TTTE BEE: OMAHA', TTrUTtSDAY, JULY 21. 1010.
Tul umaiia Daily Bee.
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STATEMENT OIT CIRCULATION.
Mate of Nebraska, Douglaa County, aa:
Or org B. Tsachuck, Ueaaurer of The ee
Puellsnlna; Company, being luly aw orn,
aaya that the actual number ot full ana
completa coplaa of The Dally. Morning.
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during Ue
month nf Jims luio mmM aa follows.
1 43.700
S 44.9.60
1 43,7S0
4 41,100
( 41,450
...43,M
7 42,700
40,8 30
44,000
10...,. .. . . .43.C30
11..... 44,430
12 U.400
13 44,400
14 44,540
li 44,410
14
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17
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4M"
II 4100
10 44.000
11 44,000
tl .7ao
11 44,770
t 45,030
2( 45,100
41,600
17 45.410
It
1 4440
10 4400
Total
lglJOO
Returned Coplaa
10,340
Nat Total lll.lOO
Dally Average 43,704
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To the Saengerbunders:
men zu un3erer Stadt.
Wlllkom-
The earl ot Yarmouth has gone on
the stage. Poor stage!
Hope those' Ad men appreciated the
sea shore weather w gave them.
The Ad men mingle with and then
give way to the Saengerfest throng.
Dr. Osier has lust celebrated his
sixty-first birthday anniversary. Tee,
bee. '
Wonder if .Mayor "Jim" has had
that "etoci' 'speech "translated into
German.
The twin summer fools are those
who rock the boat and leave the forest
fire burning.
John W. Kern announces, "I am
surprised at nothing." Beginning to
hedge already. . '
New Mr. .Murdock has 'hit "Uncle
Joe's" trail in Kansas. Well, the old
man did not hide his tracks-
Murdock gives Taft. credit for aiding
In the tariff fight. . .Now, if Mr. Taft
will only return the compliment.
Tennessee has presented Mr. Roose
velt with a marble slab, but it Is sav
lng its marble heart for Governor Pat
terson. -
. Here, before we have got the auto
half way under control, comes the air
ship challenging , our . patience and
power. " '.' . . -'
So our democratic friends admit
that tbey, too, have a few discords as
well as the republicans. No sky with
out its cloyd:
Mayor Gay nor, one of his newspa
per boosters says, U "the heaviest kind
of presidential timber." How much
does he weigh?
Bernard Shaw Insists he can see
nothing great about Colonel Roosevelt.
Or, he niiRht have added, about any
one else except Bernard Shaw,
Tom Watson, we are informed, will
soon take the stump. Tom has done
a lot of grubbing In his day, but is
still not out ot the political woods.
The best thing about that Reno fight
Is that Jack London will not write a
novel on it, which ought to compensate!
fully for the fall of the white man.
The Atlanta Constitution says bard
work Is the only cure for a vacation,
Prevention Is better than cure any
time. How aboit the lack of the
price-?
in cw iota a .aiaaenoider may
keep the money on the ground that
gambling is illegal.' This may be the
law, but it Is yellow for a man to take
advantage of It.
Problem in proportion: If Jack
Johnson refuses 160,000 to lie down
to Jeffries in the eighth round, and a
Pittsburg alderman "falls" for 151.75
why suppress the moving pictures?
Two of the late nonpartisan demo
cratic candidates for supreme- Judge
are out as partisans seeking demo
cratic nominations for csngress In
their, respective districts. N'o nonpar
tisan foolishness this year for them.
Not a Good Analogy.
The Oregon plan applies to the election
of United States aenators precisely the
asms policy that has been already ap
plied to tha election of president. The
electors no longer elect the president as
the constitution contemplates. Tha pres
ident Is elected by a plurality vote of tha
people of the several state. Tha consti
tution has borne up excellently under tha
strain, and so It will, we think, under tha
Oregon plan. World-Herald.
