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TITE OMAHA DATIjY T1EE: TUESDAY, DECEMBETl 30, 1002. The omaha Daily Bee. E. ROBEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLIHHED EVERT MORN1NO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee (without Sunday), fine Year. MOO Dally Bh anil Suii'Ih.v, one Year lot Illustrated U.'f, iini. Year 2V Sunday Hee, o:,e lear S t" 8a turn ay Hee, One Vcar l.fiu Twentieth t.'entury Farmer, One Yar.. l.tM UKLIVKRKD HY CARRIER. Dally Bee (without Sunday), per copy... 2c Dally Hee (without Sunday), per week. .lie Dally Bee (Including Sunday), per week. 17c Hunday Bee, per ropy be Evening Hc (without Sunday), per week 6c Evening Ben (Including Hunday), per week lOr. Complaints of Irregularities In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. Bouth Omaha city Hall B ulldlng, Twen- tjr-Mfth and M Street. Councll Bluffe in Pearl Street. Chicago 1W0 I nlty Building. New York 23:'S 1'ark How Building. Washington .VH Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. 8tat of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.: Oeorge B. Tiw hock, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, saya that the actual number of full ami complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee prlnlvd during the month of November, liwt, waa as follows: 1 31,470 16 2H.4.HS t 20,400 17 ao,mo 31,0410 18 30.870 4 81,8ftO 19 80,940 1 41.05 10 8O.H0O S4.BIVO 21 30.630 7 81.310 23 81.410 80.84O 23 33.310 2ttt,67S 24 80.02O 1 81,aM 26 3 1. (MM) 11 80,970 2S ,.31.000 1J 80.7OO 27 30.7HO 11 30,HiiO 28 31,130 14 30,730 29 S1.4M0 U 31,310 10 2M.470 Total , Lena unsold and returned copies. .932.9 lO . 9.33T Net total sales 022.W73 Nat average sales ao,7B GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence anil sworn to before me this 30th day of November, A. D. 11)02. M. B. Ml.NOATE. (Seal) Notary Public. By Its next transformation the free- for-all party franchise will be made a free-for-none franchise. It would Indeed be highly sensational If Morgan or Schwab should not try to buy up something big In Europe for a week or two. It la worthy of note that both 'Ne braska's senators still live in Nebraska and have some place to go when they want to go home. The Interchange of bouquets between General Miles and the empress dowager of China must be regarded as one of the crowning victories In the closing year, The number of those who claim the distinction of being descendants of Aaron Burr almost equal those who had the honor of shoeing George Washing' ton's horse. The organs of the fire underwriters are again complaining that the rates on fire risks are not blzh enough. Thev will have difficulty In persuading Omaha policy holders to that belief. Nothing has failed oftener or .more completely than the prediction that Sec retary Shaw was to retire from the cabinet, but still the Washington cor respondents are trying It again. With the funds donated by Andrew Carnegie for Its new library building now available, It Is up to South Omaha to push the work along and make the library a reality before another year ia over. Prom the way In which Richard Oroker la buying up a landed estate every now and then in England it Is evident he told the truth when he de clared he bad had enough of New York politics. It ia explained on behalf of the Mexi eana that -while they want to show all courtesy to Colonel Bryan on account of his eminence as a party leader there is no disposition to take his advice with reference to silver. The annual tug of war for the control of the county hospital and poor farm is heaving Into sight It Is too bad this institution cannot be taken out of the realm of politics and placed under some sort of civil service regulation. One of the legislative measures the State Bar association is incubating con templates simplifying the practice be fore the supreme court Up to this time the lawyers have been busily engaged In complicating the practice before the courts. The week between Christmas and New Tear's will soon belong to the school teachers and college professors, who are fast monopolizing It for meetings of their various associations. Education is object which vitahf Interests every family. If the schools are improved as ft result of these meetings the public will get the benefit as well as the teachers. That .Is an excellent Indlaua law which makes the failure of a sheriff to protect a prisoner in his custody from lynching cause for suspension and removal from office, and. what is equally commend able, it is being enforced to the letter. Lynching is Inexcusable nuder all cir cumstances, but It is especially heinous when Its victim is already in the hands C law officers who connive at mob vloioo.ee. Political gossip has it that John N Baldwin of Iowa Is actively engaged in promoting the candidacy of W. T Thompson of Merrick for speaker of the house at the impending session of the Nebraska legislature. Political gossip also has it that the Douglas delegation Is pledged to Mr. Thompson, leaving it to the public to reason from cause to affect On the other hand. Mr. Thomp son is personally a clever