THE OMAHA DAILY lEE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION,
tat of Nebraska, Douglas County, as:
George B. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
ay that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Daily Morning,
Bvenlng and Sunday Be printed during
Uu month of October, 1903, was as follows:
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19 80.2K0
20 8O.8T0
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23 8O.T0
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25 BO.OOO
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27 81,100
28 81,100
29 SO.040
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Total 32,020
naold and returned copies.... 10,fcS4
Net total sales
....023,808
Met average sales 29,783
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1K M. B. H UNGATE.
'King Ak-Sar-Ben Is almost ready to
flT a report from the guardian of the
rvai excuequer.
If John O. Yelser Is satisfied that he
got a good run for his money no one
else hag any kick coming.
When President Roosevelt promises a
brief message his Idea of brevity coin
cides with that of the reading public.
The Board of Review this year ought
to have a comparatively easy task. The
Board of Review last year biased the
Vfl V anil ot th. ra r
. M . . . f U V. V-.
The plumbing In the county hospital
is still leaking, but there are also sev
eral other leaks in the county board's
conduct of county affairs.
.With two, candy, dealers in Jhe. city
council the pushcart candy, men com
mit an unpardonable offense in selling
their wares at neighboring corners.
No, Canada does not feel any better
over coming out at the small end of the
boundary arbitration, but It hns stopped
advertising its grief quite so widely.
Cuba has been showing some signs of
a disposition to do something 'for itself
from which the argument that we ought
to do something for Cuba at leasgalns
some strength.
With the assistance of the Omaha
Commercial club George II. Maxwell is
earning the" salary the railroads have
put up for him as secretary of the Na
tional Irrigation association.
Nebraska congressmen fared better
than their colleagues from Iowa In
drawing seats In the hall of the house.
They will have to hustle, however, to
keep up with Iowa in pulling out the
legislative plums.
According to best reports the county
treasurer-elect Is going through the
throes of a second campaign, wrestling
with the guaranty bond men who want
to Insure his incumbency. To say which
ordeal Is the worst would require ex
pert testimony.
Nebraska is put down as having five
out of six new and inexperienced con
gressmen to represent it in the house
at Washington. Never mind four out
of the live will not be so new and Ju
experienced when they are returned to
the next congress.
The new Republic of i'anutua has se
cured a recognition from France as well
as from the United States the two fore
most republics of the world. The Iminl
f sympathy between republics Is
plainly closer than the bond between the
old monarchies and the new republic.
Colonel Bryan" experts' to start this
week on his much-talketlof European
trip and be absent several months, it Is
safe to say he will keep advise,! of the
direction of the political weather-vane
on this side and that the time of his re
turn will depend largely on which way
the wind blows. '
It Is particularly appropriate that one
party of invaders Into U.e old Red Lake
Indian reservation, now thrown, open for
settlement, will make Its Incursion from
Thief River FbIIb. The line of riVmnr
katJon Is, very hazy between t.ikintf land
in a government lottery and taking It
without any rightful claim nt all.
Mayor Moores is ripjit In declaring
that. the city should not tolerate any
more foolishness from bond brokers who
bid in our bond Isxues and, after holding
them' for months ns an option, refuse
to execute the ronract unless they have
previously turned a profit by unloading
on other investors. The city should
keep a bond broke' blacklist and
very bond house that breaks faltli oncv
should be barred from having- it bids
considered for all future stile,
rRtSlDtHTS CUBA MX8SAQB.
The message of President Roosevelt
recommending legislation to make
effective the Cuban reciprocity treaty,
as required by the sennte's amendment
to the treaty, presents the arguments for
the desired action briefly and forcibly.
They are not now to the country, having
been ta ted In previous utterance of the
president ns well ns by other advocates
of closer trade relations between Cuba
and the t nited States. It Is urged, that
both our Interest and our honor demand
the legislation conteniplnted; that our
Intimate political relations with Cuba
make Incumbent and necessary close
economic relations; that the new repul)
11c having acted In good faith toward
the United States, by complying fully
with the requirements of this govern
ment, It Is our Imperative duty to help
that republic onward and upward. In
doing which we shall also promote our
own Interests. These nrguments un
questionably make n strong appeal to
the American, sense of fairness ami jus
tice, to the feeling that this great na
tion ought to show special favor to the
neighbor to which It gave Independence
and the security of which It is bound to
safeguard.
