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G TITE OMAITA DAILY BEE; FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1002. The Omaha Daily Bee. E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR, PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TERMS OF BUHSCHIPTION. pallv Hee (without Rundavt, One Year.M Of rwilly Mee and Sunday, One Year....M. Illustrated Hee. One Year , J '" Rjndey Bee, On Year 100 Baturday Hee, On Year 1-M Twentieth Century Firmrr, On Year. MM DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Bee (without Sunday), per copy.. 2c pally Bee (without Sunday), per week.. 12c Ially Bee (Including Sunday), per week.Ue Pundav Bee, per ropy 5c Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week. 10c Evening Bee (Including Sunday), per week 15c Complaints of Irregularities In delivery Should be addressed to Clw Circulation department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Bulldlnf. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M atreeta. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 1640 Unity Building. New York Temple Court. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and dltorlal matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should be addreHSed: The Bee Publishing Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall account, personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. I THE BEE PUBLISH I NO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, fitate of Nebraska, Douglas County. M l Oenrge B Tzschuok, secretory of The, Bee I Publishing Company, being duly sworn. I says that the aotual number of full ana j complete copies of The Dally, Morning, jKvenlng and Sunday Bee printed during he month of April, 1002. was a follows: ' i an,nto s 21t,4l.t ' a.... SM,B.1 4 an.nio S 2,50 6 20.T20 7 311,51 0 ao.oso 9 30.H10 JO Kit, 4 AO 11 21,10 12 211,470 IS 20,1410 14 20.5MO 15 20.4HO 16 (VrtO 17 JH,Ra) 18 20,510 19 20,550 20 20,050 21 20.5H0 22 20,500 23 20,54)0 24 20,420 26 20,4440 24 2O.50O 27 20.OO5 2S 20.544O 29 20.5NO 30 20,4)20 . Total .8N6.U45 Less unsold and returned copies... lOflOT Net total sales.... , 7,H.M 2Iet dally average 20.227 OEOROE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to refr me this 30th day of April, A. D. 1902. (Seal.) M. B. HUNGATE, Notary Public. The Brranltes were most conspicuous by their absence at the funeral of J. Sterling Morton. That Douglas county fair is a good thing for the promoters who manage to keep on the Inside. The month of April has panned off the calendar without making good Its tacit promise of April showers. Queen Wllhelmlna's conralescence can not progress too fast for her well iwlsbcra all the world over. The festive billboard la only waiting 'for the next high wind to give another exhibition at playing high Jinks. Those May day strikes may yet give the Civic federation arbitrators a chance to engage their pacification talents. With the approaching session of the United States grand Jury Omaha may confidently look forward to another lu curslon of aboriginal Omahas. It may be cheaper to move than to pay rent, but In Omaha the dltllculty In finding suitable dwellings to move Into '.puts an embargo on moving In general. It now looks very much as If there Would be no land-lease legislation dur ing the present session of congress neither in the shape of the Bowersock till or the Lacey bill. Ak-Sar-Ben's hustling committee Is bout to start out on its rounds. Pa triotic Omahans should hustle to get Into the royal circle without waiting to te hustled In by the hustlers. Andrew Carnegie has sailed for Europe, and towns looking for public libraries should take notice that let ters addressed to him during his sojouru broad will require 5-cent postage. Boer leadera will confer among them- j pelves on terms offered by the British, 1 .May 15. If the scheme Is to proclaim j the empire at peace with all the world ' -wait-the coronation, the rware nuirnttntnra wlll have to do their work expeditiously An the time Intervening. Republicans of Douglas county are urgently and earnestly requested by the AVorld-Herak' to send a delegation to the coming state convention In the In terest of James H. Van Dusen as candi date for governor. What has Van Dusen done to the Bryanitea that he should thus be singled out for high honors by I the Bryan he organ? The Georgia anti-trust law has been declared unconstitutional by the su preme court of that state. It goes with out saying that the bench in Ceorirta la occupied by democratic Judges, oth erwise we should have the occasion elsed at once by the democratic yellow journals to denounce the plutocratic lenaenciee or tne courts. If the new Lincoln