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THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: MONDAY, .TUNE 29, 1903. 5 Tire Omaha Daily Bee. R. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. PL'BUaiJED EVERT MORNING. TFrtMH nr errtRPRIPTION. Pally lee (without Sunday). One Yeor..4.M Lally Dee and Sunday, Una Tear JiluKrat.il bee, One Year Sunday Bw, One Year Saturday I?ee, One Year ............. Twentieth Century Farmer. One Tear. nut ivi'urn nv CARRIER. 200 JOO i.w 1.00 DllllV T-t.. frll)inllt HnndNVt TeT COPY . . 2S Dally Bee (without Huntley h per week...li2o I (Sunday Bee, nor copy k Evening Bee (without Sunday). P" week. to Evening Bee (Including Sunday), per week . 100 Complaints of irregularities In delivery ahould be addressed to City Circulation De partment. Omaha The Bee Building SSttSiS21 1,UI,a,n, council Bluffs 10 Pearl Btreat. t hlcaen llnllv ltulldlna. New York 2.128 park Row Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCES. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter ahould be addressed: Ornaba Bee, Kdltorlal Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, ex presa or postal order. Payable to The Bee publishing Company. Only i-cent stamps accepted in payment of I assessors and sttte boards of equallza mall accounta. Personal checks, except on I .... , , , . , . . ,... An I (Cepi on I Omaha or eaetern exchangee, not accepted, ihhj BEhi PUBLI3H1NU coaqrJtJtx. STATEMENT nf fHR!ULJLTION, Btate of Nebraaka, Douglas County, ss. GMnri B TimMiaL wrftilnr of xhe Bes 1 .... . ' 1 . complete copies and aund-y printed' during ths t May. ma. was as follows: , JTemng month of 1 80,9M 17. .A I SO,6T8 I .saoo .ftOsBlfr .90aT80 .. SII,B70 7 e80F0 TO j I ,30,810 P. . 80T40 ; 10 ar,Ti II - 80,440 11 8U3TO u - so.tiao 14. 30.T80 U.......,....0,6AO M. ............ S1.030 It 20 21 22 23 24 f.... ..SO.T84 ..80300 ..30370 ..80,940 ..3030 . .88,230 ..80,8.10 2 80,to i 27. Dw !!!!!! I 28 28. to. '"'" ..i.BO u ,.Too eoa,9oo I IS 803M Total Lisss unsold and returned copies tZ Net total sales.... Net average sales k avAV QBOKGE B. TZ9CHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma thla Hat day of May, A. D. 1902. M. B. riUNGATK, . (Seal.) - Notary Public Several gasoline stoves hereabouts . . t seem to be trying to ceieDrate tne rourta i nremsturelv prematurely. Governor Mickey evidently believes th nsrdnnini; nower fathers no strensrth I by too frequent use. Republican candidates WeV..-trpwhpTn thick as strawberries m ... j..jt.i.i honors are aa May and blackberries in June. Nebraska aociansts wui put a.atate ticket In the Held. The call ot tha pro- bibltJonlsts may be expected -to come next. The coal dealers' blacklist is Just as obnoxious at the team drivers' boycott Public aentlment in Omaha will stand tot neither. ! Joseph Chamberlain declares he atanria bv hia triff nian. TTia tronbla la that In all Great Britain he stands ' practically alone. . . i i . 7 II tne crown prince or esweaen wants i to tell his ancestral .palace at Stock- holm he will soon find out that the American snobocracy offers the best market Union labor must respect the sanctity of contract obligations, whether the con tract ia a good bargain or a bad bargain from the union labor standpoint Any other course would be suicidal. The new "tid the Dodge street car line wUJ soon become oper ative, but the patrons of tho line might not mind traveling by the old-time schedule lt the company would substi tute new cars for the old ones, Senator Millard will try to revive the worn or improvement on me Missouri river, but he will not try to resurrect the defunct MUsouri river commission. 'in. Mimmifl. nn WHa a irrpHT rmrr vm d -" " It lasted too great to. last long. It Is to be feared that Iowa demo- crata will again have to forego the as- Istance of Colonel Bryan's oratory In the campaign they are about to wage . for this year. He draws the line at speaking from anything but a Kansas City platform. Emperor William haa persuaded him self that the American skippers brought him the luck that enabled, his American- Duut yacni meteor to win tne race. The next thing the German imperial - - vftnhtuiniiii will I ia rrvlnir t n It.. .!. J .... U T, ... V. . J A fc ... . 1. W America's cup. An occasional railway rate war is worth the money lt costs as an ndver vertlslng feature. But whenever it ap proaches the point where the returns are incommensurate to the outlay, the head bosses may be relied on to get to gether 'and call it off. L , J The definite information that the bar tenders in Omaha have concluded not to strike should bring a great gob of relief tA tha army of thirsty mortals who might have been driven to resort to ...r.t. m..n. In th far nf th. f..t nnrar..lnff .rei hlirh thermometer. i Whst about the proposed regulation forbidding the promiscuous distribution of patent medicine samples at door- steps where they are apt to fall in the hands of children ignorant of the char- actor nf tha H.ntent The natent niedl. cine men can reach their patrons with- London dispatch states, on the author out endangering the health of the ity of n alleged agent of the Colora Juvenile members of the community. blan government, that American agents The outh Omaha Board of Review reminds us of the mountain that labored and brought forth a mouse. It will take the members of the South Omaha Board of Review several months to explain why they burned midnight oil in execu tive session to lower the assessments of the corpora tloua more than half a mll- lion dollars after they had raised them tn opeq session. TBt TRHD cr TAT RtrvRM. 