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aa often aa delre4.
If an eastern European war Is pre
cipitated excursions to the Holy Land
will not be so popular next winter.
It is decreed that the drug store soda
fountain menu cards are to be censored
by the police authorities. What will
the poor girls do?
King Edward's incognito at the Ger
man and Bohemian watering places
aeems to be a poor disguise. Where-
ver he goes, everybody is on to him.
What has become of The Hague peace
tribunal? " Thla ought to be a good time
for it to spread Its benign influence
over the war area of Turkey and Mace
donia. '
The council hns awarded the con
tracts ror repairing dilapidated pave
ments and with the permission of the
contractors our public thoroughfares
may again become passable.
Owing to short funds, no cooking
school will be installed for the present
for the High school girls, but the
kitchen Btove at home will still be at
their service for experimental practice.
If there are any more sinecures to bo
created by the Board of Education now
Is the time to do it. To hold these ap
pointments back until Just before elec
tion would be too much of a give-away
Lady Curxon, formerly Miss Letter of
Chicago,' has accepted an invitation to
attend the Frontier day exercises at
Cheyenne, which are to outshine last
year's Durbar In Delhi so far as paint
and feathers are concerned.
We take it that the Chicago papers
will not be bashful about pointing the
moral of the suicide committed by n
man on a train enroute from that city
to St. Iouls Just before he reached his
destination.
With the Transmlssisutppl congress in
session at Seattle ready to solve all tho
problems confronting our nation, what
possible excuse can there be for con
vening another congress In extra ses
sion In Washington ahead of the regular
timet
And now General Miles Is to be
groomed for the democratic nomination
for governor of Massachusetts Hind also
held In reserve for the headship of the
Grand Army of the Republic next year.
General Miles is Jnst beginning to en
, counter the trials and tribulations that
beset an eminent soldier out of a Job.
Chairman Sloau's remarks before the
republican state convention about a
nonpartisan Judiciary appeur to fit tho
situation In this Judicial district, at
though framed with reference to another
condition. The reception accorded this
part of the temporary chairman's ad
dress also showed that the temper of
the republicans throughout the' state Is
not In favor of democratic partisanship
, masquerading under nonpartisan colors.
North. Dakota ! to have an extra ses
sion of Us legislature' to "appropriate
money to make1 good payments on con
tracts for which Its supreme court has
knocked out a proposed issue of bonds.
In-this state the contractors would 'bo
glad to go ahead and take due bills for
their money, with a promise of relui
x buraement at the first regular legisla
tive, meeting. If North Dakota hasu't a
liae of credit with its public institution,
ceatractora tt most be la a bad way.
, TJf flKPCBLlCAl BTATK TlCKKT.
Tho nomination of John B. Bsrneii
for miprpm Judge) by the republican
ntRt couvontion will meet with Koncral
approval of the party. The) opposition
will try to make capital out of the fact
that Judge names' name wi the only
one presented to the convention Inti
mating that his selection was forced by
outside Influences against the wtshei of
the party. The truth Is that Judge
Barnes was one of the principal candi
dates for the nomination for snpreine
Judge two years ago, withdrawing at
that time with the avowed intention of
seeking the place later, that as supreme
court commissioner he has been serving
s It were an apprenticeship to the su
preme bench and that the nomination
was this year conceded to him without
competition becanse of his faithful
service on the bench and hit admitted
claims upon the party.
Judge Barnes ability and qualifica
tions for the Judicial position for which
he has been nominated will not bo
questioned. He has been n f practicing
lawyer at the bar or on th bench for
nearly a third of a century. He is thor
oughly identified with Nebraska and is
well known throughout the state, hav
ing practiced hit profession first here
In Omaha, then in northeast Nebraska,
and later in Norfolk. His ! service as
Supreme court commissioner proved so
satisfactory that he wu appointed a
second time by unanimous Tote of the
present supreme Judges, a majority of
whom are fuslonlsts in politics. This
by itself is good testimony to bis Judi
cial abilities and proof positive that he
s entitled to promotion to a place on
the supreme bench.
The two nominations for university
regents will commend themselves with
out reservation to the people. Both are
peculiarly fitted to administer a great
educational institution. W. G. Whlt-
more Js a successful farmer and stock
raiser of mature years and Judgment,
native of Massachusetts, where be
received a liberal education previous to
Joining his fortunes to Nebraska's soil.
S. Allen is an intelligent and pro
gressive young attorney graduated by
the university and familiar with its stu
dent side.
The ratification of the ticket at the
polls may be looked forward to as a
matter of course. ,
THC AMXRIVA'S CCP It AC EM.
