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3. THK BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 4, 1000. The omaha Daily Dee. FOTTNDtofflT EDWARD ROSE WATER. VICTOR ROHR WATER, EDIT Oft. t'lilerti) at Omaha postofflce a orond- ,aes matter. TERMS Or SUtlRCRIPTIOT. ' Lilly Pee (without Sunday), on year.W ally bet and Sunday, on yar 100 , OKUVERED'BT CARRIER, ally Bee (lncludlntf Sunday), per wekk.ISc . any Hee (Without . uiiday), per week. .10c KAIni l (without Hutiday). per week J .vmlng Hee (with Sunday), per wk..l0e hday Hee, on year $J W AiUrdav Hr. on yer -.. LM Addres all emnplalhts of Irregularities In .livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The faee Building, .-'.outh Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. Council Hluffs 1& -ott Street. Llitroln-61s Little Hulldlng. ihlcago IM Marquette Hulldlng. New York-Ro.,m 1101-1102 No. 31 Went . hti'Ur-thlrd Street. Washington 726 Fourteenth Street. N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to newi and edl orlal matter should be addressed: Omaha ee, Editorial lepartment. ' REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, axpreee or postal order lavaUla to The Bee Publishing Company, only J-cent stamps revived In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Stat of Nebraska. Douglae County, as.: Oeorge B. Tssohurk, treasurer of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual numtier of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning. Evening and Sunday Hee printed during the month or October. Ju, was mm iun". 1 .ao 17.. , . .40,300 II.. . It.. 20.. Jl.. J2.. J.. , . . .43.450 43,059 . . . .43,850 48,850 . ...41.7M .... 48,488 4 . 4 . o . ... . 10..... : . .43,080 . ..40, 009 ' ...43,640 ...43,510 .. .43,450 r .. ,44.470 ...43.810 ,. .43,860 24 40,330 2B 41.880 54 41,888 27 48,850 21 48,810 29 48,000 30 48,070 II 40,600 ,.0,300 11. ...... ..'.43,710 12.... 43,840 13 48,180 14 II . .48,840 . .48,830 . .43,580 Total Returned copies ...1,303,040 8,870 Net total 1,883,370 Dally average 41,781 OEORQB B. TZSCHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and aworn to before) roe this 1st day of November, 1909, (Seal.) .. M, P. WALKER, Notary Public. abierlkera leawlaar tcaa porarlly ahoold have The Be mailed ta them. Addreaa erlll few changed aa oftea mm reqaeated. It was republican weather, all right. It got to be a case of even too much Tom Johnson. Let's call It square now by formally calling the street car strike off. It Is the same old Tammany tiger, but hardly the same old smile. .New York's white wings may now clear away the campaign mud. Pennsylvania proves still the key stone of"poIitlcalJnte'ntmenC . Indiana still seems to have an eye fixed upon its favorite Beveridge. Continental extremes of eclipsed en thusiasm art Jerome and Heney. It seems as If some people must have remembered the'. 8 o'clock lid closing law. Wonder which of the successful can didates the Junior Yellow will claim it elected. Collector Loeb evidently does not intend to nave the' fruit men hand him anjr, lemons. Loyal, Chicagoans have planned a vindication banquet for Mr. Crane, but ho seems to have lost his appetite. Nearly 1,500 voters in this county pulled the socialist lever. Put that down for the socialist high-water mark Please take note that as the Lincoln Star went over to the democrats, Lin coln and Lancaster county went back to the republicans. President Zelaya reports the rebels crushed. But experience shows that Nicaragua revolutionists crushed to earth will rise again. Watchers at the new seismological stations will of course observe that when the earthquake records are taken they must be well shaken. That reminds us three members of the Douglas delegation to the lata dem oeratic legislature have got the vindi cation that was coming to them. Admirera of Clyde Fitch are striving to. mold a medal to him because he was extremely modest. That is more than can be said of some of his plays Just seewhat comes from careless ness about natural resources. Here's Yucatan, with its neglect of the chicle tree, and America facing a threatened chewing gum famine. A big fight between the Caunonltes and the insurgents is predicted as soon as copYa reconvenes. It is to bo hoped our democratic congressman from this district will not again take to his heels. Wonder how many women in Omaha took advantage of their right to vote for members of the school board. If the small number could be known it would make the suffragettes open their eyes in astonishment. It Is tolerably certain that Governor Sballenberger neglected to get into tel ephone communication with Falrview before ha projected Crover Cleveland's secretary of the interior for the demo cratic presidential nominee in 1112. The Result Locally. Republicans of Omaha and Douglas county have a right to feel gratlfled over the sweeping victory scored by their ticket In the local election. Every man nominated by the repub licans for county office or city office has been successful, the democrats (taring absolutely nothing but the police judge In