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liM. M, B. HUNOATB.
(Seal) Notary Public.
Gubernatorial booms seem to be ahort
Ured In Nebraska this year.
What Judge Sullivan's vice presi
dential boom most needs at this stage
of the game la a vigorous publicity
bureau.
The American Indian can offer Intelli
gent sympathy to the South African na
tive. He also hag bad some experience
Urtth traders.
Prairie Urea are evidently more effect-1
lva in removing Illegal fences from
mmmpnt land tl.an dilatorv United
" - . i
States officers.
From the latest reports the Russian
feoldlers in Manchuria evidently believe
Hrhat General Kouropatkin said when
' I
en t-eiersourg. .
BiX out Of sixteen of Nebraska's dele-
uate to the. Chicago convention have
w l to , I
mtou t"'' " '"'
Btructea for Roosevelt.
Tbo Colorado plan for defeating or-
Cera of courts la far more spectacular
and seems to be at least as effective
BS the proposed antl-injunctlon bill.
Democrats in the house of repreBenta-
Uvea must be In a hopeless condition,
as they do not seem to be able to pro-
Buce even readable campaign literature,
When it comes down to brass tacks
the teachers of the Milwaukee schools
hould be the ones to give the gold
watch to Superintendent Fearse. They
Heed the pull now.
The Real Estate exchange Is getting
Inquisitive about the proposed county I
'""7 " , r , Tr.
J!?!AUe , th,wm want ajl tbu
light that can be hod.
As aoon as the ministerial boycott on
the remarriage of divorcees is perfected I
new signboards will appear in Omaha.
reading. "Justice of the Peace and Mat-
rlmonlal Splicer-Second Knots a Spe-
clalty " 1
rresldent Teeters of the Board of Unl-
verslty Regents may now consider him-1
ejf read out of the ranks of the allied
reform forces. He has committed the
cardinal sin of disagreeing with the
.World-Herald.
Having an ambitious American wife,
me siaiemeni xnai liora curzon wouia
resign aa viceroy of India was almost
Incredible and becomes more so now
that It la said he intends to return after
a short vacation.
The local democrats are trying hard
to harmonize, with the usual result that
a program la proposed which gives com
plete satisfaction to no one, except that
It allows each side to assert that the
ftther fellow haa backed dowu.
No one but a war correspondent could
have taken the Ruxslau fleet from
Vladivostok, swept the northern islands
of Japan and brought It back to harbor
Without the losa of a pound of coal or
the firing af a gun. but, according to
the variegated dispatches from the east
In the last month, this has been done.
Really, the easiest way to put an end
to all the rumpus over the Rockefeller
donation to the state university is for
Mr. Rockefeller to raise his ante to
the full $100.0ii) and hum! it over with
out any conditions at all for the uni
versity authorities to use it as may
seem best in the Interest of the institu
tion and its students.
One piece of editorial advice offered
to the Board of Education as to the
juallflcationa our new superintendent
of schools should have Includes every -
thing except experience. This is a post -
tlon above all other ln the public serv
tea In which experience la the liest
schoolmaster and ln which experience
should h the txpt jrrfluJi(Ua
A CIVIL SCnYiCK QVKIT103.
Tliore wns n de'.n.te in the United
Ktate senate- Wcdiirvl.ir on tlie ques
tion of applying the civil aervlre ropu-
Intlon to appointments In -onnpctlon
with Whnilan rannl work. Mr. Gorman,
who we believe hrt" not been eontsplcu-
onsI.t friendly to tlie merit ej-stem. rr-
mnrkod tlint the prpdidoDt had receded
from lila advanced position on the gen-
oral application of the clrll service
principle, citing the Instructions to the
Canal commission In evidence of this.
Senator Tlatt of Connecticut expreaaod
opinion thnt the civil aervlo law
could not bo made applicable to cm
ploynient In connection with the canal
work, and hence the president could not
be held to have receded from his posi
tion on the question of civil service.
while Senator Spooner observed that
"he never had supposed that It could
occur to any sane man that competitive
... ... . ,
examination would be resorted to In con-
nectlon with the canal work.
