Tnn 0MA1TA' DAILY REE: FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 18, 1903.
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The address will bo eaauged
a often as desired.
The Roosevelt-Linton Incident is
tempest In a teapot.
Tlio assessor Is now abroad In the
land. Keep your r.vc on hlni.
Are the managers of the public light
lng companies playing a game of hide-
and-seek?
Omnha Jobbers confidently look for
ward to a heavy fall trade, and fall will
begin In real, earnest on next Monday,
the 21st day of September.
The cell bous at the state peniten
tiary always has been a bone of conten
tion and a source of graft, and It will
probably so continue until the end of
time.
In spite of the variegated weather the
harvest home season is coining on apace
and Jtlng Ak-Sar-Ben is preparing for
a formal entry into the royal city of
Qui vera.
Even with ono-fourth of its corn crop
polled by the frost, Nebraska farm
crops this year will be coined into moro
gold than all the precious metals mined
In the United States in the year 1003,
The coinage of pennies has been dls
continual by the United States mints,
At the present price of copper the coin
age of pennies is sufficiently remunera
tlve to insure a full supply by counter
felters.
With six candidates for gubernatorial
honors the republicans of Illinois should
have no serious trouble In finding
standard bearer whom the rank and file
re willing to follow in the campaign
of 1904.
Judge Sullivan's opinion on bible
reading in the public schools seems to
have stirred up a hornet's nest. The so
ralled opinion was really a straddle that
pleased nobody and Irritated a good
many people.
Municipal ownership in Germany ha
culminated in the establishment of mu
nlcipal drug stores in several cities, the
cities determining their number and lo -
cation. This Is a variation from the
South Carolina dispensary.
The product of Colorado's gold mines
converted into coin aggregates about
$23,000,000 a year. Nebraska's corn crop
this year, marketed at 30 cents a bushel,
will aggregate $00,000,000 In gold, or
currency exchangeable for gold.
L . j
Omaha has expended money enough
for public school education to place its
schools on the highest plane of effi
ciency, but the Omaha public schools
have been retrograding rather than Im
proving on account of politics and per
sonal favoritism.
With new fire apparatus that will cost
about $25,000, and an additional Are
company, the fire department of Omaha
will bo much more efficient than It ever
liaa been. Tho question la, Will the fire
Insurance companies give Omaha the
benefit of the Increased fire protection?
M-W - ... . . M . J nt a a -
1 reuimi wi .uiss iwil from a
fxjrth -U rMMtoffice in the fourth-class
fat tit Iielaware has created a great
rvuipin lo democratic civil service re-
f'tn r1r log. Aa a matter of fact, Mlsa
TVv!4 was dcpol because) her conduct
t.A evoked a protest from patrons of
Ifcai ftW on account of her pernicious
vcttrtr ta local factional politics.
THE PIFTKKXTII JMyDHCT.
it is announced ihnt lit the forlhcom-
ng session of coiiKrKs Senator Carinack
of Tennessee will Introduce a proiK)sl-
luii to repeal the fifteenth amendment
to the constitution of the I'nitod States,
which gives to colored citizens the right
of suffrage. It Is said ihnt Senator
arnwick expects that his proposition
will have the support of every southern
representative in congress nnd he prob
ahjy will not bo disappointed so far as
he democratic representatives from
hat section are concerned.' It is also
stated that the real object of his con
templated move is to revitalize the
question and to precipitate discussion,
out' of which will Issue germinating
thought for the ultimate solution of the
problem," which he thinks will follow
as a natural sequence to a clearer aud
more widespread understanding of the
principles Involved. The Tennessee sen
ator. It Is said. Is of the opinion that the
surest plan of solving the negro ques
tion is diminution from politics, which
would result from repealing the amend
ment. Another view of Mr. CnrnincU
n regard to the negro question is for
the separation of the races.
It is not likely that the senator has
the slightest expectation that his proio
sitlon will be adopted by the Fifty
eighth congress, or that it will be ap
proved by a majority of the people of
the country. There are many who think
that the fifteenth amendment to the
constitution was n nilnlnke, but even of
these a considerable number, it is not to
be doubled, would oppose Its repeal.
They would do so on the ground that
repeal would be an act of mauifest In
justice to our colored citizens which
would subject the nation to reproach.
The amendment was adopted in the be
lief that every principle of right and
duty required that the colored race
should be given the right of suffrage
and It Is not to be doubted that this be
lief Is. still held by a very lorge nm-
jority of Intelligent and unprejudiced
people. The republlcon party can cer
tainly lie depended upon to firmly op
pose repeal and that party will be iu
ontrol of the government for so mo
years j et.
It is suggested that the movement
which Senator Carmnck is to start is
not in good faith, but Is simply to stir up
the race quest iou for use in next year's
campaign. Possibly this Is the real pur
pose, though It is not easy to see what
the party of which the Tennessee sena
tor is a member will have to gain from
discussion of the race question.