The first of the races for the America's
cup will be sailed today and while there
seems to be a less general and entbusl
astlc Interest in the event than was
manifested in previous contests for the
famous trophy, which has been in pos
session of American yachtmen for fifty'
two year?, stl)i Interest is,by no means
lacking, particularly in eastern yachting
circles, and it is probably mingled with
some anxiety as to the result Although
there has been betting of two to one on
tho American yacht Reliance, It is ad-
niltted that Shamrock HI is a dangerous
boat, having shown herself very much
superior to her predecessors of the same
name In the cup contests. ,
Since arriving in American waters the
challenger has shown her superiority
over Shamrock I in an extended list of
races, in which her average winning
time over a thirty-mile course was more
than twenty-two minutes over that of
the 1900 boat. Nevertheless there is
confidence among American yachtmen
that Reliance will prove worthy of ber
name. The demonstrations she has
given were all that could be desired and
she has made them against two yachts,
one of which had not only defeated
Shamrock I easily, but had beaten an
other boat that had beaten her. How
ever; the comparative merits of the boats
in the present contest are purely specu
lative. Undoubtedly both are faster
than any which have previously 'con
tested for the cup and tho reasonable
expectation Is that the races will be
very close, the result depending very
largely upon the skill with which the
boats are bandied.
TfliRrr-riro states rutt uooscvklt.
The republicans of thirty-two states
have declared in favor of the nomina
tion of President Roosevelt by the na
tional convention of 1004. In every In
stance this pronouncement hns been
made with unanimity and enthusiasm.
It Is a motit remarkable illustration of
the president's popularity and of the
hold he has upon the esteem and con
fidence of his party. Why this is so
is well expressed in tho language of
the Nebraska republican platform,
which declares "that the administration
of our national affairs and onr negotia
tions with foreign nations are being
conducted by a courageous republican
president, who knows no fear, who
courts no favor, but who loves peace
crowned with honor, and in whose
charge we have a feeling of perfect
safety and security.' , This la the feel
ing of republicans in every state of tho
nulon where there is loyalty to repub
lican principles and policies and these
are held to he superior to all mere. local
considerations.
The fact that la some of the southern
states there Is opposition to Mr. Roose
velt because of his position in regard to
the rights of the colorod race, counts
for nothiug. The stand that he has
taken In support of the proposition that
the uegro should not bo deprived of
those rltfhts and privileges which have
been bestowed upon him by the constl
tutlon Is approved by the unprejudiced
sentiment. of the country, which It I
not to be doubted Includes a largo ma
jority of the American people. No op
position to the president on this scoro
will have any weight in the national
convention. Neither will Mr. Roose
velt Iks harmed by any hostility that
u.ay be manifested on the part of tho
capitalistic or trust interest. As an
eastern paper of independent views in
politics remarks, "the greatest advan
tage that Theodore Roosevelt could gain
as a presidential aspirant would be the
creation of, A popular belief that Wall
street opposed blm. It would be as if
the whole country, from Maine to the
Gulf of Mexico and from Washington
to California, were In reposition to that
narrow, short New York byway. If
Wall street does not wind. Mr. itooso
velt to be elected president next yesr,
let it maintain a discreet reserve anent
Its wish. Otherwise Wall street is
likely to become the most potent factor
in his overwhelming victory." Already
the people have noted an oppsltlon to
the president on the part of some of
the combinations, reflected through
their organs, and the effect has been to
strengthen him In the popular regard.
The next republican national conven
tion will unanimously nominate Mr.
Roosevelt That Is as certain as any
political event of the future can be and
there is at present no Indication of any
conditions or circumstances that will
prevent his election.
A HtQH VOMPLIMtXT.
The republicans of Nebraska in state
convention assembled have paid n high
compliment to Hon. John L. Webster
In endorsing blm as their choice for the
vice presidency of the United States.
More than a quarter of a century ago
Mr. Webster, then a young man, was
chosen to preside over the convention
that framed the present constitution of
Nebraska and since then be has- been
conspicuous among the republican lead
ers of this state. Although never occu
pying an 'official position in the national
government Mr. Webster has figured
In the national arena' as a delegate to
several national conventions. Profes
sionally Mr. Webster has taken rank
among the ablest lawyers of the coun
try and 1b widely known from bis con
nection with a number of the most im
portant cases that have been before
fetate and federal supreme courts.
Should the republican national conven
tion see fit to go west of the Mississippi
In Its choice of a companion candidate
to Theodore Roosevelt Nebraska will
not be backward In asking for prefer
ence for John L. Webster In accord with
the action of its state convention.
