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Oenrge B. Tsschuck, treasurer of The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly
sworn, aays that the actual number of
full f and complete copies of The Pally,
Morning, Evening and Hunday Bee printed
during the month, of April, 19", was as
follows:
1 v M.SM IT 41.630
S St.OM 1( 37.130
. S M,4M !.... i 40,390
S7,oq l o.ao
' I.......... 1.300 ' SI 40,410
4AMO f..,., 4O.M0
' ... 4100 II. ...... ,,, 40,330
1 41,4 " 14.. 40,440
' 41.M0) 1 48,453
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1 4100 II 40,830
41.440 II 46490
44M0 10 4A3K
I 40.300
.... 40460 Total.. 1433,410
Return coyles 11403
Net total...., .....1433,807
Dally Average 40440
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Treasurer.
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Speaking of bandits, the police have
three of a kind, but failed to fill in
the draw.
Now that the assessors Lve finished
their part of it. it will be up to the
Board of Equalisation next.
Joy riding; has been made larceny
In New York state. But stolen pleas
area are proverbially the sweetest
St. Joseph is clamoring for 600 girls.
Is that all our Missouri neighbor needs
before the census man comes around?
Lo Angeles reports one divorce for
verr four marriages. Evidently the
matrimonial lemon needs no protec
tion. Wonder If successful mastery of the
Steering apparatus of the automobile
flu a person to steer a dirigible bal
loon. Speaker Cannon dearly loves a Joke,
but thla sitting around waiting for the
senate to act on the tariff bUI Is no
Joke.
The Peruvian rebellion lasted for
three hours. Some of those South
American wars are almost as serious
as French duels.
The town of Zephyr, Tex., has been
blown away by a tornado. What else
could one expect a tornado Is but a
tephyr grown up.
A newly discovered comet is said to
be traveling several million miles a
minute. If It Isn't careful It may be
arrested for scorching.
The site of the city of Pittsburg
once sold for 1176, but then neither
party to the trade had to divide up
with a Pittsburg councilman.
The eclipse of the sun June 17 will
bo total only at the north pole. Walter
Wellmaa will have to hurry to get
there In time to take observations.
Tou may call It a corner or what
ever you please, but the fact is that
with, the close of May it was not Mr.
Patten who settled In the wheat deal.
It Is barely possible that in his de
sire to improve the quality of whisky,
Dr. Wiley has been stirred to activity
by someone who purchased a drink In
a prohibition town.
As there are more retailers than
there art wholesalers, and more whole
salers than there are manufacturers,
It is perfectly safe to put all the blame
for high retail prices on the manufac
turer.
The Carnegie Steel company booked
more orders during the last three
months than during the entire year
1908. That looks as tuough there
were something doing in the industrial
world.
A Chicago woman earned a dollar
for missions by shaving her husband.
It Is quite possible that her husband
would prefer to have her get the money
next time in the usual way while he
Is asleep.
The Illinois legislature has passed
an act voiding leasee for apartmenU
that prohibit occupancy by families
with children. That promises to be a
popular measure. It's dollars to
doughnuts that It makes Its appear
ance at the next session of every legis
lature la every . atate that contains
citlM that ave e5?lment houses.
On the Wrong: Foot.
The state press seems to have got
ten off very badly on the wrong foot
In connection with the recent train
robbery on the outskirts of Omaha.
Getting a bad cue from the local yel
low Journals that have been for years
libeling the police and misrepresenting
Omaha as a haven ' of professional
criminals, these country papers imme
diately Jump to the conclusion that
this train robbery afforded proof posi
tive of police inefficiency and conniv
ance with criminals.
Under the head of "Rotten Omaha,"
for example, the Nebraska City Press,
which is chronically blackguarding our
city, Indulges this characteristic out
burst:
Crooks who are able to break Into banks,
steal anything loose, even rob the Cnlted
States malls, seem to have an Immediate
harbor as soon as they reach Omaha. The
local authorltlea are either unable to han
dle the criminal defines or else the re
sponsible heads are In "cahoots" with the
thieves.
