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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, yOVEMBEB 1, 1901.
The omaha Daily Bee
15. ROSEWATER. EDITOR.
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JD01. M. B. UUNaATlS,
(Seal.) , Notary Public.
Last chance to reguVter conies Satur
day. ) - ' , '
If you are not registered by Saturday
night 3'ou will not bo ablo to vote next
'Tuesday.
Silver as an Issue has disappeared.
Even the silver paint which the fusion'
lets put on the eapltol dome has faded,
Not h singje bond prOiwsitioii is to be
Voted on lu Omaha at the coining elec
tion. But this Is the exception rather
than tho rule.
Whenever tho Insurance companies
ECt out to "readjust" lire risks It means
raise lu rates. They never "readjust"
rates downward.
Registration Is as Important as. voting.
The man who Ueglects to have bis
'tame enrolled by' the registrars delib
erately disfranchises himself. '
Franco might borrow tho ctty trens;
urcr's van to moke its collection from
Turkey. It'ls effective In operation and
is less expensive than a lleet of war
ships.
When Stiperlutendeut Tearse gets;
through superintending the political
tjumpulgu we niuy expect hliu to present
his annual report, now two month's
overdue.
The British government Is buyiug an
other Installment of Missouri mules.
' From this distance It would appear there
wero kickers enough at homo without
buying more.
In spite of thq stories of drouth and
prospective, destitution which were cir
culated last summer the ouly famine
noted up tu date Is a car famine ou:
tho railroads.
Of course people who, In 1S0U, advised
men to wear gold badges ami vote for
ellver see nothing reprehensible lu a
democrat having himself registered
Under oatli ns it prohibitionist, "Just for
fun."
"Calamity Jauo" has revisited tho
scenes of her early exploits, but those
Who formerly knew her do not recognize
tho present claimant of the name. Pros
perity has probably affected her as well
its others.
Our unliable popotrutlu contemporary
that is apologizing for Judge Gordon
and his system of disappearing police
court flues "should read up Its buck flies
und post Itself on what an expensive
ofllcci' Cioriltui has been.
Apples are reporttyl to bo scarce this
year in now orh una tuo prices in
consequence high. IJiihsvII Sage will bo
forced to adopt! something else for his
noonday meal If ho keeps expenses iu
Hide of the time-honored limit.
It Is now proclaimed that 'Thomas
Jefferson entertained a negro nt dinner
lu the white House. That ought to
ettlo It. But Jefferson runs the risk of
being dislodged from the bhrlno of de
mocracy ho liis occupied so long.
New Jersey has Just put iu operation
ft strlncont laWliu'iilnst the iiilnhoinUnn
of food products. If tills Is followed
up by a law forbidding tho dilution of
stocks by the addjtlou of water tho In
vesting public will bo benefited, but ono
of uUUc'.s chief Industries will bo
ruw'd.
The German wheat crop is 1,837,000
tons short mid tho country must Import
3,000,000 tons lu order to supply tho
home demand, Even with a full crop
tho country must Import grain, and tjjo
pllghtest decrease from the average
Import. With these
figures lu view American farmers can
easily uee they havo nothing to fear
fromhostilo legislation lu that couutry.
pally ueiwithout , w""".)' catr-ffi gimtle trusts were forme.! long before
Dally llc! mid BUiiaay, uno lear....i... o.uu n ... - ., . ... , .
illustrated iiee, onu iear.... 2.00 the wloiitlon of the Mckinley tariff.
-Mr. ;nrj?nii stiiionugs to the delusion
!" uth century iutmcr, ono Year., i.w that the tariff aloue Is responsible for
is the tariff rim motuerpf trusts
- . . ; .....
in ins recent campaign speeches u-
.Hum .Tennliigs Bryan ban rrltrrutrd his
former assertion that the tariff Is the
"mother of trusts," lu spite of the no
torious fact that homo of the most gl-
the. existence of tnists.. But uclther
Mr. Brviin nor any other American
fiUtefinan has ever known it tiiothcr
who was younger thuti her offspring.
In order to refresh his memory atid
that of all other people who still labor
under the delusion that the trusts are
the outgrowth of tho tariff wo deem It
proper to call attention, to the fqllowlng
list of trusts, representing nothing below
.$10,000,000 each, that were organized
before Mr. McKIuIcj-'h Inauguration and
flourished under tho Wilson tariff:
'' When
Formed
Shares.
and Bonds.
JS7.M6.000
n,2;.:.,ono
12,000,000
11,605.900
10,000,000
Unknown
30,935,300
.10.000,000
2,080,000
25,050,000
51,080,000
. 35,431,600
28,412,000
130.388.000
M.191.000
1 1.500,000
70,000,00)
- sn.o'rto.ooo
io.oo'o.ooo
33,593,700
28,500,000
50.000,000
97,250,000
20,857,000
, f
. 30.0f0.000
28,722,000
10,000,000
, .18,015,000
American Surht Co US87
ConBolldated Icn Co l'SO.
