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TTIK PFiK : OMAHA. SATURDAY, AUGUST 7. 100? Hie 'maha Daily 13o rorNurtj BT EDWARD rosi:wati;r VICTOR ROEWATK.R. KDITOR. Entered at Omalu clan matter. postofdte aa second- TERMS OF BURTRIFTION. Pally Hee (without Sunday) on year. .14(0 Dally R-e and Sunday, one year ' DKMVKRFD BT t'ARRIF.R. Dally Hee (Including Sumlavl. P'T week. LV Dally Be (without Sunday), per week. .I' Kvening Bee iwithcul Kunclay). per week Evening ilea (wlih Sunday), per week.NV- Sunday Bee. one year - Saturday Bee, one year... Address all complaint of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Iiepartment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building-. Houth Omaha Twn;y-?ourth and N. Council Bluffs 1S Hcutt Street. Mncoln I.lttle Rulldlng. Chicago 1MK Marquette Building. New Yor k-Room 1101-llut No. 34, Weal Thtrtv-third Pireft Washington 725 Fourteenth afreet, N. W. CORRP:SIf )NDF.NCK. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter rhouM he addressed: Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, expremi or postal order, payable, to The Bee Publishing Company Only 2-cent Marvpn rerelved In payment of mall account personal check, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btatn of NetraHka. Douglas Co.inty, ss : Georae B Trsohuck, treasurer of Th Rea Ftihllshlng Company, being duly sworn savs that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning. Evening and Sunder Rea printed during the month of July. liWS. was aa follows: 1 41740 1 41.7TO J 43.0O 4 40,930 1 43.1E0 ( 41,30 1 41,060 t 41,t70 i 41,810 10 41,760 11 40,080 It 43.000 II 41,740 14 41,710 16 41.870 ) 41,740 Total Returned copies Net total Dally average GEORGE B 17 41,810 IS 40,300 19 . ,41,40 JO 41,780 21 43,430 22 41,0 2J 41,910 24 41,800 25 40,160 28 41,970 27 41,680 28 41,840 2D 41,840 10 41,890 31 41,530 1,833,040 9.6SC 1,23,13 41, act TZSCHICK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and a v. oin to before me thin 2d day of Annum, muu. (Heal; M. P WALK KR, Notary Public, Now for Business. For months the captains of tbe financial, business and Industrial world bave proclaimed that nothing stood tn the way of a great business revival except the uncertainty about crops and the agitation over the tariff. The crops are now assured and, with the exception of cotton, are bumper size, and even cotton Is not discourag ing. Congress has disposed of the tariff bill and Its enactment removes on element of uncertainty from many business ventures. There la no appar ent reason now why any Industry or business should halt. The railroads are assured of a heavy tonnage, the farmers of good prices for their pro duce and the manufacturer of a home market for his wares. There Is ample money in sight to carry on the na tion's business and a disposition among Its holders to finance any prom ising project. Business In all lines has made a good start toward recovery from the check of 1907 and tbe west, particu larly, has struck its Industrial pace. That the east may be counted on to keep step Is shown by tbe large sums being put Into extensions of estab lished manufacturing plants and the erection of new ones, the textile and steel Industries being notable exam ples. Prices of industrial and railroad stocks also reflect the confidence of Investors. The west as the pioneer In trade re vival, reasonably expects to get Its full share and possibly a little bit more in fact has a large consignment of prosperity already put away. sends the members home to foiget all about It. There are many purely western In terests which eastern men cannot be expected to take up and of which they know little or nothing. Concerted ef fort could secure recognition for them, but In the multitude of demands re sults are Improbable unless the object Is persistently pursued. The west Is not unmindful of the Interests of the east, but the east may be depended on to look out for Itself, and pushing western Interests does not necessarily mean antagonism of the eaBt. If the coming session of the Trans mlsslssippl congress Is made up of doctrinaires, each with a fad, It will accomplish nothing except an oppor tunity for Its members to be enter tained In a delightful city, but If prac tical men will take hold and organize and direct it for practical purposes It will have something to show for Its being and name. Subscribers leaving; the rlty tem porarily alt on Id have The Bee mailed to them. Aililreaa mill be chanced aa often its requested. Congress Anally wound up by put ting the president on the free Hot until December. Aviators are respectfully reminded that the elevator conductors have the copyright on "going up." The unavoidable absence of Gov ernor Shallenbergf r from the Dahlman DemoctiH y pi' file will need no explanation. that I is faili.in. i. :i bus demonstrated .j oil that hltt memory By this tlir.': -..oriF.'