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STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION.
Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.:
ii M i. .. i. ..nin w Tnn Ilea
yubiiintng company, being duly, .worn,
ays that the actual number of full and
JSvenlntc ana Bunday Ueo printed during
the month of December, 19ul. was aa loi
lows
i ao.ioo
z ao.oiia
8 uo,:iau
i :to,;uu
c :to,ino
6 :n,:uo
7 IW.itUO
17 30,000
18 0,3l)0
ij ao,tso
20 30,410
1 30,700
22 ; 30,010
23. .i...r... '.30,480
W 30.1HO
25 .30,440
18 '. .30,500
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ao.n.io
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no.iso
:ii,oo
no.ir.o
ao.r.ao
:to,:i(K)
27;. 30,070
28 30,610
zt aojuso
SO.t 30,440
21 IHMHO
to ao,4(io
Total
csa unsold and returned copies
V 13,255
1O.0DH
Net total sales
1)33,157
Net dally
average 30,101
GEO. IJ. TZSCIIUCK.
Stibdcrlbcd In my prcaonco and sworn to
beforo ma t i i Slat day of December, a. u.
U01. II. U. HUNQATE.
(Seal.) Notnry Public
"With nil these Injunctions Hying about
no public otllcer Is safe from being hit
by one of them that may go astray.
The pruning knife should be applied
Just ns vigorously In the city hnll as It
has been In the court house and school
building.
All those exclusive tips on Governor
Bavngu's selection of new police com
missioners for Omaha lmvo been de
clared off.
A ilO-mlH city tax levy would be a
ycry tine thing If It would produce
enough revenue to run the municipal
government for a year.
And now they tell us It was not the
Mayflower which brought over the or
iginal New England colonists. Possibly
tlio boo U trust wants to sell us a new
history.
Tho senators who object so strenu
ously to tiiu alleged criticisms or an
urmy ofllcer would have much more
sympathy If they were themselves n
llttlo more moderate in tlfelr language.
Cnrl Schurz, who was at one tlino a
political exile from Germany, Is on the
committee to receive 1'iineo Henry
when he arrives In New York. The
whirligig of time works wondrous
changes.
Tho political pot Is beginning to boll
In South Omnlin. South Omaha Is really
part and parcel with Omaha, but the
purity reformers hero novcr lend a help
ing hand to cleanse South Omaha's local
government.
Every time anyone mentions Mr. Mer;
cer's name, Iilackburu, the promoter of
electric motor franchises and denier in
nir-llnc bridges, bobs up us If ho was
the homo 'deputy of the nou-resldcut
congressman. '
Within the past two months railroad
nnd industrial corporations in this coun
try have flouted over SL'OO.OOO.OOO of
now bonds! At this rnte tho interest
drain upon tlio great corporations must
Boon reucn tno surety valve.
Now that the very' latest pollco icom-
mission conflict lids' been settled, it is
to bo hoped the, mayor and police board
will lustltuto tlio reforms recommended
by tho gTand Jury In the luterest of pub
11c morals and good government
Trliitlng, according to tho census re
turns, Is tho third largest nianufuqtur
lng Industry In Nebraska In point of
number of peoplo employed and vnlue
of product That speaks well for the
Intelligence of Nebraska's people.
County Attorney Shields cannot get
out of prosecuting Mr. Meseryo by rals
lng tiusf over state Treasurer Stuofer
If Stuefer Is subject to prosecution In
Douglas county on any criminal charge,
there Is nothing to prevent the county
attorney from doing his long-neglected
duty.
An Iowa legislator Is going tho full
length on the railroad pnss question. He
has Introduced a bill which makes It a
misdemeanor for n rallrdad to give free
transportation to auyono not connected
wltli the road. While thero might bo
some question about tho legality of such
n law. If enforced lt would certainly
put nu end to the pass evil.
No mntter whnt kind of a market
house proposition Is favored by tho
niuyor and council It Is sure to hnvo ob
jections to overcome. Omnlin wus once
on the point of building a commodious
auditorium and market house combined
on Jefferson square, but the movement
,wns blocked by resort to tho courts,
Hut the market house must come In duo
courso of time.
B0LV1NU THE CAN At, I'llUULKM,
A conipromlso iRtliinlnn cnnnl Mil will
bp presented to tlio senate nt nil early
Uny tin a substltuto for the Nlcnrngtin
cnnnl bill rciwrtcd by Congressman
Uenbum nnil nnssod by the houso In
the cnrly part of Jnnunry.
