THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: THUKHDAY, FERTUTAKY 11, 1904."""
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(Seal.) Notary Public.
In J. B. DltiHinore to be the Ed llocli
of Nebraska? . . . ,
The council committee uu paving la
divided by the rulo of three.
Ilusslnn putrlotlsm does not evidently
extend to itmlntiilnliih' prices on the
stock market.,
i
Secretary Hay's note to France evi
dently expoHed the head of a Sencgntn
blfln In the fuel.
Russian Irls await the return of the
Muscovite HoliKon who sunk the ships
la Chemulpo hhrbor.
To Judge by the noise it Is making
Japan Is sincere In its announced de
al re to awakeir' China.
Thoughts of The JIague tribunal can
not be read between the Hues of the
ttar's. declaration of tvar. J;
f.Thei United fltates adds Insult to pos
sible Injury by sending the training
hips to make the IomInicans be good.
The Inventory now being taken by
the water works company appraisers Is
2-o miles long and from six to twenty-
four inches wide.
If Russia can contrive to have suffi
cient of its army captured early in the
war it can bankrupt its enemy by com
polling It to feed the prisoners.
From present Indications French neu
trality bears a strong resemblance to
the kind the British exhibited in the
early days of the American civil Mar.
The American public must prepare
itself for some of the hgrrors of war,
The magazine writers armed with ko
daks are marching to the seat of war.
Not satisfied with a reputation as a
humorists, J. Adam Bede, the Minne
ota congressman, dvsires to be respon
sible for a dime juuseum to be managed
. by Cole, lounger.
With three democratic candidates for
mayor in the open field and half a dozen
. dark horses In training. South Omaha
democrats appear to be as harmonious
as Kilkenny rats.
It Is a very poor yellow that does not
keep a Intgs collection of battleship and
naval battle cuts in storage for install
taneous use to . substantiate the clulm
that it artists are always on the spot
The tlty building Inspector promises
to be In evidence in the reconstruction
of Baltimore's bnsinpRB district lt.im
more now. has the chance of a centurv
to make a modern and model city on
ine rums or its past activity.
" Iowa retail grocers want a law enacted
that will retiuire all baa-els and ca
containing bensiue and gasoline on sale
In the Hawkeye state to be painted red.
, How the use of red paint will prevent
explosions lias not yet been explained.
The Real Estate exchange is doing
well in keeping up the campaign for
tax reform, but the exchange should be
reinforced by a taxpayers' league to
protect the city and county from tax
eaters and lawless raids upon the
treasury: .
s Eight years ago Nebraska was plus
tered all over with New England uioit
gages. Now the surplus lu the per
tnanent school fund is being Invested lu
Massachusetts 34 pw cent state bond
'nd the farmer's surplus on deposit in
Nebraska banks Is being loaned to New
York aud New England banks.
Nebraska retail hardware dealers ha
organised and combined to protect the
elves gainst illegitimate competition,
whatever that may mean. In the mea
time the unorganized and uncowblncd
users of hardware are left at the tender
tuercy of the legitimate and lllegrhmate
fiomblaea that ait after their money
For many years' Russia and Russia's
polity lias boMi the subject of more or
Irss debate by miMhists, with the un-
srying conclusion that the Muscovite
as not kept step with other peoples lu
the advance of civilization. No mutter
what outward show may have been
Hide, the hollowness of the Hussiuii
pretense has been proven again and
gain. The governing class of the
country has put on a thin veneer of
ultufe, but the great mass of the popu
lation Is still steeped In Ignorance that
belongs to the dark ages. Free though't
nd free speech are absolutely sup
pressed, and iMipular education as we
understand the term in America Is in-
nown. Serfdom was abolished forty-
three years ago by the grandfather or
the present cz.ar, but the advance of
the condition of the people has been
so slight that It may scarcely be said
to exist. Not only Is this a source of de
cided weakness to the czar's government.
but the policy that has been pursued in'
callng with other peoples who have
been taken Into the empire lsns not been
more productive of good. Poland's dis
memberment is still easily recalled and
desperate efforts by the Itussinn
government to stippress the Tollsh na
tional feeling are still being made. The
fforf to absorb Finland Is more recent,
while the course pursued by Russia In
Asia has been directly In line with Its
ourse In Europe. The treatment of
the, Jews Is another evidence of the
unhealthy conditions of the czar's do
mains Internally.
