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In tilts latter instance it is not Elijah
but Elijah's bank that has gone up.
In the Vocabulary of the city council
of Omaha, "Resolved" is a very big
word.
Mr. Hepburm didn't talk as long as
Mr. Vjflllatns did, but he .said a great
deal more.
Cities did not realize how popular
grafting had become until they began
making It unpopular.
Senator Bailey Isn't speaking as fre
quently as Representative Bailey did,
but possibly he Is thinking more. .
Western Nebraska sleighs are In use
and Western Nebraska ministers frill be,
Just, a soon as, the glrhi Can get ready
, Has the Omaha Commercial club been
nsleep or has it been hypnotized? That
Is a. conundrum that Is up for solution
in the Real Estate exchange arena.
The committee to Investigate charges
ot Jury tampering in district court Is
progressing with such celerity as sug
gests that the statute of limitation does
not apply. .
Those six Grand Rapids aldermen who
wanted clemency for pleading guilty re
mind us of the man who wanted the dis
count for cash when he settled ah old
bill to avoid a sheriff's execution.
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So popular, has become the "request"
custom that in another year some con
grerfsman will iiiove. the president be
asked to submit the correspondence ba
tween his coachman and his cook.
Nebraska may Justly feel proud Of the
chieVeiifit "of the agricultural depart
tnent of the state university, which car
ried off the. first jrUe in the Interna
tlonal Live Stock show, at Chicago. .
It did not take more than three steps
and a Jump for the Panama cabinet to
approve the new canal treaty, but sev
eral days will elapse before Uncle Sam
uel hands over the S40,000,OOU purchase
mouey.
Since creditors have shown inclination
to keep hliu constantly In hot water,
the Zlon City Elijah might emulate the
origiual of that name, who parted the
Jordan river with a single sweep of his
luautle. .' , ...."
When the Bell-lgeiaut adjutant gen
erul of Colorado received that gruesome
warning from some amateur -, surgeon
practicing in the Denver hbapltal he did
not call for troops, but for a potttotnee
detective. ' 2 ,
The best way for the Commercial club
to prove that it does not need reorganl
satlon because it has outlived its use
fulness is for the club to join hands
wish the'' Real Estate exchange and the
Grain exchange and do something.
It may seem remarkable that in so
light a commodity, as cotton there could
be such heavy .spwulatlon.. But then
hare we not observed now, easy it is to
float watered stock and how ofteu
United States ateel has been flighty.
' 7-5-1
The Western Vulon Telegraph mes
sengers lit Richmond are en a strike
'against a reduction of wages and the
company Is filling their places wi'u
negroes. A revival of the race question
.in Virginia may now be looked for.
When former State Auditor Moore is
sued llO.taaj' of Ktate sugar beet war
rants before an 'appropriation for re
deeming them had beeu made by ti.e,
legislature, the supreme court (let-luted
that be had over-tepped the murk, but
it is' an opvii qucBtion that can only le
acttled by a tlcvjnion of the suptvuie
court whether the" beer angaY "bounty
law, o lS'sO 1 ivtibtitutiunal.
innvcaiao .tub tAnirr.
The democrats of the bouse of rep
resentatives . ere persistent In their
efforts to M-psa the tariff question to the
front, lt-Hviiik mi dotilit of their pnrpoHe
to make ft the lending Issue In next
year's uutjon.-kl - campaign. They lire
finding the republican qultc ready to
discus the tiuestion, with abundant iiih-
terlul for defense 4f the iMtlicy of the
party in giving protection to the Indus
tries and labor of the country. In a
reply to the house democratic lender,
Mr. William of Mississippi, Representa
tive Hepburn presented figures showing
the great progress which the country
has made under republican policy and
iloclnrpfl thnt tha rlofiiocriita aliiihl tie
ashamed to talk as they do in view ofM
the splendid conditions which now exist,
largely dne to the policy of protection.
