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1'roccDtl with the construction of the
Sixteenth street vliuluct.
A little seasonable wcatlftsr before
Thanksgiving would not be unwelcome.
Samson iiinTbccn re-elected for an
other year and prosperity Is assured In
the kingdom of Qulvcra.
Omaha has Its full quota , of second ,
third and fourth class hotels. What Is
needed Is one llrst-class hotel.
The report that the next British cup
challenger will be a schooner Is proba
bly an error. That Is the German's
long suit. _ _
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Choapcr light , cheaper power and
cheaper water Is the slogan before the
city election. How to get them will be
the problem after election.
It Is about time for the council to pass
that ordinance regulating the storage
in the city of
nnd sale of explosives
Omaha. The ordinance has been In dry
dock for the last six mouths.
The .king Isidcad long live the king !
Vice President Ilobart had hardly
ceased to breathe before the wires were
burdened with -suggestions of logical
candidates for the vice presidential
nomination with McKlnley In 1000.
Sentiment seems to be favorable to
the adding of a number of frills to the
festivities incident to Ak-Sar-Ben work
next fall. Whatever may bo done there
is no doubt a few novelties would add
to the drawing qualities of the occasion.
Nov. B. Fay Mills , who gave Omaha
such a bad reputation for morality , evi
dently has overlooked Ji few bits of
wickedness In his own home , where lie
has just been victimised by a man he
thought he had converted from his evil
ways. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The sixty thousand dollars which
Mark Hanna failed to send to Omaha
before the late election will be shipped
In carload lots In kegs tilled with silver
dollars to the Omaha Water company.
If you don't believe It , apply to the re
liable Information bureau of the World-
Herald.
The democratic national committee
has an evidence of the Improved condi
tion of the times under republican rule
In the ease with which money for their
campaign treasury can be raised.
Money Is so plentiful'sonic democrats
are actually willing to pour It Into a
rat hole.
The latest news from the Philippines
Indicates that Agnlnaldo has lost none
of his speed' during the past wet'seaton ,
In fact It has been shown that ho has
considerable In reserve. The American
troops are moving much more rapidly ,
but the Filipino Is. still several laps In
the lead.
Thosu engaged In the recent revolu
tions In South .America have been guilty
of violating all precedents. Both In
Venezuela and Colombia several .hun
dred people have actually been killed In
the battles. If this Is to bo kept up
revolution as a pastime Is likely to be
come less fashionable.
The newly elected regents say there
will be no changes In the State univer
sity on account of politics , but the hun
gry horde of popocratlc ofllci'-seekers
think differently , lit would be a ca
lamity to have politics destroy ( ho uni
versity , but the pressure Is at least I'OO
pounds to the squuro Inch and the man
on the safety valve will have his Imnda
full.
By a circuitous route Admiral Dewey
lids deeded the gift-homo to his son
and all will bo forgiven. Now an In
quisitive public will poke around to llnd
out why a transfer was considered
necessary so soon after the title was
plnccd In the admiral's hands , is it
jMisslble that young I)6woy Is about to
follow la thu footsteps of the admiral
and begin housekeeping ?
T11K HCB rnESWESl'Y.
The rononilnntlon of President Mc
Klnley being generally taken fdr
granted , the question of a candidate for
vice president will chiefly engage re
publican attention nnd as there Is likely
to be a number of aspirants the ques
tion will be of more tlmn usual Interest.
Ordinarily very little nnte-conventlon
consideration Is glvOn In the vice presi
dency. The selection of if candidate for
that olllcc Is usually determined by cir
cumstances arising In the national con
vention. Few of the men nominated for
vice president during the last thirty
years were seriously thought of In ad
vance of the national conventions. Pend
ing the meeting of the next republican
national convention , however , the availa
bility of a number of men will be
thoroughly discussed and as now Indi
cated the selection of a candidate for the
second place on the ticket will be the
chief work of the convention.
Already this matter Is receiving at
tention ; Indeed It begun to be dis
cussed before the death of the late vice
president. It appears to be the pre
vailing opinion that the candidate
should come from the. .east and It Is
more than probable that the selection
will be made from that section , with the
chances perhaps more favorable to New
lone man to any other state for fur
nishing the candidate. It Is understood
there are several New York aspirants.
Secretary Hoot Is talked of , also Gen
eral Frederick D. Grant and Lieutenant
Governor Woodruff. Undoubtedly the
secretary of war would make a strong
candidate , being very popular In his
state nnd generally recognized as a
man of llrst rate ability. Thorn arc sev
eral New England men , among them
Secretary of the Navy Long , who would
be acceptable to the party. It Is 'pos
sible that the south may have a candi
date and In view of the good feeling
which the present administration has
been instrumental In el-eating between
the sections a southern candidate for
vice president would perhaps receive a
good deal of consideration in the con
vention. There Is abundant and excel
lent material for the vice presidency In
the west , but there seems at present
to be no probability that a western man
will be seriously thought of In the na
tional convention. Judging from the
expressions already made on the sub
ject It Is believed to be most Important
If not absolutely essential to republican
success that the vice presidency shall
go to the cast. It Is highly probable
that the democrats will nominate a New
York man and It is therefore desirable
that the republicans shall have an east
ern candidate.