fellow and ought not to be handicapped with Mr, Baldwin's support WILL THK BLOCKADE BE BAlStDI That In a question of Terr great In terest to Venezuela nnd which it I" nn dorstood la receiving attention at Wash ington. It wag stated some days ago that our government would urge the European goveninienta to call off the blockade during the progress of the rbitratlcm proceedings, bo that trade with Venezuela could go on. It la aaid that the Venezuelan government will sk this and In that event It should ave the support of the United States. There is a considerable commerce be- ween this country and the southern re public and there seems to be no good reason why It should not be allowed to be carried on without Interference while arbitration proceedings are In progress. There Is nothing In the constitution of The Hague tribunal that bears upon the question of calling off the blockade, iut It .appears a most reasonable conclu sion tlmt when the allies take their case to the international court for a peace able settlement they should end' the warlike demonstration they are making In Venezuelan waters. This la due to the interests of neutral nations, which are entitled to consideration and It could do no Injury to the allies. Our government should make an earnest ef fort to have the blockade raised a soon as the terms and condition! of the ar bitration are settled. BAiLWAr DEVELOPMENT. The period of great railroad construc tion In this country was between 18S0 and lflf5 and it was thought that never again would recorda be made In a single year that would compare with or ap proximately approach yearly records of that period. But In the present year a little over 0,000 miles of railway have been constructed, at an estimated .cost of about $200,000,000, and the work of development Is still going on. Moreover there Is an Intimation, writes the New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Press that if the present industrial ac tivity continues we may look next year and the year affer for the construction of new railway lines, .almost all of them being branches or feeders of ex- sting systems, whose mileage will equal the total mileage of the railroads of the United States fifty years ago. Of course nearly all the railroad con struction of the present year has been in the west and southwest and the fur ther railway development will De mainly In , those sections. It Is said that the region where the most promis ing results just now consequent upon a new railway construction are foreseen by capitalists Is in Oklahoma and In dian Territory and the very rich neigh boring districts. Nearly 600 miles of railway have been constructed in Okla homa this year and It is expected that next year as many mll;s will be. built, while In the Indian Territory there is promise of much activity in railway con structlon. - In Texas, also, railroad de velopment is making good progress. Manifestly the railway Interest la strlv lng to keep up with the Industrial prog' ress of the country and the effort to do this is being well rewarded. According to the report of the Interstate Commerce commission the net earnings of the rail roads of the United States for the fiscal year ending on Juno 30 last were over $51,000,000 greater than for the previous year and the divldenda declared were nearly, $30,000,000 more than those of the preceding year. The trouble Is that the railroads are making the public pay roundly for their development by unduly Increasing their charges. PROPOSED KIOHT-HOVR LAW. The bill which passed the house of representatives and Is now In the senate, proposing that eight hours shall con stitute a day's work for all laborers and mechanics employed upon work done for the United States, is a very important measure. If it shall become a law It is believed by men engaged In the in dustrles that It will have a very decided effect upon industrial conditions, not to the advantage of either labor or capital. Many manufacturers, particularly those connected with the national association, have expressed themselves in regard to the proposed law and they are prae tlcally unanimous in the view that a re duction of the hours of labor to eight however desirable at some indefinite time in the future. Is too violent a propo sition for present adoption. Washington correspondents say that the hearings on this question which have been in progress before the senate com niittee on education and labor have been of a remarkable character and that a sharp and fierce battle was waged be tween representatives of capital and the representatives of labor, in which the latter appear to have gained the ad vantage. They were able to convince the senate committee that the proposed law is desirable and accordingly Its enactment is strongly and earnestly urged In a report by the chairman of the committee, Senator McComas of Mary land. Cogent arguments are presented in support of the bill and It is held that such a law would be constitutional. The question of an eight-hour labor day is principally economic. The ad vocates of a shorter working day urge that It would be a benefit to the workers. in giving