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aa often desired.
Clear the track for Ak-Snr-Bon s far
famed royal pageants.
To the stranger within our gates If
you don't sco what you want ask for It.
The maniac at the White House Bet-ins
to have frightened almost everybody -x-cept
President Itoosevelt himself.
The campaign for Omaha's material
advancement must go steadily on, In
dependent of all other campaigns.
. Little Rhode Island is now on record,
through its republican state convention,
for Roobevelt for 1904. Every little
counts.
If It comes to a tug-of-war between
the Mormon church and the Christian
Scientists, the spectators will get their
money's worth. -
Isn't It a pretty how-de-do when n
bhow Is permitted in Ak-Sar-Ben's street
' fair "for men only." Tuke down the
discriminating sign or close the door.
American cotton planters will be sorry
to hear bad news of the Egyptian cotton
crop, but they will also endeavor to
make good on requisitions to supply any
shortage, if accompanied by the market
price.
If Colonel Bryan only runs up against
Colou-.il Chamberlain whllo he is touring
Km; ope, one may be able to demonstrate
the eiror of the other's ways und C'beui-
beriuln convert Bryan to the protective
tariff or Bryan bring Chamberlain back
to his British free trade.
Our populist friends ure still waiting
for their former democratic allies to
accept their Invitation p make their
Judicial ticket look more nonpartisan
by putting two populists upon it. The
democrats, however, have sucked the
populist lemon dry and have no more
use for the rlud.
Tour. Johnson way play golf tvith
Myron Herrlck, his republican opponent
for tie governorship of Ohio, between
campaign 'engagements, as the photo
. graphs reproduced In the picture papers
show, but the peoplo who do the voting
will never insist on golf practice tit a
prerequisite to office.
The Central Labor union of Washing
ton is very profuse with resolutions
about putting fealty to orgunized luWr
Above fealty, to political party, but,
strangely enough, the city of Washing
ton Is the only city in the United States'
where) neither employers nor employes
have any votes to cast.
Colonel Bryan relteruted his endorse
ment of Gold Bug Clurke for Vulted
(States senator in his Ohio speeches. He
will not speak lu Ohio again before next
year the presidential year when he
will doubtless be prepared to endorse a
gold democrat for the position of chief
executive of the nation to which he him
self twice aspired.
Of what use to Omaha would the
Chicago Great Western be if it were
not to be allowed to acquire terminal
facilities within the' city to enable it
to render the desired service? If prop
erty owners are damaged by the eu
trance of a railroad, as they usually
are lu the immediate vicinity of the
trackage, they have legal redress, and
no one has ever suggested that the Chi
co go Great Western Is not responsible
to this extent. If other railroads are
behind the movement to block the new
road's way, they will get uo syuipatby
frvio tb local public
VCR LAHOB iMrvRTSl.
Our imports for some time have been
on a large scale, the amount during
August tH'Ing the heaviest for any
month In our history. This Is not neces
sarily a bad sinn. When the country is
roporous importations increase. It Is
said, however, that the finnnclnl mar
kets do not like It, for the reason that
at the preseut moment thajr object to
ncreasitig our liabilities to Europe, at a
time when hope has been entertained
of drawing on Europe to relieve our
own necessities. The interesting fact in
connection with the latest import statis
tic! is that manufactured articles ready
for consumption showed a far heavier
increase than materials that enter into
manufactures. This of course means
greater foreign competition with our
nmuufucturers in the home market.
which cannot be regarded as a desirable
condition, particularly In view of the
fact that there is said to be overproduc
tion In some of our Industries.
One canse of the increase lu imports
is doubtless the high prices in this
country. It is an inviting market for
foreign manufacturers and they have
been taking advantage of It. The rem
edy, therefore, appears to be the simple
one of reducing prices here and this
our manufacturers may have to do for
protection against the foreign "Inva
sion." But In that event can existing
wages in the industries be maintained?
This is a question of prime importance,
for if a lowering of prices for defense
against foreign competition should ne
cessitate reducing the pity of labor the
effect upou our prosperity could hardly
fall to be bad, since a very essential
factor in it is well paid labor. It will
thus be seen that this matter of Increas
ing imports of manufactures ready for
consumption is of far-reaching signifi
cance, with the possibility of results
that may make a material change from
existing conditions within the next
year or two.
