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THE CtttAHA DAILY BEE: FIUDAY. JULY 22, 1004. 4 Tiie Omaha Daily Bee. E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MOBNINO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Hm (without 8unW. Otw lear.-R. Ially Be and Sunday, One Year 6 01 Illustrated Boo. On Tear 2 09 Sunday B, Oni Year... 2-91' Saturday Bee, On Year 1W Twentieth Century Parmer, One Tear.. LOO DELrvT.RED BT CARRIER, Dally Bee (without Sunday), pw copy.. c Daily Bea (without Sunday), per week...l2o Iai!y Bee (Including Sunday), per week. 17c Sunday Bee, per copy fe Kvenlng Bee (without Sunday), ter week. 7o Evening Bee (Including Sunday), per wrrk Ua Complaint of Irregularlt v In delivery should ba addressed to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha-City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Streets. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago ;4o Unity Building. New Tork 2S Park Row Building. Washlngtoif-6(il Fourteenth Street. . tXiVtRESPONDENCVi. Communis Mion relatlnlr to news and edi torial matHr should be. addrutsed: Omaha Bee, Edlterlal Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company, Only t-cent stamp received In payment of rnnll account. Personal "ecks, except on Omaha or ewstem exchanges, not accepted. THE BEB PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ' George B. Tuachuck, aecretary of The Bea Publishing Oompanv, belr.g duly sworn, says that tlla actual number of full and complete Copies of The Daily, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of June, 1004, was as follows: 1 Jin4ftO 16 20.430 2 Z,7SB 17 8W.5H0 I ...20.T20 18 jrn.HBO 4 20,T30 19 2,120 6 8OTB0 90 Srt,070 .H9.T80 a 21,T40 7 JH,T0 21 JW.TOO 8 80,700 2J. 24I.7VO 20,000 24 80,940 10 .S,40O 26 ItO.TUO J I ..30,023 24 27,775 11 2,HKO 27 BO.llO It 80,000 28 8O.UH0 14 20,030 29 :.....21BO 11 vBO,110 80 211,770 Total. .S HH.OsKJ Less unsold and returned coplea.... t,71 Net total sales.';;..,'...;..' 878,878 Dally average ........t 20,112 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscrlled In my presence aud sworn to before me this HOtli (Uy of June. A. D. 1904. (Seal)-. U. B. 11UNOATE, Notary Public. THE BEB will be mailed npon request to subscribers leaving? the city during the' " lunnner months. Changes of ajdUreaa. will be mavde s frequently a desired notices of snch change most give both the old and new ' addresses, " City Clerk Elboum la still In the cir rus ring, but It la not likely to be a continuous performance. The circus pass in munieipul poll tics may be just as bad, in proportion, as the railroad puss in national or state politics. And just think It might all have been settled without a strike at all I But that would have saved the country a few millions. this Is the time for the Heal Estate exchange, through the tax committee, to.g to the front ugaln for . Douglas rerdicarls now wants,' to make Ral Bouli ruler of Morocco, but; the amount of rebate he is to receive on that $75,000 is not announced. Democratic politicians talking about who is to be chairman of the natlonul committee are thinking about who is to distribute the sinews of war. Eastern democrats would be pleased It some method could be devised to elimi nate Mr. Bryan from thei campaign and not lot the western democrats know it. The almost total absence of turbu lence and disorder at South Omaha dnr Ing the strike is another cause for con gratulation and must be a source of pride to the strikers as well. It is reported from Bt. Petersburg that Russln' will probably release the British merchantman seised In the Red sea. The bear may try. to rob tho bee-hive, but he balks at fighting the Hon. Now that the. piicklng house strike is over, the price, of , .beef and mutton should take a tumble and spring chick rns should be allowed to roost without fear1 gud trembling for their Uvea. With its unexcelfod auditorium facili ties,' Omaha ought to be in the lead for location of a lot of big conventions of great national organizations. But we wop't get them unless we go after them. Judge I'arker soya he voted for Wil liam 'J. Bryan troth times he ran for president, 1iui should he bo elected it la uot believed he will Insist upon his ap pointees proving up as "regular" as that "ltrltxT.v" Is said to be the paramount Issue In Missouri this yeur. If all re ports are to be believed It lias been the paramount Issue there in many cam paigns, but was not always . discussed hi the opeu. The expects 4s beginning to happen down at St. Louis. The Exposition com pany has tiled thirty-five suits hi the lower courts against delinquent sub scribers to its stock with several thou sand more to follow. The settlement of the meat packers' strike the day after the publication of the fact that representative- of the De partment of Commerce and Labor had begun an official Investigation of the subject is one Of those apparent eoim-1 rtences which may repay further con sideration. The peaceful settlement of the meat packers strike will relieve Judge Mun ger from enforcing the temporary re straining order that prohibited a greater number than two working men from congregating lu any one spot on the streets of South Omaha. This injunc tion