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Tub omaiia Daily Bee.
K. HuHHWATKH, IJDITOH.
l'fUMHUKU uvnnv mohnino.
thiols OF St HHCHIPTION:
Dally He (without Sunday), One Vcr..V5f0
Dally Jiif mill Sunday, One Venr .W
Illustrated liw one Year 2.W
Kundny lice, One Year . 2("
Saturday Nee. One Year l.M
1'wnititth Century Farmer, One Ycnr.. 1.W
M;Ltvi:Hi;i iiv cahhihh.
pally lift-, without Sunday, icr tyjpy.... 2c
IJally lice, without Sunday,' per week 12c
Daily IJto, Including Sunday, per week.. lie
Sunday Her, per copy C
Evening Hoc, without Sunday, ier week.. Me
livening Hci, Including Sunday, per wcok.Uc
Complaint of irrcgiilnrltleH In delivery
should ho uddressi (1 to City Circulation De
partment. .
OKl-'ICUS.
Omaha: Tlu. l!'eo Hutldliig. ' '
South Omulm: City Hull Uulldlng.Twcnty
Cfth and .M HticcU.
Count , Hluffs: 10 Pearl Htreet.
Chicago: 1&I0 Unity Hutldlntf.
Now York: Temple Court.
Washington Cut Fourteenth Street.
COHHHHPONDKNCE.
Communication!! relating to news and edi
torial mutter should ho addressed: Omaha
Dec, Kdltorlal Department.
HtHINKSS LHTTKKS.
Husliics Icttira and remittances should ho
Addressed. Tho Hcu l'uhihdiiug Company,
Unmli.i.
ui;.MrrTANci:s.
ItfinlL hy draft, express or postal older,
payable to The Heo PubllshliiK Company.
Only 2-ient xtanipM uceoiited In puymcnt of
mall nreountx. Personal checks, except on
Oniuhu or eastern exchanges, not accepted.
T-JIU HKU PCHLISHINO COMPANY.
STATHMHNT OF CIHCULATION.
fitate of Nobrnska. Douglas County, us.;
George H. Tzsehuck, secretary of Tho He
IHibllhhltiK Company, bclnn duly sworn,
rays that tho actual number of full und
comploto ctples of Tho Dally, Morning,
Evening una Sunday Hoo printed during
tho month of October, 1901, was as fol
lows: ...HIM no
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"Less Unsold and returned copies... Il.s.vi
Not total sales 07,7
Net dully average UH.U7I
OICOKOK 15. TZSCIIUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
risforc mo this Slat day of October. A. D.
1901. M. It. IIUNQATH.
(Seal.) Notary public.
Ilnvlnj; led tho reptihlluun ticket In
this county nt the polls, Coroner-elect
Hnilloy enn lie content to ro way bade
juid sit down.
TMielc Kill Siiouilen should Insist that
his fcrllllcato of lection as constable
bo made out to him as the ummltnou.s
choice of this people.
After following advice to remodel our
city government on Kiirnpeim platiH,
perhaps it will be in order to remodel
our state and national governments
lifter Kuropean examples.
Douglas county as usual Is several
laps behind most of the other Nebraska
counties In completing the olllclnl can
vass of the vote. ,Jut the,n Doughw
county law it few more votes io can
vass.
When the people want to make suw
that they get reliable news on any sub
ject at the earliest moment they read
The Itee. This applies not only to" the
election returns, but to current events
ut all kinds.
It will cost the government about
$150,000 to ascertain whether the naval
commander at Tutulla has been guilty
of taking too many drinks. It might
bo more economical to bring the coin-
inander home to bo Inspected.
The lesson of the olllclal llgures of the
Jate coiinty election summed up lii'n
.iinitshell Is this: The tall may sue
ceed in wagging the dog iu county con
'(ventlon, but the animal will assert its
('superiority on I lie day of election,
vv
When the comniunlty-of-interest men
mlsh with their Hew railway Incorporii
tlfons aud new Issues of stocks aud
muds the ordinary1 investor holdln
railroad securities will have to employ
jin expert to help htfii llud his way out
A Michigan man who recently dn
faulted to the extent of 1,000 ox
plained that lu; needed the money
During the time he spends lu prison
ho will probably be able to ilgure out
that the rightful owners of tho money
also needed It.
Great ltrltaln has discovered that
when It wants anything lu a Jiurry the
best thing to do is to send to thu-U.qlted
States for it. John Hull now sends' his
Australian mall i;00O miles out of the
.way through, the United States and
tiaves the days' .lime.
Omaha needs n-iuarkct house. Hut It
Is bettor lo go slow and build right than
to rush headlong Into any scheme that
will only, load the fH "P with' useless
expense. When the market house
comes.. It. should not only meet our de
mands, but also bo a credit to the com
munity. The promise Is. made that part of the
$10,000 appropriation made b.v tho last
legislature to co.ver.the expenses ot Ne
braskti's ..participation In-"tho Pan
American exposition at Huffalo will be
turned back Into thevtnte treasury. It
Is to be hoped the promise will bo re
deemed. Old-time Iowa democratic leaders are
debating the question whether, away
down below the debris of the recent
elections, there Is anything remaining
of the party which can be dug up and
put Into position to make a light nloiu
former lines. It looks like removing ,n
lot of rubbish for a small amount of
balvage.