AX EX) VF KB W MAHKt-TS.
The latest statistics lu regard to our
foreign trade show no marked change
in the tendency of exports of leading
articles of American manufacture. The
American exporters are generally hold
ing their foreign markets and even ex
tending them in some cases. But in
order to keep up with production there
must be a considerable increase in the
exports of manufactures and how this
may be attained is a problem that Is
commanding the earnest attention of
those immediately Interested.
At a recent meeting of New England
cotton manufacturers it was stated that
the rapid growth of the production of
cotton goods is much beyoud what any
natural growth in home 'trade would
warrant and must find its Justification In
a liberal extension of the export trade in
cotton goods. "The marked increase,"
said the president of the association, "in
American exports to China and tho open
ing up of new markets In Cuba, Porto
Rico and the rhillpplnes, furnish wider
outlets; nevertheless, close attention to
and intelligent cultivation of still other
fields will be necessary If the evil of
overproduction is to be avoided." Tills
will apply also to the iron and steel in
dustry. There are fields, it is needless
to say, that may be cultivated, but how
it can best be done Is a question not
easily answered. The fact appears to
be that we are already overproducing
In nearly every line of manufactures
and there must sooner or later eouie a
reaction unless there is a materially in
creased foreign outlet. It Is a situation
that niny well engage the serious at
tenticn of our statesmen. .
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BRITISm CAtilXKT IROVBLES.
After Premier Balfour had completed
his cabinet and a perplexing situation
seemed to have been successfully
panned, a fresh trouble confronts bliu
lu the resignation of the duke of Dev
onshire. The withdrawal from the
ministry of the leader of the conserv
ative party In the House of Lords Is
not less significant In Its bearing upon
the political situation lu England than
was the resignation of Chamberlain
and may possibly prove to be even
more so In the effect upon the unionist
party. The duke of Devonshire is an
able man and very popular with the
conservative element. His disagree
ment with the .position taken by
Mr. Balfour in the Sheffield ad
dress, notwithstanding the fact that
he had promised prior to that utterance
of the premier to remain in the cabinet,
can hardly fail to exert a strong influ
ence hostile to the proposed fiscal ic-
form. The premier's letter on the resig
nation Is a caustic commentary upon
the duke's change of mind and niny
to some extent lesseu the force of the
hitter's action, but It can be quite con
fidently predicted that Devonshire's re
tirement from the cabinet will prove a
heavy blow to the scheme of fiscal re
form for which Mr. Balfour, stands. It
is to be expected that the duke will now
take an active part In the anti reform
campaign and perhaps show greater
teal lu this than has been his habit in
regard to most public questions. It may
not be an altogether easy matter to re
place him as a leader In the upper
branch of Parliament.
-Meanwhile Mr. Chamberlain Ins
opened his campaign with characteristic
energy, ills latest manifesto is an ag
grestilvo and unambiguous statement of
the policy he chaurplons. He char
acterizes thoso who oppose him as "llt-
tlo Euglauders" aud declares that they
have no consideration for the colonies.
As to the existing fiscal system he urges
that It nua proved an injury-to both
British capital und labor and points out
that the prosperity of the working
classes has Increased in greater propor
tion in the protected countries than in
the United KlnguVui au unquestionable
fact so far as the United States is con
cerned aud en that may well receive
the thoughtful atteution of the working
classes of this country. V
It cannot be confidently asSumed that
Premier Balfour's troubles In connection
with the cabinet will end with finding
a successor to the duke of Devonshire,
but should they he will still find a per
plexing difficulty In holding the unionist
party together. Indeed, it Is hardly pos
sible that the breach which has been
made can be closed and were the coun
try now to pass upon the question of
fiscal reform it is not to be doubted that
those whom Mr. Chamberlain calls "lit
tle Englanders" would be found largely
In tlie' majority. That statesman will
make his fight with ability and courage
and will win converts to his cause, but
the British masses sre not with hlni and
will reject his policy whenever given
the opportunity.
RVSSIA STIUL DELAYS.
