TIIE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1910.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
6taU of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss:
Oeorg B. Tuchuck, treasurer of Th
He Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
lays that th actual number of full and
-unpin copies of To Daily, ma-j. ..
von I iig and Sunday Be printed during th
noiun 01 May, mi), was aa louowa
1 41,300
17 43,630
)( 43,030
If 48,880
t 43.460
48,880
4 48310
8 48,880
48,840
7 .48,890
41,370
43,160
18 48.680
11 43,670
II 48,600
II 43,030
14 43,860
II 41,600
20 43,000
21 43,000
22 41,450
2 J 43,740
24 43,330
26 43,090
2 43,370
27 43,400
21 43,560
29 ,,,.41,300
10 43,370
II 44,180
II 43,110
Total
1,338,310
Returned 00. lea
8.986
Net total 1,318,836
Daily average 43,363
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my preaeno and sworn to
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M. V. WALKKlt. S
Notary Public
abwerlber leaving; the city tem
porarily should hart Th We
nail to (hem. Addressee will be
ckssget a often as reqaested.
Africa may aa well go back to Its
original darkness.
The river bill evidently struck an
up-current in the senate. ,
The colonel must be sore at Mr.
Halley. He did ..not. deign to notice hla
comet I
' Proof that aviation has reached the
practical stage: New York is pooling
bets on It.
Anothet raise or two in salary and
Emperor William will be getting the
union scale.
Kansas City, with all Its big bluffs,
has seldom been able to ward off the
annual flood.
Instead of writing letters, Mr. Bryan
may have to go to Kearney, too, and
hire a hall in order to get a hearing.
Still that Scranton alchemist who
proclaims his ability to transform lead
Into gold has nothing on the plumber.
Senator "Jeff Davis has been
snubbed In his own state of Arkansas
More evidence of the Bouth's awaken'
lng.
Nicaragua would do well to heed
Uncle Sam's warning of "Hands off,"
before it gives provocation to say
Hands up."
If Mr. Bryan gets into the senatorial
contest will Mr. Hitchcock hurry back
to the congressional race track? Will
a duck swim?
Egyptians are said to feel very much
Chagrined at the utter failure of the
Epbynx to exert any lasting influeuce
on Mr. Roosevelt.
In Philadelphia the burning question
Of the hour is the long and short bal
lot, the length of haul being a matter
for later discussion.
This auto stealing and auto speed
ing is again stretching the limit iu
Omaha. It is time to make some real
example of the culprits.
With a thirst-quenching station at
West Lincoln, life may still be bearat
ble in the Capital city, even if the lid
is put down on the club bars.
What Is to be thought of a lawyer
who uses up six months to draw that
county option bill, and then has to
turn the jcb over to someone else?
Those railroad presidents who re
cently called at the White House must
like the president's new cook, the way
they praise that dish of crow he fed
them.
Hat In hand, eyes dilated and
breathing deeply, Tom Watson comes
tearing down the road hallooing, "I
am a democrat," showing that he does
not propose to be lost sight of when
there Is such a fine chance for a little
publicity.
Now that the records of the demo
cratlo state committee hav been fixed
vp to show the adoption of the Oregon
plan resolution in due form, candi
dates for the legislature on the demo
cratic ticket will take notice and gov
em themselves accordingly. At; any
yellow dog democrat will h,ve to do
to be clear listed aa testing superfine
according to official standards will be
to sign up "Statement No. 1."
Crop Conditions.
Official figures compiled by the
bureau of statistics of the Department
of Agriculture up to June 1, show the
general average of crop conditions
throughout the United States to be
84.9 per cent, as compared with 85,
87.9, 77.8 and 85.6 for the same date
of 1909, 1908 and 1907 and the ten
years' average, respectively. The av
erage, therefore, la sustained and there
Is nothing so far to warrant the dis
couraging reports that are being so in
dustriously sent abroad. Of course, in
places certain crops are not up to the
normal, but, taken the country over,
conditions are almost aa good as they
have been for ten years. .''
For instance, winter wheat, over
which there exists much anxiety this
year the country over, averages 80,
while last year at this time it aver
aged 80.7, the year before, which was
a bumper year, 86, and for the last ten
years it has averaged 81.9. This year's
average, therefore, is only 1.9 per cent
below the normal for a decade, which
is not bad. Spring wheat's average for
ten years has been 93, and this year it
is 92.8. Oats is above the ten-year av
erage, which is 88.4, being this year
91. Cotton, too, is thus far well above
the average.
