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    TriE OMAITA DAILY TlEEt TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 2, 1004.
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Tiie Omaiia Daily Bee.
v B. ROSEWATKR, EDITOR.
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omplete copies of The Dally. Morning.
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of December, 1903. was as fol
low:
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4 ao.wis
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f 80,010
T 80.S4O
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81,1 lO
a 80a&V0
:l 80,400
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to 27,020
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U 81.3O0
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J? MM0
18 80,7ftO
2 3O.RM0
so 33,010
II 83,400
:i so, two
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.ess unsold and rtturned copies.... 10,421
.Vet total sales .. n:il,t34
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. M. B. HITNUATK,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Keep your eye on the ground bog
today.
If this thing keeps up the Burlington
claim agent's department will have to
be' enlarged.
If the Mad Mullah 'doesn't do some
thing pretty soon England will be for
gotten as one of the warrior powers of
earth.
Ten flour mills have closed down at
Minneapolis for an indefinite period.
Why can't some a them be induced to
reopen at Omaha T
If former Senator Thurston will take
a few of his appointees in Nebraska
with him to that new colony in Cuba
mucb will be forgiven.
Both sides might be Imore ready to
' light it -they could prove that the other
was responsible for bringing tho horrors
of war upon the world. k
England may be sorry If it succeeds
.In opening Thibet. The white man's
burden Is heavy enough right now with
out 'seeking unnecessary additions.
Close study of a new edition of the
life of Admiral Cervera might save the
Colombian leaders much trouble In these
days of distress In the South American
republic.
L,. T !r
The Tool who mixes kerosene with
gasoline Is running a close race with the
Tool who didn't know It was loaded.
Both have scored human lives In Ne
braska during the week.
Between mandamus and injunction the
Judicial branch of the government of
many states Is rapidly outstripping in
Importanco the other branches appar
ently miscalled co-ordinate.
Perhaps General Reyes Is staying in
the United States to be able to prove
that he had no hand in the declaration of
war against Panama after the people of
Colombia come to their senses again.
Missouri's game laws need amend
ment Late dispatches show that it Is
still the open season for foot ball play
ers at St Louis, and one will probubly
die as the result of a game played last
Saturday.
If the Sarpy county citizens succeed
la making the county commissioners
break relations with the bridge con
tractors tbey might make a, little on the
side by selling the formula for the work
to Douglas county.
Kansas has always been mnrked as
volcanic on the political map and the
Withdrawal of Governor Bailey from
the republican gubernutorlul race only
signalises one of the periodic upheavals
to which Kansas Is subject.
After finding bear tracks in Corea the
Japanese Immediately decided to set a
trap. They nearly caught the emperor
of Corea, but that worthy showed his
good Judgment in selecting the United
States legation as, a place of retreat
should the chase become too warm.
Desire for political capital threatens to
destroy the last of the old-Hue demo
cratic doctrines. The right of the leg!
lature of a sovereign state to Instruct
. Its senators has been denied. And the
senate Is considered the last evidence
of state sovereignty In the federal gov
ernmeut
Former Senator John M. Thurston Is
reported to have plunged into a Cuba
land speculation out of which be ex
pects to make millions by Inducing large
parties of westerners to come and
settle. It Is doubtful, however, whether
Thurston will succeed auy better in
booming Cut- v lauds than did his
ardent admirer, the late Paul Vander
voort Very few people In the far west
are anxious to be CubanUed. ,
MA T PROYOK lit TALlA TtOB.
The proposal boforo congress, to ex
tend our exclusive coasting trade laws
to traffic between the Philippine and
this country may, It Is susrgeted. pro-
oke retaliation on the part of the British
government. A proposition of retalia
tion against foreign restrictive shipping
laws Is said to have been added to the
Chamberlain scheme of protection and
It is understood that the United States
is .chiefly aimed at The suggestion Is
to exclude foreign vessels from the
carrying trade between British ports
both within the kingdom and In other
parts of the empire and also exclude
foreign ownership in vessels engaged In
this trade. The proposal is to limit the
application of this policy to nations that
maintain a similar policy affecting Brit
ish shipping, so that the effect would be
chiefly upon American shipping.
