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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1902.
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22 31,670
23 81,740
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Mascagnl "till keeps up a fuss. He
can't compose hlniselt as well as he
can music.
With a second telephone company In
imminent prospect In South Omaha, talk
ought to be much cheaper there soon.
The newspapers that are announcing
the discovery ef gems In Kentucky
must have got next to Colonel Waiter
on. .
The antl-Amerlcan meat a citation by
German farmers and landlord has Its
logical result in an anti-horse meat agi
tation by German meat consumer!.
The price of horse meat hns taken a
tumble In Berlin, but the price of canned
salmon and fresh beef In this country
shows no Indication of a decline.
Colonel Mosby, Uolonel Summers and
Colonel Lesser will have to fight. It out
with sharpened steel pens fired at long
range and whisky cocktails for three.
The railroads seem to he proceeding on
the theory of recouping themselves for
increased taxes by raising grain rates on
merely a prospect of a raise of taxes.
If the prayers of the Union Pacific
strikers can move the skies there will
be a heavy snowstorm all along the line
from Ogden to Omaha within the next
few days.
It Is said that the defenses of London
are found to be yery imperfect. But
heretofore It bus been understood that
the British' navy Is the real defense
of London.
Lower taxes, cheaper fuel and cheaper
power for manufacturers will raise the
price of real estate and make Invest
ments In Omaha attractive and re
munerative. The democratic lamentations over the
lack of a competent party leader fail
to take account of the fundamental fact
that leadership depends at least as much
upon the led as upou those who as
sume to lead.
Omaha Is mauufucturlng explosives for
Uncle Sam and other peaceful belliger
ents, but the dynamite and glycerine
which It exports is not a circumstance
to the political dynamite which it keeps
In store for every emergency.
The earllent political bird on record
is George W. Clark, of Dallas county,
who has formally announced his cun
didacy for the -speakership of the next
Iowa house. The members of that body
will not be elected till a year hence.
If the district court Judges are willing
and eager to assume the extra duties,
as they seem to be, the canvasslnst board
to check up election returns and Issue
election certiorates should be abolished
Any clerk can do the Job subject to
esturt revision.
.The tax theorists have no dlfflcultv
In
working out a beautiful scheme of tax
tlon which produces perfect Justice for
every taxpaying citizen. When
comes, however, to putting the theories
Into practice they would run up against
numerous perplexing snags.
As a result of the late election Sena
tor Harris la left as the. lust remnant
of the representation of Kansas pop
ulism In congress, and the congressional
directory the term "democrat" wlU bo
Substituted for populist" as descrip
tlve of him, lie explains the eubstltu
tlon briefly snd completely by saying
"Populism Is dead." This Is the theory
on which the democrats In nearly all
oX the western states are working.
n.RKCAST Ot THK SESSION.
The second and closing session of the
present congress, which begins Decem
ber 1, will Inst alKiut eleven weeks.
Ordinarily little business Is none at the
short session Ix-yond the passing of ap
propriation bills, hut ierhnps the coining
homxIoii may prove an exception. This
Is Indicated by some of the forecasts of
congressmen who are arriving In Wash
ington. It Is the expectation that the
trust question, for one thing, will re
ceive serious consideration. Repre
sentative 1 1 it t of Illinois, chnlrmau of
the committee on foreign affairs, said a
few days ago that there will certainly
be a report on the subject, whether any
legislation Is enacted or not, and this
report will Indicate the general trend of
thought on the part of the republican
party and will show what may be ex-
ected in the future. Tim people are
looking for action by the present con
gress for the regulation and supervision
of the great combinations and the under
standing is that the president will rec
ommend this. A mere report on the
subject, therefore, will not be satisfac
tory to the public and the republican
leaders In congress should see that to
defer legislation regarding the trusts for
another year, or until the next congress
could act, could hardly fall to be damag
ing to the party.
There Is another question that Is also
urgent and should receive serious con
sideration at the coming session, that of
amending the Interstate commerce law
so as to enlarge the power of the com
mission and render the act more ef
fective. This is a matter of not less
importance than trust regulation and as
measures are already before congress
providing for the amendment of the law
there appears to be no valid reason why
there cannot be legislation to meet the
overwhelming publlo demand for
strengthening the law so that the Inter
state Commerce commission shall not
longer be powerless to prevent prevail
ing abuses and violations of the law on
the part of the railroads.
