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THE BEE: OMAITA'. FJiTPAY, OCTOBER 14. 1010. FofNULl) 11V KDWAItl) liUSKWATEH VK'TOU noSKWATEll. KPITUR Kntered at omahi postofflce as second ciaaa matter. TERMS OF r'UHtfCKIPTION. Sunday Kee, one year t- 5" r-aturuay lue. one ar i'ally lie (Without Sunday), one year. M j luii li--? anu ,-Mintlay, one year tj OJ PKLIVEIiiiP BY CAKK1EH. Even.ng 1'" (Without Himday). per week Evenini! l(ei (with .Sunday . per ween 10c l'ally J.ee (Including .Sunday), per week.loc L'aily H i without Sunday;, l-r weeK..luc Address ail complaints ot irregularities in delivery to City Circulation pepartmenl. OFFICES. Omaha The Ilea Building. South umaha '1 wenty-fuurth and N. Council bluffs 15 Scott Street. Lincoln 618 Little liuildlng. Chicago 1j4. Marquette Hulldlng. New Vork-Kooma 1101-1102 No. J4 Weal Thltty third Street. . , Washington-Tift Fourteenth Street, N. V . COK11KSPONUENCE. Communication relating to newa and tditorlul matter should be addressed: (Jinaba llee, Editorial Lupartment. REMITTANCES. Hemlt by draft, express or postal order payable to The Ilea Publishing Company, unly 2-cent stamps received In payment or mall account.!, Personal checks except an Umaha and eastern exchange not accepted. STATEMENT OP- erjnCUL.ATlON. 8tate of Nebraska, Louglas county, ee.1 Ucorge U. Tasvhuok. treasurer of ins bee I'ubllhhlug company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number oi lull and complete copies of '1 he Ualiy, Morning, Evening and bunday liee primea during the uiontu of September, 1119, was as Iirttowa: 1 43,380 I.... 43,870 t 43,180 4 .40,000 t 44,130 43,630 T 43,500 1 43,680 43,460 16 4370 11.... 41,000 II 43,630 II 43,800 14..., 43,300 16 43,360 1 43,300 17 43,870 jg 48,400 j 43,880 jo! 43,40 11 43,450 11 43,400 It 46,640 14 43,830 fg 43,800 It 46,870 tl 44,150 II 43,800 lg 43,60 10 43,690 Total . Returned 1,303,370 Coplaa 6,648 Net Total , 1,863,686 Dally Average 43,117 a so. a TzacHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this thirtieth day of bep- laaiber, 1610. . U. B. WALKER. Notary 1'ubilo. Subscribers learlBST the city porartlr shonld have Tke Dee walled to them. Aadreea will be rbansed.aa of teai Ma requested. My, wbat a short base ball season this bag been! And now the Germans are search ing for the high cost of living. Ask Champ Clark. Incidentally, one wonders If Little King Manuel will be able to come back to dear old Lisbon. All danger having been wiped out, the Old Guard may stack arms and go Into, winter quarters. Talking coaserratlon and burning forests does not add to our timber supply fery materially. "Cholera knocks at the door of Uncle Sam," reads a headline. Tell him 'we are not at home. William J. Bryan Is opposed to a tariff commission. Of course, since Taft and Koosevelt favor it. Lions, tigers, hyenas, African fever, Egyptian nationalists, old guards and aeroplanes and still he lives! When It conies to Ideal weather, Indian summer In the latitude and longitude of Omaha cannot be heat. Seems after all these years It re quires a church council to decide whether prayer alone helps a sick man Yes, but -a lot of other statesmen will be able to relate experiences of being "up In the air" after November The Atchison Globe says women are stingier than men. They have to be sometimes to make up for the men's extravagance. "Opera in English" is discussed at length by a New York paper. English in opera might make a hit in the United States. It is up to Edgar Howard to. go the limit now without waiting for the aid or consent of any duinocratlc newspa per on earth. In the meanwhile the Commercial club, should quickly make up those lost memberships with new recruits. and then some. What does that professor who pre dicted that, the African fever would kill Koosevelt think now after that aeroplane exploit? Perhaps It was his lack of early mil itary training that led General Wood to advocate military training for all American children. A London magazine compares the poetry of CaUr Wllhelm with that of Alfred Austin. Those British are al ways poking fun at Kill. The National Grain Dealers' asso ciation will hold Its annual meeting In Omaha next year. This Is the place to touch the heart of the corn belt. Mr. Gaston of Massachusetts re fused to accept the democratic nomi nation for governor. Evidently pre ferred to let some