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V TITE OMAHA DAILY DEE: TUESDAY. OCTOBER fi. 11HM. TlIE OMAHA DAILY BEE. K. ROSEWATF.R, KDITUR PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION. f)l!f Bee (without Sunday). One Yr.M' Dslly Bee and Sunday, one Year . Illustrated Ree, One Year 2 On unrisy Bee, One Year 2 Sstiirdav Bee, one Year l.ii" Twentieth Century Farmer. One Year, l.uw DELIVERED KY CARRIER Dally Ree (without Sunday), per copy.. 2c Iallv Re (without Sumlavi. per week..1;?r Dally Bee (including Sunday), r week.Kc Sunday Be, per ropy fie Kvenlng Bee (without Sunday), per week c Evening Bee (Including Sunday). l)-r week 10c Complaints of Irre gularitles In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES! Omaha The Bee Building-. South Omaha ('It v Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M streets. Council Bluffs 1(1 Pearl Btreet. Chicago 1640 Unity BulMlns. ' New York 23: Park How Building. Washington Siil Fourteenth Htreet. . CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to new and edi torial matter should he addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft. expres or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Cnmpinv. Only, t-oent stamps accepted In payment of mall account, personal cheeks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. UTATEMKNT OF CIRCULATION, tat of Nehrssks. Douglas County, as.: Oeorg-e B. Txarhiick, retary of The Be Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ays that the actual number of full and complete, copies of The Dally Morning. Kvenlng and Hundav Bee printed during tho month of September, 19uJ, was a fol lows: 1 W.120 l !ts).f;W I sn.arro i; gs.mo 2A.3TO IS aK.M7( 4 2ft.S70 19 USl.SiHt 6... 8A.A(VU 20 211,4 1-1 6...' tftt.Ttkt 21 iSi.MXO 7 im.lt 24 22 gN.KMW ...... 2.70 23 2MWi(l ro.itito 2 2x.7:m i" m.iso a 21M.720 II 2A.1C20 2 2W,it5 12 .' sn.aio . 27 v7.ato 1 aX,4.'lft 28 2N,7H 1 atMKMt 'Ji iiH.M.10 15 H.SH -JU gi,(4l Total MU.:io Leas unsold and returned copies.... I,4MI Net total tales NfiK.744 Net average sales gsvtUI GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to Jffore m this Juih duy of (September, A. 1. 1M3. M. B. IIUNUATK. Sel.) Notary Public PARTIES LEAVING THE CITY. 'riles leaving; the city at r tlasa mar kOTe The Bee 'at o theni regolarly by MOtlfylaar The Bee Baalnesa Office, la person or by mall. The Address will be changed as aftea as desired. Republican county primaries today. rrlraary poll will . be open from 12 noon to 7 p. in. i Kcpubllcnn county primaries today. No republican 'should ru.II to vote. When King Ak-Sar-Hen says "Let there be light" there Is light and plenty f it. It seema that the fuslonlsts of C renter New York draw the line at fusiiitf wlt)k Tammany. " ' If he will only keep this up tho weather man cau have first prize with out competition. King Peter, should fprowent a pronoun ring gazetteer to every subject Uo way bar business with the wcuibers of bin new ministry. That gort of mania which mukes Its Irtlms think the White Hoime In tin place to brandlnh flreanns is of the kind that will have to be mippreHKcd. Sir Thomas Upton has put himself on record as Opposed to Joseph Chamber lain's preferential tariff policy. Sir Thomas prefers to havo tea ou the freu libt. Th question Douglas county repub licans who want to win must consider is whether it Is not better to nominate men who can be elected than wrtt who would start out in the face of defeat. The-ntxt run of the national war drama will be put on the stage at Tort ltlley for a limited engagement in which the country will be saved several times again from an imaginary enemy. That. earthquake at St. Louis should Lave delayed Its appearance until next year, when it might have entered Itself s an exhibit at the great world s ex position. A small earthquake trained to perform at given intervals would be a great drawing card for the Midway. Judge Yimouhaler first denied that lie , had made any Agreement whatever to secure his second nomination. Then he admitted that perhaps he had promised to consult with somebody alout some thing. Now that he is confronted with the original signed document he doesn't remember how it happened. Cardinal Gibbons reminds ns that Top Pius X is In his 0!th year and the same age as I.eo XIII when he was invested with the papal authority, u .will take a more sanguine, man than Cardinal Ulbhons, however, to predict' that Pojte Plus X will be able to reixn over the church as long us did his prede cessor. The best proof of the agreement denied by 'judge Vinsouhaler is the document itself, duly attt-stiHl by his signature. Any one In doubt as to Its genuineness may inspect it for himself l5 calling at this ottice. The doeumeuts In the case are always better evidence than the defective veracity of the man whose word