Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, February 27, 1902, Page 6, Image 6
0 TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TnUHSDAT, FEBIUTAItY 27, 1902. TiiEr OMAjiA Daily, Dee. - E. ROBEWATER, EDITOR.. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF, SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bm (without Sundny), On Year.. 14.00 lally bee and Sunday, ()n Year 0 Illustrated Bee, One Year 2 00 Sunday bee, One Year 2 00 'Saturday bee, One Year ISO Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. 1.00 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Daliy Bee (without Sunday), per copy.... 2c Dally Bee (without Sunday), per week. ..12c Dally Bee (Including Sunday), per week.. 17c Sunday Bee, per copy 6c Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week.luc Evening Bee (including Sunday), per week l&c Complaints of Irregularities in delivery hould be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twen ty -11 T i h and M Streets. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 1M0 Unity Building. New York Temple Court. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street CORRESPONDENCE. 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ISO 10 S0.130 25 80,000 11 80,800 " 2S 80,400 It 30,430 . 17 81.160 U ...80,4T0 2t 80,000 14 80,180 83,040 15 SO.OTO 20 aO.MO U. SO.SOO Total ........... .Ml.SOo Less unsold and returned copies. ... t.8 Net total ales........ 932.0T0 Net dally average.., 8O.O0T OEO. B. TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and aworn to before me this 1st day of February, A. D., 1802. M. B. HUNGATB3, (Seal.) Notary Public The drop' In the price of eggs seems to Indicate that the ben trust la not aa successful aa some of Its rivals. Anyone Vho can tell them "Where they are at" will confer a favor upon Senators Tillman and McLaurin. Henry Watterson saya democracy 'must get away from visionary theories. How can it do it while it sticks to Visionary leaders? Jerry Simpson expresses the opinion that populism should be burled beside democracy.. The only trouble la that democracy Insists upon disturbing the quiet of the cemetery. ' .' Prince Henry baa been given the f ree tfom of Greater New York and It hasn't cont him a cent. Just Imagine Tam many giving away such a valuable privilege, If It were atlll In power. 1 Congressman Moody of Massachusetts Is suggested as the probable successor of Secretary Long when that official re tires. What's the matter with Iowa t "Has It run out of cabinet materia)? The socialists are . first In the field In the South Omaha municipal cam paign with a complete city ticket The socialists are determined not to let the public forget that they are on earth. The people of Germany- are highly pleased with the reception accorded by our people to Prince Henry. They cer tainly should be, for no other guest ever received a more cordial welcome. , . The woman's suffrage bill Is around the first turn in the Iowa legislature. This la not the first time It baa lead . through one house of the legislature, but the course has always proven too long la the past If the reception committees had wanted to make sure of the best brand of weather for the events In honor of Prince Henry, they should have, trans planted the program (from New York to Omaha, . x The only Inference remaining Is that the story given out by the auditorium directory about an opportunity to sell the auditorium site at an advance of $25,000 over what was planted In It waa nothing but a bluff. If the Indicted members of the South Omaha school board are not satisfied with a vindication through a technical loophole in the Indictment they might try (or renomlnation at the coming democratic primaries. Count Castellane advises the United States to buy the Panama canal. The count would probably buy it himself If it were not for the fact his account is now overdrawn and the owners of the canal do not care to sell It on credit The Omaha Commercial club Is to re new Its trade ' cultivation excursions. Nothing can genre better to cement bus! ness relatloua between us and the merchants In surrounding towna than such tangible evidence of our Interest in their welfare. This is fully realized by our trade competitors and the only way is to meet them on their own ground. . The city comptroller thinks It foolish economy to save the money that would be necessary to print the annual reports of all of the different departments of the municipal government That depends entirely on the contents of the reports. If a correct report of the municipal debt can counteract the damage done by the fictitious flgurea published and cir culated by the comptroller, such a re port ought to be printed. INTERNATIONAL COCRTEST. We are having a le-mon in Interna tional courtesy and good will which promises to be fruitful of benefits. In deed It has already bad a wholesome effect' upon German sentiment as seen In the now friendly expressions of news papers that were before hostile to this country and persistent In their efforts to create In Germany an unfriendly public sentiment toward this country. We have shown the German people that we are broad-minded and generous and that our past assurances of friendship were generous and sincere. That this manifestation of our hearty regard for those people, of our high appreciation of their character and of our earnest desire to