It is Impossible that a patriotic na
tional feeling can exist under such clr-
umstances. Ixwe of country is unknown
in Kussla, and the assertions of the
official press of St. Petersburg that
1.10,000.000 of Russian hearts are beat
ing in unison with indignation at the
Japanese course Is simply rubbish.
More than half the entire population of
liusNla may be Bafely counted as op
posed to the government and held In
ubjectlon by force. The army Is an
rmy of conscripts, not of patriots, and
Is oIHcered by a governing class hav
ing nothing in common wjth the rank
nd file, , .
On the contrary, Japan is entitled to
place among the enlightened nations
of the earth. Its government Is con-
tltutlonal, its parliament being elected
by a poiHiIar vote, with a manhood
franchise, and Its people are united as
they never were before. The numeri-
al odds are all in favor of Russia, but
the advantage of morale in fighting
forces and popular support Is entirely
on the side of Japan In the present war.
LCSSOfIS VF THE DALTlMOltr FIX.
The most Impressive lesson of the
Baltimore fire is that the best fire fight
ing apparatus and the best organized
fcyree of fire fighters can make very little
headway against a general conflagration
even when the supply of water Is abun
dant, . More . than 100 flro companies,
equipped with the most modern tire ex
tinguishing apparatus and commanded
by experienced tire chiefs, wero unable
to cope with the tire until It had very
nearly worn Itself out.
The Baltimore tire has also furnished
a - valuable practical test of fire-proof
construction. It has shown conclusively
that there is a wide line of demarkation
between genuine lire-proof construction
and sham fire-proof construction. The
few really tire-proof structures and all
the vaults properly constructed with
stood the terrible heat blast, while sham
fire-proo buildings melted down like
snow on a hot day.
The owners of buildings who want to
get the largest income out of their
money frequently delude themselves
with the idea that a veneering of stone
or terra cotta on the outside of a build
ing and the use of fire-tile partitions and
tiling resting on wooden Joists covered
by board flooring will resist fire Just as
well as a solid wall, steel-beam building
carrying steel Joists and concrete arches.
This notion has been exploded by the
Baltimore fire, as It had by destructive
fires in other cities. So-called semi-fire
proof construction Is very little better
In a great fire than regular fire-trap con
Btructlon. In other words, a fire-proof
building must be built of fire proof ma
terlal from the basement to the top of
the roof, inside and out
Another lesson of the Baltimore fire
Is the Imperative necessity for a system
of underground conduits for all tele
graph, telephone and electric light wires.
and the substitution of the underground
for the overhead trolley, at least In the
business center, and particularly on nar
row streets.
THt 8 Jit TU VOMISUO 'I HUVHI.K.
Insurrection has prevailed for some
time In Santo Domingo and the situation
ha 8 Imperilled foreign Interests, which
It appears look to our government for
protection. The condition of affairs has
been under consideration at Washington
and Jbe recent shooting by the insur
gents of an American Bailor has of
course Intensified interest In the sltua
tion, since It culls for action on the part
of the government looking to reparation,
The Navy department hus ordered
cruisers to Dominican waters, but Just
how reparation is to be obtained has
uot yet been determined. Meanwhile it
Is stated that the German government
has nearly reached the limit of its pa
tleuce iu deullng with Sunto Domingo
aud the British and French governments
show equal impatience with affairs
there. The Interests of their citizens in
the Island are suffering aud those gov
ernments feel thut the United States is
not meeting the obligations placed upon
It by the Monroe doctrine, though It is
not quite apparent how that doctrine ap
plies to the case.
Manifestly, however, something will
have to be done by our government to
restore peace and order lu Santo Do-
mlugo, or foreign governments will take
steps to protect the interests of their
citizens there which might prove Irrita
ting. It has Ihh'u suggested that the
Uulted States estubllsh a protectorate
over Bauto Domingo and undoubtedly
some of the people of the Island, particu
larly the foreign element, would wel
come this, but such a course would be
of questionable expediency. It has also
been urged that we should annex the
Island, but this is hardly to be taken
seriously. AVe have already qnlte
enough possessions of this kind. The
Dominicans are certainly in need of
some vigorous discipline and this we
may 'have to give them, but we have
no use for their country as a part of
our territory.
ASKina PHUTtcTion fur chisa.
