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STATEMENT Of CIRCULATION,
fitata ot Nebraska, Douglas County, ssi
Ueorge 13. Txacliuck. treaaurer of The
Bee fubliahlng Company, being duly sworn,
. aaya that the actual number of full aud
. complete copies of The) Daily,
Kvaulng and Hunday Bee printed during the
- mouth, of May, urn, was a follows:
1.. ..41.300 11 43'6M
3 ,48.460
1 .....43,880
4..... 43,810
e .......... 43,680
4 43,040
1 43,690
...... .....41,370
....43,150
10 43,860
11..,.. 43,870
It..... 43,600
11 .43,030
14 .43,860
IS ....41.60O
1..........3U,U
1 43,680
19 43,000
J i 43,000
aa 41,450
aa 43,740
U... 43,330
as.... 43,080
2, 43,370
87 43,400
28 43,550
tt 41,300
80 43,370
ai 44,130
li. ...43,110
Total
1,336,810
Returned eo:les
8,885
Net total 1,318,385
Dally average 43,308
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK,
Treaaurer.
Eubscribed in my presence and sworn to
fceloro me this Dial day of May, lull).
M. V. WALKER.
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Subscribers leaving the city tem
porarily ahould have The Be
walled to them. Addresses will be
changed a alien aa requested.
The good ship' Kalaerln la said to be
the liveliest steamer at sea just now.
Our old friend and playmate, "Tom"
Blackburn, Is getting real inquisitive.
At any rate, Johnny Bull can never
Bay the colonel wag afraid to tell him
bo to his face.
One reason why Halley's comet al
ways draws well la that it has a new
house each time.
Strange how we nave lived , and
grown fat all these years on that
death-dealing bleached flour, anyway.
Senator Dolllver repeats his decla
ration that he will not leave the Grand
Old Party. Certainly not, who wanted
him to?
Mr. Roosevelt will be ., pleased to
learn, no doubt, that the census in his
absence has disclosed no evidence of
race suicide.
Ellen Terry is coming over to lec
ture to us. She should be careful and
remember that we have always gone
to see her as an actress. .
When we finally get to electing sen
ators by direct popular vote you will
see Senator Bailey reach for his old
port felt and hide that Bilk tile.
' The Brooklyn Eagle says too much
harmony is not good for democracy,
On that theory democracy ought to be
the most robust proposition there Is.
An American manufacturer has
made what is Regarded as the record
sale of alarm clocks In China. Evi
dently proposes to wake them up over
there. '
We have wasted much sympathy on
the June bride, because of the weather,
but in our solicitude have thought
lessly overlooked tho welfare of the
Juno nug. '
The, founder ot rural free mall de
livery Is dead again.- Rural free mall
delivery had so many founders that it
is likely to-wear out several flags
hoisting them to halfmasL
"Is Roosevelt's popularity waning?"
asks a' democratic paper. It looks
like It, with the whole country on tip
toe peering over the New York skyline
to get, a glimpse of his coming.
The president of the water company
expresses his willingness to deliver the
goods as soon as . the Water board
forks over the 16,2(3,895.49. It
looks as It it wei-Q up to the Water
board to make the next move,
The mother of Congressman Burton
Harrison, who does not call at the
,Whlt4 House any more. Is the author
ot "Sweet Bells Jangle Out of Tune,"
showing her to have possessed the
Spirit ot prophesy as well as poesy.
As a crowbar to pry loose a state
capital and put It on wheels, the initia
tive and referendum la proving highly
successful in Oklahoma. But, of
course, It does not follow that It would
work with equal facility in Nebraska.
Flag day was not unobserved In
Omaha, though celebrated with no
formal demonstration. Hundreds ot
Sags floated from homes and publlo
buildings and the loVe for the old
colors ws at full mast. It is not
necessary to preach about the' flag all
the time to keep its love ever fresh in
the American heart.
An Ill-Advised Threat.
