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THE OMAHA DAILY JUSEt FHIDAY, JAKUARY 24, 1002. The omaha Daily Bee K. H0SKWAT13H, EDITOR. I'UBLISHUD KVEHY MORNING. TERMS pF 8UD8CRIPT10N. poll Bee (without. Sunday), One Ycar..t6.00 pally lite unci bunday, uno Vcur 8.00 Illustrated Hoe, (jno Your 2.00 Sunday lieu, uno year Baturuay iice, unu Year 1.W twentieth Century Farmer, One Year... 1.00 DELIVERED 1JY C'AHHIKlt. Pally Uee (without Sunday), per copy .... So IJaily Uee (without Humiayj.pcr week ....12c JJallyiieu (Including Hunuayj, per week. .17c Bunuay Bee, per copy vSc Evening Bee (Without Sunday), per weeklOc Evening Uco (including Sunday), per weok , luc Complaints of irregularities In delivery aboulu be addressed to City Circulation De partment. , OFFICES. Omaha The Dee Building. South Omatia-Clty Hall Building, Twen-ty-llfth and M Streets. Council UluKs-10 l'earl Street, . Chicago lfrk) Unity Uulldlng. Now York Temple Court. Washington oul Fourteenth Street COHltESl'ONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should bo addressed: Omaha lieo. Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. . Business letters and tomlttances should be addressed: Tho Beo Publishing Company, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to Tho Bee .Publishing Company, ynly 2-cent atamps accepted in payment of feiall accounts, l'crsonai checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE 1'UBLIBHINO COMPANY. BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. BUte of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: Qeorgo B. Txschuck, secretary of The Beo publishing Company, being duly sworn, aya Oiat th actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning. Evening ana Bunday Bee printed during tha month, of Dccmbor,,lW. waa'na loi lowa: 1 30.10O 17 80,000 '2 ao.oos 18 ;:iO,3tM a ao.aao i ao,8o 30,310 20 30.440 6 30.4BO 21 30.T00 30,310 22 30,010 7 3O.20O 23 30,480 S i 8OUI0O 24 30,480 a 30.330 25 30,440 10 30.HO 26 ..30,500 11 30,480 27 80.070 12 30,000 28 SO,S10 13 30,430 29 .....30,050 14 30,530 30 30,440 If 30,300 21 30,4iM 18 30,40O Total 043,235 Xss unsold and returned copies.... 10.008 Net total sales 033,157 Net dally average 30,101 OEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my nresonco and sworn to before mo this 21st day of December, A. D. 1M1. M. B. IIUNOATE, (Seal.) Notary Public. Tho college orators will havo tlio mid dle of tho stngo for a brief period of time. Bartlcy Is out of the greenhouse, but the Bartlcy bond Is not yet out' of tho courts. Wizard Marconi ought not to have much trouble In opening another cir cuit that will carry heart-beats. When that new span is built into the East OmaJiu bridge we may expect a grand revival of the game of draw. The presldcntH of all tho big western roads bare again solemnly agreed not to cut rates unless Jt can bo done .with reasonable assurance of secrecy. Omaha, still maintains Its position as tho third pork packing city in America, but it looks ns If It may have to run a neck-and-ncck race with St Joseph in the no distant future to hold Its place. While wo aro so insistent upon the, rights of Americans In China It would not bo out of place to givo at least a respectful hearing to tho champions of the rights of the Chinese In America. President Schwab of the Steel trust had a short conference with the emperor of Austria. The steel magnate might glvo the emperor some valuable pointers vu how to harmonize divergent Interests. The announcement that ex-Prcsldent Cleveland has set out on his regular duck hunting expedition should be re ceived as incontrovertible ovldenco of complete recovery from his recent ill ness. Prince Henry is making up his list of presents for his forthcoming trip to tho United Stutcs. These International visits threaten to become much like tho trips of a rich man to visit his poor relations. Tho State Board of 'Agriculture wants tho next legislature to make an appro priation for a permanent ofllco homo for the society. Tho 40 cents left over ln.thoutppropriatlon for,;the Purchase -of ground's might be used us a nucleus for . , liansas City ruilroads aro complaining aboura corn blockade, the crnlu beiuc idcourso xof shlpmeut from Nebraska and Iowa to tho southwest, where u shortage exists of corn to fcml th ntnoir It Is Indeed' a" disastrous year when these two. suites canuot furnish busi ness for the railroads. There Is no good reason why tho county should maintain un assistant county physician for South Omaha any more than or Omaha or East Omaha. Lot the douuty physician attond to the business for tho whole couuty and lot tho city physicians for tho two cities run their own buillwlcks. Tha New York Milk commission has Issued nn edict that dairymen must lx clean shaven, on tho ground that microbes aro concealed In tho whiskers Tho farmer has been accused of. carry lug hays.wtlq In his whiskers and has never entered anything more than mild protest, but microbes exceed tho limit. Tho now mayor of San Francisco Is working" i. revolution In municipal af fairs ttnvfyclty, Ho Is keeping an eye on city- employes aud promptly chops 'off tho head of anyone who does not givo thu city au .honest day's work tot tho money ho. receives. If public mployes would perform us much work