THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JAiNtJAKY. lit, Jjuj.
The dmaha Daily Bee.
13. H08BWAf EH. EDITOR
PUHLtHHED EVUHY MOANING.
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THE BEE
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, si.:
Ooorge 1). Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee
l uuiinninK company, ucihk uuij wuiu,
ays that tho actual number of full and
King an'sVdBee
it.,.nonth of Uccember' 19a M as fo1
rumiiining company, being auiy iworn
lows:
1 30,100
2 30,OUS
2 3o,:tao
4 so,niu
5 UO,4RO
6 no,io
7 30,2UO
8.... ao,.too
9 30,330
10 .110,440
11 30,-180
12 30.BOO
13 30,-lSO
14...., ao.nao
15 30,300
IS 30,400
17 30,000
18 30,300
80440
2l!!!!!!!!!!!!soi700
no.uio
5 ao 480
is""''. '!!;ao.440
!!!!.'!!.!.!!so,aio
S3 30,000
80, .v. ,30,440
SI 30,4140
Tojal
ftiit nrw I
tess unsold and returned coptes.... 10,01)8
Net total sales 033,1B7
Not dally average 30,101
GEO. B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my nrcsonco and sworn to
before me this 31st any of December, A. D.
1D01. M. D. HUNQATE,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Great is Tammany, but Crokcr Is no
longer Its prophet.
It Is a llttlo early yet to routo globe
girdling tours by way of tho Nicaragua
canal.
Mr. Crokcr should givo some good
assurance that this is really his last
farewell tour.
Nebraska stato banks bavo again
passed high water mark. In bank de
posits. Only prosperous peoplo bavo
money to bank.
With tho prospect of having to run
tlio gauntlet of two police Judges the
tlmld crook ought to take tho' hint to
glvo Omaha a wldo berth.
If reported shortage of South Ameri
can coffco crop Is not exaggerated, we
in n r na urnlt linivtn In nrnnflnn nwlilln nn
w
liquid extract of chicory roots aud army
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beans.
Oklahoma' ls to send a delegation by
spcclul train to Washington to present
Its claims to statehood to congress. Cou
gross may havo to ngreo to statehood In'
Helf-protcctlon.
Now that the lawyers have had their
lovo feast tho courts may prepare for
nnnthnr session with tho usual nccom-
t- - I
panlments of personalities between bp-
posing counsel. .
That bill creating a now federal Judge
for Nebraska has not yet passed either
house of congress. Lawyers with Judl
clal ambitions thcrcforo will havo ample
tlmo to prepare their applications and
sccuro endorsements.
Tho average monthly salary of public
school teaohcrs In Nebraska IS less than
S40. Omaha's averngo ls nearly 70. It
Is needless to say that Omaha cuu com
mand tho best teaching talent of the
stato at any and all times.
Omaha's Increase In Docembcr postal
lmslnnss win ninrn tlmn thron-'tlmpn
thnt of 8L Josehh. and Its nhsoluto ro-
Husoiuto ru-
celnta more than twice ns Kreat. And
1. 1 u lb uwiK. iimu na Hri.ai. auu I
vet tho lato census narudes 8L Josunh
jot mu iatu lliibu imruuun 01. uusuiiu
-'us ho city of larger population.
The latest coumidrum: How many
annuals nnd trip passes did It tako to
porsuado tho farmers who attended that
trl-Btnto grain nnd cattle growers' con-
ventlon nt Fargo to pass resolutions
endorsing Jim Hill's $100,000,000 merger?
Tho great Freuch aeronaut oxpresscs
Anxious reader ls assured that not
withstanding the ominous sIcts tho bono from tho other side of fcio Atlantic. On we a.uuergunen senoois in cants , mo wavy department is. quite right
wunstanamg tne ominous signs tno doso nnnfpnp tllol lnPin ,,,. ihn . , cities between 100,000 and 200,000 peoplo n aslclng,cpnKr.cSs. to mako those naval col
ball season will not open in earnest for tho contrarj. the labor under the im- ,cg0 cadcl 0 rcslcn boforo lnk, tbelr
several months)yct. presslon that tio, vast agricultural nnd " J" 81 h,j ,i,Ih rctrencn tcrm of pajr for tUolr iultont Th(J
mlnnml rtHniirppn nf thn ilntnlnlnn ,nti. '"tnt in IUIS UirLCllon. nresent nraetlct nlmnlv cnnhlcB them to nn.
a consuming dcsiro to competo in tno tne most famous of which Is tho battlo
nronosed aerial navigation contest at i.i, rtmirnn. An rf nhin imiuinr mi hi
Bt Louis, but wants n cash guaranty
In addition to tho prize. We used to
nv "mnnnv iiinkon tlm ninrn an." nml
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It must bo that It takes money, too, to
mako the airship go.
A bill has been Introduced Into con
gress to glvo all ex-presidents lifo sain
Hn nf rt.. nf S"V0K1 vn,l from
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tho tlmo they retire from tho executivo
otllce. If tho bill would only put up
lin annuity prize for presidential cnudt
dates whofnll to reach tho Whlto Houso
It would be more cffectlvo na a surplus
extinguisher.
