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If anybody hat any well-defined rn
mors to retail,' be will find no troublo
In disposing of tbem to the local yellow
Journals. ' . -
Today we mhall learn what the Ne
braska supremo court thinks of the chief
accomplishment of the " last Nebrasku
legislature.
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effect of Injunctions are the rents and
holes that ; decorate Omaha's asphalt
paved streets.
Grorer Cleveland has beerthavlng ex
cellent sport with his double-barred gun
in hunting Virginia ducks and Bryan
3,000 miles away.
Bryan has done "tho tower,"' but he
keeps discreetly aloof from the Bank of
England and the Rothschilds, for fear
of being( contaminated by the gold mi
crobe. : .. t.
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By Introducing 233 bills In one day
Senator Money of Mississippi has estab
lished t new 'record, over which ; the
general tax paying public somehow finds
It hard to enthuse.
If the average Thanksgiving day tur
key were as ancient as the average
Thanksgiving day turkey Joke the dl
gestion of the general public would have
been ruined long ago.
' Japan now has a military strength of
-00,000 men, every one of whom appears
to cherish a secret desire 'for an oppor
tunlty;tq prove that, he can whip any
live liusuiuns on earth.
The senate cannot become engaged in
the Cuban treaty debate any too soon to
suit Mr. Sraoot. The gentleman from
Utah has been the center of attraction
much longer than he cared to be.
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Candidates ambitious -to Immortalize
themselves ait Panama canal commis
sioners, are catching their .second; wind
aud bombarding President .Roosevelt
with applications and. endorsements,
"'"'iJL ". 1 ..".liU-- V ,
Mayor Moore is entitled to a credit
mark on his third-term record for the
amicable adjustment by which asphalt
paving repairs can be resumed and con
tinued untif below zero weather sets in.
In a dillgeut search for something
good to tell of him,, his democratic boom
, era have made the single find that never
in his whole - career' bus 'Mr. Gorman
neglected opportunity to do a good turn
for Mr. Gormau.
Now that William Jennings Bryan has
Inspected the House of Commons and
hobnobbed wltb Chamberlain, we may
expect tho Commoner to drop free trade
and tariff for revenue only and swing
Into linear protection.
Those promised electric railroads to
connect Omaha with Lincoln, Blair, De
catur, Beatrice, Fremont and other Ne
braska towus should be constructed on
something more substantial than paper
and stereoptlcon canvas. y
Henatgr" Newlaud has introduced a
Mil to invite Cuba into the union, Porto
Rico to come along lis a county of Cuba.
Evidently the senator has caught the
Thuukbglrlng duy spirit and would like
to "get the children all home together."
Little by little It has leaked out that
the recent slump of Httv trust aeeuriUes
U chiefijr due to the - conversion of
enoriuouwly Inflated steel stock issues
Into boiulu tearing' 3 per cent intercut
that will absorb all the entire surplus
earnlugs of the octopus and make it Im
possible to pay any stock dividend. In
this instaiu-e the unexpected baa not
happeued. You can't pump water Into
the wine cabk without deteriorating the
ijuulit of the mine.
Gun.UAn leadership.
The election of Senator Uoniinn to
succeed Mr. Teller as a member of the
senate finance committee Is referred to
as an Important viefory for the lender
of the minority in the upper bonne over
a clique of younger senators who have
manifested n disposition not to be
wholly submissive to the Connnn lender
ship. At the beginning of the session
the democratic steering committee de
clined to recommend Mr. Gorman for
membership of the finance committee,
the objection to him being that he Is
not In full accord with his party on the
question of currency reform. ' Senator
Teller resigned his place on the finance
committee to make room for the Mary
land man, so that he might have a place
befitting his position as the minority
leader. '
According to ono statement, the demo
crats who are not disposed to unques
tlonlngly follow the leadership of Mr.
Gorman a to Dubois of Idaho, Carmack
of Tennessee, Patterson of Colorado,
Rawlins of Utah and one or two others,
who are said to have formed an offen
sive and defensive combine for the pur
pose of forcing their radical views on
their democratic seniors. Having tasted
power they are not now inclined to give
It up and submit to dictation even from
one so prominent In the party and so
admittedly adroit as Mr Gorman. It is
the opinion, therefore, that the leader
ship of the Maryland senator is likely
to encounter some obstacles from his
party associates that may give him no
little trouble and possibly Impair his
chances for becoming a presidential cam
dldate.