Another paper constantly suffering
with Omaha-phobia, the Kearney New
Era Standard, sagely remarks:
Omaha seems to he headquarters for a
bunch of pretty desperate men. After
this, how will they be able to persuade
the timid east that Omaha Is not In the
limits of the wild and woolly west?
Still another paper, printed in the
barue town, the Kearney Hub, which is
usually sensible and level-headed, de
clares: .
There Is 8 suspicion creeping Into the
minds of a few people that there Is some
thing wrong with the police administra
tion of the city of Omaha. When a mall
train Is looted and the robbers art swal
lowed up In the maw of that city, where
they undoubtedly had their rendezvous.
there Is an appearance of . "shutting the
other eye" when these fellows are around.
It so happens that before these Inky
lugubriatlons were even dry the per
petrators of the train robbery were in
the toils as a result of the combined
efforts of the police of Omaha, South
Omaha and the detectives working on
the case.
It turns out, further, that the ren-
deivous of the train robbers waa not
in Omaha, unless South Omaha is to
be considered part of Omaha, although
its police administration is entirely
separate and distinct.
It turns out, further, that the train
robbers were newcomers and strangers
to the community, had been In the
neighborhood only a few days, had
been operating in other cities equally
boldly and had escaped the police of
those cities.
Instead of finding Omaha a safe
haven they came to grief here for the
first time.
Instead of finding the police admin
istration "shutting the other eye,"
they ran up against a police adminis
tration that caught them napping.
Even If the train robbers had suc
cessfully gotten away from Omaha, as
they had from other cities in which
they had committed crimes, it would
have been no serious indictment of the
police here or in South Omaha, i A
professional crook Is liable to -drop
into any city in the country at any
time, pull off a Job and get away, but
that would be no test of faithfulness
and efficiency of the police department.
Wonder if these papers and the
others that have made the train rob
bery their excuse for similar reflec
tions upon Omaha's badness will have
the decency to retract and do what
they can to repair the damage of their
uncalled-for comment.
Georgia Strike Settlement.
The settlement of the strike on the
Georgia railroad has averted what
promised to be a serious complication.
The railroad officials , and the em
ployes have taken cognizance of tne
fact that they were raising an Issue
which promised to be more far-reaching
than a simple labor difference and
have agreed to arbitrate. The race
question, always acute in the south,
brought into the controversy factors
which had no direct Interest in it and it
was from this source that serious
trouble was menaced.
In averting auch a conflict all con
cerned are to be congratulated al
though they would have appeared in
better light if they had never raised
the race Issue. The country is looking
to the aouth to solve the race ques
tion and the tendency of the best
thought there is directed to the prob
lem. Disturbances such as those
caused by this strike only delay the
solution by stirring up passions. The
agreement for the settlement of the
strike by arbitration was just as feas
ible before the outbreak as after it
and the best Interests of all should
have dictated an earlier recourse to it.
A Monument to the Regular.
The dedication at Gettysburg of a
monument to the regular soldier is an
act of belated justice. The deeds of
the volunteer have been sung In song
and story and many monuments have
been erected to his memory. No fault
can be found with this for he deserves
all his tributes. The volunteer dis
played self-sacrifice and courage of the
highest type. From the foundation of
the government It has been the policy
to maintain a small standing army,
relying on the volunteer in times of
war and the volunteer has never failed
his country. The regular army has
never been large enough to form more
than a nucleus of the nation's fighting
force, but his training and discipline
have been an invaluable asset; It has
been the military leaven which vital
ized the entire mass.
The regular has no state and no
home community to sound his praises
and Lis numbers were so few in the
civil war that he was almost ignored
later In the distribution of credit
marka, yet be came from the same
source as the volunteer the body of
the American people and with the same
origin he naturally performed his duty
In tha s me courageous manner and Is
entitled to like recognition. It Is fit
ting that a monument should be reared
10 him at Gettysburg, the pivotal battle
of the great conflict.
Conqneit of the Air.
