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. Tat Crowe could give those Bulgarian
brigands several pointers on getting in
Quick action.
If the . newspaper interviewers once
jet hold of her, Miss Stone Is likely to
Wish she hud been allowed to remain in
captlvlty.
The whisky manufacturers deny that
they are fighting among themselves,
They are doubtless content to leave that
to the consumers.
With eggs at 30 cents a dozen whole-
Bale, the observance of Lent is likely, to
become a luxury In which only the'ell-
to-do can Indulge.
If you see an Omaha schoolma'am
rubbing ber arm you may know. It is I
vaccination. If you see her limping, you
... I
can make the same guess. .
If anv other national onranlzatlons or
aecret societies are in quest of head treasurer in this state has been the un
offlcers for the coming year Omaha will do,DK of most ' 019 men who hayc o"
be pleased to honor all requisitions.
Padcrewskl Is lamenting the loss of a
fine watch, Htolcn from him while walk
ing through a crowd. Piano pounders
are not the only people with a delicate
jouch.
The Omaha Commercial club Is to be
congratulated on having reconstituted
Us Insurance committee without calling
la the tire Insurance agents to make tip
Its membership.
After getting a second wind, Congress
man Wheeler explains that in his re
marks about "the little Dutchman', he
.was speaklug for uo one but himself.
Thut Information is entirely super
fluous.
Mayor Moores' market house veto mav
not have had any effect on the council,
but it will commend itself to everyone
as a clear presentation of the nros and
cons of the whole- market house Drob-
lem in its present form.
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If the commission recently appointed I
to prevent and settle strikes wants to do I
the public a great service it should use 1
Its influence to perfect au arbitration
with the hen that will induce her to re-
sume business, at least until after Lent
A dividend of $10,000,000 has Just been
distributed among . the men who pro-1
nioted the big steel combine. To the
man who knows how to cultivate the
crop, planting combines must be about
the most profitable occupation known.
la order to reap the full benefits, exten-
aiva irrigation la nr
Council Bluffs is moving for the es-
tubllshmeut of a beet sugar factory.
No good reason exists why such an en-
terprlse should not prove profitable, and
Inasmuch as all efforts to erect a beet the Dominion and this country, says
sugar factory at Omaha have so far the adoption of the resolution would af
failed. It is to be hoped the Council feet the United States in the following
Bluffs project will succeed.
It is intimated in some quarters that
European nations may possibly ask our
government what its Intentions are re -
gardlug the Philippines. The story is
an Improbable one. Recent discussions
regarding the war between this coun -
try and Spain have shown that the. af -
fairs of this country are a good thing
for tUciu to let alone.
(Agitators burdened with a disposition
to stir, up 'strife between' this country
and Fnglaud and between the United
Btatea - and Germany should read the
statistical review of our foreign com -
merce for the past year. Great. Brit -
ain and Germany are the best two cut -
tomers for 'Ai'ierh-uu products on the
other side of the water. ' When our
customers, want to be friendly, it Is
policy to push a good thing along.
RKBCKID BT DCM0CRAT8.
The democrats of tlie house of repre
sentatives who disclaimed any sym
pathy with the utterances of the Ken
tucky , member insulting to the repre
sentative of the German emperor who
is coming to this country, bearing with
him friendly greetings to the American
people, doubtless expressed the feeling
of Intelligent and self-respecting demo
crats generally. While the. diatribe of
Wheeler was applauded by some of his
political colleagues In the house. Wash-
dispatches sny that many demo-
crats regarded it as entirely Indefensl-
ble and perhaps the most shocking ex
hlbltion of boorlshness that has been
made in congress for years. There was
nothing before the house to give rise
to such a diatribe and the fact that It
was carefully premeditated makes it all
the more galling to democrats ef sense.
As one democratic naner the Phils-
. . h nofwdrarnnrka. "It la nnt for
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us to inquire into the rightfulness,
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a iisii, 11, is Duuiueuii uuiu
tha nurnoxn that Prlnrn ITenrv. arrord-
, . . ,
lng to the polIUcal ideas prevalent 111
represent. .the German em
pi re ana tne people tnereor, ana as such
he will be and ought to be received
in a manner becoming this republic iu
its intercourse with a friendly govern
ment and nation." In the reception
that is to be accorded Prince Henry
there will be ' no worship of royalty,
but simply such an expression of
courtesy and good will as our friendly
relations toward the German nation.
represented in our citizenship by mll-
Hons of its people, make proper and
lustltialilp. The nrlnr will Im treated
.
as & gentleman, occupying a dlstln-
gulsbed position in the service of his
oountrv and vlulttntr this rpnnrill( nn n
. . . ..
l"cuulJ uiibbiuu, nuuuiu ue iituic-u. uur
own self-respect requires this and we
flro irlnd to believe that sni'h hnnra an
uevii'r VL ACUlUtajr HUB BUUWU Uliil-
self to be are not numerous ln this
country.