-eas realizes what It means to Lave a heavyweight sitting on the lid. Uncle Joe Cannon provided a five foot shelf for several congressmen who are not on his regular calling list. If King Alfonso cannot subdue the Moors he might requisition Senators Stone, Bailey and Jeff Davis to finish up the Job. At any rate, President Taft did not follow the democratic precedent of let ting the tarift bill become a law with out his signature. Anxious Inquirer: The date for President Taft'a visit to Omaha la Monday, September 20, Just as The Bee had It all along. The Wide Open Primaiy. Nebraska will shortly have Us first experience with the wide-open primary which was saddled upon our people by the Jate democratic legislature. If we are not mistaken expressions of dissatisfaction with this vicious pri mary ballot already being heard will be many times multiplied after the Initial trial. The wide-open primary with its cumbersome ballot not only makes the cost of direct nominations unduly excessive, but also tends to con fuse the voter unnecessarily, to dlS' franchise many even fairly Intelligent, and invites frauds that otherwise could be easily prevented. The wide-open primary permits the voters, irrespective of party affilia tions, to have a voice In the nomina tion of candidates for any party. It permits democrats to nominate repub lican candidates for the purpose of beating them later at the election, and vice versa. It puts a premium on mis representation and hypocrisy and com pletely destroys Integrity of political parties. Party government always has been recognized as an essential factor In maintaining our free Institutions. The wide-open primary goes on the theory, from start to finish, that political par ties are baa and ought to be destroyed. The responsibility for the wide-open primary In Nebraska rests wholly upon the democrats. The primary which the republicans had given In response to the popular demand was free from these vicious defects, and the repub lican minority in the legislature vig orously opposed the introduction of the wide-open feature. On that record let the wide-open pri mary be judged. for the Lincoln penny the high-art statue of Lincoln on our High school grounds seems to have been over looked. The repeal of the Connecticut blue laws contradicts the assertion that the only way to get rid of a bad law Is to enforce It to the letter. The New House Committeei. There Is no occasion for anyone to be surprised at the committee an nouncements of Speaker Cannon, though undoubtedly many are disap pointed. It had been generally under stood for some time that the speaker was not Inclined to favor the so-called insurgents and it is doubtful If they expected any different treatment from that received. There are some appointments, how ever, which are significant, one of the most Important being that of Mr. Weeks of Massachusetts to head the committee on postofllces and post roads. Mr. Weeks ta a pronounced opponent of postal savings banks and his power as chairman of the commit tee may make it more difficult to get such a bill through the lower house, particularly if the speaker himself Is In opposition. The appointment, there fore, Is not likely to be well received by those who believe popular sentl ment favors a postal savings bank bill The displacing of Mr. Fowler from the head of banking and currency Is not subject to so much criticism. While doubtless done for personal rea sons, congress has always opposed the Fowler ideas of currency legislation and leaned to those of Mr. Vreeland, who succeeds Mr. Fowler In the com mittee chairmanship. , The west would have been pleased to receive the chairmanship of the rivers and harbors committee, al though It was hardly to be expected. Several old members on the committee outrank the western men and Mr. Alexander of New York was the log ical successor for Mr. Burton. The west gets representation on the com mittee, however, and Speaker Cannon himself may be counted on to forward the waterway legislation which he ap proves and nothing more could be ex pected from any committee. In removing Mr. Norrls of Nebraska from the public buildings and grounds committee our state loses a leverage for securing