TIIE OMAHA' DAILY DEE! TIItJRSDAY, MAY 10, 1904.
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The Iowa Idea of 10O wag very much
like the Ohio Idea of the 80'b an Irides
cent dream.
With two markets under his supervi
sion the Omaha market master will have
big handi full.
For a town which has been reported
to have fallen twice Port Arthur is
standing firmly.
Regardless of the measures proposed
Nebraska will vote one "Aye" on all
motions at Chicago.
If AJexleff and Kouropatkln are really
in conflict Japan may help its enemy by
capturing one of the leaders. .
The sudden awakening of the love of
freedom In the heart of Web Darts may
be acoountod for. when the Boer general
goes Into court
From the expressions of some of the
local democrats Mr, Bryan may get an
impression that Oniaha Is now a part of
"the enemy's country."
The repair of asphalt pavements is,
after all. only a temporary makeshift
When an asphalt pavement Is worn out
the street should be repaved.
Omaha people will not be surprised at
lively political sessions of the, Woman's
Federation so long as there Is someone
named Denlson at the bead of affairs.
With so many conventions meeting
this week It will not be long until we
will all know "who to holler for," unless
perchance we may happen to live in
Illinois.
Having been figuratively In the air for
two weeks the military experts at Bt
Petersburg have decided to put the bel
ligerent armies there by tha use of war
balloons.
It would appear from the reports that
there was something of a distribution
of funds during the last Denver elec
tion, and the supreme court will be
asked to pass upon thw result
Methodists desire, to consolidate the
different branches of the book concern,
but do not know who should be let out
and none of the employes Is willingly
resigning in the Interests of economy.
The latest report la to the effect that
distressed Armenians are In Mush. This
Is the first intimation that Turkey bad
Barred meal Into the hot water in which
It has kept the Armenians for some time.
When the Frank E. Moores No. 5 Met-
ronolltan fire ana-Inn roll a through tha
streets of Omaha It will nave about tha
muiv uyvn iuo r ouianeiie CIUD
Revelations at bt Louis regarding the
Austrian exhibit would Indicate that
public scandals are not confined to the
United States, but the atmosphere at
6t Louis may have hud something to
do with it.
JUtlog touched Ourdon W. Wattles
for balf a thousand the Junior Yellow
Is beginning to cultivate the Wattles
le'g for senatorial ambition with the dis
creet proviso, "If Senator Millard docs
not desire re-election."
From the election returns it would
hardly seem possible that there are
enough republican In the state of Ar
kansas to form two factions, but proba
bly republican votes are counted in their
conventions if not la elections.
It seems that England can easily find
few rabid barbarians" to fight whero
erer there Is gold or land not held by a
tore, equal to the occasion. Great
Dfltam't worst fault Is belittling its
enemies until tt la whipped, .which la
not oftea," '"
BAILROAD TAXB3 rtlf MILK.
The railroad tax agents and railroad
attorneys have for years insisted that
the railroads pay more taxes In Ne
braska than they do in other states.
Bulletin No. 8, Issued under authority
of the railroads Of Nebraska In 1902,
attempted to Institute comparisons be
tween railroad taxation In Nebraska
and seven other states, selected so as to
convey the Impression that the railroads
of Nebraska fare much worse than do
the railroads In those states, and the
assertion was made that the average
tax per mile In five states Is $103.60,
while the average tax paid by railroads
per mile in Nebraska is $108.88.
In order that the state board of tax
ation may not be deceived by the Jug
handled figures of the railroad tux
agents, attention Is respectfully called
to the latest annual report of the Inter
state Commerce commission, published
December 15, 1003, pages 27, 28 and 29,
showing taxes per mile of the railways
of the United States by states and ter
ritories and the aggregate amount of
taxes paid in each state for the year
ending June 30, 1002. Those tables show
the aggregate taxes per mile paid by the
railroads In:
Massachusetts $1,401
Connecticut 1,005
Rhode Island 888
New Jersey 770
New York 605
District of Columbia. 557
Indiana 477
Illinois I 411
Pennsylvania 428
Ohio 8S4
New Hampshire t?4
Delaware 801
Kentucky 296
Maryland 2M
Colorado ,
Wisconsin .v.
259
251
247
S47
24? "
Kansas
Minnesota
Louisiana .
California ,
Idaho a.. 244
Tennessee HO 1
Nebraska 204
Average for all the states and terri
tories, $274 per mile.
