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STATEMENT OF CIRCl'l-ATION.
Ftata of Nebraska. Tvviglss County, s. :
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lira that the actual number of, full and
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Kvenlng and Sunday Bee printed during the
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41,380 18 41,650
S 41,080 1 41 B50
4 41,850 80 40,000
41,890 81 41,760
88,800 88 41,570
T 41,480 83 41,880
44,640 84 41,730
8 41,630 88 44,640
10 41,560 96 41,630
11 41,630 8T 40,030
18 49,040 98 41.790
13 40,300 88 41,790
14 43,870 30 41670
18 41,840
16 4140 Total. .1,847,300
Returned Copies 8.890
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GEORQB B. TZSCTIfCK.
v Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presenca and sworn to
before me thla 1st day of July, 1909.
(Seal) M. P WALKER,
Notary Public
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porarily shoald have The Bee
mailed to them. Addresa will be
changed as often aa requested.
The Glldden glide la just now all the
rage.
The house Insurgents now know
what It means to be Cannonlzed.
Who says universal peace Is not at
hand when Tacoma people turn out in
force to boost for the Seattle exposi
tion? The tariff game has gone Into extra
Innings and may be called on account
of darkness if the players do not get
busy.
President Taft reminds congressmen
and senators of the old school boy
saying that "What goes up must come
down."
Governor Shallenberger has been fill
ing some of Senator La Follette's
Chautauqua dates. Trust ho got La
Follette's prices.
News from Washington Indicates
that the Wrights are again flying true
to form. You can't keep those men
out of the limelight.
The coming convention of Jewelers to
be held in Omaha next month has some
big speakers on Its program. "Shining
lights," so to speak.
If Richard Croker la really financing
the new subway in New York it will
not be the first underground deal he
has pulled off In that city.
Mr. Hitchcock In his World-Herald:
"Oh, please Mr. Sullivan, won't you
let them draft you? I'm so afraid
you'll be In my way later."
A consular report Btates there Is a
good market for American medicines
In Morocco. A cure tor political erup
tions would doubtless be appreciated.
Chicago Is planning for a municipal
nursery, but other cities need not be
come Jealous, as It Is only a tree nur
sery and has no relation to padding
the census.
Cheer up, our American congress Is
not the slowest legislative body in the
world. It is announced that It may
take throe years to pass the British
Finance bill.
The president of the National Live
Stock association predicts that beef
will go still higher. The entire herd
must intend to follow the old cow in
a trip over the moon.
The statue of The Discoverer placed
In a Chicago park evidently was not
modeled from an Arctic explorer, for It
is not even well protected from the
rigors of the lake front breezes.
Adding (100,000 to the general fund
and then knocking $50,000 off still
leaves the mayor and council $50,000
to the good over and above last year,
which was liberal to an extreme.
Doctors assert that health condi
tions are not so good at summer re
sorts as In the big cities; which Is en
couraging to the man who Is too busy
or too hard up to take a vacation.
Definite dates have been announced
for Ak-Sar-Ben'a fall festival, and
Omaha people who expect to utilize the
occasion to entertain out-of-town
guests may now issue their invitations.
An aeroplane Is said to be as cranky
s A mule, but then the man who fools
with the business end of a mule often
goes up higher than the one who toys
with an aeroplane, and with mr cer
Uintc about the Ilk
The French Cabinet Crisis.
Cabinet crises In France are never
wholly unexpected, but the fall of the
Clemenceau ministry comes as a sur
prise. Having passed through many
trying positions, on the question which
wrought Its fall It was conceded a ma
jority until an unfortunate remark of
Premier Clemenceau caused a violent
revulsion of feeling. The Incident
simply Illustrates the slender thread
on which French cabinets hang, be
cause no party or group is strong
enough In Itself to Bustaln a ministry
and the slightest shifting of Issues
produces a reaction. Fortunately the
republic Is so firmly established that
Its existence Is not menaced now as In
former years by each cabinet succes
sion. Foreign relations are also set
tled, so that changes In cabinets are
not likely to lead to foreign complica
tions. In the present Instance It looks as
though the defeat of the Clemenceau
ministry were purely a personal one
and that M. Bourgeolse would head
the new ministry, committed to the
same policies In the main as his pred
ecessor, with reform in naval admin
istration its greatest task. Develop
ments leading up to the fall of the
Clemenceau cabinet showed that mil
lions of dollars bad been wasted on
the navy and that the service was In a
deplorably Inefficient condition. This
alone would have defeated the cabinet
had It not been disclosed that the
same conditions existed back Into ad
ministrations controlled by Clemen-
ceau's opponents.
