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10 THE BEE : OMAHA, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 27, The Omaha Daily Bee.' FOUNDED DT EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOIl ROSEWATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postoffie a second rlBan matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Tally Bee (without Sunday), one yeax-W Dally Bee and Sunday, one yaar DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Tally Ufa (Including Sunday), per wekk.We Dally He (without Sunday), per weck..lOe Evening Ph (without Bunday). per wee c Kvenlng Bee (with Sunday). per week.. 10c Sunday Bee, one year $2 So Saturday Bee, one year Is Aodrcss all complaints of Irregularltle In delivery to City Circulation Department orncEs. Omaha The Bee Biillrtrng. South Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. Council Bluffs 15 Scott Street Lincoln 61 Little Building. Cblrago IMS Marquette Building. New Tork-Ro,m lim-llGJ No. 4 Wet Thirty-third Btret. Washington 731 Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Pntnmunlratlons relating to new and edi torial matter should he sddressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. r.omlt by draft, express or postal order pavnhle to The Pee Publishing Company. Only J-rent stamps received In payment of mall account. Personal check, except oh Omaha or eastern exchange", not accepted. STATEMENT OF" tlRIUTl ATT ON. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, a.: .eorge B. Tchurk. treasurer of The Pee Publishing Company, being duly aworn. aaya that the actual number of full and complete coplea of The Dally. Morning. Evening and Sunday Pee printed during the month of October. t was aa follo-va-. I., ,.43,350 11.... 4940 it 41,70 2.... 48,080 I. . . .40,900 4. . . .48,940 i.... 48,610 .... 43,460 7... .43,670 8.... 43 ,810 t.... 42,860 !!.... 48,180 28 . ,.4a,490 14. .. .48.340 14.... 40,330 15.... 49,280 75.... 41,990 II 43,660 28.... 41,990 17 40,300 IT.... 48, 250 18 43,430 28. ...43,310 18.... 43,060 (....43,000 20. ...48.860 80.. ..49,070 21.... 43,060 81.... 40,600 1 V.... 40.300 2 11 48,710 Total Returned coplea Net total Dally average . .1,303,040 9,970 1,893,370 41,781 UEOHGK B. TZSCHUCK, Treasurer, Subscribed In rny prerenc and sorn to before me thU 1st day of November, 1909. (HeaU M. P. WALKER, Notary I'ubllo. abacrlbers leavtaaj tbe city ttn porarlly abould Bare ' Tbe B" mailed to then. Addreaa mill be iksoctl aus often aa requested. Among other recent popular idols, what has become of liquid air? - The House of Lords is getting warn ings enough, but appears to consider Itself secure in its tenancy. Please observe that the original Eva In the Initial production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" has Just died again In Paris. Denmark wants a 2-cent letter rate to the United States. The king should have arranged that little matter with. Dr. Cook. ' , . The enthusiastic .congressional In vestigators of the canal give promise of standing by Colonel Goethals to the last ditch. In Omaha it seems that pedestrians have no rights in streets or sidewalks which building contractors are bound to respect. Discovery of a scandal in the Ger man navy is not likely to b followed by any resolutions of regret from the British tars. KrOm tho way Mars is reported as tproutiiig new canals it is evident that her reclamation bureau has been able to float more bonds. ) Parisians are said to bo substituting the zebu of Madagascar for their or dinary diet. Another step la the demonetisation of the horse. The letter K again has its Jatch 9trlng out at Oyster Bay. But the New York politicians will not fel en tirely at home till It Is time for T. The dairy interests may bo depended on to keep an eye on Mr. Moxley, the newly elected congressman from Illi nois who Is In the oleomargarine busi ness. State Auditor Barton .might start a kindergarten for those insurance gents who persistently display ignor ance of what the insurance laws re Qtilro of them. The announced discovery of earth wtvts to be used Instead of air vibra tions In wireless messages serves at least to restore communication be tween the public and the long-silent Mr. Tesla. The EonpartlaansMj) with which the democratic organs in Nebraska were surcharged during the late campaign has vanished already even faster than it was acquired. A nonpartisan demo crat belones in a dime museum. It begins to look as though the Insurgents would settle President Zelaya'a hash, but that will be no oc casion for relaxation cf vigilance on behalf of American interests In the area of revolutionary volcanoes. The record of 6o,0Ui),00O in Amer ican goods carried In one year by rail across the Isthmus of Panama is an encouraging suggestion of the trail! a that awaits this country when the full faculties of the canal are available. Here ia a democratic slate which emanates from Columbus: Shallen bergeh for