AlphoiiBe have It. Senator DollWer's lllucs calls out sympathy and hope for his speedy re covery. Vfe trust, however, that his trouble la not ascribed to any defects in the borrowed dress suit In which he last appeared In Omaha. Nearer Penny Postage. Pfnny postage has long bevn one Of the dreams for th future. Many public men have advocated Its prnc tlrablllty, but none has yet demon strated it. Postmaster General Hitch cock, however, seems to be getting very near to the poftit of practical demonstration. He has not definitely promised ipenny postage, but he has given the country reason to believe that such a boon is within our grasp. In fact, he has gone far enough to commit himself to the belief that the goal may become possible In a com paratively short time. Inasmuch as Mr. Hitchcock has al ready come near placing the postofflce system on a self-supporting basis, we may afford to give serious attention to this prediction. During the last fiscal year he has returned to the treasury $6,000,000 out of the actual appro priations made by congress for the support of the department. This is unprecedented in the history of this country. But that 1b not all. He has reduced the postal deficit one-half from the deficit of $17,000,000 one year ago. Moreover, he proposes to reduce this still further during the present fiscal year. The Postofflce department Is the pulse of the business of the govern ment and It Is being restored to a nor mal condition under the Taft admin istration and the active direction of Mr. Hitchcock. Penny postage will mean more to this country than three fourths of the people realize. The progress made In this department to ward self-support In the course of two years la one of the most remarkable achievements of the present adminis tration, and still It has only been begun. The Real Reason. Our democratic friends are very much wrought up for fear it may be impossible to use the voting machines in the coming election in Douglas county. They have been desperately straining every effort to make sure of the retention ot the maohlnes, cooking up a pretended emergency to Justify democratic members of the county board and city council ordering new machines at an expense ; to the tax payers of several thousand dollars without any warrant of law. Of course, there Is, and was, no emer gency that could not have been fore seen for months and no necessity whatever for making new purchases at this time whether the machines al ready on hand were to be used or not. The funny part of It Is the piteous plea of "our amiable democratic con temporary, the World-Herald, that the voting machfnes are necessary for an honest and fair election and to Insure a 'square deal. Even more funny la its representation that the unanimous democratic desire tfo $jave.!.the . voting machines used Is "the best possible evidence that the democratic party Is willing to trust the people and that it demands a fair and honest election." To be real frank about It, the demo crats want the voting machines used because they think thelr i uso would mean several thousand' votes for dem ocratic candidates below the governor ship, and the republicans for the same reason would prefer not to have the machines used. The honesty of the election la not Involved? it depends entirely upon the honesty of the elec tlon officers and will be the same whether the machines are used or not. The machines, however, do unques tionably force hundreds upon hun dreds of voters to pull the straight party lever and to. let It go at that, even though they may want to scratch their tickets. The democrats are con vlnced that they would get the best of this forced straight party voting, and that Is why they are tearing their hair to keep the machines. It is, therefore, the greed for votes which they cannot get on their merits and not any superior virtue or honesty that is actuating the democrats In this matter. In the case of the World- Herald It Is the further belief that the straight party lever on the; voting ma chine will give its editor, Congress man Hitchcock, running as the demo cratic nominee for United States sena tor, votes he could not get If the bal lot were marked according to the voter's real preference, that Is rnsplr Ing Its fervid exhortation. If there were no party lever it would make ab solutely no difference to the loud- clamoring democrats whether the ma chines were used or not, and they would not be wasting breath trying to raise this hullabaloo. Is There a Lumber Trust! The federal government is about to begin an Investigation to determine the existence, or nonexistence, of lumber trust doing interstate business If It finds there .is such a monopoly violating federal statutes It proposes to prosecute It under - the Sherman anti-trust law, and H" It finds that it, business Is not of such a character aej to come within the scope of federal statutes, then it will ' put up to ' the states the duty of prosecution. 