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ITE BEK: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1910. The Omaha Daily I3ee founded bt edwarij iiosewater. VICTOR KOSEWATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postuffice as second class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. I'aily Bee (Including Sunday), per week.lflc Dally Bee (without .Sunday), per week.. 10c lJHlly Bee (without Hundsy), one year. MOO Dally Iti-e and Sunday, one year 00 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Evening Bt e (without Sunday), per week.Rc Evening Bee (with Kunilayj, per week.IOc Hunday Bee, one year $2.50 Saturday Bee, one year 1.W Address all romplalnta of lrri gularltle In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building-. Houth Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. Council Blulfe 15 Scott Street. Lincoln 018 Little Building. Chicago 1548 Marquette Hulldlng. New York-Rooma UOl-Utt! No. M Wet Thirty-third Street. Washington 725 Fourteenth Street. N. w. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addressed; Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit ly draft, expres or postal order payable- to The Bee PubllHhlng Company, only Z-cent stamp received In payment of mail accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Bl 't of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss: Ueoige B. Taschuck, treasurer of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ay that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the 1 41,300 . 17.. 43,880 2 42,450 IS. 43,030 t 42,880 . II 40,660 4 43,810 20 43,000 8., 42,880 ( 21 43,000 6 42,840 22 41,450 7 42,690 23 43,740 1 41,370 24 43,230 43,160 25 43,090 10... 42,860 26 43,370 11.,... 42.670 27 43,400 II 42,600 28 43,560 It 43,030 29 41,300 14 43,90). 30 43,370 15 41,500 . 31 44,120 14 43,ta0 Total ....1,326,210 Returned coplea 8,685 NtgUl 1,316,229 Pally Average 42,338 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK, . Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to Deiore me una 31st day of May, mu M. P. WALKER, Notary Public labecrlber leaving; the city tem porarily should have Th Bee mailed to them. Addresses will be changed as often aa requested. ..... 1 . Now, let ub also cheer for the crack ing of the corn. High cost of living or not, we must have that vacation. Mayor "Jim" Bent a telegram, any way, which will doubtless do Just as well. Wonder if Governor Haskell will not lower his temperature until the hot wave passes. Combination forecast for this week: Continued hot weather and the ad journment of congress. V The reference to D. E., Thompson's Lincoln newspaper as an "insurgent organ" .is the funniest of all. Kermlt says he can beat his dad shooting. Yes, but we have yet to hear from dad on that subject. Chins, la clamoring for a parliament. Perhaps England will ,be willing to give it one house to start with. Constructive democracy was men tloned by a democatic senator in de bate the other day. What is that? It's the Irony of fate for a conven tion of coal men to come down upon us with the thermometer in the 90s. A North Pole expedition has just left Boston, gum drops and all except Dr. Cook. These fellows are in earnest. What is the Water board waiting for, now that the supreme court has affirmed that judgment of $6,263,' 295.49? The two Important points on the map are Beverly, Mass., and Oyster Bay, N. Y. Not such big places, but oh, my! When you see a cloud of dust it is only the street railway sprinkling car whizzing by to make sure that it wastes no water. Champ Clark brings the discourag ing assurance that he proposes to stay in public life until be Is 75. But has he showu his people? The problem of the hour for th bare-footed boy with cheek of tan is the knot in his clothes, but what does be care so long as the water is fine? A Texas speaker declares that pro hibition threatens to destroy the dem ocratlc party, in which event Mr Bryan Is, after all, the Peerless Leader Reading those vitriolic cablegrams from Mr. Hearst' In his own papers ne is forced to recall Mr, Root's speech during the Hearst-Hughes cam patgn. It seems that after all the careful staging, the Abernathy boya were left out of the play. Certainly an over sight on the part of some thoughtless manager, Those Bt. . Joseph automoblllst ought to hare known better than to schedule Omaha for a visit just at the time when the lid is down for a thirty six-hour stretch. Edgar Howard is still pleading with Governor Shallenherger to call tha extra session of the legislature, but th governor