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(Seal) M. B. HUNUATE.
Notary Public.
Zclgler, 111., seeiiia to be making a
strenuous effort to gvt Into the Cripple
Creek class.
The Japanese way have ruptured tho
key to I'ort Arthur, but they have hnrt
trouble in finding the keyhole.
That suggests the inquiry: "What
were the state banking examiners doing
while the defunct bank at O'Neill was
being scuttled?"'
Tom Watson may be considered now
to have made it impossible for hi in to
resume his old place at the second tail
to Bryan's kite.
Colouel Bryan refuses to discuss at
this time the prediction that he will bo
the candidate of the democrats in 1008.
Modesty forbids
The "American" party polled 7,000
rotes in the state of Utah, but that state
would resent the imputation that there
re but 7,000 Americans within Its Itar
ders. While the Bear Is watching the Lion
in India the Japs may succeed In getting
past the defenses at Tort Arthur. If
Kussla would attempt but one thing at
a time It might do thut better.
The Industrial Alliance was wise in
re-electing Mr. Parry as president, for it
to doubtful whether any other man could
get aa much free advertising for the or
ganization.'
Russia's reply to the Invitation of the
president on the subject of the proposed
peace congress sounds like a letter of
regret to a wedding invitation by a mau
who cannot afford the price of a pres
ent. The man who misquoted President
Roosevelt before the Industrial Alliance
at New York should either take steps to
Improve bis memory or talk only after
all reporter have been excluded from
the meeting. '
It would seem tuat if the government
is able 'to guarantee 5 per cent Interest
on a railroad to be built lu the Philippine
islands It might build the mad itself
when its own bonds can be sold at half
that rate of interest.
That professional burglar who walked
but of the Douglas county Jail without
first obtaining leave of absence Is still
at large, but the Civic Federation has
not yet commenced to train Its guna on
the sheriff and his deputies.
' The Lincoln Star Intimates that per
hups that bureau did not send Mr. Tib
bies the right kind of clippings. We re
sent the Insinuation. As If Mr. Tibbies
tared what people any about him, pro
vided only they say something:
1 j
The state library commissions of n
dozen states are trying to organize a cc
operative movement of the commissions
In ail the states. We presume that the
movement will first be directed against
the' respective legislatures for Increased
appropriations.
The jonstltution is a very sacred In
strument when appealed to by tho rail
roads to get out of paying their taxes,
but It does not count for much when it
tamls lu the way of carrying out a
merger scheme, gobbling up some pri
vate cldzen'a property or standing off a
damage, suit by sunie injured employe,
i j
IVrhapa the Board of Review might
be able to discover where the $r0,000
borrowed to complete the Auditorium
has been planted. If it has already W11
used for the purpose lutended it ought
to show Id the assessed valuation of the
building if not, It would still be taxable
as part of the compauy's assets. If any
of the shareholders are really Inquisitive
here is a way In which their curiosity
might bo satisfied. . - . -
THE BtASnJf WHY.
The o n r ami ninnagvr of the great
railway corporation frequently ask.
Why Is it that the people of the statea
traversed and aerTed these bg rail
road system are apparently so hoatile
to the.r Interests and so ready to listen
to arguments for greater restriction and
restraint over their operations? Are we
not developing: their resources and build
In tip their cities and towns? Why
should not tnatitude take the place of
ahtAffoniMin? .
The reasons for these conditions are
manifold and are Illustrated anew by the
concerted action of the two largest rail
roud systems doing business In Nebraska
In ifoing Into the United States federal
courts to prevent by Injunction the col
lection of the taxes levied rejrularly
against them. These railroads, by their
agents, hi re been busy for several weeks
past tendering to the county treasurers
of different counties sum of money in
payment of their taxes, from 30 to 80
per cent lfsa than their tar bills, under
pretense that they were over-assessed
this year and that they were unwilling
to pay taxes except on a basis of 20 per
cent more than last year'a taxes. If
anything is calculated to aronse the re
sentment of property owning cltlisens of
Nebraska, who pay their own taxes and
expect other cltliens and corporations to
pay theirs, this unprecedented action of
the railroads Is sure to do it.
