THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY. .TUNE 18. 1909.
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swern. says that the c;us1 nnmber efW
end complete copies of The Dally. Morn
ing. Evening and Sund.y By P'w Vot
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t 43,000 It
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T 1 40,840 84
8 40,480 98
8,, 37,400 98
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19 40,310 88
13 40,180 30
14 40,370 31
IB 40,610
18 37,800 Total. .1-1
17 40,340
Returned copies
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40,140
40,480
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40.040
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GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK.
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M. P. WALKER,
Notary Public.
Bobatrlbera leaving the city tens
porarlly shoald have The Be
mailed to them. Address will he
Some of those Filipinos have evi
dently tired of a diet of benevolent
assimilation.
The Ohio supreme court has decided
a hen is a chicken. This takes the
butcher out of the Ananias club.
That, Berwyn aeronaut accom
plished one thing at least. All the
world now knows there Is such a place.
The czar of Russia and the emperor
of Germany are meeting out at sea.
That, isn't giving the reporters a fair
chance.
'" Mayor Jim has left the city for the
first time since his re-election, but It
Is a safe wager that he'll find It here
when he gets back.
If all the skyscrapers projected here
are erected there will certainly be
something doing in Omaha in the
building line this year.
Omaha's trade boosters know how
to run a successful trade excursion,
and they also know how to entertain
visiting trade excursionists.
From the number of political light
ning rods going up in the First Ne
braska district it is evident that con
siderable of a storra is expected.
Western railroads have asked prices
on 6,000 steel cars during the present
week. The managers can see the
wopa growing and business expanding
The president appears to be having
a hard time securing someone to ac
cept the Chinese mission. An adver
tisement properly placed might do the
b up In ens.
It Is suggested the Russian subma
rir.e which receutly sank Is simply try
lug to get into communication with
those shps which went to Japan a few
fears pro.
Ranker Morse has been released on
bail pending his appeal, but If he Is
really broke, as he asserts, he Is not
likely to cut much of a figure In the
meantime as before.
." Evidence hasleen brought out that
the dope sold to convicts of the state
penitentiary came from Lincoln drug
stores. Wonder If they thought It
came from an iron foundry?
Roger Q. Mills of Texas, once noted
an the farter of a tariff bill, admits
that he cannot tell what a democrat
looks like. ' Never mind. Senator Bai
ley will be exhibiting himself at home
in a short time.
Two preachers have undertaken to
convert Wall street by holding daily
prayer meetings In front of the Stock
exchange. That should be easy,' for
dealing in futures Is the regular bust
nest of the brokers.
Judgment for $181,358 was ren
dered against the government at
Washington on a war claim. The at
torney got $60,000 of it and when the
expensed were paid there remained
only $19,000 for the litigants. They
should be thankful it was not a Judg
ment for costs.
Nebraska's state debt has been re
duced to $90,000 and State Treasurer
Brian predicts that it will be com
pletely extinguished by July 1. ' Chalk
a credit1 mark up to the republican
legislation and republican administra
tion that has brought about this nota
bio achievement
Speculating Not Gambling.
If a venturesome individual begins
In September to buy or sell wheat or
any other commodity for delivery In
the following May he is not gambling.
He is merely speculating;. More than
that, he is performing a great public
service, for by wagering certain sums
of his own money that the price of the
commodity ho ventures In will not be
higher or lower than the figure he pre
dicts at the time he proposes for the
culmination of the deal he Is really
giving the price a stablllty .lt would
not otherwise have. What is true of
commodities that may be dealt In by
speculators Is also true of stocks Is
sued by the various corporations.
Moreover, the stock exchanges
throughout the country are the means
hereby corporations are enabled to
float their Issues and secure the money
for carrying on thefr undertakings.
These and other similar gems of in
formation are gleaned from the report
made to Governor Hughes of New
York by his commission, which was
harged with, Inquiring into the pro
cesses of the various "exchanges" that
exist la New York to determine if
their operations were speculation or
gambling. The commission has found
that much gambling is cr.rrled on un-
er the guise of speculation, but sets
forth that the transactions are so
nearly alike in their outward appear
ance that It is often impossible to sep
arate them. A law to suppress gam
bling in stocks or foodstuffs, or other
commodities, might also suppress deal-
ngs that are legitimate.
