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Notary Public.
Tho demand for women's suffrage In
rinlniitl will hardly lie popular in St.
l'ctcrsburg.
At all events, tlie Board of Ilcvlew
will be spared this year another bout
with the duke of Joslyn manor.
The promise is hold forth that Thanks
giving turkey will be within reach of
every housewife's allowance. Another
cause to bo thankful.
. In giving three out of bis six appoint
ments to South Omaha, County Attorney
Klabaugh Is heaping the measure of the
Magic City to overflowing.
Colorado's election contest promises
more In tho way of war than the North
aeu incident, but a court of inquiry Is
impossible under the circumstances.
Mr. Mosely, the statistician of the
Chamberlain tariff commission, has pre
pared a report on American tariffs which
looks like a republican campaign docu
ment . - .....
It begins to look as if a few members
of the Irish parliamentary party think
more of the organization than the object
It necks to accomplish and are afraid
Lord Dunraven will steal their thunder.
A new parcels-post treaty between
Belgium and the United States has been
signed. Koine day Americans may be
granted privileges in domestic post
packages now restricted to lnternatioual
business.
The Missouri buildlug at the World's
fair has been destroyed by lire. Thus
does fate protest against running an
exposition in opposition to the coal mag
nates, who are supposed to have a lien
on all American coin during the winter
months.
From tho statements of election ex
penses being filed with the county clerk
by successful and unsuccesssful candi
dates on the local tickets, It seems that
It costs more in Omaha and Douglas
couuty to be beat than to be elected.
This 1b certainly a political paradox.
After the lapse of years descendant
of tho men who issued the zemstvo
statement at St. Petersburg may look
upon them as Americans honor the sign
ers of the Declaration of Independence
for at tho present time their heads are
no safer than were tho American revo
lutionists. When tho JtenUKstutu exchange eels
down to discussing tho ethics of tho pro
fession in'i-haps It will tell us whether
It Is strictly according to code to disfig
ure all our main thoroughfares with un
sightly billboards Just to get a few cents
rent out of vacant lots which the owners
refuse to Improve.'
Kxpcnsc of local government can bo
materially reduced by Judicious legisla
tion consolidating county Ond city of
lices that now duplicate cacB other's
work. To secure such legislation, how
ever, will require a distinct crystalliza
tion of public sentiment lu its favor. It
is none too early to begin tho formula
tion and dlM'iisMon of plans.
In the tabulated election returns for
Omaha the candidate for constable, who
bad a republican nomination and ran
unopposed, pol'.nl !0,tS.S votes. On a
rough estimate, this figure would repre
sent tho nuiulter of voters who put a
cross -mark in tho republican circle at
tha top, although a lot of them scratched
republlcaui'tinilidatcs In between .
Our statesman of two states and one
railroad, Johu X. Kaldwiu, haa been
orating at Kansas City to the toast
"National Ambitions." Not having bceu
furnished with an advance ropy, we are
una I ile to say whether those ambitions
contemplate the establishment of a
world power or merely the undlsturliod
possession of the coining Nebraska leg-'Uturv
A 8 TO TllK TRVST mtirr.
According to Washington advices the
policy of the administration r'pe1lng
the so-called tru.'ta will be very ex
plicitly stated in the president' annual
niessiiKC. It Is said that Mr. Konwevelt
feels that a plain deBnitlon of his atti
tude toward the great combination Is
due ih whole eonntry and that his
message Is the proper medium for Its
communication. It is not prolmble that
he will ask for any additional legisla
tion relating to them from the present
congress, but will serve notice upon the
combinations 1 lint attempts to evade the
law as It now exists will lx vigorously
prosecuted and If nel lie recommenda
tion will 1h mad in the future for
more drastic legislation than has al
ready been enacted.
The statement is made that the cabi
net Is In full accord wlih the president's
view as to the desirability of a trust
declaration nt this time. Ile does not
want any doubt to find place In the pub
lic mind as to his determination, to en
force the laws, and at th same time he
is desirous that the corporations should
know that any violations of law by
them will lie summarily dealt with.
This, It Is snld, is nil apart from the
steps that may be taken by the Depart
ment of Justice to Institute proceed
ings against the Hoof trust, the Coal
trust and other combinations against
which evidence has been obtained. In
regard to the lleef trust, which has
been under Investigation by the bureau
of corporation in compliance with n
resolution of the house of representa
tives, it is understood the report of the
bureau will have !eon. completed before
tho president finishes his message ami
probably It will be discussed Vy him in
connection with what he will say re
specting his policy toward the trusts.
There Is no doubt nt present in the
public mind regarding the intention of
the administration to enforce the laws
against any corporation thnt shall lie
found to be violating them. It Is not
expected by those who are able to take
a sane view of conditions that any rash
or extreme measures will be adopted.
