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V THE BKK: OMAHA, TUESDAY. At'OUST 24. IPOD. run. Omaha Daily Bet FOUNDED UT EOWAfUJ noSBWATtfl VICTOR ROBKWATKR, EDITOR. K.mered at Omihi postofflce as accond- lass matter. TKRMS OK bTBSCRIPTIUN. I'sily Bee (without Sunday) one year.!' Dally Ha and Suuday. on year... DKLIVfcKKD BT CARRIER Dally Boa (Including Hunday, par week.. 15 I'allv Hee (without Hundavl. per week. .100 Kvenln( Ho (without Hundayl. per wk r.ventng wee, twlth Sunday i, ii weea. loc nunday Bee. on a year tiif- Saturday Ke, one year 1 ' Address all complaints of Irregularities l.i delivery t City Circulation Uepariment. OFF1CKH Omaha The Bee Building. Mouth Omaha Twenty-tout th and N. Council Bluffs 16 Scott Street. Lincoln tin Little llulldinc ' 'hlcaao IMS Marquette building. New York Roumi 1101-1104 No. 14 West Thirty-third Street. Washington 7& Fonrteenth Street, N. W. CORKKSPONDIJNCB. Communications relating to ni and edi torial matter ahould be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial department. REMITTANCES.' 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TZSCHtTCK, Treaaurer. Subscribed In mv presence and sworn to before me this 2d day of August. 1SW9 . (Seal' M. P. WALKKR, Notary Public. kabarrllicrs leaving; the etty lesa eriirll hnull have 'I he Hee nailed them. Address will be rhaaaed aa uftrli aa requested. Secretary Nagel's way of saving money In the census work shows that he is no politician at all. It wilt soon not be worth tb fatigue to be a lord In England. The corn mono have passed the land tax. Omaha automoblllsts seem to be able to do a little business without pulling off a race a la Indianapolis. Ohio has new oil fields and the cus mary rush. More trouble for Rocke feller. He "must have a new 'refinery. The war question creeps out, Did tho soldiers at Boston tako their pock otbooks home shape to finish out tho season? It is reported that the democratic state headquarters are to be moved from Lincoln to Columbus. Another nonpartisan move? Wellman and Peary concur In pass ing the engagement along and lotting the North Pole freese in ito own way. It would have done so, Inyhow. No one who has Invested in Omaha realty In the last few yeara has lost any money by the transaction. A word .to the wise should bo sufficient. Railroad reporto ahow that expenses grow as business grows. It costs money to buy cars and biro brakemen. It's so Lard to get everything done Juot right. . (''". - Tho Incubator baby'a adventures aqua), the story of Cinderella or that of tho sea maiden. A youngster raised beside a thermometer ought to have a career out of tho common. Complaint cones from on of tho western Nebraska rountlos that It cost tho taxpayoro $5 for each vote cast at tho reoant primary. That's nothing. Wo can beat that right here in Doug las county. Among fashion news from Newport it Is stated that one of tho women present had her two children with her. A a variation this bi almost a revo lutionary a Mrs. Belmont's suffra gette fetes. A man in Connecticut who went to the mining country forty-three yearo ago retnrna with no more than ho took. The atory does not have the flavor of, .pur ; boyhood ltteraturo. Throw It out. Figures show that the poultry and egg production I worth mora' than that of wheat. Yet if it cost $1.60 a week to keep a hen, she Is not worth tho money. An educated world can not yet work tho ben problem. In tho thirty years or thereabout war between Venesuela and tho as phalt Americana the latter have won, but want more. Revolution do not mak history on the Spanish Main. Tho Stars and Stripe forever. Maryland democrat hav strained tho ocbemo ao grossly that lawyers now foresee tho destruction of the whole disfranchisement trick in the south. For a defiance of the constitu tion it ba lasted too long now. Governor ShaUenberger is disport ing rtjuMiolf, with bis colonels, out in the Juftt Sound country, but haa aent no word back to call tho legtalaturo in special aeeslon a per instruction con tained !n the democratic stat plt foriif. ..! pU'torms LluJiua? Toe Strte Ticket. Compilation of the re'urns of the recent primary field throughout Ne braska, although still Incomplete, has fone for enough to ohow republicans who their nominee" ore. The repub lican Mate ticket thin fall will read aa followg: - For Judgea of the aupreme court John R Harriet Norfolk Jacob L. Fawcett f .Omaha Samuel 11 Sedgwick Vork For university regent tlong term) Charlea B. Allen Lincoln 'William O. Whltmore.. Valley For untveralty regent (abort term) Frank L. Haller Omaha Wo believe) that there will be no dls aent that thla la aa strong a ticket o could have been made up from among the candidates presented. The only contest In the primary lay In the choice of three candidates for aupreme jadge out of eight who had entered. The three who have beon nominated have all had experience aa members of the supreme bench and possess tried and tested Judicial qualifications, so their election will Involve no