THE OMAITA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1801.
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laual) . .. M. B. HUNQATE.
' Notary Public.
Thoae Delaware-regular republican
are awfully Irregular. ; .'' .
Several congressional boomleta hare
been put In cold storage for two years.
The woy to raise the wind Is to run
a republican congressional primary In
this district. '
; rarker and Watson : Dare cone off at
the samp time, but they are as far apart
as the poles.
.The reform forces of, Nebraska cap
only march to victory under the leader
ship of General Calamity.
The Blackburn patent primary 'is not
copyrighted,'' but then there's no need.
$iobody Is likely to borrow the pattern.
: Now that tha books are closod on the
congressional race track; a discussion of
the . qualities " and records " .of - the re
spective racers will be in order.
When Champ Clark broke the news
gently to the Sa"ge of Esopua 1n a. tear
ful volfe lie looked very much like the
chief mourner at his mother-in-law'
funeral. . . . . . ..
It was eminently appropriate that the
Crrt telegraphic message flashed across
Alaska by wireless signals should have
been received by General Greeley, who
;won his first laurels as an explorer of
' the polur regions; ,
There Is absolutely no excuse for the
action of the council ordering more fire
hydrants when Jhero Is, no money in
the water fund to pay the rental. A
cltjf, ,Hke an individual, ought to cut
its !xat According to Its cloth.
, Parker's speech of acceptance forcibly
rr.niniU' us of the-breakfast-food edl
torluls in the''defunct Omaha Kepub
lltttn, that Inykrtabby. ended up with
"'and we desire It distinctly nnderstood
thait w do not wish to be understood.H
' Kebrafka .pnhlbltlonlsts have noml
nated their presidential electors and
kudo . tl'tket, but thfy "wickedest city"
d-K-w not evn ge a smell. "Here la
jwn'Hltoiioiit,' a?' the school boy said
wl mi he was mude to sit among the
g!;t. ,' .. ......
The first stop toward the. acquisition
cf & PiUnlclpal paving plant has been
taken. Manufacturers of the machinery
required -.have been Invited to 'submit
proro'8ls,'ahd fTie'Barbof Asphalt cotn
puny has nmde tfn orderly 'retreat to
l)et Moines..
.. . ..SWliHII'lUiL . ,
I If Gideon could only rise from his
grave with Ills" suVvatou army 'and
nmrch around Port Arthur seven times
blowing horns and beating tin pans
and camp kettles, the Oriental Gibraltar
would take a tumble and save the Jftps
a lot of gunpowder.
America, has something to be proud
of now. Germany has dropped back to
tLe second place in beer production and
tLe United Stutea hns captured the po
rtion so long held by the Fatherland.
No wonder the average American is
Readily growing in girth measurement.
I When the governor of Wisconsin
called on the governor of Nebraska tbey
fvlt very much like the governor of
North Curollna when he met the gov
ernor of South Carolina, but they did
not speak it out There is a no-treat
law lu Wisconsin as well as in Ne
t rusk a.
Jim II1I1, the Ureiit Northern railway
n.".gnate, has. been projected by powerful
li M.u,vraic leaders and hungry demo
ti.itlc leg pulleiti as a candidate for gor
iv it.r of Mlnne.sota. Mr. IllU would
i!.'nH!i'a moke a jiiodrl governor, lie
v.'.'ulil foiiio i-quipped 'with executive
t! .;:y of the l.lfe'het orJer, but tl.la i
i. t uu off J'ciir, eveu la Minnesota, and
I'.. a mi !! r dl.-pute las not yet been to-t:-.'
t .
pAUKKiva PrOTITICATtny.
After careful consideration and con
sultatton - with the greatest democrats
In the country, collaborating with him,
if you' please, the best democratic sen
timent that could be obtained,' we have
today the unquestionable opinion of the
standard bearer of the democratic party
and a statement that the party must
stand by, whatever its platform or any
thing else may be.
Who is this man that the American
people are asked to support for the
office of president of the United States?
Is It a man who has made himself prom
luut in the councils of the nation, or
simply a man who has been ordluary
In the political relations of his own
state? Who in the past has heard of
Parker and why should anybody regard
hiin as anything more than a cheap
and ordinary man?
Let us consider now the address of
Judge Tarker in response to the notifi
cation of bis nomination. . He had for
weeks deliberated over that speech aud
we know absolutely that it means and
implies all that it says. Moreover, Judge
Parker had the judgment and admoni
tion of some of the foremost politicians
of New York as to what he should say,
and the result is that the very. commit
ment to his own Idea of what is es
sential to the welfare of the country is
practically republican. '
Look at the acceptance of the demo
cratic candidate in regard to protection.
Does he antagonize the protective prin
ciple? Not at all. He would 'simply
modify the tariff so as to give the
American manufacturer, according to
the democratic idea, a better opportunity
in the foreign markets. We know today
that that is an impossible proposition
and Mr. Parker ought to understand
that, the American people cannot be.do
luded with the idea of another Cleve
land proposition respecting their ma
terial interests.