The facts which attest the success of
republican polity in. developing 1 he re
sources, building tip the industries and
enlarging the commerce of the. nation
are overwhelming and Indisputable,
and It Is hardly conceivable tlrat the
party opposed to this policy will be able
to' persuade' a majority of ttie'peopre
that It should now lit? abandoned. Men
who remember the disastrous effect pro
duced by the last effort of the demo
cratic party in tariff revision must bo
insanely anxious for a change in the
political control of the government to
be willing to risk a repetition of the
hard experience during the last demo
cratic administration. Then there were
Idle mills and factories by the hundred.
stagnation marked every branch of trade
and there were millions t unemployed
people, many suffering great privation.
At no other time in our history did so
many wage, workers experience, severe
hardship as in the years from 1 Sti.-i to
1897, while those engaged in industrial
enterprises also suffered heavy, losses
from the stoppage of tbelr enterprises.
It should not be necessary to go into
statistical details -for evidence of this.
It is of-so recent experience that every
one now old enough to vote mtiBt have
somerecollectlon of it, whllethose who
were tben wage earners or who were the
employers of labor must vividly remem
ber it, for in that period of industrial
and commercial depression all were
a ff ected.
The return of the republican party to
pov;cr, with a pledge, to restore; indus
trial and business activity and give the
people work to do, produced an immedi
ate chango in conditions. What has
since been achieved is familiar to every
person of ordinary intelligence., Thero
has been a vast development of our in
dustries, domestic and foreign commerce
has enormously Increased, the national
wealth has rery nearly doubled, the
condition of all classes of the people has
Improved.
The country is still prosperous, t There
is not at present so great a degree of
business activity as in the preceding two
Or three years, bu the general trnde of
the ' country, 'is good and the promise
favorable for , its -continuing so. It is
certain that democratic pjilcy:-would not
improye, condlUons and ; "we believe a
large majority of our people are not
willing to again experiment with it.
A DBAST10 pHUCtKDIXQ.
The strike of the miners at Tellurlde,
Colorado, is being marked by a some
what drastic proceeding on the .part of
the authorities. They are arresting Idle
workingraen on the charge of vagrancy
and thoBe who cannot show visible
means of support are ordered to leave
the town. A few days ago thirty-eight
arrests were made, about half that num
ber being ordered to leave the place, nnd
doubtless this method of getting rid cf
the strikers who are impecunious Is still
being practiced.
Yesterday the executive board of tlte
Western Federation of Miners tele
graphed to President Roosevelt asking
hliu -to interpose, on ' the' 'ground that
the action of the. officials .at Tellurlde
IS in violation of the constitution and
laws of the United States pertaining to
civil rights. Assuming that the legal
advisers of the federation counseled this
we think it will be found that they are
in. error. The president will doubtless
inform the federation that the people in
Tellurlde are subject to the police power
of the state, that the arrest of a person
on the charge of vagrancy does not con
stttute a violation of the federal con
it tuition or statutes, and that he has no
authority to interfere. There seems to
be a bad state of affairs at the Colorado
town, but the official of that state alone
have the authority to dal with it
A MUHt FBACBTVh OUTLUUK.
The latest advices regarding' the situ
ntion Ju the far pant give promise of an
aruicanie agreement uemg reacnea ue
tnecu Russia ami Japan. It appears
that Franco and Englund have been ex
erting their influence in the interest of
peace, vlth the result of inducing Ja pun
add Russia to agree on the basis of
ti-e.it'. This, It Is stated, proposes that
Japan shall continue In undisturbed en
Joyment of certain rights iu Corea ob
tained by agreement with the latter
country, while" Russia's treaty with
China in regard to Manchuria will be
accepted by. Jnjun. It Is, believed that
Russia and Japan will agree to support
the principle of the open door to trade
and the territorial integrity ot C'Jilna
and Corea.
