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HIE OMAHA DAILY IJEE: MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1903. The Omaha Daily Bee E. ROBEWATEU, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. taliy Bee (without Sunday), One Te-"- Daily He and Sunday. One Tear m Illustrated Ilee, One year y' Btmday Pattirda On Trtl Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. 1.00 DELIVERED by -""-" tally b f without ; Bunday. per week.. i?o R?i1.5'Jn;l.u,'1n,5.Bun'Jay), pr.TI?f. . Bunnay nee, per copy ......... w . Evening Bei (without' S'lnday). rr week Cc - jkvening M"-iuuius week Complaints' 'of 'Yrrcgularttles In ,A'lsJJ Should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building-. Bouth Omaha-city Hall Building-. Twen- ty-flfth and M Streets I f'nunrll H tirrs 1(1 1'ea.ri mr i- chicaso-iMo ynity Building. Washington-wi Fourteenth Street , correspondencb. toriai matter should b addressed: Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. Remit by Arat"expre or' postal order, ayabie to The Be Pub""h" ncIn,tn0'f f" f: ,f. l eireut OH I HINJI Bl.tJUU II I I ri nuui ' ' - ' ' I mTH0BEtjBLiSHiNQ' compajY' 1 statement of CIRCCLATIOK. sf Ntbrniki. DoUKlas County, as.. . I Btate or jsebraaRa, uougiaa mvmij, lnrr Tt Ti hnric aecretary Th Oeorre B. Txschucit, secretary r Ths Bes 5i!,".hJi .5-omra InB ,yfuii ind Dems vuij 'r ''i 1 complete copies of The Daily Mf1-"1' JJ V m 1 1 u biiu ounuv w v month of July. 1003, was as follows: 1 , SO,9M J..M.-..80,20 t S1.140 4. .2t,030 I. ..2T,34 SO.TBO T 80,850 t ..80,P0 S., .30,ftBO U.... ....80,780 U... 80.TTO U ST.OIO U 80,600 14 80.U40 is so,u:io 14. 80JI00 30.3G0 1 18...- 19. 20. 21 Waoo ..82,810 rX' 24!!!Iv!!I"'80ioo 25 J?1 27;!!!!!!!!"!bo!ito aoeo -0'310 so... Sic 8OO10I TU1 98815 Lieaa unsold and returned copies..., w,48 Net total sales - .....imw.oot Hot average sales ." , QEORQa B. TZ3CUUCK. nhrilwwl In m nunr. tnl BWOrn to I paior. mo uu. isi aay oi jury, i jo. a. nufiuiiia, I (Seal) Notary fublio. 1'AJITIKS LBAVIHO FOR HUMH. the sam may bur Tka Be at ta tfcaaa regularly ay, otlfylaar Tho Baa Baalaaaa lle, ia parsoa av by aaatl. Tho address will hm ihiaid as aftaa as daatrad. Prospects are that the harvest will be hort, but not the price. Having been duly coronated Tins X tuts a. right to feel every Inch a pope. A world-wide audience la waiting for Madatn Humbert to tell just how she Hid it The ooen door Question Is not half so Important to Omaha as the opett brtdga question. , ' General Miles fully realises tho tact I ' a. . - , , I a I fUlAt hA WAiila rpnrn from thA romnuinii I t bt our military force but onoe ... j 1 . T , . I The college professor who denounces . bur Jails aa schools of crime forget that most, of tho pupils learned . their I lessons before they got there. . 80 far aa the patrons are concerned, ttothing In the slue of the monthly bills goes to show that the electric lighting I enunciated by Judge Lochren in decld company has been reorganlced. I lng the Northern Securities case against Strangely enough no one has proposed James K. Jones for the presidential nomination on the democratic ticker not even Bryan. Is this not Ingratitude? Now, really, Coroner Brailey would tender the community greater, service I If Instead of exhuming antiquated eof-1 r " mossbacks. As a shining example of divorcement tf police from politics, the South Omaha police board has no equals unless it be some of the recent governor-appointed police boards of Omaha. Postponement of the third trade ex cursion ought to be a double boon to the towns on the itinerary. It will bring them their Omaha visitors later In tos season wheu ram 1 needed mors than now. Our new congressman is .. eviaenuy overlooking a thing-or two. With one Nebraska senator In Alaska and the other In Europe, he might be the whole thing for a few weeks had he only staid I st home. ine eorasKa popuasts an unite m cn- dorslng the Denver declaration that fu-1 elon is futile and democrats no better than reDUbllcans. but lhev will fuan I . I. . 1. .. Jt . . J . . - . uu uj ueiuwraia jui once mora oe- luio iimimh vu.. A special army order isoued by the aecretary of war prohibits the docking t t.ll. -.llr,lr, Yi..,A a I "" m u reasonabitK trimming ana plucking as may ds necessary to prevent sbagglness of appearance.': Officers and privates in the army will reserve all their cutting and slashing for the euemy. The proposed extension of the Omaha Street railway to Fort Crook is liable A- t - ..A - . . , . 10 urujen . iu. mto tue mx arnn naml h.tuP . itr. .,ti-. " " ' ; . " , " that operate In two countle shall be ansesaeu vj toe siais noara or rar.roaa assessment or by the local board, .tha same aa if It were oners ted la onl one The railroads are already threatening Bt Louis with punishment for not ex - terminating the scalper before the gates open on its World's fair. So. long n. the scalper is in business, they dwlare, nothing better than the regular excur- ion rate will be given exposition via- Itora. This 1. th. same old .tory of very exposiuoa. . tTAHSiyo AQAiiiST BPtcCLATioa. In tlew of recent experience It would I seem to be hardly necessary to warn contribution to sero he becomes a con the public ajralnst speculation, yet such fldence man. If this is not as clear as admonition is to be regarded as nerer mud, the reader should ask for the dla- untimely. With the market for stocks I low there is prMMited a temptation for . . , nieu wnu suinw iuwuics nun biiyiuks i snnoiilntn. Tha PhllndolnhiA Innulrpr warng tbcm not to do it