Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, September 07, 1903, Page 4, Image 4

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    TT1E OMAHA DAILY HEE: MONDAY, SEl'TKMHEIl 7. 1003.
Ti ie Omaiia Daily Bee..
E. HOSE WATER, EDITOR.
Fl'BUBHED EVERT MORNING.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION..
rlty Bee (without Sunday). One Year.. 4 00
lally Bee and Sunday, Una Year....
6 00
2.00
ro
ISO
1.00
Illustrate Bee, On Year...
noay Bm
Saturday Hm, One Year
Twentieth Century Farmer. One Year
DELIVERED HY CARRIER.
Pally B-e (without Sunday), per copy.... Io
Pally Uee (without Humliiy). per wek...l2o
I)ally Bee (Including Sunday), per Week..liC
Bundny Bee, per copy e
Kvening Bee (without Bunday), per week o
Evening Be (Including Sunday), par
week lOo
Complaint of Irregularities In delivery
hould be addressed to City Circulation De
partment. OFFICES.
Omaha The Bee Building.
South Omaha City Hall Building, Twen-ty-nfth
and M Streets.
Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street.
Chicago 1640 Unity Building.
New York 232S Park Row Building.
Washington 6J1 Fourteenth Street.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Communications relating to news and edi
torial matter should be addressed: Omaha
Bee, Editorial Department.
.' REMITTANCES.
Remit hi' draft, express or postal order
payable to The Bee Publishing Company.
Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of
mall accounts. Personal checks, except on
Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted.
THE BBS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, sa.; ,
Oeorge R. Taschuck. secretary of The Bee
Publishing company, being duly sworn, says
that the actual number of full and com
plete copies of The Dally Morning. Evening
and Sunday Bee printed ilurlng the month
ot August, If a, was as follows:
l. Jtn.eio
17...
....2,OSO
....80,010
...,i,30O
I H7jm
1 S,70
4 JOitO
I ,.,..a,TOO
X,7BO
f a,t)20
30,180
0 M.O10
10 JH,KOO
.18........
19........
20........
21
n ...,J,NO
a s,m
H.... 2t,2ftO
26 JH,S80
.Jfl...r... 2O.B90
11 .'...SMMWO 27 20,30
11 2,B80 28., 20,320
13 X9AWO 2. . 3,etOO
14 KMao 80.. M.SSO
16 i.llM 31.,... ,4T
it ,t,oao -
Total u U04.839
Less unsold and returned copies.... S.swa-
Net total sales k .BOK.ttTO
Net average ales.,,.. UM,oa
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In ray presence and sworn to
before me this list day of August, A. 1. 1903.
M. B. ft UNO ATE.
(Seal.) Notary Public.
PARTIES LEAVING THE CITY.
Parties leavlast the city at
say tlsne may bar. The Baa
aeat to them resrularly by
aotlfylasT The Bee Baslaeaa
effloe, la person o by mall.
The address will be changed
as often aa desired.
It is not the wont tbat Is claniorinR
for asset currency this time.
If there Is any prospect of a power
canal, why should Omaha buy Its light
from the middleman Instead of buying
It directly from the canal company?
, The democratic campaign in Kentucky
has been formally opened. Just what
else the distinguished orators opened
besides their mouths Is not told In the
dispatches.
The session of the American Mining
congress at Deadwood is a reminder that
the -Black II 11 la country has again be
come' the ruoHt Important mining dis
trict In the United States. '
Any other country but Turkey that
confessed lta Inability to protect the for
elgn ministers at its court would
speedily find itself under a protectorate
strong enough to protect.
Commander Peary explains that he
expects to make his dash for the north
pole in 100 days, but as a precautionary
measure be ia to have a three-years'
leave of absence from the navy to do
it In. .
It la no longer a question of whether
Omaha ia to have bltullthlc, slagollthlc,
asphaltic, brlckolithic or crushed lime-
atone pavement, but whether It la to
have any old kind of pavement this
year.
James J. Hill denies that he has any
Intentions to build a railroad to Labra
dor. II should at the same time deny
that he has a scheme to merge all the
moonbeams radiating toward this
planet ....
The unanimity with which the social
lata made up their county ticket nomi
nations shows that they have no ex
pectation of electing any one. Where
there are spoils In sight there Is sure
to be a fight
In the coming judicial races randl
dates sre expected to register and
speak for their capacity for Issuing
Injunctions. A man who cannot issue
at least ten lnunctlons a day had bet
. ter get off the track.-
The Nebraska Independent says' It
took the work of "the biggest man in
the United States" to procure tho re
pudiation of the Denver manifesto by
the : Grand Island convention. Is It
possible the state of Bryan boasts two
biggest menf . '
Candidates ' for nomination on the
republican ticket have until next Thurs
day noon to plank down their entrance
fee and file their solemn pledge that
they will not run on the democratic
ticket if they are defeated in the repub
lican convention.
