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14 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE? SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1901. I The Omaiia Sunday Be& E. KOSHWATElt, EDITOR. published every morning. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION: Dally Hco (without Sunday), One Ycar.tfi.CO pally Bee and Sunday, Ono Year 8.00 Illustrated Hoe, One Year 2.W BUnday Hue, Ono Year 2-00 Saturday Bee, Ono Year 1.G0 Twentieth Century Farmer, Ono Year.. 1.00 DELIVERED BY CARRIER: Pally Beo fwlthout Sunday) per copy.. 2o pally Beo (without Sunday), per week,. 12c pally Hoe (Including Sunday), per week. 17c Bun Jay Hoc, per copy . c Kvonlng Upc, without Sunday, per week. 10c Evening Dec, Including Sunday, per. week , ..Lo Complaints of Irregularities In delivery nhould bo addressed to City Circulation Do partmtnL OFFICES: Omaha Tho Beo Building. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twenty-flfth und M Street. Council Uluffs-10 Pearl Street. Chicago 1GI0 Unity Building. New York Tcmplo Court. Washlngton-GOl Fourteenth Street CORRESPONDENCE. . Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should ho addressed: Omaha See, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTER!). Business letters and remittances should be addressed: Tho Beo Publishing Company, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, paynblo to Tho Beo Publishing Company. Only 2-eent stamps accented In payment of Jiiall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern oxchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUDI,I81IINO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btato of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: Ooorgo H. Tzschuck, secrutary of Tho Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ays that tho actual number of full and complotr copies of Tho Dully, Morning, Evening and Sunday Beo printed during tho month of October, 1901, was as follows: .a a,ioo n i:s.r.i)o a i:i,oro is zu,ii!o t i!lt,08t 19 ilH.UO 4 M.nm 20 SH,iao 6 21 .'10,170 22 28,030 23 :t2,720 24 28,770 23 U0,710 20.'. 30,400 27 20,075 23 2,IU0 29 0,780 30 :io,nio 31 33,0:50 6 2i8,02O 7 i!1,170 I.,., i!S,810 28,800 10 2S,71tO u i:n,sr.o 11 i. 211,020 Ml.,- 2t,ons II. i 28,0.'IO 30...., 28,U.'IO If 28,i."0 . Total oi7,aio 'Less unsold and roturned copies... U.soa Net total sales 007,UI7 Net dally avorago 20,274 GEORGE B. T2SCHUC1C. Subscribed In my prcsonco and sworn to 1 beforo mo this Slat day of Octohor, A. 1). 1801. M. B. II UNGATE. (Seal.) Notary Public. Yule colors nro appropriate for tlio occasion. Feeders ivlio lnul tho ucrvo to put 50 cont corn Into cnttlo nro now reaping tho reward of their venture. Araerlea'H royal bird will probably consolo himself this year with the thought that hu Is commanding roynl prices. An Illinois man has cotno forwnrd (With a theory that luzlucsa Is a disease, but up to dato has been too sorely a filleted with tho complaint to prove hla theory. Tho boy who skates on thin leo Is gain running a closo race for newspa per popularity with tho man who pulls a loaded gun from tho wagon by the muzzle. Tho trial of a mnrluo olllccr on tho churgo of Intoxication uncovers tho Im perative necessity for the credit of tho corps that tho tonuago bo Increased or tho load limit reduced. Tho forthcoming message of tho presi dent Is said to coutain about 28,000 rwords. No wonder tho correspondents huvo not been so frco uh usual In volun teering to write It for him. Alexnmler Is said to have yearned for more worlds to conquer. "What -will thu railroad magnates,, do when their community of' Interests And no moro Interests to' commune with? Tho Indian burcuu proposes to settle tho futuro of tho Indlau by teaching him the dignity of labor. Tho Indian bureau has undertaken tho most gigan tic educational task of the age. A number of Chicago women have formed a society whoso uvowed purposo It is to discourage tho use of cooked food. It will probably have the support of nil tho restaurants that hopu to bo called upon to feed tho hungry hus bands. Ono great achievement of woman uffrugo Ju Now Zealand Is the erection of a special polling booth In u recent lecilon to recelvo tho votes of forty nuns in ono of tho couvcuts. Whether they all voted the same way Is not re corded. Capital Invested in manufacturing en terprises In Iowa shows an lucreaso of 1)2 per cent during tho past decade and tho factory output an increase of III per cent. Iowa has every reason to bo prottd of its showing In the manufactur ing Hue. Tho globo trotter who rides around tho w'orld on a bleyclo has been suc ceeded by tho one who makes the at tempt on uu automobile, Any man ought o be nblu to Had enough bud roads to suit him without leaving this country. Tho national commission nnnouncos positively thero -will be no postponement