The president expresses the belief that
no injury will result to any American
interest from the treaty, but that many
Interests will be benefited. There are
still some, however, who earnestly be
lieve that reciprocity with Cuba will
prove damaging if not disastrous to the
domestic sugar Industry and to some
extent an Injury to the tobacco industry.
Whether or not those who hold this
view will persist in opposing the treaty
remains to be seen. It is reported that
a considerable opposition Is likely to
be manifested In the house, but It Is not
thought that it will be sufficient to de
feat the proposed legislation. That nu
merous American Interests would be
benefited by reciprocity with Cuba Is
not to be doubted. As shown by' the
statistics of Cuban trade compiled by
the Department of Commerce, the
United States Is not now getting such
share of that trade as it should have,
that while Cuba has been selling to this
country In increasing volume, by much
the greater part of her importations
have come from European countries.
It is entirely probable that this condi
tion, anomalous though It Is, will con
tinue If the reciprocity treaty is not
made effective, with the possibility, as
President Roosevelt points out, of Cuba
making commercial arrangements with
other countries to our disadvantage. It
Is well understood that other countries
are most anxious to make liberal com
mercial arrangements with Cuba, par
ticularly England, Germany and Spain,
and we shall be estopped from making
any objection to Cuba treating with
such countries if we refuse the reci
procity she asks.
The question has been so thoroughly
discussed In all its aspects that It would
seem congress, should not be long in
disposing of it. Perhaps the house will
not be, but it is possible that it will
tart a prolonged tariff debate In. the
senate.
THK ABUT CAHTKKS.
There Is promised another contest in
congress over the army canteen, a bill
having been Introduced In the house re
storing the canteen. If the practically
unanimous testimony of army officers
In command of military posts is to re
ceive the consideration which it merits
there ought to be no difficulty in passing
the bill. So far as we are aware not a
single rrport to the Wur department of
post commanders has failed to point out
the 111 effects that have resulted from
the extinction of the canteen. The tes
timony Is overwhelming that the con
sequences have been most demoralizing
to the soldiers and necessarily destruc
tive of discipline. Drunkenness and
disease in the army have greatly in
creased and many of the men' do not
give that i care and attention to their
personal condition and to their duties as
soldiers that they formerly did.
This can readily be understood when
the circumstances are known. The
abandonment of the canteen was
promptly followed by the establishment
near military posts of a low class of
saloons, where vile liquor Is sold and
gambling and other demoralizing prac
tices are allowed. In these places the
soldiers drink the poisonous stuff that is
provided and not infrequently ore
robled of their money by the sharpers
who hang about the saloons. The can
tertt provided whore the soldier was not
allowed to drink to excess and where he
could find . congenial pastime without
Injury to his health or bis morals. The
welfare of the army demands the resto
ration of the canteen, the abandonment
of which experience has amply demon
strated was a grave mistake.
I'RUTBCiixo rvBLW until A LS.
It has been remarked that congress
has seldom displayed more Indtffereuce
to the teachings of experience than In
Its failure, after three presidential as
sassinations, to do anything for the bet
ter protection of ' the chief executive,
aside from an unimportant section of
the new Immigration bill regarding- the
lciortation of , an anarchist. When
President McKlnley was assaaHiuated it
was very generally thought that con
gress would throw whatever safeguards
were . within legislative reach around
the person of the thief executive. This
was made the leading recommendation
in President Roosevelt's first message
and of the three specific suggestion
submitted a part of ouly one has been
adopted. He recommended the suppres
sion of anarchists and anarchistic liter
ature, also that the federal courts should
1h giveu Jurisdiction, over any person
M ho kills or attempts to kilt the presi
dent of the United States or any one
who is In the line of succession.