them more hours for mental improvement and recreation, while not necessarily reducing production, their view being that men can work more energetically if they labor fewer hours dally. Manufacturers and other employ ers of lator very 'generally assert, on the other hand, that the great majority of workers would be Injured rather than benefited by reducing the hours of work that it would be Impossible to maintain the existing; rate of production, that prices of all manufactured commodities would inevitably be higher and that the effect npon the industries would be revo lutionary. It seeing that the nianu facturers who apieared before the sen ate committee were unable to present such substantial grounds for their rea soulog as to impress the committee, so that It appears safe to assume that the senate will pass the bill. In that event a vigorous Impetus will be given throughout the country to the demand for an eight-hour working day nd it will very likely be generally suc cessful. Once tle movement begins to make headway It will undoubtedly make rapid progress. THE COXSTITVTHM AP THE THVSTS. The record f the New Hampshire constitutional convention with reference to unlawful trusts and combinations In restraint of trade forcefully marks out he line of efficient dealing with that subject and It Is espeelnlly significant in bearing on the necessity of a national constitutional convention. When the question arose in the New Hampshire convention on the adoption of a pro vision requiring publicity and providing other rigorous restraints for such com binations the convention was found to be practically unanimous, only two mem bers out of a total of 315 going on record n the negative on the "decisive vote. Yet In the legislatures of that state for a long period It has been found lmpos- ible to secure substantial safeguards gainst the aggressions of great corpora tions and monopolizing combinations, and they have been able by their familiar methods to prevent the sub mission of the necessary constitutional amendments to popular vote. But the calling of a constitutional convention at last gave the people a chance to enforce their will and opened up freely the sub jects on which they distinctly demand reform. It need hardly be pointed out that the same considerations apply with equal If not greater force to change of the federal constitution with regard to tho trust question and ninny others. The machinery for amendment Is such as to place serious obstacles in the way of any attempt to secure genuine reform on these subjects. While the people. of the nation, like those of New Hampshire, are overwhelmingly in favor of thorough and enforclble remedies for the evils of wrongful corporation combinations, there Is little prospect that. a satisfactory con stitutional amendment could be got through congress. The method of amendment is so hedged about that cor porate Influence could too easily block the way. Whether present federal legis lation exhausts the powers of the consti tution or not, many thoughtful men be lieve , that nothing less than the in corporation in the national constitution of a mandatory provision requiring con gress to act and clothing It and the executive with ample powers can ac complish the reform that the American people require. If this Ylew be correct the motive power must come direct from the people acting upon the several state legis latures, as It did in the case of the New Hampshire convention, and It must take the form of a demand for a national constitutional convention. This would take the question of change In the organic law out of the hands of con gress and place It where the corpora tion combinations and trusts would be at a comparative disadvantage for de feating the will of the people. UAK.K OMAHA A GRAIX MARKET. For years The Bee has constantly ad vocated a movement that would make Omaha a grain market of the same class as Kansas City, St Paul and Minne apolis. That this city is so situated to the corn and wheat-producing country as to make it the natural outlet for the products of a vnst agricultural territory Is plainly apparent to every one. In the last few years Nebraska has become as much of a wheat state as It has been a corn state, and If only half of the grain shipped out of Nebraska alone were mar keted in this city we would soon build up a grain Industry of imposing propor tions. The time, therefore, seems more auspicious than ever for making a grain market here which In a short time would give Omaha the same rank as a grain center that It now holds as a meat packing point With a grain market In Omaha we would soon have grain elevators, big flouting and cereal mills, starch factories and a host of smaller Institutions work ing up by-products that would eventu ally give employment to thousands of wage workers. That there are obstacles In the way of accomplishing this purpose goes without saying, but there is no good reason why, with a concerted effort on the part of all our business men, these obstacles should not be surmounted here as they have been in rival places and the year 1003 made notable by Omaha's advent into the