The. aggregate, amount .of taxes paid
by the railroads in these states In the
year 1002 was as follows: i
No. of Amount
Miles, of Taxes.
New York 8,106 $4.04,&88
Illinois ..........10,871 4.688,422
Pennsylvania 10.157 1127,160
Ohio 8.815 8,120,530
Massachusetts 1,088 1.925.69S
Indiana 6,588 2.661.C1
Kansas 8.751 2.19C.C26
Minnesota 7,096 :,762,493
Wisconsin 8,603 1,710,276
New Jersey 2,194 1.690,688
Missouri 7,721 1,402.107
California ., 8,493 1.367,011
Colorado 4,718 1,263,928
Nebraska .'. (.728 1,168,622
It Is a matter of notoriety that In
nearly every state In the union, except
ing Nebraska, the assessments were
materially raised in 1003 and the diver
gence between the tax rate per mile and
the aggregate amount of taxes paid in
Nebraska and the other Btates is more
striking. The state of Michigan" changed
Its tax system from a percentage on
gross receipts to ad valorem, or value
of the properties, based on stocks and
bonds and earnings, and the tax levied
for 1903 was raised from $1,509,444 to
$3,400,000.' In the state of Minnesota
the tax for 1003 will exceed $2,200,000,
as Sgalnst $1,752,493 in 1002., In Mis
souri there was an Increase In the as
sessment of railroads and other corpora
tions over the preceding year of $8,254,-
234.00, or very nearly 10 per cent In
Wisconsin, Kentucky, Montana, North
and South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas and, In
fact practically all the tranRmlRsIssIppl
states, the assessments for 1003 -were
raised anywhere from 10 to DO per
cent, while Nebraska actually reduced
the aggregate of railroad taxation on the
mileage basis.
It should also rfe borne In mind that
the aggregate taxes paid by the rail
roads In Nebraska Include not merely
the railroads proper, but vast tracts of
land outside of the right-of-way and
terminals.
TliB DBUOCHAtlO SITUATION.
No, one can predict with certainty who
will receive the nomination of the St.
Louis convention. It may not go to any
one of the men who now aspire to it
and in whose behalf delegates have been
chosen. Judge Parker Is now in the
lead and In securing an Instructed dele
gation from Indiana made what ap
peared to be a most important accession
to his strength, but it Is understood that
the Indiana delegates do not feel that
they are required to stand "by the New
York man to the last, one of them being
credited with the statement that should
conditions change at St Louis the dele
gation would "reserve the right to vote
for the best interests of the democratic
party." There is no absolute assurance,
therefore, that the vote of Indiana will
go to Parker after the first ballot, should
he fall of nomination on that ballot.
The man who gets the nomination
must receive not less than fl(J7 votes, or
a two-thirds majority of the convention
and at this time the friends of Judge
Parker are able to count up only 420
votes for htm and some of these are
from states which have not as yet taken
formal action, but whose determination
to Instruct for Pprker has been repeat
edly announced by the leaders who are
In control of the local organizations. It
is at least possible that the count thus
made may prove disappointing. There
seems to be no very serious conslderar
Hon given by the democratic leaders to
the Hearst movement, yet the managers
of the boom are as active as ever and
profess to be quite confident of carry
ing off the prise. There has already
been a vast sum of money expended on
this movement and undoubtedly the
supply of Hearst cash at St. Louis will
be abundant. Gorman and Olney ap
pear to have been dropped out of con
sideration and there Is noted a disposi
tion to revive the Cleveland boom. It is
stated that this is discussed anew in
the inner circles In Washington and
New York, some of the politicians be
ing ofthe opinion that Mr. Cltyveland
will be nominated at St Louis Jut with-
Jtwl
f standing the Immense obstacles that
seem to loom in the way. There Is said
to be a general conviction that the ex
presldent wants the nomination, what
ever be may have said. Joseph W. Folk,
the prosecutor of St Louis boodlers, is
talked of as a possibility. Mr. Folk will
be nominated next month for governor
of Missouri and this will possibly give
him some prestige in (he national con
vention, though the fact that be will
not be of presidential age until next
October Is unfavorable to him.
There will be opportunities at Rt Louis
for combinations and undoubtedly some
will be mode. What the situation now
clearly Indicates is that the democratic
national convention will be one of the
liveliest and most Interesting In the
party's history.
BKLPFVL TO LIB A.
The reciprocity treaty with Cuba is
proving helpful to the Island republic.
