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THE 03f ATIA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, DECEMBETt 2. 1002. Tiie umaiia Daily Hee. E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee (without Butnlny), One Yar..l4w Daily Bee anil K.:nduy. one Year 6.011 Illustrated luv. One Year if Btinday liee, One Year 2.0-) Saturday ftre, one Year 1.50 Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. l.W DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Daily Bee (without 8undav, per ropy ... 2c latly Bee (without Biinrlav). per week. ...12c Dally Bee (Including Bumlayi, per week..l7o Sunday Ilee, per ropy be Evening Iee (without Hunduyi, per week 6c Kvenlng Bee (Including Sunday), per week 10c Complaints of IrregulHrltl'X In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. Botith Omaha City Hall Building. Twenty-tilth and M Street. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 1S40 Unity Building. Mew York 2.r I'nrk Row Building. Washington &1! Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter shoulil he mldressed; Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS 4.ETTER8. Business letters and remittances should be addressed: The Bee Publishing Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall account. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE I3EE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County, ss.: George B. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn Bays that the actuul number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the tnonth of November, 19)2, was as follows: 1 1,470 16 2H.43B I ...iil,450 17 ...ao.wfto I Sl.OUO 18 80.MTO 4 31,3.Vt 19 JMI.IMO ft 41.0H5 20 3,8HO 34.SH0 21 80,30 t a 1,210 22 31,410 80,340 23 2,810 t 20.B75 24 30,020 JO 31,300 23 31,00 11 30.0TO 2 3 1 MK 12 .3O.70O 27 HO, THO 1J 80.820 ' 2S.. 81,130 14 80.T30 " J9...... 31.4SO IB 81,310 ' 80 ... .28,475 Total 3!8.iO Less unsold and returned copies.... 8.23T Ket total sales 23,78 Net average sales 80.T5B GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 30th day of November, A. D. 1902 M. B. HUNOATE, (Seal) Notary Public, A good train robber, like a good In dian, is a dead one. Blessed are those who do not expect too much from congress. President Roosevelt with message now has the floor. his little The coal dealer has not been able to Ret In much work a yet In this vicinity, but his day is sure to come. Rest easy thnt there will be no trouble In passing through congress a bill to de Cray the. expenses of the coal strike commission- What Omaha needs is more mills and factories to furnish , employment for wage workers. Whatever hastens this development will help assure the future Of greater Omaha. The strenuousness of the ' life of the Boer leaders Is magnified In the light of General Dewct's statement that he had more trouble with traitors than with the British armed forces. The same story to the effect that Yan kees have horns which used to be told and believed in the south seems from official rports to be in circulation among the Moron in Mindanao. Whatever else may be said, those sol diers' widows, according to all accounts, must have enjoyed a very pleasant bas ket picnic when they were taken out to the Alliance land office to make home stead entries for the benefit of the cattle tarons. The positive statements that Senator Banna would retire from public life at the close of his present term are now aa positively denied by himself. The Ohio senator makes it plain that he does not propose to be removed from the po litical map with his consent. The army officers attached to the staff of the Department of the Missouri think they are overworked as compared with the officers in other ( military dejwrt- ments. It should be distinctly under stood, however, that the complaint of overwork Is comparative only. The federal grand Jury now In session here In Omaha bus several knotty prob lems to tackle. It will not be able to make a record this time by simply in dicting a few white men for selling bad whisky "to good Iudiuns, drawing mile' age and per diem and adjourning. A newly Installed Omaha preacher wants to abolish the double standard of conduct that applies oue test to the pas tor and another to the parlHhloner. He does not say, however, whether the test tor the parlshlouer should lie extended to the pastor or the pastor's code uiude universal. No artificial preservative will save the National Salt company, commonly known as the salt trust. It started out a few years ago with flying colors, but overcapitalization and bad management have put Its affair In Irremediable plight, so that nothing remains but for the receivers to wind them up. The result of a conference of a num ber ot leading republican senators proves that there will tie strong opposltton to the omnibus bill for the admission of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma. If, aa announced, Senators Hale, Allison, Aldrleh, Piatt, Cullom, Lodge, Hanna and Beveridge are all opposed to the bill, It will be exceedingly difficult to