The most striking fact connected
with the fall of the ministry Is the
proof that nothing but the unprepared-
ness of France prevented war with
Germany during the troubles In
Morocco preceding the Algeclraa con
ference and that the retirement of M.
Delcasse, the most brilliant foreign
minister France has had in many
years, was the price of peace. It was
common knowledge that French rela
tions with Germany were strained, but
it remained for this debate to empha
size the acutenees of the situation. It
Is such flashes'whlch Illumine the con
stant suspicion European nations en
tertain for one another and the thin
veil of pretense which covers the ever
present mailed fist.
Canal Bonds and Postal Savings.
The proposed lsssue of Panama
canal bonds Is proving troublesome to
the treasury authorities. There is no
difficulty in disposing of United States
bonds, as the credit of the nation is
of the best and money seeking invest
ment Is plentiful. It seems to be con
ceded, however, that without other in
ducements they cannot be floated at 2
per cent, and payment of 3 per cent
would undermine the value of exist
ing 2 per cent bonds now held almost
exclusively as security for national
bank notes. Forcing the 2 per cents
below par, as It is thought an Issue
of a higher rate would do, would not
only work hardship upon the holders,
but might Impair the credit of the
country. As thero is no further de
mand for bonds to protect bank circu
lation, the new Issue could with diffi
culty be floated at par at 2 per cent.
rostal savings banks appear to be
the most feasible way out of the di
lemma. One objection to the postal
savings bank has been the cry that it
would withdraw too much money from
circulation and If the money were re
deposited In commercial banks there
was no certainly safe security avail
able for such deposits. By making
the Panama bonds exchangeable for
gavlnga accounts and acceptable as se
curity for redeponlts they could be
floated at market rate without dis
turbing existing bond. Issues. With
holding the privilege of currency se
curity from the new bonds would also
counteract any tendency to currency
Inflation and Instability.
The .country is ripe for and de
manding postal savings banks and the
necessity for Issuing these bonds fur
nishes an opportunity for floating
them without disturbing unnecessarily
existing banking institutions or
forcing the government to accept un
certain securities for the redeposit of
postal savings funds.
Saving the Mineral Resources.
The general land office has Just
completed its classification of one por
tion of the coal lands recovered from
land grabbers, showing a saving to the
government of $7,500,000. This is
only one of numerous valuable coal
deposits restored to the public domain
by Bults brought by the government,
of which several more are still pend
ing. The lands clarified and made
subject to sale are in Wyoming, and
under former procedure would have
brought only $450,000. Several other
large tracts in Colorado and Utah re
covered In a similar manner are yet to
be valued and when these and the
cases now pending are decided It is
not extravagant to estimate $50,000,
000 brought to the treasury, to say
nothing of the many millions retained
by shutting off the grab system which
was rapidly despoiling the public do
main of all its valuable mineral lands.
These cases have been prosecuted
with little fuss, and most of the noise
heard has been the wail of defeated
land grabbers. The value of this
service, together with the protection
from monopoly of irrigation and water
power sites, Is Inestimable. It will rob
selfish Interests of the power to retard
the development of the west as well
as bring to the treasury the proceed
of the public domain yet remaining.
Had past methods been continued it
would have been but a short time un
til large private and corporate Inter
ests would have secured all the val
uable coal deposits and water rights
of the mountain rtglvua and exploited
them as best suited their own purpose
regardless of the interests of the coun
try. If the Roosevelt and Taft admin
istrations should have done nothing
else they would In this alone have won
the everlasting gratitude of this section.
County Charities.
The talk of relocating the county
poor farm brings up the whole ques
tion of our county charities which
should be reorganized according to
some definite plan before any steps for
the expenditure of money on perma
nent Improvements should be taken.