Northern democrats have very carefully
avoided that question, which involves
tho southern element of the party in
practical nullification of a part of the
federal constitution. The democrats of
the north will hardly be disposed to
thank Mr. Carmack for making an issue
of this question in next year's presides
tlal campaign. Republicans, on the
other hand, will be quite willing to dis
cuss it, confidently believing that in op
posing repeal of the fifteenth amend
inent they will be sustaining a Just
principle In accord with our republican
Institutions.
UEXICO'S MOSKTARY PUUBhKM.
President RIa. iu his message to the
Mexican congress, merely mentions the
monetary problem, promising that when
the national commission shall have
made its report ho will present meas
ures to congress providing for the de
sired monetary reform. It is needless
to say that Mexico's executive is very
earnestly in favor of such a change in
the financial policy of the country as
will remove the difficulties incident to
the sliver standard and the general pub
lic sentiment is in accord with him. It is
by no means a simple problem, but one
that must be dealt with cautiously and
carefully. Tills Disss fully understands
and therefore he appointed a commis
sion to thoroughly study the question
and submit recommendatlous as to
needed changes. This body is composed
of men thoroughly familiar with finan
cial and commercial affairs and with
tho operation of the silver standard
Mexico Is now a considerable producer
of gold. It is stated that the gold mines
of that country are already yielding
about $l!0.000,0l0 a year, with the out
put steadily increasing. A leading Mex
lean paper expresses the opinion that
within a year or two the annual gold
production of the republic will reach at
least $,JT,0iX),0(iO, which woujd put Mex
ico well up in the list of gold-producing
countries. This Is obviously important
in its bearing upon tho monetary prob
lem, for if Mexico should have such an
annual output of gold that country
ought within n few years Join the ranks
' f gold standard notions.'
. Mir YORK CJT CAMPAiaX.
The campaign in New York City prom
ises to lie exceedingly tnterestlag and no
confident prediction can be made as to
the result. Mayor Ijow has been en
dorsed for re-election by all but two of
the fusion elements and will run again,
but there has developed a considerable
opposition to him among some of his
supporters of two years ago. A leader
in this optMisition is District Attorney
Jerome, a forceful man who Is thought
to bo able to command a large follow
ing. Jerome has not hesitated to de
clare his convictions that Mr. Iw can
not be re-elected and also to state iu ex
plicit terms his reasons for opposing the
mayor. The two fusion elements In op
position are said to be strong and In
fluential and while they may not be able
to prevent the renouiiuutlon of Mayor
Ixiw they may defeat his re-election.
It would 1h unfortunate If New York
should again pass iuto the control of
Tauimany. If all that wns hoped for
from the Ixw administration hss not
been accomplished it Is yet an undeni
able fact thut the 'political and social
conditions have Ihh'u very much im
proved. Mayor lxw has given the city
better government than it had for a
long time and there can be no doubt
that if given two more years he would
institute every practicable reform that
Is required. It was an enormous task
that was presented to htm and it is not
surprising that he has been unable to
complete it Nor is it tat all astonish
ing that he has made some mistakes,
tin tho whole he has done remarkably
well and fully merits re-election.
All is not at present harmonious In
Tammany, that organization being with
out a strong leader, but It may be ex
pected to adjust differences nnd quiet
the disaffected, so as to present a solid
front in the campaign. There is no one
now prominent as a possible Tammany
candidate for mayor, the man most
talked of being tJeorge B. McClellan,
who is a representative In congress. The
question before the voters of New York
is simply whether they want a continu
ance of good government, with every
prospect of its constant betterment, or
return to the Tammany graft and
blackmailing conditions.
More than a month has elapsed since
President Nash of the electric lighting
company announced with a grand flour
ish of trumpets that he had conceived,
digested and evolved a scheme of benefi
cent monopoly for public lighting that
would do away with gas lamps and
gasoline posts and make It entirely
unnecessary for the city to Invest in a
municipal electric lighting plant.
The attractions of the scheme for
monopolizing public lighting were fully
explained by Mr. Nash to the members
of the Omaha Real Estate exchange, and
In conformity with his expressed wish
aud request a resolution was adopted by
the city council inviting proposal for
public lighting from the electric light
ing company and the gas company. The
Invitation to the electric lighting com
pany contemplated the extension of the
arc light system over the territory now
covered by gas and gasoline lamps,
while the Invitation to the gas company
only covered the territory now lighted
with Welsbach lamps.
