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Coal dealer' lament: We don't care
If the mercury never come back.
For the time., being, "Keep off the
grass" signs are a little out of season.
As a preventive of war the peaceful
blockade Is not what It Is cracked up
to be.
They will now cease raising blind pigs
1b Vermont and turn more attention to
Um raising of other animals.
It Is not always the biggest world
power that cuts the blgffpst swath In
current history. Witness Veneiuela.
After the horse show shall have be
come acclimated in Omaha, perhaps we
branch out to an automobile show
The squabble over the management of
the Red Cross society appears to be a
quarrel chiefly as to who shall handle
the funds.
News from " the rebel provinces of
Chtoa Indicate that the foreign devils
are still personae non gratae In those
parts of the Flowery Kingdom.
The resolutions adopted by the demo
cratic state editorial association at
Grand Island with regard to the
infamous manipulation of the corpora
tlon lobby have the right ring.
Another Nebraska district Judge has
resigned. While no reasons are given.
we feel safe. In asserting that the resig
nation la not prompted by any feeling
that district Judges In this state are
cither overworked or' underpaid.
Every. time a person owning property
In Omaha pays his city taxes, one dollar
out of every five which he pays la paid
for the tax-shirking railroads. But that
la a form of double taxation that does
not distress John N. Baldwin of Iowa,
Republican city primaries have been
postponed two months to conform more
nearly with the new law moving the
city election up from March to May.
Tnla 1a simply taking chances with
April showers rather than with winter
winds.
For hours Tuesday Chicago was cut
off by the storm from all communlca
tlon with the outside world. And for
some Inexplicable reason the world
moved right along as If it were not
seriously aware of the plight in which
tt was left
Ills communication to the Board of
Education on the bad penmanship of
High school teachers and pupils would
Indicate ., that Superintendent Pearse
were again falling Into the bad habit
of sending out ufpial documents with
oat first having them revised and cor
rected by his private secretary.
L JL I
Ambassador 'McConulck explains hi
appearapce In gorgeous regalia at the
Russian court on the score of the czar'
insistence upon uniforms for the dlplo
mats In attendance there. The alacrity
with which the suggestion of a uniform
was adopted, however, indicates that
the, csar's wishes were not in the least
distasteful to our ambassador.
"The railroads have no uewspapers of
their own to present their case," de
dares Pompadour Baldwin of the Union
Pacific lobby as an excuse for his
coarse attempt to buy the editorial col
umns of jail the country newspapers of
the state. But if the railway case were
the people's case, as Baldwin pretends,
what necessity would there be to buy
up any newspapers at all? Has auyone
ever heard of any mouey being put up
to the country papera to persuade them
to plead tb cause of the common tax
pay era!
thc tnr OF DOUBLE TAXATIU.T.
The manifesto Issued by the railroad
tn agent in npxitlon to the revision
of revenue laws ly which Nebraska
railroads have for years evaded mti
nlclial taxation on proxrty valued from
f-.'5,0tii,(NS) to a.'WVXio.noo . Is a false
lnrm to justify purchasable members
the legislature for selling out the
x'ople. Their cry of double taxation is
delusion and a snare.
If It were true that the 'payment of
city taxes at Omaha, South Omaha and
Incoln would transfer the money now
elng paid into the county and school
district . treasuries outside of. Douglas
nd Lancaster counties Into the city
reasurles of Omaha. Houth Omaha aud
Incoln, what difference would that
ruuke to the railroads so long as the
ggregate of, their taxes was not Inc
reased? If. for example, the assess
ment of Union pacific- terminals
Omaha for Sl.vmo.iUKl would take
$ir.(Nto,(XK) off the Union rueiflc assess
ment which is said to be distributed
long the line of that road, what would
he owners of the Union raolflc care?