list of grain market cities. Another pertinent question in connec tion with the prospective charter revision Is, What has become of that beautiful scheme for a benevolent administration of the city by a patriotic committee of five self-sacrificing citizens, which was projected with so much eclat scarcely a year ago The aristocratic backers of this aristocratic government at one time insisted that it contained the solution of all the ills that beset the municipal body polMlc, past present and future. Has not this scheme a single champion among the members-elect to the legisla ture? It Is probably true, from a strict legal standpoint, that the election of a Judge on, the bench to congress Is a violation of the Iowa constitution, whether the term of the judge expires or not before the beginning of the congressional term. The words of the constitution are plain and the distinct purpose was to separate Judicial officers from political eompllca tions. But the house of representatives Is the sole judge of the qualifications of its members and It has refused in sev eral cases to act on state restrictions like that of Iowa. If all the railroads in the United States should advance the wages of their employes so that the average would be 10 per cent higher It would mesa a total of $."o,000,(H)0 increase In a year. certainly a large sum, but comparatively Inconsiderable as a share of the enor mous Increase of the net earnings of the roads In recent years. On the basis of the present ton mitre It would require only one-third of 1 mill per ton to pay It. Demand IhaslnaT Supply. Milwaukee Sentinel. The supply of boodlers holds out In 8t. Louis, notwithstanding the fart that the jails are filling up and courts are working overtime. Rich Enonnh to Reform. Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. John C. Havemeyer's reason for with drawing from the sugar trust was that he couldn't be a Christian and stay In. It Is noticed, however, that John's Christianity didn't strike until he had made his pile. Year's Greatest Achievement. Providence Journal. When the record for the year 1902 is written it will probably appear that the most conspicuous material achievement of the twelvemonth was the sending of ex tended messages with entire success by wireless telegraph across the Atlantic. Room for Missionary Work. Chicago Record-Herald. Mr. Bryan is in Mexico. Now that the Mexicans are preparing to adopt the gold standard the gentleman from Nebraska probably regards our neighboring republic as a part of the enemy's country and there fore a proper place (or missionary work. Effect of Diplomatic Pressare. Indianapolis Journal. No American secretary of stats has achieved more diplomatic triumphs than Secretary Hay. The consent of the Euro pean powers to submit the Venezuelan mat ter to arbitration by The Hague tribunal Is his latest. Their consent was due to diplomatic pressure. Covllnsr Hot PrrsTlsa Blood. Indianapolis News. Reports from Uraa, Peru, say that a storm that struck that Andean city recently spread a foot of snow on the streets and dropped the mercury to 3 degrees below lero. A few meteorological effects of this kind would work a radical change In the governmental aspects of South America. If the people down there would eat more snowballs and less red pepper they wouldn't be so keen for the revolutionary game. Hovr Times Hits Chanced. Springfield Republican. It Is torty-elght years since the first trans-Atlantic cable was laid. How we have progressed since then! The beginning of the work of stretching the new Pacific cables excltea little more than local com ment, and although - Marc'oni has tele graphed across the Atlantic without arti ficial conductors, the news Is received la a matter-of-course way. Half a century ago the country went wild over the first faulty successes of Cyrus W. Field. Mass meet ings of celebration were held and email sections of the cable furnished much-prized ornaments. Philadelphia Record. A decision Just delivered by the supreme court of the United States shows that there is ample power in the several states to ef fectively punish adulterations of foods. A person named Layton, In St. Louis, under took to oontest the constitutionality of a law of Missouri on this tubje.it. Layton was convicted In the local courts for using alum in the manufacture of baking powder, and was fined JipOpr the offense. The supreme court affirms this action, and the tine must be paid. But apart from the con stitutional aspects of this case, a much greater punishment Is In the notoriety which It has given to the manufacturer who mixes alum In his powder for baking bread. If the same publicity could be given in re gard to all the fraudulent adulterations of food and drink there would be little need of any other penalty. NEBRASKA AT THE HEAD. Jumps from Seventh to First Place la a, Cessna Computation. Boston Transcript. The tables from the advance sheets of the new census, showing the percentages of literacy of those persona between 10 and 14 years of age in the various states and territories of the Union are Interesting and instructive. Nebraska stands at the head