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willing to Compromise.

\ story of the Colombian idea Of tax.
alton is told by a traveller who recently
visited that South American country.
Some American friends of mine, >
said the traveller, were visited by the
city officials of Colon.
"'Senor,' said the leader of the dele
cation, we have come to collect So in
gold from you, your share Of the cost
of collecting the garbage for this year"
But. my dear SIR said the Ameri-
can in surprise, you have not collected
the garbage once during the whole
year
That's true said the collector,
scratching his head. We'll, let's make
1t sc, then"
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Not the Usua1 Result.

"How can you afford to give away
these salt pickles with your mealsT
asked the man who dined cheaply al
the little German restaurant around
the corner.
"Ah, but you forget they make the
awful thirst" said the proprietor. 1.-The
awful thirst makes trade for the bar
Is It not the clever ideaY
'They certainly do make one thirsty,
said the man at the table. Il feel
those I've eaten already. Bring me-
The proprietor's face was a study in
expectancy.
Bring me another glass Of water!"-
New York Tribune.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-15

bed of sickness and suffering. For
the health she now enjoys she gives
credit to Wine of Cardui. She writes:
'Thave found Wine of Cardm an excel
lent remedy for female trouble. lsuHered
for three years with terrible bearing-down
pains at the menstrual period. ] could
hardly stand OF my feet and was never
real well. Wine Of C;ardui was the only
medicine that ! could depend on to do me
any good, as I tried several with no sue-
cess. Wine Of Cardd cured me and !
have now enjoyed perfect health for two
years, and give you all the credit for !
know you deserve ="
For young girl Wine Of Cardui is
the best remedy to guide her through
womanhood by starting the menstrual
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Lets
You
Down
Easy!

Insurance cannot proven,
FIRE, but 1t can and does pre-
vent the ruin a-a suffering
that would ensue >Hthout 1t
1t lets you down easy-sus.
tains you until you get auoth.
er foothold,
l represent a score OK the
oldest and best fire insurance
companies In the land, and
am giving very low rates JUS,
now, The probability Is that
they will not be so much lon.
ger Better take out sui
6cient insurance without de.
lay.
As every Company now
charges exactly the same
rates why not have your prop
erty insured with a company
that Is well known In this
City and one you know has
and will pay all Its losses
PROMPTLY Here Is my lis,
and everybody knows tina,
there are no better compsn'
lee nm earth,
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F. ]. CHENEY & Co.,

L. 10 SnCNH1 * ~
Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last IS years,
and believe him perfectly honora'
BILE In all business transactions and
financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo Ohio.
WALDING, K1NNAN & MARNIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh cure Is taken In
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent tree
Price 7sc per bottle. Sold by all
druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best
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Stated n Fact.

A clergyman highly esteemed for his
many excellent qualities, Of which ora
tory is not one, has recently had placed
in his church by his loving congrega-
ton a new pulpit. 1t is fine piece of
work, ornate with carving and artistic
establishment But the text inscribed
on it, considering the effect Of the good
rector's sermons, might have been more
happily chosen. HE giveth his beloved
Sleep" it runs.
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Obeying Orders.

A mistress told her maid, Betsy, that
she must not always do things on her
own responsibility, but first ask per
mission. The next day Betsy walked
into the parlor and said politely:
please, madam, the cat is busy eat.
ing up the ducR in the pantry; must l
drive her away or notT
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Strained Relations.

1t took place in dairy.
The dairyman was pouring large
quantities of milk through a fine wire
netting.
There were microbes in the milk.
Other microbes by the hundred were
sitting on the edge Of the crock and
gayly looking on.
Their relations were being strained
Baltimore American.
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ing this treatment. 1t relieves men
strua troubles in an incredibly short
time. In q simple case of deranged
menses Wine of Cardui never fails. 10
relieve d;sordered menses is to remove
the cause of other female troubles. Amy
physician will tell you that to remove
the cause of a disease renders the cure
easy. in fact seldom fails to complete
the cure. If you would have the same
relief which Miss Markell secured Try
Wine of Cardui. You can take it with
out an examination and without any
publicity whatever. You can take it in
the privacy of your home and secure
lust as much benefit as II q doctor had
prescribed it for you. Thousands OF wo
men are feeling the vigor Of returning
health by taking Wine of Cardui.
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MISS MAY MARKELL,