TOO FLIMSY AN. EXCCSE. .
Running through the discussion by the
fusion press of the Indictment , of ex-
Treasurer Meserve for the embezzlement
of interest collected on deposits of state
school money is the apologetic Intima
tion that a man called upon to assume
the grave responsibilities of the state
treasurer's office should not be expected
to be strictly honest so long as the sol-
ary auacneu to tne position is tne maae-
quate sum or ,auu a year. . uy tnis tue
Impression Is sought to be created that
if Mr. Meserve appropriated to himself
interest on bank deposits that should
have been turned into the school fund
he had some sort of Justification for so
doing.. ,
, The neoe 0f Nebraska." we are con-
fluent, have no sympathy with any such
llne 0f defense for treasury looting. No
man has ever been chosen bv them to
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its salary Is and where the Jaw draws
m -J
iuo jme Haiusi iuc ubc vl puuuu 1UUUH
'or private gain. If the position of state
cupled it. It has been not because of any
Inherent limitations, but because they
have neglected to walk the straight and
narrow path. ' . ;
Once installed in the office, nothing re-
quired Ma Meserve to continue in the
puDiic service lr tne condition or nis em
ployment as a public servant did not
8ult him. If he became persuaded that
be was entitled to a compensation
greater than was accorded him under
the constitution, nothing stood in the
way to prevent him from resigning, nor
would any insurmountable difficulty
have been encountered in securing a
capable and trustworthy person to fill
out his unexpired term by appointment
If he chose rather to take the matter
Into bis own hands by farming out the
school funds for his own private benefit.
ln the face of significant example
of bI" Immediate predecessor and in ?io-
,atlon or evel' Plea8 Pn wnicn He
naa ouBn lne suffrages or tne people,
ne mU8t -"- ue responsiDUiry
himself and forego all claim to popular
a m
sympamy.
The idea that a man, whether occupy
lng public office or ln private employ
ment, can excuse himself for reaching
into his employer's pocket and taking
money that does not belong to him by
I asserting that he thought he was earn
lng more than his salary or wages, is
I repugnant to every principle of honesty
and upright dealing. . It is simply sur-
I prising that it should be advanced ln
I any seriousness in these twentieth cen
I tury days.
CAS ADA mmmKiaO RCClPROcnr.
inero naa Deen lncroaucea m tne
(janaaian parliament a resolution look'
to reciprocity with the United States,
T"0 author of the resolution, Mr. John
Charlton, who Is a very earnest advo-
cat ot closer trade relations between
way: By admitting the natural prod
ucta of Canada free, the United States
I would be placed on the same footing lu
I Canada with Great Britain and thereby
1 obtain a decided advantage over Ger
J many, France and other countries ln
the Canadian market By refusing to
1 admit Canada's : natural products : free,
1 the Canadian market would be more re-
I stricted to the United States by the ad
I vanced tariff which the resolution con
templates.
I Should the Parliament adopt this reso-
I lution," which threatens tariff retaliation
I if our government shall refuse to au-
I cede to the Canadian proposals, it Is to
1 be expected that there will be a re-
1 uewed pressure from the manufacturers
1 of New England in behalf of a reel
I proclty agreement - with Canada.
I Already petitions with thousands of
1 names have been presented in congress
by New England representatives urging
reciprocity and the movement ln Canada
cannot fail to stimulate the efforts of
the manufacturers of that section in
this direction. It is not yet apparent
however, that congress is likely to be
very much Impressed by movements
either in Canada or here looking to reci
procity upon the Canadian basis. While
such an arrangement might prove to be
advantageous to the manufacturers of
New England, the American agricultural
Interests that would doubtless be unfa
vorably affected will plead for considera
tion. They will ask. and very reason-
ably, that they shall not be subjected
to the competition which would result
from the free admission to our market
of the natural products of Canada and
they will be able to show that under
the reciprocity treaty from 1854 to 18M
their Interests did suffer materially,
That treaty gave the natural products I
of Canada free admission and official
statistics show that the imports from
Canada increased from (8,000,000, in
round numbers, in 1854, to f 48,000,000 in
1800, with nine months of the latter
year under reciprocity. During this
n:"uu "uo "'J ""e "
the exports from the United States to
Canada, though it is true there was most I
of the time a small trade balance in
favor of this country.
