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tore me mis in uay or October, A. u.,
wo more weeits or trie active root
nj season. Watch the casualty lint
This is the time of the year when Tax
Commissioner Fleming Is not envied of
bis Job.
Politics Las been shelved now for a
few months at least. All together then
for the progress and prosperity of Omaha
and Nebraska.
Iteally, the AVorld-lIeruld would much
rather be In a position to keep telling the
public "I told you so" than to wage a
successful campaign for Its own candl
dates.
Another reason why the extra session
of congress is not more popular with
the members is that the congressman's
pay is the same whether he spends his
time in Washington or at home.
Complaint is made of the pirating of
American trade marks by Japanese
manufacturers. The Japs are' known
among their neighbors as the "Yankees
of the east," and they are learning fast.
As the lono democratic congressman
from Nebraska the new member from
tho Second district should cut a wide
swath in the democratic house caucus
whether ho gets Into- the Congressional
Record or not
To arrest a prize fighter on a charge
of vagrancy is an insult which should be
resented by the fraternity. As if prize
fighting were not a legitimate occupation
so long as the dear public is willing to
have its pockets tapped at the box office.
Any cheap grafter who wants notoriety
can easily get it by. making a confession
that be was a sido partner with Pat
Crowe in the famous Cudahy k'kluap
ing. People hereabouts, however, will
pretend they are from Missouri and in
sist on being shown.
After a careful Investigation of the
costly plumbing at the county hospital
the committee of experts reports that the
county was uot cheated on the work for
which it 1ms paid fancy prices, but that
the plumbing, ought to bo torn out and
new plumbing put in.
Treason! Trensonr The World-Herald
prints a communication which says: "As
to John O. Yeiser, no particular signifi
cance is to le' attached to his defeat."
If Yelser's defeat Js not the worst set
back encountered by the Goddess of Re
form in many moons itrWlll take three
supremo court reports" to convince Mr.
Yelser differently.
When the democrats in congress have
to go to Mississippi for a floor leader
Jn the houHu they confess to a doleful
dearth of eligible timber in their ranks.
Think of the democracy of this country
following the leadership of Mississippi,
the pioneer In negro disfranchisement
and tho seat of densest ignorance and
illiteracy umong both whites and
blacks!
The opposition press said Just as mean
things about President McKlnley, when
ho was alive, ns they are now saying
about President Roosevelt. When they
try to draw Invidious comparisons be
tween the two it will be well to recall
their vicious onslaughts upon McKlnley.
and to remember that McKlnley, if
alive, would still be the target for their
poison shafts. ,
In the unanimous selection by the re
publican cancus of the Hon. Joseph O.
Cannon of Illinois as speaker of the
house of representatives Tho Ree finds
Ilul gratification. The Ree waa the
first newspaper of prominence to cham
liou the candidacy of Mr. Cannon for
the speakership as soon as it became
known that Speaker Hendrou would
fust be at'ola hi lino for that honor.
Tat MctTina of ctwuntas,
The fifty-eighth congress will meet In
extra session today in accordance with
the proclamation of the president. It is
the understanding that the message,
which will be communicated to both
nouses tomorrow, will be confined to
recommending the necessary action to
give effect to the reciprocity treaty with
Cuba, alrendy rstliled by the senate.
Rut while this will be tho chief subject
of consideration at the extra session it
will not necessarily be the only one.
There is likely, for instance, to be some
attention given to the Panama situation,
Senator Morgan and ether advocates. .of
the Nicaragua route being pretty sure
to have something to say concerning the
change in conditions which appears to
assure the construction of the Panama
canal by the United States. As to the
tariff and the currency it is settled that
the republicans will not consider at this
session any repositions relating to
those questions, though it Is expected
that the democrats will discuss the
tariff in connection with consideration
of the reciprocity treaty.
It seems to be practically arranged
that there will be no Issue or contro
versy between the senate and house as
to tne method of procedure on the
treaty. It is the understanding that
whatever form the house shall decide
upon will be accepted by the senate and
the Indications are that there will be no
great delay, so far as the house Is con
cerned, in disposing of the treaty. In
his speech to the republican caucus
which nominated him for the speaker
ship Mr. Cannon undoubtedly voiced the
sentiment of the house republicans in
saying that "our policy should be to con
slder and enact proper legislation cover
ing the convention for reciprocal trade
between Cuba and the United States,"
so that it is safe to assume that not
much time will be occupied by the house
In passing the required legislation. In
the senate a prolonged discussion Is not
unlikely, some senators having ex
pressed the opinion that the whole tariff
question will be opened by the Cuban
measure and that it will be well into
the regular session before action on the
matter is taken ny tne senate.
