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24 au.auu
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26 27,140
27 80,170
28 30,200
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The address trill bo changed
The election of Pope Plus X was nn-
unlmous. It is always that way after
it is over.
eVs the new bead ' of the Steel trust!
President Corey has a fine object lenson
In bis predecessor as to what to avoid.
When Senator Allen becomes a rail
way president the pass bribe question
may be expected to be Quickly cleared
up.
When the gas company locks horns
with the electric lighting company over
the division of the city lighting fund,
then watch for the flash.
All the European governments give it
ut that they are satlBued with tho selec
tion of Cardinal Sarto as pope. In this
'lir show their adept diplomacy. I
Now that the council hag designated,
the inauguration day for Omaha's mar-
Itot nouse, it is to ne nopca tne tnirty
years war between the grocers and the
Tegetable gardeners will be called off.
A call for a county convention under
the new rules proposed for the repub-
licun couuiy aninuun will .uo iikc 1
tock market table. But it will .also be
a great stimulus to the study of political
uataemaucs.
Sam Jones thinks all the trouble in
the south Is made by bad negroes who
may possibly number a thousand. He Is
careful, however, to say nothing about
the bad whites who probably number
ruoro than a thousand.
Some of the Nebraska naners are busv
telling whit should bo left out of the
platform to be adopted by the coming
republican state convention. It would
be better if they would tell what should
be put into the platform.
After Tom Johnson came all the way
to Nebraska to attend Colonel Bryan's
Fourth of July picnic. It would lo the
hvight of ingratitude If Mr. Bryan when
vlsltlng ln Ohio should refuse to ride In
Tom Johnson's automobile.
Governor Odell insists that ho wtll not
tune possession or tue i nion roome
headquarters Just yet. His leaso on the
state bouse at Albany will not expire for
over a jear and be has not deeldel on a
precise locatlou when he shall vacate his
present quarters.
Pennsylvania democrats engaged in
ptomotiirg the Gorman loom profess to
believe that mV Bryan can be persuaded
to fall in Hue for the Maryland senator.
Thrse politicians evidently either do not
know Mr. Bryan or they over-rat-i their
persuasive powers.
Ihe government crop report records
t-rent improvement In corn In Iowa, Ne
braska and Kansas the three slutes
which constitute the great corn belt. If
the western farmer Is peruitftei to
lither in a good harvest II will make
little difference to the west how many
tfnies the bottom falls out of th Wall
street stock market.
Before the town council of Florence
enters into a ten-year contract with the
Omaha Electric Lighting company for
an Installation of electric arc lights. It
should do a little reflecting In the inter-
est of Florence taxpayers. If the prom-
ised power, canal should materialize
within the next two or three years the
town may be in position to procure Its
llghU directly from the canal company
or indirectly from tho electric company
t ft good deal lower prlcn ...
.4 fjccsTiux run rat rvrvnt.
Pome years ago thcr were American
and Canadian public men who earnestly
advocated a utilon of .the United mates
and the Dominion and had no dnuht
flint this would eventually come about.
We recall a speech of that eminent
statesman, .Tulin Sherman, In which he
urged that the annexation of Canada
to this country was inevitable and an
ardent stiiorter of that view was an
other Ohio statesman, Benjamin Butter
worth, for many years a representative
in congress. At that time there was a
considerable annexation sentiment In
Canada, perhaps relatively mora than In
this country. A short time since tbe
distinguished Canadian publicist, Onld-
wln Smith, In a comunlcatJon to an east
ern paper, declared that natural forces
are drawing toward union between the
United States and the Dominion. "Knee,
language, literature, religion, polltlcnl In
stitutions, social sentiments and lmbits
are the same on both sides of the line."
., .nrn,nro nro mere than n mil-
.
uon native Canadians In the United
States. There is a continual exodus of
Canadians to the great American cen
ters of employment And there Is now
a reciprocal Influx of Americans from
Minnesota and Dakota Into northwest
Canada. The populations, in short, are
rapidly fusing,
There will soon be
nothing to divide them but a polltlcnl
niltl um in jiiiu. ti uuc iciuuuiii
certain obstacles to union, rrof. Smith
conndent'y expressed the opinion that
npy would be overcome and that "In
the end nature will find a way" to bring
the two countries together and effect a
continental union.
Perhaps there are fewer Canadians
who think this way than there were fif-
teen or twenty years ago, uut lucre are
atiir many Americans who believe thnt
It Is destiny that the United States shall
annex Canada.
In a recent Issue the
Washington Star said: "The time must
come when the twisted and abstract
line dividing the' Dominion from the
ufntps will have Interest onlr as an
historical subject It will have no place
in geography. There is a "wonderful
country up there, with wonderful re
sources and a wonderful future, but the
greater must absorb the less, and the
United States Is the greater and Canada
the less." It is by no means improb
able that this view would find accept
ance among a very considerable num
ber of Americans, but while its realiza
tion Is by no means inconceivable, it
will not come in the near future. There
are no present tendencies in Canada that
are favorable to union with this coun
try. There Is, to be sure, a strong dc
sire there for closer trade relations with
the United States, but there is noted
also a growing disposition to seek com
mercial independence, while it is more
than probable that a majority of the
people would prefer political indepen
dence to union wfth the United States,
There Is at present a violent nntl-Amerl-can
party in Canada, which deems Itself,
M by Galdwin Smith, the pat
ente of loyalty, and there is no doubt
that it controls a majority of the people,
It Is possible that conditions will be dlf
ferent say a generation hence, but hardly
sooner,
AOT exTiacLT svcctssFvL.