Why would they squander money on
tax agents, literary bureaus and lobby
orkers to manufacture public senti
ment against municipal taxation T Are
they not distressed because they would
ave to pay a large amount of city
taxes in addition to the state, county
nd school district tax they are now
paying? - Are the railroad tax agents
nd the railroad lobby not making all
this racket in order to beat the taxes
iilch the railroads Justly owe for pro
tection In municipalities and also to
detract public attention from the out
rage perpetrated upon the taxpayers of
Nebraska by undervaluation of rail
road property? ' i
Double taxation, Indeed! . Suppose a
corporation should organize an automo
bile line between Omaha and , Chey
enne, with BOO automobiles running
lthln the state of Nebraska. Suppose
that each automobile was assessed for
$10,000, and the total of $5,000,000 was
distributed for taxation on. a mileage
basis along 600 miles of. the line.
That would entitle each county, town-
hip and school district along the line to
its proportion of a tax of $10,000 to the
mile. Now, suppose that. 100 of these
automobiles were located and housed In
a depot in the city of Omaha, would the
fact that these automobiles were taxed
for city purposes on an assessment of
$1,000,000 in any way diminish the tax
evy in any county, township or school
district on the line between Omaha and
Cheyenne? Would anybody dare con
tend that the assessment of these 100
automobiles for municipal . taxes 'at
Omaha would rob the counties, pre
cincts and school districts beyond
Omaha of one penny? Would anybody
dare contend that the payment of
state taxes by the automobile company
should relieve It from city taxes for
the 100 automobiles located within the
city of Omaha?
And yet that is precisely what the
railroad tax agents and railroad law
yers are contending for, although they
know they have not a foot of ground
to stand on.
A HKCKSSARY MEASURE.
The Judiciary committee of the United
States senate having reported favora
bly the bill to expedite proceedings lu
the federal courts under the anti-trust
law, it Is to be hoped the measure will
become law at the present session. It
provides that the courts shall give pref
erence to such proceedings at the re
quest of the attorney general, of the
United States and that In anti-trust
cases appeal shall go direct to the su
preme court.
It la a necessary measure.' There has
baen complaint that the Department of
Justice has not shown proper zeal In
pushing proceedings under the anti
trust act. He cannot be justly blamed
for delay when the cases he Institutes
must take their course, awaiting the
disposal of cases brought In advance of
them. 'The proposed law would remedy
this and permit the attorney general to
have proceedings against a trust given
preference by the court,' Such a course
is justifiable on the ground that anti
trust proceedings are In the interest of
the whole people and therefore should
be given precedence over1 all other cases.
The provision for appeal direct to the
supreme court is also Important as a
means of expediting such proceedings.
No reasonable objection can be made to
the bill and it should be promptly
passed.
FAILURE OF VROHIBlTlOy.
For half a century the state of Ver
mont has had a prohibition law and for
years thla law has been Inoperative in
the cities aud larger towns of that com
monwealth. On Tuesday the people of
the state voted In favor of license and
local option and after this month the
cities and towns of Vermont will de
termine .whether ' or n,ot intoxicating
liquors shall be sold within their juris
diction. The prohibition element in the
state made a most vigorous campaign
for the maintenance of that policy, but
the license and local option league so
conclusively demonstrated the failure of
prohibition that many who had long fa
vored It were persuaded to renounce the
policy and support a practical and en
forceable system which has Wen shown,
wherever properly administered, to be
really In the Interest of temperance.
New Hampshire Is another state that
has bad a prohibition law for nearly
half a century, or since 1855. The gov
ernor of the state says the law has been
a failure and the legislature is expected
to take steps looking to the substitution
of a high-license, local option system of
regulating the liquor traffic. In Maine,
the first state o adopt prohibition,
there Is a vigorous agitation for the
abandonment of the policy, hostility to
It having been steadily growing In re
cent years because of the incontestable
fact that It failed of Us purpose. Un
doubted! It la but a yuestiou of time
when Maine will follow Vermont in sub
stituting high llcenso and local option.
Everywhere the experiment with pro
hibition has failed, except as to small
rurnl communities where there is au
overwhelming popular sentiment lu fa
vor of It. It cannot be successfully en
forced In cities and In the larger towns.
The high license ntxl locnl option policy,
on the other hand, has worked well
wherever tried. The people of Vermont
htve done well in adopting that system.
EXLAHUES SCVrt OF COMMISSION.