It is pointed out that Grent Britain is
in a position of great advantage for pur
suing a retaliatory policy of this kind
If her government should be induced to
adopt It. She has the shipping and she
can compete with the world in building
nd navigating. This is undoubtedly
true, but how shall we encourage the
building up of our shipping Interest If
we do not apply to It the protective
principle, as contemplated in the Frye
bill? Manifestly we mast choose be
tween this and a perpetual dependence
upon British and other foreign shipping.
We should not be Influenced in this
matter by any threats of retaliation. If
that policy should be adopted by the
British government a way can be found
to meet it and in all probability the
ultimate result would be to our ad
vantage. Perhaps there are sound rea
sons against applying the coasting trade
laws to traffic between the Philippines
nd this country, but the suggestion of
British retaliation Is not one of them.
A tTHULSSOMC BX AMPLE.
A few days ago the New York Stock
exchange ordered stricken from the list
of securities that may be traded in upon
the floor of the exchange an aggregate
of $30,500,000, representing the stock of
the American Steel Foundries company.
The reason for this action was that the
company, at the time of listing its se
curities, made misrepresentations in re
gard to Its financial condition. The
company has admitted that the cash and
cash assets were overstated by half a
million dollars, but undertook to explain
that this was due to some misunder
standing. The governors of the ex
change very properly declined to accept
the explanation and tho result Is that
the securities of the company have be
come almost unsalable. ?
It was a wholesome example of the
way to deal with corporations which
practice deception upon the public by
misrepresenting their true condition and
ought to have a salutary effect Fer-
hnps there are other corporations whose
securities are listed on the exchange
that ought to be similarly treated, but
however this may be the action taken
in regard to the Steel Foundries com
pany will tend to assure the public that
representations of assets, of credit and
of financial strength made to the ex
change are at least generally subjected
a proper Investigation. There Is
reason to believe that this practice will
be more rigidly followed In future than
It has been hitherto and if so danger
from unscrupulous promotions will be
mucb reduced. The Stock exchange, if
disposed to do so, can effectively safe
guard the public against such corpora
tions as that whose securities it dropped
because of misrepresentations. It can
do more in this respect than even a
government publicity bureau.
AS ASSMXATIOS DMCAM.
In an address a few days ago before
an association of Baltimore merchants
and manufacturers. Representative Davis
of Minnesota expressed the opinion that
the present northwest ultimately, and
perhaps in the not very distant future,
will be extended so as to include the
regions now known as Manitoba, Asslnl
bola, Alberta, British Columbia and
Athabaska. This would not be aeeom
plished, be said, by conquest or pur
chase, but by voluntary annexation, in
duced by mutual benefits to be derived
politically, Industrially and commer
dally. Doubtless some of the constltu
ents or Mr. Davis ana otners in our
northwestern states entertain a like opln
ion. Within the last year or two a con
slderable number of people have gone
from the states of the northwest into the
regions named by the Minnesota con
gressman, purchasing extensive farms
there which they are cultivating.
It has been assumed that this process
of Americanizing these Canadian prov
Inces would Inevitably have the effect to
develop there a sentiment favorable to
annexation to the United States; that
the American settlers in Canadian terri
tory, carrying with them love of onr
Institutions and the flag, would seek to
Inculcate their political views upon the
Canadians and Induce them to look to
connection with this republic as giving
the best assurance for the promotion of
their interests and welfare in all direc
tions. There have come from portions
of the Dominion expressions of appre
hension that this might be the effect of
so many Americans going Into that
country as permanent settlers. Thero
are many Canadians who believe that
our people generally want to annex their
country and these feel that the American
Invasion of Canadian territory may
prove to be the entering wedge In carry'
lng out this desire.