Nobody will disagree with Judge
Parker regarding his position as to the
powers of the constitution and the' ab
solute authority of the federal consti
tution in regard to people who under
take to violate the organic law, but in
this respect he is absolutely in accord
with republican' doctrine and precedent
so that there is nothing to be gained
for Parker's party from that presenta
tion of the case. It is absolutely per
functory and" will be so regarded by
everybody in the nation.
Respecting the tariff, tie paramount
issue of - the St. Louis platform, what
does the candidate of the democratic
party say? He thinks that the present
law Is unjust and yet he does not say
how It is .unjust He does not under
take to deny, because it would be ab
solutely impossible for him to do so,
that the poilcy of protection has been
instrumental In building up the indus
trial and commercial interests of the
nation and promoting the welfare of all
the American people. His argument is
not in favor of tha policy of bis party
as expressed In the national -platform
and tbi reason for' this Is perfectly oN
vlous. The democratic party does not
dare to take a position antagonistic to
the policy of American protection. ..
There are some other propositions In
the acceptance address of Judge Parker
which invite comment but this can very
well be postponed to a time when their
consideration can be given more care
than an off-band consideration allows.
Sufficient to say for the present that
Judge Parker appears to be a man who
has a proper appreciation of the tra
ditional ideas' and policies of his party
and is willing to stake his chances upon
his convictions of what is real democ
racy. It is pf course almost impossible
that he can Win, but the American peo
ple will at least give- Mm CTedlt for
having been an earnest exponent of dem
ocratic principles. 1 ; - ' '
GIVE IBS POOR MUX A VBAHCE.
An ordinance has been introduced In
the city council to clear the streets and
sidewalks of push .'carts, fruit stands
and peddlers who dispense popcorn, pea
nuts, root beer and lemonade on public
thoroughfares. t This move baa been In
stituted' under the plea that the push
cart banana man and the street corner
peanut vender and the man who sells
shoe strings and lead pencils are a
nuisance on general principles . and
should not be tolerated. In the interests
of a common humanity We hope this or
dinance will bo laid on the table. Omaha
is no longer a village. Its population is
made vup of alj clasHes and conditions
of men. Whoever is trying to make a
living In an honest way should be n
.couraged-aud sot driven out of the com
munity. Give the poor man a chance.
We can. stand the nuisance of push
carts and street corner peddlers as well
as New York, The -busiest and most
densely crowded thoroughfares of the
great metropolis ,are full of push carts
and peddlers selling fruit, pastry, lem
onade and knick-knacks without moles
tation. , .
The streets of Omaha are wide enough
to permit the stream of humanity to
pass without Jostling too hard. It is a
good deal more humane to let people
who have no other occupations earn a
livelihood than to make them choose be
tween the poor house and the Jail.
Railroad managers Nebraska have
no just cause for complulnt about the
taxation of railroad property. They
huve fared a good deal worse In other
states. Fur example, the railroads of
Wisconsin will have to pay ftJSO.OaS.'iO
more taxes this year under the new
ad .valorem law that Is, under the law
requiring their properties to be assessed
on the basis of their market value In
stead of Its gross earulnga than they
would have hud to pay under the
old license fou system. In 11K1 the
agtrregute amount of taxes puld by the
railroad lu Wisconsin was a fraction
over f i,000.0a In lim2 it was $1,813,
SStl.28. The U'tal tsies to be puld for
1IKH under the new law will amount to
t'..tj07,041.CO on 0,7) miles, while in Ne
lisi V on f lui !. of 5,07'J miles t'.e
sggrepste railroad taxes for in
cluding state, county, city, village and
school district 1 not likely to exceed
11,400,000, or fl,200,000 less than the
taxes imposed on the railroads of Wis
consin. '
There is nothing small about the
blanketed red man of the prairie. He
not only claims the earth but also every
thing beneath It If hot above the skies.
The latest example of the noble red
man's progress 'In civilization may be
found In the announcement that three
Sioux chiefs have placed in the hands
of a Chicago attorney preliminary data
In a claim against the United States
government to mining lands in the Black
Hills that yield an annual Income of
more than $0,000,000. The claim is
that Uncle Sam's wards were unlaw
fully deprived of the land by the treaty
of 1876 following the Custer massacre.
The chiefs who want to become mining
millionaires are John Grass, White
Eagle and Peter Tall Mandan. We appre
hend that there Is Just about as much
chance for the collection of this fabulous
claim as there is for the collection of
the $2,000,000 which the George Francis
Train heirs want to recover from owners
of Omaha realty.
There are three ways of keeping down
taxes. One Is to compel everybody to
bear his just share of the burden of
taxation. The" second Is to stop the
l.fwless expenditure of public monies.
The third.- is to stop wastefulness and
extravagance and enforce business
methods in the management of munici
pal, county and school district affairs.