1 For a long time evidences have boen coming to light of the existence Of a combine in the lumber trade and the federal authorities are inclined to be lieve that It is a monopoly national in scope and of euch nature aa to be sub ject to attack by federal power. No matter whether this be true or not, a lumber combine or monopoly is of such a character as to be most per nicious in Influence, for ty tends to discourage a healthful growth and de velopment in all parts of the country. Large and small Interests have suf fered materially of late from the high prices of lumber and the apparent lack of. competition. Whether It does a state or Interstate business, the lum ber Interest exerts a tremendous in fluences on prices in all the states and It is Important that this Influence should not overstep legal and legiti mate limits. The Taft administration has been especially successful In Its prosecu tions of monopolies, though It has gone about this part of its business quietly and without much ado. It is all the more encouraging, therefore, to know that it proposes to take hold of this vital case in the same determined manner. Party Without Coherency. Colonel Roosevelt seems to have hit upon a happy definition of the demo cratic party when he terms it a party without coherency. It stands for one thing In one state and another thing In another. It runs Bryan, the ultra radical, for president In one campaign and Parker, the ultra-conservative, In the next; returns to Bryan In a third and then waits to see what guberna torial nominee can win a victory and qualify for the presidential nomina tion in 1912. Not only a party without coherency. It is a party without real principles. It Is ever willing to turn from prin ciple to political expediency if by so doing it can secure the first advantage toward victory. It Is a rehabilitation of the old spoils system in politics. which this party of Bryan, Murphy. Harmon, Gaynor and Francis would foist upon the people. What is there that a party of prom ise without performance can offer the people as against the efficiency, the material progress of the party in power, the party of deeds, not words. Mr. Bryan, himself, furnishes the best evidence of the total lack of party co herency when he repudiates the demo cratic nominees In one state and advo cates their election In another this year on purely local Issues. The fact of the matter Is that the democrats are making their entire campaign upon a negative basis, seeking merely to tear down by misrepresentation and sophistry what the republicans have built up. Steer Mail Cars. The Southwestern Mall Clerks' as sociation in convention demands Bteel cars, or wooden cars removed from the engine, as a measure of safety to their lives. It is a simple, reasonable demand that should be granted with out unnecessary delay. What argument can be brought against It! Expense? What is expense as compared with human life? So far as that is con cerned the Investment would soon pay for itself, for steel cars not only pro tect life better than wooden ones, hut stand"; the strain "of flrei a'nd" Wrecks better. The practice of housing these men o wooden cars, many of them' un sanitary, too, attached next to the lo comotive, is certainly objectionable. rrhat places them In the most danger ous "place on the1 train and vastly In creases the hazard of their business. Their nay Is none too liberal and hazardous occupations are not very at-1 tractive to life Insurance companies, so that the railway mailman has many disadvantages which the railroad should aid him to overcome. This is not a new demand; it has been made by other similar associa tions and it should he persisted In un til It is complied with. It is possible government assistance may be enlisted In behalf of the