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U 30,030 13 ttO,e40 ,13 80.T80 14 S7,810 15 80.T70 a 81,310 27.. 28.. 29.. .. .81,310 ...2T.MO ...so.mto ...30,630 ..1I,0&0 .. ,TeW Total Ijpmm unsold and returned copies Net total sales 9WtSt Net average sales 80,075 GKOKdE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to beior. m. this 80th dayMofBJun..m. (Seal) Notary Publio. PARTIES LEAVING VOR SUMMER. Parties leaving; the city fov the aaaamer nay nave The Bea scut to then regnlarly hy notifying Tha Baa Bnalaaaa Dice, In aeree or hy mall. Tha address will ha ehaaced as oftea as daalred. It's a little early for the democratic machine to get in its Work, but it Is already being oiled up for action. King Peter of Servla has managed to celebrate one royal birthday in regal style. In this he Is showing the wis dom that takes no chances on post poned pleasures. sow mat . our councumen have re turned from their pavement inspection lour we may expect our council meet i igs to be enlivened by, lively tilts on the paving question. i We. presume Denver is entertaining the Christian Endcavorera and other i ollgious societies uow to fortify Itself ,'for tho Invasion of populist reformers ' called to meet there later In the month. St Louis proposes to propel exposl t Ion visitors on a moving . sidewalk. Omaha goes St Louis one better. It Is now trying to proper traffic on North J Ixteeenth street over a moving pave ment . The movement to nationalize the bus! nags men's organizations Indicates that l employers are learning what the nployes learned some time ago that t:5re are no state or municipal lines In l.idustry. , . Our amiable democratic contemporary appears to be very enthusiastic over ilia movement In favor of a nonpartisan judiciary. Why not take up Judge Dickinson as the nonpartisan candidate for guprema Judge? Ak-Sar-Ben IX promises to be a more baneflcent ruler than his predecessors. No one who Is interested in Omaha's progress and prosperity should have to ba Invited more than once to pay l.omage to his court i. An unexcelled exhibit of tobacco Is! promised for the St. Louis exposition. A D unexcelled exhibit of tobacco smok ers and tobacco cbewers Is "promised without any efforts on the part of the x-posltlon management , ,3 Philadelphia has taken advantage of sihool vacation by turning a large s hool bouse Into a laboratory for pa- tr art zed milk, which will soon become an adjunct of the kindergarten. This is a suggestion Omaha may emulate in the ii wr bye aud bye. Pope Iieo'a Illness threatens to be the c.-iuae of standing grievances arising o it of tha claims of precedence for ad mission to the bedside by attendants on I la holiness. Tills is uot the first time, however, such exhibitions have - been made In the shadow of an extinguishing I ght of greatness One of . the papers read at Denver tcJIs "What Christian Endeavor Has I on for the Indians." Christian en rleavor is doubtless doing good work for to Indiana, but It will still have to be implemented, with vigorous endeavor to protect them from spoliation by fraudulent land grabbers and collusive Isdiaa agents. , . Omaha people will do well to second t Be . efforts .of President . . Kerr - of lfellevue college to have , the , growing timber along the bluffs to the south of this city preserved from destruction. If . iha govirument authorities bave any Viewer to protect these : little forests they should bo urged to exercise it. Should this stretch of woods be wan tonly denuded, our people will regret It many times, for It-would be difficult trrtcTs or ortKCAPiTA liz a tio.v. Tup most profound studrnt of the trust problem are all agreeil that the most dangerous feature of then rolo al combination is the fictitious capital ization. The victims of fraudulent onpl tallzatlon are not imrr-ly the credulous luvestor and stock Jobbers, lt Inno cent depositors In savlnRS Institutions and banks that curry trust securltteg on margins on collaterals for loans. - A atriking example of the injurious effects of fictitious capitalization ) fur nished by the defunct Asphalt trust, which In the nineties managed to float millions of 5 per cent bonds and many mora millions in inflated stocks that had no substantial value. The stocks were largely held by men who held the bonds and then gold (the latter at an enormous profit. The sulta now.Dendlnz-.ln the Penn sylvania courts .disclose the factthnt since the extraordlnq.r 4epreclatRri a the 6 per cent bonds most of thenr have changed hands, so that the real 16sers are In no position -to regain their loss. while those who bought at the' low prices would be benefited. Commenting disclosures the Philadelphia Inquirer declares: There la one lesson, fo be learned, fn any event, whether the parties