or the &t. Louis exposition. The pre liminary rounds of skirmishing between tho various Interests. must bo materially curtailed In tho future' If the announce ment is made good. Tho queeu of Servlii Is said to have attempted suicide because her royal pouso slapped her face. Sho should send for a rolling pin, tako Instructions from somo American housewife and spring n surprlso on his royal highness tho next time he attempts to 'become so familiar. Tho peuslon attorneys who havo been guuulng ( after Pension Commissioner Evans have discovered that President Hoo3evclt bears no sympathy wltli tholr grlovances. Tho very persistence of the opposition of tho" peuslon attor neys is uddltiounl recommendation of myjivaua' lldullty. THE CASE OF MR. STCEFER. T'to successlvo disclosures of shady bond deals by which tho school fund has been milked for tho benefit of pri vate Individuals have not Improved the case of State Treasurer Htucfcr. ISeyond the persistent dental Hint he has personally shared In tho rake-off of these transactions, Mr. Stucfcr's expla nations explain nothing, but rather make the salient points stand out In still stronger light. I'lint the school fund has been made to suffer a loss of thou sands of dollars by speculative manip ulation to which Mr. Stucfer has been a party Is established beyond contro verting. In the Hurt county bom) deal, a close business associate of tho state treasurer Is found buying $80,000 of bonds with cheeks drawn by Mr. Stucfer ugalust school fund money and before turning the securities into the school fund, de taching Interest coupons representing half of 1 per cent on tho principal for the time the bonds are to run. In the Cuming county bond dcnl we 11 ml the same business associate of tho state treasurer working up an exchange of bonds held among the school fund in vestments for a new Issue bearing a lower rate of Interest, buying the now bonds by turning In on their purchase tho old bonds belonging to the state, and then before delivering tho se curities bought with tho state's money to tho sclicol fund ns tho rightful owner, detaching Interest coupons cover ing half of 1 per cent on tho face of ?5.ri,000, for their entire term. In tho Otoo county bond dcnl, al though the same business associate of the state treasurer does not Jlgmv, we 11 ml a bond issue offered to the state school fund at par, making tho transit from Nebraska City to tho state houso nt Lincoln by way of Toledo between June and September, leaving coupons ciiunl to a difference of 1 per cent In tho Interest rate on 11,000 In tho hands of the middlemen. None of tho essential points in theso transactions havo been dculcd by Mr. Stucfer. Every step Is attested by pub lic records and the testimony of public officials. Nor has anything been offered in justification of so flagrant n perver sion of sacred trust funds. Tho Bee said n week ngo that tho most charitable construction to be placed on these transactions Is that Mr. Stucfer has allowed personal friends to use the school fund for speculation and protlt at the expense of tho state with out risking or investing a dollar of their own. Public conUdcuco In Treasurer Stucfer that had been seriously shaken by his refusal to comply with tho reason ablo demand of the republican state convention for a periodical exhibit of tho whereabouts of tho funds in his keeping has been completely destroyed by tho exposure of this school fund mismanagement. So far us Tho Beo Is concerned it has no other Interest In the matter than that of the state and tho party. Tho school funds that constitute tho pnrtrl mony of futuro generations nro right fully tho object of most jealous enre on tho part of every patriotic Ncbraskau. Tho misuse of these sncrcd trust funds for private gain cannot and will not bo countenanced or condoned whether or not criminal responsibility attaches. Tho Bee has already suggested that the proper thing for Mr. Stuefcr to do Is to resign from his position as state treasurer. If he and his advisers have any true appreciation of tho gravity of the situation ho has brought upon him self, they will see to it that this sug gestion Is curried out without unneces sary deluy. TREATY WILL HE RATIFIED. All present Indications aro that tho Isthmian canal treaty will be promptly ratllled by tho senate. Senator Cullom, who Is said to havo been tncltly agreed upon ns chairman of the committee on foreign relations, has expressed the opinion that tho first thing that com mittee will deal with is the new treaty. Tho Illinois senator suld that Judging frpm what be had heard and read about it the treaty grants to the United States all that could be asked from a friendly power. It Is probablo that in this Mr. Cullom reflected tho view of nearly all tho republican senators, so that thero uppears no reason to doubt that ratlflca