The difficult problems of serial nav
igation are by no means solved, but
wonderful progress ha been made In
recent years toward their solution. In
the heavler-than-alr machines the
Wright brothers of this country are
easily In the U-ad, but in the class of
dirigible balloons American ingenuity
must for the present yield supremacy
to Count Zeppelin of Germany. The
remarkable feat of sailing 456 miles
from a point in Bavaria to Berlin and
then returning is so far In advance of
other aeronautic achievements as to
put it In a class by Itself. All efforts
to navigate the air are at the mercy of
the elements and the air currents, if
strong, are still an Insuperable ob
stacle to the control of flight and
changing temperatures similarly fatal
to long continued ones.
The success of Count Zeppelin and
the Wrights indlcatea clearly that the
principles on which such machines de
pend have been discovered and in large
measure mastered. Present knowledge,
however, does not permit of the appli
cation of sufficient power to overcome
the obstacles of even slightly unfavor
able weather conditions. The machines
are too frail to Bustain the weight of
more powerful engines or to resist the
effects of their vibration. These dlfl
culties must be met before either class
of air vehicles can become of practical
use, either for war or In peace. The
failure, no far, to meet these require
ments Is not to be wondered at, neither
Is it discouraging, but it la rather an
encouragement that bo much has been
accomplished In the comparatively
short time since the first substantial
progress was achieved.
The first practical use of the air
ship has been foreseen by military
men and the armies of all nations are
working industriously for their per
fection. Whether air locomotion will
ever be a factor In every day affairs
can no more be predicted than could
the present day use of the telephone,
the telegraph and the steam engine at
the time of their lnclplency.
Exports and Imports.
Less than one-tenth of the manu
factures of the United States are ex
ported while the Imports of manufac
tured articles equal less than one
twentieth of the home product. TheBe
are the figures of the statistical ab
stract prepared by a bureau of the De
partment of Commerce and Labor.
Another exhibit contained in the re
port shows that the proportion of the
total manufactures exported has been
steadily increasing since 1S50. In that
year it was .066 per cent and In 1905,
the last year In which comparative fig
ures are obtainable, it was .082. In
the latter , year the value o( exported
manufactures was" $895,000,000. In
some respects these figures might be
misleading, because the bureau classes
as manufactures, cured meats and
grains which have been converted into
foodstuffs. Such articles reduce mate
rially the value of exports of what is
ordinarily called manufactured goods.
There has been a decrease, however,
in recent years, of the per cent of food
stuffs exported which would indicate
that the amount of other manufac
tures exported had Increased more
than Is indicated by the figures.
The really, noteworthy part of the
report Is the summary of the total
value of the manufactures of the
country. In I860 they were estimated
at $1,000,000,000, while in 1905 the
estimate had risen to $16,000,000,000.
Of this vast sum, $10,000,000,000 rep
resented the valuation added to raw
material by the process of manufac
ture. Foreign commerce Is valuable and
worth fighting for but the immensely
greater size of the domestic trade in
manufactures and the labor required
to add that $10,000,000,000 to the
value of raw material makes a home
market Worth still more and muBt not
be ruthlessly sacrificed or impaired.
Irrespective of political affiliations,
people like to see men in public office
who have backbone and refuse to be
stampeded. The people of Omaha ad
mire the stand taken by the six repub
lican councllmen in making the six
democrats come to them in the organ
ization and Insisting on having a re
publican chosen to preside over the
body. They will admire them for con
tinuing to stand up and get as many
republicans Into appointive places as
they can get. If they show the white
feather and run to cover at the first
onslaught of the democratic organ,
that did its best to keep each and every
one of them out of office, they will tall
down several notches in the public
estimation. The republicans In the
council are not expected to play cat's
paw to help quarreling democrats to
pull their chestnuts out of the fire.
Mr. Bryan's Commoner gleefully re
produces the dispatches announcing
that "the federal grand Jury In Tulsa,
Okl., refused to Indict Governor Hask
ell," but before the paper-was run off
the press the grand jury had brought
In ludlctments against Governor Hask
ell. No oue will find fault with Mr.
Bryan for his sympathy for his friend,
but we wait to see whether the next
Issue of the Commoner will go into as
much detail about the Indictment as
tho last one does about the count uu
which the grand jury failed to bring
in a bill.
