TILE BEE? OMAHA, -WEDNESDAY, JANUATIY 2G, 1910.
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VICTOR HOKA'ATER, EDITOR.
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' STATEMENT 01 CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska Douglas County, a.!
Oeurge B. Tsechuek. ireaaurer of The
Be Publishing .. Uompany. being duly
aworn. y that tho actual number of full
and complete copies of The Dally, Morn
ing. Evening and Bunday Bea printed dur
ing tha month of December. 1909. waa aa
follows: .. '.. .
I. I. , 41JHK) , IT.. 4a.B30
41,780 19 4,30
0 41,60 It 11,630
4...Yr. 41,730
i-,..,. .... fv 44,140
9,. ...... !' 43.83
41.670
l,M.,r.i, 43.9B0
49490
10 43.M0
11 43.6S0
18.......... 4130
13 44,890
14......... 43.470
IS 43400
90
01 ....
M
33
48,770
43,480
43,480
43,450
42,030
24..
2 43,000
84
07
44,080
43,410
33 43,430
88 43,370
30 43,410
1 43,430
10 43,430
Tatal I. .......... .M33.B10
Returped coplea. 10,130
. t Total i... 1413.380
Dally Average..; 43434
iV.'&muji ii.F73CHUCK, Treasurer.
' j s-ubecrlboo. la ray presence and r worn to
before ma this list Say of December. 190.
W. P. WALKER.
1 I Notary publle.
, ttwbacrlbera tTln tha city tern.
pararlly . should hava Tha Be
KUe te tVieoa. Adaress will be
, eiian o,fteu aa requested.
That story about a horse eating off
his head is subject to a revised version.
Among other things that have been
high; but are coming down, is the
newiy-sighted comet.
, It should -be. distinctly understood
that breakfast foods are Just as nour
ishing for other meals later in the day.
If Dr. Pearson is looking for small
colleges that need the money, Nebraska
can furnish several guaranteed to fill
the hill. .
' Perhaps the quickest way to clarify
the1 situation -at' the county hospital
would be to let the coming grand jury
sit on it. , '
The packers insist that meat is get
ting cheaper. JJo one that we know
of la, doing anything to prevent except
those7 who have meat to sell.
The barefoot dance Is now described
by art critics as ''the poetry of mo-
.I- 1- . 11 ...... ........... VI- l
easier to scan poetic feet when unshod
'Aforal: Be careful not to carry
128,000 in $1,000 bills in the inside
pocket of your dress suit when you go
out to spend a eoolal evening at the
theater.
Prepare for another melodramatic
rescue act on the floor of congress if
the committee reports for the aboli
tion of all the various Indian supply
warehouses.
Canada's postofflce last year pro
duced a surplus of $809,237.53
Either Canada's statesmen are not so
prolific In oratory as bur own or the
franking privilege there is more lim
ited. That Iiw York banker who claims
to havo been touched for $28,000 has
a plausible .explanation, but if the af
fair occurred here in Omaha his story
would be subject to the usual bank
discount '
It is now propesd to build an art
museum building .on Jefferson square.
We were under the impression that It
waa settled years ago in the courts that
Jefferson aquaro could be used for
nothing but park purposes.
. The Young Woman's Christian asso
ciation' reports furnishing lunches to
an average of 600 girls each day at the
average cost to the ultimate consumer
of 12 cents .per lunch. Here is an
oaais in the desert ot high prices.
A writer in one of the current popu
lar msgasinea' asks the question, "Is
the republican party breaking upT"
and then proceeds with a lengthy
narrative Intending to suggest to the
reader an affirmative answer. Both
the republican ' party ' and the demo
cratic party have several times looked
as If they were nearer to the break
ing up precipice than either of them
does now, and yet both of them are
still tfotng business H the old stand.
j m r. ui j an n nuiuiimieu tor preftlclOT I
jit 1'jOS becauaa aundreds of thouaanda of
tlemocrata argued that another signal da-
' frat would rid tha parry of hla leadership
Washington Poat
; No, no! We protest! Mr. Bryan
was nominated In 1908 in response to
an irresistible popular demand among
' the democratic . rank and file, which
tho boases could not ignore. That is
the wa Mr. Bryan is always nom
inated, and that is the way he will be
. nominated again whenever ho cares to
luvlU . fourth defeat
Finchot Stays In Harness. '
Tho succession ct Olfford Plnchot to
the position occupied by Charles W.
