Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, December 09, 1903, Page 6, Image 6
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I. : xcero . l. 2,T40 I.! 3O.04O ' 17..... 80,160 I 80,000 18 29,940 4 .. 8T.400 19 ....80,230 I .80,030 40,W5 I.. 41,1 OO 21 80.0KO T.. .....81,7BO Z2 8T.1TO t.'. n,mto "' 13 ...";....8o,o0 80,iao 24 ao.iao 10 SO ,2 Ml K 80,000 II. . :.20,ao 26.. 81,1.0 It v...3H,04O 27 81,020 U.... 40,963 II 80,100 14 29,810 2 27,023 lfi 20,000 10 80,800 Total 1 . . . . . :. 932,933 Less unsold and returned copies.... lo&ia Net total aalea.. .....Sii,o Net average aalea 80,750 Q BO. B. TZBCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this SOth day of November, A. XX mt AL B. HUNUATE, (Seal.) - Notary Public, Fof a second tim the Langlej aero drome has declined to rise above Ha lowly surrounding. ' The Jew York report that '.'movement In fleeces la1 quiet"' perhaps only Indi cates a scarcity of strangers In town. Dowle moves discharge of the receiv ers in bankruptcy. Someone must have been coaching the old gentleman on what receivers coBt '. We take It for granted that the man who Von a wager by swimming a" mile In the Chicago river was properly disin fected after he emerged, ..... . If Venezuela doesn't Invade Colombia until that natlonette wars against the United States, those 15,000 new rifles will have become valuable only as an tiquities. . ' : ' . . The' Panama .treaty, wlir be up for dis cussion' in the senate before long. Sen ator Morgan of Alabama is doubtless already oiling up to be In readiness for the event , Our city hall will have a house clean ing by the . force of . janitors. Our county court house would not be hurt by a house cleaning of a still more thor ough kind. - ' The president's message is a docu ment of sufficient importance that the public has a right to expect every up-to-date newspaper to spread it before its readers in full. Mayor Moores' veto messages of the council resolutions antlc-tnatlnir th action of the court in the matter of an omciai paper for the city have been completely vindicated. The proposed curtailment of cotton goods manufacturing imperils that sa cred institution, the bandana handker chief, Just when winter colds have given it its greatest popularity. It seems now that the power canal engineers are not all of one opinion as regards ita proper location. That wa to have been expected. Engineers as .Well as doctors will disagree. Secretary Wilson told the cabinet yes terday that the time, is coming when this country will produce all its own sugar. And Secretary Wilson is sup posed to be a prophet of the Al rank. President Roosevelt recites a truism when be says that publicity can do n harm to the honest. corporation. It fol Iowa that tha cnrmratlnn tVtofr. aM. . publicity puts Itself in a questionable ciase. - - It would not be a bad Idea to make ore that no more of 6ttr big warehouses are overweighted -with loads that may prove dangerous to the fire, fighters the event they are called out to service. ' ' ' .- . The money Mr. Salsbury intended for me jurors got Ho farther than Mr. Sals bury's friends',, pockets, wherefore M Salabury now has about the same opln ion of those friends that the public ha of Mr. Salsbury. President Roosevelt has put in a good word for the Iwls and Clark exposition. which may be taken to mean that will give executive approval to any con gresslonal appropriation in Its aid that may come up to him. Puget Sound rep resentatives in congress will proceed get busy. to ttooa rat jods await severs! expert cn glneers who may be summoned to mark out the Alaskan boundary in conformity with the decree of the arbitration com ' mission. It goes without saying that the president will encounter no dearth of material for' these appointments whea they come to be made, WHKHTLISO WITH TH 8 LA BOB PRVBLMM Among the problems pressing for so lution upon the present .congress the peaceful adjustment of labor troubles will be the most delicate and difficult. Strange as It may seem, it is neverthe less true that publicity Is regarded as an effective cure for strikes .Just as publicity Is regarded 'as a 'most ef fective check to the flagrant abuses that spring from trusts. Among the measures already introduced In both houses of congress is a bill provMlns for n national board of arbitration, of which the secretary of commerce Is to be the ex-offlclo chairman, and whose duties will in the main be the super- Islon of a bureau of publicity. It is confidently predicted that labor strikes as a redress of grievances of worklngmcn, nd lockouts