perpetuate good relations will be long remembered by them there can not be a reasonable doubt And In all that has taken place In connection with the reception of Prince Henry there Is nothing unrepubllcan, nothing Inconsistent with the character of our Institutions. In showing proper respect to the representative of a great and friendly nation, here on a mission of friendship, there la so homage paid to royalty as such. The Germans are proud of the Hohenzollerns, who have been In no slight measure the creators of the new Germany, and In doing honor to a member of that house we honor the whole German people. . Per sonally, Prince Henry appears to be a man In every way worthy of respect He conducts himself with notable good sense and the sincerity of hlB expres sions of friendship and good will Is un questionable. We believe all right thinking Americans will approve what was said by President Roosevelt In thanking the prince for having taken step "which naturally must knit closer together the two great nations whose friendship means so much for the future welfare of the entire world." That Germany and the United States will better understand each other as the result of Prince Henry's visit we think can be reasonably, assumed. While we have shown In the strongest possible way that we are heartily friendly to the German nation, . at the same time we have learned that the United States haa no more cordial friend and well-wisher In Europe than Emperor William. With both nations anxious to cultivate friendship the con tinuance Indefinitely of the present good relations seems assured. THE SOUTH CAROLINA SENATORS. The . question as to how the senate shall punish the South Carolina sena tors will probably be decided by sub jecting them simply to censure. , This seems a mild penalty for the outrageous conduct of Tillman, for which there can be no palliation, but as there Is little disposition to .punish as the offense would justify, ' either by suspension or expulsion, and as it is absolutely nec essary to the dignity and self-respect of the senate that something be done, It will doubtless be concluded that censure will answer the purpose. In that case the republicans contend that the rebuke to Tillman should be more severe than that administered to McLaurin and fair- minded men generally will agree with this. Unquestionably the offense of Mc Laurin, In characterizing as a He the statement . made by Tillman imputing corruption on the part of the former, was serious, but It waa mild in com parison to the personal assault made by Tillman. That was ah act which to the last degree outraged the dignity of the senate & piece of ruffianly rowdyism characteristic of the man and which was utterly disgraceful. It Is to be borne In mind that Tillman delib erately provoked the trouble by repeat ing a charge which McLaurin had more than once denied, thus the former waa plainly the aggressor and therefore de serves the more severe rebuke. There is little to respect in either of the South Carolina senators. They are no credit to their state and of no great consequence In their official capacity But In this latest exhibition of their hos tillty Tillman stands in a far worse light than McLaurin. INTERSTATE LAW AMENDMENT. 'Consideration of the bills that have been introduced in congress for amend ing the Interstate commerce law may be expected soon and there appears to be favorable prospect of legislation in this direction at the present session. That there should be Is believed by every body except those railroad managers who profess to think that the law as It stands is sufficient and that the com mission is to blame for its non-enforce ment These urge that the law does not need amending, so as to give the commlslon greater powers, but that all that Is required to render the law effect ive is proper effort on the part of the commission to enforce it On the other band, the shippers of the country, with practical unanimity, demand that the law be strengthened and the authority of the commission increased. There are important differences be tween the bill introduced - by Senator Elklns and the one introduced by Sena tor Nelson, the latter measure having also been Introduced In the bouse. The Elklns bill represents the railroad Ideas on the subject while the other measure expresses the Ideas of the commercial Interests, having been prepared by the executive committee of the Interstate Commerce Law convention. This meas ure prescribes two years as the time within which the order of the com mis slon shall be effective, ' whereas ' the Elklns bill limits the time to one year, which Is hardly sufficient for proper protection of the public. The Elklns bill provides that an order of the com mission shall be suspended pending pro ccediugs In review in court unless other wise ordered. The Nelson bill provides that the filing by the carrier of a petl tlon for review shall of Itself suspend the order for thirty days and that the Icourt may further suspend such order If found to be based upon error of law or unjust or unreasonable upon the facts. The Elklns bill authorises pool ing agreements and would repeal the antl pooling provision f the interstate commerce act The Nelson bill con tains nothing In regard to traffic agree ments and there Is no doubt that a very large majority of shippers are In favor of keeping in force the anti-pooling clause