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THE OSIAIIA DAILY BEE; TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1002.
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Mornl for ubiquitous constnnles: Don't
brandish empty revolvers Just for the
fun of making it bluff.
AH groat bodies move slowly, but the
United States senate moves more slowly
tlmn any other groat body In tho world.
If tlio street railway company has not
furnished 31)02 pasteboards to every
lawyer In town It lias made a serious
mistake. I
A surplus lu the national treasury
ecems to be attended with almost as
much danger au a detlclt In the national
treasury.
If It Is true that General Miles pro
poses to l6 It candidate for president
In 1004 Just to be vindicated, what will
Admiral Schley doV
The legislative wheels aro again going
fcround at Dos Moines, and Iowa may
prepare for the usual biennial enlarge
ment of Its statute books.
Jury bribing may nourish In Omaha,
Iwt If so n bur commltteo will hardly
bo expected to ferret It out. For every
Jury' bought with bribes, some lawyer
put up tho Job.
Judge linker reads his title clear now
and tho governor will soon bo lu position
to comply with tho request of tho liar
association by Issuing a judicial com
mission to the man of Its choice.
Tho president of Franco is to return
tho recent visit of tho czar of Russia.
It would never do for Franco to allow
Us neighbor, Germany, to bellovo that
tho calling acquaintance with Russia
bad been broken off.
To get full benefit out of her western
tour Helen Gould should rcallzo better
that tho west furnishes the substantial
foundation of her fortune nnd In all
equity should havo a larger eharo In
distribution of her favor.
When Joseph Chamberlain hears that
Webster Davis Is after him ho will
cease to worry about what the German
chancellor may say about him. When
tho heavy gnus open up no ono pays
any- attention to llrceruckers.
We rend that President MacLeau of
tho Iowa Stato university has expressed
himself as favoring tho prnctlco of con
gregations applauding the sermons that
they Ilka. Yes, but what about the ser
mons that they do not like?
The republican press of Nebraska Is
talkliig loud enough to make Itself
heard In tho woods of Louisiana. The
governor1 may as well come homo and
face $ho. music, for there Is no Indica
tion that that orchestra intends to pluy
soft music.
Park Commissioner Cornish has put
himself outside the pale by rcfuslug to
join lu acclaim to tho consolidation
Bchemo of tho llvo eminent lawyers
who propose to relieve the peoplo of
Omaha of tho necessity of governing
themselves,
Tho Taxpayers' league of South
Omaha has douo some effective work in
, cnlltug a halt ou school, board crooked
ness uud extravagance, but Its functions
are by no means conllned to the rcduc
tlou of school tuxes. There is abundant
room for tho leugue to operate In other
departments of the city government.
A lire' coroner might furnish n soft
berth for somebody, but where is another
city of Omaha's size that enjoys this
luxury? If the Insurance companies
jwant a salvage corps let them put one
In and pay for it. They established a
ealvago corps at thejr own expense lu
Kansas City when Kansas City was no
larger than Omtihu now la.
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ARE PRESIDENTS OVERTASKED.
Up to this time President Koosovelt
has not Intimated what ho thinks of the
suggestion of ex-Senator Chandler for
a reform In the. method of conducting
oxccutlvc'buslness at tho White House.
Senator Chandler Insists that "the time
has come when access to the president,
except at public receptions, should be
limited to cabinet ministers, senators,
representatives and ambassadors, and
to such persons only ns ore given Inter
views for public purposes, after writ
ten applications have been received and
carefully considered."
President Roosevelt Is the most demo
cratic of American presidents. He be
lieves that a president should bo ac
ceslblo to every citizen of tho republic
except when restrained by ofllclal and
social duties.
Senator Chandler's assertion that
President Arthur's premature death was
ehlelly due to the nervous strain to
which he was subjected by contact with
au Irrepressible and continuous stream
of Importunate olllco seekers and promis
cuous callers Is scarcely borne out by
the historical facts. Neither Is his In
timation that President McKlnlcy would
havo survived tho shock of tho assas
sin's bullet but for the drain on his
physical strength by tho pressure of
tho army of political placo hunters.
The strain upon our presidents Is not
much greater than It has been upon
other men In public life, notably tho
governors of states and tho mayors of
great cities and the heads of large In
dustrial establishments. It is not so
much the continuous stratn of politicul
patronage seekers that Hells upon the
health of our presidents as the heavy
dinners and social functions which bear
In their train dyspepsia, insomnia and
derangement of the nervous system.