AS CJSSOC9D SUOOMSTiOB.
The suggestion is made in some quar
ters that the United 8tates should pro
ceed to construct the Panama cana! re
gardless of the action of the Colombian
congress, Justifying itself on the ground
that the canal Is of world-wide concern.
Thus a Philadelphia paper says thnt
"congress should take into immediate
consideration at the extra session which
Is to be called the question whether It
would not be the wisest plan to send
Uncle Sam to Colon and Panama with
a spade In his hand and dig that ditch
anyhow," adding that In a case like
this England, or Germany or France
would build the canal. Possibly In like
circumstances either of those nations
would seize from Colombia the required
territory, occupy it with a military
force and construct the canal, but this
is wholly foreign to the policy of the
United States and no such course would
be authorized by congress or receive
the support of the American people,
However disappointing or Irritating the
action of ColomMa, our government. It
is safe to say, will do nothing that is
not entirely fair to that republic.
Nothing has yet been disclosed re
garding the Intentions of President
Roosevelt. He will move deliberately in
the matter and will do nothing for
which there is not the fullest warrant of
law, and It may be remarked that there
Is no warrant for any of the radical
steps which the more aggressive news
papers are suggesting. The president
Is authorized to proceed with negotia
tions for a canal in the Nicaragua route.
but he may not be disposed to act under
It at least while there is a chance of
renewing negotiations with Colombia
Federal Judges do not always agree.
The other day Judge Lochren held that
a merger of the Great Northern and
Burlington roads through the Northern
Securities company did not conflict with
the anti-trust laws. In rendering this
decision Judge Lochren knew that
was In direct conflict with the decision
rendered by the appellate circuit court
of the United States some months pre
viously. A few days ago Judge Rogers
of the United States circuit court
handed down an opinion to the effect
that any company or individual has the
absolute right to dismiss employes Imv
cause they belong to a labor union, and
Incidentally be also ruled that employ
era may maintain a black list of dls
charged employes and give it out for
the use of others. It is exceedingly
doubtful, however, whether the ruling
of Judge Rogers will be concurred In
by federal Judges In other circuits or
by the supreme court of the United
States.
South Omaha is said to be considera
bly behind in Its hydrant rental and
yet wants a material Increase in the
number of Its hydrants without payln
any more for them. If tbe negotiations
now pending for a ten years' extension
with the Omaha Water company go
tnrongn, Bootn umaha would secure
seventeen additional hydrants for the
first year and twenty-four more for tho
succeeding nine years. In other words,
the present number of hydrants beln
250, South Omaha would get 207 for
1904 and 201 for the nine succeeding
years without additional cost. Whether
this concession is not offset for the ex
tension of the existing contract the tax
paying citizens of South Omaha must
determine for themselves.
The committee of the prohibition
party in Nebraska Is organizing prepar
atory to spending that 11,000 gathered
in for Its campaign treasury at the time
of the prohibition utate convention.
Those who want to share in the grand
prize distribution should see to It that
their applications are in early.
It Is rumored among New York politi
cians that President - Roosevelt is
strongly In favor of Secretary Root for
tha presidential nomination la 1008.
This rumor may be safely discredited
for two very good reasons first be
cause the presidential races for IfloS
are altogether too remote to be ration
ally discussed, and, second, because no
president hns yet been able to name his
own successor. This is not a nation of
dynasties.
This boom for the Columbus conven
tion in the democratic organs is of
course carefully designed to make the
democratic tent show overshadow In
numbers the populist part of the com
bination and give the democrats a
plausible excuse for taking the big end
of the box office distribution. But tho
populists are usually foAnd to have had
their eye teeth cut
What We Are Oomlns; Ta.
Philadelphia Record,
Still the process of consolidation of rail
ways keeps moving on. At the present rata
of progression a few yoara hence there will
he three or four trunk lines In the country.
each furnished with subsidiary steam and
electric feeders like the hairs on a cater
pillar.
Htat for the Laynaa,
Baltimore American. .
Thomas A. Edison, the electrical wteard.
has thrown up his hands and surrendered
to tha X-ray, admitting It to be too mysteri
ous and too dangerous to experiment with.
When Edison confesses fear of any elec
trical phenomenon it Is time for tha laymen
to take to the woods.
Criticism Worse Than Stealing;.
Brooklyn Eagle.
In England a man named White has gone
to prison for commenting on the ease of
Whltaker Wright, the swindler. Meanwhile
Mr.., Wright Is on ball. to go whither he
llsteth. Aa, between Wright and White,
Wright seems to have the right of It It Is
worse to express an opinion than to steal.'