demand. Whatever legitimate Influence could be brought to bear should be. Men should not be compelled to undergo unnecessary hazard every time they go to their dally work If It 1b possible to make It otherwise, as It is in this case. The steel car has been tested on some roads and proved satisfactory. Of Its utility or practicability there Is no question. The democratic nominee for railway commissioner. In whom the corpora tions have put their trust, comes back at The Bee in an interview in a Lin coln paper admitting the allegation and telling how he came to wear the corporation collar. He Bays that' he was In the legislature of 1887 and helped perpetrate the successful con spiracy by which the railroads and their allies relegated to private life United States Senator Charles H. Van Wyck as punishment for too great ac tivity on behalf of the people and too little subserviency to railroad dicta tion Candidate Haydeu helped the railroads put Van Wyck out of busi ness, and in their gratitude the rail roads have kept Mr. Hayden's name on their preferred list ot safe, sane and reliable ellglbles for any public office where a useful man la wanted. The New York Herald says that the wtst is more appreciative of art than New York Cltv. And yet we had been led to believe that New Yorkers didn't know VTV7 a"y, 'Uh ptac " ,h' W"T Atlanta Journal. The large number who escape to this city from the west would not let us forget there Is mi.-h a place if we wished to. New York Herald. No, and if they did there would still be the crops of the west at all times and the money of the west as re minders. Since Governor Shallenberger has been commending Mayor "Jim" as a good man to succeed him. Mayor "Jim" has refrained (roru calling the governor a liar. But, of course, that does not alter the fact, but rather provea it. Acting Mayor lirucker, who is sub stituting while Mayor "Jjm" i on the huBttngs, declares that the city councfl has not a single penny at its disposal j to help out the police fund which it , cut below original estimates. It is to be noted that he Is not so emphatic In his response to the demand of the democratic street commissioner for more money for political broom fielders and campaign chalr-warraern Where was Congressman Hitchcock when the tariff bill was finally voted j on in congress? Over in Europe en-j Joying himself spending the money paid to him out of the public treasury' to stay on the Job at Washington. A willful absentee must have brass to find fault with a colleague who does his duty by hig constituents. ' New Mexico's constitution-makers, now in session, have decided that leg islative employes shall be few and salaries moderate. That Is what was decided, sIbo, by Nebraska's constitution-makers, but they did not know the versatility and resourcefulness of the future Nebraska law-makers. The Phlldelphia Inquirer thinks the "natural advantages of the city" should make Omaha an Ideal place for the next national convention of the prison congress. It would be too in delicate to suggest holding It In Phil adelphia or Pittsburg. Alton B. Parker and "Dear Maria" may (hake hands. They both got back at the oolonel and both gave him a hot ball over the plate. Memphis Commercial Appeal. And he hit It each time for a home run, with the bases full. . A New York woman physician says "the women of the Turkish harem are better off than the American women." She knows how to better her condi tion, then. t'rsrent Harry Call. Boston. Transcript. In view 'of the current ' record of rail road accidents, that fifty millions for the Installation of safety appliances cannot be applied any too sjon. Waste Rivalry Tat Oat. Philadelphia Ledger. The aviators appear to have more busi ness gumption than one would suspect. They have eliminated, competition In that 130,000 Chicago to New Vork flight, thus avoiding the wastetul methods that result from a lack of buaineas sense. House ot Governors Complete. . New York Tribune. Governor Carroll of Iowa has been ac quitted on the charge of criminally libelling a subordinate state official. Governor Haskell of Oklahoma has been vindicated from trie accusation of conspiring in an Indian land sale. Nothing militates any longer against a free and full attendance at the next session 6f . that experimental fifth .wheel in government, the "bouse of governors." .'; 7, , . Where the Money