Inasmuch as the beneficent monopoly
scheme of Mr. Nash contemplated the
snuffing out of all the gas and gasoline
lamps, the iuvita'tlon to the gas com
pany to submit proposals was really a
mere blind, unless, indeed, Mr. Nash
had no design to monopolize the public
lighting, but was bent simply upon forc
ing a reduction in the cost of gas light
ing. In any event, however, the decli
nation of Mr. Nash to submit his plan
and proposal for lighting the whole city
with arc lamps until after the gas com
pany has submitted its bid cannot be
explained on any rational ground.
Suppose the gas company were dis
pos,od to cut its price in the middle,
would Mr. Nash follow up the cut in
rates, or would he abandon his scheme
of beneficence altogether and leave the
city at the mercy of lrjs competitor?
(suppose the gns company should de
cline to reduce its rate, would that fact
have any bearing upon the proposed cut
In the arc light rates from $94.50 to $70
per: lamp? . If Mr. Nash has scaled
down the price of arc lights to bedrock,
would the electric light company cut
below the cost of production Just for the
sake of monopolizing the public lighting
and staving off municipal ownership, to
which the mayor and council are
pledged? Would It not be well for Mr.
Nash to give us a little more light on
this subject, so the people of Omaha
will understand why he withholds his
proposal?
Philadelphia is still wrestling with the
asphalt trust swindle, which Is de
nounced by the North American as "a
most disgraceful scheme of imposture
by which credulous investors have ever
been fleeced. A few hundred families
have lost the savings of a lifetime,
few hundred business men, have felt
the pinch of decreasing resources and
a new stain now mars the once bright
shield of Philadelphia's honor. The
blotch of asphalt is there as repulsive as
it is indelible."
Omaha jobbers and manufacturers
have within the past few years ex
tended their trade territory on both
sides of the Missouri river and periodic
trade excursions have done much to
ward making Omaha a distributing cen
ter. The next trade excursion into cen
tral and western Iowa cannot fall to
prove mutually beneficial to the mer
chants along the lines of the principal
arteries of commerce and the Jobbers
and manufacturers of Nebraska's me
tropolis. The traffic managers of the Texas
railroads have asked the Texas State
Railroad commission to issue un ordor
prohibiting the railroad companies from
granting return passes for livo stock
shippers. This is whipping the devil
around the stump. The truffle maDiigers
could have Just as easily brought alwut
the same result by getting some
friendly "Injun" on the bench to Issue
an Injunction to restrain them from Is
suing passes.
Commissioner Ilarte wants three bust
ness men "plugged to slzo" to invest!
gate the plumbing Job at the wunty
hospital. Would not threo expert Jour
neymen plumbers be more competent
than three men who could not distin
guish between a straight Job and a
crooked one, and would any business
man not a practical plumber be compe
tent to figure out how many days' work
are represented In the Job?
If the crooked plumbing Job In the
county hospital was the only crooked
thing traceable to the court house, the
taxpayers of Pouglua county might be
willing to close their eyes and stuff cot
ton in their ears. Hut there are a good
many worse things than the padded
plumbing bill.
Nebraska populists declared In their
state convention their adherence to the
Omaha platform and esiieclully for gov
eminent ownership of railroads and all
public utilities, as well as the Initiative
and referendum. Where does
Judge
Sullivan stand on these Issues?
Too Mark of a Oood Thlasr.
Detroit Free Press.
Sir Thomas Upton's attack of acute In
digestion may have been brought on by the
groat quantity of taffy lie has been com
pelled to swallow since he came to the
United States.
Skat lag on Thin Ire.
Brooklyn Eagle.
They say that a marquis with a million
dollars a year la coming over here to ast.
If he does not act better than the dead
broke noblemen who have preceded him
he will need It all before he goes home.
polls Poster Scandal.
Chicago Chronicle.
In the Todd business as In the cases of
Beavers et al the trouble has arisen from
the practice of regarding the Postofllce de
partment as a political asset Instead of a
government bureau to be administered In
a businesslike and economical fashion.
Scandals will not cease until this policy Is
changed.
Troubles of the Grand Tsrk,
New York Tribune.
There are this time no advantageous
political possibilities for any of the
European powers In the mess In which the
Grand Turk and most of his near neigh
bors are wallowing. There Is no winning
In the game for anybody, but the cer
tainty of loss all around, for no end of con
fusion and disorder, and so far no defined
limit to Its spread.
An Excellent Exchange.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Secretary Wilson wishes to see agri
culture taught In the common schools and
thinks that would be a good way to keep
the boys on the farm. If the secretary
wilt take a second think he may perceive
that It would be an excellent way to send
city boys out to take the place of the
boys who flee from the practical education
of the farm itself.
Tho Boys Ara Young- Yet.
Philadelphia Record.
Only 12,204,084 was paid by the pension
office during the last fiscal year to Spanish
war veterans. This Is the smallest amount
disbursed by the government on account of
pension claims growing out of any of the
wars of the country. The revolutionary
war cost the government J7,000.000 in pen
sions during the year referred to, and the
outlook Is bright for Spanish war veterans.
