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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Stats of Nebraska. Douglas Count,
Oorr B. Tischurk. secretary of The Res
Publishing company, being duly sworn,
says that the actus) number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning.
Evening and Sunday Pee printed during
the month of October, 1PM was follows:
1 SO,A.V IT 8SI.O40
t sojtoo u m.irn
I s,no it sfo.ano
SO.SHO JO 2H.400
8o.Ho n an.oon
t s,hm is a,ao
7 ae.04 a sovmio
80.10 24 20,20
1 80,900 24 S0.9K0
19 .S9,470 21 l,COO
II 80,400 27 JKM40
13 9iou " a rtt.ooo
11 XiJKVi 29 W.BOO
14....... 2JtMI SO 30,100
16 n....20,8MO 31 2H.OOO
10 3O.3B0
Total . . .k ,4 '. . , . .91B.04O
Less unsold copies 10,079
Net total sales ooa.ndB
Dally average 20,221
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Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before rue this 31st day of October, 1D04.
(Seal) M. B. HL'NGATE,
. . Notary Public.
Congressman Hitchcock's game bag It
not filled wltb rabbits' feet.
Mr. Bryan will bave s bard time if he
tries to avoid "Ibe enemy's country'' this
year.
Utah will now approach nearer the
center of the stage. The Smoot inquiry
is to be resumed this month.
The blizzard that wcpt the country
November 8 caught the democrats wear
ing summer underwear and minus winter
overwear. .'
Bryan'g post-mortem .oration ( over
Tarker summed, up. ia a jiulnhell Never
mt anything that would hurt the tender
sensibilities of the dead.
The tenement house Are is attempting
fo get into thwar claaa". s a death
dealer,'1 but the 'faliroad' wreck 'remains
tile utichallengM'chaniioo. '
'Fop the Ant time in Nebraska's" : his
' Tory every ;fceat" in the senate will be
-tilled by a ropuKjIicau aid Bryitn only
ten blocks away from the'raplfol."
. Governor Mickey may extend execu
tive clemency next Christmas to well
behaved convict, but he will hardly be
disponed to pardon John N. Baldwin and
bis knifing brigade. - - -
Success brings responsibility. The
republican party cannot attribute any
failure to bring about, needed reforms in
legislation to democratic opposition
either in the state or nation.
A Frenchman i who assaulted the
French minister 'of War has been'er-'
rested for tb nffense. - 'la . It possible
out 'i, I'Mols and cofee for wo is going
Gabion in gay Fnris?
" The r '
Iiuralltyn'y iDa,wn0 evpr scored a larger
dore RooMeJ" Doula county than Theo
'iarrled the (0't was Jamp8 E. Boyd, who
the aotl proli anntJ' bJ" oyer H.0 during
. louion cyclone or iyo.
.rreshlcnt.noV
t'favtlon of kvf Htve't han thB ret 8at"
Icnn people nr4ok0wlnK that more Alwr'
of the 'Wilte " P,ael w'tu hU tenancy
any other proJ? House than with that of
. yfckiideut of the United States.
J'ancIst-oBi:,a.u"o,c'','t,l,U0d a 8al
. lug J)aiT(J tbe risu,t ' tue Lena seek
"bigli iteAT"r '0 tunt lH)rt Tltes in such
' Ar'Py "J" of his entei-tuiument that
xjHlmlnl UoOcHtventtky may be expected
I o change the destinatlou of his fleet.
There will protmbly be an unHllable
vacancy In the" chainuanshlp of the com
mittee on ininoa and mining In the Ne
braska senute, which, Hltu-e the organiza
tion of the state, has belonged by pre
scription to a member of the minority
party, j
' i' . i
lireat Britain now expects rretildent
Rooxevelt to take the lead in bringing
about peace between Japan and Russia.
That unprecedented popular voto must
' have convinced the British that the pres
ent chief executive can get anything be
' goea after. - j
Tom Taggart has returned to New
York for a protracted stay. In the light
of Colonel Watterson's threat to bans
him if he didn't carry InJIuua he proba
bly feeli safer with more remoteness be
tween him and that doughty warrior
than the distance between French Lick
and Louisville.