naturally suggests the query of Macbeth's witches "When shall we 4ire meat agaiaf n "" . , . . rvstos. :. Nebraska democrats and populists are afialn undergoing the preliminary labor pains of fusion. Conditions that have estranged the two wings of the "allied reform forces" in the field of natlounl politics have led some too Inquisitive populist Ic partisans to inquire why If they are .no longer good enough to be bedfellows with the democrats on a presidential ticket the latter should want to sleep with them again on a Journey with the state house as.lt destination. The Bee has been asked why In the Interest of republican success it is not doing more to encourage the demo-pops in their manifest disposition to break away from one another. We do not be lieve they need any encouragement In this direction from republican sources. Wall street influences have been snfll clontly potent to put the Parkerltes on top at Kt. Lonls; they will be exerted in the same degree to hold the demo crats in line for the electoral ticket in Nebraska, but the popullsta cannot in self-respect enlist under thla Wall street banner. On state offices there is no more rea son for demo-pop fuston than on the na tional ticket, except that the opportunity exists from promising a division of tho spolla and giving the promise tin assurance of redemption in the event of winning out at tho ' polls. Whether fusion is effected , at once in state convention or two tick els are put in nomination to be welded together later by pressure from the lenders and action of the committees makes no difference to the republicans. Nebraska republicans may as well make up their minds to wage a campaign based on the expectation of the samo combined opposition they have had to meet In the past, although with reason able expectation of substantial acces sions from tho intelligent democrats and populists disgusted with the programs their respective parties have adopted. The idea that the people can be fooled by labelling a candldute twice over and sailing him under two flags has been exploded long ago In this state. If the political promoters in control of tho fu sion machinery want to fool themselves again they are at liberty to do so. . RELEASE CP MRS. MAYBRICK. The release of the famous prisoner, Mrs. Florence Maybrlck, brings to an cud one of the most celebrated criminal cases in the history of England aud will cause a feeling of gratification to a great number of Americans who have sympa thized with the unfortunate woman, in the sincere belief that she was unjustly convicted. This belief hus found war rant lu the fact that a majority of the lawyers aud judges of England, includ ing the late chief justice, Lord Russell, one of the ablest of British Jurists, were convinced that Mrs. Maybrlck was In nocent and that her conviction was due. to the, prejudice: of the Judge before whom she was tried and who later died In a madhouse. The ,. much-vaunted British , Justice gained no prestige from the conrlcttou and long Imprisonment of this Ameri can woman and her release after six teen years of Incarceration reflects no credit upon the BrltlRh authorities. It Is virtually a confession that sho was guiltless, or at least thnt the evidence did not establish guilt, but this should have been acknowledged long ago and the woman relieved from the mental and physical suffering which she has under gone and for which there is no redresB. Our diplomatic representatives in Lon don have labored persistently In behalf of Mrs. Maybrlck, but it is said that her release Is largely dye to the efforts of a lady of the English nobility who from personal association with Mrs, Maybrlck had taken a strong Interest in the case. It is also said that King Edward wan induced to exert his Influence in behalf of the unfortunate woman. THE RED SEA SEIZURES. It is not probable that any very seri ous complications will result from tho course of RubbIh In the Red sea. There is, it appears, no controversy in regard to the light of search, though it may be found necessary to require some modifi cation in the exercise ef this right. The Russian government contends that It is within its rights, under international law, in doing what it has done, and It must be admitted thnt It has precedent on its side, but there are limitations aud it is not quite certain that these have been observed by the Russian command ers of the so-called volunteer, ships that came through the Dardanelles under the pretense of being merchant vessels and are operating In the Red sea as war ships. . . . v - Heart h is one thing and seizure an other, and while it may be easy to Jus tify the former it is difficult to 'satis factorily defend .the. latter, . The objec tion made In England to seizure is based on substantial grounds" and we are mnch mistaken if the British gov ernment does not have universal ac quiescence nud sympathy in the event of Its entering a protest and taking rig orous measures to prevent any further seissure of British vessels by the Rus sians. , That J8 a matter which if per! sisted In might very well warrant Great Britain In sending a fleet to the Red sea for the protection of its merchant vessels, with Instructions to Are on any Russian warship that should attempt