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Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-12
LYDIA E. PINkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

restores the feminine system to q
strong, healthy, normal condition.
Miss Abby +. Barrows, of Nelson
Vile, Ohio, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
~ was very sick, had dull head.
aches, pain in my back, and a feminine
weakness. l had been to several doc
tors and they did me no good. Lydia
K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made me well and strong, and l can do
most any kind of work. / am in better
health than / ever was, and it is all due
TO your medicine"
Miss Lillian Ross, of $50 E.s4th St.,
New York, writes to Mrs. Pinkham f:
II had a female trouble, nervous
headaches, and was tired all the time,
and could not sleep. Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound made me feel so
much better that l hope every woman
who suffers as l did will tryit."
C FOR SICK NJ
For thirty years Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for feminine ills,
andhas positivelycured thousands OF
women. Why don't you try il?
Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass,
invites aM sick women to write
her for advice.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-12
The Man
of Fashion

Somehow we feel that we have a
Special Claim on His patronage this
season.
Not only do we feel justified in
Boosting OF our tempting array Of sea-
sonable fabrics. but We also pride
ourselves in having a most complete
organization of skilled cutters and com
petent tailors to look after your order.
There is not a man in our imploy
who is not an expert at some branch
OF the tailor craft.
Trousers Sc 10 S12 Suits S25 10 $50
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23

Gov. Hughes has restated his position
regarding the Presidential nomination in
such a way as TO leave no doubt that he
is an aspirant for the nomination, and
that he viii approve all legitimate means
employed By his friends on his behalf
But he viii not use the power and patron
age of the State administration 10 en-
compass his ambition. nor will he take
part in any factional controversy for
control of the Republican machine Thus
he maintains his old attitude of alOofness
from the partisan scramble. while he
gives encouragement 10 the various move
ments In his political interest. It is OBJ
vious that the governor hopes to avoid
ENHANCEMENT with the fierce internecine
quarrel that has broken out in the Re
publican party of the Empire State.
Two distinct and almost antagonistic
local forces are now operating for the
furtherance of Gov. Hughes ambition.
One is composed Of the remnant Of the
old Odell machine, the other of citizens
IN genuine sympathy with the governor
as political reformer. The first seeks
10 make use of the governors moral and
political strength for selfish purposes:
the last is composed of his real friends.
But the machine politicians know how to
manage q political canvass and under
stand the art of getting delegates. With
out them the Hughes boom would re-
main inchoate and ineffective. They have
given il force and substance and they
have grappled valiantly with the Wood
Parsons outfit. which is backed by
the national administration, in a contest
for supremacy in New York politics GOV.
Hughes. as We have seen. has undertaken
70 keep out of this controversy. but his
letter is really a severe rebuff 10 the
Roosevelt faction, whose leaders have
been endeavoring 70 induce the governor
% step aside and allow the machine to
capture the State for Taft
That Gov. Hughes I'm this posture of
political affairs in his own state should
for the first time openly consent to an
active canvass for the Presidential nomi-
nation, indicates that he has some ground
satisfactory 20 himself for believing that
opportunity is knocking AT his door. We
are unable 10 conceive that so well
balanced a man would deliberately place
himself IN the hands of his friends at this
stage Of the Presidential game without
having received very hattering assurances
OF support. IL is not clear 10 outside OBJ
servers just where Gov Hughes strength
lies beyond the boundaries of the En-
pire State. It is evident that a great deal
of work must be done to overcome the
lead gained by Secretary Taft More
over 1t is manifest from the temper of
the Western press that the governor must
satisfy the country that he is not a re
dictionary candidate as the character
oi some Of his supporters and the fact
that the Roosevelt influence is arrayed
against him appear to indicate We pre-
sumo the governor will at an appropriate
time make his views known on the more
material national issues.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
Pressure from Washington. "

