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HOUERT HUNTER, NoUry fuailo. kHkra Ivavlaa tha altr ta pararll ahaU Tk Baa aa.fl kaa. Aaldraaa will ha ka4 ttB raat4. Mayor "Jim" didn't expect to get many vote in Lincoln, anyway. Dr. Cook ta another witness to the fact that cheap notoriety la very ex pensive, after all. - And the TrlnceM de Began 1b not the first pflraon who regretted having mar fled too many relatives. If the cartooning are to be believed Uncle Joe never lout his grip on that cigar,, no matter what happened to bit gavel. The Council U luff a ceniua man missed hla chance by not doing the counting while the Mabray trial was In progreas. Omaha 'wlfldd mor atreet paving this season ati"lri"ftny"one year for a long time. . Omaha must keop ahead of the proctwalon, A Georgia boomer has started a magastne and named It "Blade and bludgeon." But that does not sound much like booming title. Vlrtor Roapwator, have you a personal, speaking acqualnlanrs with on Harry I.ltiriHnyT Cdgar HowarJ's Culumbua Ti-legmm. Yoa. What about UT Andrew Carnegie wants the etate to take half the estatos of rich men at their death and Andy haa long been determined not to die rich. The editor of the Houston Post haa rccontty bought a Bible. Buying a Bible ta ao unusual In Texas that It Im mediately draws a top head among the news. With the advent of the ptnlesa hat a new verBloa of th scriptural verse will appearand they shall beat their hat pins Into plow shares, or words to that effect. Andrew Carnegie's philosophy Is not attracting so much attention as does bis money, but then philosophy never was quoted very high on tha stock market. When the city council of Franklin, N. It., ordered the labor agitator out of town In order to prevent a strike the union men went on a strike Just for revenge. Ward politics in rittoburg hereafter will be rather tame, and the man who dares to stand for alderman will cer tainly have to have plenty of bronie about bis makeup. Never mind, the weather man will be forgtven much more readily for tail ing to predict a balmy day than for promising good weather and falling down on the delivery of the goods. Notice Is given that all forms of has- ing at West Point will be punishable by expulnlon and the minor forms will be less frequently overlooked. Life at West Point will Immediately be vailed k bore. A woman reformer deplores that In these days nc housewife can make a suit Of clothes for her husband but she forgets that not a husband tn the country would tand tor a home-made Costume In those twentieth century daya. Estrada has offered a Solution for the Nicaragua revolution by volunteer ing to withdraw his candidacy tor president provided Madrls will do ths same and submit the choice of the president to popular vote. That prop osition Is almost ti revolutionary to copular in revolutionary Nicaragua. Safegnardinf th Water Power. - The adminiittratlon mesanre relative to the conservation of wafer powr on the public domsn by the federal au thorities has recently been sent to the senate. It would empower the scre tsry of the Interior to make leases for not more tfcsn forty years of such power sites on the public domain as may be available. The proceeds of these leases are to be so apportioned that the roads and schools of the coun ties la which they are located shall get one-third and the United States treasury the remslnder. Objection has been rslsed to this measure by the congressmen and sena tors from th newer states In which the public domain Is to be found, who wsnt control given over to the states In which the water power sites are located with privilege to' lease them for snch length of time and for such a price as they may see fit The op position has gone so far as to prepare a substitute measure containing these provbilons. The reasons given for this action are that the government will be slow to act and will further hinder the states In their growth by the requirement of the lease fee. The "administration handicap" would or dinarily be considered an advantage. The federal government would be slow to act. It Is true, but It would also prevent abuse of the rights and privi leges thus obtained. There to a vast amount of water power In the world and Industry Is Just awakening to the economy of Its use. According to an accepted authority, the available hydraulic- power of Eu rope Is distributed as follows: Aus tria, 0,460,000 horse power; Trance, 5,857,000; Germany, 1,416,000; Great Britain, 965,000; Italy, 6,600,000; Norway, 7,600,000; Sweden, 6,750,- 000; Switzerland, 1,600,000. Russia and the Balkan states, which are among the districts left out of the above list, also possess great possibil ities which are 'as yet unknown1 and consequently undeveloped." It Is Bate to say that the water power available In all North America at least equals the total power of Europe It Is be ing protected by the Dominion govern ment, In Canada, although It Is not considered of much value In Mexico. In the United States, however, the su pervision of the larger) part of It Is In the hands of the states Tor uso as they may desire, retaining only', the super vision of