The question of protecting public offi
cials will again receive attention from
the' present congreaa. Representative
littkfleld of Maine La already Intro
duced a bill providing that the crime of
killing the president, the vice president,
ambansadora or ministers of foreign
countries accredited to the United
States, shall be punishable with death,
and prescribing life Imprisonment for
attempts to commit bodily Injury against
the president or vice president. The bill
further provides a penalty of fine and
Imprisonment for the teaching of an
archistic doctrines nnd for conspiring
within or without the United States for
the killing of a ruler or chief executive
of any other country. There Is no doubt
of the desirability of legislation of this
character, and there ought not to be any
hesitation on the part of congress In pro
viding It, for undoubtedly it will have
the approval of all good citizens.
AS UNJUSTIFIABLE MCASURE.
The Bee has already Indicated its
objections to the proposition before the
city council to enact nn ordinance of
exclusion against peddlers and street
venders In the business district The
Inspiration behind this measure Is the
natural desire of certain retail dealers
to shut out competition In some of the
petty lines of their business under the
impression that the suppression of the
peddler, pushcart and street stands will
bring to themselves the trade upon
which these curbstone merchants sub
sist It is very probable that this reasoning
Is correct and that the enactment of
the ordinance would mean the extinc
tion of these, to them, objectionable
venders. But that does not Justify the
measure nor does the argument appeal
to the public, which usually prefers
to live nnd to let live. The street
venders have all taken out peddlers'
licenses nnd complied with the require
ments of the law, and they can hold
no patronage except by ministering to
the convenience of the public or offering
their 'wares at prices that compare
favorably with those asked for In regu
lar shops.
But above nil, the suppression of the
street vender would wipe out one of the
distinguishing marks of a metropolitan
city. There are no street venders In
small villages or dead towns, but there
Is not a live, hurtling American city
whose streets do not swarm with these
businessmen of the sidewalk. To shut
them out Mould make the street life of
Omaha dull and listless as compared
with wideawake cities of half its size.
Oranhn cannot afford to take this step
notwithstanding the clamor for It from
the big merchants and shopkeepers.
City Prosecutor Lee has Just closed
up every appealed case for the violation
of city ordinances pending in the dis
trict court, nnd out of thirteen trials
has secured twelve convictions. It Is
no disparagement of his predecessors
to say that this is the first time In years
that such a situation has been brought
about, but it is certainly a tribute to
his energy nnd. activity .that ho should
be able to clean-up the slate in so
thorough a manner. The beneficial re
sult may be expected to necrue In the
police court from now on,' where
offenders will ln less likely tp under
take to evade. 'their fines by appealing
to a higher court with the expectation
that the case will never be prosecuted
or never reached. Every competent ob
server agrees that the police court in
this city has never been run on such n
businesslike basis as It is being con
ducted under the present efficient offi
cials. Let the good work go 6n.
While the negotiations are pending for
the purchase of the water works by
the city of Oiualm the South Omnhn
council is tinkering with a new ordi
nance modifying the franchise of the
company in that city. Of course the
privileges which the people of South
Omaha are asked to give are put down
as of very little value and covered en
tirely by the compensation offered. But
let the South Omaha franchise come In
as an element of value In the Omaha
appraisement and It will have grown
to Vnonnous' proportion. In view of
the fact that Omaha and South Omaha
will eventually be one city and Jointly
bear the burdens of the two, It would
not be Inappropriate for the South
Omaha authorities to hold off on their
franchise business until they learn the
outcome of the purchase proceedings In
Omnha.
t .. . m
Secretary Root say that be will not
ask In his report for any new legislation
with respect to the reorganization of
the armyThis declaration may be taken
to mean that the army reorganization
law is working satisfactorily, or at any
rate that the experimental innovations
have not gone far enough yet to call for
material changes in the statutes which
govern them. The army reorganization
bill worked a revolution In our military
system and It will be a good thing to
allow time for It to acquire stability be
fore lelng subjected to continuous tink
ering. It Is reassuring to read tha.t F; H.
Cunningham, the rural mall delivery
carrier out of South Omaha, who was
recently elected president of the na
tional association of rural delivery car
riers, has resumed work on his route
at the munificent . salary paid by the
government of $50 a month. This Is tan
gible evidence of the right spirit, cspe
daily in view of the too numerous In
stance where men as soon us elected
to prominent positions In national or
ganizations give up the work by which
they became entitled to their prefer
ment. - j
It will take King Edward some time
to get his birthday the same recognition
on the calendar that was enjoyed by
that of his royal mother. May 24 still
counts ' for more In British aentiinrut
than November 9.
