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HUNOATE. (Seal.) ' Notary Public An election contest la an exciting di version (or the participants at all events. In the recent raising of High ' school salaries It la noticeable that none of the f ivorltes with an Inside pull were over I joked. Word comes from Washington that every one of the Nebraska congressmen eervlng there ezpecta to be renominated. That goea without saying. Omaha may congratulate itself on one thing its funeral directors have not 1 ud' their Bleep disturbed by a tbxeat i ned strike of hearse drivers. It would be altogether too great a nov- !ty for the mayor and council to go through a whole week without being served with injunction writs. Now that the house of representa tives has passed the pure food bill the (ate of Missouri may be given an op portunity to get rid of that "alum taste." If we really have war In the far east ve will for the first time realize In full n our new Pacific cable as a quick ii venue of information from the scene of action. With so many and so diversified ex amples, it is not surprising educational fx pert of Europe find something In the American public school to be avoided while finding much worthy of emulation. Tims will show that the republican Mate committee made a serious mistake nhen it acted upon the advice of over- iunbltlous office seekers and the corpora fjon lobby in pooling all Issues In a May rtata convention. Governor Magoffin's decision to keep Kentucky neutral during the civil war Is reasonable compared with China's de rision to guard Its borders against the M arring armies of Russia and Japan in case there are any warring armies. Senator Morgan desires to explain his teasops for Introducing two bills re cently. The explanation la hardly necessary, as his real purpose may be -rsely. summed up anything to ob c cruet the plans of the administration. To nominate a republican candidate for United States senator in state con vention will be comparatively easy. To t lcct the man after he Is nominated will be easy or difficult according to the ability, personal character, reputation . ud claims of the nominee. Nobody can gainsay the fact that our lire engine bouses are fire traps, but the i larm sounded by the building inspector I hat one of the fire engine houses Is liable to burn up unless supplied with a hleel celling is a reflection on the fire department The semi-annual apportionment of slate school funds places about $2,000 ir.ore at the disposal of the Board of 1 :ducatlon than the apportionment of ue year ago, but that should not serve a pretext for Increasing the expendi tures of the school board. When the democrats of the senate :ihll have succeeded In Incorporating all the opinions of all the opposltldu aena tors on the .Panama treaty in one reso lution, that manifesto, if really rep re renting the sentitueuts of the democrats !n the senate, will be so self-destructive rs to have no effect, either upon the renate or the public. ' Governor IVabody wins the first round jt bis fight in the federal court. He '. as declared that Insurrection exists In the state of Colorado. The court holds that the state has the power to quell Insurrections snd that the governor Is the sole Judge of the means to be eui ployed. Senator Patterson's resolution n ill now step to tte Cm la the contest WHIR- IS THK BlTCMt About thrw years ago two Omaha firemen lout thplr lives while trying to put out a flre that had broken out In a warehouse In our Jobbing district The Immediate cause of their death was the of ,nrB8 uantIty of pwdpr stored In the basement of the structure. I'opular sentiment was aroused to a high pitch by the preventable accident and In response to this sentiment The Bee urged upon the mayor and conncll the necessity of strenuous superv!nlon and regulation in the storage and trans portation within the city limits of ex plosives of every description. An ordi nance containing provisions that would safeguard the community against a re currence of deadly accidents by explo sion and providing for the regulation and Inspection of premises where dan gerously Inflammable materials were kept was introduced, but, for some reason nobody has ever yet been able to ex plain, nothing ever came of this or dinance beyond Its reference to the com mittee In whose hands it was smoth ered. Within the past ninety days four Omaha firemen lost their lives in trying to put down a fire in a warehouse, whose floors were overloaded and whose construction was defective. Again public sentiment rose to a high pitch and the demand for more efficient Inspection of warehouses, mills and factories was voiced through the press. Assurances were given by members of the council that an ordinance would soon be enacted requiring the