The great bogle besetting our demo
cratic friends is the fear that the loeal
republican factions may all get to
gether eventually In support of the
republican nominees. That dreaded
contingency mean certain defeat for
very candidate bearing the democratic
label.
French courts are struggling with the
problem whether the property destroyed
In the Pelee eruption was destroyed by
fire or by some other a&eucy not con
templatsd in the fire risk. In view of
the fact that in such a case circum
stantial evidence alone must be relied
on. the judgment must depend on which
aids has to bear the burden of proof,
LABOR'S CtLtBRATlOX.
Tod.iy will b observed throughout the
country by the great army of organized
labor and this public holiday is one in
which all the people have learned to
take a deep interest, because it is really
one of the most significant occasions of
the year. On this day the country is
reminded of what a great force in the
body politic organized labor has grown
to be and also of the fact that It is
stendlly increasing in strength and in
Influence. The celebration will suggest
to the thoughtful reflection! in regard
to the material and moral power of this
mighty force and what may be Its duflo
and obligations, not alone to labor, but
as well to that which employ labor
and to the public interests and welfare.
This annnal labor celebration ought
to be fruitful of good results. It should
conduce to a wider and better knowl
edge of the condition and needs of the
lnlwrlng classes and a more friendly re
lation between the employe and. the em
ployer, between labor, aud capital. No
intelligent and unprejudiced person can
doubt, that organised, labor, is tin: this
lun'd bo firmly established that its
permanence is assured. The right of
those who- toll 'to associate themselves
for the promotion 'of their common in
terests is admitted by all. The vital
matter is that, such organization sbaH
be so directed that the Interests of those
Identified with It may be conserved
without Infringing unjustly upon the
rights of others and especially without
doing Injury to the public interests and
welfare. As President Eoosevelt has well
said, "the worth of an organization de
pends upon its being handled with skill,
courage, wlHdom, a, spirit of fair dealing
between man and man, and wise self
restraint." There Is no doubt that this
is more generally recognized by or
ganized labor than ever before and there
is reason to believe that It will be still
more largely recognized In futnre.
There is a growing sense of conserva
tism, we think, in the ranks of organized
labor which Is most promising In behalf
of what every good citizen desires and
should endeavor to promote industrial
peace. .
i ,
TUVTH ASD LOGIC. ':
The Omaha Bee, after speaking of' the
action of the state convention concerning
the Denver conference, says, "If, therefore,
the program mapped out at Denver is
abandoned, as It now seems it must be,
an attempt to hold a populist national
nominating convention next year Is cer
tain to prove abortive. It is doubtful If a
call for such a convention would recefve a
response from a dozen states in the union."
The "If" in that sentenoe is the all-Important
word. Should the program marked
out at Denver be abandoned there is no
doubt that the result would be just as
The Bee state it. But It is not going to
be abandoned. The above remarks by The
Bee with the words "as It now seems it
must be" stricken out, were taken from
the speech of the editor of the Independent
at the Grand Island, convention and the
truth of them must be apparent to any
one who .will seriously . consider them.
The Nebraska Independent.
Admit the truth and the logical In
ference follows. . At the Grand Island
convention every champion of the Den
ver manifesto, Including the editor of
The Independent, Insisted that the pro
gram therein mapped out offered the
only way to maintain a national popu
list organization. Every one of them
insisted that If the work of the Denver
conference was repudiated by Nebraska
populists its success ; in other states
would be seriously jeopardised. More
than one of the speakers declared in
substance, "Vote down this resolution
of endorsement and you vote the popu
list party out of existence." The Grand
Island convention voted down' the reso
lution by referring It to the next state
convention. If the Deliver conference
populists knew what they . were saying,
the prospect for a . populist national
convention next year with bona fide
delegations present from more than a
dozen states is mighty slim.
THE lit BR ASK A CAlttiWATE.
The aspirations of Hon. John L.
Webster for vice presidential honors
are receiving flattering encouragement
in. various sections of the country. The
unanimity with .which his candidacy
was endorsed by the republican state
convention bas attracted wide attention
and the almost foregone conclusion that
the second place on the national ticket
will, go to the west has brought to him
assurances of support from leading re
publicans of other states. Although no
aggressive campaign has yet been
opened for blm, his candidacy la obtain
lng more than passing notice not only
in Nebraska and adjoining states, but
also in states east of the Mississippi.
Since his presentation by the stato con
vention, Mr. Webster has had invita
tions to address several representative
gatherings and will this woek appear
as one of the speakers at the American
Mining congress along with Secretary
Shaw and other distinguished public
men. If this demand for the? serving
of the Nebraska candidate keeps up, be
will be busy from now to the close of
the Impending national campaign.
P CO A It AUD BKKT8.