pass it at the short session even If a majority of the aenata la really for it GROWTH OF IRRHtATIOlt. Thf bli nnlal report of the slate engi neer shows thnt over 2.OW.0O0 acres of Innd in Colorado are now under Irriga tion. The showing will be surprising In the non-lrrlgntlng regions,. where the Impression produced by reports of high flown oratory at Irrigation "contentions mid advertising prospectuses has un doubtedly been to discredit artual achievements. Hut here we have the significant fact that a single western state, mainly within a decade, has prac tically added to Its cultivable territory the equivalent of four average counties. This remarkable result has.' been reached under many difficulties. The condition of legislation, both state and national, has been exceedingly unsatis factory, and has greatly discouraged the Investment of capital on a large scale In irrigation enterprises. Conflict of Claims to water rights like that now be ing litigated between Colorado and Kan sas has In extensive districts proved an Insurmountable obstacle to private Ini tiative. These difficulties, however, are stendlly diminishing or entirely disap pearing. The act of congress at the last session has not only cleared the way for comprehensive and rational dealing with th subject, but ' also given ah Im portant Impetus to actual irrigation de velopment. The statement of the mere number of acres of arid laud reclaimed by artificial water supply in Colorado falls far short of suggesting the immense gain involved to that commonwealth. Every Irrigated acre Is the subject of . Intense cultiva tion which, for the production of fruit, vegetables and grain and many staple products renders It 'the equivalent of many average acres In regions that de pend wholly on rainfall. Irrigation, In short, has already made Colorado not merely a mining state, .but one of widely diversified Industries. ; The cold statistics show that rc'clama tlon of arid western lauds Is going steadily forward, and nothing can be more certain than that the rate of prog ress will be far more rapid in the fu ture. ' ' ' Chop statistics controversy There are Indications of sensational developments In the. controversy regard ing the crop statistics of the Agricultural department and the Census bureau. It Is stated that the director of the bureau has plans under consideration for bring ing matters to a head In a way that Will cause surprise to some, but In regard to the nature of the plans the officials of the Census bureau observe the utmost secrecy. It is surmised, however, that certain disclosures will be made tending to show that the crop statistician of the Agricultural department baa at least not been as careful aa he should have been In his method of obtaining reports of acreage and crops,. with the necessary result that the Mepartment statistics have been very Inaccurate and mislead ing. There are also Intimations of a more serious nature, but these are im probable and may safety be disregarded. There is evidently substantial ground for a thorough Investigation of this mat ter, and it would seem to be the duty of congress to authorize It. Tne wide discrepancy between the crop statistics of the Agricultural department and those of the Census bureau is conclusive as to a faulty method of obtaining these sta tistics on the part of one or the other, and it ought to be possible to ascertain where the fault., exists and provide' a correction. The importance of haying crop statistics as nearly accurate aa pos sible is obvious and the present contro versy should result in greatly Improving this branch of public work. - TBC ARMl AND NAYT. There Is a good deal Of popular Inter est In tho army and navy and this should be encouraged, for upon 'these depend our security and peace. . The United States does not need a large standing army. The present regular force la ample. But it Is expedient to have a citizen soldiery so well organ ized and disciplined as to be available whenever an emergency shall arise and this is earnestly recommended, in the report of the secretary of 4 war. Tills recommends legislation that will enaTTTe the government to put at least a quarter of a million of men Into the field In stantly upon the declaration of . war. There certainly can be no reason able objection to'thls. For a nation of nearly 80,000,000 people a force of state militia or national guard of 250,- 000 Is not excessive. - It would constitute no menace to the people, but on the contrary would constitute a. secur ity for domestic peace and at the same time a source of d'e'nse In the event of a foreign war. .Another recommenda. tlon of the report of, the secretary of war Is the creation 'of a general staff and there Is no doubt that this will ulti mately be done, though It is not likely that the recommendation will be adopted at the present session of congress, the opposition to this change from the old order which defeated the proposition at the first session pelug undoubtedly still strong enough to prevent favorable ac tion at this session. As to the navy, the secretary rightly says . that the country approves the strengthening of our sea power. There are not many Intelligent Americans, It is safe to say, who do not believe that it is wise to goon building up the navy until It shall have , reached the power that will absolutely assure defense of our seaports against any foe and the adequate guardianship of our Insular pus evasions and the protection of our rights and Interests everywhere. The nation could make no greater mistake now than to forego the policy of having a navy capable of meeting any emergency that may arise. 