t 4 THE OMAHA DAILY KEE: MONDAY. " NOVEMRETt 2. 100.T The Omaiia Daily Dee, e. hose water, editor. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Pftlly H (without Sunday). Ons Tif.M I'slly He and Hunday. One Tear on Illustrated Bee. One Year "0 Punday Hm, one Year Saturday Boo, One Year 1 M Twentieth Century Farmer. One Tear. 1.00 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Be (without Sunday), per enpy.. ie Dnlly Bee (without Bunilay). per week..12o Iily Bee (Including Bunoay), per week.l7o Fundav Bee. fer copy 6 Kvenliig Bee '(without Sunday), per week 60 Evening: Bee (Including- Sunday, per , week lOe Complaint cf Irregularities In delivery houid be addressed to City Circulation, De partment OFFICES Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha city Hall Building-, Twen-ty-flfth and M streets. Council BhifTa 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 1640 Unity Eul'dlng. New York-jzn Park Row Building. Washing-ton fiul Fourteenth Street CORRESPONDENCE. Communication! relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing- Company. Only z-cent stamps accepted In payment or mail accounts. Personal cneckv except on Omnha or eastern exchanges, not sccepted. ItiHi BISK fUbUHHliNU LUMIAII I STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Stat of Nebraska. Douglas County, as.: George B. Tsschuck, aotretary of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, aays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed .during the month of September, 1903, was aa fol lows: 1 .2n.l30 It ...M,30 17 ...,10 1 ;.2.ST II .oo 20 KO,44 n s,sio U 2H,80 83 28,1530 14 .'.29,730 26 8S.T20 s xvava n gT.240 18 SS,T0 2H.8SV 10 2tt,040 I fl.TO ..SB.3TO 4 2B.870 ...awioo 9HI.TMI I .XO,H20 1 29,370 0,2M 10 2.10 II SO .220 13 Z0.S1O U , 1TU.4XS 14 OO.OilO 14 ,....9H,HOO Total nua.s.ne Less unsold and returned copies.... 9,480 Nat total sales 8(12,744 Net average sales 28,424 OKORO10 B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me tola 30th day of September, A. t. IMS. U. B. HUNQATE. (Seal) Notary Publlo. It Is to be noted that the democrats are not claiming Iowa this year. It would seem that a nonpartisan these days can run. for office only on a demo cratic ticket , 1 ' Will the nonpartisan republicans run ning on democratic tickets be republic ans or democrats after election! Inhabitants of the barnyard may con sider themselves duly notified for what is coming to them on the last Thursday In November. : . It Is a light, regJstraUon,,' artdi . It therefore ! behooves ,,yry. registered voter so much more to make sure that his vote Is polled. It Is never too late to learn. Even Harvard's crack, foot ball men have been taught a trick .on the gridiron by a wily Indian player. ' f '.!"" 7: Nebraska. Is a ; republican- state and Douglas county a republican county. " It j Is much more pleasant , 'to1 rejoice with the winners than to 'Jrupiurn with' the losers.. -'. r ... . , .. Chairman Cowell's -offer of $100 re ward for ihe detection of election frauds is proof positive that lie, means business when be says he is determined on hav ing a free ballot and an honest count It will not do to count our chickens be fore they are hatched, but if President Sttckney makes good on bis premised ele vators and mills, Omaha will gladly In scribe his name on Its roll of honor. The only menace to Douglas county republican candidates . . Is , democratic boodle. Lee Herdmftn'g $12,000 a year, Broadwell's $0,500, ' Power's $0,000 to $7,000 will leave a big margin for dis tribution on election day. The political prophets are busy tell ing what may be expected to happen at the elections in various states Tuesday. After It Is all over, however, their hind sight will:as usual,-prove much imore reliable than'- their "foresight.-1 : ' '' ' If this Is tbe Hud , of campaign the democrats put up to redeem Jndge Sul livan's pledge of decent treatment for bis opponent how much mud slinging aud yellow fukery would we have had lx the popocratic organs and orators bad been allowed to do as they pleased? The suspicion Is abroad that the talk of disbanding the Ttyklsh army on .the Bulgarian frontier is simply another of the sultan's, smooth fames. The Euro pean powers have been buncoed so often by the elusive Turk that they would do well to keep their eyes on the cards all the time. - :. The safest thing for republicans of the Judicial district to do Is to vote for all the seven candidates nominated by the republican party. Under the pecu liar makeup of the official ballot to scratch any one of the party nominees for the beuch Is liable to result in the rejection of the whole vote. Tho Montana arbitrators called .'n to solve the problem presented by the pre carious milling- sltuatlou there gives It up. it seems to us mat with a more determined effort they might have made some headway. No two men ever yet gut at