According to officially complied fig
ures, more than 5,000,000,000 pounds of
sugar, valued at over 1100,000,000, was
brought into the United States in the
fiscal year Just ended. This is a larger
importation of sugar than in any pre
ceding year in the history of the coun
try. The total number of pounds of
sugar brought into America during the
year was 8,217,077,064, while in no ear
lier year In the history of the country
has the Importation of sugar ever
reached 0,000,000,000 pouuds. Th
largest Importation In any earlier vear
was that of 1897, when the totil was
4.018.005,733 pounds.
Oa the other side, the domestic produc
tion for the same fiscal year of 1003 was
ouly ' 600,000,000 pounds. While the
amount of imported beet sugar has been
decreasing, the output of domestic beet
sugar has been Increasing, yet plainly
at nowhere near the rate of increase of
total domestic consumption.
There Is no good reason why tha
United States should not develop a beet
sugar industry that will eventually sup
ply Its entire home market The produc
tion of this sugar out of beets grown at
home would distribute a Inrge part of
the 100,000,00 paid for imported sugar
nmong our owp American farmers. This
is something worth working for.
THt HEAL QLEi-TlUX.
Next week the Alaskan boundary com
mission will get down to substantial
work, the arrangement agreed upon pro
viding that oral arguments shall be
commenced on the . fifteenth ot this
month and the expectation is that they
will be concluded early in October.
There is some misapprehension, It ap
pears, as to what this commlrwlon was
appointed to do, the common Impres
sion being, as gathered from newspaper
statements, that it is an arbitration
tribunal. That seems to.be the Mew
taken of it by the British and Canadian
governments) but it is not in accord
with the American view. It is cor
rectly pointed out that both President
McKlnley and President Roosevelt have
consistently held that the right of the
United States to its Alaskan coast strip
is 'too well established for arbitration!
and it W understood to be the view of
our Department of State that, this com
mission or tribunal is not one of arbi
tration, hi the proper sense of the term.
Former Secretary of State John W.
Foster, who Is "one of the American
counsel, has thus defined the character
of the tribunal: "The treaty does not
submit any American territory to the
adjudication of arbitration, but croates
a commission of three American and
three British experts to determine where
the line should .be drawn lictwcon
Alaska and British Columbia." The real
question, therefore, ia that of defining
the terms of the treaty of 1825 between
Great Britain and Russia, which from
the American point of view sets forth
the boundary of Alaska in terms that
afford no Justincatlon of the claims of
Canada as has repeatedly been pointed
out, the contention of our government
is tbat in purchasing Alaska the United
States succeeded to the Russian title to
the territory, acquired by the treaty
with Great Britain, and that 'this title
was never questioned by Canada until
the idea took possession of the people
ot the Dominion that they should have
a northern Pacific port or ports. There
upon they advanced a new cone-tructlon
of the treaty of 1825 and ever since
have been insisting upon it, making
every other question in issue between
that country and this subordinate to
the boundary controversy.
So far as can now be judged, there
is not much promise of an agreement
by the commission and in fact the gen
eral opinion is that the deliberations of
that body will leave the matter unset
tled. It is recognized as practically cer
tain tbat no vital concession that is,
none Involving any relinquishment of
territory vill be made by the Ameri
can commissioners, while it is regarded
as equally ure that the twe Canadian
representatives will firmly adhere to
their contention. The British commis
sioner is Lord Chief Justice Alverstone,
who is the chairman of the commission,
and it is possible, though it can hardly
be regarded as probable, that he will side
with the American contention. Should
he acquiesce in the Canadian view
there of course would be no decision
and the Alaska situation would remain
as it now Is. The very strong position
of the United States at least warrants
the hope of a different result
The very ingenious scheme of Presi
dent Nash to give the electric light
company the monopoly of public light
ing in Omaha does not contemplate a
reduction of the tax levy for street
lighting by a single dollar, nor .does It
contemplate or suggest the slightest re
duction In the cost of electric light sup
plied to the private consumers. Why
then should the mayor and council en
tertain any proposition looking toward
the extension of the electric lighting
contract, which has yet over two years
to run, for ten years, or even for five
years?
Judge Sullivan declares under oath
that his renomlnatlon did not cost him
a cent although he expects the local
hospitality committee to draw on hlin
for $25 as a promised contribution to
the fund to provide for the entertain
ment of the convention. Lee Herdnyin,
however, has not yet filed his sworn
statement showing hdV much It cost
him for fusing by telephone.
Secretary Wilson wants the schools
to teach the elements of agriculture
with the idea that they will tend to
check the exodua from fatal to city if
not to produce a counter movement from
city to farm. Tfie difficulty In the past
has not been in acquiring the ublllty
to farm as the stability to stay on the
farm. If farm schools can teach both
they may be successful.
