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Morning, Evening and Bunday Fee printed during the month of January, lH-wai as follows: 1 2).2M t 27.140 4 no.lio 1 20.TOO 2.nto t S9I.T40 t 2,4.10 1 2n,42 17 241,400 I'.'. 2H.TOO 19.,..; 2H,Hr.0 21)!! 20.400 21 28,730 3 28,770 23 2,OSO 4 24),22 9.. 28,270 10 941,70(1 Jl 2K.OTO II 2H.02O IS 21.4rtO 14 2N.0OO is ao.mo U 2H.170 2 2,')Ho irt 2,4B4 28 20,170 29 2H.74JO 80 20.O10 31 241,205 Total .' 803.15B Lees unsold and returned Copies.... ,817 Net total sales ;...HH3,30H Net average rales 2S.40.1 OEO. D. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed .in my presence and sworn to before me mis u day or r enrt'ary,' a. u. 1M. 1 M. B. HUNGATB, (Seal.) Notary Public These Russian reverses must be tonic to the "sick man of Europe." 1 a Omaha's Jubilee year promises to be record breaker in the building line. No wonder the Russians were not prepared for war. The first day of February Just reached St. Petersburg this 'morning. What is the use of having charter limitations upon taxation if they can be overridden by the 'municipal offi cials at pleasure? The Panama spouters have pretty nearly spouted themselves out of breath and the coming week will witness final action on the treaty. Because they could not agree upon his platform Mr. Bryan evidently thinks the. eastern, leaders of the democracy cannot agree on anything. Quartermaster General Test has vrn lltnbered bis Quaker guns and Chan cellor Andrews might Just as well throw up bis bands and capitulate. If these volcanic Americans around the equator do not keep quiet Uncle Sam may not have enough warships In borne waters to watch all interesting points. i The Anglo-Saxons may prklo them selves upon being the dominant race, but the Slavs are now occupying the center of the stage from Prague to the Yellow sea. . Massachusetts courts may be a littlo slow, but when they do Issue injunctions they cover the entire ground, as the printers who have been forbidden to pay strike benefits now 'understand. Nebraskans will not be alarmed at the report that the vault In the secre tary of state's office Is uusafe for rec ords. That same vault has hitherto, proven its inability to preserve funds. Colonel Bryan offers 600 10 to 1 sliver dollars to five democratic dallies for a platform on which all democrats can stand, or rather straddle, but the propo sition la Hot likely to be taken seriously, When the ocean cables are out of order and those thousands of miles across the Pacific oceuu are not yet spanned by Marconi, reliable war news is not on tap each hour of the day und night i ' It might be cheaper to pay Queen Lllluokalnnl $200,000 for her question able interest in Hawaii than to waste the time of congress each year consid ering the matter "and deciding not to pay It If the Japanese and Russians meet npon tho Vain, Japan will have to main tain Its present reputation on that his toric river, for it was there that the most important battle of the war with China was fought and won. Tbjrty-sl states are represented In the thirty-sixth annual convention of the National American Woman's Suf- fragc association, now in session at Washington, and thirty-six reasons will be presented to congress in favor of a sexless amendment for the federal con stitution, but there Is grave doubt whether thirty-six rongressmvn can be found to vote for the proposed reform. Senator Morgan, was too hoarse to apeak yesterday, but would not let a little thing like that interfere with an attack upon .the administration, so he wrote bis speech and let Senator Car- mack read it. It is not believed that the combined attack produced any effect upon the result of the vote to be taken, as the republicans will rote for the measure as a matter of principle, while a number of democrats wllf vote with them because their constituents will not yeruilt them to do otherwise. t.irimn Balkan uvtrhkak. It was pointed out lrforf the- out break of hostilities between Russia and .Japnn thnt in tlio event .of war hot worn tlioso rflMitis tliore wnnhl vory likely be a ronownl of disturbance In the Halknn states nnd thl Is now thrrnt- cued. Yesterday's dispatches reported thnt there wag fenr in Constantinople of a collision between Turkey and Bul garia and there are indications that active preparations are being made in the llnlknn region for revolt against the rule of Turkey. Russia seems likely, 'under existing conditions, to lose her Influence in the Balkans as one of the costs of the war with Japan, particularly in the event of the latter gaining a decisive advan tage. Lnnt year KushIa Joined with Austria to put an end to the Balkan revolutionary movement, after exacting from Turkey promises of certain