A further delay in Russian evacuation
of Manchuria is announced and It will
cause no surprise to the governments
interested. October 8 was the date
fixed for Russia to withdraw her mili
tary forces rrora the Chinese province,
but since she gave her promise to this
effect she has made no earnest prepara
tion for fulfilling it and it is fair to as
sume that the promise was not given
in good faith. Of course the subsequent
movements of Japan may have led Rus
sia to decide that it would be at pres
ent unsafe for her to evacuate Man
churia, even if entirely prepared to do
so. Japan's military operations to
wards Korea, while claimed to have no
aggressive purpose, are'well calculated
to cause distrust on the part of Russia,
which understands fully the bitter feel
ing toward her of Japan.
Negotiations are in progress between
the two countries which a Taris dis
patch says there is reason to believe
will result in a solution of the difficulty.
There is undoubtedly on both sides an
earnest desire to reach a fair and ami
cable adjustment, but the interests In
volved are of such a nature that this
will be no easy matter. It Is suggested
that Russia may concede Japan a foot
hold In Korea, but this would hardly of
itself be satisfactory. Russian evacua
tion of Manchuria is Japan's great de
sire, because so long as the former re
tains a large military force in that quar
ter Japanese interests will be menaced.
It is a rather grave situation, though
war as an eventuality seems to be no
where regarded as probable.
THK HAXUOILL UHDIXANCE.
After a heariug of representatives of
the Business Men's association the clly
council has decided not to modify the
ordinance regulating handbills so as to
make its prohibitions relate to 'scatter
ing"' printed dodgers rather thau to
"distributing" them. The change, It is
suid, was desired by some of th.s trades
unions with n view to facilitating the
distribution of boycott cards and picket
warnings. As the ordinance stands
now, a license fee is required from bill
posters in a single payment covering
an entire year, so that the business is
a practical monopoly, only one license
being taken out.
So far ns-The Bee Is-concerned it is
opposed to the handbill nuisance alto
gether and would much prefer to have
the ordinance so framed as to prohibit
their dissemination either by distribu
tion or by scattering. There Is no ex
cuse for anyone to resort to handbills
that simply annoy the public and litter
the streets when the object sought can
be attained better and cheaper by pat
ronizing the columns of reputable
newspapers and periodicals.
But if handbills are to be distributed.
it is hardly for the council to draw the
line at what their vcontents hould be
beyond providing against obscene or
Immoral matter or libellous publica
tions of which the criminal code usually
takes cognizance. If the distribution
of boycott cards is illegal, as the courts
here have held, it would make no differ
ence whether the cards were to be dis
tributed by a dozen concerns and Indi
viduals or by a single licensed handbill
monopoly. In other words, the question
of trades unions or employers' associa
tions should have nothing to do with
the case.
Gorernor Mickey finds that tiie must
distasteful purt of his public duties
arises out of the possession of the par
doning power, to exercise which in be
half of various unfortunates he is con
stantly appealed to. Governor Mickey
is burdened more in this respect le
Cause of the bad precedents set by his
predecessor leading friends of convicted
persons to believe that executive clem
ency could be had for the asking If
backed by influence and pull. The crea
tion of a board of pardons to puss on
these applications would have relieved
the situation some, but Governor Mickey
has the right Idea namely, that it Is not
for' him to Interfere with the execution
of the decrees of court unless some ex
traordinary and special feature enters
into the case.
A careful perusal of that flaming mani
festo issued by the firebrand fuctionlsts
will show that they have put up a straw
man to knock hhu down. They pre
tend to brand as a falsehood the asser
tion that the harmony meeting at Wash
ington hall had made recommenda
tion of any candidate. Xobody has ever
buld this was tho case. The fire-eaters
have simply tortured aud distorted the
appeal to which they take exception.
The Beo has expressly disclaimed any
intention to mislead anybody, but as
the irreconcilables had no other capital
for keeping up their howl, they threw
this last firebrand into the republican
camp between midnight and morning to
Intiame the rank und file against the
harmony ticket recommended by this
paper.
The local democratic organ Is stren
uously endeavoring to Inject the ques
tiou of railroad tuxutiou into the state
campaign. In this connection the ques
tion is pertiuent. What did Judge Sul
livun ever do to help along the cam
pa Urn for tax reform? Did he not
have the whole matter lu his hand
wheu the cas was up before bun tc
compel the state board to assess rail
road property on the basis of market
quotations? Did he not allow the rail
roads to have the pleadings changed ami
then gave the railroads -Just the decision
they asked? The champions of Judge
Sullivan would do well to keep still on
railroad taxation.