It is well known that Senator Gorman
has met with vigorous opposition, chiefly
on the part of western democratic sena
tors, In all the caucusses that have been
held since the beginning of the present
congress. In the caucus which discussed
the Panama situation some of the south
ern senators were desirous that the
treaty be ratified by the senate, their
constituents being interested in the trade
that would naturally , develop through
the completion of the waterway. The
opposition to the Gorman policy was so
strong that he was unable to bring about
any united action and at present the
senate democrats are so divided that no
one can tell what their final course will
be in regard to the c"anal treaty.
As a candidate for the presidential
nomination Mr. Gorman will, find the
labor of leadership rather more delicate
and difficult than formerly. He Is now
forced to adopt a policy of conciliation
and it looks as if there are among his
political associates some who will not
readily yield to conciliatory methods.
The indications are that while Gorman
Is strong In the south, he has no strength
worth speaking of west of the Alle
ghenles. He' Is In a position that' re
quires the exercise of greater political
skill and sagacity than he has ever be
fore been called upon for. r. , .". ,.
, BAM MBit OA OSS HAIL.
The "members ,ofv the Omaha Grain
exchange should, not allow themselves
to be diverted from their main purpose,
or distracted by the raising of side Is
sues. Public sentlmeut in. this city -in
favor of making Omaha a grain market
Is practically a, unit, i and the success
Of the movement for a grain market is
as good as, assured,, If the, men behind
the movement-will keep on hammering
'on one nail. The trouble with Omaha
in the past has been that its energies
have been dissipated by its attempts
to do too many things at the same time.
In other words, tho business men have
tried to hammer down too many nails
at one time and consequently have been
doomed to disappointment because they
did not concentrate their energies and
Influence on one single proposition.
It goes without saying that no great
enterprise has ever been projected that
did not arouse opposition and encounter
obstacles la some quarter. It waa to
have been expected that any effort to
compel transportation lines to abandon
their policy of discriminating rates thut
enabled them to get the long haul on
grain raised in tho territory ' tributary
to Omaha would meet with resistance
from the traffic managers. It was to
have been expected also' that no con
cession would l)o made by Iowa truuk
lines so long as they were bound to
gether by a community of interest.
The completion of the Chicago Great
Western railroad and the policy inau
gu rated by President Ktickney hns
forced competitors of that line to make
concessions jo Omaha that; will muke
this city a grain market, if the business
men of Omaha will stand .together and
work together to achieve that much
desired result. The battle Is not yet
won. There Is still a good deal of fight
lng ahead, but if- the business men of
Omaha keep on hammering on one nail
the outcome of the conflict Is not un
certain, i . " !
thk joint man taumssioit.
According to the leader of the demo
crats In the house of representatives It
Is the desire of the party that the Joint
high commission, created to consider and
propose methods of "adjusting pending
questions between the United States ond
Canada, aud also to retvmmend a trade
convention between the two countries.
shall be reconvened. For this purpose
they would have our government take
the initiative, the Dominion government
having declined to do so. . In a speech
In the Iiouha Mr Wl'Marcs said that the
democracy "will welcome the initiative
taken by the president of the United
Stt tes if he will take It la reconvening
the Joint high commission, in order that
we may have a condition of commercial
amity instead of threatened commercial
war with the great Dominion of Can
ada " A few days after thJs utterance
the democratic leader introduced a
resolution in the house Inviting , the
president to reconvene the coinmibHion.
This body was created at the Instance
of our government. Its failure to ac
compllehw hat it was organized for Mas
due to the Canadian government, which
refined to permit any question sub
mitted to the commission to be disposed
of until there should be a settlement of
the Canadian lalms In regard to the
Alaska Imtmdnry. The position of that
government, obstinately persisted in,
prevented consideration of the question
of reciprocity by the commission and
forced an adjournment without anything
having been done beyond discussion of
some of the matters presented.
The boundary issue is now out of the
way and it might be well to have the
commission resume consideration of
other questions which must some time
!e adjusted,' but in view of the course
of Canada why should our government
be asked to take the Initiative for re
convening the commission? Those who
are responsible for. the failure of the
commission to accomplish anything and
who certainly have as great Interest in
the settlement of pending differences as
the people of the United States, should
make the first move for calling the com
mission together again. Senator Lodge
once remarked that the time had gone
by for this country to go hat in hand
to the Dominion and plead for a settle
ment of differences and for a change In
trade relations. We are a nation of
80,000,000. The Dominion has a popula
tion of about 6,000,000. Is it not some
what unreasonable to ask that our gov-
ernment shall invite Canada to renew
negotiations, that country being respons
ible for their failure In the past?
