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(I THE OMAHA DAITA HEE: FRIDAY, AriUT, 11, 1002. 'Piie Omaha Daily Bee E. R08E WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORN I NO. TERM8 OK SUBSCRIPTION. fally Bee (without Sunday). One Year. m I'ully Hee and Sunday, One Year Illustrated tit-, one Year J'" punrtay Be-, One Year I'" featuruay Bee, One Year I 1 twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. l'U DELIVERED BY CARRIER, pally Bea (without Sunday), per copy.. 2c j'Hlly Iee (without Humlayt, per week..liJe lily Bee (InWudln Sunday), per week. lie (BunriHV Hee, per copy 6c Evening Be (Without Sunday), per week. 10c livening Bee (Including Hunday, per week IV: Complaints of irregularities In delivery ho j la he addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall rtulldlng, Twen-ty-fltth and M streets. Council Bluffs lo fearl Street. Chicago ItH'i Unity Building. Nt York Temple Court. Washington 1 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. 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Txschjck, secretary of The Bee publishing Company, being duly sworn, pays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of March, 1HU2, was a follows: I XU.W70 17 ft.. 2U,T0 18 ail, 4:10 I 2t,42 19 l,o.'IO 4 an.7TO 20 StU.fitM) 5 ai.-'io 21 ao.oio ai),oio Z2 att,sio J ZtMlliO 23 21,50 .'. att,4o() 24 2O.010 t aii,7(M) 2& .roo 10 KW.4AO 28 XII, B Ml II itO.BOO 27 atl.nHO 11 SW.370 28 Stlt.SIO U Stt.tMO 29 ai),B4) 14 zo.oao so ai),iH)o aW.OTO 81 ttU,4W Is 29,000 Total Ul 7,420 Less unsold and returned copies.... U.0O7 Net total sales D07.B1S Net dally average 20,277 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to pefore me this 81st day of March, A. D. l2. GEORGE R ASM USi EN, (Seal.) Notary Public. Murder mysteries apiHar again to be (he order of the day. The rivalry between Omaha's two (nodical colleges will now be keener than fever. The Iowa legislature seems to be dying tbout as bard as the usual legislative ody. Reciprocity Is a good thing when It Reciprocates so that each country per suades Itself that it Is getting the best hf the bargain. Marconi's wireless telegraphy ought to v6ome In handy for the Inventor If ho tents to keep In touch while enjoying b rest abroad. Switzerland and Italy may eugagc In ft little diplomatic sparring match, but Ihere Is no danger that they will strip for a finish fight. Santos-Dutnout, the great French ftoronaut. who has Just landed In New fc'prk, evidently knows where to go tvben be wants to fly high. Omaha still holds second place among American pork packing centers and there is fair prospect that It will main tain Its rank for some time to come. Dave Henderson reads his title clear for another term In congress, but "Our tave" is still perturbed over the ob streperous opposition to his life tenure. president Roosevelt's visit -. to the Charleston exposition has passed Into tilstory and the absence of Senator TIU tuan from the function was not even feoted. A great many people are still wonder ing whether Joe Bartley Is preparing a genuine surprise party for them by de positing a 1200,000 prise package In the State treasury. ) If home rule In Ireland Is desirable, so . t& home rule In Omaha. Why should fcny Omaha home ruler Insist upon gov erning Omaha's police aud lire depart ments from the state capital? few old shacks of the vintage of J8M still ornament various portions of Pmaha's business district and tbelr un timely taking off by condemnation pro ceedings will not bo mourned. John Flnerty uever misses an oppor tunlty to twist the British lion's tall and tie would extent this delightful practice to the American mule If that tender- tailed animal were not such a high kicker. The FIJI islands are at laBt connected Hrlth the outside world by ocean cable, tut the FIJI Inlanders have not yet felt the necessity of a special telegraphic rode to keep the secrecy of their dis- jMtcbes. Chicago , club women express, fear that sprlug house cleaning may inter fere seriously with attendance at tbelr Flub meetings. That Is one of the best Igns yet of the success of the woman's flub movement. , If the waning demofratlc members of the county board would devote half the energy to stopping leaks for the benefit ff the taxpayers that they are putting pn schemes to plant favorites on the rounty payroll they would make a bigger tilt with the public We now know that President Roose velt's great great - great - grandmother lived la South Carolina before the revo lution. If the president will make a few more tour American historians will J able to trace his genealogy to every to of the thirteen cglpu'e. A WORK TO HE PROUD OF. In his Charleston afldrcss President Roosevelt said that "as a nation we hare on especial right to take an honest pride