The statemeut comes from l'aria uik
has the apiearauce of being auilio'Ua
tive. If thlH shall prove to be the cae
there will be a universal feeling of grat
ification that the danger of a war, with
far-reaching consequences, has been
averted, and no country will weicoiue
such a result more heartily tluia ihe
United States, particularly in the even
of the agreement recognizing the op
dHr principle, for .which our govern
ment has contended. A Wabhlntou tils-
t'jttch suggests that it may be proisiwed
I f thitt government to submit the. ques
tion of Russia's evacuation of - Man
(hurl to The Hague tribunal, but it 1
pointed" fart-that Hil U wHd!y a matter
fur arbitration. At all evcuts, it 1 mo
tit likely that Russia would assent to
neb a proposition. It seems to be her
settled determination to remain in Mau-
hurla ml to make herself secure there
y keeping In IIih province an ample
military force. Ho far as the united
States Is concerned its only interest is
n the maintenance of the open door to
rade a in I If Russia is willing to do this
ut- government need not trouble itself
bout her occupation of Manchuria.
SATIUSAL HAlLWAr ntUVLATlOB.
According to Washington dispatches,
friends of the Interstate Commerce com
mission, who have been canvassing the
personnel of the new senate committee
on commerce with a view to discover
ing what are the prospects for legisla
tion Increasing the powers of the com
mission, have struck a very discoura
ging prospect. The substitution of Senn
tor Gorman for Senator Tatterson and
of Taliaferro for Setintor Foster is not
t all encouraging to those who want
the powers of the commission enlarged.
The substitution of known corporation
sympathisers for the democratic sena
tors who were disposed to favor inter
state commerce regulation, and the pro
nounced hostility of Chairman Elklns
to any increase of power for the com
mission, makes doubtful, If not hope
less, any step in the direction so much
desired during the term of the new con
gress. -Kobody familiar with the history of
the interstate commerce act will be in
the least surprised at the barren results.
Honest advocates of national railroad
egulation never approved the com
promise by which the Reagan Interstate
commerce regulation 'bill was dovetailed
with the Cullom bill, that created the
nterstote Commerce commission. It
was predicted then and has since been
demonstrated by experience that the
compromise interstate commerce law
was impractical if not farcical, and even
Senotor Cullom, the father of the conr
mlssion, has been forced to admit thnt
the law Will remain a dead letter until
the commission is given sufficient power
to enforce its orders without being
6bllged to go into the courts.
The only thing that has been accom
plished by the lnterstnte Commerce
commission is a collection of railroad
traffic statistics and a degree of pub
licity that throws some light on railway
capitalization, railway earnings ami the
relative volume of railroad traffic in the
different sections of the country. That
information could have been Just as
readily obtained by a bureau of statis
tics; or for that matter by a railroad
commissioner clothed with authority to
require public carriers to furnish such
information for compilation and pub
licity.
It is humiliating to confess that na
tional regulation of railways and other
public carriers by congress has so far
been a dismal failure because the rail
roads appear to have more influence
with the national legislature than the
people.. - . . ;
Eminent corporation lawyers, and at
torneys representing various interests,
have appeared before the supreme court
to point out the defects and flaws of the
new revenue law, and are unconsciously
enderlng to the people of .Nebraska an
nvaluable service by trying to pick the
law to pieces. If after full and free dis
cussion of all the objectionable features
and kinks the law is declared by the
court constitutional and valid the mu
nicipal and county officers charged with
the assessment and collection of taxes
will be able to proceed with their work
in conformity with the letter and spirit
of the law with the assurance that their
action will stand ihe test of future liti
gation. If the court should declare any
particular provision of the law uncon
stitutional, fhe assessors, county boards
and boards of equalization will govern
themselves accordingly. If the" court
should pronounce the whole act uncon
stitutional and void by reason of specific
features that contravene the fundamen
tal principles of equity and uniformity
in taxation, a revised revenue law
purged of the unconstitutional provisions
