THE OMATIA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY. RErTEMRER 25. 1903.
Tim Omaha Daily Bee.
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plot copies of The Pally Morning. Evening
and Sunday Pea printed during the month
of Auaust. ISO, waa aa follow:
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PARTIES LEAVING THE CITY.
Parties tearing the city at
ay time) may bare; The Dee
sent to them regularly by
natlfplaar The Bee Boslnes
office, tm peraon or by mall.
The adJreaa will be changed
aa often aa desired.
Railroad Pipnnaion in tho order of tlio
flay In these ports,.
While grain market" require elevators,
grain elevators alone do not make praln
marketa.
President Rooaevelt propones to In
vade the enemy's eountry south of
Maaon and Dixon's line next winter.
There Is harmony in the Omaha musi
cal union now that the-National Federa
tion of Labor has gone the sympathetic.
It is all symphony.
.Nonresidents who want to "educate
their children In the public schools of
Omaha should be compelled to pay a
reasonable tuition for the privilege.
The attitude of the Russian bear to
ward Turkey is unchanged, and the atti
tude of Johnny Bull reminds one of the
enraged bully who rolled hU tlst in his
pocket.
, President Stlckney's estimate of the
value of the Union Pacific terminals at
Omaha might prove of some value for
Tax Commissioner t lenung ana the new
county assessor.
Plans and specifications for the live
lock men's campaign against the Beef
trust will be opened In Denver next
Thursday. Whether the campaign will
get beyond the opening of the plans and
specifications Is not yet divulged.
Before Omaha becomes a great grain
market It must enlarge and multiply Its
flouring mills, breweries and distilleries
aud establish glucose factories and
cereal mills to consume tho grain raised
by Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota
farmers.
The failure of the Panama canal
treaty will enable Senator Morgan of
Alabama to tako his revised edition of
canal speeches out of cold storage aud
erve It between executive sessions until
the adjournment of congress In the mid
die of next summer.
Heaven helps those who help them
selves. If Omaha business men are In
dead earnest about matching Kansas
t'lty as a graiu market they must put
their nboulder to the wheel and not de
peud on President Stickney and bis
Great Western road to do till the pro
nioting.
A candidate for a rural lHistofflee In
Alabama has made a direct offer of $.
to Postmaster General Payne as a Ituuug
for his appointment and the unsophisti
cated Alabaman was forthwith re
quested to put up a bond for his appear
ance at the next term of the federal
court or go to Jail.
Thot Fremont power canal man had
Lis wires crossed when he announced
that "the president of the Omaha elec
tric lighting company Is iu New York"
trying to vitalize the power canal into
action. Mr. Nash la in Omaha breaking
the seal of hl profound secret prize
package to the city council.
Down in Kansas City the machine
doe some pushing ls-hliul the car of
progrcb.' At last Tuesday's public Im
provement bond election there was a
city employe in charge of each precinct
of each voting district aud city employes
were on hand checking off the voters
at the poll to make sure that tho citl
tena favorable to the bond Untie would
t brought out. ' -
Ig MKAXS TO UK KI.XO.
King Kdward ninnlfoatly Intends to he
more than h mere fljrurehead and to
have something to say In rejrnrd not only
to tlio WBy In which liuix-rlal affairs
fliall he iiiiiiiaK'l. bnt alao as to the men
who shnll conduct tliein. There has
hoen a notable development In the char
acter of the ruler of IJreat Britain sinc
his accession to the throne. Hcfore then
he waa universally regarded as a. man
of very ordinary capacity, a genlHl gen
tleman and general good fellow, with i
foiidiM'ss for ileaure and especially for
the KiM-iety of women, hut without any
capability for the affairs of Btate. He
hud never exhibited any interest In poll
tics and it was commonly supposed had
only the most superficial knowledge with
International matters.
He has shown that he was very much
misunderstood and underrated. Almost;
from the day of his accession King Ed
ward has manifested the liveliest Inter
est in the political affairs of tjie great
empire over which he rules and exhib
ited a knowledge of its international re
lations (julte equal to that of any British
statesman. Moreover, he has shewn not
only a keen conception of British obli
gations, but also a flno Judgment of
policy and expediency In dealing with
other nations. He understood that the
true course of Great Britain was to cul
tivate friendly relations with all the
powers and to promote In every practi
cable way the perpetuation of Interna
tional peace. How well he has worked
In this direction Is a matter of common
knowledge, earning for himself already
the title of "the pacificator." He brought
Germany Into closer friendship with
England and followed this by creating
better relations between his country and
France. In both cases King Edward
overcame, through his personal Influ
ence and remarkable tact, long-standing
ill-feeling, so that today these nations
are on belter terms than for many years.
