'i J J J5 OMAIIA DAILY JJDE: SATURDAY, DECJ5MJIBR 21, 1001. The Omaha Daily Bee. K. HOSISWATKH, KDITOH. I'lfHLISIIHD EVKIIY MOHN1NO. : TBIIM8 OK HL'HSCIUI'TION Dally lice (without Sunday), One Vear.J6.00 Dally Hco ana Hunduy, One Vcar 8.00 J i iu hi ruled lire, one Year 2.00 lay llee. Ono Year z-V Huturdoy lice, One Year LJ Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. l.W OHLIVKKHD 11Y CAUIM12U. Dally llee (without fiundny), icr copy... 2c Dully Uee (without Sunday), per week. ..12c Dally lieu (Including Sunday), per week.ljc Sundny Uee, Dot ?opy c Evening Uee (without Sjnday). per week. 10c livening Hco (IncludlnK Sunday), per week ....15c Complaints of Irregularities In delivery should he addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha Tho Uto HulldlnB. .. .. .. South Omaha - City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M street Council Hluffs-lO I'carl Street. Chleago-KMO t'nlty Hulldlng. New York Temple Court. Wushlngtun SQl Fourteenth Street. i ' r i u i it f. 4 1 n n v. x r. k. ' Communications relating to news and edl- tonal matter shoulil lie iuiutcssou: umanu llee, LMItorlnl Department. HUHINKSS LETTHHS. UuHtio,'3 letters nnd remittances should be Dddrcxstd. Thu lieu 1'upllshlng Company, Omaha, HKMITTANCES. Hctnlt hy draft, express or poatol order, raynoie to -j no nee ruuiimnng uumimu. Onlv 2-eenf Htiimtm iircenlrd In oaymt'ltt of mall uccountH. l'crnonal check, except on Om nnha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. TilE HICK I'UHLISHINO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIHCULATION. ICtato of .VehraHka, Douglas County, ss.s Ueorgo II. Tzschuck, secretary of The Ilea ij'ubllslilng Company, being duly sworn. 'ny that thu actual liUmhcr of full ana tomploto copies of The Dully. Morning, Evening nnd Sunday llee printed during tho month of November, 10ol, wua as lol- low at i... 31. ....ao.H-jo io :u,imm t 30,11 0 b ;::nt. iki 4 :i(),770 6 :,MM o :hi,hho 7 :u,:ii:o K.... 18.... 19.... 20.... 21.... 22.... 23.... 21.... 26,... 2b.... 27.,.. 28.... 19.... 30.... :t(,yr,o :tt,ro :io,:t7o IIO.KII) ito.uoo , o,i!io , :to,:i:to .:io,2n i no, mo no.sio ,., ao.oiio , JtO.lUO :io,no UO.UIO o 10 11 12 13 14 IS ,.:ki,!)io ,.:io,tioo ..:io,:tr.o ..:io,7i)i ..:io,7io ..:iii,M)M ,.:it),7i(i ..:io,:i;io Total I,cs unsold nnd returned copies. mi, wis to,:ioi Net total sales . UM,n:i Net dally average ;.;.,.!lt" OliO. 11. TZSCHUCK. Htihocrtbcd In my presence and sworn to before mo this 30th day of November. A. D. 1801. M. D. 11UNOATE, (Scnl.) Notary I'ubllc. Tlitf "opciMlour" policy Is not iih popit lnr ut present as It was Inst 'summer. Ico In the river nt Pierre lias raised two feet. It will be higher than that in Omaha next Hummer when you want to buy It In the long run the tiix-shlrkcrw will have to succumb to the taxpayer If the campaign for cqultalile assessments Is kept up without cessation. , Kyon the school board members lntigli at the llnanclal Jungle by which Secre tary Hiuguss tiles to make out that the. lioiirri'tt treasury Is on easy Htreet. Nlnoty-elght years ngo the people who Inhabited this section of country liu eanie HUhJects of the United Htates. Few, however, still live to tell the tale. (rent Britain's Joy over the coming coronation of King Kdward Is alloyed by thu knowledge that a poem Is due from Poet J.aureato Austin at the same time. It required the service of a lmnllre to cnublo St. Louis 'to break ground for thu exposition. From now on the projectors are expected to move fast ohougli to keep warm. An Indian Territory man who has Juht killed an ottlcer In Arkansas has surprised thu olUclals of thu territory. Tho surprise Is not that he killed some one, but because It is the llrst In ten yea id. David II. Hill does not appear on the list of speakers for tho annual .lack fionlan club banquet. One short-arm jab at a time is all the club can alTord to mnko at thu late candldatu for the presidency. tVlint all those governors said to one another at the St. I.ouls exposition ground breaking will never be recorded. It Is snfo to assume, however, that they did not stop at merely breaking ground