Senator Depew,. who was formerly
president of tho New York Central
and Is still nt tho head of Its oxecutlvo
board, characterizes tho recent tunnel
wreck on thnt rnml ns tli .rfisnlt of
gross carelessness. Senator Depew cun
provo a good alibi, Inasmuch ns he was
not- In tho country, but It might bo somo
satisfaction to tho wreck victims and
their friends to have tho responsibility Croker himself confessed that Tammany 21,000,000 marks, or moro than ?5,000,- fecU ot Prohibition laws Is not only a mat
ror tho Carelessness located. v lout of power has always been a more I 000, while tho next richest maa has to Si K
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Ay EXAMPLii tvit a&nilASKA,
Governor Van Hunt of Mluncsotn linn
made public nnuouncenient that he will
call the legislature of that state to meet
In extra session for the flrst part of
February. Whllo the session Js called
sncclfleallv to consider the rnnort nnd
recommended 'pIMntlnii nf tlm state
tM rflmwiMton. It Is alron out thnt
otner subjects, particularly those arising
out of lato railroad devolonments. will
nlso come up for consideration.
Tho extra session In Minnesota Is
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vision relating to the convening of the
legislature to meet oxtrnordlnarv emorc
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elides that Is substantially the same ns
that of all other' American common
wealths, Including Nebraska. In Minne
sota no one even Questions tho Judg
ment of the governor that tho reform
of glaring abuses In tho revenue system
constitutes nn emergency within the
-purview of the constitution Justifying a
leglslativo call nnd tho matter of cx-
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Pnw Is balanced off against tho bene-
fits expected to accrue.
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ii commions can ror nn extra session
of tho legislature In Minnesota, how
much more urgent arc tho conditions In
Nebraska? Wo make bold to assert
that Minnesota's tax systom, with all
Its defects, Is substantial Justice ns com-
pared with tho outrageous inequalities
nf inrntin.. in Vn,rnuun T., fn
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i,0WeVer tax reform is only ono of the
many pressing problems waiting for
loglslatlvo solution Constitutional re-
vision Is imperative nnd every delay in
mnlrltwp Alii ffitnrlnttmtitnl Inw nrtt f -rtti
to the changes of a quarter of a century
obstructs the growth of the state to
nv ..nfi.in nf f, l,1,r,ina fii,i
tho taxpayers. The demand for np-
nronrlatlons for rebuilding tho Norfolk
Insane asylum and tho penitentiary and
Providing for tho state's participation In
tho Louisiana Purchase exposition, the
nncosRltv nf fiirthnr HnfniriiiirilH fnr tlm
protection of tho permanent school
rillirla tlin fn 1 1 fri n hha nmil I n tiln n
portlouiueut of representation In legls-
laturo and congress, all afford better
reasons for an extra session In Nebraska
thou In Minnesota.
If Nebraska's executivo would emulate
tho foresight nnd courngo of Governor
Vnn ,Snnt, ho would not hesitate to call
tho legislature iu extra session to ennct
tho moasures so much needed for the
public welfare.
CANADA AAD IMMHittATlON.
Whllo congress Is pondering over vari
ous bills designed to restrict and repress
European Immigration, the Dominion
goverment ls deVteing various schemes
4,,4. ,,i ,u., , .
iuub mu uAiitiLu w ui,ub tuiuu im
migration to Cauada, rather than to the
United States.
Tho Canadians do not appenr to bo In
tho leaBt alarmed by tho prospect of an
overcrowded labor market In conse
quence of the Influx of worklngmeu
not bo developed and no material growth
can do expected unless tno surplus popu-
lntlon of Europo can- be Induced to take
up their permanent nbodo in Canada.
Although tho Canadian Pacific is los
ing no 'opportunity for advertising the
attractions of the region trlbutury to
that most northern transcontinental
V I
Hue, tho Dominion government, acting
I
nt tho Instance of the commercial In
terests, proposes In tho near future to
offer special Inducements that will tend
to turn tho tide of migration to British
America and away from the United
states, without tho aid of tho American
congress.
TIIEtMir TAMMANY CHIEF.
Thn trluninhnnt election of Soth Low
. V. .
UtIIJVfc Vt. Uh.UlV4 A 1 J I T 'XUin fT IIO U I
pomilar decree for tho retirement of
as mayor of ureater now xorn was a
Hlchnrd Crokcr as leader of Tammany,
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xiin rviunuuu no iivuu ul uiiii. uiKuutu-
tton, in spito of Its stunidng defeat,
would hayo invited its disruption and
cenernl dlsorcnnlration Tho alxllca-
tlon of tho old commander ls therefore
the inevitable sequence of tho. Waterloo
miHtalued t.v tho nolftical armv that had
lost prestlgo and power In its attempt
w I
n hold tho Tnnnnnnv eltndnl.
In surrendering supremo command of
the Tammany braves the dethroned boss
has created genulno surprise by naming
as his successor a man comparatively
unknown to political fame. Outside of
the Inner circles of Tammany and out-
SUtO 01 tHQ acquaiUiaUCeBUip 110 U08
made as a naval constructor, Lowls S.
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Nixon is comparatively umuiown. urn
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advent in national pontics only dates
from tho Kansas City national demo
cratic convention, to which ho was a
delegate and where ho was choperoued
by Itlcburd Crokcr.
A man in the prhno of life, tho now
Tammany chlof enjoys tho advantage of
tho discipline that comes from a ten-
year service lu tho Uulted States navy,
ln which he had taken high rank ns a
designer and constructor of battleships,
own account Mr. Nixon takes equally
h,irii rnnW ah r mini nf mnnnitv nmi
ai.hu. hm.a ..ia.i..
UAl-vUmu umi.i,. Dvit.-v.iiuu Ul luw
nmu ls nll tho more singular when it ls
I . . . .
norno in mina mat no wns luentmcu
I with the reform faction thnt had for Its
battfecry the purification of Tammany
"d he BUppfCflilOll Of corrupt methods
I .l -oJ I aI....I ..i.
