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0 TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, MAY 0, 1002. Tiie umaha Daily Bee E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. . TERMS OF aUIlBCRIPTION pally P.e (without Sui.tlny), One Year.WOO Jjauy Bee and JJunriay, One tear Illustrated lit-: one Year 4jnoy Hee, un Year .Paturaay Ufe. (in Year twentieth Century tanner. One Year 1 p" l.uu DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Pally lie (without Sunday), per copy.. 2c X'ally Ho (without- Hunuy, pr weeK..12c Xalty bra (Including Sunday), per week. 17c Sumiay tirr, per copy 60 evening bee (without Sunday), per wek.lC livening iiee (Including Hunuayj, per week 15c ' Complaint of Irregularities In delivery Should be addressed to Clxjr Circulation Xepartment. .OFFICES. OmahaThe Bee Building. South Omaha City lLn Building, Twenty-tilth and M streets. Council Bluffs lu Pearl Street Chicago 1MU Unity Building. Js'ew York Temple Court. ' Washington ol fcourtet-nth Street. . CORRESPONDENCE. Cqnmunlcatlons relating to news and dltorlal matter Hiouni be auoresaed: (6m. 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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, ftate of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss t George B Tsscnuck. secretary of The Be Publishing Company, being duly morn, ays that the actual number of full and complete ooplea of The Dally, Morning, JCvenlng and tiunday Bee printed during the month of April, itttt. waa as follows: J 20,&0 1 UU.SOO 20,030 17 ,&ao I zu.oso u ,640 4 icu.sio i au.Boo ( ,....ui,sto ao a,uno att.TSlO II aU.SHO 1 iltt.SlO ; 22 21t,5tH K,ttttO; 23 St,50O itt,lo' U l,480 JO 2U.4BO v ' 26 2I,40 U au,sio 26 sh.ooo 12 JW.4TO 17 JH,OB 14 H9.810 'IS 2U,B0 14 20.KMU 29 aB.BHU is 2t),4so . so... a aw.Bao Tout ....... BM6.948 Less unsold and returned copies... IO.10T Net toUl ralea 870,83 Vet dally average 2,aUT GEORGE B. TZBCHUCK. Bubecrlbed In my presence and sworn to efor ma this 2uth day of April, A. D. (Seal.) M. B. HUNOATE. Notary Publlo. Tbosa Civic Federation arbitrators may hare a Chance to prove their metal before long. The boy king of Spain and the girl Queen of Holland are now the leading Juvenile in the cast for the royal drama. The difference between Tillman and the club women Is that the latter use more polite methods to suppress the col ored vote. " " Omaha Is displaying its versatility as host by entertaining a variety of con ventions of state organization at one and the same time. From the proficiency, In. slate-making xniDitea ai i.os Angeies tne ciud women must have built up a little political ma chine all of their own. - If worldwide sympathy could prove an effective medicine Queen Wllhelmlna Would make the return trip to complete health by lightning express. Iowa republicans will put In nomina tion the -winning state', ticket at Des Moines July 30. It won't make much difference whether . Iowa democrats tame candidates or not. Cold weather and snow , are making the month of May memorable over a ge part of continental Europe. We w Is side cannot claim a monopoly of 11 th climatic vagaries. Wlthji tne hosplUls maintained in Omaha t,ere ought, to be enough to ac eommodate -ajj the 'doctors without pre cipitating g fljhV between rivals for ex clusive control Lt one of them. The World-Hdraid would Dnjch ratner bave the campalwn for Ux reform fall ao that It can lay) bjame on repub. licsns than to bL9 u auCced so that the people may ejnjoy rellefi The tabular exhibit of money paJj m and taken out Lt the city treasury by xam locai rraurchl8e1 corporations com xnioq ty me rare rererenc, ct lt out and preerve vi.Ytfe fierce -fight for endorsement toa'nlted Htatea wnatnr In Illlnrl iu ing can be said in its favor It will t leave room for a senatorial dead- ek in the legislature If the republicans control the majority of that body, as In probability they wllL President-elect Falnia of Cuba Is get ting In touch with the people before entering upon bis' official duties. With tae known variable character of the Cubans, his greatest difficulty may be xpeeted to be to keep lu touch with them! after he Is Installed. According to a reliable cable letter Emperor William wauts to discourage tne Impressionist school of art The em peror must have been spending an aft ernoon lu an art gJlery trying to make out whether a spread of purple paint rwa intended to represent a pastoral or . marine. ' ' Senator Tillman again cornea to the defense of the pl(cbfork luetood of car rying election for the democrats In the gwuUi. To aquare the democratic prac tice with the democratic preaching about consent of the governed Is as dif ficult the mathematical squaring of the Circle. That great dally newspaper, the Con greaaional ltecord, has startled it read ers by printing a speech of a member pf congress after death bad claimed him. fXhere was really, however, no