6 TDCE OMAnA DAILY 35EE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2G, J 901. a 6 I V pi 1 ? iQi 'In1. Sli f r J SSI rro aw GUI M Tiie umajia Daily Bee. E. 110BEWATEH, ED1TOU. PUBLISHED EVEHY MOHNINO. TEHM8 OK SL'HHCHIPTION. Dolly Uee (without Sunday), Ono Ycar.JS.00 Dally Dee and aunduy, Utio Year 8.00 Illustrated lloe, One Year 2.0U Bunday lite, Ono Year 2-W Saturday Hue, Uno Year l.W Twentieth Century Furmcr, Onu Year., l.w DEUIVKKED UY CA11HIEH. Dally Ueo (without Sunday), per copy... 2c Dally Deo (without Sunday), per wcek...Ko Dally Ueo (Including Handay), per week. 17c Hunday Hee. net ;apy v."0 livening Uee (without Sjnday), per week. loo Evening lleo (Including Sunday), per UAiiU .........1 art Complaints of Irregularities In delivery snoum do uuurcsseu to tuy i.ircuiauuu purtment. OFFICES. Omaha The Boo Hulldlng. South Omaha City Hall Uulldlng, Twenty-fifth, and M streets Council muffs 10 1'earl Street. Chicago llo Unity Uulldlng. New York CTemplo Court. Washington Ml Fourteenth Street. 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Btato of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.t Gaoreo IS, Tischuck, secretary of The Ueo Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ays that the actual number of full and complete copies of Tho Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday lleo printed during the month of November, 1901, was an fol lows: l ao,H2o 16 ai.ooo m ao.o to 17 ao.yrso s ao.uo i ao.nuo ao.770 io ao,a7) E ao,8o 0 30.100 6 30.800 21 30JOO 7 31,320 22 30,210 8 30.II10 23 30,330 9 30,1)00 24 30,2r.S io 3o.ar,o 2S 111 1 .11 1 11 ao,70O 26.... 12 30,7tlO 27.... 13 ao.SOO 23.... .,30,210 ..30,000 ..30,100 14 30,710 29 30,110 15 30,330 30 ao,2 10 Total 021,835 Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,301 Net total sales 011,rs3l Net dally average .:!.'.:tHI GEO. 13. TZ8CUUCK. Subscribed Ip my presence and sworn to before mo this 30th day of November. A. D. 1901. M. U. 11UNOATE, (Seal.) Notary 1'ubllc. Three tlilnps Omaha Is still wnltlnp; for: An auditorium, a market house slid a Urst-class fireproof hotul. "NVhatovor may bo said about President Itoosovolt aa a cabinet maker, ho will bo credited with picking his own tim ber. If tills thlnjr keeps up wo shall shortly have Inquiries from abroad whether Miles, Schley, Hobson or Dcwoy was tho real hero of .Santiago. That the most notable secretaries of tho treasury have come out of the west Is quickly attested by reading tho finan cial history of our country. British soldiers were able to cat their Christmas dinner In Pretoria this year, but tho nation continues to be disturbed by worse dreams than plum pudding was over capable of creating. General Miles denies that he will ask for a court of inquiry. Tho general has handled tlrearms long enough to bo wise about blowing dowii the muzzle, even though sure the barrel is clear. When Omaha takes its annual inven tory at tho end of tho year It will llnd in the iigures evidences of growth and tucpauslon which even those who have had their eyes open to It all the time havo scarcely realized. It would havo been real mean had the grand Jury mado a distinction between tho slot machine resorts In Omaha and South Omaha. Whllo they were about It they could not very well make tlesh pf the one nnd llsh of the other. A couplo of West Point cadets dis missed for hazing are now in Venezuela. If tho cadets would only try some of the former West Point methods on the poo plo of that country they might be willing to quit the revolution business. Tho sollcitudo of the Chinese Inhab itants of Omaha for tho retention of Judge Gordon ou tho police bench may porhaps explain omo of the mysteries of that court- The Chinese may bo pe culiar, but not tnoro so than Judge Gor don. If tho Chinese could only have .voted. Great Britain is seeking a better class of volunteers lor tho urmy, nnd the an nouncement is made that hereafter no inoro will be accepted who aro not In eomo degree prollcient in drill. This is much like the rule Unit a boy should not go near tho water until ho had learned to swim. Patrolman Norrls may havo been tho victim of u bungling schemo to decoy policemen into a holdup In order to verify tho so-called "well-dellned ru mors" now being investigated by tho grand Jury, but a man who allows him- uolf to bo coutldcuced and usud must tuko tho consequences of his own fool ltthness. Another man, said to have been an In tlmato friend and associate of Kit Car- eon, is reported to havo died In Denver. For a man who uncut practically all his life In tho wilderness where whlto men wore as rare as white crows tho late Mr. Carson appears to have hud an us toulshingly largo number of lutlmute friends. Tho star witness In tho great caso of alleged police blackmail has decamped, leaving word that tho seusnUonal expose was a put up Job to sell cheap newspa pers. While that does not constitute a clean bill for anyone, it throws an In terestlng light on the methods pursued by the yellow Journal fakirs to niako people bellovo that they aro grout agen ties of moral purification. THE Ori'USlTIOX DEMUIIALIZID. When