recognition of Its de mands, and In conceding Mr. Latta a place on Indian affairs our Third district democrat has secured a lever age for re-election. Personally, the place on merchant marine, lost by Mr Hlnshaw, Is unpleasant for the con gressman, but means little to the state. Where the mayor of Burkvllle, Va., who tried to shake down the president of the Pennsylvania railroad for $46,- 000, made his big mistake was In fall ing to take a course first in the Pat Crow Correspondence school. The Alabama legislature should be prosecuted for causing Editor Watter- son to exercise himself so violently this hot weather over its enactment of a prohibitory law. No call yet for that extra session of the Nebraska legislature promised in the democratic state platform. Are platforms binding. Near Evidence. Ronton Herald. Speaker Cannon proves that a statesman may wear a SO cent undershirt, but not that a 60 cent undershirt can make a statesman. A Reliable Depository. Chicago Tribune. Complaint Is made that the Lincoln cents are too thick to go Into the slot machine. Rut you can slip them Into the savings banks, which is a great deal better. A Movable Flature. Chicago Inter-Ocean. We note that Mr. Bryan says he is go ing to remain a "fixture In Nebraska." That doe not prevent him, however, from running again for the presidency. All Hark (n the Tent. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A few days hence there will no longer be any "insurgent" republicans, any "standpat" republicans, or any "range" republicans. All will be republicans with out any prefix. ' In Other Lands 814a Lights on What la Trans, piling Among the Hear and ra nations ef the Earth. Ripe fnr Final Teat. Charleston Newa and Courier. The government physicians have discov ered a method for rendering soldiers Im mune to typhoid fever. Three soldiers have reached the stage where they can drink any old kind of water without harm. We do not know that it U true, but reports say that one of the men has wired a proposal to Typhoid Mary. An Inquirer asks if base ball will al ways hold Its place. At last accounts Washington showed no Inclination to surrender the bottom position: The roll call on the income tax amendment has started with Alabama, and there will be plenty of time for all before the ballot Is declared closed. None of the Breakfast Food people have yet claimed the young emperor of China used their brand. Perhaps they arc fearful he may not be permitted to grow up. Mrs. Pankburst, the British suffra gist who slaps her opponents, Is going to visit this country and we are anx iously awaiting her meeting with Sen ator Stone. President Taft's Judgment on whether It Is downward or not will go a great deal further with most people than the Judgment of the democratic ghost dancers. The will of Don Carlos bequeathed to bis successor the Job of restoring the domain of Emperor Charles V to the Spanish crown. Something of a .Job cut out for that young man. Before the city council moves on the moving picture shows it will, of course, be necessary for the council men to make a personal inspection of all these entertainment places. Railroads and Their Critics. "Railroads and railroad men are better than their critics and have al ways been so," asserts President F. D. Underwood of the Erie road. It de pends entirely what Mr. Underwood means by railroad critics whether his statement can be accepted. No reasonable man ever believed the railroads and railroad men were all bad or even Incurably Incorrigible. A wild range pony has little real worth and may do considerable dam age, but when the average cowboy takes him in hand the pony soon be comes a valuable asset. No better proof of tbe Justness of many past complaints against the railroad can be offered than the present attitude of most of the great railroad men In the country. They would not return to the old con ditions of indiscriminate rebating and rate cutting if they could, neither would they favor a general resumption of many other practices which robbed railroads of their revenue and built up one Individual or business at the expense of another. Ths master railroad mlnda of Amer ica are today agreed that regulation by properly constituted public bodies is the only salvation of the railroads and that they need protection from each other and protection from unrea sonable demands of the people fully as much as the people need protection from the railroads. The old order of things has passed away and develop ment along existing lines is a cer tainty. Mr. Underwood's own road is a fine