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TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presenro and sworn to beforo mo thlB 31st day of December. A. D. 1900. M. D. HUNQATE. (Seal.) Notary Public. If the wind Is nny Indication, the lee man's tiny to Jubilate Ih not fur off. Hills for tlm punishment of kidnapers should Imvo attached to them plans and oppclllcatlotiH for catching tho guilty pnrtloH. Tho duke of Cornwall merely lias the (ierninn measles, while all the rest of Knglund Is mirroring from an attack of German mania. A Massachusetts cow has been butch ered which had a clock In her stomach. She had lone been noted for being oh time to her meals. The tin can manufacturers have formed a combine and It will probably cost more to decorate your neighbor's dog than heretofore. In Itoston a saloon-smashing female merely landed In the house of correc tion. They still do some things better In ISoston than In Topeka. From the number of senatorial pipe dreams sent out from Lincoln It Is evi dent that the Chinaman Is not the only slave to the suluctlvo poppy. If .Mrs. Nation could gather all her imitators together In Kansas she would havo an army indeed. Hut her follow ers arc happily well scattered at present. Women are falling Into the strenuous life Idea rapidly these days. The latest outbreak Is in Michigan. If the infec tion spreads much more the men will bo forced to be good. When fuslonists fall to and pummel each other over the distribution of the ppoils, citizens who pay the tuxes are opt to question tho sanity of dolug things for Hryan's sake. It Is very hard to pry a popocrat loose from a public place. Witness the te nacity with which one Olmsted hung on to the place for-which Jio had long since demonstrated his unfitness. It Is sincerely to be hoped that no more of the English royal family will dio before I'oet Laureate Austin has passed to the great beyond or retired. One allllctlou at a time Is enough. .Toplln has temporarily abandoned the making of millionaires out of zinc to Join In tho Crowe hunt. The mining industry of the Missouri town may bu less attractive, but Is certainly more profitable than chasing the elusive Tat. Queen Victoria furnished many n spectacular procession through 'Loudon, but none It seems will equal the last parade in honor of the dead queen. There Is an unsounded depth of pathos In the coldly commercial llgures that are quoted as prices for wntH along thu route to the tomb. The Chinese are reported to bo quietly nrmlng. When tho work has been ac complished the powers will probably tiwoop down on them and conllscate the arms, if tho Chineso desire to have any guns left when the foreigners leave the country they would better keep them in hiding. With the gathering of so many royal nnd senil-royal personages In London to nttend tho funeral of tho lato Queen Victoria, It Is terrible to contemplate what the consequences would bo If some of them should not be accorded exactly the proper place In tlio proces sion which their rank entitles them to. Ono member of tho Commercial club directory makes a good point in calling attention to the fact that the gentleman who has made the most noise about the tax levy Is not the real mouthpiece of the organization. Ills wild desire to vicariously defy the courts through the city council Is not supported by the Commercial club. Watson, tho English yacht designer, thinks he has discovered the reason America has always beaten that country In tho cup races. The new challenger has the bulk of the hull much further forward th.m any of Its predecessor Heretofore the bulk of tho English hulls have always been about thre miles too far In the rear. T1IK CUIUS COZSTtTVTlOS. The Cuban constitutional convention has done well In providing for universal suffrage. There was some apprehen sion that the Spanish element In the island would be discriminated against and that those who participated in the revolution would be specially favored. This was urged by a portion of the poli ticians, but a majority of tile convention are dominated by the true republican principle, so far at least as the suffrage Is concerned. The only discrimination In favor of the revolutionists Is In the Interest of General Gomez, whose great services to Cuba certainly entitle him to such consideration. Tho quallllcatlons for president nre citizenship by birth or naturalization and If obtnlned by the latter, service In the Cuban army In the wars for In dependence for at least ten years. This will make Gomez, who Is a native of San Domingo, eligible lor the presi dency and It Is generally thought that he will be the tlrst chief executive of the new republic. The president of Cuba will havo greater power than tlio president of the United States, the government provided for being more centralized. However, the power of tho president to suspend the laws and the departmental and municipal govern ments Is strictly limited, while the con gress Is given ample means of checking any usurpation of power by the execu tive. In regard to the debts to bo assumed by the now government, It Is provided that they shall be only such as were Incurred In aid of the revolution from February, 181)5. Whether or not It Is Intended to include the obligations in curred In behalf of the Island by the United States military government does not appear, but thu constitution fram ers havo given fair warning to all the holders of Spanish securities Issued