in a day.as thoe. hired by prlvato es taDlIshnients and big .corporations It would be au easy matter to keep down M'KlItLRY MEMOIUAh DAT. Tho twenty-ninth of January, tljo birthday anniversary of William Mo Kinley, has been designated'1 by the Nn tlonul McKlnley Memorial association as an appropriate ocenslou, upon which to honor tho memory oi the late president. The governors of Ohio, Now York, Illi nois, Minnesota and other states and the mayors of nearly all the principal cities have Issued proclamations calling for a general observance of McKlnley day by tho people. It Is understood that con tributions to the McKlnley memorial fund will be made on that day by all classes of people who desire to testify their appreciation of tho high character and life work of William McKlnley. It Is to bo hoped that the citizens of Omaha and the pcoplo ofv Nebraska, will Join with the people of the whole coun try In honoring the memory of the man 'Whom they loved so, well. Tho Nebraska auxiliary committee was organized some two months ago for the purpose of raising funds, but has la bored under u great disadvantage by rcasbn of tho absence-' ,lroni tlio state of Its president, General Mandcrson, and tho Inability of tho others-members of tho committee to devoto their time .to tho work. The returns from ,tha state, so far as they have been received, are en couraging, although tho remittances aro coming In slowly. Nebraska's quota to tho memorial fund was expected to bo ff&OOOy but up to date tho contributions aggregate only $800, and moro than 80 per cent of this sum has been raised by the postmasters In tho smaller towns and the school teachers in tho rural districts. Tho cities of Omahu, South Omdha, Lincoln, Beatrice, Grand Island nnd other largo cltlotj of tho state havo'aa yet manifested very llttlo interest In tho work. Tho committee is sutisued that this ap parent carelessness or forgetfuluess Is duo to tho fact that contributions arc voluntary and In small umounts. Yet It Is essential thajt. all kwho, sympathize, with the movement to erect u suitable monument to William McKlnley at his homo should Individually 'como forward ench with his own offering. Next Wednesday is tho day' set apart for this purposo in the larger cities and sub scription lists have been distributed to all postmasters and bonkers in Omaha and in all other cities and towns In Ne braska, t. , , BOWEnSOClCS LAUD GRAB BILZj. A call for a meeting of, tho Nebraska Stock Growers' association Is, about to bo issued which has for Its main object the discussion of a bill introduced in the lower house of congress by Representa tive Bowersock of Kansas, Tlio uowcrsock' bill provides that all vacant public lands west of the one hun dredth meridian shall bo leased for stock grazing purposes", subject, to the right of homestead and mineral entry under existing laws of the. United States at a uniform' rental of Stents' per acre per year, payable in advance. Provi sion' is also mado In the bill -for tho cultivation of 'agricultural land within tho semi-arid region In proportion to ten acres of leasehold to ono of freehold. Preference in the allotment of leases 'Is to bo glyen to ,011 stock grazers who were actually occupying the lands dur ing tho year ending January 1, 1001. Under this bill all land leases are to be for u period of ten years, with theprlvl-' lege of renewal for another ten years at tho samo rental. But to mask this manifest scheme to create a gigantic land monopoly no leasehold' can bo held byuny ono person In tracts exceeding 040 acres In one body.. The champions of the Bowersock land lcaso bill declare that it meets as nearly with the necessities of the case as any that has ever been drawn, and is equita ble alike to tho largo as well' as the small owner. "If a man in the add aud desert wastes of Idaho, llfah, Wyoming, uoioraao ana new Mexico can pay 'z cents per aero for tho .rental of such lands as they have thero, almost devoid of nutrition of any kind, tho cuttle growers of Nebraska, where every foot of ground .carries with It nutritious. grasses, can certainly afford to pay this little rental" There Is, logic In this conclusion, but thcro also lurks behind the schemo the danger of land monopoly and Jobbery. Two cents, per acre a year would doubtless bo very attractive to laud-grnbblng syndicates,-' which would thus be able to secure"mllllous of acres of grazing Innd for ' almost- nothlug. Two cents rin acre,represents,,C'por cent on a valuation of 331-3 cents, which may be a reasonable price for some tracts of land In' the arid region, but would bo less than one-tenth of the ac tual valve of millions of acres of Ne braska grazing lands west of the one hundredth meridian. Tho most objcctlonablo feature, how over, is not tho low rental, but tho at tempt to evade the payment of taxes aud shift the burden tof maintaining stnto and locnl government upon home ownors who have acquired their lands by purchase. So long as tho tltlo In the leased lunds remains In tho government they cannot be taxed. Tho provisions that limits the lease holds to 040 acres "In ono body" ls'a delusion aud a snare. Tho land syn dicates which nro generously willing to pay 2 cents an acre, or'fili.80 per year for each square trillo of grazing land, would