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T11E OMAHA DAILY HEEt WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1002. Tire UMAiiA Daily Bee E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF 8UBSCRIPTIOM. Pally Bee (without SunAay). One Tcar.-S4.90 Pally Hee and Sumli.y, one Tear 6.0U Illustrated is, one Vear 2 uu Sunday Hee, One Year 2 KatuMay Hee. one Year 1.60 Tweatteth Century Farmer. One Tear., l.uu DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Pall Bee (without Bungay), per copy.... to Dally Bee (without RJmlay), per week. ...life j-'any ee (including Sunday), per weeic.liO Punday Deo, per ropy 60 Evening- Bee (without Sundny), per week 6c Evening- Bee (Including Sunday), per week 10c Complaint of Irregularities In delivery hould le addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. Smith Omaha city Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Streets. Council BlufTft 10 Pearl Street Chicago 1640 Unity Building-. New York 2XX Park Row Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication! relating to newa and edi torial matter should be addressed : Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letter and remlttancea should te 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 aocounta. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLI8HINO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.: Oeorge B. Tzschuck, secretary of The Sec Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ays that tho actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of November, u2. was as follows: 1 81.4TO It 2S.435 I 20.400 17 ao.HK I....... 81,(MJO U 30.870 81,3oO U 80,040 B . 41.0HS 20 SO.SUO 84.560 21 80.630 7 81.210 22 81.410 80,340 23 W4.310 211,678 24 30,920 JO 81,800 25 81.0W0 11 80.97O 28 81,000 13 80.700 27 30,70 IS .....80.M2O 2 31,130 14 80.730 ; 2 81.4H0 U 81,810 SO ..88.478 Total t32.J0 Leas untold and returned copies.... U.23T Net total sales 22,078 Net average sales 80,788 OEORQE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed in my presence and sworn to tefore me this 80th day of November, A. u. So2 M. B. HUNQATE. (Seal) Notary Public Black diamonds are pretty nearly an rare and valuable just now aa white diamonds. ... Colonel Mosby Is back at Washing ton for further conference, but the wire fences are In statu quo. The $3,500 South Omaha postofflee tlum will hang high up on the Christ mas tree, In plain sight, but out of reach. The school board will retain Its legis lative lobbyist, but he will not draw his pay out of the public treasury. Kiddie: Who will pay the bills? Cuming county has no kick coming. With the opening of the year It will lose the state treasurer and gain the warden of the penitentiary. :' Some of the clerks In the departments fct Washington may have to work to keep warm and thus the coal famine may result in some good after all.. The people of Omaha do not want to miss a chance to get cheap power on reasonable terms. The Interests of the dty as a whole must be paramount 'The fleet that George Dewey now commands Is Incomparably more powerful than the one he had In Manila bay, but he can have nothing like so much fun with It If the Board of Equalization does as satisfactory work as the Board of Re view substantial progress will have been made In the direction of tax reform tor the year 1903. ,Down In Haytl the ordinary prelimi naries to an election are the enlistment of an army and the seizure of arsenals and fortifications. No candidacy Is considered till 1 afterward. . . ... South American republics Vave been accustomed In the past to arbitrate their little differences by force of arms, but they might act otherwise when the com plications involve European nations as wlL i ; Every home owner In Omaha pays taxes. That Is why every home owner la vitally Interested in having all the Mr eornoratlons and mercantile estab lishments pay taxes in equitable pro portion to his. Governor-elect Mickey seems to have adopted the plan of fortifying himself against applicants for appointments by announcing his selections as soon as agreed upon. Only when the plum tree la denuded wlM the array of expectants disappear. ' State Treasurer Steufer boasts that because of the Investment of all school funds he will have no cash to turn over to his successor. One of his prede cessors tried also to reduce the amount of cash he would have to turn over, only he experimented with another plan. President Baer's solicitude for the Inviolability of constitutions Is strictly limited to favorite fer.tures of the na tional constitution, but does not Include the constitution of IVnnsylvania, which bis railroad company, by engaging in the