It Is safe to say that It Is not the pur
pose to enter upon a sweeping warfare
against corporations, the effect of which
would lie to seriously disturb the busi
ness of the country. Hut It can confi
dently be predicted that any corpora
tion shown to be violating the laws will
be made to feel the strong hand of the
government. There Is reason to believe
that the corporations amenable to the
federal statutes fully understand this.
TO PLACATE PANAMA.
Secretary Taft Is on the way to
Panama, under instructions of the presi
dent, for the purpose of adjusting the
differences that have arisen between this
country and tho new republic growing
out of varying interpretations of the
treaty providing for the construction of
the isthmian canal. It is expected that
Secretary Taft will have no great dllli
culty In reaching a satisfactory under
standing with the Panama government,
but there appears to be a turbulent ele
ment in that country which is disposed
to make trouble for the government and
it may not be altogether any easy matter
to placate this element. Small as the
population is there are people In Panama
who already talk of revolution and
it Is by no means improbable that sooner
or later these people will stir up strife
that may necessitate American Interfer
ence. Such n thing would, of course, be
regrettable, but this country Is In a way
responsible for the maintenance of the
infant republic and in the event of an
outbreak there which threatened the
overthrow of the government would un
doubtedly Interfere. It is manifestly
necessary to our Interests, as well as to
the welfare of Panama, that there shall
be peace on the Isthmus.
Secretary Taft Is thoroughly well
qualified for the performance of the
duty assigned him and a favorable out
come to his mission may be confidently
expected. '
TIVO LNQL1SH VIEWS.
One of England's most distinguished
men, Mr. John M or ley, was a guest at
the annual dinner of the New York
Chamber of Commerce last week and
made an address, lie is a free trader
and one of the staunchest opponents of
the Chamberlain proposition for reform
ing the British liscul policy. In tho
course of his remarks he referred to the
tariff policy of this country and ex
pressed the opinion that with the un
bounded strength of our material re
sources we should "have biH'U just as
mighty, just as prosperous. Just ns
strong." had we never adopted a tariff
except for revenue.
There was printed in our Sunday edi
tion a London dispatch giving the view
of another prominent Englishman, Mr.
A. Mosely, In regard to the American
tariff policy, given at the request and
for the use of the British tariff commis
sion. Mr. Mosely visited the United
States some time since, bringing with
him a number of experts In various
Industries, in order to make a thorough
study of our industrial system and
methods. Of course the tariff policy
received careful attention, from the
point of view of a practical utan, who
looked at facts and results. He reached
the Inevitable conclusion that the effect
of protective tariffs had been tu build
up the United States to her present state
of prosperity, while low tariffs for reve
nue only, have been accompanied by
disaster and ruin. lie says in his state
ment to the commkislon that "the fact
that this has occurred not once but many
times remove it from the possibility of
being merely coincidences or attribu
table to other causes than the operation
of the varying tariffs from time to time
in force."
The history of the American tariff
policy fully supports the view of Mr.
Mosely and Is against the assumption of
Mr. Morley that without that policy this
country would lie as mighty and strong
and prosperous a It Is. Before there
was an adequate application of the pro
tective principle our Industrial growth
w very slow. It was retarded by the
strong couiH'tition of European manu
facturers, tabor her then was about
In the condition that it Is at present In
England, where tens of thousands of
workmen are out of employment and
there I wide prevalence of distress and
destitution. Our rs-ople understand
what the Morley view, if adopted here,
would result in. Tliey an' also very
generally familiar with what has been
accomplished under the protective policy
and have very recently shown In a most
decisive way that they deslr" Its con
tinuance. It Is for this In part thnt
they gave an overwhelming verdict In
favor of the party of protection.
SOT A VSHKASOXAULB HKQVKST.
The elevator company, which has lien
organized by local capitalists, to erect
nrehouses for the storage of grain In
coiijunctlcp with the Omaha Grain ex
change, and with the co-operation of
the Chicago Oreat Western, Is a'sking
the city to vacate a short and unused
street that cuts through the property
on whit h It is planning to build. Against
this petition objections have been en
tered, principally by the, other railroads
whifh linve liecn beneficiaries of the
city in the vacation of countless other
streets, their evident purpose lieing to
obstruct the development of the grain
business In Omaha, which might inter
cept and divert grain traffic on their
lines.
It seems to us that the request of the
new elevator company Is not an un
reasonable one and should be granted
subjct to certain safeguards to protect
public rights. The ground upon which
the objections nre made Is that the
eloping of the street will Interfere with
the plan of railroad crossings stipulated
In the m ttlement of the city a few years
ago with the Union Pacific, a subway
crossing belngconteinplated at this point,
work upon which has, In fact, been
begun. If the city, however, should
lie willling to release the Union Pacific
of Its obligations to construct a sub
way here, it is difficult ".to see why the
latter should object to having this bur
den lifted from It.
