Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 20, 1909, Page 6

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Address will be changed as oftem as requcsted. —_————a Has the new Maxim explosion mut- | fler been placed on Cagtro? In the language of the prize fight editor, the blows of the French strik- ers lacked steam. 5 The old councll has closed its ac- counts and made ready for the open- ing of a new set of books. According to Mr. Bryan three- fourths of the people are democrats at heart. Still, it's votes that count. The tarff bill provides for a reduced duty on nails. Keeping in mind the necessity of patching political fences? e e e A Kansas fudge has decided that a charivari i a disorderly assemblage. The name itself is enough to start a | disturbance. al United States naval vessel fired into a school of black fish. The navy | should be admonished against drawing | the color line? A phonograph has been invented | which can be heard for a distance of | four miles. What a pity the inventor did not die young. The consuming desire of Governor Haskell of Oklahoma to meet the issue without hiding behind technicalities is becoming overpowerin, It is to be hoped Governor Shallen- berger played no favorites among the raflroads when he bought all those mileage books at state expense. —— The world's supply of gold has| reached $11,000,000,000. We are not particular, and if express charges are too high we would just soon have our share sent along in bills. A city statistician is the latest pro- posal for enlarging the pay jobs in the! city hall. What's the matter with the city comptroller complling all the nec- essary statistics for the conduct of city affairs ——e Nebraska now has a state board to examine and license professional nurses. According to best legal au- thority, however, the new law does not include the mursing of political ambitions. That Bayou Bara reception commit- tee deserves a medal for its frankness. Its diction was hardly up to the Sar- gent 8. Prentiss standard, but the number took no chances on-initiation into the Anauias club. It is still snowing up In Canada and Montana, If we cab pull through the mayor's inauguration without any seri- ous atmospheric disturbances every- thing will be set for summer, even if the northern section does continue to show off. Every truly loyal resident of Great Britain now looks under his bed betore retiring for the night to make sure no German spy is concealed there. This scare m be amusing to outsider but John Bull threatens to suffer from Dervous collapse ‘unless some remedy s soon found. The Bleached Flour Ruling, By an arrangement. with the 'at- torney general a speedy legal determ- ination of the bleached flour ruling of Secretary Wilson fs promised. The question involved is a vital one to ebraska millers and wheat raisers. Nebraska winter wheat, while making flour of the best quality, unless bleach- ing or some other process is resorted to, is lacking In that quality of white- ness desired by the housewife, and consequently must sell at a less price. The point of the litigation is two- fold—whether the introduction of the small quantity of nitrate in the electric bleaching process is harmful to health and also whether the bleaching is such a deception as to come under the inhibition of the pure food law. From obtainable evidence it would scarcely seem though much hinges on the first proposition. In fact, even Chemist Wiley, a stickler and extremist, does not insist on it strenuously. Whether the bleaching Is such a deception of the purchaser as to bring it under the misbranding ban of the law is a sub- ject on which people may differ The pure food act was passed with the laudable purpose of protecting the public from harmful adulterations and to prevent substitutions from being palmed off on the ignorant. The pur- pose of the law is laudable and no one questions the sincerity of Mr, Wilson and Mr. Wiley. Some of the orders issued for its enforcement, how- ever, are regarded by those affected a8 both unreabonable and unjust. The Nebraska and other millers in the winter wheat belt complain that the | enforcement of the bleached flour rul- ing will cause a depreciation each year of several cents per bushel in the market value of the state's 40,000,000 bushels of winter wheat without bene- fit to the consumer, Whatever tlie equities of the case, a speedy settlement is desirable, It the secretary s right as to the ap- plication of the law because the law itself is too broad it can be changed. If its justice is apparent on a full inquiry the Nebraska and other winter wheat growers must perforce submit as gracefully as they can. Worrying About Rooseyelt. Ever since Mr. Roosevelt’ announced his determination to go om his hunt- ing trip to Africa well meaning friends and others whose business it is to worry for his personal safety have been exercised lest womething un- toward should happen to-him. .The sleeping sickness, malaria, the lttmkaz of wild beasts and numerous other calamities have in turn sarved their’ day.. But Mr. Rooseveit went ahead with his preparations just the same and is simply having a “bully” time. Everybody is ‘“delighted,” except the lions and the croakers. 