The number of Bhare holders in tne
Pennsylvania railroad has increased
from 23,045 in 1897 to 57,540 at the
last dividend period. Other corpora
tions make a similar showing, which
would seem to Indicate that concen
tration of capital In large corporations
does not neresrl!y mean a concentra
tion of ownership.
Gambling and immorality are said
to have Increased In Cuba since the
Americans surrendered control and
the country's finances ore also In poor
condition. The Cuban republic ap
pears to have a serious time of It,
learning to walk, every time Vncle
Sam resigns his Job at the leading
strings.
An Iowa doctor has issued an ap
peal to men to shave off their beards
on the ground that they are unhealth-
ful germ breeders. If tradition is to
be believed, Methugeiah wore a beard
and it Is up to the smooth shaven to
equal his record before putting on the
ban.
If the republican city councllmen
were only willing to take orders from
Mr. Hitchcock his paper would laud
them to the skies until the next elec
tion, when he would throw them down
for the meanest and most disreputable
democrat.
Being still In need of money, Texas
has tacked $200,000 more onto the
Standard OH company's fine. If the
other states do not hurry up there will
be nothing to levy on vhen they seek
to collect from the? Standard.
"Not one democrat stands for Tom
Lee," shouts Mr. Hitchcock's paper in
big, black type. How about Mayor
Jim, who can claim to represent a few
democrats himself?
A Gentle Reminder.
Pan Francisco Chronicle.
No serious damage was done by the
earthquake which shook some of the middle
western states yesterday, but the quiver
was lively enough to remind the people of
the visited region that California has ro
monopoly of seismic disturbances.
Light on Unnomr Subject.
Boston Herald.
For unconscious humor the news of the
day doesn't often exceed that dispatch
from AuBtrla, which Includes in the pros
pective budget "a supplementary Income
tax on bachelors, widows and childless
married couples, and also on matches."
Not In Ills l ine.
Chicago Record-Herald.
During a fight which Senator Joe Bailey
of Texas tried to have with a newspaper
man the other day the senator used lan
guage, it is alleged, that' was unfit to print.
Still, nobody ever claimed that Bailey was
sent to the senate for the purpose of rais
ing its standard of respectability.
Who Gave Them the Tlpf
St Louis Star.
Wonder who. could have possibly given
the importers of ..champagne, diamonds,
lace, fine china, artificial flowers and sim
ilar articles a pointer as to the prospective
increase in tariff charges? It Is said that
hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of
these things have ..been and are being
rushed under existing rates, and, of course,
all will be sold at advanced prices when
the new tariff gooa Into effect. But
wouldn't it be a 3904 Joke on somebody if
by any chance h 4arlff Increase miscued?
Type of,. tubn "Patriots."
New' yprk Tribune.
Two distinguished, . Cuban "patriots"
bearing the titles, respectively, of "gen
eral" and "colonel,." have been arraigned
a second time on charges of conspiring to
overthrow the government of tha republic.
as they are already serving sentences for
petty swindling, their quality Is not In
doubt. Instead of. dignifying them with
punishment as conspirators or revolution
ists why not turn them loose at the end of
their present sentences and trust to their
getting sent up again for chicken stealing
or picking the pockets of blind beggars?
Such practices seem to be the measure of
ability of a certain type of Cuban "pa
triot" TAKI.XQ A Li A H G 12 CO SI Tn ACT.
Presbyterian Thandera Against the
Use of Tobacro.
Bt, Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Presbyterian church has done great
and mighty works. ,It has belted the globe
with Its missionaries, and It has suppressed
much smoke once rising from fires built
for the making of cannibal feasts. It has
plugged many holes through which the
devil's smoke once rose Into the world. It
has put out many fires of hatred, malice
and all uncharltableness, the smoke of
which Is alwaya black and smells badly.
But now It Is going up against the smoke
In which none of the evil attributes
named can be found. My Lady Nicotine la
no cannibal. She wooea us to such love
of our fellow man that we would rather
keep than eat' him. She flaunts the devil
to his face and her smoke is as that of a
backfire built against him. And her smoke,
If it be worthy of her, Is never black, but
blue, and it Is as the odor of sweet In
cense. The men who love her love her
with a passionate devotion which even
the stern logic of Calvinism may not cool.