The fact Is that our entire system
of county charities, which has been In
herited from past ages and handed
down with patchwork additions, is an
tiquated and outgrown and at variance
with modern ideas of adequate treat
ment of the poor. To be more definite,
there Is no more reason for the county
to maintain a farm than to maintain
a factory, and instead of relocating
the poor farm it should be abandoned
altogether.
The county has three classes of un
fortunate poor to deal with the chil
dren, the elck and the aged and infirm
and each class should have separate
accommodations and care.
As to the children, a distinction
should be made between the homeless
and the vicious, between the healthy
and sound and the unhealthy and de
fective.
As to the sick, what Is wanted Is
hospital accommodations, and here,
too, more or less distinctions must be
made. If the hospital Is In one insti
tution It should have separate wards
for separate classes of patients. Our
hospital facilities should Include at
least a general hospital, a lylng-ln
hospital, a hospital for contagious
diseases and outdoor wards for pul
monary victims. If the state under
takes to establish and maintain any of
these hospitals the county should not
duplicate.
As to the aged and Infirm, what Is
wanted here is not a poor farm, but a
home. There should be two divisions,
one a home for aged and Infirm women
and another a home for aged and In
firm men. Inmates of these homes
should be beyond the necessity of
labor and should have a comfortable,
though not luxurious, refuge In which
to pass their declining days.
Able-bodied adults are not entitled
to any assistance from the county and
should either work voluntarily or by
compulsion in a workhouse.
People temporarily afflicted, or only
partially dependent, and not properly
inmates of any of these county institu
tions, should have help through the
county poor agent without being com
pelled to leave their own homes.
This Is only a rough outline of the
field of county charities, subject, of
course, to development and modifica
tion, but before the county board takes
definite steps along any of these lines
it should have complete plans and
specifications which It may work to.
It might be useful for the county board
to appoint a charity commission of
philanthropic persons, who have been
more or less directly interested in
charity work, to Investigate the sub
ject and make a report of what he
situation here requires In developing
our county charities, what Is most
urgent and what may be deferred.
Increasing Meat Production.
For many years the western corn
belt and the western range has been
the source of the nation's meat supply,
but curtailment of the range and In
creasing consumption are rapidly re
ducing the supply compared with the
demand, with consequent high prices.
Despite range curtailment the west is
still capable of producing more meat,
but the time is In sight when it will
not be able to do so and keep up ex
ports at present volume. Economists
are, therefore, turning to the east and
south and urging those sections to re
turn to an Industry which they have
largely abandoned.
Meat cannot be produced so cheaply
In the east and the southeast as In the
western corn belt, but at ruling prices,
and particularly if coupled with dairy,
ing, these sections can do something
toward supplying home consumption.
Another feature of the question is the
relation meat production bears to re
storing to fertility the debased soil of
abandoned and unprofitably tilled
farms. Touching on this J. H. Ballard,
an Indiana farmer, said In a recent
address to southern farmers:
To the beginner a lone talk on the sub
ject ts only confusing, and I will conclude
by saying that no country la very long
prosperous without live stock. I am of
the opinion that from one-third to one
half uf these plantation lands should be
kept In some pasture or hay crops which
take care of themselves with little labor;
and I am of the opinion that during a
term , of years It will net more profit to
the owner than the exclusive corn and
cotton system of your vicinity. This will
aid very materially In bringing about the
deslrrd change and, with proper manage
ment, will prove profitable to the In
vestors. If the southern and eastern farmers
will follow good advice, they will by
diverbifled farming not only solve a se
rious economical problem of their own,
but assist in solving one which
threatens, if not soon disposed of, to
be embarrassing for the nation before
many years.
The railroads promise a new grain
rate in October which It is said will
equalize the opportunities for reaching
all markets. Until the rates are pub
lished and analyzed there is likely to
be some suspicion that the equaliza
tion may conceal an increase.
According to our nonpartisan demo-
pop contemporary the government is to
pay for a political tour of the presi
dent because congress has made an ap
propriation for presidential traveling
expenses. Nebraska's democratic ex
ecutive, however, can chase up and
down the state at public expense with
out a word of criticism from that
source.
The Argentine and Bolivian govern
ments have decided they will no longer
play In each others backyards and
have, therefore, severed diplomatic re
lations. It would be the usual fate
of the peacemaker If Argentina should
become Involved in a fight through
trying to help Peru and Bolivia settle
their differences.