ii nil breaking silence. Tho western railroad presidents have ugalu solemnly agreed to maintain tariff rates on freight after January 1. .Kali road men should take treatment for the rate-cutting habit, as they appear to be unable to reform unaided. Since Lord Kosebery made his famous speech advising thu British liberals to "get together" democracy has been look lng for an American ltosebery. The trouble Is they are all too busy punctur ing each other's ambitious. i A. North Dakota court has decided that It Is not a crlmu to swindle an Indian. This Is simply .giving Judicial sanction to a theory upon which too nutny people luivo acted ever since thu settlement of this country began. Cecil Hhodes', the South African mil ltomilre, Is reported to have been sun struck while visiting lu Egypt. Severnl hundred thousand peopleiu this section would bo willing to take desperate' chances, on such an utlllctlou Just now. Ex-Governor Hogg of Texas and Charles A. Towue nro organizing an oil company which will have a capital! gutlou almost equal to thu Standard Oil company. When these two great anti-monopolists get their octopus in working order some lively times may bo expected. V According to tho Washington corre upoodcnt of tho Lincoln .Journal, Con grcssmau Mercer did not tako unseemly interest In tho transfer of .Judge Baker to tho Now Mexican bench, but ex pressed himself highly gratllled that No lirasliti hus beeu given so large a. chunk of federal patronage. In other words, Mr. Mercer did not shout he only .buckled to himself. ItEPltESSlUN OF AfiARCHlSM. Congress hus shown n very proper disposition not to leglslute hastily In the matter of repressing anarchism and punishing nnarehlst?. The senate adopted a resolution Instructing Its Judiciary committee, of which Senator Hoar la the chairman, to Juqulrc and reixirt as to the power of congress under the constitution to deal with anarchism and anarchists and that com mittee may .be expected to glvo tho subject careful and thorough delibera tion. In the house of representatives the matter has been under considera tion by the Judiciary committee ofitliut body, and a bill framed which It Is said brings together features of tho many propositions that have been presented lu congress for dealing with anarchism. Senator McCoinas of Maryland, lu his speech lu support (of the anti-anarchist resolutions he Introduced, strongly con tended that congiuss has the power to Jeglslate for the repression of anarch Ism, the punishment of those .who ad vocate It and tho exclusion and deporta tion of alien anarchists. Ho declared that this sovereign nation Is not .so weak ,that It must depend upon thu varying laws of Its different states to punish a criminal who assassinates, or attempts to assassinate, tho president, whom the constitution declares "shall tako care that .the laws be faithfully executed," citing In support of this vlow decisions of the supreme court of the United States. Ono of these decisions says: "Thu founders of thu constitu tion could never have Intended to leave to the possibly varying declslpns of thu state courts what thu laws of thu gov ernment, It established are, what rights they coufer and what protection shall be extended to those who execute them." .Mr. MeComas urged that congress has tho jMjwer not only to enact .laws to protect thu high executive olllcers of tile government, but It may go further and oven protect members of congress. SenatorIoar concurred lu the views of the Maryland senator and suggested as a further means of dealing with an archism that there should be an agree ment among the nations of .the world to deport persons proven to be an archists to some place where there Is no government and compel them to .stay there. This idea, however, has found little support, ehlclly for the reason that It manifestly would be unwise on the part of the United States to become the custodian not only of Its own deported anarchists, but also of those of every other nation which might ho a party to the agreement. Such .a responsibility would bo repugnant to American prin ciples and quite- Incompatible with the spirit of