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5 TITE OMATIA DATTiT JlT.Y.i TTlDN ESP AT, ATJOTJST 13, 1002. The omaha Daily Bee PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINU. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. f'ally Hee (without Sunday), Una Year..t4 .10 ally Ite an.i bun-lay. Una Tear IC) Illustrated one Year tOO Bunday Hm, on lr I'"' faturnay H, one Year...., l.W '.Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. Lou 'tJBLlVKRED BY CARRIER. Jally Bee (without Sunday), per copy... Jo lally Ilea (without Sunday), per weea...l2o l)ally bee (Inducing Hun-lay), per week.. 17c Uunday Bee, per copy ac l.ver.lDK Bee (without Sunday), per week. luc livening Be (including Sunday), per week IRe Complaints of lrreg ularltiea In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation department OFFICES. Omaha Thf Bee Building. South Omaha city Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M 6treeta. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 1&40 Unity Hulldlng. New York Temple Court. Washington Mil Fourteenth Street CORRESPONDENCE. Communication! relating to news and edi torial matter ahuuld be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Ijepartment. . BUSINESS LETTERS. Buetnaee letters and remittances should be addreaeed; The Bea Publishing Com , any, Omaha. REMITTANCES.' Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only t-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.1 George B. Tsechuck, secretary of The Baa Publishing Company, ; being duly, sworn, ays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bea printed during the month of July, was as follow t 1 39,63 17 2,M0 S 39,570 J.... .8,580 1 30,540 19 20,070 4 29,520 . 80 81,B10 1 29,320 11 3O.B00 20.50O J 20,560 7 2W.510 n 21,B40 2tl.4IM , . 4 ittt.BDO 20,540 ' 25 2U.U70 ,10 Jttt.BSO M. .29,840 U 29,510 ,: 17.... ...20,480 12 2,1M) ; J8... 29.550 U 29,618 ' ., JO,BW 14 29,660 , tO 20,010 U 20,500 II.. 29,030 It 20,660 .' . ToUI -, VlU,4ftO Ls unsold and returned copies.... t,U2t) Net total sales 900,824 Nat dally average 29,282 . , QEO. B. TZSCHUCJC Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this list day of July, A. L. ISuJ. CBcaX) M. B. HUNQATE, ' Notary Publlo. It looks as if the Nebraska National Guard bad troubles enough to keep a good-sized army busy, , John N. Baldwin is becoming such a great man that the only wonder is so small a town as Council Bluffs can hold him. Frost in the first half of August Is a little out of the ordinary for this sec tion, but the whole summer season of 1002 has been-out of the ordinary. When the popocratic" World-Herald undertakes to pick a candidate for re publicans, It's the wise course for re publicans to steer clear of the popocratic choice. We never dreamed that the bankers of Nebraska were such awful tax shirk ers until the railroad tax bureau com menced to issue bulletins to prove that there are others. Governor Savage says be used to per form more labor for 60 cents a day than labor today 1 renders its employers for $L That was before he was struck by political lightning. Senator Quay Is trying to go Mark Hanna one better, aa a strike mediator for the anthracite coal miners. If Quay will take care of Pennsylvania Ilanna may be looked to to watch over Ohio. Now Alaska has set ud an earthouake Industry of. Its own. The stories of the damage wrought Indicate that the news paper correspondents there think thev are far enough removed to give an extra Jolt to their Imaginations. . Judge Gordon now . wants Interest amounting to over $1,000 on his salary a police Judge for the time it was hung up In the courts. Judge' Gordon's per petual salary should be transformed uuu peiiBiou or an annuity. Nebraska leads the whole procession of states In the improvement in its corn crop for the month of July, as reflected by the returns to the statistician of the Department of Agriculture. Nebraska furnished the throne room for King Corn's coronation. So Mr. Mercer wants to arbitrate the Union raclflc strike, does he? As if Mr. Burt could not arbitrate it himself If he wanted to. How Is Mercer to cross the Union Pacific bridge that con jjects with headquarters? Will he take John N. Baldwin as a motor? The Danish parliamentary elections bave resulted in a sweeping victory for the ministerial party, which is the party favoring the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States. The only Interpretation of the popular verdict Is that the pwple of Denmark prefer to leare . their islands on the bargain counter fur a little while longer at least ' ' " The nildroad populists are to have meeting at .Springfield, lii., the end of s this month to consider the question of Independent organization In Kansas Nebraska and Oklahoma. This should furnish occasion for another festive - eruption from all the fusion organs lu this state who keep their choicest am munition la reserve for use on the mid road contingent ... Mr. Mercer's man Blackburn declares that be will see to it that The Bee is cooped on the news that the republican congressional committee has been called, whenever that may be, according to the pleasure of his muster. We have no doubt he can withhold this Information from The Bee l;;ns enough to LaV li appear first iu the popocratic pjers, but even at that the great majority of the republicans of this district will cos tlaus to look to The Bee for information on ths political situation, mC Al.AHKAfi BOVUDART. By far the most serious question awaiting ncfc'rtPstions for final settle ment between the governments of the United States and Great Britain Is the Alsakan boundary question. There Is no Intimation as to what the purpose of our government Is In regard to negotia tions, but It would seem that a settle ment of the matter cannot be very much longer deferred. It Is possible that be cause of the serious nature of the ques tion, the danger of grave trouble In volved in It, that there Is hesitancy both at Washington and at' London about taking it up, but it has sooner or later got to be met and disposed of and noth ing Is to be gained by needlessly, post poning negotiations: ' ' It is well understood that the .existing situation is unsatisfactory. It Is a compromise which . neither party re gards with favor. 