The Canadian contention that condi-
tlons have materially changed Is entl-1
tied to consideration. It is true that I
Canada is a very large customer of this
country and that for some
iraae oaiance nas been heavily in our
favor. Rnt thla la hnwllv a anfflnlont
reason why we should give Canadian
farmers equal privilege in our market
with our own farmers. The agricul
tural interests of the United States are
as much entitled to reasonable protec-
tion as the manufacturing Industries
and they will Insist upon having It
There is a wav to i-loser trmln rela-
tions between Canada and the United
States, but the Canadian basis for such
relations Is not fair to the agricultural
interests of this country and therefore
is not likely to be accepted, even though
Ai . . . M I i . , M t, , . I
the threat of higher tariff duties on
American proaucts snouia be carried
out Canadian statesmen, when they I
talk of retaliation, should remember
that it la a m. , ' nt.
that It Is a game two can play at
THE IRRIGATION BILL.
Consideration of the irrigation bill will
be commenced in the senate early next
week, according to the nresent arr&nre-
ment and doubUess the supporters of
I
that measure will make every effort to
keep it under consideration until a vote I
can be reached on it There is nothing I
as yet to definitely Indicate what the
, . ,
prospects of the bill are. Since It was
luruiuiuicu mere uas oeeu oevciopeu i
considerable opposition to it and while I
it has the stronir and influential suu-
port of senators and representatives of
the arid-land states, who are expected
to make a vigorous light for its passage,
lts adoption cannot at this time be con-
fldently predicted. I
, iCD0.vi ui ui-miuu
the measure Is unsound in principle I
and that If it should be enacted into I
law would not acoomnlish th ohleot
sought We have no doubt that the
oniy wise ana souna policy is to na-
tloualize irrigation by making appro-
prlatlons direct from the national treas-
ury. instead of pursuing the course pro-
. . a . . I
vmeu lor iu tue Iirui)oeu urn, wuicn
we beUeve wouia prove utterly imprac-
ticable and result ln a serious setback
to the work of Irrigation. So great and
important an enterprise should not be I
dependent upon any Bort of makeshift
or scheme of doubtful practicability,
As anticipated, the insurance com
panies have decided to make an advance
of 25 per cent in rates at all points east
of the Kooky mountains, in order to re
coup themselves for recent losses. This
la to be mode independent of the charac
ter of the risks or the relative ability of
ritffpront nlacea to pom with flrpa. W
would -toe an excellent time for some of
the western companies not hit in the re-
cent big fires in the east to get even
wlth the allesrcd "stronir coniDantes."
which have ridiculed the western con-
cerna. Present rates are certainly high
enough to be remunerative and there is
no reason why any western city should
be made to pay extra for bad invest-
inents in the east
A Chicago paper waxes sarcastic over
the beauties of the party line telephone I in their homesteads nor attempted to ra
and expatiates .on the advantages it af -1 stock barren farms and plantations. We
fords for whole neighborhoods to pry
. . i a a. m ii
into the private affairs of each family
on the line. The party line telephone
has been disporting ln Omaha for sev-
eral years with similar results, ln the
form of amusement and Irritation for
.
its patrons. When Chicago discovers
the cure for the trouble It will -find a
ready market for the prescription tfut
here in Omaha.
Ex-Governor L. Bradford Prince of
New .Mexico is defying the political
lightning by refusing to recognise a no-
tlce served upon him by Governor Otero,
infnrmlna him that his nervica aa ro.
geu. ui iu .mu.ai.WIKi. ""
longer required. Inasmuch as the office
carries neither perquisites nor salary, it
is doubtful if it could be made a bone
of serious contention anywhere outside
of New Mexico,
A man up a tree can see nothing in
the present location of the auditorium
that should prevent the directory from
turning the site over. in a real estate
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urai mai wUum ouu io me
auditorium fund. ir such a chance
really presents, the auditorium directors
should not let the bid get cold.
The Kansas member of the democratic
national executive committee admits
that the party is all at sea. It Is also
evident that many of the members are
seasick and have a powerful Impulse to
unload the last two platforms swallowed
by them. '
Pity the Poar Looter.
Washington Post.
No wonder t Peirolt bank looter has
nervous prostration. Taking $1,400,000 from
a financial Institution and then having the
depositors act ugly about it la enough to
make any sensitive man nervous.
Where Heroism Beee Suspleloa.
Washington Star.
The tradition concerning the Ingratitude
of republics may be due to the fact that as
soon as a man gets to be a hero he be
comes a political suspect.
lyoeklna; to the fatare.
Kansas City Journal.