Will Ha King the Old Sonet
Indianapolis Journal.
This would be a very opportune time for
Mr. Bryan to deliver that once famous lec
ture of the sUverltee on the "community of
Interest" between wheat and Silver, with
the chart showing that the price of the two
moved up and down in unison. With wheat
p to $1 and silver down to 43 cants this
chart might look somewhat out of tuna just
now.
"The Treason of Peace."
fit Louis Globe-Democrat.
In his latest address Mr. Folk calls atten
tion to the fact that the national constitu
tion "specifically mentions only two crimes
for which the president may be impeached
treason and bribery. Bribery Is treason
the treason of peace. If all official acts were
for sale, then a government of tha people
could not long exist." The plea that bribery
Is only a conventional crime Is heard no
more In defense of boodlers. It worked the
opposite way with Juries and public opinion.
Merger Magnate's War Alarms,
Springfield Republican.
And now comes the railroad man, James
J. Rill, with the view that the United States
government should never be without an
army of at least 200,000 reedy Instantly to
take the field, - and with the familiar
declaration that "we must have peace for
our Industrial and commercial growth, and
peace we will have, if we have to fight for
it." That is usually the talk of a man who
prefers a peace that haa to be fought for
to a peace which springs from peace, and
such a man seems' Co be the defendant in so
many suits to enforce the anti-trust laws.
But Just where tha expected or hoped-for
war is to spring up Mr. Hill does not ven
ture an opinion. ,
Lenarth of Presidential Campaigns.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Four months Is. not long for a presl
dential campaign. , Representatives In con
gress are elected on the same day a presl
dent Is chosen. Surely, the people of 'the
country can spare a little time through
four months for so Important a matter.
Whether the nominations, shall be mada
early or late, the usual time will be do
voted to presidential and congressional
politics next year. The excitement inci
dent to the nomination of candidates for
president and vice president is as disturb
ing as the actual presidential campaign.
The conventions have 'a ' settling effect.
Usually there Is a lull after tha nomlna
tlons are made. Time is given tor wounds
to heal, and for . those who swear with
both hands and feet that they will not vote
for the nominee to fall into line rather than
help the enemy, even by indifference. There
Is always a great deal of fol-de-rol tbout
Dolitical contention disturbing business
Men who are never satisfied who always
want to be making mora money let their
acquisitive imaginations run away with
thorn. Business men owe mora than Uey
usually allow to government, and govern
ment cannot be run -without politics. A
long and exciting presidential campaign Is
a good teacher in government.
CRY rOH A LARGE ARMY.
Strength of m Nation Nat Measnren
by tbe Nnmber of Its Soldiery.
Chicago Record Herald.
Aa we are Just well through with war
and have Just developed a new army or
ganisation scheme, as, moreover, we are
grateful for the prospect of long-continued
peace and have no reaaon to expect aggres
sion from any quarter, Mr. Jamea J. Hill's
revelaUon that wa need a much larger
military force than we have now ia not
likely to awaken a responsive chord In tha
breast of the public.
Mr. Hill makes the absurd mistake of
supposing that the strength of this nation
Is measured by the slse of its standing
army. He thinka that "if wa are to be a
member of the great family of nations" wa
should have an army of 200,000 men. This
would be a strange Idea for any intelligent
man to advance, and It is very strange
coming from Mr. Hill because his buslnesa
is of a kind that should teach him to know
better. We are a member of the great
family of natlona quite Independently of all
military considerations, and a most Impor
tant member because of the produce which
Mr. Hill helps to export. We are power
ful because of our Immense resources of all
sorts, and the power la there whether our
soldiers number 200.000 or 60.000. Of course
the more regulars there are under constant
drill the more ready we should be at the
alarm of war, but If that M indispensable
why stop at 200.000? Why not have a
standing army of 2,000,000?. The fact Is thst
the line has been drawn with a common
sense regurd for the chances and a justi
fiable dependence upon our volunteer
system.
It is certain that no foreign power will
wantonly provoke us, and we are puisled
by Mr. IHll's declaration that "we must
have peace for our Industrial and commer
cial growth, and peace wa will have If we
have to fight for it." Wnat ia the mean
ing of this rhodotnontade? There Is a nat
ural growth beyond our own frontiers which
depends primarily upon the needs of other
nations, not upon our ability to command
peace by war. There la a growth within
our own borders which does not now and
which never will require the supervision of
200.000 soldiers. '
Mr. 'Hill is merely talking military rub
bish, of which, by the way, we have had
much too liberal an allowance during tbe
last two or three yearn,
FLACK Or THE HIGH SCHOOL
Pnrnoae.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Increasing tendency of the public to
challenge the wisdom of maintaining high
schools at publlo expense will attract wide
attention among educators to the confer
ence, organised by President James of
Northwestern university, which will meet
In Chicago October M and 81.
