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THE 0MA1TA DAILY J1EE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1903.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Stat of Nebraska. --DourIs County, .:,
Oeorre B. Ttschuck, secretary of The-
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"'lio not ,flge 11 ,a an ,ntere"tlnK foct tbat
u !!!i"""!!iaoooo the committee found relatively few snp
tt.'.'.'.jl:,.,u 3i,i"io porters of the policy of free ships, or
ti...., 111,020
n sooo
' Total.: .'. 82,9Sa
V uu.014 and r.tumd pf.... JWW
K.t total salM
ne avara- saias
GEORGE 8,
Subscribed In my presenoa and sworn to
before ma this tQXh day of November, A. D.
IK0. M. B. Hl.NQATK
(Baal.) ' ' Noou-y Public.
Tha best way to Insure a happy
Christmas is to do something to make
others happy. . .
12 conditions there grow much worse
It will hurry' Cblcagoana to beat Gabriel
to the cemetery. '
Rn rnnA In thd" vtrnithpr rrlnn tn Tnnld I
off with the snow until time for Santa
CIa.ua to bring the sleds.
If f 10 would buy a man aa much Joy
as 10 cents will buy for a boy the mints
could ausfjend Indefinitely.
'Recent cablegrams leave one wonder
ing whether Tokio or Parts la tha seat
of the Japanese government
ur course, we ouem to nave u isiei
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of rines-lt would be so handy a. a
source of supply for Christmas trees.
It looks M 41 tamajiv postofflct) I
plum rill Bot'be? ampag the packages
delivered by Ufa letter carrier this
Christmas.
"Russia is willing to continue the ex-
'change of diplomatic lews." Yes; for
just so long a time as It requires to be
come well entrenched. : ' "
That the secretary of state may con
tinue, his rapid recuperation Is devoutly
hoped by all those who have had Hay
fever themselves and know what It's
like.
There Is a good deal of room lor im-
provemenu In tbe city hall building, but
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It Is extremely doubtful whether an
expenditure of $700 or thereabouts for
At n w anlln Vin Anilnilll ' ApiamKatl 4 a I"
viuuit;uuu ,iuv vuuuui vuuiuc
among ths long-felt wants.
The yeafs tail-end railway disasters I
are bringing the list of fatalities up the position taken by European govern
with a aharp turn. Each, annual sum- nienta in support of" the action of the
tnary of the lives lost through railroad United States, for this is the obvious
mishaps emphasises our need of safer
transportation methods even at greater
cost
That the puMo lighting companies are
alwaya of a. Ixtucvolent turn of mind is
strikingly Vmmlnatetl by the proposition governments were-opposed to this coun
of the gasollM Jama light concern to try building and controlUnir the Panama
substitute Welsbach gasoline lamps aU
30 a year for lamps with fish tall burn
ers at $18 a year.
Every republican member of the Ore
gon legislature, bow 'in extra session,
has recorded himself in favor of the
nomination ot President Roosevelt,
Thev will all have a ohanc t hu,
carry Oregon for their oreferrM .n.
. dldate next fall
On the theory that minery loves com
pany the cattlemen who have. ' been
taken to task fo Illegally fencing grat
ing lands In Nebraska will fee) better
now that they know that the Interior
department is getting after the violators
ot ths Und laws in other states as well.
vTbers- might be no serious objection
to the proposed Installation of Welsbach
gasoline lamp burners at a reasonable
advance, bat when the city is asked to
pay as much for gasoline lamps as It
is now paying for gas lamps with Wels-
bach burners the proposition appears
altogether lopsided,
When Colonel llryau cornea marching
borne from bis tour of Inspection of the
effete monarchies and empires of Europe
u wui iiare ampie material ror several
tunarea lucrative lectures. Tickets of
admission to bloated plutocrats, $1-,
common people, 00 cents; children, halt
price free lint suspended.