need for Surprise. Many of the speeches that weight down the Cougreelonal Record ara hj, AetA aeVV , . ' 1 KM jkil TIMKLT WARlQ. It m"r as well be understood right now, as it will be understood hereafter, that the great state loan In the coming campaign In Nebraska will be corporation regulation and taxation. We do not mind giving republican lead ers the benefit of this timely warning. They are not to be Judged by the pretenses or tie platform they will adopt In June. They are to be Judged by the action of the republican State Board of Equalization, now In session ta the city of Lincoln. The republican platform, ao far ea state Issues are concerned. Is being framed now by the members of the Bute Board of Equaliza tion. Upon that platform the republican party must stand; by that platform the repub lican party will be Judged. The republican party cannot fall to give the people Teilef In the matter of railroad taxation, through the Board of Equalization now In session, and then by adopting a platform full of promises In June, expect to be restored to power with the understanding that. In the future, they will do better. World-Herald. The republicans of Nebraska will gratefully appreciate this timely warn ing and look to the men whom they have honored with the most responsible positions In the state house to discharge their duty fearlessly and Impartially re gardless of pressure from the Interested corporations. The declaration that the action of the State Board of Equalisation In the as sessment of railway property will fur nish the keynote In the coming cam paign should not be heedlessly Ignored. The paramount Issue In Nebraska this year will be tax reform and the repub licans should not be placed on the de fensive by those in position to Inaugu rate tax reform. While the fusloulsts will have noth ing to boast of, the republicans are now In power and will be held responsible for any failure to give the people at least a measure of relief by placing the state in condition to maintain Its Insti tutions without a large annual deficit The Impression that the railroads are not bearing their just share of the tax burden In proportion to their actual value and earnings Is not delusive. It cannot be counteracted, pointing to the fact that they have been favored with extremely low valuations in some other states. Public sentiment In all these states has been aroused to the unjust distribution of tax burdens. In the state of Minnesota, for exam ple, where the railroad, telegraph and telephone companies pay 8 per cent of their gross recelpte, a proposition will be acted upon by the people at the next general election to increase the rate to 4 per cent of the gross receipts, and re publican state officers predict that the proposition will carry. In Iowa, where railway franchises have not been considered in the assess ment, the railway managers themselves admit that the valuations put upon Iowa railroads heretofore have been much too low as compared with the tax able value of real estate and the de mand is for a substantial increase In railroad assessments to conform with the marked increase in the earnings and market value of these properties. There is certainly no valid reason why the railroads of Nebraska should be ap praised this year below their assess ment of 1800, when the mileage was less and their equipment and physical condition Incomparably poorer. THS AMBHACllL SITUATION. Uncertainty still characterizes the sit uation in the anthracite coal region, but it would seem that a determination of the Issue canuot be much longer de layed. What that will be cannot be pre dicted with any degree of confidence. The efforts of the Civic Federatio ju to bave bring about a settlement seem to b completely failed, so far as the operators are concerned, but the miners are still endeavoring to secure satisfactory con cessions and are manifesting an en tirely commendable spirit. It appears evident that many of them, perhaps the majority, are anxious to avoid a strike, but the operators, on tne other band, seem to be quite Indifferent. This attitude may be due to a belief that a conflict at this time would not Injure the operators, but rather beuefit them by appreciating the price of coal already mined. If so lt Is a narrow view, for a the New York Times re marks, by permitting an extensiva coal strike at this time the operators will lay the axe at the root of national pros perity, which cannot continue If the pro ductive and distributive Industries of the country are crippled. That paper tells them that they cannot safely defy public opinion, and this they will at tempt If they permit a great strike to occur which they could bave averted without disadvantage to themselves or the sacrifice of principle. It declares that such a strike at this time would be a national calamity and might very well begin the pulling down of the tow ering