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TITE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TirURSDAY, .TUIjY 23, 1003. Tim Omaha Daily Bee U. ROSKWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TERMS OK SIBSCRIPTION. Dalle T:- imllhniit Rntiday). On Tear.. M. CO Imiiv liee and Sunday. One Tear illustrated He". One Year Sunday He, On Yinr tf'it.ininv He, One Year - Twentieth tvntiiry Farmer, On Tear. .00 2.rt J. (10 l.M 1.00 DELIVERED HV CARRItK. rally Be (without Sunday), per copy.... 2e Duly He l hnit Hunrtay). per weK..l;c Dully H-e (Including Sunday), per B.inilay H-e, f'r "yy ....... Evening Bee I without Sunday), per week be Evening Be In-lMdlng Sunday). Pr wek '"O Complaint of Irregularities in nllvry should be addressed to City Circulation De- nartment. OFFICES. Omahs-The 1J Building. South Omaha-City Hall Building, Twen-ty-flfth and M Streets. Council HlnfTe 10 Pearl Street Chicago 140 Unltjf Building. New York-Mi Park Row Building. Washington 31 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relat'tig to news and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Romit by draft, express or post a", order, cavabl to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cciit stamps accepted In payment ot mail account, personal, checks, except on Omaha or extern exchar-fc-es, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County. George H. Tzschuck. secretary of The Be Fubliahlng Company, bain duly worn, aya that the actual number of full ana oomplet copies of Th Dally Morning, Evening and Sunday Be printed during the I 30.00 1 1.12 I ao.OTO 17 3O.0T0 l ao.cno is so.R7o 4 84,NtO 19 ao.WtO I BO.MIO 20 nO,!30 ( 30.XJO 21 T.7(tO 7 8T.IMK) 22 0,0 I n,7o n 80.800 I W.610 24 SO.BHO to u 1,000 25 ao.uao II 80,0.10 26 81.210 12 aO,4U 27 31.S1U 18 30.T30 28 27,20 H aT,tl 28 SO,tt 15 80,770 ft) ao.ua Total 1J4.01 Lens unsold and returned coplos U.two K.t tnt.i ooa.a4 Net average aalea 80,070 OEOHQB B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me thla ann oay ot june, a. y. M. a- ttUMjAia, (Seal) Notary Public, PARTIES LEAVING FOR IIMMEB Parties leaving the city for the summer may hare The Be sent to them regularly by Notifying The Bee ' Bnalness office, la person or by mall. The address Trill he changed It used to be "wait for the big show Now It Is "wait for the Commercial club trade excursion." It seems that the earthquake season In the West Indies is a pi In on. ' There Is no demand, however, for Mount Pelee to resume operations. Anyone else who wishes to guess at the value of the water works plant is entirely privileged to do so. You can guess as often as you want and without charge. We take it for granted that the resolu tions of sorrow on the death of Pope I.e passed by the grand lodge of Elks at Baltimore- were adopted at Just eleven by the clock. Mayor Moores declares in nn official communication to the city council that on the date of the Inst city election .he was a very busy man. This information Is entirely surplusage. If no other means are at hand to give Judge HhrcuU credenttuls as a delegate to the League of American Municipali ties a special honorary position on the city roster should bo forthwith created. The World-Herald now explains that Judge Sulllvau-would rather please the railroads than run the rltsk of incurring the enmity of an associate on the bench. Judge Sullivan should ask his fool frleuds to 'stop talking. Nebraska socialists have filed their state ticket along with a newly ndopted party motto, '"ICconomlc equality.' The next thing in order will be the publica tion of, a cumpHign text book explaining what "economic equality" is? Official notice lins lieen given that, ex cept for th heating, lighting and plumb ing, the market house building on lower Cnpltol avenue I completed. This is very much like announc-lug that a steam hlp Is nil completed except for a rudder. ; If the inspector of weights am meas ures persists in getting after the short nienNiire milkmen, the milkmen in self defense will have to devise some way of getting back at the short-measure cows. It Is a poor rule thut does not work both ways. The college of cardinal Is like a Jury to the extent that it must stay in ses sion until it reaches, a verdict In which all can agree. The cardinals, are at a disadvantage Ih-hIJo th Jurymen, how ever, In that they have no one who cun discharge them If they fall to get to gether. In refusing to handle grain shipments with Kansas City a the dtwtination point. thA nillroiuU still haVe an eye to the long haul and will be pleased to take the conxIgmuentH If only billed to mar kets further ust. Closing Kansas City as a port of delivery is hard ou Kansas City, but the railroads manage to find the sliver lining every time. One of Secretary rihuw's customs o:tl- cera who has been trevellug abroad is expected to recommend to the awretary changes in the insiecUon regulations tlutt will make the examination of hst. gage twlonginit to returned to urUls lex annoying. ,The way to eliminate from the Inspection of baggage all the anuoy lag features Is for the passenger to de clare truthfully what dutiable articles he la bringing in and to pay the duty lustead of trjiug to evade it by smug gllug Ucttrs. Ml AT BE TOO KXACT1SO. Japan Is perhaps more deeply inter ested in the Manchurlan situation than any other country, because the carrying out of suspected Russian intentions would threaten greater Injury to Japan than to any other power, so that It Is not at all surprising that the Japanese government is not satisfied with Rus sian assurances- and would bare its ally. Great Britain, adopt