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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska. Doualaa County, as
Georae B. Tsschuck. tresaurer of The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dallv. Morning.
Evening and Sunday Be printed during the
month or July. 19W. was aa ioiiows
. . .41,740
, . .4J.T80
. . .42,090
. . ,40,t3Q
, . .48,160
, . .41,930
. . .41,080
17. .
It. .
19. .
20. .
. 21 . .
12. .
21. .
. . .41.910
. .40,300
. .41,940
, . . 41,780
. . .43,430
, . .41,890
, . .41,910
1 41,970
1 41,810
10 41,780
11 40,880
It 43,830
It 41,740
It 41,710
1 5 41,870
IS 41,740
Total
Returned copies ..
Net total
2 41.800
2h 40,180
2f 41,970
27 .41,680
2 41,840
St.
SO.
. . .41,940
. . .41,890
. . .41,580
. . 1,893,040
9,838
1,883,413
Dally average 41,388
OEORQE B. TZSCHUCK.
Treasurer.
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before m this 2d day of Anguat, 1909.
(Seal) M. P. WALKER.
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A Punxsutawney man swallowed
Mb false teeth. It is supposed that ho
was trying to tell where he lived.
The police board has at last done
one thine that elicits the commenda
tion of the World-Herald. Hooray!
Taft'i Southern Policy.
Commencing with the beginning of
republicanism, with Lincoln, every re
publican president has made overtures
toward a dissolution of the solid south.
Each effort has been made with hope
ful generosity, but each bas enaea in
comparative failure. If there Is one
which secured greater results than the
others It was McKlnley's appointment
of "rebel brigadiers" in the Spanish
war; and if there Is one personality
which might have attracted southern
democrats "from their party it was
Theodore Roosevelt.
Yet It may be reserved for President
Taft to make a cleavage of more last
ing and reasonable sort than the coun
try ever before saw. The time Is more
auspicious, chiefly because the econ
omies of the south and the policies of
the republicans who adhere to the
president are close together.
It has been the existence of a
"black and tan" attachment to the re
publican party which has interfered
with political fellowship between dem
ocratic and republican whites in the
south. An organisation composed of
spoils-seeking, unprincipled whites
and blacks, jealous alike of honest men
of both races, has prolonged . the ani
mosities of the carpetbag era and
hardened the contempt with which the
regular voters of the two national par
ties have regarded republican organ
izations in the old slave states.
Mr. Taft's plan is to make a distinc
tion between states Mke Kentucky and
Missouri, which are sometimes carried
by the republican party and may there
fore be classed as doubtful and prop
erly treated in patronage as repuD
llcans, and solidly democratic states
like South Carolina and Louisiana,
which are yet to be won In open n a
tlonal battles. Such a plan could not
have melted the solid south thirty
years ago any more tnan nuinerioru
B. Hayes' efforts ended the control of
the democrats. But Taft comes at a
different, time. His own personality
Is different; .ie south has gained
vastly In education and wealth and in
the fellowship of wealth and educa
tion. The negroes care less about the
minutlve of mere politics and more
about higher successes, where there
Is a dlBtlnct gain all around in the un
derstanding of life's problems it Is not
impossible that united ideals may sub
merge race fears and prejudices. Mr.
Taft's hope does not seem wholly
reasonable, but It is not Impossible
that he will work It out.
1 At any rate, Mayor Jim would hav
a cinch in beating Governor Shallen-
berger out in a bald-headed men's
race.
Omaha nearly equals St. Louis as
aa all around grain market. Next year
the rivalry will be with Minneapolis,
and the next with Chicago. St. Louis
and Minneapolis go backward.
Senator Aldrlch'a manufacture of
history in the next session is to con
slst of a currency measure. On bond
currency and. a central bank, Aid rich
is sure not to be a standpatter.
Under the law it is mandatory on
the city clerk to provide about four
tmes as many primary election ballots
as can possibly be used. The surplus
ballots would make good shelf paper
And now they say that longevity can
be promoted by removal of part of the
Intestines. If so, appendicitis will
soon cease to occupy the place in sur
gical fashion it has held for some
years.