The refunding operations of the treas
ury, which were suspended at the end
of July, were not entirely successful
though $81,000,000 of 3 and 4 ner cent
bonds were exchanged for the 2 per cent
consols, or $10,000,000 less than the
amount fixed by the eecretarv when he
directed the resumption of nncmtinna in
March. Perhans this 1. nnire
a result rn8onnllIv t hnrtt .
expected and in view of ,nner,rr ennd..
tlon8 lmwt bo regarded h, u
foctorv Tue Plljancler remark8 that
ti,h ,e..i .....
kitauiiiaiuk viwraiiuiia nave
lu"' expectations of the
swretary of the treasury, "the Results
are ultc encouraging, chiefly because of
the ,ncreaBe been effected in
bnnk note circulation through the op-
pormnity onerea tne Danks to procure
uie most desirable of tho government
bond is'sueB as a basis for new notes.
Should the secretary renew the privilege
of substituting other than United States
to1" nB "Purity for deposits, there
would probably be a further expansion
of uoe issues against the bonds so re
leased and thus an important Indirect
benefit would result from refunding."
The refunding plan of Secretary Shaw
was of course an experiment and not a
few financiers regarded it as imprac-
tlcnble, but the secretary's belief in its
success has been pretty well vindicated
by the result. Whether or not opera
tlons will be resumed proliablv depends
upon future monetary conditions.
Tilt FRuPustD overlap hondh.
The first rule governing railroad train
men Is "Be euro you are right, then go
ahead." . It goes without saying that
public safety demands the observance
of that rule by the city council and by
jail other bodies entrusted with the man
agement of tho various branches of local
government. The proposition to author
ize the city treasurer to Issue $200,000 of
I city fuudiug bonds bearing 4(4 per cent
Interest, payable semi-annually and run
ul,lS for Period of thirty years, should
lie very carefully considered and de
bated before Its sauctlon by the mayor
and council,
Conceding that the city Is confronted
with a seflous problem In finance by the
lack of available funds for defraying
tho current expenses of city government
and the payment of accruing interest on
outstanding bonded obligations, the p ro
posed bond Issue is subject to serious
objection. First, the issue of thirty-year
bonds at 4Vj per cent is of doubtful pro-
ptlety, if a teu, fifteen or twenty-year
bond bearing the same Interest or even
a slightly higher interest can be ne-
gotlated. While the interest rate Is for
the moment tending upward it is not
likely to remain so permanently. On
the contrary, there is every prospect
J that a city of Omaha's wealth and popn
I union will be ablto dispose, of 1U bonds
at from 3 to per cent within the next I
ten years.
The plea that the thirty-year bonds
could be refunded by offering a
premium will scarcely strike any good
business man favorably. The very fact
thnt the city would be -ompelled to pay
a premium on outstanding bonds would
argue apaftist a long time bond Issue. In
the next place It Is a grave question
whether the mayor and council would be
Justified In issuing $-'00,000 of what may
DC caueu over-iap uonus. it me uij run
manage to get along with less. There I
can be no question thnt the precedent trade show that for the nine months end
- .1.1 .M K filnl nroln ln" March 81, 1903, the value of the Imports
' , ' , ., . .
a lew yrars nence. nu m-ioit- i.iu .... m
thirty years we would have a colossal
bonded over-lnp debt thnt would serl-
. I 1. . 1 . t . .. ..,1 mnbA tliA
uu".j riuuiiiineB i.it-..., u.. u...n.c
reduction or taxes impossn.ie.
Another question Hint can peninenny
be asked Is, if one-half of the $200,000
Is actnallv renulred to meet obligations
already incurred, or Interest coming due,
what is to be done wtn the other $100.-
0007 To what funds are the proceeas or I
the funding bonds to be credited, and
where is there any law for such action?
Will not the knowledge that the city
has $100,000 extra revenue in the treas-
ury bring on a shower of claims against
thu city and inaugurate an era of ex-
trovmnnM and wnntpf illness? . At the
- i
very best, the issue of any bonds with
out the direct sanction of the people :
voting on the bond proposition after full
discussion is of doubtful propriety, if not
absolutely dangerous.
LOSiyO CVBAfl THAbS.