will have to be enacted at the earliest
possible moment. '
President Harris is n noted bv Ell
Perkins as making the following fore
cast of the future growth and greatness
of the Burlington system: "Kansas City,
St. Joseph, Burlington, Omaha, St, PanI
and Denver are growing. Our right-of
way tiirough these big cities is -worth-
well, no road cun buy these rights-of-way
for, $10O,0O0,t)OO. Bye and bye these
rights-of-way will be worth $300,000,
000." President Harris is reputed to bo
one of the most conservative and long
headed railway managers. in America,
and be usually knows what he Is talking
about. There is no doubt whatever that
the combined value of the Burlington
terminals in the six cities above named
exceed 100,000,000 in value at the pres
ent time and it is not claiming too much
for Omaha to say that its proportion
of the $100,000,000 is fully one-sixth, or
$10,0( 10,000. But Burllngtou attorneys
and tax agents in these parts insist that
they should not be assessed for more
than about one fifth of $100,000. And
there ia where President Harris and bis
tax agents differ
, , r t
' The monthly exhibits of State Treas
urer Morteuseu affords tangible proof
of the wholesome effect of agitation
against farming out public funds for
private gain. In former years there
were always hundreds ot thousands of
dollars of the permanent school fund
uninvested in the bauds of state-treas
urers, making a tource for graft and a
temptation for downright embezzlement
Now there is not a dollar In the perma
nent school fund liecatihe every dollar
ha been invested and is drawing inter-
eat for the benefit of the public schools,
At the last meeting of the city council
It was resolved that the police (depart
ment fchall assist lu keeping the streets
rbar of pief blown by lh wlitda from
the billboards, and bay and straw scat
tered around the feed store. It was de
clared rlth a "Whereas" that the aver
age citizen is liable to turn bis toes up
ward on slippery walks, and "Resolved"
thot the dwellers in house and keeper
of store should be made to sweep the
snow from the sidewalk, it was also
"Resolved" to refer the debate on fire
engine between the muyor and presi
dent of the council to the Commerclul
club for arbitration with power to send
for persons and paper.
Omaha wholesale dealers feel very
much aggravated because they do not get
their full share of the army supply pur
chases made by the War department.
Perhaps Omaha jobbers are not aware
of the fact that the knock-out was given
to army supply purchases in Omaha
when Dave. Mercer pocketed and killed
the quartermaster's supply purchasing
bill that hud passed the senate in the
spring of 11)00. If they will now pick
their flint and make a concerted effort
to get a duplicate of that bill through
congress this winter they will have no
future grievance coming for the discrim
ination in the purchase of army sup
plies. France lias persuaded Russia to ex
tend its right baud to Japan. Great
Britain has persuaded Japan to extend
its tight hand to Russia. But neither
Russia nor Jnpuu ha consented yet to
take the other hand from behind its
back.
Sobatance I unarmed. ,
St. Louis Ulobe-Demosrat.
There hu been no decline In American
Industrie, whatever may have been the
drop In Industrials.
reekina; Orer Ihe Fence.
' , Chicago Inter Ocean.
Canada and Cuba are pretending that
they do not want to come in, and yet they
are up on the window all! the moment
Unci Sam's back la turned.
. Aaothrr .Holiday.
Boston Transcript.
A South Dakota congressman wishes the
anniversary of tha day on which Columbus
discovered America to be made a national
holiday. It must be admitted that the
event and the man had aa much to do with
our present greatness as any that have
succeeded them.
Concentration ot Wealth.
World Work.
One-twelfth of the estimated wealth of
the United States Is represented at the
meeting of the Board of Director of tha
United States Steel corporation when all
the directors are present. They also rep
resent 200 other companies, operating cne
half of the railroad mileage In the country,
and control corporations whose aggregate
capitalisation is $9,000,000.
Pointing; Parasraph.
Brooklyn Eagle. ,
Mr. Ilarrlman has made a cut-off that
saves forty-four miles In the trip acroaa
Utah. It coBt htm over t3.000.000. Now,
Just as he ha bridged the lake, the lak
promises to dry up, and he may find no
end of cheap and feasible route across It.
That would be experience that would jar
capitalist. ' It may noVer be an experi
ence, but it point -a paragraph, anyway.
Tell l Something 'Jfew."
KaiiBaa City Btar.
