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Stat of Nebraska. Douglas County, as.:
George B. Tsschuck, aotretary of The Bee
Publishing company, being duly sworn,
aays 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
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Less unsold and returned copies.... 9,480
Nat total sales 8(12,744
Net average sales 28,424
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It Is to be noted that the democrats
are not claiming Iowa this year.
It would seem that a nonpartisan these
days can run. for office only on a demo
cratic ticket , 1 '
Will the nonpartisan republicans run
ning on democratic tickets be republic
ans or democrats after election!
Inhabitants of the barnyard may con
sider themselves duly notified for what
is coming to them on the last Thursday
In November. : .
It Is a light, regJstraUon,,' artdi . It
therefore ! behooves ,,yry. registered
voter so much more to make sure that
his vote Is polled.
It Is never too late to learn. Even
Harvard's crack, foot ball men have
been taught a trick .on the gridiron by
a wily Indian player. ' f '.!"" 7:
Nebraska. Is a ; republican- state and
Douglas county a republican county. " It
j Is much more pleasant , 'to1 rejoice with
the winners than to 'Jrupiurn with' the
losers.. -'. r ... . , ..
Chairman Cowell's -offer of $100 re
ward for ihe detection of election frauds
is proof positive that lie, means business
when be says he is determined on hav
ing a free ballot and an honest count
It will not do to count our chickens be
fore they are hatched, but if President
Sttckney makes good on bis premised ele
vators and mills, Omaha will gladly In
scribe his name on Its roll of honor.
The only menace to Douglas county
republican candidates . . Is , democratic
boodle. Lee Herdmftn'g $12,000 a year,
Broadwell's $0,500, ' Power's $0,000 to
$7,000 will leave a big margin for dis
tribution on election day.
The political prophets are busy tell
ing what may be expected to happen at
the elections in various states Tuesday.
After It Is all over, however, their hind
sight will:as usual,-prove much imore
reliable than'- their "foresight.-1 : ' '' '
If this Is tbe Hud , of campaign the
democrats put up to redeem Jndge Sul
livan's pledge of decent treatment for
bis opponent how much mud slinging
aud yellow fukery would we have had
lx the popocratic organs and orators
bad been allowed to do as they pleased?
The suspicion Is abroad that the talk
of disbanding the Ttyklsh army on .the
Bulgarian frontier is simply another of
the sultan's, smooth fames. The Euro
pean powers have been buncoed so often
by the elusive Turk that they would do
well to keep their eyes on the cards all
the time. - :.
The safest thing for republicans of the
Judicial district to do Is to vote for
all the seven candidates nominated by
the republican party. Under the pecu
liar makeup of the official ballot to
scratch any one of the party nominees
for the beuch Is liable to result in the
rejection of the whole vote.
Tho Montana arbitrators called .'n to
solve the problem presented by the pre
carious milling- sltuatlou there gives It
up. it seems to us mat with a more
determined effort they might have made
some headway. No two men ever yet
gut at loKKerheads but what there was
some way of settling the dispute.
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if the tax ' committee of the Real
Kstate exctiHuir thinks the tight for tax
tefonu doiwnds on the outcome of the
liuiendlug election, why have its mem
bers waited until the eve of voting to
come out and Mate their position? This
leventlt hour trimming savors alto
gether too much of a put-up Job and is
calculated to shake public confidence
lu the work of the tax committee, which
Is supposed. to be entirely dUtJnct from
political consider!! Uous and won its
sU'cukUi fiwiu that wui JyraUuu. --
A HOUD Wltn DKMtKHAT.
There was a time not tunny years sgo
when thd democratic rank and file was
bound together by a common faith in
the cardinal principles of tho party
founded by Jefferson and championed by
Horatio Seymour, Samuel J. Tllden and
Allen (I. Thurman. The rank and file
of the democracy still believe in those
principles, but , the leadership of the
party in Nebraska, and especially in
Omaha, has degenerated and the party
has' become a mere aggregation of po
litical buccaneers battling for spoils.
The present campaign has been markod
by brazen imposture and sham pretense
that should make every honest democrat
blush for his party aud despair of its
future.