government reservation and public domain, and It should continue that retention. The Senatorial Bathroom. To bathe or not to bathe, that Is the question which our grave and rev erend senators have been debating. Whether It Is nobler In the mind to endure the eoapy bathings of the old- fashioned tub or with an official "masseur" to end them. To bathe pe riodically; to get clean;, to lavejtd an swer to the constituents tor the sen atorial bathroom. There's the rub. For what the people may say about them when trying to shuffle on the senatorial ooll for another six years must give all pause. Figuratively, thus muaed Senator Brlstow of Kansas and Senator Bailey of Texas audibly on the floor of the senate. Never having outgrown their boyish dislike for a combination of soap and water, apparently; they do not propose to have to change their habits at thla late date in life. It Is easy to understand Senator .Brlstow's attitude, for Kansas has been "dry" for lo these many years and deviation from the traditions of the etate mtght proved deadly. Senator Long went down to defeat because "he did not speak the Kansas language."- And It yet remains to be seen w'hat will happen to Senator Brlstow if be should discontinue the Kansas bath. As to Senator Bailey, likewise, f for, we are told that nearly all the liquids com monly used In Texas are Imported. However, the country may rejoice that bathing Is not compulsory tor Uaited States senators. The senator may still keep Saturday night sacred to th bath If they srj desire and the Congressional Record' will doubtless chronicle the fact officially upon re-1 quest. "Politic make strange bed fellows," as everyone knows, and pol itics may yet require bathing habits approved by popular Initiative and referendum. Maryland Disfraachisers. ' Maryland democrats, like the child who won't be happy till he gets it, are still persisting In their efforts to dis franchise the negro. Tbe . Maryland disfranchises have tried ; to accom plish this several times before by va rious devices, the last time by a mod ification of the grandfather' clause con stttutlonsl amendment. But the re publicans and more liberal democrats hate each time put up a united oppo sition that has kept Maryland from taking this backward step. Maryland Is, a a matter offset, a border state, In which there to ni l pos sibility of negro domination and no excuse for di8fraiitbtBcract on the score of fear of upsetting a. white man's government. Maryland, how ever, doe not belong to the, solid south as gauged by the unfaltering lineup for the democratic ticket and casting its electoral vote for the demo cratic presidential nominee, Irrcspec the of the Issues. Maryland baa gone republican, tn whole or In part, ln aev eral presidential yara, and It la thia that Inspire th democratic dlsfran chtser to renewed and continued ef forts. It the negro vote could be eliminated by some manipulatioa ot the election laws, democratic as cendancy In Maryland would, in their opinion, be (irmly entrenched, . and Maryland could It counted on for demvraUc electoral votes. as con ndently as Georgia or MU1lppl, or the other solid sonfh states that have taken the ballot away from the freed, man and his descendants. Rut so fsr the dlafranrhlaers In Maryland have been blocked, and It remains to be seen whether they are to have their way now after the ma jority of the voters have gone on record repeatedly against disfran chisement trickery. Platforms, Personal and Otherwise. One of the real poesies of the sys tem of direct primary nominations consists In providing the machinery for the formulation and promulgation of party platforms. When the old conventions nominated the candidates and made the platforms there was sel dom a serious question of the one fit ting the other because the friends ot the successful candidates must, In the nature of things, be In control and the program of party measures reflected thescntlment of the dominating ma jority. The first state-wide primary law put on the Nebraska statute books pro vided for a platform convention, made up of delegates from the various coun ties, to meet 'a week or two after the primary and define the position of the party on the current issues. The ob jection to this method of platform making was that the candidates, being nominated first, could easily say that they had a commission direct from the rank and file and were under no obli gation to regard the platform as a con dition of candidacy. Particularly was this true In such case In which the candidate may have announced In ad vance of the primary where he stood on questions of the day, and could hold up his nomination as a popular endorsement of a personal platform more binding on him than any party platform superimposed later. , The recent legislature amended our Nebraska primary law by moving the date of the platform convention ahead of the date of the primary election. Under the new deal the platform makers convene some three weeks In advance of the primary and are sup posed to lay down the party law on which all candidates appealing for support at the primary must stand. But there Is nothing to compel a