THE OMAHA DAILY BEEi FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1902.
Tiie umaiia Daily Bee
K. ROSEWATER. EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska. Doug, as County, is:
Oeorge B. IxacnucK, stcretary ot The
Be fuuushlng comiuiny, being duly sworn,
ays that ths ictua. number ot lull and
toraplete copies 01 Tii iiai.y, 'Morning,
E Evening ana aumiay ii pi in tea during
be month of September, IfrM, was aa tol
9WI1 1 80,130
I HO, 140
SO,504
auvuo
81.STO
80,420
I X1Mi70
. 80,UOO
t 80.T00
10 .. 81,000
11 80.820
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81,100
81,020
81.140
21,100
81.4-10
80.WT0
31,000
8 1, CUU
82,240
81,200
80.7T0
80,950
89,U23
UO.tMMI
,. .81,100
Total ....ttas.aas
Less unfold and returned copies.... 10,144
Net total sales 918,081
Nat dally a vera re UO.ttoa
GEORGE B. TZ8CHUCK.
Subscribed In my prestnee and sworn to
before-tne this 30th day of September. A.
t.. Wwl M. B. HUNG ATE.
(Seal.) Notary Public
Have yon registered?
If not, register Saturday.
Saturday Is Inst chance to register.
Nebraska's 1002 corn crop Is a hum
pier. But keep your . eye, too, on Ne
braska as a w heat state.
Why shouldn't a horse show In Omaha
be successful? We have not only the
people, but the horses, too.
A corner on rice is reported In China.
And yet they say the Chinese are still
aenturies behind the times.
Bins bursting with 228,000,000 bushels
of corn are what mark Nebraska on the
map as In the heart of the corn belt
With due reference to the spellbind
ers, Careful observation seems to dis
close more Interest in foot ball Just now
than In politics.
Anxious inquirer: No,' railroad time
tables are always abrogated In times of
Strike. The passenger has no rights the
railroad Is hound to respect
Omaha retail cigar dealers have organ
ized In anticipation of a bout with the
tobacco trust Where there is so much
smoke there must be. some fire.
Oom Paul Kruger has written a book.
As long as be keeps off the lecture plat
form, however, he will be allowed to
rest undisturbed and smoke his pipe in
peace.
At last a glue trust with $6,000,000
capital has been incorporated. It would
bare been capitalized higher, except for
the fear more water might weaken the
product
For the Nebraska farmer the conver
sion of the yellow sunlight Into the yel
low grain Is only a prelude to the con
version of the yellow grain Into the yel
low coin.
General Botha declares that he and his
compatriots would rather make history
than write. It often happens, however,
that the makers of history are also the
fcest writers of history.
The worst thing that has happened
to Tresldent Roosevelt lately is the
threat made by Senator Harris of Kan
sas that the democrats might take htm
up for their presidential candidate.
It would be a grim Joke If Parliament
Should now beat Yerkes after Le has
beat Morgan in London underground
transit But London, after all, will
have to get some American to solve
that problem.
The white dove . Is the'emble'ra of
Mace and the use of a flock of them
at the launching of the United States
gunboat Romblon In Japan probably sig
nifies that we are bound to have peace,
even if we have fight for It
Following the lead of Governor Cum
mins, Senator Bevertdge's voice has
given out on him. It seem to be quite
the fashion for great orators to strain
their vocal powers. Our Have's voice,
however, is not overworking itself in
public. '
It is worth while recalling that iiT.ther
F. B. Kennard nor John U. Kuhn have
been able to produce the elusive Eaancy,
who voted for Mercer at the republican
primaries on a perjured affidavit al
though they took oath that they knew
htm and swore to the correctness of the
residence he gave. '
KtryoT run or(a!hzkd Labor.
President Mitchell struck the keynote
of success for the organised miners, and
for organized labor universally, when he
urged tbom to prove letter workmen
than the nonunion men. Efficiency Is
th test. The Attest will survive. To
iw-cure the highest wages possible under
all the circumstances is a wortiiy object
lor the organization of labor, but to de
serve such wages, verily to earn them,
is the best possible means of securing
1 hem.
In all employments requiring skill in
contra-diHtiucUon to common labor, it Is
indispensable for the successful organ
ization of wage earners that they coin
iiiaud the best brains and brawn of
ilit'lr trade. Ihcy cannot otherwise com
mand its highest skill, and except upon
this basis it will be futile to attempt to
wring tlie best concessions from the
power of cousulidnted corporation em
ployers. On such basis, however, or
ganized labor would coutrol the very
iacllities which are Indispensable to the
lutter, and dealing reasonably could cer
tainly compel, with the assistance of
public opinion, fair adjustments with
corporations, no matter how formidable
or how concentrated their organization
may be.