The attitude of the United States in
regard to China was stated nearly four
years ago in the note of our govern
ment to the lowers, at the time of the
liwxer outbreak, urging that the ter
ritorial integrity of the Chinese eiypire
should be preserved. The position then
taken by the United States wus ucqui
esced in by the powers, though rather
reluctantly on the part of some of them,
and undoubtedly suved Chlmi from a
urge loss of territory and possible dis
memberment. It averted, complications
and smoothed the way to negotiations
which resulted satisfactorily to all the
nations concerned.
With the opening of hostilities in the
Tar east our government has again ap
pealed to the powers in behalf of China,
urging that the neutrality and Integ
rity of that empire be recognized by
Russia aud Japan. This timely action
Is likely, it Is said, to be favorably con
sidered by the jtowerS addressed and if
so may exert a considerable Influence
upon the nations at war, Russia par
ticularly. It is well understood that the
aim of that power is not only to keep
us noiu upon aiancnuria, Dut to extenu
Its territorial domination in China and
it is not to be doubted that it will en
deavor to do this if successful in the
war, unless Interfered with by other
powers. As to Japan there is no reason
to believe that she has any' desire for
the acquisition of Chinese territory.
She wanted it after her war with China
and was not permitted to have it and
Japan now fully understands that she
cannot absorb Chinese territory. Her
purpose in making war is to dislodge
Russia from Manchuria and to safe
guard her Interests in Corea, imperilled
by the presence of Russia in the Chl
neso province. Hence Japan will doubt
less readily agree to recognize the neti-
rolity aud integrity of China. As to
Russia, however, pressure may be neces
sary and tills Is contemplated in the
note of our government asking the pow-
rs to Join in notifying the hostile na
tions that the neutrality of China and
Its territorial integrity must be recog
nized. If the powers should accede to this
suggestion the effect upon Russia would
undoubtedly be somewhot depressing,
even should it not go so fur as to apply
to Manchuria. If it embraces that ter
ritory the effect of the acquiescence of
tfie powers nddressod by the United
States would be to cause Russia to
feel that she would be loser whatever
the outcome of the war, for if not per
mitted to control Manchuria and make
it absolutely Russian territory there
would be nothing for her in victory but
such money indemnity as she might ob
tain from Japan.
The action Of our State department
will be heartily approved by the Ameri
can people nnd if it shall have the re
sult hoped for will be another signal
dlplomntic success for this country. It
Is said that It contemplates restrict
ing hostilities to the far east and as it
is undersfood that all the European
powers desire this, it would seem the
American note should commend, itself
to their favor. The response of the
powers will be awaited with 'world
wide interest.
The Ink had scarcely dried on the
ordinance by which the city taxes were
Increased (50 per cent over last year
when the reign of extravagance and
wastefulness, stimulated by the prospect
of n large surplus in the city treasury,
broke loose in the shape of increased
clerical salaries and orders for addi
tional electric lamps and gas lamps. It
Is safe to predict that this gait will be
kepf up from now on to the end of the
year, even if a big overlap is to lie
created again nnd another issue of re
funding bonds should be forced upon the
city.
The bond of cympathy becomes more
evident. Following Mr. Bryan's de
cision not to discuss presidential possi
bilities comes the demand of the leader
of Tumrnany that the New York dele
gation ' to the national convention go
unlnstructed. The star-eyed goddess
again demands attention from the sage
of Louisville.
Why not put an end to the Jangle
over paving specifications by allowing
every contractor to make his own speci
fications, appoint his own inspectors,
make Ills own measurements, certify to
his own vouchers, issue his, own war
rants and make it imperative on the
treasurer to cash these warrants at
sight
Mornlnif Calm Storm Rent.
Detroit Free Press.
If Corea k Is provided with such a thing
as a cyclone cave, now Is the time for its
people to crawl In and arrange for under
ground housekeeping.
Was Some Solon Slighted.
Chicago Post.
The Iowa legislature has under consid
eration another anti-railway pats bill. And
we may safely hazard the guess that It Is
as much anti-pass now as It ever will be.
Standard Oellahts.
New York World.
Standard OH Is said to have cornered
sbt'stos. There are two sorts of things
Mr. Rockefeller delights to monopolism
those that will burn and thoie that won't.
' They Onht to Know.
Chicago Chronicle.
Some people are exprrs-lng horror at the
reoiwnlng of the Iroquois theater as a r'ay
holme. But so far as safety in couo med
it ought after alteration to be the safest
theater in the city. It le known now ex
actly what Is needed to make it safe, said
that Is more than can be said of any other
theater. The proprietors will not trust to
the building commissioner and Inspectors
the next time.
