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TITE OMAHA DAFLY BEE: TTJESDAT, 3LA.TICTI 4, 1002. Tiie omaiia Daily Bee. E. ROB E W ATE R, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORN1NQ. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, pally Bee (without Sunday). On" Year..M -W lally He and flundny, One Tear " IllimtratPd fiw, One Year V? Sunday I . One Year ' fttturday Bee, One Year J Twentieth Century Firmer, One Tear.. l.W DELIVERED BY CARRIER, pally Bee- (without Sunday), per copy.... to isllv Bee (without Bundayi. per week... wo lAily Bee (Including Sunday), per wee. .1(0 Forma y Bee, per copy Kvenlng Bee (without Hunday. per week.iuo Evening Bee (including Bunday), per ComplaVnts'of 'irregularities In 4"? hould be addressed to City Circulation De jartment. OFFICES. Omaha-The Be- Building. Bouth Omaha City Hall Building. Twenty-fifth and M 8treeta. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 1640 Unity Building. New York Temple Court. .Washington 01 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to "news and edi torial matter ahould be addressed: Omaha .Bee. Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business lettera and remlttancea ahould be addressed: The Bee Publishing Company, pmaha. . REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, Bayable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only S-cent stamps accepted in payment or triall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THH BEE PUBUBHINO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Dougtae C0unty,sa: Oeorge B. Tsschuck, secretary of The Bee jMbllshlpg Company, being duly sworn, pays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Daily, Morning, SJvenlng and Sunday Bee printed during the month of February, 1902, was aa fol low: L...U.-....8O.10O ...80,960 I.. ....... ...80,380 . . IS 80,20 M,.30,5i0 17 .....80.10 4 30,720 ' " 18.. 80,870 ....... ....80,4 19 .....80,380 0,54o ao 3o,aao 7 80,210 21 30,180 S0.8OO 22 80,120 t SO.JUWJ . 28 80,100 10 ...8O.10O 24 80,470 11 80,340 25 80,300 11 30,280 . . ... 2 80,070 80,140 ' ' 29.950 14...., 80,420 ' -,v' '28."...:.......,H) Total .847,940 Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,124 Net total sales B37,ua Net- dally average 29.92J GEO. B. TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and. sworn to Derore rne wis zsib aay or r enruary, jv (Seat) Notary Public, With floods in the cast nnd snowalldes In the west Nebraska can stand March rinds without any loud complaint Just to show that it is a live corpora tion the street railway company pro poses to extend one of. its lines to the cemetery. Paterson Is now prepared to pass Judgment on the old .'debating society topic, "Which Is the more destructive, Are or water?" ' We are still waiting for the Jackson , lass to improvise a celebration that will produce harmony without a piano ac companiment ' Now Is the time for weather prophets to make a record. Just predict variable weather and you will score a 'large per cent of correct guesses.' 'j ' ' ; . A story Is going the rounds of how kissing was invented. It should be enough for the ordinary mortal to know ' that the patent has run out.' - The Chicago Great Western wants to Come Into Omaha and Omaha should see to It that no obstructions placed there by other railroads be permitted to keep It out In the meanwhile, we have nqt heard tt any Interest money being turned In by the county treasurer earned ' by county funds deposited In the local banks. A bill has been Introduced In the Vlr glnla legislature permitting women to carry weapons. What is the necessity o long as most of them are equipped .With hatpins? .', King Ak-Sar-Ben and the union labor Chiefs have shaken bands and smoked the J ipe of peace, pledging perpetual Xrlendshlp. This . treaty will be rati fled vyltnout dissent ' Senator Tillman tells the' people of New York that the country Is surely go - lug to rack and ruin.' The senator should turn his head around so as to see some of the things located over on bis blind aide. ... St Louis exposition officials promise to do .three and a half years' building work In a little over a year. If they accomplish the task It will never again be In order to call St Louis a sleepy town.. ..,,,.