to take possession of a British vessel. Such a course could not fairly be regarded as a warlike proceeding, but even if Rus sia were disposed to view It as such It is not to tie doubted that all the neu tral powers would side with Great Brit ain.' The passage of the Dardanelles by ves sels of tiie so-called volunteer fleet of Russia Is a matter which the powers should hold Turkey responsible for. While it seems to be clearly a violation of the treaty of Paris the real blame for this la with tit Turkish government and it is manifestly the duty of the na tlons concerned, to demand of that gov ernment an explanation and to Insist that no furtner violation of the treaty be permitted. The Russian statement in regard to this is by no means satis factory, tmt it is natural that Russia should avail herself of any exense for getting her vessels out of the Black sea. By the treaty of Paris the Dardanelles were absolutely closed to vessels of war and tho duty of enforcing thla was im posed npon the Turkish government. If It has been recreant to this obligation it should bo held to a strict accountability. A KEYSOTE FOR Pf)LlTICAL RE FORMERS. The nomination of Joseph W. Folk as gubernatorial candidate of the Missouri democracy Is distinctly a triumph for the moral forces that make for gooi government. The career of Mr. Folk as public prosecutor has not only mado bribe-giving and bribe-taking odious in St Louis and Missouri, but has riveted the attention of the whole country upon the cancer gnawing at the vtals of the republic and sapping the foundations of government by the people. The keynote of genuine political reform has been sounded in the platform declaration (of the convention that nominated Joseph W. Folk in spite of the strenuous opposi tion of the elements that thrive by cor ruption. Tersely summarized, the Folk platform Is a declaration of unrelenting warfare against corruption and bribery in public office in whatever form and in whatever party it may appear. In order to make the punishment of bribe-takers swift and sure the laws are to be amended so as to compel witnesses to bribery trans actions to testify, and to relieve them from prosecution by reason of any testi mony they may give. Experience has shown that the charge of bribery is a most difficult one to establish when both parties to the transaction are equally culpable under the law and both can shield themselves by refusing to answer any questions that might tend to in criminate themselves. To suppress bribery of public office and legislatures there must be the sup pression of the Incentive for giving and taking bribes. With this end in view the Folk platform favors the enactment of Inws making null and void all fran chises obtained by corruption. . If, for example, such a law were enacted in Nebraska and strictly enforced, how many franchises would hold-water In the courts? The most insidious form of bribery known in this country is the railroad pass, which is used almost always as the entering wedge for corrupting mem bers of the legislature and public offi cials generally, and the Folk platform Is eminently sound In demanding the abolition of this form of bribery. But legislative bribe-taking in various forms is- not the only corrupting agency that demoralizes our lawmakers. Leg islative blackmail levied upon various interests is equally reprehensible and criminal. These evils the Folk platform attacks by pledging the governor to pro J tect all Interests from sand-bagging measures, to see that equal Justice is done to all, and that special privileges are given to none. The most telling blow at legislative corruption is embodied in the plank that declares in favor of the passage of laws making professional lobbying in the leg islature a felony. Such a law is not only Imperatively demanded for the pro tection of the people of Missouri, but also for the protection of the citizens of every state in the union. The man who hires himself out to Influence corruptly the representatives of the people is moro dangerous to tho country than the bur; glar or the highwayman. The man who distributes poison at the well springs of popular self-government is no better than the anarchist who seeks to destroy government by main force. The ruction between City Clerk El bourn, Mayor Moores, License Inspector Scott and President of the Council Zlm man, over the issue of circus licenses and sideshow fees will probably culmin ate in a revision of the ordinance pre scribing the license fees for circuses and other shows. The maximum charge for circus licenses was fixed some years ago at $300, not so much with a view to raising more revenue for the schools, as to keep circuses away from Omaha altogether. This policy commends Itself to Omaha business men and in fact to all classes who are interested in keep ing the savings of wage- earners in Omaha. Every full fledged circus that exhibits in Omaha takes away from (10,000 to $20,000 and the bulk of this money comes from' men and women who are obliged to work for their living. On the other hand, the circus with its hous ing and feeding facilities on wheels dis tributes very little of the money It takes In except for blllpostlng, advertising and license fees. From a purely selfish