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STATEMENT OF CIIICULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, us.!
Ocorgn H. Tzschnck, secretary of The Ueo
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
ays that tho notunl number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Hurtling,
Evening and Sunday Heo printed during
tho month of October, 1901, was as follows;
1 ISD.IMO I 17 UH.r.UI)
2 l'U,0.,l 18 i!t),DUO
3 'Jlt.Omt 19 i!H, 1 10
4 Utl.OUO 20 VtMtlU
c ..jn.'iii) ji :io, i7t)
G. UH,H'M 22 S,30
7 Sil,170 23 :iU,70
8 iiM.NIO 24 US.770
0 2N,M0 2 :i0,71O
10 i!N,7l0 26 IllMIMI
II aw.sr.o 27 20,07ft
12 20,020 23 Ill', 4110
13 '2i,or,r, 2o :ii),7ni
14 28,i:iO so :to,ino
15 2H,mo 3i tia.uno
Is 2S,0.'iO
Total l17,.tll)
Less unsold and returned coplca... 0,8r2
Net total pales IH7,-1I7
Net dally average 'J0.27I
GEOItOE H. TZSCIIUCK.
Subscribed In my presence uml sworn to,
beforo mo this 3l3t day of October, A. D.
1W1. M. 11. HUNGATE.
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Ho tlinnkful nnd you niny bo linppy.
rorhnps tho only wny out Is to onlnrjro
tho police conmilH.sloti so as to iktoiiiiiio
ilttto nil tho rallroudH.
It would tnko too lonj; to jjlvc cvon n
partlnl list of all tlio things for which
Omaha 1h called on to render thanks
this year.
Tho new military Instructor at tho
University of Nebraska Is named Smoke.
Aiiotlicur with that naino belongs on the
flVlng line.,'
Our Dave haH llnally reached dry land
nnd every loyal Ncbraskan has double
catiso to bo thankful on tho day set
apart for general thanksgiving.
A French scientist asserts that alcohol
will' bo tho fuel of tho future. When
tho time arrives plenty of people should
have rtu ample supply stored away.
Kansas complalus of another water
famine. Hut Kansas Is supposed to bo
H rprohlbttlnn state and a shortage of
water ought not to create any hnrdshlp.
Henry Founder, tho automobile racing
man, says he expects to make a mile In
thirty seconds. Wonder If he Is antici
pating au ascension by the explosion
route. .
If this thing keeps on Omalut will
havo so many now freight depots offered
to It that It will havo to exchange Its
Christmas stocking for tho next size
larger.
Tho battleship Missouri Is to bo
launched next month. If tho plans of
Its designers work out It will be nblo
to show IiKiulting visitors on Its own
Hccount should occasion require.
Many men who havo called on Presi
dent Itoosevelt havo discovered that ho
Is tho most approachable man who has
occupied tho executive ehnlr for many
years. - Tho president, however, has a
mind of his own.
Kansas democrats and populists are
also discussing tho question of fusion
or no fusion. Of late years fusion in
Kansas has been must prolllic. of -ciihk.
Ing, and future campaigns on that line
aro not enthusiastically endorsed.
Carrie Nation answers her husband's
petition for divorce by asserting that
David was too lazy to got up In tho
morning and build a lire. Probably
Carrie made It so hot for him he did
not realize tho necessity of having a
lire.
i. . .
There Is always something to bo
thankful for. Tho Into democratic can
didate for' governor of Iowa may bo
thankful that ho is not compelled to
kick every man lu tho state who refused
to voto for him, but can rest on the
record of one editor booted.
Tho redoubtable W. S. Shoemaker
wants It distinctly understood that ho Is
not for David It. Hill to head the next
domocratlc preslilentlal ticket In Its for
lorn hope, but for Tom L. Johnson.
Now let every good democrat of Ne
brnskn take off his coat for Johnson.
Tho Colombian government has de
elded It will uo longer speak to Veue
Kiiola and has withdraw n Its diplomatic
representative to that country, Hotter
call In tho big brother from tho north to
arbitrate their differences, for each has
troubles enough already without raising
up additional ones.
A. promluput New Yorker has brought
6ilt against two former friends, claim-
lug $100,000 damages because they ac
cused him of cheutlng at cards, lu tin
good old days lu tho western country a
man accused of cheating at cards did
nqt bring nuy damage suits. All that
remained to bo done was for his friends
to settle- with the undertaker,
TltAXKSOl 17A (t D.IV.
Tho Thanksgiving proclamations of
this year havo appropriately referred
to the great national sorrow. The death
of the great and ffootl president of the
republic was au titllletinn from which
the country has not yet fully recovered.
The people still mourn President Me
Klnley. Hut he would not have wished
this to Interfere with tho usual ob
servance nnd thi' proper enjoyment of
tho festivities usual to this occasion
and It should not. If we recall that
sad event, may we not llnd In McKln
ley's noble example of Christian forti
tude and faith, in tho face of death, a
cause for thankfulness? Is It not some
thing to bo thankful for that he gave
to the world as splendid au example of
how a good and great man can die as
Is to he found lu human history?