This is the favorite analogy of advo
cates of the so-called Oregon plan of
choosing United States senators, but it
is not a good analogy. The so-called
Oregon plan proposes to make each
candidate for the legislature pledge
himself to cast his vote for United
States senator for the candidate who
receives the highest preference vote
throughout the state in the election,
irrespective of the preference of his
own constituents. By the Oregon plan
a member of the legislature might be
pledged to vote for a candidate for
United States senator who did not get
a single vote of preference in the leg
islative district which he is supposed
to represent
The existing method of choosing the
president is entirely different because
presidential electors vote for the candl-
date who Is the choice of those who
have voted for them. The Oregon
plan would require a member of the
legislature elected as a republican to
vote for a democrat for United 8tatea
senator or vice versa, whereas a presi
dential elector chosen as a republican
who would cast his vote for a demo
crat lor president would call down on
himself all the anathemas that would
rightly fall to a loathsome traitor. In
the last presidential election a large
majority of the people of the United
States expressed their preference for
William H. Taft for president, and yet
every presidential elector elected as a
democrat cast his ballot in the elec
toral college for William J. Bryan. ,
The fallacy of the pretended analogy
is still more strikingly Illustrated
when an election in a state results in
a split of the presidential ticket. This
happened two years ago In Maryland,
where two of the republican electors
and six ot the democrats won out, the
republicans receiving larger votes than
any of the democrats. If the analogy
were good all of Maryland's eight votes
should have been cast for Taft, when
In fact the six' democratic electors
voted for Bryan, as they should have
done. In some states presidential
electors used to be chosen by congres
sional districts, and there Is nothing
to prevent a recurrence to this method,
in which event a democratic ' elector
chosen by one district would rightly
and properly cast his vote for the dem
ocratic candidate for president even
though every other district and the
whole state had gone overwhelmingly
republican.
We suggest that the advocates of the
Oregon plan put their pretended an
alogy with the electoral college In cold
Storage. ' I
The Gompers Caie.
The announcement that the Bucks
Stove company will not further prose
cute Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell
and Frank Morrison as the executive
officials of the National Federation of
Labor, who had been given jail sen
tences for violation of a court lnjunc
tion, is wholesome insofar as it indi
cates peace and a better spirit between
large aggregation ot capuai ana or-
ganlzed labor, but it does not follow
that the truce between the warring
parties Justifies the dismissal ot the
cases by the government
It should be remembered that what
these men were sentenced for was the
writing and publication, by pen and
public speech, of an appeal to union
workers after the court had granted an
injunction restraining such appeals.
The court held them to be In contempt
and imposed the sentences, and the
labor leaders appealed their case. Be
tween the time of issuing the order and
the appeal to the higher court, the
original order was held to be void, but
as the Issue went directly to the right
of free press and free speech, Gompers,
Morrison and Mitchell proceeded with
their case to the supreme court.
It is therefore a matter no longer
for the Bucks Stove company to settle,
but for the highest tribunal in the
land to decide. It is for it to say
whether a lower court may restrain
the organic right of free speech by an
injunction, and the public, as well as
the parties to this particular contro
versy, should desire to see the Issue
determined by the court of last resort,
for If the Question is, not settled now
it may have to be fought out again
Should the case so against the labor
leaders, we would be ready to ask the
president to grant full pardon.
Importance of Good Eoads.
The third National Good Roads con
gress, which holds its sessions at
Niagara Falls, July 28 to 30, will need
no systematic advertising to make It a
success, for it will represent a propa
ganda that long ago passed the expert
mental stage and proved its worth in
this country., It seems strange, when
the progress of the movement Is con
sidered, that this could be but the third
such congress.
It would be difficult to overestimate
the practical benefits that have accrued
from the good roads movement. The
name suggests to one's mind a smooth
well-made thoroughfare, generally in
the country, but what tremendous
possibilities glide along that even sur
face! Good roads have been a boon
to the man who lives in the. city and
the country alike, drawing them closer
together and multiplying their oppor
tuMlies for commercial and social
Intercourse. It has simplified tha mat
ter of travel, lesseued the cost of
transportation, annihilated distance
and reduced time to the minimum. It
has increased the price of farm land
snd the price of horse flesh, for it has
led to a better breed of animals as a
result of less neck-breaking work on
rough roads. It has multiplied the
means and variety of agriculture,
established new markets and wiped
out mortgages and built up bank ac
counts. But after all, with all tbla magnifi
cent progress and its results before us,
the good roads movement Is but In Its
Infancy. Here is the State ot New
York alone appropriating $50,000,000
to be expended for the improvement
of its highways and other states de
voting large sums and much time to
the same purpose. What the ultimate
results of such an Institution will be
no one can possibly determine or even
approximate. It is a movement in
which the entire country, urban and
suburban, could and should unite, and
some tangible plans for Immediate
execution will probably come from this
congress.
Conventions that. Count.
The Ad men's convention, which has
been holding Its session in Omaha, is
the kind of a convention a busy, bust
ling city likes to entertain.