I Tho complete reversal of the recom-
niciulntlons originally made by the cnnnl
commission, following us n consequence
of the reduction In the price of the
,,.... ,.., frnln stM.OfHI.OOO to SI0.-
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nortnoo. wnn n Iwwlv blow trt the lien-
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ther effort In favor of the bill on the
part of Congressman Morgan. It lie
enmo apparent tlint congress would
cither have to ondorse the Inst report
of the cnnnl commission and carry out
Its recommendation by the purehuse of
the Panama canal or Indefinitely post
pone Una! action on the Isthmian cnnnl
project. It was not to hnve been ex
pected that the chnmplons and friends
of the Nlcarngun canal would become
converts to the I'ntiuuiii canal scheme
or would even allow a Panama cnnnl
bill to pass without n protracted strug
gle that would block the passago of any
canat bill. On tho other hand, It becatno
manifest within tho past two weeks that
neither tho Hepburn bill or nny other
bill contemplating tho construction of
tho Nlcnrugua canal by the government
Qf VuHca atatc3 had flny hopQ of
passing tho senate, in view of the posi
tive conclusions reached by tho canal
commission. Tho only way out of tho
dilemma, therefore, was to frame a bill
that would receive the approval of the
president and his Immediate advisers
without clashing with tho views of the
majority In congress which desires to
mnko provision for tho construction of
the Isthmian canal at the earliest day.
V compromise bill endorsed by the
president, upon which it Is believed all
coiilllctlng interests can unite, has been
prepared by Senator Spooncr. Under
this plan the president will bo given.
full nuthority to select the route after
studying the two proposition's) Con
gress will appropriate a sufficient
amount of money to cover tho purchase
price of tho I'linnnm canal and tho pre
liminary work upon it, with the proviso
that tho funds appropriated shall be
expended upon the Nicaragua canal. In
case the I'nnuma proposition does not
meet with the approval of tho president
liy taking this courso congress will
throw the responsibility for the locution
of .the canal upon tho chief executive.
Under ordinary circumstances tho coun
try might question the wisdom und pru
denco of such a course, but inasmuch
ns President Itoosevelt, who enjoys tho
unbounded confidence of the American
people, is willing to assumo the respon
sibility, the people of the United Stutes
will rest content Whatever tlio ulti
mate decision of the president niuy be,
nobody entertains a doubt that his ac
tion will be dictated by the highest mo
tives of unselfish patriotism uud that
tho task Imposed upon him will bo dis
charged In a manner that will best con
serve tho welfare of tho nation.
STANDING Vl FOll XKUllASKA.
AMES, Neb., Jan. 28, 1902. To tho Editor
of Tho Deo: As .to your editorial on leasing
ot tho public domain, In today's lssuo, most
of the land from tho 100th meridian .to
the Pacific of any value la now In private
hands and paying taxes and or tlio roi
malndcr not a largo part will ever bo takon
up under tho homestead law. It la the
llvo stock, not tho land, that will pay taxes,
and for .this reason the lcaao law will
greatly incrcneo taxpaylng ability. Tho
lessees (to be) of tho public domain already
own, In large degree, the land of any value
Instdo pastures, holding it In such scat
tered form that they cannot bo displaced
They will coutlnno to use, in any event, tho
land they wish to lease,
Nebraska has such pocullnr interest in
the passage of this law that ono naturally
looks for support for it in journals known
to bo devoted to tho welfare of tho state,
and It Is disappointing to And misconcep
tion. The bill Is especially designed 'not
to lnterfero with whatever development
agriculture may mako under Irrigation or
otherwise. .To collide with tho growing
ot cereals would be ellly and tho possibility.
of it has been carefully avoided. And no
measure could more encourage' alfalfa,
which will bo worth morn than fruits and
cereals in land, remaining to bo put Into
crops west ot the 100th meridian.
K. M. ALLEN,
General Mnnagor Standard Cattle- Co.
Tho Bee has always stood up for No
braska by advocating every measure and
project designed to promote the develop
mcnt' of its nuturnl or Industrial re
sources and Increase tho prosperity of
lt.s people. It has stood up for Nebraska
by opposing every, scheme or project
which In Its Judgment would tend to re
turd tho state's growth or threatened to
check Its prosperity. Its opposition to
the laud leasing scheme, us embodied In
the llowcrsock bill, Is based on n eon
sclentlous belief that It would stimulate
and foster catjtlo rViriga land mouopoly
ami smrr. tno uurucu or taxation upon
the ngrlculturnl Industry of the state.
Most of tho arable land from the KXHh
meridian to tho l'aclllc coast may now
be In private hands and paying tuxes,
but there are still millions of acres o
arable hind In the public domain within
the boundaries of Nebraska that should
bo reserved for actual settlers of mod
erato means who could bo depended
upon to contribute their share for the
support of local and state government.