loKKerheads but what there was some way of settling the dispute. i L. I if the tax ' committee of the Real Kstate exctiHuir thinks the tight for tax tefonu doiwnds on the outcome of the liuiendlug election, why have its mem bers waited until the eve of voting to come out and Mate their position? This leventlt hour trimming savors alto gether too much of a put-up Job and is calculated to shake public confidence lu the work of the tax committee, which Is supposed. to be entirely dUtJnct from political consider!! Uous and won its sU'cukUi fiwiu that wui JyraUuu. -- A HOUD Wltn DKMtKHAT. There was a time not tunny years sgo when thd democratic rank and file was bound together by a common faith in the cardinal principles of tho party founded by Jefferson and championed by Horatio Seymour, Samuel J. Tllden and Allen (I. Thurman. The rank and file of the democracy still believe in those principles, but , the leadership of the party in Nebraska, and especially in Omaha, has degenerated and the party has' become a mere aggregation of po litical buccaneers battling for spoils. The present campaign has been markod by brazen imposture and sham pretense that should make every honest democrat blush for his party aud despair of its future. The populist-democratic alliance by which Judge Sullivan was made the so called fusion reform candidate was per fectly natural, although, the demon strated fitness, of Judge Sullivan, as measured by populist standards, has not been apparent In his "rulings on the bench. But the desperate effort to pose Judge Sullivnn as a riiodel anti-corpora tion. Judge In the face of his known rec ord In the legislature and In the face of his decision in the railroad tax cases will make the railroad tax agents and rail road attorneys laugh In their sleeves. Ask ex-Attomey General -Constantlne J. Smyth, who was chalrmau of the com mittee on cities Ita the legislature that cut the provision to tax the railroad property the. same as al other; property out . of the .Omaha charter, . what part Judge Sullivan had In the mutilation? Ask John D. Howe, a very consistent democrat, what he thinks of Judge Sul livan as an anti-monopolist? . Ask Lee Spratlen, John N. Baldwin or Ben White whether they are dissatisfied with Judge Sullivan?- .Ask James Dnhlmnrv the democratic national, committeeman, who .always has been In close touch with the corporation managers, whether he "re gards Judge Sullivan as a safe man for the railroad corporations? But why tills masquerade?' Does not everybody In Nebraska 'know that the frantic appeals of the. sham reformers on behalf of Judge Sullivan is really In spired by It. E. Lee Herdman. whose In come of $12,000 a yea? is threatened? The most disreputable feature of the campaign Is,; however. he i Confidence game that is being played tinder the guise of nonpartisan judiciary In this district Is there an Intelligent demo crat who cannot see through this bunco game? Is It not manifest thut the nomi nation of five republicans and two dem ocrats was a clean sell out? What chance of election have the two demo crats as against five republicans on the same ticket? Every deijiocraV iu Ne braska knows that Judge Do.ue was a fearless and uptight Judge, beyond the reach of corporate influence, but he was deliberately sidetracked for the benefit of Judge Dickinson, who, ran .against him four years ago as a corporation re publican. To be sure Judge Ferguson, a democrat who stands high with his party and 'whose Jadidal Tceebrd Is un impeachable,' was sandwiched In be tween tbe five republicans, tmt what snow naa no witn the Jugglers who put up the bogus nonpartisan Judicial ticket? Can self-respecting democrats make themselves parties to such a confidence game? J . ' I TTBMiltS IS TH MAM An eastern democratic paper, . re marking that the presidential campaign lias practically begun and the repub lican candidate has been selected, says that the democratic party . Is going through a process of preparation for the encounter and its "position would be greatly strengthened if the man of the hour would be kind enough to come forward And by his commanding char acter take the leadership of his party." It adds that unfortunately "We have yet to wait for .the, njan of destiny, but in the meanwhile, the. party , is making a record which will help it or handicap It next year."; ,' ' Where Is the man with a command ing character to take up the leadership of the democracy? The republican party would be glad to have him announce himself, so that it may kilow what sort of, democratic leader It- will have to fight ' Every man ' who has ' thns far been suggested Is deficient In some vital respect. 