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The Omaha illu STRATED Bee NUMBER 303. Entered Second Class at Omaha ToBtofflce Published Weekly by The Bee Tublishing Co. -Subscription, ?2.D0 Per Year. APKIL 2, 1903. Recent Progress in the Field of Electricity Missouri tew United States Senator A Force in America Life. IJ V f,l,nhnn. hfl. InMlnilfltpd Itflftlf I I more thoroughly Into American A I Ufa In the taut twenty years than any mechanical device perfected In the lima time. Telegraphy does not approach It an a means of general utility. The telephone enters, the home aa Well as the business house. It has been indispensable In professional business and Industrial life, as well as In the social af fairs of the people. The magnitude of Its expansion Is shown by the fact that In twenty-four years the number of subscrib ers has grown from 48,000 to 1.TO7.0U0. To conduct the business of these subscribers 4.723,000 miles of exchange and toll wire are required. "The longest distance over which speech In regularly transmitted," says the Boston Globe, "Is between Boston and Omaha, 1,609 miles. A business house In the western city talks dally with its representatives In Bos ton. The human voice is transmitted be tween those distant points on a copper wire In less time than it would take it to rrnsa an ordinary room without electrical propulsion. "Omaha is tho farthest western city that has telephonic communication with the east, and from central Nebraska west for several hundred miles, until Denver Is reached, there la but little telephonic de velopment. It Is the bad lands and desert of the west. A telephone line has been surveyed from Omaha to Denver, which will be built within a few years, and after its completion It Is not Improbable that. Boston will talk with San Francisco.- "The value of the copper wire at the dis posal of the person who talks over the rouie to Omaha Is 1283,000. and the servlco of nine operators Is required at the switch boards at various points along the line. "In 1881 the number of cities and towns enjoying the telephone service was 463; now tho companies of the Bell system Berve 30, 000 cities and towns, situated in every state and territory of the union. "Nothing exhibits the growth of tha busi ness more startllngly than the number of employes. In 1881 they numbered 1,650, whereas at the beginning of the present year they had grown to the enormous num ber of 67.300. This fact Illustrates a truth In economic development, which is always encouraging to the well wishers of the race, jiamcly, that every new Invention or device which adds to man's comfort or conveni ence, or 'which substitutes an Improved for a crude form of labor, Inevitably swells the opportunities for employment. If the stand-patters or retrogresslonlsts could have had their way In the last half century there wouldn't be sufficient employment today for half the human race. " "The total average number of telephone communications dally In 1881 was 300.000; at ' the beginning of 1906 It was 11,909.600. This vast number of message If divided among all the people of the country would furnish forty-two talks for each Inhabitant an nually. In 1881 there were only two talks per person annually. The number of telephone messages trans mitted yearly Is now aa great as the num ber of pieces of first class mail matter, letters and postal cards sent through the United States malls. Great as la tho usefulness of the telephone in business, It plays an Important part in social life. It has done more than any other Invention or agency to hold people together. It has' relieved the old-time Isola tion of the home and become at once the companion and the servant of the busy housewife. Steam Aa-alnst Kleotrlclty. "The railroads In many parts of the country," says the Chicago Tribune, "are beginning to be troubled by the competi tion of trolley cars. Interurban electrlo Hues do not affect the railroads' long dis tance traffic but In some localities they are cutting deep Into their local business. The New York, New Haven & Hartford has adopted the policy of getting rid of this new form of competition by buying up the trolley lines and running them Itself. "Some railroads have adopted a different policy. It la said that the Lake Shore, which Is reported to have lost 60 per cent of its local passenger business. In Ohio be cause of trolley lines. Intends to enter Into more active competition with the electrlo roads by which it has been paralleled. The Chicago & Alton la preparing to do that. This line Is having a number of small en gines built, which will draw trains of two cars each between Dwlght and Blooming ton, a distance of fifty miles. A rate of fare which will meet trolley rates will be granted, and stops will be made an aver age of every two or two and a half miles. The results of the Alton's experiment will be studied with Interest by railway man agers. If It proves successful other steam roads which are paralleled by electrlo lines will doubtless follow the Alton's example. "The railways are beginning to be wor ried not only over the effect of