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Tho declaration mado nt tho very out
set by the uuw Tnmmauy chlof, that
he does not propose to bo a moro tlgure
hcad, Justifies Hho expectation that the
reorganization of Tammany will be
thorough nnd that 11 house cleaning is
about to be Inaugurated which will bo a
herculean tusk thnt very few men would
.hnvo Iho courago to undertake.
Tho program of regeneration and purl-
ftcatlon foreshadowed by Tammany's
a,. ..f -A..., .. ,,. .,aa H.
ui, in. ,i.f...i. I...., ..niu.u a.m.-
many to Its lost power.
Iu his' speech of abdication Hobs
compact and clllcletit foroo for flghtltig
political battles tbart Tatntnany In
power, even though It had nt Its ills-
posal if 100,000,000 u year to be disbursed
In the work of municipal government
POSTAL PNEVMATIOSKHVICE.
A ilelcgatlon from the New York Pro-
duco exchange has presented a petition
to St'nntr Mnsou, chairman of the corn-
U""B0 on postoiuccs ami post roans.
Mrln tl,e rc-cstabllshmont of the pneti-
lnnuc uluu 0orv.ee. According to wnsii-
button dispatches. Mr. Mason Is de
cl(,( - '(,1J' 1,1 fnvr f 'lolng something In
11,1,1 "lrceuon, prouuing no can secure
an arrangement under which the pneu-
matlc tube service will not only bo re-
established In the eastern cities, where
It was In operation by a private corpor-
ntlon, but nlso be Introduced Into Chi-
cugo, St. Louis and ono or more large
cities of tho west.
It Is to bo hoped that Senator Mason
nIul, ),,H committee will go still further,
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" puoumuuc tuoe
kjsiuius ov,ncu uy tno go eminent anu
oiii?riLLiMi iih nni-r nr mi. unarm Hnrt-ifn i
, : ; .... .......
htho I'r,u-,,nal cities of tho country
wl" B,l1tl8f' tuo American people. Such
serco1 ,ms bceu 1,1 operation In Lou-
Pa' Bcrl,u nnd v,CIlua fr rc
1 a . I
, u,H!tu ca auu un8 occn Bmcc
the great commercial
centers of Europe.
t . .
1 8 Blnin'y munzlng that a country
"s .crprlslug and progressive as tho
UultcU States should have allowed Itself
t0 bo llstnuceJ y tho slow-going na-
tlons of Europe in its postal facilities,
lts fnl,uro 10 utl,lze tho unounintlc tube
tho rnl)ld co"veynuce of until matter
' Kreiii pouuiauou centers is, uowever.
' 1U w,,,u8 w,lu "a ,,,llliru l ostaD-
,ls" n I08tal Parage service, postul
mvluB bnnks and postul telegraphs.
OMAHA'S COSTLY KiyDHnOAIlTENS.
A great hue and cry has been raised
by parties who oppose retrenchment In
tho management of our public schools
about tho alleged outrage perpetrated
by the new board In reducing tho salary
of tho superintendent of kindergarten
schools from $130 to $120 a month and
scaling down tho salaries of the kinder
gnrten teachers.
Whllo nobody In Omaha desires to
abolish tho kindergarten schools alto-
gcther, It has lMJcomo n serious questlou
wlmtliPi- nur nnhnnl tinnril wnnlil hn
Justlfled in continuing the cxtravaganco
to which Omaha has gone In that direc
tion within the past uvo years.
Tho constitution of Nebraska llxes tho
legal age for children in the public
schools ns between 5 and 21 years, but
many children In the kindergartens of
Omaha are below the legal nge. Iu
other words, tho law does not contem
plate that the city shall maintain public
nurseries under the name of kinder
garten. au mquiry recently maue oy i.uo xiee
In Columbus, O., where they have an
nggregate school attendanco this year of
17.I1.K1. Ihnv linvn nn If Iiu1nrtnrtnna nnn. I
nectcd with the public schools, although
at ono time kindergartens had been es
tablished, but wcro discontinued for eco
nomical reasons.
Toledo, O., with a total school attend-
ntinn of 11 "01 Una flftnnn If Inf1nrinrf,n
, ' n 'u , K'nHCIBntns,
MMfll nlllt. Ilrrnnn limn mm Tinoi unt. I
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arles amount to $5S9.C0 per mouth, or
an average of less than $40 per month.
Albany, with a total school attendance
of 1,I,U57, has twenty-one teachers In tho
kindergartens, with an average of &
)0U
pupils, but under the lnws of tho stato
of New York children 4 years of ago
may bo admitted Into tho kindergarten.
In tho city of Indianapolis, with a
tl anhnnl .nn,1n,.,.n nf OO Oqo l,
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18 uo klndergnrten, nnd yet tho public
schools of Indianapolis stand ns high as
thoso of any c tv of 200.000 noon e.
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Minneapolis, with nn aggregato school
attendance of 37,522, has only two kin-
lorgarten teachers and 150 kindergarten
PnP,ls- ,,u" U1U 10B 1,111,1 OI Hcno01
attendance is tno same as in Ncnrasua
"-ansas ijity, Willi a total scnool at-
oi nas tuiricen Kinuer-
i . m i-r ifs. II. i.i . .1
gnrten scuoois uuu tourteen paid Kinder-
Bnrlcu icuers, wuu ov aiudergancn
pupils.
What a contrast between tho extent to
which kindergartens arc fostered In
thoso cities ns compared with Omaha.