Senator Depew' declaration that Presi
dent Roosevelt's name will be the only on
submitted to the republican national con
vention, and that he will carry the state of
New York, la at least as fresh and original
as most of the stuff the senator exploit a
after dinner wit. It is mighty hard for a
man even a' facile as Chauncey Depew to
tell the American people anything that
they haven't heard and that they don't
already know. .
Bnalneaa n Temperance Reformer.
Everybody's Magazine.
All the railroads that center in Chicago
have prohibited the use of liquor or tobacco
by employe while on duty. Practically all
the Important railroad now concur In this
prohibition. The Western. Electric com
pany and 'numerous other great business
concerns in the went forbid not only the use
of liquor, but of cigarettes, and the habit,
now grown to an almost incredible extent
among all classes of the community, of
"playing tha race," Buaines reasons thus
make necessary, the control or avoidance
of habit againat Which moral reasons art
too often helplesa,.
Color Line Drawn Fine.
Philadelphia Ledger.
We wonder what John Randolph of Roan
oke would aay could be know that Jlttla
children by the name of Dabney have been
denied admisxlon to a white school In Vir
ginia for the reason that they are one-
alxty-fourth Indian blood? Randolph waa.
as everyone Knows, me daughter of a
king, and the Hotspur Virginlaa was nevor
ashamed to admit the fact. Pocahontas
was tha daughter of a naked Indian,'' who
cooked his fluli with the scale on and the
entrails undisturbed within, while the little
princess, in all th charms of unclothed
nature, would pluy with the Jamestown
boys, "turning a somerset" equal to any
of them. Yet, after all, he was a princess,
and her marriage waa the first In the now
long list of Anglo-American "alliances."
The memory of the daughter of Powhatan
hould have mad Impossible the excluding
of the Dabney children from that Virginia
chool.
: DESECHAT1U.N OK THK FLAO.
Commrrclallaln; th Xatlon' Emblem
Shonld Be Stopped.
Philadelphia Press.
There hav been an extraordinary nutn
ber ot bill introduced at th present se
sion of congress to prevent th desecration
of the American flag. There 1 a growing
conviction ' that the flag Is cheapened and
it influence and Inspiration marred by be
ing used to emphasize and ornament an
advertisement or a trade mark. It la
proposed to make auch a mlsua of the
national emblem a penal offense.
Such billa hav( been Introduced many
time before, and there 1 a strong convlc
tioh that congress should protect th coun
try's emblem from selfish and personal
use of this nature. One obstacle in the
way of giving this protection la th habit
of political parties using th flag as
portion of their party emblem. There was
inspiration In such use during th civil
war. when th flag was made th symbol
of the union republican party.
The pending bill are directed against th
commercial misuse of th flag a a business
advertisement, and" would not, apparently
prevent It being used as an addition to a
political party device. This 1 not entirely
clear, but th passage of the bill would be
a public benefit by stopping the us of th
flag for advertising purposes. If it stopped
also the tacking of th names of party can
dldates to the flag, that also would be by
no mean a misfortune.
. Th flag, should be common; It should be
lu evidence everywhere, but wherever it la
aeen It should stand only fur the national
authority aud glory.
9 0
Absolutely:
Turn j
refined to absolute purity,
is the active principle of every
pound of .Royal Baking Powder.
Hence it is that Royal Baking Powder
produces food- remarkable both in fine
flavor and wholesomeness. '
MOHH9IEKT TO SIGEU
Proposed Trlbnte to n fiallant Officer
of the (Ivll War.
Chicago Inter Ocean. v
Congressman Warner' bill to erect a
Statue in honor ot General Fran Slgel
will bo popular In the West.
General Slgel was the first officer of
European training and experience to touch
the popular imaalnntlon In the first year
of our civil war. lie was one of the very
few men In the north who we.re ready when
war came. When others capable of leading
were hesitating or parleying, lie was a
man of action.
He was conspicuous in the Broun of
unionists in St. Louis who urged immediate
ctlon against the secessionlHts. and -ln
April, 1861, was commander of aogirae'itt
composed mainly of derma n-Jtncrioand,
Which. took the initiative uiulcr. .denerat
Lyon In the movement to capture Camp
Jackson and save Missouri to the rtrihm.