'Under the; agree ment entered Into' by t,he governments of the United States and Great Britain In 1809, the boundary line between Can ada and the territory of Alaska, in the region about the head. of Lynn canal, was provisionally fixed without preju dice to the claims of either party In the permanent adjustment of the interna tional boundary. It baa been asserted that In making this agreement there was a surrender on the. part of the United States, but there waa nothing of the sort The fact to that thus far neither British Columbia, Canada nor Great Britain bas gained anything by their contentions re specting the eastern boundary of , the Alaskan strip and It la not at all prob able that they ever will gain anything. The Canadian claims have been conclu sively shown to have no substantial foundation and there Is every reason to believe that they could not be success fully maintained before any fair and im partial tribunal. The British members of the High Joint commission appeared to realize this when they rejected the arbitration proposition of the American commissioners. The United States holds possession Of and exercises sovereignty over all the territory that Great Britain and . Canada are trying to gain as well as that which even they concede belongs to it In the territory that Canada covets there Is an American military force and there are other forces In various parts of Alaska. There has been no surrender of territory by this government and It Is a perfectly safe prediction that there will not .be. Canada will have to finally abandon her baseless claims, for It Is not at all prob able that they will be supported by the British government to the point of pro voking war, and It Is needless to say that the American people will fight to retain possession of territory which they regard aa Indisputably theirs. The mat ter Is of such serious . character and great Importance that it should not be allowed to drag along Indefinitely. . On every account a permanent adjustment at the earliest time It can be effected la to be desired and there appears to be nothing in the way of opening negotia tions to this end. , Japan css sncroachmsbt. Japanese enterprise la the direction of territorial aggrandisement threatens to get that country into trouble with the United States. It la stated that this government baa determined to take ac tion to prevent encroachment by Japan upon Islands of the Pacific belonging to the United States. Not content with claiming Marcus island which was dis covered by an American, It appears from a report to the War department by the master of the transport Buford that the Japanese have taken possession of Wake Island, midway between Ha waii and Guam, which is a possession of this country, having been so declared In 1899, when Commander Taussig ot the navy raised the American flag over the inland. Another' encroachment of the Japanese Is In the Midway Islands, also discovered by an American naval officer in 1809 and which are to be the site for a station of the projected Pa ciflc cable. 1 ' It does not appear that the govern ment of Japan Is directly responsible for these Invasions by Japanese of American possessions, but it Is never theless proposed to ask ' that govern ment for an explanation and probably to demand that it shall require Us peo ple to leave those islands which are un questionably the property of the United States. It Is perhaps safe to assume that Japan would not hesitate to no" ply with such a demand, but should It be otherwise our government would of course remove the Japanese and re turn them to their own country. There is a great deal of commendable enter prUe in the people of Japan, and It is not at all surprising that they should have developed atdeslre for territory. but they must Wok forthls elsewhere than to tne possessions ot uncie oam. J.RMT A.XD tiAVY UAA&V7KRS- The Joint maneuvers of the army and navy which are to begin Augusf 20 and terminate September 6 will, undoubtedly be very interesting: A , condition ap proximating actual war will exist in the sphere of operations, which . embraces all the coast from New York up to Cape Cod and there is greaf activity at aJ! the forts lu that region, which are manned by trained artillerists. Before August 20 the entire fleet, consisting of twenty-two vessels, that will be under the command of Uear Admiral Illggln son, wiil have assembled off the New Kugland coast a portion of It to be em ployed for defense and part to repre sent the advance guard of an enemy's fleet The chief purpose la view Is tc test the possibility of a forelgu fleet estab lishing a base on' the shores of the United States while both