more energetic measures toward Russia. It is quite pos sible, however, that Japan may be too exacting In its demands and thereby lose the support of other nations which are Interested in the Manchurlan ques tion. According to London advices, pre sumed to be authentic, Japan is not only persistent in its demand for the immedi ate evacuation of Manchuria, but also asks that a number of additional ports be opened. As now understood the Rus sian evacuation Is to take place in Sep tember and it prolmbly cannot be ac complished sooner. At all events the time stated for it appears to Im satis factory to the British government and it is not at all likely that it will make any attempt to bring alout an earlier evacuation. It would seem pretty cer tain, therefore, that Japan's demand for an immediate evacuation will not have the support of Great Britain. In regard to the opening of additional ports In Manchuria the , reported Japapese de mand is very much beyond that of any other power nnd consequently Is not likely to receive very serious attention. The United States, for Instance, has asked for the opening of only two ports and while this country would doubtless be well pleased to have more opened it will probably not at this time support the Japanese demand for half a dozen additional ports. Of course this is a matter the deter minatlon of which properly rests with China rather than Russia, but the condl tlons are such that the Chinese govern ment does not feel free to act without the consent of Russia and It is entirely safe to say that the latter will not ac cede to the demand of Japan. It may faithfully adhere to the assurance given In regard to the opening of two ports, but she will oppose more than this. As now indicated, Russia will endeavor to satisfy in this respect the United States aud' Great Britain, caring little as to whether Japan is satisfied or not. It is true that the letter's demand seems to be In the Interest of the world's com merce and it Is not to be doubted that the result of compliance with it would be favorable to American trade,' but it has the appearance of an axactlon which neither this country nor Great Britain can properly become a party to and without their support Japan will bo compelled to recede from her demand. The Japanese government Is manifestly too much disposed toward a policy of co ercion, persistence In which will cer tainly not result to its advantage. , That government should bear in mind that ao far as the United States Is concerned it does not Intend to have any serious con flict with Russia over the Manchurian question and this doubtless is also the British position. SHOVLD BK A WKST&RH UAH. The suggestion of Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island for the republican vice presidential nomination next year, cred ited to Senator Piatt, of New York, Is not likely to be approved by any consid erable number of republicans. Not be cause the Rhode Island senator is lack ing In nny qualification for the positiou or Is not fully representative of repub lican principles and policies. Mr. Al drich is a very able man, who has been of great service to his party and Justly h-'.s the respect and confidence of re publicans. But the very general feeling, probably shared by President Roosevelt, Is that the republican candidate for(vlce presi dent next year should be a western man. There will be no difficulty in finding In the west a man In every way qualified for the second place on the republican national ticket of l'.KM, and the reasons for selecting a western candidate are perfectly obvious. It Is perhaps a little premature to be talking about candi dates for the vice presidency and it is certainly quite useless to consider any eastern man for the nomination. THti AMMHiCAS CARDIBAL. It is thought that Cardinal Gibbons will exert a great deal of Influence in the selection of a successor to the late Pope Ieo. Not only is the American cardinal ; free from identification with any faction In the sacred college, but he Is very high in the esteem of all its members and as the representative of the church in America- occupies a very strong position as a counsellor. He was held In great regard by 'the late pontiff, whose profound Interest in . the church here could not have failed to impress Itself upon the cardinals. ' It has been buld that the name of Cardinal Gibbons Is on the lint of candidates and that a certain party or faction In the college will support him, on the ground that an American would not excite the Jeal ousy of European powers. There is liardly a possibility, however, that other than an Italian will be elected to the papacy, so large Is the preponderance of Italian cardinals u the college. There have tacn pontiffs who were not natives of Italy, but the last of these, Adrlano VI, of I Mitch nationality, was elected In 1522, and it is safe to say that the long line of Italian popes since thlrty-lght will not bo broken in the election of a succeHMor to Leo XIII. Even before the death of Io there wua reported to be some campaigning among the cardinals and some manlfes tatlons of xtroiig personal feeling, but however this may have been It is to he exiHM-tod that the conclave, which meets uext week.vwlll be marked by the serl oua and solemn conduct which should characterise It In choosing a pontiff, which is done by ballot. In regard to the attitude of the Catholic natloua, while probably they have preferences, it is stated that there will be no attempt to Influence or to Interfere with the conclave. WATKH WVkK ArPBAlStHEST. The preliminary session of the board of appraisers acting