What the Presbyterian church might do
if It should thunder forth a threat of
banishment for disregard of the Denver
resolution. It la not for us to say. But
when the brethren omitted the penalty It
strikes us that some of them must have
felt that the session waa growing long
and that it was a long time between
smokes.
Alt Who
Would Ertfoy
good heahb, with fta blessings, must un
derstand, quite clearly, that it involves the
question of rigbt living with aQ the term
implies. With proper knowledge of what
is beat, each hour of recreation, of enjoy,
tnewt, of oooUmpUtion and of effort may
be made to coo tribute to living aright.
Then the use of medicines may be die
pexttad with to advantage, but under or
dinary conditions iu many instances a
simple, wholesome remedy may be invalu
able if taken at the proper time and the
California Fig Syrup Co. holds that it is
alike important to present the subject
truthfully and to supply the one perfect
laxative to those desiring it.
Consequently, the Company's Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of Stnna give gtntnj
satisfaction. To get its beneficial effects
buy the genuine, manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only, and for wis
bar ail kt4iM 4nupUb
Army Gossip
Matters ef XaWrett Oa sad Back
of the -Firing Llai Oleaaed from
the Army sad Vavy Begtster.
General James Allen, the chief signal
offlrer of the army, left Washington oti
Tuesday for Omaha and Fort Lieavenworth
Kan., for the purpose of observing the
work at those places In which signal corps
officers are engaged. Very little work is
contemplated at the signal corps depot at
nmaha during the present year, but some
thing Is proposed In the way of military
aeronautics and field work generally at
Fort Leavenworth, to which place from
Omaha has been sent on a practice march
field company P. under Captain W. H. Oury.
It Is expected that that company will re
main at Fort Leavenworth about a month
taking part with Company A In exercises
and other demonstrations for the benefit
of the signal corps officers under Instrur
tlon at that post. At the termination of
that period the company from Omaha will
return to Its station. The program of mil
itary aeronautics at Fort Leavenworth
has not been definitely determined upon,
but It is intended to do much work In the
line of observation with the dirigible. A
balloon of that type which has been at
Fort Myer, together with the gas plant
from that post, has been shipped to Leav
enworth. Among the most Important of the ques
tions which are to be settled by the mili
tary authorities Is that which has been
submitted to a special board of army of
ficers, of which the head Is Colonel H. A.
Greene, Tenth Infantry, and which Is to
hold Its sessions at Ttock Island Arsenal.
The problem before that board Is the de
termination of the burden of the foot-soldier
In an effort to ascertain If It may be
reduced In weight or In what direction
and by what means It may be modified.
At present, the soldier carries very nearly
one-half his own weight 1n the way of
arms, arcouterments and clothing or, to
be more exact, he has a dead weight of
fifty-eight pounds and eight ounces, of
which forty-six pounds and four ounces
are his arms and accoutermenta. There
are some things lacking which experts con
sider should be a part of the material he
must carry In the field when In fighting
trim.
The folly and futility of existing methods
of determining physical fitness on exam
ination for promotion In the army were
never better shown than by a recent ex
ample where a medical officer, well known
In the service for his expert surgical skill
and recognized by the profession In civil
life as an authority on abdominal diseases,
was summarily retired because he did net
reach certain utterly unnecessary standards
of physical powers. This officer. In the
prime of manhood, and a leader In the sur
gical profession, has recently been called
to the chair of surgery In a prominent med
ical college and unanimously elected by
the trustees dean of the faculty, a position
calling for the greatest mental activity
and administrative ability of a high order,
If not for foolish, and we may hope fleet
ing standards of athletic activity. The
law of compensation, however, still holds
good, the loss to the army is the gain of
the college which thus acquires the ripe
fruit of this officer's experience.