re forms. Those reforms have not been carried out and the revolutionary ele ments have been waiting an opportu nity to break out again. Itussia nnd Austria hold the'balance of power there and ench is interested in maintaining Its sphere of influence. The Russian government will be unable to give its attention to the suppression of the ex pected revolution, so it will devolve upon Austria to maintain peace. Just what course that country would pur sue cannot lie definitely predicted, but In the opinion of some site might un dertake to crowd Itussia out of the Balkans and assume entire control there. At all events, the war in the far east Is regarded in Europe as affording an opportunity to the people of the Balkans lo mnkg a determined effort to liberate themselves from Turkish rule, under the operation of which they have had a most bitter experience, and there is rea son to believe that they will avail them selves of the chance that is now offered There Is thus presented the possibility of a conflict in tin! very center of Eu rope that would have nn interest for the world hardly less than the war In east ern Asia.' If once begun there is no doubt; that it would be a protracted and bitter struggle, the outcome of which would doubtless make very iin portant changes In the mnp of Europe and in the relations of the powers. It Is among the possibilities that such a con filet woflld result in the dismemberment of the Turkish empire and if not that It would certainly very materially re duce the power of Turkey in European affairs. The accomplishment of this would be worth all ;that a, war would cost, since it would be a most important advantage to the cause of civilization and progress in the region now -under Turkish domination. HUUM FOR blURt. The Wall Street Journal takes a prac tical and common sense view of the immigration question. It points out that this country, with an area nearly equal to that of Europe, lias capacity for a population of 320,000,000. Since 18'JO the total number of Immigrants who have come to' our snores Is 21,7r,8,l uw, an lnsignincant numuer compared fith the country's capacity. " ' "This country needs men," says that paper. 'The time has not yet arrived when it can afford to shut its doors against the Immigrant. Those wjio would like to do so are at heart monopolists. The- question of immigration should be con sidered only from the standpoint of ex cluding criminals, diseased persons- and paupers. Otherwise every measure should be taken to encourage immigra tion nnd the laws on the subject should be administered In a broad nnd catholic spirit.' This is the sound and sensible position and it is not to be doubted that it re flects the views of a large majority of our people.- The; opposition to immigra- tlon is largely due to the spirit of selfish ness or to unreasoning prejudice and we are confident that if all those who are thus actuated could be counted they would be found to constitute a very small minority of the people. There is room for niany minions more workers in this land and every contribution of able-bodied and Industrious men from abroad is a valuable addition to the population in increasing the means for the development of our resources and augmenting the' national wealth. KXCtSSlVK IIURROWIXGS. The New York Journal of Commerce, in a suggestive article, observes that one of the recognized causes of commercial or industrial crises, to be inevitably fol lowed by periods of depression, is the continuous absorption of capital in pro viding the means for increased produc tion the returns from which must neces sarily be postponed or be liable to sud den diminution. It points out that there have beeu two tendencies in this country during the last year or two, one of which is certainly continuing, 'which carry the menace of the kind of overdoing that al ways results in a more or less sudden and severe reaction. One of these, tendencies, says that paper, lias been exhibited in the indus trial field and the other in that of in ternal transportation. "The former Is illustrated especially in the iron and "teel business and the reaction Is already seriously felt. Iron and steel plants and their auxiliaries were in creased In number and capacity to meet a greatly enlarged demand from rail roads and other sources, which could not be regarded as permanent on anything like the existing scale. I luring the period of expansion there was an enor mous absorption of actual capital, as well as an Inflation of securities to over load the investment market. High prices, labor troubles and tiie satlsfuc tlon of the pressing demand brought the inevitable reaction and today lrou and steel -are receiving in a relatively mild form the penalty