Nebraska Newspapers

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NEBRASKA.
. Pelec blew llic bottom out of the
Nicaraguan canal.
It's the .sugar in Cuba's cup that
"makes it bitter , too !
n A smile may hide a man's thoughts
jjust as paint may hide a woman's com
plexion.
New York doctors who do business in
fashionable circles are getting ready
! for an epidemic of perityphlitis.
' Most people would regard their
cation as complete if the } ' could under-
stand an art criticism after they have
read it.
T. Pierpont Morgan's grandfather
was the author of a poem beginning :
"An old red hen with yellow legs ,
She laid her master many eggs. "
The poet's grandson gathers them in.
Optimistic people are Inclined to be
Jieve that there is no more jury brib
jng , police bribing and councllnmnic
bribing than ever , but that more of the
bribers are being caught Success to
the catchers.
That man and woman , aged 11 and
75 respectively , who were forced to
elope for the purpose of getting mar
ried , may well say : "And , oh , Lord ,
save us from the Avrath of our children
and our children's children. "
Perhaps we are coming to railways
without rails. Several automobile own
ers in New York are planning to con
struci on Long Island fifty miles of
road , to cross other roads above or be
low grade , so that they may have a free
course on which to speed their in
chin s. From running a single motor
car on such a road to attaching one or
more "trailers" is a short step , and the
next leads to passenger and freight ser
vice. Even if special roads are not
built for their accommodation , it is
probable that automobile coach lines
will lii run as feeders to the steam or
electric lines in districts where it would
not pay to lay a track.
Three people were drowned the other
day in Michigan , because one of the
rowing party could not restrain his
playfulness to the extent of refraining
from rocking the boat. Every summer ,
besides the number of drowning acci
dents that human power is unable to
avert , are these that owe their tragedy
to foolhardiness of some triller. There
is no way of preventing such casual
ties , as a mental examination is not re
quired of persons AVIO hire rowboats ,
and oarsmen are never questioned as
to whether In their opinion the same
ideals of playfulness ought to prevail
upon both water and laud. It would bo
well , however , If some certificate of
sane conduct were required of doubtful
looking members of rowing parties , or
some arrangement made whereby the
man with a propensity for rocking him
self in the cradle of the deep might ,
when the rocking reached the spilling
point , upset only his own playful self.
Ministers seem to be waking up to
the necessity of self-improvement. Not
long ago the Cougregatioualist suggest
ed that ministers take a Sunday off
now and then to listen to their fellow
preachers and profit thereby. Now
Rev. Robert Zaring , pastor of one of
the Methodist churches in Indianapolis ,
urges that there be inspectors of ser
mons as there are meat and milk in
spectors. If Mr. Zariug's proposition
should be carried out the inspectors
would doubtless find many "embalm
ed" sermons which long ago had their
day and well merit decent burial. They
would also discover many a bacillus
Df heresy that should be exterminated
before the contagion has spread to the
congregation and through that to the
world at large. They would advise the
preacher to leave his study , and even
his closet , to come in contact with life
as It Is to-day and not as it was two
2enturies ago. They would organize
Institutes and summer schools for min
isters that they may advance beyond
the limit reached years ago at theolog
ical seminaries. Teachers are forced
by frequent Inspection and frequent
examinations to progress beyond the
attainments made In college and nor-
jnal schools. The requirements made
pf the minister should be no less than
[ hose made of other educators. Mr.
taring's proposition provoked a smile
bvhen it was first offered , but there is
; ound common sense at the bottom of
t and preachers will do well to take
the hint
' For years the weight of medical au
thority has been against the smoking
habit The habitue of the cigar store
has read with many misgivings the de
liverances of the medical experts re
specting the effect of nicotine on the
nervous system. At times he has been
frightened to the verge of delirium
tremens by the certain pronouncement
that smoking Is the cause of cancer.
About the only voice that has been
raised in favor of tobacco-using is the
occasional mild suggestion from some
physician who has urged that it pro
motes * digestion. Now conies Dr.
