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complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of February, 1Mb, was aa toi
Jows: 1 80.10O 15 J04HM)
80,20 16 80,JMO
1 BO.CIIO 17 80,100
4 30,70 ' 18 8O.8T0
ft S0.4H0 1 aowto
a 80,540 ao ao,aao
7 3o,ai a ao,io
:U,aH 23 80,130
SO.ZSU ' 23 80,100
10 8O.100 24 80,470
11 80.84C 26 ..;...8o,aoo
12 SO.KIO .. . 2 80,070
13 80,140 .. 71 Jfl,50
li ......80,40 1 28... JW.tWO
Total K47.IMO
Leas unsold and returned copies.... 10,184
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1302. M. B. HUNGATE,
(Seal.) Notary Public,
Watch' the lawyers scatter when they
have to face those business men juries.
Pat Crowe will take due warning not
to set up In business In the vicinity of
Fllley, Neb
Old Boreas seems to Insist on paying
Ms respects annually to the memory of
good St Ta trick.
When Omaha realizes on that prom
ise of a new branch telephone exchange
talk should be still cheaper.
It Is only fair to state that the new
law requiring sports to take out state
licenses does not apply to t those who
chase the duck In Its city haunts.
Not even his political enemies have
been able to discover anything to reflect
on the character; of Frank Koutsky, the
republican candidate for mayor of South
(Omaha.
If the independents, so-called, keop a
petition ticket in the field the citizens of
Couth Omaha will have a chance to
shoot In the air if they don't want to
bit the target
; There la - complaint In Washington
About the' poor drinking water. The
ouallty of the cold tea in the senate and
house restaurants is kept up to the usual
Standard, however.
report is cun.t in London that
Blr Thomas Liptou is to marry an
American girl. If Sir Thomas cannot
secure the America's cup be can un
goubtedly carry off a greater prize.
General Fuuston Is to appear before
the senate committee on the Philippines.
Those looking for a little amusement
should make it a point to be around
when Funston and Senator Fatterson
plash. ,
The underwriters are urging upon the
Iowa legislators the beauties of a de
partment of insurance. If the Iowa
legislature wants full particulars on
this subject it should address some of
the late fusion officials in this state.
King Edward has decided be will cot
go on his usual visit to the continent
this year. Being a king has its dls
advantages as well as its attractive fea
tures. . Affairs of state frequently Inter
fere with the ordinary pleasures of life.
It is in order for the people of the
.United States to cease jeering the Mexl
cans over adhering to the brutal cus
tom of bull fighting. At a recent exhl
blUon of this kind, of the 10,000 people
present the majority were American
tourists.
St Louis papers are warning work
lngmen against coming to that city to
find employment on the exposition
grounds and buildings, as the local sup
ply ot labor Is equal to all the demands.
Evidently St. Louis is in no hurry about
the buildings.
Fopuilsts propose to hold the demo
crats' to the bargain made last year to
give them the bead of the ticket this
year. In this eveut several democratic
ambitions will be wrecked, but then it
yulll be easier - than to have them
founder at election time.
Andrew Carnegie is said to have given
away forty, more public library build
lngs one day last week. Whether the
list Includes any fortunate Nebraska
towns has not yet been disclosed, but
Nebraska cau surely take care easily of
several more Carnegie libraries.
Democratic papers in Iowa are sym
pathlilng with the woman suffragists
ver tbelr defeat in the legislature.
Jowa democracy should save its tears
for itself. The suffragists only meet
defeat every two years, when the legis
lature convenes, while Iowa democracy
a forced ta Lock pleasant every jac
FOR FOLITKAL CAPITAL VII LT.