of overdoing and the financial markets still feel the effect of its 'draft uin the capital resources of the country.' In regard to the tendency to overdo in the muklng of extension and Improve nients by the rnilronds, the Journal of Commerce observes that thoy nil seemed to bo required to provide for tho prow lug needs of transportation, but the ten dency- linn not ceased to operate and more nionoy to bo used In this direction Is ctlll being called for by the railroads. the fonnldablo total of more than fJM,- (kki.ihk) just now confronting the market for funds. Most of the capital thus re quired must be borrowed and will put Increased fixed charges upoi immediate earnings at a time when they show a tendency to diminish rather than to con tinue advancing. "In the sense that these outlays are to provide a future rather than a present or immediate earning power, and the new facilities can only bring returns after long delay, they may be classed In the category of overdoing so far as the financial effect is concerned." There is no doubt, as the paper quoted says, that there is an element of peril in all this. It is a condition that may well command the serious attention of enp ital. Yet while it is true that n great strain has been put upon the capital re sources of the country In the last few years, there is at present no apparent reason for apprehending unfavorable re sults. What is plainly suggested, how ever, is the wisdom and expediency of Judicious conservatism and we think this is very generally recognized. PROQRKSSlYK SCHOOL TAX. The excessive tax burdens which are imposed upon property owners are not altogether chargeable to the overlaps created by the municipal administration. A. very large proportion of the heavy draft upon taxpayers is due to the wastefulness and extravagance that characterize the management of our public schools. The following exhibit of the amount of taxes levied for the sup port of Omaha schools within the past ten years speaks for itself: Income from School Other Kuroll- Year. Tax I-evy. Sources, ment. 1595 $137,575 1263,137 16,537 1596 ' 90,483 242,786 16,482 1897 150,753 246,298 16,680, 189S 92.538 326.423 18.271 1899 104,722 2S9.109 18.964 1900 142,768 304,638 19,633 1901 236,432 ' ' 292,094 19.34 1902 225,696 90,015 19,704 1903 243.470 298,135 19,107 1904 364,400 340,000 . Estimated. It will be noted that the amount of taxes levied for the support of schools lias nearly trebled within the past ten years without n corresponding lncreaso in school attendance. It should also be borne in mind that the excessive levies of school taxes commenced four years ago, following the enactment of the law log-rolled through the legislature by Su perintendent Ptarse and his supporters in the board, which empowers the Board of Education to make the levy of taxes for school purposes without check by the city council or any other branch of the city government. The very first leap in the amount of school taxes was in 1901, when the ag gregate amount levied exceeded the pre- oll.nff. vpnP nnrIv sm ooo. and this calt h been maintained ever since. The excess of 1004 over 1900 is $211,032 and the excess of the tax of 1904 over the tax of 1903 is $110,930. And yet the income of the Board of Education from othpr BOUrce8 thnn alrect taxation will. lf anything, be larger this year than It has been during any of the preceding years. This is a lesson In progressive taxation that should impress the prop erty owners of Omaha with the neces sity of mutual self-protection. W. R. Vaughn, the gold-headed-cane colonel from Council Bluffs, Washington and St. Louis, has decided to organize a new political party, whose mission It will he to favor the p-nsloiilug of for mer slaves. The birth of the new party is to take place on July 25, but its In ception dates back more than nine years. Bills to pension ex-siaves have been introduced in both houses of con gress from year to year by request of Colonel Vaughn, and a good many poor Lid negroes in Virginia and other south- eru states have been duped Into dropping their nickels Into the Vaughn slot ma chine, but the bills never traveled any further than the congressional pigeon hole. Four cattle-feeding experiment sta tions- have been projected one to be located in New England, one In the 60uth, one in the middle west nnd one in the west. The location of the west ern station is to be near Fort Collins, Colo. Why Fort Collins should be made a national cattle feeding experiment sta tion for the west is inexplicable. The most productive industry at Fort Col lins is paving stones. "It is the duty of the school board," declares the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, "to prevent waste in free books