trolley com petition on their local passenger business, but also over the possible future effects of Its competition on certain classes of local freight business. The Interurban electrlo line la built to carry passengers, but in time It may find it profitable to add freight to its passenger business. Tills touches the railroads In the tendurest point and may be expected to cause many lines to enter into sharp competition wlth.thclr trolley competitors for the purpose of crushing them before they gTOW too strong. "The trolley line will decline to be crushed, though it may be bought up as In Connecticut. The principal result of the contest between electricity and steam will be batter service to the public." The Telephone la War. "Among the many things the Japanese have done during the war which they are now waging," says the Electrical Review, "and which have attracted the attention of the world, their use of the telephone is one. When the war first broke out, and w hile the question of supremacy on the water was undecided, they made good use of wireless telegraphy. By this means the main fleet kept In touch with Its scouts, and. Indeed, In the final conclusive battle of laat August. In which the Russian ves sels left the harbor to attack a few ap parently unsupported Japanese vessels, the latter called up the main Japanese fleet, then out of sight but In waiting, by means of wireless telegraphy. On laud the Japa nese have erected telegraph lines as they advanced and kept the government In Tuklo In constant communication with all of the armies, and each army la touch with the other. "Hut to keep the commander of a single army in constant touch with his dlvUlon commanders, the telephone has been used. As each advance was made, or a trench was dug, connections were made with head quarters by telephone. Thus, not only was all important. Information transmitted im mediately to the commander, but fighting was directed from the latter point by the same means. The commander was able to direct the fire of the guns, and to order advances when the proper time arrived. The telephone In this service has taken the place of the courier, and does the work better and more quickly. By its ability to communicate instantly with many and widely separated points, not only are the army's operations directed more effectively, but one commander is enabled to command a larger force than was possible under the old system." Wireless Mrii(F Astray. Skeptics relative to tho practicability of wireless telegraphy were gloating with an "I told you so" expression on their faces over the going astray of a message sent from the steamship Bermudlan. The ves sel was 380 miles south of the Highland of Naveslnk when a message addressed to the New York office of the company was sent out In the hope that some passing vessel might pick it up. The message came in the mall from Cleveland, O. It was com plete In every way, but neither the High land station nor the wireless towers at lienlopon or Hatteras knew anything of it, nor was It heard by any passing ship. The operator at Cleveland states that he took the message In the regular order of business and that each dot and dash was as perfect as' if It had been sent only a few miles away. The distance between the Bermudlan at sea and the Cleveland station Is over 900 miles. The CHyBeantifnl. "The City Betutlful" Is a dream In many communities and will remain a figment of hopeful minds as long as poles and wires and garish signs encumber streets and sidewalks. Some of the business sections of Los Angeles, where enterprise and beauty go hand In hand, are actively at work beautifying their respective localities. One of the means adopted is the purchase of ornamental post electroliers for publlo use. These are substituted for the poles and lamps now In use and presented to the city.. One system already Installed on Broadway cost the donors $15,000. An other business section contributed $11,000 for a similar system. The example Is stir ring other sections of the city, and It is probable that the whole ' business section will be provided with handsome lamp posts, the only cost to the municipality being the wiring. The publlo spirit and good tastes shown In Los Angeles .Is not patented and may be Imitated in any. city. r ft. - 1 J" t , ; " : . . .t 1 it" -v ' - - ."Y'W - - .' ) : '' V " " ' ' ' -. - ' f. X .- 7 . -- ' v .' "'' ' : -ij'-'v- s -- ' . -- ' ' . . . f - f.. . V. ' ; ' . 1 , v . v , . . . .. - ' .: - . . '.