Symptom of Relarnlna Sanity,
Washington Post.
Pome eminent democratic leaders have
about decided to quit looking tor some
republican who can defeat' President
Roosevelt for the nomination and will try
to find some democrat who can be nomi
nated over Bryan's protest.
Sla-alflpant Incident.
Springfield Republican.
Porto Rico was pushed along another
step toward statehood in the American
union yesterday in the house, when Its
deleg-ate wus put upon the same footing
as delegates from the regular organized
territories and admitted to a voice In the
house proceedings. The unanimity and
heartiness with which this was done are
of great significance. The Idea of grafting
a colonial system onto the republic ta evi
dently not growing In popularity at Wash
ington. Rainbow t'haslnsj In the West.
Philadelphia Record.
There are not wanting Indications that
the democrats of New York will not be able
to agree upon any citizen of that state as
their unanimous choice for the presidency.
In that event It will be wise policy to look
elsewhere. There Is no dearth of suitable
presidential timber outside the Empire
State. As New York will undoubtedly fur
nish the republican standard-bearer, it may
be a point of desirable strategy to select a
strong democratic candidate from one of
the western states.
Roosevelt Is Not m. Quitter.
Baltimore American.
The country will receive with pleasure
tho assurance that Theodore Roosevelt has
not turned "quitter;" that he Is still the
capable and determined antagonist of capi
tal In hurtful and restrictive combinations.
Thit he Is the man the country wants
and needs at this time. Proof that Mr.
Roosevelt Is that man will inure to his own
and his party's advantage In the ap
proaching contest; but what a narrow es
cape the president had from fatal Injury at
the hands of fool friends!
I.ooklnK for a Scrap,
Portland Oregonlan.
"Fighting Bob" Evans Informs the Navy
department that the worst drawback to
discipline In his command has been the ex
cessive use of alcoholic drinks. To remedy
this he recommends the establishment of
canteens In the navy, where beer and light
wines may be sold 1 to the men. Evans
was always credited with a strong desire
to stir up a row, and with this suggestion
he will probably succeed. There are large
numbers of people throughout the land who
are so well equipped with misinformation
and immature knowledge regarding the
sailor and the soldier that they will be
shocked by the proposal, and they will
proceed to communicate the shock to the
department. , The loudest complaint regard
ing sailor abuses Is always heard from
those who know nothing of ships and the
sea. The protests against the canteen have
likewise emanated from people whose
knowledge of spirituous liquors Is gener
ally confined to unexplalnable dislike for
them, notwithstanding their usefulness un
der certain conditions.
IV THE JAPS LOSE.
Capture Stricken from the Leslcoa
of the Kavy,
London Mall.
Despite the tessot"of the Boer war, the
Japanese did very W open order and ex
tended formation work In their last maneu
vers, but operated It?' solid masses as trim
and right angled as. though slipped with a
spirit level. When Field Marshal Marquis
Yamgata was asked if Japan would not
change its field tactics to suit the con
ditions of modern fighting, he replied:
"Japan will reveal its tactics in battle.
Be sure that they will be those necessary to
Insure victory."
This was not the self-confidence of the
unbeaten warrior, hut the expression of the
only spirit Japan knows, for it never con
siders defeat even as a gemote possibility.
On the sea officers and men are spoiling
for a fight. From the crews of the huge
Mlkasa and Its sister battle ships down to
the men on such craft as the Whlte-naped
Crane and the Dragon's lamp- torpedo
destroyers they are swearing by every
ancestor that, If let loose, they will sink or
capture each consonantly named Russian
warship In the Pacific, And do they not
contemplate a possible defeat? Yes, bat
capture no. Never will a Japanese ship,
high or low, go Into port a prize.
When the turrets are Jammed and the
big guns dumb, when the screws are still
and all defense Is dead and done, the men
chosen by lot before the beginning of action
will from their station in the heart of the
ship perform "the last full measure of de
votion" In exploding the magazines, and the
slxteen-petaled chrysanthemum on the im
perlal standard will go deep down in a
welter of blood and steam and smoke till,
"streaked with ash and sleeked with oil,
the lukewarm whirlpools close."
KISSIA AS A NAVAL POWER.
hips Poorly Manned by Country I.ads
Tbrouah Conscript System.
Cassler's Magazine.