flow In q healthy and nat
ural manner. Menstruation
started right is very easy to
keep regular through the
years of mature womanhood.
Then the change of life"
need not be feared. Thus
Wine of Cardui is woman's
best relief from youth to
old age. A million women
have secured blessed relief
from their sufferings by tax.
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HOW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
reward tor any case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
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NT Of London, Ontario,
III Canada, is a beauti-
full girl who knows what
suffering is and Wine of
Cardui has brought her back
to health. She is one of the
social favorites of her home
and her recovery to health
has permitted her to enjoy
the company of her many
friends instead OF lvinu ON
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
n TRUE POLICY.

We are getting all the time nearer to
what is the true policy In connection
with the relations between capital and
labor. Discussion and inquiry as to
the relations between the a~ntagonistic
elements tend to bring them nearer to-
gether and to produce a more general
as well as a more intimate understand
ing Of what is practically in issue be
tween the employer and the employees.
The great point to be reached, after all,
is that of equity and justice between
man and man. 1t is not In every case
the employer who is at fault, nor is it
indeed the employee. 1t is often the
case that both are more than willing
to come to an understanding and ar
range matters satisfactorily to all con-
cerned, but the greatest stumbling
block in the way of concord is the re-
fusal of organized capital to meet or
ganized labor on an equal footing.
There is the great issue that is pre-
scented at this time and it is n that
Is by no means so simple as many peo-
pie suppose. Labor organization we
have as a positive force that cannot
be ignored or brushed aside. No one
doubts for a single moment that trades
unionism Is an absolutely permanent
condition. Whatever notifications or
changes may come about In respect to
the relations Of labor and capital, it is
| $1,000 .,,.r4f1a AAoN Nha y,p{nn NP ohOr
will continue and that by reason Of that
union we must continue to pursue a
more or less systematic policy for the
promotion of the interests of labor.
to be pursued by those who are affected
by this union labor? Certainly not a
course Of antagonism, but one of con
Citation. The policy on both sides
should be one of mutual concession and
peace and this should be as carefully
observed on the one hand as on the
other.
We think this view is gaining ground
and that within the next few years we
shall see a more general tendency
among trades unions to adopt conserva.
tive policies in regard to controversies
with capital than has hitherto been the
case. The better element in organized
labor is learning something and there
is a growing wisdom which is making
for better things. The old systems and
methods, which are now condemned by
public sentiment, are being abandoned
and a new order, more c%onsonant with
modern ideas and principles, is being
introduced. 1t is needless to say that
the result will be in the highest de,
gree satisfactory and beneficial.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
IN Awful THREAT.

Coming events cast their shadows
before. A very dark cloud is hanging
over the city Of Omaha and the cloud
burst is forecast for some day in the
week following May 8. 1t is in pursu-
ance of a solemn duty that we hoist
the signal flag and advise all whom 1t
may concern to possess themselves of
mackintoshes and umbrellas. The i'm
pending calamity is by NJ con-
jured up by fertile Imagination. 1t is
a sad. solemn and melancholy reality,
and all this because of the renomina-
ton Of Frank e. Moores.
1t is a profound secret in the inner
circles of Gopherdom that notice has
been served upon the brewers and deal
ers In recti1ed rum that the election Of
Moores will be Immediately followed
by the strict enforcement of the Slocumb
law, which means the enforcement Of
the midnight closing ordinance, the
Sunday closing ordinance and all the
other regulations and restrictions en-
bodied in the high license statute.
Coupled with this awful threat is also
the assurance that the election of Ed
Howell as mayor Of Omaha will be ac-
cepted by the Broatch- Spratlen police
commission as a peace offering, and
liquor dealers are admonished that they
al avert the wrath to come in no other
way. In a nutshell, the saloon keepers
and liquor dealers generally may take
their choice. They must pool all of
their votes on Howell If they want to
continue unmolested in their business,
or take their medicine. If they want
n wide-open town they must help to
elect Howell. II they do not want
their places closed at midnight and
nailed up on Sunday they must come
in line for Howell. II they dare to run
counter to the edict Of the police com.
mission they will do it at their OWE
peril.
With this threat hanging over theil
heads the saloon keepers are eur
against it," in slang parlance.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
THE sUnMEReRD MERGER.