-,." ... ? '!. f . . . .. '. ' ; - ' 't V u . - ' V .'7 :- ' Gossip and Stories About Prominent People M MAJOR . WILXUM- WARN EE. New Senator from Missouri. , AJOK WILLIAM WARNER of Kansas City, recently elected United States senator from Mis-' sourl. to succeed Francis M. Cockrell. Is widely known throughout the west. He Is one f tho leading members of the bar of the Missouri valley, and prior to bis election to the T'nited States senate was I'nited States attorney for the western district of Mis souri. Major Warner was born In Wis consin In 1840, and Is a graduate of the University of Michigan. He was admitted to the bar Just before the civil war, through which he served with distinction In the Thirty-third and Forty-fourth Wis consin regiments. He has held many pub lic offices, having been city attorney of Kansas City in 1867, circuit attorney In 1B69 and mayor In 1871. Ho was United States district attorney for the western Missouri district from 1883 to 1SS4, and was again appointed to that position by Presi dent McKinley In 1S98, which office he held up to the time of his election as United States senator. He represented the Fifth Missouri district In congress from 1886 to 18S9. In 1892 lie was a candidate for gov ernor of Missouri, and In lN87was voted for by the republican legislators for Unite States senator, when the late George O. Vest was re-elected. Ho was republican presidential elector in 1S72 and has been a delegate to every republican national con vention for the past thirty years He was the first department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic In Missouri, and from 1888 to 1889 was national commander-in-chief. He Is at present a member of tho board of trustees of the National Homes of Disabled Volunteers. Good Man for Bis Town. Henry G. Rogers, vies president of the Standard Oil company, is very generous to his native town, Falrhaven, Mass., with his latest gift, a high school building which will cost $25,000, his donations for publlo Institutions amount to $3,000,000. Mr. Rogers' iirst gift was made about twenty years ago, when ho presented the town with tho Rogers school, a handsome structure, used for yie grammar grades, then came the Mllllcent library, which he built as a memorial to his duceased daugh ter and which ho generously endowed. Not satisfied, however, he transferred a ma jority of tho stock of the Falrhaven Water company to the library and tho Income of the institution Is now very large. Ground for tho erection of the library had hardly been broken before Mr. Rogers gave the place a handsome town hall, which Is one of the show places of this region. He followed that by putting up a handsome three-story business block. Race Suicide Discussed from New Point of View m N A recent address delivered be fore the Lincoln Ministerial as sociation on the subject, "Luxury and Social Ambition as Factors In Race Suickla." Rv. PMorin Holiaby Williaford, pastor of the First Free Baptist church- of Lincoln, made some Interesting disclosures of the fe cundity of members of prominent Omaha churches. His topic was "Luxury and So cial Ambition as Factors In Race Suicide," ' and he handled the subject in such a way that he provoked a moat active discussion. "It may be of Interest to state the first use of the term 'race suicide, " sold. Rev. Wllllsford, prefacing his address. "At the annual meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Science held In 1U01 the annual address was delivered by Dr. Edward A. Ross of our own university, on the 'Causes of Race Superiority.' Iu clos ing his address Dr. Ross mode use of the term 'race suicide.' It was not until a year and a half later that President Roose velt made use of the term. "Among the checks to Increased popula tion are luxury and social ambition. By this is meant the desire to display con spicuous consumption and love of social prestige. The very composition of so ciety makes the possession and elaborate expenditure of wealth the most important factor In gaining and retaining social power. Children require care, time and money to nourish and clothe and educate them. Those who would be social lead era and enjoy luxuries tend more and more to avoid parentage. Whoever Is ambi tious to secure and malntaina certain so cial status will resist whatever tends to pull tbem Into a lower social level. . The problem with which the many are strug gling Is not how I can live, but how can I live well live better; how oan I ' possess social power. "Says Henry George: The more man has the more he wants. At first more quantity, then more quality.' "It Is not mere hunger, but taste that urges men on In clothes not mere com fort, but adornment. Not simply a house, but furnishing. The food supply If of minor Importance. "The law of population, the tendency to increase Instead of being uniform. Is strong where the perpetuity of the race is threat enel by the mortality induced by adverse conditions, but weakens Just as the higher development of the individual becomes pos sible and the perpetuity of the race Is as sured. Influence of social Status. "The social status Is influenced by the In flux of foreigners and by foreign travel of Americana. The latter is probably of sec ondary consideration, but it Is undoubtedly worthy of at least a mere mention. As Americans of great wealth travel abroad and come In oontact with the higher so cial level of foreign life and see the con spicuous dUplay In such phases of life, they return home to establish, so tar as they can, such social customs and practices. The first cause Is far more vital and far reaching, for many of the foreigners who come to our midst become keen competitors In all lines of industry, and, second, they are content to sustain a lower standard of living, and this makes their competition doubly effective. For the American to sustain his customary standard of living, and being unable to Increase his Income, and being unwilling to lower his standard of living practices, tnhlbttteu of his pro creative propensities, and thus the birth rate Is decreased. "This data was taken from 18SS-1897: Among all classes up to if years of age It was fouud that the native) marriage rate was less than the foreign. "Males, 16 years and over, native. 