and in every other branch of its administra tion." Tlds suggestion would apply to Omaha -with Just as much force as it does to the exposition city, but the School Book tnif-t won't let them. With the eyes of the war correspond ents fastened on eastern Asia the pub lic will be spared the rumors of war In the Balkans. When active hostilities begin the news of the war will come as something novel, and not be threshed to tatters before there is any real news. Opportunity for Fame. Detroit Free Press. Some duy an enterprising jurist will win immortul renown by discovering a techni cality on the side of the commonwealth.. Old Friends Drift Apart. New York Tribune. If Bryan's silver dollar were as sound a token of value as the real value In these days of a bushel of wheat, he might climb on It as on a wheel of fortune and roll to destinations which, as things are, he has mall chance of reaching. Striking I nder C over. Chicago Chronicle. The gentleman from Nebraska avers that "the silver question is no more dead now than It was In IM." and that may be true. - j but tha persou who have been trying to get Into office on the "liver Issue are good deal "deader" today than they were eight year ago, whether they know It or not. Tradarlns the Head. Chicago Record-Herald. In comparing Whltaker Wright with Mor gan and Schwab, In a speech In tho senate a few dayg ago, Senator Patterson eeemed to forget that dead men cannot defend themselves. Reform Rooting In Iowa. New York Sun. Introducing Dr. Daniel of the Iowa house of representatives. He has built a bill for the appointment of a state director of mar riage reform Instruction. That director Is to direct "a course of Instruction for candi dates for matrimony." If the bill becomes a law you will have to get your sheepskin In order to practice matrimony. In Iowa. If this college of matrimony can he mar ried to the course given at the Ruskln uni versity of Olen Ellyn, III., In "The Psychol ogy of Husbands," all should be well with Iowa. Scrapplnar Itecord of m Decade. Springfield Republican. The world's war record for the last de cade begins to look extraordinary for an era of advance civilisation. Allow us 'to tabulate only the more Important struggles In arms for ten years: 1894 War between Japan and China. 1897 War between Turkey and Oreeee. 189 War between the United States and epain. 189R-lfl02War between Great Britain and South African republics. 1904 War between Russia and Japan. Five Important wars between nations within ten years Is really an unusual rec ord. Ther was no such period of belliger ency throughout the world In the preceding ten years, nor In the ten years before that. And this much at least can be said of the future no one can tell the number or the magnitude of the wars which a struggle between Japan and Russia may bring forth. Curbstone I'lan of Campaign. Philadelphia Record. In the event of an outbreak of 'hostilities In the far east the objective of the Japa nese would be Harbin, the point of Junction in Manchuria of the two branches of the Trans-slberlan railway, radiating from thence to Vladivostok and Port Arthur. To carry out the design to seize this point, and thus Isolate Russia's two naval fort' resses without a tedious mnrch through Corea, it would be requisite to transport the Japanese army to the mouth of the Yalu river, but to make the transportation of troops possible the command of the sea would first have to he obtained by Japan. The Initial acts of the war drama, there fore, would be enacted on the bob, and be tween naval forces of enormously greater offensive and defensive power than have ever met in hostile conflict since the world began. TUB LOGICAL, CANDIDATES. Why the Traits Dare Not Defeat th domination of Roosevelt. Brooklyn Eagle (ind. dem.) Why tahen muJt republicans go to the White House for Its candidate? It ia not difficult ta. explain. The party has prac tically no alternative. To answer a ques tion with a question, what would be the consequence of turning down the , pres ident? It would be charged that the party had surrendered to Wall street, that It had crooked the pregnant hinges of the knee to the trusts. Nothing Is surer than that should Roosevelt be beaten in con vention, republicanism everywhere would take offense. It would forget that the president had made mistakes. It would re member nothing but that there never was any question about his devotion to the country's interests. It would look . upon blm as the victim - of the money barons, so called, and would search for Its re venge In the very sections In which the party must find compensation for a solid south. Even hla mistakes would be ex alted Into proof of good faith and sincer ity, while his star