No one can foresee what may take
place within a feneration in the rela
tlons between the Dominion and the
United States, but at present the Idea
of annexation must be regarded a
merely a dream. It Is altogether prob
able that if the American people were
to vote on the question of annexing
Canada there would be au overwhelm
lng majority In the negative, and it la
absolutely certain that very few of the
people of the Dominion are now favor
able to anoexaUuk. - They are generally
well contented with their political condi
tion, they are fairly prosperous, and if
they were to decide on any change It
would be for national Independence. Ca
nadians generally are not anient ad
mirers of onr political system and meth
ods. They believe that they have more
real liberty than Americans do; and if
they could gain free admission o bur
markets for their natural products they
would be perfectly satisfied as to all
else, for the very large majority of them
re heartily loyal to Great Britain.
Bo far as tho people who have gone
from our northwest Into Canada are
concerned, very few If any of them
care anything about the political condi
tions. They are looking entirely to tho
practical advantages. They may prove
more or less Influential in promoting
closer trade relations between the coun
tries, but that they will undertake to
do anything In behalf of annexation is
most Improbable.
TUB VA.VPAIBH FOH TAX RtFOKM.
A contributor to tho last Issue of the
Omaha Examiner hits the nail squarely
on the head by the following pertinent
inquiry:
Why should the Reel Estate exchange
be allowed to go out alone to do battle
against the corporations for an equitable
distribution of local taxation? The Real
Estate exchange should have an organized
ally in every square block In the city's ter
ritory, men who would give It out cold
that they would not stand for any further
tax evasion nor for any public, officials, or
private aspirants for office, who would aid
In bringing it about
This is the right kind of talk. The
Real Estate exchange should not be
compelled to battle alone for tax re
form, nor should the campaign Inau
gurated about two years ago be aban
doned until the Issue is fought out. The
Real Estate exchange has successfully
prosecuted Ihe campaign for equitable
taxation against the public utility cor
porations and Its appeal to the courts
to compel the railroads to bear their duo
share of the burdens of municipal taxa
tion should have ardeut supporters and
Hies in every square block of the city's
territory.
The railroad assessment In Omaha is
notoriously a' monstrosity unparalleled,
we feel sure, In any other city in Amer
ica. The terminal facilities, depot build
ings and depot grounds of the railroads
converging In Omaha at the most con
servative estimate are worth not less
than 125,000,000, but on the basis of the
assessment made, by the Board of Equal
ization, which has not only done rank
Injustice to every taxpayer in Omaha,
but to every taxpayer in Nebraska, these
properties are assessed for per
cent of their actual value. While the
railroads converging in Omaha own one-
fifth of the- assessed valuation of the
city, they will contribute only one-fortieth
of the municipal taxes toward the
expenses of municipal government
In round figures the taxpayers of
Omaha are compelled to contribute
f2.000.000 a year toward the expenses of
city, county and state government Of
this amount $1,000,000 represents taxes
levied by the city and $1,000,000 by the
county, stntol and school district As
sessed at its true value ratio, the prop
erty of the railroads should be taxed
$400,000 per annum for state, county,
city and school district purposes, but It
only contributes. In round figures, $25,
000 per annum toward local self-govern
ment
The assessment of the street railway
company, although reduced from $5,000,-
000 to $4,500,000 by the city council,
compels that company to pay $90,000 for
city, county, state and school district
taxes within the city limits of Omaha,
while the railroads only pay $25,000. The
assessment of the street railway com
pany Is by no means excessive or out of
proportion with the assessment of the
property of other corporations and pri
vate Individuals, but the discrimination
in favor of the railroad companies under
so-called state equalization is unbear
able.
When the next legislature comes to
revise the charter for metropolitan
cities we shall expect a reconstruction
of the Board of Public Works On
rational lines'. The present board, con
stituted of the engineer, building in
spector and comptroller, was created in
response to a demand for greater
economy, but it has proved Itself the
most expensive attempt at economy that
has ever been made in this city. To
be sure, we have saved the salaries of
two members of the board, but we hava
lost thousands upon thousands of dol
lars by putting square pegs Into round
holes. , A first-class bookkeeper and ex
pert accountant can do excellent work
ti a comptroller, but h may be abso
lutely ignorant about the quality of
various paving materials or the quan
tities of sand, cement and water to make
up a durable mortar for a sewer wall.