In regard to the United States King
Edward has always shown the most
friendly disposition.
In these respects he has shown that
he meant to be king, and the results
have been In the highest respect benefi
cial to his country. He 1s now manifest
ing In n still more decisive way his sov
ereign will and authority. He is assert
ing himself In regard to the domestic aT
fairs of the empire and especially In the
very important matter of the appoint
ment, of cabinet ministers. While this
is n prerogative of the king, it is noted
that 11 has not lxeu exercised for many
years Indeed, never during the long
reign of Victoria so that It is a depar
ture of more than ordinary interest.
King Edward has already demon
strated that he Is by no means an ordl
nary man, as he was generally thought
to be when he ascended the throne.
There Is reason to- think that he may
yet do great things for the vast empire
of which he Is the sovereign.
VAHE FUR, CIVIL SKRVICK LAW.
There are allegations from time to
time that th civil service law Is not be
ing duly respected and carried out by
public oltlclals. The charge is one that
should command aerlous attention, lo
cause If there is any substantial foun
dation for it the danger to thot policy
should challenge the earnest attention of
Its friends and supporters, and none
more so than the authorities at Wash
ington, who" are looked to as tho most
careful and consistent of the conserva
tors of the civil service reform policy.
No man has been more "araest and per
sistent in his devotion aud advocacy of
the reform than President Roosevelt,
and it is not to be doubted that he is
still sincere in his belief In the elllcacy
of the merit system.
There have recently been some Inti
mations of laxity on the part of the ad
ministration lu enforcing the civil serv
ice rules. It has been alleged that lu
certain quarters tho merit system has
been ignored and persons have been ap
IMiinted to the public service without re
gurd to thje law. There Is no positive
proof adduced that such Is the fact, but
the mere statement Is sufficient to chal
lenge public attention and to invite in
some quarters criticism of the adminis
tration as not being faithful to its prom
ises and to the record of the president In
regard to the principle of civil service
reform.
The disclosures in the postal Inves
tigations have admittedly shown a
laxity for which It Is Impossible to find
any satisfactory excuse or Justification.
They have been, according to all present
showings, of tho roost culpable nature.
Men charged with important duties
have betrayed their trusts and violated
sacred obligations." It is a deplorable
fact, which every good citizen must
deeply regret. But it should not be per
mitted to militate against the principle
of civil- service reform, for It has not
been shown that to any Important extent
tliut principle Is involved In what has
taken place. It is perhaps true, as al
leged, that there have been some viola
lions of the civil service act, but these
have U'en on the whole so Insignificant
nit not to have any great importance In
their bearing upon the reform in gen
oral.
What seems to le a safe conclusion is
that these disclosures will have the ef
fect of not only establishing a stricter
method in regard to the business of the
Post office department, but also of a
more thorough olmervanee of the civil
service reform principle, and its possible
value In these respects cannot easily be
overestimated. It Is not to be doubted
that President Roosevelt is as earnestly
devoted to the principle of civil service
reform as he has ever been and that he
will be no less careful in the future than
lu the past iu enforcing it.
Not very many years ago the late
U lilted States Circuit Judge McCreary
was Induced to rexlgu 1:1s life posltlou
on the federal bench to accept the iosl
lion of chief counselor of the Santa Fe
railroad at a salary of '25,tiu a year.
Following this example the Northern
StrcurlUes toniauy has made a tempt
Ing offer to Judge I'etet S. Grosaenp.
who now occupies the position of United
States circuit Judge, to act ns counsel
for the Northern Securities company In
Its celebrated contest with the govern
ment, which is to be decided by the
United Stales supreme court, this fall.
How much the Hill-Morgan syndicate
has offered to Judge Grosscup ns an In
ducement to resign his life position on
the "circuit lencb has not yet been dis
closed, but we venture to express the
opinion that the sum will exceed a good
many times ,2.",k a).
RtOROAKlXK THE CUMMKRl IAL I LIB.
The Omaha Commercial club has done
much since its organization to promote
the commercial and industrial Interests
of this city and state. For all the
meritorious work It has performed the
community has given It unstinted praise
and grateful ret-ognltlonl It will be
admitted, however, by all unprejudiced
business men that the Commercial
club could have done much more for
Omaha in the past hud it not been ham
pered and handicapped in the 'unre
strained exercise of its proper functions,
so as to "be able to grapple as a
unit with all the power at Its com
mand 'with every obstacle In the way
of Omaha's commercial advancement.