either to re sist unreasonable demands by wprklng men upon employers or as a ilieans for the coercion of worklngmen to the de mands of the employers, will become a thing of the past whenever arbitration is accepted by both sides as the proper modo of settling conflicting Interests and clnfms. With this end in view It is pro posed that a monthly bulletin be Issued by the Department of Commerce which will give the names of labor unions nd employers who refuse to arbitrate their disputes or declino to abide by the decisions of the national board of ar bitration. Authority 1 to be given to the na tional board of arbitration to Investi gate any' dtopute' between labor and capital and to take up the trouble either on petition of one of the parties to It or of its own accord. In case both par ties agree to submit their differences to the board and accept the decision made by It the award of the board is to be kept secret If either party re fuses to arbitrate, or having greed , to ' arbitrate declines to accept the decision, the history of the caso is to be made public, providing tho other party consents. It is stipulated in the bill that when the board has any dispute under consideration no strike shal' be called or lockout ordered. Pub licity is the only penalty imposed for re fusal to arbitrate, but it is believed that the crystallizing of public sentiment scientifically applied will be a remedy for a large part of the present troubles. Whether congress shall or shall not enact the proposed law creating a na tional board of arbitration and provid ing for publicity, public sentiment is al ready rapidly focalizing through pub licity. A fair example is furnished in the sermon delivered by Rev. Jenkins Lloyd Jones, who took as his text the recent Chicago street railway strike, in which he sninmarized the losses and gains to the public and the "parties in terested in the following terse lan- gung-e: Let me now. in all humility, but in all sincerity, try to count some 'of the gains that have come 'from this lamentable strike. First, then, there Is an immense gain in the recognition of the fundamental princi ple that street quarrels and public battles between employers and employes must not be tolerated, because they; treapaaa upon the sacred rights of the innocent' "third party most involved, and that third party Is the public. .Chicago may well rejoice that It possesses, a, common oouncll and a mayor who with such promptness Ssaerted Its rights In the matter and demanded that the belligerents ceaae their quarreling. Our street car strike has, helped' make more clear than ever before the truth that both employers and . employes h were meddling with our bualpess; that neither grlpman nor stockholder has a "business" that is distinct from the well-being of the community, upon which their business is dependent, to which Interest, by all the laws of God and an increasing number of the laws of man, their interests are sub ordinated. To sum it all up a man's business Is never his own. He who insists on the abso lute right of directing his own business in his own way, or, as he puts It, to "pay bis own money out as he pleases," little under stands the Complexity of modern life. Ills nimble epigram, when closely analysed, simply means that money Is the only ele ment in trade and Industry; that dollars count morar than souls, and that In 'busi ness" a man can segregate himself from his kind as he can In no other relations of life. This bits the nail squarely on the head, fne demand of the hour is for legislation that will substitute arbitra tion of labor troubles for a settlement by force. ' TBS TAtAaUKr HMPORT. The annual report of the secretary ot the treasury is always a' document which commands the thoughtful attention of the country, particularly that portion which Is, especially concerned with tho financial affairs of the nation. We pub lish today an abstract of the annual re port of Secretary Shaw and we refer I he readers to it as a document containing a' great deal of valuable information, which very citizen ought to make h'.ra- self familiar with. The national treasury is the great financial institution of the nation and Is in fact the greatest monetary institution of the world at this time. There Is not today, any gnat financial institution whlv.h Is comparable In Its power and Influence with .the ' treasury : of the United States, and the power of that instlttvioh Is growing from year to year. That fact la one of the' things that is attracting attrition to the question whether if is not advisable to make a change