Omaha is climbing up as a grain
market. It is also climbing up as a
butter market, and Is climbing up gen
erally as a market for all the tributary
trade territory. Omaha Is decidedly
1b the climbing class.
but any employe may Increase his ben
efits by additional payments.
The lloston A Maine railroad, with
27,000 employes, is the first to try the
new plan, and If It works out success
fully, this or some modification of the
Massachusetts plan may be expected
to secure foothold In other states
having a large industrial population.
The Grand Army's Future.
Decoration day last spring was a
better test than the summer's encamp
ment of the declining numbers of the
Grand Army. Except in the large cit
ies, and In a few country sections,
where the veterans are specially nu
merous, the celebrations of Decoration
day were scantily attended. In many
places, where the day was rainy, there
was a mournfully light outcomlng.
The old men are losing In numbers
and In ability to meet the vicissitudes
of weather. Last May, as during this
week, the annual event sa many
camps either disbanded or financially
unable to maintain the small expenses
of regular meetings.
Without changing radically its sub
stance and purpose, the Grand Army
must soon cease to be; and It would be
better to quietly close Its honorable
existence as the chief qualification of
membership disappears than to trans
form Its personnel and profess to be
come something other than union sol
diers of the greatest American conflict.
Pay all honor to the veterans of the
Grand' Army at their memorial days
and encampments. For the nation's
lifetime, let It remember the men who
fought to preserve It. And when the
time naturally comes, let the Grand
Army dissolve quietly until the last
man holds the last celebration.
thorlty over teamsters and chauffeurs
by raising his hand or blowing a whis
tle. Omaha Is Indeed becoming met
ropolitan.
The University of Minnesota boasts
that it has more self-supporting stu
dents than any other educational Insti
tution. Relative numbers may be
open to doubt, but It Is a great honor
to the west that all of its state univer
sities exhibit large attendance of self
supporting students. Another honor
is that a remarkable proportion of
these students rapidly develop into
successful cltUens. The west Is the
stronger for Its pride in self-won
learning.
Army Gossip
Matters ef Interest Oa aad Back
ef the rirtnf X.laa aliased from
tba Army aaa JTery Kegiater.
If it is "the man and not the label"
for supreme Judge, why not also the
county Judge, for police judge and
for Justice of the peace? Why should
the democrats be trying to nominate
candidates against present Incumbents
of these offices where there is no fault
found with their ability or integrity
If there were a few more deposit
guaranty laws to be tested In this
vicinity our Water board lawyer might
yet get a belated trip to Europe In
spite of the Water board's wicked re
fusal to make any more payments on
account without an Itemized bill.
Young Mr. Wlllard of New York is
the latest successful aeroplanlst. The
experts are not Improving, but they are
getting more numerous. Out of num
bers there will sometime come high
skill and sure performance. Witness
automobilists.
Philadelphia ' business men all be
lieve that a tariff revised about enough
Is always followed by a boom. There is
no variation of view on the tariff among
Philadelphia business men. Their un
changeable motto la "upward and onward."
President Taft Is meditating upon
what southern stales are to be gath
ered into the republican lol l by means
of census appointment a ti 1 good ad
vice against bourbonism. Anybody
can make that guess and save him the
trouble.
Gains in Medicine.
A few years ago a group of gifted
medical men in the east began tc
praise the work of Dr. Charles K
Sajous, which was mainly In the direc
tion of "Internal secretions, the
products of adrenal and thyroid
glands and the action of the pituitary
body." These secretions had before
been obscure. In Europe and In this
country the work of Sajous was seri
ously 'examined ' and "proclaimed to
have earned a place among the really
epochal discoveries. The essential
truth supposed to have been estab
lished by the study of theee "Internal
secretions" is that they are the auto
protective agents by which the body la
stimulated into producing within Itself
the enemies of bacilli and curing
disease.
In the August number of the Med
ical Times Dr. J. Madison Taylor of
Philadelphia makes the positive asser
tion that by the Sajous results ..the
practice of medicine and the adminis
tration of drugs have been simplified
bo that the practloner easily ascertains
what to do in given cases. In short,
Dr. Taylor's claim la that the evoca
tion of self-curing agents is a matter
of course and entirely sure. This is
whal laymen would call a large order.