It went Into effect at the beginning of
the present year and in the ensuing
three months our imports from the island
nearly doubled in value, wlille our ex
ports to Cuba were somewhat increased,
though In nothing like the degree of the
Imports, There was a gain in the ex
portation to the island of agricultural
implements, flour, cotton, cloth, loco
motives, leather, oil, lumber, f urnituro 1
and some other articles. Our exports,
however, were in value but little more
than one-fourth of the Imports and this
can hardly be regarded ns satisfactory.
It was reasonably expected that under
the treaty Cuba would buy about every
thing she needed from American mer
chants and manufacturers, but obviously
this is not being done and the slight In
crease in our exports to the Island must
be regarded as Indicating that the ar
rangement Is not as yet reciprocal In
its operation and is not interfering to
any material extent with the trade of
foreign countries with Cuba. An in
crease in our exports to the island of a
little more than $1,000,000 during three
months conclusively shows that Cuba is
buying almost rs extensively as before
the treaty from other countries than the
United States.
This Is somewhat disappointing. It
was persistently urged by the supporters
of the treaty that it would have the
effect to very largely Increase our ex
ports to the Island at once. It has not
done so according to the figures at hand,
but perhaps later statistics will make a
better showing, so that it should not be
hastily concluded that the reciprocity ar
rangement is a failure so far as this
country is concerned. It Is certainly prov
ing a great benefit to Cuba, as shown by
the fact that in the first three months of
its operation our Imports from the Island
increased from $11,048,597 to $23,217,180,
nearly alf of It of course, being sugar.
TltM CLUVBLAKO BUND 8ALKS.
We have already referred to the state
ment of Mr. , Cleveland in regard to the
sale of bonde'ln his second adidinlstra
tiou for the purpose of replenishing and
maintaining the gold reserve, which had
been depleted by the redemption of the
legal tender notes. In that statement
the ex-president attempted to justify the
course pursued In disposing of the bonds
at private sale, asserting that this was
necessary under the circumstances.
Another contribution to this interest
ing part of our financial history is made
by Senator El kins of West Virginia, who
points out some facts which Mr. Cleve
land failed to remember or 'ntentionaliy
ignored. It appears that Mr. Elklns in
troduced In the senate a resolution pro
viding that no bonds of the government
should be sold at private, sale or under
private contract "and In case of any sale
of bonds under existing laws the same
shall be made only after due advertise
ment of such sale and proposals invited,
and- then only to the highest bidder."
That resolution was not acted upon, but
there was an extended debate on it and
Mr. Elklns says the facts as then de
veloped do not bear out the claim made
that the private sale of the bonds to a
syndicate of bankers, of which J. Pier
pont Morgan was the bead, was neces
sary. The West Virginia senator is
quoted as saying: "The facts were that
Mr. Cleveland hod disposed of $02,000,
000 of 4 per cent bonds at 105V6 at pri
vate sale when the samo bonds were
selling on the market for 115 and up
ward. According to the papers, It was
charged st the time that Mr. Morgan
made $1,000,000 out of the contract It
was said be came over to Washington,
closed up the deal in one night and went
back to New York. The margin of
profit on the deal, It was charged, was
approximately $0,000,000, which was
divided among the other bankers who
were to supply the gold. In the face of
that and offers to buy the bonds at
prices far in excess of what had been
realized at the private sale of $62,000,-
000,' preparations were going forward
for another private sale of $100,000,000.,
It seems evident from this that Mr.