Dumon , an eminent London authority ,
who has made a special study of the
action of tabacco smoke upon the vari
ous organisms found in the'cavity of
the mouth. Dr. Dumon finds that while
tobacco smoke has no effect upon ty
phoid fever germs or tetanus ( lock jaw )
It greatly retards the growth of the
bacilli of Influenza , of diphtheria , and of
consumption. It may be said that few
smokers actively engaged In the pup
suit are troubled either with typhoid
fever or lockjaw. Lockjaw would ma
terially interfere with the enjoyment
of a cigar or a pipe. And as to typhoid
fever the A'ictim is like the character of
Bret Ilarte , concerning whom it was
said , "the subsequent proceedings in
terested him no more. " As to influenza ,
diphtheria , and consumption , however ,
the case is different. Every smoker put
to it for defense of My Lady Nicotine
will testify that he has had at divers
and sundry times touches of one if not
all of these diseases. These germs must
be smoked out and destroyed. What
more natural method than the one so
universally employed ?
America does not do things by halves
Every day she smashes some old-world
theory. Take our universities , for in
stance. The ivy of years clings to the
sacred walls of Oxford and Cambridge.
Heidelberg is honored by generations
of learning. But there are institutions
of higher learning In this country that
are scarcely out of their swaddling
clothes us far as 3'ears is concerned ,
and yet they ore recognized the world
over us unexcelled , some that are look
ed upon as premier in certain special
ties. And there are fresh-water univer
sities in the newer cities of the United
States whose progress Is little less than
umazing. Money can do a great deal ,
even in learning. The story of the Urn
versity of Chicago Is nn emphatic ex
ample. From the financial point of
view it takes 'on an aspect of a favor
able deal successfully promoted. But
while one multimillionaire has given
$11,000,000 for -upbuilding , other
friends have gone down into their pock
ets far $5,000,000 , and their share alone
would have been sufficient for an ex
cellent start Still , it is when the re
sults are considered that the enterprise
grows in Interest. Its history runs back
scarcely a decade , and yet the enroll
ment during the past year , according to
the figures announced at the convoca
tion , was 4,530 , or a total of almost
3,000 different students. Considering
that post-graduate work receives the
greater share of the attention , the fig
ures assume even greater import The
building of an institution of such mag
nitude In this short time , while main
taining a standard recognized th- >
world over , is only another example of
the American way of "doing things"
that has so frequently astounded tho
slower-going Europeans.
In Pntorson. N. j7 avnile ago , a
"
weaver made application for "more
wages. Itvis refused. He wont to
his home and there ho and his wife
hangedthemselves , and were later
found dead by the neighbors. A rii-h
contractor iu New York drank poison
and died. The weaver and his wife
were not paupers. They had a fail-
living. At no time had they been in
want If they were despondent their
friends did not know it. The contract
or , who represented the other end 'of
the social scale , had health , money and
no entanglements that those close to
him could discover. Then why did they
kill themselves ? The human mind is
to-day almost as much of a mystery as
It wns in the beginning. Life has not
to all the same value it has to you. It
is possible for a human being to be
come tired of existence , even though
surrounded by luxuries. It is pos
sible for the poor man to feel that
the game is not worth the candle , even
though his poverty is no more distress
ing than usual. The human being who
is not resourceful , who cannot find In
his own breast the inspiration that
makes life sweet and adds interest to
the daily round of work or pleasure ,
often finds existence monotonous. That
road leads to suicide and a newspaper
story that generally closes with these
words : "No reason is known for the
act" There Is a remedy. It isn't
found in the medical works , and few
doctors prescribe it Stop thinking
about yourself. A cripple dragged
himself along the pavement and drop
ped a coin into the blind beggar's hat
"I'm glad I'm not in the shape that
fellow is , " he said. There is the idea.
There is always somebody worse off.
Don't play the martyr. Don't imagine
that Fate is dogging your footsteps.
Be of use. The useful human being
doesn't know the meaning of monoto
ny. If you cannot distribute money ,
share kind words with those who need
them. Be interested , and leave death
to the old man with the scythe. The
weaver and the weaver's wife and the
contractor were selfish when they de
stroyed themselves. They wasted hap
piness that could have been theirs for
: he asking. They looked at a grave
when they might have witnessed the
glory of the sun.
Old-Time Education.
Now that there is so much talk about
education it is interesting to look back
and see what a seventeenth century
moralist had to say about the teaching
of children.
"We are in Pain to make them
Scholars , but not Men ! " he wrote. "To
talk , rather than to know , which is the
Canting. The first Thing obvious to
Children is what is sensible ; and that
we make no Part of their Rudiments. "
But what is of most significance to
us is the same writer's appeal for tech
nical edii cation.