The next time the city charter is re
vised the government of the city of
Omaha with all its departments should
be vested In the seven judges of the
district court Instead of a mayor and
city council, city clerk, treasurer, comp
troller and Board of rubllc Work's, with
tho specific proviso that the. judges
should not enjoin or mandamus each
other in cases of differences of opinion.
Omaha socialists have the courage of
their convictions. They have nominated
their county ticket with full knowledge
that it is foredoomed, but, like the fa
mous six hundred tbat marched down
the valley of death with cannon thun
dering to the right of them and cannon
thundering to the left of them, they
propose to stand by their flag until the
last gun is fired.
According to the democratic definition,
conducting a campaign "on a higher
plane" means tbat the republican
papers should keep silent about all the
blemishes ou the official record of the
fusion candidate, while the democratic
organs freely Indulge their license to
malign and throw mud at the repub
lican nominee.
It costs the state of ( Nebraska 7
cents a day to feed convicts at the
penitentiary. It costs the city of Omaha
10H cents a day tOefeed vagrants and
disturbers of the peace In the city jail.
It costs the county of Douglas 45 cents
a day to feed the honored guests in the
county jail. Comment is superfluous.
Bishop Joyce wants a chair of com
mon sense established in each of our
theological schools. Why confine the
benefits of such a sensible innovation to
students of theology when so many
other professions show a lamentable
lack of that Ingredient in equal degree?
All Agree oa Water.
Cleveland Leader.
The farmers In .Wall street have widely
different opinions concerning the corn and
cotton crops. However, they all agree that
It Is profitable to give stock all the water
It can carry.
Trifles Waved Aside, ...
Chicago News.
Of course the coal dealers will not allow
a little thing ilka the law of supply and
demand to Interfere with them In their ex
alted labor of fixing the coal price In a way
to suit themselves.
A DeaaltlOn that Deflaea.
Chicago Chronicle.
A correspondent writes to Inquire what
s the difference between a "prominent clt-
lien" and a "leading figure In the commu
nity." Off-hand we should say that one
swears off his taxes while the other "sees"
the assessor.
Revised oa Messrs Lines.
Chicago Post.
David Bennett Hill is worried because he
can find no evidence that modern business
Is conducted along scriptural lines. If he
did not stick so closely to Wolferfs Roost
he might have discovered long ago that the
golden rule has been changed from "Do
unto others" to "Do others."
Consolation In the Brand.
Indianapolis News.
The ' discovery has been made that the
Mad Mullah gets his arms and ammunition
from London, so the British have the com
fort of knowing that when that eccentrlo
Individual Is making It warm for them he
Is doing it with war munitions of approved
manufacture.
Reflections on the Platte.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The report that the Platte river Is out of
its banks again must be more surprising
than alarming to those who are fortunate
enough to know something of that stream.
It would be as difficult to And the banks
of the Patte as to locate Its channel when
It Is at Its high-water stage. .
Let the Male Biped Beware.
Bill Barlow's Budget.
The seat with Which the women are going
In for golfing, tennis, bowling and other
forms of athletics affords room for fear
that while the coming man, 'tis said, will
be a bald-headed and toothless physical
phantom, the coming woman will ! have
nerves of steel and muscles of Iron. Let
the male biped beware; let him forswear
the coffin-nail cigarette-- and ' enervating
birch beer, ere It be everlastingly too late.
Effect of TllT KJek.
Kansas City Times.
The Kansas railroads have decided to
abide by the decision of the State Board of
Railroad Commissioners and will revoke
the Increased rate on live stock, although
all parties to the controversy, including the
board Itself, admitted the state has no au
thority, under the present law, to enforce
its rulings. A defiant attitude on the part
of the railroads might result in a new rail
road law, and the present law ia too agree
able to risk losing.
World's Trlbete to England.
Pittsburg Post y
The tribute the world nays Great Britain
In interest and dividends Is shown by oft
Cclal figures from London that are elo
quent The total amount of British money
loaned and Invested abroad and in India
and the colonies was a little over $6,000,
000.000, on which the Interest paid was $304,-
100,000, or about $107 per capita for every
man, woman and child In England, Ireland
and Scotland. It has taken a deal of figur
ing and Investigating to arrive at these
facta, but they explain why English Im
ports exceed exports year after year and
the country still Increases Its wealth.
UNIFORM DIVORCE LAWS.