JudfcC Vlnsonhaler is know n to be of a
very lienevolent turn of mind and he
should not neglect his opportunity for
contributing $1iX) to some charitable In
stitution by proving any part of the
pledge he signed Just before his nomi
nation for a second term to have been a
forgery. The original document is now
on exhibition In a Farnam street window
of the Bee building for public inspection.
Pitchfork erre.
Philadelphia Press.
It appears to be a surprise to ex-I.leuten-
ant Governor Tillman that a South Caro
lina gentleman is compelled to make a de
fense for merely killing a man.
From nine to Dongh.
Chicago Record-Herald.
It appears that the original Goelct made
his fortune in the glue business. But this
Isn't what Is causing the future duchess to
be stuck up.
Prororatlon (or -Klek.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Is It not high time for President Baer to
protest, In behalf of himself and all others
who have divino'authority to raise the price
of coal, against the unreasonable weather
which the masses are enjoying at present?
Making It tnanlmons.
Baltimore American.
One by one the states that have been In
line for Roosevelt all along are announcing
their indorsement of his administration and
enthusiastically declaring themselves In
favor of his candidacy and election next
year.
Thins that are Barbarous.
Chicago Record-Herald.
At a convention of women over In Ger
many the other day it was declared that
corsets and Jewels are barbarous. They will
never get them abolished, however, until
society can be convinced that they are
likely to be productive of large families.
American Farm Machinery Abroad.
St Louis Globe-Democrat.
Exports of farm machinery from the
United States have increased from J4.500.-
000 In 1883 to $21,000,000 In the last fiscal
year. France and Argentina are the largest
customers, each taking $3,000,000 worth
annually. In Improved agricultural ap
pliances this country Is without a
competitor.
The Vice President.
Philadelphia Press.
This whole business of borrowing trouble
because the vice president hasn't enough to
do or because he ought to have a more dis
tinct and real work is quite supcrfuous.
His function of presiding over the senate Is
thoroughly dignified and comports with his
rank as the second officer of the govern
ment. Outside of that dutjthe will deter
mine his own position. If he la of the right
stuff he will not lack for influence and pub
lic standing. Vice President Ilobart was a
real power both on the executive and legis
lative sides of the government. The vice
president ought to be chosen with a view to
the possibility of his becoming president,
and the rest will take care of itself.
Johnsonlsm the Same aa Bryaalsm.
Gunton's Magazine.
The Johnson movement In Ohio Is of
the same nature and made up of the same
elements as was the George movement in
18S6 and the Bryan movement in 1856; but
Johnson Is a different man from either
George or Bryan. . He has more organis
ing energy, fewer scruples than either,
and very much more money than both.
He has the additional advantage of a po
litical experience as a member of congress
and twice mayor of Cleveland. There are
many respects, in which Johnson la a far
more dangerous man than either Bryan or
George. Both George and Bryan were pri
marily tethered to an abstract idea; they
believed in a specific doctrine. To be sure
they deserted it In their campaign for
power, but they both had at bottom an
element of conscientious conviction. John
son is not hampered by anything of that
kind. He ts Just a rich "roly-poly" poli
tician, who knows how to "Jotly" the
masses and 19 willing to spend lots of
money in doing it.
GOOD MSW8 FOR HA V-FF.VERITKS.
Abolition of the Annual Carnival of
Sneezing Promised.
New York World.
While the goldenrod Is waving and the
pollen of 100 wild flowers Is promiscuously
tickling the noses and throats of hay
fever s autumnal host a joyous announce
ment comes from Baltimore. At the Johns
Hopkins hospital in that city they have
a new antitoxin that promises to abolish
the annual carnival of sneezing.
It was sent to Dr. Welch of that In
stitution by Prof. Dunbar of the Hygienic
Institute of Hamburg. Experiments with
the serum so far made have been, so Dr.
Welch says, quite successful, more
especially In preventing attacks of the
autumnal nuisance. One drop of it ap
plied in the corner of the eye or to the
nostril is said to be efficacious.
This new antitoxin is derived by in
jecting the toxin of the pollen of rye in
animals and obtaining a serum which
proves to be an antidote to that peculiar
form of catarrh that makes life barely
worth living to so many thousands cf
people "when the leaves begin to turn."