who are sup posed to be responsible are made fe dis gorge or not, and that la that Investors hould be very careful how they go. Into schemes of which they have no knowtedge. It is a' curious fact that large blocks of these bonds were bought- by the leading financial Inatltutlona of the city, so that the poor widow who was also an Investor may . have some excuse for her mistake. It Is g sad fact that women and children are among the greatest losers and that $30,000,000 are supposed to have been los.t. first and last. In an enterprise which com mon sense ought to have shown;, was predestined to failure, though no one sup posed It would come .so soon. It goes- without saying- that the vic tims Of the Asphalt trust have a; right to blame the state of Pennsylvania and the national , government for failure to provide proper safeguards against the confidence game by which they, have been ruined. The' publicity and 'super vision of - corporations and legislation that would, subject the promoters and officers of corporations that Issue fraud ulently Inflated securities to criminal prosecution, besides making . them in dividually liable, would go very far to ward removing the worst evil . from which the American people are suffer ing at the bands of the trusts. TO RBCOUUKXD BKMKpJAL LAW. It Is stated that Postmaster General Payne will endeavor to make It clear in his annual report tbattiere should be a more careful consideration by con gress next session of legislation needed to safeguard the department from the Irregularities that have been disclosed by tlie present investigation. It would seem that there should be no difficulty In impressing upon congress the neces sity for such legislation or in pointing out what must be done. It Is remark' able that there is not-already adequate legislation ' to safeguard' ' the ' Postofflce department from such irregularities as have been disclosed.' Each branch of congress has a committee whose duty It Is to look after postal affairs. It seems to be quite clear that they have not given proper attention to this duty, for otherwise it would have been hardly possiblo for such a state of affairs as shown by the Investigation to have ex Isted in the department for years. ' It Is stated that the investigation by officials of the department Is nearly concluded, a careful and thorough In qulry having been made . as to all charges. It is quite possible that a con gressional Investigation will be made, though this may depend upon whether tho present investigation is accepted by the public as sufficient At all events conrreBS must provide whatever legis latlon Is shown to be necessary-to pre vent Irregularities and Insure a thor oughly honest administration of the postal service.' Such -"wrong doing as has been brought to light extending over a period of several years, must be made practically impossible in future. surplus aud taxation. The liberal surplus In the national treasury at the close of the last fiscal year, June SO. may be exceeded at the end of the current year, if the esti mates by the secretary of the treasury of receipts and. expenditures, . made in his last annual report should prove to be approximately correct He estimated that for the present fiscal year the rev enues of the -government -from all sources will be In round numbers $720, 000,000 and the expenditures about $52, 000,000 less than that amount It is thought that the estimated expendi tures will not be materially if at all exceeded, while if the country continues to be prosperous there is reason to. ex pect that the total receipts of the gov ernment will be somewhat larger than the aecretary'a estimate. " Figuring upon what appears to be probable rsults from revenues and as suming that the next congress will not greatly plarge appropriations. It is eal culated .that the surplus at the close of tho current fiscal year will be. about $73,000,000. ' Adding this amount to the available cash balance in the treas ury would give the government $303, 000,000 in excess of the current expen dltures for the fiscal year. If In addi tion to these expenditures there should be paid out $0,000,000 In Panama canal account there would, still be on June 30 next $243,000,000 as an avail able cash balance. It la .suggested that If the outlook' for .continued prosperity la as. favorable one, year- from now as t Is today the country will hsv to look forward to a further Increase in govern ment revenues-during ( tbe Ascal year iuuo oi approximately aoo.ooo.OOO, so that If the next'cengres-should rot be wildly extra vagaut tha aurpjua for. the fiscal year 19u5 may exceed $100,000, 000. It can -b .safely assumed, we think,, that tKe WftyightB congress will not-be very extra vacant. . la view of tha present and