Whatever their motives, Senators are
doing the public a good service i'm ex-
posing the misuse Of Federal patronage
TO secure delegates for Secretary Taft.
That number Of nominations to Fed
eral office have been made with regard
to their effect upon the Taft candidacy
has been abundantly proved. Evidence
is now coming 10 hand from various
quarters Of the pressure that is being
eXerted from Washington upon Federal
Officeholders TO secure their active support
of Taft, The Boston Herald. for example,
reports that Massachusetts postmasters
are being summoned to Washington,
where they are receiving Instructions to
line up for the Secretary of War" The
same authority says one postmaster de-
clared he was being pressed by the Post
office Department 70 work for Taft.
Others assert they are here on business.
but their chief business appears to be the
holding of political conferences At a re-
cent meeting Of the West Virginia Repub-
lican committee, the eight members who
are Federal officehOlders secured an un-
official Endorsement Of Taft. One of
these oficeholders had the conscience
to resign from the committee on the
ground that participation in politics was
forbidden.
OF course it is forbidden. and by order
of the President Of the United States, but
what IS poor officeholder to do when he
gets contrary orders from Washington?
No wonder the Massachusetts postmasters
are anXiously inquiring, as the Boston
Herald reports. where the path Of duty
ana self-interest lies. Between pressure
from Washington for Taft and the pres
sure Of the regulations requiring him to
refrain from pernicious political activity
the Federal appointee is badly in need of
sound advice. And this extraordinary
situation in the Federal service has been
brought about by the most ardent civil
service reformer of our time.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
Again the Cauteen.

The Women's Army and Navy League
Of Washington, an organization which ap-
plies a practical effort of relief in the
right direction. and successfully. at its
recent annual session again committed
itself to the advocacy Of legislation which
shall operate 10 restore to army posts
and incidentally TO the national homes for
disabled volunteer soldiers-the canteen.
or, as 1t has been viciousIy called at the
soldiers homes. the beer hall. The can
teen feature of the post exchange at
military garrisons has been out OF ex-
istence for several years. but it was at
the last session of Congress that the
veterans who are passing their declining
years at the soldiers homes were de-
priyed Of the harmless diversion OF q re-
spectacle and regulated resort and club
Prejudice, coupled with mjsunderstand-
ing of the purposes and results of the
canteen, produced "a species of political
fright which drove Congress into enact
ing anti-canteen and anti-beer-haII legis-
latiOn. The same conditions have oper-
ated 10 prevent a restoration Of those
beneficial institutions.
The Women's Army and Navy League
has done much for the soldier. blue
jacket, and marine, especially for the en-
listed man Of the service who is away
from home. It is furnishing literature in
addition TO attending 20 the personal re-
lief of widows and orphans. The wom-
en- composing that organization know the
conditions of the ser,ice at army posts
and on board ship as the wives and
daughters of army and navy officers.
They will be the last tn lend themselves
TO any proposition which is not decided
ly a promotion Of the morality of the
enlisted force. It Is upon this ground
that the league will. during the present
session. through its representatives, Mrs.
c. VI, Sternberg and Mrs. j. +. Kelton.
urge upon Congress the enactment of
legislation which shall restore 10 the
army the canteen and give the veterans
at the soldiers homes their beer halJ.
II argument and information have any
weight with Congress. the canteen viii
be re-established. II must be an insti-
tuition which is entirely and enduringIy
worthy when every chaplain on duty at
the soldiers homes is able to consCien-
toUsly urge that the beer hall at
those institutions shall be re6pened and
when nearly every chaplain and the ma
jority Of army officers entertain the same
view concerning the canteen at army
posts.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
CamembeTt Cheese

