THE OMAHA DAILY TVETC: FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1003.
Tiie Omaha Daily Bee
E. ROBE WATER, EDITOR.
PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Dally Be (Without Sunday), On Year. .M M
liiy Be ami Mundav, one Year aw
Illustrated Bee, One Year J
Sunday He, One Year J JJJ
tiaturday Be. On Year J-IW
Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year., l.flo
DllLIVEKED BY CARHItU.
Pally Bee (without Sunday), per copy
lo
IMS
pally Be (without Sunday;, per week.
lal
Jily Bee (Including Sunday), per week..l7o
tin.4aif Uaa ........ DO
Severing Be (wlth nit Sunday), per week. 60
livening. Be (Including bunday), Pr,.
week :;"Wo
Complaint of irregularitcs In delivery
should be addressed lo City Circulation De
partment .
OFFICES.
Omaha The Bee Building.
Bouth Omaha City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth
and M Streets.
Council Bluffs 10 Peart Street.
Chicago 1W0 Unity Building.
New York 378 Park Row Building.
' Washington 01 Fourteenth Street
CORRESPONDENCE.
Communications relating- to news and edi
torial matter should b addressed: Omaha
Bee, Editorial Department.
REMITTANCES.
Remit hy draft, express or postal order.
Payable to The Be Publishing- Company
Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment or
mall accounts. Personal checks, except on
Omaha or eastern exchanges, not -accepted.
THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY.
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION,
tale of Nebraska, Douglas Count ys.:
Oeorgo B. Tischuck. secretary of The Be
Publishing; Company, Mint duly "worn.
ays that the actual number of full and
complete copies of Th Dally Morning.
Evening and Sunday Be printed during tn
month of June WA was as follows:
1.
...S0.A2O
...SO.BTO
...8O.0SO
...SO,8K
...80,810
. ..3,i3
...27.0O0
...30.T30
.. .80,810
...81,000
...30,030
... 80,140
ie
n ao.oro
18 30.B70
jj 80,01 K)
20 no.o.io
gl T,Tn
22 80,610
3 80,600
24 8O,0
25 8O.B30
10..
il
ia., u..
14..
24 31,210
27 ai.aio
2g aT,2MH
28 80,000
.80,780
S7,ellO
U ....80.770
JO 80,630
Total . 1,080
Less unsold and returned copies 0,7u
Net total sales I ...D03.SH4
Net aveiait sales 8O.07B
aroUQK B. TZ8CHUCK
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
be lore m this 0tn oay 01 June, lf.wu.
M. B. HUNGATH,,
'(Seal) Notary Public.
PARTIES LEAV1KG FOR SIMMER.
Parties tearing; the city for .
sent to them regularly by
notifying The Bee Baslaess
fflee, la person er by mall.
The address will be changed '
as eftea as desired.
Now for some of tbose paper suburban
electric trolley lines radiating from
Omaha to materialize. '
Walt until tho Omohn Elk get to Bal
timore. They won't do a thing to those
Chesapeake bay oysters. -
The "British Monroe doctrine" is
misnomer. We might as well try to get
up an "American Cobden -club."
Why is it that the principal contests
ei probated estatesare almost 'always
in tuse where there is nothing to
divide?
A- 'if President : Roosevelt's popularity
with. Kentucky republicans is .powerful
enough to produce a unanimous vote for
his endorsement in. their state convert'
tlon what may it not do in other states?
: The railroads need not hesitate to
grant cheap rates for harvest hands
seeking the western ' fields, , ,They will
recoup themselves several times over in
the fall, when they haul the grain to
eastern markets.
The anti-dope ordinance does not seem
to please all the druggists. The regu
lation of the sale of these narcotics,
however, is Intended to prevent the
spread of the drug habit, so that the ob
jection of the druggists is likely to fall
on unsympathetic ears.
The first Iowa trade excursion out of
Omaha produced so much encourage
ment that the second is already in prep
aration. Iowa is good territory for
Omaha business, and we should show
that we realize it and will appreciate
Its exclusive possession.
If the unofficial decisions of the Ne
braska supreme conrt are -not to be
printed, as was. planned. In a set of sup
plementary reports, this will be hard on
the printers, but not so hard on the
lawyers, who would have had to bny the
extra reports at so much per volume.
, . ,s
Omaha should' be la no hurry to gulp
down the new revenue law with all Its
harp points sticking out in advance of
Its application to the entire state.
Omaha is willing to lead in the move
ment for tax reform, but it should not
be expected to pay all the experimental
costs.
Census figures on street railway mile
age give Omaha a trackage of seventy
two miles, with capitalization amount
ing to 102.0S3 per mile. The value of
the securities represented by this capl
tallzntion varies according to whether it
Is returned for ceneu compilation or for
tax assessment purposes.
