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Tiie omaha Daily Peel ... E. BOSEWATER, EDITOR . PUBLISHED EVERT MORN1NO. TEP.M8 OF SUBSCRIPTION., pally ! (without Sunday). On Year. .8600 leily Dm unt Hunday, Um Year J Jlluptratrd B-e, One Year JIM Sunday liee. One Year JJJ iaturnay Kef, Unit Ytar J J" Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.., 1.0J . PWJVKRED BY CAKRIEB, Daftimeo (wllhout Bur-day), per copy.... pally h- (without Bunrlay), per wee....l-'c lelly Bee (including Bunday). per week..l7o Bunday Mee, per ropy " v-, Evening Bee (wlthoyt Bunday). per weeK.Wc Kvening Bee (Including Bunday), per week ......160 Complaint of Irregularities In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. . Omaha Ths Bee Building. Bouth Omaha City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Street. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Ftreet. Chicago 1840 ITnlty Building. New York Temple Court. Washington &1 Fourteenth Street. ; . CORRESPONDENCE.- Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should be ddresaed: The Be Publishing Company, Omaha, ' REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only J-cent stamps accepted In payment of mail accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha-or eastern exchange, not accepted. TUB BEE FUBLISHINO COMPANY. STATEMENT OT CIRCULATION. Ctat of Nebraska, Douglas County,.! George B. Tsschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, nays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Bunday Bee printed during the month of January, 1902, wi a fol lows: 1 80.B60 . . 1 80,10 1 80.S10- 17..........7...80.160 ( SO.OOO 18 30.5KJO 4..... 80,110 1 80,B 80,135 30 80,100 ..80,490 a 80.480 8O.80O 22 8O.40O I.......'...... .80,880 23..'... ........ .80,200 a 80.1 TO 24 80,180 JO 80,180 , 25 SO.OOO ll..t:;w.....80.8nO 2.f 80.4O0 11 80,430 27 81,100 13.......;......SO,4TO - 2S 80,050 14 .....80.10O 29 83.010 1g 80,070 80 SO.USO 81 80,800 Total .841, DOS (ess unsold and returned copies.... .';,Sa Net total saW.. 9SS.0TS Nst dally average : 80.06T , (5EO. B.' TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed In my. presence and sworn to before ma thla 1st day of February, A. D., 1802. . ,. M. B. HUNQATE. (Seal) Notary Public, The plea for free text books for High School pupils would be Just as good as plea for free text books for State uni versity students. Eighty r officials convicted of embea gllng public funds Jiave been beheaded In Corea.,., The. rulers of that country take oo chances - with the; pardoning power. , ' " The worst feature of the deferred tax levy Is that it hangs up indefinitely all the salaries on. the city pay roll and thus makes Innocent victims suffer. This should sot be overlooked. ' It looks as If the Commercial - Uub may be relieved of its obligation to pay rent for the Indian supply depvt, but the danger Is that in the process tt. will be relieved of the Indian supply depot, too, ' ' Compressed air motors are supersed ing the mule , In many Pennsylvania coal mines. As generations of swear ing drivers have failed to make any im pression on the mule, a change may do no harm It Is said. Lord Salisbury will resign as premier of Great Britain as soon as the Bouth African war is ended. But from present indications his grip on the min istry is not likely to be loosened for some time. " ' '"'. "Why should the fusion press try, to , Apologize for. Meserve? ', Is there any thing in politics that obligates a party organ to cover unofficial crookedness Just because Its own party has been the victim of misplaced confidence? And now the disclosure is made that . peanuts are shipped from the United ' States to France.'mudo into "pure olive ' ton." and then shipped back to the Ameri can consumer. Evidently someone be tides 44q Yankee baa learned how to fool the people. .. A great row., is . being raised In the British; Parliament because Austrian and American horse dealers got the bet ter of British officers who were seut to vbuy horses. The man who does busi ness with a horse trader needs to have his eyeteeth cut before commencing the deal v :': - The now High school building, which was to have bten;r?dj for occupancy last September; baa now been dedicated and actually opened to the students. This is a pointer for the auditorium promoters not to count too closely on the date set by the architect for the completion of the structure. It appears that the syndicate which underwrote the big steel combine made a net profit of 3ti.500,u00 on the deal Consider! ug the auiouut of water it was necessary to. pump into the stock this may. not be considered an excessive com pensation, though plenty of men would like to do. the Job for loss uiouey. Statistics compiled by the War depart ment show that the number of men in thla country of military age and avail able for military duty in case of einer- ire noy Is, l(),ol5,U'08, While this may be Comiortiug to look upon, it is still more comforting to think there is no proba bility of any considerable . portion of theui ever bHug called upon for service. The anuoiiEe.ment that the State de partment ha funds at Its dlKpoeul with .which it could defray, the