our Institutions. The question' of how to proieiiy deal with anarchism and Its adherents, with a duo regard for American principles, Is a very serious question that needs to.be considered with great care and delibera tion. It Is therefore gratifying to tlnd congress dlsVosed tp give the .subject the consideration which Its Importance demands. SVCKUTAltV UaY WILL HEMAIX. An authoritative' statement comes from Washington that the reports of Secretary Hay's contemplated retire ment from the.cAblnet wore groundless and that ho will remain nt his post In dollnltely, this being the desire of the president. The country will Uo glad to learn fthe fact, because there Is gen eral conlldence lu the ability of the sec retary of statu to Judiciously manage our foreign relations. He stands very high lu the estimation of ICuronean llplomatlsts, who recognize him not only as a very able man, but also a man of thu highest Integrity and sin cerity. Tho resignation of Postmaster tien ral Smith has revived talk about fur ther changes In the cabinet, but there seems to be no good reason for It, Hav ing asked the McKlnley cabinet to con tinue Indellnltely It Is most Improbable that President Roosevelt would so soon wish to part with any of these advisers, every ono of whom has the respect and conlldence of the country. We noted a few days ago thu denial of thu report that Secretary (iago was to leave tho cabinet, lu connection with which It was stated that the president has tho highest regard for the llnanclal ability of the secretary of the treasury. It Is of course possible that some of the members of the, cabinet will not remain throughout thu term of the administra tion, but It Is unlikely that any of them will be asked to retire. SPASMODIC PUUtl UKLIKF. The effort of tho city authorities to allay distress engendered by tho cold snap Is highly commendable, but at best It Is only a makeshift. ' Spasmodic charity never can be successfully sub stltuted for systematic ami organized chik. lty. Tho most practical and elllclent sys teni for the relief of tho poor must bo by the co-operatlou of the local authorl ties with charitable organizations of tho churches and other philanthropic bodies. Spasmodic charity simply means n feast followed by a famine; It scatters It efforts without method or true knowledge of the conditions of the poor or tho , 'merit of their respective claims. I'oor relief Is one of tho branches of tho public service devolving upon tho county authorities. It Is the duty of tho county board not only to provide nnd care for tho Indigent and helpless poor nt the comity Inilrniary, but also to ills tribute fuel and provisions and other necessaries of life to families that are found to bo In actual want and distress, An Intelligent distribution of charity re quires the co-operation of all chiirltablo organizations, otherwise there Is liable to bo duplication. Spasmodic charity distribution Invites Imposture and puts a premium upon professional men dicancy. It also affords an opportunity to tho spurious charity worker who is over ready to dispense other people's gifts without rendering an account of his self-imposed mission. While thero Is less .distress and suffer- lng In Omaha this year than there has been for many years, and .while tho demand for relief Is not likely .to be as great as It has been In former years, It Is eminently proper thnt the representa tives of all charitable organizations should confer with tho city and county authorities with a view to formulating n systematic relief campaign that will leave nobody In actual want and dis tress and will also prevent the duplica tion of chnrlty and effectively bar out from the relief lists nil persons who are nble to earn their own living and are In condition to tako care of themselves. CALL Mil. SlltltLDS. In an Interview with n reporter of n Jocal paper County Attorney Shields is quoted as saying that bo has endeavored In vain to persuade tho grand Jury to tako up tho cases they wero called to Investigate particularly tho dlenppcaranca of licenses paid by proprie tors of disreputable retorts and tho chargo against Chief