the land and naval forces are trying to prevent It This maneuvering ot the fleets will con uuue uic uuja auu u li K'iiunru ujr a concentrated naval attatk on forts, with New York harbor as the objective piint. The intention Is to demonstrate the safety of New York from an attack by any foreign fleet that could spare enough ships for the purpose, though It may be doubted whether a conclusive demonstration can be nmde In this wsy. At all events the maneuvers will be the greatest thing of the kind that this country has ever sen. Never before has there been anything approaching it on this side of the Atlantic. Some years ago there was a series of evolutions off Newport but In comparison with the coming maneuvers the former will rank as child's play. There Is a good deal of interest abroad In this object lesson as to the defensive power of the United States and undoubtedly It will be care fully studied In foreign nsval circles. wnva whoi Under the charter for metropolitan cities the mayor Is "the chief executive officer and conservator jf the peace throughout the city." Under the charter it Is the mayor's duty to enforce all laws and ordinances, and In the faithful dis cbarge of his duties be is responsible to the council only. Under the charter all powers and duties Incident to the ap pointment removal, government and discipline of the officers and members of the fire and police departments are con ferred upon and exercised by the police and fire commission, but nowhere In the charter can any authority be found by which the police commission Is empow ered to exercise executive functions specifically conferred upon the mayor and council or upon the mayor sep arately. The attempt of the police board to dip Into market bouse regulation Is a usurpation of power . entirely unwar ranted and Its orders to the police to compel all hucksters to vacate streets heretofore occupied as a market place and force them to locate upon the newly established market grounds on Capitol avenue are entirely outside of Its juris diction. While It is true that the mar ket square has been changed by ordi nance, the enforcement of the ordinance constitutes no part of the police board's functions. If the mayor refuse to en force the ordinance, the remedy is with the council or with any interested citizen, who may enter complaint In the police court against parties violating the ordi nance. This naturally brings up the question as to the line of demarcation between the powers of the mayor and the police commission In the general enforcement of ordinances and law. Is the com mission superior to the mayor or Is the mayor the sole officer responsible for the enforcement of law and order? The commission bas undoubtedly the power to appoint discipline and remove policemen under certain restrictions, It has also the right to define the duties of policemen, fix their hours of service and give general direction aa regards Indi vidual conduct on or off duty. But as chief executive and responsible bead of the municipal government the mayor must be clothed with sufficient power to enforce his orders through the police without asking the consent of the police commission, except Insofar as the char ter expressly requires its concurrence. The chief of police Is made by the char ter the commander of the police force, to whom his subordinates must look for orders and whose orders they are ex pected to obey. But the chief is surject to the mayor alone In the suppression of riots, tumultuous disturbances and breaches of the peace. With a' police commission hostile to the mayor and determined to antag onize him, there is bound to be con stant clashing of authority. Such con flicts are sure to be damaging to the public interest and the remedy must be sought at the earliest opportunity through legislation that will give Omaha borne rule and fix executive responsi bility, so that all branchea of the mu nicipal government will move In har mony instead of at cross-purposes. For the benefit of the nonresident congressman the new police board bas commenced to swing its clubs over ths proscribed district. Sewers and gutters are to be raked for muck and scandal and the hoodlums are to be rounded up under pretext that a general bouse cleaning bas been begun. On the old es tablished principle that It takes a thief to catch a thief, the board has rein stated Captain Haze of redoubtable fame to boss the Job. The captain's record is a guaranty that he will find what he wants when be wants it and knows where to go after it. John N. Baldwin bas given It out cold that he proposes to expose and probe some of the festering sores In the Third ward, to show how rotten things have been In Omaha for several years. For this purpose Union Pacific headquarters is a good point of observation. The whited sepulcbers are wlthla a stone's throw, but why Mr. Baldwin should be so much concerned about them when he has a fair assortment over in Council Bluffs, where he Is presumed to reside, is a mystery no ordinary fellow cau find out . Congressman Mercer has a consuming desire to play Mark Ilanna as labor strike arbitrator. The only differ ence between Mark and Dave Is that Mark has been In constant touch with worklugmen for a lifetime and pays out several millions a year In wages, while Our Dave has nothing In common with worklngmen and does not pay out a dollar in wages, unl.-es It be to his tailor and barber. , President Roosevelt Is setting a high standard In his appointments to judi cial positions. 