standpoint The Bee would like to see as many of these exhibitions as possible. From the standpoint of local patriotism it would vote for a prohibitive tariff, and we feel sure the business men of Omaha would express their opinions by the same sign. The seizure of a British ship In the Red sea is causing the British public to have a fit. John Bull is a choleric old gentleman anyway and has been so long used to the Russian policy of pin pricks along the Indian frontier, and the sleep less nights caused by the devious paths of Russian diplomacy in the east that be is ultra-sensitive in regard to Russja. As the traditional enemy of his country, be is ready to suspect Russia of almost anything, but fortunately the govern ment is not so hot headed. It has Just had one war. and it's not paid for yet. It doesn't want another one. But if it's forced on them Every cloud has its silver lining. Ac cording to the Chicago Tribune the re duction of the wages of the operatives in the Fall River mills haa Its bright sldo. The manufacturers will bo able to offer their goods at prices which will appeal to the consumer and the mills will be able to run full time Instead of half time The shady side of the trans action is, however, that wage -reduc tion reduces the circulation of money among the retail merchants, and that In turn tends to reduce the number and In come of their employes, with a corre sponding effect on the whole commer cial fabric. An exchange reminds us that Just thirty years ago grasshoppers were fly ing over Nebraska In immense numbers, threatening everything In the nature of growing vegetation. But the grasshop per days are over apparently for good. The only wonder Is' that they didn't wait until the . state was blossoming from border to border like a garden as It Is today and enjoy' a meal of more varied quality and inexhaustible quan tity. The public spirit of the railroad tax agent who has gone to so much trouble to make sure that the land of the farm ers along the right-of-way Is not under assessed is duly appreciated. His good intentions, however, would be better certified if he would help the state board to get at a more occurate valuation of the other railroads In Nebraska If not of his own. ,,! The fight in Missouri Is not so much between republicans and democrats as between the forces which make for good, honest government and the elements which thrive on boodliug aud corrup tion. The better class of both parties will unite to make the nomination of Polk the beginning f the end of cor ruptlonlst rule in Missouri. . Put it down that the hunger for of fice will bring about a fusion of demo crats and populists, in Nebraska again this year. If they should not fuse in state convention, the work of pulling off the nominees and - unifying the tickets through substitution would commence at once and continue until the kinks were straightened . out. M.' Delcasse's ultimatum to the pope brings the strained relations which have long existed between France and the Vatican to a focus. Either one side or the other must back flown, and France Is the most unlikely one of tho two. It is another step In the inevitable di vorce between church and state. It is told In dispatches that Great Britain is anxious to have Secretary Hay say something on tho subject of in terference with . neutral vessels by the Russian volunteer fleet Great Britain Is a little impatient. Should an Ameri can vessel be stopped the secretary will promptly express Jilmselr. , The agreement "'reached between the meat packers find their employes for arbitration is another ' triumph for the peaceful adjustment, .of labortroublea. When nrbltmtliyi,,' oqcomes the , settled policy of large industrial concerns and organized labor; "the era' of strikes and lockouts will be over. The day before the settlement of the packers' strike General Bell of Colorado In an Interview1 told what from his standpoint should be done. Fortunately the advice did not come In time to pre cipitate Colorado conditions upon the packing cenfers and the strike was peacefully ended. . The Des Moines Capital seems to be as anxious to drive Governor Cummins into the democratic party as Dr. Miller is to drive W. J. Bryan out of it, and both ore pursuing the same methodsr but oj this subject both the governor and tho silver champion seem to be "standpatters." Both the worklngmen and business men of South Omaha are to be con gratulated upon the amicable settlement of the packing house strike, which threatened serious losses to all parties concerned, and endangered tho peace of the community. Ripe for Some Fun. Providence Journal. Mr. Davis' bari will be subjected to an exhaustive drain, but when a man reaches his eighty-first year it Is a pity If he can not have some fun with Ills money. 