A man may be a first-vluss builder and
understand all about Who prints, but
for all that be may rot possess the
requisite qualifications for making up
paving specifications.
A good deal can be said oil both sides
of the proposition to nominate a United
8tates senator by the republican state
convention. But suppose thut the con
vention could not agree any sooner than
the last republican legislative caucus?
Who would pay the board bilU? Who
would furnish the cigars, the cocktails
and theater tickets, even if the return
passes wtus1 good for sixty days? '
Those people who look upon a nomina
tion for United States senator us a step
in the direction of Die election of sena
tors by the people have another think
coming. It is simply giving delegates
the right to tell' other delegates of the
people what should, be done, which is
much different from the people doing the
work themselves.
The World-Herald's appeal for an ex
presslon of popular sentiment on the
proposition for a monument to Rocke
feller recalls forcibly Susan B.
Anthony's appeal to an Omaha audl-
tcct for an expression of popular aentl
ment on the woman's suffrage amend
ment "Ladles and gentlemen," ex
claimed Miss Anthony, "I now ask all
those who favor the degradation of
American women, all those who favor
putting women on an equal footing with
lunatics, idiots and penitentiary con
victs, to rise." Only one person out of
the 2,000 In that audience stood up a
young lawyer whose name was Gilbert
M. Hitchcock. "All those opposed will
rise." Tho whole audience arose ex
cepting Mr. Hitchcock. "Ladles and
gentlemen," exclaimed Miss Anthony, "I
thank you for this expression of an
overwhelming sentiment In favor of
woman suffrage In Nebraska."
The report by the Omaha Bryanlte
organ that G. W. Blythe of Iowa has
tendered the support of the Burlington
railroad to President Roosevelt should
be taken with a grain of allowance.
But, even if the report were true, the
Trojnn at the White House will be wary
of the Greeks bearing presents.
The Board bf Public Works Is all torn
up over paving and sewer specifications,
with the city engineer on one side and
the two other members the comptroller
and building Inspector on the other. It
has been apparent for soveral years that
the Board of Public Works as now con
stituted is a very costly farce.
Blaine has been dead long enough to
be called the originator of many ideas
which were far from his mind. Once a
man ceases to live his expressions bo-
come dogmas to certain admirers, al
though probubly the expressions have
no real connection with the Idea except
In the mind of tho one who quotes.
Blind and Lopsided.
Washington Post
One peculiarity of our law Is that tho
technicalities all seem to be on the side of
the acoused.
The Worm Will Tarn.
Philadelphia Press.
It Is an actual fact that some democrats
are at least getting courage enough to
talk at Bryan.
Great American Institution.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Ex-Mayor Amea of Minneapolis should
hurry up now and start a fund for the
erection of a monument to the great Amer
ican technicality.
A Startling- Ontrage.
Detroit Free Press.
A member of the New Jersey legislature,
who had no railroad pass, refused to pay
his fare and was put oft the train. He In
tends to sue the company, and we hope
he will get a judgment. Corporation arro
gance ha surpassed the bounds of tolera
tion when a member of a legislature Is re
fused free transportation. .
Prosperity's Door of Hope.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
One of the strongest grounds for believ
ing in the continuance of American pros
perity Is the fact that no misfortune, no
betrayal of trust, by acknowledged leaders,
can long repress, .the energy and hope of
the American people. No matter what er
rors they commit and what losses they
suffer, they wlaflt despair.
Progressing: Crab Fashion. '
Baltimore American.
The theory of a, western college authority
that the method, of Sparta should be fol
lowed la the destruction of human weak
lings prove that anarchy Is not the only
danger of our modern civilisation. To travel
all these centuries simply to get back to
the barbarous methods of ancient paganism
Is a sort of progress which advances crab
fashion.' It is simply a reverting to the
primitive law of the right of the strong
to destroy the weak, which doctrine It is
hardly necessary to go to all the trouble
and expense of founding and supporting col
leges to revive.
STAR-EYED GODDESS DECLAIMS.
Warm Political Rhetorle from the
Lips of the Fair Charmer.