The effort to discredit Mr. Roosevelt'
interest in and devotion to the clvtl
service principle will of course be fa
t,e No one has shown a deeper con
cpn, ror the maintenance of that prind
pie and for giving It the widest practlcv
ble application than he. As -was pointed
out bv Senator Hoar. suDDlvlng em
n, f f r.nai work i- . v- flIf.
pioyes lor xne canal worg is a very an
rcrent thing from filling places in tne
executive departments, which must be
obvlons to anyone who can view the
matter Intelligently and Impartially.
There will be very general acqulescense
In the view that there sl-ould be no
political Influence In connection with the
rnnnl work anA I the evident lnten
tlon of the president that there shall
not be
In appointing members of the
(.omrnH(,on hp pave no thought to their
political affiliations and It Is expected
that In the appointments the commission
Is authorized to make politics will re-
fpvn no conslderntlon. flnnnhllitv and
character should and doubtless will be
the only tests. Terhaps after the canal
has been constructed dvll service regu
lations can be applied to employes, but
It Is neither necessary nor desirable to
do so at this time.
TUB RIGHT SPIRIT.
There's things doing in Omaha these
days, and they augur great advancement
and bttter days for that thriving, energetic
city but a few years since through the
steps from hamlet to village to town, and
finally to city. The easily accessible center
of one of the richest and most productive
of all In the line of agriculture that will
supply, build up and maintain a metro
politan center, and within reasonable reach
of wood, ores and fuel for manufacturing
purposes, Omaha la destined to become a
clt' r business proportions second only to
thOB' havln ,he R5var,ae of ,ake- canal'
river or marine transportation, and we
doubt not that it will greatly excel even
some of the cities so situated. It haa men
of brains and large business capacity in-
tereated In Its advancement, which is ex
p"" tn th ,"t,thft
nf tnam mr at r 1 1 tA (a riloa rr fair
charge of a big business there. Its busi
ness blocks are being added to rapidly, and
with each addition they grow more exten
8,ve ,nd more metropolitan. New lines of
tuincnu l or Bniry, ana niJ" J-
ready In contest the entrv of tha new.
Watch Omaha grow; wait for It to become
great It will not be long. Schuyler 8ua.
This is a manifestation of the right
spirit toward Omaha which should be
encouraged in newspapers of the lnte-
rlor Nebraska towns. Omaha is admit
tedly the metropolis of the upper Mis-
sourl valley and Is and must continue
to be the principal business center of
Nebraska. As we have .repeatedly
shown, Omaha's prosperity depends
upon the prosperity of the people In the
cities, towns and villages and on the
farms throughout the state, and con
trariwlse, these cities and towns reflect
and share the material progress of
Omaha. Every community In Nebraska
Ollirht to tfiko nrida In th fitch rua1tlon
. v. .
torn . . a. n.m .Mnam
over the upbuilding and development of
the remainder of the state. A little
mnra ootoi i.
ous backbiting will help along on both
8ldes,
THt PAHTr OBSTHVCTWlf.
In tUe national campaign aoon to open
iue course or ine aemocracy as ine parry
or obstruction will be fully presented to
the people. Senator Aldrich of Rhode
Island, In a speech at Providence
Wednesday, said that in every einer
gency the attitude of the democracy has
been one of sullen and unreasoning op
position and denunciation. No difficulty
will be found In maintaining this asser
tlon whoever is familiar with the gen
ri fcta in tho nniitiP.il hi-tor of r.
cent year9 knowg ,t t0 be true. Every
ropuuUcan policy or measure intended
- tho nmmntinn of th iminutrini nri
commercial development of the coun
try and for strengthening the power
and influence of the nation haa met
with unreasoning opposition from the
democratic party. It has persistently
soiiKht to check national advancement
and to make aa difficult as possible the
carrying out of policies uecessary to
1,,e unto" progress.
