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OEORQBJ B. TZSCIiyCK.
Subscribed In my prenenco and sworn to
rerore me tms 4tn day oi uctoDer, A, u..
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Tli of new grain exchange is a go be
cause Omaha Is determined to make
. It so.'
St. Louis will have to hump Itself to
keep Un the same clans with Chicago for nn enterprise which a very great ma
big strikes. -. k; , jorlty of the American people are favor
The; proper way to celebrate Thanks-
giving next week Is to give others cause
to give thanks. ' ,
Wouldn't you like to get next to Ak
Bar-Ben's royal , pocketbook wjth. its
ten-thousand-doliar wad in it?
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Secretary -Loeb's'marmcr' of KHmducfr
lng negotiations with .a hostile Nation
Is both summary and . bUHluessUke,
By vot of nearly sixto one the
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nerlcan Federation pf . bor has de-
"U9 mma iabel on the sol
lliSt party.
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latest advices on Great Britain's fls-
cal policy are to the. effect that Mr.
Chamberlain's cigars-are Just as black
mid just as frequent as ever.
Jack Frost has taken out a permanent
injunction against further repairs on tntion- that the desired object will be at- pay their own members for time and
Omaha streets until the writ is dls- talned in the very near future. The expenses devoted to Junketing trips un
mlssed by the advent of warm weather Mexican minister of finance is urging dor the pretext of attending meetings
In the spring.
Carrie Nation does not seem to be
satisfied, with any half-way measures
such as the prohibition of the army can
teen and the extinction of liquor selling
In tho capltol building.
If that district Judge who was elected
by a margin of two votes out In the
Eleventh district Were running in our
Omaha district, be could be sure of a
contested .election on bis hands.
If the supreme court can only be ap
prised"' that the Omaha Board of Re
new , Is waiting, for its revenue law
decision at tbe rate of 110 a day, the
court will certainly expedite itself.
Two , more states, Cauca and Antio
quia, are trying to climb over the
fence Into the Panama family. The
"United States" of Colombia threaten to
reduce the title noun to Its singular
farm.
All the Nebraska country editors who
unfortunately failed to get postmaster-
shin appointments will now have their
comment on "the Dietrich indictment
'gleefully reprinted lu the democratic
Application has been made for the an-
rMntmpnt of still another receiver for Representative Williams of Mlssls
the remnants of the Shipbuilding trust. lppl, the bouse democratic leader, has
The impression that prevails with the already wou commendation from organs
general public Is that thero is not enough
left to keep one capable receiver busy.
The lawyers who carried On ihe Fatrll howevfer. 'be an' Improvement
will contest must be given credit for
being onto their Jobs,' if the little bills
for services rendered are a good crl-
terlon. Had the litigation only lasted a
little longer it might have taken a mag -
nifvlng glass to discover enousb of the
estate to divide, '
A Japanese student approaching the
emperor to baud him a petition was nils
taken for a would-be assassin in spite of
his innocent looks. If that sort of treat -
ment is to be generally accorded stu-
dents in Japan the school and colleges
there are likely to have trouble lu main -
tululug an attendance.
General Urosvenor does not propose to
le$ bis reputation as a political stalls -
tli lua and election advance agent suffer
by too long silence. Although It Is a
little rash to go iuto the predicting busl -
ness this early lu the presidential game,
we note that Mr. Orosvenor puts Ne -
iraska in uis iibt- or sure republican
states, so that If be is as accurate in the
rest of bis ralculatl'Mis, it will be safe to
Lauk uiour ou thru,
rut pakama thcatt.
The prompt negotiation of a canal
treaty with tho Itepuullc of Panama
was expected and the effect In to
strengthen tlie relations between tlic
United States mi J the new republic.
While them is no ollli lal iiiforuiiition us
to the terms of the convention, it is not
to be doubted that they are ns liberal as
our government and people eonld deHire.
The. new government, of rnuauia was
created, to secure the ' construction of
the isthmian canal by this country ulon
whatever conditions our government
might-ask and probably the treaty w-as
drawn up entirely by the skilled baud
of Secretary Hay. There will be no
delay on the part of Panama in ratify
ing it and there ought to be none on
the part of the United States senate,
though, of course, there will be oppo-
sitlon In that body from democrats, if
only for the opportunity of assailing the
president
The minority in the senate, however,
Is not united os to the course that should I
be pursued. This was shown in the
en ecus of democratic senators on Mon
day, at which Mr. Oorman failed In his
effort to lino un his political colleagues
on a proiwHltlon hostile to the action of
the administration and is said to have
lHMWnc go ln(ignant tlmt he1 threatened i
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to resign the minority leadership,
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advices, that less than half of the thirty
three democratic senators will openly ar-
ray themselves against ratification of
the canal treaty and It is thought to be
unllkelytlmt most of them will finally
vote for tlve trenty. The fact appears to
t.t t. (lf,. nf ,ri.