"We press their Memory too soon ,
and puzzle , strain and load them with
Words and llules ; to know Grammar
and Rheoric and a strange Tongue or
two , that it is ten to one may never be
useful to them ; Leaving their natural
Genius to Mechanical and Physical or
Natural knowledge uncultivated and
neglected ; which would be of exceed
ing Use and Pleasure to them through
the whole Course of their Life. "
After all , says the London Chronicle ,
it is the reformer rather than the his
torian who Is forced to use vain repe
tition.
Nebraska Politics.
Excerpts From The Nebraska Independent , Lincoln , Nebraska , Made by
Direction of the Populist State Central Committee
FIGURE JUGGLING
Railroad Tax IJnr nn Shown Loss of $1,300
a Mile on K. C. N. W. in Nobruika
Poor Shttw * That Whole Itoud
Karuccl $020 a Mile Net
The Independent has believed all
along that the figures given by the
railroad tax bureau are correct , hut
thouht that the object was simply to
mystify the average taxpayer by an
array of big figures. Colonel Brown
and his co-workers apparently have ac
cess to statistical information pre
pared especially for their own con
venience. Much of it cannot be veri
fied by reference to either the inter
state commerce commission reports or
to Poor's Manual. The following let
ter is self-explanatory :
Lincoln , Neb. , Aug. 15 , 1902. Mr. C.
E. Williamson , Editor Pawnee Chief ,
Pawnee City , Neb. Dear Sir : On the
ready print side of your issue of July
24 , 1902 , appears one of the railroad
tax bulletins , "issued under authority
of the railroads of Nebraska , " which
deserves especial attention inasmuch
as it refers to a road which runs
through your county the Kansas City
Northwestern now controlled by the
Missouri Pac fie and a part of the
Gould system.
According to the bulletin there are
20.1 ( twenty and one-tenth ) miles of
this road in Nebraska. It starts at
Virginia and has its terminus at Kan
sas City , Kas. That portion running
through Pawnee and Gage counties
was originally the K. C. & B. from Vir
ginia to Summerfield , Kas. , but on
January 1 , 1897 , it was merged into
the K. C. N. W. In November , 1900 ,
the M. P. secured control of the K. C.
N. W. by exchanging $2,983,500 of its
.stock for a like amount of K. C. N. W.
first mortgage bonds and all the K. C.
N. W. stock.
Now , the bulletin shows that the
road paid taxes as follows :
In Pawnee county $1,859.63
In Gage county 351.68
On 20.1 miles $2,211.31
Or a little over $110 per mile. No
date is given , but I assume it was the
taxes of 1900 paid in 1901 , as most of
the tax bureau tables are for that year.
The bulletin then pretends to give a
statement of income for the Nebraska
mileage , presumably for the same year
ns the t.ixes. It is as follows : | '
Gross earnings $10,519.14
Opeiating expenses 37,431.35' '
,
Loss from operation § 20.012.21
This would be at the rate of $ ! . -
338.91 loss for each mile of road in
Pawnee and Gage counties , in addi- [
tion to the $110 taxes per mile. I don't
know where the tax bureau got its fig
ures , but it is very evident that some
smooth juggling has been done some
where. It is simply a trick of book
keeping whereby the entire earnings
of a road could be credited up to a
mile if they chose to do so , and sim
ilarly the entire operating expenses
could be charged up to some other
mile. There are statistics obtainable
for this line , which extends over 174.13
miles , including trackage rights over
12.48 miles of leased lines.
According to Poor's Manual for 1901
and the report of the interstate com
merce commission the income account
of the K. C. N. W. for the year ending
June 30. 1900. was as follows :
Gross earnings $415,709
Operating expenses 307,771
Net earnings $107,938 |
This would give net earnings of
$619.87 for every mile of line both in
Nebraska and Kansas. The Nebraska
mileage amounts to 11.54 per cent of i
the entire line operated , and 11.54 per
cent of the income above set forth
would be as follows : J
Gross earnings $47,972.82 i
Operating expenses 35,516.77 |
Net earnings $12,456.05
Every mile of the K. C. N. W. from
Virginia to Kansas City earned $619.87
net in the year named , yet by a slight
juggle of the figures the 20 miles in
Nebraska caused a loss of $1.338.91. Is
it wise to place much confidence in
such statements ? Possibly the tax
bureau down in Kansas shows that the
Kansas end of the road was also oper
ated at a loss. It could be done very
nicely by throwing the bulk of the
gross earnings to the credit of the
Nebraska end.