Washington Star: The drop in the price
Of stocks has not caused Mr.. J. Pierpont
Morgan TO revise his opinion that good
lines will continue, Mr.. Morgan lie enough
Of a ~hnancier to know that the stock ticker
seldom tells the whole story.
Indianapolis Journal: II the decision OF
the United States circuit court in the
Northern Securities case should cause q
slump or a panic in the stock market It
might as we'll come now as later. The doc
trine that the American people are greater
than any combination Of railroad magnates
must be settled on a permanent basis.
Philadelphia Record: Wall street COM
bines wished the country TO suppose that to
enforce the antitrust law would be to
knock the bottom out Of prosperity, but the
stocks did not stay down long, and the rest
Of the business of the country was unaf-
fected. The prosperity Of this country does
not depend upon Illegally, in spite Of the
timid gentlemen who are telegraphing the
president to please stop enforcing the laws
lest credit shall collapse and the bears"
make a raid on Wall street.
Chicago Tribune: The decision of the
circuit court of appeals. which II is gem
orally believed will not be reversed by the
supreme court, is no revolutionary. de-
structive decision. 1t %enunciates no novel.
startling principles. II Injuries no legiti-
mate interest. 1t Affects in no way the
prosperity OF the country. 1t is q menace
only TO those who wish 10 engage In the a.
legitimate industry of reckless promotion
and mad expansion. They are the persons
who SHOULD chiefly take the decision to
heart. 1t notifies them that there are legal
restrictions they must respect.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
WHAT is THIS BUT ANARCHYt
MAsnate Hill Proposes to Get Around
the Merger Decision.
Chicago Chronicle.

Chicago Chronicle.
]. J. Hill is reported as saying oil the
subject OF the merger" decision: "If the
hnal decision shall be as sweeping as the
present we will have to adopt other plans
for binding together the Northern Pacific,
Great Northern and Burlington"
Is this to be the spirit in which the multi
millionaire trust magnates will regard the
decision Of the highest court in constituting
the antitrust laws Of congressH The law
says that parallel and naturally competing
lines Of railway shall not be consolidated
nor placed under the same management
so as to destroy competition. create a mo-
nopoly and restrain
The merger" decision s~ustains and in
terprets this law. 1t held that the "mer-
ger" Of the Northern Pacific, the Great
Northern and the Burlington roads was 8
violation Of law, that its intent was in re.
stralnt Of trade and the merger" was dis.
solved.
Mr.. Hill says that they will have t.
adopt other plans" the three roads shall
be bound together" in spite of the Law
and the rulings Of the court. In the cas-
Of a labor strike such an impudent defiance
Of the law and orders Of a court Is callei
anarchy"
It is the same thing when 1t is declares
by a man worth $50, 900 900 that by som,
plan. by hook or by crook" they will con
tinue the railroad combine which Is un
lawful, being in violation Of the rul
against the combination OF parallel an
sompSinE lines u railway
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
DRIFT.