The populist-democratic alliance by
which Judge Sullivan was made the so
called fusion reform candidate was per
fectly natural, although, the demon
strated fitness, of Judge Sullivan, as
measured by populist standards, has not
been apparent In his "rulings on the
bench. But the desperate effort to pose
Judge Sullivnn as a riiodel anti-corpora
tion. Judge In the face of his known rec
ord In the legislature and In the face of
his decision in the railroad tax cases will
make the railroad tax agents and rail
road attorneys laugh In their sleeves.
Ask ex-Attomey General -Constantlne J.
Smyth, who was chalrmau of the com
mittee on cities Ita the legislature that
cut the provision to tax the railroad
property the. same as al other; property
out . of the .Omaha charter, . what part
Judge Sullivan had In the mutilation?
Ask John D. Howe, a very consistent
democrat, what he thinks of Judge Sul
livan as an anti-monopolist? . Ask Lee
Spratlen, John N. Baldwin or Ben White
whether they are dissatisfied with Judge
Sullivan?- .Ask James Dnhlmnrv the
democratic national, committeeman, who
.always has been In close touch with the
corporation managers, whether he "re
gards Judge Sullivan as a safe man for
the railroad corporations?
But why tills masquerade?' Does not
everybody In Nebraska 'know that the
frantic appeals of the. sham reformers
on behalf of Judge Sullivan is really In
spired by It. E. Lee Herdman. whose In
come of $12,000 a yea? is threatened?
The most disreputable feature of the
campaign Is,; however. he i Confidence
game that is being played tinder the
guise of nonpartisan judiciary In this
district Is there an Intelligent demo
crat who cannot see through this bunco
game? Is It not manifest thut the nomi
nation of five republicans and two dem
ocrats was a clean sell out? What
chance of election have the two demo
crats as against five republicans on the
same ticket? Every deijiocraV iu Ne
braska knows that Judge Do.ue was a
fearless and uptight Judge, beyond the
reach of corporate influence, but he was
deliberately sidetracked for the benefit
of Judge Dickinson, who, ran .against
him four years ago as a corporation re
publican. To be sure Judge Ferguson,
a democrat who stands high with his
party and 'whose Jadidal Tceebrd Is un
impeachable,' was sandwiched In be
tween tbe five republicans, tmt what
snow naa no witn the Jugglers who put
up the bogus nonpartisan Judicial ticket?
Can self-respecting democrats make
themselves parties to such a confidence
game? J . ' I
TTBMiltS IS TH MAM
An eastern democratic paper, . re
marking that the presidential campaign
lias practically begun and the repub
lican candidate has been selected, says
that the democratic party . Is going
through a process of preparation for
the encounter and its "position would
be greatly strengthened if the man of
the hour would be kind enough to come
forward And by his commanding char
acter take the leadership of his party."
It adds that unfortunately "We have
yet to wait for .the, njan of destiny, but
in the meanwhile, the. party , is making
a record which will help it or handicap
It next year."; ,' '
Where Is the man with a command
ing character to take up the leadership
of the democracy? The republican party
would be glad to have him announce
himself, so that it may kilow what sort
of, democratic leader It- will have to
fight ' Every man ' who has ' thns far
been suggested Is deficient In some vital
respect. 1 None of those democrats who
aspire to the presidency : Lag better
than a factional support and the "com
manding character" essential to party
leadership is generally lacking. Mr.
Cleveland has a quite earnest eastern
support, and some friendly oonsldera
tion In the middle states and in the
weeit, ,but the south doesn't want "hlra,
though undoubtedly Jt would give him
Its elector! vote1 'should he be nomi
nated. It is not known, however,
whether Mr. Cleveland desires or would
accept a nomination. Senator Gorman
is bidding for the support of the south
in the next democratic national con
yentlon and probably will get It but bis
present course will hardly commend
him to northern democrats, however
much they may generally be In sym
pathy with him. They must realize
that his election to the presidency would
be out of the question.' Judge Parker
of New York seems to have been
dropped from consideration and Hill.
OIney and some others who have been
mentioned as possible candidates are
no longer talked of. There are Tom
L. Johnson and Carter Harrison, but
neither of them can be seriously con
sidered as possibilities, ' although they
may exert a considers ble influence in the
selection of ' a' democratic presidential
candidate.