candi date to stand on a platform thus pro mulgated, especially one flying a plat form of his own, and, if it should hap pen that such a recalcitrant should win out at the primary anyway his nomi nation would be equivalent to a repu diation of the party platform on an appeal from the duly chosen platform makers to the voters themselves. With the open primary, euch as we have, and nothing to prevent voters of one party helping to nominate the candi dates of another party, this outcome Is much more than a possibility. On the other sido, the candidate for nomination who keeps still except to say that he prefers to let ' his party make the platform, and to express a. willingness to run on . any platform thus made, la at once accused of hav ing no definite opinions and of sacri ficing his principles to his greed for office. ' It is plain .that the problem ot the platform In connection with direct pri mary nominations is yet to bo satis factorily worked out. No King; for France. The duke of Orleans has made up his mind that France wants king and that In the near future the French people will flock to his standard and once more raise his house to the throne of empire. But there really Is nd house of Orleans, tn spite ot the fact that since the fall of Napoleon III various members of that family have paraded the empty title. France la a republic and the titled nobility ot that land la a relic of past ages and obso lete social conditions. But how about France ItsclfT Is it craving a return to monarchial gov ernment? The duke of Orleans -argues that It does and that the recent protest against the manner tn which the government settled certain prop erty matters which were taken over from the Roman church plainly Indi cates it. He argue further that mili tary affaire are once more calling for the leadership of nobility and royalty. It Is really doubtful whether a sin gle member of the old ruling family of France possessed the ability and In tegrity It we read history rightly to manage the affairs of France better than is the case today. The record of French rulers would not give such promise, even though some modern redundant noble families of royal blood would prefer to think so. The French people are fairly well governed today and are fairly well contented. No change Is desired except by those who, like our own jobless politicians, might be placed In authority if a change could be brought about. But even If France did change her form of government, the Individual who would lead and who would be at the head ot the resulting organization would be not necessarily the claimant of royal blood, but the one who could best rule the factions and forces within his power and distribute them to the best advantage under existing conditions. Georpa'i Convict Eoad Gang:. State authorities In Georgia are pleased with the thorocu and ry acceptable work of the convicts on the public blghwaya. - The roads are being transformed from the worst to the best In the. south and sections which have hitherto been out ot the world are now of easy access. This method ot road building, under the direction cf the state, eiminatea coavlct contract labor with K( attendant abuaea, vhil the sure get the benefit of th labor, also the profits which heretofore accraed to private companies, and the convicts themselves are reported to be better satisfied. There Is still a sentiment in the south, however, that the "chain gang" Is a mtatske and that the pris oners thus "paraded before the public gate" are openly humiliated, thus leaving a stamp upon their lives which Is never forgotten by society. It Is argued, further, that road work pun Ishes rather than cares criminality and la therefore wrong In principle. One thing must not be overlooked In the consideration of convict labor; au thorities and prison experts long ago discovered that convict are much bet ter off If put to some sort of useful oc cupation. In fact, every modern prison employs It convicts In order to oc cupy their minds, keep them out of mischief and save expense to the state. Only one kind of work is conceivable, and that Is manual labor. The advantage of using convict labor for road building lies In avoiding competition with skilled free labor. The disgrace of being publicly herded in convict gangs has been obviated largely in Kansas, which puts only the trusties on the road, allowing them to wear blue Jumpers, with broad brimmed hats, and further requires the guard to go unarmed simply a a "boss." This method 1b said to place a premium on assignment to the road work and the prisoners allowed to go out In this way "are envied by those less fortunate, who have to labor within the prison walls." Employment at hard labor Is a prison requisite and the more servicea ble it can be made to the state and the more humane to the prisoners, the bet ter for all concerned. A democratic protest against a "one idea" campaign la one of the humor ous events ot tho season. What would Bryanlzed democracy do without a "one-Idea" paramount? By edict of Mr. Bryan It was "16 to 1" In 1896, "anti-Imperialism" in 1900 and "Let the people rule" in 1908. By edict of Mr. Bryan