It Is an open secret also thut the effi
ciency of the club has been minimized
by chronic defects In Its iuternal or
gnn'sm and makeup. The ' problems
with which Greater Omaha is con
fronted demand, In our judgment, a
broadening out. of the club on metropol
itan lines. This can . be accomplished
only by, reorganization planned to meet
the needs of tho present and future.
Commercial bodies, like bodies politic,
need frequent regeneration to stimulate
their vitality. The Omaha Commer
cial club In this reppect Is no exception.
It has much to learn from the commer
cial clubs of rival cities" that have suc
ceeded in securing concessions and Im
proved facilities from railroad corpora
tions and checked impositions and dam
aging discriminations against Jobbers,
producers and consumers.
The keynote of reorganisation for the
Omahu Commercial club was sounded
by the Real Estate exchange. While
we do not believe that the1 club member
ship could be xtended to r,non. It. doubt
less can be Increased by many hundreds
of wide-awake active men concerned In
Omaha's progress.
The future usefulness of the Commer
cial club can be promoted as a potential
factor in extending Omnha's trade and
enlarging Omaha's Industrial sphere,
but Its power for good must depend
much more on the character and caliber
of Its executive committee and the ca
pacity and nbsolute loyalty of the man
entrusted with the active propaganda
by which the club expects to enlarge
the radius of its. activities and fight
the battles of Omaha against commer
cial rivals and enforce fair treatment
from milway traffic managers. Such a
reorganization involves radical changes
and the courage to make them. Unless
the business meu of Omaha have the
nerve and the public spirit to undertake
this task the Commercial club might as
well Ite disbanded.
Church members , of Springfield, 111.,
are worked up over the announcement
by the State Board of Agriculture that
the Illinois State fair will be kept open
next Sunday. Inasmuch as many of the
local churches conduct dining balls and
restaurants on the grounds those In
charge of these refreshment concessions
have asked their pastors what to do in
the 'matter of keeping the places open on
Sunday. Why church people engaged in
exposition concession ventures should
ask questions that would put the minis
ters In n disagreeable dilemma Is past
comprehension. .
The South Side Improvement club has
adopted resolutions urging the mayor
and council to submit a proposition for
bonds for a municipal lightiug plant.
Inasmuch as the mayor and council are
pledged to municipal ownership of pub
lic utilities, any further delay in the
introduction and passage of the ordi
nance will Justify popular inquiry as to
whether there Is any impediment In the
way.
The Willow Springs, distillery has
doubled its (opacity this summer and
Is now in condition to digest 4,(KH)
bushels of grain a day, or 1 ,250,000
bushels in the .112 working days of the
year. Now, If the Whisky trust would
plant half a dozen more distilleries in
Omaha this city would get n fair start
for a geuulno grain market.
For tlie steenth time we are con
fidentially assured by grapevine dis
patches from New York, by way of
Omaha and Fremont, that the only
thing in the way of the Immediate con
struction of the Fremont iowor canal Is
the straitened condition of the money
uiarket aud several other things not yet
divulged.
Hooting- at Genlns.
Saturday Evening Post.
The ridicule the airship man meets Is the
same kind of ridicule that hooted at Ful
ton, Stephenson,. Mursc, Hell and Marconi.
I sefulnrsa ( the Injnurtlon.
Chicago Itecord-llerald.
An injunction restraining a Chicago firm
from paying debts is the latest thing in the
Injunction line. Get your application for an
injunction In arly und avoid the ruth.
Warning; to Combines.
Chicago News.
This announcement that President Roose.
velt Is much concerned because he weighs
220 pounds and Is still gaining weight should
serve aa a warning to Illegal combines. If
the president feels thut he is In need of
exercise he knows where' be can begin.
The Trresurjr and the Banks.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Hankers are. of course, in business f ir the
profits, just as are gincers. clothiers and
other merchants, and will attempt to con
duct Vheir business to earn the greatest
amount of money with the least risk. Tlsey
are within their rights In attempting to sell
bonds at high prices, but hen the sale of
the bonds tende to reduce th volume of the
circulation at a time when the banks them
selves are clamoring for a greater volume
the secretary la entirely right In checking
them with the means he has at his rom-mirnl.
A C inch om Victory.
Washington Post.
We can imagine no program more likely
to give the republican party a sixth suc
cessive victory and the democratic party
Ha slrfth successive defeat than the plan
mnpped out by Benator Cnrmack a cam
paign for the repeal of the fifteenth amend
ment. Ieaperatlon of Uemorraey.