.
as wigur. nave peen expected, the su
preuie court will U asked to grant a re-
Learlng on the validity of the i.ew reve-
nue law, and when the rehearing has
ou iiara iaa attorneys ror the com -
pUwiuuit eoiroration will ask for a re-
tarliix f tha rehearing. Mt tf them
ar hvc4 l;y tl year and want to make
stttw at earLi" j tl-elr lriea,
A OROwilfa, QCTCSTOiT. i
That tho inontlnn f hniiillnff tin an I
American merchant "mArinc for the
forelfcn trade It one of growing Interest I
la shown In tbe report of a special com-
mlttee of tbe New York Board of Trade
and Transportation, which baa been
mnkln an Investigation for tbe pur-
pose of ascertaining tbe best way to
revive the country's merchant marine,
The report states that the result of the
I
mvestlj?atIon Daa been a Vivid demon-1
tf ,,..f -..i.- i.f i h-
cause of American shipping Is deep and
earnest, not oniy in tue sesnoara com'
Divinities, but In the Mississippi valley
and the further west. The committee
received replies to Its Inquiries from
nearly every state and territory in the
union, hand red a in aggregate number,
all manifesting a desire for the ftpbulld
Ing of a new American merchant ma
rine. It is stated that many commer
cial associations have adopted ' resolu
tions urging the, subject upon the at-t
tention or the country s business in
terests and of congress.
This evidence of intelligent public in
terest in the question the committee re
gards as most encouraging,-but there Is
v uiuvu ui v 1 1 ijr vt vfiuiuu in t
to . Policy .houM be adopted.
Among practical .hipping men on the
scuooarus tne auusiuy pian is largely
fnvrwt. hut this baa fPw -nnnortera
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elsewhere. There are mmti advocates
"' discriminating duties, such as .
'i . -
i - uuiiiiv, uui iiitr liuiuufr ul eutu in
rreB registry for foreign-built vessels.
not receive attention at the present
session of congress, but it is quite
likely to at the second session. , There
no inrormauon as to congressional
wouuiem regaruing 11, uux. iv is suie
in iinia i iiu i Tiinrn will no hi. Bum nv I
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legisiauon..
ACCIDENT OX TBat RAIL.
Almost every day there is recorded
One or more railroad accidents resulting
In loss of life, these disasters during
the past . twelve 'months having been
notably numerous.. In Its annual re
port the Interstate Commerce commis
sion calls attention to the large num
ber of collisions on the railroads dur-
tnir tha vonr snr1tno Inn, tin loaf nml ih.
appalling loss of life and property that
resulted. The report saya that while
the showing cannot be called materially
worse nor materially better than that
of th -preceding year, yet "the
mere continuance of the record, though
It be no worse than In former years," Is
a disgrace to the American people, pain
ful to every careful observer. That 130,
i or 118, or any large number of passen-
-"' i
. .. . , . , . ,
W of a year in a single das.
accidents maicates a condiuon which
jWoAjfi i'Tbn will. , ertInly be '""1 -
versa! Acquiescence In tltfs vlewt ; . I
Tbe commission suggests that the
M" thing to flo Is to introduce the block
ai-Ta4AM aall m U.n V At 1
I;. I I V V v "Mf a paying repair plant? The expert
this Is. what England has done and the antut nt Nw vrir h.. f.,n nmon.
immunity from collisions on English
rnUmads is so nearly complete, and the
cosualty records to low. as to be a
powerful argument for Its adoption. A
hiw like that In force in the United
Kingdom Is recommended and undoubt-
edly public sentiment can be counted
upon, to favor, such legislation. The
adoption of the block system upon all
ia",v"uo "uu muijumuw ud
Air. a...1At,.. ..i.Llll M M 1 !
luo "H""1"' or in
rorcement 01 mat system would render
collisions almost Impossible.
?
mvtwt-m av im vabau.
An unexpectea ana most important uer
Telopmeut In the Panama situation Is
meaning of the reported efforts of the
diplomatic representatives of those gov4
ernments at Washington to convince
Colombia of the futility of attempting
to retake Tanama. It has been some-
what -freely -asserted that European
cabal, fearing that it. would give the
United. Klales too uiucb power and lu-
fluenee In the affairs of the world. A
few foreign newspapers, particularly
German, have spoken In this way and
rasing tneir cue irom mis some wasn-
legton correspondents have alleged that
17lllarA SitrfWtal tau1w 4rk VaoM lias nn
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gtCUn.g .tn ' .''