It will be county prohibition in Nebraska in 1910. A campaign of one idea is the democratic limit. Our amiable democratic contem porary tries to make out that Governor Shallenberger is opposed to county prohibition. He never said so In so many words, but, on the contrary, ran for governor last time as a populist on a county prohibition platform, and It Is dollars to doughnuts that if he runs again on two platforms there will be a county prohibition plank in one of them. And now cornea our old friend, Laurie J. Qulnby, with assurances that he talked and voted for 16 to 1 free sliver in 1896 not because he believed in It, but only as a choice of evils and as a step in the direction of pure flat. The principal difference between Mr. Qulnby and the chief apostles ot free coinage Is that he Is more frank than they. The city's asphalt repair plant Is get ting ahead of the city street cleaning department. In the natural order of things the winter's accumulation of dirt and filth should be removed before the repair gang starts patching the pavement. Running for office in St. Louis must be a serious undertaking. When the city clerk of one of the suburbs re fused nomination by the antt-admthla-tratlon party policemen had to protect him from bodily harm at the hands of the petitioners. The democrats tn congress could not even select the members of the rules committee without quarreling among themselves, and yet they try to make people believe they would agree If given control as a majority. Mayor "Jim's" , platform does not read at all like the real thing. It doesn't say anywhere "Jar loose," or "bet your last copper," or "rake In the pot." Wonder who wrote It for him. Although not on the program, it' will be In order for someone from Lincoln to address the conference on the sub ject ot "Conservation of Our State In stitutions." Kehraaka. and'the FlrtaftT Line. Springfield (Mui.) Republican. The success of the conteat aralnt Mr. Cannon in tha houo haa bean tho sudden making of another gentleman from Ne braska Mr. Norrls. To hava been tho author of tha famous Nprrls resolution, whose Introduction precipitated tha memor ablo struggle, Is enough to Insure him a footnote at leaat In our political history. The achievement may also be capitalised In a I'nlted States eenatorshlp. Mr. Nor rls Is a comparatively new member, of congress, having served since 190S. Ills homo town Is McCook. a name which haa f'ghttng associations. Nebraska seems to be on the firing line of American polltlos to stay. Our Birthday Book March S, 110. Kjgen P. WarOk commissioner of pen sions under President Roosevelt, was born March , 1841, at Hartford. Conn. He Is a lawyer from Kansas who writes poetry under the name of "Iron QulU." Henry White, former ambassador to France. Is Just M years old. He was born In Paltlinore and was long la the diplo matic service as secretary of the legation In London. Stephen Bonsai, the author, was born March 13. 1S2. In Baltimore, He has traveled widely, played war correspondent and was also connected with tha diplomatic service. Roger Q Mills Is It years old. He Is a Kentucklan by birth and was for man? years a member of oongreaa from Teiaa. during watch Urn he achieved fame as auUtor of the arm s tariff bill Washington Life osae XatoreetUtf rVe a OnaeHMewe Ohearve at tk Sattea's OafteeU To economise trme and give aoi.fiil .. tore ample room for thHr eff-rla, the ' of representatives dealgnatea flur,day tn memorial tributes to deceased mrnb're Or atorlcal eierclsea are held as frequently the Grim Old Reaper furnishes a last, ai.4 they provoke an atmosphere befitting th occasion. They are ths loneeomeat even Is In the congressional calendar, surpassing the psvthetlo loneliness of a democrat on a Rryen election night One of these events was pulHd off a week ago Sunday before a magnificent array of empty benches. A few of the bouse gitarda and three members with speeches to unload made up the aud ience, an average one, each responding to the call of duty. Once in a while curiotMty or the tired feeKng lures a spectator Into the doleful chamber. "I recollect ors In stance of the kind," relates Senator Dol Mrer of Iowa. "A statue was to be ded icated to the first president of the United States. Know his name? No, not George Washington. He wasn't the first president of the United States. The flrwt man who ever held that title was named Hanaon first president of the first congress of the confederation. His title was president of the United States. "I delved around in the books and worked up some of what I thought were mighty In teresting historical data. On the appointed day I riarohed into the senate chamber and there were eleven pages and three senators there. Two of the senators, like myself, were to make speeches. "The two other senators mode their speeches. Being my seniors they came ahead of me. Each when he was finished promptly walked out "When I came on my audience consisted of Senator Hoar, the pages, the presiding officer and a fair gallery. I got up and commenced very much discouraged. "Senator Hoar was deeply Interested. He followed me closely. Presently he moved up closer to