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G TITE OJUIIA' PAILYllEEt WEDNESDAY, MAY "14, 1902. The Omaha, Daily Bee. E. ROBEWATER. EDITOR, PUBLISHED EVEnr MORNINO. terms or Sl'HUCRIPTION. Dally Bee (without Sumiay), On Ycar.t4.00 Daily Mee. and bundar, Una Year A Illustrated Bee, one Year 2.U0 Panday Hee, Una Year i.W Saturday Bee, Une Year 1.60 Twentieth Century Farmer, One Tear. l.W DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Bee (without Sunday), per copy.. 2c Dally be (without Hunuayj, per weeK..12c Dally Jtee (including Sunday), per week.lic Bunaay tie, per copy be Kvenlng kit (without Sunday), per week.luc Kventng Bee (Including bunuay), per week 15c Complaints of Irregularities In delivery Should be addressed tu CtU' Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The bee Building. South Omaha City liaii building, Twen-tj-fiith and M streets. Council Bluffs lu i'earl Street Chicago lWt Unity Building. New k'ork Temple Court. Washington bul .fourteenth Street. 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T a 10 11 11 u u 16 ..uit,iao ..vu.oao ,.uu,mo ..MIM1MO ..Utl.UlO ..ai,4(o ..VU.SIO ..Stl,-47u ..ku.mio ,.KU,50 11 ...a,5;io ...Xt,B40 ...2U.050 ,,.iW,AO ,..VU,SMU ...Xt,OtH ...i:t,5oo ...3llf,4UO ...ai,4tio ...y,(vo ...xtMtos ...XU,SUO ...iitt,u0 18 19 20 21 22 U 24 2& 2 27 Ss 28 Su Total ..86,049 Less unsold and returned copies. 10,107 Net total tales.... B7U,H38 Net dally average 29,227 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this loth day of April, A. D. 180. s (Seal.) M. B. HTjNQATE. Notary Public; J. Plerpont Morgan will Dot bother about syndicating the airship transpor tation routes for a while yet Never mind the coronation ceremo nies will proceed whether Senator Bailey Indorses them with his testimonial or not Long-distance targets in the Philip pines offer safer sport for popocratlc popguns than short-distance targets here at home. It seems that Senator Foraker pulled down the back files on Tom Patterson statesman who goes up like a rocket, but comes down like a stick. Those West Indian Islands ought to have bad enough shaking up this time to call . off their, incessant revolutions and take a rest ' The three territories of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma may consider themselves as having now passed to the eligible statehood list It turns out that Senator Money sim ply furnished another example of a statesman who goes up like a rocket but Comes down like a stick. The United States is the first to In augurate practical measures of relief for the stricken people of Martinique. This la where we can lead as a world power without exciting envious rivals. No need of alarm in this vicinity over Mother Earth's , convulsions. While many an earthquake shock has passed over this section, none of them was ever known to do any damage here. If such a catastrophe aa at St Pierre bad occurred In biblical times It would certainly have been written down as one of the dire punishments visited by an angry Qod upon an idolatrous people. No excuse whatever can be offered for perpetrating the. Idiotic . fake about a volcanic mountain in Nebraska threat ening to belch forth with all-destroying lava. Nebraska can raise almost any thing, but not a volcano. A eonip' te reorganization of our sys tem of local courts, including justice courts, county court and district courts, could save the taxpayers $1,000 a week during the sessions of the court When the people realize, this fully they will Insist on reorganization. Omaha's national bank exhibit at the last call of the comptroller of the cur rency shows gratifying Increases in the material items of the statement Stead ily Increasing bank deposits constitute pretty good Index to the community's business growth and prosperity. Senator Gorman is quoted as saying that the democrats in cougreee make a vital mistake when they attack the con duct, of the administration in the Phil lppines. The trouble with the demo crats in congress, however, is that each thinks he is the party leader and that no outside advice; Is wanted. In Nebraska the. railroads seek to Justify undervaluation of their proper ties for taxation by pointing to the ridic ulously low figures they have managed to nu pose npon Iowa, and over in Iowa they plead for still lower rates by citing the assessments they have thus procured in Nebraska. If a a great game. A Washington story has it that Presl dent Roosevelt Is planning to go on bunting expedition to the Big Horn mountains before very long. The presl dent knows the Big Horn country and knows what fine sport it offers. And bet ter yet tne trip to the Big Horn would naturally lead right through Omaha and giva u an opportunity to extend a cor dial greeting to our chief executive, so xa uajr hui the tttury will prove true. THE APPEAL TO CJt AR1TT. President Itoosevelfs appeal to the country for contributions for the relief of the sufferers from the Martinique and St Vincent catastrophes should meet with prompt and generous re sponse. Never has a worthier call been made upon the charity of the American people, who have ever, been found will ing to give most freeljf to the suffering of whatever land. The