Because of the abolition of the water
fund by the recent charter amendment
In anticipation of the purchase of the
water works, the clty'g water bill will
have to be put into Judgment and come
out of the Judgment fund. As the an
nual water fund amounted to nearly
JluO.OOO, while the Judgment fund Is
iimuw to b-.ii.iiuu a year, we can see
bow far apart the couplings are.
Several sharp contests are in progress
la various Judicial districts throughout
lranka for republican nominations
fur the district bench, which indicate
that republican nominations are worth
Inning this year, htrange to say, In no
district outside of our own, so fur as we
have heard, is any over-poweriug public
sentiment developed In favor of dele
gating the nominations to the local bar
association
THAT MAXCHURtAB PRORLKM.
The conference of llusslnn ofllilals at
Port, Arthur lin ended, but there Is no
authoritative information in regard to
Its purpo" or results, so that the powers
are no wiser redirecting the Manrhurlnn
problem thnn before tho conference. It
is stated that there, was no thought of
Russia taking any buck word steps and
that her increasing power in Manchuria
was the domlnaut note, of the gather
ing. It is further reported that Russia
is steadily Increasing her military
strength in the province, which If true
means of course a determination to re
main in possessslon. This would be
in defiance of the Anglo-Japanese note,
which among other things called for the
evacuation of Manchuria. On the other
hand is a statement' that the French
Foreign office had been advised that re
lations between Knssla and Japan have
so Improved as to. warrant the belief
that the two government will soon ar
rive at a complete understanding. If
this latter report should prove to be
correct the result cannot fall to be Sat
isfactory to the -United States, since
Japan is in accord with this country so
far as relates to commercial privileges
in Manchuria. .
The president and Secretary .Hay
have recently conferred on this subject
and according to Washington advices
there is very" favorable promise of our
government securing what it has asked
for in Manchuria. - It is said that the
secretary of state has succeeded In over
coming obstacles which the Russian
government had placed In the way of
the negotiations with ' China for the
maintenance of the ppen door and that
it is now.expected that the treaty with
China will go through without any fur
ther delay. Our government has been
manifesting an earnest interest, quite
apart from other powers, in ' the Man
churlan question and If it Shall be suc
cessful in obtaining what it asks it will
have achieved a .notable diplomatic
triumph. It is well, however, not to
place too great conflde'nee in' reports
that are without- official authority.
There should speedily be information re
garding the Russian conference and a
clearer understanding of ' the intentions
of the Russian government.
' AECSSSARY i.ivcmATioif..:
Referring to the. extraordinary liquida
tion in stocks, still in 'progress though
with indications of. abatement, ' the
Philadelphia Ledger, observes that it is
nocessury because-the- overcapitalized
speculations of the past two or three
years must be cleared awiiy from the
path of legitimate progress and it is
wholesome because it leads the. way
back ' to Lerinder methods of finance.
"Had this liquidation come upon a sea
son, of actual depression," says that
paper, - "of bad crops, of Internal dis
turbance or other' calamity, we might
Indeed have cause for anxiety. Coming
at a period of substantial activity and
expanding productldrtl'ft' win 'work itself
out within comparatively-' narrow lines
aud the country wllT' be benefited and
not , banned. Speculative . promoters
may pay dearly fes their lesson, .but it
is a lesson important for them to learn
and even they may benefit in thd'end.
if they have The Judgment to apply it
There la no. doubt, thai .the lesson is
a very severe one to a large number of
investors, but it can how clearly be seen
that it was Inevitable. Enormous over
capitalization of Industrial comblna
tlons, inflation of stock values and the
expansion of enterprises upon borrowed
capital, could have bu(t one result and
this is being realized. The serious ques
tion Is whether the "process of Uqulda
tlon will extend beyond the stock mar
ket and affect unfavorably the general
business of the country. There Is some
apprehension that, such may be the case.
It is suggested that. if the. precedents
are followed' and if all the conditions
throughout the ; country . are similar to
those' that have prevailed In other times
of money market, and stock market de
moralization, then what is happening In
Wall street Is. but a forecast of what Is
to happen throughout the country within
a year or so. ' ,
The conditions of legitimate business
at present warrant confidence in the im
mediate future. Industrial, and com
mercial activity Is beUig well maintained
and the outlook is favorable, ,The pros
perity of the country seems to- be pretty
secure. Still the (eason that Wall street
Is giving suggests the possibility of a
widening scope of liquidation ahd urges
Judicious caution and conservatism.
TUB PAPAL SVQCISSIUX,
It is pointed out that for the first time
in our history is the United States even
slightly affected, in a political sense, by
the immediate prospect of a new con-
clnve for the choice of a pontiff. This
is due to the religious question in the
Philippines relating-to the Spanish friars.