expenses of entertaining Prince Henry anj of seud lng special couuaisslooers to t le corona tion of Kirg Kdward uiuut"b a sore dis appointment to the oppositlf n members tit congwts.. There la not the slightest tfoob: bad a appropriation been asked, barrels of eloquence would have tea tei'ixed by political tknmgoguest aorzRxvn savaok has a plait. . Governor Ravage has tsken the public Into his confidence by announcing that his message to the legislature of 1903 will contain a recommendation for the most extensive system of public Im provements ever contemplated by any one in Nebraska. The governor pro poses to make a state enterprise of the utilisation of water itoth Tor the pur poses of Irrigation and power. This plan Includes the construction and equipment of one or .more power .canals to supply electrical energy to mills and factories at the most feasible points and irrigation works to water the semi-arid lands in western Nebraska. Instead of leaving these projected enterprises to private capital, Governor Savage pro poses to have them carried on by the state for the people, who are to raise the neci-ssary money by the Issue of state bonds. 1 ' .' r ' i It goes without saying that this plan If carried out on the scale outlined by the governor would Involve an 'expendi ture of millions of dollars, and that is precisely where It will run up against & stone walL The only way the state could raise the money needed for such a gigantic . scheme of .interna J. Improve ments would be by an issue of bonds, and since the state debt already far ex ceeds the constitutional limit the gov ernor's plan cannot be put in effect until the constitution has first been amended, If such an amendment is to be sub mitted by the legislature of -19Q3, it can not be voted on before tile election In November, 1904; In other words, If it can, run the gauntlet of a presidential elec tion year the preliminary steps could not be taken until the. legislature of 1005. If. after digesting -the. plan that body should decide in its favor, no bond issue, even without ratification by the people, could be made before the sum mer of 1005. If Governor Savage Is really In dead earnest about his plan, which we admit has some merit, be will take the short cut by calling a special session of the legislature this spring y to submit that amendment to tnf institution, together with all the others that aro needed, ana have them voted pa at he general elec tion this year. A powerful argument for an extra session is furnished by him when he says: "There is enough power going to waste ?teveryw day, in Nebraska to turn the wheels of a tAous&ftd fac tories, and until a power canal or some other means of cheap power is deviaod we shall - continue to send, our money away for articles consumed here and which might Just as 'well be maonfftc tured here." If millions can ba Knved every day, it would be almost criminal to defer action for three years, or three times 305 days. WOULD B&LP PACIFIC COMtiKkCtlS ' The report submitted . by Senator Frye on the shJp subsidy 'bill points out that the proposed legislation would ma terially increase the 'commerce of the Pacific and materially benefit the coast states, lie stated that the mail subsi dies would provide a, fortnightly service from the Pugjet sound porta, alternating with a fortnightly- service from1 San Francisco. The report says that both positively and negatively the American transpacific mall system which the bill makes possible will contribute power fully to American maritime ascendancy in the Pacific. It will accomplish this re sult, the report declares, because it moves along the normal, lines of the world's progress. It Is urged that spe cial conditions render it certain that the earliest and most .' rapid development of American shipping under the. bill will be on the Pacific. "While American shipping, In transpacific trade has been stationary and foreign shipping has doubled within four years, neverthe!es that trade is not so completely in posses sion of ships under foreign nags as is the trade of the Atlantic. ' The oppor tunity for new American maritime ven- tuueo it L era ici . Y . There appears to be no doubt that the proposed legislation would operate most favorably to the maritime interests of the Pacific coast and greatly help in the development of tha Industries nd com inerca of- that section. This being the case, it would seem there should be lit tle opposition to the measure from that section, the future ' growth 'and pros perity of which depend so much upon the development of trade 'with' the .Orient. Unless there is a greatly exag gerated idea as to the possibilities of this trade. It Is manifestly . important that there t iali im u large' merchant marine on tuo Pacific and the proposed legislation would undoubtedly promote this. Nothing con, confidently be said regarding the outlook, for uch legisla tion, but it would seem that.it should have the practically unanimous support of Pacific coast representatives in con- gess. ' ' ' 1 ' , '"' KkOLAXD REJECTS lyTtltVESTluy. . The effort of the Netherlands govern jaeut to bring about peace lu South Africa has failed, as was expected, the