An officer admitted to the writer, when
visiting on board a Russian battleship re
cently, that a large proportion of the men
are not sailors, but agricultural laborers
drawn- from Inland districts by the con
scriptlve system. They enter as young
men not, to be noted, as boys and serve
from five to seven years, and are then
passed into the reserve for a further period
of eight to ten years. From the fact that
these men come from inland provinces it
follows that they have not the love of the
sea in their veins, and from the fact that
Rusulals not an industrial nation, it also
follows that few of these men have any
mechanical knowledge. Consequently the
navy la manned with the roughest material,
men who have to learn everything and un
learn a great deal. '
' It is said that the standard of gunnery is
good, hut as no records of any kind are
published and the ships in Europe are In
full commission for only about half the
J year, and most of the ships In the far east
have been commissioned comparatively re
cently, such assurances must be received
with reservation. No doubt the men pos
sess a high standard of courage and Iron
nerves, but these qualities in modern naval
war cannot take the place of continuous
war training, winter and summer, which is
the program of the British and American
and German fleets.
Russia has the ships, it is building more
of them, and It has a personnel of 65,064. In
cluding many well trained officers of good
attainments, but what the fleet really rep
resents In naval power is a problem which
only war can solve. It may be that It will
be found, as seems probable, that while the
Russian authorities have been able to add
to the size of the fleet with marvelous
rapidity, they have been unable to supply
trained men. In these days, especially
where the aid of foreign yards Is Involved, It
la possible to obtain ships at short notice,
but trained officers and men cannot be so
quickly supplied.
I'nder the circumstances in which the
Russian fleet has been created there Is con
sequently good cause to wonder whether
It wllll prove In action as formidable as it
appears on paper.
ROOSEVELT ANO KEDRASKA.
Stuart Ledger: Nebraska Is solid for
Roosevelt. -
Rutte Qasotte: Roosevelt and Webster
will suit Nebraska republicans.
Arcadia Champion: Don't go to getting
fussy. Roosevelt will be safely nominated
and triumphantly elected ere the dawn of
19H5.
North Platte Tribune: The Webster
boom for the vice presidency Apparently
needs a little more enthusiasm to keep tt
sufficiently high In the air to avoid the
knobs of opposition which are springing up.
Kearney Hub: Ex-Senntor Thurston Is
credited with the remark that "Roosevelt
is a man whom everybody Is for. but
whom nobody wants." If the people of
Nebraska were taking Mr. Thurston se
riously these days they would probably
take this lemnrk very much to heart.
Kearney Hub: The temper of Buffalo
county republicans, as Indicated In the
draft of a constitution adopted by the
Roosevelt club, will not permit of any
trifling with the president's candidacy, and
It Is also truo that this sentiment prevails
throughout the entire state. There Is a
mlshty earnestness nbout the Roosevelt
sentiment such as has never before been
witnessed In Nebraska preceding a na
tional convention.
Johnson County Journal (dem.): About
forty dyed-ln-the-wool republicans met at
the court house Monday evening to or
ganize a Roosevelt qlub. We understand
that the selection of officers for the club
was deferred and the meeting adjourned
subject to the call of the chairman. The
fever of organizing Roosevelt clubs seems
to be more prevnlent In Nebraska than
In any state In the union, and this Is said
to be caused by the combined work of the
federal officeholders, supplemented by the
Influence of Governor Mickey. It Is very
likely that the name of th club will have
to be changed during the summer to the
Hanna, Taft or some other club but what's
In the name the boys don't care.
Nebraska City Tribune: The crocodile
has wiped away his tears and Is now ar
ranging to eat the victim, boots, spurs
and suspenders. For many weary months
the popullstlc World-Herald has "viewed
with alarm" the probability that the trusts
and Wall street promoters of bottomless
booms were about to devour Theodore
Roosevelt blood raw. The W.-II. has shed
copious and . bitter tears that so
good and great a man should fall afoul of
so untoward a fate but that was Chapter I.
Now comes Chapter II. Suddenly the
W.-H. observes that the plutocrats and
stock Jobbers are all back of Theodore
Roosevelt and want him for president, and
It Is safe to say that Theodore Roosevelt
from now on to election day will receive
the full broadside fire of the World-Herald
mud battery. Chapter I was promulgated
to lay a foundation for Chapter II, which
will be Iterated and reiterated through all
the ringing changes of the World-Herald
Imagination. Rut It won't deceive any
bodynot this year. As a copper riveted
yellow fake the World-Herlad has long
worn the championship belt and no one
but "pop" officeholders are subject to Its
wiles and perennial deceit.