Eight hundred ships, Including war
ships, giant liners and a replica of the
HalfMoon, will participate In the Hud
son memorial at New York. What a
surprise party it would be to old
Father Knickerbocker if he could
wake from his long sleep and view the
naval parade.
Lower rates on Pullman cars would
be greatly appreciated by the travel
ing public, but lowering them simply
for trips between Nebraska points will
seem like only a small sample unless It
operates as a starter to pull down
charges for through trips.
Even though the position of registrar
of the high school is equivalent to an
Insurance policy on matrimony, still
our Bchool board members ought not
to monopolize It for their own daugh
ters. Pass the Job around and keep it
circulating.
British Industrial corporations paid
10 per cent less profit during the first
six months of the current year than in
the corresponding period last year,
which makes the expanding commerce
of the United States look particularly
good.
Premier Clemenceau Is not the first
French statesman who has lost his job
through temporarily losing his head,
but he is more fortunate than some of
his predecessors In not losing his head
a second time.
Latest advices are that former Pres
ident Roosevelt is taking a few days
off from his hunt to write a book.
The sleeping sickness does not appear
to have curtailed his activities up to
date.
Will They Beat Is to ItT
Chicago News.
In Iowa they are so charmed with the
Income-tax amendment that the governor
may call a special session of the legisla
ture to get to it.
Hankering; for a Spectacle.
Chicago Reoord-Herald.
There are many people who would like
to see hides and wool put on the free list.
They are anxious to know whether the
country would really immediately blow up
or not.
Courage of the Uonn-snd-Oit.
Washington Star.
We admire the evidence of a certain
quality of common sense displayed by the
down-and-out shah, anyway. He declined
to receive a delegation that wanted to
notify him officially that he is no longer
shah. He sent word that he already
knew It.
What Becomes of the Cora.
Kansas City Journal.
In the year 1908, when the total crop was
3,666.000,000 bushels, 241.000.000 bushels were
consumed In flour and grist mill products,
8.000.000 bushels In the manufacture of
starch, 9,000,000 bushels for malt liquors,
17,000,000 bushels In the production of dis
tilled liquors, 40,000,000 bushels for glucose,
190,000,000 bushels for export and 13,000,000
for seed, making a total of 618,000,000 bush
els, or 19.8 per cent of the entire crop. The
remaining 80.7 per cent, or 2,118,000,000 bush
els seems to have been used almost en
tirely for feeding.
BACKED BY THE NATION.
Boston Transcript: That the people
stand behind the president In his appeal
for a downward revision of the tariff ad
mits of no reasonable doubt, even though
they failed to write that purpose definitely
In their chief party platform, or to lm
press that view on most of the senators
and representatives whom they have regu
larly elected.
New York World: Mr. Taft has already
defined his objections to the Aldrlch-Payne
bill. Neither the house nor the senate Is
under constitutional obligations to consider
them, but If Mr. Taft uses the veto, which
it Is his right and privilege and duty to
use when he deems It necessary. It will
require the votes of two-thirds of the
senators and twq-thlrds of the represen
tatives to give to a measure of deoelt and
false pretenses the force of law.
New York Tribune: President Taffs
tariff program Is one of the progress and
enlightenment. He wants to keep faith
with the voters who accepted the repub
lican party's promise to see tariffs framed
with intelligence and with regard primarily
to national Interests. He wants to respond
to "the undoubted call of the country."
In his leadership he Is candid, courageous
and farslghted, and those who seek to
withstand his demand for lowered tariff
rates will find that he has the voters al
most solidly behind him.
Hard Work
Getting Better?
When the danger point is passed and
convalescence begins, it takes time
to bring the enfeebled body back to
its natural strength. At this vital peri
od, when exhausted nature is striv
ing to regain her own, you will find
FatestExtoKl
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Combining In correct proportions
the nutritive and digestive elements
of rich barley-malt with the quieting
and tonic effects of choicest hops, it
offers nourishment in predigested
form, giving new lile and strength
to the weak.
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Washington' Life
Short Sketches of Xacldeats and
Eplsod.s that Mark tbe Progress of
Events at the national Capital.