In the last two national campaigns
the position of the democratic party
was distinctly revolutionary. There is
little reason to believe that today a
majority of the party is actuated by
any better spirit. There is much talk
of a more conservative tendency and a
few of the leaders seem to be sincerely
desirous that the party should cast
side its radically reactionary doctrines.
'ut ther not ln Present Indications
much promise that this will be done.
The most conspicuous aspirant at this
moment for the nomination at St. Louis
is a man who Is even more radical and
reactionary than was the candidate for
i (he presidency In 18!Mt and' IftOO and he
uppears to lie steadily gaining support-
era, among them men who are leaders
I In their localities. All through the last
and thus far In the prefnt congress
1 the democrats have mVntalned their
1 character as obstruction ts, fully Justt
1 fying the remark of r$nator Aldrich.
I It Is to le said to the l-redlt of a few
I of the senate democrats that they re-
ljuaed J follow thatc loaler la oppoal-
tlon to the ratlflcatlon of the Panama
treaty, but In all other respects there
has been harmony In opposing repub
lican policies.
A party of Oils character, having no
well-defined policy of Its own, except
the traditional one of hostility to the
principle of tariff protection, and with
no record of anything accomplished for
the benefit and advancement of the
country when It was In power, has a
very slender claim to the support and
confidence of a people who believe In
national development and progress. Dis
organized as It Is at present, with no
leader capable of closing the breach be
tween the apparently Irreconcilable
factions, the democracy faces the na
tional campaign with not a single sub
stantial reason for expecting success.
It will go Into the contest more heav
ily handicapped than at any previous
time since 1872. having against It a can
didate strong In the popular esteem and
confidence and a party united and har
monious.
RkFORti i9 JV IT rORK.
Mayor McClellan of New York ap
pears to be really determined to fulfill
hla pre-election pledges In regard to re
forms and especially to put an end to
the "grafting" which formerly prevailed
under Tammany rule and contributed so
largely to the campaign funds of that
political organization. This practice,
which had completely demoralized the
police department of the city, seems to
have been to some extent renewed after
the present administration came in, thus
necessitating the rdoptlon of a vigorous
policy for its suppression. The com
missioner of police has Just issued an
order providing for full reports from
all policemen set to watch suspected
gambling houses and dens of vice. It
virtually places on every policeman de
tailed to watch a suspected place the
responsibility for enforcing the law at
that place and the officer is commanded
to give warning to every person enter
ing a place as to its character and that
it is liable to be raided at any moment
by the police. A policeman found dis
regarding the order will of course be
liable to dismissal from the service.
This Is quite as dnstic as anything
that was done under the Low adminis
tration to put a stop to grafting and the
present administration Is to be heartily
commended for Its action. It found the
police department in a comparatively
good condition, though by no means
free from faults and defects. If it shall
succeed In removing these, and cer
tainly it is not an impracticable task,
the question of good government in New
York will not be very difficult The
proper administration of that metropolis
Is a matter of interest to the entire
country and Mayor McClellan has an
opportunity to win fame aa an executive
which every citizen favorable to good
government will earnestly hope the
mayor will Improve. Thus far he has
ehown a disposition to do this and
Justly merits the commendation he is
receiving. The only question is whether
he possesses the firmness to bold to this
course when Tammany's demand for
campaign funds shall become urgent
CMP081TURY LA W IS IOWA.
By virtue of an act Just passed by the
legislature Iowa la about to adopt a
state depository system modeled along
lines similar to those of the Nebraska
depository law. The principal difference
between Iowa and Nebraska ln this
matter la that, whereas the Nebraska
law prescribes a minimum rate of inter
est which the banks must bid on de
posits of public money, in Iowa the
rate is not specified at all, but is left
to be agreed upon between the deposi
tories and the authorities charged with
the custody of the public funds.