prospective condition of th national treasury It Is being urged that a material reduction of taxation Is practicable and there Is very likely to be a. demand for this in the 'next congress. It can be confi dently predicted that the democrats will urge that the circumstances war rant reducing both customs duties and internal taxation and will spsre no ef fort to ninke political capital out of this demand. There are already Indica tions of a purpose to do this and it Is altogether probable that very early in the session of the Fifty-eighth congress the democrats will propose tariff reduc tion. Whether or not such a proposi tion would receive any republican sup port cannot be foretold with certainty, though the probability Is that the re publicans will be found unanimously opposed to any changes In the tariff, while It Is not impossible that they may be- willing .to make reductions ,ln In terna I taxation. Whnt maybe Tegarded as Assured Is," that the question 'of reve nue and taxation will couininnd a great deal of attention in the next congress and that the democrats will make the most they can out of it for use in next year s presidential campaign. THK tVAXtVlLL X.ISSOA. The Indianapolis Journal remarks that the Evansvllle lesson is not for the local authorities of .that town alone. It has reaped its whirlwind, but many other cities are ! sowing the same seed of lawlessness and political debauchery "It Is to be hoped," says that paper, 1'that few are as far advanced on the road to municipal disgrace by coddling the criminal classes as Evansvllle was, but ., many . others are moving in the same direction. . If the Evansvllle riot shall serve to prove the folly and danger of such playing with Are it may furnish a new example of good out of evil." It Is admitted on all hands that political corruption and debauchery bave long prevailed in Evansvllle and it is this that was largely responsible for the outbreak in that city that cost a dozen lives. The county and municipal offi cials are all more or less contaminated with corruption. All of them are in volved 'in the practice of vote buying and of catering to the criminal classes. In this way ' lawlessness has received encouragement and when it grew for midable the corrupt officials would not deal with It as they might have done had they been-themselves honest and law-respecting. Their own violation of the law made them cownrds, for only the honest and upright official is capable of properly upholding and enforcing law. ' The one official who showed himself equal to the emergency Is Governor Durbln of Indiana, who has received general commendation for the prompt and vigorous way in which he dealt with the riot Knowing his duty, when the local officials were unable to cope with the mob, he did not hesitate to perform it He set an example that merits the heartiest approval. . Out of 11,000,000 in taxes collected by City Treasurer Hennlngs during the last week of June the railroad corpora tlons converging In Omaha paid $10, 632.08. This , Includes taxes on Union Pacific headquarters, Union Pacific shops, Burlington headquarters and the personal property of the railroads, ex clusive of rolling stock, which is pre sumed to be dumped into the mileage assessment by the state board. Had the rallrpads paid their proportion of the city taxes on the basis of their as sessed valuation as returned by the city tax commlsssioner and Board of Review they would have paid $238, 844.14, in addition to the 10,532.08, This would not bave been unreason able, in view of the fact that the value of the railroad property in Omaha at a very ' conservative estimate exceeds $27,000,000, or more than one-fifth of the aggregate taxable property in the city. Nebraska's state treasurer Is again facing the prospective dilemma of hav ing more money In the permanent school funds on hand than he can find places of Investment warranted by law. The constitutional provision relating to the Investment of school money should be extended - to include approved bonds legally Issued by cities and school dis tricts In the state that bave uot de rail i tea on interest with such a pro vision the state treasurer would have no repetition of his present embarrassment and both the state and the municipal subdivisions would be the gainers In the Interest saving, which they would divide, lustead of donating as now to eastern bond brokers. The enlargement of Omaha's trade ter ritory in Iowa aud even into northern Mlsssouri by the abolition of the bridge arbitrary is the Justification of the trade excursions on the east side of the Mis souri. The fact that Omaha Jobbers are in better position to do business in this section- than ever before ought to make tha results of the recent excur sion more