1 An Issue to Chew On. PlttBburg Dispatch. Politicians who uie In search of a new and live Issue should consider the popular response that would be evoked by a bold declaration In favor of the free oolnnge of beefsteaks. Tribute to an Honest Han, Philadelphia Press. The crowds at the bier of Mayor Jones of Toledo nre an eloquent tribute to the power of a single life. Mayor Jones proved himself stronger than any party or any combination of politicians, because he stood for whnt he believed to be the peo ple's rights." The day hus not yet arrived and may It never dawn when one brave, strong maii Is not the mightiest force In human society. Wnr PTopbeeles. Chicago Chronicle. Partisans of the Japanese cause will be disappointed at the announcement from Toklo that Port Arthur will he taken on August lfi. The prediction has a stong fam ily resemblance to that historic assertion ot Sir Redvers Buller relative to eating his Christmas dinner In Pretoria. It will be re membered that Sir Redvers really made his Yuletide repast upon stewed mule and hard-tack out on the veldt In the Intervals of dodging boer bullets. . Democracy's Hoodoo. Louisville Courier-Journal. The free silver fetluli lost us every one of the. great stats of the north and east. It dro us to close quarters In the border states. U reduced us to a begfc-ardly array Iq the national senate, where for a quarter of a century we had been holding our own, and robbed us of the house of representa tives, which we had controlled for two de cades. It lowered all our standards, moral and. political. It discredited us. as a force without and embittered us as a family within. Where la the thinking, patriotic democrat who will lament Us flnal eilt from the scene or yield it anything except decent tnlenneott ISCaPABLE OF GOTEBJIXG. Late Denieeratle Orcaa Reveal the Defleleaeles of the Family. Chicago Chronicle. Publicists assume as an Indusputable postulate that popular government Is necea sarlly government by party. Possibly that may not be true. Possibly some mode may be discovered of arrlvlDg at popular de cisions with respect to puhllc policy and carrying those decisions into effect through government machinery without the inter vention of political parties. It Is certain, however, that no such n'ode has yet been brought to the knowledge of mankind. As a matter of fact, popular governments are party governments, though the masses of the people may not have much to do with the molding of policies or even with exercising an Intelligent choice between different lines of policy. Govern ment I by party, though the parties may be governed by bosses. Oovernment by party Is impossible with out some unity of purpose, soma agree ment upon measures and their administra tion and some accepted leadership. A party which cannot agree upon any course of action and which cannot agree upon leaders and follow them somewhere evi dently cannot govern. How Is It with the democratlo party? Has It the unity of purpose and the organic coherency to make It capable of governing If It should ever get the opportunity? The answer must be In the negative. The democratic party Is made up of a lot of warring factions, of Irreconcilable op posite, which cannot be brought Into har monious action under Intelligent and capa ble leadership. Thla has been demonstrated experiment ally twice within twenty years. The dem ocratlo party chose an able leader and made him president in ISM. Before the chosen leader entered the White House Ids followers In the house of representatives took It upon themselves to attempt to lead him. He declined to be led. He wrote a letter, which Immediately be came famous, to a friend In the house. In which he announced distinctly that he would not himself be led and did not In tend to permit the party to be led. If he could prevent. Into the camp of the free silver repudlators. He was neither reck less nor Idiotic himself and was not going to fol!ow those who were either one or both. Then, In the classic language of one of the faction leaders, "hell broke loose," and It stayed loose and disorderly to the end of Mr. Cleveland's first term. The party would not follow Its leader and the leader would not follow the strongest faction of the party. Yet, strange to say, the party that would not follow nominated the same leader who would not be led again In 1888 and once more In 1892 and elected him the latter year. The party did not have a fair chance during Mr. Cleveland's first term because It did not control congress and could not legislate, but It could legislate during his second term, and It improved the oppor tunity to demonstrate more conclusively than before that It was Incapable of gov erning. ' When Mr. Cleveland called congress to gether Jn extra session to repeal the mis chievous silver purchase law the dem ocratic Inferno broke loose again. The party was hopelessly divided on the meas ure congress had been convened to pass. That measure was passed after a prolonged struggle, but It could never have been passed without the votes of republicans who were patriotic enough to rise to the occasion and vote for the legislation which was necessary to save the country from the disgrace and the ruin which would have attended a collapse from the gold to the sllvef- standard. Then when It came to the work of tariff reform, to which the democratic party was thoroughly committed and for the perform ance of which the party was entrusted with power, the party proved not only Its Incapaolty but Its Infidelity to its own pledges. It refused to follow Its leader and it re fused to do what It bad promised and was commissioned to do. Borne of It factions quarreled with others and with the