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TIIE OJIAITA DAILY HEEt TUESDAY, frEBKTTATlT 10, 1003 TlIE OMAHA DAILY DEE E. Rose water, editor. PUBLISHED KVERT MORNINO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dully Bee (without Sundsy), One Yeer..lt.n0 lsly Hm and Sunday, one Year 6 00 lllustrsted fcee, One Vear 2 ' Sunday Hee. One Year aw Saturaay Bee, One Year J.oO Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. l.tsf DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Tally I tee (without Sunday), per copy.... 20 Daily Hee (without biniHy?, er week...Uc Laily Bee (Including tSumlhy), per week..lic Sunday Bee, per copy -jo Evening Bee (without Sundiyi, per week so Evening Bee (Including Sunday), Pr week Complaint of frresllarltles In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. I OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omana-Clty Hall Building, Twen ty -fifth and M Street. Council Blurt's 10 Pearl 8treet. Chicago 1W Unity Building, tsew York 232X Park Row Uulldlng. Washington 401 Fiurteenth Street. COKRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or poatal order, payable to The . Bee Publfthlng Company. Only 3-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall account. Peraonal check, except on Omaha or eaatern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT4 OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.: Oeorge B. Txschuck, eecretary of The .Bee publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and eompletj copies of Tha Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month 01 January, usw. was as ionow; ... .80,420 17 ....80.2BO - 18 XH.02O ...,8(,TOO 19 ....80,540 ....28.805 20 ao.aao ....O.BOO ; 21 31.630 ....aoAto 12 ,...ao,440 7 30,620 W HOJWO 1 80,400 U 3O.TB0 80,40 SS... ...JM,MM 10.. 8O.B0O 26 80.B70 11 28,700 17 80,870 12 ....80.B00 - 28 80.S40 IS 8O.B0O . 29 80,830 14 8O.40O 80 80.870 15 80,370 1 80,470 8"1 941,45 Less unsold and returned copies.... O." Net total sales.. .03i.no7 Net average sales 8O,O0i OEOKOB B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before rue this Hist day of January, A. D. 1903. M. B. HUNOATE. (Seal.) Notary Public. So far as appearances go, the friar question la simply stewing. Of course those Indiana grave robbers did all their work Just for the benefit of Innocent doctors. Grover Cleveland sees no reason to re- Ject a presidential nomination that he knows Is beyond reach. Luckr that earthauake shakeun In . . - . nentucy came oo amraa j or tnB iveo- tuckians might . have attributed it to sonietning else. i Just In oassimr. It mav be noted th'it . , " vrai cancelled mortgages before the present era of republican prosperity waa Inau gurated. After reading of the catastrophe in the South Sea Islands, the famines In Sweden and Trinidad, one is tempted to the belief that being in the United States Is worth while. , uoionei ryan nas me ngui oi every American citizen to choose his own table company, and if lie wants to draw the line on political grounds, mat is a purely personal matter to himself. Tne lawyers will take up six daya of the coal atrlke commission time, lr all the hot air they spout couia De usea for beating purposes, the pressure for gar(i to the food supply ln the event the entire Jurisdiction Is to be ultl fuel might be somewhat relieved. 0f war ig interesting as showing how en- mately turned over to the nation bv If trusts are over 2,000 years old, as asserted in the debate on the trust bill, the only wonder Is that anything out- aide of the trust octopus Is left for the trust promoters of today to work on. That omnibus statehood bill seems lo i i i. .... ..n.. in.,) rt - 1 uavo ureu ..cu.i., i sareiy over tue rougu piae, nuu iub reault la that two or me passengers wui have to get out if the coach la to ar- rive at the destination at all. So well satisfied Is the house with lta Innovations of Sunday sessions for eulo- gles on aeceasea memDers, mat it seems anxious to hold memorial meetings every Sunday ir oniy enougu memuers wm die successively to keep the dates filled. a eierlvst;te"dmil- slumln-r- . - ' J L "... me local guaraui, uuUU l"' "uu monopolize all the business of the field for the foreign companlea. The bill should be put to sleep permanently. The lnclenency of winter weather does not oeem to be Interfering with the prosecution of the municipal campaign down at Lincoln, where It is already on ln full blast. A bill nostoonlnir the bat tie to the balmy days of May should be rushed through the legislature at once. Up ln Floux City, stage realism la to be promoted ' by a real wedding cere mony aa part of a dramatic perform a nee. . When the company reaches Stou Falls, It can carry the drama of life one step further by having a real di vorce consummated before the eyes of the audience. ' It would naturally be supposed that the Commercial club would get to the forefront lu'the light to secure equal a m t ' i . i i. a taxation of ruilroad property In Omaha with the proiterty of private Individuals and business houses. But It is keeping decidedly mum. i The reason why, Is not bard to discover. - r?nAMvnv fliL-Av'e n 1 1 ( t ii.ta nn t, , - ' -...... - - question of theaters, card playlug and dancing may be approved by only a part t of the people of Nebraska, but the unl - versal verdict will be that it la far pref - erable to the performancee of his prede- cesser In office as sponsor for bull fights, poker .parties and carnival hilarity. A PTBIKISG BAMPLK OF DISTRIBUTION. Twenty years ago the Omaha A South western railroad wan returned to the state ttonrtl of railroad assessors as 4!.2o miles nt f10,tM! per mile and Its total assessed ruination was $107,045.07, dlstritiTited r. follows: Douglas county. 