If this should prove a true discovery
Prof. Dunbar is sure of a niche among
the Immortal few who have sensibly
lessened the huge sum, total of "the ills
that ttesh la heir to."
"THK M KT Dl RBAR."
W'ouderfnl Doings ot Home and For
eign Warriors In Boitou.
The greatest event in the history of in
ternational compotatlon is now la happy
progress. The Wet Durbar has begun. As
the Boston Globe says, "It is hero in Boston
that the eyes of the country are centered."
The Honorable Artillery company of Lon
don Is billeted at Fort Young and Fortress
Parker. It has received "Its first Impres
sion of American hospitality" In the shape
of the "charge cocktail," Invented for and
dedicated to the Wet Durbar. The British
cruiser Remorse Is anchored off Water
street. The Ancient and Honorable Artil
lery company, like its-souvenir plate, Is
"beautifully fired and richly colored."
Everything smiles upon the great event
that "will serve to bring the mother and
daughter into closer bonds of unity, that
both may live In peace" and thirst forever.
All peacemakers'-past do stand excused In
this, and "The Hague tribunal will soon be
come a thing of the past, so far as the
United States and Great Britain are con
cerned." As Mr. Kipling sings:
Ah, there. Hancient! with 'is helbowa on
the bar.
Or a-charg-ln' In Boosefontein In 'is bloom
In' buffet ear;
E s always primed and loaded. I'd like to
join Is tnaas,
I've soen a lt o Thirstles that could drink
a dam' aiht lwta.
BITS OF WASHINGTON I.I K K.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
on tho Spot.
The. government having resumed busi
ness In Washington acts as a magnet In
drawing congressmen to the city. Borne
political fences are In need of repairs, and
the source of supply, after a season of
comparative Idleness, affords rich picking.
Such of the early callers as can be di
verted from the paths of provender, soar
to the higher levels of statesmanship and
threaten to take a fall out of things that
are not what they should be. There Is
Prof. Langley and flying machine, a
combination that has contributed much to
the gaiety of the nation. Some of the con
gressmen want to know by official lnvestl
gntlnn to what extent the scientific staff
of the Smithsonian Institution has been
employed on this private enterprise and
how far the public funds have been used
on the flying machine.
It Is an open secret that rnost of the staff
at the Smithsonian has rnndo fun of the
aerodrome from the start and there are
charges afloat that for years Prof.
Langley has constantly neglected tho legi
timate work of the Institution and devoted
time, money, and material to the flying
machine which has never had the approval
of government scientists, and which, it Is
said, possesses no novel features what
ever. The gossip about the Infatuation of
Prof. Langley for visionary flying ma
chines has reached such a pass that in all
probability the final failure of the ma
chine will be followed by some sort of an
Investigation, and the result may possibly
be the election of a successor to Prof.
Langley ns secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution.
It Is stated at the war department that
the experiment about to take place at New
Haven for determining whether or not the
average person etts too much Is to be
made lit the Interests of science rather
than for the purpose of revising the army
ration. The subjects In the experiment are
soldiers who have volunteered for the
work, and the whole scheme originated in
the mind of one of the Yale professors. It
was approved, however, by Surgeon Gen
eral O'Reilly of the army.
The latter says that there Is no doubt
whatever but what the averago person
eats too much. "It Is an old saying," he
remarked, "that most people dig their
graves with their teeth. And practicing
physicians will tell you that you eat too
much. There Is a splendid ruh which,
however. Is seldom observed, that a per
son should get up from the dinner table
while still hungry. It Is an excellent thing
to have a good appetite, and I am not dis
counting the value of feeling a healthy
hunger for food. But nine people out of
ten eat until they feel full and take Into
their stomachs from one-third to one-half
more than they should. The overloaded
stomach is further abused by rapid eating.
I expect that the experiments at New
Haven will furnish some scientific facts to
back up what all doctors thoroughly un
derstand." Postmaster General Payne may make a
complete change in the present system of
mail wagon service between postofflces, rnll
way stations and steamer wharves In the
large cities. At present this service Is car
ried on by contractors, who own the wagons
and employ the drivers. There has been
considerable complaint from postmasters of
Inefficiency in the service and their Inability
to exercise sufficient control over the em
ployes of the contractors.