"The law safeguards the sense of taste
by insisting on pure food and drink. It
protects the sense of smell against offen
sive odors. A penalty attaches to the use
of profane or Indecent language as a pro
tection to the ears. Hut there Is no law
protecting the eyes from what offends more
grievously than offenses recognised by
law." It was a California Judge who, in
discussing an action against billboards,
expressed regret because the law left the
court without power to deal with a vlsu.il
nuisance. Washington Is moving wisely In
the direction of protecting the eyes of de
fenseless visitors from the attention of mer
cenary sign boarders, who attempted to
smear the surroundings of the new depot
with paper and paint. The plans came to
the attention of Hon. Henry L. West, one
of the District commissioners, who lost no
time in placing the necessary obstacles to
their erection. Ills action has called forth
hearty expressions of approval from the
citizens and the public press of Washington
and from the country at large.
This is the law In the District of Colum
bia and is worth copying:
"No person shall place, exhibit, maintain
or continue any advertisement or poster,
except upon such land, houses, buildings, bill
boards, fences or other structures as the
commissioners of the District of Columbia
may. In their discretion, authorize In wilt
ing for that purpose."
Herman Barger, 6 months old, chewed
up most of a $2 bill In Washington recently
and thereby almost caused his mother to
be ejected for nonpayment of her rent. If
United States Treasurer Treat had not been
patient enough to piece together the nu
merous particles of the bill, which were
sent to him for redemption, Herman and
his family might now be house hunting.
In an explanatory letter to Mr. Treat,
Herman's mother says that she was hang
ing out clothes and had left her son In a
high chair near a table on which her
pocketbook lay. The pocketbook contained
a 15 bill, a 12 and $1. She did not believe
that any 6-months-old child could open the
pocketbook, but little Herman could, and
did. With rare discretion he dropped the
five-spot on the floor and did not deign
to sample the one. But he devoted unusual
attention to the unlucky two-spot, and
when his mother turned around had suc
ceeded in reducing it to fragments. His
mother had been saving for her rent, and
in her letter to Mr. Treat she begged him
to redeem the money to save her "humble
tenement."
The treasurer found that there was
enough of the money to make It redeem
able and Immediately mailed a crisp $2
bill to Mrs. Barger.
Since Monday of last week the tariff
tie-up has cost Senator I. a Follette of Wis
consin and even 2,000. He has been drop
ping money at the rate of $230 a day, and
he will go oi dropping It at the same rate
until congress adjourns. Now and then
he may save a day's loss, but If congress
continues In session until after the 1st
of August his aggregate of financial sac
rifice will amount to a very fair year's
salary.
Beginning a week ago the Wisconsin
senator had every day up to nearly the
1st of October contracted for at the Chau
tauqua. He waited until shortly before the
time for meeting his first engagement,
not being aware how soon matters would
"break" In Washington, and then he can
celed all his contracts up to July 21. It Is
doubtful very doubtful right now whether
he can begin to meet his engagements
next week, in which event a further can
cellation of contract will be necessary.
It certainly costs money to serve the
dear people in congress, If one measures
the cost by what the stars of the Chau
tauqua have to forego as a result of an
extraordinary summer session, which was
scheduled to end June 1 and has been
clinging to life with the dog days in
sight. Senator La Follette Is not the only
one in the box. Several other senators,
mostly of the Insurgent variety, are in
the same boat
Senator Pol liver of Iowa was respon
sible for a certain restraint that fell over
the conversation at a dinner one night
last week at which President Taft was
the guest of honor.
Senator Newlands gave the dinner at
his country place, Woodier. His guests
were nearly all republicans, there being
only two democrats, Senators Bacon of
Georgia and Hughes of Colorado. Others
present besides the president were Attor
ney General Wlckersham, Secretary Mac
Veagh, Secretary Dickinson and Senators
Lodge of Massachusetts, Carter of Mon
tana, Borah of Idaho, Brlstow of Kansas
and Dolllver.
Before the dinner the conversation was
kept discreetly clear of the tariff, but
at table Senator Carter ventured some
jestful remarks to Senator Lodge concern
ing the speech delivered by Senator Bever
Idge on the night the vote on the tariff
bill was taken in the senate.