It is notorious thnt the new Nebraska
revenue Inw was enacted In strict ac
cordance with the demands of the rail
way lobbyists and that the assessment
of railway property made by the state
board under its provisions, while In ex-
I cess of what the railronds demanded.
wns still far short of what It should and
would have been If gauged to the selling
value of these properties, as reflected by
current transactions on the money mar
kets. The only inference lo lx drawn
is that the railroads were Instrumental
In procuring the enactment of a new rev
enue law for Nebraska in the expectrt
tlon that they would 1m enabled to shirk
their taxes still further and unload still
more of their burdens upon the shoul
ders of other taxpayers, and having
failed in this, they, now wish to upset a
taw of their own making.
Is it any wonder that the people of
Nebraska look with suspicion on the
railway tax agents and the railroad lob-
bylsts? Is it any wonder that they feel
that the railroads wint to hog it nil and
are not willing to abide by a square
deal? Is it any wonder thnt they are
constantly looking about to see if there
Is not some way by which they can pro-
tect themselves against railroad en-1
crouch men ts and secure an equal en
forcement of the law for small tax pay
ers and big corporations alike?
LAXDS FOR SETTLERS OXLY.
It is unquestionably the sentiment of
the Amwlcan people thnt all the lands
which the government has still to dispose
of shall be held for actual settlers only.
This view was presented by President
Roosevelt In his last message to congress
and Is still understood to be the position
of the administration, while so fnr as the
general sentiment of the country Is con
cerned there can be no doubt in regard
to it It has, Indeed, been a long prevail
ing opinion and never more decided than
at this time.
At the tecenf meeting of. the irriga
tion congress a resolution was adopted
fu voting the repeal of all the laws under
which title can be obtained to the public
lands of the United States save the
homestead law alone. The congress
asked for a repeal of the desert land act
and the timber and stone act and the
commutation clause of the homestead
act. by which latter the settler is per
mitted to obtain title without perfecting
his full period of residence. In lieu of
the timber land act, and in order that
the lumbering Industry may not be ad
versely affected, the passage of an act
permitting the cutting of timber on gov
ernment land by paying stuiupage there
for was recommended.
These recommendations of the men
who represent the west and who are per
fectly conversant with what the west
wants and requires, cannot fall to have
Influence with congress. The prime prin
ciple in the matter is that every acre of
territory which the government has still
to dispose of should be kyfor actual
settlers and there can lie.no doubt thnt
this is the opinion of the whole Ameri
can people.
THE MERCHANT MARINE PROBLEM
It is not at all surprising to learn that
Aiuericuu owners of foreign-built vessels
en gaged In the cross-sens tmde are not
lu favor of the proposition thnt congress
shall pass u free-ships Inw. . Such legis
lation would be of 110 advantage to them,
as they assert. They xuy that they
would not transfer a single ton of their
holdings to American registry, for the
reusou that they could not afford to do
It. Their position ht thut the greater
oust of ojwrating vessi'ls r under .the
American flag could have no other effect
than to materially reduce their profits.
Seuntor (lullinger, chairman of tho mer
chant marine commission, which has
.'been hearing opinions throughout the
country on the subject, says of the testi
mony of the American owners of
foreign-built vessels that there would
be no Incentive from a business point of
view to transfer foreign-built ships to
American registry If they would be con
fined exclusively to the foreign trade,
but to remain without subsidy, differen
tial duty or other government encourage
ment, on account of the greater cost of
operating vessels under the American
flag than under some foreign flag. The
hearings of the commission show that
without exception American ship owners
declared that the passage of simple free
ship law, without some further encour
agement to American shipping, would
do nothing whatever to increase the
American merchant marine.