The purpose of foreign governments In
arguing as to who was America's friend
during the Spanish-American war Is to de-
termlne, If possible, whose friend America
Is going to be during the next war.
IIqw loos Forgrottea.
Philadelphia North American.
Four years ago the American people were
proclaiming with vehemence their deter
mlnatlon to "remember the Maine." Last
n.turdav one anonvmoua American la Chi.
cago remembered the Maine and sent a
wreath to be placed upon the grave ot the
men who went down in her.
Drift to tha Panama Roate.
. Philadelphia Record.
There is an unmistakable drift toward
the Panama canal as the better route. The
A I nlnmat ly nKa f anlaa KaI t lea WattAa a nil
the republic of Colombia, are disappearing
one by one In the presence of the purpose
to secure the most practicable water con
"setion between the two oceans. By the
tTL'. V, !
UnJted 8tate, mmi9 M muca DrocPeM
as to be within sight of completion. It
will ' then be for congress to determine
wnetiep Nicaragua routs shall be
CAIf HOT STIFLE COMPETITION.
Large Proats Attraetlaa; Iadepeadeat
Capital.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Inevitable growth of competition
wher6 anT particular line of business Is
made to show large profits is Illustrated
br the large number of new tube plants
coming into productions. The tube Indus
try . is one which was more thoroughly
monopolized than almnut anv ntnai hnnph
0f the steel trade by the big consolidation
known ss the National 8teel company, after
war(I taken over by the United States Steel
c":!!.0n.-- J6',.?' t.?b! ll01,??.
v" Bum-;u au ran, AO7C, At, CtUl CU B1JLLOOU
pIp8 ffiu leaving outside only a very few
independent concerns. It then had things
Ter' much its own way, and as there was
a great demI"1,- 'or PiPln. its business and
also that of the outside concerns was enor-
mo..Hi nrost.w. -m,. v.h..i -r..h-
rnmnanv ham ma Ha noat1o f 1 AAA AAA mnnfn
,, . ornl2aMon. Th'. , Mt
has become such an inviting one that there
has been a rush of capital Into it and large
building of Independent mills. The slgnill
" Tr T 'ncrea88a
so raDldlv. &rrnrnlnff fn tha TMttaTiiirsr anfl.
respondent of the New York Journal of
Commerce, that th output ot the four
largest concerns is now 1,600 tons a day
or onc-ha,f of th ttl output of the trust
concerns. Moreover, a ' number of new
planU , about to comfl ,nt0 tne produclng
field,
How rapidly the large profits of tha bust
ne" haB sUfred up competition Is shown
company,
neM, started out with a espltal of only
11,600,000 to make steel; now they are spend-
lD" 1.600,000 on their pips plant and their
total Investment In the various branches
These and otlier'hew plants ara eoulnnad
with the most modern appliances and can
produce as cheaply, or more cheaply, than
trust' concern. The natural conse
tepifi
be a more considerable decline. Should
there be a slackening' in the present great
demand It would mean nothing less than a
.
Hauw Uiilis, au nuaiu k""" VMVf VVUOUUICI ft
woud 8UreIy benefit.
The natural laws which regulate trade
are, arte all, the best safeguard against
monopoly- Consolidations may flourish for
eaBlly foua e.Mttrion la
restored to act as the effectual check on
thigh prices.
GUSH ABOUT CUBA. ,
General Wilaoa's -Post-Praaalal Re
aaarka Dissected.
Washington Post
General Jamea H. Wilson is a very dis
tinguished officer. He served brilliantly ln
the civil war, afterward In Cuba and still
more recently ln China. Moreover, his
record ln private life has been greatly to
Ma credit. All tha aame. If General Wll-
i0n's speech before the Union League club
of Chicago Thursday evening has been cor-
rectly reported, his most ardent admirers
w"' h.av.e. 10 th?Jl J"
rlght to e,Pect. .
The general reproaches the United States
I government for Its failure to house, feed
na enr,cl1 tb Cubans -meaning ins in
UIIBUIUB, WtJ 4UWU1UD,
Sine our occupation of Cub wo have
nnt gtnnaa nn ttilnsr i a rna1p thai t va trsi vf
w. k,,, r-etahllshed no families
nva not, taken single step to extend the
I vVUiuiBi w vi iuj iv4-u ba w ai mm t.r vuaui
teland to recoyer from ttB dOTMUUm
of mc-nt war " . , ,
Evidently the general thinks that after
setting Cuba free as the stock phrase goes
-we. ,hou,d haT P1- tom" th
people prosperous sou nappy. xiBTiug no
ones and loafer, or de,rvlng pauper, of
our own to look after It was a plain duty,
u he sees it to turn Cuba Into a charity
establishment and squander our solicitude
ana our aitruistlo activities upon tne popu
latlon.
