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TflE OMAITA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 5. 1904.
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The glBtof General Corbln's Omaha
interylw..Js. "I dldt. t suy it all, but I
tick to wbc t I salt!.''
Aa :btweM Charles F. Wcilor and
R. .B.. Howell for member of laz wa,ter
work board, who will hwltnta?
A campaign Is In progress In Flnlnnd,
but so far there Is tio Intimation that
the present government will be over
thrown. . The national prdhtbltiou , party has
supplied tho humorlR: of the preseot
campaign la the person of Candidate
Bwallow.
4Not a ainglo Kennedy on tb'list of
candidate to be votfd fcf at the coming
republican county prima ry. A cog must
haye slipped somewhere.
.The proper ploc for republ'canrf to
volcn.their sentiments and mako tho'.;
choice of repreeentnUves In the legisla
ture is at the primary election. " v
California newspapers refet t? "signs
democrat!: '. apathy," while In some
parts of the central west the party is
too apathetic even to make a slfcu.
. Members of the Britlbb force which
went into Thibet complain of the cold
ness, of the high altitude. But they
car not Complain of lack of warmth in
their reception.
The exit of Supetlntendont Fearse of
Milwaukee from the Auditorium direc
tory seems to have beea accomplished
without any notices bU catastrophs to
the building. Miracle.
lu nominating candidates for the leg
islature republican of Douglas county
should sclet:: men M'ha will stand up far
Ornaht and pojg'si county as against
all other Interestj and influences.
Tfto redornptlon of Kansas must be
fo'nipk'to boyond quentlou. Chulruian
SiubOit bns notified the national commit
tee that no campaign funds tint cannot
be raised In the state are tiecded.
TLe bold W J. Bryaa has on the dem
ocratic party Is shoM-n by the fact that
when .ho refusal to appear on a public
platform with Grover Cleveland Mr.
CJcvolund, immediately decided to take
no part lu the cainpa'gn.
The Omaha Woman's club says It is
Bot ready to go to the front to put one of
Us own members In the , school board.
Do the woimn recti! hew they were
used as catKcaws a coup's of years ag
by certain.. wily politicians?
W -' "
It is now ttuuouucrd that Germany
expects to call a conference, at TLe
Hague Is It possible that the "war
lord" of Germany is as much of a mis
nomer In Germany as it Is In the United
States?
"You are what you eat," loudly pro
claims the advertisement of an Ameri
can manufacturer. But this advertise
ment was no, made to circulate In Port
Arthur, where the people are reduced
to eating donkeys.
i - I S3
It was to le expected that members
of the International Peace congress
would express disapproval of the In
crease In tho naval power of the t'nittwl
States. Some people protest agaiust
shooting at a burgUr.
President: JFinltn of the Xlurnicn
ltltl4.tl m.Uvmi flint A nr.t MrliUn
Mormons to boycott Gentiles. The Mor
mon fiewspaper which said that he did
probably caught the spirit rather Ihun
the words of ids remarks.
coagresiiito'Ml delegation from
ftoLtb Dakot wi:l e:afror to have the
provloioi.s of the Kink Id bill npp.'led to
a porifoij of the public land la xUt
st'. Thus Is the xprjuiei)t lc the
Big Sixth approved by luimtk-u.
THK SAME OLD HOBBV
I'our years ago Mr. Bryan told the
worklngnien that the stauding , army
was a mor.nee to them and said it was
the purpose of tb? povcrnment to estab
;!sh ft rts ntrur tlie I: tae cities in order
to o; era we lalx-.r. Tills audiicioiis and
moat rt'preucnMibie cfort to arotisR hos
tility among worklngnien toward tbe-re-pu'olican
party Mr. Bryan Is again mak-
'Og. m
tn bis speech In South Otnalii he Is
n -ported as Kylng: "Abe ruining of the
atanding army from O'J.000 to lOO.OtX)
men and the expendltura of 1j0.0X),n0
upon it last year were evidences cf on
planning tendency. Tli fear was that
this army is being enlarged more to
take part in labor difficulties than lu
International strife. Twenty-five years
ago the forts were all built In the re
mote places for the protection of the
people against the Indian! or other foes.
Now they are bull: near the cities.
Why? Have the navages all removed
to the cities?" Xow this is so flagraut
u misrepresentation that one can but
wonder Mr. Bryan would be guilty of It.