The democrats of the house of repre
sentatives propose holding a caucus to
consider what course should be adopted
In relation to the government's attitude
toward the Boers. It is not difficult to
foretell. In Vr light of the utterances
of democrat in congress, what the
views of the caucus, If one is held, will
probably be. There will be a declara
tion in favor of our government ex
pressing sympathy with the Boers, pro
testing against British methods In
South Africa and proposing mediation
or intervention for the settlement of the
war. The government will be con
demned for allowing the British to pur
chase horses and mules In this coun
try and ship them to South Africa and
it will be charged that the course of the
administration has been prompted by
sympathy with England. Only a few
days ago a speech was made In the
bouse by a democratic representative
from Missouri which clearly and fully
set forth the position to be expected on
the part of a democratic caucus.
The object of this is political capital
and that only. It Is Intended to have
an Influence upon the congressional
campaign. The hope la to persuade the
people that the republican party la un
friendly to Boer Independence and
therefore recreant to the cause of free
government It Is possible that with
the Ignorant and thoughtless this may
be effective, but it Is not conceivable
that it can exert any influence upon
those capable of understanding the mat
ter. Such persons know that our gov
ernment la bound by' its international
obligations to observe strict neutrality
regarding the South African conflict
They know that the British government
having repeatedly declared that it will
not accept mediation or Intervention it
would be useless for our government
which has once tendered its good offices.
to again make an offer of, mediation.
They know that to propose Intervention
would be to Invite a quarrel with Great
Britain,- which no- rational "American
citizen can desire The Boer envoys
who recently called upon the president
and secretary of state were reported to
have said that they did not seek inter
vention, because they knew the United
States could not with a due regard for
Its international obligations propose In
tervention.
As to British methods of carrying on
the war, It is very questionable whether
this or any other country has any war
rant or right to pass judgment on It
The concentration camp system Is very
generally condemned and doubtless
there Is much of hardship and suffer
ing attending it though British author
ities deny much that has been said in
denunciation of it Shall the United
States government assume that all the
cruelties and horrors alleged are true
and make a formal protest against the
system? Should we act in so grave a
matter find condemn a friendly nation
without n accurate knowledge of the
facts, accepting exparte testimony
which may be more or less prejudiced?
What Justification conld we offer for
such a course and what sort of position
would we be placed in if it should be
found that there was no reason for It?
In regard to allowing the British to pur
chase horses and mules here, It is per
haps sufficient to say that our govern
ment has always maintained the right
of Its citizens to sell arms and muni
tions of war to all persons.' Jefferson,
when secretary of state, asserted this
and It has been many times declared
since. There Is ample' precedent for the
non-interference of the government with
the purchase here by the British of
horses and mules.
The attitude of the democrats in this
matter Is demagogic and its purpose
obvious. There is as much and as sin
cere sympathy with the Boers and their
cause among republicans aa among
democrats; but republicans are not will
ing to put the government in a false
position and possibly Involve It in a
conflict with Great Britain. However
earnestly the American people desire the
success of the Boers they are not dis
posed to become participants in the
South African war.
iS A WAS lUPCSDISOt
There are some Indications that both
Russia and Japan are making prepara
tions for war. Recent advices from the
latter country have reported extraor
dlnary activity in military and naval
circles and also a very strong; popular
war feeling. The impression given was
that the Japanese government had de
termined that the time had come to get
in readiness for possible hostilities with
Russia and that the country was ar
dently responding, the general feeling
being that war is inevitable sooner or
later. A London dispatch refers to a
report from St. Petersburg to the effect
that the Siberian railway' is declining
consignments from merchants because
the resources of the line are fully oc
cupied in forwarding troops and war
material to Vladlvostock.
These are certainly significant cir
cumstances which seem to warrant the
conclusion that a Russo-Japanese war
may be impending. There is no doubt
that Japan is keeping a vigilant watch
upon Russian operations in Manchuria
and It is also not' to be doubted that
Russia Is strengthening her position In
that province as rapidly as possible,
Notwithstanding the apparently fair as
surances which that power has given in
regard to her aims and purposes in
Manchuria, Japan evidently still has
reason to distrust her and does not pro
pose to allow herself to be unprepared
for a possible emergency. She has now
a powerful ally In Great Britain, which
while not required by the treaty re
cently negotiated to aid Japan In a war
with any single power, must do so In
the event of more than one power en
gaging in hostilities against Japan.