The olllce of vice president has been
given more importance l > y the present
administration than It had under any
previous administration for many years.
President McKlnley has recognized the
vice president as something more than
a figurehead merely the presiding otll-
cer of the senate. lie regarded that of
ficial as entitled to some 'consideration
from the chief executive and frequently
conferred with the late Vice President
Ilobart on public question ) * . This Is cer
tainly due to the second official In rank
in the republic and In earlier times the
vice presidents received such considera
tion. Undoubtedly Mr. McKlnley , If
re-elected , will show the same considera
tion to his next associate on the ticket ,
In an ollicial way , us he did to the late
vice president.
MAKE KL'ItB Of TUB STAA'UAllD.
The most valuable feature of the
characteristic speech of ex-Speaker
Kccd at the banquet of the New York
Chamber of Commerce was his refer
ence to the currency question. The posi
tion of Mr. Iteed on this question has
never been fully defined. It has been
the understanding that he did not favor
as a whole the currency plan of the In
dianapolis monetary commission or any
of the measures of which this plan Is
the basis. He has been counted among
those who do not think It necessary or
expedient to retire permanently the
United States legal tender notes and to
give the national banks a monopoly of
the paper currency.
In regard to the gold standard , how
ever , there has never been any question
as to the attitude of Mr. Heed , lie has
always been in favor of maintaining
that standard and he Is with those who
advocate legislation to this end. Ho has
no sympathy with the views of the people
ple who contend that such legislation
Is unnecessary nnd those who urge that
It would be useless because It could be
repealed , ' Ho sees In the fact that un
der existing conditions an administra
tion unfriendly to gold could overthrow
that standard and put the country on
a silver basis abundant reason for un
equivocally fixing 'the gold standard In
public law.
In reply to the qulbblers Mr. Heed
said : "If It Is said that there is no
security , that congress may repeal , to
that I answer , that I should hope not.
Among American pooplp , still free , are
we never to settle anything because that
settlement can be upset ? If the people
ple wish to repeal It , that Is their right ,
but It should not have been left In the
hands of any administration to ndmlnls-
ter the laws wo have so that their amply
and fully declared Intent should bu frit
tered away. Let us make sure of our
standard. Whether anything else should
bo our aim , I am not here to discuss.
Hut what we know wo agree on , let us
have. " There can be no misunderstandIng -
Ing this. Mr. Reed Is In harmony with
the great majority of hlrf party In the
opinion that the Imperative duty Is to
fix the gold standard , to so safeguard
It In law that an administration hostile
to that standard would be powerless to
disturb It without the authority of con
gress. Other matters relating to the
currency , as to which there Is disagree
ment among republicans , may wait.
There Is no serious danger In delaying
action upon them. Hut the question of
unequivocally fixing the gold standard ,
of taking It out of the power of a hostile -
tile executive to overthrow It , is urgent
and cannot safely be put off.
The utterance of Mr. Heed on this
moht Important subject should have
great Influence. If ho speaks with less
authority thuu when In public position
his opinion nnd counsel are none the
less worthy of the consideration of his
party. We think It can be conlldeiiUy
predicted that the coming congress will
respond to the manifest desire of a ma
jority of republicans for legislation lix-
Ing the gold standard , whether or not
anything Is done respecting other cur
rency propositions. Some republican
opposition In both houses to such legis
lation Is to be expected , on the ground
that It IH unnecessary or that It might
bo harmful to the party , but we do not
apprehend that tills opposition will be
so formidable as to defeat the wish of
the masses of the party and of Its more
sagacious lenders.
SU.MK tilMURSTlVE QVKltlKS.
The report lias gained circulation the last
( en * day ; ) that nn out-of-town capitalist bail
purchased a large Interest In The Bee Pub
lishing company. It was also given common
credence that the purchaser was Mr. D. E.
Thompson of Lincoln , nnd that his Invest
ment would glvo him a controlling Interest
In the paper.
A fact that strengthened public belief In
the report Is the kindly attitude that The
Ilco has assumed toward Mr. Thompson of
late , nnd especially In the space It has de
voted to his schemes nnd private enterprises ,
World-Herald.
This Is n sample brick of the Impu
dent fakes periodically fabricated by
the World-Herald out of the whole
cloth. The only Investment U. E.
Thompson has ever made In The
Omaha Bee has been In the 'shape of
nickels paid for copies of the paper
that he has bought from time to time.
In this respect he Is on a par with
thousands of other out-of-town capi
talists who Insist on reading the best
newspaper this section of the country
affords.