A robust man in the prime of llfo
like our present chief executive, en
dowed with an abnormal capacity for
work, is not likely to become a victim
to the dismal forecast portrayed by
Senator Chandler. A healthy man, pos
sessing a sound body and brain, who
takes plenty of out of door exercise
and recreation and devotes n limited
number of hours to systematic work Is
lu no serious danger of beiug overtaxed
by following the practice of his prede
cessors In the conduct of the business of
tho Whlto House.
SUPERVISION AND COXTROL.
According to Washington dispatches
to tho St Louis Globe-Democrat the
visit of Attorney Geucral Douglas of
Minnesota to President Roosevelt and
Attorney General Knox In 'regard to the
Northern Securities company merger,
has developed tho fact that both the
president and the attorney general are
In favor of legislation which will place
tho railroads of this country under gov
ernment control.
Attorney General Knox, who is sup
posed to bo the friend, advocate and de
fender of the trusts, talks openly on tlic
subject and boldly expresses the opin
ion that unless there Is some legislative
action In this line tlio railroads will
continue to combine and make tlnunclal
deals which will prove disastrous to the
business and lluauclal Interests of the
country.
If tills forecast proves to be correct na
tional regulation of public carriers will
become tho paramount Issue at no dis
tant day. That publicity and tho super
vision of corporations engaged lu Inter
state commcrco has becomo Imperative
for tho protection of the financial and
commercial interests of tho country is
conceded by all thoughtful men.
As tho main arteries of commerce tho
railroads come under consideration at
tho outset. Tho only question Is how
far shall tho government control and
supervision be carried, or, rather, how
far can congress bo Induced to go with
government supervision nnd control of
public carriers, even with the backing
of tho president and his cabinet?
National regulation nnd supervision
that would bo limited to mero publicity
of railroad statistics would hardly prove
satisfactory. Besides publicity thcro
must bo restriction that will prevent
overcapitalization either by stock-watering,
tho conversion of stock Into bonds,
or fraudulent debenture Issues on the
old Credit Moblllor plan.
lioforo tho railroads consent to such
regulation and restriction there will bo
a lively struggle.
XU GREAT HARDSHIP. . ,
The Board of Education has been ad
monished by tho self-styled anti-machlno
orgaus that It must reconsider' the rule
recently ndoptcd ' under which ,Hlgh
school pupils will bo compelled to pay
for textbooks. According to tho figures
In tho olllco of tho secretary of tho board
tho books for each pupil In tho Latin-'
English courso lu tho High school will
cost for the first year $J.GT, for the sec
ond year $0.72, for tho third year $8.42
and $10.40 for the fourth year. In the
English courso tho cost will bo $0.55 for
tho first year $4.32 for tho second year,
$8.50 for tho third year and $8.05 for the
fourth year. In other words, each grad
uato from tho High school will have to
expend for books for the' four-year
Latin-English term $32.00 and $27.51" for
the English course. If these figures
hold good for tho next fouryears we ap
prehend it will work uo great hardship
upon the patrons of the lUgh school. As
a matter of fact, the classes uow In tho
High school aud those on uext year's
enrollment will havo un opportunity to
procure their books at a reduction of
from 30 to 50 per cent on, the price of
now books by purchasing from tho stock
which tho board now has ou huud.
The furnishing of free textbooks In
tho High school was' not contemplated
by the Board o'f Education when the
plau of free textbooks was originally
adopted. It was then the Intention to
confine the free distribution to grades
below tho High school, where- the ma
jority of chlMren are compelled to tor
mluato their schooling and euter the
race for a livelihood.
Tho parents of more than 2,000 call
dren now attending tho parish schools
are not only compelled to pay for their
textbooks, but also for their tuition, and
the parents of the children attending tho
parish schools belong largely to the
Ioorer classes, nnd yet no complaint Is
heard from them and they have not
made any effort to secure free textbooks.
It certainly Is a much greater hard
ship upon tho poor parents of High
school boys to compel them to buy $10
cadet uniforms than It Is to require them
to pay froln $5 to $8 a year for school
books.'.
The taxpayers of Omaha will sustain
the board lu Its effort, to bring the ex
penditures of tho board somewhere near
Us Income.
1IOXEST SILVER DOLLARS.
The recent capture by secret service
agents of the Treasury department of
parties engaged In counterfeiting sil
ver dollars directs public attention to
the enormities perpetrated by the con
tinuance of the coinage by the United
States mints of dishonest sliver dollars.
The market value of the metal con
tained In our sliver dollar Is now about
45 cents, and the coinage of a full
weight counterfeit silver dollar leaves
over 100 per cent profit, Including the
labor cost of coinage.
