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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
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QUO. B. TZSCHUCK,
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
aofore me this 31st day of May, A. D. 1901.
M. B. I (UNGATE.
Notury Public.
From now on every flrcmnn In Oninliu
Ir his own lire chief.
How Is tho defense fund wised nt the
Instance of the lire Insurance iiRents for
the heuelit of Chief Hedell to be dl
vlded? Thoe Wyoming train robbers should
practice up n while before they under
tnke a Job that requires professional
experience.
It Is hl8o easy to make Omnha men
millionaires on paper. But why not
make tUcm billionaires nt the start
when It Is Just as easy?
Tho Navy department proposes to con
demn land for a naval station in Algiers.
Antl-expanslonlsts need not Ret excited
over tho announcement Algiers this
time Is In Louisiana.
The first shirt waist man of the season
In Now York vas compelled to take to a
street car to escape the gaping crowds.
There are places (u the west whero lie
tnlghf have fared worse.
Xo third term rule seems to apply to
the heads of the different fruternal or
ganlzntlons. An executive position
with these bit; associations Is almost
as good as n fat salary for life.
All this talk about Omaha peoplo
getting rich must have gone past the
tax assessor without even touching
him. At nny rate that is tho only
conclusion to be drnwn from the as
sessment roll.
If Alabama feels nblo to raise the
salary of Its governor to ?5,000 n
year, the great state of Nebraska ought
to bo ablo to pay more than ?2,500. A
governor who Is not worth ruoro than
$2,500 Is not worth that.
It is easy to smash crockery, but
nnothcr thing to mend It. It Is easy to
destroy discipline and bow the seeds of
anarchy In tho flro deportment, but It
Is nnothcr thing to make tho flro force
obedient and harmonious.
Ncbroska State university authorities,
or course, wero not Influenced by poll
tics In forgetting to Invito tho governor
to participate In tho commencement ex
ercises. It is doubtful, however, if tho
oversight would have occurred had a
fusion governor been lu office.
The Spanish queen regent has opened
Parliament for the hist time, as the
young king will come Into his own be-
roro another session. Her task has been
anything but a pleasant one, nnd she
certainly sacrifices nothing In personal
comfort in retiring from power.
, President McKlnley has again dlsap
pointed his political enemies by mick
lug tho third term bubble, on which
they were Just beginning to play for
capital. Presldeut McKlnley can bo
depended on almost Invorinbly to say
xno rigur. thing at tho right time.
Tho proposition Is made to hold the
militia encampment In the comnnra.
tlvely unsettled portion of tho state at a
considerable dtstaneo from the railroad
Tho necessity for going to the sandhills
is not apparent, as the Nebraska sol
dlors have never beeu found luckiug In
snmi.
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n mi: ri-niutiiiiiia 10 Kurrruge pro
poseu ny ono or tno members of tho
Alabama constitutional convention uro
adopted the number of voters In thu
state will bo decidedly small. About the
only offcuso It allows, u man to commit
and retain his voto Is to bum a uecro
and this Is looked upon as an excusable
violation of the statutes In that bectlou
of tho country,
Work on the now colls at tho pen!
tentlary Is progressing slowly. It Is one
or tno mysteries of life why people
who secure public coutructs seem to
think It Incumbeut upon them to tako
two or threo times as long to do tho
work ns would bo required If for
private party. Enforcing the penalty
clause In such contracts would have a
tendency to keep contractors awake.
STEADILY GAlSISn ttfOL'.VD.
From present Indications, by the time
congress meets there will be few re
publican senators in opposition to trade
reciprocity. Wo hnvc heretofore noted
the friendly attitude of Senators Cill
Idin and Fairbanks toword that, policy
nnd now it Is niiito'unvod 'Hint. Senators
I'rye and Allison will take nii active
part In support 'of reciprocity. It Is
stated that the Iowa senator has found
that In the Mississippi vajley ns well ns
In other parts of hd west ,tt strong
feeling has been developed, not parti
san, and yet most conspicuous In the
republican party, Hi favor of the prin
ciple declared by that patty to bo the
"twin" of protection.
Tho position taken on the subject by
the Association of American .Manufac
turing Interests Is already exerting an
Influence. 'The president of the asso
ciation pronounced unnallllcdly for
commercial reciprocity, aim wmie tnere
wns some opposition mnnlfested by the
epresentatlves of the textile Industries
a majority approved tho position of the
president. The executive committee of
the association was Instructed to call a
convention of manufacturers to coll
ider this question and this will be doue
before the meeting of congress. There
is no risk In predicting what thu result
f the deliberations of such a convention
will be. Reciprocity will be opposed by
ertnln Interests, but the principle will
be endorsed nnd the senate of the
United States will be nuketV to ratify
those treaties already negotiated which
promise to promote our foreign trade
anil to put a check upon the demand
abroad for discriminating tariffs against
inerlcan products. It Is not necessary
and probably would not lie expedient to
atlfy all the treaties that liavo been
negotiated. It may be admitted that
some of them would be of no value or
benellt to us. Hut others would be a
llrect advantage to our foreign trade
and would operate to abate If not alto
gether remove tho commercial antago
nism abroad that now threatens that
trade.
