TITE OMATTA DAILY HEEi TUESDAY, MAY fl, 1002.
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George B Tsachuck, secretary of The Bee
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ays that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Bunday Bee printed during
the month of April, 1902, was as follows:
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30 20,620
Total :...8MO,045
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Sst dally average 20,227
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Notary Public.
Whether It Is a million-dollar rain or
jiot, we won't quarrel over Us appraise
ment. It will take a lot of rata to make
pood the deficiency registered by the
rain gauge.
Tom Blackburn's editorials In the local
popocratlc organ are a dead give-away
cm their face.
The farmer should show his gratitude
to the weather man by giving htm his
tneat supply at reduced rates.
Get the tax rate down to reasonable
proportions and real estate mobility will
experience a healthful Impetus.
Watered stocks on Wall street may
go down, but the watered wheat In the
Brest brings farmers' hopes up.
AU America listens with a sympa
thetic ear for the news from the bed
Side of the young Queen of Holland.
Those Boer peace negotiators are
dreadfully slow at making their moves
6n the chessboard. Their flying gen
erals move faster. .. ,
Just now, when the corporation tax
contest Is the paramount Issue in
Omaha, the World-Herald's guns are
All focused upon the Beef trust and the
army in the Philippines.
The fight for tax reform Is not being
waged In Omaha and Nebraska alone,
but In nearly every city and state In
the union. The gains made at one
point In the line strengthen the whole
column.
A college professor lecturing on the
Chinese , language assures us all that
It la easy to talk Chinese, but hard to
read It and write It Chinese ought
Soon to become the favorite language
or all political discussions.
From disciplining members who were
recalcitrant in the late Bouth Omaha
municipal election the Jacksonlans
have taken to disciplining democratic
officeholders for not drawing the lines
tbarp enough in the distribution of pie.
The man selected to be the new com
missioner of pensions never held public
office before. If those pension attor
neys get after hrm as they have his
predecessor It will not be a safe guess
that be will. ever want to hold office
gain.
The naval officers arrested for dis
orderly conduct in Venice are out of
Jail, but not out of trouble. Uncle Bam
will Instat on passing on their conduct
before they can reinstate themselves
Into his good graces after having
brought odium upon his uniform.
The county board is considering a
proposition to refund an outstanding is
sue of Douglss county bonds which has
five years to run yet before payable.
g-fTne question Is one of mathematics,
: rbetber the interest saving Is real or
only Illusory. If the taxpayers can save
money by refunding, they will endorse
uch a move on the part of the county
board. '
The position of United States consul
general to London carries with It a sal
ary of only (3,000, but brings in fees in
addition that raise the income of the In
cumbeut to f-10,000 a year. , 80 long as the
law leaves the office In that shape, who
ever Is appointed to fill It will naturally
reap the full benefit, but there Is no
good reason why any consular office
abould pay such large dividends so far
In excess of very other official place
In our government, except the presl
dency itself. Congress ought to abolish
the fee system where It leads to such
Inequalities..
A PROPOSED RAILWAY CVCBT.
Months ago this paper suggested the
expediency of a court to which should
be submitted the issues arising between
the railroads and the Interstate Com
merce commission. We urged that such
a court would permit the issues arising
from time to time to be Immediately
submitted to judicial consideration, in
stead of having to wait for an Indefinite
time In order to be passed upon.
The proposition for a railway court
has received attention from those who
are giving consideration to the rail
way problem and It has some supporters
among those who have been giving the
most earnest attention to that question.
Senator Elklns among others has ex
pressed the opinion that a railway court
Is the only practicable way out of exist
ing difficulties, that such a court will
ultimately have to be established In
order to meet the questions Involved In
the problem of regulating the railroads
by the government This is the view
taken by the leading members of the
Interstate Commerce commission. In
his testimony before the house commit
tee on interstate and foreign commerce
last week Commissioner Trouty took a
decided position In favor of a railway
court not a tribunal, as he Indicated, to
supersede the Interstate Commerce com
mission, but to co-operate with it by
taking charge of all those cases which
are appealed from its decision and with
which it is now so difficult to induce
ordinary courts to deal.