coal mining business has been system atically violating for, decades. '' 1 : The' fuel 'situation' Is becoming acute and serious In many titles and there Is certain to be real suffering In spite of all that can be done. It is plain that unless an accommodation had been reached through the efforts of Presi dent Roosevelt providing for resump tion of work in the anthracite region the country would today be struggling with a dangerous emergency. A (jRJt TKWAfiLt: ALhUtCC. Thor appears to be no doubt that the Anplo-Oernisn alliance In the Veneiue lan matter Is objectionable to English men generally, or at any rnte to those who are not ardent supporters of the government, accepting whatever Is done I by the ministry as necessarily wise and ' proper. The remark of Kir Charles I I Hike In deprecation of England being I Involred with Germany In the proceed ings against Vene.wela may be regarded ! as reflecting the feeling of a great many Englishmen and there have born other 'utterances to the game 'effect It Is I 1, 1 & 1. a ' j 1 . -, i. sldernble popular sentiment In England unfriendly to Germany, but men who do not entertain this feeling maintain that England cad' have no possible ad vantage in German co-operation; has. Indeed, everything to lone and nothing to gnln. A leading London paper makes this comment: "It Is so clearly the In terest of Germany that the two English-speaking peoples should be at variance that we view any attempt at common action between Great Britain and Germany against a South American state with a certain amount of appre hension." What the acopo of the alliance or ar rangement between those powers Is has of course not been made public. but It Is probable that either can with draw from It at pleasure, while so far as the United States Is concerned there is every reason to believe that the un derstanding takes the most complete recognition of the principle upon which this country holds the position of protec tor of the southern republics against foreign aggression under well-defined conditions. It may be confidently as sumed that Great Britain would enter Into no alliance that could result In creating variance between that nation nnd the United States. She could bet ter afford to allow all the debts due her subjects by South American countries, and the amount Is very large, to be repudiated, 'than to quarrel with this country on account of them. Nor Is there any substantial reason for think ing that Germany desires to do anything that might Impair the friendly relations between that country and the United States. A year ago our government received the most definite and unquali fied assurances from the German gov ernment that under no: circumstances did it contemplate, In any proceedings against Venezuela, the permanent occu pation of Its territory. There has as yet been nothing to create a doubt as to the sincerity of that assurance. Our posi tion Is fully understood by . Germany and will be respected to the fullest ex tent It Is easy to understand that English men should object to the Anglo-German alliance, or such of them as do not feel friendly toward Germany. 'it an. - pears to them wholly unnecessary In this matter and possibly dangerous. But there Is no good reason why Americans should feel any apprehension In regard to It Both countries, It is safe to say, would be found most ready to accede to any proposition which the United States should deem It necessary to submit " ' THt SMCRMAlt ANTl-TRCST LAW. Tile act of congress known as the Sherman anti-trust law has .been in operation since July, 1800, a period of more than twelve years. It has been found effective In several Instances, notably In the cases of railroad traffic agreements, but Industrial combina tions or trusts have multiplied since the enactment of the law, until It has come to be pretty generally felt that in regard to these the act is Inadequate. It may fairly be affirmed, we think, that the Sherman law has sot been aa fully tested as It should have been, that if a more aggressive course had been pur sued under It It might. have been found more useful If not entirely adequate for accomplishing the purpose for which It was enacted. There is reason to be lieve that the law is to be more vigor ously applied by the present adminis tration, if. congress wUL. provide, the money 'necessary to do this. . V ; It Is the opinion of . some who have (given the Sherman act . careful study that it Is unsulted to existing con ditions, cannot be enforced and should be repealed. Mr. Knapp, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, says that the fundamental departure In that law from the well-grounded princi ple of the