UU lllllli 1UL VUllDlllUt 111(1 UL HI HIM II J I
ti, .lonnrnti a..nntor nro fnvornhi-
t0 tue Panama route and do not disan-
v . .i t .. i
that while such senators mar air their
views in the hope of ' making political
capital against the president, they will
r in.t .Hv their .imnnrt to th troHtr
and of course to whatever new legisla-
fi it k .oUo re
vivu t . wiij au uj odh j iv vc a j
out its provisions.
It oueht now to be onnarent to everv-
body that the instruction of the
ranama canal bv the United States is a
settled fact and therefore it is sense-
less waste of time and enerrv to In-
veitrh atalnst what has been done and
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attempt to put obstacles in tlie way or
able to. The new government on the
isthmus will stand; that is irrevocably
decreed. The United States, is bound to
protect tt and to assure it av peaceable
and orderly existence. Other nations
understand this and will in due time
give- Panama recognition as- an Inde
pendent state. We have made a treaty
with the new republic w hich will enable
ns to go on with a work that is In the
Interest of the "world's commerce and of
j clvillr.at.on and from which the United
Btete. will derive greater benefit . and
. . . . . a
advantage than any other nation What
ha done in regard to Panama
,nuan" l'rvBO K-uler mnuence .or
t"1" TepuWie ahd 'therefore should ap-
peal to the patriotism of all Americans.
OVLD standard tor MKXlco.,
The movement in Mexico for estab-
llshing the gold standard is not .making
such progress as to warrant the cxpec-
the movement with unabated zeal and
ultimate success is not to be doubted, other prohibiting the payment of bills
but there are difficulties that cannot be for bridge work Iti excess of $100, wlth
brushed aside in a moment and the dis- out bids and competition, even w here
position of those in authority is to go
slowly and surely, so that when there Is
a change to the gold standard it will le
secure and w'ith the least possible tils-
turbance to the Industrial and commer-
chil interests of tbe country.
Doubtless the Mexican plun will go
into operation long before tlie proposed
monetary reform in China does. In-
deed, the adoption of the gold standard
k.. r.,i.w, int in i
jj iTrivv au aunlives, vui til iuc irirui b i
of the American commission-to promote
a new standard of exchange between
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silver-using- and gold standard countries.
would be the most powerful influence
that could be brought to bear upon China
for the establishment of a uniform cur- powtlve tnat tnere are a lot or demo
reney system. Meanwhile, in suite of crata who wl" uot rote for Populist
tho disadvantages of tho silver standard,
liurticularlr In resnect to foreliru trade.
Mexico Is prospering and the resources
of the country are being steadily d-
veloped. When that country shall hate
established the gold standard and thus
fou,ld relle' ,rom Pre" embarrassing
condition- there is every reason to be,
,leve that 1,8 Ingress vwlll be greatly nc-
w. dmovhatjc lavea
of bis party, although as yet be has had
I little opportunity to show what his
qualifications are for leadership. 1 hat
I upon bis predecessor, Klchardsou of
I Tennessee, is not to be' doubted. Before
hla" election as leader of the minority
Mr. w llliams expressed nls opiulou of
1 the sort of man that was needed, saying
that the democrats should have a leader
w ho would not waste the energies of his
party by. merely nagging the majority,
delaying action and opposing everything
I that -the majority supported, but wholtalists here will first move ahead with
I would keep the national policy of the
1 party to the front all the time. .
; He showed the sincerity of this view
In inducing a large majority of the
1 house democrats to agree to vote for the
I Cuban reciprocity treaty, action for
which they have been widely com
I mended. The democratic I'hlladelphia
1 Itecord has this to say of Mr. Williams:
I "Not only does he have a leader's con -
I c-eptlon of broad party policy, but be has
1 the personal qualities of a leader, or be
I could not bava carried bis resolutions
1 through the caucus with so little opposi-
I tlon au oppoMtion tnat yielded so
I readily to the will of the majority and
I the traditions of tbe party in tipltn of I
I those personal and local influence which
rarely fall to control the conduct of a
congressman." It has been some time
since the democrats had a really able
and capable lender on the floor of the
house of representatives and if Mr. Wil
liam shall prove to be all that the demo
cratic, organs predict the republicans
will 1h well pleased. The new leader,
however, will yet be subjected to some
severe tests and it will be well to wait
until he has undergone these before con
cluding that he is the "right man in the
right place."
A HUMS FOR Ak-SAtt-BMH.