While these are the matters of chief
Importance calling for action at the
coming session, there are others that
should not be neglected. The question of 1
tariff commission of the character
already Indicated by President Roose
velt, and which It Is understood he will
recommend In his annual message, Is one
of these. Another relates to currency
conditions In the Philippines, which are
an Injury to both the government of the
Islands and the commercial Interests
there. The question of reciprocity, par
ticularly as to Cuba, will be pressed
upon the attention of congress by the
president and ought to be definitely
determined and not permitted to re
main as a source of controversy among
ourselves and irritation to the otner
countries. If the policy of reciprocity
Is to be abandoned, let it be so declared;
If not, it should be put Into effect
without further temporizing. We should
not go on holding out the promise of
reciprocity If we do not Intend to ful
fill It The statehood bill for the ad
mission of Oklahoma, New Mexico and
Arizona should and very likely will be
passed at the coming session.
The promise therefore is that tne
closing session of the fifty-seventh con
gress will be busier and more Interest
ing than short sessions usually are and
there Is reason to believe that In regard
to the more urgent and Important mat
ters demanding attention Its delibera
tions will not be altogether fruitless.
BVCCMSS ia TUB PHILIPPISES.
In his speech at Memphis President
Roosevelt expressed unqualified satisfac
tion with general conditions In the
Philippines and entertained no doubt
that the results attained will be lasting.
He declared that the progress of the
Islands both In material, well being
and as regards order and justice has
been astounding and there can be no
doubt this Is the universal opinion, ex
cept among the few people who call
themselves antl'lmperlalists. While there
Is still some trouble from the depreda
tions of ladrones and , brigands, the
president said the Islands have never
been as orderly, peaceful and prosper
ous as now.
As to the declaration of the president
that the United States will continue to
discharge its duty In the Philippines,
giving the people good government and
promoting the development of the Islands
Industrially and commercially, It will
be concurred in by the American peo
ple with practical unanimity. Thete are
very few men In this country of any
responsibility or Influence who now ad
vocate any other course and as an Issue
so-called Imperialism no longer possesses
any Interest. A great work has been
done in the Philippines In behalf of
civilization and it will be continued.
COMMERCIAL RIFORM IX CHIXA.
' Mr. Wu Ting-fang, for five years
Chinese minister to the United States,
Is returning to his native land to take
the position of minister of commerce,
In which capacity he will revise and
systematize the commercial laws and
treaties of China. The new conditions
in that empire, brought about within
the last three years, render this neces
sary and the task Imposed upon Mr.
Wu and those who will be associated
with him Is a most difficult one. At
present the commercial treaties . of
China vary widely, some countries en
joying advantages and privileges not
accorded to others. This must be
changed so that all shall be placed upon
an equal footing and to do this Is not
going to be so easy a matter as might
be supiwsed from a superficial considera
tion. Then the revision of the commer
cial laws of China, which have been
In operation for a very long time, some
of them probably for centuries, will be a
task of the most arduous character, for
no people are more tenacious of old cus
toms snd usages than the Chinese.
The United States has a great inter-
est In the commercial reform of China.
This country has been largely instru
mental In bringing other powers not
only to a proin-r recognition of the
rights of the Chinese empire, but ulso
to a sense of the wisdom and expe
diency of establishing eml:nlile commer
cial relations with China. Our govern
ment has contended for the principle
of the "open door" In trade, so that u II
countries doing business with that em
pire would have au eiiual chance, n "fair
Held and no favor." There Is every
reason to Iwlleve that this principle will
prevail and it will undoubtedly have
a most earnest advocate in Mr. Wu,
who has shown himself to be In hearty
sympathy with the American position
respecting the commercial Interests of
his country.
XEVT RAILROAD TAX OX QUA IX.
There Is absolutely no legitimate ex
cuse for the proisjsed advance of gain
rates which has just been announced
for all western shipments eastbound
or southbound. It Is simply an exercise
of arbitrary power on the part of the
transportation companies to tax the
productive capacity of the agricultural
west to the limit of what It can be
made to bear. Just at the moment when
the grain crop of Nebraska Is beginning
to be disposed of the farmer Is met at
the toll gate and refused access to mar
ket except on penalty of paying 3 cents,
over and above the ruling rate, on every
bushel of wheat and corn he has
raised.