President Ripley ot the Sante Fe
railroad published a letter which he
says was written to him by "a very
prominent business man," that pre
dicts a long-drawn panic as the ulti
mata outcome and remedy of existing
business and political conditions. The
letter is extremely pessimistic, com
paring the present with the period im
mediately preceding the panic of the
early nineties, likening the demand
for railroad and corporation legisla
tion and control to the vagaries of
populism, Bryanlsm and other isms of
those days. The writer is so down
cast that he has withdrawn invest
ments and fled to Europe, where, he
says, "I will seek the enjoyments or
the idle," rather than stay here and
hazard bis financial solvency on the
threatening rocks.
It is difficult to conceive of the head
of a great railroad displaying such un
commonly poor Judgment as to make
himself responsible for such a threat,
for ho ought to understand the people
better than to suppose that they could
be either frightened or fooled by it.
Mr. Ripley knows that conditions to
day are In no way analogous to those
that provoked tho panic of the nine
ties; that while ups and downs in
business come from time to time, the
persistent tendency is toward a
stronger condition ot Industry and
finance In this country and that the
people as a whole fully understand
this. Whatever may be ahead of us,
nothing In the present situation Justi
fies comparison with the poverty
ridden and out of work period of the
nineties.
So far as Mr. Ripley's correspondent
is concerned, bis authorship certainly
can add no weight to the railroad Bide
he seeks to serve. He runs away to
a foreign land to "seek the enjoyment
of the idle," willing to leave others to
face conditions which he believes are
sure to precipitate a panic. It all
American business men were as timid
as this "very prominent one," we
might indeed have grounds for fear.
Specialising in Exports.
American manufacturers are not in
creasing their export trade with Ger
many as rapidly as they wish or as
they might and one reason un
doubtedly is that they are not making
enough effort to meet the German
tastes. They are sending the tarns
line of goods to Germany as to France,
or Britain or any other country, in
stead of studying the German's wishes
and endeavoring to meet them.
At a recent fair In Leipzlc, the
American consul-general says he was
besieged with complaints concerning
the failure of American firms to de
liver, and their reluctance to follow
recommendations of their European
representatives to manufacture, cer
tain lines and patterns of goods espe
cially adapted to "the German Wants.
And what is true' with reference to
Germany is doubtless true to a large
extent generally. American exporters
have been pursuing what is called the
dumping system, simply Belling whole
sale quantities of goods without much
reference to their adaptability to spe
cial needs. Now that our foreign cus
tomers are beginning to complain, if
we are to Increase our exports as we
should we shall have to regard their
wishes and set about to supply their
demands at least as well as other
countries do.
The. growing competition in foreign
trade has long ago suggested the
necessity of placing our export busi
ness upon the most scientific basis and
the newer experience emphasizes this
suggestion. American manufacturers
will have to devote more attention to
specializing, for they may not hope to
depend Indefinitely on ability to quote
lower prices.
Protecting? the Miner.
The present congress has shown
more concern for the protection of the
miner than at any session in recent
years and it has gone a long way in
the creation of the desired bureau of
mines toward safeguarding his life, as
well as the property of the mine
owner. The Important province of- the
new bureau Is tho protection of human
life and now an amendment has been
introduced to t,he sundry civil bill.
which seeks to supplement the work
of the bureau by an aDDronrlatinn
sufficient to establish eight or ten In
vestigating and rescue stations In as
many mining centers of the country.
In a recent speech on the floor of the
house In support of this amendment.
Mr. Mondell of Wyoming voiced a pop
ular sentiment when he Bald, "We have
much to answer for In this country for
our failure to properly safegoard the
Uvea of those of our people who are
engaged in the hazardous Industry of
coal mining." The loss of life in our
mines Is greater in proportion to the
number of men employed than in any
other country ot extensive coal mining
operations. This Is Inexcusable and It
the mine owners are unable to help It,
then congress should take a band
Thera Is a strong suspicion, however,
that private ownership has not yet ex
hausted its resources in this particular
and If congress, in exerting Its In
fluence, lays upon the mine owner' a
heavier responsibility for - the pro tec
tion of the lives of his employes it will
not be doing a bad work.
Mr. Mondell expresses the belief
tbat If the Hanna mine, where two ex
plosions caused awful destruction of
life in 1908, had been equipped with
the apparatus and appliances proposed
to bo assembled at these rescue sta
tlona, the second explosion might have
been averted, or at least the loss of
life might have been lessened.