The convention of postmasters which met
in Boston on August 1 adopted resolutions
recommending that the government own
these mail wagons, and that they should be
In charge of bonded employes of the postal
service. The . postmaster general has de
cided to give this system a trial ln some
large cities, on the expiration of this con
tract. If it is found that it is an Improve
ment on the present system, and no more
expensive, it will be ad up ted In all cities.
An experienced clerk In a branch post
office says that Uncle Sam la In pocket
every year more than $1,000,000 by purchase
of postage stamps which never are useJ.
"How many stamps," he asked, "do you
lose through carrying them carelessly In
your pockets and fishing them out again
glued together and useless? How many do
you put In a corner of your pocketbook,
finding them again months later looking
like anything but' postage stamps? Of
course, nobody ever thinks of sending such
stamps in for redemption. Suppose the
waste I am speaking of averaged 20 cents
annually for each business man. The total
would be enormous.
"Hot weather was a great revenue maker
for the government before the little oiled
books came In; but many persons lose their
books, and the average Is about the same.
"Some persons actually come hack to the
stamp window and ask If lOBt stamp books
can be traced like bank books. Another
way In which Uncle Sam gains Is through
tradesmen sending out letters enclosing
stamped addressed envelopes for replies,
which In the majority of cases are never
used."
Some months ago the fact was noted that
military attaches of foreign governments
would have other duties beside that of
leading cotillions If they Intended to fur
nish their home governments with Informa
tion about the American army in the fu
ture. For the complete. Illustrated reports
which It had formerly been the custom to
publish about every detail of army develop
ment and business before the United states
became a world power have been sup
pressed since the first of the present fiscal
year.
Now, a new regulation has made the prob
lem even more one of hustle if the foreign
attache is to distinguish himself here. No
information will In the future be accorded
him except such as comes from the gen
eral staff. Hitherto army officers felt free
to give all desired Information to any one.
whether a representative of a foreign
power or a newspaper. Now the Iron mask
has been applied. This Is in entire accord
ance with the custom developed from ex
perience abroad, but it is a new thing tot
the American army officers who are both
ered much to maintain their reputation for
civility and yet obey the regulation.
Uncle Joe Cannon, the prospective
speaker ot the next house of representa
tives, had only been ln Washington about
twenty-four hours when the word went
around among the different departments
to cut down, estimates for appropriations
for next year. Retrenchment and reform
will be the rule during the coming session,
and congress will endeavor to make a mark
for economy in appropriations. The reason
for this Is obvious; a prcsidcntinl Election
will be on thla time next year and the le
publicans wish to avoid the charge of
wasteful extravagance in expenditures.
There will be no river and harbor bill, J.o
public buildings measure or other scheme
that will take sums of money out of the
treasury. The rural free delivery will get
just enough to keep It running. In view of
the warning hint that has been dropped
by Uncle Joe the heads of the executive
departments will use the pruning knife
freely ln papxing on estimates for appro
priations. The site selected for the naval foundry
was the old navy yard on tlie eastern
branch of the Potomac river, by which the
yard has direct communication I with the
sea. I
It was a simple matter, in beginning the
new work of establishing a gun factory, to
eke out the $l.su0.0u0 allowed as) a starter
by building upon the skeletons ft the old
shops; and then, year by year, as congress
loosened the purse strings, to supersede the
old buildings altogether. The result Is the
finest group of gunshops In the world
not excepting those of Krupps. They cover
forty-seven acres of land, and are splen
didly capable of making every class of gun,
from the graceful 3-Inch barker of the
torpedo boat destroyer to the ponderous 13
inch thunder makers of the battle ships,
not to mention multifarious accessories.
noou OF 1)11.1, TIMES.
Inflated Fortunes Sliding Down to
Their Trie l.crel.
Saturday Evening Post.