We are sure thnt the people of Omaha
who have been more than liberal In the
past to all such enterprises, wish to
encourage the present undertaking, and
that If they can Insure the first Im
portant steps In the creation of a great
grain market in Omaha by the closing
of nn unimportant street they will
gladly do so. The one thing that
should be Insisted upon Is that some
tangible nsssurance bo given that If the
street is closed, the elevator will be
erected with a minimum capacity within
a stipulated time period.
Omaha wants the grain elevator a
good deal more than It wants a subway
railway crossslng In an out-of-the-way
place.
The reported announcement by Secre
tary of the Interior Hitchcock that he
will not receive or listen to Father
Schell if he appears in Washington
again in behalf of the outraged Indians
on the Omaha and Winnebago reserva
tions, Indicates that that official has be
come so nettled over the repeated
charges of malfeasance and crookedness
of his subordinates that he is forgetting
that he occupies a public position. A
cat may look at a king and the poorest
petitioner for repress of grievances
should have the right to be heard in
this American republic, where every
citizen is supposed to be endowed with
the same rights as the next. Secretary
Hitchcock could much better go on the
theory that where there is smoke there
is also lire. The mere shutting of his
eyes against bad conditions that ore
notorious will not remedy them, but will
only cause them to grow worse.
It wil' be up to the coming legislature
to formulate the precise amendments
needed to the Nebraska constitution and
to submit them to the people for ratifica
tion or rejection. It is plain that there
Is no demand for a convention to revise
tho constitution, but the sentiment fa
vorable to amendment in parts that have
baeii outgrown is widespread and will
assert itself at the very first op
portunity. Liquor dealers iu tills city and county
know from their own past experience
that they have never failed to get their
license on account of publication when
the notices have lieen advertised in The
Bee. And If they want to conform to
the requirements of the law they will
this year, as usual, advertise in The
Bee.
That Tired Feeling In the Sooth.
New York Tribune.
Perhaps the moat hopeful algn In years
for the democracy la rhe fact that the re
cent election has made the "solid south"
tired of acting as the tall of tho northern
democratic kite.
Parity In tampalsn Finance.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The republican national committee Is re
ported to have JleO.OuO of unexpended cam
paign funds. That's all well enough, but
how can It ever forgive Itself In view of
the result If it apent even a dollar?
Boatun Solve a Problem.
Boston Herald.
The hen patiently "Bets" only through
the overpowering pressure of a myaterloua
creative Impulse that masters her restless
ImpulHea to be outside scratching and
cackling instead of working for posterity.
Perils of Utah Uvla,
Baltimore American.
That buckwheat breakfast of Senator
Piatt to celebrate the republican victory
was a severe test. A party might sweep
the country and not lose its head, and yet
go down ignominlously before a combina
tion of pie, pickles and politics.
Norel Sights for Washington Visitors.
Chicago News.
At the next session of congress the cap)
tol guides ran furnish sightseers with a
novel and exciting experience by taking
them to the vlsltora' gallery In the houae
and pointing out the democratic congress
men who escaped the slaughter.
A Rnsalnn Mystery.
Philadelphia Press.
The luy reader of the St. Petersburg dis
patches la not quite certain whether "sem
atvoa" Is a new drink, a Russian general or
a nihilist plot. Coma to consider, though.
It cannot be either tha first or the last, for
th newspapers art not allowed near It,
POLITICAL LANDMARKS V A S 1 9 II.'
A Few Rotables In Cnnarreaa Marked
for Retirement.
There are ftwer notables among the
fallen members of congress than antlel
pated, considering the wide extent of the
earthouake. However, a number of good
I men huvc lieen retired, and aeveral unique
characters projected Into the limelight.
The house will lose a tragedian and gain
a comedian in the defeat of E. J. Llver
naah. in the Fourth California district, and
the election, as his successor, of Julius
Kahn.
Clarence Dunn Van Puien. the pic
turesque character from Tonapah, Nev.,
will go "bark to the mines'' of his native
state after one brief term In Washington,
having been beaten by a republican named
Ycrlngton, from Caraon City.
Another breezy Individual, Jim Robinson
of Indiana, will be missing after March 4.
Ituhlnsun was chiefly noted for his enor
mously large and Intensely fierce Muck
mustache.
M. J. Wade, the sole democratic repre
sentative from Iowa, went down to defeat
tiefore A. F. Dawson, a young man who
Uarncd politics while serving as private
secretary to Senator Allison.
J. F. Shafroth, democrat, from Colorado,
who made a sensation In the house a year
ago by voluntarily giving up his seat upon
hearing that he had been elected by fraudu
lent votes, received tho reward of virtue
by being returned to tho house.