The city treasurer for Omaha encouiv
ters uo embarrassnient lu making pub
lie monthly stnt'enu'nts Of tie precise
uinount of publlc-fumls in his custody
and the exact, whereabouts of every
cent of it. No other custodian of pub
He funds would bring any dlllleulty or
trouble on hWelf by lVllowulg this
vi'HOLmxa the Mnsmn) nocTitixr.
Peculiar Intercut attaches to the ut
terauees of Senator Lodge on public
uuestloiis by reason of his close per
sonal and political relations with Presi
dent Roosevelt. This Is recognized
abroad as well as lit this country. In
his recent Hoeton Kpcech the Massa
chusetts senator expressed himself
strongly for upholding the .Monroe doc
trine, which ho would enforce against
a Kuropean power even In the matter
of coalliu; stations. This has com
manded 'uttcutluit abroad. In 12uglaud
It Is not regarded as menacing to any
llrltlsh Interest lu this hemisphere, but
It Is not viewed so complacently In
(Seruiany. That country would like to
establfsh a coullng station qu tho shores
of tho. Caribbean sea and Is reported
to be endeavoring to do this through
one of her subsidized steamship Hues,
thus seeking to evade the Monroe doe
trine. It Is not surprising, therefore, that
the GeWau press should see in Mr.
I.odgu's Interpretation of that doctrine
Hhe growth0f Jingoism and n certain
overtenslon of American self-couselous-ness,"
although there Is nothing In the
hpeeeli which Is different front what
Iiils been the American interpretation
of tho Monroo doc til nu since its enun
ciation. Perhaps that doctrlno cannot
fairly' bo made to apply' to coullng sta
tions, but it lu quite obvious tliut If any
European power not Laving territory
in this hctnlsphcro may acquire coaling
stations the effect would be to seriously
impair tho value of the principle de
clared by President Monroe. If tier-
many be permitted to establish a coal
lug station on the shores of the Carib
bean no objection could be made to
lier acquiring stations at as many other
point lu South and Central America
as she might desire. In this way a
colonization policy could be Inaugurated
that would lu time give (iermany a
strong foothold iu the southern conti
nent, which might prove u serious putt
ier for our peace and safety, and mani
festly would not be conducive to tliut
American unity which the .United
States is seeking to tlrmly establish.
There Is no doubt that President
lloosevolt will llrmly 'uphold the Mon
roe doctrine, lie has said that com
mercially, as fas as lids' doctrine is
concerned, all wo wish Is a fair Held
and no favor, "but if we are wise we
shall strenuously insist that under no
pretext whatsoever shall there be any
territorial aggrandizement on American
soil by any Kuropean power, and this
no mutter what form the territorial
aggrandizement may take." This Is not
Jingoism; It is simply recognition of the
right aud duty of self-protection and
Is In accord with the practically unani
mous sentiment of the American people.
DA?, tell JSLASHS A tiUOTIATIUXS.
There is a halt in the negotiations
for the purchase by the United States
of West Indian islands belonging to
Denmark. 'Arrangements wen prac
tically completed r when the change,. j)f
niinlsto came, 1he( conservajlyes Jtelng
succeeded by the liberals, and lite new
government' naturally 'desires tb-go fiver
the ease, there being more or less op
position in the liberal party of Den
mark to selling the Islands. H Is stated
that the new ministry has raised the
question of securing from the United
States concessions,- both political and
commercial, which this government can
not grant. It is proposed by tho Danish
government that the transfer of the
three islands shall lie conditional upon
the United States agreeing that the
people shall be given till the rights and
privileges of citizenship and that cer
tain trade relations shall lie established
that will be of special benellt to Den
mark. The position of our Stale de
partment is that the only satisfactory
arrangement that can l(e mad.e Is n
direct purchase, entirely fret! from con
ditions of a political character.
That view Is manifestly sound. While
the people of the Danish jslands may
be qualltlcd to have the rights and
privileges of American citizenship, the
question of giving these to them Is
not one to be determined by treaty. As
to milking trade relations for the spe
cial benellt of Denmark, that is of
course utterly out of tho question. A
treaty providing for this would have
no chance: whatever of rat Ideation. The
Danish government will probably not
insist upon these conditions and will
llually accede to the terms which were
practically arranged when the liberal
mlulstvy succeeded .to power.
PUMWY H.iTlFlCATlOX E.iVtXTED.
It Is expected that, the 'senate will
promptly ratify the ,uewcanal treaty,
which .embodies all the "principles or
conditions' 'contended lor' by that body,
besides whlelf tnatiy features that "were
consld'ered objectionable) In the former
treaty but went 'permitted to'' remain
have been eliminated. Senator Culloiu,
who will be chairman of the foreign
relations committee, has expressed the
bpliilon that there will be no unneces
sary delay lu ratifying the now con-
volition and it Is stated that so far as
it has been brought to the attention of
leading republican senators, ami es
pcelally thoso who are upon the com
mltteo on foreign relations, tho treaty
lias received their approval. A few
senators may vote against It on the
ground that no agreement with Ui;oat
Britain Is necessary as a condition
preVedent to tho construction of the
canal, but the number of such is be
lieved not to be sutllclent to prevent or
uveu delay ratltleation.