of the Interstate commerce act. In the matter of pena'.ty the Elklns bill provides for a minimum fine of $1,000, while the Nelson bill provides for a minimum penalty of $3,000, which is small enough to insure the proper ob servance of the law. The demand that the Interstate com merce act be strengthened Is strongly supported In the final report of the In dustrial commission, which gave thor ough consideration to the subject The report recommends, as necessary to the correction of existing abuses that "the authority of the Interstate Commerce commission, necessary for the adequate protection of shippers and clearly In tended by the frauiers of the law, be restored and that the powers and func tions of the commission be enlarged." The unqualified expression of the In dustrial commission In favor of amend ing the law ought to have great weight with congress, as It certainly has with the public. It will be welL however, for the shippers of the country to strenu ously urge their demand In every prac ticable way, In order to overcome the railroad Influence that Is constantly ac tive. TBS PRINCIPLE OF COMPENSATION. The most Important feature of the proposed extension of the electric light ing contract is Its recognition of the principle of compensation to the city for the franchise rights enjoyed by the lighting company. Under Its provisions the new contract stipulates for the payment into the city treasury of a royalty of 3 per cent of the gross reve nue derived from the sales of commer cial lights to private consumers In the city. While the stipulation has a prece dent in the royalty clause of the gas franchise contract it is a distinct step in advance in that it establishes the principle of compensation as one of the prerequisites In all future dealings be tween the city and the franchlsed cor porations. It Is only fair that the people of Omaha should know that they owe to Mayor Moores the application of this idea to the present adjustment of the electric lighting controversy. To the mayor's insistence that he wouW not approve any extension that did not in clude some measure of compensation for franchise rights is due the concession on the part of the electric lighting com pany. Whether 3 per cent is an ade quate compensation may bo subject to a difference of opinion, but the admis sion of the principle of compensation at all Is the most notable achievement What a royalty on ' the 'revenues of franchlsed corporations means can be seen In Omaha's experience with the gas franchise granted under Mayor Bemts. This franchise provides for 'the payment of a royalty of 5 cents on each thousand cubic feet o'f gas sold to pri vate consumers. The contract has been In force eight years and approximately $100,000 has been turned Into the city treasury under its terms. The 3 per cent provided for In the proposed elec tric lighting contract is substantially equivalent to the 5 cents per thousand cubic feet on the gas franchise contract The problem of the municipal fran chises has not yet been satisfactorily solved In our American cities, but the sentiment has become general that franchises are property rights from which the public should gain some rev enue. Even those who believe that municipal ownership and operation is the final goal realize that the average city like Omaha Is not yet in a position to undertake this work itself, and in the Interval the only proper course to pur sue is through regulation and the en forcement of the principle of compensa tion. Omaha may now be considered fairly iff line with the modern trend of thought on this subject Ex-Police Judge Gordon Is meeting with successive rebuffs that would be decidedly discouraging to anyone with less innate stubbornness. His appeal to the courts to enjoin the mayor from drawing the salary allotted to bim in the charter has been refused and his effort to stop the pay of his successor, chosen by the people to preside, over the police court, has met with failure.- The im perturbabie Gordon, however, con tinues to present himself from day to day at the police station and to go through the movements of holding a mock court In which he. is the only participant Gordon Is simply another example of the man, who, having by accident been attached to a public salary so long, be comes . Imbued with the Idea that the public owes him a perpetual living with out working. The Minnesota legislature has de feated the proposed new tax law, which It was especially called together to adopt. Laws Intended to equalise the tax burdens naturally array against them ail interests favored under exist ing measures and for this reason no comprehensive measures can be adopted except with a struggle. Nebraska has suffered for years from tax abuses with no present prospect of relief. But a leg Islature will be elected soon on the Issue If the people only wake up to he In Iqulty of the present system. Referring to the results of the repub lican city primaries just held in Lin coin, the Journal of that city expresses the. hope that the election of the candl dates nominated "Will put a stO tojthe scandals that have of late created so unpleasant an odor about the city build ing." Think of it! Scandals In Lin coin's .municipal government! Unpleas ant odors about Lin cola's city building! And this admission made In a paper that has gone Into convulsive hysterics when The Bee has ventured to remark