There will come Into congress next March
a young man from the south who will
be watched with a good deal of curious
Interest. Ile Is J. T. Heflln of the Fifth
Alabama district. Heflln created a sensa
tion by declaring a few wecka ago that
dynamite dropped under the president's
tablo while the latter was at dinner might
be a good thing. Lter lie said he was
only joking when he uttered this senti
ment. llellln ran In the district where Booker
T. Washington lives, and the negro ques
tion was the vital Issue. ,
The election of a republican legislature
In Missouri will bring to a "close the lout;
career In tho senate of Francis Marlon
Cockrell. This will be a sad blow to the
latter, who hoped to graduate from tli6
senate Into the White House. In point of
service In the senate he is second only to
Allison of Iowa, having served In that
body continuously since March 4, 1875.
J. Warren Kelfer, speaker of the house
of representatives some twenty-odd years
ago, and who has been In political retire
ment ever since, will come back to the
house from the Seventh Ohio district. He
Is bound to attract attention when he ap
pears before tho speaker's deFk to take the
oath of office. Unless he abandons the
custom of a lifetime he will appear there
In a swallowtail coat, as that Is the style
of garment he has always worn In public.
General Kelfer, for he was a general in
two wars, und a most gallant and efficient
commander, was defeated for congress by
newspaper men. While speaker of the
house he took the control of the press gal
lery away from the standing committee
of correspondence, and on Important and
Interesting occasions would fill It with his
particular friends, excluding the news
paper men completely from watching the
proceedings of the house. The press com
mittee, of which General Henry V. Boynton
was chairman, took the matter In Its own
hands, locked the press gallery doors and
excluded those holding cards from the
speaker. This brought on a clash, of course,
and In the next congress Kelfer was rash
enough to charge on the floor of the house
that General Boynton was engaged In
lobbying for a certain claim, and had at
tempted to bribe him. '
General Boynton did not rest a moment
under such an accusation, but secured a
resolution of Inquiry, which was adopted
over the protest of Kelfer. A committee
was appointed and Kalfer Invited to sus
tain his charges, which, he was unable to.
do. General Boynton was completely ex
onerated, and for having made unfounded
and unsupported charges the newspapers
turned on General Kelfer and kept him out
of public life for twenty years.
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SPEAKERSHIP CANDIDATES.
Norfolk News: One of the first duties of
the legislature will be. the selection of a
speaker, and north Nebraska has the very
man to fltt into the place with credit to
himself, his constituents and the state at
large. He Is. Judge N. D. Jackson of
Nellgh, chosen by the people of Antelope
county during the late republican landslide
to represent them In tho legislature at
Lincoln.
Bloomlngton Advocate: It Is reported
that C. W. Kaley of Red Cloud, who was
elected to the legislature, will be a candi
date for speaker. Mr. Knley has a host of
friends over the state and If he decides to
enter the race will make a lively one.
Here's hoping that the speakership may
come west this year.
Pawnee Pre3s: All Pawnee county and
the territory surrounding should support
Dr. Wilson of Table Rock for speaker of
the house of representatives. Stand up for
Pawnee.
Syracuse Journal: re B. Windham's
namo is favorably mentioned for speaker
of the house of representatives. The gentle
man Is a fine parliamentarian, a veteran
law-maker possessing a dear head, an
even temperament and is an eloquent
speaker. Cass county will be solid for
Windham .and we hope to see the Otoe
delegation In his election.
Hot as Bad ns Painted.
New York Sun.
The family, the state, religion and moral
ity are all In danger In this country on ac
count of divorces, according to the speak
ers at an Episcopal meeting In New Yoi-k
Sunday. But. really, are things In so bad
a way? These speakers contrasted this
country unfavorably with JCngland so far
as concerns respect for marriage; yet so
"horrible" were the revelations of angry
discontent with the married state made by
hundreds of the correspondents of a Lon
don paper that It was compelled recently to
bring a discussion of the marriage ques
tion to an abrupt end. Because of these
disclosures Mr. George Meredith seriously
recommended the device of "limited mar
riages." Am a matter of fact, in spite of
our divorce laws and our divorces, Amer
ican society is unquestionably one of the
most moral In civilization and nowhere else
Is matrimony raised to a higher moral and
romantic elevatlcn.
Monopollilna- Divine Favor.
Kansas City Star.
After felicitating the czar with "re
verberating hurrahs," General Stoessel
wires from Port Arthur that "God is with
us." There has been a prevalent Impres
sion that the divine favor has not been
very clearly manifested on behalf of the
Russians. It has been shown a good d al
aa the affection of New York state for
Parker was manifested In the recent elec
tion. But, General Stoessel may have
some Inside Information as to what the
divine purpose in relation to the war really
Is. Such faith us his would be quite un
disturbed by such a trivial Incident, fur
instance, aa the capture of Port Arthur.
Small Campaign Funds.