systematic Inspection of old buildings, as well as new buildings, and affording ample safeguards against a recurrence of the .horrible catastrophe by which four gallant flre fighters had lost their lives. Up to date, however, the ordinance has not materialized. More recently still Omaha and the whole country was shocked by the ca tastrophe by which 600 people lost their lives in a Chicago theater In broad day light A wave of 1 popular indignation swept the country over the flagrant 'dis regard of public safety, not only in Chi cago theaters, concert halls and public assembly halls, but in those of other cities, Omaha Included. In Chicago and in every other city, except Omaha, mu nicipal legislation has been enacted to prevent the needless sacrifice of human life. These municipal regulations have Included not merely theaters and public balls generally, but also the chnrches and school houses. In Omahn the lesson taught by our own flre and the lesson taught by the greater calamity in Chi cago seems to have, however, been lost upon Omaha. To be sure, a few old buildings, like the Coliseum and Union Pacific headquarters, have been pub lished as unsafe, and the theaters have been compelled to widen their aisles and provide better exits by order of the mayor, but this is the extent to which Omaha Is disposed to go In the direc tion of municipal protection from con flagrations and fire panics. The most essential safeguard, namely, the inspec tion of all habitable buildings and all structures used for storage and manu facturing purposes, seems to be aban doned or put off for an indefinite period. The responsibility for this neglect to provide proper safeguards rests upon the council The plea that there Is not enough money available to pay the sal ary of one or more Inspectors is not even plausible. At the very utmost the employment of two competent special Inspectors would involve an outlay of from $2,000 to $3,000 a year. That amount could either be raised by Inspec tion fees or from general taxation. A single life saved is worth more than all of that TUB DEMOCRATIC TASK. Referring to the democratic assump tion that a candidate who could carry New York would probably carry Con necticut and New Jersey also and that the candidate who gets the electors of these three states will be the next presi dent the Springfield Republican re marks that as a matter of fact the dem ocratic party has a bigger Job on Its hands than is thus made to appear. It would Indeed seem that the party must carry the three states mentioned in order to win, says that paper, for there is little chance of its gaining anything from the republican column in the cen tral west and the far west is supposed to be solid for Roosevelt even to the ex tent of bringing over to him the few states that remained . with Bryan in 1900. "But New York, New Jersey and Connecticut" the Republican points out "along with the solid south, would not yield the required number of votes, in the electoral college, whlchU 234. The south will yield 150 votes, and New York will have thirty-nine; Connecticut seven and New Jersey twelve a total of fifty -eight which, with the south, makes 208 votes altogether. A politi cal drift which puts the three states in the democratic column would almost certainly rob the republicans of Dela ware, three votes, and Maryland, eight votes, giving the democrats 219 votes, when 234 votes are needed. The same movement might extend to West Vir ginia and gather in the seven votes there, but still the party would fall short of a majority. It must carry New York, New Jersey, Connecticut Dela ware and Maryland, and gain some one or more western states besides. In dlana, with Its fifteen votes, would suf flee, but that state has become to all appearances as strongly republican ss Michigan or Minnesota or Wisconsin." This fairly presents the task that la before the democratic party. Its only sure reliance is upon the states that constitute the "solid south." Even should it nominate a candidate upou whom the democracy of New York could unite it could , not confidently count upsn carrying that state. In or der to do so the democratic majority In NewYork City last November would have to be doubled at the presidential election! It la to be borne In mind that at the last election the republicans showed no loss la Um state at larga and there Is no reason to doubt that they will maintain their strength this year. In spite of any efforts that may be made by the trust magnates In be half of the democratic candidate. As to the central west and the far west we can see no ground for the least ap prehension that the republicans may lose a single state In either section. There Is said to be some disaffection among the republicans of Indiana, but there Is no trustworthy