7.81 miles f 88.118 89 Psrpy county. 10.9 miles 11T.0SI 51 Cass county, 1.02 mil 10.881 98 Saline county, 17 miles 181.038 00 Gae county, 11 43 miles 132,867 07 Total, 49.25 miles $524,468 26 In lts2 the Omaha & Southwestern railroad In refnrnpd aa 50.M nillee at flViO per mile and the total assessment thereof Is f3.TO.720, or. $19.1.838.23 less than It was assessed for In the ypnr 1882. The mileage and assessment for earn of the five counties traversed by the Omoha & Southwestern railroad In 1002 Is aa follows: Douglas county, 4.88 miles ....$ 31.500 Sarpy county, 14.91 miles 96.B15 Cass county, 1.02 miles 6,630 8allne county, 17.07 miles.... 110.950 Oage county, 13.02 miles 84.630 Total. 60.88 miles..... $330,625 It will be noted that while the road Is credited with a greater length In 1002 by 1.03 miles the shrinkage In Its value Is almost 37 per cent, and the loss to the five counties respectively waa as follows: Douglas county Sarpy county . Cass county .. Saline county . Oage -county . . $51,668 69 20,117. 61 4,231 98 70,083 00 47,737 07 Now mark the striking effect of dis tribution. Twenty years ago the value of the terminals of the Omaha & South western at Omaha, Including depot grounds, depot and other Improvements on the right-of-way. did not exceed $100,000. In the year 1002 the depot crounds. depot buildings and terminals nf th.t mart whih inrhuia th nW Burlington system at Omaha, exceefl in valne $3,000,000. Assuming that the as- sessment for 1002 represents one-sixth of the actual value, or $833,333, the Burlington terminals at Omaha, exceed by $502,708 the assessment of the whole line. Including the terminals. Had the line been, assessed on the basis of 1882 at $10,640 per mile, which by rights is less than half of what it should be at one-sixth of Its mileage value, the assessment for 1902, exclusive 0f terminals, should have been: Doualaa county. 4.86 miles' t 61.961 Sarpy county, 14.91 miles............ 158,767 Cass county, 1.02 miles 10,922 eaune county i. mues u"1 it liu a. vuuni uiaiiiuuuuu ui iuq 'e or tne omana terminals oi tne a -. j i - m a. I Southwestern road, the various conn- " 1 CrVlllIHtl MM IIIIIIIWNZ I . . . . . ... 177 BR1 I Sarp, county 407,247 Cass county 27,97$ Gage county 856,293 Total ti 382 144 By rights the value of the Burlington terminals at Omaha, which are alt In- eluded in the Omaha & Southweatern, should be distributed as part of the mileage of the Omaha and Ashland line, These figures ought to be an eye- onener to the nubile who are still con- tendIn- that V.,UPB ot tho railroads at the 0maha terminals' tr; being dls- trbuted to the various counties, town- hlpgf vinagcg and precincta along the whole line of railroad. . BMTAWS food SVPPLT. The solicitude that Is being manifested by prominent men In England In re- tirely dependent the United Kingdom Is in this respect upon other countries, particularly the United States. The manifesto Just Issued by a committee composed of peers, members of parlla- ment, officers of the navy and othora of prominence, declare that In case of war the conntry mUst be prepared to . .... . I see Dreaa at ramine prices, as most of the food suppliee are drawn from the united statea. the oDlnlon la exrjressed that the price of wheat would be raised artificially to a ooint commensurate with th wr risks and iiniftiihtii v nwh wouid , thB cai - It doe() not appear that the commlt. tee made -ua.TOBtloft aa to UoQ fof Ull. rK)8(jlbiiity,. and It Is not eajy t0 Bee what done En. ,and cannot ftcournuinte .ufflcient food ipplle- to meet demand for any great i.i, .i, in .v jm Pri- -u,d certainly bound upward very soon after the beirinnlnir of the I ... . . war. it buouki oe ner policy, tnererore, .rt .IfiA ATAfV tkfft1t A rtMBAWA AAO AA Especially necessary Is It to the wel fare of her people that she maintain friendly relations with this country, from which most of her foodstuffs are supplied. An Impairment of these re latlona which Would Interfere with this trade would- have very serious conse- wmv f. Britain, and this Is perhapa the most potent ' reason for English friendliness. At any Tate, It la so strong 0re8t Britaln wlU Provok n 1uar re! with the United States and will sup port no other, country in any hostile movement agufust us. We send to the United Kingdom an- nually f.iodstuffa to the value of several huudre1 ulUUon dollars,' and with total lexporc iraue wun nai country amount lug to between wA)Al and shoo. iww.ow a year, 'mis' vast commerce, I much of U In Indispensable