under the purchase clause of the contract between the city and the water works company already discloses a wide range of difference be tween the contentions of the opposing Interests as to what is included in the plant and what elements of value should be taken into account. As The Bee has repeatedly pointed out, the city has practically gone it blind in the steps it has so far taken toward acquiring the water works and bits neglected the ordinary precoutions which every rational business man would have Insisted on In a transaction of such dimensions and of such vital im portance. Everything hos been left to the appraisers, although these men must rely entirely upon information furnished them aa to the legal limitations sur rounding the purchase and the history of the contract, supplementing them with their own observations as to the present condition of the property. On the ques tions as to what should or should not be bought with reference to those parts of the system outside of our boundaries and used to supply other towns such as South Omaha, Dundee and Florence, and what are the" terms of the franchise, whether franchise value attaches to those parts of the plant outside of our own Jurisdiction, and if so, whether it Is Included In the unexpired franchise for which no compensation Is to be allowed the city should have deflned its position in advance and restricted the powers of its representatives on the appraisement board, devolving upon theru the duty only of setting a valuation upon certain enumerated pieces of tangible property. When the appraisement is completed the city will be confronted with the overshadowing question whether the ap praisement as made Is binding and be yond rejection or appeal, placing the water company In position to turn its plant over to the municipal authorities and enforce the award as any other Judgment would bo enforced in the courts. The Bee expressed the opinion at the start an opinion which is shared by the ablest lawyers who have looked into the question that the city would run an extra-hazardous risk in proceed ing under the purchase clause of the contract and that the safer course would be to exercise Its right of eminent do main specifically conferred in the char ter through condemnation proceedings by which the city would have had the naming of all the appraisers and would be able to reject their findings If unsatis factory, leaving the company to appeal in case the valuation were not accept able to it It is a matter of regret that even now the taxpaylng ,cltlzens of Omaha, who are directly concerned in every obliga tion Incurred by the city, have not yet fully awakened to the magnitude of the water works purchase and the tremen dous Influence It will have on the future of the city. The proposed merger of the various Improvement clubs that have sprung up in all the different suburban sections of the city seems to be well under way and a central body will be created of representatives of all the constituent clubs for the purpose of uniform action on matters of general importance in which all of the clubs are more or less equally concerned. The great difficulty heretofore encountered with these or ganizations has been that they have viewed matters from the standpoint only of their own locality and operated ou the principle of getting all the public improvements centered at one point without respect to the claims of other parts of the city. It Is obviously neces sary to make a proper apportionment of the city's facilities for street, lighting, street sweeping, hydrant service, sewer connections, etc.,' and the relative urg ency of the demands should be consid ered. If the Improvement clubs will ask only for what they deserve and what the city Is In position to do, the record of achievement will be more sub stantial. After a full hearing In court on the application for a mandamus, to compel the granting of the High school diploma withheld as a disciplinary measure from an Insubordinate Cadet officer, the Judge has come to the conclusion that the sys tem of marking and credits in vogue in the High school is not understandable and not understanding It has declined to Interfere. If the courts would only de- cllno to Interfere with everything the judges could not be made to understand. writs of Injunction, mandamus and quo warranto would not fly around so fast. In this case, however, the school ought to have a marking system that every one could understand and which would not permit of juggling without It being readily ascertained. A system of marking- and credits that leaves everything to the arbitrary whim of the principal and Instructors Is a good system to get rid of. King Edward's refusal of special de tective and Ix-Mlyguard service for his tour of Ireland iudicntea that he has no apprehension of attempts upon bis life, or, rather, that if such attempts were made the soldiery around him would be powerless to prevent, while on the other band the conspicuous following of such officers might incite exactly what it was Intended trt avoid. The best life Insurance the chief executive of any couutry can carry is the good will and confidence of hla people. The state labor commissioner is re ceiving letters from the iuterlor farming districts protesting against the sending of men who expect to get work aa farm hands at from $2.30 to $.1 per day. Three dollars per day and board is a trifle luxuriuud even for . prosperous Ne braska farmers to pay for field help, especially when they, have been accus tomed to finding men for half those wages. Farmers can doubtless use all the hands they can get at the usual