National Salt Co 18M
National Stnrch Co....., lsno
Sperry Flour Co. (Cal).. 188!)
Chicago Reef combine.... 1885
American Spirits Co 1887
California Winnmakers'
companyi 1887
Chicago Brewing and Malt.4
- -. V. it.i
cuiupauy ..'.. l lo.'i
Milwaukee and Chicago
Brewing company.. 'if.. ISO 4
American Tobacco Coj...' 1890
National Wall Paper Co.'.187d
Standard Kopa Co Iftfli!
IT. S, Leather Co 189.1
U. S. Utlbbcr Co .'1892
American School rural
turo Co ff... 1892
Central Lumber Co. CCal). 189S
American Window Olaes
Co ". 1890
Pittsburg Platrglass .Co.'. 1891
American Cotton Oil Co.. 188:t
American Linseed Oil Co. 1887
Agr. Chemical Co 18D0
Standard Oil Co 1872
Fuel and Iron Co. (Colo.). 1S92
Coal, Iron & Rallrond Co.'s
(Tcnn.) ..tLtWi
Lako Superior Coosoll-
5 dated Iron Mines 189.1
American (Sewing) Ma
chine Co 1895
Union -Typewriter. Cc-..,189
American Klectrlc Heat
Co f.... 189S
10,000,000
''Is, 150.000
26,543,000
Ltilectrlc Storage Batlery ,
Co 1S8S
Ocnoral Klectrlc Co: 1892
Wcatlnghouse Electric Co. 1891
16,483.950
30,000,000
Anaconda Copper Co 1S91
National Lead Co... 1R!U
Brooklyn Wharf and
Warehouse Co 1893
29,822,003
30,000,000
15,000,000
11,000,000
Western Elevator associa
tion 1887
Diamond Match Co 1889
Aggregato capitalization.... $1,093,881,35:1
Many of these twists have been re
organized and now represent an aggre
gate of more than two billions of capital.
While many of the more recently or
ganised trusts have been, stimulated by
the tariff It will be conceded by
Colonel Bryan that the-destruction of
these colossal concerns Avould have
seriously affected America's commercial
supremacy lu the markets of the world
und 'materially tetayd.ed the growth nud
prosperity of this couutry,
f" A FOUTWAL MQSTUOSITl ,
' 1ft his famous work, "The Tollers of
the Sea," Victor Hugo describes a hor
rihlo salt water monster with tentacles
that reach out iu all directions nud
grasp and crush everybody that conies
within its reach. When Victor Hugo
described this monstrosity of the deep
he must have had In , his, mind's eye that
mauy-heuded bugaboo otherwise known
as Tom Deunlson.
For years In every campaign waged
In, Omaha Deunlson has. been the pollt
leal dragon fish wltlv.tentflclips.thut reach
nut Into , all nol tlcal enmns and wlnii
around the bodlcs 'of ' a'lV candidates for
.otnec. A few days ago Tom nennison
was advertised as a ruUaway from the
prospective grand Jury. Now he Is
placarded ns being upt pnly anchored
in uinuna, out steering an tnc political
machines, running 'for every office on
both'tlekets and pouring money luto all
ttie political, rathoies.
.' .. . ';, it i
iveeoruing to ino iveiiogg organ, ueu-
lilson Js turning the Third ward upside
down to re-elect' Power and trying to
pry Superintendent Pearse away from
his $3,000 Job; according to the other
yellow Journal Deunlson Is throwing
money by tho handful Into tho repub
lican campaign treasury to dowii Power
and elect McBrldc and the other, antl-
machine candidates. Both of-the yellow
Journals agree that'the onlj-lssuc In the
school board camprtlgn'ls'whother Deu
nlson or Pearse (stp- write the next
chapter on Nebraska' geography for the
school book tnlst.' It Is also- agreed on
all hands that Candidate Funkhouscr
can discount Deunlson In writing poli
cies. But Deanlson's policies do not de
plete tho school fund so heavily as tho
other class. '
If things' do not go better before next
Tuesday, It will bo .all up with Omaha.
Deunlson's ticket Is sure to bo elected
and ho will bo crowned Emperor of tho
Land of WelbDeflued Rumors. The
question Is, Will tho people of Omaha
rise to tho occasion and make Dennl
sou's election unanimcms?
VALVE OK IVESTEltK FARM LANDS.
