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N. B. HUNGATE. Notary Publlo.
If Bryan goes to New York it will be
presumably simply to get even for Tom
Watson coming ,-to Nebraska.
Perhaps tbe reason that an American
won tbe Marathon race at St. Louis Is
tbat there was no Russian In the con
test .- That stalwart ipld democrat, C. J.
Bowlby, has at last been prevailed upon
to give the populist nominee for gov
ernor a testimonial. It comes hard, but
we must have then.
The sparring between Jack Frost and
King .Corn continues with the chances
in favor of the king entrenching himself
behind an impenetrable wall of hulls
before Frost can attack.--
By leaving 200 guns at Llao Yang
General Kouropatkln at least showed
his approval of th4fdea of disarmament,
which should entitle him to decoration
at the hands of the ctar. V
Possibly Grandfather Davis would
agree to the plan to give the democratic
campaign fund $1,000, for every year of
bis age if Chairman Taggart will admit
that "a man is only as old as be feels."
The only time when John L. Ken
nedy's name ever appeared on the bal
lot before was In 1000,'wben ho was on
the list of Mckinley , electors for Ne
braska. And" ,'he won out, let it bo
added.
Russian diplomats say Oyama wasted
men at the battle of Llao Yang1: It will
probably gratify the Japanese com
mander to know that he can accom
plish tbe same result with fewer troops
the next time.
Newspaper editors throughout , the
world are hoping that the successor to
von Flehve wiH.be chosen in time for
his name to become familiar and biogra
phies prepared before he goes the way
of his predecessors.
Two thousand men are reported to
have been killed in a battle in Uruguay.
This is a waste of good material, as
half the number of dead would have
glveii the country better advertising
in ajmore auspicious time.
.
The promise is made that the cars on
the Omaha, Lincoln & Beatrice railway
will' be running out of Lincoln as far as
Bethany by December 1. It would inter
est us more to know when the cars will
bo running between Lincoln and 'Omaha.
The completion of the Auditorium
building according to pious and specifi
cations is a consummation devoutly to
be wished, and the- course of. the direc
tors in procuring the necessary funds by
a Joan will meet with popular approval.
, Every Omaha mechanic in the build
lug tredes, who Is willing to work is now
actively, employed, and the prospect is
that be will be kept at work at good
wages every dny tbe weather will per
mit from uow until the end of the year.
, The uiuuugers of Nebraska's statu
fair have come out this year wilb a sur
plus in the treasury, but tbat will not
prevent then) from going before tbe leg
islature, us unuul, with a request for a
good-sized appropriation for permanent
improvements.
Amateur sportsmen will probably re
member the St. Louis exposition as the
time when more athletic records were
broken than at any similar meeting in
America, and in all of this American
athletes have proved themselves second
(0 no other country. '
'The British labor uulon congress has
declared in fsvor of free trade. This
shows nothing but the result of environ
ment, as there Is no class so conserva
tive as the British worklngman and
none of the present generation knows
anything but to work under free trade
conditions
NO TIME FOR MEDIATION.
The French senators who were in
terviewed a few days ago in regard to
whether an 'attempt at mediation be
tween Russia and Japan would be op
portune at the present Juncture, were
quite right In declaring that it Is no
time to talk of mediation when a great
battle Is being fought on which the fate
of Manchnria may depend and on the
eve of the probable capture of Tort
Arthur. One of them Is quoted as say
ing, and In this he probably reflected gen
eral French sentiment, that later on,
when the situation Is more clearly de
fined, the powers Interested in the
maintenance of the status quo in the
far east will no doubt be anxious to
Intervene, with the object of bringing
the hostilities to a close, but under pres
ent conditions any attempt to intervene
would be Inopportune and utterly use
less. It has been stated that one of the Bel
gian delegates to the international
pence congress had brought a letter to
President Roosevelt from the king of
Belgium suggesting that the govern
ment of the United States take the in
itiative In a movement looking to medi
ation. If such is the fact it warrants
the Inference that this question of in
tervention has been seriously considered
among the heads of European govern
ments and that none-of them Is willing
to start a movement, though ready to
unite with this country if it should
take the first step. Of course no such
suggestion would receive a moment's
serious consideration at Washington. If
there is .any attempt at mediation it
must have Its initiative with, a Euro
pean power. But at the present stage
of, the war it Is manifestly Idle to talk
of Intervention. If the tone of the Rus
sian press reflects the sentiment of the
country no offer of mediation would be
listened to. The feeling appears to be
that the' war must go on. at whatever
cost and sacrifices. As to 'Japan, why
should she be willing to accept interven
tion? Heavy as her losses have been,
she has the reward of victory and a
position of advantage that gives promise
of. if it does not entirely assure, final
triumph. The civilized world would
welcome a termination of the terrible
conflict. It Is becoming sick of the dally
record of slaughter and destruction.