In all conscience the rate of 12 cents
on wheat and 11 on corn, per 100 pounds,
from the Missouri river to Chicago, was
high enough. It was enormously remu
nerative to the roads. The net earnings
of all the grain carrying western roads
have been swelling to such magnitude
that they hardly know how to dispose
of their profits and some have had to
remanlpulate their capitalizations to
conceal so far as possible the real facts.
At the same time out of profits, all paid
by the producers of the freight, the
roads have so Improved their facilities
as to reduce Immensely the cost of
carriage. It Is known to every Intelli
gent railroad manager that grain can
today be transported from the Missouri
river to Chicago at a higher net profit
on a 10 cent rate than It could be some
years ago on an 18 cent rate.
It thus appears that the carry
ing corporations have first taxed
grain raisers for providing facili
ties for reducing cost of transpor
tation, and then raised the tax
after the cost has been reduced. In
any other country but this such arbi
trary exactions would raise a popular
revolt The railroad corporations of this
country have, however, so habitually
exercised the sovereign power of levy
ing tribute on producer and consumer
that their latest performance scarcely
creates surprise. . ...
VITAL POIXT or TUB COAL STRIFK.
After days of fencing between Presi
dent Mitchell and the phalanx of learned
counsel representing the transportation
and mining corporations, a colloquy be
tween the former and Justice Gray
touched the heart of the matter so far
as the public Interest is concerned. Mr.
Mitchell, In answer to the crucial ques
tion of the president of the arbitrating
board, affirmed that under existing con
ditions It is possible absolutely to stop
the coal supply of the country either by
a coalition of the operators or by a gen
eral strike ' of their organized mine
workers.
This possibility, far-reaching and fatal
In its effects, is the result of modern in
dustrial developments. There was no
such possibility when the coal supply
was In the hands of innumerable inde
pendent proprietors. It was practically
out of the question for either side ef
fectually to combine to so extreme a
point because the dominating principle
was competition, and an effort either on
the part of miners or of proprietors
could only go a certain length, when
competition Inevitably Intervened to re
plenish supply.
It marks nothing less than an .Indus
trial revolution when combination as a
practical fact supplants competition.
The situation now Is a union of the pro
prietary Interest by successive combina
tion of Independent firms and companies
Into constantly larger concerns, until the
control of all Is vested In a compara
tively few hands. It Is all the more
manageable because the same hands
hold In their grasp also the means of
transportation from the mines. To meet
combination with combination,' the only
possible defense, the counter movement
among the mine workers has so far per
fected organization that they are able
universally to stop labor In the mines
and thus to cut off the fuel supply, as
was notably done In the anthracite
region.
The developments of the Investigation
thus signally vindicate the fundamental
position taken by President Roosevelt as
the volunteer and appropriate repre
sentative, neither of the one nor the
other contestant In the strike, but of the
great third party, the public, whose In
comparably greater Interest In the fuel
supply Is directly Involved by the con
troversy when an Indefinite deadlock
between them Is actually established.
The general community cannot permit
the supply of a prime necessary like fuel
to be cut off. It infallibly wHl command
the supply by whatever means may be
necessary, and the Interests of both par
ties, the labor and the capital, directly
engaged in the supply will be eulwrdl
nated to the supreme publlo Interest
The vital question now being tried U
whether those parties can agree, whether
they can adjust all their relations with
out deadly Interference with the public
Interest which Is to have sufficient fuel.
If they can It will be fortuuute for them,
fortunate for all. If they fall, nothing
la mors certain than that the publlo will
take the settlement effectually In Its own
hands.
While It Is generally conceded that
the Panama cannl at fiO,XK),000 Is a
good bargain, still some who are well
informed assert that much of the work
will have to be done over again.
Some of the engineers' estimates of
the French engineers were designed
for the benefit of credit nioblller
contractors aud most of the ma
chinery that has been employed on the
canal will have to be discarded and
dumped Into the scrap pile.