The Idea of such a court, it l pointed
out. Is by no means a new one. There
Is precedent for It in England and else
where and while the conditions are not
precisely the same abroad as here, yet
to all Intents and purposes the circum
stances are such as to Justify the appli
cation of similar principles in this coun
try as are operative abroad. At any
rate the proposition for a railway court,
which would have final Jurisdiction and
authority in regard to questions arising
under the authority and rulings of the
Interstate Commerce commission, Is- one
that Is entitled to the most careful con
sideration, particularly In view of the
fact that it has the support of mem
bers of the Interstate Commerce com
mission and senators who are advocat
ing legislation for strengthening the
powers of the commission.
THE EDITORIAL "WE."
The license of the editorial "we" has
often served as a theme for pertinent
discussion, but it has remained for our
brother editor, ex-Senator William V.
Allen, to furnish a pointed example to
Illustrate the full scope of its elasticity.
Composing an obituary on the late J.
Sterling Morton, Editor Allen writes;
Our acquaintance with J. Sterling Mor
ton began in January, 1803, when the legis
lature was In session and a United States
senator was to be elected. We met and
were Introduced to him tor the first time
in the lobby of the Lincoln hotel. He was
a candidate for United States senator. The
outcome was the election of the writer.
Mr. Morton made strenuous efforts to se
cure his own election and to defeat" ua,
going even to the extent of sending' one
of his lieutenants to ua and asking us to
withdraw from the race, and because we
declined to do so and were elected we in
curred his enmity, which lasted the re
mainder of his life. The writer was a
member of the United States senate during
the four years Mr. Morton served as sec
retary of agriculture. We saw him barely
four times during that period. After his
confirmation by the senate we called on
him at his rooms In the Corcoran hotel.
After his Induction Into office we called on
him at the Agricultural department, and
twice we met him at the senate for a few
moments only. We conversed with him
for a short time during the monetary dis
cussion at Omaba in 1898, and theee inter
views constituted the extent of our per
sonal acquaintance with him. But tor the
fact that Mr. Morton became the enemy
of the writer by reason of our promotion
to the United States senate, our relations
with him might have been closer and more
cordial. But his frame of mind toward us
was such as to Induce us to hold aloof
from him.
Surely no real editor will ever discard
the use of the first person plural when
he wants to do effective writing.
PROJECTED ALASKAN LAUD GRAXT3.
The San Francisco Chronicle takes a
very decided stand in opposition to the
proposed legislation in favor of giving
certain privileges to railroad projects in
Alaska. 'It says with reference to the
Alaskan, Gulf & Yukon Railway com
pany, which is seeking a land grant
for constructing a road in Alaska, that
Its request is totally unwarranted and
if granted would simply result in rob
bing the national government even to
a greater extent than it has ever been
robbed in its concessions hitherto to
railway enterprises. The Chronicle
rxtlnts out that while this company Is
not so voracious as the Transalaskan
railway, "still It has nerve enough to
ask the government to grant It the
alternate sections of the public domain
for five miles on either side of the
right-of-way 200 feet in width for the
400 miles between the termini." This
and other concessions asked Is In the
opinion of the Chronicle altogether ex
travagant and it urges tbt congress
should do nothing to give anything like
a railroad monopoly in Alaska, which
it thinks would be the effect of grant
ing the demand of the Alaskan. Gtulf
& Yukon Railway company. It says
that congress should be exceedingly
chary about allowing any land grants
In Alaska, other than those allowed
under the various land laws, until a
more definite knowledge has been ac
quired of Its resources.
Admitting that congress should be
very careful In this respect, it is yet
to be said, on the other band, that it
la hardly wise to Impose any extraordi
nary restrictions upon the legitimate
efforts of capital to uevelep tns re
sources of Alaska, among which none
is more essential than that of estab
lishing la the territory the most ade
quate facilities of transportation. If a
reasonably liberal system of land grants
Is necessary to the construction of rail
ways in Alaska it would be a mistake
to refuse such grants, but It is of
course expedient that they, should be
so regulated as never to become a bur
Lden upoa the peofile, Xho fact It sow
recognlted that the territory of Alaska
has much more valuable resources than
were thought of when It was purchased
from Russia. by the United States and
the question of their development Is
being very earnestly considered. The
most essential requirement Is that of
adequate transportation facilities and It
will be good policy on the part of the
government to promote these In every
practicable and proper way.
PUBLIC SCHOOL REFORM.
The educational committee of the
Omaha Woman's club has formulated
Its findings and conclusions relative to
the condition of Omaha's public schools
and the retrenchment Inaugurated by
the Board of Education. The report Is
garnished with many platitudes, such as:
The efficiency of the public schools Is the
highest concern of every citizen.