It is thus seen that the question of
building op our merchant marine. Ie.
tleved by many of oor people who hnve
glTB tha anbject intelligent and careful
THE OMAHA
consideration, to be most essential to our
commercial expansion and Independence,
remains as perplexing; a problem aa be
fore the creation by congress of the com
mission to Inquire ns to the opinions of
the shipping Interest of the country re-
1. J.!l !- 1. o
r,.ue .r, wr.,i....c .v
ine one iaci mat seems to ne esia- 1
lished is that nothing Is to be gained by j
the enactment of a free ships law, be
cause uo America owner of foreign
built ships would transfer his vessels to
a United Statea registry, owing to the
fact that It costs more to operate tinder
our flag than under a foreign flog. These
American ship owners say that without
some assistance from the government
they are better off to let their vessels re
rnaiu tinder foreign flags.
If this Tiew is well founded, and there
appears to be nd good reason to doubt
that it is, little hope can be entertained
of a restoration of the American mer
chant marine without the assistance of
the government In the form of some sort
of subvention. And in regard to this
there la a very strong sentiment of oppo
sition, perhaps not so general as In the
past, yet sufficient to probably prevent
anything in the nature of a merchant
marine subsidy. The conclusion, bow-
ever, cannot be avoided, that unless the
government aids in building up a mer
chant marine we s flail continue Indefi
nitely to occupy our present position as
the only great maritime nation, with an
ImmenHe and growing foreign commerce,
that is dependent upon the shipping fa
cilities of other countries.
A POLITICAL BLACKGUARD-
Vardaman, the governor of Mississippi,
has established an unqualified repu
tation as a political blackguard. With
out question he is the most vulgar and
indecent man In public life today, and so
far as appears also one of the most Ig
norant. His reply in response to the
cordial dispatch of the president of the
Ixulslana Purchase exposition was not
merely insolent, but was In its general
tone and spirit so uncivil and ungentle
manly as to merit the condemnation of
everybody who has regard for the ordi
nary amenities, to say nothing of what
la due to the chief executive of the
United States.
It Is satisfactory to note that the more
Intelligent newspapers of the south do
not approve of the indefensible telegram
j of the governor of Mississippi and thnt
j even In his own state he is condemned
j for his indefensible action. We are glad
I to believe that this political blackguard,
who happens to be the governor of n
state, does not truly represent even the
people of the commonwealth which he
unfortunately presides over.
Dr. George L. Miller wants it distinctly
understood that when he wrote his letter
to The Bee on safe and sane reform, as
compared with moral spasms, he had no
Idea his pen would carry him Into a
plate on the police board. There Is no
extrinsic evidence, however, to show that
the perusal of the letter by the governor
did not put Dr. Miller in the line of suc
cession for the vacant position.
The railroad lawyers are now afraid
that their tax-shirking bosses may be
threatened with double taxation. Tbey
have no qualms of conscience, however,
about the railroads paying for years only
half the taxes properly assessable
against them and making other property
owners pay their own taxes and half
the railroad taxes to boot.
Members of the Kansas City coal
combine who refuse to answer questions
for fear of Incriminating themselves,
have as good as pleaded guilty before
the bar of public opinion, but they may
care little' for that as public oplnlou can
Impose no fine which they cannot put
over on the consumers.
That Oregon senator who says he Is
too busy to return home to testify
against men charged with robbing the
United States government through land
frauds, will have more time than be
wants on his hands If the Oregon legis
lature la of the right sort when his term
of office expires.
A Wall of lanaeencc.
Kansas City Btar.
The railroads have no right to elect
United States senator In Missouri.
"After Yon, (Jaaton."
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The one obstacle to the perfect auccess
of The Hague peace conference Is the po
lite determination of each nation that the
others shall have precedence In the set of
disarming.
Annoying Ueflclta.
Philadelphia Record. ,
Germany's deficit will be 173.000,000, nearly
twice aa great aa that of laat year. It
coats something to be a gTeat naval power,
and the money that cannot be raised by
taxation can be borrowed. At the pace at
which the great nations are now traveling
they will soon be borrowing money te pay
the Interest on previous borrowings.