Cleveland's statement of the loan nego
tiations during his second administra
tion did not state all the facts In the
situation and those that were Ignored
are by no means the least important,
since they show that the Cleveland ad
ministration obtained much less for. the
bonds sold than it could have done and
that what should have gone to the na
tional treasury went to the syndicate
of bankers with which the sale of the
bonds was negotiated. It Is true, as
stated by Mr. Cleveland, that there was
an emergency which needed to be
promptly met but there Is no doubt that
Senator Elklns Is right In the opinion
that there would have been no delay In
disposing of the bonds at public sale
and with very material advantage to
the government. This is shown by the
fact tht a subsequent offer of bonds at
public sale was entirely successful,
being subscribed six times over st a
much better price than the syndicate
paid for the earlier Issue. "Mr. Cleve
land," remarked the West Virginia sena
tor, "saved the country from a silver
basis, but he could have done it without
selling bonds at private sale st rates
which meant a great loss and an un
necessary loss to the government"
There have been so many pipe dreams
In connection with electric tramway
projects beaded toward Omaha that a
good many people have become some
what Incredulous, and they have a right
to be. It Is announced, for example,
that the ' electrical lnterurban railroad
with which our late Fostmaster Crowe
figures so prominently Is to become
a link of the projected system projected
to connect the four packing points of
Sioux City, Omaha, St Joseph and
Kansas City, In which the Armour and
Swift Interests are potential factors,
It Is announced that Armour not only
controli the stock yards at South Omaha,
but also Is largely Interested in the
Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Rail
way company, while in Sioux City the
Armour and Swift Interests not only
own the street car system, but control
the Sioux City Stock Yards company,
and the Swift estate has large holdings
also in the company which owns the
combination bridge across the Missouri
river at Sioux City. This line of spec
ulation concerning the projected Sioux
City, Omaha, St Joseph & Kansas City
State Electric road would be gratifying
to the people of all the towns on the line
If It bad any basis. But Mr. J. Ogden
Armour bas pronounced this report, as
well as the report that he proposed to
Invest a large amount of money in the
Fremont power canal, purely fiction fab
ricated out of whole cloth.
The suppression of the ticket scalper
is not a very easy task. An injunction
Issued last week against the ticket
scalpers of Chicago by Judge Kohlsaat
of the United States district court has
proved practically worthless because of
the clause in his order reading "But
nothing in this order shall be construed
as preventing the brokers from selling
any tickets purchased by them from
the railroads." That clause was in
serted in the order of the court by
agreement of the attorneys for the Mich
igan Central and the Baltimore & Ohio
railroads for the benefit of the business
men anxious to have the railroads grant
stop-overs at Chicago on St Louts fair
tickets. But the clause, apparently In
the Interest of the Chicago business men,
is pronounced by competent lawyers a
loophole through which a coach and
four might be driven because the scalp
ers make it a practice to purchnse tick
ets direct from authorized agents of the
railroads. As a matter of fact the rail
roads could have suppressed the ticket
scalpers long ago were it not for their
anxiety to use the scalper in selling
cut rate transportation, very much on
the same plan as pawnbrokers sell new
watches and jewelry under the pretext
that they are pawned goods.
Having signed ft pledge to support
the candidate for'congress who received
a majority o'. tie , votes east at the
primary election)'' the anti-machine del
egates to the . congressional convention
are In honor and duty bound to cast
their votes for E. J. Cornish, who re
ceived more than 3,000 out of the 4,900
votes polled at the late primary. The
question is, wilt they stand by their
pledge? "'
"Every decent 'man in Denver Is sup
porting Springer" wus a statement made
there during tbo recent city campaign.
As bis opponent was successful on the
face of the returns by 3,000 majority,
the status of Denver's population Is
known by confession. It doesn't pay to
blackwash for political effect.
The Man Who Doea Things.
Minneapolis Journal.
Secretary Cortelyou la now talked of
as the probable chairman of the republican
national committee. The choice will be a
wise one. Cortelyou Is a man who does
things.
A Tramendona Advantage.
Chloago Chronicle.
General Kouropatkln has one great ad
vantage over his aggressive foe. He has
6,000 miles of open country back of him In
which to retreat, and It begins to look as
If ha were going to need It all.
Same Old Tone.
New Tork World.
Englishmen say that Russia has been
"found out" and that its defeats will keep
It quiet for the next fifty years. That is
what a good many people were saying in
Europe about England when the Boera
were making things so uncomfortable for
tt four years ago.
Pride Shapes Opinion.
Springfield Republican.
Our army and navy offlcera stationed In
Washington divide in a singular way con
cerning the probable outcome of the war.
The naval offlcera pick the' "Japs" as aure
winners, while the army offlcera are quite
as suro that the Russians will, be trium
phant In the end. ' The only discernible rea
son for such a cleavage of opinion la that
the naval Wen are biased In favor of the
stronger naval power, while the army offl
cera hope to see the land power succeed
against the naval power. Professional pride
evidently la at stake.
As. the Seen Shifts.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Harbin and Palny. says Count Casslnl, In
a magazine article written before the Japa
nese had done anything on land, "cost Rus
sia more than 8300.000,000; to have aban
doned them In the face of the menacing at
titude of the ambitious and daring nation
would have been an act of stupendoue folly
that would have made Russia not only the
laughing stock, but the object of the scorn
ful pity of the whole civilised world." But
Count Caaalnt did not know of KouropaU
kin's withdrawal strategy then.