Eliot as head of the national organisa
tion to promote the conservation move
ment assures the public that notwith
standing his displacement from the
head of the forestry service, Mr. Pln
chot will remain in the harness. Mr.
PIncbot's enthusiastic devotion to the
cause of conserving -our natural re
sources makes it certain that the-work
of directing this organization will com
mand his best talents and that it will
be made a positive force for the accom
plishment of its objects.
It goes without saying that the field
for conservation propaganda by an or
ganisation of private individuals goes
far beyond the limits of action of the
federal government. There . are at
least three elements to be co-ordinated.
First, the federal government whose
Jurisdiction extends over the public do
main and navigable waters; second,
the state governments Who are su
preme in the regulation and control of
natural resources wholly within state
lines; and, third, the personal and cor
porate holders of forests and mineral
lands, power sites, phosphate deposits,
etc., who are most tempted to wasteful
and imprudent . uses. To make the
movement for conservation really com
prehensive it may have to reach out
still further and attain an international
scope under mutual agreements for the
combined action of other governments
beside our own. .
This indicates that there is ample
room for Mr Pinchot's activity outside
of government service, although much
of the actual work for which his or
ganization is contending will have to
be done through government agencies.
The appointment bt one of Mr. Pin
chot's former associates and closest
friends to. the office of chief forester,
which he has vacated, and the out
spoken advocacy of the Roosevelt con
servation policies by President Taft
may be taken to insure a response by
the federal government to the full ex-'
tent that the legislation enacted by
congress permits. The nub of the con
servation question at this present mo
ment really rests with congress, whose
inaction has constituted the chief ob
stacles to the forward march. The
first duty devolving on Mr. Pinchot
and his associates is to help prevail
upon congress to pass the laws which
he recommended as chief forester and
the demand for which President Taft
has reiterated, and to this end he and
the administration will be pulling on
the same rope.
Floods in France.
Accustomed to the annual antics of
our own unruly streams, Americans
are watching with much interest re
ports of the progress fit the fiuvlal I
floods in France. Since the days . of
Napoleon the Great the French gov--'
eminent has been engaged in the work
of confining and harnessing the rivers.
The internal waterways of France have
been frequently referred to as models
that might well be adopted by Ameri
cans ' for the improvement of our
streams. And now, when confronted
with the unusual conditions that visit
this country from , time to time, the
French find themselves in very much
the same condition as do the low-land
denizens of Kansas City, Cincinnati,
Pittsburg and Cairo when the rivers
rise. ,
It Is possible that a lesson may be
learned blr us from the French meth
ods of combatting the situation. At no
point in the United States Is it possi
ble to throw a force of 60,000 soldiers
into the rescue work, yet in all the
river towns are great bodies of work
men who may be massed for efficient
service when occasion requires. It
only remains to be demonstrated
whether the French methods of evad
ing the effects of a river flood are as
far in advance of ours as are their
ways of utilizing the river when it is
on its good behavior.
Cold Storage.
On the head of the cold storage man
Just now the vials of wrath are being
emptied. The fickle public has for
gotten that only a little while ago it
was praising the Inventive genius who
had provided a way whereby the sur
plus of summer could be made avail
able against the lean days of winter.