common law brings about an Irreconcilable conflict between an act of congress and the most hopeful de sires and achievements of our day. This he thinks explains its failure aa a remedial measure and remarks: "So far from accomplishing its Intended pur pose, the Sherman act has indirectly aided, and in many cases compelled, the very results it was Intended to pre vent No legislation on this subject Is so much needed, or would prove so salutary, as that which would bring the federal statutes into conformity with the wise and wholesome rule of the common law." Judge Grosscup of the United States circuit conrt at Chicago, advocates unqualifiedly the repeal of the Sherman act In his address before the law school of the University of Nebraska be pointed out that while the law Is aa . comprehensive . as language could make it, while it withholds no power, civil or criminal, that the law makers thought would contribute to the complete eradication of the supposed evil, yet the Industrial combinations have steadily increased In number. While opinion from such sources Is certainly entitled to consideration, we think, limi-v ! ua doubt that they are not in accord with general public sen timent Admitting that the Sherman act Is defective,' what should be done is not to repeal it but to correct he -defects and this having been done, to adopt a vigorous policy. of enforcement. The popular conviction undoubtedly Is that the principle of the law Is sound and should be adhered to. The duty of congress, which should be performed without unnecessary delay, is to improve and strengthen the act of istio and then to make ample provision for Its thor ough enforcement TfO BXTTKR ThAS BLACKMAIL. For ways that are dark and , tricks that are vain the heathen Chinee Is out done by the congressman-elect from the Second congressional district Tears ago he tried to palm off fake circulation of two separate newspnpers, published un der different bends and delivered to different subscribers, under the assumed name of . "The Daily World-Herald." This arrant Imposture was riddled In the courts. The imposition sought to be perpetrated six or seven years ago Is being repeated again In spite Of the courts' decisions and palpable law de fiance. In order to refresh the memory of the circulation fakirs and bogus clnlmants their attention and that of the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners Is called to the following documents on file In the court house In the office of the county clerk: Tear 190L PR0P08AL. Contract The World Publishing Co. For Advertising. OMAHA, Neb., Dee. 10, 1900. To the County Clerk and Board of County Commissioners, Omaha, Neb. I Gentlemen: Referring .to the above notice, the World Publishing company hereby proposes and offers as follows: For the delinquent tax list, three Insertions, lots per description In the evening edition, three and one-fourth cents; morning edi tion, three and one-fourth cents. Lands per description, three and one fourth cents In the evening and three and one-fourth cents In the morning edition, Including notice and all headings. Road or other legal notices, per word, one cent each insertion. Treasurer's semi annual statement, evening edition, 175; morning edition, (100. Commissioners' pro ceedings free. In ease any or all of the above described advertising Is desired In the Weekly World Herald, It wilt be done at the same rate, WORLD PUBLISHING CO. By O. M. Hithcock, President. CONTRACT. Contract, made and entered Into this eighth day of January, A. D., 1901, between the County of Douglas, Nebraska, by the commissioners thereof, party of the first part, and the World Publishing company of Omaha, Nebraska, party of the second part. Wltnesseth, that the said party of the second part hereby agrees to furnish, pub lish the proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners, delinquent tax list, road notices, treasurer's semi-annual state ments and any and all the advertising or other legal notices that may be by law or by the Board of County Commissioners required during the year 1901 and until a similar contract shall have been entered Into for the ensuing year. All such notices or advertising to be published in the morning or evening edi tion of the World-Herald, at the option of the party of the first part, or the county clerk of said county, and of the prices stipulated in the bid of the party of the seoond part, hereto attached and made a part of this contract. , The party of the first part hereby agrees to pay for said advertising at the rates named In the bid of - the party of the second part. The party of the first part reserves the right to stop all advertising under