terrible calamity has made thousands of people homeless and destitute and they must perish If relief be not sent them at once. The government Is doing its part Half a million dollars has been appro printed by congress and the Departments of War and Navy have with most com mendable promptness made preparations for forwarding supplies. The president has designated committees in a number of cities to solicit contributions and postmasters and presidents of national banks throughout the country are asked to assist In the work of relief. Let the people now promptly supplement the action of congress and the executive au thorities by contributing as generously as they are able to' do and the distress and suffering of the stricken people of the West Indian Islands, our neighbors, will speedily be relieved and another record made of American generosity. The gentlemen designated as the com mittee for Omaha can be depended upon to perform the duty with zeal and en ergy and the contribution of this city to the relief fund will undoubtedly be liberal. A QUESTION OF AMR 8 TT. The president and cabinet have bad under consideration the question .of amnesty for American prisoners in Cuba. After the Cuban government is established there will be no pardoning power under our constitution which can avail , to release these prisoners, who were tried and convicted in courts provided by the . temporary American government and undoubtedly they would be left to serve out their full sen tences, which It Is thought would In many cases result in death long before the expiration of the terms for which they were sentenced. ' The attention of the president was di rected to this matter through the ap peal made In behalf of Ilathbone, con victed of embezzling postal funds in Cuba, and whose friends are endeavor ing to secure for him executive clem ency. Of course if anything should be done for Rathbone the others convicted of a like offense would have a Just claim to consideration. One proposition is that all the American prisoners in Cuba shall be granted amnesty during their good behavior in the future, which would of course mean their permanent release. It is not easy to aay how pub lic opinion would regard such leniency to these offenders.' , There has been no feeling of sympathy for them here out side the circle of their personal friends. The general sentiment has been that their criminal conduct, their base be trayal of the trust reposed in them, was punished ncre too severely. The ef forts that have been made to, secure clemency for Rathbone, who was at the bead of the Cuban postal service, have not been generally approved. It is very questionable, therefore, whether Ameri can public sentiment would be found favorable to amnesty to these prisoners. unless their release should be entirely satisfactory to the Cuban authorities. Perhaps an arrangement might be made with them to reduce the terms of im prisonment say one-half, and to this there could be no serious objection, but their release now could not easily be ustlfied end it is improbable that the administration will adopt the amnesty proposition. In the case of Rathbone the president has directed the secretary of war to confer upon the Cuban court of appeals the right to review the testl mony and this is probably as far as he- will go. i PRESIDENT AND THE CIVIL SERVICE. Evasion and violation of the civil serv ice rules by President Roosevelt having been alleged, Mr. Foraker of the Civil Service commission, than whom there is no more earnest supporter of the merit system, has published a statement that la a complete denial of the charges made and shows that the president has strictly observed the civil service rules and reg ulations. Mr. Foulke says that the president has not ordered a single place taken out of the classified service and has specifically exempted ten persons only from the requirement of an examl nation, these cases being fully justified by the circumstances. ; ''. '. Regarding a statement that civil serv ice supporters have had little to boast of In the way of additions to the existing rules tending to strengthen them since the advent of President Roosevelt the civil service . commissioner points out that the president haa placed in the competitive service 1,533 positions in the War department and over 6,000 places in the rural free delivery service. "He has amended the rules," writes Mr, Foulke, . so as to . empower the com mission to take testimony in its in vestigatlons, to hold up the salaries of persons; Illegally 'appointed, to prevent temporary appointments without exami nation when there are one or two ellgl bles upon the list to enable the duties of Indian agents, to be performed by superintendents appointed through .the classified service, tu restrict transfers to those places where the duties are slml lar, to prevent reinsiateiueuU fur tli mere purpose of transfer, to forbid transfers without examination from places which have just become classified and other rules of a similar character." Mr; Foulke conclude his refutation of the misstatements . that have been made with the declaration that there has been no administration since the adoption of the civil service, law