Court Injunctions have no terror for
the mayor and board of aldermen of
Denver when It comes to an extension
of street railroad franchises. The nat
ural inference Is that tne example of St
Louis has had no terrors for the Colo
rado tramway promoters aud municipal
franchise dispensers.
P. S. According to Intest advices the
mayor of Denver has gone to Texas and
will probably remain there until the
court has cooled off.
President Mitchell has steadily grown
upon public public opinion the last few
months, and during no time more rap
idly than the four or five days he has
been on the witness stand. He has
crossed swords with some of the keen
est and best trained Intellects of the
country, and has demonstrated him
self superior to every test
t
While the Philippine Islands have
hardly been a paying Investment upou
the whole, the official figures Just given
out by the War department establish
the fact that the Philippine exports to
the United States have trebled In value
In two years.
Flattery ot Imitatloa.
Washington Post
Bishop Duncan has been warning the
young Methodist ministers ef Virginia
against early marriage. Just see what Gen
eral Corbln has started.
Tonchlnar a Tender Spot.
Baltimore American.
"Let them take It out of their freight
rates." .When Mr. Mitchell made this re
ply to one of Mr. MacVeagh's questions he
showed that be baa his eye on the seat of
the anthracite coal trust's power to oppress
the public and their employes.
Outlawing the Parlor Match.
Chicago Chronicle.
When the underwriters and the firs de
partment officials have succeeded In placing
the parlor match on the Index expurgatorlus
they may profitably tarn their attention to
another agency which Is quite as dangerous
to property and infinitely more menacing to
life. Gasoline causes more fires and takes
more lives than parlor matches are respon
sible for.
The Foor, Pinched Trast.
New Tork World.
The poor but pious Standard Oil company
has been obliged to cut Its dividends tor the
last quarter down to $10 making the total
for the year only 145,000,000, or 45 per cent
upon Its nominal capl(al) instead of $48,000,
000, or it per cent, ss for the last two years.
No wonder tbe trust 6 as lately found It
necessary to add a cent a gallon to the
price ot leaned oil!
Working In Hard Lines.
Philadelphia Press.
The free trade newspapers have bard work
In making their articles on the tariff intel
ligible, in view of the great increase In im
ports. In ten months of this year the im
ports were $261,900,000 greater than In the
corresponding time of 1898 and $61,700,000
more than In the same months of last year.
Still the democratic cry is for sweeping
away the tariff. The truth is that the tariff
has made the nation so prosperous that it
can afford to buy mora of foreign goods,
luxuries as well as raw materials.
John Mitchell aa Witness.
Philadelphia Press.
If anybody was In doubt about John
Mitchell's ability to present labor's side of
tbe case to the strike commission when
confronted with the able counsel retained
by tbe operators, It seems that be may be
at ease. It is apparent from the way tbe
labor leader Is holding his own when sub
jected to the most searching questions that
he knows his case better than any lawyer
could possibly learn it In a short time, and
that be can handle it as well as any lawyer.
The reports of the bearings show that the
Interests of labor will not suffer because
ot lack of ability in their counsel or from
an Inadequate presentation of their side of
the controversy.
MODEM MOTIVE POWER.
Pre-Emlaence of Steam Hot Mach
Diminished.
San Francisco Call.
Sanguine persons who have been Indulging
the belief that we have passed tbe age ot
steam and reached the age of electricity
will find a shock to their fond Imaginings
by reading the census on the motive power
of our manufacturing establishments. It
appears from tbe figures that electrio
motors In the census year furnished less
than 3 per cent ot the motive force of our
factories.
Tbe statistics reveal the tact that In 1900
we employed to carry on our manufacturing
an energy equal to 11.S08.081 horse power.
The return for 1830 was 5,954,855, for 1880
3,410,838 horse power. More than three
fourths of the power employed in 1900 was
burnished by steam engines, and about 15
per csnt by water wheels. Electric motors
are credited with but 2.7 per cent ot tbe en
tire power employed In American manufac
turing industries.
Ot course the horse power employed in
manufactures Is far short of the total mo
tive force employed in American Industry.
For the operation of railroads alone there
Is required an Immense addition to the fac
tory energy, and the street railways add an
other vast sum of energy to the total. It Is
In street railways that electricity would
have made its best showing aa motive
power, though It would also display a large
amount of energy in statistics ot borse
power employed in various services in of
fice buildings, laboratories and even In the
homes of people.