1 None of those democrats who aspire to the presidency : Lag better than a factional support and the "com manding character" essential to party leadership is generally lacking. Mr. Cleveland has a quite earnest eastern support, and some friendly oonsldera tion In the middle states and in the weeit, ,but the south doesn't want "hlra, though undoubtedly Jt would give him Its elector! vote1 'should he be nomi nated. It is not known, however, whether Mr. Cleveland desires or would accept a nomination. Senator Gorman is bidding for the support of the south in the next democratic national con yentlon and probably will get It but bis present course will hardly commend him to northern democrats, however much they may generally be In sym pathy with him. They must realize that his election to the presidency would be out of the question.' Judge Parker of New York seems to have been dropped from consideration and Hill. OIney and some others who have been mentioned as possible candidates are no longer talked of. There are Tom L. Johnson and Carter Harrison, but neither of them can be seriously con sidered as possibilities, ' although they may exert a considers ble influence in the selection of ' a' democratic presidential candidate. "The democratic jmriy has never been so badly off In the matter" of leader ship as It is at present and there is at this moment no promise of Its being able to find a man able to harmonize Its factions and carry It united into next year'g coutest. Every home owner is interested In an equjtable .distribution, of the burden of taxation. L'nder the -new revenue law the & fe-t meat tnnde la I'JOa -wlU Uud for four consecutive years. This assess ment will be made under the personal supervision tf the county assessor to be elected this fall. Hence It Is of vital im portance that tint ninn elected to that position should ie honest, fearless and impartial. Such i man Is the republican nominee for assessor, Harry D. Reed, who can be depended! upon to do Justice to all men and deal s fairly with In dividuals as with corporations. BO NtW DEPARTMK3T. There is talk of creating a new depart ment of the government to look after the affairs, of our insular possessions. It Is stated that Senator Foraker, who Is chairman of tbe senate committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, may introduce a bill for this purpose at the coming session, not with the expecta tion that it will pass during the ses sion, but in order to bring the matter before congress. It Is pointed out that the bureau of Insular affairs now at tached to the War department has a staff of about 100 clerks and it is not able to do anywhere near all that many persons think it should. It Is further suggested that a better unifica tion of colonial relations and a more systematic supervision from Washing ton can only be secured by definite rep resentation of the insular possessions In the president's cabinet The Philippines, It 1s remarked, are novi In t transition state and so far as federal administration Is concerned they pre well managed from the Insular bureau, but there is no knowing when Philippine problems will outgrow this supervision. Then it is noted that not a day passes that many persons do not call at the bureau to Inquire Some thing about Porto Rican affairs,- al though it has bad nothing to do with that Island In more than three years. It is argued that the lack of unity In the administration of thosie parts of the American dominion which have not been made states would be remedied by tlifi establishment of a new depart ment Doubtless nnlty In administer ing the affairs of the Insular posses sions Is to be desired and will in time be attained, but It Is by no means clear that It Is essential' to such attainment that there shall be created a new execu tive department. - We can see no good reason why, when there has been com plete organization of the insular pos sessions, a properly equipped bureau will not be able to handle whatever business there may be in connection with them. It Is admitted that this Is the case now. with the Philippines and the work should and undoubtedly will be simpler In the near future than it is at present; . .'. The idea of a "colonial department will, we are very confident, not meet with general -public approval. It Is manifestly unnecessary and there Is a strong popular objection to multiply ing government departments. TUB CONTRACT LABOR LAW. Legislation by the last congress broad encd the scope of tbe alien contract labor law, so. .as to permit the Inspect ors of i immigration to catch a great many 'who formerly, escaped through the looseness of the old act which was constantly violated. The new act says that aliens shall not be Induced to come to this country through any of fer, solicitation, promise or agreement It is further provided that skilled labor shall only be imported when labor of a like kind cannot be found unemployed; in this country, the old law not barring killed contract laborers when Imported to develop new industries. Under the new law the deportation of Immigrants alleged to have been brought