THE OMAHA DAILY KEE: WEDNESDAY. .TAXfARY 4. 1903.
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Notary Public.
There should lio plenty of work for
the building trades nt l'ort Arthur next
summer.
The first thlrty-one-Htory building has
been completed in New York Clly. It Is
t'hiciigo's turn next.
Taking a lesson from Tort Arthur,
lireHt Britain muy be expected to make
a few Improvements at Gibraltar.
South Omaha's new public library
building has been opened to the public.
South Omaha Is entitled to congratula
tions. The correct diagnosis of the malady
to which Mr. Douglas fell a victim in
his quest for the speakership is, "too
much Westberg."
The sock of J. C. F. McKesson took an
upward 4urn during tha day. Lincoln Star.
Right bcro is tho place to rise and en
ter an objection.
No rnlld excuse remains for Admiral
Itojestvensky if he docs not return and
tell the commission Just what he saw off
the Dogger banks.
It is cabled all the way from Che Foo
that the troops penned up in Port .Ar
thur were glad to surrender. Well, who
wouldn't be under like conditions?
If the railroads will only keep at
one another down at Lincoln, the legis
lators who are free from rallroud
8i rings may be able to keep control.
The Board of Education has organ
ized by the election of officers for the
ensuing year. A businesslike and
economical administration of the school
system will be in order.
On the opening of the Nebraska leg
islature tho first, vote of the senate was
unanimous. That is no sign, however,
that tliere will be no diversity of opin
ion lefore the last vote is recorded.
t Tho extinguishment of the annual
-Jncksonian feast as a result of the late
election landslide would be the hint
straw to the faithful. What else have
they to look forward to to satiate their
: hunger?
" Speaker -Itouso is a farmer of the
rough and rugged stock. He has gone
through four legislative sessions with
out wearing a railroad label and It Is
not reasonable to believe ho will put
lj on now.
From tho present course ft his at
torneys, the democratic candidate for
'governor of Colorado must hnve become
afraid as to what may develop when all
the ballot boxes and poll books of Den
ver are opened.
Opposition nowspapers have discov
ered that the railroads have again or
ganised the Nebraska legislature, but it
. would have made no difference who had
been elected, the charge would have
been the same.
Since Turkey has decided that colpor
teurs may not peddle Bibles, it may he
that those Turks will reach a point
where they would really drive displeas
ing missionaries from the country, as
they have done iu Tennessee.
It may be another case of "misery
' loves company," but it is au odd coin
cidence that since the king of Spain
and the duko of Counaught were both
thrown by automobiles, the European
public is discussing the probabilities of
a marriage betweeu the Spaulsh ruler
and a daughter of the duke.
There are republicans Just as com
petent ' for every position under the
county board as the democrats who
have been holding them down for the
last five years, but it should be the aim
of the new republican board to put in
republicaus Just a little more competent
than the democrats they replace
MAfSKMHLtyu or CO.VG RKSS.
n tb- reassembling of congress to
day the real work of the seMon will 1
giti and a part of tlii will be of more
than ordinary Interest. If correctly rep
resented In the-dispatches from the na
tional capital, I'resideut Hoosevelt Is
earnestly desirous that there shall le
k-Kislation by the present congress on
the lines recommended in his animal
message regarding the regulation of
railroad rates. It Is said to be the judg
ment of the president that this should
not lie deferred until the next congress
and this accords with hi declaration
that "the most important legislative act
now needed as regards the regulation of
corporations is this act to confer on the
Interstate Commerce eomiiiNslun the
lover to revise rates and regulations."
It has been announced that Senator
Klklns has a bill of this nature ready
for Introduction and doubtless further
consideration will be given to the
Quarles-Cooper measure. If appears
probable that the Influence of the ad
ministration will be strongly exerted in
behalf of the suggested legislation, so
that some action. Is likely at the present
session, though all the desired legisla
tion relating to interstate commerce
may not he secured. v
Another matter of lniortance is the
proposed reduction of the tariff on Phil
ippine products, especially sugar and
tolwcco. As already noted the American
sugar and tobacco interests are prepared
for a vigorous opposition to any reduc
tion of duties and the outcome will Very
likely be a compromise cutting down
the duties 'J5 per cent, so that they will
be one-half of the Dingley schedules.
The Philippine producers of cours want
free trade, but that Is utterly Impracti
cable. The question of Panama canal
construction will undoubtedly receive at
tention, the matter. to be determined be
ing whether tho waterway shall be a
sea -level or a lock canal. To construct
it at sen level, ns recommended by the
chief engineer, would add very largely
to the cost and it is hardly probable
that congress will be disposed to do
this, especially In view of the fact thnt
some of the engineers of the commission
do not concur lu the opinion of the
chief engineer. It is not Improbable
that the Hill currency bill, or some of
its provisions, particularly thosq, for the
deoslt in banks of receipts from cus
toms and for coining silver dollars into
subsidiary currency, will become law.