Thus in cast ot war between that coun
try and Russia, if France should Join
the latter Great Britain would support
Japan. Manifestly the treaty had such
a contingency In view, for Japan be
lieve feexaeU unite able to op wjta
Russia alone and in this she probably
is not mistaken.
So far as naval power is concerned,
Japan Is now superior to Russia In
Asiatic waters. Not only has the former
more ships, but some of them are much
more powerful than the ships of the
Russian Astatic fleet being of later con
struction and much more heavily bat
ter! ed. Nor Is there any doubt that the
Japanese navy would fight quite as
well as the Russian. Thus In the mat
ter of sea power Japan Is well able to
meet Russia alone, with the chances of
success on her side. For military oper
ations Japan can put a formidable army
In the field and the fighting qualities of
her soldiers have been sufficiently at
tested to give assurance that they would
be found equal to any demand upon
them. They are well disciplined and as
brave and patriotic as the soldiers of
any country. The war preparations
which the two countries are said to be
making may not mean that a conflict
is Imminent, but there are very good
reasons for thinking that It may come
in the not remote future. Only a com
plete renunciation of Russia's Man
chnrian policy will prevent it and that
Is not at all likely to be made.
H ALIUS AS T TA&IRS.
It is to the shams of Omaha that the
never-ending wrangling of its daily news
papers should stand in the way of the
more rapid advancement ot our city, but
such is the situation and has been the
ituatlon, to which only the editors ot these
papers are blind. How much harm they
bays dons and how much that is inimical
they are now doing and how much ill for
tune they may bring us In the future would
be difficult to estimate, but tba fact remains
that there is a constant menace to pros
perity as long as they give so much atten
tion to politics and to each other and ao
little to the civic good.
These observations are called out by the
receipt - in this city ot a letter from an
eastern' capitalist who had boen appealed
to by certain heavy merchants to- take a
financial Interest in the location hers of a
large factory, which It had been announced
had been "landed" by the Commercial club.
We hesitate to drag the Commercial club
tnto this, because the name Is to Editor
Rosewater like a red rag to a Nance county
bovine, but we cannot otherwise make our
selves plain.
The scheme was an attractive one anl
promised well, provided extra capital could
be obtained. The committee thought they
knew where they could obtain it and sent
forward a full presentation of the facts.
But the answer tbey got was very brief,
something to this effect: "I have your
favor of such a date and, although the
proposition certainly promises well, I some
time ago made up my mind to attempt no
further investments In a locality where the
newspapers keep up such a disgraceful
wrangle. Nor do I want to put my money
in a town where the press abuses a faithful
publlo servant as does your press, for they
might turn around and abuse me. I refer,
gentlemen, to the recent vicious attacks
upon Congressman Mercer. Tour Commer
cial club should take steps to stop this."
But what can the Commercial club ac
complish with the editor of The Bee, where
all others have failed after thirty-one years
of strife? Nothing but sit down and wait
until these wonderful life insurance policies
we read sbout eome due.
And so goes glimmering the glove factory
of Topp and Company.
This screed, which appears In a local
society weekly that dips into politics
as a diversion, is a sample of the malig
nant work of fakirs who seek to foment
dissension in the community in order to
avenge personal grievances.
The Omaha dallies have their periodic
quarrels and contentions, but in this re
spect they do not begin to be aa virulent
and vituperative as those of other cities.
Chicago, San Francisco, St Louis, Kan
sas City, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Den
ver and Des Moines have been torn up
by newspaper warfare as acrimonious
as any ever witnessed In Omaha. But
nobody contends that these quarrels
have seriously Impaired the confidence
of Investors or blocked Industrial growth
in those cities. In Omaha, too, the
newspaper quarrels were decidedly more
intense and more personal twenty-five
years ago, when the old Herald and Re
publican were the chief competitors for
public favor, than they have been in re
cent years.