South Omaha and r -tr district as- sessors. The only unusual feature of the re turns is the comparatively large vote polled by the socialist labor candidate for sheriff, approximating 6,000, which, while mpch less than claimed, Is still greater than most wrl posted people were willing to conne.ie. This rote for the socialist seems to have come more from the democratic than from the republican side. Not the least gratifying part of the victory consists in the fact that it was won by a clean campaign. Every re publican seeking re-election, and the ticket was made up with only three ex ceptions of the present Incumbents, stood on his record for faithful and efficient service as a public officer and appealed for an endorsement on . his record. In striking contrast, the dem ocrats pursued their customary raud- sllnglng tactics to cover up the blem ishes or incapacity of their candidates with whom their ticket was loaded down. It is said that history repeats Itself, but this hardly holds good in political contests. The local campaign just crowned with republican success was different from any that has ever gone before, and the defeated democrats will probably never make the same mlstakc3 again. The Trimming of Tammany. Small comfort Is vouchsafed to Tam many In the election of its nominee for mayor, a candidate forced by the wig wam dictator upon the unwilling dis trict bosses to give respectability to the ticket, and who throughout the campaign proved wholly Intractable and openly declared that no one should nudge him how to vote. How much of a Tammany man Mayor Gaynor will be in office remains to Te disclosed, but as a candidate he talked up as inde pendent as he pleased. .In the vital matter of municipal patronage the tiger's claws have plainly been trimmed with neatness and precision. That billion-dollar ex penditure, which was Tammany's chief concern, comes within the prov ince of the republicans and fuslonlsts. Therein lies real sadness for the democracy of Manhattan, and therein Is shown the wisdom of the fathers of greater New York, who. devised a membership for the Board of Esti mates and Apportionment in which each of the boroughs should have Its contributory control. Mr. Hearst's share in the result is difficult to estimate. On the face of the returns it was his diversion 'of Tammany votes that cost the tiger Its rich spoils, yet there are those who will maintain that his candidacy, was a conspiracy with Tammany, and that If he had not split up the fusion "vote on the head of the ticket Tammany would not have elected even the mayor. v. . The republican nominee, Mr. Ban nard, who entered the campaign un known to the public, made a credit able canvass and comes out at least with th credit of being the only nom Inee who refused to descend to that personal vituperation which made the New York campaign notorious. The Down-East Way. To the New Englander the election of a governor is chiefly a local affair, and every campaign not extending be yond state officials is governed largely by the spirit of that ancient lnstltu tlon, the town meeting. When a re publican governor running for re-elec tion in a New England state has his previous plurality materially reduced, it is safe to assume that local Issues are materially responsible. In the case of Governor Draper of Massachu setts one .of the first causes disclosed is the disaffection he created among the labor Interests by his veto of the eight-hour bill, an act which he was kept busy explaining throughout the campaign which he has just won by a smaller margin than he had hoped. While the democrats made a special effort to inject national issues into the Bay state canvass and flourished the tariff as a bugaboo, much as they had done In the days of William E. Rub sell, they failed of their purpose. Their candidate this year had not the personality of Governor Russell, whose one-time successes were largely due to4 his individuality and who finally was defeated as a rebuke by the Massachusetts people to the party leaders who insisted in trying to make a state campaign purely on national Issues which bad. already been deter mined. How much of unrest the democratic spellbinders managed to arouse in the campaign Just terminating in the re-election of Governor, Draper can hardly be determined at this distance. The down-east way is to make known the definite feeling on national Issues at congressional or presidential elec tions. Massachusetts, In common with her sister states, will vote for congress men next year, by which time the full' force of tariff and other national argu ments may be measured. The elec tion of Governor Russell, democrat, as governor, for three successive terms was in spite of the large majority given to Harrison for president over Cleveland in one of the years when Russell carried the state, and it is worthy of note that at the following election Governor Russell was swept out of office by a majority even larger than that given to Harrison. The vagaries of this New England state In choosing its own officials are hard to follow, but Massachusetts