There Is an Increasing demand for more
subsidiary silver which congress should
not fall to provide for.
There is wide interest felt In the ar
bitration treaties that are before the
senate and a very general hope that they
will bo ratified. These treaties are simply
agreements to submit to arbitration
legal questions and those growing out
of treaties, expressly excluding any sub
ject affecting the honor, the vital inter
ests or the territory of a nation. It
would seem that there could be no reas
onable objection to an international
agreement of this kind, which is in the
Interest of. peace, yet there is opposition
to them, though perhaps not 6trong
enough to prevent their ratification,
which it is needless to say Is earnestly
desired by the administration.
A careful avoidance of any sort of
extravagance In public expenditures
seems to be fully assured. It is tho ex
pressed determination of the leaders in
both houses to keep the expenditures for
the next fiscal year within the estimated
receipts and observance of this policy
will have very general popular approval.
A judicious economy Is practicable
without any Impairment of the efficiency
of the public service.
THE COTTOX SITVATIOX.
The hirte cottou crop of the past
year, amounting to 12,000,000 bales ac
cording to the census bureau, has so
alarmed the planters that a movement
has been started among them to burn a
portion .of the supply with a view to
averting a decline In the price of the
staple. Last week the farmers of Clay
county, Georgia, met and decided to
burn their share of 2,000,000 bales of
surplus cotton and they proceeded to
carry out that policy by destroying
about $100,000 of their product. This
most extraordinary course has been fol
lowed in Texas and in Oklahoma and it
was expected would be pursued else
where, but it is not probable that this
will be So extensively done as appears
to have been looked for by the Georgia
originators of tiie supremely foolish
plun. The accuracy of the census state
ment is called in question by officials
of the National G loners' association.
The president of that body has declared
that the government report of the cot
ton crop Is totally incorrect, lie stated
that- many glnners did not count their
bales correctly, often adding many hun
dred bales more than they had iu real
ity ginned. This assertion from the
chief official of an organization which
should have pretty accurate information
regarding the amount of cotton ginned
ought to have the effect to allay the
alarm of the planters and prevent auy
further destruction of "cotton.
Regarded from an economic stand
point, it is difficult to conceive of any
thing more foolish and Indefensible than
the act of the Georgia farmers and their
few imitators. As the New York Tri
bune remarks, It Is a scheme of folly
and wickedness. "It Is foolish because
It means a loss to the farmers which Is
not likely to be compensated for by a
corresponding rise lu price. It Is wicked
because it means a loss to the world, a
destruction of nature's bounty, of which
the farmer Is only a trustee. Just as the
owner of a coal mine is a trustee." That
paper adds that this burning scheme in
the eud is bouud to hurt the planter
more thun It will help hiui. The cottou
manufacturers of the world and the
millions dependent on them for clothing
are not golug to rest content at the
mercy of bull simulators, either In the
pit of the cotton exchange or about a
pile of blasiug bales. "If the south will
not furnish cottou at prices based on
the natural relatlous of supply and de
mand, plaut au lucreasiug acreage from
year to year, harvest the crop and mar
ket if. the world will turn to Africa and
the West Indies. King Cotton is a pow
erful sovorvlgu. but he Is not an abso
lute monarch now any more than ho
was forty years ago. He cannot rule
capriciously and lawlessly. If he tries
it his scepter will be taken away and a
new dynasty established elsewhere-'
For several years before 1!M the cot
ton crops were short and the planters
got gixsl prices. In January last the
price soured to 0.4 cents per pound
and by February it exceeded 17 cents.
In March It was still above 1(3 cents and
that It fell to less than VI cents in Sep
teralier was charged to panic among
speculators. The bull speculators led
the planters to believe that high prices
were to be permanent and this induced
moi"e extensive planting. The Inevitable
result Is that cotton has declined to a
lower price than for several years, but
to attempt to remedy this by burning
up a portion of tho product Is a piece
of folly that cannot easily le character
ized. It is at least to t? hoped thnt it
will not be carried auy further.
n'AxrrnA rovxry ixykxtort.
The taxpayers of Douglas couuty
look to the new county board to In
augurate business met lusts in the man
agement of county affairs and the mem
bers of the new board should see to It
that they are not disappointed. Be
fore the board prepares to sweep out
existing abuses with its new broom It
should take an Inventory aud make a
searching Investigation into the current
expenses of ouch county office and
county Institution.