experiment. Two of them have been nominated by such substantia majorities In the pri mary that there is no question as to the consensus of popular opinion back ing them. W hile the third has appar ently won the nomination by a close margin, there la no good reason why he should not run even with his asso ciates at the regular election. With a ticket made up as this one Is republicans need not go outside of their own party to put "the best men on the bench and to maintain an effi cient management of the State univer sity, nor should voters of Independent proclivities find anything to attract them Into the demo-pop' camp. Pure Food Uniformity. ' While some people are insisting that the South Dakota pure food law Is better suited than the federal law to the needs of many states, Secretary Wilson Is right In his preference for the federal law as the model by which the formulation of state laws should be In general shaped. It Is wise and equitable that manufacturers should be under regulations aa nearly as pos sible uniform in all the states, for they cannot fairly be exposed to the incon venience of putting up packages to fit conflicting regulations, to the number of forty-six or to any large number. Tho question of beuzoate of soda and the label of wine and whisky are less Imperatively Important than uniform ity in the requirements of manufac turing the great variety of articles which come under the provisions of the law. The federal law may not be exactly the best, yet the fact that twenty-five states have adopted It gives a strong presumption in favor of Its adaptability and a strong reason for extending ito operation. If there are defects In the federal law the course favored by Secretary Wilson, that of perfecting the federal law, offers progress toward uniformity and a certainfy and permanency', of operation which obviously would work toward facility and fairness in the manufacture of commodities. It would not Jeopardise the rights of consum ers unless the law were clearly de ficient. With a conclusive showing of deficiency It would be simple and com paratively easy to make a change.. The national convention of pure food com missioner. In session at Denver, will find this model law question the. chief one of the convention.' Influence of a Harriman. One powerful personality does ex ercise an Influence Ofl the affairs with which it Is connected, but the Influ ence Is a psychic one to a greater de gree than It is an actual demonstrable one. Whatever may happen to a man In business, the property and the ma chinery remain the same. ' The chance of radical transformation on account of the bad health or death of one man becomes less as the aggregation of in terests becomes greater. In most in stances careful and ample provision Is made to Insure conservative manage ment of great consolidation of capital In use. Of course all comments of this tenor at the moment are founded on tho attention tho public give to the health of E. H. Harriman. , J. P. Morgan la the potent personal ity In the management of an enormous number of largo corporations, includ ing tho United States Steel company. Rockefeller could, if he would, speak the deciding word in a great list of railroad, banking and other enter prises. George F. Baer does speak the word In all the anthracite coal roads. McCrea not only speaks the word in all tho Pennsylvania railroad com panies, but probably In concern af filiated with the Southern railroad. The world 1 always wondering what dislocation would com to pass If any one of these men should break down. Yet all of them are old men and It la certain that none can last beyond a few years. 8everat sensible articles in the last few days have steadied the nerves of tho public to a view of tho fact that one man, even Harriman or Morgan, is less likely to demoralize business than one man would have done at many an epoch in the past. The ma chinery pf highly-developed organisa tion has discounted and provided for almost every probable event do- pendent on a human existence. These great men have had their Illnesses and a usances ana toe stock market re tained its equilibrium. What could death 'be but a contlnsance of the status? Men of prudence have greatly ex tended the practice of providing against the confusion caused by the death of an important person. Prac tically every man In the business world now rarrlea Individual Insur ance In the last few yeara the habit has extended to large partnerships and corporations, which insure against the possible deaths of Important mem bers. In England, where insurance Is further developed than here, men In sure for short periods against the death of the king or the prime minis ter. Retail merchants In London, or livery companies or hotels, insure against the weather on occasions of great gatherings, such ao the Jubilee. Most of the Insuring Is not against direct loss, but against the psychical and unreasoning apprehension which la ever likely to produce a more or less serious panic. Fear of accidents to