of the list with a record of 99.66. Ten years ago she was seventh, Iowa being first and Massachusetts second. Now Iowa is second and Massachusetts ninth, yet this state has advanced from 99.17 In 1890 to 99.33 In 1900. This Is certainly a record of which we need not be ashamed when we consider how strongly urban as well as manufacturing Is this state In character. and a gateway of immigration, thus offer ing strong Inducements to many newly ar rived and ignorant foreigners to remain here, while the more rural and agricultural states have a natural advantage in this re spect. The lowest In the scale is Louisiana, with a record of 67.12, but even there a hopeful gain has been effected, as the per centage In 1890 was only 67.26. South Caro lina and Alabama come next in order, reck oning from the bottom, though both have made gains. New Mexico, which has been knocking for admission to statehood for many years, stands above at least three of the thirteen original states, so she can hardly be kept out on the ground of ignor ance. The hopeful thing about these fig ures is that almost every state Is showing an advance in literacy, most or them already rating high. MRS. GRANT'S WISHES. Interior of the Grant Mssiacst Ar ranged as tho Widow Desired. New York Sun. The letter which follows was written nearly eleven years sgo by the widow of Oeneral Grant to the late Genoral Ctarlea H. T. Collis, and, of course, has never be fore been published: "No. S East Sixty-Sixth Street Jan. t, 1892. General Collis Dear Sir: I wish to communicate through you to the 'Grant Monument association.' Some weeks ago Mr. Duncan, the architect, who Is to build the monument tor my husband, General Grant, suggested, whilst showing me the plans of said monument, that ray remains should be placed la the same sarcophagus with those of General Grant, this, he said, would save space. I wish now to most earnestly protest against this plan. Gen eral Grant must have his on sarcophagus, and I my casket beside htm. "General Grant's identity must remain distinct. Hereafter when persons visit this spot, they must he able to say, 'Here rests General Grant. ' Yours most sincerely, "JCLIA D. GRANT." Mrs. Grant's wishes, thus directly and simply expressed, were respected In the arrangement of the final plan of the monu ment. Most people, we think, will be touched by her manifestation of a conscien tious solicitude for the historic proprieties snd a definite purpose perhaps at variance with the natural impulse of the wife. This Is why the chamber In which Gen eral Grant rests by the Hudson differs in one particular, so conspicuous that no vis itor falls to observe It, from that other Impressive tomb Bear the beak ef the Seise. BITS OP WAMIIX1TO LIFE. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. The demand for copies of patent records from outside parties caused an enormous in crease in the work of the pateut office this month and a corresponding strain on the typewriting machines and operators. Some remarkable records in typewriting were made In the assignment division. On De cember 17 there were 122.450 words written by the typewriters. This ia about 125 per cent more than the average and is more by 50,000 than ever were written before In the same length of time. The work of this office was kept behind for a long time by the number of applications for copies of records and it finally was decided to allow all the extra typewriter operators in the de partment who could be spared to attend to this work exclusively. The result has been that an enormous amount of work has been done and some remarkable records have been made. The average individual record of a type writer In the patent office Is from 6,500 to 6,000 words. December 17 the average was about 9,000 words, and several of the operators went beyond this record. Several wrote 10,000 words, but the record Is held by a young woman who In five hours wrote 13,300 words, an average of 3,660 words an hour, or nearly forty-five words a minute. In typewriter contests this number Is ex ceeded often, but in ordinary work It has never been exceeded, at the patent office at least. Third Assistant Postmaster General Mad den makes a suggestion which will find great favor with manufacturers, merchants and advertisers, whose business compels them to send large quantities of circulars or small packages of merchandise through the mails. General Madden proposes to do away with the affixing of stamps to Identical pieces of printed matter or to articles of merchandise. The person sending this class of matter through the mail will simply pay the amount of postage required to the post masters, whereupon the goods will go through the same as though each piece bore a stamp. General Madden alio proposed to abandon the work of canceling and dating these parcels, thus effecting a large saving of time In the handling of this class of mall matter. "The stamping of circular and small arti cles of merchandise Is a time-killing em ployment," said General Madden, in discus sing his proposition. "Houses that send out great quantities of circulars and merchan dise packages are