The Ad men have shown themselves
to be good fellows. They enter into
the spirit of the occasion. They bring
with them the real vim and vigor and
make their presence known and felt.
They do not hide their light under a
bushel nor permit anyone within ear
shot to remain in Ignorance that an
Ad men's convention is In full eruption
in the vicinity. They show themselves
appreciative of attentions paid them by
our citizens.
This is the sort of a convention that
counts. When the Ad men go home
they will talk about the Omaha meet
ing for weeks and months, and we will
take a chance that they will say more
good things than bad things about us
On dispersing to their homes the Ad
men will be like a swarm of Omaha
boosters flying in all directions, and
will help Omaha materially to future
convention successes.
Learn to Walk.
Walking is a. national habit with
the Englishman and undoubtedly it
has proved to be a most wholesome
habit, contributing vastly to the
health and longevity of the people. Of
Mr. Gladstone it is said the harder his
mental task for the day, the longer he
made his walk, and this hale man at
80 was as vigorous in mind, as virile
In spirit as are some of the ablest men
at 40. If he was particularly per
plexed over some problem of state he
walked away from the inclination to
worry and always returned refreshed
and more able for the task before him
Americans have only begun to wake
up to the fact that they need more
recreation.' They have been a nation of
ceaseless workers, but In the last few
years have begun to take time off to
play and now, it is commonly said, that
they play as bard as they work. But we
play as hard as they work. But we
look too far sometimes for our means
of exercise and recreation. We have
neglected to avail ourselves of the
most accessible means of all. Every
body can walk and everybody should
walk. It Is the cheapest, most access!
ble way of getting the physical exer-
clse thftt W(J need e8peclany thoM who
... hut UD . offlce8 or shon . dav
or pursue any sedentary occupation
Our British cousins have been able
to spread their example to some ex
tent In this country, but not enough
Business men and business women, as
well as the housewife who spends most
of her time at home, should get in the
habit of taking long strolls and they
would And more than mere temporary
physical exercise in the results. It is
one of the best possible means of
warding off an anaemic condition and
avoiding an endless train of nervous
disorders.
Menace of the Muckraker.
Vice President Fairbanks hit the
bull's eye in his speech to the ad men
when he declared that "The malador-
ous muckraker has become an object of
contempt," and that "there is perhaps
nothing more reprehensible than the
loose impeachment ot the motives of
the chief executive, the downright mis
representation of his acts, distortion of
his record by the suppression of the
truth or by pure falsehood."
The muckraker, as we have come to
term the newspaper and magazine
fakir, is not only becoming an object
of contempt, but a public menace. The
power for evil is tremendous, just as
the possibilities for good ot decent
journalism are great. The muckraker
strikes at reputations which It has
taken years to build up and no matter
how palpably false and absurd, he
how palpably false and absurd, he
finds thousands of people ready to be
lieve what he says and the best of men
are not immune.
Nothing could be worse in the na
tlonal life than the deliberate, system
atic and persistent distortion of truth
to destroy confidence In public men
honored with high official position
The wanton effort to impeach, the in
tegrity of the head of the nation is, as
Mr. Fairbanks says, a blow at the In
stltutlon of the government itself.
No man with faith In the Integrity
of his nation and people can long be
deceived by the subtle delusion that
this Is honest criticism, and In that
fact lies the hope that muckraking is
approaching its' end. Nobody with the
best Interest of the country at heart
would, It they could, abridge the right
of honest criticism, but there Is a vast
difference between honest criticism
and this species of bushwhacking.
While the muckraker has disgusted
decent men, he has at the same time
paved the way to fame a fid fortune of
many a mountebank. He has opened
the door of opportunity wide to the
demagogue and the heyday of muck
raking Is the harvest time of the
charlatan.
The visit of former Vice President
Fairbanks to Omaha demonstrates
that as a private cltisen he retains the
good will and confidence of the people
generally which he had as a public
official and has a strong hold on Ne
braska, which in 104 testified Its ad
miration by giving Roosevelt and Falr-
banks the biggest majority ever
marked up on the political blackboard
In this state.
In the grand assessment roll Doug
las county contributes a substantial In
crease, while Lancaster county is al
most at a standstill. Presumably,
either the assessors at the state capital
have been deliberately undervaluing
for the purpose of escaping taxation
or business expansion there has not
kept pace.