Director Sage of the Towa, Agrleul
tural Experiment' utatlon has Just re
turned from a tour of observation In
tho western states and made public his
conclusions regarding agricultural con
ditions of that section. According to
Mr. Sage, lnnd In Iowa sells, for moro
money per aero than It does In New
'York Iu this'statement, of course, land
lin the. Immediate proximity to tho
metropolis or the larger cities of tho
Empire state was not Included. What
Is true of farmlug lands In Iowa In com
parlsou with the land In the states on
tho Atlantic seaboard Is also true of
the other states west of tho Mississippi
tills hide of tho arid and seml-arld
region. It has for years been a geu
orally recognized fact that the pralrlo
lauds of tho west were more productive
than tho lands of the cast, but until
comparatively receut date the dlfferenco
lu dlstauce to tho point of consumption
of thu'product has more than offset the
greater fertility of the western farms
The change Is due primarily to two
causes. Tho western farmer has largely
abandoned tho slack methods of farm
ing of former .lays and Is today the most
Intelligent and progressive fanner In
the world. There Is less waste land on
his farm and he secures a greater return
for the labor expended lu prodncliig a
crop than In former years. The west
has also built up in other lines than
agriculturally and today, even with In
creased product lou, a greater percentage
of the crop Is consumed on or lu tho
vicinity of the farm than In former
years and the surplus product Is shipped
to tho world's markets lu more con
centrated form.
Much has beeu done In this direction
to overcome the huudlcap of distance,
but much remains to be accomplished.
The farm lands of the west have not
yet reached the maximum of value,
based upon the selling price of what
they produce. Tins packing houses and
live stock have solved the problem so
far as corn is concerned, but the . it her
great agricultural (.tuples largely go to
the world's markets In the raw nud
more bulky stale. Wheat today lakes
rank almost on an ciuall!y with corn
as a Nebraska staple. During the crop
year UXKi It. amounted In rouud numbers
to :m,000,0(KJ bushels und of this the
railroads curried out of the state ''.V
000,000 bushels hi the grain and ouly
3,500,000 bushels In the form of flour,
the remainder being consumed at home.
If the great surplus of wheat had been
manufactured within the state it 'would
have hud an added value us well as In
creasing the prosperity of the state by
tin addition of Industrial population.
Uvery dollar added to the value of the
product of the farm Is money added to
the value of the farm and every dollar
added to the value of the farm Is an
addition to the prosperity of the com
muul'ty. Tills Is only one, though a large
one. of the Items In which the same
principle could be applied with prollt.
Build up the industries which thrive
along with agriculture and these west
ern prairies will be the permanent
home of the greatest prosperity In the
wo.Id.
Tiiniwnr.ixa run tvaciieiis.
Another abuse of Omaha's present
public school regime Is the systematic
terrorism of teacher practiced by those
lu Immediate control. At no time In the
history of our schools has tills perni
cious practice been carried to such
lengths, until now a timid teacher is
afraid to open her mouth In complaint
or crltlclsui for fear of inarklug herself
for persecution or dismissal.
When attempts were made two years
ago to learn to what extent the Insur
juice agents on the school board were
using their positions to shake down
school employes for Insurance preml
urns, tliu state of terror in which our
school teachers lived was first realized
Teachers who had been the unwilling
victims of the Insurance venders on the
board refused to open their mouths for
fear of punishment to follow.
Instead of becoming better, the sltun
tlon has grown worse. .Tcacners are
coerced liy those above them luto join
lug annuity societies, buying tickets to
lecture courses and musical festivals,
subscribing to tills, that and the other
The coercion lias not necessarily been
by forcible methods, for a wink is often
as good as a command. They have
been made to understand, however, that
compliance with the requests of board
members, superintendent or principals,
although on matters lu no way pertain
lug to their school work, means en
trenchmeiit In favor and progress In
the line of promotion, while Indifference
to their solicitations Is followed with
fault-lludiug ami discrimination. Thus
instead of merit and faithful per
formance of duty being the sole avenues
to advancement, subserviency to tho
dictation of the overlord often becomes
an equal, if not more potent, passport
to recognition.
It may be more soothing to keep our
eyes closed to this condition of affairs,
hut the evil Is a growing ono nud tin
less checked it will eventually destroy
tho efllcleney and effectiveness of our
schools. Hand lu hand with the prac
tlco of unloudlng relatives of board
members and superintendent on the
school pay roll, Irrespective of teaching
qualltlcatlons, the terrorlzutiou of the
touching force is a disturbing factor
that we must face lu order to eradicate
it And it will not bo eradicated by
continuing the present combine lu con
trol of the school board through the
election of tho democratic candidates,
for whom the combine leaders and
school superintendent are straining
every effort.
The Humauo society has delivered an
oplnlou that the readers used in tho
public schools of this country aro none
of them suitable, because the subjects
embraced in them do not tend to cdu
cnto along the lines of that society
By tho tlmo tho various societies havo
Injected mntter to their llklug In tho
readers theso text books will resemble
an unabridged dictionary. Possibly It
might lie better to leave such things for
other Holds of education and continue
to put Into readers selections calculated
to develop tho elocutionary powers of
the pupil.