Kansas City Journal.
The report that the democratic managers
are skillfully working to Involve tho na
tional administration in embarrassing con
troversies with organised labor and with
the Grand Army of the Republic la entirely
plausible. Democratic managers are des
perate enough to resort to any kind of
trickery.
Oh for the Manila Way.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Franchises are let to the highest bidder
at Manila, with the reservation fnat com
petitors may have equut use at fair rates.
There are times when an ordinary Ameri
can may almost wish that he were in
capable of self-government If that Is the
only way to secure an administration that
looks out for the public Interests.
Siring l'p the Sardine Crop.
Philadelphia Record.
One of the vigilant American consuls In
France writes that owing to ft failure of
the sardine fisheries of the Mediterranean
there may be a market for the sardlnee of
Maine. But the Mulne herring, cured with
cottonseed oil and put up In neat French
boxes are anythlngbut sardines. Foreign
lovers of sardines are to be deceived neither
by the labels nor by the taste, of these
coarxo substitutes for the delicate fish of
the Mediterranean.
The (irlnil of Monopoly.
Springfield Republican.
The price of coal at tidewater la to go up
another notch in the first of next month,
and this In the fnce of a production so
large ns to bring about a glut In certain
sizes of anthracite and compel r restriction
of work. I'nder competition such a condi
tion would bring lower Instead of higher
prices. But monopoly prevails here, and
monopoly of a kind which does not hesitate
to mark up prices aa people become more
greatly In need of coal, and to keep them
up by any degree of reduction in produc
tion which may be necessary for that pur
pose. Carrie atlon In Mew note.
Chicago Tribune.
Carrie Nation has proved that she lj
honest and earnest, and although her
methods are none the less to be condemned,
she certainly is entitled to the credit of
sincerity In her mission, hopeless as it is.
Her transfer of her property In Kansas
City to that city as a home for women
and children who have been deserted by
drunken husbands and fathers property
which she says she acquired only by long
years of economy and hard work and the
careful manner in which she hna made the
transfer a"nd provided for the maintenance
of the home prove that this much maligned
woman has been thoroughly In earnest
though unfortunate In method. Her gift Is
a noble act of individual charity and many
an Inmate who will find refuge within Its
walls will have cause to remember Carrie
Nation with gratitude. There is something
of the pathetic In her own words: "I guess
the people will remember the home long
after they havel;"forgottert about Carrie
Nation, .that obstreperous old woman with
the ax." r ' "
NO ROOM FOR AKIMET.
Vseleas Appeals Co (he President for
Special Favors.
Chicago Tribune.
The' long letter of the Chicago Federation
of Labor to President Roosevelt needs no
lengthy comment. Its receipt will be ac
knowledged. It will be placed on the files
of the, executive office, and will slumber
there with many other silly communica
tions. There are men who would like to have
the government deny employment to non
unionists. There are others who would
like to have It do likewise aa regard
Roman Catholics. Thvre have been, and
perhaps still are, men who would "put
none but Americans on guard" who dis
like to see In the service of the government
citizens who were not born In the United
States. The Individuals who sought to pro
scribe American citizens because of their
birthplace or their religion appealed to the
people to sustain them, and they met with
defeat. It Is claimed now that Arner,can
citizens who do not see fit to join organiza
tions which are commendable when they
do not meddle with affairs which do not
concern them ought to be proscribed. If
the question Is taken before the people
they will dispose of It In short order. They
will tolerate no discrimination and no fa
vored classes.
It Is useless to go to the president in the
matter. The laws he has taken an oath to
execute are the laws enacted by congress
and not those framed by groups of private
citizens, whether known as labor unions or
by some other name. The unions go beyond
bounds when they attempt to legislate for
other than their own members.
ATI ATTACK O MOTHERS.
Views of an "Advanced" Woman
the Care of Children.
Philadelphia Press.
The mothers who toll, and there are few
who do not, are not the proper persons to
bring up their own children, according to
Charlotte Perkins Oilman, In Success for
September. She malntuins. In vigorous
language, that children cannot be, properly
reared by a mother who has to do house
work. She thinks that the baby would be
better If relieved of the Influence of a
mother who as "cook, laundresj, chamber
maid, seamstress and nurse represents
"the lowest kind of unskilled labor," and
has not time to care for the little ones.
The remedy, aa suggested, is to have
public nurseries which employ skilled
nurses to do the training. The writer
says:
"As It stands at present, the home Is, in
many respects, a most unsuitable place
for children, and the mother, In many ways.
