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Information nnd Gossip Picked Up Hero
and There In Washington.
Clerks Declare That Uncle Sam Is Stingy
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WASHINGTON. In Undo Sam po
nuilotiH In thu allotment of sal
(tries? Till question Is constantly being
asked by clerks and others In the orn
ploy of tlio government. It Is recalled
that at tho last congress the salarlos
of tho cabinet officers were Increased
from $8,000 to f 12,000 per annum.
Tho government clerks contend that
their salaries are too small, and that,
as tho cost of living has, advanced,
they should ho accorded tho same con
sideration given cabinet olllclals and
congressmen.
Tho clerks aro not tho only onos
who aro grumbling at Iho apparent
disinclination on tho part of tho gov
ernment to Increase salaries, Their
superiors also aro said to bo In favor
of Increase t Many government offi
cials who rofrnln'from giving publicity
to their utterances for oIivIoub rea
sons, contend that tho salnry paid tho
presldont Is n disgrace to a country of
this slzo nnd Importance. Thoy aver
.that foreign nations, of leas slzo, pay
tholr monnrchs and rulers n much
larger Bum than Is given Mr. Itooso
volt. President Roosevelt's salnry per an
num Is $50,000. It la conceded that
this amount nlono Is expondod each
yoar In necessary entcrtnlnmontB.
Vlco l'resldont Fairbanks receives only
$12,000, tho samo amount paid Speak
er Cannon of tho house of representa
tives and tho mombors of tho cabinet.
This amount, It Is said by thoso In a
position to know Is npont by tho re
cipients In about two or three monthn
In entertainments, theater parties ar.d
sundry functions necessary to main
tain their position In social circles.
Senators and representatives ro
colvo $7,C00 a year, lleforo congress
voted them an Increase they received
only $5,000 per annum. T.ho ambassa
dors to Austria-Hungary, Hra7.ll,
Franco, Germany, Great llrltaln, Italy,
Japan, Mexico, Hussln and Turkoy ro
colvo $17,C00 per annum, while thoso
occupying diplomatic positions in tho
smaller and loss Important countries
receive a salary In proportion to tho
olgnlflcauco of tho post to which thoy
I are nsslgnod.
Salary of Consuls General and Others
riiK
1 Pi
III? consuls general at London and
arln each rocelvo $12,000 por an
num. In former years tho consul
general nt London made as much as
$20,000 nnd $110,000 a year from focB.
This practlco was abolished, however,
nnd ft stated ualary designated by tho
govornmont. Tho salaries of tho con
nils general at some of tho lending
posts nro as follows: Canton, China,
$5,500; Shanghai, $8,000; llerlln,
$8,000; Ilavann, Cuba, $8,000; Athens,
$3,000; Homo, $ 1,000; Yokohama,
Jnpan, $0,000; Mexico City, Mexico,
$0,000; St. Petersburg, $5,500; Cairo,
Egypt, $0,000.
Tho chlof Justice of tho Unltod
Slates supremo court receives $13,
000 a year, whllo tho associated jus
tices rocelvo $12,500. Tho United
Slates judges of tho circuit nnd dis
trict courts nt the following cities re
ceive salaries varying according to tho
Importnnco and amount of work to bo
transacted. At Now York tho Judges
rocelvo $7,000 por annum; Iloston,
$0,000; Portland, Mo $0,000; Pitta
burg, $0,000.
Water
the Best:
Summer
Drink
By 0. ELLIOT FLINT.
ff i '- pri-nun part ot the nmnnn hoclv
fn-iiur water, nnd that part evaporating
rapidly during tho suiiiinor Beacon, it be
hooves us to think now .somewhat carefully
of what we shall drink. The various sug
gestions for allaying thirst without drink
ing much water nrc, tho writer believes,
pernicious.
J n hot weather nothing Utiles hotter, or
is more" wholotonie, (linn cool water. It
keeps (ho blood from thickening, ami,
therefore, (he circulation active; nnd, when
prepent in cxcom, much exudes as perspira
tion, which reduces the body's temperature,
rhe danger from sunstroke is slight, if one drinks plenty of water. More
over, water, if drunk with meals, dilutes the food nnd thus makes it more
easy of digestion.
Jt is wrong to suppose (hat dilution of tho gnstric juice weakens its
Jigestivo power. The excriment 1ms been tried, and it is mentioned by
Dr. iJncobi in his work on "Infant Diet, of artificially digesting moat with
gastric juice. After some lime the digestion ceases; and it recommences
when water is added. Indeed, most of us know what n relief is felt if wo
Irink water nftor a too henrty meal.
If it were unhygienic to drink when eating, water
would not be particularly lalloniiig al such a time.
It is fattening then because it enables (ha gflllrio
juice more thoroughly lo digest and to liquofy tolid
foods, which aro not nssitiiilablo until liquefied. Dr.
Jncobi slates that infants that aro feci on thin gruols
thrive better than do thoiu fed on heavier fointo.
t siamlsiii nature and intluence unique among the arts ay
nit art of its own port. All the other art? have to Eervc tho
purposes of life. .Music serves essentially the objects of art
atom-. Jn this sense music may be called (he purest art. Es
pecially between music and poetry, notwithstanding their eloso
outward connection, there exists n deep inner contrast. Poetry
is master of tho whole world of phenomena. Music can say
of itself; "My kingdom is not of this world."