New York Sun.
The correspondent who writes on money
and elections has seen In some newspaper
a calculation that the campaign funds of
the political parties aggregated $21.000,un0.
A tenth of that sum would be nearer the
mark. For a dozen years there has been
no presidential election In which the cam
paign funds collected by the nulionul cotn
ndtteea have bven so small as la the lut
Canvas.
A LAW-A mm U PF.ori.F..
Narked haaatea for the Better In the
4 ondact nf the F.leetornte.
Baltimore American.
One of the most gratlfvlng features of
Uia election was the general absence of
disorder and scenees of violence. From
one end of this great country to the other
wnn the rare.t exceptions, order was a
marked feuure of election day. In the
great cities this was siieeially observable.
Mure than 15.0no.PCt f people voted, but
their ballots fell almost ns noiselessly as
snowflakes. Those who are accustomed to
pine for the old times ought to take note,
Modern elections are a great Improvement
on tnose of long auo. When Thomas Jef
ferson ran for the presidency there were
probably more broken heads than there
were on Tuesday with a population of
Srt.orin.noo. Within the memory of men who
have scarcely reached middle nge, bloody
election riots were quite common In this
country.
Election day In the lare cities and In
many of the smaller ones was more like
Sunday than a week day. This was not
due to the fact that the toughs are all
dead. There are probably as many pro
portionately as there ever were, but the
methods have changed. There are not the
same Incentives to ruffianism. The sa
loons are hermetically sealed on election
day, and no wiser precaution can be Im
agined. In some places It Is against the
law to give away liquor on election day,
and men have been heavily fined for treat
ing their friends. Nothing has so largely
contributed to the preservation of order.
Modern laws prescribing the methods of
balloting and creating an official ballot
have immensely curtailed ruffianism. There
Is cheating and trickery. To believe other
wise would bo to Imagine a political mll
lenlum, but the oportunlties for that sort
of business have been greatly reduced, and
whatever political rascality there Is, Is
practiced so as pot to openly offend the
decent sentiment of the community.
Buying vo es Is a charge usually rmde
by both sides In an election, which has
given rise to an Impression In some quar-
ters that an .election can be purchased.
Possibly there have been Instances, where
the vote was very clos?. In which an elec
tion has been bought, but such ca-e are
exceedingly rare. Poor men are quite KJi
hone-t as rich men and as unlikely to dis
honor themselves. The money raisel dur
ing a campaign Is not usually expended to
buy votes, but to convince voters, and In
such a great country as ours, with such a
varied a?srrtment of races, a large amount
of money Is required In the campaign. Th9
amount needed waa not as large as In some
previous campaigns because popular senti
ment was apparent from the beginning.
It was only necessary to systematize It,
which was done with masterly skill by Mr.
Cortelyou. The rills and torrents were set
In motion, the flood gates lifted and the
avalanche was precipitated.
IS ATI AHLK PATRIOTS.
Cnltan Warriors of the Wnr Illttlns;
the Treasury Hard.
The Cuban congress, which has reas
sembled after a recess of a few weeks, has
had presented for Its consideration several
problems which will put the ability of
the lawmakers to a somewhat severe test.
Perhaps the most pressing question Is how
to meet the claims of veterans of the so
called army of liberation, which proved of
no assistance to the American soldiers
who did the liberating, but whose mem
bers began to clamor for compensation
before the new government was fairly es
tablish!, d. They were a Falstafflan force
In view of American officers, but no sooner
was the war over and the cash reward of
patriotism in sight than they multiplied
themselves and exaggerated their services
in a fashion disconcerting to those who
were In a position to know their actual
value on the tented field.
The claims for money mads by these
patriots and already approved aggregate
157,000,000, with 1,220 unadjudicatcd cases
still to be heard from. About half the
sum required will be taken from the $35,
000,000 loan recently negotiated, and Presi
dent Palma is now asking congress to be
good enough to tell him where the bal
ance Is to come from. The claimants will
not brook what they consider undue de
lay, and since neither the president nor
any of the political parties apparently
has the courage to refuse their exorbitant
demands the money must somehow be
found. It Is to be feared that In spite of
President Pnlma's warning congress will
authorize another loan.
About this, however, the United States
will have something to say. The Piatt
amendment provides that this country shall
assume a kind of In loco parentis attitude
toward Cuba and shall keep her from get
ting hi ad over heels In debt. Cuba can
not borrow unless It shall be made clear
in Washington that she Is able topay.
This may prove her salvation, though If
the money for these Insatiable patriots Is
not forthcoming they may be In a position
to make trouble for Palma und his gov
ernment. PERSONAL AXD OTHERWISE.
The "duty of the hour" Is to get up and
hustle. Piush don't knock.
The late Colonel Anthony of Leavenworth
managed to give a few thoughts to No. 1
between scraps and accumulated an es
tate vulued at tmi.OOO.
