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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
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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
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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.
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promotes the habit
of saving.
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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
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United States Depository.
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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
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