required to employ clerks for the purpose of stamping the mail mat ter. Then, when this Is delivered at the postofflce, the stamp clerk wastes enough time in looking for the stamps on a package to stamp and distribute a dozen letters. Manufacturers are constantly making com plaint that their goods are being damaged by the concellatlon process. Calendars, cards and all printed matter that Is rolled are subject to damage every time a postal clerk takes a shot with a canceling stamp. Fountain pens and other manufactured goods are frequently ruined In this manner." General Madden's plan calls for the preparation of a special wrapper to be sold by the department to the large users of mails. The plan has been explained to the house committee on postofflces and post roads and has met with considerable favor. The adoption of the system would almost do away with the 1-cent stamp. "Decidedly s power In the senate, aa ha is everywhere he goes, is Mark Hanna," writes Walter Wellman In Success. "Oddly enough, Hanna is stronger now than he was a year or two ago. Then there was a little jealousy of him on account of his membership of the kitchen cabinet at the White House. The senate, remember, pro ceeds always upon the theory that it Is supreme, and not even a president may dictate to it or seek to manipulate It through a backstairs agent. With the change at the White House, Hanna stands on his own merits, and these frankness, good humor, common sense, courage and of late a power of expression which has made him almost an orator have given him high rank. He Is seen to be solar, not lunar. Now he has power and influence second to none In the senate, and this la because he is Mark Hanna, not on account of any one else. The man with dollar marks all over his ample person is dead, and In his place Is the man who wears his heart on his sleeve and has more personal friends than any. other living American. He Is now the most popular republican on the democratlo side of the senate chamber, the majority senator who has the greatest Influence with the men of the minority. One of the great est triumphs ever won In congress waa that which Hanna achieved with his Panama canal bill. When he began his campaign all but five senators favored Nicaragua, but when the roll was finally called, he had a majority of eight." An Inquisitive visitor was received by President Roosevelt the other day. After the formal greetings the visitor drew the president to one side and in a stage whisper asked for a little confidential information regarding the probability of this nation's being plunged Into war with Germany and Great Britain by the Venezuelan crials. The president listened to the question atten tively and -finally said In a voice which reached all over his office, "Why, of course there Is not going to be any war." The visitor was not satisfied and he Insisted that the president tell him why he was able to make that assertion. "Do you sup pose that I would permit any war," asked the president, seriously, "while I am penned up here In the White House and could not get Into It?" The room of the commltee on pensions is called the deadhouse since the last battle between the republicans and the democrats. There were more casualties In that com mittee than in any other. Congressman Walter Reeves of Illinois Is the chairman and as the committee has but little business pending before It the chairman did not have chance to count up the dead until be called a meeting Just before the Christmas vacation. Then Mr. Reeves discovered that over half of the committee had fallen In the struggle. Eight of Its members will not answer roll call In the Fifty-eighth con gress. Mr. Reeves himself refused a nom (nation for re-election, having determined to return to his law practice. Corliss of Mich lgan, Tompkins of New York, Jaok of Penn sylvanla, Lewis of Pennsylvania, Irwin of Kentucky. Rhea of Kentucky and Mutchler of Pennsylvania were all defeated. "It cer talnly seems to me that we were very un lucky In the fight," observed Chairman Reeves o the mourners. "Why shouldn t we be?" asked Mr. Sulzer of New York, who then called attention to the fact that there were thirteen members of the commit tee. The next largest number of casualties was la the committee of accounts. Five of Its nine members failed of re-election. When the bill for the relief of the tea Im porters, who, under a decision of the circuit court In New York, were compelled to pay the war tariff of 10 cents a pound on tea In bond, waa under consideration In the house of representatives John Wesley Gaines of Tennessee, who Is frequently referred to as "the Irrepressible," offered an amendment removing the duty on anthracite coal. The motion brought Representative Payne to his feet with a jump. "I ask to be Informed what possible re lation anthracite coal bears to tea," Mr. Payne announced, sarcastically. "I only thought you might like a little coal te warm yeur tea," replied Mr. Galnea, I EVERYBODY WAS RIGHT." Charles Francis Adama View of One Only Great War. Baltimore Pun. Mr. Charles Francis Adams of Boston, In his address Monday evening In Charles