T4ii V 4nAaa'r aaant ha 111 (i aV aiiaak af
tM. ml, for tne nex, vremth
scolds the government for maintaining Its
I occupation. The press report proceeds:
1 pledged ourselves at the beginning
I of the war,' said the speaker, 'against tha
Intention of exerting anv sovereignty over
the Uland, and promised to withdraw our
I army as soon as peace was restored. In
Plte of this pledge we have exercised every
conceivable . attribute of sovereignty over
Cuba. We hav. absolutely controlled, tba
domestic affairs of the people, and although
perfect order hu existed for two year.,
our army la still la possession of the coun
I try.'
From this it would appear that General
WUbob ou,d na1 uw"hdr'w M
I soon a. the Spaniard, evacuated and leave
the Cubans to their own devices. If such
I be the case, bow can the general bring
himself to advocate our assuming the part
of patron, nurse, benefactor, guide, philoso
pher, and friend T Surely we couldn't wash.
dress, coddle, and capitalize "the Cubans
without remaining in the Island. It Is a
fact that we have yet to hear of a single
Inhabitant of Cuba possessed of a clean
I shirt, a legitimate calling, and aa honest
desire to work, who has ever applied to
tha United States tor alms of this kind.
General Wilson, however, implies that he
knows of some, and thus we ask him to
Indicate the plan by which he would have
had the government abandon tha Island and
at the same time guarantee "tha Cubans"
a comfortable Income for life.
Making New States
Philadelphia Press.
The reDorted decision of the house of terprlse to the population of either All
representatives committee on territories to
reoommend the admission of Oklahoma,
Arizona and New Mexico as states will. If
correct, speedily bring this' question be-
fore congress. It Is understood that the
request of the Indian Territory to be ad-
mltted also, either as an independent state
or as a part of Oklahoma, will be dented, actly 70., 000 square miles and tha popuia
and that some new form of territorial tion about 850,000. This would be sn ad
government will be provided Instead. The mlrable beginning for a new state. But
promoter! of this plan of dealing with these there are said to be objections to con
four territories assert that it will have solldatlng the two territories, owing to the
the Indorsement of the house, but that great difference In the character ot the
the decision of the senate is ln doubt. population and its fitness for self-govern
The publlo has not given much attention
to this subject, more pressing questions
having absorbed interest. It is doubtful,
however, if there la a sentiment author
Izing such a wholesale creation ot new
states at the present time as the committee
Is said to favor. Arlsona has a popuia
tion of only 122,000, which Is about 72,000
below. the quota required of the states for
representative In congress. It Is true
that Wyoming and Nevada have even less portlonment. The effect on ' the compost
population than Arizona, and that Idaho has tion of the senate would be much different,
not much more. But It mistakes were however. Each state would have two
mads In admitting these territories too senators, or six in all, one In fifteen of the
soon, there Is no reason why they should
be repeated. And while New Mexico has
probably enough population to authorize a
representative In congress, the character ot
that population, as well ss Its sice, should
bs taken Into consideration In granting
statehood.
The case of Oklahoma stands on different
grounds. It had a population in June,
1900, of 398,331, and this has probably In
creased sines to nearly 460,000. This popu
lattoa is superior ln intelligence and en-
SOME CHANGES IK POPULATION.
Facts Revealed br aa Analysis of the
Cesasi.
Philadelphia Press.
The census reveals some interesting
changes in population ' when states and
groups of states are compared. One illus
tration of this is seen In the rate ot In
crease of population ln the different sec
tions. Dividing the states into the three
grand divisions of north, south and west,
and It Is found that the per cent of growth
of the first and last fell off between 1890
and 1900, while the growth or the second
was a little more than maintained. The
following table gives the Increase per
cent In population in these three divisions
for each of the twenty-year periods of the
Nineteenth century:
in tne
North. South. West.
iRiYi.nwn 94.1 8.5
1K20-1K40 93-9 67. S
1840-1SG0 4 .7 60.2
lSt-l0 61
1S5.S
131.5
180-1900 48.7 48.5
What Is now known ai the "west" was
not settled enough to be classed as a po
litical division previous to 1860 and its
per cent of growth was given In connection
with the north's. Its separate classifica
tion after that date explains ln part the
large decrease ln the per cent of growth
of what Is now called the north. Another
interesting fact brought out by the census
Is the proportions ot foreign-born popula
tion ln the different sections. For this pur
pose the country 1. divided Into five great
division., known as the . North Atlantic,
South Atlantic, North Central, South Cen
tral and Western. Taking the whole coun
try together, the native-born population was
1.1 per cent larger In 1900 than in lsvo, ana
the per cent of foreign-born population
was that much less. The per cent of each
ln the five different sections was as fol
lows: 1900. 1890.