The assumption that the cattle syndl
cotes which propose to monopolize the
grazing land's In the public domain
under the leasing system would tmv
taxes on their cuttle Is not borne out by
Pt experience. Hundreds of thousands
of cattle are brought Into this state for
grazing purposes every year, but com
paratlvely few uro returned to tho ns
sensor. They uro treated us cuttle lu
transit, having no fixed abode,, and theli
occupancy of the lands lu Nebraska for
a few months does not subject the own
eis to tho taxes Imposed upon tho cuttle
raising farmer, who Is required to re
turn over hend of llvu stock lu his us
sessment schedule. There is in fuct no
greater probability of mnlerlally In
creasing Jho tnxes' dorlvqd from cuttlo
raising oh' leased government lands than
thero Is from tho millions of sheen that
are horded on tho government domulu.
The timber culture act of thirty y.earajhig facilities that will Involve au outloynd. caanot now complala ot it,
go, diikm'u at tno instance ot isounisnu
congressmen under pretext that It would
stimulate tree culture In JsobriiHlcn,
proved In tho end to be nothing more
than a land-grabbing scheme. The all
ocates of tho measure Insisted that
wlthlu a generation under Its benetlcent
Influence the climatic conditions of the
country would undergo a great change,
but In reality It turned out to bo only n
scheme to enable hind speculators to ac
quire lnrge tracts of the public laud by
ticking thousands of twigs of trees In
the ground and having them certified to
ns properly cultivated by their confed
erates in tho land olflces.
While the land-leasing policy may
prove of great ndvantngo In tho region
that Is hopelessly sterile without Irriga
tion, It Is a serious question whether it
would materially bcncllt the seml-arld
grazing section of Nebraska. It Is even
matter of uncertainty whether the
leasing of tho public school lands and
the university hinds reserved by tho
state will In the long run prove more
prollUible .than would have been tho ab
solute sale of the hinds and their taxa
tion In common with all other taxable
property. Tho exemption of school lauds
from taxation Is working a great hard
ship upon tho owners of real estate' and
other property In counties where they
aro located.
Beforo tho nation Is committed to any
very radical departuro In tho disposition
of public lands tho Interests of tlio great
body of people Inhabiting the transmls-
slsslppl country, rather than any private
interest, should bo considered.
1XDUSTH1AL CQNSOLIDATIOX IN
ENGLAND.
The Loudon Times has rcccutly pub
lished-n. series of articles by experts
n the Iron and steel trado who have
made n thorough study of Amerlcnn
trusts uud American methods of Indus
trial production. Their conclusions ap
pear to fix the responsibility for the
destructive competition of the United
States to tho backwardness and slug
gishness of English manufucturers In
utilizing Improved machinery, and the
consequent superiority of American
plants by reason of labor-saving de-
ices. Summing up the real cause of
the industrial decline of Uugluud these
experts declare that "When au Ameri
can manufacturer finds out that his
plant Is behind the times he sells It for
old iron and substitutes for It tho Im
proved mechanism which will enable
him to compete with the most progres
sive linn. When mi English manufac
turer Is convicted of employing pro
cesses which have been superseded lie
declines to make a fresh Investment of
capital und goes lumbering along lu
tho old way."
Vccofdlng to the London Times,
England has not only fallen behind In
electrical mechanism of every sort, but
her iron and steel plants have been com
pletely outclassed lu the United States,
although, for generations her pre-emi
nence was unchallenged. .American in
dustrial invasion can, therefore, only be
repelled by Improved mechanism uud in
dustrial combination. The trend of
publlcoplulon In Great Britain Is slowly
but surely pressing for new forms of
industrial and commercial organization
uud for moro scientific methods of
financing great trades and cheapening
processes of manufacturing, distribution
and transportation. Thero are already
many powerful trust combinations In
England, and fresh Industrial groups
aro constantly forming, but ns yet capi
talists are reluctant to entertain propo
sitions for consolidation of competing
Interests. Whllo the process of Indus
trial combination has been retarded by
tho proverbial conservatism of Euro
pcun methods, British law is ns ineffec
tive ns Amerlcnn law has been in pro
venting tho adoption of necessary meas
urcs of industrial defense.
Although the supremacy of England
Is mennced by tho Amerlcun Invasion
nnd German mercantile rlvulry, England
still occupies nn almost Impregnable po
sltlon by virtue of her systematic or
ganization of foreign trade. Her great
est rcsourco In competing with foreign
rivals In trado Is a systematized mer
cautile plant throughout the world. On
every foreign seaboard thero are Eng
llsh banks and wholesale houses, und
tho superior fncilltlos of tho merchant
marine for shipping goods abroad, sell
ing them nt wholesale wnrehouses, with
prompt delivery, und offering adequate
banking accommodations Is uusurpnssed
In that respect Great Britain will for
many years to come remain matchless.