The fact that the United States has
been losing trade with Cuba and our
commercial rivals have been gaining in
business with the island unquestionably
furnishes a very strong argument to the
advocates of a policy for establishing
eloser trade relations with the new re-
- in- xi i ..i..,- t
public. It is stated that the volume of
exports to the Island from this country
fell off last year by about $5,000,000 and
it anneara that no Improvement is taking
ni.n. wbtnh nrnn,l a hotter renlr for
J,.-... -
me current year, ur course European
-
manufacturers and merchants are spar-
Inir nn erTnrt in nnntnro C!iilnn trade, lint
It la not ensv to nnderstnnd how tliev
manage to do this against American
competition rignt at tne cioors ot ua,
unless our merchants and manufacturers
are manifesting a remarkable lndlffer-
ence to this trade. However, the fact
ol our reuueeu i-Apons u, ui-u i
mlstakable and the suggestion It forcibly
makes Is that a different policy Is
needed If wo are to have thnt share of
the commerce of Cuba which should be
ours.
President Roosevelt proposes calling
the fifty-eighth congress in extra session
chiefly for the purpose of having the
reciprocity treaty ratified and It would
seem that he should be able to find ln
the trade statistics a strong argument in
support of his position. As to the pros-
,. .. , .
pect ror ratincation it appenrs to ne
very favorable. Ts'ot much Is being Bald
on the subject, but senators who hnvelthe navy.
MnnntW cj--vlr an n nrra tr1 1 r- ATrtnaouo1
tfin nnlnln (tin f 1 1 i tAn(v n.111 Ya mfl. I
. . , , I
neu. enaimy tue people generally win
feel that foreign nations should not bo
allowed to invade the Cuban market to
our detriment if there is a practicable
.... I
" l'""cul I
Telegraph offlclals In Missouri have
again refused to produce copies of mes-
sages sent over their wires demanded
by the boodle investigating grand jliry.
The telegraph company fears that if
messages entrusted to its care are sub-
eot to requisition by1 prosecuting author-1
ltles their business may suffer material
, m. . . ... iii. i
loss. That is where the telephone gets
tne Detter or tne teiegrapn. ine uooaiers
and the lobby workers can communicate
over the telephone without leaving r.ny
face of
ps ssed.
the conversation that hns
3 lie suit pending in the federal court
by which the Chicago Great Western is
endeavoring to force the Union Pnelilc
to give it an entrance into Omnlia ou
the same terms accorded other Chicago
trunk lines ought to bring out soino In
teresting evidence tearing on tho value
of Omaha terminals, which the Judge
should keep in mind when he come
later to hear the plea of the railroad
for exemption from municipal taxes on
their termlnn! nroneHlea
. - -,
""lU OVWC.J, . BUUl lO
torn up over tne recent order or the
Magic City police bonrd, forbidding
dances ln halls that are located over s.i-
,., !,,. ,,ti,!4. i, it , ,
,
uus u)tr uuuee imiin is not quite Clear
on an inspection or the statutes, but :n-
asiuuch as Governor Mickey has drawn
the line ngnlnst dancing ln general, the
, . i. in i . j. . '
uouru, unuuuuiruiv, win irmim o nnve
taken its inspiration from the state
bouse.
In a public Interview the chairman of
., , . , ..... , . ... .
the democratic Judicial committee for
this district declares that he cares not h
In alwnt the jHilitlcal affiliation of th
judges on the bench so long as wo have
....4. . i . ,,.
uu JI...V.., uw n, ,.,.
ate no pontics on uie uenen ir t,e
means what he says the democrat!-:
chairman ought to be lined uu In-fore
1....0. ..r rennl.He... ,,.,ii..ini
H'l'S, va auu j u.a. a it J iiuiviui UVUl i.
Did anyone notice the "knock" on the
110,000 orchestra voiced by our amiable
contemporary that always "knocks"
knockers so hard? Has it nt last come
. A, , . t. t . ,, , .
to the conclusion that some great busl-
ness enterprises deserve to be "knocked"'
for tbe welfare of the community?
Tt,. lament nf the new none thnt mn.
I'.nrmeut ln theVatlean will make 1.1 u
miss the sea ought to summon modern
bklll and science at once to his rescue.
If the pope cannot go to tho s.ut, thoe
U no reasou why the sea cannot l.e
LioiiUt to him.
Overworking the Iniaalaatlen.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Bending on even one-third of what they
don't know, the correspondents at Rome
manage te make their dispatches pretty
J
long. If they sent on all they don't know.
there wouldn't be rpom for any other stun
In the papers and stuff seems to be Jut
the word.
QoalHr Verms QaaatMy.
Chicago Post.
President Roosevelt has sent a check for
linn tnw k. .- .kn4 i.n. t
ln McKeport( Pr ,t would be ,nterestlng
to know hy the life record of this boy
whether the president has approved quality
or Quantity
Ties that Bind.
Indlansoolls News
The official reports of the Philippine
and exports amounted to I46.9fi9.485. In 1902
thfy wrre ,4, and ln 1901 tn,y wer.
no,332,lxi. Destiny Is getting manlfeater
every day,
ltflnw iv-n un...k 4lnse.
i,..tte.M
x Missouri editor was fined 1500 for con-
tempt the other day because he criticised a
decision of the court. When the cltlaena
heard ' 11 they Bt once "ubscribed the
Some now . Iet
enough alone
A Call for Action.