is only given to be broken. All the railroads that entered Onmliu In tlie past have wet with more or Icms obstruction in securing rights of way through the streets, so the preaeut ex perience of the Chicago ureat Western Is no novelty. It is not so long ago that the Illinois Central found itaelf up gainst the courts in Its efforts to come In. The Chicago Great Western will ffft ttje trsck cleared after the legal cobwebs ar brushed aside. I Unfit PuH-gft jo uMMISStny. Further effort is to be made to have the interstate commerce law amended so ss to cnlarxe the powers of the com mission. Commercial organisation have received from the executive committee of the inlet-state commerce law muiven tlon a circular culling Attention to the need of further legislation in order to make the work of the commission ef fective. This priM)ses to give effect to the decisions of the commission by en acting Hie first section of the bill which was Iwfore the last congress, known as the revised Klklns bill, this section hav ing been stdeken out, together with the second section, when the measure was reported by the senate committee. The section which it is proposed to have enacted provides that the coin miHsion shall determine, uihiu full hear ing of all parties in interest, what change in a rate or practice found to be nurensorable or discriminative shall be made to correct the wrong, such de termination to become Immediately operative, subject to review by any cir cuit court of the t'uited States having jurisdiction. It Is pointed out in the circular addressed to commercial or ganizations that the Elklns bill as en acted at the last session of congress re lates wholly to the prevention of dis crimination between Individuals by de parture from published tariff rates, or by offering or granting, soliciting or ac cepting, ony rebate or concession there from. It contains no provision, for the prevention of unjust discrimination in tariff rates between different localities or sections, or in the classification of freight, or between carload aud less than carload rates, nor for protection against the continuance, of rates unrea sonable in themselves. "These nbuses," says the circular, "can be remedied only by Investing the commission with the authority prescribed in the first section of the revised Klklns bill." and It Is the opinion of the executive committee of the interstate commerce law conven tion thnt by concentrating Its efforts Umn this one provision, with the active co-ojieration of the various commercial bodies of the country Interested in the movement, the proposed legislation may be secured. The Committee very clearly Indicates the importance of the matter, which should receive the early and careful at tention of the commercial bodies of the country. A" number of these In the eastern cities have already given It con sideration and commercial organizations In the west should manifest an equally earnest Interest in the question. The additional legislation proposed Is obvi ously desirable. The Elklns bill passed by the last congress Is very well as far as it goes, but something more is needed for the prevention of discrlnlnatlon and the suggested enlargement of the pow ers of the commission in this direction, enabling It to correct unreasonable or discriminative rates at once, but subject to Judicial review, we think would un doubtedly have good results!" It Is cer tainly as important to prevent discrim ination between localities or sections as between Individuals. 7Jf AyTl-HARiHjyr MANIFESTO. . Why do the rabid antl-factlonists op pose the harmony ticket? They admit that every man ou that ticket is honest and capable, but, like the Irishman who t'.pon landing at Castle Garden asked whether there was a government in this country and when told that there was exclaimed "Thin I'm fernlnst It," 'these irresponslbles are against these candidates because The Bee says they are honest and capable. If The Bee had denounced these men as po litical renegades, crooks and boodlers the fire-eating anti-harmonists would have endorsed them with a whoop and u hurrah. In their anti-harmony manifesto the tire-eaters try to create the Impression that the recommended candidates are put forth as the choice of the Washing ton hall harmony . meeting. No un prejudiced person who has read the articles in The Bee recommending these candidates will interpret, rr construe them in that spirit. On tlie contrary, the declaration Is e-xpresaily made that these candidates were regarded by a large number of republicans as the most available men that could be culled from the list from which the republicans were compelled to make their choice. This Is literally true since a large majorlty or the republicans who bad taken part In the various harmony conferences In dividually expressed preference for the candidates grouped by ns under the head, "Tho Harmony Ticket." In their anti-harmony manifesto the fire-eaters declare that a majority of the recommended candidates have Icen identified heretofore with the machine faction. Concede that to be true, does that disqualify them? Do competency. In tegrity and availability count for noth ing? As a matter of fact the antl fac tion has much the best of it ou the harmony ticket. The most lucrative oltice in this county, that of clerk of the district court, is accorded to W. W. Bin.