in our financtarsystetu that will modify' to some , extent ' the power now exercised by the national treasury over the money market. ', ' In regard to this the report of the sec retary of the treasury makes some Im portant '. suggestions, though perhaps none whRh will meet with general, public approval. Becretary Shaw takes an abso lutely conservative view of conditions and in this respect he will undoubtedly have the endorsement of the business Interests of the country, which are 'at this moment disposed to favor whatever look to ,the cbscrrsscp cf c&utios and conservatism in financial, and business affairs. Congressman Prince's effort to create a new market for nmulcipal bonds by authorizing the Investment of any treas ury surplus In these securities at the ptlon of the secretary of the treasury, will not be appreciated by the bond brokers who find the business of dealing in municipal bonds such a safe and profitable speculation. The municipal bond brokers throughout the country have about as close a corporation among themselves as exists in any line of busi ness and It Is seldom that they let any thing get past them. If Uncle Sam should come In as purchaser he would play havoc with the members of the bond brokers' monopoly and force some of them to work for a living. Ay MXCSLLKHT PHUrvStTlOK. One of the features of the president's message which ought to receive special consideration is that which relates to tlio, question of capital and labor. The great interest which the president has taken in this question and the unques tionable zeal that he Las shown In the possibility of bettering the conditions between capital and labor, certainly en titles all that he has to say on the sub ject to more than ordinary considera tion. N Undoubtedly the most excellent prop osition In the message, so far as the re lations" of labor and capital are con cerned, is that which relates to the ne cessity of the two great Interests en denvoring at all times to arrange their difficulties through means of arbitration. The suggestions of the president in this regard are so soundand rational that they ought to command the most careful attention of all worklngmen. What the president says to labor is that it must, conform to the laws of the country and that any failure on Its part to do this must necessarily result to its disadvantage. The same principle ap plies to the corporations, which are ab solutely bound to regard the laws. The whole thing, as the president says, is a matter of law that Is to say, all inter ests must conform their conduct to the general principles which govern and regulate the relations between capital ani lubor. Arbitrary principles may for a while prevail, but eventually' the poll: ies that are immutable will win and everything else must yield. It Is hardly PoshI Die that anyone will question tho statement of the president when be says: "Every man must be guaranteed his liberty and big right to do as be like with his property or his labor, so long as be does not infringe the rights of others. No man Is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission wiien we require him to obey it Obedience to the law Is de manded as a right not asked as a favor." - We think there can be no doubt that this view will be commended by the American people with unanimity. They will see In it a principle that is abso- .ltely sound and the observance of which is most essential to a correct ad ministration of affairs. ' 1 While there Is in what the president says in regard to the relations that should exist between capital and labor abundant material for thoughtful reflec tion, it also suggests a chance for Issues that are not altogether in the interest of ' industrial peace! Yet on the whole the attitude of the president is in the in terest of better relations between capital and labor. Among the provisions for safeguard ing life, limb and health through the Inspection of buildings is this provision embodied in the city charter: "The building inspector before he approves any plans for any building or any addi tion to any building shall submit such plans to the health commissioner and secure, his approval of the sanitary fit ness of such proposed work." This is suggestive if it is regarded of moment that all sanitary features of a new building shall be carefully safeguarded. Why not safeguard also the sanitary condition of old buildings through pe riodic Inspection of plumbing and drain age? - Herbert. Spencer's last published book is the most. Interesting of all the ' pro ductions of his prolific pen, dealing as it, does