on the tainted atmosphere In the vicinity of the state capltol. Is It possible that the Journal Is coming to realize that In Its solicitude for the moral reform of Omaha It has been shutting Its eyes. If not holding Its nose, against odoriferous scandals In Its own back yard? The report of the Chicago stock yards for the past year shows that the number of head of stock handled as well as their value was the greatest In the history of the yards. The same Is true of all the other great live stock centers. The cry that there is a shortage of stock does not therefore, appear to have any good foundation in fact The added ability of the people to consume, due to the prosperous times, is the factor which has been most potent in raising prices and unless present conditions are re versed there Is every prospect that the growers of livestock will continue to prosper because the people will be able to buy even at the enhanced price. One railroad company announces that It has contracted to transport 100,000 head of cattle from Texas to the ranges of South Dakota and Montana this spring. , Good prices for cattle, combined with conditions which have rendered an unusually large proportion of the north ern cattle marketable have depleted these ranges and opened up room for herds from sections not so well favored. When these cattle are ready for the market Omaha will get its share of the business. Every congressional district in Ne braska gave republican majorities at the last election. That is the explanation for the unusual activity already mani fested among aspirants for congres sional nominations on the republican ticket this year. Flattered, bat Not Smitten. . New York World. Miss Columbia blushtngly acknowledges the marked attentions of Germany, Russia, ungiana ana me rest and softly murmurs, ni be a sister to you." , Speculative Charare Discredited. Bt Louis Republics. Keep In mind the plain fact that In the event of the success of the federal suit to prevent the Northwestern railway merger there will be ao injury to the earning ca pacity or actual assets of the railroads. This announcement is made from New York and discredits the charge that President Roosevelt's policy la antagonistic to legiti mate business Interests. Diplomatic Courtesies. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. It is reported that Russia haa promptly Informed the State department that Amer icans need not be anxious concerning Man churls, Just bow much this relieves Mr. Hay's feelings may not be known, but It Is probably true that all this country may fairly ask for can be had without difficulty, particularly II our government continues to indulge in no , threats against the one great power whose military position In northern and eastern Asia is Impregnable. i Dimensions of a Rake-OS, Philadelphia Ledger. The figures show that .the average cost of the 69,996 horses and mules purchased for the United .States army during the last four years was $88.90, while the British agents during the Boer war have purchased more than three times as many animals In this country and paid for them an average of 1139. It Is asserted, also, that animals rejected by the American purchasing agents were readily accepted by the British. It is none of our business, but one would think the English would feel sensitive about such reports. , - HE'S ALL RIGHT." Democratic Wr of Prince Heary Pleases Americans. New York Evening Post Prince Charming himself could not have made happier first. Impressions than has Henry of Prussia. ' A right democratic prince, with a true sailor's affability and frank address, he has shown an Intuitive perception of the real nature of his mis sion. This is simply that of the hearer of cordial greetings from one great nation to another. Mystified foreign observers will not believe this, and even In England the notion seems to be held that the prince may quietly make a treaty with President Roosevelt of a sort to revolutionize inter national relations. Saying nothing of the ludicrous misunderstanding. Involved In this, it shows how incredible it is to a cer tain order of Intellect that troublo should be taken in the name of plain friendship. But it is purely as a friend that the prince comes, and only as such that he gets his hearty welcome. And come to think of It, this la really better and more significant than any treaty or alliance. Instinctive sympathies and spontaneous good will can not be reduced to writing or put Into a binding contract, but when they exist, as they new do between Germany and the United States, everything which serves to emphasize and heighten them, as does Prince Henry's visit, la an event to make glad the heart of all lovers of peace. THREES OP A KISD. Lessoas of a Tea-Year Record of Hotel Horrors. New York World. New York has had three fatal hotel fires within ten years, each attended by an ap palling loss of Ufa.