'He realizes that the su preme court of the United States occu pies a unique place among the judicial bodies of the world. It will be a carp ing critic who takes exception to his appointment of Justice Holmes to the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Gray. A new steamship baa been launched from German shipyards designed to be the fastest as well as the largest ship in the world. It Is easy to make de signs for ships that are to outdo all others, but there is no telling how long any ship can hold first place. If the Germans are ambitious to hold the rec ord for the fastest steamship they will have to keep a close watch on the Yan kee shipbuilders. The statement comes from New York that importers of lemons prefer to leave their consignments at the custom house rather than pay the duty because of the slow demand by which lemons have be come a drug on the market If this is so makers of. circus lemonsde should be able to give us a whole lemon to the bucket Instead of only half a lemon, as Is customary. The Philadelphia North American says that the attempt to make politics out of the beet has proved L disastrous failure. The attempt to make sugar out of. the beet however, has proved a sig nal success, aa witness the beet sugar factories scattered all over the west The wreck on tba .Pennsylvania rail road ' In Indiana, which piled up In a heap twenty cars loaded chiefly with farm machinery. Is significant The railroads were not hauling trainloads of farm machinery . previous to the pres ent era of republican prosperity, - ' Aathe Aaaarlaaus lavsalsa, ' 1 .'' ' " Chloago Post During the last five years 80,000 Ameri cans have moved permanently into Canada. This is the most practical way In which to work up an annexation sentiment across the border. Cold Comfort for Royalty. -' Baltimore American. Assassination life insurance Is the latest device to cheer up the kings and princes of Europe. Prtnca Henry of Prussia Is the pioneer In the natter ot a Ufa so Insured, but It is something of a relief to our hos pitable feelings to know that the policy was not taken out till after his return from the United States. IfOaat ' llver, tbe Klag. New Tork Bun. The coronation of Edward had a broader significance than the crowning of a mere titular monarch. It was the coronation of modern sntlseptlo surgery. The English man on whose head the crown was placed In Westminster abbey was really Joseph Lister the head from which came the dis coveries in the application of the anti septics treatment by which the life of . Ed ward and the lives of many thousands of other sufferers apparently-doomed to death have been saved. Long live tha king! A Warn In a; to KsuMslcora. Chicago Chronicle. Gentlemen who contemplate legal pro ceedings against combinations of vested In terests will make a not ef tha fact that Peter Power, who sought to Interfere with tha philanthropic operations of James J, Hill's Northern Securities company, has himself been sentenced to J an ior ininy days by the federal Judge before whom hs brought the suit This will teach anarchlstlo disturbers of values not to meddle with the doings of those whom the Lord has set to rule ever them. , ProfltaM Advertising;. . Louis villa Courier-Journal'. The manager of a. Detroit food eompaay says that wishing .o . create a demand quickly for his goods, he decided' to ad vertise only in the cfty dailies. "Sampling had been overdone;'' demonstration served only to feed people Who visit a store;' bill boards war worthless, for the people we wished to reach war newspaper readers. Tha results of his 'newspaper advertising were even better than he had anticipated. "The dally newspaper," he says, "Is an ever growing force, ' and has practically killed an other means of advertising. Evan for reaching the farmer It Is better than any other agency. This Is especially true in regtons where rural free delivery has o greatly extended the circulation ot tha city dally among th farmers." Labor ul ta Courts. Indianapolis New. It Is, it seems to us, of th utmost impor tance that tha courts should hold an ab solutely even balance between capital and labor. And while tha Judges should not play the demagogue for a demagogical Judge is a contemptible figure neither should they play the oppressor. Strikers are not criminals ' simply because they strike. On effect of the recent Injunctions will be to strengthen the hands of those who favor th pending bill limiting the power of courts to grant Injunctions. That may turn out to be moat unfortunate. For th power to grant injunctions I on of vary great im portance, and it ought not to ba limited save for th gravest reasons. But nslther should th power ba abused. And If tha power bas to be limited to prevent Us being abused. It will surely be limited. We should prefer to believe that our oourts can ba trusted to us the power wisely and conservatively. I WESTKRFI WATEB SYSTEMS. Proajresstvo IaaarTaaaa tat TaH-oa Coaaaaamltl.' Minneapolis Time. A recent summary in the Munloipal Jour nal and Engineer on th quastioa ot con templated Improvements in tha various states shows that tha water supply question If In healthy agitation. In tha last two months about 110 different cities and towns pave reported. This probably does not In clude all municipalities that are taking steps In the right direction all over the country, but it is a large percentage f them. The introduction of new plants, tha enlargement