The owners of the Sheridan, Wyo..
mines offer a free site for the location
of one of these station and if congress
arts favorably on the amendment, it
ought by all means accept the pro
posal. Sheridan Is tho center and
most accessible point for the great
lignite and seml-bltumlnous coal fields
of northern Wyoming and southern
Montana and therefore has a strong
claim for one of these stations. An
other should be established at Rock
Springs, the most Important mining
center in all the central intermountaln
coal region, from which more tons of
coal are annually shipped than from
any point in the western part of the
country if not the entire United States.
The cost of establishing and main
taining these stations is not, as esti
mated, so great and could not by any
comparison be considered great when
the matter of human life Is taken into
consideration.
Sensible School Dress.
A social reform club in Seattle has
tackled the problem of simplicity in
school dress and has proposed a uni
form attire for all the girls and boys.
The wisdom for less show and ex
travagance in children's dress for
school ought to be apparent to every
one who has taken the time to observe
and think on the subject, although we
doubt if the remedy is the one pro
posed. In the first place the uniform
would be resisted as too radical and
aa contrary in spirit to the principle
of our frco institutions, of which the
public school Is one. Cadets in some
high Bchoola wear uniforms for mili
tary drill, but that is a long way. from
requiring all pupils to wear them.
Yet something ought to be done to
discourage this foolish and unwise
habit many school girls have of trying
to outdo each other in the matter of
dress. Some of them look as if they
might be gowned for an elaborate
social function and the attention de
voted to dress cannot help but detract
from their learning, to say nothing of
the unhappy and uncomfortable con
trasts it sets up against children un
able to match them.
It goes without saying that the
teachers cannot handle this problem
unless they have the co-operation of
the parents, but an effort should be
made -in cities where this silly habit
prevails and that means most cities
to overcome It. Over dressing of
children is pernicious in its influence.
Children in school even those In the
high schools where this custom is
most common are there for mental
training and discipline, to obtain the
fundamentals for character building
and they cannot get them if they have
an Idea that they are there for dress
parade. . .
Face to Face.
Catching the contagion ot Mr. Bryan
telling Governor Harmon what to do
"or prepare to stand aside," our old
friend, Edgar Howard, who.'Dy the
way, has kindly consented to allow , us
to refer to him as a friend, reads an
ultimatum under this caption to Gov
ernor Shallenberger.
"Governor Shallenberger, you are
face to face with a plain duty,' de
clares Edgar. "Your real friends will
never be able to harmonize your action
with tho right unless you shall per
form the duty which confronts you.'
The "plain duty," as Edgar proceeds
to explain, is to call the legislature In
special session for the purpose of en
acting the legislation known as the in
itiatlve and referendum, and to issue
the call right now, if not sooner, with
out waiting for any more promises
from legislative members to vote the
thing through.
"Governor Shallenberger, your po
litical party is in danger," exclaims
Edgar, who ought to know, although
how It is in any more danger than It
always Is Is not diagrammed.
"Governor Shallenberger, the Tele
gram addresses you In the capacity of
a friend. ' 11 the governor does not
respond to this coaxing insinuation, of
course the Telegram will bo highly
offended, but presumably It will make
no difference with Its continuing to
give advice in the capacity of a friend
"Issue your call for a special seg
sion. Governor Shallenberger," finally
pleads Edgar, "and then every doubt
will be removed from the minds of the
people of your state as to your devo
tion to' public duty and your freedom
from corporate dictation."
In other words, If the governor will
only accept the dictation ot Mr. Bryan
and Edgar Howard all will go well
Still, Edgar has been careful to avoid
serving notice on the governor to act
or to "prepare to stand aside."