President McKlnley said In his last
annual message: "The policy of reci
procity so manifestly rests upon tho
principles of International equity ami
has beeu so repeatedly approved by tho
people of the United States that there
ought to be no hesitation In either
branch of tho congress In giving to It
full effect." In his later references to
the subject Mr. McKlnley has spoken
of It In Its practlcul or commercial bear-
lugs and has made plain his belief that
the policy may be made to contribute
very materially to the extension and on
largenient of our foreign trade. He ex
pressed this clearly in his Memphis
speech and fortllled it in subsequent nt
tcrauces. American manufacturers are
seekiug foreign markets. They are
producing fur lu excess of the demands
of the home market and unless they
can sell more abroad production must
necessarily bo reduced. This would
mean loss to both capital uud labor. It
Is coulldently believed by the most
earnest friends of American industries
that they would be generally benefited
through u Judiciously applied rcclproc
Ity policy, that while a few of them
would gal 14 nothing it w.ould prove a
very material advantage to most of
them, and this view appears to be
steadily gaining ground,
IS IT A PEACE UIBSJOXI
The arrival in Loudon of Mrs. Louis
Botha, wife of the Boer commander,
naturally causes coujecture us to tho
purpose of the visit. It has been re
ported that Mrs. Botha wus very
strongly in favor of peace and had
urged General Botha to make terms
with the British and the conference
some time ago between the Boer com
mander and General Kitchener was as
sinned to have been largely Instigated
by her, Hence her leaving South Af
rlca was readily thought to mean that
she was on a peace mission and would
first endenvor to Induce the British gov
eminent to modify, its conditions and
failing in that would urge Krugcr to ac
cept the terms as they are and end the
war.
If such is her mission It is qulto safe
to predict that It will fall. It Is ab
solutely certain that she could not In
duce the British government, even If
she should be given a hearing, which is
most Improbable, to change In the
slightest degree the policy it has de
elded upon regarding the Boers, and It
can be asserted with ajmost equal con
tldenco that she can make no impression
on Kruger, who has shown slnco he
went to Europe not the least dlsposl
tlon to accept tho British terms. More
over, It Is most unlikely that the Brit
lsh government would give any recog
nltlon or have any dealing with Kruger,
who Is fairly to be regarded as having
practically relinquished all right to
speak for the Boers. As to General
Botha, tho most he could do in behalf
of peace would be the surrender of his
own command, having no authority to
mako terms for tho Boers. Indeed, It Is
doubtful If he could surrender anybody
but himself.
The visit of Mrs. Botha to Europe
therefore, Is doubtless for personal tea
sons entirely and will have no effect
whatever on the South African war.
oaon Tii of south ehx poms.
An Interesting act In connection with
the export trade of the country Is tho
Increase of such trade at southern ports,
involving a nearly corresponding los to
tho northern ports. According to tho
statistics just maile public, New Or
leans has taken second rank as an ox
porting point, having displaced Boston
It is shown that during the nine
months of the current llscal year the
value of the exports from the former
exceeded that of the latter by more
than $41,000,000 and while there wns n
shrlnkago In the fore.lgn commerce o
Boston for that period of nearly ?5,000,
000 the value of tho exports from Now
Orleans for the nlno months 'was
greater by about $7,000,000 than In the
entire preceding fiscal year.
Baltimore, also, lias been gaining In
both exports and imports, while Phil
adelphla's percentage of the total for
elgn commerce of tho country has re
niiuucu nimost stationary for the past
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TIintSDAY,
four years, being for Inst year fi.so per
cent ngnlnst 8.28 per cent for Balti
more. Another Interesting fact Is that
New York has been losing lu exports
for several years. An explanation of
the huge gain nt New Orleans Is found
In tho ery heavy exportatlons of cot
ton nnd the high price of that product,
lint this will not apply to Baltimore. It
Is apparent that there must be Induce
ments offered to exporters by these
southern ports that are not to be had
In tho northern ports. The Gulf ports,
for Instance, have Increased their ex
portatlons materially In wheat and
llonr. u considerable part of which has
been shipped there from the west. The
further development of the southern
ports. as exporting points Is to be ex
pected as the south makes Industrial
nnd commercial progress, but what they
have already accomplished at the ex
pense of New York, Philadelphia and
Boston ought to arouse those ports to
an effort to nt least retain the export
trade they now have.
AO MOllK OVMILAPS.