1 1 The demand for fax reform la not I confined to one American city or to .njhCTrfj,o be entirely fair and just, and particular section or me country. i op ular sentiment baa been roused to tne unjuat and unequal distribution of pub-1 lie burdens In the atatea and cities on the Atlantic seaboard a well at In the atates and cltlea In the middle west. In h ath nn h rwift ran.t. in many of the states the abuses by which Wealthy COfporatlo jns, and especially iuiiiwius, unt cujujcu oi,- m. lieges and Immunities In the assess ment of their property hare been of long standing. It require an active educational cam paign to awaken public opinion and formulate the general demand for tax reform Into law. Rome was not built in a day and it Will take years of time I before a system of uniform and eoutta- i ble taxation wUl be devised, introduced and enforced in every state in the nnlon Th hattln la not merely to be fought out before municipal and county . I . . I tlons, but before legislatures and in tne very emIhent Corporation at- very eminent corporation torney. la quoted as saying: "Give us I . . i.. I 1110 couria ou we wui ici yuu umc rna laws." a innu witn cornorauon 1 . . .. . . . ... . . 1 lonninn.. , th,nrt .nri nnrto h a t,,m of the wrlgt tU(1 the ( a wattMCia . v , . . . ... . - leeislstnre I 1 uc ucuu ui uia itnuiui in iuu in 1 avr .uu. a - 4 .11 ik. ajiLinn anu lui mat uiaiiri iu an iu7 i older communltJea. is toward the a- ... .11 t. ...11 gt nDiuciii vi ail i vj'ci .j j t si iuu i yahie. In New York filty. for examnle. fpjj eBtate has been assessed up to re cently at 67 per cent of its full value, . inX .. k ,uorau Vi iw " l-"" "J ,w. Thla nemldoua nractico of under Talnatlorj hos boen abandoned during tho present rear In his message rec- ommending the enforcement of the law Mavor Low very nolntedlv declared: i , .a, I I" W " . I A 119 nsnt-ajBiiinii i bi lun vaiurj inaars equality and justice In taxstlon. Nobody can reach a percentage of full value such as 67 per cent or any other per cent with- the percentage of It. When, however, there Is no standard for the percentage K. .!.. wtitm A. tUa nn. - " . " .T I Uly se"or' mmenae Tan.on in ioe assessment are inevitable. Incapacity and I fltsirinnAsifv VirttVt to nri ft A corn vn t A the t,..M." .vnhniv has a riht to fix a I .t.niiiirii .th.e h ih stAndm-d fixed bv I law itself and that standard is run vaiue. 111 value is Bomeining upon wnicn mo i court, can much more readily form an opinion than they can upon questions of com atlve vaJ(18 ,uch ; M haV9 htre. to tore been presented, to them. I What la true of Greater New York woula applj. eqUai f0rce to all other Amerlcan cities, and for that mat- ter to all counties and school districts. The new Nebraska revenue law, which goes Into effect next Wednesday, re- quires an .ppraiBmiem. ai tun tww and an assessment at one-artn ot tne appraisement, but that la only the first step forward In the direction of tax re- form. Now that we have Inaugurated In radical change In the methods of as aessment, we are bound to make pro- gressive chances until we have reached the sound and tolid basis of uniform as- .. ...... . . i sessmenta or an property - ai its true value as near as it can be ascertained. I COLOMBIA JAD TBt TRKATTt The message of the president of Co- lombla to the congress of the republic ls favorable to the ratification of the t.... h.. tTa nninta nut Panama canal treaty, tie points out that' detriment to the sovereignty of nt ki. i. .imvrkivoit hn ..rr,o tht VVlwUlMU) AAA V V T lasta (J V- uhw even at such a sacrifice obstacles should -t be put in theway ofso great an underrating, Decaus it wm ue nu-1 mensely beneficial to the country and .iM-..t.Ml.h m. Intimate and ex- tensive relations with the United States. TT- In tl, ,iurummtlon of the en- nr,H an Incalenlabla fraln to the in- dustry, commerce and wealth of Co- lumpia. us leaves wo iuii resuai- billty for the declaion of the matter I with the congress, but the reasons he on fai in ra rnr nr nui viujt lum itmii ti - 1 most conclusively show that he urn - estiy desires tnat resuir. discussion 01 a a arv. M the convention Is In progress, but no I - . confident prediction " can be made as to the outcome, though there Is a pretty gtrong Indication In the fact that the objection of the government to trans- I mlttlng to congress documents relating to the treaty was sustained in the house of representatives by a large . . majority. A potent factor in the situation it the nractlcttllv unanimous demand of the people of FantRia that the treaty be t,.. f. ,. muueu. muv..Dl..u I . . . . . . . . mous benefit that would accrue to them from the construction of the canal and .nHl. Indl-r.nt t .n n. ..deration, relating to sovereignty. The question is regarded by them, so lt ap- win. wholly from a Dractlcal nolnt of view. There have been intimations that In the event of the treaty being re- in ine event or tne treaty Deing re- Jected the people Of Panama will start a revolution and this lt by no means . KVii. TTnor tha u Hicarv. pojntment they would feel from a de- feat of tbelr wishes it would not be a difficult matter to organize a revolt I