Tiie umaiia Daily Hee,
E. R08EWATEK, EDITOR.
PUBLISHED EVKHY MOKN1NO.
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itorial matter should ho addressed: omaha
tee. Editorial Department.
STATEMENT OP CIUCI'I.ATION.
(State, or Nebraska, Dnjgla County, as.:
George B. Tzschuck. sei ietnry of The Bee
Publishing rompiiny, being duly sworn, says
that the actual number of fiill and com
plete copies of Th 1 hilly. Morning, Even
ing and Sunday Bee printed during the
tnontn or ijecemoer, waa tt iunu".
1 32.UHO 17.,
I HI, 124) 18.
I at,4t 19.
4 SMMIO 20.
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27 30.H70
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14 Sts,a2: 30.........
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Total
lss unsold and returned copies
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..32,2
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0.12.(1 1.1 I
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9,2,4ti
Ket total sales
Net average Bales
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nnoROE h. tzschcck.
Subscribed In my presence nnd sworn to
before me this 31st (lay or uec.-mncr. a. u
12. M. H. HI NGATK.
(Real) Notary Public.
Those who went to the eoionation cer-
emonies at Delhi could not fall to see
the elephant.
navlng watched the old year out, the
next thing Is to watch the bill col
lector In.
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nm.Minf rwrn'a mentn nee of the
rbltratlofl plan Is doing the Inevitable
In the most graceful way.
Whcn it is all ovvr the imitation sul
tan of Morocco ought to be In fine form
to go upon the comic oiern stage.
From all indications the rush at the
legislative pie counter promises to re
semble a hot foot ball scrimmage.
Minneapolis' expectation to have bet-
ter municipal government this year will
certainly be fulfilled, because It couldn't
b worse thun it was last year.
If the liberal use or advertising space
counts for anything, tne ceieurauon or
the feast of St Jackson In these parts is
ure to be an overpowering success.
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calendar in rea leners it n suu. .u U.....S
uman cuenp ni.wuu vu-
a. .it.... v !..- .11 fV o llfwl.rf nnnol
u-uLuuu vi .....vi.
Banker Dreyer's greatest misfortune
seems to be not that he committed sue
cessful embeislement of Chicago's park
funds, but that the sentence had to be
terved in Illinois Instead of in Nebraska,
Secretary llson s curiosity is aroused
over a matter that has puzzled a good
many other people why, when cattla
have gone down from $8.75 to f 5.75 per
hundred, the consumer sees little or no
change in the retail price of meat
An Omaha man has landed the ap
pointment as deputy insurance commis
sioner on the score of havlnz attended
college in years gone by with Auditor
Weston. Who dares. Bay now that col
lege education is a detriment to the
young roan's future career?
The grand total of the city's assess
ment roll as revised by the Board of
Review foots up In round figures $125,-
(WVirMlrt Tho lu net vol n..lt. .a M.h
a. actual property values would Justify.
V , ; . :
" mw,.v
Aeeordinff to Bradstreets. the business
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(allures of 1002 were smaller lu number
with two exceptions than for any sim
ilar period In fourteen years. No won
der the people prefer to stick to repub
llcan policies under which they have en
Joyed such unexampled prosperity
Clerks in the railway headquarters
think they, too,; are entitled ,to some
share la the Increased earning capacities
of the great rallrou.1 properties. Their
fllfflculty Is- tt find means to - enforce
their demands. That is where the men
tn the operating departments have the
best of ity . ' -
In tho advent of the new year we have
another anniversary that is worth recal
Ung-uuuiely, of the liberation of Joseph
8. Hartley; No announcement, however,
has been made of the restitution, to the
state treasury of any part of the funds
constituting the shortage left as a leg
acy of his stewardship.
If a gram market is round to be a
good-thlug for Kansas City, St. I'uul
nd , Minneapolis, M hy not slso for
iuiuua 1 uuuiim cumu cuiiiuiituu tue tiu mr nuui tue imure luiwiu uur three towns In Nebraska Iowa and
same territory for gruin tlmt it now widened interests may bring. This Is gouth Dakota, by malL The Bee clrcu
does for catWe, hogs and sheep, and this the practical common sense view. We iale 17.709 papers, the World-Herald
territory constitutes oue of the most
profitable grain producing regions of the
World. . ,
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China la experiencing a serious iusur
taction, but the government will see to
mat tne wrata or tne retx is is not dl
rected, to "the foreign devils" this time.
The recollection of the forced hospitality
they were once comiielled to exteud
uninvited guests at IYklu will surely
spur our Chinese fileuds to their duty
la the premises.
SUVRCE OF AMKRlLAlt SUCCESS.
The Rrltlsli commission of working
iiu ii In vnrlons trnili vhlrh came to
tin- l.'nlteri States to rtwly Industrial
conditions npjicars to lx? .practically
tinnnlruous n to one result, of their In
ve.! pit Ion. Tlmt In, tlint the greatest
advantage enjoyed by our manufactur
er. In comtKtitlon for the market" ,of
tlie world, lies In the superiority of
American lnlxr employed In the Indus
tries. This Is not n new discovery. It
has been polnud out by other obHervers
and Investigator. For years British
'oono,,,l,,,s '"Pwlnlly have been telling
........ f, ,i .s,.l,ir,r.nnn
r.HKianti 01 toe BiijxTior prouueuve u
,,n,.(r f Aninrinnn Inhnr anii nsanrlnir
mem mm mis mimi result in giving tne
United States what It hag now attained
the plnco of the world's leading Indus
trial nation.