The measure passed by the United
States senate, known as the Elklns bill,
provides for enlarging the Jurisdiction
and powers of the Interstate Commerce
commission and contains the provisions
which have been 'recommended by At
torney General Knox as to the punish
ment of those who receive as well as
those who give rebates. It provides for
the punishment of corporations by fine
instead of Imprisonment of the ofliclnls;
also for Injunctious to prevent dis
criminations. Willful failure on the part of any car
rier subject to the acts to regulate inter
state and foreign commerce to file and
publish the tariffs or rates and charges,
as required by the acts, or strictly to
observe such tariffs, shall be a misde
meanor, conviction of which shall sub
ject the offending corporation to a fine
of : not . less than $1,000 nor more
than $20,000 for each offense.
It Is ' declared Unlawful for any
person, persons or corporation to offer,
grant or give, or to solicit, accept or
receive any rebate, concession or dis
crimination in respect of the transpor
tation of any property in Interstate or
forelga commerce by any common car
rier snbject to the acts to regulate com
merce, whereby any such property shall
be transported nt a Icbs rate than that
named In the filed and published tariffs,
violation to be punished by flue. When
ever the Interstate Commerce commis
sion has reason to believe that the re
quirements of the law are not being
complied with it is authorized to peti
tion a circuit court of the United States
having Jurisdiction alleging unlawful
practices, whereupon the court shall in
stitute an inquiry and if satisfied of
the truth of the allegations shall en
force an observance of the published
tariffs or require a discontinuance of
discrimination by proper orders and
process, enforceable as well against the
parties interested in the traffic as
against the carrier.
The commission is empowered to ex
amine decisions or papers bearing upon
any contract and upon its own volition,
or upon complaint filed, It may- In
quire Into the actual effect. If It shall
deem such contract or its results un
reasonable or unjust, It Is given au
thority to annul the contract on a spec!
fled date, not later than ten days from
notice of the order, or it may enter an
order directing that the contract and
the practices under it shall be changed.
Full Jurisdiction and all necessary pow
era are vested in the federal courts, the
cases In both circuit and supreme courts
to have precedence over all but eriut
inal cases. Persons giving testimony
under the provisions of the bill are to
have immunity from prosecution aud
punishment.
n win ue seen mat the measure
would materially strengthen the author
lty of the Interstate Commerce commis
sion and undoubtedly render the inter
state law far more effective against re
bates and discrimination than it now Is.
The bill has been carefully considered
by the senate committee and passed the
senate without debate, -but It Is indl
cated that It may be considerably
amended in the house, in which event
it is quite possible that it will not be
come law at the present session.
THE QUA HA PL AS.
Why does the railroad literary bureau,
organized to disseminate misinformation
about railroad taxation, call the move
ment In favor of making railroads pay
their just share of municipal taxes the
Omaha plan? Why daps John N. Bald
win, head pusher of the railroad lobby
at Lincoln, persistently focus hiB fog
horn on the Omaha plan? What Is
there about the Omaha plan that dif
fers essentially from the plan of taxa
tion outlined by the framers of the
constitution of Nebraska in tire declara
tion that all property, corporate and in
dividual, shall bear its Just share of
taxation according to valuation? Does
this express provision of the constltu
tion mean that one class of proerty
In cities shall pay city taxes, county
taxes and state taxes, while another
class shall be exempt from paying city
taxes?
Manifestly the object of stigmatizing
the demand for railroad taxation ou
the constitutional basis as the Omaha
plan Is to arouse the prejudice of the
representatives in the legislature from
outside of Omaha against Omaha and
array the state against Omaha, on the
presumption that Omaha Is trying to
levy a - tribute on the railroads that
would come out of the pockets of the
taxpayers of other sections of the state.
With sublime impudence John N.
Baldwin cries out the Omaha plan
means double taxation. How aliout the
Council Bluffs plan? Council Bluffs is
permitted to assess the Union Pacific
railroad within the city limits at $75,000
per mile aud the east hulf of the Union
Pacific bridge for $87,000, while Omaha,
on the Baldwin plan. Is allowed to tax
Union Pacific terminal tracks at $9,800
per mile, which would tax tlia west
half of the Union Pacific bridge on a
valuation of only $1,505.