By the year 200S their widows and 'chil
dren's children may be drawing a billion
a year from a grateful and long-memorled
nation.
THE MAN BEHISD.
Let Him Stay There and Tip Tonr
Bearer to the Man Ahead.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The editor of the Manteno (111.) Inde
pendent Is tired of hearing of the man be
hind. And who can blame him? When
ever a phrase takes possession ot this coun
try It is certain to be used until It is frayed
out.
The man behind was all right for a time.
He served a good purpose. He pointed a
moral and adorned a tale. He inspired
youth with ambition .and sent blood cours
ing faHter through the veins ot age. But
he had his limitations and the editor of
the Manteno Independent voices a popular
protest when ho says:
"In every newspaper we pick up we're
sure to And a lot. of gush about the man
behind the counter and the man behind the
gun, the man be,hnd the buzz saw and the
mart" behind the son, the man behind the
times and the man behind his rents, the
man behind the plowshare and the man be
hind the fence, the man behind the bars.
the man behind the kodak and the man be
hind the cars, the man behind his whiskers
and the man behind his fists, and every
thing behind has entered on the lists."
It was only to be expected that, in the
mad desire of the emotional press to can
onize the man behind, another man, and
one no less deserving of occasional recog
nition, should be shamefully neglected.
As the editor of the Manteno Independent
truthfully remarks:
"They skipped another fellow of whom
nothing has been said, the fellow who was
even or a little way ahead, who always pays
for what he gets, whose bills are always
signed, he's a blamed sight more Important
than the man who Is behind. All we editors
and merchants and the whole commercial
clan are Indebted for existence to the hon
est fellow man. He keeps us all In busi
ness, and his town Is never dead, and so
we take our hats oft to the man who la
ahead."
Of course, a happy medium between these
two extremes is to be found In the man
who la trying to catch up; or In the man
who, though once behind. Is now forging to
the front by doing his level best to meet
his Installments. Yet this does not affect
the general proposition as set forth by our
esteemed contemporary.
THE PRESIDENT ON IRRIGATION.
Keen Interest In the Welfare of the
Whole Conntry.
Kansas City Star.
In his letter y the Irrigation congress.
now in session at Ogden, Utah, President
Roosevelt has again revealed his great In
terest In and familiarity with the general
characteristics and needs of the west. In
his administrative policies he has given
every consistent encouragement to the
irrigation movement and has done all he
could to conserve the forests of ths west
and north as essential to the needful water
supply of the country. He favored the
Irrigation law and It was In the Interest
of the work to be done under that law that
he addressed the Ogden congress.
Mr. Roosevelt Is well aware that In such
great undertakings as the reclamation Ot
the arid lands ot some thirteen states and
three territories, or rather such parts of
them as may be reclaimed at consistent
cost, there will be great disappointment.
He has foreseen that many projects for
which certain groups of men have worked.
and In the perfection ef which they have
hoped to enlist federal aid, will not bs
deemed feasible by the expert engineers
engaged by the government to make the
surveys. He realizes also that there will
be a good deal of discouragement because
of the slowness of the work actually under
taken. His letter Is a strong presentation
of the enormous scheme the necessity for
careful and accurate preparation, for un
questioned stability and for ample service.
He has dwelt especially on the permanent
character of the developments to h made
and hss sdir.onlshed patience and co
operation on the part of those who are
most Interested personally In the gigantic
scheme. Incidentally, he has taken the
opportunity to urge the most careful con-
scrvatlon of the forests, wlthont which
permanent Irrigation on an elaborate scale
would be Impossible.
In this communication, as in many other
addresses made by the president, he has
shown the keenest interest in the welfare
of the whole country and the particular
Interests of cerUln sections. Few presl
dents have kept such close watch on the
details of public movement. Only a man
of exceptional capacity could accomplish
what the president has accomplished In ths
matter of acquiring personal information
relating to the v.it aud varied oarras of
his administration.
MAKING OF MARKET TOWS".
Mr. Itlrkaey'a Deliverance on the
t nil ft of the West.
Minneapolis Journal.
When Mr. A. B. Sttcknoy, president of
the Chicago Great Western railroad, makes
an address It Is a good rule to near or rea
It. Ills address at Omaha last Saturday
night, on the occasion of the celebration of
the entrance of his railway Into Omaha,
was no exception. After a philosophical
discussion of the relations ot the country
to the market village and of both to the
market town, and some Interesting renmrks
on the agricultural and population possi
bilities of Nebraska. Mr. Stlckney took up
a subject that Is of the greatest Interest to
the people of the entire west and especially
to those living In the great market towns,
such as Minneapolis and St. Paul. In brief.
he held that Instead of being at the end
of a period of prosperity the west Is Just
entering upon a stretch of good times. His
argument was that every period of active
Immigration In this country has been fol
lowed by prosperous years.