senator, Latta for governor and Edgar Howard for congress, with the check book doing business for the bunch. How does that strike you? ' Is it not a singular commentary on tho resources ' of communication in this age of fleet rlc flashes that, after all modern Inventions failed to estab lish the truth abuut.th Astor yacht the first deft a lie nttws cam from the humble piul ardf The Artiitic Temperament. It In no new thing for the world to boconifl acquainted with the unhappy love affairs of men distinguished In lit erary and artistic pursuit!, though some recent, shining examples have served to emphasize the fact that In modern life the incompatibility of the artistic temperament sway the wed ding bells Into a clang of discord an much today as In the biographies of old. Domesticity necessarily calls for a readjustment of natures that In most cases of husband and wife Involve at the beginning more or less conflict. And when one or both of the partners has native Ideals which suffer severe bruising In the clash with the prac tical affairs of the bread-and-butter world, something generally breaks. The Hat of uncongenial marriages In the world of arts and letters Is ap palling and may be credited to two causes. First, that most natures In tense In such crafts are temperament ally different from other workers; sec ondly, they idealize too much. To ac cept a peison for what that person la and for what he likes and dislikes, and to value him accordingly, Is usu ally beyond the artistic temperament, and the faulty partner becomes forth with Impossible. The man of such a nature sees the one he loves always as the lady of his d reruns, till he comes to live the dally grind with her, and then the awakening staggers him. The practical mind more readily makes allowances for the disillusions which it discovers; but after the artis tic temperament has Idealized his mate as a songbird of brilliant plum age, the disclosure of the house spar row's real nature makes him intoler ant, If not Intolerable, In his disappointment. A Chance for the Convict. A common cause of complaint on the part of the convict has been that on his release from imprisonment every man's hand was against him and he had no recourse but continuation in a life of crime. It is, therefore, en couraging to read in the occasional ac count of some prisoner's restoration to freedom such comment as "He will be given employment in his home town.-"- The prisoner who has fulfilled his sentence 18 in law considered, to have expiated his offense, and undoubtedly should be given a chance. The too prevalent custom has been not only to give him no chance; but even to put stumbling blocks in his way. This disposition of the over-severe has prompted sociologists to establish workshops where ex-convicts might employ their faculties for craftsman ship under Influences peculiarly "be nign. Buch demonstration of the possibilities of complete reformation may have had their share in a change of attitude at large. At any rate, there is coming to be manifest a more generous altitude concerning tho con vict, who in many cases Is -likely to give the world just such treatment as it accords to him. Affording hhu an opportunity to show his possibilities for iiBefnl citizenship will in many cases make a man of the fellow crea ture who has served his term. Hazards of Aviation. The shocking fate of two of Ber lin's most experienced balloonist serves as a fresh reminder that avia tion at its best Is still in an experi mental stage. Even the wizard Wrights have been extremely cautious since their lamentable exploit which cost the life of Lieutenant Selfrldge, and, while they and a few other In ventors have, succoeded In accomplish ing some truly marvelons feats, the point i far from being reached where public confidence In any form of air ship or balloon may be regarded as stable. ' The fascination of flight will con tinue to tempt the adventurous spirit, and one taste of that soaring which made a woman exclaim, "Now I know why the birds sing," will serve to make of the experimenter a devotee of the game. Vet aviation, nevertheless, Is n game, with the chances greatly In favor of death. The spiritualistic me dium may have enabled man to lift a chair or table from tho floor for a mo ment by some unseen power, but the practical accomplishment of the sus pension of the Inflexible law of gravity has not yet been accomplished, and when man falls he falls hard. Bo that while the daredevil few will persist inVxperlments which may some time develop a permanent solution of the problem of human flight, still the sober-minded Individual who prefers to cling awhile longer to his household rather than have it collect his life in surance will find that travel on the surface of terra flrrfta affords sufficient thrill for him and ample peril. Pay-as-You-Enter. Tbe announcement is definitely made that the principal street railway line In Omaha will be equipped within a