fabric of our national prosperity. Should a strike be decided on it would involve 148.000 miners and 'affect In addition 80,000 railroad employes and others. V SIT tD BTA1IS STILL LCAVif. The United State maintains its post tlon at the bead of the world's export lug nations, despite the temporary re-A ductlon in the value of exports due to the shortage In corn available for ex port The statistics for the nine months ending with March show a drop of nearly So0.OOO.OOU In the value of ex ports, but when lt Is considered that the value of corn exported fell t52.OO0.0O0 below that for the corresponding period f last year, owing to the shortage In the supply, and tat cotton, owing to a decline in price, foil f 12.000.000 the ex ports of the asAis.pcrtsd cf,Uit year, the entire decrease la more than ac counted for. .. ' Notwlthstanding'tbls reduction In ex ports,, the grand total from the United States for nine months of the current fiscal year exceeds, that of 'any other country, being about 143.000,000 more than the total exports of the United Kingdom, which ranks second. During the same period this country imported less than the United Kingdom, Ger many and France, standing fourth In tfeia reapecU U to 'noted "that a espe cially marked characteristic of the com merce of the United States, In com parison with other countries. Is Its large excess of exports over Imports. Whether or not this condition is to continue is a question, but the probability Is that in the not remote future the excess In the value of our exjtorts over Imports will be reduced, though there Is no present indication of any considerable change in this direction and It Is perhaps safe to count upon a trade balance In favor of this country for several years to come. MAKE AN 1MPAHT1AL RtriSlijy. In proceeding with the assessment of franchlsed corporations under the order of the supreme court the council is in duty bound to treat ail corporations Im partially and with the sole view to asr certalnlng the taxable value of the prop erty and franchises of each upon the bnsls established by the court. In reaching conclusions the council cannot be guided by any agreement made since the decision of the court between the plaintiffs and the corporations. Other taxpayers bave equal rights in fact any taxpayer would have a right to In tervene to compel the council to carry out the order of the court in good faith and without partiality for or discrimina tion a gainst any interest While lt is true that millions of personal property bave not been returned to the tax commissioner, lt would be Impossible at this stage to rectify the wrong by readjust ment of all assessments heretofore made. The remedy for the failure to secure full personal property returns for city taxation will be applied in next yearns assessment when the corpora tions will be compelled to join with the real estate owners In the enforcement of equitable tax assessments for mu nicipal purposes. With the decision of the supreme court before it the Board of .County Commissioners will be in position to re vise the returns made by the assessors this spring so as to compel owners of personal property to contribute their Just share to the maintenance of state and county government For this revision the county board will have am ple time and an assurance that lt will be sustained by public sentiment CVRBIXCY fOH TUH VtilLlPPUiVS. One of the most troublesome questions in connection with the proposed rhlllp pine legislation is that of providing a currency for the islands. The bill under consideration in the senate makes pro vision for the coinage of a silver dollar for circulation ,ln the archipelago . and In reference to this Senator Lodge, chairman of the committee on Philip pine relations, said: "It Is always a dangerous thing to change the money standard of a people and lt seemed to the committee that at this time lt would be exceedingly perilous. They are now and have long been upon the single sil ver standard, with the free coinage of Mexican dollars as the unit of value and the current coin of the Island. We make no change In the standard. We simply substitute for the Mexican dollar an American Filipino dollar, to be coined at the mint of Manila and the mints of the United States, following In that respect the .example of Great Britain in Hong Kong, Singapore and the Straits Settlements, for which she has coined what is known as the Bom bay dollar, which has been of very great advantage to her and to her trade in the commerce of the east" It Is by no means certain, however, that the proposed Filipino dollar would prove of any advantage to this country and in view of the experience with the trade dollar of 1873 it may not only fairly be doubted whether the proposed dollar would be a benefit to our com merce In the east but reasonably as sumed that ' lt might prove a disad vantage. There is sound objection to the