Remembering that he consumed only
even minute lu merging the 'titular
possesions of Henry John Innes Ker
with the coupon securities of Mint Goe-
let. Bishop Doane must consider the
methods of the (average underwriter
tedious indeed.
Colorado's governor has decided he
will not send troops into the coal strike
district. Apparently the executive now
shares the common belief that the Colo
rado militia does its greatest good when
It is kept securely at home.
In his message President Roosevelt
repeatedly refers to Cuba as "she" and
"her.,v Tho propriety of this course Is
understood only when we note that all
he says of "her" Is complimentary if not
positively flattering.
Good AdTlce to Heed.
Minneapolis Times.
Let us give Sam Parks due credit for
the good advice he has volunteered, what
ever we may happen to thlnlt of his some
what erratic career.
Ideal ratrlotlsm,
Washington Star.
It la cheering to observe that no matter
how much a public official Is overworked
and how inadequate the salary la, he sel
dom feels like turning over the position to
some one else who may prove less compe
tent.
Reg-alar Annual Handont.
Philadelphia Press.
The democrats of Pennsylvania are still
seeing lessons In the recent election. They
see lessons every year, but never anything
else. As long as the republicans get the
victories the opposition Is welcome to the
lessons; It needs 'em.
Germany's Great Historian.
New York Tribune.
That noble old Roman, Mommsen, the
historian, died full of years and honors.
Germany was lavish with distinctions
heaped upon him ltv his life and when he
was laid to rest. The remarkable feature
of his funeral was the presence of twelve
surviving children. Mommsen had been
the father of sixteen. In his long and
diligent career he had garnered An abun
dant harvest In many fields of activity, and
he laid down plentiful Fheaves .when he
passed over to the majority.
Applying; a Good Law.
Milwaukee 8entlnef.
The law which Becretary Cortelyou has
for the first time invoked to exclude an an
archist from this country reflects public
opinion, and the action of the secretary
will be approved. There are enough an
archists in this country now to spread the
poison of their theories without borrowing
from the old world the teachers of revolu
tion and social disruption. The knowledge
of the legitimate fruits oT anarchism has
been too dearly bought by the people of
the United State to be disregarded, and
those who are disposed to defy public
opinion upon this point should be given to
understand that there will bo no more
temporizing, no more misinterpretation of
the term "freedom of speech," no more
toleration of a propaganda that counsels
the use of the torch, the bomb and the
deadly weapon.
. Corporations and Court Appeals,
Philadelphia Record.
Justice Brewer -of the United States su
preme court, In an article In the Independ
ent for the current week, says: "I waa as
sured by one lna position to know that
In a single" .state-orre of the great railroad
corporations by fipeallng every judgment
against It to the supreme court of the state
that court having4 a crowded docket
made enough In 'compromising the judg
ments against it in the trial courts to pay
the entire cost of Its legal department."
The. radical restriction of the privilege of
appeal advocated by the justice may seem
too severe a remedy, but for the compara
tively poor suitors the delays possible under
our present system, of procedure are equiv
alent to the dental 'of their rights. The
name whereby the courts of last resort of
many states were, formerly known indicates
the correction of .errors to be their true
function'. If errors be so numerous as the
crowded doVke'ts of appellate tribunals
would imply, there' would be room for rad
Icul reforms lower down In the Judicial
hierarchy. In any event, the modern view
that an appeal is a matter of right Is based
on false premises. 1
WOHNOCT PREACHERS,
Problem of Their Care Considered by
the Methodists.
Chicago Tribune.
The question of caring for superannuated
preachers of the Methodist Episcopal
church Is being quite generally agitated
among the laymen of that denomination.
One or two conferences already have taken
action, and tjrere seems to be little doubt
that all the annual conferences will me
morialize the general conference of 1901 to
change the discipline' so as more fully to
recognize the claims of superannuated
ministers, their widows and dependent
children for support, and to "ask that In
the distribution ofnmntinta raised for min
isterial support our discipline be so changed
as to recognise that conference claimants
shall share pro fata with bishops, presid
ing elders and pastors." This Is the lan
guage of the north Indiana conference In
Its memorial, apd clearly eipresses the
purpoFe of the movement.