Eggs that would spoil during the heat
of the summer are now .refrigerated
and turned out months afterward to
the ultimate consumer almost as eat
able as they wore a tew hours after
the clucking hen had deposited them
In the nest. Fruits, meats, poultry, in
fact, every sort of food supply Is sub
ject to tho same process of preserva
tion. Cold storage has made It possi
ble for us to have on our dally table
products of every clime. No Roman
epicure, squandering his princely
patrimony on a single wondrous feast,
waa ever able to encompass within the
scope of his menu such faraway places
as are dally possible to the modern
day people. T
The accusation against cold storage
now is that it permits the speculators
,to withhold supplies and maintain a
fictitious price on foodstuffs. It this be
the case, the fault is with the applica
tion and not the method. Cold stor
age has unquestionably been per
verted from its beneficent uses, and to
that extent should ' be subjected to
remedial regulation. Inquiry is now
under way in Chicago and at other
centers whereby the fact will be, de
veloped how far the perversion of the
purpose of cold storage is chargeable
for the excessive prices exacted ' for
food. Disclosure of the fact will doubt
less also open'up the -remedy. ;
In the meantime, the fact remains
that ccld storage Is In Itself one of the
araatest oosalble means of service to
mankind, and, properly administered,
can not fall to bring great benefits.
When the element of gambling is re
moved from the commerce in food
stuffs and the traffic is placed on the
natural basts of supply and demand
oold storage will help every community
to provide in time of plenty against
the day of scarcity and operate as a
price eqnallzer and not as a burden
some monopoly.
Healthful Omaha.
The letter' printed in The Bee with
reference to the groundlessness of any
alarm about typhoid fever in Omaha is
timely. While Omaha, no more than
any other city of its size and con
glomerate population, can claim com
plete freedom from typhoid at any
time, our best medical practitioners all
agree that typhoid is little, If any
more, prevalent here now than It Is
regularly at this season of the year,
and that there is no reason whatever
to attribute it to contaminated water
supply, as certain sensational yellows
would have us believe. The city bac
teriologist goes even further when he
says that many cases reported as ty
phoid prove not to be typhoid when
subjected to the scientific test, and that
physicians are frequently misled into
diagnosing fever cases as typhoid when
talk is rife that typhoid is epidemic.
There are many sanitary precautions
which people should at all times take
to prevent communication of disease
through food and drink. But there is
no more urgency for such precautions
now than there has been year after
year. When the comparative records
come to be made up they will disclose
that in point of general health Omaha
steadfastly holds its rank near tho top
of the list with the most salubrious of
American cities.
All About the Bis; Noise.
A terrible outcry now arises because
the house .committee on expenditures
in tho Interior department, which is In
vestigating the charges of extrava
gance and misappropriation of funds
preferred by Congressman Hitchcock
on the basis of alleged "rumors," has
declined to turn the witnesses over to
Mr. Hitchcock for cross-examination,
but requires the questions to be put by
members of the committee. If the
''rumors" fall to be sustained, of
course our valiant congressman will
Insist that It Is due to this action by
the committee, and that if he were only
permitted to be the whole thing ' he
would have brought in a verdict of
guilty. ' ; ' ' -
It happens that the committee that
is doing the investigating ' contains
among Its members three of the demo
cratic persuasion, Page of Georgia,
Hardy of Texas and Hughes of Georgia,
who are all doubtless Just as eager-as
Mr, Hitchcock to get something on the
administration for use as democratic
campaign capital. - These, three- demo
crats are "not likely fo let anything; get
away that looks damaging to a repub
lican whether Mr. Hitchcock asks the
questions or not The "holler" that is
being put up in advance by the Hitch
cock organ sounds very much (ike a
big noise in anticipation of a fall-down.
In the list of federal Judges ap
pointed since 1900, together with the
endorsements on . file ..recommending
them, William Allen -White enumer
ates Judge T. C. Munger for the dis
trict of Nebraska as haying been nom
inated with no papers to, back him.
The list was prepared to show that
most of our federal Judges owe their
selection to the United States senators,
leaving the inference" that Judges ap
pointed with no papers got their cre
dentials entirely outside of the sena
v
tors. Mr. White should know, if
does not, that in the case of the Ne
braska appointment absence of papers
on file is no sign that the successful
applicant won out without the backing
of the senators.
Tho story of "The Three Black
Crows" Is not In it with some of the
accounts scattered broadcast of the
great insurgent meeting held in Lin
coln last week. By the time the tale
got up to St. Paul the original plan' for
the banquet had to be abandoned be
cause "nearly 10,000 applications for
tickets had poured in," and the gath
ering was changed to a mass meeting,
"attended by several thousand."