poetofflce Is to be ft thing of beauty the plan for the re vised structure should be left to the Architects and not to members of con fress. It Is doubtful, however, whether the present unsightly building can be converted Into a thing of beauty by any precess of reconstruction even with the bwt architectural talent. What the capital city uewls Is an entirely new and modern public bulldlug. , Whcu the Cubans come to take an Inventory of all that the United States ha done for Cuba during the period of occupation, one of the principal Items will be the eucceetful campaign waged gainst unsanitary conditions at Havana by American engineers and health officers. These wonderful 1m provements could hardly have been eireciea unaer euner rtpanisn rule or Indepeudeat self governaueat, BRITISH ArrrttBtitsioft. "The public alarm here Is acute," says a London dispatch referring to the At lantic shipping combine. The appre hension felt iu England regarding the possible effect upon the British ship ping Interest of the transatlantic steamship merger Is manifest In te attention which is being given to the matter In Parliament. There Is a gen eral expression of fear that It will en danger the supremacy of Great Britain on the seas and also Injuriously affect her naval power by withdrawing ships now available for naval service In the event of war. Ileceut advices state that the belief prevails In and out of Parliament that If the steamship com bine continues on the lines along which It seems to have been organized, the British ling Is unlikely to be long re tained by the ships now carrying It It Is remarked as an amazing thiug about the present ogitatlou that the wholo matter has been iu the air for more tlmn a year, yet Englishmen are Just awake to their fancied danger. That they are now very much aroused is evident, but it is not so apparent what can be done to remedy the (situa tion. If the government baa failed to take precautious against the transfer of subsidized steamers to the American flag. It is probably too late now to do anything for preventing this, for un doubtedly the question of the right of the companies owning the subsidized ships to transfer them has been care fully considered by the promoters of the coiubluatlou. Meanwhile the alarm of the British may have less substantial ground than they assume. It Is by no means certain that the British Atlantic Hues are to be transferred to the Ameri can flag, which would necessitate their having an American register, or even that they will be under American domi nation, but simply that they will be a party to the "community of interest" plan, which contemplates the making and maintenance of rates that will be profitable to the combination. How ever, It- Is possible that the agitation over the matter in England may have some good results and if it shall have no other effect than to put a check upon1 this scheme of monopoly, which In spite of the claims of its promoters cannot be to the advantage of commerce, it will have done a very useful service. RAISING TBt! CVUKTY ASSESSMENTS. The proposition of Commissioner Os- trom to raise the assessment on all prop erty listed above $3,000 by 16 per cent for county and state taxation wquld In the main be unobjectionable providing that the county tax levy Is lowered cor respondingly. It la doubtful, however, whether the county board would be Justified under the law to make a sweep ing increase in the assessment of all taxpayers whose property Is listed above $3,000 while leaving the assessment of all property listed below $3,000 at the valuation fixed by the assessor, or prop erty owners. The constitution of Nebraska and the revenue laws of this state do not con template any discrimination against or partiality In favor of any class of tax payers. If It is Just to raise all property assessed above $3,000 It would be equally just to raise all property as sessed above $2,500, or $2,000, or $1,500, or $1,000. As a matter of fact few homes of wage workers are listed by the assessor above $1,000. This also ap plies to farms and farming lands. In Douglas county the bulk of all taxation falls upon the owners of city property. The owners of farms and farming lands have no grounds for complaint. In fact, taxes on farm lands In Douglas county are less than those of the adjoining counties, Sarpy, Washington and Dodge. The main question before the county commissioners, acting as a board of equalization. Is whether any class of property or Individual taxpayer has been favored to the detriment of other taxpayers. The duty of a board of equalization is to equalize. If the ratio of assessment to actual value Is 40 per cent, the assessment of all classes of