in which the competitive system has ad vanced with greater rapidity and cer tainty during an equal period of time than In the administration of President Roosevelt In a word, the president has been entirely 'faithful to bls well known regard for the merit system, of which he haa always been one of the strongest supporters. No friend of that system need have any fear that It will suffer at the hands of Mr. Roosevelt or that lta opponents will get any encour agement or countenance from him. As a member of the Civil Serv ice commission he did much to strengthen the competitive system and In all his public service since he has abundantly attested bis faith In the sys tem. There will be no backward step In this particular, It Can be confidently assumed, during the administration of President Roosevelt but on the con trary a further advance, so that at the close of his administration the competi tive system will be more firmly rooted and its permanence more certainly as sured. SHOULD PEARSE BE RETAlPtKDI Within the next thirty days the school board will have to decide whether Car roll O. Pearse is to be retained as head of the public schools of Omaha or whether a new superintendent shall be engaged who comes up to the measure and standard of Omaha's metropolitan pretensions. As a body representing the patrons of the public schools and the taxpayers who support them, the board should be impelled by only one motive, and that to give Omaha the most effi cient and competent school superin-. tendent who can be Induced to accept the position. It Is not denied even by the most ardent supporters of Mr. Pearse that be Is, In point of education, far below the standard which prevailed in Omaha be fore his advent It Is a matter of notoriety that previ ous to coming to Omaha he had never occupied a position that paid more than 11,200 a year. It Is a matter of notoriety that he has kept himself in the saddle by intrigue and wire-pulling and does not command either the confidence or the respect of the great majority of the teachers. It is a matter of notoriety that he is closely Identified with the school book trust by whom he has been subsidized under pretense of writing a chapter for a text book on geography. It is well known that bis election three years ago, after a majority of the board bad declared against blm, was procured through agencies that do not work in broad daylight It is an open secret that he has for weeks been trying to secure another re election through pressure brought on members of the school board by mem bers of the clubs and promoters of en terprises with which he has Identified himself wltb the manifest object of making them subservient to his ends and ambitions. Members of the Com mercial club and Ak-Sar-Ben, audito rium directors, club women and even secret society associates, have been dra gooned Into bis campaign and are Im portuning members of the school board to perpetuate an Incompetent superin tendent on the schools because be has devoted time thai: belongs to the schools to all these outsit Interests and enter prises. Another potential factor Pearse has called to his aid are the relatives of fa vored teachers who have been given un earned preference because of their pulL This in Itself reflects most discreditably upon our school system and tends to de moralize it at its fountain head. The question that members of the school board must ask themselves Is, Shall these outside Influences outweigh their honest judgment and conviction as to the duty they owe to the public schools and the community at large? Will the board courageously meet the Issue and relieve Omaha's schools from this Incubus or will it temporize and shirk its duty at the expense of the children, who have only one chance In a lifetime to secure an education? Will the present . board deliberately vote this inheritance to its successors and force the true friends of the public schools to keep up the fight for another year? ' Why waste all this precious time gas sing about the cost of making gas? Un der the decision of the supreme court it should make no difference with the council In Axing the assessment of the gas company whether it costs 30 cents or $30 to manufacture 1,000 ruble feet of gas. The court has ordered the council to make the' assessment of t&e franchise and personalty on the basis of the market value of the stocks and bonds, less the value of the realty al ready listed for taxation. If the com pany is making money or losing money in the operation of Its plant cuts no figure except aa It raises or lowers the value of the stocks and bonds. If the lawyers engaged In the sparring match before the council would keep to the point It should not take long to execute the mandate of the court And now our popocratlc contemporary is In a frenzy because the administration has not undertaken to proceed against the meat packers criminally. It does not require federal authority to Insti tute criminal proceedings. The popo- crats, for example, control the prosecut ing . machinery In Douglas .county. What a chance for a trust-smasher. The language of the supreme court decision In the Omaha tax case Is pis In enough for every councilman to under stand without a legal Interpreter to ex plain. If the council would simply go ahead and carry out the mandate of the court in a fair and sensible manner and cut off all legal quibbling it would get along much better. ? Eminent Jacksonians have been dis cussing In apparent earnestness whether 16 to 1 silver coinage Is serviceable as an Issue In the coming Nebraska cam paign. If the Jacksonians want to feel quite at home on the hustings they should make the Issue turn on the ex change value of blue chips and white chips. Aacteat Heeoce Oatelaaaea. BL Louis Olobe-Democrat.