If President Woodrow Wilson of
Princeton really wants that guberna
torial nomination he had better not
wait too long for the office to seek the
man or some energetic New Jersey
politician will come along and scoop
him.
Governor Shallenberger thinks he
has a populist renomlnatlon nailed
down withont opposition. It remains
to be seen whether he can make the
next populist platform fit him better
than did the last one be ran on.
With the example of Dr. Pearsons
and Andrew Carnegie before them, as
men who have been striving for years
to get in a position to die poor, the
rising generation should be careful
bow it accumulates wealth.
There is no good reason why the
county board should not. cut its est!
mate of expenses for the ensuing year
at least f 50,000 ana reduce the county
tax levy correspondingly.
The city council is entitled to credit
for reducing the taxpayers' burden
100,000... But The Bee also claims
credit for having shown the council
how to do it.
More Nebraska people are traveling
abroad right now than at any other
time in our history. Nebraska must
have been enjoying prosperity as never
before.
Native Sprlnsa tn Action.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Fifteen thousand Americans have re
turned to their own land from the Alberta
section of the Canadian northwest. In nine
months. Contentment springs from within;
doesn't It?
Remind Him of It.
Chicago Record-Herald.
A new vein of coal seven miles wide and
sixty-five miles long has been found in
Pennsylvania. The coal man will make no
reference to It when he puts In your win.
ter's supply.
"Aad Look Pleasant."
Denver Republican.
One of the striking notes of the time la,
the hard effort Mr. Bryan is making to
prove to the country that he can "come
back." That noise emanating from Lincoln
listens like: "Now, gentlemen, if you will
kindly look this way!"
Poatal Bank! Self-flnpportlna;.
Springfield Republican.
Postmaster Oeneral Hitchcock is devis
ing distinctive stamps for use on mail
originating with the postal savings bank
business of the department This is In
acoord with the provisions ot the new pos
tal bank act. It will enable the depart
ment to determine how much of a burden
on the mall service the aavlngs bank addl
tlon Is. There Is no present Intention ap
parently of charging up the cost, as meaa
ured by the volume of distinctive stamps
used, against the savings account, but
that may come .ls,tor on, as It should. The
postal savings banks should be made aa
fully self-supporting as is possible, and It
Is being made easily possible to know how
much their malt coBt Is to the general
postal service.
Bearcats for Trath la Alaska.
Philadelphia Ledger.
There Is no more mysterious region upon
the political map than Alaska. Everybody
there appears to be at odds with everybody
else, and each faction accuses the other ot
grievous criminality. The president has
apparently despaired of reconciling the con
tradictory representations, and is sending
out the attorney general and the secretary
of commerce and labor upon an exploring
expedition to bring back a truthful report,
Alaska Is under' a peculiar territorial or
ganlsacion, and the administration has
been anxious for some new legislation
which appears to be well conceived, though
naturally it Is not equally proved, by con
fllctlng interests. - It is hoped that the pres
ent emissaries will be able to get at the
facts, and that their report may be helpful
to congress.
Our Birthday Book
July ai, mo.
General John R. Brooke, United (States
army, retired, was born July 21. 1831. He
Is a native of Pennsylvania with a fine
civil war record, and later In command of
the Department of the Missouri, with
headquarters here In Omaha. He la now llv
lng In Rosemont, Penn.
Chauncey Olcott, singer and actor. Is
oelebratlng his fiftieth birthday today.
He was born In Buffalo, and made hi
first hit In comlo opera. Ha shows hars
In Omaha frequently, where he Is a great
favorite.
W. H. Wyman, general agent of the
Aetna Insurance company In Omaha, was
born July IX. 1831, at Canton, N. r. H
has been In the Insurance business for
more then fifty years and In Omaha nearly
twenty years.
C. P. Brlnkman, assistant manager o
the credit department of the United Mutes
National bank. Is . 44. He Was born In
Baltimore, and was with R. O. Dun A Co.
for eighteen years, going to tha United
States bank a few years ago.
William N. Chambers, lawyer, offloln
In the Board of Trade building, was born
July 11, UT3. He Is a native son of Omaha,
graduating In law from tha University of
Michigan, and has been practicing hera for
eight years.
VVashington Life'
ana taarwrttag
til Oeaalttona
at she STetloa'g Oe.pt lei.
John Barrett, director of the International
Bureau of American Republics, calia atten
tion to the coming visit ot Marshal Hermes
da Koriseca, presldint-elect of Brasll. to the
United States, and urges the Importance of
extending to the distinguished visitor local
as well as national hospitality. Marshal
Fonseca mill reach New York, August (.