The Real Estate exchange has fought a
good fight on the first base, but it lacks
efficiency on the second. So long as city
councils, county 1 boards and school
boards are allowed to create overlaps
taxes wlli continue to be high., The
first example ought to be made In in
voking the power of the courts to re
strain the council from ordering more
fire hydrants in the face of a deficit of
$03,000 in the water fund. -
The temporary restraining order issued
by the supreme court of Wisconsin
granting to the "stalwart republican"
faction of that state leave to bring suit
to compel the secretary of, state to cer
tify to the nominees of that faction and
to place their names on the official bal
lot, cannot in any way be construed as
giving advantage to either side. The
action of the court in granting leave
to bring suit and in issuing a temporary
injunction does not even Imply that the
court has jurisdiction. All the Issues
involved in the controversy will be fully
argued at some time In the future and
finally disposed of during the September
term of court.
Amerlrsa Enterprise Sprcavdlagr.
Baltimore American.
American enterprise la -spreading. ' A
bunch of American counterfeiters were re
cently captured in Yucatan with complete
outfits. Wherever' our countrymen are
found the money-making Instinct la strong
with them. ' ' - - '
Come la atad Quit Grnattag;.
New York Tribune.
; Canada -doesn't like to have th United
States call iUelf America, and thinks th
assumption savors of conceit and bump
tiousness. But Canada's claims to Its
share of that designation will be fully met
on of these days, when It makes up its
mind to cast Its lot .with us and takes
partnership In a really big and flrat-olas
governmental concern.
Still Ther Are a Few Left.
Minneapolis Time. ,
If you will take the trouble to ,add up
the number pf Russians the Japanese have
killed since the war began and 'the num
ber of Japanese the Russians have slaugh
tered In the same ' time you will flndVth
total greatly exoeeda th number of soldiers
both countries have sent Into the field.
And still there are a few left between
Mukden and Port Arthur. ...
Demonstrated 4aalitle.
Baltimore American.
When the government of the United
State to be, entrusted to the guidance
of a chief executive trier Is nothing more
sane as an Issue In the election of an in
cumbent to that office than the man him
self. Upon hla bonor, courage and common
sense everything pertaining to his office
depends absolutely. Th people of the
United State have never been given rea
son to doubt Mr. Roooevelt'a possession
of the qualities named. They will vote
for him.
Jnat m a Hemtader.
Kansas City Time.
In doing buslnes with th sultan Jt Is
always best to have a few war vessel
handy. Abdul Hanild is a, trifle absent
minded, and the experlneoe of sevefut ra
tions has shown thjit his memory la Jogged
remarkably when floating armories are
lying off Smyrna custom, houa.. Th cus
toms receipts are an Important, source of
pocket money and' i he sultan I understood
to regard them with solicitous esteem1. Th
presence of jthe fleet: In the harbor I likely,
therefore, to accelerate a satisfactory un
derstanding with the Constantinople gov
ernment To M-.a Coal on Haad,
New T"ork Time.
There Is something Just a little queer
and not altogether amusing In the fact
that the latest advapoe In price of coal
come just a th mine owner suspend
operation for a week because their stocks
on hand have become Inconveniently large
and they want to give consumption a
chance to catch up with the supply. Over
production usually .results in a towering,
not a ralalng, of prices, but the coal trade
is peculiar In mrny ways and It ha a
good right to be peculiar In this matter
of prices a In other matters. And even
a consumer can see that a stoppage of
production is a much plessanter device
from tne standpoint of a mine owner
than a dropping of prices would be.
Pataoa ol foaanest.
Chicago Chronicle.
It may be that the advance of what wa
are pleased to ottll civilisation demands th
opening up of Thibet, but there Is some
thing pathetic In the apectacle of the grand
lama fleeing from his temple at Lhaaoa,
where his predecessors have lived In un
broken aurotHHton for hundreds of years.
Just w'.iy the tnteresis of civilisation should
netjeHrltate the conquest of a peopla who
aak r.othlng belter than te be left to them
selves Is one of those questions whtch Urli
lah statunanshlp always answers with
some plausible excuse. The "dliilorr.atlc"
expedition which has ulaln some thoui.anda
of Thibetans will mi doubt be as skillfully
defended Ly the Halfour government as
numerous avowedly "punitive" expeditions
Lave bora.
BOX. PARTIS Olt ROOSEVELT,
Raltlraor Reformer Give Ills Brft.
ren a RoasfS.
Char!- J. Boraparte of Baltimore, In a
convention j.eech seconding th nomlna
tlon of a candidate In the Second Maryland
district, said: "Some of our democrat c
friends ere much troubled just now te-
cause they think President Rooeevelt 'tin-
safe.' He has had to deal probably with
more grave and delicate problem demand
ing for their solution tact, patience, elf-
control and sound judgment on till pert
than any president since the close of re
construction, and, while In many case he
ha done what many people thought he
shouldn't do, In nearly every Instance he
has surprised and dlsppolnted his numer
ous critics by complete success. To note
but a few Illustrations! The pacification
of the Philippine, success of self-govern
ment In Cuba, the settlement of th coal
strike and the consummation of the Pan
am a treaty, with It assursnce of an Isth
mlan canal; man justified by the event
In matters such as these Is, I think, 'safe'
enough for another trial; and, at all events,
those so often mistaken In their prophecies
of failure might show a little lee assur
ance In calling him 'unsafe.' In truth, I
doubt If we have ever bad a president, and
t at least have never seen a man, more
open to suggestion, advice or remonstrance
than Theodore Rooaevelt. U cannot be
cajoled; he cannot be bullied; he cannot
be bought, either with money or with any
thing else. If democratic editors mean that
these qualities render a president 'unsafe,'
hen they are quite right to prefer another
candidate, and' I venture to add that Mr.