In the compilation of election returns,
as in all other things, The Bee prides
itself as being the only real uewspaper
in this section of the country. Its local
popocratlc contemporary is merely doing
wild guessing, while the "afternoon
scavenger" Is foraging on the eoewy sod
appropriating wbut it can lay Its hands
on, Its Axed policy belit never to pay
for any news that It van steal.
THE filSRVPTED IiDKjCHACT.
Utterly disrupted and disorganized by
Its overwhelming defeat, what Is to be
the future of the dennx-ratlc party? Will
the o-viItd "conservative" element
continue lit 'control, M' will the radicals,
who to a considerable extent surren
dered their view's in the last national
convention, again assert, themselves and
seek to gain command of the parly? The
Question Is of timely interest. There
will always ! two great parties in this
country. When the whig party went
to pieces It was succeeded by the repub
lican party. That was half a century
ago. Is the now disastrously defeated
democratic party to he succeeded by an
other political organization representing
certain principles of democracy, yet In
the main placing Itself on now lines and
putting itself more in accord with exist
ing conditions?
It would seem that this Is inevitable.
In ils present character the democratic
party will appeal In vain for the support
of a majority of tiie American people.
Its principles do not commend them
selves to popular Intelligence and popu
lar patriotism. They are hostile to the
progressive tendency of the age. They
do not appeal to that American spirit
which looks upward ond onward. Un
til, therefore, the denioiTatlc party shall
put itself in harmony with this spirit,
until it shall cast awny Its policy of ob
struction, until it shall cease to be a
party of negation and reaction, it Is cer
tain to remain hopelessly In the minor
ity. As already Indicated, it may even
lose lis grasp upon the stronghold of
demtx-racy In the south.
Obviously the democratic leaders In
this year's campslgn will exert very lit
tle Influence npon the future of the
party. They have been so decisively
rejected and repudiated that tliey have
virtually no following today. Tarker
and the men who secured him the nomi
nation ore the worst discredited polirt-'
cians the country has ever known. .The
democracy Is absolutely without n
leader. The party stands for no well
definfd principle, unless. It be Its tradi
tional opposition to the protection of our
Industries and Inlmr. as to which It is by
no means as strong now as it was twelve
years ago.
The probability Is that the reorganiza
tion of the democratic party will ' be
effected by the radical element, In which
event it would not be difficult to name
the man most likely to again become the
leader. The conservatives have had
their opportunity and most Ingloriously
failed. Those who supported the plat
forms and the candidates of 1WH5 and
1900, and whose shibboleth is "democ
racy against plutocracy," are now pretty
certain to come to the front and in all
probability assume command 4 of the
partyi . : '
ISSUES THAT REMAtS CySETTLED.
Now that the smoke of battle has
cleared away and the beat of political
excitement is subsiding the taxpayers
and jitiaens of Omaha, generally should
put ou their thinking caps and seriously
contemplate tfee , vital issues by which
they are still confronted. The defeat of
the municipal lighting plant bond propo
sition lias not disposed of that Issue any
more than It does of the problem with
which we shall soon be compelled to
grapple with regard to the acquisition
of the water works plant.
On the contrary, the very fact that the
electric light monopoly can afford to ex
pend more- than f 20,000 In a desperate
effort to defeat municipal ownership of
public lighting must arrest popular at
tention and make vthoughtless people
think for themselves and cheap editors
blush, if people who publish papers for
revenue only can blush over prostituting
themselves to such base ends. This is
not said in a spirit of malice or disap
pointment, but lu sober resentment over
the base betrayal of Omaha's interests
by Omaha men who ought to stand for
Omaha instead of standing for anything
they are paid for, '
In the irrepressible conflict that must
be fought out before it Is settled right
The Bee will stand Just where it has
stood. Not one word, not one syllable
that it Jiaa .uttered lu the last campaign
bas bee n inspired by selfish or mercenary
motives. 'We reiterate that the munici
pal ownership of water works could not
have been delayed or frustrated by the
estab'islitnent of a municipal public
lighting plant. Whether the water works
are acquired this year, next year or in
five years hence can cut no figure what
ever with the question whether Omaha
should continue to pay $00,000 a year for
Ixi dly lighted streets and bave a large
portion of this money jised as a corrup
tion fund' for securing periodic exten
sions of public lighting contracts and for
buying up uewspaper and ward heelers
to defeat proiositlons presented to the
people for doing their own public light
ing at a reduced expeuse.