government adopting a currency pol icy for the Philippines which looks to perpetuating the silver standard there. The project of free coinage proposed by the senate bill would be a serious set back to the possibility of establishing the gold standard In the Islands at any future time. It disunites our money, setting up two standards and two dif ferent dollars. Instead of maintaining one standard and a single dollar throughout all the regions over which the American flag floats. Another objection Is that this money would be very likely In time to get Into circulation here, there being nothing in the bill to forbid or prevent the circula tion of these cheap dollars in any part of the United States. They are essen tially trade . dollars and experience teaches that such dollars will enter Into our circulation whenever It la profitable to Introduce them. The fact that the mint at San Francisco Is thrown open for the Issue of these coins to every owner of silver bullion who chooses to present It for coinage would afford op portunity for the distribution of the pro posed coins among Ignorant people in this country. True this danger may not be very great yet It la one to be con sidered. The Philippine currency question baa undoubtedly received very careful con sideration from the ' senate committee, but some modifications of this provision of Its bill appear to be necessary, par ticularly In regard to protecting our home circulation against the possible In trusion of the Filipino dollar. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson does not seem to take kindly to the strictures of the Omaha -Commercial club, which has been dipping into the patent medi cine business in the Interest of dealers In Insect "powder, the; secretary thinks, at the expense of th' farmer In whose Interest the Departnyjnt of Agriculture was created. With the exception of Chicago, Omaha holds lta own better than any other packing center 1 the country this season. The comparative exblblt of pork-packing ii. western packing centers since flarch 1 shows the nambr x ti-gt . lavgntered la Live Nebraska Towns STANTON Stanton may Justly be classed among the "live Nebraska towns," not In the boom sense, for Stanton has never experienced a boom nor suffered from a boom's after effects, tt Is la no sense s "wild cat" town, nor has Its growth at any time been phenomenal. Neither Is it s "graveyard" town which boasta only of "oldest Inhabi tants," long stories and carved dry goods boxes. Stanton Is the county seat of 8tanton county and Is situated near ltt geographical center. In the far-famed Elk born valley and on the main line of the Fremont, Elk horn ft Missouri Valley rail road, 106 miles northwest of Omaha. The present population of the town num bers slightly leas than 1,100 souls, exclusive of quadrupeds and chickens. As a town tt Is neither hoary with age nor In swaddling clothes. Early settlers back In the '60s, pressing westward from West Point, dis covered the present town site", located it as homeatsada and later a store and postofflce was established. This was before the com ing of the railroad, the depot having been erected In 1879. Since then the growth of Stanton has been steady and aecure. Stanton has five general stores,, two exclusive gro ceries, two drug stores, two shoe stores, one restaurant and bakery, two Jewelry stores, three hardware stores, two lumber yards, two grain elevators, three blacksmith shops, two livery barna, a feed store, three barber shops, two millinery stores, two weekly newspapers, two banks, five lawyers, several real estate firms snd numerous other business enterprise. Among the In dustrles Is a large five-story flouring mill, one of the finest In the state. The town la lighted by electricity snd has local and long distance telephone connections, a splendid water syetem and a hose company. The townalte la one of the most attrac tive along tbe line. To the south flows the rivet', and nestling In its valley and up tbe slope spreads the town. At the summit Omaha to be only 5.000 less than during the same period last year, while Kansas City shows a decline of 250,000, St Joseph a decline of 19,000, St Louis a decline of 145,000, Indianapolis a de cline of 55,000, St Paul a decline of 31,000 and Cincinnati a decline of 10,000. When Governor Savage told the mem bers of tbe Nebraska Editorial associa tion that If he could only live bis life over and had his choice of callings be would have become an editor, he doubt less Intended to be very complimentary. But if Ezra P. Savage had entered tho profession with no more natural fitness for the duties and responsibilities of an editor than he brought into the gov ernor's chair be would, we fear, nave proved a lamentable disappointment to himself and to, the profession at large. Aspirants for Judge Caldwell's shoes bave commenced reaching out for the strings and the man with the