Most physicians will hesitate to adopt
the sweeping simplicity of treatment
forecast by Dr. Taylor. But he utters
a splendid optimism and arouses a con
gratulatory feeling that disease, if not
ended, may be brought to that Irre
ducible minimum which would be next
door, to self-petuatlng perfect health.
Laymen cannot argue with Dr. Sajous
or Dr. Taylor, but they can take com
fort In the thought that the self-curative
powers of the internal secretions
have the faith of brilliant and indus
trious men. 1
Strikes and Prosperity.
There Is more or less truth In the
paradox that strikes and other labor
troubles do not indicate lower wages
and starvation, but rather high wages
and abundance.
During the period of the highest
wages ever known there was an almost
unbroken series of great strikes. When
hard times brought actual distress to
industrial centers, labor contests
ceased. As prosperity reappeared,
strikes began to threaten In Pittsburg,
Chicago, New York, New England and
Philadelphia.
The reason for the truth of the
paradox Is evident. If It points now
to strikes, there Is some compensation
In the thought that without a higher
level of earnings and a wider ambition
to live well, the workers would not
rlBk such contests. Employers are re
luctant to suspend profits when prof
Its are constant and high; and that Is
the time of high wages and liberal pur
chases In the class which works with
Its hands.
If the state treasurer of Nebraska
tried to distribute his deposits of state
money approximately according to the
amount contributed in taxes Omaha
and Douglas county depositories would
be entitled to a lot more of the treas
ury funds.
Another kidnaping case excites the
curiosity of mothers and children.
The Viviano children will turn up, but
the Incident stirs human nature while
it lasts. Charley Ross and Willie
Whitla were types of an eternal pathos.
Where Are the Shackles f
New York Tribune.
Governor Johnson wants the west to
cast off Its "shackles." But who ever
shackled the free, strenuous and self-re
llant west?
Beyond Reach of Stanitpat Wrath.
Chicago Record-Herald.
"Uncle Joe" has punished the house In
surgents by deposing them from the various
committees. Fortunately must of the In
surgents outside the house cannot be
reached by the Danville disciplinarian.
There is a lull between the tariff
debate and the president's corporation
movement which can be devoted to the
settlement of the base ball league con
tests. Otherwise these fiscal and finan
cial matters would receive superficial
attention.
How the Aldrlch-Cannon ma
chine is going to take revenge on the
insurgents becomes more and more a
joke. The Insurgents are the only re
publicans who are sure of re-election
by increased majorities. In the mat
ter of revenge they will take care of
themselves.
Oa motion of a defuncto state sena
tor from PaplMlon a meeting of Ep
worth leaguers at Lincoln has reso
luted a demand upon the governor,
who hails from Alma, to oust the
mayor and police commissioners of
Omaha. This la home rule as prom
ittd by the democratic platforra
High prices of stocks support the
moderate statement of Senator Clapp
that it is reasonable not to force an
argument on cause and effect, to re
mark that, a we the case In Dlngley
days, the enactment of the tariff law
will be folio, el by. business prosper
ity, for ah 'Insurgent Senator Clapp
shows a pU-ajaut optimism.
Old Aye Pensions.
Most European governments have
some form of old age pension for
worklngmen In which the employe,
the employer and the government par
ticipate, but experiments along this
line In the United states have been
limited. With the exception of retire
ment pensions to public servants, mil
itary and civil, the s'ate of Massachu
setts Is the first to give official recog
nition to a pension system for work
lngmen. The state has followed
closely the lines of corporation pro
cedure In insurance and pension for
superannuated employes. "Unlike the
European plan, however, the state
contributes nothing except the ma
chinery of control. The law requires
voluntary agreement by the corpora
tion, company or individual employer
Involved and three-fourths of the em
ployes before the pension system be
comes operative and insurance even
then la not compulsory upon the em
ploye. The employer and the insured
employe each contributes to, the pen
sion and Insurance fund and each,
with the state, has representation In
the governing body that is to adminis
ter It.
To provide against the objection
that employes change around so much
that the Insurance would lack stability
It Is provided that should the employe
leave bis place or be discharged his
money, less the beuVflts already re
ceived, should be retrneJ to him.
The payments and the eneflts are to
je proportioned to salVy received.