All the. delusive and deceptive water
works primers published caunot befog
the over shadowing fact that should be
patent to all intelligent men familiar
wltb our condjtlon, namely, that the com
pulsory purchase bill has placed Omaha
at the mercy of the water company by
preventing the negotiation of the pur
chase of the water works on terms favor
able to this city or building a plant of its
own. The mischief of that vicious piece
of legislation cannot, however, be un
done because the city of Omaha, through
its mayor and council, has agreed on the
part of the municipal corporation to avail
itself of the three appraiser clause of the
original contract, thus leaving the city
bound hand and foot. It cannot recede
front its agreement and It cannot erect a
plant of its owu !ecaue it cannot afford
to own two water works plants.
This fact may not yet bave dawned on
the wiseacres of the Commercial club,
who endorsed the bill without under
standing Its effect, and more recently bp
posed municipal ownership of a lighting
plant on the plea that it would block
the purchase of the,water works plant.
In due time, alo, it will begin to dawn
on members of ' the Real. Estate ex
cbange, who allowed tlieuisolves to.be
buncoed iuto epo:lng a proporjtkm to
THE OMAITA
expend ?.VN.(ioo on a lighting plant when
the dty Is paying fsx.00O a year ror
street lighting when it could secure bet
ter service for ff.'Aono a year.
It was unfortunate that these eco
nomic questions were prescuted at a
time When demagogues and mounte
banks were seeking to ride Into office
through appeals to popular prejudice and
Ignorance. That period, however. Is now
happilv passed. From now on municipal
ownership will le discussed on its merits
alone.
MOltK FAVORABLE FIOVRES.
The latest figures In regard to our
trade with Cuba are more favorable,
showing that for the first nine months
cf this year the exports from this coun
try to the Island made a very consider
able Increase over the corresponding
months of hist year. These statistics
nrppor hot to Justify the statements
recently made by the American minister
to Cuba, though It cannot be said that
they meet the expectations at Ihe time
the reciprocity treaty went into effect.
It Is true that we are doing more busi
ness with the island republic than at
that time, but the growth i still far
short of what was anticipated. It Is
suggested that this is in a measure the
fault of our owu people, that the extent
of our benefit from the treaty will de
pend chiefly u the commercial energy
of American merchants. Cuba. It is re
marked, will not throw her orders Into
our waiting hands. The hands must
reach for the orders. Otherwise they
will be the reward of English and Ger
man activity.
It Is Interesting to note that as to
general conditions in Cuba they are rep
resented as very , encouraging. In his
message to congress, the winter session
of which opened a few days ago. Presi
dent Talma noted that half the debt
due the Cubau volunteers, the total
amounting to $28..00.(KW, had been paid.
The revenues of the republic have leen
ample for meeting nil the requirements
of the government and leaving a small
surplus. It therefore appears that finan
cially Cuba is on n sound basis and as
she cannot, under the I'latt amendment-
Incur debt unless the ordinary receipts
are sufficient to pay off the sinning fund
and Interest, the sound financial condi
tion Is quite certain to be maintained.
In short, the yonng republic seems to be
making good progress, a fact that will
be gratifying to all our people.
SEEKING n'AR LOAXS,
Japan is to raise a domestic loan and
will also endeavor to obtain a foreign
loan, though as to the latter the inquiries
of the government In foreign money
markets have not been quite satisfac
tory. It appears that there is no great
desire In either London or New York
for Japanese government securities. The
explanation of this is in the fact that
J a pa ii Is not a rich nation. Although
she baa made great progress industrially
and commercially, the great mass of the
population' still remaiirsjpoor and Is
growing 'more Impoverished under the
heavy . burden of taxation made neces
sary by the preparations for and the
prosecution of the war. Moreover the
collateral which Japan offers is not of a
character to attract capital, at least
while the outcome of the war remains
uncertain. It is an open question, even
though Japan should be victorious over
Russia, whether the Japanese govern
ment would be able to meet its national
obligations. It has been estimated that
the cost of the present war to that coun
try will reach f 1,000,000.000 and for a
eountry of the limited resources of Japan
that necessarily means a tremendous
drain and burden.