It gives this advice to those of moderate means who cannot afford to lose; those who can are able to look out for themselves, hat papor remark that there are standard stocks of railroads and cor- poratlous which are safe for investment, "but don't make the mistake of specu- later -buying on a margin, ray for your Bhares outriuht and lar them away in a I . .i, . ,t ,- i.mj. " u,,x aim uian ui"ui"o i Another paper makes the suggestion that it is not a time for any kind of haste or flurry. Real investors have no occasion for feeling scared and it is ev- ld nt thnt t, ug fftp tha nothinfi; panicky in the situation. It counsels leaving the stock market to work out Uo n aolt-ltlnn lh 4hA tlotn nf th v u uir.i tt.iu t..av " 4. v.. v 1 ' I financial interests with which it is in- voivea ana says: "mere are symptoms o glowlng up he and thore of . . . ' erate roacUon in industrial activity. But I tUn la ti n ' I there is promise of good crops and' the underlying conditions still seem firm and Stable, Tho banks have ft large rtlrl( .htm, Tkn )., AMnntiv I begin to reallae It There was never a time calling more emphatically for Judicious discrimination for the support . i. . i k. I restraint of the speculative. There is no crisis and no reason why any should apprehended, bnt there is a subsid- lng, a hauling in of expanded sail and the need of careful navigation- It is n 1 .. .. . . . , .lcrlf1i rnllivin to r fl ryli t arm mnA ViaVA n ""Jo lot uouseryuiisni nnii a Keeping oi I the head." Undoubtedly business men generally are of this way of thinking, Ttaev realize the wisdom and Ttiodl enc of . mdiMnus de-ea of rmitinn , , rrv .1 - COIlBftOllPntlV mslllnir Of TmRhlnff tir 1 elthp mflnufllrtnrera or merchant., bnt ' I a dlsposiUon to be on the safe side and vet keen nn with tl demands of th market i As to speculation, there will continue given ft check that promises to bold it within comparatively narrow bounds for some time, possibly for as long a period as that during which it ranged with j extraordinary activity. At all events it seems safe to say that it will be sev ral v.r. hofr thr U .ln snnh inflation of stock values as was reached before the proceed oi liquidation began, while it jpan be quite confidently as sumed that the promotion and creation of vastly overcapitalized combinations la at an end for a very long time. It will hardly be possible In this genera tion to Induce the public to buy the se curltlea of any corporation organized on the 1)6818 m8 created dur- to la8t four or flve years. "Mor- Knuruig, s tue criusn term u, nas . Ur . "Ufn r81"1" WM 00 fln"n dar or industrial enterprise bearine . . ... I it rnarnrrr will mrhmnnji tMiTkllrt min. I . . r"""" AmM i port. . in TBI irri.iT tiv Mftnnviit.-v Wo .aid In commenting on tho de- !lon of Judge Lochren In the merger jcaso that It waa distinctly In the Inter est of a railroad monopoly. The New York Journal of Commerce takes a sfm- liar view, saying: "It tho principles the state of Minnesota should turn out to be good law, tho 'holding corpora- tion will prove to be the most effective device yet contrived In the Interest of monopoly. . What two railroad ' com panies may not do under law can, It appears, be done for them by a panT which, though it own a control- ixng majority of tho stock of two rall- ronas, not or rauroao company ana waicn i not amenable to the anti-trust law, inongn it nas tne power, and pre sumably tne v.iu, aDsoiuteiy to extm- guieh competition between two naturally competing rauroaa systems." In regard to, this peculiar theory ad- ranced by Judge Lochren, the Journal or commerce point out that it la con- irary to decisions or state courts as it atau is iv iuw ui leuerui courts. J no Courts Of New York and Other States have held that if a combination con-1 templates the acquisition of the power vw wuucuiiwu UJ l"0 Il 1. J- M..1 .. .. 1 w n is unnwiui, even tuougn tuere be no actual exercise of the power, or even no Intention of exercising it This was the position of the highest court In New York in the case against the Bu gar trust and of the supreme court of i t . . .i I Ohio In thei case of that Btate against tne standard on company. In the lat- ter It waa held that while it might be proved that the company had Improved I the nunlltv mil chMntnxl tU .t r.f I i . . i ... I yriruieum iuu its proaucts to tne cou - i buuici, uioi ttuo uui une oi tu usuail results of a monopoly and it is the policy I of the law to recard not what mir hut what usually happens. Thus there is 1 j, .... . . . aisaiuei lue position 01 JUOire Lochren not only the decision In tho case of the federal government against the Northern Securities, but also the I decision of state courts in notable cases involving the power of a corporation, to do that which the law condemns, with- out regard to What it may reallv have done or was Intended to do In view of I ' f this it seems most Improbable that the , . . . . i-ocuren view, ooviousiy in tne Interest 0f monopoly, will be sustained by the I bbzher courts i i m The Chicago Tribune tries to- draw out I I nf tha Tl-hU.VAV UMh m... At- I of the Whitaker Wright case the dis tinction between an unscrupulous bus- I Iness msn and a confidence man. Wright 1 by its definition wss a colossal conn - I dence man because he deluded people I Into buying thing, which had no value, I while the unscrupulous business man at hla worst tries to get much for little and makes some kind of an attempt to glv. value received. To amplify th. 1 1 nouns s ia, in. unscrupulous Dual- nes man seeks to