- . .,..... South Omaha 4s figuring on. reaping the benefits of a war between rival Ice companies. It Is a little early, however, to count the chickens. The Ice men may warm up to each other when the warm (weather sets In. ; Omaha meat packers are about to bid to supply a few tons of Vienna sausage to the army commissary department. Omaha is willing to pone as the Vienna of the west if neceauary to. corner the sausage market '; A revolution Is threuteueoT in Turkey and a rebellion Is brewing In Arabia. People who have struggled with the names current In tliotte portlout of the world will fervently pray that the trouble may be settled amicably. One of the woman's suffrage chani plons intimates that if It came to a choice between disrupting the family and disfranchising the women she would prefer the former. The second genera lion of suffragists evidently does not count General KitclR-uer's stock of regrets has been still further drawn upon. The British taxpayer undoubtedly realizes by this time that President Kruger was no Idle braggart when he said that the Boers would be vanquished at a cost that would stagger humanity.1 QOTKRHMZST FOB PhlLlPPlUCS. After having provided revenue for the Philippines, which Is the matter of first Importance for the action of congress, the framing of a plan of civil govern ment for the inlands is the next thing to be done. A MM for this purpose has been under careful consideration and as it is acceptabfe to the administration and Is approved by the republican lead ers in congress. Its adoption may be safely predicted. The measure provides for a governor to be appointed by the president a legis lative body, the upper chamber of which Is to be composed of the present eight members of the Philippine commission, with the addition of three others, two of whom shall be Americans and one native, and a lower chamber whose members shall be elected by the so-called Christian Inhabitants of the Islands. The plan, while giving the natives rep resentation In the insular government retains power In the hands of the Ameri cans. Thus if the chamber composed of natives should fall to vote appropria tions necessary to carry on the govern ment the upper chamber may proceed to do so and in case of a deadlock be tween the two houses the authority to grant supplies is. lodged with the gov ernor, who may also by the exercise of the veto power defeat undesirable meas ures. The worst that could happen, under the proposed plan, would be fail ure of the legislative body to pass con structive legislation, but this is a very remote danger, since It is most Improb able that the elective, or popular cham ber would oppose measures for the Im provement of conditions In the Islands and for their commercial .development The men elected to that branch of the assembly will undoubtedly be of the more Intelligent . and progressive class and largely in sympathy with -American Ideas of advancement Moreover, It Is not contemplated to put the scheme of Insular government into operation at once and perhaps not until there Is com plete pacification, so that In the mean time a great deal can be done Jn edu cating the people to American Ideas of Industrial Improvement and better ma terial and social conditions. There is no doubt that some progress has already been made in this respect and It Is reasonably to be expected that the ad vance will be niorerapld hereafter. An important feature of the proposed legislation relates to the granting of franchises. This will require careful regulation, particularly as to the pre vention of monopoly. There must be no exploitation of the Philippines by mo nopolistic syndicates. How this import ant matter shall be regulated has not been definitely determined, but It is safe to assume that a liberal and at the same time safe policy will be adopted a policy which will not discourage the investment of capital In the Islands, but will prevent monopoly In any of their resources. All who are conversant with conditions there agree that the urgent deed is capital and it is not doubted that this will be abundantly supplied when ever the proper inducements are offered. The sooner this Is done the better, for the promotion of Industry and trade will be powerfully conducive to peace and popular contentment It Is not necessary that this should wait for the establishment of an insular government and doubtless the Philippine commission will be given power to grant franchises under regulations prescribed by con gress. ICROPAX SCQAH BOUXTIIS. . The agreement reported to have been reached by the representatives of the European countries paying sugar boun ties, by which It is proposed to abolish the bounty system, will. If it shall go Into effect probably revolutionize the European sugar industry. Under- the bounty system that industry has been built up and its decline, it would Becm, must Inevitably result from a with drawal of bounties, notwithstanding the imposition of countervailing duties, as proposed, not less in amount than the bounties granted. The beet sugar pro ducers in the exporting countries have been able to make the industry fairly profitable by reason of the bounty on the surplus and the fact that they re ceived more for the sugar consumed at home than for that shipped. Under the agreement there, will be no inducement to export for It will not be profitable to do so In the absence of a bounty, and throwing the surplus upon the home market will reduce the price there per baps to an unprofitable basis. - Counter vailing duties will not so far as we can see, help the producers, who in order to maintain the domestic price, upon