appears to be a trifle deaf. Gtt a megaphone, Edgar. . The Magic of the West. The reception to former President Roosevelt has been pronounced the most Imposing demonstration of the kind ever witnessed In historic New York. It was a brilliant spectacle, dramatic in every detail; staged against a background of striking scenic effect. From first to last It was deep-laid with human interest, abounding in features that fascinate and captivate and allure. From the moment the returning hero-traveler was espied on the Androscoggin by the thousands of waiting home folks on land until he boarded the train for the sequestered quietude of Sagamore Hill the ceremonies thrilled with in terest. But in it all one incident stood out above the rest. When those Rough Rid ers from the plains of Arizona, Texas, New Mexico and other western states dashed by their old commander on their ponies the glamor reached its zenith. The dramatic effect was en hanced because the colonel knew noth ing of the cowboys' presence until he beheld them columns deep in their khaki uniforms, upturned hats, just as he knew thenx at San Juan, and then be rose In his carriage, forgot every thing and everybody elset seized his silk tile and waved It in the air, call ing his old comradea by name. And nobody who knows the west and these interesting fellows who made up Colonel Roosevelt's Rough Rider regiment will fall to be struck by the power of this incident. These men, whom the former president called by names, were cowboys, labor ers of various kinds, but they came out of the west and they brought with them that mysterious power of fasci nation on which the west holds.for the lover of simple nature. It Is a magic that never loses its force and It la re freshing, invigorating, and the ex ample of Theodore Roosevelt, who un doubtedly has profited so much by the spell it has cast over him, -ought to be lesson to other men who do not know It and will not recognize It. The old west, we say, has passed on and with it its traditions, but there Is one as pect of the old west that will never pass on so long as Its prairies and plains last; that will never grow old, but be ever young and that Is this in domitable, dashing spirit of do-or-dle that brought Theodore Roosevelt from his seat in that carriage to cheer the wild, yelling cowboys In staid old New York upon his return from effete Eu; rope with the plaudits of royalty still ringing in his ears. Trade Extension. Such conservative cities as Cin cinnati and Milwaukee have adopted the trade extension idea and-Milwau kee already has sent an excursion into much the same territory covered by Omaha's last expedition. When Omaha and Kansas City, the pioneers in this metnoa oi commercial conquest, intro duced the system some of the larger cities poked fun, but the project soon passed the experimental stage and has brought its own reward and vindica tion. Cincinnati papers are now warning the merchants and manufacturers of that city against further delay in bid' ding fr part of the Increment of pros perity in Texas and other southwestern states. They realize the necessity of more aggressive methods If Clucln nati's commercial and industrial status Is to be maintained. No city, no mat ter what its prowess may be, can af ford to Ignore the importance of this missionary work. Not even New York would amount to much without the 'provinces," as they call the outlying states and cities, and the competition is becoming keener every day. It is a race only for the strong. Nor1 Is it as easy now as it was berore the great in dustrial awakening In the west for eastern cities to obtain strong foot holds commercially out here. They have to fight for it today, for western cities have themselves developed Into manufacturing and supply centers and are net as greatly dependent on their more populous sister cities of the east as they used to be. We lmaglue that with Kansas City and St. Louis keeping ceaseless vigil on the threshold of this southwest, Just as Omaha sits at the gateway to the northwest and commands the field, Cin cinnatl will meet with some very re spectable competition in claiming this new land in the name of the southern Ohio metropolis.' Why Should Farmers Want a Change Comparing prices of farm products in March, 1910, with those of March 1896,' or thereabouts, it is found that corn nas advanced in price 118 per cent; wheat, 88.1; cotton, 92; oats. 132; rye, 117; barley, 126; hay, 49.5 hops, 840; potatoes, 73; fat cattle, 92 fat hogs, 127; dairy butter, 57; eggs 107. Furthermore, In 1896 ten bush els of corn would buy