In whnt we have done for Cuba. It would ho difficult to find a parellel In the conduct of any other great state tlmt hns occupied such a position as ours." When the United States makes an ac counting for Its three years and five months of stewardship of Ctihn, the showing will be most creditable to this country and ought to command the gratitude of the Cubans. From a con dition of chaos In January, 180!, when American military officers succeeded the Spaniards In Cuba, the organizing and administrative qualities of American officials have worked almost a miracle. A system of government was estab lished throughout the devastated Island, order and peace were restored, courts organized and a Judicial system put into operation, the civil and criminal laws uioilltli'd, an effective system of sanl- atlou established, postal and customs services organized, schools were opened, hospitals and asylums built and the complete machinery necessary In a well regulated government was put Into suc cessful operation. When American occupation of Cuba began the task that was presented seemed almost hopeless of accomplish ment It was freely predicted that not less than ten years would be required In which to do the work necessary to place the Island In proper condition to be turned over to the government of its people. Only three years, however, have been consumed In accomplishing the task and a few weeks hence Cuba will pass Into the control of Its people with ondltlons better than ever before in its history. Not the least Important of the things done has been the stamping out of that dread disease, yellow fever. which for centuries had been a draw back to the Island's advancement The system of sanitation established the Cuban government will be pledged to continue, In the Interest alike of its own people and ourselves. ' It is stated that nearly f9.000.000 have been expended in the work of sanitation. Many public improvements have been made and the educatlonul work accomplished has been great According to a recent statement there are now over 3,000 teachers em ployed in the Island, with an average enrollment of pupils of 180,000 and an average attendance of 140,000. Hun dreds of barracks and asylums have been converted Into school bouses and as fast as time would permit new school buildings have been erected, the expenditure for this purpose last year amounting to $500,000. In the meantime the Cubans have been receiving sound practical Instruction in the principles of government which should enable them to wisely manage their affairs when they are given control of them. Certainly the United States has the strongest possible claim to Cuban grati tude and friendship, yet It is not un common to see statements from the Island to the effect that there is much popular dislike and distrust of Ameri cans. Notwithstanding all that has been done for Cuba we are told that there Is a moral obligation, an obligation of honor, to do still more. Having given them freedom, we are now asked to as sure them prosperity. How far shall we have to to In order to fulfill this ob ligation? Will the proposed tariff con cession be sufficient? No one can tell with certainty, but If this Is granted It is not probable that It will end the Cuban appeal for assistance. ACCESSIONS TO POPULATlOn. There oromises to be a larger foreign accession to the population this year than last, when the number of immi grants was 487,000. For the eight months of the current fiscal year eua lnir with February the number of Immi grants was 50,000 greater than for the ForresoondlnK period of the preceding year. It 'Is possible, therefore, that the immigration for the fiscal year enaing June 30 will approximate 000,000. The Increase shows that the people of the old world are fully aware of the pros perity of this country. Nearly all the people who are coming here, It appears, are of the classes hic-h will be useful and It Is not noted that they are anywhere In excess of the demand for labor or are interfering with Amorioau work in ell. It Ua-Ir v "O Boeius that these new comers have no difficulty in obtaining employment at the current prices for such work as they nn perform and If a tvv hundred thou sand more shall couio tin-re Is no doubt that tbey can find enough to do. There a rood demand for labor In nearly everv oart of the country and especially in the west and this seems likely to continue for a year or two to come and possibly longer. Therefore the present ai-oeaalon of able-bodied workers iroiu tt.rr.ari la desirable and this beiug real thpr Is a cessation of the demand for further restriction of Immigration nd It Is predicted that no action will De aken on" the bills that have been intro duced In congress for this purpose. THE H1UH PRICE UP HEATS. There are few households