A shrinkage in stocks Is rot so exhilarat
ing aa a bubbling beom, but it has advan
tages of its own. For some years we have
been fed on tales of suddenly-acquired
wealth, and of the mad extravagances of
Its possessors. We have heard how Jones
has cleaned up $:iO,O0O,O0O by combining ten
factories worth $1,000,000 apiece Into a
$100,000,000 trust, and how Mrs. Jones buys
her diamonds by the quart without asking
tho price. We hnve had countless essays
upon the best methods of achieving success
In life success meaning the acquisition of
at least $1,000,000. The whole standard of
living has been adjusting Itself to an In
come of $.V.000 a year, or upward. There
may have been people with lees than that,
but they have been ashamed to confess
their poverty, and the purveyors of cur
rent ljterature have contemptuously Ig
nored them. At home everybody has had a
butler and a coachman; when he dines In
public It Is at Sherry's or at the Waldorf,
and when he travels It Is on his steam
yacht or his private car. The community
has been trying to live up to this standard
of opulence, and finding It a considerable
strain.
The strain is beginning to relax now.
When $5,000,000,000 of paper values evapo
rate from stocks ln a year, even multi
millionaires notice the difference. 8ome
gigantic fortunes have been wiped out;
others have been cut ln two, and nearly
all have been hard hit. The pace at New
port Blackens. Mrs. Midas begins to ask
the price &f her gowns before she orders
them. The papers find other things to talk
about than the growth of new money kings
overnight. The price of dukes in the in
ternational marriage market decline
The people who have been desperately
clinging to the ragged edge of fashion
have to give up the struggle and be them
selves. All this helps to stave off the threatened
dissolution of American democracy. It
gives us a breathing space In which we
may compute how much Is left of our old
principles and what the chances are of
preserving the remainder. It may not
bring us back to the old ideals of "plain
living and high thinking," for a nation
that has once tasted luxury does not go
back easily to Simplicity, but it may at
least help us to recover the conception of
a man as a human being. If we stop to
think we may be surprised to realise how
completely we have lost sight of this Idea.
When our grai.dfathers heard one of the
great names of their day Clay, or Webster,
or Channlng, or Davy Crockett they
thought at once ot a being of fleeh and
blood, with Individual characteristics and
a share In the ordinary activities of life.
But the contemporary great names of New
port and Fifth avenue suggest nothing but
a pile of dollars. The little human per
sonality attached to the overshadowing
millions is as inconspicuous and unnoticed
as a limpet on a reef. A pause ln the ac
cumulation of wealth may give a little
better show to the man behind the coin.
PEHSOSAL. NOTES.
Major George W. Saucr, a veteran ot
the civil war and 7 years ot age, wiii
cast his fiftieth ballot the coming elec
tion. All the good stories Invented ln New York
now make Mark Twain the principal figure
ln them. Chauncey Depew takes a back
seat.
Former Secretary Chamberlain is draw
ing crowds that make Kng Edward's
coronation look like the last day at a
county fair.
Prof. Robert Francis Harper, a brother
of President Hurper of the Chicago uni
versity, will be director of the Babylonia
excavations.
One Indian at Muscogee leased his land
six times to the Standard Oil company.
It might be well to call the investigation
off and let the Indians work out their own
salvation.
Any time Colorado finds Itself uncom
fortably peaceable it can rely on Cripple
Creek to come to the rescue. That town
Is still Imbued with the beautiful spirit of
Blood-to-the-Brldles Waite.
Alfred Gilbert, the English sculptor, has
undertaken an art school of unusual mag
nitude at Bruges. He has hired an enor
mous disused factory which yields, be
sides great studios, living accommodations
for 300 pupils. He proposes doing all
his work ln the presence of his classes.
Dr. George Wyld, )u his "Notes of My
Life," gives a charming sketch of Prof.
Blackle, oft whom he writes that mentally
his popularity was due to his affectionate,
loving and perfoctly truthful nature, his
free and outspoken, but never bitter,
speech, and his habit of frequently burst
ing into song, a custom somewhat alarming
on occasions.
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock re
ceived the following letter, together with
a money order, from an Oklahoma man
recently: Cashlon, Ok. To the Secretary
of the Interior: I enclose $1 to psy for one
small stick of pecan timber that I took
In the Chickasaw nation. I have an ear
nest desire to make all things rite, and
I no of no other way than thro your de
partment, I sincerly ask tlrglvnes for the
auful sin. Yours resp.
Waltham Watches.
Accurate and durable.