Psychical Metamorphosis.
A lot of newspapers are just now in
dulging in learned discussions sug
gested by mysterious disappearances
and reappearances, accompanied by
Inexplicable lapses . of memory and
psychical metamorphosis, metaphysical
duality and similar terms of un-under-standable
language are called into
requisition to inspire wondering awe.
We would not undertake to deny that
there may be notable instances of pe
culiar mental aberration by which per
sonality is transformed, but the usual
mysterious disappearance requires no
thought-concealing words to describe
It. We take from an official report
made for the year 1893 by the coun
selor of a well known life Insurance
society Justifying the policy of his
company in resisting, death claims
tainted oy rraud the following extract:
In a distant western city a man occupying
a high public office was said to have been
drowned. Claim was made by his alleged
widow for tbe payment of hla recently la
sued policy of 110,000, and the complete out
fit of hla uaual wearing apparel, Including
outer and undergarments, aa well aa his
hat and shoes, left In the boat found drift
ing on the little lake on which he was
known to have gone out on the day of his
disappearance, seemed to hla friends to
leave no doubt that he had been drowned
while bathing, although, notwithstanding
the lake was small and comparatively
shallow, the body could not, after the most
diligent search, be found. An Investigation
disclosed the fact that before starting for
the lake on that day the man had bought
a cheap suit of clothes and a pair of bro
gans. which were not found in the boat or
otherwise accounted for. Months of pa
tient, persistent search followed, during
which we were publicly and privately be
rated for our temerity In daring to ques
tion the death of such prominent, up
right man. This clamor did not deter us,
however, from the performance of what we
had conceived to be our duty to the living
members of the association, and at last we
were rewarded by finding, not a corpse or
ghost, but the man alive and well, con
cealed in an obscure town of another state.
working aa a common laborer under an as
sumed name. It Is needless to say that the
claim was withdrawn and the man himself
only too glad to escape a criminal prosecu
tlon upon the plea that he had wandered
away while suffering from temporary aber
ration of mind, all evidence of which, how
ever, wholly disappeared as soon as thi
danger of punishment seemed to have
passed.
Psychical metamorphosis Is no doubt
a polite and scientific phrase, but
things are not always what they seem
Senatorial Lemons.
New York Tribune.
Now that the labors of the extraordinary
session ate over, the house of representa
tives discovers that It did Its work unre
freshed by official "sparkling lemonade."
If the senate's free lemonade supply had
any causal relation to Ita tariff legisla
tion, we hope that the house-will continue
to endure thlrat land practice household
economy. rr .
Let It Uo at That.
Chicago Tribune.
The new tariff law confers many sub
stantial benefits upon consumers. It con-
alns novel features, notably the provision
for maximum and minimum duties, whlc.i
is confidently believed will vindicate
their usefulness. Under the new law there
will be leas evasion of duties than of old.
It meets with President Taft'a approval.
That should convince the public of Us
ubsiantiul merit.
The Tenth cavalry, of San Juan
fame, Is back in Its native land and
posted well up north, renewing discus
slon of the negro problem. Tbe Tenth
cavalry suggests the solution of the
negro question, and It is that there is
no social question, while the economic
and ethical questions must gradually
settle themselves, for the final reason
that there is no other way of reaching
a conclusion.
Omaha is to make an effort to en
force rules of the road, particularly
upon centers of traffic In tbe down
town business district. We have long
waited for Omaha to reach the poln
when a tall policeman in uniform a
the street Intersection shows his au
BASELESS A SSI MPT I O.N S.
Comparative Power of Weat and Kaet
In Conarreea.
Charles M. Harney, In Leslie's Weekly.
The absurdity of the assumption that the
east, in Its own Interest, frames the govern
ment's laws and shapes the government's
policy can readily be pointed out. Every
president who haa been elected since
Buchanan entered office, over half a cen
tury ago, haa been a western man, ex
cept Cleveland and Roosevelt; and Roohe
velt, though in an emphatic degree a na
tlonal man, without any sectional blaa or
leanings of any sort, has done more to ad
vance the west'a interests than any other
president whom the country has had, not
even excepting Lincoln, who signed the
homestead act of 1843. The speaker of the
house Is from the sunset side of the Al
leghanles. So are a large majority of the
republican members of congress. Ho, like
wise, are a large majority of the heads
of the committees of congress. If the west
has any particular Interests separated from
those of the east. Its sons In the presi
dency and In congress for the past few
decades were capable of promoting them.