performances would glow with corresponding luster. Where ha Is strongest, the man who supplanted him would be" weakest, for there his friends would look for and take revenge. So, the party will not swap horses crossing the presidential stream. It will take the pres ident as its candidate, for better or for worse, with all his strenuosity, with his somewhat startling way of doing things, with his propensity for taking the bit In his teeth and "running away with the whole outfit." However much republican ism might like to return to the type It lost at Buffalo, to tact and caution and conservatlvlsm, as distinguished from the Impulsive and headlong, it Is denied the opportunity for choice. It must run Roosevelt. TWO ASPIKISU REBRASKAN9. W. J. Bryan and Ci. F. Train as "Men of Destiny." Washington Star. It Is an Interesting coincidence that the death of George Francis Train should ha,ve occurred about the same time that another Nebraska candidate for the presi dency. William Jennings Bryan, was get ting ready to ride for either a gigantic victory or a perilous fall. Both, were, at the outset ot their careers, known as men of destiny. Both lurched rather suddenly Into the arena of presidential politics, Both espoused causes with which the bulk of their fellow citizens felt insufficient sympathy; both were gifted in oratory, and depended largely upon this gift to help them through their ordeals. Both were wrapped up in self-confidence and loved to hear their own voices. Both were men of attractive personality, who hold the private good will of a multitude of their fellow citizens who could not follow them in their economic wanderings. Both made a great point of hurling defiance at Great Britain Train, on the ground of tyranny over the Irish, Bryan, because England assumed to eet the financial pace for all the world, and he believed the Vnlted States capable of running its 'busi ness without the consent or co-operation of "any 'other nation on earth." Both be lieved In the possibility of creating value by flat, out of nothing. But Train was a philanthropist at home as well as at conventions. He built In J Omaha a number of worklngmen's dwell- lugs comfortable houses at that and a gwod hotel for commercial travelers. He has left his monuments scattered every where in the railroad world, organising corporations of the very kind against which Bryan has registered a vow of eternal hostility. In these respects he differed from his younger fellow Nebraskan. In another particular, too, they were wide apart. After Train got hla knockdown blow In the national election of IK, he retired from the political field and went to cul tivating children instead ot buHdlng up more partisan machinery. Pomtbly. this was the ground on which the courts ad Judged him insane. If to, Mr. Bryan will escape a like fate, having taken the op posite course. BUM. we sometimes wonder whether It Is not wiser as well as pleasanter to go -flown to one's grave through an out- of-doors kindergarten, and with the fame of a clever though erratic philosopher, than In the character of a militant agitator of Issues already settled. It might pay Mr. Bryan to ponder the career of the other Nebraska presidential candidate, and see whether there Is not something In )t that rather appeals to the good au of Ibe avre man. OTHER LASDS THAU OIRS. England has accepted the report of Vis count Esher's commission relative to army reform In a srlrlt which would seem to presage a determined effort to put her ex pensive army upon a proper footing, alike In peace and war. The astonishing unpre paredness of Kngland in the days when she had to fare the Russian guns In the Crimea found Its repetition when South Africa afforded the theater of war. It Is a common saying throughout the service that Soijth Africa Is the grave of military reputations and In the light of recent events there seems to be more than an element of truth In tho contention. The office of commander-in-chief, now to bs abolished, has " for many years been a purely ornamental position. And to the mere onlooker It has appeared an absurd anomaly that a civilian should come be tween the military commandrr-ln-rhlef and the government. In all consultations In volving technical knowledge and executive military skill. Among alt the grave scan dals attendant upon the conduct of the British army during the South African war it would be difficult to cite a greater than the fact that the military chief and the civil chief, respectively. Lord Wolseley and Iord Lansdow'ne, were not on speak ing terms. Lord Roberts, the present and evidently the last holder of the office, has done his utmost to make the position one of real usefulness to the nation, but no one