1 'l iia .larAMt niiv, nnmont iviniii.ival
. "-""'"-"'j
snows that there was no ground for
such a statement.' The representatives
of the European governments at Wash
Ington who are endeavoring to prevent
Colombia going to war with the United
1 States are undoubtedly acting under in
structions from their governments. It
is not Bupposable that otherwise" they
would take, such action. Moreover, it is
stated that if their efforts are not suf-
flclent tno8e governments ,will instruct
tnelr aiP'tnatlc representatlvea at Bo-
oU t0 ,nforu the Colombian president
1 no ,Tmi)atliy can be expected from
tbe European powers In any move-
ment Co,on:bla may maka In Panama,
I several or these powers, among them
Germany and France, have recognized
the Republic of Panama and entered
into relations with It. Great Britain and
the Netherlands have not done so for
I financial reasons, hoping to effect an ar-
rangement by which tbe holders of Co-
I loiublaa bonds In those countries will
get something on their lnventtmnt, but
I It U said, doubtless with authority, that
1 Colombia would Ret no svmoathr from
them in a war with this country. The
governments that have recoguUed the
pew state did eo In Etxd faith and will
maintain the position they hsve del! b-
1 erately taken.
' The commercial nations of Euroie un-
drsUnd the value f O Uthnilau canal
to the world's commerce. They know
that iih a ctaal chu b ,ivstiiu tH.l
only t7 th United Ett?s. TIipt ar
sstlsflwl with the condition! tinder
which tbla country will build tbe. water
way across Tannma. as prescribed In
U' treaty with that republic. Hence.
tliey no not propone to put any obstacle
n tbe way or tbeirrymg out of mat
great enterprise. Unless the politicians
"a people or Colombia are neyona me
reacn or reason tney win give neei to
the admonition not to undertake the ut-
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been accomplished. If they provoke war
with the United States, as some of them
seem bent on doing, they can expect no
Sympathy that would be of the slight
est value to them. Even In South and
Contrrtl America sympnthy Is very
arf?ely with Tanoma. There is reason
to believe that the men in authority at
Bogota ore Influenced more by mer
cenary considerations than by patriot
Ism, and that if Fanama were to agree
to assume a part of the Colombian debt
tn war pint wouia disappear,
WILL THE X'BVDIOALH RKTCAS1
On the very day and. almost at the
very hour when William Jennings Bryan
was making a most pathetic appeal to
Cxar Nicholas TI to abandon imperialism
and ordain free And unlimited coinage
B,Iver 1 tbe
mlnt. of Ruw,Ia the Jack9onIan club at
nma. taanoA . n,amnt,nn nt .mBt.
r". r
to the prodigals who had Uesertea tne
. . . wnPahIn tho ffoIdpn
.Tto proclamnUon i unique and peui-
tentlal and might properly be termed a
confession of error. Tersely put, it is a
declaration that the whirligig of time
brings Its revenges and the exigencies of
the hour call for forbearance with
transgressors and political backsliders.
"Whom God loveth He chasteneth."
The wave of fusion that awept over the
nation, tand more particularly over the
Btate of Nebrka; whlcn mad the d.m.
parly of toe natlon trembIe, has
.o h. flla.
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8horeB of gaU r,v(r WUn tu,9 or
Ject lesson taught by divine providence
the simon-pure democracy of Nebraska
is exhorted to forgive and forget, to kill
the fatted calf and to prepare tbe feast
for the expelled members who had re
fused to follow the leadership of Bryan
and inarch with the populists. ' '.
It flow remains' to' be seen whether
these political apostates will accept the
Invitation to partake of ,Jhe roast veal
and stuffed goose without first exacting
" aP!oKy W"1 ch fmnestled Jack-
sonlnns as Dr.. George L. Miller, Henry
W. Yates, James M. Woolworth, John
A. McSUafle. Frank E. White and T. J.
Mahoney walk Into the Jacksonlan par
lor to break a Joint and eat a slice of
humble pie with Constantine J. Smyth,
Lee Ilerdman, Ignatius J. Dunn, Walter
Molse and Ed Howell? Will they have
their eye teeth julled by Dr Hippie and
I Mlnla Inrra Vl11sl ViVT 4vya& T rtr aT ta lShatfr.