"The democratic jmriy has never been
so badly off In the matter" of leader
ship as It is at present and there is
at this moment no promise of Its being
able to find a man able to harmonize
Its factions and carry It united into
next year'g coutest.
Every home owner is interested In an
equjtable .distribution, of the burden of
taxation. L'nder the -new revenue law
the & fe-t meat tnnde la I'JOa -wlU Uud
for four consecutive years. This assess
ment will be made under the personal
supervision tf the county assessor to be
elected this fall. Hence It Is of vital im
portance that tint ninn elected to that
position should ie honest, fearless and
impartial. Such i man Is the republican
nominee for assessor, Harry D. Reed,
who can be depended! upon to do Justice
to all men and deal s fairly with In
dividuals as with corporations.
BO NtW DEPARTMK3T.
There is talk of creating a new depart
ment of the government to look after
the affairs, of our insular possessions.
It Is stated that Senator Foraker, who
Is chairman of tbe senate committee on
Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, may
introduce a bill for this purpose at the
coming session, not with the expecta
tion that it will pass during the ses
sion, but in order to bring the matter
before congress. It Is pointed out that
the bureau of Insular affairs now at
tached to the War department has a
staff of about 100 clerks and it is
not able to do anywhere near all that
many persons think it should. It Is
further suggested that a better unifica
tion of colonial relations and a more
systematic supervision from Washing
ton can only be secured by definite rep
resentation of the insular possessions
In the president's cabinet
The Philippines, It 1s remarked, are
novi In t transition state and so far
as federal administration Is concerned
they pre well managed from the Insular
bureau, but there is no knowing when
Philippine problems will outgrow this
supervision. Then it is noted that not
a day passes that many persons do not
call at the bureau to Inquire Some
thing about Porto Rican affairs,- al
though it has bad nothing to do with
that Island In more than three years.
It is argued that the lack of unity In
the administration of thosie parts of the
American dominion which have not
been made states would be remedied
by tlifi establishment of a new depart
ment Doubtless nnlty In administer
ing the affairs of the Insular posses
sions Is to be desired and will in time
be attained, but It Is by no means clear
that It Is essential' to such attainment
that there shall be created a new execu
tive department. - We can see no good
reason why, when there has been com
plete organization of the insular pos
sessions, a properly equipped bureau
will not be able to handle whatever
business there may be in connection
with them. It Is admitted that this Is
the case now. with the Philippines and
the work should and undoubtedly will
be simpler In the near future than it
is at present; . .'.
The idea of a "colonial department
will, we are very confident, not meet
with general -public approval. It Is
manifestly unnecessary and there Is
a strong popular objection to multiply
ing government departments.
TUB CONTRACT LABOR LAW.
Legislation by the last congress broad
encd the scope of tbe alien contract
labor law, so. .as to permit the Inspect
ors of i immigration to catch a great
many 'who formerly, escaped through
the looseness of the old act which
was constantly violated. The new act
says that aliens shall not be Induced to
come to this country through any of
fer, solicitation, promise or agreement
It is further provided that skilled labor
shall only be imported when labor of a
like kind cannot be found unemployed;
in this country, the old law not barring
killed contract laborers when Imported
to develop new industries.
Under the new law the deportation
of Immigrants alleged to have been
brought here' in violation of the act has
been going an actively. In some In
stance appeals have been taken from
the .'action of the Immigration author
ities and several cases are now before
the secretary of the Department of
Commerce, by . way , of testing the re
vised law. " The alien contract labor
law was enacted to meet a condition of
affairs that called loudly for remedy,
In its general purpose it is a meritor
ious law, but it Is liable to abuse and
it is quite possible that la some in
stances it has been abused. At any rate
the tests to be applied will doubtless
serve a good purpose. -
Why has W. G. Scarf been made a tar
get by tbe Hitchcock organ during the
present campaign? Why Is he being
pursued so vindictively and stigmatized
as an Incompetent when every reputable
lawyer concedes that be is in every re
spect the peer of any of the candidates
now nominated for Judicial honors in
this district? Why Is be singled out
among republican candidates as a man
not deserving the confidence of the peo
ple'of this district in the face of the fact
that Mr. Sears has always enjoyed the
esteem and confidence of the people of
his home county in the highest degree
and was 'practically the unanimous
choice of - the republicans of that dis
trict for a seat on the district bench?