which they must rely for profit will have to materially curtail production That this will prove something of a hardship, at least for a, time, there is no doubt but possibly It will In the end be beneficial. In placing the sugar Indus try on a sound basis. ' It appears that the British government has had no little Influence in bringing about the agreement of the Brussels conference. That government bad an nounced lfs intention to adopt a pref erential tariff in favor of any of its colonies producing cane sugar, the ef fect of which would be verj damaging to the European ybeet sugar interest, and it seems that before the agreement of the Brussels conference was reached a promise was obtained from the British government not to adopt a preferential tariff In favor of Its sugar-producing colonies. So far as the American sugar Industry is concerned, the action of the conference s of no great significance. If bounties are abolished the counter vailing duty in our tariff law will of course tfeeonie inoperative, but that will make no Important difference In the situ atton, so far as our sugar Interest ,ls con cemed. The American iudustry will certainly not be subject to any Increase of competition from European sugar and the probability is that in time that com petition win become less, from reduced production. At all events, the sugar producers of Europe will not hereafter be able to sell their surplus here at any less price than they have sold It and If our government grants tariff conces sions to Cuban sugar the European pro ducers will be at a decided disadvan tage.. The chief If not Indeed the only con cern of the sugar Industry of the United States Is In regard to Cuban competi tion. It can defend Itself easily and successfully against Europe, but there Is danger in the competition of Cuba, particularly If it should be encouraged and stimulated by such concessions as are asked by those who are either hostile or Indifferent to the domestic industry. While, therefore, we can regard the ac tion of the Brussels sugar conference without concern, the question of prop erly safeguarding our own Industry against injury from competition at our very door Is one of serious consequence. THE WETS AO AM ST THE DRTS. The teams are again taking their places in the various Nebraska towns for the annual tug-of-war between the wets and the drys and the onslaught is to be this year enlivened by the par ticipation of several picturesque put verizers of the rum power, headed by the great hatchet wielder, Carrie Nation. Bow Inspiring the prospect Is to those within the belligerent line may be real ised from the following effusion of the poet of Salt Creek, moved to the muse by the formation of the phalanxes under the shadow of the state house: To have saloons or not to have saloons. that Is the question; whether It were bet ter to have the open retail liquor store under the watchful eye of the chief of police or relegate the whole job to drug- gtota and the blind pig fraternity Is the proposition with which the voters of Lin coln are to wrestle In the coming election. It ought to lend to the campaign a seat which has been lacking In former munici pal struggles. It is a question moral, commercial and ethical. It affords a field for. argument radical and rantankerous to the verge of bloodshed. It appeals to the moral sensibilities on the ' one ' hand and the cold, commercial Instincts on the other. There would be no question of what ought to be done If It were possible to vote away the thirst along with the legal right to sell budge as a beverage,' but it has been found that man's oftlmes Inherent desire to get drunk cannot be eliminated by municipal ordinance or statutory enactment, and his Inborn love of liberty causes him to revolt at the thought that society Is trying to safe guard him from hltnseif by making It un lawful for anybody to sell the stuff be Is fairly perishing to buy. So, as usual In nearly all the spring municipal elections in Nebraska, the des perate contest between the wets and the drys will overshadow the prestige of political parties and the personalities of aspiring candidates for municipal honors. ' A terrible tempest In a teapot Is the only way to characterise the hub-bub that has been raised over the efforts of memebers ' of the school board to abate -certain warrant brokerage abuses. There Is no question but what these board members have been acting with the best intentions under the im pression that they could save part of the Interest on salary warrants without in any way affecting the salaries of em ployes -except possibly to insure them more prompt payment When the contro versy becomes, as it has, a fight be tween competing warrant brokers for the privilege of scalping the warrants the public has no concern, nor have the teachers anything at stake. The conviction for murder in Chicago of a young dentist formerly a resident of Nebraska, who had made an agree ment