12 The latest cause of worry fs-that the Mad Mullah or the Somali natives may fall upon the fllustrious hunter | and exterminate him. With all due respect to the anxious onef,"the record. of the ex-president indicates that he is thoroughly well equipped to take care of himself. As a hunter he knows the dangers of the pursuit of large game and has never been guilty of | neglecting the precautions experience would dictate. Those who are fearful that he will charge single handed and alone into the band of fanatical na- tives fail -to credit him with the common sense which has always char- acterized his actions. It would be in- teresting and picturesque, of course, it he should give the Africans an il- Justration of how Corporal Peck put down the rebellion, but it is far more | likely that if the Mad Mullah or the Somali natives run amuck Mr. Roose- velt would leave that job to the British army and go over into the other p ture to hunt lions. It is real kind, of course, for all these good people to take the entire worry of this African trip off the mind of Mr. Roosevelt, but it is barely possi- ble after all it may all be misdirected and wasted effort. It is barely possible that our British friends and the alarmists in this and other countries as well have over- looked some vital facts in conjuring up & German bugaboo. That Germany has a powerful and eficient army is not to be denied. That it is building up a strong and potential navy is also evident, but facts easily within reach of all demonstrate that it is im- possible fer Germany to go to the lengths credited to it by the British. Germany, like other nations, has its limitations, and in the matter of war and preparations for war in these modern di the financial one is not to be overlooked. The German empire came into being in 1871, free from debt and with the immense indempity paid by France as an asset. Today it has a pational debt of . $1,050,000,000, which is constantly increasing. This is the debt of the imperial government. and does not include that of its vari- ous states and municipalities. Further- more, its revenues have fallen short of expenditures in every year since 1897, and it has been forced to make good the defleit by means of loa The result of this has been to force up the interest rate from 3 to 4 per cent on government loans and the price of imperial 3 per cent securities has fallen to from 85 to 95. To meet these financial burdens the government has been compelled to re- sort tp new sources of revenue, but ‘ Mr. Bryan scored congressmen whose votes on the tariff bill are so placed as to foster industries in thetr own sections: Mr. Bryan remembers that when be was ugress the only “pork” ha Eot for Bis district was a: appropriation fer an elevator in the Lincoln postofiice, has not been able to make the annual budget balance even then. The limit of taxation, of course, has not been reached, but it is inconceivable that tacing such fiscal problems a people as intelligent and far-éeeing as the Germans should be -deliberateiy plan- ning to undertake a war of aggression Against any country, It 18 far more lhe‘ believable that the geographical loca- tion of Germany is forcing upon it a military and naval expenditure from which both its people and its govern- ment would gladly escape if they could 8till another feature points to the improbability of any deliberate inten- tion on the part of Germany to pro- voke or engage in a war with a first class power, Germany’s manufactures and trade are expanding at an enor- mous rate, its foreign commerce ex- ceeding that of any other country in Europe except Great Britain. This commerce has practically all of it been created since 1871 and not yet firmly enough established to maintain itself in the face of a destructive war. Those who are worried about Ger- man aggression would seem to be needlessly alarmed. The United States and Great Britain might with far more reason wake up to the danger of Ger- man trade dominance than of its mili- tary and naval supremacy. Nine Years of Service, The council meeting just held hi marked the close of nine years of serv- fce in that body of its one republican member. In the spring of 1900 Harry B. Zimman went into the couneil, chosen from’ the Third ward, without experience of any kind in city affairs and with little to commend him be- sides the vigor of youth and a reputa- tion for square dealing. He closes his councilmanic career without doubt the best posted man on the practical work- ings of our city government and with a record of intelligently directed serv- ice for the people and successfully | withstanding the blandishments of self- ish interests. " During the last three of his nine