Kvery county officer and every em
ploye should be required to submit an
inventory of county property In his
custody and include with his Inventory
an estimate of the additional material
Imperatively needed during the coming
year. Tho proposed Inquiry should
begin with the county store and Include
the county poor farm, county Jail,
county surveyor's office, county clerk,
register of deeds, county treasurer,
sheriff, county Judge, and each of the
divisions of the district court, with a
complete exhibit of the furniture, sta
tionery, fuel and other supplies, as well
as the road-niaklng machinery In the
custody of the road supervisors.
When the new board, has secured a
complete Inventory and checked up the
payrolls In each of the respective county
ottiow, it Mill be In position to in
augurate rational economics and en
force greater efficiency in each of the
various departments that come under
Its supervision. A complete inventory
will nlso disclose whether and where
the county has an excess of furniture,
supplies, and other properties that have
accumulated on its hands and can be
disposed of without detriment to the
public service.
A JCO-HAXDLB COMPROMISE.
The withdrawal of all the protests
filed in the name of the Civic Federa
tion last month by Attorney Elmer E.
Thomas against certain applicants for
saloon license, coupled with specific
charges of violation of various provi
sions of the Slocumb law and city ordi
nances, Is said to have been the result
of a compromise betweeu officers of
the Chic Federation and the brewers
and keepers of the resorts affected by
the protests. By this extraordinary
comimct the keepers of the saloons in
the proscribed district have pledged
themselves to obey the laws and ordi
nances relating to midnight closing,
selling liquor to minors and Sunday
closing, and in addition thereto have
agreed to abstain from dispensing malt
and spirituous beverages to women of
tho town, while the keepers of music
halls have pledged themselves "in all
honor" not to allow women of any
character to enter their halls or mingle
with the audience.
This is a Jug-handle compromise. It
was within the power of the Civic Fed
eration attorney to close each one of
these resorts if, 'after due bearing, the
police commission had overruled the
protest and granted the license in spite
of specific proof that the applicants had
violated the law during the preceding
year, but the withdrawal of the pro
tests is a virtual abandonment of the
only practical attempt the Civic Feder
ation had made to purge the town of
vice and close the tough Joints. True,
It was the right and duty of the board
to reject the applications for license to
notoriously disreputable and disorderly
pluces, even where protests .were with
drawn, but having once granted the
license for the present year, tho com
mission Is powerless to enforce the Jug
hirndle compact. On the very face of
It, the compact Is a roaring farce, be
cause the parties that made It could not
live up to It, and would not live up to
It If they could. To carry out their
pledges would compel them to close al
together, noeauso they would not earn
money enough to pay their license fee.
There is no law or ordinance that
discriminates against women with re
gard to patronizing saloons or music
halls. A woman lias just as much right
to call for drinks and pay for them In
any licensed resort as a man, so long
as she behaves and creates no dis
turbance. There Is no power vested in
the police commission to revoke a
license after it Is Issued because the
dealer In liquor dispenses drink to
women. In fact, the police board has
no power to revoke any license what
ever, except after due process of law
and conviction in the courts. It Is
doubtful even, whether the mayor has
authority arbitrarily to close a resort
because It is patronized by women,
whether well behaved or without
character, unless there is a disturbance
or a conviction lu a court for violating
the ordinances.
The jug-handle compromise was,
therefore, simply a surrender on the
part of the Civic Federation of all it
has been contending for. and if It was
made by the advice of Its attorney. It
shows that the attorney is either In
competent or Is playing Into the hands
of the very people whom the Civic
Is endeavoring to msWs
One year ago I. .1. Punn. posing as a
great moral reformer, tiled protests
against the granting of liquor licenses
to 17," applicants, withdrawing them
later when lie had secured an agree
ment for the free and unolwtmcted
issue of licenses to all the places backed
by Walter Moise and his brewery. This
lyear Klnier K. Thomas, In the name of
the Civic Federation, filed protests
against the granting of liquor licenses
to seventeen applicants and then with
drew all his protests immediately after
all the saloons backed by Walter Moise
had been rollecnsed. Dunn admits he
was paid by Moise for what he did for
hi in.
A Saxon court Is to le called upon to
decide If the present state of Prlucess
Louise renders au editor who prints a
cartoon of her Immune from laws do
fining lese niajesh1. Ridicule seems to
Im the easiest barb with which to reach
the sensibilities of German royalty.
The Navy department has issued an
official bulletin declaring thst the bat
tleshlp has demonstrated. Its superiority
in case of war, ns shown by the c.im
palgn against Port Arthur, but unfor
tunately the basis of comparison Is
vague.