Tho genuine silver dollar contains 000
parts of puro silver nnd 100 parts of
alloy; most of tho spurious silver dol
lars contain 1)10 parts of silver nnd 00
parts of alloy. Tho most expert handler
of coins Is unable to distinguish be
tween the genuine and the false silver
dollar; even tho olllcers of the mint ad
mit that the spurious dollar can only bo
detected by melting the metal and
making an assay.
It goes without saying that millions
of counterfeit silver dollars aro now
in circulation aud many millions more
nro sure to bo added unless the coin
age luws arc changed and a dollar's
worth of silver put Into each dollar.
The coinage of honest dollars would
eventually have to be followed by the
recolnago of tho overvalued silver dol
lars now lu circulation and their ex
change for full-weight dollars. This,
of course, would Involve t.. country In
an apparent loss equal to the cost of
the metal which would have to be
added to the present dollars, but this
loss has already been partly counter
balanced by the past profits of the gov
ernment on seigniorage. While the
treasury bought the greater part of the
silver bullion that Is now In circulation
as silver dollars at a higher price than
now prevails, all the bullion purchased
for coinage since 1805 approximates bo
low rather than above the present mar
ket price.
Even though tho government should
sustain an actual loss of from $100,000,
000 to $200,000,000, the recolnago of the
present dollar Into a full-weight dol
lar would eventually prove a profitable
undertaking, as it would not only re
move the Incentive for the fabrication
of spurious silver dollars, but would
also remove tho constant menace of tho
endless chain which would follow the
compulsory redemption of silver dollars
for gold dollars by tho treasury. No
one would want to exchange full-weight
silver dollars for gold dollars except for
the purpose of exportation, and It is
doubtful even then whether the. dif
ference lu the cost of transportation
would not be offset by other considera
tions. STOP UA1NUOW CHASINU.
The discussion from the pulpit nnd the
forum of the plan of municipal consoli
dation recently evolved by the commit
tee of five eminent lawyers and citizens
Is a waste offline nnd brain tissue. Tho
plan is absolutely impracticable and
therefore Is not entitled to serious con
sideration. It reminds us forcibly of
tho learned editorial disquisitions ema
nating from the' pen of the brilliant
editor of tho defunct consolidated
Omaha Tribune-Republican, which were
frequently closed with tho wise though
somewhat ambiguous declaration that
"wo desire It understood that we do not
wish to bo understood," tho natural
Inference being that tho writer desired
to emulate tlio famous Talleyrand, who
believed that langungo should be used
for the purpose of concealing thoughts.
In nil probability tho plan proposed by
tho five eminent citizens and Jurists was
ovolved along tho satno lines. At any
rate, If It was tho Intention of tho com
mittee simply to stave off further agi
tation of tax reduction and tax equaliza
tion thoy havo succeeded. If wo nro to
have any material reduction In. fax bur
dens within tho next two years, the
pruning knife must bo applied to sine
cures and extravagance lu tho court
house, In tho city hall und In tho school
board. But tho effort at tax reduction
must not stop there. It should reach out
nfter taxshlrkcrs and force n fair valua
tion of the property and franchises of
corporations which have for years been
scandalously undervalued.
Rov. Herring thinks he Is supporting
tho principle of municipal homo rule by
advocatiug the delegation of .the whole
city government to a committee of five
human benefactors empowered by the
legislature to do anything they see lit
The true principle of municipal homo
rule, however, lies, as pointed out by
Mr. Cornish, lu authorizing the peoplo
of each city to form and adopt their
own frame of local government aud ad
mlnUter It by olllcers directly respon
slblo to them. Experience has shown
that responsible government Is tho
only kind of government that can bo
made effective and kept within eco
nomlcul bouuds.
Thero has probably never been a slml
lar period In tho history of the coun
try with so many fatal railroad acel
dents nB during tho last three months
Many reasons have been advanced to
account for this, but the most credible
ono Is that the railroad systems of tho
country, as at present organized, are
not equal to hnudllng tho vast amount
of traflle which the present era of lu
r
dustrlnl nnd business activity has
forced upon them. If It Is true that
tho present system of handling trains
has been outgrown the managers can
not be too quick lu working out a substitute.
Where was our Dave when tho I'ost
ofllce department passed Omaha by to
locate the headquarters of the new di
vision of postal inspectors at Kansns
City, although Knnsas City Is not even
Included In tho new division? There is
no good reason why tho postofllce In
spection for Nebraska should be directed
from Kansas City, but, ou the contrary,
ninny good reasons why the Inspection
division should have mado Nebraska Its
starting point and utilized the facilities
at Omaha for its headquarters.
