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iSeal) M. IS. H UNGATE,
Notary Public.
The Kiilghtg of Ak-Sar-Ben still hold
the inner forts.
Just while we think of It, could octo
genarian Davis be u "running mate?"
Tcrhaps Judge l'uiker will consent to
speak after he hits learned to talk with
out sarhig anything.
The drop In wheat nnd the fall of
Tort Arthur coming together might
shake things up quite considerable.
Why have the taxes of Omaha becu
increased 50 per cent in ll04 over 1903?
Ask the late Douglus delegation to the
legislature.
Tom Blackburn Js very modest. He
does not want to go to congress himself
he only wants to send a substitute of
bis own naming.
That waterlogged statesman is trying
to draw a herring across his track, and
by some slelght-of-hnnd slip Into a perm
anent high salaried position.
At any rate, the czar's disarmament
plan will be easier for Russia to carry
out when the war ends, as the naval
frrce will be practically eliminated.
Chinese refugees ut Che Foo are cer
tainly qualified to enter the lists against
Baron Munchausen, and are rapidly ap
proaching the class of Shanghai news
paper correspondents.
'Admiral Stirling has received no In
structions, from Washington, but reports
from Shanghai would Indicate that he Is
ready to execute orders as soon as they
may be communicated to him.
'The republicans of the Second congres
sional district should put on their think
ing caps. If they want to elect a re
publican congressman they should noml
nate a man who can be elected.
Congressman Hitchcock is outspoken
for Gurley. . Nobody will blame him
for selecting his own competitor in the
congressional race. He knows who
would be easiest for him to beat.
Russia Is not nearly as anxious to
maintain Chinese neutrality in Mongolia,
from which it secures horses and food
for its army, aa it is in Chinese ports
where it attracts only Japanese shells.
If the contractors persist in blocking
public Improvements the city will be
compelled to construct its public im
provements by day labor through Its
own officers and dispense with all con
tractors.
The greatest objection In democratic
circles to Candidate Davis' reference to
the cost of Buchanan's administration U
the inference that ho thinks national
campaigns should cost no more today
than then.
The republicans of Omaha and South
Omaha want to be represented in the
next congress without the aid and con
gent of the rotund statesman from Couiv
ell Bluffs who dabbles in Nebraska poli
tics as a pastime.
The officer who commanded the tor
pedo boat which sunk the Hlpsang may
have to pledge his decora tlou to pay
damages awarded the owners, as a naval
board of inquiry has decided the act
was unwarranted.
Talk about the Irony of fate! Bight
on, Arizona's drouth-stricken plalus a
flood has tied up the trains of every rail
road operating In the territory, and this
Just when the Vnlted States is spending
91,000,000 there on an irrigation plant
An ordlnauce to reduce the telephono
rateg will be Introduced In the city coon
ell, but that doeg not mean that the re
ductkm will take effect Immediately, un
leg the telephone company prefers to
cut rate rather than have jcompetltion.
Ay tXPLASA TO.V PEMAXPED.
In hig speech of acceptance Judge
arker said In regard to the I'hillpplnes
that while we are not at lilH-rty to dis
regard the responsibility that came to us
n the iKjssessIoti of the Islands through
he accident of war "that responsibility
will be best subserved by preparing the
slanders as rapidly as possible for self-
government and giving to them the as-
urance thnt It will come us BOon n8
they are reasonably prepared for it."
To the so-called snti Imperialists this
not altogether satisfactory. It does
not seem to them to accord with the
democratic national piatrorm, wnicn
alls for an unequivocal promise oMn-
(lepeiulenee to the Filipinos. They re
gard the position of the democratic can
didate for the presidency as ambiguous
as to this matter and they are calling
upon him to more clearly . define bis
position-that is to say, whether or not
11 using the term "self government he
means "Independence. ' unquestionably
this is Important, at least from the point
of view of the flntl-lniperlalists. Those
icople are not to be satisfied with any
half way propositions or compromises.
With them the question of Filipino In
dependence Js vital nnd anything that
onics short of that they refuse to seri
ously consider. It is not enough for
hem that the policy now being pursued
gives assurance that the natives of the
archipelago will be given self-govern
ment as soon as they are fitted for It
and that everything practicable is being
done to prepare them for that condition.
They demand that we shall nt once
give them assurance of independence,
regardless of what the consequences of
such assurance might be.