official leader of the party and developed a hatred of him more bitter and malignant than was ever manifested by any of the party openly opposed to hlra. No further practical proof la needed of the utter Inability of the democratic party to govern the country if it ahould be given another opportunity. A dog came rushing out at a passenger train and working himself into transports of fury, as all of us have seen such dog reformers do. A Texan watching the per formance from a car window shifted bis quid and musingly remarked: "I wonder what he would do with it if he should get It!" Bo we may well wonder what the frantlo democratic dog would do with the govern ment If he should get it IEH90AX NOTES. M. Paul Dupuy, editor of Ie Petit Parlslen, of Paris, which has the largest circulation of any dally paper In the world, is In 8t. Ioule. "Among the passengers on the steamship Cedrfc," says a New York contemporary, "was Cissy Loftus." "Cissy!" Holy smoke! Is there no way to live down the past? The descendants of Mary Queen of Soots, who left but one child, are now to be found In every court of Europe, with the excep tion of Turkey and Bsrvla. The royal de scendants of Mary Stuart at the present tune number 40 persona. Ex-Km press Eugenie may be seen almost any fine day talcing long drives In a motor car in the Bols de Boulogne, Paris. She has become greatly devoted to thla modern pas time and declares it serves to develop fear lessness in all who Indu'ge In It. General Booth, chief of the Salvation Army, was recently offered knighthood by King Edward. Ths king suggested the honor as delicately as he could, but Gen eral Booth's horror of the Idea was so genuine that bis majesty dropped the sub ject. Cardinal Gibbons last week celebrated the eighteenth anniversary of his elevation to the cardinalate. On the 23d of this month he will be 70 years old. His emi nence Is In excellent health his eye bright, his step alert and his brilliant Intellect in full strength. Mme. de Navarro (Mary Anderson) de scribes the late artist Wtu as such an ad mirable talker that, although It Interrupted the work when she was having her picture painted, (he could not refrain from start ing him on some congenial subject. The result wss that the painting of her portrait was spread over five years. Robert B. Armstrong, assistant secretary of the treasury, relates that a newly ap pointed collector In one of the Interior ports had occasion recently to pass upon the ap praisement of the Venus de MUo Imported for a local magnate. The collector ordered the case opened, found the statue was with out arras and entered upon his returns "of no commercial value; damaged In Importa tion." Ex-Governor Frank 8. Black of New York loves his Joke. When he returned from the Chicago national convention a nrgTo named Mace, who manages a bootblack stand near the railroad station, Informed the governor that while h (Black) was "tawHn' to nominate the next president his wife had given him a fins boy, whom he had named William McKtnley Roosevelt Black Mace." Governor Black handed he negro a fiver, and In his brusque way remarked; "Wil liam, scratch the 'Blatk.' " ROCSD ABOCT NEW YORK. Ripples on the Cnrrent of Life la the Metropolis. ' All the sparrows that live, and love, and fight, and die about City Hall park, seemed to gather there In mass convention one afternoon last week. They were In a state of great excitement, chattering over some wonderful piece of news. Now and then they would swoop down with shlll peeps of triumph toward a prostrate form near the Broadway fountain, peck at It, and carry away bits of orange and black hair. The eaves ot the city hall and the nests In the scales of justice began to look as though they were celebrating a Prince ton victory. The disturbance was caused originally by Rags, the beloved canine pet of Antonio Fogoto, the bootblack. Rags deserves his title, because some of his ancestors were smooth-conted, and the others came of the tribes of King Charles and Irish terriers. He had waited long and patiently for Tiger, one) ot the city hall cats, and often had suffered from painful scratches on his sensitive nose. Inflicted while he was trying to get a death hold on Tiger. Rags caught Tiger peacefully devouring a sparrow under one of the bushes. He fell upon the unsuspecting enemy, caught him Just back of the skull and shook him fiercely until his nine souls (led to the feline place of felicity. Then he cast him aside and returned to his master to try to tell what a wonderful dog he was. Some of the sparrows saw ths end of their old enemy, who for years had di gested and thrived on the dearest of their families. Tho news was spread, and the dead villain was robbed of a great part of his tiger hair, and the feathered tribe had a celebration the like of which not even the oldest grandfather could recall. Then the man with the pointed stick who keeps the grass free from bits of paper and other litter, drove them away from the fallen foe nnd threw the body Into a sack. So the remains of Tiger were carried away for final disposal on Barren Island, and never ngnln will he sing to the moon, happy, with a stomach full of sparrows. Survivors of the General Slocum dis aster are complaining