auywhere in hlch the hlirh price of meats Is not Just now a matter of commanding Interest Probably no subject connected with do nieatic economy is more generally dis cussed. Two explanations are offered, mi tha falling off. according to sta tlstlcs of the Agricultural department In the number of cattle and sheep, the nther inanlmilation by the "beef trust As to the first It Is remarked that there wnniil he force lu it if the price of meats had advanced without manipula tion, with as ureat proportionate in creuso for beeves and sheep on foot as for dressed carcasses lu the market. w hich has not been the case. The com mon opinion Is that the -beef trust" is entirely responsible for the high prices and steps are being taken In some quar ters to fight the alleged trust Thus there Is reported to have been organ lied a Butchers company" In New York, with a Urge capital, to engage In packing, while It Is announced that In Philadelphia the wholesale anil retail dealers In mont are preparing to make war on the trust. Should the price of meats continue high these movements may spread to other cities, but what effect they would have Is a question. It would seem that the most practical way of dealing with this matter Is for people generally to curtail their con sumption of meats and nt the beginning of spring Is a most favorable time to do this. Americans eat more meat than any other people and It Is difficult for them to forego the habit even for a brief time, but there Is no doubt that most of them would be better off phys ically for doing so. A great many havs already been compelled to economize In the use of meats and If more did so It would probably not be a great while until the price declined. There Is no more effective way than this of fight ing the beef trust If there Is one. SHALL WE HAVE DIRECT PRIMARlESt The trend of public sentiment In all sections of the country Is In favor of di rect primary nominations. The avowed purpose of the direct primary system Is to purify politics and make sure that the candidates nominated are the choice of a majority of the party. Direct primaries have long since passed the experimental stage. In most states the primary election laws have paved the way for a free and unbought expression of party sentiment by plac ing the machinery of primary elections under the safeguards that surround the regular elections. This Is especially true In the cities of Nebraska where ths registration of party affiliations fur nishes an official enrollment of voters entitled to participate at the prlmnrles of the respective parties. Iu view of the fact that the republican stute convention has been called for the middle of June and congressional nomi nations are expected to be made within the next sixty days, the question whether the old system of convention nominations shall continue or whether the committees shall provide for direct primary nominations becomes a live Is sue. .The direct primary or Crawford county system has Its drawbacks as well as Its advantages. To carry out Its prime object It must be so arranged as to register the will of the majority. When more than two candidates are In the field for the nomination for any office, and no one receives a clear ma jority of the votes polled, provision must be made for a second ballot la which all but the two receiving the highest vote are dropped. This Is the plan that pre vails In parliamentary elections in Eng land and France and has been adopted also In nearly all the states In this coun try that have introduced direct primary nominations. It Is the method employed by the republicans of Lincoln In the nomination of their city officers. Such a system would probably com mend Itself to the voters of all parties In this city and county. We feel sure it would solve many difficulties In the Impending contest for congressional and county nominations. Any scheme of di rect primaries that contemplates nomi nation by anything less than a majority would, however, be sure to prove disas trous to the candidates at the election. A minority nomination could not be re garded as binding, but on the contrary would Invite defection because It would be an open declaration that a man whom the majority had refused to endorse had been foisted upon the ticket Every branch of the municipal gov ernment is almost at a standstill, so far as new work is concerned, waiting for the annual tax levy that has been sus pended in mid air for more than two months. The park board cannot put its plans Into effect until It knows what resources will be at Its command, anu the same ts true of the health depart ment, the tax collection bureau, the fire and police board, the public library board, the engineering and public works departments and every official and em ploye who has more