Is It not true that all this cowardly war
fare Is being waged upon Sears because
he did not support Mr. Hitchcock's
father-in-law, Lorenzo Crounse, for tbe
United States senate three years ago?
There is no reason why any repub
lican should favor F. A. Broadwell over
W. W. Bingham for the most lucra
tlve position in tbe gift of the voters of
Douglas county. Mr. Broadwell will
have drawn close to $30,000 out of the
office within the four years of bis term.
That certainly is sufficient, in view of
the fact that the county is republican
by from 1,200 to 1.500 majority. To
re-elect Broadwell would simply mean
that republicans would be voting sev
erul thousand dollars Into democratic
campaign funds next year and several
years thereafter.
Announcement is made by - way of
Lincoln by Robert E. Lee Herdman,
clerk of the supreme court, that a large
uumber . of rvpubllcuns in A Ikugla
cvuuty lutvt Un pt-rsuadeil to vote
for Judge Sullivnn to hold him In his
12,000 a year Job. Whether Mr. Herd-
man has secured any such promises Is
exceedingly doubtful. The republicans
of this county have derived no advan
tage or benefit from Mr. Herdman's
tenure of the supreme court clerkship
and have no Interest In extending bis
term.
The editor of The Bee begs to ac
knowledge receipt of a handsomely en
graved card from District Court Clerk
Broadwell, announcing that he la seek
ing re-election to the position be has been
holding for four years. We congratu
late Mr. Broadwell on the taste dis
played in the selection of such fine sta
tionery, and rejoice that the emolu
ments of his office permit him to In
dulge in such expensive campaigning
to retain his salary and perquisites. Ills
republican opponent, unfortunately, has
ot been provided for out of the public
treasury and is not able to solicit votes
with such costly luxuries.
Tbe Smile that Cornea Off.
Baltimore American.
If only the candidates would go right
on smiling SJid shaking harida after the
election, this would be a lot pleasanter
world to live In.
Taking; a Large Coatraet.
Chicago Tribune.
An effort Is to be made to put a stop to
sweating among the sailors In the navy.
Their profanity has been noticeably worse
since their allowance of grog was shut off.
- He aa Has Gets.
' ' - Boston Transcript.
It is dollars to doughnuts that when con
gress meets the most magnificent of the
floral tributes will surmount the desks of
Senator Piatt of New York and Senator
Stewart of Nevada.
Presidential Itecreat Ion.
St Louis Globe-Democrat. '
President Roosevelt has queer Ideas of
recreation. Ha celebrated bis forty-fifth
birthday anniversary by reading tha report
of General Brlatow In the postofflce boodle
Investigation.
Time and Money Saved.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Tha people who attempted to aasassinats
that Russian governor general the other
day are all dead. The Russians don't be
lieve in wasting public money . In matters
of- this kind.
Syaalcated Robbery,
Philadelphia Press,
It Is to be observed' In regard to the
revelations ot colossal stealings of forest
reserve lands of the United States that
the principal participants In these crimes
are not petty larceners hungering for a
few acres of the publlo domain. The chief
criminals are the agents and officials that
have absorbed millions of acres of p'ubllo
land upon which they are pasturing herds
of sheep and cattle. These syndicates. It
should also be observed, are among tha
loudest clamorera for. the maintenance of
high, duties on wool and beef.
Parsvit o Vmu Tnleres, ;:.
' St. Louis dlobe-Democrat
Scarcely a day naaeea without disnaJchod
relating to land frauds practiced upon
tha government This form of lawbreak
Ing has become extremely ooelly to cltl-
sens. They realise the necessity of fer
reting It out and banging the cheats to
punishment Lands, restored to, rightful
government ownership become a contiihu.
ting source to the Irrigation fund, a pro
vision which means 'millions of dollars
In eventual returns.'' So many forms of
land frauds are under Invoatlratinn ihm
the subject Is not entirely clear, but con
gress and tha preaiCent will see that tha
light shines through it Secretary of the
Interior Hitchcock has been actively at
work on tha land frauds for a long period
and Is performing Important service. Re
stitution of lands filched from tha gov
ernment has become an Item of Immense
value.