Divisions. Native. Fgn. Native. F irn.
North Atlantic 77.4 xz.s ii.i
South Atlantlo ....97.9 2.1 97.
North Central 84.2 15.8 81.9
South Central 97.5 2.5 97.1
Western 79.8 20.7 75.2
22.8
2.4
18.1
2.9
24.8
All the divisions show a decrease In the
per cent ot foreign-born population, except
the North Atlantlo. This division is made
up of the six New England states and New
York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and
it la noticeable that New York, Pennsyl
vania and Vermont are the only states In
this group that show a decrease in the
rate per cent of foreigners in their popula
tion. All the southern and western states
show either a decrease or a stationary per
cent ln this respect This is in spits of
the fact that the foreign-born population
in the whole country was 10,341,27 ln 1900,
ss compared with 9,249.647 In 1890. an In
crease of nearly 1,100,000. The proportion
ot males to fenales ln the population of
tha different sestions remained nearly sta
tionary, as the .'allowing table shows:
1900. 1890.
- Fe- Fe-
Dlvislons. ' Males, males. Males, males.
North Atlan tic... 60.O w.
South Atlantlo.... 60.0 60.0
North Central-.. ...51.S 48.4
South Central 61.0 49.0
Western 66.2 43.8
49.9
49.9
61.8
61.0
68.7
60.1
61
: 48.2
49.0
41.1
Tha only marked change ln the rate
per cent of the sexes is seen ln the west
ern division, where the proportion of males
decreased and the proportion of the females
Increased. In the other sections the change
is so small as to be hardly noticeable. For
the entire United Bute, the proportion ot
male, to females is 61.2 for the former to
48.8 for the latter, or exactly the same per
cent as ln 1890. The movement, of the
colored population is significant. In the
North Atlantic division of states there was
an Increase la the proportion of negroes
In the population, while la the North cen
tral the proportion was stationary and in
tthe western division it decreased. These
three divisions Include all the northern
states. And ln the South Atlantlo and
south -central divisions, which Include all
tha southern states, a marked falling on
ln the proportion of negroes ln the popula
tion Is noted. This Indicates a movement
of the negroes toward the New England
and old Middle states, and ot these Massa
chusetts. Connecticut. New Tors, new jer-
ser and Pennsylvania show the. largest
Increase ln the rate per cent oi wis
of population. The Chinese population ion
from 107.488 in 1890 to . in al
though each one of the division ot states
showed an increase ln this respect except
tha western division, where tne aecrease
was nearly 80.000.
PERSONAL. KOTES.
England will probably catch Russia Just
where Kitchener caught Dewet.
Duchess Rio de Kiaa, one of the foremost
figure, in Paris society ln the una oi na
poleon III, died recently In an almshouse
at Simferopol, Austria.
it Is doubtful whether . Prince Henry
would be gives so much sa a drink of
moonshine whisky in the Fourth congres
slonal district ot Kentucky.
Ex-President Oilman of the John. Hop
kins university will be presented with a
unlaue gift at tha twenty-fifth anniversary
of the institution this week. It will com
prise the autographs, on heavy vellum, of
every living alumnus.
Walter Damroach and Maurice Orau are
arguing as to the bast way of managing
grand opera companies. The former urges
that the theater, are too big, to which Mr.
Orau retorts with smaller houses It would
be lmposc!ble to pay salaries and eipenses.
To this Damroach replies: "Reduce the ca
parjty ot the theater sad cut salaries pro
portionately." He has no fear of singer.
refusing to accept the smaller comaeoss
tion.
sons or New Mexico,' and so Is better fitted
for self-government. It was nopea mat
Oklahoma and Indian Territory could be
consolidated and admitted as one state.
The latter had a population Of swi.wv in
1900 and has now over 400,000. The area
of the two together would be almost ex
mrm. These objections may be tenable.
and If so should have their weight la
such a case Oklahoma can be admitted to
the union alone.
The admission of all three ot th pro
posed states would have a small effect
only upon the house of representatives.
They would send four or live repreaenta-
tlves, or about one ln ninety-six or tne
house to be elected under the present ap
present senate. The country saw a lew
years ago the result on the senate ot ad-
mining a number ot new states. It cams
near giving the free silver cause a ma
Jorlty In that body. That craze U over, at
least for the present, but there is no assur
ance that another as harmful' will not take
its place. For this reason the public will
ask that congress Inform Itself and reflect
well before It votes to admit a number ot
new states to the unton.