If the music of a people is independent of its civilization
so inversely the civilization of a people is essentially inde
pendent of ils music, liven in the lowest stages of culture the indirect,
practical inllueurc of music is far behind its immediate musical effect,
and the onward course of development constantly has given a decided pre
dominance to the latter. The more music has developed the specific mu
sical element, harmony, the more musical its character has become, so much
more exclusively has its effect also become.
Plato's assertion that music is a means of popular education nns been
repeated in our time, lint music can substantially only educate to miK
sic. Whoever asks anything else from it only gives evidence that ho is
not able to appreciate what it offers him.
Music is an art wholly of its own kind which can be compared, as
to means and effects, with no other art. Nobody has insisted more ener
getically on this distinct position of music than Schopenhauer. "Music
is quite independent of the visible world, is absolutely ignorant of it, and
could exist in a certain way if there wore no world, which cannot be said
of the other arts." All the other arts take their models from tho visible
world, from nature; they are imitative, representative arts; but music, in
its pure work, at least, copies no natural phenomena of any sort whatever.
It creates, as Gurnoy says, audible forms, successions, and combinations of
tones which have no prototype in nature nnd do not exist outside of music
Tho United Stntes district attorney
at Now York receives $10,000 n year,
whllo tho district attorney nt Boston
receives $5,000. Tho salaries of other
federal district attorneys aro as fol
lows: At Newark, N. J., $3,000; In
Vormont, $3,000; In Pennsylvania,
$1,500; In Maryland, $4,000; In North
Cnrollnn, $1,000; In Florida, $3,500.
Tho United States marshals recelvo
from $2,000 to $5,000 por annum. Tho
mnrBhals In Now York rocelvo $5,000;
Pennsylvania, $1,000; Maryland,
$3,500. Tho salaries of othor Impor
tant positions aro: Public printer,
$3,500; secretnry of tho Smithsonian
Institution, $1,000; civil Borvlco com-
mlBHlonor, $1,000 each; Interstate com
merce commissioners, $10,000 ench;
Isthmian cnnnl commissioners, $11,000
ench; district commissioners, $5,000
onch; director of tho International bu
reau of American republics, $5,000;
William Loob, Jr., rocolvos $0,000 for
his services as secretary to tho presi
dent, whllo tho assistant cabinet olll
corB rocelvo only $1,000 and $1,500 por
annum. Tho Horgonnt-nt-nrmB of tho
sennto gots $5,000.
Tho first nsslstnnt postmaster gen
oral receives $5,000 por annum, tho
socond, third nnd fourtth assistants,
$1,500 each. Tho chief Inspector of
tho post olllco department rocolvos
$1,000; tho superintendent of division,
$1,000; tho general superintendent,
$4,000.
Grim Reaper Decreasing Pension Roll
NOT stneo 1803 hns tho total United
States pensioners been so low ns
It Is at present. This fact Is made
known In a report by tho commission
er of ponsloiiH, recently Issuod, and
tho report shows that a steady decline
has sot In, death cutting heavily Into
tho ranks In tho last yoar. Tho 1908
total Is 051,087, and It was Bald that
In all probability this will shrink to
900,000 within nuothor year.
Four years ago tho high water mark
In pensions was reached. For iv fow
days In August, 1901, thoro wore more
than 1,000,000 persons on tho rolls.
Thoso llguroB, however, do not appear
In tho olTtclnl roportB, nB tho olllclal
record of 1901 gives an averago of
only 994,702. Thoro woro 998,111 pen
Hloners on tho nverngo In 1905, and
then slnrted tho downward movement,
which It Is oxpootod will become more
rapid from yoar to year. In 190C thoro
were 985,971 pensioners, and last year
907,371 wcro on tho lists.
From 18CG ta 1904 tho army of pen
sioners Increased olghtfold. In tho for
mer yonr thoro woro o"nly 120,722 pen
sioners. In 1870 thoro woro 198,080, In
1880 thoro wcro 250,802, In 1800 thoro
woro 537,944, and In 1900 thoro woro
993,529, Tho avorago was practically
at i standstill from 1000 until two
yours ago, when thoro wns a loss of
13,000.
Since 18G0 Uncle Snm hns paid out
In ponsloiiB $8,000,000,000. This Is al
most four times tho amount ot tho In
terest hoarlng debt. Within recent
years the total ponslon pnymontB havo
been about $140,000,000, moro thnn
tho annual expense bill ot tho navy,
nnd enough to build a battleship flcot
ot 15 Dreadnoughts.
Only two porBoriB nro on tho rolls
ns pensioners of tho revolutionary
wnr. Thoy aro Sarah C. Ilurlbutt, 90
years old, daughter ot Elijah Weeks
who sorved with tho Massachusetts
troops under Washington, and Phoebo
M. Pelmoter, 87 years old, dnughtor of
Jonathan Wooley, who fought with tho
Now Hampshire colonials.