, . M
Java. ( Aim nu dvicu
uncomfortablo ttS l(,tlll Btrange
fa , , . ' ' . ' .
A ir.jc jro mvkicvpaL uttsumbIP
Wh. hn,,M Om.ha nnf wi tt mn.
n,PlnB '.,.,. k- 4. ..hhii.hmptit
. r
Ltr,tA4l tht th r-itv r,in. .nir can
carrled on mbre By8teinatlcally and
fnr ,oaa h thA thrftI10,h
contractorg. The report Just made by
tho New Yorl comml88loner of publlc
pk. -hftW. that th Am-ricnn mctnm-
oli haB at the presont tlme about 200
Uneaf ml,eg of aphalt paTemeDt and
b toe end of 1004 a half mimoQ
,,.. -,. ,, r,vprt to the cara of
the city through the expiration of roain-
tenance contracts. It is found that as
a rulo asphalt pavements revert to the
city in far from good condition. The
constant destruction of the pavements
by the cutting of trenches, construction
and repair ot street railway tracks and
digging of . sewers renders any syste
matic and durable replacement of as
phalt pavements through the contractors
almost Impossible.1 As a result much
street pavement is In a dilapidated con
dition,
What Is true of New York is true of
all cities that have to provide for tbe.
malntenance and repalr of pubuc thor-'
oughfares paved with asphalt A mu
nlclpal repair plant would enable the
city to use the very best material and
do the best work at a lower cost, or at
any rate at no higher cost, than is now
Lxnended for second rate material and
poor work done by contractors. A city
repalr plant W0Uld moreover, put an end
to the ceaseless wrangle and contention
I . . .
between the uoara or rubiic works, tne
contractors.
I . . . . . . . . t ,
I wouia enapie tne city to repmce worn
pavements on short notice without ad
vertislng and without Injunctions.
The conviction by Russian courts of
more than a' score of persons Involved
In the Klshlneff massacres and their
sentence to Imprisonment for terms
ranging from ope and two years to
seven years indicates that the repre
sentations of President Roosevelt to the
Russian authorities were not without
effect It is not to be imagined that
bot for the outspoken Indignation of. the
American peopl. the Russian govern
ment womld have been vigorous in it
prosecution of , the offenders. The ex
ainples set by the punishment of the
n.rrtrators of this atrocious crime
LL.ht to liave" a deterrent effect for the
future, and It might well rJe emulated
by the governments of our own states
which are disgraced periodically by out-
breaks of Inhuman mobs.
-The Influx of Chinese laborers luto
Canada, hurrying over to get in before
the head tax is raised from 85 to $500
has this interest for the United States.
that a considerable portion of the jiew-
comers may be expected to smuggle
themselves over the border in due
I course of time. The Canadian boundary
has furnished the big loophole for eva
slon of the Chinese exclusion act ever
since it was put on the statute books,
but with the Canadian fuca raUvd
considerably higher and eiirmounted
with a barb wire It will be next to Im
possible for the proscribed Chinaman to
climb over. No wonder then that he Is
eager to crawl under the tent now, be
fore the new Canadian law goes Into
effect
Initial steps are being taken for the
erection of a palatial office building at
Washington, In which to Install con
gressmen and their private aecretarles
when busy writing their letters home or
entertaining visiting constituents. The
sacrifice congress Is making la devoting
to thla scheme public money which
might be appropriated to other purposes
should be more fully appreciated by Its
successors. It Is a long chance that on
out of twenty of the members now In
congress will be there when the new
building is completed.
The Lincoln Ministerial association has
reached the conclusion that there are
Itogether too many churches In JJe-
braska, and In their deliberate Judgment
church merger would be very advan
tageous and desirable. This is only the
natural trend of tbe evolution that has
culminated in commercial and Indus
trial oqmblnes and consolidations com
monly known as trusts. A church trust
with high-salaried Interchanging preach
ers and church choirs would be in full
accord with twentieth century progress.