The principal point made by Presi
dent Fry for the Board of Governors
Lof the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben In his
annual accounting of the stewardship
of that organization is that Ak-Sar-Ben
Is without a home and must have one.
Ak-Sar-Ben is like the young married
TOl,l),e that "tatted out with love In a
cottage only to find the family grown
lnre wltmn a rew Jear lnat a new
"ouse nas uecome an auso.ute neces
sity.
For nine years the old den, into which
the Coliseum was transformed, has fur
nished a shelter, such as It was, for
Ak - Sar - Ben and his royal court, serving
1,01 onl " nau or lwu"UOD a en
tcrtaljinieiit, but also as the workshop
. .,
" b o-
floats that have delighted the eye in
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lue "
"Pwrted that the new Auditorium will
"
Bcn court festivals, but a workshop
and assembling den must be provided
elsewhece.
Voicing the Board of Governors, Tres-
Went Fry has the right idea to the
character and location of this structure,
a conveniently accessmie site in me
downtown district, or Immediately ad-
Maoent' wm 06 wortn t0 An-Mr-Ben an
u,,u ",ore u,nu " maf lOBl u,er "uu
above what would be required for a
8ite on Bome outlying vacant tract f
ana. x octq are sucu locations avail
able and one should be secured without
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e8t thB Ak Sar"Ben organization should
iulre in the land, j Inasmuch as It is
not lts PTose to put up a costly per-.
manent structure, it would be a mis
lUKe lo UB WD"m,,raule "u m
n ronl PRtfltA !nTntniAnt nnrtlpnlnrlv
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patlng future revenue.
Ak-Sar-Ben has made an enviable rec
ord so far by a policy of pay-as-you-go,
with the result that It bas a $10,000
balance Jn the treasury today. We
do not believe the members " would
desire a reversal of this sound policy,
or any resort to indebtedness beyond
prospective Income, except to tide over
temporary, emergency. This Is evl
denced by the hearty response" made
to the request for an advance pledge
for 1004 membership dues, and with
nuAiiitAa atinai1 In VancirkAfr A Ir Q r
r in ample
a'ii a i ij-i u n 1 1 ( soot
operations,
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Qur od frlend Curley Wooster. al-
thn.,h tnn rn1.p..Hv n.ianhiof mflkr
de8erve9 the thanks of the public for
getting the ' law settled On two impor
tant points with reference- to the power
of county boards to milk the public
treasury. He bas secured one decision
denjlng the right of these boards to
of state or other associations, and an
performed piecemeal so as to evade
tlie statutory limitation. There Is no
question but that a lot of money has
been Illegally appropriated out of. the
treasury here in Douglas county and
probably in nearly every other county
in Nebraska, and if these decisions will
help to stop future raids the taxpayers
should be duly grateful,
Tlie una i election ngures on tue ais
i
mcl Juflges mrouguoui xne state snow
that wherever two Judicial canuidates
nnnnAn hA fllolnn t A
iuuinu i .
of tnem n democrat and the other a
populist, the democrat ran ahead-proof
lmdT consideration. But then as
' the Populists stand for It this
kind of Jug-bandied fusion will continue
in Nebraska.
Tlie Tanatna revolutionists Insist that
they had no promise of help from out
side, but simply went ahead on their
own responsibility, confident that the
self-interest of tho United States would
assure a friendly attitude when they
should seek recognition for a newly es
tablished government. The revolution
ists were shrewd in their forecasts st
all eveuts.
j Colonel Bryan is now having his initial
experience abroad with interviews by
I the reporters of foreign newspapers. It
u to be hoped be will not have to take
J refugo so often behind the explanation
that .he is misquoted. The chances are,
however, that be w ill not get so much
Hpuce in the papers on the other side as
Uo commands In this country.
I The Lincoln Journal suggests that
I there w ill be no trouble in establishing
a grain market in Omaha if the capl-
the I'lutto river canal to furnish Ue
power for some big flouring mills. Yes,
or if tbey would build windmills to bar
I ness the hot air breeze that wafts out
lof Lincoln,
Merely Kicking; (or More.
New York Mall and Express.
Thlnn have cone rjrettv well lately with
I aM t cncle Sam's children, and they know
1 it. even when they grumble most.
Where tho rconlo Hlaaser.
Prooklya Eagle.
As was susifccttd, tt waa tbe white men
who caused the uprising among the Blous
of the. Pine Kidge agency-gthe sportsmen
who lead strenuous lives at the expense of
other people and other creatures. But It
Is the Indians who will also be punished for
It, and the ought to be, font Is their duty
to obey trm gorersment and not to be Tired
up by foots or knaves. ' '
ilm,
Chicago Chronicle.