The mere fact that The Bee has
scooped Its enterprising and braggado
cio competitor In printing the news
about D. E. Thompson's new business
ventures and his prospective location
In Omaha scarcely warrants even the
rumor that he has acquired an Interest
In The Bee , much less that he Is about
to take control of it.
The rumor , however , emanating as It
does from the paper that Is notoriously
for sale , Is decidedly suggestive. It
recalls vividly the closing scene In the
late senatorial contest , when Hitch
cock , Metcalfe , Herdman and Dahlman
were bringing every conceivable pres
sure to bear upon the reform members
of the legislature to pool votes which
they were elected to cast for an anti-
monopolist and free silver candidate
upon the same D. E. Thompson , who
was par excellence reputed to be the
representative of the railroads and the
goldbucs.
Inasmuch as this quartet has novel
been suspected of being in politics foi
their health , the question propounds It
self , What was to be the consideration
for the democratic and populist votes
which these men had bargained to de
liver ? In other words , how much was
Thompson to put up to the reform pa
triots had they succeeded In getting
the whole fifty-eight fusion members to
sign the agreement and cast their votes
for Mr. Thompson ? Was Thompson to
acquire faily a controlling Interest In
the World-Herald or was he to take the
whole concern , editors , managers and
all ?
WHY OMAHA JS SHOUT OF POLICEMEN.
Omaha has fewer policemen than any
other city in America of its population
and area. The same Is true of Its lire-
fighting force. The reason for this dis
crepancy is the lack of funds to main
tain adequate police and fire depart
ments.
During the recent campaign every po
liceman laid off for whatever cause
made It his business to howl and work
against the republican ticket.
These people did not seem to compre
hend that the cause of the reduction
of the police force was the lack of funds
and that the responsibility for short
levy was with the fusion members of
the city council and the Herdman gang
that prevailed upon the gororuor to
veto the revised charter.
They also overlooked the fact that the
old police board of 1808 Increased the
force largely to serve during the Trans-
mlssisslppl Exposition , thus creating an
overlap. The extra force could not
have been kept on the pay roll , no mat
ter what police board was In control.
It may also dawn on these misguided
ex-policemen that there Is no prospect
of a material Increase In the police
force until we get a revision of the
cl.iirU'r and an assessment of taxable
property on something like an equitable
The Omaha Woman's club is active In
efforts to Impress members of congress
with the fact that citizens of Omaha
arc opposed to the seating of a polygamist -
mist In the lower house of congress.
Next week the pastors of many
churchi's will deliberate upon the sub
ject and , It Is expected , will stoutly de
clare against Congressman-elect Rob
erts of Utah. Regardless of the Dec
laration of Independence , which pro
claims to all the world thu Inalienable
right to life , liberty nnd the pursuit of
happiness , the Irrepressible sentiment Is
that a man who sleeps In more than one
bed at one time shall not bo permitted
to occupy a scat In congress.
Attention Is called to the table printed
In this Issue of The Bee giving the de
tailed otllclal canvass of the vote cast
In Douglas county for state , county and
judicial olllcers at the recent election.
The figures given by wards and pre
cincts contain valuable Information
which will be preserved by people Inter
ested In political conditions , who can
study from them the factors represented
In the recent campaign and use them
for comparison , past nnd future. Extra
copies may bo obtained at The Bee
business ofllcc.
The Commercial club can put a very
gay feather Into Its cap by taking nc-
tlve steps toward the location of an
army supply purchasing depot at
Omaha. Conditions nro favorable and
the opportunity should not bo lost. The
llrst step should bo the preparation of a
bill authorizing the War department to
designate Omaha as the western army
depot , with authority to utilize the old
postonice building for that purpose. If
promptly Introduced nt the opening of
the session and vigorously pushed the
bill will become a law before spring
and Omaha jobbers and manufacturers
will be In position to prollt by It during
the coming summer.
The populists ate beginning to realize
that they arc not going to secure their
sliare of tlio spoils of Douglas county.
The itopuljsts should embalm the pre
election promises. It will save them
the trouble of collecting a new lot with
the next election. In the feed lot the
big pigs always crowd the little ones
wny from the trough nnd when the
food supply Is short the little ones sel
dom have n full stomach. The'current
rations of political pie are entirely too
small to go around and men with an
tinsutlsllcd nppctlte seldom pay much
attention ( o promises.
\Var corrcHiiondeuts In the Transvaal
who get near the front may see con
siderable , but the reports they send to
their papers do not llll any long col
umns. By the time they run the gaunt
let of the Boer forces and the British
censor the author would llnd dllllcully
In rocoaulzlng his handiwork. Thu
Press renroMpnlnllVos nt Mnniln
plained bitterly at what they considered
unfair treatment by General Otis , but
their lot was a happy one compared
with that of those who accompany the
British army.
Since the result of the election is
known of all men Nebraska's attorney
general seems to have reversed himself
on the question of the validity of the
Weaver law , passed to take the control
of Insurance affairs out of the auditor's
ofllce. Smyth is now supporting the
law , whereas a few months ago lit
called It.a . misfit and said It leaked nt
several points. Fortunately , however
he has jumped down on the right side
of the fence.