Unfortunately, Nebraska's wheat con
ditions are somewhat below standard,
but Nebraska is only one of the big
wheat states and there are enough
others to bring the average up, taking
the government's estimates as accu
rate.
And the prospect of fruit is not as
bad as was feared. Although late frosts
killed so much fruit in the central
states, the general average for the
country on apple? is only 63, as com
pared with a ten-year average of 69.8;
on peaches this year's average is 62,
as compared with the ten-year aver
age of 65. On both the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts the fruit crop is large,
promising to compensate for the losses
in the interior.
Japan Its Own Press Agent.
Printer's ink is playing a big part in
connection with the Japanese occupa
tion of Corea. Japan is Jealous of its
protectorate over the Hermit Kingdom
and does not propose to let the world
remain in ignorance of the beneficent
influence It is wielding in this mag
nanimous enterprise of constructive
statesmanship. So it has issued its
second annual report on "Reforms and
Progress in Corea," a volume of ex
cellent printing and engraving, con
talning some 250 pages. The intent of
this publication manifestly is to dls
semlnate informatlpn concerning Corea
after it has Justified its subjection to
Japanese authority. The keynote of
the entire volume is a defense and ex
ploiting of the work of the "Resident
General," and ' all the 1 'reforms and
progress are ascribed to the "resident
general and other imperial authorities
of Japan."
. But evidently Japan has been an
noyed at reports abroad that it has
forced its Influence upon Corea, and
to disprove this impression this book
cites the interesting fact that the peo
ple of Corea, through their emperor,
have foresworn their allegiance to the
Japanese policy and that this fealty
was obtained through the remarkable
office of the emperor going in person
to the Imperial Mausoleum "In order
to make solemn oath to the departed
spirits of his imperial ancestors con
cernlng the adoption and carrying out
of a national policy with a view to the
complete reform of Corea and its peo
ple." The book, of course, does not
add that this injunction was laid upon
the emperor by Japan, leaving the
implication that his act was entirely
voluntary.
Then the world is assured that the
most cordial relations exist between
the Coreans and Japanese and that the
former are beginning to acknowledge
their debt of gratitude to the mikado
and his people.
Many of the reforms enumerated In
this volume would strike a responsive
chord in the United States and all ap
pear to rest upon lofty motives. The
book, therefore, is of value as a matter
of information, and, while there is
nothing to be gained by shutting off
other sources of information, though
critical to Japan, it should have a good
effect
But the Japanese people are keen
shrewd politicians and very ambitious,
so that they may never hope to gain
entire freedom from criticism in their
aggressive conduct in Corea. They are
doubtless doing much good for a less
enlightened people, but they are not
taking their eye off the main chance.
Effect of Sugar Trust Suits.
The effect of the sugar fraud pros
ecutions Is certain to be salutary and
far-reaching, it is doubtful if any re
formatory litigation has been carried
on in years promising more substantial
results. It is going to the very pith of
the charges and bringing speedily to
Justice malefactors of large wealth as
well aa petty offenders. In a compar
atively short period It has overturned
a deep-laid system of gigantic fraud
carried on for many years. It has thus
far met the requirement even of a crlt
leal public that the "man high up" be
pursued along with the subordinates.
most difficult thing to accomplish
where millions are at stake, to say
nothing of personal reputation and
freedom. But the federal authorities
have gone about this business with
dogged tenacity that would not be
checked for any consideration, brook
lng no obstacle, and baa dose it all
quietly, without unnecessary callin
out from the housetops.
It probably will be a long time be
fore any large Institution or any pow
erful individual will undertake to do
what the Sugar trust people have been
caught in the act of doing. Such pros
ecutions are not made in vain. They
sound a warning voice that will be
heard long after the last guilty man
here has been compelled to pay the
penalty.
Whole Truth vs. Half Truth.
As to th commissioner who v Is to
nke charge of the plant when acquired,
President Barlow of the Water board
says that Arnold C. Koenlg has had that
title for the laat six years. As to
whether or not the board would continue
him in that position when the plant was
acquired he was not prepared to say.
News Item.
Why should not the Water board
and its officers give the public the
hole truth instead of a half -truth?
President Barlow knows as well as
anyone else that the Job of water com
missioner was specially created by R.