- ' Pompeii's volcanic record, which has stood as ts tost lor BMru louo years, went down In the awful catastrophe at St. Tlerre last Thursday. What the Party Needs. Washington Post What the democratic party needs Is a leader who will not hire out aa a sandwich man whenever the opportunity offers to make a few dollars. . He of the Forke Touts. CVveland Leader. Hereafter when Tillman desires to make a speech be would save his fellow demo crats' feelings if he would withdraw from the chamber himself and make the speech In private. Plant a Park There. Brooklyn Eagle. Let in Arlxona as a state, but while It Is a territory, convert Its canyon districts Into a national park. It can be done easily now. It cannot be done at all, perhaps, after the conversion. The Soft-Berth Hero. Chicago News. Secretary Moody Is said to be surprised to Snd so many naval officers sitting around In Washington Instead of sailing the briny deep. The secretary should remember that a naval hero can get boosted In his grades as rapidly In Washington as he can by bumping around on a large, moist ocean. TUB NEW POMPEII. Thoughts on the Ancient and the Modern Calamity New York Tribune. The destruction of St Pierre brings men face to face with the elemental terrors of nature, the fear, if not the awe, of which civilized people have to a great extent out grown. To the earlier members of the race nature' did not seem beneficent. Man was very much at the mercy not only of the ex traordinary catastrophlea, but of the ordi nary phenomena of the world. By taking thought he has fortified himself against de structive forces to a marvelous degree. He Is protected against extremes of heat and cold. He can ride out the fiercest storms of the ocean. He is coming to con quer the pestilence that lurks in darkness. Yet he walks in a vain shadow. The earth which he thinks he has conquered may open on the Instant and swallow him up. He Is an Impotent creature, tossed about by power the magnitude of which he cannot comprehend. The earth is a mere crust between him and the abyss. He calls her a kind mother, and so she Is In her pleasant moods. But she is also ruthless, Without regard for human life, without any senti ment of pity. He thinks the world was made for him, but be is as little regarded as the swarms of files which are killed by the first frost. Nature will make for htm the most beautiful of homes, only to write "vanity" on the burled ruins. No more favored spot for free and happy life could be found than the bay of Naples. Martinique is the most romantically beau tiful island of the West Indies, with its wonderful flora and Its precipitous contours softened with a wealth of verdure which robs them of all forbidding aspect Only for the dreaded serpent the deadly fer-de-lance In the thickets It might seem to be and island paradise. Man, however, is ao more perfect in Martinique than In any other Eden. Few places of its size showed more on the surface the degraded side of human nature than St Pierre. .The great body of the population was negro and mu latto, and displayed the characteristic vices of the black race when left to itself after having taken on- a mere veneer of civiliza tion. The traditional morals of a seaport were! there conspicuous., No town In the West Indies ao forced the low character of its people upon attention, and, la spite of the beauty of its surroundings and the charm of Its higher classes, left a' more unpleasant taste. Primitive man, impressed, by the catas trophlea of nature which be did not under stand, identified them closely with his re ligion and thought the thunders were the voices of his gods. The destructive ele ments were the punishment of human wickedness. That, belief or superstition still persists snd we read in legal docu ments of the present day reservations against liability for damage "by the band of God." When ships are wrecked sermons are often preached on the suposed divine retribution, and a terrible cataclysm like the eruption of Mount Pelee Invites to spec ulation on the. fate of Sodom and Gomorrah and tho relation between natural phenomena and human conduct. The people of St. Pierre would lead themselves easily to such moralizing. The world, however, more, and more comes to believe In Huxley's view of the unmorallty of nature, and this without any necessary loss of religious faith. Rather In humbleness do men aak themselves why. If God Is overwhelming people with volca noes for their sins. He should strike one body rather thk.3 another. Certainly He does not spare men because of their merits. The elements are no respecters of persons and moral