One of the greatest drawbacks to
Omnhn's progress is the high rate of
taxation and the unequal distribution of
the lax burdens. Wltliln five years
taxes on Omaha city realty, especially
lu the business center, have Increased
40 per cent. The tax rate for 1001 for
city purposes alone Is 34 mills, on n
valuation presumed to be 40 per cent of
mnxlinum value When to this ore added
the county and state taxes the tax rate
aggregates very nearly 2 per cent on
market value. This does not Include
special assessments, which In some In
stances are from JO to 20 per cent of the
vniuo of the property.
It is needless to point out tho cuuse of
this excessive tax rate. We do not ex
aggerate when wo assert that an honest
return of all taxable property, Including
realty, personalty and franchises, would
reduce tho rate fully one-third. That
no relief can be looked for so long ns
the present system of tax evasion ami
favoritism Is tamely submitted to and
tolerated, goes without saying.
While this is true, the city should
under no circumstances undertuke any
thing that will overdraw tiny of tho
city funds. While there Is no doubt
some sections of tho town nro In need
of better water uud lighting facilities,
the mayor and council would not be
Justified In ordering more new hydrants
and street lamps than there Is money to
pay for lu the water and lighting funds.
In vetoing resolutions calling for ex
pendltures that would create overlaps,
Mayor Mootes Is only discharging his
sworn duty. The enormous tax levy has
been forced upon the city by overlups
inherited from year to year, chiefly ere
ated by the Board of Education, which
seems to have had the faculty of using
up the Income of one year twelvo
mouths lieforo it reaches tho city treua
ury. These pernicious practices must
be stopped If we arc ever to have a
lower tax rate.
The plow manufacturers have organ
Ized their trust with the assurance
that there will be no raise in prices,
but, If anything, a reduction, because
co-openitlon will enable tho trust to
manufacture at greatly reduced ex
pense. This assurance may be taken
for what It is worth. The manifest
object of the promoters of tho plow
trust does not differ materially from
that of all the other trusts. Its prlnct
pul design is to capitalize the plow
manufacturing plants at very much
higher figures than they could possibly
be sold separately or duplicated.
The cabinet members were not snr
prised nt the announcement of the presl
dent that he would not be a candidate
for a third term. The only ones who
prejond to be surprised ure the oppo
nents of the administration. They wero
not surprised, but rather pained, for they
hoped to nurse a third term boom, hop
lug that prejudice against it would ena
ble them to laud nearer the presidency
next time.
Statistics of coni production In the
United States show that for the year
1000 the output was the largest In the
history of this country and also greater
than ever mined In any country in the
same length of time. The United States
ranks first lu agriculture, first lu coal
output nud first lu lrou and steel pro
ductlon, along with Its many other nc
compllshmeuts.
The British commission has decided
that concessions granted by the Trans'
vaal and Orange Free State lor rail
roads and other corporations nre not
binding upon Great Britain. Countries
whose citizens own stock In these en
terprlses nro likely to file a decided pro
test against a course which deprives
them of their property without recom
peuse.
If It Is simply a question which set
of promoters Is to throw a suburban
railway franchise Into a consolidation
scheme to help Inflate the capitalization
by a mllltou or so, Douglas county
might as well put tho frunehlso In In Its
own name and take out for Itself the
stocks and bonds by which tho subur
ban franchise Is to be represented.
The mayor of Emporia has forbidden
the papers to publish the accounts of sul
cldes In that city, which havo become so
numerous of late that he holds the pub
llcatlons likely to spread tho epidemic,
Better print the story and hurry up
getting rid of people who have no moro
sense than to kill themselves because
someone else did.
The St. Paul Board of Trade has de
nled membership to n woman, As the
brokers have no objection to taking th
money of women of high and low degree
who want to speculato In grain, there
does not appear to be any good reason
for excluding her from the privilege of
trading on her own account.
Up to tha Caart.
Philadelphia. Uecord,
Thtt stamp tax on foreign bills of lading
has been declared unconstitutional by th
luprome court on the ground thtt it Is
equivalent to an export duty which eon
cress his uo cower to Impose, la the
Itftht of this decision how will It be posl-
Me
e to validate the imposition ot duties on
tides exported from tho 1'nltcd States
nr
to
Porto itico or tho Philippines?
A l'ly ii ! tlit Oliitnirul,
Minneapolis Journal,
Thn nnlv lMnr fhnt ln1wlH thrt Irflfll
nsrtleln nt fflnnm Intn Mm trlumnhnnt ranks
of the meat trust Is tho smllo on tho face
of the vegetarian.
I. In I'U'klp.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The New Hampshire award of $2,000 lo
druggist who preserved nn amputated
leg In alcohol will bo a warning to all
persons who havo been accustomed to play
ing about railroad trains cither to keep or
pickle their own legs.
I0I11I Control lniiiisllilc.
Kansas City Star.