But the combatants have not yet bad
enough of the struggle and they will
consider no appeal to end It.
REPUBLICANS QA1N IN VERMONT.
A few days ago Senator Proctor of
Vermont said that anything over 25,000
republican plurality In the state would
be a landslide. The plurality exceeds
31,000, which Is a gain over the vote of
two years ago and is tbe largest ever
given except in 1806, when tbe repub
lics n plurality was over 40,000. Thus
Vermont has overwhelmingly indorsed
the national administration and if there
Is anything in the idea that its .vote is
an indication of the probable result of
the presidential election, the verdict of
the Green Mountain state ou.fTuesday
can bo "regarded" by. republicans as most
reassuring. ' It Is certainly quite re
markable bow this September Vermont
vote has reflected that of the nation In
the , following presidential election.
Whenever the republican plurality has
fallen below 25,000 the democrats have
carried tbe country, while republican
success in the national election has in
variably followed a victory In Vermont
by 25,000 and upward. There is no
reason to think this may not bold good
the present year.
The campaign was vigorously con
ducted by both parties, the democrats
sending Into the state some of their
strongest speakers, who gave particular
attention to the policy and course of the
national administration. There was ap
parently not much popular interest in
the campaign and the democrats as
sumed from this that the republican plu
rality would be materially reduced. The
result shows, however, that the people
were not really indifferent or apathetic;
they were simply so fully occupied with
their own affairs that they had little
time to give to the political orators. But
they found time to go to the polls and
to record their opinion overwhelmingly
against the democratic party. That this
result will have an effect upon tbe coun
try Is not to be doubted. It Is safe to
say that this will be shown In the vote
of Maine next week. It will be en
couraging and stimulating to repub
licans everywhere.' Its tendency will
be to arouse among them greater Inter
est In the campaign. It will go far to
dispel the idea which has to some ex
tent obtained that there is a reaction
against republican principles and pol
icies. Vermont has done a grest serv
ice to the republican cause and is to
be most heartily congratulated therefor.
WHERE REFORM IS MOST NEEDED,
Acting Mayor Zimman's ordinance
making it au offense, punishable by dis
missal, for a city employe to refuse to
pay his debts, will meet with general
approval from business men, as well as
from the reputable wage earners. But
barrlug out deadbeats from tho munici
pal payroll Is only one step in tbe direc
tion of municipal reform. What is
needed much more Is the barring out of
grafters and gift takers. Bribery Is the
besetting sin of our system of govern
ment, municipal, county, state and na
tional. Public officials that accept gifts
from contractors, franchise corporations
and parties that have axes to grind or
protection to seek are no better than
public officials who accept downright
money bribes, either for favors extended
In their official capacity or failure to
act when action would promote the pub
lic welfare.
It is the conviction of all who- have
given thorough study to the problem
of municipal government that gift Hak
Ing Is the source of nearly all corrup
tion and inlsgoveniment. We can never
hope to have honest local, state or na
tional government until we have eradi
cated the gift taking habit, whether th
gift takes the shape of a glass of beer
to a policeman, a champagne supper to
a committee of a council, a gold watch
to a school superintendent or a silver
service to the occupant of an executive
chair.
The most effective crusade the Civic
Federation can wage for better gov
ernment would be a campaign against
gift taking by public officials.
THE NEXT HOUSE.
Washington advices state that pros
pects for the continued control of the
house of representatives by the repub
licans have improved during the past
fortnight The frank statement of
Chairman Ba brock of tbe republican
congressional committee, regarding the
danger In certain . states and districts,
it appears has had a good effect. The
republican candidates and leaders
throughout the doubtful field are re
ported to be exerting themselves in an
encouraging manner.