give as little as pos- slble, and if he succeeds in reducing his gram that goes with it A ntASONABLK DEMAND. Tho application of City Attorney Wright to tho federal district Court to increase the bonds of the Union raclflc and Aiirlington roads in the railway tax cases, to cover the loss that may be en- ..... . . ... . tsiiea upon me city oy me proceuure instituted by these corporations is by no means unreasonable. In other states where the railroads have pursued sys hematic tax evasion, the legislatures have made provisions for Just such leases. For eiamnle. thA new Wisconsin - lnw for the assessment and taxation of railroad property at its true value re- Wires railroad companies or stock com pames, wno apply to tne courts to set aside, restrain or postpone the collection of ny tax levied upon the property of the railroad company, to pay to the treSBUrOr th. ImOUllt of tAXe Which - tho court shall determine primarily to i " j""-'j "iiumui uuw irum m u company before any Injunction or writ I. - .... ... enjoin or restrain me payment 01 tne ts res mn da ldKiipil. Th wlacnnnln taxes enn be issued. The !aw maket it mandatory 'upon the court in which tho action or proceeding t. Dendlns to determine summarily and without delay what amount of taxes is equitably due from such company. In case tn amount of tax Justly and equi- tflhlv rluA frnm anch enmnnnv chnll i n Anally determined to be less than the amount so paid the excess Is to be re- funded to such company by direction of the court The people of Wisconsin evidently have had some experience b-'-' - tlcipated their tactics to stave off tax payments memDer or tne uougias aeiegauon to the late lamented legislature has pub- iim. rmfMf .lnf h 1 ol. """""v ,.u.. ... 11rwD. uuu u "1B repuwuma county commu. . --t-.n-j. ' " " v... wuo Pre8cnl emseives lor nomination ny any memoer or inni aeiegauon 8 Teen "e VrP t general thing members of legislative delegations have to take a few years' rest after th,el' term "plres ore they can successfully run the gauntlet of an other nomination, and the members of the late delegation will have to climb rcore Tb wlre fcncM to et ,nto &olltJca' P8ture ttan exa8 tM!r ttles to break out of a Nebraska cattle ranch. If tho Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals would devote a lit tie of its sympathetic attention to the protection of men and women it would earn tha crrnrltnda of thl mmmrtntf tr Fo. ,f thtk Hnm,nA wnnM nilt . tnn tn thA omnin-moil . medlcftl itudents In emergency surgery at tll, clty Jalli wnere men -nd womM a"ested or picked tip by the police, who k , ,t. UOU aU VUIUOIUU TT IU4 UIUC1 1UCU . ..... rtf wnmin norA noan n Anldnntnllw hrt n . . ,hM t. .,..1 experiments that are liable to leave them crippled or maimed for life in order to afford an opportunity for practice to young men who aspire to become doc tors. Too great care cannot be exercised by the tax commissioner in fixing his real estate valuations for the next year's as sessment roll. The assessment of realty under the new revenue law la to stand for four years, so that the burden of in equality will bo multiplied Just four times. Omaha will be pleased to furnish com-L,.w. m allfan 41 m a Ha rir wauM L .7. , . ' designate those who can be more read- Uy dispensed with and missed least Colonel Brvan heartlessly refers ta Mr. Cleveland a a political bunco steerer. Mr. Cleveland wUl not retail .ta in kind because his thought mirht bo actionable for libel if reduced to print and put into general circulation. I Jeffereoa aa aa Abaeataa. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Thomas Jefferson was absent from Waah ,nKloa mor tha njr oth9r K'ent I Krv.n mi hiv. Aveelook.4 hl. Irt nt truth in hlBtory, Day of Diplomacy Paat Boston Transcript Pop Plus X. was not vary seriously eon f,der,a bec,u" h i- ?tou ignorant of diplomacy. As a fact, however, this Isnorance la rrobably on. of hi. ouaiincations. Tho day of diplomacy, out 1(l9 ct Russia and Cambridge society, Is y p 1 . . . r I Baltimore American j. l'lrpont Uorcan has achieved tha I proud and novel distinction of being- con sidered by tha Britiah government a per ,on.uf..u.ch ffm'dlblll,y " u,u u,r . prv., in meir con tracts with the Cunard n.mn.fv the sal of any vessels to that persona or hu company Taa Glad Ilaad la Partocal. New York Tribune. Portugal Is a little kingdom with a large squadron at Lisbon has been not only 'Berou ut t'riy brimming- over with I will mnA ..llill.la.m n..l.l ZZT ... V , " yZ f narima. th l1 ,n substanea of Dartmouth col lege: "It la a small college, but thera are those who love it." Similar wosds might t suitably applied to lbs modest realm o I Portugal I . . I. w . . Philadelphia Press. VmAnl tit. an . nft.tr. M nm awr almll.p to that of Nebraska, and, aa it is ne. 1 It will probably be better enforced. It la fr-unt ,hat ,h eustom of "treating." I h ..I A I a, mm KbAas m. italnl U mi . w .