As was said by President Itoosevelt
In his proclamation, no people on earth
have such abundant cnue for thanks
giving as we have. No nation has been
so greatly blessed with those things
which make for tho betterment and'the
uplifting of mankind. Wo have bad
during tho year a high degree of pros
perity. Tho people havo been well em
ployed, all Interests have made prog
ress, our material power has been
greatly Increased, we are as a nation
stronger in. all respects than ever be
fore. Nor Is there reason to doubt that
we have advanced morally and Intel
lectually. Surely no people hnve more
abundant cause for thanksgiving than
tho American people, who havo not only
all they need for their own comfort and
enjoyment, but much to spnro for less
favored peoples. Let all, then, "drive
away dull care" and observe tho day
with cheerful and grateful hearts.
771ft .4 101 v or vitixex soldi eh v.
An important recommendation In tho
annual report of tho secretary of war,
to which congress will doubtless give
attention, relates to the mllltla and to
the raising of volunteer forces. Sec
retary Hoot? says, that the mllltla law
stands today practically as It was en
acted lu 1"!)U and Is practically obsolete,
and he suggests that congress should
now exercise the power conferred upon
It by tho constitution to provide for
organizing, arming and disciplining the
mllltla. He points out what ho thinks
desirable to be done and says that as
tho reliance of the country for tho
large forces necessary In modern war
fare must bo chlelly upon volunteers,
tho method and procedure of raising
volunteer forces should bo prescribed In
advance, "so that Instead of waiting to
devise plans for a volunteer army until
tho excitement and bantu of impending
war make perfection of design dllll
cult anil satisfactory execution Impos
sible, congress will have but to direct
tho execution of a well-understood plan
by olllcers each ono of whom has long
been familiar with the part he Is to
play." Tho secretary says that careful
selection Is Impossible, at the outbreak
of a war, while It Is entirely Impractica
ble In time of peace.
The recommendations of Secretary
Hoot respecting the National guard aro
eminently practical and wo can see no
objection whatever to them. They con
template si considerable expenditure by
the general government, but there Is no
doubt this would be justllled by results.
Tho National guard of the several states
would be made always and immediately
available for suclr service' as It 'may bo
called upon by the federal government
to perform nnd In fact would constitute
a standing army ever ready for what
ever emergency might arise. The sec
retary of war has evidently given this
matter most careful consideration and
his rccommeudatlons deserve the ear
nest attention of congress.
HOOT 0,V CUIM.Y HfCCll'lWCITY.
Secretary Hoot's position on tho ques
tion of reciprocity with Cuba will cause
no surprise. It was already well under
stood that ho favored concessions to
Cuban sugar and tobacco and doubtless
ho Is In accord with the president. The
argument of tho secretary of war is the
familiar one that the prosperity of Cuba
depends upon lludlng a market for her
principal products at a reasonable protlt
and that under existing conditions she
can Hud such a market only lu the
United States. Hut In order that she
may hnve this market and sell her prin
cipal products at a living protlt to tho
producer, tho American tariff on those
products must be reduced.
How much of a reduction will bo
necessary to give the sugar and tobacco
growers of Cuba a living protlt? That
Is a question which of course Secretary
Hoot does not consider. It Is for the
'determination of congress. The Cubans,
It Is needless to say, desire a free mar
ket for their principal products, though
they will perhaps bo satlslled at present
with nominal duties. The Sugar trust
wants freo trade because It knows that
this would destroy the domestic sugar
Industry and give the trust absolute
control of tho American market. Fall
ing to secure the freo admission of -sugar
tho trust will undoubtedly exert itself
to have the duties made merely nominal,
since even that would give It a material
advantage.
It Is a very serious question as to how
far we can go In tariff concessions to,
Cuban sugar and tobucco without In
Jury and perhaps disaster to our homo
industries. These, claim to need for
their further development all tho pro
tectlou they uow have. Those best
qualltled to speak lu their behalf say
aud there cannot be a reasonable doubt
about It that tho free admission of
Cuban products would destroy these In
dustries, while a nominal tariff would
endanger their existence. .Secretary
Hoot thinks that a liberal reciprocity
arrangement with Cuba would con
tribute more to our prosperity than the
portion of our present duties which wo
would bo required to concede. This Is
by no means certain. It Is quite possi
blo to exaggerate the value of the Cuban
market for American products. l'u
doubtedly tho Island will in time be
developed far beyond what It Is at
present and with prosperity there will
bo a large demand for our manufactures
and such things ns Cuba does not pro
duce. Hut if tjils trade must be ac
quired by sacrificing Important home lu
dustries that are clvlnc emnlovtncnt to
a largo amount of capital and labor-
one of which, the beet sugar Industry,
It Is believed can be developed to an
extent lu a few years that will sunnly
the home demand for sugar, thus keep
ing among our own people tho 100,
OOO.ono now paid for foreign sugar It
will be uncostly price for Cuban trade.