In seeking 70 put into effect pure fooc
laws Of acknowledged wisdom and ad
mltted worth, the Agricultural Depart
meEt meets with many amusing as wei
as distressing points of opposition. HUI
man nature appears 10 be the unreckoned
factor in the entire proposition, upon II
the department stumbles to its discom-
fort with ridiculous frequency.
Camembert cheese IS the latest product
with which the food experts have mad to
deal and pretty pickle they find them
selves in in consequence. For a long
tine the department has sought to en-
courage the manufacture Of this delight
ful cheese in this country. It has been
greatly encouraged by reports from those
with whom il has been in constant com
munieation, and to whose efforts il
has looked with absorbing interest. It is
claimed that Camembert cheese has at
least reached such a state of perfection
in this land that it cannot be distinguish
ed from the genuine, not even by experts.
That would appear to be highly gratify-
ing on the surface, but it isn't IL IS
merely condition preliminary to a sub
sequent state of woe. The manufacturers
find that the American product will not
sell in the markets unless it is packed in
a toreign-made box, and under a foreign
label. Two thousand empty Camembert
cheese boxes have just passed the New
York custom house. duly labeled with
French labels, the same to be filed with
real. genuine Camembert cheese made In
New York. Under the law this cheese
cannot be sold unless it is labeled as a
domestic product; If so labeled. the Door.
doWntrodden, and long-experimenting pro-
ducers say it won't sell at all.
Here's a howdy-do, sure enough ,
Camembert cheese has been a department
tai hobby for years; the bigwigs in the
agricultural buildings have coddled this
infant industry to their hearts. and taught
it to stand alone. 1t is the one thing
toward which the pure-foodists Have
pointed with pride. And now that we
have it. we don't want it. unless we can
be made TO think it is something other
than just what it is, Thus is the depart
ment hoist by its own petard. and its
pure food regulations become a boom
erang
What a curious people we are? DO
Frenchmen disdain French products be-
cause they are not under Russian, Ger
man, or Italian labels2 They most surely
do not Do Germans scorn the good
things OF the Fatherland because they
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
Our Bill Against Cuba,

Prom the New York Sun
According to Gov. Magoon's report "the
direct cost to the national treasury OF
Cuba Of the revolution Of August, 1906
calculated to October 81. 1901" has been
SS,634ll6.64 Figures compiled by the Bu-
reau Of Insular Affairs show "extraordi-
nary expenditures on account Of the army
OF pacihcation in Cuba from October 1, 1906.
TO June 30, 1907, amounting to S3,376, ,735. .13.
II to the S12,000,000 shown by these ac-
counts there be added the sums paid and
the expenses incurred since the statement
was made up, and the payments which
viii be made before the account is fully
and finally settled, it is evident that the
cost Of Cuba's little disturbance. in money
actually paid. VIII be not far short of
$1,000. 900
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
SENATOR ALLISON's FORTUNE.
Modest Inherited Competence
After 80 Years of Public Life.

From the Cedar Rapids Ia Republican
Senator Allison has a little laid BY.
enough 10 produce him the income Of
s. SOC 90 which the Register and Leader
refers But he received that from his
wife's estate. His wife was the adopted
daughter of Senator Grimes. Iowa's first
Republican United States Senator. We
believe she inherited a fortune Of about
$4,000 or $4,000. not more than $4,000.
including the home I'm Washington. which
is known as Senator Allison's home. 4
modest brick building, wedged between
other buildings Senator Allison has
never tried to build UP a fortune. but he
has been just about able to maintain IN
tact the money which he inherited. Other
fortune he has none.
The editor Of this paper became ac-
quainted with these facts as long ago as
ISIS when he was a reporter on the Des
Moines Register, and went to Dubuque
at the suggestion Of James 5. CIarkson.
then editor Of that paper. to prepare some
matter for general publication about the
life Of Senator Allison. who was then
tdLluludLS loL ILe HuIuiHduou Tor PreSi-
dent One Of the questions asked the
Senator was about his success in business
life and his business pursuits. that his
work in the Senate and in the campaigns
had absorbed all Of his life and all Of
his energies, that he had no children
and had no incentive TO accumulate
money. We think he also stated at the
time that the money that belonged TO
his wife had been invested in railroad
bonds or stocks
It ought not to be necessary to dig
into these matters of the private life of
a man whose eminent fitness and nm
firing devotion to public duties have
made him conspicuous But traducers
Of personal honor must sometimes he
answered, and in the case Of Senator
Allison one needs no other defense than
the plain unvarnished facts.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
JUST FROM GEORGIA"
From the Atlanta Constitution.
THE TOO-sOON BRETHREN.

From the Atlanta Constitution
THE TOO-sOON BRETHREN.
De Nilet say he come ter stay
No col kin lay him fat
Jack FTOs' come lax a ghOs' IN gray
An dc Vflet-Whar be at?
Watch out. my chiliuns,
BY de light er sun an moon,
Always de bowleg baby
Is de one dat walk too sOouD
De Jayb!rd primp 70 de l00kln' glass
Fer de picnic in de sring.
De blizzard come lax a big bass drum
DarS snow on de Jaybird wing,
watch out, my chilluns,
Watch how you raise De chune,
Always De bOwleg baby
Is de- one dat walk too sOonD
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
Defective Legislation.