An enthusiastic shouter at the Ak-
Sar-Ben meeting declared the parade
next fall must be better than that of
this year , which remark Is all right
with a saving clause that it was not
made in disparagement of the electrical
street parade pulled off In September.
To excel it in any particular will In
deed bo dlflicult. No other City has
equaled It.
Whatever the Commercial club may
do to encourage home patronage will
bring good returns. The time Is at
hand when a great stimulus may be
given to home manufactures. The cam-
palgn started by The Bee some years
ago proved to be of great benefit to
the state. AVhy the movement was per
mitted to languish no one seems to
know.
Will the Imly Cnllf
Baltimore American.
Uncle Sam , who , la nothing If not gallant ,
would gladly return Mrs. Agulnaldo her bar
reled wardrobe ifTsho would only send him
her address. < 'l '
SinokclCNN Stuckx Unpopular.
Washjngtpn Post.
The smokeless factory stack Is not a pop
ular thing with the New England mill hands
and Mr. Bryan. Will doubtless receive a
chilly response to Ills invitation for a return
to It.
AVIIh Gory TrlnuiiliiRH.
Indianapolis News.
With war In the Philippines and South
Africa , with Franco ready for a contest
with Great Britain and with Japan prepared
for a flght with Russia that conference at
The Hague begins to look like a grim Joke.
Ciilm'n Stuck of OrjilmiiH.
Brooklyn Kdglc.
General Ludlow opines that the Cubans
are mostly orphans and are looking to the
United States < to bo supported. The cbargo
is onerous , but Uncle Snm Is probably will
ing , provided the orphans will not pretend
to bo 6 years old and too young to work.
Am I
Buffalo Express.
General Otis reports that our troops are
beginning to meet friendly rocep'lons from
the Inhabitants of the villages they enter.
The frlendllea thus mot probably were
hostlles In arms the day before and will bo
hostlles again the day after their villages
are evacuated. The appearance of these
"frlendlles" doubtless explains what has
become of lAgutnaldo's army ,
KriiRCr Viewed liy KnHicr and Son.
Springfield Republican.
Young Winston Churchill may have an
opportunity In Pretoria to compare his Im
pressions of President Kruger with those
received by his father , Lord Randolph
Churchill , in 1891. "Ills honor , " wrote
Lord Randolph , "Is a genltleman of some G5
years of age , tall , and rather stout , with a.
grave , shrewd , but by no means unkindly
countenance. At the moment of adjourn
ment , " It was in the second chamber of the
Road , "ho has lit a short pipe , an which he
puffa hastily and Impetuously. The presi
dent's manner was extremely gracious and
genial.1 '
Overdoing Hie ( ilft-IloiiNC Ilackcl.
Chicago Chronicle.
Rear ( Admiral Schley , who already enjoys
the respect and admiration of his country
men , now has an opportunity to strengthen
bis claims to tholr consideration , Let him
Interpose a prompt nnd decisive veto uponi
the plan of bis lll-advlsoj friends -who are
formulating a plan to buy him a house such
na Admiral Dewey got. Admiral Schley
can't afford to bo a party to n scheme which
Involves drumming for subscriptions after
the fashion of a , charity bazaar. It Is un
dignified and Improper , It will lower Ad
miral Schley In public estimation } f ho con
tents to It. It Is tlmo that wo should
have an end to this hysterical Idea of treatIng -
Ing distinguished Boliller and Bailers as
genteel paupers.
lltvllf till * l' IH < al llllHllll-HN ,
Sprlngllold Republican.
Tbo postal service of tbo United States
last fiscal year handled $10CC53,544 in re
ceipts and expenses and of this huge sum
there wna lost to the government from
burglary , flrn , embezzlement and all other
forms of careleesnebo and dishonesty only
$1U,358. "I doubt , " says a well known and
widely observant Washington correspon
dent , "If any private firm , bank or corpora
tion , or any institution In the world that re
ceives and disburses money can show so
good a record , and yet wo keep talking
about the Inefficiency and corruption of the
publlo service. " nut hush ! This will
never do. if w.o talk thld way people may
begin to think the government Is capable of
taking hold of such monopolies as the rail-
roada and running them as common carriers
for iho public benefit and not as special
discriminating carriers for certain powerful
private intercuts.
SOI'TH AFIUC.VX HIM PI'S.
Detroit Fret. Tress : Tickets on the
Armored train are punctured by Boer rifle
men.
Philadelphia Times : Should there be a
deciding battle nt rlotormarltzburg it Is
likely to make one of the biggest names In
history.
St. Louis Republic : One reason the
Bocra hnvo for destroying the railroads In
Natal Is to keep linllcr'B army from forcing
them to make tracks for home.
Indianapolis News : British dispatches
I inform the world that the Boer shells do
absolutely no damage in tadysotlth , They
1 must all fall In the Plngreo ptatoe patches.