havo no dltllculty -in organizing brigades of men to enter claims for leaseholds with the ultimate design of transferring their claims to the syndi cate. That is an old trick that has been successfully played under the home stead and pre-emption laws, through trusted employes, in' the acquisition of coal lauds, and it could easily bo re sorted to by the cattld kings aud land syndicates. Fortunately, a full and free discussion of tho merits of this bill In congress will ventilate its vulnerable features and prevent Its enactment In. tho form in which It would 'foster land-grabbing and, Jjerj?etuaU Uud monopoly to tha over- lasting detriment of the pioneer settlers of tho trunsmlssourl region, MUST KEEP VP TUB FWIIT. The members of the Omnha Ileal Es tate exchango and the rank mid flic of Omaha taxpayers who are vitally In terested In tho reduction of taxation must keep up the fight for thorough re trenchment, greater economy and more equitable nssessmentH. Spasmodic ugltntkm of tax reduction and periodic attempts to compel asses sors, bonrds of review and boards of equalization to do their sworn duty will not bring about material results, neither will uny relief bo afforded by plans of corporate consolidation evolved on Im practical lines by eminent lawyers aud distinguished citizens. It is not necessary to keep public senti ment nt a fever heat from year end to year end, but It Is absolutely essential that nn organized mid unremitting effort bo nirfdo to educate public sentiment and Impress upon elective public otlleluls the popular doiiiaud for lower taxes aud the pppular opposition to favoritism and dis crimination to any class of taxpayers. Up to this tlino Uio Ileal Estate ex change has been content with hammer ing away on general brlnclnles. but Its most promising Held of Immediate action is in uio abolition of sinecures and In the enforcement of business methods In every branch of local government By a skillful use of tho pruning knife a saving of 20 per cent in tlio general expenditures of tho city, county und school district can bo effected. This means a reduction of at least 0 tnlllfl In city taxes and 3 or 4 mills in tho couuty tax. Such a marked reduction In taxa tion could not fall to.lmvo a salutary effect upon Omaha real estate. County Clerk Miller proposes to arbi trate tho difference between himself and tho Board of County Commissioners ns regards the clerical force absolutely necessary In his otllco through two bonk cashiers who aro presumed to be strictly non-partisan. If tho bank cashiers are willing to tako tho pains to make a thorough Investigation the nronosltlon is eminently satisfactory. The first conun drum these gentlemen should solvo Is why a clerk should be specially depu tized to wait upon tho Board' of County Commissioners and record Its proceed ings.' Tho law contemplates that this duty shall bo performed Jy the county clerk and not by deputies, unless ho Is disabled or absent from the city on pub lic business. The trouble in our public otilces is that most of tho duties pre sumed to be performed by responsible officers aro delegated to subordinates and the officers themselves imagine that they are earning their salaries by look ing on. ' Tho announcement that tho king of, Denmark has consented to dispose of. tho Danish islands In the Caribbean sea onthe terms offered by Secretary Hay,, In spite of the popular protest made by 'tho Danes, indicates'' thai' his, 4 majesty is short on cash, and long on real estate.. Whether congress will sanction tho pur-, chaso and make tho appropriation re .malns yet to bo seen. Except from a strategic point of view these islands are of no value to this or any other country. Tho only time the Danish West Indian Islands would have been of any valuo to tho United States, and of Incalculable valuo, was when Spain was In a posi tion to control, all tlio upper part of South America and to threaten pentral America and the gulf ports of the United States. With Spain entirely dislodged and Cuba practically under un American protectorate tho Danish Islands would seem to tuo uninitiated to be high at, any prlco as an Investment Tho State Board of Agriculture has passed a resolution asking tho next legislature to make an appropriation for a permanent home for Its headquarters. There is nothing smnll about the State Board of Agriculture; Jt never tires of asking for appropriations. Tho last legislature appropriated 535,000 for a permanent fnlr building and grounds. If tho board would set apart a few thou sand dollars each year from Its gato re ceipts It would -soon bo able, to build permanent headquarters. In the mean time the state house Is large enough to uccommoduto all the records the board mny accumulate. The legal talent and Judicial learning absorbed by Judgo Gordon In his various, litigations over title aud salary since he went on tho bench of tho police court If convertible into cash at half market prices would provldo Judge Gordon with a handsome pension for tho remainder of his life., As a costly luxury tho tax- i- ... imjuio ui. uuiuuu never inauigeu moro heavily than they have in Gordon. Tho Red Cross society has nrotested against tho abaudonmcut of the govern ment transport system for that of carry ing troops by