Is an unsuitable person to have sole charge
of them. WhyT Because the home nine
homes out of ten Is a workshop, and the
mother nine mothers out of ten is a toll
ing house servant. The grade of labor
Is the same, hired or married."
That is where a grave mistake Is made.
The grade of labor may be the same, but
there Is something wanted besides labor in
rearing that young child. The mother's
love cannot be supplied by hired labor.
While she may not have such time to
devote to her children as would be best
for them, ahe can yet watch over them and
teach them much that no nurse would do.
There are exceptions. Children In some
cases would be better in an institution than
at home, but tho are exceptions. 1th
out a home anal home Influences a child
grows up feeling like a stranger In the
world.
Thousands of children are now In In
stitutions, but no more should be put there
than la necessary. Day nurseries are use
ful In muny rases, but there can be no
satisfactory subelltute for tbs mother in
eating for youi.g children.
ROISD ABOtT F,VV YORK.
Rlpplea an the Current ot Life In
he Metropolis.
Patrick Fold, editor of the Irish World,
received a letter a few days ago" from Dr.
Thomas Addis Emmet of New York City,
now In Dublin striving to discover tho re
mains of his grand uncle, Robert Emmet,
the Irish patriot and martyr. Dr. Emmet
went to Dublin last June and enlisted the
services of two eminent physicians and an
antiquarian for the purpose Cif examining
two bodies In two different cemeteries In
Dublin, which are claimed by various peo
ple to have been the burial place of the
patrlet. Toward the middle of last month
a grave In St.' Michael's cemetery. Dublin,
was opened and the skeleton of a man was
found at n depth of six feet.
Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet purposes to
have every doubt cleared away before ac
cepting or rejecting the skeleton, which is
being examined In- London by expert.
Should the examination not establish the
fact that the skeleton Is that of the patriot,
a grave In niusnevln cemetery will be
opened. Old Irish families maintain that
ho was buried in Glnsnevln, while some
legal authorities give St. Michael's as the
place.
There are many native New Yorkers who
seem to think that local engineering skill
is setting a new mark by moving the great
80-ton columns for the Cathedral of St.
John the Dtvino. As a matter of fact there,
Is a single monolith In Central park which
has been brought from Egypt that is not
only heavier but Is at least twenty feet
longer than any of the cathedral columns.
This is the obelisk in Central park. It
was quarried more than S.fioo years ago In
honor of Thothmes III. It Is slxty-nlnn
feet two Inches high, has a base seven feet
eight Inches square and weighs 23) tons.
It. Is a mystery to engineers of today how
the ancient Egyptians quarried, trans
ported and raised It.
Statistics of the Board of Health show
that Bulclde In New York is Increasing In
much greater proportion than the popula
tion. In 1902 there were 772 suicides. Of
this total 177 occurred In the boroughs of
Manhattan and the Bronx, whero ten years
ago, In 1892, the number was only 241. From
the figures collected by the department It
appears that the death rate from sulcidn
has Increased In Manhattan and the Bronx
from 14 per lOO.OOO inhabitants In 1S92 to 22
per lOO.nno in 1902. Of the 773 who took their
own lives in 1902, 196 were women. One of
the startling facts In this table Is that the
percentage of female suicides Is greatest
among native born women. One of the pop
ular beliefs which the statistics of the
Board of Health for 1902 destroy is the al
leged fondness of Italians for the knife. In
tho five years, from 1897 to 1902, only se-ven
Italians committed siilcldo .by tho knife,
while suicides of Germans by this means
numWed forty-one and of Americans fifty
four. Lillian Russell, who now appears on the
stage In man's clothes, practiced In male
attire at her summer home a nil thus tells
of her sensations: "Talk about the free
dom of men's clothes," she said scorn
fully. "Can't sit down comfortably or you'll
bag 'em at the knees. Better not sit down
at all bag all over. If you stand any way
excepting like a fool-waji-tailor's dummy
you spoil your creases. When you sit down
you hitch 'cm tip at the knees and show
your fancy hose. Of course not I am
dressed as a man. I found It a little diffi
cult to acquire the manly stride and itupid
way of standing. 1 feel as if I were pulled
by wires when I have to make those stiff,
awkward gestures that it seems are pe
culiar to mankind. ' '
"Take It all In all, I feel fn men's clothes
like a trussed bird. Comfort? Give me my
trailing skirts, corsets and all .the rest of
feminine fol-de-rols every time. However,
I suppose I'll get used to trousers and top
hats. At first I was painfully aware of my
extremities, and felt horribly aware of my
bending at the knees. A woman little real
izes the actual moral support of a trailing
gown until she Is shorn of flowing draperies
and Is thrust on the public attired In con
sequentialtrousers. I am glad I wear a
frock coat," murmured Miss Russell medi
tatively. It is only the most persistent gadder who
keeps pace with the novelty craze set by
Fifth avenue shopkeepers. In a window
near Thirty-second street there Is a cock
tall set with red cherries blown Into tho
pieces so as to give the effect of reality.