celebrated Individuals Is exagger ated. They do not control the stock market. The enterprises they repre sent do not belong to them. They are dependent on the crops, the weather, the buoyancy of the public mind, Just as the smallest of its are. They are powerful because during long years they have acquired the faith of other men In their ability to skillfully man age property. They are the last men to leave carelessly to accident the fate ef armies of shareholders. If Morgan or Harriman should die there might be, certainly would bo, a shock and for a few days an uncer tainty. The probability Is that at the end of the few days the market, and each single large interest, would be where It was before. As before, it would be dependent on cause and ef fect. Explained. This mysterious disappearance and psychic duality business has now been all cleared up. A contributor writing to one of the Chicago papers and sub scribing his name a; Carl A. Wlckland, M. D , has this to aay about it: What are the double personality experi ences of Judge Clarkson of Kenosha? Anything else than spirit obsession? The Judge Is undoubtedly a fine psychic sensi tive, and the possessing Influence weuld, I am quite sure, on appropriate Investiga tion prove to be the thrifty spirit of some one who. although dead to the world, Is not yet aware of the change, and. more, paradoxical as It would seem, the spirit perhaps may prove obstinate In being convinced of Its true situation. Why pursue the subject further? Tbrs explanation may as well be ac cepted as the last word. A Weak Spot in Exports. Consuls reiterate every year the ad vice that it is not worth the expense of sending goods, especially articles of apparel, to foreign countries unless the styles and patterns conform to the habits and preferences of the people. The consul at Bordeaux reports that in large French cities the style of shoe is long and narrow, changing slowly toward the American style of more nearly fitting (he foot. In Paris a few stores sell American shoos exclusively and dispose of a fair amount to American residents and traveler,, but little is done to get French trade. Consuls in Germany and other countries mention some in crease in demand for American shoes, but chiefly on account of the quality and price. Generally the buyers are forced to acquire a taste for American shapes, something that is never easy or rapid. Shoe manufacture shows constantly how easy It is to change a shape or style. To make a Russian, German or French shape Involves few difficulties. It I the old blunder of American manufacturers for export. They will not take the trouble to conform to the fixed habits of ..customers. They act on the belief that If an article seems better to an American it ought to seem better everywhere. They have wasted a great deal of money on 'this error, but are still slow about chang ing. In Japan, where the ubo of leather shoes will soon make a great market, the native foot is short and broad, but. up to this time American manufacturers offer shoes made on American lasts and useless for tho average Japanese. America's weakest point I the sale of factory-made goods. We do not seem to understand the game. Is it that we take no interest in it? TJown In Lancaster county complaint is piling up against Incompetent and negligent election officers endangering tho result of the primary election, and the complaints are reinforced by demand for a change. It will be difficult to make a change now be cause under the now law these election officer were appointed last month to servo each for a term of one year, and the only . way to remove them would bo on charges and for cause. The need of efficient election officers goes with out saying, but the time to weed out the poor ones Is befor they are ap pointed. Note, that while tho World-Herald champions the direct primary, it. is careful not to defend tho direct prl mary law saddled on us by our laie democratic legislature. If anything could be devised to discredit the direct primary and bring it into disrepute the vicious wide open ballet, which the Uw-makera Injected into It. Is Just the thing to do it. Perhaps they had the object in view. Not to indulge Judge Parker 1 and Judge O'Brien In regenerating the democratic party backward; the radical wing invites La Follette to join Bryan and Hearst Is an advanced trtumver ate reorganization. The old party has tried everything and thla ba the ap pearance of novelty and noise. For a party that can win It Is not to be recommended. For the democrats it has merits. Bryan Democracy's scorn of Judge Parker does not affect the Atlantic Constitution Its files show that Parker had more votes In Georgia In 1904 thao Bryan bad In 1011. Georgia la a progressive state and a pioneer In southern sentiment. Make tables for the future of Georgia democracy as you please. Reaction, recession or re generation, which? An Englishman finds fault because American travelers fall to make serv ant respect them. Nothing curious, about this. In America