That there Is a general Interest In this
question of caring for superannuated cler
gymen Is shown by the action of other de
nomination. The Congregational, the
Protestant Kplscopul and the Presbyterian
churches have all taken action In looking
to the support of their disabled ministry,
but what has especially Incited the move
ment In the Methodist Episcopal church
Is the action of the Methodist Rplscopat
church south, which, owning property
valued at t:W,341,?t3, has anked its member
ship (for a permanent fund of 5,000.009 for
this purpose. The Methodist Episcopal
church has a total valuaLlon of 1146.613.237,
or nearly five times that of the church
south, and yet Its collections last year for
the support of t.350 superannuated minis
ters were but J297.000, an average of $126
each, which, as one writer says. Is "not
the cost fqr proper provision for a wornout
horse." If the southern Methodists ask for
15.1)00,000, the five times as well off northern
ones certainly ought to ask for twice or
three times as much.
Every laborer la worthy of his hire. If
any superannuated laborer should be com
fortably provided for it Is the minister who
has done his duty faithfully. He has la
bored all his active life, as a rule, upon a
small salary. His cares have been great,
his trials many. He has had to satisfy all
kinds of people and has been exposed to
all kinds of criticism, reasonable and un
reasonable. He has had to dress and live
in style not Justified by his Income. He is
considered superannuated at a period ear
lier than In other profesnions. The lawyer
and the doctor may go on practicing until
they are "in the sere and yellow leaf." the
minister must, retire when he virtually la
In his prime of experience and knowledge,
If not of physical activity. If any class of
men endures and sacrifice It is the clergy.
To care fur them when disabled Is not a
work of charity, but of dut The Meth
odist church bad little difficulty In raivlng
Its jubilee twenty millions. It should have
as little difficulty In raising whatever aura
may be necessary for Um support of 1 1
re U red preacher.
BITS OP" WASHINGTON 1.1 FK.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
on tho Spot.
A bunch of fifteen army commissions open
to civilians, probably the last for years to
come. Is causing a lively scramble among
young men anxious to get Into, the array.
They are all second lieutenancies, and have
remained unfilled since July 1. It has been
decided that after July 1 of each year
the vacancies occurring shall be kept for
the West Pointers who are graduated the
following June, and, If any are left, for
the men who come from the ranks. What
are still left may go to civilian candidates
who are numerous snd persistent. In the
years to come it Is realized that vacancies
will decrease, and the graduates will be
provided for only after much difficulty,
Therefore, the fifteen places still vacant to
the credit of the fiscal year ended June SO
last are likely to be the last to which
civilian candidates will be eligible.
One of the old employes of the house has
figured It out that only four ex-speakers of
the national house of representatives are
living. Oalusha A. Grow of Pennsylvania
retired from congress last year, having been
legislated out of a job by the redisricting
of the state. John Q. Carlisle Is another
man who formerly held the gavel In the
house of representatives, and General J.
Warren Klefer of Ohio Is the fourth sur
vivor of the great number of men who held
the Important post of spreaker.
In mentioning the name of living ex-
speakers of the United State house of
representatives one Is Invariably over
looked. There lives today In Auburn, N.
T., at the ripe age of 79, a rich banker
named Theodore Medad Pomeroy. On the
3d of March, 1869, Mr. Pomeroy was elected
speaker of the house to succeed Schuyler
Colfax, who had been elected vice president
and resigned the speakership to be In
ducted Into the higher office. It Is said
that Speaker Pomeroy served only five
minutes, but the encyclopedias and
biographical dictionaries fall to tell why
he was elected or so short a period, why
he left congress so suddenly, why Colfax
resigned to get out of his way and what
Pomeroy did while speaker for five minutes.
The question of what we shall do with
our cx-speakers Is less of a problem than
what Is to be done with our former presi
dents. Henderson and Carlisle are both
earning more money now than they ever
did In congress. They are corporation at
'torneys, with headquarters in New Tork
City, and are doing well. Oalusha A.