A short time ago a London paper,
commenting on the claim that labor 13
more productive here than In England,
remarked that If such Is the case "It
does not necessarily follow that the
American system Is better for the nation
and the race In the long run," and ex
pressed the opinion that "we should
gain nothing If our workers are prema-
turelv exhausted bv overpressure."
Tn'1' 18 tne gpneral British idea, though
there Is no ground for the .Implication
that American worklngmen become pre
mium tl.v tAiinunLtu iff uvti jrreBnuie. ab
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iiiMiifl ui iuli me iiitiuBLi iai nuiafin
0f this country are on the average as
long-lived ns those of any other coun-
tT nnd retain as long their capacity for
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work -Tim amiorlnrlt v ft Amprfpnn nrt- I
work. -The suiierlorlty of American art-
la til tl.nl,. liUhxti n rrn fft. I
-i,,n lit linn niRin i U'riuijc u- i
( 1(1,1 J mini whim; vi nuy uiuur grea.1 iu-
dustrinl country. As a rule the hours
of labor arc shorter here than In the
principal European countries, but the
greater efficiency and more intense ap
plication of American labor accomplishes
more In a given numler of hours than in
uny of the industrial nations of Europe.
it is not likely that the investigations
of the Brltifdi commission will result in
any material change In labor conditions
abroad. The English .worker is thor
oughly settled in his way of work and
probably cannot bo persnaded to depart
from it How long the admitted Ameri
nn n an rrt1rvtH f tt will iif In 4 1 a I -rt
J
P " e .y. but at present it is giv-
i ii l 1 1 1 iuuuiij o, uojiutru autuuiuv 111
tnrliiftt-rlnl crmiTiiitlttnn
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THE cmncsK iXDKMmTT.
There can be no doubt of the wisdom
of the United States government in ac-
cepung payment or tne indemnity
due from China on the silver basis, al-
though the strict terms of the interna-
tlonal agreement specify gold payment
The extraordinary decline of silver and
the great finaclal stralU to which China
Is reduced entitle it to lenient treatment.
and all the great nations Involved could
wen afford to waive the point of Bilver
payment when it means so much to the
debtor nation, involving possibly the
question of another great Insurrection
and. as some well informed observers 1
I
ne eve. me con u nun nee or tne nrpRpnt
dyna8ty. Another outbreak would cost
tne nowers many times the comnara-
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lively small amount or abatement from
tneir dues involved in suver payment
Nevertheless the powers show a dls-
position to deal harshly with China and
to insist upon the last cent, which has
been their attitude from the first It la
furslghted policy on the part of our gov
ernment to show a sharp contrast with
extemoQ of ouf
In China depends unon Its eood will.
During the whole course of recent troub-
les our State department has acted con
sistently upon this view and has thereby
won great prestige with the Chinese
people. By continuing their hard deal
ing with them the other, powers are
merely playln ,nto our handa
A PLEA FOR THE ItAVT.
Rear Admiral Watson. In.command of
the Asiatic station, in a recent Interview
made an earnest plea for increasing the
sea power of the United States. He
views the subject practicairy, Dosing nis
. .. .
to our coramwclal Interests. particularly
ln tne r,,r "re- " " n""""
ture or Ule aamirai s interview mat ne
v . ' . ....
imerciai pos.uou. 11 p.nu ul iu.i
the commerce of that country is the
very w.ne and sinew ot its national
prosperity and when the foreign trade of
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mat country in iu,e, u llu me me
of her domestic energies Is injured. Ger-
niany's trade with the PLlllpplnes has
leen hurt under American domination
of the islands. "It is not for us to ques
tion
n the professions of - a friendly
er." said Admiral Watson, "but it Is
plain that a nation cannot always bold
ln check the clamorous demands of those
forces rrom vnicn 11 araws so raucn ot
liatlonai migut. e naue our own in-
terests along the same lines, which we
are bound to foster and protect and we
can do so only by the upbuilding of the
navy strong enough to back our rights
when the hour of question comes
In the-Judgment of Admiral Watson
the United States should have a navv
as large as that contemplated by the
German program of construction, be
cause our territorial interests require it
Having reached out to the other side of
tne giooe, unless we are wining to sut-
mit to humiliation we have got to pro-
must be prepared, to etrecuvriy safe
guard our new territory ana to protect
our growing commerce ln that portion of
the world and Uils must be done with-
- lout Impairment of our power to take
it I care of our interests in this hem 1 sphere.
- No one advocates a vast navy, or mat
I the United States shall enter into a con
I test of rivalry for superiority In sea
to I tower. All that Is urged by the advo
I cates of increasing tbe navy Is that
I shall be built up to such strength as will
1 lixaura Uia security, of our right and la
terests wherever they msy require pro
tection. There appears to be a very general
feeling In congress favorable to this pol
icy, which Is likely to shown In in
creasing the present proposed naval ap
propriations. Senator Hale, chairman of
the senate committee on naval affairs, is
reported as taking a very conservative
view of what should be done, but he
does not favor a policy of Inaction or
trclleve that the United States should
be allowed to fall to the rear of all
other maritime nations, . every one of
which is steadily augmenting its sea
power.