example of the benefits wjjlch would have accrued to the company Itself had the restrictions to capital ization under which its last Issue of bonds were floated obtained earlier In the road's career. So long as the farmers are getting the highest record prices for all of their products it will be hard for any democratic faultfinder to convince them that a protective tariff that builds up the home market and thus makes this possible Is not to the inter est of the farmer. And now it has been discovered that there is a Joker In tbe new Lincoln pennies because the designer put In his signature in minute characters. This Joker business la becoming contagious. Colonel James M. Guffey of Pennsyl vania, whom Bryan threw over the transom at Denver, bobbed up in com plete control of the recent Pennsyl vanla democratic convention. The shade of Samuel J. Randall is stronger in Pennsylvania than that of the living Bryan. THE SKCTION A L CRT. Governor Johnson's Aasertlons Pro voke n Rebuke. Cleveland Leader. In a speech at Seattle, Governor John ion of Minnesota, urged the extensive and somewhat self-conscious region between the Mississippi and the Pacific to Insist upon a larger share In shaping the poli cies of the nation and running national affairs. He declared that the west did not make full use of its own vast strength, in asserting Itself as a section. This Is poor stuff for the governor of any state to preach, but It is especially ab surd coming from a man speaking for Minnesota. That fine commonwealth has long been treated with all due considera tion In congress. It has been given gen erous governmental care and favor for its ore and timber and flour. Its harbors have been well developed by federal aid. Minnesota had no reaaon whatever to complain of lack of Influence at Washing ton or of regard for Its local Interests on the part of the national government. As for the bigness and vast possibilities of the newer west, the census next sum mer will surely give many persons in that section a painful surprise. It wtll show, tor Instance, that the growth of New York In population. In the last ten years, has been more than equal to the total gains of all the states In the entire region from the summit of the Rock mountains to the ocean. The older parts of this country are making much the larger contributions to the numbers of Ita people, Ha wealth and lta prosperity. The newer west Is blind when it Invites any aectlonal division In national leglslaton or n the public business of the naton. We are surprised to note that Mr. Bryan's Commoner reproduces the World-Herald's garbled version of the republican state platform. The Com moner ought to be willing to let the republican platform speak for Itself, even if the World-Herald Is not. Bank robbers should be careful how they' become tangled up with Minne sota posses, which have a habit of loading the robbers down with buck shot. The record was made many years ago and the state is keeping it up. PERSONAL NOTES. The grounds on which the opposition re sisted the Spanish expedition to Morocco clearly shows how thnroiiEhly Spn'ards have learned the lesson and appreciate the cost of attempting to govern outlaying pos sessions. A century ago the Spanish flag almost belted the globe, airs was a symbol of authority In a large part of the western hemisphere. One by one Spanish colonies cut loose from the mother land, the last disappearing with tragic humiliation at Manila and Santiago. No wonder that a struggling people, personally familiar with the disasters of 1MS. cry out against send ing the nation's soldiery to Morocco to de fend what they claim to be "private In terests," the Investments of Spaniards In the coal mines at Melllla. "Our honor Is at atake," Insists the government, and that suffice for any sacrifice that may be necessary to avenge the attack on the flag of Castile. Vain as the popular outcry Is. Spanish officialdom know only too well how unprofitable Is a siruggle with the Moors In their chosen territory. It means sacrifices of life and treasure far beyond the value of the mines. Rut, having taken up the white man's burden on the Riff coast, Spanish cavaliers must see It through or perish In the attempt. Melllla. the base of Spanish operations against the Moors. Is a peninsula fortress surrounded by a typical Spanish colonial town, with a population approximating 10.000 In 1000. standing on the Mediter ranean shore of Morocco, about sevetity flve miles from the Algerian frontier. It Is a commercial port, opened to trade with! the world In 