articles ilrhli - h ViktIi which Kugland cannot obtain elsewhere. makes the strongest possible bond be- teen the two' countries. In addition l? "' a 'a.1" amount of English capi- I ttt ' Invested In American railway and l onier aeeunues ana. in various enter- prisea In the UnIUd 8tates. Hundreds I rtf millions or rtTilljira have come fmm l , I England for the development of our I mines and Industries and a considers jblu part of It Is still Invested here. Thus 1 enormous commercial ana nuancial in teresta have been created between the I two countries which are. steadily grow ling, it U tola that wara powerfully for the maintenance, of friendly rela tions, about equally Important to each country, for while England must linve our foodstuffs and our cV.ton. we want the trade and flud It profitable. There are some who think that a Ku rojiean war Is an event of the not re mote future. Reports of armies being mobilized by Turkey, Russia and Aus tria are disturbing symptoms. It might le Inferred from the anxiety of promi nent .Englishmen regarding the food supply that they expect war. There Is no doubt that a war Involving Great Britain would compel the British peo ple to puy a very high price for food stuffs, so that that country will be wise to spare no effort for the maintenance of the world's ponce, i a THE STATES AfiD THE TRUST The supreme court of the United States has pointed out that the states may exert a considerable power in con trolling trusts, through legislation sup plementing the federal statutes. The constitutional limitations of the power of congress in dealing with trusts and the restrictions upon the power of the states to Interfere with Interstate com merce make a very complicated situa tion. On the one hand congress can regulate only interstate commerce, which does not Involve the power to forbid combinations of manufacturers, while on the other hand the states can not prevent foreign corporations from sending their goods within their borders and selling them there, although they can forbid unreasonable restraints of competition and can Impose conditions upon foreign corporations that seek to locate within their limits, A number of the states have enacted anti - trust laws, but we do not know of nn instance where one of these laws ! boon sustained by the courts, the general reason for their failure being lu' weui ueyouu me powers or tHe 'sta,e and ,n olne way were an in terrerence wun interstate commerce. T1"8 experience, however, should not be Permitted to discourage the enactment or anti-trust legislation by the states and tne effortstthat are being made to 8pcure 8Uch 'eolation and have It unl rorm are to De commended. A bill has been Prepared by former Congressman Springer of Illinois, who is the attorney ot tne National Live Stock association, to submitted to the legislature of every state In the union, which Is aimed at the suppression of the evils that it la the purpose of all anti-trust laws to reach. The basis of the bill Is what Is .mv uu uo iuc juri lunu bli. uul LlllH IN .,, iiuiij at ihree obJ,ct-publlclty for the af. fairs of all corporations and organized u associations ensraeed in 'buslnesa within " Parenting granting or receiving of special rates or rebates for . Uouauuuauuu nun ureveutinir acts dv means of contracts or conspiracies, or uuuersejung to particular persons, - - M 1 1 I . A. . Intended to drive others out of business na suppress competition. ln Tl,ese respects the bill is In accord wltn tne measures before congress and therefore would supplement these, thus establishing a concurrent policy between he federal government and the states. wleh appears to be absolutely neces eary for effectually dealing with the combinations. Speaking of the provi 8lon8 of tnIs bul the New Yrk Journal of Commerce says they are necessary If the trust problem Is to be sntlsfac- torily solved and to accomplish Oie end legislative co-operation between the na tlon and the state Is essential, unless amending the constitution. This un doubtedly will have to be eventually done, but ln the meanwhile It is most desirable that there shall be legislation by the states supplementing federal anti-trust laws to such extent as this mav be done. With the fedorsi ni state governments eo-oneiatinr mm-h could certain! v be done toward remed v. ing the evils and abuses of the trusta. ne of tne Peakers at the ' recent meeting of Nebraska democratic editors declared that the principal camnaltm expenses of democratic candldatea con- slst of money spent for booze. This Is an arraignment that ahould be indlg nBDtly resented not only by democratic omcer see iters, put also by democratic voter" t0 wh08e 'avor they appeal. In aU the sworn statements of campaign I expenditures niea nv aemocratle pnmll fate, we have seen no Item, credited to Pre' DUt ,,ke xne traveling man's ex nense account. It m h thura 4.,. .,, I ' - I Hi There Is not an incorporated city or village In Nebraska ln which the rail roads are paying as much In taxes on their local depot grounds and rlght-of way under the system of pretended mileage distribution as they would pay if the property