The average republican plurality in Ne
braska this year was ZMK3, which probably
accounts for the perelstency with which Mr.
Bryan la pursuing tho ehadowy Bennett
legacy. ,
We'll Have Nome of It.
Philadelphia .Press.
Senator Oorman will hare to get out
pretty soon and hire a few democrats to
stand back of his boom and brace IL It
Is being pushed back some from the west.
and that part of the country Is not to be
Ignored. I
Hot Air congealed.
8t. Louis Globe-Democrat. I
Though a regular army of 100,000 men Is
authorized, the number now In service con- I
slsts of 55,500 men and 3.6S1 officers. This
Is another specimen of the Imperialism I
fervidly set forth In the last democratic I
national platform.
Charity Doea Mot .Begin at Home.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Gordon McKay of Boston, a wealthy In- I
ventor of shoe machlnerj-, who died re-1
cently, left a will by which Harvard unlver- I
sity will receive $1,000,000 for the promotion I
of applied sciences, and ultimately come I
Into possession of the entire estate, valued I
at many millions. In making this bequest
tie practically cut off hla two sons from all
share in his estate. Tho endowment Is to
near with it the name of the donor, thus
serving ss a perpetual monument to hla be
nevolent generosity, at the expense of his
children. It Is an illustration of the il
lusory uncertainty of the maxim that char
ity begins at home.
Taxing; Pallniaa Cars.
Philadelphia Press.
The supreme court allows part of the tax
the state of Tennessee Imposed on the Pull
man Car company and disallows the other I
part. The court concedes the right of the
state to tax the cars that run wholly within I
the state, as the company .Is not a com-1
mon carrier under the laws of that
state, and , Is not compelled to accept
passengers. But the state cannot Impose a I
tax on the business of the company In that I
state, because that would be a burden on I
Interstate commerce. Under this decision I
the Pullman company can only be taxed I
by a state on the cars, that run wholly I
within the state borders. Tennessee will I
get $3,000 tax on this point.
Conanmera Pay tbe Freight.
- Springfield Republican.
The recent advances In thejh-lce of ker- I
osene oil were said to be due to a declln-
Ing supply of crude petroleum In the Penn-
sylvanla oil fields. Still It Is to.be noticed
that the Standard Oil monopoly declares
an Increased dividend for the current quar
ter of the year $12 a share, or 13 per cent,
compared with 10 per cent a year ago, mak
ing a. total dividend payment for the cal
endar year of 44 per cent, comparing with
46 per cent last year and 48 per cent In
each r.t the two previous years. Thus tt ap
pears thnt whatever the company lost from
higher prices for crude oil was successfully
passed along to . the consumers of refined
oil.,. Hot fpr.a jRoment was the loss to be
permitted' to come out of the inordinate
profits of the trnrft.
A DlSITfcKtSSTKU VIEW.
How the Dietrich Indictment Looks
t Long; Distance to an Outsider.
Cleveland Leader.
If the indlcUnen,t returned against Sena
tor Dietrich, Oniaha were based upon
willful violatfon, of. the. law; if he really
accepted money from an applicant for the
poatofflce with tne understanding that the
applicant shouldbe recommended for ap
pointment b cvi!deratlon of the money
paid to the senator, the case would appear
to be one requiring speedy and vigorous
prosecution, for .the law provides very se
vere penalties for such a crime a crime
which etrlkes at the very foundation of
representative government.
II sntiMii to hA douhtful. hnwAver.
whether the offense charged against Sena-
tor Dietrich, even If proved, would amount
In anvtMnff mnr . than twhntfial r
taking. The whole trouble seems to ht)V.
grown out of a local quarrel over the post-
office at Hastings . quarrel In which was
Involved not only - the location of the
office, but the appointment of the postmas
ter as well. While It Is bad enough to let
a scramble for office lead up to such re
sults, let it be hoped, for the sake of tbe
reputation -of Senator Dietrich as well as
the good name of Nebraska, that this Is
the worst view ot the affair.
Nevertheless there should be a speedy
trial of tho accused, to the end that all the
facts may be made known. If guilt - Is
proved the. guilty should be punished, no
matter, wlio -may' be affected.
TUOSK 1KIMKS1KAD SCRAMBLES.
A Chans? , Manifestly Bieeded
.Method Of Disposal.
Chicago News.