congress resumes its labors on Jnnunry G the republican majority will bo compelled to grapplo with tho great problems affecting tho future growth and prosperity of tho nation. While most of the measures that will come be- foro congress will simply vitalize the principles and policies to which the re publican party has been committed for many years, some momentous questions must be dealt with In the light of re cent experiences nnd existing conditions. With brainy nud courageous leader ship Intelligently directing a harmonious and cohesive force the republicans are not likely to encounter any storms that will tend to alienate or destroy public conlldenco or demoralize the rank and lllo that have battled under the repub lican banner. There never was a time when the op position In both houses of congress was so hopelessly demoralized, i.lke a ship in mld-oeean, without chart or compass. It Is tossed about by the vnrylng winds. Out of more than UOO democrats occu pying seats In both houstis It is doubtful If half a dozen could bo found who are entirely in accord on all points that have heretofore divided the two great parties. Tho various groups and sub-divisions that aro agreed on some points cannot ngreo upon others. There aro pro nounced democratic free-traders and thcro aro ardent democratic protection ists; Bomo favor a tariff for revenue only, whllo others favor a tariff on cer tain classes of products; some favor a ship subsidy and others are opposed to It. On tho money (mention some still ad- hero to the free silver fnllaey, while others aro emphatic lu their endorse ment of the gold standard. Some favor the abolition of national bunks and the establishment of state banks, while oth ers are opposed to the abolition of na tional banks and equally opposed to the creation of usset currency. Discord prevails in the ranks of democracy with regard to the government of our insular possessions. While a majority profess to bo in favor of the abandonment of the Phlllpplnu Islands at tho earliest possible moment, a very respectable fraction either favor the permanent re tention of the Islands or the military occupations of tho islands for an iiulell nlte period. On Issues and measures of minor Im portance there is even greater diver gence of opinion among the democratic members of congress, and the prospects of tho fragments being united is not very promising. TUC SUlt-Tit KA S Ult 1' .S YS TEM. Tho main feature of the plan for a great central banking Institution to net as tho tlscal agent for tho government as proposed by Secretary of tho Treasury Gage lies lu tho abolition of our present sub-treasury system and the transfer of Its functions to the new bank. The dis cussion of this project cannot go on In telligently without a fair knowledge of tho origin and history of the sub-treasury and the causes which brought it into existence. Our sub-treasury system, or as is was then known, tho independent treasury, was llrst otitllued and recommended to congress by President Van Uureu lu his message of lbtfT, nlthouuh It was not enacted into law until lsio and then was repealed after u trial of scarcely more than a year, blx years later, however. tho independent treasury law was re enacted without change of any kind, under which the ordinary Useal opera tions of tho government have been eon ducted ever since with slight modula tions mado necessary by the national banking acts beginning with the war oi 1801. If tho sub-treasury system Is ever dis carded, it will uot bo because it was not u vast improvement over what had gone before. The two United States banks which culminated lu the great light of Andrew Jackbon against the Second llauk of the United States had been the exclusive depositories of moneys belong ing to tho federal government. As oue of his most effective strokes against this corporation, President Jacksou had arbi trarily lu lb'M ordered the government deposits withdrawn nud set up the sys tem or ileposlts In so-called pet bauks selected from among tho various btate uud private banking Institutions. Al though these government deposits uever lu tho aggregate exceeded 0,000,000, a mere bagatelle In these twentieth cen tury days, they proved a never-eudlm: source of weakness and distress, through tho varying values of wildcat bunkuotcs, suspension f specie payments and llual bankruptcy and collapse. When tho Independent treasury law was llrst enacted, all the pet banks and banks that hoped to be favored with the use of the government's money entered Vigorous protest. As a result of their exertions It was repealed simultaneously with tho pas sage of the bill lor u third United States batik, which was to havo taken its place. President Tyler vetoed the bank bill, al though ho signed tho sub-trensury repeal bill, but by sheer force of clrcumsUinces tho government was compelled to con tinue to handle Its funds In much the same way as It had when the law was In force and when It came up for re enactment in 1S1U thero was little or no opposition. Since tho crcatlou of our present national bunking system, na tional banks in all tho larger