Information showing that this Is at all serious. Some democrats profess to believe that the party has a fighting chance in Il linois, but no state Is safer for the re publicans this year than that. Any reasonable calculation regarding democratic chances In 1004 will show them to be quite hopeless, unless there should occur a breach In the republican ranks which no one now expects. With the democracy divided Into apparently Irreconcilable factions, without n leader or a policy, it is difficult to understand how any member of the party having an intelligent comprehension of the situation can hope to win In the presi dential election of this year. TUB ATTITCDH VF FRANCE. Not the least reassuring fact In con nection with the far eastern situation Is the attitude of France favorable to the maintenance of peace. The cir cumstance of Russia having consulted her ally is in itself a very pronounced indication of the sincerity of the czar's expressed desire for peace, for undoubt edly the Russian government realized that "the" counsel of f'rance' would be against war. The alliance between the two countries, It Is stated, Is not of such nature as to necessarily require France to give military assistance to Russia, but there would certainly be danger of her becoming involved If Japan .should .receive .the. help, of .an other power. As we heretofore pointed out' rn- such on exigency France- could not refuse assistance to her ally without Impairing international resptfet and confidence. Obviously the alliance Is of little consequence If either power can refuse aid to the other when aid is most needed. In seeking the counsel of France the Russian government of course implies a willingness to accept the advice given and thus places Itself in a position to make concessions in the interest of peace without any humiliation. It is a wise and sagacious move, from which there appears to be reason to expect gratifying results. The latest advices are reassuring. They state that the general feeling at the European for eign offices, where a few days ago pes simism prevailed, is that war will be averted. This Is a prospect which the civilized world will welcome, with un mixed satisfaction and no country more earnestly than the United States. JMPROVlXa ALASKA. The report made by the senatorial committee . which visited: . Alaska last summer and made as thorough an In spection of conditions there as was prac ticable, can hardly fall to impress con gress with the necessity and importance of doing something for the Improvement and development of that portion of our domain. The committee points out that one of the most essential requirements is the construction of a good system of roads at government expense. It appears that we are far behind Canada in this respect that country from the first opening of the Klondike having ap propriated a large share of the revenues collected, there to public roas and trails. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer says that with the construction of a few good roads and passable trails mining districts In Alaska which are now but little . developed could Increase their output enormously. It urges that the construction of good roads In Alaska would be an Immediately profitable in vestment and It would help as nothing else could help toward the development both of mining and of agriculture, for the agricultural development of Alaska must of necessity be deferred until roads are opened. The report of the senatorial committee Is particularly in teresting in its statement regarding the resources of this territory, which are almost boundless. Alaska has repaid many times what It cost there are yet vast undeveloped riches there, and there is a considerable American population in the territory. Congress should give heed to the recommendations for meas ures to further Improve the territory, there being no doubt that there would be an abundant return for every dollar Judiciously expended there by the gov' ernnient The cattlemen of western Nebraska and particularly those in the neighbor hood of Alliance are represented by the Omaha demo-pop organ as In a state of open revolt against Roosevelt because he insists upon the enforcement of the laws prohibiting the fencing of public lands. If the alleged anti-Roosevelt cat- tlemen had any sense they would direct their wrath at congress, which enacted the law, and not against the chief ex ecutlve, who is sworn to enforce the law. As a matter of fact the antl Roosevelt sentiment in the Nebraska cattle range region, if any such exists. emanates from the cattle barons and railroad magnates, with whom Roosevelt is unpopular because he will not let them have their own way. If any consider able number of cattlemen really want to expand their possessions they will