I Baltimore- American : While the British
I reports are full of victories over the Boers ,
1 the latter appear to bo saying nothing , but to
bo busying themselves with setting very
successful traps.
Indianapolis Journal : That Great Britain's
"best hold" Is as n naval power finds Inter
esting confirmation In the fact that the
garrison at Ladysmlth has been saved , thus
far , by the effective nork of the naval guns
brought there nnd served by "Jacklcs. "
Boston Globe : The Urltlsh war ofuco has
received 10,000 plumpuddlngs for the army ,
weighing ten tons , to bo sent to the troaps
In South Africa for a Christmas dinner.
Perhaps by the time they get thcio thr.v
will bo hard enough to load cannon with. '
Chicago Chronicle : Mr. P. Joubert de
sires to acknowledge the aollcitotia Inquiries
of his friends occasioned by reports of his
demise. Mr. Jouhcrt la atlll In the en
joyment of robust health and recommends
the vicinity of Ladyecnlth to British tour
ists In Ecarch of a warm climate.
San Francisco Call : The British war of
fice has accepted 10,000 plumpuddlngs for
the soldiers lighting In South Africa.
Johnny Bull's warriors evidently believe
that even if they may be a little heavy
j around Christmas time Boer bullets will
be nl least n sure cure for indigestion.
Philadelphia Ledger : In the Boor attack
on Etetcourt , the dispatches tell us , a long-
rnnge British gun fired a single shot at the
advancing Boers. The shell fell In their
midst , several horses were seen galloping
nbout riderless , and the whole column retreated - ,
treated In confusion.On the other hand ,
the Boers bombarded Klmberley for two
hours and the net result was the killing
of one Kaffir woman and the wrecking of
one barn. This Is the kind of stuff the
British censors expect the public to receive
as authentic news.
PEHSOX.U. AMI OTHERWISE.
Prof. Archibald Ccoledgc or the depart
ment of history of Harvard university , and
his father , have given the university library
their valuable collection of 10,000 volumes
bearing on the Crusades.
Jitdgo John A. Barharn , who Is mentioned
na the successor In the senate of Senator
Stephen M. White , Is one of the best known
Jurists In California and Is said to have
been the richest lawyer In that state.
Maine newspapers predict that Judge An
drew Peters Wlswell will succeed John A.
Court of their state when the latter retires
from the bench In January next. He Is a
nephew of Judge Peters , and was born in
Ellsworth in 1S52.
The Household Economic association of
the state of New York Is going to establish
a district housemaid service , whereby any
resident in the district may ring up a maid
servant , who will como recommended to
work for any desired time at a coat of 20
cents en hour.
C. T. Hills , the wealthiest and one of the
oldest and most prominent Masons in Muskegon -
kegon , Mich. , is to build a handsome Ma
sonic temple of brick , with stone trim
mings , In that town for the use of the order.
It Is' to resemble a castle , and be 132 feet
long , 66 feet wide and three stories In
height The building la to be dedicated next
spring.
Prof. A. E. Dolbcar of Tufts college said
in a paper on "Electricity and Civilization , "
which he read at a dinner of the Unlvcrsal-
1st club In Boston , that whiletbero Is a
limit to tbo speed of the ordinary steam
locomotive , there Is practically none to the
electric motor , and with It one may yet
make the journey from Boston to this city
In two hours.
STATE COXTHOI , OF AHID I-.V\DS.
Argument in Favor of Conxion ! > > the
JVatloanI ( invcrmnciil.
Portland Oresoiilnn.
The call by the governor of Wyoming for
a convention In aid of the cession of arid
ands to the states possesses peculiar Inter
est from the fact that the recent Irrigation
congress omitted from Its declaration of
principles all reference to this cardinal doc-
rlno of Irrigation propaganda. It 1s not a
violent assumption that this neglect has
'urnlshed ' at least one contributory motive
o Governor Richards , who Is an ardent
champion of the accession by the states of
ho arid and semi-arid lands now owned by
.ho federal government in the great west.
Wyoming has acquired many of these lands
under the Carey act ; largo cessions were
mode the state by congressional enactment
upon Its admission , and out of the body of
Wyoming's experience in the management
of these lands has grown a widespread and
enthusiastic belief In the practical advantage
of the scheme of cession.
The irrigation congress doubtless refrained
from endorsing cession for two reasons.
Doubts have grown up as to Its feasibility ,
on account of abuses. Governor McCord of
Arizona Is n powerful opponent of state
ownership. The second reason Is one of
policy. The reply to demand for federal
construction of reservoirs and elate owner
ship of lands has been : If the states are
to be given the lands , let them build the
reservoirs. Now , federal aid of Irrigation ,
through dams , ditches , reservoirs , superin
tendence , or In any po03lblo form , Is the
supreme end of the Irrlgatlonlsto , and If
state acquisition of lands Is to stand In the
way of federal aid It will hove to go.