It Is extremely probable that con
gress will make tariff concessions to
Cuban products. Tho Iiilltiences In
favor of this are stronger tliini those
in opposition and there is a quite gen
eral feeling (hat It Is the duty or this
country to promote the development
and prosperity of Cuba. The primary
duty of the government, however, Is to
safeguard the Interests of Its own people
ami this should not be lost sight of In
dealing with the question of Cuban
reciprocity.
A HAD VHECEDEXT.
K.vGovoruor Furnas, as secretary of
the State Hoard of Agriculture, In an
Interview, gives his endorsement to tho
proposed plan to provide for representa
tion of Nebraska at the l.otilsluna Pur
chase exposition at St. Louis In 1003 by
a subscription fund raised under the as
surance of repayment by legislative ap
propriation. Mr. Furnas cites as a
precedent tho employment of tho samo
method In making tho Nebraska exhibit
at tho Cotton exposition In New Orleaus
In 1SS-". Ho says at that tlmo tho neces
sary expenses wero Insured by soliciting
of publlc-splrllcd men notes lu small
sums, payable after tho legislature had
a chance to make an appropriation to
take them up. Those notes wero dis
counted at tho banks and, together with
a federal grant of ?.",(XH) and n loan of
? 1,000 from tho Stale Agricultural so
ciety, brought a total of .f'JO.OOO, which
was afterward reimbursed.
"My Idea," says Mr. Furnas, "Is that
(his plan can bo worked again with good
success, No man need be called upon
to sign a larger note than he could give
In cash, anyway, without hurting his
bank account, livery county ought to
he Interested and then when the appro
priation bill comes up you will llnd that
every county will be Interested In Its
passage. It will take not less thnn
.foO.OOO to give Nebraska the showing It
ought to havo at this exposition."
The advocates of this method of fore
stalling leglslatlvo action may llnd
precedents for their proposals, but they
are bad precedents and ought not to bo
followed. If such a plan could be
worked successfully for defraying the
expense of participating In an exposition
It could bo worked from time to time
for all sorts of schemes, whose sponsors
are afraltl to risk asking legislative
sanction in advance. Tho Idea of so
liciting subscriptions In every couuty In
the state, with the special view of mort
gaging the votes of members of the
legislature to be chosen next year, is in
genious, but It would certainly be n
vicious practice and open tho way for
all sorts of treasury raids In the future.
Vho Hee believes that Nebraska ought
to participate otllclally in the St. Louis
exposition nnd that a sulllclont appro
priation should bo made to Insure credit
able representation. It believes that
the legislature should tlx tho amount
which the state should expend and give
legal authority to tho commission called
upon to undertake the work. It be
lieves tho people of Nebraska would sup
port the legislature In a reasonable ap
propriation for this purpose, but It docs
not believe they will countenance an
unauthorized claim against a future
legislature for borrowed money ex
pended by a commission without any
olllclal standing.
Anil now we are told that tho two op
posing railroad systems that aro anxious
to control tho politics of Nebraska are
struggling with Governor Savage to dic
tate the appointment of Omaha's police
commissioners when that "exclusive tip"
materializes. It would certainly bo
very laudable for those great railroads
to volunteer to take charge of our police
and lire departments and assume the re
sponsibility for our, police government.
Hut why a police commissioner should
belong to tho Burlington or to tho North
western will pnss tho comprehension of
most people. Tho lire1 and pollco de
partments constitute a branch of tho
municipal government and the people of
tho city to be governed should, In all
right and Justice, be the only ones to bo
consulted, through their duly elected olll
cers. The present police board takes Its
authority from the mayor and council,
who have commissions directly from tho
citizens of Omaha, sealed by a majority
vote at the polls, and so fur as we know
no election has been held by which tho
people of Omaha have transferred their
rights to any railroad manager. All
this, of course, Tm the supposition that
the "exclusive tip" Is to bo operative 111
due time.
The Commercial club has resolved to
turn a cold shoulder to tho advertising
fakirs who periodically work Omaha
business men to a turn on advertising
snap schemes that bring rcturus to the
promoter only. It has been a constant
source of wonder lu the past how
Omaha business men, who lu other
thhigs havo a reputation for exercising
shrewdness and business Judgment,
could be led to bite on every catch-penny
device designed to touch the credulous
for cash contributions under pretense of
giving their, establishments publicity lu
write-ups of Omaha, placards, blotting
puds, tlmo-tubles, etc, circulating no
where and read by no one. The princi
pal advertisers of Omaha are entitled to
credit for haying learned the costly les
son of experience that the only advertis
ing that brlugs their money's worth Is
that Inserted from day to day In the
uewspaper that reaches the class of peo
ple from whom they draw their patrons
and Is carefully read In the home by
every member of the family. Tho
money wasted on advertising fakirs In
Omaha each year would build up several
substantial bank accounts.
I
A conference of railway presidents Is
to tie held early next mouth in Now
York to discuss railroad rates lu the
west. Possibly when It Is over shippers
lu this section will discover tho full slg
ultlcauce of thu settlement of the differ
cuees which formerly existed between
the magnates of the various systems.