Omaha used to be afflicted with news
correspondents with over-elastic Imag
inations, but they will have to yield
. . ., -j. ti
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Democratic politicians need no
waste much Nme speculating whether,
the invitation extended t)y tha.governor i
. , , . . . ,-..,.
of Nebraska to the governor of Ohio
means that Harmon Is the preferred
choice of Mr. Bryan for the next presi
dential nomination. It Is much more
likely that Governor Shallenberger is
aimnlv trvinaj to square himself for!
having pledged convivial fealty for
1912 to "Dave" Francis after 8 o'clock
during the waterways expedition to
New Orleans last fall.
The refusal of a girt of $1,000,000
offered to alx of the leading Jewish
charitable Institutions of New York 'on
the sole condition that they unite in a
single organisation for the collection
and allotment of funds solicited from
the public 'would indicate that those
In control of the management value
tholr Independent sources of revenue
higher than their share ot this gift,
or perhaps they think they will get the
11,000.000 anyway.
. Despite its ' inclination ' to knock
on the Taft administration, the Chi
cago Tribune declares that it will not
be surprised if the records showed at
the end ot tour years more successful
suits against law-breakers than those
of Mr. Roosevelt's admlnlstrat'on.
After making such a concession the
Tribune ought to be less reckless in
charging the president with abject
subserviency to Cannon and Aldrlch.
Talking down In New York, Gov
ernor Stubbs declares that "there Is
nothing the matter with Kansas" and
then proceeds with a long procession
of grievances for which he blames Wall
street, the trusts and, the railroads.
There must be some hope for Nebraska
yet.
In the Profeealoaal Claaa.
Washington 8lir.
Mr. Bryan Is the one man In tha country's
hlatory who haa developed tha poealbtlttlee
of presidential candidacy a a prpfeeelon.
Her la av Hemeay,
Cleveland Leader..
Doctors aay we may live without atom
acha. It you have the price of an opera
tion, tha high price of meat need trouble
you no more.
A Paaalagr Flurry.
New York World.
The democrats cannot carry the next
house merely because tha republicans re
fused to let Representative Ralnay serve
on the Balllnger-Plnchot Investigation com
mittee. The Incident will be forgotten In
side of two weeks.
Get Down to Easiness.
Boston Transorlpt -
President Taft la entirely Justified In urg
ing congress to attend more strictly to
business, devoting Itself to tha larger
phases of the legislative program rather
than to petty aquabbles. Plenty of Import
ant mcaaurea await consideration. The
dynamite of Rooseveltlsm ought not to be
necessary to compel attention.
1 1
CONF1DE1VCE IN TUB PRESIDENT
Con apresa Cannot Ewspe Pollowlna;
Ilia Lead.
Baltimore American.
The American people long ago learned
that If they could have confidence In their
executive head they would not need to dis
turb themselves unduly over congress. The
president who carries the people with him
Is a president who Is qualified to carry
congress with tha people. No t one who un
derstands the actual situation In congress
Is disturbed over the lack of harmony in
soma particulars, aa the general tone of
the body la Inspired by the absolute con
fidence that the great majority have in Mr.
Taft.
Those who sea mountains In mole hills
are prone to regard the lack of accord In
the republican ranka as Indication of disin
tegration. These superficial observers do
not exercise the economlo acumen to un
derstand that the actual facta are that the
republican party Is growing into; the ex
panding environment of the nation. It Is
assuming tho proportions of the country's
enlarged Industrial proportions, It Is taking
on flesh and la becoming stronger In thew
and sinew' In response to the demand of
the times that the party that guides the
destinies of the 'nation (thall not be con
fined by puny propositions or cramped by
obsolete policies. - Mr. Taft i glad to see
the party, grow with the country, and he
has . himself : outlined the direotion of its
growth--with excellent regard for the fao-tors-
Of hfttlonal progress. The United
States Is meet , fortunate in having this
type of a- rnan in. office when the condi
tions .that inspire progress come under such
a' commanding personality as that of Mr.