PEHSU3AL NOTES.
When young John Rockefeller succeeds
to his father's business cares, that Bible
class will be expecting pointers on other
things than paradise.
Little surprise should be excited by the
announcement from Cannda that J. P.
Morgan Is skillful on snowshoes. There is
a difference of only one letter between tho
ski-game and the1 skin-game.
Emprror William has conferred the title
of ' professor on Helnrlch Gruenfeld. tho
violoncellist, who was recently in tho
United States, and'" has thanked him for
the privilege of hearing him play during
his recent illness.
Miss Mary Belle Flemington of Ellens
dale, N. D., the girl who -was selected by
James J. Hill to christen the great steamer
Dakota at Grotoh, Conn., the other day,
is barely 17 years old, but Bhe weighs 1
pounds and stands six feet 2 Inches in her
slippers.
Sir Graham Berry, who has Just died In
England, was the Insplrer of Tennyson'a
stirring poem, "The Fleet." He read a
paper In lSdrt before the Royal Colonial In
stitute, In which he appealed for a strong
imperial navy, and a few days afterward
Tennyson's poem appeared.
Dr. Herr of Lelpslc. Germany, Is In Wash
ington. He Is In this country making a
study of reform schools and reformatories.
After a thorough study of American re
form schools he will return to Germany
and make a report to the government,
using his observations as a basis for
recommendations.
John Jackson, a fellow of the Royal
Geographical society, Is In New York after
completing a Journey of 7.000 miles through
the leper settlements of India, during
which time he mingled with the stricken
people and met Miss Mary Reed, the
American missionary who has devoted her
life to them.
A certain congressman from Ohio Is noted
by his colleagues for smoking the most
villainous brand of stogies it has ever been
their hard luck to smell. One ' day last
week he made a singularly dry speech, dis
cussing the duty on Philippine hemp. After
he had talked half an hour a bored member
In one of the near seats said disgustedly:
"What the dickens does he know about
hemp?" "Knows all about," growled the
equally disgusted man addressed. "Dod
gast him, that's what he smokes."
PREVALENT 81 1'JCHSTITIONS.
Crednlons People Multiplying; at an
Aniline Rate.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
An entertaining lecture, delivered the
other day In New York by Rev. Dr. Joseph
McMahon, on the growth of superstition,
would surprise the ordinary reader even
by the title, were It not for the evidence
which every day is brought to the senses
that there Is a wonderful amount of the
crudest kind of superstition all around us.
We live In a highly organized civilization,
and right in the midst of It there Is an
other world which, at times as In the
case of the Hossey trial, in this city Is
brought to the surface and displayed to
the wonderment of the public. (
There Is a mysterious child's world
which" the modern psychologists and
students of Juvenile affairs are now trying
to explore with more or less success. It
has a totally different logic from ours. In
the same way there is a different order of
Intellects which cling to the supustltions
of dark ages. There Is' something mys
terious in the human mind which makes
It look beyond itself, and when faith
crumbles, as Ir. McMahon says, there are
a vast number who go back to something,
if only to palmistry, fortune-telling, clair
voyance and all the humbug sustained by
the cunning technique of Ingenious fraud.
Thousands of respectable and presum
ably Intelligent people In every city where
humbug la supposed to-be dissipated by the
white light of intelligence and knowledge
have recourse to the advertising fortune
tellers. And we all have our mysterious
superstitions which we should check and
frown upon and never tell about lest the
more foolish may be encouraged. How
many people disregard wholly the number
thirteen or Friday? In the city streets
patrlarchlal-looklng scholars fear to count
the carriages In a funeral procession and
dread to cross between them; nobody spills
salt If 11 can be avoided, snd "every col
lege girl makes a wish when she secS s
load of hay.
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR
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IT IS A MATTER OF HEALTH
nOIND ABOIT NEW YORK,
Ripples on the Current of Life In the
Metropolis.
Both the ultra good and the sporting
elements of New York are beinjr treated
to a continuous surprise by the Tammany
government. Affairs are not conducted as
the prophets predicted nnd hoped for.