B. Howell for himself. He knows that
Howell wrote into his first water bill
section providing for the appoint
ment of a water commissioner whose
salary could never be reduced and
hose term of office should be per
petual after the first year except
through removal for cause by a two-
thirds vote of the whole Water board.
He knows that the present water com
missioner was appointed -as a purely
temporary makeshift, and that by
oversight he continued to serve longer
than the year, and thus acquired per
manent tenure under the law. He
knows further, that when this was dis
covered R. B. Howell changed the law
excepting" the water commissioner
from civil service protection for the
express purpose of reopening the way
for his own appointment to the place.
Howell water bill No. 1 reads as
follows: l
No regular appointee or employe of the
Water board who shall have been in its
service for more than one year shall be
ubject to removal except upon a two-
thirds vote of the full board, and then
only for cause, etc.
Howell water bill No. 2 reads as
follows:
No regular appointee or employe of the
Water board, except water commissioner,
who shall have been in Its service for
more than one year shall be subject to
removal except upon a two-thirds vote
of the full board, and then only for
cause, etc
That the present water commis
sioner never regarded his position as
anything but temporary and precari
ous was evidenced last year when he
took steps to become a candidate for
city ecglneer, for he surely would not
have exchanged a permanent position,
with assurance of a better salary, for
an elective office limited to a three
year term unless he knew he was
slated to' make way for someone else.
True, we have had a ' water commis
sioner by that title for six years on a
nominal salary only half of what
each member of the do-nothing Water
board has been drawing. But we are
not prepared to say what will happen
to him when the salary is made bigger
than that which the board members
receive.
Then and Now.
In his Washington hall speech not
long ago Mr. Bryan took special de
light in ridiculing the idea of personal
liberty as a democratic doctrine and
opposition to sumptuary legislation as
a democratic policy. "I have heard
people say they were opposed to
sumptuary legislation," he declared.
'When a man talks to me about
sumptuary legislation now I want him
to define what he means by it. They
have been using these general terms
long enough."
Mr. Bryan evidently forgot the let
ter which be had written over his own
signature when prohibition was up In
Nebraska before, and which had been
published more than once, proclaiming
himself in favor of the very declara
tion against sumptuary legislation
which he now denounces. In that let
ter, addressed to another distinguished
democrat, upon whom he soon turned,
Mr. Bryan outlined what he thought
should go Into the platform about to
be promulgated by an impending dem
ocratic convention and suggested that
we had better content ourselves with
a declaration against sumptuary legis
lation, such as we usually have." In
cldently it is disclosed that the only
controlling factor governing Mr,
Bryan's position at that time was the
desire to frame a platform that would
get the votes of both sides.
This resurrected letter, of course, Is
so old that it baa been barred by the
statute of limitations, but it illustrates
Mr. Bryan's political agility, although
not more than the numerous and
varied paramounta successively pre
scribed by him as the only cure-all for
every social ill. That Mr. Bryan used
to be against sumptuary legislation
and Is now for it merely illustrates
anew his kaleidoscopic kind of politics.
Secretary to the President.
The recent change In the office of
secretary to the president served to
bring to the attention of the people
again the growing importance of this
position. The man in this position has
properly come to be regarded as a sort
of assistant to the president. He must
have tact. Judgment, wide experience
and a good knowledge of men and
above all, physical resources to with
Btand the heaviest sort of tax. It is 1
post at which a man cannot often rest
and sometimes cannot Bleep when he
should, for he must be on duty whether
the president is or not. It is not
enough that he take off the chief ex
ecutlve's crowded hands the task of
caring for details In correspondence
and official documents which do not
actually require the president's per
eonal attention, but he must always
stand between the bead of the nation
and his horde of ever-ready visitors.
The position demands the most
thorough knowledge of governmental
affairs, inside workings of politics and
men, and a delicate tact for dealing
with these successfully. The office Is
one of the most important today in the
country, and the man, who like Cor
telyou and Loeb, Is able to fill it satis
factorily, will be sought for other large
spheres of public or private usefulness.
Secretary of State Junkln holds
that where a candidate files to go on
the primary ballot as a democrat he
must have hlnyelf filed by petition as
a populist If he wants to play the
fusion bunco game. Just a little more
trouble, as anyone who can masquer
ade in two party garbs will have no
trouble In framing up the necessary
petition. Why not put a stop to the
fraud all at once by ruling that a man
cannot, In fact, affiliate with more
than one political party at a time?