terms, but It Is not fair to have men leaving city homes under a mistaken Idea as to the amount of wages tbey can earn In the fields. The price of sngnr has gone up with out waiting first for the Havemeyers to make the usual charitable or educa tional donations that would afford the explanation for it on the same theory that the increase in the price of oil Is aacrllted to the Rockefeller philan thropy. This will prove disappointing to a lot of democratic newspaper organs. Where Lafe May Land. Washington Post. Lafe Young has quieted down so since the Iowa convention thst It Is believed It would be safe now to offer him the vice presidential nomination. Thnraton's Terrlflc Tirade, Detroit Free Freas. After reading Senator Thurston's tribute to the administration of the Spanish-Ameri can war, our old friend. Mars, must have felt like a bow and arrow In a roomful of Krag-Jorgensens. Soma of Them Ooatht to Bo. Buffalo Express. The qommlssloner of Indian affair will recommend In his annual report that Indian agencies be abolished. With th postofflce scandals fresh in the public mind, the coming session of congress should be a good time to accomplish long-needed re forms. Evils of the Party 1.1 n. Baltimore American. A disastrous run on a Wisconsin bank was caused by women who had nothing to do but to listen over the party tele phone llnea and who heard a fragment of a conversation that startled them. The removal of a receiver Is often a dangerous proceeding. Developing the Philippines. San Francisco Chronicle. During the few years the Philippines hava been under American Jurisdiction more has been done for them In the way of supplying them . with the beneficent agencies of modern civilization than the Spaniards did during the 400 years In which they held sway over them. They might have . remained another 400 years undar Bpantah sovereignty without enjoying many Of the boons of civilisation with which Americans have already supplied them. The Filipinos are doubtless beginning to realize the benefits accruing to them through the change of rule. All of the Islands seem to be In a perfect state of peace., When the constitution and the laws of the country are extended to them, as they should be, they will probably be -ready to take their place In the national organism as Porto Rico has done, and proceed with a similar development of. their natural resources with the full realisation that the change of national relationship was the most for tunate thing that could have happened to thjem. Woman's Ideal Man. - Kate Masterson In Alnslee'a. ' The Ideal man .as 'women would-make him out to be If their several tastes wtre consulted as a recipe would be Indeed an Impossible He! . He -would be a creature never seen on land or sea a monster that only a feminine F oJieristelii oould create. He would be part. Sunday school teacher and part Don , Caesar beautiful of face and manly of form yet . without vanity; quick with . hi sword, yet a paragon of mercy to the -'afflicted; deeply Intelligent, yet never preoccupied; with the soul of a poet and the pocketbook of a "broker; a good Judge of a bonnet, and not too par ticular as to cooking) charming of temper, quick to forgive feminine faults; grand of character, yet an adept In drawing room persiflage. . Such a man If he existed would have to live In a cage to be looked at and photographed, for he would not be com panionable to women pr to men. He would be a freak, to be seen at a distance and never to be loved, for when we look deep we find that we like people more for their faults than their virtues. IDYLLS OP THE HARVEST. How tho Eaatern Boys and Western Girls Meet In Wheat Fields. New York Mall , and Express. . It was probably scarcely expeated by ttie hopeful parents . and guardians who sent their young student sons to do valiant battle for the cause of national prosperity and well-being In tho wheat fields of Kansas that the occasion would be the harvest time of love as well as of the golden grain. But If certain ldytllo reports that come from the west are true, thla la Indeed likely to be the case. The Kansas and Nebraska girl Is not like eastern girls, either In body or spirit She can, on occasion, ride a horse with out saddle; she can drive the reaper; she can load grain or hay on- the wagon when hands are scarce; and It is regarded aa a proper part of her duty for her to all wie center 01 me revolving sweep, at threshlng-tlme, and crack her whip over the horses and mules that supply the threshing machine with Its motive power. In the hsppy harvest fields in Pawnee county, Kan., the tender-footed and ten der-fingered youths from the east, . by credible reports, have been compelled to knock off work In the heat of tha day. wnue tne rarm girls who have been bravely helping out at the harvest work have wrought gayly on, singing at their ton. mat such scenes as this ahonM occur is not in the least surprising, ex. cept probably to the confident boys them selves. Who can doubt that such demonstrations of feminine stamina and cheery courage win raise me spirits and kindle the sen timent of the flabbergasted eastern youths? There la. In the first Place. Ing to the. masculine sense of propriety In the appearance of a girl In the harvest field as mere undoubtedly Is In her confident nd conquering Invasion of the university ciass room, ana still more particularly In ner rrequent and highly Inconsiderate sell ures or the college honors. Ever since the dsys when Ruth found grace In the eyes or ttoaa when shs gleaned In hla nelds, it lias been regarded as a prettv ana poetic ining for young women to Bp pear among