As to the treaty, it may be of interest
to state that it provides that all of
Cuba's exports may enter the United
Mates at a reduction of 20 per cent
from the present rates of duty. Tho
Lnlted States exporters are to enjoy the
same percentage of reduction on goods
going into Cuba, with reductions of 23,
30 and 40 per cent on certain classes of
articles. The larger discounts are on
machinery of varfous kinds, manufac
tures of steel, whiskies, and brandies,
manufactures of cotton and' knitted
goods and a number of other articles.
The president of the United States is
authorized to proclaim the existence of
the new rates as soon as congress takes
tho necessary action to make them
operative. ' '
hah if a and m rniaiDicycY.
The signal victory achieved by' the re
publicans of Ohio in the late election,
under the leadership of Senator llanua,
gave opportunity to the 'opponents of
President Roosevelt to attempt to create
a presidential boom for Mr. Hanna. It
is needless to say that they had not the
slightest reason to think that the at
tempt would be approved or counte
nanced by the Ohio senator, knowing
as they did that he had repeatedly de
clared that' he was not seeking nomina
tion for the presidency and that he had
pronounced unqualifiedly in favor of the
nomination of Mr. Roosevelt by the next
republican national convention.
Again Mr. Hanna has stated In the
most definite and positive terms that
he is not a candidate for the presidency
and tho Cleveland Leader, which en
joys the confidence of the senator to a
greater degree than any other news
paper and therefore may fairly be as
sumed to speak with authority, says:
"While Mr. Hanna may be pleased by
this expression of confidence In him
and he would be more than human if
he were not pleased it may be accepted
ss the solemn truth that he has done
nothing to encourage the exulerance of
his friends and admirers. On the otlier
hand, he has discouraged the talk con
necting his name with the presidency.
There is no reason, moreover, to believe
that he will, by word or ,act, do any
thing to put himself In the place which
is now almost universally conceded to
Theodore Roosevelt as the leader of his
party in next year's campaign." After
referring to the persistent attempt that
has leen made to array Mr. Roosevelt
gainst Mr. Hanna the Leader adds:
Mr. Roosevelt aecms to be absolutely I
assured of the nomination as his own
successor. Nothing, apparently, can de
feat his nomination. Nobodv who
nows Mark Hanna has ever questioned
his word. If, as is generally under
stood, he has given even a tacit pledge
to Iheodore Roosevelt not to seek the
presidential nomination, that pledge will
be kept That may be depended upon."
As we have heretofore said, no greater
injustice could be 'done Mr. Hanna than
to Imply that he may not be sincere in
declaring that he is not seeking a presi
dential nomination and in his public
expressions favorable to the, candidacy
of President Roosevelt... The 'Washing-
ton correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledger says that uo republican of prom-
neuco who has spoken on the fcubject
believes for a moment that .there will
be serious opposition to the nomination
of Roosevelt, or that any other name
will be presented to the convention.
And It is not to be doubted that Senator
Hanna will be among the most earnest
upporters of the president in the next
republican national Convention.
It is not to be expected that the scram
ble tor supreme court commUslonershlp
vacancies is to be as intense now as it
formerly was. Under the new law
passed by the last Nebraska legislature,
extending the terms f the commission
ers, sir of them were to be appointed
for ouljr one jcaf and three fur two
years, and the rntlre commission to fx
plre by limitation in 1SKC, unless the
legislature comes to the rescue agalu.
The privilege' of wearing the title of
Judge for the rest of their days will
1m worth more than the emoluments of
the position for appointees who can
draw their pay only from now until next
April.
' THC ILLISUIS DCCifWX.
Attorneys for the railroads involved In
the litigation brought to test the right of
the city of Omaha to make an independ
cut assessment of railroad property
within the city's Jurisdiction for munld
pal taxation are putting great faith In a
decision very recently handed down by
the supreme court of Illinois, upholding
the plan of tax evasion by a pretended
distribution of terminal values as prac
ticed in that state. Whether the consti
tution of Illinois is as expjlclt as the con
stitution of Nebraska regarding uniform
ity of valuation and taxation in each
taxing district, we are not satisfactorily
informed, but a reading of the Nebraska
constitution ought to convince anyone
that the intention of its framers was to
provide against discrimination as be
tween taxpayers without respect to the
corporate character of the owners or the
kind of property taxed. If tho decision
of the Illinois supremo court can be
twisted into an endorsement of whole
sale railroad tax-shirking it ought not to
be followed by any other court, but
ought to bo rejected at once as bad and
vicious law.