with his ideas of death and what comes after. Although one of the most noted exponents of the theory of evolu tion in all its ramifications, in this work the great philosopher confesses his in ability to square death satisfactorily with evolution. " Death has always been the great stumbling block to all the scientific explanations of human life. Among the estimates presented by Secretary Shaw for the consideration of congress is an item of $10,000 for the Indian supply warehouse at Omaha. Now if congress could supplement Sec retary. Shaw's recommendation with a peremptory order that the Indian depot at Omaha should at least handle $10,000 Worth of Indian supplies a year the ap propriation might be of some value to the business men of Omaha. The Omaha federal building, which has been more than ten years under construction, is to be finally completed in the year 1004 if congress will appro priate an additional $'20,000. By that time the amount absorbed for architects' plans and supervUlon of construction will have reached the insignificant sum of $120,000. When it comes to public building architecture Uncle Sam Is not stingy. President Roosevelt has written an other message without first consulting the approval of the opposition press and as a consequence he will be the target for the usual amount of vicious, criti clsm. The chances are, however, that the president would have been disap pointed had his message failed to evoko such a response from the democratic or gan. , Dee Moines city council has In creased the pay attaching to the posi tion of mayor from $1,500 to $2,500, to take effect with the advent of the next incumbent. This ought to make the prospective candidates loosen up at ouce on the same theory that aa oc- cumulated Jack pot stimulates the reck lessness of the men behind the chips. . few more ancient and musty claims for alleged damages caused by Indian depredations in the '00s are pending In the court of claims at Washington, and Nebraska congressmen are expected to punch up the court periodically and re mind it that the grandchildren of the claimants hope to hsve the cases settled before they also pass away. , Railroad travel Is light Just now in preparation for" the holiday passenger movement Chances re good that itrore people will make Christmas visits to friends and relatives this year than ever before and the coming and going will keep the trains well filled for sev eral weeks. If tho con cress of the United States should be invited to Paris by the Cham ber of Deputies, as proposed, and should accept the French danseuse and the French waiter i will be starting back home by the first steamer. Ills ability to work his credit for nearly $5,000,000 in accumulated debts stamps Prophet Dowle 4s an extraordi nary man. The ordinary mortal has trouble in touching a friend for a paltry $5.00. Dreama of Alchemists. .' .Brooklyn Eagle. Radium has been found to change to helium, another element. If radium can change, why not other metalaT And If others can be changed, the alchemists were not such fools aa they looked, were theyT National laiaraaet, v New Tork Sun. One hundred millions a year for naval in crease may seem a large sum to minds un accustomed to moving with the times, but It Is a very low annual premium to pay for insurance against the possibility of colossal and Immeasurable disaster. Reclprocal Hecoajnttlon. Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. Notwithstanding Uncle Sam has been slow In making up his mind to recognize htm, Peter of Sorvia is recognising that Uncle Barn's arms And equipments are just the thing and has ordered largely in New York, In consequence. It Was Re Dream. . . Detroit. Free Press. One Of the most surprising Instances of mental absorption appears In the publishing of a government cotton report that no one ever gave out. The publication is correct and yet there is ho source from which it could come through- the ordinary mediums of transmission. The most known about it Is that. It is no dream. , Several Klads of Secession. St Louis Globe-Democrat The Texas Daughters of the Confederacy should remember that there are several kinds , of secession. That of the thirteen colonies in 1776 was against a tyrant and was approved by' tT.e people of this country. That of 18C1 was against a great and benefi cent union. It was c ondemned by the Amer ican people and shot out of existence. A Cemter Shot. V Kansas City Star. "Publicity cVn a(f no harm to the honest corporation. Tha.ftnjy corporation that has cause to dread t l-the corporation which shrinks from