Indianapolis Journal.
It Is announced from Omaha that the
packers have agreed on a raise In the price
of fresh beef, ranging from one to two cents
per pound in the various grades, and this
,n the ,ace of declining cattle market.
There should be some work here for the
attorney general and the Sherman law.
i - i .i ,j i
rseless Kaorke of Knockers.
Indianapolis Journal.
The Democrats will find very slender
picking In their efforts to make political
capital out of the postofflce Investigation.
No party ever sadde a mistake by cleaning
up wrongs that had grown up In govern-
ment.
It Is when Its responsible leaders
8e to .mother 8uch things that it lays
Outburst of Royal niarney.
Kansas City Times,
Kln"" Edward s farewell address to Ire
land summed up a most Interesting and
BUrprl8ln(rly plng t0UP and wltnln the
boundB of 1Il5 Brltlsh system, ought to be
very promising to the Irish people. The
king suffered none of the rebuffs or un
Pleasant aemonstrations mat were pre
ui .. V,. ..I. It
uiv. va av II till TV lieu 417 AJ ici llllllv IV V ioi a,
Ireland.
Where the Troable Lies.
Chicago Chronicle.
Truthfully enough It Is pointed out that,
thAnkH tn thit repent alumn In atnclcfl. the
gteei trust Is no longer a billion-dollar con
cern, but about a half-bllllon proposition so
ar securities are concerned. - The
touble 1 Vlat there st" an undertaw"
to pay dividends on the face value of the
securities. There will have to be a scale
down either ln the volume of stock or ln the
dividend rate, and from all signs It Is likely
to be th latter.
Qaren of tho Navy,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
In spite of Kearsarge's creditable record
the palm, still belongs to Oregon. That
matchless craft steamed from the Mare
TslnnH tin 'v vnrl nreunri (Hm TJern in
Santiago, went at once Into the battle and
during the fight did the work of a fast
cruiser na well as . a battleship. When
J5ea"arf ?r ,ny ther "hlp ?ha,U qual
that feat or endurance under similar con-
dUon8 of war Hetvict It will be well enough
to talk aboaf'tf. Oregon Is still queen of
Springfield (Mass.) .Republican,
The rght of young army officers, who
have been educated at West Point, to re-
8ln because of a mere desire to engage
ln other Paultu is combated by Secretary
Root, who establishes a new policy by his
rilllnar. Urn refnaem in acrent h rMlmi.
tlons of three vounar lieutenants nf tho ar.
tlllery unless they give better reasons for
desiring to leave the service. The govern
ment- according to the secretary. Is entitled
o tne oenent in. .eih or omoer. wno
eovernment at considerable exoenae. Ten
years ago young West Pointers were al-
most driven out of the service because of
lne rew opportunities to employ them to
advantage In a small army. Now they are
denled to. unreBtrlcte(1 rlgnt to leave It
whenever they choose to resign their com
missions. Mr. Root's reasoning seems plaus-
lb,e for the government does have some
moral claim upon the men It has educated
But what of the legal aspect of the case?
A man who cannot change his profession at
will is not a free man.
FOR A STRIKE AGAINST THE TIP,
Stron Plea for a "Walk-Oat" Against
the "Hand-Out."
Philadelphia Press.
A great many strikes are occurring these
days In the labor world and from a great
rrmnv rllffArent rnimpM. Rnm. tt th rHu.
ances complained of may be Just, others
are evidently Imaginary, while It would
1,0 difficult to tell what is the source of
ome of tho "th" differences. But so
i t , . i . . .....
inr as is aiiuwii lucre lias un nu BinKO
a a t m t llnnlni.
j,, th burden of .... I,- beoomM
heavier and harder to bear. When It wa
first introduced from Europe It was con
nned to R few trades and to the class
nnanciauy capable or meeting it. But now
)t h(J jnvajp(j a) trades and all classes,
and the man who does not tip must submit
to ridicule and neglect. A correspondent
who cal1" himself an "average man" gives
the Cn,ca Inler l,ean the following
schedule of his tips for one day when
traveling:
Bt'll boy who brought my
trousers
Wnlter at tfreakfast
pressed
$0 IS
20
Kxtra boy who shlned shoes.
Kxtra 'or cabman above rat of fare..
I Iunrh, with one as guest, waiter's tip.
I Barber
Porter
MiMftnipr hnv 9ft
dinner m
IIer tol tt ti'M a day given for
,crvlM, whlcn are ral1 for , another form
and which the receiver of the tin Is ex
pected to perform as a part of his dally
work- The case my an extreme one
Dul 11 illustrates the impositions to which
I - i, m, .. . .,,K(a.i m n A .
fmstf avtont t h naA whn glaV sit htma The
"aVerage man" also gives these reaaons
why men lip: "According to my Judgment,
there are three claasea of people who tip
menlals-the person who tips becauje he la
generous, the one who tips because he likes
t0 appear Keneroua and tne on, who tlpi
because he bribes the person tipped to give
I him more than his share of attention.
am ln the last class." There Is another
reason also why men tip, and that la their
sensitiveness to naicuie. ana it is aouut
less more potent than all the rest.