here' in violation of the act has been going an actively. In some In stance appeals have been taken from the .'action of the Immigration author ities and several cases are now before the secretary of the Department of Commerce, by . way , of testing the re vised law. " The alien contract labor law was enacted to meet a condition of affairs that called loudly for remedy, In its general purpose it is a meritor ious law, but it Is liable to abuse and it is quite possible that la some in stances it has been abused. At any rate the tests to be applied will doubtless serve a good purpose. - Why has W. G. Scarf been made a tar get by tbe Hitchcock organ during the present campaign? Why Is he being pursued so vindictively and stigmatized as an Incompetent when every reputable lawyer concedes that be is in every re spect the peer of any of the candidates now nominated for Judicial honors in this district? Why Is be singled out among republican candidates as a man not deserving the confidence of the peo ple'of this district in the face of the fact that Mr. Sears has always enjoyed the esteem and confidence of the people of his home county in the highest degree and was 'practically the unanimous choice of - the republicans of that dis trict for a seat on the district bench? Is It not true that all this cowardly war fare Is being waged upon Sears because he did not support Mr. Hitchcock's father-in-law, Lorenzo Crounse, for tbe United States senate three years ago? There is no reason why any repub lican should favor F. A. Broadwell over W. W. Bingham for the most lucra tlve position in tbe gift of the voters of Douglas county. Mr. Broadwell will have drawn close to $30,000 out of the office within the four years of bis term. That certainly is sufficient, in view of the fact that the county is republican by from 1,200 to 1.500 majority. To re-elect Broadwell would simply mean that republicans would be voting sev erul thousand dollars Into democratic campaign funds next year and several years thereafter. Announcement is made by - way of Lincoln by Robert E. Lee Herdman, clerk of the supreme court, that a large uumber . of rvpubllcuns in A Ikugla cvuuty lutvt Un pt-rsuadeil to vote for Judge Sullivnn to hold him In his 12,000 a year Job. Whether Mr. Herd- man has secured any such promises Is exceedingly doubtful. The republicans of this county have derived no advan tage or benefit from Mr. Herdman's tenure of the supreme court clerkship and have no Interest In extending bis term. The editor of The Bee begs to ac knowledge receipt of a handsomely en graved card from District Court Clerk Broadwell, announcing that he la seek ing re-election to the position be has been holding for four years. We congratu late Mr. Broadwell on the taste dis played in the selection of such fine sta tionery, and rejoice that the emolu ments of his office permit him to In dulge in such expensive campaigning to retain his salary and perquisites. Ills republican opponent, unfortunately, has ot been provided for out of the public treasury and is not able to solicit votes with such costly luxuries. Tbe Smile that Cornea Off. Baltimore American. If only the candidates would go right on smiling SJid shaking harida after the election, this would be a lot pleasanter world to live In. Taking; a Large Coatraet. Chicago Tribune. An effort Is to be made to put a stop to sweating among the sailors In the navy. Their profanity has been noticeably worse since their allowance of grog was shut off. - He aa Has Gets. ' ' - Boston Transcript. It is dollars to doughnuts that when con gress meets the most magnificent of the floral tributes will surmount the desks of Senator Piatt of New York and Senator Stewart of Nevada. Presidential Itecreat Ion. St Louis Globe-Democrat. ' President Roosevelt has queer Ideas of recreation. Ha celebrated bis forty-fifth birthday anniversary by reading tha report of General Brlatow In the postofflce boodle Investigation. Time and Money Saved. Chicago Record-Herald. Tha people who attempted to aasassinats that Russian governor general the other day are all dead. The Russians don't be lieve in wasting public money . In matters of- this kind. Syaalcated Robbery, Philadelphia Press, It Is to be observed' In regard to the revelations ot colossal stealings of forest reserve lands of the United States that the principal participants In these crimes are not petty larceners hungering for a few acres of the publlo domain. The chief criminals are the agents and officials that have absorbed millions of acres of p'ubllo land upon which they are pasturing herds of sheep and cattle. These syndicates. It should also be observed, are among tha loudest clamorera for. the maintenance of high, duties on wool and beef. Parsvit o Vmu Tnleres, ;:. ' St. Louis dlobe-Democrat Scarcely a day naaeea without disnaJchod relating to land frauds practiced upon tha