Russia is also looking abroud for a
war loan, and while her chances of ob
taining it are better than thoso of Japan
there is no eagerness being shown to
get her seeurltier. While Russia's re
sources are vastly greater than Japan's
her national debt is tenfold greater, and
the fact that the seat of the present
war is near the extreme eastern boun
daries of ber vast dominions has un
doubtedly made that conflict immensely
more costly to her than it has been to
ber adversary. Besides, according to all
accounts the great mass of the Rus
sian people are sunk to almost the last
degree of poverty and the situation Is
such that It Is next to impossible to
wring from them another cent of taxa
tion. It would therefore seem that so
far as ability to stand the exactions of
war is concerned the Russian people are
little better off than the Japanese. Such
being the conditions neither country will
find It an easy matter to obtain money
abroad and without money hostilities
cannot be Indefinitely maintained.
The aggregate vote polled In Douglas
county on president, will approximate
27,000. or fully 3.000 less than the num
ber that should have been cast if all the
men entitled to vote had exercised their
franchise privilege. The reglsterd vote
in Omaha and Kouth Omaha was but a
fractlou less than 28,000 and the vote
In the country precincts, outside of
Omaha, exceeded 3,000.
"The returns received look something
like Mickey," says the World-Herald two
days after. But democrats who have
been betting on Berge on the strength
of World-Herald forecasts and hind
casts are saying something that does
not sound complimentary to political
fakirs.
"It is now evident that the election of
any democrat to congress in this district
was impossible," exclaims Mr. Hitchcock
in his card of thanks. It was evident
from the outset that the election of a
democrat In this district to congress wag
Impossible' wltb The Bee on the other
side.
There will not le quite aa 'much ob
struction In congress next term, for the
reason that there will uot be r. many
ottt-tnu tors, and the few who remain
will have a Utter Idea of public tentj
DAILY BEE: FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 11, 1904.
ment on a number of previously dis
puted subjects.
A Prophecy Fiallel.
Brooklyn Eagle. Nov. T.
The Independent vii. will decide!
It's t ta Te. Colemel.
KansssClty Star.
President Roosevelt and J"de Parker
have both declared that thty will not again
run for the presidency. Has Brother Bryan
ny statement to make of his political In
tentions? Phaatam Fleets Aarala.
Baltimore Amerlcsn.
A m'mber of the army general staff says
that the United States' coaats are at the
mercy of a foreign foe. But thle should
not alarm the natives when we stop to re
member the valiant repulsion Of the famous
phantom fleet which attacked our defence
less coasts In the late Spanish war.
Ileace of the Press Aaeat.
Indlampolls News.
Without finding any trsce of the Cody
bank robbers, the posse that was In pur
suit of them has returned to do Its duty as
American citizens and vote at the election.
Meantime, what haa become of Buffalo
Bill, whose appearance on the scene, we
were so confidently assured by Mr. Cody
himself, would settle the whole matter?
Apathy on the Sarface Oaly.
Chicago Chronicle.'
The sages who were so sure that the
noiseless oamnalgn of the last three months
was due to the fact that the people were
Indifferent In regard to the result of the
election will now have to guess again. Per
haps they might take refuge In some of the
proverbs, such as "Still waters run deep,"
or "A barking dog never bltea." Hereafter
a quiet campaign will excite alarm.'
The Wonder at the West.
Springfield Republican.
John Morley's view of the rise of Japan
may be Inferred, perhaps, from his state
ment In his PlAsburg address: "The up
building of the west Is reckoned by some
the most Important world movement of the
last 100 years, but Is It more Important
than the amasing and imposing, and per
haps disquieting, apparition of Japan?"
Why should Mr. Morley say "disquieting?''
Pattlnsr Ip a Great Fla;ht.
New York Tribune.
General Sloessel, In a proclamation to his
soldiers, calls them , "granite cliffs," and
says that for their enemies they "feel only
pity." and then wires the cxar that Port
Arthur Is to be his tomb. Whether the
general Is correct as to the location of his
tomb it Is yet too early to say, but In any
event Port Arthur will be a monument
to perpetuate the fame of the gallant Rus
sian fighter.
War Resources of Japan.
Cleveland Leader.
A Japanese gentleman of education and
distinction Is authority for the statement
that Japan can call into service at short
notice 1.500,000 men of strong physique, and
this In addition to the large national guard.
The total number of males available, be
tween the ages of 17 and 40, was given In
1898 at 8,034,09. People will not remember
that Japan, Insofar as resources of men
are concerned. Is In much better condition
to stand a long war than was the United
States In 1SC1.