of old ones or tha purification of those already existing Is evidently going cn in every locality. Fifty-four of tha places which reported were in tha Atlantlo states, about tha same number In the wast and middle west and about twenty in the southern and guK states. Nearly all the latter show a great deal of Incipient activity in this matter, es pecially Mississippi. The west is bestirring Itself in a more widespread fashion than any other section. The enterprises la the way of city water Improvement or systems are pretty well scattered over the western states. Montana, South Dakota, Utah, Idaho, Nebraska. Colorado, Washington, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota all have a showing In tha list In almost all these states tha Improve meets are contemplated in tha smaller towns. These tacts are significant because they show that tha west Is waking up to the fact that population Is shifting to the. western states so rapidly that even tha smaller places must plan their corporate Ufa on municipal and not on village Ideals. The widest Imagination (an hardly predict what will be tha crowded activity of tha Missis sippi valley fifty years from now. Tha towns and clttsa that have tha far-etgbted-n fctilM for tha future, avea at the cost of some pinching and discomfort now, are tha onea that are rady for good for tune in tha way of Increased population by and by. Those that persist in un healthy, unsanitary and plcayunlab policies as to public improvements wlU inevitably fail behind A Disciple of Peace Detroit Free Mr. Bryan, who delights "to bait his homilies with a feilow worm," has pounced upon Mr. Roosevelt, and la stringing lb hook of his dlsplessur through tha quiver ing form of the president. . Mr. Roosevelt's Immediate offense was the West Point speech In which he told the cadets that "a good soldier must not only be willing to fight; ha must ba anxious to fight." This, In tha opinion of Mr. Bryan, reveals "a moral deformity" that must shock soma of tha president's friends. It Is true, aa Mr. Bryan says, that many of the greatest soldiers of civilisation have loved peace, but his criMcUm of tha presi dent seems to be based upon a misconcep tion ot tha latters meaning. Had Mr. Roosevelt said that it was tha duty ot a people not only to ba willing to fight, but anxious to fight, ha would have deserved Mr. Bryan's lashing; but assuming that tha offense of war must needs com to any na tion, In a republic, at least, which is de voted to tha arts of peace. It Is well to have an army that Is not only willing to fight but anxious to flght. This is not saying that the army should be allowed to fight, or that Its Judgment should ba accepted as to tha tlma for fighting. It amounts merely to tha statement that It Is 'aood for a nattnn to have a trained body ot fighters that da- ngnt in trouble and are always ready to welcome It - Mr. Bryan would not take exception to tha statement that a good bulldog ought to ready and anxious to fight An army is nSOmrD ABOUT HXW TORK. Rips-lea oat the Cwrrcnt ot Lift la the Metropolis. Among the many splendid charities of the big city, free medical attendance for babies on th recreation piers appeals most directly to th hearts of th community. The pier themselves are a great thing to begin with. Every day on may see thou sands of mothers with their little ones on the piers that are dotted up and down the water front of tha East and North rivers. The ae breeies sweep np and down and there Is a great deal of space In which the children can play, while for the mothers nursing their infants there are settees made in curves to give the most rest to tha oc cupant. Besides all this there are tha doctors. On each of tha piers a physician walks up and down every day, making three round trips as a rule., He knows many of the mothers by name, and all ot them by sight together with their babies. He picks out, with the quickness of a medi cal man, the baby that needs something more than the fresh air of the pier, and, as he questions the mother in a kindly tone, he passes his band over the tiny face and notes, the temperature, breathing and pulse, all In an unostentatious way which Is soothing both to the child and Its mother. Then he writes a prescription and hands it to the parent She knows that, written on a board of health blank, the prescription will ba Oiled at cost prlc by any phar macist, and that the drugs will surely ba - '!?l'ty. Tbs cu! be trou ble for a druggist who furnished anything else on a Board of Health prescription. In some cases the doctor gives a ticket for . day's outing for a baby on board tha 'Floatlne- Hosnltal." or hands a ticket fnr free milk to tha tnnthAr. TAnman Y,11- dren in New York have a hard time of it la spite or everything, but it is not because arrervthlnr Doaalbla la not done tnr than. - - - by a paternal municipal government The' largest plan for the betterment of' New Tork which has yet been broached by the Municipal Art society of that city con templates the extensive remodeling of City Hali park and the grouping there of the various city offices, which at present are scattered about In various rented buildings, costing the city $295,000 a year. It is thought that for the principal represented by this annual outlay, or something like S,500,000, the city can build offices -which will be more convenient and serviceable, and will add materially to the dignity ot the City Hall park. According to the plan now under