MAT DEMAND TARIFF COXCZSSIOM!.
It is reported from Washington that
the president has been given to under
stand that should the Cuban treaty be
ratified a demand may be expected from
Germany within thirty days for conces
sions similar to those accorded to Cuba.
The statement is that the German gov
ernment, regarding Cuba as a nation
foreign to the United States, will re
quest similar concessions under the
most favored nation clause of her treaty
with the United States. It is said to be
feared that If such request be not
granted Germany may initiate legisla
tion inimical to our trade with that
country. It is thought that other coun
tries may adopt a like course.
If this report Is well founded it intro
duces a new complication into the ques
tion of closer commercial relations with
Cuba and may have a decided Influence
in regard to the ratification of the rec-
, .. . . ... . .
Iproclty treaty with the Culian repub-
.
lie. Such a demand would certainly be
most extraordinary, but perhaps It
would be justifiable. At all events the
report lsnot incredible, since It is well
known that German interests ore ac
tively seeking trade with Cuba and It is
understood have been zealous In the ef
fort- to create sentiment in the Island
hostile to reciprocity with the United
States. This Is also true of British
commercial interests.
-1A TE-0PKflKRF0R ADVICHT1SER8.
The recent circulation census of
Omaha dailies Is an eye-opener for their
advertising patrons. It affords most
striking proof of the Imposture by which
business men have been duped and bun-
Loed by )nflated and fraudulont clrcula.
n. 1 . 1. i , 1
mm a uieuisi reBcrvuuou, uuiajia.
noutn umana and Council Bluffs are
Bluffs
virtually one town for mercantile and
advertising purposes, with an aggregate
population of 150.000. or thereabouts.
it is a well established fact that the
ratio of daily newsnaner takers in anv
community Is one to five, namely, one
newspaper for every five inhabitants,
At that ratio the number -ot daily news
papers In Omaha, South Omaha and
Council Bluffs should aggregate 30,000.
The carrier delivery census shows the
atrtrreeate number of Omaha South
Omaha and Council Bluffs dallies dell
ered by carrier In the three towns to
be 27.804. or a shortage of 2.200. and this
.hnH
I l' v.o IV aro DUIJUUUU UJ
i nrnm annmifl nawaiv
streets and papers sold by newsdealers,
Tn th. erHor HMirorr hm ii.it-
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the rural delivery in Douglas county,
the relative positions of the Omaha
dallies are represented by these Azures
The Omaha Bee 12,045
The World-Herald 8.425
The Evening News 6,952
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil.... 1,163
In other words, more than 60,000 out
of the 150i0oo nonulatlon are served by
carrier with The Omaha Bee. 42.115
wna lne " orm-tieraid. 34.. ou Dy tne
EnlnK ewa and 5,815 by the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil. The Bee has 48 per
cent more circulation In the city of
Omaha than the World-Herald and 65
per cent more than the Evening News.
In South Omaha The Bee circulates
about 49 per cent more than the World
nerald and more than doubles the circu
lation of the Evening News. In Council
Bluffs The Bee has 32 per cent more clr-
cuia0on ,. the World-Herald and two
d one.half tlme9 a8 man BIlhsrr,her
the EvenlnK News, and a 12 per cent
iflrm, Mrintion un , n i
ni.,rr. van i 1
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cen8U8 n thege Ind,8pntable fact7;
In Omaha, South Omaha and Council
ni,,- o 100 ...t, ,,n, w n, n v.
"erim-r, wmcn. computed
TI X .
the DagIg of flve ,nhab,t.nt. trt ln
kunacrtbrr. means that 40 ,195 out of the
15Q(m ,n tne three towng are BapAled
b The ODjaha Bee and no
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wnlle the WorW.Herald and the News
put together only reach 0 325 more
n. PTOillsl,vplT ln fh thrM ,Ho.
pie exclusively ln the three cities.
The newspaper census also develops
the fact that 1,539 subscribers to the
World-Herald also take The Bee and
1429 '8ubgeriber8 to the News also take
Tbe whe only ?00 gu,)8Crlbtrg to
the World-Herald also take The News.
Returns from fifty-three towns in Ne-
hrflskft Iowa SolIfh naVnta
eluding Omaha, South Omaha and Coun
cil Bluffs, give the following summary
The The
World- Evening
The Bee. Herald. News.
I Nebraska
4,368
1.153
140
70
1.504
Iowa
881
182
48
Doum uaaoia
417
Totals
6,66 2,563 1,734
These, fijrures summarized show the
I following facts:
ln Omaha. South Omaha and Council
Bluffs, by carrier delivery, and ln fifty
- 1 io,983 and the Evening News 8.01K1.