the-light, and about the wel fare of such c6rppratlohs we need not be oversensitive." , Among the famous epi grams of the American presidents let this sentiment by Theodore Roosevelt be im mortalised for Ita truth, for Its admirable direction and for Its fine courage. State Rereaae from Owe Railroad. Chicago Inter Ocean. Tha next navment of the Illinois Central raiimnri intrv tha atate treasury will be iK77?i makin in uneiata for forty- eight years of $21,108,788. The last semi annual payment for the previous six months amounting to $502,048 and the pay ment for' the six months ended April 30, 1902. to $448,M9. The Income to the state from the Illinois Central railroad, based as it la on the cross earnings of the road, must necessarily increase with Increase of busi ness on the road, and it is clear the maxi mum of earninxs has not been reached. The proposition under which this income Is secured to the state is a very simple one and It Illustrates the methods ot the early Illinois legislators, HtJKZLIllO ORATORS. Safety Valve $crwd Dows em Qaartette of Hot Air Tanks. Chicago Tribune. Geora-la has four orators. Governor Ter rell. Mayor Howell of Atlanta, Captain Howell, end "Jedge" Gaines, who are In evidence as well as audible upon every public, occasion, and particularly at ban uets. There are Indeed few places In Georgia where their voices have not been heard or where they have not made flights of eloquence to the empyrean. As an elo cutionary quartet they are famous from Rabun Oap to Okeflnokee Swamp. They have talked in public from childhood, and If they are not mussled they probably will continue talking as long as they can exer cise their vocal chorda They have talked upon an immense variety of topics With that perfervld and emotional style of ora tory which- characterises the southron. Up to Thanksgiving eve none of these orators had missed an opportunity to exer cise his gift. That evening they did. The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce gave a banauet. The four were Invited condi tionallythe condition being that they should remain silent, and they did. Their voices were not heard. Conversation was not Interrupted. No burning questions were elucidated. No man in the closing hours of the function was talked under the table. No man went home wearied with vocal dlaplay or dased by oratorical flighta It was hard on the four. It was something unheard of In the history of Georgia that - four professional orators should be mussled and sit through a func tion with no opoprtunlty to "rise Mr. Chairman and ladlea and gentlemen" In response to toasts or Inspired by an im promptu. It was something new to the banqueters also after gastronomic enjoy ment to sit over the wine and enjoy their own fun without having to rlak digestion by attention to conventional orations, and to find the fag end of the feast quite as en joyable as any other part ot it. The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce has broken a hallowed tradition of Georgia, but it has set an excellent example and one which might be followed to advantage In every other city. Half the pleasure of banquets Is lost and nearly all of It marred by tha fag end speeches, which are looked forward to with dlsr.-.sy whan the cloth la cleaned and Joy should abound. One dls patch says "the banquet was the most sue- ceuful ever held tn Georgia," and anqther saya that Hha event waa a most enjoyable one." How could It have been otherwise T The merchants of Atlanta are to be com mended for their good sense In mussung four professional banquet era tors. "There are others" who should be mussled. BITS OP WASHIJGTO LIFE. Mlaor Seeaes and laeldeats SUetebed oa the Soot. The action of congress In allowing the extra session to slide up to the regular meeting caused much grief and purse kgony among the hangers-on at the na tional capltol. Attaches of congress hoped the extra session would be adjourned weeks ago and worked energetically to bring It about. Such action meant much to them a month's extra salary at least. This extra has become a custom with con gress, a sort of reward for seal, energy and faithfulness of employes In drawing their salaries. Falling to secure the hand out by adjournment they sent a committee to a staunch old friend. Senator Elklns, with the Intimation that they were strong enough to take a little extra nourishment. They appealed to their good natured cham pion for a second extra month's pay for the extra session. "We-elll I'll be I'll be Jiggered!" exploded Elklns In his amase ment, "Get out!" The committee fled. By unanimous conaent the palm has been awarded to the congressional attaches. And to merit that distinction In a city where every other person is planning ways and means to plunge his arm Into the public purse to the elbow, and the odd man usually hopes to thrust his In to the shoulder, means no small triumph. Borne of the high rollers In congress were complaining in the house cloak room the other day that It waa Impossible for mem bers to live on the salary received and be anybody In Washington. Then someone wanted to know if actually 10 per cent of the congressmen could save anything. 