The Chileans assert that only tho
efforts of tho delegates from that coun
try and tho United States to the Pan
American congress prevented the meet
ing from being u failure. It Is nu en
couraging sign when the Chileans nro
willing to give the United States credit
for anything good. No country on the
continent has been so persistent in mis
rcprescntlug tho motives of this coun
try as Chile.
Tho democratic members In tho Iowa
legislature ure so fow lu numbers they
havo despaired of being able to make
any trouble for the republicans. The
democratic predilection for a light is so
strong, however, that tho few who were
elected have started a quarrel among
themselves. As no harm can bo done
tho democrats should bo allowed to en
Joy themselves).
And now the old Liberty Bell oc
cupies a placo of honor on the Charles
ton exposition grounds. Hud tho Lib
erty Bell, with Its historic inscription
proclaiming liberty throughout tho lund
to all tho Inhabitants thereof, been ex
hibited lu Charleston forty years ago It
would have taken a very strong guard
to havo kept It from being ground to
atoms.
Some Idea of the vast sums of money
paid out In wages to the steel workers
can bo gained from the fuet that the
donation by the workmen at Homestead
of half a day's pay to tho McKlnlcy
Memorial association, amouuted to $10,-
000. And Homestead Is only ono of
many great steel manufacturing ecu
teis. How suddenly President Barnard of
the school board has become a bold,
bad man Id the eyes of tho local Pearso
organs that a little while ago were laud-
lug him to the skies for backing up
Reformer Fuukhauser In his demand for
a grand Jury.
A Melancholy Conundrum.
Indianapolis News. 4
If Secretary Shaw cats plo three times
a day, what chuncb-'wlll thero be for olllco
seekers at his "pie' fcountorj"
"Why Won't lie Stay Deadt"
SprlngfloUl (Mass.) Republican.
Mr. Bryan's trip east falls on a deadly
dull time In democratic politics, and it
isn't causing much talk. Soino rather un
happy commentators aro Baying? but, otter
all, thero isn't much to Bay. The Btudy of
Greek ruins Is Just now more fascinating
than tho democratic party.
SIsliiK L'i the .Situation.
Minneapolis Journal.
Grover Cleveland, with bis usual fondness
for tho ponderous phrase, writes touchlngly
to thirty faithful young democrats of Phil
adelphia regarding "afflictive visitations"
that have overtaken tho party. He thinks
that these may havo something to do with
tho lack of interest in Jackson day this
year. Now, porhaps, that is so. Great
head. Grover.
Filipino IallciicaN nnd Evil.
Minneapolis Journal.
Secretary Root la of tho opinion that
satan has his hands full assigning evil
tasks to tho ldlo Filipinos. It laws are
passed that will open tho Islands to Ameri
can capital and business men the Filipino
will be kept so busy that ho will not have
time to plot disorder and rebellion. The
Filipino Insurrccto Is a sort of Malay popu
list, who uses bullets nnd bolos Instead of
ballots and stumps to work oft his bad feel
ing.
rhllnnthrony of Combines.
Baltimore American.
James J. Hill la sure that great railroad
svstoms .mean nothing but good to tho
regions through which thoy pass. It Is
truo that railroads aro Interested In build
ing up a country for the trafflo It will
bring to them, but It is also true that la
many instances they havo been guilty of
Imposing as high rates as tho traffic would
bear. Railroads may mean to bo good, but
thoy should bo good as eorvants rather than
masters.
Profit of the Steel Trust.
Chicago Chronicle.
Tho profltn of the bllllon-dollar stool
trust for tho last nlno months wcro $86,-
000,000. This was over and abovo tho losses
which occurred by tho great utrlko. At
this ratio of profit tho steel trust will ,rako
in about $115,000,000 profit for tho year. A
largo part of this profit is realized from
tho fact that tho trust sells Bteol in the
United States for about $30 a ton, while
selling tho eanio steel in Europe, freight In
cluded, for loss thau $25 a ton. Mr.
Schwab, tho manager of tho steel trust,
says that ho can afford to lay down at
EnglUh ports steel for $10 a ton that Is,
freight paid.
Schley nnd Mile.
Chicago News.