me and began taking notes. He proved as good an audience as a full senate and I turned myself loose to. entertain him. "He became so Interested that he would occasionally drop remarks suoh as 'Re markable, really. Where did you get that?' and the like. I thought I was making a great hit with th veteran, and was Im mensely pleased. "When I finished I thanked him for his attention and Interest, and he replied: " 'Not at all, senator. I was much in terested because I have to make a hls torlo speech myself shortly, end I wanted to get notes on those researches of yours.' " Of all the senators at the capital, reports the Washington Herald, Senator Warren gets over the ground with more speed than any other. He comes In with a rush, looks over the papers scattered on the top of his desk, bolts out to his committee room, in again and out again, always busy and on the go. Senator Warren's faculty for transacting business Is the wonder of his colleagues. The business acumen of the New Englander Is Joined with the hustling activity of the westerner. Senator Warren was born In Massachusetts, but has been Identified with the business Interests of the west since 18G8. His committee assign ments are such as to require a huBtler. He is chairman of the military arralrs committee and Is an Influential member of the committees on appropriations, public buildings and grounds, publlo expenditures and rules. To all of these he gives atten tion, his western life . arid experience en abling htm to do a great amount of work. t - ;. , "Charlie Mann, who has had charge of the :press"' gallery In 'the house of repre sentatives for the last thirty years, says that Julius Chambers, author of "Walks and Talks" in the Brooklyn Eagle. Is responsible for the present very complete collection of famous American editors which Is one of the interesting features of the gallery. All tour walls of the long room occupied by the correspondents are adorned with framed photographs, and In some cases paintings, of men whose names are Identified with the development of Journalism in this country. "It was way back In 1882," said Mr. Mann, "that the Idea of this gallery of American editors was originated. Julius Chambers suggested It. At that time he was the Washington correspondent for the New York Herald, I think. Looking at the vast expanse of blank wall he suggested to me one day that we start a gallery of famous Americans. He said he would furnish a starter with an artist's proof of a portrait of General Grant He was as good as his word and this picture was the first to be hung on the walls here. About twenty years later, when the collection was de voted exclusively to Journalists, I gave the Grant picture - to the Washington Press club. "Following up Mr. Chambers' suggestion that photographs of American editors be obtained 'for the gallery, I wrote letters to tho editors' of all the newspapers repre sented' at Washington by special corre spondents, asking for -pictures. Since that ttwo we havs collected photographs of the most famous of this country's editors. I was unable to get two photographs which I especially desired. They were of Horace Greeley and James Gordon Bennett." Senator Elmer J. Burkoit has suddenly discovered that his cigar bill Is growing to enormous proportions, reports the Wash ington Times, and he is In search of an ex planation. The senator is Just on the eve of a campaign for re-election to the senate. Up to sale, however, the campaign has boen conducted from his office In Wash ington and he haa not yet put In a stock of campaign smokes. If the senator does not know why he tn buying more cigars today than he did a month ag-o some of his friends do and they are enjoying not only the situation but also the cigars. Recently a friend of the senator dropped Into his office for a social talk. He had been there but a few moments when he pulled out a box of cigarettes. The en stor eyed the cigarettes suspiciously. "Have a cigar, please." he said. "Oh. I prefer a cigarette," his friend an swered. "This Is a very excellent cigar," remarked the senator, "and I really wish you would try It." Ths olsar was accepted. The next time the friend went to Burketfa office he was again compelled to abandon" his cigarette In favor of one of the senatorial cigars. Suddenly It dawned on him that the states man from the plains of Nebraska dislikes cigarettes Intensely and almost to the point of disliking those who use them. He told the story around the capltoi and now Sen ator Burkett Is being confronted almost hourly by some friend who begins the con versation by offering him a cigarette. "I don't smoke them." the senator always Bays. "Please smoke a cigar with me." Formerly the senator found It possible to keep a box of cigars in his office and load up his pockets before going to the capltoi each day. Now the outgo Is so large that ha has a box tn both places. But be bat not learned yet why he Is getting rid of mor cigars than formerly. I Am Csaersreaer riast. 