All this Is Interesting, en if not
novel. It Is some comfort to know
that when Jim Patten or John W.
ates contracts that ' the price of
wheat or a certain stock will not be
above or below a certain figure on a
specified date he is thereby contribut
ing to the stability of prices and thus
aiding in the steady and profitable
transaction of business, although the
losers by the transaction doubtless,
feel that somebody was taking a
chance in the deal.
It is to be regretted the commission
as not discovered any sure device by
which the lne of demarcation between
gambling and speculation could be
drawn. The desire to get something
for nothing Is uppermost always In
the minds of many people, and as long
as a man may venture money In hope
of large gain Somebody will take the
risk, no matter whether it be called
speculating" or plain gambling.
The Stockmen's Convention.
The annual meeting of the Ne
braska stockmen, now in session at
Alliance, emphasizes the great trans
formation ,in the live stock industry
of the west in recent years. In the
old days cattle yef turned loose on
the range and id a great measure
shifted for themselves nd once a year
the surplus was gathered, and shipped
to market. No effort was made tb im
prove the grade of cattle and 'there
was no provision for winter suste
nance and shelter. The result was in
ferior cattle and heavy losses, which
would bankrupt the cattleman of to
day in spite of the high prices of beef.
The old-time range man made money
because it cost him practically nothing
to put the cattle on the market.
The cattleman of today must be a
business man and pursue business
methods If he would succeed. He is
meeting the. pew conditions and these
conventions are for consultation and
xchange of ideas how better to pro
mote the common good. The meat
supply of the country is becoming a
growing problem and . the stockmen
are 'not alone Interested in plans to
Increase the output of the range coun
try. The supply of beef and feeder
cattle which they pour into the corn
belt annually, is the reserve upon
which the nation ' depends. Reckless
waste in the past has been tho rule,
but these cattle raisers are thought
fully addressing themselves to con
serving the grass and seeking to graze
two steers where only one could live
before. They have done much in this
direction, hut much remains to be ac
compllshed. All of us are vitally in
terested in the deliberations of these
conventions and, in their success.
Railroad and Trust Regulation.
Evldeuce accumulates that Presi
dent Taft is laying the foundation for
legislation at the coming regular sea
sion of congress on the railroad and
trust Questions. Several members of
the house and senate who have been
foremost in such legislation in the
past have been called Into conference
on this subject at the White House
The republican' platform declared for
amendments to the Sherman anti
trust law which would give greater
publicity to and control over railroads
and other great corporations engaged
in interstate commerce. It also de
clared for amendments to simplify
rate making and maintain free com
petition between the roads, Mr. Taft
has expressed himself clearly on these
questions, . and for thia reason the
visits of these men to the White House
at this time are considered significant
The Sherman act and the interstate
commerce act have been found to be
conflicting in some provisions and the
former, under decisions of the su
preme court, much broader than
originally supposed. With the tariff
bill passed at the extra session, it is
probable that the administration will
want these other troublesome ques
tions disposed of as early as possible
and present indications are that a bill
will be ready for the assembling or the
regular session. New conditions con
stantly present themselves and create
new issues and delays invite an accu
mulatlon of problems. The long sea
sion of congress, which assembles in
December, affords the opportunity
which indications show the president
hopes to seize.
Report has It that Secretaries
Wickersham, Dickinson and Nagel. the
members of the Interstate Commerce
commission, and several members of
congress are to be consulted in form
ulating recommendations for needed
hanges, and among the congressmen
mentioned as taking a leading part is
Representative Townsend, a well
known progressive. This indicates
conclusively Mr. Taft's purpose to de
velop the Roosevelt program of cor
poration regulation and reform.
A New Era in South America.
The death of President Penna of
Brazil and the peaceful and orderly
uccesslon of the vice president bears
evidence of a new era in South Amer
ica. A few years ago the death of
the executive in any of the South
American countries would have been
the signal for an armed conflict for
control. Brazil was among the most
urbulent of the southern nations and
even under the empire was constantly
isturbed by rebellions and petty in
ternal wars. The Influence of the
United States has done much to pro
duce the new order, but the people of
those countries deserve much credit
for abandoning their bad habits.
Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador and Co
lombia are still occasionally turbulent
and a survey of the progress of their
elghbors under orderly condltiona
should be an incentive to strive harder
to follow the example. Brazil, Argen
tina and Chill, particularly, have ad
vanced marvelously under the new
regime and are rapidly taking their
places wlthr the Important nations of
the world. Their natural resources
are no greater than their neighbors'
and In the case of Chill not so great,
yet with stable governments they have
far outstripped the more unsettled
countries. The enforcement of the
Monroe doctrine protects them from
European aggression and they have
every opportunity for development.
The success of some lends hope that
one day all will follow the good advice
of the United States.
Looking- Ahead.
At the banquet' tendered the visit
ing delegation of the Chicago Associa
tion of Commerce one of the guests,
prompted by a burning desire to throw
us a handsome bouquet, said that he
hoped and expected to see Omaha
grow to be a city of 500,000 popula
tion In twenty years. The speaker
doubtless thought he was fixing a high
figure and that all who heard him
would marvel at his optimism, when
as a matter of fact the prediction must
be taken as, if anything, falling short
of the mark.
What twenty years will bring forth
for Omaha or for any other growing
city is, of course, purely speculative,
but there is no good reason why
Omaha should not become a city Of
500,000 population in a much shorter
time than twenty years. We can
judge the future only by the past and
we have seen Omaha make strides pro
portionately greater in twenty years
than would be the Jump from its pres
ent status to the half-million class.
True, Omaha happens to be in an awk
ward condition to show up its real sit
uation in the next census. Omaha as
a community includes South Omaha
and the suburbs of Dundee, Benson
and East Omaha, but because of sepa
rate government divisions South
Omaha and the suburbs will be enu
merated separately unless some ar
rangement is perfected for consolida
tion prior to the time when the census
takers begin to make their rounds.
Those of us who live here under
stand these conditions, but outsiders
will Judge Omaha largely, if not solely,
by the figures of the census. Our vis
itors would have a conception of
Omaha's population if this anomaly
were removed. The future Omaha
with 600,000 population could be made
to materialize in ten years instead of
twenty years if we would all get to
gether and pull together continuously
and persistently.
Omaha always welcomes new build
ing projects that promise to give us
substantial modern structures in our
business center. But we are not so
particular whether they are trecte'd
solely by local capital or not. As a
matter of fact Omaha would be the
gainer if foreign capital could be In
terested in these enterprises and leave
the local capital to be used for expand
ing our trade and commerce. There
is no objection whatever to having out
elders put their money in solid brick
and mortar that will help build up our
city and to letting them . take tne
legitimate returns of such Investments.
Governor Shallenberger is being
bombarded with applications for par
dons, the granting of which plainly
mean fat fees for the lawyers who
present them. If a convict is entitled
to a pardon he ought to be able to get
it without hiring a lawyer, and if he is
not entitled to it, hiring a lawyer
ought not to get It for him. The fact
that a convict has relatives or friends
willing to spend money to procure a
pardon for him should not be the con
sideration to weigh with the governor
Mr. Bryan says that he won't say
this year that he won't be a candidate
for United States senator next year
Mr. Bryan has changed so often on so
many questions that be evidently Is
afraid to make predictions on himself
very far in advance of the time for de
livering the goods.
It is reported that the sponsor of
Nebraska's deposit guaranty lait, who
has been soliciting contributions for
a defense fund to engage legal assist
ance for the attorney general in case
the law should be attacked in the
courts, has met with scant response.
If they are not willing to let the attor
ney general handle the case by himself
the deposit guaranty folks may yet
have to go back to The Bee's sugges
tion of drafting Mr. Bryan to help de
fend his law.
Sixty yeare ago a Pennsylvanian
died leaving a will providing that his
estate should notbe divided until its
accumulations were sufficient to pay
the state debt. State officials did not
play fair, however, and kept piling up
the debt and the court has set the
will aside. Just how a freak will like
that ahould have been allowed to
stand unchallenged for sixty years
with so many hungry lawyers around
la a mystery.
South Omaha, St. Louis and Sioux
City are the only packing centers
which show an increase in hog re
ceipts over last year, and South
Omaha's Increase Is the largest of any.
At prevailing prices that means some
cash.
Mrs. Gould testified that her social
position required her to change her
costume three or four times a day and
that two or three hours were neces
sary for each change. And still some
people talk about the idle rich.
Our local demo-pop contemporary
asks, "Are we a nation of -suckers?"
The best answer is the refusal of our
people to bite In any numbers on the
fake mystery graft which that paper
has been promoting.