Tho United States cannot enter Into n
Joint gunranteo for the payment of tho Chi
nese Indemnity. This attitude Is not only
nforced by tho restrictions of the constitu
tion, but Is dictated by public sentiment
nd found diplomacy. It Is to be hoped,
however, that It may not lessen the Ipflu
ence of this country In Its endeavor lo
have the whole subject of the Indemnity
reviewed by the arbitration court of The
Haifue.
nt If Thpy Knoiv It.
New York Press.
Tho appointment of "Switchman" New
man to the $50,000 presidency of the New
lork Central Is not causing any extraor
dinary stampede of our young men from
Ity monotony and honclcsancss to tho
trenuous, exciting nnd promising occupa-
Ion of holding trains down to the main
lino or throwing them Into a siding. Tho
rmiblo Is there aro 100,000 switchmen to
ono Newman. Hoys aro not trying to begin
at tho bottom theso days. The top Is good
enough for them.
A Trluiitfih of Civilization.
New York Tribune.
How many cycles of Cathay would havo
passed before tho Chlncso would have
cleaned the streets of Pekln? In a few
months of occupation of tho chlof city of
tho yellow kingdom the "foreign devils," as
tho follower of Confucius delight to call
them, havo cleared away so much disease
laden offal that tho death rato of that cap
ital has been reduced to a striking extent.
And since tho Americans disinfected and
purged Havana tho yellow fever In that
town, which was constantly choked with
refuse In tho years of Spanish dominion,
has almost disappeared. Olvo civilization
half a chanco and It will purify oven the
worst of tho Augean stables of China and
Cuba.
Itelluf for Tired People.
Chicago Chronicle.
Thero Is a new revelation of faith science.
It cornea from a Donver prophet of occult
Influences. He brings a gospel for tho lazy.
He has a now' plan of physical culture. Ho
calls It "mental gymnastics." He exer
cises his subjects by telepathy, or sugges
tion. He says: "They don't have to exer
cise at all simply to think and by the
power of my mind I develop their muscles.
I follow the same plan with women as with
men." Nothing could be more simple.
Ample physical exercise enn bo taken by
simply thinking that you are walking a
long distance or Tunning a foot race or
turning double somersaults. All that you
have to do is to "think" the professor of
mental gymnastics does the rest. It Is a
big thing.
Concerning quail tin Toast.
New -York Tribune.
Enterprising gamo dealers In the west are
said to be arranging a storage trust of quail
Several states, have adopted laws forbidding
the slaughter of. Bob Whlto for two years
and these forehanded nnd sharp-sighted
men of affairs aro preparing to accumulate
big stocks of these delicate birds before the
protective laws go into effect. They expect
to control tho prices of quail in tho prlncl
pal cities of the country for a considerable
period. This la a shrewd plan and It seems
likely to be gainful to the promoters. A
corner in quail will be a novelty, but It
may work less harm than some other cor
ners havo done, After all, quail Is not In
dispensable to sustain life. States havo
been saved without quail.
MONEY GOING DOWN.
Falling On in Its learning Capacity
In Four lean.
Indianapolis Journal.
It is a curlouB fact that while the pur
chasing power of money la greater than It
was a dozen or fifteen years ago, Its earn
ing capacity has fallen off in a marked
manner In that period. In recent years,
particularly slnco 1S96, values on most prop
erty, real and personal, have advanced, but
the earning power of money decreases with
the passing years. Since the good times
came rates of interest have fallen. Savings
banks in tho cast and trust companies la
this city and elsewhere have reduced tho
rates of interest within two years. The
much denounced money power, as a thing
of itself to earn money, has lost halt its
efficacy In fifteen years. Not long ago an
eastern man who had charge of a number
of estates said that the decline In the rato
of Interest upon safe Investments since 1SS0
had taken half tho real value from the
estates of people who were not In active
business. Tho resumption of specie pay
ments January 1, 1S79, was preceded by the
refunding of United States 6 per cent bonds
In 4 per rents. Since that time all tho
bonds of railroads and like corporations
bearing 7 per cent interest have been re
funded at less than 4 per cent. In respect
to farm mortgages the decline has been
more rcc-nt, but even greater. For a time
after 1S80 farm mortgages In the newer
states bore 10 per cent Interest, and In
Indiana 8 per cent. The londer had so
much tho advantage because of tho
scarcity of money that the borrower paid
rather more than the rates above named
Now the lenders are fortunate who can got
5 ner cent on farm mortgages. A few
years ago building and loan associations
Dald shareholders from iu to w per cent,
Today such associations are getting out of
business because they canot pay even half
these rates, The associations which recehe
doposlts of a dollar and pay 3 or 3 per
cent Interest aro getting tno savings or tne
people who do not put them Into nro in
surance,
Two classes of people suffer by the fall
In the earning power of money those who
make small savings from wages which they
cannot Invest, and thoso whose property Is
In estates which cannot be used In business
by tho owners. It is safe to say that such
estates havo lost half their value since the
resumption of specie payments, measured
by the Interest thoy earn. Thousands o
families that had abundance In 1880 are
obliged to economlzo now. Tho person o
small savings does not deposit now for
profit, but mainly for security. Rut tbos
who have gained by the decline of rates of
money hire are more numerous. Every
manufacturer, buelness man and corpora
tlon, who constitute the bulk of borrowers
get money from the hanks for one-half th
discount of fifteen years ago, which
greatly to their advantage The real estato
ownor, farmer or householder who Is bor
rowing money on a mortgage saves half th
Intereat paid years ago. As the returns
from thn farm are worth as much in tho
market as In 1880, and as wages are as
high, and In many oocupatlon higher, It
la much easier to pay off mortgages now
than when menay was worm twice as
much as It now i, The difference In th
rate of Interest In five nr six years would
make a ub:Unt!M ffiymenl en ft si?rttts
JUKE in, 1001.