1902. The citadel, which Is now the focal point of the attacks of the hordes of Kabylcs and other Rlffian tribes men, stands upon a rock, out of the solid heart of which have been hollowed hue cisterns In which is stored the water to serve the beleaguer! garrison on Just such oocaslons which the Spanish, In their 400 years of struggle to retain a foothold In Africa, know all too well must be anti cipated. The magailnes are almllarly con structed. The buildings of the town differ but slightly from those of any Spanish town, frame houses of two stories, built about a court, or "patio" with sliding shut ters In the upper story that can be pushed back, leaving the whole front open to the breese. One of the discouraging signs of the times In France Is the drift cityward of the sons of the peasantry whose Industry and thrift have made the nation the banker of the world. In the middle of the last century the town dwellers were less than a quarter of the total population; now It Is nearly 40 per cent. The reason assigned Is the grow ing Impression that life Is brighter and easier In the city. The lasy are attracted by desire for amusement and by urban charities, Including soup kitchens and free lodgings. This would seem to Indicate demoralization of charity. Vital statistics are affected by the movement, because contagions to which the habituated city dweller seems Immune assail the new Comer. Some country lads who come to town achieve fortune, because It Is In them to do so. But most of them work harder for livelihood than they would on the farm. Nevertheless, the farmer's boy will continue to prefer the paved street to the hayfteld, and the milkmaid will leave the meadow for the factory In France. That famous shrine of unrivalled historic Interest, the battlefield of Waterloo. Is rapidly being divested of all Its Interesting features. An American touHst In Rrussels states the houses which sheltered men who helped to make history there are being torn down, the roads and paths are being oblit erated, and aoon there will be nothing left to remind one of Napoleon's last stand but the great mound capped by the Waterloo lion. The museum, where all the battle field trophies are on view, uniforms, arms, drawings and pictures, was never a pre tentious Institution, but no visitor failed to look with Interest at the many exhibits behind the glass doors. This also Is to be dismantled, and the articles which have been carefully kept for years will be dis tributed among the provincial museums of Belgium, where as Individual exhibits they will lose much In value. 1 iiC The use of checks promotes the habit of saving. ti- -m i. .if j .i A.. i nc uccivs aiioru uic rsV very best of receipts for bills paid and assist in keeping expenditures care fully recorded. Checks arc furnished to depositors without charge. A good place in which to open YOUR account is the m A -rtfMft -, ' 4Bf eJl ' ' J First National Bank of Omaha United States Depository. SCSBESBSaBBSRSS 13 th and Farnam Sts. The railroad men in session In Chi cago are trying to evolve a simplified form of railroad ticket. The old style ticket is so complicated that a man cannot tell from it whether he Is going on a vacation or coming home. The shah of Persia has been handed an ultimatum to return the royal jew elry or he will get no pension. As the pension is a better meal ticket stimu lator than the gems he will probably take the pension. James J. Hill has seen his statue unveiled and heard many pleasant things said abou himself while he was still alive. Caleb Powers, recently pardoned after several trials, having been convicted ot complicity In the assassination of Governor Ooebel of Kentucky, has announced his candlaqy for congress. Emperor William of Germany Is desirous that impecunious aristocrats who cannot make a living In Germany should emigrate to German Southwest Africa and become members of that German colony. - Mrs. Mattle Spelling Robinson Collins of Des Moines haa been aided by only eight husbands in her experiments to demon strate whether or not marriage la a failure. But Mrs. Collins la only. 41 years old. Brakle J. Orr, a law yer of Bay City, who haa the reputation ot being the wittiest after-dinner speaker In Michigan, after serving three terms as prosecuting attorney of Bay county, twice under emphatic pro teat, has removed to Detroit to practice law and escape a fourth election as county prosecutor. ( The home of the late Edward Everett Don Jamie, the new pretender for the Spanish throne, gives some comfort to Alfonso by declaring his