Crowded Oat.
New York 8un.
The man that rocked the boat has ceased
to be the most prominent figure In The
news of the summer Monday morning.
He has given place to the Joy rider.
Wary Old Fo.
Boston Herald.
Mysterious fear now rules the vice presi
dential mind when cocktails are In ques
tion. Mr. Sherman shied at one at a New
York function, although an Innocent straw-
berry was substituted for the deadly cherry.
Editors to the Front.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
It is not Improbable that Theodore
Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan
will make their advent In the United
States senate at the same time, the former
as special representative of the Outlook
and the latter in the same capacity for the
Commoner.
Cheer lTpl
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
To Judge by the doleful warning of col
lege professors and graduating reformers.
America Is. Indeed, on Its last legs. The
government would appear to have about
as much likelihood of surviving as an
Icicle In a kettle of boiling water. But
cheer up. The commencement season will
soon be over.
klho'a Prlace of Trace.
Bsltlmore American.
Mr. Carnegie. In hi letter to Premier
rummrvitu rottrernlnr the fl.nmvoiV) hero
fund presented to the French government
rejolres that sn era of good win Is now
on between France, Orest Britain and
America. ''War among thee three nowers
Is Inoonr-WVahle." he remarks. Well, why
not rnaermany Into this peace aggrega
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Va curies of Southern Democrats.
Sorlnefletd (Mass) Republican.
Hsvlng obtained protection In the Aldrlnh
hill for their lumber and Iron ore. southern
democratic senators are now threatening
to talk on Into Aurut arid September un
less they are conceded free cotton bagging
and ties. Ts this quite In harmony with
the original bargain'' bv which lh
brought to the support of certain features
or tne Dm? It looks as though a hitch had
developed In the Aldrich-democrattc .voli
tion. Meantime we get a larger view of
tne new democratic doctrine of tariff ie
form as propounded by Bailey and other
southern senators. It Is taxed raw ma
terial and free trade In manufactures
quite In contrast with the former demo
cratic policy of free raw material an
protection to manufacturers. Oreat Is he
party leadership here represented. It may
be doubted whether It Is taken seriously
even by itself.
AERIAL FI.EKT!" OST COASTS.
Prospects for Providing; for Adeoaate
. Balloon Defease.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Congress will be asked, In' the regular
session nest winter, to make an appro
priation for the establishment of a fleet
of war balloons for the Atlantla coast, to
be used for purposes of defense. Balloon
houses about 250 miles apart are to be
butit along the coast, and the balloons
which are stationed at each of these posts
will traverse the coast 115 miles north and
the name distance south of these points.
Thus the whole sea line from Main to
Florida will be patrolled. Eaoh balloon
will be able to communicate readily by
wireless with its post, and a flotilla of
aeroplanes will act as couriers between the
various stations.
Obviously under this plan It would be
Impossible for any hostile fleet to get
within a dosen miles of the coast without
being seen, and Its number and movements
communicated to the various stations and
ports. In this way the work of defense
would be made easier. By railway along the
coast. It will be practicable to concentrate
forces at any threatened point promptly.
All of this machinery of defense Is based
upon the certainty that the air currents
along the coast will be mapped out before
hand, so that the movement of the balloons
can be determined with a fair degree of
accuracy. It Is pretty well known that the
air currents are reasonably well defined,
and It will be the business of the signal
corps Immediately to map out these cur
rents, and to be prepared to submit its
investigations In the bill which will be pre
sented to congress soon after the session
begins In December.
Although the economy program Is to
be enforced In the coming session, it is be
lleved that congress will see the necessity
of providing for an adequate system of
ballooon defense, notwithstanding the fact
that the cost will be large. The signal
corps will ask for the purchase of the larg
est and best oalloons which are made.
Rome of these will have to be obtained In
Europe, which Is ahead of us in this branch
or aerial navigation. In aeroplanes, how
ever, we can probably teach the rest of
the world, and these machines will, under
present plans, constitute a very Important
part of the scheme of defense by aviation
Presuming that the Wrights still lead the
world In .aeroplanes, we will be able to
get these contrivances at home, and thus
can obtain them quickly. If this scheme of
aerial defense on the Atlantlo succeeds, It
will be extended to the Gulf and the Pacific
coasts, as well as to the lakes. The ex
pense will necessarily be heavy, but It ts
believed by the War department that con
grees will be willing to undertake It.