17.7 r cent. "Males, IS years and over, foreign born, 68.9 per cent. "Females, 15 years and over, native, 40 per cent. "remales, 15 years and over, foreign born, 66.8 per cent. "The per cent of married native women at the child bearing ago who have no chil dren Is larger than for foreign married women, as 3-15 la to 2-15 for the foreign population. "it isn't a question merely of the Influ ence of education on the birth rate, but of Income to furnish luxury and maintain social position. How size of Income effects the birth rate the following table demon strates: Ber- Vf- Lon Parls. lin. enna. don. Very poor quarters 108 167 200 147 Poor quarters 95 129 164 H0 Comfortable quarters.. 72 m 155 107 Very comfortable quar ters 65 96 153 107 Rich quarters 63 63 107 87 Very rich quarters 34 47 71 63 Average SO 102 US 109 "This is the number of births per 1.000 women between IS and 50 per annum. "These facts Illustrate Dumont's law, of which more soon will be said population Increases Inversely with social capillarity. "Among progressive people there exists a strong desire and tendency to Improve their condition and advance their social status and gratify their social ambition. A democratic country is favorable to the realization of such desires and efforts. But even In such a country where eco nomic conditions Intensify competition, so that the same standard of living is more difficult to maintain, to say nothing of advancing it. "The decrease in birth rate Is found not only in the lower strata of society, but the population of the upper strata appears to be crowded out fastest In an interesting article by George C. Vincent the writer sas: 1 "The typical mountain family very con siderably must exced the numerical aver age for the country as a whole. It Is no unusual thing to find a family In which ten children have been born, while the number rarely (alls below five or six. One raised a family of twelve children, lost none and never had a doctor. The general health of the people was good. "Here la a region where tha desire for luxury and the possibility for satisfying that desire and social ambition are at low ebb. No Limit on Birth Rate Needed. "Brownell says the wealth is Increasing faster than population. It there were no opposing factors, then, it would not be necessary to limit the'blrth rate In order to enjoy luxury and social ambition, but wants seem to Increase faster than does wealth, and the demand for social life in creases faster than the ability to acquire the means to satisfy these demands. "According to Leroy Beaulleu, 'A low birth rate goes hand in hand with high wages and the spread of education.' "A division of wealth lessens social prestige. According to Guyan, multiplica tion of men is always more or less a division of wealth. That is dividing au estate between two or eleven children. "Again, luxury and social position come higher today than formerly and are more difficult to maintain. "Sugar, tea, coffee, tobacco, at one time were luxuries, their use evidence of so cial prestige. Now these articles are counted among the ordinary necessities of life. Yesterday the glassware ou the table was an Index of wealth; today it must be cut glass. "Children are expensive never more (o than today; but wealth expended for their care and traluiug does not enhance the parents' social position, unless there be a conspicuous consumption, tht is, having nurses, private tutors, expensive dress, travel, education in foreign countries. "The wife of that noble Roman,, Gracchi III, proudly exhibiting her children, Joy ously exclaimed: 'TheBe are my Jewels." But nut the kind that people today ure willing to own, nt least in very large num bers. To Increase the number of offspring is to decrease the fund fur luxury and for social ambition. , "Edwin Canon, in discussing the de clining birth rate for England und' Wales, says: "The problem is not an cosy one. We cannot always foretell the future by what has been, because a population of 100 has Increased to 200 in X time, It does not follow that the 200 will Increase to 400 la another X time. "The question Is not how many people, but how many of marriageable ago In child-bearing condition, who will have children. (He makes 20 to 40 years of age this period.) "1853-1S70 of those twenty to forty births. 