With the church problems In the archi
pelago still uuWttledt 1 ouY government
becomes a close observer of events at
Rome, notwithstanding ita constitu
tional aloofness from all ecclesiastic af
fairs, observes the Springfield Repub
llcnu. "It was of, no consequence to
the v Hayes administration 'of 1878
whether this or that cardinal became
Pius IX's successor, but it Is certain
that the administration of Mr. Roose
velt will be somewhat interested to
know whether the next Roman pontiff
be Gotti, or Vahnutelll. or Oreglla, or
Rampolla, or Vlves y Tuto." Still It is
by 110 means likely that the successor
to Ijpo would be disposed to seriously
Interfere with the understanding be
tween our government and the pontiff
In regard to tlje Spanish frlara in the
Philippines and the .relations of the
church and the. government In the .arch
lpelago. It is safe to assume that the
new pontiff would respect this under
standing, which has thus far caused no
trouble or irritation and lias Iteen shown
to be In the. interest ,of peace in the
islands. It U approved by American
Cathollcg with practical Tinanlmit and
this fact is of no small influence at
Rome.
There are Indications that some of
the European governments are very
much concerned respecting the papal
succession and it is expected that their
Influence will be exerted when the time
conies for a new conclave. It has been
suggested that the right claimed by
France, Austria and Spain to veto the
election of a pope may be exercised by
one of them, but this Is not probable.
This right was last exercised by 8paln
nearly seventy years ago, but utfder
conditions quite different from the pres
ent. There are several prominent can
didates for the successslon, one of whom
is quoted as saying that he expects the
next conclave will be long and difficult
THM AFRICAN .? TUB WOODPILK.
The democrats Intend to ask. Douglas
county to give Judge Sullivan a rousing
majority. Republican votes will be neces
sary to accomplish this much desired re
sult. Let us show to the republicans of
this district that wa are willing to make
concessions to the end that the basis for
the nonpartisan judiciary may be well laid.
Let us show that democrats are anxious to
serve public Interests. If on the judiciary
ticket democrat demonstrate their willing
ness to do the proper thing we have the
right to believe that th voters will recip
rocal all along the line at the November
election. World-Herald.
This uncovers the African in the wood
pile, which everyone conversant with
the methods of the democratic tricksters
suspected iiy behind the scheme to put
up a Judicial ticket in this district to be
endorsed by the democratic convention.
Democrats are willing to trade any
thing and everything that they have not
got and cannot get to hold on to some
thing they now have and are in danger
of losing. They are willing to concede
to the republicans of this Judicial dis
trict six and even seven of the district
Judges providing the republicans will
return the favor by voting to retain the
outgoing democratic Judge of the su
preme court who cannot hope to be re
elected by democratic and populist votes.
It is a good thing that the democratic
organ should come out thus plainly with
nu admission of Just exactly what the
democrats ar, trying to do. It' would
ordinarily be more like it to deny every
intimation that this was the plan and to
attempt to work the strings under cover.
Now that the" republicans know from
authoritative democratic sources that
the scheme is to trade the district bench
for control of the supreme bench they
will know how to regard republicans
who lend themselves to the execution of
this partisan democratic plot and what
precautions to take in the interest of re
publican success.
Chancellor Andrews repudiates the re
port that he Is to attend the coming
meeting of populist reformers at Den
ver to consider ways and means of re
viving the- fast disintegrating party,
The chancellor has plenty to do in look
ing after the affairs of the State uni
versity,'' which are not intimately con-
hected with' the' affairs, of the' populist
party or et any other party. The re
form party men are not to blame for
endeavoring to enlist with themselves
the cp-operatlon of men in prominent
public positions, but that is only a con
fession by the leaders of their own
weakness.
The example set by Germany and
Great Britain in lavish entertainment of
officers of our war ships touching as
visitors at their ports are liable to prove
embarrassing to some of the smaller
countries which have sea coast towns
at which our vessels are accustomed to
luy in. They cannot well keep the pace
which these larger powers have set and
still they do not want to be put in the
attitude of want of respect and appre
ciation for the American navy. The
little ones will have to devise some kind
of an inexpensive reception that Is none
the less striking evidence of cordial good
feeling.
Sentiment la said to be changing in
Colombia with reference to the ratifica
tion of the canal treaty which is to
come up before the Colombian congress
when it reconvenes next week. It Is all
right for Colombia to take its own time
about it, but if it wants to see the canal
built where it will have the biggest
benefit from It and it will be built by
the United States or not at all It will
do well to ratify the treaty before our
own congress reconvenes and gives the
friends of the Nicaragua treaty another
chance at the prize. '
President Droppers of the University
of South Dakota has been wholly ex
onerated of the accusations that were
lodged agsinst him based chiefly upon
charges that he bad used beer in the
concoction of a Welsh rarebit aud helped
entertain his frlends'with cigars. We
await with impatience the details of tho
judgment to know whether the decision
was an acquittal for the Welsh rarebit
or ' simply a Scotch verdict of "not
proven."