against the government, probably more formidable than any With which it has I TM Dal- Manama is m large I part of Colombia and.' were its people to unite in a revolt they could giv"e the government great trouble, particularly If assisted, as undoubtedly they would I, by those in other portions of the republic who are favorable, to the United btates constructing tne canal. A bare been secretly at work among tne I people of the Isthmus for months In- I spiring them with a desire for inde- I nendence. undoubtedly there Is no substantlal foundation for this state ment, which very likely is put out by opponents of the canal treaty in lxn- don. It is needless to say that our gov ernment is doing nothing and will not I do anything to Influence public senti- ment In Colombia. The Unified States -pre Pared to carry out without delay I the forma f tho trr-atr which fire be- M10 there will be no pi-ensure whatever ex-1 erted By thla government upon Colora- hia. ' i- CAPITAL FOR THE PHiLirrtStS. According to repon irom iew number of financiers are seriously considering the question of construct-1 lng railroads in the Philippines and there appeara to be a probability that at no very remote time plana will be formulated for this purpose. Sir Wil liam Van Home, prealdent of the Cana dian Pacific, is said to be at the head of the movement and it is stated that he j "pects in the course of a few years to haTe opened up much of the islands to "wy rommumauira auu. iu uuuiuuh i " wiannsneu consi nu f.n mtcrisland steamboat communlca- tlon believing that following develop- tnent of thla kind there will Come not I only auch prosperity a, will tend to the peace and contentment of the pco- , , ... . m i . . . . i KIa Ki,f aloA in IhA nara nnmonr fir tha I " nalural resources oi me urcuii'eias". The New York correspondent of the rhlladelDhla Press aava it is the un- - - ciernrjinninfr t nnrp rnir warmly approves the general proposl- tlori that the Philippines be openert to American capital to the end that trans- porxauou laciinifa majr uo as mew 1-11 M 1 1 I V A- w.tl I perfected there as id to be the - case in Cuba, when the railroad enterPrif In the latter are com- Dieted. Mr. Root 1b stated to be - of the opinion that not only would there be great material advantages the construction of transportation lines In the rhlUnuines. amply remuner- , if.itt. in.0.in fh.t alInS ie cnpltalista InvesUng. but that 1110 moral pffect would also be great and 80 far ttB the nlted States government - concern, xne cmer aav.ntage. Wlm Deflce Prevaiung in tne rcni- iwiHsTO anu uie Dfouie very ireueraiij I M it 1 . I " - satisfied with American rule, the con- dltlona there would seem to be favor- b, to tne lnveBtment of capital in transportation enterprises, which must De ine nrst Step toward aeveioping uo a. .Via 4c1an1. PrnffvAna I " '"i.,.. mtm ,,,, ' . . - tnls direction, however, is likely to be 1 . . .. . slow ana it win aouDtiess re a gener- atlon at least before projects now said in ho In enntemnlntinn are fully rpnl- I lzed Capital will not go there freely . . , i.t ,. nnn,. untU thcre 19 more satisfactory knowl- edge than at present in regard to the natural resources of the islands. These may b even-crester and morn vnlnnh thn i. irenersily ...nnoaiaL but canital . i will require as accurate Information as I it Is nossihla to obtain. Meanwhile re-1 Dorta from the archlnelaito show that I ... I- ..... I lyiugicco 9 iiuft uihuu aaaava waiu k I portunitles for the profitable lnvest- ment of capital are Increasing. In granting amnesty to all persons convicted ot newspaper otfenses King Peter is showing a level head. If he it to make his reign successful he-will have to have the Servian newspapers with him and the best way to Insure their aupport Is to Inspire them with t .... connaence in nis mtenuons oy saie-1 guarding the liberty of the press. A free press, too, is the safest outlet for governmental opposmon, while a governmental opposition, while shackled press forces a people to look to revolution to relieve their grievances. , . . we oo not violate any connaence in J forecasting the publication ot an exclu- slve dispatch from New York In the ex- 1 TT - v - canal have secured all the money needed 'or Pushing the enterprise to completion uu re reau' lu "u uu cousimc- n 11 -,maIla Srant Cerlaln " "" uiucuimeijr puaii.oue DIU nlc,Pal ownership of electric lights. There la evidenUy a screw loose some- wnere i the fire alarm telephone. If lt tke aoven minutea to turn in an alarm, ine pnone aiarm wui nave to De . . . ... , . . ltnplMH. off nd , wlli ni.Ta I - " rMnma Ua flrA ... foinvranh v ..I I wuiuu n aa uikuucu utxiuno iug ibib- phone company gave assurance of more efficient tervice at less expense. In the . ... . , uiancr vl uiq umiuia, uu.tin, nuuim: must not De saenncea to economy. Governor Beckham is' getting alto - gether too touchy about the reputation . . . . m of Kentucky at a law-abiding, peaceful state. Kentucky used to boast that Its I itwn were ready to flirht at the sllchteat infringement of their honor or veracity -t.w . . mm wumuc.cv. ou luiiuii auiucu I .... ... I until the feud exterminated one family or the other. resume Its former activity. It So of our populist friends are grievously wrought up against the two outgoing university regents in spite or the fact that they were elected as popu- lists and declare that their official terms . mum mn. i umC i. mm danger that they will be re-elected even I If they should be renominated. This Is not a popuust year. Bat Promoters J. at Large St. Louis Globe-Democrat. People are beginning to wonder what ths next get-rlch-qulck scheme la going to be. - to have been successfully plugged. Habbla It la. Washington Post. It seems like rubbing it In to engage Mr. - "Zuo! Vp-eaS ?vlce wUo wer. al.0 appointed by Mr. Cleveland's former solicitor general to Cleveland. Klcklaa la tha twins. New Tork Tribune. Where's the Noah of today? Is it not almost time for the laying of the keel of a MT "k; T!'