Adherents of the rarhlu.rst Idea of gov
ernment declared In advrnce that the town
would be wide open from the Battery to
Harlem. The sports confidently neileved
the prophecy would be fulfilled. Both are
disappointed the first agreeably so. the
latter painfully shocked. Even that stickler
for good government. District Attorney
Jerome, places the seal of his approval on
Tammany. New York Is as nearly closed
up as it ever has been or Is ever likely
to be. The prophecies of evil so freely
mndo before the election have not ben
fulfilled. Mr. Jerome was one of the most
dismal of the ante-electlon prophets, but
now he gracefully admits that he was In
error. "There will always be tome gambling
In a citylike New York," he says, "but I
think we have now reached the Irreducible
minimum."
There Is consternation In Chinatown and
throughout the lower east side because
Chuck Conr.ers, mayor of the Mongolian
settlement, he announced his positive In
tention to quit Now York and move to
Jersey. "Hoboken for mine." says Mayor
Chuck. "This town Is on the lallapazaa."
His honor's disgust assumed Its present
acute form when he visited the Arlon ball
at Madison Square Garden the other night.
That anual event has hitherto been the
occasion for the getting together of about
all the hllarlousness in town. The fun
usually begins at midnight and lasts until
the winter sun rises and scares the revelers
home. But this year Chuck found It
dull. "I went dere," he reports, "and
found It as quiet as a strawberry festival In
Orange. Dere ain't no more sports nor
swells In New York. Dere ain't no more
Tenderloin. Me for Hoboken. Me and me
bundle (wife) Is going to get a nice little
dump over the river and raise chickens."
And thus passes from sight one of the
Institutions of New York that is, if Chuck
really goes. ,
,
A young naval officer returned recently
from the Euronean station
and brought several odd bits of furniture
which he had picked up in a small snop
In Portsmouth, England. One of the ptoces
was a folding table, antique, and conse
quently somewhat vorn. It was much ad
mired, and the price he paid for It, .V was
considered amazingly small. One day he
showed it to a dealer with a request for
a valuation of It, and Information as to its
age. make, and the like. In tho course of
the examination the dealer looked at the
under sldo of one of the drawers and
found thereon a somewhat blurted paper
label. When this was Inspected close to
the light these letters were readily dls
cernable. They were:
"GR-ND RAPID-MICHI "
The largest tips paid any place In the
world are given In that territory bounded
by Thirty-third and Forty-second streets
along Broadway and Fifth nvenue. Here
the world-wide rulo of 10 per cent on ,the
cost of orders Is thrown to the winds.
Luncheon parties of two are expected to
disgorge at least 30 cents for a tip and 50
cents never surprises a waiter. This prac
tice has led to a peculiar Internal condition
In the big restaurants and hotels. The
waiters are themselves "hold up" by the
other attaches. The oyster man must be
tipped, the "bus" or extra waiter must
have his bit. the chef must be "seen"
weekly and the order cook always de
mands a share of the spoils. This cuts
the waiter'sprofits from tips almost In
half. This tipping system operates In an
other peculiar way. The proprietors fix
wages according to the chances his em
ployes have for gratuities. Where tips are
high wages are low.
The great house of the late W. C.
Whitney, on Fifth avenue at Sixty-eight
street, optoslto Central Park, was finished
about four years ago. It Is one of tho
most costly houses In New York City, and
contains pictures and furnishings of great
value.
The music-room in Mr. Whitney's house
Is composed of fine, richly carved panels
of oak gilt, and was formerly the property
of Phoebus U'Albert, Baron de Tours, field
Marshal of France and governor of the
Guyenne province, who was a chevalier
the time of Louis XIV. Ills castle was near
Bordeaux; thence the salon, which is the
music room In the Whitney residence, was
transferred In the time of Louis Philippe
to Paris, where it was purchased by Mr.
Whitney's agent. The ceiling Is decorated
with a large painting, and on the walls
are hung costly works of art and rare
tapestries. One piece of tapestry by
v
Ay
Makes the hair grow because it is a hair-food.
It feeds the hair and the hair grows, that's all
there is to it. It stops falling of the hair, also,
and keeps the scalp clean and healthy. And
it always restores color to gray hair, always,
all the rich, healthy
gl.OS kettle, AUeracslMe.
Bonciil and a pointing by sir Joshua
Reynolds are among the prominent pieces.
A corridor leads from the music- room
to the grand hall, which Is ono of the beau
tiful features of the house. This is all
antique Inlaid work, and bears the name
of the urtlst, "Francisco Orlandlnl, Verona,
15-17," Tills pasxagewaT' Is lighted by
antique chandeliers formed out of stag
horns and carved metal, and Is furnished
with chairs of the time of tho woodwork.