From the New Orleans TimesDemOTat
Escapes like these are unfortunately
common in this country, and are widely
attributed to the fondness Of jurists for
ingenious technical points raised by
learned counsel It is probable that the
fault too often lies with amateurish legis-
latuTes, who turn out important statutes
while you wait" with little, If any.
attention to details that make or unmake
their effectiveness. The conscientious
judge. even though he be morally con-
vinced OF the defendants wrongdOing. is
compelled to conform his decision to the
laws. and a slipshod or defective statute.
there can be little doubt, is frequently
responsible for the failure Of iustice
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
WINTER BASEBALL.

Throughout our grand old land,
Both east and west.
'TiS now the faithful band
Is at its best.
Now far and near an earnest drove
Sits winning pennants by the stove.
They talk of trades and deals
In figures steep
And merely quit for meals,
Or else to sleep.
It is a game we dearly love,
This winning pennants by the stove
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
The old MANS Trouble.

The OF man amt had no peace o.
mind sence he took an buried that four
gallon jug on the first the year You
see it's this away He lows that he
buried lt out o. sight SOS it wouldn't
be no temptation 20 nobody. an fer
fear somebody has done found II, he
gifts up in the dead O night an goes
10 whaT it is. 10 satisfy his mind.
why don't he take an break the OF
Jug
Il aNed him that same question. an
he said he'd thought bout il. but had
came TO the conclusion that it's "a sin
10 tear down what you can't build up
ag'in. an be didn't want TO be- ustru-
mental TN destrOyin what Providence
had put It into the brain o. man TO
cOntrive"'
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23

tiVeS, being only
thirty-seven year s
old. Representative
Nichols is an ardent
advocate Of labor. He
worked as breaker
boy and slate picker
IN the mines. Later
he secured employ
ment inside. and con-
tlnued at various Oc-
cupations until elect
ed president OF Dis
trict No. ]. United
Mine Workers Of
America.
His popularity y
among the men and
his devotion 10 their
cause enabled him 10
obtain the election TO
the Sixtieth Congress
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
New York as a Jewish Center.

From the American Heb7sz.
More and more New York Is beginning
10 be the center Of attraction for all that
is most distinguished in the JeUry Of the
world 1t seems 10 be an unwritten law
that at one time IN his life every dis
tinguished Jew should pay a visit to New
York. IN addition TO these. many for
eigners Of distinction who have shown
an interest In jewish ailairs, like NJ Le-
roy-Beaulieu, or Prof. Milyoukov. visit
these shores from time to time so that
without leaving New York most Of us can
have an opportunity of seeing and hear
ing most Of those who arc helping TO
shape the history Of Jews and Judaism in
the present day. Under these Circum-
stances ii is very unfortunate that there
is no specific body in existence among
the Jews Of New York who can afford
such visitors hospitality when they come
among us.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
Where CRAFTS the Thing.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Perhaps all our grafters could be in
duced to go to California and enjoy that
benefcent rule of law. that for an Off
cial to force people to employ a lawyer
who shares his fees with the official is
not criminal
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
Phases of "A Tariff Panic.

From the Springfield Republican
Everybody has heard Of the soup-houses
and other like features of those free
trade" hard times Of 1893. 1857. and so on.
But whoever heard Of ''fTee-tTade'' hard
times causing the unemployed, in their
desperation, to march upon churches and
demand the contents @of the contribution
boxes? This seems to be a distinction re-
served exclusively for Dingley tariff hard
times.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
Chops Up. Dlnmonds Down.

From the Indianapolis News
The ordinary variety OF home main
tainer, however will be able to take
comparatively scant interest in the Sc
ri0us depression of the diamond market
as long as the price Of pork chops re-
mains what It is.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
with the Home Fleet.

From the Detroit Free Press
II japan has any gumption she will
note that many of the noisiest and
fercest fighters of the navy are not with
the Pacific squadron
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
If Secretary Taft is already assured of
the nomination on the first ballot, he
seems 10 be wasting lot Of valuable
time in going around the country making
speeches
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
More Than a Hint

John, I met "a weman to-day hadn'
seen for five years"
"Did she know you?"
Yes; she recognized me by my hat"
Then the silence became oppressive.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23

Guests at a Denver hotel waited an
hour for their dinner because the walters
had struck says the Chicago Post
Merely another case of the innocent by
stander bearing the hrunt Of the trouble.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
The shock.