In prosecuting war in Cuba that they can expect nothing from the new republic. They must look to Spain for tho pay ment of these obligations, which It Is hardly necessary to say means that the money paid for the hecurltles Is lost. The constitution contains no refer ence to the relations hereafter to exist between the Cuban republic nnd the United States, notwithstanding the fnct that In tho order from Washington for the election nnd organization of the constitutional convention It was spe clllcally stated that the convention should provide In the constitution for the relations to exist between the gov ernment of the United States and the government of Cubn. The proposition to do this met with little support In tho convention, the majority holding that tho question of the relations to exist between Cuba nnd this country was not a proper matter to be embraced In the constitution, but should bo left for determination until the new govern ment was organized. It remains to be seen what view our government will take of this when the Cuban constitu tion Is submitted to it. There is favorablo promise that the Cuban constitution will be ready for submission to the president nnd con gress before the close of the session. In that event tho projected republic may very soon take n place among the Independent states. JUVEX1LE CHIME AXP EDUCATION. One case In police court recently sug gests an opening for reform nlong cer tain lines of educational work. It was developed In the trial that boys who were under nrrest for steallug brass and copper from railroads and other places were encotirnged iu their pilfering by nn Itinerant dealer In junk, who for some reason Is not yet apprehended. It Is not so much with tho fact that the boys are guilty of theft as with the con ditions under which they are allowed to become the tools of men who lend them Into crime thnt the public Is In terested. Compulsory education docs not seem to meet the question. It Is given as the result of experience by Omnha teachers that a large per cent of children attend ing the public schools apparently reach the limit of their cnpaclty for absorbing mere text book Information at about the sixth grade, and that many of them drop out of school either at thnt point or soon after. What they suggest as a remedy Is that some plan be devised whereby these children, whoso faculties seem to be limited In one direction, be Interested in another, to the end thnt they may be given an education that will be useful. The plan toward which this thought most readily tends Is that of manual training It Is argued Unit if the physical faculties of the boy or girl can be engaged when the mental fncultles seem to have become satiated, that the real nature of the child will bo aroused and the foundation for useful ness In society will be laid. These chil dren seldom reach tho high school; therefore manual trnlnlng or education along similar lines must begin lower down In the grade list to bo of any benellt to them. Two at least of Omaha's grade schools were designed to have such departments to meet these cases, but so far no attempt has been made to put them Into operation. Omaha Is no worse off than any other large city In this respect, but that Is no renson why an effort should not be made to stop crime by cutting off the supply of young criminals. SPANISH WAH CLAIMS. Hy the seventh article of the treaty of peace between the United States and Spain this government agreed to adjudicate and settle all claims of citi zens of the United States against Spain. From n statement made In the house a few day sago by Hepresentatlve Hau gen of lown, who Is a member of the war claims committee, It appears that already ,TJO claims have been filed In the State department, amounting In tho aggregoto to .f;iS,iKKi.fKH). Mr. Haugen snld he was advised that a single firm In the city of Washington holds claims aggregating upward of $50,000,000. It thus appears probable that when all the claims are tiled they will amount to at lenst $100,000,000. How many of these claims are just can only be determined by a careful Investigation. Ileprcsentattvo Uuder wood of Alabama expressed the opinion that hundreds of them are fraudulent and he was very likely correct. At all events congress should make pro vision for having them most thoroughly Investigated ami how this can best bo done Is the question. At the last ses sion of congress n bill was reported to the house providing for tho appoint ment by the president of n commission to receive, examine and adjudicate all claims of citizens of the United States against Spain, lu accordance with the seventh article of the treaty of peace. This measure was not favorably re garded and was sent back to the com mittee on war claims, with Instructions to report n bill providing thnt the court of claims shall have Jurisdiction. This the committee lias done, but the difficulty Is that the court of claims now has before It enough work to oc cupy its most diligent attention for several years. Mr. Haugen said: "On December 1, IS!)