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TUB OMAHA DAILY DEE: RATUIJDAY. OCTODEI? 10, lflO.T The Omaha Daily Dee. K. ROPEWATFR. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OP" SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Be (without Sunday). One Year.4 f fully Hc and Sunday. One Tear "0 Illuotrated pee. One Year ! Sunday He-, One Year Pnturdny pee, One Year ' w Twentieth Century Farmer. One Tear. 1.00 DELIVERED BY CARRIER, pally Pee (without Sunday), per copy.. 2c Dally pee (without Sumlav). per week. ,12c rolljr Pee (Including Sunday). J.er week.lTo Sunday Pee, per copv " Evening pee (without fiun.lay). per week 60 Evening Pee (Including Bunduy). per week 1" Complaint of irregulnrltlea In delivery hould bo addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES Omaha The Pee BulMlng. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M afreets. Council Bluffs-10 Pearl Street. Chicago Unity Building. New York ZTO I'ark Row Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial mntter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express nr postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Compiny. Only J-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMFNT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Doug'a County. ss. : Oenrae B. Trschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, av that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of September, 1903, was aa fol io wi : 1 29.120 . I 80.270 i jtnjiTO 4 80,70 t 2H,rftO 2n.?0A 7 2,a20 VII.3TO 9 80,2tM 10 2,lnO II 30.220 12 2,310 It X4M.18 14 2,020 U ita,tMx lg 2S.O.TO 17 28,010 J8 2S.870 1$ 2H,HIO 20 iM1.44B 21 28.8HO 22 28.N8 23 28,530 24 28,730 25 28,720 24 20.20S 27 27,340 28 28,700 29 '.28,8SO 30 i,04 Total f02,230 Leas unsold and returned copios.... aVtsM Ket total alea KS2.744 Jset average sales....'......' 28,424 GEORGES B. TZSCIIUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this Mb day of September, A. V. UM3. M. B. H UNGATE. (Seal.) Notary Public, Ak Sar-Bcn IX outshines tlicm all. Better than a gold mine the confetti privilege at Ak-Sar-Ben's street fair. Ak-Sar-Ben can console himself that he is not the first monarch to be gold bricked. commission as the official humorist of Ak Sar-Beu's realm. Where Judge Vinsonhaler made his mistake was In Issuing a challenge for the production of a document that be thought had been lost Zu. nl7 way to characterize the con dition of municipal politics in Greater New York In a single phrase Is to say that It Is "decidedly muddled." From the tenacity of the cr.ar In holding on to . Manchuria one might araw toe inference mat were la no Moving day In the Russian calendar. The vandaL who cut the British flag to ribbons In the City Hall park at New York doubtless thought the colors would be more effective In ribbon form, The woman suffragists have been dis cussing what they should ask from the next Nebraska legislature. Our advice would be to ask for considerably more than they expect to get. TA . ,.m. a t . . a. inu i it a iriua lucuuninieui lor a -Nebraska World's fair commissioner to be booming Nebraska's resources at St Louis and at the same time planting colonies up in Canadian Winnipeg? The orderly character of the street crowds lu attendance on the carnival deserves at least passing attention'. In no other large city could the people con- "-gregate in such numbers and behave themselves better. ' Arguments on the Aluskan boundary dispute have been concluded before tho arbitration commission. It It takes at long for the commissioners to ruminate as it did for the counsel to orate, we need be lu no hurry to look for the an nouncement of the decision. That the managers of the St, Louis exposition have money to burn is again strikingly illustrated by the announce ment that 33,000 Dutch tulip bulbs have neon imported from Holland at a cost of $05,000 for the horticultural exhibit on the exposition grounds. At $1 apiece these bulbs are dog cheap. Two hundred years ago, during the historic tulip mania, they would have found a ready market In Holland at from $50 to $300 apiece. The t orld-Herald 'is very much wrought up over that Vinsonhaler pledge, but not a word about the Vin sonhaler graft by farming out of trust funds for private galu, or the retention of fees which by law are required to be turned over into the county treasury urns is periccuy natural, However, as the editor of the fusion reform organ has since his birth been afflicted with a cataract that has blinded his eyes to the misdeeds of public treasury ember tiers and speculators in trust funds, Those Kansas City Commercial con vention resolutions demanding con grestdonal action to prevent the recur rence of floods in Kansas and Missouri mack altogether too much of paternal isut and foreshadow another raid on the national treasury through the wide- open channel of the river and harbor bill That impression would seem to be strengthened by the fact that the chair man of the senate committee on rivers and harbors was an active participant In the convention. If the senate ws blessed with a cyclone aud