The prince of the reigning house of
Japan is a shade off color, yet his appear
ance at the White House has not given a
single thrill to the solid south.
In the matrimonial line New York la
crowding Chicago for the record. A Gotham
woman has Just shaken her seventh hus
band and is ready to give the eighth tho
worth of his money.
The blizzard belt east of the AUeghenlra
has aeveral reliable signs of an early win
ter. Meanwhile the corn belt revels In the
second chapter of Indian summer. Provi
dence is with us yet, you bet.
In the exuberance of their Joy over the
election of Roosevelt, farmers In the turkey
district of New York boosted the price of
Thanksgiving fowl 7 cents a pound. The
rural monopolist puts up a smooth ar.lcie
when his chance comes.
Occasionally the brute creation gives the
human animal the worth of his folly. To
pay a freak election bet a Jeraeyinan rode
a greased pig and landed on the soft aide
of a hogwallow, achieving a bn ken arm
as a reminder of the event.
Official returns show that the bachelor
candidate for congresa In a New York dis
trict, who kissed 6,000 babies during his
campaign, waa gloriously defeated by a
married man. Defenseless Innocent is en
titled to an extra Joyoua holler."
A Chicago Judge holds that a huaband
haa no right to search his wife's pockets,
while a Philadelphia judge decides that
It is a wlfe'a privlUge to search her hus
band's pockets. KU11 there are women
who imagine they have more wrongs than
rights.
One of the mysteries perplexing a bach
elor's dub In Detroit Is why married men
past 40 Jeer at the idea of a man being
hurt by disappointment In love. The solu
tion la one or the treasures experience
awards the benedict. Kxpercme costs
money.
A Chicago believer In omens paid $1 for
the left bind foot of a rabbit which had
been killed lu a graveyard by a ted
beaded man mounted on a white hors-,
and wlle carusslng the talisman waa
rudely bumped by a trolley car. When
c n'Clousnasa was restond the victim threw
tha rabbit's fuwt lata a catch baain.
BITS OF W.(iTO I.IFF..
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
on the Snot.
Washlngtonlans are already planning to
pull off on the evening of March 4 the fin
est Inaugural ball that erer happened. A
citizens' committer of the District of Co
lumbia has charge of the affair nd ex
pects to spend $150,000 to mako the quad
rennial function mirpass the record. As
Washington foots the bill and gets the
glory, the rest of tho country can look on
without envious knocking.
A necessary preliminary Is to secure con
sent of congress for the use of the pension
building and the privilege of decorating It.
In ltKJl, when the McKlnley ball was given,
the clerks In the pension office were given
four days' vacation before tho Inaugura
tion to permit the decorations to be com
pleted and four days after the ball. In or
der that theae decorations might be re
moved and tho furniture restored. The
democrats raised a mightly row over tin
alleged waste of the people's money and as
a direct result when the appropriations
were made by congresa a rider was at
tached prohibiting decorations on public
buildings. These decorations are on a most
elaborate scale. The baU helps to defray
the expenses of the inaugural cermonles.
Tickets sell for $5 each, and It Is not un
usual for tho committee to realise $5O.0)
from tho sale of tickets alone. There are
numerous concessions which also yield con
siderable money, such as the checking priv
ilege, carriage and hack concessions, ca
terers' concessions and similar privileges
which are always esteemed of great value
wherever large and fashionable crowds as
semble. Nobody supposes that there will
bj any difficulty In securing permission
from congress to use the only building In
tha city in which an inaugural ball can be
given. It has been suggested, however, that
the committee will have to extend some
courtesies to congress In the way of tick
ets. This will greatly distress Washington,
which Is never disposed to be extravagant
In Its gratuities. The only passes which
have ever been Issued to the Inaugural ball
have gone to the president and the supieme
court.
When It was announced recently that
Lieutenant Commander Charles W. Jungen
of tho battleship Kentucky would resign
after thirty years' of service in order that
he might devote the rest of his days to
earning a fair living the fact centered some
attention on the pay of public officials In
goneral. Lieutenant Commander Jungen Is
now 47 years old. As a sea fighter he was
accounted a brave man; as an officer In
times of peace he was known in the navies
as an efficient and capable man. Ills rec
ord is without a blot from the time he en.
tered Annapolis in 1874. Yet at this late
day he finds that Uncle Sam offers him too
little for the personal sacrifices which he
Is forced to make. The salary of a lieuten
ant commander is $3,500 a year at sea; on
shore, $3,500 less 15 per cent, with ccertaln
allowances. In two years Lieutenant Com
mander Jungen, In the Just gradation ot
office, would probably be a commander. His
salary would then be $1,000 a year. Five
years after that he might be made a cap
tain, with a salary of $4,500 a year. Then
would come another lapse before he could
reach the rear admiral's rank. At the uge
of 62 he would be retired from the service
with a possible salary of $7,500 a year.