The school life of the working child Is
dlscouragingly short; to lengthen it at the
other end la futile.
The future safety of our country rests
upon the standard of Intelligence devel
oped In our children.
Taxes levied for education are the most
righteous and best Investment the public la
called upon to make.
A woman's club's greatest value to, a
community Is its stimulating effect 00 other
forces.
Coming down to business, the commit
tee declares that after two months' In
vestigation it finds that the public
schools of Omaha take high rank among
the schools of the country, that the cost
of education per child In Omaha Is a
fair average, that there is no special
demand for relief from taxation for
school purposes, that salaries paid In
Omaha now are but an average. Hav
ing reached these conclusions, the com
mittee recommends that all money re
quired for the schools in Omaha shall be
raised by direct taxation, that Omaha
should maintain public school salaries
equal to those of other cities of the
same rank, that our schools be raised
above political and personal preferences,
that no teacher be retained who lacks
professional fitness for the work, and,
lastly, that civil service rules be applied
to both teachers and Janitors.
The laborious effort made by the edu
cational committee of the Woman's club
to investigate the condition of our public
schools Is highly commendable, but the
conclusions reached would seem to In
dicate that the committee was more
zealous for the restoration of the for
mer salary scale for teachers than to
point out the weak spots of the system
and the remedies for existing defi
ciencies. .
It Is always a disagreeable and thank
less task for public bodies to cut sala
ries and lop off sinecures. The demand
of the taxpayers has been for retrench
ment and greater economy. The school
board has endeavored to respond to this
demand according to its best Judgment
It Is possible that the proposed cut of
teachers' salaries may work injustice in
some individual instances, but it is a
case of cutting the garment according
to the cloth. If the Woman's club
would direct Its effort to specific cases
of Injustice It would doubtless receive' a
hearing. .
The assertion that the public schools of
Omaba take high rank among the
schools of the country Is merely an as
sumption. . It is a matter of notoriety
that our schools ranked much higher
abroad a few years ago than they do
today. There Is an abundance of talent
In the High school, but also misfits that
seriously hamper Its efficiency. Teach
ers have been imported and foisted upon
the school pay roll at high salaries who
are notoriously below the standard. No
body contends that the kindergarten
should be abolished, but there is no good
reason why Omaba should employ four
times as many kindergarten teachers as
Minneapolis and other cities double and
treble Omaha's population.
Everybody will agree with the com
mittee that personal and political pref
erences should have no bearing in the
selection of teachers, but such a reform
cannot be brought about so long as the
man at the head of our public schools
holds his place as superintendent by fa
voritism and political wire pulling.
The school tai- question and the
proposition to raise the revenue for the
support of the schools exclusively by
direct taxation requires more extended
discussion. For the present, direct
taxation is absolutely impracticable and
will be for years to come, even if It
were feasible.
Last year the Omaba Bridge and Ter
minal company's property was assessed
by the State Board of Equalization at a
mileage rate that was out of all pro
portion with Its value as compared with
other taxable property. The action of
the state board waa made the basis for
assessment by the county and city, al
though the law relating to the assess
ment of railroad property by the state
board limits Its power to railroads that
extend beyond the boundaries of a single
county. In other words, the bridge and
tracks of the terminal company being
located In Douglaa county only, should
have been returned in Douglas county
by the local assessors, and that portion
within the boundaries of the city of
Omaha should have been assessed by
the tax commissioner on' the same ratio
as other tsxable property. . This wss
the course pursued with the assessment
of the Omaha Bridge and Terminal
company's property ever since the bridge
was built, and inasmuch as there has
been no change In the law, there is no
valid reason why the state board should
allow itself to be used for the purpose
of helping that corporation in the eva
sion of local taxation. The mere fact
that the Illinois Central has leased the
use of the East Omaha bridge and ter
minals does uoi change the coudiilOua
under which the bridge company's prop
erty Is to be assessed.
Samples of the llreasosi Life.
Saturday Evening Post.
President Roosevelt will soon be able te
add a sew chapter to his remarks on the
strenuous life. la addition te getting a
new administration under way, attending
to the office seekers, running the new Is
lands and answering Emperor William's
letters, he delivered a loni address at
If hariesUA aai 4a tfova tat wUua enjjeaching the great Bassea f the people,
Memorial day. It all goes to Show that
hereafter every presidential candidate
should pass a physical examination and
not be ever 45 or BO years old.