has regu larly cast Its electoral ballot for a re publican president since the days of Lincoln. Commander Peary's Laurels. The National Geographic society has lost no time in placing upon Com mander Peary the laurel for his dis covery of the North pole. With this scientific and authoritative endarae ment of his proofs, he Is entitled to the respectful homage of all men. It Is unfortunate that his triumph has been marred by such a display of Jeal ous pride and temper, and now that he has won his personal case before a competent court of review b can af ford to ignore further rivalry. All fair-minded men will applaud the society's announced Intention of ascertaining the good faith of Dr. Cook's claims to a prior discovery, and the decision to send a commission to Copenhagen, or to the Arctic regions If necessary, gives promise of settling beyond cavil, so far as unprejudiced people are concerned, a controversy that threatened to become intermin able. In any event, Peary's wreath of laurels is secure. Our Sons and Daughters. President Taft never got closer to the human side of the American fam ily than he did by his little homily on the sons and daughters. He struck a sympathetic chord in stating that as a father he was glad he had no money to leave for the boys, that their best heritage was proper moral training preliminary to being sent out Into the world to cleave their own way. And his wish of a happy marriage for his daughter is the voicing of the common American wish for the girl of the home. Too many American girls seek refuge in marriage through stress of circumstances, and this fact is an im portant contributory cause to the di vorce record. Mr. Taft's attitude that the girl should be trained sufficiently so that she may make her own way if need be, and that she should turn to marriage only because of her heart's desire, and not through necessity, echoes the sound view of the thought ful American parent. "Scraping the ground" for his daughter's start in life is the presi dent's homely, but effective, phrase. The fact that that daughter is attend ing the very college whose head an nounced only a few days ago that col lege education not only fitted girls to be independent, but also Increased their opportunities for successful and happy marriage, as shown by statis tics she had gathered, is apt to inspire more fathers to "scrape the ground" to give to the daughters at least an equal start in life with the sons. An Ever Green Hope. The American people, who accom plished fulfillment of the cry "Fair Cuba must be free," have never ceased to, be, the chief contributors to the cause of freedom for Ireland, and they are- proving as ready as ever in gen erously responding to the appeals of T. P. O'Connor, now in this country on his mission for funds for the cause. The House of Commons has passed the home rulers' Irish land bill, which is suffering the mutilation to be ex pected in the House of Lords, but that body is beginning to feel the pressure of popular opinion in home affairs, and It 'may be that Mr. O'Connor's prophecy that Ireland will have won Its freedom by 192 4 will come to pass. That is not so far to look ahead; it is less than four presidential elections removed as we reckon political events in this country. Many have come to look upon autonomy for Ireland as the impossi ble dream of a big-hearted race who perennially have won our sympathies by deserving them; even the skeptical, however, would rejoice at the dream's realization, and in the meantime it is the part of liberty lovers to contribute its practical encouragement to the ever green hope that so steadfastly has animated the sons and daughters of the Emerald Isle. "Grand Old Platte." Grand old Platte, with no opposition to the democratlo county tlcke rolls up a majority tor euiuvan or more than 1.200, with one precinct missing, and majorities for Good and Dean from 1,060 to 1,100. Post-election Statement of Chairman Byrnes of the Democratlo State Committee. "Grand old Platte!" Prom Chair man Byrnes' yawp people might think a revolution had been accomplished in Platte county, when, as a matter of fact, it has simply rolled up Hs normal democratic vote. Last year "Grand old Platte" gave Governor Fhallenberger 2,678 and Sheldon 1,382, makirz a democratic plurality of 1,296. When Judge Sullivan ran last time, six years ago, "Grand old Platte" gave him 1,966, as against 934 for Judge Barnes, being a plurality of 1,032. The first time Judge Sullivan ran, in 1897, "Grand old Platte," choosing between two of its own sons, gave Judge Sullivan 2,053 and Judge Post 1,101, being a democratic plurality of 95?. ' Grand old Platte" Is strongly demo cratic, and with no opposition to the county ticket ought to have gone unan imous, but some of the republicans there evidently still have the habit. If the republicans In "Grand old Platte" would only stop fighting each other to get the postofflces and fight th. democrats shoulder to shoulder, they would occasionally roll up a re publican majority. The fact that no one man is neces sary to any cause is demonstrated