will view the abolition of the offlre with regret. It Is now proposed to appoint an Inspector of military forces who shall be as directly responsible to Parliament as Is the first lord of the admiralty.. This la as It should be and more likely to give de sired results than can be the case when two men one a professional and the other an amateur seek to hold the same pair of reins. A correspondent of the London Times, writing from Madrid, says that neither the conservatives nor the liberals are in the least degree anxious to take the chances of a general election. Both parties fear that such an event would benefit nobody except the republicans. He goes on to as sert that It is no longer quite the case In Spain that to grant a dissolution to a min istry Is merely to present It with a working majority In Congress. Dissolution Is rap Idly beginning to mean something really In the nature of an appeal to the country; and were dissolution granted to Benor VUlaverde or Senor Montero Rlos tomor row, neither the one nor the other could be more sure of controlling the election machinery In his own Interest than were Senors Sllvela and Maura In the elections of a year and a half ago. Conservatives and liberals alike, save the dissident group led by Senor Canalejas, fear the responsi bilities of office and can offer no certain guarantees to the crown of being able to "make" the elections quiotly In the old way. So the life of the Cortes may be prolonged, but in the meanwhile tho edu cation of the people will proceed steadily. An English Investigator who has been visiting German factories to find out why Germany Is outstripping other countries so rapidly In various lines of manufacture and commerce, gathers some significant facts from the remarkable success ot the Baden Aniline company, the greatest man ufacturing concern In Its own line in the world. The factor', In the heart of the country, Is not specially well situated, and freights are rather high, yet it Is rapidly distancing all competitors. The observer finds a simple explanation In the fact that 190 expert chemists are at work in its laboratories, that ninety engineers and spe cialists are employed on the machinery, and that 602 clerks with Teutonic genius for sedentary work are busy In the offices. The factory made its first Important con quest with the discovery of artificial aliza rine In coal tar, which was immediately fatal to the vegetable color known as dy er's red. Even more Important was the discovery of artificial Indigo, which in ten years has reduced the acreage of indigo in India by more than half. As a result of these methods, Germany now practically supplies the world with aniline. It is a doubtful gifts to be sure, but It illustrates what German thoroughness can do. Captain Lenfant, the commander of the French mission which set out last summer to travel from the Niger coast to Lake Chad entirely by water, has telegraphed to the French colonial minister that he has brought his journey to a successful con clusion. The result is regarded as of con siderable Importance, as It will be possible for the French to send goods to their Cen tral African colonies by way of the Niger In much less time and at much cheaper rates than by way of the Congo. Captain Lenfant's mission, though approved by the government, was in reality due to the French Geographical society, which had been much struck by .the officer's reports that the natives of Lokoja had often told him of big canoes which descended the Benue from "a river which had no banks, This convinced the officer that there was a navigable rout to the lake, and tljls he set out to find, starting from Lokoja on August 11. A specially built steel flat bottom boat, weighing four tons and ca pable of carrying twenty tons, was sent out from Prance to Toreadoe, and In It the officer and his companions were towed IV a British steamer up to Garna, in the upper Cameroon. Then began the unknown part of the journey. While at Garna Captain Infant called upoii the British officer there, who gave him effective aid. A Transvaal correspondent writes to ex plain the rising spirit of discontent among the pritish troops in South Africa. He says that they complain because they are In bell tents, single ply, which are ex tremely hot In summer and bitterly cold in winter. There are five to eight men in tent. They have their meals In their tents, and these are taken in on plates ex posed to every duststorm, thick and yel low as a London fog. When one of the terrific thunderstorms, which are commou, breaks over them, perhaps In the night. and the rain pours In rivers down the hill side, the men He soaked in their tents in a swamp, and presently a cold wind gets up which chills them to the bona. They do not mind roughing it in war time, be says, but ask why they should have to do so now? 