How this will work ln Iowa Is yet to
be seen, but the experience of Nebraska
may be of service in gauging expecta
tions. The effect of tho depository law
ln this state haa been to make the mini
mum interest rate the maximum rate
for deposits because the banka quickly
come to an understanding among them
selves not to bid above the minimum
percentage. For a while ln tbla county
and other Nebraska counties the banks
by mutual combination refused to bid
at all for the county funds on the pre
text that the minimum rate of Interest
exacted was too high, with the result
that they secured the use of the money
for an Indefinite period without paying
back Into the county treasury any In
terest whatever upon It The danger
over in Iowa Is that a parallel situation
may- develop namely, that the authorl'
ties and the banks will in many cases
fall to agree on tho rate of interest
public deposits are to draw and the
money will be kept ln the banks without
returns.
The new Iowa law is doubtless a step
in the right direction, though It does not
go far enough. The wonder only is that
Iowa should have been as free as it has
been from treasury scandals growing
out of the farming out of public funds
for private gain, such as those by which
Nebraska haa been despoiled and dla
graced. The principle of the depository
law Is unassailable that all the Interest
earned on deposits of taxpayers' money
should go into the public treasury rather
than Into the private pockets of the
officers charged with its safekeeping.
But little less Important Is the elimina
tion of the favored banks from Intrusion
into politics with a view to controlling
treasurers who have these perquisites
to distribute. The repeal of the de
pository law, several times attempted ln
Nebraska, has as often been blocked by
the force of public opiulon, and its
popularity in Iowa should also grow as
Its usefulness is demonstrated.
Congressman E. H. Hlnsbaw of the
Fourth Nebraska district Is tho third
member of the republican delegation to
the lower house to receive bis re-noml
nation for another term without oppo
sition of any kind. Congressman II In
aha w, during the brief period he has
J spent at Waahifltftoo, haa bea one
the most active of the newer members
in the house and has results to show for
his energy in behalf of his constituents.
Mr. Hinsliaw redeemed a district which
had been lost to republicanism for a de
cade, but there is no danger of Its again
falling out of the republican column.
His re-election is as merited as his re-nominatlon.
In his reply to the man who tendered
him a nomination for president at the
hands of the prohibition party General
Miles had not the heart to refuse, but
rather broadly Intimated that he would
prefer to take it as an endorsement of
the work of another convention.
Japan may get more than, it la look
ing for if it attempts to use New
Chwang aa a base of supplies. This
place is considered by the nations of
the world as the one oasis in the desert
of war which all desire to keep a neu
tral port
Will the Precedent Hsldt
Detroit Free Press.
While It Is possible that the presidency of
the United States may, at some time, have
been bought for a candidate, It was Jisver
bought by a candidate.
Homo Brui ! Patrlo-ta.
Chicago News.
Japan has also reached the stage In Its
development aa a civilised power where
some of the patriots are shrewd enough to
stay at home and try to make money out
of the war.
Striking an ATerage,
Baltimore American.
By taking the Japanese account of the
Russian losses and the Russian account of
the Japanese losses and striking an aver
age, the Intelligent outsider may arrive at
correct surmises.
Hot Air Scattered Karonte.
Baltimore American.
General Kouropatkin haa either been
greatly misrepresented or he Is a man of
words, and very many of them. His boasts
of occupying Toklo and other .talk of that
kind sound strange when coming from a
man In his place. But his return to St.
Petersburg may be a very different affair
from hla outgoing.
Good Thlngr for the Country.
New York Tribune.
The west and south are and have been
for some time hlgsy prosperous, and now
speculators, owing to the clearing up of the
situation by the Northern Securities deci
sion, are predicting another flood tide of
prosperity In the east also. There Is a
general belief that the overthrow of the
great merger Is a good thing for both the
people and the corporations.
Great Power of Os Mm.n. ' .
Philadelphia Press.