"Because history repeatcs Itself," he said,
"I feel that It is not venturing upon the
realms of prophecy to say that resulting
from the enormous Immigration of the last
four years the market towns of the west
have already entered upon an era of In
creasing trade and collateral development.
which will Increase year by year, and
which will equal and probably exceed the
increase from 1883 to 1890, and that there Is
not 'the slightest cause for alarm on ao-
count of the present panic In Wall street."
Mr. Stlckney went back as far as 1838 to
show that every period of Industrial depres
sion in this country has been followed by
a great migration, which In turn was fol
lowed by a great expansion of business.
The last hard times began In 1893 and ended
In 1898, which was the year In which the
present migration of homeseekers began.
The last great movement before the pres
ent one began In 1878 and lasted until after
1883. The next year there was a stock
market panic comparable to the present
one and general business was affected by
it in 1884; and so, Mr. Stlckney thinks, the
general business of the country will witness
some reaction in 1904, but the market towns
of the west will be more prosperous than
ever because their tributary population will
have been so greatly Increased by Immigra
tion. It Is notable that the migration of
the present year Is the greatest since the
present moving tendency set In.
It will be hard to dispute Mr. Stlckney's
reasoning. There are hundreds of thou
sands of new people In the west and their
wants must be met, whether school keeps
In Wall street or not. It will take some
years to catch up with the increased trade.
As for the country at large Mr. Stlck
ney holds that tho stock depression will
have the same effect that It had in 1K84.
Men of brains and energy, disgusted with
watching tho ticker, will take the rem
nants of their fortune out of speculation
and put them, together with their energy
and ability. Into productive enterprises,
thus increasing the real wealth -f the
country. At the same time the collapse
of the speculative bubble will put prices
back to a reasonable basis and thus stim
ulate business which has been In some
degree repressed by excessively high
prices. So, comparing ourselves with
ourselves In tho past, 1904 In this cycle
oi iraae represents 1884 In the last rvri
hence instead of being at the end of good
times we are only a little beyond their
beginning,' and even if the length of the
cycie is not to be changed, we need not
expect really bad times before 1910 at the
earnest.
certainly, this Is a comfortable view of
in ouuooit. But let hlra who opposes It
look to his argument!
THE ALASKA CASES REVERSED.
Canada's HI Blaff and What It
Amonnts To.
New Tork Tribune,
It would probably be best, as wo hava at.
ready suggested, now that It Is before the
International commission, to regard the
Alaska boundary dispute aa In a manner
bud juoice, and therefore refrain from gen
era! discussion of It. But If one side nor
slsts In continuing the town meeting it.
bate, it Is at least permissible for the other
lo mase reply.
Thus we notice that a near relative of
one of the British (Canadian) commissioners
Is publicly urging those commissioners to
"resist the American demand" and not to
"give away Canada's right." That Is a
characteristically Canadian version of the
case, diametrically opposed to the well
Known racts.
There ara In the case no "American de
manas, and there are no "Canadian
rignts. America is making no demands.
8he is content with her rights as she at
present possesses them, and as she has
possessed them ever since she received
them from Russia, who possessed them be
fore her. It is Canada that la dolna all
me aemancung.
Nearly eighty years ago Count Nessel
rode said, "The British wish to obtain, w
wish to retain." That was an exactly ac
curate description of the controversy at
tnai time, with "we" meaning America
instead of Russia, It Is equally accurate
now. We shall expect the outcome ai
10 do me same as in I8j.
PERSONAL NOTES.
It Is significant that the Connecticut man
ufacturer who Is bringing the labor union
leaders to court Is a hatter of Denbury.
mere is no doubt about his being mad.
Michael Cronln, the Adirondack guide who
drove Prealdent Roosevelt from the heart
of the mountains when President McKinley
lay aying. is lying dangerously 111 in tho
Albany City hospital.
Patrick Pol an, the reputed originator of
the quick lunch, is dead In New York, but
It Is to be hoped that he will not have to
answer for all the untimely deaths that
may be traceable to the quick lunch.
A statue of Colonel Joslas R. King of St
Paul, said to be the first to volunteer for
service In the civil war, will surmount tha
monument to the soldiers and volunteers of
Minnesota which will be erected in Summit
park, St. Paul.
John Crump, a mulatto and reputed son
of a prominent southerner, has been obliged
to seek a home In the Denver poor house at
the age of 102 years. He served under Fsr-
ragut and was severely wounded during the
battle In Mobile bay.
General Andre, the French minister ot
war, has decided to take steps to secure the
registration of automobiles owned by all
Frenchmen liable to army service, so thst
the military authorities could Immediately
requisition them in time of war.