years Mr. Zimman found himself the only republican in the council, and as the lone minority charged with the re- sponsibility of keeping the democratic majority in the straight path by posing their different schemes and deals as they came up. How success- ful he was in this difficult role is proved by the fact that he came to be satirically referred to as the “custo- dian of the democratic platform.,” We shudder to think what the record of the democratic council would have been without the constant vigil of this one republican councilman. Since his entrance into the council chamber Mr. Zimman has led the fight for tax reform, for street lighting con- cessions, for universal street car trans- fers, for lower telephone rates, gaining him the uncompromising enmity of the public service corporations that could not buy him off. He served accept- ably as mayor during the interval from the death of Mayor Moores to the ad- vent of Mayor Dahliman, and while he has been denied promotion to the mayor’s chair in his own right he will leave the council chamber with a ree- ord matched by no one else who has ever served Omaha as councilman—a record entitling him, at least, to grate- ful remembrance. Reading the reference in Colller's Weekly to the World-Herald as one of the few dailfes “‘that calls itself demo- cratic,” the Lincoln Journal declares that the World-Herald as “an inde- pendent paper” has been found out. As it it had not been found out long ago. The World-Herald labels itself in its own columns “an independent paper,” but when it advertises in Mr. Bryan's Commoner, for example, it changes the label to “‘a democratic paper.” This “independent” pretense must be very like the fusion game as |1t 18 played here in Nebraska, by which Mr. Bryan's presidential electors are put on the official ballot as both dem- ocrats and populists. The World-Her- ald is either “independent” or “demo- | | | | and it has even been known to sell editorial page space to republican can- didates of the corporation brand. “Billy" Thompson denies that he is hitching up with Bryan and Shallen- berger in a political triumvirate. The last experience Mr. Thompson had with the other triumvirs when he | wanted to go to the Denver convention | last year, as delegate-at-large, resulted | disastrously to him. No wonder that | he 1s becoming more particular about | picking his political company. The World-Herald's fear that the | tranchise corporations might control the new council through the six re- { publican members should now be al- layed. | ord again exactly as the franchise cor- porations would like to have them. One advantage the trade boosters have in going into lowa is that they are not compelled to bump up against the prejudice against Omaha stimu- lated by Douglas county's representa- tives in the late legislature. —_— Eastern newspapers are having a whole lot of fum over the statement that the governor of lowa wears cel- luloid eollars. superior to the corporation brand which some governors wear. —_— prominent physician } A advises children to play the plano for them By what process of reasoning does he Justify tr ferring punishment from the child to the neighbors? So te Speak, Washington Herald Eighteen democrats voting for a tariff on iron ore was something in the way of ironical democracy, 80 10 speak. Spiki Guns of the Muse, Chicago Record-Herald. Recent improvements in the mechanism for alming big guns make it possible for an officer in an observation tower to have complete control of the battery of a war The disappearance of the man be- | of a public mintstry | > oratiye expression to the assiciation of the cratic” as it serves its purpose best, | ! part Five of the six hold-over demo- | '© 40 80. The undertaking is one in whicn crats have taken occasion to go on rec- | Even it true they are | mothers instead of spanking naughty | OMAHA, THURSDAY, MAY 1 hind the gun will result in a hardship for the poets when the next big war comes on Emphasize the Hoston Herald Bryan is reported as writing to a friend In Washington that it he had to choose between Gov. Johnson of Minnesota and Gov. Harmon of Ohlo for 1912 he would take Harmon More luck for the north- west Prophecies that Will Fail. Springfield Republican One of the vice-presidents of the Penn Ivania rallroad is predicting that the In- erstate Commerce commission will either hav¥e its powers reduced or be abolished altogether. A safer prediction is that its powers are more likely to be increased than diminished, and that its abolition, {f that ever comes, will follow the substitution of railroads in direct charge of thelr operation. Americanizing Overdone. Boston Transcript. Some army officers in the Philippines say that In “‘Americanizing” the Philippine scouts, the government is beginning at the wrong end by compelling them to wear woolen stockings In a country where 70 degrees is a normal temperature. Left to themselves, the outs would prefer to &0 