How Is It that people do not speak
of Horace Greeley In mentioning the
great prophets of the past? No man
ever spoke with greater wisdom or
more unerring precision of the future
than did tho great editor when he
gave the advice, "Go west, young
man." The west has abundantly vin
dicated and verified his faith In the
ultimate development of the country
offering opportunities for the young
man intent on doing things.
Certain of our Water board states
men seem to be very apprehensive as
to the kind of a deed to the water
plant the city will get in exchange for
the payment of $6,263,295.49. Of
course, they would have had no such
alarms if the appraiser's verdict had
been in the neighborhood of $3,000,
000, which these bunco steerers as
sured everyone would be the utmost
price.
We wait Impatiently to see what Mr.
Bryan's Commoner will do to Con
gressman Latta for voting against tho
postal savings bank bill in defiance of
the Denver platform pledge. We once
heard someone say something about
"nulliflers" and "repudlators."
A majority of nearly 1,700 is
chalked up to the credit of Congress
man Walter I. Smith for renominatlon
In the recent primary. That ought to
be strong enough to put at rest all this
talk of the defeated about questiona
ble votes.
A Concrete Exhibit.
Chicago News.
Uncle Sam saved $076,000 at the Roeeevelt
dam by building his own cement mill on
the spot. This will go into the credit side
of the Balllnger account.
Cheerfulness Under Pressure.
Sioux City Tribune.
The railroads are -usually found willing
to do what they ought to do when they
find they have to -Jed it. The railroads
might be more popular If their managers
were able to exercise a little foresight.
Hard LeuAii to Learn,
New York World.
When the railroad and corporation man
agers learn that " this - constitution and
the laws of the United States made In
pursuance thereof are "the supreme law
of the land" there will be less need of
White House conferences.
Snfearnardlna- IV umber One. '
' 'Boston Transcript.
The adoption of a rule in the house of
representatives prohibiting all amendments
to the postal savings banks bill is a re
minder that the Insurgents are very much
like the regulars when their political In
terests are concerned. It makes a good
deal of difference whose rule is gored.
Golden Clucks Call Chickens.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
News of another gold "find" in th re
mote districts of Alaska has produced the
rush which might ;be expected. If one
prospector in a hundred gets enough gold
to pay his expenses he may count himself
lucky. Yet there la little probability that
the lessons of experience will be heeded
In this Instance anymore than in countless
others that have preceded It. -
Example of the "Square Deal."
New York World.
Mr. Roosevelt does well in refusing to
accept "the courtesy of the port" and bring
into the country duty-free his purchases
abroad. Why should a special envoy ba
exempt from taxes which other citizens
pay? At a time when very wealthy Ameri
cans are taking recklessly to smuggling,
the ex-presldent sets an example of the
square deal" as timely aa It Is excellent,
"Isn't It Awful f"
Springfield Republican.
The tyranny of a government that would
make Its departmental clerks work eight
Instead of aeven hours a day Is apparent at
a glance. It President Taft enforces the
eight-hour day In Washington the oppressed
clerks will, of course, know what to do,
They should appeal to the courts on the
constitutional ground that cruel and un
usual punishments are not to be tolerated
in the United SUtea. Eight boura a day!
What are we coming to In this country!
Latest Wouuvr In Petal Culture.
Philadelphia Ledger.
In order to be thoroughly abreast of the
times, Chicago dancing master have In
vented and Introduced the "aviation
dance." Tills Is described as a great lm
provement over the classic waits and two
step, inasmuch as the light fantastic toe
of the dancer. In rivalry of Adelaide
Uenee, scarcely touches the floor at all
Ther have been many attempts made
from time to time to popularise extrava
gant salutatory maneuvers and gyrations
In the ballroom, but they huve not been
successful. It remains to be seen whether
the "aviation dance" or "airship glide"
will displace the conventional dance meas
ures that have held their own for so
many years.
Only the Kick tin Afford It.
Brooklyn Kagle. .
In a joint declaration of the necessity for
reform In legal procedure, tho American
Bar association and the National Civlo
Federation say: '
"As a matter of fact it Is to everybody's
Interest to have law suits quickly and
cheaply disposed of, with due regard to her
rights of the parties."
As a general proposition nothing could
be truer, but there are exceptions. There
arelltlgants who have everything to. gain
by delay and, of coursj, there are lawyer
who, for obvious reasons, do not want their
cases disposed of either quickly or cheaply.