When Senator Albert J. Beverldge of Ind!
ana addressed the bankers' convention at
Indianapolis the other day he had not
penny In his pockets, his wallet, containing
all his money, having been appropriated on
a train by a dexterous pickpocket.
Five widows and daughters of soldiers
who served In the revolutionary war are
now drawing pensions from the United
States government. Their names and ages
are: Hannah Newell Barrett, 103; Kst her 8.
Dsraon. 89; Sarah C. Hurlbutt, 86; Rebecca
Mayo, 90, and Rhoda Augusta Thompson, 83.
B. Anundsen of Decora h, la., who has just
been selected as president of the National
Norwegian Societies of the United States at
a recent Minneapolis convention, is one of
the brightest men of Iowa. He is a news
paper man, being the editor of the Decorah
P oaten, a semi-weekly newspaper magazine
published la the Is'waeglaa laoguags.
not SD ABOIT NEW TORK.
nipples on the Cnrrcnt of Mf I"
the Metropolis.
A somewhat frlfky sailor Isd hove Into
port recently nnd cast anchor In Madison
Square. Tho band wss rlaylng and a crowd
of women nnd children were listening to the
music. Fortiinltii Lorlto. a pretty girl of 14,
nnd her two sisters were among the num
ber. "I'm going to kiss you." ssld the salt
water pllgTlm to Portunlto, ss he grasped
her in his arms. The girl screamed for
help. Instantly hundreds of women rushed
to the scene. The rained blows on the
sailor, and finally felled him. lie was
kicked on all sides nnd his fare was torn by
sharp Anger nails and hsndfuls of hslr was
torn from his head.
The sailor cried for mercy, but the women
gave none. Men tried to get him, but the
womert waved them back.
"We'll attend to him." they said.
"Lynch the cur!" shouted the men.
The cries of the sailor for aid had sunk to
low moans when two officers arrived. After
forcing their way through the crowd of
struggling women the police found that he
had fainted. He was carried to the station
and locked up.
In the New Tork aquarium a day's food
for the fish, besides quantities of live
shrimp, minnows and a small amount of
steak and liver. Includes twenty pounds of
herring, thirty pounds of cod and 250 clams.
The feeding of the flBh calls for grest at
tention. Some of them are predatory and
must have live food. Small fishes, minnows
and the like ara kept In tanks for the pur
pose, and tons of them are consumed. Other
fish, again, are vegetarian and still others
sre omnivorous. The food must be fresh.
has to be prepared and must be given at the
right periods. Some fish have to be fed
every day, others at Intervals of three or
four days or a week. Every day the smaller
ones get their meal of finely chopped clams.
The larger fish eat a variety of things, such
as quahaugs, live shrimps, salt-water min
nows, beefs liver, worms, fresh dead fish
and boneless snlt codfish. The last named
appears to be relished by them all, and It
Is given as a tempting bite to fish that are
moping and oft their appetite. Most fish
like raw beef chopped fine. Brook trout and
pond fishes will eat only animal food, and
such fish as the stickleback and sunflsh re
quire live animal food.
The huge Anson la apartment hotel on
tho Broadway block that runs from S.?v-enty-thlrd
to Seventy-fourth street has
become one of the show places of New
Tork. Visitors go there dally to look at
It from outside and Inside. It takes some
time to take It In, as it is seventeen
stories above the ground and two below,
and covera a large portion of a city block.
It contains 340 suites for family use, be
sides those many publlo rooms for the
general use of a great hotel.
Tho first floor has a bank, a flower store)
and a drug store, a grill room and a res
taurant, the office, a ball room, a public
reception room, etc. The floors from the
second to the fifteenth are for family oc
cupancy; the main dining room is on the
sixteenth floor, and quarters for the Ser
vants are on the seventeenth.
The kitchen, laundty, cold storage
rooms, barber shop and the like are in the
first basement.
The building la to a great extent run
on Its own resources that is, all tho
things that would be needed In a village of
3,000 people have to be provided for the
3,000 that this structure is expected to
house.
The managenment Is compelled, there
fore, to do things by the wholesale. There
are 363 telephones In the building, con
nected with Its own central station. There
are 18,000 electric burners to be provided
with lights. Thero are ' 2,600 steam ra
diators to be kept supplied with heat iu
the cold season. There are 400' refrigera
tors, not to be filled with ice, but to be
kept cool- by cold air from a central plant
in the building. There are 1,000 faucets
connected with 100,785 feet of iron piping,
for both cold and warm water.
There are in the building six main pas
senger elevators, two waiters' elevators,
and two freight elevators. There are also
private lifts that connect with the larger
apartments.