about the slow and unsatisfactory way of distributing the funds collected for the relief of the suffer ers of the disaster. The heavy expenses Incurred by the committee In charge of the distribution of the funds are also sharply criticised, and It Is likely that the 'matter will be laid before the proper authorities. It has been sakl that of the $100,000 col lected about 135,000 was expended for fu neral expenses. Inquiry among the fami lies for whom the fund was raised showed, It Is said, that only 14,158 of the bills pre sented for funeral expenses had been paid. In several cases payment was refused, or only a small amount given. One of the complainants says that the committee ap pointed by Mayor Clellan had left the distribution of the funds to A. A. Hill, connected with the Charity Organisation society of Manhattan, who, having his residence out of town, has his board and lodging at a hotel paid with relief funds, and has surrounded himself, it was de clared, with a staff of fourteen clerks, typewriters. Inspectors and others, who also are paid from the relief funds. Vegetation restaurants in the lower part of New York have already begun to feel the stimulating effect of the beef famine. Since the price of beef began to ascend the safety rasor has come Into general use In the making of beef sandwiches and the cutting of portions for 20-cent lunch eon This has driven the noonday crowd to the anti-meat places, where beefiest barbecues of cereal steaks and chops are now held with a swelling army of votaries. At Dolan's. famous corned beef emporium In Park Row the portions are Just as thick as ever, but that Is because the skill of the human hand has long ago reached Its high point of cultivation In shaving the thinnest slices from the huge beef pillars that stand on the counter. " Strange to say, pork has risen even shove beef since the strike. Lamb has also Jumped higher than beef. While prime ribs have risen only 1 cent In the last twenty-four hours, lamb has jumped 4 cents and fresh ham has risen S cents. A music teacher of Harlem haled to the police court a chiropodist who occupied an apartment next door. "What has this man been doing; tread ing on your corns?" asked the Judge. "No, your honor," the woman replied, "he has insulted my musical sentiments and made light of my musical friends." He has. In what manner?" "He pokes his head out of his window over the air shaft and calls us names. And all we are doing Is to have a little of refined classical music." The judge turned to the corn doctor. "Well, sir; what do you say to that?" "Your honor, will you ask her how late he plays?" "Never after 2:30; we often stop at mid night," the woman put In. "Do you mean to say that you play and sing until 2 a. m.?" "Not much later, sir." "You are d;scharged doctor," said the Judge. "Let me give you a bit of advice. You report this woman to the Board of Health, and If that don't put a stop on her, come back to me." The doctors of Bellevue hospital are In despair over the Increasing number of pa tients they ere receiving who are said to be a little queer. They are Inclined to credit the growth of Insanity to the noise and distractions of a great city. Txmdon produces seventy lunatics a week, and New York Is almost as bad, and Its Increase Is greater proportionally. Experts say thnt If It were not for the fact that nature steps In and generally refuses to grant children sfter the fourth or fifth genera tion conditions would be far worse than they are. The outlook for the future Is not bright, sccordlng to medical opinion, unless the minds of city people sre better able wfthln the next few generations to ad Just themselves to their progressively com plicated environment or unless mental hab its are developed to overcome the unnat ural nervous tension of city life. . One of the rich men of New York got his first $60,000 in a peculiar way. An In sider gave to him a tip on sugar at a time when that pyrotechnic was at the height of Its career as an uncertain factor In speculation. Getting together every dollar The Universal Popularity of the famous BLflTEUBA proves conclusively that nothing can compare with it as a table water. Always the same. Pure, sparkling, delicious. THE RICHAAD504 0RU8 CO., S JACKBON STREET, DISTRIUUTlhU AGENTS. he could rake, scrips sod borrow, he started for Wall street to sell short 1.000 shares. It was the only absolutely sure, leadplpe cinch he had ever tackled. Two pretty young women occupied seatsi oppo site him In an elevated csr, chattering Uks magpies. "Oh, what do you "think paps gave me this morning?" said one. "You'd never guess, so 1 might is well tell you. He gave me 300 shares of sugar stock, and told me not to sell a single share until It went up 60 points. Papa, you know, la a very Intimate friend of Mr. Havemeyer." When our friend reached the street he bought 1.000 shares of sugar Instead of selling without mentioning the fact to his Inside acquaintance. Sugsr went up 71 points. The terror inspired In New York by re cent disasters Is illustrated by the case of a man who. when he was asked In a police court to explain why he carried a revolver without a permit, replied that he expected to anil for Germany next Baturdiy and In tended