with his paramour to commit sui cide together, which she alone kept opens up a new species of constructive crime. A case very similar was dis closed at Lincoln about a year ago, in which the woman was likewise the victim, but the coroner's Jury there ex onerated the man and no prosecution fol lowed. If the Chicago verdict should be come an established precedent people will take due warning not to become members of a suicide syndicate without making sure of succesf ul self-destruc tion. The foreign ambassadors at Washing ton are 'highly offended because they were not seated ahead of the supreme court judges at the McKInley memorial exercises. These differences may be a matter of great moment to the officials, but to the average citizen the fuss over questions of precedence in official life are sometimes amusing, but more often cause a violent attack of the tired feel ing. Had the Ral Estate exchange started in a little earlier on the city tax assess ment many of the complications since encountered would have been avoided. By starting In early on the county tax assessment the experience gained in connection with the city assessment can be turned to practical account , Prince lienry does not know what be Is missing by not visiting Omaha. lie might have had a huge gilded key beau tifully festooned in ribbons of red, whita and blue, and red, white and black to take home with hinj along with bis other souvenirs. r e , 111 luck appears to follow the St. Louis street railway company. A short time ago one of. Its cars wrecked a wagonload of potatoes and now another one has run down a truck loaded with eggs. A few more accidents like this will bankrupt the company. ' ,' lost Thta;a to Uri. . Boston Transcript. Before the festivities are over the Amerl caa people will perhapa learn to distinguish between the German emperor and the em peror of Germany. ' Material for it atoaaesk, Indianapolis Journal. The collector of customs at SUka fur nishes an excellent case for prompt removal from office. A subordinate official who un dertakes to construe treaties and decide In ternatlonal questions and who writes bumptious and Impertinent letters to his More About T. Jefferson Ex-Senator W. W. Allen's Madison Mall. Judge Howard has this to say la the wrong to give blm undivided credit for pur- Columbus Telegram:' Senator Allen appears In greater fear ef democrats than of republicans. The burden of all his song Is a plea to populists to keep away - from democrats. Then he was glad to get as close to democrats as the law would allow. He did get close enough to win the highest honors within the gift of democrats-but now well, there are no honors in Sight Just now and so commute wno arnica mat m.iruraeai em Allen has begua a crueade against the P'oTe part of Rousseau's composition. It memorv of Thorn.- Jefferson and acalnst JuB Howard will examine Curtis' Coh- everythlug and everybody bearing the democratic brand. The Telegram does not desire to create discord within the fusion ranks. We sincerely hope that the demo- erata and nonullata can aet torether thta fall and redeem Nebraska, but It had Just as well be understood now as later that no man, be he Senator Allen or another can heap insult upon the memory of Jefferson and still be In political harmony with Nebraska democrats. The democrats of this state have treated Senator Allen right. He has no kick coming unless It be the kick of an Ingrate." . , friend. Judge Howard. We 1 are not con scious ' of having shown Ingratitude for democratic assistance. We have frequently . ,. cnSULrw. ar. JSVA Ws have no fear o, thojleno party and know of no reason why we ahd have. e!Z Tv "1 yTKy kT e vi ee jr as uus uv uouwvi au v ai v w aaA vised democrats to ceaa trying to destroy the populist, psrty believing that It this Is done the state will be made permanently republican. We are well convinced that there are thousands of good populists who could not be Induced to become democrats. notwithstanding on certain well defined policies they are willing to co-operate with the Bryan wing of that party, We have not "begun a crusade against the memory of Thomas Jefferson and against everything and everybody bearing the democratic brand.