longest pull expects to knock the persimmons. Judge Caldwell, however, baa not yet thrown off tbe mortal coll. A Remote Feasibility. St. Louis Qlebe-Democrat. . Various suggestions have been made look ing to the adoption of a clvlliied method of warfare and it la possible that a plan may eventually be found by which nations may fight in peace. . Straggllna; to Die Poor. Louisville Courier-Journal. Andrew Carnegie has given away nearly $70,000,000 in his libraries and similar en terprises and still is sot in sight of a poor man's death. No wonder he Is thinking of trying Investment in a lew newspapers. Admoalabed to Go Slow. Baltimore American. We have tor some time admired the ster ling, straightforward. Innocent we might say, naive trustfulness of Secretary Shaw. But' when he prepares a circular telling women bow to pack trunks ws feel like advising him to devote himself to Instruct ing geese how to swim If he must amuse himself along those lines. Abolishing: av Private Saap. Kansas City Star. The position Uken by Secretary Hitch cock on the various grazing bills now pend ing In oongress should meet with the ap proval of every one who is interested In tbe devtlopment of the west snd who be lieves In fair play toward those who look on the publlo domain of the country as something more than a private snap. The Prlee Albloa Pays. Springfield Republican. The cost of the Boer war to England, supposing It to end with tbe current fiscal year, will be about $1,250,000,000, some two thirds of which is In ths form of a funded charge upon the publlo revenue of Great Britain to remr' for decades to come. This Is equal to about one-half the total Interest bearing borrowings of the United States government to carry It through the great civil war. The Boer war will rank as the most expensive la almost a century, with this exception. Eaalaeat D o( a Week. Chicago Tribune. Within a few days J. Sterling Morton, Congressman Amos J. Cununlngs; Thorns Wilson, at tbe head of the department of archaeology In the Smithsonian Institution; Prank R. Stockton, the novelist; Wulf Pries, the musician; Sol Smith Russell, tbe come dian; Potter Palmer, tbe successful mer chant snd capitalist; Archbishop Corrtgaa, the Roman Catholic prelate, snd Admiral Sampson, all distinguished men In their various department of labor, have passed away, and now Bret Harte has Joined them. VavalablasT Art of Bacao-S aahlaar. Boston Transcript. It is easy for a really human being to understand how a baggage handler may have his Ire roused when he Is faced by some of the monstrosities In the shape of trunks that now and then a traveler takes along. But, hitherto, he has apparently got Into such a temper with these huge things, which he eould not throw about as be pleased, that he has "taken It out on the next tight and inoffensive steamer trunk that came his way. It Is easy for a truly fair person to naderstaad this attitude, too. Some of the mors liberal minded travelers who have been able to see through the baggage ttaa's attempt to even up have gone so tar ae to believe that the day would come when be would reach with others of us the knowledge that a waste of eaergy Is as bad as a waste of money, and worse. It seems as though the day for his leara lag ths alphabet of the creed has arrived. True, as is to acquire the rnduneats through the external forces contained In orders, but sooner or later, sooner we feel sure, for the baggage handler is apt the psychological aspect of the case will ap peal to him and thea we shall find things undisturbed and unbroken when we unpack a trunk containing souvenirs. Let us do what we sea to bring railroad officials Terywa ta adept this western reform. Sturdy and Solid. of a hill towers a magnificent public school building, while farther down the slope, with spires pointing heavenward, are Methodist, Congregational and Baptist churches. A few blocks down the valley are the Ger man Evangelical and Lutheran edifices, while a few blocks west of the business center the Catholics have a structure auffl clent to their needs. Stanton citizens as a rule own their homes, and many of them are elegant structures. The business men nearly all own their buildings and are pros perous and strong financially. No town can boast of fewer business failures. Stan ton has two opera houses, a brass band, a militia company of sixty-four members and numerous fraternal organizations. In addi tion to all these the town can boast of more handsome homes and trees, flowers and well kept lawns than most towns of Its size. Crops here never fail entirely and seldom partially. The citizenship Is made op of Tankeea, German and a few Bohe mians, with an occasional Irishman as sea soning. All good citizens and with an abundance of enterprise, tempered with Judgment. What do we need? A brick yard for one thing. We bave the right kind of raw material and an all-absorbing home