He will remain four weeks In this country,
calling first upon President Taft at Bev
erly, then upon Secretary Knox at . Valley
Forge, and afterwards visiting such ot the
principal cities ot the United states as he
may see fit to accept invitations from. He
ill be accompanied by Dr. Jose Carlos
Rodrlgues, an eminent journalist of Latin
America and proprietor of the Journal de
Commercio ot Rio de Janerlo. one ot the
greatest newspapers of tha world.
The tltlo of "marshal" borna by the pres
ident-elect came from holding the highest
position in the Brazilian army, to which ha
aa arisen step by step from tha rank of
lieutenant. Although a great soldier ha Is
also notably a peaceful statesman, and while
In this country ha will make a study not
only of our army, visiting West Point and
several of the principal military posts, but cf
our collegiate and public school systems,
of our river and harbor Improvements and
of our Industrial enterprises. He Is M years
old, and therefore In the prima of his Ufa.
n Europe, where ha has just been visiting.
ho has been shown great honors by Em
peror William and other heads of nations.
From the United States ha will return to
Brasll, where ha will be Inaugurated pres
ident early in November.
The "big" room of the Washington Union
station, which it was Intended should shield
the executive in his numerous fllttings to
and from tha capital, pending train depart
ures and arrivals, has pegged out. What
as planned to be one of the most import
ant gathering places in the city for hurried
conferences with the president Is a nonen
tity. Roonevelt, while president, made use ot
the "executive room," three or four times,
but not since the colonel, who only a few
minutes before had been promoted to pri
vate cltiienflhlp, made his notable getaway
on March 4, 1S09, has anything approach
ing a chief executive darkened, brightened
or graced the lorn greatness of the spacious
chamber.
President Taft dodges the room with al
most premeditated Intent. Not once has his
auto drawn near the entrance of the room,
on the east side of the station, and It is
somewhat doubtful whether he even knows
of Its existence.
Always his auto plunges up to either the
regular automobile driveway, on the oppo
site side of the station, or the front colon
ade entrance. Then he marches grandly
nd smilingly through the watting room to
the train.
Never a thought gives he to the marble-
walled spaciousness behind the restaurant,
shrinking within Itself at Its desolateness.
Gone are those magnulficent dreams of
splendor and regal ceremonies escorting the
ruler to the wide country beyond and
eageryl awaiting and welcoming his royal
arrival.
Every one of the 2,000 female employes ef
the census bureau can hereafter say that
she has received at least one marriage
offer and turned It down. The offer Is
general end comes from a middle-aged
farmer of Indiana, who expresses a desire
to wed one of the pretty census girls about
whom he has heard and read so much.
His letter came addressed to the "Oirls
of the Census .Office" and was opened In
the office of the chief clerk. The writer
said bis name was Mr. Pyles, Jr.,' with the
junior" spelled In capitals. He entirely
shunned his Christian name. This was the
letter:
"Hello, Census Girls Hearing so much
about your beauty and, fine qualities and
knowing you must be good workers or else
you wouldn't be holding your Jobs, I would
like to correspond with some one of you
with the ultimate object of matrimony. I
am 40 years of age and am a natural home
body and of mild temperament. I am a
farmer by profession and birth and am
noted for my gentle disposition.
In order that you may have soma idea
Of my personal appearance, I might say
for your benefit that I am of a graceful
stature and have brown eyes considered
dreamy and blcjnde hair which is Inclined
to be of the curly kind you read about In
novels. I think I would know bow to maks
a wife happy, and If she knew how to cook.
wash and Iron and to take a hand In a little
farm work, I would aee that she got lots
of fine clothes and a mirror for her own
use.
"I prefer a woman who Is between IT and
30 years of age and one who has not been
married before and Is naturally loving.
"Trusting to have an early reply from
the right party, I remain.
"MR. PYLES, JR.,
"R. F. D. No. 2, Colburn, Ind."
Congress has provided coaches and auto-
mobiles? not merely for heads of depart'
ments, but for chiefs of offiicial bureaus,
although the city of Washington possesses
means of rapid transit in every direction.
At the same time congress has erected
magnlflclent palaces for the official rest
dences of Its members and furnished them
with a luxury that Hellegabalus probably
might have envied. Yet In the midst of
this extravagance the controller of the
treasury was obliged the other day to turn
down a charge of 14 for a pair of gloves
for the coachman ot Secretary Knox. After
diligent search ot the lawa providing for
all sorts of expenditures, no warrant could
be found for tha gloves.