The death roll of the Omaha fire de
partment contains several names that
would net be there if the storing of ex
plosives In dangerous quantities bad
been prevented by proper periodic in
spection. Must we wait until Beveml
more lives are needlessly lost before act
ing on the demand for strict surveillance
and regulation of the keeping aud Kile
of explosive materials within the rlty
limits?
Something must have happened! Here
Is the World-Herald tn spite of all its
professed devotion to Bryan and Bryun
Isui quoting with approval tle language
of "a person who was once a democrat"
phrases which distorted and eorrnptod
may still be recognized as of the coinage
of Orover Cleveland. Shades of deinoc
racy:
The Montana Judge who rendered tha
decision In the Ilealy mine case Insists
that be did not get paid for hla work.
Inasmuch as th defeated litigants were
willing to put up liberally for a decision
in their favor, 110 wonder they are un
able to understand how the other side
could have got anything for nothing.
Reciprocity la Pavers.
Chicago Record-Herald.
King Peter has just meted out punish
ment to the leader of the assassins who put
Alexander and Draga out of business by
giving him a better office with a substantial
raise of wages. Servian punishment ap
pears to be a pleasant thing to take.
The Gentle Art ef Hooting.
Chicago Chronica.
Proceedings In th Dublin town hall show
that our Irish friends are no unworthy
competitors of the freeborn American In
the gentle are of confuting on adversary by
the slmpl process of hooting at hlra until
he grows tired of attempting to speak.
' ' A Pathetic "Don't."
Cincinnati Enquirer.
In good temper It might be suggested to
Colonel Bryan, as well as to those rather
nondescript people who, for lack of a better
name, are known as "gold democrats,"
not to read so many democrats out of the
party that there may be a sufficient num
ber left to hold a convention next year.
Sngar-Coated Democracy.
Atlanta Constitution (dem.)
The democrats of th nation ar deter
mined to make a fight next year to win.
They feel that the country needs a change
of administration. The inspiration Is not
greed for office, for the democrats are ac
customed to living without offices, but they
sincerely aspire to better the government
by winning the next fight in the interests
of all the people.
Let Judges Think and Act.
Indianapolis News.
The declaration of Associate Justice
Brewer of the United States supreme court
that every man who participate in a
lynching Is a murderer, may suggest some
thing to various judges that they had not
thought of before. And If they execute
their thoughts a few times some of the
best cttlsens may think twice before they
become unduly excited.
Modern Promoters of Health.
New York Tribune.
Wherever Americans have free and un
checked control, down goes the death rat.
It was reduced extensively In Porto Rloo
and In Cuba. It Is going down in th
Philippines. Uncle Sam abhors filth, decay,
shlftlensness and pestilence. When he
takes hold anywhere he enlists the serv
ices of Indefatigable doctors and sanitari
ans, adopts improved systems of sewerage
and drainage, and performs wonders.
Bit la a Tender Spot.
Philadelphia Press.
Germany's new law, which went Into
effect In April, tn regard to the Inspec
tion of meat Is already th subject of
severe horn criticism. Before meat from
the United States or elsewhere can be
exported from Germany It must be In
spected and the fees are heavy. Ger
man merchants had supplied . Austria and
Switzerland with. American meat and lard,
but now the Belgiantand Dutch shippers,
who have no such Inspection fees to pay,
are getting all of, the trade. That Is right.
The meat Inspection law was aimed at the
United States, and the Germans ar th
only ones so far hurt.
HARD RIDING AT
gllTY-FIVK.
General Miles', Gallop Orer the Hot
Lands nJe Sonthwest.
.-!., Ohiago Post. -...
To the fllppantiiparagrapher and to that
not- Inconsiderable part of the American
peopl which looks upon th lieutenant
general of the -army as something of a
poseur, we commend the ride from Fort
Sill to Fort El Reno ninety miles In nlno
hours and ten minutes or eight hours of
actual rtdlng. ' 1 ' "
How many men of 45, soldier or civilian.
could have ridden with General MlleJ
Not many, It Is safe to say, and with the
admission let us have no more gibes at the
general commanding, with their unpleusant
Innuendoes. ' He haa given us a lesson tn
finished horsemanship. In physical hardi
hood preserved by clean living well Into
years when most of us prefer an easy chatr
and a newspaper to a hard saddle and a
dusty road.