Living- Ahead of Pny liar.
Boston Herald.
Of all the weaknesses that man Is heir
to none Is mors universal than the deficit
habit, and few are as capable of adding
to the discomforts of life. Not only Is the
deficit a problem In life of the worklngman,
but men in high josltUne-government em
ployaa who have generous aalarlea are for
ever living with a deficit atarlng them In
the face. Tbey do not spend more than
they make, but they aimply spend It before
they receive It. Man seems naturally to
fall Into the habit of living a week-lf he
la paid by the week or a month If he la
paid by the month ahead of his means.
He Is very unnecessarily always pinched
for cash, and whether It be hie grocer or
baker or the various men with whom he
deals, ha must endeavor to gat acoommoii.
Uons until pay day.
BITS OP WASHUGTO LIFE.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
On the Spot.
A dispatch to the Chicago Record-Herald
aaya that with the payment to the United
States treasury May Si of $10,000,000 under
secretary Shaw's third call on the deposi
tory banks and the payment of the remain
ing $9,000,000 to the Republlo of Panama,
which will be made whenever that republlo
Is ready to receive the money, the transac
tions connected with the Panama canal
payments will be closed, so far as this gov
ernment Is concerned.
The available cash balance, which stood
at the first of the year at $229.874,95. has
been reduced to $175,714,879. This decline of
more than $50,000,000 In the available funds
of the treasury la made up of the $40,000,000
paid to the Prench Canal company, the
$1,000,000 already paid to Panama, the $4,600,
000 advanced as a loan to the St. Louis ex
position and a large number of deficiency
appropriations made by the recent session
of congress.
The remaining payment of $9,000,000 to be
made to Panama and various deficiency
payments still remaining probably will
carry the available cash balance down to
$165,000,000 In June.
A little square box perforated with air
holes and addressed so illegibly that even
the experts of the Postofflce department
couldn't make out the scrawl was sent to
the dead letter office the other day. One
of the clerks In the office opened the pack
age and found Inside a cocoon, somewhat
similar to that occupied by a silk worm.
with the assistance of the radiator next
his desk he hatched out the chrysalis Into
a big and beautiful butterfly. It was such
a remarkable specimen, having wings eight
Inches across and of nearly all the hues of
the rainbow, that he took It to the national
museum to add to the exhibit there.
After the Insect had been chloroformed
the expert on butterflies searched In every
volume devoted to the subject In an en
deavor to determine to what species the
butterfly belonged. He hasn't found out
yet, and the prospects are that he won't.
Meantime, the scientists of the museum
are wondering where the cocoon came from
and where It was going, as the postmark
on the package was, oddly enough, also In
decipherable. They believe that the speci
men la very valuable.
The clerk who hatched out the chrysalis
Is wondering where he comes In, and when
the museum authorities offered to let him
name the new discovery he suggested
"Deadletterofflcebughatchedoutbyradlaton."
The museum experts declined the sugges
tion and the naming of the Insect has been
deferred pending further investigation.
The counterfeiting of pennies Is one of
the government .annoyances. This busi
ness would hardly seem either profitable
or attractive to criminal talent, but in
one month 10,306 bad pennies were found
In the New York subtreasury, evidence
that some coiners have directed their
attention to it. The manufacture of a
penny costs the government of a cent.
The counterfeiter does it as cheaply, or at
little lower figure. Almost any copper
disk of the proper size will pass muster, so
that the Imitation of this coin Is easier and
the passing of it attended with less risk
than making and "shoving the queer" in
larger denominations. But penny counter
felting has Its drawbacks to the criminal of
smaller returns and the penalty attached
Is Just as heavy if ho Is convicted. The
government does a big business In pennies
in the east, but has much less de
mand for them from the west. Over 1,-
000,000 1-cent pieces are sorted out in an
average year In the New Tork subtreas
ury. One man will count 60,000 a .day,
throwing out the bad ones. One day's
record of bad coppers discovered by one
handier of cents was 1,250.
To one Inclined to be merry fun may be
found in almost every sphere of human life.
A writer tells some amusing stories of in
stances of veterans applying for penalons
on account of physical disabilities. The
case is well authenticated of a man drawing
a pension for deafness Incurred in the ser
vice when his playmates remembered that
this infirmity was so pronounced in boy
hood that he always sat In the front seat
at school and was even called "Deafle."
Of course, no one can say that this in
firmity may not have been greatly accent
uated by war service.