With a school attendance of 14,845 In
1001, Omaha employed fifty-four kinder
garten teachers to Instruct 1,170 children
ln ntiondnneo. nnd exnonneri fnr H,l nnr.
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nose $29.580.0.'!. whlln Mlnnnnnnlla with
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... nitnndancft of S7.R22. nnlv nmnnviul
two klndcrgnrten teachers for 150 chll-
drcn and could not possibly havo ex
peuded over $1,500 last yenr for kinder
gurteus. In other words, Omnha, ex
ponded twenty times ns much ns Mlnnc
apolls for kindergartens In 1001. Kansas
City, with an attendanco of 28,280, em
ployed fourteen kindergarten teachers
for 840 kindergarten pupils, and nssum-
lmr that tho sularles of tho teaehoi-d nv.
ernged $000 each could not possibly have
cxnendca oer ?8,000 for kindergartens
lll8t 'enr'
Can anybody stand up for the rank
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,UUBU lu"-" i,uyers navo
been subjected for tho luxurv of klnrfnr.
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garten Instruction?
rrim ntrnflHnn nt ami nmtnliln AAntAm
nPnrlH ,, ., ,,
"VIM uiohmtoi UUU
convulsions over tho cutting down of
kindergarten school expenses ls respect-
fully Invited to tho compnratlvo facts
and figures presented in another column,
If there Is to bo nnr moro wpnnlntr.
walling or guashlng of teeth let them
crlvn tlm rn.,1 . ,.,. " ...
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which wo suspect nro tracenblo to uear
relatives and special favorites of somo
of tho editors ntiil nulillnhnrn nim ,..
been touched hv thn nrunino-
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income tax returns disclose tho fact
IIiaI I.--. .... 41... 4. .
i. mi. iuii, mu SH.111. Biuui iniisier, is
Germany's richest man, confessing to nn
annual Incomo between 20.000.ooo. mul
only one-fourth tlint Income. The Iti-
terostlugipofut Is that this wealth comes
from Industrial pursuits, rather than
from Inherited landed cstntes In which
the popular belief llxes the grent source
Of wealth In Europe its distinguished
from tho newer countries. It Is nlso
Interesting to note that Andrew Car
negie, tho richest man boasted by Amer
ica, corresponds with llerr Krupp, In
that he, too, Is a great steel master,
whoso fortune has been built up by
Industrial enterprises.
Another invitation for the American
Invasion of Hurone comes from 1'nrln.
wi,crc they are clcnrlv In need of the
American tolonhnnn clrl. Tim rmmmnv
ti,ut i)erntes the talk lines In i'nrls Is
eiuIcuvoriiiK to Impose on the poor tele-
holle Rrt a ,,. Hut of ref;nintoni,, tor-
bidding her to acknowledge verbal bo-
quets sent to them over the wires by
lnlo subscribe nr to tnnicn Inn.? nr
8i,ort distance a)polntments through tho
transmitter. imagine an up-to-date
American telephono girl submitting to
1 .., .. .
bucii euruiuuient oi ner
privileges with-
otlt rcSentlug tho Indignity. Whnt a
chanco for tlm American girl to ills-
tlngulsh herself by setting nn example
for her poor downtrodden 1'arlslan
sister.
Tho councllinen who have been tour-
lug tho country In search of market
house Ideas will soon return and If
Omuha has any public spirited capital-
lsts willing to furnish nn available site
and advance tho money for Its erection
on reasonable terms tho market house
mny materialize before the auditorium
is rorninny opcued.
It In Just possible that If the lire In
surance trust Is sutllclcntly coddled It
may be dissuaded from Increasing rates
on Omaha lire risks any further for tho
present. Hut the local merchants will
have to promise to be good and to use
their Influence with the next legislature
to repeal the valued policy law.
Art of lllplunincy.
Baltlmoro American.
We nro not sufficiently familiar with dip
lomatic verblago to express it In the proper
terms, but It Is tho opinion Of a great many
common people that tho act of tho foreign
ministers In climbing on the walls to watch
the ontry of the royal family Into Pckln was
rUDDCnnc
Old Ilnnd nt the Illinium.
Indlannpolls Journal.
Now that formor Senator Chandler of
Now Hampshire has told senators and rep
resentatives that they must not wear out
tho president over appointments, many will
I-renl! tllp fnnr thflt nnmn nf thn must urn.
tracted BtruRglos thnt havo occurred over
federal offices we.ro those In which ho had a
port.
A Check to Stiangttiar.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Rn lnnp nn thn ITnltivl Rlntnq irnVArnmnnl
doca not offer freo education to all appl!
quire an excellent cducatloa freo of coat
and without rendering any compensating
Service.
A Deltcuto Conrtei)-,
New York Tribune.
It Is a delicate Imperial courtesy to In
vito an' American young woman to name
tho emperor's Amcrlcan-butlt yacht, and
luw uculc""uo 01 lB "gureneaa Will
maRnum of An,Crlcan wlno would bo
. . ...
the dedication of Its figurehead with a
an
oxtonsloa of tho nolltoncas almost too lib.
eral to be expected from a country of such
historic- vintages, somo flushed with tho
purplo of morning, somo pnlo as tho moon
and maddening as Us light, and all more
bolovcd of Its peoplo than their kings.