It is essential that organized labor re
member that there Is still the great
third party, as President Roosevelt calls
It, the public, to deal. with. For after
organization has Included all the best of
brains, brawn and efficiency there is in
skilled labor, and after on this basis it
can command settlement with employ
ers by means of arbitration, still neces
sarily the arbitrator must be fair, to the
general public, which Itself has in the
adjustment interests as great as, and, In
fact far greater than, those of both
labor and capital
Combined corporations and their em-1
ployes will In the future together be no
more permitted arbitrarily to fix! Wages
and prices too high than the former
alone will be' permitted to fix wages too
low. To a large extent it is immaterial
how high wages the corporations pay if
they can simply charge wages baek In
prices to the public, to the great body of
consumers. It Is altogether conceivable,
as the general situation Is rapidly devel
oping, that allied and merged corpora
tions and organized labor may soon be
able to agree for the most part on their
own relations, but only by the Interpostt
tion of the public on the basis of fair
ness.
The future of organized labor, there
fore, is conditioned, as President
Mitchell's position Implies, upon Its own
wisdom, upon deserving by efficiency of
service what it claims in wages, upon
thus addressing itself to the Interest not
merely of the employing corporations.
but alBO of the consuming and ulti
mately deciding public.
SKCKinO ORIENTAL TRADE.
The report that the management of
the Harriman railroad lines . will . have
constructed four mammoth ocean-going
steamers, to ply between Portland, Ore.,
and Asiatic ports, suggests the keen In
terest that Is being taken In the trade of
the far east and the eager strife to se
cure it which the near future will de
velop. The Hill lines iire already build
ing great steamships for this trade and
are preparing to energetically develop
commerce between the Pacific coast and
the Orient In these movements, in
volving the expenditure of many mil
lions of dollars. Is shown the faith of
these sagacious railway magnates In the
future of Asiatic commerce. While
these preparations are going on hero
there is no less activity on the part of
our commercial rivals for securing
Oriental business, so that the competi
tion Is to be sharp and vigorous, with
the advantages by no means altogether
on our side, though it ought to be safe
to say that we shall undoubtedly secure
our share.
It is quite possible, however, that the
expectations in regard to the 'Asiatic
market may not be fully realized. Mr.
John Barrett, formerly United States
minister to Slam and now commissioner
general to Asia of the Louisiana Pur
chase exposition, says in a letter to the
president of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce that one feature of the Chi
nese commercial situation cannot be too
strongly Impressed upon our people and
that Is, under no circumstances Is there
going to be a tremendous Immediate ex
pansion of Chinese supply and demand.
The process will le gradual. "American
merchants or exporters who are figuring
on making great fortunes in. Chinese
trade within a few years will be over
whelmingly disappointed. Large profits
and results will be attained only through
persistent, arduous maste'ry of the field."
The great aud wealthy commercial
houses of Europe are firmly established
in the Orient aud Mr. Barrett says they
are prepared for a long fight with new.
comers and will submit to a considerable
reduction of their profits in ordei to re
tain the mastery of the situation. More
over, new European firms., with large
money backing, are opening branches
all" the time while.-European govern
ments are subsidizing?' steamship lines,
many of which are running at a loss,
iu order to help their agents In the far
east. "Although China may have 400,
000.000 people," says Mr. Barrett
"spread over an area of 4,000.000 square
miles, aud it Is easy with a small rate
per head, say fd, to estimate Chinese
foreign trade some day ?t $2,400,000,
000 per annum, no such grand total will
be reached for several decades yet or
until Chlua. Is grldlroned with railways."
He points Vut that the construction, of
railways from her principal treaty ports
is the one great necessity for the ma
terial development of China and to pro
vide these will be a work of years.
One advantage. to this country is be
lieved to be In the cordial feeling of
friendship toward us In all the Oriental
countries and particularly In China, but
it Is easy to overestimate the value of
this In business. Sentiment does not or
dinarily count for much In trade. Per
haps all things belna- eaual the mer
chants of China aud other countries of
the far east would give preference to
American eoods. but In ordpr to aarnre
our share of that trade our products
must be as good in quality, as cheap In
price and as well suited to the markets
as the products of our commercial pom
pet I tots.
Meanwhile the energy and enterprise
being shown here In preparing to secure
a share of the Asiatic trade is to be
heartily commendedv It means much for
the country and especially for the Pa
cific coast '
H AT PEOPLK Wvll.U LIKE TO iTAOW.