1st
On various occasions within the last ten
years the country has been Invited to con
elder strange spectacles in connection with
the opening up and allotment of govern
ment. lands. The spectacular "rushes" of
homestead eekers usually . preceded by
operations of nefarious "sooners" have
been among the most picturesque features
of western hlntory. " Last week's exhlbl-
ttlon at Crookston, Minn., where many
seekers after land elbowed and shoved and
jostled one another in the effort to be first
in line to claim the attention of the gov
ernment lOfflclals, was typical.' Spurred on
by the knowledge that the earliest comer
would have his pick of the choicest land,
the applicants resorted to numerous tricks
and strategems. The winner of first choice,
a woman, gained her victory by ensconuing
herself In an elevator in the building where
the allotment was to take place, vai uie
appointed hour, when her rivals' .were
scrambling to reach by the staircase the
floor from which they had been debarred
she simply; had the elevator drop down
half a floor and she waa at her goal.
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Ing away government-land. Is Impartial
and fair. "First come, first served," Is the
principle upon which the government oper
ate. Favoritism or discrimination in the
distribution of 4aad, of course, would be
Intolerable. Any method resembling a lot
tery would be oven worse. Yet It Is patent
that the present system Is quite as uncer-
tain and arbitrary a. any lottery could be
and Is equally productive of Injustice. In
theory the government "plays no favor
ites" and can recognize only tbe paramount
rights of the first comer. He has earned
hla superior claim, it Is assumed, either
by enterprise or arduous effort or the use
of his wits. As a matter of fact his ef
forts may have been those of the bully
and his wits may have been used to prac
tice trickery and deceit.
Were the land to be alloted all of equal
value the Injustice would be less glaring.
but that Is rarely the case. Owing to cer
tain conditions of local topography, the
chief prise in the Minnesota distribution
was far more valuable than any other
part of the land. It would seem that with
a little Ingenuity it should be possible to
devlae a system which would do away with
the unseemly land scrambles and the In
justice resulting from them. It might be
feasible, for Instance, to withhold especially
valuable lands for school or other com
munal purpuaes. A change of some kind
Is manifestly needed and congress should
give the subject couDideistlou.
BITS OP WASHI.XGTOX 11 FK.
Minor Seeaea aa4 laeldeata Sketchea
the Spot.
Whatever may befall the rest of this
glorious country, Washington has reaaon
to rejoice and blow the horn aplenty. Ex
Benator James K. Jonea has informally de
rided to make the national capital his fu
ture home. Arkansas base, ungrateful Ar
kansasrolled heavy weight round cotton
bales over him and transformed the cheer
iest prophet of modern times Into a polit
ical corpse. Truly fickle fate moves In
mysterious ways to pluck the beard of the
prophet. Even though tinhonored In his
home land, there Is reaaon to hope that In
the boundless spheres of Washington Ms
wonderful talent will expand with oroDer
exercise and prove to admiring countrymen
that Charley Orosvenor la but a two-spot
In the prophet line,
Incidentally, It Is said, Mr. Jones took
his defeat for the senate very hard, and
would have preferred almost any other man
in Arkansas to beat him than ex-Oovernor
Clarke.' Clarke hasn't yet made up with
hla colleaniA. Mr. Berrv. and the rhnnreii
-ra that thev will never sneak white to-
gether In the senate. Clarke's political side
partner In Arkansas Is Governor Jeff Davis,
Some of the knowing ones here say that
Davis flxed the triggers for firing Jones
out and the ultimate object was his own
election as senator over Berry two years
hence,
Perhaps the best known of Washington's
publlo schools Is the Force, named sfter
Peter Force, a distinguished cltlxen of the
capital, who died many years ago.
It Is at this famous school that President
Roosevelt had three of' his sons enrolled
when he entered upon the duties of the
presidency. It Is said that the president
chose this publlo school at which his boys
should receive primary. Instruction for the
reasgn that he desired them to be placed
In i thoroughly democratic , surroundings.
That they are so situated Is evident when
it Is stated that among the other pupils of
humble position Is the 8-year-old son of an
English coachman employed at the British
embassy, which Is not far from the school
In connection with this young Briton an
Instructor at the Force tells the following
story:
The little fellow is In his first year at the
Force, having attended another school In
previous years. He was evidently greatly
"rattled" recently during a recitation in
English grammar when the question was
put to him
"What part of speech is the word 'am?' "
Whether his confusion was due to the
fact that he was a new pupil at the Force,
or to the fact that he was seated next to
the son of the president of
the United
States, Is not known; at any rate, the little
fellow stammered out
"Which, ma'am; the 'am that you eat or
the 'am that you be?"
Representative Cushman of Washington
state, generally called plain "Cush," says
the Washington Post, tells a new anecdote
on himself, which Incidentally Illustrates
how bravely he has fought the battle of
life. When he first went west he was seek
Ing his fortunes In the new country. Trav
ellng as far as Omaha, with his face still
toward the setting sun, he found himself
stranded. Although fairly well grounded
In the law, It did not suffice to bring him
ready money for a living.