!), there were 010 trial cases and II 10 law cases on the calendar of the court, and for December 1 of last year the number was 1,111 trial cases and 3!U law vases. The business of that court, according to tho calendar, hus Increased nearly 50 per cent." In view of this Mr. Haugen thought that to refer these new claims to tho court of claims would be nothing less than repudiation. On the other hand there is the objection to a commission that It would be expensive, but if It Is neces sary lu order that American citizens having just claims may have them adjudicated within n reasonable time the question of expense should not be seriously considered. The government has not a very creditable record in the matter of settling claims and it should not make the record worse than it is. Unquestionably the court of claims Is tho proper tribunal to adjudicate these Spanish war claims. Hut lu any event the peoplp want these claims subjected to the most thorough Investi gation, so that the government shall be called upon to pay only such of them as are meritorious and Just. The framers of the new Cuban con stitution have adopted the provision for universal suffrage and so hedged about the provision for thu suspension of the writ of habeas corpus that the rights of all appear to be well protected so far as the organic law of the land Is concerned. If the government Is tlnnlly inaugurated iu the Island on the lines laid down nnd good government Is not the result will simply bo because the Cuban people are Incupablo of gov erning themselves. The United States has guaranteed the people a fair start nnd they are rapidly approaching the point where they must work out their own destluy. West Point Isn't tho only place. A student In nn Illinois college had an eye knocked out by a Jovial fellow classman who thought the victim too at tentive to his studies, whllo down lu Ohio two enthusiasts who happened to differ on some point of college adminis tration proceeded to pummel each other during the chapel hour, while their par tisans cheered them on, to the great scandal and discomfiture of the chap lain. Cannot Mr. Driggs for a moment pause and turn his torrential stream of adjectives toward these offenders? Young soldiers are not so much worse than young civilians. English society people are nlready beginning to speculate upon the effect of the ascension of a new ruler. They aro fondly hoping that the daylight receptions, which the age of the lato queen made necessary, will be discon tinued and the more brilliant evening functions substituted. The new king may make some chauges in the social realm, but the smnrt set is likely to discover that just at present the offi cial head of the country has many more weighty things to occupy his uttcntlou. Utah Is still paying the peualty for being hendquarters of tho Mormon church. It easily serves ns a target for members of congress who may seek to gain a little publicity for themselves by tiring at the Mormon church. If the Edmunds law has not been effective iu stamping out polygamy it is not likely that cutting off the appropriation for an agricultural college will do much good. Tho Mormons as a rule learn agricul ture on the farm. , Indiana courts have set an example In dealing with men who sell their votes which other states might do well to follow. A Inrgo number of men have been nrrested on that charge and those convicted have been dlsfraii' chlsed for terms ranging from ten to twenty years. If the work Is kept up the crop of purchasable votes Is likely to be decidedly small In a few years. A Distinct AilvmituRC Washington Post. Pat Crowo has ono great advantage over Crazy Snake. Tho former Is being pursued by detectives. l.iiNt lint Not l.ent. Chicago Record. In splto of all that hag been snld, Sena tor Townc'fl last act very llkoly was to draw his pay. r IliiKKtHK the Mourner. Detroit Journal. Another proof of tho generosity of the llocrs Is furnished by their not having cap tared anybody but Dublin Fusiliers alnco tho death of tho British queen. Wiirm Welcome Homo. Chicago Chronicle. Wo learn with plcasuro that Mr. Patrick Crowe, latu of Omaha. Is unobtrusively quartered In a secluded section of our busy little city waiting for the cloudR to roll by. Wo welcome Mr. Crowo as a distin guished visitor. Klndnc Better Tllllll Shot. Philadelphia Ledger. Tho nows that thousands of people have died, whllo thousands moro aro on tho brink of death, hy rtarvatlon In a single provlnro of China does not seem to stir tho sympathy of tho nations as similar nows from India did not long ago. Even tho nations represented In tlio political complications there, whllo very properly Insisting that tho government shall make no discrimination between Christians and antl-Chrlstlans li Its distribution of re lief, aro not reported as making any effort to furnish relief themselves. Yet horo Is a splendid opportunity for th'j so-called Christian nations to practice Christianity. A few tons of rice distributed where they will savo many people from starvation would do a great deal more to Instill re spect for Christian principles than many tons of shot and shell, especially when dis tributed by such agents as havo been de livering them during the recent disturbances. The Broomstick nn n Hinder. Cincinnati Tribune. All theso years cowed man has been dodging from sticks wielded by wives, and now comes Mrs. Carrie Nation laughing at a belaboring with that herotoforo for midable weapon In the hands of a fellow woman, and exclaiming: "What does a broomstick amount to?" It would appear that maa ha all this time been but tho craven victim of a domestic bluff. The nation Overlooked. Buffalo Express. Ono of tho overlooked clauses of tho new army law gives tho president authority to chango the established ration without the consent of congress. If congress granted this