we are all our Uvea trained to have respect for serv ants, and the reason Is that there is a constant servant famine to teach us fear of servant. W have to be grateful when we can keep a cook or get waited on at the table. Brain quality la high in America and England. Tennyson and Holmes centennarles develop an opinion that these and Longfellow were the most popular and widely quoted poets of tho l0,st century who wrote In English. The freaks, degenerates and fancy fel lows had neither popularity nor stay ing power. If this doe not show healthy mentality, what would? The railroads which pass through the Omaha gateway are carrying more transcontinental passenger traffic than ever before, but Omaha Is not getting as many stop-overs a it ought to have. Omaha ahould make more of an effort to persuade these traveler to break their journey at this point. "Big people" must maintain a short Interest to thump the boomers once a week and keep down the market. Any thing that separates the public from the inclination to have fun In Wall street la a benefit and the big people are benefactor. Still, why ahould they have it all? The democratic county chairman announce publicly that he intend to start right in on a brisk campaign and keep it up until the votes are counted. Too hot. Also too many other impor tant things on Omaha's calendar for the next few weeks. Revolution in Mexico will never ma terialise as long as DIas has all the ammunition and all the soldiers who 111 fight. The only rule that works In Mexico Is to stick to Dlat and pay no attention to speeches on the out side. California claims to have pitch blende enough to make radium for 100 years. Anybody who needs ra dium can take his leisure. There Is no bargain counter rush at recent quotations. . The best answer, ever reported In di vorce proceedings was that of Miss Grace Van Studdlford's husband. He stood up like a man and said, "You know best, wife." Can the wisest beat It? Another Spanking; Com In a. Washington Poet. The corporations yre-Just able. to sit at meals after their Jong, mantelpiece diet, and there's talk again pf the woodshed and big stick. Just Alter the War. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. To say that Massachusetts in reeling under the shock of the capture of Boston would be appropriate to the occasion. But the state actually is on the broad grin. A Strlklaar Difference. Boston Globe. The difference between the president and ex-presldent is being strikingly illustrated just now. Imagine the ex-presldent stay lng quietly at Beverly, with all the excite ment of a war game going on only fifty miles away! They KeaJly Mean It. Chicago Tribune. After a few more cadets have been ex pelled from West Point for hasing new stu dents the Impression will become general that the authorities really mean to sup prees the practice. Harrlman'a Homecoming. Baltimore American. Harriman, the maaterbullder of railroads, is coming home to complete his cure. The era needs his boldness and enterprise, and the country trusts his Improvement may be rapid and lasting. Oar Greatest Problem. New Tork World. The greatest problem of American statesmanship today is how to lessen the cost of living to the ultimate consumer without touching the miner's or factory hand's wage or the Income of the farmer, It can be done. Having killed competi tion, the exploiter Is robbing both pro ducer and consumer. He must be dealt with. " SOLAC'B FOR THE WKARY. Bibles AOded to the Equipment at Rallraad. St. Louis Times. On various occasions In the past there have waited more or less bitter contro versies over the subject of "The Bible in ine bcnoois." Lrge Classes or persons have contended against the giving of ro llglous or doctrinal Instruction In Instltu tions for whose maintenance the whole public la taxed. No one, we take It, will venture to criticise harshly that newest of modern ldeaa which provides Bibles upon railway trains. The Burlington system, within a week part, has put into operation this Idea which Is original with its passenger de partment, and now every one of it.i trains which carries library cars, and which number twenty In dally service over its 9.000 miles of line, has had added to Its library equipment a handsome Morocco bound Bible. Train libraries geneially hav rather tabooed the Bible and Shakespeare. They I have provided an assortment Lf new fic tion, and hse furnuhed travelers wITTi city and telephone directories of the tow ns through which they passed, but real litera ture'. not much In-their collections. We fancy many a thltsty soul will find solace in the Burlington Bibles The Bible Is of Infinite variety. It, bears promise and it comforts and It can Inspire It has stories of peace, and wax, of prophecies and mysteries. Noble poetry adorns and the exaltation of the marvelous apocalypse I transmitted an Patmoa crowns It. The j Burlington's Bibles should find many read ' era. To some of ihsm llieii contents may : be a revels i lun. Is Harriman Out Futile interest In the