- We fcave not ut- tered an untruthful or disrespectful word of Mr. Jefferson or ln any way reflected on his memory. We have pointed out some pertinent uieioncu racw wnicn snouia ne familiar to Judge Howard. It Is wrong to say Mr. Jefferson Is the unaided author of Btantlal ground on which to base the aseer the Declaration of Independence; It Is tlon superior officer cannot be "fired" too soon tor the good of the publlo service. Here la a. Ticket. "Washington Post For president, the Hon. Joseph W. Ivey of Sitka; for vice president the Hon. Charles K. Wheeler of Kentucky. Plat form : Twist brothers, twist , Froaa Exile to High Honor. Boston Globe. How strangely are the contradictions of fortune manifested in the career of Carl Schurs, who Is to have the honor of re ceiving the German emperor's magnificent gift to the Germanic museum at Harvard university. He who was once an exile, the companion of revolutionists and a refugee from his native land Is now the leading representative of German-America In ths nation. Would Germany ever have forgiven Schurs had America . remained a stripling among ths nations t Probably noC . Rapid Growth of the West. Pittsburg Dispatch. While the production of grain Is not in creasing as rapidly Jrev.pttpulatlon, the manu facturing and -commercial Interests of the west are Increasing more rapidly than those of the whole country, manufactured prod ucts showing a ratio of 70 per cent in crease for the United States as against 112 per cent for the west Not the least re markable feature about this development Is the triumph of Industry over natural ob stacles. Towns wilhout coal, iron or water power turn out manufactured products that are shipped to the ends of the earth. Meddlesome and Mlseklevoae. Philadelphia Record. The ratlin of the Postofflce deoartment that a subscription to a newspaper entitled to second class rates mane ana paia xor Dy mm nerson to be .sent to another person with the letter's consent Is not a legitimate subscription, entitled to pouna rates, out mmt tut atamned la a aenarate Dack&ee and prepaid as third' class matter at the rate of 1 cent for each four ounces, is oo vlously a strained Interpretation of the law. T4 iihaKrihpr tn the naDer mav have it sent to his agent or his wife or hie mother- in-law for purposes strictly personal, it is a matter of business Into which neither the publisher nor the carrier can rightfully In quire. The attempted twist given to too law br the deoartment is far-fetched, med dlesome and mischievous. ..... OBJECTIONS TO THE CENSORSHIP. Norfolk . News: ' Governor Eavage has grown really belligerent toward the news naners and has declared a censorship. If the papers will not give him their support toward a nomination be Intends to prove that he Is the ''real thing"' hlle he can and refuses to divulge anything of public inter est that occurs in his office. Hastlnss Tribune: Governor Savage la Issuing an order to his chief clerk to pro hibit his giving out news to the state press committed a great wrong to himself. Whom the gods would destroy they nrst make mad."- It looks much as If Savage had been made mad. Why he persists In doing himself this great Injustice is a mys tery that cannot be solved on any otner theory than that there la a loose wheel somewhere ln his mental machinery. Springfield Monitor: . Prom Governor Sav age's actions be must have rather a poor opinion of those under him ln the executive mansion, as ha has given strict orders that nothing of his official acUons shall he given to the press except what he feels like doling out himself, ln fact his action is loosed upon by a great many as really a censor ship. Nebraska newspaper men will no doubt remember the governor tn the future when he would prefer them to forget. Kimball Observer: Governor Savage has decreed that hereafter no member of the executive office force ahall give to the newspapers any information regarding the official business of his department The governor la sore over the manner In which many of his official acts have been criticized and condemned by the press of the state. and ' proposes to retaliate by withholding ln the future all Information regarding the transaction of business in his office. We trust no newspaper will auspend oa account of this lack of Information from the gov ernor's office before the 1st ef next January - Fremont Tribune: Governor Savage has evidently lost his temper. He has Issued sa order o the slerks ia his office to give out to the public no Information concerning the affairs of the governor's office. The newspapers of the state have been unspar. Ing In their criticism of the governor's par don of Bart ley and he baa resorted to this method to "get even" with them. The af fairs of the governor's office are merely matters of news and the public, being en titled to such Information, will regard the governor's action as beneath the dignity of a chief executive. Meanwhile the news papers are likely to procure all the news worth printing and la due time the gov. trior will conclude he has acted vawisely. chasing the Louisiana territory. Mr. Jef- freou was wrong la his prosecution . or Aaron uurr. ana m are wen esxaonsaea n ,uaB" "w " "- seaua uiscwurae on me vrigin o inequ- jr Among Men." published rn 1753. he will the latter la the author of the doctrine of the Declaration of Independence n"l of nucn le. sad that the atltutional History of the United States he m fcU respecting the purchase the Louisiana territory. If he will read the trial of Aaron Burr, reported in three volumes, and the case of Ex-parts BoJlman, reported In the United State supreme court reports, he will know the history of. Burr's alleged