There being not a reasonable doubt of
the election of President Roosevelt, It is
obviously of great importance that the
republicans retain control of the house of
representatives., The republican majority
in the present house is only thirty-four,
so that a loss of eighteen congressional
districts by the republicans, If the dem
ocrats should hold all they now have,
would give the control of the hpuse to
the democracy. The democratic con
gressional committee professes to be
confident that tbe next house will be
democratic and while this Is the usual
thing in national campaigns it may have
weight in close districts if republicans
are apathetic. Seventy-one districts
are said to be doubtful in the
country, a majority of which ought to
be carried by the republicans and must
be in order to retain control of the
house.
No argument can be needed to show
republicans the importance of the party
holding the popular branch of congress.
The senate is securely republican for
several years, but unless1 there is a re
publican house elected with Mr. Roose
velt new measures of republican policy
that may be' deemed necessary or de
sirable in the public interest could not
be enacted Into law, while It would be
possible for a democratic house to make
trouble for the administration In regard
to certain policies already In operation.
It is manifestly essential to the orderly
and smooth working of public affairs
that there shall be accord between the
executive and the legislative branches
of the government.
The republican congressional com
mittee at Washington is working en
ergetically and it should have the ear
nest and unremitting assistance of re
publicans everywhere, for without this
Its efforts will avail little." The opposi
tion Is also active and ready to take ad
vantage of any indifference or lack of
interest that may be found in the re
publican ranks.
,: The late chairman ot the- congres
sional committee has taken the pains to
figure out that although John L. Kep
nedy had a substantial plurality In the
recent congressional primaries, be was
short of a majority of all the votes cast
This is simply another attempt to mis
lead the public into the idea that they
have a minority candidate for congress
and to Justify, some of the radicals in
withholding active support. Mr. Ken
nedy did not ask for votes in the Sixth
and Seventh wards of Omaiia or In
Sarpy county, preferring to leave those
districts to the respective candidates
who resided In them Had he made the
fight throughout the entire congressional
district there is no question but what
be would have bad a clean majority of
the popular vote over all the other can
didates. It is a serious question whether the
city will gain anything by the delay in
the purchase of a municipal paving
plant because only one bid has been re
ceived. While there is a bare ' possl
bllity that a lower bid might be secured
by postponing action, It is doubtful
whether the difference in the cost will
be equal to the Increased price tbe city
is paying to contractors. It Is not
merely a question of a few hundred
dollars more or less, but whether the
city will get any repairing done or any
now pavement laid as long as'the con
tractors are fighting each other and per
sistently obstructing the letting of con
tracts. If the city owned its own pav
ing plant the repairing of asphalt pave
ments could be carried on without the
aid or consent of the paving contractors.
What has become of tbat populist
statesman from orth Nebraska who at
last accounts Mas nominated and run
ning for three different offices on the
same ticket with a- fourth in threatening
proximity? Has he been able te decide
yet which office has the most promise of
success, or has he been forced to tbe
conclusion that all his nominations are
equally worthless except for advertis
ing purposes.
Frew the vote it would seem that the
striken are not as much concerned In
settling the present trouble as tbe public
was led to imagine. Less than half of
the men now out voted in Chicago and
for tbat reason another vote may be
ordered. It Is evident the strikers are
not paying meat bills or they would
show greater Interest in placing the
business on a normal basis.
Strain Pnblle Deeorana.
Fhiladelphla Ledger.
The army maneuvers on tbe BuU Run
battle ground are useful, no doubt, but
when we read that the doctors and nurses
will treat Imaginary wounds, we are bound
to think of a vaudeville entertainment.
The Ooenltatlon of David, B.
Washington Post.
David B. Hilt of New York has an
nounced his final and Irrevocable retire
ment from publlo life. Similar proclama
tions have at various times in tha psst
been Issued by other famous persons
Mm. Pattl and Prof. Corbett. for ex
ample. Thus we have come to realise th
fsct that radiant promts dos pot always
lead up to actual fulfillment. Mr. lull's
announcement, therefor, wbll It J
accepted In 'good faith by the Impulsive
many, will, perhaps, Impress the Judicious
few as nothing more than an attempt to
relieve Judge Parker of certain disquieting
and Injurious apprehension
Apportioning the Responsibility.
Philadelphia North American.