Progress Regrettably Slow in n Mnch
Needed Reform.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The committee' of the American Bar as
sociation on uniform legislation reported
that twenty-two states have adopted a
uniform law on negotiable Instruments,
while only three have passed divorce laws
which provide that persons cannot secure
a divorce in any state for a cause which
would not entitle them to a divorce In the
state In which they reside. The business
of the country is of great Importance, but
ia It paramount? Is it not Juet as import
ant that the marriage bond and the post
tlon of the family should be established
beyond doubt T
Uniformity is generally regarded as Im
practicable. If not impossible; but in twelve
European countries the practice Is Identical
by International agreement. Mr. Juatice
Simeon Baldwin of the Connecticut supreme
court has said:
Nothing can be more important to society
than that there should be certainty as to
what constitutes a marriage and what dls
solves It Europe Is now. In this, far in
advance of the I'nlted States. A judgment
of divorce may be valid and effective In
one of our states which would be treated
as absolutely void In another. There Is no
uniformity as to conditions under which
a court may assume Jurisdiction of such a
proceeding.
The decision of Sir Francis Jeune's court
In London, in the Constantlnldl divorce
case, the other day Is notice to us that
we are In European eyes, or at least In the
purview of the sober and orderly British
courts, merely pagan in treating the mar
riage Trond, which ia at the foundation of'
the family and the state. Constantlnldl, a
wealthy Greek merchant, domiciled fn Lon
don, was granted a separation from hit
wife In 1898, and the decree prohibited the
remarriage of the woman, who wlahel to
marry the family phyrlclan. She had heard
of the 111 fame of South Dakota, hied her
self thither, and, after. a six months' resi
dence, wss granted an absolute divorce
by the complaisant court, which decides
these things with an eye single to revenue
and the prosperity of the state. She mar
ried again and the British court de-He 1
that this second marriage was of no force
in the United Kingdom.
One of the counsel In the c-e cal'el Ihs
South Dakota proceeding by the harsh
name of a "fraud upon civl'.lied Jurispru
dence," and not a good American resents
the Imputation he has put upon us. It U
barbarous, and as much almost may be
said of the general treatment of divorce In
the United States, where nearly all the
states pursue the even tenor of their re
spective ways and grant divorces for dif
ferent reasons In aa incoherent meaner.
ROISD ABOl'T HEW YORK.
HlppUa on the tnrrent of Lite in the
Metropolis,
With the advent of September there is
passing from the streets ot tho metropolis
the picturesque urchin of tender yeara who
sells newspapers for a living and whose
fume has gone abroad through the land for
many years. That Is, the small "newsle"
will pass, if the law which went Into effect
on September 1 la rigidly enforced. The
law provides that no male child under 10
and no girl under 16 ytars of age shall In
any city of the first class sell or expose or
offer for sale newspapers in any street or
public place. No boy "actually or appar
ently under 14 years of age" shall sell or
expose for sale any newspaper unless a
permit and badge have been provided by
the district superintendent of the Board of
Education on the application of the parent,
guardian or other person having the cus
tody of the boy desiring such ermlt. The
district superintendent is required to ex
amine, approve and place on file the satis
factory proof that such boy is 10 years ef
age or upward. If the proof Is satisfac
tory the district superintendent may then
Issue a permit and badge. The permit will
contain a full description of the boy to
whom it la Issued the color of his hair and
eyes, his hlght and weight and any dis
tinguishing facial characterlsyca. The
badge must be worn conspicuously at all
times while the boy Is at work.
The wit and readiness at repartee of the
New Tork newsboy has long been a proverb
throughout the country. As a rule he Is
bright and up-to-date, given to slang, some
times profanity, and as a crap-shooter has
few superiors. Many of the most success
ful of these small news merchants are un
der the prescribed age, and they form no
unimportant part In the breadwlnntng econ
omy of many a household In the poorer
quarters of the city. Now these young
sters must go to school and learn to be
come good Americans In a different way.
The rank of the biggest ships In the world
according to their registered tonnage, Is as
follows:
Tonnaa-e.
"!.'!!!!.'"'.2o99o
20.904
20.XO0
17.274
1408
14. 10
14,849
18.4O0
13,400
13.403
13.401
13.396
12,7fiO
12,7)
12.000
11.276
Kaiser Wll-
Minnesota ,
Dakota
Cedrlo
Celtic ,
Oceanic ,
Kronprlns Wilhelm
Columbus
Kaiser Wilhelm der Orosse.,
Mlnnekata
Mlnnedora ,
Minnehaha
Minneapolis
Cymric
Finland ,
Kroonlnnd
Kaiser Wilhelm
Korea
Siberia
Cedrlc, Celtic, Oceanic,
helm der Orosse and Kronprlns Wilhelm
and Lucanla all have 30,000 horse power
engines. The new Kaiser Wilhelm II. has
engines of 42,000 horse power, and Is there
fore the fastest passenger steamer afloat
The Cunard company is now building two
steamers which . will surpass everything,
being 780 feet long, 80 feet beam, 28.008 tons
and 65,000 horse power, which would make
Great Eastern look very small, for It was 19.-
000 tons, 2, ,00 horse power and S0 feet long.