demand for the finished product. A large hotel for another. The one we bave la well managed, but too small. We need more dwellings to rent and more men for ordinary labor. We need a tearing down and moving out of a number of old frame landmarks on tbe bualnr us streets and new brick structures erected In their stead. This Is being done each year, and, unaided by Ore (Stanton has never had a disastrous fire), within a few more years a resident of the '80s upon returning will scarcely recognize tbe place. There are. openings here in almost every calling for tbe right kind of people. Enterprise prospers here, for the drone there Is no room. A. T. ENOS. ItOritD ABOtT IfEW YORK. Ripples on (be Current of Life In the Metropolis. Some old stagers of Tammany Hall, who tenderly cling to shattered Idols, refuse to transfer their allegiance from Dick Croker to Lewis Nixon. What is more to the point, they pay no heed to the orders of the young leader and rudely Jeer hi pretensions. "The brave declaration of young Nixon," says oue old wheelhorse, "that, he would assume full personal re sponsibility for Tammany reminds me of a ship launching I once attended: "Everything was ready to let her go, but the boss bad not arrived, and no one dared go ahead without his orders. There was a gentleman a little under the 'Influ ence,' who had lurched In to see the show. Marching up to the foreman of the yard, he steadied himself and said: 'My friend, what's 'sh'matter?' 'The old man hasn't come, and there Is no one here to take the responsibility,' was the reply. "The other straighened up, waved his arm with an air of dignity, and said: 'You go ahead, my frlen'. I'll take reephonsl bllltyl' " "You mean, then," I suggested, "that while the 'old man' la at Wantage, young Lewis" "I mean that It looks like rain," sail Tammany etc., reflectively. A conductor on a Broadway car had re fused to take a transfer the other day on the ground that It was too long after the hour punched. The passenger was politely told that under the rules he could not ac cept the transfer, reports the New York Times, and that he would have to pay hla fare or leave the car. "I'll not pay and I'll not leave the car," said the passenger savagely. "I'll pay for you, then," aatd the con ductor, ringing up the fare. "I'd rathef lose 5 cents than wrangle with a passen ger." This would doubtless bave closed the in cldent had not the Irate , passenger seen "Abe" Hummel slttlnr pposlte him. To him the Irate one appealed to know If he was right or wrong In refusing to pay his fare. "Do you wish my legal advice?" asked Mr. Hummel, with a show of gravity. "I do." "I never give legal advice without a fee." "Well, here's a J5 bill," said the pas senger, peeling off a bill from a big roll, and handing lt to Mr. Hummel, who promptly accepted It. "My advice Is pay your fare or get off the car." "Is that all?" "No," replied Mr. Hummel. Then, call ing ths conductor and handing him the bill, he remarked: "It Is certainly worth that much money to find and reward a gen tlemanly conductor." Ths free lecture system of tbe New York public schools Is a magnificent aid in the Instruction and entertainment of tbe people. During the past season lt has been carried Into the five boroughs of Greater New York, with an attendance of almost 1.000,000. This course was begun thirteen years sgo in six school houses. There are now more than 100 places where these lectures are given. 'Dr. Henry M. Leipslger, supervisor of these lectures, speaking of the good, that had come through their instrumentality, say a: "New York Is the pioneer In this note worthy movement for the education of grown-ups. Each year the sum spproprlated for the worthy purpose has been Increased, for ths free lecture movement has won ths appreciation not alone of the people, but of the student of education. "Yon must bear In mind the fact," he continued, "that according to good authori ties, but I per cent of the people of this country are systematically educated after leaving tho common schools, so that tbe Inclusion of a provision for adult education la our educational chapter. Is one of the most noteworthy deeds performed It the last decade of the nineteenth centuiy." A year ago, reports a correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, the midnight light burned In the offices of brokers in the Wall street district snd the clearing house clerks were reporting dally exchanges that, one after another, made new records, while every one was rejoicing that skillful book keepers had devised a method of clearing the sales of stocks snd bonds, for, other wise, business would have been clogged and brokers offices swamped by reason of the enormity of the transactions. That la not tbe experience this year, lUtuugb all the brokers and tho specula tors are doing better this spring than ap peared probable la the whiter. The great activity has