Cnderpald Coaanlar Service.
New York Independent.
It goes without saying that he ought to
be able to return . their hospitality In a
suitable manner, but few American consuls
can do so unless they have a private In
come. "When we., deprive our consuls of
the necessary means to enter the social
circle to which they properly belong, we re
duce them to mere ciphers," said President
Monroe. It 'Is Very true, but there haa
been little ' Improvement In this respect
since Monroe's day, "It Is not sufficient
to have our representative living abroad as
cheaply as he can afford to exist," said
Senator Sumner,, "because his social posi
tion is an Important factor In his power to
be useful." Yet It Is the regrettable fact,
as a consul wrote some time ago, that
"there la hardly a consulate In the world
where the American representative Is not
the most shabbily housed, poorly served
and poorly paid among his consular asso
ciates." MEANING OP THE AVALAKCHB.
Vote of Coaldesce,
Chicago Inter Ocean (rep.).
It Is an overwhelming vote of confidence.
Illastrloaa Personal Trlnuph.
New York Sun Ond. rep.).
One of the most illustrious personal
triumphs In all political history.
A Trlamph of Democracy.
Kansas City Times (Ind. rep.).
The cause of democratic government
triumphed In the success of Mr. Roose
velt. The Meaning- Is Plain.
Kansas City Journal (rep.).
The meaning Is plain. The masses want
prosperity to continue. The "big stick'
has no terrors for a patriotic people.
The People's Cholee.
New York World (dem.
It can be said of the people's choice of
Mr. Roosevelt, as Disraeli said of the
man who married a second time: "It is
a triumph of hope over experience."
Verdict of Approval. , t
New York Tribune (rep.). :ie'
The result of the election Is an over
whelming and Impregnable verdict of ap
proval for republican principles and for
the arts of the Roosevelt administration.
Faithful Service Indorsed.
. Chicago Post (rep ).
It Is an endorsement of faithful service
and a' pledge of hearty support which
should enable him to make the next four
years the most brilliant, the most Im
portant In the nation s history.
A Personal Vletory.
New York Times (ind. deni.).
The result is a victory that is not so
much republican, aa it is personal to Mr.
Roosevelt, a victory more sweeping and
remarkable even . than that of Mr. Mc
Klnley In 1896. and comparable to that or
Grant over Greeley in 1ST2.
Indoraed hy the People.
Memphis Journal (rap.).
President Roosevelt haa received the re
ward to which a faithful public official
Is entitled. A strong, efficient, clean and
aggressive administration has been en
dorsed by the people as no administration
or candidate has been In a generation.
Let Old Glory Wave.
Cleveland Leader (rep.).
Old Glory Itself floats more Joyoualy and
proudly than ever In the breesea of this
morning, and we are right In assuming
that the country haa started on four years
more of splendid advancement, wise
achievement and righteous aggrandisement.
Chicago Tribune.
Both Roosevelt and the west believe Id
national progress, both abroad and at
home. With Parker went down the phil
osophy ef national Impotence both abroad
and at home. The t'nlted States Is set
dow In its course of progress, ' conserva
tive progress, safe progress, but progress.
BITS OF WASHISOTO LIFE.
Minor Scenes ass Incidents Sketched
on the Snot.
Now comes the announcement with other
good news that the pressure of banks on
the Trensury department for one and two
dollar bills has materially relaxed and the
officials of the money foundry are feeling
more comfortable. A few daya ago when
the pressure waa highest Treasurer Rob
erts explained, without the shadow of a
smile, that the unusual demand was due
to the exhaustion of the sliver bullion.
"Aa Is generally known." says a corre
spondent of the Brooklyn Esglc. "silver
certificates of small denominations are is
sued against coining silver dollars. th lat
ter being stored away In the treasury
vaults as guarantee for the paper money.
When congress stopped the purchase of
sliver bullion for this purpose, there re
mained In the possession of the govern
ment a tremendous amount Vf the un
coined metal. This haa been gradually
used from month to month since, but
practically the last bit of It was coined in
February of this year when the mints
turned out M.Col standard silver dollars.
That was the last time any addition was
made to .the volume of circulating cur
rency and the most popular form of money
the one and two-dollar bills.