'While not entering into rivalry In this respect with any other maritime power, we must not permit ourselves to fall behind all of them and thu endanger or weaken our position among the nations. The wny to main tain ppnee and honor and the world's respevt is to be well prepared for de fense and for the Just assertion of our rights. The secretary of the navy Is modest In his recommendations, though he urges the wisdom of continuing to In crease our sea power. How rapjdly this should be done Is of course for congress to determine and so long as that body Is under republican control It Is safe to say the naval power of the United States will not Ik? permitted to decline. WHAT OMAHA At EDS. If Omaha Is to become a city of 2T0,000 Inhabitants within the next decade, as we are firmly convinced It will, Its growth will depend on Its ability to fur nish steady employment at fair wages to a constantly Increasing number of working men and working women. Omaha enjoys wonderful advantages as a distributing center, but It must be more than a mere way station at which traluloads of goods brought from other points are broken up and re-shlpped. Omaha has achieved a world-wide rep utation as one of the principal meat packing places, but its full capacity to transform the cattle, sheep and hogs Into food products haa not even been tested. Omaha is In the heart of the great corn belt and at the apex of a state rap Idly becoming a great wheat country, but a cereal and flour Industry Is yet to be developed here. Omaha Is the seat of one of the largest silver and lead refineries In th'e world, but aside from its white lead works has hot utilized the material at hand for es tablishments that will carry further the processes that produce the finished articles. What Omaha needs to give the stimu lating impetus In all these fields and many more Is cheaper power. Whether power is secured by exploiting nearby coal fields or boring oil wells, or using water fall with electrical transmission, is not the essential question, except so far aa it assures greater cheapness, ampler capacity and reliable supply. Cheap power for Omaha would start at once the wheels of hundreds of new mills and factories. The new popula tion attracted by the enlarged field of employment would Increase the demand for rentable dwellings and add substan tially to the trade of our retail mer chants. In turn, the quickening would be speedily felt by Investments of every variety, particularly in real estate that awaits an effective demand. Omaha has for years been seeking an opportunity to get cheaper power on rea sonable terms. It should not let the op portunity slip away now that it Is pre sented. INTEREST IN SEW DEPARTMENT. A great deal of Interest is being mani fested, according to Washington ad vices, in the proposed Department of Commerce, and there appears to be very favorable promise of the passage at the present session of the bill to create the department. The Indications are that much of the opposition to "the measure that was developed at the last session has disappeared, and recent reports have shown that there Is now no very serious objection in congress to the proposition and that it will not be very vigorously opposed. It has the hearty support of the administration and will be again earnestly advocated by the commercial interests. As we have repeatedly said In regard to the proposed department, there Is no valid reason why It should nof be cre ated and some very good reasons In fa vor of It With our rapidly growing commerce It is manifestly desirable that there should be an executive department of the government having the special function of looking after and as far as practicable promoting this commerce. It is proposed, among other things, that a Department of Commerce should have supervision of the consular service, and It is believed that this would be a good thing. 