Labor Sarins Scheme.
Plttshurg Dispatch.
It looks ss If the cotton burners ought
to encourage the spread of the boll weevil
ss a means of saving them the labor of
gathering, ginning and burning their crops.
Out of Its l,ln.
Chlrago Inter Ocean.
General Roberts declares that the Brit
ish army Is unfit to cope with the army of
any other great power. But, then, the
British army does not make It a practice,
to cope with the armies of other great
powers.
One More Kndorirnirr.1 AeeUed.
Washington Post.
"Whisky, pure whisky," says Dr. Wiley,
"Is a valuable portion of good diet In cases
of tuberculosis." Many persons will feel
grateful If the doctor will assure them
that the. stuff is also valuable ss a pre
ventive. An Infalllngr System.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Another English earl has gone tu Monte
Carlo with a "system" which ho thinks
will enable him to break the bank.
Wouldn't It have been a hot day for Monte
Carlo If Mrs. Chadwlck had happened to
camp there for a few hours with her little
old system?
Great Dolnas for the Year.
New York Tribune.
There are still some great things to be
accomplished In the new yeHr, or the new
years to come. Among them are the Pan
ama canal, the "Cape to Cairo" railroad,
the conquest of the poles and also that of
the air by flylnrr machines. There are
many others, but the mention of these is
sufficient to Indicate that there Is plenty of
strenuous work ahead and plenty of room
for high achievement.
Do Sot Give Atrsiy Franchises.
Boston Transcript.
. We are coming to a larger appreciation
of the value of franchises and the fact
that the public should be a co-partner In
them. We are beginning to appreciate the
fact that no franchise should b granted
without some contribution to the public
burden, and this message of Mayor Collins
may serve to drive the idea home, so that
Boston may reap Its share of the benefits
of any corporate franchises granted In the
future.
Japan's Supremacy In the Orient.
Kansas City Journal.
We have a fancy, worth not much, but
as much as the opinion of the rest of
the writers on tho "yellow peril." that
Japan will see to It that there Is no pre
tentious nation developed anywhere In the
Asiatic region. If Japan has an ambition
It must be to rule the Orient. We cannot
conceive of Chinese hosts sweeping over
western Europe, but 'e can "lly conceive
of a mighty Japan holding the supremacy
of Asia and dictating the terms of trade
and other Intercourse with western na
tions. A Year of Satisfaction.
Leslie's Weekly.
To us here In America, If nowhere else,
the year Just now passed has been one to
be looked back upon with prido and grati
ficationa year that has not only brought
us many good things In Itself, but has
witnessed the beginning of many other
things that surely make for happiness,
prosperity and progress In tho future.
Thus, to be specific, it has witnessed the
popular choice by an unprecedented ma
jority of a president who stands com
mitted by precept, pledge and past achieve,
ment to a government policy which In
sures the maintenance of right and reason
In every sphere of national Influence and
authority; a policy that means no less for
tha future welfare and betterment of con
ditions for the humblest workingman than
It does for security and exact Justice to tha
employer and the capitalist; a policy that
means honesty and fidelity In public office,
tho fearless discharge of public duty, the
recognition of citizen rights without regard
to race or color, the rational advancement
of public enterprises, the upbuilding and
strengthening of American Interests both
at home and abroad, and a still further
widening of America's power snd Influence
for peace and good will throughout the
world.
WAR OITCXAMED.
More People Killed la Railroad
Wrecks Than la Mar.
Frederick H. Adams In Success. '
A report recently Issued by the Interstate
Commerce commission shows that the total
number of casualties to persons on rail
roads In tha T'nlted States during the fiscal
year ended June M, 1904, was (6,130, com
prising 2,787 killed and 61,843 Injured. This
shows a large Increase over any other year.
It Is a large total, and, In comparison, may
be said to be similar to the complete de
struction of any one of such cities as Salt
Lake City, I' tail ; Ban Antonio, Tex.; Ra
cine, Wla.; Topeka, Kan.; Waterbury,
Conn.; Wllkesbarre, . Pa., or Augusta, Ga ,
neither or which baa anything like 63.000
Inhabitants. In both the American and
British armies, September 19, and October
T, U and It 1777, In the aeries of fights
and movements around Saratoga, as In
cluded by K. 8. Creasy In his "Fifteen De
cisive Battles of the World," there were
less than i!0,GOO men; while the highest to
tal given by C. K. Adams In Johnson's
"Cyclopaedia." of the killed, wounded and
missing on both sides at Waterloo, one
of the greatest battles of all time. Is 64,
428 men not so many by "02 as last year's
total of t'nlted States railroad casualties.