Goes. Brooklyn Ragle. Alleged bucket shops In seven cities have been raided. .Nothing, however, can stop a business whose 6e)l?ie so tempting until human .;-flshes hayicf.mp!etely changed thejrjhablts.. .It fta Mlbem estimated that ItOO.OOO.OOO of the jeple's money 1 lost In bucket shops every year. Why he does it one cannot tell, but . by going through the motions of Wall t,rqet, .'the man with a few dollars '.gets somethtng ot the big feeling which "he Imagine students of the stock ticker share with multl-Aillllonalres. The bucket shop supplies this human need, and when It Is considered how great the need Is and how-. well it is supplied, the charges made for the service do not seem exorbi tant DIDN'T SAY A WOHD, Novel Form of Doyeott Practiced by West Point Class.. . Baltimore American. A deep and dire conspiracy against the discipline of the military academy of West Point ha caused the arrest, of the 'entire body of cadets. The corps has been guilty of silencing Captain Longan. This officer, who la Instructor in tactics, seema to have rubbed the fur the wrong way. At any rate, a board of officers sat upon the com plicated question 'of. why, when Captain Longan appeared in the tnessroom a pro found silence fell upon the 400 students thert. assembled. This show of positive dis respect is on of ,the offenses the students of such an Institution could commit, and thus It is that the entire body faces court martial. , Just why the captain- should have run afoul of the students does not appear, and it seems that to divulge the circumstances would be to plaoe some of the cadets in a bad plight, as their fellows have rallied about them to maintain discreet reticence. Kllenclng In the dlnlngroom is a form of haslng a professor that rankles deep In the heart of any officer toward whom It Is used. Undoubtedly what is back of the silencing will come out and there may be some salutary discipline. The cadets have, however, had their lnninga, and the lay man unverse4 In the ethics of silencing win rerrain irom eimer condemnation or approval until informed of the facta. In a general sense, the students are adopting a course of premedlated Insult, and that Is never Justifiable. Our Birthday Book Octobsr 14, 1910. William IVnii, founder and namesake of Penntylvarila, was born Octuber 14, 1644, In Ixmdon. He died In 17 IS. He was a Quaker and founded his colony as a philanthropic project In the cause of religious liberty. James Keeley, publisher of the Chicago Tribune Is 4.1 years old. He was born In Ivondon, but did his first newspaper work In Kansas, going to the Tribune In 1K'2 as proofreader, frtim Which he has by success ful promotions reached the top. John'O. WliUs, site of Omaha's pioneers, now retired from active business, is cele brating his TOlli birthday today. He was lorn e.t Chalton, N. Y., and was formerly In the real estte business. M. C. Peters, president of the M. C. Peters Mill company, manufacturing alfalfa meal and stork foods, was born October 14. 183, at St. Iyiiils. He started the Memts Bag company in St. Ixuls In PPO, remaining with the concern twenty-three years, fif teen of them as manager of the Hernia j Omaha Bag company, going ir.to his present uusinees ror nimseir in iat. Patrick A. McUovern, pastor of St. l'eters church, was born October 14, 171, right here In Omaha. He was educated In Crelghton ' university and at Mount St. Mary's sewnlnsry In Cincinnati, being or dained to priesthood In W. C. Sunderland, grain dealer, is SJ years old today. He was born In Burling ton, la., and located In Kearney In 1K73, gT-tng into the lumber snd banking business, coming to Omaha In ISM. Epistolary The PeMIe' f ade. VNITF.P FTATF.S BF.NATR. WASH INGTON. D. C. Sopt. J3, 1!H0 Dear Plr: I have not heard from you with regard to Senate Document nOJ, The Code of the People's Rule, which 1 sent you last month. Please let me know If yon received It: and If you have made any comments In regard to the code, I should be glad to have a copy. The Importance of re-emabllshlng honest snd efficient government is so obvious that I hope you will give personal attention to the proposals set forth In this document, again calling your attention to the Introduction and to chapters I and XX. I should appreciate a reply from you. Yours respectfully, ftOHT. I.. OWEN. OMAHA. Oct. 10, I910.