It Is worthy of passing remalk that .t
was the power of the Individual that over
threw the greatest business combination
of this age of organisation. The vote of
only one man sealed the doom of the
Northern Securities company. A single su
preme court justice turned the scale of
decision against the merger. Which Is a
text that ministers and other moralists
will not be slow to grasp.
Major General Wood.
Chicago Tribune.
President Roosevelt Is quoted as saying
'If I had three or four Leonard Woods at
my disposal I could And Important work
for all of them 1e do." He has but one,
and has sot him at Important work. There
Is much which can be done In and for the
army by a major general who is only 45
years old, who Is full of energy and Ideas
and to not the fossilized and moss grown
slave of routine and precedent. In Ave
years or less General "Wood will become,
in all human probability, lieutenant gen
eral and chief of staff. So much the bet'
ter tor the army. It will nave at Its
head a live soldier.
The Germ of LaaLneai. .
Boston Transcript.
This new theory that the trolley car, as
an encourage! of laziness, may be looked
upon aa the chief cause of appendicitis Is
worth considering. And the more It Is con
sidered the more convinced does one be
come that It Is founded on reason and. In
all probability, on fact. And If appendi
citis comes through lack of exercise, why
not all the other ills of the flesh? You soon
reach that question In turning the theory
over ln your hand. No form of exercise
sets the blood to circulating as does walking
in tne open, and blood which circulates will
soon free Itself of -impurities, and impuri
ties In the blood are the root of all physical
mischief. Let us end the contemplation of
this theory by adopting It and putting It
into use on every possible occasion.
SHORT-LIVED KJNGi.
Oeeepy the Center of the 8tn-e for
Moment and Then Oblivion.
Baltimore American.
It took less than fifteen months to wind
up the reign of Daniel J. Sully, who, by
malting himself for a short time master
of the output of one staple, gained the
name of Cotton King, and had a group of
subjects worshiping at his feet. He has
now Joined the ranks of the monarchs of
speculative finance who have been but are
not. While he waa on his throna. com
manding the admiration and envy of those
who would have been In his place had
they been as bold and daring, he waa
courted and counted wise, but now the
same people are calling him a fool and In
sistlng that they knew he waa riding to a
fall. They have no use for him now. He
Is simply a dethroned king, without crown
scepter or subject. Ills first disaster may
not mean a complete wreck of his business
career. He may be able now to make an
honest living in some legitimate way. Just
as he did before he sought to corner the
cotton market, but should he every try
again to climb upon a throne, the people
who have had this one experience with him
will do their best to put obstacles ln his
path and to trip him up at every step.
Sully's dethronement causes no regret, no
sorrow, no tears. On the contrary. It haa
ben heard with sincere rejoicing by all who
are engaged in the legitimate handling of
cotton and cotton products. The excessive
price which Bully, by his manipulation of
the market, waa able to maintain for more
than a year haa sorely Interfered with the
output from the factories, aa the owners
and operators have feared to manufacture
cotton goods on a large scale when they
were uncertain whether the price would
remain at Sully's figures or be cut In half
wunuui a aay s warning. Bucn a corner
In the market as Sully engineered and waa
able, for a time, to maintain haa a dis
astrous errect upon legitimate business and
It is a question whether the law should not
step In and aay to such a man: "Thus far
halt thou go and no farther."
Other kings like Bully, other Napoleons
of finance will rise as Sully rose, will fa
aa Sully fell. The record, though long and
filled with wreckage upon wreckage. Is by
no means complete, nor will it be while men
are willing to go to any extremes, to em.
ploy any means la tne hope aoc,uirlnc
ofrt wealth,
RRPVBL4CAT4ISM 1 THE WEST.
Review of the Situation In the Trann-
Mlaalaalpnl States.