Grow Is busy writing his memoirs, and
will have an Interesting story to tell of
his half a century In public life. General
Klefer has reached that ripe old age when
he wants no regular occupation. He Is
living In the past. The opening of each
new congress finds hlm In Washington,
shaking hands with the' old gray-beards
of tho house, and causing the new comers
to wonder as to the identity of the fine
looking old man who wears a full dress suit
in the daytime.
A peculiar story Is behind the selection
of building material for the great union
depot to be constructed In Washington.
Granite will be used, but It will be granite
that has never been used for the construc
tion of any other building erected upon
earth.
Years ago a stone man up In Vermont
discovered a quarry of unusual promise at
Bethel. The granite from thia quarry had
peculiar beauties and qualities of its own,
not found In any , other granite yet ex
cavated or carved or laid. It was a sort
of edition de luxe In the granite line, and
he saw profits of an unusual order pouring
in from the development of his find. He
opened his quarry and' prepared to 'flu
orders, wlieji his son waa killed In tho prop
erty. Thereupon he Issued the flu that
this valuable stone should never be used
for any other purpose than tombstones or
monuments. And it never has been.
But the stone man who erected this pe
culiar memorial to his deceased boy hns
passed away. Heirs have not the same
scruples about its use for common building
construction; So a sample of the stone
was forwarded to the men in charge of
the construction of the great union depot,
in the erection of which the government
has become a partner, after a fashion.
The samples of this one stone decided them.
They would have no other. And the union
depot will be constructed of It.
A patriot to the manner born offers to
Immortalize In bronze or marble the con
gressman who makes the best speech In
this or the next congress In favor of re
ducing the salaries of all tho higher federai
officials. The patriot's letter, extensively
circulated In Washington, reads as follows:
"The founders of the International Po
litical Specialists' school, which is to be
erected and supported In common with
the World's Diathetic institute, to bo lo
cated at the exact geographical center of
the United States of America (In Kansas).
will erect a monument on the site of the
Institution to the member of cither branch
of congress who makes the best speech
during the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth
congresses in favor of a reduction of
salaries. i
"Every senator and representative who
serves during the Fifty-eighth and Fifty
ninth congresses, or either, will be invited
to enter this oratorical and argumentative
contest. There will be three Judges, one
from China, one from Russia and one from
the United States, who will decide as to the
merits of the respective speeches and say
whose memory will be monumentally com
memorated, the speeches to lie examined as
they appear In the Congressional Record."
All men who draw pensions are not vet
erans In a military sense. The proprietor
of one of Waalflngton' leading restaurunts
has provided for one of his ex-emp!oye
in a manner most unique. The pension
consists of three square meals a day and
as many drink. The old man who draws
this pension Is an ex-bartender of the es
tablishment, and waa put on the retired
list some time ago.
As the pensioner was known to be fond
of "the cup that cheers." the employer
found It necessary to add one clause to the
pension, viz.: "The drinks will be given
at the appointed time, before breakfast,
dinner and supper, provided there are no
signs of having Indulged In Intoxicants
elsewhere." It la a very familiar sight to
see this old man comfortably seated at a
neat-looking little table enju,lng his food
as much as he did In the days when he was
In active service.
It-Is expected that during the coming
season In Washington the German embassy
will be a scene of much social Interest, as
Baroness von Sternburg, wife of the am
bassador. Is a most charming hostess. The
embassy, under his direction, has been em
bellished In admirable fashion, much of
the decoration having been done under the
Immediate supervision of Mns Violet Lang
ham, sister of the baroness and 'an artist
of ability. A younger sister. Miss Ivy
Langham. will probably be a member of
the ambassador's family during the winter. '
The zoological collections of the National
museum have grown to Immense size, rival
ing, in some case surpassing, those of any
other museum. Of Insects there are In the
government collection nearly 1,500.000 speci
mens; of recent shell nearly 1.000,000 speci
mens; besides at least (00,000 specimens of
other aquatic Invertebrates, about Xri.ooo
specimen of fishes, more than 40.000 birds'
eggs; 130.000 specimens of birds; more than
tO.OuO reptiles and batrachlans and more
than 7K.0U0 specimen of sbamisaJ.
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PERSONAL KOTKS.
Mr. Ltcht, the democratic candidate for
mayor of Geneva, N. T., was elected by
ono vote.