Some pcheme must be devised to pay
tllv.ldeuds on the vast amount of water
Injected Into the stocks of these com
panies.
Over 100 of the freshman class in
Northwestern university are compelled
to take special Instructions lu orthogra
phy, because they failed to pass the en
trance examinations In that branch. As
these students are mostly graduates of
the best high schools in tho country, It
would appear there Is much truth In
statements made In recent years about
tho poor writing ami spelling In such
schools.
A colored man whom a Missouri mob
made a determined but unsuccessful ef
fort to lynch has been acquitted by
trial. Tins people who made up the mob
should not feel bad over being defeated
lu their effort, as they lynched three
men on account of tho samo crime now
known to be Innocent.
Anil Fortunes l.lkoMlsi-.
Milwaukee Sentinel,
Heiresses will please- noto that there yet
remain thirteen bachelor noblemen In Eut
land whoso castles arc sadly In need of
repair.
I'nnillr Krnnnin)-.
Chicago News.
Congressman Smith of Illinois wants penny
postage. Perhaps ho feels that It Is too
much of a burden to wrtto to all tho other
Smiths at tho present rate.
firiirroiiM i .Non-IlrsldriiM.
Chicago Kccord-IIerald.
Who says the trusts nro unklnd7 Ono of
them Is going to tjcll coal to the Germans
for Jl.HO a ton Iter than wo havo to pay.
Of coitmo this Is Just bccauHO the prnplo
over there can't afford to go nny higher.
SiioIIIiik .Vinci Thcnrlr.
Kansas City Journal,
Tho Indian commissioner's Idea that tho
ludlans should bo compelled to support
themselves llko other pcoplo Instead of be
ing a burden on tho government has long
prevailed In tho west, but tho Konlmoro
Cooper societies of New England will feci
deeply Indignant ut tho suggestion.
It Ink In 1'olMK'iil Tnnsts.
Detroit Freo Press. '
If tho United States is to dabblo In world
politics It would bo wleo for the Stato de
partment to rovlso tho list of toasts before
anybody connected with tho diplomatic ma
chinery consents to speak at a banquet.
Outside of Now York tho guests can prob
ably content themselves by drinking to tho
president of tho United States, but If thoy
must drink to Edward VII In tho metropo
lis it would bo good politics to Include tho
hoadB of other great European powers in
tho program of toasts.
FlKlitliiK .Ship iinrt Kluhtrr.
Haltlmoro American.
If our fino war ships (aro to bo sent to
Europo to such functions as coronations, to
show tho European powers what wo can do
la tho way of a navy, It seems only fitting
that wo should send men with those ships
who fought In them and won tho battles
that have given the United States such
prominence in tho eyes of tho world a? a
fighting power. It does not seem qulto tho
approprlato thing' that they should bo com
manded by bureau officials who saw tho war
only from the vantage- point of ofllco chairs.
SlicHi-jtlK- TliulH-r Th levoi.
Philadelphia Itoeord.
As' population .prcsaee farther nnd farther
westward the raiding of public, timbered
land by greedy and lawless lumbermen be
comes moro audacious, widespread nnd dan
gerous to tho public Interest. If unde
tected, the raiders, socura rich booty with-,
out cost; if hqled boforo the courts, (iiey
make prompt settlement, under tho shelter
of an act passed moro than twenty years
ago, which provides for immunity to timber
thieves on payment of a beggarly f2.C0 per
acre for the timbered territory denuded.
Thus a federal statute designed to prevent
depredations on public timbered lands has
becomo a shield and safoguard to premedi
tated robbery. It cannot bo too soon re
pealed, Sulillerx of (lie Civil War,
Army und Navy, Journal.
Thu muster rolls of tho union armlets of
tho rebellion show that out of 2,000,000, In
round numbers, three-fourths were native
Americans; Germany furnished 175,000; Ire
land, 160.000; Englaud, 50,000; British
America, 50,000, and other coun
tries, 75,000; In all about 600,000 foreigners;
48 per cent of our soldiers were farmers,
27 per cent mechanics, 10 per cent labor
ers, u per cent professional men nnd 4 per
cent wero of miscellaneous vocations. The
Average' height of our soldiers was 5 feet
8U inches, Including the large number of
rocrultn from 17 to 20 years of age, Out
of nbout 1,000,000 men whoso, heights wero
recorded there wore 3,013 over 6 feet 3
inches and come over 7 feet.
WEALTH AT A KJ4ANT.
HilKr I'oi'l ii lies lteir'Ni'iil-l h ii -iv
York Iliiuiii-t.
Washington Star.
How times aro ehauged In the matter of
men's fortunes! Tuesday plght a dinner
was given by the Now York Chamber of
Commerce, attended by probably tho largest
aggregation of plutocrats tho world knows.