While steam continues to bold by a long
distance the foremost place in our motive
power it may be said to have attained tbe
climax of its supremacy. From tbla time
on electricity is very sure to gain upon It
and in many parts of the "United States the
gain will probably be rapid. Improved
methods of converting water power Into
electrical energy with means for Its trans
mission across great distances with small
loss will enlarge the use of electrical
motors in factories aa well aa in railways.
We are then In tbe dawn of tbe electrical
age even If we have not yet attained the
full day. Steam has been a glorious servant
to manktnd, but despite bis power and bis
utility electricity will eventually be able
f surpass him.
A Free Trade Blunder
Philadelphia
The free trade papers have eagrrly aelied
on one passage of President Roosevelt's
speech at the Chamber of Commerce din
ner. The president said "it Is a pleasure
to address a body whose members possess
to an eminent degree the traditional Ameri
can self-reliance of spirit which makes
them scorn to ask from the government,
whether of state or of nation, anything but
a fair field and no favor who confide not
In being helped by others but In their own
skill, eiergy and business capacity to
achieve success."
"Aha," gleefully shout the free trade
papers, "see how the president scouts aud
scoffs at the whole Idea of protection and
ship subsidy!" And In this precipitate and
unreflecting conclusion they illustrate one
of the fundamental fallacies of their rea
soning. Before stating It, we may remark
that tho president Is quite as clear snd
logical a thinker as his headlong free trade
friends. He is a lifelong protectionist by
conviction, and an avowed advocate ot the
upbuilding of an American merchant marine
by a policy of government protection. And
being such and being at the same time a
sound reasoner, It may be anaumed that he
did not say anything Inconsistent with his
settled views.
And he did not Tbe fallacy of his sud
den and deluded free trade admirers Is that
they misinterpret a deliberate national
policy adopted by the nation for the wel
fare of the nation as a policy of individual
BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
on the Spot.
The Postofflce department has awarded a
conspicuous place on the humbug list to a
Missouri genius who compounded a tabloid
of whisky warranted to produce aa much
ecstasy and self-esteem as three fingers of
the best Kentucky vintage and at a price
calculated to make all topers fill the arch-
tug heavens with howls of joy. So the Mis-
sourian said. But the postmaster general
slyly remarked, "You'll have to show me."
The Mlssourian was willing to experiment
on others and the P. M. G. furnished the
victims. Calling to his presence a gentle
man from Kentucky, a man from Indiana
and a fellow from Massachusetts, all of the
postal corps, General Payne delivered six of
tbe tablets to each, with Instructions to
follow the directions plainly printed on the
labels and to report progress to him next
evening.
The gentleman from Kentucky alone was
absent from the meeting ot the following
day. Investigation showed tbat he had dis
solved the six tablets In one goblet of
water, bad gulped down the mix and would
be unable to .report for duty In, leas than
six days. The man from Indiana was able
to navigate, while the tellsw from Massa
chusetts tearfully begged to be excused
from further compulsion to tern his stom
ach into a headache mixture filter, or he
would be compelled to resign his member
ship in the prohibition party.
The experiment was, however, eminently
satisfactory. It convinced tbe postmaster
general that there was no good substitute
for the real article, and tabloid drunks were
excluded from the malls.
From "Private" John Allen, one of the
commissioners of the St. Louis exposition,
comes the best story about the president's
hunting excursion In Mississippi. "Private"
Allen, who acquired his honorable title by
reason of his frequent declaration tbat be
was proud to have been tbe only private
In either army, was met by a friend In
Peneylvanla avenue the other day.
"Hullo, Private," said the friend, Jocu
larly, "how does It happen that when
President Roosevelt Is shooting bears down
la your state you are keeping so far
away T"
'8h h ," said Allen, myateriouBly, and,
taking his Interrogator by the lapel of the
coat he led blm Into a doorway. "Keep it
quiet," he whispered, darkly, "but the
reason Is I'm a bear." Since then "Pri
vate" Allen's friends have been studying
the market anxiously.