twenty-ono pounds of coffee of a certain high grade, while today It will buy seventy pounds; it will today buy 131 pound of sugar, while In 1896 it bought fifty nine pounds; today It buys eighty yards of brown sheeting, in 1896 It bought fifty-one yards. And similar comparisons might bo cited indefl nitely. The fact is, the farmer is today get ting the highest prices that be ever got for his products and he has more money and a better living than he ever had. It takes a lot of faith in a lost or losing cause to convince one or even one's self that the farmers of this country are going to vote for a change in the powers of the government, are going to oust the party that gave them this unprecedented prosperity and put In a party which left them buried un der mortgage and debt the last time it went out of office. The farmer, above everybody else, will refuse to swap horses while crossing the stream this time. But, on the other side of the ledger, while we are paying more for our liv ing, to be true, we are gettlDg the best living we ever got, the wage earner Is getting the highest pay he ever got and the country is better off than It ever was. And as soon as we all learn how to handle the prodigal wealth of the nation we shall cease to complain of the exactions of the markets. We have to learn economy and to quit wasting. Those are things over which prices and the cost-of-living have no direct con trol. ' Conclusive. Our democratic congressman from this district made a speech on postal savings in the house, during the con sideration of the measure, in which ho explained his position in the following language: I wish to state thnt I shall vote first for the postal savings bank bill as proposed by the democratic minority of the committee, and If that Is beaten I shall then vote for the postal savings bank bill aa proposed by the republican caucus, not because I think It la the best bill that can be drawn, but because It will then be evident that it Is the only postal savings bank bill hlch we. can secure at the present time. A very logical statement indeed, and equally applicable, by a change of only few words, to another situation that presented during the special session of congress. Would this statement not have been just as forceful if it read as follows: wish to state that I should tike to vote first, for a tariff bill proposed by the demo cratic minority of the committee, and re gret only that the democrats have boon unable to agree upon any plan of tariff revision which can command the full dem ocratic vote; in the absence of a demo cratic tariff bill I shall vote for the tariff bill as proposed by the republican caucus, not because I think it is the best bill that can be drawn, but because it Is evident that it is not only better than that whloh we row have, but also IS the only tariff bill which we can secure at the present time. A statement like this would have u stifled any democrat in congress in voting for the tariff bill that was en acted during the special session. Omaha's Business Growth. No matter -what the census may show, it is certain that Omaha's busi ness growth has steadily surpassed its increase in population. This may be true of other western cities; it Is con spicuously true of Omaha The census of 1900 showed Omaha the thirty-fifth city in point of size in the United States. Since then it has had a steady, substantial growth which the census of 1910 will disclose, and even If the other thirty-five cities have maintained their places, Omaha will still make all the better showing from a business standpoint, taking bnk clearings as the index to commer cial and industrial prosperity. While Omaha ranked thirty-fifth ten years ago in population, it ranks fifteenth today In bank clearings. For years it has never been surpassed by a city Its size, but, on the contrary, has always gone ahead of every city of its class and, as the records show, ahead of many of those beyond its population class. Kansas City is the smallest city that surpasses Omaha in bank clear ings from week to week, month to month and year to year, and Kansas City claims 300,000 population. But Omaha stands ahead in bank clearings and .therefore in volume of business of St. Paul, Los Angeles, Denver, Seat tle cities that are parading their prosperity and growth Louisville, Milwaukee, Buffalo, the Great Lakes shipping point; Indianapolis, Washing ton and many others far ahead in pop ulation. Some of the, cities mentioned have increased in population without a cor responding development in business. Omaha's population growth has