Consideration has been given by the gen
eral staff of the War department to the
Issue of the slicker, In place of the pon
cho, to all troops and reports have been
received from commanding officers of ar
tillery 1 districts and of regiments 'of In
fantry, cavalry and "field artillery 'on the
relative advantages, according to their ob
servation and experience with those two
articles. The preference Is expressed for
the slicker as permitting greater freedom of
movement, as compared with the poncho,
the objection to which is that being of rub
ber, it Is apt to crack when folded, Is
costly, and not durable. It has been de
rided to submit to the infantry equip
ment board, In session at Rock Island, the
poncho, the slicker, and a combination cape
and shelter tent. Invented by Lieutenant
Charles H. Mason, Nineteenth Infantry, for
examination and practical test. It Is de
sired to obtain a recommendation of a suit
able garment which will serve the purposes
of the poncho or slicker. The reports
which have been made on the subject will
be forwarded to Rock Island with the
sample garments. There has also been sent
to Rock Island the new campaign hat as
tentatively adopted by the general staff.
This hat is somewhat lower In the crown
and stlffer- In the brim than the present
article of headgear. The Instructions to the
Iiock Island board are that the new hat
shall be critically examined In comparison
with the service hat, the latter worn with
the Alpine crease and the Montana peak.
The decision of the War department to
no longer sell to dealers obsolete small
arms. In order to prevent their availability
for filibustering expeditions and the like,
Is resulting In the placing on sale ot num
bers of obsolete rifles of foreign armies.
Advertisements of these rifles are appear
ing in newspapers all over the country.
There seems to be a great many of the
Swiss Vetterll thlrteen-shot rifle on the
market. Sporting goods dealers in differ
ent cities are advertising them for sale,
the prices ranging In various places from
14.95 to 11.96.
Numerous applications are being received
by the adjustant general of the army from
graduates of technical schools and unl
vesrltles who desire to take the examina
tion, to be held July 12, for appointment
as second lieutenant In the coast artillery
corps. The Interest In the examination Is
quite unprecedented and the prospects are
that there will be a larger class than that
which took the examination for coast ar
tillery commissions last February. It can
not be known how many vacancies are
available until the appointment of this
year's graduates from the Military acad
emy. GOING TO GRASS.
Latest ftttmalas to Mental and Physi
cal Effort.
Minneapolis Journal.
If Nebuchadnenar were alive today, he
might be elected past president of the Al
falfa club of Creighton university, Ne
braska, where It has been discovered that
students may be fed exclusively on al
falfa, and still "make the team."
But the students of Creighton do not go
out and nibble. They gather their alfalfa,
dry It and grind It into flour. It Is then
an easy process to construct alfalfa gems,
alfalfa pancakes and alfalfa mush. Pie
crust made from alfalfa is said to be Just
the thing. But, alas! alfalfa Is not much
cheaper than wheat flour. The only object
in eating alfalfa seems to be to stimulate a
new line of advertising. We may boon ex
pect to see "alfalfine" on the bill boards
and "alfslfate" on the boarding house
bill of fare.
Thee Teddy Mill torn Bark,
Philadelphia I'resa
Mr. Roosevelt is to remain In Africa for
a year. At present rate of discrimination
the big gama In the dark continent cannot
liosalbly liuld out for tbat length of time.
A Strong Bank
is the best place for Savings. . ,.
You cannot more safely invest
your savings than by taking out a
3Certificate of Deposit
in a bank which has
' Cash and Reserve Funds .... $5,500,000.00
Total Asseti of over .$15,000,000.00.
The latest published statement shows that this 'r
bank ha9 interest bearing certificates of $2,086,687.49
DIU TO THE BOTTOM.
Detection and Proaeentlon of Sugar
Trmat Frnnd.
New Tork Sun.
The moral support of all good citizens of
New Tork Is due to Collector Ioob. if he
Is In fact beginning a vluorous effort to
uncover the corrupt relations that have
existed between one of the most power
ful of the great combinations of capital
known as trusts and dishonest employes
of the United States In our custom house.
The hand of Justice has already been
laid heavily upon the nape of tho neck
of this defrauder of the government and
corrupter of the servants of the people,
the American Cugar Refining company.
That concern has been compelled to dis
gorge a part of tha proceeds of It system-
tlce. If we are not mistaken, is still occu
pied with the sugar trust's affairs.