It Is only after England shall have per
fected her Industrial combinations on a
scale to rival thoso lu tho United States
and when the United Stntes shall have
secured a linn foothold In all tho marts
of foreign trade lu which England has
heretofore hud tho monopoly that the
commercial battlo royal between tho
two nations will bo fought
Tlio effort now being made at Wash
lngton under tlio Inspiration of the De
partment of Agriculture, to convert the
Nebraska snnd hills Into a forest re
serve Is" highly commendable. Experi
mental forestry conducted In tho Adlr-
onducks by the Cornell School of For
estry lias proved very satisfactory nud
thero Is no good reason why scientific
forestry curried on under the directions
of tlio Department of Agriculture should
not prove us grent a success ns has
beeu achieved In European couutrle
under similar conditions.
Governor Savngo deserves credit for
exhibiting wisdom ns well ns discretion
In declining to pull chestnuts out of, the
tiro for parties who were ambitious to
serve on the Omnlin flro nnd pollco com
mission. Governor Poynter allowed
himself to bo buncoed Into tho trnp
which Governor Suvngo lias shrowdly
avoided.
While thero Is a general doinand for a
reduced tax levy, thero lu also u doninud
by tho Jobbing Interests nnd flro Insur
nuce companies for Incrensed Ilro-flght
of moro than $50,000 for tho coming
year. The problem Is how to ent your
pie nnd keep It nt tho Riuno time.
The river nnd hnrbor bill Is expected
to curry lu tlio neighborhood of ?C0,
000,000. As by far the greater portion
of this Is to be expended on eastern
rivers and harbors the congressmen
from that section might strain a point
for an irrigation appropriation for the
benefit of the west
What Is the use of making so much
fuss about the sale of the Danish
Islands. Cuttlo ranches chnngo huuds
out west every onco In a while which
contain more laud than the entire group.
It muy be a big land deal for Denmark,
but Uncle Sam Is used to much larger
trades.
The new leader of Tammany should
bo careful lu his effort to weed tho ras
cals out of that organization. The
growth of weeds Is so rank and tho
useful plant Is so small that the hitter
Is liable to be pulled up along with the
objectionable growth.
Those Colombians should make better
progress lu settling their trouble. Dy
tho time the United States gets ready
to dig tho cunnl laborers will bo scarco
there at the present rato they aro being
killed off in tlio reports of battles.
Time Blodlllea the Clip.
Philadelphia Press,
Tho order to tho Indiana to get their hair
cut ought not to bo complained of. It is a
cry decided modification ot tho methods
pursued by tho Indians whon they were
accustomed to go after tho whlto man's
hair.
Whore There' u Will There' a Wy.
Indianapolis News.
Denmark, it la said, will lenvo the ques
tion of tho cession of its islands to a voto
their people. It it will but cedo tho
laud to us wo will see that tho peoplo
como In. if tho worst came to tho worst
wo could assimilate tho people by benevo
lent method.
A Wimp Decision.
Indianapolis Journal.
Tho decision of tho sonato commlttco to
mako a full Investigation ot tho Phlllpplno
ltuatlon Is wise, it will forestall efforts to
order special investigations tor political
purposes nnd will place congress In pos
session of fncts which aro needed for Intel
ligent legislation.
SpiirnliiK the Tempter.
Indianapolis News.
If Admiral Schley had not shown bis real
greatness In battlo bo has shown It ia tho
dignified and consistent courso bo has pur
sued in pence. He now adds to tho estima
tion in which ho Is held by tho people by
serving notice on tho politicians that ho
will not Jeopardize tho nation's lovo by
running for otllce. Tho admiral is cast in
tho truo heroic mold,
KnconrnRlnnr Ofllclal DUhoneaty.
San Francisco Chronicle-.
Tho recently pardoned ox-stato treasurer
ot Nebraska has served only four and one-
half years ot his term tor looting tho stato
treasury out of $550,000. As nono ot the
money has been rocovered, It may be as
sumed that his termot Incarceration rep
resents tho equivalent of an annual salary
ot $122,222, Tho, pardon may thus bo fairly
construed aa encouraging dlshonosty in
public office. -
.NbrnCn. .Mlllloiintreit.
Tho New York World Almanac for 1002
gives a list of nearly 400 Americans worth
$1,000,000 or over, many of them very much
over. Tho millionaires credited to Ne
braska are a3 follows: Falls City, J. II.