British government adhering to its pot icy not to accept the lutvrveution of any foreign power In the South African war, The renewal of this declaration should have the effect to put a stop to the efforts of souie well-meaning people In this country to Induce our- government to take steps looking to intervention. unless tltey are willing to precipitate a quarrel with Great Britain. These peo ple ought tv k now tbfx the British gov ernment is staudlng lu this matter just as our government stood in the war with Spain and is taking the position this government "would take if any for- flau nation were to propone Interven tion lu the Philippine. At the same time the British govern uieut indicates that it Is not unwilling to consider a request from the Boer delegates in Europe for a safe conduct to South A f ;?., la order to confer with the-Boer leaders .there, aud It is also disposed to treat with those leaders for a i.ultnient But it will carry on no negotiations m .Klirope. 'Whatever shall Jj doua bxmmX Is accuoif Uofced. lu gouthjf caucI botrd tb&t 4U iuemberi aauld Africa and by direct nogctiatlons with the Boer leaders. This appears a not unreasonable position, particularly In view of the fact that the Boers la Eu rope professing to be delegates seem to have no authority to act for those. In South Africa. If they do not possess tba authority it would manifestly be a waste of time to carry on negotiations with them and It appears strange, un der such circumstances, that the Nether lands government should have suggested anything of the kind. It Is obviously useless to talk of Inter vention in the South African war, uuk-sa all- th great powers were to unite for such a purpose and that is to he re garded as Impossible. Great Britain Is firm In the determination not. to permit any Interference with her South African policy and It will not be changed except at the demand of her own people. SOOTBEBX HKPIiESKA TATIOX. It is doubtful If congress will act upon any of the measures proposed dealing with southern representation. The dis position shown In the republican con gressional caucus was clearly favorable to a cautious and'. conservative 'treat ment of the matter. " The republicans appreciate fully the wrong and Injustice of the disfranchisement of colored citi zens In the south.' . They -realise the dan gerous nature of this nullification of the constitutional amendments giving the SttCrage to colored citizens. : They feel that something should be done to cot rect the wrong and to put an end to the unequal and unjust representation situa tion 'In the southern states where dis franchisement exists. But they also realise,' as was pointed out by Mr. Can non in the caucus, that difficulties would be encountered In applying a remedy and that the agitation and feeling which would be aroused might have serious consequences for the country. On the opening day of congress a reso lution was Introduced in the bouse pro viding for an Investigation as to Louisi ana's right to representation for the dis franchised colored population of that state. ', In reference to this the author of the resolution, Mr. Moody of Massa chusetts, said the question it related to strikes at the very foundation of a repub lican form of government Subsequently bills were Introduced to cut down representation in the. southern states where the negro has been disfranchised. There was disclosed so much difference of opinion among republican represents; tlves with regard to details that it was found necessary to call a caucus with a view to securing unanimity upon one of the several measures and to agree on a plan for its consideration. The caucus Monday night did not give promise that unanimity can be secured and it 1b quite probable that the caucus to be held next wee& will have a like result. A good deal may depend upon the president's view of the question. There Is no defi nite information In regard to this, but at the tixne the matter was first referred to in congress it was said that JVlr. Roosevelt would not .take, any hand in the movement .to reduce the representa tion of the south In congress. It was then stated that the president held the same views as to the south as did Mr. McKlnley and would not stir up sec tional feeling by agitating any change In the representation of the southern states. If this was correct it Is safe to assume that the Influence of the ad ministration will be exerted against the ntovoiiient, which would be pretty cer tain to defeat it The states of the south where the col ored citizens are disfranchised by force or fraud or constitutional enactment have about forty seats in congress and as many votes In tie electoral college based on this disfranchised vote. No one will claim that this is Just and if the language of the constitution means any thing It is not constitutional All men who respect the decrees of the constltu tlon, all citizens who recognize the dan ger to our political institutions involved in this injustice and this nullification of a part of the organic law, must feel that the wrong should be remedied. . But It is a condition that presents grave diffi culties and conservative men hesitate to attempt