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    TOE OMAHA DAILY REE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14. 1903.
The Omaha Daily Bee
E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska. Douglas County, ss.:
C. C. Rosewater, secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
ays that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Daily. Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
mdhth of May, 1906, was a follows:
1 2K.04O
i 28,400
I 28,000
4 23,100
1 3M.A40
0 XO.BftO
7 81.R50
1 sta.nio
2K,4ftO
10 , 2K.1O0
11 SO.iSOO
12 SCS,U40
13 30.2HO
14 31, MO
16 28.70O
16 28,400
Total tUT.OoO
Law unsold copies lO.OWtf
Net total sales
Daily average
17 2O.ST0
18 2S.610
19 2H.H.10
ao ao.swo
21 t,T0
22 29,020
23 SM.BaO
24 2N.B10
26 28.TB0
M 20,040
27 8O.1B0
2g 20.110
29 S0.850
SO S3.000
SI 20,020
007,804
2,284
C. C. ROSEWATER,
Secretary.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
be r ore me tms aiat aay oi May, iwo.
(Seal) M. B. HUNGATE,
Notary Public
WHEN OIT OK TOWN.
Safcscrtbera leavlaa; the city tm
porarllr should hare The Be
mailed to them. It la better then
dally letter from home. Ad
dress will be changed aa often aa
requested.
This Is Junt ttie season that the corn
needs some good Lot weather. Aud we
need the corn. '
A circus has come aud gone without
any unusual commotlou at the city hall
over the distribution of tree tickets. Put
a mark ou the wall.
A paraphrase of Grover Clevelaud's
letter on the tnsurauce situation might
be: Stealing must stop if agents and
officials would thrive.
Reports' from Jackson's Hole Indicate
that the "passing of the rustler" is not
an accomplished fact, despite the heroic
work of Owen Wister.
fclnce Chinese newspapers have re
fused to advertise American goods there
can be no doubt of the intensity of the
feeling over our exclusion law.
The Russian peace commissioner may
not be Witte, but It is certain he will
have to be wise if he is to save much
more than "honor" for the czar.
AS TO TERMS OF PL ALU.
The governments of Russia and Japan
having assented to the proposal of Pres
ident Roosevelt Tor pence negotiations,
and there being no doubt that the pre
liminaries to entering upou negotiations
will be speedily arranged, attention is
centered upon the question as to tb
terms which Japan may submit. In
regard to this there lias been no little
conjecture aud not uunaturally It has
been quite generally assumed that the
Japanese demands would be somewhat
severe, especially In the matter of pecu
niary indemnity. It is generally recog
nized that she has a Just claim in this
direction, that she could fairly ask her
defeated euemy to pay her an amount
at least equal to what the war has cost
her in money; but it will not be at all
surprising If Japan shall be found to be
magnanimous in this respect and not
allow money indemulty to become a
stumbling block to peace. In order to
obtain, without a continuance of hostili
ties, all that is essential to her future
security, Japan can well afford to make
a moderate demand for monetary indem
nity. That she will be advised to do this
by her ally, Great Britain, Is deemed
probable, and doubtless this would also
be the advice of the United States if its
counsel should be asked. The reports
from St. Petersburg Intimate that Rub
sla Is disposed to grant almost anything
except an enormous pecuniary indem
nity. That appears to be regarded by
the czar and his advisers as particularly
humiliating and they are represented as
reasoning that it would be better for
Russian honor and prestige to spend
hundreds of millions more in carrying
on hostilities than to agree to pay to
Japan what the war has cost that na
tion. The fallacy of such reasoning la
of course obvious, but If it possesses the
Russian mind, as has been stated, it
might be found impossible to overcome
it if Japan should insist upon a heavy
indemnity. It has been urged thvt the
Japanese would be to blame if, in ar
ranging terms of peace, they should con
travene the legitimate national aspira
tions of Russia and thus leave a rank
ling grievance. No responsible Japanese
authority has ever indicated a purpose
on the part of his government to make
any unreasonable demands as terms of
peace, but only such as will absolutely
assure the future security of Japan.
It is not difficult to see what some of
these conditions must inevitably be.
Japan may be expected to insist upon
terms that will prevent the broken power
of Russia in Asia from being restored.