After all. It's only another modern fallacy
gone by the board. Time was when the
man of arms .'delighted In his physical
beauty and hl gorgeous panoply of plumes
and flashing mail. Sydney and Essex and
Raleigh and Rupert did not disdain the
graces; yet they were good soldiers and
sailors withal. Why, then, with such splen
did traditions, should th warriors of our
day look askance upon th gallantries of
war and go sadly In khaki, even when the
high-power rifle In hostile hands Is search
ing them out from some remote trench below
the nonion.
General Miles is young; he haa proved it.
Ha Is sound; he is comely. He Is a hard
rider and a hard fighter. They may retire
him In th full flush of his manhood, but his
star set not In obscurity but tn splendor.
WHEN BRYAN GOES ABROAD.
Proposed Stndy of Political and
Serloloajlcal Conditions.
Baltimore American.
One of the Interesting announcements
made during the past week wa that Wil
liam Jennings Bryan will soon sail for
Europe and will spend several months
studying the political and sociological con
dition of foreign lands. The majority of
men who go abroad with such purposes In
view generally end up by spending most of
their time stulylng very different matters.
The theaters and concert hall of European
capitals are apt to prove far more Interest
ing than political problems, and troubles
with th hotel keeper to occupy tuny as
much time as is given to. delving In the
mysteries of sociology. Still. Mr. Bryan ts
a very unusual man In some respects, ana
he may, even under European influence,
prov himself able to carry eut the plans
he haa mad for his trip.
Foreign travel and foreign study should
broaden the mind, and In this way they
may prov of great value to th would-be
president. It Is the general Impression,
calned from several years" experience with
the free llver apostle, that Mr. wryan nas
an Idea that this country will never be a
great success until It makes him Its chief
magistrate and gives him cart blanen to
carry out his theories of government. He
will find In Europe government which
claim to be strong, but which hav never
considered hi theories necessary for their
progress. II will find millions of people
over there who hav never heard of him
and who ar living In blissful Ignorance
rof th fact that he ever had a deslr to
live In lh Whtt House. This should con
vince him that he I not th center of th
universe, but lust a llttl speck on the
earth's surface, like any one of us.
Many American And that travel In for
eign lands tends to make them think more
of their own laad and their own govern
merit, to convince them that this 1 th
greatest and the bet country en 'earth.
PerhaiM It will serve Mr. Bryan in this
way. H ha been finding fault and per
hap a casual glance at the throne of Eng
land. Germany, Hum la and th reet may
convince him that thl republic la not such
poor affair as he haa tried t) make 1U
pecple bUv. .
HIT. OF WAHIOTO LIFE.
Mine Scenes and Incident Sketched
On the Spot.
No sooner do the postofflce authorities
debar from the malls a scheme of graft
than another blooms tn congenial soil. In
deed, the legal branch of the department
and some of the Inspectors are almost con
stantly occupied Investigating and Issuing
"fraud orders" against fakirs who utilise
the mall service to hook th sucker famjly.
The latest scheme shut out of the use of
the malls Is the American Street Car
Transportation company of Brooklyn. The
company pretended to Issue tickets good
for a ride on any street car line tn the
country for 1 cent each, on the endless
chain plan. Assistant Attorney General
Robb of the department, tn drawing up his
case against the company, goes Into the
schema with his slat and pencil and ar
rives at th conclusion that to do what the
company promises would Involve th par
ticipation of 77,000,000,000 people before the
sixteenth series of the endless chains had
been reached, with only 200 chains started,
and the company. It Is said, has started
many more than this number.
The plan as explained In the opinion of
Mr. Robb, contemplates the purchase by an
Individual of a book containing four
coupons, called "Introductions," for II.
Three of these coupons are to be sold by
the purchaser to three of his friends for 5
cents each. These purchasers are to remit
76 cents to the company for coupon hooks
of their own and when they have done this
the original purchaser receives twenty-five
car tickets for the 25 cents he haa expended.
Mr, Robb makes his opinion novel and
interesting by figuring out a single chain
to the sixteenth series. The number of
persons required to continue the chain pro
ceeds geometrically by multiples of three.
while at the same time the field of avail
able purchasers narrows correspondingly
with each step of progression. With a
single chain which has reached the six
teenth series the number of persons in
volved, according to Mr. Robb's figures,
amounts to 129,132,873. If all these persons
are to receive twenty-five car tickets each
they muBt And 887,389,619 persons
who will each purchase a coupon
and send it to the company wun
76 cents. It Is to be noted, Mr.
Robb remarks, that not only these 129,
132.873 persons, but In addition all their
predecessors In the chain, aggregating In
number 43.0,291, have been removed from
the field of available purchasers. Thus, If
these 129,132,873 persons are each tb receive
twenty-five car tickets, they must deal
with 387,398,619 persons exclusive of them
selves and their predecessors.