cities havo been mado government depositories uuder strict regulations requiring nuiplo securities for satekeeplng and prevent lug uuduo favoritism. That tho Independent treasury system has In tho past performed Uio functions for which It waa designed with u fair degreo of satisfaction, especially as com pared with previously existing condi tions, will be denied by none. Whether as Secretary Gago contends Its defects havo now become moro pronounced that It uo longer meets satisfactorily thu demands of our murvelously expanded government and has outlived Its useful ness will bo subject to debate. What ever tho coaclusloa may be, it Is, wo be lieve, safo to say, that this country will never go back either to the era of pet banks or to a private monopoly of the public funds. If tho sub-treasury sys tem Is to be abolished It will have Io be replaced with some other device that overcomes existing dllllctiltles without giving up the advantages of full safety and absolute Independence of private banking Institutions. V1DKXCES UF OUll (1HEAT STltWEii. Ti lino was when the holiday season brought Joy and comfort to the enter- prls Islug editor who kept the world In- fori ined about the nluek, push and progress of his community. In those good old times the country editor never failed to make known through ills w idely circulated medium of publicity his grateful appreciation to his patrons ' their recognition of his invaluable vices by the delivery of pumpkin. for sor potatoes, poultry mid cord wood. 11 tut these mutually helpful methods of reelproolty h:iv been swept away by tiu tidal wave of twentieth century Pf ogress and In their place has come the metropolitan Journalism that strives to direct the popular vision to the ever oiling nrteries of commerce, whoso pulsations aro irranhleallv nortrnved bv the special artist employed exclusively tho world-famed chroniclers of com- merelal and Industrial evolution. Thus Is that one of these exclusively irreut newspapers devotes at least ono page acii week to describe in language at nice chaste and convincing "the great itrldes Omaha Is making In wholesale md Jobbing trade." To reproduce all that has been so delightfully recounted bout drummer and dealer, buver and Jobber would (111 several Volumes more ntertalnlng by far than the Arabian Ignis or Huron .Munchausen's veracious narratives. Lamentable as It mnv I.e. e arc compelled for want of snaee to dole out to our readers only a few of tho choicest morsels of these brilliant iTuslons, which present a panoramic view of the lus and outs of the Omnhn Jobbing district as photographed by the xciusivi! camera of tho World-IIerald: M. E. Smith & Co., dry goods Jobbers, ilways llko to seo their traveling men come n especially about tlm may not all bo given a Hiilt nf rinthna automobile as a compliment for their cUcc tlvc work during tho past season, yet they aro sure of tho glad-hand, and that Is hot ter than nothing. Then thero Is Joo Kcl ley'B grin, which alono Is worth coming sev eral leagues to see. It will probably bo gratifying to tho lov ers of summer luxuries to know that cu cumbers aro selling for Jl.GO per dozen, rad- isnea xrom JO to 3o cents per bunch, and that a wholo barrel of lettuco can bo had for ?fl.r.O. Then thoy can get 100 pounds of turnips for $1.25, tho samo amount of beets for $2, and Kalamazoo celery at 35 cents per bunch. Strawberries will como along n a month or two at an average nrlco of 3 cents each. Oscar Keyser. a leading merelmnt nf iinllo. vue, was In the city last weok nml miinrf on I'axton & Gallagher for what ho wanted. Mr. Keysor Is not only a irood mnrrhnnr but Is something of n huntor na well nni one of thoso pot hunters who slip up on tno blind side of a flock of game nnd slaughter them unawares, but ono who tnkCS tllem OII tllP Wine. Anil flllc rnnnlla a little story In which Mr. Keyser played a prominent part. Along early In the full a Hock of prairie chickens mado their nnnonr. nnco down In Sarpy county, and, owing to ttielr scarcity, attracted no little amount of munition. Several pot hunters tried to get action on them, but fulled. Finally Mr. Keyser started out. IIo chased the drove dnv after daw nun nt a time. Ttn had secured seventeen nf the twonty-threo and not one of them was killed except In a fair right mill open field. Charles Jewell, representing M. E. Smith & Co., dry goods Jobbers, In tho west. Is In Omaha for a short time. Mr. Jewell !s ono of tho best known travollng men out of Omaha and has always bomo a good reputation for veracity and sobriety, henco what he says has weight with all who know him. Of n recent trip out In Idnho ho says: "The funniest thing I saw whllo absent was a stx-leggcd steer that la now on tho ranch of William Zooblcy. Tho peculiar part of this caso Is that this steer wos born with but tho regulation number of legs, but ns It grew older two additional legs began to sprout, and now tho beaBt has six legs, which ho uses as easily nnd gracefully as a steer with but four legs. I told tho ranchman that ho had a fortuno in that steer If ho would exhibit him In eomo at the large cities, but ho only laughed nt mo and said: 'That's nothing. Such things often happen up here.' Asked to ex plain, ho repllod: 'Thero Is a spring of water on my ranch that Is seldom used. When ever nn animal gets too dry aud Is so lazy that it will not go to a good drinking placo ho goes down to that spring to slacken his thlrat. About a month after thoy drluk tho water from this spring two additional legs begin to sprout and In tlmo grow as long as thoso already In uso.' 