'I know a man who waa four years a member of this house and he saved abso lutely $20,000 during that period," said a southerner. It was suggested that he had private means. 'Nothing to speak of," replied the mem ber who began to tell the story. "The man I have In mind was Posey Green Lester, who represented the Danville dis trict of Virginia. . ' ' - "He is a Hardshell Bantist nreacher. has no faintly and no bad habits and saves every cent he can get his hands on. When he came to congress he discovered that tha people of his faith worsMped In a hall here. They had no preacher. "He struck a bargain with? them to board him free and he agreed not to charge anything for preaching twice a month. They took him in their homes here by the week. "He got his mileage, travelled on passes to and from Washington, turned all his stationery account Into cash, and his necessary expenses were. met with the mileage a&d stationery money, thus en abling him to save a oool twenty thousand tn tho four years." A few years ago no women were em ployed In the capltol; now there are a great many. At one time a sergeant-at-arms, controlling employment to a con siderable extent made it a point that women should ot ' hold clerical positions In the capltol, but even he could not control the matter, Now there are a soore or more committee rooms In which women are ' clerks and stenographers. They give satisfaction, or they would not be continued. ' These women vare among the very best stenographers and type writers and attend strictly to their busi ness. Most of them are engaged upon "the confidential business and political corres pondence of the senators and representa tives, - which shows how absolutely they are trusted by those who employ them. The floodgates of Missouri oratory were opened when Mr. Bartholnt poured forth his "electric cascades", of speech in the house representatives last week. The Louisiana Purchase exposition at Bt. Louis would be, declared the orator, "the apotheosis of cen turies of civilisation'! and "the greatest triumph human genius has yet achieved." As the visitor saunters along "the terrace of states" the newly Invented ejectrlc ka leidoscope will "Illuminate him In . royal purple;" as he descends from the terrace It will ''ensanguine him In vivid red;" as he bangs over the ramparts" of the "grand pool" It will "mellow him In orange." The importance of small things Is shown in the aggregates of the postal service. The money taken from dead letters for which no owners could be found and that realized from the auction sale of unclaimed articles accumulated In the dead letter office reached $20,961 last year. While this sum represents many heart-burnings, and per haps gave rise to misunderstandings be tween friends which can never be corrected In this world. It shows how swelled trifles become by the enormouse range of the American postofflce. The "ninety-seven-cent stamp book," as many people designate It would seemingly be a small source of p'roflt, with Ita as cents' worth of stamps, waxed paper and covers, and yet the net profits from these books of all denominations In the year was $07,998. -The government sold nearly 10,000, 00 books, an increase of 40 per cent over the year before, showing that the idea is appealing to the public. - John R. Procter of Kentucky took a little time off one day last week from his duties as president of the Civil Service commis sion and telephoned his friends to come to his office and look at the silver loving cup presented to him at the White House on Wednesday at the conclusion of a luncheon given In his honor by President Roosevelt. The cup, which Is about 'eighteen Inches high and very heavy, has this Inscription: "Presented to John R. Procter on the completion of ten years' faithful service on the United Btates Civil Service commis sion." The name of President Roosevelt who served with Mr. Procter on the commis sion, is engraved on the cup, at the head of the names of the donors, those besides the