This Is only one chain, Mr. Robb re
marks, and the company Is assumed to be
operating at least 200 chains. If these 200
chains should reach the sixteenth series
there would be 26,826.674,600 people Involved,
who must. In order to get their penny car
tickets, secure 77.479.703,800 more persons
who will buy "Introductions" and remit to
the company 76 cents each. If they should
succeed In this, the total number of car
tickets which the company would have
to dispense would be 645.644.36,000, or more
than 8.000 car tickets for every man, woman
and child of the 80,000,000 population of the
United States.
Coming back to what actually happens
In the working of the scheme, Mr. Robb
says that out of 300 cases taken at random,
64 per cent of the purchasers of "Introduc
tions" get nothing for their outlay, while
the remainder get only a portion of their
twenty-five tickets each. The money In
the scheme is shown when Mr. Robb de
clares that the average amount received
by the company for tickets in ths 00
cases. Is SO cents for each car ticket. r
A curious appeal from the office of the
colonial secretary of England was received
by th Agricultural department recently.
The British official Inquired as to how the
present famine condition In India can be
Improved and the Inhabitants given more
adequate means of sustaining life. In
quiry mad by Secretary Wilson revealed
th fact that th people of India are liv
ing on rice alone and have only one meal a
day. Under the circumstances Mr. Wilson
was not surprised to learn that the number
of deatha-by starvation in India is greater
than those of the births.
In response to the British appeal Secre
tary Wilson replied: "Mix the rie with
ground peas or beans and you will have
plenty of food for all. Less tooa win De
required and greater strength will result,
Secretary Wilson believes th soli of India
will produoe beans and peas in great
abundance. These, mixed with rice, he
says, will mak a muscle and brain produ
cing food. ,
Half a doxen hired laborers, earning
about $60 a month each, from the Treasury
department destroy every day in the neigh'
borhood of $1,800,000. They work In the
basement of the big treasury building.
says a Brooklyn Eagle letter, and their
principal duty Is to carry boxes full of
paper dollars, fives, tens and twenties, and
dump them Into a giant mascerator, where
sharp knives cut them . Into tiny shreds
until they ar reduced to a watery pulp.
The destruction of paper currency Is part
of th Aladdln-Hke process by which the
government gives out new money for old.
Any person presenting a tattered and worn
out bank note at the Treasury Department
will receive for ,lt a crisp note that has
never been folded. The same exchange may
be made, even If the note ha been torn Into
bits, providing that all the piece ar pre
sented. Six or eight sets of sharp steel knives re
volve about the Interior of the mascerator
while a chemical liquid Is Introduced to
haaten the pulp formation. The opening Is
locked and the grinding process begins, con
tinuing for several hours. At th end of
that time th money Is reduced to a whitish
mas about th consistency of pasty dough.
It la shipped to the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, where It goes through the
same process again. The knives In this
mascerator are smaller than thosa In the
department, and they cut up th bits Into
very fin pieces.
The government I of an economical turn.
and sella all this pulp. It Is disposed of at
the rat of 1 cents a pound, th Income
from this source being about $6,000 a year.
Th pulp Is rolled out Into boards about
S by S feet In length, and these are eventu
ally sold to paper manufacturers. A small
proportion, however, I saved for a few
favored individuals of this city, who manu
facture images of various kinds from the
material. Visitors to Washington hav
seen th miniature Washington monu
ments, capltols and Whit House that hav
been modeled from tb pulp of paper
money. They are on sal at many of th
stores throughout th city.
It Is reported that th man who first con
ceived th Idea of manufacturing these
model earned a fortune from th,elr sal.
It I possible to buy for 60 cant a model
of th Capitol composed of pulp originally
worth $100,000.
Later Day lines lsiree.
New Tork Tribune.
Two men who pleaded guilty before an
Impartial tribunal to the crime of "peon
age," the new slavery which is doing so
much harm In certain parts of the country,
hav been sentenced to Imprisonment for
a year and a day. Later trials will be had
of men accused of whipping to death th
wretched victims upon their plantations.
Should th guilt ef thes Simon Leg rem
be proved their punishment should be ax
mplaxT.
INFALLIBILITY OF PRECEDENT.
Jadl'.'lal Veaerntlon far Harsh
tnrrasonnble Rnlln.s.
Philadelphia Press.
The Infallibility and finality of a legal
precedent Is an Idea Ingrained In th In
tellectual texture of most English and
American Judges, A dunderhead may have
made the precedent, yet Solomon must
follow It. The judge who made the first
decision may have been controlled by con
siderations peculiar to that case, which
made the decision fsir and resonahle In that
particular Instance. A decision haa been
rendered and a precedent established, and
later Judge have only to apply to It similar
cases. That changed conditions mak the
ruling harsh and unreasonable Is no ob
jection. "Adhere to the precedents and do
not unsettle things which are established"
Is the sum of the ten commandments for
many Judge.