Most people wno discuss the so-
called Oregon plan of electing United
States - senators are lgoorantly labor
ing under the delusion that we have
in Nebraska the same form ot primary
ballot that they have In Oregon, when
such is not the case. The Oregon law
permits any candidate for the legisla
ture to have his name appear on the
ballot with an explanation, not ex
ceedlng twelve words, ot the measures
or Issues for which ho specially stands
printed opposite his name. The Ne
braska law permits no such thing ex
cept where the candidate subscribes to
"Statement No. 1" or to "Statement
No. 2," which discrimination is wll
fully designed to operate as a measure
of duress. The Oregon law In Oregon,
bad as it Is, Is fairness personified as
compared with the mutilated Oregon
law in Nebraska,
Our amiable democratic contempo
rary prints a letter In behalf of a can
didate for state senator in a rural dis
trict who has filed on the democratic
and people's independent ticket, and
who is - vouched for as "a democrat
without guile, shadow or turning." It
he U that kind of a democrat, why
should he masquerade as a populist?
Does he not expect to fool somebody
by sailing under false colons? How can
he be "without guile" if he stoops to
perpetrating this 'self-evident fraud?
Word from Milwaukee, upon whom
Omaha unloaded Its former superin
tendent of schools, C. O. Pearse, is to
the effect that he has a) "cured a re
election by a scratch of one vote after
six fruitless ballots. The Bee pre
dicted that Milwaukee schools would
have all the trouble they wanted when
they acquired Mr. Pearse. A drop ot
vinegar will, in time, curdle a whole
bucket of sweet milk.
When you hear that startling noise
next Friday, it's only Jerry Howard
over in South Omaha city hall cele
brating the anniversary of the rout of
the British at Bunker Hill. Jerry's last
celebration was ' followed by a mob
outbreak of pillage and violence upon
the poor Greeks in South Omaha in
which almost aa much blood was shed
as at Bunker Hill.
A convention of Fourth district
democrats, with delegates duly appor
tioned to the Various counties, has
been called to project a candidate for
congress. We thought we had direct
primary nominations in Nebraska. Let
the people rulel
What Neatr
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Union Pacific Is trying to introduce
wireless telegraphy for train control. The
rallies railroad la still to be developed.
Valth'a Boundle-ea It r acta T
Washington Herald.
8a utterly firm Is the faith of some peo
ple In Mr. Roosevelt's ability to manage
things that they actually would believe he
might enforce peace In a suburban choir.
Specifications of a Grouch.
Chicago Record-Herald.
There Is a movement among some of the
railroad officials to' charge passengers a
cent a mile extra for the privilege of rid
Ing in Pullman cars. The gentlemen who
are advocating the scheme evidently don't
care how unpopular they make themselves.
Isn't hta Awful t
New York Sun.
At a democratic dinner attended by Gov
ernor 8hallenberger, Mayor Dahlman - of
Omaha and other leaders at Kearney, Neb.,
on Thursday night a letter on the liquor
question from the Hon. William J. Bryan
was suppressed. This Is the second time in
a month that the great man has been
snubbed and spurned at home.
Uncle Nam's Bargain Counter,
Baltimore American.
Uncle Sam has been having a bargain
sale of Parisian finery seised for duty. If
his receipts from collecting things which
unwise owners are trying to get in for
nothing keeps, on, the customs service will
be enabled to open a large and flourishing
department stbfe, warranted to furnish all
the latest fashions and importations in
costumes and Jewelry,
. Jadae Orosseup's Economies.
,-. Philadelphia Record.
Judge Grosseup may have a perfect rem
edy for present economlo conditions, but
he. has greai.lLftlculty in Imparting his
knowledge. When he, tells us that "the
solving of , pftilfleins by spiral stairways
win not iat., ana , "there is a limit to
such structure,'' we", are simply amaied
without comprehending. He Is a little
clearer in his remark that "when the limit
is reached and the return to solid ground
begins" the test .is bound to be severe.
Quite true; if one mounts to the top of a
spiral stairway, and fall off one is apt to
get a -bump. In general, however, Judge
Grcsscup's enonqmlcs are too metaphysical
and spiritual for everyday use.
PERSONAL NOTES.
J. . P. Morgan has dignified the chromo
by paying $1,460 for an old lithograph. The
price makes the art treasures In many
homes feel like old masters.