The rcaaone why the arid lands should ho
ceded to the states have never been
answered , nnd the only possible answer to
them Is to raise objections based on diffi
culties of administration. Every great and
good undertaking has difficulties , and the
way to overcome them Is not to abandon
the undertaking. The approved plan for
cession of the arid lands to the statro Is for
a tentative grant , to become permanent
upon performance of certain actual Irriga
tion work on the part of the stnto > . This
la a sound principle and perfectly work
able , as Wyoming's experience allows. PCS-
KCfslon of the lands will enable the states to
lecoup themselves for outlays upon survcya ,
construction nnd police work. The federal
government will got nothing for the lands ,
but they nro worthless to it now , avi ] It can
well -afford to ho rid of tholr rujponslblllty
and care , The powers that bring them under
water will Impart to them all tholr practi
cal value. Nothing could bo clearer than
that with the different status of land tenure
in various states , under conflicting pro
visions of constitutions , statutes , tax sys
tems , herd laws , court doclfltcnn and popular
customs , each etatu la better fitted to admin
ister the arid or semi-arid lands within lie
boundo than Is Iho federal government. It
Is feared that ubut-ca will nrlso ; then the
atate li close at hand to correct them. It
Is feared that corporations will make money ;
so they will in any event , for capital that
makcd largo ventured will guarantee Itself
profits In case of succcefl. Wo know from
annoying experience that atato courts are
apt to make a mess of adjudication upon
laud and water rights , but one CIOUH !
sourro of confusion will bo removed once
the lands f f > s loto etatc pcascoilon ,
icnois : OK otu WAH.
American savnnU , philanthropists and
thinkers who think they think frequently
bewail the national characteristic of hurry.
They assert that the norVouo hnetc , the dis
position to burn the candle at both ends ,
manifested In business , industrial nnd pro
fessional lite , produces a mild form of de
generacy and fattens graveyards. They
urge. Instead of rushing headlonfi
, to Gctthore , a life of case , frequent vaca
tions , holidays galore and cultivation of
I Indifference to the needs of tomorrow. An
Ideal existence , truly one which the na.
j tlonal authorities might be expected , with
reason , to foster wherever found. Yet
there ! s Governor General Ix > ary of the
merry Isle at Ounni uprcotlng the native
tendency to rest , Insisting on work and In
other ways producing what homo thinkers
[ Ihlnk ! s a menace to longevity. Captious
j crltlca assert that Leary's pale pills for Inzy
people is a sign of progressive civilization.
I Depends on how you view It. Perhaps nn-
1 lUrc Is not as prolific in Guam ns In nearby
I tropic Isles. In mcst Of them what we call
work Is superfluous. The native Is not
] called upon to do more than eat nnd elccp ,
nnd some of them , from force of habit , rarely
como In out of the rain. They may sleep In
the shelter of their own bread fruit trees.
! When nature craves a bite they can kick
1 the tree nnd down comes tbo staff of life.
Having had n nil , they may sleep on until the
time cornea for registering another kick. Of
COUTEO there are some variations to this
Ideal life of case. Sometimes the natives
raise hall Columbia , ns In Samoa and l.iiznn :
others are addicted to raising families pro-
mlscuously , as In Guam. Still these cbulll-
tlorB of temper can scarcely warrant the
substitution of everlasting work , of strife
nnd struggle , for continuous rest.
In Manila the Spanish dealers attempt
to attract the trndo of the American sol
diers by hanging out clgns printed In Eng
lish , nnd It we may believe n Kansas boy
the result Is often ludicrous. Here are n
few of the olgns : "My new raplde fortog-
rafy process Is open.Vo regulate watch
crystals twenty cents one. " "Smoking Is
defended here. " Evidently It Is the Intent
of the last announcement to let the soldier
boys know that they will bo permitted to
smoke In the proprietor's store.
A beautiful and unique Invitation to visit
the city of Columbus , 0. , was delivered to
Admiral Dewey by a delegation from that
town a few days ago. It is n solid tablet
made of the gold from twelve $20 gold
pieces , with a base plate rectangular In
shape , in the center of which , nnd slightly
raised above the base. Is another plate cf
smaller dimensions. Artistic cncravlngs of
Dewey , Christopher Columbus , the flagship
Olympla and the Santa Maria adorn the
plate , which la otherwise beautifully deco
rated nnd appropriately inscribed.
"Some people got the Idea this heah
reg'ment had 'bout two million dollahs In
loot from Hello , " said a Tennesscan to a
San Francisco Chronicle reporter. "Tennes
see uevuh nailed morun couple hundred dol-
luhs' wuth loot theyuh.
"Wo landed when town was afluh , an'
rushed right through nftuh th' nlgguhs an'
former outpost guard 'bout th' place. That's
when somebody else- got th' plums that waa
tub bo picked up.
"Rockun th1 reguluhs plucked a bit. They
had th' elcgunt chances ; we didn't. It was
kind uv anybody's grab fuh while theyuh.