12 per cent yearly. "1876 fell to It per cent births yearly. "1H fell to 10 per rent births yearly. "1W1, 10.4 births yenriy. "1894, 9.8 births yearly. "He estimates that by 1005 population will be stationary unless some unforeseen factors up:ear. "Between cipher and 100 the average Is not 50, neither Is 30 the average between 20 and 40, for more may bo- nearer 40 years of age than 20 years of age. Along this line Is not the Influence of luxury and social ambition seen? "Formerly a young woman made her debut into socity, was a social figure for a time, then married, retired largely from social life and becamo the mother of chil dren. Now tha social period Is extended, the age of marriages comes later. More of tho years near twenty, the most prollfilc period, are spent In single life. If, per chance, marriage takes place, the entice ments of social gaiety are strong and at- 'New Assistant U. S, District Attorney for Nebraska s ' ' x " . i -- f " - . ' i : 1 . V , , . A ' ' 1 . i- - ':' .jr.,""- 'V.. . V' ".-. -V Y --'A ' t h : - : Y . " " 'I!. ..: 4-- -. .- - ' . . I ' ' J s, . I jf , , , 4 v . ; t :.- .-. .... .. - ' ' -.. ' 1 I V I JL W. LANS, tract "so greatly that among the well-to-do, especially, various artificial means of pre venting conception and producing abortion are practiced, which tend to injure the physical system and lessen nature's power to reproduce. "Likewise men in deferring marriage. Since the cost of maintaining a certain standard Of living Is greater than formerly, they postpone assuming family cares and duties until they are able to accumulate a sum sufficient to establish a household on a satisfactory basis and the Income has Increased sufficiently to maintain the household that It will not lose social caste to the inhabitants thereof. Some Startling: Statistics. "This will not apply so much to the unskilled classes, where the maximum wage is reached In the early age of man - hood, 1. e., a ditch digger may be at his best at 21 and 25 years of age." Dr. Willisford cites authority to show the fathers and mothers of nearly half the children under 30 years of age and the fecundity of females Is highest be tween 18 and 19 years. Men attain maxi mum fecundity between 25 and 26. "It has already been stated that wealth Is Increasing faster than population. An Important thing to note 1b that this wealth Is falling Into the possession of the few." Dr. Willisford cites statistics from promi nent churches In Omaha, showing that In one church of eighty-two families twenty five families had more children than two to a family, seventeen families had no children, twenty-one families had only one child, nineteen families had only two chil dren, thirty-seven families had a total of twenty-ono children, twenty-five families had a total of ninety-six children, eighty two families had 159 children. Church No. 2: One hundred and sixty seven families had 345 children, thirty fam ilies had no children, twenty-nine families only one child, forty-three families, two children, forty-two families three, sixteen' families four, five families five, two families six. He shows that in one school district In Harlan county, Nebraska, fourteen fam ilies had sixty-five children. Klcven of these families were renters and many lived In sod houses. "Here luxury and , social ambition were minor quantities and children were plenti ful," says Dr. Willisford. Hysteria of Hqro Worship Charlemagne, you were a klndergart nor. William the Conqueror, we scarcely re ;ect you. Agamemnon, what did you do, anyway? Alexander, did you lick anybody? Napoleon, what was It they arrested you for? Kunston let's see! Where did we hear thst name? Kitchener, your last name sounds fa miliar, Bobs IJahadur, yours was some skirmish In India, wasn't it? Grant, you were merely going some. Wellington, you had some slight trouble at Waterloo, we believe. Wauhlngtoii, didn't you once run short of some comforts at a place called Valley Force ? Xerxes, what was it you were cured oil Garibaldi, oh, ymi, some new brund of macaroni, probably. Von Moltke, some folks used to think you knew something about tactles. Oyama, you have glvtn us an education In what real war Is. We grovel. BalUiuore American. which he presented to Oeorge H. Taber lodge of Free Masons. A sumptuously equipped lodKc-room, which rivals In mag nificence the grand lodge quartors, was also presented to the order which, having the Ineomo from the block kept on a high financial footing. Last year Mr. Rogers costliest gift, ths Unitarian Meinorlnl church, parish-house and parsonage, was completed at a cost of $1,000,000. It Is a memorial to his mother, Mrs. Mary Rogers, and Is built of stone, with elaborate carvings. The old Unitarian church was next transformed by Mr. Rogers Into a school houso for tho lower grades and for the manual training and cooking classes. The town whs without an up-to-lnte hotel, but Mr. Rogers is remedying that by tho construction of n two and one-half story modern building which will be ready for occupancy tills summer. What Falrhaven people, however, be lieve to be Mr. Rogers' best gift Is the huge plant of the Atlas Tack company. Several years ago the managers planned to remove the small plant from the town, which would have crippled the place in dustrially. Mr. Rogers bought, up the interests in the several branches of the concern in neighboring