Port Arthur and Lrftdyanalth.
Chicago Tribune.
The siege of Port Arthur resembles the
legs of Ijudyamlth, whjch It vividly re
calls. I.adysmlth was always about to
fall, but never fell, and sometimes It looks
aa If tht siege of Port Arthur would turn
out the same way. It la a question If the
Boers did not lose their cause entirely by
their efforts to capture Ladyamlth, and
the Japanese may profit by their examplu.
Japanese as Inimlsrants.
New York Bun.
Is it practicable for the United States
to deal with the Japanese as it Is dealing
with Chinamen?. Japan' has entered the
ranks of civilization as a first-class power.
Japan has demonstrated its prowess on
sea and on land and must be treated with
respect. China, asleep and nonralstant,
might ba forced to accent a treaty humil
iating to It ruler and disadvantageous
to Its own people; but Japan is strong,
alert and fully able to assert its rights.
Business lirrlvsl YWthnnt Boom.
Clevtlund Plain Dealer. . v
The fact that revival of business is on a
conservative baals la cauae for congratula
tion, oa it ausuie continued Improvement.
In the months i're the checking ef tbc
boom." the value of business enterprises
have b,cn readjusted'; prices have receded
to the point where demand meets them: a
beMer p-oportion has been established be.
twee cost, protlt nd a price that will f.
fect sales. A readjustment of scales that
DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, DECEMttEK 2. 1904.
wlll enable the consumer to carry out his
plans, give the manufacturer a fair but not
exorbitant rroflt and furnish the workman
teady employment at living warts Is a
feature of the buelneaa revival so far as It
has gone, and will no doubt characterise
the movement as It spreads through tha
inmim minn 01 mane" "
merclal enterprise.
Department that Pays War.
St Taul Pioneer-Press.
No department of the national adminis
tration 'pays Us way" quite so manfully
ss does the Department of Agriculture.
Congress has recognized this fact In lib
eral appropriations. In the bureau of for
estry alone, according to Secretary Wil
son's report, these appropriation have per
mitted In six years a sixtecn-fold Increase
In the working force and a twelve-fold
Increase In expenditures. Yet a single dis
covery made by the bureau, and now ap
plied to the production of turpentine. Is
effecting an annual saving equal to the
total expenditure of the bureau for six
years. In another bureau, the discovery
and propagation of the beneficent bacteria
which so wonderfully Increases the growth
of alfalfa, beans and other lefrumcs, will
probably Increase the annual Incomes of
the farmers by an amount vastly larger
than the total cost of maintaining the Ag
ricultural department Each year records
successive achievements of the same char
acter. The department Is the farmers'
Aladdin's lamp. Rub It. and its genius
produces anything called for.
THH "EMBATTLED" FARMER.
H arera the Kat of the UmnA and la
Proportionately Happy.
Kansas City Star.
The "embattled" farmer tfcroua-hout the
United Slate has been doing pretty well,
thank you, thla year, according to the re
port of the secretary of agriculture. If he
were, no disposed he could pay oft the na
tional debt from the proceeds of the corn
crop alone. His helpful hen In a single
month could take care of tho Interest on
the debt for the current year.
When It comes to the value of the total
farm products the figures are .mn stupen
dous aa to be beyond comprehension. Per
sons with a mathematical turn of mind
may figure out how many miles hlaii a plln
of 6.0O0.C00.000 silver dollars would be. or
how many times they would encircle the
earth If laid side, by side along the equator.
It may add to the understanding of the sec
retary's figures to recall that In two years
the American farmer has produced more
wealth than has been dug from the gold
mines of the entire world since 'Columbus
discovered America.
With Ilia comfortable returns from the
year's work, with the extension of rural
free delivery, with the spreading of tele
phones and trolley lines and the Impetus
to the good roads movement, the farmer
has occasion for satisfaction In the life that
now Is.