In this particular instance the story
about the loss of the prospective glove
factory Is the concoction of a malignant
fakir who had been 1 employed on the
reportorlal staffs of The Bee and World-
Herald and dropped from the payrolls
of both papers for good and sufficient
reasons. Not only is the story relating
to the negotiations of the Commercial
club maliciously distorted, but the pre
tended letter of the nameless eastern
capitalist is a downright fabrication.
No auch letter has been received by any
member of the Commercial club and
the injection of the names ot Mercer
and Rosewater Is a clumsy attempt to
make political capital for the one and
to prejudice the other. Nobody in or
ont of the Commercial club who has a
thimbleful of brains could be made to
believe that eastern capitalists - would
forego any profitable investment because
some man or paper opposes or favors a
change ot congressman to represent its
locality.
Omaha's prosperity Is not menaced by
the quarrels of the dallies, but by the
mischievous work of the fakirs who
make a living by sending out damaging
sensational reports broadcast and the
covert attempts to undermine the men
and papers who have helped to build up
the city and who are vitally concerned
in Its future growth and prosperity.
In this country, as well as In every
other, there Is a set -of people who can
not resist the temptation to make fools
of themselves whenever an opportunity
offers. Just now some of them, with
more money than sense, are offering
extravagant prices for trivial articles
used by Prince Henry during his visit
to America. As the representative of a
great people it was fitting that every
courtesy should be shown him during
his visit but such foolish sentimentality
is disgusting to sensible people.
City Treasurer Hennlngs appears to
have met with unusual success la col
lectlng In delinquent back taxes with
the aid of special deputies to prosecute
the work. Why, then, should the county
entertain anjr.propoeUlon to farm oat the
collection of delinquent taxes to private
parties when it can do it cheaper and
more effectively Itself by following the
city's example? No one will question
the necessity of going after the delin
quent taxpayers because the county Is
getting decidedly the worst of the bar
gain. But if legal assistance is needed
the county attorney and his force, which
includes two more salaried assistants
than were accorded his predecessors,
ought to be able to furnish it without
additional expense.
State university students have organ
ized an anti-saloon league to participate
In the local campaign now on at the
state .capital. The right of these stu
dents to organize for any special object
political or otherwise, will be readily
conceded, but the propriety of turning
over the university halls to their use for
this purpose Is certainly open to ques
tion. We know that the privileges of
the university buildings have been
abused In the past but the practice
should be condemned. Student political
organizations should find meeting places
outside of the university campus.
A St Joseph firm has taken a con
tract to furnish the British government
with 12,000 horses and mules. Before
they are taken to South Africa the sol
diers should be instructed regarding the
peculiarity of the animals so they will
not stamped next time the mules take
a notion to change ranges.
Give (he Males More Rope.
Washington Post
General Delarey has demonstrated that it
is easier to capture American mules than
go to the expense, of shipping them from
New Orleans. General Sam Pearson should
go to tba rear for his seat.
Where the "Ancients' Thrive.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Massachusetts seems to have a monopoly
on secretaries of the navy, yet that does
not prevent Boston from hiding In its boots
whenever it hears a reverberation in the
direction of Mole St Nicholas.
. Can Snch Things Bet
Baltimore American.
The Eclectic Woman's club of New York
discussed the possibility of a woman loving
two men at once. The husbands who sup
posed they were enjoying a monopoly of af
fection are now engaged in energetlo efforts
to disband the club.
Oar Growing Exports.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat. '
Exports of American manufactures are
growing again. The total in January was
134,412,992, as compared with 152,654,035 in
the same month last year. Only la Iron
and steel is there a falling off in exports,
snd the home demand for these articles is
greater than the supply.