An F street florist has a delightful
water scene In his window, showing an old
mill, with a clear stream trickling over
the wheel to a tiny lake. Here," In and out
among the rocks, water lilies and ferns a
number of little turtles play. On the backs
of two In bright gilt letters are their names
"Pinchot" snd "Balllnger." One f the
smaller turtles has been christened "Tom.
There are, however, no Glavlsed, Prices
or Hhaws paddling around the pool.
WAHSHIPS TO THE SCRAP HEAP.
Batch of Dtwir'i f ralaera Pat Om the
vAactloa Block.
St. Paul Pioneer Prees.
The progress that Is being made in bat
tlf-fchlp construction la. Indeed, remarkable
and the end Is not In sight. The develop
ment of recent years has set a pacs well
designed to make the taxpayers and spec
tators gasp and wonder what to expect
The terrors of the ea a decade ago ara
copsldered mare use rs toys today. The
ships that were the pride of the nation a
dosen years ago ara bolng consigned to the
scrap heap. Th scrtary of th navy a few
days ago advertised the crulners Boston
and Detroit, the gunboat Conoord and the
torpedo boat Wlnrlow as being for sale to
the highest bidder. They will be auctioned
as so much scrap Iron, yet two of them
only twelve years aso helped to make Ad
miral Dewey famous in Manila bay.
The Boston snd Concord wire a part of
the squadron that sailed Into Manila bay
and sank the Spanish ships. We thought
at the time that the feat was something
wonlerful, and It was at that time. The
capture of such an assortment of tubs
.would, starcely be considered, a. baiUs to,
day. In fact, no real nation now would
peimlt such a collection of boats as the
ranlards had In Manila bay to be at large
under Its Hag. Nor would we expect Ad
mit al Dqwey or any one else to go Into an
engagement with a squadron of Detrolts
and Concords, for they never would be able
to get near enough to the scent of action
to flra a shot.
The protected cruiser Boston, ons of Ad
miral Dewey's mainstays, was built In W3
at a cost of fG6,KS. and was among the
first of the steel vessels to be constructed
for the United States navy. It carried
six six-Inch guns besides smaller weapons.
It Xad a displacement of 1,023 tens and a
speed ot 15.1 knots. The. boat was the
embodiment of naval perfection and ef
ficiency a quarter of a century ago. Com
pared with the battleship of today that
cost ten times aa much and have a die-
placement nearly ten time as great the
Boston is worse than useless. All of which
emphasises how expensive the naval game
will become when we have to send the
present day dreadnaughts to the scrap
heap to make room for others of greater
efficiency.
GROWING OLD HAPPILY.
Kiaaaple of Dr. Pranasi, Distributer
t a Fortaae,
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Dr. Daniel K. Pearsons announces that
his spacious home In Hinsdale for a quarter
century Is for sale, and that by the time
ha reaches his next birthday, on April 14,
he will have paid all his "debts" and
finished disposing of his estate In such a
way that there will be no possibility of
heirs quarreling over It, for the reason that
there will not be anything left beyond his
personal maintenance.
Born In 1W0 In Vermont. Daniel Kinball
Pearsons had a common school education.
was a school teacher at IS, graduated In
medicine In 1842, practiced Ms profession
successfully In Chlcopee, Mass., for fifteen
years, in 1867 became a farmer In Ogle
county, Illinois, and In I860 engaged In the
real estate and morgage loan business In
Chicago, and In the next forty years built
up a great fortune, which for tha last
twenty he has been giving away wisely.
Social philosophers have often remarked
that the successful physician Is commonly
successful when he goes into commerce or
finance, probably because of the training
he has obtained as physician in observing
men and dealing with them. Whether this
be true as a general rule or not. It cer
tainly is true in Dr. Pearson's case.
Thus promoting the development of bis
country, Daniel K. Pearsons prospered with
it, and some twenty years ago entered upon
the third stage of his career, that of dis
tributing wisely for the benefit of education
the fortune he had acquired. To do this
carefully and effectively he has been
granted the blessing of unusual length of
days. "
Others have given larger fortunes to the
publio benefit, but we doubt If any other
man has given away a fortune so effec
tively, or had a better time and happier
years doing it, than Dr. Pearsons. Ho one
who spoke with htm fcr a quarter hour
could doubt that he was having the beat
kind of a good time and really enjoying lire
more at 86 than most men do at 35.