'The bill providing for a new de partment is in the hands of the house committee on Interstate and foreign commerce, having been passed by the senate at the last session. Mr. Hepburn, chairman of the house committee, has manifested a good deal of Interest in the matter and Is understood to regard the prospect as favorable to the passage of the bilL The local democratic organ flies Into spasms because It has Just discovered that the two republican candidates for district Judge at the recent election, who were also endorsed by the democrats, made contributions to the campaign fund. Reading between the lines. It is plain that the democratic organ ,1s not so much shocked that these respected Judges should have put Into the repub llcan contribution box as that they should have failed to have come to the front with ah equally liberal donation to the democratic campaign treasury We have heard of the nonpartlsanshlp of special interests that contribute to all campaign funds at once to make sure that they are protected on both sides of the fence. The next nonpartisan can dldates for office In Omaha might ob serve this tip. In striking contrast with the situation of Nebraska, the state of Iowa has al most $1,000,000 In ita treasury to the credit of the general fuud, which will be materially Increased before the leg islature meets a year hence. Bills pro vldlng that Interest on state fuuds should be covered into the treasury failed at ihe last session of the Iowa legislature, so that there Is a rich rake off on large deposits of state funds In the banks. It should not be forgotten that The Bee haa maintained its position as ihe news paper of largest circulation In Douglas county, entitled to the publication of no tices of liquor license application, ever sine the present llceue law was placed on the statute books. Eve" in the pres ent year The Bee's right to print these notices under the law has been recog nized without question by the democratic Hoard of County Commissioners and the democratic city council of South Omaha. If there were auy question as to The Bee's rights, does anyone Imagine the democratic organ would have failed to assert Its claim before these bodies with which It Is In political accord? The Milwaukee road, whllp perfectly ready to make any mutually beneficial arrangements with the Union Faclfle, naturally shows unconquerable repug nance to taking over the difficulties of the latter with its striking employes. The policy of the Milwaukee toward Its wage earners has usually been not only cautious, but fair. A society for the suppression of pack ing house odors Is said to be Incubating In our neighboring town of South Omaha. If It is desired to enlist the good people of Omaha In the movement a reaulsltlon will have to be made on the weather man to furnish a stiff south breeze steadily for a few days. x It is gratifying to note that the au thorities of the Iowa State university are co-operating effectively with the peace officers of the state to treat the ringleaders of the recent student out break the same as General Gomez threatened to treat the Havana rioters. A Matter of Choice. New York World. There's one thing about the tobacco trust. Nobody has to pay tribute to It unless he wants to. A Practical People. Philadelphia Record. After all that is said of the frivolity of the French, they are an eminently practical people. They have put an end to their coal strike, to the apparent satisfaction ot all concerned. From Trust I'and to Surplus. Philadelphia Press. What Is Colonel Bryan doing all this time that Nebraska is proposing to invest some ot the surplus money in its state treasury in Massachusetts gold bonds? Ne braska didn't show much respect for its distinguished citizen when It allowed itself to accumulate a surplus under honest money administration. Mad Mullah ot Bacolod. Chicago Chronicle. Our ebullient fellow citizen, the sultan of Bacolod, has broken loose again with the declaration that Americans are hogs who eat hogs. Of course our fellow citizen will have to be brought back to the reservation, but the fluency of his vituperative vocabu lary Indicates that even if he be retired from the sultan business there Is still a useful career open to him. He can come to the mother country and edit a reform paper. Novel Caae In Court. Philadelphia Record. South Carolina has a case In the supreme court of the United States in which she asks for release from the Internal revenue taxes and licenses on her whisky dispen saries and distilleries.' The claim of South Carolina is chiefly based on the ground that the Internal revenue laws apply only to persons and private corporations, and that congress could sot have intended to subject a state to taxation. Should this position be Judicially affirmed a state could set up a tobacco monopoly or any other kind of business and claim exemption from Internal taxes as well as from customs du ties. But when a state goes Into the busi ness of selling whisky, or any other kind of traffic, it must pay the taxes that are levied by the federal government on such traffic, and this will no doubt be the de cision of the supreme court. Pleasures of Walking:. Country Life in America. Walking is an art, almost one of the lost arte. It 'is astonishing how few know how to walk know how to acquire the measured stride, the springy step, the easy poise of the body and the swing of the arm which makes walking at once one of the most healthful and enjoyable forms of physical exercise. For the real pleasure of walking one must turn to the country. Pavements are but dead, unyielding matter at best. In the turf of the country there is a spring