There are hundreds of department heads In
the various b't; corporations who receive
three or four times the salary of the cap
tain of a battleship. Henry H. Rogers pays
his private secretary (who is a woman, by
the way) twice aa much as an admiral re
ceive Helen Gould's secretary is paid
$5,000 a year, which Is $500 more than Ad
miral Schley received when he sank the
Spanish squadron off Santiago,
By direction of the secretary of agricul
ture the bureau of plant Industry la to
take up at once experiments to determine
the best manner in which to brew a cup
of coffee. To this end F. L. Lawton, a
specially trained expert, has been engaged.
The view of the department is that a cup
of coffee Is good because of the manner
In which it is brewed, rather than from
the quality of the bean from which the
beverage is made. It will be appreciated
by all persons acquainted with the art and
mystery of coffee making that various con
ditions, apparently trivial In themselves,
have to be taken Into consideration In pro
ducing the beverage.
For instance, in the process of roasting
the beans may be more or less damaged
by being under or over done, and the
flavor of the coffee thus Impaired to a
corresponding degree. Hence the neces
sity for Ideal conditions In roasting.
Again, the effects of water of various tem
peratures upon the ground coffee and the
proper period for infusion will, for the
first time In the history of coffee making,
be thoroughly and accurately ascertained.
The retention of caffeine, the active prln.
ciple of coffee, to which It owes Its stimu
lating effects, and the elimination of the
caffeotannlu and caffelc acids, which are
not only Injurious to health, but communi
cate an unpleasant, bitter taste to the
beverage, will be, of course, the principal
objects.
Another batch of standards of purity
for food products will soon be proclaimed
by the secretary of agriculture. The work
of Investigation and determination of what
constitutes purity and adulteration In such
products Is being conducted by a commit
tee representing the association of official
agricultural chemists of the United States.
The secretary of the committee Is Chief
Chemist Wiley of the Department of Agri
culture. The committee has found the
work so extensive that with nearly two
years' constant toll, standards have been
established for only comparatively few
articles, and two or three years more will
probably bo required to complete the test.
The first result of their labors was made
known lust winter, when standards were
proclaimed for meats and their products,
milk and Its products, sugar and its prod
ucts und spices and condiments.
The articles upon which standards have
been agreed are meat extracts, ice cream,
grain products, fruits and vegetables,
vinegar, fruit Juices, fruit extracts, salad
oils, salt, honey, tea, coffee and root beer.
Malt and spirituous liquors and carbon
ated waters were to have been Included
In the forthcoming proclamation, but so
much difficulty hus arisen over the divid
ing line between the purity and adultera
tion of these three subjects that they will
be further Investigated and proclaimed In
the third Installment to be issued next
spring, i
Great Smashing; of Records,
Boston Record.
President Roosevelt has broken records
enough for one man. He is the first ac
cidental president to become an Intentional
president. Ha la the first eastern repub
lican to ljad that party to victory. He Is
the only candidate, except when Grant
ran against Greeley, to go In with a aolld
north behind him. He is the first man to
poll 1,000,000, not to mention his 2,000,000
plurality on the popular vote.
A FoolUu Fear.
Chicago Record-Herald.
It U feared 111 Rui-lm official circle that
Great Britain may attempt to stop the
Baltic fleet If It succeeds In reaching the
fur east In lighting trim. The fear Is
foolish. Mr. Bull not one of th js fusy
fellows who lnslt on doing things that
bring no personal profits when there are
others around who van attend to ihsio.
I.KTTI STF. W OFF CJR Dt ALLY,
Seed nf Conarrvntl e Prnaress to
P.sse the I'ressnr.
Chicago Tribune.
The function of the republican party dur.
Ing the next four years will be to ease ths
social pressure of radicalism by letting oft
the steam gradually.
If the safety valve is held down ton tight
some day a big outburst will blow Bryan,
Hearst. Watson. Debs, ete.. Into office.
The way to avoid this is tn do something
about the tariff and to do something about
the tmsts.
Another reason for doing something about
the tariff and for doing something about
the trusts Is that it Is right that some
thing should be done.
Men like Bryan, Hearst. Watson and
Debs nre not the men to do It.
Bryan has announced the tilings for
which he believes the democratic party
should fight. These things Include th
ownership of railways by the several states
of the union, the adoption of a constitu
tional amendment locking toward the rs.
tabllshment of an Income tax, the elec
tion of United States senators by popular
vote, the restoration of silver to its
"proper" place In our currency, the de
struction of the "criminal" trusts, the
election of postmasters by the people, the
reduction of the army to the point of Im
potence, the reduction of the navy almost
to the point of disappearance, and with
drawal from the Philippines. Bryan's Idea
of progress is to put in power a party
committed to all these things. There Is
not one of them that he does not abso
lutely Insist upon.