Some Washington correspondents asked
Congressman Grosvenor ot Ohio for a
prophecy as to the outcome of the fight
for speaker. "Very well, boys," said he,
I'll go Into a trance and tell you what
I see." Stroking his white beard and as
suming a far-away look, he continued:
I cannot see any one in the speaker a
chair except 'Uncle Joe' Cannon. I see him
now, pounding the desk with bis gavel or
sawing tbe air with that long arm as he
expounds parliamentary law. I can only
see 'Santa Claus' " and here tbe general
laid bis hand on bis own breast "down In
bis old seat on the floor; I see Dalzell
leading tbe host In a fight for a rule; I see
Babcock In his accustomed place, diplomatic
and able; I see Payne and Sherman pursu
ing their accustomed rolea and Llttlefleld
doing business at the old stand all this I
see in my vision, but 'Uncle Joe is in the
chair."
Considerable sly fun, says a New Tork
Tribune letter, Is being poked at Inspector
General Breckinridge's suggestion in his
annual report that a small, silent war dog,
such aa tbe English lurcher or the white
Spanish terrier, might be particularly use
ful In Jungle warfare, both to reveal the
bidden enemy and to increase security.
"I wonder what the antl-lmperlalists will
say when they hear that 'Joe' Breckin
ridge has loosed the dogs of war again,"
said one distinguished officer.
"Yes," cblmed In another, "and now I
suppose the still, small bark of the Span
ish terrier will take the place of the 'still,
small voice ot conscience.' "
"What we really need in the Philip
pines," said a third officer, lately returned
from the east, "Is not a small dog, with
a quiet bark, but a pack of greyhounds
fast enough to catch up with the blamed
Filipinos when tbey take It into their heads
to fight."
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subject. For the convenience chiefly of
persons applying for membership In
patriotic societies who fleslre to search
the records sections ot alcoves have been
well stocked with the best books of this
character. Young women are often seen
day after day diligently turning the pages
ef these books. After weeks, and some
times montha, their ambition to find an
cestors of military renown is gratified by
tbe discovery that some paternal or ma
ternal grandfather was honorably dis
charged. It works the other way, too,
sometimes, for there were cowardice and
fear in the old days, and even soldiers
were guilty ot these vices, as found by
many of the asplranta for membership in
the national patriotic societies.
Senator Oorman of Maryland will not
keep house In Washington tbe coming
winter, having decided to close his man
sion at Laurel because of a recent experi
ence with dishonest servants. 8ome half
dozen persons In his employ Joined in a
conspiracy to ateal money, silverware, bed
clothes and other articles, the agreement
among them being tbat the plunder
should go toward furnishing a house for
Press (rep.)
service for individual benefit. They mis
represent protection as a measure entered
upon to help particular beneficiaries,
whereas it Is a measure Intelligently under
taken by the nation to help Itself. The
nation determined to develop Its own re
sources and build up its own Industries.
In order to do this it decided to protect
American labor against cheap foreign labor
and to secure the American market for the
American producer against cheap foreign In
vasion. It was a national policy tor na
tional advancement.
Of course. Individuals have been helped
by It and have profited by It. So indi
viduals profited by tbe government aid to
the Pacific inlands. But the nation granted
such aid, not for tbelr benefit, but for Its
own, and tbe advantage accruing to It
was Immeasurably beyond any advantage
to Individuals. They took the early risk
and encountered the early hardships, and
tbe later profits they reaped came with a
far greater harvest to the nation. Indi
viduals have derived advantage from tbe
protective policy, because the advance ot
the nation is the advance of its Individual
members, but the advantage has been
equally open to all. Among Americans It
has been "a fair Held and no fa. or."
Presldeat Roosevelt did not stultify him
self In his utterance. His words are en
tirely harmonious with his long settled
views. The only error In the case Is tbe
complete misconception of the free trade
papers.
one ef tbe number. One ef the servants
became alarmed when $450 In cash, some
silver and a quantity ot other things bad
been purloined. Confession was made to
tbe senator, who refused to prosecute.
Instead he closed his home and took rooms
In an apartment house.
PERSONAL, NOTES.
It's up to Governor Bailey of Kansas.
No wife, no Inauguration,
President RooBevelt effectually evaded his
newspaper following during his bear hunt
King Edward proposes to take a good
long rest. Ilia nephew , of Germany haa
gone home.