in response to the pressure of the foot which is a delight and an Inspira tion In itself. The purity of the air sets the blood to racing gloriously. Good walkers find twenty miles a day a comfortable average, allowing of plenty of time for rest and "loafing." Two weeks thus spent will afford memories to last for all time, and with them a measure ot health and strength, a quickening ot vital forces, a nervous energy which wilt find expression in Increased power for accomplishment in the world's work. IMPROVING THS INDIA.. Considerable Progress Made Alona- Csefal Maes. Brooklyn Eagle. Our Indians are solving some of our difficulties for us by "coming In," as they used to say on the reservations, and ex pressing not only a willingness but a desire to be enrolled among people whose habit has been to work for their own living. The latent possibilities of useful ness among our wards are considerable. Indeed, when left to themselves in some parts of the land and untroubled by med dlers and government emissaries, they have worked their own way toward a prac tical civilization. The state ot the Chero kees In Indian Territory In the old days was hardly Inferior to that ot their white neighbors; they Invented an alphabet, they had schools and Indoor industries, they respected personal and property rights far better than do the Slavs, Czechs and Polacka in Pennsylvania and did not show signs In degeneracy till the white mis sionaries went in, with the usual following of white liquor dealers and gamblers. Since the new system went Into effect of employing the red men where possible, Inducing the able-bodied to refuse gov ernment rations, persuading the men to cut their hair and desist from painting tbetr faces, over 12,000 Indians have been dropped from the rolls of the dependents. This is not only a good to the white people, but Is a greater good to the red ones, since It will arouse a self-respect that la hardly consistent with the acceptance ot alms. Our rourse toward the Indian was probably the most feasible one in the past, when there was plenty of room and game,' but now that the whites are closing about the reservations and the game is being ex terminated the Indian must either be beggar or he must work, like other people, to avoid being one. That so many accept the latter alternative Is promising for the better peace of districts that were kept in fear and more promising for the rats ing of unralsed Indians to better useful ness. Morally they are as good as the whites and with little urging they will be our eauals In all respects. IT OF WAIMMJT01 I. IKK. Minor Scenes anil Incident Sketched On the Spot. Uncle Joe Cannon of Illinois, prospective speaker of the house of representatives. Is commonly known among his associates as "the watchdog of the treasury." The title la not an empty one because I'ncle Joe, as chairman of the ways and means commit tee, administers four-fifths of the important legislation ot congrees, and Is perniciously active In blocking raids on the national purse. Whenever he haa a hard talking Job to do on the floor of the house he takes off his collar and pitches in. During the last session of congrees Mr. Richardson of Tennessee, the democratic leader of the house, took occasion to make a stump speech during the debate on an appropriation bill. Cannon, chairman of the committee, briefly replied to Richard son, but his reply went all over the coun try. Referring to the republicans In this little speech, he said: "We are not perfect and we do not claim to be. We pull tho wagon and we do tho work, and you find the fault. You have been at that now for over a generation, and still we have pulled along. I think we hall pull It for a generation more, and still you scold. We cannot help It. It does you good and I do not think It hurts us." ' Then, entering the field of prophecy, Undo "Joe" said, and said truly, as time proved : "We have nothing to apologize for. Peace and prosperity abound with us here and everywhere throughout our borders as never before In the history of civilization. Print your speeches, circulate them, go on the stump. I will take my chance that when the silent ballot drops in November next you will march to the same old defeat." Representative Livingston of Georgia be lieves that he got the better of the surgeons this fall and he Is congratulating himself accordingly. As a result of his arduous campaign work he became possessed of a very bad throat. It refused to yield to ordinary, treatment, so he went to a dis tinguished surgeon In his part of the coun try. The surgeon took a glance at the in flamed organ and then got out his knives and prepared for an operation. Mr. Living ston demurred. After much pleading he was granted twenty-four hours in which to tighten up his nerve for the ordeal. While engaged In the tightening process another patient came along, was stretched out on the operating table and died before the surgeon finished with htm. Livingston heard of this and stood off the surgeon on one pretext or another until he was ready to start