JnmvInK at a Good Thlnnr.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Tho congressman who Introduced tho 1
cent letter postage bill gays that ho Is
hearing from' the people on the question nnd
VZZI TC" .. ' " mm
iuai moro is a pronounced sentiment for It
m uvuviiiilui. IU1 ,t
nil over the country. Of course. Thcro nre
Pmy or poopio over ready to jump at a
"'""v ku'i " Bomo-
tning ror them for nothing. If wo nro going
to navo tne ROVernment pny pnrt of our
prlvato postago bills. let us make it do the
handsome thing by paying them entirely.
, ,"""ov' u'
Vonnlng Money to Farmers.
Philadelphia Record
A now trust company has been formed
wnicn proposes to ionn money to farmers
on tho security of warehouse, receipts for
their stored raw material cotton, grnln,
rice and other non-perishable products.
For tho purposes of Its business ware
houses are to bo built nt sultablo places by
a co-operating warohouso company. Tho
object Is to maku loans to farmors at cur
rent rates of Interest. Such a trust should
bavo a legitimate and useful field of opera
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on in cnaonng rnrmers to noio moir proa-
r htaA tn r.i,f ikm
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uoon tho market as soon ns hnrvested In
ordor t0 w usurious advances.
Not a Kulrylnnrt.
Chicago Chronlclo,
Captain Mnrryat wrote an unprophetlo
description of our now possessions:
"In tho vast archipelago of tho east,
where Borneo, Java and Sumatra lies, and
h Vniimxn lolnniln nnd Ihn Phlllrmlna
utands," ho says, "tho sea Is often fanned
only by land and sea breezes and Is llko
a smooth bed on which these Islands seem
t0 sleep ln b,l88i l,lan? ,n w,,cU Bplco
bowere(li whero the bird of paradise has
auu fjcimiuu gmuuuo ui tuu nuu ...w wot-
Its home, tho golden pheasant and a hun
dred others of brilliant plumage, whose
-iu, , ,.ll,A,a . li.rnHnnf nml
"". V-7 ,n
scenery so picturesque
strangers find there tho fairyland of their
youthful dreams."
The find of American rulershlp is of a
totally different nature.
' I'm liiir the Kc.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
manv valuable .ervlces ln his time, but wo
can recall few of them that wero moro
valuable than that which ho rendered In
hls brttVe Bpecoh on thB1Tlc".tlr 1f. UaT
legislation. He spoke without flinching the
I xact truth, nn all Intelligent men know It,
and his utterance of it at this tlmo cannot
fall to emboldon others to speak tt also.
Everybody who has taken the trouble to
,0k into this matter knows that nil at-
tempts to regulate the liquor evil which nre
.?'!LUp" .th? ' r,"T
u "IIH !- "HI' -
worse than hypocritical, slnco they mag
nlfy the very ovll which they seek to sup
press, what tho bishop snld about tho of-
IlltlHI' HITS OP STATU l'OMTICS.
BcAtrlco Times (rep.)! If the tono of
tho bulk of tho republican press of tho
stato Is to be taken as an Indication of the
volco of tho people ,fu tho Uartloy pardon
case, (lovernor Savage would bo throwing
away his tlmo to bo n candldnto for tho
gubernatorial nomination (his year.
Broken Dow Republican: Now, that tho
probabilities of tho rcnomtnntlon of Gov
ernor Savngc has been rcmorcd, the ques
tion of hie successor will bo n matter of
public Interest. It ls doubtful whether an
other candldnto from Custer county would
bo considered, yet wo havo somo good tim
ber for which tho Republican enn vouch.
Grand island Independent (rep.): Nu
merous bills havo been Introduced In con
gress dividing Nebraska Into two federal
Judicial districts. Generally tbo l'latto
river Is mndo the dividing line. Several of
tho bills, however, make Jogs north of tho
river, ono of them placing Hall and Buffalo
counties ln tho South l'latto district. What
good reason there can bo tor this, It Is
difficult to sec. Buffalo ls practically en
tirely north of tho l'latto nnd five-sixths
of this county, together with its county
sent, nro north of this generally accepted
but In somo respects doubtful dividing lino.
Halt county, through tho manipulation of
tho popullft legislature of 1890 has been
mndo tho stub end and panhandle, of a con
gressional district. It doesn't want again
to be shoved oft tho earth by being tho
llttlo ring at tho end of tbo dipper handle
of a Judicial district.
Tcknmah Herald (rop.): Tho Burt county
bond deal controversy has broken out
afresh. Tho Stato Journal of Sunday had
a column article to which W. G. Sears has
written a reply and for want of space wo
nro unablo to publish tt. Tho Beo of Tues
day also devoted allouL a column to tho
samo Bubjcct. Tho closing part of Mr.
Scars reply suggests as a proper solution
of tho controversy thnt tho governor ap
point n disinterested commltteo of such
men ns'Scnntor Mnndcrson and T. J. Ma
honey to hear both sides of tho caso. Tbo
Herald bellevcB tho suggestion a good one.
It Treasurer Stuofcr ls Innocent of what
ho ls charged ho should bo vindicated. If
guilty of manipulating tho permanent school
funds, as charged, tho peoplo of tho stato
have a right to know it. An Investigation
conducted by tho stato officers will not at
this tlmo satisfy tho general public. Thoy
aro not ln tho proper mood at this tlmo
to accept anything but a thorough Investi
gation by a competent disinterested com
mlttec.