While the discussion of the status and
purpose of the high school will take a wide
range, the question that Is of greatest pop
ular and pedagogic Interest la stated as
follows:
"Should tha public high school be looked
on primarily as a school to prepare young
men and women for the college and uni
versity? Or should It bs viewed as an
Independent school .with Its own Important
ends and alms, to which preparation for
higher schools must be strictly second-
aryr
In discussing this question It should not
be forgotten that the high school and the
state university are Integral parts of the
common school system" of the state. Tbe
existence of the state university as a part
of the state's system of publlo education
Implies the existence of a connecting link
between the grammar or , Intermediate
grades and the state university. To leave
out any of the rounds In the state's educa
tional ladder would be Illogical and unwise.
It is plainly obvious therefore that prepa
ration for the state university should be
at least an Incidental consideration in ar
ranging tha ourrioula of tha high schools.
There is little doubt however, that tha
preponderance of opinion among tha mora
progressive educators favora the idea of
making the high school "tha people's col
lege" Instead of a preparatory school for
the higher Institutions of learning; that its
chief aim should be to provide a more
practical training in- language and the
sciences for pupils who are unable to at
tend colleges or universities. It Is their
belief that it should supply the "finishing
touches" to a common school education.
and the preparation for a university should
be only a secondary consideration.
To the mind of the layman there does
not seem to be any reason why the high
school should not serve both these pur
poses. There la nothing Incompatible be
tween the Idea of a "people's college" and
the shaping of a curriculum In such a way
as to prepare pupils for a university. The
preparatory course should be separate and
distinct from the course that is designed to
finish a boy's education and prepare him
to grapple immediately with tha problems
of life. Such a combination of purpose
would seem to constitute the Ideal twen
tieth century high school.
GIVE US CLEAN MONEY.
"Filthy I,aere" Menacing; the Health
of Everyone Handling: It.
Indianapolis Journal.
When congress undertakes currency legis
lation at the coming session some attention
should be given to the question of clean or
dirty paper money, and if the congress can
not devise some means of Insuring clean
money it should refer it to the Board of
Health. The slang expression, "filthy lucre."
fits American paper money exactly. Strong
in fiber, good as gold, the banks discover
no reason why they should pay express
charges involved in any system of redemp
tion and reissue they might organize, and
thus tha same old bills are paid out over
and over again until they are positively
worn out. And long before this time comes
the passage through thousands of hands
haa made them disgustingly filthy and a
menace to the health of everyone that han
dles them.
They do this thing much better abroad,
la England of on the continent one handles
always clean new bills or coin, which can
easily be cleaned and disinfected. Such a
thing as an old, dirty, ragged piece of paper
to represent money Is unknown, and would
not be tolerated by any foreign government
that has any sanitary regulations. Nobody
knows what kind of hands a bit of our
money has passed through, or what germs
of disease it carries. A few banks in large
centers In the east have made something
of a hit by using new and clean money ex
cluBlvely, at some little expense to them
selves, but in the smaller cities and towns
not enough new business can be attracted
by this method to make It an induocment
to the comparatively small expense In
volved. Paper money is a necessity, and Is
so recognised all over the civilised world,
but there Is no reason why It should be
used over and over again until it becomes
dangerous from a sanitary point of view,
PERSONAL NOTES.
David Nation is e ported to have become
reconciled to Carrie Nation. David stands
alone.
A standing army of 200,000 men would be
satisfactory to James J. Hill, although he
is willing to compromise on 100,000.
The csar of Russia draws- a salary of ITS
a minute, Many of his subjects do not
get that much money in a lifetime.
General Young's tenun of tha office of
the commanding genera) was so short that
it kept him busy to get .lis new uniform on.
Tha senators comprising the Alaskan vis
iting party are ten days behind. That Is,
in respect to r-redule time not in the mat
ter of connecting with tha appropriations
for expenses.
Darius and Cyrus Cobb, the twin brother
artists of Boston
celebrated their 69th
birthday on the 6th Inst. Both are strong
and robust men and are as devoted to their
work as ever.