A case recently decided by th United
States Court of Appeal for the Fifth
Circuit illustrates what to a layman will
appear an extreme Instance of fidelity to
precedent and Infidelity to justice and com
mon sense. A man b the nam of Burt
was carrying Insurance on his life fof the
benefit, we presume of his family. A mur
der was committed. Burt was suspected of
being the murderer; the evidence convinced
a Jury of his guilt, and he was convicted
and hanged for it.
According to the decisions when a man
Is executed for crime no Insurance can
be collected on his life. This Is probably
fair enough In the case of ordinary mur
derers, but Burt wss not an ordinary mur
derer. In fact, after-discovered evidence
showed that he wns not a murderer at all,
but had been convicted under a mistake.
The members of his family were no doubt
gratified to establish his Innocence, and
they thought under tho circumstances they
might be entitled to his life Insurance. But
the United States circuit court of appeals
refuses to depart from the precedents and
Its decision as reported In "Case and Com
ment" Is as follows: t
"The Innocence of an Insured who was
executed after conviction of a capital crime
does not change the rule that Insurance
cannot be recovered upon the life of a per
son who was executed for crime, even it
the policy makes no provision for forfeiture
on, that account."
A man who obeys the law and does his
full duty by the state and denies him
self that he may leave sufficient insurance
to support his family after his death may.
under a false accusation of murder, forfeit
his life. This la hard, but tinder this de
cision his family loses also, through no
fault of his or theirs, the provision his
affection and forethought had, he believed.
secured for them. This Is also hard, but
It Is gratifying to know that the precedents
are sustained and that things established
are not disturbed.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Shadrach M. Bush died at Stanwlck.
Conn., on Sunday on tfte farm he had occu
pied for a half century and which was
purchased by his ancestors from the In
dians. It Is reported that J. Pierpont Morgan will
present his paintings to the nation. His
chief works of art, however, he will con
tinue to sell to the public at so much a
share.
.Accompanied by twenty-five ether young
men of Topeka, Eugene Ware, Jr., son of
tho United States pension commissioner,
has gone to work in he harvest fields ef
Ellis county. '
The capture of the world's shooting tro
phy by American marksmen from repre
sentatives of all Europe la only another
Illustration of the ' quality of - our "men
behind the guns." ;
John W. Bates of Weymouth, Mass., haa
In his possession the original old flint-lock
rifle used by John L. Burns at Gettysburg,
to whom a monument has Just been dedi
cated on the battlefield.
The papers ar making much of the faot
that a woman in the National Educational
association's meeting talked two college
presidents down. There doesn't seem to be
anything phenomenal about that.
Governor Lanham of Texas haa Issued a
proclamation offering a reward of $60,000
"to any person or persons who shall dis
cover bnd furnish a practical remedy for
the destruction of the cotton boll weevil."
The world does move. If slowly. After a
hundred year or more th War depart
ment haa given the officers on duty In that
department permission to wear any cloth
ing they may select as sultabl for th hot
weather.
The khedlve, whose tour in Europe is ex
citing so much Interest, Is still on the sunny
side of 30. He was educated In Vienna, has
a charming personality and hla Intelligence
ts altogether of a higher sort than that of
his father, tha Khedive Tewflk. He has
but one wife, and is understood to be de
voted to her and to their children four llt
tl daughters and a son and heir Just i
years old.
Alfred H. Smith, the new general man
ager of the New York Central railway, be
gan his career as a messenger boy ia the
Cleveland office of the Lake Shore, at a
salary of $4 a week. He haa sine then
been successively "gang" laborer, brake
man, conductor, telegraph operator, train
dispatcher, division superintendent and
general superintendent. H la 89 years old
and is th youngest of flv children.
The recent election of Mr. Jan Stanford
as president of th board of trust of
Leland Stanford, Jr., university In Califor
nia curtails th powers and authority of
President David Starr Jordan, and may
lead to his resignation. Mrs. Stanford,
however, announces that she has no pres
ent intention of Interfering In tha manage
ment of th Institution, but will go abroad
for a season of rest, remaining, perhaps,
two years.
Rear Admiral Francis A. Cook, who com
manded the cruiser Brooklyn during th
sr
J
Coffee lose ib strength nd flavor if exposed
to the ain not only that. Impurities get Into II
DOS R10S
COFFEE
is packed In air-tight canisters, thus preserv
Intf its strength and purity. It
reaches the consumer as fresh
as though it had come direct
from the roaster.
ktl ItM ear
... jj e Jlk O
AO CI O
Hair Vigor
Keep your own hair.
Get more. Have a clean
scalp. Restore the color
to your gray hair. It's
easy. Probably you Know
this already. Then tell
some friends about it.