David B. Hill 1 remarkably well fitted to
suggest a candidate to autt them.
"It may be owned , that, whether Mr.
Roosevelt -be 'safe' or not, certain classes
of people would undoubtedly feel In greater
safety were he out ef the White House.
'Grafters,' who look to pull' for Immu
nity; men, whether rich or poor, few or
many. In th north or In. the south, who
trespass on th constitutional rights of
their fellows; rebel and conspirator In
th Philippine; Moorish brigand who kid
nap our citizens; Bouth American adven
turera who would 'hold up' our canal; In
short, criminal and lawbreakers, of high
andjow degre In our midst, enemies of
our country, both at horn and abroad, all
these gentry agree In finding him too
'strenuous' for 'their comfort -and would
sleep better, with a 'safer' president at
Washington. If the newspaper whloh de
clare him "unsafe ar the mouthpieces of
on or more of these . classes, I find no
cause for wonder In their utterance; other
wise these seem enrp rising, except as show
ing that. they hav nothing mora sensible
to say." i.
AGE OP PRESIDENTS.
related Stattstles Reflecting- est th
Candidacy ( Davts.
Chicago News (lnd.).
.Of th entire number of president who
hav held office sine th founding of th
republlo sixteen wer between B0 and 00
year of age at the time they wer first
sworn In. Four Pierce, Garfield, Oroyer
Cleveland and Theodore Roosevelt wer
under to. Three wer between 10 and 65.
Three only William.'; Henry Harrison,
Zachary Taylor ' and ' James Buchanan-
were 65 or over, .the oldest being Harrison,
who was 68 when he took office. . Several
of the presidents who hav been elected
for two term were under 60 on th date
of their second Inauguration, only one-
Andrew Jackson-belng more than 66.
Of th ntir number of vice presidents
who have succeeded to the presidency all
wer under 60, "Johnson being ST. Tyler U,
Flllmor 60, Artbutr K and Roosevelt it on
their succession-, 'ijles't of th vie presi
dents at th tlrne'of their qualification for
office wer in the BO or below that age,
several being nearer ' than 'BO. Th oldest
war Elbridge' Gerry.' who took offlc in
1813 at th age of tit William R. King, who
qualified In 1553 at th ag of 7; Thomas
A. Hendricks, who' qualified at th age of
66, and tevP Mprtqn, who qualified at
the age of 65.
Ex-Senator Davis if elected, will be 83
when he takes ofTloe, and tbu wilt be at
least fourteen year older than the oldest
of th president at th beginning of hi
term and thirteen years older than the old
est of the vice presidents on the data of
hi qualification for office. He will be ton
years older at the -beginning of his term
than was th 'oldest of th president at
th time ho retired from hi position and
went back to private life.
The record . of history as regards both
offlcea plainly show, that th wisdom of the
country Is against th elevation to power
of any man who. has passed th ag of 70.
It Indicate, a decided and natural prefer
ence for men In th years of prim ma
turity between W and KX - Mr. Davis
friends and advisers may well ask them
selves whether ' it would be safe or wis
to, disregard the facts and place In th
vie presidency a man long past th ag
when ordinarily mental and physioal pow
ers begin to wan rapidly.
TIBBIES' TUNEFUL TIBBIT.
Nebraska'. Peerless Nsumaer
Break Oat la Sow;.
Kansa City Times.
Two
.J :
Now that KJpllnt-'s "Thing and th
Man" la out of th way, th country will
watt Impatiently for th campaign song
composed by Thomas Tibbies, populist
nomine for vie president. Mr. Tibbies,
It Is reported, "makes a tuneful plea for
Nebraska to turn out and redeem itself
from corporation rule." That I a worthy
sentiment and there seems to be no reason
why It should not lend Itself to lyrlcnl
treatment, especially at the hands of so
distinguished a poet and composer as
Thomas Tibbie must be.
One stansa will undoubtedly be devoted
to a denunciation of the rallroaj lobby In
th last few legislatures. A quatrain will
discus th conduct of th corporations In
the recent senatorial contest, and ther
will be an effecting chorus Inviting all
gcod Nebraakaa to vote for Watson and
Tibbies. It Is a pity that th song hasn't
a general application, so that It could be
sung In Kansas and Ohio as well a In
Nebraska. . ' ,.
Perhaps wlr. Tibbie, however, plans a
series of musical numbers for party use.