qualities seem not to help, or lack of them to hurt one's chances in a contest with nature.. He is Indeed a bold man, thinking himself . In the counsels of Infinity, who presumes to say what are the judgments of God. It is better In humble' ness of spirit to walk through the world conscious of its uncertainties, but without superstitious dread of Its phenomena.. PERSONAL NOTES. Steel Mtsnate Schwab Is to give a S100-S- plate dinner to guests In colonial costume. Ragged regiments, however, will not be In order. Prince Henry has become so democratic since his visit to this country that It is now proposed to send blm to the Reichstag s the Representative of the German middle classes. Liberal subscriptions are being made to the fund for the benefit of the widow of the late ex-Governor Joha P. Altgeld of Illinois. Colonel William J. Bryan has given 1100. Mayor Beth Lew's office, which he occu pied as president of Columbia college, has been fitted up as a bibliographical museum. Rars editions, old manuserlps and papyri besides the famous Phoenix collection of literary curiosities, are on exhibition. ' One of the distinguishing characteris tics of the late Potter Palmer is that he paid more taxes than any man la Chicago. It la said be never set.t his books out of town to be audited or dodged the assessor in his rounds. May bis tribe Increase. The board of directors of the Charleston exposition has . decided that it would be Inexpedient to continue the fair longer than the time originally set, and it will accordingly be closed on the first of June Some of Its friends wished It to be con tinued until July 4. The library erected at Hawardtn by na tional subscriptions to perpetuate Mr. Gladstone's memory Is rapidly approaching completion. The site la the one chosen by Mr. Gladstone himself for the temporary library in use before bla last Illness. It stands near the church on an eminence overlooking the Dee estuary. . The Boston committee having In charge the ' raising of a fund for the relief of those persons uo were dependent upon the drowned Monomoy llfesavlng crew have collected 146,873 for the object and have given up the trust. They have dis tributed S9.5&? and have turned over the balance to the Massachusetts Humane society, which will distribute It to the fam ilies of the deceased life savers at such times and la such mannas as It may deem expedient Live Nebraska Towns FULLERTON Attractive and Advancing In speaking or writing about live Ne braska towns, Fullerton should not be overlooked. No man, woman or child ever lived here but who spoke In the h'.gheet terms of the place. No one ever visited Fullerton but what they fell In love with the city. This ought to be a good test of the merits of the place. The question follows. What Is It that attracts people to Fullerton? In the first place, every one who was ever here is quick to see the nat ural beauty of the plare, and when men who have traveled all over the land stand on some one of the high eminences that abound on the west of the town and pro claim that "there la the finest townslte I have ever seen," the reader can begin to see why we boast of this lovely little city, 120 miles west of Omaha. Here Is the fin est natural scenery to be found In the com monwealth of Nebraska. Here the busy little town lies nestling In the lap of the Cedar and Loup, along whose courses nature has lavishly dis played her skill In making restful and beautiful this place. Fullerton Is an ideal place In which to live. Here education and refinement of the highest order abound. Here are tbe best graded schools In Nebraska of any town twloe or thrice its size. Here nearly all Christian denominations have well at tended churches and the different societies that go with them. Here all civic societies flourish like a green bay tree. There are eo many nice things that can be said of Fullerton, but to write of them as they are- one not acquainted with the- facts Is In clined to think that flattery may be in dulged In by our people when talking' or CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES. Nuckolls County Herald: Mr. Adams Is so well known that he needs no introduc tion to the citizens of 'Nuckolls county. We take a Just pride and pleasure that we have so Intelligent and clean a nil to recommend for the nomination of congress man from the Fifth district. Wausa Gazette: Judge KInkald of Holt county, who has made two - unsuccessful races for congress from the big Third, Is a prominent candidate for' nomination again this fall. "The third time Is the charm," and It would surprise no one to see the judge occupy the coveted seat In our next congress. Wausa Enterprise-Herald: Senator Young has many friends among the news paper boys. Some of them are urging htm to be a candidate for tbe republican nomi nation of congressman from the big Third, while others are boosting him towards tbe gubernatorial chair. As for us, we would be glad to see him In either position. Pender Republic: H. C. Vail of Albion, Boone county, was In Pender Tuesday get ting acquainted with some of the repub lican workers. Mr. Vail is a candidate for congress from this district and Is looking up the situation politically. He