8t Louis Republic. Railroads not prepared yet for a mora ambitious scheme of Instruction In polite ness for their employes might try the cor respondence school Idea. rrJ-f: i t. . fU N cafi r VVc Arc Installing in wif SAFE DEPOSIT VAUJr.'i Another Section of J '- of Id f'' Size Which Ifcnt- for $3.60 l4f If yoa hsv any valuable papers, Jewelrr, etc., you cannot afford to be without a safe deposit box. , I !tt !,-..! 'AV?j)ciMiei)ifJAv.f.t - iijnnif i?ifj NEBRASKA POLITICAL COMMENT Albion News: Governor Shallenberger an nounces that he will swallow any kind of a platform in order to be re-elected. Northern Nebraska Journal: We see by one of our exchanges that Congressman Latta has "been very busy the last few days." Well, well, are there more checks than usual to write? Kearney Hub: Oovernor Shallenberger will have a reputation as an artful dodger fully established before the governorship campaign opens, having recently declared that he Is against county option because It spelled "prohibition," but he has modified his position and now declares thnt he will run on a county option platform If the democratlo convention so resolves. Hastings Tribune: Edgar Howard says he will produce the name of the prom inent democratlo lawyer of Omaha and the well known republican office holder in Lincoln who have agreed to be come tools of the corporations for the next campaign. Here's hoping that Edgar will not watt, until the campaign closes before he publishes those names. Blue Springs Sentinel: The report cornea from Washington that Congressman Hln shaw will not permit his name to go before the voters of the Fourth Congressional dis trict as a candidate for congress at the coming primary election. This will have a tendency to clarify tho atmosphere In this district considerably and should leave a olear field for Hon. Charles Sloan of Geneva. Beatrice Express: C. O. Whedon, candi date for United States senate, thinks, ac cording to a published Interview, that If the "Insurgents" could units with the demo crata to change the house rules they oould form a similar combination to change the tariff. He thinks If they could get together for one purpose, they oould do so for an other. If the "Insurgents" could work in perfect harmony with the - democrats In congress, perhaps the democrats would nominate them In their respeotive districts. Or would the democrats have candidates of their ownT Grand Island Independent: The repub lican papers are urging their party to adopt county option a false political label, by the way Instead of offering the people a fair and square vote, decline to discuss the disfranchising feature of . their plan. They may continue to Ignore the question In the, campaign should they succeed in Influencing ( the republican convention to adopt that plan; and tho democrats, avoid ing It a they almost surely will, challenge them. But It will be a mark of weakness that Is likely to drive many republicans into the democratic ranks and draw from the democratic ranks, no voters In return. Friend- Telegraph:- Various newspapers over the state are Indulging in considerable talk relative to prospective and available candidates for the republican nomination for governor. Out of all that have been mentioned to date Hon. C, H. Aldrlch of David City seems to be the general choice, due largely to the splendid record he made In the state senate two years ago. His record and his publicly expressed views on Important problems before the people point him out as the logical and typical repre sentative of progressive republican thought in this state, and without assuming to dic tate we think the advocates of progressive republicans ought to center on his candi dacy. West Point Republican: Edgar Howard will not be a candidate for congress this year. This Is the fiat of tha doughty cdl toh, himself, set forth explicitly tn a letter to C. M. Gruenther of the Platte Center Signal. Mr. Howard's friends see flnanllty in this decision, but It may not affect Mr. Latta the same way, because he recently and publicly pronounced Mr. Howard to be the biggest and most accomplished pre varicator In the state. So, It Is quite pos sible that Mr. Latta may still regard him as a candidate. In face of this positive declination. Mr. Howard makes a prima facie case of refusal to run upon the "un written law" of a second term. It has been suggested that he be prosecuted for pleading the law. In thla Instance, because he is altogether too shrewd not to know that the law in question will fit all cases as little as a particular garment will fit any man. Still Ahead of the Game. Louisville Courier-Journal. At any rate. Uncle Joe may console him self with the fact that the Insurgents have downed hm only once, while he has made enough, grease spots of the Insurgents to settle the dust on the road from Danville to Paradise, The Somnoleace ( Jeff, Cleveland Leader. The Omaha Bee thinks that Senator Jeff Davis is too quiet. In the senator's case. Just about how quiet does The Bee con sider quiet enough T When You Think Of the peia which many woman experience with vry -month it makes th gentleness and kindness always associ . a fed with womanhood seem to te almost a miracle. While in geoeral do woman rebels against what she re ferde as a natural necessity there is no women