were assessed and taxed by the city authorities the same as other property. Yet the railroad attorney prate about double taxation. If the legislature undertakes to reduce the rate of interest required from the banks on deposits of county money, it should olso reduce the rate of interest drawn by registered county and city warrants. There Is no gootlt reason why couny aud city should be compelled to pay a higher rate of Interest ou their warrants than the state pays on state warrants. It is said Nebraska congressmen want the state to maintain a paid business agent at Washington to look after the I interests of lta people ln the various executive departments of the national government. Tray, what is the state ,n.it.ini.M a . i ,ilBUIiaiulU V . U M-URtun Plill BIX IUU g-ressmen at Washington for? I The Mexican monetary commission - 1 mai?bw to gniieiui at me rneuuiy I position taken by thb United Statea ln - 1 It assurances of co-operation. The I I'niiea biaies is almost aa much, inter- ested in currency stability In Mexico as Mexico Itself because of the large Amer- an Investmeuta there and our growing rade relations with our neighltors on the south. If this country can- help out any bringing Mexican monetary affairs uto conformity with ouc own, we cer tainly will find It advantageous to do so. I,t, but ot .east. St. ImuIb Qlobe-Democrat. Barnum'i "bearded lady" Is dead. This removes one of the last vestiges of popu lism. Don't Cilve Ynomelf Array. Philadelphia Ledger. There Is only one lesson taught by the ay the house has bandied the submarine boat scandal: If a congressman knows of an attempt to bribe him, he will keep It to himself. A Snararestloit from Abroad. Brooklyn Enle. And will not Boston erect a statue of Ralph Waldo Emerson on his one hundredth birthday? We have statues of foreigners. of politicians, of momentary consequences. while this great mind that America has produced is still unmonumetited. Antiquity of Skin name. Indianapolis News. Mr. Llttlefleld, In the house, traced the history of trusta back to $,300 years B. C. which Is Interesting, but, not conclusive evidence that they bava a vested right to skin their victims. No doubt a little careful research would enable an Invetl gator to trace variations of tha gold brick game to itlll greater antiquity. Germany and the I'alted States. Indianapolis Journal. Nothing could be franker on Its face than the statement of the new German ambassa dor, who has Just arrived In this country. Unless he Is utterly deceitful, which we have no right to suppose, the German em peror feels very friendly toward the United Staffs, and has no intention of violating the Monroe doctrine, which he understands and pproves. This, of course, cannot make Americans approve of Germany's methods In the Venezuelan matter, but It should dispose of groundless charges and fears. lalrstloa for Millionaires. New Tork Times. General Booth of ' the Salvation Army gravely announces the purpose of that en 'terprising organization "to go after the millionaires of the United States and en roll them as members." They have not usually been considered promising revival material, but perhaps the effort to reach them has not been made In Just the right way. The millionaire as an active mem ber of the Salvation Army would not be out of place. The qualities which have put nim in tne position he occupies, or kept him there 1t the formative work in building his fortune was done by others, are very much those which It may be assumed would make for success in the kind of work Gen eral Booth wants done. Better Pay for Jndares. Philadelphia Record. There was a time when the salaries of the judgea of the' supreme court of the United States were deemed quite sufficient to enable them to live with comfort and dignity. But nowadays, when lawyers of by no means the abilities of the Judges of the supreme court often earn aa much ln fees In one year as the salary of a supreme Judge would amount to In ten, there Is less Inducement - to 1 seek the highest honors of the bench. The salaries of the Judges should therefore ',Jte raised so as to secure the very best Judicial abilities lor the gov ernment. It Unto the highest interest of the country that the Judges ot this great. court should be independent financially as well aa politically Dana's Sonnd Irfajrle. Atlantic- Monthly. They tell a good story of Charles A. Dana how Dana once summoned a boy re porter and said "Tomorrow you write up the yacht race." "But," aaid the lad, "I don't know how, I'm a Nebraskan. I only came here last night, air, and I haven't so much as seen New York harbor yet. As for yachts- why, I never saw a yacht in my life." 