Tills element had an Influence upon
he St. Louis convention, but It did not
receive the unqualified approval of the
nndldate of that convention. In his
speech of acceptance he talked not of
ndependence for the Filipinos, but of
self government. This was a distinct
disappointment to the antl-lmperiallsts
and they are calling upon Judge Fnrker
to explain what he meant. Some of
them are Inclined to think that he In
tended "self-government" to be the
luivalent of "Independence," but the
attempt to make the two terms synon
ymous Is not generally satisfactory. For
examplo the Springfield Republican,
while expressing the opinion that Judge
Parker meant Independence when he
suld self-government, urges that he
would do well In his letter of aecep-
anee to settle the question of his mean
ng 'beyond all possible cavil. On the
other hand the leading Tarker organ, the
Brooklyn Fugle, urges the candidate not
to satisfy nntl-lmperiallst requests that
he come out squarely for Philippine in
dependence In his letter of acceptance
or in any other public utterance. In
the opinion of thnt Journal, which was
perhaps more Influential in promoting
the nomination of Tarker, such, a dec
laration on the part of the democratic
candidate would lose votes.
Unquestionably the nnti-imperlnllsts
are greatly disappointed in the attitude
of Judge Parker, as shown In his speech
of acceptance. Will he In his letter of
acceptance attempt tO placate them, or
treat thorn as a negligible quantity? Il
ls a question that promises to give hhu
some perplexity.
THE COST OF UOVERXMEXT-
The figures given by the democratic
candidate for vice president in regard
to the cost of government have not com
nianded so much attention as he prob
ably expected they would, nor has such
attention as they have received been
altogether complimentary to his Judg
me.nt In presenting them. It will be
remembered thut Mr. Davis stated that
the per capita expenses of the govern
ment have Increased from $2.01 per cap
ita in 1SU0 to $7.10 In 11X14, and the ven
erable candidate evidently regarded this
as a most impressive evidence of ex
travagance.
In I81K) the census gave the popula
tion of the United States as a little over
31,000,(100. The population according to
the census of 1MK was over 70,000,000
and must now be not less than 80.0(H),-
00O. The necessities and responsibili
ties of the government haVe grown dur
ing the past forty-four years even more
rapidly than the population of the coun
try, though not more rapidly than Its
wealth. Compare the legitimate de
mauds upon the government now with
those of 1800 nnd no rational person can
fall to understand the difference In ex
penses between now . and forty-four
years ago. This was a good deal of a
country then, but it is immensely
greater at present and consequently
requires a proportionately larger amount
of money for the proper and efficient ad
ministration of Its affairs. Whatever
Mr. Davis may think about It ho will
find that the people of the United States
generally do not regard the admlnlstra
tlon of James Buchanan as a standard
by which to measure the administrations
of bis successors. In that period the
governm 'it found great difficulty in
meeting current obligations.
ADDIXO TO THE NA VI'.
A table Just prepared by the bureau
of construction of the Navy department
shows thut there are thirty-six new war
vessels completed or under construction.
Of these thirteen are battleships one
of them being the Nebraska eight are
grmored cruisers, five ure protected
cruisers, two are gu 11 boat a and five are
torpedo boats. In addition to these are
three training ships. The statement of
the bureau Is that satisfactory progress
Is being made on all these warships, the
addition of which to the American navy
will make It fourth In rank In the nuui
ber of vessels.
The increase in the naval power of
the United States in the uear future
gives importance to the question of the
personnel and this U receiving tarefu
at tent Ion from the departme'nt officials.
It is stated that the officers In charge of
the recruiting parties, recently recalled
from the field to Washington, gre pre
paring a new itinerary that will goon be
TIIE OMAITA
put Into effect, but It Is feared that the
new restrictions In force recently or
dered will operate to the disadvantage
of the service In curtailing the enlisted
force. It appears that most of our war
essels are undermanned at the present
time, while few officers receive the full
quota of leave to which they are en
titled. What will happen when even a
portion of the vessels now under con
struction are placed In commission Is a
serious question with naval officers. The
matter is one which will call for the
earnest attention of congress and per
haps some more liberal policy in regard
to the navy will have to be adopted.
Manifestly If we are to go on Increasing
our naval establishment ample provision
must be made for manning the ships as
rapidly as they are ready to be put In
commission. It Is worse than useless to
build warships and lay them up. but it
Is a fact thnt congress has not hitherto
shown a proper appreciation of this.
There Is evident need of further legis
lation regarding the personnel of the
navy and it should be supplied at the
coming session.