Holdrego .Progress (rep.): Wo learn
from tho Columbus Telegram of last week
that ox-Unltcd States Senator William V,
Allen will soon launch a paper at his old
homo nt Mndlson, Neb. Tho Tclegrnm
states that tho now papor will bo straight
populist In politics nnd deplores that tho
senator should adopt such a policy after
tho democrntlc support ho has enjoyed In
tho past. Tho Progress Is glad to noto, In
tho cv'cnt Mr. Allen ls to launch a paper,
that tho good old populist doctrlno Is to bo
upheld, because, tho crystallization of all
the old populist principles Into law ls In
tho Interest of tho masses. Thoso prin
ciples were pertinent to tho common good
when tho populist party camo Into exist
ence and nothing has transpired since to
shako their Importance Thcso principles
nro right now nnd their enactment Into
Inw ls If anything more essential today
than ever. Tho Progress bollovcs, how
over, that Mr. Allen's policy should In
elude a reorganization of tho party under
a new namo and on a basis that would np
peal to all lovers of reform In stato and
nntlonnl politics, whethor they bo repub
licans, democrats or populists. Tho Trog
rcss believes tho causa would gain greater
strongth and a moro rapid growth under
a now namo than under tho cognomen of
populist or peoples' Independent. Tho old
principles, howovor, should be adopted. Tho
money, land and transportation problems,
In tho Interest of the peoplo, demand a
moro economic adjustment tbnn now pre
vntls. Wo shall look for tho senator's
psper with Interest..
PKUSONAL NOTES.
Democrats call Governor Ferguson of Ok
lahoma the "red-hended roisterer of tho
North Canadian," his homo being on that
river.
A Bloomlngton, Itul., man entertained his
four mothers-in-law at dinner New Year's
dny. Ho not only survived, but proposes to
repeat next yenr, If all nre alive.
M. Br lac, a French professor, has origi
nated a plan to mako tho study of English
cbmpulsory'lh all French schools without ox
ccptlon, and French In all English schools,
thus covering tho world with two languages.
Governor Odell of New York docs not go
In for athletics qutto as much as did bis
predecessor, Mr. Roosevelt, but could make
It Interesting for moat persons at any kind
of sport. He holds a good seat on a horse,
can play ball, walk ton miles without fa
tlgue and very few of tho men who play
with him boat him at billiards.
Commander Cowlca of the navy, whose
namo appears so frequently In accounts of
social happonlngs at the Whlto House, Is
President Roosovelt'a brother-in-law. Ho
has been unusually lucky In having shore
duty, and It Is said that the president, fear
ing tbo Imputation of favoritism to a rel
ative, Is now looking around tor a chanco
to scud tho commander to sen.
TO IIH IIKMUMI1KHED.
StntUtlcnl Truth Illumine Itrpnli
Ilcan Politic.
Prfrtland Oregonlan,
The accursed gold standard, we are told,-
would ruin tho country.
January payments on account of lntorcst
and dividends at New York reached the
great total of 1118,000,000. This does not
Includo government payments, bank divi
dends or corporations other than those
whoso stocks nre on tbo markot.
To show what has happened In practical
result slnco the silver threat rose and
fell, these disbursements nt New York on
securities having a public market are
strikingly Interesting, viz:
Total lntereHt and dividends,
January. 1893 69,195,714
Total Interest and dividends,
January, iws
Rove n venrs' Increase S 49.003,330
Per cent, Increase In return on
capital investeii in socunues
of railroads and other corpo
rations having a public mar
ket, seven years 71
Tin- vnlnn ntnekn nnvlnir dlvl-
denos, January, iwj ., mo,ww,oi
. - - , , - A ... ... ...
Par vnluo stocks paying divi
dends, January, lint! 2,lS8,ttoS,OU
Sovon years' Increase 11,311,695,697
rn. .mliiA l,r,nilit nnvlnir rilvl
dends, January. 1S95 ,..,$2,454,15:,560
Par value bonds paying aivi- r
dends, January, 1902 3,652,8M,232
Boven years' fncreaso 11,098,201,672
Total increase in soven years
ni ii nr vnlnn nf securities nav-
Ing In January 12,410,097,3(0
It will be said, no doubt, that this
gain In tho value of securities Is no sign
of general prosperity for tho country. But
tt is, for our wolfaro and prosperity, In all
things, are Interdependent. Tho changa
observed within the past few years arises
from restoration of confidence and re-estab
llshmont of credit, which not merely had
beon threatened, but almost destroyed, by
tho attack on the basis of tho money that
measures values.
Will this country ever again destroy
Its prosperity through an effort to debase
Its money? Will It again tolerato the pro-
tensions of thoso who mado a Ilryau their
prophet?
HITS 01'' WASHINGTON I, IKK.
KtetilnRft of I'pniitc'nnfl Kvcnln nt the
.Vntlotint Cniillnl,
Tho famous echo In Statuary Hall of tho
nntlonnl capital has not been materially
changed by recent repairs tn that portion
of tho great building, and tho guides nro
rejoicing over tho certain continuance of
a profitable source of revenue from visitors.
Statuary Hall Is ono of tho showptaces of
Washington, A person may stand on a
certain stone nnd whisper so quietly that
n companion touching his elbow cannot
hear n word, nnd yet somobody thirty feet
away, on a partlculnr stone, will bo nblo
to hear with absoluto distinctness.
Several of tho stones, according
to one of tho best known of
tho guides, aro as communlcatlvo ns
ever, whllo others aio apparently obscured.
Inasmuch ns tbo dome, from which tho
light comes, ls still covered with a cloth
which ls toon to bo removed, the restora
tion of normal conditions may work won
ders. Tho now celling is tho exact coun
terpart of tho old ln all particulars, nnd
should carry tho samo acoustic properties.