Wlth these facts and fleures before
tij business men who are investing
money in advertising should have no
I difficulty in reaching rational con
1 t.U8lons as to where they can get the
1 returns
I The cry at Washington is for "a big
- 1 ger navy," and it is so unchallenged
it I that tbe present congress Is almost cer-
I tain to make appropriations for the eon
- 1 structioa ot au extraordinary number of
warships. The trouble with the peri
odical demand for a blifgcr navy Is that
Is wholly Indefinite, and may easily
carry the country before It Is fully
aware of It Into a policy of naval ex
pansion which It would not have ap
proved If It had been foreseen. The real
question tlmt should lx asked and an
swered Is, How much bigger navy do
we want? We fix a strict maximum for
the army. If the same thing were done
as to the navy congress could then pro
ceed Intelligently with appropriations at
each session, but when everything is left
Indefinite as now every little Interna
tional complication and scare gives rise
to emotional legislation regarding the
nlvy.
The proposition to raise the limit of
bonded Indebtedness In the revised
Omaha city charter without changing
the limit of the sinking fund levy is con
flicting in its own terms. Adding to the
outstanding bonds will Increase the In
terest and sinking fund charges and the
price brought by the bonds will depend
largely on the resources In sight to pay
Interest and provide for ultimate re
demption. It Is Impossible to carry a
bigger bonded debt without Imposing a
bigger sinking fund tax levy.
The attempt to start a senatorial con
test In Iowa Is as premature as the tariff
debate going on In the republican news
papers. Senator Allison has been elected
to a full term of six years, commencing
next March, while Senator Dolllver's
term does not expire for more than three
yenrs. The next legislature does not
chooso a United States senator, and only
the hold-over members of the state sen
ate to be elected next fall will have any
part in the senatorial contest
The suggestion Is made that Iowa and
Nebraska agree to exchange the various
pieces of land which the vagaries of the
Missouri have transferred from one side
of that river to the other in this vicinity
without change of ownership. After the
deed 8 are signed, sealed and delivered
the two states should take out a Joint
insurance policy against the Big Muddy
changing its mind again and resuming
its original channel.
nirht About Pace!
Saturday Evening Post.
All tbe trusts invited publicity until eon
gress threatened to give it to them. Then
they began to fight It.
Country Saved Attain,
Baltimore American.
Now that ex-President Cleveland has
given his views of tbe Venezuela problem,
the plans for arbitration can proceed with
out further delay.
- Room tor All.
Springfield Republican.
Wireless telegraphy will never ham the
business of the older system of telegraphic
communication, say the officials of the com
panies that use wires. -That Is very pos
sible. The new system will probably find a
new flald and work up a new kind of use
fulness. Yet it may preve a serious com
petitor of the cable . companies la trans
oceanlo communication. ,1 r
Jaekaonlana Aalc Too Mack.
Indianapolis Journal.
Those who know of ex-Secretary Olney
are not surprised that he declined to go to
Nebraska to attend a democratic banquet.
for, be It known, Mr. Olney Is very much
of an aristocrat of the Beacon street vari
ety. Besides, he is getting so near 70
years ot age that if he were a differently
constituted man than he is he would not
travel two days and two nights to attend
a banquet
Trouble In at Freah Spot.
Baltimore American.
Now that this country seems In a fair
way to escape from the embarrassing con
ditions brought about in South America, na
tional anxiety ia to be excited again over
the fate of the country. The board of army
officers appointed to edit the army uniform
cannot agree as to whether the stripes on
the trousers of Infantry officers shall be
blue or white, and the souls of the public
are to be harrowed up by the consequent
suspenso until this vital point la decided.
Ktndneta Better Than Arbitration.
January Century.
Better than arbitration wise and neces
sary as that may be at times better than
arbitration, especially than enforced arbi
tration, is mutual acquaintance, respect
confidence and ease ot approach; and these
cannot be obtained when there is totally
absent, on either side, a spirit of human
sympathy. The other day we asked a
highly successful manufacturer how It was
that he had got along sox well, and for so
many years, with his great crowd of em
ployes and the labor union allies. "We
beat them," he said, "with kindness."
Official Abate ot Immlarranta.
Philadelphia Record.
Within a recent period not less than flve
Jewish associations, representing 600,000
citizens of the United States, have made
solemn appeal to the president, to congress
and to the whole people against the offi
cial barbarities practiced upon Immigrants
at Ellis Island. Immigrants of all races
are the victims of their lnl-jultles, and they
are perpetrated by a secret offlcal inquisi
tion upon the landing of every steamer ln
the harbor of New York. Whether the de
portations In some instances are legal or
not the public has no means of ascertain
ing because of the secret character of the
inquisition.
'World's Literary Delage.
Springfield Republican.
George Brandes, the Danish critic, is ap
palled at the world's literary deluge. He
has been compiling some figures, and finds
that about 10,000 novels appear every year.
Germany publishes 2,000; England, 1,500,
Russia, l.OCO; Amerlc, rather more; France,
600; Italy and Spain, about (00 each;
Japan, 450; India, 200; Egypt, a dosen, eta.
In twenty years the United States and most
European countries have doubled their out
put of books, and Mr. Brandes says that
no library Is large enough to contain all
the books that appear ln the course of ten
vears. It will be seen that the problem
of the librarian Is becoming more serious
every day.
Save from nn Intlmrly Grarve.