barefoot, with grass sandals in reserve for use over very rough ground. Why Amer- lcanize them at all, if their efficiency is greater under conditions te which they have been accustomed from childhood? | Amazing Nerve of Grafter, Philadeiphia Record One of the convicted members of Pitts- burg's bribed city council, who is out on $26,000 bail, has invited the Allegheny Bar Assoclation, including the judge who tried him, to take A junketing trip on his steam yacht. The invitation {s amazing, and the invited association was duly amazed there- by, of course. But in what other com- munity this side of the Rockies could such & thing have occurred? The unabashed impudence necessary to the making of such a proposal could not have developed in a morally healthy atmosphere. ONE VIOLATOR PINCHED. Prison Sentence for~ Violation Sherman Anti-Trust Law. New York World. At last “the one responsible man” has been sentenced to jail for a violation of the Bherman anti-trust law. Of the five officers of the Amerjcan Naval Stores com- pany convicted in the United States court at Savennah of conspiracy in restraint of trade, three escaped with a fine, but in the cases of the chairman of the board of directors and of the vice president, Judge Sheppard imposed a fine and three months imprisonment. As Justice Holmes said in his dissenting opinion In the Northern Se- curities case, the Sherman law is “a orimi- nal statute.” Mr. Roosevelt refused to rece ognize its criminal provisions, but under the Taft administration the country now has proof that the criminal clause of the law can be enforced if the government is willing to enforce it. of AN AMENDMENT IN ORDER, Tom Watson's Motion Revived and Improved. Charleston News and Courier (dem.) We cannot sympathize with the Hon. (Tom) Watson, editorialist of the Jeffer- sonian, in his flerce objurgations against the United States senators because they have provided themselves with bath tubs, one whole, undivided, and exclusive tub for each senator. The Hon. Watson inti- mates that he can tolerate & man's preju- dices againet sharing his bed with a fel- low man, though he does not participate in them, but setsyup that the adoption of separate senatorial tubs smacks of tyranny and imperial extravggances—in which our brother editor is in error. To the separate senatorial bath tub there {8 no genuine democratic or Jeffersonian objection, as the use of the bath tub makes altogether for simplicity, but the oath that a senator takes should be so amended so that he would swear not only to support the con- stitution and obey the laws, but to utilize the bath tub not less than twice a week. TRIBUTE TO VANISHING RACE, Proposed Memorial to the | Indian. A Philadelphia Record. | It is a rather curious fact that nowhere In this country has historical thought shaped itself In giving adequate commem- American | \ American Indian with the early life of our nation. The Indian—the original proprietor of the lordly domain out of which has been | carved the greatest republic of the earth | —~has unquestionably played & more prom- | inent part in the pages of American his- | tory than any of the influences that we | | House | and see what would happen. SRS, B ot the Nation's Oapital. magazine art Lyman describes and discusses the smile of President Taft his manner of disposing of White callers ‘At 10 o'clock,” he saye, the eliding doors rolled back and the great man stepped forth. Kvery one rose and a thrill went round the room. The president d, and every one smiled back. It is safe to say that the president's smile is more infectious than that of any other member of the Optimists' club of America. 1t Is a big, wholesouled smile altogether irresistible 1t is surprising how little Mr. Taft's photographs prepare one for the man himgelf. Although weighing over 30 pounds. he does not look like a fat man While he is good natured and Jovial, those terms give an entirely false idea of him. The impression of strength and keenness |8 much more dominant than these characteristics. He has a clear, ruddy complexion, and a face that {s not too heavy to be handsome. “Unlike most men, the nearer you come to him the better he looks. His eyes are his most remarkable feature. Were he insignificant in every other respect, his eyes would mark him as no ordinary man They are a red brown in shade, with cur- iously slanted lids, and they indicate kind- ness, Shrewdness, Inflexible determination. Their expreseion {s constantly changing with lightning Ifke rapidity from mirthful ness to intense seriousness. There is dls- aster ahead of the Individual who mis- takes this big, smiling man's good nature for easygoingness. “One thing Mr. Taft's smile does is to banish embarrassment “In spite of our vaunted equality and ‘I'm as good as you' assertion, the ordi- nary unofficial, undistinguished American | citizen fs rather nervous when he meets | the president of the United States. The | way Mr. Taft dispels this embarrassment