What arc the facts? According to the
report of the secretary of war for 100.T,
the regular army on October 15 of that
year consisted of 3.081 officers and 55,-
500 enlisted men. Of this force there
wai in the United States 41.8.12, in the
Philippines 15,510 and the remainder In
Cuba. Porto Rico, Hawaii, China and
Alaska. There was a decrease in the
army during the year covered by the ro
nnr of 11.H7S and there baa not since
been ony addltlorj made to It, so that at I
present the regular army, officers and
men, consists of less than 00.000. instead
of 100,000 as stated by Mr. Bryan His
statement that the expenditure for the
array las: yea-: was $150,000,000 Is also
erroneouA According to the report of
the secretitf of war tin Appropriations
for the military establishment proper,
for liKW, were $02,000,000 and the ex
penditurex $70,0()0,00'. 'The grand total
of expenditures by tho War depart
ment, embracing many items, for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, was
only $108,500,000. $41,500,000 less than
Mr. Bryan said was expende! for the
army alone. What he said about build
ing forts near the cities is hardly
worthy of serlout consideration. Where
has a fott been built near a city in re
cer.t years? Of course there ar. forts
near som; of the larger cities and they
wen established man years ago be
cause It waN deer-el necessary to have
them there for reasors of defense. Xo
one' but Mr. Bryan ever conceived the
Utterly absurd idea that tliey were in
tended to ov awo workingmen.
Mr. Bryrn ought to see that such
statements as he made at South Omaha
are discreditable to blrn and can do his
cause no good. He may mislead the
thoughtless in tho rank 3 of labor, but
Intelligent workingmen cannot be influ
enced by sucU obvious misrepresenta
tion and such transparent demagogy.
TBE PEA.C3! COSQRES. ... .
The International Peace congress In
scsuioa at Boston has met once before
In this country, at Chicago in 1803.
Since then some progress haa been made
for the cause which it Is the purpose of
the congress to promote The Hague
tribunal has been created and there has
been shown a larger Interest 1b behalf
of arbitration as a means to interna
tional pence. As was pointed out by
Secretary Hay In his address welcoming
tho delegates to the congress, the United
States has bad a share in advancing the
canst and Indeed bur place in the his
tory of international arbitration and the
peace movement is most creditable. The
secretary assure! the congress that
American efforts In this direction would
bs continued as icalous'y as ever.
There was one statement made by the
secretary of state that Is likely to com
mand wide attention and be of particu
lar . Interest In Europe. This was that
at no distant day the attention of the
nations might be brought to a project
looking toward the return of peace In
tho far east. The obvious inference Is
that our government has a project un
der consideration And doubtless Is con
ferring with other governments regard
ing it. While there is no promlso of
an early peace In the far east, if our
govorumrtnt should propose an accepta
ble project that would bring about
peace it would be a very great achieve
ment. THE VOSSTITCTIVS OBSERVED.
. The democratic charge that the re
publics party his violated the consti
tution lacis specification Judge Par
ker in bis letter of acceptance vaguely
hints at some impairment of constitu
tional rights, but he doen not point out
In what respect such rights have been
Impaired. The party can hardly expect
to convince the peopls that there is any
thinj in the charge unless it shall pro
sen ' at least' on instance of republican
violation of the constitution.
As wa said by" Senator Knox, tn his
speech at Philadelphia last Saturday,
the constitution Is still admirably per
forming its function as a live chart
for a progressive people. Xo assault
has been made upon it by the repub
lican partj, neither has that 'party
through congress or the executive en
couraged or practiced any infringement
by oue of the co-ordinate branches of
the government upon the functions or
prerogatives of the others, as has been
unjustly aUeged. "The greatest achieve
ments of the republican party," said
Senator Knox, "hae been Its victories
over those who Have assailed the consti
tution by denying the powers that it
co-ifers upon tho fvderal government
ml' by (M'deavorlsg U disturb the dis
tribution of those powers. There ts
no question as to s return to constitu
tional methods. Venn- yotea are needed
to prevent a deviatron vroui them." He
poiut'd cot that an examination of the
ea:-:!e. record of the democratic party
would s'v.w that Its tlews udcii all tho
SfrtiX co!Htltutloim: c,ucsUons have hoen '
sii' t thut If they had been accepted I
"the tntiruai,lu4 remains of that noble
instrument would today be n object of j
pitiful regard by a confederation of In
dependent and unrelated states, instead
of Its vital functions operating to bring
Into a more perfect nnlon n contented
and prosperous ix-ople."