The last fcteamer to return from Cap
Nomo brought S.'tOO.OOO in gold. It also
brought over 100 meu who had no
money to pay faro and had stowe.
themselves nway on, the ship when It
sailed, leavlug hundreds of others wh
were just as destitute and not so for
tunato In securing passage. The search
fur gold Is as alluring ns gambling and
the chances of success hardly mon
numerous.
Count von Moltke, who has recently
visited the United States on a mission
for his government, expresses surprise
at tho rapidity witli which this countr
adopts now inventions and puts now
theories Into practice. It Is this faculty
of tho people which accomplishes some
thing whllo Europe Is thinking about
it that has put tho United States lu the
forefront of Industrial nations.
Private market houses havo been tried
In other cities in tills country, hut lu
none of them with very marked success,
The .market house Is essentially ono of
the public utilities and should bo owned
and managed by the city. At the same
time, of course, there Is nothing that
can prevent private Individuals from
sing their own property for any legiti
mate purpose they may wish.
Waslilnctoti enrresnondeuts are advis
ing their papers that the forthcoming
message of the presldeut will not con
tain any pointed references or take any
ecided stand on nny question. Tneo
ore Hooscvelt has never been back-
ard in saying what he thought nud
lore Is no annarent reason for thluklug
that President Roosevelt lacks the cour-
ge of his convictions.
Turkey Is already preparing to resist
the demand for indemnity In behalf of
Miss Stone, the mlxsloiiary who Is In
the hands of brigands. It. will plead
ontrlbutory negligence and several
tlicr tilings. The famous Mr. Johnson
was never In It for a minute with
urkey when It comes to the matter of
good excuses.
"The best authority'' In England
states that King Kdwnrd Is dangerously
111 and has submitted to several opera
tions. "The best authority" also says
there Is nothlug the. matter with tho
klug and that no operation has been
performed upon him. Will someone
who has the ability to demoustrato his
statements please tell us the truth?
Are tho taxpayers of Omaha who
ove been groaning under high tax rates
going to vote to continue an admlnlstra-
lou of the public schools that ate up
$71,000 more of taxes In 3001 than In
WOO and $100,000 more tlinu In 1800
without reducing the floating debt per-
eptlbly to the naked eye?
In eighteen months that he has been
In oflice City Treasurer llcnnings has
turned lu $10,000 as luterest on deposits
of city money. County Treasurer El-
sasser has been lu otllco twenty-ouo
months, but has not turned Iu a cent
of Interest on county money.
Jinl When the Fight U On.
Raltlmoro American.
Admiral Schley has a habit of "getting
up, walking around and sitting down," but
he Is not ono of those who go away back
and alt down.
It In t'p to Hryun.
Indianapolis' Nows.
Senator Jones of Nevada declares that
tho unexpectedly largo lncrcaso in the
output of gold has donn for finance what
bimetallism would have dono and that thero
is no silver question at present. Now,
let's hear from you, Mr. Bryan.
AdvmitnKOK of flood Trtttper.
Chicago Hecord-IIerald.
If the Schley court of Inquiry has served
no other purpose it would have been valua
ble In that It teaches bow much stronger
the man who can control his temper while
dealing with his enemies Is than tho one
who loses his headj and becomes abusive.
Squeal of thr Coppered.
(Chicago News.
Gentlemen who Jbave lost large sums In
copper stocks aro ' still swapping experi
ences. They may "And some consolation in
tho reflection that' they are tho advance
guard of swarms of other gentlemen who
will discover In time that It Is an Impos
sibility for stocks, of all sorts to continue
to go up in price Indefinitely.
SprcnlntliiK on the Message.
Brooklyn Kaglr,
The statement that tho prctddent will
write his own message Is supplemented hy
the Intimation that ho will write it on
original lines. Thero will be no disposi
tion to dispute It. What ho may say on
the subject of corporations will be awaited
with much interest. As vice president he
alluded to tho necessity for shackling cun
ntng. Circumstances alter cases. Those
who are cunning are defined as being dcx
terous, skillful, knowing. Shackles for
dexterity, for skill, for thoso who know,
would romo from a strange iralthy and
should como from none.
Modern Yankee Doodle.
Now "York Tribune.
As the old song put It, Yankee Doodle
stuck a feather In his cap. But that was
long ago. The Yankee Doodle of today is
not a fellow of fuss and feathers. He is a
calm, cool, unpretentious worker, who tolls
effectively and accomplishes great things
without pluming hlmsolf, without vaunting
or putting on airs. No weary Titan he. Too
vigorous In his lusty youth, too sturdy
with his massive shoulders,, bis mighty
thews and slnows, to feel fatigue, he Is
ready to cope with burdens which older
peoples may find too heavy. With clear,
straight vision, with the brains and the
brawn to takn up and to carry through the
hardest tasks which tho exacting condl
ttons of this period may Impose ho will
meot bravely the duties of the time.
StrlklnK the Tax Dodgera.
Philadelphia Itecord.