In other words Russia must be prac
tically excluded from Asia except as to
her commercial Interests, which undoubt
edly will not be denied an equal oppor
tunity with the commercial Interests of
other nations. But they cannot here
after be backed up by military and naval
power. There must be a complete with
drawal of Russia from Manchuria and
her warships must le kept out of Asiatic
waters. These conditions are manifestly
necessary to a permanent peace and can
safely be counted upon as among the
demands which the Japanese govern
ment will make and Insist upon. And
there is every reason to believe that in
doing so it will have the support of most
If not all of the neutral powers.
Deuel was cited by the prosecution as
n involuntary witness and directed to
bring with him certain mortgage record
s evidence. After testifying to the gen
uineness of these records Mr. Deuel was
sked what was the reputation of Tom
Dennison for honesty aud integrity. In
responding to this question Mr. Deuel
nswered, "Good, barring the fact that
be has been a gambler." For giving this
response according to his own conscien
tious convictions Mr. Deuel is stigma
tized as a man of low moral stamina,
nflt to be trusted, and yet, we venture
to say, there Is not a man in the state of
Nebraska more nprlght, more conscien
tious In the discharge of every obligation
a a citizen and as a public officer than
Harry Deuel. Nobody has ever even
dared to suggest that he ever filched a
penny from any man's pocket or that he
has ever been guilty of a single act that
would cost the slightest shadow upon
him. Have not the men who denounced
Mr. Deuel and other officials who were
cited to appear overshot the mark?
These periodic outbursts of political
frenzy and personal vlndlctlveness would
naturally lend an outsider to look upon
Omaha as a hot-bed of vice and its gov
ernment as honeycombed with corrup
tion. Aa a matter of fact, there is not a
more orderly and better governed city
of equal population In all America. In
the eyes of the political faction that has
waged bitter and relentless war upon
rank E. Moores he is the IncarnRtlon of
11 that Is wicked, venal and rotten. As
matter of fact, the worst enemies of
Moores concede that they can find little
fault with his municipal administration.
They concede that in the main it has
been devoid of Jobbery and corruption
and reasonably economic. As mayor of
Omaha Frank E. Moores has fearlessly
interposed his vetoes against all meas
ures that he believed to be lawless or
reckless, and while his vetoes have been
frequently overridden he has never
failed to exercise this privilege in the
Interest of the taxpayers. In the police
government of Omaha the mayor Is only
one of five, and at least three represent
the faction with which he is not afflll-
ted.
That Omaha should be torn up and
black-washed by its own people because
of personal and political differences is
not only deplorable, but damaging. "It
is a foul bird that befouls its own nest."
The Bryanite organs are not pleased
with the Equitable reorganization. The
selection of Grover Cleveland as oue of
the stock-voting trustees was the last
ctraw.
If Mayor Weaver's policy of having
officials arrested for violating their of
ficial oaths should be generally adopted
the lawyera would be kept busy every
where. " 1
Russia reports good prospects for
wheat and it also seems probable that
there will be more men for the harvest
fields than were expected a few weeks
ago.
With the United Htatea and Great
Britain awaiting the action of France
in regard to the Moroccan situation Ger
many may find discretion the better part
of diplomacy.
WHATS THE MATTER WITH OMAHA.
ine Omaha Commercial club has a
membership of more than tiOO, consisting
of bankers, wholesale and retail nier
chants, manufacturers, real estate deal
ers, gralu elevator men, commission mer
chants and members of all professions-
law, medicine, literature and theology
The Omaha Real Estate exchange has a
membership of seventy, engaged in buy
ing, selling, leasing and renting farm
lands and city property.
The other day seventeen members of
the Commercial club, without previous
notice and without discussion, adopted
resolutions of censure against certain
city and county officials, who testified to
the reputation of Tom Dennison for fair
dealing, although an acknowledged gam
bier. On the heels of thlB action a
baker's dozen of the Real Estate ex
change, after a brief discussion with
some slight division, adopted resolutions
to the same purport.
These declarations were heralded
abroad by the sensational Omaha press
as the unanimous sentiment of the com
mercial bodies of Omaha. Thereupon
the country press, which is not too over
friendly to Omaha, opened up its batter
les and arraigned Omaha for its corrupt
The Kansas Cltv Hoard i( Trad has
been cut off from the Chicago Board of a"rt ,awlP8S ,wal nmnt
Trade quotations, but it can tap the Chi
cago figures by wireless unless they are
transmitted in cipher.