than mere routine work to perform. It is not to the In terest of anyone to have this unsatisfac tory condition continue a day longer than necessary. The largest quarterly receipts in the history of the American postal service have been recorded for the period end lug January 1, when the total reached the stupendous figure of $32,000,021, ex ceeding the expenditures by over $1,000,- 000. This is nearly a dollar for every adult member of the population and goes to emphasize how widely spread is the use of our iostal facilities when business Is fanned by prosperity. According to the Washington corre spondent of the Lincoln Journal the at titude of the Omaha Commercial club on the question of Irrigation Is not under stood in Washington and the suggestion Is offered that the club members are being used to pull somebody's chestnuts out of the fire. Here is another knocker who should be promptly knocked for his Impertinence. Officers and soldiers stationed in Cuba will be allowed to bring ba-k with them free of duty ail their private effects. It will be safe to say that every smoking man on the roster will find It convenient to lay In a goodly supply of his favorite brand of the fragrant weed before be finishes packing his personal effects. The steady demand for farm lands throughout Nebraska and Iowa and the whole corn belt region shows no signs of let-up. The man who bas a good Ne braska farm has an asset of constantly Increasing value on w hich he can make a Bight draft almost any time. oollaa Drasiklt. Chicago Record-Herald. Oh. but won't it be chilly when the Cuban minister to Spain arrives in Madrid! Mars and" Chicago News. President Roosevelt la not the Orat one to be charged with trying to Mexlcaalse this country. Mr. Watterson'a own party Jwm accused. f tke satoa thing when Mr. Rising Railroad Rates Philadelphia Mr. Charles A. Prouty of the Interstate Commerce commission undoubtedly ex pressed a broad public feeling In his dec laration before 'the Illinois Manufacturers association that the steady upward move ment of railroad rates was reaching a point at which It would soon become robbery. From the organisation of the Interstate Commerce commission in 1887 until two years ago there waa a steady and continu ous decline In the average railroad rate. This decline went on for six years, until In 1803 and 1894 It shook railroad credits to their very center. It threw 40 per cent of the mileage of the country Into bank ruptcy, wiped out dividends on the great mass of railroads and led to the default of a large share of the railroad bonds out standing. The drastic experience led, however, to railroad economies. The tralnload was In creased. Railroad management waa revo lutionized. Without any increase of rates, ability in management, efficiency and re trenchment placed railroads on a paying basts. At the same time there came con solidations on a great scale, both directly and by "community of Interest" This was accompanied by an Increase of rates, which began about eighteen months ago, and, as Mr. Prouty testifies, bas greatly increased In recent years. This increase was accompanied also by a reappearance of tbs preferences shown to favored shippers. As rates havs risen many railroads have gravitated mora and more to the practices of an earlier period. Both forma of spoliation began. Rates kave advanced for the general public, and Bryan wanted to have silver coined free. Now everybody la quits. One Chance to (iet tiffs, Washington Post Perhaps Hon. James K. Jones will proceed to get even with those Arkansas voters by Joining a few more trusts and whooping up the prices on some of the necessities. Friendship Worth Cultivating. Cleveland Leader. The value of the agricultural products exported In 1901 was $100,000,000 In excess of that of the same exports for 1900. Alto gether farm products valued at nearly a billion dollars were exported. The friend ship of foreigners is worth having. Canada's Increased Brldare. Louisville Courier-Journal. Canada, which has been disturbed be cause a great many Canadians have been coming over here to be assimilated by the United States, Is now disturbed because a great many citizens of the United States are going over there to assimilate Canada. Pay of Governors. Springfield Republican. The legislature of Iowa has increased the salary of the governor from $4,000 to $5,000 a year, not a large snm for a big state like Iowa, provided the office Is well filled. Only seven statas pay their chief executives more than that New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania $10,000 each, Massachusetts $8,000 and California, Illinois and Nevada $6,000 each. Nine states. Including Iowa, pay $5,000, one pays $4,500 and nine states pay $4,000. nolag Good Work. Indianapolis News. The industrial