Unquestionably tbe docison of the su
premo court ot Illinois In the Chicago
teachers' tax case- Is tbo hardest blow that
has recently been struck at tax-dodging
corporate franchise holders. Tho too fro'
quently successful efforts of these asso
ciated monopolizers of public utilities to
escape tbe ordinary burdens of citizenship,
while at tho same time claiming more than
their share of public protection, havo dono
more to arouse class spirit than nave all
other real or Imaginary causes ot discon
tent put together. There Is such a thing
as going too far, however. In severity as
well as In leniency. Without expressing
any opinion on the merits ot tbo particular
case under consideration, It may be said
that tbo taxation of publlo utility com
panleH beyond the limit compatible with
the Improvement of their service would b
of doubtful advantage to tho public.
Pecullnrltlea of Onr Civilisation.
Kansas City Star.
The Sepoy mutiny was precipitated by
British disregard of a religious prejudlc
of the native troops' In relation to the
grease on tbo cartridges. Nothing so in
censes human nature ns contempt for its
customs and beliefs, and it is quite poesibl
that the keenest resentment against the
Americans in Manila will be caused by to
Interdiction of tbe national Bport of cock
fighting. The natives will find it hard to
reconcile the facts that Americans drink
whisky iu a way to astonish them and yet
havo ntern moral scruples about cock fight
Ing. Indeed, tho Anglo-Saxon moral stand
ards aro something which, It must bo con
feseed, must rather confuse the oriental
mind. American officers who play poker
prohibit gambling by the natives, and the
Interdiction of cock fighting by devotees of
pugilistic sport must seem mighty queer t
people who have never witnessed tbe effect
of American Sunday laws and tbe reeults
of sumptuary legislation.
Jones Forsakes Silver
St. Louis CMobe
Tho announcement by Senator John P.
Jones ot Nevada that bo has come back to
the republicans will not occasion much
surprise. Like his colleague, William M.
Stewart, who boa also returned to tho old
fold, Jones has always been a republican
on everything except silver. In tho be
ginning, Indeed, both Jones nnd Stewart
were pronounced gold men. That was In
tho days when greenback inflation was nn
issue which had many supporters in the
west. One of tho men who advised Presi
dent Orant to veto tho greenback expansion
bill of 1874, which Grant did veto, was
Jones, and Grant in that year wrote a tetter
to Jonos in favor of a return to specie pay
ments, which hastened tho passage of the
act of 1875, under which resumption took
place in 1879.
There is nothing now to keep such men
as Jones in tho ranks of tho democracy, to
hlcb party thoy went in 1896, on the bolt
f tho silver republicans. As tbo senator
himself says, "the silver issue Is dead, and
o aro face lo faco with other questions.
e remarks, with a truth which can not ba
seriously questioned, that "tho republican
party today is the only party which Is In
ROUND ABOUT NKW YOHK..
tllpplen on the Cnrrent of I.lfe in the
Metropolis.
Betting on tho result of tho mayoralty
contest In New York City' is veering around
in favor of Shcpard, tho Tammany candi
date. From tho beginning of tho campaign
until Jato last week even money was the
rule. Now it Is 10 to 9 In favor of Shcpard.
The Herald reports that In tho betting ring
of the Aqueduct raco track Monday Davo
Johnson, a well known turfman, bet $37,S0O
on Shepard ngalnat $31,875 on Low. George
Wheelock, a bookmaker, took tbo Low-
end. When tho money had been posted
Johnson told Wheelock that ho could have
$100,000 moro at the same price.
"I don't want any morel" Wheelock re
plied.
In Wall street Shepard remained the
choice tn tho betting at odds of 10 to 9.
A remarkable labor strike was Inaugu
rated and carried to a successful finish In
ellk mill on tbo Jersey sldo of tho river
one day last week. Sixty glr weavers left
their looms becauso of the employment of a
filing married woman who was not in their
set." The result was that tho young
oman had to leave, and now shn threatens
o sue for damages. Tho occurrence took
place early Thursday morning, when the
oung woman, who Is an expert weaver, en
tered tho mill to lako chargo of a loom.
In two hours every loom had ceased and
tho mill girls in n body, with tho exception
f tho newcomer, waited upon tho superin
tendent, Joseph Holtham.
Miss Walllna Bradley headed tho delega
tion nnd said that tho girls did not think
tho newcomer was "cllglblo to good so-
loty," and the weavers would not work
with hor. The story was told to tho su
perintendent that tho newcomer had figured
In a flirtation. The weavers would not
work with a woman who had flirted with
married man. Tho superintendent said
that ho knew of no wrong that the new
comer had dono, that sho was a goon
weaver and that to dismiss her would per
haps bo a great Injustice, as It would, pro
claim to nil that she was considered guilty
of the stories that were told nbout her.
With tears streaming down her cheeks
the objectionable weaver went to tho super
intendent and wanted to know what wan. tbo
matter. He told her and sho dented all
the stories and went back to work.