peaceful inten tions In the present perplexity of his coun try, and his loyalty to the traditions handed down by his father. But he would nut encourage revolution of the kind being shut to pieces In Barcelona. How ever, he la ready to "save the country" whenever conditions are ripe to smite Alfonso without endangering his own pre cious hide. It would be difficult for the pretender to define his nationality. He was born at Vevey, but he la not Swiss. He passed his youth in Franca, where his ancestors had reigned. . and he, Is not French. He received his military education In Vienna and qualified for a commission In the Austrian army, but he is not Aus trian, and he Is an officer of the Russian Imperial guard without being a subject of Czar Nicholas. ... What strides have been made In a brief period In the science of aerial navigation Is borne In powerfully upon us by a world's fair exhibiting the pro?ress of airship con Hale, in Roxbury, Mass., having been' structlon and manipulation, which has placed on the market, a movement has opened at Frankfort-on-the-Main and will been started to purchase It by public sub scription and preserve It as a memorial to the great clergyman. The Boston Herald last 100 daya. In September the crowning feature of the show will be the arrival ot Zeppelin II for a series of exhibition flights. HOW EDISON GOT HIS START Vonthfnl Devotion Rrlnara Friendly Aid to the Ambltloaa Keivaboy. I was still doing my work aa newsboy on the Grand Trunk when the train stopped one day at the Mount Clemen station for freight. As It usually stayed tor half an hour W had Improved my time by making several acquaintances In the nelgborhood of the depot. On this occasion I was stroll ing about the station when I noticed Jemmy, the little 2-year-old son of J. U. Mackenzie, the station manter. Jemmy and I were great friends. He was a bright little fellow and we used to enjoy some lively romps together. I was about to call to him when I saw that the train had be gun switching. Some of the cars were left at the northern end of the track while the remainder, some twelve or fifteen, with the engine, were backed on to the freight house siding. Here a large baggage car was standing, filled with freight of vari ous descriptions and waiting to be coupled on to the train. The engineer's purpose was to give this car a sufficient push to send It down the track by Its own momen tlm until It reached the other section on the northern end. Of course, Jemmy was unaware of the situation, and when I glanced toward him again, Just as the baggage car was started forward, I saw to my horror that he was sitting between the rails, directly In Its path. It was too late to ahout to him. Refore he could be warned of his danger he would be crushed under the heavv wheels. With the little fellow's bright, sunny smile before me I made a desperate resolve. Running down the platform 1 sprang on to the track before the rumbling ear and Jerked the boy from under lta wheels Just In time to save his life. It was so sudden that I didn't realize my own danger and, of course, I didn't take any especial credit for the exploit, for I think that almost any one with any heart would have done the same thing. But It made the father very grateful and he be gan to think of a way to show his appre ciation. He waa a poor man and could not give me money. What could he do? Then he remembered my fondness for telegraphy and, to ray great surprise and delight, offered to teach me how to be come an operator. At last the dream of my boyhood waa to be realised. Tou may believe that I worked hard those days, still keeping on with my duties as news boy during the regular run and coming back In the evening to take my leason In telegraphy. From the very first I think the Idea of Improving the telegraph was before me. The telegraph line of that period was rather crude and cumbersome. The du plex telegraph was Just In Ita infancy and quadruplex telegraphy waa still a dream. Of course, with my youthful enthusiasm I soon mastered the rudiments of the key and began to make satisfactory progress In the work of operator. Before I was IT I was a full fledged telegrapher and tak ing aa much pleasure In my work, I think, as the average boy of that age gets out of base ball or foot ball. Of course, this kind of life stimulated my mechanical fa culties, so that I began to absorb every fact I could find In relation to electricity. By my love for chemistry would not down, and all of the money I could spare I put Into retorts and test tubes and chem icals. My