There Is some reason for tipping In Eu
rope. Wages are low and In many cases
th llP u the only remuneration received.
But among self-respectful American work
lngmen, of whatever class, who receive
day's wages for a day's work the tip
should have no place. It la demoralising
to the man who gives and degrading to tbe
one who receives. It should not be tolerated
In this country and a strike against It
would have almost universal support Why
not begin out
ROIRD ABOCT HEW YORK.
Ripples aa Ike Carreat at LIU la tbe
Metropolis.
A smooth crook In the guise of a piano
tuner surprises gothamltes by the Ingenuity
of his looting schemes. Noticing that It is
habit among nervous woman to leave
their apartments or homes whenever the
piano tuner comes around, not being able
to endure the banging of the keys which
the tuner finds necessary, he straightway
took Instructions In piano tuning and be
came an adept at the work. Then he drum
med up. by personal visits, a first-class
route at rich apartment houses. He got
the piano tuning business at a lot of
partments and homes the mistresses of
which Incontinently fled to save their
erves when the piano tuner made his
visit, and when careless servants turned
their backs he had ample opportunity to
ransack these establishments. He was a
bland, moon-faced, Innocent-looking chap,
who affected a disarming Oerman accent,
and he figured correctly when he calculated
that the hard-working piano tuner would
be the last Individual to be suspected of
jewel thefts on a large scale. As a matter
of fact, he never was suspected until last
week, when the mistress of a swagger
partment returned suddenly to gt some
thing that she had .forgotten on going out
and caught the piano tuner in the act of
stuffing the contents of her Jewel cheat Into
his tool satchel.
In striking comparison with the monstrous
animals of the collection of fossil mammals
Just placed In exhibition at the American
Museum of Natural History Is the clumsy
little skeleton of the pantolamoda. It Is the
oldest complete mounted mammal In ex
tstence. The curator says It Is 8,000,000 years
old. It was found In New Mexico and pre
sents an Impressive example of the possi
bilities of evolution, as Illustrating the law
of progressive Increase In else.
This exhibition of fossils as rearranged
nd made public, represents the results of
thirty-three years of exploration and an
expenditure of $250,000. Each alcove con
tains a group of animals, placed so as to
show the evolution In the Northern Ameri
can horse, the elephant, the mastodon, the
rhinoceros.
Many ot the new and Important speci
mens were obtained by recent expeditions
sent out at the expense of William C. Whit
ney. In an alcove devoted to the evolution
of the horse, the results of the Whitney ex
plorations in Texas, Nebraska and Colo,
rado are shown. Besides the ancestral four
toed horse, representing the beginning of
series, there are shown also the three-toed
and one-toed variety. The first-named speci
men was found In the Wind river beds In
Wyoming and la about the size of a' fox
Its frame Is not unlike Nthat of the whip
pet, the swiftest dog of Its slse.
A new avocation for women has been
started ln New York City by Miss W. V,
Townlend, who registers at the Woman's
exchange as a "Sunshine Companion." Her
duties consist of scattering Just as much
sunshine and cheerfulness as her subject's
particular temperament will take ln.
Miss Townsend was born In California.
She Insists the climatic Influences are re
sponsible for her choice of happiness mak
ing as a profession.
Mental attitude," she says, "makes
everything. Fortunately for me, I absorbed
from our radiant California climate nothing
but sunshine and optimism."
According to this cheerful young woman
everyone has an atmosphere, So It Is with
the Individual to create his own effect upon
others. .
"Every time I go to see a friend," says
Miss Townsend, "I ask . myself what sort
of a face I am taking with me, and I never
allow myself to think any but the brightest
things when I am called out as a sunshine
companion. My idea In taking up this work
was Inspired by the thought that many
lonely people who drift to New York, many
of them women especially, are left In hotels
11 day, while their husbands or brothers
are out on business.
"Nearly all of them would shop or go
sightseeing or get out of the house, and
thereby, get their minds oft their loneliness,
If only a companion could be obtained."
Such a companion Is this "cheerlng-up
woman."
Living with a broken neck and a frac
tured skull, Gustavo Laurled Is the marvel
of the doctors In Fordham hospital. Since
he was admitted to the Institution he has
manifested a tenacity of life that has as
tonished the medical men who are watch
ing his case with the greatest Interest
Laurled, who Is M years old, received his
Injuries ln diving from a spring board Into
Pelham bay. With a party of friends he
left his home, 213 Washington avenue,
Bronx, Sunday morning for a day's outing.
Half a hundred persons were swimming
In front of tho Bridge hotel at the time
he was Injured, while twice that number
watched them from the shore.
"Here goea for a deep dive!" shouted
laurled as he plunged head-first Into the
water. He didn't come up. He was brought
to the surface by his friends after several
minutes, and by means of artificial reapl
ration he was resuscitated. He relapsed
Into unconsciousness on the way to the
hospital, and has since been conscious only
for brief Intervals.
In spells of lucidity Laurled has aston
ished the doctors by the Interest he has
shown In his own case from a medical
point of view, and has even predicted
that he will pull through.