president blng William Roderfberg, Dud ley foulke, James R. Garfield, Alfred W. Cooley and Henry E. Greene. Representative Gardner of Massachusetts was over on the senate side of the capltol, when some one asked him how Speaker Cannon was getting along with the ap pointment of the house committees. Mr. Gardner observed that he didn't have much Information on that particular subject "I asked one man in the speaker's room the other day," resumedthe Bay state repre sentative, "what he knew about tha com mittees." "Well, what did heknow about themT" Mr. Gardner was asked by his questioner. "He knew enough," replied Mr. Gardner, disconsolately, "to keep his mouth shut." . Trast Rctreaekaitat. Springfield Republican, . Trust retrenchment and economy are ap plied with a vengeance In the case of the Harvester combination, which la discharg ing T.&00 of Its 19,000 employes, and expects thereby and through the centralisation of Its operations, to effect a saving of $5,000. 000 a year. But we are not to conclude iiimt tUi imvini la to accompany a ccr.tlr. uatlon of production in the old volume. Apparently It Is mada possible to a large extent only by an enforced curtailment of output. Whether this is due to the en croachments of the Independent harvester companies, or whether there has been a failure of agricultural prosperity to grow with the growth of farm Implement Jr ductloa does not appear. ROYAL Bafafaxg Powdes? Arc delicious and wholesome a perfect cold weather breakfast food. Made in the morning ; no yeast, no .". set ting " over night ; never sour, never cause in digestion. To make a perfect buckwheat cake, and, a thousand other dainty dishes, see the Royal Baker and Pastry Cook." Mailed free to any address. SOVAL BAKING fOWOUt 00X HIW YORK. DOWNFALL OF DOWIEISM. , Chicago Chronlole: Dowlelsm appears to be one of the latest manifestations, curi ously compounded of absolutism and col lectivism, with religion . as a solvent to blend theee two together. It is a curious bit Of Ingenuity. AH Its members must contribute to the common fund of re source, whether money, property or serv ice, but all must be for the executive use of the "boss." But the foundation and essence of it Is its collectivism. Baltimore American: From the. stand point of the lesson such things are sup posed to teach there Is no bright side to the picture. There are people who never learn. That is the most trustworthy of human axioms. The next fanatio who comes can get his quota of victims,, The figure of Dowle himself is a pathetic one. If he has hitherto beenAlncere, there must come the wreck of his faith, always an unpleasant sight to the sympathetic. Brooklyn Eagle: One good will doubt less come from the elimination of tha Dowles. It will teach caution to the gull ble. A man with no other capital than blather, noise and effrontery, a vulgar montebank, the essence of selfishness, hns been able to dominate the fortunes of thou sands of people, every one of them better than himself and a victim to trust. It is the case of Pecksniff and Tom Pinch again, only, the case Is more pathetic, because, with all his smartness and power to grasp, this Pecksniff Is not right in his mind. Philadelphia Ledger: Dowle Is a mere fakir, but he Is a fakir of ability. He did wonders in building up his Zlon City, and before he made his attack upon New Tork, there were no apparent limitations upon reasonable hope of what the organisation he was building tip might become. The New Tork campaign was Dowle's mistake. The conception of It was that of a general, but the execution of It was tha performance of a mountebank' upset by a new audience. The "prophet" ventured everything on the Invasion of New Tork and he lost. 'It was Inevitable that the return of the defeated "host" to Zlon City should be the begin ning of the end. New, Tork - Evening Posti The ' Dowle project is merely a variant of the financier ing which has made the last half dosen years notorious. We have had our pro moters in the stock market who guaran teed to lead Investors into a promised land of profits beyond the dreams of avarice. Dowle's strong point has been the personal equation. His was no cold Intellectual project; behind It palpitated a glowing, maaterful personality. How many-brilliant Industrial enterprises have been launched under similar auspices! They have all been "personally conducted."' The outcome has been about the same in each instarfce. New ' York Sun: Dowle's ' remarlskble progress as a religious leader was due pri marily to his success in promoting the ma terial Interests of his