-Hon Robert L. Owen Washington, P. C: My Pear Plr I beg to acknowledge receipt of your rubber-stamped circular letter of the 23th ult., with reference to the copy of "The Code of the People's Rule," previously sent me. Answering your Inquiry, I have to say that the document arrived safely and the subject matter has had various comment In The Bee from time to time, both before and after you had your compilation made. Most of the reforms that seem salutory have been put Into effect here In Nebraska with the help, If not at the instigation, of The Bee. Some of your other propositions we are opposing as not adapted to the al leged purpose. You assume that w have to re-establish honest and efficient govern ment, but we go on the theory that we have reasonably honest and efficient gov ernment now, although always subject to Improvement. Very truly yours, VICTOR ROSETWATER, Editor Omaha Bee. Organised Charities. CHICAGO, Sept. 15.-Mr. Victor Rose water, Editor Omaha Bee: Pear Sir A special commute of the Chicago Associa tion of Commerce, called a committee -on charities endorsement, has been appointed to investigate the need for organizing a charities endorsement bureau In Chicago. This special investigating committee Is en deavoring to secure Information from per sons In a number of different cities that have had experience In this particular mat ter. We are already In communication with the general secretary of the Omaha As sociated Charities (Miss Ida V. Jonti) and we are seeking her assistance on the more technical aspects of the problem. The spe cial Investigating committee also desires to secure the opinion of business men on this subject, and any Information, you can give on the following points will he hlghiy esteemed: 1. Does your bureau fully meet the needs of your local situation T 2. Has it succeeded In eliminating the fraudulent, semi-fraudulent and unworthy charities from your city; or do they still maintain a foothold In the community T 8. From the experience yon have had in this matter, can you suggest any improve ments or new methods that might be em ployed In the work of a charities endorse ment bureau that would Increase its useful ness to the community? Our special Investigating oommlttee Is very anxious to get all the Information that can be secured on every aspect of the question and will very greatly appreciate any assistance you may be able to render In the matter. 1 Very , respectfully, . . , . , HENRY STEWART, -. v Secretary to the Committee. OMAHA, Oct. 10. 1910 Mr. Henry Stew art, Secretary Investigating Committee, Charities Endorsement, Chicago, 111.: My Pear Sir Pardon delay in answering your letter of September IB. due to my absence from the city on a trip to Mexico. While I hardly feel myself, specially qualified to give any well grounded opinions, except suoh as are formed by general observa tion, I venture the following answers to your questions: 1. Does the bureau fully meet the needs of the local situation? The bureau seems to bo doing good work, though I would hardly say It meets the needs fully, the shortcomings being due, chiefly, however, to lack of co-operation with the bureau by the different charit able Institutions, and also by the business houses that support them. I mean to say that the obligation to Insist on solicitors submitting their claims first rb the Inves tigating committee and to refuse help to those not endorsed, is not sufficiently lived up to. 2. Ifas It succeeded In eliminating fraudulent and unworthy charities? Mv preceding answer Indicates that It has not suoceeded, but has made progress in that direction. 1 As to Improvements or new methods? My own personal opinion Is that the best results would be obtained by pooling the entire charity subscription list, as has been done' in Chicago by the Associated Jewish Charities, and In one or two other cities. I belteVe that would stop a great deal of waste. Imposition and fraud. If we are to continue to give Indiscriminately on spe cial solicitation for each Institution, then the investigating bureau ought to Issue a bulletin at frequent intervals to each mem ber of your association posting him on what Is being done, new applications for endorsement, Institutions endorsed or re jected, and solicitors who are out without even applying for endorsement. , The bureau ought to cheek up the financial management of every institution and force