Dr. Rodrlgues Alves has been mads presi
dent of Brazil without lbs usual pre
liminary revolution.
Brigadier General H. 8. Hawklna baa
been detailed as governor of the Soldiers'
home near Washington.
Uncle Sam will give President Loubet a
warm welcome. Tbe French helped us out
of a pretty tight scrape once.
William David Porter, eldest son of tbe
famous American admiral of the same name,
has Just died at Petersburg, Va.
William H. Day of New York City will
attempt to organize at Olen Elrle, a vil
lage on the Hudson river, an art-producing
community similar in character to that
founded In England under the auspices of
William Morris.
A tablet In bronze and marble will be
placed In the National Academy cbapel,
Annapolis, in about ten days. In memory
of Lieutenant Commander Jesse M. Roper,
who was killed in 1901 while commanding
Petrel of Cavtte, P. I.
Chairman Griggs of the democratic con
gressional committee met an acquaintance
In Washington and was asked: "Well,
how are you feeling?" The Georgian's
reply was a pithy counter query: "Have
you ever been In a skirmish and got
licked?"
A young clerk In the Treasury depart
ment went in to bid Secretary Shaw
goodby the other afternoon, saying he waa
going on his vacation. "How long?" asked
Mr. Shaw.. "Thirty days," was the clerk's
reply. "Great Scott!" exclaimed the sec
retary. "Thirty daya! Why, I've only
had three days' real loafing. time in twenty
five years. Goodby. Hope you have a
good time." . ,
Since the publication of Adjutant Gen
eral Corbln's report it has come to be
known aa "the wine, women and song re
port." It will be remembered tbat Gen.
eral Corbln discussed the canteen, com
mented adversely on the tendency ot young
officers to get married and recommended
the instruction of soldiers In music, espe
cially urging tbat they be taught regimen
tal airs and songs.
Former Captain O. M. Carter, whose
military career suddenly terminated In the
Fort Leavenworth prison with a five years'
sentence against htm for financial irregu
larities growing out of hla connection with
the river and harbor Improvements in Sa
vannah, is due for release from confine
ment early next year. Prisoners are
granted a curtailment of their sentence at
the rate of two months each year for good
conduct. Former Captain Carter has been
a model prisoner and ten months will be
deducted from bis term, according to pres
ent indications.
In calculating the value of a public fran
chise much depends on the temper of tbe
community which has a franchise In stock.
The New Jersey and Pennsylvania Traction
company paid $50,000 casb for right-of-way
on 6,200 feet of a street In Trenton, N. J.
Besides tbe cash bonus the company Is re
stricted to 3-cent fares. Is bound to grant
free transfers within the city limits, to
submit labor disputes to arbitration, must
pave two feet en each side of the rails,
and pay to the city 1 per cent of its gross
earnings during the first ten yeara, 3 per
cent for the second ten years and 3 per cent
tor all subsequent years. Trentoa authori
ties know bow to drive a bargain for tbe
publlo good.
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There is sunshine in
understand this when
every one is who uses it.
their hair, they are annoyed with dandruff, and thev
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raislike the telltale sign of
"Ayer'g Hair Vigor stopped my hair from falling when it waa to bad I
waa afraid to comb it. And it gave my hair a beautiful, rich black color."
Mrs. E. G. Ward, Landing, N. J. .
Always restores
AMERICA A TKMI'KltAXt'K SATIOM.
General Sobriety ot the People a
Marked Characteristic.
New Tork World.
The remark attributed to Iady Henry
Somerset upon completing her tour in this
country that ahe had been surprised by the
"general sobriety of the American people"
la the more impressive in thnt her stay
Included the closing dnya of the campaign,
when liquor flows freely and "treating" Is
most a nuisance. Hut Lady Henry's ob
servation agrees with tbat of all disin
terested observers.
The Americans still consume much of
what are classed aa "alcoholic drink,"
but the proportion ot alcohol consumed Is
smaller than In any other great non-
Mahometan nation. Tbe substitution ol
beer and wine for spirits has been a great
Improvement. Early temperance reformers
established a brewery near Boston; the
beneficent "Washlngtonlan" movement of
the '40a looked to moderation, not ab
stinence, snd In both respects the reform
ers' Instincts were sound.