shifted from those who deal la stocks and bonds, or who spec ulate In the real estate activities of this city. In the offices of the title companies snd of the lawyers who have systematized and epwcJoJlsed eouveyaaclng, combining It with the loaning of money upon real es tate or the purchase snd sale of property, the activity has been aa Intense and hss caused the six-hour business day to be for gotten or Ignored slnoe the rushing busi ness has entailed work that is prolonged far Into the evening. There has sever occur red la New York asUrUy la the piar cease or development of No cures to report, of testing, nothing to give you confi dencebut talk, all talk. That's tho truth about nearly all cough medicines. But there's a record of 60 years of cures back of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. And phy sicians endorse it, prescribe it for colds, bronchitis, and coughs of all kinds. Prob ably your own doctor does. Ask him. He i knows all about it has the formula. "I know from personal experience that Avert Cherry Pectoral h the 7 best medicine in ths world lor quickly breaking op a heavy cold that has i. settled on the longs. D. C. SxaoExaa, Fine Hill, N. Y. lfc,lk,Uit , C AVER CO Lowell, Mass, land and Improvements thereon that is comparable with that which now prevails. In other years. In some one district, we have had intense speculative or actual In vestment activity that may be compared to the excitement In tbe financial markets of a year ago, but this year the activity is confined to no one or two districts, but, with a few exceptions, permeates every ward on Manhattan and much of the bor ough of the Bronx and Brooklyn. Representative Joy of Mleaouri wont to the White House tbe other day with Judgd Dickson of his state, relates tbe Washing ton Post. Ia the president's room they met Abe Gruber, the well known New , York lawyer. Mr. Joy introduced JuOge Dlckaon to Colonel Gruber. "I met the Judge many years ago," said Gruber with a smile. . "I do not remember the occasion," re plied the Judge. "You ought to," remarked Gruber. ."I was your office boy twenty-five years aao. A characteristic story Is told of this same Abe Gruber. When he was a boy looking for something to do, he saw the sign, "Boy wanted," hanging outside of a store In New York. He picked up the sieo and entered tbe store. The proprietor met btm. "What did tou bring that sign In here for?" asked the storekeeper. . "You won't need it any more," said Gruber, cheerfully, "I am going to take the 1ob." ...... PEHSOJIAli NOTES. The kaiser Insists that all the statues to his grandfather ahall be Inscribed "William the Great." But a man's greatness Is not settled by the fiat of his grandson or of his grandfather. President Stuyvesant Pish of the Illinois Central railroad has established a model farm near Jackson, Miss., having about 10,000 acres, on which he etpects to settle white farmers. . Sheriff Pearson of Portland, Me., the clergyman who was elected as a Joke, says that when he entered upon his labora there were 271 open - saloons in the city, and that now he'll give any one $100 who can show him one open In the county. "Prince Nanzeta Pahassnee Montezuma, Tzln of Gatamo," a strikingly handsome, black-eyed young man of 23, carrying In hla hand a cane ornamented with the ancient Insignia of the Montezumas the eagle upon the cactus Is a figure In the Denver hotels. The famous residence of George Vander- bllt at Asheville, N. C, known as Blltmore, Is to have a rival erected by a man who but a few weeks ago was a day laborer. Michael Mlnkewlncz is the name of thn new capitalist, and he has fallen heir to $2,000,000 through the death of a relative In Germany. Senator Millard of Nebraska has very bushy snd very black eyebrows. When he sits in a certain light In the senate the eye brows shade his eyes to such sn extent that lt looks as If he had a pair of artistically blackened eyes. One morning recently the peculiarity was especially noticeable, snd half a dozen senators started toward him to ask him whether he had been fighting. The late Amos J. Cummlngs waa the New York correspondent of the Voice, a trade union paper of Boston In tbe later '60s, and was at the same time employed on the New York Tribune. The story goes that Horace Greeley happening to come across some of Cummlngs' letters to Bos ton, wanted to know who be was, saying that he waa a bright writer; and, he added, "He seems to know a good deal about this office." - President O. H. Harriman of the Southern Pacific railroad Is no respecter of persons. One day last week be had appointments at his office with Millionaires John W. Mackey and H. E. Huntington, but before they ar rived Mr. Harriman was engaged In con versation In his private office with a third person wbd had entered a few minutes be fore the magnates of finance. Those gen tlemen were, therefore, compelled to wait until the