Prof. Qoldwin Smith of Toronto, who
has Jupt completed his 80th year, was the
companion, adviser ana coadjutor or tne
men who were moat powerful In shaping
history and directing English thought dur
ing the period in the nineteenth century
when England rose to its highest Intel
lectual elevation. Age has dealt gently
with the doctor, whose erect and fault
lessly attired figure always attracts much
attention In the city of his residence.
Eastern horsemen have not yet ceased to
congratulate Budd Doble. tha veteran
driver, who the other day won a (5,000
purse at tha Empire City track with his
green horse, Kinney Lou. Doble, who Is
now 64 years old. at one time could write
his check for $260,000 or more, but lost an
or most of it in unfortunate Investments.
In his long career on the trotting turf he
won a higher place In publlo estimation
than was ever occupied by any other driver.
He held the reins over three trotters whon
they made world's records Dexter, Gold
smith Maid and Nancy Hanks. With Gold
smith Maid he won nearly $400,000 In purses
and prises. Until this season he has not
raced for ten years.
Congressman Robert Baker writes The
Bee to correct a statement In this column
credited to the New York Sun that he
had drawn 'a salary aa auditor of municipal
accounts In Brooklyn since his name was
put on the congressional pay roll. Ha calls
attention to the result of an Inquiry Insti
tuted by the Bun of which It said "that hla
services as auditor of accounts ceased
March 2, 190J, two days before his salary
as a member of congress began. Mr.
Baker adds, "I am well aware that anyone
who exposes the means by which railroads
and similar corporations obtain tha 'special
privileges' which enable them to oppress
ths people must expect to be ridiculed, but
I also expect that a paper of tha standing
of The Be will not be a party to a willful
misstatement of facL" It is needless to
sdd that The Be baa no deatra to mis
represent Mr. Baker and gladly makes this
correction, ...... . .
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ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
Ripples on tha Cnrrent of Lite la
tbe Metropolis.
Rev, John Alexsnder Dowle, boss of Zlon
City, near Chicago, Is about to lead a
hot of followers on Gotham and show tha
benighted of the burg how to conduct a
revival. He has engaged Madlaon Square
Garden for two weeks, October 18 to No
vember 1, and proposes to orate as fre
quently as auditors assemble. Oratory will
not be the only feature of the show. There
will be an extensive culinary establishment
conducted exclusively by Dodleltes. All
the cooking will be dona In ths garden,
and tha catering department will be In
charge of tha leader's moat trusted fol
lowers, managers of tha only hotel In tha
now famous Zlon City. A baptismal pool
is to ba constructed In tha Garden, where
convert will be baptised Immediately upon
making profession, and before they shall
have bad time for their seal to abate.
"What lower depths of misery and degra
dation could readily be Imagined la tha rich
and prosperous Island of Manhattan," aays
the Tribune, "than have been sounded by
wretched Immigrants who have huddled be
neath the dumping piers, with the vilest
filth under them, above them and around
them I Ths health department la now busy
in routing out these perversa and degen
erate creatures. These laborers have been
earning wages sufficient for them to have
rooms In the tenement districts, but they
prefer tha most squalid lodgings Imaginable,
because they are determined to lay aside
money In the shortest possible time, in
order to enable them to go back to the land
which they still Idolise and adore, in tha
hope of living there In ease and comfort
from their point of view for tho rest of
their days on tha dollars which they have
scrimped and saved here In New York."
There seems to ba a growing tendency
among the wealthy men living In New York
or visiting the city to take wives from
among working girls. A while a go It was
announced that a somewhat retiring young
millionaire, a (nan who for all of hla social
diffidence was esteemed an enormous catch
among the match-making women of society.
Intended to marry tba daughter of tha
housekeeper of his palace tip In Westchester
county. The girl Is both beautiful and ac
complished, and yet certain Idiotic weekly
sheets published In New York for tho One
purpose of pandering to tho craving for so
ciety gossip hava printed covert sneers
with regard to the match. An exceedingly
rich stock broker of 40, married, not long
ago, the dainty and desirable cashier of a
restaurant in the financial district where ba
was wont to take his luncheon, and rich
men In New York are constantly "falling
to" the charms of demure typewriter girls.
A hustling young proprietor of more than
two score of popular-priced restaurants In
New York, a man who inside of flva years
has expanded tho proverbial shoestring Into
several millions of dollars, married a wait
ress in one of his establishments. Only a
few years ago the head of a famous New
York publishing firm, a man of millions
who had been esteemed a hopeless bache
lor, went to church with tho daughter of
his washerwoman, after having educated
the girl at Vaasar, and, what Is more to the
purpose, the marriage haa been a conspicu
ously happy one.