There hre pretty little creme de menthe
sets, with a small bottle and glasses In cut
glass, or with decorations In gold, which
go Into the library or den, or even the
drawing room, with the coffee after a small
dinner. Different kinds of glasses have
been growing recently, and champagne
glasses are fourteen and sixteen Inches tall,
the shallow, bowl-like cup on a quaintly
shaped stem. Other glasses which have ac
quired height are for cordials. These, which
are In Bohemian glues In red and gold or
green and gold, stand eight and ten Inches
on their slender stems.
In these progressive times, when from
twenty to thirty steamers leave the port
of New York day after day, it is Inter
esting to note the pleasure felt in tho
hurry, the bustle, the confusion of eich
sailing by thousands who neithr know nor
care for any individual on board. They
are there for the fun of the thing. The
departure of a. first-class steamer Is In
deed an event. The ship and Its equip
ment may have cost anywhere from 11.000,
000 to tt.OOO.ono. There may be aboard any
where from &J0 to 3.001) human beings. With
flags flying, steam whistling, operallxe
shouting and all on the qui vlve, there is
n hour of hurrahdom that creates en
thusiasm In the crabbiest heart and sends
blood Jumping In Ihe slirlveledest veins.
To see, to bo part of It. to "jlne in all
this. Is a perfect delight to hundreds who
never think of a theater and wouldn't
know the most famous actor from the most
illiterate coal heaver. Nor is the excite
ment confined to these costly Illustrations
of naval architecture. To many the de
parture of a coaster means much. There
is u curious cargo, a lot of foreign pas
sengers, mote noise and bustle, greater con
fusion and less formality. Into it all
men plunge full of Interest. To them it
means "one more." Home meet the cap
tain and take "Just one." Now nnd then
a friend is accosted, with the usuul result,
but generally speaking the "gang" is there
for the single purpose of personal, s Irish
enjoyment.
A commuter from Cos Cob was relating
his shopping experiences.
"The other morning," said he, "my wife
raised the ' window snd called after me:
'Lafayette, be sure and bring home some
clothes pins.' She slammed the window
down and I had no chance to ask her what
kind or how many."
"There Is but one kind." interrupted -the
man who gets on at Noruton. "That Is the
old-fashioned wooden head with two legs,
that straddles a line. They have been
trying to Improve on them for n hundred
years, but Uaven't succeeded."
"That's the kind I asked for," continued
the Cos Coblan. "The groceryman
answered: 'Yes, sir; how many? Will I'O
do?' That sort of got me. Tiny must at
least be 6 cents apiece. I wouldn't whittle
one out for a dollar. Thunder, no.' I suld,
'I haven't that much money t blow lit on
clothes pins. GUe me la enl -five.' 'We
don't like to break a box.' said the giocery
mn. 'This box of luu will cost you only
10 cents.' I nearly fell dead. 'Give me two
boxes I said. Now, how In Sam Hill can
they make them at any such price?''
"Machinery," said the man from Rye.
Fulling from the eighth floor of a build
ing In course of erection at 20 West Eight
eenth street, a distance of about eighty
feet, and turning three somersaults In his
descent, Joseph Hunter, an Iron worker. !
escaped with ft slight laceration .if two i
lingers. A score of workmen rushed to !
the cellar, expecting to Und his mangled
form. Instead they found lilm calmly ex
amining his cut fingers. To convince them
thut he had escaped without Injury he
danced a Jig. Then he went back to work
at the top of t he building.
Tammany hull has a leader in each as
simlily district. He selects ft sub-leader
for each election precinct. These latter
choose one captain for every city block.
The block captain must know every
voter on that block: who he Is; how he
votes: if he is Independent In politics,
and at times kicks over the party traces,
and especially how he intends to vole in
the election that may tie pending.
By this perfect personal system Tam
many can secure a census of the city, po
litically, in twenty-four hours. The weak
spots are uncovered, the uncertain demo
crats can bo spotted and means taken to
steady them.