A new state was created in the west a
year ago Oklahoma, with five members
In the popular branch of congress. Two
more western atatea Arlxona and New
Mexico will be created in the next few
years. In the allotment of members of
congress which will be based upon the
census of 1914, the west will make gains
aa compared with the east, and thus
further Increase Ita lead over the east In
house and senate.
Take the case of New York, which aoms
persona In the west Imagine dlctatea the
selection of presidents and the framing of
laws for the country. New York had a
ninth of the members of the electoral col
lege aa recently as 1840. when the republi
can party elected Its first president. New
York had lesa than a twelfth of the elect
oral college which sent Taft to the white
house. In the vote of 1912. which will re
elect Taft or choose aomebody else. New
York will probably have only a thirteenth
of the electoral college. In a general wav
thla shrinkage of New 'York's relative
strength In the choosing of presidents and
members of congress shows how the east
la losing even that small semblance of as
cendency In the national balance which II
had within the early recollection of the
younger element of the men who cast their
ballots on November I, 190s.
The center of the country's population
la In Indiana; the center of the country's
manufactures la In Ohio. Each Is moving
westward. Chicago, Cincinnati, and St.
Louis are great manufacturing centers
The west's growth In the industries given
It as lirge an interest In the tariff and In
the maintenance of a sound currency as Hie
east has or aver had. The legislation along
these lines ran no longer be charged with
sectionalism. Sllverlsm In the shape which
It had When the first Bryan convention
met has no longer any standing in the
west. The old prejudice In the west against
national banks, a prejudice which goj
back as far as Jackson's assault upon the
centralised I'nlted Rtatea bank of his day
Is near its en
I
The urgent deficiency appropriation act
will straighten out the Irregularity in the
law relating to Ue payment of the death
benefit In the care of officers and enlisted
men of the army, navy and marine corps.
By a curious mlx-up In the army appro
priation act of the last session, the death
benefit since July 1 may only be paid In
those casts where the officer or enlisted
man died "In line of duty." This was not
the leatrlctlon Intended by the author of
the law. Senator Paeon, or by those who
Joined with him In lis enactment. It wax
desired to place on the payment of the
death benefit only a condition that the
death was not caused by the misconduct
of the deceased. This more liberal provi
sion, which will save much trouble In the
determination of the question of line of
duty, was Incorporated In the urgent defi
ciency bill as It was reported to the senate
by Mr. Hale and will serve a very useful
purpose, as well as a Just one.
The examination of candidates for the
regular medical corps of the army has
been completed at various places In the
United States and the Philippines. Of the
candidates authorized to present themselves
before the examining board, about 1MI
passed the physical examination and com
pleted the professional examination. AH
the papers have been received excepting
In the case of the examinations held In the
Philippines. It will be a month or more
before It Is possible to announce the names
of the qualified candidates, who will then
be eligible to appointment to commlslsons
In the medical reserve corps .and enter the
class at the army medical school In Wash
ington. Another examination tinder the
surgeon general of the army will be that
of candidates for appointment as first
lieutenant In the medical reserve Corps,
for which purpose forty-one boards have
been detailed to convene at various places.
There are about 125 candidatea who will
be authorised to take the examination.
There are now- 151 officers on the active
list of the medical reserve corps.
A circular concerning examinations for
the eligible list for promotion to the grades
of master signal electrician and first class
sergeant In the signal corps has lately
been Issued. The examinations will be held
In March of each year. They will be con
fined to first class sergeants of not less
than one year of excellent and unbroken
service In that grade In the case of eligi
bility for advancement to the grade of
master signal electrician, and to sergeants
of not less than six months of similar
service In the rase of eligibility for ad
vancement to the grade of first class lieu
tenant. Applications for permission to
take the examinations from men serving at
places other than In the Philippine Is
lands must reach the office of the chief
signal officer of the army not later than
February 1 of each year. Candidatea In
the Philippines for these examinations will
be designated by the chief signal officer
of the Philippines division, and their nimei
must be furnished the chief signal officer
of the army not later than January 1 of
each year. The passing of either examina
tion does not Insure promotion, 'but the
examinations are only Intended to estab
lish In the office of the chief signal of
ficer of the army a list of men mentally
qualified for advancement to the higher
grades when vacancies occur.