The government of Panama has con
cluded to coin a number of silver pesos,
and that without waiting for the aid
or consent of Bryan or any of the other
noted silver champions.
If the jigand the wultz-clog are to be
revived by the. dancing masters this
year, the solution of the problem of the
Indian may be found in his employment
to teach society the fashionable steps.
The attention of Norway in search
of a head reorganlzer la called to the
fact that a number of additional reslg
nations from President Roosevelt's cabb
net are scheduled to take place this year
A big batch of new law enacted by
the late Nebraska legislature will go Into
effect the first of next mouth. The three
month- accorded by the constitution tor
the people to familiarize themselves
with their new legislation aeeins to be
just long enough to enable them to for
get it effectually.
When the searchlight is turned on It
will bo found that not all the land frauds
bava been perpetrated under the Kin
ka!4 act. X goodly number wera per
petrated around the Indian reservation a
and quite a number way be traced clear
to Houth Dakota as a sequence of Unci
Sana's great land lottery.
One of these papers fires a ahower of
poisoned arrows at what it calls "the
wicked Nebraska metropolis," with an
admonition that it is high time for
Omaha to eradicate its municipal cancer,
Another declares that Omaha is badly
In need of a thorough bouse cleaning, but
there doea not appear to be a sufficient
number of people interested to bring
alout the renovatlou In official circles.
Another ventures to lecture Omaha
upon its general cusseduess and general
lawlessness and calls upon its best citi
sens to emulate the citizens of Pblladel
phla and rise in their might to overthrow
their bad government.
Everybody possessed of common sense
should know that there is a wide niargi
between the reputation of a titan
woman for honesty and his or her repu
tation for morality. A man may be ad
dieted to the excessive use of liquor and
still enjoy a good reputation for Integrity
even when he has violated the no treat
law and the Sunday liquor law. On the
other hand, a man may have an excellent
reputation from the moral point of view
and be a deadbeat and a swindler. There
are men In the Commercial club who are
habitual poker players and yet enjoy
excellent reputations for integrity, and
there are good church members and
strictly 'temperate citizens who have
been black-listed by. the mercantile agen
cies. The Impropriety aud rank injustice of
the resolutions that have again brought
ana into unenviable prominence may
strikingly Illustrated in tha case of
Harry Y. Deuel, register of deeds. (Mr.
INCREASE IN FOREIGN TRAVEL.
The number of Americans going
abroad this spring is very much larger
than ever before, according to reports
of officials of the customs service. It is
stated that all past records in this re
gard will be broken during the present
season. The increased travel to Europe,
it is said, has been a source of consider
able profit to the government. During
the past five years the value of the ap
praisement of dutiable goods brought
home by American tourists has more
than doubled, the figures for six months
of lost year showing the value of such
goods to be in round numbers $1,700,000,
on which duty to the amount of over
$300,000 was levied. .
On the other hand It is to be remarked
that these American tourists take a
very large amount of money out of the
country, which if expended at home
would add something to the general pros
perity. The millions that go abroad can
undoubtedly he spared, yet this money
would be very helpful to American sum
mer resorts, where those who are able
to spend It would find as much of health
If not of, pleasure as they can get In
raveling about Europe. Of course there
Is much to be said for an ocean voyage,
but a sojourn In the mountains or on the
upper lakes Is perhaps quite as health-
giving. However, the desire is to see the
old world and the numerous things of
Interest there and our prosperous people
will continue to flock to foreign shorea
from year to year in increasing numbers.
the big corporations by a million or two,)
and on the morning after the board has
concluded Its labors we will discover
that the promised raise has materialized
In a prearranged backdown. It is an old
game that Sam Brlgham played to
greater perfection than any of his successors.
Nebraska postmasters of all grades
and classifications are holding a state
meeting at Lincoln to discuss subjects
of mutual Interest bearing on the rela
tions of the postofflce and the public.
Other meetings of the same kind are
sure to be held periodically. Why should
not Omaha entertain the Nebraska post
masters the next time they want to get
together? The postmasters throughout
the state are good people for Omaha
business men to cultivate.