for Washington. Just before leav ing home he came upon an old negro mammy who offered to cure his throat. She soaked a lump of sugar in turpentine. Tho dose did all the mommy claimed for It. "And that," said Representative Living ston, "Is the reason I laugh every time I see a doctor's sign." Mrs. U. S. Orant has received from the emperor of Japan an autograph letter and a picture of the newly born son of the Japanese crown prince. The picture, framed in Japanese enamel, was presented to Mrs. Grant by the Japanese minister the other day. In the letter accompanying the present the mikado expresses the warm ap preciation of himself and the crown prince for the gift which Mrs. Grant sent before the birth of the little prince. He also re newed his sentiments of friendship for every member of the Grant family and re called hjs admiration for the great Ameri can soldier who was his guest many years ago. Comptroller William Barrett Ridgely says he Is like the man who always sees big game when be hasn't his gun along. The recent failure of the Central National bank of Boston gave the comptroller the chance to associate himself with the un lucky hunter. Said he: "It has never been my fortune since I have been comp troller to be in Washington when a bank was forced to the wall. "Three banks have gone under since I succeeded Mr. Dawes, but every one ot them has kept on Its feet until business took me from the capi tal; then they became weak and closed their doors. When the Boston bank failed I was In New Orleans attending the bankers' annual convention. I did not think much of It when the first bank failed, but the second occurrence of the kind set me to thinking. I did not like to go so far away from Washington as New Orleans and only did so when assured that there was absolutely nothing to keep me here. I had not unpacked my satchel, however, before the Central National went under. If this thing keeps on much longer I shall be afraid to go home, to dinner." Secretary Moody tried to have fun with President Roosevelt over his failure to kill a bear during his recent hunt In Mis sissippi. "I may not have killed a bear, but I did not mistake a colored woman for a wild turkey," retorted the president. "I can have Just as much fun with you as you can have with me," Mr. Roosevelt continued, and be spoke very loud as he told how the secretary while on his recent hunting trip In South Carolina filled a colored woman full of shot, mistaking her for a turkey. The president put a few fine touches on the story and before he had finished It he had the secretary buying a flock of chickens at a fancy price in order to pacify the angry negress. PERSONAL, SOTK, It is proposed to allow Mr. D. B. Hill to decide aa to whether he is a dead duck in politics or not. T. W. Sellers, a Kansas City printer, has a full case of the blues. It cost btm $500, the limit, to adjust his wife with a club. Senator Wetmore of Rhode Island is rather inconspicuous In the senate, but as a Judge at the New York Horse show he occu pied the center ot the stage. Count von Buelow, the German Imperial chancellor, will accompany Emperor Wil liam to Rome on the occasion of the un veiling of the Goethe statue. Mrs. Charlea Whitehead of the Home for Friendless Cats and Dogs In Chicago, gave her animals a Thanksgiving feast of turkey, oysters and mutton bones on Thursday. Abbotsford, which a Scotch-American Is offering to buy to present to the Scottish nation, Is the property of Sir Walter Scott's great-granddaughter, Hon. Mrs. Josephine Maxwell-Scott. John Blgelow, former United States min ister to France, has entered upon his 85th year apparently In the best of health. He was hale and hearty at a family gathering at bis home in Gramercy Park on Tuesday. Mr. Bigelow was born at Maiden, N. Y., on November 29, 1817. General Baden-Powell, the popular Eng lish warrior, was at a luncheon recently where a celebrated physician was his fellow guest. The doctor was chaffing the sol dier and ssld: "How do you feel after killing a man professionally?" The general replied In bis characteristic silky tone: "Oh, I don't mind it much more than you do, I dare say." "The Land of Unbounded Possibilities" Is the title of a series of articles on conditions In the United States, prepared by Hon. Lud wig Max Goldberger of Berlin, royal privy councillor of commerce and member ot the Imperial German Consulate Board for Com mercial Measures, to be established by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics in its forth coming issue of the Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance. riirtisTMAS Miorpno. mnn Interest. Baltimore American. Not so very long from now the Christ mas shopping will login, aa a word in times means nine, a few suggestions on the subject may not be premature. A wise man takes thouttht of the future be fore It becomes actually the present, and a little thought on this subject may save a world of time and trouble. Pome very provident people begin the planning of their Christmas presents In mid-summer, or even earlier, Just