The natural consequence of the Illinois
decision in taking out of the area of mu
nicipal taxation property values enjoying
tho benfjfits of -municipal government
and of the expenditure of money raised
by municipal faxes on adjacent property
is pointedly depicted by tho Chicago
papers. The Chicago News, for example,
while calling for a revision of the stat
ute to patch up the hole through which
the railroads have crawled, declares re
cent investigation discloses that while
the railroads have been Increasing their
real estate holdings in Chicago their
taxes for years have remained about the
same. A railroad buys a valuable tract
of land and lists this tract as an addl
tion to its right-of-way," and from that
time forthwith the tract, no matter what
it may be used for, remains "railway
truck" and is not assessable for purposes
of local taxation. The purchase of prop
erty by a railroad is therefore equiva
lent to wiping it out so far as the pub
lic's right to municipal revenues from it
Is concerned. In this way it shows
many largo tracts of land, inclnding
some of the most valuable realty In Chi
cago, have disappeared from the asses
sor's books, although all this property
was taxable as real estate and paid taxes
as such until the railroads bought it.
whereupon Immediately it became some
thing else and escaped city taxation
altogether.
The absurdity of the logic on which the
Illinois decision is based can best be il
lustrated by Imagining a railroad buying
all the property In a city and labeliug it
"right-of-way." and thus depriving the
municipal government altogether of Its
revenue from municipal taxes so far as
the real estate is concerned. If the law
is "concentrated essence of common
sense," as some Jurists still Insist, it will
have to abandon fictions like these so
repugnant to common Justice.
Final figures in the Judicial district
elections throughout Nebraska show
tnat the republicans have been success'
ful in regaining a large number of the
positions on the district bench. Soma
of them have been in iwssesslon of the
populists and fuslonists ever since the
rise of the populist party twelve years
ago. Nothing could be more significant
as to the deep-down change in political
sentiment of the people of this state.
Omaha's High school debaters have
been out talked by their Chicago com
petltors, but that should not discourage
them. We have had several brilliant ex
amples of what practice and experience
will do in developing Nebraska oratori
cal talents in one instance even captur
ing a foredoomed presidential nomina
tion as the prize. .
We may be sure that the threatened
suit against the Cecil Rhodes estate Is
being spurred on by hungry lawyers,
who will be glad to get a small share of
the late South Arican millionaire's
money. It is a mighty poor attempt to
break a will that cannot command legal
talenf tn these days.
aa
The story from Washington to the ef
fect that Jim nil! proposes to consoll-
ilate the Northern .Pacific and th Rur-
llngton into one great property known
as the Burlington system is suggestive
of great possibilities. For the present,
however, we shall wait to see what we
shall see. i
The plan now is to incorporate the new
Omaha Chamber of Commerce when one
hundred memberships have been sub
scribed. It may be all right to Incorpo
rate with a hundred memberships, but
the whole five hundred ought to be taken
before the organization gets down to
business.
Front Urav ta Uay.
St. Louis Qlobe-Democrat.
Governor Mickey of Nebraska believes
that a public officer should have rational
amusement When h tires of executive
affairs he dons a pair of overalls and
spends a few days In tha country feeding
a steam thresher or pushing on the handles
of a low-gearud prairie plow.
A I'stur C'ertataty.
, New York Tribune.
One cent postage per ounce for letters tn
every part of the United States and t cents
pur ounce for letters between countries in
the postal union would be immensely pop
ulur and gratifying. Those Ideals ought not
to be Impostilble of accomplUhment iu this
century of swift strides of progress.
Jnatlre Hirnu Endorsed.
Philadelphia Press.
The ends of Justice, the good of society,
the enforcement of the' law and tit all law
ful obligations would be promoted and
bldui by. the vurtaihucul vf the privilege
of appeal, as Justice Brewer susR-ests. The
evil that he denounces Is much worse In
some states than in others. Dut In all the
protection of the criminal and the protrac
tion of litigation are favored by the facility
of appeals at the sacrifice of prompt and
substantial Justice.
A Dream and n Nightmare.
Minneapolis Times.
Again there Is talk of an attempt to navi
gate the Missouri river between Omaha and
St. Louis and both Omaha and Kansas City
look forward to the early Installation of
barge lines. Missouri river navigation has
been a dream and something of a night
mare for many years, but It has amounted
to little more since the days of railroads.
The giddy old stream is too "uncertain,
coy and hard to please."
Indifference to Grafting;.