With the treaty ratllled, legislation au
thorizing the construction of n canal
will speedily follow aud there appears
t'o 1h no doubt that the Nicaragua route
will be selected. It Ik. stated that the
sentiment among congressmen Is over
whelmlngly lu favor of that route,
Those who have conferred with the
president on the subject 'declared that
the Panama route cannot be considered
and In view of the fact that the French
company has made no deliulte propo
sltlon for disposing of Its property, to
get her with. the dlllleultlesjind compiled
tlons, (Inanelal und otherwise, In con
nectlon with tlw Panama route, It Is
quite certain tlfofceougress will not con
i alder it M'eovcr tlio report ot Uio,
7TITC OMAHA DAILY BEE: JflUDAY, XOVERETl 15, 1901.
railal commission will be favorable to
the Nicaragua route, It being staled
that the commission tMnk the linal
surveys of Nicaragua show (hat the
route Is much better than they thought
It would bo when they signed the pre
liminary report.
No dlllleulty In negotiating the neces
sary treaty with Nicaragua and Costa
Hlea Is anticipated, both countries te
allzlni: the great material advantage
which Would result to them from the
construction of the canal. An enter
prise which will cost the United States
at least HOO.OOO.OOO could not fall to
l)e of enormous benefit to those coun
tries and It Is safe to assume that they
will make whatever reasonable and
necessary concessions the United States
may ask. There appears, therefore, to
bo it clear way to the carrying out of
this great project, which has com
manded attention for more than half a
century.
;.;..sr we l uuar.r.
Now that the olllclal count of the re
turns of Douglas county has been com
pleted, It may not be out of place to
.analyze the vote and institute some
comparisons.
Tho. total voto polled in Douglas
county was 10,270, as against 29,181 tit
the November election of 1000.
Tho total vote polled for supreme
Judge was 18.000, which shows that
1,207 voters failed to express their
cholco for fluprcmo Judge or made mis
takes in the ma-'klng of their ballots.
The total vote cast for Judge Sedg
wick was 0,:i5i, and the highest num
ber of votes received by any republican
candidate on the county ttlcket was
0.7.M, being the vote received by the
candidate for coroner, Mr. llrullcy.
It will be remembered that under the
pernicious leadership of .1. II. Van
Dtisen, seconded by Congressman Mer
cer's chief fugelman, Tom lJlackburn,
the delegations from the country pre
cincts and South Omaha were solldllled
and arrayed against Omaha on the pre
text thjit the reapportionment of repre
sentation In the county convention, by
which the representation of each ward
lu Omaha was Increased from ten, to
tlftceu delegates, and' South Omaha
from sixteen to twenty delegates, was
an act of rank injustice, calculated to
deprive the republicans lu the country
precincts of their old-time prerogatives.
And this unholy alliance with the
recreant delegates of two of the Omaha
wards not only overturned the ex
pressed will of a great majority of the
republicans in the county, but also dis
franchised these republicans for the
coming year. To this reckless disre
gard of recognized principles of equity
and Justice must be attributed the de
feat of two-thirds of the republican
county ticket.
The most striking protest ngalnst tle
Van Dusen-Mercer luiqiilty may be
found In the comparative returns from
the city, the country and South Omaha:
Out of the O.Itril votes cast for Judge
Sedgwick only KIR tire credited to South
Omaha and .1,011! to, the country, pre
cincts. Hut the Ij&S'.l votes cast for
Judge Sedgwick In South Omaha nud
the country precincts will be entitled to
eighty-eight delegates lu the next
republican county convention, while the
".Ilhi votes cast by the republicans of
Onmha will be represented by only
ninety delegates.
A si 111 more striking reminder of the
Iniquitous Jiiniuier lu which the rights
of the majority were trampled upon by
the machinations of Van Duseu against
Omaha is furnished by the fact that
the republicans of the country precincts
who cast 1,011! votes will be repre
sented In the next convention by sev
-lily delegates, while the republicans of
he Sixth ward who cast 1,177 votes
or Judge Sedgwick will have a repre
seutatlou of but ten delegates.
And yet tliese are not the worst fen
ttires ot the disfranchisement sanc
tioned by the combine In tho late con
ventlon. lu tho county committee the
J.Ol.'l republicans of the country pre
elncts are now represented by twenty-
Ight members, while the 7,ttir repub
llcans of Omaha arc represented by
only twenty-seven members.
In order to exhibit more fully the
deception practiced by the combine that
controlled the late convention, let us
make comparison between the vote
given to .Mr. MeUrlde, the candidate for
sheriff, In whose behalf South Omaha
and the country Joined forces against
Omaha: The country precincts which
cast 1,0-1:5 votes for Sedgwick cast only
1,003 votes for MeUrlde, who was
pressed upon tho convention as the
most popular candidate lu the, country
while, Unltt, one of the most Unpopular
candidates, received In tho,.cijuutry 1,0.)8
votes, Crocker 1;0SU' aud Hrullt-y 1,100,
or .101 more votes than, were cast for
MeHride. '
Thiv two Omaha wards, the Seventh
4iud Ninth, whoso delegations joined
'with South Omaha and tho country li
the lIut to disfranchise Omaha, gave
Judge Sedgwick 1,410 votes, while they
'gave MeHride ouly 1,177. In other
words, they voted for MeHride lu the
convention and slaughtered him at the
polls.