property, real and personal, should be at the same ratio. If it is 80 per cent. or 20 per cent, the same rule must apply In order to make the tax burden equal for all. A Just ground of complaint In this re gard has heretofore been the rank par tiality shown to one class of property owners and the failure of the board to take Into consideration 'the value of franchises In the assessment of cor porate property under the pretext that they did not know how to go about It and could not agree ou any plan by which the value of the franchises could be ascertained. From that perplexing difficulty they have been relieved by the supreme court. It would undoubtedly be advantageous for the county assess ment to be placed upon the same ratio to actual value that has been adopted by the tax commissioner of Omaha iu the assessment of city property. The double standard of taxation has worked injustice and Is confusing when Invest ors make inquiries concerning the as sessed valuation of property offered for sale. The assumption that a material In crease In the county assessment would correspondingly Increase the amount of state taxes levied against Douglas county Is not well grounded. If, for ex ample, the assessment of Douglas couuty property we uniformly at 40 per cent, the State Board of Equalisation would be In duty bound to lower the tax levied against Douglas county to corre spond with the ratio of valuation be tween Douglas county and other coun ties where valuations are lower. Should the state board refuse to recognise this Inequality the power of the courts could be invoked to compel It to do so. The ouly danger in adopting Commis sioner Ostrom's plan Is that it would foster extravagance and wastefulness In the management of the county' af fairs. An increase in the revenues from taxation would put more money into the couuty treasury then Is actually needed for an economic and efficient adminis tration ud the tax eaten, pi biters and Jobbers of every description would be as numerous and active around the county board as flies around a molasses barrel. If the county board decides to adopt the municipal standard of assess ment It must set Its face firmly against Increased expenditure and cut down the county levy to correspond with the In creased valuation. ANXIOVS FOR CANAL L KU1SI.A TIOX. President Roosevelt Is said to be ex ceedingly anxious that congress shall act upon the canal question at the pres ent fssion. It being feared that if the Jintter goes over until next session It 1U not be disposed of during the life of tlls congress. It Is understood that the president has no choice between Panama and Nicaragua, but he Is very desirous that the canal should be authorized by this congress and the question thus dis posed of Instead of being allowed to take Its chances In a new congress. It has been intimated that the president might urge action in a special message, but the disposition of republican leaders In the senate to accept his view seems to render unnecessary any special ap peal to congress. Certainly the republicans In either house ought to see the expediency of disposing of this question during the life of the present congress, since should the succeeding house of representatives be democratic there would be doubt that any positive action would be taken for another two years. It is pointed out that while as a rule the southern states favor the construction of an isthmian canal, diversion would be easily caused by party opposition to the Philippine policy. Congress Is in posses sion of all the information necessary to enable it to determine the matter. There Is nothing more to be Learned as to the relative merits of the routes. Everything relating to them Is most fully presented In the report of the Isthmian Canal commission. The terms and conditions upon which concessions can be obtained for the respective routes are also known. Both routes are practicable. Each has some distinctive advantage, but either would serve the purposes for which . an interoceanlc canal Is necessary. Preference Is largely a question of cost. The commission at first reported In favor of the Nicaragua route, but when the Panama company offered to transfer its property to the United States for what Is regarded as a reasonable sum and its ability to give a clear title was demonstrated, the commission recommended the Panama route. .Un questionably the Panama canal can be constructed at very much less cost than the Nlcaraguan canal, and also in a much shorter time. The engineering dltfleultles are certainly no greater, if so great, in the former than In the latter route. Senator Morgan, In his recent speech on the subject, pointed out the dangers that would