Slnco tho announcement of tho verdict in
tho Schloy court of Inquiry thero havo been
persistent rumors that the friends of Ad
miral Schley and General Miles nro plan
ning to raako those gentlemen candidates
for tho presidency. The rumor has been bo
often repeated that possibly tho promoters
of tho booms themselves believe tho, public
favors the suggestion. If so they raako a
grievous mistake. Thoy would do well to
take the warning now, before they have
committed themselves to actlvo measures,
that the public does not look upon olther
Admiral Schley or General Miles as a pos
slblo president. It Is no disparagement to
either of these gentlemen to say that, while
they are esteemed 'and liked as men and
officers, thoy are not regarded as eligible
for tho prosldonoy. In fact, they are not
to bo seriously considered as such. It
would be a siiama If olther Schley or Miles
should be placed In the attitude of striving
for an office which does not He within his
reach. The vacant pedestals of soverol
"heroes" who have recently fallen from
them In a vain effort to securo Impossible
honors show tho folly of tho attempt.
Chicago's School Problem
Chicago
Tho local school revenues are sufficient
to pay tho cxpensa of tho common school
system economically administered. Tho
stnto constitution says: "Tho general as
sembly shall provldo n thorough and effi
cient s) stem of freo schools whereby nil
children of this stato may receive a good
common school education."
Thero is no authority for the taxation of
the peoplo to pay tho expenso of schools
which provldo for tuition in branches of
science not Included In a "good common
school education," as it was understood by
tho men who framed our stato constitution.
Tho state through its statutes and cities
has extended the range of common school
educntlon far beond tho limits of tho con
stitution. But tho peoplo who pay tho
taxes aro liberal. They gladly pay a school
tax becauso they think that tho amount Is
wisely expended for tho education of all
tho children for whoso benefit It is col
lected. This populnr disposition Is so generous
that cities and other municipalities aro au
thorized to levy for school purposes main
tenance and building a tax of D per cent on
the assessed valuation ot property. Tho
tax for all other municipal purposes for
I It 15 Ij AND STIMi SHRINKING.
Allen MlNBOvernmcnt Cnusca One of
the Tragedies of History.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The figures given out by' tho registrar
general shows that tho dccllno in Ireland's
population continues. U y tho census of
1901, taken last April, its population was
put at 4,450,516, which probably docs not
vary greatly from tho total of, say. nbout
1781. Hy the registrar general's estlmato
it appears reasonably cortaln that tho num
ber will be considerably lower next April
than It was a year earlier. Tho first com-
ploto and accurato census of Ireland was
that ot 1S21, which showed a population ot
0,801,827, Tho total was growing for many
years and conttnued to grow a quarter of a
century longer. In 1841 tho population was
returned as 8,175,124. That was tho cul
minating point of any census year, for tho
count of 1851 Bbowcd a drop to 0,552,385, and
the dccllno has continued ever since.
Ilotwoen thoso two years, or In 1S46, tho
falluro of tho potato crop occurred, and
that turned the tldo In tho population
totals. This calamity accounts for tho
decrease of over 1,600,000 which took placo
between tho two dates. In reality tho de
cline was greater than this, for the growth
In Inhabitants probably continued along till
tho famine Tho total in 1846 was very
likely about 8,500,000. Thero was a loss in
population ot very nearly 2,000,000 in tho
five, years between 1846 nnd 1851. No such
decimation ot tho inhabitants ot a civilized
locality has ever occurred beforo In tho
modern age. A largo portion of this 2,000,
000 loss represented deaths by starvation
and oilier complaints superinduced by
lack of food., Tho rest of, It was caused
by emigration. Most of this has been to
the United States.
When Farnell woe making his great fight
in favor of homo rulo for Ireland he de
clared that in England, Wales and Scotland
In 1890 thcro wero at least 760,000 persons
ot Irish birth, with about 1.500,000 de
scendants. The number in both cases must
be larger today. Recent censuses have
shown that In tho neighborhood of a fourth
of tho populatloa of Canada was of Irish
origin. Ireland thus mado a larger con
tribution to the population of Canada than
England did and twice as great as Scot
land's. "Tho United States, however, ro
celved a much larger proportion ot tho
Irish emigrants than did any other part ot
the world. Probably it has got moro of
tho Irish emigrants than all tho rest of
tho world combined. Attempts are being
made by some ot tho' Irish political lead
ers to keep their people at homo, but tho
figures show that theso endeavors aro un
successful. Tho depopulation of Ireland In
tho past half century has been one of tho
tragedies ot history, but It Is a calamity
which has had Its compensations. Tho con
dition of most ot tho Irish has undoubtedly
been Improved to a degroo which could not
have bcon closely approached in the old
land undor any political condition, oven
under nbsoluto independence, at which any
Irish Btatesman has aimed. Hero Is the
ultlmato cause of tho vast Immigration
from Ireland to tho United States, as It Is
of tho Inflow from Germany, Italy, tho Scan
dinavian countries and- other parts of tho
world. In the face of these conditions It Is
vain for Ireland's statesmen to attempt to
chock tho movement from tholr country to
America.