Another lustrtictlvo comparison will
be found In the fact tliut tho vote of
the Seventh and Ninth wards, South
Omaha and the country combined was
only :i,2l0 for Sedgwick, while the
other seven wards of Omaha cast H.770
votes for Sedgwick; and yet these
5,770 republicans will be represented by
only seventy delegates iu the next con
ventlon and are credited with only
twenty-one members of tho county
committee, 'while South Omaha, the
country precincts aud tho two recreant
Omaha wards will cast 10S votes and
have lu tho county committee a repre
seutatlou of thirty-seven members
This wrong must be righted at the
tlrst opportunity,
' The atlinity
between the Omaha
Hryanlte orgau, tho Lincoln Journal and
'Fremont Tribune has for years lieeii
mutter - of notoriety. hen one of
these three takes snuff the other tw
sneeze. The bond of sympathy la
tween this demo republlcn trio
mediocre Jealousy of The Hoo .lu
now the Fremont member of the trlpll
cuto in luulilus tvs ccapyolutuieut us
postmaster. W ilh a large majority of
the patrons of the otllcu committed by
petition In fnver of a rival candidate,
the Fremont Nasby has Invoked the aid
of National Ceminltteeinan Schneider,
and his Oninha popoerntle ally
promptly ruhes to the rescue with a
slobbering editorial proclaiming the
Napoleonic genius of the republican na
tional committeeman, who Is credited
with conceiving and executing the en
tire plan of campaign by which Ne
braska was redeemed a year ago.
Whether all tliese Hryanlte plaudits
will convince the Nebraska senators
that no change is necessary lu the
Uretnont postmastcrshlp remains to be
seen.
As slgnllleant of the attitude of Presi
dent Hoosevelt toward the civil borvlce
law are the verbal instructions given
the newly appointed collector of in
ternal revenue at Louisville. The for
mer collector was practically forced to
resign on account of evasions of the law
and tno president warned mo new coi-
cetor that the law' was to be strictly ad
hered to. The record of tho president,
both while serving on tlw civil service
commission nud in other positions, Is
such that nothing else was to have been
expected. This record, combined with
these Instructions, rentiers It certain that
the law will be observed in letter and
plrlt during tho present administration.
Another toutino diamond company
hat has been roping in Nebraska gulll-
bles has gone amuck. When theso ton
tine frauds were tlrst sprung iu tills
lclnlty The Hoo exposed their flimsy
lasls and warned the public against
them. It is n pity the state authorities
lid not have the courage to refuse to
allow thorn to pursue their questionable
business lu Nebraska. There Is abso
lutely no excuse for such palpable
swindles to bo tolerated, ns they find
their victims only uniong tho over-
credulous or Ignorant.
One of the complalnta entered by vis
iters from abroad is that Omaha, as
compared with other growing cities, Is
behind in the number of now business
blocks added to the central part of the
cltv. One reason for this lu the dltti
ultv In enticing capital into real esuue
nvestments when realty is so heavily
handicapped In the distribution of tax
burdens. Helleve Improvements that
make n great city from opprcsslvo taxa
Ion nnd the number of such Improve
ments will quickly increase.
I'he State Hoard of Public Lauds
and Hulhllngs will readvcrtlso for bids
for reconstructing the burned Norfolk
asvlum. As no appropriation is a.vnil
lble to pay for the work and the board
has no legal authority to incur a debt.
it Is uo wonder contractors aro not over
anxious to bid for Uio Job. Let tlw
legislature mako an appropriation for
the proposed new building at Norfolk
and no dlflleulty will be 'met to secure
espousible coutraOjtprH.
i)nr Mir Microti1 Meed llelitt
. ChlcaKO Nqws.
A writer In ono of tho November raaga
zlne makes a plea for tho microbe on
humano grounds. It had Kenerally boon
hoiiKlit that tho microbe was amply ablo
to look out for Itself.
Overworking f!ioil Nature.
Cleveland Plain Doalor.
Tho treasurer of a benevolent order who
turned tho funds of tho socloty Into his
private business and then lost everything
Is to bo holped out of his troublo by a popu
lar subscription. We're a wonderfully for
giving and Kood-naturcd pcoplo.
Another Knumia I'rrHk.
Philadelphia Ledger.
KansaB must add to lta long list of freaks
tho name of Sheriff Cook of Shawnee county,
who permitted hiuiBelf aud Ills deputy to bo
captured by a rouple of escaping criminals
and then permitted tho criminals to escape
although ho had a posbo of men at hand to
capture them.r Evidently bhurlff Cooks
ofllco Is several sfzea too largo for him.
Cnrry Ihn Xt .Mrilorn.
Minneapolis Journal,
President Uoosovelt has negro coachmen
who aro dressed in gorgeous livery and wear
star-spangled rosettes on their silk hats.
Information ot this Innovation will not bo
well received on tho Little Missouri, In tho
Pad Iindt or on tho Texas ranges. It will
cause nioro roars from tho cow punchers
than tho Hooker Washington Incident
evoked from tho southern colonels.
I HlKildlim Civil Mnrvler.
Philadelphia rtceord.