O. Aft Co., twU, Kaa.
battle off Santiago, Is slowly recovering
from a long Illness in the Naval hospital,
Brooklyn. He was attacked by the grip last
September and the disease seriously af
fected his heart and kidneys. Prior to this
attack Admiral Cook has been on th sick
list but one In all his forty-three years of
service, and that happened when he
sprained his ankle.
SKILUfO LINES.
Rev. Dr. Thirdly Toung man. don't you
know there Is no such thing a a certainty!
The gambler gay, partner, I reckon you
never ran a shell game. Boston Herald.
"If you're sure the fellow who beat you
In the saloon was a policeman why didn't
you take his number?"
"Well, I had a number too many al
ready." Philadelphia Press.
He Now, there's a woman I can't help
admiring. She's so easily satisfied; ha such
plsln tastes.
She I didn't know you knew her.
He I don't: It's her husband I know.
Brooklyn Life.
First 8prrtsman Qood guide. Is he?
Second Sportsman Oh, yes! If necessary
he'll do the shooting and bring home the
gam and let you say you did It and whip
anybody that says you dldn'L Puck.
Deacon Good We shall all know on
another in the better land, I have no
doubt.
Mrs. Goidlng I don't suppose, however,
we shall have to recognize everybody we
meet there, deacon. Really, It would be so
awkward to have to speak to people quite
of out of one' set! Boston Transcript.
"Why did Oayboy's hnnrt.nme stenog
rapher leave him so suddenly?"
He says she found a number of letters
from hi wife In his desk." Judge.
Toung Tutter (to hostess I hav had a
very pleasant evening. But, then, I always
manage to enjoy myself, no matter where I
am. Brooklyn Life.
Mrs. Nexdore There's a new hb In th
house on th other side of you. -
Mrs. jpepprey es, I've heard It.
Mrs. Nexdore Poor little thing; It does
cry so.
Mrs. Penorev Tes. nut It s o aoeemmo-
datlng. It always cries at the right ilme
and drowns the noise of your daughter's
piano. Philadelphia Press.
JIM.
Worn a r Home Companion.
When Jim. tha hired man, first cam
He never had a word to sav.
'Cept Just to answer to his name:
He'd sleen all nleht and work all daV.
And eat his meals, and go and come.
jmosi use as 11 ne s aeai ana oumo.
1
I didn't care. Why, no! Of course.
Sometimes m il send me down tha far?
To tell him to hitch up the horse.
Or help us get the bees to swarm;
But not a word he'd say not he
He wouldn't even look at me.
Well, Ty and by, that rriadene mad. 1
as tan, ana ciever omit, ana Trim. t
rate teem ana nair on, not nan D.a 7
To look at. and I looked at hlra
Considerably, first and last, 1
And jest as temptln' as I da'st. ,
I used to curl my hair at night, !
And dress and fix up every day; , j
He never cared a single mite
He'd alway star Hie other way
And pet the dog, or stroke the cow,
Or coax the cat oh, he knew how!
Course, other fellows came around.'
Much better dreaeed, and not so shy;
They csred enough, but I was bound
I'd make him care, or I'd know why.
And so I picked on Sammy Snow,
And, glory! how I flirted oh!
W used to set nights 8am and me
Out on the porch. One night Jim passed
A-goln' In to bed. Bays he,
'Folkses, good night!" And jest as fast,
'For I could think, he stopped, like that.
And kissed me on the mouth, right flat!
Well, Sam he took his hat and flew
Off In a rare at me. not Jim
And me? Good lands! What could I do?
I dlfln t care a snap for him.
But Jim. If he'd 'a' slapped my face
I'd not have felt a worse disgrace.
I cried, and then I said.- "Who cares?"
And then I cried again. But when
I went Indoors, there, on the stairs,
That Jim was waltin. Then oh. then
Lucky' twas dark you'd think that ha
Would never get through klasln' me.
And so, as soon as my folks knew.
They sent him packing? I guess not!
Why. there he set. In front of you.
Readln' his paper. Yes. that's whatl
Father, I've been a-4ellln' her
Jest now you didn't court m. sir)
BROWNELL HALL,
OMAHA.
Social atmosphere home-Ilk and happy.
General and oolleg preparatory course.
Exceptional advantages In musio. art and
literary interpretation. Prepares for any
college open to women. Vaaaar, Wellesley,
Mt. Holyoke, Western Reserve University,
University of Nebraska and University of
Chicago, admit pupils without examination
on th certificates of the principal and
faculty. Thoroughness Insisted upon a ea
ntlal to character building. Physical
training under - a ..professloiul director.
Well equipped gymnasium, ample provi
sion for out door sports, including private
skating grounds Bend for Illustrated cata
logue. Mies Macrae, Principal.
Ar mpt.
I