find an opening pretty soon in the Rosebud reservation, but they may have to pay more than 2 cents per acre. The apportionment of delegates to the state convention is nut a fair distribu tion according to republican strength In the various counties, ine vote on Barnes for supreme Judge Is not an ac curate test the average vote on unl versity regents would have provided a more equitable basis of representation, It Is notorious that Judge Sullivan, the democratic candidate for the supreme bench, ran ahead of his ticket while Judge Barnes ran behind his. An appor tionment of state convention delegates on the vote for Barnes disfranchises a lot of republicans whose votes are wanted this fall for the republican na tional, stats and local tickets. Henry T. Clarke la at the national capital pleading for an expenditure of a few million dollars for improving the navigation of the Missouri river. If memory serves us right Henry T. Clarke was largely instrumental In se curing the dislocation of Fort Omaha and the location of Fort Crook on a piece of land which he cheerfully parted with for $100,000. Where the proposed Missouri river Improvement connects with Mr. Clarke at this time has not yet transpired, but It Is dollars to doughnuts that the clucking In the Clarke hennery is not altogether disin terestedly spontaneous. Nebraska's new county assessors have had a meeting to get together on uni form action in the practical enforce ment of the new revenue law. For some reason or other, they forgot to consider whether a bill should not be urged upon the next legislature increas ing their scale of pay. This must be an oversight however, because we have yet to encounter any set of public offi cers organized into a state or national association. whose, first object is not to increase their own emoluments and per quisites, . . The. newspapers and business men of Lincoln are very much exercised over the prospective completion of the Omaha auditorium, which they fear will make a -bid -for "the -state poultry show. This will be a piece of startling news to the promoters of the' auditorium," as well as to the people who have contributed towards ' the erection " of ' 'that 'great' structure. A petition from Fremont Neb., has been presented to congress' in favor of the Brownlow good roads bill. Fremont has no navigable river crossing its main street which . might comq Jo for a slice of the river and harbor appropriation, but a treasury dividend on good roads might catch a canal towpath. Senator Tom Patterson favors the Nicaraguan route as against the Pan ama route for the isthmian canal. The Nicaraguan route Is a little closer to Colorado and might therefore, be of more service as an outlet for some of Colorado's troublesome miners. War correspondents might have an equitable claim for damages against both Japan and Russia In case the war cloud is dissipated, but the long suffering public can in no way be recompensed for being required to read the lurid pre dictions. . The Sticking; Point. St. Louis. Globe-Democrat. Stick to the- old platform says Bryan. That's right.' That's all the Bryan clan has left to stick to. Basis for Settlement. New York Herald. Secretary Cortslyou finds that the per capita debt of the country Is $11.61. Know of several who will settle on that basis. . Coal Oil Johnny's Ad-rlce. Chicago Inter Ocean. Young Mr. Rockefeller's advice to young men not to complain of their hard luck, but to get down to hard work, is sound to the core, even if, as some may contend. It lacks the originality which might be ex pected of a young man ' who has nothing to do but think. Sunshine on Tap. St. Louis Republic. ' , Radium is called liquid sunshine In" New Tork. In Kentucky they have a some thing else which they call liquid sunshine. And In Tennessee, according to the immor tal poet, Ople Read, they have "the liquid essence of southern moonbeams falling aslant the Cumberland mountains." Lan guage Is beautiful, but not so beautiful In New Tork as elsewhere. An American Characteristic. Minneapolis Journal.. Everybody has ' been lumping on the building inspector of Chicago since the Iroquois disaster because he did not en force the building laws. Now he proposes to enforce them all along the line, and still everybody is Jumping on him. That's one trouble lth the Americans; they're too much In favor of enforcement of the law against somebody else. InvadlnsT the Hermit Territory. San Francisco Call. The story of the British expedition Into Thibet will be most Interesting, as the ad vance guard of the force is already In ter ritory which has never been penetrated by white men. Not many years ago such ex peditions depended for sketches of the country and Its people upon some young officer with a taste for drawing. Now adays fully