We are inclined to think that this
will be the view of the majority In con
gress and therefore believe it safe to
say that the resolution inviting the
president to reconvene the Joint high
commission will not receive favorable
consideration. Should Canada ask for
another meeting of that body the request
would undoubtedly be promptly acceded
to, but it is most improbable that our
government will take the initiative In
the matter.
The forecast . made more than two
weeks ago by The Bee that the Bur
lington, Great Northern and Northern
Pacific merger would be voluntarily
abandoned by the James J. Hill North
ern Securities trust Is now confirmed
by a report from Philadelphia, which
outlines the future plan for the opera
tion of the three lines as separate prop
erties, under common ownership- ,The
Impending divorce of the Burlington
from th Northern Pacific Is to be a
voluntary uncoupling without prying
man and wife loose from bed and board.
The Fremont Tribune has become a
convert to popular eiectiou of United
States senators, but it wants the choice
narrowed down to the candidate that
receives the endorsement of the' respec
tive party state conventions. Suppose
this plan were adopted next year and
D. E. Thompson were to capture the
nomination, what would Ross Ham
mond say?
Two South Omaha policemen have
been called upon the carpet for quench
ing their thirst in the saloons on their
bent 8. This Is a strange proceeding for
South Omaha that will be resented a
good deal more by the thirsty policemen
than by the saloon keepers who supplied
the liquid refreshments as compli
mentary.
It is related in monastic script that
St Augustine spent three years in pon
dering over the question, how many
angels could stand' on the point of a
needle, and it may take an equal length
of time for the Omaha police board to
determine how many square Inches of
Third ward dirt constitute a freehold.
The former mayor of South Omaha,
who claims to have been held up bya
burglur, has the satisfaction of knowing
that the holdup business is not al
together confined ' to professionals.
Other people besides mayors have been
periodically held up in South Omaha.
In Wyoming cowboy detectives who
commit murder are made to stretch
hemp. In Nebraska they are sentenced
to bard labor, fabricating brooms and
cigars at the penitentiary, With a pros
pective pardon when their crime has
passed out of the public eye.
Too Mach I.Ike Werk.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The United States of Colombia was
rather a hard combination to hold together.
Too much unexplored country. The general
government couldn't send troops to Pan
ama without taking them by sea.
Groping In the Dark.
Indianapolis Journal.
The grand old democratic party has had
all sorts of disasters, but the crowning one
will be If the time ever comes that It can
not make out the policy and purposes of
tho republican party. Then It will have
nothing to oppose and no excus for ex.
istlng.
People Who Do Thlags.
Philadelphia frees.
The world may be roughly divided Into
two clauses the people who do things and
the people who criticise the people who do
things. The latter are making themselves
heard Just now In the Panama case. Hap
pily, though, they are more noisy than nu
merous. Glvlag Craaks the Right Tnra.
Chicago Chronlote.
The respectful sympathy of the people
of the United States Is hereby extended to
Theodore Roosevelt. He has been visited
by Carrie Nation. There are other cranks
aud anarchists who should be sent about
their business In the same summary
fashion.
Hetoecalav aa Old Jewel.
New York Trubune.
A student in a western Institution of
learning who had been caught using with
out acknowledgment writings of men of
earlier years tried to extenuate his petty
larceny by saying that thought U a com
mon product and he had a right to It. The
suggestion is not original. "I take's good
thing wherever I find it, but I always lm
prove on It." 8o said a free and easy
aproprlator of several generations ago.
Alas, It l probable that the youthful under
graduate did not burnish the jewel.
Tryiug to flag the Uik.
Philadelphia Press. .
According to the latest reports Mr.
Bchwup tum had enough of litigation in re.
gard to the shipbuilding trust, and will try
and settle with Lis opponent. The terms
are sild to hare been agreed upon. This
looks like the part ef wtxdom. Hut it would
have been much oetter for the reputation
of srme of those concerned had they taken
this course earlier and avoided the dis
graceful revelations that have already been
made public.
la Hiram ttettlna; .ayf
Indianapolis News.
Flghllng Is reported In Jolo between the
natives and the American troops, but it
must have resulted from some misunder
standing. Surely, after the enlightenment
he has had as to the practical workings
of manifest destiny, the Sultan would
hardly get chesty enough to try to -make
his former bluff good.
JfOT IJKB A DIRTRICII.