Around New York
mipples oa the Carrenl of xlfa
as 8)eea In the Oreat Anserleaa
Metropolis from Bay te Bay.
By accident or design, a biasing light
occasionally is turned on what appears to
mory New Yorkers as a local mystery.
Several years ago considerable' property
wss acquired by the city for approaches
to the Manhattan bridge now under con
struction. A Isrge number of buildings
covtred the ground. Only so much of the
ground as was needed for abutments and
anchors ge was cleared. The remainder of
the buildings continued business as though
the city did not need the premises. No
effort wss made to clesr the ground and
build the approaches, so that when the
bridge proper was completed It would be
accessible for traffic. Why this has not
been done caused wonderment among that
class of people who take a tumble only
whtn a skyscraper falls on them. A re
cent investigation banishes the mystery.
Twelve of the buildings yield WOO a month
In rent, and a condemned theater nets $100
a month. All told, fifty buildings are
rented for an unknown total, the city re
ceiving only $1,100 a month. Where the
remainder goes ts all that Is left of the
mystery, and New Yorkers can see through
that without a magnifying glass.
The story of the bull In a china shop wss
practically retold with variations Saturday
afternoon, when a steer escaped from the
stock yards and In a mad race through the
streets in the vicinity dashed Into a store.
knocked down a policeman and tossed a
man Into a crockery shop before the fren-
sled animal was captured.
When the steer reached the store of
Demarest A Ereckman. at 503 West Forty
fourth street, It dashed Into the doorway
and ran along a passage flanked by show
cases until It reached the elevator in the
rear. In which James Meehhn, the operator,
was seated. The spectacle of a steer seek
ing to enter his elevator gave Meehan a
distinct shock, but he had presence of
mind enough to pull his lever and the car
shot upward.
The disappearance of the car frightened
the animal, which now turned and ca
vorted out of the store into the street The
place was barren of customers at the time
and, except for the fright suffered by the
clerks, some of whom sought refuge be
neath the counter, the visitation was
harmless.
On regaining the side walk the animal
galloped to Ninth avenue, thence to Forty -fifth
street and west toward Tenth ave
nue. The clamor attracted the attention
of Policeman Backus, of the Forty-second
street station, who blew his whistle for
aid. Efforts were msde to head off the
steer as It dashed Into Tenth avenue, and
now for the first time the animal showed
its mettle when It charged the crowd that
was backing up Backus. The policeman
was knocked down and the animal ran
over his body without doing him any In
Jury. James Donohue, one of the persons in the
crowd, wss not so fortunate. The steer
caught him before he could escape and
tossed him into the show window of a
crockery store at No. 658 Tenth avenue, a
distance of more than ten feet. Donahue
suffered severe bruises about the face and
hands.
Justice Olmsted, sitting In the children's
court Monday, sentenced to be whipped
Peter Franchlni. IK years old, and An
drew Barber!, 16 years .old, and Ed
ward Teur, IS years old. The boys
were charged with rowdyism on street
cars. They were fined $5 each, and their
mothers were told that no further punish
ment would be Imposed provided the boys
were taken Into the private room of the
court and strapped to the satisfaction of
Lieutenant Ward. The mothers received
the duty with cheerfulness and the howls
frqm the other side of the door caused the
justice to smile grimly, and seemed to
have a salutary effect on the other youth
ful offenders who were awaiting trial.
New York City's successive and large
borrowings are beginning to tell upon Its
credit or advantage In the bond market.
Last week's offering of 4 per cent bonds to
run BO years brought an average bid of
only 101H, while Baltimore in the same
wek sold 4 per cent long-time bonds at
105.17, and the Financial Chronicle calls at
tention to the fact that Lowell and Fall
River In this state have lately sold 34
per cent bonds at a premium, which is
doing, better than Baltimore. New York
City now has some 1700,000,000 of bonds out
standing.
The formal opening of the Queensboro
bridge from Manhattan, to Queens county
in Long Island Is worth a passing word.
This Is the largest bridge of Its kind, bear
ing traffic, in the world. The length of
the entire cantilever is 3,734 feet, with Its
highest tower rising over 8,300 feet In the
air. It an accommodate about 200.000 per
sons per hour. It has four elevated rail
road tracks, two promenades and four
trolly tracks. The ceremonies of dedica
tion were the climax of more than eight
years of work, and the expenditure of
above 117,000,000.