Fit for taa Mtt.
. Loup City ' Northwestern.
And now It is OUbert' M. Hltohoock of
the Omahai World-Herald Vfho proposes to
contest wltih Burkett for the latter'a seat In
the senate. Cilbert Insists that Bryan would
not have the gft of the ' nomination at
the hands, of 'JNetraska democracy for ahy
reason whatever, - and that he, Hitchcock,
Is Just about the fit for the democratic mlt.
811k Stocking; Can't Win.
, Schuyler Free Lance. -
And now Gilbert M. Hitchcock, the silk
stocking editor of the Omaha World
Herald and the present congressman from
the Second district, has shied his castor
into the senatorial ring and declared that
Bryan Is not a candidatesso some other
democrat has' a right to aspire. Hitchcock
Lgannot win out against .Burnett, uregon
iricbii Ul IIU ,.. -- .
democrat who can carry Nebraska for
senator.
Not Very Strong-.
' Howell's Journal (dem).
It Is announced that Gilbert M.' Hitch
cock will be a candidate for the United
State eenatorshlp. While we would pre
fer him to Thompson, yet we do not con
sider him very ptrong, and for the good
of the party think W. J. Bryan should
be drafted for the ptace. With Bryan and
ShaUenbcrger, Reading the democratlo hoata
Nebraska caii be kept In the democratic
column. There Is work to be done In the
uppw house of congress and Bryan Is one
of the men to put In charge of It He i
would be a I credit to Nebraska and an
honor to democracy.
GetttnaT Prenntorally Basy.
' Lincoln Newa.
The activity which marks the con
gressional career of tha Honorable Gilbert
M Hltchcock Just at present may be
tflb.ii m ftnnrltlAtvi
taken as conclusive evidence that the
Omaha editor proposes getting Into the
pt,natorlal race In Nebraska later on in
the year. Ordinarily Mr. Hitchcock dots
not Insist upon occupying the front of the
stage, DUt just oetore campaigns ne grows
,turml Iy bu.y. u , rare ,naeed that
prenaturally . busy.
an editor seeks to secure the office of
senator.' Usually he has accumulated so
many devoted enemies that he wisely
keeps away from a place where they can
swat him good and hard. It may be urgad,
i however, in Mr. Hitchcock's caso .that he
more politician than editor, but that
a characteristic of Omaha Juurnailsts.
LooklnsT tor Notoriety.
Alliance Time.
Congressman Hitchcock la looking for
notoriety and hence made some pretty
serious charges against Recfrlary of tho
Interior' Ealllnger, charging him with ex
travagance In conduct ot land offices. Ex
penditures will show much Increased over
any previous administration, if we are not
much mistaken, but ona of the legitimate
reasons for this Is the fact that the offices
were put on an entire new system of ac
counting July 1, 1908, superseding the old
system, which hid beea In use practically
without change for more than fifty yeara
Tha new system Is undoubtedly much more
preferable, because It shows all details
fully and glvea no chance for theft or
graft, but It can not ba bandied with
anything like tha number of employ used
for the old system, and with tha new sup
plica that were required, this item alone
will make a big showing In expenditure.
Of course it la tha part of the. politician
to take advantage uc, facta, rcgardlesa
of mertf
Ndt n the VV.-H.
Army Gossip
Matters af Inter rt Oa and Bak
ef taa rirtsf Una Oleanaa frem
tha Army ana. iravy keglater.
The president has an opportunity this
waek to appoint a brigadier general of the
army, upon the retirement from that grade
of Lieutenant Colonel Hiram M. Chitten
den of the corps of engineers, who be
comes a brigadier general on Monday In
place of General J. Q. D. Knight. The
next vacancy In that grade will occur on
March 18, upon the retirement of Brigadier
General Charles Morton. It Is Understood
that representations have been made to
the president In favor of selecting for one
or the other of theae places the senior
officer of tha cavalry arm. In view of
the fact that the promotion In the cavalry
la at a standstill, , tha next retirement
In that branch being of Colonel F. K.