menace the Panama canal. They are not more seri ous than would, threaten the Nicaragua canal, as the earthquake in that region a few days ago very strongly sug-1 gested. The Nicaragua-Costa K lean Guatemala u la pre-eminently an earth quake belt There has been no des structlve earthquake on the Panama Isthmus In more than three centuries. From a commercial point of view there is little choice between the routes and so far as military considerations are concerned one would be quite as serv iceable as the other. In the matter of concessions we shall perhaps be able to secure as satisfactory terms from Co lombia as from Nicaragua and Costa Klea, There appears to be no good reason. therefore, why the canal question should not be determined and disposed of by this congress at the present session. If, however, the matter cannot be de cided by congress the compromise prop osition for leaving it to the determina tion of the president, as provided In the Spooner resolution, should be adopted. THB DKMABD8 OF LABOR. The opening of spring is usually marked by more or less labor dlsturo ances and this year these are rather more numerous and general than for several years. Strikes affecting a num ber of trades are reported from many points, the demands of labor being for Increase of wages and reduction in hours. Labor employed. In the building trades Is most largely represented in these strikes, building operations being very generally on an extensive scale. For a single example, it is stated that In Pittsburg specifications on work that la being held up by the labor trouble aggregate $10,000,000. Nearly everywhere the demand for labor in the building trades Is fully up to the supply and this, with the Increase in the cost of living, explains the move ment of labor to secure better pay and less hours of work per day. The condi tions appear to be highly favorable to the success of the movement, so far at least as the demand for more wages is concerned, but it may be hoped that worklngmen generally will take a con servative view of their opportunity, for otherwise they might impair the condi tions that are contributing to the pros perity of all interest. Judge Baxter's ruling that unregis tered voters must be certified by two resident freeholders of the precinct In which the voter reside Is doubtless In strict conformity with the law. Under the statute the establishment of voting precincts Is vested In the Board of County Commissioners for county and state elections and the precinct bounda ries cannot be changed except under certain prescribed restrictions. In Doug las county the precinct boundaries within the city of Omaha have been fixed to correepond with the respective ward boundaries. No other division baa ever been made by the county and none can legally exist within the city of Omaha until such change has been made by the county. The subdivision of ward into voting districts has been made by ordinance by the mayor and council as matter of convenience, and Live Nebraska Towns Chadron A Center of Commerce. Chadron, a city of 2,500 inhabitants, the seat of government of Dawes county. Is lo cated 444 miles from Omaha, In the north western part of the state, and 65 miles south of Hot Springs, 8. D., the popular health resort. Situated In the White river valley and bounded on the east, south and west by the famous Pine Ridge once the happy hunting grounds of Chief Red Cloud and his tribe, the situation Its unique and beautiful. The ridge of hills rising to a height of S00 feet, covered with pine and cedar, are always verdant and abounding In springs of clear water, and from this source the city owns and controls one of the most perfect and complete systems of gravity water works to be found anywhere, the supply being Inexhaustible. In 1885 the Fremont, Elkhorn A Mlesourl Valley rail road located Its shops and established Its division offices here, making this the ter minus of the Long Pine, Black Hills and Wyoming divisions, and now employ about 300 men, most of whom own and occupy homes In Chadron and share In a payroll of $20,000 to $30,000 each month. The city does a large mercantile busi ness, some of the stores carrying stock valued at from $30,000 to $40,000. All lines of business are well represented by up-to-date merchants, and a good market Is had. this being the center of a vast stock-raising region. We have two banks, doing a very satisfactory business and carrying large deposits of the surplus money of our ranch men. We have a roller patent flouring mill which gives us a home market for our wheat; an electric light plant, a complete telephone system connecting us with the neighboring towns and many of the ranches In the "sand hills country;" two newspa pers, the Chadron Journal and Chadronlan; a $40,000 courthouse, and the best hotel accommodations of any city In the north while these subdivisions have been recognized In county elections, they have never been legally designated as voting precincts In the sense which the law contemplates. If they actually were preclncU, then there would have to be precinct assessors for each and such other precinct officers as might be re quired. The law allows precincts to Is sue bonds, but no one would contend that the ward subdivisions created by ordinance could legally vote bond Issues. A strict application of the letter of the law to the swearing In of votes would doubtless bar voters who failed to se cure sworn vouchers from resident free holders of the precinct, which In the city of Omaha means any resident free holder of the territory embraced within the ward boundaries. As a reminder of the cruelty for merly practiced In transporting live stock by rail the Imposition over In Chi cago of a stiff fine upon a railroad com pany for keeplug cattle in its custody 108 hours without water should serve a good purpose. : Fortunately such exam ples of barbarism are no longer fre quent, but on, the contrary every care la taken to provide reasonable comfort for animala .In transit not only out of humane motives, but for the preserva tion of the value of the stock. That still further improvements in the accommo dations furnished ' live stock shippers are to be bad may safely be counted on, but In the interval the enforcement of the laws requiring feeding and watering In transit alone will prevent a lapse to old practices of neglect and maltreat ment. The government Is taking vigorous measures to prevent the spread of cholera In the Philippine In protection both of our military forces and the native inhabitants. With quarantine established against Ilong Kong, and other Infected ports, the determination of the authorities to take every precau tion Is not to be questioned. If Ameri can rule in these Islands can check the ravages of diseases that from time Im memorial have regularly swept oriental communities, something will be ac complished that would otherwise have been left undone probably lor genera tions. 'Never Touched Me. Chicago Record-Herald. A London paper scoffs at Secretary Shaw, referring to him as a "ahirt-sleeved diplo mat." It isn't likely, however, that the secretary will let this cause him to go back to Iowa and alt down. Canada Thavrlnaj Oat. Philadelphia Record. Canada doe not propose to lag In the rear of the procession. A prospeotus has already been launched for the formation of a "Dominion Securities company" of for midable speculative Intentions. Great Opportunities Neglected. Washington Post. An Ohio bookkeeper died the other day and It has been discovered that there Is a shortage of $3,000 In his accounts, cover ing a period of thirteen years. In these days of large undertakings it would be safe to assume that the man died of mortifica tion. Another l'lim oa Oir C'adr. Cleveland Flaln Dealer. The roast beef of old England loses all Its flavor now that It la learned that tha United States la the greatest beef eating nation in the world. Our per capita of meat consumption is a third larger than that of England, twice as large as France, two and one-half times as great as that of Russia and Ireland, and six times as much as Italy. Plea for Plaieoa Lire. Indianapolis News. The bird killers are In Omaha this week. Tha man that can kill the most birds, as they emerge from a cage, weakened and Intimidated by confinement, la to receive a cast-Iron medal, tha symbol of the world's championship. Now, It he could only be compelled to wear this medal around his neck all hie lire, so that people would know that he Is the man that attained the bad eminence In bird killing, the lesson would not be lost. Industrial Developments. Minneapolis Times. Not only wage earners, but the public at large, will be Interested in knowing that within a half a century the output from our factories has increased in value two and one-third times. In the same length of time tha number of wag earners waa mul tiplied by five and one-half and the wages by ten. The moat rapid rate of Increase, both In the number of workmen, la wages. In product and la value thereof, was during the decade of MM-18W. west, and msny other enterprises, but that of which we are most proud and of which every Chadronlan Is wont to boast Is our schools. In our public schools we have about 500 students enrolled, and It was this school In competition with all the schools of Ne braska, which took second honors at the Transm'sstsslppl exposition. Our public