Two of the largest department stores In
New York City give employment to 24.000
store clerks, drivers, floor managers, buy
ers and salespeople. In the ten largest de
partment stores in tho city a total of
100,000 people are employed. Four of the
largest stores were erected at a eost of
110,000,000 for buildings alone, the largest
Of all costing $4,000,000 to build, and has
S3 acres ot floor space.
PEES0NAL NOTES.
Parents are blamed at the Buffalo con
ference for the faults of their children.
This view the latter have long held.
The Agricultural department experts have
discovered the queen ot melons In Kou
mania. Now we know the real reason foi
Mr. Harnman's hurried trip to Europe.
The lieutenant governor of Vermont has
advanced $36,000 to the state, and will de
pend upon a future legislature to relnr
burse him. States may be less ungrateful
than republics, but still he's taking a risk.
An old soldier, living In New York, has
Just found $4.&t7 in his Bible that was
placed there by an aunt who died thirty
five years ago. But It Is of no use to tell
some folks that tt pays to read the Bible.
llmothy Healy, In a recent debate of the
new British budget, from the standpoint of
Its effect on Ireland, perpetrated a delight
ful bull. Said he: "We have to wear the
shoe, and all we know ts that the proof
of the pudding Is In the eating."
W. P. Conger of McMlnnvllle, Tenn..
thinks he has found a place where he can
sell liquor without violating the state pro
hibition law, which will become effective
July 1. The spot Is four miles from any
schoolhouse and It Is reported that Conger
has guarded against Intrusion by educa
tional institutions by leasing all the land
within four mile .
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FADDISTS TO BE THE GOATS.
loataern Response to Colonel Bryan's
Baal Blast.'
Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times.
The bugle blast from Lincoln, Neb., call
ing democrats to organize for the congres
sional campaign of 1910, doesn't seem to be
as penetrating or effective as the same
blast has been In the past. Somehow there
doesn t seem to be that meek disposition
mong party leaders heretofore their wont.
and the suggestion of the Commoner that
there must be discrimination In the next
fight so as to leave out the "unworthles"
now In favor, Isn't' popular at all.'
'Put none but Bryan democrats on
guard," appears to have lost Its alnserv
effect, and Instead of the serious front
and the bustling together of the faithful.
mere is more or less amused chuckllns; as
the 'boys" group themselves together to
inquire and discuss "what tell?" The
democratic newspapers can't be serious
about It at all, and there is a disposition
kp demand of Mr. Bryan that he designate
me gun is, me unworthles he would have
separated from their Jobs. Moreover, a lot
of them are wanting to know what It Is
thia year that differentiates sheep from
goats. This knowledge, of course, is es
sential before anything effective can be
done toward assembling the forces. One
time. It will be remembered, It was free
silver the man who didn't believe in It
was a goat. Later that was abandoned
and the designation for "sheep worthy of
the fold" was anti-imperialism, and still
later the designation was "government
ownership on the sly." What it's going
to be this year is therefore of importance,
at least to Mr. Bryan.
The real demooracv. we believe, from
signs apparent. Is going to return to dem
ocratic principles and reverse the thing
the faddists are going to be the goats.
ARMY AS A CAREER.
Financial Aspect of Life la Vncle
. Sam's . Service.
New York Evening Post.
The recruiting officer's advertisement of
"The United States Army as a Career" has
prloked our college teachers. It invites some
Irritating comparisons between the trade
of killing men and the profession of edu
cating them. Here Is the, enlisted man's
outlook, as described by Colonel Helstand
of the adjutant general's department:
'If he has remained a private soldier
the very lowest position In the army dur
ing his entire twenty-five or thirty years'
service, without ever having received any
'extra-duty" pay or other special Increase,
and has saved and deposited with the gov
ernment one-half of his pay, and he
amounts due him on discharge each time
he re-enllsts, he finally quits the active list
with the snug sum of more than $9,000, the
Income of which at 4 per cent would yield
over $30 per month; this added to his i-
tlred pay gives him a monthly income of
nearly $66 per month for the rest of his
life, and he Is free to go wherever and
oocupy himself as he pleases."