treason. ow, tr to draw attenuon to tnese wen nown facts Is to begin "a crusade against the memory of Thomas Jefferson and against everything and everybody bearing the demo- cr,uc fnaa, we are guilty; otherwise we re Innocent We have not "heaped Insult on tne memory or. jenerson, ana are not disposed to do so, but we are not a blind worshiper of Jefferson.. . We think he waa vf;;" I 7T.m T7-mTVuT h. but tn soma respects a misguided man. He ITJ' T'ZZri trTTX.'ZlZnl whch t0 Wflt race but we are not disposed to place Mr. Jeffer- son on a pedestal and fall down and wor- M n ,i . ,m .. W,B w camr9 Jefre0Il wltb Lin- coln, to Jefferson's disadvantage. We de sire to be ln harmony with the reform element, of the ute ,na natlon but our political faith cannot be prescribed by political savants or doctrinaire. We have ln no manner -cnanged political vlewa from those held years ago. We have never , Wft -.v, w h,ii.v. .mi. BeIlt taen faults, and ln estimating the,r ,lTet ,t ta neceBimry to consider tlwlr fBult, M proper factors. It may be tnftt Jujge Howard has not read the life cf jeffer8on as carefully as he should, and he roay have jun,pcd at the conclusion that we nave begun a crusade against the memni-r of Thomas Jefferson" without auh- BITS OP WASHINGTON LIFE. Eteblaars of People and Events at the National Capital. The bureau of engraving and printing has completed and stored away an official portrait of President Roosevelt for future use on postage stamps, currency and medallions. The official vignette repre sents what the president considers his beet photograph. It la a two-thirds view, show ing the president ln the prime of health. He wears glasses and the familiar, low rolled "Roosevelt collar." Director Mere dith of the bureau has Just had framed a complete set of presidential vignettes from Washington's to Roosevelt's inclusive. Since the art of steel engraving was first applied la thla country these have been made during the lives and administrations of their subjects. Once having been placed upon any government security, It becomes Illegal to reproduce these official portraits. This is a wise precaution which the gov ernment takes against ths counterfeiting art It used to be customary for secre taries of the treasury to issue sets of presi dential vignettes - to favored Individuals, but the passage of the law forbidding re production of any designs of figures on money, securities or stamps of any form put an end to this practice. "These vignettes," says the Wsahington Star, "are stored away for several reasons. It Is customary to honor dead presidents by placing their features upon official money of the United States. Then, a gains if a president dies ln office an official memorial souvenir is always prepared by the bureau of engraving and printing. Thla bears the official vignette. Only dead presidents are honored by the placing of their portraits upon government securities. Official memorials are engraved as tributes to only those who die In harness." When Senator Warren of Wyoming rushed to separate Tillman and McLaurln ln the senate chamber the other day, he must have remembered rather vividly a scene which was once enacted ln the Wyoming territorial legislature .when he presided over that body. On that occasion two members, after the free and i easy manners of the western statesmen, wanted to secure a bill which was upon the clerk's desk and make away with It The stalwart legislators when they attempted to seise the bill were con fronted by ths clerk. A struggle ensued. Senator Warren, as soon as he grasped the situation, leaped from his chair and precipitated himself upon the combatants. Single-handed he separated three men, rescued the bill, put the clerk back at his desk and sent the two legislators to their seats. Then he resumed his place as pro siding officer. "The house will come to order," was his sole remark. "How did Senator Clark make his money? asked a constituent of his sena tor ln the marble room of the senate, . re ports the Washington Times. "Come up to the gallery with me, and I will show you," was the reply. When they had reached the gallery the senator pointed to Senator Clark working at his desk, writing, blotting and stick ing bis pen behind his ear In true clerk ship style. "That's ths secret Work work, all day long. That man puta ln more solid hours of actual work at his desk In this body than any of his colleagues, and carries the weight of more enterprises than any man who ever had a seat in the body." A correspondent of the Brooklyn Eagle says President Roosevelt la not much of a reader of newspapers. He will take a paper and run his eye hurriedly over It very much as a business man might do on bis way to his office In the morning. President McKInley, on the other band, was a perfect glutton for reading the sewapapera. He aot only perused the principal republican papers of ths country, but he also read the democratic sheets. He never depended