There ar plenty of good subjects. For
Instance, how would It do to versify Judge
Parker's telegram and set It to dlrget A
moving tenor solo could be made out Of
Chairman Toggart's executive committee,
and In the purely Instrumental field th
"Omaha Pis tform Two-step" would b sur
to make a hit. . Meanwhile the public Is
anticipating with' anxiety the appearance
of words and music cf the Nebraska antl.
corporation solos as sung by Mi. Thomas
Tibbies' daughter. '
Another "rorkldden t Mr" Entered.
Kansas City Times.
With th eiirance of the British expedi
tion, L'haanu, the "forbidden city," has been
visited by nieana for the first time In
fifty-eight years.' An Englishman, burned
Msunndy, siw the LnefHt Iama there In
lull. Two French prients spent two months
In the Thibetan capital In lSte. Bince that
time unltl last Wednesday no European has
ever aeon" Lhassa. Several explorers. In
cluding I.an.K.r, llardln and Itockhlll, have
attempted to reach It, but all were turned
back. The British ex-ditlon was suc
cessful only becauae th Thibetans were not
sufflt lently well armed and drilled to da-
feat It.
"LET V" HATH rK 4C"K."
Chicago Tribune.
When the first tock yards strlk was set
tled by an agre-ment to arbitrate, the
striker undeniably broke that agreement
by railing the second strike.
It la fair to state, however, that th
agreement wa not broken In a spirit Of
dishonesty or bad faith. Th second atrtlt
was called hastily. In hot blood, became
the men thought th employer were vio
lating th peace agreement. Without pop
ping to Investigate, ss they should hav
done, th men lost their head nd wnt
out again.
In thl th men wer certainly to Nam.
If th pacVcrs had been guilty of a similar
breach of faith they would have Incurred
the severest public odium.
The public disapprove of excesses, arbi
trary habits, and bad faith when exhibited
by trades unions Just as It disapproves of
excesses, arbitrary habits nd bad faith
when exhibited by capital.
But the public considers organised labor
la a necessary corollary to organised cap
ital. Because organised labor often err
the public doe not want to see It abolished
any more than because organised capital
often err th publlo want to see it abol
ished. If It becomes apparent that the packets
are planning to refuse any reasonable set
tlement In order to prolong th strike and
extinguish the union, the sympathy which
they now enjoy because of the way In
which the second trlk began will largely
evaporate.
The strike ha gon on long enough The
backer ar suffering from diminished out
put And loss of by-products; th strikers
ar Buffering for lack of work tne farmers
and ranchmen r suffering because of the
low pwWe they get for meat; the publlo is
suffering because ot th high prices It pays
for meat. '" '
The strlk ha gon on long enough. fh
representatives of the union and of th
employer shouJd get together and talk it
over.
et ua have peace."
POLITICAI. SNAPSHOTS.
Philadelphia Press: A contest for gov.
erhor of New Tork between Root and La
mont Would be a tug between two ex-aeo-
retarlea of war of great national Interest.
Washington Post: There Js no longer
any question as to- where Mr. Bryan stands.
H refused to lecture befor a Kentucky
Chautauqua until he had received his fee In
gold.
Ch'cago News:' Several' New Tork demo
crat ar now pointing out that Judge Par
ker's election is a certainty, but Mr,
Roosevelt I so willful he will probably in
sist on having th election held anyway.
Chicago Chronicle: "Be riot alarmed,1
cries Colonel Bryan to the Judge, picking
up another brick. "I am not aiming at
you, but at th detestable principles you
represent" Nevertheless, the Judge can
not help ducking.
Portland Oragoniani Judge Parker has
reliqulshed a comfortable certainty for a
harassing uncertainty. He Sf no longer
chief justice of the court of appeal for th
stat of New Tork, and be Is a long way
off from th presidency , of th United
Stat.
Indianapolis Nwi Despite certain not
wholly complimentary remark concerning
him and th poaslbilltlea of hi future,
Candldat Davis bear no mailed. In his
matur wisdom he realise that rising
young men of (0 or 60 ar Ukejy to be im
pulsive In their expressions of opinion.
Washington Pot: "RooTeltlm" 1 not
frelgbtening the-country to a panicky ex
tent Th. charg of usurpation brought
against.' him, as: U was against Andrew
Jackson, may prov a impotent now as It
did some seventy years ago. Putting all
other Issue at the -rear and pushing
"Rooeeveltlam" to th front may be good
politics, but it will not enthuse th masses.
And a democratic victory, if it b won
this year, 'will be th result of a light
vote, especially on the republican aide.
PERSONAL, NOTES.
King Edward has evolved a new fashion.
Ha appeared th other day with doubl
crease in hi trouaera, thus giving them
a square effect.
If the man who wrote th essay on "The
Ideal Girl" want to complete his work,
moat any young man under IB oan furnish
her nam and tell where sh Uvea. . .
Judge Parker I a man who la oonatant
to oa tailor. Th same man who made
him a suit of clothe twenty .years ago
ha been making th Judjpe's clothe ever
alnc.