drouth com luittee the couventloo might also have added a resolution la favor of congres - aiooal appropriation for rain making and lvlvne suiasLlDf. THK BOUNDARY COilTRUTtRSY. The arguments before the Alaskan Boundary commission having closed, a decision may le expected within a short time, as doubtless the members of the commission hare already made up their minds In regard to the question In volved. The discussion was not marked by any specially noteworthy incident, but it was very thorough, the Ameri can counsel winning great credit for the very able manner In which they presented their case. No prediction re garding the decision can have any value, but it sconis to be the quite gen eral impression in Canada that it will be adverse to the contention of that country, the belief being that Lord Al- vrrstone, chairman of the commission, will support the American position. He as certainly shown a very great inter est in the arguments of the counsel for the United States, complimenting two of them, but this may have been simply courtesy and without any significance in respect to his opinion of the real merits of the controversy. Ucfeirlng to the dissatisfaction In Canada with the way things have been going before the Alaska tribunal, the New York Journal of Commerce ex presses apprehension that in 'the event of a decision wholly favorable to the United States the effect may be to ag gravate feeling in Canada against this country and thereby make more diffi cult the attainment of closer trade rela tions. It says: "Should the Alaska tribunal render a verdict recognized as fair on both sides of the line, the pros pect not merely of satisfactory reciproc ity negotiations, but of ratification of a treaty embodying their results, will be much brighter. Should it, on the other lifind, justify present suspicions by re turning an extreme verdict in favor of the United States, disregarding what fair-minded Canadians consider their Just claims, the breach between our neighbor and ourselves will be widened and the prospects of reciprocity be im paired." It Is not complimentary to the Cana dians to assume that they will resent decision against them, after having been given the fullest opportunity to present their case to a tribunal the high character and ability of which will not be questioned, but in any event the reciprocity question will not be af fected. That is not at present receiving any serious attention in the Dominion and a leading pnper there recently de clared that there is very little popular sentiment in favor of reciprocity with the United States. There Is a strong and undoubtedly growing feeling In Canada favorable to the Chamberlain policy, which has Just been publicly ap proved by a former premier, Sir Charles Tupper, who is perhaps the most influ entlal of the conservative leaders. While such ardent advocates of reel proclty in this country as the Journal of Commerce continue to urge it the Cana dians are ignoring the subject and turn ing their attention to the policy of Mr. Chamberlain, which appeals to the Ini pcrlallst sentiment of a very large ma Jorlty of them. Whatever, therefore, the decision of the boundary tribunal may be, it will not have the slightest Influence upon the question of trade re lations between Canada and the United States. THt TREATY WITB CBICIA The signing of a new commercial treaty between this country and China, as to which there has been no little anxiety for a considerable time, due chiefly to Russian Interference, Is a matter of considerable interest and im portance In its bearing upon the future trade relations between the two coun tries. By the terms of this conven tion, the final ratification of which may be assumed to be assured, the United States secures some valuable conces sions, among them the opening of new ports and the right to carry on trade, Industries and manufactures in all parts of China. I While there may not be immediately I shown any very marked results from these concessions, it may confidently be anticipated that at no very remote time American trade will begin to realize a material benefit from them. Our gov ernment has been especially urgent in asking the opening of two ports in Manchuria and the fact that it has been able to overcome in this matter the ob jection of Russia is a victory of a very decisive character. It is perhaps need less to say that in this our govern ment has not labored selfishly, but in the interest of all the commercial na tions. We have obtalued in this no special privilege or opportunity, for in tho opening of the new ports every other country, will be given an equal chance with ourselves to secure Man churlan trade. In some other respects tho treaty of course contains special concessions to this country, these being of a character, however, which does not lu the least discriminate agulust any other country. The policy of our gov ernment iu the negotiations has been to ask for nothing that was not en tirely fair aud Just and In the interest of stronger ties of friendship between the two countries, aud its success agulust somewhat formidable