Nlgguhs had fluhed th' bullduns an' run ,
an' most th' rich people had left before.
"So onlv Chinamen stayed behind. They
wun't waltln' for any Klondike an' cold
weathur , but just set tub work with crow-
bauha pryln" opun hot safes soon's they
could get close 'nough aftur bulldln' buhned
down. Well , I reckon sojuhs wasn't goun'
tub see them theyuh fulluhs takun1 th' stuff
bftoncun' tub th' town Undo Sam's men
had captuhed. so's Boon's safc'd bo pried
opun sojuh steps up an' says , 'Hcuh , yuh ,
drop that ! Want tub get 'rested ? ' nn' Jabs
at 'em with bay'net. It was kind uv like
catspaws tub rake chestnuts outuh th' fluh ,
only we Tennessee boys wun't doun' th'
monkey trick. "
CHICAGO'S BIG DITCH.
It May liccomo n. Link In n Great
Wnler ny.
Chicago Times-Herald.
The big drainage canal constructed by the
people at an outlay of $35,000,000 to dispose
of the sewage of this city may become In
tlmo the key to 'the ' complete commercial
supremacy of the world by the great Missis
sippi valley. What was once considered "an
engineer's dream , " when the drainage canal
was first projected , is now Inviting the seri
ous attention of congress , and Its practica
bility has been so generally conceded that
the commercial Interests of the west and
middle west are gradually getting together
In support of a demand for the linking of
Lake Michigan and tbo Gulf of Mexico by
the federal Government.
Strong Impetus to the movement to make
the drainage canal part of a great navigable
waterway , under the control of the federal
government , was given by the convention of
tbo Western Waterways association at Mem
phis , Tenn. , on Wednesday. 'A ' resolution
was unanimously adopted by the GOO dele
gates , representing sixteen states , recom
mending that congress seriously consider
the project for providing "a navigable water
way between Lake 'Michigan ' at Chicago and
the Mississippi river. "
WHh a waterway large enough and deep
enough 'to carry the heaviest lake boats from
Chicago through the drainage channel to
Ixickport , thcnco through the DCS Plalncs
river , thcnco through the Illinois Into the
Mississippi ftt Alton , tbcro Is lltltle doubt
that 'tho ' sections in the Mississippi water
shed would rule tbo world in tbo trade of
food products and manufactures.
Chicago's contribution to this great project
Is the greatest piece of engineering In the
history of this country , costing the people
of Chicago $35,000,000 nnd extending from
Chicago to Lockport. This canal has
greater cross-section dimensions than any
of the world's great shlpwnys. Where It
cuts through the rock it Is 160 feet wldo
and in the earth sections It elopes from 110
to 200 feet at the bottom to from 200 'to ' 300
feet at the top a channel sufficient to float
ho commerce of the vaat empire of the
west.
ASKING KOH A 1IIG JV.VVV.
Sonic rcrtliicnt ItuiiinrkN on HIP lln-
InrKi'il Xnval I'roin-iuii.
Philadelphia Times ,
It will not ho tbo fault of the Naval Board
of Construction If the United States docs not
become In a few years one of the first-class
naval powers. In addition to the nix new
unprotected crulsere already provided for
and the contracts for whlcl\ \ are now ready
to ho awarded , the board recommends tbo
construction of thrco Hhoathed , armored , cop
pered cruisers of 13,000 tons displacement
each , three similarly constructed armored
cruisers of 8,000 tons each , six sheathed
and coppered gunboats of 1,000 tons each
and six of similar construction of 800 tons
each , the cntlro eighteen vessels to cost the
sum of $20,000,000 and to occupy thrco years
In building.
If congreeu takes the naval board's view
of the matter the shipyards of the country
will have plenty of work for the next three
yocrs , and the total array of American war
vessels will bo formidable. There arc sev
eral first-dags battleships and protected
cruisers under contract and partly con
structed waiting tbo action of cougrcw In
the matter of the purchase of Hteel armor ,
U Is fair to assume that congress will
speedily authorize the completion of all war
vessels now under way , and If In addition
the clRhtecn new vessel * recommended by
the nftvnl board shall bo authorized nl.tho
coming fxnslon foreign imtlons will bo
justified in concluding that wo nro going Infer
for expansion on n big scale * . I
It Is doubtful , however , whether congress
will be ns eager for n now squadron of war
vessels every year ns the uavnl officials
themselves. Wo nrc not nt WOT with any
rmvnl power at present and there is no
present Indication that wp arc going ( o bo.
Wo fcavo war vessels to lay up In ordinary
now , nnd n largo number of now ones nl-
iraity authorized and In process of con
struction , which will have little to do when
complt-tcd unless wo got Into a foreign war
to glvo Uhcm employment. Our European
neighbors nro disposed itn leave us nlono
to manngo our own affairs In our own wny , \
nnd there will bo strong opposition In conj -
j green to the expenditure of twenty millions
for a now lot of war vessels when those wo
have are likely to have llttlo to do.