Furthermore, the country as a whole hns
reason to share In his complacency. For
the prosperity of the nation la founded on
the well being of tha farmer.
EI.ECTIXl A CAPITAL.
The
Recent Tussle In Wyomlnat and
Its I naatisfactory Reanlta.
New York Trlbftne.
The Rocky mountain states arc so far
away that we hear aa little about what Is
going on In them as if they were on an
other continent. Only when a thrifty cor
respondent sets a posse of cowboys In
pursuit of a hand of "bad" men headed
for the Hole-in-the-wall is the east re
minded of the existence of the Industrious
and enterprising .states of the western
mountain range. (That is -why, perhaps,
nothing has come to us by telegraph about
the exciting and note) feature of the recent
clcc hi In Wyoming. 1
Wyoming has no permanent capital. We
had always supposed that Cheyenne was
Its capital; but If Cheyenne ever was the
permanent capital of the state it Is not
now. Perhaps Cheyenne has always been
a temporary capital, a mere makeshift, a
sort of board and lodgings place for the
government until some bantling mountain
metropolis achieved the full splendor of
its development and became the capital
by virtue .of ita fixe, culture and conuner
clal ascendancy.. The buoyant optimism of
the mountain mind In the matter of towns
Is proverbial. The ability to see a Paris
In four crossroads shacks Is the inborn
girt or tne pioneer that makes him the
conqueror of a continent.
1 no wise lathers of Wyoming who
thought out its constitution, looking confl
dcntiy Into the future big with the great
ness 01 tna commonwealth, saw that by
tnia time the dream metropolises would
nv lusen on suDstance. The year of
grace 1901, therefore, was st by the
prophetic constitution makers as the time
when tho government should give up board
and lodgings and take a permanent abode
in one of the Parises or Ixmdons their
propnetic eye saw act a-tllt on the
Kocklea. :
The vote for a capital was held, In no
cordance with the' constitution, at the re.
cent election, and the state government is
still in lodgings a( Cheyenne. It was
aay of heartburnings. Many a bantling
metropolis or fifteen years ago la still
bantling, but Its confidence In its destiny
Is unshaken. Cheyenne, tho biggest town
In the state, had the capital and wished to
retain it permanently. Lander, which has
a population of 525, has faith that the fu
ture will deal generously with it and make
It the greateat city a mile and a half in
toe air, and It wanted to Ii.'ve the capital
Casper, with 544 oltixens, has a confidence
In Its future In Inverse proportion to its
population. It was candidate for the capi
tal. Rock Springs, whloh has already
reached the noble iiopoitions of 5,500, had
Its aspirations. When the votes were
counted it was found that Cheyenne had
11,733; Lander, 8,653; Casper, 3.5S6; Rock
Springs, 417, and scattering, 141. As a ma
Jorlty over all was necessary for an elec
lion cneyenne railed by 1.0C4 votea. A
cry of fraud went up on the part of the
adherents of Cheyenne. The returns from
the northern part of the state, where Lan.
der got its support,, were suaplclously slow
In coming in. and it In alleged that its
frlenda safeguarded the Interests of that
rising wonder of the west by padding thu
figures sufficiently to prevent Cheyenne's
receiving a majority.
As the constitution provides for no fu
ture election. Cheyenne will remain the
temporary capital until the conatltutlon la
amended In thla respect. Meanwhile let
Lander and Casper and Rock Spring grow
as hard and as fast a they can. Perhaps
a good way to appsase the town Jealousy
would be to have Wyoming elect a new
capital every few years. Indeed. If future
results may be predicted from this year's,
Wyoming Is not likely to have a permanent
capital In many years, and a capital elec.
tion will be a regular feature of the voting.
Official Vote of I tab.