Members of Atlantic Fleet to Lose Vote
TWELVE thousand Amorlcan citi
zens on tho Atlantic Hoot, bound
around flic- world, will havo no part lu
tho coining nntlonnl olectlon.
Tho flout will bo anchored In Manila
bay election day, nnd tho Philippine
DtatutOH rofuso citizenship to soldiers,
Bailors and marines of tho United
Htntos, Eighteen hundred votoa will
bo missing Irom tho ballot boxoa of
Now York. Tho Emplro stnto con
tributed tho largost number of on
MBted men to tho Hoot.
MnHsnchnscttu and Pennsylvania are
tied for socond place, with 1,200 each,
s'ow England nlono Is roprosontod by
1,800 and othor eastern Btatoa by
5,637. Elghtoon hundtod BouthornorB
ro with tho Hoot.
Illinois Is roprosontod by 805, Ohio
jy 750, Michigan 525 and Indiana 4G5.
'riie uowcr.t Btato, Oklahoma, found
125 rocrultB. Tho territories nro not
unrepresented. There Is ono from
Alaska, two from Arizona and six from
Now Mexico. Tho District of Colum
bia sent 150 men.
Three hundred on tho lleot nro
classified as foreign or address not
given.
As a mnttor of fact, nearly 100,000
men In tho employ of tho military
branch of tho government will not
voto G0.000 soldiers and 40,000 sail.
ora nnd marines. In tho navy tho
only chunco that an enlisted man has
of voting Is to got lenvo and go homo
at IiIb own expense Fow do this. Of.
fleers hero say that It Is tho custom
on all ships to havo a ballot box whoro
tho mon vote, but this Is only to sat'
iBfy tho curiosity ot tho men thoni'
boIvob. It has no effect on tho ro
suit.
Whether a soldier may voto' doponds
on tho laws ot tho state In which ho Is
stationed, Sonio of tho stntes allow
tho mon to acuulro rosldonco, whllo
othora do not. Tho war dopnrtmont
snys that It has boon tho oxperlonco
of years that tho soldlera seldom
avail thomaolves ot tho prlvllego ovou
whou it Is opon.
Frontier Bajt
Oct. a, 7, & 8
m&l ,roi uwwr Lets? u ; immmm. t rmam
COWDOY3 AND INDIANS.
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A HE Frontier Days Committee has
has appointed a sub-committee on
rooms, boarding houses and hotels for
the purpose of securing in advance, ac
commodations for anyone who will write
the secretary at Grand Island. Accom
modations can be arranged for any
length of time desired.
To Contest In Steer Roping and TacMt
Outlaw Horses Open To All.
Tho great Frontier and Harvost Fes
tival nt Grand Island Is scheduled for
October 6, 7, nud 8, and will be tho
mo3t successful and Imposing ovont
of tho sort ever attempted in tho
Btato.
Tho affair is undor tho nusplcos of
tho Commercial Club. Tho cxpouvc
will bo $7,000, and tho funds are on
hand to carry It all out. It will bo
umdo tho nearest exhibition ot actual
frontier days ovor displayed, a regu
lar reproduction of tho life and snorts
of the early day. U will bo oxotlnc
from start to finish. Thoro will bo
$2,000 prizes for frontlor contests, and
In addition a $250 saddle. $500 in
prizes for farm products.
Evoryono has heard of tho "Frontier
Days" at Choyeno. Grand Island will
spare neither tlmo nor money to moro
than equal this great drawing card
which attracts thousands to tho west.
Thoro will bo 100 cowboys and fron
tier heroes from all parts of tho west
to take part In tho contests. Ten car
loads of outlaw and wild horses havo
been engaged. There will bo buck
ing nud pitching contorts, stoer rop
ing, wild horses, Indian pony races,
cow pony races, staer-rldlng, cowgirl
incog, potntoQ races and other con
tests. Open to tho world.
Two troops of U. S. cavalry will bo
on hand with a wondorful exhibition
of evolutions and trick riding. Thoy
will bo enenmped In regular nrmy
style, nnd they will lllustrato army llfo
In camp nnd on tho field of battle.
A largo squad of Sioux Indians havo
boon socurcd. They will camp on the
grounds nud take part in tho contests,
Capt. Hardy, tho champlou shot of
tho world will glvo exhibitions every
, day, Including tho shooting of glass
halls from nn nutomobllo spcodlng at
thirty miles an hour.
There will be freo attractions on
tho streets ot Grand Island forenoons
aud nvenlngs, Including Lionel Lo
xnre'i spiral tower, ropo throwing,
bant concrtR, acrobats, etc.
There will ho a -grand display ot
farm products, contests open to the
world with cash prizes.
Tho grounds arc within threo blocks
of tho main street with nn ampltheator
seating 5,000 people, with flno shado
around two sides of tho ground.
Tho great Dr. Carver diving horss
attraction has been secured. In con
nection with the diving horso Dr. Car
vor carries with him a collection of
man-eating brutos, wild outlaw buck
ing horses and other dangerous ani
mals, to show the difference hetweoa
educated horses and thoso In tho wild
state.
Remember tho rtnti. Grand Island,
Octobor G, 7, ami s.