Bryan denies he demanded that Hill
should retire from . political life. SUM.
when It comes to apportioning the re
sponsiblllty, the biggest share of It wilt
rest upon the shoulders of th gentleman
from Nebraska.
Trade with Tata.
Philadelphia Free.
Trade With Cuba Is Increasing under
the reciprocity treaty, though the ex
ports to that country for th seven months
ending with July were only' $1,S2S,000 as
compared with I59.27S.000 Of Imports. The
exports increased W.BlO.OnO In the seven
months, while the Imports Increased nearly
$30,000,000.
Still, the United State buys large quan
tities of sugar from, Java and other coun
tries, to which it exports practically noth
ing. It Is much better to get the sugar of
Cuba, which does Increase her purchases
of American products. The 'stability of
Cuba Is Important to the United States, and
Its Imports from this country will go on
Increasing.
THIS IS TIIE LIMIT.
Nervy Attempt to Collect Real Money
for Campaign Clears.
New York Bun.
A solemn and noble public duty lies upon
the Hon. John A. T.. Hull, the republican
farmer-banker who represents the Seventh
Iowa district In the bouse. A Des Moines
tobacco company has tiled a petition asking
that he be compelled to pay $18.60 for ten
boxes of cigars said to have been sold to
him. It Is common knowledge and belief
that these high grade cigars were for the
use of voters who visited his headquarters
In his congress campaign.
Mr. Hull should resist by all means In
his power the proceedings of the plaintiff
corporation. It Is clearly against public
policy, the health, comfort and peace of the
community that political cigars should be
distributed. The price of them Is no mor
to be collected than a gambling debt. In
deed, the court will probably take Judicial
notice that they are ' not the subject of
property and that they have no value.
A political cigar has the flavor of remorse
and the bouquet of Barren Island. It has
slain tens of thousands. ,
Mr. Hull Is no sense an accomplice.
After the manner of candidates, he has
his pockets full of cigars. He scatters them
absent mlndedly. He recommends nobody
to smoke them. He, doesn't smoke them
himself. It would be wrong for him to
offer a valuable consideration to a voter.
Instead, he offers a valueless cigar. If th
voter doesn't, know enough to view such a
weed of woe with alarm, Is that Mr. Hull's
fault?
Successful resistance to the preposterous
claim of the tobacco company can also be
made on the' ground that the charge Is
extortionate. Who ever smelled a cam
paign cigar that Wan worth $1.86 a billion?
TUB SECOND DISTRICT.
Affair In Shape- tor a Solid Hepub.
llcnat Delegation to Congress.
: Lincoln .Star.
The republican, primaries held last Satur
day closed one of the many strenuous con
tests held In the Second Nebraska con
gressional district'.' ' The result was to
make sure of the nomination of John L.
Kennedy of Omaha, over Gurley, his chief
competitor. 'Ther',were two or three other
candidates, but" they "were not really in
the running? 1 '
The' contest WaVpracticaily between Ken
nedy and aurleyV'lY former being chiefly
supported by"' 'What IV called "the machine'
in Douglas county. and the latter by the
opposition rallying; around the Fontanel
club, i The Omaha- Be -drew th line on
purley, pledging Itself to support any of
the aspirants except Mm." ' ' '
It has been a long, strenuous and bitter
light The antl-maohlne men began sys
tematic preparations for dictating the nom
ination many months ago. They possessed
the advantage of; absolute control of the
district organization which had come to
them through Chairman Blackburn from
the Mercer fight to years ago, and they
used It without scruple. The result Is a
complete and decisive defeat of the anti
machine forces under Gurley, Blackburn
and Baldwin, not only In Douglas county,
but also throughout the district.
There is this Important circumstance.'that
no sooner had the result of the primaries
become known than the anti-machine lead
ers hastened to Mr. Kenneedy and pledged
him their support in the campaign and
election. If this Is' "loyally forthcoming, If
the republicans of Omaha will forget the
bitterness of the primary struggle, thero
Is no question of their ability to carry the
district by a big majority.
Nebraska now has a solid delegation In
the house of representatives, excepting
only the Second district. Hitchcock was
elected two years ago solely through re
publican feuds In' Omaha. The lone ex
ception should be eliminated this year,
and It easily can be. There are plenty of
republican votes in the Second district to
do the business.
NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS.
alnfnl Internal Troubles Brongrht on
by Fusion,
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Nebraska democrats are confronted
with some new difficulties. They labori
ously fixed up a fusion with the populists,
allowing them to get most of the good posts
on the ticket. Thomas H. Tibbies, the can
didate for vice president on the , populist
ticket, heads the bolt. This Is something
that the democrats did not look for. After
the humiliating terms which they were
compelled to concede to the third party
men In the fusion, the Parker bosses In
Nebraska Imagined they were safe. This
turns out to be a mistake.
Of course, even if there were a hard and
fast alliance between the democrats and
the populists in Nebraska th republicans
would be sure to win.' There was a fusion
In 1900, when the democratic candidate was
William J. Bryan, the most popular man
that party ever had in that state, but the
state was carried by the republican. It
was carried not only on president, but en
governor. For supreme Judge In 1901 the
republicans carried the state again. The
republicans carried It for governor once
more in 1902, even though the vote was
light, and not much of a canvass was put
up by the republicans. After the demo
cratic defeat In 1903 their party was de
moralised and despondent. It cannot make
a strong fight this year.
Manifestly, when th demo-pop alllanc
of X900 failed to carry Nebraska for th
Nebraska candidate for president, that
combine has no chance to get the atat for
Parker In 1904. It Is well known that Par
ker la weak In th west. He Is weaker her
than be Is In his own state or In any othsr
part of the east. There Is not th faintest
likelihood that Parker can carry any stat
In the west which was won by the repub
licans In 1900, or that he can hold any of tho
four little states In the west that Bryan had
In that year. It is aald that Bryan will
take the stump for Parker In Nebraska.
Possibly he will. What Bryan could not do
for himself four years ago, however, when
th condition were more favorable for th
democracy than they are now, he cannot do
this year. Both on the presidential and the
state ticket Nebraska will be carried by
the republicans by pretty good-slssd ma
jorities in 19
ARMY GOSSIP I WASHINGTON.
Cnrront Events Gleaned front the
Arasy a4 Navy Realster.
An admirable showing Is made In wire
less telegraphy on the Pacific coast. Re
ports received at the Navy department this
week say that messages were exchanged
between the wireless station at San Fran
cisco and the home coming Solace for a
distance of ninety-six miles. The depart
ment Is also advised of the establishment
of a station at Havana where the D
Forrest system has been installed. Mes
sages were exchanged between the wire
less station at Key West and Havana and
a record was made of transmitting four
messages of thirty words within a period
of two minutes.
Th paymaster general of the army will
make a recommendation In his annual re
port, probably, in favor ot Increasing the
commutation of quarters for the commis
sioned personnel. Thle Is a subject In which
General Dodge takes the keenest Interest;
indeed, he may bo considered a the cham
pion of that necessity. His previous re
port, made In the capacity of a chief pay
master of a military department, have
usually contained a reference to th need
and Justification of the Increase. Ther
is reason to hope that his position at the
head of the pay department will give him
greater Influence aa an advocate ot the
proposition, especially as he will go before
the house and senate military committee
and will there have an opportunity to rep
resent the situation as It deserves to be
explained In that quarter. Another auS
Ject under consideration by the paymaster
general Is that of allotments and deposits
by the enlisted force. Considerable trouble
has arisen during the past year or two
In the matter of abuse of the privilege of
the deposit and allotment system. The sug
gestlon has been made that the deposit
books, for Instance, be kept by the com
pany commanders as a part of the official
I records, until the owner Is discharged, but
th objection to this Is that the books ar
the personal property of the men and what
ever protection Is afforded against the mis
use ot the books must take some other
form. It will require a change of law to
accomplish anything In the nature ot a
reform or a preventive.
The Wan department appears to be having
great difficulty In obtaining Information
from the adjutants general of the states.
Circulars were recently addressed to the
militia authorities asking for a revised list
Of militia officers who were deemed eligible
to admission to the garrison schools of the
army and to the advanced Institutions at
Fort Leavenworth, Fort Riley and Fort
Monroe, Some months ago a list of such
officers was prepared but it was found that
the officers thus recommended by the varl
ous governors could not be accommodated
and It was necessary to select those re
garded as best entitled to the special course
of military Instruction. Another feature
which had evidently escaped the notice of
tho mllltla authorities was that the ex
amination at the advanced schools was an
uncommon one and some of those recom
mended foi Instruction might have a hard
time passing it. The War department of
flclals desired that this consideration should
not be lost to view in the selection of
mllltla officers for the army schools. It
was desired that the revised lists should
be submitted by September 1, as by that
time the classes should be made up and
all arrangements completed for the In
structlon. Only two states have so far
compiled with the request from the War
department Florida and Colorado. All the
other states have shelved the War depart
ment letter and It has become necessary to
remind the militia authorities that a reply
should be forthcoming without delay.