is a pleas ant gentleman to meet, one who makes friends wherever he goes. He Is one of the leading attorneys in thd county and haa long been a wheel-horse la republican polit ical work in his home and surrounding counties, and should the nomination go. to him It will not be unworthily bestowed. Stanton Picket: The candidacy of Sena tor W. W. Young for congress Is attract ing attention throughout the district, and it is that sort of attention which bodes well for his nomination. His ability is recognised and admitted by all. Each day brings" additional expressions hoping for the success of his candidacy and pledges of support. He may not be nominated on the first or second ballots, but present in dications are that as soon as compliments have been passed and the convention set tles down to actual business his nomina tion will be speedy. What the repub licans want Is a candidate with ability both In a business and oratorical way. With such a candidate they can win and It now looks as though a large majority were counting on Mr. Young as the man who possesses these requirements to the fullest extent. If he is nominated bis election will surely follow. Randolph Times: The day has passed when It l thought that no one but a law yer should have a seat in congress. In these days we need the worker, the man who gets his measure through and attends to the wants of his constituents. Such a man is J. F. Jenal. He is a man who makes votes; as a campaigner there is none bet ter; be has the Indorsement of bis home county; he has no strings. about his neck because of a record in state politics; be has repeatedly overcome fusion opposition at home; he was a candidate two years ago, withdrew in favor of John R. Hays and made the nominating speech;- he has a wide acquaintance and many prominent friends In the district; If nominated two years ago be would have been elected; he will come before the convention with a strong following that must command rec ognition; he comes from a section that should have recognition at the hands of tbe party; he a man that will know you at all times, and from every view point is J. F. Jenal tha toxical candidate: Plain view Republican: Jule Jenal, the Cedar county candidate for congress. Is a native of that county. He was born and raised there; knows every foot of land and every inhabitant. For these reasons he has succeeded in being elected to the office of county clerk on three different occasions. As Cedar is a demo-pop county his frleads claim that he Is a born politician and that if he were nominated that be would make the big Third turn a complete political somersault We do not think so. A msn may make a house-to-house canvass of his native county in four weeks and overcome a slight fusion majority, but it must be re membered thst there are eighteen counties In this congressional district snd the nomi nee roust be a man who la a good publlo speaker, able to discuss national questions. This Jenal Is not competent to do. A still hunt candidate pitted against an . able speaker like Robinson, who has the Issues of the day on the end of his tongue, would have no chance to win. We believe It Is time to csll off . all such booms as this, which cannot serve any good purpose. Those behind the boom with axes to grind should consider party success mors than they do and boom a winner. ' - Dakota County Record: The congres sional situation Is fast assuming definite shape In this district and the various candi dates are leading a strenuous life. It Is now a foregone conclusion that John 8. Robinson will be renominated by the demo crats. The republicans, however, feel con fident that the republican nominee will be elected, provided a strong man is nomi nated. There are several avowed candi dates for the honor, and several others bave been mentioned In connection as avail able timber. Among the latter haa been Judge William F. Warner of Dakota City. While the Judge la not an avowed candidate, yet the Record feels Inclined to the belief that no msn in the district Is better fitted for the position than be. . Judge Warner Is s man of splendid physique. In height six feet, and well proportioned, and with a well balanred bead on bla shoulders. He is 21 years old. thirty-four of which have been spent In Nebraska, consequently he Is es sentially a Nebraska product. Judge War ner ts s good speaker and a hard worker. As a campaigner tbe Record doubts If bis equal can' be found la the district. lis would carry bis own county by (00 majority against any man of the opposition? writing about them; but we say to you pointedly that stirh Is not tbe case. Fullerton Is the county seat of Nance county. Do not mix Nance up with the gen eral run of Nebraska counties, for if you do you Inflict Injustice upon us. Nance county was held out by tbe Pawnees until tbe very last. Here fhey selected thelf home. They had been for yesrs in the state of roaming at will, and when they came to select a place to csll their home Nance county appealed to tbem and here Ihey ex toted. Whea the government finally con cluded that the Indian must go, they sold the land outright to the people. There were no homesteads, no tree claims. This brought