The managers wanted to stand by -the
young woman till they found whether or
not tho stories wero true, but they had
hurry orders, and while they assured tho
young woman that, they had no faith In tho
charges made against her, they wanted to
get the other weavers back to work, and
promised that tboy would mako an Investi
gation.
A committee was selected after the weav
ers came back to work, and on. Investigat
ing tho matter found It was impossible to
find out where the story started, as every
body denied all knowledge of it. Tho girt
will demand a complete Lpology and then is
likely to buo for damages.
It will be a novelty In New York, ac
cording to the Evening Post, for a reign
ing European king to visit tho city. Crown
princes and heirs apparent have landod
there from the old world, but no Kings.
Tho first reigning sovereigns to set foot In
the city were tbe genial Emperor Dom
Pedro II of Brazil (1876) and tho dusky
King Kalakaua of the Sandwich Islands
(1874). Tho monarch, Leopold II, king of
the Belgians, who, It has been reported
(nnd In a way denied) is to pay the city
the compliment of a visit, not before he Is
crowned or after he Is dethroned, but while
he is actually king, Is a man of particularly
simple and republican tastes. At home bo
sleeps on f camp cot and ho begins his day
generally at 6 o'clock, doing two hours of
work bofore eating n breakfast of tea, rye
bread and an apple. The rest of the morn
ing Is given up to tho weightier business
of tbo stato and tbo afternoon, unless some
publlo engagement prevents, in superin
tending tho management of his farms and
estates. His ovenlngs aro usually spent
over the affairs of the Congo state, which Is
his particular hobby. From tho severity
of this reglmo he occasionally takes a holi
day to Paris. Whether the New Yort: trip,
If undertaken, will be entirely for pleasure
he has not declared. American knowledge
of him Is so vague .that it Is fairly well
summed up by the description on tho bi
ographical filo of one of the dally news
papers, where he Is described as: "Name,
Leopold; nuBiness, King; residence, Bel
gium."
Fishing In nsh barrels for rags nnd old
tin cans, although tho pockets of his tat
tered clothes were filled with money, a lit
tle bent man was found ono evening last
week and taken to Bellavuo hospital for
examination as to his sanity. There be
gave hit nnmo as Oscar Rcls of 103 East
Houston street, and the man who ac
companied him, John McGce, asked that be
be committed to an Institution.
At the hospital the attendants saw noth
ing unusual In the little, old man, but
they had a surprise a few minutes later
when they started to make a search of
Itels' clothes in order to place his belong
ings in safe keeping. In every pocket ho
had monoy. From his ragged trousers
pockets they took more than $600 In bills,
ranging from tens to twenties. His coat
nockets contained several ' hundred more:
bills were stuffed Into his watsicoat, and
upon turning out one of his back pockets
a flood of coin nickels, quarters and half
dollars poured upon tho floor.
When the little mint bad been fully ex
plored It was found, that tbe sura total of
the man's money amounted to $1,187, Mc
Gee explained that bo had known Itels for a
number ot years, and that tbe man's eccen
triclttes, slight at first, bad so Increased
that it seemed best to have him sent to
some Institution for safo keeping.
One Itlik HnouKh.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Tho woman who went over Niagara Falls
In a barrel has received an offer of mar
riage, but she seems to think she has bad
enough hazardous adventures for tbe pres.
eat,
- Democrat.
touch with the economic policy ot the twen
tieth century." Keeling in this way, his
place, of course, is back tn tho party, to
which nearly all tho prominent secedcrs
of 1891? have returned, except Teller, and
he Is on tho way back. The element cnlled
the silver republican party has dissolved,
llko tho populists, and their members havo
returned to their original affiliations.
Tho present outlook Is that Nevada will
come to tho republicans in 1904. Nevada
Is a small state, hut the break which Is In
progress thero Is under way In all tbo
Rocky mountain region. Colorado, Idaho,
Montana and tho other states In the min
ing region which worn carried for Bryan
nro practically safo for tho republicans
three years'hence. Tho vanishing of tho
silver issue removes tho only barrier to
tholr return to their old base. A solid
northern republican vote Is reasonably cer
tain for 1991, and this will probably be re
enforced by a considerable accession from
tho south. Tho outlook for the republican
party for the near future Is especially
bright. Hcpubllran preponderance In 1904
promisee lo be greater, Instead of less,
than It was In 1900.
PrtlCH OF STEEL BILLETS.
American Vrodoot Sold Abroad
for
Less Than at Home.
8t. Paul Pioneer Press.
The assertion of Joseph Lawrence, M. P.,
In an address before an English chamber
of commerce that Mr. Schwab had told him
that tho steel corporation could deliver
steel billets In England for $18.50 n ton is
an Interesting bit of commercial Informa
tion. There is little doubt that the asser
tion Is accurate, and If accurate It means
that American billet makers can undersell
British makers in their own markets, in all
renditions of business, since the lowest cost
of producing steel billets In England Is $19
a ton. This advantage Is maintained. In
spite of wages that are about twice aa high
as thoiso paid In English steel mills and In
splto of the freight costs from Pittsburg to
Liverpool. A England can make steel much
more cheaply than any other European na
tion, tho uselessness ot maintaining a duty
of 3S per cent on steel billets Is apparent.