government This form of lawbreak Ing has become extremely ooelly to cltl- sens. They realise the necessity of fer reting It out and banging the cheats to punishment Lands, restored to, rightful government ownership become a contiihu. ting source to the Irrigation fund, a pro vision which means 'millions of dollars In eventual returns.'' So many forms of land frauds are under Invoatlratinn ihm the subject Is not entirely clear, but con gress and tha preaiCent will see that tha light shines through it Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock has been actively at work on tha land frauds for a long period and Is performing Important service. Re stitution of lands filched from tha gov ernment has become an Item of Immense value. GET FROM UNDER, FaJthfal Old Pallmaa Blanket Pro, aaeed 'aa Unclean Thing. Philadelphia Ledger. If tha chemist of the Pennsylvania rail road, speaking at the annual meeting of the National Publlo Health association in the -name of his own company, expressed what is a sincere desire on the part of the railroads to co-operate In tha interest of the health of travelers, wa may be en couraged to expect a reform in the Impor tant detail of the sleeping car blanket. Cunningly colored so as not to show Its real condition, this" hideous article may occasionally be washed; but for certainly many weeks, and probably months, cover ing nightly a different victim, gathering the grime of travel.' filling with dust and absorbing unclean exhalations, the Pull man blanket la a filthy outrage, Intolerable to decent people and an Instrument of con tagion which publlo safety requires should be abolished. Civilisation Is a queer thing. The sleep ing car blanket and- such ilka dlssemlnat org of disease as the plush street car cushion and tha feather duster, would be impossible In some lands which we count far beneath us tn the scale of advance ment. What thoughtless Indifference tol erates them among us Is hard to under- stand. They are mora fatal than war, pes tilence and famine. Only their deadly work Is done quietly. Dramatic death Is required to arouse our languid Interest. Tet poison and the dagger are childish playthings - beside the pathogenic germ, And It has no more congenial hiding place than In the Pullman blanket, or that filthy, poisonous token of corporate selfish ness, tha ancient . plush traction car cushion. A NOX PARTISAN UKfltfED. Any Old Thing taat Baas Against t Repablleaa Nantlaecs. I Lincoln Star. The latest definition of a "nonpartisan" Is from that miraculous and supereminent organ of nonpartlsaiiahip, the World-Herald. There are a few days yet to election, and there la no telling what other descrip tions of that curious entity may be Imag ined by that delightful organ, but it will hardly be able to conceive one that will add more to the gaiety of nations. "Tha candidates," says the World-Her aid, in launching one of Its characteristic double-leaded editorials, "the candidates for district Judge in this Judicial district who are running on the democratic ticket are running aa Jurists those who are run ning on the republican ticket alone are running exclusively tn their capacity as politicians." And there you are. Tha only way to be a "nonpartisan' In Nebraska, It thus ap pears. Is to be a democratic candidat or to be nominated by a democratic partisan convention, or to be put forward by demo cratic partisans. The World-Herald's notion aeems to be that It Is "nonpartisan" to fight the re publican party. Very well, let It go at that. This would be a nice scheme If there were sufficient democratic partisan ''nonpartisans" to put such a partisan scheme through. The republicans, however, have a non partisan" scheme of their own, and we opine that tbey will be out at tha polls aext Tuesday., TALK OF TUB STATES PRKSS. PavneC1ty Republican: Admitting thit tha fuslonlsta have good men on their ticket they have no right to expect republican votes when tha republicans have nominated against them not only equally as good, but better qualified men. Vote the republican ticket Wayne Herald: Judge 'John B. Barnes, i twice endorsed for commissioner by his opponent. Judge Sullivan, should receive the united support of the republican party for supreme Judge. He Is among the fore most lawyers In the state and none ran discharge the dutiea of Its highest tribunal more learnedly or fairly. Bradshaw Republican: There should be no "oft year" In politics. The republican state convention. In strong resolutions, In dorsed President Roosevelt and his admin istration. Next Tuesday Is tha day and tha voting booth is the place for every repub lican in Nebraska to seal those resolutions by their votes by rolling up an old time republican majority for tha entire ticket. Wayne Herald: Governor Mickey truth fully says that tha result of this fall's election will largely determine whether er not Nebraska