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. I.-The offlolal
vole of Utah. Just eompleted, shows the
highest vols for a republican elector was
C444; highest democratic, 33,413; Roose
velt's plurality. ,oei. Debs, socialist, re
ceived 5.767 vote. Tha American ierty. or.
canlted 10 fight alleged church Interference
In pontics, poueet i.aj votes.
Illinois I'rntrsl Bells Boaaa;
NEW YORK. Dec. l.-The jvported sale
of !2.fOiV"0 3H per cent tlret mortgage
bends of the Illinois Central Railroad com
pany to Epeyer A Co. and Kuhn, Loeb
St Co., was confirmed today. The price
paid 1 nut disclosed.
BITS Or tVAHHGTOS LIFE.
Minor renea and Incidents Shetehed
an the Snot.
These are buy days for Washington cor
respondents. The task of hewlna: out suit
able cabinet timber bears heavily "P
them, but they assume the burden cheer
fully, fully conscious of perfcrmlng a ser
vice for their readers and relieving the
president of unnecessary labor. Occsslon
ally the boys forsake cahlnet making and
turn their attention to tne diplomatic and
consular service, preparing "slat's" fr
coming changes that are models of artis
tic skill. Take, for Instance, the "slate"
fixed up by the Philadelphia Press corre
spondent. Here It Is:
"Of the United States ambassadors and
ministers who are likely to retire from
the diplomatic service, the following are
mentioned: Joseph II. Choate, ambassador
to Great Britain; Horace Porter, ambas
sador to France; Robert K. McCormlck,
nmhassadnr to Rsla; Powell Clayton, am
bassador to Mexico; Bellamy Storer, am
bassador to Austria-Hungary; Kdwln H.
Conger, minister to China, and John O.
A. Lclshman, minister to Turkey. While
there has been no official warrant fnr It,
gosslpglvcs the following list of men who
may succeed to some of these important
posts:
"Whltelaw Reld of New York, to be am.
bassador to Great Britain.
"George V. L. Meyer of Massachusetts,
to be ambassador to France, a transfer
from the ambassadorship to Italy.
"John Barrett of Oregon, ambassador to
Mrxlco.
"W. W. IW::hlll tf Maryland, minister
to China.
"Henry Klrko Porter of Pennsylvania, to
be minister to Turkey.
"Minister Conger, who lias been sta
tioned at Peking for almost six years. Is
also mentioned In connection with the am
bassadorship to Mexico. It Is understood
he Is desirous of retiring from China, and
the president Is being Importuned to as
sign him to the more lucrative and pleas
ant post at Mexico. Henry White, win)
has for so many years acted as first sec
retary of the United States embassy In
London, is said to be slated for an im
portant European post, possibly that of
ambassador to Austria-Hungary. The lat
ter place Is now held by ex-CongrV?man
Storer of Ohio, but there are rumors that
ho may retire nnd the Influences most po
tent now In Ohio, led by 8enator Foraker,
are not likely to ask for his retention.
"Pennsylvania will continue to be repre
sented in the list of ambassadors by
Charlemagne Tower, now at Berlin. It
does not seem probable that another am
bassador will be selected from Pennsylva
nia, but there Is a strong effort being
made to have Congressman Henry Klrke
Porter ,of Pittsburg placed In the dlplo
matlc service. As Minister Lelshman at
Constantinople has not had the most pleas
ant experience with the sultnn, It is inti
mated thnt ho Is ready to retire and make
way for Mr. Porter, who will undertake
to represent the United States' interests at
Constantinople. Mr. Porter is a man of
great wealth and of diplomatic tempera
ment. He is very prominent in religious
circles and Is president of the American
Baptist Missionary union.
"The Spanish wat veterans are not likely
to raise a serious pension question," writes
the correspondent of the Boston Trans
cript. "Their number was small and their
service short. The medical examinations
to which they were subjected on entering
the service and at lis close, proved much
more rigid and aystematlc than had pre
vailed during the civil war. For these
and other reasons it is protablo that th
pension question as It affects the Spanish
war veterans will be a mere lncJds.it In
our future legislative history. There will
always be a certain amount of pensioning
for the regular army, and so a certain
amount of permanent pension business,
but apparently not enough to kep the
huge pension office exclusively in this
work. It Is tho prediction of many persens
connected with it that within twenty.