Even abstinence la more common than In
tbe past. The drink habit yields not only
to a better understanding ot health, but to
business necessity. Our vast railroad sys
tems are run, from the bottom nearly to
the top, by teetotalers. A drinking man
finds it every year harder to get or to
keep an exacting post, and thus the spur
ot ambition carries men past tbe screen
doors. Even the circus Is temperate; the
"Greatest Show on Earth" waa organized
by P. T. Barnum as a band of non
drinkers. Social Ideas hare also changed;
a president of tbe United States would
hardly own and run a distillery today, as
George Washington did in 1797.
Accurate and recent comparisons of the
liquor consumption of various nations sre
hardly obtainable. The following figures
are approximate:
Consumption in
Gallons Per Person of
Country. Beer. Spirits. "Wine.
TTr.lted States 13.3 1.10 .33
Great Britain 81.7 1.13 .39
Germany 27.6 1.94 l.6
France 6.3 2.03 23.4
That we drink less beer than any other
great nation save France, loss wine and
spirits than any other whatever, doubtless
haa much to do with the "greater alertness
and energy" which Lady Henry finds la
Americans, and with the marvelous ma
terial success which that alertness snd
energy have conquered.
LIKES TO A SMILE.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "They aay our
currency should be more elastic.'
"Well, I'm willing they ahould stretch
a little more my way."
Philadelphia Record: "Although I hate
work." mused Idle Tim, "der is one Job I
wouldn't mind takln.'"
"What Job is dat?" queried Dusty Den.
"Why, colorln' meerschaum pipes."
Chicago Tribune: Just then an automo
bile went by.
"Well," remarked the delivery wagon
horse, "I can see my finish."
"That's more than I can," responded the
thoroughbred with the docked tall, making
an effort to do so and giving It up.
Washington Star: "There are good trusts
and bad trusts," said the hopeful man.
"Yes," answered the cheerless citizen;
"but the bad ones are accumulating so
much profit and power that I'm afraid it
won't be long before the good trusts are led
Into temptation."
Somervllle Journal: Mr. Wiggles When
I die I want only the truth carved upon
my monument.
Mr. Waggles The truth as you see it or
the truth according to your neighbors?
Chicago Post: "I wish I belonged to a
golf club."
"It Isn't necessary."
"It Isn't?"
"Oh, no. Just walk five nVles In leisurely
fashion and every twenty or thirty yards
hit the pavement a hard whack with your
cane and swear."
Philadelphia Press: "The evidence shows."
said the magistrate, "that this woman
threw a brick at the complainant, her hus
barad." "Not so fast," Interrupted counsel for
the defense. "The appearance of the man
is evidence that the brick hit him, which
proves that she must have thrown It at
somebody else."
AS TUB LEAVES FLOAT DOWN.
A. J. Waterhouse in New York Times.
"Now watch," ahe said, "how the leaves
float down.
Drifting, drifting, drifting;
Yellow, and crimson, and gold, and brown,
Through shadow and sunlight shifting.
And the gray old erth receives them all.
As each to her warm heart presses, .
For ahe is the Mother; they hear her call.
And anuwer with soft caresses:
" "Oh, Mother, our Mother, too long, we
vow
The length of the seasons' summing
We have strayed from your bosom, but
now, but now
JVe are coming, coming, coming.'
"Now watch," ahe said, "how our lives
drift on.
Flowing, ebbing, flowing;
Cheery, and dreary, and glad, and wan,
Going ah, whither? going.
But the gray old earth serenely waits,
Kor she knows we will seek none other;
When the winter of death Is at our gates
We will turn to the dear AU Mother:
" 'Oh, Mother, our Mother, too long, too
long,
While the mills of fate were humming.
We have turned from your side to the
heedless throng
We are coming-, coming, coming.' "
The tides swing In, and the tides swing
out
She whispers no mora unto me
I walk with faith to run with doubt
And the dreams that I build undo me;
The fondest hopes In failures end,
Each chasing a ghostly other,
But stlli sue waueih. the chaiiKelese friend.
And I turn to the dear All Mother.
I
Oh, Mother, my Mother, whose constant
lovo
The total of lovea la mimmlnr
The way Is rugged where now I rov
i am coming, coming, coming.
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