'Of course." added Mr. Jowcll, "I did not bellevo what Mr. Zoobloy said and In timated aa much. IIo then took mo out behind his barn, whero ho had a lot of hides hanging on the fence, and sure as you live half of them showed that they had covered beasts with six legs." Jowoll's pipe went out or ho might havo talked longer. What the business men of other cities will think of Omaha's great strides as a great jobbing center ns portrayed by these pen pictures wo cannot oven sur mise. As a specimen of metropolitan Jouruallsm, however, these realistic sketches cannot fnll to create a most profound Impression. Professional engagements and tremen dous pressure of business havo pre vented Thomas Blackburn, Esquire, at-toruey-at-law, promoter of electric sub ways and would-bo dealer In franchises, from expressing his views on tho Issues of the hour through tho only medium that Is willing to glvo hlni space com meusurato with his claims upon public ntteution. But tho public at largo and the small boro politicians aro assured that tho protracted silence which has been maintained by Mr. Blackburn for the past threo days will bo broken b0' foro the expiration of the yeur 1001. Ono of tho knotty problems which jutigo insonnaier ls called upon to decide In tho county election contest Is whether the votes cast ou allldavlt by parties who failed to register should bo thrown out . It would take an unusu ally gifted trance medium to look Into a ballot bos and pick out the ballots cust by parties who swore in their votes nnd determine how they voted, unless, In deed, each voter can be brought before the court nnd Induced to testify how he actually did vote, Kven If these men could all be brought before the court aud eaeli could remember how he voted it Is a question whether he could bu coiiipelled to disclose the names of the cahdldates for whom lie voted. Can tho right of a sovereign voter to cast a secret ballot be Invaded by the courts? Can this privilege of American citizen ship be destroyed by compulsory dis closure of the ballot which Is designed by law to be secret? When people talk about the annual postolllce dellelt.they overlook altogether the vast amount of postal service ren dered the government on which no post age is paid. The franking privilege of members of congress carries thousands oi tons of letters aud public documents at public expense, to say nothing of the government publications regularly dis tributed by the different departments. The government every year pays out huge sums for telephone, telegraph and cable tolls, express charges and other forms of transmitting communications, aud because it Ls called on to puy for Its postal service by footing a deficit af fords no special cause for alarm. Tho Italian government has com plained to Undo Sam that Italians do not have the same protection of law that Americans do lu case of mob violence and lyuchiiigs. If the Italian government will Investigate a little It will discover that Judge Lynch Is not lu the least par tial lu such matters and that tho necks of native born sons aro frequently stretched by his order. Lynchlngs aro deplorable, but It Is an assured fact that u mob never stops to inquire Into tho nativity of the object of Its vengeance. President Hoosevelt has been under lire several times in ids life, but never has he been bombarded with such a furious discharge of popguns as has been centered ou hi m within the past few days. It is not expected that a man of Hoosevelt's stamp will beat a hasty retreat, hut he may be tempted to make the same exclamation that is credited by Victor Hugo to General Cambronne when asked to surrender tho Napoleonic guard ou the historic bat tlelleld of Waterloo. Kastern railroads are considering the advisability of raising tho wages of tho operating employes to the standard of western roads. This Is not charity, but they have discovered that western roads by paying better wages aro securing the most capable employes. Tho present blockades arc attributed to the incompe tence of a largo portion of their em ployes. After the wages are raised the men should be inoculated with a large dose of western ginger uud then things would move. Details of evidence in the trials of Fil ipinos show that' some of the people of those Islands are not much behind the Apaches of our own country In the mat ter of cruelty and treachery. As soou as the facts become generally known lu tho United Stutes It Is probable a de mand will be made on tho government that blankets, beef nud luxuries be dis tributed to Induce the brown men to re turn to the reservation aud be good. Taking Governor Savago at his word, the Omaha Bar