Some of the present democratic Tlews
regarding the constitution are as un
sound as thofe of nn earlier time. Cer
tain of the policies and principles for
which that party has stood for the past
eight years are clearly antagonistic to
the constitution. Every net of the re
publican party during these years,
j which has been passed upon by the su
preme court, has been declared consti
tutional in view of this what justifl
estlon is there for the charge that
the republican party has -lolated the
constitution, cr for the claim of the
democratic p"My to e the only re
specter of that instrument? The Amer
ican people are In tio apprehension re
gardinj; the constitution. They have
not been in tin least degree impressed
by the demociatlc assertion that the se
curity and the sanctltj of tin fumbii
mental law is menace' by the repub
lican party. They know tha there Is
no danger to it from that sourci, but
rather that It wl". have from the party
in th fufurs, as in the past, the most
loyal and carefir observance. With a
larg element of the democracy In one
section of the country setting the con
stitution at naught the profession by
the party of a profound regard for that
Instrument Is not likely to be received
with confidence by thoughtful men.
DEATH OF HEXRY C. PAYXE.
The death of Tostmaster General
Payee rcmove.i from the public service
a man of superior administrative ability
and from the councils or the republican
party one who was eve loyal to the
policies and princlpl?s of the party. Mr.
Payne was for years prominent in the
politics of Wisconsin and had perhaps
es much as any other oue. man to do
with making that state strongly repub
lican. The country has had few more
sagacious and skillful politicians than
Henry C. Payne, and he rendered valu
able service as the representative of
Wisconsin on the republican national
committ.. during several presidential
campaigns.
Appointed Postmaster General by
President Roosevelt, he brought to the
duties of th6 office a well trained execu
tive ability and made an excellent rec
ord. When Irregularities in the service
were disclosed he xealously prosecuted
the investigation ordered by the presi
dent. Impairing his health in the arduous
wort that devolved upon him. Mr.
Payne's death will be profoundly re
gretted by the people of his state and
by many elsewhere who knew of hla
sterling qualities.
HOWELL UPON HO sua.
In a letter dated August 23, 1904, and
published lu ell the Omaha dailies over
his own name. It. B. Howell, author of
the compulsory wate: works purchaso
bill and now candidate for membership
on th water works boarl created by
that bill, makes the following declara
tion: In a signed editorial in last Sunday'
Beo he (Edward Rosewater) intimates that
my position upon the water works question
at the present time, and previous to my
election to the state senate In 19C2. has been
Inspired by the water company. In fact,
that I am a tool of the water company and
Its factors. I All NOT NOW. NO
HAVE I EVER BEEN CONNECTEIv IN
ANY WAY, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY,
WITH THE OMAHA WATEt COMPANY.
I am not now, nor have I ever act ?d, di
rectly or Indirectly in behalf of the Omaha
Water company. .
This posttlvo declaration by a man
who received his education at the United
States Naval academy, where absolute
veracity Is inculcated as the highest
Ideal of honor and integrity, would be
entitled to credence In any community.
Only a degenerate from the high stand
ard established by his preceptors could
ever bo guilty of deliberate and down
right falsehood in a matter affecting
vital interests of material Issues.
The exhibit made on the front pag3 of
this paper of Mr. Howell's mendacity is
as deplorable as it Is shocking. The
fac simile of the voucher bearing the
signature of R. B. Howell, acknowledg
ing the payment of $70, salary paid him.
by the water works oompony when
bi M as In Its employ some yenrs j
ago Is a deplorable and shocking proof j
or nis menuacity. nnu mis is oniy one
of a dozen other receipted vouchers paid
by the water company for Howell's sal
ary and board bills.
Xow, Mr. Howell had a right to accepi
Employment from the water company.
Just as he has a right to accept employ
ment from the guarantee Insurance
company for which he Is now agent.
But when he declared upon honor over
bis own signature that 1)9 never had
been directly or Indirectly In the employ
of the water company, when he knew
the contrary to be the truth, he forfeited
the respect, esteem and confidence of
every honest man, woman and child in
Omaha.