pronounced than of those previously undertaken lu other direc tions. Every town geographically lo cated so that It can be reached by rati out of Omaha better than out of com peting points, must be shown that it is to its advantage to look to Omaha as its base of supplies. - If George J. Gould develops and ex pands his Wabash railway system as he has outlined iu public interviews, he will build up a road that will need de pend on no othera for business. The Wabash already has an entrance into Nebraska and Iowa, the two greatest grain and cattle states of the middle west and a direct outlet to a port of export such as be promises will be sure to attract aY full share of this traffic. The people of these state will be glad to seei Mr. Gould's plans fructify. . Can lt.be that that, prairie dog ex tlnctkon law is a mistake and that the prairie dog, instead of bolng exterinln att-d, Hliould be pmpngated and culti vated as one of man's most useful ani mal friends?" If so, Instead of a pen alty ft permitting the pests to live or a bounty on prairie dog tails, a premium will have to be offered for raising large prairie dog families as the best wfly to stimulate- successful alfalfa growing. Ab Inquiry for Beajaanla. Memphis Commercial. Wonder how Prof. K. Benjamin Andrews is getting along In his geological re searches? Qaallflcatloas of Bryaa's Favorite. Washington Post. The country Is learning more about Judge Walter Clark, Mr. Bryan's candidate for the presidency. It Is officially announced that lie does not borrow money or drink Kin. . The neat Thing-. . Philadelphia .Press. . Senator . Clark -hp given ' the promotion- syndlcates.of thfl country' a. genuine shock by , purchasing a railroad f that has real steel rails, rcjllng stock, and equipment, and by paying for It In xeal money. No Oroand for a Klrk. . Washington Star. Mnooln, Neb., objects to the execution of criminals at the state penitentiary because of the Impression such proceedings oreate on outside cities. A. town that can escape lynchlngs has no reason to complain ot legitimate executions. What Grafiera Fear. PhUadelphla Record. - The asphalt grafters who managed to swindle a confiding public out of some 130.000,000 are not likely to lose much sleep of nights by the threats of civil suits for recovery. What disturbs their tranquillity lone Is the danger, of feeling the spikes of the criminal law. , - Down with the Peaaat Whlatla. Detroit Free Press. It Is the trifling annoyances that make life miserable and thousands will rise to bless the commissioner of police for his order compelling peanut venders to remove the whistles from their carts. The whistle attached to the peanut cart Is a device of satan for the affliction of the human race. Its shrill note Is maddening to the Invalid and a heavy burden to the nerves of the strong. The Past Will Not Down. New fork Sun. Hon. Joseph Hodges Choate's suggestion that the United States and England ex change statues of Washington and Queen Victoria respectively seems, as Mr. Choate Is credited wKh saying of a- certain party, too good to be true." . It Indicates too strenuous a erase to wipe cut the past and live in the present only, and is too close In Its philosophy to the nihilistic question and answer: "What's the good of any thing? Nothing." , -- . , . , , PROSPERITY AND THE RAILWAYS. Prospects Point --to a Farther aad Farther lhsrereneBt. Bt Louis Globe-Democrat The good times, which prevail throughout 'die country .are reflected In a striking way by the record of ti)e railroads. Only five steam railway lines changed hands through foreclosure proceedings In the. last six months. ..Moreover,., these roads ' were among the least Inportant In the country, ranging In length from four to' twenty- eight mile's. This' is 'bretty nearly the best exhibit which lias ever been made In this field for this length of time.' The roads sold under foreclosure represented only 116 miles of track, and $1,146,000 of bonds and stocks. This show a condition of things In the business world which Is emphatically fa vorable. In 1893 and the succeeding three QT four years the number of railroads which failed to meet their obligations was large. This feature of the general finan cial calamity was peculiarly marked throughout the whole of the convulsion of that period. Not until the republicans, on their entrance In to power In 1897, checked the general Industrial disaster did the rati road situation begin to show any marked advancement. Ever since then, as business i grown more (and more active and profitable,, the. condition of the railroads has Improved. As the mileage of the railroads Is steadily on the Increase, the shrinkage In the num ber of roads which are In business straits Is a very favorable Indication. The