"I've got a big surplus of strength, doc
tor," he said to Dr. Kingston, and though
I know I'm in for at least six months of
this, I'm going to make a stilt fight and
win."
One thing which attracts the attention of
passersby along Fifth avenue, that portion
called "Steel Trust row," Is the magnificent
entrance to the many houses recently
erected. The tendency of late seems to be
to get away from the use of wooden doors,
bronse, Iron and pollched steel being sub
stltuted. A well known architect says tha
tl. 000,000 a year Is being spent to beautify
tho finer clasa of dwellings lu New York
with charming and attractive entrances,
Doxens of the palatial homes In Fifth ave
nue and In the side streets, especially In
the Seventies, have elegant entrance ways
of bronse or wrought Iron doors costing
110,000 or more each. This Is also true of
the large apartment houses, owners of
which consider that $2,000 spent upon an
attractive approach and doors enhances tha
property at least 15,000.
The anti-tip sentiment is growing in New
York. Some of the barber shops are be
ginning to feel the strain and the men talk
of combining for higher wages. And small
wages are Just the secret of the power of
the tip, for the barbers especially assert
that In swell places, because every cus
tomer tips liberally, that is why the boss
pays smalt wages, incredible as It may
seem It can be declared on good authority
that there Is a famous cafe and restaurant
In New York City where patronage Is so
great and the tips so numerous and big that
the attendants are not paid a cent for
waare by the management. Even further
than that. It la alleged that these attend
ants have to give tha management a ama
percentage every week of the tips they re.
celve.
Coal Company Glvoa a Mortajase.
KNOICVILLE. Tenn.. Aug. 5. A niort
gage has been filed at Jamestown. Tenn
covering the property of the t'umherlan
r'rv. i nl i-i.ke comDiny in FentrlHS an
.Mi..inln pnuntlao. It Is In favor of th
Mississippi Valley Trust company of bt.
Louis ana secures a toaa y at.wv.vw
A 8HR1VEI.F.D PARTY. '
Where la the PnpnIUt Party anal Its
Former Leaders?
( New York Tribune.
News rnmes from Denver that ths two
warring factions of the populist party,
weary of bickerings and dissensions,' have
eclded to merge In a single national er
anlsatlon. Loneliness rather than seal for
brotherhood seems to have forced this
nlon. Disaster and deeertlun havs thinned
the ranks In both the "middle-of-the-road"
nd "fusion" parties. Disaffection and
pathy have left no test In leadership or
strife for leadership In either organisation.
A bigger stage is coveted by the manipu
lators In both factions, and a political
merger has no doubt appealed to both sides
s the surest means of forcing political
recognition of some sort In next year's
presidential canvass.
However that may be, certain fragments
of the two populist organisations have come
uigetner at tenver and voted to pool their
hopes and Interests. They have also Issued
a brief summary of up-to-date popullstio
doctrine, to which populists of all shades of
opinion are Invited to aubscrlbe. So far.
so good. Deader beliefs than populism
have been revived by pruning and restate
ment. Possibly deader parties than tha
populist hava been set on their feet again
by shrewdly conciliatory leadership. But
we have looked In vain among ths signers
of tha Denver program for that master
spirit who is to Infuse new life Into the
dead body of populism. We miss among
the subscribers to the new declaration of
principles names which hava evar flashed
In the forefront of popullstio statesman
ship. William V. Allen the world knows as an
Inflammable and meteoric party leader and
holder of the record ror unsuspendad
oratory In tho United States Senate. But
who arc his associates In this latest effort
to revitalise a shrivelled and skrunken
party? Who are "J. S. Felter, J. Mullett,
Dr. R. H. Reemelin, W. A. Poynter and
Frank W. Owens?" Why. when the roll
was called at Denver, did we miss from
It the heroes of the strenuous days of
populism tho men who stormed the west
and south, who rent the democratic party
asunder and drove It headlong Into the
embraces of Bryanlsm? What has become
of Marlon Butler, of "Tom" Watson, of
William A. Peffer? Where are Ignatius
Donnelly, Charles A. Towno, James B.
Weaver, "Cyclone" Davis and "Bookless
Jerry" Simpson? Why, as tn the old days
at Bloux Falls or St. Louis or Omaha, was
William J. Bryan not lurking somewhere
In the background, ready to advise and
direct, to dictate nominations and edit plat
forms?
Evidently with populism the golden cord
Is loosed and the pitcher Is broken st the
fountain. Though reunited and harmonised.
the populist party of 1903 can hope to be
only the emptiest shell of the populist
organization of vm or 1900. It looks to us as
If at Denver the Hon. William V. Allen was
treading a banquet hall deserted as If the
consolidation which he had his associates
have been effecting Is merely the union of
two phantom armies the merger In one
battle line of two exhausted skeleton ranks.
GOVERNOR CIMMI1I ON Bl'SINESS,
Gloomy Assertions Shown to lie With.
est Foundation.
Washington Post.