tlon will promptly follow tho submission of tho treaty to tho senate. So far as public seutlment is con cerned, both lu Eugland aud in this country, the convention has received general approval. Tho comments of tho leading British Journals havo bceu all favorable, showing hearty satisfaction with tho result. Thero hnvo been a few discordant notes from papers of minor Influence, but theso havo no slgutllcuncc. A few American nowspapers havo mado objection to tho treaty on tho ground that it Is unnecessary und pcrhups a few senators may oppose ratltlcatlou on this ground, but it is so obviously uu tcnublo that it can exert uo Influence of couscqucuco. While It Is true that some American statesmen have expressed tho opinion that tho Olayton-Bulwer treaty was dead, tho fact remains that It hus been acknowledged by tho executlvo de partment of tho government and by the senuto as being in full force and effect, and tho only houorablo way of getting rid of It Is by menus of a now treaty provldlug for its abrogation, as is douo by the convention just negotiated. Another preposterous Idcu Is that in this matter England Is giving permis sion to tho United Slates to build a canal and In effect dictating what shall bo douo with It when It Is built. Tho fact Is that Englnud has surrendered, nt thu demand of thu United States, all tho rights which she possessed under tho old treaty, so that whatever of dic tation there has beeu lu thu matter camo from tho United States. Thu now treaty, If what has bceu made public lu regard to it Is correct, grants everything that was asked by the senate lu Its amendments to thu tlrst lluy-Pauiicofotc treaty. Tho objection of tho senate to thu provision lu thu former treaty for a Jolut guaranty of thu neutrality of thu canal has bceu met by a cluusu entrust ing this guaranty solely to tho United States at all times. Thu provision lu the I first Jluy-Pauiieefotu treaty restricting the right of Uio United States to fortify tho canal Is not contained In tho new trenty, thus mectlug nnother objection of thu senate, and by the excision of this clause that right, Infcrcntlnlly, rests solely In tho American government. In short, every objection to the former treaty on tho part ot tho senate has been yielded to by tho British govern ment and tho United Stntes allowed a free hand In tho construction nnd con trol of uu isthmian canal, which shall bo open to tho commerce of the world without discrimination In rates the lat ter condition, obviously fair aud reason able, being the only one Imposed by the new trenty. Where, then, Is tho ground for charging any port of dictation on the part of Great Britain? Tho United Stntes having secured In tho new treaty all It asked for, there Is no apparent reason why the convention should not bo promptly ratllled and the canal question settled early lu tho com ing sesslou. EFFECT OF RAILROAD COMRISATIOS. Tho latest developments In railroad combination under the communlty-of-Interest plan arc attracting the serious attention of nil who realize the far reaching influence sure to be wielded by theso giant corporations. No phase of tho discussion comes mora directly homo to the ordinary man than that which deals with tho probable effect of tills great consolidation of railway Interests. Speculating on tho future, ono crit ical observer insists that "the Imme diate effect of a formal nnd binding settlement of the Burlington contro versy upon the-flnnnelnl and Industrial condition of tho country will probably bo good; the effect of It upon that part of the country which tho transconti nental roads servo will bo favorable, unless the combined owners shall bu guilty of the folly of Increasing rates, subjecting shippers to Injustice, and undertaking to control tho notion of legislatures for their own advantage. Tho settlement ought to assure sta bility nnd fairness In charges for serv ice. It should put an end to unjust discrimination In freight rates from the Missouri to tho Pacific" As ono of the states which the trans continental roads servo and whoso peo ple ore dependent lu n large measure upon tho facilities offered by these rail roads for tho marketing of their prod ucts, Nebraska would like very much to be convinced that only good can como to it out of theso consolidations. How the funding of fictitious values into bond securities, with guaranteed inter est returns on stocks that represent puro water, can relievo our people of any of tho burdens they now bear, how ever, is difficult for them to under stand. It is not a question of raising rates, becauso no such rnlso la nt present threatened, nor was It to hnvo been expected had tho communlty-of-lutercst plan failed of consummation. The de mand for reduced rates which should follow tho Increased business , arising out of tho steady settlement of hitherto unpeopled