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THE HBK: OMAHA. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 5, 190!). Tie omjuia Daily Bee. fOUTCDED feT EDWARD ROSE WATER. VICTOR ROPEWATER, EDITOR r,nlrJ at Omtbt postofflce a aeeond rlsse matter. TERMS OF SCB8CRIPTIOX. Daily Br (without Sunday), on year. 4100 Pally Pf and Punday, on year 100 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dally Iee (Including Sunday). per week. .16c Dally Hee (without Hundty), per week.. .10c Evnln B (without Sunday). pr week Sc Evening Be (with Sunday), per week.. 10c Hunday Bee, one year tt-frt Saturday Bee, one vear 1-W Address all complaint of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. OKFICKS. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. Council Bluff Li Hcott Street. I.lnrnln (IS I.Htle Building. Chicago IMS Marquette Building. New York-Room 1101-1102 No. 4 Weal Thirty-third Htreet. Washington 725 Tonrteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to newa and edi torial matter should he addressed: Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps received In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eaatern exchange, not accepted. STAEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Slate of Nebraska, Dougiss County. as.: Oeorge B. Tsschuck. treasurer of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly worn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of September. 1909, was aa follows! I . .41,370 K a,Buu 2 43,800 3 .41,710 4. ,. .41,960 5 ....... 39,900 - , 48,160 7. . .4 . . ... .410 t 43,000 ' ! 41,860 10 ,. .43,300 11 41,790 1 - 40,000 13 43,140 14 .43,870 15 43,190 Tot.'il ... ..i... Keturneii coplea .. 17 43,700 1 43,360 19 40,400 20 43,480 21 43,650 22 49,380 23 44,840 24 43,030 3 43,310 26 .'....40,300 27 43,880 28 48,870 29 42,300 80 43,340 . . .1,888,280 9,880 Net - total 1,8B6,39S unity average l,879 UEORGK B. TZSCHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and aworn in oerore me inia noth day or Heptem ber. 1K09. , M. P. WALKER. (Seal.) Notary Public. Babeerlbera leaving; the elty tem porarily should have Tke Be mailed to them. Address will be raaaged as often aa requested. Register t&day. Wall street Is getting ready to shove .he coin to move the corn. j-wiura are now KnoCKing the BUn T1,. - . . bath.' Every fad has Us day. Note that Roanoke voted "wet" and lent tne "arys . to Join the Lost Colony. Illinois, dissatisfied, with results, Is threatening to put Its parole law out on parole This Is King Ak-Sar-Ben's week rind Is marked '6n the calendar In red green and yellow.' Yale, In accomplishing the task of living within Ita means, sets an exam pie for its students. An extraordinary Delaware hen lays two eggs at a time, but of course not both within Delaware. Gipsy Smith is trying to save Chi cagoa soul. It Is a task likely to make the Romany wry. Last years registration does not hold good this ye nr. Be sure and reg iBter if you want to vote. London' society, "The Souls," Is designed-for the mingling of spirits. In America any old bar suffices. Now the street car strike is over, Governor Shallenberger is, of course, ready to come to the rescue. After Lincoln had voted Itself dry, is it not perfectly natural that it should) water its traction stock? St. Paul merchants offer a prUe for a name for the shopping district. Why not Pay Day Way and beat Seattle to It? hi pert investigation proves the world's nse of soil like the widow's cruse of. oil,: 'bigger draughts, bigger field. This is the week when Cannon bom bards the Iowa progressives in an effort to keep them from scuttling the Hull. Mr. Bryan's Commoner advises all til democrats to prove their aonpar tlsaushlp by voting the st-aight leuio iratlc ticket. The price of milk is going up all over the country, but they are blaming 1t on the Alderneys this time instead pf on - Aldrlch. ' The governor's daughter got to the South Dakota land poll first. No Pierre Peary was ungallant enough to claim prior right. Complaint is made that only one out of four boys hi Omaha who ought to httend Sunday school regularly really go. Well, boys will be boys. Speaking of centennials, some of us will be here to help celebrate Omaha's centennial anniversary in 1934, when I here w ill be something doing. , The Minneapolis Journal asks what is pucker than a bad pumpkin' pie, without pausing to reflect that all pumpkin pie is good and some better than others. Crusaders aeeklng to abolish black boards In schools would rob boyhood of half Its opportunity. What great roan ever rose to fame without scrunching chalk under bis heel on the stUuoJ room floor' A Spreading- the Lemon of Peace. Campaigns of education have been directed o successfully against minor evils of the day, that a Boston idea has sprung up for such a camjalgn to demonstrate the folly of war, and to give the plan a practical