power by inadvertence, It was a most fortunato oversight. What could bo moro silly than a system which requires a spe cial act of congress to decide whether sol diers shall bo allowod to cat beans or rlco? Working n Cnhnn Grnft. Philadelphia Ledger. The people who aro scheming to havo congress enforce payment of the Cuban war bonds Issued by Spain set a low esti mate on congressional Integrity. For con gross to do anything toward coercing Cuba Into payment for those bonds would bo an act of tho grossest injustlco; but tho pro moters of tho project probably arguo that money will do a groat deal In a skillful lobby, and $450,000,000 Is a prlzo worth striving for. TnlkliiK llnck nt the Ilnrbcr. Portland Oregonlan, Barbers dlsllko working 365 days 1 the year. Nobody blames them. They dlsllko working twelve hours a day. Nobody blames them. Hut cannot their union onforco equity for Its members without statute? If not, nil barbers are not a unit on Sun day closing, tt has not been demonstrated that they who like being overworked should not be allowed to enjoy the pleasure, or that they who cannot enduro the vocation cannot do something else. Election Content Threatened. Minneapolis Times. Ills Imperial majesty Edward VII Is not secure In his title. Advices from Boston are to the effect that the "Order of tho White Roso" and tho "Legitimist Jncoblte Leaguo of Great Britain aud Ireland" do not recognize his succession, claiming that the rightful heir to the throno Is Princess Mary of Bavaria, who should be conse crated and crowned as Mary IV of Great Britain and Ireland. Tho uews wo fear wns cabled to Edward. It should havo been broken moro gently, possibly in a neat letter from the queen of the Holland Dames yclept Lavlnla and resident for tho nonce In Now York, IVntlVB OP THE CHINESE. Intimation (lint the Allien of Ctvlllin tlnn Are IlurKlnrn. Philadelphia Times. The Chinese have had tho impudence to suggest that tho treasure which tho forces of civilization have looted at Pckln shall bo reckoned In abatement of tho indemnity demanded. The foreign ministers reject this proposition with contumely. Tho pow ers, they say, havo been at tho cost of send ing their burglars a long dlstanco and they must havo their expenses paid, without regard to tho profits of tho burglary. Other wise they will take anything there may be left and keep possession of the houso as further security. Tho mistake of tho Chinese has been all nlong In supposing that they had any rights In China. The grcnt powers aro not even agreed that tho Chineso havo a right to live, though they all agree that they have no right to keep anything that tho foreigners want. Thoso of them who havo attempted to defend their homes, and were not killed In tho attempt, must be put to death or otherwlso punished now, and the rest must give up their property and crawl In the dust at tho feet of tho Europeans, i On thoso conditions tho beneficent powers will allow tho Chinese emperor to return to his capital, of which, however, they will retain the military control. Having nlready agreed to do all that the powers demand, tho Chineso envoys havo politely asked to be Informed when tho powers aro going to leave off killing and looting. Tho German minister, we aro told, "disapproves of the tone and contents of tho Chineso note." Thoy have no business to ask questions; they aro to obey orders. The only chance for them is In tho fact that tho ministers are afraid of ono another, and as thoy cannot agree upon tho division of the spollR they may bo compelled even tually to leave something in China to the Chinese. It will be only what thoy cannot get away with. RECOGNITION OF THE MUM?. Popularity nml Achievement of the (rent American Crocker Jock. Baltimore Nows. Tint the American mule has succeeded In kicking his wny Into International recogni tion through his valuo as an Integral part of war equipment Is not surprising to those who havo held nny acquaintance nt all with his remarkable, powers of aggression and bis Indomitable ability to havo his own way, but the progress which this recognition has mado since tho breaking out of the Boer war has gono a little farther than oven tho most ardent advocate of tho utility of tho mule has dared to expect. It has gono so far as to call for official recogni tion at Washington, where a bulletin has been issued covering tho statistics of the mule population of tho United States nnd showing how rapid has been tho growth of tho value of nnd demand for this animal In tho last ftw years. Memphis, which was at ono tlmo the great mule city of the United States, has been compelled to sur render that honor to Louisville. The city of Philadelphia makes a bottor showing for mules than cither New York or Chi cago, but New Orleans comes very nenr to getting Into tho Loulsvlllo and Memphis class by returning a raulo census of 3,400. Baltimore has a total raulo population of 1,000 cxcluslvo of the democratic ring poli ticians, who are stubborn enough to persist In their effort to blind tho people to tho true reason of their movement for tho calling of an extra session of the legisla ture. The total value of American mules ex ported to foreign countries In 1889 was $51fi,000, whllo tho figures for 1900 show a total valuation of $3,019,000 an Increase duo to tho growing demand for the mule for use by tho field forces of tho British army In the Transvaal campaign nnd else where In tho service of foreign troops. Ho