The announcement is made that a bill
will be presented to the next legislature
making a liberal appropriation for the
better equipment of the veterinary de
partment of the' state and providing for
corps of deputy veterinary Inspectors.
There Is a well grounded suspicion that
this is a scheme for the Installment of a
few more state ple-biters, whose chief
function will be to draw salaries. There
is some consolation, however, in the re
flection that the bill has not yet passed.
The promise of the gasoline lighting
company to plant ornamental iron posts
in place of the plain wooden lamp posts
that prevail In the gasoline district is
not v.ery attractive, in view of the pros
pect that the suburban section of the
city not yet reached by gas mains could
be supplied: by electric light for less
money from a municipal lighting plant
than Is asked under the new contract
for gasoline lamps with Welsbach burn
era.
Congressman .Williams, the demo
cratic house leader, boldly told tbe
Massachusetts Free Trade league that
the democratic program was not for
free trade, but for tariff for revenue
only. Knowing that there is no. real dif
ference except in the label, the Massa
chusetts free traders patiently bore with
him. -!
Cmm't Loa. Him.
a. , Bomarvllle Journal,
That man whowaa an snd-seat hog In
the street car last aummer now .comes In
at the ftpnt dori of, the closed car and
leaves. It open oa u . , .
OTerf each In r Gmt. " ; V '
. - B. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Even In South. America, the sympathy
expected by Colombia Is mlsslns. The
greed that overreaches Itself falls to ex
cite admiration anywhere.
,A Meal, Tall-Kader.
Chicago Tribune.
If the democrats are at a loss as to their
candidate for the -vice presidency and will
accept a disinterested ' suggestion,- we
should like to ask' them If there is any-
thing the matter with the Horn ' Buck
Klnrlchsen.
Water and Wind Varnish.
Springfield Republican.
Tha properties of a trust capitalised at
fJCO.OCO.OOO were sold at auction yesterday
for W, 500,000, or 1600,000 less than th. claim
to be satisfied. ' It Is almost aa good aa
the case of th. United States Shipbuilding
company In revealing th. character ef trust
finance. ' " ' '
-A Klelc Teaaaay Bot. .
Chicago Chronicle.
It makes any one who knows anything
about Benator Thomas M. Patterson of Col.
orado Indulge in a cynical smile to find
htm standing up In th. senate and speaking
for th. democratic party, declaring that It
Is not a free trad, party, but is for Inci
dental protection." Br what warrant does
be speak for th. democratic party t ITn is
as rank and malodorous a populist as ex
ists. ' ' '
OrerwerkUg Good Idea.
' New fork Tribune.
There is a c'assle tale of two strangers
who, meeting for th. first time at an inn.
Instantly proposed that they each swear
for the other an eternal friendship, it
would' be scaroely less foolish for nations
on th. sUghtest provocation, or no provo
cation at all, t cry out. "A sudden. Idea
strikes me I Let us submit our affairs to
arbitration!" Arbitration la a good thing.
But for all nations to demand it every
Urn. on. of tlem takes snuff would be to
make it itdlculoiM.
CASK OF GBSERAL WOOD.
Aa Impartial Decision Wke All tha
Facts At. Kn.wa.
Collier's Weekly. '
When they know th. facts, the Ameri
can people will decld. impartially upon
th. case of General Wood. The army has
ona standard, th. senate another, th.
people a third. Army sentiment Is natur
ally mora oppostd to irregular promotion
than th. publlo is. Th. publlo would be
sorry to know that Dr. Wood was hurried
to the head of tba army becaus. h. and
Mr. Roosevelt had long ago formed a
t&clt alliance fo each to help th. other's
Ambition, or because Dr. and Mrs. Wood
hal been pleasant to Mrs. McKlnley; but
th. 'publlo would not object seriously, as
th. army does, to rapid promotion on the
really1 disinterested belief that General
Wood was th. best man obtainable. Th.
senate la honeycombed with politics In this
case not only on democratic and republican
lines, but on lines within, th. republican
party, with a special bearing on Senator
Hanna. If General Wood has accepted
presents, ih. army aentlment will put
much more stress upon that breach of mili
tary ethics than th. people wllL If be
has conspired against . men who stood In
th. path of his vigorous ambition, that
Is on. phase of th. question on which the
thre. dlvlsons of opinion, army, senatorial
and publlc, will 'unite. Aa th. fact, are
to be known, despite th. executive ses
sion, we ar. reasonably sure to have a
correct general attitude in tb. end. Anny
standards ar. easily subordinated to politi
cal methods in time of peace, when there
Is no forbidding danger, and th. investiga
tion will have accomplished something If It
acts tuerety as a wtu'g.