half the officers are provided with cameras and they are as expert in taking views as the average professional photographer. PERSONAL NOTES. J. T. Clary, thief master-at-arms on the United States battle ship Nevada, with service stripes on his arms denoting twenty-eight years of naval service, re cently completed 100 trips around the world. Brigadier General-C. Alfonso Zelaya of Nicaragua, son of President Zelaya of that country, has arrived In New York and Is about to register as a student In the New Jersey Business college In Newark, M. E. Ingalls, president of the Big Four railroad, has sailed from Boston for a tour of Europe. The city of beans was the boy hood home of Mr. Ingalls, and he still has many friends there, who gathered at the wharf to wish him a pleasant Journey. The candy trust formed In New York some time ago has dissolved. It wss or ganlsed with the Idea that Its course would be as smooth as that of a molasses kiss down a matinee girl's throat; but from all accounts It has found lift far from sweet. The picture of shivering actors on the Chicago rialto, looking longingly into the windows of pawn shops, whither their fur lined coals and gold watches have gone, reveals one of the many distressing phases of life in the western metropolis since the Iroquois flre tragedy. i Dining at his Washington mansion during a term of congress. Senator Clark will often alt alone at the head of the table In his brilliant dining room, taking his meal In absolute silence. He is not a sociable man In general, but krves to dine out la agree able company. IHTS Or WASHINGTON LIFE. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Snot. General Chaffee's promotion to the top round of the -army ladder bring!) with it the usual crop of anecdotes and remin iscences presumed to envelope eminence. One story dug up in Washington takes from Admiral Dewey whatever honor 'at taches to cutting telegraphic communica tion before going Into action and awards It to General Chaffee. Years ago, when the general was a captain In the Sixth cavalry, he was ordered to go out and round up a lot of Apaches' who' had gone on the warpath. Just as he was ready to leave he called at the post telegraph office. "Have you any further orders for me?" he asked. "No, sir," the operator replied. "The wires are not working very well today." "I am not surprised," said Chaf fee as he turned to order his advance. "I had them cut early this morning. I don't need any humanitarian Instructions from Washington." It takes woman to do things, after all. Ever since Georgetown became a part of the city of Washington the men In the old suburb have been . trying to get congress to buy a patch of land of twenty-five or thirty acres for the purpose of turning It Into a public park. The Georgetown men worked with senators and representatives at every session and could accomplish noth ing. The other day 309 women residing' in the most fashionable section of Washington's small sister city met and resolved that they would take the park matter out of the hands of the men and see to It that con gress acted. The resolutions were hardly dry on Paper before thirty of the women were in the room of the senate committee on the District of Columbia and were mak ing things Interesting for the assembled senators. Not a senator said a word for half an hour. He couldn't. The women talked singly and in bunches and at the end they asked In chorus: "Will you have this petition for a park read In the senate today?" "We will," said the senators all together. 1 The petition was read by unanimous con sent of the senate; It was sent to a commit tee and the chances are that In the bud ding .a.prtpgtlme the children of George town will have a public park in which to play. President Roosevelt took his daughter Ethel and ' his sons Archie, Kermlt and Quentln to the Lafayette theater last Sat urday to see Kellar, the magician, and the youngsters underwent somo exciting ex perience!. In the flint place, Kellar bor rowed some rings from the audience, and one of those who surrendered was Ethel. Her eyebrows went up In an expression of concern when the magician began stuffing the rings Into the barrel of an old pistol, and, after loading the pistol with them, fired it at a box. When the box was opened, there were the rings, tied to rose buds. But Kellar did not return Ethel's ring, though ho returned all the others. "Papa," said Ethel, In a voice that was heard over half the house, "I didn't get my .ring back. Tell that man I want my ring." But the president did not say anything, and Kellar brought a bottle down Into the audience and asked everybody to have a drink. Some took water, some wine and some whisky, all out of the same bottle. When he got back to the stage he remem bered about Ethel's