is trusted by foreign military experts for his hardihood, relied upon for his steadiness of habit aud exalted for his patienco and endurance. It is quite plain to be seen from tho tenor of tho reports about him that ho has been much hotter trcnted abroad than at home. Thero has been no occasion to discard hlra becnuse of the unwonted activity of his hocls, nor has his voice, rnlsed In plaintive monotones at tho break of dawn and tho shutting down of eve, bo trayed tho position of his army to the enemy nnd made the rest of weary soldiers a troubled session nnd a nightmare thing. This growing respect for the mule abroad must naturally Inspire Increasing respect for him at home. Ho Is worth more any day than the average horse, and thoso who seek hereafter to decry him will mako themselves vulnerable to the charge of lack of education, HOW HISTORY REPEATS ITSEIil. I, nut of I'orrrr nml Olmtlnncy the Peril of llrltnln. Leslie's Weekly. Has England learned anything from ad versity? This query will arise as a conse quence of Premier Salisbury's ostentatious refusal to offer the Boers anything better than an Immediate, and unconditional sur render. Tho touo of the head of the Brit ish ministry of 1900 will recall that of his predecessor of 1776. Lord Salisbury's words to tho struggling Dutch In South Africa have a striking rescmblanco In tone nnd tenor to those of Lord North a century nnd a quarter ago. Will the ultimate out come be tho same now as It was then? This tatter question finds a point and a significance in tho recent victories which tho Boers havo been gaining over the Brit ish, notwithstanding the fact that the Brit ish, too, have won somo fights. Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry nnd n coterlo In Boston, Williamsburg (thou tho capital of Virginia) nnd a few other places wanted sepaiatlon from Great Britain from tho days of tho stamp act, back In 17S3. Washington, Franklin, Otis, John Adams and most of tho other colonists, however, were against soprratlon, oven when Lexing ton put the patriots In nrms. All that Washington nnd tho majority of his com patriots sought at tho outset wns tho tra ditional rights of Englishmen to furnish no taxation except that voted by bodies In which they wero represented that Is, in tho Americans' case, by their own colonial legislatures. It was fifteen months nfter the battlo of Lexington, nnd thirteen after Bunker Hill, that tho continental congress declared for the independence of tho col onies. The autocratic conduct of George HI and his prime minister forced tho colonlBts to cut looso from Great Britain and set uq a government for themselves. The lan guage of Queen Victoria's first minister of today recalls tho temper which governed England's rulers In that ngc of madness and stupidity In the first half of her grand father's reign. Probably the Boors will bo subjugated In tho end, but tho war which somo of the British generals predicted would close lu throo months has now been undor wny fifteen months, nnd the termina tion is not In sight. An expenditure of $50,000,000, then deemed ample, was pro vided for by the British Parliament at tho beginning of tho wnr. Tho present outlook la that tho expenditure will reach $000,000, 000. Meanwhllo tho British havo recently sufforcd sovcral defeats moro sweeping nnd disastrous than thoy have met slnco Mont cnlra annihilated Aborcromblo at Tlcon dcroga in 1758, or slnco Washington nnd Hochambcau overwhelmed Cornwallls nt Yorktown In 1781. Perhaps separation and Independence by the Americans would havo corao ultimately, even if thero had been nn Alfred nnd n Gladstone In tho places of Gcorgo HI and Lord North, for tho Interests and aspira tions of tho Americans would necessarily diverge farther and farther from thoso of tho British ns tlmo passed. It Is signifi cant, howovor, that British writers nnd statesmen of today ascribe tho separation to tho blindness and obstinacy of the king nnd his primo minister. Tho London Times, on tho day after tho centennial celebration of tho battlo of Lexington, In 1875, declared that If tho British cmplro of 1775 had re mained Intact until then Its capital would bo In New York or some other point In America, and tho Times on that account rejoiced In tbo separation. Ex-Premier Itosobery, a few weeks ago, who regrets the separation, drew a glowing picture, of tho transfer of tho British cmpiro's capltnl to this side of tho Atlantic, which would havo taken place long beforo this time If the disruption had not como. In that case England and IU American subjocts would havo such a preponderance In population, resources and power that they would bo tho arbiter of tho world's destinies. Lot England's statesmen of to day boware lest In tholr blindness nnd nrroganco thoy ultimately create a United States of Africa. lEII.SOAI, .NOTES. Emperor William has officially confirmed tho honorary doctorate recently conferred upon United States Ambassador Whlto by tho Berlin Academy of Science. Tho fight botweon Kentucky moonshiners and United States revenue ofllcers was nbout aa disastrous to the Invading force ns tho nverago South African battle. Peoplo who own corner lots in the town of Parsons, Pa., nro not In n "booming" mood Just now. Parsons stnnds ovor a coal mino nnd tho coal mlno shows signs of caving in. William Smith, who died at North Attlo boro, Mass., thu other dny, was quarter master of tho Kenrsarge In tho wnr of tho rebellion and