"Hitting Jeffries is like swinging against
a sack of sand," -says Mr. Corbett. Friends
of Brother Johnson will now step up and
liken him to an Irresistible force. '
The only descendant of John Brown
bearing his name Is a lad of 15 years, the
grandson of Salmon Brown, youngest son
of the agitator, now living near Portland,
Ore.
If the announcement that Frank J.
Gould Intends to become a French cltisun
were Important enough to excite any (emo
tion this would take the form of sympathy
for France.
When Mr, Roosevelt opined that papers
ought to speak softly about the affairs ot
other nations, he had in mind the news,
papers rather than the manuscript bulg
rng from his pocket.
After forty years In Broadway, Apple
Kate, who sold fruit on the pavement out
side of St Paul's church sine the days
when Barnum's museum was one of New
York's landmarks, Just across the way, has
become a bride.
The value of the late Ootdwin Smith's
estate, $1,000,000, surprises people who have
known him only aa publicist and scholar.
The property cam to Mm through his
Canadian wife, who died a short time
before Mr. Smith did. "The Grange," as
the beautiful estate was called, where the
couple made their home, was In the heart
ot Toronto , aaid . the growth . ot the city
had multiplied many times the value of the
property during the last thirty years. As
a park and museum for Toronto, the estate
will be put to the beet use hereafter.
Our Birthday Book
June IS, mo.
Daniel M. Itaqsdell, serjeant-at-arms of
the United States senate, waa born June
15. 1842. In Indiana. He represented
his
district In congress one, and was a close
friend of the late President Harrison. He
haa visited In Omaha several times.
Eleaser Wakeley, known as the n en tor
of the Nebraska bar, was born June IIS,
1822, at Homer, N. Y. He Is therefore
celebrating -Tils 88th birthday today. He
was one of the pioneers of Omaha, and has
served several times on the dUtrlct bench.
Edwin T. Swobe, the, Insurance man, Is
SB years old today. He was born in Omaha
and started out In the Insurance business
for the New York Life, and then organ
ised successfully the National Fidelty and
Casualty company, of which he Is now the
active manager.
Rev. Lucius O. Balrd, .former pastor Of
St. Mary's Avenue Congregational ehurch,
was born Jua 16,' 1863, at Chicago. He
came to Omaha, la 1396, leaving this last
year to respond to another call.
Edwin 8. Knlvely. creamery man, la 46.
He was bora in Bhady Grove. Penn., and
cam- to Nebraska and waa associ
ated with the Beatrice Creamery company
for ten years, being now manager for the
David Cole Creamery company.
Washington Life
The Znaajraral Crowd, What It
Will Cost," Tears of Betired Presi
dents, and a Budding Statesman.
The palladium of liberty, the perpetuity of
American Institutions, the haven of the
oppressed, the canned "vox pot"'1'. Vox
del," each and all the treasured heritiiRee
of the Four of July orator, are not as
securely anchored as people Imagine. Un
suspected perils are burrowing Into the
vitals of the government at Washington,
and the low rumblings of the coining cata
clysm reverberates through department
buildings. The deuce Is to pay, and then
some. Trouble began with a whisper from
the White House that department clerks
should work right hours a day, Instead of
seven. Though the Order has not been
issued, the fact that President Taft har
bored the thought and smiled on It
aroused Indignation at the permanent pie
counters and shocked every Washington
editor. "The suggestion," observes the
Btar with twinkling tears, "Is to be seri
ously deplored. Already the public service
employes render dally seven hours of diffi
cult work, often In circumstances which
cause a serious strain upon the eyes and
upon the general health. They deal with
the most exacting duties, under strict dis
cipline. Yet It Is proposed to add an hour
to their schedule." Simply awful! Con
sider for moment what It means to put
government clerks on an eight-hour sched
ule! What will happen to the sundowners,
the base ball fans and the pony game
bereft of a crowd? "The prospect appalls
Imagination. It is a reproach to civilisa
tion, as Washington views it. Above the
mutterlngs of - Indignation and talk of
oppression, nary a note of resignation Is
heard. Too many willing hands ready to
Jump Into a government Job.