Camp Jackson was captured on May 13.
1861, before the origanizatlon of many of
the, three months' regiments had been
completed. It waa almost the first decisive
blow on behalf of th union cause In the
west on what was regarded as neutral ter
ritory. It fixed the status of the border
states. In a few day General 81gel was in
command of two regiments' marching
against the rebels, and he had met-the
enemy In several engagements . before
Grant had taken command of the Twenty-
nrst Illinois.
His experience In European campaign
enabled him to conduct an active and ef
fective campaign against a enemy su
perior In numbers. His prestige was at
once established. His name became almost
synonym for fighting. He fought in
forward movements, he fought in retVeat.
and wherever Bigel's name was mentioned
In the earlier months of the war' it waa
associated with skirmish or battle.
BIgel had been commander-in-chief of
th revolutionary army in Germany when
he was 24 year of age. He was a major
general In the Union army when he was
38. There were other distinguished Germans
In the Union army, but In the first year
of th war Slgel held the center of th
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Ih. nor.nl. . 1 f..a -,lfll
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ing, herolo figure.
"To fight mlt BIgel" was to th sol
dier of the west or the east a great
privilege, and the people had for him an
affection that they felt toward no other
of the officer that came to us frorr
Germany.
General Slgel lived to tha age ot 73,
holding to the lust, the affection of the
western people, and thousand of those
who remember his campaigns of th civil
war wlll.be glad to sea hi statu In
Washington.
FERSOYAI. OTES.
Once more come the rumor that Presi
dent Dlas of Mexico is to retire. nut
there Is a soundly based suspicion that it's
another case of Russia In Manchuria.
It develops that Colli P. Huntington
left only $37,000,000,' Instead of $80,000,000, as
had been supposed. This Is a case of over
capitalisation that may be viewed -with
equanimity by everybody but the heli
The.- really i a limit to th practical
In education. Her i a Boston super
visor arguing for teaching the school chil
dren mor fairy tales. Yet consider the
extent to which the country I already
overrun with promoter capable of writing
the moat alluring prospectuses.
Prof. Emll Dapprlch, director of the
German-English academy of Milwaukee
and a well known educator, Is dead. II
wa a lifelong botanist and leaves a
herbarium of twenty-eight large port
folios, containing $,000 specimen of plant
native to this country. It represents th
work ot forty years. .
Mr. Isidore Newman, a plillantlfroplc cit
izen of Nev Orleans, marked the fiftieth
anniversary of hi arrival in thl couutry
from Germany, which fell) on November 1
last, by giving $50,VO0 for' charitable, edu
cational and religious purpose in the Cres
cent City and other southern towns. The
Young Men's Christian association -of Naith
vllle. Tenn., wa the recipient of a gift of
$1,000.
"Russell Sag I a easy to reach as
any of th big men In this city." said a
newspuper man whose work ha been in
Wall atreet for a third of a century. "I
used to wonder why It was so and whether
Uncle Russell wa mora democratic than
tha other fellow. But I hav finally set
tled upon th reason. It Is not fraternity
and equality, but bualnena. Sag has money
to lend and anyon who come may be a
poMlble borrower. So th aid man see
hlra."
Lord Wolaeley's book, Tb Story of a
Soldier's Ufa," ha caused a aenaatlon lu
official circle by reason of It stinging
criticism of th British military policy.
Lord Wolseley point out that politician
hav been allowed the management of ex
pert professions, the inevitable result being
disaster for the nation. Hi lordship'
American reminiscence are especially In
teresting, covering they do a good deal
of the rtvil war period, during which be
had cfflVlul Interview with federal nd
voufdcrat army commander
Healthful cream of tartar,
derived solely from grapes,
ftO4L BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
HITS Or'. WASHI.MUTOX LIFK.
Minor Scene and Incident Sketched
on the Spot.