Economy
Detroit 1-
City Engineer Uoseuater of Omaha, In
his annual report, refers to the tendency to
minimize the paved width of streets b-
ween curbs, "resulting In not only econo
mizing In the cost of paving, but In the lm-
roved appearance of narrow residence
streets." Prior to Mr. Itosewoter's term
It was usual In Omaha to pave residence
trects a width of forty, feet between curbs,
but In 1S92-3 there was much discussion In
regard to tho necessities of purely resi
dence streets in tho matter of width of
pavement. Detroit was no exception, The
ate Henry D. Ludden, so many years city
engineer of Detroit, opposed paved road
ways narrower than twenty-six feet, on ths
round that such width was necessary In
order to safely turn a wagon. No general
hango was mado in Detroit, though sev-
ral streets wero paved at less width, viz:
wenty-four feet and twenty-two feet, nnd
n ono caso of a short nnd narrow down
town street only fifteen feet wide. In
Omaha tho forty-feet requirement on resi
dence streets gavo way to thirty feet for
new pavements, and to a reduction to that
width in cases of rcpnvlng, this reducing
tho mllcago cost of paving 25 per cent, on
Engineer Itoscwatcr's recommendation. In
his last annual report ho says: "Public
ontlracnt has gradually developed a tend
ency to still narrower pavements, nnd, In
my Judgment, a large portion of future
rosldcnco streets will bo reduced to twenty
two feet between curbs. This will so re
duce the cost that nearly every section of
tho city will have within reach a paved
roadway from lUo central portion of the
city." Tho objection that twenty-two feet
s too narrow for turning a wagon Is met
by Mr. Hosowater thus: "It is but little
trouble to drive to nn Intersection for the
purpose of turning; besides, the necessity
for turning is not of sufficiently frequent
nature to justify n' largo oxtra outlay for
that purpose."
Thero nro many other advantages to ho
gained in the narrowing of the paved width
on our ordinary residence streets, that nro
worthy of consideration, In addition to
HITS OF WASHINGTON 1,1 FE.
Men nnd Rvcntn Olimrrvri! nt the
Nntlnnnl Cnultnl.
Candidates for promotion from tho vol
unteer to tho regular nrmy must pass a
pretty severe examination to land a com
mission. Candidates who receive appoint
ment from civil life must submit to an
examination even more exacting, for In tho
caso of the former their array record is
helpful. Out of twenty-one aspirants ex
amined at San Francisco for promotion to
regular army nineteen wero rejected re
cently. Young men must first show thnt
their military record, If they havo ofie, Is
good; that Is the first consideration. If In
this tho man can pass muster, is "all right"
In mathematics nnd makes a decent average
In army nnd drill regulations, ho may de
pend upon getting bis commission. Then
thoro Is n very rigorous physical examina
tion, as thorough and exacting as that to
which recruits nro subjocted. The examina
tion to ascertain the educational qualifica
tions of the candidate Include English
grammar, mathematics with algebra, the
solution of equations of the first degree con
taining ono unknown quantity; the use of
logarithms, the eloments of plane geometry,
plane trigonometry nnd survoylng. Added
to this tho candidate must tell what he
knows In nnswer .to questions In geography,
outlines of general history and history of
the United States; the constitution and the
elements of International law. Physical
Vptltude' and moral character 'aroV consid
ered. No candidate will be passed who
shall not have attained an average of 65
per cent In each subject of examination
and a general average of at least 70 per
cent.