A Washington correspondent, writing for
a sydicato of newspapers a sketch ot the
career of Nebraska's senior senator, pins
this buttonlere on the coat lapel of Hon
orable Elmer Jacob Burkett:
Several years after he had maneuvered
himself out of pedagogics and Into the legal
profession, Elmer Jacob Burkett was asked
to address a meeting of school teachers In
a neighboring- county of Nebraska.
Between the calls of Infrequent and ex
perimental clients, be thought out a rhet
orical discourse on "Man and His En
vironment," first writing it down and then
committing It to memory. To his surprise,
not to mention his abashment, he found,
on reaching the convention, that his audi
ence waa made up of women. Changing the
sex of his subject and his subject matter
was out of question. The lady, disguise
her as be might, would still be grotesquely
and coarsely masculine, wearing boots
and a beard, as well aa being odorous with
tobacco.
Standing on his feet, bowing to a salute
of alluring eyes and fluttering handker
chiefs, Elmer Jacob Burkett, it would be
natural to suppose, was In a distressing
situation. But acrobatics, mental - and
oratorical, hastened to his rescue. Stimu
lated, even ectaslzed, by the eager and In
spiring faces before him, Elmer Jacob,
dark, bold and handsome, trumpet-voiced
and fascinating, poetised femininity until
th oldeat and ugliest, and most hopeless
woman in the room giggled with Joy over
the crown so beautifully wrought out and
placed upon her brow so gallantly and
reverentially. ,
On the senate military committee Sen
ator Warren devours work as though he
relished It; he often remains In his room
at the capltol until past midnight, reports
the National Magailoe: :
. "Why do you . work -so hard?" he Is
asked.
"Have you no pride In your work?" is
the reply, as the busy man looks up under
the green shade that he wears to relieve
his eyes, as he dives into a mass ot papers.
"When you wish to do everything Just
right, it becomes a matter of pride as wel
as of conscience."
After spending the afternoon at the ses
sions, many of the senators work late Into
the night In order to finish up work on the
various eomlttees.
The assiduous attendance of senators at
the meetings of the various committees
consumes enough time to baffle even an
Industrious man. Long hours of plain, hard
work are essential and no pay for over
time. Senator Bailey paid a deserved
tribute to his republican colleagues when
he Insisted that the senate ought not to con
vene until I o'clock, to give members time
to Complete their committee work In the
morning and enable them to attend the
sessions.
This is what Senator Dolllver thinks of
the existing bankruptcy law;
"I regard it as a statute operating very
greatly to the disadvantage of Interior
commercial points, and as a policy In favor
of the great commercial centers, destruc
tive ot the credit of country merchants,
injurious to legitimate banking Interests
In the rural districts and as a monstrosity
so gross that It ought to attraot the at
tlon ot such people as ours.
"I have never had any objection to an
occasional bankruptcy law for the pur
pose of ending th business troubles ot
men unfortunate In their affairs, but to
have standing on. the statute books of a
country like this a law which says to a
young man about to embark In buslneas:
'You cannot ever possibly be any worse
oft than you are now,-' and which Invites
every speculator to go forward in what
ever reckless exploit, may be in view,
seems to me to . b against public
morality.
"I do not believe that we ought to per
manently maintain on our statute books
a standing invitation to speculators, busi
ness adventurers, reckless plungers In
commerce and Industry to go on with their
shady operations, protected by laws which
relieve them of the old-fashioned obliga
tion to pay their debts."
ONE KIND OF SUCCESS.
Th Offensive Billboard and the
Maral It Paints,.
The Bookkeeper.
The merchant who puts .a ten-foot
monstrosity, bearing his name In red and
TVellow paint, in a protesting neighborhood
of prospective purchasers of his wares is
something like that gentleman who bulled
his way past the office boy and stenog
rapher, gave a cigar to the assistant chief
Clerk, overawed the chief clerk himself with
an extensively engraved visiting card and
a pretentious manner and finally foroed
his person Into the private office, where
the president and directors were discussing
the Installation ot a $10,000,000 Improve
ment. It waa a victory for the Intruder;
he had actually succeeded in getting a
hearing in spite of the fact that his pres
ence was not desired at that partloular
moment. Business ceased temporarily; the
president stopped in the middle of a sen-
tenoe; tbe amanuensis halted with upraised
pencil; the directors swung around In their
chairs and glared at th visitor In all his
resplendent raiment. "Well, sir," inquired
th president, "what can I do for you?"