Rlaath Wonder of the World.
Atlanta Journal (dem.)
Wonders will never cease. A Kentucky
republican baa been acquitted of the charge
of being a principal In the Ooebel assas
slnation.
Millionaires Far Ontrlaaaed.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
When a promoter reallxes I172.BO0.0O0 for
his share In exploiting five corporations, he
must look down upon the average mil
llonalre as an unfortunate person not far
removed from penury.
Gallant Warrior Reelected.
Baltimore American.
It Is said that Admiral Cervera Is living
in Spain In obscurity and aeglect He
should come to this country, where he
would be appreciated at his proper worth.
There will always be a soft spot In Amer
ican hearts for the brave and generous old
warrior.
That Naval Toot at Venire.
Philadelphia Record.
That was a costly ' lark of the marines
from the cruiser Chicago. To be thrust
Into a Venetian prison, where the vermin
attacked ttfem; to pay 12,000 to get out:
to be clapped Into Irons when they were
put aboard ship and to become the Jest
of one continent and the shame of an
otheroh, that was rare sport I
The Mesa Thins.
Chicago Chronicle.
We can see parlous times ahead for the
Federation of Woman's clubs. An officer of
tbat organization has been called to order
upon the ground that she talked about her
self Instead of making her report. If tbat
sort of thing Is to go on what Inducement
will there be to Join the federation?
Good Plaee to Avoid.
Chicago Chronicle.
' Timid gentlemen or Intrepid ones, for
that matter who do not court a speedy
separation from tbelr assets will do well
to keep out of Wall street these days. They
have taken to cleaning out members of the
Vanderbllt family down there, and when
financial princes of the blood royal are thus
disrespectfully used, what earthly show ta
there for the ordinary plebeian and his 10
polnt margin.
Serving; Conntrr d Party.
Minneapolis Journal.
Theodore Roosevelt is rendering a serv
ice to his party of the greatest Importance
at this time.. And his fearless stand In
defense of the rights and Interests of the
people against aggressive corporate power
should be recognised by thoughtful business
men everywhere as calculated to check the
rise of populism, satisfy the well grounded
feeling that something sincere and effectual
must be done to curb the regression of the
few against the rigths and interests of
the many, and thus avert business dis
turbance and disaster.
BETTER CATTLE WILL BE BRED.
Significance of Record Sales sit Booth
Omaha.
Cleveland ' Leader.
Remarkably high prices were obtained for
blooded cattle sold to breeders gathered at
South Omaha on Wedneaday. One cow
brought more than $3,000 and her calf went
for $1,000. The average of all the sales
made was notable, as well as the highest
figures recorded. : ,
Presumably the high? prices recently paid
for meat, and also for cattle, sheep and
hogs fit for butchers' use, had much to do
with the success of this stock sale, but it Is
a sign of hope for . meat eaters when the
demand for blooded 1 cattle grows very
strong. One of the very best ways to check
the general tendency toward higher prices
for animal food, as the country becomes
more densely settled, , to to Improve the
average quality of the live stock. In tbat
manner It Is often possible to obtain much
more meat for a given quantity of food for
the animals fattened. Some breeds actually
require much less corn and grass to pro
duce beeves weighing 1,500 pounds apiece
than other cattle, of inferior stock, need
to reach 1,200 pounds, at the same age.
If all American cattle were of the best
blood the pastures and the cornfields would
be far more effective In making meat than
they are now, and present conditions In the
markets would be much worse If there had
not been wide and very marked improve
ment In the average quality of western
range cattle, as well as the stock raised on
farms In the older sections of the country
In the last twenty-five years. That change
for the better la still going on and It does
much to moderate the forces which tend
to make meat dearer. -
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING.
Slanlflcant Demonstration. of Ita
Saperlor Valne.
Denver Poet.
A striking demonstration of the value of
newspaper advertising was recently made
by the Messrs.- Harper ft Bros, of New
Tork, one of the largest and most widely
known publishing houses of the country.
No firm In the whole world, probably, has
so complete a system and such extensive
facilities for reaching the reading public
without going beyond their own 'Personal
resources as has Harper Bros. For half
a century or more their name has been
familiar to readers of the better class of
literature the world over, aid heretofore a
mere announcement . through, their regular
channels has been considered all that might
profitably be done In the way of Introducing
a new book or' publication to the public
The manager of the firm, however, re
cently became . convinced that newspaper
tidvertlslag might be -made to add some
what to the profits of his firm. In order
to test the correctness of his ideas, he
selected two books of what is known In
trade nomenclature as "popular fiction."