association is preparing to namo for him the man to be appointed to tho expected vacancy ou the bench of this judicial district The Judicial dis trict, however, Includes Burt, Washing ton and Sarpy counties In addition to Douglas county, and the attorneys out side of Omaha have equal Interests with those practicing here. The South Omaha council has a wny of making settlements with damaged claimants by confessing judgment aud piling up an enormous deticit lu the Judgment fund, which lu due time the thrifty llnanclors who engineer the claims expect to take up by an issue of Hunting debt bonds. Such lluaucieriug would wreck any town. Sprueluu Ut fur Trouble. Globe-Democrat. Tho Chinese government will Intrust tho reorganization of lu army to tho Japs. Evi dently China ls preparing to becomo a fighting nation. Think fit J ouch Kicking. Washington Post. It Is strange that tho confirmation of Attorney General Knox should havo been opposed by tho representative of tho round balo trust. Wo thought tho trust folks ulwaya stood togotber. Now for u Cliodt Diincr, Chicago Trlbuno. Tho decision of tho courts In North Da kota that It Is not a crlmo for a cowboy to pass a $50 confederate noto on an In dian in payment for a pony may etnrt the ghosts to doing some of tho liveliest kind of dancing out thero. Another Navy Worked Up, Chicago Post. Tho Urltlsh Navy league Is Indignant bo cause Commander Clover said It circulated reports reflecting on tho English navy In ordor to keep up Its offlclenoy. This pro test, however, may be simply part of the scheme which Commander Clover says Is worked so successfully. l'nttlnic It On Democrats, Philadelphia Ilccord. Representative Hopburn of Iowa asserts that tho republicans novor would have do clared themselves In favor of tho Inde pendence of Cuba had not tho democrats driven thorn Into it. There is Ilttlo truth In tho assertion, but It contains a sad con- fosslon of the weakness of party spirit. Handshake I. (me Favor. Minneapolis Journal. The president has decided to dispense with the bugo task of shaking bands with everybody that comcrf to Washington. What a silly thing this handshaking business on a whole-nale scale Is, anyway. When does tho avorugo citizen feol most llko a ninny? When ho la lined up with sovcral hundred of his fellows and rushed past somo celeb rity with a fixed brass-monkoy smile and tries to tell tho celebrity how slnd ho la to eca max. Problem of ' Philadelphia Press. A bill providing for the extension of ua- lug out this work. Oeologlcnl survey maps tional aid to Irrigation ls reported to bo of all Important rivers havo been ptepnred ready for introduction Into tho sonato nnd house of representatives. It Is tho work of tho members of congress from tho Btates thn reservoir Biles, canals nnd Irrlgnblo having the largest nrea of nrld nnd semi- lauds. Computations havo also beeu made nrld land and Is tho result of much thought of tho flow of water nt various points and study. The chief feature of the bill throughout the nrld region, and studies Is that It places tho administration of tho made of tho underground water conditions wholo project In tho hnuds of tho secretary and the urteslau well possibilities, of tho Interior nnd so makes possible the All this data will provo valuable and carrying out of the scheme on comprehen- timely If nn Irrigation bill Is passed. Tho slvo principles. Tho next most important country will approve a comprehensive, well fenturo ls tho sotting aside of the money guarded bill on this subject. It will not, obtained from tho salo of public lands In however, sanction a treasury grab under tho Irrlgnblo states as an Irrigation fund, the terms of which nn nnnuul levy will bo Tho need of devising somo comprehensive mado on tho public funds und which ls to plan of Irrigation for the arid nnd semi- bo distributed according to the persistence arid states has been recognized slnco tho and assurance of tho representatives from population began to press Into those re- tho arid states. Another objection npponrs gtons. So long an land was plenty In tho to havo been ovorcomo In tho proposed bill, regions whero ngrlculturaf operations can nnd that Is tho provision limiting tho bo cnrrled on with tho nld of the natural amount of Irrlgabln land to bo sold to ono rainfall Irrigation "ould remain In abeyance, person and the requirement that a settler It has been forced to the front now by the must both cultivate and llvo on his land, demand for more land for n'ttlers. Porno If tho bill to be Introduced In drawn on schemo would have been matured before ns broad principles ns indicated and Is as this, It Is probable, had not the vnstneas well guarded as reported It will probably of tho project nnd the Inrgo outlny do- meet public wishes uud encounter Ilttlo op mnnded discouraged a beginning. It was position from thn east. Tho chief obstacles feared that tho work once entered upon nro likely to bo met In trying to hnrmonlr.o and laltlnl appropriations mado tho schemo tho differing vlows of tho west on this sub would dovclop into a grab gamo much llko Jcct. tho annual river and harbor