had chargo of tho pivot gun that sealed tho fate of tho Alabama. Tho "goatee," or dlmlnutlvo chin whisker, shows sign of coming into favor among Englishmen, especially In London, owing to tho popularity of Lord Roberts, who has for many years worn this hirsute decora tion. A llttlo moro than $16,000 has nlready been contributed for tho proposed memorial In Boston of tho Into Governor Ilogcr Wolcott. Many of tho contributions aro In small amounts and children seem to be eager to aid, Vice Admiral Barrcra, marltlrao profect of Brest, has reached tho ago limit and ro tlrcd from tho French navy. Ho is ono of the few Frenchmen knighted by nn Eng lish monarch. Victoria knighted him for his services at tho wreck of tho Drummond Castle. Probably the most conservative institu tion outside of China Is tho British mu seum. Although It Is seventy yenrs slnco the mill! pen yielded to the ago of steel, the rending room authorities persist In supply ing quills, which nro Invariably broken when thero Is occasion for using them. John D. Rockefeller goes through tho snmo routino every day at noon In regard to his lunch. Ho enters tho llttlo restau rant absent-mindedly, wakes with u start when tho waiter approaches him, hesitates over his order and then always calls for a bam sandwich and a glass of milk. Political gocslps In Washington aro al ready beginning to consider republican presidential possibilities for 1901. .Senator Fairbanks of Indiana ond Vlco President elect Hoosevclt aro tho two men most fre quently mentioned, tho Indiana man having a slight lend. Four yearn from now Mr. Fairbanks will bo In his 53d year. Tho Peabody Instltuto of Peabody, Mass., has a plcturo of the lato Queen Victoria which the queen gave to George Peabody Id recognition of his great philanthropy. It In a half-length miniature, framed la gold, is valued at $50,000 nnd Is Inscribed: "Pre sented by the queen to Gcorgo Peabody, boncfactor of the poor of London." Much has lately been written of Edward VII's connection with certain lending Jew ish famlllos of London. In 1881 ho was tho first member of an English royal family to attend n Jewish wedding. This was nt tho Central synagogue, when Leopold do Hothschild married Mile. Mario Porugla. He also witnessed tho marriage contract together with Baron Alphonso do Koth eehlld. Major Genoral O'Grady Haly of London, who went to Canada a few months ago to assume command of tho Canadian militia, has como to loggerheads with n portion of the people of tho Dominion. Tho gen eral wns asked to lend a military band for a rcllttcal meeting In Quebec, but declined on tho ground that the meeting was of a partisan character. In consequonco the pref.s of tho party he offended has mado a vigorous attack upon him. ivrriiiMiM or Washington i.irc. Sronr nnd Incident Arimuil Hie llnli of Nntlotinl Politic. The swan song of thirty-day Senator Towae of Minnesota, delivered last Mon day, contained 20.000 words, and cost the United States $1,000. A computation made by a correspondent of the New York Herald shows that Towne's salary ns senator amounted to $S12. His mileage from Duluth to Washington nnd return amounted to $2SS. ho he will draw about $1,000 for filling Cushman K. Davis" scat for fifty-six days. His speech today contained 20.000 words. Thus Tow no hns been paid by the United Slnles Just 5 cents a word for his speech. Towne had prepared another speech, but did not deliver It, so It will not count In the calculation. Tho suppressed speech attneked the entire policy of the repub lican party, trusts, ship subsidy, finances nnd Imperialism, but tho party leaders in duced Towne to devoto his speech entirely to the Philippines. Events In the life of Scnntor Towne of Minnesota havo within tho last year or so crowded thick ami fast upon each other's heels, says the Washington Times. His nomluntlon by the populist party for vlco president during tho recent campaign was an exceedingly high honor for so young n man, and there was "a llttlo twinkle in his eye" n day or so ago when ho mounted tho steps aud took up tho vice presiden tial gavel, which was handed over to him temporarily by Senator Frye. Senator Mason took In tho situation with keen delight. Senator Allen was speak ing, manifestly to All up time. At tho earliest opportunity Senator Mason sent to Towno n llttlo note, saying: "Your sins are many. The punsbmcnt fits tho crime." Senator Towne replied with the follow ing note: "I don't know about the punish ment nor tho crime, but I think I am breaking n record. Ono terra In tho house, one month In tho senate, and ono hour in tho vice presidential chair." Tho Washington Star suggests that It is a good thing thnt tho river and har bor bill comes up during tho rainy season, when the water courses for whoso Improve ment appropriations havo been mado can bo clearly traced. This recalls the reply of General Grant, when a southern con gressman came to him aud Inquired tf ho would approve a bill for tho Improvement of a certain river In his state. "Let me see," eald Grant, didn't I cross that stream In the campaign of ?" Tho congressman, who had served tho confederacy, remembered very well that ho did, and said so. "Well, then," snld the president. "I will approvo that bill on one condition." "What is It?" asked tho congressman, anxiously. "It is," answered Grant, "that you will amend the bill so as to provide that the stream bo macadamized." "Ever slnco 1859," writes a correspondent