Mow
Every cne knows that Royal Baking Powder
is absolutely pure. Hence the housewife uses
it with implicit confidence and without ques
tion, and she is justified in so doing. . N
But how few realize
that Royal Baking Pow
der in its chief ingredient
is a direct product of the.
healthful and delicious
grape! This constituent
of the grape, crystallized
and ground to an impal
pable , powder, is the
cream of tartar which
6
Hence it is
duces food remarkable both in
wholesomeness.
. TALK. OF TUB STATE PRESS.
loulsvllla Courier: An Omaha man Is
getting a divorce because his wif. used to
pummel htm .very time sh. got angry.
There Is no use In talking; this physical
culture business In being carried ' too far
and the men should legislate against 1t.
Hastings Tribune: Henator Hanna would
b. th. cleverest speaker on earth if he
could say something" th. World-Herald
could not Interpret to mean he wishes to
push th. president off the log. Also that
paper finds that th. Apostle Paul predicted
the ousting of Roosevelt by Hanna, and
quotes the epoatle at considerable length
to that effect. Can it be that th. mission
of that paper is to show th. relation of the
Bible to western politics?
Syracuse Journal It begins now to look
as though Summers' strenuous prosecution
of Senator Dietrich was in th. natur. of a
"stop thief expediency. Editor Roeewater
has gone before the grand Jury for the
purpose of rhowlng that Summers was
mixed up In the Indian land steal and that
he also protected th. cattlemen in their
illegal fencing. There may b. nothing to
substantlat. th. charges, but Th Be.
usually knows what It is Colng.
' ifirand ' Island1 "independent: ' - Adjutant
General Colby probably didn't put it back
quick enough.: ; Yesterday's dispatches
stated posiyvely that he had sent to Gov
ernor Mickey th. sura of $a,28 to cover any
possible shortage, but th. grand Jury at
Omaha appears to hav. had Its reports all
mad. up. If Mr. Colby was guilty hs was
guilty, whether he put It back or not.
though the Jury and th. publlo naturally
show a Jittle more clemency tcf th. man
who does, rather than does not, run Up th.
whit. flar. .. .
: Stanton Register: From (he ton. of th.
rafurm papers one can easily Infer that th.
next state campaign will b. fought out on
th. question ot the railroads coptnolllng
th. stat.. Now, as w. se. it, too mich
prominence Is given to that question. Why
not treat them -as an Incident Instead of
the whole thing? The stat. la in debt and
getting In deeper each day. The. revenue
law as passed by th. last legislature is a
failure, wrongly conoelved and abominably
executed. Why not make that pressing
question th. basis of our next fight? The
present Siocumb law regarding th. sal. ot
liquors is not satisfactory; why not advo
cate th. stat. sals of liquors (known as
th. South Carolina plan), another reform
needed. Why not advocate th. lopping
eft of a lot of sinecures, another change
needed. Equal taxation and economy is
good enough as a slogan ifi, w. u. proper
ear. in selecting candidates. Above all
things, let ts nam. men who can b de
pended upon if elected.
GINGER OF RURAL LIFE.
Wahoo Wasp: "Hush, littl. baby, don't
you cry" mamma's gone somewhere to eat
a sandwich and tell th. lady what a lovely
Uttla sandwich It was and what a delight
ful time she had while eating It,
Julesburg Advocate: Hubert Everly ac
companied his father to North Platte Tues
day. Hubert has been' suffering with tooth,
ache for some time and we suspect he'll
com. horn, with a who!, new set.