school Is under the efficient msnagement of Prof. W. C. Phlpps, and an able corps of assistants, and Is at home In a sub stanttal brick building. We also have lo cated just south of the city on a beautiful elevation the "Chadron academy," ably pre sided over by Prof. I M. Oberkotter at principal and a complete corps of teachers This, without doubt. Is one of the very best Institutions of this kind in the state, and the only Institution of higher education in the northwestern .country. The curricu lum embraces all branches usually taught In a preparatory school, and diplomas admit to any college In the state without exami nation, and also Includes a school of music under the management of Mies Myrtle Lashey. We have six churches supporting pastors and a railroad Young Men's Chris tian association, with a large membership. We have also the usual number of lodges and clubs of all kinds. Chadron from a treeless plain a few years since, has grown to be a city af beautiful homes, Inhabited by progressive, cultured and contented people. The prin cipal Industry of this county Is stock rais ing, and all who have engaged In this bust- seas have been rewarded far beyond their expectations. A limited amount of farming In conjunction with stock raising has also been a success and the opportunities of those who desire to come are no less today than they have been at any time In the past. W. R. REYNOLDS. HOI ABOIT NEW YORK. Ripples oa the Current of Life In the Metropolis. A whaling good story was brought to New York recently by eight forlorn sallormen from the ill-fated New Bedford whaler Kathleen. It Is a wondrous tale of the sea such as would make the eyes of Jules Verne and Clark Russell bulge with envy and put the hair of the small boy straight on end. The wrecked seamen told of the sinking of the 195-ton Kathleen after fifty-eight years of sea service by the crazy plunge of of monster bull whale. To the eastward of the Windward Islands a school of whales waa sighted. Captain Jenkins sent away the four whaleboats at once. The mate harpooned and lanced a big cow not halt a mile from the bark. He was the first to bring his catch in. The cow was towed to the port side of Kathleen and the tackle waa passed under the carcass. The cap tain sighted a tremendous bull whale within a quarter of a mile on the starboard quar ter. It was by all odds the biggest whale he had ever seen. "Hey, there, mate," he shouted, "you take your men and go after that bull over there." The mate and his men tumbled down Into their boat and bent their backs to the oars. The unsuspicious leviathan met them half way. Deviara plunged the harpoon Into tha big fish's back. The bull sounded at once. Apparently his Irit rush did not take him very far, for while the men were still reeling oft more line for him, thinking that the slackening of the line was merely temporary, he roee di rectly ahead of them and began to thrash the water. They had hardly gathered in the alack when the monster started off along he surface of the water. He went fast. The harpoon line was reeled off with a whirr. The friction over the bow set fire to the gunwale and It blazed up twice, only to be doused out by one of the men. The whale was making dead for Kath leen. Deviara got out his hatchet, ready to cut the line when the big fieh dived under the vessel's keel. But the bull did not dive. He rushed right on and struck the bark amidships on Its port side. The stout timbers were crushed In as a berry box Is crushed when you kick It. The whale sunk like a plummet as soon as he struck the ship. The boat's crew cut the rope Just In time to save themselves. Mate Deviara called on his men to pull hard for the bark, which was settling rap idly. They came alongside In plenty of time to save those aboard. Within a moment after the blow struck by the whale the cap tain had set all hands to dragging bread and water up to the deck, whence It could be conveniently thrown Into the whale boats. The ship soon sunk and the entire crew found itself In the whaleboats, 950 miles from land. A passing steamer next day rescued them. Sixteen years ago Mrs. Sarah Lockwood of Brooklyn secured a divorce from Fred erick E. Lockwood on charges which she believed to bo true, and which he ve hemently denied. They were of a nature to harden her heart against hlra, and to deaden the affection which she thought had been killed. Mr. Lockwood has spent these yesrs In wandering about the country, never re maining long In one place, and never with a thought of a second marriage. Mrs. Lockwood gave her life to the care anl education of her 2-year-old daughter. Some days ago Mr. Lockwood was asked to call at the office of a lawyer