There Is altogether too much gas about
competition in public lighting with the
Omaha Gas company without a com
petitive gas manufacturing plant. Any
body can buy gus from the gas company
at its regular price, but no one can de
liver the gas without a pipe line to the
lamp posts.
Omaha has the grain market and will
soon have the grain storage elevators.
What is needed next is a few more
cereal mills, flouring mills, starch works
and other factories to work up the grain
from raw to finished state.
To Judge by reports from Vladivostok
Americans bidding on Russian ships
should not pay so much attention to mak
ing low figures as to arranging for n
fair distribution of profits among the
proper officials. '
And now the Chicago Great Western
has a program of expansion. The Chi
cago Great Western has been doing some
lively expansion work already and no
ticeable signs of it can be seen in and
about Omaha.
Eapertlngr Too Moch.
Chicago News.
Tou could hardly expect the Russians to
be delighted with the idea of having to pay
for the privilege of being beaten to a standstill.
"Sever Touched Me."
Brooklyn Eagle.
Two Vermont railroads have been "held"
for discriminating In freight rates. But at
last accounts they had got away and were
still running.
"Don't Get Gay."
Minneapolis Journal.
The Interests opposed to rate regulation
are said to be "Jubilant" over the presi
dent's reported determination not to call an
extra session of congress. Too much public
Jubilation might have a tendency to bring
on a session about August 15.
RECOGNITION OF NORM A T.
Norway's new foreign minister, who
will enter upou his duties tomorrow, has
announced that a special envoy will soon
be sent to the powers to secure the recog-
uitiou of the Norwegian diplomatic and
consular representatives. If this effort
to have the new government of Norway
recognized shall prove successful that
country will take Its place among the
Independent nations, but In view of the
fact that Sweden has formally protested
against the Norwegian secession, there Is
likely to be hesitation ou the part of the
powers about recognizing the diplomatic
and consular representatives of Norway.
It seems reasonable to suppose that the
governments asked to accord recognition
will desire to avoid giving any offense
to Sweden and will therefore consult
that government before taklug action ou
the Norwegian request.
It is suggested that unless Sweden
sholl employ force to bring Norway back
Into the union the recognition of Nor
way by other countries need not be un
duly delayed; that if Sweden carries
her objections no further than she has
carried them up to the present moment
the world will admit that Norway has
established her claim-to independence
not less securely than if she had estab
lished it by war. So far aa now appears
there Is no intention on the part of
Sweden to employ force. Indeed, King
Oscar is reported to have declared that
while he lives and reigns there will be
no war between the two countries. Such
an utterance is certainly characteristic
of the venerable sovereign and doubtless
voices the general sentiment of the
Swedish people. What steps may be
taken to heal the trouble will perhaps
be disclosed when the Swedish Parlta
ment meets a couple of weeks hence, but
there seems to be a fixed determination
on the part of Norway to adhere to the
dissolution. However, the Norwegians
might change their minds if the powers
should refuse to recognize the new gov
eminent.
The Deadly Toy Pistol.
Leslie's Weekly.
The appearance of the toy pistol In the
streets suggests an early and vigorous
protest against the annual saturnalia of
noise and nuisances of which this pesti
lent plaything" I a'Tforerumier. 'Public sen
timent has voiced Itself for several years
past In no uncerahitbnes against the ob
serve nee of Independence day In suoh a
manner as to place. fa premium on rowdy
ism and the daredevil spirit which revels
In dangerous and noisy sports and pas
times. The authorities of our cities and
towns will be upheld by the public gen
erally In a strict and impartial enforce
ment of the lawa and ordinances applying
to the use of firearms and explosives.
I
The Law's Delay.
Baltimore American.
The court of appeals of New York has
decided against a convicted murderer after
a legal fight of five years. Such cases as
this throw some light on the reason why
the law la not deterrent of crime. With
the long delays which money and legal
ability can now cause In almost every case
where they are employed, and the Juggling
by technicalities with Justice, the crime Is
forgotten long before the penalty is paid
if ever, and the swiftness and promptness
of the law's descent upon criminals In their
punishment, so great factors In the fear
with which that punishment is dreaded, re
duces Justice In Its modern form almost to
the dimensions of a farce. Great criminals
take chances because there Is always a rea
sonable hope of escaping retribution.