tables of railroad earnings continue to show, for the country at large, gains over the same period a year ago. This branch of the coun try's activities. In fact has been making particularly flattering showing for the last three or four years. Bo far as any body can foresee, the outlook now Is brighter even than It was at the beginning of 1903. Nobody looks for any check In the general trade expansion which prevails all over the country. The railroads merely re flect the existing industrial and financial conditions. The whole country Is enjoying a prosperity at present such as has seldom been equaled In the, past, and the pros pects point to further and further Improve ment PERSONAL NOTES. A. F. Clault, president of the Dominion Cotton company and the acknowledged cot ton king ot Canada, Is dead. This Is Ideal weather for the tat man. At no other time does the buckle of his belt datzls-beholders of the bay window. The Chicago Telephone company gathered In 11,200.000 last year and la now helloing for more. The C T. C. Is a thoroughbred porker. An anti-moustache society has been formed In Pennington, N. J. This seems rather bare-faced, even In the "home of the trusts." - 1 Ellhu L. Bowman of Olenwood, la., claims to have been a clttaen of that state longer than any other living man. He went to Iowa In 1829. Joseph V. Quarles, United States senator for Wisconsin, Is frequently seen, clad in overalls and jumper; at work on the hay fieMs of his farm. A Missouri paper, tried to find somethln complimentary to say of one of the state' congreasiBen the other day, and the best It could do was to say that he never wrote an Indorsoment for a patent medicine. It Is now proposed to diet Bt. Louis po licemen with -breakfast foods In order to reduce their belt dimensions to 44 or on der. If that Is not . cruel and unusual punishment' the constitution should be re vised. President Lou bet's visit to London recalls the Irish people's claim to regard him as one of themselves. Loubst, they hold, merely a Oalllclsed form of Lou belt. name which Is quite common In the south of Ireland, and that the president's an cestors balled from Ireland they entertal not the slightest doubt. Among the little-heard-of relatives of the famous is Orestes P. Chaffee, ' brother of Major General Chaffee, who has just Visited Washington. He Is a vigorous, small man with seventy years and many adventures behind him a confederate veteran, for twenty years a resident of South America, but for a long time with the (allltary d- paiUnaut la Cube, . POKTIFF'" rKROVl, CHtRACTKR, Ideal Tyae et eed Manner. Ha aallltr and Demnrraey. Chicago Chronicle. In any rank or path of life Ieo XIII would have been a model of manners. Manners mean more than deportment. Deportment Is the shell of the Indlrldual's philosophy of living. If the Individual philosophy be logical It will be reflected In a certain attitude of mind toward all other human beings. In proportion to the validity of the logic that mental attitude will be a judicious blend of dignity and urbanity, of perma nency of conviction In what ought to be deemed the unchangeable and of a gra- lous flexibility In what Is Incidental, per sonal and transitory. No other man occupying a sovereign rank In the world at any time during Leo XlII's pontificate has been met within his private precincts by so many human be ings of so many different types of race, culture or station as the pope. No matter ho or what, all have withdrawn from his presence bearing the same witness to charm ot conduct Justly described as In effable to a phenomenal aspect of spiritu ality In flesh and to a benignity due la equal measure to logic and culture. The logical basis of living toward others Is a realisation that no one In this world Is responsible for being in It and that all are equally entitled to commiseration and congratulation for being In It. It Is an es sential -of such logla to realise that as to rank, possessions, power, talents, opinions, each one In the world Is as a rule no more to be praised or blamed than for the mold of one's physiognomy or the color of the eyes or hair. An Ideal democrat in his posture to all bis fellow men, . Leo XIII bad the same manners to the. humblest peasant that begged . alma of him on the street when archbishop of Perugia as to Emperor Wil liam and King Edward. In his heart he probably congratulated the peasant more and poured his commiseration upon the monarchs. The pontiff's personal patience has been one of the most signal proofs of his phllo- ophlc intellect. An Instant of Irascibility, of petulance, of arrogance has never been reported of him by anyone. The "personal equation" be seems to have reduced to Its lmplest and Inexorable terms. Unflinching In the face ot