HVMBV0O1XG THE TE( TLE.
goes without saying that every
It
water consumer and every taxpayer In
Omaha would welcome a material re
duction in water rates, gas rates, elec
tric light nnd power rates and tele
phone rates. It also goes without say
ing that there would be no demand for
municipal ownership qf public utilities
If the city could at pleasure fix the
rlces of water, gas, electric light, tele
phone service and street car fares. This
Is, however, not always practicable. The
resolutions recently adopted by the
water board at the instance of U. B.
Howell to reduce the water rates are
simply a delusion and a snare. If the
city of Omaha is In position to fix its
own water rates, regardless of the con
tract with the company, it would be poor
policy for the city to mortgage Itself
for from 94,000,000 to 90,000,000 in order
to acquire the water works.
It Is a matter of notoriety that John
D. Howe and W. S. Poppleton, both
very able lawyers, have at all times been
opposed to the extension of the water
works franchise or the extension of the
time to purchase the works by the city,
but they have never urged the mayor
and council to reduce the water rntes.
Why? Because tney are nor. nuraDugs
and charlatans. At any rate, it Is pass
ing strange that the Howell idea has
not occurred to these eminent lawyers,
who are not known to be partial to the
water company, are not known to be
affiliated with Tom Dennlson and the
machine, and have never been land
lords of the water company.
Omaha water rates are doubtless ex
cessive, but they were Just as excessive
last year as they are this year, and Just
as excessive the year before last as they
were last year. Why did not Mr.
Howell nrge the mayor and council to
cut the rates two years ago, Instead of
engineering that compulsory purchase
bill, which has given the city no relief,
but has cost the city thousands of dol
lars for a needless and impotent water
board, through the legislature?
Howell's contention that the contract
with the water company does not ex
pressly prohibit the city from reducing
water rates below the figures embodied
in the contract Is fallacious. If the
city has the right to reduce the water
rates to private consumers, it has the
right to reduce the hydrant rentals. It
it has the right to reduce the water
rates, it also has the right to reduce gas
rates, electric light rates and rates for
all public utilities, contract or no con
tract. That this position Is not tenable
may be readily seen by the context of
the various contracts made with the pub
lic utilities corporations. For example,
the contract with the United Gas com
pany contained the following clause:
'After ten years from the approval of
this ordinance the mayor and council
may regulate and fix the price of gas
upon a Just and reasonable basis."
No such provision Is embodied In the
ordinance granting n franchise to the
water company. In the contract with
the Omaha Gas company the price of
gas furnished to the city for Its public
buildings is fixed at 91 per 1,000 cubic
feet and the rate to private consumers Is
fixed nt $1.05 per 1,000 cubic feet, with a
declining scale proportioned to the quan
tlty of gas annually consumed, if
Howell's contention is correct, the city
could at any time cut the price of gas
furnished for the public buildings from
91 to f0 cents per 1,000 cubic feet, and
with equal propriety reduce the rates 10
private consumers, which is now $1.4."S,
to 91 or even 75 cents. AH Mr. Howell
would have to do Is to prove that gas In
Cleveland, Detroit, inaiannpoiis or
Pittsburg is gelling at from BO to 100
per cent less than In Omaha.
Howell's demagogy is strikingly Illus
trated in his deceptive comparisons on
water rateg in Omaha and other cities,
Every comparison he makes is based
upon the rute charged for an eight-room
bouse, with barn, horse and cow and a
sprinkling lawn frontage of fifty feet,
Howell knows that two-thirds of the
dwelling houses In Omaha and other
cities contain only five or six rooms, and
comparatively few of them have a barn
with horse and cow and a lawn of fifty
feet frontage. He knows that the
standard water rates for dwelling
houses Is based upon a six-room house.
The same persistent deception Is ex
hlblted in quoting 35 cents per 1,000
gallons meter rate as the rate paid by
Omaha water consumers, when ho
knows that less than 10 per cent of
Omaha dwelling houses are metered,
while the others have a fixed rate, vary
Ing according to the dimensions of each
house.
The climax of Imposture is reached- in
the so-called' primer of water rates. In
stituting a comparison between Omaha
and Minneapolis. In Omaha large con
sumers are credited with paying 4
cents per 1,000 gallons, while In Minne
apolis all consumers pay 8 cents. The
tnith Is that the rateg In Oumha for
large consumer vary from 8 cents to 13
DAILY REE: WEDNESDAY,
cents per l.ono gallons, the average be
ing 10 cents. If Minneapolis mill and
factory owners had to pay 3V cents
more per l.Oon gallons than Omaha mill
and factory owners they would le at a
serious disadvantage Instead of being
abend of Omaha In the matter of water
rates.