- This la the record: Hotel Royal, February 7, 1892; eighteen killed. Windsor hotel, March IT, 1899, forty-live killed. Park Avenue hotel, February 22, 1902 sixteen killed. What has the city learned from these repeated hor.ors? - After the fire in the Hotel Royal, which had no Are escapes, there was much talk of amending statutes and multiplying safe guards. : All that ,was accomplished waa the discharge of one Inspector. - The Windsor hotel horror brought from the public officials no practicable sugges. tlon. The World, however, forced the passage of a law requiring, watchmen to patrol hotels at night and ordering other safeguards. : The ' Park Avenue hotel disaster shows that further measures of protection are needed. Chief Croker states that there were In the hotel neither fire buckets nor rose and that if there had been the em ployea could have extinguished the flames unaided. There were no exterior fire es capes oa street or court, nor even ropes la the upper rooms. Over the smoking ruins Proprietor Reed explains that such precau tions were thought needless, as the place vas "fireproof!" Are there other hotels In New York as fatally "fireproof." so dangerously deficient lo safeguards for their guests? How will the city, profit by 1U third hotel horror I BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. F.trnlegs of People Eveots at the Natlaaal Capital. "One of the most promising young men In the house of representatives," says a Washington letter In the New York Trib une, "Is Elmer Jacob Burkett. who comes from Mr. Bryan's home and Is that great spellbinder's successor In congress. Mr. Burkett Is only 33 years old, and looks even younger, but he Impresses one with his dignity and reserve force. With an acumen possessed by few young members, he has refrained from exploiting himself on the floor of the house, has rarely en gaged in debate or made eloquent speeches to the galleries, but he has worked to some purpose in the committees on which he Is a member, sod has proved himself so effi cient that In this congress, his second term. he was rewarded by a place on the com mittee of appropriations, an unusual honor for so young a member. Not long ago, however, he broke the silence be has main tained since he first took his seat, and made speech on the permament census that won him the applause of his colleagues on both sides of the house, even those who dissented from him expressing admiration of the masterly way In which he presented his views. Mr. Burkett's alma mater la Tabor college, Iowa, from which he grad uated with high honors In 1890, and of which he Is now a trustee. After receiv ing bis B. A. Mr. Burkett taught school for two years, then entered the state uni versity, where he took a course In law. being awarded the degree of L.L. B. In 1898 and L.L. M. In 1896. Since being ad mitted to the bar he has practised law in Lincoln, and is regarded aa one of the ablest lawyers In Nebraska. His constitu ency is almost a unit for his eleotlon to a third term, and some of his admirers pre dict that the toga of the upper house will one day be bestowed upon him." I see," said the old congressman, quoted In a Washington letter, "that GaJusha A. Grow, father of the house, is to retire at the end of the present congress. I never hear of Grow but I am reminded of some thing which happened when he was speaker. It was during th time when Oodlove 8. Orth of Indiana was a congressman. Orth, It may be remembered, waa for many years veteran of the lower house. "On the day in question Grow had as his guest a prominent member of the Brit ish parliament, who waa Intensely Inter ested in everything about congress and its method of doing business. "The Englishman sat close beside the speaker and frequently leaned over to him and asked questions w hen something puzzled him. 'Soon after he came in the roll was called. One after the other the names of the various members were called in al phabetical order, the visitor straining his ears to keep track of the hurried, sing song pronunciation of the clerk. In the midst of the call he whispered to his friend, the speaker. 'I say he said, 'isn't that a peculiar custom T Right In the midst of the roll call the clerk stops and offers up a prayer. 'God love us all," he says. How did that custom origlnateT I think It Interesting as well as remarkable.' "Speaker Grow .was dumfounded for a moment. Then It dawned on him and he had hard work to suppress a smile. " 'That's the name of the gentleman from Indiana,' be said. It's really God love S. Orth, though the mistake you made Is perfectly natural.' " 'How extraordinary,' said the English man," "The magnificent decorations in the new committee rooms just completed in the por tion of the capltol formerly used for hous ing the congressional library," says a cor respondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, " caused a number of members of the house noted for abstemious and econom ical living to comment upon the extrava gance manifested. A gold mirror on its marble carved base was under considera tion. Upon inquiry it waa found there were four of these in the different new commit tee rooms. They cost S900 each. The fur niture, which is of solid mahogany, was made from special designs and for the spe cial rooms. In which the color schemes were all worked out before a single purchase was made. Where the chairmen of the respec tive committees were known they were con sulted as to these decorations. Otherwise, the architect of the capltol used his discre tion and Individual taste. But the extrava gances in the new committee rooms do not exceed those of former years and former administrations. There Is the solid gold ink well in the office of the vice president, now the office of the president pro tempore of the senate. It coBt the government 11,000. Then there is that ordinary looking clock in the marble room of the senate. It came originally from Switzerland, and when the government paid the bill the receipt was for $6,000. These were expenditures tor the llv Ing, but there Is the dead aa well, tor one of the most expensive of the small pur. chases of Uncle Sam is the tip on top of the Washington monument, raised to the memory of the first president. It weighs twenty-six pounds. It is of platinum, more precious and expensive than solid gold." 