foundation. One man, Edwin Glnn, pledges from his private fortune $50,000 a year, hoping to attract other contributions that shall Increase the fund to an ef ficient amount. While admitting that man has had to fight his way from the beginning, Mr. Glnn points out that we have long since passed the walled-town stage and that we have reached a point of development where physical force within each nation is appled only as a police measure to restrain the vic ious and turbulent. In their barbaric attitude toward each other, nations display a fear and a distrust which to Mr. Oinn's mind are wholly unwar ranted In a civilired world. Believing that each individual nation wishes to to undisturbed in the peaceful devel opment of Its own resources, he pro poses in all good faith and earnestness to abolish the enormous expense of armies and navies by appealing to the enlightened self-interest of mankind and getting in motion educational forces which shall show the folly of the present status. Mr. Glnn's own belief is that ultimately the Idea which underlies the movement for the Hague Court can be developed so that each nation may be persuaded to contribute a small percentage of Its military force on sea and land to form an Interna tional guard or police force. General disarmament he believes would soon follow. But first he offers of hie private funds to found an International School" of Peace. The Initial movement con templates the modification of all courses of study. He would eliminate literature and history inculcating the military spirit and exaggerating the achievements of war. In place of war heroes he would exploit unselfish and self-sacrificing men and woman who have achieved benefits for the human race in the arts, the sciences, and other fields of peace. Mr. Glnn be lieves that the literature of philoso phers and of captains of Industry cvn be made as alluring to the youthful mind; and Inasmuch as he himself is a school book publisher and has sup plied many thousands of volumes ex ploiting the very things he now con demns, he must be credited with the sincerity of an awakened conscience. Young America would doubtless find this censored history tame, with Wash ington and Grant and Sheridan and Sherman and Dewey toned down to peaceful pursuits. But the movement for lesser armaments and for interna tional peace is marching on, and be hind It are determined spirits who doubtless yet will point the way to re duce the burdens of war-readiness in times of peace. " , ( , The Last Debate. The refusal of Mr. Bryan to enter into a debate on the tariff with Sen ator Bailey is eliciting words of dis appointment In certain quarters sup posed to voice admiration for Mr. Bryan, who try to make out it is the first time he has refused to go Into a joint debate with anyone in his class. This recalls some of Mr. Bryan's former appearances in public, and his original preference for the Joint de bate. When he was first elected to con gress Mr. Bryan covered his district in double harness with his opponent. William J. Connell, and four years later, If memory serves us correctly, Mr. Bryan as a candidate for United States senator debated with John M. Thurston, who was running Against him. Mr. Bryan's last joint debate was that in which he joined issue on the silver question with Edward Rose water, the founder, and then editor, of The Bee. The debate took place In the Crelghton theater in this city in May, 1896, before an overflowing audience of partisans who went home each side more firmly convinced in the opinions they had brought with them. The dis cussion was repeated at the Chautau qua in Kansas City a few weeks later by the same debaters, who were both on their way to the republican na tional convention about to meet in St. Louis. Mr Bryan was nominated for the presidency in Chicago early In the following month, since which time he has steadfastly declined challenges to public debate. Wireless Up to Date. Popular prices for transatlantic mes sages have been the dream of the nations since the practicability of wireless telegraphy was demonstrated, yet until now the existing cables have continued congested at rates probibi tlve to common service. All this time Marconi has not been idle. Fire at his ' Glace Bay station played havoc with his plans for progress, but he kept his forces Indefatlgably at work, and now assures the public that by January 1 a vast new plant will be In operatlou with ability to care for gen eral business promptly, regularly and at a' low rate. Actual competition with the cable companies is promised. The rates, he announces, for transatlantic service, cannot be higher than 10 cents for commercial and 5 cents for press messages. He is considering the estab lishment of an Intermediate rate of 6 cents a word for commercial messages when sent in plain English. Foreseeing the triumph of the Mar coni system, the