"There was nothing to It," Mr. Lodge
remarked conclusively, "nothing to It at
all."
Senator Beverldge was not present, so
Dolllver spoke up for him:
"No," he said, "no, there was nothing
to It. He merely said we had made
some promises and ought to keep them
that's all."
Thereupon the conversation took a sud
den shift of subject, and let the tariff
lie for the rest of the dinner.
"It goes without saying that I wouldn't
mention It If Theodore Roosevelt were not
in Africa," said an old habitue of the cap
ltol, quoted by the New York Herald corre
spondent, "but the Influence of great rail
roads over the senate is growing to be
something remarkable. When the voters
her of It there are likely to be bad re
sults," he added ominously. Laying his
pipe aside, he toptoed to the open door,
and after a look up and down the corridor,
explained.
"It's them elevator bells," he said mys
teriously. "They give "em away every
time. I've listened to 'em and then watched
who would get on when things are dull,
and if I have time I can spot 'em almost
every trip. You know, when a senator
wants to ride up or down he gives a spe
cial signal and the elevator men know It
and let the rest of us wait while they dash
up and down like mad. Anything more
than one bell means a senator wants to go
down stairs and won't walk.
"Now, here Is where the railroad Influ
ence shows. You know railroads have dif
ferent signals In various sections of a
country and these are pretty apt to get
firmly settled in a person's mind. Now,
for Instance, when Senator Hale of Maine
wants to ride down from his office on the
gallery floor his ring Is two shorts and two
longs. 'Whistle twice and bark twice Is
what the Instruction book of the Boston A
Maine railroad calls it, and Senator Ualltn
ger of New Hampshire, when he rides at
all. uses the same ring. Senator Burrows
of Michigan, when he wants the elevator,
gives three shorts and two longs, a Michi
gan Central signal. When you get out to
California, where the I'nlon Pacific uses
the four boots, you got the signal that
A Strong Dank
is the best place for Savings.
You cannot more safely invest
your savings than by taking out a
3 Certificate of Deposit
in a bank which has
Cash and Reserve Funds. . . .$5,500,000.00.
Total Assets of oyer . $13,000,000.00
The latest published statement shows that this
J bank has interest bearing
(fttHtiiadlaiili(UKi)iiidl
calls t:ie elevator for Senator Flint of Cali
fornia, when he uses one at all.
"Senator Warner seems to have picked
the Missouri Pacific and Senator Dolllver
the Chleago A Northwestern, but most of
'em have that same little trick. Watch 'em
yourself," he concluded, as he took down
his hat and coat and prepared to close his
office for the night.
THAT FRIENDLY INTERCHANGE
Hastings Tribune: Victor Rosewater and
Edgar Howard have been tossing bouquets
and brickbats at each other with such
force as to dislocate their strong right
arms.
Weeping Water Republican: The
"friendly Interchange" between Ed
itors Edgar Howard and Victor Rosewa
ter appears to have resulted In a com
plete knockout for Howard In the flrt
round. Those who think that The Bee Is
not aggressive have another guess com
ing. Rushville Recorder: That friendly Inter
change between Victor Ilosewater of The
Omaha Bee and Edgar Howard of the Co
lumbus Telegram was an Interesting pass
age of arms, In which Victor shows he is
at least a true chip of the old block In
everything but experlenoe. However, there
is time before him, and he knows, like
the rest of us, he oannot publish a news
paper to please everybody, let alone a dem
ocrat of such a chameleon-like character
as Edgar Howard.
Beatrice Express: Edgar Howard of
the Columbus Telegram writes the ed
itor of The Omaha Bee, complaining
that the latter's editorial page lacks
old-time assaulta on corporate wealth
and, with great show of feeling, de
plores what he assumes In a digression
from the policy established by the elder
Rosewater. The present editor of The
Bee virtually Informs Howard that he Is
playing to the galleries, and would find
the same fault with the late editor of The
Bee if he were alive and in charge. He
reminds Howard that the latter Is ready
to applaud a republican paper If It boosts
democratic measures or men.
PERSONAL NOTES.
The advance demand for the prospective
Lincoln pennies Illustrates the love for
mere novelty. The new coins, while per
haps an artistic Improvement, will drop
into the contribution box with just the
same old jingle.