"The dally treasury statement has given
a graphic -account of the rapid eating up
of the reserve stock of silver dollars
against which Treasurer Roberts could
draw for new circulation. In July of this
year the Treasury had more than lS.OCO.ooo
silver dollars and there was then no diffi
culty In honoring the demands of banks for
small notes. But with tbe movement of
crops In August this sum began to shrink.
It fell off In chunks and now Is consider
ably less than 1.000.000. In fact, to be
exact, the government today has only 8SJ.
i98 free sliver dollars, and consequently It
Is limited to Incerasing the circulation of
small notes to that figure."
The days of the crisp bank note are num
bered. Instead of being crisp the money
which the government bureau of engraving
and printing will hereafter turn out will be
soft and velvety If Important experiments
which are now being conducted in the prea
ence of treasury' officers for the purpose of
demonstrating the advantage of a novel
chemical treatment for paper prove satis
factory. The result of the adoption of the new
secret process will be to revolutionise a
portion of the work connected with the
printing of paper, money of the United
States.
Under the new process It will take just
sixty days' less time to manufacture a
bank note than under the present method.
The chemical solution not only renders
the paper soft and velvety, but It also
makes it nonshrlnkable.
By applying It to a Japanese napkin that
article becomes as soft and pliable as a
tissue of silk. The chemical preparation
acts as an antiseptic and preservative.
When applied to old documents it seems
to knit the fiber together and prevent fur
ther decay.
Under the present process of printing
paper money the paper has to be thor
oughly soaked In water. While It Is in
this soaked condition one side of the paper
Is printed. The sheet is then placed In a
steam room and kept undec a high temper
ature for thirty days, the time necessary
for Ink to dry. The sheet is again soaked
as In the first Instance and the reverse
Side of the bill printed. The thirty-day
drying process then has to be repeated.
In cases where s third Impression on the
bill Is necessary, which Is required when
the printing is done In two colors, the
wetting and drying process has to be re
peated for a third time and another month
Is thus consumed In Its production. Be
sides the delay of this process the wetting
and drying rot the fiber of the paper, and
although It is "starched" to give It the
crisp appearance the starch soon wears out
and the bill becomes limp and worn.
. In pointing bills on paper that has been
treated by the new process no wetting Is
necessary. The Ink loses none of Its lus
ter when applied to the paper as under the
old process and Is thoroughly dry within
fortr-ehjnt hours after the printing is
done.
The prophecy made by a Philadelphia
fortune teller caused Mrs. Mary Scott
Townsend to build a palace around and
over one of the finest old mansions In the
national capital.
Mrs. Townsend Is the daughter of the
late Colonel Thomas Scott of the Penn
sylvania railroad, and when she married
R. H. Townsend and decided to make
Washington her home she had consider
able difficulty In determining how she was
to get a home which would meet her Ideas.
There waa one thing she felt she must
guard against living In a house which had
never been occupied.
Years before she was married she had
been told by a fortune teller that If . she
should dwell in a house as the first tenant
or owner misfortunes oC many kinds would
befall her and that she could expect to live
but a few months after taking up her resi
dence In a new house. This same witch
had given "readings" with such accuracy
and they had been realized with such cor
rectness that Mrs. Townsend felt that she
could not fight against the old woman's
prognostications.
The result was that Mrs. Townsend set
her foot down on any and every wish
for a new home, and after weeks of care
ful and patient house hunting and without
finding a dwelling which would measure
up to her Ideas xas to what her home
should be, she hit upon the Idea of avert
ing the hoodoo by having a house built
over an around an old mansion. This
she believed would make the home taoodoo
proof. This was the only way she could
solve the problem and at the same time
keep Inviolate the promise she had given
the witch that ahe would not attempt to
live in a new house.
Mrs. Townsend selected an old mansion
at the corner of Massachusetts and Flor
ida avenues, for many years the Hillyer
homestead. The property wss bought and
her architects were Instructed to make
plana for a palace so aa to take In without
material Intereference the main portion of
the old mansion, which used to be one of
the finest In Washington. She aseUned the
architects In making plana for her private
apartments. 8 tress was laid on the fact
that the main portion of the old building
must not be changed by the removal of
Joists, rjeams, floors, celling and general
framework. The architects carried out in-
"Hep Help! 1
am falling!" cried
the hair
And a kind neighbor came
to the rescue with a bottle
of Ayer's Hair Vigor. The
hair was saved I In Grati
tude, it grew long and heavy,
and with all the deeD. rich
color of early life. Sold in
all parts of the world for
sixty years. tSJXL:
fstructlons. and Mrs. Town(end felt that nhe
had seen l.r pu:-poM accomplished evad
ing the misfortunes pri gnostlcate d by the
"witch."