Each of these bad enjoyed fair favor upon
their Initial appearance and had sold about
equally well. One was by a well kaown
and popular author and the other by a
writer who had yet to wla his spurs.
The comparatively unknown writer's
book was selected for newspaper
advertising, while the production of . the
one with the established reputation was
pushed through the regular channels of the
firm. This was after the two books had
beea on sale for a year upon absolutely
even terms and with practically equal
sales. -
The result was a complete surprise, both
to the Harpers' manager and to the news
paper adrertlslng ageats who had Joined in
urging the test. During the second's year's
sales the book that had been given the ad
vantage of newspaper advertising out
stripped the other by over 200,000 copies,
this proportion cf sales continuing prse
tlcally unchanged throughout the year,
although the advertisement had been given
but one Insertion and that In only the lead
ing newspapers of the larger cities of the
country.
A fairer or a more conclusive test could
hardly have been devised and the results
have been accepted by large business firms
everywhere sa demonstrating beyond ques
tion that newspaper advertising, when In
telligently employed. Is par excellence the
moat valuable and. Judged by eonrpara-
tlve results, the cheapestmedium for
Live Nebraska Towns
WILBER Gem
That Wllber, the rounty seat of Saline,
should be accounted one of the best towns
In Nebraska Is not owing to the enterprise
of Its citizens. Individually or collectively,
for they are among the most placid anl
conservative people of the west, but la the
natural outcome of the fertile farms by
which It Is surrounded and the Industrious
and thrifty tillers of them, who make it
their trading point. Through the environ
ment of this happy combination of fertil
ity and Industry the town has made steady
and substantial growth and Us Inhabitants
bave prospered in a modest way ever since
the beginning of 1873.
In addition to grain and stock this Is one
of the largest Shipping points In the west
for butter, eggs and poultry, the total of
which la something enormous. Figures are
net accessible and statistics are said to
be dry. Wllber Is not a dry town. Here is
located one of the oldest established and
best known mills In Nebraska, the products
of which find a wide market over our own
state and northern Kansas and their spe
cialty, rye flour, goes as far south as Ok
lahoma. The brewery, operated by a Joint
stock company, may la time dim the fame
of Milwaukee. AU the lines of business
usually followed la the market towns of
strlotly agricultural communities are well
represented and the church and educa
tional advantages sre all that could be
desired.
Beautifully situated on the Wymore
branch of the B. A M., within easy dis
tance of the state capital and the metrop
olis, both of which It is possible to visit
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES.
Sutton Advertiser-News: Hon. S. W.
Christy of Edgar has consented to make the
race for congress. If he secures the nom
ination he will surely be elected.
Wausa Eaterprlse-Herald: W. W. Teung
of Stanton county, state senator and lawyer,
will be a candidate before the Third district
republican congressional convention. Mr.
Young has many friends throughout the
district who are urging him to be a candi
date. Tbat Mr. Toung Is good timber there
Is ao question.
Bradshaw Republican: Probably among
all the candidates seeking the republican
nomination for congress In this district
there Is no abler, cleaner or better qualified
man than Hon. E. J. Halner of Aurora,
and, while all who are seeking are good
men, from our opportunities of viewing the
situation, Halner Is the strongest man for
the race.
O'Neill Frontier: The list of congres
sional candidates ss It now stands In the
Sixth district is given by the Kearney Hub
In this' fashion: Beeman and Ooodell of
Buffalo, Qrlmes of Lincoln, Currle of Cus
ter, Cady of Howard and Klnkald of Holt.
There is no lack of good timber for con
gress snd any one of the above would be a
credit to their district.
St. Edward Sun: H. C. VatI, Boone coun
ty's candidate for congress before the con
gressional convention, Is meeting with flat
tering success wherever his name Is pre
sented. Boone county is a republican
county and will roll up a splendid ma
jority, and thus deserving of recognition
when they present a candidate. Our can
didate Is qualified in every respect and if
nominated will put In some hard work to
be elected.
Tork Times: The St. Paul Republican
brings out A. E. Cady as a candidate for
congress 1n the 'Sixth district and starts
him on the road with an endorsement and
an argument that does credit to both Mr.
Cady and the Republican. So another strong
man Is added to the number who are ready
to make the race In that district, where the
fight has been as hopeless as thankless
ever since the district was organised. Last
year It gave a republican majority and this
year will increase It.