"Just this," replied the newcomer with an
engaging smile, pulling a small bottle from
his pocket. "Take Puddles' Pink Pills!"
He had actually succeeded in getting a
hearing. Oh. yes; It was a victory for th
salesman of sort.
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.
Heatrlce Fun: President Taft In a speech
before the Ohio Northern university
pleaded for higher Ideals In tho IckhI pro
fession. It's sbout time. Everything elso
Is going up.
O'Neill Frontier: Governor Shallonbnger
Is willing to stand sponsor for sny old
hobby J he democr.it place In their state
platform, providing they favor him with a
renomlnation to his present position.
Hastings Tribune: If Mr. Bryan does not
have a political bee In his bonnet why
doesn't he protest against those petitions
that are being circulated for the purpose
of putting his name on the primary ballot?
He owes at least that much to his friend,
Gilbert M. Hitchcock.
Loup Northwestern: This will be tough
on Ijup City young people. It is reported
a law will be passed prohibiting kissing
except through an antlseptio game affair.
Of course, old married men and bald-
headed editors will not be affected by the
new law. The Northwestern editor may
put In an application for the Job of In
spector general.
Platt.imouth Journal: The Hon. Victor
Wilson seems to be taking a very active
part In the effort to get Mr. Bryan out for
senator. Wo believe that If Mr. Bryan
told Mr. Hitchcock he would not be a can
didate he will keep his word, and all such
little whlppersnappers as Victor Wilson
cannot prevail upon Mr. Bryan to change
his mind.
Bridgeport News-Blade: It may be that
W. J. Bryan may bo "Induced" to enter the
race for the United States senatorshlp.'but
If the democratic party Is wis in Its gen
eration It will place the name of A. C.
Shallenberger on the ticket for th United
States senate. The days of W. J. Bryan's
leadership are over and Governor Shallen
berger stands well with the people of thu
state.
Albion Argus: O. M. Hitchcock Is en
tirely too plutocratic for Ednnr Howard,
so he Will get no support from that quar
ter. Funny how plutocratic a fellow will
become, especially when the other fellow
recalls the nonsupport he got one time pre
viously. Mr. Hitchcock did not appear
very plutocratic the time he ate supper
with us several years ago. Just a com
mon man that's all.
Talks for people
"It is a curious thing," said an Old
Guard advertiser not long since, "to
what lengths a little pride will carry
a man.
"I first started in business years ago
in my home town. I had a fair sized
store in a good location, a fine line of
goods and was quite an extensive ad
vertiser for the times. People knew
and liked me and bought my goods.
"I was prosperous; my business in
creased until I was cramped for room
and was contemplating going into
larger quarters.
"One day a friend came to me and
said: 'Will, what's the use in your
spending all that money advertising?
You've got the trade of the town;
everybody knows you; why don't you
put that money into a bigger stock?'
"The bait was tempting and I bit it.
I cut out all my advertising and went
on with my plans for a larger place. ,
', "There wasn't any big stump in bus- '
iness, as you boys would probably like
to think; In fact, it continued about
the same for many montnB, but I was
too young in the game to know that it
waa the effect of my past advertising
that kept things moving.
"By and by the slump came and
it hurt, hurt my pride and made me
mad clean through when people I had
known from boyhood, men I had gone
to school with and who had been my
customers from the first, now went
elsewhere for their goods.
"I would show them I was there to
stay and I would not advertise.
"I thought people had It in for me,
when they had merely forgotten me.
"It took me some time to realize
that standing on my' dignity wouldn't
get back my customers. I learned
then that If a man would be heard he
must make a noise.
"Well, in spite of my hurt pride I
started all over again started my ad
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BREEZY TRIFLES. '
A neuro was arrested in Atlnrrta on t
charge of vagrancy and brought before
JiiiIvk Hmyles.