economies and businesslike management by withdrawal of endorsement as the pen aly for noncompliance. The same influ ence could force desired consolidations and prevent costly duplication of work. Very truly yours. VICTOR ROSEWATER. Editor Omaha Bee. ! KIHt, A K A ' MOHTGAUU RECORD Meanlagr of the Heoeal Increase In Henirded Debts. Bpringfiold (Mass.) Republican. Nebraska still mainialns a public con solidated mortgage recVrd. and this shows for 1!1S a net Increase over 1901 cf some llO.ftno.noo In the amount of farm mortgage indebtedness. From l7 to 1908 the net increase was M.OOO.OK). f armers out that way signalised the advent of high prices and boom times ten years ago by crawling gradually out from undr the great load of debt Incurred when they bought their farms and during the hard times succeed ing. Now they ere going Into debt again. But this doee not reflect conditions of ad versity as It did then. Quite the con trary. It reflects, rattier, no doubt, a prosperity which has Induced the specu lative purchase of new land or more land As king as farm prices oontlnue high ttiere will be no trouble, jut if an ex tended tall of prices should set in, a sit uation would develop about as bad as that which overtook those sections of the country twenty years ago. ( an llroern nine llerkf Cleveland Plain Pcalur. Time's whirligig muet have a lot of fun In (leorsia- Old Joe Brown won th governorship and ousted Hoke Smith. Now Hoke Smith Ikis been elected governor, ousting Joe Brown. It's Brown's turn the next round, and Fmlth, should be prepared. FRRSONAL NOTES. Ii tlnialions thnt Mrs. Chanler mnv tak-' Chanler back Klvcs rvin wldrr si-cpc to the query. "Who's lonney now?" There Is a generally InrrcnMng belief thnt Klnu Manuel tins become. a life mem ber of the Can't Come Hack club. Although Miss Clara Barton, the founder of the Rod Cross society In the Tiilie.! Stales. Is HI, she still takes personal charge of one of the branches of the so ciety. Harry Neely. a Pittsburg policeman, struck oil on the farm left him by his faiber and he has sold out to the trust for K.00,000. The risk of having money thrust upon him Is one that every llttsbm ger has to take. Mrs. A. (1. Hughston has been chosen to act as marshal at the suffrage para.le which Is to be held In New York on Octo ber 29. Mrs. Hughston Is six feet tall, has a fine carriage, and is a firm believer In the equality of the sexes. She Is one of the few successful real estate women In New York. After thirty-two years of waiting, James Cnrnmlnga of Custer. Mich., a quiet hero, too modest to tell of his own bravery, has received from the Treasury department a gold medal for his part In saving forty four lives from the wreck of the grain barge J. H. Rutter, off Ludlngton, Mich.. November 1, 1S78. Mrs. Mabel Hanson of Sacramento, Cal., after a struggle for a livelihood for sev eral years aa a seamstress following sep aration frvm her husband, has found that she has fallen heiress to a fortune of about $30,000 left by Hanson at his death In a mine accident near Nome, Alaska. Han son left his wife at Tonopah to regain a fortune which he lost. Pr. Wood row Wilson, who has been nomi nated for governor of New Jersey by the democrats, and who Is now mentioned ns a presidential poselbillty In 1!12, has never held any political office. He has been presi dent of Princeton university since line, and Is known nationally as a specialist on politi cal science. Pr. Wilson was born in Staun ton, Va,, 64 years ago. THE ARMY I'.MFORH. A Centery's Progress to the Smart and Hnslneae-I.lke Kbakl. New York Sun. The two large quarto volumes Issued by the War department under the supervision of the quartermaster general, Illustrating the evolution of the army uniform from 1774 to 1907, are full of interest to soldier and civilian alike. They contain together more than 100 pictures, showing the uniform In every advance up to the present smart and business-like khaki for active service. Curiously enough, the Old-time uniforms are not in the least "frumpy," even when compared with the latest styles. The evo lution registered by theae Illustrations is one of mere utility and efficiency, cover ing new Ideas as to detail, but always tending to simplicity. Leaving aside the full dress uniforms for state functions and strictly social and official displays, the present clothing of the army