"This is what we rail the oven purled,"
remarked an ohVer In the redemption di
vision of the Treasury department to a
Washington correspondent. "About th1a
period of the year foolish housewives all
over the country Mart fires in stoves, la
trobea and ranges, forgetting that weeks
ago they used the ovens of thos contriv
ances as hiding places for money. They
discover their mistake when too la c to
save the bills, gather up the remains and
send them to us for redemption.
"Within the last two weeks we have had
a dosen cases of burned money rescued
from ovens. This Is slwaya our experience
at the beginning of cold weather, tt Is
really astonishing how many people, chiefly
women, will hide money away In stove.
Then the most surprising thing Is that they
will forget they put It there and go shead
and start a fire. Here Is a case tht came
In this morning. The owner states that this
pile of blackened powder repreeente VJ1, of
which 1200 consists of ISO bills. The novice
looking at the ruins would say It u hope
less to attempt to Identify money In the
mass. But our esperts nave aiscoverea
traces of four 150 notes, so that the owner
Is sure of getting tXO at least. It Is a curi
ous thing about burned money that the
parts which remain sound longer! are the
corners where the numeral occur. The
flne scroll work on that part of the note
reslsta the flames longer than any other
portion, and is responsible for must of the
Identifications.
"Yes. we are still getting returns from
the Baltimore fire. Last week we had one
of the largest ces of destroyed money
from that conflagration, identifying I3.0J0
in national bank notes."
ECHOES OF THE FRAY.
" E-Soap-us." It was; 'E-soup-us, It is
Possibly the rank and file resented the
charge of "safe and sane."
There will be two fuH Moons and one
Byrd In the next congrers,
Kditor Pulltxer struck out for dear old
London before the crash came.
It Is fairly well settled that a mud road
does not lead to the White House.
Some days must pass before Tom Tag
gart fully recovers from his French Lick.
Iet's not forget Henry Gassaway Davis.
He did the best he could, for one of his
years.
The election of a democratic governor
in Massachusetts is a tribute to Judicious
newspuper advertising.
Mr. Cleveland's home town and home
precinct went as Parker's did for Roose
velt. Everywhere the tail went with the
hide.
Judge Parker goes back to the farm.
When a man is rudely jolted by his coun
trymen, getting close to nature is balm for
the wounds.
The wall of discontent wssn't very loud
In Chicago, but the socialistic democrats
piled up 41,000 votes for Debs, against 8.500
polled four years ago.
Eight Smiths out of a bunch of eighteen
managed to land the congressiontl prises
In various states. Two Jones appear on
the list of winners, but the Brown family
failed to score.
Poor Tom Taggart! There remains not
one mourner to pay him the tribute of a
tear. One of his associates pronounces him
a greater failure than his predecessor.
James K. Jones. Heretofore, Jones held
the highest rank in his class. -
Confidence in "hlgti living and right
thinking" Journalism received the rudest
Jar of all In the case of the Brooklyn
h Eagle. The Eagle scorned political
propnecv prererrtng safe and sane math
ematical calculations. By this process of
lofty mental reasoning the Eagle staked
Its pinions on 187.000 plurality for Parker
In Greater New Tork. The Subject is too
melancholy to pursue it further.
I
PKRSOW.4.L XOTtCS.
A Chicago clergyman has just declared
that women are not angels.
Lord Milner announces that he will re
main at Johannesburg until the finishing
touches have been put to his native and
intercolonial policy.
Jesse J. Flnley, one of the few surviving
brigadier generals of the confederate army,
died In Lake City. Fla.. on Sundav. H
was 92 years of age.
Captain Joshua Slocum sailed Into Bos
ton harbor with his little yawl aloop Spray
after a voyage of over nine years. The
Spray registers nine tons net.