Chief Detective Canada of the Union
Pacific railroad Is quoted by a Mercerlte
organ as offering a reward of $30 for
every Illegal vote registered from the
Union Pacific shops. Some people would
like to know whose money Mr. Canada
Is offering and why It is that Union Pa
cific strike breakers are being lodged In
town boarding houses when they have
been so comfortably lodged within the
enclosure of the shops all of these weeks.
Mr. Canada certainly must know that
nobody has a right to vote at the elec
tion next Tuesday who has not been in
this state on or before May 4, 1902. In
asmuch as the Union Pacific strike did
not begin until after July 1, it would
seem to an ordinary Intellect that the
newcomers from Chicago, Detroit, Bos
ton and other cities will have to refrain
from voting if they want to keep out of
the penitentiary.
While Mercer's campaign managers
are trying to dispel the impression that
we are to have a repetition of the frauds
perpetrated at the republican primaries
by Imported railroad graders and repeat
ers, some people would like to know why
It is that about 100 graders have been
suddenly put in requisition on the Illi
nois Central tracks to do grading aud
track work In the Iowa part of East
Omaha while they are being lodged In
cars on the Nebraska side of East
Omaha.
Some people would like to know also
why so much activity is exhibited In the
neighborhood of South Omaha on the
Elkborn and why the stock yards com
pany has held back a contract for re
moving 130,000 yards of earth until last
Saturday in order to throw a large num
ber of graders into South Omaha in tho
nick of time before election when they
could Just as well have begun the work
a month ago or a week later.
Some people who are more Inquisitive
still would like to know why a gang of
about fifty Croatlans have been brought
all the way from Pueblo and Denver,
Colo., by the Burlington road to work
on the tracks In the neighborhood of
Gretna, Sarpy county, which happens, as
It were, to be in Mr. Mercer's district
and whether these Imported aliens are to
be thrown Into the breach for Mercer on
election day.
Mr. Mercer's campaign manager has
ventured to startle the community with
"an offer of $50 reward for evidence
leading to the conviction of any election
officer who shall accept a bribe, and $100
for evidence leading to the conviction of
any person guilty of bribing or offering
a bribe to any election officer." To a
man up a tree this offer sounds very
much like the cry of "Stop thief" raised '
by the fellow who Is Just about to run
away with the stolen package. At any
rate, the crowd that Is making that
holler will bear watching not only be
fore election day, but on election day.
MARHtST CAMPAioaiya.
In these closing days of the political
campaign the contest in some of the
states has become very earnest and both
parties are fighting strenuously. This is
notsbly the case In New York, where
David B. Hill as the democratic leader
Is making a vigorous attack on the re
publican administration and Governor
Odell Is meeting the assault no less vig
orously, some pretty sham personalities
having been exchanged between them.
The Ohio campaign is also being carried
on with great earnestness, Tom L. John-
sou being the most conspicuous figure.
His recent denunciation of the McLean
democratic faction was the most sensa
tional feature of the campaign and
showed that Johnson has courage, what
ever may be thought of his political
Judgment
The campaigns in California, Washing
ton and Colorado are being aggressively
conducted and in those states the voters
are not exhibiting so much apathy as
prevails in many other states. How
ever, it Is observed that generally popu
lar Interest is increasing as the day of
election approaches and while the vote
In most states is quite sure to be of the
off year proportions, it will undoubtedly
be larger as a whole than was promised
a few weeks ago.
THE PH1LIPP1SE CURBESCT.
The worst feature In Philippine condi
tions at present is In relation to the cur
rency and congress will be strongly
urged to remedy this. The decline In
silver has worked much injury to the
government of'tbe Islands as well as to
the business Interests and this situa
tion must not be permitted to continue
a day longer thun is necessary to cor
rect it Prof. Jenks of Cornell, who has
beeu investigating conditions in the
Orleut, suggests s fixed rate of ex
change with gold between the Philip
pines and the United States, the use of
silver to be at the same time encour
aged. A representative of the Filipinos
who recently arrived In this country
said that what Is needed in the islands
is a stable currency, that business can
not, be done with the stutes without a
fixed standard of money. While In the
old days silver was geuerally three
fourths as much as gold, now the sliver
dollar Is worth only about 40 cents In
gold. He stated that the worst of it U
there Is no established ratio, the commis
sion bavin? authority to make the ratio
whatever they see fit
The evidence is conclusive that tht
position taken by the United States sen
ate in regard to the Philippine currency
was radically wrong. The bouse prop
osition was to put the currency on a
fold basis and this is manifestly what
should have been done. In order to pro
mote trade between the archipelago and
the United States stability must be glveu
to the money of the Islands and the
only certain way of effecting this Is by
establishing the gold basis. It Is very
probable that this will be done.