Does the Introduction of mala waiters at
New York's women's hotel presage tha
eventual opening of the doors of that ex
clusively feminine hotel to mala guests?
Maybe. It is an entering wedge, anyhow.
and the women guests are mora than satis
fied with It. What is more, they demanded
It. They didn't like the girl waiters at all
said they were "snippy" and "talky," and
slovenly and perky, and many other things
with various shades of meaning.
At the outset the women projectors of tha
women's hotel were going to run tha whole
outfit, from dynamo compartment to dining
room, without any trousered creature no,
not even one from cellar to garret. Diffi
culties, however, arose to puncture this
plan. No eligible stationary engineers and
electricians of the female persuasion were
ready to jump Into the breach the pun Is
Involuntary and unintentional. It waa ap
prehended, likewise, that it would not be
altogether easy to obtain the services of
young lady coal heavers, machinery oilers.
garbage regulators and so on. These hum
ble, but important, positions, consequently,
had to be filled by coarse male bipeds, who
-were rigorously kept at their stations, how
ever, and out of view.
Women did all the rest. Manageress,
clerkessea, night clerkesses, bootblacks, who
were perfao' laydlea, waitresses, scullions,
cooks, fire-makers, laundresses, chamber
maids, bell girls all kilted persons. Men
who called to see tha women guests were
conducted into a tiny, bare reception room
in an obscure corner of the hotel, although
the hotel Is rich in handsomely furnished
reception rooms.
Everything went beautiful for a while,
until, one day, a man who called to aea one
of tha woman guests had . the unbounded
temerity to forget to throw his cigar away
when he entered the tiny reception room,
whttber he waa conducted by tha bell girl.
Thereupon soma of the ancient women
guests of the rubbering persuasion set up
an uproar, declaring that tha fumes of the
man's cigar, away off In that corner of
the hotel, roads them 111, if only by ocular
suggestion, they having seen tha man with
the cigar in his hand.
Then the storm broke. The great major
ity of the women guests up and declared
that they liked the smell of cigar smoke
that it was homelike and cosy that It was
pleasant to feel, after all, that there was a
man around occasionally so there, now!
Then these Insurgents began to kick about
tha girl waiters and to demand that trous
ered waiters be Installed in their places,
on threat of packing up and leaving In a
body. Their demand was met by the man
agement. Bellboys are soon to displace
the bellglrls, and even money is being freely
offered by hotel men around town that it
will be a matter of only a little while now
before the women's hotel will be throwing
open its doors to mabcullne guests.
One day last week Stephen Van Buren of
Brooklyn went over the rivers to New
Jersey, taking bis gun and dog along.
Somewhere not far from Paterson ha saw
a bird which be thought looked like a wild
duck and he ahot It. The farmer who
owned the duck had him arrested and be
fore noon he had been fined twice onoe for
killing the duck and again for being a non
resident gunner. The fines and costs
amounted to something over $50, after pay
ing which Stephen Van Buren fared back
to Brooklyn.
A young woman who was arrested for
masausradlng the streets in men's cloth
Ing, waa brought Into court on the follow
ing morning attired as she wsa when cap
tured. "I did It, your honor," she said with sobs.
"only for a lark."
"Well, you do look like a bird." was tho
Judicial response. "It I let you go. do
you think you can fly?"
She was sura ahs could. When the rage
waa opened shs flew to a police matron
who lent her a dress In which to go home.
Room for Mora.
Indianapolis News.
The records show that we have had 20..
OOO.OUO Immigrants since ISA and still we
have room for all the decent ones that want
to coma over bare where a man can make
an honest living without fear that It will
ba taken away from him by anybody ex-
JLcept tba trusts
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INDIAN WRONGS.
Explicit Charges Demand n 'enrobing-
Investigation.
Philadelphia Publlo Ledger.
Tho report of S. N. Broslus, agent of
the Indian Rlghta association, who waa
sent to tha Indian Territory to investigate
charge that white promoters, speculators
and land aharks were securing possession
of Indian lands for a grossly inadequate
consideration, arraigns a number of Gov
ernment officials who, so far from safe
guarding tha rights of the Indians, have
boon actively engaged, it Is asserted, In
robbing them of their holdings, it U esti
mated that 20,000,000 acres are Involved.
In one way or another. In the scandalous
transactions, and the Interests of nearly
400,000 Indians are affected. The land
grabbing scheme, it is said, has extensive
ramifications, and probably covers greater
fraud than that unearthed in the pnt
offloe department. Politicians and adminis
trations come and go, but the wrong of the
Indians remain and shame tha nation.