President Hoosevelt has further afllrmed
his sturdy odhcrenco to the causo of civil
service reform by forcing tho resignation
of Internal Ilovcnuo Collector Sapp of
Umisvllle. Ky. Sapp had Ignored aud do
fled civil servlco rules from tho day of his
appointment. Th? spectacle of his bead in
tho basket should not bo lost upon Boms
of his brother collectors In this state, who,
under tho protecting arm of Quay, have
been hardly loss defiant In dlsoboylug the
law and mnklug partisanship rather than
merit tho test ot Illness for government
tscrvlce.
i;ciitlnln nt Dlploniuej-.
Kansas City Stur.
It may be unfortunate, but It Is true that
dress und maunors count for about ns
much as ability in tho capitals of Europe
and Soulh America. A diplomat who is
laughed at la society can bo ot little uso to
Ills government- Ho loses much of tho
cossln heard In exclusive circles which a
diplomat ouglit to know, and ho meets with
coldness instead of cordiality at tno roreign
office. Had Charles Francis Adams not
been agreeable personally to Pnlmorston
and Ird .lohn Russell ho could hardly
havo prevented tho recognition of tha con
federacy. Memorial llrlilKcn nml Arclicx.
Roston Transcript.
A perfectly beautiful bridge across tho
Potomac would bo a splendid monument to
General Grant and thero would bo a broad
and inspiring symbolism in th'o fact that
it united tho north and south, hut tho right
sort of a design for tho projected briiigo
has not yet been made and until It Is made
congress may' well postpono voting the
larEu sum of monoy necessary for Its eon.
structlon. Whatover national memorial to
McKInley may bo finally decided upon It
must not bo a triumphal arch or arches
straddling a bridge. Let us build memorial
bridges, but let us build no trlumphul
arches. llrldces are useful and nobll
works; triumphal urrhrs are uselctw and
bombastic survivals, which might ne uo
scribed or gales that give arccs to no
where in particular, portals that open upon
I vacancy,
Developing the West j
Portland
In studying the conditions ot plant life
In tho far west the Department of Agricul
ture Is performing a service of the great
est Importance to the country. Hand-In-hand
with this Investigation go experi
ments with methods calculated' to protect
valuable native plants from extermination
and tho Introduction of exotics that seem
to bo ndapted to tho hard conditions found
In some sections of tho arid or setnl-arld
belt. The program also Includes experi
ments with foreign plants whero those
of native origin or that have been long
adopted still do passably well, if there are
bettor varieties wo want them and every
quarter ot the globo liim been raked for
specimens to bo tested here. Already
much good has corao from this work, and
It Is only fairly begun.
In tho scml-arld west thero Is room for
much work of this character. It Is beyond
tho scope of prlvato endeavor because most
of tho land that may bo reclaimed to tift-
fuluem through tho efforts of the depart
ment still belongs to the public domain
and prcfent conditions offer no Incentive
to settlers to occupy It. Ranges that havo
been oaten out hy herds and Mocks sro
llttlo hotter than open desert. To put new
gross on tho hills Is to rejuvenato tho
country. And If tho nety grass bo hotter
than tho old, more nutritious and hardier,
U is a distinct step In advance that Is re-
fleeted In Increased Industrial development,
Vhcro grass growa settlers may and will psrttnent, but they may safely articulate
go and establish homes. Irrigation and with tho Department ot Agrlcultuto In ro
gonoral farming will follow nnd tho somt- duclng tho arid west,
ItOCMI AnOtIT KKW YOItK.
Klpplct on (be Current of I.lfc In (lie
.Metropoll.
"Who will caro for lllchard now?" Tho
plo counter Is ompty. Tho sugar bar'I,
unco a magnet for a multltudo ot hungers
cn, seeps vinegar. Tammany hall Is
swathed In trappings of woo und scarcely
echoes tho footfalls of tho bereft patriots.
A pall of death hovers around tho demo
cratic club aud amid tho ruins of hope and
usafruct Squire Croker whistles to keep
bis courage up. "What's tho difference?"
ho exclaimed in answer to a question us to
his future movements, "No one will pay
any attention to mo now. They will nil
Hock around the winner. It does not mako
much illffcrenco what. I do."
Relaxing into a reminiscent mood tho
dethroned boss told thlnstory: "I remem
ber a' rnco horso named Sir Gotham, who
was a beautiful animal. Tho peoplo crowled
around this race horso while ho was lu the
paddock ono raco day and they talkol
about tho splendid lines of his legs. They
told ot his wonderful conformation and
what u great raco horso ho wns. D,iv
ntdeon had a horso lu tho rnco and so had
I. Our horses wore Ignored before tho
start. Gideon said: 'Are you golug to let
this horso tako a wnlkover7' I Kild. 'No,
my horse will run tho race.' Tho result
was that Gideon's horso ran first nnd my'
horso ran second nnd tho great horso, In'
tho paddock ran last. his religion for her sake. Hut ho was
"When that horso was brought back aftor doomed to disappointment, for tho girl's
tho moo tho crowd that had looked nt his family Interfered nnd prevented tho mar
magntflcent build paid no attention to htm I rlagp. Then his own family caused him to
nnd our two selling-platers were admired ho exiled for forswearing his faith. Hor
becauso they wero winners. That is the w't lutor on becamo a Greek Catholic
way of tho' world." , hlhop and died- worth $20,000,000. Tho
Croker leaves no 'easy and pleasant heri
tage, to tho mail who shall pick up his
crown. H la no holiday excursion to hold
together . defeated and hungry mob of
men who wero ones a compact and well
fed army. For two years, nt least, tho
wigwam must dlno on cold nlr und on tho
memory of pust dinners.- After January l,
1902, thero will bo absolutely nothing for
ono of them. Thero aro no federal otllces
or pickings; tho republicans control nil
that. Thero will bo nothing In state poli
tics; tho republicans havo nil that. Thero
will bo no ghost ot a show la tho city af
fairs for any man who has a touch ot Tam
many talntr oxcept for thoso sutordlnato
clerks who havo gained positions under tho
civil Borvlco inw and who havo really been
clerks and not merely politicians In receipt
of n salary. '
Only a month aud one-halt loft In which
to lay away something for two years of
rainy days. Tcrhaps tho dolugo will last
much longor.