But only a very lasy or stupid man can
remain a private for long. If he advances
to corporal, and then to sergeant at the
normal rate, he may save $11,000; the In
come on this at 4 per cent, added to his
retired pay, will yield him $100 a month
for the rest of his days. Should he enlist
early, he will be Independent at the prime
of life. Has he;a knack for electricity or
the cornet? There Is a fair chance of re
tiring In bis forties on $170 a month! A
correspondent In Science sorrowfully con
trasts thts with the $600 a year that col
lege assistants receive after six years of
hard study at their own expense; and al
most bitterly with the old professor's $1,100.
What a topsy-turvy world, he sighs.
Pre-Ihventory Sale!
Our sale has proven very satisfactory &q we have de
cided to continue it for Friday and Saturday.
Men's Suits that formerly sold up to $35, now. $15.00
Boys' Suits that formerly sold up to $20, now . . . iS12.50
Children's Suits that formerly Bold up to $ip,'pow. .$5.00
HOT WEATHER SUGGESTIONS:
Knee length underwear 50o tf $1.50
Bathing Suits $1.00 to $3.50
Yachting Suits $1.50 to $2.50 ,
Negligee Shirts $1.00 to $Q.0Q
Straw Hats $1.00 to $12.00
When you get it at Browning, King & (Vs you're sure
you're right.
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CHUflKS Or CHEEK.
"I fear you .are .a victim of the drtnH
habit."
"You misjudge me.' Lack' of the piico
cured me of the drink hanit Ion ago. It's
merely the thirst that bothers me now."-
Philadelphia Ledger.
"Do you believe In mlraoles?" asked the
telegraph operator.
"Well, not exactly," tVplled the pas
senger conducter, ."yet some queer thlnir
come to pass on railroads." Chicago NesmT
.The CMent How" much will your opinion
be worth In this case?
The lawyer I'm too modest to sav. But
I csn tell you what I'm going to charge
for it. Cleveland Leader,
"I notice you are very eautlous in what
you say about people?1'
"Yes."
"Why is this?" '
"Well, 1 ain't prominent enough to claim.
I was misquoted." Louisville Courier
Journal. Caller This may be a little out of vour
line, but I've noticed that a man with a
Kjtm in inuic iineiy to rairn a cola in
the head than other men are. Why is It?
Information Editor I suppose It is on ac
count of the greater size of his Intake.
lon't stumbie ever that pile of books as
you go out. Chicago Tribune.
"In novels, the father Is alwavs want
ing the son to. tarry on the old family
business." .
"What of that?1'
"In real life when the hoy wants to learn
his father's business, the old gentleman
usually threatens to break his neck."
Louisville Courier-Jourual.
"My dear woman," said the literary
visitor, seeking local color In the slums,
"do you ever castigate your offspring?"
"Wotyer mean?" asked the lady of the
tenement, with a scowl at the fancy talk.
"She means," translated the accompa
nying se.tlement worker, "do you eve
wallop your kids?" Baltimore American.
"What was that : wheat speculator's i
profit?"
"1 don't 'know," answered the prover
blallst, "but whatever it was, It was a -profit
without honor In its own country." 1
Washington Star. .
CACTUS CENTER'S COMMENCEMENT '
Arthur Chapman In Dehver Republican.
The sharp who expected to address our
graduates
Missed the stage at Dead Horse crossln.
so e called on Pecos Bates
He had tried the higher learnln', 'fore hej
took to punchln' steers.
And he used a Latin cow-brand, so we .
didn't have no fears, "
"Kids," says Pecos to the stoadents, "when
you're goln" through this life
Hit the trails that lead to quiet, and
away f'm scenes of strife;
Don't get so you must smell powder 'fora
you go to sleep at night
One t a wsek Is plenty often" for a man
to start a fight.
"Learn to read men Jest like horses, by
thy rollin' of their eyes;
Keep a six-gun alius handy, Jest to guard
agin Surprise;
When you plav cards, pick your eomp'ny,
and point out to each one there
That you 11 call an undertaker if the game 1
ain't on the square.
"And when you're runnln cattle on life's
broad and open range,
Keep a bite and sup -for pilgrims that are
homeless, cowed and strange;
For If learnln' crowds out charity, the
game ain't worth a rap
And now mosey up here, scholars, 'cause
dlplomers are on tap!"
8 ,- . M'
fiOTTtM AT TUg SutlMt. 0UOA PttT, HuDAHH.
and Douglas Sts.
S. WILCOX, Mtrr.
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