bills. Irrigation Is n natlonnl question. It Is Tho bill now framed scekB to ovorcomo ns much so ns tho caro of tho rivers and theso obstacles by limiting tho amount of harbors of tho country, and Its Imporlanco money to bo spent to tho sum obtained Is destined to grow ns tho population of from tho salo of public lands In the states tho country Increases. Thn hesltntlon In which havo landB to irrigate, nnd by put- approving schemes proposed In tho past ting tho administration of tho schemo un- has been duo to tho fear Hint tho govern- der tho control of tho Interior department, mont might bo Inunched on a plan Involving It doubtless places n largo power In tho tho cxpimdlturo of untold millions nnd whoso hands of tho secretary of tho Interior, but ultlmato benefit no ono could forecast. Such It concentrates tho responsibility aud en- nn Irrigation project will not bo approved, nbles any nbuso to bo traced to its source, nnd the friends of Irrlgntlon will do well Investigations mado In tho past nnd tho to avoid It from the stnrt nnd so prevent great amount of lnformntlon obtnlned espo- public opinion from becoming prejudiced dally fit tho Interior department for carry- ngalnst them. DO ItEl'UIMANDS I3XI) AM.f Chicago Post: And what next? Shall the matter bo "dropped," slnco Secrctnry Long has spoken? No. Tho American pcoplo nnd their congress havo tho llunl word, ns yet unspoken, New York Times: Wlthnn attempt at Justifiable caution, tho press dispatches say "Secretary Long has disposed finally of tho Schley enso so far ns tho Navy depart ment Is concerned." Tho Schley case ls not disposed of not even so far ns tho Navy department ls concerned. Tho enemies of tho victor of Santiago should enjoy their triumph whilo they may. Philadelphia Ilccord: If the secrctnry of wnr shall Insist upon crushing whoever may dare open bin mouth as to tho settled, yet uusettled, Schley-Sampson matter, ho will havo to open it private cemetery be hind tho department building. Fur tho present, nowover, no nns only set all the animals to snnrllng and gnashing their teeth again. Is this tho official Idea of nn "absoluto termination" of high controversy? Unltlnioro American: It ls amazing that President Hoosevelt should countenance, much less sanction, such action by his- cabi net secretaries. Hut If ho and thoso nbout him listen to thn siren song of tho poll- tlclnns nnd by ofllclnl condemnation of Schley, repudiation of Dowoy nnd censuro I of Miles seek to end the controversy which I has split tho country Into factions aud do- moralized tho navy, they nro worso than blind. No question wafl over settled until it was settled right. This question mint and will bo settled right in tho end; that end Is not yet. nor will It bo until right provnlls and Justice Is done. Minneapolis Journal: Admiral Dewoy'cnn worry along. Tho pcoplo feel that tho hero of Manila did tho right thing nt tho right time. Ills "memorandum," as Secre tary Lcng calls It, gnvo balanco to tho of ficial findings. It gnvo Schley tho credit ho was entitled to. It wns Irregular, but It was common sense. Tho round robin of President Hoosevelt when ho wns a colonel nt Snntlugo was Irregular. lint It was right. To bo Irregular at tho right moment ls tho thing. That was Dowoy. PERSONAL NOTES. George Adams, a miner living In Mc- Kcesport, Pa., has received word that David Craig, a tramp who camo to his houso ten yenrs ago Bick and was nursed back to health by Adams and his wlfo, Is dead In Colorado and has left him $5,000. General Fltzhugh Leo ls to start on a Iocturo tour of the southern states and, per haps, elsewhere this wlntor, his subject being "Pcaco and War In tho United Stat03 and Cuba." IIo hns also agreed to lecture about fifteen times at various Chautauqua assemblies next summer. John Valentine, president of tho Wolls- Fargo Express company, who died recently, was an authority on tho American produc tion of gold and silver and his annual sum mary of the output of the precious metals was received with a great deal of respect. He wan only 61 years old. Thomas A. Edison's condition Is worry ing his friends. Tho famous Inventor has recently been ndvUcd by sovoral distin guished physicians to ccaso work, but ho pays no heed to their counsol. IIo Is on grossed In tho Investigation of several diffi cult problems nnd rofuscs to rest. Representative Smith of Mlchlgnn hns In troduced moro pension bills at tho prosnnt session of congress than all his associate members combined. Mr. Smith has no less than 3,700 pensioners in his district. Ho says that this number cannot be exceeded In any other congressional district. Tho Chicago Historical society has pur chased from tho heirs of President James Knox Polk In Nashville, Tcnu., his diary and correspondence, Btato and personal. The diary fills forty volumes and the corre spondence covers a period of twonty-ono years. Polk's part ls nil In his own hand writing. Only $3,000, it is said, was paid for the collection. , Somo Connecticut people seem disturbed by tho fact that tho measure providing for thn Btato constitutional convention requires that It shall meet