!..J""! ',0"" ".f and sodden that the old rhyme comes to mind: In went the animals, two b;- two, The elephant and the kangaroo. And also the mosquito. Start, tharp ..4 t.-ela.lr. Springfield Republican. There la Just on formula that means business In declining a nomination for th: presidency or. vice presidency, and Mr. Henna uses U wheo he la suggested asUhe runtime mat of Mr. Roosevelt, "i would accept w"" nomination given r naVv w iTh inc.. Mark low Flanks In Frir, Philadelphia Record (dem ). The dentocrats ot Iowa, who In tha ap posite lingo of Devery are "touchln' on and appertalnln' to" the peculiar stamping ground of the great Nebraskan, have re- fused to renew their indorsement of the 16 to 1 platforms of ISM and 1W0. It begins to look as If the east, the west, the north and south may manage to get together In the next national convention. Iowa has made a good start. Dlatlactloa Wittiest a Difference Chicago Chronicle. .i thTt i pipe" "us. J I.W . I -VI- 1 1 1 J steamship trust and divers similar organ iiuira miini oe eipecieo o near wun . "uVeamMim aWinat "hSuEJ SSeme. whh VTt headquarters In Wall street. Ths sentle- men mentioned will havs no apprehension, -"J?Z which fall to receive the approval of the Stock exchange that are branded as swln- diwi cAi.iiaiRv l ii et l nrv hi aiiuru dles. A listed" Institution which goea to a swtn- pieces of Its own rottenness Is not Idle, but "a case of unwise financing." KAIfSAS AID ITS IIFFERERS, Governor Bailey's Tonrs. Kansas City Journal. A number of tho newspapers of Kansas ar severely criticising Governor Bailey for calling for contributions to the flood, suf ferers from outside the state.- This call may have been an error In Judgment, but If so It was prompted by sympathetic feelings and a knowledge that the aid must be lm mediate. However, It Is not so easy to ex plain or reconcile tha attitude which the governor has since maintained. He con Unued to issue appeals to outsiders, de cUlrm' that hundreds of thousands' would 8U1I be demanded after the generosity o( Kansas had hn ha.ti ..... after convening the legislature in special session bogging proclamations were issued - - - . . - lairi .r th ff mwsA ... ' v. ... v HU . w, anv tv iiiuoi oujjljusb that he has entirely overlooked the sppear- ano which these circumstances will wear 'thon'tL . .... 0f every outsider Is that Kansas has either overraiea ner own material condition, ner own thrOUgh Official rCDOrtS find nfherwi.n M 1" -,; " ZUiT w . 7. peoples, money without being willing; to give of her own. The fact Is that Knn. has neither overrated her own wealth nor he less willing to contribute for charltv il tnat th. 7 trouble i ...fc..au. nuiruunu- Ung the governor made him get off on the wrong foot. They conceived that it would b ad . pontics to contribute of the tax- I.:::: "".ie!: a"? .iney ..lea h,ra "J """tr, uib oaaness or tha morals which can prompt an oDnosition in tht) legislature to an pproprlatlon for thi purp.".''hn9 ". to th. charity of ""' aies ana peoples, Is rather mere COnrplClJOUH. Preachln fend Practice. 1 Kansas City Star. Ths sedulous efforts put forth by Gov. "J., prevht th "actment of a tme entitle him to nioi,. lover the result of his undertaking understood that he has scarcely eaten or 'nt?"!Vpon the task ' Drohibit th. . L" .. i i :r " ior us own peopie tne 'ww wnicn ne was prompt to solicit . from outside common! ties. . Now, as Governor Bailey Is hv nn m.an. Indifferent to the blessings of sleep, which knit up the raveled sleeve of care, nor ..t t0 the pleasures of proper dletetjc induig- ::i "lZ P-"fce a iu-..i. . " ","" " " " " himself anew to slumber and to the de- lights of a bountiful table with that gratm- cation and seat which triumDh inanirea I - t TksWorrUeLeda! J: l I " minm wun which the publio may be assured-to drop into hKana vemacular-the gubernatorial board groans. In. tha hope that assistance ror Kansas will continue to pour into To. peka from the various sections of a avm. pathetlo republic. In this crisis tha buoyancy of Kansas la a pleasant thing to think about Whatever It vnay be today, there Is a strong chance tnat it will be something else tomorrow Aireaay tne "water waste In tha Kiw valley" upon which the governor took u, . ..... i ,u,'1 i""""" ouaung in nis sd peals for aid to the country, haa subsided I tt n1 th 1ai4 ... . r "" rvl" w"n an ,no,P L."!-r.' "r v"aurf' . Cha. lv,n o oraer. rne rruits of Industry be- I in ven B0W to obliterate the tokens of 7n,.4," ..."w V'!'