Among the works of art which are dis
tributed nbout the house are "The Sower,"
by Millet; "Tho Knitting Qui," by Hopner;
a portrait of Ouetano; two large panels by
John Ii Farge; a portrait of William do
Villers, Vlcomte Grandlsson, by Van
Dyck, said by Hermann Schaus of the
Bchnus Art gallery to be the highest
priced picture ever Imported to this
country, and reported to have cost Mr.
Whitney
Tho receipts of tho New York police
pension fund for 1U03 amounted to t.
036,880. The amount disbursed from the-'
fund In pensions was $1,075,999, and the
refunds for sick pay, fines remitted, and
the like, were $20,099. The deficit In the
fund amounted to $59,217. This was paid
from the capital of the fund, leaving It at
$-"-'7,2v2. During the year 193 officers were
retired on ponslons aggregating $155,550
annually, and seventy-four widows were
placed on tho list At the close of the
year there were 1,231 retired officers, 872
widows and 1C1 children on the pension
rolls. The not Increase In the fund's an
nual liability during the year was $119,
irlF, and abnormal growth, due to the
numerous retirements ordered by Mayor
Low's commissioner. The fund's capital
la invested entirely In city and town bonds,
except $12,OU0, which Is In West Shore rail
road 4 per cent bunds.
Mayor McClcllan does not believe that
the word "obey" should le used In the
marriago ceremony. In officiating at a
wedding at the city hall the other day
the mayor declined to impose an Injunc
tion upon the bride to obey her husband,
and after Joining his second pair In wed
lock today ho gave his reasons for omitting
the "oliey." lie says it is obsolete, Just
as obsolete as the other ancient vow. "With
all my worldly goods I tliee endow."
Neither Is l binding In law. It has been
so decided in the English courts.
"Of course," said the mayor. "I have
no objection to the bride promising eter
nal obedience if sho so desires, and wero
I requested to Insert the word "obey" I
would comply; but I find a remarkable
unanimity of opinion the other way."
FLASHES OF FIN.
"What wo want to do," said one Corean,
"Is to remain perfectly neutral."
"Yes." answered the other; "that's what
we want to do. But the question Is what
do tho other people want us to do?"
Washington Star.
"Major Rye takes a little canter evory
morning after tho breakfast."
"Yes, and a little decanter every evening
after dinner." Princeton Tiger.
"Our now company is capitalized at $(0,i
OOn.Oin)."
Ureal. Let me see your prospectus."
"Oh, we haven't got out a prosiectus yet,
The er the darned printer wants his pay
in advance." Puck. i
"A man cannot always expect to be com
pensated In proportion to his Individual
merits," said the philosopher.
"No," answered Senator Sorghum. "SoniV
people are lucky enough to live so far
away that they can draw twenty or thirty
times as much mileage as others." Wash
ington Star.
"Well, he doesn't have to work hard,
that's certain."
"How do you know?"
"Because he gets a big salary." Dotrolt
Free 1'ress.
The pessimist thet growls thet he
Finds life all dark an' holler,
Is nl'ays mighty quick ter see
The bright sld of a dollar.
Philadelphia Press.
LATEST WAR BEl'ORTS.
New York Globe.
Berlin , .
"Pis rumored that Count Muscovtoh
Will go to l'umpernlkellch
To talk with General HubberneckskL
Who will preceed to TchrantkotechskL
Tort Said
The Russian armored syllable boat,
The Bhizea ways ndbattlek In
(The ptmngest naval name afloat),
Is soon hostilities to begin.
The Jh w-deslrover Kekkultrha,
Is sailing fur Manchooriu.
Toklo , ,
This afternoon Count Oklahoma,
While taking notes from Fujiyama,
S iw something through the water slh
That seemed n Kiiinn battleship.
He's trying to report the same.
But no one pronounce the name.
Tort Arthur
Adnilrnl Hangoff's battleshlpskl.
The snlemlid Alexanderlpskl,
This morning met itn accident
That much expensive damage meant.
Her lirst three itylltiblcs exploded
Bang didn't know the name was loaded
Hair Viqor
have used AVer's Hair Vigor, off
on, for twenty years. I know it will
ill that is claimed for it. and even
more." Key. V. C. Hunt, Houston,
Texas.
color of early life
I. O. aver Oe.. LeweU, sfses.