No action Is destined to be taken On the
recommendation of the .inspector general
of the army In favor of reducing the num
ber of -uniforms required of army officers.
Quartermaster General Humphrey, to
whom was referred the communication of
General Burton, has returned It to the
chief of staff with the comment that the
present Is not the time to consider .the
question of so radical a change. Orders
from the War department Issued some
months ago required that every army of
ficer should equip himself with the pre
scribed apparel by July 1 and it is reason
able to expect that the order was complied
with. If this be so the reduction of uni
forms would hardly be of immediate ad
vantage In an economical way to Individual
officers, unlets one excepted the young
men who are about to enter the army
from the ranks and who are now awaiting
the result of examination at Fort Leaven
worth. It Is not understood that General
Burton's proposition was Intended . to. be
of present effect. It waa put forth as a
suggestion which was entitled to consider
ation. In connection with the periodical agi
tation of changes In the uniforms. Even
now the general staff Is harboring some,
where the text of a general order pre
scribing a number ot alterations in tha
uniform regulations. Including a new pat
tern of shoes and an additional cap, simi
lar in design to that worn by General
Chaffee and the quartermaster general dur.
Ing their Joint trans-continental inspection
tour. The chief of staff is understood te
entertain th view that it would not be of
much use at present to adopt the sugges
tion in favor of reducing the variety , of
uniforms with which army officers are re
quired to equip themselves.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Abel Putnam, who was a third cousin of
Israel Putnam of revolutionary fame, died
at Saratoga last week. He was born in
1819.
It Is understood that Dr. N. 8. Mayo,
professor of veterinary science at tke Kan
sas Agricultural college, has accepted un
der the Cuban government a place equiv
alent to our okn office of chief of the bu
reau of animal Industry. He Is now In
Havana looking over the situation.
Hugh Rellly. a Philadelphia policeman,
Is one of the most valuable men on the
Quaker city force. This Is because of his
Intimate acquaintance with the Chinese
language, of which he has made a study.
Rellly, who Is an Irishman by birth, has
arrested $00 Oriental lawbreakers In the
ten years he has been an officer.
There will shortly be a great gathering
of the Bulow family In Berlin. The chief
of the clan Is chancellor of the Oerman
empire and there are no fewer than eighty
other persons of this hpuse and nam
who hold offlc under the state. When all
the Bulows connected with the government
ervlc com up to Berlin with their wives
snd families there will be 470 of them.
In a number of the leading stores of
Edinburgh and Glasgow there is a notice;
"Americans not served here." Ysnke
hoppers used to eausi th proprietor snd
their assistants to tuin their shops topsy
turvy until they looked like a rummage
ssle (bargain counter not In It), and then
would elevate thslr noses and "guess we'll
try somewhere else." Hence the notice.
An Indiana friend of Thomaa Taggart
gives some details about th persons II ty
of that statesman. It appears that whll
he is affectionately known as "Smiling
Tom," on account of Ms beaming counte
nance, he la also called "Oily Tom," be
cauae of his easy and noiseless political
methods, and "Soapy Tom," because of
his hablu of shaking hands with himself.
He does not use a club on hi foe. H
lulls them Into a condition of security
with his supay smile and when they wake
up they doa't know what struck them.
. FIRE BY LOCOMOTJTB SPARKS.
Preventive ' Device Invente nn
Tested In Grnnny.
Chicago Rcord-Hrald.
Tha Vnlted States consular offlc at Ber
lin has mad a report upon an Invention of
a German engineer named Heydemann the
purpose of which Is to make It impossible
for railroad locomotives to cause fires by
the escape of sparks from the locomotive
stack. The device has been used for two
years by the state railways ot Mecklenburg
with such success that It has been adopted
for trial on the HeeTilsn and several private
lines. The subject of fires caused by th
operation of railroad trains has been a most
vexed one In the United 8tatea for th last
half century. Many devices have been pat
ented and tried with a view to prevention,
but the succession of disastrous forest and
farm fires and th loss of property and
frequently of life which often accompanies
them testify to th fact that the problem
has not been completely solved by Ameri
can railway managements.