Popular Election, of Senators.
Philadelphia Press.
The house of representatives has four
times passed a constitutional amendment
making senators elective by popular vote.
More than half the states, through their
legislatures, have asked tor the adoption of
this amendment ' Senator Hoar argues that
the amendment would be a breach ot the
national pledge t)ft the equality of states
would not be oev ld without the consent
vi every uua oi-ujui. , dui CUBOglDg lue
mode of electing ' the senators from the
legislature to the people still leaves each
state with two ' senators in the tipper
branch and on an exact equality. Many
senators favor, the amendment and there
ought to be a vote on it. If two-thirds
of the senate can be induced to concur
in the amendment already passed by the
house we are confident that three-fourths
of the states will ratify their action. ,
Magraealmity of the Boera. .
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The release of General Metbuen by tbs Boer
commander will not be regarded in London
as a British victory. A release of this
character Is very remarkable in the his
tory ot war, sines Delarey does not ap
pear to have demanded an equivalent for
his distinguished captive. If he knew that
Commandant Kritclnger was in British
hands and was under trial tor his life by
a ' drumhead court-martial, his action be
comes all the more extraordinary. Methuen
could have been held as a hostage, and,
under such circumstances. Kitchener would
never have dared to permit Krltzlnger's
execution as he permitted the execution ot
Commandant 8cheepers not long ago. The
release of Methuen, however, will not in
jure the Boer cause, since he can never
take the field again, while the contrast be
tween British and Boer methods of treat
ing captive generals cannot fall to Impress
the world.
PASSING OP THE LATIN.
Aa Ancient, Scholarly Instltntloa
Sorely Menaced.
Kansas City Star.
The University ot Missouri is yielding
to the modernizing influences of the age.
The curators have ordered that Its diplomas
hereafter be printed In English instead ot
Latin. The alumnus of the future will be
forbidden the pleasure of getting out bis
dusty parchment roll from the bottom ot
his college trunk and reading the sonorous
Latin periods engraved thereon. Of course
he would have forgotten what the words
meant, but the sound would . have been
there. And after all. it is the stately pro
cession ot syllables that makes Latin a
delight to the old boy who couldn t for
the life of him translate more than "Gallia
est omnls divlsa la partes tres," or "Arma
vlrumque cano."
Tes. Latin is going out Old Andover
men there are who remember how Prof.
Parks used to pray: "Lord, thou art the
sine qua non of our hopes and the ne
plus ultra of our expectations." But wbat
would a modern congregation have to do
with such a suppllcatlonT Members of the
House of Commons used to delight to fling
off stanias of Horace at -each other, and
Gladstone could quote the "Iliad" by tbs
page. But it' Is already a score of years
since tbs Irreverent Lord Itandolpu
Churchill made sport of the harmless
hobby of venerable M. P.s by quoting Ir
relevant paasages from the clasalcs la one
of his speeches in the house.
Wendell Phillips used to end his invec
tives against slavery by thundering, "De
lends eat Carthago-" That would fall flat
on an audience today. Senator Hoar can
not refrain from rolling off a few good
Latin phrases In some of his sot speeches
and bis magazine articles. But they mark
him as having come down from a former
generation.
It might have been hoped that the classic
college diploma would have been suffered
yet awhile longer to endure. After all, its
Latla is the only thing about it worth pre
serving. Nobody cares wbat it says. Its
only use except to the post-graduate stu
dentIs to revive la the old boy fond
memories of college days. And these are
associated with the quaintly familiar yet
unintelligible Latla sentences. Upon this
sacred form do the curators lay profane
hands. Procul, O procul est, profaull
'ROUND ABOUT HEW TORK.
Ripples oa the Carreat ot Life la be
Met re polls.