The South Omaha Board of Equallaa
tlou baa been appointed and within a
few days we may again look for tha
startling announcement that tha board
baa decided to raioa tha assessment of
TRIAL BY IXJl'XCTIOJf.
Of
Halt Called to the Expansion
Jndlclal Power.
Baltimore American.
Judge Grosscup'i recent decision in the
contempt cases is a notable one, and if
upheld on appeal, as there Is every reason
to suppose it will be, will go far toward
checking a Judicial practice which threat
ens to subvert the practice of law as It
has existed in this country since its estab
lishment. Trial by Injunction became
prominent for the first time In the Chicago
riots. It was a necessary and commendable
exercise of the Judicial functions and con
tributed largely to the suppression of dls
order and lawlessness. Lawfully and
properly exercised It is a useful and power
ful factor In enforcing the law, but It was
never contemplated that It should usurp
the regular processes of the law.
The criticism evoked when it was first
employed showed plainly that it was an
exceptional remedy, but since then it has
been applied in all kinds of cases and for
all sorts of purpose. until the impression
Is growing that there are no rights of the
cltlien which the Judiciary cannot set
aside by a simple Injunction. In fact, it
has been used in ways which, if allowed
to become general, will convert the old
machinery of Justice into something like
the rusty and antiquated armor of the
Middle Ages. An injunction is such a short
cut and so easy, and it gives the plaintiff
such a tremendous advantage that It la
necessarily attractive to those who seek
Its protection.
It is a dangerous power, however, as
Judge Grosscup points put. The constitu
tion of tha I nlted States does not confer
a qualified right when It says that no wit
nesa shall be compelled to testify against
himself and no court has any power to
deprive a cltlien of this right by Injunc
tlon or in any other way. The case In
which the decision was rendered Is of little
moment, the decision Itself la the thing. It
holds, In effect, that no court can do by
indirection that which It la forbidden to
do by the constitution and the laws. Ju
dicial forms of procedure must not be
strained to accomplish that which Is ob
viously unlawful under the ordinary and
regular proceasess of law. The decision
was necessary for the purpose of clearly
denning the rights of the cltlien. As a
rule. It win be well to restrict the writ or
injunction to the equity aide of a court In
civil proceedings. WSeit It Is necessary to
use It for the suppression of disorder or
crime, the emergency will probably suggest
ItseU.
ROlD ABO "T MEW YORK. J
Ripples on the C'nrrent of Life In the
Metropolis.
Prof. Jack Jennings of Dead wood, 8. D.,
cowboy by trade, blew Into New York from
Fart last week, with a petite Parlslenne,
Mine. Jennings, clinging to his arm.
'Welcome to America, girlie. This Is ol'
Noo Yawk," exclaimed the professor as
the pair reached the end of the gangplank.
'Pardon, M'sleu Jacques," cried the
bride, musically, knitting her brows in an
effort to gather his meaning.
'Oh, durn!" he declared, turning to
a customs officer. "Say, stranger, this Is
my wife. I'm Just a plain cowboy f'm
Deadwood. B. D. Was with Buffler Bill's
outfit In Faree met her 'nough said,
stranger. But she can't talk English, an'
I'm fair locoed when It comes to the
wooiy-woo. But tell her this Is the Tew-
nlted States of America an' the place
whar her beloved Jack Jennings fust
peeked at daylight. Tell her it's time to
say 'Hooray.' "
The customs officer blinked in amazement
and turned for refuge to the passenger list
of La Savole, where he read:
"M. et Mme. Jennings, Deadwood, 8. D."
"Bay, stranger, It's tough havln' a wife
that don't know when you're tellin" her
she's the sweetest thing In the world.
She's my sweetheart, all right ma bong
core. Did I get it right that time, girlie?"
Mme. Jennings burst out laughing.
"Ah, M'sleu Jacques," she cried. "You
air so drole."
Afterward, as they were about to start
away in a cab, Jennings shouted:
"HI, gar song, cabby, can you talk parly
voo wooly-woo?"
Sure!"
Then tell her It's time to whoop. Tell
her she's It; that we're goln' to raise a
cyclone along ol' Broadway. Tell her it's
Broadway we're comln' to."
"Lady, he says you're all to the good,"
said -the cabman.
"Out, oul!" laughed Mme. Jennings. "Je
comprend. Ze Broadway le grand boule
var'. Ha. ha!"