obstacles Is highly gratifying. ' There seems now to be nothing what soever in the way of the ratification of this treaty. That It will be accepted by the United States senate may be re garded as certain and it uppears equally safe to say that It will encounter no opposition elsewhere. The only ob structive power was Russia and she some time since was made to see the mistake of that position and abandoned it. There is no doubt that the con vention will be beneficial to both coun tries, Jt will bring about closer re lations and strengthen the sentiment of friendship betweeu China and the (United States. The Chinese govern niieut has been given in the last few 1 )Yars abundant reason for believing I taat this republic la sincerely friendly I to' China; that the United States ear- nestly desires the preservation of the territorial integrity of that great em pire and may lm depended upon to al ways exert Its influence to that end. The treaty Just slgued will more firmly bind tills country to its already declared policy and give China a much stronger claim to American good will and sup port In any future efforts It may be called upon to make in order to safe guard Its territorltal Integrity ngalnst foreign schemes of aggrandlxcaient. THE MISSOUHt AS A HIGHWAY OF COMMCHCR. Among the resolutions adopted by the commercial convention that has Just closed an interesting session at Kansas City is the following: Resolved, That the Missouri river Is ona of the natural highways of commerce and that the congress of the United States should enact such special legislation as it shall deem necessary to protect and pre serve the channel of said river for the peo plo aa a highway. The declaration that the Missouri river is a highway of commerce Is pre posterous. The Missouri river extends from Fort Benton, Mont, to St Louis, a distance of more than 3,000 miles, but it has ceased to be a highway of com merce ever since the advent of the rail road. To make It a permanent highway of commerce would involve an expendi ture of as much or more money than the building of the Isthmian canal and when it is fitted for a highway of com merce it could only be utilized during the guhinier months, when there is no grain and very little else to move either up or down the liver. The only rational improvement of the Missouri river congress could and should provide for is the protection of the river banks adjacent to the towns and cities that ore liable to great dam age by high water, or may be cut off from the river altogether by change of channel. There is no doubt, however, that a barge line to carry, the products of the Missouri valley to tidewater would be of Incalculable advantage to the region traversed by the Missouri river. Such a barge line from the upper Missouri to St. Louis operated all the year around is now practicable by the use of elec tricity. If congress can be induced to vote $40,000,000 or $30,000,000 for pulling up snags, building ripraps and deepening channels and straightening the Missouri river, it could with an ex penditure of many millions less con struct a barge line, modeled after the Euds Ship railway. With power houses located at proper distances and motors operating a trolley system to move the barges up or down the river to a point where they could be towed all the year round down the Mississippi to New Orleans and back, the cheap transportation problem 'for the great grain-raising region of Missouri, Kan sas, western Iowa, .Nebraska and the Dakotas would be solved. The tvuggestion that Omaha is very much in need of large warehouse build ings to accommodate the Increasing Job bing trade is taken up In all seriousness by a paper whose editor is noted for building castles in Spain and chicken coops in Omaha. Practical busluess men doubtless realize that the owners of real estate located in the Jobbiug dis trict will cheerfully build the Mare houses Just as soon as they can see their way clear to secure fair interest on the money invested. For several years past business block rentals in Omaha have not kept pace with the in creased cost of material and labor and consequently the people who had money for permanent investment were not dis posed to plant it in buildings whose ren tal frequently did not exceed the taxes, Insurance and cost of ordinary repairs, leaving out of consideration the depre ciation caused by wear and tear. One of the populist organs tries to make out that Judge Barnes enjoys no distinction in having been twice ap pointed member of the supreme court commission by unanimous vote of the three supreme Judges, Judge Sulllvau being one of them. But all of the su preme court commissioners have not hud Reappointments when their terms expired. It Judge Barnes were not the right mau for the place, it would not have required more thau ordinary cour age for Judge Sullivan to have Inter posed a veto against his retention. But we have Judge Sullivan's word that his opponent is in every way qualified for performing the Judicial functions devolving upon members of the supreme court, so why go behlud that? The Standard Oil trust which