to blow out his brains If anything happened to the ship. He said he had read so much shout the Slocum and Norga disasters that he felt convinced he could never witness such scenes. He Insisted that this waa hi sole reason for carrying the weapon. , BROKE?) LOOSE AGAI. Postal Official with a Fad for Spelling! Reform. . Brooklyn Eagle. Search out this man, ride him to the outskirts on a rail and dismiss him Into the void. He la the postal official who has ordered that where a town has a double name It shall be written ns one. The west Is his especial stamping ground. He says that La Mesa, for example, shall be written Lamesa. This name consists ef two Spanish words, meaning The and Table, and they should no more be joined than we Join the words New and York In the name of thiolty. A being In our post office has dictated that the American peo ple ahall write of the Blgtrees, SAnfran Cisco and Losangeles, and we won't. Ws know the fellow. He Is first cousin to th big-eared employe of the t'nlted States treasury who destroyed tho photograph of Mr. McKlnley and other celebrities, be cause In the picture wss a piece of paper known as a check which was about to be paid to the representatives of the Spanish government, and to' represent the check In photography was counterfeiting. Also, he Is related to that unspeakable ass who raided the bankers' dinner in Manhattan because the Ice cream waa served In paper boxes rudely resembling piles of coin. He said they, too, were counterfeits. Oh, we have some rare specimens In the cages In Washington, and they do strange things wherever they are let out to grass. But If it comes to sending our letters to the dead letter office beoause we address them to Kansas City ' Instead of Kansasotty, there is going to be trouble and a few rules for starting It will be forwarded to Henrycpayno and other prominent people In the Dlatrlctofcolumbla. If we have to carry the matter to Theodoreroosevelt It shall be carried. We do not propose to al low the orthographic liberties of the land of Georgewashington to be Imperiled by a ten-dollar politician fumbling about as a clerk In the capital of this Unltedstates. LAUGHIXQ GA8. "My gracious!" exclaimed the first flea, "what makes you so red?" "Sunburned," replied the second flea, dis gustedly. "Some idiot clipped the dog I was summering on." Philadelphia Press. First Physician So the oneratloa Just In the nick of time? Second Pbyslqlan-eTts, In. another ,tan,., ty-four hours the patient would have re covered without It. Harper's Baxar. "Do you believe In picking up horse shoes?" "Well, I never picked up but one. It was lying In front of a horseshoer's shop." "What did you do with It?" "I laid It down again. It was red hoi." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Parson White Mlstah Johnslng's vehy peculiar. Brudder Jones Yes, Indeedy. He'd radder work dan git married. Brooklyn Life. "There goes Mrs. Glddelgh." remarks the woman In the wicker rocker on the porch of the summer hotel.. "One hears all sorts of things about her. They say she got ac quainted with her husband by flirting with him." "Humph!" says the sallow lady on the settee. "That's how she got acquainted with mine." Judge. "Scientists say It's the sleep you get before midnight that does you the most good." "Nonsense! It's the sleep I get after I'm called In the morning that makes me feel good." Philadelphia Press. "Is this seat occupied?" asked the polite passenger. "Can t you see It Is?" retorted the boor ish Individual, spreading' bis legs over the other half of It. "But I mean by a human being," said the first passenger. Philadelphia Press. When you see a fat woman getting aboard a street car, doesn't It always make you feel thankful that you don't weigh more than 120 pounds? Somervllle Journal. "What a cute little baby." exclaimed the good-hearted old Jady on the street. "Boy or girl?" "We ain't decided yet," replied the little nurse. "Pop an" mom's still scrappln' over a name for it." Philadelphia Catholic Standard. "Don't you 'want to deserve the. grati tude of your fellow cltlsens?" "The trouble with gratitude," said Sena tor Sorghum. "Is that It Is usually ex pressed by the words 'thank you,' unac companied by cash." Washington Star. "You'll find, my boy," said the wise old man, "that this world Is full ot quick sands." "Well," replied the bright youth, "ss t expect to go Into the sugar refining busi ness, I hope I'll find It reasonably full of get-rlch-qulck sands." Philadelphia press. . SOMHET OP A FARM HA!D.' 8. E. Klser In Re cord-He raid. How glad I am to be a toller where There ain't no smoke to make your collar black i ... Gosh! how that sun does beat down on my bavk' Where every prospect pleases, and the air is always pure and braoln' I declare, My tongue feels almost dry enough te crack Git up, there, Fan, or I'll give you a wliack !- And all you have to do Is laugh at care. I pity them poor slaves that work away Up there In town geel how my head does achr' While 1 am out here, slngln', glsd and gay And what they earn the selfish bosses take: I've saved six dollars since the first of Mav, And seems as though my blistered baik 'ud break. WATER f SHERMAN & McJOKHELl DRU3 C9 MTH AND DODQB. ' hbtaii Aaais '