"The array Is slowly accustoming Itself
to Its new master," writes Correspondent
Carmlohaol In tho Detroit Journal. "For
nearly two years Ellhu Root has been
secretary of war. The advent of a new
secretary was not a particularly great
event In tho War office. It was to be ex
pected that the same old bureaucratic- In
fluences would rule. He made no rush to
dispel this Illusion. But It is gone. Now
the military establishment knows that Hoot
is Its head and master. The president
rarely Interferes. General Corbln finds that
his elaborate system of espionage counts
for nothing. Ho sees in the 'front office'
a man who knows as much about the de
partment as bo docs and has Infinitely
creator executive power. Secretory Root's
rule Is not harsh but exacting. 'Show me,'
ho says to every one. There are few ex
ceptions. He docs not conceal his anger
when 'higher powers' Insist upon things
which are slightly Irregular. In political
trickery be is a master. When he was
'running with the machine' be could do
things to suit tho most ambitious. Now
he Is running a war establishment. Pollttos
are entirely out of place In tho proper
management and control ot this. He takes
great pride In bis work. Ho likes to do
things In shipshape fashion. Thernforo ho
turns down the politicians. Thoy inter
fere with the severe military discipline
which he is establishing. He does not en
thuse. Ho Is simply a relentless driver.
In the big affairs of state for tho present
he Is hnvlng his way moro than even tho
president himself."
The new attorney general, Mr. Knox, Is
going in for society strong, having pur
chased Mrs. George W. Chllds' house In
Washington for $160,000. It Is the custom
of cabinet ministers to rent houqes.
Mr. Knox is another who believes In
doing things right. Ho learned that as
employe of the Carnegie company. His
domestic nnd business establishments are
organized for business. Deforo he came to
Washington he bad three private secre
taries with their business clarslflcd, Now
ho has another. He reads papers rapidly
and dictates easily and swiftly. He Is an
adept at using assistance and Is able to
master complicated cases quickly. Ha is a
good deal such of a man as Root and tho
two will doubtless do a lot of team work.
They aro both at tho right age for the
transaction of builnest.
ThU fine engine ot work Is a bright and
coropanlonablo ' tort. Root Is apt to be
surly. Knox Is as merry as though every
thing suited him to a T. He is chipper
with his subordinates, Jovial to callers and
accommodating to a degree. Dut bo Is
bard to keep up with.
Stcrotary Rcot has adopted a certain
cipher knock, without which magic tesamo,
the doors of his office In the War depart
ment remain closed to visitors after 2
o'clock each day.
The new schemo worked like a charm, and
senators, representatives, tourists and other
unwelcome callers havo gone up aealntt
the door and knocked till thtlr knuckles
were sore, without result, becauso they did
not know the secret code. Slnco the lock
out has been placed at 2 o'clock Instead
of 3, the casualties have been even greater,
nlthough r.o cabinet officer has fallen n
victim since the memorable occasion when
Secretary Hay tried all the knockB be
knew.
The other day, however, Senator Foraker
triumphed over the door without tho faint
est knowledge of tho optn setnmc, and he
has ben chuekllns over his victory ever
Blnee. Ho tried tho usual courteous taps,
but wra'ut respene. Then Mr. FornkT
stepped any and thoueht for a moment
Ills auccr overcame him, and ho decided to
in Paving
rco rrcis.
those enumerated by Mr. Kosenter. First,
there would be more paving done, thus re
ducing the number of dirt streets from
which to drag mud upon contiguous pave-
IHAIlt. lA.BAnlni. lliA nnll nt .(.iia( .1 i, i t n cr
to quite ail extent; second, tho ndvantngo
to the fire department, especially In spring
and fall, In Retting engines, etc., to fires;
third, the beautifying of the streets by
leaving wider spaces of green In summer!
between curbs Hnd sidewalks; fourth, the
curtailing of the necessity of digging up
pavements for pipes or conduits, confining'
these as far ns practicable to the spaces
outside of curbs; fifth, the enhanced value I
of property located on n street already j
paved as against that on nn unpaved 1
street; nnd, last, though not least, tho ssv-
Ing In cost. Some comparisons In this
latter respect nre Interesting In connection.
For the purposo let us nssumo that new
pavements cost $l.f3 per square yard for
cedar on concrete, $1.S5 for brick, nnd J2.G2
for asphnlt. This given us, respectively,
17 cents, 21 cents nnd 28 cents per
square foot, so ttiRt n street twenty
six feet wide would cost 14.42 per
linear foot In cedar, 5.45 in brick
nnd $7.28 In asphalt. If tho width should
be mado twenty feet between curbs, which
might answer ns well ns twenty-two, prac
tically, tho saving as compared with our
twenty-six foot width would be i5,3?S,60
per milo on cedar, $6,'i52.80 on brick and $3,
870.40 on asphalt. With an nvcrngo of
first pavements laid of twelve miles per
year, giving six to ccdnr, four to brick and
two to nsphalt, thn saving to taxpayers
would bo $76,666.60 qulto nn object, It will
he conceded. Dut It might do tnoro In se
curing better first paving as brick instead
of cedar, for Instnncc with full concurrence
of the property ownors who pay for It.
Tho committee on strocts and common
council would do well to consider this mat
ter In thn general publlu Interest, ns It
Is wholly within tho councll's'power to de
cldo upon widths nnd prescribe tho loca
tions where the narrower pavoments would
meet nil needed requirements.
roturn and give a few hammers on tho door
Just to express his opinion of it. Accord
ingly, ho raised his list and gavo it It
would never do to tell how mony knocks ho
gave, or in what way ho gave them, but
ho knocked In an unusual way. This wob
simply because ho was angry.