-'liaiu simply because he had for years been one of their most prominent leaders aud was In three successive campaigns the almost nuaulmous choice of the nntis for the position of mayor and Is regarded among the antl candi dates for district clerk as the man who would sll the largest vote at the elec tion. All these considerations do not. however, seem to eouut with the rabid antl harmonists. They do not seem to care whether or not the candidate nom inated has any show of election. The second best office. If uot the most important, that of couuty assessor, has also Imh'ii conceded to the antl element. aud fur practically the same reasons for which Mr, Bingham has been recom mendedthat of capacity and availabil ity. While the rabid factionlstg repudi ate Harry I. Heed, he bns been en dorsed s the most capable and uiot trustworthy candidate tor the office of Bi.ao.aor by the officers f the Iteal LUU , exchange, at wll as by the active members of Us tax committee who have carried ou the campaign for equitable assessment during the past your. Mr. Heed Is acknowledged to be by far the most experienced appraiser of real estate rabies in the county, but he does not come up to the standard of the tire-eating anti-bsrmnnists. The recommended candidate for treas urer. Itobert Fink, Is charged up to the machine faction, whereas he has been no more a machine factionlst than City Treasurer Ilennings, whom the tire-eaters do not pretend to charge up to the machine. . The only offices of first magnitude which may be credited to the so-called machine, faction are the sheriff and county Judge, and they do not outweigh by any means the clerk of the court or the county assessor. 'From the standpoint of availability and success A. .T. Ionahoe is certainly superior to any of his competitor. He -has no record to defend, no explanations to make and Is popular, and would com mand the support of all classes of voters. The manifesto fire-eater make them selves ridiculous In charging the -oroner and county surveyor up to the opposite faction. In the first place these candi dates have no competitors. In the next place there is no patronage attached to their offices. The coroner docs hot em ploy even a messenger boy and the men employed nnder the surveyor are forced iiimn him by the county commissioners. But even If that was not true the clerk of the district court, with n reputed In come of !f).d(HJ. would count In the scale of patronage and salary more than any other two county oflices to be tilled. It Is a humiliating. If not disgraceful. sHotnole that the division of spoils should be mnde an Issue by republicans Mho have no self-respect rather than the desire to give the people better gov ernment by presenting a set of candi dates whose reputations and records commend them to the undivided sup port of the rank and file. MIS SAUK 6HOULD PlllKR. Duncan M. Vlusonhaler Should linve been named Peter. Thrice did Peter deny his Master, but Duncan has denied his makers, I-rank E. Moorcs aud the nmchlne, any number of times. Duncan is blessed with even u more treacherous memory than Peter. lie at first denied that he had ever made u pledge to the machine aud when he was shown a fac-simllo copy of the famous pledge he denied that that was his signature. He finally admitted that he had signed a pledge, but brazen! v denied its contents, although the original document is on deposit In this office and may be Inspected by anybody who wants to see It. Duncan M. Vlusonhaler gave his word of honor in the presence of John Steele and A. C. roster that the Seventh ward delegation to the county convention by which he was renominated for a sec ond term would vote with the machine faction on every proposition before that convention on condition that the dele gates representing that faction would help to make his nomination unani mous. But when the convention met Vinsonhaler repudiated his word of honor, although the party of the second part lived up to its compact, and he did not have the decency even to notify the men who had trusted him that bis part of tho agreement would not be fulfilled. Judge Vinsonhaler first denied that the county funds and trust funds iu his custody were drawing Interest and later reluctantly admitted that they were loaned out on Interest In bauks