The number of collisions and derailments
during the last year was 11.1, Involving
19.33.097 In damage to rolling stock and
roadbeds. This gives the astonishing In
crease of 6U collisions and derailments
over 1H0R astounding but for the reduction
of miloyts lu lKii, by 76,Oou.
Federation
harmless.
BITS OF WHH(iTM MFR.
Mtanr
Scenes anil Incidents Sketched
on the Spot.
The experimentalists of the Dcpat tnient
of Agriculture have thrown boraclc acid as
a preservative to the birds and turned their
attention to the production of nil Ideal cup
of coffee. The Job mill be continued through
the wtntcr. unless success sooner crowns
the undertaking. It Is the contention of the
department thst the production of a cup of
good coffee depends more upon the way it
Is made than upon the grade of coffee bun
employed. Not only will all the known
methods of coffee making be employed In
the experiments, but scientific measures will
be used to determine with the utmost exact
ness the effects produced upon the coffee
bean from the time It leaves the planta
tion, through the process of roasting and
grinding, and. lastly. In the brewing of the
beverage. What promises to be a most In
teresting feature of the experiments will
be the testing of the method employed In
the western part of Sumatra of using the
leaves of the coffee plant Instead of the
berries. The method in vogue In Cuba of
making coffee by cold water Infusion,
though supposed to eliminate the undesir
able tannic element, has been found by the
department expert to contribute In reality
little or nothing to that effect. The process
employed by the celebrated coffee makers of
Tarls. Vienna and Constantinople will be
used. Insofar ns they nre known. It Is a
recognised fact, however, that some of
these adepts possess secret methods which
they will not disclose, as. for Instance, the
famous Egyptian coffee maker of the king
of England.
"When the house leaders," says the
Washington Post, "can no longer stem the
tide of public sentiment as shown In the
determination of the house to pass certain
legislation, it is unloaded on the senate.
Thus it happens that the pure food hill,
the eight-hour bill, the statehood bill, the
Alaska delegate bill and half a doien other
measures of less Importance have been sent
to the senate for that body to deal with
In the manner It knows so well. It Is such
an easy matter to defeat a bill and at the
same time avoid the responsibility of vot
ing against it. Everybody Is aware that j
If It came to a "showdown' the pure food
bill, some sort of a statehood bill, the
eight-hour bill and several other measures
passed by the house would also be passed
by the senate, but It Is now only a matter
of blocking the way with a debatable meas
ure and all 'bad legislation,' or what Is
considered had by tho leaders, dhs on
March 4. Sometimes the threat Is made
that tho senate will no longer become the
buffer, and (hat If the house cannot kill
Its own 'bad legislation' the senate will
not resort to Its own effective weapon,
but In the end It does, and with that su
perior air of being the real bulwark of the
nation. It goes about the duty of stand
Ing off objectionable measures as a staunch
soldier would mount guard at the gates of
a cltndel."
nan s dozen veteran congressmen were
telling stories In a committee room the
other afternoon, when one of tho number
recalled how "Dave" Henderson of Iowa
escaped being fined $5,000 while the Mills
tariff bill was under discussion. It had
been difficult t1 maintain a quorum and tho
house directed the sergeant-at-arms to
compel the presence of the absent mem
bers. One by one they were brought In
and on one pretext or another were al
lowed to go unpunished. At midnight Hen
derson was brought before the speaker.
He declared he had no excuse to offer.
whereupon another Iowa man moved that
he be fined So.flOO. Half a hundred seconds
were Immediately heard. Speaker Carlisle
put the motion and about 200 voices yelled
'aye." Then the speaker called for the
noes, and Henderson in agonised tones
alone responded. "The noes have It,"
gravely said the speaker, "and the gentle
man is excused."
General Gillespie, who furnished the de
sign for the new medal of honor, has de
cided not to assign the patent rights In
the emblem to the Medal of Honor Loyal
Legion. The hubbub raised over the an
nouncement that he had arranged to turn
control of this medal over to this associa
tion Induced him to change his mind. In
stead, he will transfer the patent to the
secretary of war and his successors, fol
lowing the practice of other officers who
have patented de-ces developed In the
line of their official work.
The assignment of the patent to the sec
retary of war accomplishes all that was
desired by general Gillespie and others
who are Interested In preserving the medal
from piracy. It was Inappropriate' that H
should in any degree be within the con
trol of an organization no matter how un
questioned might be the Integrity of the
members or how virtuous might be the pur
pose of the patented. According to many
who are entitled to wear this congressional
medal of honor there Is atlll an objection
able feature In the production of an em
blem which Is not all that It seems to be.