1'ERNONAI, NOTES,
Mark Twain's old homo in Tennessee was
sold luBt week. It includes tho Clemens
homestead, which was chosen as the scene
for the novel, "Tho Gilded Age."
a rtnntnn dtpampr sailed for Africa last
Thursday with enough rum to intoxicate
1,700,000 raon. This ought to havo a civi
lizing influence on tho gold coast.
rviniirnnn Unln of tho senate naval com
mltteo thinks tho whales in the pictures
painted on tho wolis of tno now commiiioo
room typify the slzo of tho appropriations
tho coramittco Is expected to make.
Mr. Rnnnncr of Wisconsin was telling a
sinrv to somo colleagues in the senate res
taurant tho'uther day whon ono of his hear
ers asked: "Isn't that one or unauncoy
Dopow's yarns?" "Not yet," was Spooner's
dry answer.
Henry J. Crocker, the San Francisco capi
talist, has 100 rare stamps that are valuod
at $20,000. His rarest Btamp is tho 20-ccnt
label issued In 1815 by tho St. Louis post
office beforo thcro woro any regular United
States stamps.
Gcorgo B, Pago of Rome, Italy, a noted
financier of Europo, Is in Washington. He
is at present manager of tho Italian Com
mercial bank, on of tho most substantial
Institutions of Its kind on tho continent,
but was born In Washington, leaving that
city with his parents when but a boy.
The richest xman In Germany is Horr
Krupp. According to tho income tax re
turn ho has an income of betweon 20,000,000
and 21,000,000 marks a year. No one ap
proaches him in wealth. He stands in a
class alone and there nre over a dozen
classes between Herr Krupp and tho next
richest man In Germany.
Admiral Dewey and Joseph Jefferson, tho
actor, are inseparable friends at Palm
Beach. v Th6 frequently Btroll In the
suburbs of the Florida rcBort, and tho other
day wero seen sitting on a fence, swinging
their feet llko'two schoolboys, having a
good old-fashioned talk about a lot of in
teresting things without being Interrupted.
Hon. J. H. Duke of Durham, N. C, has
ordered from on Italian sculptor a design
for a heroic bronze statuo of President Mc
Klnley. Mr. Duke, it Ib understood, wishes
the south to erect tho first raomorlal to the
martyred president and will placo this fig
ure In tho college park of Trinity college nt
Durham.
While Thomas Brackott Heed was in
Washington on legal business a few days
ago a gushing young woman effusively com
plimented him on his ability to say clever
things. "On, Mr. lieeo, emu ene, "i
should so lovo to hear you mako an epi
gram." Tho ex-speaker replied drawllnglyt
"I am sorry, madam, but this is my day
for composing eplo poems."
Chronicle.
tho police, for tho streets and for tho tiro
department Is limited to 2 per cent on tho
assessment.
The taxing authorities are not required
they nro only empowered to levy this
enormous tax. But thoy always mako tho
tax largo enough to nil tho limit named In
tho law. From this usago the spread of
school expenses has grown to dimensions
that would havo been startling to tho
founders of our common Bchool Bystcm.
At length a halt was called under the
Juul law, enacted at tho late session of tho
legislature. All tho taxes excepting such
as aro levied to pay interest? tho stale tax
and tho school building tax, must comu
within G per cent ou tho total assessment.
This rule will glvo the city schools about
$1,100,000 loss for maintenance than they
had last year. Thoy will still havo over
$6,000,000 for this year. It Is all that tho
taxpayers can afford and It Is enough.
If tho school board will trim tho ex
penses of tlio schools down to a limit which
will mako tbo cost average about $25 n
scholar for each year and they can easily
do It they will find nn annual surplus in
stead of au annual deficit In tholr treasury.
no UND ABOUT NEW YOHIC.
Hippies on the Current of l.lfe In llie
Metropolis.