"The military authorities foresee that con
gress at the next regular session will do
little or nothing In the way of legislation
which Is outside of that contained In the
regular appropriation act and from present
Indications a spirit of unprecedented pru
dence, not to say downright parsimony,
will prevail to disastrous effect In the
matter of new construction. The estimates
In the War department have been pruned
relentlessly In accordance with the Instruc
tions of the president, who has consulted
with the leaders In congress. There Is a
chance that senators and representatives
will take upon themselves the responsibil
ity of Inserting provisions for new work,
being Induced to that end by the demands
which will come from their constituencies.
So far as personal legislation Is concerned,
the War department will confine Its efforts
to two measures, according to the present
Intention of the secretary of war. One of
these Is the eOO-offleer bill, which has been
flagrantly Ignored by congress, and the
other la the measure for the Increase of
the corps of cadets at the Military aca
demy. The former bill will be Identical In
form and phraseology with that which has
been before congress. No changes will be
made In the text despite the request to that
end from various sources.
The Steady Growth
of this bank is largely because
of fifty-two yonrs' careful, con
servative banking method ?,
coupled with courteous, liberal
treatment of customers. J
Women particularly amreei-
ate the department for their
exclusive use.
OFFICERS:
C T. KOrXTZE, rresitlent.
F. H. DAMS, Vice President.
I. Ii. KOI NTZE, 2d Vice President.
T. Ii. DAVIS Cashier.
I. ALLISON, Assistant Cashier.
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United States Depository. 13th and Farnam Sts.
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. .
Hastings Tribune: The platform as
adopted Is Mil that any good, progressive
republican can ask for.
Beatrice Express: The platform
adopted by the republican state con
vention avoided hysteria and pyro
technics. It was characteristic of sound,
even-tempered republican policies. It
firmly upheld the republican administra
tion, pointing out the strength of the party,
and In temperate terme showing up. the
weakness and pretense of the opposition
Plattsmouth News Herald: The repub
lican platform has the right ring. Its en
dorsement of Taft and the republican dele
gation In congress in their fight for a
downward revision of the tariff was timely
and to the point. Prolonged applause
greeted the reading of the tariff plank.
There Is certainly no doubt about Ne
braska being In line with President Taft
In his fight for a redemption of platform
and pre-election promises.
Osceola Record: The recent re
publican state platform commends Presi
dent Taft In his recent utterances
on the tariff bill and goes to the ex
tent flf saying that the republicans of Ne
braska will support the presidential veto
in case the tarlf measure does not fullv
conform to the platform promise of revi
sion and revision downward. If the stand
patters looked for a message of nope from
Nebraska they looked In the wrong direc
tion. York Republican: The republican plat
form agr?ed upon at Lincoln was quite
In the line which good taste and fair deal
ing required. The gathering waa held at
a critical time for making platforms be
cause important legislation, engaging an
extraordinary session of Congress, was In
an uncertain and half-digested state and
not In the ripe state of completion which
would render It possible to applaud and
endorse unequivocally, or, on the other
land, to criticise the work. The conserva
tive and moderate tqjie of the resolutions
would therefore seem to be dictated by
good policy as well as good Judgment.
York Times: But the convention
waa conservative and wise. It di.l
not go out of the way to find
trouble, but made a real republican plat
form. It la Indeed cheering, after all the
dawdling, yielding to democratic railing and
confession of faults that, do not exist, by
republicans, to have a clean, clearcut dec
laration that the republican party is right,
as It has slfMys been, that the constant
cries of the democrats are as wrong aa
they always have been and that we have
everything to be proud of and nothing to
be ashamed of. The declaration fully en
dorsing the president Is patriotic and wise.
It not only meets the approval of the
legions of honest voters in this state, but
It is right In prfnciple and Invites confi
dence.
PERSONAL NOTES.
The west needs an army of laborers and
Is calling for volunteers. Resort to con
scription may yet be necessary.