with a glance and a smile is one of his small achievements, which must loom large In the aggregate. The smile s genu- ine, because the man back of it {s genuine." In Ree justly and a resent r Stowe celebrated smil When Secretary of State P. C. Knox was attorney general the pardon clerk broyght to his attention the application for pardon of a man who had been sentenced to & five-year term in prison for conducting a prize fight In Arizona. It seems tie terri- torial authorities had determined to break up prize fighting within thelr juriadiction and had made an example of this man, After reading the papers through the at- torney general was convinced that it was a case for executive clemency, but know- ing the president's fondness for athletics he determined to advise against a pardon recommend that :\n- plea be refused,” wald Mr. Knox to one of his assistants, “but 1 know the presi- dent will grant it in spite of that recom- mendation.” “Oh, no," sald the assistant, “he has always followed your recommendation and I'm sure he will in this case." “I'll bet you a box of cigars he grants the pardon.’ sald Mr. Knox, and the wager was made. The next cabinet day Mr. Knox took with him to the cabinet meeting the papers in this case and laid them at the presi- dent's place, at the head of the table. He told Becretary Root of the circumstances and asked him to watch deveiopments. The president came iInto the room and as he sat down his attention wes attracted by the papers. Glancing at them he noted the charge upon which conviction had been secured and, instantly becoming interested, read them through. Messrs Root and Knox were watching him closely. When he had finished he grasped a pen and scratching out the recommendation of Mr. Knox wrote, “Pardon granted” across the face of the docament. Glancing up he met the smiling eves of Mr. Knox and Mr. Root ““Mr. Attorney General, I have just re- versed you in this pardon case,” he said. “Thank you, Mr. President,” replied Mr. Knox. “You have won a box of cigars for me." “1 am golng to Whenever the president and Senator Till- man meet—which is often—there is a clash of wits. The two attended the banquet given by the citizens of Washington Sat- urday night, when the president ‘‘jumped on" the proposition to give suffrage and @ delegate in congress to the people of the capit. “What are you doing here?' good- naturedly demanded the president, of Sen- ator Tillman. “Trying to pass yourself off as & Washingtonian?" have signalized in enduring bronze. It is needless to argue his fitness as a subject | for sculptural treatment of national imi- port and magnitude. It suffices to note the | appropriateness of the suggestion, which | originated at the dinner given by Mr. Rod- | man Wanameker to Colonel Willlam F. Cody in New York the other day, that a heroic bronze figure of the American In- dian should be erected at the country's Eastern gateway in New York harbor, as | payment of the tribute the white man owes to the fast-vanishing copper- | colored brother upon empire, won by three of conquest, has | builded It is well whose centuries he that toot understood Mr. maker stands ready to the cost of the project of which he is the sponsor. | It is not so clear that he should be allowed | Wana the people should at opportunity to share. prompted the Mr. Wanamaker, nor Is local. It is nation-wide in its scope. It | would be fitting if the government should | recognize this &nd blaze the pathway | pointed out by private nitiative. The fed- | eral government is the owner of the ob- | vious site for the contemplated statue. It | should dedicate the ground required for | this national memorial and pave the way | for the people 1p take part in its erectfon. | This matter is one which the New York delegation in congress might well take up | nd present to both uses for Lheir im. mediate consideration. The Indian may be immortalized without government co-oper- ation, but the goverpment, as trustee for the surviving remnant pf the race that ! once over-ran these shores, has a strong | claim to admittance to partieipation in | the movement ; Stomach Trouble. Your tongue is coated. Your breath is foul. Heade.ches come and go. These symptoms show that | your stomach is the trouble. To remove the cause is thefirst thing, and Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets will do that. Easy to take and most effective. least be given the The sentiment which proposal is not personal i | | itin any sense | to ki | And the | “one of the meat delicious dish “1 came here,” retorted Tillman, how you act when you are common people.” After the banquet the president and the South Carolinian went down in the sam elevator and left the bullding together. “to see among the | ever, | Pullman THE ONLY BAKING POWDER made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar Royal Baking Powder is the labor savers to the atest of time and stry cook. Iteconomizesflour, but- ter and egg