As a rule, the larger the amount at slake,
the longer th settlement Is deferrtd und
th more costs. In other words, litigation
Is one of the luxuries of life, end only the
rich can afford It. 8'nu-times, it Is l
high priced even fur them.
Around New York
BUapUa en th Oarra f X.lfe
aa la th Oml JLanerioaa
Matroyelia treat Bay ta Pay.
Use track betting will be knocked out
completely In the Empire Plate If th law
enacted by th last legislature stands th
testa of th courta. Former laws designed
to accomplish th asm end were partially
nullified by th courts. Insofar aa permit
ting oral betting goes. But th new law
not only penalise oral or written bet, but
Imposes heavy penalties on th officers of
race track associations or companies who
permit betting on th race track grounds.
AU parties who have heretofore "played
the ponies" realise that the "jig Is up," and
must aeek new wnys of "blowing" their
money. Estimate of losses to race track
associations contlgulus to New York City
ranges from $3,000,000 to $6,000,000. Most of
the famous tracks ar to be abandoned and
the ground turned Into building lota. If
the law ia sustained by the courts it will
add suppressed race track gambling to the
many plume plucked by Governor Hughes
from sporting adversaries.
The New York rush haa no equal any-
where in the world. Throw a package of
email coin or candy to a bunch of klda
trailing a circus; not the scramble, and
you get a miniature of New Yorker duritvg
the rush hours. How they run up the stairs
of the elevated railroads. They cannot be
persuaded any of 'em to watt for the next
surface car, but cling perilously to the step
and engorge the doorways. How they pack
and Jam th aubway stairs and platforms
In a surging, savage mob, shouldering, like
foot ball players, crushing mile children,
subjecting men and women alike to the
most arrant outrages in the Intrusion upon
each other. How busy, how hurried they
are. There Is not time enough in the day
for them; they are driven by whips of
worse than scorpions, and they leap and
run and scrouge, breathless and panting, In
their strife for precedence.
And yet several thousand persona, men,
women and boys, on their hurried way to
their frantic toll any morning, stop for an
hour or two or three to gape at the empty
air In front of th city hall, because It had
been advertised Chat a man would start
from that spot and walk to California. It
Is heaven' mercy that no cat happened to
get up a tree anywhere in town, nor any
dog waa heard yelping at a closed window,
nor any bird with a broken wing was to be
seen anywhere, nor any man started to
mend a chimney or a lofty flagstaff. If
any or all of these tremendous cataclysms
had oocurred at the same time with the pe
destrian's departure half the working pop
ulation of New York might have been smit
ten motionless, and stood staring for hours
In the effort to quench their magnificent
curiosity.
Excellent office for dentist," was th
way the advertisement read.
The first dentist who came to inspect the
rooms said he didn't aee anything especially
advantageous either in the office or the
location.
Is that so?" said the agent "Well. Just
sit In this chair which la standing where
your own throne of torture will probably
stand and look at the windows across the
court." .
The dentist looked. Presently a proces
sion of figures draped In Oriental costumes
filed past th window and began to execute
a series of difficult dance steps.
They train professional dancera there all
day long," said the agent, "and in warm
weather the -windows are always . open(
There are some mighty Interesting dances
taught In that academy and the patients
get so absorbed In them that they forget
their pain. The dentist who used to hav
these rooms gained the reputation of a
painless dentist and he didn't do a thing to
keep from hurting except to tell his pa
tients to watch the show."
The woman showed a fat finger in whose
folds of flesh waa imbedded a plain gold
ring.
How much will you let ma hav on this
ring?" she said to the pawnbroker.
1 can't tell until you take it off so I can
weigh It," he said.
6 he tugged at the ring; it wouldn t come
off.
"Can't you get it off for me?" she aaked.
The pawnbroker threaded a needle with
strong linen thread, aoaped the needle and
slipped It head first under th ring toward
the hand. Then he wound the long end of
the thread tightly and evenly around the
finger almost to the nail. That done, h
took the needle and unwound the thread
from the base of th finger out, and aa he
unwound th ring slipped off. He weighed
the ring.
"Two dollars," he said.
"That won't do m any good," said the
woman. "I can get 3 any place else."
He returned the ring.
"She didn't really want to pawn it," he
said. "She Just wanted somebody to take
the ring off. A Jeweler would have dona
It the same way, but he would have
charged something."