Philadelphia North American,
Not the least Important of President
Roosevelt's achievements in the field ot
world pollt'.cs must be counted the preser
vation of Tbe Hague court for the peaceful
adjustment of differences between nations.
But for hi 3 earneat efforts to Induce the
creators cf that tribunal to acknowledge
Ita distance and save It from death by
Inanition It would have been laid to rest
under a stc.ne bearing the Inscription:
If I so soon was to be done (or,
I woudt-r what I waa begun fur.
Tbe powers should be grateful to the pres
ident of tbe United States for the aervlce
that he rendered ia deterring then from
Intaatloida.
what rnr. "Ft m is aiioit.
Meaatng; of (he ShoollnK Scrape in
Progrea In Moroero.
There Is something doing In Morocco.
Tangier and Its temples generate excite
ment and tbe gatea of Fei are locked and
barred. Moor's the pity. The traditions
and imells of unnumbrrrd centuries are
being rudely Jostled by modern ambition
and thirst for power. Shall Allah be
praised? Not on your life. It Is to pre
serve tradition and antique sanitation
from the blighting touch of European civi
lisation that bloody war Is being waged
against the sultan by a horde of rebels.
Dispatches report the rebels uncommonly
lively and shooting straight. At the last
meeting of the rebels and the sultan's
troops the latter were Bull Runned and fled
to Fes for shelter and breath.
The man who heads the rebels Is reported
sa saying that he has not the slightest In
tention of seizing the throne. His mission,
he says, Is to wage a holy war against.
Christians, keep Europeans out of Morocco
and remove the present sultan from the
throne on account of his tendency to listen
to European advice end yield to foreign In
fluence. He says that he and his followers will
nominate a sultan from some Shereeflan
famiiy who will promise to continue thq
war against the Christians. According to
the correspondent of the London Times at
Fes, the rebels art very strong ln numbers.
The rebellion Is an expression of total
dissent' from and reprobation of the sul
tan's recent scheme of reforms, relates tho
New York Sun. Wafter B. Hurrla. who bad
many Interviews with Morocco's young
ruler last year, reported that be was wholly
unlike other Oriental potentates In
thoughts, habits and manner of life.
"He la keenly sensitive to public opinion
tn Europe, is interested In educational sys
tems abroad and ln the worklr.gs of con
stitutional government, and is anxious to
keep on good terms with the powers," Mr.
Harris said.
The sultan told Mr. Harris that as soon
as his government was better organized he
hoped to travel abroad and learn what he
could for the benefit of his country.
To reform Morocco, to introduce modern
and liberal ideas into Its system of govern
ment, may require genius and strength be
yond the powers of the young ruler. Id
1884 Dr. Oscar Lcnz, one ot the most acuie
observers of affairs In Morocco, wrote that
though the father of the present sultan had
liberal tendencies and was a man of Inde
pendent and energetic character, as well as
an autocrat, he was not In a position to In
troduce revolutionary reforms against tbe
will of the official class. The fanatical party
was too strong both in tbe country and at
court to be forced to submtt to drastic
measures of reform.
When the late sultan's son came to the
throne ln 1894 he was a mere boy of 14.
during his minority Sid Ahmed, the grand
vltler of Morocco, ruled the country with
the Iron hand of an absolute despot. Ho
held the country together, quelled rebel
lions and subdued disorderly tribes with
the utmost cruelty and at the same time
by the wholesale confiscation and enormous
exactions amassed a great fortune.
Two years ago the young, sultan reached
the age of 20 and Just as he assumed con
trol the stern old regent died. The report
that the old man left his great fortune to
the new sultan Is probably Incorrect.
At any rate. It is known that the sultan's
finances have been ln a bad way and that
since he came into actual power he has
raised considerable money by the sale of
a part of his Jewels. It la not believed
that his government has today the mone
tary resources necessary to equip a force
and maintain it In the field for the sup
pression of a great and determined revolt.
There are Moors of progressive tenden
cies and they have hoped for great things
from their sultan. But it is very hard to
Change the old system. It has been the
time-honored practice for government of
ficials, all of whom receive only nominal
pay, to prey upon the officials below, them
till the local sheiks finally recoup them
selves by preying on the people. "Squeez
ing" is the main business of the governing
class -and these officials do not wish for
any change.
Added to this policy of corruption Is the
blind prejudice of Ignorance which makes
both the powerful and the lowly believe
that all foreigners are hereditary foes, who
cannot possibly wish them well and who
are most earnestly desired to leave the
Moroccans to themselves. With such con
ditions as these firmly rooted ln the coun
try, the small body of progressive Moors
will be most fortunate if the present sul
tan Is ever able to bring about a tithe ot
the reforms which they are expecting at
his hands.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Let's be merry while we can. The legis
lature meets next Tuesday.
If the Inaugural ball cannot be pulled off
with the customary eclat, a few steps may
be taken to the high ball.
According to the almanacs spring Is less
than three months away. It Is soothing to
know there Is a limit to the coal dealers'
cinch.
In looking over the past year you will
probably be forced to admit that "the
misfortunes hardest to bear were those
that never came."
The late Dr. Joseph Parker of London
economized ln every possible way for years
to pay tbe entire sum for which his father
had failed and he had the satisfaction pf
doing tt.