The story of a man who applied for a pen
sion for Injuries received by "taking fright
at a false alarm" has become classical, In
the old gulf states, where colored veterans
and a few northern people are about the
only federal pensioners, the desire to get
at the federal treasury is no less strong.
'I had a man come to me," relates an
Alabamlan, "to say that he wanted to get
a general law pension for Injuries really re
ceived from being thrown out of a buggy
at Racine, Wis., ten years after the war.
He acknowledged that the procedure was
not quite regular, but he justified his
course by saying that It was only a ques
tion of time when every union soldier
would get a pension and as he might not
live to see that day himself he wanted to
take time by the forelock by getting his
share now."
Every town has Its jokes of that sort.
This Is one of the pronounced evils of a
system of payment baaed on disabilities,
from which a straight service pension sys
tem would give a welcome relief. At least
it would greatly reduce the evil. There Is
a true story of a man who drew a pension
for total deafness on the certificate of an
examining board and waa discovered Iv
charge of a telephone instrument. Onl
man who waa a pensioner on the score of
total blindness was found reading news
papers' and doing cabinet work: another
man, officially certified blind by the United
States government, was encountered in a
Jewelry shop engaged in delicate mechan
ical tasks with a magnifying glass stuck
In his eye. A man drawing $73 a month
because "he required the regular aid and
ttendance of another person," on account
of his disabilities, was seen Industriously
painting the side of a four-story ware
house, having drawn himself up on a
twenty-foot ladder, handling both the ropea
without assistance. While these cases are.
of course, exceptional, their existence even
in rare Instances is proof of defects In the
medical examination systam.
After July 1 the Treasury department
will refuse to redeem unused Internal reve.
nue stamps that were sold for the pur
pose of enabling the government to carry
on the war with Spain. Commissioner of
Internal Revenue Yerkes is Issuing notices
to collectors to advise holders of these
stamps to hurry up and file their claims
for redemption, as they will be worthless
after the lapse of a few more weeks.
It la figured that Uncle Sam will eave a
neat sum of money with the expiration of
the redemption limit. Hundreds, and prob
ably thousands of persons all over the
country have email quantities of revenue
stamps in their poaaeaslon. Either through
carelessness or because they Jack the
amount required for redemption they have
made no effort to secure reimbursement
for the worthless stamps.
In order not to be awamped with claims
the department refused to redeem leaa than
$2 worth of stamps. A rather sharp spec
ulator decided to take advantage of this
limitation and set about buying up all the
atumpa he could find from pf-ople who had
less than $2 worth. He obtained a large
stock at reduced prlcea and filed them with
the department with a claim at fare value,
lie, received a shock when Informed that
he must furnish proof of ownership and
Indispensable in making finest
breads, biscuit and cakes. The
greatest culinary help of modern
times. Young housekeepers find
the beginning of their success
in cookery in its employment.
AKIN rowos I
NltMOO.
trace each stamp or lot of stamps to the
government officer who sold them orig
inally. This course was adopted la all
cases, so as to protect tha government
from losses la redeeming counterfeits.
About $3,000,000 worth of revenue stamps
have been taken up by the government to
date. This does not Include claims for
about $600,000 worth of stamps that are How
pending. .
"Raters" In the pension office have the
most hazardous employment In tha govern
ment service, for If continued on the work
for more than a year or two they become
insane. Many of these clerks have been
sent to the government hospital for the
Insane, and It Is seldom that any of them
are discharged as cured.
A "rater" is the government's check on a
pension case. After all tha officials have
passed on the claim, and Just before the
certificate Is Issued to the pensioner, the
case is referred to the "rater" In the cer
tificate division. It Is the duty of the
"rater" thoroughly to examine Into every
detail of the claim. He must see that the
pension la to begin at the proper time, with
the various ratings allowed; that no over
payment Is made (In cases of everpayment
the pension office has no redress, as It Is
Impossible to recover from a pensioner).
The "rater" must also see to it that the
pensioner is not underpaid.
It is the monotony of this work that
drives the 'raters" Insane. Every day in
the year it la the same thing over and over
again. First the applicant's declaration Is
read for any errors of fact; then the
adjutant general's statement of his record.
the surgeon's certificates, the affidavits of
comrades, neighbors and friends, and,
finally, all the appeals. These never vary.
Tbey are always couched In the same lan
guage. From 9 In the morning until 4 - in the
afternoon the "rater'' alts at his desk,
poring over these claims.
WHEJI WIU BR VAX SPEAK f .