It serves no purpose from the standpplnt of
revenuo or of protection, but It does 'enable
tho steel makers to maintain a price some
33 per cent higher than the English cost of
production. At the samo time the steet
men have not taken advantage of this sit
uation. In 1896 tho price of billots was
about $20.25, and througho" 1897 and 1898,
In spite of Improving business, they sold
at from $14.25 to $16.50. The margin of
profit nt these prices was not perhaps largo,
but It was probably something. During the
boom of 1899, when the mills had more
business than they could attend to, the
prlco wns run up rapidly until It reached
$40 In October, In an effort to discourage
orders, and did not fall below $30 until
July, 1900. But as this was a period of
high price in England also the Imports
were small. From July. 1900, until last
March the price of bllleta ran a dollar or
two above or below $20 most of the time,
when another era of high prices of from
$26 to $30 began. This still continues, the
present price being $26.
The previous era of high prices wa not
only prior to tbo existence of the steel
corporation, hut the high prices them
etves were apparently forced upon the
mills by a demand larger than they could
attend to. The steel corporation, either
because it has to meat effective competi
tion or because It believes that thero l
more money in sharing economlos with
producers, has not forced up the prices
of Its principal products to an extent that
Is not apparently justified by the relations
of supply and demand. But though thle
Is tbe case, It Is not desirable that any
concern hnulri havo the powor to Ignore
ordinary economic laws. It Is not what
It has done, hut what It has In its power
to do, that mokes It desirable to Impose
upon It tho check ot possible foreign com
petition. The situation In respect to steel billets
Is typical ot the situation of a large num
ber of articles largely controlled by trusts
which enjoy behind tho barrier of a stiff
duty tho power to demand prices which
they' could not demand If the duty were re
moved. As in most of theso cases prac
tically no revenue Is collected, the only
argument against the withdrawal ot duties
which havo outlived their usefulness 1b
that of the individual who In reaping bonn
ets at the expense of tbe rest of tho coun
try. PERSONAL NOTES.
Queen LUluokalanl has sent to Father
McOee of Washington an altar cloth
worked In gold with lace trimmings.
Henry Wattcrson will bo ono of tho
guests at the annual dinner ot the Boston
Merchants association, which will occur in
November.
Admiral Schley's clear, graphic, yet un
pretentious description of the battlo ot
Santiago has brought him a host of lnvlta
tlons to speak In different cities.
Dr. Kdrauud J. James, head 'professor ot
political sclonco in the University of Chl
cajo, may receive a nomination for alder
man of tbo Seventh ward ot Chicago.
It Is intimated that soon after the pend
ing mayoralty election In New York Richard
Crokor will retire from politics. Should
Shopard be defeated Tammany would prob
ably force tho leader out whether ho likes
It or not; should tbe result be otherwise
If you do, a lit
tle draft or a sharp
wind will give you
a cold or a cough.
If you have a cold now, the
best advice we can give you is this :
Go to your doctor and ask him
to name the best medicine in the
world for colds and coughs. If
he says, "Ayer's Cherry Pec
toral," then get a bottle at once.
If he has anything better, get that.
"Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is a most wonderful remedy for children. When tbey
take cold and cough at night, or have the croup, it gives immediate relief. I
haven't been without' it in the house for over ten years."
Mm. SoriiiA. Krikter, Brooklyn, N. V,
Uc, Mc, II.M. J. C AY BR CO., Lowell, Mail.
Croker, It Is said, will seize the opportunity
to retlro with the prestige of victory.
Ivau I'ctroff of tho United States cen
sus bureau has rrcntcd n now record by
taking a census ot Nunlvak Island, tn Her
Ing sea, where tho population numbers COO
nnd feeds solely on walrus and fish.
It Is not generally known that tho em
press oMlermony Is a year older than hor
husband. Tho kniscrln, with her gray, in
deed, almost snow-whlto hair, makes n de
cided contrast to tho uupeor, who docs
not look his forty-three years.
Tho German Medical Review states that
tbo kaiser is far from being In satisfactory
health. He suffers from nbnornml nervous
symptoms, complicated by other conditions,
tho result of long-continued overstrain and
anxiety caused by his majesty's multitudi
nous laborn In keeping himself abreast with
tho work in almost all tho great stato de
partments. During tho recent visit of tho czarina of
Russia to Franco tho Parisians gossiped a
great deal about tho Blngular resemblance
which was observed to exist between tho
empress and a statuo known ns "Modern
Franco," by Gaston Michel, which Is placed
at tho foot of one of tho supports of the
Alexander III bridge. Tho statuo Is of n
femalo figure, seated nnd holding nn. emblem
of peace In her hand.