department of the Ctvlo Federation has settled seven strikes In three months and ' prevented two strikes that would have rendered Idle 200,000 men. The influence wielded by the Civic Federa tion lies as much In the mutual under standing between employer and employe that It brings about as In anything else. It promises to displace the walking dele gate whose interest often lay in promot ing trouble and exciting the suspicions of employes. It la Ip to St. L.oals. St. Louts Republic. The attention of the entire country is fixed upon St Louts at the present time. The local movement to suppress municipal corruption is of , tremendous significance to all other American cities. It this move ment is successful, if St. Louis manifests a willingness and an ability to expose and punish her boodlers and to permanently purify her municipal assembly, the city's just renown for such achievement will be widespread and of lasting benefit If, on the other band, a definite and convincing victory is not scored, the city must suffer grievously In repute. HOW TO GET CHEAPER. MEAT. Proposed Replenishment of the Ex baaated Ranae. Chicago Tribune. People have been asking lately why meat prices are so high. They will find a partial answer to tbelr question in Mr. Irish's article in the April Forum. The United States owns 400,000,000 acres of grazing lands out west of the 100th meridian. It allows these lands to be used In common by its citizens. Anybody who pleases may graze his cattle on the lands belonging to the government. This was well for a short time. Chicago, Omaha and Kansas City grew rich on the slaughtering trade. Then came a decline In the supply of cattle. H had begun by 1880. It reached alarming proportions by 1900. The delivery of range cattle to the slaughtering centers was shown by the last census to have fallen off "60 per cent In six years. Here was work for the hydrographers and agrostologlsts of the Agricultural de partment. They found that the ranges had been eaten bare by the sheep and cattle herded on them by people In KtaenX. No care had been taken to revive the forage of the districts over which the hrds had passed. That was a piece of bualneas which no one presumed to appropriate to himself. The lands were publlo property and were treated aa such. There being no vegetation on the ground the rain paaaed through it aa through a sieve, and was carried away rapidly and riotously In deep ruts of water courses. The meadow had become almost a desert. The remedy, thinks Mr. Irish, will have to be the same one that has been so sue cessfully employed by Australia and by Texas. The lands must be leased. The Australian ranges were at one time re duced to the condition In which ours are to day. The colonial government called a meeting of stockmen and devlaed a system of leasing. The ranges have been restored to their original carrying capacity. Texaa baa had exactly the same experience. Colo rado, Idaho. Montana, Nebraska. Utah and Wyoming lease their state lands now anl draw aa Income from them of over $1,000,004 a year. The federal government la being urged to adopt the same plan. The prin cipal petitioners in the caso are the Na tional Live Stock association, the Amer ican Cattle Growers' association, the Pa. clflc Stockmen's association, the secretary of agriculture in hla last report and Presi dent Roosevelt in bis message to congress. A measure that haa support of this kind cannot be without ita merit. It should be given a fair discussion. It haa a worthy object, for It alms at the removal of a condition which mesas Increased expense of living to millions ef people. Relief of some kind Is badly aeedsd. Press (rep.), discrimination between shippers has aided great combinations and consolidations. Railroad managers will mske a great mistake If they do not realize that thta Is creating a public sentiment which will lead to sharp and merciless legislation. Two factors exist In making uniform rates. One Is the making of the rate; the other, com binations by which the results of the rate are dkttrlbuted between different railroads. If the railroads make rates then combina tions will not be permitted. If combina tions are permitted the railroads must not In the Isst resort make rates. This Is a bsslc principle certain to be enforced. Astute managers like those at the head of the Pennsylvania railroad see this and favor the measure before congress which is Intended to accomplish .this by giving the railroads the right to make combinations and leaving the ultimate power over rates In the hands of the Interstate Commerce commission. To say, as has been said In various quarters, that If the government makes rates it must assure stockholders their dividends Is' a curious misconception of the position of a railroad. Any man