s, and makes the food digestible and healthful. RO A BAKING POWDER man,” and was on terms of good fellowship with many of the most noted men of the country, whom he had entertained at his place. A gréat deal more has been sald about him, and rightly. than could have been sald about many of the men who have filled a more important place in the public eye: for under his direction things were cooked which men could eat without ruin- ing thelr digestion. PERSONAL NOTES. A New Jersey congressman dlscusags the “leave to print” privilege of the house. He declares it a consolation prize not without its advantages, since ‘tremendous applause mi be inserted wherever the author desires. Chiet of Police Kohler, of Cleveland, O.. has told the men under him that they must use great care In making arrests to see | that they have a person who has violated | the law. He says that people should have | an opportunity to explain before being put | behind prison bars as well as afterward Mrs, Frank B. Vrcoman. daughter of General John C Black of the Civil Service commission, has pald $3,000 for the pew next to that occupied by Mrs. Willlam H. Taft in 8t. John's Episcopal church, Washing- ton. The church officers this is the highest price ever pald for & pew in that edifice. William F. Sylla has just commenced his thirty-fifth consecutive year as eity clerk at Elgin, 111 His success in politics is attributed to his pecullar methods of campaigning. He is sald to know more people than anybody eise in Elgin and in the elections of recent years he has had ON THE SUNNY SIDE. Binks—-1 have no use for artists. kil all the tribe f I could Jinks—Well, the execution of fcture by one is a hAnging matt now.—Baltimore American 1 would good “You haye no magnificent ruins in this * said the visitor from abroad, answersd Senator Sorghum: “not unless you count some of our Moss-covered political hooms.” —~Washington Star. “‘He careful what yvou say to papa afraid he's sore.” “Wall, I've got plenty of salve for him." ~Cleveland Plain Dealer. 'm “1 understand your father is enormously wealthy,” the young man said, casually The proud beauty drew herself to her full height (above her natural height) as she replied: “Oh, well, we get a piece of ica that lasts until tha ice man comes again. —~Buffalo Bxpress “1 torgot ‘Yes," pouted m That may be, but what T came back for was my overshoes."—Kansas City Jour- nal. something,” sald the husband the wife, “you forgot 10 ““The new girl you have employed, my dear, is eminently qualified by nature to be a walter." “How e “8She has such a such fetching way Elderly = Relative—Mortimer, what are vour Intentions In regard to Miss Bullion® Bcapegrace Nephew--Strictly honorabla and praiseworthy, uncle. Flderly Relative—1 am glad to hear that Mortimer. 1 was afrald you weré going to try to persuade her to marry you.—Chicago Tribune. “Don't you want to live fn the minds of posterity 7' answered Senator Sorghum: ‘“al taking personality and —Baltimore American practically no opposition. Mr. Watterson is, perhape, the greatest living authority In the democratic party on what constituies the democratic doc- trine of a tariff for réevenue only, and Mr. Watterson's comment on the action of sev- enteen democratic senators In voting to keep a duty on iron ore for “revenue pur- poses’ 1s simply—"‘Disgusting Herr Hager, a rich and influential Ber- lin banker, frequently had watches picked from his pocket. At first he had re course to all kinds of safety chains; then one morning he took no precaution what- apd quietly allowed himseif to be h It is a little discouraging to see how much more Interest posterity ssems to take In a greAt man's weaknesses and peculiarities than in his national achicve- ments.”—~Washington Star. THE DISTURBING ELEMENT. Fair was the day at dawnin, Blue was the sky at noon: Bweet was the air with clover, With bird-song ail atune. The blossoms fragrant drifted, On grasses At my feet; All nature seemed uplifted, With joy complete— But & blur upon my landscape, A shadow crossed my way, And in the voice of the pessimist— “It's goin' ter storm today." robbed. At night, on returning from his business, he took up the evening paper; he uttered an exclamation of delight. A watch had exploded in a man's hands. The victim's hands were shattered and the left eye destroyed. The crafty banker had filled the watch case with dy- namite, which exploded In the operation of winding. SAFETY IN TRAVEL. Chicago Tribune. The sinking of an ocean steamer with its accompanying loss of life attracts the attention of the world. The wrecking of a raillway train, where, perhaps, death of many comes In harrowing form, startles everybody. But no one thinks of the steamers that make their regular runs on schedule time delivering passengers and cargoes in safety month in and menth out. No one notices the thousands of rail- way trains that reach their destinations daily throughout the year, bringing their annual