Why Sum. Is this you? What have tncj
arrrsied you for?"
Nothln', Jedge, 'crftln' fragrancy."
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"Suppose there shouldn't bo a flood aftfV
all." said Jupliet after he hnd fed the ani
mals. "Our fortune Is made, anyhow." repl!d
Noah. "We have the material for the great
est 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' production on
earth." Washington Ktar.
Flist Sweet Young Thing-We are startlm
the bnitle of life.
rveond Swoi-t Young Thing Te; and w
don't know whether a divorce Is a vlotory
or a de-feat Judge.
"H snld he would think about taking
that flat."
"He did. did be? I wonder what kind
of thinking he Is doing about It!"
"Don't know; suppose It is room-lnatlng."
Baltimore American.
' Neighbor How did that naughty little
boy of yours get hurt?
Ditto That good little boy of your hit
him in the lirad with a brick. -Jewish
Ledger.
Teacher Children, nuture la superior to
man in everything. For Instance, there Is
nothing that travels so fast as the unsen
Wind.
Willie Huh! You ought to hear what my
pa says about a sight draft! 1'uck.
THE GIRL GRADUATE.
Baltimore American.
She comes before us, sweet and fnlr.
rio swet-t, she's lko a bright Juno rose.
So fair, we patiently forgive
The learned maid for all she knows;
And listen as she gravely tells
Her philosophic theories.
Because we know It will not Inst,
And such a protty thing she is.
We smile superior at her lore.
To see how earnast Is her mind;
To heal the honry Ills of earth
Her eagerness the cures to find.
This youthful ardor doth amuse.
We know its evant-soent state.
How problems real of life and love
Will shortly wipe it off her slat.
But while we laugh, we envy her
The freshness of her youthful dreams.
The purity of her young mind.
The dear Ideals with which it teems;
Thst wise and serious Is sho now
Absorbed in matters of world fate,
WJ11 never hurt her girlish smile,
The winsome fair girl graduatol
who sell things
vertising all over again, I mean and
you bet I've never backslid since!"
This story is too good to require
any comment from us.
A Selling Plan for the Grapefruit.
Kimball C. Atwood, the grapefruit man,
owns about 23,000 grapefruit trees in tin
state of Florida, which develop a product
of 100,000 boxes a year.
He has in each of the past two year
spent $25,000 In educational advertising, con
ducted entirely In the magazines. In con
sequence, the market has not only received
Mt. Atwood's grapefruit, but It has received
all other graapefrult as well.
In the beginning Mr. Atwood reasoned In
his own mind that when his groves of trees
began to produce, and the groves of the
other growers began to produce, grapefruit
would be a drug on the market If he did
not do something to create a demand.
He decided to advertise his grapefruit
and he chose the easiest and most con
venient way, the magazines,
"My magazine advertising Is based upon
an absolute, fixed appropriation of 23 cents
per box," Mr, Atwood Is reported to have
aid, recently, "and to ie .very, very con
servative, I am getting a dollar a box more
for my grapefruit than other growers, be
cause I have created a demand."
In other words, for every dollar Mr. At
wood has paid for advertising ha has re
ceived $3 in Increased profits.
The $26,000 paid annually for magazine
advertising appears to have:
1. Made a demand for Mr. Atwood's
grapefruit as well as all other kinds of
grepe fruit, in what promised to be a
swamped market, and,
8. To have brought Mr. Atwood $100,000
more annually for his crop tlian the same
crop would have brought unadvertlsed.
Mr. Atwood has boon told by dealers In
general, and his own commission merchant
In particular, that he has accomplished, in
two years, by advertising, what It has tnl'n
the growers of the MlBslon brand of oranges
ten years to do. In other words, the owner
of the Mission brand of oranges has been
selecting and carefully marketing bis brand
for ten years for the purpose of building
up a quality sale and without advertising
he has accomplished this work
Mr. Atwood has been selecting and care
fully marketing his grape-fruit, plus adver
tising, at the rate of 28 cents per box, and
has accomplished the same thing in two
years Newspaperdom.
So Loan
PAUL W. KTJHNS, Sec,
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