Tho Broslus report Is aufftolonUy explicit
and condemnatory to demand the most
searching Investigation by congress, redreein
for tha Indians who have been overreached
and robbed, and such modification of the
laws aa will protect tho Indian titles. Tho
present allotment system, it appears. Is too
costly and technical, and delays and dln
coura tho security of titles by the
Indiana in many Instances. Flagrant wronps
with respect to excessive land hold
ing, now unlawful, are described. An in
stance Is mentioned where an Indian mother,
hrnorant of the value of her oil land,
long in her possession, received $1,800 for
three tracts, while tho person obtaining
them received $20,000 from an oil corcpiry
for his share of the profits. Companies
operating In the oil district treat tha In
dians with gross Injustice.
United Slates officials, tt is charged, are
are interested, directly or indirectly. In tha
developing companies, and some of them
are commissioned aa tha special guardians
of Indian Interest. Mr. Broslus says that,
with the information In possession of these
officials. It la clear that they possess a de
cided advantage over others In pressing
"any business In which they may have an
Interest, either through a trust company or
otherwise."
The commissioner of Indian affairs, com
menting on tho report, is reported aa saytng
that it Is Impossible for any Federal official
connected with a land company operating
In Indian' lands to be absolutely Impartial
In deciding questions affecting his own
Interests. The commissioner favors a
thorough Investigation by the Indian of
fice and by congress. It should be search
ing and exhaustive, regardless of conse
quences to reputations, f. ;, -.T ji
FLASHES OP FUN.
Hewitt How did Gruet coma to ko to'
Utah and become a Mormon?
Jewett He said there wasn't ' any ona
woman who could support him. Town
Topics.
Voire fover the 'nhonel Shay. Central. I 1
wanter hie talk ter m' wife.
Central What s her number!
Voice Qultcher klddln'. will yert I ain't
no Mormon. New York Sun.
Duatv Rhodes A feller asked mo dls
momln' if I drink anything, and I. said
No."
Weary Walker Aw, coma off!
Duatv Rhodes Fact! I wasn't axln ter ;
say "yes," was I? "Anything" Includes .'
soaay water an iruca uko oat-riumaei-phla
Press.
'What is the difference between a violin
1st and a fiddler?"
'The difference, answered me concert ,
manager, " is enormous; anywnere rrom '
$&00 to $6,000 a wee. wasningron Diar.
What kind of breakfast food do you ,'
&refer?" asked the landlady of the new I
oarder.
"Flannel cakes and pure maple ayrnp. i
buttered toast, ham and eggs and coffee,"
replied the young man who had hla appe
tite with him. Detroit Free Press.
"I'm not afraid to give my age," said j
Miss Wellon, defiantly. "I'm Just SO."
"In view of the hereafter," remarked '
Miss Snappelgh, "I should think you would ;
be afraid to give It at that." Chicago
Tribune.
"I have here." said the visitor. poem ,
on the new cup defender"
"What?" cried the editor, reaching for a
C'"Walt a minute." protested the visitor. ;
"This Is absolutely unique. You will ob- -,
serve I do not once line 'defiance' to rhyme
with 'Reliance.' " Philadelphia Cathollo :
Standard.
Mike Are ye much hurted, Pat? Do ya
want a doothor? ,
Pat A doothor, ye fule! afthor beln
runned over be a throlley car? I'hat Ol
wknt la a lawyer.-Judge.
There wa a fiilr maid named Pomona
The flrt time she ate of bologna
Hhe said: "It is queer.
But I reallv fear
You must help mo remove Its klmons.
Chicago Tribune.
YE GKNTI.K CRITIC.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Down In the pasture, near the creek,
A cricket chirped his lltllo In v;
A Jackass heard the effort weak.
Whenas, by chance, lie ceased to bray,
He stood until the song wa o'er.
And listened, in amazement dumb,.
And though he would have Mood for more.
He enly said, "It's pretty bui:"
And thus the rhymester's roundelays
Are often styled hy some that Hat ;
Perhaps he strive fur guld or bay.
Perhaps he seeks but to exist.
Heed not the critical harangue.
Blng on, V bsrds. enjoyed by nm, i
Remember, when tho cricket Hang.
The Jackan suld, "It's pretty hum.
Ayers
Hair Vigor
Makes the hair grow
because it is a hair-food.
It feeds the hair and the
hair grows, that's all there
is to it. It stops falling
of the hair, too, and re
stores color to gray hair.
K M. an anal. J. C AYEI CO., Lswril, Mom,
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