contract, alleging that the soldiers would not be so well cared for. From this It would not uppear there was much foundation for tho many screeds emitted by tho opponents of tho admin istration against the provision mado for troops In transit across tlio ocean. Lady Stanley appeals to Europeans to rlso up and prevent tho shipment of the famous Borghcso collection of paint ings to tho United States. Lady Stanley should not bo so greatly exercised. The famous paintings will not bo used for soup wrappers, but will bo kept where all Europeans can see them if they will leave their canes and umbrellas in the anteroom. rjny "af Itusirluatlon. Washington Star. The man who stays at home and resda his favorite congressman's speeches In the Record is warned against forming mental pictures of the way hla ideal statesman looked when he delivered them on tho floor. 1 s Beats Missionary Arimment. Baltimore American. The greatest argument which China has PbrlitUolty. 1 tho restoration- to her, by tho United Stales of property taken by Americans. If the other powers carry out their professions ns practically tho celes tials may look with raoro favor on tho missionaries. Helped to Ilrlntc It About. St. IxjuIb aiobe-Dcmocrnt. American railroads, It Is said, will spend this year, $200,000,000 on betterments. The era of htatorlcnl prosperity that began in 189S is entitled to tho credit and most of tho railroad men wero snlart enough to vote for It. Tin; 1IIK Knot Itcmnlim. Baltimore American. There Is somo discussion about tho place In tho coronation ceremonies to bo occupied by tho representatives of tho United States, but, as far ns precedence as a world power is concerned, alphabetical accidents will not affect tho statu of this country, ovon If tha envoy does got amons tho Us and Vs. Aritllnsr Itmult to Injury. Indianapolis .Journal. Ono by ono tho rights of tho reservation Indians nro taken from them. Now tho commissioner has" ordered frequent hair cuts and that no moro paint bo wasted upon Indlnn facen. Forcing an Indian to bo de6cntly clean Is about as gross an insult as to suggest that he had better go to work. ringrce Idea Grovrln. Philadelphia; Inquirer. Thcro has been organized here tho Vacant .Lots Cultivation association. This bbdy has Just been holding Ha annual meeting. The reporta which wero read at that meeting show that the cultivation of vacant lota is an industry which is rapidly increasing In extent and growing In importance, and that It is becoming a beneficial Influential factor in the civic life of this community. WeatTrnrd the Star of Empire. New York Press. At ono tlmo Mnlno was llko Iowa in Washington tho whole thing and you could not come near a Mnlno man without hear ing about it. James O. Olalno, secretary of state; Chief Justlco Fuller, Speaker Tom Ilecd, with DIngloy gottlhg ready to bo chairman of tho ways and means commltteo, and tho eonato committee on navy affairs all for tho Pino Tree state. Now Iowa is everything. A Notable Kxhlblt. Now York Hun. Tho Hon. Dennis Plynn toolt a queer dozen of Oktahoraans to the Willi o House tho other day. "Mr. President," said Mr. Flynn, "tho beauty of this delegation la that not one of them Is a candidate for ofllce." .Probably energetic emigrants from Kansas have got all the Oklahoma offices, and tho other Oklahomana see tho futility of competing with thoeo lrropresslblo polit ical geniuses. Democratic) Folly. Philadelphia Record (dem.) Tho position taken by democratic sonators la opposition to tho Philippine tariff bill is not consistent. The Philippine Islands are not foreign territory and have not boon stneo tho ratification of tho treaty of cession. This has been affirmed by a de cision of tho suprem" court The declara tion for freo trade hv only logical upon this ground. Somo tlmo ,tbero may. be an ab dication of tho sovereignty of the United States In favor of the people of the archi pelago, but that la a question for the future. It Is most Improbable that a ma jority of Uio pooplo.pf, this country will ever give consent. to such abandonment Whon the ropubllc shall ceaso to expand It will begin to decay. ,10h 1 'i i AN EXAMPLE' TO THE WOIU.D. America itetarns -popie ,of the Loot to China. Philadelphia 'North American, In common Jjonosty the United States could, not do otherwise' than return to China the silver bullion taken by the American forces from tho Chinese treasury in Tien Tsln when that place was captured by tho troops of powers not at war with China. Tho United States government has no more right to the silver than have the mission aries and other looters to tho property of private citizens of China taken In the sack of Pelcln. Yet common honesty Is so un common In the behavior of strong nations toward the weak that President Roosovolt will be praised and Justly praUcd for re turning tho stolen bullion to the lawful owner instead of finding specious reasons for retaining it as' part payment of In demnity. That the example of the United States will bo followed by the powers which looted palaces and. observatories and filled Euro pean museums with China's treasures of art and science,, or that any effort will be made to Indemnify tho individual victims of the allied burgldrn, military, civilian, dlplomatlo and' clerical, la too much to