In Saturday's Issue of the Louisville
Courier Journal Mr. Henry Watterson ad
dresses two columns of remark "To the
democrats of Kentucky." While Intended
for local consumption, Mr. Watterson
make several references to a prominent
citlien of Nebraska which will be relished
by patriotlo harmonlsers hereabout. For
example, these:
What ha Mr. Bryan been doing these
same ten years? Their advent found him a
bright young member of congress. By a
series of accidents, culminating In a camp
meeting furore at Chicago, he was snatched
from obscurity and whirled heels over head
into the party leadership. It need not be
denied thn.t he made a most attractive fig
ure, ready of tongue, resonant of voice,
captivating of presence. Yet, he lost the
battle or 1896. Concede It no fault' of his.
He was young, ardent and he did hi best.
But at this point In xvjv to show hi lack
of caprclty for true lea ltHi!lp. He per
sisted In the refusal in 1900 to revise the
line of 1896, and lost the second battle by
a yet greater majority than the flrat. He
made no effort to reunlt the party. He
rather repelled peace-making. All this
while, however, he was feathering his own
neBt, as the saying hath it. He started
unknown and poor. He Is now rich and
famous. He started professing the equality
of all. He now sets up for a lordly dicta
tor. But yesterday the party was every
thing. Today It is nothing. He It 1 who
Is everything.
Yet, a a patriot, what sacrifices ha he
made? As a general, what victories has he
won? It is not alone that, preaching man
against mammon and preaching It
though no one had ever preached It before
he appears In the courts struggling with
a widow for the greater part of her hus
band' estate, the will and attendant docu
menta prepared by hlmaoir in his own
houafc the testator not a relation, nor even
an old friend but It Is riven out, and all
the circumstance Ind.'cate. that he 1 mak
lng common caus with a candidate who
will appear before the next democratic na
tional convention literally loaded down with
gold; hi solo, entire strength derivable
from the lavish tine of monav.
Yet, all this while. Mr. Bryan la not for
getting either his money Interest a the
owner of a newspaper which lives on hi
candidacy alone and his lecture business
which can only flourish whilst hs keeps in
the foreground of national affair. No
party leader, from Henry Clay to James O.
Blaine, ever thought of making auch
draught upon the popular credulity. No
party leader ever dreamed of setting up
such an autocracy. It is either, R can only
be either. Insanity or thrift; but I It pos
sible that, without any other rhyme, or
reason except the faith eure, it has power
to lure to Its support any sane democrat
who lovea his country and his party, and
preserves In himself the least spirit of
manhood, or pride or opinion?
God help the party and God help fhe
country If the answer to Mr. Bryan' exac
tion be not Instaataneoua universal and
overwaelmlnjc
ROl'ND ABOVT NEW YORK.
Ripple on the Current ef Life In
the Metropolis.
New York City magistrates report there
were 23,152 more arrests In l3 than In
1902, and that drunkneness and consequently
disorderly conduct furnished 18,770 of this
Increase. There was a decrease ' of
burglaries of IKS. The magistrates report
as to probation cases as follows: "The
probation law continues to work out sat
isfactory results, and the officer that find
It their duty are doing faithful and
conscientious work. The beneficence of
the law was enjoyed by t,708 individuals,
of whom J.0M were males and 661 were
females. At the end of the year S4S cases
were still open and pending."
How the mighty have fallen! For years
and years, when Hugh Mclaughlin, the
deposed democratic boss of Brooklyn, left
on his annual trip to Florida there was
always a great crowd of retainers to es
cort him to the ferry house. Politicians,
big and little, hung- upon his every word
and played the flatterer to the great auto
crat of Kings county. Last Thursday tho
defeated and aged boss loft for hi southern
trip. Two or three faithful adherents ac
companied him to the boat, where here
tofore were score to see him off. Mr. Mc
Laughlin once, remarked that there Is
nothing so dead as a dead politician.
The laat claim against the New York
Central Railroad company on account of
the Park avenue tunnel disaster ha just
been settled by the payment of $40,000 to
the heirs of one of those killed. It has
been probably the most expensive disaster
ever suffered by a railroad on account of
loss of lite. It ha cost the company alto
gether $1,240,000 in cash payment to those
Injured and to the heir of those killed.