this contract at any time upoa.the failure of the party of tho seoond - part to "comply with the terms thereof. Witness the hands of the parties hereto this eighth day of January, A. D. 1901. WORLD PUBLISHINO COMPANY. By O. M. HITCHCOCK, - President, Contractor. THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS. By JAMES CONNOLLY, Chairman Board of County Commls. Witnessed by M. H. Hoerner. Approved (yeas) Hofeld, Hoctor, Harte, Ostrom and Mr. Chairman. Recorded January, 8, 1901. D. M. HAVERLY. County Clerk. In conformity with this contract the delinquent tax list for Douglas county for 1001 was published In the Omaha Evening World-Herald only. Jf the con tention that the circulations of the Morning World-Herald and the Evening World-Herald combined constitute the Omaha Dally , World-Herald could be entertained in any court. of equity the publication of the tax list for 1001 was Illegal and all the sales under that pub lication absolutely void. The congressman-elect from the Sec ond congressional district is profes sionally a lawyer and he knows law enough to know that his claims for the Dally World-Herald are fraudulent and that the circulation claims he has made for the purpose of extorting money frpru druggists and liquor dealers are a confi dence game that would subject any other person in any other business using the same tactics to criminal prosecution for obtaining money under false pretenses. THE KW YORK BaKK POOL. The pool formed by the great banks of New York City, which has put up an emergency fund of $50,000,QOO for use in the loan market follows quickly the intimation of the secretary of the treasury that the treasury resources would not for the present be put at the disposal of the banks. It Is safe to say the New York banks would not now bestir themselves if the burden could be shunted by them oyer onto the government Beginning early in September the treasury, by special arrangements for the banks to take out more circulation by deposits of surplus revenue and by purchase of bonds, was able to put Into circulation more than 175,000,000, nearly the entire amount of which went to relieve the strained conditions mani fested in the New York money market As has been pointed out In these columns, the New York banks have In the meantime not been able to make any net reduction of the volume of their loans, although they have shifted them and, upon the whole, have Im proved the character of the securities. But the calling In of more narrowly margined loans has sent many securities npon the market greatly reducing th level of prices and thus again Involving or threatening to Involve the general basts of stork credits In which all the banks are so deeply Interested. This Is the emergency which the banks have prepared to forestall or to meet. It la noteworthy that the banks that have pooled for loan emergencies are precisely the banks which cava been engineering the great merger and com hlnatlon operations, and which still have on hand or pledged In European money capitals for loans. Immense amounts of the newly manufactured stocks and other securities. Ob viously It Is necessary for them not to rermlt the money market to reach a crisis, In which these collaterals would be suddenly returned and force the bot tom out of the whole mass of merger and reorganized corporation capitaliza tion. When, therefore, the great New York bauks move for the protection of the market they are simply moving for their own protection and acting In the purest quality of self-interest and not from patriotic considerations. But the point of general interest Is that the burden of protecting the mar ket is upon the shoulders that ought to bear it upon those who have precipi tated the conditions causing the. trouble. General Attorney Manderson of the Burlington denounces the valuation placed by the Board of Review upon the Burlington terminals, depot grounds and depot buildings within the city of Omaha as an outrage. But General Man derson speaking as a private citizen would consider the valuation of $28,025. at which these properties were returned by the State Board of Equalization, as a greater outrage, If he could only ex press his opinion without mental reser vation. At any rate, we feel sure that General Manderson would be willing to swap his three-story block on Capitol avenue and Fifteenth street which Is assessed at $22,500, and give a hand some Christmas present to boot for the Burlington passenger and freight depots and depot grounds, and 'all the buildings and tracks appertaining to the Southwestern branch of the Burlington, which were assessed by the state board without reference to equity or uni formity. The