Isaac Perry Decker I th sol survivor pf
the band of H7 men,; 7omen and children
who crossed the plain to Utah with Brig
ham Young In 1847. H was th gueet of
honor at the pionear celebration on July IX
Two amateur swimmers who started to
swim from Brooklyn bridge to th Iron, plar
at Corey Island, a distance of more than
thirteen miles, both went craay within a
mil of their goal. Strictly peeking, lb
men wer craay to undertake such a swim.
Ex-Congreoman Jerry Simpson, formerly
of Kansas, but now a wealthy stock fanner
of Boo weli, N. M., delivered an address at
the conference reunion In Canyon City,
Tex. Ha say that he I determined to re
enter politic and that hla nomination by
th democrat of New Mexico a delegata
to congresa I aeaured.
President Kixger I said to hav x
pressed a hope on hla death bed that car
tain of hi personal effect might find a
resting place !n a national museum at Pre
toria, ahould It ever be possible to estab
lish on there. ' His wishes applied partic
ularly to copies of th veral constitutions
or th republlo and to a number of relic
which might b presumed to posses a na
tional interest for the Boer people.
President Loubet, by a decree dated Juti
16, 1901, and bearing his signature, a well
a that of General Florentln, grand chan
cellor of th Legion of Honor, ha cone
f erred upon General Felix Agnus, pub
lisher! and proprietor of Th, Baltlroor
American, the cross of a knight commander
of the French Colonial Order of Nlchan-El
Anouar. Thl order I used by the French
government more especially to rccocnlse
colonial services, and If It ha bee selected
in rewam the work of General Agnus as
th moving spirit of the French Benevo ent
society In Baltimore, It 1 because befor
coming to America and enlisting In th
union army aunng th civil war ha u.
considerable service aa a Fronch soldier In
Algiers. N .
Cost ef Martial Vtetary.
St. Louis Republic
The glory of war la exemnllfled in the
present siege of Port Arthur. Th Japa
nese army captured two hill where the
red and whit flag of th mikado soared
proudly with the breeie, while 17,000 Japa
nese soldiers, brave men all of them, lay
dead or wounded on the field over which
their brother conquerors had Just passed.
The cost ot martial victory I human sac.
rlflce. ,
Pare Boose to Pur Politics.
Baltimore American.
When Gotham's model tavern, In which
the poor man la to have hla club and to be
mad good by the ennobling Influence Of
pure boer and pure whthky. Is well ea-'
tabllshed. Its next move will poHMlbly be
to supply Its .frequenters with pure poll
tics. Killed with pure spirit, tlio model
tavern outit to been me a tremendous
factor In the political and moral rcaenera
tlun of th wicked uetrupoU.
ROUND ABOUT HEW .TORK.
Ripple aa th Car rent (
th Metropolis.
A striking display of gvnei-oslty charac
teristic of th great metropolis was
witnessed on a street car th other day.
Edwin H. Brophy, a medical student, work
Ing out hla vacation as conductor ' on th
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, found a pocket
book containing 1,00 upon hi car. Th
first passenger upon th return trip was
an ekctted woman.
"Conductor," sh screamed. "I lost fl.SOO
In thl car a few minutes ago."
The woman minutely described th fifteen
$100 bills, th pocketbook and th manner
In whh-h the bills were folded, and re
celved her money. She took the blllss
with a cry of Joy, and said:
"Conductor, you ar an honest young
man, and I shall take pleasure In reward
Ing you." i
Brophy stamered that he expected no re
ward.
Th woman carefully stowed th bill
awiy, and then, fumbling In her purse,
produced a Canadian quarter.
'Take this, young man," sh said; "take
this; you have earned It."
Brophy stod transfixed. The woman
bridled angrily.
"Very well," she said,' as h' wet out
of the car, '1 will leave, "th moaer en th
eat." v r
And aha did. '.' f ,
New Tork I rich In odd-restaurant and
most of them from time to time hav fur
riished material for stories. In th newspa
pers. There Is one, however, only a couple
of block from the beaten path of Broad
way which only th actor seem to know,
By some It. Is called "The Ditch." and to
others It Is known a "The Actor Life
ving Station.'! - Th peculiar charm cf
th place I uppoeed to lie In the fact that
for 10 centa one may obtain a meal and a
huge seldM of beer, while for a quarter one
may feast. It not regally., at jeast to reple
tlon. . Soup ar all t cent,' and for th
am price on may have a fair-slsed ham
burger Steak, two small meat balls, a dish
of stewed trip or kidney or an Irish stew,
Th M-cent lunch I more elaborate, ' and
sucn delicacies as roast goo, goulash, pot
roast or pigs knockle (known colloquially
a German lobster) are Included. The por
tlon are generous, and even with th 6-
cent dishes One hunger may be aatlfled.