Grand Island Independent: It is stated
that Hon. W. A. Prince will be a candidate
for the congressional nomination of the re
publicans of the Fifth congressional dis
trict. It certainly Is about Hall county's
turn to receive the recognition that, ought
long ago to have been hers, and with Mr,
Prince there can be no question of a vig
orous campaign in the event of his nom
ination. Mr. Prince was a representative
from this county to the legislature of 1901
and left a record to which he can point
with considerable satisfaction. In his po
sition la the senatorial matter, as well as
his other acts ss a legislator, there Is not a
single thing that needs defense. He Is,
furthermore, an able speaker and can cer
tainly be commended to the republicans of
the district as a most admirable candl
date.
Bldnev Telerrapb: The North Platte
Tribune, in a column editorial, announces
Judge H. M. Grimes as a candidate for the
republican nomination for congress in this
district. In presenting his fellow towns
man the editor of the Tribune pays him
the following tribute: "For nearly twenty
years this writer has had an acquaintance
with Judge Grimes snd is therefore quali
fied to attest his unquestioned Integrity, his
Indomitable energy, his fairness In all mat
ters and his popularity, which has been
well earned. Judge Grimes Is a man who
never forgets a friend or acquaintance, and
tha man In overalls receives the same cour
teous treatment and hearty handshake as
does the man in broadcloth. He Is well
known throughout this congressional dis
trict, and as a campaigner he has few
equals. If nominated he will make a thor
ough canvass of the district and win make
votes at every place he visits." Judge
Grimes is the logical candidate from this
portion of the Big Sixth district. No name
stands higher and no man has the conn-
dence of the people In this Judicial district
more thoroughly than he.
PERSONAL NOTES.
The assessor is "among you, takin'
notes."
The king of Greece delights In taking
recreatioa In the fields. He can blow, cut
and bind corn, milk cows and, in short,
could at a pinch keep a farm going single
handed. Emperor William has conferred the bronxe
so-called "China medal" upon Joseph Her
rings, sn American newspaper correspoad
ent, who was wounded on board the Ger
man gunboat litis st Taku, China.
"Every business man should read Shake
speare," says James J. Hill, the railroad
magnate. "There are other good works a
plenty. of course, but I have found more
valuable advice, consolation sad Informa
tion In Shakespeare than in any other
author.",;
A woman's editorial association had a
dinner In Topeka and one of the toasts was,
"Woman: Without Her Man is a Brute."
It must have been a cynical printer man
who set up the type, for this was the way
tha toast read in print: "Woman, Without
Her Maa, is a Brute." Just how much of
a rumpus this raised may possibly be Im
agined; it certainly cannot bo described.
William M. Bunker, the past president of
the California Society Sons of American
Revolution, asked the congress, whose ses
sion Just closed st Washington, to provide
for the care of the "Stars and Stripes"
monument, which he discovered la an old
church In East London. Eng. It bears the
Washington arms and marks the burial
place of Elisabeth Washlagtoa.
of the Blue Valley.
and return home the same day, this Oem
of the Blue Valley Is one of the best places
on earth to live in and Is the home of some
of the best people on earth, who come as
near living up to the great twelfth com
mandment, "Mlnd yonr own business," si
any community on earth. Most of them
own their own homes, which has been made
possible to many of limited Income by a
well managed building and loan association
that confines Its operations to this one
precinct. The census of 1900 gave the
population of the village as 1,064. Since
then the corporate limits' have been ex-
tended and It Is now nearly 1,000. In the
management of local affairs the question of
politics nevers enters, the people working
harmoniously together for the general good
and as a result we have a well and econom
ically governed city, owning an excellent
system of water-works and eleotrlo lights
that would be a credit to a much larger
place, oa a self-sustaining basis.
The fame of Wilber Is not confined to
our own state and nation, but extends
far across the ocean. At a public gather
ing a short time ago a visitor who had re
cently returned from a trip through Europe
told that while: traveling In Bohemia be
saw Inscribed on the Iron work of a big
bridge the names of Wilber, New Tork,
Chicago, Milwaukee and Cleveland. The
name of Wllber stood flratl The ancestral
homes of many ef our beet eltlxens are In
that country, but no people are more proud
of or more devoted to their Nebraska home
than the people of Wllber.
JOHH KNIGHT.