regions and tho exploitation of untouched resources nro not likely to be met by increasing enormously the fixed charges Involved in tho guaran teed payment of interest upon tho new bond issues. Consolidation unquestionably affords great gains to tho promoters who llnanco tho undertaking as well as to tho holders of stocks and bonds, who nro given capitalized certificates of fu turo earnings on tho present busts. But tho fact is too often overlooked that all the earnings of the railroads come out of the people compelled to patronize tho lines us passengers or shippers, and that Increasing the umounts which tho rouds must earn annually to pay fixed interest charges lucreuses correspond ingly tho minimum tax which tho rail roads must collect In, tho way of pas senger fares and freight rates. -Tho communlty-of-lutercst plan may not increase railway exactions, but it is suro to operate as a check upon rate reductions which tho economics of man agement and Increasing business would otherwlso havo warranted from time to time. Those who persist lu seeing In theso railroad combinations nothing but good look at them only from tho stand point of tho investor or holder of rail way securities. Tho interests of tho country at largo nro much more closely Identified with those of tho rullway patrons who constitute practically the cutlro population, und tho benefits they may expect to derive are decidedly dubious. TUB TROURLE IS COLOMBIA. Tho latest Information lu rcgnrd to tho situation on the isthmus of Panama is reassuring as to existing conditions, but a chango Is possible at any time. Tho part being tnkeu by the United States lu protecting American and for eign Interests nt Panama aud Colon is In pursuauco of n trenty negotiated iu 1810, by which tho United Stutes en gaged to preserve tho neutrality of tho isthmus and sccuro tho freedom of transit across that territory, If that free dom should be endangered or obstructed, by tho employment of force. Tho gov eminent of Colombia having notified tho American consul gcueral at Panama that It was unable to guarantco tho In tegrity of tho railway communication across tho isthmus, it became thu duty of tho United States to land forces nt thu termlnul points of tho Isthmus, which action appears to have had a good effect. Tho Amerlenn forces nro simply for protection of .Interests that may bo en dangered aud keeping open communi cation, having nothing beyond this to do with tho conflict botween tho Colombian government aud the revolu tionists. Our government long ngo de cided that thu treaty did not contem plate that tho United States was to becomo n party to uuy civil war lu that country by defending tho Isthmus ugalust another party. Colombia has been lu n state of revolution for about two yours and there seems to bu a strong probability that the present gov ernment will be overthrown aud a more liberal ono lnstulled. Tho government is said to bo entirely under clerical in- fluence nnd Is extremely oppressive. Tho revolutionary party demnnds n government frco from clerical control and n more progressive policy In all directions. OUR SISTER HEl'UHLWS. An lmportnnt feature of tho notable address of Secretary Hay In New York was his reference to the relations be tween tho. United States and the southern republics. Hu expressed the belief that they are perfectly convinced of tho sincerity of our uttltudu and salt'u "They know wo desire tho pros perity of each of them nnd peace aud harmony nmong them. We no moro want their territory than we covet the mountnlus of tho moon. We are grieved nnd distressed when there are differ ences nmong them, but even then we should never think of trying to compose nuy of those differences unless by the request of both parties to It. Not even our earnest desire for peace nmong them will lend us to nuy action which might offend their nutlonnl dignity or their Just senso of Independence. Wo owo them nil tho consideration which wo claim for ourselves. To crltlclsu thoso who huvo other views of our pur poses wo can only wish fuller informa tion nnd moro quiet consciences." This authoritative statement respect ing tho feeling and policy or the United States toward tho sister republics south of us ought to exert n most wholesome lnflueuco upon the relations between this country and the Latin-American states. It should dispel whatever feel ing of doubt or distrust thero may be lu those countries regarding the friendly Intentions of tho United States and thu desire of the American people for tho pence and prosperity of the southern republics. It should remove the nppre heuslon that Is more or less prevalent nmong the people of those republics, Which has been fostered, It Is not to bo doubted, by foreign Influences, that the United States has designs upon their territory and their political independ ence. After this plain, explicit and un qualified statement of tho American secretary of stute, fortified by a like dec laration on tho part of tho chairman ot tho representatives of tho United Stutes In tho Pnn-Amcrlcan congress, it would seem hardly possible that even the most Inveterate enemy in Latin America of this country should rcfuso confidence lu tho sincerity of our friendship aud the earnestness of our desire for the progress and welfare of thu sister republics. Tho United States desires tho trade of the southern countries. Wo want to cultivate closer commercial relations with them. But wo do not wnut a foot of their territory . uud vyo shall seek nothing of them by other than fair, legitimate nud honorable methods. Tho utterancu of Secretary ifny Is timely and thero is every reason to believe' will huvo an excellent effect. Tho one huudredth anniversary of Its founding celebrated by tho New York Evening Post last week Is calling forth deserved tribute to tho achievements of that paper in Its long career, dur ing nil of which it has held a position In the very forefront of American jour nalism. No paper, hero or abroad, has superior claims to Intelligent editorial direction or points to a circlo of reader and patrons moro exacting from tho standpoint of culture. Tho historical review really a newspaper biography published as tho anulv.ersary souvenir, gives n most interesting iuslght into tho changes that huvo token pluco lu tho nation's metropolis slucc the birth of tho Post Tho long lino of eminent jouruullsts who have presided over Its destinies In editorial 'capacity includes nono more distinguished than Its pres ent editor, Horncu White, and the Tost is to bo doubly congrutuluted on rouud lug out its centennlul under so able a head. Ono of tho great railroad systems of tho country promises to spend $25,000, 000 on now equipment cars aud en ginesduring tho next year. As tho owners of this road aro lu closo touch with all tho great manufacturing uud business enterprises of tho country, It Is evidence that they havo faith In a contluunnco of present business condi tions. Other roads are, lu smaller de gree, making similar Improvements and the country approaches the closo of tho old year and tho dawn of tho new year with bright prospects before It Official estimates of tho corn crop In tho last Agricultural department re port tlx It for this year at 1,350,070,000 bushels, as against 2,105,000,000 bushels last yenr and nu nvcrugo of 2,000,000, 000 bushels for six years past. A duo appreciation of tho significance of these figures, will assist materially In Inter preting tho prlco movements of a num ber of farm products. An operatic singer who. asserts that his throat was so affected by the smpko lu St. Louis that ho was uuublo to sing at a performance given by his company hus brought suit for damages against tho city uud the smoko Inspector. If he should win, tho verdict would produce a demand for a different brand of smoko consumers than thoso generally lu use lu most of our cities. 1 Reports from London aro to the effect that German beet sugar manufacturers huvo formed a combine aud hopo with the aid of the export bounty to monopo lize tho BUgnr-muklng business of the world. If this Is really their plau, no wonder such a howl went up when the United States Imposed tho countervail ing duty on German sugar. President Hill hus notified tho stock holders of thu Great Northern on whnt terms they can turn In their stock to tho now securities company. As Mr. Hill and his friends nro satisfied with the terms, It makes llttlo difference whether tho small fry aro pleased or displeased. Only One Day OS, Indianapolis Journul. The announcement of President Roose velt that Sunday Is 'to bo reserved for bit family and that business callers will not bo received on that day will do more to impress a proper observance of the day upon the country than 1,000 meetings to denounco those who fall to mnko the day what they would havo It. The fletMle Art of Clvlim. Saturday Evening l'ost. The right sort of Thanksgiving Is not blind when the collection plate passes, Smooth SnllliiR In Prospect. Philadelphia Record. It Is said that tho new Hay-Pauncefote treaty has the approval of our government, of Great Britain and of tho transconti nental railroads, so thero appears to bo no reason why tho eenato should not con firm It. A Modern Wonder, Baltimore American, An English nobleman of high rank has Just been brought Into notice by paying oft tho larger portion of his debts. Ahd ho did not ninrry an American heiress either, nor go on tho stage. So It la small wondor that for the moment ho Is some thing ot a social curiosity. llewnrc of the festive Ilonril. Portland Oregonlan. Admiral Schley Is In moro danger from adulation than he ever was from vitupera tion. A man ot abstemious