The disaster in tho railroad tunnel in tho
heart of tho city promises to bring nbout
moro cffcctlvo safeguards of Hfo In that
great artery of travel, for which vigorous
but futllo demands havo been made for
years past. Attempts to placo tho cntlr
responsibility for tho wreck on tho locomo
tive engineer, and nt tho same time estab
lish tho perfection of tho signal system In
use, have bcon partly abandoned. At first
ft was claimed tho cnglncor ignored sig
nals ns well as the warning of tho tor
pedo explosion. The englneor In his de
fense declared It was impossible, owing to
tho smoke, to seo tho signals If they woro
set, and that tho nolso of passing trnlns
drowned tho warning sounds. In order to
establish tho correctness of theso asser
tions, representatives of tho stato nnd local
authorities and sovoral railroad men mndo
a test of tho tunnel last Friday. Tho party
occupied the cab of an observation engtno.
"It was demonstrated ngaln and again,"
Bnys tho World, In reporting tho test, "that
whenovcr a train panned a dense cloud ot
smoko and steam was discharged, which
completely obscured the signals and made
it lmpoeslblo to seo objects moro than
eight or ton feot away. Tho obscurltv
lasted at times thirty seconds and at others
as much ns sixty seconds.
"How an engineer riding on a locomotlvo
traveling nt high speed could ho expected
to seo a elgnnl that might be hlddon from
view for half a minute or a mtnuto wna n
puzzle to tho Investigators who mado tho
test.
"Another impprtant development was tho
fact that tho automatic torpedo system
which supplements the light signals Is de
fective. At tho signal Btntlon at Forty
ninth street, whero tho railroad officials
declared a torpedo exploded to warn En
gineer Wlsker, six separate nttcmpts wcro
mado to explodo tho torpedo by running
onglnes over It, -nnd tho torpedo failed to
explodo every tlmo. Export mechanics nnd
signal men wcro called by tho embarrasod
railroad officials and they tried to put the
mechanism In working order; fresh tor
pedoes wero tisod nnd two kinds of locomo
tives employed, a heavy onb nnd a light
one, but tho torpedo did not explode. The
striking apparatus It Is called an nnvll
was wedged up, but oven then tho torpedo
did not explodo."
On Saturday tho New York Central com
pany posted an offer of $500,000 for a satis
factory electric syBtem to tako tho placo
of steam In tho tunnel whero tho fatal
wreck occurred. A high official of tho road
Bald the company mado tho offer in good
faith. Ho said the road for months had
Its own experts at work upon an electric
system for uso In bringing trains Into tho
city and that thoy had in reality almost
perfected a system. Tho company, how
ever, now mado this additional effort to
rush through tho experimental stages and
got a system which' could bo adopted and
Installed Immediately.
Sovoral plans for tho substitution of elec
tricity for etcam aro under consideration.
Ono' is tho overhead trolloy Bystcm, which
is considered impracticable, as Is tho third
rail system, which would bo n favorite wore
It not for tho difficulty of application In tho
switch yards. The two rcmatning plans aro
for powerful electric motors nt tho head
of trains or motors on each car.
The Manhattan Elevated Railway com
pany mado tho formal start In tho operation
of Its lines by electricity last week, and
from now on until tho change ot motlvo
Rheumatism
(lift ACi. ill 1 good doctor says that
VJLIlWc?Cl XJl while people are using
Omega Oil for Rheumatism, they ought to drink two or
three glasses of water at night
and two or three more glasses in
the, morning. The Oil goes in
through the pores, destroys the
acids which cause Rheumatism,
and the blood carries the
destroyed acid to the
kidneys, where it is fil
tered out. By drink
ing plenty of water,
the kidneys are well
washed out, and in this
manner the rheumatic
poisons are removed
from the system. You
have probably noted that
in all sickness the sim
plest treatments do the
most good. Nothing is
simpler than
drinking pure
water, and rub
bing the body
and muscles,
and tendons,
r
and joints with
Omega Oil.
50c. a bottle.
Omtr Oil 1 good for cvtrythlnf
power Is completed thero will bo both
steam nnd electric trains operated, nt tho
samo tlmo on tho Second nVcntia division
ot tho Manhattan system, Thoro will b
n moro or less constant tucrcaso lu the
number ot tho clcctrto trains until all nr
electric and tho power will bo gradually
extended throughout tho Bystcm. Tho ex
tension will bo as rapid ns tho management
enn effect economically. Eighteen hun
dred of tho now electrical motors havo boon
ordered, and others will be used ns trnllcrs.
Tho scheme- Is to run thrco-cnr trains ot
two motors and a trailer nnd slx-cnr trains
ot four motors and two trailers.
Many years ago a rich, ignorant and ec
centric Iron manufacturer of Brooklyn
built himself a largo mansion. One ot tho
ground Hour rooms was designed for a
library. It was beautifully decorated and
tho walls wcro lined with maaslvo mahog
any bookcaerfl, behind whoso glass doors
wldo areas ot emptiness mocked tho owner,
For ho knew nothing ot books aud cared
less. To a friend ho took his dltdmuin.