ROl'ND ABOCT NEW YORK.
Ripples on the Current of Life in the
Metropolis.
One of Brooklyn's ferocious small boys,
after studying the poster srt of the will
west show, flipped his thumb to his nose
and declared that Buffalo Bill was a Coney
Island Jay In the desperado business. "I'll
show him how to do the trick," exclaimed
the blooming kid, who thereupon scooted
home for the necessary artillery. Return
lng with a double-barreled shotgun, the
weight of which staggered htm, he came
upon a crowd of youngsters playing In a
vacant lot. Pointing the gun at the crowd
te yelled: "Hey, you fellers, throw up your
hands and be quick about it. I'm Buffalo
Bill!" The youngsters Jeered and the kid
pulled the trigger. He was knocked down
by the recoil and one of the youngsters fell
screaming, his arm and neck peppered with
buckshot. The wounded boy was carried to
a hospital and Billy the Kid was shingled
on the spot, "I didn't know it was loaded!"
he yelled between smacks..
All but the ultra-righteous 'will feel a
pang at the decision of the authorities that
Coney Island has got to be good this sum
mer. Nobody expects it to be good, snd it
is hardly too much to say that nobody
wants It to be good. Things are permitted
at Coney Island that would be out of
place In New Tork City, and yet aren't par
ticularly harmful, after all. There are
more outrageous, open-gauge fakes on that
strip of sand than In any equal area of the
world, but nobody minds, because every
body expects 'te find little trickeries snd
frauds there and the most you can lose at
them is sn occasional dime. Then there
are the innocuous gambling games where
you throw rings In the futile hope of en
snaring a cane, or base , balls at a live
darky's head for Impossible cigars, or slash
st a mark tor a reward that you might get
If your rifle barrel weren't modeled after a
ram's horn. The repressive eye of the law
Is on them all. Aad the concert hall ladies.
No more may they gracefully amble down
from the stage in pride and beauty of their
fifty-odd years and Invite themselves to
drink beer or more expensive beverages (If
they think tbey can get 'em) at the expense
of the celebrating stranger and to the profit
of the house. This has been adjudged to
be Immoral, and the soubrette must hence
forth spend her old age behind the scenes
when she is not doing her song snd dance.
There are even dread rumors that the excise
law Is to be enforced. If all these things
are done It needs no gift of prophecy to see
huge summer crowds fleeing to Jersey and
the uppermost ends of Staten island and to
predicate the decadence and fall of Coney.
They may destroy the island, but they can't
make It good.
8lttlng In a hotel restaurant with a
friend, writes a New Tork correspondent,
we noticed a state ef suppressed excite
ment among the waiters. It was so great
that two men managed to get out untlp
ping. A slip of paper waa being passed
from band to hand.
"What Is It, Murphy?" ssked my com
panion. "An order for a strike."
"Worse than that, Mr. Fuller." he said.
"Far worse than that. I'll get it for
you." .
In a few minutes he handed us a bit of
paper, that he handled as though it were
dyaamlte.
. It was a clipping from a cookery trade
Journal. There was a picture of a woman
sitting at a restaurant counter. In front
of her was a small electric railway. On
that railway was a table, which had Just
been - shot from the kitchen by eleotrlo
power, and on the table was a full meal.
Including coffee and dessert, also a nsp
kla, a menu card, a glass of water and a
bunch of toothpicks. In fact, everything
that a waiter could supply, except a re
ceptacle for tips.
The arrangement was intended to do
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The" spring extremes of heat and cold have
been In evidence this week.
A top coat is the only safeguard.
Ours is short in length but long in style.
f 10.00 to 25.00.
If-you want a light long coat, it's the rain
coat. '
112.50 to 25.00.
No. Clothing Fits Like Ours,
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers,
Ho 8. Wilcox, ilaafit5r.
away with waiters entirely. The patron
takes his seat before a table and makes
out his order. He touches a button and
the Uble starts for the kitchen. An at
tendant there loads it, and la a few min
utes It is bark, ready for business. It ad
ditions or changes are desired, the table
is sent bark for them.
"What do you boys think of it. . Mur
phy T" asked my friend, as ho handed back
the slip.
"I'd hate to be the life Insurance com
pany," said that gentleman, as be shook
his head.
"The what?"
"The life Insurance compaay as carries
the first man who tries to rua that thing
In New York."
New Tork property owners, according to
Insurance experts, are paying premiums oa
vsst quantities of firs Insurance In "com
panies" which do not exist.