'As a matter of fact," says the Wash lngton Post, "there Is little or no gambling now In the capltol, compared with the con dltlons of years ago. There used to be a time when certain committee rooms were the rendezvous for poker players, and the games were generally without limit. 'Many senators and representatives do not object to a little game now, but they play in the evening and not at the capltol. There were poker stories galore around the capltol In the olden days. One incident became a classic. There was a party In the room of a southern congressmaa and the game ran high. A western member opened a jackpot, and the southerner, who was upon his left, came In, together with two other congressmen. The westerner stood pat, whereupon the southerner dis carded two cards. The betting began and soon became so swift that, only the south erner and the westerner remained. Finally the latter called his colleague and the hands were shown. "The westerner had opened the pot on four kings. As soon as he stood pat, the southerner broke a pair of sixes and held the four,. five and six of spades in his band. hoping against hope to make a spade flush. He was dealt the seven and eight of spades, making a straight flush. "The western member didn't say a word when he learned what had happened, but it was noticeable that he didn't touch I card again during that session." "The myaterles of the newspaper profes slon," remarked Assistant Secretary of Bute David J. Hill to a New York Times correspondent, "have always had deep fascination for me, and particularly that rule of the business which requires newspaper writers to assert that 'much ex citement Is felt in Washington,' or that 'the State department Is deeply gratified over the news,' or that 'much uneasiness is felt at the State department.' "These phrases fill me with a profound and awful joy. But the joy is tempered with a feeling akin to pain when I read, as I frequently do, in ona and the same arti cle that 'the 8 tats department is gratified at the news that so-and-so has happened, but it deeply regrets.' etc. "I have deliberated long and seriously apon this, and it is manifest to me that the State department cannot be in a state of jubilation and regret at the same time. I have therefore wondered la what com partment of tbi official machine these vary i i m Good health depends mostly upon the food we eat We can't be healthy if we take alum or other poison daily in our food. Dr. Price's Baking Powder is ab solutely free from alum. It is made from pure cream of tartar and adds to the healthfulness of the food. rmci Bakins powqis Co., Chicaso Ing emotions are stored away for tapping; In other words, which official it la to whom the task Is assigned of fluttering with buoy ant glee, and upon which official Is devolved the painful task of vibrating with fear and anguish upon the receipt of news bearing upon diplomatic situations. And especially have I wondered which officials manage to refrain from having their souls rent and torn with conflicting passions, alternating between trended joy . and frantlo despair, whenever a consular report comes In. Have I reached a conclusion? Yes, I have. With much gratification and deep regret I have come to the conclusion that the State department never feels gratified at anything and never regrets anything: that It Is never happy and never sad, and that its soul is hardly more vibrant and responsive than that of a locomotive. "I hesitate to express this conviction, be cause the newspapers evidently do not agree with me, and I would not for the world have them give up these expressions. which have been to me the source of so much deep gratification aad profound re gret." PERSONAL NOTES. During his visit to St. Louis Prince Henry will be taken to the site of the Louisiana Purchase exposition and shown how the work of driving postholes Is pro gressing on the Skinker road. The richest Chinaman In America, Chin Tan Sun, came across the Paclflo in the steerage as a hoy. He married a white woman and started a lottery business la San Francisco. Now he Is a multimil lionaire. President Roosevelt has been Invited to visit Johnson City, Tenn., this spring to take part In the formal laying of the cor nerstone of the first building to be erected for the Mountain Branch national soldiers' home at that place. The venerable ex-Governor Holbrook, the war governor of Vermont in 1861-SZ, ob served his elghty-ntnth birthday . on the 15th Inst. He Is strong physically and men tally, takes dally walks upon the streets and manifests a lively Interest ' in public affairs. Charles Clinton, an old soldier and a prominent resident of Avondale, O., has presented that city with a handsome Lin coln statue. It consists of two figures,-one statue of Lincoln seven feet ten Inches In height and the other a female figure of Fame Inscribing the name of Lincoln on the tablet of Immortals. In Louisville the other day, says the