habits In eat ing and drinking, he will, It he accepts half tho Invitations to banquets Hint nro being tendered him, bo fain to nsk quar ter of dyspepsia beforo a year has passed. A Tip on Uuttll. Kansas City Star. A tnmo 'warden 'In Nebraska has gone to tho limit of ransacking the Iceboxes on tho railway trains for forbidden quail. Tho place to carry Illicit goods In safety and without let or hindrance Is In tho great moral state of Kansas. Tho railroad man agers at Omaha ought to send down to Topekn for some ono to go up and toll them how to dlstrlbuto their passes. Twin Vehicles of Joy. New Tork Tribune. Maple syrup has long been Intimately as sociated In tho American mind and In the American stomach as well with buckwheat cakes. And recent attempts to push tho salo of this saccharlno commodity In Aus tria and acrmany havo failed, apparently becauso tho characteristic Yankco pancako Is unknown In thoso countries. An open ing Is thus rovealed for a twofold mis sionary enterprise. Villi AIIT OP HAPPINESS. Total Abstinence ,a Sheet Anchor and a Step Toward Better Lives. Chicago Chronicle. Bpcaklng to the Twentieth Century club on "Tho Art of HaDnlness." Sarnh nnn.1. the English novelist, makes this rcmark- aDie assertion: "Tho man who refuses to drink becauso ho Is afraid makes an error. There Is a lot of satisfaction In feeling that ono enjoys self-control and this unit- consciousness novcr conies to the total ab stainer." Mmo. Grand's Dhtlosonhv Is nn nM an Aristotle, who said that true vlrtuo Is a mean botwoen extremes. Tho pith ot this Aristotelian utteraneo lies In thn nnniim. tloned fact that tho- strongest characters aro those that are selt-controllod, leaning neither to austerity .on tho ono hand nor excess on tho other. Nevertheless our modern civilization gives tho lie In practice to tho theory that tne total abstainer is, as Mine. Grand lays, .In error. Thero aro conditions familiar to everyono under which total abstinence may be tho highest of virtues. Tho habit ual drunkard has nn nthnr rnfiim nmt neither In philosophy nor In morals can his anstinonce piaco mm on a lower plane than the strongly-poised Individual who docs not need to abstain entirely. when Mme. Grand says that the total abstainer misses a large share ot the or dinary pleasures of llfo she la herself guilty ot a fundamental error. The Indi vidual who practices total abstinence as a moral safeguard has tho approval not only Ot his own conscience, but of unrletv nt large. He Is following a lino of duty that brings tne consciousness of right living. If that does not mean happiness then tho ontlro ethical systems, ancient and mod ern, are topsy-turvy. Thero Is abstract truth In thn nsnrtinn that the highest typo ot character may neither practlco total abstlnenco nor Im moderate lndulgenco In worldly pleasures. But Mme. Grand's philosophy Is not ap Dllcablo In the casa of a vcrv larirn nrnnnr. tlon of the human race. So Ions; as hu manity Is frail total abstlnenco will re main c, sheet anchor and a atop toward better lives. WIHTS IIOU8B THANKSGIVING. Horr the Festival Was Observed by Tea Presidents. "My own memories of Thanksgiving at tho White House," write Captain, Thomas P. Pendel, chief usher, In Collier's Weekly, "extends back to Lincoln's time. I was appointed to my place In this home ot pres idents in December, 1864, and as I had boen actlng as bodyguard to President Lincoln for two months prior to my appointment, I am able to recall thirty-seven White House Thanksgiving days. I have, there-, fore, known two other just such Thanks giving days as the present one the one in tho year ot Lincoln's assassination, the other In the year Garneld was shot. Sor row still pervaded the land on Thanksgiv ing, 1866, even though our beloved presi dent had breathed his last the preceding April. Garfield died September 19,, 1881, the samo month and In the same week as William McKinley In the present year. Doth of these Thanksgiving days were observed In tho samo quiet fashion, with the nmt dignity of sorrow as will characterize the day at the White House this year. "Besides the three martyred presidents, tho finger ot death, since ray appointment, has touched two other persons within the Wblto Houso walls. One was llttlo Willie Lincoln, the favorite son ot President Lin coln. How often I watched Mr, Lincoln carrying little Willie on his back, "play ing horse," and loudly ha-ha-lng up the old-fashioned stalrcaso which was a few years ago torn away to mako room for an elevator. And when that gay llttlo life passed beyond I saw the strong body ot President Lincoln rent with grief and ever after .that he had only a few montha longer to live I' could see that -the tears were sear the surface. The other death within the White House walls was that ot Mr. Allen, tho minister from Hawaii, while attending