!.' .nu I r - - - " . imi; wuv a.ra destitute, but the American people are 1 una ana easily touched and the formal declaration by the governor of Kanaaa 1 n the legislature that the state cannot ?!lp "f'1' w"' e"clt aenrus assistance I rora all over the land, Governor Bailey will now .at an .,n with all of the relish and profoundity that were habitual to this hearty and unen.r. " p"7e 7ror ,ne n- thVlruU".of the husbandman win soon in the nelds that were recently I . . I swept by the devastating flood; the bridges serosa the kw win be rebuilt and com "t'1"; 1""??"'? that will not be within the memory of the present generation while ths physical scar, which Kan.a. fhow" ow will heal within a year and disappear, alas, there are other scars which wlI endur, to restrain the old-time ex- uberance of the state for a long time to come. You may note even now a curious and unwonted timidity In the Kansas news papers In speaking of the great wheat crop this season. What heart la there for mer riment about plenty In a state that has consented, through the obstinate action of i .,, n heeoma th. r.,im... . ch.rityT What nolnt of flavor would th... 1 be now to tne pieaaant little quips about the bursting granaries In Kansas and the clamor for more room to pile up tha wheat? How sad and cruel lt was In Governor Bailey to place an embargo on all of this Innocent and gladsome Jocularity! How X 1 'and ".7 r of Kan... funding ?n hf. earst It Is too mournful to contemplate without tears. Golden harvests without a note of ex ultation! Bank statements showing a fab ulous per capita of deposits without a slngla facetious allusion to the Kansas taVmera who hava mad. Croesus go 'way back and alt down! Oh. the measureiesa pity of it all! Oh. ths unavailing re gret that will aurge up In all tha days to come In the hearts of the erstwhile spon taneous Jsy hawkers when they are re minded with every smile of kindly torture that Governor Bailey haa sealed with a perversa and obstinate hand tha sparkling fountain of humor which has hitherto I lei.t grace and engaging piquancy to the J Inatiact for acquisition la Kansas ROl'SD ABOIT SKXV YORK. Rlples osi the Carreat et life In the Metropolis. The process of consolidation of banks In New York clly, which began about two years ago. Is steadily growing snd prom-1 lees to result In the largest Institution In cash capital In the world. New Tork Is the second of tha world's cities In elte snd the first In the amount of business. The total of Its bank clearings has led thut of London for several years. The gsp between them must grow wider anl wider as time passes. More millionaires reslds In New York than in London and Tarls together. Within a quarter or a third of a century New York, at ths present relative rate ot increase of the two towns, will lead Lon don In population. Long before that time the world's financial center will be on this side of the Atlantic. That 100,000,000 bank which Is soon to bs established In the American metropolis will probably have many counterparts within the next ten years. Here Is a subject for the women's clubs of the country. A Mrs. Fltspatrick, of Brooklyn, got Into a dispute with a neigh bor, a Miss story, and applied to her the epithet "old maid." The case got hito court, and MaglstrateTurlong, in holding the accused for tha court of speelM scs- slons, said: "It Is a very serious thing to call a woman an old maid. If a woman Is unfortunate enough to reach the nge of 20 without being married It Is an annoyance to her that amounts to disorderly conduct to call her an old maid."' But suppose that Mlfs S. la unmarried by choice. Suppose that sho has had many offers snd refused them all. Suppose, even, thst she expressed a dislike for matrimony. Surely evidence should be admitted on these points. And would It not be an adequate defense? Here tha point arises, why Is It not an offense to call a man an "old bachelor?' "There's lots of tricks In the wine trade." nM . m.n h. .-.i t... .v. o.. "and I want to call attention to the latest! It ts practiced by a man whom some de - scribe ss having his offlcs in his hat. This chap gathers together one or two thousand bottles of odd makes of French champagne of a second or third grade, sticks on to them a label with a name almost similar to that of a first-class make of wine and Introduces them Into the second-rate res taurants of New York City. He gives all Sorts of bonuses for the Introduction of his wine, and when you go Into these second class restaurants and ask for the cham pagne which this fellow with the office In his hat la attempting to Injure, the waiter will bring you this spurious wine. The waiter flashes the label before you and It Is almost similar to the meritorious article: he pops the cork and you Immediately find that you have been swindled. But the cork la out and you don't want to Injure the waiter, and you don't know whether he Is responsible for the swindle and so you keep quiet. It Is an Ingenious scheme, but It won't work much longer. Mark Twain Is disappointed because the burglars who have been working his neigh. borhood steer clear of his house,, although he was prepared to extend his hospitality to. them. He has had a longing to meet a real expert at the trade. "You know," says he, "all we literary people and second story men have a good deal akin. We all travel In groups. We work one neighbor hood until we feel that we hove sapped the lemon dry and then we move on to more fruitful soil." A real, scientific bur- glar, according to Mr. Clemens, should bs treated as such. "There Is such . a thing as despoiling even the fatted calf, and these fellows understand