Conditio f the Railroad Magnate an Talk ea Mia Frobable Bettremea. Public intercut In the health of Kdmard H. Harrlmarl, president of the Union Pa cific system, extends from coast to coasl, from Manitoba to the gulf and la helaht ened by contradictory reports of his con dition. One fact stands out clearly In these contradictory reports. Mr. Harri man Is far from being a well man. A cable dispatch to the New York Evening Post gives the opinion of Professor Htrumpsl. the Viennese specialist, whose advice Mr. Harriman sought. The professor says that Mr. Harriman has been restored to "com parative health." which ahould remain satisfactory It he lives a most moderate life henceforth. A resumption of the atrenuoua activity of the past will surely bring on a relapse. According to tliu Viennese specialist. Mr. HarrtTnan a break down Is due to overwork aod underfeeding. He says that Mr. Harriman Is suffering from a systematlq lack of proper' nour ishment, general nervous debility and ex haustion. Three courses of treatment are advised: First, the "rest cure." Mr. Harriman haa been told to He In bed many hours a day. Hecond. care to be exercised that he geta only the most nourishing food, and this in sufficient quantity. He will partake of food every two hours to counteract trie effect of long underfeeding and Improper feeding. Nothing else can build up his wasted tissues. The third course Is sun baths. Mr. Har riman waa told to lie In the sunshine, In order to strengthen hla nerves. On days when there is no sunshine the "champagne bath" la to be substituted. This Is a bath In water charged with carbonic acid gas. It Is considered strengthening to the nerves. From this and other conservative re ports the belief obtains that Mr. Harrl man'a activities must cease for an Indef inite time. He Is only 61 and ought to be good for many years of active life. But the Viennese specialist Intimates that a resumption of former activities "will a u rely bring on a relapse." Speculation U rife as to what will happen In the rail road World should the master builder of railroad systems be forced to retire from the field. What would become of the vast Harriman system, and the equally vast resources In the Vnlon Pacific strong box? Regarding the latter the New .York Jour nal of Commerce says: At this time it may be of Interest to give a list of the stocks owned by Union Pacific and auxiliary companies aa dis closed In the last annual report: Atchison preferred stock t 10,000,000 Baltimore at Ohio Common 31334,200 Preferred '.2i1.400 Chicago Ik Alton preferred 10.344.liu Chicago AY Northwestern common 3.21o,OJO St Paul Common 1.340,00) Common (6 per cent paid) 3.27i.R00 Preferred (66 per cent paid l.MS.OiK) Great Northern preferred 3,678,600 Iron ore certificates. 77,164 shares: Illinois Central stock 20,123,100 New York Central stock l,2!&.700 Railroad Securities Common 112.300 Common (K2Vi per cent paid).... l.SOl.Cxl Northern Securities stubs 7i4.903 Railroad Securntles Common ; 3.4S2.WW Preferred 1.036.0X) Southern Pacific Common 90,000,000 Preferred , 34.200,000 Total. 1908 $239,801,700 Total, 1W7 itl,m,QM In addition to the foregoing the report gives a list of "stocks owned of other companies" amounting to $47,349,264, these stocks' being of subsidiary companies. Moreover, "bonds owned of other com panies" are given to the aggregate of 133, 323.200. The following table summarlzea the se curities owned by Union Paclflo and aux iliary companies, the figures being taken from the annual report: Owned by IT. P. and Auxiliary Companies. Total. Pledged. Stocks of U. P.. Oregon Short l.lne, O. R. A N. and proprietory companies I .33O,5i0 I 37,O4,100 Stocks other companies 2s7. 1W.960 $108,099,400 Total stocks l3,481,60 $146,146,500 Bonds of U. P.. O. S. L... O. H. & N. and pro prietary companies... $ 87,369,500 $ 6,393000 Bonds other companies. 33,&23,20O 7.4O0.0J0 Total bonda $121,182,700 $ 12,793.000 Total stocka and bonds. $474,664,240 $167,933,600 Editorially the Journal of Commerce sharply condemna the efforts of speculators to Juggle market valuea with the physi cal condition of any one man. It says: "Wall etreet and the stock market seem to be a good deal concerned about the state of health of Edward H. Harriman. They appear to be figuring gloomily upon the effect of his retirement from active participation In railroad management and financial schemes generally. If he should disappear from the acene altogether they would apparently consider It In the na ture of a calamity that would shake great "values" In the financial world, It not In the ( world of Industry and trade. Does so much really depend upon the health or even the life of any one man In thla great and growing country, and would the retirement from the stage of this particular Individual be even a mis fortune, more injurious or enduring in Its effect than the disappearance a genera tion ago of Jay Gould, or the older Van derbllt? "Mr. Harriman Is generally credited with building up and welding