Evidently Bryan is Impractical. If ho
tried all these remedies on the country at
once he would make It a good deal sicker
than It Is now. Roosevelt and his ad
visers are practical. They have a faculty
for government. They hnve technical skill
In legislation and administration. They
are men of affairs. They nre efficient.
It Is better for the country that they
should do something about the tariff than
that Bryan should do It. It Is better for
the country that they should do something
about the trusts than that Hearst should
do It.
Something must lie done.
Massachusetts has carried an election for
reciprocity. Parker was ruined by his
connection with the trusts. There Is a feel
ing all over the country that the rigor of
the tariff must be mltigsted and that tha
control of the federal government over the
trusts must be enlarged.
This feeling co-exists with en equally
strong feeling that the principle of protee.
tlon must not be abandoned and that there
must be no horse, foot and dragoon attack
on capital.
In other words, the country wants con
servative progress. It does not want tha
political drug store which Bryan offers It.
It wants Just one or two things and It
wants those thiifgs properly done.
Roosevelt 1? tho man to do them in a
statesmanlike way. If he can get congress
to assist him he will let off enough steam
to leave the country with plenty of power
In the boiler and not too much.
A BlSOH OF SMILK9.
Her Father Can you keep her in tha
style to winch sue nas been accustomed?
buito, kes, sir. 1 am weajiny enough
to have appendicitis. Aew York Suu.
Falstaff, in his usual oleaginous man
ner, was larding tne lean earili aa ha
waikeu ulon.
"Talk aooui the fat of tho land!" he said,
unctuoUBiy. Chicago Tribune.
"Jane, do you appreciate the fact that
marriage Is a serious affair?''
"Yes, ma. At least I ulu think It was
until George linaliy proposed.' Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"You say Charlie Spender Is a manu
facturer? 1 thought be was Just a p. am
loater. What line la he in?"
"He makes trouble lor his father." Cin
cinnati Tribune.
"What d'ye want?' asked the coachman
at the kitcnen door.
"De boss o' de house sent me Tound
here," replied the trump, 'an' said you,
was ter gimme anything 1 needed."
"All roight. Come out to the stable an'
Ol II turn the hose on ye." Philadelphia
Ledger.
Ethel I hope I ehant live to be a hun
dred. Maude You needn't worry, dear.
Kthel Why?
Maude If you Intend to have as many
twenty-fourth birthdays as you've had
twenty-thirds, you'll die of old age be
fore you're thirty. Cleveland Leader.
The lovely girl hesitated.
"Tell me, Mr. Thiogson," she said, "am
I the first girl you ever loved?"
"I'll be honest with you. Miss Kunlee."
replied the young man. "You are not.
But you are far und uwuy the most beau
tiful.1' The rest was easy. Chicago Tribune.
DO.VT LOOK BACK.
James Barton Adams In Denver Post.
In climbing up the trail ot 111 e though,
troubles may embarrass you,
Though clouds of aitappoiniment may
oLHeure your mortal skies.
Though thorns lie niudea in tne path to
wound your feet und harass you.
And hostile winds may blow returning
dust into your eyes,
Keep plodding on wlih steady nerve; if
you should full juat rise again,
If you anould lor a moment stray, get
back onto the track;
Keep praying that the coming day muy
bring you sunny skies again,
Your eyes fix on the beacon light,
und
don't
look
back.
The beacon way up yonder gleams, though,
clouds at tinus may cur.uin It.
The light of hopt! is shining on the sum
mit ot success.
Though It may fcometlmes anL-h from your
signt you may De certain it
Again will Mash Its cheery rays to banish
your aisirexa.
The gaunt wolves of adversity from gloomy
lairs muy howl at you
And clinging frurs your boscm may most
mercilessly rack,
The grim fiends of discouragement from
darkened nooks may scowl at you
But hold a grip upon your nerve
and
don't
look
buck.
Where rest the darkest clouds of life ths
cheery aun will ahine again.
The fiercest storm will sinnd Its force
and leave a smiling sky;
Around the winter-fettered i ak the flower
ing vines will twine ngiln,
The longest lane or woe will have a
turning by and bv.
If you should slip and lose some ground.
strive haid to gain your place again.
ce again,
confront
i mil appauen when obstacles
you on the track;
If wearied, stop and blow a bit, then strike,
the sams old pace again
And set your teeth and bulge ahead
und
don't
look
back.
Put on Ayer's
and be proud of
your hair
A little pride Is a good
thing. Then why be con
tented with thin, scraggly
hair? faded, gray hair? Put
on Ayer's Hair Vigor and
have long, thick hair; beau
tiful hair, without a single
gray line in It. Why not have
little pride? kl&tt