GET FROM UNDER,
FaJthfal Old Pallmaa Blanket Pro,
aaeed 'aa Unclean Thing.
Philadelphia Ledger.
If tha chemist of the Pennsylvania rail
road, speaking at the annual meeting of
the National Publlo Health association in
the -name of his own company, expressed
what is a sincere desire on the part of the
railroads to co-operate In tha interest of
the health of travelers, wa may be en
couraged to expect a reform in the Impor
tant detail of the sleeping car blanket.
Cunningly colored so as not to show Its
real condition, this" hideous article may
occasionally be washed; but for certainly
many weeks, and probably months, cover
ing nightly a different victim, gathering
the grime of travel.' filling with dust and
absorbing unclean exhalations, the Pull
man blanket la a filthy outrage, Intolerable
to decent people and an Instrument of con
tagion which publlo safety requires should
be abolished.
Civilisation Is a queer thing. The sleep
ing car blanket and- such ilka dlssemlnat
org of disease as the plush street car
cushion and tha feather duster, would be
impossible In some lands which we count
far beneath us tn the scale of advance
ment. What thoughtless Indifference tol
erates them among us Is hard to under-
stand. They are mora fatal than war, pes
tilence and famine. Only their deadly
work Is done quietly. Dramatic death Is
required to arouse our languid Interest.
Tet poison and the dagger are childish
playthings - beside the pathogenic germ,
And It has no more congenial hiding place
than In the Pullman blanket, or that
filthy, poisonous token of corporate selfish
ness, tha ancient . plush traction car
cushion.
A NOX PARTISAN UKfltfED.
Any Old Thing taat Baas Against
t Repablleaa Nantlaecs.
I Lincoln Star.
The latest definition of a "nonpartisan"
Is from that miraculous and supereminent
organ of nonpartlsaiiahip, the World-Herald.
There are a few days yet to election,
and there la no telling what other descrip
tions of that curious entity may be Imag
ined by that delightful organ, but it will
hardly be able to conceive one that will
add more to the gaiety of nations.
"Tha candidates," says the World-Her
aid, in launching one of Its characteristic
double-leaded editorials, "the candidates
for district Judge in this Judicial district
who are running on the democratic ticket
are running aa Jurists those who are run
ning on the republican ticket alone are
running exclusively tn their capacity as
politicians."
And there you are. Tha only way to be
a "nonpartisan' In Nebraska, It thus ap
pears. Is to be a democratic candidat or
to be nominated by a democratic partisan
convention, or to be put forward by demo
cratic partisans.
The World-Herald's notion aeems to be
that It Is "nonpartisan" to fight the re
publican party.
Very well, let It go at that. This would
be a nice scheme If there were sufficient
democratic partisan ''nonpartisans" to put
such a partisan scheme through.
The republicans, however, have a non
partisan" scheme of their own, and we
opine that tbey will be out at tha polls aext
Tuesday.,
TALK OF TUB STATES PRKSS.
PavneC1ty Republican: Admitting thit
tha fuslonlsta have good men on their ticket
they have no right to expect republican
votes when tha republicans have nominated
against them not only equally as good, but
better qualified men. Vote the republican
ticket
Wayne Herald: Judge 'John B. Barnes, i
twice endorsed for commissioner by his
opponent. Judge Sullivan, should receive
the united support of the republican party
for supreme Judge. He Is among the fore
most lawyers In the state and none ran
discharge the dutiea of Its highest tribunal
more learnedly or fairly.
Bradshaw Republican: There should be
no "oft year" In politics. The republican
state convention. In strong resolutions, In
dorsed President Roosevelt and his admin
istration. Next Tuesday Is tha day and tha
voting booth is the place for every repub
lican in Nebraska to seal those resolutions
by their votes by rolling up an old time
republican majority for tha entire ticket.
Wayne Herald: Governor Mickey truth
fully says that tha result of this fall's
election will largely determine whether er
not Nebraska will be counted In the Roose
velt Column next year. Thus, It la Impor
tant that all voters be on hand to cast
their ballots and that every republican
candidate from supreme Judge down re
ceives a large majority.