first Invention that Is, the first that brought me to the patent office was an electrical vote recorder, which my boyish dream Imagined would revolutionise the parliamentary procedure of oongess. It was a rather simple contrivance. When the apparatus was Installed In the House of Representatives each member of con gress would find two button on his deak, one labeled "aye" and the other "nay." On the desk of the speaker "there would be a square frame containing two dials. One waa for the affirmative votes, the other for the negative, and below each heading were spaces In which the number of ballots would be Indicated. For in stance, when a congressman voted "nay," If he were the fifth man. the number five" appeared on the Indicator. If he voted "aye" a similar result appeared on the other dial. Thus It was possible to announce the result of any ballot, however clone, as soon as the last tally flashed Into position at the speaker's elbow. I managed to Interest a capitalist In the venture and together we Journeyed to Washington to exhibit the machine to congress. After the usual delay we se cured the privilege of a private exhibition before the usual committee. The machine worked to perfection and I waa building all aorta of castles in the air when the chairman turned to me with a smile and said, 'Young man, you have a splendid thing here. It works all right but that's the trouble. It works too well for us." I stared at him In bewilderment "Don't you know," he continued, pleas antly, "that the only recourse which the minority now haa Is to delay the Vote of an Important Issue? I presume you have heard of the 'deadlock.' Well, your little machine would make the 'deadlock' im possible. Neither political party would want It, because the one which is In power this year might fall to second place -next year. Do you catch the pontT" I, did. Likewise I learned a lesson. In future I never attempted an Invention without first assuring myself that there was a ready market for It when It waa completed. As I have here reached my majority and haa come of voting age, the chronicle of the boy properly ceases. Those days were forty-one years ago, and I would like to add, for the benefit of men In general, that I am working a hard now as I did then. Work Is action, life. I am glad that I can work, that I love work. I owe all that 1 am to hard work. It Is a thought good to dwell upon. Thomas A. Edison, . in Circle Magazine. Adjustable Political Seloa. Kansas City Journal. When Senator' Gore says "I put my coun try above my party" he Is not necessarily putting his country very high. In a speech, delivered at Dallas In 189t Mr. Gore said: "The trouble with the democratic party Is It Is a party of statesmen without states manship, patriots without patriotism, heroes without heroism. Their policy be gets farmers without farming, laborers without labor, freemen without freedom." At that time Gore waa a popullat, but after expressing his opinion of the democratic' party In this frank and forceful fashion ho turned about and Joined it. Bays that "It ought not to be difficult toj A million and a half has been spent on th devise a way by which It can be still kepi i buildings and grounda whereupon will be aa a center of fraternity and good will." The Trannmiseiiiippi Congress. The coming session of the Trans mlsslssippl congress In Denver can give an impetus to many movements of value to the west if It will. The trouble with that body has generally been that it gives precedence to men with Impractical hobbies or extremists whose extravagant demands neutralize good ideas. A body made up of rep resentative men from all over the western country, concentrating behind some few measures would be a power ful Instrument to further tUe cause. The congress too frequently meets without any well-defined plan of action, discusses dozens of things, passes a long string of resolutions an 1 The telegraph editors could have saved themselves some effort by using tbe old head line over the Darcelona riots for the house committee assign ments, "Insurgents Mowed Down by Cannon." At any rate, congress is not the slowest thing on earth, for it passed the tariff bill before several ships could get In with cargoes, composed largely of goods on which rates were being raised. A bright congressman proposes that the nation buy the railroads and hire Mr. Harrlman to run them on a salary of $1,000,000 a year. Just why Mr. Harrlman should accept a cut In his present stipend is not explained. The Japanesu plantation laborers in Hawaii, who have