Ewlng Advocate: It Is generally supposed
that electric betts ar. to t. worn by human
beings, but this week Trom's dog. Tig.,
was seen on the street with on. wrapped
around his body. We did not learn wh.ther
it was to relieve a case of rheumatism
hydrophobia, dyspepsia or dognology.
Wakefield Republican: Ed Johnson's
hired man had quit, an exciting experience
at the depot th. other day. Th. team be
was driving got mixed up with a train and
th. team and wagon were pushed th. full
length of th. platform (a part of the wagon
being on the railroad track) before th.
train could ba stopped. Luckily no damage
was don. .xcept some broken spokes in
th. wheels of the wagon.
Falrbury Oasette: Frank Bradshaw ts
now taking th. best ot car. of a carbuncl.
which appeared' on his hand th. first of th.
week, and In eonsequenc thereof h. is
taking things easy as posslbl. and catching
s'eep whenever h. can, Frank thinks thos.
who. pretend to believe carbuncles amount
to nothing hav. n.ver had to contend with
one of th. measly things, or .la. th.y know
nothing about th.m. H. ts not "hankering
after" any more such souvenlre.
Hebron Champion: Fooled agalnl When
w. stepped off th. train Wednesday night,
after an absence of four or fiv days, tha
band began to play a lively piece and w.
were Just beginning to step htsh when w.
discovered that th. whole affair was in
honor of Charley Day and bis bride, who
had also Just stepped off th. train. . It was
soma balm to oar wounded and disap
pointed spirit, bow.v.r, when w. ov.r.
heard Charley tell th. boys to "Go to
H.'1-.rs and bav. it charged to me."
RunhvUl. Reorder: On Wednesday
afternoon w. want to th. c.unty clerk's
office and on putting our-head In at th.
dour w. got th. impression th. ceiling
bad fallen la Slid smothered things up a
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little. A closer inspection revealed th. fact
that it was cleaning up day and Van was
enjoying ' himself brushing away cobwebs
and giving th. germs a treat. Tha scene
and dust was simply awful. W. heard
Johnhy Jordon looked in and was firmly
converted as to th. necessity of building
a decent court house. He's getting tired
of going to a Junk shop to do business.
PERSONAL. NOTKS.
Jeremiah Curtln, the well known trans,
lator of Henry Slenklewtcs'a works, has
been !tttng that PolMh author at his horn.
In Warsaw. .
Pope Plus seems to have been born, peas
ant as he was, with a golden spoon In his
mouth, If latest reports from ths Vatican
are to b. believed.
By tho will of William Wymari of Baltf-
more th. Johns . Hopkins university may
expect ultimately to receive ths residue of
his estate, valued at $500,000.
A man who said he was "from Mara"
was sentenced to Jail for thirty 6ays In
Jersey City. Probably this course wss
adopted because of the difficulty of de
porting him. " . ' ' .
Two months have already been spent on
the work of fakfrg down the Ferris wheel
at 'Chicago for ' transportation to th. ex-
poult Ion grounds In Bt. Louis, and tour
months mors will be required to complete
the task.
, Certain prominent clticens ot New Bri
tain, Conn., hav. revived the proposal to
erect there a monument to th. lat. Elihu
Burrltt, "th. learned blacksmith." Their
wish Is to hav. on. placed in position in
season to he unveiled at the tlm. of th.
meeting of th. Intern tlonal Peace congress
In St. Uoula next year, and to hav. aa
guests at tha tlm.' soma of th. leading
peace men ot th. world who will be dele
gates.
As the story is told In the south, Senator
Benjamin Tillman of South Carolina re
ceived a counterfeit 1100 bill in part pay.
ment for his lecture on the race question
Which he delivered In Savannah, Ga. He
deposited it with the financial clerk of the
senate in Washington, and soon after was
Informed by letter that It had been sent to
th. Treasury department, and had been
pronounced a counterfeit and punched full
Of holes. A Savannah bank, from which
tho bill had been drawn, . mad. th. loss
-good to th. senator. '
Deaths by Aecld.ata.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
On. hundred and ten passengers on rail
road trains operating In the United States
wer. killed In railroad accidents during the
last year and Z.S38 passengers were Injured
In those aocldent. ' Th. total of lives lost.