President Arthur's New Year'a reception. "Having been tin the White House on Thanksgiving day for thirty-seven years, from Lincoln to (I hope) Roosevelt, I ro call bow the day, was spent by ten different presidents. All, of course, went to church In the morning Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, Hayes and McKinley to the Methodist church, Garfield to the Disciples, Arthur to the Episcopal and Clevoland and Harrison to the Presbyterian. All these presidents, with tho stnglo exception of Mr. Hayes, spent the day Informally with their fam ilies, entertaining only one or two per sonal friends at dinner. Mr. Hayes, al ways fond of entertaining, ate Thanksgiv ing dinner with all thoso connected with the Wblto House. These were the only oc casions on which secretaries, clerks, tele graph operators and others employed In tho executive mansion have ever sat at table and broken bread with the chief executive," I Always New to STILL LEADING IN POPULARITY NEW STYLES FOR 1902, A World of Fun. A School for Skill a'W.J,.AUUS.'VV1IiL,.ln3..'11ns Y15An T,IB UNIVKHSATj HOLIDAY Ol FT Every homo should havo one. W havo this year tho assortment It Is larger than wo luivo spneo to uso In telllnir you about them. There nro two things to consider lu buying boards, rirst, you mint cet the onn thnt nulls you nnd yon can't bo suro uiiIcsh you have them properly ?. i. nlncd to you.. Our gumo board mnn Is an expert-n talk with him Is a liberal education on gnmo boards. a Wo cun show you seventeen different kinds nnd prices In Combination one i "our?" ri'"K K from "5u ,0 w cncl1' wa" tToni 10 t0 100 Kumesi on ir YOU Altli UNAULti TO CALL WHITE l'Olt CIKCULAHS, Booksellers, 9I2CUI.AH SHOTS AT THE l'LI.PIT. Washington Post: Tho "Holy Ghostcrs" oporatlng In Now York appoar to bo a species of Uowlcltcs. Thoy don't neglect tho cash register. Cleveland Plain Dealer! Tlnv. Iir nn,i. hurst Is ono of the lndorsors of tho Sunday urcr garuou on tho German plan. It should bo added that tho doctor has a protty thor ough understanding of tho subject, nnd speaks from tho depths ot a trained ex perience. Chicago Post: The Itlcht Tier. .Tnmna v Fitzgerald, Methodist Episcopal bishop of oi. L.ouis, nas been criticised by somo church women of Pittsburg becauso ho plays chess. Evidently thev hniii thi bishop should do nothing moro exciting man sit ana twirl his thumbs. By tho way, wo wondor If theso nrltlrs nvor gossp7 Clovoland Lender: Tho Salvntlon Army has won Its way by sluglo-hcarted devotion, by unreserved self-sa:rIQcc, and by a cour age that nothing daunts. Into tho darkest rocosses of tho clty'n haunts -of misery and vlco theso soldlcra of tho crosa go fear lessly, woraon and men. They do not go with denunciations, tut with loving appeals. Many of them can' Lay, aud do say: "Wo wero as you were. Wo havo found tho bet ter way. Wo aro hero to lead you Into It. Cornel" And hundreds havo followed theso apostles of a loving faith out of Bin and wretchedness into a bettor life. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE!. "Buffalo" Jones of Kansas Is enjoying tho raro plcasuro of reading his own obituary. What becomos of "tho watchdog's honest bark" if each groctlng costs tho owner a Ono or two! " " Ohio Is. content with tho .outcomo of tho Jcffrles-Iluhnn affair. Both orators' nail from tho Buckeye atato.S , jv: , t Tho Amcrjcan ponsclenco tsrshowlng vi tality in spots. A contribution ot'$2uo has boen added to.thq conscience fund.- Buffalo has como to tho conclusion that a $3,000,000 deficit is not ns bad an It looks, but resents having It rubbed In at tho city treasury. Honolulu's now paper Is named tho Sun day Volcnno. At last aocounts Its eruptions had not disturbed tho Sabbath calm ot the Honolulus. The assessment valuation of a bunch ot five Chicago corporations has been boosted from 11,700.000 to $17,327,210. If that isn't "anarchy," what ia It? Tho quartet ot Utah crooks who dug their way to liberty through steel nnd stone havo missed their nailing. Fortuno awaits them as tunnol builders. With tho asslstanco of a patriotic court In Chicago, Dmitri Kasjsujkcan boiled his uamo down to C. J. Little. An admlrablo cxamplo of bonovolent assimilation. Klfty-elght stltchos wero required to bring together tho sections of a whlto man who broke into a razor solreo in Now York. He wasn't hankering for a closo shave either. Another Mtllcrlto syndicate of Now York brokers which promised their patrons 105 per cont interest, has shut up shop and eloped with a good allce ot $3,000,000 taken In. POSSESS AN HONEST EYE). ' Better Than a Hundred Recommenda tion In Securlnit Employment. Success. A business man said that ho onco de voted half a day to hiring a man whom ho nccdod In hla office. In answer to his advertisement a great many applicants called. Ho rejected the first becauso bo would