In a recent Issue the Brooklyn Eagle
prints the following Interview with Victor
Rosewater of The Bee on the republican
situation In the transmlsslasiprl states,
gathered by Its staff correspondent, who
has been making1 a political pilgrimage of
the country:
The west Is safely committed to Presi
dent Roosevelt and no one In the eat
should permit himself to be deceived by
ny assertions Indicating dissatisfaction
with the president among the great agricul
tural states of the west. There may be
contests ln this and a number of other
states over the selection of delegates to
the national convention, and the control
of the party machinery, but the Issue
will not be for or against President Roose
velt. On the contrary, all factions will
see It to their advantage to insist that
they are particularly friendly to the
Roosevelt cause.
In Iowa the light will be between the
Cummins forces and the antl-Cumnvlns
forces for supremacy ln the psrty organ
isation. In Nebraska the point In contro
versy will be the naming of a stato ticket
nd the endorsement of a candidate for
United States' senator, instructions for
Rooseveu being conceded. Similar situa
tions are to be found also In Kansas, South
Dakota and Wyoming. These states are
Roosevelt strongholds, and could not have
been wrested from him, even had Senator
Hanna lived, and become an active and
avowed presidential aspirant.
"Here In Nebraska a number of Inter
esting Incidents have led up to the pres
ent condition. A year ago the state con
vention passed a resolution presenting the
name of a Nebraska favorite son for
consideration for second place on the
ticket. The man thus endorsed for the
ice presidency John L. Webster of
Omaha had served In that si.me conven
tion as chairman of the resolutions com
mittee, and had drafted and reported a
platform unanimously adopted, Including
declaration for President Roosevelt.
When, about three months ago, the ques
tion of preliminaries for the state con
vention came up for discussion, Mr. Web
ster appeared at a conference of the
executive committee, together with some
of his friends, to request an early date,
with a view to securing his home delega
tion ln time to proselyte among neighbor
ing states, which would hold their con
ventions later.
At this conference one of the over-
sealous Webster spokesmen suggested
that the delegates to the national conven
tion from Nebraska should be Instructed
for Mr. Webster for vice president and
left without Instructions on the question
of the presidency, but this declaration
encountered such a storm of opposition
that it enme near swamping the whole
Webster propaganda. It was immediately
noised about that Mr. Webster's candi
dacy was intended to embarrass the can
didacy of President Roosevelt, and the
only recourse left was for Mr. Webster
not only to disavow unfriendliness to the
president, but to procure a similar dis
avowal from the spokesman who had
brought him Into that awkward position.
"The fact that the spokesman In ques
tion was reputed to be closely connected
with one of the J. J. Hill railroads and
the notorious disfavor in which the presi
dent stood with Mr. Hill and his asso
ciates made the friends of President
Roosevelt suspicious and disclosed at once
the Impregnable place the president holds
with republicans In this state. It Is not
to ie denied, however, that certain agen
cies which get their Inspiration through
the railroad offices In touch with Wall
street magnates while proclaiming their
fealty' to Roosevelt would like an oppor
tunity to head off bis nomination.
"This waa Illustrated again when the
republican state committee mef to order
the call for the state convention. The
most devoted friends of Roosevelt wanted
Nebraska to be the first state to select
Its national delegates and to Instruct them
for the president. In order to put an end
to the talk In the east of possible waver
ing of the president's western supporters.
In order to do this It would have been
necessary to hold two conventions one
m March or April to secure national del
egates, and the other In midsummer to
name a state ticket.
"The plan In opposition ' .to this con
templated but a single convention held
aa late as possible to conform with the
rule of the national committee requiring
tne delegates to be chosen thirty days
before the time fixed for the national
convention, the -covert purpose being to
hold off as long as possible ln the hope
that something might happen detrimental
to the president's Interest that would give
the opposition an opening for an unln-
struoted delegation. The public plea made.
however, was that everyone In Nebraska
waa for Roosevelt and that there was no
question whatever that itu vote at the
convention would be recorded for him
so that no harm could come from holding
a single convention late In May.
The single convention plan carried, the
date being fixed for May 18, but this very
action was sufficient to rally the rank and
file, who are making sure that no possi
bility of manipulation shall exist. The
different counties ln Nebraska have begun
already to hold their county conventions to
select delegates to the coming state con
vention and In no case have they failed to
adopt resolutions endorsing Roosevelt and
Instructing their representatives to vote
Roosevelt Instructions In. the state con
ventions.