Under the shadow of the "Waldorf, in
Thirty-fourth street, there is a hotel af
fected almost exclusively by "gentlemen's
gentlemen," or professional valets. Fellow
servants in large houses know when a valet
leaves, and they report the fact to others,
who In turn pass along the news. Or the
servant himself, whether he be discharged
or resigns, goes to the haunt of his col
leagues, and It Is straightway known that
his former employer wants a successor.
Then the unemployed seek out the valetlees.
In, this Informal Intelligence office there are
no fees, ,no commissions and no charges of
any kind beyond the price paid to the host
for his liquor. Standing about the bar or
seated around the tables In the parlor the
business which, combined with tlje pleasure,
brings the men to the place Is transacted.
The proprietor's profits come from the in
crease In the bar reoejpts. Then there are
always valets enough out of employment
to fill his three floors of rooms above the
bar. So he la not disposed to grumble.
A. I. Voorhees. a farmer living on the
Jersey side, turned a trick on a brace of
confidence men last week. Early In the
morning a well groomed stranger drove up
to the voorhees residence and asked If the
Voorhees property was for sale. Voorhees
told him that the farm could be bought,
and the stranger was shown through the
house and a tour was made of the farm.
The prospective purchaser seemed to be
pleased with the lay of the land and was
going over the details of a bargain when
a man coming down the road stopped them
and asked the way toNew Brunswick. He
claimed to be from Alabama and said that
he had lost his way. The fellow pretended
to be Insane and pulled a roll of greenbacks
and a pack of cards out of his pocket. At
the sight ot the cards Voorhees became
suspicious. The man with the roll said he
wanted to get rid of the money, but could
find nobody to take It. He handed each of
the men In the carriage a to bill. Voorhees
stuck the greeback In his vest pocket and.
Jumping out of the carriage, bade the men
good-bye, telling them that the game was
too old for that locality. The man from
Alabama suddenly recovered his reason and
leaping Into the carriage he was rapidly
striven away, swearing a blue streak as he
went.
WHAT MAKES FOR HAPPIXESS.
Pleasure Can Be Bought, bnt Enjoy
ment ie a Different Article.
Harper's Weekly.
We are used to feel to put it crudely
that folks who have health and money
ought to be happy. And so they should.
A sufficient income promotes comfort, and
that contributes to cheerfulness of spirit;
and to have health of course means to feel
well, and that is a long step toward feeling
good. But how far do we have to look to
find persons with health to squander and
more money than they know how to spend
making strenuous efforts to attain happi
ness and merely achieving impaired health T
If you have health and money you can
usually buy pleasure, but enjoyment is a
different article; and even when you have
got enjoyment happiness may still elude
you. Pleasure palls and sometimes demor
alizes; enjoyment easily yields to weari
ness; but you don't get tired of being happy,
and you may be ever so tired and be happy
still.
Happiness Is a state of satisfaction. One
reason why It Is so elusive may be because
we human creatures are a complication of
body, mind and spirt, and require for our
complete satisfaction a particularly nice
djustment of blessings and of comfort. If
we Indulge the body too much the other
two partners become mutinous; If we over
cultivate the mind the body may break
down, and If we bestow all our attention
on mind and body, the spirit. Ignored, taken
a sure vengeance on us for our neglect. It
Is so difficult so to measure and direct our
efforts as to appease all the demands of our
triplicate natures that the simpler way la
to regard happiness as a by-product, give
over all direct attempts to acquire a con
slant sSpply of It and simply accept how
ever much of It may come while we go
about our" business with such Intelligence
as we can. We can usually keep our bodies
In fair repair if we are not too laty or too
self-indulgent; If we have to arn our Uv
Ings our minda, and bodies, too, find occu
pation that is usually wholesome; and the
discipline of work done, as it usually Is, for
others as wail as for ourselves, helps to
satisfy the exactions of the spirit
TALK. OF TUB STATE FHEM.
Mullen Tribune: Judge J. B. Barnes of
Norfolk was nominated by acclamation for
supreme judge by the . republican state
convention at Lincoln. It was but a fitting
tribute to Nebraska's able Jurist and du
re n and his majority this fall will be ex
ceedingly large.
Wausa Gazette: The many bouquets
thrown at Judge Barnes by the press In all
parts ot the state would indicate that he
is a pjpular favorlto with the people and
not the dreaded corporation tool, forced
onto the party by the railroads, aa the
World-Herald would make It appear.
Wahoo Wasp: It took 111 ballots for
the State Board of Education to decide on
Kearney aa the location for the new nor
mal achaol for which the last legislature
appropriated 360,000. We are of the opinion
that the selection of Kearney will give
pretty general satisfaction throughout the
state.
O'Neill Frontier: Just thirty-nine coun
ties out of a total of ninety counties in Ne
braska were represented at the Grand
Island convention, and the counties that
had representation there were only repre
sented by from one to two and three per
sons from each county, except in about
half a dozen Instances, where, counties had
as many as five or six.