Thlrty-threo of those present, according to
one- estimate, own un aggregate of no less
than $1, 403,000,000, an average of somothlng
over 112,000,000 apiece. Of course much al
lowance must be made for the fat round
figure In which It Is customary nowadays
to speak of certain men's fortunos. Prob
ably no ono outsldo of his own Intimate
clrclo knows with certainty, for Instance,
how much J. Plerpont Morgan Is worth. He
Is sot down In the list under consideration
at 1400,000,000. It Is easy to add or subtract
a hundred million In this range. Just so
with 1). O. Mills, who is accredited with
J20.000.000. Vise million more or less Is a
trlflo the computer for such a purpose
would not care to dispute. Such fortunes
ore ordinarily stated, therefore, In multiples
of five millions. One conspicuous exception
to this rule occurs in the case of Chaunccy
M. Dcpow, who is credited with a trifle of
$8,000,000, It is a matter for wonder why
tho compiler was not generous with him,
giving him an even $10,000,000. Tho fact is
that those Individual holdings nra sus
coptlblo of serious fluctuations. Composed
as they are Inrgoly of investments, and esti
mated upon tho basis of tho market value
und the earning capacity of certain stocks,
they may shrink or fewell fiy a million apiece
In tho course of twenty-four hours. Of
course the bulk of soma of these fortunes
takes the form of real estate, which Is sus
ceptlblo of less frequent and marked
changes of value, and these aro estimated
with comparative accuracy. Men's wealth
was more easily calculated in past years,
when the aggregates seldom touched (ho
hundred thousand point, Then tho Items of
property were more distinct, sn many acres
of plantation Innd, so many slaves or hhlps
or hogsheads of tobacco or bales of cotton
or houses, With tho Invention of the rail
road and tho telegrnph came changes which
have led swiftly to tho olmost unthinkable
fortune represented at that metropolitan
feiU
Assaults Upon Home Rule
Sprlngll Id (Mnt
The moft insidious assaults upon eelf
govcrnment In America come In these
numerous leglslatlvo enactments taking
certain departments of the administration
of cities from the control of the local olll
clols chosen by the people and placlug them
under tho exclusive direction of conimla
slons appointed by the governor of the
state. The Hhodo Island legislature,
which Is a thoroughly boss-rlddea body,
has now deprived the city of Providence of
the control of Its police nnd vested It in
the state commission. Down lu Pennsyl
vania tho governor has nummarlly retnovfd
the chief executive of tho city of Pittsburg,
who was placed In ofllco by the same gov
ernor only a short time ago, for political
reasons. Tho arbitrary nc- of iim'trnnr
Stoue is a logical sequence of the notorious
ripper bin, passed by tho last legislature,
which legislated out of existence the may
ors of Pittsburg, Allegheny nnd Scranton,
and empowered the governor to appoint
new executive ofllcers. called thp rppnt-itor
In their fltrnd,
Without rntorlnir tlponh Intn tl.. -i.n..
of vnrlous case of this character, It Is
sufficient to say that nil of them violate
tuo prinoipio or noma tuIo and are Indo-
VICIOUS PASS SVSTBM.
Holh llnil hi I'rlnclplp nml Prriilrlitti
In I'mvIIpp,
Chicago Hccord-llerald.
Among the most persistent
passes lire politicians of every grade. After
a brief novltlalo they expect to travel freo
on every kind of conveyance nml ilmlr i.
tttudo toward tho railroads Is that of black
mailers, ir uiey do not propose to return
favors with favors their passes are merely
the prlco that is paid to keep them silent.
If they do tho passes urn tlin nrd'.. mil, I
a positive betrayal of the public. Whether
they are In congress. In stato Wlnintnrna in
city councils or In nny other department of
uhj "none service it is detrimental to the
public good (hat thrv fl linn 1,1 rrnnlvn
consideration nnd Incompatible with a nlco
sonso of personal honor.
A very large nercentnen of nana oi,nr.
other thnn politicians may b0 regarded
slniujy ,ts rovenun destroyers. Many of
them nrn abundantly able to pay their fares;
many moro would not travel at all If they
i-uiiiu jiol iravei rrce, and they add to the
expenses of tho servlco b- thuir
tho deadhead business. The Influences back
of such peoplo are vnrlous, hut they aro
seldom commondable. Mnny of tho favors
granted nro purely personal and tho rail
roads got nothing out of them nt nil. Thoy
aro secured sometimes bv unmiuinnt i,r,..
solicitation, to tho Immcnso annoyance of
uuiuiuia nun omcrs.
Hut tho fact of nrp.ilost Imtinri.. i
that tho abolition which would abate this
nuisance would enablo tho corporations to
deal with tho wholo neonlo mnrn lim,,..iiv
nnd fairly. The policy means a crent ro.
form, which should be of
io mo piimic as some great political reform
SKY-MCIt APING .VASM)X.
Ainerlcnii Arclillruturnl AVondrr
"hp l.nmlnii n Minck.
Mllwaukeo Sentinel.