Action Charged Foreign o the Sa
tnre of the Man.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Indictment of Senator Dietrich at
Omaha lias greatly disturbed the people
of Nebraska and has caused uneasiness
among the people n other states. This
disquiet is not based on suspicion or be
lief that Senator Dietrich Is guilty, as
charged, of receiving money from per
sons appointed to office on his recom
mendation, but on the belief that the at
tack on the senator Indicates that the
feudal period in Nebraska politics has
not passed.
Nebraskans familiar with conditions In
their state have put aside the charge
against their senator with the remark:
It Isn't like Dietrich to do such a thing."
And It Is not. Senator Dietrich Is of Ger
man stock. Is Illinois born, and went from 1
this state to engage in business In Ne
braska. He has been a practical, straight
forward business man at Hastings for
twenty-five years and for sixteen years
has been associated with the management
of the German National bank at Hastings.
For all these years he has been in post,
tlon to know of the Intrigues of men in
public life to defraud the state or tho
nation. His old-fashioned Integrity, his
tenacity In supporting an honest financial
policy when many republicans went into
the Bryan camp and his Impatience with
loose methods in public life made him the
republican candidate for governor In 1900.
He was elected, but was scarcely In office
when, by his refusal to consider the case
of a former state treasurer under sentence
for misuse of public funds, he Incurred the
hostility of a powerful faction of his own
party favorable to the pardo of the offi
cial. This faction waa not sorry when
Dietrich, as the outcome of a deadlock in
the legislature, was elected to the United
States senate In 1904, because it left the
case of the defaulting treasurer in the
hands of an executive who was ready td
do what Dietrich had refused to consider.
Here was a case In which the republicans
of Nebraska honestly differed, but there
was great bitterness between the two fac
tions, and this has not been to Senator
Dietrich's advantage.
Again, the senator was at variance with
a good many Nebraska republicans In his
opposition to the Cuban reciprocity bill.
In addition to this, he was outspoken in
condemnation of the conduct of certain
federal officials In the, northwest who
seemed to be parties to, or at least to have
knowledge of, public land frauds.
It Is significant that his activity In the
matter of these alleged. land frauds brought
about unpleasant relations between himself
and federal - officials ' intrusted with the
guardianship of the government's Interests.
It is significant, also, that when the land
department at Washington had pushed in
vestigation Into these alleged frauds Sena
tor Dietrich was threatened with prosecu
tion because of the government's activity,
not because he was' involved in the land
frauds, .net because .he was suspected of
any wrong-doing In that direction, but be.
cause he was suspected of having helped
investigate the investigation.
The fact that the United States district
attorney at Omaha has been 'summoned
to Washington Indicates that the president
Is cognizant of all the facta bearing, on
the motive of those who secured the In
dictment of Senator Dietrich. If this Is
true, it may be assumed that all the facta
leading up to the .Indictment will- be
brought out without fear or favor.
It is to be said to Senator Dietrich's credit
that his bearing since the charges were
made against him and particularly since
they were presented to the grand Jury
haa not been that of a guilty man. He has
waived all the privileges of a senator pro
tecting him against prosecution, and haa
given emphatic and specific denial to all
the counts In the Indictment.
Therefore he Is entitled at least , to a
suspension of Judgment. Under the cir
cumstances, theipeople of the country are
Inclined to say' with many Nebraskans:
"It Is not like Dietrich" to do what ti now
charged against him.
SCIEXCIS ON THK FARMS.
Practical Beneflts of Agrlealtoral Col
leges -and Experiment Stations,
The seventh, annual convention of the
Association of American Agricultural Col
leges and Experiment Stations la now being
held at Washington. Nearly all of these In
stitutions are under the direct charge ef
the United Btates Department ox Agricul
ture, of which they form a very Impor
tant and very practical part. These have
been supported In large measure by the
government for the purpose of conferring
direct benefits upon the farmers, of giving
them results of scientific experiments with
soils and crops, of assisting them' In the
breeding of good stock and In showing
thera how better methods of agricultural
work will produce better, and hence more
profitable, results.
Though education of this kind began In
the United States forty years ago; yet it
Is only within the last decade or so that
It has received the attention It merits. For
many years an agricultural college was
looked upon as an Institution only fit, for a
lad who was not considered bright enough
to send to a university.' He was supposed
to be'taught how to set a hen, milk a cow,
we id beets and was generally expected
to learn of his own accord to smoke
cigarettes, and probably how to chew to
bacco. Colleges la which classics and
philosophy, both mental and moral, formed
the chief Ingredients of the curriculum
looked askance at these agricultural insti
tutions, and there was very marked oppo
sition to any efforts they might make for
either government or state aid.