The gubernatorial campaign in Ken
lucky is wide open. Governor Beckham
is spouting several times a day.
The municipal election in Baltimore, Nd.
is to held on Tuesday, May 5. The numN
Der Of registered voters is e4,619 whites
and Z 1898 negroes.
The Pennsylvania legislature paid So q
day for prayers for its members. The chap
lain did his best for his employers, but
could not guarantee results.
The Hearst boom is humping up against
the Harrison boom in Chicago. AS soon
as navigation is fairly open both booms
will take to water and rock the boat.
Only one citizen Of Mutual. o., remem-
bered that a municipal election was due
the other day, and he deposited a solitary
vote for a friend, who is thereby elected
mayor.
Friends OF Senator Fairbanks Of Indiana
are booming him for the nomination for
vice president on the republican ticket
in 1904. A conference Of prominent repub-
licans having that object in view was held
at West Baden Springs, Ind, this week.
Senator William Joel Stone Of Missouri
better known as "Gumshoe Bill" is In q
heap Of trouble. Missouri grand iuries are
probing into his record as a promoter OF
baking powder legislation at the state cap
ital and there is likelihood Of his being
tarred with the alum Doodle stick. Stone
was the attorney for the interests seeking
repeal Of the alum law. To promote that
object he organized the Missouri Public
Health society, a mythical organization Of
which he was president, and which had Ito
headquarters in Stone ofice. The alum
people drew the check for $1,000 which
was forwarded to Lieutenant Governor Lee
through Lees brother, and also distributed
some Of the $1,000 bills Missouri lawmakerI
flashed In banks and saloons. How deer
the senator Is in the game will not b
known until the grand juries report. but
the reports from the inquisltion indicate
that "Gumshoe Bill" is well named.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
A pANaERors ~PRccEnENT.

Governor Mickey has allowed himself
to be persuaded to attach his signature
to a bill appropriating $4,000 for the
erection Of a monument to Lincoln at
the state capital, Notwithstanding the
admitted Irregularities in its passage. 1t
seems that the bill in question was
passed by the house and indefinitely
postponed by the senate, to be resur-
rected by a vote of reconsideration in
the closing hours Of the session and
sent back to the house for engrossing
and endorsement. The bill, by mistake,
it is asserted, was held by the clerk of
the house until after the final adjourn
ment. so that its passage by the senate
was never announced in the house, nor
was 1t signed by the speaker in the
presence of the house.
Section ii Of the Constitution Of Ne
braska, among other provisions relat-
ing to the enactment Of legislation, in
cludes the following:
The presiding officer of each house shall
sign, in the presence of the house over
which he presides, while the same is In
session and capable OF transacting bust
ness. all the bills and concurrent resolu-
tions passed by the legislature.
The object Of this constitutional re-
quirement is to prevent the juggling Of
bills by employees of the two houses
and to make sure that no bill is pre-
sented to the governor for his approval
without having first gone through every
preliminary step and received incon-
testible attestation by the officers of the
legislature. If a different precedent is
set, as In the present case, there will
be nothing in the future to prevent in
terested parties from fishing out after
adjournment bills lost In the shuttle be-
tween the two houses and pretending
that their failure to receive the neces-
sary endorsement was due to oversight
or accident. Such procedure would
simply nullify all the safeguards which
the trainers Of the constitution sought
to throw around the work of legislation
and throw the door open wide to fraud
and imposture.
Notwithstanding the legal advice
upon which Governor Mickey is said to
have acted, we do not believe that this
Lincoln monument appropriation bill
has any standing In law. On the con
trary, we believe it is the duty Of the
auditor to refuse to certify to any
warrant drawn under pretended author.
ity of this appropriation, except by or.
der of the supreme court unfolding II
as a piece of valid legislation. The
auditor would not only be justified in
taking this stand, but it is his duty tc
do so and to place the responsibility
in the courts, IL they should finally de.
eide against him.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
!RELAND'S POSSIBILITIES.

There is a universal feeling of graft
fication that the British government is
showing a disposition to do something
for the benefit Of ireland. However
great may be the regret that a policy
Of amelioration has been so long de-
layed, the fact that at last there is a
promise Of better things is hailed
everywhere with unalloyed satisfaction
and the hope that the results will be
good alike for ireland and for the ma
ton of which it is a part.
The mass meeting at Dublin, which
approved of the land hill introduced
in the British Parliament with a few
amendments that are not Of very great
Importance, Is a striking evidence Of
the improved disposition Of the Irish
people in respect to their relations to
the British government. The inevitable
inference is that the Irish people are
at present better disposed than ever
before to look with favor upon the
British government, while as to the lat
ter there is manifestly a more kindly
and generous purpose than ever before
toward Ireland. All this Is most pleas
ing and promising. The land bill will
be passed, probably with the amend
ments which the Irish meeting has sug
gested, but at any rate so as to relieve
and improve the existing conditions in
Ireland. Then will come, there is every
reason to believe, a new era for the
unhappy island which will have benefits
not only for Its people, but for the
whole United Kingdom. In a word.
there seems to be dawning for Ireland
a new life that will give inestimable
benefit to her people and insure peace
where hitherto there has been conflict.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
VIA THE TRAFFIC. WILL BEAR.
Policy of the Telephone Company Re-
'hected in It's Report.
New York Times.