will be counted In the Roose velt Column next year. Thus, It la Impor tant that all voters be on hand to cast their ballots and that every republican candidate from supreme Judge down re ceives a large majority. Tllden CIMien: Alt Indications point ta republlcan success throughout tha state on Tuesday next. Tha past six years have been a particularly prosperous period tor the farmers and, so far as legislation can affect their condition, they . realise that credit for their prosperity must be given to tha administrative policy of tha party In power. i Lyona Sun: It will be remembered that tha Hon. W. O. Sears Is Burt county's only candidate for district Judge. If Mr. Sears should fall of election there would be no Burt county resident on the bench. Past services entitle Mr. Sears to a hand some vote from his home county. We be lieve ha will get It, and with it he will be elected to the office which he Is so well qualified to All. Crete Vldette-Herald: There Is always a degree ot satisfaction In supporting the republican ticket because It Is the ticket of the political party that stands for prog ress and prosperity. But this year there Is an additional pleasure. Aside from tha matter of political principles we feel a Just pride In the personnel of our .ticket. a list of able, clean and worthy men not a poor stick irt the lot. If you can sub scribe to the principles of good govern ment and wish to see worthy men In office lend your support to the republican ticket. Norfolk News: Friends of Judge. Barnes are pleased to note that many of the broad minded fuslonlsta In . tha vicinity of his home town are inclined to give him a com plimentary vote for the office of Justice of the supreme court. It would be a splendid showing for the friendliness and nelghbor llness of the people and Judge Barnes is a man that Is entitled to such considera tion. His administration of Justice as one of tha supreme Judges will ba above re proach and hone need hesitate to support him for fear that they will be sorry for it In tha future. York Times t One thing is so self-evident as ' to need no argument, no republican ought to vote for tha candidate of the op position unless there Is good and abundant reason for so doing.' 1 In the present crisis. If we may be allowed the expression, no such reason exists In connection with any candidate. There Is ho tangible' objection to say one of the ' republican candidates. They are all competent and worthy . and when a man asks you to do such an ex traordinary thing aa to go back on your ticket and Insult your candidates and con vention make' btro show you the "reason why, ' ' Toblaa Express: Republicans feel quite confident of the election of Judge Barnes, their candidate for Judge of the supreme court. He has grown In popularity as the campaign progressed and he became better known, for he is the kind of a man that the more you know of him the better you Ilka him. His legal talents are fecognlsed and respected all over the state and there Is no doubt but that he will get the full republican vote, which Is a safe majority. Ashland Gazette: A prosperous bank ac count adds much more to one's mental complacency than the mere vindication ot his political opinions. Vote for the party of prosperity. Wood River Interests: We would urge upon tha republicans tha importance of casting a ballot next Tuesday. The "stay- at-homes" and "over-confldenta have mora than once brought disaster to tha party. Not only la It Important for the election of tha preaent ticket, that a full party vote be cast, but every believer tn Theodore Roosevelt and the principles for which he stands should coma out and con tribute his vote and influence for tha re publican candidates who stand tor and uphold thoss principles. Next year Is a presidential one and It la none too early to commence laying tha foundation tor future sucoess. PERSONAL HOTEL Alexander . Blackley, the pastel artist. whose death Is snnounced at tha age of 88, was the flrst artist whose work was repro duced In color In an illustrated newspaper. "Elijah" Dowle made a great mistake In time and place. How can ha expect the people of New York to devote any attention to rellgloua matters when they have a city election on hand? The super-eminent moral atmosphere of Massachusetts la again cleared of obnoxious taints. Involuntary osculation secured for the osculator sixty days In tha workhouae. Bay state delicacies triumphantly remain above the bargain counter basis. Tha coat of the Alaska boundary arbitra tion is estimated at $300,000. Canada spent nearly $200,000 preparing tha case and tor tha fees of the British lawyers. The United States expenditure was about llOO.OuO. Henry Vlgnaud, secretary ot the United States embassy at Parts, haa Just published a new book seeking to establish the date of Columbus' birth, as a further development of his Columbian researches. Ha