Casting about for something to do that
would assure him a few dollars, Cushman
engaged to take charge of an Omaha res
taurant. Tho salary was small, but he
saved every cent of It. One of his asso
dates in the Omaha place was an old-time
waiter, who had been trained to hla calling
In the effete east.
In the course' 'of a few weeks Cushman
b" money, enough In hand to push still
farther on across the Rockies and Into the
teeming state of Washington. He hung out
his shingle, . prospered In law and politics,
became known as "the Abe Lincoln of the
West," and was elected to congress. Then
he traveled east.. Stopping off the train In
Nebraska, he entered a railroad eating
house.
"Why, Cush. How are ye?" were the
words that greeted him the moment
his
It
angular forrn showed within the door.
was his old Omaha friend, the waiter.
What are ye goln' east fer, Cush?" In
Quired the Nebraskan. In the course of their
reminiscent com creation,
"Going to Washington. Member of con
gress now," said Cushman, with a show of
much pride.
"Well, I declare," exclaimed the waiter,
really glad at Cushman's success. "Do you
know I used to think I would like to go to
Washington ss a member of congress, too."
Senator Spooner tells with much gusto
of a simon-pure Boston lad of tender
years whom he encountered during his
summer vacation in New England. The
father of this lad said to him just before
Senator Spooner started for Washington:
My son, what do you want Santa Claus
to bring you for Christmas?"
Father," replied the lad, "please don't
talk to me about Santa Claus any more.
It is a reflection on ray Intelligence.
have investigated this Santa Claus busi
ness and have found there Is nothing In
It. Whatever you and mother want to
I give me.
I shall be glad to get, but
don't want you to think I believe In Santa
Claus sny longer.
"And. father," added the lad a moment
later, "I will be 13 on my next birthday,
and as soon as I am I . am going to in
I vestlgste this religious business, too.
Representative Lacey of In a, claims tj
have discovered the longest bearded Joke
ever recorded, reports the Washington
Star. ' It may be a surprise to a multitude
of lawyers over the country that this be
whiskered lingerer Is the one about the' at
torney who appeared In court without his
chief witness.
"Why did you not bring your witness'"
tevnsnde1 tbe tudg-a, sternly.
"I have sixteen gv reasons," replied
the lawyer. "The flibi Is he Is dead."
"You need not glv the other fifteen,"
replied the court.
Mr. Lacey says thtre is hardly a court
In the country where .that story In some
, 1. h.., ..H Ih.r. hiurv
old lawyers who will say they were pres
ent when the quip was originally perpe
trated.
"This last summer," added Mr. Lacey,
"I was reading the works of Suetonius,
tho Latin historian. You can Imaglns
how keenly I was Interested to read this
JJ" .P,U.U U
on tbe Emperor Claudius. Whether It waa
original with the Kmepror Claudius or
whether it was handed down to him by
the Assyrians or some other more ancient
people I, of course, do not undertake to
ay."
The original Brlstow report on the Post-
oftlco department investigation, with the
testimony, comprised nearly 700,000 words.
Brlstow made a oO.uuO word abstract. Then,
by order of the president, he was told to
cut the 50.000 words to 25,000, and later to
13,500. A short time ago the preslde.il
called In Mr. Brlstow and told him to cui
tbe 12.600 words to COuO. Brlstow threw iv
bis hands.
"I can't, Mr. President," he said. "It lis
down to the bone now."
"Why not?" asked the president. "You
were an editor out In Kansas before )ou
became fourth asaistant postmaster gen
eral, were you not?"
"Yes," said Mr. Brlstow, "but eveu a
Kansas editor has to have some language
with which to express his thoughts."
COST OF PAJI AM A CANAL.
To Complete II Will Take Nearly Two
Hnndred Million Dollars.
New York Tribune.
It is estimated that It will cot the
t'nlted Slates $184,233,358 to acquire and
complete the Panama canal, besides the
amount to be paid to the government In
control of the Isthmus for the concession.
Already there . has been an Immense
amount of money and energy expended on
the canal. It Is safe to say that a sum
more than sufficient to dig a waterway
from ocean to ocean at sea level has been
collected from Investors at different times
In Its history. -
When De Iesscpg organized the first
company In 1R80 for the construction of the
canal. It started work with a paid up capi
tal of Wn.O 0,000. For eight years the cn
pany tolled, employing at times as many as
16,000 men. Then came a necessity for
changing the plans and the company fulled.
after having collected In round figures
from the sale of stocks and bonds $260.000,.