Politicians and business men apparently
view the financial outlook ' ln the nation
through different glasses. Some of the
men In official life who are anxiously look'
lng for opportunity to get Into the lime
light by agitation of legislative reform
pretend to see a menace to the .prosperity
of the nation in the recent' flurry on Wall
street and to urge Immediate action by
congress to save the country from a period
of financial and Industrial depression
uovernor cummins or lowa belongs to this
class. He has received much newspaper
prominence on account of his tariff-revision
views, which were discouraged by the con
vention of his party In his state, and he
now turns to the financial question and
views the existing conditions with almost
populistlc alarm. In an address to the
bankers nf Iowa and Illinois at Davenport
the other night Governor Cummins said:
"A reform In the laws touching currency
Is one of the things so necessary that the
tortured body of business attests It tn the
agony of Its movements.
"The real spirit that stands like a giant
ln the way of progress ln this direction Is
the conservatism of prosperity.
"We may be compelled to wait until we
are in the throes of financial distress be
fore we do what ought to be done.
"You can help to refute the greatest fal
lacy of the age, which Is that because we
are prosperous under certain laws that
those laws will keep us prosperous."
This soupnds almost as doleful as some
of the predictions we heard from the party
opposed to Governor Cummins In 1890 and
ln 1900 as to what would happen If the
flnunces of the nation were not reformed
by legislation. It may be noted that law
yers and politicians are always first to
observe that the business Interests of the
country are In danger of disaster. Plain,
cold-blooded, calculating merchants snd
manufacturers persist ln going right along
making money and tending to their affairs,
all unmindful of the portending disasters
from which the politicians are trying to
rescue them. This Is the situation today,
according to Governor Cummins: "The
tortured body ot business attests It In the
agony of Its movements." We would cer
tainly, and naturally, be alarmed at the
prospect were it not for the fact that we
have some expert testimony that Is clearly
and emphatically ln contradiction to the
statement of the Iowa governor. There are
two big commercial agencies In the country
that have grown great and prosperous be
cause they Investigate the business affairs
of the nation without glasses and present
weekly reports of conditions as they find
them. Dun's report, published yesterday,
was evidently made up without consult
lng Governor Cummins. This report says:
"Further evidence of the solid basis upon
which legitimate trade is established has
tven furnished by the equanimity with
which commercial and financial Institutions
regard the recent speculative collapse,
Reports are almost unanimous as to the
h avy distribution of merchandise, and
this Is shown statistically by the Increase
In railway earnings thus far reported for
July 12.5 par cent over last year and 23.1
per cent above 1901. As a rule retail trade
ln summer fabrics naa continued aeavy,
and Jobbers report fall business opening
well. I.abor Is well employed throughout
the country, except where voluntarily Idle.
Agrlcultultural news Is favorable. Foreign
trade Is maintained, both exports and Im
ports for this city showing gains over ths
corresponding week last year.
Bradstreet's review reports trade condl
tlons as "seasonably favorable," and com.
menta upon the splendid condition of col
lections and the retail business of the
country. The bank reports show that
clearings havo Increased In most of the
cities of the country, with the exception
of New York and Boston, where the stock
speculation has been roost keenly fojt,
Railroad earnings are Increasing, farmers
are prosperous, manufacturing plants are
working overtime, snd If the "tortured
body of business" Is experiencing any
"agony" tn Its movements. It Is doing so
without complaining.
No one Is going to quarrel with Governor
Cummins over tha need of financial legis
lation. Such need seems to be generally
conceded and must be met soon, but there
Is no occasion for trying to make tho
prosperous people of ths country eelievs
that they are on the verge of a flnancli
and business crash If the proposed r
medial legislation is not passed by dsj
after tomorrow. 1
FKRSOS AI ROTES.
Edison says that with his new electrl
motor one will be able to ride 100 mils
for to cents. Iet us hope that his In
vent I on will not look like tha mileage raU
Dr. Carl Peters, who Is called tha Ctt
Rhodes of Germany, Is now in Indat
preparing to set forth on another joiirnsj
to east Africa, ln tha neighborhood of th
Zambesi.
Rev. Robert J. Burdetta preached hi
J. Kiirdett preacnea ru
st Sunday In his newlti
le Baptist church, at Th v
first sermon last
organised Tempi
Angeles, Cal., taking as his subject, "As
sured Prosperity."
Giovanni Oreglla, a nephew of the Italia
cardinal, Is chef at the Victoria hotel li
San Francisco. He has lived In this coun
try eighteen years and says he has no do
sirs to return to Italy.
Sir John Cockburn, an eminent Engllsl
authority on matters medical and surgical
says that women are less nervous than met
In surgical cases and are altogether bettei
fitted than men to become doctors.
As the result of a plot to kidnap the sn
tan of Turkey there were DOO Informal fu
neraja. In which the plotters figured Ii
the star roles. This Is the horrible resul
of mistaking Abdul Hamld for Chafle)
Rosa.
J. Hamilton . Lewis, tha former reprs
sentatlve from the state of Washington
has sailed for Europe to promote the Trans
alaskan-8lbertan railroad, which will be rui
under Behrlng Strait and nnlte Paris am
New York by rail.