British government has been prompt to act In response to to popular opinion and has forestalled any monopolistic charges on wireless messages not only inland, but alio out to ships at sea. This has been accom- I v-llEheU by taking over under the con- trol of the British postofflce all the coast stations of the Marconi system except the long distance stations at Poldhu and Clifton, which have been reserved for transatlantic messages. The government bought the stations outright and obtained also the right to patents and Improvements. Under the control of the British postofflce, the Marconi stations will be . opened for communication equally with all ships, Irrespective of their wireless equipment. This ends one projected monopoly, the Marconi people hitherto having sought to compel all ships to In stall their apparatus. Great Britain has won not only a commercial victory, but a strategical triumph as well, and the London press Jn applauding governmental control goes so far as to predict that this Im petus to wireless telegraphy will kill the cable. American business over the Marconi transatlantic service Is of course sub ject to the tolls of land lines to the station at Glace Bay, but Marconi ex pects the United States people If not the government to take an Interest in furthering his project for competition at low rates against the cables; and after he has persuaded the Dominion government to establish equal privi leges with cable companies over land lines in Canada, he expects to embark on a campaign for widespread exten sion of his service in the United States. If congressional action la needed, he will find public sympathy endorsing him in his tight. Our Invincible Sailor Lads. When the school children in their assembly rooms now sing the gleeful chorus, "Pull away, pull away, pull away, brave boys, pull away, pull away, for the victory's ours," let them feel a new consciousness of the im portance of the words, for gallant crews of American tars have just pulled away from the pride of Jealous European navies a double triumph most complete. No feature of New York's Hudson- Fulton celebration was more Inspiring than the aquatic contests among the men from the battleships of the fight lng powers of the world. The German Emperor had his double-eagle eye upon these rowing races, and the pride of the whole German fleet had been In dally training for months to win the great international prize. The Ameri can sailors sent a fresh new crew against these seasoned hearties. To read the conclusion of the story in the news reports is to send the blood pulsing exultantly through an Ameri can's veins. These boys from the Minnesota just toyed with the Ger mans. They took the lead at the start, pulled a wonderfully good stroke, and finished 100 yards to the fore and bit ter wag the disappointment to the Kais er's fleet Now for that International classic, the three-mile race for the Battenberg cup. At tne start upstream me twelve dbugfity" carsmen from the British cruiser., Drake, shot ahead, but they did not keep the lead more than one' eighth of a mile. First the Louisiana's cutter and then the Minnesota's over took the Britons. The Minnesota's boat gradually overhauled the Lou isiana's and passed It at the end if the second mile. In the last 100 yards the Louisiana's oarsmen made a des perate spurt, but the Minnesota's crew, pulling evenly, crossed the finish line well in the lead, and the Britons from the Drake were nine lengths behind Boat races do not win battles, but these splendid achievements of Ameri can brain and brawn, done within view of the cheering multitudes aboard the fleets of assembled nations, furnish to Europe an effective object lesson, and afford to American pride and Ameri can patriotism renewed confidence in the ability of the men aboard tlvj ships to go forth into vaster maneuvers to vindicate the nation's destinies. Back to Business. Now that the street car strike is over and street railway service re stored to normal, the best thing for all concerned is to get back to business as milnlrlv aa Ywiaalhlo H,v.j - f f True, the strikers have lost so far as their original demands go, but street railway employes have secured some concessions that might otherwise not have been accorded. True, also, tha street car company has won out in maintaining the posi tion It assumed, but It has won at a cost greater than the loss of dollars and cents by alienating the good will of a considerable portion of the com munity. The real lesson of the strike, as has already been pointed out by The Bee, is to bring home to one and all the necessity of legislation that will pre vent repetition by providing adequate machinery for adjusting disputes be tween public utility corporations and their employes without stopping serv ice to the public, and without inflicting Irreparable loss on the community. Aside from all