Naturally, those who wear the medal feel
that It might well be of gold Instead of
brass, plated In Imitation of gold. It Is
likely there will be further comment
from official sources on this subject.
The latest thing In the way of strikes has
been declared by members of the cabinet.
They have revolted against a custom which
has grown Into a nuisance of Intolerable
proportions. For many years cabinet min
isters have written, at the request of edi
tors, from time to tlmo opinions on various
topics, usually connected with their depart
ments, reviews of the year, messages of
good cheer and congratulation and appre
ciations of various things. The demands, at
flrBt few, have become so many and so In
sistent that many of the secretaries have
worked at night to accommodate the edi
tors. This year the demand has been un
usually heavy, and after a discussion at the
cabinet meeting, led by Secretaries Hay and
Shaw, a strike was declared.
So many members of congiens, In both
houoes, are preaching the doctrine of small
expenditures that Irreverent senators and
congressmen declare the national legisla
ture has been bitten by an "economic bug."
Senator Allison and Congressman Hemen
way, at the head of tho two appropriations
committees, were standing by Speaker Can
non In tho matter of economy. The other
day a visitor strolled Into the room of tha
senate committee on appropriations with a
cigar In his hand. "Is smoking permitted
here?" he Inquired of Senator fipooner,
whom he knew. "Everything Is permitted
here except appropriations," was the dis
gusted reply. "8moke up."
Two months ago the residence of John
Ludwig at Bucyrus, O, waa burned. In
the house waa a tin box containing S?u0 in
paper money. The money was burned to
ashes, which remained In the box. The box
and contents were sent to the government
for redemption, and today Mr. Ludwig was
notified that ha would be paid all but about
ft! of the amount he claimed waa In the box.
Tha money belonged to the lodge of which
Ludwig la treasurer.
Statistics of Snlelde.
Chicago Chronicle.
The statistics of suicide for the year Just
closed show that this crime is alarmingly
on the Increase In the 1'iUted States. There
were 6.340 cases In Ulri. (.776 in 1i0. 7.243 In
lil. (.291 in 1902, t.m in 1903 and 9,240 In
1904. The cause of the Increase appears to
be little speculated on, but that it Is In
many cases connected with Insanity Is suf
ficiently obvious from the fact that last
year fifty-five pernon committed suicide
by throwing themselves in front of loco
motives and fourteen by setting lbtmKes
on firs
rER0 (I. SOTF.S.
Parisians are raising S fund with which
to puich.ise n sword for General Stocssel.
tiie heroic drfendit of Port Arthur.
Captain Roliert I.. Jlowse. who has Jusi
been Appointed commandant of cadets nt
the West rolnt Military academy, Is n na
tive of Texas and was graduated at the
academy In the class of June, less.
Tbe St. Louis beauty who narrowly es
caped blng burne,! to death because she
wss so fat thst the firemen had a hard J1
pulling her dainty form through a window,
wisely resolves to do the anti-fat act to a
finish this year.
A mirror, a crystal and a sword are car
ried before the emperor of Japan on alt
slate occasions. "Know thyself" Is the
message of the mirror. "Re pure and shine
Is the crystal's Injunction, while the swonl
Is n reminder to "Re strong."
Governor Purr-In of Indiana is consider
ing the advisability of suggesting to the
legislature that the state appropriate money
for a monument In Arlington ecmetery to
the memorv of General Henry W. I.awtoi
who was killed In the Philippines. A statue
In General Lawton s honor will be eteoten
shortly In Indianapolis.
Levi P. Morton, former vice presidrnt.
banker, diplomatist and statesman, smokes
cigars on what he calls a rational plan, in
order to keep his appreciation of thrift In
good working order he occasionally smokes
a 6-centr. One day last week the clerks In
his bank became aware of n remarkabn
odor, obstinate and Suffocating. When It
was at Its worst a messenger boy explained
the mystery on emerging from Mr. Morton's
private room. "It's all right." he said to
the cashier. "De Isiss is In dere smoking
one 'a dem rankos."
Congressman Goldfogle of New York Is
still suffering from the Ill-advised zeal
displayed by a young newspaper friend in
the recent canipalsn. The young 'man
printed n story to the effect that Mr. Gold
fogle was the wealthiest democrat run
nlng for congress In Manhattan snd ssll
the New Yorker's fortune was somewhere
between ir,.0nrt.0iO and I4.000.0o0. In a few
hours after this story appeared the con
greshniau's trouble began. Constituents
poured upon lilin. eager in their demands
for some of that enormous wealth. He
was pressed for campnlgn contributions
and for numerous donations for charity
and his family was practically driven out
of doors by the hordes of solicitors. Ever
since the unfortunate publication Mr.