together a great system of transcontinental railway, of which the Union Pacific Is the main stem, and Infusing vitality and atrength Into other lines. It Is not to be denied that he displayed a good deal of "constructive genius" In that kind of work, but he undertook It at a time when circumstances favored his efforts, and It does not fol low that something akin to It would not have been accomplished without Him. and it Is not certain that the permanent effect would not have been better. At all events, what he has done In that Hue is done and could be maintained if his busy brain and imperloue temper took a rest and gave others a better chance." niRAi, Fttt.u UKi.n ritv. Heaalla Werthr of An Anniversary Celebration. Boston Herald. Thirteen years aco the experiment of rural delivery of mail began with five routea in one of the hinder states. There now are 40.919 routes, with nearly as many carriers, serving 20 000 0UO patrons dally, and Uncle Sam has spent fur the service up. to date not 1. s than $170,000,000. It Is not surprising that the Postofflc depart ment plana to celebrate this year the anniversary , of this important and far reaching extension of its service of the public. It has had a variety of whole some effects that Its projectors could not foresee, even In their most roxeate visions and the people, who pay for It gladly, now wonder why they did not think of It ear lier. A proper celebration would be the establishment of a rural parcels post. The department would increase the service of the rural districts by such a plan, and also make the service self-sustaining. IS YOUR MONEY well invested or is it lying in place pern ap not n I together too gafet If not "needed for some time, why not put it to work EARNING MONEY Our 3 pr cent Certificates of Deposits are an absolutely snfe form of investment, bncked by $12,000,000 of assets. First National Bank of Omaha United States Depository. 13th and Farnam Sts. PERSONAL NOTES. Charles K. Hallberg of Chicago, once Janitor in a bank, but an artist by Inclina tion, haa had one of his paintings accepted by the art museum of Outtenlie,rg, the city of hla birth. Andrew Carnegie has given $15,000 for a public, librsry in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. The gift Is made without condi tions. This Is Mr. Carneg'e's first gift to a community In Ireland. Nantucket's noted town crier. Wtlltsm I). Clark, who has been In feeble health for four years, died at the age of 63 years. He was the self-appointed town crier and his first public cry was of the news of the battle of Bull Run In the civil war. There la In Columbia, Mo., a blind man, George H. Smith, who. It Is said, "knows every Inch" of the town. In the winter he earns his living by delivering packages for merchants and by doing other odd Jobs. In the spring and summer Mr. Smith spends the most of his time fishing on the Missouri river. Four out of five writers of successful recent fiction received their training on newspapers. , Few, however, have had as wide or varied a Journalistic experience as Jacques Futrelle, the engaging author of "Elusive Isabell." It was while he was working on a Boston paper that he wrote "The Thinking Machine" stories, by which he was thrown Into fiction. Former Governor Bamuel R. Van 8ant of Minnesota, who has been elected com mander of the Grand Army of the Re public, was Minnesota's executive from 1901 to 1906. Since he left Knox college as a young man he haa been engaged in the steamboat business and Is at the head of the Van Sant & Musser Transportation company and several allied corporations. There Is a certain pathos in the return of Kdwln Markham from New Tork to the neat. Till his Both year he lived In Cali fornia, teaching school and. Incidentally, writing verses, most of these for the local papers. They attracted little attention till he published the lines on "The Man with the Hoe." Their simple human pathos made them go like fire through the coun try. Markham waa famous. And, like so many famous people, he had to break from his old ties and live in New Tork. Now he's going home, back, aa he says, "to that, golden climate." ,,, ,,, ,.,., automobile: racing. Reflections on the fllangrnter on the Indianapolis Track. Cleveland Plain Dealer. I The sport of automobile racing haa again come Into bloody prominence at Indian apolis. .Speed tests of this maniacal character prove nothing, Cars built for such races are of no practical value. The automobile Is a useful and practically lndlspnnsable machine. Its efficiency is constantly be ing made greater by men who devote themselves wholly to this study. When time and effort are wasted on the manu facture of racing machines the automobile owning public derives no benefit Endur ance testa and hill climbing contests are proper, and beneficial In offering com parisons as to perfection of manufacture and skill In manipulation. The cars used are those which are bought and enjoyed by the general public. The track races, on the other hand, are deplorable