'Just the reason I sent tor you, my boy! You'll write a story that people can read; rou'll picture the thing; you'll write with enthusiasm because It's all new to you." Sane logic! The poetry of the sea has always been written by landsmen; it al ways will be. The barrack room ballads are beat sung by a gentle civilian. The in side of anything is clearest seen by an erstwhile outsider. Mr. Bryee, not Mr. Lodge, writes the "American Common wealth," Emerson, not, Carlyle, writes English Traits." INCREASE OP PJfEtlsOJIIA. A Time for Vlallance ln Bafearaarataaj One's Health. Philadelphia, Record. The undoubted decline In the mortality from consumption may be traced to the greater care exercised by the patients and those who have charge of them to avoid everything known to favor Infection. Owing to the instructions which have been widely distributed by health officers most victims of the malady are provided with covered cups for the sputa, which Is destroyed by burning. Formerly no palm were taken to prevent the sputa, crowded with germs, from drying and thus fllllng the air with the seeds of the disease. It Is because consumption, while communicable, U not an acute infectious ailment that Its ravages were not vastly greater than when so little waa done to limit its speed. Probably the decline in the percentage of deaths Is due far more to these precautions than to any new methods of treatment.. Pneumonia, however, has shown an In creased mortality during the time that the deaths from tuberculosis have diminished. The people have been slow to realise the highly Infectious character of pneumonia. The germs are in the air, and It needs only a favorable opportunity for them to develop rapidly. The vital statistics of the census bureau are not regarded as ac curate, but they Indicate the tendency. In 1880 the deaths from pneumonia for each 10,000 of population (for the whole country) were 12.56, while ln 1900 the rate had Increased to IS. 49.' At the same periods the deaths from consumption de creased from 18.21 to 14.44 for each 10,000 of population. The health officer of Chi cago reports a more alarming Increase ot mortsllty in that city from pneumonia an tncresse of S50 per cent ln forty years In street cars, theaters and all public buildings persons with "colds" who clesr tholr throats do not hrsitata to expec torate in cuspidors or on tha floors, and ln many cases they set free the germs of pneumonia. " A man In perfect health who Is care-free may easily escape the danger of pneumonia, but another whose vitality la low and who is depressed by business or other cares may prove a ready victim to the germs In the air. There Is no reasonable doubt that a thorough system of ventilating all Pisces where people gather and a more rigid enforcement ot the rules against spitting In public places would tend to reduce the mortality from pneumonia. At this season persons cannot he too careful about exposing themselves to bad weather wbea Uey are weary or decreased. bits or WAsmaTosj lite. Minor Seenes and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. In spite of the vast quantity of anti-fat remedies prescribed and marketed by the medical profession there are instances, strange to ssy, among the doctors them selves, ln which thse infallible remedies utterly fall to produce the guaranteed re sults. One of the victims of unseemly bulk, who tried In vain to melt some of his too solid Aran, hss had his faith In pills and potions sadly shaken, and his grief la the more poignant becsuse bis ex pansive front prevents his promotion In the medical staff of the navy. Dr. A. II. Simonton Is acting assistant surgeon of the navy, has a remarkably fine record, and under the rules Is entitled to promotion. But Dr. Slmonton is of such massive frame that be cannot get through the hatches of a torpedo boat. He could ot render first aid to the Injured Or any other kind of aid unless the injured should be brought on deck, where he would have room to turn around. Actual measurements of Dr. Slmonton's girth and of the hatchways apertures show that the hatchways would have to be reconstructed If he Is detailed for the torpedo boat service. But that isn't all. It Is objected to Dr. Slmonton that he Is so broad of beam that he cannot navigate the narrow channel of a battleship's eorrldora and would be ln constant danger of getting wedged In be tween the bulkheads. Further than that, the stateroom of a battleship Is limited In else, and It Is said that Dr. Slmonton would have to sleep on the cabin table, because he couldn't get into the state room berth.' Just before the close of the year the stock of silver dollars held by the general fund of the treasury was down to less thsn S00.000, being the lowest thst had been reported for many years. At the rate at which demands for dollars were being received for shipments to all parts of the country. It was thought that the -stock would be entirely exhausted, ln which event Secretary Shaw would have been compelled to notify bankers and others that he' bad no more silver dollars to distribute. Just as the vaults were about to be swept clean the tide turned the other way. Business slackened, and, Instead of going out, the dollars began to come In. . Tbers has been a steady gain for the past three weeks, and today the silver dollars In the general fund number nearly 8,000,000. It Is ourious to note the tastes of the people ln different sections of the country ln re gard to money. The big silver dollars are very popular all through the south and west and In the rural districts ot certain eastern statea, but