Goldfogle has been kept busy explaining
that his fortune Is of modest proportions.
FOIR WAY'S TO DO IT.
Free Competition, Complete Monopoly,
Socialism. GoTernsaeat Herniation.
Wall Street Journal.
There are Just four ways open ss re
gards tho solution of what Is called "the
railroad problem."
The first way Is that of free competition,
unrestricted and unregulated in any way.
That such competition would onerate to
the advantage of shippers thero can be
no doubt. Rut it would make railroad
rates unstable; it would make the opera
tion of the railroads at a profit difficult. If
not Impossible; and as the prosperity of the
railroads nnd the stability of rates are es
sential to the prosperity of tho whole
e-ountry, unrestricted competition between
transportation companies might be calam
itous. There was a notable development
of the country during the period when
rallroud competition was most extensive,
but that period was filled with many In
tervals of depression, due largely to the
instability of rates. It Is noteworthy that
the greatest prosperity this country has en
Joyed has been during the time when rall
roud consolidations have , materially re
duced the area of competition.
Another way Is that of complete mo
nopoly. At the outset It may be said that
while the period of greatest prosperity in
this country has been coincident with a re
duction In competition. It has also been
Just that period In which the moat vigorous
measures have been taken to prevent com
plete monopoly. Whatever may be the ad
vantages of a consolidation of the owner
ship and control of the railroads In the
hands of a few strong men, this much
muy be said with certainty, that the people
of the United States will never permit for
long the railroads of the country to be
completely monopolized. They would pre
fer even less prosperity to the loss of lib
era. The third wsy Is that of socialism that
Is to say, government ownership of the
railroads. There lias been aome growth
of public sentiment In the United States
In favor of such a development; but the
administration of the postonVe. which Is
government business, has not been such as
to make the Idea of government ownership
of the railroads attractive, even If the
people were prepared for any such advance
toward socialism.
The fourth way Is that of government
regulation, which Is the middle road be
tween socialism on the one hand and com
plete competition on the other. The only
alternative for either government owner
ship or the wastes of unregulated competi
tion la government supervision. There Is
no other stopping place. We must either
enforce competition to the fullest extent
or else the government must buy the rail
roads and operate them. If we fear the
consequences of unrestricted competition,
tha power of complete monopoly or the
results of government ownership, then we
must be prepared to accept that policy
which, while leaving the railroads to the
operation of private capital, shall permit
them to secure that measure of concentra
tion which is essential to the largest eco
nomical results and stability of rates, and
then subject them to vigorous government
regulation.
Ayer's Hair Vigor is a
ss
hair and the hair grows. That's all there is to it.
And, it is a splendid tonic to the hair, giving
the hair follicles tone and strength. This is why
it checks falling hair so promptly.
As a dressing, it Keeps the hair soft and smooth
and prevents splitting at the ends.
fse kr Ike , O. Sr.r Ce , Lswsil, Mtss.
ie msaufaoturus ef
ITtt't CBttT nCTOtll-Psr costkt. AVER'S PILLfPar tMr)iu(i.
AtlH tAfcoAJAKlHrA ef tU UoqA. hill AQVtcZTgVi iffq S.4 f.
KoKnG the ftrsn thist.
Philadelphia Record: Shou'd f lie Gei (
Taper ceimpeny of the west fall undi r i
government sttsck In the courts tiie i
will then come for Its nvif powerful .,, ,
more Iniquitous twin frother in the e.i-i
Indianapolis News: A victory In this i
would have sn exceedingly g.od eff-vt .i
In nothing more thnn In the licmoiisiri',
that even with existing laws the im,-,,,
mrnt ia not powerless when confloi.teil :
these monopolistic organlzatioi s.
Kansas City Star: There Is only one i k
way and only one effective a to art - .
the paper business, now controlled by t
International Paper company and the (,.
eral Paper company. Thes twogre.u ,
Mnatlons have practically shsorhv
business of making and selling whit.- j-1 1
In this country. The wsy to bring lhen ' .
terms Is to remove the tariff on the iv
terlsls entering Into the manufacture
this article.
Chicago Tribune: The news print pv
monopoly was not formed until Its proi
five promoters had gone down to Washl ,
ton snd had persuaded congress to In
duce the present paper schedule Into t1
Dlngley law. The IMngley law Is. if no- i -mother,
at any rats the nurse, of tho mw.
print paper monopoly. To leave the I Mi.,,
ley law unchanged In this respect is to f.
ten upon the newspapers of the I nii 1
States a monopoly which Is bound In in
to Increase the prices now paid by tli r
subscribers and advertisers.