A Washington dispatch to the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat reports that members of
congress from the west are protesting to
the War department against the establlxh
ment of the proposed remount stations,
where animals to be used hy the army
may be trained beforn they aro turned over
to troops. When the general staff an
nounced several weeks iigo that It was
considering remount systems it was sug
gested that in time the government might
develop its depots to Bjch an extent that
the army could raise animals for Its own
use. Such a movement would make the
government a competitor of the ranchers
and farmers of the west and aouth, who
now supply the aimy with animals, and
the mutter Is causing, alarm in the west.
Secretary Root has granted Brigadier
General W. C. Carter permission to make
a visit of three weeks in Europe for the
purpose of studying the remount systems
in the armies there. In some of the
European countries government farms have
been established, where horses are raised
for the cavalry. France has tried this
plan. England has a less fully developed
remount system and has depended on the
United Stages for most of Its hordes and
mules. As a large appropriation would be
necessary' to 'establish remount- depot In
this- country it Is not believed that tt e
general staff will be able to bring obcut
another change In the plan of supplying
the army with horses while members cf
congress are offering opposition.
Apropos of recent' revelation as to cor
ruption in federal office a Washington man
tells a tory of how General W. V.
("Baldy")s Smith fought temptation In
civil war day. The veteran Vermontcr
waa stationed in a southern state and was
ordered- to prevent any cotton shipments
through his lines. This meant vast loss to
the planters, some of whom quietly nave
him to understand that he would "lose
nothing" by relaxing his vigilance. Smith
Indignantly got rid of them and wrote to
Washington asking to be relieved from
.. . . . , .t .it., .
i inBl location. Aim limmoia I. ..... vu.wo
I down to sDeclfic fiaures. their lasa bid being
S150.C00. The general had sent to Wasn
Ington full details regarding these In
tervlews and when the planters offered
the sum mentioned he wired to Washing
ton: "Must.be transferred to ome other
.ommand at once. They are getting too
near my figur."
According to advices from the Treasury
department the government mill at Phila
delphia will cease to grind out pennies for
a time, there being now a surplusage of
this kind of currency in the country. Dur
ing the last five years 3,000,000,39$ pennies
hav been shipped from the Philadelphia
mint, which 1 the only on that coin the
1-eeht piece, to various part of the Coun
try. Between July 1, 1902. and June 1,
1903, $$,690,000 cent were coined. If this
five-year output were collected in a heap it
would make a slreable stage mountain, at
least. Placed side by aide in a straight
Una 3,000,000,000 pennies would make a rib
bon over 23,000 mile long and would corns
pretty near girdling the earth. Piles ou
top of one another they would reach up to
ward th star for a dietanc that would
take a good many Eiffel towers to equal,
for it would be not less than 2,400 miles
far out beyond th point where the fore
of gravitation Is supposed to be very active.
Since, on the ordinary basis of computa
tion, (her ars supposed to be about 290,-
OOflObO children In the world under 10 years
of a.-u. Uncle Sam would be able from his
present stock of pennies to give each rl.UJ
on the earth ten copper keepsake nnd
have enough left over to fill a good sized
savings bank besides. So much fur the
penny crop.
Representative Thompson of Alabama
dropped Into poetry In the middle of a
tariff reform speech the other day. He
recited with great declamatory effect thls
gem: .
One hy one the roses fall.
Drop by drop the spring runs dry;
Oie by one, beyond recall.
Summer rose drop and die.
The other morning when the house met
a poet-statesman, name unknown, vtarled
around the hall these additional stanzas for
Mr. Thompson's poem:
One by on our thirsts are growing.
Day by day our tongue get dry;
O-ie bv one the boys ai going
To get drink upon the sly.
O.ie by on they learn to di It.
And it make them travel far.
H ily Moses! how they rue It
Rue the day they closed the bar!
. Something in the neighlsirhood of 23.000
or 6.t0 pies are made and consumed dally
In Washington, three companies catering to
the trade and turning out pie at a rat
that would astound an old-fashioned rook,
accustomed to baking for on family only.