expect. It is enough, perhaps, that tbo American republic has washed its own of ficial hands of the stain of thott and proved the sincerity of its efforts to in duce tho allies to treat China fairly. INCREASED SAFEGUARDS. Telephones Called Into Play In' Oper ating Trulns. Chicago News. After a series of railway accidents which havo shown very convincing the need of further safeguards1 in tho operation of trains, the plan now projected by one com pany is of especial interest. This company proposes to substitute tho telephone for the telegraph as a means of communication among dispatchers, conductors, station agents and other employes. In this way all the men will be brought into closer contact and presumably they can communicate not only moro fully but more quickly than by telegraph. That thero will bo certain valuable ad vantages In tho new system Is obvious, and the experiment will bo followed with inter cat. It is to bo assumed, however, that the company will not over.look the possible dis advantages which might bo Involved in an excluslvo reliance upon tbo telephone. Per sons talking over telephones frequently have difficulty In making themsolves under stood, particularly If tho wires havo been affected by accident or weather conditions. Moreover,' while the dispatcher and the train conductor can be brought together and' the services of a third ag,ent, the telegraph operator, can 'bo dispensed with, tho oper ator himself sometimes serves as a factor In noting and correcting errors. A tele graph order Is a matter of record and the responsibility for a mistake can paslly be traced. An order transmitted by telephone may be mlsundorstood, and how shall It be found whether an inattentive ear at the re ceiver or a defective enunciation at the transmitter was responsible tor the mis understanding? It .la' to, be supposed, however, that the company which Is to employ telephones has considered these objections and has found ways of surmounting then?. If so, the adop tion of the uew system will call for com mendation as a recognition of the need for further safeguards and an attempt to pro vide them. Best of all would seem to bo a plan which would Incorporate the telephone as part of tbo system of protection, sup plementing the telegraph nnd the auto matic devices already la use. Recent his tory has shown that a multiplicity of pre cautions is needed if railway accidents are HITS OV -WASHINCITON I.IKE. Etching's of I'rople nml Events nt the Nntlonnl Cnpltnl. Ono of tho busy workshops of Washing ton Is tho crematory In tho basement of the postofflco building. For weeks past tho crematory has been working full tlmo con suming stacks of condemned postago stamps. Tlieco Includo Pan-American stamps, stamps damaged at tho various postofTlccs, and sheets gummed togothcr by reason of heat, water or other causes. It Is cstlmntcd that 20,000,000 stamps will bo destroyed when tho returns from all post offices aro In. ' mi "Thero is no use of denying," said Qeorgo D. Scott, chief of tho redemption division of tho Postofflco department, "that wo have to cater to public taste In tho matter of postago stamps, Just as a storekeeper has to cater to his customers. I do not know why it Is, but people havo very decided Ideas concerning postage stamps. When ever wo Bend out a special stamp wo havo troublo in disposing of tho Issue. Thosp printed for tho Pan-American exposition aro a good example of this peculiarity. Wo havo Just burned up millions of them which wcro sent back to us by postmasters, who reported that they could not sell them. When tho postmasters would pass them through tho window tho customers would shove them back and ask for tbo regular Issue. Of courso tho popularity of tho en terprise in commemoration of which tho stamps aro issued has something to do with the demand, but tho public always seems to profor tho regular red 2-cent stamp with Washington's head on It. Popular na was tho World's Fnlr nt Chicago, wo had a hard tlmo getting rid of tho World's Fair stamps, Wo kept them for a number of years and finally had to burn a largo quan tity. It seemed as it pcoplo would not tako tho Pan-American stamps as a gift after tbo assassination of President Mc Klnley." "Although not generally known, It Is a fact that the railroads of tho country ex pend a great deal of money for tho educa tion of children," said Mr. Thomas S. Dale, a railroad man, from Butto, Mont., to a Washington Post man. "I mean In addition to the usual tax levy. It Is tho desire of railroads to set forth the advantage to settlors along tholr respective lines. To accomplish this pamphlets aro Issued, nt groat expense, showing tho resources, agri cultural, mineral and grazing of tho tribu tary country. Maps giving In dotnll tho streams, plains, prairies, timbered sections, mountain ranges, mineral deposits, names of stations, and lines of railway, together with tho various cities, tholr rclatlvo posi tions, etc., aro distributed freo among tho schools of tho country. "Since tho outbreak of the troubles In the Philippines there has been a great demand for maps showing tho resources of the west, tho routes to tho Pacific coast, and to tho Islands of tho Orient. Last summer tho Union Pacific had 15,000 of theso maps printed at a cost of $10,000. They cost 65 cents each, but were sold for 23 cents each, barely enough to pay tho express charges. The managements of tho public schools of Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas learnod of theso maps, and to dato' havo caused over 5,000 to bo distributed among the schools. They are used by tho teachers In preference to tho regularly supplied maps, becauso of tho additional' Information they ucontaln." Fonclnc Is thn Intent fnri nt WnnhlnMnn society .leadors. Tho Leltor girls brought back tha craxe frnm Rnrnnn nnrl It linn spread like, wldflre. The capital has had a feacers' club for como years, but It was dying of ,dry-rqt until tho two former Chi cago girls started it nnow. Now a largo house In one of tho moat .'aristocratic quar ters of the city has been leased as a club- nouse. wnat was formerly tho conserva tory has been mnrin Intn a fonrlnir fcnlt which experts declare to bo tho finest In mis country, xno caro is under the direc tion Of a chef lmnorted from Prnnnn. who has had wide experlcnco with similar or ganizations and who Is expected to servo meals llko those served In tho famous fenc ing club of Paris. Count Caaslnl. thn Ttim. slan ambassador, has been elected president of the club. Now foils aro getting to bo as common on Connecticut avenue as walking sticks or umbrellas. Those who aro fortunate enough to call upon Mme. Wu, wlfo of the Chinese min ister, upon her regular reception day each weok, says a lottor to tho Chicago Tribune, havo enjoyed a rare treat In being shown tho superbly wrought 'silver, old ivory carvings, .embroideries, tapestries and nu merous ornaments brought from China upon her recent return from the Celestial king dom. These raro additions to the legation furnishings havo for several weeks past been exhibited to her friends in tho ball room of the legation, to which guests nro shown in calling. When tho houso near Dupont Circle was rented for tho Chlneso government for a legation building It was furnished In the most conventional man ner, with not a single touch out of the ordinary about, It. Mme. Wu at once proceeded to add things tolling of the arts and crafts of her own country, and upon calling at tho legation during the last week almost the only thing that reminded one of American manufac ture was tho high school uniform worn by. the son of Minister Wu, who assisted bis mother in receiving. Over the backs of chairs and sofas are thrown squares of rich embroideries; on tho floors are rugs woven In tho ilowery .king dom; upon tho shelves and brackets are quaint and raroa ornaments, many of them hundreds of yoa'rs old nnd of great vnluo, and rapre llko her nattvo country than any thing else are the quaint tea services in the various rooms. Everybody drinks tea when they go to tho Chinese legation and everybody declares It the best ever sipped, and all becauso of the superb collection of Chlneso cups from which to drink It. Other legations and em bassies have something of tho natlvo life of their occupants about them, but at the Chlneso legation alone Is there a real glimpse of the lives and customs of the people in their own country. Representative James D. Richardson, the leader of the democratic minority In the house, made President Roosevelt a presont of a set of "Messages and Papers of the Presidents," of which the democratic leader was the editor and compiler. The books were handsomely bound and suitably In scribed. President Roosevelt professed to bo greatly pleased with tho gift. "I respectfully suggest. Mr. President," said Mr. Richardson, "that you read caro fully the declaration 'of Independence and the constitution of tho United States. You will find them In tho first volume and in this set each of these great documents has been printed in such form as to make It easy for you to discover readily tho prin ciples upon which our government is founded." Mr. Richardson's remarks were heard by those who happened to be In tbo president's room and thoy causod a laugh. President Roosevelt appeared a trifle nettled at first, but finally Joined la the laughter, and re plied: "I had an Impression I' knew both the declaration and the constitution by heart, but It it will make you democrats feel easier I will promise to read them both aver again as they aonear after belna ROOSEVELT AS A POLITICIAN. President I.lkrly to. Prove One of the " lllnhesf Type. Kansas City Star, Tho politicians who thought Mr. Roose velt n political blunderer becauso ho de parted from traditional rules have begun to wonder whether they havo not bcou mis .taken. They fancied ho was an nmntcur nt tho gamq and so was bound to commit po litical barl-karl, "Ho Is kicking tho party to pieces," said a leading congress man a tow days ago. It Is, natural that men trained In, tho. old school of polities should distrust n man who adopts origi nal methods. But tbo president has been using his present policy for years. It has been successful so tar, and ho will prob ably not fall In tho employment of his Ideas on tho great scalo to which ho Is applying them, When as a young college graduate Mr. Roosevelt went to the New York legls laturo he refused to follow lti tho rut of routine politics nnd tho wlso ones pre dicted n speedy end to his enreer. As a civil scrylco reformer In tho days when reform was unpopular ho ruined lilmsolt again In tho opinion of experienced poli ticians. Ills couduct na police commis sioner of Now York was supposed to be another blow to his misfortunes. In tho larger field of tho governorship of Now York ho struck out on a now lino and It was predicted ho would bo retired to OyB tcr Bay. As president ho has ngaln Jolted politics out of its rut. illut It Is becoming evident that ho is' not working In tho dark, ns Ills critics had supposed. He Is showing a sur prising knowledgo of local conditions In his appointments. They nro not blundered Into. Now observers nro beginning to spcculato whether ho is not obtaining a hold on various states which hostllo poli ticians will not bo ablo to shako loose. It would bo no surprise to thoso who havo watched Mr Roosevelt's career to seo him prove to be a politician of tbo highest order and practical In tho boat senso of that term. So far tho president's career has been n notnblo exemplification of the fact that high political Ideals may bo com bined with hard senso and much sagacity. MUST I.O'S Gl.OHY GOT t Washington Post: Secretary Hitchcock Is going to havo a very merry tlmo when ho attempts to cut tho hair of tho Chlppowa Indians. Desplto a somewhat familiar Jingle, tbo Chippies don't want their hair cut. Philadelphia Ledger! Army officers fa miliar with tho situation do not hesitate to denounce tho order, as absurd nnd unjust. Ono officer Is quoted as saying: "The trouble lies In placing civilians who do not understand tho Indians, Instead ot soldiers, who know them, at the head of Indian af fairs," and that eednis to tell tho wholo story In a nutshell. Tho way wo baye been assimilating tho Indians for tho last 200 years docs not promlso woll for our sim ilar undertakings with regard to tho Ha wallans and Filipinos. Cleveland Beader: To bo suro, tho sav ages will object to this Innovation, but it will do them no good. Those who rcfuso to comply with tho order are to bo dcprlvod of government supplies, and It any ot them resist ,by force thoy ,aro to be imprisoned until thoy comply. But why should harsh ncss ho used in dealing with tho Indians? Tho government has adopted them as its wards They are decreasing In number beforu tho encroachments of tho whlto men. Tholr race Is nearly run. Why not let theni enjoy what is left of prlmltlvo America without tho restraints of civilization? That is the least)- tho whlto people, who havo driven, them from-thelr country, can do to compensate them tor what they havo lost. PERSONA!, NOTES. Notwithstanding the convenience ot es cape to the United States, tho population ot Canada has Increased 10 per cent In ten years'. Although President Roosevelt has offi cially designated tho presidential home the Whlto House all the stationery being printed accordingly, the houso appropria tions commltteo In tho deficiency bill pro poses to repair tho exeoutlvo mansion and not tho White House. The death of Dr. McManlgle, a prominent citizen ot Harper, Kan,, was chronicled In tho telegrams the other day. Dr. Mc- Manlglo was the father of Ferdinand Mc Manlgle, who, under tho name of Carl Atheno, has been practicing tho burled alive fake 'In different" parts of the country. James Gordon Bennett is Just now a prominent flguro among American residents ot Paris. Ho Is tho lesseo of the historical presorves near Versailles, whore Louis XIV used to shoot. Among thoso who have shot pheasants and hares over Mr. Bennott's lnclosure are the Orand Duke Alexis and M. Wal'dcck-Rousseau, president of tho council of ministers. Prof. Charles 'Whitney Carman of Chicago has Invented a machlno which will produce on a screen solid, liquid, opaquo, trans parent, anlmato and Inanimate objects. Tho lenso acts as an opera glass, and tho photograph or painting, or picture, is en larged about nttcon times its area when thrown upon tho screen, making a repro duction that Is perfect in color and shading. ' In the courso of a speech in tho eonato last week Mr. Hoar ot Massachusetts took a fling at tho Green mountain state by say ing: "No man In Vermont is allowed to vote until be has mado $5,000 trading horses with' Massachusetts people." A rip ple of laughtor caused by this remark was turned to a roar when Senator Proctor of Vermont said In bis deep bass: "Yes, and wo all voto," tion. we know mW All good druggists keep it. "For three wlntms thad a, Cherry Pectoral In a-short my cough was cntllyfgone." ' Mart. FZAKU.HYDK, Guthrie Center, Iowa. V lib, Mc. II.M. wise habit or SAVI.Va, litiportnnpc of I'rovlillurc Today for the Xreils ot Tomorrow,. Baltimore American. Tho heavy Insurance on tho llfo of Frank II. l'cavcy, tho millionaire of Minneapolis, who died recently, Indicates hoy much money Is being applied In this way'by thoso who have accumulated something nnd who havo nn cyo to tho future In tho way ot providing for thoao of tholr own household. Many of tho wealthy pcoplo aro heavily In sured. Tho charges nppear to thoso of tnoderato means to bo considerable, a, of course, they nre, beenuso tho risk Is great; but tho Incomes of theso pcoplo being largo, they nro able to pay tho annual turn re quired by tho Insuranco companies vllhuut difficulty. A man who receives thousands In somo cases even