by Buenos Ayres'.suocess in constructing a f 10,000,000 opera house without the aid of Oscar Haramerstein. Every American, regardless of par tisanship, must behold the exchange of greetings between the president and the southern people with a thrill of pa triotic pleasure. The warm and sin cere fellowship shown on both sides Is more than the mere chivalry of host and politeness of guest. It is a mani festation of mutual understanding and broad-mindedness which cannot but stimulate the feeling of national unity. While rotating the official primary ballot the late legislature forgot to ro tate the regular election ballot, and the omission will be duly disclosed in the returns. are Harvest for Dealer. Brooklyn Eagle. Patten's profit of 14.000,000 in one day again proves that a narrow strip of soil on Manhattan Island Is the best place to raise cottonv AVIII He rind It Oatf fit Paul Pioneer Press. Chairman Norman E. Mack has deposed Colonel Bryan from the democratic leader ship. It Is expected that Mr. Bryan will be angry when he finds out about It. Elders Oat of the Rare. Ucston Transcript. In discussing the possibilities for the supreme court vacancy, kindly omit men of 6 years. Presidents are more practical than that. They like to have their In fluence a long one. Gettlasi Next to Banco. Washington Herald. The people appear to have lost all in terest In the guaranteed bank deposits Idea. Perhaps that is because they have found out that It does not mean guaran teeing a bank deposit to everybody. raraaltee Hackle To. Brooklyn Eagle. The hook worm trust Is about to feel the antagonism of Standard Oil money. Our parasites are not without compensating advantages when they eat each other, al though few muckrakers may face about to note the beauty, of this altruism. Prophets Without Honor. Pittsburg Dispatch. Here we are again! After the goosebone has told us that we are to be supplied with winter weather from the most strenuous stock of Medicine Hat the "hog mill" of a Connecticut reader of auspices declares for a mild winter. So we will all have to wait and see what kind of weather it la, as It comes. Making; Salami nidlcolons. New York Sun. It was reserved to a twentieth century Greek to make the famous name of Sala mls ridiculous. Lieutenant Typaldos, like Themlstoolea, Is a discontented politician and a traitor to his country, but Themis tocles at any rate had won the victory at Salamls for Athena and for Greece be fore he turned against them. Would Lord Byron and Prof. William Everett have sung of Salamls If they could have fore seen what modern Greeks could do? Looking; for a Moaes. Boston Herald.. "Blessed be j, nothing." Dr. Woodrow Wilson thinks. ,the democratic party is fortunate In Its condition of poverty. Hav ing no policies,' no recognised leaders, no powerful financial allies, it has no en tanglements. It can start with a clean slat and map out a program of policies for the general good. But still It needs a Moses to lead It and to obtain for It the tables of stone. Will Dr. Wilson assume the responsibility T Dodgrlng; Corporation' Tax. Springfield Republican. Philadelphia notes a tendency among small business corporations to glv up that form and go back to partnerships In order to escape the federal corporation income tax. Some large Incorporated mercantile houses are mentioned as also likely to do this. Undoubtedly the law. If It ever comes to be enforced, will have the effect of greatly reducing the number of corpora tions, since it would offer a premium for doing business In some other form; and In the case of the smaller corporations with few shareholders the advantages of in corporation are not very substantial. CHOI'S CALL FOR MONEY. American Prodncts Lor for the Coin of the World. Cincinnati Inquirer. The latest returns from the crops of the country mark up the estimates of tlwlr value in nearly every instance. It Is now the opinion of parties In position to make the most correct estimates that th seven most Important crops of the country vlll raise the values fully 1400,000.000 over the same crops of last year. With the exception of cotton and barley the tonnage of all Is far greater than that of last year, and this increased tonnage Is one of the items which is adding much to the earnings of the railway companies. The Immense orders for equipment :iow being poured Into the various car shops and locomotive works by tf. railways of the country are a testimony of In late realization of the railway managers of the flood of freight that Is already upon them. Whatever shortage there exists In the tonnage of cotton is more than made up In the southwest by the Increase In ton nage from nearly every other nttJrrf pro duction and by extraordinarily large ship ments of commodities and manufactured articles Into the south, owing to the amaz ing development of that section In nearly every line of industry and In all that goes to make substantial progress. Europe is compelled to buy our cotton this year at a very high price, and dealers In the staple are of the opinion that for eigners will contribute