the application of a remedy that would certainly revive sectional hatred and possibly produce conditions hurtful to the peace and welfare of the country, This was evidently the controlling feel lng in the republican congressional caucus. man school tkxt book hubbub. You cannot eat your pie and keep it at. the same time.. The taxpayers of Omaha have called for retrenchment In local government because the taxes had become so burdensome as to be almost unbearable and retrenchment Is not pos sible without the use of the pruning knife. The resolution recently adopted by the school board to draw the line on free text books at the High school is In line with the policy of retrenchment on which the taxpayers Insist for the fu ture. As a matter of fact free text books are not an inherent right. Twenty years ago the parent of every child In the public schools had to provide school books at his own expense and nobody regarded it as an Imposition. When the free text book proposition was first adopted its advocates wanted it restricted to the children whose 'pa rents were so impoverished as to be un able to pay for the books. This would hare required each parent to make an application that for many would have been humiliating. For this reason it was decided that all children, regardless of class' or grade, should be furnished with school books free of charge. The High school was Included with the other grades because of the very small nuin ber that patronised it and the com par lively Insignificant proportion ' of ex pense of II 1Kb school books to the cost of books fu.-rbed to the other grades, Now that we have 1,400 pupils in the High school, the proportions-of expense are very materially changed. It is a disgrace to Omaha 'and 'the in. dealing With this question divide on the political lines on which the board wss. organised. This Is not a political Issue and should be dealt with purely from the standpoint of the public wel fare. It is deplorable that men who were elected a few months ago on a pledge of retrenchment and economy and against machine wastefulness and extravagance" ,Shou1d stand up as ob structionists td retrenchment In the mat ter of free text books for High school pupils. The mere act that the Central Labor union passed resolutions demanding the restoration of free text books In the High school affords no proof that all of the members of trades unions In Omaha are back of these resolutions. Nine tenths of them have never, thought of the question and the other tenth has never had a chance to study and digest It Four-fifths of the children being ed ucated in parochial schools are the chil dren of trades union mechanics whose parents cheerfully pay not only for school' books, but also for the expense of teachers. Fully 00 per cent of the children of the real poor never enter the High school and the other 10 per cent rarely go beyond the second year. The requisite books for the first year in the High school cost $T.15, for the sec ond year 88.8S, This means that -the parent of the boy or girl hi the High school will pay 21-8 cents each working day toward the purchase of school-books. This is certainly not an awful burden, bnjy half as heavy as the burden of buying a High school cadet uniform.. "As a matter of fact, almost any poor man's boy, who has an ambi tion and is willing to work, can earn s sufficient amount of money in a variety of occupations outside of school hours to pay for his books. A boy by the name of James A. Garfield worked on a canal to pay for his school books as well as bis schooling in college without con sidering it too great a hardship.; . t The truth is that the hubbub about the text books has been fomented by dema gogues who want, to play poor man's friend at the,very first election, and they aro willing to befriend the poor man who is shiftless and thriftless at the ex pense of the poor man who has Invested his hard-earned savings of years In a home. They forget that the great ma jority of the working men of Omaha be long to the homewning class. The Board of Education has adopted a resolution granting the stats photog raphers' association the use of the as sembly room In the city hall for holding a convention in May or June,; If the Board of Education' can grant the use of Its quarters in the city hall to the photographers' association It can with equal propriety grant this privilege to the state druggists' association, the medical association, or the state board of funeral directors, formerly known as undertnkts6'ian)d In due course of time Jt might even go so far as to grant the use of its assembly rooms to. the state ' liquor" dealers' association. Surely there is nothing In a name so long as the principle is the same, City Engineer Rosewater has made his report mors readable than the usual official document by. discussing In it sev eral of the' live problems of municipal government f with which the taxpayers of Omaha are grappling. His exposure of the false and misleading statements of Omaha's bonded debt that have been circulated out of the comptroller's office and Inserted in the census and other statistical compilations is timely and to the point There Is certainly