who puts his capital into the business of a com mon carrier does so under the provision of law that he must not charge more than a reasonable rate. But the reasonable char acter of this rats ia not to be reckoned on the nominal stock, but on the actual value of the railroad, what It would cost to repro duce It taking Its entire hi story Into con sideration. There Is no difficulty In paying dividends upon all railroad stock reduced to this basis under any rates likely to be assessed. CHEERIXG 8IG OF PROSPERITY. Marked Increase In (lie Reserv , Wealth of Wnae Earners. Chicago Inter Ocean. The greatness of no country is to he measured by the enormous wealth of the few non-producing clippers of coupons, nor yet by the millions accumulated by the great captains of Industry. It is true that, as a rule which baa few exceptions, the fortunes of the multi-millionaires, or of the millionaires, represent superior Intelli gence, foresight, enterprise aud energy. Great riches are generally earned by hard brain work, courage and persistency In wisely directed effort, and tha men who achieve them by Increasing the com mon wealth, by expanding the fields of in dustrial production, or enlarging the areas of commerce, are justly entitled to the re wards they receive for their superior sa gacity and shrewdly directed endeavor. They furnish employment to great hosts of tollers, who, without the enterprise of the capitalists, would stand idle In the market place, with none to employ them. But notwithstanding the useful, honored place occupied by the men of wealth who promote the country's industrial and com mercial development. It Is not their enor mous Individual or aggregate fortunes which represent the real greatness of the nation, as that country is greatest and strongest the "plain people," the working men and working women, of which can earn not only enough by their labor to comfortably house, feed, clothe and educate their children, but to put something by tor the "rainy day" or the proverb. If this country is measured by the wealth of Its working people it will be found to be the richest, most prosperous country on the face of the earth. According to an authori tative report, the savings fund deposits of the United States have reached the enor mous total of $2,640,000,000. During the last live years the deposits have Increased $700, 000.000. These are startling figures, but they are undoubtedly correct. The larger sum, for Instance, la greater than that which standa for the entire indebtedness of the national government, bonded and other wise. All depositors In savings banks are not wage or salary earners, nor always poor people, but the rich depositors are few, and the aggregate deposits represent, if not the wealth, the prosperity of the "plain people," who in five years have put Into the savings banks $700,000,000, or nearly as much aa the interest-bearing debt of the United States. These deposits of $2,646,000,000 stand for more than the prosperity of the working people; they stand for good citizenship, are the safeguards of stable government, of law and order. POPIXAR ELECTION OF SENATOR. Arkansavr Mrtkod a Near Ap- proach to It. Chicago Tribune. The Arkansas legislature which is to meet next January will go through the form of electing a United States senator. Prac tically that senator has already been elected. He was chosen at the democratic primaries held last week. At these pri maries the democrats, who will elect all but a handful of the members of the legislature, put on record their preferences for United States senator, aa well as other officers. The voters In counties electing a majority of the members of the legislature expressed themselves to the effect that they preferred James P. Clark to James K. Jones, the present senator. This expression of opinion Is conclusive. When the legislature meets It will feel In honor bound to elect ex-Governor Clark even aa presidential electors ara In honor bound to vote for a particular presidential candidate. This Arkansas method of electing a United States senator is not the method which the framers of the constitution had In mind. It was their idea that the members of a leg islature, unbiased and untrammeled, should select, after dellherati lnv.Bti..Mni, - among tne best men n the tU( f o ( ,eB,tori Tne Arkanga8 legislature will not Investigate or deliberate. It will obey the mandate of the primaries. Senator Hoar must view with great disfavor thia perver sion of the constitution by which In a round-about fashion the election of a sen ator is banded over to the voters of the ma jority party. This Arkansaa method of election has Its defects. A successful candidate gets a ma jority of the voles In counties electing a majority of the legislature, but that candi date may fall