"A young coupl very recently married
came Into our store the other day," said
the silversmith, "with a big silver pitcher
and wanted us to change the Initials on
It so that they could give it to another
couple as a wedding present They had
received thre others themselves. We can
sometimes do it, and I sent It up to the
workrooms, but word cam back that It
could not be don in this cas because the
Initials had already ben erased four
times."
A Central park, west, woman has a coach
man who has some Ideas of his own. Of
late th horses hav looked particularly
well groomed and sleek.
"What hav you don to th horses,"
Inquired the pleased mistress, "that they
look so much nicer than tliey usee, iot
"Well, you see," replied John, "I've been
borrowing th vacuum cleaner from th
maid and using It to clean the horses every
morning. It certainly doea th work In
good shape, ma'am,"
Doctor Blacklist .Nurses.
Minneapolis Journal.
Sometimes nurse who tell th truth
are not wanted arounu. An impuruuii
part of the testimony that convicted Pr
Hyde of poisoning Colonel Swop waa
given by three women nurses. The trial
over, the nurses naturally expected to
so back to their calling. But It seemed
that none of the doctors In Kansas City
wanted their assistance. They waited, but
were not called. Seeing that they wer
virtually blacklisted, they went to another
city. It remaina to be aen whether they
will have the same experience ther.
Our Birthday Book
June 13, 1810.
Wlnfleld Scott, once general-ln-chlef of
the United States army, waa born June 13,
roc. Me was a candidate for president In
11 on the strength of his exploits n
Mexico, but was beaten by Franklin Pierce.
He died In IMS.
Thomas 'Arnold, historian, who as head
master of Ruby mad that school famous,
was own Juue IS, 17SS. 11 died In IMS.
WHAT IB THRIFT
A rrablem In lOconomlc that Wilt
Aaja IUelf Presently.
8t IxhiU CTkb-rmoorat.
If the use of automobiles la to be que,
tloned on eoonomlo grounds the first wit
ness called ahould b Franc, which not
only Introduced motor vehicles on a pop
ular footing, but gave them a name. The
French are th most saving people In the
world nmd alweyw hav money to lend on
good security. If gold la acerc Franc
manage to meet the demand at a fair
extra margin of profit and It will take
gilt-edged bond on almflar terms. Every
body save In Fran, and everybody la
Interested In automobiles aa far aa they can
manage to get in th swim. New forma
of locomotion hav been inverted and en
terprising people In enlightened countries
are determined to ee how far they can b
turned to, practical uses. Edison, who haa
promised a cheap automobile, predict that
electrlo motors will banish horse from
city street and reduce their number else
where, and he puts thla change on economic
grounds. Spendthrifts would not ba abol
ished by a war on automobile. Th ques
tion of how much any Individual can af
ford to spend, and how, must oonUnue to
rest with his Judgment Thrlftlessncaa can
always find a way.
No modern industry has rlaen more rap
idly than that of making automobiles and
It haa advanced faster In th United mat
than In any other part of the world. Our
inventors are always on the alert, our man
ufacturers act quickly and liberally, and
our artisans are well paid. Perhaps It Is
true that soma persons live beyond their
means In automobiles, but they would have
gone to smash more quickly In Wall strv"t
or yachting, or any rhky thing suggested
by their temperament Just think how
thrift of a certain type muat be offended
by the large prises offered for aeroplane
fMght Airships are another motor con
trivance and may tempt a few to mortgage
a home in order to go sailing through the
air, , If no farther than the grasshopper
that ainga all summer, with the privilege
of dancing all winter. Automobiles can
not be stopped at this stage. Benjamin
Franklin waa a man of thrift, yet never
regretted that he made over 100 invention.
If alive today he would have an auto
mobile, th latest electrlo Improvements
and probably an assortment of aeroplanes.
WHY THE3 RAILROAD SQCEEZEf
Other Public Corporation Content
with Present Charges.
Nw York World.
Why is It that only th rallroada, of all
the public-service corporations, plead the
cost of living, high wage and overpro
duction of gold as excuses for increasing
their rates and fares?
Street railways are not charging each
passenger 6 cents; the tendency la to ex
tend their lines and glv a longer rid
for the money. The aubway will carry any
one sixteen mile for a nickel.
The Consolidated Gas company was com
pelled to reduce Its rate from tl a thousand
to 80 cents; yet It aeema to be making
money; its stock ia quoted at about 135.