nearly ISOO.OOO.fOO to our wealth through their purchaea of cot ton of this year'a growth. The shortage in cotton occurs this year In the states west of the Mississippi the greatest extent, and the increase in the price per pound pours a golden torrent Into the states that approximate a normal crop. North and South Carolina particularly are reaping great profits this year from their cotton crops, and business In both states Is at an unprecedented high tide even now, with every indication of still better times as the season advances The seven principal crops alluded to and estimated upon are supplemented by many other increased productions of the farms, fields and orchards, and with all this addi tion In tonnage there goes also an addition in price In the case of nearly every article the farmer produces. It Is a year beyond all others In the pro duction of solid wealth In this country. The United States never secured such a call upon th money of th world through Its productions of th soil as la In process of execution this autumn aud winter. Washington Life bort Sketches of Incident and epi sode that Mark-th rrogT of Ivent at th national Capital. Two brief "resting spells" marked Presi dent Taft's trip across the continent and back. Unlike the ordinary excursionist, rest does not await him at the Whit House. Enough business Is piled up there to suspeml the eight-hour limit for weeks to come. As soon as he reaches Waahnlg ton next Wednesday, the shadow of the approaching session of congress will be felt If not seen. There Is is a message to compile and deliver scores of offices to be filled, and various suspended problems of state to solve. Bom of the more Important matters on the desk, summarised by a Washington cor respondent of the New York Tost, Include a conference with the Interstate commerce committee of the hpuse and the commerce committee of the senate, for the purpose of outlining the administration's program in congress during the winter. The pres ident's general ideas with respect to pro posed amendment to the Interstate com merce and anti-trust laws were made plain by his speech o his western trip at Pes Moines, la. To lay down the general prin ciples, of a pollc Jr to be pursued, however, is vastly different from writing that policy Into a statute which will hold. While all men may subscribe to the general policy. It Is the details of th statute that make It plain what Interests and what Individuals are to be moat affected thereby. It la upon a multitude of details that congress likes best to differ, and the oomlng con ference, in all probability, will make mani fest to the president how far he can go In his program without opposition, and just what kind of opposition he will b called upon to meet. In addition. President Taft will have to confer some length with most of his cabinet, because practically all the cabi net officials are directly Interested In im portant legislation coming before the next congress. There Is no possibility of a re port by th Monetary commission before a year from this fall, according to In formation which has reached Washington, and, in the meantime, something must be done to maintain the parity of thes2 per cent Panama bonds already Issued, and the t per cent bonds authorised by the re cent special session of congress. If the treasury is to be amply protected. Mr. MacVeagh, secretary of the treasury, has already announced that h prefer to Issue certificates of lndebedness, drawing I per cent Interest, instead of bonds, In case of necessity, until congress rectifies th recog nized discrepancy between the two classes of bonds mentioned. Furthermore, Mr. MacVeagh la deeply In terested with the president in a retrench ment In government expenditures. The president Is expected by congress to see to it that th estimate of the various ex ecutive departments are kept well within the estimated revenues for the next fiscal year, and, if they ar not ao kept, to sug gest to' congress means by which addi tional revenue can be raised. It 1 not ex pected that Mr. Taft will have to suggest any new form of taxation to congress-, but, on the other hand. It Is no easy matter to economize. A la usual, just before a session of con gress th president will b kept exoeedlngly busy conferring with member of both houses, not only on the work of congress, but on appointments to be made. Mr. Taft has made comparatively few appointments since March 4 last, and the ordinary roll tine of keeping federal offices filled Is no small job In itself. In addition to th cas ual rijn of such appointments, the presi dent has only a short time In which to make up his mind about th new customs court provided for In th new tariff bllL That law provided that this court must be organized, within ninety days. Thus far only an assistant attorney has been ap pointed In connection with It. In addition, the president has to appoint an assistant secretary of commerce and labor and an assistant' secretary of th treasury to ad minister the customs law. The resignation of Charles R. Crane a minister to China made