and on securities whose character is known only to himself and the borrowers, but to nobody else. Can a politician who denies his maker and goes back on his word of honor, and tries to deny his own signature be trusted in office or out of office? THK MASSACHUSETTS VSMUCRATS. There is not much which the citizen of progressive tendency will find in the platform of the Massachusetts demo crats to commend, but there Is one fea ture that is highly creditable to them. This is the declaration of opposition to the repeal of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments of the federal con stitution., which is advocated by some leading southern democrats. As the Boston Transcript remarks, this dec laration emphasizes the distinction be tweeu the democrats or the north aud those of the south and "shows that the plea for unity which has been advanced by Senator Mcl.aurln of Mississippi and Senator Carmack of Tennessee is em phatically rebuffed in New England. In the south the democrats are solid for disfranchisement of the negro as a way of getting round the two amendments, and the candid declarations of Senators McLaurtn and Carmack are distinctive only In their candor. They have the courage of the southern democrat's con victions. Northern democrats, at least those of Massachusetts, are of a dif ferent and nobler opinion, one that soi ti with the traditions of New England democracy." Commendable as Is the example of the democrats of the Bay state In this par ticular. It is safe to say that It will not be followed by democrats iu other north ern states and assuredly will not be en dorsed by the next democratic national convention. The probability is that a majority of northern democrats are In favor of repealing the amendments, though of course they would not now proclaim themselves so. Let there 1 a democratic congress and national ad ministration, however, and It is not to be doubted that most north. -rn demo crats would be found In full accord with those of the south on the question of re pealing the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. Come to diaguose the discuses of the rabid snti harmony factiouists we find that nearly every shrieker against aar rnony has s-ional grievance. He la either a disappointed vttke seeker or a HARMONY TICKET Recommended Candidates for (he Republican Primary Election Tuesday, Oct. 6, 1903: For Clerk of the District Coart W. W. BINGHAM For t'oantr Sheriff A. J. DONAHOE. For t'oantr Jode CHARLES S. ELGUTTER. For County Treasurer ROBERT 0. FINK. For County Clerk. ERNEST L. GUSTAFSON. HARRY D. REED. For Conntr Coroner EDWIN F. BRAILEY. For Coaat? Surveyor PETER A. EDQUIST. For Conntr Superintendent of Fnblle Instruction J. H. TULLIS. This ticket represents both wing of the republican party and is as well dis tributed over the territory Included in Douglas county as could be under ex isting conditions. The candidates for clerk of the district court, county treas urer, couuty Judge, sheriff and assessor arc fairly divided between the so-called machine and antl-machino elements. The nomination for county clerk Is a concession to the republicans of South Omaha, Mt. 'lustafson being their unan imous choice and tho only candidate from South Omaha who filed his name with the committee. Messrs. Brailey and Ediptlst, for coroner and county sur veyor, have no competitors In the race. Mr. Tullis is recommended because he resides in one of tho country precincts and may therefore be projicrly consid ered as a concession t them. Let It be understood that there Is uo disposition on the part of republicans who have endeavored to harmonize the party to dictate to anybody. They concede to every republican the right to express his preference for nny candidate he may deem most worthy and competent But they sin cerely believe that the nomination of the men named above would command the united support of the rank and file, of the party and insure success at the coming election!; ,. man whoso' rfcstord will not bear the searchlight of publicity. ' One of the most virulent anti-harmony patriots was an aspirant for a $2,0i)0-a-year job" a few years ago as a city health officer and he has been foaming at the mouth ever since Mayor Moorcs saw fit to select one of his competitors. Several eminent attorneys were thrown out of harmony by the selection of Connell as city attorney and several others were defeated as candidates for positions of honor and trust at republican primaries or at regular election because thev were discredited by the party or dis counted by the people. Now they want revenge with a big K. Wall street financiers think they are getting over that panicky feeling. Just what, they took for It is not yet dis closed, but the remedy will doubtless be advertised shortly with a full list of testimonials. Perish the