that, however, the strikers doubtless realize now that their strike was prematurely called and that nothing is to be gained by trying to protract a bad sltuatto.i. The thing to do is to face the facts, call off strike benefits from other un ions, reacted the rules penalising union worklngmcn from patronizing the street cars, ask sympathizers to re serve manifestations of their sympathy and everyone put shoulders to the wheel to boost for Omaha and Omaha's prosperity, in which all will sharj. Back to business no one ever loses by being a good loser. It Is to be noted that tha democratic Fremont Herald, which at first de nounced as fiction and unbelievable the report that one of the uonpanUao fo'r democratic candidates for supreme judge bad accepted a retainer from a corporation to nullify the corporation tax la-, has bravely back-tracked and lined up for the candidate who con fesses to "conorBte affiliations." The only way for a democratic paper to be regular Is to make a pretense of non partlsanshlp and stay with the demo cratic ticket. After various tests with several forms of steel ties, railways of Europe are reported by the United States con sular service as economically substi tuting steel ties for wood In mauy of the leading Industrial countries. This success of years of experiment has been reached through the use of a grooved section that binds the rails solidly to gether with a superior power of resis tance. The new form of tie Is reputed to sell for less than the cost of wooden ties and to be more durable. The consu lar service advocates that American steel works supply these ties to Europe. Not only Is a possible market presented, but if the ties are the success claimed they may solve one feature of the tim ber problem in the United States, where encouraging progress is reported in the tests of a new form of steel tie of Pittsburg make. One of the forgotten enterprises of congress is to be resurrected at tha forthcoming session, the development of the Piatt National park, formerly the Sulphur Springs reservation, into health resort similar to the Hot Springs reservation in Arkansas. The Piatt park consists of 850 acres in Ok lahoma and contains eighteen great mineral springs in the heart of a for est. Another spring, non-mlueral flows 5,000,000 gallons a day Into Sul phur creek, and the fostering aid of congress is to be sought to let some of the public funds flow as liberally In the same direction. When Governor Johnson of Minne sota died he left an unpublished man uscript on "The Call of the West," whose keynote la worthy the consid eration of every voter: "The call of the west is for patriotism and progress, for emancipation from every form of old-world and new-world caste and privilege, from the tyranny of wealth and birth, and alike from the domln ion of the trust and the political ma chine." British reports for the year show nearly 23,000 people slain by wild beasts in India. Death by serpent or tiger, however,- is not so sure as by disease In that plague-stricken land, where the average life of males Is 23 rears and of females 24. As a health resort India might appeal to the Sui cide club. The World-Herald presents ..this striking formula: Strike sympathiz ers should not hold meetings calculated to incite violence and the police should not stop the meetings If they are held. Clear as mud. This year's registration list will be the enrollment for next year's primary The only way to preserve your right to vote Is to see that your name Is properly entered by the registration officers. The sooner the Imported agitators, and the Imported strike-breakers, shake the dust of Omaha from their feet the sooner will the late unpleas antness be forgotten. The Missing; Smack. Washington Herald. President Taft is enjoying wild western foods and all that, but there must be mo ments when he thinks of Mooley and the White House pantry. Back to the Simple Banqaet. Indianapolis News. The prealdent's request for simpler ban quets would appear to offer a splendid chance for the recurrence of the good old dollar dinner, which in these days would doubtless be the very acme of aim pllcity. Jnat Happens So. Pittsburg Dispatch. The hard coal consumers should be ex tremely grateful to President Baer for the information that there Is no anthracite coal combination. Of course, this must In clude the fact that the 10 cents advance In the price occurring regularly on the first of every month is a myth. "Follow the Leader' Boston Herald. It Is Interesting to learn from President Baer of the Reading that there Is no coal trust, and that uniformity of price for coal results simply from the fact that when Reading fixes the price all the other coal producing companies of the country accept its rates, and, being able to produce coal more cheaply than can Reading, fatten their profits. No doubt the other trusts of the country