Kansas City Btar.
"The American people don't mind graft
ing," remarked an experienced Philadelphia
politician, "but they hate scandals. They
don't kick so much on a jiggered public
contract for a boulevard, but they want the
boulevard and no fuss and no dust." Un
fortunately, this politician wasn't far from
the truth. The experience of almost every
American city will bear him out. This
peculiar attitude of honest Americans to
ward dishonest politicians la something at
tributed to Indifference toward public af
fairs. The voters are "too busy," It Is said.
to pay proper attention to their municipal
government. But this explanation reduces
simply to the Philadelphia boss' statement
that the people "dpn t mind grafting."
Proof of Pnshln Cltlsenshlp.
Philadelphia Record.-
The most interesting and far-reaching
result of the state election In New Tork is
shown In the majority vote cast in favor
of expending $101,000,000 for the purpose of
enlarging and deepening the Erie Canal.
That bespeaks the generous and undaunted
spirit of the people of the Empire state.
The building of the Erie, canal was a great
undertaking at the outstart; the proposi
tion to so deepen It as to make It practi
cally a ship canal and a perpetual bid for
the vast traffic of the Great Ikes is an
unexampled state enterprise. That It has
been authorised by popular vote, notwith
standing the staggering weight of expendi
ture involved, furnishes undeniable proof of
intelligent and pushing citizenship.
SECURING ELBOW ROOM.
Wise People Moving- Away from the
, Crowded Sections of Cities.
Boston Globe.
The Increase of the rural districts of the
country, relative to the cities, is constantly
growing. The inevitable tendency of the
trolley and railroad Is effecting this result
steadily, and all the facts of the last cen
sus confirm it. The Increase In the percen
tage of city population was not nearly so
great between 1890 and 1900 as between IS)
and 1SW. In tke former decade the advance
of city life was from 23 to 29 per cent, and
In the latter from 29 to 83. The total of
urban population, according to the census of
1900, was 28,872,292; that of semlurban and
semirural population, 8,208,480. and that of
distinctly rural population, 39,413,703, or 62
per cent of the whole.
Those signs of disintegration In cities are
what might be expected, with the great dis
tributing tendency of the railroads and the
enhanced power of .Idcomotlon everywhere.
The cities of the Middie Ages were built up
partly lor defense and partly for accommo
datlon. They are no. longer in any sense
models for the times.- The only excuse for
congestion is the property interest. But too
much compactness WB In the epd defeat Its
own purpose. The tendency of our cities Is
to separate Into imallM aggregations. DIs
tance does not make the difference that it
once Old. ana all other considerations con
stantly work for more air and elbow room
ENLARGING ERIE CAJAlI
Decisive Vote of the Empire State in
Favor of the Waterway.
Chicago Tribune.
New Tork has decided by a majority of
2.TO.00O to build its 1,000-ton barge canal
from Buffalo to the Hudson river. The
vote Is a fortunate one for the farmers
of the west, for the grain rates from any
point on the great lakes to New York City
will be considerably lowered when the
canal is built. The. canal will act as
freight regulator, even if It does not act
as a freight carrier to any great extent,
And the canal's regulation of freight rates
cannot be smothered, by a consolidation of
interests or a gentleman's agreement, be-
oause tne canal will be state owned.
New York City gave the overwhelming:
majority for the canal largely because of
the support accorded by the metropolitan
press to the project. New York hopes by
means of the canal to bring back to itself
by cheap rates much traffic that other
seaports have been gaining. The state was
against the canal -With the exception of
r.rle county, where Buffalo is situated, and
the neighboring county of Niagara. Buffalo
probably will benefit more In proportion to
population than New York.
The big ditch, it-is estimated, will cost
$101,000,000. If experience is a good teacher
the actual cost will be double that. But
the 8200.000,000 wlU be money well spent-
especlally in the opinion of the western
farmer, who will enjoy the canal's benefits
without having to put up a cent ekher to
build or maintain it.
NEW STANDARD OIL TAXES.
How Easily a Monopoly Levies Tojl on
the People.
Chicago Tribune.
The Standard Oil company has added 1
cent a gallon to the wholesale price of
kerosene. This means that the consumer
will have to pay 1V cents a gallon more.
The company has also raised the price of
pararnn candles 1 cent a pound. ,One raise
will add $10,000,000 to Its yearly revenues
and the other will add. $1,000,000. A corpora
tion which has the monopoly of a great In
dustry has suddenly given orders that the
publlo must fay It $ll,0u0,000 mors a year
than It has been paying.