Tim district lender prides klniself on
knowing his district. If he does not
know it, he is not regarded with favor
at headquarters. Pome of these guar
dians of Tammany have their territory
so well mapped that they can forecast
an election by two or three votes, even
in cases where the majority on one side
or the other may run Into the thousands.
too Mrcn wmn ami watkr.
largest Wreck In Ihe Trust l.lne So
Far Developed.
Springfield Republican
A 1100,000,000 trust is to be sold out for
a claim of about $o,000.000. Such appears to
be the case of the Consolidated Lake Su
perior company, whose directors, laboring
for months to raise money enough on
bonds or more stock, or In any other avail
able way, to pay off a loan of 5.ooo,noo from
the Speyer syndicate nnd provide some
working capital, have at lat given up the
task in despair and told the Speyer lenders
to realize on their note as best they can.
What Speyer & Co. will do, presumably,
will be to sell the securities of the Con
solidate company ard Its sub-companies,
which they hold aa collateral for the loan,
for the sum of the note, and with these
securities will go the ownership or control
of the Consolidated concerns. These com
prise railway, steel, ore mines, paper, power
and other enterprises centering about Sault
Ste. Marie, Canada, which have largely
been closed down, owing to the trust's lack
of capital, throwing thousands of men out
of work. This Is about the largest wreck
In the trust line so far developed. The Con
solidated Lake Superior company was or
ganized In 1897 under a special Connecticut
charter, and is capitalised at $117,000,000 of
common and preferred stock, of which a
trifle over $100,000,000 Is outstanding. It
paid 7 per cent dividends on tho $2S,0O0,0O8 of
preferred up to September of 1902. The pre
ferred stock sold last year as high aa 80
and the common 3G. Their present quota
tions am 4V4 and '-. It Is said that the
stockholders have put $30,000,000 Into the
company, practically all of which they will
lose. Philadelphia Investors are chiefly
affected. It has remained for the trust era
to produce the extraordinary spectacle of
the sale under the hammer of a concern
capitalized at over $lt0.000,000 to collect a
note of l-20th part of that sum.
PERSONAL NOTES. ,
Secretary Chamberlain was all right until
he became so well known that people called
him "Joe."
Unless Mr. Hay has some extra cards tip
his sleeve the car.al game with Colombia
will have to be declared a draw.
A daring Frenchman Is coming across the
Atlantic next May In an airship. Prof.
Langley will meet him on the banks of the
Potomac with an automobile.
Right Rev. Mgr. Peter Joseph Bchroeder,
rector of the University of Munster and
formerly of the Catholic university at
Washington, D. C, has Just died in Ger
many. Mrs. Shaw, wife of the secretary, will
spend the winter in Washington, after a
cummer spent In Europe. Her eldest daugh
ter. Miss Erma, will make her debut Into
Washington society during the winter.
Second Lieutenant Crlspulo Patajo of the
Philippine scouts, the first of Ihe natives
of Luzon to wear the uniform of the United
States army, has arrived in San Francisco
from Manila on the transport Sherman,
It Is claimed that by the use of the X-rays
hair which has become gray Is restored to
its natural color. But gray hairs are hon
orable and not often unbecoming. Who, for
Instance, would exchange his frosty but
kindly crown for the brick dust red that
was his whilom thatch?
Rev. James J. McKeever, a Catholic
clergyman of Newark, N. J., announces
that hereafter he will give a gold medal to
any member of the local, fire department
who will save a life. Father McKeever de
cided on this action after learning how a
fireman lost his own life a short time ago
while attempting to save a child.
Princess Serge Helnselsky of Russia, a
daughter of General Whittier of the United
States army, has amazed everybody by an
nouncing her Intention of going with her
husband to Siberia and living there quietly,
working for a living, until they can make
enough to return and pay their debts. The
pilncess enjoys a high standing at the Rus
sian court. ,
Thirsty members of congress at the next
session will be somewhat incommoded be
cause of the fact that no liquor will be
sold In tho capltol building. Washington
tailors, fully realizing what this Incon
venience means, are doing what they can
to mak hip pockets popular, so that the
legislators may be able to carry with them
a reasonable supply of wet goods.
Your Child's Eyesight
You are responsible for the sight of your
child. Watch out for frowns, for squint
and when he reads or looks at a picture
book docs lie hold it too near or too far?
These little tilings grow faster than tho
tiiilcl and in many cases can be overcome
If discovered in time.