A peculiar characteristic of the Vander
bllts that Individually they seldom. f
ever, giv railroad passes. These favor
ar managed more or less bv Chauneev M
Depew and H. C. Duval. In fact, many
tones are told Of guest of Frederick and
William K. Vanderbilt, when ther wa no
special tram, having their fares paid for
them by their host. . Th distances, except
wnere special trains or cars were nrovfded.
wer comparatively abort : for Instance, up
to Frederick Vanderbilt' place on th Hud
son. The Newport and Lone Island conn
try place are oa the other roads and th
Vanderbilt. except on some extra occa
ion, travel Ilk ordinary mortal. Th
flrt change In this, system ha been made
thl summer by Alfred Vanderbilt, who has
had a light draught yacht built, with a
fast motor boat, for the accommodation of
hi gueet from Wlckford . landing to his
country place outside Newport.
"Whn I came to New Tork," said th
man from elsewhere, "my mind wa mad
up that every hand . In the city wa
stretched out for my pocketbook. But I'v
got over that now.
"I needed two things the other morning
a drink and the change for a flO. bill, I
went into a saloon, a place I'd never seen
before, to get both at one. In my hurry
I walked out with 85 cants ,only. , An Jhour
later I found that I, was t to tha bad, and
remembered..
hustled for the . saloon a perfect
stranger, mind you and half expected to
meet a stony star and be told that they'd
never seen me. .Instead, r hadn't opened
my mouth when the bartender handed over
an envelop. In Jt was my 19. and on the
outsld was written 'Left by mistake.
" 'Forgot it, didn't your said th bar.
Under, with a grin. ,
"Oht New . Yorkers aren't alt crooks."
Sweeping down like . a black cloud, i
warm ' of Immense wasp took possession
of th neighborhood of Beventy-second
street and eeond avenue, and held terrlflo
sway for more than an hour. The wasps,
say those who aaw them, wer not lees
than two Inches long, and some measured
three Inches. On wasp, pinioned by a hat
pin, escaped, cairylng off th hat pin.
Several women wer in the front windows
of their flat when 'he giant bisect swept
down upon them, anO ther wer screams
and slamming of wlndtws In all directions.
A bucket of hot water hurled at on
swarm of th wasp cart near scalding
soma passerby.
A party of young worn m wer enjoying
Ice cream soda In a candy store on the cor
ner when a detachment jf the inseets en
tared, and there wa a panic. In a drug
tor near by tha propiietor was filling a
preaorlptlon. when anoffier swarm entered.
driving him Into, tho rear room and his
clerk under th count ir.
Wood, th elevator1, ticket agent at Seventy-second
street, was next visited, and
th passenger on a train pulling out had
a merry time dodtng the pests;
Phillip Jacobsoj wa Selling a pair of
shoes In his at or. His customer never
stopped to put on his old shoe, but dived
out In his stocking feet and took refuge
In' ir'doorws? until the swarm paasod.
Jaoobson was d battle with the wasp for
twenty mlnuf ea.
Tha druggikt said . that be had treated
forty case f stings during the afternoon
and evening. It was almost dark befor
tho swarm had passed across th city.
Great fvn la being mad of th way In
which Russell Sage celebrated hi eighty-
eighth birthday treating himself .to a drive
on the Riverside boulevard. On writer
declares that In piling up hi fortune ef
r70.000.ooo or iso.ooo.ooo th old man ha
turned himself Into . a human cash reg
ister. Ht travel ea s pass every day to
save S cents; never falls to attend a di
rectors' meeting for the gold -plea he re
ceive on eat occasion; wears a suit ot
clothe ten. years; buys on hat every
yea I never pay to hav hla shoe shlned;
eata IS cent' worth of cracker and milk
for his luncheon, and. when away from his
oRlc, as h was on his eighty-eighth birth
day, compel hi clerk to pay for th whole
quart of milk that I usually divided be
tween them.
The Publlo Ssrvlo corporation, which
operate most of the gas and electric light
ing plant la New Jersey,- besides con
trolling considerable motive power and
trolley transportation facilities In the sister
state, ha adopted a novel construction of
sash to be worn by conductors. Somewhat
resembling a woman' bodice belt, this
"vestee" is o adapted as to provide differ
ent pouches or pockets for pennies, nickels,
dimes, quarters, lhalvea and dollars, it 1
serviceable alike In summer and wlntar,
during the former season serving as a
substltuts for a walstooat, while In cold
weather affording protection amidships and
allowing of sidetracking the overcoat.
Hundreds ot New Yorkers ar complain
ing of peculiar phrslcal distresses resulting
from Visit to Conry Island. Even th
phyalcltins are discussing the subject,
wbli ii has been bruuh.t to their attention
by SuflYrimr patient. Some ot the symp
tout related by a vf';'!r!i ar a saluting I
Pyilsefo
CREAM
. T .-
UATES BAKIX3 EASY
VoilnT housekeepers find it
its use the beginning of suc
cess in cookery.-
CMtCAaO,
headache, rising temperatur and nausea.
If this had occurred to visiter lath -hllarating
days of th old Coney island,
the diagnosis and remedy might be easy,
for tho- beer was then non too iraod and
th temptations manifold. But inc tha,
reformation in that resort it must b that
there is a new microbe at work.