'So far as Nebraska Is concerned the
democrats and populists concede Its elec
toral vote to the republican column. The
populists In particular, who In years past
have bean strong In this state, openly say
they prefer President Roosevelt to any
democrat other than Bryan, and many of
them avow themselves to be Roosevelt
populists. Among the democrats, too, the
Bryanltes would prefer Roosevelt to any
gold democrat, and the gold democrats
would prefer him to any Bryanlte, so that
the consensus of opinion Is that no de
termined fight will be made on the presi
dential Issues, but that the efforts of the
democrats and populists will be concen
trated on the governor and legislature in
a desperate hope of partial success.
"The result of the merger decision has
been to strengthen President Roosevelt
with the agricultural classes, who feel the
railroad trust more keenly than any other,
and whose confidence ln his Independence
and determination has been correspond
ingly Increased. The antipathy to Wall
street, upon which the Bryanltie move
ment was based, contributes to heighten
ing the admiration for President Roose
velt, who has shown that he has no Wall
street string upon him, snd his general
sympathy with western Interests, such as
the Irrigation projects, forestry, preserva
tion of the public domain for homesteaders,
etc., causes hlra tn be regarded as almost
as much a western man as an eastern
man. With President Roosevelt as the re
publican standard bearer, the agricultural
states of the west, which constituted the
scene of battle In the last two presidential
campaigns, will not even be fighting
ground, but will be counted for Roosevelt
Just as certainly as the solid south will be
counted for his democratic opponent.'
Advantage of Avtlon.
St. Louis Globe Democrat.
It must be discouraging to the other
candidates to reflect that President Roose
velt has never undertaken anything with
out acoom pushing; It.
We wish you fully understood the
great importance of daily action of
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TOBACCO AND THE COLD.
Marked KfTect of Winter on the Con
somptlon of the Weed.
Buffalo Times.
There has ben a marked shrinkage In the
output of cigars and manufactured tobacco
so far thlM calendar year, as compared
with the corresponding period lout year.
The falling off In tho demand for these
pt-oducts is not confined to sections, but
is general throughout the country. The
reason advanced for this is odd, but not
Improbable. It la the unusual cold weather,
which "acted as an embargo on smoking
extensively ln the open air." There was
an increase, however. In tho demand for
"short smokes," such as cigarettes and
small cigars, which, according to authori
ties on the subject, are ln popular favor
for indoor smoking.
It Is stated that the falling , off ln the
output of cigars ln the entire country for
January amounted to S6.114.4B3 In a total
production of 468.275,713, against a total
production of 604,390,206 in January, 1903.
The output of manufactured tobacco de
creased 4,315.640 in a total output of 19,
87S.402 pounds, which compares with a
total output of 24,224,051 pounds for Janu
ary, 1303. The production of snuff, which
aggregated 1,577.165 pounds, decreased 234,
491 as compared with the corresponding
month In 1T3. The output of cigarettes
and little cigars showed substantial In
creases, amounting to 26,619,104 and 12,217,730
respectively.
It is said that the falling off In demand
for smokers' articles haa diminished the
sales of one corporation, which has scores
of retail stores In different cities, between
30 and 40 per cent
PEHSO!AL NOTES.
George L. Landls, the richest policeman
on the Philadelphia force, died suddenly
on a trolley car the other Cay while on his
way home. He Is said to have Veen worth
$30,000.
Dr. V. Lowenthal has made a study of
statistics of the six great armies of Ku
rope, which shows that the German army
1b the healthiest, the. Italian second and
the British third.
Kdward Hart of Cincinnati last week
caught a largo sallflsh a few miles off the
coast of Miami, Fla., and the officials of
the Smithsonian Institution have offered
him (300 for It. This Ash Is one of the
rarest known to science.