Donnhuo of signing tho names of his men to vouchers to obtain the 150 a month allowed tho department for secret service. County .Attorney Shields is also cred ited by well-dellned rumor with saying that the forced contributions from pro prietors of disreputable resorts would aggregate $25,000 a year. This Is an.open confession on tho part of the county attorney that ho Is guilty either of gross neglect of duty or of ninllclous slander. If Comity Attorney Shields knows that $i!r,000, or even $25, has been lawlessly diverted from tho school fund, It is his duty to tell the grand Jury from whom the money was collected and .by whom It was pocketed. If this Information was lu his posses sion before the grand Jury convened, It was his duty to llle Information against the guilty parties, as the law requires. Ills neglect to do so proves one of two things either that there Is no truth In his assertions or that he has .willfully neglected to perforin his duty and should bo Impeached and removed from olllcc. The refusal of Chief of Police .Dona hue to place on record the names of per sons to whom he has paid money out of thu secret service allowance Is no crime and cuts no llgure In the ulleged absorp tion of school funds. Thu chief Is sub ject only to the direction of the police board, which has access to such coull- dentlal Information as would satisfy It that tho allowance for special service Is properly disbursed. To mnko public record of the names of persons furnish ing information for the apprehension of criminals would make It Impossible to secure such Information. If Mr. Shields knew that the secret service allowance were being unlawfully appropriated It was his duty to lllu charges against thu chief with the police commission and with thu criminal court, and his failure to do so Is simply another proof that ho Is either Incompetent, Insincere or un truthful. In any event It Is tho duty of the grand Jury to call upon Mr. Shields to make good his charges, or, failing to do so, to shoulder the responsibility for the slanderous reports that aro being circu lated lu his name. This much the grand Jury owes, to Itself as well as to the community that Is anxious to have tho atmosphere, completely cleared up of rumors that affect the standing of public olliclals. It Is now up to Attorney General l'rout to Inform Governor Savage whether or not It If his duty to appoint a new police commission for Omaha. The governor undoubtedly has tho right to atlix his name to as many Illuminated commissions as he pleases. He might appoint a new set of stato railway com missioners or a commissioner of insur ance, but there would be no likelihood of them ever serving. All the defunct statu commissions are very much In the same boat with tho defunct guberna torial police commission. Knuli of tho thirteen men appointed upon the committee to draft a plan for tho settlement of disputes between labor and capital Is said to have a plan of his own. Their task should be compara tively easy If the competition Is reduced to this number. Hundreds of plans havo been evolved with much mental labor to solve tho labor problem, but If tho committee can llud one out of thirteen which will work successfully the country will bo perfectly willing to see the remainder go to waste. The Commercial club has discovered that the story detracting Omaha that appeared In a Chicago paper to which objection was taken did not emanate from Thu Heu olllce nor even from The llee building. Hut the barking local yellow Journals that Insisted on clmrg lug It all up to Tho Heo have not had the decency to retract their groundless Insinuations. County Attorney Shields seems to be disturbed because tho grand Jury has voted bills against all keepers of gam bllngevlces without favor or discrimi nation. Why should .Mr. Shields bo so solicitous for thu gamblers? It Is worthy, of note that since Mr. Shields has been county uttorucy not .a slnglo gambler has been prosecuted to convic tion. I'umllillllU-a of lrnera, Kansas City Journal. It Is hard to tell how a boy Is going to turn out. A young man who forniorly stood high as a base ball