This statement was brought out by the
news from Atlantic City that the owner of
one of the recently destroyed stores there
has found that only one of his sixteen
policies Is collectible. He had obtained
his Insurance from "underground agents"
and will lose about $10,000.
Since the conviction of several notorious
firebugs in New York City a few years mo
the old line Insurance companies have been
reluctant to take rlska on email stores, par
ticularly on the east side. As a result a
certain class of "underground agents" have
been unusually active, and they have been
getting many thousands of dollars In pre
tntums for Insurance which Is not worth the
paper the policies are printed on.
SMILING REMARKS.
"Washington Star: "Some men," said
Uncle Eben, "gits do reputation of bedn'
stuck up. when do troof is dey Is too bash
ful to try to run anybody's business 'cop
pin' delr own."
Detroit Free rress: Husband I expect
some of my relatives on a vlKlt next week,
dear. Can you suggest anything to Disks
them happy while they are here?
.Wife I might leave town.
Chicago Tribune: "Two strikes!" said
the umpire.
"Exception!" exclaimed the captain of
the Tarn Box.
"Let the exception be noted," said the
umpire, briefly, as he glanced at the Indi
cator In his hand and fixed his eye on the
pitcher again,
Philadelphia Press: "What Is the differ
ence," asked the boy, "between a 'tlxed
tar and an ordinary star?"
"I suppose," replied Mr. Furstnlter, his
father, ''a fixed star Is one who gets his
salary regularly."
Judge: Penfleld What Induced tbat pop
ular novelist to marry an actress?
Merritt He figured that one press sgent
would do for both.
Philadelphia Press: "For all your su
perior airs," said the snake, "my reputation
for wisdom Is fully as good as yours."
'This Is the first time," replied the owl,
with bitterness, "that I have had occasion
to find fault with nature for fixing my eyea
immovably In their sockets. I am com
pelled to move my head In order to look at
you!"
Detroit Free Press: "The barkeepers had
a dance the other night."
"Well?"
"First number on the program waa Com
ln Thro' the Rye.' "
Washington Star: "Remember," said the
European, "that we discovered America."
"Nonsense," exclaimed the matter-of-fact
man from Chicago; "that claim Is
merely a historic subterfuge to conceal the .
fact that your sailors wandered oft to sea
and got lost.''
Chics bo Tribune: "Well, wnen you get
your Initiative and your referendum," the
old party man said, "and your single tax,
and all the rest of It, you'll ba satisfied,
will you?" ...
"No, sir!" the reformer replied, with a
wild look In his eye. "We shall agitate
then for a good fr-cent cigar!"
THE GAME OK LIFE.
New Orleans -Times-Democrat. .
This life Is but a game of cards.
Which mortals have to learn;
Each shuffles, cut and deala the pack,
And each a trump doth turn
Some bring a high card to the top.
And others bring a low,
Some hold a hand quite flush with trumps,
While others none can show.
Some shuffle with a practiced hand, .
And pack the cards with care,
80 they know when they are dealt
Where all the leaders are.
Thus fools are made the dupes of rogues.
While rogues each other cheat.
And he Is very wise Indeed
Who netemeets defeat.
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When play fj some throw out the ace,
Tne counting caras 10 save.
Some play the deuce and some the ten.
But many piay mo hiuvr (
Some play for money eome play for fun
And some for worldly fame,
But not until the game's played out
Can they count upon their gain. 1
When hearts are trumps vt play for love,
And pleasure rules the hour.
No thoughts of sorrow chock our Joy
In beauty's rooy bower.
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We sing, we dance, sweet verses make,
Our cards at random play.
And while one trumn remains at top
Our game e nouaay.
When diamonds chance to crown the top.
The playere stake their gold.
And heavy sums are bet and was
By gamblers young ana 01a.
Intent on winning, each his game
jjoin waicn wnn PBfln "o.
How he may see his neighbors car is,
And neat tnem on 100 eiy.
When clube are trumps, look out for wal-,
On ocean and on land,
For bloody horrors always eome
When CIUDS are neia in nana.
Then lives are staked. Instead ef gold.
The dogs of war are freed
In our dear country, and we see
That ciuds nave goi mo mau.
Last game of all. Is when the spade '
Is turned by hand of time.
He always deals the cloelng game
In every age and clime.
No matter how much each manrwins.
Or how much each man aaves.
The spade will finish up the game
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