veracity of the fakirs who sub scribe to the circulation claims of our voracious contemporaries may be gauged pretty accurately by the returns they have made to the city . tax commis sioner for the assessment of their prop erties. Only last spring all the daily newspaper publishers of Omaha agreed to a relative valuation for . taxation which made the assessment of The Bee $00,000, of the World-Herald $43,800 and of the News $39,(500. The Bee's return for city taxation In 1003 Is $100,000. The World-Herald's return fell from $43,800 to $10,000. The News, after adding a new press to Its plant costing, so It says. $15,000. made a sworn re turn of $13,400 to the tax commissioner. What will not men who try to swear themselves out of taxes in this fashion do to swear themselves into false circu lation? Railroad attorneys pronounce the valu ations placed by the Board of Review; upon the railway terminals in Omaha as exorbitant and outrageous. But these figures are in every Instance less than the estlmates placcd upon the prop erties by railroad Officers testifying under oath in behalf of the railroad companies eight years ago, notwith standing the potent fact that their value has Increased greatly since that time. It will be hard to make the people be lieve that valuations based on the figures of the railroad experts themselves are exorbitant and outrageous. Harvest of Shining; Toms. Atlanta Constitution. Tom Ochiltree, Tom Reed and Tom Nast surely the grim reaper has had a sudden and woeful grudge against our genial com patriots of the Tom variety. Sweet Bona; of flneeor. New York Tribune. Christmas will soon be here, and the Yuletlde carol of 1902 should be a grand, sweet song of special warmth and cheer on the part of the rich In their bounties to the poor. And Still Insattafled. Saturday , Evening Post. Prosperity has come to a pretty pass when the railroads have so much freight they cannot move it. Now It they eould only turn It Into . passengers they might make it hang up by the straps. The World Do Move. Baltimore American. With a former democratic president ac tively enlisted In behalf of the negro and his educational and Industrial betterment, It doesn't require the use of X-rays to discern that "the world do move." Well Fonnded Anxiety. Chicago Inter Ocean. Mr. Baer's greatest anxiety now Is lest men who do not understand the funda mental theories of free government may amend the constitution so as to destroy the inalienable right of the mine owners to do as they please. Cemetery Art Assailed. Baltimore American. From London comes the pessimistic sug gestion that tombstones ought to be perishable, so that they will not so long outlast the memory of those burled be neath them. And yet, human pride fondly believes that future generations will be Impressed with memories preserved la stone and marble. Disarmament Takes Root Anroad. Baltimore American. The czar may claim the credit for the first practical attempt at peace arbitration, but the prince of Monaco can send bis name thundering down the ages as the first to put In practice the Important prin ciple of disarmament. He Is about to give the world an object lesson on the sub ject by disbanding his standing army of thirty-two men. It remains to be seen how many of his fellow rulers will follow his noble and self-sacrificing example In the Interests of peace. Pension Recommendations. Springfield Republican. Pension Commissioner Ware may prove to be another Evans. He recommends that every pensioner who Is convicted of an in famous crime should lose his pension, al though congress In its wisdom and la Its cringing fear of the pension agents has decreed that when a pensioner Is In prison his pension shall go on just the same. Then, too, Mr. Ware condemns the bill which would open the pension roll to the deserters from both the federal and the confederate armies. These signs of Inde pendence oa the part of the commissioner ars good enough to pass along. BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. President Roosevelt has bad a heart-to-heart talk with a Washington florist who had taken unwarranted liberties with tho family, and the result la satisfactory to the president. This florist produced a new pink rose In his greenhouse, which in honor of the president's daughter he named "Miss Alice Roosevelt." The compliment waa ap preciated at the White House and If the flower vender had left well enough alone everything would have been lovely. Un fortunately his desire to advertise his rose overcame his discretion. He ordered sev eral new delivery wagons. They were painted white and on the sides in the most conspicuous manner possible appeared "Miss Alice Roosevelt." Under it in let ters that could scarcely be read from the sidewalk was "Our Newest Pink Rose" and the name of the florist. The matter was brought to the attention of the president and the florist was called to the White House. He was told In unmistakable terms that the president resented the liberties he waa taking with his daughter's name. The florist's wagons are now In a paint shop. At a sale of books In Washington the other evening the auctioneer put up a set of Theodore Roosevelt's works and after a sharp contest among bidders It was knocked down at a figure slightly In excess of the regular store price. When the auctioneer picked out a Ufa of Oeorge Washington and held that up with the usual preface of choice comment, silence followed the conclusion of his panegyric. Not a solitary bid was heard. Again the auctioneer tried the value of advertising, but not an offer was made. Tossing the book back on a shelf, he said In a tone of mingled contempt and dtBgust: "Oo back to the shelf, Georgel Tou're not wanted; you're a back number. The times are too strenuous for you, Oeorge." Men In hotet lobbies continue to talk about the late Thomas B. Reed, reports the Washington Post. Many of his admirers were in the Rlggs house last evening, and among them Hon. Lafe Pence, formerly in congress from Colorado, but now of Wyo ming. Mr. Reed greatly liked the brilliant and eloquent young representative from the west, though the two men were as wide apart as the poles In their political beliefs. There came a time, however, In the attri tion of congressional life when their kind regard temporarily gave way to something akin to dislike. Mr. Pence was as Im petuous as he was big-hearted and brainy, and he said something that gave the Maine man offense. It was about the free stiver business, of course, and such a casus belli could not permanently alienate them. The reconcili ation was really brought about ,by that golden-hearted gentleman, Amos Cummlnga, but Its climax was reached when Pence, In a humorous speech, alluded to Mr. Reed as the "mentor" ,of the republicans and the tormentor of the democrats. Further on he said that Mr. Reed was known by the people at large as the "zar," and they spelled It In .that simple fashion. The re publicans spelled It "czar," which was nat ural, for they regarded him as their Caesar; the democrats spelled It "tsar," because he was their ,teaaer, and sure enough the dic tionary authorized the three different ways. There was great applause at Pence's wit ticism, and Reed himself could not forbear to smile. After tho Colorado man. had taken hla seat the other slowly walked over, ex tended his hand and whispered, "Let's go and have lunch." The entente eordlale was completely re stored from that hour. Just after the senate adjourned one day recently a stout perspiring man, evidently from the country, and with, aa was after ward revealed, an unmistakable Kentucky accent, walked Into the room of the com mittee oa publto lands, deposited his silk bat on the table and snapped his Angers at Senator Hanabrough's secretary. When the secretary approached he said: 'A large glass of Bourbon, sah, and don t Insult mo with watah on the side." 'I think you've made a mistake, sir," re plied the secretary, "the restaurant Is on the opposite side of the hall." 'Young fellow," answered the Kentuck- lan Indignantly, "you simply don't know what you are talking about. 'Joe' Black burn, Senatah Blackburn, If you choose, told me this was 'Irrigation headquatahs,' and 'Joe' nevah made a mistake as to the location of 'Irrigation headquatahs In his life. Bring me that whisky, and bring it quick." 8enate document No. 2, the annual letter of the secretary of that body, contains an Instructive Inventory of public property Under his control. In the secretary's own room there are two cuspidors; In the finan cial room 6, In the executive clerk's t, In tho chief clerk's 4, in the engrossing and enrolling room 8, In the stationery room 8, In the library 14, In the document room 4. Thirty-eight cuspidors In the eight sub sidiary chambers controlled by the secre tary of the most august legislative body in the world. This leaves out of account the provisions for the accommodation of ninety senators In the hall of the senate, as well as 64 committee rooms, the restaurant, bath rooms, barber shop, etc At the same rats there ought to be about 600 cuspidors actually owned by the august body. Are we still a nation of spltters? Heaven for bid! By the side of this cuspidor array, the entry of 264 packs of carda, 41 corkscrews, 432 boxes of parlor matches and 7 eye shades among the stationery on hand, sink