player has become a moniDcr 01 tno .MuusacnuBetts legislature The Ileum In Unr llyca, Washington Post. It will be recalled that Admiral Ccrvera, whoso ftoet was crushed by Admiral Schloy nt Santiago, was court-martialed and coin plotely vindicated. Vet we laugh at tho Bpanleli inconsistencies. I'Iuiiivk fur huliUt-r Hoy. Minneapolis Journul. General Miles would stick a feathor In tho hat of tho private soldier. A feather Is hurdly appropriate for an American soldier. Ho does not naturally tako to that kind o adornment. Hut General Miles Is right In advocating a brightening up of tho private's uniform. It Is too paln now. A stripe or two, soma little facings and. cuff ornaments v 'wv n it - -- .--ii in ijjjr i BBiiaaK iaaai indispensable in their making. will not mako tho uniform less adapted for business nnd It will mako It morn of a uni form that a man wears liccnuso he lllieu to, not because he has to. A I'upulur .Sentiment. Minneapolis Journal. General Miles, In speaking of tho verdict In tho Schley case, says: "1 am willing to tako tho JudKincnt of Admiral Howoy. Ho has been a commander of a (loot, and as sucli hus known the anxieties and re sponsibilities which rest ou n man under theso circumstances." That's tho way a good many of us feel. Xo (in-ill llmiKcr. Indianapolis Journal. Tho two senators who voted against tho ratification of tho Hay-I'nunccfoto treaty bociso they fear that thu treaty does not glvo tho United Htates power to closo tho canal ai;alnBt an enemy nre ox-confederntes. Their zeal Is commendable, yet It Is safo to say that an enemy will novcr pass through an American canal In tlmo of war. Itniinn mill I.iiImiI'r (.'tin nr. Indianapolis News (hid.). Thero Is no doubt of Senator Ilanna's practical sympathy with the man that labor or of his wisdom In dealltfg with labor problems. Ho has for many years been a largo icmployer of labor and ho has never had any jfertoiiB dllllculty with his men. During thw IrtftR nnd serious strike of street railway mpn In Cleveland a few years ago tho men on Mr. Ilanna's lines remained steadily nt work. Wo bclievo that Mr. Hanna Is entirely serious In his expression of a willingness to mako great sacrifices of his personal easo and ambition If ho could thereby contrlbuto to tho solution of tho labor problem. nltr Try n Frtv It It'll I. lnr.. Hartford Cournnt. Tho Bupromo court of New York has con firmed tho sentences of thoso obscuro rumor-makers who several years ago told stories calculated to depress "II. It. T." stock. They will havo to go to Jail, and among thoso who read of their foto and ludorre their punishment will be not n few rich liars, who ha"vo mndo their fortunes by circulating stories calculated not to depress but to exalt stocks, nnd then have sold out to Uib credulous. Tho Judges may havo had to dccldo as they havo done, but aw and Justlco aro a long way apart when threo men po to Jail for circulating falso stories around Wall street nnd nil tho rest of tho operators continue their games. l'OMTICAI. IMIIKT. Tho Now York state legislature Is now composed of 141 republicans, fifty-seven democrats nnd two Independent democrats. A grandson of Alexander Hamilton has died In Florida nnd n grandson of Henry Clay has been appointed a federal Judge In Virginia. A Judicial Inquiry Into tho working of a voto registering machine nt tho last elec tion In Buffalo resulted In a victory for tho machine. Tho Chicago Ilccord-Herald wants tho republicans of Ohio to turn down Sonator Forakcr nnd send Judge Tuft to tho United States senate. Tho real secret of tho democratic vie tory In Boston Is out. A local scholar dls covered threo split Infinitives In tho plat form of tho republican candlduto. Thero Is ono physician In the present senato and four physlclnns In tho present houso nt reDresentatlvos. Thero Is ono clergyman in tho present houso of repre scntatlvcs. In tho Inst congress two-thirds of tho senators and nearly two-thirds of tho representatives wero lawyers. Tho present houso has twelvo farmers, two planters, ono druggist, two mine operators and ono vm eel master. Tho eminent Dick Croker continues agl tntlng