few days with the new style of pay-as-you-enter cars. The pay a6-you-enter system has born Introduced within the last two or three yeart in a number of the larger cities, and many Omaha people who travel from time to time have observed their operation and perhaps have had experience with them. It goes without saying that the experiment would not be persisted in, nor would it be taken up from one p'.aca to another if It dll not effur definite advantages over the older system of pay-before-you-get-off. It should be remembered, however, that no street railway service has ever been known to approach perfection and the pay-as-you-ntr car, or more particularly the change from the old to the new, in bound to create con fusion and disturbance at first until operatives and passrnners become ac customed to it and conform to Ita re quirements. The pay-as-you-enter cars are signs of metropolltanlsm. They are found In big cities where traffic is heavy, not in small ones where It is possible to give each passenger personal atten tion. From this standpoint tho advent of the pay-as-you-enter car is recogni tion that Omaha has reached the stage of street railway traffic which demands the same methods of handling as the centers of densest population. Man's Ancient Enemy. Such a succession of fatalities by fire as has crowded the news chroni cles of late cannot have failed to im press everyone with man's helplessness when trapped by his ancient enemy. One single disaster, that of the. miners at Cherry, alone would serve tr arouse a feeling of horror akin to that In spired by the burning of the Iroquois theater, and there have also been fires in wrecked railway coaches,x factories and dwellings which, in swelling the list of fatalities, have added some not able names. The lesson of the Iroquois fire re sulted in reforms in theater construc tion generally, and it Is to be hoped that these later visitations will not ha altogether unproductive. Scientific flreproofing has made such strides that it would seem to be an enlightened policy for man to avoid flimsy con struction wherever possible. Particu larly ought definite measures to be taken to avoid repetitions of such wholesale slaughter as that at Cherry. Mine owners ought to be able now to see the wisdom of substituting steel for wood in shaft construction and un derground workings, a provision which would have saved most of the lives lost after the xplosion. The demonstration already made on some roads of the relative safety of occupants of steel cars in wrecks is sufficient to warrant every , line in gradually substituting them for the tinder boxes of old. In the matter of factories, the lack of provision for quick ogress has been brought home by the esses in New York where work ers in combustible materials actually found bars across windows to which they fled as the flames spread. Such a deliberate handicap to escape Is worse than careless it is criminal. The frame dwelling, of late a large contributor to the death list, is a mat ter for the exercise of the" greatest watchfulness on the part of individual households. The swiftness with which so many homes have, become death traps while the occupants, slumbered must have borne conviction of the need for incessant vigilance. It is earnestly to be hoped that the walls within which man closets himself will grad ually bo replaced by safer modern ma terials, for no precaution is too great to. take against that element which, though invaluable as a servant, is treacherous and devastating as a foe. ' Tho despairing woman who, on the eve of suicide, wrote a final note de claring bitterly ' that the hereafter could be no worse than St. Louis could have had no grievance against the town. Her mood was,- evidently but the reflection or ner career, wnicn doubtless would have been no different for a lifelong victim of debt In any other place. Definite personal appli cation to get from under the financial millstone can be made to develop qual ities of sterling worth, but to sit su pinely waiting for something to turn up tends to force the conclusion that the town and not the person is to blame. It is easy for a suicide to say that the hereafter can be no worse, but the present can always be made much better by real effort. Omaha and Nebraska are vitally in terested in having the Missouri river included in any scheme of waterway development that may be taken up by congress. The way to get the atten tion of congress is to make a showing at the forthcoming meeting of the Mis souri River Navigation congress to be held In this city next month. The city proposes to go ahead and replace the destroyed automobile po lice patrol at once on the theory that the 4,000 Insurance policy will be promptly collected and furnish the money to pay the bill. Would it not be a good Idea to mako sure of get ting the Insurance money first? The dispatches t bear information that Senator Guggenheim cf Colorado has donated $50,000 