Mrs. Leland Stanford hss given to tht
university of which she Is the patroneai
the famous Brugsch Bey collection ot
Egyptian antiquities. It contains a vast
number of objects, large and small, datlni
from 6,000 to 3,000 B. C.
Congressman Boutell proposes as a meant
of promoting annexation the Intermarriage
of young Americans and Canadians, adding
that he had already taken his wife frort
Canada. His remark recalls to the ToronU
Globe the southern Irishman's reply to t
question as to how the southern woman re
garded secession: "Sure, they're all foi
union to a man."
Admiral George Dewey has been Invited
to attend the five days' reunion of the Kan
sas Grand Army of the Rapubllo In Law
rence In the third week of September. Gem
eral John C. Black, commander In chief o
the Grand Army Is to deliver an address on
the first day of the reunion, and on th
second day George R. Peck of - Chicago Ii
to deliver an oration on the life and eh&i
acter of Abraham Lincoln.
POINTED PLEASANTRIES.
"TVealda ha two slnala daughters and
an unmarried one."
"Why the distinction?"
"Th unmarried on la divorced. Smart
Set. v
Tommy Flgglam Paw, what la nonpar
tisan politics? .
tacks an offensive partisan Just after he
Beifl a umiu kiiu tin m Ant jwu. .juhiuiu, v
American.
lecturer," remarked the druggist.
"He was before his marriage," replied
the doctor. . . . ;
"And what Is he now?" asked the In
quisitive pill compiler.
"He's the audience." Cincinnati En
quirer. 'It isn't recorded that Diogenes ever
found the honest man for whom he was
looking. Is It?"
"No; but If Diogenes had bathed a little
oftener than he did perhaps the honest
man wouldn't have been so wary about let
ting him. come near." Record-Gerald.
here!" Manned th landlord who
had responded to the tenant'a hurry call
for a piumoer, I mougni you nam win
water In your cellar was two feet deep.
It's only a few Inches."
"Well, that's as deep as my two feet,"
retorted the tenant, "and that's too much."
Philadelphia Press.
81 What did the sporty feller give ye fur
yer horseT.
joon A nunarea oaa am mm.
Bl What d'ye mean by "a hundred odd?"
Jnh Kverv one o' the hundred wuz odd.
I couldn't pass 'em. Detroit Free Press.
"It looks verv much as !f you were nut-
, i u v. f ..jtrTiiln f.nrrwim flnn
above the Interests of your, country," said
the man who does not hesitate to speak
Plainly-.. .
Well, answerea oenuior mirsnum.
X v o nenru mi iii'ivii ..v . ,,v - ." . i
ungrateful that I thought I'd better take
chance or oeing approcmieu eiiowocn.
.Washington Star.
Rinnuo'i Ghost had Just appeared on the
scene when Macbeth fell Into a paroxysm
of terror. ' . ... . . ...
What a the matierr- . exciairnea tne
frightened guests.
"Nnthlnr. nothlnc at all." replied Lady
Macbeth, forcing him behind the scenes
somebody told mm tne cook was going
in l.nv. ' '
Reassured by this explanation, ine diners
fell to. New York. Bun.
UOIV BAREFOOT.
Burges Johnson In Harper's Magazine.
It's more fun goln' barefoot than anythin'
I know.
There ain't a single nother thing that helps
yer feelln's so.
Some daya I stay In muvver"s room a-get-
In' In her way:
An' w'on I've bothered her so much, sha
Mes. "Oh. run an' play I"
I say. "Kin I go barefoot?" En she says.
"If y' choose"
Ken I alwus wanter holler when I'm pulltn
off my shoea!
It's fun a-goln' barefoot when yer playin'
any game
'Cause robbers would be noisy an' Indians
awful tame
Unless they had their shoes off when they
crep' up In the night,
An' folks can't know they're eomln till
, hv ret rleht close In slrhtl
An
,' I'm surely goln' barefoot every day
when T eet old.
An' haven't got a nurse to say I'll catch my
death o cold I
An If yer goln' barefoot, yer want f go
outdoors. ...
Y can't stretch out an' dig yer heels in
stupid hardwood floors
Like you kin dig 'em ln th' dirt! An' where
Th' blades feel kinder tlckley and cool be
tween yer ions.
Bo when I'm pyllin' off my shoes I'm
mighty 'frsld I'll rough
'Cause then I know ma'd stop me 'fore I
got my s tot kin's off!
If y often go 'round barefoot there's lots
O" things to know
Of how f curl yer feet on stones, so they
won't hurt y' so
An' when th" grass Is atlckley an' pricks
y' at a touch,
Jes' plunk yer feet down solid, an' it don't
hurt half So much.
I lose my hat mos' every day. I wish I
did my shoes
Er else I wlsht I wss so poor I hadn t none
to lose!
Ayers
Cherry Pectoral
For hard colds, chronic'TY
coughs, bronchitis, con
sumption. Ask your doc
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He knows. He has the
formula. He understands
how it soothes and heals.
Tested for over half a )
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