the sheaves. And then, the effect of the newness and strangeness of all this Kansas-Nebraska episode has to bo considered. Think of a worn and sore and hot and discouraged youngster being nursed back to strength and confidence by one of these brown beauties of the prairies No person of experience can doubt that this Idyllic episode of the great harvest trek will result In closer union of the east and the weat In all sorts of ways. Good luck to it! We may well hop that the westwsrd pilgrimage of stalwsrt hut som what soft-muscled youths will become a regular and systematic a thing as th west ward flow of money to move th crops and that the young men will always bring home with them, along with the financial profits of their toll among th sheaves, a sliest of buxom, high-spirited, warm hearted weelern girls, as brUlea. BITS OF WASHIJiGTO-l I.1FK. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched on tho Spof. "Clem Ortseom" enjoys special privileges In the big building occupied by th Stat. War and Navy departments. "Clem" Is one of the finest collies In America. He was presented to General Corbln by Clem ent C. Qrlscom. of th American steamship line. The superintendent of the building has a rule which bars out dogs, and "Clem" cam under the ban. But 'Clem" had made frfenda with Secretary Root, and he Investigated th matter. "Can't 'Clem Qrlscom' come Into the building?" asked the secretary of Super intendent Balrd. "That Is the rule approved by the three secretaries who are In control of the build ing," was the reply. "Well, If 'Clem' can't come in I'll get out," said Secretary Root in a half laugh ing manner. But It waa a hint, and Captain Balrd drew up a paper and carried It to Secretary Hay. Secretary Moody, and Secretary Root. It modified the rule about dogs to the extent of allowing "Clem Grlseom" to come and go and remain without let or hin drance. General Alnsworth. who has made such a name for himself as the head of the record-and pension bureau of the War de partment, tells this story of the civil war: The chaplain of the regiment distributes the mall. On one occasion a New York regiment was very anxious about a de layed mall and for hours had pestered the chaplain with Inquiries about It. Finally the chaplain put up a sign over tha door ot his tent, which read: "The chaplain does not know when the mail will arrive." Some time later an officer passing that way saw that some facetious person had added the words: "Neither does he care a damn." Pension Commissioner Ware, whose sense of humor Is as acute as it Is broad and deep, fairly revels In the highly original letters that come to his desk in abundance beyond that of the correspondence of any t denartments. Ktit tnnni' all those of recent date, the fol lowing, with Its delicate tribute to his pred- rnr. who had "turned down tne ap plicant a couple of years ago, in his opinion la entitled to the "bun o 9 ..... .err. I nt Deal to VUT8 our ouiii - " r- - - - lit- offits and I rite now to let yu no 1 am allfe anrf to tnculre If yu are the salm or ir - .... ,,n.laF a Vtnrl VI down or tork thru the hung hoal and let me no how I Stan lessen yure scairt outen yu close The vials of wrath that Xantippe is re corded as having poured out upon her philosophic husband In ancient history are as nothing compared to some of the communications that sometimes reach the U.n.inn hnreau from irate claimants. What some of them lack In the way of ntl Enallsh is often amply counter kaionrxt hv a Drofane and abusive vocab ulary of ample dimensions. Here, for In stance, is an emanation from a veteran who thinks Uncle Sam Is not playing quit foir with him. He says: Sir: Yours ree'd. The contents of Which no Mortal was more astonished nan I VI .ki.i, . th Pnins. trouble. Pri vations and Expense that I have done been at And then to get the Scrall of such art Epistle is a shame to Recency and the De partment from which it reported to come from They asks me this fool question, L.kL .n.il treatment that you received j.r,i.i T was In. I know. Baltimore, AnnaDolis and Camp Parole. 1 suppose they kept a record of all their patfence. Ask them that tool question; "'J there C , . nlvA me mv Abilities and Strength or Give me Something for my Sutopo't In My Old Days or else I i"K t won't. I want my wrlghts. I am going to git them and you have no wrtght to deprive me ot them. TTn In New York state lives a pension claimant who has sounded a not of warn ing to an over-cautious government In a letter to Becretary Miicncoc. wuu referred It to Commissioner War. She y: ....... T have furnished the evidence, aii irai has been called for, and If they want any more Evidence they know the address of all the persons and parties; and Ihey hae made Evidence enough to have a thousand claims lowed. If Not then It will have to go to the Judge above, for I cant not and wont spenu hiiuihti v . . " , , . . . I have now furnished, this Thing of call- n for the same ming - ....... rfh now. I wont put up with It. I'll go without my pension first. Rorretarv Hitchcock the other day re ferred the following letter, addressed to him, to the pension bureau for considera tion: ' Befar the war there wasent no man who could a throwed me down or made me holler but now a goodlah sized man could blow me over and lm so nervous I holler when 1 heer a nog squea or the Jista of my oald house grone with the wind I ain't playin no baby ack Mr. Sectary, but If you alls is spreadln 120 bills out in the Bon to dryyou mite Just as well let me have a few as any nuther ole soljer. I ort to be paid for my nerv ousness. Th tension bureau Is wrestling with the