been substantial, but Its business has ex panded until, comm-erclally, it is a city of the first class. New industries have been planted and its wholesale trade extended clear to the Pacific north west, and its progress of the last de' cade is certain to be continued in the next ten. Position of Mr. Knox. Secretary Knox's decision to remain at the head of the State department and not run for governor of Pennsyl vanla disappoints his friends in the Keystone state, who were counting, on him to head the republican ticket this fall, but will be gratifying to the coun try at large, -no doubt, which has watched his course as secretary of state with, impartial interest Mr. Knox has had some delicate and stern problems to meet and has met them with credit to himself and honor to his country, while retaining the good will of other nations. But he has some work yet unfinished which seems to demand his presence in the cabinet. Chief of these is the plan for the court of arbitral justice, which he formulated and is working out. Pres ident Taft, in urging him to remain in the cabinet, points to this as his chief argument. Undoubtedly the cause of world peace, while it might not per manently suffer, would be retarded tf Mr. Knox, dropped bis present position and left to others the perfection of this project. It la one of the large enter prises in constructive statesmanship which should be carried to a speedy completion. Pennsylvania republicans cannot be blamed for wanting Secretary Knox to bead their ticket for governor, for i the last nine years of his official life he has displayed distinguished cour age and ability, first as attorney gen eral when he brought to a successful finish the Northern Securities prosecu tion; then as senator and now as secretary ot atale. Ilia election as Railroad Stock Watering COVNCJIi BLUFFS, la., June 16, 1910. To the Editor of The Bee: 1 called you today over the phone, but you were out. I spoke to one of the men In your office, calling his attention to my letter In the Register and Leader of June 16 on the over-capltallsatlon of railroads. My letter Is, ns you tee. In answer to a speech made In congress by Senator Dolll- ver, which was taken up by tha Register and which 1 answered In a former com munication. I notice statements In your paier rome times In relation to the over capitalization of railroads, which no doubt comes from the general talk, but I think hen you read my letter based abso lutely on the statistics of the Interstate Commerce commission, It will change your views. At any rate, it Is a matter now of so much Interest to railroads and others that I would be glad to have you print the letter as news. Thanking you, I remain, truly, Q. M. DOIXJE. OMAHA, June 20. Hon. Q. M. Dodge, Council Bluffs, la. My dear general: I have your note of the 16th Inst, but only now have secured copy of the letter In the Register and Leader. We will give space to this statement at an early Issue, al though I think the Railroad Press bureau, which Slason Thompson Is running In Chi cago, has been doing pretty well along this line. Let me suggest just one thing that you seem to have overlooked, and that Is tha tremendous subsidy that waa given these railroads In lands and bonds, which In many cases actually paid for construction and made the securities nothing but water. It Is possible the property by Us Increment In value with the growth of the country is now worth mora nearly the face value of the securities resting on It. But even If so, that does not, In my Judgment, pre clude the necessity of safeguards against repetition of the ancient stock watering Jobs. VICTOR ROSBWATER, Editor of The Boe. To the Editor: In your recent Issue In commenting upon my answer to the state ment that $3,500,000,000 of the capitalisation of the railroads of this country waa water, which you Inferred from the statement of enator Dolliver, you Invite me to further discuss this question of the capitalisation of our railroads. After reading carefully what Senator Dol liver states, I am satisfied that you are mistaken In the interpretation of his lan guage. He does not state that this Issue of $3,600,000,000 of bonds and stocks Is watered, or overcapitalized, but he says: "I repeat the statement I made on a former occasion that, without congrjes even knowing, without congress even tak ing Interest enough in the subject to give credenoe to a statement In respect to It, since 1900 this process of Issuing securi ties by corporations to buy the stocks of other corporations, with other influences that have been at work, has