In Brook lyn. He did so, and was told that his wife had found that the charges were not true, and that she -had asked fcia permission to go Into court and secure an annullment of the decree. The mother and daughter of 18 were In the court room when the father came In. The judge In a few words swept the decree from the books, and the twain were again husband and wife. Then the daughter threw her arms about her father and wept, and three happy people left the court room together. "Those who fall to see New York at least ones In the early days of spring." writes a correspondent, "are losing something of pleasure In sight and feeling that would do them good. One never realizes how much there Is hers of greenery until he sees it unfolding on every side. The Impression of many Is that the city Is practically treeless. Tbey would revise that oplnon In sight of the big parks and the little nooks and corners where nature has still her own way. As for the grasa thers are acres of K. As for the waters tbey never were clearer or brighter In the sun. As for the air It Is never again so pure. And eve:i the people look happy." Meyer Guggenheim of New York City, who gave $60,000 to the Jewish hospital In Philadelphia, has a family of sons who Inherit his philanthropic Impulses. Wil liam Guggenheim haa just given $50,000 to the I'nlted Hebrew Charities of New York City for an endowment fund. This Is given without any conditions, and he offers to give $50,000 mors provided that $250,000 additional Is contributed by friends of the society before ths end of the year. Thla would create a total endowment of $350,000. No other charitable organization In New York City baa a more extensive field of labor. This field Is constantly growing, as every year nearly 50,000 Russian Jews ar rive and fully ens la tea requires assist ance, . , The Heaviest Hair on Record Absalom's. Every year he polled his head, and the weight of his hair was 6 1-6 pounds. We can't promise you any such hair as this; yet you Know the familiar saying, "Ayer's HairVigorJmakes the hair grow." It also stops falling of the hair, and restores color to gray hair, all the dark, rich color. " My hair was coming out very badly and was turning gray. Two bottles of Ayer's Hair Vigor stopped the falling and completely restored the color." Mas. M. D. Gkay, North Salem, Mass. UN. AM irarrkt. J. C AY 81 CO., PERSONAL, NOTES. If General Smith's ears are rot red hot these days there Is nothing In the old saying. Queen Wllhelmlna seems to be picking up courage and health, to be ready for the next blow that misfortune deals ber. The more the details of King Edward's coronation are revealed the more It ap peara that his majesty Intends to be what Is vulgarly called "the whole show." Walter MacEwen, the American painter, residing In Paris, has been awarded one of the two gold medals ef state at the Vienna exhibition presented by the Aus trian government. Voters who have not yet received their seeds from Washington should write to their congressmen at once. If those seeds are not planted pretty soon their failure to grow cannot be blamed on the late frosts. Citizens of Charleston, S. C, are urging that the name of Meeting street, one of the widest and most Important streets in their city, be changed to Hampton avenue, In memory of the late General Wade Hamp ton. In Columbia, too, there Is talk of having a Hampton street or avenue. During Governor Odell's six weeks' trip In the west New York, for the first time In Its history, will be governed by the speaker of the assembly. Four weeks after Mr. Odell's departure Lieutenant Governor Woodruff will leave for Europe and for the remaining two weeks Speaker Nixon will act as chief executive. Champ Clark of Missouri astounded the house of representatives a few days ago by appearing In a dove-colored frock suit like those occasionally worn by handsome young men In shows of the "Florodora" kind. To an Inquiry from an amazed fellow member he replied: "Oh, I have to wear some thing, and It might as well be this." The costume waa not a success and has disap peared again. A TEAR BEHIND THE 9MII.E. Chicago Chronicle: There are so few hearty funmakers In this workaday world that none of them can join the great ma jority without leaving an unfilled place. Everybody who ever saw Sol Smith Russell will be one of his mourners. Philadelphia Record: The lights are out and the curtain down; death has claimed gay Sol Smith Ruasell after a long battle with the grisly conqueror. For nearly thirty years he so played his part as to make himself a favorite among theater goers In every part of the country. His death will be widely deplored. Chicago Post: He was never fortunate