ton, S. C, at the banquet of the New Eng land society of that city, asserted that the civil war was a necessity from the very nature of the Constitution of tha Vnited States. Mr. Adams has long en tertained liberal views on this subject. Last June, In a speech In Chicago, he paid an eloquent tribute to General Robert E. Lee, to whom, he said, the nation owes a debt of gratitude for his decision not to prolong the strife through guerrilla warfare. In his Charleston address Mr. Adams frankly asserted that his study of the questions which led up to the civil war had convinced him that "everybody was right; nobody was wrong." "So far as I enn ascertain," said Mr. Adams, "every state In the federation became a member of the union with mental reservations. The one thing our ancestry united In most apprehending was a centralized government. From New Hampshire to Georgia such a government was associated with the Idea of a foreign regime. The people clung to the local autonomy the sovereignty of the state." The civil war was. In Mr. Adams' opinion. sn irrepressible. Inevitable conflict over the question of sovereignty, and. In his view, when It came to be decided "either side could offer good ground, historical and legal, for any attitude taken In regard to It." It Is refreshing to find so distinguished a representative of Massachusetts opinion as Mr. Adams conceding that the south had ample constitutional warrant for mak ing war In defense of state sovereignty. Mr. Adams makes the Interesting suggestion that if the southern states had withdrawn from the union before 1861 "they would never have failed of success." They were conquered, In bis opinion, not by military skill, or wealth or courage but by steam and electricity. "Before 1861," he observed, steam and electricity, neither on land nor water, had been rendered so subservient to man as to make him equal to the prodi gious, the unprecedented task then under taken and finally accomplished." Mr. Adams' Charleston address will enhance his repu tation as a diligent student of American history and an able and fair-minded ex pounder of the Constitution. PERSONAL NOTES. The New Hampshire constitutional con vention took care to adjourn when the ap propriation for the convention had been used up. E. S. Chapman of Cincinnati, O., a nephew of Hans Van Winkle, who has been im mortalized by Washington Irving in his "Rip Van Winkle," died Wednesday. With "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, John L. Sullivan and "Golden Rule" Jones at their dinner, the Salvation Army of Toledo may claim to have attracted "de quality." When Reed Smoot of Utah and Levi An- heny of Walla Walla and a few others of that graft get Into the senate, the roll call will be something extremely melliflu ous. Mayor Hayes of Baltimore Is In favor of reviving the Oriole, an annual fete, which years ago was recognized as a fixture In that city as much as the Mardt Gras is at New Orleans. Colonel Thomas Wentworth Hlgginson has turned his 81st year and Is still in fairly good health, passing considerable time at his writing table. Among New England men of letters only Dr. Edward Everett Hale Is his senior. There Is a dressmaking school In Brillon, Wis., and the looal paper speaks of the en thusiastic young women who attend as If they were making some sacrifice. All women take enough interest in dress with out the aid of a school. The completion of the great Nile reservoir recalls Lord Mllner's story of what a wise native told him twenty years ago. "If you are gblng In for charlatanism," said the Egyptian, "relieve the land tax. If your object is to give hospitality to Egypt create a reservoir." The National Woman's Christian Temper ance union wUl not bold its next convention in Milwaukee, because the only hall avail able is owned by a brewer and Is adjacent to three saloons, and, in view of possible strained relations, It has been suggested that they meet in some American city. For the third time In the memory of this generation a big block of Astor real estate in New York City has been sold. Colonel John Jacob Astor has disposed of forty lota, valued at about $750,000. The two other Astor sales were made in 1898 and 1900. For about a century it has been the custom of the family to Increase and retain real es tate holdings. Governor OdMl of New York goes about the prepartlon of state papers, such as an nual measagea, In cautious and methodical fashion. First he digests one topic thor oughly and writes it. Then he puts it away and tackles another. When all have been written he sits down with his secre tary and the pair go over tha topics one by one, changing and correcting until they are satisfied It will stand any criticism that may be hrougnt against it. Emperor William has informed the Prin cess Salm Hostmar and several other la dles of his court thst they are not fitted to fight vice or elevate the social conditions of the cities. The noblewomen bad formed an anti-vice society In Berlin, and the em peror, in discouraging the movement, wrote to the princess that she "should know that such things are much better left to the law and Its