Wherein does the Omaha plan con
template double taxation? Proierty in
Omaha, Lincoln. Beatrice, Hastings and
every other town In Nebraska pays state
taxes, county taxes and city taxes. Is
that double taxation or is It treble taxa
tion? Is it not simply taxation ac
cording to the character of the public
service rendered? The Union I'acltic
has always been compelled to pay Its
proportion of city tsxes In Omaha,
("rand lslnnd and North Platte on Its
machine shops. Is that double taxa
tion?
People unfamiliar with the modes of
taxation la other states would naturally
Imagine that the Omaha plan was a
monstrosity, when in fact in all the
older states of the union, In New Eng
land, New York, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, the Omaha plan has prevailed
for forty years or more. ' In the city of
rittsburg the railroad machine shops,
depots, depot grounds and all ter
minals, excepting the right-of-way lim
ited to sixty-six feet in width, are ub-
ected to municipal taxes by local as
sessors and the aggregate assessment of
railroad terminals at Pittsburg for the
year 1902 exceeds $15,000,000. Did the
Pennsylvania legislature adopt the
Omaha plan for railroad taxation? Do
the counties outside of Allegheny lose
a dollar of railroad tax by municipal
taxation In rittsburg? Would the rail
roads thut are assessed for $13,(00,0K)
on terminals at rittsburg tamely submit
to double taxation If they had any
chance to maintain that position In the
state courts of Pennsylvania or in the
federal courts?
It Is given out that the farmers of
Douglas county outside of Omaha and
South Omaha are opposed to the plan of
consolidating city and county govern
ments and will exert themselves
against it at the . legislature. In point
of fact, it is not consolidation that they
opiM)se, but the possible separation of
the county into two districts that would
detach the two cities of Omaha and
South Omaha from them. So long as
the county and city are In one district
taxes paid by city property owners
furnish a huge fund that Is expended
chiefly for the benefit of the people In
the county outside of the city. They
are not to be blamed If they prefer
not to give up this great advantage
they have been enjoying, yet that
should not stand In the way of legisla
tion making It possible to merge the
city and county governments with a
view to more economical administra
tion.
The railroads of the country are form
ing an association to protect themselves
against the perpetration of frauds In
the use of railway tickets, which dur
ing the past year are said to have In
volved them In a loss approximating
$100,000. This Is really not very much
of a loss when the tremendous passenger
business done In the United . States is
taken Into consideration. It is a mere
bagatelle in comparison with the cost
to the roads of the vicious free pass
system that takes a million out of their
treasuries where ticket forgeries and
frauds take a hundred thousand. If
the roads would get together to put an
end to the free pass Incubus the people
generally would be ready to co-operate.
Germany's experiment with auto
mobiles for the postal service has not
proved the success" that was expected.
it will take lankee Ingenuity yet to
perfect the- self-propelling machine for
practical use and 'the American post-
office to apply it effectively to the needs
of postal distribution.
The Drifting; Poller.
Washington Post.
The Hon. James K. Jones thinks a drift
ing poller is the best thing for the demo
crats at present. In the meantime, the
gentleman from Arkansas ' hopes to drift
onto the Isthmian Canal commission.
Aav Illustration of Prosperity.
Philadelphia Press.
Borne distinguished democrats had a con
ference over breakfast at a swell New
York place the other day. Here we have
an illustration of prosperity. In demo
cratic times It would probably have been
necessary to bold the conference in a
soup house. .
Nothing Dolagr.
Indianapolis News.
Orders have been Issued to have 100,000
Krag-Jorgensen rifles distributed among
the various arsenals of the country, and
for the navy yards - to work three shifts
of men; but there Is nothing doing, ab
solutely nothing. This Is merely a time
of peace well adapted to preparation.
Foreign Decorations Shelved.
Indianapolis Journal.
Senator Cutlom, chairman of the foreign
relations committee, has pigeon-holed a
house bill granting permission to a num
ber of government officials to accept deco
rations, orders and gifts tendered to them
by the rulers of other nations, and says
that no such bills shall be passed while he
is chairman of the committee. It Is an un
American practice snd bad better be re
formed altogether.