there Is no demand for them whatever ln large cities east of the Ohio river. The people of Pottstown, Pa., evidently prefer the silver dollars to the silver certificates, for the department re ceives regular orders for the shipment of large sums of silver dollars to that town. Uncle Sam, by the way, pays the freight on these shipments, and also Insures safe delivery, there being no charge to the banker whatever. This is a scheme the government has for encouraging the circu lation of silver dollars. The only require ment Is that the money must be ordered in lots of not less than $500 worth. The Civil Service commission recently re ceived from a concern which manufactures glass eyes a request for an indorsement of Its wares on the ground that "a hazel, crystal left eye worn by one of our patrons was marked 'far-sighted refraction excel lent' in a recent examination for the com mission." ... .All the details of the matter were given, the candidate's name, the date on which he took" the examination and the percentage he made. The commissioner- ' found that the statements in the letter tallied with the records. The candidate waa summoned be fore a medical expert" at the commission's New York office and the report of that offl cer received today confirms tha company's assertion. The medical officer says that the left eye was of glass, but that It could hardly be detected, as it rolled ' ln unison with the other, was of the same color and looked for all the world like a natural optic. The physician was In some doubt himself, he says, even after the usual tests until he tapped the candidate on the pupil with the butt end of a penknife. "Yes," taunted John Sharp Williams of Mississippi to "Uncle Joe" Cannon, "we democrats will whip you all right ln 1904." "Oot a candidate?" asked "Uncle Joe,' softly. , "We'll have one," Williams replied. "You fellows remind me of the man who was driving along a country road ln 1111 nols." said "Uncle Joe." "He asked a farmer which was the road to Paw Paw. " 'Wal,' said the farmer, 'there's two roads. If you take that one yender you'll wlsht you'd taken t'other, and if you take other you'll wiaht you'd never come.' Representative Qoldfogle had some con stltuents who came to see congress work in the rotunda of the capitol. He was show ing them the pictures. ' Now this," said Goldfogle, "Is a picture of Washington giving up his commission." Giving up his commission, huh?" com mented one ot the party. "Ha must have been a sucker. How much was his com mission?" Representative Sibley of Pennsylvania, who was elected to. tha Fifty-sixth con gress as a democrat and to the Fifty-seventh as a republican, was making a trust speech. What side is Blbley taking?" asked Rep resentative Nevin of Representative Kyle, I don't know," said Kyle. '.'I only heard him talk for fifteen minutes. He may have shifted since then." , PKRSOT AL NOTES. King Edward may be said to be rioting In pleasure. He has been entertaining Gen eral Miles and Sousa's band at the same time. A woman reformer has discovered that the life led by telegraph messenger boys Is "demoraltxing." Does she accuse them of being fast? It ia proposed to name one of the new battleships In honor of the state of Kan- u Kansas may be expected to take to water quite naturally. In granting a pardon to Cole Younger tha governor ot Minnesota aurrounded It with so many limitations, that his future will be seriously handicapped. Congressman Tawney of Minnesota de clares that he recently received from a constituent a letter ln which the writer begged bim to forward "a bushel ot mac aroni seed." Medical Director O. F. Wlnslow, U. S. N., has made application to be -placed on the retired list. He Is a Massachusetts man and baa a long and creditable career In the navy. T The sixtieth blrthdsy of Senator Nelson of Minnesota was celebrated In Washing ton on Tuesday by a dinner at which the aenator waa the guest ot honor, and at which covers were laid for sixty-five per sons. Including Senator Moses E. Clapp, who acted as toastmaater; other senators. representatives and heads of departments were present. The dinner wss given by the Scandinavian association ot Washing ton, ln behalf of which Senator Dolliver presented Senator Nelson with a handsome sliver service. TIPS FOR Tlin LEGISLATrRIl, Alnsworth St sr-Journal: The bill Intro duced by request by Brown to recede to the old lew for hunting chickens. In our opin ion, Is a very poor Idea since It has been established that birds are a great enemy to Inserts. Whatever your opinion, it Is pertinent you write the senstor at once stating your desire In the matter. Falrbury Oaiette: Women clerks snfl employes In the legislature should be "cut out." Such plscee belong to the boys who made the fight Isf politics? field. Good and worthy young men, with real and positive claims upon the members, are turned down for mere sentiment. This is not right; It Is sot good politics or good business princi ples. Stromsnurg Headlight: H. R. No. 158, by Thompson of Merrick (by request) To punish the stealing of domestic fowls and to punish persons receiving or buying