Was your husband shocked al the
book?'
HE was when he learned that l had
bought 1t instead OF getting il from the
public library"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
New Deal In Georgia.

From the Atlanta Journal
Tough times for Georgia newspaper
colonel. He can't spend it for booze, and
they won't let him play poker Nothing
left but to throw It away on wife and
children.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23

are not bedecked with alien dressing?
They do not; no more do Spaniards,
japanese, or Hottentots, for that matter
1t remains for Americans to reject an
article, delicious in itself and approved
fully by the Department Of Agriculture
because the laws say nothing shall travel
under false pretenses. This is human ma
ture, We suppose-human nature la
Uncle sam; a sort of refined dementia
Americana.
Verify, the way of the food reformer is
hard; it is sown in thorns and thisties.
He rejoices in a great victory to-day; to-
morrow he is exceeding sad.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
The ThonRhtfnI Anthnr


See that daisy en- the dew
Hear that sOUth-wind hummin'?
Both o. them are fOolin' you
Like that dreamy sky o. blue.
Bet a dOliar-make IL two
Billiards. comm
Poet, singin' with a will
On the OF harp drummin';
Says that Summers lingerin' stu
In the valley-on the hill.
Bet q new so bill
Billiards cOmin'f
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
Doing His Hest.

Hubby ventured the press humorist's
wife. Il can't see any fun in this Joke
Neither can I. my dear, but I've got 10
fill IN somehow"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
Capping Ills Brag.

IT, declared the boastful man. can
remember things which happened when
/ was three years old"
My friend" responded the solemn
citizen, when I was three years old I
had written a volume Of "reminiscences"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
DOIIaF-dfnner Test

From the Richmond Times Dispatch
Nowadays every candidate for the Pres
idency must show the stuff ne is made
of by passing through a stiff course of
dollar dinners
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
Lacking in the Naahaur

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
John Bull is !2aking over his japanese
assets. and he finds them disappointing.
There will be no yellow peril until there
is a yellow treasury.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
Premature Approval.

I let whisky severely alone"
Good for you, young man"
Yes; / need my money 70 play
system on the races"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
Financial Romance.

From the Cleveland Leader.
That Eastern author who says that
modern transportation has killed romance
must have overlooked our International
marriages
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

Representative Thomas David Nichols
is curiosity-that is. he is a Democrat
from Pennsylvania. He is one of the
young men Of the House OF Representa-
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
NInsf the BOY Coz

No slangy talk. no cigarettes,
He has pearl
The man who husties out and gets
An Office girl
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23

A bin has been introduced in Congress
which seeks to make Discovery Day
October Pa legal holiday, A few more
legal holidays, and regular work days
Will be about crowded off the calendar.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
The Real Cuban Question.

From the Richmond News-Leader.
And now the question is whether. when
Cuba is turned over to the Cubaus. they
will proceed TO turn things upside down
again.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
Not Exactly the Same.

From the Omaha News
Taft says the administration did not
cause the money furry, but that's differ
Ient from causing a furry Of the moneyed.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23

Just prior 10 the last Democratic con-
Nention, Judge Alton B. Parker was the
greatest human sphinx on earth; now he
seems likely TO develop into the greatest
human phonogTaph
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23

Prohibition and railway agitation are
said to have hurt" the theatrical bust
ness in the South. If the cutting out of
about nine-tenths of the "fly-by-nishts7
that have heretofore annually toured
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23

that section is what is meant by hurt
these alleged evils are really blessings
in disguise.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23

The Emporia Gazette denies the re-
port that Admiral Brownson viii take
up the study of medicine Doubtless the
bitter pills he has had 10 swallow of
late turned him against such an idea
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23

a Texas statesman proposes that titles
be taxed at $50 each. This is hardly fair
just now; IN Kentucky, for instance, the
increasing "dryness' has given the
colonels all the pain they are abe to
bear
The Washington herald., 1908-01-23

The general assembly can't be too par
ticular,' says the Norfolk Landmarks. An
extreme statement. apparently. but not
TO be disputed with concrete evidence,