consideration the park would ba cleared of all buildings except the city hall, among tha structure sacrificed being the old elty firehose, the city court the old hall of records and the large "Tweed" court-) house, which cost over $15,000,000, but has been an elephant With these cleared away the Una old city hall would have a proper setting; it is architecturally ene of the best buildings In the city. The young man walked by the hansom drawn up In front of an uptown hotel, took a quick look at the Interior of the vehicle, hesitated for a moment, and walked on a few paoee, relates th Mall and Express. He halted on tha edge of the curb and seemed to be considering soma deep problem. Tha driver parched on tha back of tha modern chariot waa scanning the horlxon In search ot a prospective fare. The young man gulped down a swelling In his throat and approached the hansom from the rear. He took another glance at the In terior of tha vehicle and asked nervously: 'How much to er the Grand Central depot r "Dollar n a half," said cabby, with du disregard to legal rates. "All right Go ahead, quick." said the young man, clambering into the hansom. Arriving at the depot the young man nerv ously thrust tha fare into cabby's hand and disappeared In th big waiting room. And cabby surveyed th interior of tha hansom and smiled. - From one ot th ca pacious pockets of his coat ha produced a chsap wallet stuffed with paper and bound by a stout elastic This ha deposited care fully upon tha seat In plain view of pas sers-by. "That's tha fourth sucker today," he so liloquized, as ha clambered to his perch. "Them pockstbooks cost me a nickel apiece an' it's consldsrabie trouble to stuff 'em and make 'em look natural but they do bring trade. Oeddapl" So common la tha evil of drunkenness among children In New York City that the temperance societies ar going to petition for a law making it a misdemeanor, punish able both by Una and imprisonment, for par ents to give alcohol lo beverages to their children under any circumstances whatever, unless for medicinal purposes and under tha supervision of a doctor or apothecary, and there is a pretty fair chance that their pe tition will ba granted. Whatever may be tha underlying causa, the amount of drunk enness among mar children is something appalling to contemplate. In certain sec tions ot tha town there are well organized gangs of boys, their ages ranging from 10 to 15, who make a practice of hopping onto weak-looking adult pedestrians and robbing them. In order to get together tha price of a "kag" of beer, which they carry to a va cant lot and guxsle until they are In a state of brutallied Intoxication. At th political clambakes and other out-of-door affairs of tha East Bide population tha number of mis erably drunken young girls tottering around before tha feativittea are well under way is something sad to eee, and yet such exhibi tions attract little or no attention and eleclt no other sensation than that of mild amuse mest from th grows individuals attending such affairs. press (Ind. dem.). the national bulldog. If It Is too saxtoua t. fight. Its master will do well te keep It mulsled; but If It Is wholly avers to light Ing. Its services a a watchdog will not b especially valuable. Unless aa army Is al ways anxious to flght It cannot ha depended oa to ba anxious to fight at tha critical tlma when It Is necessary that tha army should be anxious to fight. Mr. Bryan's criticism ot tha strenuous life of Mr. Roosevelt betrays a curious blindness to his own strenuous existence Mr. Bryan himself la not exactly a disciple of peace. . He does not wander to and fro on tha face of . the earth turning tha other cheek to them that hare smitten tha on cheek. The Bryan regard for, a friendly fracas may not exhibit Itself In Just the manner of the Roosevelt regard, but the differences sra superficial. At tha begin nlng of tha Spanish war Mr. Bryan was not less anxious than Mr. Roosevelt to fight HI regiment was not so picturesque, and he had no opportunity to distinguish htm self; but ha proved (hat ha had the making ot a good soldier, and he has not been sit ting Idly by with folded hands since the regiment was mustered out of service. Like Mr. Puny Wuuy of Boudan Mr. Bryan Is a flrst-class fighting man. Hs Is quit as pugnacious In on way aa the president la la another, and none ef us thinks any tha worse of htm oa account of It It Mr. Bryaa's Inclinations had led htm to tha army Instead of to politics w have no doubt that ba would have fully mat Theodore Roosevelt's idea ot a good soldier, THE CONGRE9SIOHAX CAMPAIGN. SBaaaaaaaBi ' Lyons Bun:- Th wsy te "let well enough alone" in the affairs ef the nation Is to elect J. J. McCarthy to congress. Stanton Picket: Judge M. P. Klnkald's lucky star never sets. He is as good as e-ieciea to congress right now. Hastings Tribune: .'Judge Norrts la the candidate of the party that stands np for prosperity, peace, protection, and plenty or u. ? c v. Pierce Call: J. J. McCarthy Is making a gooa- impression In his ' campaign In this district and his chance ot being elected grow brighter each day. Tekamah Herald: J. J. McCarthy, repub lican nominee for congress from this dis trict ! making a quiet, gentlemanly can vass.and la making mt.jy friends by en larging nis acquaint? ice. Beaver City Times-Trlbune: Judge Norrls would probably be more acceptable to the fuslonlsts if he was a dismal failure aa a Judge, The fact that he has been popular upon tne .district bench Is -very dlsheart- ing to tee opposition. York Times:' Mr. Hinshaw has the right .inea or making a campaign. He will let the committee do what it can and will, but will do' his utmost to see the people himself and ' will know how the work Is going on in' every county in th district Emerson Enterprise: Hon. J. J. McCarthy is already putting In about half of his time campaigning and making friends w.Vmw 1.' .... ..