Increased the gross liabilities of the railways of the United States until we and our children are bound to pay an everlasting interest upon a sum more than the national debt at the end of the civil war in dividends and In returns upon bonds for which we governor of Pennsylvania would be a continuation ot the advance in the state's standing begun when Edwin S. Stuart was elected chief executive. Mr. Knox'a appreciation of the high honor of a governorship and of the. su preme importance of dignifying state government with, the best powers and consciences ought to quicken in all men a realization that no state can af for to call mediocre material to serve it. The official anti-Saloon league spokesman is sure of Convict Erdman's innocence on the dynamite charge be cause "the witnesses are nearly all sa loon men, or closely related to them." And these same anti-Saloon league re formers have been trying to send peo ple to the penitentiary on the evidence of witnesses like Erdman, Shercliffe, Burrler and other notorious peniten tiary birds who for money would swear to anything. Our amiable democratic contem porary prints a long letter designed to convince Mr. Bryan that the petitions asking him to consent to stand as a candidate for United States senator contain no duty-call to which he is un der any obligation to respond. Is it possible that the World-Herald man is getting shaky as to how much tellance may be put on that alleged promise of Mr. Bryan not to run? Now. some public-spirited person ought to take up a collection for Rich ard Parr, who was given the beggarly sum of only $100,000 for locating the Suear trust frauds.' Yet some of us would regard even that a a rather sweet morsel. An American woman who married a Russian official writes back that "Russia is truly a wonderful country." Many former residents of Russia, now living in the United States, could have told her that long ago. I'nanrtnred Conceit, Wall Street Journal. Man who thinks he knows it all Is never th father of a boy old enough to ask questions. 'TwenU Sooll the ran. Buffalo Express. Perhaps It would save a lot of trouble if Arizona and New Mexico were required beforehand to settle definitely on their capitals and then stick to them. Salute of Friendship. Sioux City Journal. Th colonel's first conspicuous achieve ment within sight ot land waa saving the press boat from Impending collision with a warship. Chorus from the press boys: "Oh. you Roosevelt! You always were a life saver!" Bnckltaar Dtsi to Business. Washington Herald. Th self-confident and impressive young graduate is going to find, of course, that th world 1, after all, a pretty tough old oyster to open. H may, nevertheless, consols himself with on reflection: Every body wishes him welL Pall for Pre Advertising. Philadelphia Ledger. It I not surprising that an enterprising man should hav offered Mr. Roosevelt $100,000 a year. Such an offer cost nothing, and th enterprising man In question be lieve o strongly In advertising that he often spends real money for It hare no tangible addition to the facili ties of Interstate Commerce In the United States." As I Interpret this, he means that the buying ot the securities of ronds already built that become a part of the operating property of the roads purchasing does not add to the miles of road which the public have the us of. and the fact is, as I will show, It does not add to the capitalization of these railroads and re quires no additional earnings to meet their obligations. President Roosevelt, members of the In terstate Commerce commission and railroad expert all hold that the railroad of our country are not overcapitalised, and to prove this I submit these statistics, taken from the reports ot the Interstate Com merce commission: In 1900 the total mileage of single track railroads In our country, not Including mileage of yards, terminals and sidings was, miles 1&3.S45.7J The total capitalisation waa....S10,7tt,20,416 Securities owned by the com panies Making the total capital out standing Olvlng per mile of road On June 30. 