Neither congress, nor a state legislature
nor a city councilman Impose new taxes In
the easy, stealthy way in which a private
corporation can do It. The publlo body,
large or email, does not levy taxes without
giving the people due notice of Its Inten
tions. There Is discussion. There is an
opportunity for protests. Whatsoever Is
done is done In the daylight. There la no
publicity when a private corporation levies
tribute to the amount of millions. The di
rectors meet in a secluded room and formu
late their edict Sometimes it Is one man,
the master of the directors, who orders
them to add to the volume of taxes. Prob
ably In the case of the Standard Oil com
pany Mr. Rockefeller is the sole arbiter of
taxation. In a way Mr. Rockefeller is a
greater man than President Roosevelt. The
one can Impose a tax and the other cannot.
In theory the people who are taxed by
the Standard Oil company can defend them
selves by not using its products. In prac
tice they cannot get slung without the
products and have te pay the tax, no matter
how unjust it may bw. The Standard Oil
people will contend that their new taxes
are just, but no man is a good judge In
his own case.
A concern which has a monopoly con
trol of one of the necessaries of life can
not safely be intrusted with a power to tux
at Its own discretion. It is sure to exact
from consumers mors than it ought to,
and is likely to exact "all that U traffic
mill bear."
HOl.Ml .tltOlT NEW TOHK.
Ripples on the t nrrent e( l.lfe in the
Metropolis.
Ptranite things happened In New York
last week. Election results might be placed
In the list, but It is more comforting to
forget them. The subsequent celebration
without the assistance of boore, vouched
for b; the Hun, deserves high rank among
the wonderful performances of a wonder
ful town. Admittedly the wonder of n!I
was the arrival tn part of a whale, pre
sumed to be drawn thither by the an
nouncement of a wide open town. The
whale came inside Sandy Hook. Various
observers estimated the visitor's length at
anywhere from seventy-five to l"i0 feet and
nescribed , him as a "hump-backed bull
lie was seen by the soldiers at the Hook
and by the crews of various tugboats and
otner vessels.
Captain Denyse of the ship Vnique saw
tne whale coming up tho ship channel
spouting a big stream. The hump-back wa
proDaoiy following a school of fish. He
turned the spit buoy as adroitly as does the
Hook pilot bringing In a shin, and then
straightened out to parallel the Btaten
island shore
On the wet bank there are two hnanitai
Islands, called Swinburne and HnfTmnn
Islands. Hoffman Island Is the one nearest
the sea, and the whale mlirht hv .n
iioiaiy up through the Narrows had he not
run on a shoal close to Hoffman Island. At
least, it Is supposed that he temporarily
grounded, for tons of mud and oore shot
skyward for a distance of fifty or more
ieet ana the miniature wntersnnnt fnn
tlnued for fully ten minutes before the
whale mannged to turn around and started
seaward, giving the lower edge of the hos
pital Island a whack with his tall as he
inrieu run speed ahead for the open.
ivever ror a moment did the hump-back
u.i ins inumpnal march to the sea,
.... .u,.. OI water Deing seen for an hour
ue cieareu the bar.
A- .
v.coru,ng to Dr. W. E. Dreyfus., chief
Chemist of the deuartment t T.,hn-
ltles and Bellevue hospital, the day foi
Dr. Drevf iim t. . - i .i .
- i irea nis preparation
of the hospital formulary, which Is said to
.. me most complete and exten
sive in the world. It Is used as a basis
'w Ior me national formulary la
sued by the American Pharmaceutical as
soclation. This year the formulary con
tains SR7 fnnnnt.. .
" umoiig mem oelng some
iav ma unique.
one or them Is a formula that consists
of several Ingredients that are to be made
" a According to the chem
1st. bv flllnalnff ,v.A ........ .
" " naie io remain on
the face for about two minutes It will
give a result similar to that of a "cleas
ine rormuia Is as follows:
Barli sulphldl, 25 parts.
Snponls pulvU, 5 parts
1 rltlcl farlnae, 35 parta.
Bensaldehydl, Quarter solution
The formulary also includes rem ml Lib f,.w.
uC..,,um tremens and a disinfectant for
iciepnone receivers.
The good old green goods comedv r.
appeared wtlh a new feature in the Jef
ferson Market police court last week h
William Robertson, a Dlanter nf Roiaioh.
v,., ypcarea as complainant against
Fred Q. Wilson and Edward Williams.
Reading an advertisement in a home
newspaper that a good investment was to
be had, the southerner answered it and got
one of the familiar circulars that told
him how he could get $3,000 In United States
treasury notes for $300. Wilson, the planter
said, met him in Jersey City and brought
him to a room In A house in West Twenty
first street.