Some of the Washington cltlsens have
irivan n. rSallfnffer nf New Hamnahlre a '
big oil portrait of himself. He's the chair
man of the senate's committee on the Jls-
trtct of Columbia a committee popularly
called Washington's board of aldermen.
Attorney James P. Whltla of Sharon,
Pa., father of Willie Whltla of kidnaping
fame, has formally announced that he
would be a republican aspirant for can
didate for congress from the Twenty-
eighth congressional dtstrct, Pennsylvania.
There Is a popular Impression that when
woman uses a gun she shuts her eyes
at the moment of pulling the trigger. Mrs.
J. M. Chamberlain of Sunbury, Pa., did
Just that, but she got her game, a six-foot
snake, which she found In her chicken
yard. 1
The three college students who were
charged with having slugged the hotel
keeper at the top of Pike's Peak have been
dismissed by the court. The learned Judge
probably "refused to believe that any man
or combination of men eould beat a Colo
rado hotel keeper.
A Chicago man bet that he could take
twelve drinks of whiskey without a pause.
That he died at number 9 Is a mere Inci
dent. Now the saloonkeeper who had the
other end of the bet, and furnished the
liquor, has been mulcted $2,000 in favor of
the son of tbs alcohol tank.
Henry Hurlburt, who recently died In
Utloa, N. T., In his 87th year, had spent
about seventy-five years of his life In
that city. He recalled meeting General
Lafayette there and he knew James K.
Polk and Eachary Taylor. He was an In
teresting man and fully alive to the prog
ress which his life had spanned.
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$2.00 and $2.50 Bhirta now $1.75
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LAUGHING GAS.
"Ye're a fool, Cssey, an' Oi t'n prova f
In black an' white!"
"Ye'i a liar, Dugan, an' OI o'n prove It
In black an' blue." Cleveland Leader.
Visitor I don't see how you can reronolli
yourself to being a farmer.
SI Seeder I couldn't if I didn't see on
of you city men once In a while. Fhllsi
delphla Bulletin.
"How is that girl of Dick's coming along
who married the actor fellow?"
"First rate, I believe. Pick said the othei
day that her husband la now a star an
she Is supporting him."
"Supporting him! Humph. Thst's what
comes of marrying these stage folks."
ttaltlmore American.
" Got a summer Job, ehT" said Yorlci
Hamm.
"On a farm," explained Hamlett Fatt
"What do you know about farm workT"
"O, I'm hired to talk dialect for the bene
fit of the summer boarders." Courier Jour,
nal.
Gunner And now comes a professor whs
declares that fruit Is just aa healthy with
the skin on as It Is peeled.
Guyer H'm! I'd like to see somebody
start him on a diet of pineapples. Chi
cago News.
AN ECONOMIC EXPERIMENT.
Chicago News.
Mister Otto Knowsomebetter was an
nnmlc chap
With a well developed liking (or a doll a.
In his trsp.
He was wont to ponder wisely, with Ml
fingers in his hair.
On the various expenses that an hones'
man must bear.
And the one that most distressed him.
e'en to giving him a shock.
Was the awful cost of fodder he wai
forced to feed his stock.
Now, we know the ancient fable of th
man who fed his steed
On a single sawdust diet, and had made
the same succeed
As a steady equine ration If the rlottm
hadn't died;
And he knew that plan was useless, and
devoid of sense beside.
So he figured out a process, widely dif
ferent from that.
Whereby he could save his pocket, and his
cattle keep their fat
He procured a load of sawdust, with the '
happy scheme in mind,
Shorti and bran and other staple of a fat
increasing kind;
Which he mixed In true proportion, with a
touch of pepper stout.
Just to keep the stock In spirit and to
make them move about.
For he'd heard It said the secret of the
sawdust steed's demise
Was a little too much sawdust and the
lack of exercise.
So he placed the toothsome mixture in a
freshly scoured bin.
Smiling as he thought how bossy would
be neatly taken In;
Then he measured out a portion and he
gave It to his cow,
And she hesitated slightly, but she ate It,
anyhow.
Then lie went at eve to milk her, with
elation in his soul
And she gave a pat of butter In a little
wooden bowl I
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