The tax bureau method of giving
statistics may be likened to a labor
ing man keeping a debit and credit
account with his fingers and other
parts of his body. He earns , say $1.50
a day. "My right thumb earned 25
cents of that. " he declares , "my right
fore finger earned 25 cents : my left
thumb earned 20 cents and my left
fore finger earned 20 cents : the other
fingers earned 10.cents each. It cost
me $1.25 for living expenses ; that is
12 cents 'operating expense' for each
finger and thumb. " Of course some of
his fingers show net earnings and
others net loss but the man himself
had just 25 cents net. It's just the J
same with the K. C. N. W. the whole j
road must he taken into account , and j
it had net earnings of nearly $620 a
mile. CHARLES Q. DE FRANCE.
A GUIDE TO VALUES
What the Wall Street Journal Snys About
li&ilronds HavingLine * in Xchrnska
'
The Wall Street Journal , published
by Dow , Jones & Co. at 42-44 B/oa 1
t
street , New York , is a newspaper of j
wide circulation among investors and j
speculators. It gives the latest and
Judge Gray , who is 74 years old
and has had two strokes of apoplexy ,
has resigned from the supreme court
and President Roosevelt has ap
pointed in his stead Oliver Wendell
Holmes of Massachusetts. Judge
Holmes is a son of the poet , Oliver
Wendell Holmes , and has long been
on the supreme bench of Massa
chusetts. If he holds the same views
concerning the Declaration of Inde
pendence that his father did , there Is
likely to be a reversal of the Philip-
oine and 'Porto Rico decisions.
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most reliable news regarding stocks
and bonds , quotations , railroad reports
of earnings , etc. One page in partic
ular is of interest to the people of
Nebraska , who have been surfeited
with tax bulletins. It is headed , "A
Guide to Values ; What Leading Rail
road Shares Are Now Earning. " The
Independent quotes figures from the
issue of August 7 , 1902.
CHICAGO , BURLINGTON & QUINCY.
1902. 1901.
11 months gross.$49,318,500 $45,963,031
11 months net. . 18,406,526 16,341,811
The 1902 gross earnings show an
increase of $3,355,469 over the 11
months period last year. Net earnings
show increase of $2,064,715. For the
fiscal year 1901 the surplus ( that is.
what was left of the gross earnings
after paying operating expenses , in
terest on bonds , and taxes ) was $7-
785,098 ; this is equal to 7.03 per cent
on the stock ( $111,142,800) ) .
CHICAGO , ROCK ISL. & PACIFIC
1902. 1901.
April gross $ 2,119,177 $ 1,972,937
April net 510,408 507.583
Increases : Gross , $146,240 ; net ,
$2,825. For the fiscal year ending
March 31 , 1902. the Rock Island sur
plus was $7,220,941 , which was a lit
tle better than 12 per cent of the $60-
000,000 of stock then outstanding.
Stock is now increased to $75,000,000 ;
and $24,000,000 of 4 per cent bonds
have been issued for purchase of Choc-
tow , Oklahoma & Gulf road , running
through Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Strange to say the Rock Island's oper
ating expenses in Nebraska were more
than its gross earnings , and in Iowa it
barely managed to get through with
out loss ; yet somehow a mystery of
railroad bookkeeping the road man
aged to rake up 12 per cent returns
on its stock.
CHI. , ST. P. , MINN. & OMAHA.
1902. 1901.
4 months gross. . $ 3,623.934 $ 3,190,183
An increase of $433,751 in gross
earnings. For the fiscal year 1901
this road's surplus "after first
charges" was $2,729,250 ; equal to 9 per
cent on preferred and 9 per cent on
common stock. Amount of preferred
stock , $11,259,912 ; common , $18,559-
034
MISSOURI PACIFIC.
1902. 1901.
5 months gross. . $14.450.871 $14,0. ,9.S79
5 months net. . . 4.233.740 4.872,585
I j I Gross earnings increased $110.992
1 and not carnies decreased $638.845 in
th ° five months , showing that this
rrad is "paying its dividends to the
prone : ty. " In other words , the Mis
souri Pacific must be making some
valuable improvements and charging
the cost to operating exppnse. For th"
fiscal year 3P01 the Missouri Pacific
sin plus was S7.-i78.522 : equal to 9.8 per
cent on its $7fi,050 OCO of stock.
'UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM.
1902. 1901.
11 months gross.$43 G39.S39 $39.964.132
11 months net. . 20.270 0-15 17.326.389
Increases : Gross. $3,675.707 : net , '
$2.913.670. Fiscal year 1901 left a
surplus of $13,157.768. which was equal
to 4 per cent on the $99.538,800 of pre
ferred stock and S.S per cent on the
$104,052,900 of common stock.
THE STATE DEBT
Uo-w Xebrnnlcn Came to Have a Flontinjy
Debt of Nearly Two Millions Statis
tic * for a Period of Yenr .
Prior to the year 1891 the law rela
tive to the registration of warrants
required the state treasurer to exact
a fee of 10 cents for each warrant reg
istered. but there was a provision that
permitted the holder of a warrant to
present it for payment and. in the
event it could not he paid right then ,
he could have it stamped with the in
dorsement. "Not paid for want of
funds , " and it would draw interest
from that date until finally paid. The
essential difference between such a
warrant and one registered was that
the registered warrant must be called (
and paid in its proper order when
sufficient funds accumulated to meet
it ; but the other form remained out
at interest just as long as the holder
saw fit to keep it : there was no pro
vision of law for calling and paying it ;
and the result was that large warrants
after being properly stamped were sold
in the east and held there indefinitely
drawing 7 per cent interest.
The populist legislature of 1S91 rec
ognized the evil of this system and
abolished it by amending the law so
that no fee could he charged for reg
istering a warrant , and requiring the
registration of all warrants before
they could hegin to daw interest. Time
was given until August 1 , 1891 , for all
the outstanding unregistered but
stamped warrants to be .presented for
registration , and if not so presented ,
interest would cease on the date
named. Since that time the unreg
istered stamped warrant nuisance has
ceased. J
On Mav 31 , 1902 , the total amount of r
outstanding general fund warrants
was SI 925.521.22. This is the float
ing debt of the state the problem
which has been bothering a great
many people , and one which must be
solved in the near future although ,
until there is some rational provision (
niaflP for better investment of the edu
cational trust funds , it may be just
as well to have this floating debt. The
srowth of the floating debt dates from
the close of the biennium ending No
vember 30 , 1886. At that date there
w ° rp less than twelve thousand dol-
. . .
! „ , . - wai-rants outstanding and +
tvp.isurv had over twenty-two thou
sand dollars of general fund balance to
pay them off when presented. Then i
Ircmense pictures are already being
lii r'i to be used in the next presi-
rl' r.t'al campaign , representing Roose
velt charging up San Juan hill at the
head of the Rough Riders all mounted ,
on prancing steeds. Yet everybody of '
intelligence knows that the Rough
Riders left their horses at Tampa , Fla ,
t
and that neither they nor Roosevelt
was ever nearer than half a mile of
San Juan hill , which was captured by
the regular troops , and the officer wfiw
led the charge , Colonel Wykoff , was
killed.
the only state debt was in the form o
state bonds. A statement of the
amount of general fund warrants out
standing and unpaid at the end o
biennial periods follows :
FLOATING DEBT OF NEBRASKA
Warrants
Outstanding
November 30 , 1SS6 $ 11.943.4C
November 30 , 1SSS 10G.2G5.GC
November 30 , 1890 5S2.94G.OS
November 30 , 1892 7SS.795.G2
November 30 , 1894 577.825.7
November 30 , 189G 1.936,273.47
November 30. 1S9S 1,571.684.01
November 30 , 1900 1,727.147.72
November 30 , 1901 2.037,460.31
May 31 , 1902 1,925.521.22
It is said by the gentlemen who pre
pare the bulletins "issued under au
thority of the railroads of Nebraska. '
that the uncollected general fund taxes
those delinquent cause the trouble
It is true that if all the delinquent
general fund taxes could be collected
there would be no floating debt : but
in view of the fact that the floating
debt increased faster than the delin
quent taxes , we are forced to the con
clusion that the legislatures in re
cent years have been appropriating
more money from the general fund
than it would be possible to raise
under the present grand assessment
rolls and the 5 mill limit. e\en if ev
ery cent were collected. The amount
of uncollected general fund taxes at
the end of different biennial period
is as follows : Uncollected
General
Fund taxes.