Ward, Seventh cavalry, In March, 1911,
with no retirement after that until July,
1912, when Colonel Oeorge F. Chase will
be retired.
The examination of eighty-two candidates
for appointment aa Junior officers In the
Army Medlcu.1 corps begun on Monday, be
fore boards eonvened In various parts of
the country. Those candidates who are
reported aa qualified will be appointed
first lieutenants in ,the medical reserve
corps and form the hext class at the
Army Medical school In Washington, where
there are now under Instruction flftv-seven
student officers. There will be, for the
nrst time, a midwinter examination of
the members of the olass, to be followed
In June by the final examination, the
latter determining tha appointment to the
regular corps. It Is expected that at least
fifty medical officers will be obtained
from the present class, and, If an equal
number Is derived from the m-ellmlnarv
examinations of next week. It will go a
good way toward filling the 120 vacancies
now existing In the Army Medical corps.
When' the army bill emerges from the
senate military committee It will contain
an amendment prepared at the War de
partment to authorise and direct the ac
counting officers of the treasury to allow
payments to army oflcers for exercising
higher command. Numerous disallowances
have been made in the settlement of claims
filed by officers for arrears on account of
foreign service, increase of pay and other
causes, and In seme Instances the amount
so disallowed Is 'considerable. In the case
of one officer, It Is understood, the refund
will amount to $2,000. These disallowances
constitute a positive hardship because thoy
are entirely unexpected, having to do with
payments made to officers between 1S98 and
1KJ7. There were army regulations and de
cisions galore-, to Justify these payments
and there Is no reason why congress' should
not enact the legislation which will permit
the auditor for the War department to can-
eel these oobllgatlons. which, for the most
part, have been held up by the secretary
of war In anticipation of the legislative
relief.
The annual physical test for the army
and navy has been tho subject of official
attention, with a view to changing the
conditions ao as to bring the requirements
more within the purpose of the order, that
of cultivating and Inculcating the habit of
frequent dally exercise on the part of mem
bers of the commissioned personnel of the
military-naval establishment. The president
has approved tho recommendations which
have been made by the seoretary of the
navy In favor of certain amplifications of
the requirement. These changes are 'set
forth in a general order published on 'an
other page. The physical test applied to all
officers on the active list of the navy.
whether serving ashore or afloat, with cer
tain exceptions, remain as heretofore, with
a fifty-mile walk, a ninety-mile horseback
ride, or tha 100-mile blcyole ride In three
days. In the War department the author
ities are giving consideration to the plan,
favored by the secretary of s war, of re
quiring regular exercise, such as a dally
walk of three miles In one hour or a dally
horseback ride of six or eight miles in
that time. This performance Is to be- an
average of six days a week and It may be
decided that the gait of the' horse, In the
case of the rider, shall be specified. It lr
not proposed to do away with the annual
physical test, although that may be
changed so as to require. In tho cose of
cavalry officers, a three-day ride of 120
mls In tha aggregate and, in tha case of
other offloers who elect to ride, the pres
ent dlatanoe of ninety miles In three daya.
The attention of the Navy department haa
been directed to the action of a municipal
Judge In Portland, Ore., who was asked
to suspend sentence In the case of a youth
ful culprit in order that the young man
might enlist In the navy aa a means of
discipline, punishment, and reform. The
eminent Justice hesitated to adopt the sug
gestion, not because he appreciated that
tha navy was not a place for Inoorrlglble
boys or for youtha who needed special
corrective attention, but merely on tha
ground that he doubted whether the boy
would remain In the navy to receive the
benefits of the service. He evidently
thought the, avenues of escape for such
a culprit Justified proceeding with caution.
This attitude of Judicial mind toward tha
purples of the United States navy Is the
more remarkable on account of the loca
tion of the Judge and what must have been
his opportunities for acquiring a knowl
edge of the naval service.
Our Birthday Book
January 80. 1910.