that as well aa ws do. Id like to meet the gentlemen- who have this route now. I would treat them well. In fad, I fear I might succumb to the temptation to treat them too well." Perhaps these experts are afraid that Mark wants to turn them into copy. ..That would bs enough to keep away the most daring and reckless of housebreakers. The white steam yachts, that cost from $6,000 to fl5,0OO a month to keep In commis sion, are beginning to skim down the North and East rivers along toward 10 o'clock in the morning to their downtown private New York slips, cany lng their sybaritic owners to their ottices from their country places up on the Hudson or on the waters of Long Island sound. These trips are pretty nearly the acme of luxury, as viewed by the humble rider oft a S-cent ferry ticket across the stream whose waters are plowed by the beautiful white steam yachts. The Wall street owner of thu yacht step on board tha vessel, gen erally . quite alone, at 8:30 In tha morning, say, from his country house pier. A breakfast as la a breakfast awalta him, steaming, lu the rose-tinted breakfast room, or, u tne sales oe clear, ait, under a iioman-stnpea awning. Tha yacht gets swiftly under way, with Its prow pointing toward New York, while the owner of the yacht begins his breakfast In comfortable, solitary grandeur. The run to the private New York slip takes from an hour to two houra, generally the former, for ths steam yachta of these watera are mostly twenty knotters nowadays. All hands of the crew line the gangway aa the owner .ten. shKama A kl. t4.T - . . . -Ki I- "..:-..7- .L L r'V. "r r101" . ... UW It and la whipped away to his offlcs hi tho .nnnnl.l Aitmln At 2:S0 or t:30 In the afternoon, when he Is through with business for the day, ha la conveyed down to his private dock again In hia coupe or automobile, and generally finds a number or invited guests, men and women, waiting for klm there. They go aboard, and find ths elaborate luncheon ready to be served. The yacht steama down the bay aa far aa the owner and his guesta elect to go. and then Ita nose Is pointed toward the country place, arriving there, as a rule, at the din ner hour. At an expense of from 15,000 to I1S.0OO a month the white yacht Is keDt in commission primarily for the purpose of conveying tne owner to and from his office, a aisiancw 01 rrom nneen to twenty miles. PERSONAL, HOTEI. The temptation to the royal assassins In Bervia nas been reduced one-half. King Peter Is a widower. Lieutenant Hobaon took the precaution to resign from the service before beginning work on his history of ths United States navy. Captain Alfred Johnson, who was the first man to cross ths ocean in a small boat, In 1876, la still living at Gloucester, Mass. District Attorney Jerome has discovered "dirt trust" In New York. The trusts have long been suspecUd of wanting to own the earth. Mrs. Rebecca B. Nichols, one of Indiana's earliest literary lights, has Just died In Indianapolis. In 1M0 she published two books of poetry of Cincinnati. Without exception, the crowds that gather to see tha liberty bell on Its travels over the country a tree on the point that It Is all It Is cracked up to be. Colonel William D. Bnymaa, ens of the best known of the Boer fighting men, In Chicago, on his way to Mexico to ar - range for the coming of aHout 100 Boer families. General Lee Christmas, the American sol dler of fortune, who commanded a detach ment of revolutionists In ten desperately fought engagements In Spanish Honduras during tha recent Insurrection, has arrived at his heme In New Orleans. TALK OF TUB STATR PRESS. Stanton Picket:- Omaha Is endeavoring to unload Its opium fiends upon the coun try. It won't work. A man who hos once contracted the dope habit will never remain long In a harvest field. Beaver City TImes-Trlbime: The Lincoln Btaf is eminently correct In its contention that the republican stats conventions nre too large. Six hundred delegates make a convention amply large. Mors results In confusion. . Rradshaw Republican: Our governor now being a doctor of law. It Is hoped that a number of our laws that have been so ,ong ng,ect, thBt tn,y h,va grown sickly will havo attention given them and auch restoratives applied as will bring them to the full vigor of their usefulness, or kill them, as Is the custom with all doctors. Lyons Sun: The Judicial convention cf this district convenes at Omaha July 11. Hon. W. Q. Sears of Tekamah Is eminently qualified for a place on the district bench, and wa would, be pleased to see him chosen as one of ths Judges. His nomination would strengthen the ticket and his election would bring to ths bench an able man, one well fitted by education and experi ence to discharge the responsibilities ot the office. .... Norfolk Press: The fact thst the demo cratic and populist conventions are to bs held In two different towns la hardly Sig nificant. Ths populists who are still attend ing conventions are mostly democrats, but hate to own up to It. The populist con vention will be connected by wire to ths democratio convention, and whatever ths democrats do will bs endorsed. Of course there will bs some delay about It. for ap- pearance sake, but the populist program Is to endorse. Ashland Oaietre: Ths attitude of ths fusion press on ths subject of a non partisan Judiciary makes a aubllms con trast with the attitude of the fusion press ?f tne 