aggregate of millions of passengers. ‘There is plenty of blame In time of acei- dent. There is & minimum of praise when things go well. In fact, this latter condi- tion is taken as a matter of course. The safety of modern travel is indicated by the report of the Pennsylvania railroad | system for 1908. The figures tell their own story. There were 14160643 passengers handled. Not one was killed. There were 109 people injured enough to require med- fcal or surgical attention. Out of each 1,388,819 passengers carried there was one injured in a train accident. The same eneral fact of safety is shown by the report of 600,067 passengers The president’s big automobile was at the door. “Come and ride with me,” said the presi- | dent, thumping Tillman on the back. “This car cost ypu more than it did me." If he tells a story at all in debate, Sena- tor Reyner of Maryland chooses in which the joke is on him. ‘In one of mv hotly contested songres- stonal campalgns,” sald the Maryland sen- ator, in course of his speech attacking the Aldrich bill, 'a well intentioned iriend of mine approached me and sald he thought I knew all about the taritf and that I certainly would be successful If I wrots a hook upon it and distributed the book through my district. I wrcte the book and It was well distributed. 1t was a fine| work. There was a great demand for this book. It was a work of 180 pages. 1 was defeated by just 160 votes, and 1 have al- wuys thought that if the book had b thousand pages 1 might havs been feated by @ thousand votes." Washington abounds in pleasant mention of President Taft's good qualities as a White House host. He and Mrs. Taft are giving dinners and lawn parties every few dnys, and assuring congressional and offi- cial guests & very pleasant time. He greets the senators and representatives by their nicknames, allows everybody concerned the utmost freedom of the big house, and is Intrenching himself strongly In the con. gressional heart. The other evening, after dinner, when the men had come down from the library and rejoined the women, several of the party strolled into the East room. The orchestra was playing a lively two-step. A matron of the congressional circle could not restrain erself from waltzing, all o upon the polished floor. exclaimed the president We don't allow that here. No lady shall waltz alone in this room. Permit me—" one a de- alone. ‘HI, there! | of which great number one only was killed. carried in standard Pullman sieeping cars, Other statistics, their testimony. if at hand, would add The aceldent in travel e the exception. As a rule there is no afer place for the individual than on a modern railroad train or steamboa! The little brooklet sauntered Thro' the meadow at its ease; The daisies danced and nodded And gossived with the breeze: Tt was a feast for tired eyes Ruch treasure to behold; Where the dandelions strewed lawns With all their wealth of gold— But suddenly T felt a jar— From my Iips was dashed the cup Of jov. wher a volee at my elbow Bnarled, “Wulsance—dig ‘em up. Omaha. BAYOLL NE TRELE. the 100 Yea_r_s Hence No More Drudgery — Just Live to Enjoy Yourselves. Ella Wheeler Wilcox believes in a hund- red years all drudgery will be done by ma- chinery. We will fly through the air on the wings of the wind and have time to see and enjoy all the wonders of the world and perhaps of the heavens which are now sealed books to the majority because of the eternal grind of every day life Look back 100 years and the changes made seem just as great. What we wear, how we travel, how we communicate, what we eat, sensible clothes, vehicles speedy and comfortable, wireless telographs, tele- phones, fast trains and mall steamers, and healthful foods. Instead of loading our stomachs greasy breakfasts, that dull the brain and retard our morning's work, we eat deliclous E-C Corn Flakes or Egg O-8ee Wheat Flakes, made by the famous Egg-0-8ee process that insures perfect di- westion, high nutrition and greater strength Always ready to serve, good for babies best for invalids—the sensible breakfast for the business man or the busy, energetic housewife. Remember it's the Egg-O-See procy that makes the flakes so crisp and delicious. The Clothes for You So far as we know, there is no cloth- ing better fitting than ours. As to styles, we know that both the vogue and good taste pression here. find their fullest ex- Our fabrics are tested and guaran- teed. Everything is ma rooms. de in our own work- With a range of prices from $15 to $35, we strongly advise a selection at from $20 to $25. The style is the same at whatever price. The difference is in the costlier goods and linings. twn went whirling up the clear space like a pair enjoying their first sea- son. George W. Harvey, the celebrated oyster house keeper of Washington, died recently. All the newspapers speak well of him. He was the inventor of steamed oysters, knowa to Browning, King &Ce 15th and Douglas Sts, R. 8, WILOOX, Mgr.