Stanton Picket: 'Notwithstanding the
convention statement of Judge Sullivan that
Judge Barnes is a gentleman, a scholar and
an able lawyer, there are those of his party
who will not see It that way and are dis
charging mud batteries loaded to the mux
sla In Mr. Barnes' direction. Some editors
appear to think their bread and butter de
pends upon their abuse of opposing candi
dates. The more abuse-the more bread and
butter.
Wausa Gazette: Chairman Lindsay of the
republican state central committee has
given out the statement that the campaign
this fall will be carried on with as much
energy and effort as if the outcome was
actually In doubt. There will thus be lit
tle chance of the fusion forces finding the
republicans napping. Moreover, a thorough
campaign this fall will pave the way for a
so much more glorious victory next year.
Dakota City Eagle: James C. Robinson
of Hartlngton, republican nominee for
Judge ot the Eighth judicial district, was
In town last Thursday seeing his old
friends and acquaintances and making new
ones as well. Mr, Robinson having been
state senator at one time bas a wide
aqualntanoe throughout this district. He la
a scholarly gentleman and makes friends
as fast as acquaintances wherever he goes.
His election to the bench Is a foregone
conclusion.
Kearney Hub: State Superintendent Fow
ler comments on the increase In the pro
portion qf women teachers In the state.
Last year, he states, the number of male
teachers was. 18 per cent, whereas this year
it will be between 18 and 17 per cent. Un
doubtedly the opportunities In more lucra
tive employments are responsible for the
decrease. It Is easy to agree with the
superintendent's conclusion that the teach
ing profession Is becoming more and more
the province of women.
Fremont Tribune 1 Some friend of State
Chairman Harry Lindsay should have In
troduced In the republican state convention
resolution endorsing him for the position
of United States district attorney, to which
he aspires and for which he already has
as fine a line of endorsements as any man
ever had. It would have gone through
with a whoop and would have shown once
more what Nebraska republicans think of
the action of Senator Joseph H. Millard
In keeping Billy Summers, the friend of
Joe Bartley, la .the place. .
Albion News; The Nebraska Independent,
which has stuck to populism through thick
and thin for these many years, asserts that
the death-blow was administered the party
by the recent action at Grand Island, not
In the matter of the nominations, but In its
failure to endorse the work of the recent
Denver conference. The Independent Insists
that this action "can have no other logical
conclusion than the abandonment of the
populist organization in Nebraska, if no
steps be taken to counteract the effect of
the convention's body-blow."
O'Neill Frontier: Those people who met
In convention at Grand Island remind us
of the doctor who Insists on going to see
his patient after he gets well and then
tries to collect the bill for the extra and
needless visits. During the hard times
produced by democratic administrations
the people did get sick financially and
were looking for political doctors, but
since the republicans got into power and
times became good again the people have
no further use for political doctors, and
when these bogus political doctors under
take to collect their bill on election day
they will find the people refuse to deliver
the goods, and will not pay for .the useless
visit to Grand Island.
Tllden Citizen: Judge Barnes, the re
publican candidate for Judge of the supreme
court, Is known and respected in this lo
cality aa a well equipped lawyer, a gentle
man and a consistent republican. All the
silly stuff printed in democratic and popu
list papers against him Is simply, waste of
good printers' Ink where the Judge Is
known. The chief point attempted to be
made in the editorials is that, he being the
only candidate before the convention and
his nomination belag unanimous, he la
therefore the tool of all the railroads doing
business in Nebraska. With the same pro
priety and with as much reason, republi
cans might charge that Inasmuch as Judge
Sullivan's nomination was made under pre
cisely the same conditions he Is therefore
the hireling of the soulless corporations that
have ground down the farmers of the state
until their land isn't worth less than IM
an acre. Substitute "our man Sullivan"
for "our man Barnes" In the World-Herald
and Its Imitators' columns of non
sensical political rubbish and the yellow
republican newspapers ' would have their
slogan ready made for the campaign al
ways supposing that such a monstrosity as
an Impertinent blackguard could be found
editing a republican newspaper In this
state. . '
fp Nothinf U more harmful to the
shoes than a polith containing actai
' ---
SHINOL1
Preserves leather, contains no harmful ingredients, is easily and quckly ap
Dned with the Shinoli Dsuber (5c.) and Polisher (20c.)
P ONE SHINE LASTS A WEEK ,
It fills old cracks, prevents cracking, and will not chip or seal off.
C.HINOLA produces a permantnt jet black polith. Mozf part
shoe polishes take on a ongni gioss wnro iini poiisncu. wu.u
A , Anmn to a bluish or purplisa gray color. J
color. A Urge box st
'iwAUlfl mafl on receipt of
Wjs5SilOU CO,
SUaola Dsakrr sad Potitker ,-
What a grand
family medicine
it is, grand Ayer's
Sarsaparilla. tzMsszi
PERS05TAL NOTES.