-. . s 1 ll. gradually declining. It means that all of those participating must "treat" before th -nnking is ended and is pernicious to lJ'TJi Z'ZZ Ibettes. CHICAGO TRACTIOX 8ITVATI05. Problem of Dealing; with Franchises About ta Kiplre. New Tork Outlook. Tha crisis In Chios go traction affairs did ot develop on August 1. as expected, but Instead a truce until November 10 next was arranged, the city council extending until that date all expiring franchise rights In the streets. Some of the Chi cago street railway franchises clearly ex pired on July 80 last and, according to the contention of the city, a very large proportion of the grants of the companies terminated or were terminable at that time. As to many streets, however, the companies claim rights for mora than half a cen tury yet under authority of ths so-called ninety-nine-year act passed by tho state legislature In 1865. Tha act In question purported to extend for ninety-nine years, without the consent of tha people of Chi cago, 'and In fact against their protest, franchise rights which originally had been granted by the city council for a period of only twenty-five years. The people of Chi cago have always refused to recognize this act aa binding upon thera. They have questioned its legality and Its sufficiency for practical operating purposes, if legal. In the recent agitation over franchise re newals it has been laid down as a cardi nal principle of local publlo policy that the companies, as part consideration for any new grants they may obtain, must agree to waive all claim of rights under ths so called ninety-nine-year act lst winter negotiations over franchise rentwals wers broken oft by the companies because of tha city's Insistence on ths waiver clause. Blnoo then one of ths companies the city rallway-has manifested a disposition to concede tha publlo demand for a waiver of claims under the ninety-rdne-year act, but the other company ths Union Trac tion which was recently put in the hands of receivers appointed by Judge Grosscup, umed a much mora hostile attitude toward the city, and has relied on the court and the nlnety-nlne-year act for protection. In response to a petition of tha receivers for instructions Judge Gross- cup set a date for a bearing on this act but to this hearing the city refused to be a party, aa It desires a settlement by nego tiation, without adjudication, and prefers, If adjudication shall be necessary, to liti gate particular phases of the question as they arise. After an ex parte argument Judge Grosscup, In a letter to the receiv ers, which he said did not have the force of a judicial opinion, expressed a belief in tha validity of the nlnety-nlne-year act and instructed the receivers not to suffer any Interference after July 80 with the property under their control. Judge Oros- cup did not, however, pass on the ques' tlon of the sufficiency of the ninety-nine' year act nor the extent of its appllca tion. The city contends that the ninety nine-year act, if valid, applies to but very few lines, and even on these authorizes propulsion by animal power only, being by Its terms "An act In relation to horse rati ways." For that reason if for no other tha act would, be inadequate for the pres ent purposes of the companies. On petition of the receivers Judge Grosscup Issued a temporary Injunction restraining the city authorities from In any way Interfering with the operation of the lines after July 80, and the question of making that In junction permanent was set for bearing on July 27. Before that date, however, an attorney representing the receivers ex pressed a desire to enter Into 'negotiations with ths city on ths question of renewals. and on that representation the court hear lng was postponed until November SO. Chicago's contest with Its traction Inter eeta Is full of snlflcanca for the entire country and ths outcome will be awaited with Interest It Is refreshing to sea contest of this kind In which the mayor and aldermen are truly representative ot publlo interests, as is the caae In Chicago today. ! HATIBK'S MYSTERIOUS FORCES. tfaa'a Attempt ta Master Them as Yet Ineffective. Washington Post The painful experiences of two of Mr. Thomas A. Edison's assistants and tha nar row escape of the Inventor himself from blindness, as a result of experimenting with tha X-rays, indicate forcibly that scl ence has been dallying with a factor of ths highest potentiality In the summoning of tha higher etherlo vibrations to ths service of mankind. One ot these assistants has already lost his entire left arm and the fingers of ths right hand, and his brother is In danger of losing his band, and per haps his arm as well. Mr. Edison's eyes are now recovered from the effects ot the rays, but lumps have formed In his body In tha region of ths stomaoh which resist the curative powers of physicians and baf fle ths dlagnostlo skill ot all the anato mists. It is believed that the X-rays de stroy ths phagocytes, or certain white blood corpuscles which possess a distinct purifying and regenerative quality In the circulation. Patients have heretofore suf fered severely from the ordinary burns of these rays, and some extremely serious cases have been reported. But the strange part of tha affUotlons of the assistants in tha Edison laboratory Is that ths expo sures to ths rays in their cases ceased five or six years sgo, when the first unpleasant effects were noted. During that period the baleful Influence of these vibrations baa been at work, and now even ths lives of the young men may bs threatened. Tha truth Is that much as science has sdvanoed In ths conquest of matter and ths harnessing' of the higher etherlo forces, it Is even yet absolutely blocked by the great mysteries of their nature. It has summoned electricity out of the air and produced it from wonderful machines, but it cannot today vouchsafe mora than ingenious and complicated theory as to its real character. It knows, to a certain ex tent, the effects of this fluid, or current, or state Of matter, but it cannot guarantee precision of results when a human being encounters It. The other day a workman in a local electrical plant received a charge of too