Tho new mayor will bo at tho bead of a
government employing nn army of 40,000
otllclals of various degrees, from heads of
departments down to common day laborors.
Tho direct putronago of tho mayor, that Is,
tho officials whom ho himself appoints, Is
very largo; la faot, no other executlvn lu
tho United States, with the exception of tho
president, ban so extensive nn appointing
power. Hy the terms ot tho new charter,
tho mayor will also have tho powur ot re
moval throughout his term, and need not
assign any causo fur decapitating ono of
his subordinates. Although his power over
tho Hoard of Kstlmato, which makes all tho
appropriations for the city govornment, will
bo much loss than that of tho present
mayor, tho now head of tho city will havo
n much Increased authority over his heads
of departments, and If they do not work
his will, ho can rcmovo them at onco. This
will tlx tho responsibility for any evils di
rectly on the mayor himself, nnd It thoro
Is no reform of conditions In tho policu de
partment, tho people will know tho reiwon
why. Many of tho salaries paid city officials
are higher than "thoso of leading officers of
tho fedoral government. Kvou cahlnot ofil-
eors nro paid less than tho city chamber
Iain and tho corporation counteL hoth ot
whom aro oppolntcd by tho moyor. There
will bo twenty-nine places to bs tilled by
tho now mayor whoso aggreguto nalarlos
aro $100,000, or nu average of over J0.500
a year each.
David Klson of Ilrooklyn was en suro that
Mr. Shcpurd would bn elected mayor that
ho went about his district shouting: "fit
bet my head on It. At least I'll hot thu
hair on ton ot ray head."
A Iiw roan took htm up. If Low won,
Mr. Klson was to havo the top ot his head
shaved. If Shepard won, tho other man
was to submit to tho razor.
Mr. Klson wns shaved. "I'll stay Indoors
till It grows," ho said. "If I go anywhoro
I'll keep ray hat on."
Now sco tho 111 luck of some men. Ho
was summoned to court as a witness, Ho
rould not decline tho Invitation. Ho had
to tako his hat off when ho got there.
"Whnt'H this?" naked th Judgo. "Aro
you a Chinaman?"
"No, sir," said Mr. Klson, "a Shepard
man."
"Well, It broko out on you in a strangn
spot," rospondod his honur. The witness
took thn stand amid tho laughter of tho
court room.
The theatrical trust has suffered a set
back in Us attempt to bring Into lino all of
tho Now York newspapers Most of thorn
nro strongly Influenced by tho trust, which
has succeeded In securing tho discharge ot
such critics as aro obnoxious to It, Tho
theatrical syndicate, however, maflo a mis
tako when it tried to whip the Commercial
Advertiser Into line. It demanded tun uis
chargo of a critic named Hapgood, who has
been In Its bad books since he wroto a
magazine article explaining the methods of
tho trust. Tho Commercial Advertiser de
ollned tn discharge Mr. Hupgood, Thcre-
l uiyoa ttao trust withdrew oil IU odvrtUlBS J
Oreuoal.tn
arid waste will become n sent of numerous
poptdatlon and extensive Industrial lite.
As a feature of this development, how
ever, tho government must provldo for a
more general distribution of tho moisture
of tho country. Ijiirouragenieiit Is now
given for the construction ot Irrigation
work, but It Is found that lu many locali
ties tho encouragement Is not suDlctenl to
Induce tho Investment of private capital In
tho necessary cnterprln's because the
water sources aro already largely muuopir-
met uy privnte Homers, uy virtue ot wnien ,
they control vast areas of soli to which J
they havo no title. t?oiue way around this
dlllleulty must be found before tho great
later-mountain plain can be brought up
to Its full possibilities. l'rlvuto rights
that prevent tho use of largo areas of pub
lic domain must In some mantior bo ex
llngulshcdi To bind tho shifting en mis of ocean
beach and river strand, to Introduce new
grasses and grains, to give Instruction in
methods of cultivation that shall get tho
best results from the soil and conserve
present resources, to study tho peculiari
ties of present conditions and products, to
educate our producers lu "tho why and
wherefore" of their business, Is a grand
work and Secretary Wilson is doing it
well. Nothing to comparo with It has here-
toforo been done. Irrigation and forestry
arc under tho Jurisdiction of uuother de-
and printed In Its organ, tho Dramatic
News, an nrtlclo embodying tho following
remarkable paragraph:
"It has been demonstrated In Hoston,
Providence, Washington and Detroit that It
Is an unwise policy to patronlro a news
paper which constantly antagonizes tho best
theaters. And now thAt n start has been
mndo with tho Commercial Advertiser It
behooves tho other dally papers to behave
themselves. Truly tho theatrical advertis
ing lu tho Commercial Advertiser Is an
object lesson."