I'r. Alexander Graham Bell, whose aero
plane was w recked in Canada the . other
day, after several sucoes-sful short flights,
has been an advocate of the tetrahedral
principle, which has been employed with
such notable success In kite construction.
A shining example of the lawyer out for
the dough Is Clifford W. Hartrldge of
New York. He plucked the Thaw family
for tlOl.noo. Is suing for 193.009 more, and
caps the iimm of professional ethics by
appearing as a witness against hla former
client.
Miss Lucy Burns, who was drrested for
taking part in the suffragette meeting In
London, June 20. Is a Vasear graduate and
a student of modern languages at the
t'nlverslty of Bonn. Miss Alice Paul, who
waa among those taken In charge by the
London police. Is also an American woman
and holds the degree of master of arta.
State Hcnator Krnest R. Ackerman of
New Jersey, who Is now abroad, is one of
the best known and most enthusiastic col
lectors of postage stamps In this country.
So large Is his collection that he had set
apart one room In his homo In Plainiield
as a stamproom, In which are aome of the
rarest stamps so dear to the heart of the
philatelist.
LINES TO A SMILE.
Mother ( horrified! Knima. is this true
that I hear'.' lld you allow Fred to give
you kisses?
Paughter (demurely l No. Indeed, ma; I
returned every one of them. Baltimore
American.
The carver at dinner held up a rib ol
fiork and observed humnroufly: "Here,
adles, In what Kve was made of."
"Yes," returned one of the ladles, "and
from very much the same kind of critter."
Boston Transcript.
"Lucky dog. that man Bosworth."
"Haa he come Into a fortune?"
"No. he has secured a certificate froir.
his doctor showing that he haa organic
heart trouble. When an Insurance agent at
tacks him hereafter he will merely have f
show his certificate." Chicago Record
Herald. "How does you huithand manage In the
winter when the automobile season is
over?"
"Klnc. He takes up bowling and tries to
kill the plnboys." Puck.
it.
The speculation In which armv officers
are Indulging concerning the Identity of the
officer who shall succeed General J. F.
Bell as chief of staff of the army has
been enriched by the addition of several
names of ellglbles. Hitherto the choice of
those engaged In filling the position so far
In advance of the vacancy' has been con
fined to Generals Ieonard Wood. William
H. Carter and T. H. Barry. This pre
supposes that the selection will favor an
officer of the rank of major general. In
which grade General Carter will be by
that time. But some people are pondering
why It should be expected that the next
chief of staff need be a major general. He
may. Indeed, be selected from among the
brigadiers, as was General Bell when he
was detailed as chief of staff, t'nder ordi
nary condltlona Generala W. W. Wlther
spoon might be detailed, but his tour of
duty with the general staff has already ex
pired and he must serve two years with
troops or outside the general staff before
he becomes eligible again with that body.
A new name which has appeared this week
Is that of Brigadier General Clarence R
PMwards, chief of the bureau of Insular
affair who la understood to prefer other
duty and who may be made a major gen
eral during the preaent administration. A
more probable detail to duty as chief of
staff is that of General Tasker H, Bliss.
recently In command at Manila and now at
the head of the Army War college, or
Brigadier General Arthur Murray, chief
of coast artillery, who is spoken of as an
eligible of experience and as the possessor
of the administrative qualities required of
the chief of staff.
National Suffraae In Governme
New York Sun.
So far as the whole west is concerned, it
nominates a large majority of the candi
datea for president of both the partiea that
elect presidents, generally has one of Its
own sons In the White House, and for
some time now has been represented In the
speaker's chair.
So far aa the northwest Is concerned. It
makes Its Influence felt In national affairs
in proportion to the ability Its representa
tives display, and we could name several
gentlemen from that section who have
been quite aa potent aa spokesmen In con
gress during recent years.
The unavoidable conclusion is that If the
east has more Influence In congress than
It Is entitled to on the basis of population,
the cause must be found In the preponder
ant ability and experience of its representatives.
President Taft mu a Leader.
' Washington Star.
The republlcana are to be congratulated
on the fact that the White House Is still
open to VI the party leaders. All are as
welcome as though no tariff difficulties
had existed. House regulars and house In
surgents, senate regulars and senate In
surgents, will continue their visits to the
president, and by him be well received.