"Whoop! Let 'er go, Bill:" shouted Jack
Jennings. And away they went.
Roundsman Michael O'lxnighlln of the
Clymer Street police station, Brooklyn, who
already holds the record for saving lives
In the borough, added another rescue to
his record when he plunged from the head
of the Division avenue . pier, and after a
desperate struggle with the tide, succeeded,
with the help of Patrolman Burke of the
same station, In bringing a drowning man
to shore.
The effort, however, almost cost O'Lough-
lln his life. It was several hours after he
had been taken to the Kastern District
hospital before the physicians pronounced
him out of danger.
The man for whom he risked his life Was
Identified as Jose Qulnlan, who Is about
60 years old, and Is not known to have
any home.
Qulnlan was sleeping on the pier when
he fell over into the river. O'Louglhin,
who was talking with Burke, heard the
splash and the cry for help, and Immedi
ately divesting himself of coat and helmet,
he plunged after the man. The policeman
had to dive to get the drowning man, and
then, after he had brought Qulnlan to the
surface, he found that they had drifted
Into the dangerous eddies about the head
of the pier. And, but for the timely aid
of Burke, who threw them a rope, both
men would have been drowned.
O'Loughlln and Qulnlan were both un
conscious when they were lifted to the
pier.
On the site of the Plaza hotel at Fifty-
ninth street and Fifth avenue It Is planned
to erect within the next year a hotel
which, will rivai any similar structure in
the world.' It will be fifteen stories high,
have nearly 1,000 rooms and cost about
J15.000.000. It Is hoped to have It ready
for occupancy by a year from next au
tumn. Frederick Sterry, one of the best
known hotel men in America, is to man
age It.
Its ballroom and cafes will be modeled
after the famous hotels of Europe, the en
tire court being taken up with one large
dining room, other smaller dining rooms
extending along the Fifty-ninth street side
and half way through the Fifth avenue
front.
In addition to the present frontage In
Fifty-ninth street, 126 feet have been
bought, which will give the new structure
325 feet on the north side and 200 feet
Fifth avenue frontage. One of the most
attractive features will be a large open
garden similar to that' in the Hotel Rita
in Paris. The Fifth avenue front will in
clude a large driveway, the entrance open
ing Into an immense corridor, which It is
hoped to make a center of evening ac
tivates. "HI, there!" shouted the policeman. "You
get off them steps. You don't belong there."
"I know we don't," pleaded a pretty girl
In blue silk, "but won't you please let us
stay here long enough to get our picture
taken? We won't hurt anything."
"Possibly you won't," rejoined the po
liceman, "but that Is not the question. The
folks that own this house have got so
tired, of seeing a bunch of strangers perched
upon their steps, getting their pictures
taken, that they've given me orders to
shoo off every party that I see making
preparations.
"You see, the trouble is you sightseers
have run the business into the ground.
Most of the millionaires In this street are
pretty good natured, but when It comes
to unloading a whole 'bus load of strangers
at their house a dozen times a day, so that
the different members of the party can
send a photograph home showing how
they, looked standing on Mr. Rlchman'g
steps, they show fight. At any rate, the
man that lives here does. So you'll have to
move on. There's a house three doors from
here that Is owned by a man that's worth
Just as many millions as this one. You can
go down there and be taken If you like.
His folks are not at home."
The Secret of Good Collee
Even the best housekeepers: cannot make a pood enp of
coffee without good material. Pirty, adulterated and queerly
blended coffee bucL. aa unscrupulous dealers nhovel over their
counters won't do. But take the pure, clean, natural flavored
LION COFFEE, the leader o! all package eoUees
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HOW TO MAKE GOOD COFFEE.
Pse LION COFFKK, bertnse to get best result yon most ne the best coffee.
Grind your LION OFFISH rslhrr floe. I m "a Uhleopoonful to each cup. and one
extra for the poL" Flnt mix It with a lltUe cold water, enough to ranks a thick Mstc, and
add white of an egg (If egg Is to be need as a setUer), then follow one of the following rules i
let. WITH BOILING WATER. Add boltlna water, and lei It bolt
THREE MINUTM ONLY. Add a little cold water aad al aeldc live
alaalea to ettle. Serve promptly.