An echo of the visit of Prince Henry
Is brought home to New Yorkers in the
failure of the chief caterer of his highness,
he who furnished the spread at the launch
ing of Meteor. Rupert Frits, one of
the oldest chefs of the city, hat filed a
petition In bankruptcy, alleging that the
theft of his tableware after the luncheon
caused his financial ruin. The thefts are
charged up to souvenir fiends who on this
as on other occasions were viciously ag
gressive and obnoxious.
Frits wss employed as steward at the
Llederkrana club, Fifty-eighth street and
Park avenue. He obtained the contract to
furnish the luncheon to Prince Henry and
his suite, President Roosevelt and his suite,
and guests Invited to witness the launching
of the Emperor's yacht
He obtained the loan of much valuable
silverware from chefs and stewards of his
acquaintances to meet the requirement of
about 2.000 people who attended the lunch
eon. Prince Henry and President Roose
velt, with their suites, were first served,
and after their departure the Invited guests
were admitted to the banquet hall.
The raid on the silverware that followed
was general. It was carried on so adroitly,
however, that neither Frits nor his assist
ants were aware what was going on. The
work of the souvenir fiends was thorough
It is believed that maay wera not content
with one article, but toek aa many pieces
f silverware as they could safely conceal.
When Frits came to collect (he silver
ware loaned htm by his friends he awoke
to his loss. The crowd had disappeared
with hundreds of dollars' worth of prop
erty. He knew that it was futile to attempt
to regain the arUcles. He was nearly
prostrated by the loss, for he found he
could not mske amends to his friends.
Hs immediately resigned his place at the
Llederkranz club and after taking Inven
tory of his belongings found that the only
course left for him was to make an assign
ment. District Attorney Jerome has sent to the
state register a statement of his reasons.
lounern in number, why bis Sunday open
ing bill should become a law. Here la one
ine fourteen reasons: "Taking two men
a saloon and twenty customers we have
least 154.000 men and voters hn .
Sunday either break the law themselves or
connive at and encourage lta infraction.
All well Informed DeraAna toll na that im
estimate Is ridiculously conservative, and
that 250,000 persons is nearer in the truth
man io,uu. But take the smaller num
ber, and we have In a slnele community
164,000 people who will not yield willing
ouemence to this law. Now, If It be con
sidered that these persons are nearly all
voters, and that usually in this city a much
smaller number than 164,000 votes will de
termine sn election, it becomes perfectly
plain what must be the nautical ft.
administration which prevents these per
sons irom aoing wbat tbey wish to do and
what they do not look upon as' immoral.
It is no reply to say they can get what
they want by going to a hotel. They do
not want to eat and am dlnlnrlin,!
through the hypocritical process of evasion
oy naving a lane- sandwich laid before
them. The city of New York Is a cosmo
politan city, and Its inhabitants, being citi
zens and voters, have a right to have their
tastes and habits considered, whether tbey
be forelaa bora or natlv hom ur
Jerome declares that If the demand for
more liberal excise legislation is unheeded
the cities of the stats will revolt and form
political union to protect their Interests.
A little -child in its mother's - arms was
so Injured by a locomotive on a railroad
crossing that it has been a mental and
physical wreck ever since. When hurt It
was 1 year old. Now it is 1L A claim for
damages baa been hanging in the court all
thta time.
A Jury awarded It 10,000 some days ago
and now a Judge has set aside the verdict
because there is sn error, in that some
thing about the father that should have
been brought out on the trial was not, or
that aometblng that was brought out should
not have been; a layman cannot under
stand this halr-splltttng. He only sees that
these long legal delays are often a denial
of Justice.
The maidens of Barnard college have
found a way to revenge themselves upon
the flinty-hearted Columbia youths who
have barred females from their swimming
pool. It has been a time-honored custom
tor the two colleges to give a French play
every year, the Cercle Francatse of Co
lumbia uniting with the French society ot
Barnard to produce the piece. But It so
happens that there la a theater at
Barnard, but . none at Columbia. The
Cercle Francalsa were making ready to
exert their histrionic powers today when
a message came from Barnard. The com
munication suggested that as Columbia was
blessed with a pool and Barnard with a
theater. It would be well for the men to
remain in the water while the maidens
dazzled from the footlights.