Hearst Points the Way Will the
Colonel Follow f
Cleveland Plain Dealer (Dem.).
Mr. William R. Hearst announces that he
has no intention of bolting tha party it
ha shall be defeated for. the nomination
for president In St. Louis. On . the other
hand he is making the fight wholly within
party lines and will not only abide by the
decision of the convention but alao heart
ily support the convention's nominee.
It cannot be said that there has been
any particular apprehension on this point
In democratic circles, but it Is well enough
to have the matter clear up. Hearst,
then, will not sulk, will not start a third
party and will do his utmost to secure
victory for the St. Louis candidate, even
If that Involves, as It probably will, some
sacrifice of his widely heralded convic
tions. But genuine importance would at
tach to a similar declaration from
Bryan, and that gentleman persistently
refuses to deny that he cherishes a purpose
which Hearst has repudiated. There la
every prospect that Bryan's platform
and candidate, whoever he may be, will
find small favor at St, Louis. Shall this
prove to be the case what will Bryan
do? Does he still conceive himself perpet
ual dictator? Hearst has done well
thus frankly to declare himself. It is time
for Bryan to speak up.
PERSOXA1. BOTES.
W. J. H. Murrat, a maehlnlat of Los
Angeles, Cal., claims the throne of Naples
as a descendant of Joachim Murat
Paul Loubet, eldest son of the president
of the French republic, has Just accepted
a $400 a year clerkship in the Bank of
France.
Announcement Is made of the appearance
of Senator Depew's latest Joke. The coun
try would not take It so hard If Mr. Depew
would extend assurances that It la also his
last Joke.
Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles has
accepted the Invitation of Hannibal Hamlin
post. Grand Army of the Republic, of Ban
gor, Me., to deliver the oration before the
union veteran of that city on Memorial
day.
J. Frank Hanly, the republican nominee
for governor of Indiana, began work in
life as a digger ef ditches for tiles, and
studied while he dug, became a lawyer
and worked his way to the front rank in
his party.
Senior Don Emlllo de Ojeda, the Spanish
minister, who has Just returned to Wash
lnglon from a five months' visit to Ills old
home in Madrid, says that the Spanish peo
ple do not bear tha slightest enmity against
America, and that the development ef
Spain's resources is going on at a wonderful
rate.
James J. Hill, pioneer railroad king of the
northwest, has herculean prejudices.
Among other thing he dlslikea bells. He
owns the finest sleighs and horses in St.
Paul, but no Jingling accompanies his
sleighing. For the same reason he ha
little use for telephones and never uses one
when it can be avoided. Mr. Hill main
talna office In several - cltlea, but none of
them Is equipped with that modern con
venience so essential to the average busi
ness man.
What seems an Instance of almost ex
cessive hero worship, even In the subjects
of the kaiser, is reported from Berlin. A
memorial atone Is now being rooted la the
Buhorfleide, near itehdenlck, on the apot
on which the emperor stood when he killed
his 1,000th stag. The stons, which weigh
some fifty tons, bear the inscription: "Our
most Illustrious margrave and lord. Em
peror Wilhelm II. stood here on the aoth
of September, Anno Domini 1S!, when Clay
ing bis lOCSth stag of twenty tinea"
cream
JtSTB, Imltatlea taking powder are taw.
ww m price, oti uey are atoctly
atade froes alum and are tafar.
ten te aeeUa whea takes Si tees.
ARB BCSIRESS ME COWARDS t
"So Few of These Dare ie ptend
Agmlnst the Crowd."
Chicago Chronicle.
President Eliot, addressing St, Louis
alumni of Harvard ltcently, called Amer
icans cowards In that ao lew of them dared
to stand against the crowd. He spoke with
special reference to business men in facing
conditions that exist among' tabor unions.
It is easier, doubtless, for a college presi
dent to stand aloof and any what ought or
ought not to . be done than to know the
entire situation of affairs and then to act
with discretion a well aa bravery. The
theories that work admirably within the
confine of university walls often have lit
tle application In the outer world, and es
pecially In the business world, for which
constant training and alert w Aching are
absolutely necessary to success. It Is cer
tain that no man ever gclned a high posi
tion In the commercial world Without cour
age to face innumerable obstacle, enor
mous risks and perils of which the scholas
tics never di earned.