1908, the total mile age, single track railroads, not Including yards, terminals and sidetracks waa miles Increase since 1900, miles Total miles of yards, terminals and sidetracks s,S03,im.k7 4,0W 233.677.Tt 40,331.88 9.S68.16 Total capitalisation 1,767,M4,827 After deducting miscellaneous accounts, such aa bills, equip ment, notes which are paid out of earnings and not capitalized 613,336,740 Leaves a balance of U,lM,20tS.Ob7 Deduct from this amount the securities owned by the rail roads f. 4.561.329,117 Making a total capitalization outstanding June 30, 1908, of.... U.792,W8,K7 Olvlng per mile of railroad 60,400 This shows an Increase of capi tal since 1900 to June 30, 1908 of 1.969,702,806 To represent this sum we have built 40,331.98 miles of single track road, have added to our terminals, yards and sidings at least $1,000,000,000 of value and virtually reconstructed our entire mileage putting down from 00 to 100-pound rails per yard, Instead of 62 and 80-pound rails per yard, doubled tha weight and capacity of our power, equipment, and rebuilt our bridges, stations, etc. If you take the total mileage of all tracks Including terminals, yards, sidings, which is 333,646.46 miles and divide It Into the total capitalization, it only shows a cost and capital per mil of railroad in the United tSates on June 30, 1908, of 135,020. I think this statement should Induce the press of the country and the people who so often talk of the over-capitalization ot th roads and great burden upon com merce and the amount of money they art forced to provide to pay dividends and in terest on watered stock and bpnds, to cease. The fact Is, about 40 per cent of the mileage of the roads of this country pay no dividends and I ask the Register and Leader to start the movement to give the railroads of this country and the able men who are administering them a truth ful and square deal. Truly, G RENVILLE M. 1KDDGE. PERSONAL NOTES. Business men of Buffalo, N. Y., have subscribed $100,000 to spread abroad th fame of their city, and a fund of $80,000 has been secured for the same purpose at Poughkeepsle. Representative Champ Clark of Mis souri, minority leader of the house, will make the principal speech at the Tam many Halt Fourth of July celebration in New York City. Tha Wright Brothers have discovered that aviators may lengthen their days by leaving the earth and mounting skyward so as to keep the sun in view as it sinks In th west before th gaze of th earth dingers. Progressive Missourtans are moving to recast the state seal, substituting a mule for the present ancient figures. The mula Js esteemed the most Impressive song bird in the state, a thirty-second degree "Showme" when properly tickled. This country isn't what it used to be. With the governor of New York signing bills to prevent even oral betting at race tracks, and the governor of California putting down th heavyweight all in one day what other conclusion can on reach? While ex-Senator T. M. Patterson ha sold the Denver Times, his evening paper, he keeps th Denver News, which he calls hi first lev in th newspaper world. The Times ha been bought by Jared Newell HuaUd, a man of means, for his son-in-law, Hugh O'Neill, a local newspaper man. There died at Norwalk, O., last week, Mr. Amelia Southard, whose father waa a soldier who fought through th war of American independence. Mrs. .Southard waa 88 years old, and at th tlm of her birth her father waa 64. Their combined age of 162 years mor than cover th history of th United Bute of America. "Persuading;" Colonel Bryan, Boston Transcript It seem unaccountable that Nebraska democrat should find It necessary to "persuad" Mr. Bryan to accept any can didacy, as th report assert, and that on for th United State senate. With th Oregon system of popular election, which Nebraska has, he would in this be quite likely to succeed. How queer it would seem If both Bryan and Kern should be In th senate after March 4. Both men hav been so repeatedly defeated that to hav thera com at last Into place of high rank and dignity would seem surprising. Fobs' experience should give thm encour agement The political gam carries re wards to th patient waiter. Our Birthday Book Jam SI, 1810. Henry Guy Carleton, playwright and author, was born June 21, 1852, at Fort Union, N. M. He Is on of th military graduate of th United State army, hav ing served with General Miles in the Indian war, and resigned to shine by his pen rather than hi sword. Jss Macy, professor of history In Iowa college, and recognised authority on sub jects of political science, is celebrating his sixty-eighth birthday. He was born In In' dlana, but ha been In educational work In Iowa nearly all of hi life. Morris K. Jesup, writer, banker and phll anthroplst, is 80 years old today. He was born at West Port Conn., and wu one of the founders of the Young Men's Christian ksoclatlon. John Baumer, the Jeweler, Is celebrating hi seventieth birthday today. He waa born In Germany, coming to this country In 1 and locating In Omaha next year, where he wa in buslnesa continually until h re tired in U04. "rather" John