no excuse for any city official to advertise Omaha as burdened- with a colossal bonded debt which exists only in v the imagination. Democratic Senators are putting in most of their time discussing and de nouncing the acquisition of the Philip pines. The great trouble with these fault-finders is that the , acquisition would never have been made but for the democratic votes that helped ratify the treaty when It was up before the senate. Me Good oai Kaxtk. Kansas City Journal. It is the groundhog we're speaking . of. We say It advisedly and deliberately the groundhog is a fraud. This may shock and grieve many esteemed readers, but that can't be helped.. .' Imcoaecloas Ummow. Buffalo Express. . An lowsa has written to his representa tive for volumes ot the Congressional Rec ord containing obituaries, saying "there Is nothing I read with so much pleasure a obituaries of dead congressmen." The best humor Is unconscious. A Mervy l'rooaltlom. . .. Portland Oregoniaa. - It must take a good deal of temerity for a private concern to offer to build the isthmian caaal without eost to the govern ment The fate ot the private cable com pany should have been a warning. The trut way la to ask (or a subsidy. Elbowla l' Royalty. Washington Post. "Getting Next to the Prince, or the Art of Butting In" la the title of a neat and comprehensive brochure soon to be Issued. It will be found to be quite useful to those persons who are struggling so bard to find an openlDg for the approaching visit of royalty. How the- Frwaaetera Fare. , Boston Herald. And so the Vnlted States steel syndicate got securities of the par value of 1139.987,- 600 and present market value of about $90, 000,000 for agreeing to 'furnish t300.000.000 for organisation purpose aad eotually fur. Dishing $25,000,000, which was returned. And this thing happen. In a civilised coun try which, boasts of the equality of all mea under the law and holds It criminal to steal a pin and add water to milk! Coatrel ( the ft all road a. St. Paul Pioneer Press. It would seem that the great railroad magnates are beginning to realise that the people of the Vnlted States will not permit the enormous pctrver of controlling the rates of transportation, to be lodged la the hands of a few mea under no reetralst except their own conception of their self-interests, but will aad ought to, demand . that they be placed under the restraining Sad regU' Jj&tia ftutberigr ft tfc gorsramaat, , . Treason to Ex-Senator TV. V., Allen in Madison Mall The admirer of Thomas Jefferson should right ought to be free not be carried off their feet and Induced to give expression to sentiments not war ranted by the truth of history. No well informed man doubts Mr. Jefferson's ability. or that when president he . administered the government faithfully, and by his writ-' inga and publlo utterances endeavored to lay a broad foundation for popular govern ment; and for these he should be held la grateful remembrance. But It Is a mistake to think Kr. Jefferson was the unaided author of the Declaration pt Independence, for he was but one of a committee con sisting of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, . Benjamin ' Franklin, Roger Bhennan, and R, R, Livingston who drafted that Im mortal Instrument ' The Declaration of Independence did not state anything new la the line of political, thought, for ths French school of democ-' racy had formulated and advocated the doctrine of popular government before Jefferson's time. The Declaration of In dependence was not the first statement' mad by the people of the Vnlted Btates through the Continental congress, of their . claim to political liberty. One month be fore Its adoption Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, -i seconded by John Adams of Massachusetts, presented this resolution to congress: , "That these united colonies are and of right ought to be free and Independent states; aad that all political connection between them and Great Britain la and ought to be totally suppressed." - Ths resolution was sent to the committee of the whole, and was debated until the 10th. of June, 1776. when it was adopted, and : on that day a committee to draft a declaration ; wa appointed snd Instructed to "declare: ' . ' ' "That these united colonies are and of , ' ROVND ABOUT NEW YORK. Rlpplee eat the Current of Life la the Metropolis. Herbert R. Fulton, a Chicago genius, who promised his victims to outdo the' Franklin Syndicate in the matter ot profits, had his money making career suddenly checked In New York by the postoffice au thorities. Fulton did not reach the finan cial attttude of Miller of Franklin Syndi cate fame, the latter having raked in a million or more on promises of. tea per cent a weok. Fulton was a shade less mod est, offering "from 80 to 40 per cent a month." In a few months, however, he managed to scoop In $40,000, , and would have scored a million or more it the post- office authorities were not so energetic in chasing frauds. .Fulton was tegged out In the height of fashion when the postcJce Inspectors took him in. A silk tile topped off his swell appearance. In his hip pocket was a silver-mounted, handsomely engraved pearl-handled 42-callber revolver, fully loaded. He also had a pocketknlfe with a gold handle in which was set a dia mond weighing more than a karat. On a watch chain -hs wore a charm with a two- karat stone and a cigar-cutter set with a large diamond. His scarfpln and ring con tained large diamonds and In his pocket book were six new $100 bill and $10Q in smaller money. It Is evident from the stock of flashing Jewelry in sight that Ful ton did not take a hand la the tontine diamond game.