Ave years other bureaus of tho govern
ment will be quartered there, and that
by tho middle of trls century It will bo
polntej out to travelers as an interesting
memorial of the proportion of the civil
war that so great an etiab i hmeat should
have been necessary for ti.e work of ap
portioning the pensions that grew out ct
it."
A group of administration officials were
discussing a rumor ihu a certain publ.o
man had recently refused to consider a po
sition In the cabinet on account of the ex
pense l.ivolved, when one of thoco prefe.it
waa induced to gjve his views a to the
cost of living as 'a government official In
Washington. This man has been through
the mill of social official entertaining lor
seven years. Is a keen observer and can
speak with author.ty. Ta a correspondent
of the Brooklyn K.igle he sail:
'All this ta.k about to. pie refusing to
accept positions in the cabinet and declin
ing congressional nominations on the piea.
that it cost too much to bve decently In
Washington makes me tired. It Is non
sense for nine-tenths of the people lorn ki
a claim of this ort, for nlne-.enths of the
official In Washington not only live within
their salary income, but actually save
money. I know as a positive fact Oat Sec
retary Wilson, Secretary Hitchcock and
Attorney General Moody all save a part
of their 38,000 annual salary. And there la
no reason why they shnu.dn't, and at tr.e
same time they all fulfill their social ob
ligations. Secretary Hay spends a good
deal more than hi government pay, and
so did Mr. Root when he was In the Cab
inet. It Is likely that Secretary Taft will
do the same thing when he get Into the
social swim. .
"There I a very general apprehen:on
aa to the cost of official entertaining in
Washington. A 1 good, formal dinner may
be given here aa cheaply as at any place
in the country, and a good deal cheaper
than In many big cities. Any cabinet office.-
who spends $1,000 a year In entertal.i.ng
does a good deal more than wh.t Is
actually required In th.s line. Each mem
ber of the cabinet is supposed to give at
least one cabinet dinner during the sea
son, at which the president Is tho vuest of
honor, and several others are Invited. A
dinner of this kind served in the be.t style
may be given at a con of t ween 1250 and
1360. I
"A public reception of the kind that the '
wife of a cabinet officer la supposed to give ;
on New Year's day wl.l not co t over flOI.
Light refreshments will require an outlay
of InO, flowers will tike another 335, and
tha same sum will provide for all the in
cidental expensts. A cabinet officer's wife
must have three or four more evening
dresses than she would ordinarily buy In
a season, and, of course, if she has young
daughters at home therj is some additional
expense on their account. But all old,
a person may live as an official In Wash
ington and discharge all h social and
official obligations almost as cheaply as he
could as a private citisen. It I n jns?nse
to say that a cabinet offioer cannot live
decently cm bis ls.000 a year. There are
certain perquisites that go with the office
which help to cut down expenses Car.
Mages ars furril hed for himself and fam
ily, he gets free transportation and a lot
of other favors that tend to cut down the
annual expense account."
LJsht Breaking- a.
Washington Post. .
The esar bulks at the semstvos petition
for the establishment of a congress. It is
suxpected thut the csar has been reading
the Congressiunal Record.
PEIIJOIIll, OTEH.
Some newspapers are r. -marking on the
silence of the late Tr m Tafgart. who Is
talking, but saying nothit g.
The lHh blrthuav of William Barton
Rodgrrs. the founder ef the Boston Insti
tute of Technology, .will be celebrated on
December 7.
The drouth In Kentucky Is almost un
precedented. No such condition of affsirs
has been known. It Is said, since the moon
shine Industry was established.
It Is Conan Poyle Who says that the
British are ever true to the tradition of
their double-dealing with nations when
there is a dollar in It for John Bull.