for a new build ing for the Colorado State Normal school. If Mr. Bryan lived in Colorado he wouldn't let them take the money for fear of carrying the taint of the Smelter trust. Mr. Taft's agility and endurance In those cross-country exercises after din ner may bo a bit wearing on the mem bers of the cabinet for whom he sets the pace, but they serve to remind the panting secretaries of the value of combining footwork with headwork. Two Omaha churches made their Thanksgiving the celebration of 1 the extinguishment cf thflr, church debts. They could not have done so In the old democratic hard times. The foot ball will now gracefully go into retirement till another season, confident that, notwithstanding the popular blast against Its fatalities, the pigtkln will Met. Five guaranty bonding companies offer to furnish the official bond for Nebraska's state treasurer each at one and the same price. The Identity of the bid may not be complete evidence of a combine, but It looks mighty suspicious. It is to be noted, however, that with the practice acquired in the legislature fighting corporation cormorants, former Representative Harrison killed that vicious hog.. Apple of fencord. Brooklyn Eagle. German-Americans In Iowa have sent to Kaiser Wllhelm a box of American applea, and there Isn't an apple of fllscord In the lot. The applea of concord are always worth while. A Job for the Marine. Ft. Louis Republic. One reason why the United State would find It Inconvenient to Interfere In the latent Central American trouble Is that our navy enn't climb the hill on which Laks Nicaragua rents. Recturotlty In Sentiment. N Wall Street Journal. Canada's announcement that It has no desire to enter Into a tariff war with the United States expresses a smntlment that ought to be heartily reciprocated on this aide of the border. - Consider What the Coantry Fecuped. s Boston Transcript. Mr. Bryan'a newly announced advocacy of. prohibition shows him aa unfamiliar with the sentiment, of tho eastern democ racy aa hla declaration for the government ownership of railroads revealed him raicn tially Ignorant aa to the feelings of the southern element of hla party. The coun try will irver know what an Intrinsically weak man for the presidential office It has three times escaped! Halting the "Trnat Dmten." St. Louis Star. The trail of the trust serpent seema to lie over everything. Every time aome enr getto, enthusiastic and Incorruptible minor official dlscovem drookednes and law breaking and becomes dangerously buay, mysterious Influences are set to work to neutralise hla work and run hjm off the track. Somewhere there la alwaya some body In authority who ia able to blook progress, usually to the disadvantage of the diligent official and often to the loss of hla position. Politics and Prenchln. Boston Herald. ( If William Jennings Bryan has heard the apostolic call to go out Into the world and preach the gospel of tcetotallsm, he ought to make a valuable worker In the cold wafrr ranks. But from a political point of view, it la doubtful If his latest pur pose will have any effect beyond a local disturbance of his i party. Mr. Bryan ha mistaken hla forte. A a preacher to men he would have been a wonderful success. But men do not like to take their politics with their preaching. The State of Preparedneaa. Philadelphia Ledger. President Taft wants "a navy to con tinue to be maintained worthy of this coun try. We are not knocking anybody's chip off his shoulder," he says, "and we are not having a chip on our shoulder, but we are a great nation of 80,000,000 or 90,000,000 people and we must, In order under the present conditions to maintain the prestige that Is proportionate to our stand before the world, have a navy that Is worth see ing and able to fight If If haa to." Which seem to show that the president is not a very enthusiastic advocate of a reduction of armaments. WEtCOMK THE EW EDUCATION I.nglc of the Situation am Taught by the Oeef 'Trnat. Cleveland Plain Dealer. The beef trust haa entered upon a cam paign of education. It proposea to teach the public that meat prices are high be cause they cannot help being high. It will endeavor to teach the people how to make the cheaper cut a of meat do the ' work which the more expensive parts are pop ularly supposed to monopolize. Let us welcome the plan of the beef trust. Any opportunity to receive an education Is not to be neglected, no matter who assumes the role of teacher. But let us not take the trust too seriously. Its mo tives should at least be scrutinized. What would happen, for Instance, If people sud denly ceased buying meat, deciding that prices had reached a prohibitive figure? Prices would tumble, certainly. Is it not more than possible that the beef trust, in proposing to educate the public, la In reality proposing to Insure Ita own continued prosperity? The public is not obliged to eat beef. No one knuwa this better than the trust. Bl'SIM