been on strike for two months, bave given up their fight. They started off wrong by introducing the rough house Into the game. For some unexplainable and Inde fensible reason iu selecting the design INCORPORATED. Harper's Weekly, j She said on Monday she'd be mine forever and for aye. On Tuesday with a smile divine She said the same to Jay. On Wednesday eVe this maiden fair Our hearts were set upon Gave quite a bunch of golden hair To pl dge her troth to Juhn. On Thursday Reginald came by, And late on Thursday night With suftly whlxpered luvl-ig ligh Made all his future bright. On Friday James appeared, and she, Just as to us befure, With beaming eye declared she'd be His own for evermore. On Saturday 'twas Wllbraham Who won her much-Koucht hand. Although she'd dubbed the lad a clam With not an ounce of snrd. And Sunday evening after church. Remain the lunar glim. She prumimd rich old Millie Rlich That she'd be true to him. And that Is why we seven met Down by the summer sea. There 111 the damp and sodden wet To form a company; To form a I'n)ulence syndicate, And float a million shares, A market for them tu create AmungHt the millionaires. Our assets, one small bit of fluff With mighty taking ways: With hand that seems quite big enough Fur aixty fiances Step up all e wbu wish to win A luart that's rtrong and true. And fjiiv a Mock uf "cmmou" In ''Ainalsainat.d Prutf!" held contests between airships, balloons and dirigibles. Every type of flying ma chine will be shown. Prizes aggregating about tsO.OOO have been offered by the In ternationale Luftschlffahrt Auslstellung, mercifully shortened to Ila. which Is the name of the lateat and most Interesting of world's fairs. Having exhausted every visible source ot taxation, from tourlxt board bills to tht titles of withered aristocrats, the budget makers cf France propose to levy a pro gressive tax on dogs, ranging from 80 ctnlt on the watchdog to upward of .1 a head on dogs "Ue luxe" when more than fifty are ownel by the same person. Finance Minister Calllaux estimated that thia di4 tax would yield a revenue of upward ot 2,0UO,OUO. Texas Did .N ot iet Kaclted. Houston J'uHt. It may surprise the excited outsiders, but the report that Hryn would move to Texa didn't fluster anybody a whit mure than the subsequent statement that he wouldn't. Thousands of people are coining thittward, but there are no Immediate Indication that any one or all will or can disturb the sweet serenity and noble self-containment of the people. Rorli Hlter onfernice. CHICAOO, Aug. 6. The Rock river Con ference of the Methodist Episcopal church will be held In the Court Street Methodlrt church at Rockford. 111., according to an. announcement made here today after a meeting of dlttrlct superintendents of the church. The conference will begin Sep Umber 24. MIDSUMMER SMILES. Medical Professor What Is the result, young gentlemen, when a patient's tem perature goes down as far as it can? Student Why er he gets cold feet. Cleveland Deader. Mr. Slss Yea, father paid my way through college, but now he says I must stand on my own merits. Miss Keen Oh, I hope the case Isn't really so bad at that. Boston Transcript. Mr. Newiywed-Che moths have eaten every single thing In the closet, Ida. Mrs. Newlywed I don't eee how thev could get In. I've kept the door locked ail summer long. Brooklyn Life. "The aviator who tried for a record flight, flew Into a gale and had to come down." "What happened then?" "Then he flew Into a passion." Balti more American. "Would you like a cheap hammock, or a atrong one?" asked the salesman. "A capable salesman could tell by the buyer's appearance." she answered haughtily. Houston Post. Judge Up again, Casey, for evading the law. Casey Don't nib It In, Jedge. Ol only wish Ol had evaded It instead of runnln' Into two cops on the corner. Puck, 'Pa, what'll we do In heaven?" "Oh, alng and (Jay harps, all day." "I see. An' the poor souls In the other place will have to listen to us T" Cleveland Deader. Post I don't aee the difference between playing bridge for prises and gambling tor money. Parker There's a lot. When you play for money you gat something worth having. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. are sure this was ' said the Investigator. answered tbe man (rem moonshine Ten- "You whisky, "Yea.1, nessee. "Did you taats Itr "Taste It? No. I swallowed a little. ?'ou don't taste It any more than you'd aste a hornet If you accidentally hit one. You JJuat know it's there." WoehlngUju Star. 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