Two votes were cast In Georgia In 1SO0
for Uncoln. One of the voters, William
Bowers, la stilt lfrlrul In Franklin, thst
state, and voted the republican Uc.tet at
the recent election.
John D. Rockefeller has purchased six
houses and lots In Griggsvllle, N. Y., and
It Is reported he Intend to buy the whole
hamlet so that hs csn add It to hi park
of 5,000 acre at Focantleo Hills.
Senator Scott of West Virginia advises
young men to avoid office seeking as they
would a plague. The senator holds the
young men of hi state In such high es
teem that he insists on sacrificing" himself
for their protection.
The family of General Lew Wallace deny
the report that he Is In such poor health
that his death Is Imminent. With Colonel
Elston, his brother-in-law, he Is contem
plating an extensive trip this winter to
Havana, Porto Rico and Panama.
John I Griffiths, to whose care tho late
President Benjamin Harrison left all his
private papers. Is reported to have dlscov-
I ered among them an extraordinary private
document. , This Is nothing less Important
than an Intimate history of the four years
of the Harrison administration written by
the president himself.
ricture postcard are subjected to stern
censorship in some continental countries.
In Russia those bearing the portrait of
Tolstoi have been suppressed. Turkey for
bids any postcard bearing the name of
Allah or Mohammed or tho portrait of a
Mussulman. France will not permit the
designer to ridicule the corpulence of the
king of Portugal.
Sir William Macdonald. the wealthy to
bacco manufacturer of Montreal, will es
tablish a large agricultural college in St.
Anne, a few miles distant from Montreal,
at an outlay exceeding 31,000,000. He has
purchased several hundred seres of land,
and Prof. James W. Robertson, former
commissioner of agriculture and dairying,
has been engaged to take charge of the in
stitution. A LI Mil I STIC TRAGEDY.
New York Times.
A Corean maiden coy was she, whose par
ents were passing rich;
A Russian of noble blood was he, with a
name that ended In "vltch."
Her matronymlo he couldn t pronounce, so
simply called her "Dear"
She merrily tried to babble his name, but
found It "too awfully queer."
Now every one knows thit by Corean law,'
which cannot be gainsaid.
The hubby takes his true wife's name the
moment that they are wed;
So pity the lot of this wretched Russ who
couldn't pronounce his name,
Nee envy the fate of the Corean maid to
whom ne ascrioed tne blame.
To them In the course of time were born
twin offspring a girl and boy;
And then a terrible strife arose that
clouded the parents' Joy.
As to whether the "k's" or the "q's" or
the "o's" In tho names should predom
inate. Or whether tho "vltch's" or "ski's" nr
"off'" should determine the children's
fate.
There might be two ends to this horrid
tale, as you have probably guessed;
I've tried them both, and I'm Jiggered quite
If I know which Is the best,
(Which is sn nns-rammstlca! way to say, If
you stick to the very letter.
That "I've tried them both, and I'm Jls;
gered quite if I know which the bet
ter.") And this Is the first: Thev solved the puzxle
by calling them "Bob" and "Sue,
And lived their lives in connubial bliss In
the town of Tungwuan-pu.
And this is the other: The wnr broke out
and the Russ fell fighting his foe.
And te widow an4 orphans annexed a Jap
and reside In Pltsuwo.
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"The collection last Sabbath." snid tha
paMor, "might have I teen worse."
The congregation looked surprised and
pleased.
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as bad," the pastor continued. "If tlm h.iif
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cngo Tribune.
Cholly What are- you laughing at?
Dolly Your whiskers.
Cholly Is there anything humorous in
the appearance of my whiskers
Dolly No, but somehow they tickle me.
Louisville Courier Journal.
"Die nook's full o' d nuttiest talk "
Weary Willie, who had got holl of a nn
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how?" "Why." replied Thirsty Tanaue. "don't
yer know, some o' dem swell guys gits .
tired of everyl ins dat oey even has ter
force delrselves ter drink some times ?'
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