concludes that tha great navigator was born in libl. It Is said in London that John Morley, whose "Life of Gladstone" is the talk of tbe day, may have a baronetcy If he cares for such honor. But It Is not thought he will accept, for. Ilka "the great commoner," he la Indifferent to such dignity as Is supposed to ba conferred by a una. Down In Memphla tha mualcal critic ap parently does the horse races. He aays that "Lou Dillon moved aa aoftly and sooth Ingly as a Provencal air, fresh from tha land of Oc. Delmar's was a Wagnerian etude, splendid, but not compelling. To, gather they rendered a Hungarian rhap sody." Hon. James D. Richardson, a member ot congress from Tennessee, by his recent elevation to tha office of provincial grand master of tha Royal Order of Scotland of America was elevated to the highest posi tion In Masonry in the world, and la the ranking man In every organisation with which Masons are in anywise connected. Harry Payne Whitney, son of the New York millionaire, haa taken to mining la earnast, having gone to work on the Colo rado properties In which his father Is In terested. He declares his intention to mas ter the mining business thoroughly and will qualify himself to make expert examina tions an reports. John Hays Hammons, the famous mining expert. Is bis tutor. Everyone a perfect' stick Every slick a G A'', Every match irfecr lighr) MATCH Is the acme of match perfection. A valuable coupdh in every box. Aik your frocer. THI DIAMOND MATCH CO. , BITS OF -WASHINGTON LIFE. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched - on the Spot. Having definitely located a microbe which will butt In and knock out a billy goat, the Agricultural department turns In tri umph Jto more peaceful pursuits. The latest record of Its well directed energies Is a bulletin on the food value ot nuts and dried fried, comprehending the results ot experiments conducted by the department In California, It has been determined that dried apples have a surprising value as a food product. Nine dietary studies and thirty-one digestive experiments were made, mostly with students who we're will ing to submit to the tests In consideration of the free board that was Involved. . To summarise. It may be said that the chief nutriments in fruit consists of sugars and other carbohydrates, and in nuts of, pro tein and fat. In other words, while, both fruits and huts furnish the body with energy, nuts ' furnish some building ma terial, called protein, ss well. Some Idea of tbe range, may be gained from the fact that at ordinary retail prices in the United States, 10 cents ex pended for fresh grapes will supply tha body for about 830 calories of energy, as compared with (,(00 calories for 10 cents worth of wheat flour. In the case of al monds, this sum will supply 0.08 . pound protein and about 1,100 calories of energy, and in the case of peanuts, 0.28 pound pro tein : and about 2,800 calories, while ex pended for cheese it would provide 0.17 pound protein and about 1,300 calories, and for flour 0.46 pound protein, aa well as the large amount of energy noted above. Al though some of tha dietaries showed that It is quits posslbls to obtain the needed protein and energy from a fruitarian diet, the majority of those studied fell below the tentative dietary standard.. " Hie two chrysanthemum shews made by the government "gardeners" "opened " last week. One Is made by the. propagating gardens under the direction of Colonel Brown, "who 'for ' thirty years 'has' had charge of the flower beds in the parka of Washington, and the other made ty the gardeners at the. Department of Agricul ture. Both are magnificent In their com pleteness and . variety. . The . number of varieties ahown Is not so large aa wllj be seen In the publlo shows held In the large cities, but It Is an even question If the perfection and rarity of the flowers Is not quite in the lead. There are about 800 plants In alt. There la a good deal of rivalry between the two shows, and the public enters heartily into the spirit of tha contest. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson esti mates that the codling moth has done about $23,000,000 worth of damage to the apple industry In the United States during the past year, which is a loss ot $3,000,000 mora than In the last four years. The secretary believes that one-fourth more ap ples would have been placed on the market had it not been for the codling moth, or about ltUOO.OOO barrels. Tbe loss In home orchards, In which the percentage Is far greater than In the commercial orchards, is estimated at $3,000,000. .These estimates have been reached after a thorough Investigation of the apple In dustry In the United States by C. B. Simp son of the dlvlaion of entomology, who has been engaged In the experiments for the past two yeara. Secretary Wilson re gards tha codling moth as undoubtedly the moat destructive