Thought! St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A railroad corporation refused lo accept the gift of a piece of ground for a station at Mexico. Mo., and paid for it. Kallroads are getting ao conscientious that one of these days they'll not let you tip the porters but when? CoarernlaaT l'rophear. . New York World. . Mr. Bryan In letter on the "race problem" remarks that "Speaker Reed once said 'It Is never safe to prophesy unless you know.' " Perhaps Tom Reed said this, but Lowell said It earlier and letter In the "Dliflow Papers:" "Don't never prophesy unless ye know." Representative of the Best. Baltimore American. Day by iay the Roosevelt administra tion grows to mean more and more to tho country at large. Greater and still greater questions are becoming; Involved until by the time of the republlfun convention next year Roosevelt will have become already the candidate of the heat that Is In the country against all that I unhealthy and Inimical to the preservation of the liber ties of the whole people. OIner's Fatal M lata be. Philadelphia Press. Richard Oliuy does not command the ap proval of the democratic party In Masaa chUHetts, which must end all talk of Ml nomination for the presidency. Although requested to say something In his favor the democratic state convention refused in such a way that Mr. Olney's nam waa not even mentioned. Apparently there was complete unanimity on that point. And that U the way Mr. Olney in repaid for sinking his convictions and coming out In the last presidential canvaas for Bryan. At Ins age he made an Irretrievable mis take without excuse. Trade Helatloa rrltU Mexico. Philadelphia Prees. There Is a very satisfactory trad be tweeu Mexico and the l.'nlted States. We buy of the Mexicans over Ml. 0O9.0O9 worth of stuffs, mainly made up of ores, fibres, hides and other raw materials of manu facture. We eell in return over tt2.tkjO.0QO worth of manufactured goods. This even exchange of commodities Is greatly ad vantageous to both countrlea. and there la a gradual growth of both exports and Im ports, largely promoted by increasing facilities of railway transportation. Our trade, however. Is crippled by our deplorable tariff policy. whl h puis American manu facturers and merchants at s disadvantage Iu competing with German ana EngUsb rivals. Tt.K OK THK STATU PRFSS. Klmbsll Observer: Judge Barnes Is gain ing In favor with the people sa the cam paign advances. His private lire and offi cial career are unavailable. Plrrce Call: Tha editor of the FslrflH.l Herald has known Jmlse Barnes for th pnst twenty ears, having lived a neighbor when he lived St Pones. He says th" republican party never put up a better man for the office of supreme Judge. Madtson Chronicle: Judge Howard, the erudite editor of tho Columbus Telegram, who has lieen howling "clean campaign." pulled the stopper from his mud bottle lHst week and proceeded to turn It on Jude Barnes. Mud throwing ceems to be the only campaign the democrats can put up against Judge Barnes. Leigh World: The democratic press has begun to abuse Judge Barnes, but that Is to.be expected, no difference who the re publicans nominate for office. Th first thing the democratic press does Is to jump In and cnll him a rogue, holdup or a cor poration tool that has been doing things for the railroads for year, and all kinds of like nonsonw. Cut It out and fight an honest campaign once. It might be that clean methods would gain ou votes. You will need them. Geneva Signal: A number of democrats and populists are expressing a determination to vote for Roosevelt for president next year. They can help Roosevelt next year by helping to swell the republican ma jority this year In the counties and In the states. Every republican should take par ticular pains to go to the polls this fall and deposit a ballot endorsing Roosevelt and his administration. All such acts done this fall will count for Roosevelt next year, both at convention time and at the polls. Norfolk News: Governor Mickey has had some time to look Into the political situa tion and Is quoted as saying: "I bellevs there Is no doubt It. the world but Judge names will be elected supreme iudge. I have met men from all parts of the state during tho last week, and they bring re ports that everywhere It Is Barnes and full republican vou. They tell me that the party Is well organized In every district. and I fee! sure, basing my belief on these reports, that we will be successful also In the district Judicial fights." Springfield Monitor: Omaha papers think the proposed lnterurban trolley Hues to that city from the villages and towns In east ern Nebraska cannot be built too soon. Tha Monitor Is of the same opinion and so are a great many other people In this locality who would like to be in closer touch with the metropolis of