At the end of his talk there with Wilson
and three other men. the planter refused to
give up.hrs money. Then, he declared, they
leaped upon him and tried to take his
money forcibly. The southerner whipped
out his revolver and was about to obliterate
the green goods men when a fifth man
sprang Into the room and said:
"Aha! I have you at last," waving his
revolver at the four crooks. Then to the
planter: "I'm a secret service man. I've
been shadowing these fellows, and now I've
caught them In the act."
The secret service man told him, Robert
son says, to wait until he came back. He
watted a long while; then he went to the
West Twentieth Street police station and
XI n - .
enierea jus complaint.
ew ioraera wno live In apartment
r
nouses win nnd new features in soma un.
to-date buildings which are now in course
ot erection there. Among these features
are a supply of fresh filtered air to the In
terior of every suite of apartments, the
drawing out of all impure air from the
rooms through vents by means of electric
suction fans on the roof and an electric
ciosei in every private kitchen, to which an
electric range may be connected, extra
servants' rooms on the top floors, a long-
uisiance teiepnone in each apartment, eln
vators operated by hydrostatio pressure
In one of the finest of these new structures
there are bachelor apartments of one room
for $600 a year or $50 per month, two rooms
ana Dam ror $noo and upward and houe
keeplng suites of from five rooms and bath
to fourteen rooms, with three baths and
xour loneta. ranging from $1,600 to $6,000
year. Nonhousekeeping apartments may be
naa witn or without chambermaid serv,
ice.
Thomas' Walsh, aged 14, employed In a
rope fuctory In New York, met with a pe
culiarly horrible accident which undoubt
edly will coat his life. His body was per
forated by a thousand steel needles In the
machinery. Walsh's duty was to watch the
machine which Separates . the hemp Into
strands and regulate the movement of the
hemp. As he bent over to pick up a piece
of hemp the machinery clutched his clothes
and he was drawn Into It shrieking for aid.
There were 1,000 steel needles moving up
and oown und his body was frightfully
lorn. The machinery was stopped, but It
was found necessary to take It apart before
he could be released. So acute was the
pain that the boy prayed for death after
reaching the hospital.
This Is a Sherlock Holmes story as the
Broadway druggist told It: "When I read
the physician's prescription I found noted
therein a proprietary preparation of which
had never heard. I had something Just
like it, but I wanted to be sure to put up
Just what waa specified. As I was not fa
miliar with the compound, I telephoned to
two or three other druggists, and they said
they did not know it either. Then I called
up the doctor's office to auk him about It.
The doctor was not In, and the maid said
she did not know when he would be, so I
asked her to look upon his desk, and see If
there was not a sample of the compound he
had prescribed, and if so to tell me ths
name of the manufacturers. She came back
in a minute or two and told me ex;rt tly
what I wanted to know. How did I happen
to think of that? Why, I knew that some
firm or other had been 'sampling' the doc
tor and that there was every chance in
the world that the compound would be
found on his desk."
The man who was bit by a trolley car
in upper Broadway refused to enter a com
plaint against the motorman. taking all
the blame upon himself. "It was one of
those openwork accidents," he said. "What
do you mean? The subway ditch?" he was
asked by the policeman who picked him up.
'Not a bit of it. I turned around to look
at an openwork stocking that a pretty girl
was exposing and the car struck me. Blums
H ou the stockliiK.
TALK OK THE STATE PRESS.
SUnton I'lekrt: One by one the plunks
have been torn fr6m tho populist plat
form and tised for democratic kindling
Wood.
Bancroft Bl.ode: There were at loaM a
majority of S.OtK) people In the stute of
Nebraska who did not believe, in the "non
partisan Judiciary" story!
York Times: it n n good thing for the
state that such methods were resorted
to by fuslonists do not succeed. Tho for
gery, falsehood and wholesale deception
they practiced In this campaign would dis
grace Tammany and bring a blush to the
flinty cheek of Boss Croker. But It did
not win and It la safe to say It never will
again.
Lyons Sun: It Is getting to be nearly a
sure thing that any republican candidate
who 1b sufficiently assniled by the fusion
press with the fakey and fraudulent tne-
tics which were so riotously used In the
old populist era hns an immortal cinch,
to put It moderately, on election in Ne
braska. It has come to be Just about the
way It ought to be.