. ROl'XD ABOUT KEW YORK.
Ripples in the Csrreat ot Life la the
Metropolis.
Official and social circles of Gotham, as
well a. much of the population in general,
are ln a state of nervous exhilaration, In
creasing as the hour ot Prince Henry's er-
rlval approaches. The great function on
the program, aside from the free-for-all
welcome. Is opera's night of royalty. Stand
ing room at that show costs 5, and opera
seats, par value, $30, are now quoted In
the market at $60 bid. One proud owner
of two seat, says that he wouldn't part
with them for, $500. Prince Henry's re
ceptton will be a series of official and so
cial functions that will engage the Interest
of public and society for nearly a week.
. People from the "provinces," which
means the rest of the United States, de
siring to get into the royal crush ln New
York, may do so with a reasonable degree
of safety. The postoffice Inspectors have
captured the king of green goods men and
there la little likelihood that he will re
sume business for months to come, if at
all. He has aliases to burn, but his last
known name is John Jordon, a regular
Jayjay among jays. The game he worked
was quite an improvement on the old one,
doing away with "steerers" and "come
ons." It consisted simply of a liberal use
of circulars explaining the business and a
generous distribution of genuine $1 bills.
From those who received the circulars
and samples a certain percentage fell Into
the trap and sent on money orders tor not
less than $50. In return they expected to
receive a bundle ot the supposed spurious
money snd got nothing. From the pile of
letters which the postoffice Inspector baa
oollected addressed to Jordon It is evident
that the business Is profitable. 'The in
spector managed to Intercept 200 or 800 ot
these letters, each containing not leas
than $50.
Fifteen hundred east side peddlers snd
pushcart men marched to the city hall one
day lsst week and then sent a delegation
of their leader. . to Mayor Low to com
plain of their treatment by the police. They
had been driven off the street and had been
told that it was by order of the mayor.
The mayor was astonished. He had given
no such order. "We are Jaw-abldlng cltl
tens," said the spokesman of the delega
tion, "but the trouble 1. that few of u.
understand the regulations. When Presi
dent Roosevelt was president I walked
arm-in-arm with him through the streets
of the east side. He Investigated the
grievances of the peddlers and arranged
matters so we had no further trouble. All
we ask of you, Mr. Mayor, la to give us
your good will and enable us to make a
living once more." Mayor Low looked at
the crowd of patient men standing out
side, most of whom understood little or
no English, but ail of whom had found
their means of livelihood taken from
them, and be -promised, to Investigate, the
whole matter snd see what could be done.
For six months, past relates the Even
ing Post, a large room In a Broadway
office building has been tenanted under
peculiar conditions. - It is on the fifth floor
and Its sole occupant is s huge phono
graph. From 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. every week
day this phonograph grinds on; not the
usual assortment of tunes, but one only, a
dirge. Some one enters the room In the
morning to start the machine and again
at night to .top it The door 1. open all
day and the instrument 1. so placed that
It sends the waves of sound directly across
the hallway. . Many persons whose business
has occasioned calls ln the building have
wondered at the waste of sound and space
and have learned that it was simply to
gratify the old desire to "get even."
For year, the tenants of that building
us
J I I j vrri
I --4 1 the poisonous products are ab-
errVorl intra ct7C a Ofii Asarien
-s5-53 headache, biliousness, nausea,
vomiting, dyspepsia, indigestion. ",
Ayer's Pills are liver pills, a gentle, vege
table laxative. One pill at bedtime will pro -duce
a natural movement the day following. V
Ayer's Pills have done me and my family great good. They ate like a
true friend in troable. There is nothing equal to them for sick keadache
and bilionsnsss." Mrs. Juua Baoww, St. Louis, Mo. . . ,,
ItsssSj.Ws. AsaraolaU. J. C. AVER CO., Lowell, Mass,
were sober and staid and the clicking ot
typewriters constituted the moat disturbing
sounds. Last summer a phonograph man
hired a room on the fifth floor, directly op
posite that occupied by tba manager of a
concern which had extensive quarters In
the building, .Bd soon the whole building
rang with popular airs. Everybody found
fault, particularly the aforesaid manager,
who protested and vainly tried to have tho
lease of the phonograph-selling company
canceled. Finally la despSIr ha transferred
his effects to another floor and Installed In
his vacant office the phonograph above
mentioned. Still he suffered, ttnlll In Oc
tober he found It necessary to go abroad.