'P"' on h ?am' .' JJLf WW years ago mo mnmin " of miln r " r"r 1. """-" - "... cnRn naB. com" "ver . "r "A 'i dreams. This change may be accounted for only on the ground that fuslonlsts can not have things all their own way as they formerly did. Norfolk Press: There Is really no populist party In Nebraska. Whatever there was of principle In the organisation at the start has been surrendered to. the democrats for the Sake of the offices. Those who sre keeping alive the populist organisation are politicians, ss a rule, who hope to profit trafficking In the votes thus controlled. Until the populist party gets Into ths oon trol of men who are willing to stand up and be counted for principle regardless of the or-olls, lt will not bs much of a facfor In polities. Springfield Monitor: If it should be de cided that the law under which our legisla tors draw 25 per day for their services for a sixty-day term Is unconstitutional It will cause the future lawmakers to hustle to make both ends meet on tho paltry sum of $3 per day until they can Increase their salary. Even tS a day la not enough to keep a legislator In proper style while at tending a session of ths legislature and meet all the extra expense to Which a man In this position Is subjected. To double that amount would be nearer tha proper figure. But then It Is claimed that lt la some of the later laws that are being aimed at Instead of ths salary aad time limits of the sessions in testing the vaUdlty of the law In question. Tha court will no doubt uphold the amendment in which the teat is being made. Panllllon Times: This naner has been Informed that the Omaha, Llnooln ft Beat- riot electric- railway people are meeting with strong opposition In some parts of the country where It Is desired to Secure right- of-way for the electric road. Ws are sorry to hear of this, because the people of ths country are, anxious to have ths electric 1 road go through. The opposition comas In the shape of some farmers demanding of the railway people prices for the right-of-way across their land that are unreason able and exorbitant In the extreme. The railway people are willing to pay a reason able price for tha land, but they do not like the Idea of being "held up." These farmers sre not putting a high price on their land because they are opposed to the building of the electric, road. Quito the contrary. They all want to see the road built, but they are unreasonable In their demands. We have nor the slightest doubt but what tho Omaha, Llnooln A Beatrice electric railway wUl be built. The time has come when the people ot eastern Ne braska demand Just such a road, and If the farmers, who are now holding their land at auch an exorbitant figure, do not meet ths railway people on fair terms they will eventually be forced to give In and take what they can get Better put a rea sonable price per acre on the land and let the road go through without any further delay. Now, friends, be fair. Sell aa much of your lane as the railway people ask for right-of-way at a reasonable price. Many of the farmers In. Sarpy county who own their land could well afford to give audi clent around ror Ms-ht-nr.wav hut h.. are hot asked to donate It. They can set I. - ,n col CMn a" " 18 w011"' tut the railway I vesvasie sail an WUl III, VUl IIJO IUII WB.y I People are not going to buy the entire farms In order to have a narrow strip of land that they can use for an electric car line. ry a sincerely trust tnat ths farmers living near rapmion, as well na those In other parts of the county, will be fair in this matter. JOl'RXALIST AMD THE LAWYER. Newspaper Men Better Paid Than Law Clerks, Bays One Writer. Dr. Albert Shaw In Cosmopolitan. Ths great thing in Journalism, aa In any thing else, Is for ths Individual man to malntAln hia aelf.raan.nt Vil. V..h ' ' ' " Btandlwr and bis determination to do the best work he can even ata small salary, rather than do work Of a kind that he secretly loathes, for the sake of a larger salary. I have known a good many men In metropolitan Journalism whose positions were not ' - congenial to them, and who longed to be doing Journallatlo work of a kind better suited to their tastes and Ideals. But they consider the present rather than th rutur" Aai r" ured by a large ss ary. I do not think that this 4s more necessary In Journalism than for a lawyer to take an objectionable lino ot practice, as some lawyera 3o, merely because it pays well. Mr. Choate Is a great New Tork Uwyer. now ambassador to England. He has made a brilliant success. But In the offlcs of his firm In New York there have been perhaps thirty or forty (I do not know Jusc how many) excellent lawyers of whom one never hears west of them college graduates, too a few of them, perhaps, sharing In ths profits of the frro and ranking aa part ners, but many ot them employed at very moderate saiarids anl working as law clerks. Not s very far from the great law offices In New York are tha buildings of ths great newspapers. Take tha New York Tribune as a typical great newspaper, nre- Is I sided over by Whltelaw Reld. Not so very 1 long ago vtr. Held was a special ambasm. I dor to Great Britain; than he waa a mem- I ber of the board ef American peace corn- - mlssloners who made ths treaty of Paris with Spain, and again a special ambassa dor. 1 Before that he Waa a nominee for tha vice-presidency, and he had been United