upon his subordinates or associates la office for his information as to what the people of the country, through their newspapers, thought of his administrative actions. It has been aald that McKInley kept his ear to the ground. If a careful perusal of the newspapers of the country meant keeping bis ear to the ground, he certainly did. When an editorial or a news dispatch pleased him. McKInley would speak to his secretary. Mr. Cortelyou, and request him to communicate with the writer of the aald article or dispatch and extend to him the president's compliments and congratula tions for the article In question. The result was that the president had the good will and liking, not only of republican editors, but of many democratic editors. Oa one occasloa the proprietor of a great eastern Independent democratic paper called on blm. In the course of the conversation be tween the president and the newspaper man, the latter said: "What is worrying me, Mr. President, Is not that my paper supported the repub lican ticket during the last two presides- EMPEROR .WILLIAM DISCOVERS AMERICAN GRIDDLE CAKES. i ( ' ; ' . lit Nf Yrk HtntJ. . : That good old American buckwheat cakoa, with maple syrup, can tickle an Imperial palate Is ths latest discovery made by. ' . . William II., of Germany. The Emperor learned the appetising qoal- Itles of American cookery during a visit to the new Hamburg-American yacht Ptinceas ' Victoria Louise, to which, for the oeraatoa. ' a the noted chef ef the crack steamer ' v,"' Deutechland, Herr Pabrenhelm, had bee transferred. An American breakfast was prepared fnr the Emperor, which he liked so well that be stayed for another. His Maieaty sup, dally praised the buckwheat cakes, which he dec lared had proves emtreinoly Daiatable. and finally sent his own chef to the , Dautechland, where he took a two days' coarse In American eookery, during which. ' the Deutachlend's chef says, he was taught how to make American buckwheat cakes and ether typical American dishes. The American buckwheat rake ait served en the Deutechland. and which Is to bo hereafter a part of Emperor WIlMarn e menu, la made In the following- manner: Two cups of buckwheat, one cup of wheat flour, two tablespoon of Royal Baking Powder, one-half teajipoonful of salt, au sifted well together. Mix with milk Into a thin batter ad .ake at onco oa a hot grtt YOU MUST USE ROYAL BAKING POWDER TO GET THE!! RIGHT. tlal elections, but what la disturbing me Is how we are to get back again Into the democratic fold." McKInley smilingly replied: "My dear sir, my object will bo to make It so pleasant for you that you will not want to go back to the democratic party." PERSONAL NOTES. The Signal corps, according to Inspector General Breckinridge, has lost more men than any other department ln the Philip pines. t . Rear Admiral Oscar W. Farenholt U. 8. N., who was inspection officer at Charleston navy yard up to about a year ago and who Is now on tho retired list, la the only of ficer In the service who reached ths grade of rear admiral from the position of en listed man. v One of the unfortunate results of ths re cent storm down east was the destruction of many of Princeton college's One old elms. The oldest trees are ln the dean's yard and most of these are ruined. They were planted In 1774 to commemorate the repeat of ths stamp act . The drapery on President McKinler's pew ln the First Methodist church of Canton, O., was removed the other day. Although all pews In the church are tree tho Mc KInley pew has not been occupied by any one since the funeral. It Is to bo perma nently marked by a plate. Riley M. Fletcher Barry of Buffalo has long made a personal study of tho Ameri can msy- He has been ln tho habit of consorting with them at Intervals and knows their language and customs better, probably, than any gorglo (as the gypsy calls tho outsider) ln this country. Dr. George Croly's address is often In quired for from his publishers. They have adopted this stereotyped answer: "We have no doubt as to the present abode of Dr. Croly, as ho waa a good man, but ths United States postal authorities have no facilities for sending letters thither." Prof. Sydney R. Covey, principal of one of the publlo schools of Utlca, N. T., who has drunk nothing but sterilised water for several years. Is dead from typhoid, fever and an investigation shows that tho well used by the concern which furnished tho sterilised water la filled with typhoid germs. , ' ' The action of a dying doctor down east ln ordering the cremation of his body and scattering the ashes over his home county Is commented on as a post-mortem rejec tion of the doctrine of resurrection. Not necessarily. Possibly the doctor - had a wholesome fear of laying down with his patienta. A Berlin editor expresses In his paper the hope that nothing Interesting or Impor tant may happen In this country ln tho next five years, so that ths newspapers of Ger many shall have an