Trast Magnates.
Albert Shaw In the Century.
Unfortunately, the trusts are In the
hands of men whose huge projects have
developed a little too rapidly, and who
have become wholly Impatient of any sort
of check or restraint. Some of them, per
chance, have been intoxicated by the ex
traordinary accesa of power that has come
to them, and others have built up a false
pride that makes them forgetful of their
places as Individual citizens in a democ
racy. Still others, of a baser type, have
become hardened through long years of de
liberate practice of corrupt methods in
politics employed by them with a view to
making public authority subservient to
private interest.
A Woman to Honor.
New York Sun.
Hats off to Mrs. H. A. Harkaon. The
story of her work as an angel of mercy at
that wreck on the Jersey Central first
gives you a glow In your heart, and then
makes you want to cheer. When the ter
rible crash took place she was In her back
yard, which is situated next the track. She
didn't lose time going through the bouse,
but, seliiDg an axe, cut her way through
the back fence. To get the injured Into the
building quickly she ordered the rescuers
to tear away part of the back of the house.
While attending to the dying she saw some
tramps robbing a wounded msn who was
lying In the kitchen. She drove them out
at the muzzle of a revolver. Truly, a he
roic soul. No horrors daunted her and no
labors tired. She must have the heart of
a woman, the courage of a soldier and the
strength of a man. Her neighbors should
be proud of her. And Just think of It, but
for Ibis terrible disaster It Is possible that
nobody would have suspected that such a
bero heroine Is loo weak a word lived in
these part. Long III sad all honor to
hsrl
Rorn ahoit skw york,
Rlpplea the Carrrnt of I. If in the
Metropolis.
The artlvity of housebreakers of late
brought down upon the police the undi
luted wrath of the victims. Every house
holder relieved of goods or cash Joined In
a warm chorus of condemnation, charging
the defenseless cops with lack of vigilance
and a chronic desire to sleep on duty. The
police resented the rharge and proceeded
to show the critics that lack of ordinary
precautions by housekeepers la responsible
for the activity and prosperity of sneak
thieves. One of the captains of the Fifth
venue district sent seven detectives to
surrounding homes to examine and report
on the number to which entrance could be
effected. The men got Into flfty-slx house,
in some rases as far as the second floor,
before being stopped by the head of the
house or some of the servants, and then
the officer was usually unmercifully be
rated for his Intrusion.
Millions of dollars worth of valuables and
enormous quantities of Jewelry were within
the reach of the detectives, who could have
walked out with thousands of dollars worth
of small pictures In William K. Vander
bllt's home, at Fifty-second street and Fifth
avenue, without being detected. In every
Instance one or more doors opeened when
the knob was turned.
Holders of stock in the Woman's Hotel
company have received notice that the
Hotel Martha Washington, the East
Twenty-ninth street hostelry built by that
company for use by women. Is ready for
Inspection. The capital of the company Is
$400,000. The owners of the shares Include
many women, members of professions, book
keepers, stenographers and others who are
self-supporting, and buslnesa men and per
sons of wealth who went Into the enterprise
in a philanthropic spirit. Five hundred
guests have engaged ' rooms and Manager
James H. Case says 100 women have applied
and asked that their names be placed on
the watting list.
All employes have been engaged and the
furnishings are to be completed by Feb
ruary IB, the date for the formal opening.
The elevator operators, "fronts," mall and
key clerk, and the head waiter are to be
men, and the room clerk, assistant room
clerk, caBhler, and bookkeeper are to be
women.
This Is the age of cheap dentistry In
New York cheap that . is to say In com
parison with the prices which once pre
vailed. The visit to the dentlBt was an
excursion formerly dreaded as much for the
aftermath that came by mall as for tbe
physical discomfort that the visitor was
certain to undergo. But the increase In
the number of good dentists during recent
years has made It no longer possible for
any of them to charge large sums for ordi
nary services. Some of the long estab
lished dentists, who stand toward their
patients In the. same light as family physi
cians, are still able to Impose the old-time
fees. But their number is small and grow
ing smaller every year. One dentist of
long standing said the other day that th
fees his colleagues could charge had de.
creased by at least 20 per cent in the last
fifteen years, although there had not been
any noticeable decline in the character of
the attention that patients received. The
quality of the work has steadily improved
while the compensation for It has grown
cheaper.