dis tributed nearly $23,000,000 in dividends among its stockholders within the past nine months, has ordained an advance In the price of coul oil, which will squeeze another million or two out of its patrons, and the meat packers' com bine has ordained it reduction in the price of hogs that will reduce the in come of American farmers several hun dred thousand dollars, but anybody who calls public attention to this exhibit of corporate porklshness is sure to be branded as a "knocker." fcx-i ounciimau iiascaii read a paper lcfore the National Association of Mu nicipal Reformers on the vital points In municipal government. Mr. Has- call's extensive experience would doubt less suggest that the most vital point In municipal government Is to keep a sharp lookout for court bailiffs bearing injunction papers aud court orders to restrain the council from doing mali cious mischief and to keep the council chamber doors closed against taxpayers who insist upon the fair equalization of municipal assessments. It will always remain a mystery why ex-Councilman Hascall should have traveled 2.500 miles, from Omaha to Bultimore aud back, to read a paper on muuicipal reform at a cost to the city of $100, when be could Just as well have had that paper read at the expense of a 2-cent postage stamp. Who Are the Heerf St Louis Olobe-Demoort. Nobody but the millionaire Is taking any Interest In ths Wall street stock specula tlons. While the rich men are paying the fiddler, the outsiders can patiently enjoy the music. Manifestly at Wrong; Impreaalosu Washington Star. The receiver for the Vnlted States Ship building company charges Charles M. Schwab with having fraudulently unloadod a 110,000.000 plant on the trust for 130, 900,000. Still there are some persons who Imagine that Mr. Schwab has paresis. Effect ef UIHaaed Prosperity. New Tork World. "Prosperity," says the bulletin of the State Department of Labor, "Is so widely diffused that the servant keeping class Is larger than ever before and has thus created a demand that exceeds the sup ply." It will be comforting to the ladies who got together and groan over their 'help" to know Just what the trouble Is. nellrf for the IMnctaed. Buffalo Express. The t'nlted. States Steel corporation of fers to buy back from Its employes at the price they paid for It any stock bought by them under the offer made last winter, provided the stock Is held until January, 1908. The offer probably will allay the anxiety of employes, but the experiment of the corporation In taking its men Into part nership is not likely to find many Imitators. Knocking the Consumer. Detroit Free Press. Sixty thousand employes of the anthra cite coal companies are now working little more than half time, in order to restrict the output and keep up prices. It is esti mated that by November 1 the normal production will have been restricted 1,200,- 000 tons. Ths men will lose 1, 000,000 in wages and the public will pay top-notch prices for coal. This reminds us that the consumer Is still "It." Sanctity of See Bureau Assailed. Philadelphia Record. As a pendant to the Investigation of the postal scandals there has been going on an inquiry by the Department of Justice Into alleged official irregularities In the delivery of garden seeds to the Depart ment of Agriculture. - Some of these "ir regularities," to put it mildly, are said to consist In the substitution of cheap and worthless seeds for the more rare and costly varieties. In some Instances the seeds have obstinately refused to germinate under the most careful 'culture, and in others they have surprised the gardener by yielding plants and flowers quite dif ferent from those described by the labels. "Where Kvery Prospect Pleases." Saturday Evening Post. Again Immigration is flooding In upon us from all parts of Europe. From the Arctio circle to the Mediterranean, Europeans of all languages, races and nations are flocking toward America as never before. Why? Because the whole world is full of the noise of the prosperity of the common man In America his political and mental prosperity as well as the material prosperity. And every man who tolls in Europe and finds the products of his toil swept lnti the coffers of king or nobis Is dreaming of the land where there Is no king and no noble,' where rich and poor toll alike, where, labor Is not disgrace. but the essence and ..vital qualification of honor. And Just thare ' Is our country's glory. , . t Halt In Wtrelevs re-raplir. New Tors', tribune. Marconi received a wireless meatmen nn board Philadelphia from Poldhu, at a dls- cance or mors man J.500 miles, about twenty months aim. end aurr-eedoit last winter In transmitting several more from Cape Breton to England. So far as the fo&Biblllty of transatlantic communication with Herts waves Is concerned, therefore, there can be no question. Between a scientific poslbllity and a commercial propo sition, nowever, Marconi seems to have observed several points of difference, and he has devoted six or ela-ht months tn studying how best to get rid of them. r rom ine pructent reserve which he Is still manifests