Cornelius N. Bliss, formor secretary of
the interior and big capitalist of New York,
was born January 20, 1833, at Kali River,
Mass. Mr. Bliss served for many years as
treasurer of the republican national com
mittee. Frank O.- Lowden. congressman from
Illinois, Is 49. He started lift? at Bunrl
City, Minn., and achieved success as a
lawyer in Chicago, being for a while In
partnership with two Omaha men, Henry
L). Eatabrook and the late Herbert J.
Davis. Colonel Lowden was a aon-ln-law
of the late Qeorge M. Pullman, and has
been In the lime-light as a senatorial pos
sibility. Frank D. Johnson, former governor of
Iowa, Is 66. He was born at Arcade, N.
y., and one of his sons married the daugh
ter of Judge W. H. Mungei;.
George T. Oliver, the new senator from
Pennsylvania, is 62 years old today. He
is a native of Ireland, and Is In the news
paper business at I'lttsburg as proprietor
of ona of Its leading dallies.
John Howard Qrainllcl., born January tti,
lfeg) In South Omaha, la therefore 21 years
old today. lis graduated with honors from
the Nebraska State College of Agriculture
in W08. winning one of J. Qgde-n Armour's
Nebraska State university scholarships; tha
same year was chosen as ona of the Judg
ing teams sent by that school to the Na
tional Uve Stock show at Chicago. He
won there a record unetjualed by any stu
dent. He la now a Junior la the Nebraska
State tMilvt-rsltjr of whom much la expected
la the fulu-a
'Do vou know of any woman who ever received any
benefit from taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound ?" '
If any woman who is suffering with any ailment peculiar
. to her sex will ask her neighbors this question she will be
surprised at the result. There is hardly a community in
this country where women cannot be found who have been
restored to health by this famous old remedy, made
exclusively from a simple formula of roots and herbs.
During the past 30 years we have published thousands
of letters from these grateful women who have been cured
by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and never
in all that time have we published a testimonial without
the writer's special permission. Never have we knowingly
published a testimonial that was not truthful and genuine.
Here is one just received a few days ago. .. If anyone doubts
that this is a true and honest statement of a woman's experi
ence with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound write
and ask her. ,
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fine health and
- v...vv. vvuiiuuuu i4i jii v next uoor
neighbor, and hope that all suffering women will try it
Mrs. J. Wilson, 4010 UUoa Kt, liew Orleans, La.
, Any woman who is sick and "suffering is foolish surely
not to give such a medicine as this a trial. Why should it
not do her as much good as it did Mrs. Wilson.
P""" lJ th slightest trouble appears which you do not nn
ySM.drfn$ "write to Mrs. Pfnkham at Lynn. JSXaas.. for
her adTlcc-it is free and always helpful.
PERSONAL NOTES.
For the first time for nearly a century
the name of Gladstone does not appear In
the polling lists of Great Britain.
The Berlin author of a biting satire.
"Above AH Things, Don't Marry." has
married a woman who was accused of
participation In the killing of her former
husband, and escaped on an Insanity plea.
Concerning Hon. John N. Oarner of the
Texas delegation the El Paso' Times tells
us: "He is the otvly man In the- house
that:can' heat '-'Uncle Joe to a' f rattle at
poker and retain the old man's good will,
which la going some and then some- more,"
After a shoH Illness, Signer Giuseppe Pic-
clrllll, sculptor and Italian patriot, died at
his home In the Bronx of a complication
of dlseasea. Born . In Home sixty-seven
years ago, Slgnor PtcaJrllll came to New
Tork In 18fS, and with his six sons, ail of
whom are sculptors, opened a studio ad
joining his home.
Princess ' Alice of Bourbon, youngest
daughter of Don Carlos, the pretender to
the throne of Spain, la visiting in this
country, . the guest of her brother-in-law,
Lulgl Ripomonti of New York, who Is a
prosperous manufacturer. She la married
for the second time, her present husband
being Lieutenant Lino del Prete, a returned
subaltern of Italtin cavalry.
The' New Tork State Bar association la
speaking unkindly of the medical profes
sion for supplying the same expert to
swear a man first out of Jail on a claim
that he Is Insane, end then soon afterward .
out of the Insane asylum because he la
sane. The medical expert was In this in
stance handicapped by a legal mind which
enabled him to see both sides so well he
couhl not resist taking both fees.