J. P. Morgan visited the office of the New
York tax commissioner the other day and
declared that he was not liable to personal
taxation, but rather than be called a tax-
dodger he agreed to pay personal taxes on
an assessment of $400,000.
"I see that I have been put .down on the
tax books for an assessment of 1600,000," he
said. "I paid taxes last year on $400,000
and have therefore been increased $200,000,
for none of which I am liable."
s There was a note of complaint In the
millionaire's voice, although he did not
make the statement In the way of a protest.
"Have you no personal property?" asked
the commissioner.
"I have personal property, but it Is not in
form to be taxable by the city," answered
the financier. "All my property conslsta of
railway stocks In corporations, for which I
am not subject to taxation. I own no per
sonal taxable property."
"Do you own any railroad bonds?" queried
the commissioner.
"I do not," promptly replied the financier.
"Is your property all In stocks?"
"Yes."
"Is any of your property In bonds and
mortgages?"
"No." said M.'. Morgan, bluntly.
An Interesting question often asked In
Wall street, says the Evening Post, con
cerns the amount of capital that a large
bank could raise at an hour's notice. That
la, how much accommodation could a bank
extend a customer unexpectedly confronted
with pressing need, or for the purpose of
financing a great deal with. A banker of
International experience Is authority for tho
statement that Wall street's facilities In
this regard are superior to London's, In
that a large undertaking could be financed
here with much greater dispatch than on
the other side.
Said an officer of one of Wall street's
most Important banks: "It Is no trouble at
all nowadays to raise $5,000,000 or $6,000,000
within an hour. I have seen It done too
often to think for a moment that It would
tax seriously a large bank's resources.
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do It, but the great Wall street institutions
are linked together In such a way as to
provide almost unlimited resources for the
flnanclng of any safe deal. The large banks
think little of $1,000,000 or $2,000,000 loans
these days, whereas In former years they
attracted general attention, for such large
amounts were released only after consider
able negotiation. But that has all changed
now."
- WHY ARIZOKA 19 HALTED.
Attempt to Hold I'p the Territory for
Outlawed Rands.
Buffalo Express.
Delegate Mark Smith of Arizona offered
a strong argument why that territory
should be admitted by his explanation of
the Pima county bond case. It appears
from his statement that the bonds were
Issued In Pima county to pay for the con
struction of a railroad that never was
built. The supreme court' has declared the
bonda Invalid, but congress made a law, at
the request of the bondholders, validating
them. The people of the territory are
now testing that law.
If Arizona were an Independent state
congress could not override the local au
thorities and the courts In this manner.
The Incident Illustrates the old maxim that
congress never can be trusted to govern
any community In the interests of Us own
people so well as they would govern them
selves. The principle of creating states as
soon as territories obtain sufficient popu
latlon to afford a guarantee of their ability
to maintain a permanent government of
their own has been adhered to in all cases
except New Mexico and Arizona. It Is
unjust to make an exception of them.
Incidentally, It may be mentioned that
the man who Is representing the Pima
county bondholders before congress, and
urging that Arizona be denied statehood
unless It agrees to pay those bonds, is
Bird 8. Coler, the recent democratic can
didat for governor of New York,
THE OLD
lip
IIP
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Absolutely Puro
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
OCR AMBASSADOR'S LEGS.
Mysterloaa Effect of tho Cost o me
by Mr. MeCormtek.
Washington Post.
We should really like to secure some
definite information touching the costume
In which Mr. Robert McCormlck, our am
bassador to Petersburg, appeared at the
Russian court a few days ago. There has
been much disturbing gossip In the prem
ises. Some Tumors had It that Mr. Mc
Cormlck had presented himself nt the
Winter palace In the full dress uniform of
a major general of the Illinois State guard,
which, as everybody knows, is almost as
beautiful and resplendent as the regnlla
of the Philadelphia City troop or the com
plete war paint of the supreme potentate
of the Improved Order of Bungstnrters.