- The Scieatiflo American has printed an Illustration, of the method of constructing the projected Pennsylvania tunnel In this city that has been invented by Charles M. Jacobs, the well known engineer. The illustration shows that Mr. Jacob's idea is that ot a submerged bridge, resting on piers carried down to a sufficient depth to reach the underlying rock. .' The bed of the North river la of too swampy material for a tunnel constructed In the ordinary way. At a certain depth rock Is reached, but a tunnel, through' this would ' involve too great grades. So Mr. Jacobs proposes to make a completely . Inclosed . bridge at the bottom ot the river, resting on pie" reach ing to the rock. ' A banner advertising "$S pants" Is con spicuous on Broadway, reports the Evening Post To emphasise the cheapness of his wares the advertiser added in largo black letters, "Cheaper than Jones' $8 pants. Now It happens that on one block par ticularly favored by this banner-carrier there Is - a genuine member of the Jones family who Is a tailor, True, he makes trousers, not "pants," but. he has been much annoyed by the odious comparison. This morning he went to one ot the police men on duty at Canal street with a re quest that the banner be suppressed. "All my friends are guying me about it," he complained, "and It may harm my business besides. (I went to this cheap tailor for redress. Ha threw up bis hands: 'Vy, Mister Jones, I tltn't know you vas in ths pus'neas, too,'. he protested, but be. won't take la bis banner." All the police could promise waa to arrest the man . if he tried to distribute circulars while carrying the objectionable banner. The people -of New York do not, as a rule, have to be dragged into public office. The municipal civil service records prove this. There are at present on the various eligible lists for positions In the com petitive schedules about 4,500 names, and oa the registration lists for positions in the labor schedule, 1,524. names. Ia addition to the above the commission has on. hand the applications of 13,194 persons who have applied for positions In the competitive class, and 26,879 of the labor class. Over 10,000 of these latter applications are for Jobs la the street cleaning department A religious, frenzy is developing la a town oa the Jersey side of the river, . Aa organisation styled the Holy Ghosts are holding continuous ghost dances, and working up . a species of emotional in sanity. One man has been sent to the in sane asylum, and several other ghoaters are oa the ragged edge. The authorltlwt have determined to take some action to stop It for fear there will be many more unbalanced by the peculiar hysterical strain, but decisive action only, .It Is be lieved, will do this, for the overwrought participants ia the movement will not lis ten to reason. Almost without warning the movement sprang into being a short time ago at a union revival service held by several churches of the town. At that time a dosen or more men and women who had been most active la the services arose from their seats and, led by Louts Noble, a prosperous young farmer, declared that the ministers who were leading the services lacked la holiness and had not the spirit of the Lord. All efforts to quiet them for a time were unsuccessful, aa they continued to protest. At last they were quieted, and, after the services, declared they would conduct meet ings of their own. It la Noble who Is now la the Insane asylum at Brighton, but undeterred by this hie followers are hold ing almost hourly meetings at their bonis. They have bo particular program for the meetings, but so estatle do they be come that their shouts may be heard throughout, the aelghborhood, while la prayer 'they fall to the floor, their bodies rif U M jrlU twaacluwiJiMg almost fpasj T. Jefferson and Independeat states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crewa;'and that all political connections between tbem and the state of Great Britain is and ought to be destroyed." Briefly told this is the history of ths Declaration ot Independence. Mr. Adams says that Mr. Jefferson was appointed to do the clerical work on account ot his well known accuracy of penmanship and ele gance ot style and to mollify him. But his tory shows that the original draft was ma terially amended and thoroughly edited by the Continental congress. ' 'Mr. Jeffercon is usually and properly credited with having negotiated the treaty of .'purchase 6f ( the Louisiana territory i but we must remember that Napoleon Bonaparte was induced to part with the territory not . by reason of a desire for money, but because he wss on the eve of a protracted war with England sod the allied powers, and did not have