TROLLEY AM) STEAM ROADS.
Competition Not Practical, tit Room
Exists for. Both.
Philadelphia Record. '
A recent magazine writer tin the cimpeti-'
tlon of trolley with steam railroads ad
vised the latter not to try to compete be
causa It vu Impracticable, but he re
minded the disturbed railroad manager
that they had not lost all, or even a con
siderable part, of . what the trolleys gained,
for the latter created an immense amount'
Of new business that waa not diverted front
the' other roads, and he gavs them th
mora substantial consolation that 'trolleys
got people Into a restless or nomadlo habit '
and they traveled more by steam cars than
they used to, so that while th steam roads
lost on the short haul they gained, a great
deal In the long haul business. ' ','
The New Tork Central railroad 'la about
to make experiments on a large scale with
electric traction on the West Shore line,
and It is thought that this may presaga th
adoption of electricity on that Una and
possibly on the Central also. It baa been
led to do this because of the serious falling
off In the passenger traffla near Buffalo
and other large cities, and even between
Buffalo and Albany, though the passenger '
earnings are greater than ever before.. Her '
la a casa In point. The suburban, business '
la rapidly deserting the New Tork Central '
In the vicinity of the large cities, hut ther
Is an increase ,ln th passenger earnings. ,
The trolleys are taking the short haui"
business away from the steam road, but
are actually Increasing Its business -fey,
keeping the. population moving . and ea-"'
cburaglng the habit of roaming. ' ,
If the experiment on the West Chore ,
ahould be entirely successful It would seem .
to be ' good poilcy for the Central to adopt .
electricity on its own line, and President
Mellen of the New Haven road has
hatarded the suggestion that the entire
system of his company may be electrified.
The Central has just awarded the contract'
for the power house from' which will be '
supplied the motive power for all trains
from New York to points' twenfy-flv or
thirty -mile but. Railroading;' may' b ou '
th vcrg of a-complete revolution. "" ' v
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POINTED PLEAS AMTBIBS.
Stern Parent I heard that young man
kissing you In th parlor last night. What
does It mean?
Lmestlne Oh, papa, you told us ther
were serins In klsalna- and we were lust -
exchanging a few. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Tess She was boasting that she la a very
good listener.
jess xes. one s wnat you migni can a
fluent llrttener. She love to hear herself
talk. Philadelphia Press.
Mirr find luat nonneaaed herself af tha
little lamb. :
"Now," site reflected, "let the meat pac it
em strike. 1 don't care. Cleveland
Leader.
He's quite an active political worker.
isn't herr
'Oh. no: he has not reached that stag
yst."- . ... . .... 4,
w ny, n talk or notning dui poiiuoe,
'Yes: he's merely sn active political
talker." Philadelphia Ledger.
Summer ' Boarder What's '' the matter
with these string beans T They last IUm
so much wood.
Parmer This Is a new variety I'v Just
been cultivating. I read about them in a
book written by a college professor that
had never lived In tha. country. Detroit
Pre Press.
"fin rou believe that mosaultoa are af
fected by the , use of . kerosaoa la tb
swamps?
Tea, answered Farmer CorntosssI,
"kerosene drives more of 'em from their
homes an' makes 'em "crosaer ' an' blood
thirstier than ever." Washington Star.
THREE FINGER. WHEELS.
W. D. Nesbit hi Chloago Trlbun
Th good old minister arose -
Ana loia nis congregation:
'I have a project to propose ..."
That merits commendation.
I see where one er two saloonaj., . i
While thirsty patrons waJted.-,' . ..
With prayer and rellKtousi tuiieS ' -
juave jusi Deen oeuicatea. ,
k,-'. ' '
1 notice, too, that these event
Have had the aDnrohatton
Of men who call such incidents
A helpful. Innovation. ; ' . -.
Though 1 regard (ham lax 'and loo, '
Still I muit say. In candor, ,.'
That what Is sauce for any gooaa
Must lis sauce, lor in gaaaan,
And so. If one I such a booa, .. '
T - . ' , I.,, , V.
nd make the church a mild sail
i n hin i-iur man ana nroinvr. ,
The rholr, instead of singing thln -,
Full of a heluful meanlnz
Shall choose a song that romp aad rtog
And ha a sportlv leaning.
The bssement shall be fitted up' '
Witt, ,h,v nook and arrotto.
E
Isch poetly sUlir, an glaes. and uJV
DI1S1I Vm ....... .
.nq we snau amp, it iwww-
In iierrson or In carol '
We'll end the song or end th Speech, ;
r
To tap, another oarreL
"lis. thus, beloved." that t eeh-
r i . . . 1. n Ik. ,An,itttlnil
Arose, ere he could further speak.
They trised his arms, , they bound
hint
wen . .
There's little to b added
Bavs that he's now kept In a oell .
hat has been nicely paoaea.
IjurlCoepCobi
Electric fans giv t.
you a constant cool ;
breoze a stead sup-
pi of fresh sir In
the offlee, stor ct
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