ring, and apologised for having lost It. He was worried and said he would not have lost It for any thing. Then an Idea struck him, and he said he would look In the bottle for it He cracked the bottle with a hammer and out popped a white guinea pig, with a blue ribbon around Its neck. Sure enough, there was Ethel's ring, tied to the ribbon. She looked relieved, and so did Kellar. He brought her the guinea pig, and It kicked and squealed as she took It in her hands. "Would you like to keep it for a pet?" he asked. Ethel said she would, and Kellar said: "Well, you shall have It, seeing that I lost your ring, and came so near not find ing it." He. wrapped the pig in paper and handed it, to Ethel, who unwrapped It In great haste. But there wasn't any pig there only a bouquet of pink roses. The presldent'and Mrs. Roosevelt laughed heartily, and Ethel smiled dubiously. But the boys frankly disapproved. "Shucks! I thought it was the guinea pig," said Kermlt Efforts are being made to save from ex tinction what is described as one of the great American wonders. It is a forest of petrified trees of great value out In Arisona Territory. Relio hunters are now fast de stroying these natural curiosities and It Is proposed to make a public park out of the region in order to save them. A bill hav ing this as Its object la now pending before congress. The petrified forests are thus described by a government expert: "The region near Holbrook, In Apache county. Is noted for Its abundance of beautiful petrified conifer trees. The trees lie scattered about In great profusion. The locality was first noticed in 1858 by the Pacific railway ex ploring survey. There Is every evidence to show that the trees grew beside some In iSn . After falllna- they became water logged and during the decomposition the cell structure of the wood was entirely re placed by silica from sandstone In the walls surrounding the great Inland sea. A phe nomenon perhaps unparalleled, and the most remarkable feature of the park. Is a natu ral bridge formed by a tree of agatlsed wood spanning a canyon forty-five feet In width. In addition to the span, fully fifty r.f ih. tree Ilea on one side, making It visible for a length of over 100 feet. The state of mineralisation in whlcn much or h wn Miatji almost places them among the gems and precious stones. Not only are chalcedony, opils and agates round mnna? them, hut many approach the condi tion of Jasper and onyx. Visitors to the region carry away as much or tnis vaiuaDie material as they can lug off. They usually carry concealed tools and Instruments for breaking the petrified trees into pieces, in ki. wv tha finest trunks are being hacked and disfigured. Some men have even used powder and dynamite to destroy tne trees in .a.rrh for the beautiful crystals that are found In the Interior of the trunks." Ronatnr Rinn of Missouri had a dinner at his house a few nights ago. One of the guests was "Private" John Allen or Mis sissippi, now a World's fair commissioner. Allen came trailing along after the oysters and the soup had been served. "John," said Senator Stone, looking at Allen, reprovingly, "you are late." "I know it," said Allen, "but what can you expect from a government employs when the cabinet has put half an hour more on the working day?" Representative Samuel Bronson Cooper of Texas was In a senate committee room trying to find out why a public building bill In which he is Interested had not paised. Senator Culberson of Texas, who is a mem ber of the committee, tried to pacify him. "Where's the spittoon?" asked Mr. Cooper of the committee clerk. "Over there In the corner," answered the Clerk. "What! only got one spittoon in the com mittee room?" Mr. Cooper asked. "Yes, sir. You know there Is only one member of the committee from Texas," answered the clerk. . . Ayefs Consumption can certainly be cured.. Not all cases, but very many. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is the principal medicine. Ask any good doctor. Itsee Vy . O. ir C. Lev.lt, Vase. Als. ntuaflMtam. of ATTO'S HAIR TICOB Far th. kair. ATSR'a Ml.tJt W MrfhitlM. ATSB'S SARSAPABOXA-Fof U sloes. REJ ITERATED BRYAKISM. Philadelphia Press (rep: Republican good times enable BOO Nebraskana to In dulge In- the plutocratic extravagance of a "dollar dinner," with Mr. Bryan as a side diah. Detroit Free Press (dcm.): "I keep si lence on ninny things: for I would not mis lead men," said Goethe. It Is unfortunate that Mr. Bryan has never learned the beneficent value of silence in regard to a few things. If he had, perhaps the speech that he made at the "dollar dinner" at Lincoln would not have been delivered. New Tork Commercial (rop.): Mr. Bryan has now come out strongly In advocacy of putting conscience and morality above the dollar in