- .. ... w A u uiummiviuui mi v uiab there will be a big change in the vote in this district this year and. It will be in favor ef the republican nominee. - Pleroe Call: Judge H. M. Sullivan had to decline the populist nomination for con gress in the Blx Sixth four times before the convention nominated P. H. Barry. If Sullivan ever thought there was a ghost of a show for .a pop In that district he wouldn't have declined the honor one. South Sioux City-Jteaord: We are la favor of 'electing' k congressman who can sccompllsh something who ean do things. The district ha been without a representa tive in congress, long enough and th best thing we can do is to elect J. J, McCarthy, who will ba heard in Washington and will be something more than than a figurehead In congress. Fillmore Chronicle: Hon.- B. M. Hinshaw, the republican candidate for congress, was In Grafton Monday getting acquainted with th people of our little village. Mr. Hin shaw is a man, physloally, morally and menially, and' if he succeeds in the con gressional fight, this fall will make a con gressman the Fourth district may wall be proud of, . Norfolk News: The friends of J. J. McCarthy are increasing with each paastng day of the' campaign and tha republican vote will undoubtedly be something to eon fuse the fuslonlsts. They are probably pre paring their minds and enthusiasm for an other slump" to the republican ticket in this district Anyway they should be mak ing such preparations. Wayne Kepubllcan: If any one says Robinson should be returned because he Is "Just as good" as McCarthy. Just toll him that is what the Cheap John grocer says when he. sells baking powder. Insist oa "John J." on the label. "John S." won't go half as far whan it eomea to th point next winter when ,we want to uphold our able president Theodore Roosevelt , Fairfield Herajdu,.. What this state wants now. . is a congressional dele gation oomposed . of statesmen snd . it appears, that the republican nominees so far ar well up to th standard required. Burkett, McCarthy, Norrts, Kin kaid and Hinshaw are all tha kind of mea an energetic young state like Nebraska ought te send te congress and keep there as long as they do welt. Falls City Journal: There is practically no doubt of the re-eleoUon of Congressman Burkett. That gentleman's record Is aa open book to the people of this district and It is written so plainly that ha who runs may . read. And ' there la nothing in that record but what will stand tha elosest scrutiny. It Is a record that Mr. Burkett may be proud to point to as his own and ona that his constituents may be proud te eadors at th polls. : Bee mer Times: J. J. McCarthy was la Beemer Tuesday looking after his political fences. Mr. McCarthy is a genial,, quiet gentleman and la not making much noise, but is making friends with tha man ha meets. Bueh a man is worth all the blustsr and noise ot many office seekers. Ha is a man that wins th confidence of man wher ever h meets them and. If we mistake not, will win In the congressional race snd re deem the Third district from populism. David' City ' Record: Tha voters of the Fourth district will make no mistake la electing tha republican nominee, Edmund H. Hlnsbaw, tor congress. Ha Is a man of good ability, energetic and trustworthy. As a thorough republican ha will wark with the majority In congress and can accomplish some good for the Interests of tha people of th Fourth congressional district Ha will ba a unit of strength in legislation In stead of a mere protest and cipher. If tbs fusion candidate should b elected. Fairmont Chronicle: Hon. B. H. Hinshaw f Falrbury. republican candidate for con gress, was In Fairmont Monday and met many friends during his sojoura la th elty. While there has bean soma Hula soreness in Fillmore county aver tha defeat of tha home candidate tor aongress we are pleased te Bote that conditions have improved to such so extent that th republics ns are practi cally unanimous far Mr. Hinshaw. And they should b so, especially la this country Mr. Sloan stands squarely and manfully on th proposition that ha is for Hinshaw and th entire republican ticket and no ens who kaows kins would bslavs hint capable of taking any ether position. Right now Is the golden opportunity to redeem ths Fourth diet Hot from fusion control and every loyal republican and a pleasing num ber of old-time ftialoalst will assist la ac complishing the transformation. Mr. Hin shaw will undoubtedly b our next con gressman credit to th district state sad nation. Grand Island Independent: gome ef tha local democrats are beginning to believe that the Press will support Judge Norrls for congress. Since the latter has been here, this week, the journal which "swung" to Bryan and fusion two years ago has very kindly mentioned him. Bat It Isn't much of a surprise. Judge Norrls Impressed every ene with being the right sort of a man to represent the Fifth district la eoagreas and ths gentlemen of the' Press ar evidently beginning to know a good thing whea they see It Sidney Republican: Judge Klnkald's can didacy is attracting more attention than any other maa In the state. The fact that he took hold of this district hopeloealy fusion with a e.OOO majoHty and cut It dowa to a bar 100 votes and then that his election Is conceded shows what kind ot stuff the judge Is made of. He Is making a campaign la earnest and with the same earnestness and seal that he transacts business on the bench and In tha same manner will be rep resent the Sixth congressional district ta congress. York Republican: Mr. Stark has been three time elected te congress and te what purpose T Absolutely none. The Republican believe that old congressmen, who are real congressmen have more Influence in Wash lngtoa than new members, and has always advocated the Idea of keeping members there at leaet until they have had time te slow what they amount to-rsomethlng or nothing. It only took the present avordu pols Incumbent one - term to show that. Nothing plus naught amount to nix, whether you multiply tt by three, or by four. PERSONA! AMD OTHERWISE. "The king," exclaims the New York Tribune, In an Inimitable tone of ecstasy, "the king is crowned at last" The will of the late George ' Xsvier Carstair leaves ths whole of a ' large estate for the foundation of a homo for orphan boys in New Orleans. Senator Beveiidge says he never Intended to stump Texas, snd , Senator Bailey as serts he never bad any idea of trying to bother Mr. Bevaridge In Indiana. The late Mr. Fltislmmon thinks he has ons more fight In him. He wants to Inter view a reporter who started a fake story ' about him. Evidently Bob want te go against the real thing Just once. , General Grosvenor, the honored prophet of Ohio republicanism, smote his enemies hip and thigh, , even aa Philander Knox smote upstprt plutocrats at Atlantlo City. Mr. Grosvenor captured renomlnatlon with out seriously agitating his whiskers. , A life-wearied resident of Chicago threw himself Into the Lincoln park lagoon, de termined to end all with the water cure. "Come out of there or I'll shoot you," yelled a policeman, drawing his artillery. The would-be suicide struck out for shore and was saved. jukvuI vmIb(uum im uw wmi recall tuv fact that on the night of the selsmlo dis turbance of 1884 in Georgia, th Maoen city council was in session. The city hall was shaken from basement to attic and the councilman ran for their lives. . Later the wag who kept the' minutes of the meet ing closed his report. in this way:. "On motion of the elty hall the council ad journed." .'' aid in rcpt. Detroit Free Prees: "A man of tha ar tiattc temperament see many visions." "Xea, ana lew aouars." Baltimore Herald: "What is the areatast objection you have to gambling?' t wa asked the reformer. "Why er losing!" ha stammered. Philadelphia Press: "I'm surprised," said Psyche, "that you don't lay aside your old bow and arrows for a modern rifle." "Impossible," re oiled Cupid. "Most of u . - I. 1. t . V. alii... M .Art.. .d Illy . ui . i, n V in. ."i.wi . .dw. w, a good deal ot my shooting Is dona in th water. Chlcaar Tribune: "You'r an astronomer, are yct" "Yes." "Shake! Tm a theatrical- manager. X wonder It you have as hard a tlma finding new stars as I have." Washington Star: "Is It truo that men of genius do not know . tha value ot money?" "I'm afraid tt Is," answered Mr. Storm ington Barnes. "Most men of genius se so little of It that they never hav a chance to form any definite ideas on th subject." Chicago News: Female Lawyer How old ar youT Female Witness You know as well as I do that I'm Just a week younger than you are, but If necessary Female Lawyer (hastily) Never mind; It lan't necessary. Baltimore American: "Your singing," said tha manager, "remind me of that of a mosquito." "Blr! exclaimed th prima donna, "what do you mean?" ' "Oh, no offense; no offense. I merely meant that when I heard your voice I had ,A tMl. mi In tha lnrtmdIa.tA nraaantatlnn of the bill." eomerviiia juuiiiki. 1 1 irvuurc-a ui ww- of his best airl reclining gracefully in a S V. . W 4bV4 ! SVa. hatlfl 1 neT.ITirnOCK.t "wilt tUVU ' .., a ia rotten to observe that th camera aleo 7i t . ik. rdmllu vauaMhln ar hun OB theft ItrUH III s - j - ciotheeline In th back yard. . . FAPA'sft PIPE. ' Somervtlle Journal. " When papa come horn tired at night Depressed witb business cares, His weary manner makes us se Ths burdens that ba bears. u He eats his dinner silently. And never laugh or Jokes; Then ha goas out upon the stoop. And light hi pips, and smokes. Then what a chans-el Th filmy wreaths Of gray smoke slowly rise. And papa's spirits seem to soar. Ana hope shines in his eyes. His weary manner changes, and Contentment takes Its place. Till It has wholly driven off That drawn look -from, hi fao. We do not like th nasty amok That comes from papa's pipe, . But w know there's magio lq it for , W nlshtly It wlpa Away the weary wrinkles that Ar furrowed In his brow, , .. And though we do not Ilk It Wa don't kick against it now. ' UairFalling? Don't tell your friends of II. They would think It so itrange. You see, they tno w Ayers Hair Vigor checks falling of ths hair, restores color to gray hair, and makes the hair grow. Then why don't you use It? A few yesra ago my hair got very dry and I could pull it right out y the handful. After using a few ooruca of Ayer's-Hsir Vigor I got relief. My bair stopped filling and I received a new hesd of hsir.,T Mrs. G. Hsrrer, Milwaukee, Wis. (i.M. Aasrsnlcis, J. C ATU C0H Uvtii. Haas.