The application of an Anglo-American
syndicate to the London county council for
a 009 years' leaso of a alto In the Strand
ror tho erection of an ofllco building on
American lines has stirred up n rumpus
that Is amusing enough from tho American
standpoint. Conservative opinion, of the
ultra and mosa-grown variety. Is disposed
to resent tho proposal ns a theatrical dese-'
oration 0nd disfigurement of London's nn
clent thoroughfare. In tho front rank of
tho opposition tnndfl Hint stanch lory,
William Waldorf Astor, who has set his
face sternly against the rising tldo of Van
koo Invasion. Jr. Astor'B fate Is a curious
one. Tho things Amorlcin that ho cxpatrl
a'cd himself to evado are following him
llko Nemesis, and now tho "vulgar" sky
scraper Is to rear its head In tho street
hallowed by tho memory of Walton nnd Dr.
Johnson. Against this profanntlon Mr. As
tor protosts in the columns of his true blue
conservative magazine.
Mr. Astor's feelings are not, It seems,
shared by the business men of l,ondon
generally. Even the Times protests against
"muddling along with timid extensions of
methods essentially" antiquated," and de
clares In favor of the American Invasion as
the thlug needed to give English Ideas the
requlslto tllllp.
What with American hotels, "lifts," tele
phones, electric lighting nnd traction, etc.,
London seems to be yielding to transatlan
tic Influence In every direction. A Chicago
man In tunneling the city, the surface
traffic Is being nbsorbed by nn American
company, and now an Anglo-American syn
dicate Is bidding for choice sites for the
erection of sky-scrapera. London's low
sky-line, formed by Its thousands of two
story nnd three-story buildings, will b
rudoly broken by these towering structures,
nnd the, effect will not be grateful from tho
aesthetic viewpoint. Tho sky-scraper is
not orchltooturally a thing of beauty, hut
It Is undoubtedly a thing of utility and con
venience, of ample space, light and ventila
tion, and Mr. Astor's protests are not likely
to count heavily against It,
PEIISONAIi NOTI5S.
At her coronntidn next June Queen Alex
andra will wear tho crown worn by Mary of
Modena, the consort of James II.
In Boston 15,500 women havo already
registered to voto for school officers this
year, a gain of 5,054 over last year.
Tho sea serpent haB been vindicated of
ficially and evidences of his living, breath
ing, spouting rcnllty are duly recorded In
the government archives In Washington.
Who enn longer doubt now?
Captain Ernest Goldschmldt, who was re
cently mentioned, ns deuorvlng of praise for
distinguished service In the South African
war, Is n Bon of Jenny Llnd, the onco fa
mous vocalist. Ho belongs to a Welsh regi
ment. In a West Chicago street railway damage
case a verdict of $36,000 has just been
rendered fur tho loss of an arm. The plain
tiff was a young surgeon with an Income of
$10,000 and a growing practice. It has taken
five years to bring tho rase to a conclusion.
Tho appointment by Mayor-Elect Low of
Ocorgo L, Hives ns corporation counsel of
New York has elicited the Information that
he Is an M. A. of Cambridge unlvorslty,
England, and ns a member of its council
has a vote In electing the members of
Parliament for that university.
Mr. P. II. Anderson, bocatiso he could not
obtain a certificate to teaph sohool In Kan
sas, went to Chicago, graduated from a
.training school for missionaries, wont to
Alnska, found a mine containing millions,
came back, married a classmate, gave a
fortune to his alma mater and Is now on his
wny to Sweden to visit relatives ho has
never seen,
EdmoniUAbout,- the French novelist, -was
onco asked to write n newspaper notice of
n play written by a friend. Thp playwright
begge'd him (n discus's the acting and
scenery, but to say little nbout the drama
Itself, which was evidently not proving
much of a success. About did as requested,
told the plot at length and gave much detail
ns to 'accessories, winding up with this
sentence " bout midnight the curulu fell
and with It the piece."
s.l Itcpubllcnn.
fenslbln from any standpoint except that of
absolutism. If It ho desired to deprive the
poople of tho ability ns well as of the power
to- govern themselves, no better wny of
proceeding could bo devised than to with
draw from their control tho administration
of affair In their own communities, If
j ou wish to weaken the sense of moral ro-
sponslblllty In the peoplo In matters of
government, begin by depriving them of
the control of their own police. It would
be a very easy mattec to bring self-rule In
thp great American municipalities to utter
failure by pursuing this policy of Mate In
terferenco In municipal government to Its
logical end,
Every one at these blows nt municipal
t elf-government ate stabs nt democracy
There was a protestnnt against tho passage
of the Providence pollco commission bill,
who said that self-government was worth
more In the long run than temporary good
government. Ito w.m right. As a matter
of fact, In practice, the Interference by
stato legislature In municipal administra
tion Is generally dictated by tho desire of
pnrty bosses for Increased political power
and tho net result U neither good govern
mcnt nor self-government.
not M) .not;r .mv roitic,
Itlliplrs on tlir Current of Life In (lip
Mrlrnpulli,
All tho human nnd cquluo swells of
Gotham wero boxed or paraded nt Mndlsou
Squaro Garden last week. In theory ns well
as In fact tho affair was a horeo show, but
tho borso was completely overshadowed by
tho outpouring of society In lis best clothes.