of tho Chicago Tribune, "Captain A. D. Loefllor has opened tho door for every public man and for every applicant for office who has called on tho president at tho White House. All these years ho has stood guard at tho llttlo door which opens into tho president's room, and he is said to know by sight moro prominent peoplo of tho last thlrty-flvo years than nny otner living man. Captain LoefTter nut-red dur ing tho civil wnr In tho cavalry branch of tho service, and has always been on the payroll of tho War department. Tho other day ho was placed on tho rotlrcd list of tho array, but ho will still hold his place at thu door. Ho opened tho door for Gar field. Hayes and McKlnley, when each of tho throo wns In turn a congressman from Ohio. He opened tho door later when each of them was president and othors came to pay calls." Wouldn't It bo remarkable If Mrs. Car rio Nation camo to Washington on Feb ruary 22 to smash tho saloons in tho capitol? "I heard a very Interesting conversation as I camo down town to the Btreet car this morning," nnld Representative Stark of Nobraska, to a Washington Post reporter. "I sat behind two women who woro tho badgo of the Woman's Christian Tcmpernnco union. They wero discussing tho feasibility of raising a subscription for tho purposo of bringing Mrs. Nation to Washington, and having her attnek tho restaurants In tho capitol. Thoy unid that thoy did not know whether sho would como hero or not, but thought thnt the effort ought to bo mado, as it would focus national attention upon tho selling of liquors in tho capitol. They mentioned Washington's birthday aa the ap propriate date for the saloon smashing event. I nm going to nwalt further de velopments with great Interest." It is seldom that anyone who Is not en titled to tho privilege of tho floor of tho senate manages to slip by tho keen-eyed doorkeepers who guard tho entrances, re ports tho Washington Times. Their watch fulness is untiring, yet last week they hnd to admit themselves outwitted, and by a book agent at that. Tho feat was accom plished through a combination of unlimited assuronuo nnd prosperous appearance. About half an hour beforo the opening of tho day's session a middle-aged man. with a few books under his arm, walked rapidly through the sennto rccoptlon room, and. as though ho had been accustomed to do It a dozen times a day, turned Into tho lobby. Ho mado his entroLco with such an nlr of authority that no ono stopped to question him. Entering tho chamber, he sought out Senator Dolllvor, sat down beside him, and engaged him in conversation. In n few mo ments the gentleman opened up In prnlso of tho books ho carried, and exhibited tho specimens, dilating upon tho rare excel lence of tho bindings, tho paper and tho print. Senator Dolllver was naturally taken by Mirprlso to find hlmsolf besieged right in his senatorial chair by a book agent, but recovered himself to nsk: "How did you get hero?" "Oh, I Just walked in," replied tho can vasser. "Just walked In?" echoed tho scnntor. "Well, then." ho concluded, "the sqrgeant-at-arms of tho senato will assist you to 'Just walk out,' " and tho commercial gentleman was oaiclally shown to tho door. "Uncle Joe" Cannon often crowds n numbor of his forclblo thoughts Into ono short paragraph, does It picturesquely and adds to tho entertainment of tho house. In ton printed lines tho other day, relates the Washington Post, ho explained his at tltudo regarding u memorial bridge, ex pressed his opposition to appropriations for expositions and then provoked a roar of loughter by dropping Into verse. Thorn had been a hot clash between him and Mr. Dayton. "I am not for a memorial bridge at n cost of flvo or six or seven millions," snld Mr. Cannon. "Wo will meet that when wo como to It. When my friend speaks of tho St. Louis exposition at a cost of $5,000. 000, wo follow suit with Omaha, and then Buffalo followed suit, and then Atlanta, nnd then Nashville, and moro and moro until It looks as though tho various stato and county fnlm wero trooping along, nnd we will meet them when we come to them " Straightening himself up and swinging hlH eloquent right hand, tho Illlnolsan turned from substantial and earnest argu ment to a dash of humor, ns ho continued. Thou cans' t not snv. I did It; never nhuke, Thy gory locks at me. A Solnr I'Iciii lllniv. Now York Trlhune. It is a hard lesson which tho supremo court teaches Chicago In deciding that that city has no natural right to Inflict iu sewage on the rest of the country. Ill DUETS OP IMG N TIONS. r.tl'iniilou lu Hxprtullturr of the l.rnilliiR Government. New York World. It Is Interesting to speculate on what the nnnunl expenditures of the leading civilized nations will bo at tho end or even nt tho middle of the present century If they keep on increasing nt the pace set by the nine teenth. Great Britain's imperial government Is now spending money, not Including Boer war expenses, nt tho rate of over $300,000 -000 a year. That Is nn Increase of tOO per cent for the last century and of SI per cent slnco 1S71. Franco under the great Napoleon nnd when ho wan carrying on his stupendous wars was spending a totnl of $22.".000.000 n yesr. For 1900 Its expenditures, la a tlmo of peace, wero almost four times ns great. Its population has Increased less than 30 per cent slnco 1815. while its nnnual budget has Increased 400 per cent. The German empire, created only thirty one yenrs ago, has nearly trebled