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Ctat of Nebraska, Douglas County,.!
George B. Tsschuck, secretary of The Bee
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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
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..80,490 a 80.480
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a 80.1 TO 24 80,180
JO 80,180 , 25 SO.OOO
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11 80,430 27 81,100
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14 .....80.10O 29 83.010
1g 80,070 80 SO.USO
81 80,800
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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.
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