as holiday stories are accepted In July and Thanksgiving ones written in April by the author who aspires to lead the rush. But unless one hns a long string of pres ents and a slender exchequer from which to evolve them, this Is rather going to the other extreme. It Is well to begin now, though, In tho plana of the holiday, espe cially the important detail of present-giving. To know at once Just what gift to give each friend Is a talent which very few possess. The majority must think, and think to get suitability and variety, and after much mental anguish on the subject are often forced to go to the shops and throw themselves on the mercy of the dis cerning clerk, who Is supposed to know all men am) satisfy all women. To some holiday shopping is a purs de light. They would not deprive themselves of one lota ot the crowds, the rush, the hurry, the bustle, the full stock of holiday goods saved up for the rush. To these economy of time is no consideration and lack of taste in selection no worry. But many suffer from an inability to choose the right thing at the right price. While a little careful looking around, a little tour around the chops when a leisure morning offers, will reveal much in the way of pos sibilities and give ideas, even it no Imme diate result Is reached. Method economizes In every direction, and though few would like to admit, except in Btrlct' confidence, that present-giving Is a nerve racking, '' mind-burdening ceremony, they so find if,' and In the secret depths of their souls groan that the hour of trouble Is at hand. By quietly recollecting the tastes and fancies of those to whom pres ents are to be made; by giving oneself sufficient time to prepare those homemade tokens, which are often the best, and by a Judicious watch over patience and pocket, results will be obtained which will surprise by proving that the shopping has not only resulted in proper and pretty gifts, but has been a pleasure in itself aa well. The sensible man or woman will dis miss at once the idea of making presents which one can ill afford, which are in tended merely for show and effect and bear no real sentiment" with them. But one should not refrain from Joining In this pretty custom If means limit one to a very narrow field of choice. The pride which, to save itself, will sacrifice a tribute to a friend. Is not a proper feeling for the season of good will to all, and the moment the worth, and not the meaning, of the gift le considered. It ceases to have worth at all. In short, a timely and Judicious prepara tion for the season will be a pleasant way of anticipating it and make the season it self more enjoyable by removing one of its little worries for no worries, big or little, should be suffered to grow on Christmas trees. GOOD TIME FOR WORKMEN. Work tor All and All Have Money to Bny With. Philadelphia Press. The cry set up to the effect that the cost of living has increased to such an extent that the wage-earner is worse off now than before the present era of pros perity ie absurd. The workmen were never better off than they are today. They all have work at full time. That alone, in contrast with the time of soup houses under the last democratic administration, proves the absurdity of the cry about the great Increase Wi the cost of living. There has been some advance, and so has there been an advance in wages In addition to the full time. But the in crease In prices is principally In farm products, and benefits the agricultural classes. Prof. George Gunton has been Investigating the rise In prices and pre sents some Interesting facts. He shows that during the years 1893-94-95-98 there was a decline In prices constituting the cost of living of about 20 per cent.' And yet during that time there was more suffer ing among all classes than In any previous four years of the nation's history. The lower prices did not help In the least, be cause the people did not have the money to buy with, and there was no work for the 2,000,000 unemployed. This condition of cheap supplies can be found In China, India and In other countries where desti tution is the greatest. There is now work for all, and all have money to buy with. That alone Is a great gain. But wages have gone up and keep advancing.' Farm products have Increased about 23 per cent. There are no trusts to Increase . the value ot farm products. But In the manufactured products, in which trusts exist, excepting coal, there has been an average decline of 10.3 per cent since 1899.. The farmer is at no greater expense, excepting fur labor, and he has been greatly benefited. He pays no more for farm in struments, and, In fact, buys what he needs cheaper than under the Cleveland admin istration. ., v ; The worklngmen, without exception, are very much better off now than under the democratic free trade rule, and no greater calamity could befall them than to bring on a renewal of the distress and misery experienced preceding the election of the late President McKlnley in 1896. EM to gray hair. ; MAyefsHairVig()iM nW(f Makes the hair fft&j