His plan of giving was well calculated
to produce enjoyment for any kindly and
thinking man. He bad not only the pleas
ure of aiding a worthy cause, but also.
what Is really the greater pleasure, of being
the means of Inciting other men to put forth
all the strength they had In a worthy cause.
He not only gave, and had the pleasure of
giving, but he also had the pleasure of mov
ing men to do thler best and of bringing
out all the ability there was In them.
The "debts" of which Dr. Pearsons spoke
In his. announcement of the approaching
conclusion of his educational enterprises
are sums which he has promised to various
colleges on condition that other friends
of the Institutions give as much, or several
times as much, according to circumstances.
In this way Dr. Pearsons has given about
$6,000,000 to education.
Dr. Pearsons Is sometimes spoken of
es an Illustration of the wisdom of a man
being his own executor," since only thus
can he be sure that his property goes tn
ways he would fully approve. We suggest
that he la a better illustration of an Import
ant discovery. In the art of growing old
happily in effectively moving others to do
their best for good causes. For we doubt
if Daniel K. Pearsons has had any happier
years In Ms long life than the score in
which ha has thus moved his fellow men
to show the power that Is In them and the
reality of their membership In what has
been called "The Church of the Best Licks,
Talks for people
Air. Aiercnam, wnen you are incuneu
to think that advertising will not pay
you I wish you would consider a mo-
ment the number of advertised articles
you are wearing your suit. hat. shirt.
hose, collar, cravat, watch, scarf pin
' ' . ...
Did you not purchase nearly all of
them from adversers?
Were you not Induced to purchase
them through advertising?
v , o o
You did not "Just happen" to buy
them, did youT People do not, u i
rule, do that sort of thing nowadays.
' .
They want to know something about
LUe aUVuo voivm iu,; f u" iuuuv;
out.
Then, what about your home, the
china, plaiio, dishes, clocks, vases, cur
tains, rugs, furniture, bric-a-brac,
soap, tooth powder, linen and all the
other things of dally use were they
not, nearly all of them, purchased
from advertisers?
.. , . . . . .
When you consider what an lnflu-
ence advertising has on you I believe
you will begin to think you can lnflu-
n. thr nnnnla to hiiT vone tv...-
ence other people to buy your mer
chandls through advertising.
What Ails You?
Do you feel weak, tired, despondent, have frequent head
aches, eoated tongue, bitter or bad taste ia morning,
"heart-burn,' belobing of gas, aoid risings ia throat after
eating, stomach gnaw or burn, foul breath, dizcy spells,
poor or variable appetite, nausea st timet snd kindred
symptoms f
If yon have any oaaidareble aumber of the
above symptoms you are suffering troaa bilious
neaa. torpid liver with lndigastioa, or dyspepsia.
Dr. Piaroe'a Golds Medical Discovery is made
Hp of the most valuable aaediolnal principles
known to naedieal soiaaoe for the permnnasu
ore of euob abnormal oonditiona. It ia saoor
etBolent liver invigorator, atomaeh tonio, bowel
regulator and nerve strengthener.
'V.. 9,0,de? ,d"B, r)ieo'T" bsott patent medicine or secret nostrum,
a full list of its ingredients being printed on its bottle-wrapper sod attested
under oath. A (Uoos st these will show that it contains no alcohol , or barm,
ful habit-forming draft. It is a luid extract made with pure, triple-resaed
Jlycenne, of prop.r .tren.th, from the roots of native American medical,
forest plana. World s Dispensary Medical Association, Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
PERSONAL NOTES.
. ,
"Count that day lost ho low defend
ing eun" does not brlghtea the trai: on
I sun" does not bfigntea tne irsi: on
gamore Hill. t
fhe Chlcsgo bishop, who. In a sermnn, 1
Id. "Amrlians are. as a rule, a jolss-
ople." never attended an Ad Men's con-
8more Hill.
Tr
said.
people, never
ventlon.
An essential difference between Dr. Pear
sons of Chicago, and other' millionaire,,
who satd they wanted to die poor, was thai
the doctor meant It.
A gasoline war among dealer at Monti-
cello. N. Y., brought the price uown to
1 cent a gallon last Saturday. Ttocky, old
gallon last Saturday. Ttocky. old .