An odd looking llttlo box with a glass
case, containing rows and rows of small
metallic buttons thnt havo a peculiar fash
Ion of turning nil colors of tho rainbow,
hns nttractcd much attention from raom
bors of congress. Tho box stands oa a
table Iu one corner of tho hall of tho
bouse, near tho republican cloak rooms. It
Is part of tho new system of summoning
pngos. Years ago It was tho custom to
hnvo these usoful raessongors seated about
tho stops leading to the speaker's rostrum,
but they took up so much room and woro
so noisy that they wcro banished to ono
end of tho clonk room, under tbo gallery.
Call bells of various kinds havo elnco boon
used to bring them out. This year an en
tirely new system has been Installed. It
ls called tho electric-chemical annunciator,
and ls tho invention of a Now York man.
It possesses tho unusual quality of regis
tering tho exact degrco of urgency with
which a member wishes a pngo. An elec
tric push button Is attached to each desk
and Is connected with corresponding disks
In tho glnss caso. A representative wish
ing to send n pngo on n trifling errand,
lightly touches tho button on his dosk. In
stantly his disk ln the caso turns a palo
brown. Tho boy on guard notices tho
chango and saunters off to answer tho call.
Another member Is In a hurry for a cer
tain document and glvos his button a steady
push. Tho llttlo motal button at tho othor
end of tho circuit gets brown, ,thon black
and as tho pressuro remains It turns red.
This Is a signal that tho membor l la a
hurry and off rushes a page. When nn
Impatient, hot-headed membor, who has
had a bad night, wants a pago tho antics
of tho disk at tho othor end of his lino aro
wonderful to behold. Tho llttlo object
gots brown, black and green ln short or
der and then turns a livid rod.
Ono day recently President Iloosovolt
started out for a walk, with Theodore, Jr.,
as a companion. They strolled off toward
Cabin John bridge, which Is eight miles
from Washington. Ono of tho local de
tectives, whoso duty It Is to guard the
President whllo ho ls out of doors, started
after Mr. Roosevelt nnd his son.
Tho president wnlked all tho way to
Cabin John brldgo and bis son st'rodo along
beside him, enjoying tho outing as much
as his father. Tho detective was fagged
out when bo got to tho brldgo and. sat
down to rest. Whllo ho was resting tho
president disappeared, nnd a panic-stricken
sleuth camo back on an electric car, won
dering what had becomo of bis charge An
hour and a halt later the president came
swinging up' the Whlto Houso walk. Tho
detccttvo' stood on tho White House portico.
"Missed mo, didn't you7" chuckled tho
president. "I camo back through tbo
woods."
That night tho president participated In
a Whlto Houso dance and was, as lively as
any of tho youngsters present.
When Senator Perkins was morchandls-.
Ing In California In his youngor days, ro
tates tho Washington Post, thore came to
his town a man who claimed to possess a
prodigious memory. Ho could perform all
manner of mental tasks, ny a clover trick
Senator Perkins shared with him tho dis
tinction of being also a man who could re
mombcr anything.
Mr. Perkins' told tho mnn to write down
a list of names which he would dictate,
ny tho time tho list was completed thero
wero at least 100 names all odd sorts of
names which had apparently no connection
with cacix other. "Now," said Mr. Perkins
to the man with a memory, "turn around
four times," Tho man compiled. "Now,"
continued Mr. Perkins, "walk up and down
for five minutes." The man walked. Mr.
Perkins prescribed several other diversions
and, Anally, when several minutes had
elapsed, ho remarked to the mnn that he
could repeat tho entire list of names back
ward. "Impossible," said tho man,
But It wns not imposslblo. Mr. Perkins
went over tho whole list, namo by name,
ln reverse order. The man and the crowd
which was watching tho performance, ap
plauded heartily and thereafter Mr. Perkins
enjoyed a reputation.
The feat was very simple. Mr. Perkins,
who knew everybody in town, had .merely
dictated the names of the poopio doing
business along several blocks. When he
came to repeat tho names backward, he
simply commonccd at tbo other end of the
street and went up Instead of down. "Try
It for yourself," said Senator Perkins yes
terday. "It Is the easiest thing ln the
world."
Senator William B. Mason of Illinois de
Always
Restores Color
I have used Ayers
five years, and I know
restore tho original color
Mrs. Julia Byxuk, Mecklenburg, N. Y.
V4IA
Ayers Hair Vigor)
-1 have been using Ayer's Hair Vigor for soma time, and
I can truly say It has made my hair come In thick and
sleet whereas before It was falling out very fast"
Mrs. T.
Makes
Stops
tl.MsMU.
cided to glvo his family a' Now Year's treat
In tho form of nn afternoon nt tho matinee.
Ho went to one of tho lending thcalvrs and
nsked tho mnn In tho window If ho had nuy
good, seats. "How many?" nsked the ticket
seller, "fourteen," replied tho senator.
"Now, seo here," responded tho ticket sel
ler, "do yoir supposo wo nre going to sell
you thoso tickets for you to sculp? Wo
know ns wolt ns you do thnt thero will bo
a big demand for seats on Now Year's day.
You tan't havo them." "Hut I don't want
to speculate In them. I Just want thorn for
my own family," protested Mr. Mason. The
ticket setter mado It plain that ho did not
know much about Inrgo families. "I cn
tell you who will mnko up the party," con
tinued tho senator. "I am Senator Mason
of Illinois. 1 want to go to tho show.
Then thero aro Mrs. Mason and our eight
children. That's ton. Then thero nro my
brother nnd his wife. That's twelve, and"
Tho ticket seller Interrupted the senator
with nn apology an ho handed out tho tlo
kets. "1 have been taken tor a good many
things," said the senator In telling ot his
adventuro afterward, "but I uover was
taken for a theater-ticket scalper before. I
guess this life- down hero must bo do
mornllilnc." MinTiiriti, niiMAiuc-.