It doesn't line up, of course, with the
panoply In which Mr. Cleveland's envoy
to Oermany once Invaded the Presence In
Berlin. Any reproduction of that amazing
plumage has since been solemnly forbidden
by international agreement, for Its effect
was more than disastrous at the time.
Several princes fainted outright. A par
ticularly large Job lot of Junkers threw
fits both ways a-comin' and a-goln' and
the Grand Hereditary Bootjack of Pum
pernickel retired to his principality In a
burning rage of envy, swearing that never
again would he go abroad without his army
79 men and 184 officers- of all ranks. It
occurs to us, however, that Mr. McCor
mick's costume may easily have led to
jealousies and heartburnings at the Russian
capital. If it be true, . as stated, that he
wore the uniform of the Illinois militia,
we can well believe It. We have seen that
uniform In Washington and we know that
It means chilblains for the gaudiest Willie
boys in Europe. But we hope it was only a
Louis XV recrudescence something sweetly
rococo In the lace, brocade and satin line;
a creation of puffs, patches, high-heeled
skates, and. silken calves; ruffled throat
and wrists and mincing steps. We are
proud of Mr. McCormlck's legs, as we were
pf Mr. Breckinridge's In his day. Any ono
can pound about In swords and Jackboots,
with tempestuous mustache and muttering
strange oaths; but when It comes to the
long, smooth glide, the limpid legs, the
aromatic whisper, and the sinuous duck,
the American people point with pride and
likewise hurl back. Tell us, oh, tell us.
that It was our ambassador's legs that
made the minions of despotic power wince!
PEHSOWAI, KOTKS.
A Washington correspondent says Senator
Allison Is noted tor the dexterity with
which he keeps his views out of the news
papers. The young sultan of Morocco has fire
works at sundown of each day. In other
respects, however, his life has none of the
Fourth of July trimmings.
During the past month Senator Hanna
attended eighteen dinner parties on eight
een successive nights. He Is now a recog
nised authority on table decorations.
Mrs. George B. McClellsn, widow of the
famous general, who has been residing In
Europe for many years, has returned to
tbla country and will make her future home
In Washington.
Time works wonders. General Miles eat
ing with King Edward suggests the query
what would the latter's great-grandfather
have done to George Washington If he had
had him in England?
Dr. Edward Everett Hale says if he were
a millionaire he would buy a large tract of
land near Boston, divide it Into four-acre
lots, build a small house on each lot and
present them to the poor at a nominal
rental and at the end of ten years give
them the houses. '
Arrangements are In progress In Can
cord, Msbs., for the observance of the cen
tennial of the birth of Ralph Waldo Eraer-
i son, May 25. The Social circle, of which
Mr. Emerson was a member for forty-three
! years prior to his death In 1881
has ap-
1 pointed a committee to prepare the pro
gram, in tne morning - mere win do ex
I erclaes In the town hall for the children
and in tho afternoon the exercises will be
In the Unitarian church.
The New York Press says that at a
recent dinner given by a woman the gueats
were at table when Miss Alice Roosevelt
was announced. When she entered the
dlnlne room "every man and woman rose
and remained standing until the 'crown
princess,' as she has been dubbea by tnose
who do not approve of the new formality.
was seated. Of course, the Roosevelt
family Is In no way responsible for this
departure from democracy, but Its members
are In the hands of the sentiment tney
have unconsciously created."
A Good
Example
If the mind la properly trained In childhood the result Is
evident in manhood and this applies to good clothing. There's
sufficient reason for the lowering ot prices on the garments of
"our own manufacture." The season Is nearly over for us.. But
Just ripe for you. If you waot a good suit, overcoat or a pair ot
trousers and they are considerably reduced In price to make it
an object even to buy them for next season a look at our win
dows will prove the saving.
NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE Ol'RS.
R. a. Wlleos, Mar.
RELIABLE
PROSPERITY'S GOLDR GUARANTY.
Increasing- Ontpnt of Cold m Slam ot
Great Promise.
New York World.