an army and navy sufficient to enable him to con duct a continental war snd at the same time protect his American possessions. And this was the moving influence to his parting with Louisiana. Candid men will concede that Mr., Jef ferson showed himself to no advantage In his bitter and relentless prosecution ot Aaron Burr, his political . rival. There never was any tangible evidence oa which to base the Charge ot treason against Burr, as was thoroughly demonstrated on his trial ' at Richmond before Chief JusUc Marshall of the United Btates supreme court This prosecution amounted to a persecution and, although it resulted In the destruction of the political fortunes of Burr, it did not add to the luster of Jefferson's name. WHBS.II A MAN "TOO MM A ' Pew Notables Who Oeeapy - the Front Benches. -' ' New York World. It is .frequently stated that no old mea are wanted nowadays. The World gets let ters by the score from those who say they have been shoved aside ,to make room for younger men. 1 - ' . . ' . . :. It seems, however, "that despite his sixty six years Lyman J. Cage,: about- to retire from the . Treasury department., has had four good Jobs offered him, with salaries attached ranging from $25,000 to $50,000. - Vaeless; old men . are ' not wanted these days. Useful old men are. Mr. Gage has made a lifelong spe'l-lty of banking. Bank ing has changed greatly since he first went Into ths business, but he has kept abreast of the changes. In fact, in some instances it was he who made the changes. Mr. Oage is only one lnstanoe. There are hundreds of other' men past ths threescore mark filling positions of hlgheat'importanoe and filling them well. .Chauncey Depew, John Wanamaker, John D. Rockefeller; An drew Carnegie, George F. Hoar, Hiram Maxim, Bishop Potter and Levi P. Morton are all ' past' sixty some of them past seventy and yet they are among the most useful snd active men In the country. How old a man is depends largely on him self. If an old man is not wanted in a position hs has occupied for years It IS not because of his years or his gray hairs. It is because he has lost interest snd ambition, because be has made no effort to keep up to the times, because he has grown careless or has sacrifloed bis health to indulgence, or Ignorance. . . Useful men are always In demand, no matter when they were born." -' PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. Oh for a touch of the soothing breath of summer. It may be observed that mighty few locali ties in the corn belt are urging their claims ss winter resorts.- - - A Mlssourlan named Oassoway threatens to start a political party. The nam har monizes with the Job. ' Out of ' respect for the profession ' it is presumed the Younger brothers will hand a pair of ornate tombstones to the Biddies. The wife of Bandmaster Innes is not satis- fled with $25 a week alimony and has ap plied to a. New York court for a raise to $50 a week.' The demand occasions' a grade of muslo not Included In the repertoire ot the band. Th ' young man at Cedar City, Mo., who has started out to chop up saloons with a hatchet will never last as long as Carrie Nation. The only person who can follow up that line of reform is somebody that a man is barred from beating. , Joel J. Doollttle is still living In Cum berland, Wis. Years ago he waa noted as a muslo teacher and vocalist. He numbered among his pupils Emma Abbott, and first began , singing in . political campaigns la 1840 for General Harrison. Ia 1858 he can vassed Illinois with John C. Fremont, sing ing , st every meeting, - and in 1860 per formed the same kind of work, accompany ing Abraham Lincoln. The kaiser follows very keenly the recent developments ia the manufacture of rifles. His majesty has established an armory to which Is attached a rifle range upon, of course, a miniature scale. - A specimen ot every rifle that is produced is secured aa soon as possible and a series ot experi mental and comparative tests is at one initiated. The result Is that the kaiser is in . possession of accurate facts In connec tion with every rifle of significance yet produced. Hou Old feO. ' Are You? Et N 'K; We should say you were about 60, judging from your looksT Yet you may not be a day over 40, gray hair is so deceptive. If you are 60 and time has car ried away nearly all the dark, rich' color of your hair, we can bring it back to you. In other words, Ayer's Hair Vigor always restores color, ta. gray hair, all the dark,' rich color. "I have used Avar's Hair Vigor for over 30 years, and . can testify to its wonderful merit. It keeps my scalp ' free from dandruff, make ths hair soft and glossy, and has prevented it from taming gray.1 Mia. F. A. BouiE, Bluings, Moat, , $L ASarsgrUs. siausiiissnssvss American r r.VE i o rxi NT. ' . ReaaarVsjble Strides ef th Oeeatrf . "la' frwemtr Yeer,' ' The wonderful developments - of Amert. caa product of the. Held, forest, mine an manufacture, the growth in our popula tion, wealth and commerce, the eztensloi of railways, telegraphs and other meth- ' ods of communication la the Vnlted Statet within the last twenty year la strlklnglj ehowa In a pamphlet Just Issued by tht Treasury department. .Among ths fmcti and figures shown are the following: The cotton produced haa Increased fron 155.556 bales in 1800. to M36.416 bales ll 1900; the wool, from 88,802,114 pounds In 1840 to 802.S02.S28 pounds In 1901; wheat, from 151,899,901 bushels; corn, from 87. 