Taken altogether, the democrats and
populists are pretty well fused in Ne
braska on candidates to be voted on
next week. In a few counties the so
called reformers, have failed to get to
gether on a common local ticket but
tbey are for the most part counties In
which republican ' success Is fairly as
sured anyway. -It -will not do for the
republicans to connttrtjwn anything but
complete fusion between the democrats
and populists, '. t'uey fuse at all, because
they have "jecome accustomed to that
plan of campaign uow by more than six
successive years of Joint political action
When the legislature meets, whether in
minority or majority, the democratic.
and populist members will be found
working together as If one party.
City Clerk Elbourn is entitled to the
approval of all law-abiding citizens for
his efforts to put a brake upon the rank
abuses that have grown out of the
swearing in of unregistered voters at
primaries and elections. The intention
of the lawmakers was to require regis
tration by all voters and make willful
failure or neglect to register forfeit the
franchise for the time being. The affi
davit entrance to the ballot box was de
signed only for those who failed to reg
ister through no fault or neglect of their
own, and no others should be allowed to
enter by it
Mercer's organettes are quoting what
The Bee said in favor of Mercer's re
election In 1808. On this theory, anyone
who supports a candidate for office once
is committed to his support every time
he may come up for office until the end
df his natural days. Because It was to
Omaha's Interest In 1S98 to elect Mercer
does not make It to Omaha's Interest to
keep a nonresident representative in con
gress in 1902 and for all time to come.
By the way, how are the expenses of
the coal strike commission to be paid?
This Is a matter which has passed so
far unnoted. These expenses will cer
tainly be large. The arbitrators them
selves cannot reasonably be expected to
perform their labor without compensa
tion. Then there are clerk hire, travel
ing and other expenses to be met.
Doubtless congress will make good upon
suggestion of the president
The drift everywhere Is toward mu
nicipal home rule. - The appointment by
governors of municipal officers to admin
ister city departments and spend money
raised by local taxatjon is repugnant to
the American idea of local self-govern
ment The people of Omaha are fully
convinced pf ' their1" ability to govern
themselves without . waiting for the aid
or consent - of any nonresident state
officer. ' ' ' 1
Up to date neither Mercer nor his man
ager has ventured to enlighten the peo
ple of this district with the names of the
butcher, the baker, the grocer, the tailor.
the shoemaker In Omaha who has been
enjoying the trade of our nonresident
congressman. Surely a man with a fam
ily could not live In this-city without
patronizing a few tradesmen now and
then.
Awarding; tfce Credit.
Kansas City Journal.
It ta due Secretary Wilson to say that
nndor Tin crevioue administration of the
Agricultural department tas the country
enjoyed finer October weatner.
Effect of Hot Air..
Detroit Free Press.
lftF Mr. Bryan had been SDeakinc for
an hour and a quarter at Durango, . Colo.,
the nail was iouna to ds in names, nr.
Bryan always was a warm proposition.
A Part of the Game.
Washington Post
After participating la a gams which re
sulted in the death of one of their com
panions, a team of Illinois foot ball play
ers decided to retire permanently from the
sport. As a killing pastime, foot ball has no
equal.
Works mm. Deal.
Springfield Republican.
The North Carolina negro disfranchise
ment amendment to the state constitution
s working splendidly. Registration over
the state tor the coming election indicates
that the negro vote will not reach 6,000. It
used to be about 94,000. The testa by !
which this measure of vote suppression Is
reached are not applied to whites. Thus Is
the fifteenth amendment to the federal con
stitution openly nullified.
Sala Rabo Comes Down.
Indianapolis News.
The comforting news comes from the
Philippines that the sultan ot Bacolod may
not resist the American forces sfter all.
Perhaps he has conferred with the many
wived ruler of Sulu and finds that we are
not such bad fellows when one gets on the
right side ef U4; tut the right aids Is not
the side In front of the men In khaki, who
have a habit - of going right ahead as It
nothing were In the way.
Maalclpal Owaerahlp.
Casster's Magazine.
There are now in Great Britain 931 mu
nicipalities owning water works, 99 owning
the tramways, 200 owning the gas works
and 181 supplying electricity. Most of
these are In England. Municipalities were
not allowed to work the tramways until
1895. It Is estimated that half of th gas
users In England, use municipal gas. In a
number ot places Liverpool among them
the municipalities' supply electricity tor
lighting and power, while the gas supply is
still in th hands of private corporations.
