men In their troubles with the
"border ruffians." Going to Oregon in
1S94 Mr. Hutchinson saw that irrigation
was greatly needed In eastern Oregon,
and organised the Irrigation project In
Crook county, the first In the state of
any consequence. t
Chief Justice Beatty, of the supreme
court of California, who is Tl years old, is
as able to take care of himself and to
enforce his reasonable demands outside the
courtroom as In IU On Monday of last
week, while riding on a trolley car he
ordered a man to stop talking with the
motorman, telling him that he was im
periling the safety of the passengers. . The
man resented the order and told the Judge,
whom he did not recognize, that he would
knock the tatter's hat off but for his gray
hair. "Forget the hair and try It," said
the Judge. The challenge was accepted and
there waa a quick exchange of blows, In
which the chief Justice came off best.
TART TRIFLES.
""""
"Do t make myself plain?" demanded
Mrs. Jawback at the end of her curtain lec
ture. "You couldn't do that, my dear," said
Mr. Jawback, mildly. "1 will acknowledge
that I am stupid, but not that you could
be plain." Cleveland Leader.
She (after the tiffl Tou will admit you
were wrong?
He ta young lawyer) No: but I'll admit
that an unintentional error might have
unknowingly crept into my assertion.
Christian Endeavor World.
Thirsty Passenger How much longer
have I got to wait for that cocktail I or
dered? Dining Car Walter (looking out of the
window) A tx ut a mile and a half longer,
sir. This is a dry county, and there's a
spotter on board. Chicago Tribune.
Wigwag Good evening, Mrs. Guszler Is
Mr. Gussler in?
Mrs. Uusiler He has Just done down to
the corner tor a little exercise.
Wigwag I think I'll Join him. In which
er corner does he' take his exercise?
Philadelphia Record.
"I met Nellie this morning, and she was
very anxious."
"What was the matter with her?"
"I think she was on the verge of nervous
prostration about the address she was to
make before the 'Don't Worry" club."
Baltimore American.
Tommy Met the new minister on my way
home from 8unday school yesterday, and
he asked me If I played marbles on Sun
day. Mother Well, what did you say?
Tommy Get thee behind me, Satan!
Sketch.
Fair Client I want you to sue that
woman for 5.0O0 damages! She stole my
husband's affections!
Lawyer But. madam, your husband Is
well known In this community. I advise
Thursday Morning
We will place on ale 100 suits left over from last
spring's stock, which we must close out before our regu
lar 6emi-annual inventory. v
These suits are every bit as good in style and mate
rials as any of this season's models, but there is only one
or two of a kind and that is our reason for closing them
out. We sold these suits last spring from $15 to $28, most
of them were formerly $20. - .
"No Clothing Fits Like Ours." 4
We have all sizes in the assortment. Thursday morn
ing at 9 o'clock we will place them on sale at
The chance df buying a Browning, King & Co. suit
for so little money is not to be overlooked.
See Douglas Street Windows.
Ix)ok for our advertisement of Boys' and Children's
4 Suits in another part of this paper.
BrovvninalCing & Cq
BaldHigFowder
you to sue the woman for a smaller sum.
say IA. Chicago Tribune.
The WalterBeg pardon, sir. but ahem!
the gents here usually remember my serv
ices. The Ouet (pocketing stl the chsnge)
Do they? They oupht tn be more charitable
and forget them. Tlt-Blts.
"WHEN I WENT BACK HOME."
Chicago Post.
When I went back home! When I went
hack home! '
The orchards tossed In greenest wsvei
with csps of blossom-foam,
The wind ran down to meet me from. th
hills of snowy blonm
And set my heart a-leaping with the mar
velous perfume.
When I went back home! When 1 went
back home!
The fields gave forth the .clinging" scent
of freely upturned loam.
The little creek went singing through the
slisdow and the sun
Across the shallows where of old my feet
were wont to run.
When I went back home O. the woods
ere green.
And greener yet the medowlands with
Jewel glint and sheen: .
The little path wound up the hilt, the lit
tle path raivdown
To meet the lasv highway that led from
the little town.
When I went back home! If I had the
art
I would weave the wonder melody that
murmured In my heart.
The sonir that sang of brotherhood with
bending skies of hlue
And hills of green and everything that as
a boy I knew.
When T went hack home! When I went
back home!
Ah. where Ia now the wanderlust that
arm .hp iiirin o roam.
To trudge upon the rugged roads that lead
In - H.n tMna
When fair and clean snd sweet and young
the home-place ever stands!
When I went hack home! When I went
back home! 4 1
The orchards surged ss sunny seas with
billowed blossom-foam.
And drp within the soul of me I heard
the singing strsin
The lnd brought wtth the fIowr-seent it
poured across the lane.
THE CULINARY DEPARTMENT OF
A GREAT MODERN HOTEL
At the St. Kegis,' New York. Every
Feature Is Perfect of Its Kind.
Many a once-famous hotel has declined
In public estimation because its "table"
was not kept up to the accepted standard:
and no hotel however excellent in other
respects can be more 'than very ordinary
and Inferior If any feature of Its culinary
department Is unsatisfactory. At the St.
Itegls Hotel, Fifth Avenue and Fifty-fifth
Street, New Tork. there need never be
fear of unsatisfactory food or service.
Although built to be America's finest
hotel, exquisite material surroundings' for
its guests were not the only concern of
its owners and manager. The kitchen of
the St. Regis Is not excelled In Its equip
ment by any hotel or restaurant In Amer
ica; Ita cooks are selected for their ability
and experience, while its food supply must
pass the critical Inspection of the man
ager, himself a restaurateur of national
fame. In the dining rooms, aa well, no
feature Is lacking to secure perfection In
service. With all this painstaking care to
obtain superlative results; St. Regis prices
remain within the reach of the great "mid
dle class." Its restaurant- charges or the
same as other first class hotels, and rooms
may be had as low as 13 and U a day
for a large, handsomely furnished single
bedroom; the same with private bath for
JO a day (or 14 for two people): or fl2 a
day and up for an elegant suite constat
ing of parlor, bedroom and private bath.
7o-50
15th and Douglas Sts.'
E. S.WILCOX, Mgr. '