concerning the teats recently and now in progress, the public cannot yet Judge of the value of his latest Improve ments. KXTISCT AS THK DODO, Another Conventional Fiction Placed on the Shelf. Chicago Chronicle. One by one the old conventional fictions are being demolished, and among the last to go Is that of the rural visitor who al ways comes to grief when he visits the city. The woes of this traditional Individual have long furnished material for the comic illustrators and the humorous paragraph ers. His purchases of gold bricks, his In vestments in gruen goods, his excursions to the laka front or to the tunnels to view disasters In those localities have excited the risibilities of the urban resident for a long time. Like the stage Irishman and his colleague the "Dutchman" of the drama, however, it Is now quite clear that the "hayseed" of the funny papers Is a creature of tho imag ination rather than an actual type. He may have been more or less verdant and unsophisticated once, but he Is so no longer. The rural resident of the middle west, at any rate, is at no disadvantage whatever as compared with the dweller in the city. If the "Jay" of tradition ever had an ex istence he has vanished from this vicinity. This has been quite evident during the centennial celebration. Many thousands of people from out of town have visited the city, and it has been no easy matter for Chlcagoans to distinguish them from the regular resldenta of the city. They drees as well and they conduct themselves as well. They do not stand In the middle of the street gazing up at the high buildings. They do not carry shiny carpet sacks nor do they interlard their discourse, with B'gosh!" and "By hen!" as the comio papers assert. They are, in short. Intelli gent, well-mannered Americans who have nothing to fear by comparison with. their city cousins In the matter of Intelligence and who have distinctly the better of It in manners and courtesy. It Is possible that in remote and thinly settled districts of the west there may still exist people who Justify the conceits of the comic artists, but there are no such people In the territory circumjacent to Chicago. There is no reason why there should be. The rural resident of today has a tele phone and rural mail delivery; he takes a dally newspaper perhaps more than one and half a dozen magazines. He Is proba bly better Informed on current topics than la the average city dweller because he has more time to devote to acquiring Informa tion. At any rate he Is nobody's fool, and the man who picks him up with such an Idea Is going to And his mistake very qulrkly. The "easy mark" from the country has guns forever. If, Indeed, he existed at all. The confidence man of today seeks his vic tims not in the rural districts, but among the tenants of sky scrapers who have a fancy tor Consolidated Lake Superior and similar Investments. The "Jay." like the dodo, la extinct. POLITICAL DRIFT. General Shatter Is talked of for mayor of San Francisco. The town Is weary of light weights. Tammany's candidate for mayor Is to make campaign speeches In four languages and shak with both hands. David Bennett Hill Is shrewd enough to refrain from cutting Into the political con versation in New York City. How happy tho Indloted postal officials would be If their troubles were subject to review by the Missouri supreme court. With congress soon to meet and a score of state legislatures to follow It seems superfluous to organize a 13,000,000 talking machine trust. "Golden Rule" Jones of Toledo says "ringing up fares In a street car is degrad ing to the soul." Doubtless the mayor flashes a pass to savo the conductor's feel ings. Republican spellbinders need not bother about home made protection statistics next year. Great Brltlan's free trade re lapse furnishes an abundance of the real thing. Preliminary music of the New Tork City campaign promise a spirited concert when the musicians are thoroughly tuned up. It will make the concert of Europe sound like Hiawatha on a barrel organ. Governor Richard Tales of Illinois has formally announced his candidacy for re election in a speech before the Morgan county republican convention, and the county convention adopted resolutions of Indorsemet. The Hon. Isldor Rayner, attorney general of Maryland and of Admiral Schley's coun sel, has formally declared himself to be a candidate for the democratic nomination for Vnlted States senator before the next state legislature. Optimistic democrats count on Connecti cut coming back Into the democratic col umn next year. The . republicans carried 124 towns and the democrats thirty-seven at the local election last Monday. There isn't much in these figures to warrant dem ocratic hopefulness. , There is some foundation for Mayor Har rison's assertion that graft prevails in Chi cago politics. One energetic officeholder charged with the duty of chopping down weeds on the highways in town managed to put in a bill for 131,000 for three months' work. The uplift of Charley Schwab Is threatened with eclipse. IS IT A THIS OF THK TIDEf Res xons Why the Question Is Ans wered In