Insect pest Of the apple and pear and the occasion of greater loss than all the other insect enemies ot these fruits combined, entailing un annual shrinkage of valuea exceeding $20,000,000. etntMinen In both branches of congress are preparing for the annual flow of ora tory at the capital, as next year win bring another national campaign. Including the election 1 of members of congress, speeches will be prepaed for use in con gressional districts which are expected to Waltham Watches, Mechanical skill and knowledge have made them the best in the world. "'The Perfected Amerkzn Witch," n Muslndei M of interesting information tboct wtches, bt sent , free upon request, 'r ' ' . . ., 1 American WalthAm Witch 'Company, ' . Waltham, Mass, and men are for Decaturs The style fit finish economy are 1 exolusive in Decatur ihoea. 13. 50 and $8.00. . TV the fllrw from mW U wnrif. I?iCUJirJ , , .. ..is-. !.,. a MaHgagy-a- a T ?T?1Z--L BksnnBnnassS - g"n wawSWajaHBMBWaWsaaBsntaWtaa l""ii W 3n perfect match have much effect on the home constituents. Few of a congressman's constituents know or care how these speeches nre prepared, but if the secret were told many a public man's reputation would be found renting upon the work of a faithful clerk or pri vate secretary. All the speeches made In the senate and house do not represent the brain work of those who deliver them. It Is no uncommon thing for even some of the well known members of both branches to intrust to their secretaries the preparation of their speeches. Not many years ago a - dignified senator who haa had more or less to do with legislation affecting our foreign relations thought It Incumbent upon him to make an address on the subject of the American' outrages. He directed his - secretary to prepare a speech on that subject and a very fine ad dress was turned out upon the order. The senator read It over and complimented his secretary on tha beautiful sentiments ex pressed and - the general high tone of the speech. When he had finished explaining It ha t-irned to its author and askerti "Where the devil Is Armenia, anyway?" SMILING REMARKS. "Mildred, what brings that young man to the house no often?" "Well, his mother's stepfather married a second cousin of my father's great aunt. We're trying to figure out what relation, that makes him to me, and that can't ba done in one evening." Chicago Tribune "Don't you think you would be happier If you went to work?" "I suppose ao," answered Meandering Mike; "but dere's so many people feelln1 Cut way on do subject dat I aln t goln' to Blip In an' spoil delr pleasure-'V-Washlng-ton Star. . Mr. De Style This Is what we New York ers call a foot ball game. Aunt Nanny. Aunt Nanny of Lonelyville (viewing the players' togs) Foot ball is it? You say toot ball? Huh, seems to me It's more like a masquerade bail. New York Sun. First Tramp You'd better not go to that house. . .. , , Socond Tram p-Wny: hot"? " '-,' First . Tramp Thing's don't harmonise there. Second Tramp What do you mean? First Tramp There's a dog at the front gate and a mat at the front door with r' Welcome" on it. Town Toplca. Lawyer (to promoter) Is this your sig nature on this check for 4234,000,000? Promoter How much? "Two hundred tnd thirty-four million dollars." "Let me see the check. Oh,-yes: that's my signature all right, but I hadn't noticed the amount when 1 signed it." New York Press. "You should remember that you are the servant of the people." "I do remember It," answered Senator Sorghum. "And I don't believe that my occasional perquisites are proportionately any larger than those exacted by my own domestic employes." Washington Star. He called on her the other night And held her hand. And told her how the world seemed bright And fair and grand. Then, with a sudden rush of pluck. Said: "Wish I always hud the luck. To hold this hand." ... Next evening, at the club, he beid Another band. He scooped the pot and fairly yelled: "This beats ihe band I Say, fellows, that was nip and tuck I wish I always had the luck ' To hold this hand!" Philadelphia Press. .-'; FOOT BALL DAYS." Chicago Record-Herald.'' The foot ball days hsve come again, the gladdest of the year: One side of Willie's nose is gone, and Tom has lost an ear: Heaped on the Held, the players Jab, and punch, and claw, and tear. They knock the breath from those beneath and gouge without a care: They break each other's arms and legs, and pull Joints out of place, And here snf there is one who gets his teeth kicked from his face. The freshmen and the sophomore, be smeared with grime and mud, Go gallantly to set the ball and quit all bathed In blood: Tha senior knocks the Junior down and kicks him in the chest. The high school hoy Is carried home and gently laid at rest, While here and there a crowded stand collapses 'neath its weight, And forty people wet mora than they paid for at the gate. We are for men .