"What'll I get nnd how much will It
cost 7"
"Books of the proper kind, In number to
fill thnt room," said tho friend, "would
cost you $3,000. Hut you don't caro any
thing for lltcraturo and I havo n schemo
which will let you out for much less."
Ho Imparted tho schemo nnd tho result
was a library that was probably unique.
Nobody over saw tho masslvo cases un
locked; nobody over handled a took from
that storehouse of lltcraturo. Tho titles
gleamed softly out of tho subdued light,
and that Is nil that human eye over read
of tho library. Tho reason became known
last month when tho house was snld'aml
tho caso at last opened. Hobtnd tho glass
wcro not books, but neat blocks of wood
beautifully painted to represent tho whole
range of English litcrnturo.
A MM IMS Oil TWO.
Washington Star: "I nm afraid that
pugilist Is out ot business for good nnd
ull."
"What's tho matter with him; Writer's
cramp or laryngitis?"
Philadelphia Bulletin: Mr. Mnnloy Well,
my dear, I've had my llfo' Insured for $5,001.
Mrs. M. How very sensible of you! Now
1 shan't havo to keep tclllmr you to bo bo
careful every placo you go.
Judge: Mrs. Crawford I supposo you
suffer a great deal from your dyBpnpslu7
Mrs. Crabshaw Not hnlf bo much ns I
did when my husband had It.
Philadelphia Tress : "I suppose thorn Is
no denying thnt tho avcrngo woman's fnco
Is bar fortune"
"If It Is, I wonder why olio's foolish
enough to glvo It away by putting pnlnt
on It."
Harper's Bazar: Sho My trousseau Is
already beginning to show woar.
Ho (startled) But wo'vo only been mar
ried a month.
Sho now, don't you worry about ft nt
nil, dearest. I can mako ft un good as
new for $300 or $000.
Washington Star: "I nm nfrnld tho no
bility Is not commanding the respect It
used to get," said ono Chlncuo personage.
"No," answered tho othor.' "Slnco the
troops got through with tho Forbidden
City tho only peoplo who seem to bo con
sidered, nro tho contractors nnd builders."
Pnlladolphla Press: "Paw," enld llttlo
Johnny Wise. "I seo that when a man got
married In Paris ho has to havo threo
ceremonies performed."
"Yes, my boh," said Mr. WIso, "that H
becauso"
"Hut what I wnnted to know Is; Will
ho havo to get threo divorces If ho ever
wants to sepnrato from her?"
OUT WEST.
Sharlot M. Hall In Out West, formerly
Tho Land of Sunshine.
Tho wanderers of earth turned to her
outcast of tho older lands
With a promlso and bona In their pleading,
nnd sho reached them pitying hands;
And sho cried to tho old world cities that
ilrowso by tho enstcrn main:
"Send mo your weary, hotisu-wnrn broods
nnd I'll send you Men ugnlnl
Lo, hero In my wind-swept roaches, by my
marshaled peaks of hiiow,
Is room for a larger reaping' than your o'er
tilled Holds can grow.
Seed of the Man-Seed springing to stnturo
nnd strength In my sun,
Freo with a limitless freedom no battlo of
men havo won."
For mon, llko tho grain of the cornfields.
grow small in tho huddled crowd.
And weak for tho breath of spaces whero a
soul may Bpeak aloud;
For hills, like stalrwnys to heaven, sham
ing tho lovel track,
And sick with tho clung of pavements and
tho marts of tho tratllcklng pack.
Greatness Is born of greatness .and breadth
of a breadth profound;
Tho old Autaenn fnblo of strength renewed
from tho ground
Was a human truth for tho ages; since tho
hour of tho Kdon-hlrth
That man among men was strongest who
stood with his feot on tlio earth 1
Nations aro men grown greater with tho
courso of their destinies
Foro-shnpcd In tho womb that bore them
to tho ultlmnto full nr rlnnr
Doomed by a dull horizon, or damned by n,
trend-mill path
To sink Into stolid slumber or trample tho
But. shamed by her tameless grandeur.
what soul could bo n?an nnd poor?
Uphold by Her lofty courage, what heart
would fuft to eudiiro?
As tho blood of tho breast that suckled, the
nulla i,t mull 111U1111IJUU tin:
Sho liaH mothered a hrbod of lion's cubs
and they bear hor nnmo afar.
a llnlmtnt ought to ba