his Jaw for the benefit of tho demo cratic iiarty. Ills latest dellveranco la to tho effect that tho salvation of the party depends on persistent war on trusts. That Is tho method Croker follows when ho wants to got In on tho ground floor. The effaceraent of ttoo populist party In tho prairie states of tho West, whoro It gained Ub strongest foothold In 1830 nnd whero It continued strong for a number of years, has been followed by a similar breakup In thoso southern statco In which tho populist party gained at tho snmn period n strong following. Tho dean of tho Massachusetts legisla ture, to conveno In January. Is Charles Henry Green of Northfleld, who was first elected to tho Massachusetts houso of rep resentatives In 1875. Ho sorvod on tho gunboat Stars and Stripes during the civil war and at tho recent election tho town In which ho resides wns carried by thu republicans by voto of 141 for Governor Crane to 7S for Joalah Qulncy. There aro In Boston 64,228 houses In ad dition to 100 hotelb and 588 family hotels. Attention has been called to theso figures by the controversy which has been going on ovor tho charges of extrnvaganco In Boston's municipal pxpcnBo. Theso havo been considerably Increased In lato years, but to an amount no larger than tho growth of Botiton in population and wealth justifies, tt Is declared. Boston, ono of tho richest cities In tho country, has a mu nicipal debt of JCO.000,000. t ROYAL BAKINQ POWDER CO., OIIIDIl LANDS THAN Ol'HS. Tho most serious students of social and political economics In Franco havo come to tho conclusion that tho threatening ratio of tho birth rnto to the death rate ran hardly bo overcome by the annual offering of prizes for tho father of tho largest fam ily, etc.. but by a radical clmngo la tho an tiquated marriage laws, by which marriage Is now an expensive luxury nnd next to Im passible for a mnn under 10 unless he ob tnlns tho full consent of his parents or guardlnns to his alliance. Tho startling llguren recently compiled by M. Paul Loroy Bcaulleu show that Franco has only In creased In population 11.000,000 In tho last century, while her military and commercial rivals Great Britain, Germnny, Austria and Italy havo practically doubled their rcspcctlvo populations In tho samo period. Mora than usual significance, therefore, may bo attached to the recent debate on tho subject In the French Senate a cham ber which has very rnrely concerned Itself with tho matter. MM. Bernard and Plot offered a resolution for tho nnmluutton of an extraordinary Parllamentnry commission to fceek tho means of Increasing tho birth rnto nnd diminishing mortality. Tho pro posal, which had been countersigned by 133 senators, was accepted by M. Waldeck Itoussc.iu for tho government. Tho young Prussian i lieutenant who was recently iIolo to death by a fellow ofllccr on tho cvo of his wedding, In n duel forced upon him by n court of honor, may not havo died In vain. Tho shocking affair has caused an outcry In Germnny nnd outraged Kaiser Wllhclm himself to such n degree that a strict enforcement of the Imperial order of 1S97 may bo expected. Tho re quirements that nil disputes between olll cers must bo submitted to a court of honor, and thnt no duel might bo fought unless tho court found It to bo Indispensable, hnvo been observed In tho lotter, but violated lu principle. Tho determination of tho kaiser to havo all decisions referred to him for rovlslnn and to permit no duels unless au thorized by him should mako an end of this senseless and barbarous practice No offi cer's honor could be Impugned If his com- mnnder-ln-chtof should decldo n meeting to bo unnecessary; and surely tho kaiser will bo hard pressed to And occasions when an appoal to the ordeal of combat would bo needed to wipe out dishonor. Tho latest Kcyptlan budget Is n striking , tribute to the skill with which tho llnanclal affairs of tho country havo been managed I under British supervision. Tho receipts I for next yenr are estimated nt 11,OGO,000 nnd tho expenses nt 10,850,000, Bhowlng a surplus of 210,000. This Is tno sum ac tually at tho disposal of tho Egyptian gov ernment. Tho