close of the pending Interview, which lasted a full hour. They were furious, but their business was Important and they had no recourse but to wait. They stormed a little after they had gained acceas to the presence they sought, but went sway apparently mollified. An Attractive Belt Sale We bought the entire clean up of an eastern factory please observe it's a factory not a store or a merchant's stock. We secured over 100 dozen ladies' new stylish belts. There isn't a belt in the lot but is worth 75ct afV many of them are worth as much as f 1.50. Vy Today we clear the whole lot at 53c and. '.r " Some special new items for women New Wasti Suits in piqae, duck, lluou, 'dimity auti lawn. New Walking Skirts in same materials. New Wash Silk Waists la plain white, with polka dots, white with fancy scarf collars, and solid black prices $4.98, $3.75 and $2.75. Sample Sale of Wash Waists An elegant lot of waists, mostly size 36, worth from tip, all at 89c. V, R, BENNETT Gl XanaBR no long record OlR MAIM SOIRCB OF WEALTH. Valne of Farm Products Away t"p In the BUllone. Chicago Inter Ocean. During the fiscal year 1901 foreign coun tries purchased American farm produce to the value of $962,000,000. This was aa In crease over 1900 of over, $100,000,000, and was $560,000,000 In excess of our agricul tural Imports. For tbs eight months end ing February, 1902, we sold abroad farm products to the value Of $633,878,000, giving a total for the twenty months ending with February of $1,685,673,000. Of the exports In 1901. cotton had a value of $315,106,047; breads tuffs. $776,694,618; meat products. $186,106,073; live animals, $62,068,876; dairy products, $9,403,722. The figures for breadstuffs represented the high est value recorded since 1898. Measured In value, the exports of meat products during 1901 were the largest on record, although there was a falling off in the quantity of hog products. There was a loss of 66,080.988 pounds In bacon, an Increase of 20,167,928 pounds In hams, and an Increase of 5,443,928 pounds in pickled pork. For the eight months ending February. 1902, there waa a falling oft of 82,000,000 pounds In our exports of bacon aa com pared with the same months In 1901. but an increase in value. There was an increase of 22,600,000 pounds In our exports of bams and an Increase in value of $1,886,000. There was a falling off of $21,600,000 In the ex ports of breadstuffs, ths marked decrease being in corn. IS 1892, 79 per cent of our exports waa agricultural products. There was a steady decline to 66 per cent In 1897, sn Increase to 71 per cent In 1898. a decline to 61 per cent in 1900, and an Increase of 65 per cent in 1901. The last reports of the Agricul tural department show that, notwithstand ing the phenomenal Increase In our manu factures, tbe products of the farm are our. main source of wealth. ' PASSING PLEASANTRIES. Philadelphia Preen: "He's fat and lazy looking, that's a fact, but he's wideawake, 1 tell you." "of course, but isn't he Just as wide asleep 7" Cleveland Plain Dealer: "I ee that tlie Jailed officers of the cruiser Chicago are confined In the prison of St. Mark." "I wonder If they will be the lions of BL Mark's when they get back home agaJn." Chicago Pout: ".Does your husband like your cooking?" "Well, I'm not Jiwt sure. He eays he does, but 1 notice he is usually detained at the office so late that he has to get dinner uptown whenever we are without a girl." Washington Post: "Your friend has a very sensitive dlononltlon." "No," answered Mine Cayenne; "she Is one of the people who asHiime to be sensi tive, when they are merely Irascible." Philadelphia Press: Towne I hear Nu ritch took you to lunch at the "Walledoff" yesterday. I suppose he expected to cut quite a dash. Browne Well, everybody who saw the way he handled hla knife expected him to cut quite a gaxh. Detroit Free Preas: Miss Minx There are some words over which I always stumble. Now, for Instance, how do you pronounce Mephlstophelea? Binks I don't. 1 always mention hla home address. - Cleveland Plain Dealer: ' "A prominent restaurant keeper in New' York has just ssarrleci one of the girls In hie employ. "Another proof, I suppose, of the des perate straits to which restaurant keepara are put In an effort to keep down ex penses." SIMMER'S COHIKO. Tripping o'er the hilltops, , Gliding through the meadows. Summertime Is throwing Oft the wintry shadows. Roses now are waking,' ' Stretching leave ami yawning, I Waiting for the raaglo Of some fair Juno morning;. Hosts of cherry blossoms ' . Point, with snovy fingers. To Dame Nature's storehouse, . Where their rich fruit Uuaara, Wealth of many agea ' ' Patient plows are turning, Boll and warmth and moisture For ths harvest yearnlnc Summer's surety coming; a: . Bird-songs gaily reet her! Let us lAa meir a lauueM And fare forth to meet her. Wlnslde, Neb. BELLE W1LLBY OUE. ' 16th and ij . Harney Sts. igjrxy