A better appreciation of the practical
benefits derived from these institutions has
brought about a decided change In feeling
among all educators regarding them. Ridi
cule has given way to admiration, and to
a general disposition to encourage and
support them. Hence they have multiplied
In number, until now nearly every state
has one, and some have more. The number
of students at these institutions Increases
every year, and they are by no means the
dullards of the country, Thch' studies,
though they may have an agricultural turn.
do not necessarily Impel thera to become
farmers. Many fields of practical scien
tific work are thrown open to them, and
there Is at this time a great demand for
men trained as they have been.
Government and state support of such
Institutions, Including the experiment sta
tions associated with thttoi, meets with lit
tle opposition now. It may not be true
that these agencies have brought about a
complete revolution In agricultural methods
and agricultural knowledge, but they have
made such a vast lmprov:nent in both as
to add mMUons upon mlui.vr. to the value
ef the land and tu the -veailh of the
country,
BITS OF WAHITOX I.1FK.
Minor Scenes and laelaents Sketched
on the Spot.
There is more than Idle gossip In the
talk of raising the salaries of senators and
representatives, which Is heard In Inter
ested quarters In Washington. The aver
age sovereign cltlxen In casting his vote
for his favorite candidate thinks he Is
doing said candidate a handsome turn In
putting him against a salary of $5,000 a
year, paid without discount. The candidate
thinks so, too, but Ms tune changes when
he goes against highball lite In Washing
ton and strives to keep the pace. The fact
that precious few resign Is generally ac
cepted as proof that congressmen know a
good thing. Still they are not as happy
as they look and a boost In salary Is the
one thing needed to banish the gloom and
scatter a little more "sunshine" In their
pockets.
One unhappy congressman tells his
troubles In this style: "I have reached a
conclusion as to how much It costs a man
to be In congress. Whatever It Is costing
a man to live at home, It will cost him that
amount to live here, plus $5,000 the con
gressional salary. I pay at a hotel here
$240 a month for accomodations for my wife
and myself, which is $4 a day per capita,
with no reduction for absences from the
city. A congressman must live at a hotel.
The moment he buys a house It gets tele
graphed to his district that he thinks he
has a life claim on his seat, and the
chances are that the caucuses will go
against him the next time. A senator,
elected for six years, may sometimes build
a house, but even with them the experi
ment has not always proved safe. I abhor
hotel life, but feel that for political reasons
I must submit to t. A man must allow 20
per cent of his salary at the least calcu
lation for subscription to political and
charitable enterprises In his district, good.
bad and Indifferent. I think few persons
will take exception to my formula that the
man at home who wants to come to con
gress must bring his present living ex
penses with him, in addition to what Uncle
Sam purposes to pay him."
President Roosevelt has given a quiet tip
to relegate to the background the title
"His Excellency," that rello of flunkeyism
given In countless millions of books as the
proper way of addressing the head of the
nation. It is a little too far removed from
plain Jeffersonlan principles to tickle the
fancy of the president, reports Collier's
Weekly. '
The Incident in which the president gave
voice to his position in this respect, and
which escaped attention at the time, oc
curred at a recent dedication ceremony in
the outskirts of Washington. The presi
dent sat upon the platform in the midst of
a circle of ecclesiastical dignitaries. Bishop
Henry T. Satterlee, the head of the Wash
ington diocese of the Episcopal church, ad
vanced to the front of the platform to ad
dress the surging thousands who witnessed
the ceremony.
The bishop turned toward the president
as he opened his solemn discourse. "His
Excellency," he said, but Immediately the
president gave vent to his disapproval. A
look that spoke plainer than words crossed
his face and he leaned over to General John
M. Wilson, the retired chief of engineers
of the army, who sat beside him. "I don't
like that phrase," he said. "I don't like
it." It was In a whisper and only those
sitting close by understood. The presi
dent's shrug and whispered protestation
were emphatic, but the bishop heard not
and continued his peroration. Again he
had occasion to refer to Mr. Roosevelt.
Thla time he called the office sans the
prefix. "The president," he said, simply,
A smile spread over the president's faoe.
, "Ah," he whispered, "I like that. That's
better; very much better."