will be quick to catch the hint and engage in the game of "follow your leader." Why waste time and energy In price-cutting and competition downward? Why not try competition upward, let the highest bidder set the price and othera fol low? Fortunately all groups of Industry and commerce are not like, the coal trade and possessed ' of such a community of spirit. KKUIXATI.NU KtPRESS HATES. Precedent for Other Progressive States to Follow. Cleveland Plain lealer. The supreme court of Nebraska has Just upheld the law enacted two years ago es tablixhing a flat rate for express com - panies within the state. The law was. of course, attacked, as all such legislation is likely to be, but the express companies were less successful thsn railroad com panies have been In fceveral sutes when protesting against the 2-cent-a-mile pas senger fare rate. The act stands. Nebraska thus sets a precedent which other staiea are likely to follow. It would be much better If the national government could conirol express rates, but the vari ous states could accomplish much by con certed action. Probably the best weapon the people have against the express com panies Is the parcels post. The enactment of this long promised law would force the I appear entirely. They furnish many ex compuuies tu cut rates or lo the bulk of j cueee for fat offices, and thtso are not to ' uku- small package business. Johnson's Fight A Truoe roreoastlng the rials of Long- Battle fot Xiower Street Car Tares la Cleveland, Ohio. An agreement, lacking only minor de tails, has been formally accepted by the city authorities and the street railway in terest which promises to put an end for a time at least to the battle for l-cent fares In Cleveland. The struggle has been going on for fourteen years. Inspired by a like war waged by Shoemaker Plngdee In le- frolt. But the fireworks of the Cleveland fight did not begin until Tom Johnson be came mayor of the city In W01. Since then the city has prosecuted a vigorous, and at times desperate fight for municipal control and S-cent fares. The terms of the agree ment marks a substantial gnln for the city. Briefly the city accepts the proposition of the company to submit to Judge Robert W. Tayler of the federal district court as final arbiter the questions of valuation and maximum rate of fare. The only stipula tion prescribed Is one that Judge Taylor's valuation be by Hems, to the extent that neither the company or the council shall request, the purpose of this Itemliatlon, to use the language of the council' letter, "being, of course, to enable the voters to discuss and understand It, for the valua tion of the property will be the foundation of the ordinance and of the settlement," which will be submitted finally to a vote of the people. The terms of the tentative agreements are: Life of franchise twenty-five years. Initial rate of fare 3 cents. Maximum rate probably 5 cents cash with free trans fers and seven tickets for 25 cents with a penny charge for transfers. Good service to the public at cost. Cost covers operating expenses, maintenance and renewal funds, fixed charges on bonds and debts, taxes and per cent on actual Investment to stockholders. The city to have the right to name a purchaser In eight years. Complete supervision by the city over the operation of tha lines. A maximum rate, which Is somewhat In the nature of a compromise, may be fixed by Judge Tayler. This Is a rate of 4 cents cash fare with 1 cent for transfer and no rebate, or seven tickets for 26 cents with 1 cent for transfer and no rebate. In one Important respect this rebate Is preferable to the company's proposed rate of 5 cents flat with free transfers. It maintains con sistently the principle that every possible safeguard should be provided to prevent the misuse of transfers. Were Judge Tay ler to name this maximum the company would undoubtedly be satisfied. It would be bound, at any rate, to accept It, as it was the company's own proposition to leave the decision In the hands of Judge Tayler. The question about which there has been most contention between Mayor Johnson and the officers of the company really re late to the rate of fare in both instances. The company contended that since It agreed to accept the Initial rate of 3 cents It might have heavy losses and it ought to be allowed a maximum of seven tickets for 25 cents and a penny for transfer. Johnson was willing to let the maximum be seven tickets for a quarter, but up to this time he has refused to consider an additional charge for transfers. What he yields now Is not that he will agree to tha higher rate aa a maximum, but that Judge Tayler of the I'nlted States circuit court shall act as arbitrator, and say which maximum hall go Into the ordinance. Because there Is a sliding scale of fares baaed on the property paying all expenses and per cent of the actual valus of the property, a valuation of the company's property Is considered necessary: That Is also referred to Judge Tayler, who can sit as arbitrator himself or appoint a com mission to arbitrate. The company had proposed arbitration to settle the value or had declared Its willingness to adopt a previous valuation made in tt08. At that time the company owned 224.5 miles of single track railway, exclusive of switches and barn tracks. The physical value of the property was fixed at tl5.0M,614.7. The company was allowed $4,441,564 aa the value of unexpired franchises and $2,707.