Not ao very many lives wore lost as rail
road accidents go, but the road was trans
porting on that particular train a large
number of high-salaried men, and damages
were assessed accordingly.
That the rapid transit tunnel will bo
warm, even In sero weather, was shown by
test made last week by Chief Engineer
Deyo and other experts of the Interborough
company, A difference In temperature of
40 degrees was cbtalned by, thermometer
tests on one of the coldest days of this win
ter. On the street near City Hall park theJ
temperature was 1 degree above sero, and
fifty feet away, down In the siibway, the
temperature was 41 degree above sero.
Many peculiarities have been developed
by these tests. In the first plaoe, the tun
nel Is now much colder than It will be when
completed.. There are hundred of openings
to the street and through stairways, and
the cold air from above rushes into the
tunnel, but the experts declare that when
these openings are closed and the tunnel
Is completed the average temperature will
be about SO degrees, no matter how cold it
may be In the open air. The average tun
nel temperature, according to tests, is now
about 40 degrees when the thermometer Is
below 82 on the outside. This does not vary
much, even when the temperature is 1 de
gree above sero on the outside. i
The engineer declare that when all the
openings are closed and trains are In opera
tion the tunnel will be comparatively warm
In winter and cool In summer. They say
that New York's subway Is much larger
than that of Paris, and the methods tor
ventilation are better, so the air here will
be far better.
New York Is at present being upset by
an epidemic of "skateltls." Accidents from
skating on the ponds and lakes of city
park ha disabled hundreds, while slippery
sidewalks have done their share of evil.
More people are ' hobbling around on
crutches with arms In splints and exhibit
ing other signs of broken or fractured
members than the city has seen for many
winter. Ice on the lakes Is fully a foot
thick, making exceptionally fine skating,
and Its glare is so enticing that far too
many people are on the Ice at one time. It
take an expert skater to make aafe head
way, a consideration but few seem to have.
Colllsons and disastrous mlxups result.
Then there's work for the policeman, the
ambulance and the doctor.
Tha nM floors In the hulldlntrs In the
wholesale Jewelry district In Maiden Lane
and John street and elsewhere where man
ufacturing In gold Is done on a large scale
often worth small fortunes. So are the
aggregate collection of dirt, rubbish and
even the water In those places In which
h wnrVmen wnah their hands. Small, mi
nute particles of gold are constantly flying
about, and settle In the noors, ceilings ana
valla Rverv dav the floors are careruuy
cleaned, and the dirt and rubbish Is col
lected, burned and stored away. The
ni-HOaa nf amid distributed In this debris
may seem Infinitesimal, but In the course
of a year the amount of gold lodged In it
i- nnnniHnrnhln. About once a year
the ashe are auctioned eft to men who
make a business of buying the refuse of
manufacturing Jewelers. Frequently the
manufacturer get sum ranging from $4,000
to 18.000 a year from the sale of tne in
cinerated dirt and rubbish. The workmen
are required to wash In basins. The water
is kept for a time and sold. It Invariably
contains a respectable quantity of gold.
T i sums obtained from tne oirt, ruD-
bish and water' are frequently far below
.ma tirnus-ht bv the sale or oia noor
h srranlnn of walls and ceilings.
This Is especially so where the buildings
are old and the noor are or ion wooo..
iToan with the most scrupulous cleaning
and sweeping, particles of gold lodge in
the crevice and minute apertures oi tne
floors, and by constant trampling sink Into
the body of the wooden floor. After some
years' use the floors are taken up and
auctioned off and replaced by new floors.
The old floor and the scrapings of a watch
case factory in Brooklyn were sold not long
ago for $17,000. and this Is by no means
an exceptional case. Many of the factories
now have specially patented devices for
sucking In the flying particles of gold, but
at best they are not all-aufflclent, and
atoms of gold manage to escape and find
sheltering places everywhere about the
rooms.
Japan a World Power.
E W. Clement's "Handbook of Modern
Japan."