tho totnl of Its annual expenditures In thnt short time. In 1900 they footed up nearly $100, 000.000. Russia's ordinary expenditures have risen from n llttlo over $200,000,000 In 1S77 to $700,000,000 In 1900. and this tnkes no nr count of the $1,000,000,000 ndded to Its vast railroad debt within the last four years. Nor Is tho United States behind In tho matter of expanding expenditures. For many yenrs past the federal treasury has been paying out for pensions alone twice as much as the total annuat expenditures of tho government down to I860. Slnco Prcsldcnl Buchanan's time our yearly na tional expenditures havo Increased from less than $70,000,000 to over $.100,000,000. That Is to say, they havo been multiplied seven times, while our population has been multiplied two and n half times. If this enormous Increase in tho yenrly disbursements of nil tho leading govern ments of tho world represented only or chiefly monev spent to build railroads, dig canals. Improve harbors, maintain public schools and promoto tho arts and sclencos, the growing burden of taxation which It Implies might be homo with pntlence. But It mostly represents lu European budgets, and very largely In our own, money spent In war and In preparations for war. And all wnr Is waste. POLISHED TO A POINT. Philadelphia Press: Miss Wnnterby I hnd some photos taken today. MIhh Asklt-Full length? MIhh Waiiterby-Oh, no. Just the head and or burst. Detroit Journal: Wife-And only last d'lerl 'U l8lC(l yourself a Christian sol Husband-Well, I suppose I'm entitled to a furlough now and then I Detroit Free Press: .Mrs. One-How- do you manage to keep your cook so long? Mrs. 1 other-Easy enough. 1 dlschnrgo her every mornlntr, and sho .refusci to loavo. Detroit Journal: Our secret was out at last. "The neighbors will shun us!" I groaned. "And servants won't hnvo a thins on earth to stay fori" faltered my wife. Through the gathering gloom I could seo that an ashen pallor had Invested her lineaments. Chicago Trlbuno: "I suppose ono thing that alls all of us," meditated Undo Allen Sparks, 'is that when Duty calls, us It often does, wo aro generally away some whero with Pleasure." Chicago Post: "He In a remarkably steady man," commented tho old gentle man. "Huh!" broko In tho smnll boy, "I guess you wouldn't say that if you'd been with mo this afternoon." "Where did you seo him?" "At the park, learning to skate." Philadelphia Tress: "Your MuJestv." suld tho prime minister, "this Is the page who has been misbehaving himself. I would recommend that you dismiss him from your service." "Ah! your Majesty," exclaimed the cul prit, "you'll never do that. Since you aro such a lover of books 1 need not remind you how barbarous U Is to turn down u page." Chicago Tribune: "Dearest." -wrote tho charming young widow, nfter the manner of an English woman preparing her lovo letters for publication, "why should tho discovery of tho fact that my first husband was a drunkard causo your )ovo for mo to grow cold?" "Because," ho wrote in reply, "I havo been seized with a suspicion that you may havo driven him to drink." DUIVI.Vti ON THE OVEII1.A.ND. James Barton Adams In Denver Post. Long rails of steel In the sunlight glisten. The winding trains through tho valley roll, The hardy settlers no longer llston For Indian yells with a fear of soul! The Concord kings of the olden highway Now lb' nnd rot In tho storm ond sun In the old corral or the alley byway. But battered relies of work oneo done. And gono Is the fearless. Intrepid baud, Tho boys who drove on tho Overland. All dead aro tho echoes of long whips snapjilng. Hold (Irmly In drivers' bucksklnned hands, Iho great wheels over the bou'.ders rapping Or biting their way through tho drlftlnir sands. No longer Is savago foemnn lurking Behind a. rock like u crouching rut. His facial muscles with hatred lerklng, Near tho (pilot shores of tho shallow Platte, His strong bow held In a deadly polso For u shot at one of the Overland boys. Ah! thoso wero tho days that tried men's metal. That tried tho bottom of nervy steed. When tho mustangs nil wero In silken fettle, The wiieolcrs, swings and the dancing leads. A savage yell and a flight of arrows, A driver upon the high box (lead! The team, with tho speed of frightened sparrows. Ungulded Into (he station sped To tell tho tain to tho relay band Of ono boy less on tho Overland! O'er the lines of steel now tho Iron horso dashes. His hot breath blacking tho hills and vales; As eye of giant tho headlight flashes rails1 11 'l0"B "10 Kll,nmorlK The homes of tlm settlers In peaceful quint Now dot the vnlloy In close array, And tho painted redmun no moro runs riot As back In tho blood-stained early (lav Sweet peaco wields tho scepter on uv'erv hand And where nro tho boys of tbo Overland? Some ho neaMi tho sodot tho old Platto In deathly slumber that knows no dreams. Neartho trail where thoy oft at an Indian Threweuttlng silk to their frightened Some, hent with ago and with hair all whitened lly hand of time, In tho cities dream Of the perilous days when tholr strong hands tightened h The Hues o'er tho backs of a flying team bon tbo redi. were waiting on every hand For tho boys who drovo on tho Overland' GOLDEN ROD OIL COMPANY I'roilunrrn of Furl OH In ('nlirornlii. Ounce if 'JOOO Acre ut OH l.nmln, Abundanco of oil In well No. 1, which Is now being got rendy for pumping. Well No. 2 has derrick up. 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