He gave orders that the phonograph was
to be kept going Incesssntly. The phono
graph man has retaliated manfully, some
times operating a doxen at once in a re
turn volley. The phonograph man's lease
will expire on May 1 and toe. dirge will be
heard for the last time.
BI TTER- FADDLER8 PADDLED.
Boemere af Renovated Batter Sorely
Worked I p. ,
Kansas City Star.
The amendment to the oleomargarine bill
which requires all substitute, for butter to
be branded, bas created consternation
among the dealers In "renovated" butter,
who have been persecuting the olee indus
try with Implacable determination. The
amendment holds, in short, that what Is
sauce for the goose should be sauce tor the
gander.
' The "renovated" buttermakers have spent
thousands of dollars to secure legislation
hostile to the manufacture of - oleomar
garine. Their stuff Is nothing like ss pure
snd wholesome as the product they have
been fighting. It Is composed of all sorts
of inferior butter subjected to a process
which makes it resemble creamery butter.
The provision which has created disrasy
among the producers subjects it to inspec
tion and requires It to be labeled Just tor
what it is.
It makes all the difference ln the world
whose ox is gored. The "renovated" butter
zealots are now getting a dose ot their own
medicine. The publlo will not be distressed
by their discomfiture. It is always a satis
faction to see the biter bitten. Discrimina
tion against one industry for the benefit of
another industry acts as a boomerang, and
those who get hit have no right to howl.
CHEERINa CHAFF. .
Chlrsgo Post: "I mads an awful fool of
myself," he explained.
"A hi that settles the only point ln
doubt."
"What do you meant"
"I was uncertain whether you were a
self-made one."
Philadelphia Times: Judsre Craig Blddle
was escorting a visitor to Philadelphia over
the city and as they passed the - peniten
tiary the visitor Inquired blandly:
"Judge, is that p new distillery?"
"Not exactly," answered the Judge, "but
It Is a rectifying plant."
Washington Star: "It's too bad!" re
marked the person who worships royalty.
"The king of Slam is not coming to America
after all."
'Well," answered the nlaln cltlsen. "I
don't much care. I don't believe a Siamese
king would be half as Interesting as the
Siamese twins were, anyhow." s ,
Judge: He You know about the doctors
operating on Tom Archer for appendicitis
and discovering that their diagnosis waa
wrong?
She Oh. yes. Well? "
He Well, they sent him home on Valen
tine's day with a note reading, "Opened by
mistake."
. ,i
Washington Post: "Why.V said the man
who does nit believe In a large navy,
"should we go to the expense of building
more ships? i
"Well," answered the man who does not
Jump at conclusions, "you know that Is
what Noah's neighbors said before the
flood." . . : .. ,. ...
Chicago Tribune: Girl' In' the Fur Jacket
How thankful you ought to be, dear, that
you weren't born ln China!
Girl In the Yellow Buskins I am, of
course, but what special reason for grati
tude have you in mind Just now? -
Girl ln the Fur Jacket Think how you'd
have suffered If they had ever tried to make
your feet small.
Plaint of tha Baahfal Man.
Philadelphia Catholic Standard.
Ah! would that ahe
Were not so cold.
Or I more bold!
Could I but be
A tailor-hoot t
Why, mon, I'd fly
To ber, and I
Would press my suit'
If I were a tailor
H O
O .
T
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MON, '
. HOOTI .
"I MIND THE) TIME."
II. E. Warner ln Baltimore News.
She alt. and dreams, no doubt, at home
Of the babe with the laughing eyes
That cooed and crowed in her arms- and
rode - .
On her bosom's fall pr rise.
And now he's grown, and he, too; 'thinks.
Tho' miles may divide the twain.' -Of
the soft caress of tha low "God. bless
My child!" And he seea again
The mother's face, with an angel's grace.
Away In a distant clime.
And he says apart 4o his Msfnlng heart:
"I mind the time!" ., . ,.
"I mind the time. My Heart, when she ' '
Waa winsome and young and fair;
But the blooms depart from tho face. My
Heart,
When the soul la filled wlth-eare!
I mind the time when her ey waa bright
And her Hps the life of song; .
But the light has fled and the song Is dead.
And the days ara growing longi
Her head Is bent with the weight of years.
Perhaps but I think that she.
When she kneels to pray, remembers to
say
A word, a. of old, tor me."
o .
And he fell asleep, with a smtln on his lips,
And dreamed of tha distant tllrae;
And an angel heard and an angel wept
Aa h murmured low- whore he calmly
slept: ,
"I mind the time!" i. . .
HOiirajverr,
s
You cannot
possibly enjoy good health un
less you ) have at least one free ,
movement of the bowels each :
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