stolen domeetio fowls and to punish all persons harboring or concealing poultry thieves. Makes the offense a felony." Puch a bill ought to pass with a whoop. Every com munity ln the state Is suffering more or less from this kind of pilfering. Springfield Monitor: One of the bills In the legislature that Is being pushed by the representatives, from the western part ot the state ia for the extermination of prairie dogs. The maker ef the bill, Frank Currle, an old-time Papllllon man, claims that over a million acres of land Is ren dered worthless for farming each year by these pests In western Nebrsska and that something must be done, to put a stop to IU Gordon Journal: Ws hope the legislature will not adjourn until It has taken some steps to compel the Standard Oil company to furnish a better grsde of ell for Illu minating purposes than is now being sold to our local duelers. The stuff we are using now Is not fit to kindle a fire with. There ought to be a heavy fine for imposing such stuff on the people. This Is one of the things that should not be overlooked by the legislature. Nebraska City News: A 'bill has been Introduced In the leglslatuiu making It a fineabte offense for any youth under 18 years of age to smoke on the streets or at any public place. A heavy fine Is to be placed against the dealer who sells tobacco ln any form to a youth under that age. The bill Is a good one and seems to meet with the approval of all ot tho members of the legislature. It Is to be 'hoped that this will be one of the laws that the legislature will enact. Wayne Herald: There will be an earnest effort on the part of the present legislature to put the finances of Nebraska on a bet ter basis. The state debt Is now double the constitutional limit, and Is Increasing. An effort will be made to reduce the run ning expenses to the lowest reasonable limit, but It will be found Impossible to bring them within the present revenue. Some means must be devised to Increase the Income as well as to diminish the -expenses, ' Hastings Tribune! Legislation for the construction and maintenance of good roads will never be a thing amiss. It Is not often currently remarked of, nevertheless the country road is one of the most Important factors in the accumulation of wealth. It Is the feeder of the railway systems, which ln turn are the feeders of the merchant marine. These roads are the little streams which convey the agricultural quota to the commercial current. They are abso lutely essential to tha farmers who border tbelr lines and to towns and villages, es pecially those of the western country. Let there be good roads. Stromsburg Headlights If a hill which Senator Umstead of . this district has in troduced goe through, the renters of Ne braska farms will be confronted with a "landlord's Jlen," which will grant the "landlords a Hen on all crops grown on leased land and also all personal property used In the cultivation of said land." A nice little measure, which undoubtedly Is prompted by a selfish motive, as Hon. Urn stead Is now said to be quite a landlord himself. Should the measure become law there will be more than one renter who will, kick himself all over the barn yard for having helped the measure along by voting for Its maker. Wayne Republican: Two years ago the legislature passed an anti-cigarette law. It has not abolished the use of cigarettes by any means, but It has undoubtedly been of wholesome effects. A bill has been Intro duced this term making it unlawful to sell a boy under 18 any form of tobacco. This would be a good law if enforced to any extent. It Is not conducive to good policy to allow boys to use tobacco. Some re straint should be thrown out, mere chil dren should not be given the legal right to purchase It. It Is hard to say what of boys from 15 up, hut while fixing the limit it might as well be 18 ss anything. It would be hard to enforce the law, but If It would do any good to remove the legal right ot young boys to buy tobacco It would be a step ln the good work of real social reform. Rushvllle Recorder: There seems to be a ' peculiar kind of anxiety on the part of some of our legislators at Lincoln to give the people of northwestern Nebraska what the taxpayers and those Interested In edu cation generally are opposed to namely, five Junior normals, one of which Is to be located at Alliance, for which these enter prising lawmakers ask an appropriation of $12,000. besides expecting the counties to donate their normal institute funds to be used to help out this scheme, which no one is anxious to see carried out. Speaking tor this part of Sheridan county, we emphat ically protest against any appropriation for such a temporary and unsatisfactory ex pel tment. What the people of this part of northwestern Nebraska want and ln justice ought to have is a permanent state normal for the training of our teachers in answer to the growing demands of the western half of the state. Stanton Register: A decade in the busi ness has given us an Insight Into the tricks of the trade, but If we were ln the legis lature aometblng would drop if there wasn't a change made la the mode of