nrohlem whether one Orville James really la a sufferer from dropsy. James Is a vet eran of the civil war. who lives In a small hamlet in New Hampshire, ine exam iner have been taking testimony in nis case and the evidence Is conflicting. But th most remarkable testimony oi an is given in the following affidavit, to which on of the claimant's neighbors subscribes: I varily believe that Orville James is fatigued earnln his , leavln becos he Js too fn.lt WRVI ZW DOUIIUB miu " .ZL hV.r. thev thinks he hava dropsy but I no he have no dropsy becos he would bust if he had moar Insldea him than he now hav, besides wicn ne are wun out villous habits or references. I no he have solid fatt and vlttles In him and no dropsy. Bavare of the vldders." said Tony Wei lr. and so says a wearer oi me wkui iu a letter to the Interior department In point in out a few discrepancies in a pension claim. The writer Is against permitting any bunco game on Uncle Sam, particularly when "a old rascalton" is eventually to get the money. She writes thus in an anony mous communication which Secretary Hitchcock recently found in hla mail There was a claim for pensions made by Isaac Jenkins's wider for pension and don't think she ought to have a pension, as his wider has a koi nom miu n wuicmiuno and rents coai uui, ... ...... - nenter enop anu sis imB money to boot. Mr. old Smith Is to get her pension. He is a old rascnllon as all knr. Whv don t you get him and kill him. A wider heard a feller say she is worth IS.000 or $9,000. See old 8. about this pension, so don't get beat out of one. Can't writ more. A WIDER. An asthmatle applicant Is supported by the following extrsct from the letter ofne of his neighbors: ii sot diseased In his pipes and when vi. ..i.. iMt wet with spit he whistled u. A,Ant m-htatl no song, but lust a plain stringy whistle. There wasent no mocking blrtl business about It for It showed sorrer and another thing he dldent whistle becos he was happv. becoa the sicker he got the better ne wdhuiw- , a One-Siaed Reciprocity. Washington Post. Fre trad would open up to Canada our horn market, with 80,000,000 of consumers, while it wouli open to us the market of Canada, with about ,000,ono consumers. We cannot afford a one-sided reciprocity, reciprocity that would give much and take little. Ther is only way by which Can ada ran acquire what she wants. She can have "commercial union" by taking political union along with it. But this re public Is not anxious for that ooasumma Uosk to b burned up. yu hav cult tne oie man aim """ maglsty Holt Cakes Evans tend the skll lett. if Evans has chalat yu up a tree l aho y cin nourr THIS DEAD POHTirr. Detroit Free Press: He filled th human imagination of what a pop ought to bo- scholarly, devout, self-poised and whit of soul. Even the papacy's bitterest enemies came to concede that th church could not be so very bad when so good a man con trolled Its destinies. Cincinnati Enquirer: Of a singularly pure and upright life, devoted primarily to ad vancing the church of which h was th head. h never failed to use the great powr of his place and the whole weight of his benign personality In favor of peace and the maintenance of law and order every where. Clnclnatl Commercial-Tribune: No trib ute that man could hav paid to him, and to his great work, could hav demonstrated more plainly that the world recognized In him sincerity of Christianity, prudence, moderation and genuine love for his fellow- man. He was a great pop and a God fearing man. Chicago Inter Ocean: A righteous man was Pope Leo. A aealoua churchman was he. and yet a man whose seal wis always tempered by the wisdom that cornea of experience and wide knowledge of men and their needs. His church Is stronger for his conservatism and th world Is better for the example of his life. Milwaukee Sentinel: He was a church man above all things, but hla sympathies wer so broad, so catholic, so genuinely human, that he found room In hi heart for all mankind and made a place In his prayers for those who did not acknowledge his spiritual headship. No mor saintly man has ever presided as th bishop of Rome than he whom the world now mourns. Minneapolis Tribune: He magnified his office beyond ecclesiastical bounds because his love for his fellow man waa boundless. The counsel from th highest Beat, which his predecessors often spent on arid doc trine, he lavished on great questions of hu man conduct and social law, common to all sects. This, aa much as the winning charm of his person, has built up around him the common sentiment of admiring affection that makes all Christian nations and sects kin In their mourning for his death. Minneapolis Journal: So Leo lies dead In the great palace where for so many years he has been. In the phrase of his predece sor, "a prisoner." He will be burled from St. Peters with great ceremony and -his name added to the long list of popes, great and small, to be remembered as one of the most honorable and faithful among them one possessing unusual powers of penetra tion and one whose aim was unquestionably to exercise his Influence, so far as he dared, toward the extension of peace, happiness and concord among men. Milwaukee Wisconsin: Ths great man who lies dead In tha Vatican withdrew from the scene of his earthly labors with tne good opinion of all mankind. It Is a consummation which happens to few even of the few who deserve It The whole world has stood, as it were, beside his bedroom door, waiting for th reports from his physicians. There was for a time hop against hope that in spite of his advanced years he might be spared. The Influence of his