Henry Rochefort the editor-ln-chlef of
the Intranstgeant, has summarily dismissed
three members of his literary staff because
they attended a funeral of a deceased col
league at which a religious ceremony was
performed.
Arthur Gambell, a resident of Cincinnati,
fell and broke his leg on Christmas eve.
Similar accidents have befallen him no
less than forty times and he has spent
nearly half of bis life In bed because of
broken bonea.
State Labor Commissioner Harry F.
Black of New Haven, Conn., haa Just had
erected over the grave of James Armour,
revolutionary soldier, burled In the ceme
tery ln his city, a granite monument. He
was a great uncle ot the late Philip D.
Armour.
The Allgemelne Elektrlcltaets Oesell-
scbaft and the Union Elektrlcltaets Ges
sellschaft have combined, with a capital of
over $100,000,000. Tbe object of the com
bine Is the usual philanthropic one. In
cluding a monopoly of the alphabet.
Rear Admiral P. C. Cooper, whose assign
ment to the command of a division of the
Asiatic station has been announced, has
selected as his flag lieutenant Lieutenant
Victor Blue of South Carolina, the
young officer who discovered the Spanish
fleet In tbe harbor of Santiago from a
bluff three miles away. For that service
Lieutenant Blue waa awarded ten numbers
by the war board.
All the women who have written to the
bachelor governor of Kansas proposing
marrlaae will receive courteous replies,
but not from the pen of Governor Bailey.
His private secretsry has begun declining
with thanks the offers, rtylng to each that
Governor Bailey Is not in quest of s wife.
About fifty photographs will be returned to
tha senders. Sixty-six declinations will go
to New York women and more than 100 to
New England states. Not one of tbe pro
jvrw..it cams frost a Kansas woman.
BITS OK WASHIXQTOS UF8.
Minor seenea nnd Incidents Sketched
on the Spot.
Congressman Eugene F. Loud of Califor
nia, who retires from the house with the
present congress, will be among the list
of applicants for appointment as post
master at San Francisco. A Washington
dispatch to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
ays tbe announcement has already created
something of a sensation among the postal
employes' organization, whose members
have been waging bitter war against any
further political preferment for Mr. Loud.
It was recently stated that Mr. Loud had
been tendered a position as one of ths
assistant postmasters general. Such an
appointment would be a signal for trouble,
as the organizations In the postal service
are determined In their opposition to any
plan for giving Mr. Loud a position of au
thority in the Postoffice department. The
opposition is all due to the persistent fight
made by Mr. Loud from year to year
against bills providing for an Increase ot
pay of letter carriers and railway mall
clerks. Mr. Loud has made his fight In
the open, as he does all his official acts.
He hns taken the position that the letter
carriers are well paid, according to the
service performed, and the equipment
necessary for the service. These men now
receive $600 for the first year. $850 for the
second year, and $1,000 for tbe third year,
and there they stick. The bill that has
been pending at several sessions of con
gress provides that they shall receive $800
a year at the start, $1,000 the second year
and $1,200 a year thereafter. As has been
announced In these dispatches, the advo
cates of the bill will make no effort to se
cure Its consideration at the present ses
slon of congress, not desiring to take
chances tn having It finally voted down
by Mr. Loud and his friends. The carriers
have already chosen William Randolph
Hearst, who will be tn the next congress
j as champion of their bill.
President Roosevelt has found it neces
sary to bar lighted cigars out of the White
House. At first Arthur Simmons, the col
ored doorkeeper, who has been at ths White
House for many years, was named as the
presidential smoke oppressor, but he found
his task so ungracious that he begged the
president to relievo him. The congressmen
and senators whom Simmons was obliged to
spesk to ln carrying out his orders did not
take' his action kindly and they told htm to
go back south or to some other warm place
so frequently that Arthur, who Is a devout
church member, asked Mr. Roosevelt to
give him another detail. The president
compiled and tn order to spare the White
House employes from congressional abuse
has had hung over the mantel In the publie
reception room the familiar sign, "No
Smoking Allowed." Ths sign Is framed In
somber black, which Is such a contrast to
the Ivory white ot the room that one can
scarcely fail to notice it.
There Is considerable talk In Washington
this winter regarding the salary of mem
bers of congress, though there Is no im
mediate prospect of legislation on the sub
ject. Some advocate the cutting off of all
perquisites and the payment of a flat sal
ary of $7,500 instead of $5,000, as at present.
leaving the members to buy their own sta
tionery and hire their own clerks, also to
deprive them of mileage, which la 10 cents
per mile each way for each session. The
clerks at present get $100 per month and
the stationery allowance Is $126 annually.
It Is especially pointed out that the com
pensatlon as to mileage la unfair, as the
statesman who lives ln Maryland or Vir
ginia, for example, receives only a meager
stipend on that account, whereas some
statesmen from the far west receive over
$400. ' j
"Gentlemen, can you tell us any news?"
said David J. Hill, first assistant secretary
of state, to a group of correspondents who
called for new light on the Venezuelan
situation.
"We have come to you for news," was
the only answer.