"The 'Perfected American Witch," an tttustnted look
of interesting information tbout watches, wlll be sent
free upon request,
American Walthzm Witch Company,
Wiltfum, Mass.
aTVlRNAM The newest leathers the newest
styles in toes and lasts that's the advantage
in buying your men's shoes of us
Ours is the one store selling direct from
maker to the wearer.
Two prices $3.50 and $5.00.
MrLIXQ REMARKS.
She Is there any dlfferenca between a
Villain and a scoundrel?
He Certainly. A villain Is a stare char
acter, and a scoundrel figures In real life.
Kansas City Journal.
"f suppose you're busy with your social
duties, as usual," remarked Kidder.
"Oh, yaas," replied the blae youth, "but
I'm beginning to discover that society Is a
deuced bore, don't you know?"
tl, yes That Is to say, your society."
Chicugo Tribune.
Manager I'm going to start a comedy
company on the road in a couple of weeks.
t'riuick What's the play?
Manager Oh, 1 haven't written that yet,
but I heard a good Joke today that we
cun use it. Philadelphia Press.
The man was fleeing from the city of
corruption when he saw the sign, "Lots for
sale."
"it's an outrageous lie," he sputtered.
"I never accepted a bribe In my life!'"
Patting hluifclf on the back, he hastily
continued the trek from Sodomy-New York
Tribune.
"I have only two difficulties to overcome
In connection with my flying machine,"
said the Inventor.
"What are they?"
'"Getting into the air and making It stay
there." ashlnglon Star.
It seemed like a small matter, but It was
not.
The woman faced ahead when she got off
the moving car.
For a moment the conductor stood aa If
paralyzed. Then ho staggered against the
railing. Chicago Post.
"Sometimes a gul means It," said Uncle
Eben, "when she says she aln' nehber
gwine to marry no one. An' den ngin,
sometimes she's Jes' tryin' to staht nn ali
gnment In de hopes o' beln' convinced."
Washington Star.
"I'm told your bride Is very pretty,"' said
Miss Pepprey.
"Yes, indued !" replied Mr. Con Reet.
"Several of the guests at the ceremonv
were pleased to call It a 'wedding of
beauty and brains.' "
"Well, well! She must be a r?-narkabl
woman; that's an unusual combination In
one person." Philadelphia Press.
Smarte You see me queer the professor.
I'll make him own up there's one thing at
least he doexn't know.
Smarte (to professor) Will you please
tell me, Mr. Wyse. who was Cain's wife?
Professor Cain's wife, Mr. Smarte. was
Adam's daughter-in-law. Boston Tran
script. Raid she: "Thla Is quite entre nous.
But since you hive come here to wous,
I may as well say.
In my frank, girlish way,
I hardly believe you will dous!"
Milwaukee Sentinel.
TRAIL TO IIO Y LAND. .
W. D. Nesblt in Chicago Tribune.
Where the maple leaves are yellow
And the apples, plump and mellow.
And the purple grapes are bursting with
their rich autumnal wine,
And the oak leaves redly flaming
All the blaze of sunset shaming
Is a trail that wanders Idly to a land of
yours and mlno.
It goes through the grassy hollows
And across the hills; it follows
All the playful turns and curvlngs of the
ever singing streams;
Overgrown with tangled grasses,
All the olden haunts It pusses
Till It fad-s Into a vista that Is cherished
ln our dreams. J
Past the pokeweeds and their berries
And the danco halls of the fairies.
Over field and through the forest It goes
ever on and on.
With the thrush and klldee singing
And the redblrd madly winging
Far ahead of us to somewhere, where the
sunset meets the dawn.
Up and down, the hillsides hugging,
With the har.el bushes tugging
At our arms, and blushing sumach holding
spicy berries out;
And the hawtrees and the beeches.
Hickories and plums and peaches
Just as young and Just as plenty all our
though) of age to flout!
So It stretches and It glistens.
Far away und he who listen r'l.
Hears the echo of the ballings and the
murmur of a song
Thai comes through the silence throb
bing Half with laughter, half with sob
bing Till It clutches at the heartstrings and
would hold them overlong.
This the trall-the Trail to Boyland
How It spans the rollea to joyland!
Passing leafy lane and blossom tangled
vine, and bush and tree,
Coaxing bees till they, in coming.
Fill the hush of noon with humming
And the wondrous way to Boyland
stretches fair for you and me!
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