wise, gentle, dutiful Ufa will long survive a potent addition to th stock of good that Is in the world. St. Paul Globe: A life Ilk this is full of beauty and of solemnity. Simplicity and kindliness as the flowering of an authority before which princes bowed; a dignity un impaired and without offense; a conscious ness of such nearness to the divine as lent to words and action its high .significance; a serenity and a nobility that gave to high and low the keynote of this wonderfully pure ana iorty character, and withal a talent for leadership that guided to new and larger fortunes th mighty church ot which he was the supreme head these were the qualities of the great man who lies In silent state in the world' most ancient capital. In his life and death the world has looked upon th beauty of holiness. . St. Paul Pioneer Press: Not the Cathollo world only, but all Christendom, feels deeply the death of Leo XIII. For days the people of every nation hav ' been watching with anxiety, admiration and wonder th aged pontiff's struggle with the nevltable. That a man of his years, loaded with responsibilities, burdened with a Weak and weakening frame, should by the power of his will resist the onset of death for over a fortnight and retain to tb last the clearness of mind and that cheerfulness of disposition which had won for him th admiration of the world has seemed little short of miraculous. It has revealed a store of Intellectual and spiritual energy which, though it had long arrested atten tion, had not before been thoroughly ap preciated. Minneapolis Times: In his relation to hu manity In general the pope always struck a generous and broad not. His ascetic per sonality was belled by the redundant and generous Interest In all good work which he kept to th last To everything which his position permitted him of active and practical , agency In better living he was always generously adequate. His wide learning, his scholarship, his poetic feeling, his liberality, his executive and adminis trative ability and his beautiful toleration have brought th church of his desires through great tribulations to a new plaes among the Christianising powers of the world. From being a church of domination It has become a church of ministration and Its leavening of the spiritual capital of things mixes peacefully with the Protestant faiths of the new century. Indianapolis News: Though Leo was a great pope, he was probably a greater man and this because he had few of the oppor tunities that his predecessors had to demon strate his greatness as pope. He had troublesome and even serious problems to deal with, but on the whole his career as pope waa, comparatively speaking, un eventful. He lived In a great time arid he lived greatly In his day and generation. No man can successfully administer the papacy unless he be a man of real power. In soma respects, Indeed, Leo s task was more difficult than on Its face It seems to have been. For In our day the oonfllct between old and new Ideas has been strwnu ous. The people ar force now that they have never been before. The pope had not simply, as of old, to maintain relations with kings and courts, but he hsd to know and understand tho people and to win their sympathy and support. What tb Pablle Wants to Know. Boston Transcript. Ex-Postmaster General Smith ,haa ad dressed a letter to Postmaster General Payne, which is really directed to Civil Service Commissioner Proctor, and deals with the charge that the rural fre de livery service waa "packed" In antlclpa tlon of classification. Mr. Smith denies tha "Dacklng." and In th . matter of covering persons In postoflloes when they cam within th classified servlc by operation of law, say that the statutes not th department waa to blame, which appears to b tb fact. A Mr. Smith promises another letter, to b addressed to Mr. Proctor, directly, tnr is assurance that this controversy will be prolonged un til the patience of the public Is exhausted and ths blue pencil Is cslled Into play. So fur It seems to relate to matter three or four years back, and th details ar often so technical that they must be meaning less to many readers. We think that the Dubllo Interest In what went on under Poat mas tar Oeneral Smith's administration Is waning rapidly. What th public really Is Interested In Is what I going on In th department today. . . . BUY Alt AD CMCYKLAWTJ. Washington Post: Bryan and Cleveland ar both to speak In Chlesgo, but not to each other. Cincinnati Enquirer: Can th story that Colonel Bryan Is going to Europe be truel Has ha considered th danger that the coun try might get away from him In his ab. sence? Philadelphia Inquirer: It la possible that a simultaneous event at Gray Gables pre vented Mr. Cleveland from taking that deep Interest In Bryan's Chicago speech which he might otherwise have felt. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune: Imme diately on Mr, Bryan's return from Eti- top and Mr. Cleveland's releas from nursery duties, why not have them hire a hall and fight It out to a finish? Chicago lnter-Ocan: The latest news from Princeton Is not calculated to make JIYllllam Jennings Bryan feel any more comfortable. Orover Cleveland has now aa additional reason for wishing to forge to the front. Milwaukee Sentinel: Th Nashville American notifies Mr. Bryan that he has degenerated Into an Impotent kicker ami cheap common scold." Mr. Bryan's pleasantries seem to be coming borne to roost. Indianapolis Journal: Mr. Bryan's char acterization of Mr. Cleveland as a low comedian la hardly mor apt than his views of things In general. Cleveland's part In the politic of th country has bordered on tragedy at times notably when he up set th who! business basis of the country with his free trad message but it hss never contained anything of comedy. Indianapolis News: Mr. Bryan's latest attempt to explain his disastrous defeats In 189 and 1900 by casting odium on Mr. Cleveland Is not Impressive. Th simple fact Is that Mr. Bryan has been tried and found .wanting. Every opportunity has been given hjm to persuade the people of the truth of his theories. No man In the history of the country has ever had such a chance. Yet he Is not satisfied, and, twice beaten himself, he ventures to criticise the leadership of a man who was twice elected and ihrlce a candidate, and whose hold on tho confidence of the country Is so strong that many people are actually thinking of him as the one man to lead the party to victory next yearl Philadelphia Record: Mr. Bryan is grow ing mor and mora tiresome. His pretense that the Democratlo party was beaten In 1)9$ and 1900 on account of President Cleve land's unpopularity la a little mor foolish than most of th things he Is saying. The Democratic party was beaten In both those years because William Jennings Bryan was its candidate, and he had Injected a quan tity of Popullstlo rubbish Into the party platform. He not only attacked the Integrity- of the currency and prescribed iin idiotlo remedy for hard times and low prices for wheat, but he attacked Invested capital and oven th Supreme Court. After a mun ho been defeated twice for tha presidency good taste demands that he should retire from politics and keep still; hla explanations of hi fallur are likely to b absurd, and in the case of Mr. Bryan tbey ar worse than childish. PERSONAL MENTION. Harold Morton Adklna of Syracuse. N. T., has been engaged aa instructor In vocal rnusio at 8yracuaa university. Death for prominent men has had new terrors since Murat Halstead began to work off his rapld-flr biographies. , President Smith of Trinity college, New Haven,' will retire next year as head of the Institution, and will receive a life pension of B.000 a year thereafter. Sir Frederick Treves, the famous English surgeon, who has Just retired, established record In performing 1,000 consecutive operations for appendicitis without a death. Prof. W. J. McGe of th ethnological bureau of Washington has been appointed chief of tho Department of anthropology and ethnology at th St. Louis World's fair. Mr. Elisabeth Custer, widow of the gen eral who waa killed in the massacra of the Littlo Big Horn, is In Washington trying to secure a pension and government em ployment Eugene F, War of Kansas, United States pension commissioner, has undertaken to' obtain and restore for presentation to the Kansas Historical society the scaffold upon which John Brown waa hanged at Harper's Ferry in 1859. A Motart house is to be built at Salzburg aa a memorial for th great composer, and a fund of $115,000 Is now being raised to that end. It will be used as a concert hall. and also the home for a conservatory of music. Th house In which Mozart was born still stands In Salzburg, but is owned by a private Individual. General Fltahugh I yes hag accepted the Invitation of th Daughters of th Revolu tion of Jersey City to deliver an oration at th unveiling of th Paulas Hook battle monument, Jersey City, on October 24. Oeneral Lee is a descendant of Light Horse Harry Lee, who commanded the Americans in th Paulus Hook fight, July 19, 1779. SIMMER SMILES. Unole Hi Ain't you nlovin' varseir Mlrandy. aeeln' th waves sloshln' about? Aunt Mlrandy no: seeln' all them suds remind me of waahln' day. Chicago New. 'Uncle William, what la yo' opinion of politics? "I dunno, suh. De last times I had any dealln's wld It, It only gimme a dollar fer two votes: Atlanta (jonsutution. Old Lawyer Why do you feI that your client will lose his case? Have you ex hausted every means at your disposal to Youna Lawyer No. but I have exhausted all the means at his disposal. Philadelphia Press. 'Some men." said Uncle Eben. "dat wouldn't dare nallN a shingle on a roof, cause dey aln t learnt to be carpenters, magines dey kin step In an run de hull ruv'ment wiroui a aay s experience: Washington Star. Rlobbs The cable to Alaska misht to make It easier for the gold huntsrs to get money. Blobbs I ran to see now. Rlobbs They can send home for It now. Philadelphia Record. First Scot Wot sort o' minister has ye gotten, Oeordle? Socond Scot -Oh. weel, he's muckle worth. We seldom get a -glint o' him: six days o' th' week he's enves'bl. snd on th' seventh he's Incomprehensible. Ram's Horn. TTlln. Noshl" cried a man a he swam to the side of the srk: let me set on hord. By th way, thla Is a bad day fr th raoe." ' What race? snia monn, iDcauuuuBiy. "Human race! Ha, ha!" That axttles it. Any man who d snrtnr a Joke as old sa that deserves to drown!" snd he pulled In the life line. And It was still raining ion aers punesman. . THR I MPIHE'S Rl BAIVAT. Mllwsukee Sentinel. A book of rule, a frown upon my brow, An Indicator, a good eye and thou Beside me. shrieking "Lobster thou art rank!" Oh this, methlnks. were agony enow. Strange, Is It not. that when I call a strike, I 'rou In every bresst sincere dislike? Yet If I call that self-same curve a hall I am abused by Tom and Dick and Mike. What boots it though a player b tagged nut Beyond th slightest shadow of a doubt? The very Instant that I wave my hand. From stand snd bleachers comes a threat ening shout. I sometime think that when my race Is run. When three strike have been called, and, all undone. I hear St. Peter read his riot act 1'U kick oa hi decision, just for fua.