In a recent interview Mrs. Astor, the
New York society leader, la reported to
have used this phrase: "The college edu
cation, without which no man can be a
gentleman."
This has provoked the Ire of Mark
Twain. He says that It Is a direct personal
Insult, as he never had a college educa
tion and he has always wanted to be a
gentleman, and be has fondly thought that
be was one.
The genial humorist says there is one
ray of hope to be found in the thought
that Mrs. Astor may not have the same
Idea In her mind when she uses the word
'gentleman" that other persons have.
"She probably means a leader of cotil
lions," hs says, "a aplck-and-epaa dandy,
who knows enough to observe the ordinary
rules of politeness when he Is on parade
and who has a valet at home to tell him
wbat clothes are proper to wear.
"A gentleman, a kindly, courteous, un
selfish man, who think first not of him
self, but of his fellow men, that is what
a gentleman la; not one of these society
'chappies,' who In reality Is one of the most
selfish men on earth.
"Abraham Lincoln didn't have a col
lege education, yet he was known for his
kindly, courtly ways, and his absolute un
selfishness. Hs may have been rough and
coarse in his talk and actions, and. per
haps he wouldn't have graced Mrs. Astor's
drawing room, but he was a true gentle
man tor all that."
A dispatch announces that the long
standing controversy between the New
York Sun and "Big Six," tbs printers'
union, has been adjusted. At a conference
between directors of the Sun and a com
mutes from Typographical union No. it
was agreed that the office should be "uotoa
lied," with the understanding that tbs com
positors who took the places of tbs strikers
a year aso might remain if tbey took out
union cards. This is admitted by union
compositors as a concession ea the part of
the union, if not a victory for the publish
ers of the newspaper. At the headquarters
of "Big Six" it was admitted that aa agree
ment had been reached. It Is reported ea
good authority that Senator Hanna was in
strumental in bringing about a settlement.
The printers spent over 1300.000 la proas
eutiag this fight sad the Bun lost double
that sum.
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OH, FOR TUB VANISHED BAND.
A Bunch of Regrets for the Buffalo
that Waa.
New York World.
Thirty years ago the number of wild
buffalo roaming the western plains was
more than J.000,000, according to trust
worthy estimates. In a letter to tie senate
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson says the
number of wild bison now In the United
States Is about thirty-three, or. possibly
thirty-five. The best that he can promise
for thin race of splendid animals Is that its
extermination may be delayed tor a consid
erable period by prompt congressional ac
tion. Trade has been chiefly responsible for the
wiping out ot the great buffalo herds. In
the single season of 1878-79 over 200,000
hides were shipped down the Missouri
river. But purposeless hunters, men whose
sole desire was to kill, have done their full
share ot the mischief. Commerce and
"sport," In the reckless combination which
has marked this as the age ot extermina
tion, have robbed the plains of the most
tnajestlo of American wild animals.
The elephant la being wiped out of Asia
and Africa. The giraffe Is so near to ex
tinction that Individual specimens sell for
16,000 to 18,000. where they would have
brought only 1150 to $200 a quarter ef a
century ago. Other "big game" everywhere
is In peril ot the buffalo's fate.
We shall have so much time to be sorry
when the last ex-monarch ot the plains Is
gone that we really ought to take some
time and pains to prolong hi stay.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Dewey threw sixty-seven tons of metal at
Manila and Schley 114 at Santiago, and the
Spanish vessels got the most as well as the
worst of it. '
David B. Hill has. as the only adornment
on the walls in his law offices at Albany,
pictures ot George Washington and Abra
ham Llncola.
Chief of Police Francis O'Neill, of Chi
cago, has the most resiarkt.ble collection of
Irish music extant. Its collecting has been
his hobby for many years.