towns and placed them under the management here, hous ing them in a $1,000,000 plant that gives employment to 500 people. With all his activity In Standard OU and finance, Mr. Rogers finds time to hold the position of superintendent rf streets at a salary of $3 a day. Tills and much more out of his own pocket he ex pends in building macadamised roadways, curbing sidewalks and putting in long stretches of granollthlo walks, his annual outlay In this respect alone being more than $100,000. $ A Colorado Wonder. One of the interesting men In the Colo rado legislature Is Senator Jack Crowley of Otero county. He's there against his will. Ho wanted his predecessor renomi nated. He wanted to stay home and look after his orchards. After the Otero demo crats put his name on the ticket he ad dressed thorn In an open letter, reminding ' thorn that he Is a farmer and not a politi cian. "Lost year, like some other years.'' he said, "I hod almost a failure In fruit, but this year I am blessed with the best crop I have ever had. Tills must be taken care of. , It will toko all I can do with, the assistance of thirty men until after election to save my crop. I cannot possibly come to see you before the election. As to my opponent, T. F. Godding, Jr., he la my neighbor and Is a nice young man and would represent you well." Ia spite of all this Mr. Crowley was elected. , The. New Chinese Minister. W. W. Rockhlll, appointed United States minister to China, Is an eminent orientalist and traveler. He began his diplomatic ca reer as secretary to the American legation In Japan and It was then that he became imbued with a desire to make a scientlflo study of oriental questions. He obtained leave. of absence from Toklo and set out disguised as a high priost, with two native attendants, to reach L'hassa, the forbidden city. He penetrated farther Into the for bidden country than any white man had done up to that time and was finally put to flight because one of the provincial vice roys, learning of his nusslon, set a price upon his head. As a special commissioner to Peking after the Boxor uprising he was able to contribute In an Important way to the solution of the delicate problems which grew out of that affair. All Good Livers. From the standpoint of the prohibitionist, says the Chicago Chronicle, none of the presidents has been strictly a "temperance man." Grant was fond of whisky punch and champagne. Johnson preferred Robert son county, Tennessee, whisky. Jackson drank rum, brandy, whisky and applejack. All of the presidents up to Van Buren Indulged in liquors and Madeira wine. Polk, Hayes and William Henry Harrison used liquors less than the others; yet all three knew good grog when they tasted It. The later Harrison, like Presidents Ar thur and Grant, was appreciative of John Chamberlln's famous apple toddy. Garfield was fond of fine wines and once in a while Indulged in brandy and Ice. Lincoln also took a "snifter" of bourbbn occasionally, and enjoyed a gloss or so of sherry or port. Buchanan took to Monon gahela "whisky and was fond of fine wines. Pierce enjoyed a glass of rum, brandy or whisky, and was happy over a mint Julep on a hot summer afternoon. Arthur was a connoisseur and partook generally of all good liquors and wines. Taylor and Fillmore were fond of a glass of good Madeira or brandy. All of the presidents were good livers, although Polk, Hayes, Lincoln and Johnson cared only for "good, square meals." All of them up to Van Buren's time played loo and brag. Poker was unknown In those days. Jackson was fond of whist. Grant played euchre and poker. Lincoln's favorite game was "old sledge." Pierce was fond of "bluff" and seven up. Polk, Hayes, Garfield and tha Harrisons never played. Johnson did not know one card from an other, never used tobacco In any form and was never In a theater or at a horse race In his life. Lincoln was fond of the theater. He once paid that he was particularly fond of the "Merry Wives of Windsor," with Haekelt as Fulhtaff; of Murdock's rendition of "Hamlet"; of Kean's Rlchurd, and that hs regarded "Macbeth" as Shakespeare's greatest work. A Mau of Fixed Habits. Senator Arthur Pue Gorman is a man of fixed habits. Every day that he Is In Washington he may be seen walking down Fifteenth street at 10:30 a. m. sharp. He may be but five, minutes early or five min utes late, 'but bets have been won on the proposition that he would paas the Hod 1 Hhurehum within the limit named. Senator tronnon strolls down Fifteenth street and enters a modest Utile burlier shop under the Colonial hotel. He removes his hat and stretches out fur u shave In the chair which Is always reserved for him. Ths senator has been following this routine for thirty years. Old Sam, tho colored raior expert, h is shaved (iorinan thousands of times, having attended him from the time of his first visit to the bhop. When the Maryland mun is sick and unable to be out of doors Sum takes his kit up to llurmuu's hou.-c und shaves him there. Ham is an ardent republican, but lie says lie will vote the democratic ticket It Our man Is nominated for ths presldaooy.