grow. Checks Jml LASOR AM) BF.l.F-RF.SPrccT. , Forces Behind the Demand for Shor cp Hoars and Petter Pay. Chicago Chronicle. It Is all very well to glorify labor and to say that the man with the hoe Is doing his part In the great universal whole. If Is easy to preach that labor Is praise and that not what one does hut the spirit In which he does It makes It honorable. It is quite another thing to be. the la borer carrying the weight of drudgery with the laborer's narrow outlook and his Weariness of flesh. The president of a popular university may enjoy his work. He may sing his "La horare est orare" and turn from one rou tine of duties to another now to a foot ball game, now to the reception ot a for eign prince, now to lecture tt a cultured and admiring audience and now to write an essay on the uplifting of humanity. It is different with tollers along many other lines of work. The minor cannot choose to labor In the mine "every day Just as long as his strength permits." The man behind the counter cannot prefer longer hours of work, even though a uni versity president feels contempt fof him because he does not. The servant In the kitchen cannot be expected to work for work's sake, though she had listened to seventy lectures on the beauty and holi ness of labor. The fact Is there Is work and work. It a person Is carrying out his Ideal, working from Inner Impulse and for love of his Ob ject, his enthuslssm knows no bounds. HS can work on and on, limited only tiy 'hls physical strength. The number' permitted to work in this way is few. The number obliged to think ot bread first Is great. A person may go Into a coal mine, behind the counter or Into a kitchen for the means that give opportunity for the ac tivity which Is a Joy, but it cannot-be ex pected that a person will work -longer hours than he Is compelled by the fulfill ment of duties, unless It be In exceptional cases. Nor is it to be expected that he will not seek to obtain for his work the utmost wages allowable. University presidents and corporation presidents may look with contempt on the wage earner striving to better his condi tion, but aelf-respect and the honor- of worklngmen generally lead him to seek for shorter hours and for wages that -will permit respectable living. LAUGHING GAS. Baltimore American: "Many a time," ob served the doctor, "a strict sense of duty compels us to cheat the devil out pf his Just dues." ' Philadelphia Press: Customer Why do you wear rubber gloves? Barber 80 that my celebrated "Hair Grower" won't raise Hair on the palms of my hands. Washington Star: "De man dat's alius tryin' to git sumpln' foh nulfln'," said Uncle Eben, "Is purty ll'ble to wind up by bein nnn n' Am nAnljk Atx situ ..,... sumpln . ' Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Was Herr Krupp aided In making his immense fortune-.'" "I believe it Is admitted that he was cannon-aided to some extent." . Brooklyn Life: Mickey Say, Jimmle. does' yer s'pose dere reely la folks wot has a dinner like dls ev'ry day? Jimmle Naw! If dey eat like dls ev'ry day, wot would dey do when dey wanted ter blow detrselves? Boston Post: "Good morning, air," said the stranger accosting Rip Van Winkle, as the latter came down out of the mountains from his twenty-year sleep, "and how are you feeling this mornlng?'r "I am feeling bum very bum," replied Rip in the usual grumbling way of' man kind; "why I never slept a wink all night." Puck: Chlmmv-T told her VA ril ie .h. refused me, an' showd her da-dime I'd saved fer carbolic acid. Johnny An 'wot did she do? . . Chimmy (groaning) Do? She Jollied ma along till I blowed de dime on soda water, and den refused me. , Judge: Poet I sent my latest poem to the editor and told him he could use it for nothing. Friend Well, did he use it? Poet Nope; he sent it back with a n6to saying: "Your price Is too high." New York Sun: First Physician And what was your diagnosis? Second Physician I'll have to look him up in Bradstreet's to decide whether It s rheu matism or gout. Kansas City Star: "So you want to be come my son-in-law?" Inquired the father of the young wooer. "Not by a blame sight," replied the youth, "but as I intend to marry your daughter I suppose I'll have to be." - JUST A GIRL. ' Chicago Record-Herald. Many a throne has had to fall For a girl. Just a girl; Many a king has had to crawl For a girl, , Just a girl; When the hero goes to war He may battle for the right, But 'tis likelier by far That he sallies forth to fight For a girl. Just a girl. When the doctor turns to say: "It's a girl, Just a girl," Papa murmurs with dismay: , "What! A girl, Just a girl?" Ah, but why the sadness there? Why the bitterness displayed? Some day some strong man will swear That the great round world was mads For that girl, Just that girl. Why did Adam take the bite? For a girl, ' - Just a girl. ;. Why was Troy swept out of sight? For a girl. Just for a girl.' . s Oh, would heaven still be bright, ' And would any good man. cr To achieve It, if he might Never claim forever there ' " ' Just a girl, .' 1 Glorious girl. , .