This Is not the first time, however,
that Mr. Howell has stood self-convicted
of falsehood and deception. It Is a
matter of record that ho was branded by
a committee of the city council, made
up of W. W. Bingham, Cadet Taylor and
Carr Axford, each of whom affiliated
with the political faction with which
Howell has trained, as having willfully
and Inexcusably sought to deceive the
council In statements whlcb were flatly
contradicted under oath by at least thrco
credible witnesses.
When a man of this character . asks
the people of Omaha to elect him as a
member of a board that Is to consum
mate tio purchase of the water works
and manage property that will cost any
vhcro from $4,000,000 to $d.000,ono. he
presume.! a good deal upon Die crxluilty
of its citizens and taxpayers.
The republican primary election which
will take ilaco nest Friday will for tho
first time give the republicans of Doug
las county the opportunity of making a
direct choice of candidates for the leg
islature, candidates fur county cotumU-
sloners and for county attorney. The
candidates who bare filed their names
receiving the largest vote will be the
nominees of -the party, without the In
tervention of a convention, and there
fore will represent fairly the choice of
the rank and file of the party.
The last delegation from Douglas
county to the legislature was notoriously
the most untrustworthy delegation ever
sent down to Lincoln to legislate for
Omaha and the state. Four of these
mlsrepresentntlves are candidates for
re-election. Their hames are:
Charlea t ' Saunders 8enator
P. W. Koetter Representative
W. B. Ten Eyck Representative
Peter Manjroid Representative
To re-elect these men would be putting
a premium on faithlessness to the most
Important trust. Keep them at home.
Another locpuole In the Chinese ex
clusion act is suggested by the China
man in Xew York who claims to be a
naturalized citizen of Great Britain and
sets up his British citizenship to free
him from the exclusion law. If his
contentica proves correct naturalization
oftVee across the Canadian line will be
kep: busy until the law Is amended.
1
Los Angeles has recently taken ad
vantage of a provision of 1U new char
ter to "recall" a member of the city
council who was not performing his du
ties In a manner satisfactory to his con
stituents. This naturally causes won
der how much a corporation would pey
out to elect a councilman who has r.o
certainty of staying In office.
W. R. Hearst has Issued an appeal to
th9 members of the Association of Dem
ocratic clubs, of which be Is president.
The address is only remarkable for the
fact that nowhere does it contain the
names of the candidate' for president
and vice president and Tom Watson
claims to be the only Simon-pure demo
crat in the race. '
The republicans In the country pre
cincts have been bumboozled by J. H.
Van Dusen into the belief that he can
be depended on to stand for the tax
payers and the people, when his record
shows him to be the most dangerous
man they can possibly select to repre
sent theiri In the next legislature.
No Reajard for Valnea.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Chinese government has fixed the
daniagos at 140,000 for the killing of a
Chinaman by a Nevada mob. That's one
troubla about mobs. They have no dis
criminating powers.
No OpeailaiK for Laymen.
Kansas City Tlmci.
Seeing that Philander C. Knox, ex-attorney
general, and Alton B. Parker, ex- chief
justice of tha Jew York court of appealu,
are unable ' to agre as to whether the
trusU may be fought under the common
law, It seen-. to be utterly absurd for the
ordinary layman to formulate any opinions
on the Question. '
Personal Sqqahbles Don't Connt.
' BMittfri Transcript.
' The Universal' Congress of Lawyers and
Jurists "feympattilses with all movements
to brine about peace among nation," ac
cording to resolutions adopted In St. Louis.
Little personaF difficulties between Indi
vidual cltlsens requiring legal assistance
for their straightening out are not in the
led t objectionable, . however.
Draw the Una There.
Bpstop Transcript.
Engllsa railroads are gradually adopting
American method, greatly to their finan
cial advantage,1 it Is said. For the sake of
Brltlaa peace of ' mind It la to be hoped
they will not Include In their new arrange
ments any of the things that has contrib
uted to the appalling record of deaths an-1
casualties on the rai' In this country lately,
Nobody Likely to De Scared.
Boston Herald.
Dr. Georg F. Shrady cannot frighten us
by saying that In time the little toe will be
eliminated In consequence of modern tight.