November 30 , 18S6 $1.577.982.5-1
November 30 , 1SSS 1.921.440.G2
November 30. 1890 1,258,324.41
November 30 , 1892 2,228,940.51
November 30 , 1894 2.29G.5G8.31
November 30 , 189G 2.307.781.15
November 30 , 1898 2.439.0G9.12
November 30 , 1900 2,417.712.65
No figures are available showing
the amount of uncollected general
fund taxes for November 30. 1901 , or
May 31 , 1902 ; but it will be observed
that between November 30 , 188G. and
November 30 , 1900. the increases in
floating debt and in delinquent taxes
are as follows :
Floating debt $1,715.501.26
Delinquent taxes S39.7GO.1l
Difference $ 875.744.15
This would tend to show that the
legislatures of 1887. 1SS9. 1891. 1R93 ,
1895 , 1897 and 1S99 appropriated $875.-
744.15 more from the general fund
than it was possible to raise with the
5-mill levy and the grand assessment
rolls as they were returned. About
half of the increase in the floating debt
is due to increased delinquent taxes ,
and about half to the habit of over-
appropriation.
Mr. Burkett , are you in favor of thp
Fowler bill ?
Mr. McCarthv. are you in favor of
the Fowler bill ?
Mr. Hirshfw. are you in favor of
the Fowler bill ?
Judge Norris. are you in favor of
the Fowler bill ?
Judge KinlcnM , are you in favor of
the Fowler bill ?
Howard H. Hanks. Gilbert M. Hitch
cock. John .S Robinson. William L.
Stark. Ashton C. Shallenberger. and
Patrick H. Barry , the six fusion candi
dates for consrressional honors in Ne
braska , are each and all opposed to
the Fowler bill , because it combines
all the evils of thp old United States
Bank with those of "wildcat" and "rod
doe : " bank currency. Ask your repub
lican congressional candidate if hp
favors the passage of the Fowler bill.
He dare not answer.
STICK UP > IOUE FLAGS.
Something is surely going wrong
with this imperialism business. It was
to result in greatly increased foreign
trade. But the very opposite is the re
sult. The figures for last month , as
just given out by the treasury bureau
of statistics , compare as follows with
those of the month last year :
July. 1902. 1901.
Breadstuffs $12.503.349 $24.168.076
Cattle & hogs. . . 1.782.585 3.015.856
Provisions 12,985,854 16.1-17,611
Cotton 5.729.454 10.246.918
Mineral oils 5.509.664 6,231.726
Total $38,510.906 $59.810.217
Teddy should get a hustle on him
self pretty quick and send another
army to the Philippines or some other
foreign country so as to save our for
eign trade from destruction. If trade
follows the flag , why not stick flags
up all over the world and then sit
down and watch ourselves grow rich ?
While the republican farmers are
confidently expecting that Teddy and
Knox will smash the trusts , it would
perhaps be well for them to investi
gate a transaction that occurred last
week. A gentleman went down to New
Jersey and secured a charter whereby
great harvesting machine trust was
formed. The following independent
concerns merged into one. to-wit :
McCormick Harvesting Machine com
pany , Deering Harvester company ,
plano Manufacturine company. War-
cipr , Bushnell & Glessner company
Champion ) . Milwaukee Harvesting
r-ompany. There will be no more com
petition among manufacturers of har
vesting machines. It will make nc
rlifference whether you buy a McCor
mick , a Deering or a Champion. Thpy
will all come from the same concern
ind the farmer will pay what the trust
booses to ask. But vote 'er straight.
Hie democrats and populists are de-
prmined to ruin the country. There
re no trusts !
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The Portland Oregonian says that
Tt is a court secret that Depew has i
n a failure as a senator. " The Ore-
onian should consult a dictionary. A i
? cret , court or any other kind , is not rj
s.e most advertised and well-known
ict in the whole country. He has not
jeen even the least assistance to the
Vanderbilt family that sent him there.
The plutocrats do not often make ser
ious mistakes in the choice of th'eir
senators , but they did when they sent
Tieoew to Washington. *
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Sired JCt
In meeting a lady in a public thor
oughfare in America a gentleman al
ways waits for her bow of recogni
tion before lifting bis bab or address
ing ber. In Europe , however , the
contrary is the established rule , Ifc
being the gentleman's place to bow
first , when , if the lady desires not to
recognize bim , she ignores bis salu
tations , thus giving the cut direct.