William, pastor of St Bargaba Episcopal church, is celebrating hi seventy-fifth birthday today. He was born In Ireland and cam to this country when a young man. He ha teen with his present parish for thirty-thrs years, com in t Omaba from Hasting. Ulna. NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT. Nebraska City Press: After looking over soma com fed specimens of college girls. we ad vine our bashful bachelors to abate their timorous fears of erudition, and go In to win some delicious chunks of fem ininity. Columbus TeleKram: Who Is this man Clark who announces himself a democratic candidate for lieutenant governor? Is h the same Clark who was Lee llerdman's andldat for speaker ot th house at the last legislative session? Walthlll Times: Uovernor Shallenherger announce that democracy and decency have joined hands In Nebraska. We hav nervous suspicion of such coalitions. Two year ago the brewers and temperance People Joined hands in this state, and h 1 was to pay. Beaver City Tlm-Trlbun: Another of Bryan' letters to democratlo love feasts has been suppressed, this tlm at Kearney, n Buffalo county they lack a Chairman Mooney and an Arapahoe Pioneer to ex plain that "th letter waa not intended to be read" and "was inadvertently forgot ten." Kearney Hub: Senator Patrick of Sarpy county has been engaged to draft a county option s bill endorsed by tho Antt-Saloon league When the bill Is drafted It will be submitted to Judge Sullivan of Omaha, Judge Qood ot Lincoln and Hon. E. L. King of Osceola to tee whether It will bold water." Auburn Granger; Anticipating th hot weather that It is supposed will coma be fore many weeks, quit a number of preach ers who hav been kept pretty busy draw ing and expending fair salaries are pre paring to take a vacation, and ther Is on thing about this vacation busineaa worthy of commendation: it gives th membership an occasional rest Lyon Mirror: Just fifty years age today, June 18, I860, th Republican convention met at Chicago, In which th father f the editor of th Mirror, Colonel J. F. Warner, seconded th nomination of Abraham Lin coln for president, aa a delegate from Ne braska; and we hav th credentials that admitted him to tha convention and he did not ride on a free railroad pass, either. Columbus Telegram: Nine out of ten democrats eleoted to th last session of th Nebraska legislature owed success to the fact that Bryan' nam brought out a larger tdemocratle vote than Nebraska had seen befor. Say, boys you who are spit ting on th nam of Bryan today, by re quest of th corporations where will you get your legislative majorities in the com ing campaign without the Influence of Bryan's name In th fight? Beatrice Sun: The sight of a farmer driving horn yesterday, with two sacks of alfalfa ed In the tonneau of his auto mobile was enough to bring out soma reminiscences from some of th old boys who used to farm in this country before the auto waa ever dreamed of and alfalfa was unknown. On reason the farmer could own an auto was probably the fact that he had been successful in raising alfalfa. The eJafalfa seed would pay Its passage If It had to be brought In sliver cask from the ends of th earth. Papillion Republican: The Bryan senti ment I growing and it Is likely that Hitch cock will meet his Waterloo. Many believe that Hitchcock favors th corporations more than th interests of th people. He can change his spots Ilk a leper. In th presence pf a prohibitionist, he I for pro hibition and with the saloon man, h be lieve In personal liberty. He is, In fact too much of a politician to stand pat on any principle either in congress or out of It Nebraska is too great a Stat to be represented by weak men and the people too well educated to send such a rep. resentatlve to the senate. gome Notion Aboet Type. (Continued from Yesterday.) The length of the type line also la a factor in increasing the difficulty of reading. If a line is too long an ef fort Is necessary to follow the Hue and prevent the eye from wandering to the the line above, or below. Where long lines are used, increasing the size of the type, or increasing the space be tween the lines, will make the reading of It easier. Borders and other ornamentations are used for two purposes. One pur pose of the border, particularly a bor der made of rules, la merely to unify the advertisement and to separate it distinctly from advertisements next to It. 