volts without suffering Injury. Again, men have been killed by coming In con nectlon with very much less powerful charges. Lightning plays strange pranks with humanity, slaying here and and spar lng there, apparently without law or regu larity. Tha multiplication of the enormously high rates of vibration known as "rays" has of late years caused a complete revolution In certain branches of physical and medical science. Marconi has to some extent har nessed the Hertzian rays for use In the transmission of messages without wires, Flnsen has discovered a curative use for certain ultra-violet rays. But even when these manifestations of the subtler forces of nature have been reduced to tangible terms and effects the nupreme mystery of their nature remains unsolved, and the suffering of the Edison workers reveal clearly that thty are far from being aa yet subjected to servitude. But, as a matter of fact, not even the multiplication of de vices for the protection of a, community from that element has robbed of Its slnls ter truth the old adage that "firs is a good servant but a bad master." Patriate Oat Tbelr Fries. Ban Francisco Call. The Cubans who fought for independence are to be paid off at the rate of 60 cent on the dollar. This Is doing a good deal better than the colonists did who fought o throw off the British yoke. But times have Improved greatly since the beginning of tha last century, and very poor admlnls tratora can manage much better sow. days than brtlliaat financiers could la "the Says I that tried, sosa'a souls,- BITS OF WASHIXtiTOS LIFE. Mlaar Scenes and Incidents Sketched oa tha apot. After unwinding a great deal of legsl red tape the Postofflce department has de- Ided to apply the brand of fraud to the mall of tha Co-operative Turf association New Orleans. Similar concerns col lapsed In St. Louis six months ago, fleecing their dupos to the extent of 84.000.000. During that upheaval and subsequently the New Orleans concern sdvertlsed ex tensively, promised liberal profits on a 20 per cent commission and gathered tn about $300,000. But It could not make good, aa usual. Abundant evidence was secured to show the fradulent character of the enterprise and the department ap plied ths branding iron. What a debt of gratitude Washington owes to the summer girl. Without her the city would seem a seething stagnation, but with her-Qod bless her life sssun.es gayer aspect You see her everywhere, sans hat, sans gloves, sans restriction, re lates a Brooklyn Eagle letter. Dressed In tha most diaphanous ot frocks, with her bare neck snd arms gleaming under tha electric lights, and her fluffy hair blown all about her face, you find trolley car loads of her every night, on pleasure bent away from tha beat and tha heart of ths city, out to the show places. Cabin John s bridge, Olen Echo or Chevy Chase lake. These are some of the. summer sights. Now for a few of the sounds. While you sit at your ease under the shade of your own vine and fig tree, softly, sweetly, from way down yonder, floats the sound of banjo and jewsharp, and a nearer ac quaintance proves the music to corns from quartet of colored boys two Instrument alists snd two vocalists. Thsy wander lmlessly, singing ss they go, until a larger than ordinary assemblage of front door steplsts would seem to make stoppage pecuniarily advantageous. They will enter tain you for as long a time ss you wish for a ridiculously small sum, considering the real excellence of the entertainment. Or. airaln. It Is a small Senegamblan who will accost you with: "Bay, marster, will you give Joe a nickel If he recitations in hawg Latin for youf An affirmative reply will call forth a grin revealing a douDis row of Ivories and with a rolling of eyes thst makes one think of two small huckle berries swimming In two pans of milk, Jos begins and assails the ears with such a flow of gibberish that no doubt as to the certainty of tho Darwinian theory Is tena ble, at least as far as Jos is concerned. Again, It Is another species of small boy. who, equally eager to see th color of your money, desires to-do a stunt for you, said stunt consisting of facial' contortions and pedal gyrations that are little short of won derful. Nor does this exhaust the divers darky ways of winning tha whits man's money. A loud, but nevertheless Insinuat ing voice will assure you: "Here's coal air. cool air. Shoals of It for only 6 cents." This la George Washington Henry Clay Leadbeater, vender of palm leaf fans. The contract for the magnificent new terminal for all the steam railroads now entering Washington has been let, and actual constrcutlon will soon begin. The award represents upward of $2,000,- 000, reports the Post, and Is for that part of tho work which ths officials of the Baltimore tc Ohio company will supervise. It will take two years to com. plet the work to be dons under ths con tract, which provides that ths contractors shall begin construction at ones. This contract embraces ths eastern ap proach to the new terminal; th. freight yards, roundhouses and connecting tracks to be used by the Baltimore tc Ohio Rail road company. This approach to tha ter mlnal will be about three miles long and will run from Montello, on tha Waahington branch of the Baltimore Ohio. At Mon tello will diverge the tracks of tha Metro politan branch, furnishing; the Baltimore A Ohio's outlet to tha west, and tha tracks Of the Washington branch, which Is its means of reaching Washington from ths north. In th. same vicinity the tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad will be con' nected with th. terminal approach. On. striking- feature of th. construction of ths eastern approach will b. the hug. stona viaduct. This viaduct will be about on. mil. and a quarter long, and over it the entire trafflo from tha north and east will pour into Washington. Stone was se lected instead of steel so as to make th. work a permanent one. It will have ten tracks to reach th. terminal, and inside the station the train tracks will b. mora than double that number. Owing to the Immensity of th. work to be done in creating the new termlnalv it Was found necessary to divide it into three parts. One feature will be th. construe' tlon of th. station Itself. This will be in charge of Arohltect Burnh&m of Chicago, and will b. a beautiful marble building, with ornat. landscap. effects surrounding It A second feature will b. th. building of th. approach from th. south, including th. great tunnel under Capitol hllL This work will be don. by th. Pennsylvania railroad, and th. third will be th. work for which the "Baltimore A Ohio awarded contracts recently. Ths whole work will cost about flt.000,000. When, finished It will glv. Washington th. finest railroad ter. mlnal In th. world. It will embody th. ad vanced Ideas of the railroads of th. coun try from an operating standpoint, and In tha decorative feature will harm on lie with the fin. government buildings In the capital city. PERSONAL NOTES. Leong Kal Chew, who was recently a guest of the Chicago Chinese, was referred to by th. flippant .papers as Long Sneeze. A woman in a New York town recently celebrated her eighty-fourth birthday by stopping a runaway horse. Nobody in this age needs to be old unless he or she wants to be. It Is said that In memory of many fish ing excursions Jointly enjoyed by .x-Pres. ident Cleveland and Joseph Jefferson, th. new Cleveland baby Is to be named Orover Jefferson Cleveland. - When Henry Cabot Lodge, who la a lit er rv senator from Massachusetts, was asked what the Monroe doctrln. meant, he replied that it, ss long as Hay was m office, would mean "keep off the grass. The pictures of Flo D eel mo make him out a handsome and seemingly youthful man for his age, with a comfortable fullness of physique. Indicating that puis, and water bav. not been his sols means of subsist ence. Great Whit. Bear, th. great-grandson of Tall Tree, whilom chief of the Crow In dlans, will blow a bugle for Uncle Bam In the navy. Tired of the tame life which he endured in the Carlisle Indian school for five years, he enlisted on the receiving ship Minneapolis as a musician. Senator Depew, though a witty man him' self, naturally suffers from having credited to him many witticisms of which h. was never guilty. "Senator," said a friend to hlra tha other day, "what Is the wittiest thing you ever saldr" "1 don't know," he replied, "but it was probably said by som on. else." One of the moat picturesque of British subjects Is Richard J. Bedden, premier and "uncrowned king" of New Zealand. H went to New Zealand In the early 'SO' a and waS first a gold digger and saloonkeeper He was a great man with his fists In the early days. Now he Is trying to build u an empire In the Pacific and has put some Interesting soclaUstl. theories lot. prss Oca, TALK OF THE STATE PRESS. Kearney Hub: Governor Cummins sf owa has rained the railroad assessment In that state $10.0Xi.VO. nut that la In Iowa. Boaver City TImes-Tritmne: The Times- Tribune offers the following s. a platform for the democracy nt it year: "When In doubt d n llanna." Plalnvlew Republican: "To fuse, or not to fuse" don't mean "to lose, or not to loso" In Plerc. county any more. Th. repub licans have a nice majority whether th. opposition fuse or not fuse, and they simply can't lose. Lyons Sun: Speaking of railway assess ments. It behooves the demopop editors to remember that the lowest valuation put on the railroad properties of Nebraska In the last ten years was flxed by the pops hen they were In power. It was th. way they had, you know, of exhibiting their hatred for the ''corporation cormorants." Wayne Herald: The delegates from Wayne county to the republican state con vention ar. for Judge Barnei of Norfolk for supreme judge. Mr. Barnes, who Is now one of the supreme court commis sioners, is recognized as one of the ablest jurists in the went and eminently qualified for the responsible position to which he aspires and to which the peopls will elect him. Howells Journal: William V. Allen is quoted as being opposed to sny more fusion. Like som. other pops we might mention he has got all the loaves and fishes possible out of the combination and would ilk. to try a new game. It looks very much to the writer as though this is to b. th. last year ot fusion in Nebraska, and if such should bs tho case w. don't know aa th. democracy of th. state will have any cause to mourn. Wisner Free Press: Th. last legislature passed a law which makes It the duty of .very farm owner to mow the weeds along the road as far as his land goes. In case of the owner's failure to do this, the road overseer Is required to do the work and charge th. expense to the owner of tha land. The time limit In which this work Is required to be done has about expired, and farmers who have not don. so ar. ad vised to get out their mowers and scythes at once. Oakland Independent: Th. new law against selling, giving or furnishing to bacco to minors under the sgs of IS years Is now In effect, snd proper observance of the law will be required on the part of the dealers and handlers