Miles' estate; Lincoln, II. T. Clark, capi
talist; Robert E.- Moore, capitalist; Omaha,
Guy C. Barton, director of corporation;
Levi Carter, manufacturer; John F. Coad,
ranchman; John A. Crelghton, capitalist;
John D. Crelghton, livery; Ed A. Cudahy,
packer; Herman Kountzo, banker; Fred
Krug, brewer; Joseph H. Millard, United
States sonator; Frank Murphy,' banker;
Abraham L. Reed, realty; Samuel M.
Rogers, capitalist; James M. Woolworth,
lawyer.
SAFETY UK I'ASSENGKIIS.
Kcliraaka l.nvr SnKtnlned ly the Fed
eral Hilitremr Court.
Chicago Post.
In an opinion of tho Unltod States su
preme court, recently delivered by Justice
McKonna, tho Nebraska statute which was
enacted to mako railway companion insurers
of tho safe transportation of their passcn
gors is fully sustained. Tho caso was an
appeal from tho opinion of tho supremo
court ot Nebraska, taken by the Chicago,
Itock Island & Pacific Railway company,
against which, on tho verdict of a Jury,
Judgment had been entered for f 4.G00 dam
ages for the death of a passenger named
Kernecke.
Drlefly this Is. tho history of tho caso
Zornecko lost his Ufa whllo being carried
as a passcngor by tho defendant company,
tho train on which bo was riding being
thrown from tho track. The wlfo of tho
decedent as administratrix of tho estate
brought action against tho railway company
to recover, alleging negllgenco in tho com
pany and its servants. Tho company do
ntcd negllgenco and alleged that the de
railment was due to malicious tampering
with tho company's rails by persons un
known to tho company and in no way con
nectod with It. This testimony was re
Jected by the trial court, and the Jury was
Instructed to And for '.he plaintiff It in its
opinion tho testimony warranted such
verdict.
Tho United States supremo court affirms
tho original Judgment. Tho specific con
tentlon ot tho railway company was that
under tho etntuto In question It was de
prived of ItB defenso and not only do
dared guilty of negllgenco and wrong
doing without a hearing, but adjudged to
suffer without wrongdoing and to be de
prlved of property without "due process
of law" for tho crimes of others and
crimes tho company could not have fore
seen or preventod.
The suprome court says: "Thus de
scribed the statute seems objectionable
Regarded as extondlng tho rule of llablll
Ity for Injury to persons which tho com
mon law rankee for the loss of or Injury
to things, tho statute seems defensible
Tho common law holds the carrier liable
for damago to or loss of tho property it
carrlos for others. Tho Nebraska statute
In question extends tho same liability for
Injury to passengers of a carrier, thus
treating them as property. Tho highest
court In the land sustains this view and
holds in effect that tho passengers of
railway company aro Insured against In
Jury by tho company tho same as baggage
and freight are Insured against damage
or loss.
The court thinks the plaintiff company
U precluded from objecting to the statute
under consideration becauso It accepted
the liability embodied In the law with it
incorporation In the stato ot Nebraska
HITS lir WASHINGTON 1,1 KB
:tlilnu of Men nnil llvcntn nt the
Mntlnnnt Cnpltnt,
"Wo are trying vory hnrd to change the
tltlo by which natives of Nebraska nro
known," said Mr. E. E. Gillespie of Lin
coln, Nob., to tho Washington Post. "As
you probably know, tho peoplo who are
fortunato enough to havo been born In our
stato aro called 'Hug Eaters.' Tho new tltlo
wo nro trying to assumo Is 'Tree Planters.'
Tho latter Is gaining n llttlo foothold out
west, among the people who know Nebrnska
and appreciate her, but down here It's still
Bug Enter.'
"Ily tho way," continued Mr. Olllcsplc,
'did you ovor hear how wo got that tltlo?
That's a good story. Of courso, you know
wo had a tcrrlblo plaguo ot grasshoppers 'In
Nobraska In tho 0's. They nto up every
thing from tho cattle to rail fences and
that's no dream, either. A correspondent
ot on eastern paper wns touring the west
and happened to cross tho state during
tho plague. Ho saw nothing but grass
hoppers, and concluded tho peoplo must live
on them. In writing back to his paper ho
referred to tho nntlvcs as 'Hug Enters,"
and 'Hug Eaters' wo havo been over since.
"I don't exnggerato ono bit nnd nny one
who wns out thero nt tho Mmo will confirm
mo when I say that tho grasshoppers woro
so thick that whon thoy passed over a com
munity It seemed llko a total ccllnso ot
the sun. You could look, at a field of several
hundred acres of corn standing ns high as
tho head of a man on horseback And almost
see it dlsnppoar. A swarm of millions and
millions ot grasshoppors would alight on It
and in two hours tho Hold would bo caton
clean to tho stalks' roots. Thero were
several instances ot cattle being attacked
and killed, and I know of ono or two
communities whero railroad tics and roll
fences suffered.