Into the shadows pf Insignificance. It Is hinted In Washington that every time Secretary Moody thinks of Cannon In the speaker's chair he also thinks of what might have been. When Moody relin quished his place In the house he could not foresee that Henderaon would resign the speakership. The Massachusetts man would have been a formidable candidate, and even bad be been beaten by Cannon he probably .would have succeeded that gen tleman as head of the appropriations com mittee a position of great power, as Moody well knows. Still more, he might have stepped to the front as a party leader In the house, with a prospect whose utter most confines would possibly Include the White House. All this Is said to bring a faraway look Into Secretary Moody's eyes once In a while. A Handaom Con of Ten. Philadelphia Press. The house of representatives has passed a bill to relieve tea In bonded warehouses from duty after January 1. The aenate will promptly comply and the tea mer chanta will thus be relieved of the neces sity of paying 87,000,000 in duties or of shipping 70.000,000 pounds of tea to other countries. They will probably be more watchful In the future and not get Into another "hole" of that kind. Where tho Squeese Comes In. Cleveland Leader. One of the Independent coal operators testified before the strike commission that he sold his coal to the railroad companies for 12 60 a ton. The railroad companies get a good part of the difference between that price and what the consumer pays. It Is easy to understand, therefore, where to put the blame lor extortion. illliiidl i I i f 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 Ayer'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 the formula. PERSONAL NOTES. Sidney Clark of Black River, Wis., the Inventor of the paper collar. Is now, at the ago of 98, at work on what he calls a spring automobile. The oldest armorer In the United States still working for the government is Ben jamin Hobbs of Springfield, Mass., having been so employed for over fifty years. The fact that James Carr of Oreenfleld, Mo., advertises his livery stable as "Carr'a horse cafe" causes something very much like a horse laugh even In that state. Charity Wiggins, a colored woman and the mother of the well known pianist. Blind Tom, has Just died at Birmingham, Oa. She was born In slavery and belonged to the family of General James N. Bethune. General Andre, the French minister of war. Is seeking to Improve the headgear of the French army. The present beadwear is said to have contributed in no small degree to the many recent cases of sunstroke. Ex-Secretary Long, In a speech before Harvard university students several days ago, referring to athletics, said: "Base ball and toot ball have come since my days In college, but when I think of last fall I wish they hadn't." Sir Liang Chen Tang, the new Chinese minister to the United States was once the star pitcher In the Phillips academy base ball team when It was regarded aa the best organization of Its kind In Massachusetts. This was twenty years ago. When Dr. Lorens was In Baltimore and as he was about to take his carriage in front of his hotel, a well known citizen and ad mirer took his solid gold watch from his fob and pressed it Into his hand, telling him to keep It as a token of his admiration. Congressman Louderslager of New Jersey was among those who saw their majorities much reduced at the recent election. Bab cock of Wisconsin reminded the easterner of this and "Loudy" replied contentedly: "Oh, yes, the majority was reduoed, but the salary remains the same." Congressman Hepburn of Iowa does not expect that a great deal of work will be done at the session Just opened, although he acknowledges that much legislation Is needed. Someone asked him for bis hon est opinion as to the probabilities. "I ahall draw my salary with characteristic promptitude," was his suggestive reply, Leopold Paris, who first introduced Ade Una Pattl to the lyric stage, died In Phila delphia on Saturday last. He was a native of Rome, but had been an exile from his native land many years on account of his participation la the Italian revolts of 1849. He was 85 years old at the time of his death and had resided in Philadelphia twenty years. PROSPERITY ATTRACTS SPANIARDS. Many Retorn to Their Former Homes In Porto Rico nnd Cnha. Philadelphia Press. The Spaniards begin to realize the ad vantage of living In a country over which the United States flag floats and hundreds of them who went home to Spain from Porto Rico when that Island became the property of the United. States are now returning. In the last fiscal year 641 re turned and the number has been Increasing since