real excess of receipts over expenditure is nearly 1.000,000, but of this amount lnrgo sumB havo to bo paid into tho Cnitjso for the vnrlous sinking funds controlled by thnt body. During tho past year, notwithstanding tho reduction In taxation by CO,000, nrlslug from tho aboli tion of tho provincial octrois, tho revenuo exceeded tho estimated revenuo for 1001 by 360,000. On tho other hand, tho actual expenses exceeded thoso of tho current year by 77,000. Lnrgo economics havo been effected In tho nrmy nnd pension budgets, and nlso by supprnsslng tho pro vlnclal octroi stuff. Tho savings thus real ized havo been employed In providing for vnrlous useful reforms and administrative Improvements. Tho proofs of Kgyptlnn prosperity aro remarkablo when It Is re mcmbored that fifteen years ago tho coun try was regarded as bankrupt. In many re spects this latest report Is tho most satis factory ono thnt has been IbbuciI slnco the British assumed control, and reflects no llttlo credit upon Mr. Gorst, tho financial advisor to tho khedlvo. According to tho accounts from Berlin tho new work on tho canal at Treves brings to light sonio relic, nlmost dally, of Roman nnthfulty. A short tlmo ngo n magnificent tcsselnted pavement was dis covered at a depth of four meters. Tho portion already laid barn shows two benu tlful medallions, the colors of whlcb(aro still vivid. Tho first represents a wdman holding a vnso in ono hand and a spear In tho other. Tho second medallion shows two lions In tho net of springing. Tho pavement, which is In a good stato of preservation, will bo removed to tho Pro vincial museum. Tho imporini ucrman Archaoologleal Instltuto Is about to form a special comralttco for promoting archaeo logical researches In thoso parts of tho Gorman empire which were under tho Itorann dominion. It will consist of tho general secretary and two othor members of the Archaeological Institute, a director, threo members to ho appointed by tho Imperial chnncollor nnd six others appointed by tho governments of PrusBla, Bavaria, Wurtombcrg, Baden, Hesso and Alsace Lorraine respectively. A rocent dispatch from Paris received by tho president of tho Chambor of Com merce nt Nlco. stating that the concession to tho Parls-Lyons-Medltorranean Hallway company of tho right to build a lino be tween Nlco and Turin had been approved by the minister of public works, has been received with enthusiasm by tho Italian prrs In tho northern part of tho ponlnsula, for tho lino has long hcen desired by Italy, If you wish the lightest, finest, sweetest, most healthful biscuit, cake and bread, Royal Baking Powder is 109 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK. although petty, frontier Jealousies havo served to retard tho matter. Owing to tho numerous claims nnd counter-claims and rival Interests Involved, tho Italian ministry of public works has been In much doubt how to dccldo the matter without disregarding Italian protests. It finally, however, mustered up courago enough to reject two Italian schemes; ono to tho' frontier via Tenda, Brlga, Kaccorclla und La Nervla valley, and tho other via tho Tenda valley, Hoya nnd Vcntlmlgltn. H was then ascertained thnt tho Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean Hallway company would, under certain conditions, ngreo to push forwurd tho Nlce-Sospel-Fontan lino to tho frontier. Then tho Italian ministry decided to advocate a lino direct from Turin to Fontan, thus forming the Interna tional railway line which hns so long beeu desired. i.adgiii.m; links. Yonkers Stntesmnn: "You had n very fashionable nudlence," snld the friend. "Oh, yes," replied the nctri-ss. "As soon ns I looked out on that sea of upturned faces I knew there were a lot of heavy swells out there." i New York Weekly: Hired airl Now, you go right away this minute. Trump Please, ratlin Hired Olrl Go uwuy, I toll you. Clear out. now, or I'll I'll give you a pleeo of mlnco plo that the young missus madu herself. Pittsburg Chronicle: "Now wo rnn kill time pleasantly," suld young Mr. Home wood. Young Miss Ilellclleld looked up Inquir ingly. "Wo can go sleighing," ho explained, sat