"That was a good whllo ago," said Mr.
Gillespie, in conclusion. "Wo havo driven
out all tho grasshoppers now Into, tho neigh
boring states. Just nt present Nobraska is
an agricultural stato and tho greatest mem
ber of tho union."
"I do not approve tho namo of 'Hug Eat
ers,' which I sco appllod .to my neighbors
in Nobraska," said Representative Cnldor
head of Kansas. "It Is a strango namo to
mo. I wonder If tho man who uses It isn't
mistaken," added this veteran from tho
realm of Jayhawkcrs. "I will go over and
sk Mr. Stark, who 1b tho original populist
of Nebraska, if that namo ot 'Hug Eater' ts
not n misnomer."
Forthwith Judge Caldorhcad crossed the
center alslo into tho enemy's country and
addressed tho portly Stark.
"Tho namo ts applied to us Bomotlmcs in
tho cast," answered Mr. Stark frankly. "It
originated many years ago in a peculiar
wny, incident to a spooch. Back In 1874 n
swarm of grasshoppers descended upon our
fair otato and despoiled everything. Crops
woro swept away before this army of In
sects nnd tho peoplo wcro loft destitute.
An appeal went up for nld and somo of our
eloquent Nobrosknns Journeyed east to
plead our cause. Ono of theao eloquent citi
zens In a flight of speech declared that tho
voracious grasshoppers had ovon eaten tho
tires off wagon wheels nnd woro devouring
tho railroad tracks. 'Why, our people havo
nothing but grasshoppers and bugs,' wns
the climax ot this orator's speech." ex
claimed Mr. Stark.
"And now you havo tho history of tho
sobriquet of 'Bug Eaters,' " concluded Mr.
Stark.
I wanted to sco the president about an
Important postofllco In my district," says n
Now England congressman in tho Boston
Transcript. "I had not bothered him much
up to that time; so I telephoned Mr. Cortcl
you, and received an appointment. I was
ushered into tho president's reception room.
Many othor people woro thero; wo could
bear tho president talking with somo ono In
tho cabinet room, and, whllo It would have
been lmposslblo to follow tho conversation,
the tones were strong enough to lndlcato
a vigorous djscussion. Pretty soon tho door
from tho cablnot room oponcd and In enmo
tho president.. 'I nm not going to' see any
of thoso pooplo excopt Senator Balrd not
any of them I am too busy; I cannot do
it,' said tho president to Secretary Cortel-
you with considorablo ompunsls. Suiting
tho action to tho word, ho took Senator
Balrd over into tho window and had a con
siderable . talk with him. Mr. Cortclyou
beckoned for mo to stny, nnd tho president,
aa soon as ho wns through with Mr. Balrd,
carao over nnd sat on tho sofa besldo me.
When I mentioned my postofllco case, ho
torn mo to go down to tho department nnd
fix tho matter up with tho postmaster gen
eral, with the air of one who wns tired
about bearing ot postofTtccs.
'Ab I got up to go ho looked over to two
young men who were still waiting. "You
aro from Alabama, aren't you?' he asked,
and boforo they had tlmo to answer, ho
added. 'You want So-and-So appointed?"
Tho young men replied that thoy did, but
bororo they could explain why, tho presi
dent told tbcm that ho was sick of hearing
of their pntronnge squabble. 'You say the
other candidate for this offlco ought to be
In Jail, don't you7" ho went on. 'Yes, sir:
ho ought to bo there," was the reply. 'Well,
now," said tho president, 'his friends ns
suro mo that your man ought to bo In Jail.
I assumo that you aro both right. I wish
you would go to tho attorney general and
put In writing tho reasons you havo for be
lloving that tho other candidate should be
sont to tho penitentiary, and I will havo a
similar statement mado up in regard to
your candidate, then wo'll let tho attorney
gcnorol look them both over und decide
what Is to bo done. Perhaps, If you know
anything good about tho roan you nro back
ing, you hnd better put that In writing,
too, nnd glvo it to tho attorney general.'
That was nil I stayed to hear, but It struck
me as characteristic."