the Negative. Boston Transcript. Discussion of the stock market outlook centers on the prospects of general busi ness, more particularly on presumable de mand for staple commodities next year. Conceding that the violence of extreme liquidation has passed, that the penalty for the 1901-1902 saturnalia of promoting. Com bining and exploiting of prosperity has been paid, the position simplifies to this: The decline In stocks In the last thirteen months represents a shrinkage in market or selling value of the public securities of the country so great rs to extinguish fully two-thirds if not more of the extreme gain which followed the first election of Presi dent McKinley. That Is, starting from a panic basis back in K, It Is computed that security values advanced about $4,600,- 000 in the aggregate of their public market or selling value, while the reaction that be gan in September, 1902, and which has con tinued to date, means a shrinkage of fully 13,600,000. . Of course such an estimate is no better than an approximation, but anyone who keeps in touch with market movement knows that the decline of the last thir teen months have been aa drastic as were the advances of the preceding four years. Now there is general consent that most of the Interests in general business have been tided over, that the weak spots have been strengthened and that the market has overdone apprehension as much as It overdid booming. Somo of tho declines In prices of the most solid stocks have been remarkable and Interest returns on Investment at current prices compare notably with a year ago. There was much talk then of a 4 per cent basis of return on capital Invested in railroad stocks and it even was predicted that a per cent rate was in prospect. In stead of a normal and healthful growth in values, Wall street went ahead and sought to realize in a few years almost a few months the full measure of improve ment which should have been spread over a long period. The result Is familiar enough. The loans of the banks reached record totals, credit facilities were strained and now we have swung to the other extreme. Speculative energy is well-nigh extinguished and in vestment confidence has been prostrated Tet conditions, while by no means roseate In every way, present some favorable signs if one can get over the blues sufficiently to view the situation candidly. The decline, the forced liquidation, the "corners" In gialn and cotton, the crop scare, the money pinch are past. We bid fair to have at least good, average crops; the railroads are maintaining good gains in earnings; there is evidence of returning reason tn the set tlement of labor difficulties and while gen eral trade next year promises no boom a good volume of business generally seems to be in prospect. W'e Incline to the view that while no bull market In stocks Is likely yet awhile, there Is reasonable prospect of gradual Increase in value of the shares when Wall street reajusts Itself to actual conditions of the country. For the stock speculation has been out of Joint with the country (or a long while now; It ran ahead of prosperity for all of a year and now it has run behind It, apparently. ftU Gl'ILTY MAN WILL KSCAPK. Hunch of Postal Grafters Hooked for Karly Trial. St. I.ouls Globe-Democrat. The determination of the government to deal out rigid and Impartial Justice In the postal Irregularities is revealed in the ac tion which has Just been taken. Many In dictments have been handed down by the District of Columtia grand Jury, which has Just finished Its work. The names of tho persons to be proceeded against include several whs held important stations In the I'ostofflce department. They represent both political parties. The most prominent of these are General James N. Tyner, George W. Beavers, August W. Mat-hen, W. Bcott Towers, J. T. Metcalfe, Harrison J. Bar rett. W. D. Doremus end Harry C. Ilallen beck. The names of most of these have been connected with the scandal since the beginning of the Investigation. The charges Include bribery, collusion In fraudulent "get-rlch-qjlck" concerns and other forms of crookedness. As the investigation by the grand Jury has apparently been thorough, a strong case has been obtained against most of the culprits. There Is a reason for felicitating the ad ministration on the work, which it has ac complished and the time of its completion. President Roosevelt and Postmaster Gen eral Payne have taken an active part In pushing the Investigation. It was the president's desire that the matter should be got out of the way before congress met In December. In this purpose success has been attained. When congress meets In Us regular sesiion two months hence, it Is safe to say that the trials of the Indicted persons will have been concluded, and they will have received the pun'shment provided for their offenses. TIIE0LD Absolutely Puro THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE OTHER LANDS THAN OIRS. The deadlock In Austria-Hungary may, be fruitful in results for the future policy of the dual monarchy, and also In the greater question, rivalry between Teuton