on Now Year's day, which Is a legal holiday. A minor mattor of dis quiet 1b that no placo ls named In which the convention shall meet nnd the hour of thn first assembly Is not specified Hut tho dologates elected will undoubtedly got over these llttlo difficulties easily. Very Much Mixed. Tloston Qlobe, It may astonish somo pcoplo to learn that out of a Hrlttsh population of nearly 400,000,000 about 48,880,000, or leas than ono-elghth, are of Ilrltlsh birth or descent, nearly 4,000,000 aro non-llrit Ish whlto men and tho colored races number 343,000,000. Tho native Ilrltlsh seem being snowed un der. J I in Hill's Philanthropy. Detroit Free Press. Where President James J. Hill of tho Northern Securities company Is going to get among tho rocks Is In trying to con vlnco those who dropped part or all of their monoy in tho mernorablo deal that ho was engaged In a purely humanitarian Job. Missionary work that pays so euoruioudy la jteccsmUy under suspicion. Irrigation which show the catchment nrcn In tho mountains nnd the rclatlvo positions of hits or Washington mph. Scene nml Inclilentn Ohxervrd nt the nf Iniuil t'niiltnl. Your Undo Sam has Just closed a ton days' miction rnlo of articles lost In tho malls nnd denned up $5,100, tho largest sum ever realized from Bitch a sale. Tho number of packages offered for salo was nlso unusually large, thcro being moro than 6,000 of them. Tho packages con tained tho customary variety of articles, useful and useless. Tho prlzo packago brought aud and contained an excellent diamond ring which was worth nbout $100. Several persons competed for tho ring with out having seen It, nud n woman finally won It. Another diamond rlug, worth nbout 25, was knocked down to an enthusiast for $17. 1 Llttlo Archibald Hoosevelt, tho" prosl I dent's son. who is nttendlng a klndergnrten I n Washington, ls now known ns tho bully of that educational institution. Tho mothers , 0f tho other llttlo tots attending tho school nro bragging becnuao Mrs. Hoosovolt sonds her child thero, hut tho totn nro not so enthusiastic over Archibald's presence Tho other day a woman who has n llttlo girl attending thn kindergarten, asked her how i she liked llttlo Archibald. "I don't llko him," camo tho decisive reply. "Ho butted mo twlco In tho stom- ach Investigation proved that Archibald's favorlto nmusemont ls lowering his head llko n billygoat nnd butting tho other pupils around tho playground. A group of senators gathered Scnntor Mason's committee room, ports tho Washington Times, and In dulgrd In n pnstlmo which is a delight to the Illinois statesman Impromptu story tolling. Ono of tho yarns concerned Senator Halley of Toxus uud was to tho efj feet that whllo tho Texan was a member of tho houso ho nttended a mass meeting In his district. During tho meeting ho con stantly referred to Jacob T. Patrick, a prominent republican from Kentucky, ns "Judge." This incensed Mr. Patrick, who flnnlly arose and said: "I am not n Judge. I nover wns, nnd moro than that 1 havo no tltlo. I am plain Jake Patrick, tho only strictly prlvnto citi zen lu tho entlro commonwealth of Ken tucky. I am not oven a 'mister.' " "Well, sir," replied Mr. Halley, "you nro unique. I should think that you would bo at least a 'colonel.' I havo always un derstood that In Kentucky It Is tho easiest nnd cheapest thing in tho world to bo a colonel." "Thcro Is something In that," repllod Mr. Patrick. "It ls almost us easy nnd cheap to be a colonel in Kentucky ns to bo n congressman In Texas." Thn Inugh was on So'nntor Halley and tho crowd was refreshed at his cxponso. "Iowa line taken a foremost position ns a llvo stock state," said Mr. Frank L. Cum mlngn nf Dcs Moines, In,, to thn Welling ton Post man. "It Is now second only to Texas in Its number of cattlo. I think it exceeds any stato In tho union In Its num ber of good, blooded cattle. Over onc snvpnth of all tho hogs In tho United Stntcei aro In Iowa nnd tho sheep-ralaing Industry of tho stato ranks woll up. Thero ls no longer any doubt that it has moro horses thnn nny other stato In tho union." Mr. Cummlngs has a table showing tho number of cattlo, bogs, sheep uud horses In tho United States. It was compiled Dont Hug the Stove If you do, a lit tle draft or a sharp wind will give you a cold or a cough. If you have a cold now, the best advice we can give you is this : Go to your doctor and ask him to name the best medicine in the world for colds and coughs. If he says, "Ayer's Cherry Pec toral," then get a bottle at once. If he has anything better, get that. ,.. r . 1 1-... 1 I haven t occn without it in the house lor Mrs. J5c Mc, $1.00. rtycr v. nciiy i.ciiuiui 11 a most wonocriiii icmruy tor children, When they take cold and oudi at night, or have the troup.it fjivrs Immediate relief. I from tho last federal census and wm mado public last fnll nt tho llvo stock exposition ) lu Chicago. 11 Phowa that the tot.il until , ber of cattle, nil kinds, Is 07,900... of swine, nil kinds, 63,207.249; of sheet , nil kinds, 61,414.024. Tho llvo stock lu I iwn, according to these figures, follows: Cattle, i fi.3Gfi.MD; swine. 