It I a safe commentary on the present
standards of civilization that a considera
tion of Japan as a world power requires
soeclal attention to military and naval af
fairs. It Is tatrer a strange coincidence
that It was not until little Japan In 1894
showed that It oould easily overcome Im
menae China that the "great power" were
willing to revise their treaue with It on
terms of equality and admit It to the
comity of nations. And it Is another strange
coincidence that It was the Boxer troubles
which gaye Japan another opportunity to
display ths efficiency of its military and
naval organization and win such laurel
sldo bv side with troop of the other "pow
ers." thst Great Britain, the mightiest of
them all, abandoned Ha time-honored policy
of "splendid isolation" and sought Japan's
assistance by means of the Anglo-Japanese
alliance. It Is not, however, to be imagined
that Great Britain overlooked or ignored
Japan's other elements of power; but It Is
quits evident thst the tatter's military and
naval efficiency made a great impression on
the former.
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SUMMARY OF CANAL HrESTIOW.
Resnlt from Improved Facilities for
Commercial Intercourse.
Everybody's Magazine.
Two hundred million dollars looks llko a
large Investment even for a wealthy coun
try such as tho United States; but In com
parison with the results that may be ac
complished the expenditure is small. While
It Is not recommended that tho Panama
canal shall be so managed as to secure a
large net revenue, our country can, if It
desires to do so, easily recover In a com
paratively short time the amount Invested.
By spending, on an average, $20,000,000 a
year for the next decade, the United States
will secure a canal from which, during
the succeeding twenty years, by means of
moderate tolls, an Income can be obtained
that will meet current expenses and return
to our national treasury the entire $200,000,-
000. During those twenty years, and for
all time to come, American Industries and
the trade of our country and every na
tion will annually derive the Immeasur
able advantages resulting from ' Improved
facilities for commercial Intercourse. Nor
will larger commerce and greater wealth
be the sole or highest gain which the
world will derive. Whatever brings the
people of the world closer together ad
vances civilization and hastens the ulti
mate triumph of Justice within and among
all the nations of the earth.
PERSONAL NOTES.
General Wolseley says the American
army la tho finest In the world. It was a
pretty good one In 1776 and 1812, too, eh?
Leopold Koenlg, the Russian "Sugar
King," Is dead. He began life as a work
man and now at the age of 83 leaves a
fortune of $60,000,000.'
It has come at last. The saloons in Chi
cago have been ordered closed. Every
thing Is now shut up except the Chicago
university professors.
Young Mr. Tiffany of New York, who
finds that It costs him $35,000 a year to live
not cpuntlng In the drinks admit that
he sporids $12,000 per annum for clothe.
The real reason now given for the
estrangement between the emperor of Ger
many and the crown prince 1 that the
prince lnslcted on wearing a collar two
inches high.
Manila 1 to have street cars. According
to some report all the work the native
Manlllana do now is in the line of enforced
walking. With street cars life will be
come for them one grand, sweet loaf.
Emperor William Is the best Shake
spearean scholar in his court. He has an
Intimate knowledge of the original English
translation and of the splendid German
translation and of the acting edition a
well.
The decision of the Ice trust in New
York to raise prices was made at the time
when the report came from the Ice fields
that the ice was too thick to cut Any
kind of an excuse is good enough for
the Iceman.
Ewlng Cockrell, son of the United State
senator, has announced hi candidacy for
the office of prosecuting attorney of John
son county, Missouri. He has studied law
for a number of years and this is his
first effort to secure public office.
When Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany
boas, heard of Bryan's intention to deliver
a campaign speech In New York last Tues
day he started at once for a health resort
In Michigan, having suddenly discovered
that he was suffering from the strain of
tha late campaign. Senator McCarren, the
Brooklyn leader, fled to Albany, and there
has been a general exodus of prominent
local democrats In the laat few daya.
Mayor McClellan could not run away at
this time, but he found hla official duties
so pressing that he was unable to call on
Bryan. Tho other Tammany omciala were
also too busy to make a trip up to Madi
son square. Bryan's only callers among
local democrats were the faithful Dr. John
H. Glrdner and a few other persons who
might be called professional Bryan men.