ESS TPLIKT. Mora Money In Circulation and Ex port IncreaalnK. New York Bun. Evidences of Increasing American busi ness are the following: The total amount of money In circula tion on November 1, 1SU9, was $3,124,679,057, an Increase In October of $3,363,051 and In twelve months of $26,1&1,036. Iiuthe nine months ended September, 1WO, bur exports of "manufacture for further use In manufacturing" reached a value of $lS7.Oii3,019, an Increase oyer the same period of 190S of $7,001.G26, and of "manufactures ready for consumption" $346,544,109. an Increase of $2(111.187. All told, our exports In S-ptember, YV, were of the value (bureau of statistics) of $153,PK9,3S7, a net gain over September, rOS. of $14.i".B2.Va; while "crude foodstuffs a lid food animals" decreased by $7 000 000, and "foodstuffs wholly or partly manufac tured" by $1,500,000; "crude materials for manufacturing" Increased by $17,000,0 0, and "manufactures" by $0,200,000, meaning buaier American factories. Our export business has recently In creased to such an extent that for the nine months ended September 30 list the total value thereof was $1,160,810,807, only $70.0C,000 short of the correspondlni totil, North A'nerica (practically Canadi and Mexico) bought $32,SO0.0O0 worth more, and South America 52,vfl,0CO worth more. In a very few months American exports will again be breaking reeorda. That the buslners of the American fac- tnrv la Mtill InrrAAilnr la evldetieed bv ,.. iw in s.n.mh., of .hi. v.r our Import cf "crude materials for use In minufaclurlng" were $12,000,000 greater thaln In September, 13'. whl'.e the Import of "manufucturiB for use In further man ufacturing" were also $6,000,000 greater. Fjr the nine months ended September the Increase were $1.000.0U0 and $62 000, 000. respectively, a total factory material Ink rrase of $10.000 0, t or more than $21 OH.OtO a montrt This all mean more pr due:, more wages, and more profit. The price of manufacturer' materials ranged lower In 109 than in 1907, and. In deed, also In the earlier month of IMS. so that the Increased area of factory work is, In fact, much larger than the f reguing figures ut lni)urt Value Indi cate. ST? t .3 m - - mm In Other Lands Bide Lights on What ! Traos. plrlng A.mocg tbe Hear and r orations of the Earth. The minimum legal cost of an election for a candidate for parllment In Great Britain is about $8(10. This sum covers the pay of e'ectlon offlcera, registration and other legal Incidentals. Whero two or more candid tea enter the contest the actual cost la pro rated, but the candidate's expenses absorb what Is saved In this way, and more, by the neceBslt' of employing agents to hustle votes. In a majority of districts represented by wealthy persons., particu larly where the Tories dominate, the exactions to which a candidate Is subjected would swallow the salary of an American congressman. Decided preference Is shown for candidates with fat purses, regardless of other qualifications. According to tho National Review, J2.5O0 a year Is the minimum extorted from a unionist candi date In any aeat where there Is even a fighting chance. The stipulation for a cer- tain safe sent was subscription and registration of tt.jOO a year, besides the cost of election, It being ali'o stipulated that the candidate would take a house and live In the division lie was to repre sent. "No man need apply," soya the Re view, "who has less than $25,000 a yeat, and an expenditure of from $75, OW to $100, 000 mlirht be anticipated before the general election. The suburbs of London and the home counties are particularly corrupt and extortionate.' No wonder the coming elec tion Is hailed with great Joy by the boys In the trenches. The old newspaper legend of border days. "We have come to stay! Is em phasised In a more enduring way by the Germans In Prussian Poland. A huge pa'ace which the emperor of Oermany will occupy for a few days each year Isj being built at Posen. and will cost $7,000,000. It confronts In granite .primness the stranger as he leaves Posen railway sta tion, hlB eye being at once attracted by Its central tower, over 230 feet high. Smaller towers and bastions relieve the sombre effect of the high ramparts. The main tower contains the chapel and suites of apartments designed for the use of the kaiser, 'and his family. The chapel Is Inlaid throughout with a mosaic, exactly like thct in the famous Wartburg. Below the chapel Is the royal entrance, a huge arched hall of marble and s.indatone, and at the end of this the broad stairway leading to the first story with ita royal dwelling rooms and festal salons. The '.atter are enormous, the grand salon alone covering 000 square yards and being ornamented with marble pillars. The new taxes proposed by the British budget, and which provokes tho Indigna tion of the landlord peers, reaches what Is designated as "the velvet" of land owner ship, hitherto free from tax. A case which Illustrates this