If no'. Ill-flttlng, shoes. The sooner the little
toe "goes to market" the better. It Is very
much In th way on some feet that should
be smaller, Like the appendix vermiform,
modern man has fia use for it. If we were
obliged to go barefooted, we might hold an
opposite oplnlor, but even suvage are
wearing shoes and savagessea high heels
on them. So what's the use of worrying if
the toes ceas.t to grow and eventually the
human foot, like the prehistoric horse's,
change Into a hoof. No doubt men and
women some million year hence will deem
that sort of extremity "perfectly fine."
Roosevelt' Strong- ia tho West.
, St. Louis Glote-Democrat.
Throughout Nebraska, Colorado, Iowa,
Montana, Oregon. California and the entire
west Roosevelt will not only poll the full
republican, vote, but ha will get the support
of many democrat. The democrats, recog
nising this condition, have given up the
canvsts in the west. Not even Indiana or
Wisconsin are to be contested by the demo
crats except In. the most perfunctory way.
However, the republicans will not he lulled
Into any feeling of security by th demo
crats' despondency. The republicans will
maka a canvass in even western state
which will recall th days when many of
tho state wer In serious doubt. The
object Is not to win by a small leal, but 1 1 '
roll up a majority which will be memorable
for Its dimensions i
CLASSES IN GRAFTING.
Barcata Lot of Booalers . Pat Oat
at Baffalo.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The evidence which ha resulted In the
Indictment of a number of aldermen In
Buffa'o la a striking commentary upon
the class of persons chosen by the voters
of a great city to administer the affairs
of a municipality. One olty legislator has
been indicted on a charge of accepting a
bribe of 1360 to permit a plant outside the
city to connect with a sewer. Another Is
accused of having arranged for a graft
of 64 cent a load on cinder used In grad
ing a atreet. Two other are alleged to
have accepted P900 for their votes on a con
tract. But the climax Is reached in th
cs of th man who ha been Indicted for
taking a bribe of 26 In connection' with a
contract for coal for th water work.
Buffalo may not be unique In having
grafter In the city council, but the' prlee
at which they held themselves shows them
to have beon a bargain lot of bood'ers.
Of course, there Is no moral distinc
tion between the cheap grafter who takes
a t'i& bribe and the manipulator who steal
million front th city, but there la matter
for reflection In the Buffalo case. Men
who might otherwls be honest until offered
great temptation may b found In all
walk f life, but th clas who would sell
themsee for a $26 brlbo probably raver
were bonest, and It Is remarkable to And
a city like Buffalo eleotlng that sort of
person to a rtspouslbl oruc.
FOIAD ABOVT SEW YORK.
Rlpalea oa the torrent of Llfo la the
Metropolis.
Another Index to the forthcoming Novem
ber decree Is furnished by the business of
a campnlgn button maker, with headquar
ters In New York ctty. As there Is no par
tisanship In the great American dollar, this
Arm seeks the wherewith from all parties
by putting on the murket a button with
electric attachment by means of which the
wearer Illuminates the fentuies of his favor
ite. The button retails at $1.25 and SO.OOO
have been sold In the eastern, southern
and middle states. The ratio of sales Is five
Roosevelt buttons to one Pnrker button.
Tabulated by localities the ratio makes in
teresting reading for those who have laid
waters on the result. In West Virginia,
for Instance, the sales to date have been
S20 Dnvls buttons, 118 Parker and 990 Roose
velt buttons. In Indiana 1.000 Roosevelt
buttons have been sold, as against 210
Parker buttons. Fairbanks buttons have
been sold to the extent of 8i, as against
10 for Davis. In the extreme southern
States the ratio Is about two I'nrker but
tons to on Roosevelt button, although In
the Louisville district Roosevelt Is selling
two to one against Parker. Chlcugo has
bought 3,000 oi Roosevelt and 9u0 of I'nrker.
In Ne York state Roosevelt is selling at J
ths rat of three to one.
"One of thfl most Interesting antiques In
New York is the blue horsccar line which
runs through Seventeenth and Eighteenth
Mieets," relates tbo Evenlnv Post. "It la
thu most friskily unconventional line, and
yet If car lines may bo described ar. courte
oua, this line is truly 'hat It will stop
anywhere to taks passengers aboard, or
to set them down, the omplcyea are al
ways good-natured and the horses have a
pleasing habit of gallopinjr now and then.