'The government has had eighteen I months in which to erect huts, yet not In one military district are these huts ready There are no means provided for the men for recreation; no cricket grounds, no gym nasium, no Institutes or reading rooms except one in Pretoria, and, lastly, they have been separated from their wives for over two years and the government refuses to let the wives come out or to provide accommodation for them. One woman, the wife of a sergeant. Is living In a little Bhanty, but the government refused her passage In a troopship, and she had to pay her fare in the mail steamer. "An artisan gets 24s to 3os a day, and a black man 3 to 4 a month; poor Tommy gets Is a day and bo bad." said a colonel the other day. Doomed to Fallare. Chicago Chronicle. Among the novelties of twentieth century civilisation is a school for matrimony. which Is to be established at Pes Moines, la. Classes of young men and separate classes tor young women are to receive In structlon in the responsibilities of married life. It is not likely, however, that It will be a success. It has been said that there are two things that one must do without reflection If at all crons the ocean and get married. THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FDR r. km IW Absolutely Puro IT IS A MATTER OF HEALTH POLITICAL DRIFT. Hearst clubs are multiplying as rapidly as the advance agents advance the money for rents, fuel, eto. Emphasis on et cetera. Hon. Tom Patterson of Colorado, the famous reformer from up the gulch, out classes all the veterans of the auguM sen ate as a hot air pipe. Ho has a cinch on the record. While the acquittal of Ed Butler Is de plorable, Mr. Folk of Missouri need not be dlsrouraged. With a record of nineteen convictions and only one jury acquittal, his batting average Is .950. Benator Thomas Collier Piatt of New Tork has abandoned the "amen corner" and moved to the Waldorf-Astoria. When a giddy youngster of three score and ten coos with a bride of 40, there's no telling what will happen. Thirteen of the bribetakers of Grand Rnp Ids, Mich., have been soaked by the courui. Indianapolis hotel keepers have promised not to make prohibitory rates for the dele gates to the prohibition national conven tion in that city next June. Thomas Jefferson was the author of 'Few die, none resign," referring to office holders. His exact words were: "If a due participation of office Is a matter of right, how are vacancies to be obtained? Those by death are few; by resignation, none." A Massachusetts court which takes com mon s.-nse with its law comes In for an other buncn of popular applause. The court holds that the free distribution of cigars by a candidate for office Is not brlb ery. Doubtless the court was prevailed upon to tackle a campaign cigar at some time in its career. 'I am at a loss for a subject," exclaimed W. J. Bryan in a speech at Frankfort, Ky, but I take "Money and Morals,' the topic used ' by a Kentucky editor, who lias neither." Thereupon Henry Watterson took up his pen and retorted: "If Mr. Bryan prefers coming to Kentucky to make a speech abusing me, to attending his sis ter's funeral, I have no defense to make. I leave all his followers to consider the In sensibility of his conduct." Some San Francisco republicans, emu lating the Jackaonlans of Omuha, tried to get the scalp of John P. Irish, naval ofllrcr of the port, and whispered several whispers Into the ears of the president. ;The even ing following the Interview of the knockers President Roosevelt attended a banquet given by the Grand Army of the Republic and heartily applauded, while John P. Irish responded to the toast, "The Presi dent." John P. Is "a slick tin." GOVERN MfcVr UALA.NCK SHEET. Features of the National Finances De veloped In January. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. As was expected, there was a falling off In the treasury surplus In January, the government's expenditure In that month exceeding Its receipts by $i',,784,l. In January, 1903, the income exceeded the out go by 33,304.000. Customs and internal revenue decreased in the month just ended, as compared with a year ago, but the miscellaneous receipts Increased. The ex penditures for the War department and for the Navy department were higher In the month than they were at the same time last yeai, the Increase in the former being $!,000,000 and In the latter ubout $X50,0. But this showing need not discourage anybody. January Is always a month or heavy disbursements by the government. Probably, too, some payments which ought to have been made In December were held back until