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Congress will be called upon at the long
session to decide who was the "father of
the American navy." Representative
Thomas Currier of New Hampshire has in
troduced a bill providing for an appropria
tion to pay for a statue In Washington of
John Paul Jones, who Is referred to in
the text of the bill as "the founder of the
American navy." Representative Drlacoll
of New. .York has asked for an appropria
tion of $0,000 for monument to Commo
dore John Barry, upon which shall be In
scribed the words: "Erected to the memory
of John Barry, father of the American
naVy." The congressmen admit that
"founder" and "father" are eynonymous
terms within the meaning of the proposed
legislation, and both will appear before the
committee on libraries, to which the bills
were referred, fortified by history to es
tablish the light of their respective heroes
to the undisputed title of "father" or
"founder" ef the American navy.
Senator Gibson of Montana tells a story
of a Judge who had occasion to fine a law
yer In that state $100 for contempt of court.
After court had adjourned, the lawyer
approached the Judge and said: "Tour
honor, I want to ask a great favor of
you."
"What is it?" Inquired the Judge.
"I have a pressing obligation to meet.
That hundred you took for that fine was
the money I had to meet It with. I wieh
you would lend me $100 for a few days."
"HI, Mr. Crier!" shouted the Judge, "con
vene court again." Court was reconvened,
and then the Judge remitted the fine.
The rug that formerly covered the floor
of the house barber shop has given place
to a 'rubber tile covering. This new device
cost $840. If Isn't ao pretty as an expensive
rug or carpet, but tho officials of the house
figure that even If It does come high, It will
last fifteen or twenty years, and be cheaper
In the long run. '
The barber shop is not a large room,
there beiug only six chairs In it. The bar
bers are not paid by Uncle Sam during
the sessions of congress, but during the re
cesses they are carried on the rolls at $50
a month each, and they are expected to
clean up committee rooms and corridors.
Even when congress la In session they help
each day to remove litter from the hall in
which the house meets.
They charge members 15 cents for a
shave and 28 cents for hair cuts, and be
fore and after the dally, sessions they can
serve outsiders. Congress, of course, fur
nishes the outfit, which Is exceptionally
fine in the way of chairs and other fittings.
The capltol at Washington being "dry"
nowadays, the saloons In the immediate
vicinity do a thriving business. The saloon
nearest to tho capltol on Pennsylvania
avenue now displays a sign which reads,
from the capltol side: "First Chance." On
the side which one sees on approaching the
capital la the legend: "Last Chance."
"Frankness," said Speaker Cannon, "Is
an attribute greatly to be admired. The
frankest man I ever knew was a chap
out- in Illinois who served several terms
in the legislature. Then he came home
and built himself a fine bouse. It was a
beauty and cost a power of money.
" 'Nice house you've got there,' said a
visitor la the town where the ex-legislator
lived.
" 'Yea,' be replied, 'it ia a nice house.'
"'Where did you get the money?'
" 'Down at Springfield, of course,' the ex- 1
legislator replied. 'I tell you, my friend,
there la a heap of yeas and nays la that
house.' "
Go It, Bnll Go It, Bear!
' St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
If the billionaires continue to fight each
other In Wall street some of them may
shortly be reduced to their last hundred
million
rF.RSOAf, KOTF.a.
Panama's place In the concert of nations
has not been definitely fixed, but probably
she will help -carry the bass drum.
Grover Cleveland Is going to retire ss a
railroad magnate. He Is about in sell a
line he owns sixteen miles long In Penn
sylvania. General Francis Vinton Greene, police
commissioner of New York city, will act
as one of the Judges at the Tale-Harvard
debate In December.
If the drug manufacturers. Jobbers and
retailers have their way In the move
ment Just Inaugurated, the cut rate deal
ers throughout the land will have to stand
up and take their medicine.
Two ef the Filipino wards of Uncle Sam,
who are to be educated at the (national
expense, struck Snj, Francisco the other
day and blew oet the gas. Fortunately
they were spared, and will In due time be
assimilated by the gold brick man.
Why should Wu Ting-fang stay in China,
to be looked at when he makes a bright
remark, with that rme expression you see
in the countenances of a herd of Texas
cattle? Education has made Wu a man
without a country, but Uncle Sam will be
his foster father.
Peter Grogan, who claimed to have
originated the Installment system of pur
chase and lived to see It adopted by nearly
every civilized nation, recently died In Bal
timore from heart failure. Grogan Insti
tuted the system In his furniture store
over thirty years ago.
Several members of congress smoke pipes,
but only one has nerve enough to do so In
public. The exception Is Senator William
J. Stone of Missouri, who rode down Penn
sylvania avenue on a. trolley car the other
day smoking a short, black brier, and evi
dently getting a great deal of comfort out
of his pipe.