In the case of Liverpool the gas company
ta quit willing to sell to the municipality,
but the latter will not buy; first, because
under the charter of the gas company the
municipality would be compelled to pay a
perpetual dividend of 10 per cent to the
stockholders, and, secondly, because It Is
believed that In th sear future electricity
will practically suprcd gas ss an lllu-mlaant
HfPOHTATT LAW POUTS.
Peaalty for Overraaltatlaatlaa Dr.
flaed by the foarts.
Chicago News.
One significant paragraph of the decision
Just handed down by the Illinois supreme
court In the street railway cases should
not be allowed to pass unnoticed. It con
tains the following quotation from a de
cision of the t'nlted States supreme court:
"If a railroad corporation has bonded Its
property to an extent that exceeds Its fair
valne, or if its capitalization is largely
fictitious, it may not impose upon the public
the burden of such Increased rates as may
be required for the purpose of realizing
profits upon such excessive valuation or
fictitious capitalization; and the apparent
value of the property and franchise used by
the corporation as represented by Its stocks
bonds snd obligations Is not alone to be
considered when determining the rates that
may reasonably be charged. What the
company is entitled to demand in order
that it may have Just compensation Is
fair return upon the reasonable value of
the property at the time it Is being used
for the public. What the public Is entitled
to demand Is that no more be exacted from
It for the use of the public highway than
the services rendered by it are reasonably
worth."
To which the Illinois court adds:
"The views thus expressed are peculiarly
applicable to the testimony found in this
record in regard to the earnings or profits
of the Chicago Consolidated Traction com
pany. A railroad company Is not entitled
to exact such charges for transportation
ss will enable It at all times not only to
pay operating expenses, but to meet the
Interest regularly accruing upon all Its
outstanding obligations and Justify a dlvi
dend upon all Its stock."
That the perlslstent disregard of publlo
needs shown by certain publlo service cor
porations and the effort to extort unreason
able profits by giving a cheap and Inferior
grade of service spring largely from the
evil of overcapitalization is thoroughly un
derstood. This timely decision gives plain
warning that companies which embark on
financiering operations ot this kind need
not expect to be upheld In their dubious
enterprises. They must take on their enor
mous loads of watered stock at their own
risk. When in Justification of their failure
to meet the needs of the public they plead
that they cannot strike a balance between
income and outgo if they perform their
proper functions their excuse will not be
accepted. Financiers who pile up lntoler
able masses of so-railed securities which
represent no corresponding Investment of
money should understand that the public
cannot be compelled to hold the tottering
structures upright
PASSING OF THE IXDIAlf.
Dlsraptloa of Tribal Relations and
tho Probable Consequences.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Apparently the disruption of the Indian
tribes is near at hand. There is a propo
sition to divide what is left of Indian Ter
ritory into personal belongings, tor allot
ment among the members ot the civilized
tribes that occupy It, and we may be sure
that some of the owners will get rid of
their parcels with alacrity, when they
have an offer from white men, and be
come absorbed, aa best they may, into
the body of the public The Indians them
selves have agreed to conditional legisla
tion enacted In the last congress, and there
Is little doubt that the disappearance of
Indian Territory from the map, and the
addition ot the tract so named to the state
of Oklahoma will follow in a few yean.
All of the - territory, except 340 square
miles, is owned by the five tribes that are
signatory to the new agreement. What
promises for the permanence of order now
prevailing there Is that the Indians who
at present occupy the territory are aa
white men in their practices and beliefs,
and are for the larger part peaceable farm,
era and stockmen, who have cultivated
their acres till they compare favorably
with those of white neighbors in Kansas
end Texas.
The danger is, not that the Indian will
suffer by enlargement from tribal restraints.
but that he may not be able to meet the
conditions Imposed by a state more highly
Individual. His tribe Is a commune. Though
we are threatened by a reversion to com
munal forms In our government civiliza
tion has been accomplished through Indi
vidual effort and It la when he accepts
civilization and mingles with its exponents
that the red man is moat sorely tried
He. is a prey to temptations that are
brought against him by white schemers.
eager for his lands; he succumbs readily
to vices and diseases that were unknown
to him before the white invasion; he has to
cope with men whoae craft In trades and
politics is keener than his own, and he
will suffer loss when mineral lands that
now give a profit to him, as his tribe leases
them to companies, pass from his control.
Yet there is no question of the Indian's
capacity for citizenship. He is above the
ordinary immigrant In physique, in mind
and morals. The raw, Illiterate Slav or
Syrian who la admitted to the franchise
is not half so promising as a personal,
social or even industrial factor as is the
Indian. It is his misfortune that he has
chosen tribal autonomy to citizenship; has
preferred virtual pauperism to personal In
dependence. The time is rapidly passing
when he is possible as a tribesman. We
have ill treated him; we have been faith
less to ou promises; but the best we can
do in amends Is to receive him as a mem
ber of the body politic.