- 962.92 for good will as a going concern. It bought the S-cent lines which 'were sup posed to have no franchise values and these with the three Items already given brought the total value of the system to $24,000,000. It Is expected that Judge Taylor will follow the work of the experts In me former valuation and reach a figure not very far from that of tha old valuation. "If. as now seems certain," says the Cleveland Plain Dealer, "the Taylor plan shall become effective, Mayor Johnson will have wpn one of the most notable victories In the history of American municipal poll tics. He will have succeeded In securing for Cleveland the lowest fare capatlble with adequate service and Just though moderate profit. The fare at the outset will be S cents and 1 cent for transfer without re bate. Whether it will be higher or lower after a sufficient trial depends wholly upon the results of the experiment. The people of Cleveland are as averse to a fare In adequate to provide satisfactory service as tbey are to fare high enough to allow exorbitant profits to the traction stock holders. The settlement will not be wholly In accordance with Mr. Johnson's personal preferences, will not embody all he has contended for. But In yielding some points to the popular demand. In ac cepting terms that the majority of Cleve landers deem Just and reasonable, the mayor Is none the leas the victor In the long struggle." Tl'RNIXG TO WASHINGTON. Ascendancy of the Federal Govern ment In Pnblle Opinion. New Tork 8un. Recently certain eminent cltisens of Mas sachusetts sent a petition to the Navy de partment praying the secretary to Instruct the officers of warships to enforce the liquor and Sabbath laws of their common wealth, which apparently their own author ities were unable to do. Only a short time before this a resident of the ume state had appealed to the president to pardon a man convicted of crime In the Mausa (busetts courts. Now a band of earnest women In Ohio haa determined to aasault the president In behalf of a plan for the punishment of wife deserters, whom they would have shot by the national soldiery. Ridiculous as this scheme Is, it betrays again the complete ascendancy of the fed eral government iijifl power In the opln- I tons of a large number of respectable per ' sons. That the state and town govern ments should be held teriponslble for. the enforcement of their own laws and orrtl- naiices is a suggestion that would cuii.e as a revolutionary aurprixe to a great many entirely worthy men and women. An in- Intent and vigorous campaign for the ex tension of federal activities haa resulted In the eclipse of local government In the minds of all except a few reactionaries. Your proud ajid Independent American is pretty apt to expect tha national govern ment to tie his shoe lacas and send a man to mend the spring In his storm door. Vet It Is Improbable the state will dis- i be light!)' lhroa .f E fi IT IS Good Insurance to keep valuable- papers, Jawalry and silverware, that you usa but occasionally, In a Safety Vault Let ua enow you the various sizes of boxes, also the Vault for the storage of larger parcels, trunks, etc. v ntrane to SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULTS Is at 307 South 13t,i Street. PERSONAL NOTES. Dr. Cook's chief offense was in exceeding the speed limit in his dash for the north pole. General Caspar Snnohez Ochoft, the Mex ican patriot and soldier who died a week or two ago, owned the crater of Popocate petl and all the sulphur tTiereln. Frank B. Williams, a millionaire lumber man and king of the last New Orlenns carnival, speculated on the weather bur eau's prediction that the West Indian hur ricane would strike central Louisiana and Is more than $30,000 ahead thereby. Milwaukee can boast one of the. oldest. If not the oldest, woman suffragists In the world. She is Mrs. Danforth Wllllard Blanchard, who lives with her niece, Mrs. J. B. Boots, and who will celebrate her ninety-ninth birthday anniversary on Oc tober 1. t When President Taft visits El Paso Oc tober 16 he will be presented by the Ohio society of El Paso one of the finest speci mens of the Mexican sombreros to be ob tained. The trimmings will be gold orna mentB. and the hat, which has been or dered from Mexico City, will cost !00. General Bernardo Reyea, who haa re fused to