American politics. Good. As a starter now let him knock out that plank In the Chicago and Kansas City platforms which proposes to rob public and private creditors by palming oft on them some forty-odd cents' worth of silver for every dollar of Indebtedness due them. Minneapolis Journal (rep.): The Bryan dollar dinner In Lincoln was very radical. There generally are more radicals at dollar than at double-eagle banquets. Now and then there Is a Hearst or a Tom Johnson, but radicalism and wealth do not usually travel together. The radical Is a man who Is personally discontented with the existing order of things. It Is hardly reasonable to expect a comfortably situated man to be hankering for a change. Indianapolis News (Ind.): The party Is no more bound to affirm the platform of four years ago than it Is bound to reaffirm the platform of forty years ago, In which the war was declared to be a failure. The question 13 not whether one believes in free silver, but whether free sflver Is an Issuo In this campaign. Men may believe In many things which they would not ask to have Incorporated in a political platform. So we think that Mr. Bryan's advice is un fortunate. The best Interests of the coun try are served when there Is a strong, well poised opposition party acting from prin ciple and not expediency. It is on this ground that the democracy has a chance to serve the American people. St. Louts Globe-Democrat, (rep.): Bryan Intends to take an active part In the nomination of candidates and in the fram ing of platforms. Moreover, the two thirds requirement for candidates will give him a power In the toiveitlon which his party will not disregard. There Is a chance that he can command for his policy and methods the support of a third of the con vention. This will make him the master of the situation so far as regards the selec tion of a ticket. No man who is personally or politically objectionable to Mr. Bryan can get a place at either end of the ticket This much is tolerably certain. From present Indications, Mr. Bryan will, in the St. Louis gathering of 1904, hold the center of the stage. Kansas City Journal: ' Eight years ago the nation was In a wild ferment over the silver question. The organisation and the great leaders of the democracy were against Mr. Bryan, but the people were with him, and he won easily. Four years ago the opposition to him was disorganised, and he won easily again. Conditions will be different this year. The factions will bo more evenly matched, Mr. Bryan will bear the discredit of two defeats. A majority of the rank and file of the party will be against him. His defeat, or that of the men and platform he may put forward, Is altogether probable. It looks as if the tables will at last be turned, and that ha and his followers may have to repeat the bolting maneuvers of the gold democrats eight years ago. It would be an edifying spectacle to see the Bryanltes marching out of the convention after having for eight years kept their throats sore de nouncing those who formerly bolted them. RAILWAY AND OTHER ACCIDENTS. Demand for Lcclalntlon tor the Pro tection of Hnmnn Life. St. Paul Pioneer Press. . The Railway Age contends that It Is only fair to bear in mind that the number of deaths through the operation of railways forms only a very small fraction of the total deaths by violence from all causes. Last year 164 passengers were killed In rail way accident, and 167 lost thoir lives from other railway causes, a total of only 821 out of 711,617,000 passengers carried. But In this same year there were 8,7 murders and 8,597 suicides reported. Of the 1,300.000 railway employes l.U were killed In train accidents, and 2.338 by other causes, usually their own negligence, a total of 8,233. A far greater number of persons, the Age goes on to say, lost their lives by flre and by diowning, the Iroquois flro alone killing almost twice as many peraons as the pas senger trains on all the railways. No one knows how many Uvea were lost In ordinary accidents, by flre, flood, tornado, in work shops, mining, lumbering and hauling; by electric cars and automobiles; In runaways, explosions of gasoline and oil lamps and other forms of violence; but the number would be appalling. All this Is very Just and true. Every fair-minded man deplores the practice prevalent In some quarters of treating rail way accidents as ' if the railway officials deliberately neglected precautions and were Indifferent when a casualty occurred. As a matter of fact they suffer much more keenly than most of those who make th. loudest ' protestations. - Nevertheless the question is not whether railways kill more or fewer persons than theaters, gasoline stoves, automobiles or tidal waves, it la merely whether everything has been done that can be