Including railroad employe., in this country
In th. same time, amounts to 60S and fl.Ul
people Injured. We operate 193,304 miles of
railroad, and we carry 607,278,121 passen
gers; the English railways tn th. United
Kingdom have not over 32.000 miles of road,
but carry 1,156,000,00) passengers. It would
be natural to suppose that with so many
passengers on such a limited mileage there
would be more accidents there than here,
hut that Is not the oso; last year showed
a record of but sixteen killed and 1,053 in
jured. Including passengers and employes,
on English railroads.
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MIRTH Fit, REMARKS.'
First Actor It takes th. soubretts a lccg
time to dress.
Second Actor Tea, she Isn't qui ok at
figures. Somervlll. Journal. , . -. .
"Did It ever occur to y6u that news Is
like an egg?"
"Full of meat, you mean?"
"No. If it's bad it should b broken
gently." Philadelphia Press.
"Well, now did the first euchr. go off?"
"Oh, same old story. Th. iW tons' wives
all got th. prises." Indianapolis Journal.
Th. Policeman Th. folks hers live pretty
hlk-h. don't they?
ion 1 ineyT
Cook Oh, yes!
The Cook Oh. ti
X gav. th.m to un
derstand that - they'd hav. to, If
wamea to Keep roe. urooKiyn uia
"It seems to me," said Mrs. Oldcaatle,
"that the proletariat Is beoomlng mora and
more difficult to manage." -
"Yes," replied her hostess,,,,Jos!ah thinks
so, too, hut his Idea Is that if people wouldn't
eat hearty Just before goln' to bed very few
of them would ever hav. it," Chicago
Record-Herald. ' ' '
"Has your husband a birthmark or any.
thing of that kind by. which ha may ba
identified?" asked the detective.
Th. deserted wife reflected a moment.
"Yes, sir," she said. "H. has a sort o'
hangdog look on his face, and It was born
with him, I guess." Chicago Tribune. ,
, Mamma You have addressed your letter
''Mr. Santa Claus Adam." -Why did you
put the Adam there, dear? That Isn't
Santa Claus" name. ' ' '
Bobble Well, wUo Is th. Christmas Adam
then?
"What Christmas Adam? X never heard
of one."
"There's a Christmas Eve, . and there
ought to b. a Christmas Adam, J should
think." Kansas City Journal.
POOR CHILD'S WONDERLAND.
James Barton Adams in Denver Post.
Little eyes with wonder bright -
Peering at tha window show.
Staring at the womlrous sight.
Childish hearts with hope aclOw.
Nohch pressed against the glass
Where th toys in bright array
JJo In beauty, but, alasl
Not f cuch aa th.y I '
Little forms In ragged clothes
Bhiv'ring In the frosty air, -Through
the worn ehnes peep th. toes,
All unkempt the tousled hair.
Exclamations ot surpiise
Fell from childish ilpa as they
Gase with wonder-widened eyes ,
At tb. grand array, . 4.
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Animals of beauty rare, "
Drums and Kuna snd shining skates.
Vixen dolls with golden hair.
Houses, yard with swinging gates.
Bleds aa greyhounds swift In flight.
feinted norns witn noisy tnroais.
How each wee on. o'er tb. sight .
Enviously gloats!
O'er th. white deer hans th. whip
Held In Santa's wnxa band, .
Ribbon reins fast In his grip
As h. tUims across the land.
Girts In almost endlers show
(Hacked upon his fairy sleigh,
Treasureo without stint, but OI
Not for such aa thcyl
jiow reluctantly they turn
From the heaven at vhlch they've peeped.
Hearts with envious sadness burn, -
Souls in gall of longing .teeped.
Much they fear the aalnt will pass
Homes of want on Christmas !
Treasures hath be, but alaai ' ' .
Not for such as theyl . t
O! y. peopl. heaven blessed,
As ye choose each dear one's glt,
Think of little ones distressed.
Of the clouds that o'er them drift
Make them glad on Christmas morn.
Give them on. bright, -happy day
Show them that the Christ was born
E'en for such as they.
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