for all pur poses of everyday wear and tear is now more satisfactory than ever before. In deed, if the khaki stuffs produced In Amer ica were as serviceable as those available in England the American army would be the most usefully dressed army in the world. Upon the whole, it has usually been more sensibly clothed than that of any other country. Only in the '80s was it given over to spike helmets and a lot of embarrassing frippery, but there was In those days no thought of war and adorn ment may well have superseded utility. The' war department seems to have reached the point of highest efficiency In service uniforms, barring some lack ' of durability in the material, and the country has every right to be satisfied. Gone are the plumes, the spikes, In fact all the rest of the embarrassing upholstery and now, according to these Illustrated books, the army Is trimmed to the minute and dressed for any fate. Th Style and jf?"l !! Quality Label A5 Adler's Collegian Clothes -.rllt wA.-.vait-. 4rtn ra1isA ft-mir ing in the minutelt degree the high standard for which they are noted. The materials, the tailoring and the fit are of so exceptional a character, that one can easily see the superiority of these garments by a simple compari son with any other make produced in this country. These are the garments that appeal to men who admire a standard above the average. Foremost dealers in all sections of America are showing our overcoats, suits and raincoats at $15.00 to $33.00. Our Style book will thoroughly post you. Mailed upon application. David Adler&SonsClothingCo. Nobby Clothes Makers Milwaukee ' IT" IV IS" C" tNinv LIUUI PERFECT EYESIGHT , It matters not whether ou suffer from Ncur-Mithl, I'nr Slilht, Old-Mlit or itlcinn. limn -we jttw you complete relief. Properly fitted passes re stores the circulation and strenpthens weak, strnlned and tired eyes. ski: i s ami ski: iikst. KUfESOrTcPTICAL C(K m:t so. null st. SAID IN FUN. "Poen't your husband like cats. Mrs. Bluks?" "No. Indeed. He hntes (ill cats except little kitty they have at Ilia club." Haiti more American. "Serve the champagne, in tin cups, Oscar," directed the owner of the bungalow. "Very good, sir." "These hunting parties like ti rough it a trifle." Washington Her.tld. "I hear the people who have moved next door are folks of the strlotot Integrity." "Strict? 1 should sav so! Whv, even their pln.no Is upright." Puck. "I told tint feller 1 was so flat broke I had to sleep outdoors," sal.l Plodding IVto. "Pld It touch his heart?" asked Me andering Mike. "No. He said he was doing the same thing, an' had to pay d doctor for tellln' him what a blessln It was:"-Washington Star. "Has the doctor a large practice?" "So largo that when people have nothing the matter with them he tells them so." Louisville Courier-Journal. Olga (all excitement over Norn's account of her elopement) How romantic! But weren't you afraid of the ladder slipping?" Nora h, no! Mother was holding It. Judge. Pante looked up at the sign over the door of Hades. " 'Abandon hopo all ye that enter here,' " he said aloud. Then he faintly smiled. They wondered at his levity. "Thnt sign," he explained, "would serve Just as good a purpose at the automobile course on Ixmg Island." Marveling at his fore.tlght they winked at the doortender and passed in. Cleveland Plain Pcaler. SHE'S GROWING UP. Chicago News. Bhe has grown and grown from her baby a wonder to watch how a baby grows From her romping, climbing and tomboy days To a slim sedatcness and ribbon bows! Y'ea, sir! To bowson her golden hair, And the tallness caused by a lengthened skirt: I can't for a moment tell why I care. But I do somehow I am grieved and hurt. She sauntered in when I came from town last night with never a wold to say, And came and stood where I'd sat me down And looked into my eyes in the strangest way; And waited there till her dad should see The ribbon bows and tho lengthened skirt. And I saw It all as sho looked at me, And so I felt then the sudden hurt. This maid with her wonderful eyes alight Where doe elillnVtaood1 'go-i when' we put it by? Is not the baby I loved last night. And I know In my heart that howe'er I try There will be somethlu.g elusive, faint, Twlxt me and this maid of the ribbon bow. A faint grownupness, a dim restraint, That my babe and her daddy could nevei know. liava -Itt ISv llPVPf JtliorHt,