One Indication that prosperity will re
main with us for a long time to come de
serves to bo noted the rapidly Increasing
output of gold.
The world's gold production was $42,000.
000 greater for 1902 than for 1901. It canio
within $fi,000,000 of equaling the largest
previous year's production, that of 18H9,
when the aggregate output ot all countries
was very m arly $:?13,000.000.
More than $30,000,000 of the Increase nl
laBt year over 1901 camn from the Trans
vaal alone. Thus Immediately did the re
turn ot peace make Itself felt. It Is esti
mated that this year the Transvaal will add
$70,000,000 to the world's gold stock, and
that for probably ten years to come thla
output will be steadily and largely In
creased. At tho same time there seems tc
be no doubt that Alaska Is to be a new
field of gold mining of Indefinite magnitude.
A fact of no small Importance in Its
bearing on the competitive progress ot the
different nations is that of the total world's
production of $306,000,000 In gold last year
the United States produced nearly $88,000,
000, Australia $81,000,000, Canada $l9,r00,000
and British India $9,000.000 a total of
$197,500,000, or nearly two-thirds ot the
whole, from mines of Anglo-Saxon coun
tries. Historians have noted the invariable co
incidence of increased gold mining with
good times. California and Australia gave
us In the lata '40s and enrly '!0s our Inst
"golden age" of prosperity. The present
one promises to be longer and greater.
SAID IN FIX.
Mint Office Boy I guess de boss will
raise my rT.
Second Ofllce Boy What makes yer fink
so?
First Office Bny I give him ter under
stand I'd stay till he did. Judge.
"Madeluine Is such a dainty ltttlo per
son;" "Isn't she! Why, It Just fascinates m to
eq ner ninnio nnr- wBy rouiiu- h noe in a
Wt of Swiss cheese." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"ftee here!" exclaimed the wrathful cus
tomer, "your cider vinegar Isn't pure!"
"Sir," cfllmly rejoined the Krocer, who
has a habit of attending church occasion
ally, "to the pure all things are pure."
Chicago News.
When a man tells you that the world Is
growing better all th time. It Is generally
aafo to asRirme that ho lilmnclf Is steadily
growing richer Somervllle Journal.
Ascum Ha hopes some day, he Says, to
become a popular poet. Do ycu think he
ever will?
J&lltor Of coume. He'll die some day."
Philadelphia Catholic Standard.
"Don't you think the office should seek
the man?
"Yes," the candidate answered; "It would
save me a tremendous amount of work and
worry if it would." Brooklyn Eigle.
"Some men." said Uncle Etien.
'axes yoh
advice simply to have somebody
to hoi'
'sponsible If
things goes wrong." Washlng-
ton Star. ,
The Pastor I hope you never swear when
the baby la Irritable.
The Parent Oh. no; tho baby attends to
all that. Upplncott's Magazine.
"The humorous," said the scholar, "is part
of the arm."
"Strictly speaking," said the teacher of
physiology, "would you say It whs one nf
the bones of the arm, or of the shoulder?"
"Oh! it's the elbow really, the humerus Is
the funny bone, of course." Philadelphia
Press.
MAKE WAY POR 'PUR MAX.
C. E. Banks In Saturday Evening Post.
T . . . I- .... - .... .
Nor sluggard's, to gape and dn-am,
But the strenuous peace of the land's
Increase, .
And the powerful beat of steam;
Let the cannon of commerce roar over the
fields,
And the bugles of brotherhood play
For the arm of the man, and the traln of
the man.
And the grit of the man, make way.
Let us have peace; no timid peace
That doubtful clings to Its placo.
But the free, brave peace of the old-time
Greece
And the faith of a patriot rnce;
Let the vision of virtue enrapture the gaze.
And the bolts of lnti-grlty tilay
For the arm of the niaii, and tho brain of
the man.
And the nerve of the man, make way.
Let us have peace; no anchored peace
nat holds its salrs In the slips.
But the peace that sweep all the strange
blue deeps
With the k els of Its own great ships;
With honor commanding, and truth at the
helm,
And beauty to welcome the spray
For the nerve and muscle and brawn and
bratn.
For the soul of the man, make way.