New York of right may claim to be the
greatest holiday city on the American
continent. In "Little Italy" they celebrate
110 feast days; the Ghetto has about fifty
special holidays, and there Is hardly a day
passing without Its extra legal holiday of
some sort,. On August 1 the boys who live
along the harbor have what they call
"launching day." They celebrate this by
pitching each other, clothes and all, into
the water. Monday there was another
festal occasion known as "chowder day."
This was a politicians' holiday. "Big Tim"
Sullivan and other leaser leaders treated
their myrmidons to a grand blowout on the
shore, and chowder was the piece de
resistance. On the great eastslde this Is
recognized as "Mulligan day" and "Sullivan
day." About 8,000 sovereign citizens
participated In the big feast at College
Point. The Mulligans are the Bulllvans
on Mrs. Sullivan's Bide, and that clan has
Increased to remarkable proportions In the
past few years. In fact, when the proces
sion started from "Big Tim's" headquarters
on the Bowery on Its way to College Point
the Mulligans outnumbered the Bulllvans
one and a half to one.
Expert accountants employed by the city
have msde the discovery that there Is a
small matter of 319,000,000 due the city from
street rullwsys for unpaid tuxes. The
result of their examinations shows that
various corporations owe nearly $10,000,000
on franchise taxes alone. For the tax on
tracks under the special franchise law the
companies owe nearly $1,000,000, aud for
car licenses there Is still unpaid nearly
$100,000. Of the grand totsl of $19,000,000
arrears $12,000,000 Is established as the
amount due on the lines and the balance
represents the experts' estimate to Indicate
a total of at least $7,000,000 due on real
estate and personalty. This Is the first
elimination ever undertaken to establish
definitely the amount due from these
corporations to the city for unpaid taxes
from all sources.
With the New York habit of dining out
lias come a variety of restaurants un
equaled In any city In the world. The New
Yorker can dine modestly for 33 cents. He
can dine sumptuously for $30. He can eat
Chinese chop-suey In twenty parts of the
city. There are more French and Italian
table d'hote establishments than there are
restaurants in Philadelphia. He can find
German places without number. Hungarian
specialities. Syrian cookery. Japanese
delicacies. Ho can dine In places or In
parks. The variety pleases lilm. The
amount of money spent by the New Torker
In restaurants is almost incredible. A
young Irlhhman who started an eating
house In the rear of his saloon less than a
dozen years ago now has a large and
fashionable restaurant on the upper West
side. He Is planning to build a sixteen
story apartment house with his last year's
profits. Men who only a few years ago
were waiters are now millionaire res
taurant owners.
Perils of Mission W ork.
. Washington Star.
The members of the Salvation Army who
Intend to carry their good work Into the
mountains of Kentucky should take pre
cautions to prevent their uniforms from
causing them to I mistaken for revenue
officers.
I
A SiTIRE ON AMERICA.
Speaking of the Anthracite Monopoly
In Connection with the I.nw.
Indianapolis News.
The commercial showing of the tithmrlt
i
Industry does not mak rh'aFnnt reading fo
the general public. Recently prices were sd
vanred 10 cents a ton. At the sum tlm
dlMiatrhes wrra telling of the shutting down
of collieries beesuse the demand for conl
did not keen pacn with the supply. Mani
festly, then, tho Industry had recovered
from tho depression wrought by the great
strike. During thnt process high price
were expected, hut with a cessation of sup
ply because of overproduction prices gi
Ices gi
st gov -I
5t work)
of thtf
higher still' Evidently the rule tha
erns the anthracite monopoly dors not
both ways. Meanwhile the reports
companies engaged In mining and trans
porting anthracite show enormous earnings
during the last eight months. They have
not only recovered from the losses of the
strike, but have ono and all made great
gains In their fiscal year. The Erie rond,
which led them all, reported n few days
ago, showing an Increase In net earnings of
nearly $3,000,000 over the year before, whlla
the Reading showed a surplus of nearly
$1,000,0110 for last July, whereas In July of
the previous year It had but $o0n,ni0. Tli
net result seoms to be thnt tho strike af
forded the cool monopoly an opportunity to
work off Its surplus and Its subsequent pro
duction at unusually high prices, rounding
up with a repetition of Its old tactics, and
now with a refusal to make a showing of
Its business according to law. Put to spesk
of the anthracite monopoly end law In the
same connection Is a satire on America.
RECOtJNITION OF "CHESTY."
An Illustration of the Fart the People
Make the Word.
New York World.
Here Is "chesty." slang word, word of
the streets, expressive and useful, given a
place In the newest dictionary.' So the dic
tionary press agent informs us, pointing
with pride to Its presence thero as evidence
of modern methods Iu lexicography.
In Dr. Johnson's day the province ot a
dictionary maker was to keep out as many
words ns possible. Barlow called "clever"
a "vulgar word" and advised his readers
that It should "never make Its way Into
books." Johnson called "fun" a "low"
word. Quantity, not quality, is now the
Idea with the dictionary editor, and It Is tha
right Idea. It Is the people who make the
words, not the dictionaries.