Congress may authorize the construction
of eighteen now vessels ftt once , but a good
many congressmen will hesitate about voting
ing for tiio twenty millions of additional
expenditure just nt this itlme. Their con-
stltucnts nre doubtless In favor of suppress
ing Iho rebellion In the Philippines , but
they do not believe that It will reaulro nn
expensive Increase of the navy to accomplish
this.
1M5IIT AXU I'OI.VJT.n.
Judge : Freddie What Is circumstantial
evidence ?
Cobwlffccr As a general thln r it s the
theory t an expert which Is proved to bo
entirely wrong- when the truth comes out.
Detroit Journal : Sponklnrr of the Anglo-
Saxon unity , It will be a bit awkward for
Undo Snm to roll up his trousers after
having held them down with straps HO long.
Chicago Tribune : Cholly Mr. Sliarpc ,
rnwn't 1 sue a man for calling mo a mcnaly
little chipmunk ?
Lawyer You cnn. He applied n squirrel-
mis epithet to you.
Somorvllle Jourmil : When a man lends a
womiin Mi pencil she generally Insults him
by hnndlns it back and nsklng : him to
sharpen it.
Chicago Tribune : The regal beauty looked ,
at him In scorn.
"I'll tnnrry no man who dyes his whisk
ers ! " she paid.
"All right , " returned the young num.
slowly buttoning his gloves nnd looking
nround for his hat and cane. "Perhaps It
Is best. Jly blue-black whiskers would not
harmonize , 1 dnro my , with your beautiful
colden Imlr nnd your dark-brown cye-
brov.'B , "
" 1 had forgotten tin- eyebrows ! " she mur
mured , sinking Into a chulr as ho passed
out of her sitiht forever.
Clove-land Plain Dealer : " 1 fee thnt tha
clothing bPlotiRlug to Sirs. Agulmildo that
wns raptured by our troops was packed
In barrels. "
"Why. from the Filipino pictures 1'vo
Keen , I supposed they could be packed In
bonbon boxes. "
Detroit Journal : " 1 am SS ycnra- old ! "
ho Insisted.
Of course wo luughcd him to scorn.
"How , " we retorted , "If you arc ns old
as you sny , does It Imppon that you cannot
rend fine print without the aid of bpcc-
taclcs ? "
Whereupon the fellow , perceiving that
his Imposture van discovered , broke down
and confessed thut he was only S3.
Chicago Post : "I wl h T could get some
news from the Transvaal. "
"My dear fellow , you * can cct any kind
you want. If your sympathies ) are with the
Hoers look under a Paris date line ; If with
the English just see that the date1 line Is
Capetown or Durban. "
Baltimore News : "Now , sr ! , can you ex
plain why you ran away after being called
on this Jury ? " asked the indignant Judge.
"I couldn't hell ) it. judge , " said the
trembling juryman. "I heard pome one nay
something' about hanging the jury , and I
am opposed to capital punishment. "
Her IMea for I'cnoc.
S. B. Klser.
She hated -war. She stood before
The captivated throne
Ami cried : "Why can't men live in pc-ace-
AVhy will the brutal strong „
Continue tri 'oppress th6"wenk ? * * '
'TIs ! " " '
barbarous and wrong
Sim hated , war ! "Twas murderous ,
She said , for men to tight !
She wanted peaco. but oh , she dressed
Her ihusband down that night !
Ho'd tried to match some goods for her ,
And hadn't done It right !
HKSIG.VATIOJV.
Washington Star.
Feed the turkey , Hannah , I have nothln'
moro to say
About the way things happened to my side
on 'lection day.
Give him corn and taters an' most any
thing ho'll eat.
An' let him strut an' gobble in security
complete.
Ain't no UPC o' trying to explain how much
I'm vexed ,
'Lection day Is over an' Thanksgiving day
Is next.
I thought that we'd como mnrchln' in llko
heroes from the fray-
But feed the turkey , Hannah , I have noth 3T
ing moro to say.
Feed the turkey , Hannah. Glvo him
victuals by the peck.
I will have a fellow feelln" when ho gets it
In the neck.
Forgetful of the past , I'll eatlsfy my Inner
man
An' drown my kcers In gravy as it trickles
from the nan.
We'll never tell the children how their
father feels this blow ,
AVo'll laugh an' tell 'cm all the funny
stories that wo know ,
It was sinful fur them fellers to upset our
plans that way
liut feed the turkey , Hannah , I have nothln'
moro to say.
"Hard
luck"
Is one way to ex
press the excuse of
an umbrella turning
its ribs to the wind.
Well treated ribs
properly clothed are
never susceptible to
the effects of wind.
We make a study of
.these points that's
why we fix our um
brellas so you need
fear no storm.
We keep all kinds
from
,00 to $16,50 ,
Exclusive Furnishers
tor Men and Boys ,