vacant what Is generally regarded as the most important diplomatic post In the gift of the president The program for the unveiling of the statu of General Lew Wallace In Statuary hall of the cabltol on January 11 has been completed and an Incident which promised to stir up a row between Indiana politi cians Is closed. William Allen Wood of Indianapolis, one of the three commission ers, will deliver the address of presenta tion. Senator Beveridge and Oovernor Marshall have been placed on th program for orations, and th Hoosler poet, James Whll comb Riley, will read a poem written especially for the occasion. Lew Wallace, jr., of Indianapolis, grand son of the general, will pull the cord that will unveil the atatue. On the night of th 11th the Indiana society of Washington will hold what It will call a Wallace meeting, men of prominence having been asked to deliver short addresses. The Indiana con gressional delegation will be Invited to al ter'! this function. An effort Is to b mac! to have most of the survivors of the Eleventh Indiana regiment, which General Wallace commanded during the early part of the war, attend the unveiling. IOWA LAND VALUES. An Instance of "Unearned Increment" In Foar Years. Pea Moines Capital. Four years ago a Jasper county farm of 40 acres was sold for $83 per acre. A few days ago the purchaser disposed of the farm for f 150 per acre making a clean cash profit of over f 16.000 In four years on the increase In value of the land alone, to say nothing of the money made on the oats and corn and hogs and cattle which a farm of that size would naturally pro duce In that period of time. The value of Iowa land Is at last be ginning to dawn upon th minds of th investing public. For years they have been reading the flamboyant literature aent out by the land boomers of the northwest, west and south. Hundreds and thousands have overlooked the bargains right in their own neighborhood and have chased across th country to some Imaginative land of promise only to discover that they would have done far better to remain where they y art. This Is not saying that there are not great opportunities for Investment In many parts of th country, but we do say that if Iowa had had the boosting which Cali fornia and some other states have received, It would be known all over the world today as the state of golden opportunity for the real estate Investor. Iowa land values are something which no hard time period or commercial pan c can materially affect. The day is com ing when the average of an Iowa farm will be above fl56 per acre. Mlsht Help Bom. Washington Post. Now that Gladstone's ghost ha talked, perhaps aom dead great leader of th bous may b Induced to glv th American hous of lords a few spirit rapping. stikilf 'Von fbfmt PERSONAL NOTES. A. W. Astln Is the oldest street ped dler In Chicago In years, but he is youn? In service. He Is 01 years old, and he ob tained a license at Chicago to peddle wooden cups, Jonathan Wright, who came to California with Fremont's regiment and later fought In the Mexican war, died in Monterey, Cal., aged 88 years. He was a native of Vir ginia. An American woman who thought she was being married to a mere count found later that her husband was a cook. Instead. However, these marriages do not always turn out so well. New York Is In a whirl of self-satisfied delight. The Oerman admiral found Hb bustle and hustle greater than that of London. What more could any modern metropolis desire? Over In Russia th good aboard an entire train were stolen, and then the looted cars repainted and sold to the government. Grafters in this country are ambitious, too, but will have to concede that there is a high mark to which they never have at tained. Dr. William Key, one of, the best-known and on of the richest colored men In the United States, died recently at Bhelby vlli Inn. He was the original owner and trainer of the famous horse Beautiful Jim Key, th children's pet, who gave a re markable exhibition of sagacity in perform ing arithmetical problems. Th 1st Senator Vilas of Wisconsin, left the bulk of his estate, said to amount to $2,000,000, to the University of Wisconsin. Some of the property Is in the state of Washington, and a petition filed in the probata court at Tacoma by Mrs. Vilas, asking that ber rights be determined, may cause some delay In paying over the sum that will ultimately go to the university. GUMCUAL MORTON ON THUS A 11 MY Ad-rise n Lower Ate Limit for Re tirement. New York Post. Brigadier General Charles Morton, com manding th Department of th Missouri, believes that the age retirement of the army might ba fixed with advantage to the service at 62, the age limit In the navy. In his annual report he says on this sub ject; The limit of 64 yeara was a special favor to some distinguished generals of th civil war at the time of the enactment of th law. An officer is rarely physically fit for active service after 62 years of age. That limit would benefit th service directly and facilitates promotions some, and work no injustice or Injury to deserving Indi vidual. Lack of