followers. At least he could not have held the population of Zlon City under his autocratlo sway If he had not looked after their material well being and generally Improved their condi tion. He gave them work, and incidentally he did them a good service in cultivating In them habits of abstinence which helped them along in the world. Morally his rule seems to have been unobjectionable, if not praiseworthy. The community of more than 10,000 people collected at Zlon City has been one of the most successful enter prises of the sort of which we have an example, unbroken in its order, and pros perous. But now, with salaries and wages long unpaid, inevitable criticism of the chief arises, and the absolute confidence his followers imposed in blm as a divine leader is shattered. The complete breakup of hU whole enterprise, financial and spiritual, seems therefore to be now assured. Waltham Watches v 4 A great American achievement. 'Die TerfedeJ American Witch," n ittastrted Book of Interesting information about matches, uill te sent fret upon request 1 American Waltham Watch Company, . Waltham Mass. I : ; i From "Hobo" to "Bartker" H Decatur Lasts are original fitting men's feet as men's feet should be fitted. From Maktr to You. " J' $3.50 and $5 Cakes ... with PERSONAL ROTES. Zlon City Is again In the hands ef ravens, but they are not . purveying any food tq Elijah. Edwin War field, governor-elect of Mary land, has been everything from a farmer'! hired man to a banker. Ho to rtoh. John Dwlght, a wealthy chemist wrio died recently In New Tork, ' founded the Dwlght achool at Erwln, Tenn., (or moun tain whites of that state. Prince Nanseta Montesums, who claims to be the only lineal descendant of the great Montesuma, Is an axils from Mexico, and Is supposed to be somewhere In tha west. .. ' v,'.. . ' . v Admiral Cervera of Bpaln has sent his regrets to Qovernor Heard of Louisiana at his Inability to. accept the invitation to attend the Louisiana Purchase celebra tion exercises In the city of New Orleans. A bronse bust of the lata George Wil liam Curtis, made by J. Q. A, .Ward, for the George William Curtis Memorial Com mittee, was unveiled and presented to the New Tork public library at the Lenox library, on Monday last. Dr. Edward Olcott, belleved. to.be the soldier In New Tork state, . died In Rome, N. T., last Sunday. He was born In 1814, married In 1834 and celebrated the sixty ninth anniversary of his wedding on Oc tober U last. ., ' . LIKES TO A BUILD, Jennie Come and sit' In my pew this rooming. ... ... . Anna I can't. My hat Isn't trimmed for that side of the church. Brooklyn Life. "Paw, how many kinds of trading stamps are there?" "Well, there Is the ordinary kind and then there's the stamp of determination your mother wears on her face when she is crowding her way to a bargain coun ter." Chicago Tribune. "Some'Imes," said L'ncle Ehen, "de man dat sits comfortable befo' de Are an' lit de yuthuh. folka scrape around in de cellar Joh coal takea mo' credit dan Is due him foh ;ookln' on de bright side o' things." Wash ington Star, Twiggs I see, Paducar, that you never invite a friend to have anything with you. .. Paducar No. I'm a' Christian Scientist, you know, and believe In the absent treat. New York Press. - t . "Here's a testimonial letter." said the clerk, "from a man who says he hopes eventually to see our safes used by every bank in the country. But the letter's anonymous." "Print it anyway," said the president of the E. Z. Safe compiny. "Ian t there any slsnature to it at allT" "Why. yes, It'a signed Traeksman.' " Philadelphia Catholic Standard. Passerby I'd think you would get tired of dnffig nothing. Strenuous Steve I does, sir. T gits so tired settin' here dat I haf ter keep a-stt tin' a while longer fer to get .rested up. Chicago News. "If alt men practiced what they preahe4. We'd have no time for labor; Each man would put In all his days Endeavoring In pleasing ways To boost along his neighbor." - - Chicago Record-Herald. Alf EXTREME CASE, , Had I a name like that. Reed Bmoot, I'd never seek a job at Washington; Instead, it aeems to me, I'd get a gun And go out some where by . myself and shoot Those double letters out. Call myself Newt, Peter or Paul or John or Simeon, Smith or Just anything. It's wk-ked son To wear a name -like that.; il wouldn't .do It i-- .,. 1 ' I'd never sign a paper, no not I. To ouat you from your aeat and dim your fame Because of your religion. That must He Between you and your maker, but oh, my. If the petition were to change your name I'd algn It quick, nor oount myself to blame.