This means, of course, that tho good be
havior demanded 0f tho newspapers Is ah
floluto submission to tho will of tho trust.
Tho Drnmatlo News took tho trust's victory
for granted too prcclpltatoly. When the
trust found thnt It could not browbeat the
Commercial Advorttscr It meekly withdrew
Its demand for Mr. Hapgnod's discharge,
apologized and put hack Its advertisements.
U does not appear, however, that the paper
Is "behaving Itself" any less independently
than hitherto.
A syndicate was formed In New York City
for tho purpose of searching for an estnto
of $20,000,000 which Is said to havo been left
by tho lato Bishop Martin Horwltz of tho
Greek Catholic church. Horwltz's life story
reuds llko fiction. H( was born a Hebrew
In Poland In 1S22, and when a youug man
fell In lovo with the daughter of a count.
His love was reciprocated, and as ho could
not marry her whllo a Hebrew ho changed
wnexeniiouts or nis lortuno is a mystery
which the syndlcuto of relatives proposes
unraveling.
IM'llSONAI. NOTIIS.
Tho Kplscopallans of Milwaukee ars to
build a now house for Dlshop Nicholson of
that diocese.
Justlcu Joromo's campaign In 'New York
eoBt him only JinO; his friends did tho rest,
to the amount of Ji.'.OflO.
Tho sultan of Morocco has seven lions as
pots. These ho pertullii to range tho rnurt
yards ot tho palace at night to act ns
guards to tho royal harem.
Manuel Garcia, tho greatest singing mas
ter of his tlmo. Is still living. Ho was
born' iu Madrid In ISO.", nml has numbered
among his pupils Jenny I.tnd and Mathilda
Marchesl.
Henry Jackson, whoso pospceslons arc
valued nt $30,000, Is tho richest Indian on
tho Klamath reservation. Kvery fall for
Hfteon years ho has sunt to market $1,000
to $7,000 worth of cattle.
Tho "Rajah of llanjlt," over whom the
Londoners becamo so much excited, has
turned out to bo a rank Impostor, having
been employed nt ono tlmo hh h chef In a
Now York restaurant. Ho was not even u
gooil cook.
James Farrell, who served In the war of
1812 aud was tho oldest man to offor his
services to the government when thn Span
ish war broko out, has Just celebrated his
ono hundred and llfth birthday at nurhour-
ville. W. Va.
A memorial fountain is speodlly to ho
orcctcd nc;ir tho union railway passenger
station lu Wnycross, Ga., in honor ef
Henry H. Plant. it Is to bo In tho center
of a memorial park, and so placed that nil
passengers on tho railroad trains may see
this mtminrial of tho great railroad builder
of Florida,
A grandson of Daniel O'ConuolI has Just
lost his life In South Africa. When tho
Iloer wnr began bo Joined tho llrltlsh
forces as a trooper, and his tlmo expired
not long ago. In going homo one evening
he took a short cut which necessitated tho
crossing of a river. Thn current was too
much for him nud ho was drowned.
Grandmoth
ers 'always
know what to
do. When a
boy, and you
were coming
down with a
hard cold,
what was it
she did for
you? We
know. She
gave you a hot foot-bath,
or ginger tea, and a dose of Ayer's Cherry Pec
toral. And she did exactly the right thing.
For over half a century Ayer's Cherry Pec
toral has been the standard household remedy
for colds and coughs. Ask the oldest doctor in
town in what year he first prescribed it.
' I cannot iemembr the time when Ayet's Cherry Pectoral was not in my
mother's house. Now I have a household of my own, I keep it constantly on
hand for coughs, croup, and hard colds." John J. Coveix, Morrlsville, N, V.
lit., SOc, tl.M.
.vvriitAi,, tttr r.MiiAttiiAssiMi,
llrtltnl of .netliu Helrrrrn .Spain
flint (lie Sim tlirrn Hrptitillcn.
Detroit Kii o Vtvx.
Developments at th Pan-Amrrtc Mi con
gress show (rat urn tl.Ht were tret rounted
upou by this tuition ami probably .not bv
the republics of Central Amenci. it'w.is
clearly expected that tho Kuropt.tiis hold
lug no latgo a portion of the South mcr
lean Irado would seek to hold It aud to that
end would create In far us they i-otild the
Impression that there H an ultiimn.- linen
Hon on tho part of the l ulled Suites to
absorb the countries culled together la tho
Interest of a t'loser commercial alll.inu
s,Cll preparation nh was feaslbb. lud U-u
made to comhat this lulluctice. lint tin
exteut to which the pro-Spanish, sitjtitncn'
usserted Itself Is a revelation.