In the custom house Itself no Investi
gation by Mr. Ioeb can be too seiirch
atlo rascality. The Department of Jus
tng, no process of reorganisation can be
too thoroughgoing, no purification of the
service can be too persistent to suit a
community now well aware of the put
ridity of this whole business. Let the guilty
relation be traced to Its terminals in both
directions, and let the penitentiary open
for the corrupters as well as the cor
rupted! There Is now In Washington an honest
president, Incapable of arresting the hand
of Justice while he himself trades some
piece of conviction for aome personal or
political advantage. There Is a secretary
of the treasury who Is credited with a
genuine wish to get to the very bottom
of the rottenness already In part exposed.
There Is a public sentiment demanding the
punlahment of every peraou concerned in
the sugar trust-custom house conspiracy
and fraud.
Collector Loeb'a opportunity Is present
and urgent.
MOXEV PILING IP.
Dangerous Abundance Around Specu
lative PH.
Naw Tork World.
From every speculative pit In the coun
try cornea the report that money Is easy.
Money is easy, of course, when It Is abun
dant, and. when,; the; big gamblers can bor
row It, at cheap rates of Interest. While
the use of money may be had at nominal
cost In the centers of speculation. It is
noticeable that most commodities are high
and that legitimate business Is not wholly
satisfactory. Men Interested In productive
enterprises do not always find money easy.
If money and credit were as cheap to
them as they are to the manipulators of
stocks, grain and cotton, there would be
no regular weekly reporta of the Increa
Ing movement of currency from the In
terior of New York.
Money accumulates here because there
is a demand for it In speculation and be
cause. In theory at least. It cannot be em
ployed to advantage In business. To what
extent country bankers openly discriminate
against productive enterprises paying high
rates of .interest in favor of a betting
game in which the returns for the use of
money are only nominal can be imagined,
but not exactly determined. It must bo
large. Under these conditions It may be
well for those who are Inclined to look Into
the nature of things to Inquire whether
the prosperity which all are seeking and
many signs of which are visible has been
sought In the right place. There Is noth
ing substantial In speculation. In com
parlaon with the genuine activities of labor
and capital It Is as a bubble to a battle
ship. If prosperity first shows Itself In
crazy speculation, with the financial re
sources of the country largely devoted to
the game, someone should make an Inspec
tion of Its foundations.
I.ooktnar In Right Direction.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"What Is a democrat?" asks a ft. Ixiuis
contemporary. "On the lumber schedule, at
I least." It answers, "more than half a pro
tectionist." There certainly seem to be
times when In looking for democrats It
might be advisable to go to the lumber
room.
Masterfal Generalship.
Springfield Republican!
Bene to. Aldrlch has yet to be beaten on
a single Important Item In his tariff bill
He knew what he was about in fixing up
that measure. He was looking for demo
cratic rather than republican votes and
had them in his pocket when he reported
the bill.
The
Syrup of
and Wholesomeness
The most delicious for griddle
cakes of all makes or any
use where syrup takes.
A pure, wholesome food.
In tot. ie. mJ jot mir-tithl tins.
A took ef (taking tn4 andf
ituklng rttvt$ enf. fraw
a rsqwesr. .
CORN PDnniirra
BEFIMNtt COMPANY
MwYwit
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PERSONAL NOTES.
A French court has ordcrwt fh Trincen
de Sapan to pay a note plven y Count
Uonl for a loan loVbvcl His courting rx-
President Taft ha it been palming a bright
future for the southern 'rtcgme.' but vital
they really lack Is a rusjMiai fnr the im
mediate present. - :
Society women of New York si cm 10 be
smuggling in drct! in ul'ouu U' u.u.il
volume. The operation 01 cusloiiaily is Un
covered, and then SbmWw "in Tur" tiiuu'ciKi y
loss; but it never ai s. u: M'iu'iMl front
her rung of the social ladder.