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CMiiM see DwU Herts x&zzzz CHEERY CHAFF. "Yes," said Mrs. Impaling. "I bellve In life Insurance. I'm trying to get my htia. bund to tske out a policy In the Provi dential company.' Chicago Tribune. Knlrkrr Ill your ancestors come over In the MavflowerT Hocker No; they ram over with Roos vclt New York Sun. "Kufus, you old loafer, do you think It's rliiht to loavo your wife at th wash tub while you rays your time fishing?' "Yssnah. jertge; It's all rtcrnt, Mah wife don' need any wati'hlng. She ll sholy wuk J""' hard as If I was dah." Boston Transcript. "Have you heard th new medical chool li) mn!" "Ni, what la It?" "Fifteen men on a dead man's ehest." Yale Kecord. "Pld you hear what happened at Blf ley todsv?" "No; what W'as ltT" "He took down an old pistol h had had about the house for years, and plavftilly snapped the tripper at his wife, thinking It wasn t loaded. "Hood Heavens!" "Well, It wasn't." Baltimore American. "Were you at th Hlggsworthy-Brown. low wedding? "Yes." "Kverythlng pass off nicely?" "Yes, except that the hrtdeernom got a little confused, ami said, 'With all mv goodly worlds I thoe endow.' "Chicago Journal. "Say," asked the first messenger boy, "got any novels ter swop?" "I got 'Hlg Foot BUI'S Revenge, " re plied the other. "is It a long story?" "Naw! Ye kin flnlh It easy In two mes sages." Catholic Standard and Times. "When I nm done with this life,' says th men with the overshot eyebrows, "I want to be oremated." "But believers In the resurrection disap prove of cremation," urges th roan with th wobbly chin. "I know It. 1 want my ashes placed In a lmklng-powder ran.' "What an odd wish!" "Maybe, but I'll be pretty sur to rlss again. "Chicago Post. VACATION DAYS. Marie Grov In Delineator. When Jnhnnl come to grandma's house old Towner run away, The kitten climbs the apple tree and stays up there all day; The chicken In th barnyard are aa flua- tered as can b They don't approve of little boys, a any on van see. And many a night befor he comes poor Nora lies awake Devising hiding places for the thing that he might break. Th Jam and Jelly' sure to be up on the highest shelf. But grandma gu them down, sometimes, and bids him help himself. When Johnnie comes to grandma's house there' mud upon th floor, And thumb-print on th banisters and grease on every door. Th house is always upsld down th whole time ho is there; Poor Nora sighs and wonder why dear grandma doesn't care. But when at last that boy's In bed and everything Is still. Old Towser leaves the barn and Tabby ventures forth at will 'TIs then the much-abused arm chair holds conclave in th dark With the old clock In the corner, standing there so stiff and stark. "I'm quite worn out," she limply sighs; "sine that young scapegrac. John, Came out from town I've been at times most rudely sat upon." "It beats my time," the clock replied, "how modern young folks do; It wasn't so In my day, What s the world a-comlng to?" And the cause ot all th troubleWlo you think the rascal cares? Is miles away in Hlumber Land In his small bed upstairs. But grandma says when she goss in to iuck the blankets down, "Dear, dear, we will be lonesome when that boy goes baok to- town." . -a 'V'TjI' una tation, and then curiosity leads the reader to read the advertisement. It goes without saying, that the appear ance of an advertisement should b pleas ing. Symmetry and balance are usually, but not always, desirable. It should be re membered that symmetry and strength are not th same. An advertisement Is often striking and forceful, that defies all ot the usual laws laid down by th printer. As a matter of fact,' nine printer out of ten will follow th same style, that has been used by printer since th day of Benjamin Franklin. He will invariably bring out your strong line in capital letters, capitalize every word, that I set in lower ease, which ha more than on syllabi and try to mak th advertisement look as pretty as possi ble, with a total deeregard of the value of type faces or th fact that th adver tlsement is printed to be read. Ther I on thing that should always bt remembered with regard to th way an ad Yrtl8rant Is set; if It is intended to b read, make It If easy a possible for tha reader to read it, Ther are other consid eration of Importance. It Is desirable to attract attention to your advertisement by what you say In your head line, or "catch line;" by the amount of space that you use; by illustrations, or any of tho thousand and one original methods, which make ad vertising attractive and Interesting. When you hav secured this attention, put a few obstacle a possible In the way ot reading It with eas. ll Alum mi M 1 N UwUe 3J K.al, mtm Marl Cel Kli Street Briai. CHICAGO 3 tea 7$ir-