Detroit Kreo 1'rcns: She Uocnuso I can
not marry ynu, do not bo disheartened.
You must fnco tho world bravely.
He It iHii't a (titration of tho world I vo
got to face my creditors.
Philadelphia Press: Mrs. Ilnrgcn I hope
you liked tho cigars I gave you, denr.
You'll bo glad to know anyway thnt 1 pnlit
ensh for tlicm: they weren't charged.
Mr. Ilnrgcn rtcnlly? I thought they were,
but I didn't know whnt with.
Wnshtngton Btnri "Your constituents
havo arranged to give you a serciinde,"
"Well," said the member of congress who
hns grown Irritable, "I suppose lt' tho ron
slstent and proper thing to do. My con
stituents always seemed to derive a grent
deal of satisfaction from keeping mo nwalta
nights."
K
'Candldlv. though.
Plato," said
tbo Hhudu of Socrntes, Iu ona
or meir nrnieu uiscussion? inu rpuuie
with you la that you nro Inordinately In
love with yourself, '
"ImpoHBlblcl" replied tho Shade of Pinto,
"such lovo must of necjcsslty bo purely
Platonic." t ,
Ilnltlmoro American: "Hoto's a temper,
mica lecture In a nutshell," said tho good
woman, ami sho read, alnud; '.'While undet1
tho Inllurnce of liquor John Williams fell
Into tho river yostenlny nnd was drowned."
"My denr woman," replied her utire
gonernto husband, "that merely shows tho
ovll effect of too much water after one's
whisky."
Philadelphia ProBs: "Oh, my!" exclaimed
the young wife, rerullng over tho lnsurnnca
policy on her husband s llfo In her favor,
'this Insurance company Is.Just hateful."
"Why. what's tho matter?" asked her
husbnml. ....
"Why. If you commit sulcldo they won't
pny uny money nt nll."
Chicago Tribune: Fweddy (slightly nenr
slghted) Who aw Is thnt very stylish nnd
flno looking man nt tho othcli end of tho
room, Mrs. Orceablo?
Hostess You nro looking nt your own re
flection In tho mirror. Mr. Llghtpnyte.
Kwcddy Aw you llattnh me, Mrs. Oree
ablel Hostess No; tho mirror docs that.
ASUKS OP GOLD,
T.
A fleeting wave of frngrnncc, from whenc-
I do not know,
Has unveiled to my mind a picture, a part
of tho long ngo:
A tlmo In tho early promise, ere life's por
tals outward swung
And no wraith of vnnlshed moments a
requiem sad Had sung,
Thero Is ylsloncd a spot sequestered, no
fnlrcr has enrth. I know;
It ls kissed by the sun's llrnt glimmer and.
crowned by Its nftcrglow,
Thore is a cottngo homo transfigured by
tho golden hnze dlvlno.
And tho clinging Icilvcb and blossoms of
honeysuckle vine.
II.
Again I breathe, the. lnccnao wnfted from
the orchard near
That mystic prlusts aro brewing on myriad,
nltnrH thero.
I sco again the Btlvery rill that cloft tha
meadow through:
Its sedgy banks with daisies crowned and
purplo mendow run;
Tho nnrrow path by tho hawthorn hedge,
tho llchcncd pnddoek wall:
Tho dnrkllng gray of tho dewy mist thnt
veils tho poplars tall
All chango to gold In tho nftcrglow thnt
Mumltis tho evening clonm,
And decks with n sheen of nmbor that dear
old cottage homo.
III.
Elf sprites their Inticeti poising, tipped with
tho glow worm's light;
Insect voices blending chnht a welcome
glnd tn night;
A whlppoorwlll Is culling, his mandate Im
mutable, austere;
Elusive fnlry phantoms glide swiftly there
nnd here.
Tho wood dovo's wooing rhythm Its quaver
of bliss or woe,
Adds a pacn of light to tho picture, the
vision of long ago;
A mystic Incantation pervades the deepen
ing Klonm,
And benlsons thoso gnthcrcd ln that dear
old cottage, home.
IV.
Thoso gnthered I seem to see them dimly
through tho welling tears;
Seem to hear tho happy welcome echo
down tho trodden years.
And tho rriirglc of tho seeming thrills my
hungry heart to pnln
With Its sense of something vanished that
I ne'er may know again
Hopes as golden ns the dawning with life's
deepest Impulse frnught,
Itlfe with promises effulgent has Time's
sickle rendered naught;
Fame, evaslvo as tho shadows; Joy as)
transient as the glonm,
Fade nnd vanish In tho vision of that dear
old cottngo home.
They yield who list to tho syren voice that
slnco tho world was young
The witching song of man's npplnuso In
the human soul has sung:
They yield who listen, Impelled to win,
Impelled, mayhap, to dread,
A world's brief pratso, Its stern reproof,
its crown of bays nr load
Is thero, more to tell? The story Is old, yet
ever and over tho same:
Only tho glaro' nnd glint of a day the
coveted meed of fame,
And a snow-crowned mother waiting alone
In tho evening glonm
For tho promised tryst ne'er to be kept ln
tho dear old cottage homo.
Falls City. Neb. AMELIA E. H1LU
Hair Vigor for mora thaa
from experience that It will
to gray hair."
Solheim, Giavelvtlle. Minn.
Hair Grow
Falling
AlUfHiUUu