Thero has recently been rescued from tho
lumber room and returned to n post of
honor in tho office of tho vlco presldont a
historic bit of furniture known as tho Ad
ams mirror. It Is a modest looking glass,
framed in what le known as tho Colonial
style, nnd was bought in Now York by
John Adams when ho wnB vico president for
tho Immense sum, as It was considered In
thoso days ot J 40. Whon tho capital .was
removed to Washington it was brought
hero and hung in tho vice president's room,
where it remained for many years, at first
occupying a placo of honor nnd pointed out
to visitors becauso of its elegance, hut
finally was displaced from its high estnto to
make placo for finer successors. It was at
last relegated to tho lavatory and shown as
a curious rcllu of another ago, and bridal
couplee, children and othor tourists lin
gered beforo It to survey their Images In
tho surface that had reflected tho faces of
so many Illustrious men. Tho peregrina
tions of tho shabby llttlo mirror came
finally to the ears of Senator Fryo, who'or
de-red that it Bhould be Immediately ro
turned to the vice president's room, not to
its formor biding placo In the lavatory, but
to a conspicuous position on the walls
where it bravely ehlues amid Its splendid
surroundings.
Senator Mason was talking to a group ot
newspaper men in- tho sonato lobby, when
Senator Scott camo along tho latter said:
"Mason, I would like to have your ear
for a moment when you get through Ihore.'
"All right," replied tho rotund Senator
from Illinois, "Just so you don't get mo in
the fix of the man whose sou took him
apart one day and then couldn't get him to-
Jjethor again. '
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I'EIlPOXAI, NOTES.
Hobson appears to regard his courage as
a commercial assot.
President Schwab was willing to chat with
Francis Joseph of Austria, bccauBo ho felt
suro tho omporor would not pester htm for
a Job.
Tho success of tho, St. Louis show will
bo assured if. tho management can guar-
nntoo a few earthquakes during tho summer
of 1903.
Tho Mississippi catfish must bo on tholr
guard when Santos-Dumont goes to St.
Louis. His balloon has already killed all
tho llsh In tho Bay of Monaco.
The Marquis Viscount Venosta of Italy
has declined tho decoration sent to him by
tho Emporor Mcnollk of Abyssinia, on tho
ground that it was "stained by Italian
blood."
An Iowa doctor advises drinking melted
lead In milk or taking a small doso ot
whisky ns a proventlvo of smallpox. The
good doctor seems to bo giving n profes
sional intimation that It Is well to bo
"half shot."
Lieutenant Oneral Sir Henry Lo Quay
Geary Is tho new governor of Bermuda. Ills
namo Is fnralllnr to students of tho Crimean
period, especially in rolntlon to ScbaBtopol,
where his brilliant work won him special
mention In dispatches.
Charlc3 Enrl Currlo of Loulsvlllo, Ky
by reason of his efforts to promote trado
relations between Denmark nnd tho Unltod
States, has been knighted by King Christian
IX. Ho will hereafter bo a "Knight of
Donnob'rog,'" 'one of the most ancient nnd
honorable orders ot knighthood of Europe.
Thomas M. Patterson, tho now senator
from Colorado, at ono tlmo was a circus
manager, being associated with two other
young men from his homo city, Crawfords
vllle, Ind. Ho was born In County Carlow.
Ireland, In 1840, and moved with his parents
to Crawfordsvlllo whon ho was 13 years
old.
Frederick MncMonnles, tho distinguished
Brooklyn sculptor, nrrlved homo last week
after n prolonged absenco In Europe. Ho
will locato lu Brooklyn, nnd eayB that he
"lived lu Franco sovonteon years as a stu
dent and as a practising sculptor, because I
thought it was necessary and best for ray
work."
Some of tho Now York papers notice that
tho crowd of peoplo to bid goodby to Rich
ard Crokcr when ho sailed for England last
Wednesday wns very much Bmallcr than on
former occnslons of tho same kind, and
tho "floral tributes" which hnvo always
been n fenturo of theso sailings wcro In
significant. When Representative Bartholdt of St.
Louis wont abroad recently ho was given an
audlenco by tho kaiser. Ho Introduced
himself os a German-American. "I don't
know you, then," tho kaiser Is said to have
ropllcd. "If you are nn Amorlcan you are
not my subject nnd If a Gorman you are.
I do not recognize Gcrman-Amorlcnns."
Dr.MaurlcoBaumfield of Vienna is In Chi-
cngo, ondcavorlng to intorcst capitalists In
a project 'to establish a- dally newspaper In
Vienna and run It on tho American plan.
Ho says thero are no modorn progressive
newspapers In tho.capltal or In any city of
tho empire. 'The morning papers aro Issued
about 8 '-or 9 o'clock and tho aftcrnoou dall
ies nro printed at 2 p. m.
In tho death of Mrs. Charlotto A. Slbloy,
widow of tho lato John Lnngdon Slbloy,
who was llbrnrlan of Harvard university
from 18jC to 1877, nn eetato estimated to
bo worth moro than $100,000 will rovort
to the MnssnchuHf tts Historical society
under Mr. Slbloyls will. A small part will
bo set asldo for tho erection of n fireproof
building to bo named for the testator.