be cause of their needlessness and senseless ness and because they are distinctly dangerous. r jpr- 'V'J( JJ It allays innsmmation, nesis uic-raimn nu wun'r i7i... OfT-. "J .r) It tfines and builds up the nerves. It fits for wifehood flis mmm.,r, and motherhood. Honest medicine dealers sell it, and have notnmg non-alcoholic and It is non-i An Youa Nbiohsosi. They probably know of some of its many cures. If you want a book that tells all about woman's diseases, anil how to cure them at home, send 21 one-cent stamps to Dr. Pierce to pay cost of mailing , e and he will send you a frt copy of his reat thousand-page illustrated Common Sense Medical Adviser revised, up-to dstc edition, :n paper covers. In handsome cloth-bindinj, 31 stamps. Address Dr. R.V. Pierce, Buffalo. 1N.T. Women Appreciate The Brilliant Tungsten Lamp because it ftfforcls them infinitely better liftbt for mak ing their toilet than the ordinary carbon iuemnleseent. Its metal filament radiate two and a half times hr much light with the same amount of current. And the quality of it is much better. Its brilliancy iu main tained without deterioration timing the entire life of. the lamp. , . .. Kvery woman should try one in hor own house. Jt costs but a few cents and will save her money. Ask us to show you the new (. K. 40 watt lamp. Omaha Electric Light and Power Co. Y. M. C. A. DIdfi. TelDoutf 1062-Ind A-1278 some I'rj, . - .Vv'i POINTED riXASANTEIES. "I wonder." mused the Curious Philoso pher. "If nature in that Instance didn't make a mistake?" What mistake?" 'When she put a lid on the eye and none on the chest." Baltimore Anvvlcan. Recgle 1 see ymi're still among the ad mirers of the popular Miss Feachley. How are you getting along? Algy VNell. I think I've-climbed to the top of the second division In her percent age column. Chicago Trllmne. Tommy Pop. what Is meant by the mother tongue? Toninij-s Pop Sh-h-h. my boy! Don't get her started. Philadelphia Record. "Ilrt that expert witness make a good showing on the stand 7" "Yes. He seemed to knpW almost a much about his profession aa the lawyer who was cross-examining him." Washing ton Star. Wifie Oh. tills Is awful! These cur tains I got at the bargain sale don't maicn our lurnuute. i Hubby Return 'em. . Wlfle 1 should say not cheap aa I got them. We myst have some new furniture at once! Cleveland Plain Dealer. Stella Did he say he loved you In so many words? Bella Ves. seventeen pages. New Tork Sun. "Colonel, speaking as a' farmer, how do you like living In a prohibition state?" "Well, sir. thla--r dry farming len t what it's cracked up to be,." Chicago Tri bune. "Do you think luck cuts 'much ef a figure in the success or failure of a man nowadays?" "Yes; I believe It dos. There's Bar ahaw, fcr InttanCe, What ahow would hs ever have had to live at ease and belong to clubs If he hadn't had the luck to find a banker with a daughter who was so homely that a large premium had to be offered with her?" Chicago Record Herald. AN ADMIRING SPECTATOR. . Chicago News. I love to see the farmer standing sturdy In the w heat. To see his brawny tawntness as with his strslnlng arms He tosses out the bulky sheaves that lie about his feet. I muso upon the labor that ia (lone upon the farms, How splendidly the rugged men perform their lotted toll . Beneath the burning . splendor, of the biasing summer sun Please understand ' that lliouglv Inspired while looking at him moll I do not care to do It; I Juat like to see it done. I love to see them plowing In the gleaming fields of corn, To think about the meaning of the tas aeled row on row, To see them going Joyous to their task at early morn And marching through the army of the corn till sunset's glow. How helpful to observe their strength, to see them bend and strive Until they count the battle of their tillage fairly won. Ah, such a sight uplifts the soul and makes It feel alive ,1 do not rare to plow there, but I like to see It done. . 'TIs fine to wstch the threshers as they 'J toss the golden grain. To see them leap with vigor at the hlg and heaping stack. One realises fully that the future Is not vain ' When all our hopes sre borne upon the farmer's honest bsck. One thrills with Inspiration till he almost Joins the crew. But watching from the shade, perhaps, Is rather more of fun. These rugged tasks are efforta such as mighty men may do I do not oare to do them; I Just like to see them done. Despair and Despondency No ons but a woman can tell the story ol ths Buffering, tha despair, and the despondency endured by women who carry a daily burdea of ill-health and pain because of disorders and derangements ol the delicate and Important organ' thst era distinctly feminine. The tortures so brsvely endured com pletely upset the nerves if long continued; Dr. Pieroe's Favorite Prescription is a positive cure far weakness and disease o the feminine oraanisn. . ' IT MAKES WCAK VVOnHN STRONG SICK WOMEN WELL,. - - . n .. .. I ... . L ula to urce upon you as ju has a record of forty years of cures.