Savannah News, a newspaper reporter ap proached General Fitshugh Lee. "What do you think" began the reporter. That was as far as he got. General Lee held up bis hands. "I don't think at all," he said. The tact Is, I am not allowed to think. I am an officer In the United States army." Mr. Gourley of the Dominion Parliament Is sure that he and his compatriots could conquer this country and annex It to Can ada within six months. His remarks sound like an echo of that Spanish general who, at the time of the controversy over Cuba, proposed . to march aa army across the United States. Somehow, that proposition fell through. France has conferred upon Dr. William H. Tolman of New York, the well known social economist, the cross of the Legion of Honor. This distinction was extended by President Loubet upon the recommenda tion of M. Delcasse and Jules Setgfrled. At the Paris exposition of 1900 the industrial betterment department of the social econ omy exhibit of the United States, which waa under the care and Interpretation of Dr. Tolman, received a gold medal. chitis when your doctor more freely about our medicines. For more than 40 years I have kept Ayers Cherry Pectoral In the boose, and I do not believe there is a remedy In the world equal to It for all throat and long troubles.- Mrs. MAST J. Yovwa, Clifford, N-Y. Uc fee, tl M. 1. C. A VP 8 CO., Lowell, Wees. MaBMHMMasSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSSBBBBBBBBSBBSBSSBBM cream NOTE. Alum baking powders indues dys pepsia, liver complaint and kidney trou ble. Alum may not kill but undermines the health, and Ul health makes lite miserable. LINES TO A SMILE. Chicago Post: "Of course you Intend that your son shall go through college." "That's my intention. If he doesn't tret through my bank account first" Somervllle Journal: He I can trace my descent from William the Conqueror. She The evil men do Uvea after them. New York 8un: "Is It winter or summer in South Africa now?" asked Mrs. Darley. "It seems to me that it is Dowet sea son," replied Mr. Darley, Philadelphia Press: younsrest boy. Lushley Thla Is my Friend Ah I Is this the celebrated baby you've been talking about so muchT Lushley Of course, he waa celebrated. Every baby that arrives at our house U. , Trust mo for that. ' Washington Star: "You say your airship Is a success." "I do," answered the inventor. "But it never flics amy distance worth mentioning." or course not. it ts too valuable aa In- ventlon to be allowed off the earth very long at a time." Chicago Tribune: "At the present prieo of eggs," said the guest at the restaurant, "how can you serve a steak and aa egg for 26 cents?" "Well," replied the waiter, lowering his voice, "we lose on the egg, of course, but we make It up on the steak." Which the guest discovered a few min utes later to bo true. , . Harper's Basar: "A man has Just dropped dead in the ready-made clothing .depart ment," said a new clerk in the big de partment store, running up excitedly to the floorwalker. "Have him taken to the cemntery-lat de partment with the undertaking annex, fourteenth floor front," he replied briskly. THE CAROLINA STYLE. Montague in Portland Oregonlan. J. J. Come, all ye stalwart Senator, for great affairs of state, . Call forth your best endeavors, so take corners for debate. No longer deal with topics, grave in speeches without bounds. But seconds get, and referees, and settle them by rounds. For Tillman and McLaurin now have shown you how to cope With questions worthy of your time inside the tight-drawn rope). With finish fights you henoeforthr shall the galleries beguile, And argue every old (debate in Carolina style., ' )' Henceforth the Senator ' who ; thinks his colleagues overlook The interests of his state can place a vigor ous left hook; And if some watch-dog wants to stop a hungry-looking grab, He'll step forth on the floor and land a vicious short-arm Jab, To get in on committees they will all rush in the ring, And each hand out the chairman a convinc ing full-arm swing. - No further ned with language strong each other to revile The best and safest logic is the Carolina style. Should some one Intimate Depew knows more of love than law, . i That learned doctor will Jump up and counter to-the Jaw. - Should Morgan solemnly arise to talk a week or so, The man who wants tho floor will plant a crushing body blow. Should some hot Southern gentleman free silver doctrine- teach. He's likely to go up against lank Fair bank's lengthy reach. - A session with the modern rule would prove well worth one's while If everything is settled in . the Carolina style. And oh! the possibilities for poor neglected states, Which hitherto In Congress had but physi cal UghtwelKhts. ' , The brultter In the Senate will forthwith become the rnge. And Jeffries and Fltaslmmona will be taken from the stage. While old John L. and Sharkey, and Mc Govern and the rest, Will all be sent to Washington to fight like all ponne8ned. The state that haa a heavyweight can well afford to smile. When things are dons and fights are won in Carolina style. AYERsS CHERRY PECTORAL Equally good for mother and child. The dose is different, that's all. For the mother when she has a cold, a cough, or a weak throat ; for the child when it has the croup. For the mother when she has bron-! or asthma; for the child it has a night cough or. the cough of measles. We wish you would consult