"The press and ths department Is without
news and ln a waiting attitude. The situa
tion reminds me of the predicament of an
old sea captain of my acquaintance who
found himself hundreds of miles at sea
without a chart. Further taking account of
stock developed a missing sextant, barom
eter and chronometer out of gear and
broken compass.
" 'Cap, said the mate, 'we shall have to
take the weather as It comes.' "
The engineers and firemen who happen to
be assigned to the president's train when
ever he makes a trip out of town always
get ready at the end of the raute for the
cordial handshake which they know Is com
Ing. When Mr. Roosevelt and his family
returned from Virginia the other day he
reached up to shake the hand of the engi
neer of his train just before leaving tbe
Pennsylvania station. A pleasant word of
greeting and goodby 'waa exchanged, and It
was noticed that the engineer followed the
president with his eye In an apparently
thoughtful mood until be was well out of
sight. Then, recovering himself suddenly
he was heard to Indulge In this soliloquy
as he looked at his grimy hand:
'Great Scott? But you are a dirty right
Still I knew he'd shake you. And when he
shakes he means It."
A novel view of President Roosevelt
Is
contributed by Louis Michel, editor of Der
Deutsch Amerlkaner, who was Introduced
to the president at the White House a few
days ago by Representatives Wacbter and
Schiem of Maryland.
When It Is considered that Mr. Michel
and the two congressmen were with the
president not more than twenty minutes
Mr. Michel's account of what occurred will
give an idea of Just how strenuous tho
president Is and how much he can crowd
Into a small space of time. Mr. Michel de
scribed hi visit as follows:
"President Roosevelt Is not only one of
the greatest statesmen this country haa
ever had, but he la also a great literary
man, and I don't think there Is any other
man ln the republican party who could
have discussed German and Dutch authors
as he did. The fact that tbe president
gave us twenty minutes of bis valuable
time shows how interested he was In the
question of German literature.
"In the course of bis talk the president
referred to the 'Zerlng,' the masterpiece ot
Theodore Koerner, a German soldier and
poet, and recited several passages of the
'Nlbelungen Lied.' Ha said be admired
Schiller greatly, and referred to Oottbold
Epbriam LesslDg, the author of 'Nathan
the Wise,' who wa really tbe founder of
the realistic school ot German literature.
"He showed that he was conversant wit
these authors, and I regard him a master
mind. Indeed, I was dumofounded at hi
knowledge of European literature. He Is
great admirer of Klopstock and Herder.
"He said that the lloers are the descend
ants of the Friesianders and Normans
through the Dutch. He mentioned Her
man, the king of the Cheruskers, as a fine
specimen ot the old German hero. H
spoke part of the time In Oerman, part I
Dutch and part In English, and repeated a
old folk-lore song popular among tbe Dutch
ot South Africa, 'The Cows Are ln the
Clover.'
"When Mr. Wachtcr spoke ot Frits
Reuter, the principal author In Piatt
dsutscb, which Is spoken ln part of northern
Germany, Denmark and Holland, tbe presl
dent at once referred to tbe works of
Reuter.
"He Is a wonderful Baa; majestia La per
stfnalltr. crisp In conversation, firm la the
expression of his Idess. andMn of the best
posted men In America on uorman bum-
not merely Oerman polities, but German
history and literature."
CARFFR OK THH FHKMOflTJ. .
strange Contrasts ( Fortnhe In tho
ftnnshlne of Fnano.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Tt.. lift nf Jr.l nenton Fremont- who
has Just passed away at Los Angeles, was
marked by a contrast of fortunes that gives
It m rr xmntJnnal Interest. We find In
It the reverse of that passage from ob
scurity to fame which is tne common m
inn nf American celebrities. The fame
not only came very early, but la a most
generous measure. It la safe to say io
there never was a young couple in nis
.nnntfv mn rMi v known or of so brilliant
a reputation as Lieutenant Fremont and
bis wife. Fremont at so waa acciaimeu
as an explorer, both In ths United States
and In Europe. He cleared up the chaos
of western America and was ranked as a
great contributor to geographic! anowi-
ede. At this period 01 nis me
was the most conspicuous figure In the
movement for the annexation of California
and he was elected senator from that state
before he waa 40. ...
rr In the half canturr that hat elapsed
sines he has come to be one of the least of
tha atara In tha constellation of national
heroes. It is only neoessary to turn back .
to contemporary documents to discover,
that he once shone resplendent among
them. Though he was but nine years oiaer .
than nraitt ha had twentv rears tha start
of him tn general notoriety, and he was a
enriiilt tor tha nrwsidencv five years Be
fore the civil war opened. From that time.
however, the eclipse began. He was ae-
feated by a democrat and when the re-
nnhlfpana hannu nromlnent he was not
accepted as a leader, but was Involved In
Jealous altercations and left to struggle
futllely against that most deplorable of
fates the living death of the man who
has enjoyed the most flattering renown
and who survives to find himself, neglected
and well-night forgotten.
Throughout this career the wlrt snared
to an unusual degree the fame and for-
tna nf tha biiahand. She. too. was bril
liant; she had a fine social position; shs
was active and Influential in neiping rTe
mont In every way. But In a purely worldly
sense the result. In spite of a dazzling be
ginning, was forty years of failure and
disappointment, and the widow of the
pathfinder became an object of public char- ,
Ity. For she was not pensioned as tbe
widows of presidents have been, but te
her governmental allowance Only
after private effort had been made to res
cue her from actual poverty.