to Nance ounty a splendid class of farmers, and a splendid class of farm ers attracted . a splendid array of mechanics,, artisans and general rest dents. Fullerton, as a result of this splen did "getting away." today holds Its head up and steps . high. . It. Is proud of Its standing aBd haughty, when boasting, but not without cause. . People do not have to be coaxed to come here, and make their homes; , when they have been here once they long to return, and It has often been said that none have ever moved away but what they have It In their hearts to return some time again. People living hi cities and In barren towns snd wanting an ideal place to visit In the summer time, and who enjoy camp lite can find no finer spot on the globe than right here In grand old Nance, whose capi tal Is Fullerton and whose hospitality and good fellowship Is as boundless as the sea. ' J. W. TANNER. - 3ITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. MoTtasj Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. In history apd romantic fiction the baths of. ancient Rome are pictured as the high est achievement of art . and skill, which modern sanitary science and the plumbing craft bave been unable to reproduce. But history Is prone to drawing the long Vow and that exercise constitutes the chief charm of fiction. Eves granting anolent Rome pre-eminence in the bath line, its days of glory are numbered,, and la a few weeks tbe baths of the American capltol, built by and for the patricians of congress, will make the Roman article look like three worn dimes. t . Tbe new baths take up a goodly amount of spsce In the sub-basement of the capl tol. They are a time-honored Institution and are maintained at the government's ex pense for the members. Care, however, has been taken not to give undue promi nence to .the fact that tbe taxpayers pro vide sumptuous baths where their repre sentatives can go and recover from the effects of state dinners or wilder dissipation without more Interruption than Is abso lutely necessary from their official duties. The house baths are particularly luxurious. The balls are carpeted with velvet which makes the floor covering of the committee rooms appear like burlap by comparison. The tubs are heavy porcelain, the plumbing la silver-plated and all the other furnish ings are in keeping with this elegance. ' The attendaats are said to be the most expert In the country and, while they are not car ried on the pay roll as "rubbers," mas seurs, chiropodists and manicures, theirs Is the work of those specialists, Just the same. At present on the house side a marble bath' tub is being Installed that Is marvel ous In its elegance. ' The stone from which It was hewn was imported from Italy. Tbe tub was hollowed out by hand and Its Interior has been poUsbed until It shines like a mirror. It is said to have cost over 11,000. This marble' tub is placed In a room which has a wainscoting of Italian marble; Tbe plumbing appliances are said, to be the finest ever placed on a bath tub in this country. .. Senators Teller and Piatt of Connecticut were In the lobby discussing tbe opening of certain Indian lands to settlement, relates the Washington Post. They disagreed as to the value of the lands. "Did you ever see .these lands which the government proposes tb buy?" asked Sen ator Teller. " "Nq," said Senator Piatt. "Have you ever been west?" persisted Senator .Teller. .... Mr. Piatt's answer was not very positive. He had been west, he said "that is," he added, "part of the way west." "You remind me." said Teller, "of the woman who lived in Portland, Me. Some one asked .her If she had ever traveled west' : 'Oh, yes, she promptly answered; 'I have been to Boston." Since the warm weather began there has been a startling array of brilliant waist coats in tbe senate, when the average age of the members of. that body Is considered, together "with -the somber dignity which they are wont to sustain. The other day Mr. Harris of Kansas, populist and 61 years old, took his seat and threw bis coat open, revealing a pale-blue creation embellished wltb old-gold stars embroidered in silk. Mr. Allison of Iowa, the same day, wore a yellow waistcoat of such S brilliant hue that It would feaze the ordinary young man who had Just passed his majority. Mr. Allison is 73 years old, but he carries his age lightly. Senator Pettus displayed beneath bis long frock coat a glimpse of red and blue checks on a brown background that carried one In imagination out to the race track. Senator Fairbanks of Indiana, who usually presents a funereal appearance, got Equally rliiris or a v - when it Mfc CHEREf 85 -PECTORAL f We. S XT your doctor mom freely about our medicines. -For more taaa 40 years Iave kept Aye Cherry. Pectoral Is l the house, and I do not believe there Is t remedy la ths world eqwd to h for all throat and , lung trebles." Mrs. VUa-r J. Yoosa, lx., ., u., Into the swim by wearing a black , silk waistcoat, which was plentifully polka dotted with white silk. Fullv two-thirds of the senators wore white vests. It Is noticeable that among the members of that body the yoKg men dress old and tbe ol men dress youug. Representative Sam Towers of Massachu