to receive a majority of the votes of all the democrats. It would be better to let the choice fall on the man re ceiving a majority of the total vote. In this rase probably the result would not have been changed. The democrats of Ar kansas have wearied of Senator Jones. They could not reconcile his professed hos tility to trusts with bis ownership of stock Id a trust. Senator Jonea will have served eighteen years in the senate at the end of bis pres ent term. Although not a man of command ing ability he haa acquired great Influence in the senate, partly because he has been there so long and partly because he haa been for some years chairman of the demo, cratlc national committee. Once the man at the bead of a national committee counted for little except during a campaign. He counts for a good deal now all the time. But Influential aenator aa James K. Jones la the democratic voters of his state are able to reach him and put an end to bis senatorial career. There are several states the people of which would discard their senators If given so opportunity to ex press affective opinions ca the tubjsci. 7. V 1.1 1 wo 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 you ask your doctor how often he prescribes this splendid tonic. "After suffering terribly, I was Induced to try your Sarsaparilla. I -took three bottles and now feel like a new man. I woeld advise all In need of a tonic to try this medicine." t. D. Good, Browntown, Va. II H a Mil. All sntrlst- PERSONAL NOTES. Edward Everett Hale is remarkably for tunate In having lived long enough to se rum the honors which are usually given posthumously. ' General Stewart L. Woodford, former minister to Spain, started Saturday evening for a tour to the Orient by way of Montreal and Vancouver. Mrs. Mi Klnley's condition remains about the same. She goes out driving frequently and viKlts the cemetery every day that the weather will permit. Miss Stone Is on her way home, and It will he strange If the talented American reporters do not wring from her the hith erto guarded secrets of her prison bouse. Former Chief Justice Benjamin Frank lin Graves, the only survivor of Michigan's great tVlbunal, will be tendered a banquet In Detroit by the Bar association of that city. General 8. n. Buckner has presented Mun fordville. Ky., with water works, and his son-in-law, Colonel Morris B. Belknap, bas given the city a marble fountain made In Florence, Italy. Frank Sargent, who has been appointed commissioner general of Immigration by the president, held, as his first position with a railroad company, that of engine wiper at Phoenlx.-Ariz. Mrs. U. S. Grant has been shown the de signs submitted for the Grant memorial, six of which are to be selected, snd she was so well pleased with them that she ex pressed the wish that they could all be preserved In marble. Henry H. Edes at a recent meeting of the Colonial society of Massachusetts read a paper In which he said that Prof. John Wlntbrop and not George Washington was the first perron to receive . from Harvard college the degree of doctor of laws. Angina pectoris, from which Cecil Rhodes suffered, Is a disease of great men. It car ried off Matthew Arnold, It killed Lord Clarendon, Dr. Chalmers, John Leech. Dr. John Hunter, the famous physician; Tbor waldsen, the sculptor, and Sumner, the American statesman. It seems to have a predilection for those in whom there la a high development of the nervoua system. In the early days of the South African war the representative of an Australian paper was mortally wounded In an engage ment and two of his comrades entered the Boer lines in search of him. They werj blindfolded and taken to the tent of Gen eral Delarey, whom they found sitting on the ground, with sleeves rolled up, peeling potatoes. The venerable leader gave them every assistance In his power. The passing of Senator James K. Jones from the senatorial arena occasions consid erable regret among his colleagues. His retirement from office, it is hoped, wilt not still his mellow voice entirely. Mr. Jones' marvelou8 proficiency as a political prophet In presidential campaigns contributed so much gaiety to the last two contests that the country cannot spare htm from the megaphone. Without Jones a presidential campaign would be as solemn as a funeral procession. Robert B. Armstrong, who bas been ap pointed private secretary to Secretary Shaw, Is an Iowa man, who had been In the newspaper business in that state for several years prior to 1896. when he went to Chicago as political writer on the Chi cago Record. In 1898 he waa sent east as the New York representative of that paper, and a year ago, after a short Euro pean tour, he accepted his present posi tion. Mr. Armstrong had knowa Governor Shaw, and has been In a measure identi fied with the governor's political fortunes. AT CLOSING OUT SALE OF STANDARD BRED HORSES 11 Brood Mares In foal or foal by SON. 2:09, and JESSICA, great brood are the dams of Tom Lee. 2:11; Jessie others equally aa good. 13 yearling Colts and Fillies by TACONNET. 