isfactorily. Chicago, News: "How long has tho min ister been preaching?" whispered tho stranger who hail wandered Into tho church and sat down nway back. "About thirty years, 1 bolleve." replied the other occupant of tho pow. "Thnt being tho ense," rejoined the stranger. "I guess I'll stay. Ho must bo nearly done." Judge: Doctor Yes, I think the doV will como when tho prevention of disease, rather than Its cure, will bo tho chief work of tho medical profession. . Friend That would cut down doctors' In comes, would It not? Doctor I suppoHo so. Still, wn would havo our fushlonnblo patients who think they nre 111. Philadelphia Press: "Walt a minute," said the Commercial Kdltor. "and I'll bo with you. I've Just got to write ono head." "What's It for?" Inquired tho Snake Kdltor. "It's just tho market report on tho prices of eggs." "Ah! Why not head It 'Lny Figures?' " Ilrooklvn Mnclo: Kdlth Oh. fleorire. nana says wo havo got to wait a year, but that If wo cam for each other then ho will consider tho matter. George I suppose he figures It out that If I can afford to pay you attention that DON'T WAIT until the last minute before making your Christmas Purchases These are busy days with us now and each day grows busier Do your trading, if possible, in the morning, and get the attention that makes shopping a pleasure And when we come to look over the completeness of our Holi day Offerings for men and boys we question if we are capable of writing an advertisement that can do it justice. When you are thinking of what would please a man or hoy THINK OF US Store Open Evenings Until Christmas. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R. S. Wilcox, Manager. There are Imitation baking powdem, nudo from nlum and sold cheap, which it is prudent to avoid. Alum in food is poisonous. long, I can rosily afford to support you after we got mnrrled. IJaltlmoro American: "My dear," said tho Suspicious Wife, "this sealskin sack you gave me tor Christmas has the odor of gasoline." "Very llkely."nnswered the Crafty Hus baud. lint you know Hanta Cluus Is using nu automobile now." Nevertheless, she had her doubts nbout It, fearing that he hail purchased the gar ment second-handed of u vleuner. Washington Stnr: "Yes, nlrree," said Farmer Corntossol, "Josh Is a right good boy. an' n great comfort to his parents," "Hut he doesn't help much around the farm." "I know It. Hut on tho other hand ho doesn't stand nrnuud llko soma young men an' act reproachful because he has to do his Itiii flu' In ii spring wagon Instead of uu automobile." (u u i)i:vi:vs ami oun ciii,i:ys W. D. Ncsblt In Dnltlmoro American. In nil tho frays Of other days. When glory's thunder tones Proclaimed tho daring, dashing dctds of sturdy John Paul Jones; When eyes flashed fire, In linttlo Iro Of men stripped to the waist, And brush and swab And cannon throb Succeeded ench In haste; When men wero men of country-love, and called It proud to die, Tho men who fought llko Dewey wero tho men who fought llko Schley. When Lnwrenro cried, Heforo ho died. With valor-stiffened Hp, His words thrilled nil among the rrew with "Don't give up thu ship!" Our Cushlng went. On duty bent, To what was certain death; No coward's word Wns over heard To pulse upon his breath. , . Through all tho years of bravery the years that havo gone by Tho men who fought like Dewey wero tho men who fought llko Schley. Lashed to the mast, Securo nnd fast. Another hero fought It was tho dauntless Fnrrngut, where shrieked the hissing shot. God gave us bravo Men on tho wave To linttlo for tho flag; It held their love "1'woh nailed nbove, A tattered, riddled rag! And where It tossed all grand nnd fair above tho battle rry, The men who fought like Dowoy were the men who fought llko Schley. Go, call tho roll I Kacti gallant soui That held his life n Jest, If It might help through all the world to mako this land the best, Must meet tho gngo On glory's pnge, Whereon Is written clear, 'All honor glv To thoso who live Without reproach or fear!" Such men, forsooth, As hold In truth That honor still It high Tho men who fought llko Dewey and thu men who fought llko Schley!