Telephone companies are not raising tolls
but tend to decrease them. Water com
panies' rates are balng lowered by legis
lative acts, which are sustained, as In the
Nashville case, by the supreme court on
the ground that the lower rate yields a
fair profit. The chief telegraph company
has recently begun sending fifty-word
night letters at the ten-word day rate.
Electrlo lighting and power companies offer
alluring rates for special Industrial pur
posea to Increase their business. In all
these Industries the rule la that large busi
ness cheapens production.
Why are the rallroada alone pleading for
higher rates? In increasing by 184 per cent,
since 1898 the dividends upon their stocks.
which in many case are notoriously of a
speculative nature, have they too gener
ously "discounted the future?" If they
have, why should the rest of the country
pay for their blunder?
Ripley's Foolish Exhaust.
Springfield Republican.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail
road obviously needs a new head. Presi
dent Ripley's outgiving on the railroad sit
uation as it is left by the White House
agreement and the railroad bill ia simply
foolish. His talk to the effect -that th
proposed rate Increases are but aa a drop
in the bucket to what the roads must Im
pose if they are to live well, a commission
to Inquire into the mental consequence of
the strain ' he has doubtless been under
would aeem to b In order.
Punishment Fit the Crime.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
In the class with the fool who rocks the
boat and th fellow who didn't know it
was loaded is Charles Doyle of Illinois,
known as the king of bachelors, who an
nounced . himself as a candidate for the
nomination for state senator against Ed
ward Bealle, the "Stork Mayor" of Alton.
Of course, Mr. Doyle's colors have been
trampled in the dust He met a fate no
mora richly deserved than openly courted.
Check Your Tear.
Philadelphia Record.
There ia no need for good people to shed
tears of sympathy over the poor railroad
corporations. They will still be able In a
measurable degree to take car of them
selves. PERSONAL NOTES.
The household expenses of th king of
England and the cost of maintenance of
the royal palaces reaches a total of 1,000-
000 annually.
Alice Thaw Is, so far as known, the only
American heiress who ever managed to
collect a rebate on her venture Into th
titled matrimony.
People Inclined to criticise adversely the
kaiser's demand for SS.OOO.OOO should re
member that he haa to be angel to 1
string of theaters.
Secretary Norton is to Bhare Presl
dent's Taft'a travels, but lacking brass
buttons and braid, he will not be able to
rival Captain Butts.
Telephone managers in Los Angeles are
striving with indifferent results to culti
vate the sweet and gentle vole among
exchange girls. In that regard Oman
snines auov all rivals. Here the gentle
voice is melody In the concrete, and as for
sweetness. It's chocolate creama.
The man who Is at present ruling EeyDt.
Sir Eldon Oorst. hasn't Lord Cromer's
fame, but ha haa served in Egypt no less
than 20 years, and upon his succession to
Cromer s position his experience was un
rivaled among th possible candidates for
promotion In th Egyptian service of th
empire.
William H. Moser, aged K years and a
survivor of both the Mexican and civil
wars, walked thirty miles from his home
In Pine township, Columbia county, to
Danville, Pa., In order to ba with hla old
comrades on Memorial day. In spite of
his advanced yeurs Comrade Moser la
sun as active as a boy and accomplished
in thirty-mil trip In twelve hour.
To be a world's champion four yeurs ar
ter beginning to shoot is surely a record
Mrs. Chapman, the woman champion for
rifle shooting, had never handled a rifle
until 19CW. and then took up ahoollng as
a recreation. Moreover, she haa gained
her successes, over 100 prises, with a rifle
of regulation service pattern a pattern
not ueed by any other woman of whom
there is any iecu'
A NOT AH I, IS FF.nronMASCK.
Remarkable KhatvlnsT of Itaaserelt'a
Intellectual Interest.
New York Evening Post.
The Romanes lecture at the Unlversltj
of Oxford, with which Mr. Roosevelt hm
closed his series of European addrrsKc
Is In point of intellectual and llterarj
quality, distinctly the most noteworthy 01
these utterances. It Include the famlliai
Insistence on those cardinal doctrines 01
personal and national conduct to whlcl
the ex-presldcnt Is devoted; but this take!
only a minor and secondary place in tin
lecture. Apart from this phnso of It
the discourse raises questions rather thar.
answers them; but It Is not the lesl
Interesting on that account. The same
tonlshlng energy which distinguishes Mr.