Spoiling Bryaa's Hot Air.
Portland Oregonlan.
Now eomes Theodore Roosevelt, presi
dent of the United States, and orders the
army reduced at once to 66,980 enlisted men.
the minimum authorized by law. The per
nlclus activity of that man must be ap
palling to one William J. Bryan, not to
mention th antls, rank and file. To be
sure, the law under .which this reduction Is
ordered is nearly a year old. But the fact
of Its existence has been all along prac
tically Ignored by Mr. Bryan. At least, his
wall of Imperialism and military rule has
not In the least abated during the months
that have elapsed since th law was en
acted. But a few days ago, up In Idaho, he
reiterated his old prophecy of Impending
military despotism unless the power of the
republican party in national politics were
broken. And here Is a republican presi
dent ordering the reduction of the army to
less than 60.000 men in conformity with a
law. passed by a republican congress! What
manner of political chemistry is this,
whereby the last sweet drop from calam
ity's cup of gall Is extracted T
Work for tho Blao Pencil.
Portland Oregonlan.
President Roosevelt Is right. The reports
of department officials are needlessly snd
tlreaomely and expensively long. They can
and should be shortened. If this can b
accomplished in no other way. It might be
well to employ a department report editor
whose bolllng-down habit Is well estab
lished, arm him with a blue pencil and
set htm to work. Practical persons gen
erally will agree with the president that
there Is too much public printing for the
publlo good, and that this useless matter
la unnecessarily cumbered with expensive
Illustrations. Give the condensing editor
and his blue pencil a chance. The country
could pay him a princely salary and then
save a vast sum of money by employing
hiss.
ROfMD ABOfT JltEW YORK.
Ripples oa the Carreat af Ml ta the
Metropolis.
Rutchers In New York are whetting
their knives and cleavers for the avowed
purpose of making a few fancy cuts In
the meat trust when it reaches the block.
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.V V 1 wo lores as wen as skim.
they have organised the National Retail
Riitrhers snd Meat Dealers' Protective as-
.ui..Un. .ne argument or tne butchers.
k ttth NW Yrk T,m'"' " ,h,t
.wmRu ouuoi sena us meai
b"u a our own corntea Dent, tt can
send us a large amount equal to tbs grass
fed, poorer grades. Of all the plans tinder
consideration to get down the prices, of
IS" tin i . v" f Pr th,s I "urrylng across the street, pushed j,
III .. lie!'V0 th 8re,tMt loathe hand, of the astonished mother
and at least the retail butchers In New he ran back and ths fla( was war.
.v.. . a "raul la'7 repon
that under present conditions, especially
on the east and west sides of New York
meat Is a little cheaper for ths average
consumer than It has been tor many
months. The poorer cuts, from grassfed
Texans or Colorado cattle, can be bought
as low as 10 and 12 cents per pound, sir
loin aa low as 14 and 15 cents per pound.
Those familiar with the situation say that
Ihls state of things Is bound to be short
lived, because in six weeks ths grassfed
cattle will be all sold.
"The better grades of meat are already
I cents higher uniformly .than they were
last year at this time. Ths housekeeper
who la disposed to get ths best pays any
where from 25 to 20 cents s pound for
sirloin steaks. Other meats are high In
comparison. Pork Is as high as 22 cents
in most of the shops and ham brings 20
cents a pound. Chickea Is high also, the
Philadelphia kind, suitable for roasting,
bringing as high as 80 cents s pound."
The Rock Island Railroad company has
closed 'a deal for an office In New York
City at a price that astonishes the na
tives. The location Is a four-story build
ing, -on the northeast corner of trim.
avenue-and Thlrty-flfth street. The lease
has only three years to run and the rtntal
is $12,000 per. annum. For the privilege
MVr,ug me premises ror the next
three years at this rate the railroad pays
St Vaii- M MA. ... a-V
- "uuu i fo.vuv, or 125,000 a year. In
iuer wums, us annual rental for the
oe inree' years will be 137.000 per an
num, which Is ueprecedented, even in
these boom times. At S ner rent m.
would give this twenty-flve-foot house a
valuation of 1740,000. or nearly 130,009 a
A sign in a window In New Yorfc !
always mean that the person whose name
is on me sign does business within. A
stranger who saw one of these signs, reports
the Suh, remembered that he had some
business in the line Indicated on the sign
and pushed the button. He was invited
in and led to a telephone.