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Hard, Combination to Beat.
Kansas City Times.
It is probable that the food trust would
aa soon sell the people eggs ae beef or
chickens. Bigg's- don't keep quite as well
aa provisions, "on the hoof," anyway. Be
sides, It would not hurt the trust's feelings
to (get rid of Its stored eggs at the high
prevailing prices, with the spring egg crop
coming In. It is a dlffucult thing to beat
the food trust game aa long as the people
permit the game to be played.
More Business, Less Buncombe.
Philadelphia Record.
The president' Insists that the promises
made in the party platform shall be kept,
and the party booses, who only intended
the promises for campaign use, regard thla
aa revolutionary.
You save money and travel ccrm&rtably Susuri irimr, am. lit
AH the facts in Santa Ie tourist-sleeper folder Ixs bUms, !.
--;ni Ask us about Haate T personally
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I New Orleans, La. -l suffered with Inflam
mation and ulceration for a long time, and had
dreaafnl nark nrnn anil & vsatniio i
under the doctors' treatment for six months and
naiuicu a in u.i 1, 00 oneraiea upon. X was In
bed three weeks and could not turn over on
cither side tiio pains were so bad &ad I wum
nerrous. , .
'Then Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound vras reoommenll -ft.-, ma tv n s.i. i
and I had taken It only a short time when I feli
relieved n.n.1 nnn I nm n ...... .
. . , nviuiuii x um in,
feel like a youn? rirl. I have
LINES TO A LAUGH. ... .
"So you got a new hard luck story," said
Meandering Mike. -
"Yep," answered Plodding Pete. "I took
me tip from drse historical novels. Die one
Is founded on fact." Washington Star.
"They used to hang a man In England
for stealing a pig I"
"Well, it wlll be grand, larceny . In thla
country before long, If prices keep going
up." Kansas City Journal.
"You're a bum driver." says the chauf
feur. . . i
-pay,. says ipe oiner, - wnni i Know
about automobiles 'Would 'fM library."
xes, ana wnai you oon i mow vwui era
would fill a raorgue."-B8ton, Transcript.
TTflpmAp rjra vyipnV fi'non. vou are aotn'
to. sit the automobile fever. Exry. like
everybody elaeT
Farmer Horn beak Nopet I've oeen vac
olnated In the bocketbook,. and It took.
Puck. ' '.
."I want to Jook at some dresses suitable
for automoblllng," said the lady.
"Yes, ma'am," replied the polite clerk,
"these walking skirts are the thing.' Yon
kers Statesman. - - -
"You didn't seem to like It," said her
brother, "when Miss Gwlmpley hoped your
shadow never would grow lesa."
"The spiteful old thing!" snapped the
elderly spinster. "That was only her way
of hinting that I'm in the afternoon of my
life, and that she llkea to see ray shadow
grow longer!" Chicago Tribune,
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A LETTER.
Horace L Dawson in Record-Herald.
Doar Mayme: .-'
Some Wiso old gink has said there's really
nothing new - .
Beneath the nun; that- all we eay and
everything we do -Is
simply repetition; some one else In days
of yore
Evolved this very - thought, and so Bid
someone else before.
The mummy who waa planted, ages since,
beside the Nile,
Would doubtless greet our modern Jokes
i with reminiscent amlle;
Our brilliant hits of repartee, the clever
things we aay
Were classed as chestnuts bask In Cleo
patra's day.
Long years ago, when "dinosaurs were
rcinminr mrnuirn ine wooai.
The stone age lover told hla girl lie thought
she was the goods;
The lovelorn swaina were seeking then,
and will for aes. hence.
To couch the same old story In newfangled
eloquence. ..:!....,
I've tried to find some novel phrase and
pat which would express
The sentiment which fills . my aoul With
perfect happiness, ,
But, falling. I present tha thought, bereft
of every frill,
And Just repeat-I love you, dear-'
Affectionately, . . .
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