Colonel J ere Baxter, president ot the Ten
nessee Central railroad, is trying to carry
out the plan of a reproduction of the Ten
nessee state capltol in sawed block coal at
the St, Iuli fair-
Mrs. Alice Meynell, the famous English
poet and essayist, who was declared by Cov
entry Patmore, before his deatn, to do toe
greatest woman poet since Sappho, Is being
entertained in Chicago.
In Boston they did not make Prince Henry
eat In French, as they have done pretty
muoh everywhere else. When they bad
boiled Penobscot salmon, or baked beans.
or brown bread, they didn't put on any frills
about it, but Just said so on the bill of fare
In nlaln English. This must have been a
real novelty to the distinguished visitor.
A petition is being circulated in Louisiana
asking congress to appropriate money to
finish and maintain the monument which
marks the site ot Jackson's victory over the
British at the close ot the war of 1812. The
battle was fought on the plains of Chal
mette, a few miles outside ot New Orleans.
Louisiana started the monument long ago.
but has left It unfinished.
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BREEZY LINES.
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Wanhlngton Star: "Some people," said
Uncle Kben, "Is so drefTul business-like dat
while dey looks foh a reward in de nex'
worl' dey's mighty skeery foh fear deal do
any mo' dan what's necessary to earn it."
Chicago Tribune: "Miss Prima Donna Is
as theatric off the stage as she la on It."
"Yes, Indeed. Even when she waa being
married she announced that it waa "by re
quest.' "
Philadelphia Pre! "This," said the
geologlHt in South Afrloa, tapping the speci
men with his hammer, "ia a species of
frappe."
"Vou don't sny." exclaimed his assistant.
"Let's look a little further and maybe we'll
find some British soldiers."
New York Sun: May What caused the
row between Belle and Jack?
Clara He sent her a check good for one
hundred kisses and she got Tom to cash it.
Chicago Post:
"I thought you were
"Frlenri! Triendd! Viv the man's anmttv
Is so malignant that he gives every hook
agent and canvasser who romen to his office
my address and tells him I'm an, easy
mark."
Love Sonnet of an Office Boy.
Chicago Record-Herald.
I wish, some day, when she's typewrltln'
and
I've took a note out tor the boss some
where, They'd be some outlaws sneak in here and
scare . ...
That long-legged clerk to death and then
the band
Would steal her, and nobody else was
there.
To try to save her, and they'd run away
To where they had their cave and keep
her there,
And ant more for her than her folks could
pay.
Then I would get a gun and bowte knife
And take the name of Buckskin Bob or
Joe,
And track them to their den, and then
I'd go
A-galley whoopln' In, and save her life.
And she would say: "My hero's came at
last!"
And we'd stand there and hold each other
fast.
FAIHY TALES. ,
Yonkers Statesman.'
When In my barber's "parlor" I And my
self at night.
And throw myself quite coatless in the
chair,
I feel a sense ot pleasure, I may say of
delight.
And do not know a single earthly care.
I hear him strop his ruxor with all bis
main and might
He's ready to begin I plainly see
My ears are both wide open, I listen with
delight - , ,
To the fulry tales the barber tells to me.
Ha tells me of Ms travels by land as well
Of course', you know he's been most
everywhere!
He's shaved kings In all countries, from
Spain to Germany,
And as for queens at least he's cut their
hair;
Hs knows all men in office and down in
Wall atreet, too;
He often gets a tip on the q. t.
He makes a pile of money I smile, now
wouldn't youT
At the fairy tales the barber tells to me.
But he's no more a barber, I feel that I
could sob; - -
lie s gone and sold the shop and all tho
work;
He thinks that he's dona better; he's got
another Job,
He's now a bare-faced weather bureau
clerk.
At first I missed the prattle ot my loqua
cious boy,
But now I take my paper up with glee,
For in the weather Items I recognize with
joy
Those fairy tales my barber told to me.