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iioawnT or SMILES.
Philadelphia Tiess: "So, you've been
through our big shoo ninnufnctotT. hi
What did you think of nil that modorn ma
chinery?" "Well," replied tho old-fnsliloncd cob
bler, "It certainly does boat uwl."
"Wnshlngton Star: "Hold on to yah hope
fulness nn' patience;" snld Undo Ebcn,
"but don't sit down nn' let 'cm lnterfor
wlf you" rog'lar work. 'Ciiuho If you does,
n whole lot o' folks Is gwlnetor mlstnko
'em for common laziness."
Brooklyn Life: lie Why did you keep
mo n week In such dreadful suspenso boforo
giving your nnswer?
"Becntiso I thought you might, Bavo
enough In luncheons In that tlmo to vet
married on."
Washington Star: "How do you stand
on that question which hns Just hern agi
tating tho public mind?"
"About twenty thousand dollars to tho
good," answered Senator Sorghum prompt
ly. Chicago Tribune: "Don't you k know;
Penelope, dear, thero Is no such thing ha
n hoadacho? You haven't any headache.
It's merely a delusion."
"I know It, mamma, hut It's so strong
upon mo that l'vo Just got to toko some
thing for tho delusion?"
, Philadelphia Press: Teacher What zono
is this In which wo live?
Johnny Temp'ratc.
Teacher Correct. Now, whnt Is meant
by a. "temperate zone?"
Johnny it's n place whero It's frcezln'
cold In winter an' red-hot In summer.
Philadelphia Press: "Ah!" ho cxclnlmed
ns thoy strolled, "doesn't tho full moon
look lovely?"
"Yes," Hho snld. "and I suppoec- that's
why wo call tho rnoon 'hIic.' A 'he' looks
nnythlng but lovely under similar circum
stances. ' ,-,f? 7
Chicago Post: "What's worrying you?'-"
thoy asked of thn convalescent Invalid.
"I am trying," she answered thought
fully, " to mnko up my mind whethen Ism
nt a sanitarium or a Hanatorlunv"
Pittsburg Chronlclo: "So Mnrkley Is
dead."
"Yes: It wns a complication of troubles."
"Why, when I Haw hlra a week ngo ,ho
only seemed to have a slight cold."
"That's right, but ho tried to tako alt tho
remedies his friends suggested." ,
Somorvlllo Journal: Fntty Shorty mado
nn awfuf break yesterday.
Skinny How so?
Fatty Ills mother told him to rock llio
baby.
Skinny Well?
Fatty Well, ho stoned tlio kid.
VEX AVI 1,1,1 1 V.S IIUUllKIl COMES,
Philadelphia Record.
Ven Willie's bruder comes Ach Gott. vat
fun!
Great Jubcl und rejoicings vlll, bo -done,
Und vo dlo Drutsch vlll haf all on dcr run,
Ven Willie's bruder comes!
No odder voile vlll don hnf any show,
Und Dngocs, Irish und Chlneso. may go
Avny, vny bnck und wit down far below,
Ven Wllllo's bruder comes!
Den nil dcr klclnes Deutschcn bands -will
play
"Dlo Wacht nm Ilhcln" und "FcsU Burg"
all day.
Und vo shall hnf cluiRt nllordlngs our vay,
Ven Wllllo's bruder comes!
Ach Illmmc, nil dor bier dot shall ho drank
Vlll bn genug to Mil a grown-up tnnk,
Und effry Bausngo mill vlll bust Its crank,
Ven Wllllo's bruder comes) ,
Du Holier Gott, chust plcturo'.up der crowd,
A-shoutln', "Iloch der Kulsorl" clear 'und
loud,
Und Teddy stnndln' py der schlff bo proud,
Ven Wllllo's bruder c.oincs!
Und ven der schlff .1st named, dor "Alice It."
Vlll bu great celebrations near und fnr,
Und sacnger rlubs vlll all keep open bar,
Ven Wllllo's bruder comes!
Dcr pchlechten Dings Chofgo Dowoy'sala
will not
Be thought of, but ns hssty tprnmy7rot,
Und olo Von DledrlehB vlll bo clean forgot,
Ven Wllllo's bruder comes!
Ah, Gott bcI Dank dot festival 1st near,
Gut Hclnrlch H. vlll soon bo mil us hero,
Und vo will drink ills coundry dry of blor,
Ven Wllllo's bruder comes I
Makes K
the Hair
Grow.
Stops'
Falling
"Ayer's Hair
Vigor chocked my
falling hair, cured
tho dandruff, and
mado my hair r
grow until nour it
U 51 inches long."
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