9,b01,9io: sheep, 1.0u6,.l... i uoies, i.iui.4.,. "Texas," continued Mr. Cummlnc. "which Is tho ono stato In tho uulon which exceeds Iowa lu Its number of cattle, has 9,54(5.970 cattle. Knnsas stands i.oxt to lown, hnvliig 1,495,013. Nebrnska 9 fourth, Illinois fifth nnd .Missouri sixth. Iowa has nearly doublo tho number of hogs of any other state. Wyoming nnd tho western states take tho Icud hi sheep. Illinois Is next to Iowa In horses." Senator Hoverldgo of Indiana was walking down the main corridor of tho capltol tin other duy, when ho was stopped by Mr Holme, n woll known , Chicago attorney. Mr. Holme used to bo Senator Mason's law partner, nnd this circumstance, coupled with tho fuct thnt he hnd known tho ItooMcr oratorical prodigy since tho latter was ti boy, inndo the Chicago man bold enough to greet the stntesmnn. "Good morning, senator." said Mr. Holme, grasping one of the appendages which tin orator uses In Illustrating his speeches, nn I shuktng It ns vigorously ns their old ac quaintance warranted. ,"I havo not scon you slnco you got back from your Jnunt. You are looking well nnd happy. It seems to do you good to travel." Scuntor Ilevorldgo hastily disengaged hli hand from tho attorney's grip, nnd drawing himself up to his full height, remarked so voroly: "I dcslro to correct tho impres sion that you Bcom to hnvo regarding my Journey to tho Philippines. It was a trip mado entirely at my own expense. I bought my railroad tickets with my own money, tho cxponso of my steamboat transportation were bomo by myself. I paid every cent ol tho expenses of that Jaunt, as you cull It, out of my own pocket." Mr. Holmn nttompted to explain to him that he did not mean nny slur or Implied criticism. Ho tried to show thnt whllo ho had not used thn word "Jnunt" after great deliberation, Btlll ho hnd un Impression thnt It wns not entirely a term of opprobrium, but often could be scon in tho best verbal society. Tho senator would not listen t any oxplannttnn or apology. IIo waved tho Chicago lawyer iiBldo and continued his enrcor down tho capltol corridor. Mr. Holme wns nonplussed. Ho stood for n moment trying to decldn on whnt ha should do next, and then turning, he walked In tho opposite direction taken by Senator Fairbanks' young colleague. He had not gone moro than twenty feet when ho was stopped by n hand laid on his shoulder. Turning, ho saw Senator llov erldge. Tho senotor's fnrn wns thnt of a man over whom u great light had broken. "I beg your pardon," ho mid as tho Chi cago man looked nt him inqulrlugly. "Do you know that when I objected to tho word 'Jaunt' I had It mixed up with 'Juukot. " S.W!(;V HMMAKKS. Chlcngo Post: "IIo believes In expansion, doesn't ho?" "Well. I should say so. Why, you ought to seo lilm cut." Romervlllo Journal: Smytho Isn't that son of yours taller than you nro? Hrowne Yes. I huvo to wenr Ills old clothes now. Washington Stnr: "Tukr kcer of yoh money," snld Undo Ebon, "but don't think so much of a dollar dut you loses do op pnrchunlty to git busy un' earn ono or two nui'. San Frnnclsco Ilullctln: Hhe You men clulm to be thn salt of tho earth! Ho (mildly) Hut, my dear, wo have naver denied your claim Io being tho pepperl I lost on Post: First Ihyslclan-I under stnnd the mciisles havo broken out In your neighborhood? Second l'hyslclnn Yes, but thn families nro so scattered I'm afraid they won't catch. Clovdnnd Plain Denier: "Thov snv that tho recent drop In .Standard Oil cost Mr. Hockefollor $fi7.WHVX." "Well, It must hnve been a plensuro to havo tho descent so nicely lubricated." Chicago Tribune: "tJunrd." said thn pas senger with tho goatee, "you elevated rail road people don't know how to warm your curs. The hciitlng nrriingenients ought to bo nn tho floor Instead of under tho scats " "For heaven's) sake, lllrum," whispered tho passenger's wife, "don't tell everybody In thu cur you've got cold feet!" Detroit Frcn Press: Knthnrlne -I nsked thnt homely Mrs. Hobson how It wns that sho had been married four times anil I hadn't been married at nil. norotliy near me! What did shn say? Kntliurlno Sho said that perhaps I wns too particular. JUSTK ll AND THIS C1UTIO. Sun Frnnclsco Nuws-Letter. Thn critic enmo to heaven's gato And nskud tho fo thereto. "A llttlo thing." St. Peter said, "lint may bo big for you." "Just tnkn this tablet and this pen And wrlto two lines that rhyme." The critic scratched his head awhtlo, Thon murmured, "Glvo mu time." You block tho wny of decent folic," Ht. Peter's speech wns tcrbo. "Depart nnd tnkn a desk In Hell Until you wrlto that verso." The critic wandered oft to Hell And squatted nn a coal. They furnished him a charcoal stick And long usbestos scroll. Tho Imps forgot nil othor play And watched lilm with delight. "Heboid!" they cried, "this critic man Who told men how to write." The critic squatted on his coal And loudly did 1m curse. "Alns! my namo Is mud!" he sold, "1 cannot wrlto a verso." Although this hnpponed years ago, I mention with regret, llrsldo a blunk asbestos scroll Tho critic's sitting yet. r . . ... .... over tea years." HoniiA KaiirrKK, Hrooklyn, N. Y. J. C. AYIIk CO.. Lowell, Mill.