menace, be appears to have been Innocent ot the vice Of vanity. T That vice has often accompa nied not only power, but lntrlnslo as well conventional eminence. Napoleon waa vain enough to wish to be painted cross ing the Alps on a fiery charger, his mantle flying In the wind, when In fact he made the passage In undress uniform on a mule. Pope Julius, whose love of the fine arts Leo XIII fully shared, was so Im perious to Michael Angelo that the latter, with corresponding vanity, quitted his service In a rage and It required strenuous and. prolonged diplomacy to reinstate a friendship upon which the progress of the world In that hour sensitively depended. A brutalizing age bas fallen Into the vul garity of thinking meekness Is not manli ness, that simplicity Is fatuity, that there la . no : virility in courtesy, that sweetness In dignity Is childish and that there is nothing mighty In the world but pnysicai force. v The sublime years of Leo XIII testiry that gentleness .conduces to longevity. The awe and deference with which the entire civilised world has contemplated the death of the pontiff bear witness that his was a philosophy of living which It were well for the world that all reasoning human beings should strive to. follow as best they may. WALL STREET TURKS TO BRYAW. Slgataeaaee at the Demean for Rah- herneck Currency. Detroit Free Press (Dem.) While little Is taking place In national politics to warm the cockles of Mr. Bry an's heart, he must be deserving more or less quiet satisfaction from the criticisms directed against the Hon. josepn u. can non of Illinois, by the eastern newspapers and the Wall street journals of finance. Mr. Cannon, who will be the next speaker of the house, recently said the Aldrlch currency bill would not be considered by the next congress, and that there was no general demand for a "rubber currency' This frank and unqualified attack on the Aidrlck financial program has pained the east excessively, and Mr. Cannon Is vari ously represented as an arch and bucolic enemy of progress. Mr. Cannon said that tne aeroana tor "rubber currency" was made to satisfy the speculative desires of Wall street, and that the rest of the county had all the money It needed for its business. What does Mr. Cannon mean by "rub ber r " screams the wan street journal. Does he deny the value of elasticity? Is rlaidlty an essential quality for bank note circulation? If that Is so, why does not Mr. Cannon have a law enacted to abolish the use of checks? They constitute a cur- . . . , 1 1 L. v m.H rency system wnicn ' i"1- " check system. Is so elastic uiai meir vaiue expands and contracts with the varying nressure Of business. All this must conjure up oeioro jar. Ary an's delighted eyes new visions of the great Nebraskan panacea for all tne ins ot uie currency system, namely, the free ana un limited coinage of silver at the ratio of is to 1. There Is elasticity ror you, ana nientv of It. Free silver would expand the currency until even Wall street could not nromota new bllllon-fioliar trusts lasi enough to absorb all the money that was pouring Into the markot, and this, we are ... tn tinnerstana. w ino wmj financial system that a country can main tain. There must be enough money to meet all the needs or wail sireei; w u.m enrnoratlons. capitalised for $1,000,000. ...n.lluil fnr 110 MM.-I can be mergea - . . 000, and the securities aisposea oi uoiur. the water , begins to leak out. The condition that wan street now ur moans is precisely the condition that Mr. Bryan and the populists bewailed! In 1896. There Is not enough money In the country to do the country's Business. iu t rency must be Inflated. Mr. Bryan would Inflate It by the free, coinage of sliver at he rate Of 1 to 1. Wall Streei wouia m- Bate It by Issuing an asset currency se cured even by ratlroaa Donas, ahu this asset currency nu u Its limit. Wall street will still have a few little mergers to unload, and new desires for a more elastic currency, secured, per hv tha dally bank balances or the checks that pass hrough the clearing house every noon. The difference oeiwtwii ytu.i street's dream of an elastic currency and Mr. Bryan's dream lies cnieny in mo ..i. that there is a limit to the amount of silver that can be taken from the mines, but practically none to the securities that can be turned out by a printing press. Don't Ue to Sleep. Baltimore American. If ever In the history of the republican oartv there waa a time when overconfldence threatened that time is now. With nothing at all visible to prevent the triumphant election of Theodore Roosevelt to succeed himself In the presidency to which hs suc ceeded through the death of William Mo- Klniey, there Is a marked tendency of the party to go to Bleep. That Is not advisable