Nothing In the way of obstructions upon
tha tracks daunts these little cars. A short
time ego something was on the Eighteenth
street track, so tho cara could not reach
Brcadwsy, which they approach from the
east. The obstruction was just west of
Fourth avenue, and when the conductor
ani driver found they could not pass it,
they held a consultation and decided to
act. They promptly Jounced the car off the
track, turned It into Fourth, avenue and
went clattering over the stones to the Sev
enteenth atreet track, which, although
east bound, gave the car a chance to reach
t road way and then switch to the proper
track "
The new city prison, which hss replaced
the old Tombs, is as unlike Its predecessor
in other ways as It is radically different In
architecture. A strange.- passing the new
structure at night might mistake It for
anything but a prison, so cheerful does It
appear. Bright lights shine from the many
windows, giving to the building an appear
ance of warmth and hospitality. It looks
positively Inviting As compared with the
gloomy and forbidding aspect of the old
replica of an Egyptian tomb which pre
ceded It, the new prison is attractive.
While not architecturally beautiful, It has
tho appearanca of being well ventilated,
lighted and generally wholesome.
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Two of the tallest new buildings In New
York, the Times and the Wanamakcr, are
being equipped with observation towers,
and "seeing New York" will become a
very simple matter when they are thrown
open to the public. It Is always better tu
take a bird's-eye view of a city beforo go
ing about., The map is thereby fixed' In
the mind's eye, and those who have tha
bump of location developed can get a com
prehensive understanding of the city In a
few days. New York's map is a good deal
like the backbone of a fish. Broadway
runs down the center, making the spinal
column, and the cross-town streets run
off at rerular Intervals almost the whole
distance to the Battery. The down town
section is somewhat complicated and re
quire a little special study, but altogether
the city's scheme of distribution is very
simple. Eighth avenue on the West Side
is a sort of sub-Broadway, ind the Bow
cry on tho East Olde, with its continuation
of Third avenue, occupies the same rela
tion. The cross-town streets are numbered
east and went from Fifth avenue. From al
most any given point one may taXe the
right car after the key of the map Is
learned, and this la very easy.
The big laugh of Bob Fitzslmmons' new
play, "A Fight for Love," was raised the
other night by a humble supe in the form
of a horse. The animal was shod on the
stage In full view of the audience- He was
a peaceable horse, with a drooping neck
and sprung front legs, a horse that looked
as though he lived in meditation on a
stormy past. Bob was going to shoe that
horse, but the vlllian, In furtherance of
bis own meanness, was stopping him.
"You shall not shoe my horse," said he.
"He is a valuable animal. He cost me
600."
At that moment the horse, who previ
ously had shown no sign of life, turned and
looked squarely at the villain with a look
of pained surprise,
In order that the 3,000 employe of the
subway may be well drilledln their respec
tive duties the head of the different de
partments have been training the men for
several month. The elevated switch yatds
at East Nlnety-niutn street and Third
avenue. Manhattan, havs been turned Into
regular training quarter. Training ears
hav ben arranged on the tracks and ev
ery mechanical duty that a man w!U en
counter In his work In the subway Is dally
practiced there. The motorman. the switch
man, the conductor, the station mm, tho
track-men, the men at the entrances and
on the platforms, the guards In fact, ev
ery position la represented at this training
school. So It Is In the clerical branches
of tha road In the offices. Every man Is
ready to step Into his piace fully equipped
to perform his work or. the day that the
subway opens. .
An Institution peculiar to the east side
is the man with the platforrr scales, who
travels around in the evening weighing
persons at a cert a weigh. There are score
of these men, trundlng their rattling scales
oyer the cobblestones, and, although every
body who feols he must know his exact
weight can find nut with considerable less
trouble at any of the automatic weighing
machine on almost every corner for the
samo price, these Itinerant weighers all do
a good business. Some of them have also
a measuring rod, and for another cent will
tell a customer his height.
Experience la Ship Christening-.
Springfield Republican.
If th government must cling to th old
christening custom of having a bottle of
win broken over the prow of every war
ship that I launched, evidently the thing
to Co I to have the Job assigned to soma
on of a group of young women especially
'.ruined for the purpose and given plenty
of experience In crying out a name and
vigorously swinging a bottle before a large
crowd of people. At the recent launching
of th battleship Connecticut the grand
daughter of Lincoln' secretary of th
nsvy, Gideon Welles, called rhe name all
right but failed to smash the bottle, and
save for the quick act of a workman near
by thii ship would have taken water with
the dreadful hoodoo upon It of not having
been properly christened. Only a few
week ago, at th launching of a smaller
government vessel, th young woman was
similarly affected by stage fright, and th
bottle had to be amaahed after the ship had
lid from tha ways. Plainly' th profes
sional ship chrlstener la In demand.