who would mat (ladly be Ire from this recurrinf period of pain. Dr. PJercV Fmwrtf PrcHptlom wsk wmtrn strong mmd mlck women well, mmd &lr thm freedom from pmla, it ftmbllBbtm rtfmlaHtY, use's ImfUm mmtlmm. A cjrJii jet cures mmlm wmkatmm. Sick women are invited to consult Dr. Pierce by latter, v.,o.1viiih,i hikuj private ana eocreoiy . . eonfidential. Write without fear and without m to World's Dispensary Mali lea! Association, R. V. fierce, M. D., Presides, Buffalo, N. Y. J U yon want book that tells eU atx woman's diseases, and how to core them st home, send 21 ooe-oeot stamps to Dr. Pierce to pay eoat of mailing (, and be will send yon frt copy of bis great thousand-page illustrated Common Sena Medioal Adviser revised, npHo-dat edition, in pop covers. In naodeom cloth-binding, il stamps, , i ifli rsiirp(nflfl7f.i.!!jo').noaoo ...... - : .. PERSONAL 70TLX Mr. Carnegie thinks that a man wt.e diasi with millions ought te forfeit half of it U the state. 'Why, rather than submit to this, a whole lot of them would keep on living. John P. Suton of Lincoln had been choaen by the editors of th American Catholic encyclopaedia to write the chapter om Calhollo activities and -Influence, la th settlement and upbulM of Nebraska, t Dr. Zahle, the domooratlo head of th lanlsh ministry, whose wife la a . publU stenographer, has taken steps toward th almlltlnn of -the censorshlD. which has fai years controlled the production of dramatic works in that emmlrv. v ' V In his advocacy of a "safe and ' sane Fourth of July, Governor Hadley of Mis souri Insists that the most effective way ot reaching the source of the racket is te legislate against' tha dealers In explosive. Leave young America alone," but mussl th penny grabbers. Colonel Waltorson sagely remarks thai "to one who has read a little history, and witnessed the making of a great deal pf It, In point of fact, has attained to years of discretion maybe, in hla own conceit, to years of reflection dog fights seem, aortic-' how, le-ei Important than they were." . Mrs. James A. Le Roy ot Pontlac, Mich!, has been appointed to a clerkship in tha land office In the Interior department and had begun her work, one detail of which Is to affix the president's signature to all land patents or warranty deeds. She is th only clerk authorised to sign the president' name to any official document and will fmm it mn tn 1 CM a nigu on mil . li bu "i - i month. After twelve bodies were removed from the furniture store crematory in Chicago last week, the authorities discovered that the law requiring flro escapes on the build ing naa Deen jgooreu in uiv uoui -wo.. . , ... . ,, -A Wa AhlAf .11. . . . .J - - W . innk uiiiwD. - ..... w - - - - . w to pay for official neglect. PASSING ' PLEASANTRIES. ii.i-i J ' . , ...... m nnnua II , 1 1 as easy Ha payins rwnw - - easy, do your' Detroit Free Press.- y mi., amn, ii v n. nniinin - n Lwvnra 1 1 that the law of a case agrees with ora ary common sense." "Yes." . . I,. "Yes; and then there are felicitations ill around." Pittsburg Post. i "You have always had the highest re gard for the will of the majority." f "Yes," replied the eminent statesnan "but every now and then a will turn up with the most unreasonable .oodiclH." Washington Star. "So you discovered who was stajlng your prize roosters?" i,' "Yes." '. . "How did you find outT" .-.-..' "The detective I employed watched all the new hats In the neighborhood." Washington Herald. ,1. "Jones Is a, great believer in the :fU of habit." ' , '. ii "I suppose that is why he' married hs stenographer." I "What has that to do with It?" "Ho thought he would keep on taking Hnlnlnn RaltimAra s mnrlian i' MAKE NO XQQQ ' Merchant, If you would take in WV And XXX, oh, be YYY, Right now your golden chances CCO And widely advertlll; For If you don't you'll end your DAAA, A silent business soon deKKK. BostJ Transcript , i THE REPORTER'S ENVOY. Barton Braley In Puck. When earth's last paper Is printed, and ' lorms ana tne metal are com, When the newest scandal Is ancient aid the latest extra la sold, We shall loaf and, Lord, how we need ItU with nothing at all to do ' Till the boas of the perfect paper shall cU us to work anew, . , And when we shall work aS we'd like ts- acn on nis own macuine; And the truth shall be In our copy and nothing shall Intervene;' We shall write real stories about thenv- beggar and millionaire For an editor keen and fearless, a paacr that's on the square. We shall work In a rush and a hurry, 'r that Is the goodly game, . But we shall not dig In the gutter fur stories of filth and shame; And the copy readers above us shall av our "features" alone. And the stories that fill the columns we shall recognise as our own! We shall have no foolish assignments, no i i .... i .... . . . .. t v. uc iuiBrn.il. "i x011.. , To torture the broken-hearted or blaclccn ine sinner s stain; We shall scoop and be scooped a-plenty," w shall love the flurry and poise, We shall fight with the business office and ana iuss witn ine copy lo); But each of us shall be numaa, and each .... i. .. 11 w . us, .11.11 w itn To write the thing as he sees It for th j-aper lnat ought to lie.