The only advantage accruing to Mr. Up
ton out of the yacht race will be a possible
increase of his sales.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor Is believed to
own the most costly ring In America. It
was made In lrut and has three large
emeralds surrounded by diamonds..
Juan T. Cardenas, a veteran Indian
fighter, confederate soldier, police captain,
editor and ex-alderman, died at San An
tonio, Tex., the other day. He was de
scended from an old and wealthy Mexi
can family.
One of the members or the Society ot
the Philippine Wars says the soclsty will
live in history. We should say so; why,
the pension bureau estlmatea that the last
of the pensions for the little Cuban war
will not expire until 2050.
There will be a great occasion at the
home of Colonel Dick Alexander, at Bell's
Ford, Ky., on October 20, on which date a
three-gallon Jug of whisky, distilled by
Colonel Dick's grandfather In 1803, will be
opened.
Nikola Ides Polltes Popokonoloa has' bean
arrested In New York on a charge of hav
ing given a false name eleven years ago
whon he applied for naturalisation papers.
A plea of Justification will be entered and
his attorney has no doubt of his acquittal.
Tomorrow la the third anniversary ot one
of the greatest calamities that ever befell
a community In the United States the
overwhelming of Oalveston by a tidal wave
from the gulf. Great as were the losses
In life and property, the calamity did not
paralyse the energies and faith of the peo
ple. They went bravely to work to restore
the ravages of the storm. The success of
their efforts In three years Is shown in a
memorial number of the Galveston News,
which demonstrates with statistics that the
city now holds, third rank in the list of
exporting porta and advanced from twenty
third to eighteenth place as a port of entry.
Similar progress is shown in value of
freight handled. In coastwise trade and in
Increased tonnage of the port. The record
Is a gratifying one and a splendid tribute
to the courage and energy of the people.
WAIFS OF TUB WITS.
"Are you a second-hand book dealer?"
asked the inquisitive person.
"No, sir," answered the other person,
with some Irritation of manner. "I am a
dealer In second-hand books." Chicago Tri
bune. .
"What's the matter?" inquired the barber,
"does the razor. hurt?"
"Not at all," replied the victim, sarcas
tically;" the tears you observe in my eye
are probably caused by the onions on your
breath." Philadelphia Press.
"I don't want to be too easily won.' she
said.
"Naturally," he conceded.
"Ho, if I say 'no' now," she went on anx.
loosly, "you won't get mad about it and
never ask me again, will you?" Washing
ton Star.
Preacher Havo you seriously considered
the ereat attention nf life. Marv?
Girl Parishoner None of the young men
has asked mo as yet, sir. San Francisco
Wasp.
He Dearest, I think you are the prettiest
girl I ever met, and the nicest.
She Nonsense! How many girls have
you said the same thing to?
He 'Pon my life, I couldn't tell right
off; but 1 know that every one of them be
lieved it. Boston Transcript.
"John," asked a Fredonla girl of her
steady, "why doesn't the papal throne pass
from generation to generation as other
thrones do7"
"Popes are always old Vachelors," he re
plied. .
"John," she asked a moment later, "have
you any desire to be a pope?"
"None whatcver.'V he answered, as he
moved closer. The next day it was an
nounced. Kansas City Star. ,
Jenkins Congratulations, old man!
Popley Thanks. A baby's a great thing,
I tell you. Quite a convenience, In fact.
Jenkins Convenience?
Popley Tes. You see I can have the beer
man coll at the house openly now and
leave a case every few days. The neighbors
tblnk It's for the baby's mother. Philadel
phia Standard.
j.
She had a fair complexion:
'Twaa dainty as a peach.
, But now she's full of freckles
That cost (10 each.
" . . Washington Star.
WHO BIDES HIS TIME.
Jame Whltcomb Riley.
Who bides his time, and day by day
Faces defeat full patiently,
And lifts a mirthful roundelay.
However poor his fortunes be;
He will not full In any qualm
Of poverty the paltry dime.
It will grow golden in his palm.
Who bides his time.
Who bides his time he tastss the sweet
Of honey In the saltest tear;
And though be fares with slowest feet
Joy rune to meet him. drawing near;
The blrda are heralds of his cause;
And, like a never-ending rhyme.
The roadside bloom In his applause,
Who bides his time.
Who bides his time, and fevers not
In the hot race that none achieves,
Shall wear cool-wreathed laurel wrought
With crimson berries in the leaves;
And he Khali reign a goodly king,
And sway his hand o'er every clime,
With peace writ on his signet ring,
Wbo bides bis time.
leather in men's, women's and tMdrtn's
or autau.
your dealer's. 10c, or by - A4
pnoe. Juere w no sub- V',
RoohaiUr,
, rl.T.y
t