Stephen D. Winner. 81 years old, reputed
to be the oldest locomotive engineer In
active service In the United States, ha
Just died In Newark, N. J.
Senator Stewart of Nevada Is the only
man In the senate who has never been
shaved. His beard began to grow when he
was is and has been growing for sixty
year.
Senator Quay' recently expressed Idea
about an Indian senator from one of the
proposed new states recalls 'the fact that
a strain of Indian blood flows through his
own veins. It Is of Delaware origin and
those of that tribe even now regard him
as one of themselves.
Jacob Rlls, the sociologist, was dining
out one night when his hostess presented
him to a charming young girl. "My dear,"
said the hostess, "I want you to know Mr.
Rlls. He is a great sociologist and student
of the signs of the times." "How lovely!"
said the rosebud. "I, too, am a poster col
lector." George W. Vandeibllt contemplates build
ing another model village near his estate
at Asheville. N. C. The village will be built
about thirty miles from Asheville, and
11.000,000 at least will be expended on the
project. Mr. Vanderbllt has already ex
pended ahout 10,000.000 In western North
Carolina.
Andrew Carnegie, the largest Individual
taxpayer in New Tork City, has Just sent
his check for $U,366 to the receiver of
taxes, being full payment for his assess
ment on real estate and personal property
amounting all fold to JIO.000,000. Of this
amount $0,000,000 was on personal property
and a like sum on real estate.
The Confederate Home at Beauvotr, Miss.,
the late residence of Jefferson Davis, Is to
be opened for tho reception of impover
ished confederate soldiers on Tuesday, De
cember 1. Forty Indigent veterans have al
ready applied for admission. Captain
James Stone of Greenville, Miss., has been
appointed superintendent of the home.
Governor Richard Tates of Illinois in his
proclamation calls upon the state's "five
million prosperous, progressive, pure and
patriotic people" to observe Thursday. No-
vember 18, as a day of thanksgiving am;
Praise. "Let the manly men, the noble
women, the precious children of all glor
ious and beautiful Illinois," he says, "be
not ashamed to recognise God. Let all the
people fail not to give thanks and to pray
for help -to walk, bravely and honestly and
wisely, righteously the path through and
across the twelve months to come."
THIS GREATER REPIBLIC.
''Maintenance of Principles Which
Monarch Fear the Most."
Baltimore American.
In his proclamation' to the people of the
United States setting aside November 26 as
Thanksgiving day. President Roosevelt
used these words: "In no other place, and
at no other time, has the experiment of
government of the people, by the people,
for the people, been tried on so vast a
scale as here In our own country In the
opening years of the twentieth century.
Failure would not only be a dreadful thing
for us. but a dreadful thing for all man
kind, because it would mean loss, of hope
for all who believe In the power and
righteousness of liberty. Therefore, In
thanking God for the mercies extended to
us In the past we beseech Him that He may
not withhold them In the future, and that
our hearts may be rouaetr to war stead
fastly for good and against all the forces
of evil, public and private. W pray for
strength and light, so that In the coming
years we may, with cleanliness, fearless
ness and wisdom, do our allotted work on
the earth In such manner as to show that
we are not altogether unworthy of the
blessings we have received."
In these thoughtful words has the presi
dent pointed out to Americans -that, with
the new responsibilities the government
has assumed, with the new territory over
which It has gained sovereignty, with the
higher position it hss assumed among the
greatest powers of the world, have come
new duties, harder problems and work
which must be done In such a way as to
convince not only the admirer, hut the
opponents of a republican form of govern
ment, that when the people are sovereign
the rights of all can be Considered and the
foundation of the republic made all the
Stronger by the maintenance of those very
principles which monarch fear the most.
There can be no question that this republic
as It has gradually developed from
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a little group of weak col
onies Into the mighty union of today ha
spread the Idea of popular sot-erelgnty In
nearly every part of the world. There are
very few nations now, claiming any con
siderable degree of civilisation, In which
tyranny on the throne will long be tol
erated. There are not a few hi which the
king or emperors have but little vole In
the government, but little Influence In the
affairs of state. Men chosen by the people
are the real rulers. By these statesmen
and not by occupants of thrones or wearer '
of crowns are the home and foreign policies
of the natlona developed and promulgated.