000. Of this It was shown that the expendi
tures actually made on the Isthmus
amounted to $150,400,000, and that the cost
of excavation and embankment proper was
$S8.60Q,000. The ultimate oost was then esti
mated at $174,S00,OO0. For several years an
effort was made to capitalise a new com
pany to complete the work, and at last. In
1894, the present Panama Canal company
was organised with a paid up capital of
$13,000,000. Since that time work has ad
vanced at the rate of about 1.200,000 cublo
yards of excavation each year.
The total amount of excavation up to the
present has been about Sl.000,000 cubic yards.
Unfortupately only about 40,000.000 cublo
yards of this Is available for the waterway
proposed In 1899-1900 by the Canal commis
sion, of which Bear Admiral Walker was
president. The Walker commission's rec
ommendations Included this avMItblo exca
vation In the $40,000,000 to be paid the canal
company for Its work, maps, records, draw
ings and the property of the Panama Rail
road company. The commission estimated
that the total amount ot excavation which
would be required for the canal to be built
from Its plans, exclusive of that for the
Bohlo dam and the Olgantl spillway, would
be 94,863,703 cubic yards. The work remain
ing to be done, therefore, represents the
difference between the amount of available
excavation which it will, acquire by pur
chase from the Panama Canal company,
or nearly three-fifths of the entire work.
It Is estimated that the cost of this work
wilt be $144,233,3o8. In addition to the sum
to be paid to the present owner of the
property. By the time It is completed
more than $450,000,000 will have been ob
tained in one way or another for use In
building the canal, while nearly $312,000,000
will have actually been spent in connec
tion with Its construction and administra
tion. '
It was the intention of the Panama Canal
company to make the canal 29.6 feet deep.
The increased dimensions of steamers now
being built bas mode It necessary to plan
for a much deeper canal, and the Walker
commission's plans are for a waterway
thirty-six feet deep.
PERSONAL NOTES.
The late Jose Castro, the wealthiest man
In Yucatan, whose will hss just been filed,
left an estate of $14,000,000.
Camllle Plssarro, the famous French Im
pressionist painter, has Just died In Paris.
He was one of the pioneers of the Impres
sionist movement.
After having his leg broken In two places
Lord Kitchener "was In a cheerful mood."
Slqce Lord Kitchener never smiles. It must
have taken quite a wrench to make him
really gay. . , r . , . . 1 ' ' '
Colonel John Dunlap Adair, a member of
Coneral Cranfa staff In the civil war, has
Just died In Chicago. Colontl Adair was
born in Carlisle, Pa., and wss educated at
Dickinson college.
Young man, do not be afraid to burn the
midnight oil If you do you will pile up
a great fortune. John D. Rockefeller will
receive his fourth quarterly dividend of
$4,800,000 December 15.
The marquis of Bute, a bachelor who Is
said to have $76,000,000, Is coming to Amer
ica to hunt gristly bears. This may start
another hunt, as Lord Stuart, his next
brother, married an actress.
Cyrus W. Field's country place, Ardsley,
overlooking the Hudson, has just been sold
for $75,000. At this house some of the most
distinguished men of the nation have -been
entertained at various times.
Emperor William has four light brown
dachshunds of which he is fond. These
dogs live In a stone. Ivy-covered house. In
the Park of Monbljou and have their own
cook and an open fireplace beforS which
they can dose, -
Robert Wilson Goelet. brother of the
newly wedded duchess of Roxburgh, is a
manly, affable, businesslike young fellow,
just a year out of Harvard. He has been
reading law In the offices of the De Witts,
who manage the Immense Goelet estate,
and means to become a full-fledged lawyer.
"The meanest and --wickedest thing n
man can do, next to murder. Is to Ill-treat
his Wife, whom he has taken a vow to
protect" said Judge Strong In his court
In paterson, N. J., tbe other day, and
thereupon he sentenced a husband, who
bad beaten his wife, to two aud a half
years' confinement In state prison.
An obelisk of unpolished gray granite has
boen placed over Vlrchow's grave In the
old Matthal grave yard, Berlin. It bears
on one .side a black marble tablet, on
which are inscribed "Rudolph Vlrchow"
and the date of his birth and death. A
statue of Vlrchow will also be erected near
the place where his scient'flo work was
conducted.
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IHOHT TORIES FROM THB COl'JtTIlT
Fremont Herald-Lader: There are nut
leas than a thousand young women In
Lincoln and Omaha clerking for from $3.50
to $3 a week and boarding themselves
God knc.s how. Yet Jrou can not get
a girl to work In A kitchen or as housa
maid for from $3 to $4 a week and board
and room, .with practically all the
privileges of a member of tbe family.
Why? Because clerking is thought to be
easier, but principally because we irt
growing so Infernally snobbish that we ars
beginning to deaplse the humbler places In ,
life. And this growing snobbishness IS
responsible for' the constantly growing crop
of suckers suckers who try to get the
best for nothing, and .invariably end up
by retting the worst and paying their all
for It. -?'.!