at any time. There never was and there never will be an automatic campaign There will be need next year of aa active and thorough campaign work as has ever been done. And the victory will not be woa uuUi the votes are cask ROlftD ABO IT KRW YORK. f , rrore f Transforming the City Will Work Wonders. "Within the next year," says a writer In Collier's Weekly,- "a crowded city in point of population and variety of business will be swept off the map of Manhattan, yet New York will scarcely turn aside to notice the extraordinary transformation process. The beginnings of the operations Involved In the creation of the Pennsylvania tunnel and terminal system In the heart of the metropolis compel the exodus of thousands of dwellers In district covering nearly a square mile, the obliteration of churches, tenements, apartment houses block after block of residences, stores, shops, factories, restaurants, nearly too separate buildings In all swarming with population. "President William H. Haldwin of the Long Island railroad recently outlined the great change In the living problem of New York, In this forecast: The construction of the 'Pennsylvania and Long island railroad tunnels, in addition to the rapid transit subway now building, is one: of the factors leading' swiftly to the absolute unity of New York. Tunnel construction will solve the problem which has confronted the city for more than thirty years: how to house comfortably, and at a reasonable cost, the enormous population whlcn must do busi ness on Manhattan Island. These Im provements will removo several hundred thousands of people from twenty to forty miles away from the city, and all the lower end of Manhattan, from Forty-second street down, will be cleared for traffic and business. The tunnel system will more than double the area . available for residence within reach of the city's' busi ness, and at the same time vastly Increase the area available for business and manu facturing purposes. Long Island and New Jersey will be moved against the shores of Manhattan, and make one land of It all.' "There Is no reason for doubting thst trains will be running under Manhattan Island, and pouring passenger traffic through the great station In the center of the city, within the five years fixed as the limit for completing the task of which one year and a half have elasped. Two tunnels will run under tne North river from New Jersey, one entering Manhattan Island under Thirty-first street, the other under Thirty-second street, and both con tinuing eastward to Tentn avenue, where they will meet the mate of tracks ap proaching the station. From the Seventh avenue, or western end of the station, sub ways under Thirty-first, Thirty-second and Thirty-third streets, across the city to the East river, where four single track tunnels will divide the trafflo of the Pennsylvania and Long Island railroads, to the real terminal station on Long Island. Three-fourths of the capital Invested In these Improvements will be hidden under ground, and the same proportion of the work achieved will be Invisible to the New Yorker. He will see four blocks of prop erty cleaned of buildings, and Imposing structures replace the hodgepodge of stores, tenements and dwelling houses. And this in Itself will be the most Impressive building and real estate operation In the history of New York. "The general effect of the buildings out side will be a massive, low pile of granite, a story and a half In height, with a valuted glass-and-lron roof. Passengers going Into the station through the Seventh avenue en trance will pass first through an arcade, lined with shops, for the convenience of travelers. Stairs and escalators will con nect the arcade with the waiting room sev enteen feet below. This will be the largest room of Its-kind In the world, and It will be finished and adorned In keeping with tts dignity.' It will be 300 feet In length by 100 feet In width. On this floor there will be also two large restaurants, separate wait ing rooms for men and women, barber shops, bath rooms and apartments for the use of travelers who wish to dress for din ner or something of the sort. In brief, all necessities and comforts, except sleeping quarters, wTll be at hand In this under ground palaoe. The train platforms will be another flight below, but stairs and escala tors will make this descent convenient. A carriage way will lead down an easy grade beneath the surface structure, so that vehicles can be reached within only a few steps of the train platforms. "The plans have been completed, and the construction of the station will be under way In another year. In order to carry a greater share ot the passenger trafflo in and out of New York the Pennsylvania railroad is prepared to Increase Its