U I $35e SHOE4.Qo
Vol V "MAKES life walk easy
JVsAafcsiw' l riaH ! like poor shots belong lb rt
1 l A il Croatatls lerl lik an old pan el
tl t hat "polnh" In make Ibrm lik new. r jr
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U NIIWIS A CK0SSETT. Ine -T
fERSOXAL SOTES.
rierrs Bnrlow Cornwa!. the lat sttrvlv
Ing member of the first legislature of Call
fornla, and a pioneer rl'Ucn of Sa.t Fr.;n
clsco, died several days ago.
President Rnosevel'. has J;!ned the Cld
Boys
F:cmotit and Lincoln Republican J rnmpHlcn Manager-How about the float
Washington as a Junior meml er. i ;ng vote In this neighborhood?
club of
Murst Halstcad Is president of the or
ganliatton.
Two hundred and thirty of the first 1,000
students enrolled In the 1'nlverslty of Mis
souri this year are from farm homes. The
next Urges' delegation, seventy-seven In
number, comes from the homes of mer
chant!. Th present secretary of war, whose dig
nity equals that of any judge on the su-
preme bench. Is known as "Bill" Tsft tcall
his intimates In his case the nlckr.amo
would seem to be a token of general good
will and friendly feeling.
William Mllllkar of Washington. O..
credited with being the oldest AmerToen
editor, celebrated hi ninetieth birthday
lest week. He has been a newspaper man
since his early youth and at present edits
the Fayette County (O.f Herald.
The population of Esopus turned out en
masse a few days ago to protect the Par
ker and Davis banner against the wrath of
the big wind. It was saved by the Judge's
son-in-law. Rev. Charles Mercer Hall, who.
It Is said. Intends to vote for Roosevef;.
It Is announced that the czar will shortly
go to Blslovezh, on the border. of Poland,
for a fortnight's shooting. Why not to Muk
den or Port Arthur or some other eastern
resort, where there are already a number
of Russian gentlemen engaged In that pas
time? Dr. Henry M. McCracken, chancellor of
the University of New York, scored the
rich men of that city the other day in his
address at the opening exercises of the
University medical college for not giving
financial aid to the work of medical edu
cation. Blr Jcrvolse Clarke of Australia owns
the largest sheep ranch in the world. It
contains 60,000,000 head, which roam over
thousands of miles of Australian plains,
also owned by the British knight. Lady
Clarke Is at present In San Francisco on
her tout around the world. '
Americans who havo vlsltel Odessa and
Moscow have a lively recollection of the
strong personality of the wife of Prince
Peter Mlrsky, successor of the murdered
Von Plehv as Russian minister of the In
terior. In n'ature she is within three
quarters cf an Inch of six feet. Her mus
cular development la remarkable. She has
a clear, cold, gray eye that. Instead of
glittering when she becomes Incensed,
seems to grow dull. When that expression
is observed It Is time to keep clear of her
wrath. Prince Peter Is five feet seven
Inches,
Egypt puts In a claim to possess the
oldest person in the world, one Ahmed
Selim, who has Just turned six score. He
remembers Napoleon In Egypt, or says he
does, and how he scattered the Mamelukes
before him "with his whirlwind sword,"
more potent thnn even the prophet s
heaven descended blade. Ho was long a
slave in Cairo, but Is now bedridden, and
taken care of by a great-granddaughter,
herself now well along In years. Old
Arabs remember him as an old man when
they were boys, and have no difficulty In
believing that he Is as aged as he says
he ia
FLASHES OF FIN.
"Jackson' boy is at college now, and he's
doing very well, I believe."
"Nonsense! He isn't worth his salt."
'Why, I understood he was very clever "
"Not at all. He -Isn't even on tha scrub
team."-Phlladelphla Press.
Browne That was a fine speech that
Hickson made at the rally the other night.
Whyte Yes I wonder who wrote it for
him. Somervllle Journal.
"What do you think the outcome of this
agitation against trusts will be?"