It la the Gladstones and Disraelis, the Sal
laburys and Chamberlains, the fllsmarrks
and Crlspls, masters of statecraft, who
have been and are the real sovereigns, not
the Edwards and Williams and Emmanuels,
who'olalm to rule by divine right, but who
are only tolerated and rupported by the
people because of a long established sys
tem of government which they are not yet
ready to change.
That there are defects In our system of
government nont will deny. The people
are far too tolerant of those who use the
power they have attained for e)neh ends,
far too prone to deal leniently with wrong
doing In public places, to condone otTenses
which In private business would receive
condign punishment. Still the defects are
far outnumbered by sterling virtues, by
high principles, by an ever-present sense'
of duty, by a determination that this re
public shall not perish, but shall, by the
blessing of God and guided by His hand,
meet every responsibility without fear or
trembling, confident of success, teaching
the world the great lesson that the strong
est government Is that In which the peopl
are the only sovereigns.
FLASHES OF FUN.
Those Panama fellows seem to have
some rather narrow preludlces."
"I suppose they haven't room for any
wider ones." Cleveland riain Dealer.
Jaggles I see you have been rending the
report of the government food experts.
Waggles Yes. and nn near as 1 can Nk
ure I v been living on germs all my life.
Puck.
Hi Tragerdy And can't he act at all?
Lowe comerdy Well, upon occasion he
can. For lr.stance. only today I saw him
getting n-xt to rome free lunch and he
Tw all - V. .1 lit. ,
ttnrved to death.-Phlladelphia Press
Teacher Cnn .any boy te me what ''It
Pirate? mdutd Captain Kldd to turn
Smart Youth From .what dad s'nld t'other
day I guess It was because they aidn t
know anything about freeseout- and blind '
pool la jldd' time. Boston Transcript.
"Do you think you are giving your cltv
a good government r" asked the earnest
man. ?
"Well." ' answered Mr. De Graft after
some deliberation; "it's as good uk monrv
can buy."Waahlngton Bur. f
Elijah was being fed by the ravens.
v"p'. "Ice." he admitted, but il
would rather be fed by the Jays." ...
Fearing that he was not truly' a ' great
man, he wept at his lack of financial tal
ent. New lork Tribune.-
The doctor was sanguine.
'We're going to pull you through,'' quoih
"By the leg1?" querulously demanded the
patient, a aordld man, whose aout, even In
that extreme moment, brooded on the mat
ter of expense. Puck.
"This." said the host, as the" hutk-r Ui'i
peared with two pony glasses of the nm'wr
liquor, 'Is some especially tine ibrMiutj-
want to see how you like It,"
"Ahl" exclaimed the guest from Tol
as he tossed It off, "that's good llquahiti
Lw,'i1ni.mUld having a drink of that "
Philadelphia Pre.
THE POINT OF VIEW.
An Indian woman at her basket sat
Braiding the fiber In this way and that.
Old Bruin a skin upon the big pine tree
..fV".11? "efurlr " t soon would he
aIaS?0 ,ian:1" to wl'ig, and flail.
bale! make ready for tho
A heap as soft as velvet, and as white,
Her dusky -nhlldren hovered Just In s1Kht
Her lordly spouse lay prone before the door.
Smoking h s peaceful pipe, proudly he wore
The beaded moccasins the woman's hand
Had patiently bedecked. Weaving lIib
strands .. "
The Indian woman sang. 'How blest .am I
The winters wood alrradv Is laid by
Mv lord 1m kind, he eats the food I bring
Of beads I hive a store, plenty of p'rlu"'
Feathers and paint, and needles largo i
small.
Whatever earth contains I have It nil
I ask for nothing better. Care ttvaunf
I've everything I want!"
Oh, Indian woman, child of wood and plain
Pleased with a string of beads, a pot of
stain.
My soul could pity thee. Tat som would
"Oh. b?essed Indian woman! Would that I
Knew only this, then never would I sifrh
The wood and stream, tho sunsut's gor
geous dyes. ,
Swoet ignorance, 'twere follow to be win.-!"
ISABEL ItlCUEV,
of wind, other of leather, Tho
?ft and $3.50
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