As tho Inst knock rnng out nn nnswer
Ing knucklo sounded on the Inside. Mr.
Forakor, deeming this mere sarcasm, hit
tho door again. To his Intense astonish
ment It flew open and a bowing attendant
stood before hlra, Inviting him to the sec
retary's presence. Ho hnd accidentally bit
on the right knock. As for tho attendant,
who had supposed It to bo n W'nr depart
ment clerk, he was dumfounded.
"Walk right In, senator," he gasped. And
as tho senator vanished In tho secretary's
room ho caught tho words:
"How did ho ever learn that knock?"
PEnSONAI, NOTES.
Tennessee has a sort of record In living
ex-governors. Six former executives of the
stato are still among its citizens. Ono of
them, William tt. Bate, Is now a United
States senator.
Arrangements have been completed tor
the Canadian trip of tho duke nnd duchess
of Cornwall and York and their party.
They will be officially welcomed at Quebec,
the place of landing, on September 16.
A lawyer named Patterson died a few
days ago In Brooklyn, leaving nbout $1,000,
000, nearly all made by conducting damage
suits In cases of accidents nnd personal In
juries, tho defendants being chiefly street
railroad and similar corporations.
In a fortnight Denis Joseph Swenlc, who
has served In the Chicago Are department
slnco December 3, 1849, and as chief mar
shal since 1879, will havo put out his last
fire. Chief Swenlo tendered Mayor Harri
son his resignation as flro marshal last
Tuosday.
Mrs. Marcus Daly explains the recent
marriage of her daughter by an Episcopal
bishop by saying that nlthough Mr. Daly
was himself a Catholic he was liberal and
allowed his children to be brought up In
their mother's faith. He gave, eayB Mrs.
Daly, to all denominations.
Wlntleld S. Stratton, tho millionaire mine
owner of Cripple Creek, has redeemed the
Matchless mine in Lcadvlllo for tho widow
of the late Senator Tabor. Years ago Sen
ator Tnbor advanced some money to Strnt
ton when Stratton was a poor, struggling
miner and he never forgot It.
President James J. Hill of the Great
Northern Railroad company owns a model
farm at Ploasant lke, Minn., about eight
miles from St. Paul. Ho exhibits keen in
terest In tho development of ngrlculture
and stock raising on hlB farm and has fre
quently gtvn lectures nt the agricultural
experiment form in Minnesota, lying mid
way between St, Paul and Minneapolis. Mr.
Hill's farm contains n buffalo and doer
park.
Dr. Victor C. Vaughan, tho now president
ot the American Medical association, wob
graduated from tho University of Mlchlean
in 1878. In 1884 ho became professor of
hygiene In that Institution and in 1890 bo
was elected dean of tho nedlcal school of
the university. He has published several
standard scientific works, among them
"Physiological Chemistry" and "Ptomaines
nnd Loucomalnos." His contributions to
periodical medical literature are regarded
by the profession as being of tho highest
value.
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Our Serges will wear well and the fit will wear well
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$10, $12.50, $15, $18, $20 and $25.
The Roy's sizes cost a dollar or so a unit 'loss.
The coats may be lined, half-lined or wholly un
lined. Some are silk lined and faced.
They are perfect in fit and style.
Browning, King & Co.
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
CHAVlN'ff 'FOB BtCITBttENT.
Iti'llrrllntiK nn tin: Hlffh Preasnrs of
.Modern l.lfe.
Haltlnioro American,
Ono of tho most remarkable cases of tho
day Is that of n young worojn In Massa
chusetts who has Just confessed a scries ot
robberies committed In n girl's college, tho
victims being her own friends, Her social
stnndlng nt first put hor beyond suspicion,
but when professional detective work was
brought Into play the guilt wns fastened
upon her with proof too strong to doubt
and sho confessed. Hut the execuso sho
put forward for her moral delinquency In
tho matter Is tho most rcmarkablo pnrt of
the ensc. She declares thnt her persistence
In tho thefts was because of tho excitement
and cxhllnrntlng) Influence of dodging de
tection. Whntover degree of truth may be In this
excuse thero Is no doubt that In theso days
n most unhealthy craving for excitement
nnd notoriety is threatening society, par
ticularly among the young, Tho high pres
sure of modern llfo may be to some degree
accountoblo for this morbid craving, but
this effect might bo counteracted If tho
young wero trained to more hard, healthy
work. Tho tendency now In to tnnke every
thing easy, to smooth tho rough paths nnd
to find out tho royal road to succeis of
all kinds. Tho young mind Is not suffic
iently strengthened to nvold nn Inlluonco
which Is In tho ntmosphcre, and so falls n.