Kor every line In print devoted to tho four
footed thoroughbreds n dozen lines wero
given to tho details of tho peoplo who wero
thcro and tho costumes worn. The attend
unco averaged 3,000 it day more thnn a
year Hgo and the closing day called out a
throng exceeding tho biggest previous dny
In horsn show history. In a lettor to tho
Upston Globe Joo Howard comments on tho
nffnlr: "Headaches, heartaches, Jealousies
nnd nil manner of human development nro
the normal outcome of a neck of strlfo, an
(o whoso gown was (he handsomest, who
drovo best and whoso money bought the
finest (cam, To men und women whose
bump of humor Is well developed tho horse
and frock show Is almost ns funny ns tho
opera houso display or the church fashions,
That toadyism should havo full swing In the
arona Is natural. 'Money makes tho maro
go,' says the old adage, hut It also makes
tho horse show. A queer Idea reigns here
abouts, to tho effect thnt tho possession of
much money carries with It a corresponding
knowledgo of horseflesh. Tho owning of
many horses Is tho fnd of tho hour. Sev
eral men of largo wealth, gonernlly those
who havo Inherited It, find great plensuro
In seeing their pictures In tho pnpers. ns
'turf patrons.' Thoy love to read of tho
princely prices they pay for the best, tho
fastest and tho most noted horses. So far,
so good, but who undrr heaven would go to
nny ono of them for Intelligent direction In
sale or purchnso. Thoy know nothing, aro
laughed at by men who do, aro victimized
time and again, but, for all that, really nnd
seriously regard themselves horsemen and
set tho paco for other fools with moro cash
than exporlenco In prices nnd general raco
track accomplishment."
Ilrooklyu now rovels In the distinction of
possessing tho second tabloid restaurant
over established. Tho first began Its career
In Mnnlmttan a few weeks ngo. A tabloid
restaurant, it should be understood, is n
restaurant where food Is served In con
densed form whero tho person may take a
squaro raenl In n lozenge that may be swal
lowed nt a singlo gulp. Or ho can have hie
dinner In a capsule, If he prefers It that
way. nut most patrons prefer their food
lozenges diluted with water so It will last
longer, pprhnps.
Tho tabloid restaurant was made possi
ble by the recont Invention of compressed
foods a few years ago, Compressed foods
were supposed to be desirable only ns an
emergency ration, hut somo enterprising In
dividual found thnt the compressed foods
would appeal to a certain portion of tho
public even where there was au ubundauco
of restaurants of the ordinary type. Hence
tho tabloid restaurant. Tho place Is ou
Fulton street, almost directly opposlto the
bridge entrance.
One of the most remarkable dluners In
the history of suelldom wus given at Del
nionlco's recently by George Heyo, a
Ilroadway business man. Kor the plensuro
of entertaining nine guests for three hours
he trnusfarmed ono of the dining rooms
Into a miniature bower lu n plno forest
nnd spread beroro them a repast which
cost him, according to the New York Her
ald, not less than $100 for each of tho ten
covers laid.
Hundreds or pine boughs had been
brought from the woods and theso wore so
adjusted upon tho walls, ceilings and floor
of tho apartment ns to completely conceal
their original character.
Invisible wires were stretched through
them and connected with hundreds of oinall
Incandescent olectrlc light globes, which
peeped out from tho green boughs on walU
apd celling. Each globe was shaped llko
an orchid and shono with n pato green
light that lent reality to tho semblance of
tho rare woodland flower.
Over the crash that covered the floor had
been strewn plno boughs, tangles of thick
woodland, moss nnd huehols of autumn
How are yott fixed?
Have you got nil the ucccsriities that ThnnkH
tfiviug dny demnmls to wear. If you go to the
loot ball game you will want, maybe, a pair of
gloves if you stay nt home and "carve the turk"
you want to bo appropriately fixed and if you go
out. lo sonic ono olne's house, a new ntyle collar if
nothing else. Whatever you need we've got at
about I ho price that will' unit and
"No ClothitiK Fits Like Ours."
Wo close at 12 o'clock prompt Thanksgiving
day.
grovJjmf-lr5--(5
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. 8. Wilcox, Manager.
leaves, In all their rich tint of scarlet, yel
low and gray.
A round table, eight feet In diameter,
made of unfinished oikj roso from the litter
of moss nnd leaves, nnd Its jtoitt lfRs wpr
completely cocott with", green and gmy
mofs,
Itangd nrnutid the table wero the ten
rh.ilrs, each of which, especially built for
this occasion, was made of black birch
boughs, fashioned In voided rustic design
nnd with tho bark left on the surface.
The center of the table was a mound of
maidenhair fern, moss nnd oak leaves la
their autumnal tints. Twenty or thirty
electric globes like those peeping from the
walls were arranged among the fcrnH and
mossfw lu the center of the table, and In
front of ench cover was n cluster of thirty
of the rarest of natural green orchids that
the hothouses of Now York could supply.