946,295 bushels in 1856, to 3.105.102.61t bush els In 1900; copper from 650 tons In 1851 to 170,588 tons la 1900; pig Iron, front 165,. 000 toss la 1830, to 15,800,000 too In 1901; petroleum, from 31.000,000 gallons In 1860 tc 2.661,283,568 gallons - In 1800; coal, from 3.858.899 tons la 1860 to 67,850.000 tons is 1901, and gold, from $50,000,000 In 1850 to $79,171,000 In 1909. .. , v During the period under consideration exports ot merchandise have grown from $70,981,780 la 1800 to $.4(17.764.991 in 1901; the per capita in 1800 bmg $13.87. and Is 1901, $18.81. The Imports ot merchandls have grown from $91,252,768 In 1800 to $823,172,165 In 1901. while the per capita imports have fallen from $17.13 in , 1800 to $10.68 la 1901. The wealth has Increased from $7,135,780, 000 In 1850 to an estimated $94,300,000,000 la 1900; the peroaplta wealth, from $307.(9 In 1850 to $1,235.88, la 1900. The publlo'slebt, less cash la ths treas ury, was la 1865 $76.98 per capita, and in 1901 was $13.44 per capita, while the In terest on the public debt,- which in 1867 was $143,781,692. bad fallen to $32,842,797 In 1901, The figures of money la circulation show In 1860 a total of $435,407.352,. and ia 1901 $2,175,387,277. The circulation 'per capita in 1860 was $13.86; la 190L . $28.02. The deppslt In savings banks In 1830 were $6,973,304; In 1883, flfty-eiht years later, they were $1,024.356.?87, and by 1901. a further period of only ; eighteen years, had reaohed $2,697,094,530. H t Meantime the national banking' system had corns Into operation, and In 1865 the deposit in national ' batiks were' $500,910,. 873; la 1880, $1,006,452,853, and' In 1901, XI, 044,600,000. The number of depositors 'o savings banks grew from. 88,085,' In 1830 to 1,067,061 in 1866, and 6,858,723 in' 190V. Rail ways grew from 9,021 mile la 1850 to 199, 878 la 1901; and freight: oarrisa on mils Increased from 89,302,209,249 tons in 1883 to 141,162.109,413 tons jn 1900 freight rates falling meantime from 1.24, cents per ton pet mil to .76 of a tent per ton per mile. LAUGH AND CROW FAT. .. v , , ' Philadelphia Press: Town He's a splen did musician, . but be drinks entirely too much. Browne I can understand that. I sup- ose hie musical lnetlncT will not permit lm to skip a bar. . Detroit Free Press: Brlggs I would like t marry that girl, but she spends too much money. : ariggs But when she marries you; she will get over that Brooklyn Life: Mrs. Bargain Oh, Ethel! I have just talked Edward Into giving me the money for a new haf ! Mr. Bargain which "1 shall enter Into my account as 'hush, money.'.' ". .. . , . " " i i ' ' Somervtlle journal: The man who makes a practice of running .for the. street car some day may catch a.hearsa, " V Boston Transartpt: Johnny Pa, why Is It that troth' is spoken ot as ."naked" -' Wise Pa It Is because a great many things that are told fos -truth quite outstrip the biggest lies that ever were Invented. Baltimore World: Mrs. Orabhelrh Der doctor says he doan't know-votf der mat ter mit you.. . ' ' Mr. Grabheira Ef he doan't find oudt pe fore I get veil I von't pay. him a cent. Judge: "Give an example of how heat expands and cold contracts." - "In the summer the days are long; in the winter they are short.' Philadelphia Press: She Will you make any sacrifices during Lentf He Oh, yes; I'm going to Europe. She But that's usually a pleasure. He Well, I expect to give up a lot ef things pn the voyage. , Chicago Tribune: Upgardsori The trouble with the old fraud la that his success In bilking his victims out of their money haa given him unlimited assurance. Atom Not at all. His unlimited assur ance has given him success In . bilking his victims out of their money. ' l THE OLD STORIES; '" . , -.. '-. . ' t W. D. Nesbit, In Baltimore American. We sing old songs their melody , , Calls up ths olden days,' And paints us pictures- of the -past ' On which we fondly gaze. We sing old songs their cadence gives A softer light on life But when old stories strike our ears We straightway rise in strife, . . We hall old friends we clasp their hands. And vow they cheer our sight; We greet them with true hauplness , And comradeship we plight. ' We hall old friends we swear the tie ' Is one that never ends, .-, , ... But good old stories we'll not hear, .. Not even from our friends. ' ' , '- . 1.7 t ' li '. We praise old wine-rite bubbles smile Aa though to evho back.. The smiles It coaxes to our lips; ' We talk of "good old suck")' . ' i We praiae old wines their mellow warmth Ooea tingling through and through; But those old stories when they start We call for something new.- i-- t We sing old songs; we hall old friends; We praise old wine; why, then, -Let's call the geod old stories up And tell them all again. ' The old tales are the friends of youth They hold the son gr and wine. I Old friends, old wlnf old songs, old tales Of memory divine. ,. . , ... . J.Cantta.Lewaa. IaasaWxaSansSBI