Tllden CIMien: Alt Indications point ta
republlcan success throughout tha state
on Tuesday next. Tha past six years have
been a particularly prosperous period tor
the farmers and, so far as legislation can
affect their condition, they . realise that
credit for their prosperity must be given
to tha administrative policy of tha party
In power. i
Lyona Sun: It will be remembered that
tha Hon. W. O. Sears Is Burt county's
only candidate for district Judge. If Mr.
Sears should fall of election there would
be no Burt county resident on the bench.
Past services entitle Mr. Sears to a hand
some vote from his home county. We be
lieve ha will get It, and with it he will be
elected to the office which he Is so well
qualified to All.
Crete Vldette-Herald: There Is always a
degree ot satisfaction In supporting the
republican ticket because It Is the ticket
of the political party that stands for prog
ress and prosperity. But this year there Is
an additional pleasure. Aside from tha
matter of political principles we feel a
Just pride In the personnel of our .ticket.
a list of able, clean and worthy men not
a poor stick irt the lot. If you can sub
scribe to the principles of good govern
ment and wish to see worthy men In office
lend your support to the republican ticket.
Norfolk News: Friends of Judge. Barnes
are pleased to note that many of the broad
minded fuslonlsta In . tha vicinity of his
home town are inclined to give him a com
plimentary vote for the office of Justice of
the supreme court. It would be a splendid
showing for the friendliness and nelghbor
llness of the people and Judge Barnes is
a man that Is entitled to such considera
tion. His administration of Justice as one
of tha supreme Judges will ba above re
proach and hone need hesitate to support
him for fear that they will be sorry for
it In tha future.
York Times t One thing is so self-evident
as ' to need no argument, no republican
ought to vote for tha candidate of the op
position unless there Is good and abundant
reason for so doing.' 1 In the present crisis.
If we may be allowed the expression, no
such reason exists In connection with any
candidate. There Is ho tangible' objection
to say one of the ' republican candidates.
They are all competent and worthy . and
when a man asks you to do such an ex
traordinary thing aa to go back on your
ticket and Insult your candidates and con
vention make' btro show you the "reason
why, ' '
Toblaa Express: Republicans feel quite
confident of the election of Judge Barnes,
their candidate for Judge of the supreme
court. He has grown In popularity as the
campaign progressed and he became better
known, for he is the kind of a man that
the more you know of him the better you
Ilka him. His legal talents are fecognlsed
and respected all over the state and there
Is no doubt but that he will get the full
republican vote, which Is a safe majority.
Ashland Gazette: A prosperous bank ac
count adds much more to one's mental
complacency than the mere vindication ot
his political opinions. Vote for the party
of prosperity.
Wood River Interests: We would urge
upon tha republicans tha importance of
casting a ballot next Tuesday. The "stay-
at-homes" and "over-confldenta have
mora than once brought disaster to tha
party. Not only la It Important for the
election of tha preaent ticket, that a full
party vote be cast, but every believer tn
Theodore Roosevelt and the principles for
which he stands should coma out and con
tribute his vote and influence for tha re
publican candidates who stand tor and
uphold thoss principles. Next year Is a
presidential one and It la none too early
to commence laying tha foundation tor
future sucoess.
PERSONAL HOTEL
Alexander . Blackley, the pastel artist.
whose death Is snnounced at tha age of 88,
was the flrst artist whose work was repro
duced In color In an illustrated newspaper.
"Elijah" Dowle made a great mistake In
time and place. How can ha expect the
people of New York to devote any attention
to rellgloua matters when they have a city
election on hand?
The super-eminent moral atmosphere of
Massachusetts la again cleared of obnoxious
taints. Involuntary osculation secured for
the osculator sixty days In tha workhouae.
Bay state delicacies triumphantly remain
above the bargain counter basis.
Tha coat of the Alaska boundary arbitra
tion is estimated at $300,000. Canada spent
nearly $200,000 preparing tha case and tor
tha fees of the British lawyers. The United
States expenditure was about llOO.OuO.