One company employs aa chief baker of It
establishment a PeniiKt'lvania woman, who
la a finished pastry cook and who take a
great deal of pride In her work and la Im
mensely set up over th fact that her pie
receive th preference wherever tbey are
served. To give one an Idea, nf the magni
tude of the pi Industry, tm company
n
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which produce th least number of pie
employs twenty-seven bakers ana nlpers ,
und turns out about J.000 pies -dally. Tn.
produce this amount of pastry they usa
about three barrels of flour, on caaa of j
mlnco meat, a half Case of lemons, 100 '
pounds of pumpkins, and peaches, apples,
cranberries, encoanuts, eggs, milk" arid ber-,
rles In proportion. '
I.AlttHINO AI,
"Some men," xahl Uncle Eben, "has an;
exHsneratin' way of akln' a favor Cum i
ou like dey was doln' you a faror to gtv:
von a chance to do them a favor." Wash
ington Star.
Sympathiser They ahiughtrred you at
tho primaries, didn't they? What waa the
matter? Couldn't you get the Voter out?,
Aspiring Politician Get them outT Thun
der! . That was where the trouble ea.me
In. I couldn't keep 'em back. Chicago
Tribune. , r
"Do you think," Inquired tho first horse,
"that the automobile will evrr supplant us
entirely?" I
"Oh, no," replied the other; "they'll have
to Use our hides at leant on some part of
the machine." Philadelphia Pres.
First Society leader Didn't he preach a
beautiful sermon?
Second Society LeaderPerfectly " lovely.
Why, for two evenings I didn't wear my
diamonds with any satisfaction. Brooklyn
Life. ' .
"TheT only tr.nuhlQ with your riagazlne."
remarked the' piirchaafr, la' that you don't
publish enough llctlon,"-'-'
"Great Scott, man!" replied th over
worked editor, "you evidently don't read
our advertising pa er, yea, Vire thought,
so, too, at times!" Cincinnati Times-Star. t
Spectator You fellow were Wing splen
didly up to the middle of the last half and
then you went all to pieces, and lust the
game. 1 don't understand it. What rattled
you ?
Captain (of high school eleven The boys
In the grandstand that were rooting for
the other i Imps sprung a new yell on us.
Chicago Tribune.
The prodigal Son had Just returned.
"Hoorav!" cried his father, "we will kill
the fatted calf!"
"Not much!" replied the wanderer, "if I
can't have the turkey I'll go back! t
Gracefully yielding, the old man gav fhe
necessary orders. New York Sun.
"Do yott think that man descended from
monkeya?"
"Some descended," answered Miss Cay
enne, "and some merely dress differently."
Washington Star.
X went to a party with Janet.
And met with an awful mishap.
For I awkwardly emptied a cupful
Of chocolate Into her lap. '
But Janet was cool though It wasn't
For none Is so tactful as she.
And. smillna with perfect composure.
Said sweetly, "The drinks are on me!"
Harvard Lampoon.
MY SORROW, MY SORROW.
W. D. Howell In Harper's Magazine.
Sorrow, my sorrow, I thought that you
would lie
Mv faithful mate, and bear me company
While I should live; but now 1 find that
you,
Like Joy, and hope, and love, hav left
me to,
Sorrow, my sorrow, you have left me mor
Forlorn than all the rest that went be
fore; For you were last to com and longest
stay.
And you wer dearest when you went
away.
Sorrow, my treasured grief, my hoarded
pain,
Where shall turn to hav you mine
again?
Wherever there are other breast thai
ache.
Wherever tliei are heart are Ilk to
break.
Wherever there are hurt too hard to bear.
Turn and look for me, you shall And m
there.
But not to take and have m for your own. '
Or keep me, a you thought me, your
alone;
If vuu would have me a I used to be,
Beyond yourself you must abide with m.
A certificate has been prepared by
the Borosl Shoe Co., on th style and
plan of a bank note. It Is good for a
pair of Sorosls shots at any store in
the United State wher Sorosls ar
old. If you don't know th sis, buy
a certificate. We do th rt.
$3.50 Always
Sorosis Shoe Store
203 5. lflth'st
Frank Wilooi, Mgnager.
Write for th late catalogue.
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