millions a year ns returns on his capital Invested considers It no hardship to pay tho annual chargo on a llfo Insuranco risk for tho boncfit ot his family. The companies mako xood profit, nnd tho Investment Is satisfactory to both sides. Tho millionaires nre, however, few In comparison with thn others who mako up the 76,000,000 or our population. It lfl from tho people of moderate, ovon small, means that tho Inmirancp companies reap their greatest profit, and it is tho rolatlvcs nnd friends of these who will bo most bene fited by tho ubo of tho money which Is re ceived nfter tho death of tho investor. To many a poor widow, for Instance, a few thousands mean much moro than so many millions would to tho .widow ot a rich man. Money always has a rclatlvo value. There nro thousands ot concerns that do nn Insuranco business on a small scalo that nro within reach of poor people. In foot, making provision for tho futuro In anr form, whothor In concerns .that nro con ducted chiefly on tho Insuranco plan or In vesting In env!ng3 banks, whero tho Inter est, although small, Is sure, Is tho safest courso for pcoplo of moderate. Incomes. Laying aside certain amounts every weok Inculcates habits of oconomy which, If followed for yeah, will result In success. It Is by no mentis uncommon to read In tho newspapers, when tho doatli of a wealthy man Is announced, that he began his business career with n mcngor capital, and by economy and Industry kept adding to hla gains until tho amount reached proportions that warranted Investment on a large scale. Tho pcoplo who llvo every day up to tho limit of their Incomes, nnd nover consider tho futuro, nmount to hut very llttlo as factors In progress. They hnvo no Bafe business principles, and when great enter prises nro to bo considered tho sound finan ciers nover apply to them for co-oporatlon, for the simple reason that It would be dan gerous to do so. A man who spends every week every cent ho makes Is qulto as 'likely to be moro careless even with othor'pcople'a money than ho Is with hla own. Nothing has contributed moro to tho progress, of this country than tho l'mblt of saving and Investing Judiciously what has been earned. Industry nnd honesty, coupled with sound business sense, are likely to lead to success. SAID IN PUN. Washington Stnr: "I hopo that1 I will soon know tlio ropes In this gamo of poli tics," said tho young man. "You don't mean ropes," said Senator Sorghum gently; "you mean wires." Cleveland "Plain Dealer: First Reporter I'm suro of ono thing. Second Reporter What's that? First Reporter That I'd look nt tho money a good many times beforo I'd pay 140,000,000 for that Panama canal. Philadelphia Press: "You know," sold tho prudent person, "that na one ought, to eat meat three times n day. It destroys health." "Yos, I know It docs. I tried It a while and nearly worried myself Into Uio grave over tho grocer's bills." 'Brooklyn Englo: "And haven't you got any moro monoy?" asked tho sweot young thing soiling chances at the church fair. "Yes, I've got a dollar," reluctantly ad mitted thn unfortunato but truthful young man. "But I put It In the sole of my stocking before nutting, on my shoes, so ns to havo something to pay my' car faro homo." r Somervlllo Journal: "You'ro always In tlmntlng that woman has too much ldlo curiosity," she complained. "Idlo curiosity!" ho repeated: '"Idle! Nonsonso! It's Uio most nctivu thing about her." Cleveland Plain Donler: "Our Improved sowing machine." said tho agent as ho Bot tho llttlo wonder clicking, "cun bo hnndlod by n child, It's so easy to run." "It seams easy," said tho wife of tho parngrapher us tho watched tho ntmblo needle. . Then tho agent slowly nnd sadly loaded 'the machlno back on tho wagon and drove away. A TOAST. Nora E. Barnhart In the Smart Set. Ah, drink If ye will to a sweetheart true And a wlfo of faith undaunted, And drink In tho praiso of their fetching1 ways, To charms that havo Ions; been vaunted, And drink to tho eyes and drink to. tho lips, Aye, drink, slnco drink wo must, But when ye've done, drink everyone To the girl Uio women trust. Ah, drink If ye will to one whoso faith Can last through years untroubled, And drink to tlio trust that Is nevor marred, Though a man's deceit be doubled, " And drink to tho songs and drink to the SlgllH Of earth and of heavon above, But tho proudest boast Is to drink a toast To tho girl tho women lovo. 1 Aye, drink to tho lass who can praiso the charms That would steal her lovo, could they solzo him, And drink to the lass who will snub a man When she has no right to please him, And drink to hor great, warm, honest soul. Aye, drink to her kiss and curl, For her heurt's as true as tho sky Is blue Who Is truo to another girl. ItHangsOn You think you can wear N it out. The chances are, ' it will wear you out. . Simple home remedies ; will not answer here. Neither will ordinary" cough medicines. The grasp is too tight, 'the hold is too strong. Better consult your doctor and get a prescrip He knows, you know, it will be: "One bot tle of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral." verv bad cough. I thenttritd'Avsr'a time. I ceased coughing nlghtvand soor J. C. AYRCO,UrwU, Mais, J 0 V lbUf expenditure, . 1 Jo eq avowed. jjdite4 by a member ot your party.." I