So quickly following this ns -to suggit-f
rearrangement ihe Spanish Cortes ni
knowledged with gratitude tho expression
from tho republics of South America ot
friendship for Spain, and through tho Spuu
lsh minister to Mexico sent them tho cx
presslon of a strong leclprocal feeling, Si
far as can bo Judged, it was received win
greater approval than the advance iik.ii
hy this or any other country. The hiibHc
of diplomacy Is conceded tv tho so-cullc 1
Latin peoples. Those on this hoiulspher
gle a qunlllled Indorsement to tho Monroo
doctrine, regarding It sympathetically Jn
m fnr as It protects tlictu from the foreign
nggresslun, hut thuy do not tnko kindly to
tho Idea that tho United States flhnnlcl no
sort a protectorate from Mexico to Capo
Horn.
Prior to the Sp.-ftilsh war this feeling
has bicomo quiescent. Hut slnco wn have
defeated Spain and appropriated Potto Itlro
r.nd tho Philippines tho republic J of the.
southward believe, or profess to believe
that It Is our policy to establish nnd main
tain n sjstem of dependencies to be gov
erned largely outside of tho constllutlita
This Is not an unrotmunnblo belief In
vluw of what bus happened, and Vresctitw
ono of tho dllllcultles to tic overcome be
foro It will bo possible to cHtabllsh such
close relntlontt with tho South and Central
Amerlcnn republics ns Is sought for bs
this government. There Is not tho sllRht
est danger of Spain's regaining any part
of Its former sovereignty In America," but
It is to bo reckoned with in galnVng the
confidence of Its descendant. Sacrifice
must bo made, If necessary, to provo thu
thero is mutual ndvantago in tho proposed
pau-Amcrlca.
roi.vrr.n ur.iM.r.oTioNS.
rhlcngo Tribune! Mnud-Yoii think Mr.
DIUHhrose Is not ns bashful In tbs presenCA
of girls us ho seems to be, do ouV How
did you gut that impression?"
Miibil-t had It from his own Hps.
Hoston Transcript: Styles-Was looking
through your library while t wns waltlnir.
and I found two or threo books that belong
UWhyte-Oh. that's nil right. They'll al
ways bo safe with me, you know.
rhllndelphla Hullctln. "I don't nro hew
ho can expect to succeed as an uutlior
Whv. ho can't write common sense.
"Ho doesn't have to. All Ills stories aro
In dialect."
Now York AVeekly: Publisher (testily)
T eiin't sco anything In that innnuscrjpt or
5 Struggling Author (vlndlctlvety)f presume
not: but you know somo of your.reader'i
might bo quite Intelligent.
Thllndelphla Press: Jenks You iippdu't
call for my laundry any more; I'm going
to send It cisewncre.
t.uuiHlr.vinun What's the. mutter"
Weren't your shirts well Mime'?
.lenks-Kntlrely too welt dune, f prefer
them rare.
Chicago Post: "Aro we all out f,f debt
nt last?" hIio usked. .
"Thank heaven, we- ;ire".tio wiisWnrrd.
"Then lot's give u Sw'cll tUniie'e 'iuid
dance." she suggtStcd. ' .'.,,'
"Hut that will put us In dcllt again, he
protested. . ...
"Of course it will," she returned, "hut
what's tho gooil ot tiinkltu; our credit S'
guild It wo don't use It?"
Dutrott Ftco Prei.s:' "Well; Joshua," said
Mr. Warren to bis country cousin, "wli.il
wan the llrst thing that struck you when
you reached town'.'" . ...
"A ti-ollev ear." rf piled Joshua; hut
fortunately It didn't hit mo very mini "
Washington Star: "Will tin- defeated
candidate retire from public lite "
"Yes." answered the experienced person;
bo will retire. Hut lie Is pretty hiii'i) "
wake up blight and early before anollKi'
election."
Hoston lilnbe: Stern 1'atbcrDldn't I tell
you not to call ugalii, sir?
Suitor 1 know; bul I didn't call to sen
viair daughter, f came on behalf of our
ilrm, about that little bill.
Stern Knl her l-'r cr call again, won t
you 7
-nn: (iii.ii:(ti.n(j iiitoTiiuitfc.
F. U. Stanton In Atlanta Constitution
Ho wuz "tho iibjcetlu' brother." nu Hoy
kiiuwed him fur nn" nigh;
Objected in thu runulii' o" tho ronn worl
tin" tho sky! . i
Wnrn't anything could please him Jn rcn'on
or lu rhyme.
Ho wuz burn let jest objcctln' for objei tie
all tho time!
New bell fcr the steeple ' lit" '
Jeellon come lo that!
Give tho parson u new leaver dhle i liU"
that stylo hat!
I.lKhtln' roil, fcr safety no, Ibe URh'ni
should respect ,
Tho good Lord's linusu ,o' . mcetlu -an lie
rlr. up to object'
Ho wiiz Hpurkln' of n wide'er-: When. .It
come the mnrilngii day
All' the preacher iixed (ho peoplo ef they
had a word I" say.
Why they shmildii t bu united fer weal i
well lis woe,
lie hollered, 'l object, sir!" and tho wil
der's i:al(o was dough'
Cuntrarlesl o fellers In the country. I II bn
botiu'l
Wnrn't no doln' nuthln" w en you seen un
settle' roan"
An' w en he gits to glory-ef his bajf i
thai Is checked
It's my belief HI Pelcr'll Shet lilln ulit with
"1 object! '
tax?
a cup of hot lemonade
J. C. AYCK CO., Lowell, Ala