The successful business Man "carries a
weight of tesponslblllty for himself and
other which Is comparable to that of an
able commander of a large army.- He' may
pause In the face of the enemy,' he may
right about face, he may let rest or even
come to a trace without being guilty of
cowardice. The business man seed not
fly Into the face of tabor unions In order
to prove his courage or sit all' over them
in order to prove hl power. -
The object of the business man 1 "not to
display hi valor or prove himself a hero.
He wishes to make tha best possible out
of existing condition, and many a strike
ha been averted and many a - problem
solved by the cool calculation of tha keen
sighted business man.
To the mere looker-on thl may seem like
cowardice and the wish to avoid a fight.
To the practical roan : of affairs 41 .aa good
business sense and ought to be commended
as such. -v
WAirs or the 'wits,
"But, mamma, how can such a homely
man know anything about removing faciei
blemishes?"
"Hush, child. A beauty doctor does not
have to be a beautiful doctor." Chicago
Tribune.
Hewitt Do you believe In this theory that
marriage prolongs life?
Jewett Sure; I've known a number of
ministers who would have starved to death
if it hadn't beeu for wedding fees. Tow a
Topics. ' v
"What Is it, sir?" asked the workman
who had been hailed by Mr. Crabley,
"There's a piano in here that I want you
to fix," said that gentleman.
"Tint I ain't ii i : I m nil 1 1 1 n r Tm B .if.
penter."
, w jr . A 1 , . . , i
a Rim w, j wain jrun ify nmii ins na
down." Philadelphia Ledger.
"Fellow citUena." exclaimed the shaggy
haired orator, "let us live up to our princl
pies, and we shall"
"You've got a whole lot of things to live
down first!" yelled a red-faced n,an In the
audience, who seemed to know him. Chi
cago Tribune.
"De man dat'a willln' to 'tend to his own
business," said Uncle Rben, "kin alius
'count on a heap o" no-'eount help f urn
DeoDle dat ain't sot dat kin' of a dlsnual-
uuii. nusningxon Diar.
"Do you consider Busklh a great actor?"
"No," answered Mr. eUormltgton Barnes.
"He speaks very admiringly of your per
formance." "finikin Is not a good actor, bnt he 1 a
remarkably fine crlUc." Washington Sar.
"Toung man. have you stopped to think
where you will go to when you die?"
"Gad, no I haven't even thought where
to go on my summer vacation yet." Puck.
Attention I rallod to the tact that no
speaker wa elected for tb coagreea of
mother.
There la no demand for any explanation
of tlila omission. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Bryanlte Alton B. Parker? Nit! I can't
wallow a candidate with such initiate aa
his.
Necessary Interlocutor Why can't you
wallow'a candidate with such Initial as
his?
Bryanlte Because they stand for "A Bit
ter Ptll.'r-Chlcago Tribune. .
Maud MuIIer, on a summer's morn, '
Heard the toot of ant auto horn, ,.
She aaw the judge go whirling peat.
"Gee," said Maud, "he's going fasti"
And then she thought of tho algha and
tears
The Judge had cajsed her all these yeara.
"He's breaking the law at , that Speed."
quoth hei
"Ha, hal iia, ha! here's revenge for tne!"
Bo she set her teeth, add ne'er e'en flinched
While she took his number end had him
pinched.
Cleveland Leader.
MORALS AU TUB MAS. .
Philadelphia Sdger. -I
am a moral man, I think; ;
I am obedient to the luw
That hedge men' round; nor do T wink
At traiisgreesed vows; but whea I pause
In heated Interest to Whllt
The soent of blood, (he while I scan
The news of war, 1 wonder If
I am a really moral man.
My paper lies here, damp and limp.
From preaave fresh: but as I turn
A rage, what contradictory Imp
Within my bosom buia me yearn.
For gruesome details, reeking hot
With scent of llrod: and as I tota
The ii. wa and find th. WtU not
Am 1 really moral man? ...
What savage ot primeval hind
Survive tha Umeriig Sre of years
That my good list lira u lurllned
To d.-eila nf til.v.l .nd of tears?
And did 1 site sny Instinct rein
In their full rrhoa pf m,
WnjUl lorttiru iaka it rlsa uyaln
To rouse my lUsging Interest!
I tw far la nwin atx've the beast
Whoaa Instinct I'M" him rend hi kind?
How in urn haa human 'love Increased
Save whi-ta lla hy the lw Inclined?
Ami you. vilinae pulses throb and thrIL
At I'mnvm sni ke Slid muaket roll
And cleaving eahar, do you still
litaial wuis le e suorai soul? '
A,