Henry Vlgnaud, secretary ot the United
States embassy at Parts, haa Just published
a new book seeking to establish the date of
Columbus' birth, as a further development
of his Columbian researches. Ha concludes
that tha great navigator was born in libl.
It Is said in London that John Morley,
whose "Life of Gladstone" is the talk of tbe
day, may have a baronetcy If he cares for
such honor. But It Is not thought he will
accept, for. Ilka "the great commoner," he
la Indifferent to such dignity as Is supposed
to ba conferred by a una.
Down In Memphla tha mualcal critic ap
parently does the horse races. He aays
that "Lou Dillon moved aa aoftly and sooth
Ingly as a Provencal air, fresh from tha
land of Oc. Delmar's was a Wagnerian
etude, splendid, but not compelling. To,
gather they rendered a Hungarian rhap
sody." Hon. James D. Richardson, a member ot
congress from Tennessee, by his recent
elevation to tha office of provincial grand
master of tha Royal Order of Scotland of
America was elevated to the highest posi
tion In Masonry in the world, and la the
ranking man In every organisation with
which Masons are in anywise connected.
Harry Payne Whitney, son of the New
York millionaire, haa taken to mining la
earnast, having gone to work on the Colo
rado properties In which his father Is In
terested. He declares his intention to mas
ter the mining business thoroughly and will
qualify himself to make expert examina
tions an reports. John Hays Hammons,
the famous mining expert. Is bis tutor.
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Having definitely located a microbe which
will butt In and knock out a billy goat,
the Agricultural department turns In tri
umph Jto more peaceful pursuits. The
latest record of Its well directed energies
Is a bulletin on the food value ot nuts and
dried fried, comprehending the results ot
experiments conducted by the department
In California, It has been determined that
dried apples have a surprising value as a
food product. Nine dietary studies and
thirty-one digestive experiments were
made, mostly with students who we're will
ing to submit to the tests In consideration
of the free board that was Involved. . To
summarise. It may be said that the chief
nutriments in fruit consists of sugars and
other carbohydrates, and in nuts of, pro
tein and fat. In other words, while, both
fruits and huts furnish the body with
energy, nuts ' furnish some building ma
terial, called protein, ss well.
Some Idea of tbe range, may be gained
from the fact that at ordinary retail
prices in the United States, 10 cents ex
pended for fresh grapes will supply tha
body for about 830 calories of energy, as
compared with (,(00 calories for 10 cents
worth of wheat flour. In the case of al
monds, this sum will supply 0.08 . pound
protein and about 1,100 calories of energy,
and in the case of peanuts, 0.28 pound pro
tein : and about 2,800 calories, while ex
pended for cheese it would provide 0.17
pound protein and about 1,300 calories, and
for flour 0.46 pound protein, aa well as the
large amount of energy noted above. Al
though some of tha dietaries showed that
It is quits posslbls to obtain the needed
protein and energy from a fruitarian diet,
the majority of those studied fell below the
tentative dietary standard..
" Hie two chrysanthemum shews made by
the government "gardeners" "opened " last
week. One Is made by the. propagating
gardens under the direction of Colonel
Brown, "who 'for ' thirty years 'has' had
charge of the flower beds in the parka of
Washington, and the other made ty the
gardeners at the. Department of Agricul
ture. Both are magnificent In their com
pleteness and . variety. . The . number of
varieties ahown Is not so large aa wllj be
seen In the publlo shows held In the large
cities, but It Is an even question If the
perfection and rarity of the flowers Is not
quite in the lead. There are about 800
plants In alt.
There la a good deal of rivalry between
the two shows, and the public enters
heartily into the spirit of tha contest.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson esti
mates that the codling moth has done
about $23,000,000 worth of damage to the
apple industry In the United States during
the past year, which is a loss ot $3,000,000
mora than In the last four years. The
secretary believes that one-fourth more ap
ples would have been placed on the market
had it not been for the codling moth, or
about ltUOO.OOO barrels. Tbe loss In home
orchards, In which the percentage Is far
greater than In the commercial orchards,
is estimated at $3,000,000.