"I can't say." answered Mr. Dustln Stax
excepting that I am entirely confident
that the outcome Is not going to affect
the Income." Washington Btar.
'That politician said you were a responsi
ble man. '
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum, doubt
fu.Iy, 'but his Idea of responsible man Is
one who will respond every time tho cam
paign collector calls." Washington Star.
"Give me a little time!'
with downcast eyes.
she pleaded.
VVell, said the Judge, "shoplifting Is a
pretty serious offense, but fll make It
only six months on account of your youth
and Inexperience "Chicago Tribune.
"Have you arrived at any conclusion as
wi.lht BB," "J,Jht ea""'h?" asked the man
with a scientific bent.
i.u1i0".. anaWfkJfLi the eminent geologist,
"but after reading the Newport news and
YOUR EYES
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Of course you know we are Optical Headquarters manufacture
our lenses and frames from the raw material, consequently up to our
neck In Optical and Eye Work from morning till night and have been
for the past fifteen years. When It comes to VOUK KYKS, doe this
mean anything to yon? Does It matter whether you have your eyes
cared for by "Tom, Dirk or Harry" or Kxcluslve, Reliable "Optical
Headquarters." WE GUESS IT MATTERS.
HUTESON OPTICAL CO
MAKlFAt'Tl HISCl OPTICIANS,
raetary oa the Premise Kst
KODAKS AND SIPPMUS.
1M8U.
seeing a musical comedy I feel safe In
suylng that It Is old enough to know bet
ter." '.Vashlngtcn Star.
Mrs. Crlmsonboak It was Job who wa
known r.a the putlent man.
Mr. Cilmsonbenk Oh. I thought It wa
that man Solomon who had all the wive.
Yonker Statesman.
Trtistv Henchman That's shout equally
divided, but I think I'aikcr's got tho swim
ming vote cinched all right. Chicago Tri
bune. "I see that In England. Germany and
some of the other European countries they
have women colonels."
"Yes, but thiit's not so much. The Chi
nese have a General Ma." Chicago Reo-ord-Herald.
HISHS' TIME.
Bush Phillips In Cleveland Lender.
They're coming from the city to the countrj
ru.'get brown,
With their rules and their shotguns to hunt
the farmer down.
The law is off tho squirrel, on' now I'm
tellln' you,
Them city hunters "pear to think it's off the
the fitrmrr, too.
Soon the laini.icnpe will be punctured with
n lot of bullet holes,
An' everybody will be dodgin' to save their
precious souls.
For when them city fells go cavortln' with
n gun.
An' plug Romebody full o' lead, they call It
"havln' fun."
An' thfii somehow It 'pears to me they
fillers 'penr to fall
To make a fair discrimination 'twlxt a far
mer and a quail.
For nnythln' that rustles, if it show a tail
or head.
An' Isn't plainly labeled, they'll pump It full
o' lead.
An' when a charge of double-B has taken
off the crown '
Of your old hat. they'll calmly swear they
didn't know you're roun'.
An' sometimes when you are absorbed In
the field n-pullln' beans.
You'll be mighty surprised by a bullet In
your Jeans.
They'll come an' board wl'.h ycu, then soma
mornin' 'fore you're up,
When they re out a hutitln' lions, they'll
shoot the hrlndie pup.
Oh, It's stre-.iur.us times we're havln' In the
country Jea' 'bout now,
An' If 'twan't for new Inventions we'd be
hldln' In the mow.
But don't you for n mlnit think the farmer
h'lln't prorrrossed.
An' traveled 'long In the procession with
the spirit of the rest
A country store these later days is 1'alrly
out o' dat
Unless It keeps upon its shelves suits lined
with armor plate.
An' now we're nil a-waltin', real.y want to ,
get a chance
To demons-rate the qual ty of our antl-
bullet pants.
8o come along, you city dudes, with your
goggles an' your gun.
We've got on our Iron trousers, an' we're
ready for the fun.
Don't hesltnto second, but come out an'
help us laugh,
While you ponder on the difference 'twlxt
farmer and a calf.
i all others
by ns lull flavor, delicious qual
ity and absolute purity. ' )
Tilt LoTpmiy Rtcnft St iml frtt.
The Walter M. Lowney Co.,
BOSTON, MASS.
21 J 5. 16th St., Paxton Bik.
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