setts, who is serving his Brut term In con gress, and by virtue of thst fact and bli personal popularity Is the. president of the Tantalus club, tells a good story to Illus trate his Indecision upon the btg questions of public policy which come up for consid eration In tbe house. "I come lnt-9 the house," said Mr. Powers the other day, "and I listen to some man making a speech upon one side of an Im portant proptaklon, and he Is so eloquent and logical I am almost convinced tbat he is right and that 1 should vote as he ad vises. The next member who commands attention Is a fellow who takes a position exactly opposite and his reasoning Is so sound that I have to admit that be Is right "Thus my dec Won swings from one side to another like a pendulum. My attitude is very much like that of a Juror up in Massa chusetts, who served in a case I was once Interested In. ' "It was the first time that the man had ever served In that capacity. The jury after listening to the argumenta of counsel retired and deliberated for a long time. Finally they reported that It would be lin. poeetble tor them te reach an agreement "When they Bled in from the Jury, room the court was much displeased and pro ceeded to leoture them rather severely for their failure to agree. " 'Why, your honor exclaimed the new Juryman, 'how in the world flo you expect the members of the Jury to agree whin the lawyers in the case can't sgree them selves ?' " . Congressman Steele of Indians says that the meanest thing he ever heard said of anybody In ' congress was Speaker Reed's remark about Dolllver of Iowa. The Maine man and some others were talking about candidates tor vice president and 'Reed said: .. "And there's TJolilver, too. Now, Dolllver Is a vice presidential impossibil ity." About on a par with this was ex Senator Pettlgrew's remark about Cabot Lodge: "Lodge's mind reminds me of the soil of New England Impoverished, but highly cultivated." SAID IN FUN. Puck: Farmer , Bentover Now, Willis Jennln's' Bryan ' Fanner Hornbeak Aw, let bygones be bgones. ' Bomervllle Journal: Perhaps the biggest bore Is the man who says sensible things when he Is In the company of society peo ple. . . . ' ; ; , 'Chicago Tribune:' "Back again?" said ths warden. "Well, we'll put you lit the new cellhouse this time. Ilow do the quarters suit you?" "These quarters are all right," said the habitual offender, ' "but the terms are not satisfactory." ." . Washington Star: "I suppose those newly rich friends of yours will entertain in society next season." "No," answered Miss Cayenne; "they won't entertain, .. They will amuse." Ohio State Journal:., "Will you please raise my salary?"' Wily, A kuic juu ' 1 1 1 J inv " ' because you told me that you had your mother to support" "I know, but my mother crot married and now I have two te support," Detroit Free Press: "Wife '(kissing him) Dear, dear Jack! Jack (aside) There goes another fifty! Philadelphia Press: ' Towne Scribble cer tainly deserves a medal , for his great serv ice to American literature. Browne Nonsense the stuff he, writes is rank tommy-rot. Towne I know, but he declares that he has stopped wrtting now. Judge: Mrs. SmithSo you think your son Reginald will make a great pianist? Mrs. Brown Yes, indeed. Why, the little darling won't even take a lesson unless we pay him for It. Baltimore News: "Sad 'about Bingham, Isn't It?" "What's the matter with Bingham?" "He went to the bad being a good fel low." Detroit Free Press: "8tupld?" "I should say aoi. Laet night I turned the gis down and Tie sked If It was time for him to go home." . SALLY SMITH. James Barton Adams in Denver Post Do you remember, Sally Smith, tha days of long ago 'Twill take a stretch of memory, per haps When you bad freckles on your nose, a rag Upon your toe, 'And I was Just tbe raggedest Of chaps? Out in the shaded old back yard our play house we would keep. Our dinner dishes broken . crockery. And hollered down the cistern waking echoes from their sleep,. And swung each other 'neath the apple tree. How often in our play we'd slide adown the cellar door, - -The while the air with jolly shouts we'd rend. And, oh I how mother grabbed me. when my little panta I tore And spanked the spot that she would have to mend. Those mud plea were just out of eight the ones you used to bake To set upon the table In our play. And, oh! how oft I've wondered it la mar ried life you'd make Your pies of lighter weight than thoso . , of clay. I well remember, Rally Smith, your ankl-s bare and brown. Of graceful shape, but somewhat soiled, f vow. And when I saw you cross the street the other day in town I noted that you treat them better row. Thou" Jolly days have passed away, but every time I see Two kids at play so frisky and so lithe. What memories come flocking to my using brain of she Who now Is known to all as sadye Bmythe. good for mother, and child. The dose , is-different,. ... For the mother when she. has a cold, a cough, or a weak throat ; fnr the child when it has the croup. For the mother when she has bron- as el . el mm el asthma: for tne child , , . .. . has a night-cough or the cough of measles. , . We wish vou would consult CUtfo-d. w. . ' . AVES CO., LewC, Maes.