Nebraska. But, then, our Omaha, Lincoln & Beatrice line la to be started soon, and with a little piiticnte we will have what we arc longing for. A con tract has been let to an eastern firm for the manufacture of material for the line. David City Banner: If Judge Barnes Is a railroad tool and a man of limited legal ability why did Sullivan and Holcomb, the two fusion members of the supreme court favor him as one of the republican meni' bers of the supreme court commission? Again, if Barnes Is the kind of a man the World-Herald and its satellites through the state represent him to be, why did Judge Sullivan, the democratic nominee ay, when renominated, the republican nominee was a personal friend of his and that he considered him a worthy rival? Norfolk News: Republicans who realize that next year Is the presidential cam paign will put In some extra licks for the ticket this fall to furnish substantial evi dence to the country that the state is In line for Roosevelt and reassert the fact that republican prosperity Is of the desired brand. They can begin none too early and can work nono too late, as tha democrats will try as hard as they can to have Roosevelt discredited, and nothing would be considered a more serious slap at the executive than to have Nebraska fall him on the ev of a national campaign. Loup City Northwestern: Tha1 populist papers are very iond of quoting from the Nebraska Independent, but when that paper openly declares In a long article right after the holding of the populist state convention that' the party had busted and that there would be no more populist party In Nebraska, they studiously avoided reproducing the article, and when It Is brought to the public attention by the republican press simply refer to It as a "slop over." It may be a "slop over," but It la not the kind of slop that the populist editors relish. They evi dently would rather go off with the demo cratic party and re-establish tha aoup house Industry. Soup Is belter than slop, any way. St. Paul Republican: Whatever State Treasurer Mortensen's fellow members of the normal school locating board may say of him, no one can criticise his action In Investing the permanent school fund In legal securities down to the last dollar. A recent statement Issued from his office shows only 40 cents of this money on hand. This Is in marked contrast to the "reform" policy of J. B. Meserve, the last populist treasurer, who kept from a quarter to hulf a million In banks that would agree to credit his private acoount S per cent Inter est, As this paper hltherton remarked. Peter Mortensen Is as honest as they make 'em. There will be no questionable transactions In the state treasurer's office while he Is In charge. , Fremont Tribune: A reaction has un mistakably set In In behalf of Nebraska, In tha matter of Its people going elsewhere to find better ba renins In land and more profitable opportunities for farming. Can ada and the Dakotaa are not better, nor as good. Those who sold in Nebraska at a high figure and went north and bought and have aold have for the must part made some money on speculation. But those who sold here and went there to acttle down and farm are already finding it doesn't pay to experiment. I -and that cannot be farmed profitably Is worth nothing for that pur pose. It Is the margin of profit that makes It valuable. And for that very reason Ne braska land should be held onto. This les son Is being frequently learned. York Times: Men who had nothing to do and little to eat during the democratic ad ministration and who are crowded to death with work now have the two evils to choose between when they vote. There Is no get ting away from the proposition. You can not laugh it off. It la a condition and not a theory. Neither can you say the times would have been Just aa good If the demo crats had been successful. The times were never good In this country when the demo crats were successful, for the 111 years What a grand family medicine it is, grand Ayer's Sarsaparilla. iz: n. aw. TtJEOLD W8m r Absolutely Puro THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE since the constitution was adopted the democrats have- been In power four differ ent periods, ami every one of them has been a period of depresHlon ami financial dlstrew. So we taito no chances In saying positively that the times would not have been good had tho democrats succeeded, and we say with equal assurance that an era of hard times, ruin, bankruptcy, Idle ness and starvation will follow the next democratic victory. Not only Is history In exorable, but reason and judgment also teach that the democratic theories arc Im practical and disastrous. PF.RSOVtlj AMI OTHF.RWISF.. Tom Johnson has sent his automobile to the repair shop. Maybe he Is going to have it fitted with a wind shield. The Consolidated 