11 cents a gallon Snd ln t worry- I
t, the row. I
r real daughter of the revoluiloa 1
In CheUea, Pa., aged 90 years. j
boy, gft
lng about
Another
has died
Mrs. Amy J. Congleton. Her father wi
Colin Maclaclan, a Roctohman, who came
to this country as a HrltUh soldier, but
changed his allegiance and fought? for the
revolting colonies againftt his king.
Hansltmn, the Viennese, who gained ln-i.
ternatlonal fame by wheeling his wife snd
child around the earth In ap enlarged
baby carriage, having recently burled his
wife in England, has announced that he
would begin a pedestrian trip from Ham
burg to New York, accompanied by his
14-year-old dsughter. " , ' ''.' ,
One of the latest scqulaltlons of J. Pier
pont Morgan is the well known collection
of Rouen wars formed by M. Osston de
Bouton, the honorary conservator of the
museums of that city. This gentlsman
will, however, have the satisfaction ot hav
ing his name attached to the . collection
When the 109 and odd pieces composed la
It are exhibited at tha Metropolitan mu
aeum, New York.
TAPS ON THE FUJTNYBOSX. '
"I understand your antagonist Is calling
you every name he can think of."
"Yea," replied Senator Borghurn. cheer
ily. "But he nam t much of a vocabulary."
Wasnlngton Star. t ,
Agent This apartment Is, as you can
See. elegant and complete.
Young Woman Customer Oh, you dear,
suite thing!
Agent Madam!
Young Woman Customer I was talking
about the apartment. air. Ualtimora
American.
"Why are you unable to gt workT"
aaked a housakeeper of Weary Willie.
"I'm a kindergartner. lady, be amwerad,
and this here race suicide has drove me
out of business." Cornell Widow.
"Brown has given his wTfa a handsome
piano player and now "
Wall?"
"She puts on an awful lot ef airs,"
Boston Transcript. - -
"Miss Passay is furious with that so
cleiv reporter?"
"Why aor
"He published the announcement of hr-
epproaohing wedding uncier ins column
headed 'Late Engagements.' "Life.
"Can you gueaa who gave me this clgsrT"
"iso; but i can guess wny. uuuwiu ex
press. "Flv with me." tleded the youth.
"What's the use?" answered the gtrU
"Dad's biplane would cstch that old ma
chines of yours before we had got a thou
sand' feet high." Philadelphia Lodger.
"Paw, doesn't the good book ssy that
wlcaed men shall not livw out. half their
days?''
"It says something to .that effect, I b
Heve, Tommy. Why V .
"Well, there's old Hunks. He's already
78, and doesn't show any signs of dyln .
Either he ain't so awfully wicked or !
he was built to live about 100 years."
Chicago Tribune.
LOOSED FROM SCHOOL,
Thousands ef children loosed from school.
Scarce know what they can do
To take the plaoe of rota and rule;
So, friend, it's op to you
To ponder well what active boys.
And sprightly glrla can find
To furnish recreative Joys -
For body, soul and mind.
To find for their activities
Some good and proper bent.
And guide their vagrafit liberties
Through valleys of content.
Invest a "five" In business school.
Or manual, or art.
Where pen or plane or graving tool
May give a boy a start .
In Joyous labors of the day
And show through symbols dim.
That always busy or at play
Somebody cares for him.
A cooking school or sewing class.
For one whose days are dull.
May make for some deserving lass
Vacation beautiful.
So, friend, claim not hnmunlty
From service, for 'tis true
Each child in the community
Belongs In part to you!
REBECCA F ARSON M'KAY.
Chicago, July, 110.
who sell things
iou can innuence tne (3,000 dally
subscribers ot The Bee with good
honest, straigbt-to-the-pofnt advertls-
,n na m" tMm our customer.
and rYtonita If vnn fuat (h.n f.l.l.
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It la tha onlv war to mafca ton, km.
tcethar .' .. A
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OVefr" either ot
us to meet and may do both of us a
-u
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tWe ome suggestion, to tn.ke
tO VOU and WOUld Ilk tn ufcnw v
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r. In the way tf specially prepared
copy and illustrations.
'Phone Tyler 1000 and we will call
on you. .... ,
a Chicago department store sold out a
stock of left-over neckties in one day by
Puttlnr up ign reading, "Any three of
lam.'1;!' , ,
ne same ties had remained on the coun-
ter four days while tn. sign read "Your
choice cents each."
Tht mn ho discovered the "bargain
rm" almost as "big" a man as that
"master-mind" who Invented interest. Eh
what?
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