of tobacco every where in the state. Prom time to time there has been much sentiment expressed in favor of a concise law of this character and it should be expected that violations of the law will b. watched for th. pro ceedings Instituted sgalnst violators. Tha only safe and proper thing for a dealer to do Is to observe th. law, and se. that neither clerks nor others they employ vio late the law, either thoughtlessly or other wise. Albion News: Nebraska is still to retain a front saat in national politics, especially In that bearing the "reform" brand. Ex Senator Allen and ex-Governor Poynter were two of tho leading spirits at the re cent Denver conference held for th. pur pose of rehabilitating the populist party and pulling It out of the democ ratio quag--mire. These gentlemen are both on the committee to Issue an address to ths peo ple, and ar. all in all th. most Influential men in th. movement. It remains to be seen whether they possess sufficient In fluence to hold th. Nebraska populists away from th. democrats In fie coming campaign. Ws prophesy that there will b. fusion this year. Norfolk News: A Tecumseh man who owns a farm and rents it has gons into figures to ascertain of what value th. land is to him ss an Investment, something that not all th. farmers of valuable Nebraska land bav. dona. Ha finds that ha could not afford to sell his land for $80 an acre. From a thlrty-slx-acr. field of corn, raised last year, his share of the orop brought him $330, and he feels so well pleased that h. recently declined an offer of MO sn acre for ths land. There ar. thousands of farms in Nebraska bringing the same kind of returns to owners and renters, and tbers are millions of people who have not yet discovered that Nebraska land Is worth $80 to $100 an acre, although much of It Is on the market for considerably less than that amount St Paul Republican: Regardless of the antl-fuslon manifest. Issued by ex-Senator Allen and ex-Governor Poynter at Denver a few days ago, Howard county populists ar. laying their plans for on. more tleup with democracy. The custom was estab lished when the "reform" party was strong. and now that it has become weak it dares not break th. bonds which hav. helped It grain a place at th. publio crib. Sine. th. Denver manifesto h&a been sgreed to by all factions of populists, no on. can find the slightest excuse for further fusion except aa a means of getting office. An organisa tion which enters brazenly into such an alliance cannot expect to long command th. respect of honest men. Principle can not b. forever trampled under foot Stanton Picket: As long as young men will return from college, put on a pair of overalls, roll up their sleeves and go to work, the country Is in no danger from the higher education of our young men Just now w. can nam. a dozen right here In Stanton county who have been away to school a portion of th. tlm. during tha past two years, and not one ef them Is spoiled by being disqualified for work, Rome of them are at work on farms, one Is learning the blacksmith's trade, another Is driving a dray team, doing whatever comes, one Is In a real estate office, others ar. temporarily in the harvest fields. Not on. of them is a simpering $3-per-wek clerk, with hair parted in the center. Not one of them Is trying to shirk work or Is ashamed to b. seen doing manual labor. It Is a healthy outlook for our country as for the boys, and we like it HOT UXDEB CONSIDERATION. Protected Campaign on tha Tariff PToaoaneed Absnrd. Philadelphia Press. Tha decline of $l.i84,2M in customs re ceipts In July ss compared with ths cor responding month last year Indicates that the high tide of imports Is receding. The Imports were much greater last year than ever befor. In the history of the nation. The tariff was no great barrier. Anything th. people wanted from abroad. Including diamonds and precious ' stones in general, was Imported tn large quantities. But this served to Increase production In general tn th. United States and to lesson the de mand for Imported goods. There has been no decline In the aggre gate in production In this country. The speculation In cotton, which has resulted In an enormous Increase In the cost of the raw material, has served to close som. of th. cotton mills, but a larger number, for th. sam. reason, sr. closed In Europe. Strikes hav. Interfered with business, but they sr. no Indication of any falling off bi the demand for goods. Some grossly overcapitalised "trusts" havs met with trouble in disposing ot their stocks and securities, but that is rather a favorabla symptom. Th. organisers of these Inflated corpora tions, to meet ths raids of bears snd pre vent some of these "trusts'1 from going Into bankruptcy, have been obliged to dis pose of good stocks, and hav. been unable to protect tbem from declining. But this has had no particular effeot on th. busi ness of tha nation. It Is not only good. J. but highly prosperous. The crop, promise well, snd tho prosperity continues, regard less of Wall street Imports decline some what hut thst Is a favorable sign. It will be bard, under these circum stances, for the democrats to make a cam paign on the tariff, aa stiRgested by Sir. Gorman. IMth th. Imports greater than ever befor. and the country enjoying great prosperity a cry for tariff reform an a presidential Issue will b. In th. highest degree absurd. Fuch changes as may be found necessary hi the future will be mails by the republicans, as they hav. done In the past, but to rain th. business of thn nation by