1-ake Superior work men are In a riotous frame of mind over the failure to get their pay; Philadelphia Investors are too much stunned to get real angry. An Indiana man has written a 400.000 word history and description of the Philip pines. The statement that It Is exhaustive may be accepted without further corro borative evidence. One of the St. Louis get-rlch-qulck con cerns has sued the sheriff, district attor neys and others interested In a recent raid upon It for conspiracy. They must have a new nerve tonic In Missouri. Mrs. O'Leary's cow has been vindicated, but whether the rascals who provoked the animal's left hind leg to action were rush ing the growler at the time promises to re main the greatest mystery In Chicago his tory. "I've got a dirty tongue and an un governable temper." confessed Walking Delegate "Sam" Parks the other day. and he might have added that he had the quali ties and deficiencies of which these were the manifestations. , Miss Clara Barton has not ceased her labors In behalf of the Red Cross society, notwithstanding the recent efforts to de pose her from the presidency. She Is formulating plans for a new and large fund of probably tl.(K,0.000 for the extension of the work. M. Louis Andre, the well known crim inal .iudg of Paris tribunals, has devoted all of his fortune for the purchasing of lands and creating large settlements at Haut de , St. Jean, near Chartres and Cholsy, where ex-culprlts ran find work nnd happy' surroundings. The home of James Barton Adams, the Denver poet, has been destroyed by fire. Poetry has long been regarded aa an extra hazardous occupation because of the in flammable nature of the material In use. Mr. Adams should turn on the hose when wrestling with the muses. In honor of the London Artillery com pany a British flag floated beside the stars and stripes from the upper windows of Bunker Hill monument last Frlduy. Nothing like It ever happened there before and residents of C'harlestown expressed Indignation at what they called the dese cration of the monument. The Post of Hherldsn. Wyo., has issued a comprehensive Industrial edition In honor of the annual carnival now being held. It Is lavishly Illustrated with half-tone pic tures of the city, the mountains, valleys and ranches, and portraits of the hustling men who have made Sheridan a strong, progressiva city. It Is a specimen of high class work that reflects credit on the en terprise of the publishers. Fnmons Corkscrew Warrior. Chicago Chronicle. The arrival In Dost on of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Loudon to visit the Ancient and Honorable Artillery of the Hub recalls Chauncey Depew's address on a similar occasion in London. "We have In both countries," ha said, "the same military bodips. We have, first, the regu lars, who fight because it Is their business to fight; second, the volunteers, who fight when they ha to fight; and. third, the Ancient and Honorable Artillery, who never fight under any consideration." 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I'm Jos' naturally loi kind-hearted to tap 'lin on de head and take It away from htm." Washington Siur. "Has Windham given up his aspirations for the lecture platform?" "O! No. By tho way. there was an other baby born at his house last week.'' "You don't say? Ho's getting quite a fumlly." "Yes, he seems determined to get an audience if he has to raise It himself.' Philadelphia Press. Dante was condticting his trip throi.gli Inferno. "And this," he exclaimed, "Is tho Ktvg.tin lake; the worst of all the torments!" "But." asked Virgil, "where tiro the peo ple whose cooks have left?" Perceiving that he was stumped, the pcet began to grind out another canto. New York Sun. I.IT'll.K WKATHEIl HA I.I, A US, S. W. Gillilan In Baltimore American. I search toy clothes for handkerchiels; 1 Mud none; so I grieve Because I'm nest u hoy again So I can use my sleeve. I yearn for stimulating booze: I pull my lupels round my throat And lung to trade my low-cut shoes In on long; warm overcoat. I see a smile tiprn the face Where late a look of worry sat; It Is tho coal man what care 1? I'm living in a heated Hat. Kro long the smile upon my face May tore to one less sweet When I have found the "heated flat" Has only heal less heat. Despite the fact that autumn's hers When long-haired youths kick 6oal, The hens keep laying In the hay While people lay in coal. The Ice-man Jokes are laid away With camphor-gum spread on; While outward from the moth-halls rank The coal-man Jokes are drawn. Should winter prove contrary as The Rummer we've Just passed 'Twill be so blooming sultry that Weil wish each day our lat. ' The spring-time Joke of "leaving" trees That we perforce allow Need not bo resurrected; 'tis The leaf that's leaving now. EXTRACT OF BEEF . it mlmrni hit - --' -----r s J