Philadelphia Ledger: The tariff duties
Mint paper were raised from S3 to $i a ua
for the sole beivrflt of the truets. In orilur
that they might have, under the shelter r.f
the Dlngley bill, an opportunity to hold th
American buyers by the throat. Just .,
they are charged with doing In the hIIik.
tlons made before the house committee .ml
In this petition flleel by the attorney g. i -ersl
at St. Paul. This tariff tax Is imi ,
revenue producer, but a prohibitive elevh i
framed for the purpose of permitting tmn
to flay the consumer, and when the at
torney general gets through with the com
bination many people will have new light
on the tariff problem.
MIKTHFII. RRMtRKS.
"DM you buy your way to your present
position of political prominence?"
"Certainly. I did." answered 8"iiat.r
Sorghum. "If there Is anything I bate It
a deadhead. Washington mar.
'I wish James would swear off on h i
van'tv."
"Is he vain?
"Vain! I should sav he is vain! l, .
only yesterday' he told nie he thought i
was every bit as good looking as I am:'
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Naggus What's the trouble now?
Rorus I've got the writers' cramps.
Naggus You mean writers' cramp?
Rorus No. J don't. I mean cramps. I v
got all three of 'em fingers, stomach ami
pocketbook. Chlcsgo Tribune.
'JlBsbv's with that new war play that
came to town last week."
'Yes. he was telling me he has one or the
leading roles."
"So he has. He leads the hero's horse
on and off the stage." Philadelphia Press.
Reggar Kind sir. could you help a victim
of tbe trusts? I am starving!
e.ltizen now are me trusts reeponsiom.
IlAawa. Thau -hut Hnwn the faiMnrv
where my wife had a Job. air. Puck.
VI y CuAnnn T Ann't whv VOll f'ttll't
decide about the matter at once.
Mrs. Snappe Well, it takes me some tlm
to make up my mind.
Mr. snappe l aim i see wny n snoiiio
You haven't much material to work lvn.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Oolnskl Sneldnlhelm has lot of drubbles!
Geepoudskl Vot Ise?'
Oolnskl Veil, be has fallUt In peezness.
Oee.ioudskl Veil?
Oolnskl And now he has got Priglit's
disease.
Geeooudsk I I! pet lie s got Id In ht
vlfe's na me 1 Cleveland Leader.
I thought they weren't aolnc to be mar
ried until the spring."
"Yes; but they changed their minda sud
denly, and did the thing yesterday. You
see. they happened to find a good servant
girl nut of a Job and thev wanted to Snap
ner up." Philadelphia Press.
"Do you keep long cotton gloves here?"
asked the old lady.
"Some times wS keep m longer than
we'd like, lady," replied ths fresh clerk.
"But you won't keep your Job that wsv."
Interrupted the proprietor, who had over
heard the remark." Catholic Standard.
A HlDRED YEARS HENCE.
Japan Mail. -A
hundred years
Hence and what mutters all this toil uml
strife?
A transient dawn, a narrow little day.
And twilight shadea ua for eternity.
Peasant and potentate will turn at last
And mix their dust, the worms will ff"i
on each
Impartially. And if, indued, they speak
The truth who tell ua of a life beyond
Each will meet each beffore a throne, when
each.
Clean from the flesh, resolves Into a man.
Ah! Symbols of a rest that Is no rest.
Decking the wornout covering of flesh
With stone and braas, and banneret ami
shield,
As If you would preserve their very dust
From contact with a lesser kind's decay-
What of the night? Why were we liorn t
sin
And Buffering, who gains by our regret?
Can we be even sure that at the end
Of all our trouble we shall be allowed
To simply sleep eternity awayT
Will all the aching hearts snd wearr limbs
Discover slumber on the other side?
Or will they rise, as prophets say thev
will.
Freeh to a happiness they never knew?
I wonder! As for me. I have no new
Demand to make; I only plead for peace.,
And In my pleading I am not alone.
Look to your work, who brought the thing
to birth.
The teeming millions with a single cry.
Peace! we l-e-eeho: lvs iis'm1v ti'eae
We ask no monument abuv our bones.
No epitaph of all we left undone.
Only a grave among the other graves.
Only to cumber nature for an hour,
Only to fall to piece on her breast.
And, failing, pas beyond tha reach of
man.
Great waves of heavy hair!
Oceana of flowing tresses I
Beauty, elegance, richness I
hair-food. It feeds the