Geneva Gasette: A family residing t
Olbbert's addition were aroused on a reoent
evening by a noise In the chicken house
and on Investigation discovered a member
of a well known family of thieves with a
fat hen under his arm. "He said he waa
looking for his cowl There's going to bo
a Job for the coroner rn this old town and
a new "chicken thief In heaven.
Columbus Times: A Columbus girl
recently played a cruel Joke on her mother,
and this Is how It happened! She ae
cldently found a love letter her father had
written to her mother In the halcyon days)
of their courtship. She read the letter to
her mother, substituting her name and that
of her lover. The mother raved with
anger and stamped her foot In disgust
forbidding her daughter to have anything
to do with a man who would write such
nonsensicsl stuff to a girl. The girl trfbn
gave the letter to her mother to read, and
the house became so suddenly quiet thst
she could hear the cat winking In the back
yard.
Hartlngton Herald: "De gang" sent ths
Herald editor a tottle of petroleum jelly
last Saturday with the admonition to "rub
frequently on sore spots." It must have
taken a good many bottles of the jelly to
heal "da gang's", sore spots after the
southern delegates came Into-1 the late
republican county convention and "busted"
"de gang's" slate to smithereens. In fact
tbe supply must Jiave run out or else the
remedy was Ineffective in their ease as the
result of the election In this precinct shows
that the wounds were still fresh on Novem
ber 1. The Herald has a habit of rubbing,-
the truth pretty hard on all occasion, bul
it must have rubbed it harder than ever
In slslng up election matters in Its Isst
issue, judging by the "holler." .
WHITTLED TO A POIKT.
"They say J. plerpont Morgan has an in
tense dislike to newspaper notoriety."
"Then he's getting his punishment as ho
goes along, all right." Chicago Tribune.
"Let's go out sii' see what's burnln',"
said Pat to Mike at the theater.
"What d'ye mean?"
"Those two men behind us said they were
goln' to the foyer.'' Detroit Free Iress.
8hrlnklnir modesty- is an attractive trait
of character, but It seldom gets a raise of
alary. - Bonier vllle Journal.
"Some of you pleasure seekers," said the
Rev. Mr. Bosh, "always seem to forget that
there Is such a. day as Sunday." -
"And some of you holy fellows," replied
the hard case, "merely forget It on the
other six days;1 Philadelphia Cathollo
Standard.
"What would happen today." said the
thoughtful cltiten, "If Diogenes were to go
through one of our - great cities with a
lantern looking for an honest mutt"
"That's easy." answered the Chicago
man. "Someone would steal his lantern
before 'he had gone three blocks." Wash
iiigUin Starv nv,j,i) i:,m.i inn'M-ini
"Almost from his boyhood," said Mr. Up
more, who seldom boasts, "our Johnny has
been ambidextrous."
"My boy used to be troubled a good deal
that way when he was little," remarked
Mr. Gaswell. "We always gave him castor
oil for it." Chicago Tribune.
"But the bloomers." protested the deli
cate woman, "I'm not sure they would Im
prove my health very "
' "Madame," Interrupted the stalwart
saleswoman, "lere -Is a testimonial re
ceived -this very morning from one of our
customers. 'Since adopting your reform
garments,' she writes, '1 feel and -look like
a New Woman.'. "Philadelphia Press.
"I could kill that Harold Qulpps," hissed
the girl in the, new fall coat.
"What for?" asked her amazed chum.
"Why, he crept up behind me and said.
that he wanted to tell the 'old, old story,' 1
Did he propose?
"No, the Idiot asked why a chicken
crossed the road." Chicago News.
PLAINT OF THE TIRKEY.
W. J. Lampion In New York Sua.
I'm an unassuming Turkey,
And I am not to blame
If by a prlmogenesls
I'pon the earth I came;
They never said a word to ma,
And if I'd had my way I
I should have gone some otherwheres
To spend Thanksgiving day.
I'm an unpretentious Turkey.
And do not seek to rise
Above my station to a place
Among the great and wise. ,
Rich dressing Isn't to my taste,
I hate all grand' display.
And I don't like 'the way at all
I'm served Thanksgiving Day.
I'm a slmpls 'minded Turkey,
And much orefer to live
In humble circumstance, and have
What quiet life may give
Instead of mingling with the great,
Wliu. will not heed my "Nay,"
When modestly I seek escape
From their Thanksgiving Day.
I'm an unoffending Turkey.
And never quite could see
Just why a horde of thanking souls
Should chase me up a tree.
If I were full of thanks, perhaps
That might explain their way;
But 1 am not, and never was
Ooldarn Thanksgiving Day!
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