Sd. WITH COLD WATER. Add roar cold water to tha paeta aad
bring It to a bolL Then aet aalde. add a little eold water, aad la live
aalnutea lta ready to aerve.
3 (Don't boll It too long-.
Don't let It stand more than tan minutes bafore serving.
DO NT'S (Don't us water that has been boiled before.
TWO WAYS TO SETTLE COFFEE.
1st With left. TTt part of the white of an ecg, mixing It with the rrmad LION
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t With CeM Witrr Instead of rm. Aftsr boning add a datk of eold wstcr, and set
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W00L80N SPICK CO., Toledo, Ohio.
A,
lets in the Philadelphia free library is
207,000. The Chicago public library has
268,000 books and pamphlets, and In the li
brary of the Chicago university there are
329,000 books and 150,000 pamphlets. All of
the last mentioned statistics refer to l!).
In the same year the Dlbliotheque Nation
ale at Paris had 3.000.000 books and pamph
lets, the British museum, 2.000.0HO; the Im
perial library at St. Petersburg, l.BOrt.ooo,
and the Royal library at Berlin, 1,000.000.
It appears that the number of American
publications In 1902 was 7.S33, of British pub
lications in the same year, 7,3"1: of Italian
publications In 1900, 9,975; of French publi
cations In 1902, 12,199; of German publica
tions In the same year, 2fi,96.
It will surprise most persons to learn
that 17.9SB books were published In Russia
in 1895, and 21,255 in Japan In 1899. From
another point of view. It may be noted
that in the United States books accessible
to the public are far from bplng evenly
distributed, although Mr. Carnegie has
tried to lessen the Inequality by directing
especial attention to the western section
of the community. As things are now,
however, in the Indian Territory in 1903
there were only two books for 100 people,
and only twelve in Alabama and Mlssls-
ippl. On the other hand. In the District of
Columbia no fewer than 925 books are avail
able for every 100 persons. Massachusetts
has 256 volumes for every 100 of the popu-
atlon. If the United States be looked at
collectively, we find that there are slxty-
ight books to 100 Inhabitants.
rtKVRI.OPMKST OF LIBRARIES.
Instructive Statistics About Books
aad Book Repositories.
Harper's Weekly.
The federal commissioner of education
has published some interesting library
statistics showing that in 1903 the number
of books in public society and school li
braries was 54.419,000. The number repre
sented an increase of 374 per cent In twenty-
eljht years, an Increase largely due to Mr,
Andrew Carnegie, to whom upwards of a
thousand libraries In the United States owe
their exirtence, wholly or in part. The
number of volumes In 1900 was 44,591,000. The
largest collection of books in the United
States Is the Congressional library, which
contains 1,000,000 volumes, including pamph
lets, next to which comes Harvard unl
verslty, which contains 560,000 bound vol
umes, and 350.000 pamphlets. The Boston
public library figures In the third place
the aggregate number of its books and
pamphlets being 772.000. The New York pub
lie library, which will comprehend the As
tor. I-enox and TUden foundations, lias
500,0011 volumes and 140,000 pamphlets. To
appreciate, however, the facilities for read
ing afforded in New York,- we should men
tlon that the New York city library has
600,000 volumes, together with a large num
ber of pamphlets; that the library of Co
lumbia university has nearly 300.000 vol
umes and 15.000 pamphlets, and the Mar
cantlle library, -2 volumes. Including
pamphlets. The Philadelphia IJbrary com
pany owns 201,010 volumes and 81.000 pamph
lets, and the number of books and pamph
MIRTHKII, REMARK.
"I tnkes notice," said Uncle Eben, "dst
de man who tells you how easy it Is to he
contented wlf salt po'k an' beans ainer'ly
has as fine an appetite foh fried chicken
as anybody." Washington Star.
"It's true that 'all the world's a stage. "
snld the philosophical boarder, "and most
of the men and women on it are giving
vaudeville performances without knowing
It." Chicago Tribune.
"Sent word bv you that I was a liar, did
he? Why didn't you get him to put it in
writing, sn I could get him for It?"
"Oh. I was willing to take his word for
It." Cleveland Leader. .
"Well." remarked the man, who favored
a greater navy, "this war In the east Is a
grent lesson to us."
"That's what!" replied the other. "I've
learned a lot o' new names that I never
knew were In the geographies." Chicago
Tribune.