In Germany forest fire are said to b
comparatively Infrequent for several rea
sons. The rainfall of the country Is so
plentiful . and uniform thai the drouths
which make forests easily Inflammable are
of rare occurrence. The construction of
roadbed snd the arrangement of a rlght-of
way on German railroads where fires are
liable to occur are vastly different from
those prevailing on . American railways..
Such precautions are taken as make It pos
elble to confine fires to limited are. Fur
thermore, the railroads are compelled to
use every precaution to prevent the escape
of sparks, the regulation being enforced
on both state and private railroads.
The problem has always been to devise a
metallic network fine enough in mesh to
effectually sift the glowing sparks from
the blast of a locomotive without so ob
structing th draft as to compromise the
steaming capacity. Hitherto these devices
have been mainly round and fixed in place
so as to cause danger of choking or clos
ing. Heydemann's device consists of a
series of three grates set one above another
in a square Iron or steel frame of such
else and form as to fit into the smoke
chamber. Each bar is about two Inches
wide by one-tenth of an inch thick and Is
ingeniously set into the frame so as to be
held in place against any shock or pressure
and at the same time to be free to expand
or contract with ' changing temperatures.
The middle tier or grate contains twice as
many bars as the top and bottom tiers,
and the arrangement of bars and space
Is such that while a free passage Is se
cured for the gases of combustion no
spark or ember more than 0.1$ of an Inch
thick can escape. Sparks of this sise are
said to be so small that they are extin
guished after traveling a few feet in the
air. Tbe contraction and expansion of the
device cause adhering particles to become
dislodged, thereby preventing clogging in
the smoke chamber, while they also permit
of the full steaming capacity of the engine.
RAILROADS AND POLITICS.
What the Bin- Corporations Contribute
to Campaigns.
Walter Wellman In Success.
Much has been written of the power of
railroad corporations in our politics. It Is
true that In mary states certain railways
maintain a political staff. With them it
Is a business matter. Thev seek' to nm.
tect their property from the unjust, ex
actions or legislatures and public officials.
It must be remembered that a certain
Class Of Politician and laarislntnra Im
stantly endeavoring to "strike" railroads.
That Is, certain people get up adverse bills
and demand pay for defeating
them. The railroad officials flrht fir. iih
fire. Sometimes thev aton hinrirm.n k,.
garnering wit nin their own control the
power which shall make sttamnts htoir.
mall harmless. Being thus led into nollt.
leal activity in self-defense, now anb then
a railroad having on its staff men fit vanliia
for politics overplays Its hand and seeks to
control witn absolute sway the actions of
one or both of the parties within a state,
setting up or pulling down men at will.
Doubtless it is true that la at least one
third of the states railroad Influence la par
amount in the affairs of one or hnth nt h
political parties, but It is not directly
mrougn the use or money that these roads
operate. The pass the little pink slip of
magic charm Is their Instrumentality., im.
aglne the pervasiveness of free transporta
tion in tne tribe or politicians who are
ever on the move from town to town, at
tending local and state conventions and
fixing up their little schemes. In many a
state a politician who pays his way is a
curiosity. The railroad pass Is one of the
potentialities ot government in our great
and glorious country.
Twenty years ago the manaa-er nt nm.
Identtal campaign who had In hand a fund
or three or four hundred thousand dollars
to defray the expense of his operation
thought himself opulent. Gradually the
sum required by national committees grew
and grew, until in 189H high-water mark
was reached by the late Marcus A. Hannn
In his manipulation of the campaign for
William McKinley. Through Mr. Henna's
hands that year passed a sum falling but
little under six millions of - dollars. I am
well aware that the amount has been often
riven much hle-her flsuree. rearhln in
some instances to fifteen or sixteen millions
of dollars. W. Bourke Cockran said, In the
house of representatives last spring, when
his own campaign expenses were under
discussion, that he understood that Mr.
H-vna. had used a total of abouti fifteen
m ..ems. But my Information cornea fmm
good authority. Tha actual sum raised mil
expended by Mr. Hanna was within a few
thousands or the sum I have named.