8 2 and 3-year-olds by TACONNET snd GUS TUPPER, 2 17. 1 2-year-old Stallion by Tsconnet, standard snd registered. 1 2-year-old Stallion by Gus Tupper, 2: IT, standard snd registered, 1 3-year-old Stallion by Sir Normandy, atandard and registered. 10 high class Road Horses, ready to use, good enough to go to the horse shows or fast enough to take to tbs The sale la POSITIVE snd everything will be sold without reserve. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. P. UcGUIRE. Auctioneer. Holstein, Iowa. fast r sin ' l IV I I S -S SB 111 IPQStcd The newspapers keep you posted. Read this one and you will learn that Ayer's Sarsaparilla is J. C. AY EH CO., Lowell. Msss. FLASHES OF FIX Rronklyn Life: "What's the purpose of bacteriology, anyway?" "Woll, It reduces worrying to a positive science, for one thing." Somervllle Journal: The demure girl 1m always dangerous hut most men rmvo to find this out from personal experience. Philadelphia Press: Judge Have I not seen you twice before under tho Influence of liquor?" Defendant If you were In thwt condition, your honor, you probably did see me twice. Washington Star: "f suppose you cm claim to have done some good while you were In congress?" "I can." answered Senator Sorghum, "t have put my family beyond every possi bility of want for several generations." Detroit Free Press: "That's a novel oc cupation." ejaculated Mr. Dlnsmore, look ing tip from his paper. "What Is?" asked Mrs. Dlnsmore. "Writing Action." Washington Star: "When a smaht man stahts In to be foolish." said Uncle Eben, "It often looks like he put all his braitia Into makln' de Job a record-breaker." Cleveland Plain Dealer: Box I should think Liberty would get tired of standing on that pedestal In New York harbor. Nox Yes, and congress Is so lacking In gallantry that It has refused to help lier to a-llght. Detroit Free Press: Critic Well. Dick, I suppose you owe all that you are to your wife. Successful Author No; I think I own about three-fourths of my stimulus to all those other women who wouldn't have me. Baltimore American: "We have called," said the head of the deputation of citizens, "to protest against the street car service you are giving us. W hy, some of us can not even get a strap to hang on by." "Very well, gentlemen. I shall at once Increase the service." said the affable magnate, while the hearts of the deputa tion leaped with Joy, "by putting In more straps." Chicago Record-Herald: He I simply can't live on less than W.OiW a year. She Dear me, what a tragedy It would be If you had a poor pa. Sow, I'lar Ball! Denver Poat. The games Is on, the season's here, the stricken ball cuts through the air, the batters fan the atmosphere, the runners 'round the bases tear, the umpire calls the strikes and balls, puts runners out when they are In, nor heeds the rooters' angry squalls that they will kill him sure as sin! The season's here, the sanio old muss, and on the seats the same old us! nOVT DESPISE THE BOYS. S. E. Kiscr In the Record-Herald. 1. Don't plague the bashful country boy Who looks with awe upon you now; His clothes are poor and he la coy. And tangles up his legs somehow. So that he stumbles awkwardly In making way for you but he So guileless now, so poorly dressed. May hide away, down In his breaat, A Lincoln's heart, or be possessed Of wishes such as Garfield had To stand where but the greatest may Don't laugh out at the country lad Who passes awkwardly today. II. Don't spurn the poor boy In the street Who tries to pans and Jostles you; The shoes are ragged on his feet, His trousers may be tattered, too. With grimy hands and tangled hair He dodges here and hurries there. Too little for his years, but still Deep In his breast may be the will That spurred Carnegie up t.ie hill. Forgive the child who sometimes dares To play a little on his way: Down In the. busy thoroughfares Are boys the world shall know some day. III. Oh, country boy, I lift my hat In humble deference to you; Oh, little worker in the street, Clad In your soiled and tattered blue, With awe I watch you as you pass 1 might cry "Bravo!" if I knew, Oh, ragged, tired, awkward hoy, What things God sent you here to do. AUCTI8U UIIUIIIMUI llllf r OF CLARKS, NEB., will closa out his entire band, of Standard Bred Horses, cotv slstlnr of 45 bead, to be held at CLARKS, NEB., 4 THURSDAY, MAY I Commencing at I p. m. side br TACONNET 21845 (son of NEjJ- mare, by George Wilkes). Ia tho lot KUng, 2:181 E. M. G.. 2:18V. and races; 4 to ( years old. W. CHAMBERLIH, Clarks, Neb. 1 rtamWIin V i