Roosevelt In hie political life and In hi
rhyMcal achievement is manifest In tho
bteadth and multiplicity of the questions
ha touohea upon relating to the survival
of specie and race and nations ami poll
tlca. The reader cannot fall to be :tl.
pressed with the range of his knowledge,
the extent of hla reading, and the remark
able variety of his intellectual Imrrpsts,
That a man so abundantly occupied with
th praotloal affairs of the day should have
energy to spar for so much earnest vtlv
Ity in other dh-ectlona ia amaslng, H,,d in
the present instance there Is, In the ex
pression of his thought and In the itruc
ture of the lecture aa a whole, a certain
sweep and forccfulnesa which, touettwr
with the absence of self-confident dogma
tism, make thl Oxford lecture a notable
performance.
POINTED PLEASANTRIES.
"After all, you must admit that man and
woman are aenarated bv a wide sulf."
"Oh nothing of th ort. It la merely a
matter of button on one side and of hooks
and eyes on th other." Chicago Record
Herald. "Did you do much sight-seeing when
you went abroad?"
"No," answered Mr. Cumrox. "Mother
and the girls did th sight-seeing. 1 had
to put in my time finding the places
where they cash letters of credit." Wasp.
"Is Mr. Glugains in?" Inquired the calkr.
"Not Just now."
"Will he b In pretty eir-soon?"
"Yes, air," answered the typewriter Blrl,
with a blush and a frown; ' but I'll thank
you not to call me- 'Pretty.' My name is
Miss Hammerwell." Chicago Tribune.
"Let us remember," said Mr. Meekton'a
wife, who waa rehearsing a speech, "that
we must avoid paternalism' in our gov
ernment." "That's right" exclaimed her husband;
"let It b maternallsm or nothing."
Washington Star.
A trained nurse garbed in her long triple
cape street uniform of. cadet blue overheard
two children commenting upon what it
might mean, when one explained confi
dently: "Oh, I know; she's a widow of a
nvall carrier." Delineator.
"But, mamma, I want to marry a hero!"
"Jack la a hero, dear."
"A hero him!"
"He certainly Is, my Ohtld. He knows all
about the cost of living and still he la anx
ious to marry you." Houston Post.
"My boy, I'm busted and shall have to
sell the eutoa."
"Horror, dad! I could never walk."
"You'll get used to it in time. You can
carry a wind shield at first" Loulsvlllo
Courier-Journal.
Brlggs I don't think much of Under
blossom. He's a Scoundrel. H Ilea in his
teeth.
Urlggs Why shouldn't he? His teeth are
false. Life.
"Captain," eh aaked on the way back
from Europe, "what would be th result if
we should collide with an loeberg?"
"You wouldn't have to worry another bit
about meeting the customs officer in New
York." Chicago Reoordd-Herald.
Nan Murine th swat) I wish you could
aee yourself aa I see yout
r an Huh! uon t you suppose lve got a
foldlng-mlrror? Chicago Tribune.
IN THE SHADOWS.
("There Isn't Anyone for Me to Play With
Any More. ine rasi woras 01 aiam
Twain.)
The glow Is fading from the western sky,
And on by one my comrades, as of yore.
Have given up their play and said, good
bye;
There Isn't anyone for m to play with
any more.
Don't cry, dear heart, for I am worn and
old;
No longer have I large in my store;
E'en love' beat glfta to me I could not
hold. -1
There Isn't anyone for me to play with
any more.
I miss th tander hand-clasp of old friends,
The klssea or the loved onea gone before;
'Tia lonely when the heart flrat compre
hends, There isn't anyone for me to play with
any mor.
I need these loving hearts so fond and
leal;
I want them in my arms aa hereto
fore; When they are reached I shall no longer
feel.
There Isn't anyeve for me to play with
any more.
JAMES TERRY WHITE.
New York City.
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This great bis hose
Flowed full of CamtMft
Soup
I'd hav (olkt here
From far and nesn
And feed each hungry
Sroup.
(Jet acquainted
iwith the best.
You probably make
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home. But "all things
go by comparison".
One thing is good till
you know something
better. Try
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Neither you nor any one
else has such advantages as
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choicest tomatoes in their
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them in the most scientific
way and retaining all their
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You will say that of all
the tomato soup you ever
tasted, here is indeed the
very best. Otherwise the
grocer returns your money.
21 kinds 10c a can
Just add hot water,
bring to a boit,
and strve.
Joseph Campbell
Company
Camden N J
Look for the
rcd-and-white
label
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