HUTESON OPTICAL CO.,
2li South loth Street,
Paxton Blsck
In men's patent kid leather, patent colt, French
calf, box calf and kid-leather lined or drill lined
with heaviest of heavy soles foT any kind of wear
or lightest of light soles for dres occasion.
$3.50
and $5.00
FarnaM
C OPKMIAWKX li t ITS TROlBI.ES.
rtnpllrallon of mnes a Problem tvr.
Legislative nolntlon. I
Chicago Inter-Ocean. f
We sometimes think that our trouble
are greater than those of other people.
This Is perhaps natural, but It Is not
exactly true. Other people have trou
bles besides which ours are trlval.
Take, for example, the little matter "f
common names. The man who consults
the Chicago directory for the puiinwe
J ll'l Ills Hll jnr -'
' some particular John
mes or James Rrowil.
ine that the difficult
finding the nddress of some particular John
Smith or William Jone
is too prone to lmagir
ho experiences Is exceptional, lie feels, to
a sense, personally outraged because there
are so many John Smiths, William Joneses,
and James Browns.
Rut he would not think so If he under
stood the difficulties that beset the pet
son who consults the Copenhagen city
directory-. There afe In that place no fewer
than 60,000 Hansen, and nbotit as many
Neilsens, Jorgensens, Jensens, Petersens.
and Christiansens.
Inded. the duplication of names In
Copenhagen hns become a problem for
legislative solution. Attempts have here
tofore been made to Induce those bearing
the common names 'referred to. and those
only a little less common to adopt others,
and lately the means of making such
changes have been so simplified that one
may get a new name, legally. In Copen
hagen at small cost and with little loss of
time, but nevertheless, the vast majority of
the people hold back.
The Danish government has lately pub
lished a pamphlet which gives 1.000 names
not now In general use. as a suggestion to
the Hansens. Neilsens, Petersens, Christian
sens and Jorgensens. but It seems that a
parliamentary enactment, making It an
offense punishable by fine or Imprisonment
for anybody to bear these names, wilt be
necessary before the present difficulty can
be abated.
In this country the Smiths. Joneses.
Browns, Johnsons, etc., may multiply at an
alarming rate, but there Is as yet no ne
cessity for making a campaign against
them.
BRIGHT A 'D BREEZY,
"They say a man is known by his associ
ates." "Yes, or If he Isn't known he Is at least
suspected by them." Kansas City Journal.
"Hiddlefnrd Is a hard drinker. Isn't he?"
"No. t should call him an easy drinker.".
v leveiHou i lain ueaier.
The doctor got out his instruments, and
inn paiiem wtitrnen htm interestedly.
"Doctor." said tho Injured man ttnallv,'
with a whimsical smile, "don't you think
this is a caso for absent treatment?"
Chicago Post.
"iittve you heard otitis new tunnel hor
ror?" "No, what Is it?" v
"The photographers' trust 1s taking flajfli
llght pictures of the passengers at the mo
ment the train is going through." Chicago
Record-Herald.
Smartlcus What Is the difference l--.
tween a cat and a match?
Spartacus Give It up. I
Kmarious One always lights on its feet
and the other on Its head. Philadelphia-
Press.
"After all. It's the wise man who can
change his opinion."
"Hut the wisest men shnplv can't do It."
"Why not?"
"Because they've been dead for years."
Philadelphia ledger.
"You love your country, don't you?" said
the sincere statesman.
"Certainly." answered Benator Sorghum,
but 1m not losing nf ami and takAu
chances on suffering be pangs of unre
quited affection." Washington Star.
MntaClon.
SUMMER. .
Same old strolling
On the shore;
Fame old breakers,'
Same old roar;
Same old sunset.
Same old moon;
Same old story,
Same old spoon.
AUTITMN.
Same old parlor
In the town;
Same old father.
Same old frown;
Same old nonsense
"Precious pearl;"
Same young fellow.
Different girl.
New York Times.
ANOTHER RECORD BROKEN.
New York Bun.
Is there no breakless record?
And can nobody make
A good, substantial record
Nobody else can break?
Each year since man's creation
For glory or for cash.
He hits some previous record
And knocks It all to smash.
In every field of action
Man does the beat he can.
And has his record broken
, By some succeeding man.
His muscle, mind and money
Exert themselves to make
A record that no other
Competitor can break. V
The record is a wonder
The latest and the best.
But somehow something hits It
And breaks It like the rest.
Six thousands years of records
Stretch backward to the first,
With no one guranteelng
A new one not to bunt.
Is there no break! record?
Is there no power tj make
A record that no oth.r I
Power has power in break?
J
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