"If you wish to speak to the person about
whom you inquired," he was told, "you can
do so by telephone. His number Is'
"But Isn't this his office?"
"No; his office is sbout two miles up.
He has one of his signs here for the con
venience of those who do not car tn m t
his office."
"One of his signs; then he has others?"
"Oh, yes. In various parts of the city."
iou are very accommodating.
There is widespread sympathy for Lieu.
tenant John Rush of the New York Are de
partment, and each word of such symnathr
is a criticism of the fire commissioner ef
New York. .. , . .
That official Is engaged In a trial of
charges he has himself made against Fire
Chief Croker. One of the witnesses for
the latter Is Rush. To discredit his testi
mony the commissioner or his assistants
have brought out some facts that have done
their cause more harm than good.
Fifteen years ago, Rush, when a boy of 17.
was arrested on a charse of larcenv. tried
and convicted. Governor Flower looked
Into his oase, and coming to the conclusion
that it was a case of bad surroundings
rather than depravity, pardoned the boy
ana set mm at liberty.
That he determined to turn over a new
leaf and live .a better life Is proved by
absolute testimony; by the fact that for
fifteen years he has been an honest man.
a good - citizen and ,a faithful official. He
earned an appointment to the fire depart
ment by volunteering to enter a burning
Mouse and saving two men from certain
death. He won promotion by brave and
faithful sorvlcea.
Yet, for th purpose of. doing damage to
his credibility as a witness, possibly to pun
ish him for being a wltoess, the fact of his
past sin is brought to light st this late day.
Captain Howard Patterson runs a school
at 130 Water street. New York, and nearly
If not quite all his pupils ar millionaires.
He calls it a nautical college and he gives
Instruction in all that pertains to yachting.
Among his pupils have been most of th
prominent yachting people, men snd
women, who are prominent in New York
nautical circles. , Miss Susan De Forest
Day, Mrs. Robert Goelet snd Mrs. Howard
Gould stand high In the lists of the alumni
and among the male graduates are many
whose fortunes are represented by eight
or more figures.
The entire subway at Forty-second
street and Broadway was suddenly stopped
a day or two ago by a tiny 5-cent doll's
hat. The excavating gang had mad ready
for a big blast and an Italian with a red
flag ran out Into the street to wave pedes-
There
saparilla.
wot at all. It is a matter of business.- n staring at yoa all the. way In town
He pays me enough for that strip In the' '.hln!f yo.u -have a Itrht o feel Insulted
window to pay for my telephone rent And trfj? T?
Its a good advertisement for him." 7 " r ' -' - ,'
Bi g I iisMlSliF"- Pa IS M W fi:
;s lg a ;5jr:U S K fj l
during the wildest storm. It
protects, for it prevents. It quiets, for it cures.
If you are weak and nervous and are tired all
the time, take Aycr's Sarsaparilla and know
what it is to be well and strong.
Keep the liver active with Ayer's Pills. Purely
vegetable, gently laxative, a great aid to the
Sarsaparilla. Ask your doctor about these medi
cines. He knows. He has
i hfppera
looking
' under-
t the
a S-
year-old. who carried a doll. . ' c,heaf
wax affair, with green-feathered hat,
i ' -- -
wh(rB the g)r, tugged fondly with th
,rm hPr ,B)tlou, p,nt w BOt filing.
The hat fell from the doll s he t and the
, ch,w tre.m,d wUn f,TM as ah
" b,n sway from I
htr-
, br-
v
for th
'M not '
"e fH
, fchj possession
The man up In ths trench wait
signal to touch off Ihe blast. I
come, for the Italian-had droppe
flar. run In tliA lit1 a- n L
and,
Into
1 hrl
tti
cry of the child's delight being lot-
.boom 0f the dynamite. . ' . t
PERSONAL. WOTS.
trlant to keep I Nenro
fled at ths apprct .-'ihe f
Iran with the wavlda sStt-ed rf '
shirt tacked to s.stk ,
In the rush, for the Either '
street and for safety were t
gowned women, with between t
; 'to! .-
i.t of It all la thai ff Vnltr.l ,
The worst
Btatea generals ars telling os
thore
chestnuts they worked oft on ihe
Whether trade follows the la
it Is plain fur political mnodV
may be seCt from Ihe election r
Porto Rice. V . , f
. in
The American faule p)tortri H i part-
so well In Saati AfrVj th;vf thinners
have adopted Itfrei As? SO th JU! " -nj- ,
atlon of thSiWot 1 on v -.