In all nations there has existed side by
I1HB OAIRIRU BIUB ity
language a spoken r
by the literary, but I
ivord Invention. Mux
one "library" word V
side with the written language a spoken
one not countenanced
far more fruitful In word
Muller said that for one "library
popular speech could provide a dozen of
similar meaning. The "vulgar" words are
Just as likely to live as the blue-blooded.
In Rome In Cicero's day the noblos called a
horse equus, from which we derive equine.
The common people called it caballus, from
which comes cavalier. There Is a democ
racy to languago which makes light ot the
rules of speech laid down by purists.
"Chesty Is popularly regarded as
garded as n.
erely "appro- I
vlng been In
Devery invention. It was merel
prlated" by the ex-boss, havi
general use years before his time. Words
that seem to be new-born Into publl-lty.
like "chesty," have had a slow maturing
process. The poet Dryden was credited with
originating half a hundred words; Trench
found most of them In. old English writers,
many In Chaucer.
Is not our so-called Americanism "I
guess" also In Chaucer?
As a matter of fact, it Is as difficult for
sn Individual to make a word as to kill
one, excepting always the men of science,
who apply new words to new Inventions.
Thus Von Helmont, who invented gas, gave
It Its name. Another word of his Invention,
bias, died untimely. Similarly it Is Impos
sible to kill a word that the publlo likes.
Johnson and the other lexicographers of hts
time could not do It. Swift could not do ic
In the case of "bus" for "omnibus.' Rich
ard Grant White could not do It with
"telegrapher."
If the public wants the word It keeps It;
If not It rejects It. Its verdict Is final in
language aa In all other matters.
LAVGHING OAS.
"Would you marry a title?"
"Oh. I don't know. The papers are roast
ing the 'barons' a good deal Just now, but I
wouldn't mind winning a magnate," Chi
cago Post.
The Instructor was trying to teach the
class the lesson that brain work Is no leva
Important than the work of one's hands.
"Now," he said, "to recapitulate, how
many kinds of labor are there?"
"Two," replied the ,solemn faced youjiff
man; "organized and agonized." Chicago
Tribune.
"Who are those two shabby looking fel-
lows9"
"They were one the leading vaudeville
comedy team of the country."
"And what wrecked them?"
"They dared to spring a new joke on the
public' Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Whv should I give this man a position?'
said tlie sultan of Turkey.
'Because he may l veSy' useful In an
emergency," answered tho grand vizier.
"He know how to say 'we apologize' In,
every modern language." Washington Star.
"Well, John." snld the eminent personage,
who was now an Invalid, "who Is It wishes
to see me now? My biographer?"
"No, your excellency, replied the butler,,
"your physician." ,
"Ah! almost the same thing. He's at work
upon my life, too." Philadelphia Press. S1
She I rather Ilk that new restaurant.
The uniforms the waitresses wear sre so
pretty.
Ho Neat, are they?
She h: positively fetching.
He Well, a fetching uniform does seem
appropriate for a waitress, sure enough.
Philadelphia Tress.
"Did she succeed as iv cook?"
"Oh. dear, no; hIih couldn't cook at all.
"But she. seems to be prosperous."
"Of course. Yon see, after xhe failed a
a practical cook he got up a cookbook and
it has hud a big sale."-Chi' ngo Posl.
"There's one thing that I do admire about
our bas ball club." tiuld young Mrs. Tor
kins, cheerily. ,
What's that?" asked her husband.
"You know exactly what It is Kolng to
do. There Isn't any dmmcr of your losing
money betting on It." Washington Star.
BROWN ELL HALL,
OMAHA.
A Hoarding nnd Day P( hool for young
women and girls. Rpeelal course requir
ing two years for I ixh school graduates,
also prepares for any college open
to women. Vasssr. Welleairy, Mi,
liolvoke. Western Koeervo I nm-rslty, the
rnlverslty of NeurnHk sod the I'nlverslty
of Chicago admit, pupils vllliout Humilia
tion on the rertlncatt-H of til principal und
faculty. Kxcrptloual mlva mages In Music.
Art and Kloeutlon. Will equipped gym
nailum 6T, feet by 10 feet. Ample provision
for outdoor sports. Including private skat
ing grounds. Reopens rletembr 14. Send
for Illustrated ramlogue. Address the
Principal, omahu, Nel.
Don't Risk Your Eyes
Never select glasses for yourself. It's a
thousand to one thut you'll select the
wrong alas: Anyhow, such spectacles
always Have poor lent?, and wearing tlimnv
will Inevitably work Injury to you. Cull
and m-a us about your eyes. 4
KUTESON OPTICAL CO.,
20J Seals lata Street, - Putoi Black
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