fixed charges to the extent of $2,000,000 a year In round figures. This sum would pay 8V4 per cent, or nearly $60,000,000. The city fran chise cost Is $2,660,000, which Includes the price of closing Thirty-second street and the use of four tracks underground for the first ten and of six tracks for fifteen years of the life of the franchise, for the first period of adjustment, the privileges con tinuing forever, subject to readjustments at the end of each twenty-five-year term." Ono peculiar effect of hot weather la New York Is that It has a tendency to help the restaurants and saloons under the elevated railroad structures. The people are quick to find out the cool spots. The big Broad way places are dolngWery little business. while the various wein stubes and rathaksl lers In the basements and those protected from the fierce sun by the elevated struc tures are crowded. ' Brandy and soda, an almost obsolete drink in the city, has sprung Into popular favor. Forty cents has always been the regular price (with the Ira ported soda), but In most places It Is now served for a quarter. Shandy gaff Is also making Inroads on the highball. Some- 25 PER CENT DISCOUNT BROKEN LINES AT BROKEN PRICES Our front table contains some of the values that gladden the heart and places before you an opportunity to purchase the best ready made clothing in the world at from 25 pr cent to 50 per cent discount. Best in make best in style best in quality best in fit. Our broken lines of spring suits coat, vest and trousers among the lot, are all sizes, and all - ' materials are represented. Sale now ou. . 25 to 50 PER CENT DISCOUNT. , Come in and pick out a fine summer suit cheap. . , , . ..'' NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS. groWrirA2-ICm2-(2 R. S. Wilcox. Manag-tr. Ayers Sarsaparilla Purifies the blood, gives strength to the nerves, and brings color to the cheeks. Ayer's Pills regulate the bowels, cure constipation and biliousness, and aid the digestion. Two grand family medicines. Sold for 60 years. 'uiffl' ... times It is concocted of ordinary beer and the first-class places It Is understood Eng lish ale and ginger pop make the best mix ture, and this raises the tariff to 40 cents. Drinking men generally have ben driven to bad straits during the last week. The demands of appetite may call Tor ten or twelve drinks a day, but the dangers of prostration have forced this allowance down. In their extremity many men are ginger ale. and a dime pays for tt, but In going to the fountain drinks, such as call saya. coca-cola and other heart stimulants. POLITICIANS AKD JOCRJVAMS3I. Dvty mt the Press la Dealing with Candidates aad Principles. 8L Louis Republic. " Commenting upon the politicians and the press, the Kansas City Journal properly observes the distinction between the Journal which fights for the policies and principles Of Its party and the small-souled, servile sheet which exists for the use and' glorifica tion of politicians. Naturally an Intimate connection exists between the press and politics. What should be an advocacy of honest belief on the part of Journalism becomes too often a degraded defense of unworthy' men. All sense of duty to the public Is Ignored In a base effort to "boost" some party manager or poUtlclan. There is a vast difference between sup porting the party and Its principles and in being a hewer of wood or drawer of water for the politician. Frequently tho highest duty of partisanship consists In fighting the professional politician, who, for the sake of his personal success, would jeopardize the party's future. Guarding the party and Its principles from the selfish and Incompetent poll clans, the press has a definite responsi bility. It should stand between the public and the politician. If need be, and often times teach the bumpyous person his place that he Is not a hero, as he would have the world believe, but a' mere representa tive for the time being, likely to be down, out and disowned on tne morrow. ' SMILING LINES. "Is this a good place for trout?" inquired the angler, who had just arrived. "It seems to be," replied the other, who had been fishing there patiently for hours; "they don't appear to be disposed to leave It." Detroit Free Press. She (reading) Ah! here's an article about a man who got drunk and fell In the river and was drowned. That should be a lesson to you men who drink whisky. He Not at all. That's merely a case of taking too much water with, your whisky. Philadelphia Ledger. "Not one cent for foreign missions," as serted the man of affairs. "Why don't you look after the heathen at homer "We have a mission class," waa the quiet reply, "but we never could get you to go to It.1' Chicago Post. 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