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PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
Lady (looking for a cook) What made
you leave your lost place?
Hrldget Sure OI was tired of the respon
sibilities of married life, Detroit Krce
Press.
"He's exceedingly candid nnd plain
spoken. He doesn't care how ho ventilates
his views."
"No, but Instead of ventllatlnpr them,
sometimes, he really ought to fumlKate
them." Philadelphia, Tress,
"We can't afford to rvcognlzo them. Their
ancestors were In trade.
"Weren't ours?"
"Of course; but our trade ancestors are
two generations further back than theirs."
Chicago Post.
"Have you ever done anything to win the
gratitude of your fellow enaiitrymen?"
"Certainly," answered Senator Sorghum.
"Nobody can ever say that I ever made a
speech that it took over three minutes to
read. Washington tttar.
Mrs. Bixhy Mother says that she Is golnr.
to die and Join father. r
Blxby I wish there was some way to give
your father warning. Town Topics.
"Yes," said Archimedes, "my lever Is a
great contrivance. I could lift the earth
with It If I could find a place to set my
fulcrum."
"That's nothing," the modern mechanical
rmlus remarked. "If I had belting enough
could run all the machinery of the world
with San Domingo's revolutions." Brook
lyn Eagle.
He was angry.
His eyes rolled madly snd hla pearly
teeth were clenched.
"I'll pull her hair out!" he hissed. ,
And Immediately he extracted from tho
butter a silvery trees which he knew be
longed to tho boarding house mistress.
New York Sun.
"Give me a reversed Kanaka," said tha
man who delights to mystify waiters by
giving them incomprehensible orders.
"Tongue sandwich!" called out the somber
?oung man, who was paying his way
hrough college by serving at a lunch
oounter. Chicago Tribune.
"Did Mrs. Vanmllllons receive the news
of her husband's death with Christian
resignation?"
"How could she, poor dear, when It came
so suddenly that she hadn't time to he
properly fitted with a mourning gown?"
Brooklyn Eagle.
"In making a paste Jewel," remsrkefl the
manufacturer of imitation Jewelry to his
Intelligent pupil, "you first must be sure
that your paste Is of the proper con
sistency." "I see," quoth the apt scholar; "con
sistency la a Jewel!" Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"We want a man for our Information
bureau," said the manager, "but he must
be one who can answer all sorts of ques
tions and not lose his head."
"That's me," replied the applicant. "I'm
the father of eight children. Philadelphia
Ledger. ,
"Onion socials?" said Miss De Mulr.
"What are they? I never heard of them
before." ,
"One of the girls eats an onion," replied
young Spoonamore, "and the young men
trv to find out which girl It Is."
"How do they try to find out?"
"Why, In this "
"How dare you. sir!" Philadelphia Press.
WINTER.
Bayard Taylor.
The valley stream Is frozen.
The hills cold and bare.
And the wild white beee of winter
Swarm In the darkened air.
I look on the naked forest.
Was it ever green in June?
Did It burn with gold and crimson
In the dim autumnal moon?
I look on the barren meadow,
Was it ever heaped with hay?
Did it hide the grassy cottage
Where the skylarks1 children playT
I look on the desolate garden,
Is It true the rose was there?
And the woodbine s murky blossoms,
And the hyacinth' purple hair?
I look on my heart and marvel
If love were ever It own
If the spring of promise brightened,
And the summer of paasluii shone.
Is the stem of the bllns but withered.
And tli root survives tha blaxt?
Are the seeds of the future sleeping
Under the leave of the past?
Ah. yes; for a thousand Aprils
The frozen germ shall grow.
And the dews of a thousand summers
Wait in the womb of the snow!
Put an Alkock's Piaster high
up on the chest. It won't cure
you in a minute, but keep it
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on a reasonaDie lengin or
time and you wiH feel the
beneficial results.
For the aching bach
after a Grippy Cold,
nothing will benefit
you as much as an
Alkock's Porous Plaster. .
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genuine porou plaster.
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