done to safeguard railway passengers and to protect railway employes even from their own negligence. The de mand for the block signal system Is based on tbo belief that It would add to the Cherry Pectoral .. so.., si.cn. tola for SO ymra, ATBR'S AOUB CORK Fer malaria as4 SfM. safety of railroad travel, and the demand for compulsory legislation to this end Is based on the belief that In some cases considerations of the Nilance sheet may exercise more Influence than they ought to, not because of any lack of humanity but because the superiority of the proposed safeguard is not so amurcd as to warrant groat expense, especially when such ex pense means loss on sections where tlio olil method haa worked without mishap. It Is true that it is not fair to slngl. out the railways In thla matter. Hut the have not been singled out. Gasoline ano kerosene are the subject of protective leg islation In nearly all states; there are law everywhere regulating the protection or workmen in shops and mines; automobiles , have been extensively doalt with, and JtW( theaters are just now getting a full hare of attention. About the only sources of danger that have so far been exempt from legislative regulation are cyclones, cArth quakea, tidal waves and the Fourth' of July. These attempts at regulation, even though the regulations are not always en forced as they should be, mean that the public has accepted the principle of control by the state as necessary for the protec tion of Individuals even if such control In terferes with profits. And whan, after years of experience with two different methods of railroad operation one is seen to be much safer than the other It is nat ural that the public, not fully realizing the practical obstacles in particular cases, should grow Impatlont at the delay, in adopting the safer system. WAIFS OF TUB WITS. "Let me see 'Sic Semper Tyrannls Is the motto of Kentucky, Isn't It'" "No, that's the motto of Virginia." "Well, what Is Kentucky's motto I" "I think It's "You can lead a KentucHan to drink, but you can't make h!rn inke water, or something like that." Philadel phia Catholic Standard. Louis XIV announced that he was tho state. "But, sire," suggested the courtiers, "you would get more boodle If you were the governorf" Perceiving his fatal error, the Grand Monarque hastily took steps to correct It. New York Bun. "Them farm mortgages I bought on the recommendation of them rascals of brokers was poor security," growled old Jllson, "and If I hadn't been able to sell 'em to a widow woman I would of sued "em." Cleveland Leader. "What that young nun needs Is disci pline." "Discipline!" "Yesr "How ought he go about tho task, of get- ting itr ii r ell, he might marry." Chicago Post. 'Wi Shoe Dealer Didn't I tell you to mark those ladles' shoes down one-half? New Clerk Yes, sir; I was Just looking to see what the original prints ware. Shoe Dealer Prices? Who said any thing about prices? Murk down the sizes. Make the "sixes" "threes" and so on. Philadelphia Press. . . Torn Thompson I spent two months at Newport last season. Frayed Foster Dat so? I 'spoee yer saw lots uv style dere? Torn Thompson Nuttln' else. De head keeper uv de Jail wore a white yachtln' suit an' canvas shoes all de time. .hwlge. Maud After alt, the worst you can say about Lll Franklnstetter Is that she tried to break off the match between Bev Wrigley and Marg Jeneup by lying about Marg. Mabel No, poor dear; that Isn't the worst you can say about her, of course, but If s the worst you can prove on her. Chicago Tribune. Down In the Blue Grass region A paradox la born; The oorn Is full of kernels And the Colonels full of com. Brooklyn Eagle. Tl'RNINO BACK THK GLASS. New York Sun.' I prayed Father Time for a very small boon. And begged that he should not resist; "Oh. surely," I cried, "from your ages gone by One second would scarcely be missed "Just time to say 'yes' whrre before I said no.' And never again will I sue." He smiled, and' from under his shadowy cloak The glass of his centuries drew. "Look, mortal." he said, "and observe the result If I should bestow your request; No favors I show, and the one that you ask I could not deny to the rest," And then as I watched hlra the qulrk , flowing sands Slipped down their monotonous track; Each moment that hurried to make up the years Borne mortal had wlxhed to turn bark. And here was a sinner and there was a attlnt. 1 Would do It a different way; The kings and the peasants, the rich and the poor A word or an action would stay. Then dwindled the stream of the sends running down. Till huMhed the itltloners grew; Time tau me to look, and I saw we had reached Th. morning creation was new. Huteson Fits Eyes Huteson Grinds Lenses Huteson the Best Optlcis CONSULT HIM. 2M South 16th St Paxtsu Block.