officers, and If it is true that even they ars frequently puzzled as DRAUGHT is FACE And there is nothing you can use for defense equal to Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. It prevents. It Dro- aasssssaaasssssssssBssss.......... "V -"-r-TV- i tects. Even after you have the severe cold, or" the hard cough of bronchitis, la grippe, or asthma, you may come off conqueror with this standard family cough medicine. More than this: rj Consumption itself may be cured. In the J l first' stages, nearly W 1 Vrtltii Ars.nm ...Ml t - awui uuviui win giauiy icu yuu wny mis meui cine has such soothing and healing power. , I. O. ATM CO., Lowsll, Ktas. " I have found Ayer's Cherry Pectoral the best sll-round remedy for Influenza, bronchitis, coughs, snd lung troubles that I have ever tried." M. Lodemsn, M.D., Itbacs, N. Y. jsztBBauaiaiL THE OLD RELIABLE fit Absolutely Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE te what course to pursue, how can you women, residing in palaces or on estates la prosperous surroundings, undertake to successfully fight the evil?" Major General Adna R. Chaffee, home from China and the Philippines, has been visiting the scenes of his childhood In Ash tabula county, Ohio. In response to some question in regard to the "war" ia China the general said: "It was rotten, from a fighting standpoint no war at all, in fact. The Chinese troops are very Inferior sol diers." The general has great admiration for the empress of China, whom he pro nounces to be a wonderful woman. POINTED RKM1RKI, Yorkers Statesman: Penman Yeu say you like my books? Wright Well, I'm stuok on two of them. "Which two?" "Tho two I bought." Washington Star: "What Is a statesman-?" asked the youth. "A statesman," answered th cynical citi zen, "Is a man who can talk at length on a subject without publicly jImc:osIiiu Ills Ig norance concerning it." New York Times Washington wasakod If he wan pleased with the title of Futtier of his Country. "It's great," he replied, benmlng. "I cer tainly wouldn't want to father toe city." Hastily extricating himself from the sub way and sMe-sli'ppfng from an automobile, he fled to Mount Vernon. Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Motile Brown, has a model husband." "In what way?" ' "Whenever he doesn't eat any thin" she asks him If the cooking Isn't as good as his mother's." "And what does be say?" "He says he has no loiiht It Is. but that his Indigestion has quite unfitted him to be a competent Judge." " Philadelphia Press: "Yea, ho'e given , up the political Job ha had." Tin! Idt-H ! why I understood It was a regular little sinecure." "So It was. but after the last election It became a little Insecure." Philadelphia Press: "Another thing about these apples." the dealer aaid, opening the barrel for his Inspection, "Is that If ymi put them in a cool place they will keep uU winter." "I am quite positive they won't,", said the oustomer, who happened to be the father of a half grown boy, "but I'll take them." Brooklyn Life: Mrs. Newrlche Now, here's my latest portrait In oils, and 1 must say I'm perfectly satixfted with It. I'm sure It does me juntice; don't you think so? Mrs. Cuttlnge Yes, Indeed; Justice tem pered with mercy. Philadelphia Catholic Standard: "So you don't mind my piano playing, Mr. Hkorcher?" remarked Miss Nedooryi ' ' "Not at all." replied Skorcher. "I like It best when your rousting." "When I'm coasting?'' "Yes, when you keep your feot off the pedals." New York Sun: Wagner had Just dis charged tho cook when strange noises ar rested his attention. "Kurcka!" he cried, "the very thing! I'll found a new school of music! . Hastily scoring the effect of crashing pots, smashing china and breaking furn.lt lire, he forthwith became famous. Chicago Post: "Dldn" yoj tell me dat dog you Bold me were a huntin' dog?" "Sho'." "He don' want to do nuflln' but Inok foh a comf'able place to lie down In." "Da'n right. Huntin' wahm spots Is his specialty." THK VANISHED M'NCIf. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. It happened at a boarding house Where married couples stay. And where the men folks (wiser sox!) For luncheon do not stay. But Jenkins he was III one day. And tarried In his room, The women aaked him down to lunch The Fatee' Inviting doom.. With, linen white the hoard was spread And decked with shining glass. There was a glass of milk for each, A dish of apple suss. Some crackers, too, and eke some cheese. And e'en a loaf of bread. And Jenkins tilled his vacant plate And casually he fed. He finished up the apple ease And started on the cheese, And softly said he did not rare For little things like these. .f He gobbled up a loaf of hreHd The women looked dismayed And then he laid aside liib fork, . His knife aside he laid. He said he was not hungry and He smiled upon that bunch, And meekly he Inquired why They did not bring the. lunch. And then the women they rla up; They rlz up grim and tall And shrieked at Jenkins: "Oh, you wretch! You've gone and et It all!" a FOB IT !!! all; later on, not so many. .lt - . i.ll I .Ll. I. I j)BF!iia.tmM" w.nMuiswnniuajiifajMiEtt ( V'VsJ-'r it .-. . &f3l