occurred a few weeks ago. A retail dry goods company had a largs shop In the West End of London, for which It paid one of the dukes $1,300 a year. That fair rent whan the lease was made, nearly 100 years ago, but at present the rental value of the land Is worth Just ten times that sum annually. Not content with renewing the lease at $15,000 a year, the ducal owner made the dry goods men pay a flue of $20.000 for the renewal, knowing woll that they woull rather do this than lose the building which they had erectedN with reference to their own requirements, and tho good will which they had established In the neighborhood. Had Lloyd George's Increment tax been la existence the state would have forced the duke to disgorge $Ti0,Ci00 of this, which would have gone toward lightening the general taxation. As Herbert Gladstone, the son of the celebrated Victorian statesman, Is about to retire from British Parliamentary life In order to become governor general of South Africa, a grandson prepares to enter It. William G. C. Gladstone of Hawarden U a young man Just out of Oxford and he aspires to enter the House of Commons at the coming general elections. The new governor general ought to be peculiarly welcome to the Dutch element of South Africa. They remember that when an j overwhelmingly powerful force had assem bled under Sir Evelyn Wood to avenge Majuha aid Lalng's Nek. It was his fath er's hand that stayed the war and made poasible the London convention. In which Paul Kruger signully triumphed. Herbert Gladstone has hud very little exprrlenca In public affairs aid none ut all as a colonial governor. The German Socialist newspaper Vor werts. In Its campaign for the election to tho Diet, published some Interesting fig utee In connection with the Increase of wealth In Pruss'a. It Is pointed out that whereas. In 1903, ttw-re were SO.OoO people In Prus alone with Incomes of over $l!,0n0, five years later (In 1WK) the number of persons In receipt of Incomes over that fB"r had Increased to 104.000. In lWU had Increased to 104.000, ,w,w yrui ir uwntu progeny worm $225,000,000. cf whom 142.OO0 each owned more than $25,000 worth. There are S.300 persona who are millionaires, according to the Ger man aento of the term, that Is to say, who are worth more than V 000 each, and In the last fourteen years the wealth of these SO. 300 "millionaires" has Increased from $3,2:0,000.000 to $r,iuo.ooo,cio. The Wng of Portugal seeks a wife, al though the life of royalty In Lisbon may seem a trifle Ins-cm e. It Is said that hit affections hesitate betneen Princess Alex, andra of Fife and Princes Patricia of Connaught. The first 1 the grand daughter and the other the niece of King Edward. Union Between the Ouelph and Latin royalties have been very uncommon, j jl a i " Hot Ms cull, cake the ful and Iieallhfnl made wilSi Royal, Impossible without It. HMO :i-wKi -si-.1'1-;; 1 mmxm Absolutely Pure V 'til llfr"4l i 1 , It ....'J Ek' I N I R ! T 1 f iV'-d XX , T ....,,'111 kl HI UJiJ X iV."V iui.hi,i naMinnmwoer n. the bar of religious differences standing In the way. That can be enslly lifted, how ever, as was witm-ssed In the facility with which the queen of Spain wus converted to the faith of Alfonso's fathers. If King Manuel lives In hope, he hss In British his tory a precedent for encouragement. Two hundred and fifty years ago a British sov ereign, Charles II, espoused a Portuguese princess, Catharine of Braganza, who brc tight with her a Brent dowry In ready money, besides Bombay and Tanglers. This union was childless, but If Charles II had loft a son, where would be the house of Hanover today? "Denmark haa set the pace for sim plicity," says a letter from Copenhagn to a German paper. "The cabinet ministers have been stripped of their title' excellency,' the old-fashioned claw-hammer coat has been substituted for the gold embroidered court garmet and the new president of the ministry, Zable, wore his slouch hat to a royal reception. This latter was a Joy not only to him but to his colleagues of the newspaper world. But that is not all. His wife Is still more democratic than the minlster-prrBtdent. Most women who had suddenly been elevated to the hlghent place In the land would have gloried In its titles and honors. Not so Mine. Zable. For years she lias been a stenographer In the National Assembly, receiving a fair com pensation for her scrvlre. 