POINTKD' REMARKS.
. . I . i
Ttntttmnra American: Ruvmeter TVMi't
you think my verses have been exceedingly
uneven in quality of late?
Koaster I Had Just oeen noting now pain
fully otherwise the were.
Kansas Ctv Journal: "How do you sup
pose Methuselah managed to reach such a
great aga r
"Why, everything waa In his favor. There
vmm nn atitomohllpK. or trolley oars, or
operation for appendicitis, or health foods
ln those uays.
Tnnkera Rtatesman: "There Is one very
suspicious thing I have noticed about the
man who saya 'I told you so,' " remarked
the obsrrver of events and things. "He
never seems to come out witn a new nai
after election."
Kaw York Tribune: Francis I had writ
ten to hla mother from the Imperial camp
near Pavla.
'He saya oil Is loet save honor," sne
cried; "that means the rubber plant is
gone, too."
nrn- t.lt.n.lw tttAv ImA Kt .'tv far
how now could she live. In Brooklyn?
niWm Trthiina: "Here's ' what"' Jack -
gave me," said Maud, exhibiting the hand- .
kerchief. "Isn't It a beautiful specimen of .
drawn work? And all hand made."
"Let me look at It." said Mabel. "M
yes, you're right. It's hand maJe second-
when the two peasants looked at each
other. ....
Hadn't we better struts lor more pay,
too?" they Inquired.
Hereupon Minet was compeuea 10 put
more long green Into his picture than ha .
had anticipated.
1 1 1 1 1 a U t ' 1 1 1 fl z 1 rnr . .viini id an aowc-
rold?" asked the Instructor of the class. ,
"An asteroid," replied the young woman
T .... .TTrk- I .
with the pert nose, "la an underBtudy to a
111 ( (1 H t 1 I lliuIIBi X uu liiun iiiytt o n-.it
and hungry Caaalus," said Fellalre, for
merly Rusty Kufus, observing him orltlo-
rvi 1. . . . iiVn.. , 1. 111.. M T n
ally' .
"We air lean ana nungry, piainnveiy
.,... S1nn.MnK kanliiililnir ...
rCllWllUCU JIMll UUIIIUH5, I, .TV. V.. 11 .v
Tuff old Knutt, who waa waiting just
around the corner. "Cash us, mister."
HER GRANDDAD'S HOCK1H' CHAIR. ,
A homely built old-fashioned thing,' its
Joints ln every Dart worn loose.
Its arms of strong, unpalnted wood .well
Dollshed from an age or use;
Its creaky rockers seemed to cry as In ex
cruclallng pain
And noisily protest against being put to
such a trying strain.
For generations it had stood upon the foot
worn floor oeside
The old fireplace from which the flames
Hi ki-t upward through ' the chimney
wide.
And young and old through years of time
had loved and venerated It.
That old split-bottomed rocking chair ln
which her granuuua useu to sit.
She told me all its history, that maiden of
the rosy face. .
As we would sit on winter nights before
the cheery old nrepiace,
From when It left the builder's hands and
sat as If In h! lent pride
Within a humble cottage when her grand
mother was a bride
Down through the generations till her sire
Inherited the prize,
And as she talked the reverent light that
it ine azure or ner eyes
Enchained my heart In willing bonds, and
1, too, pinned my love to it,
That old jpllt-bottnmed rocking chair in
which her granudad used to sit.
She told me how the good old man would.
seldom W ave that honored sent
When weight of ruming years became too
heavy for his tott'rlng feet,
And how he'd sometimes sit for hours held
as If In a heavenly spell
Upon his knees an op.-n book, the Bible
that he loved so well.
How she, a toddling youngster then, would
kneel before she went to bed
And say her prayers at his knee, hts
withered hand upon her head.
And as she talked her lovely eyes with
holy Inspiration lit
Aa rocked she slowly tn the chair In whloh
her granddad uaed to sit. .
'Twas only built for one. and yet we found
It strong enough for two.
As In our hearts the rpark of love Into a
flaming passion grew,
And, 'spite its loud protesting creaks, I one
night presaed her to my heart
And spake the glowing words of love that
made her mine till death shall part.
And aa I alt and' watch her as sne rocks
our bouncing boy to rest.
His curly, golden, sleepy head soft . pil
lowed on her mother breast,
I felt that mine, If possible. Is greater than
her love for It
That old spllt-bottomej rocking chair in
which her granddad used to lt.
FOR DESSERT, SUNDAY,
JANUARY 4th, J5p3,;
try JELL-O, prepared according to the fol
lowing recipe:
JKI.I.-O WITH TAPIOCA.
Cook one cup of tapioca ln the usual way
and "when done pour la a mould. After It
cools pour over It one package of Jell-O
any flavor, prepared according to direo
tlona. Tha Jell-o should cool U-fure
pouring over the tapioca. Serve with aoft
custard or whipped cream.
A nice dessert for any meal, at any time.
Four flavors Lemou, Orange, Raspberry
and Btram berry.
" At grocers, 10 cents.
OUT A PACKAGE TODAT. ' 1