enough to produce a play of literary dis tinction or of high dramatic significance, but be appeared in nothing that was not wholesome, clean, enjoyable and interest ing. We all owe him a debt of gratitude for many, many delightful hours, and his death will be widely mourned. Kansas City Star: It Is more or less true of all successful comedians that person ality counts for about as much as talent or genius. It certainly was true of Mr. Rus sell. Amorg the characters that actors represent on the stags few appeal so for cibly to the public as those of genius cast in respectable poverty and taking the frowns of fortune good-naturedly. There has never been another actor on the Ameri can stage who was so successful in repre senting the "shabby genteel" at Sol Smith Russell. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Sol Smith l Russell will be mourned by millions who rever taw him except behind the footlights. At an actor he touched the springs of feeling with a true insight, and be deli cately undorstood the relations of humor and pathos. Hit acting was comedy of a healthful order, not glittering foolery or nonsense. A vein of tenderness marked his work. 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Cleveland Leader: Tha fact which la out of harmony with all tho rent is tha: death came at less than 64 years of age. Such a man ought to have boon hale and hearty at 80. His life could not havo lasted too long to suit his fellow country men. Fifty years of continuous work on the stage would only hare multiplied tho host of admirers to whom he brought pure and wholesome pleasures. Chicago Record-Herald: As a mimic of eccentric American characters Mr. Kussell bad no enial. He could run tho whole gamut of vivid description, magnetic pathos and dramatic power that made John H. Ciough the matchless platform orator of bis day. Moreover, he so entered Into the appeal of his Imitation of Mr. Gough that tears coursed down his cheeks, only to be lighted by that Ineffably sweet smile as he concluded with a wavo of his long arm: "I thank you, ladles and gentlemen. " And to think that we shall never again see that smile Sol Smith Russell's smile breaking and gleaming through and rippling over that mock serious face of shrewd American humor. Its qualntnees, its surprised Inno cence, its sweetness dwells with all who saw It like a benediction. LINES TO A I.AI till. Philadelphia Press: "His musirnl com positions achieve .soma little popularity, out not for long." "That's so; Juit thlrty-dny notes, as It were." Judge: "Colonel Bridge's dog and mlna had a tight yetiterday." "How did It come out?" "Well, the colonel drew first, but shot wild, so I laid him up with a bullet In his ehouhler." Chlcaso News: Little Willie Say, pa, what are preferred creditors , Pa They are tho kind that -never send In their bills, my son. At least, that's the kind I prefer. Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Petersen says he's very susceptible to heat." "Susceptible! I should say he was. Why, he holda the medal for being the llrst man to be sunntruck In March." Detroit Free Press: Sliss Kidder Gun son just returned from a Hliooting trip this morning and ho seemed tickled to death. Knocker Unusual run of luck, eh? Miss Kidder Yes; he Uidn't shoot the dogs. Chicago Post: "How nice It would be," commented Hooter thoughtfully, "If we could only skip the day after." Washington Star: "United States sena tors are mighty busy people," said Farmer Corntnssel. "Yes." answered his wife. "It appenrs like they was either makln' or breakln' laws all the time " New York Times: (leralil There's a fnol born every minute. .eraldlne At that rate it won't he lonir be. ore you have a good working majority. Philadelphia Press: "Goodness" how that railroad stock does fluctuate." "Yes. It's a wise railroad stock that knows Its own par." THE I.EAKV TltKKS. James W'hitcomh Riley. In the Spring when the green gits back In ine irees. And the sun comes out and atavs. And your boots pull on with a good tlul squeeze, And you think of your barefoot davs: When you ort to work and you want to not And you ind your wife agreea It's time to spade up the garden lot- When the green gits back In the trees Well, work Is the least of my hires nen tne green, you know, gits baric In the trees. When the green gits back In tho trees, and been Is a-buzzln' round agin In that kind of a "lazy-go-os-you-please" Old gait they hum round In: When the ground's all bald where the hay rick stood And the crick's rlz, and the breeze Coaxea the bloom In the old dogwood. And the green gits back in the trees I like, I say, In such scenes as these The time when the green glta back In the trees.