States minister to Prance. Mi. Reld has anode a' conspicuous success in Avers Sarsaparilla Your grandmother's doc tor ordered it for your father. It's the same old Sarsaparilla today. Tested and tried for 60 years. If constipated, use Ayer's Pills; gently laxative, purely vegetable.. I. O. aTia CO., lwsu. nn. Journalism, as Mr. Choate has dons In law. But employed In . Mr. Re Id's news paper office, and engaged In ths business of writing, and editing, ss fully trained Journalists, are probably Just as many. If not more, college graduates thrn you will find lawyers and trained law clerks In one of the large offices like Mr. Choate' s. These men In Mr. Reld's newspaper offlos at least average a good deal better pay than the lawyers and law clerks In Mr. Choate's law office. In my opinion they are engaged In a much mors interesting and diverting sort of work. They are in eon- sunt touch with all ths grsat movements of the world at target and their business is cf a kind thst gives them very little chance to think about themselves. I am not a recruiting sergeant for ths profession rf Journalism. It Is an exacting kind of oalllng and It offers little leisure. But If It allows scant freedom from work It gives more freedom In work than (he average pursuit. Its usefulness and Im- portancs are Increasing all ths time. POINTISU REMARKS. "Love laughs at bolts and bars." said Smiling Venus. "Not when 1 furn sh th bolts." retorted grim old Jove. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Some men could be mlshtv useful In a perfesslon." said Uncle Eben, "if dey'd put as mucn srucy in It as (ley does on book makers' odds an' de previous rrformanca of horses." WAMliltiRton Star. "Wonderful man, that Brackett." "How so?" "He can remember the names of at least a dosen of the works of fiction that were popular five or six years ago," New York World. Clara Pa. George savs he Isn't half aood enough to be my husband. t-a Mumpn: tie taiKea to me as if na was plenty good enough to have me fur a father-in-law. Detroit Free Press. Cholly Really. I've changed my mind since I saw you yesterday. Molly Well, It doesn't appear as though you had made much of a bargain. YonkSrs Statesman. "WS may not have much summer l" mir latitude," muttered the professor, looking it the thermometer and notln that the temperature had fallen thirty dearees In twenty-four hours, "but we have a great deal of latitude In our summers. "-Chicago Tribune. Briton Your heroes of the revolution. your so-called patriot generals, were really a common illiterate lot. Most or tneir cor respondence was not only uncrammatical but- Yankee They did n ay hob with the king's English, sure enough. Philadelphia Press. Don't you think a great many people re gard you as having profited pecuniarily by your position?" "Mv friend." said Senator Sorchum. "I have no doubt they do. And that suspicion I Is one of the things that help to make. my credit so good In financial transactions. Washington Star. "You spoke very admiringly of that man's courage. 'But he never was a soldier or a fireman or a policeman." 'No. But ha eats muehrooms that he has gathered himself." Washington Star. "Is It true the iurv disasreed In that mur der case?" "Yes: they say there was one blamed crank that held out for convlctln' the man who done the klllln'." Chicago Tribune. PARADE OP THB LIGHT BRIGADE. I Forward, came to Light brigade. Who were very neatly atrayed in wniie. Shone all their arms and throats so bare, Riant out In the evening air It made one ahlver! Onward, marched the chattering set; Onward, marched the dearest pet. Carrying the flowrrs. Deftly holding a vase. With flowers In it, A ileliiitite present tor Prof. Benet, Site walked proudly onward. Men to rlsht of them, ( Men to left of them, Man in front of them. . Stared and goo-rooed. 8ulckly dli ome in oc aia ner nign Menaer ccai ontdct with a banaua peal, And snmelhlnc hannened. Frantically she clutched for a while, I Then all heaped up In a pile Was maiden, vase and PM.rrelv tha niece new. ' Of the vase, which everybody knew - Couldn t stand the pressure. Flashed all their arms so bare,. Flashed dazzling in the air. To aid she. who was unfortunate there Among tne nowers. ?nUy and iu'c.k I And glanced eout. I in. cyiiuiuiu u; in.li J . Vivid blushes suffused her brow. nrt I. ..a Ait . r. .ali. ..... "V..r" ,ki I But thelr's not to make reply, I ineir a noi io .ari wn. The peeling was slippery. Very much embarrassed wsrs thsss maiaens mir. With rosy cheeks and such glorious hair That hang below the waist. Thelr's not for them to stop for Sprains, Thelr's not for them to mention say names, Although they Knew Humeoiie hnd blundered. .. Gathered I hey the flowers then. That wlitcn wae leu oi intra, And retreated homeward. The Inhuman men. I'hey laushed the laugh I ( i f li. l.,l,. .n1 KM., hia t.x.h "inA V ami " I Thus ends thd story of ths Light brigade, I Vase, nowers ana prcuy maia Altogether. GEOFFREY HERMAN. Tekamah. Neb. In both the pleasures and; praises of Hires Rootbaar. It flellfbU end benaflu both old aad young. Mires Rootbeer is pre-eralnenUy the home bevar age for hot weather healthful bracing, eoollag sod refreshing. And you can drlak ap you wast, tha more the better. ' A sank. a. la. Sr. aalloaa. Sola .TarrwlM, or iit bj baI ujwa Moat pi ut at ami. BouSkathea, CHARLIt I. Mini CO., Malrarw, Fa. fo Family All Join