January. An especial attempt, It was said, was made by the treasury in December to make a good showing for that month, so as to raise a good-sized surplus for the half of the fiscal year, then endfd. But this only deferred the payment. It had to be met In January, and thus the outgo in that month was made a little larger than it would otherwise have been. There is a surplus, however, remaining. For the seven months ending with Janu ary of the fiscal year the receipts have been fl.frtl, 000 In advance of the ex penditures. This margin will probably he Increased several millions In the present month, and also In March. April Is anothet month of heavy payments by the Saturday is the last day of our 25 per cent discount sale All Winter Clothing for Men and Boys, Suits, Overcoats, etc. 25 Discouat No Clothing Fits Like Ours. R. S. WILCOX, Mgr. governement for Interest on bonds and other things, ao that the treasury will bs doing well If ,lt comes out even for that month. According to the estimate made by Secretary Shaw In his annual report published two months ago, the surplus for the fiscal year ending with June 30, 19(i4, will be $14.000,0110. When he rnada that guess many persons were skrptleal, for at that tlmo the total of the expendi tures since July 1, 1903, worn slightly In excess of the rerrlpts. There are good reasons to behove that his figures for the twelve months In the aggregate will bo near the mark. The country demanded a reduction In taxation, and congress granted It. This will abolish the big surpluses of the preceding years, but a reasonably good-sized balance on the right side of the account will remain. The democratic, nnd not the lepubllcan, is the party of deficits. MIRT1IFVL RKMARKJ. EMorly Woman (In the department ' store) Where's the pin counter? Floor Walker What kind, hat, hair or rolling? Cleveland Leader. "Do all roses have thorns, pop?" "Yes, my son." "I can't feel any on those roses on ma's hat." "You would If you had to pay for ths hat, my un." Yotikers Statesman. Barker This Is an age of high civiliza tion. t Parker Oh, I don't know: nearly every body Is discussing how much good the-Riisso-Japancso war will do us. Detroit Free 1'ret.s. Mrs. Gotham Isn't your husband awfully tlreil when he p"ts home at night? Mrs. Church No. Mrs. (lot ham Why, he has to stand up, doesn't he?" Mrs. Church O. yes, he never gets a seat on the cars, but he's a Christian Scientist, and he imagines he does. Ram's Horn. "I understand. " said one Corean, "that we are to be seized." "Yes." answered the other. "I love my country, but I wish It weren't so much like the prize In a grab bag at a fair," Wash ington Star. "Mr. Glodhoy hns such a pleasant smile! I think he must have a very sweet tem per." t"m m! Probably his wife has!" Brooklyn Life. y-rouil Mother Professor, what, do you think of mv lajightr'' voire?, c ( Eminent Muni inn (apparently with great enilniFlniiin)-Mail im. If ".ot voire vas mine I could not sell id for von million tollar', Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Prlngle What a man your hnsbtnd Is o visit the cemetery! He appears al wavs to be golnR there. Mrs. Rrlnker Yrs. but he always comes back. Boston Transcript. "That was a pleasant afterthought of yours," remarked an old preacher who had listened to a mrmon by one of his yo-jnger brethren, "when you drew upon the anal ogles of nature to prove the immortality of the soul." "An afterthought?" said the younger clerirvman. in some perplexity. "Yes. You thought of It about 7.400 years after Socrates." Philadelphia Press. A DREAM OF SPRINGTIME. F. L. Stanton In Atlanta Constitution. I. I know It Ixn't fur to spring though lots o' you will doubt it Because, around tho eaves, the birds are tulkln' all about It! The sparrows, In their coats o' brown, they keep up such a liummln' Youd think that spring was 'ioafln 'round," or on the rose-way comin'l j II. . But yesterday the snow lay white against" my window shutter, When suddenly a speck o" light set all their wings a-flutter! It seemed to me I almost heard their little hearts a-Urunimln', And, plain as dav, tliey seemed to say: "The nestin' time Is couiln'I". t III. And sure, they know -each bird o' them tha kindly God gave wings to: The iod they hear In rustlin' leaves ths God each songster slugs to! Though maji may think that wisdom dwells dlonn In his dominions, The birds they har the heavenly bells, and brush the angels' pinions! IV. Then come. O sprliiKl frim valleys dim from wintry hills and hazy. And tench the mo-klngbii d his hymn, and whisper to the daisy! And for thei-a wintry spells thnt long In grief and gloom have bound us, Give us your birds and bloums, und light that wraps God's love around us! i J MY (Q