There was no other Illumination of the
room tlun that furnished by the green
globes of the small electric lights, and tho
effect was like that of twilight in a plno
forest. Indeed, tho observer might well
have imagined hlmsolf n guest of tho ban
ished duke, partaking of his woodland hos
pitality In tho forest of Ardcn.
The nnmc card for each guest were
painted on onk leaves nnd the menus on
squares of white birch bark nbout 107
Inches In size. The wines wero alt of the
rarest and most expensive vintage.
TOIIPIMMI 1IOAT THAT HIVES.
SiilMiifti-lnr Trrrnrn Vnlnnlilr Coaat
Ilrfr-nilrrn.
New York World,
Thoso nro glowing reports that come from
tho trial of the newest Hollnnd submarine
torpedo boat, tho Pulton, which hns Just
boon held off Grccnport, L. I. Officers of
the Japanese navy heenmo enthusiastic over
tho boat nnd raid they would recommend It
for adoption nt home. Lewis Nixon, de
signer of battleships which are the pride of
Amcrlcn, called the llttlo destroyer "a steel
fish with brains," und expressed emphatic
belief In tho great usefulness of tho Kutton.
A harbor defended by two such boats could
not, he was sure, ho blockaded as was the
harbor at Santiago.
These expressions arc strikingly nt varl-
nnco with thp snubbing of tho submarine
"terror" administered by Admiral O'Neill
In his recent report from the naval bureau
of ordnance. According to tho admiral thu
battleship Is still the thing, and for the
submarine boat hn seen usefulness only "as
a srnrccrow, for a while."
Tho truth probably lies between the en
thusiasm nt (Ircctiport nnd the coldness ex
hibited by tho ndmlrnl. Very evidently tho
Pulton Is a good deal of n mnrvel, not only
na to Its diving and Its under-watcr per
formances, but as to the nolselcssncsB of lit
operation. It Is not at all unreasonable tc
hold thnt boats of Its type, as they gather
perfection, will becomo Important fact on
la coast defense.
MiirniFtrr. itiiMAims.
Tlnlrnlt ITVnn Trp.R? !tnh1 T'tA n tnt-tt
compliment for you, Irmn, '
irma un, want is it7
Isabel-Somebody said thnt I look like
you.
Philadelphia Cnthnlle Standard: CnssMv
Fur a defented candidate yo'ro lookln' un
usual happy, Pm thlnkln'.
Lomnmisy I'-nuii, it makes me happy tc
think I won't havn to bother nhmit unnv
of the rash promises I puulo beforo elec
tion. Washington Star! "Did you marry an In
dustrious, hard-working man?" said Mlsn
Cayenne.
"Yes, Indeed," said the girl with the pic
turn hat; "Harold Is never Idle. He playn
golf all summer nnd whist all winter."
Philadelphia Press: May But he loves
you very much, doesn't he?
Fay Oh t too much. now. He's gotten so
lately that ho'd rather sit lu tho parlor
with mo than.tnko me to thp theater.
Chicago Tribune: Suspicious Customer
.Hns this paper got, the news of tho latest
revolution In South Amcrlca7
Newsboy I'll bo honest with you. mister.
It's got nil 'coptln' what's broke out In
tho last fifteen minutes.
Brooklyn Life: Dashaway "Well, old man,
did you make up with your best girl?
Cloverton Yes, but I thought I never
would succeed In convincing her that I was
wrong.
Chicago Post: "Teacher says tlmt 'boom'
can't bo compared," snld th little one.
"Cnn it?" asked her mother.
"Why. of course," was the reply. "Posi
tive, boom; comparative, boomer; super
lative, boomernnp."
"Correct,' said her father promptly.
THANKSGIVING.
This is the season for pies and enke.
Squash, cranberries, Hclglnu hare.
Plum puddlnt' boll and a fat turkey bake.
Which often ends In a' bad stomach acha
Or a horrible old nightmare.
When our thoughts revert to the lambent
flamo
In the baso burner's steady fire,
When tho rooters root at the foot ball game
Anil automobiles' run to earth and malm
Mortals left from tho dread llvo wire.
"I'Ih the time wo lament for a blasted crop
Thnt hns come of a dry, off year,
When tho organist pulls a walling stop.
When tho singer's nong makes tho eyelash
drop
And starts an emotional tear.
'TIs thfr dato sudden change of heat and
cold .
Dovelop a dry calnrrh.
When snow the hyacinths softly unfold
And pntntoes nro worth their weight In
gold.
While "schooners ' pass o'er the "bar."
When the poor rcallzo their sad, sad plight
And their creditors try to dodge. ,
When tho power house turns on Its strong
whlto light,
When men with a thirst, who riot all night,
Tell wives they have "been to the lodge."
When pleasure nnd pain go hand-ln-hand
And tree leaves succumb to frost:
As somo aro singing of Houlah land
Tho dry goods man at tho same old stand
Is helling nt less than cost.
Kearney, Neb. D. H. CLAIIK.