bringing a fre. trade party Into power Is something the voters of the United States do not contemplate. HOARDS OF CONTROL. Bow Minnesota Promotes Economy- In tat. Institutions. Chicago Nws, Governor Van Bant of Minnesota makes ths Interesting statement that Minnesota's Board of Control, during ths first year of Its existence, saved the stnt. $140,000 In ex penses, while still greater economies are expected In the future. Governor Van Bant la of ths opinion that tlllnois could benefit greatly by establishing a similar board. Instead of having separata boards for each institution, as in Illinois, Minnesota vesta the control of all state institutions in a single bosrd of three members. In this way ths different Institutions can be correlated and mad. to work to th. com mon advantage of all. Economies can be Introduced In th. purchase 'of surplles snd In other wsys. tubers on. Institution man ufactures goods used in another, for In stance, th. transfer can b. made from on. to tb. other without employing th. services of any middleman. At the present time In Illinois ons Institution may be making goods of a certain kind and placing them on tho market at a low price, while another Institution may b. purchasing goods of the same kind at a high prioc. Illinois is much In need of a civil service law for Stat. Institutions. When a thor oughly effective and comprehensive merit law has been secured, so that efficient and honest management of these Institutions can be maintained, it will be advantageous to take up th. question of establishing a board of control. Ths object sought in providing for such a board will be to se cure wis. and economical business admin istration, end If the desired end is to be obtained, the members of ths board must be absolutely freed from political Influ ences. Doubtless a plan for th. unification of control over the state Institutions would of signal benefit under these conditions, theskBj. It is doubtful whether in on. par ticular th. plan adopted in Minnesota does not go too far. There the Stat, university Is held to com. within th. purview of this controlling board, although it is not cer tain that such was the intent of th. legis lature at th. time tha law was passed. There Is fore, in the contention that the Stat, university should remain separate and that Its management should rest with the regents. Both economy and greater efficiency of management however, should result from placing all other institutions under a single board of control when one. th. proper civil service conditions hav. been established. BRIGHT AND BREEit T. He looked enviously at th. mop. "Say!" he exclaimed, "wouldn't It b. great If a foot ball player could grow Ms hair liks that?" Chicago Post "Th. president's erase for bear leads hlra to adopt queer dovlces." "What's the latest T" "Sleeping on the bars ground." Cleve land Plain Dealer. "Yes," said the Intellectual girl, "there Is a convincing beauty In Hogarth's curve." "Never saw it," said the young man, who wears his straw hat with the brim turned down. "What club does Hogarth pitch for?" Washington Star. Mr. Stalate Don't those trolley cars mak. an awful racket when they go . by th. door? Miss Bord Tee, and they psss at such Inopportune moments. It was on account of them that you didn't hear the clock th. last two times It struck. Philadelphia Press. The Landlady Are the pickles too highly seasoned, Mr. McQinnis? Why, I thought you liked them that way. 1 made them especially for you. Boarder The way to a man's heart is through his stomach, Mrs. Irons, but not by boring a hole through It Chicago Tribune. "Have you had much experience?" asked Mrs. Youngwife of the applicant for the position of coek. .. . "Mum," said the cook lady portentlously, 1 could write a book!" Somervllle Jour nal. A STILL DAY IN AIGIST. Sarah Helen Whitman. I love to wander through the woodlands hoary, In the soft llflht of an autumnal day. When summer gathers up her robes of Anf Hke'a dream ot beauty glides away. How throiigh each loved, familiar path she Serenely smiling, through the golden mist. Tinting the wild grape with her dewy fingers, Till the cool emsrald turns to amethyst; Kindling the faint stars of the hasel, shin To light the gloom of autumn's molder- Wllh'hoary piumes tha clematis entwining, Where o'er the rock her withered garment falls. Warm lights' ar. on th. sleepy uplands waning, . . , Beneath soft clouds slong th. horlion Till tne s'lant sunbeams through their fringes raining. Bathe all the hlils In melancholy gold. The moist winds breathe of crisped leaves i, t i rlrtisarsi In the dump hollow! of tb woodland ai a- n MJnpTlinf? the frfihnes of autumnal1 showers ..i.l. i .. -sn r i-mlnrn ullava t 1 r -1 1 Bcsld th brook and on ths umbered mes,- Whsr-T' yellow fsrn-tufts fleck ths faded uttri With folded lids beneath their palmy shadow , The gentian nods In dewy slumbers bound. Upon those soft, fringed lids tha bee sits brooding. . . t iv. a ..n,i inver loth to say farewell. Or, with shut wings, though silkn folds niruains. ... Creeps near her heart his drowsy tale to tell. The little birds upon the hillside lonely Vlit noiselnssly along from spray to spray, Silent as a sweet wandering thought that Show's 'its bright wings and softly glides away. Cherry Pectoral Talk this over with your doctor. If he says Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Is all right for your hard cough, then take It. We are willing to leave it with him. He has the formula. Doctors have known it for 60 years. t. 0. ATS OO.. fcewsU. Avers