Wayne Herald: While the election of a
few democrats in Wayne county won't
necessarily cause a harder winter, higher
priced fuel, shorter crops next year nor
decrease the production of butter and eggs,
yet It would have been better If voters
had laid them on the shelf, as comfortably
as possible, and made a republican vic
tory aweepmg and complete.
Tckamah Journal: Tho lying slid con
temptible attacks made by the Omaha yel
low journal on W. G. Sears costs Judge
Dickinson many votes In Burt county and
added to Sear's strength many fuslonists
who were disgusted with such a campaign.
The World-Herald's attempts to npe the
Chicago American and other eastern yel
lows has cost the fusion ticket many votes
In this state.
Hastings Tribune: The people of Ne
braska refused to believe that Judge Barnes
was a man selected by the ralrouds be
cause they could manipulate him at will
and would find him a willing tool In their
hands. The people have done their part.
The remainder of tho demonstration of
ability and Integrity rests with Judge-elect
Barnes, and thero Is no doubt that ho will
proceed to show that the confidence of the
people was not misplaced. t
Lyons Sun: Many"" of the state pa
pers are justly denouncing the methods
of attacking candidates by belated cir
culars, deliberately sent through the
Imalls Just before election. So far
as the Nebraska Anti-Saloon league
circulars ore concerned, It is to be
said that they were not the act of the
league, and the perpetrators of the cow
ardly deed took pains that the league
should know nothing about it. It was the
dirty work of Just three men who pre
tended to act in the league's name. Such
work, of course, hurts the league, and the
league ought to take care to protect Itself
from such abuse.
Papllllon Times: A great many bad
things have been said and are being said
about Omaha, but at the same time there
are many good things to be said In favor
of the Nebraska metropolis that Is destined
are enough hustling business men In Omaha
to make It such. Omaha Is soon to be
a great grain center, the plans now under
preparation being to make the city second
to no grraln market in the entire country.
Not only Omaha, but all of Nebraska will
profit by such enterprise. With an electric
railroad connecting Omaha and Papllllon
this place will be a suburban residence
place for the great city and In time will
rank with the beautiful and prosperous
suburban towns adjacent . to ' the larger
cities of the east.
Norfolk News: If the fuslonists of .Ne
braska have one . lesson more emphatic
than another to iearn as the result ot
the recent election it Is that for them
to endeavor to prejudice the voters by
rotten Insinuations and campaign roorbacks
Hacking the principles of the repub
lican candidate and his personality. Is an
utter failure. They had to head their
ticket he strongest man In the party a
gentleman, whose fitness for the position.
whose personal character and Integrity
were never once questioned by the repub
licans; a man who was well thought of
by everyone, but his supporters were not
satisfied1 with this. They must needs ap
peal to the prejudices of the people. They
must attack the republican candidate. They
began with the Idle bloater early In the
campaign that what was wanted was a
nonpartisan election favorable to their
candidate, and In the face of public sentl-
ment, emphatically expressed, they must 1
needs resort to dirt slinging. Their cner -
gles were later exerted to thrust tho
bible in as nn Issue, securing the aid. of
several ministers of the gospel to make
their efforts the more certain. Then they
sought to rake up some old records of
Judge Barnes in his former home which
were presented In a circular, and finally
they Induced the officers of the Antl-
Saloon league to issue a note of warning
, ' ... ... . j
against the republican candidate, and
through It all that old favorite campaign
slogan of "railroad tool" rattled Its dry
. 6 ... , ,. . . , ,
bones around seeking whom It might In-
fluence. On some of these matters the" re-
publicans assumed the defensive, but not
once during the campaign were they the
aggressors In anything calculated to lower
the fusion candidate In the estimation nf
, , ...
the people. They waited their opportunity
at the Dolls and their answer to the fusion
attempts at misleading the public Is now j
registered to the tune of about 10,000
jortty for Judge Barnes. Perhaps they will i
learn the lesson." that the results convey. '
and perhaps-they will no
. . . i
t. Anyway It Is
evident that the people of the a ate can
be depended upon to support a party con
ducting a clean, honorable fight.
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. PERSONAL OTES.
Secretary Moody says So per cent of the
"u in our navy are native born Ameri
cans. If the sun spots are responsive for thrso
beautiful November days then bring on
your spots Certainly nobody would want
tho luminary to change them.
Admiral Howies Is to receive $:.".non a, year
from the private shipbuilding concern with
which ho Is to be connected. As chief con
structor of tho navy his salary was $5,fc0
a year.