June. They see that Porto Rico la prosperous and that they are better pro tected there than when at horn In Spain. Many have also returned to Cuba, being satisfied that under the Piatt amendment to the Cuban constitution the United States will not permit that country to become a borne for revolutions, such as character ized so many of the former Spanish colo nies on this continent. With stable gov ernment, and no excesalva taxation such as Spain Imposed, both Porto Rico and Cuba are certain to be prosperous. Porto Rico Is already In that condition, and Cuba, under a fair reciprocity treaty with the United States, would be equally certain of Scarcely believe that the art of weaving has acquired such deftness in color blending aa is crowded into our lounging robetf of this season's creating. There's comfort in every robe and the eye is pleased with the robing. Some of our showing may be duplicated elsewhere. Most of them not. And now is the time to make the selection, 3.00 to $40. "NO CLOTH INO PITS LIKE OURS." f a Commencing Thursday evening, we are open until Christ mas. ' R S. WILCOX, Rlo-naer. There is safety in Ayer's Sar saparilla. You can trust it even e aria 00., lxiw.ll Maw. prosperity If provided with a good govern ment. The sugar crop of. Porto Rico for this year Is the largest, with one exception, over produced, and next year's crop wlU probably be the largest. There has been a considerable Increase In the area of to bacco culture and progress Is marked In all directions. In 1897. under the Span lards, there were 538 schools on the Island, whereas there are now nearly 1,000. The death rate has greatly docreascd, more land Is cultivated, new roads Have been built, exports and Imports have Increased and the healthy progress and steady ad vancement noted Is as attractive to Span iards as to other nationalities. In the Philippines the same kind ol prosperity la springing up. though Porto Rico has the advantage in the people who make up her population and In closer prox. lmlty to the United States. But nothing li more certain In this world's affairs that the future prosperity of the Philippine as well as that of Porto Rico. POINTED REMARKS. Boston Transcript: First Politician Ot eourae, you consider yourself master of tlu situation! Second Ditto Quess you haven't heard of my marriage. , Chicago Tribune: The Doctor There is nothing In the world the matter with you but iHslneaa. The scientific name of It Is clnniiasls. ' - The Patient What! Cln-cln well, let It go. It's too much work to say It. Washington Star: "Some men," said Uncle Eben,- "express high sentiments 'cause dey's naturally good, an' some does It Jes' to throw oft suspicion." Detroit Free Press: Mean Old Man t don't believe your story, ,nor believe that you are blind. Prove It. Beggar If I wasn't blind I never would have asked you for assistance. . New York Press: "Brooks." said Riv ers, "aecond time you've used the term 'aching void." How can a void ache?" "Well." said Brooks reflectively, "not to speak of a hollow tooth, don't you some times have the headache?" Baltimore American: MafcRsby T noticed that Ketherher used vinegar Instead of maple drip on hla cakes at breakfast and didn't seem to notice the difference at all. Waga-sby I wonder who the poor girl can be I Chicago Post: "When it comes to mar riage I wouldn't give a thought to how much the man I love Is making," remarked the dreamy eyed girl. "Neither would I," answered the prac tical damsel. "What would primarily In terest me would be how m oh he had al ready made. There's n use taking chances." DEAR SANTA CLAIS. Philadelphia Catholic Standard. "Dear Santa Claus," our first-born wrote, "I want a sled, a nice new coat, A soldier man 'at's got a gun, A train of choo-chno cars at run, Some candy and a billy-goat" Ah! Santa Claus, we loved to quote 1 The full text of that childish note. He was our flrat, our only one, Dear Santa Claus. But since his babyhood remote ' More babes have come on whom we dote. And though they write as he had dona, We do not think it now much fun. You've coat us many a dollar-note, Dear Santa Claus. HEART BREAKING SITUATION. Chicago Post. I believe 'twas to Louise I went down upon my knees In the darkness of the hall; r But fair Eva looka my way With a smile that seems to say, ' "You to me are all In all." I believe I met Louise, And. without e'en "If you pleass," Clasped her fondly In my arms; But the twilight had set In, And fair Eva la her twin, 1 With the same delightful charms. I believe It wss Loule Whom I dared to boldly seize In an ecataay of biles; But fair Eva'a meaning smile Makes me wondxr all the while , Which one really got the klas. ,'