It is not good form in any place for
a lady to stop a gentleman in the
street for the purpose of chatting
with him , though she may with per
fect propriety pause to speak if he
take the initiative. Prolonged talks
in the street are not , however , con
sidered good form , even between per
sons of the same sex , the better plan
being to walk on ; slowly until the
conversation is concluded.
Whatevei you do , don't forget Mrs. Austin's.
1'nrln I'opulntion.
Pr.ris , according to the latest cen
sus returns , has a population of 2-
050,000 persons , of whom 1,200,000
are either foreigners or provincials.
you do don't forget Mrs. Austin's.
Village on Mt. Aetna.
On the west side of Mount Aetna
there ure several villages in themidsC
of foinaer lava streams , and with all
the houses built of lava.
Whatovoi rou do. don't forget Mrs. Austin's
London to
Tbe mail from London to Shang
hai , which now is on the way 33 to
36 days , willl require only 10 days via
the Silurian railway.
Wliatoter rou do , don't forget Mr ? . Austin's.
The fleas of Peru are exasperatingly
annoying and insatiable. It is cus
tomary in that country for a group
of human beings to have a lamb
near them , to attract the ( leas from
themselves.
Whatever you do. don't forget Mrs. Austin's.
Sense of Humor.
Mi. Marconi , unlike many of his
scientific brethren , has a sense of hu
mor , fays the London Express. He
said that win-less telegiahy was as
old as the world U'ben first an oab-
riginal Indian lit a lire on an a'oo-
iuinal hill to signal to another abo
riginal Indian some miles away then
the principle of wireless telegraphy
was initiated. In a recent lecture
Mr. Marconi , referring to the fact
ihiit be can send messages so mucb
more easily by night than bv day ,
said that he hoped no one but those
interested in cabei companies would
class bis labors among the woiks of
darkness.
Whatever you do , don't forget Mrs. Austin's.
The best times of the year for fell
ing timber , in the opinion of lum
berman , are midwinter and midsum
mer.
Use the famous Red Cross Ball Blue. Large
2-oz. package 5 cents. The Russ Company ,
South Eenci.lnd.
An ostrich never goes straight to
its nest , but always approaches ib
with many windings and detours , in
order , if. possible , to conceal the lo
cality from observation.
Don't forget a large 2-oz. package Red Cnm
Ball Blue only 5 cents. The Russ Company ,
South Bend. Ind.
To be able to use the tongue flu
ently is undoubtedly a great advan
tage in many cases : bufc the power to
keep silent is equally advantageous ,
HALL'S CATARUII CUKK
is taken internally. Price 75 cents.
Mrs. WInslow's SOOTHINt } SVIIUP for children
let-thin ? , softens the Kums , reduces intlumation
allays raincures wind colic. 25c bottle.
Created A Volcano
As a sequel to the recent earth
quakes in Sardina an enormous chasm
bas been peoned in the earth , while.
the surface has bulged into a hill o
sonsiderable elevation , from which
stones and masses of earth are pro-
ected. There are also symptoms that }
the interior of the hill is in an ebul-
ient condition. Scientists incline
to the belief that the phenomena ob
served are volcanic. Another conse
quence of the earthquake is that Lake
Santo , near Modena , which was
ibout 500 yards long and 100 wide has
rnpletelv disappeared.
The efforts of the German cement-
syndicate to control the production
ind to regulate the prices of cement
lave failed , and the syndicate has
jeen dissolved.
Tbe jaw of the shark furnishes the
3est watchmakers'oil. In euch shark
s found about half a pint.
Atmosphere Tnqlolrf *
By a French chemist is claimed the
nvention of a method of compressing
ea air into tabloids. Those , there
fore , who wish fora change of air
vill in future oniy have to go to the
aeirest chemists and buy a bottle of
Margate tabloids or half a dozen
Riviera pastiles. So long as the
Jrups are properly dispensed the in-
rention will be weclome. It would
ae unpleasant to ask for BpurnemouhA-
aastiles and to receive instead the
Cologne ( not the eau de Cologne ) va-
rety. The latter form bas 79 disinct
mells.
-ITQ Permanently Cured. Xo fits or nervousness
I I O after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
erve Restorer. Send for FKEE * 2.00 trla ! bottle and
reatles. DR. R. H. KLINE , M. D. 931 Arch St. . Phlla-
lelphia , Pa.