More than 600 students worked their way
through Columbia university last year,
earning In various waya $74,021.17, accord
ing to a report of the secretary of the
committee on employment tot student a
Booker Washington. Jr., the eldest son.
of Booker T. Washington, haa filed an ap
plication for appointment, as paymaster In
the army. The applicant Is now a student
at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology. Among the local political campaigns In
Missouri none waa more lively than that
between 'Edward Glbbany arid Edward
Ernst for proeecutlna- attornev in -!,..
county. Glbbany waa electioneering In the
i-uuuirjr uno aay, wnen ne stopped at a
farm house where a woman waa m.iiiin. .
cow. Thinking about votes, he galUntly
onerea 10 nrusn tne milking. As he ml.ked
he told the woroajt he waa running for
prosecuting attorney against Mr. Ernst.
"Yes. I know the fellow," aald she. "He's
'round behind the barn now holding the
calf."
1 1 CEO. F. GILMOeC. . Presides!.
1 1 CHAS C. GEORGE. 1st Vke Prcsi.
it j. A. SINCERE AND. lad V.cc-Prctt.
t JOHN f. FLACK, Gca'l Maisfr.
CREAM
Improves the flavoi
and adds to the health
fulness of the food
I.AIKHI GAS.
"Really, dear," sail the beautiful rtnu.l
who was Pan's favorite wife, -i must have
a new bonnet."
"What.? More expense:" exclaimed Pm
"You muot think I m a regular dim-Fan.
Philadelphia Ledger.
"When I was young like vou 1 ali
went to bed at o'clock.'' ald the fsthfr
"l guess.'" answered the .n, " that you
were pretty glad when yon ct old enounsh
not to have to." Washington Star.
"Now," said the visitor, "will you show
me vour racing stables nA your prl
heifers?"
"I haven't any of either." rrplled th
prominent politician.
"is It possible," replied the oiher. "thnt
you are running this farm to make monev
out of It!" Chicago Tribune.
Bsrnes They tell me Howe i going to
marry?
Shedd Yes. It wss a esse cf love at
first sight on his side. He Is s dentlnt.
you know, and hsd her for a patient. Nat
urally he discovered she was tonmif-tlerl.
and ne proposed before she got out of the
chair. Boston Transcript.
Pe Style What did your rich unrle
leave you when he died?
Gunbusta Not hing.
Do Style Didn't he say anything to ym
before he passed away?
Gunbusta Ye: he said nothing was too
good for me. Criterion.
Her I wish you wouldn't alwavs lie
rubbering at me whenever you see me on
the street.
Him I rubber at you. do I? Well, I
thought I heard you say oree that you
liked to see a young man have some snip
about Mm. Chicago Tribune.
THB LAST LEAF.
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
I saw him once before,
As he pasa'd by the door.
And again
' The pavement stones resound,
As he totter o'er the ground
With his cane.
They say that In his prime.
Ere the pruning knife of Tims
Cut him down.
Not a better man was found
By the crier on his round
Through the town.
But now he walks the streets.
And he looks at all he meets
Sad and wan.
And he shakes his feeble head.
That It seems as If he said;
"They are gone."
The mossy marbles rest
On the lips that he haa prest .
in their bloom.
And the names he loved to hear
Have been carved for many a year
y On the tomb.
- My grandmamma has said '
Poor old lady, she is dead
Long ago,
Tht he had a Roman nose.
Antl his cheek was like a roes
- . In the snow.
But now his nose Is thin.
And It rests upon his chin
Like a staff.
And a crook Is In his back.
And a melancholy crack
In his laugh.
I know it la a sin
For me to sit and grin
At him here:
But the old three-comer'd tat.
And the breeches, and all that.
Are so Queer'.
And if I should live to be
The last leaf upon the tree
In the spring
Let them smile as I do noWL
At the old forsaken bough
Where I cling-.
TStAOC
MASK
The Home of Art
m table glassware is up among the
Pennsylvania hills. For upwards
of bhy yean, C Dorninger and
Sons have developed the craft.
till now their trade-mark is the
stamp of !up"ioriry , looked for
by every intelligent buyer.
Ask your dealer for
Dorflinger glassware.
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reserve or coutlngeut fund an anchor to windward.
The "Conservative" is earryluj? 3 per cent of its
t.ital liability in a reserve, iuterest-earnllng and
trowing annually.
The Individual us well as the corporation should
carry an emergency fund. How Is it with you
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cates, a safe Investment for your surplus and better
Interest than Is umially obtainable. Troflt sliaiiiig
is a success here the reoonla prove that.
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