Q 4SA AAhAN
The annual report of the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph company contains
some figures which will be read with inter-
est. This is the parent company Of the
Bell system. In 1902 It had a gross revenue
of 49, 77, 457 and gross expenses. including
interest and taxes. of S5,442, 1s5. The
amount added during the year to construc-
ton and real estate by all the constituent
companies was $S7, 1886, 500. On the LIST Of
january 1908, 1t had in use 2.44S, $50 miles
Of wire, representing an increase during
twelve months of Tia, 7S1 miles. OF its wire
system 1,S2S, 6s5 miles were under ground
at the beginning OF the present year. The
number Of exchange connections made daily
In 1902 was estimated at 9,S23,S51. which
would give the number for the year at ap-
proximately 5000, 900, 900. For purposes Of
extension Of plant the capital was increased
during the year from $3.50. 0O0, 900 to $780,
OO0, 900.
1t would be dinicult to imagine a business
statement making q more satisfactory
showing than this. It indicates an enor-
nous and rapid growth Of the telephone
business, OF which the fortunate proprie-
tors are taking full advantage by charging
what the traf1c will bear" The inde-
pendent telephone interests claim q growth
uChIly N Idpiu dhu 0uAbe - RCaWehoNN = .
that Of the American. They are making
their competition felt on q legitimate basis
of fair charges p~redicated on the cost Of
service. The demand for the telephone is
growing so rapidly that there appears TO be
room enough for all systems. and the fore
cast OF business growth for the present
year is satisfactory to all in interest.
Through competition charges are being
slowly, very slowly, adjusted to the costs
Of the service. That there is still q con-
siderable margin for reduction may be
Judged from a comparison OF earnings and
expenses Of ths American company. The
automatic system, which has successfully
met the test in small exchanges, and is
now to be applied on a much larger scale,
promises economies in operating expenses
which II is to be hoped will be shared with
the subscribers. The telephone service is
the one business in which we are con-
fronted with the anomaly that, according
to the authorities, It can be done more
cheaply on a small than on a large scale.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
NATURES WAYS.

Just off the hard and dusty highways
Are bubbling brooks and shaded byways.
The park, all fresh and verdure-clad,
Gives welcome to the gay or sad.
Here life in fairest forms is springing.
Where waters flow and birds are singing;
In art and nature Joined appear
Good wildness and good culture here.
In wooded delIs the vines are creeping.
And winding paths lead through the wood
To powered seats in quietude.
Beneath broad trees the lawns wait gleam-
ing
The spongy turf in glossy green
A couch beside the cool ravine.
For sick ones there's no bottle-cursing
In Mother Natures matchless nursing;
Broad lap and rounded bosom warm,
With all the charms of comely form.
Her vital currents freely flowing,
There's health and happiness In knowing.
The child of beauty and of grace
Lies in her arms and reads her face.
No poison tempts to baneful drinking.
No muddy mixture drug his thinking;
For him refreshing waters flow
From veins that reach the mountain snow.
On him is rich maternal blessing,
with hearty kiss and soft caTesstng:
For happy mood, or strain of grief,
Are flute Of bird, and signing leaf.
There's sympathy. the heart relieving,
There's nurture true and no deceiving;
There's tickling sport of tempered air.
That steals away the sting of care.
There's sleep amid the dancing shadows.
In air that trades with fields and meadows.
And gathers by exchange most fair
A freight of floral perfumes there.
| There's confidence, and no concealing.
And never ends the kind revealing,
That yields TO yearning soul and sense
A large, ~uncounted recompense.
Omaha. BERIAH f. COCHRANA