seal, energy and thor oughness In the discharge of duty, In difference, carelessness and Intemperate hablta should be causes of expulsion before th fact of age. Possibly only elder per sons realize the fact that some men who attain year retain physical and mental vigor and possess th better equipment of longer experience." In th opinion of General Morton, of ficer over 62 years of age should not be required to take the ninety-mil test ride, H says that these officers are subject to retirement at the option of the president, and will be compulsorily retired for age In two year. The present regulation, he says, would require a test ride to be made in cases of officers who must be retired within a short period. General Morton says that he has noticed a steady and con stant improvement in the .rmy of late yeara. Judging from th troops and af fair that have iw r.tly come u;idor his observation, and presuming thct ll.ee con dition prevail In other depart'-ients, he expresses the conviction that the army was never In better condition or In a higher Stat of efficiency. VJfoo Blonds Vour Cotfco? OLD GOLDEH COFF People who are coffee particu lar insist on having Old Gelden Collet It is rich in aroma and has a flavor and body never found in bulk coffee. Old Golden is blended by expert every pound is uni formit has none of the bitter taste found in ordinary coffees. Al Creeers 25 Cents a Pound TONE BROS.,Ds Moines, Iowa. MM in ftswi IM tros. Spitf. is .i iM m Mr m,t nmm r Ho. Alum W1IKHK OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND President Taft' Advice to Conntry Boy nnd Girl. Cleveland Plain Dealor. President Taft ha gone far and spoken much. He has handled a variety of sub jects with success as varying. He has, however, said nothing better than his . words to th children In a country town lnA Texas the other day: "I sincerely hope that you are not grow ing up with the Idea that It Is your bust ness to go Into the towns and cities. The tendency toward the city Is not one we ought to encourage. 'The place for us to accomplish things Is In th coun try. The cities will take car of them selves." Whether this advice will bear analysts. It Is a good doctrine to drill into the minds of country boys and girls, not only In Texas, but In every state In th union. It Is In line with the alms of the Roosevelt country life commission. The quicker the young blood of th rural sections can be persuaded that It most profitable destiny lies In the country and that the cities are not the golden promise, of their dreams, the hotter for country and city alike-the better for the youna man hood and womanhood of the nation. TRIFLES LIGHT AS AIR. "Don't you think. Mary, you are too old to play with the boys?" ' I Ilk them." JudKe. Club Walter- (fishlng-I flreaWied last niKht, sir, that you save me a 5 bill. L ' . 1 f ..n.V. 1nm.,ut Thai1, m little hlKh for a tip; biJ er you may keep "Tltewodd wants the earth, doesn't heT" "Yes, and If he Rot It he'd kick about havlnar to pay taxes on it." Cleveland, Leader. "Your remarks don't read as well as those of your political rival." "No," answered Senator Sorghum, "he ha more luck than 1 have In getting smart fellow to interview him." Washington Star. "Did he tell the whole truth?" "Fractlcally. He told the truth with a hole Just large enough for him to crawl out of it." Puck. Boarder Madam, did you put anything deleterious in this pleT Board'ng House Mistress (with dignity) Certainly, Mr. Fussy. I always do use It In my pies. Baltimore American. "I'll give you a position as clerk" to start with," said the merchant, "and pay what you are worth. Is that satisfactory?" "Oh, perfectly." replied the colleg grad uate, "hut er do you think the firm can afford It?" Catholic Standard. The man who had been shot by th hun ter opened hi eyes. "Forgive me," sld the person with thrV gun. "Not yet." replied the sufferer, "but If you can prove to a Jury that I look Ilka a squirrel 1 11 think about it." Philadel phia ledger. Trolley Magnate Well, sir, what can I do for vou? Applicant I would Ilk a Job as conduc tor on your trolley line. I am on of the legislators who voted you the franchise. Trolley Maanate eiorrv. but wa want only honest men for conductors. Judge, UBINAM GENTUM SUMTJS. i " Answer by Amicus Htnrdiorum Bonorum. It is good to study Latin. That more patient we my be For to take whatever' given us 1 true philosophy. And the digging, digging, digging, Into chaos to get sense. Makes our brain cells grow and gives us Constratlon mora Intense. We may say that we speak English, But our English words we know Are everlasting borrowers, And much to Latin owe. And it's surely srlentlfic. To seek knowledge at Its sourest So we'll Mtirli by good old Latin. And not change the college course. Your Grocer t Does he ever blend it twice alike? Grocerf sell all grades of corfee. They grind the high-grade and low grade in the same mill. Low grade coffee is bittei some of it is left in the mill and ruim the flavor of the high-grade coffee ground next. Next time you want a pound; ask for Tested by Taste corffU 0