and Slav, which is the mainspring in all eastern Eu ropean politics. Austria was absolutely dominant until 1868 and Sadowa. Then came Hungary's turn, and one of the great est achievements- of the Emperor Franz Josef was to know how to yield and what to yield to the Magyars. For the last de cade Hungary has been ever more and more the predominant partner, presenting a solid front to the divided Austrian states. At the present Juncture Austria, hard pressed, will bo forced to enlist the support and sympathy of the' Czechs and southern Slavs by considerable concessions, in order to use them as a counterpoise to Hungary. In this way the Czechs are likely to gain privileges they have long been fighting for, with a more definite recognition of their political Importance and value. Ths result will be to place tho balance of power In the hands of Bohemia, Just as Ireland now holds the balance between the two great English parties. After Bohemia will come the turn of the southern Slavs of Croatia, Slavonla, Dulmatta. Carinthla and Carlnola, who for a generation have been growing stronger In national feeling and linguistic unity. Austria will thus become practically a Slavonic power, as It Is, Including Hun gary, preponderatlngly Slavonic already in population. The fitness of Austria to pro tect and develop the Slavonic populations In Macedonia, as she has already developed the Slavs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, will thereby be enhanced; so that Hungary, in holding out at the present Juncture against the Austrian kaiser, is playing directly Into the hands of the Slavs, whom of all people she most cordially dislikes and despises. France has a new penitentiary at Fresnes, about eight miles from Paris, which is the largest In the world, and has accommoda tions for 2,000 criminals. The building, with the gardens and wardens' quarters, covers more than half a square mile, is situated In a healthy district, with large windows admitting freely the fresh air and sunshine, Is provided with hot and shower baths, and every one of Its spacious 2,000"cells is heated and Ughted by electricity. Tho prisoners' food is abundant, they go to school, are allowed to work at trades, and to purchase any luxury but tobacco with the money thus earned, and everything possible Is done to develop their better In stincts. There is in Purls a society for lec turing in prisons, always ready to send lecturers wherever they may be wanted a prominent theme with them being tho evils of drunkenness. The prisoners are kept separate, can hold no communication with each other, and cannot recognize each other when released. In matters connected with the care and discipline of criminals as well as others, France gives token of the place which she ho'.ds In the world s civilization. Th. rcormnn War office authorities are Just now discussing the ancient problem of the best color for soldiers- uiiuorms iu actual campaigning. Some interesting notes on the subject are contained In an official report from an officer who com- aa carman troons In China. He says that It was often noticed during field exer cises that the gray winter uniforms oi me . ,,-,.f,n nould not be distinguished at long distances from the blue clothes of the Chinese, who wero always present as spectatots. In order to ascertain which color was the least distinguishable from h .urrnundina: country a column was composed, the first section of which wore gray winter ciotnes, me sucuuu u " short coats and black cloth trousers, the third khaki, the fourth overcoat and the fifth canvas. The column was placed in close formation behind bushes without foliage. At a distance of about l,vv jarue ,v and overcoat section appeared like uniform tark spots, while the khaki and canvas sections were naroiy visiu.o. , . th last two was very difficult. On the five sections advancing In sklrmith- Ing order blue and gray could not oe oia .iMauUhAit from one another. At a dis tance of 500 yards the gray began to look llshter than the dark blue. The gray over coats made very good marks, the skirmish ers appearing like long, dark stripes. Khaki and canvas both make difficult marks at all distances. The aiming at troops lying nhn..f mvw on the ground was niucu easier when they carried all their accou:re ments. The knapsacks and especially tho black cooking pot looB.ec, nao u.. sgainst the background and presented a very good target. - English Journals continue to print re ports of revolutionary movements among the Russian peasantry In different pro vinces of the empire. In the district oi Kleff many of the peasants nave the habit of seeking employment during the winter in the towns and returning to the country for ths summer monins. i land-owners have lately been refusing em ployment to these summer Immigrants, doing their harvesting work with the help of machinery ana or laoorer. un the year. The peasants have been greauy Irritated by this departure from old cus tom, and have not not only sent the land-owners threatening letters, but In many Instances have set lire to country houses and farm buildings. Secret agita