Bl!l Devery will be encouraged to keep
up tho llRhts In New York. The time Is
coming when the people will rally with en
thusiasm to the standard of a true re
former. A New York farmer shot his wife becatisa
sho Inuphed at Mm when ho failed to catch
" ,K,s ne was pursuing. Borne men sret ex
j asperated becauso their wives don't Uugh
at theif Jukes.
iTcsident Koch of the German Reichs
bank. Germany, has Just celebrated the
semi-centenary of the beginning of his offi
cial t-areer. Emperor William conferrrd on
him the Order of the Red Eagle of the first
class. I
Indiana has Just come Into possession,
through a purchase made by State Libra
rian Henry, of a valuable Set of autograph
letters that Is Intended to be the nucleus of
a great historical collection that the state
will make.
Theso are stirring times In St. Louis.
Between bank runs, fair preparations, boo.
die hunts and earthquakes, the old town
Is humming day and night and Inventing
new thrills every hour. There Is ho rest
outside of the graveyards.
John Palraor, a full-blooded Ponca In
dian, who has been admitted to the bar In
Oklahoma, will be one cf the speakers at
the next session of the Oklahoma Bar asso
ciation. Palmer la located In Pawhuska
and Is considered one of the best orators In
the territory.
Bishop Restarlck, missionary bishop of
Honolulu, thus tells of his first sight of a
volcano In the Hawaiian Islands: "A Mend
took me to the foot of an Immense moun
tain and, lifting his hand Impressively, ex
claimed: 'That crater Is 40,013 years old.'
I didn't mean to doubt him, but naturally
I asked: Why the 13? Oh," said my friend,
'I've been here that long. It was 40.UOO
when I came.' "
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
She How do you pronounce e-m-b-o-n-p-o-l-n-t?
He Oh, it's easy enough to pronounce
that.
She How?
lie Fat. Philadelphia Pres.
Prof. I.angley would better have In
vested his money in a theater."
"Why so?"
"A theater has wings and flies." Kansas
City Journal.
"A man dat walks rlaht nn tn ri nr
reformin' de whule world," said Uncle ELen,
.wj n-n imnn bi so simple a matter
ns breakln' hlsself of chewln' tobacco."
Washington Star.
Kind Lady (pityingly) How long, my
good man. Have you Oeen a tramp
."""'"'""""i. ever since I bought
.i",hat rto ou think 4s the trouble with
nim? asked the anxious wife.
"My dear madam,' replied the doctor,
who waa not so puzzled that he did not
know under what general head to aut all
modern troubles, "speaking generallv, I
should say it was microbes. -Chicago post.
. ','Yo.u mutn't Jump at conclusions, my
friend, as the old cat remarked t. i.
puppy, when he made a leap for her tail.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wife Who waa that gfentloman you Just
bowed to?
Husband Why, that was Spooner, the
famous composer.
Wife Composer?
Husband yes, he manufactures a famous
brand of soothing syrup. Chicago News.
The reporter was Indignant at having
been kept waiting.
"You tell me Mr. Blgsome Isn't In?" he
suld. "You re a liar!'
"Am I?" said the dignified and Imper
turbable butler. "Well, young man you
haven't any scoop on that." Chlcago'Trlb
une. "How's your mother?" asked the neigh
bor. "Worried to death," answered the boy
who was swinging on the front gate.
"Father's hunting In the Adlrondacks,
brother Bill's gone to a political conven
tion, brother Jake's Joined a foot ball teim
and the dressmaker just told mother she'd
look like a fright In mourning." Washing
ton Star.
CHESTNUTS.
W. J. Lampton In New York Sun.
Pshaw.
1 don't like 'em cooked.
: gimme my chestnuts raw.
'SfeWSnySlelfU.
Where the trees grow;
Where the sharp frost falls
; A"d splits'"" open,
; And they drop on the ground
Amonw the leaves .'.'
I Them there asleep keep
j Till the spring
!,fl ,ne sprout.
Tho raw ones tastes like the keen air
Alld the ,mrple naie
The fall days
i Wer,. . , , . .
And the whoopln' shout
of the boys and girls goln out
Nuttln' all day In the woods
I A't nhl b"Ck U' g!iPU"
'That's rl'pht; "
That's whut the raw ones tastes like to me)
eL ,
.dimme mine raw:
These here cooked ones
Tastes like the town.
'""fX ."'V1 JlT?!'1-,
ma-'in(i , ewer or air ,. '
Hy gee.
No cooked chestnuts for me.
iiiiiuir mind inn.
Ami let me chaw
On 'em slow and steady.
And shut my eyes and see -
't he trees and the woods and the country
They taste like so much to ine.
$5 and $3.50
to Wearer.
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