King Edward, when prince of Wales, was
asked, according to a late London club
story, what he would do should he meet
with a sudden reverse of fortune or if
the monarchy were overthrown. The re
ply accredited to the price Is: "Well, I
think I might supoprt my wife and family
by lecturing in the United States on how
It feela to be prince of Wales."
The former Turkish consul general at
Rotterdam, All Nouri Bey, who was dis
missed and condemned to 101 years' Im
prisonment because of his connection with
the satiric Journal Daoul, is trying to
get even with the sultan by bringing out
a book entitled "Abdul Hamld In Carica
ture." He is a born Swede and spent some
years In Turkey.
Justice Harlan of the United States su
preme court will celebrate, on December
1, the twenty-sixth anniversary of his ap
pointment to that bench. Last year the
other Justices and his friends gave him a
banquet, and though this is not ao notable
an anniversary as that celebrating the
Judge's quarter of a century on the bench.
It Is not thought the day will be allowed to
pass without some special reminder of the
occasion.
A romance In which the late President
McKinley and his widow, then Miss Sax
ton, were principals la recalled by the ap
pointment by President Roosevelt on be
half of Mrs. McKinley of Captain H. L.
Kuhna of Cleveland to be expert account
ant In the government office in Porto Rico.
In 18C9 Miss Saxton was employed In her
father's bank in Canton, and Kuhna car
ried notes between McKinley, then a young
lawyer, and Miss Saxton.
CHANCES FOR POOR HEX.
Provided the Government Halts Syn
dicated Land Grabbers.
Boston Transcript.
Since the government has taken measures
to provide irrigation works for the redemp
tion of the arid west there has .been so
much . discussion pro and con over the
various phases of the enterprise that we
must at least conclude that irrigation is not
an exact science. In its' broad aspects it
has offered a new hope to the homemaker
and the settler, but that hope may have
been somewhat dashed by a recent letter
In the Nation by I. W. Grlscom, who main
tained that while the equitable distribution
or sale of public land was a legitimate
function, land which depended upon artifi
cial Irrigation waa no place for a poor man.
Now comes Henry D. Barrows of Los An
geles, Cal., and In the columns of the same
Journal Intimates that Mr. Grlscom's state
ments were not based on practical knowl
edge of the subject.
He asserts, on the contrary, that It is to
the poor man that Irrigated land most ap
peals, as has been demonstrated by the in
dustrial history of Southern California.
Anaheim, the pioneer colony of California,
since the change from Mexican to United
States rule, was started on the co-operative
plan in 1867 by fifty persons, mostly Ger
mans from San Francisco, almost all of
them poor men and dependent on their own
labor for support. They pooled their scanty
resources, bought about 1,100 acres of an
old Spanish grant near the Santa Ana river
and hired a civil engineer tolay It off Into
fifty small farma of twenty acres each,
bring the water .from the river In a big
dltcb and plant each tract to grapevines,
for which he was to care for three years.
At tho end of that time moat of the pro
prietors moved to their new-made homes,
their vineyards having Just begun to bear. -
The success of the experiment waa so
marked that other colonies proceeded on
similar lines, and that has largely been the
history of those garden spots of the world,
so plentiful and beautiful. In Pasadena,
Riverside, Redlands, Pomona and other
places. The waters of the Los Angeles,
the San Gabriel and the Santa Ana rivers
can be diverted at a moderate expense,
but In the opinion of Mr. Darrows the
task of bringing the water from the great
Colorado is so great that the government
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of interesting information about witches, oAll he sent
free vpon request.
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The best shoes for men are those that are the moot becoming to the
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$3.50 aud $5
! should take charge of the enterprise. Once
the water Is tirought to thoenlnnd. how
ever, the "prairie scrmoner" men will
quickly club together to bring in lateral
ditches, the needed water 'to their ten,
twenty, and forty-acre tracts! for when
land Is irrigated where hired labor la ex
pensive a poor man only wants what land
he can cultivate himself." This Is ex-cathedra
testimony. There Is little doubt that
these lands will furnish Inviting opportuni
ties to Industrious poor men provided th
government can keep the epnuitatteif htiM
grabbers from robbing them of these priv
ileges. .
MIRT1IF11. RKMAKKS.
Ascum
cum What are you wearing rubbers
Surely you don't expect It to mln?
itlate No, but my wife la hoiiseclean-
for?