tors have been busy, and In many estates the forests and the live stock have teen destroyed. As a result the population is without employment. In the province of Baratoff government spies discovered rev olutionary literature In the possession of certain peasants, and had them arrested and tried before the civil court on a charge of arson. The peasants were ac quitted by the court, but were nevertheless detained In prison by order of the admin istrative authorities. vigorous agitation RELIABLE &r 'V has been started among the peasantry In Tula by means of private conversation and the distribution of revolutionary literature. The peasants are receptive and discuss the new doctrines in village and cantonal meet ings. Revolutionary groups have been formed, and the effect produced by the agi tation is such that the peasants of their own Initiative aro beginning to form libra ries of useful literature. A recently formed League of Publlo School Teachers has Is sued a proclamation calling upon teachers throughout the empire to take advantage of their Influential position In country dis tricts to promote among the peasants a movement for political freedom and social Ism. FLASHES OF FT". " 'Tain' no sure sign," said Uncle Eben, "dnt a man loves his country because he gits- mad In a political argument. He's liable to do de same thing over a hoas race." Washington Star. He I have saved up enough for us to live at the rate of 110.0000 a year, fthe For how long? "Oh, one year." Brooklyn Life. Mr. Hlghmore What's the use of giving a garden party so late in the season? The evenings are too cool. Mrs, Hlghmore That's the reason T sm going to Klve It. It's the easiest way I can puy off my pnrty diibts. Three-fourths of the ppople I Invite won't come. Philadel phia Press. Patient Doctor, ' what makes quinine fctnrt one's head to going round and round? Doctor Bccausn It comes from Peru, which Is one of those countries wher revolution is in the very air. Baltimore American. Mrs. Chic Your aunt Eustacia is now about 84, Isn't she? Miss Aplomb Oh, don't ask me; auntie is awfully sensitive about her age. Detroit Free Press. "It's funny," said the sick man's wife, "hut the doctor says he hasn't discovered yet what's the matter with you." "Thank heaven!" exclaimed the sick msn. "then I'm safe for u while yet." Philadelphia Press. , . ' "Her' husband Is. a Uistisanrtj tlnvw (too good for her." ' ' 1 . "Poor thing, she has my sympathy I have the same sort of husband myself." Town Topics. ' "One would think." snld the taxpayer to the city official, "that a fellow who was as anxious to get into that office as you were would be willing to slay there at least an hour a day." That seemed to be logical, too, but some times It doesn't work out that way. Chi cago Post. "I'm the dealer tn pianos, ma'am," said the nun at the door. "But I don't want anything," replied the inly. "I have a piano." "Yes'm: the man next door said he honed i I could induce you to sell It." Philadelphia Leaser. "I am sorry," said the earnest cltlzon, "to see the love of money exerting so much influence." "Well," answered Senator Sorghum, "I'm sorry to hear you talk that way. When 1 hear a map grieving about the love of coney I take It as a pretty good sign that he- is suffering from unrequited affection." Washington Star. TIIE FKLLEIl UN THK FENCU. Roy Fan ell Greene In lHHfc. I like a man of courage, an' convictions good an' strong. Though his JudKincnt may be hasty an' his theories bo wrong; A man who'll come out boldly an' defend with main an' might A thing In controversy If he thinks the thing is rlulit. I like t' measures words with one who'll imrry, guard, an' thrust, Derendin' what he thinks la fair, an' flKhtln' what's unjust. He may hold views t' which my mind most stubbornly dissents. But I'm bound t' like him better than the feller "on the fence." The wishy-washy feller who when politics or art Are subjects of discussion never cares t take a part; The man who when he's tulkln' with his dearest bosom friend Will state not his opinions lest the state ment may offend Offends me more by silence an" by sitting calm. Inert. Than he would by flRhtln' back a bit, my views t' controvert. An' It doesn't stand t' reason that a man with common sense Could feel muc h admiration for the feller "on the fence." The man's a moral coward who the top- moBt ruil will choose To perch on, wholly seeohless, when you clmrt-'o on lilm with views. A long-horned TexHS bovine might there drlv.t me to a seat But I'll ne'er from controversy With a pal sled tongue retreat! An' so, a man of courage, an" conviction good an' strong. I'd choose, a!thouh his Judgment an his theories be wrong, Ills views be those l' which my mind most stubbornly dlnsents I'm bound t' like htm better than the feller "on the fence." THE NAMC B evCkTTffiNa Estcrbrook a pel li guarantee el aa atsslatt its cictileaes Professional! I C jNaAL The Ezpir t Penmau'a Favoritt I? fcjVery elastic Over" isolXflvuneUea of other styles lift 3 to suit every putVjy fpose. All i tationersNI have them. Accept noWiubstltute. 'THE ESTEKBROOK STtTl PEN C