Stuyvesant Fish, Jr., of New Tork, a
Yale Junior, marched down the aisle of
Battell Chapel on St. Patrick's day with
a big green Irish flag. At the close of the
service he sought Captain "Jim" Ilogan of
the foot ball team, and, with all due seri
ousness, presented the emblem to him. v
Mr. Rucker of Missouri has given the
house of representatives a new expression
In describing a man with much effrontery.
He says that a man who can talk about the
blessings of certain protection doctrines to
the masses "must have cheek of such gi
gantic proportions that a whole buffalo
robe wouldn't make sldewhlHkers for him."
President Eliot of Harvard, who has Just
turned 70, is a fine example of what whole
some observance of laws of health will do
for the physical man. He walks from six
to ten miles every day and, whenever possi
ble, takes a long bicycle ride before break
fast. To this, with regularity In eating
and sleeping, he attributes his splendid
physical and mental condition. Dr. Eliot
is the oldest college president In America,
having been at the head of Harvard for
thirty-five years.
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"Some people," said t'nele Ebcn. "keeps
talkin' 'bout rtolr own honesty like It was
sumpln dey had Jos' managed to git an'
waa mighty proud of." Waahlngton Ptar.
"I noticed you started to smoke, last
tilsht when Miss Ixivey was entertaining
Mr. Slomnn," remarked the piano stool.
"Yes." replied tho purlor lamp. "I saw
she was Just waiting for an excuse to
turn me down."
Robinson Crusoe spied the footprints.
"Of course, they are Friday's," he ex
plained; "If they were Payday's, they
would have hugged the lamp post more.. '
Pleased with his Sherlock Holmes in
genuity, ho went to tell Defoe. New York
sun.
on
Visitor What Is that big sheen's hor
Proprietor That Is the ram's hornwlth
which Joshua threw the wfllls of Jericho.
"And that big straight affair there?"
"That's 'the harp that once threw Tara's
halls.' "Baltimore American.
"There are some things," said the phil
osopher, "that money cannot buy."
"I suppose so." answered Senator Sor
ghum. "Hut that doesn't alter the faot
thnt there Is an almighty lot of things
that it will buy." Washington Bur,
"Yes." seld the amateur actor, "I cre
ated the part. It was all mine; that Is, all
except the makeup. Tha costumer fixed
that for ma."
"Yes," replied the friend. "I heard sev
eral people say your makeup was good."
Philadelphia Press.
"Every time you stops to tell a hahd
luck story," said Vncle Eben. "you is
losln' time, while yoh troubles Is drawln'
interest." Washington Star.
Bragg About a month ago I fell into a
nice job as assistant manager, and the man
ager told me If I made good he'd raise my
salary.
Newltt Ts that so? What are you doing
now? Philadelphia Catholic Standard.
OPPORTUNITY SPEAKS.
(William J. Lompton In the April Success.)
Tea,
I am Opportunity:
But tay, young ituui,;
Don't wait for me
To come to you;
You buckle down
To win your crown.
And work with head
And heart and hands,
As does the man
Who understands
That those who wait.
Expecting some reward from fate
Or luck, to call It so
Sit always In the 'way back row.
And yet
You must not let
Me get away when I show up.
The golden cup
Is not for him who stands.
With folded hands.
Expecting me
To serve his Inactivity,
I serve the active mind,
The seeing eye,
The ready Jiand
That grasps me passing by
And takes from me
The good I hold ,
For every spirit
Strong and bold.
He does not wait
On fate
Who seizes me.
For T am fortune,
Luck, and fate.
The corner stone
Of what Is great
in man's accomplishment
Hut I am none of these
To him who does not seize;
I must be caught.
If any good la wrought
Out of the treasures I possess.
Oh, yes,
I'm Opportunity;
" I'm great ;
I'm sometimes late,
But do not wait
For me;
Work on.
Watch on.
Good hands, good heart.
And some day you will see
Out of your effort rising
Opportunity. 1
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