prey to this morbid love of exciting expe
riences. Tho young naturally deslro ehango and
activity, but like nil naturnl appetites, thess
should bo Indulged to n reasonable extent
only, and not suffered to grow Into morbid
proportions. Thero Is npparently nn epi
demic of youthful morbidity seeking Us ex
treme grqtlflcatlon In crime, A boy of 16,
the other day, killed his sister and brother
and then committed suicide, his brntn be
ing unhinged by tho constant rending of
trashy lltcrnturo nnd talcs of crime. Sim
ilar cases of youthful criminals nre by no
menns so rnro ns to constitute solitary ex
nmples. Whethor the grentcr refinement of
our civilization nnd Its high culture Is In-
duclng n corresponding degrco of weak
moral fiber, or whether young brnlns have
too nttlo healthy exerclso nnd remain too
long shut up In a rnrlnod hothouso atmos
phere, Is n subject open to question, nut
ono thing is certain tho craving for excite
ment Is seizing upon the land like a crav
ing for strong drink.
Simplicity Is nt the root of everything
renlly strong and great, nnd thero Is, per
haps, a lack of renlly slmplo living in our
high strung, up-to-date exlstonce, with Us
constnnt strain on nerve nnd brnln and Its
deadening of moraOpercoptlons. Tho men
tal as well as physical food of the ago Is
too highly seasoned and too stimulating;
It wears out tho vitality In unhealthy de
sires, and nil moral proportions aro lost
sight of In the endeavor to gratify theso
appetites. A return to simpler conditions
and slmplor methods, with n flavor of gen
uine work, would perhaps solve tho problem,
and with this solution tho modern spectacle
of young boys turning murderers from lust
of advonturo nnd young women turning
burglars from ennuf might no longer shock
and startle tho public eye.
LAUGHING GAS.
Chicago Trlbuno: "Been buying nnothcr
calfskin razor strop, hnvo you? That's n
wnste of money. All I over uso for sharp-
cn.'."5 n,y.rflzor 13 tno Pa,m ' my hnnd."
"Well. Isn't thnt the namo thing?"
Puck: First Bunco MAn What Is tha
mntter? Something on your mind?
Second Bunco Mnn I wnB Just thinking
what a pity it ts that nil the fools nro not
rich.
Detroit Freo Press: Pastor I nm pained
to see, dear brother, that you will sleep In
church on Sunday.
Parlshloncr-Of courno. Why not? Isn't
Sunday a day of rest?
Chicago Post: Cltlzen-Madnme, why do
you persist In punching ime .with your um
brella? . Slddnmc I want to make you look round
jo I can thank you for giving me your seat,
Tow, sir. don't you go off and say that
women haven't nny mjnners.
Philadelphia Press: "My, what nn un
tidy man." exclaimed the fair visitor to
our sanctum. "Who Is tho one with his
desk In such n litter?'
And then sho was nuro shs wns being
Jollied when her guldo sold It wns tho llt
ternry editor.
Pittsburg Chronicle: "Father." nsked 12
?.?aruJd. Mablc- looking up from her book.
"What Is repnrtee7"
"Back tnlk," nnswered fntber, "but so
smnrt that you wish you'd said It yourself."
Wnshlngton Btnr: "I Insist that my
daughter shnll play nothing but classical
music." said Mr. Blrlous Barker.
"For what reason?"
"None of the neighbors know a thlnt
about It and she can murder n ploco all sh
wants to without their daring to say a
word. '
Cleveland Plnin Dealer: "Ono of tho lat.
,.4,0VV.B ' founded on an automobile,"
"Qnsollno or electric?"
"Why do you ask thnt?"
t. ,.CaUB I want to know before I read It,
ir It la one of tho gasoline sort ft will bt
wa?y.io,.f?,l0y tho scent to the Innt chapter,
but If ft la olectrfc I might bo shocked."
SUMMBR HOARDERS.
Brooklyn Life.
"?.h.'.Jna.mmn' mamma!" bawled tho calf,
..nW.R,VB coming through the yard?"
5.? B.t.l"'..my h!ld: yo mako me laugh.
That's Mm. Boulevard."
"And docs she bite?" "Hush. little cow.
There'H nothing you ehould fear.
Of course sho dons or cine, I vow.
She wouldn't now be hero."
"Oh. mamma, mamrnul" neighed the colt, 1
"Do tell me. if you can,
That a Mr. Cltyman."
"A4?d.!f ?ko7V "Perhaps not yet.
Twill doubtless tako soma days.
But you can rest assured, my net.
He will be, when he pays." P
i
".ti,rim?mma'.Jn?mm''l!" Peepel the chick.
"What alls that creature's leu?
Uo acts ko funny! With a stick
Ho tries to hit an egg."
"Ue.ware 1t Is a solriuo!"
Tho anxlouu hen replied.
"HIh hoso ts turned this way alack!
We'd better run and hide!'