I lllMl, t V n .ii
lng these days and there's no carpet on
our stairs tonight. Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Nixon My husband is a very herd
man to please.
Mrs. Vlxon Rut he wasn't always so.
Mrs. Nixon How do you know?
Mrs. Vlxon-Why. he married you, didn't
he? Chicago News.
TMt-1 see a school has been started
In Washington where scholars are taught
to be ambidextrous. Crlmsonbeak Taught
to use both hands. Precisely. Well. I
hope they'll manage to keep the graduates
out of the treasury. Yonkera Statesman.
Brlggs-What sort of a girl U Pacer en
gaged to?
Origge I've never seen her, but I know
she's homely.
Brlggs How?
Origge Because I heard she liked to be
thought of ss an intelligent woman-De-troll
Free Press.
"You're all run down." said the doctor.
"What you need Is quiet and reet. You
ought not to be worried at all."
"Will yon put that in the form of a pre
scription, doctor, and give It to my wire?"
asked the man. Chicago Poet.
"Are you going to make any speeches?"
"No, sir," answered Senator Sorghum.
"The last time I made a speech I got so
busy with it thst my enemies pushed
through a deal while my bsck was turned."
Washington Star.
"What do you do when your wife asks
you If you ever cared for any other woman
befort you met her?" asked Ruggles.
"1 temporise." said Boggles.
"Temporise?"
"Yes; I tell her I haven't time to enumer
ate them ail." Chicago Tribune.
Lushman I'm troubled with headaches
In the morning. It may be on account of
my eyes; perhaps I need stronger glasses.
Dr. Shrude No, I think you merely need
weaker glasses and 1 ewer at night.
Philadelphia Press.
The Frenchman did not know all about
th Rnarllnh lA.nffiiA-A
"I vould like to come see you eer much.
In fact. I vould have came, only I thought
you vere ver busy. I do not like to cock
roach upon your time."
"Not 'cockroach.' that's not right. You
should say 'encroach, encroach. "
"Aha., that is It. 'hencroach. hencroach.
I see I have got se gender of se verb
. T Innln.ntt'. tl n .n .n.
"Is It true that you act tinder Instructions
from that great corporation?"
"It Is emphatlcnlly untrue!" replied Sen
ator Sorghum with Indignation. "I think
I ran clnlm by this time to know just about
wh.it thnt corporation wnnts without any
instructions whatever." Washington Star.
The man who had got the worst of the
fight slowly got on his feet and brushed
the dust from his clothes.
"You said you could beat the tar out of
him." remarked a friend.
"Well. I can In the police court," was
the reply, as the defeated one went after
a warrant. Chicago Post.
THE PANAMA CAKAL.
Bald the U. 8. A. to the TT. 8. C. :
"I want to dig a big ditch, do you see?
A ditch that will benefit both you and me
The Panama Canal."
Said the U. 8. C to the V. 8. A.: .
"All right. Uncle Sam, how much will you
pay? -If
you'll give us enough, you can dig right
away
The Panama Cartel."
Then Uncle Sam he thought a Mg thunk.
"How much do you want for that useless
old Junk, .
On which many millions now have been
sunk?
The Panama Canal."
The U. B. C. to herself said : "I truet
We'll get a good price for those big heaps
of rust, ,
And that old Uncle Sam will come down
with the dust.
The Panama Canal."
So they talked and they argued, but all was
In vain,
Uncle Sam was quite wary and said very
plain.
He'd mentioned his price and would not
talk again.
The Panama Canal.
Then Colombia said. "I can't go to war.
I'm so very much smaller than the United
, States are.
So I guess they must keep hands off Pan
ama, The Panama Canal."
But this wouldn't do for the Panama
crowd.
For they hollered and cussed, both long,
deep and loud; .
For to have through their land they'd be
only too proud
The Panama Canal.
So they rose In their might and they kicked
up a row
And they said to Colombia, "We'll show
yoti how
To-treat with U. 8. and we'll be sure to
have now
The Pa.tama Canal.
"We ll fight. If needs be. and our red blood
shall flow.
For our 'dander Is ris' and we're deter
mined to show
That old Uncle Sam will come down with
the 'dough.'
The Panama Canal."
11 'wfll rttjr nlc rn'8' but 1 think It
All right In the end and some dsy we shall
see :
Dug light through the Isthmus front sea
unto sea
The Panama Canal.
So we ret quite content for certain I am
The ditch will be dug by our own Uncle
Sam,
For these little republics can't hinder or
dam
The Panama Canal.
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