not look him In tho eye. "Tho sec ond man," said the merchant, "was armed with a double-barreled , recommendation from his pastor, with testimonials as to his business ability and good character, but, though ho looked mo In tho eyo, I saw that wo could novcr hope to got along well together nnd so I dismissed him. Tho third interested me tho moment ho stepped lnsldo the door. Ho was poorly dressed and, though his clothes wero whole, they yE TAKE pleasure iu announcing a Magnificent Furnishing Goods Dis play of rare qualities aud high novelties, especially made and gotten out by us for the Holidays. All of Fashion's Fancies will be on display and sale November 26 and 27, 1901. Yonr presence would be 'greatly appreciated. Respectfully, groir2-'(9 Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R. S. Wilcox, Manager. 1 Something Show You. 1308 Farnam St, were at least two sizes too small. It wa evident that his attlro troubled him not tho least, for ho held his head high nnd as ho approached my desk looked mo squaroly In tho cyo. Ho said that ho hod no rocom mcndatlon; that ho hud no business ex perience, but thnt ho was willing to do hla best to plcaso mo. In an Instant tt dawned upon mo that beforo mo was the man that, I was looking tor. Ho had noth ing to recommend hltn savo an honont,' bright cyo and a pleasant face, but that was Htifllclcnt. I engaged him on tho spot. "Slnco then I havo seen lit to advance him over a man who had been with me threo years. Tho latter grumbled, but thero waa reason for my move tho now man had provod himself worthy of promotion." Instances might bo Indefinitely multiplied of tho vn hi o of an honcHt cyo. That won derful window of tho soul, tho eyo, Is a suro Index to charactor. If, you havo It not, cultivate, a bright, honest, straightforward look. It will moro than ropuy your effort. Look up and fearlessly meet tho oyes of thoso with whom you converse. Many a cholco position has been lost tbrough an indifferent, flinching eye, nnd many a cov eted position has been won through a fear less, honest eye. That kind of eyo la hotter than a hundred recommendations. IIOMESTIO PLEASANTRIES. flomcrvllln Journul: If nutrrlima Is n lot tery, why aren't lovo letters shut out from uiu inuua i I'hlludelnhla I'rcNit: Mlniilck t vnndr why nrtlHtH Invariably lienlot Cuiild. even In tho coldest weather, without uny clothes at all. Hlnnlck Probably to show how ensv ft Is for Lovo to grow cold. JikIko: Tho Countess You'vo nn Idea how embarrassed tho count was when ho proposed to me. Tho Dear Krlcnil I heard It tonic rnn. sldorablo of your father's money to pay;hla ucuia. Detroit Vren Press: Tho Wealthy Bachelor Your dauuhter tullu ma mIiu Is n. u,mi cook. Tho Mother Oh, yes. Hut ono linn to llvo with her to npprecluto fully what ulio can do. Now York Weekly: Younc 'Woman in open street car) I don't nee why Homo mon aro bound to smoko every moment they aro on a car. Old Woman flourtlvl Oh. let 'em kith fc poor fcllowM. I h'poho their tvlvcs wtn't lot 'em smoko at homo. Broqklyn Ealc: "Your wlfp looks like a dream tonight," commented tho youns poet. t "Well, sho Is fiuito llko a dream," ncqul csced tho married man "sho always goes bycontrarlcs." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Tho Chicago telopliono girls aro to tako lessons In elocu tion." "They ought to undorstnnd that It unfits them for domestic happiness." "Nonsense. How do you know It docs?" "My wlfo was an elocutionist." THE 11(1311: DAYS. Margaret E. Sangstcr, In Woman's Horns Companion. When tho goldenrod him withered, nnd tho manlo leaves aro rod, When tho robin's neat Is empty, nnd the crlckot'H prayers nro said, In the sllenco and tho shadow' of tho swiftly hastening fall Como tho dear and happy homo days, days we lovo tho best of all. Then tho household gathers early, and the firelight leaps and glows Till tho old hearth tn Uh brightness wears tho glory of tho roso: Then tho grandslra thinks of stories, nn'd tho children cluster sweet, And tho floor lu Just a keyboard for tho baby's pattering foot. It tho raindrops danro cotillions on the roof and on tho caves, If tho chill wind hwccps tho nirndows, shorn and baro nnd pound In Hhcnvos. If tho Huowllakes come llko falrjcs, shod In shoes of sllenco, wo Only,, crowd tho closer, closer, whoro tha cheery kindred be. Oh, tho dear face of tho mother, as aha tucks tho laddies In, Oh, tho big volco of tho father, heard o'or all the merry din; Home, and huppy homely loved ones, how thoy wcuvo their spells around Heart and llfo and creed and memory. In tho farmstead's holy ground. When tho goldenrod has faded, when the mupln lcuves uro red, ' "When tho empty nest Is clinging to the branches overhead. In the sllenco nnd tho shadow of tha hurry Ing later fall Como the dear days, como tho homo days. In the year tho best of all.