He denounced nobody while the battle was
on, and was denounced by nobody. He con
ferred with everybody seeking a confer
ence, and expressed himself frankly. By
nobody was he misquoted or misunder
stood. On nobody did he seek to fix bad
faith.
The president, then, la still his party's
leader, esteemed by both factions and con
aulted by both.
"What do you suppose It Is that IS over
erowdin' de cities'.'" axked Meandering
Mike.
"I dunno." answered Plodding Pete, "un
less It's dls habit farmers Is Kit tin' Into ot
adverilsln' fur harvest hands. "-Waehitii-ton
Star.
Hoax It'a a good thing Methuselah
wasn't a woman.
Joax Why?
Hoax The world would never have known
how old she really was. Philadelphia
itecoin.
"John can you afford to let me go to the
country for a month?"
"Nope."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course I'm sure. When are you going
to start?" Houston Post.
"Why do you always go out on the bal
cony when 1 hesjln to sing, John? Can't
you bear to listen to me?"
"It Isn't that, but I don't want the neigh
bors to think I'm a wife-beater." Kansas
City Journal.
An Eneoarasilas! Salute.
Washington Herald.
Mr. Taft's message to the country anent
the new tariff law somehow reminds one
of that cheerful party who meets you In
the morning after and. In response to your
anxiously Inquiring look, says. "Oh, brace
up. You don't look ao bad!"
Well Klmed In Ftcarea.
Wall Street Journal.
On August 1 the I'nlted States had a net
public debt of a little more than, 11.000.000.000,
and a . omblned public and private wealth
estimated at not less than $130,000,000 000
In bl lions we trust.
Aa Awfnl Example.
New York Tribune.
A former college . athlete and ball player
haa Just walloped five highwaymen with
hla fists, sending one to the hospital In
definitely and holding two more for the
police. Another awful example of the evil
of college athletics! If he had confined
himself to Jackatones and backgammon he
would not have been guilty of handling hla
fellow men ao rudely.
SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS.
Health Culture.
They removed the patient's glstard.
chopped his Ilium away;
They took out his pink appendix and his
largest vetebra;
Set his breathing through a goose quill
they Inserted In hi throttle.
Took his liver from Ita moorings and pre
served It in a bottle.
In the lining of hla stomach they discerned
a little flaw
Thev dispensed with It. replaced It with a
throbbing ostrich craw;
Many another inward trinket they hacked
out of him beside
All "successful operations" but the patient,
strangely died.
A "successful operation," In the lingo of
the crafj.
Is the one that lets him excavate your
person, fore and aft;
Iets them make a cross-wise section of
the gourd that holds your brain.
Lets them whittle out the fixtures they
declare were made In vain.
"What a dreadful Ignoramus the Creator
was!" they sigh;
"All these things had been omitted were
He wise as you and I?"
Then they whet their little scalpels, lav
your epidermis bare.
And with "skillful operations" send you
up the golden atair.
Oh, my brother, when you find me muaslng
up a railroad track.
With my legs and lights and sweetbreads
plied up neatly on my back.
Do not notify a surgeon let me die In
peace or pieces;
I am wearied out with' reading of the
numerous deceaxes
That result when they "autcessf ully" have
operated on
Some poor devil who has swallowed all
their anasthetic con
Gently ah. but surely'-klll me while I
fight, with fleeting bresth.
'Gainst "succesBful operations" that result
In certain death.
SB
A TrT nOYTS No
si s s s at . a msr i m -m. u m
woman can be htppr
ithout children: it is her
nature to love them as much
so as it is the beautiful and
pure. The ordeal through
which the expectant mother
must pas is so full of dread that the thought fills her with apprehension.
Therevis no necessity for the reproduction of life to be either very
painful or dangerous. The use of Mother' Friend prepares the system
for the coming event, and it is passed without any danger. This
remedy is arched externally.
ind has carried thousands of
women through the crisis
with but little suffering.
oak eomtatalne Informatlna ef raise
0 ail expectaDt mother united Iw,
s24j?7I0 meBUlMTOH OO.
AUmmtm. 0m
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