At
"That's her own composition," said a
high school girl to the boy near her when
her friend was playing the piano.
"Really?" asked the boy.
"Yes, really."
"Well, let us hope It's her valedictory!"
Yonker's Statesman.
PERSONAL VOTES.
Banker Blgelow, from the vantage ground
of Leavenworth penitentiary, will have am
ple time to review his past and figure out
the profits of that flyer In wheat.
A Yonkers, N. Y., alderman wants 125.000
damages because he was accused of solicit
ing a bribe. An alderman who is courag
eous enough to carry his case into court
ought to have the money.
President Roosevelt has Just purchased
150 acres of land and a frame house about
seven miles from Scottsvllle, In Albemarle
county, Va. The place Is one of the pret
tiest In the beautiful county of Albemarle.
Caruso, the celebrated Italian opera
tenor, Is the son of an engineer In Naples.
His father, on finding that the lad pre
ferred music to mechanics, turned him out
of doors, remarking: "Follow your fancy.
and when It brings you to grief do not
count on me."
Prof. George T. I Add of Yale, at the
close of the war between Russia and Japan,
by special arrangement, will go to Japan
for one or two years and, under the
auspices of the Imperial Education -society
of that country, aid in the development of
the system of education.
Besides the "cruel and unusual punish
ment of requiring corporations In New
York City to pay their full share of public
taxes, another woe Is added to their lot. A
school has been discovered where con
ductors are trained In the nimble art of
sequestering some of the nickels passed
up In street cars. Truly these are troublous
times for corporations.
Viscount Hayashi of Japan has Informed
the Scottish Anti-Tobacco society that the
Japanese police confiscate the "smoking
nstruments" of any youth under 20 years,
as well as his supply of the weed. Parents
and guardians who knowingly permit the
offense are liable to a fine of 50 cents and
dealers who. furnish a minor with the
wherewithal may be fined $5. The law was
passed In 1900.
Mayor McClellan of New York has leased
for a term of four years the house he now
occupies on Washington square. Four years
Is the term of office for the mayor of New
York under the new law. A day or two ago
citizen of New York was expressing
wonder why the mayor did not buy a home
Instead of renting. "Because he can't afford
It." said an intimate friend of Mr. Mc
Clellan. "He could have been rich years
ago but for the fact that he happens to be
an honest man."
When you see that sad, faraway look In
a girl's eyes, as she sits slone In the moon
light, you can't tell for certain whether sho
Is hopelessly In love or whether her corns
are hurting her. Somervllle Journal.
The commercial traveler was showing his
samples to the retail merchant.
"Here," he said, "is something new. W's
call It the Chicago spring hat."
"What la there peculiar about it?" asked
the merchant.
"Don't you see? It's panama on the in
side and felt, on the outside. When there
comes a warm day all you have to dn Is to
turn It inside out, and there you are." Chi
cago Tribune.
tXCEnTAIJiTY.
Somervllle Journal.
The glad vacation ,tlme is almost here,
And everybody asks; "Where shall you
go?"
And moat of us Indifferent appear.
And carelessly reply: "I do not know."
We do not know, for most of us, alas!
If we the plain, unvarnished truth should
speak,
Are looking for an Eden of a place
At which the board Is only five a week.
At which the board is only five a week!
Good places at that price are very rare;
And so In vain we seek, and seek, and
seek.
And outwardly pretend we do not care.
Oh. happy is the sordid millionaire, ,
Who doesn't mind what he may have to
ay,
And who, when he la asked: "Where shall
you go?"
Can turn around and tell you right away!
We cannot tell you, for we do not know
What fortune may be ours In our quest.
Some places, sure, there are at. five a week,
But few of them are really of the best;
And so, although vacation's almost here.
And everybody asks: "Where shall you
go?"
We haughty and indifferent appear,
And carelessly reply: "I do not know!"
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The Time and Place
Now and Ilere.
The season calls for Serges Blue,
Iilack and wide-wale Gray Single
breasted or Double
$15 to $35.
Negligee Shirts, for as much as you
want to pay, but especially strong on the
lines at $1 and 1.S0.
Straw Hats at 2 to 4.
And everything else in Summer wear
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"Be ture you are right," laid Jieau iSrummel, "and then go at
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