become a candidate for the vice presidency of Mexico, on the ground that his nomination would be the cause of trouble, haa long been looked upon as a man ambitious to succeed President Dial, as the next vice president Is likely to do. . A great moral crisis confronted the ladles of the Winchester (Mass.) Women's Chris tian Temperance union when they received for their rummage Bale two excellent demi johns contributed by kind friends. They were at first appalled, but at length de cided to put them up for sale, no contents but air being found In them. Dr. Leonard Pearson of Philadelphia, one of the best known Investigators and writ ers on tuberculosis In the world, com mitted suicide at Spruce Brook, on the west coast of Newfoundland. He had helped to cure thousands of the fatal white plague, yet he killed himself because he could not be cured of a nonfatal ailment insomnia. Parr basing Titled Jnnk. Chicago Record-Herald. Prlnoe Miguel of Bragansa, who married Miss Stewart, the American heiress, a few ("ays ago, haa been sued by a Vienna money lender for cash which the plaintiff alleges he loaned to the prince so that he could pay his way to Scotland for the purpose of attending the wedding. This sort of thing ought to be stopped. American heiresses who marry 'titled Europeans ought to see to It hereafter that the prospective grooms are furnished with railway and steamship tickets to the scenes of the sacred cere monies. It might be very annoying for a prince or a lord to have to beat his way to the wedding. THERE YOU WILL WHO HANDLES t i ' l II ll.lu'5 V7 QfT Floated coffee customers inoreoso tne i"" ",, "'iir;ei jn tore. because the quality of the cofleo m grocer sells largely in dloatos Uio quality omis general . . ,he TallyH Tula Is why up-to-date grocers have bung oui im w Blgn. It's an Index not only of superior coffee quality, but oi w. DfJIs Jk VV61JVU1UII 1U f,UJ 1 WW. j .... oholoo bleud of th.flnest guaraiikeeu .......... -.nurr It than When your stomach goes out of business eat SHREDDED WMT: I for ten mornings then keep on eating it. It keeps the stomach sweet and clean and the bowels he<hv and active. 3D i WHITTLED TO A POINT. Hotel Clerk (sizing him up) Perhaps vmi would like what wea call our diamond suite? Mr. Muntoburn Diamond nothing! Give nie vour radium suite. Chicago Tribune. ny collateral snout you7 Prisoner No. sah! Nebah teched It sah Baltimore American. "Have you a city directory?" asked the lady, entering the drug store. "No. I have not," replied the pill man; "and I rniiMt say you've slumped me." "How so?" "Why, 1 can't truthfully say I've got something Just as good." Yonkers States man. "I told him I was never going to speak to him again." said the girl with the sad expression. " And he took you at your word?" "Yes. I am afraid he takes the mihu seriously. Of course, pride won't Permit me to deliberately retract my words. Hut I think I'll get a position as telephone oper ator In the exchange he uses.' Washing ton Star. "Sophia," said the young husband, "these biscuits of yours are the best I ever what's the matter, dearest7" She had fainted, that was all. The shock was too great. Chloago Tri bune. "Slnoe Maud's engagement how bright and happy she looks.." "Yes; a match lights up a girl's face." Llfe. A CBISIS IN AFFAIRS. Washington Star. There's a time of subtle sorrow for th ordinary man That the poets somehow never paused to note. A mist of melancholy gathers o'er this earthly plan And the shadow of a sob Is In your throat When fortune, always fickle, has been more than ever rude. And the study of your wardrobe brings dismay. Aa you take an Inventory and reluctantly conclude You must wear your Sunday clothes for every day. Oh, the tatter, past all trimming and the . shine that won't come off.j j . And the break that now (defies the needle's art Confront you with a picture that's pathet ically grim;. A picture of old friends compelled to part. The tailor, as you seek his shop and care lessly walk through. Has nothing that's encouraging to saw And you know that he Is thinking of that little balance due You must wear your Sunday clothes for every day. This gala, raiment, once the garb f laughter and of song. Becomes a mournful uniform at last. Oh, better far were sackcloth and the penitential thong Than his mockery so sleek of pleasure past Ah, what will be the next relief when this has had Its prime. And seam by seam It finally gives 'way? You know that fate's toboggan has you scheduled for a climb When you wear your Sunday clothes for every day. !rT!TKI FIND A GROCER TAUT - MU grown . - Ha oersoually in &;uiwu -' ' -.. . it n l form sirntaiu u "V...r -annofc be duplicated In any other ooUeo at the sauia pi ioe. TALLY.IIO COFrEE k twi,... Net Weicbt SaW w go farther la the making any other So coff-le 6l!CE C r. BLAME TEA AND COFFEE CO. St. Usis. V. S. A. mm Bik ALWAYS i.t;: USED I