'Of course, you will resign now,' friends said to her, and she promptly answered: 'Of course, I shnll do no such thing. I am Interested, and serve my husband and can earn a llttlo extra for our household expenses." POLITICAL DRIFT. One of the New York papers Is attracting attention to Itself by booming Theodore f Roosevelt for governor. The death of Congressman De Armond leaves Champ Clark and Gumsnoe Bill Stone equal political divisions of Missouri. Tom Johnson's defeat for a fifth term as mayor of Cleveland has swollen his cynical hump. During a . marriage ceremony the other day he omitted the word "obey," be cause, as he said, he would not help "make liars of people." x Associate Justice Moody of tlje federal , supreme bench. Is making encouraging progress toward recovery in an hospital In Brookllne, Mass.. The Boston Globe nays "there is reason to hope that he will be Ip his place on the bench when the Standard OH appeal case comes before the court." Francis J. Heney, the spectacular graft prosecutor of San Francisco, Is back in Oregon as special United States attorney for the prorecutlon of land and timber grafters. Tho prosecutlonB conducted by Mr. Heney in Oregon a few years ago re sulted In fourteen convictions of "high ups," two of whom died. f Though American congressmen have no great difficulty In spending their salaries, their chances of laying by a bill now and then are far greater than that of a mem ber of the British Parliament. The latter are salaryless, working for glory and Inci dentals. The cost of the glory may be in- ferred from the statement of one M. P., who subscribed to 263 foot ball clubs year, expecting thereby to keep "fences" In repair. this hi sklniiiilng the Cream. Philadelphia Press. When express .companies are enabled to earn 58 per cent dividend, in doing busi ness that would otherwise be done by rail road companies, Is It any wonder that the profits of railroad stockholders are fore shortened? This Trade - Ml The Leader for 129 Years Reclitered. V. tt. Oil HIGHEST AWARDS IN EUROPE AND AMERICA 52 wrought jewelry, etc. Our celebrated Kramer's Craft Khop Framing work may ulso be ordered at the same reduction. Saturday is the last day of this sale. i A. HOSPE CO. hot breeds, llnesl,mosl tasfc- ALWAYS IN GOOD HUMOR. Undo Silas What 1m your rates? Hotel Clerk Two dollars up to twelve. Uncle Silas And how much if a fellow onlv wants to stuy up till half past nine? Life. "What a fool exercise fencing must bo for women." "Why so? I always understood It was fine." "Here Maude Ulnks Is taking lessons, and she told in yesterday she was learning how to feint." Baltimore American. "Did vou take your shoes to that plnet with the sign, "Shoes Repaired While You Walt.'?" "Yrs Th"y repaired six while I waited and told me to call In three days for mine. "Judge. "Mamma. I don't understand some of those words. What's the difference be tween a dialogue and a monologue?" "No difference, at nil, 'Johnny. If your father Is taking any part In the conversa tion." Chicago Tribune. Knlcker Wouldn't you like to be so famous that people would restore your birthplace? Hoi-ker I'd be content If I could mako th landlord repaper my present flat. New York Sun. "Bllgglns save he has lost his hair tliroiiKh worry. What's he worrying about?" "His wife's coiffure bills. She witats so n uch hair that he has to go without any." Washington Star. "Can't you." he asked, "read one's char acter In one's palm?" "Yes." replltd the young lady In the f irtiiiie telllm; booth. "Will you let me look at your hand?" "I'd like about 75 cents worth." "I'm sorry," she said, after studying his palm for a moment, "but I can't glv you that much. I can only find about 15 cents worth." Chicago Record-Herald. THE BATTY OLD BACHELOR, Heigh oh for the batty old bachelor.. Ills hair fast turning gray; His face becoming mellow In life's tnld-day. When scarcely seven upon hlB sleeva He bore his heart aloft; What wonder then that fifty Finds him so soft. t. IT. , 'Twas 111der n gnarled old apple tree From Eden's slock It Krew Besslo sat on the old uncoil seat: Quoth he, "Can I sit by you?" But brown-eyed Bessie turned htm down E'er he clambered up to heaven; Ills heart was broken, but It healed; They always heal at seven. III. At twelve again was Venus In his young heavens visible; His heart went out to Malmie, But Malmie made him mls'nble; At last one day th crisis came, Ills heart was draped In sable. Which he vowed he'd wear forovermora Ho did 'till he met Mabel. iv. She led him1 at a goodly pace Then 'chasln' on' she sent '1m And since that time ho haa acquired Consld'able momentum For Tilllu. Frances, Nell and Grace Adele and Juliet Have occupied his hear In turn Then followed the sign 'To Let.' V. The names I know are legion That caused him heart disorder Twould take a card-cataloguing schepf To serve as a true recorder. I J But I shall spare you more detail ' ' And spare myself the trouble; Perhaps you know the guy yourself, Or els you've seen his double. VI. So here's to the batty old bachelor Whose heart a repeating deolmal Carries him on Into a rnaie Of follies Infinitesimal! Here's to the batt old bachelor. Whoso courage falleth never, Whoso heart still flutters on his sleeva And seem as good a ever. -BAYOLL TtB TRELH. mark . I l v. on every package Take this discount off Any Picture, Piclurc Frame, of Art Fiovelty, In Entire Stock The same . off kohls good on nny piece of hammered brass or beaten copper, and " Careiuo' Craft " hand 1513 Douglas x