Colonial 8c4,iryf C 'inher-.
visit Bouth Africa. T r s
are friendly. It Is truS V f MrW t,
lain will be safer if heT; rs la
President ClevehAd'r, not
how to turn a phreee.ir ,'ltness bt,
ence to shortening tkM J(nceton te
Importune rettletaseai fend doubttul
v-yi
U en'-,
-fer-
vino- .
Dr. .Charles Amtcaa. a prominent eel
dent of the City of Mexico, who 1s vii'Ing
Washington, says' it Is temarkable vr
rapidly the republic ef Mexloo is becOullng
Amertvnlied- ti ' V" - "
' The first tlmh Vr.'.and Mrs. Henry Kitt
ties of St. IiOuB f yr 'faced a camera wak
when they ceiebrWd their goH"" Wed-"
ding last week ainTsat for thfphdto
graphs to a newspaper arthMr1! '
Emperor Frani Josef of Austria has" had
a narrow escape from death. EJs horses
ran sway. Kings and emperorsAria't have
their diamonds stolen, hut to r.i.ueaajlnln
an ace of being killed lathe next-I -g
to it. )
Announcement Is trade th,--
Cleveland, having (feeor'tor 'to... children .
beyond the very sMua sag4.w'U -upend s
good part of the wint'or In Kqv.rork mlng-V ,
ling In social gaysty. t ... , niidren ex- )
cept the boy. 'favor? lii v !her. The
exception is distinctly a ',r. s'Folsom
boy," so the friends of U. .timriy .say.
Mire Ruth has begun 'to' S.V.Ie'tj. J-ety a
little, though as yet she la ft,r 1. . "out.' 4
But She visits numerous tarttij, lnth''V
Cleveland set ' '. $"' .-
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A SMILU OR TWO.
t. whlngton tr: "flmns men," said'
Uncle then, "uses sech big words- to 'spress
a no- count idea dat dy make me think
or a man wearln' a fur-trimmed overcoat
over a ault of overalls." -,.
Ch'cago Post:5"Would you trust fllmfr '
"Oh, yes.
"To what xttT
I Kj-tmrvf Ua .. 1 .. it... l . . 1 .
"Well, i d trust him JoJook out for Tils
own Interestsrnd that iTklt" " .
Boston. Tranacrtnt: four,. .3 c.J. a4h.T..1 -
don't llke roy playing? Y Jlibught you? had "'
a Brood -r for rouslq, ' " '. (..
Cousin Sani I have a 'good ear for sOrri
music. Sue. but there Is some musio that
isn't good for th Vyoif-know. ' . t- "
Philadelphia Inaulrer'",. A. nnhh.-TiJr
a Mr rhnllap ffhl t ,VC . - . - '
Doctor Suffering terrib .'; .''.'
Mrs. Rubba Vuat wlto onry a slight
throat affection? .... ... .
Doctor Yec, but she can.rspeak. '
Indianapolis News: "Y6iig Digger Is -the
hardest worker tn the store, observed the
Old Man. "To see him one would think he
was working for a salary.".
"He isn't, ' responded ' ths bookkeeper; ' N
he s working for a raise." - .-, . - ,V i: ,
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Detroit Free Press;.. Th Crt-PTlonB . 1
at the bar, are you 8ullty.or.riat anility ? ... ' " -t. '
Prlsoner-3ullty, yoty hofterbur ntltled' . '
to mercy. . , ' .
The Court Entitled to mercy? And on 1;
wnui pjroumiB r
Prisoner Oee, judge, look at' de lawyer
youse (Iv' met ' Af.r
Point of View. '. fll'Jl.
Atlanta ConatltiitlokT
When a fellow haStJct :
His last red centT
The world looke blue you bet I
But give him a dollar . . -
And you'll hear him holler: -, , ,
"There's llfs In the old land );,'
THE FAT MAN. '. 1 '' f .
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Caesar said he feared the lean men,
For of treaaona they were full;
They were dangeroua and mean men.
Which was worse than being dull.
But the fellow fat (In reason)
With th emperor stood pat.
For on cannot deal in treason .
And be fat.
There la death In foot ball foray '
On the gridiron there's m roast; , ' .'
There's a hero, lean and gory, t-
Who has given up the ghost. ' - -And
his leanness Is prophetla ,
Of a fats as hard aa that
For one cannot be athletlo
And b fat. " '
Though the feats have handicapped him.
Still the fat man runs life's race,
And ere cruel death has trapped him
You will find he'a won a place.
And his run will be requited
In a life that's calm though' flat
For on cannot grow excited
And bo fat.
is safety in Ayer's' Sarw
You can trust it even'
the formula.
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