.These estimates have been reached after
a thorough Investigation of the apple In
dustry In the United States by C. B. Simp
son of the dlvlaion of entomology, who
has been engaged In the experiments for
the past two yeara. Secretary Wilson re
gards tha codling moth as undoubtedly the
moat destructive Insect pest Of the apple
and pear and the occasion of greater loss
than all the other insect enemies ot these
fruits combined, entailing un annual
shrinkage of valuea exceeding $20,000,000.
etntMinen In both branches of congress
are preparing for the annual flow of ora
tory at the capital, as next year win
bring another national campaign. Including
the election 1 of members of congress,
speeches will be prepaed for use in con
gressional districts which are expected to
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have much effect on the home constituents.
Few of a congressman's constituents know
or care how these speeches nre prepared,
but if the secret were told many a public
man's reputation would be found renting
upon the work of a faithful clerk or pri
vate secretary. All the speeches made In
the senate and house do not represent the
brain work of those who deliver them.
It Is no uncommon thing for even some
of the well known members of both
branches to intrust to their secretaries
the preparation of their speeches. Not
many years ago a - dignified senator who
haa had more or less to do with legislation
affecting our foreign relations thought It
Incumbent upon him to make an address
on the subject of the American' outrages.
He directed his - secretary to prepare a
speech on that subject and a very fine ad
dress was turned out upon the order. The
senator read It over and complimented his
secretary on tha beautiful sentiments ex
pressed and - the general high tone of the
speech. When he had finished explaining
It ha t-irned to its author and askerti
"Where the devil Is Armenia, anyway?"
SMILING REMARKS.
"Mildred, what brings that young man
to the house no often?"
"Well, his mother's stepfather married a
second cousin of my father's great aunt.
We're trying to figure out what relation,
that makes him to me, and that can't ba
done in one evening." Chicago Tribune
"Don't you think you would be happier
If you went to work?"
"I suppose ao," answered Meandering
Mike; "but dere's so many people feelln1
Cut way on do subject dat I aln t goln' to
Blip In an' spoil delr pleasure-'V-Washlng-ton
Star. .
Mr. De Style This Is what we New York
ers call a foot ball game. Aunt Nanny.
Aunt Nanny of Lonelyville (viewing the
players' togs) Foot ball is it? You say
toot ball? Huh, seems to me It's more
like a masquerade bail. New York Sun.
First Tramp You'd better not go to that
house. . .. , ,
Socond Tram p-Wny: hot"? " '-,'
First . Tramp Thing's don't harmonise
there.
Second Tramp What do you mean?
First Tramp There's a dog at the front
gate and a mat at the front door with
r' Welcome" on it. Town Toplca.
Lawyer (to promoter) Is this your sig
nature on this check for 4234,000,000?
Promoter How much?
"Two hundred tnd thirty-four million
dollars."
"Let me see the check. Oh,-yes: that's
my signature all right, but I hadn't noticed
the amount when 1 signed it." New York
Press.
"You should remember that you are the
servant of the people."
"I do remember It," answered Senator
Sorghum. "And I don't believe that my
occasional perquisites are proportionately
any larger than those exacted by my own
domestic employes." Washington Star.
He called on her the other night
And held her hand.
And told her how the world seemed bright
And fair and grand.
Then, with a sudden rush of pluck.
Said: "Wish I always hud the luck.
To hold this hand." ...
Next evening, at the club, he beid
Another band.
He scooped the pot and fairly yelled:
"This beats ihe band I
Say, fellows, that was nip and tuck
I wish I always had the luck '
To hold this hand!"
Philadelphia Press.
.-'; FOOT BALL DAYS."
Chicago Record-Herald.''
The foot ball days hsve come again, the
gladdest of the year:
One side of Willie's nose is gone, and Tom
has lost an ear:
Heaped on the Held, the players Jab, and
punch, and claw, and tear.
They knock the breath from those beneath
and gouge without a care:
They break each other's arms and legs,
and pull Joints out of place,
And here snf there is one who gets his
teeth kicked from his face.
The freshmen and the sophomore, be
smeared with grime and mud,
Go gallantly to set the ball and quit all
bathed In blood:
Tha senior knocks the Junior down and
kicks him in the chest.
The high school hoy Is carried home and
gently laid at rest,
While here and there a crowded stand
collapses 'neath its weight,
And forty people wet mora than they paid
for at the gate.
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