Fow Journalists nro so popular with tho
reading publlo as T. P. O'Connor, M. P .
whoso Initials, "T. Y.," nro to bo scon In so
many different publications. Ho has had
an interesting enrcor an a journalist nnd
has bad n se.it In tho Houso ot Commons
slnco 1S85, when ho wns returned for two
constituencies. Whllo most mon are con
tent to wait for months and even years
before they venturo to speak In Parlia
ment, Mr. O'Connor addressed tho house
the very day ho took his scat,
Thn stato fight In Maryland this year,
which has for its object on tho democratic
sldo tho election of Arthur P. Gorman to thn
United States sonnte, and. on tho republican
side, thn choice of a republican eticcessor
to Gcorgo L. Wellington, turns tnrgoly on
tho disfranchising election law adopted by
tho democratic leglslaturo In special session
this year and on tho opposition, to It by tho
republicans. Of tho 60.000 colored voters
of Maryland, 32,000, n clear majority, havn
tho required educational qualifications and
several thousands of them aro land owners,
bank depositors and business men..
LAUGHING JIATTUII.
Philadelphia Press: Jnpkley Well, that's
tho coolest eavesdropper I' ever heard
tell of.
Conkloy Who?
Joakley An Icicle.
Waslllneton Slur: "lln iiRnfuln nt n.
citizen," paid Uncle Kben. "depends a heap
on wncinor no regynnns nis voio as a puu
llo duly or ns an usset."
Brooklyn Eacle: Vermllvo (dlnlnrt Do
you know, I don't think thero Is unythlug
thnt can qulto romo up to a lobsterl
uruiKcruon xou egotist!
Unltlmoro American: "It seems Impossi
ble to break Into society," moahed thn
Oarvcnu. "This Is tho fourth time I havo
cen operated on for nppthdleltls und tho
only Invltntlon I have received Is ono to
call nnd settlo with tho Burgeon."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "All talk nbout
woman not being ahlo to dress well on
$300 a year sounds funny, doesn't it?"
"Yes. Wonder what nho does with tho
money?"
"Gots chocolate creams and inatlnen
tickets, 1 e'pose."
Chicago Tribune: "Can ho -cook?" asked
the proprietor of tho restaurant.
"Cook?" echoed tho caller, who was root
ing for a friend out of a Job. "Can hn cook?
Say, 1'vo seon that man mako four equal)
pies put of ono old pigeon!"
'Philadelphia Press: "Young man," cried
tho long-faced Individual, "you aro on tho
road to rjiln!" . , . , t ... ,,,
"That so?" replied the unregonerato
youth, "thf n, what nro' you doing? Going
or coming?"
Pittsburg Chronicle: Bornm 1'vo given
up my old apartments and I'm looking for
new ones now.
Kidder That so? I saw soiunthlng adver
tised in today'n jViper that would Just suit
you.
Borem What was It?
Kidder "To rent, nice room for a gen
tleman with gas.'l
PAYING THE MORTGAGE,
American Agriculturist.
We've dono a lot of scrlmpln' an' o-llvln'
hand-to-mouth,
Wo'vo dreaded too wot weather an' wo'vo
worried over drouth,
For tho thing kept drawln' Int'rest whether
crops were good or bad,
An' raisin' much or llttlo, Hcemcd -It swal
lowed all we had.
The women folks wero savin' nn' thorn
nln't a bit of doubt
But thnt things thoy really needed' lots of
times thoy done without.
So we'ro brcathln' somewhat easy, an'
we'ro feolln' lens nfralil
Of Provldenco's workin'n, since vn got tho
mortgngo paid.
T wish I'd kept a record of tho things that
mortgugo ate, '
In principal nn' Infrewt, from bcglnnln'
down to datol
A hundred dozen chickens, likely fowl with
yellow legs,
A thousund pounds of butter nn twelve
hundred dozen eggs,
Somo four or tlvo good wheat crops, an'
at least ono crop of corn,
An' oats, nn' ryo It swallowed In Its life
time, suro's you're born,
Bestdea the work an' worry, ere Its appe-
tlto was staved 1 i .
So we're foelln' moro contented, nlnco wo
got tho mortgugo paid.
Wo'vo reached tho nolnt, I reckon, whero
wo'vo got a right to rest,
An' loaf around, an' visit, wear our-go-to-
mcctln' best
Neglcctln' nothln' urgent, understand,
about the place,
But simply slowln' down a bit, nn' restln'
In tho raco!
In time I'll gut tho windmill I've been
wnntln', I suppose:
Tho girls can huvo their organ, nn we'll
nil wear bettor clothes.
For wo'vo ulwuys pulled together, whllo
wo waved nn' scrimped an' prayed.
An' It seems there's moro to work for ulnco
wo got tlio mortgugo paid.
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