A St. Louis magistrate lm led t ((v'-benclt
a ltd 1-fO 4 month to ttww-jj ii..(iw ut l .u
p-r duy. He Hays he Id in iu. nf liealtu,
and there will be u f.'V1 ..Uu'jw itii
dud it. However, it a i to tie loaim in
the cloud raised by tiit' dt,9iiue , ik'
wing" time la fco:ie.mu3 yo..i sr ..-....
about the microbes Iuu:m iu .i. l.oiiis mis..
"The move for' k tmi,t.it u. '4,u.v.,.i
Jefferson," says the r.unoit i .i .u.-' ...!
no support from ills ieUuiu..,tjn u
has been agitated for mine jtan.' i'iik ar
rest of a promoter lio wa t I ovarii per
cent of tnu collectiyti lie iii4u'-.uiauiH a
certain coolness. It alHO diseituun uiueli in
the line of what passes for iuiiti service."
William Allen Whites first novel, "A
Certain Hich Man," Is to tie publisneU In
June. Mr. White w as or.. Jii ,iMi4a. He
still lives in Kansas ana histnoiy is a
Kansas story, Ihuugh the Mute'Ur Ihla cae
represents the whole couiurf. , Its char
acters represent a large poi'Uoil of the
country and its big dramatic "plot la closely
Interwoven with the Ueveloirsnt-ni ot '.he
country. ; , ' I
HI I I '
BREEZY TRIFLES. .
"Do you ever wr1.oti aii;anipty stom
ach?" asked the mere man. .
oir!" eaciaimea tne literary person, "I
am a poet, not a' -tattoo, ariiai!' i'uck.
- - . ' '
The Grouch Yfs, 1 th.nk they ought to do
away with all these June a, i annates.
The Optimist Mercy, no! what would be
come of the newspaper paragraphed?"
Cleveland Plain pealer. r
- ' -
"I understand 'your husband is something
"Yes," answered , y.)lK Mrs. Torkins.
"what Charhty ItableUJraayttflt a uin
ner Is tha reason e can't keep, a-cook."
Washington Mar,, . v,"C .
"Is one apt to get bruised In learning to
ride the blcycle?,r .
"Not If you make il a rule to stop when
the bicycle stops."
"What do you mean?"
"home ridera keep on going." Louisville
Courier-Journal. j ,. ;
Friend Now, If I-were"butdlng a "house,
I'd . .
Owner Step around the Corner', - pleass,
and you'll find a house I'm putting up to
carry out the Ideaa of my .friend., This is
one I'm building to suit myself. -Judge.
The Boss I'd like to give you" empljy
ment, young. man, but there. Is no work
to do. '
The Applicant That's Just the sort of Job
I'd like, sir, If the salary were satisfactory.
Cleveland Leader.
Tutterson Did Bronaon leave a'WUl?
Smlthers Yes that Is, ha left a widow,
and she'd represent all the wirl -Bronsnn
had for twentyflv years, Harper's
Weekly. . . . -. .. . y . . , -, .
"Sir,') I wish to shake youchand." ,
"What for?'' . ; -
"In recognition of the great sacrifice 3 ot.
are making for the future of yulir .iiallv
city." . '
"You must have the wrong man; 1 hav
Just completed arianttt'iiinins.to move.awa:
from the city." . .
"Yes, sir; that's what I Jiml i efaienoo ,!o '
Houston Post.
BALLAD OF THE BACHELOR.
t. C, Kliain .. .i whir
On. the girl trull I U t . . ' , .""''
Must be mild an a 'iy , .
Her face must be t'utu Vi; jlr;
And her eyes. miiKt in itu.
if a heavenly hue.
With bits of spun tfo-in I.! har.
Oh. the girl I adore "
Mum be twenty no niu.f
Wlih f I (.'lire of beauty ihJ umic.
Oh, her akin must he fclisll
And her teetli inui ai( . u.
The tints of the down in htv f;ut'.
The maid that 1 chtvbh. - '
To love till I perish.
Must love me in suntiliino (inj snow.
Must be laughing and ks.
Let me have my own way,
And know how to cook Ad lo aenj. i
But the maid that I wd. ,
After all I have said.
May break my fond drctina ;ult t
smash; J
Thnutfh I'll feel unite repaid
If I get an old mnid
With millions of dollars In cnsH.
Purity
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