There la little doubt that. If It hail h.n
deemed neoeasary to compass the defeat of
Early Fall Coats
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Tbe handiest sort of a top coat $1 5 for a full one.
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OHIOASjO
William J. Bryan, twice as much could
have been raised. 80 great was th alarm
among men of means over the danger which
menaced the standard of value that all
Mr. Hanna had to do was to write down on
a slip of paper the amount he thought a
bank, a corporation or an Individual shoild
pay. and In nearly every Instance tne as
signed sum was promptly checked to Cor
nellus N. Bliss, the treasurer of the com
irJttoe. The largest subscription, I have
been told, came from an Insurance com
pany, and amounted to two hundred thou
sand dollars. One railroad company gave
a hundred thousand dollars. Eight or ten
railroad companies subscribed one-fourth as
much each. Probably a hundred or mor
banks and trust companies sent their
checks for from ten to twenty thousand
dollars.
POINTED PLEASANTRIES.
"I like her best when she has the blues.
"Why 7"
' "Because she says that she Is happiest
when she sings." Cleveland Leader.
"80 their engagement Is broken T"
v"Yes; they were both too shy to get mar
ried." "What?"
"Well, you see. he waa shy of money, and
she got shy of him when she found it out."
Philadelphia Ledger.
"How's you gettln' on wld youah 'rith-
metlc, Lou?"
'I done learned to add up do oughts.
but the Aggers bod dor me." Collier's
Weekly.
Tegs I certainly was surprised to hear
of your engagement to Jack Hansom; he's
poor as a church mouse.
jess weilT
Tess Why. he can't make enough to suit
you.
Jess He can make love enough. Phila
delphia Press.
"When you first entered oolitic." said
the vounr man who Is looking for knowl
edge, "did you set out with the determina
tion to win at any cosii
'No " answered Senator sorgnum. "t set
out with the determination to win at as
little expense as possible. "Washington
Star.
"Fearfully fat, Isn t he?" remarked th
dyspeptic.
"Yes," replied Goodman, "but so jovial
always. He's certainly good hearted. '
"Oh, I guess It isn't so much a good heart
as a good stomach." Philadelphia Press. ,.
"Work ain't so bad."
"No?"
"None It a-lves a feller an elegant thlrsv
an' the price of a can to squlnch it with.".
Houston Post. . , . .
v.. Bblmmjir " aslit tha Isndladv In ber
deep contralto, ,'t fear" youf mi wSter-wirlt
the mils. . .. ... t , 'd
"You wrong me, madam," said th pain4
milkman. "If you had accused m of mix
ing milk with th water, there might he
some truth In it" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Life," observes the sage, "Is what we
make it." Having rolled this thought
around In hla head for a few momenta, he
nods wisely snd supplements It with: "And
So is our autobiography." Judge,
First tlO.OOO a Week Vaudeville Artlsb
What is th cup that cheers?
Second 110,000 a Week Vaudeville Artist
Your mug: It would make anybody laugh.
Cleveland Leader.
MOONLIGHT AND MUSIC.
Harper's Magailne.
Dear heart, do you remember,
That summer by the sea.
One blue night In September
When you were here with me.
How like a pearl uplifted. 1
The full moon rose snd drifted
And how the shadows shifted.
Until the stars were free?
Along tne beach the breakers
Brought In their lavish store.
Gathered from ocean acres.
And strewed the curving shore;
Grasses that gleamed and glistened.
Flowers that the sea had christened.
Shells at whose lips you listened
To learn their wonder lore. 7
Softly th breese blew over
From groves and gardens fair.
Spilling a scent of clover
Intolhe balmy air;
The breath of pines around us,
Fragrant It came and found us
Just as the moonlight crowned US
And love at last came here. ,
What music hailed our rapturel
What singers on. the sand
Were they whose hearts could captura
Our Joy and understand?
Oh, wind, and wav. they guessed it
They sang It and confessed it
Their love and ours and blessed It
There on th moonlit strand!
Dear heart, still sweet the stoT.
For all the years gone by;
Still floods the moon with glory
The land, the sea, the sky;
And still the night moth hovers
Around us and discovers
The same devoted lovers
. Wind, wave, and you and I.
FIT5 LI KB OUR
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