printing bills. We have seen several bills that have been printed, and as a piece of mi mm V We don't carry the sort of clothing that would' sond you somewhere else for the next purchase. It is your continued trade that we strive for. . We knowthere's only one way to hold that and that's by satisfying the first time. Just now some extra reductions prevail. t MO CLOTHIWG FITS LIKE OURS . ''' , TUEOtO tlEUADLE I I' 53 Absolutely; Puro THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE Job work they are simply outrageous, Just think of using common newspaper type and having the Unas a halt Inch apart. Imagine a page of foolscap, having, only 200 words on It. when a thousand could have been as easily read en the aame page. What the legislature ought to do la to have the printing committee adopt a cer tain form, similar to the supreme court docket and make those bum printers do the work right. Under the present systom that has the legislative printing to do has a graft, that as It is worked, gives them the opportunity to wear diamonds and llvo ln luxury for two years from the profits of two months' work. Ord Journal: One of the questions that the present session of the legislature will have to deal with Is that ot tha poll tax question. It Is evident to any observer that the slip-shod method that is now la vogue Is a farce In every way, and is ro sponstble In a largo measure for the poor condition many ot our road4 are In at the present time, when, If all the parties who are assessed poll tax, would do an honest two-days' work on the road, they would be all right. We have it from good authority that In one road district ln Valley county last year not one man was warned out and no work was done, yet ln spite of this each man living in that road district has been given a receipt, or it has been left at the county treasurer's office for him, by the read overseer who Issued them. To ours such defects as this a bill has been Intro duoed In the legislature which provides that poll taxes shall be paid in cash and the road fund that Is thus raised la to be distributed among the townships In pro. portion to their population. The money will be expended under the direction ot the men elected tor that purpose ln the differ ent road districts, and they are to he held accountable for their stewardship. WHITTLED TO A POINT. ' Mrs. Henpecque Married men live longea than single men. Henpecque Yes, and It serves them right. Detroit iree PresB. "TnIs," declared the eminent oratory "is the very key to the whole question." "But, Interrupted a small man In a) rear si-at, "where Is the keyhole?" Brook lyn Life. Reuben Jason's furever plottln ttfttt lt his name In the country paper, . i Sllae So? P.euben Yaas, between times when thae hain't a new baby up f his house he paints his barn or sa'thln'. Philadelphia Press. "Remember," said Mrs. Corntossel, ' "that you ought to be set tin' Josh an example." "I suppose so. But I don't believe there's any use. If Josh was to work hard an' wear everyday clothes same as I do, I dunno but I'd feel that his education, ha4 been wasted." Washington Star. "Horace," indignantly asked the poli tician's wife, "why don't you men who ara running things use what you call your 'slush fund' to clean these horrible streets?" And he was silent. With all bis wisdom snd experience the idea had never occurred to him. Chicago Tribune. Perry I sent a girl a book hollowed -out and filled with chocolate creams. . Guy Did she Ilka It? Percy Khe writes me that she wants at once a complete set of the American Encyclopedia. Detroit Free ITess. "Mary, my love, things are so tveasUy bad, don't ynu think you might ha,v a. try at making your own clothes?" "Oh, Oeorge, pet, I don't think I'm clever enough for that, but I'll tell you what; I'll have a try at making yours." Modern Society. Rambo You're always talking about my drinking too much, and rlmnt whisky being had for me, and all that. Perhaps you don'c I now that the scientists have found out there's alcohol In every human body. Baldwin Then why can't ynu be satis fied with what you've got? what do yoa want to keep pouring It ln for? Phila delphia Preea. . .. , PRAIRlB CniCKESS, Hamlin Garland. From brown plowed hillocks In early red morning They woke the tardy sower' with: the! cheerful cry. A mellow boom and whoop That held a warning, A song that brought the aed-lme Very) nigh. The circling, splendid anthem ot . thelq greeting, Ran like the morning beating Of a hundred mellow drums Boom, boom, boom! Bach hillock's top repeating. ' ' Like cannon answering cannon When the golden sunset comes, , They drum no morel Those splendid upring-tlme pickets. The sweep of share and sickle Has thrust them from the hills; They have vanished from the prairie I -Ike the partridge from the thickets; They have perished from the sportsman Who kills, and kills, and kills! Often now. When seated at my WTltlng, I lay my pencil down And fall to dreaming, still. Of the stern hard days Of the old-time Iowa seeding. When the prairie chlekens woke me With their chorus on the hill. UOTIIING THAT'S NOT GOOD ; ... K. S, Wlleos, sfa" (2