opportunity to get back the money they bave paid in cablegrams to tell about Prince Henry's arrival and re ception hero. TROUBLOUS TIMES IN NEBRASKA, Goveraor lavage's Irade Aaralaat the Press. . . Minneapolis Times. Governor Savage of Nebraska has Issued aa trade. . He baa declared ln good set terms that no more news shall bo given to reporters calling at the executive offices. The governor Is so angry that his name fits him like a glove and his wrath Is due to the fact that many of the newspapers of the stats attacked hfm bitterly because he pardoned Joseph BafMey, the default ing state treasurer. y As the news of the pardon was obtained by reporters whose dally rounds Include the governor's office, that functionary rea sons that hs would not hava been scolded If those reporters had not caused the pub lication of the fact that the pardon bad the best tonic you can possibly take. There's nothing'like it for building up, the nerves, for throwing off that feeling of exhaustion, and for making rich blood. Suppose yon ask your doctor how often he prescribes this splendid tonic. "After saerki( terribly, I was Induced to-try your farsapaxilla. I took throe bottles sad sow feel like a new man. 1 woald advise all in need of a tonic to try this medicine,'' I. D. Good, Browntowa, Va. Sl.t Ad been Issued. Ths executive offices . may furnish other news of an unpleasant char acter if reporters are admitted as before. Therefore they must be excluded. The governor's reasoning Is slightly de fective and his nkase will have an effect the opposite of the one Intended. The news papers will obtain the news, as they al ways do tn such cases, hut they will bo less considerate of the governor's feelings than before, when his official acts seem to bo out of tuns with law. Justice or good publlo policy. The commonwealth of Nebraska baa a wideawake and peppery press and we look for some amusing developments If Governor Savage perseveres ln his determination to mutate It. LINES TO A LAUGH. Washington (War: "It do seem' some times," said TJncle Eben, "dat a man does do some o' his mos' brilliant work when be's Ingaged In ma kin' a blunder." Boston Transcript: King Rdward baa ennobled the brewer of Bass, which Is erven a greater distinction than when one of his predecessors knlfthted a loin of beef, which remains to this day Sir Loin. - . Chicago Tribune: "You're looking rnlghty cheerful for a fellow that's Just got a roast from the old man for being la to," said the bill clerk. "That's where the fun comee In." chuckled Terence, the porter. 'Th ol' man forgot all about. It's beln' Lent." New Tork Bun: Wife My dear, I need a new dress. Husband J don't care a fig! ( . , r Baltimore American: "The refrain." ws said to our neighbor at the vaudeville performance while tho popular ballad was being rendered, "Is prettier than the verses." "Yes," be agreed. "I wish he would re train altogether." ,.h Chicago Post:- "Have you irot re(rIonr, asked the earnest worker -of . tho -wear? wayfarer who had drifted Into, a revival meeting. . ' . . "Yee'm," was the prompt reply, "an Pm just as hungry aa I was before." . Philadelphia Press: "For goodness sake?" explalmed the clam, for once breaking- Its habitual silence, ''what makes you so glum?" "I was Just wondering," replied the oys ter, "why they couldn't postpone Lent to those months that bave no K In them." Brooklyn Life: Clarice Katharine Is al ways looking out for more Important peo- le, so I determined not to notice her at rs. Chic's reception. Clarence How did It work . Clarice Oh, she didn't even nonce that I didn't notice her. YE HAPPY FARMER'S LIFE. J. J. Montague ln Portland Oregonlan. Of all ye Lives I wot of. Ye farmer's Is most Blest, He tills ye Soil with sturdy Toil, And wastes no Tyme In Best He rises In ye Morning When half pant Two baa struck, At Tenne he hlttee ye Bedda again. If yt he has good Luck, , , , He Journeys to ye Stable And milks two dosen Ktna, At half past Four he hunger sore, And for ye Food does Pine, Of fried Pork Chops and Coffee He gladly does partake, And to complete ye Meal does eat Ye luscious Buckwheat cake. He rises from ye Table, And Follows forth ye Plowe, But leaves his Place full soon to Chaor Back homo ye straylnc Cowe, Returning to ye Meadow . . Ho labors hard till Noon, And then doea munch a lilts of Lunch, Which ho despatches soon. All day he gaily labors In Field and Btable-Yarrl, . Nor Weary grows as on he goes,' Hot finds his Work is hard. He ueddes down all ye Cattle, When roosts ye tired Lark, A sickly Glim he takes with, him. To light him after Dark. From one Year to another He Harvest sows, and reaps. He lives and thinks and works and drinks And also eats and sleeps. What work he has not Tyme for ' Is managed by his Wyfe, All must concede 'Us good to lead Ye happye Farmer's life. . , MIS The newspapers Keep you posted. Read this one and you will learn that Ayer's Sarsaparilla is 1 J. C AVER COLswi, Mass,