According to Howell, the number of
fire hydrants In Omnhn Is 1,47, which
cost the city 9'.J,smt yearly In rentals,
while Minneapolis boasts .1.412 hydrants.
which cost the city NOTHING. That
makes an awfully bad showing for
Omaha. As a matter of fact, Minneap
olis owns Its own water works, valued
nt over 9.-.000,0nn, and the Interest on
this Investment at 4 per cent represents
an annual charge of'90,no0, or 910.8,-
000 more than Omaha pays for hydrant
rentals. If Omaha owned its water
works the hydrants would cost nothing,
but the interest on the bonds would run
up anywhere from 91."i0.000 to 9240,000
year. Minneapolis, moreover, does
not receive a penny of taxes from its
water works, while Omnha receives
about 940,000 yearly, under the recent
appraisement.
These facts are not cited by The Bee
to Justify the excessive hydrant rental
charged or the excessive rates to private
consumers In Omaha under a contract
made twenty years ago, but simply to
unmask n humbug, who seeks to ride
Into public office on a popular Issue.
The most valuable service City Attor
ney Wright can render to the city of
Omaha is to institute proceedings that
will compel the Union Pacific railroad
to pay municipal and county taxes on
the grounds occupied by the mnchlne
shops, which, by a piece of slelght-of-
hand, have been included in the right-of-
way mileage of that road by Its tax
agents. These grounds were, for the
most part, donnted to the Union Pacific
by the city, and the corporation can
well afford to pay city and county taxes
on them.
It Is to be hoped that when the demo
cratic editors of the country assemble
nt New York upon the call of the na
tional committee no attempt will be
made to have them recant the doctrines
prenched by them during the last eight
years. The best that can be done Is to
ignore their past, for no one can ex
cuse it.
Having captured the "chair fort" at
rort Arthur, It may be thut the Japan
ese will find It convenient to sit down
before the city until the evils generally
found in a besieged city tome to their
aid.
Coal miners in the Pittsburg (Kan.)
district have voted to accept n reduction
in wages. A further increase In freight
rates on coal to Omaha may be expected
shortly.
Idaho democrats are refusing the
party nominations on the state ticket,
and it looks as if the Dubois combine
had slipped a cog.
Pasa Ip the Trough.
Chicago-Inter Ocean.
One Nebraska populist ha been nomi
nated for three office and Is threatened
with a fourth. He should combine and
call himself the Nebraska state ticket
A Little of Both.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A census bulletin shows that the lawyers
are increasing more rapidly than the doc-
tors. This might Indicate that as a na
tion we are growing healthier and more
quarrelsome.
la Nebraska Cut Ontf
Washington Post.
Judge Parker is going to make some
campaign speeches In the west. We doubt,
however. If he will advise the voter of
Nebraska to pllt on the electoral ticket
In order to assure the election of W. J.
Bryan to the senate.
Looking; for More Trouble.
Brooklyn Eagle.
War Is a stern business and compels the
sacrifice of men as if they were dollars.
but Japan is growing reckless with her
sons. Sho is reaching after new complica.
tions and at this rate she will not have
the men left to get her safely out of them.
Arcnrate Observers.
Chicago Tribune.
'Children," caid the astonished mother,
opening the door of the room and looking
Inside, "what are you making this un
earthly noire about?"
"We're playln' strike," answered Tommy.
"l'fn the striker an' Dick's the packer."
"But why have you got Johnny bound
and gugged and tied to a chair?
'Oh, he's playin' he's the consumer."
Thomas Made m Rlnfcer.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The democratic argument In this cam
paign Is Indeed exactly as Mr. Watson de
scribes it:
That the republicans have been right and
the democrats wrong, and, therefore, be
cause the democrats now confess this they
should be given power In the nation.
And In this definition of the character
of a rampalgn based on such an argument
the Hon. Thomas E. Watson has hit the
target of truth square In the bullseye.
PERSONAL, XOTKS.
Black Is succeeded by Black mar. Evi
dently there la no color line in the Grand
Army of the Republic.
The Inhabitants of Dawson City are
going to present King Edward VII with a
pure gold nugget found in the Klondike
last spring. It la valued at $1,300.
John D. Rockefeller has Just received
tl.560,000 Standard Oil dividends. Thla
ought to enliven the somewhat dull sum
mer on the Midway. ,
Colonel Prentiss Ingrahatn, the novelist,
who has Just died, was a cousin of Mrs.
Maybrli k and had been looking after her
estates In Virginia and Weut Virginia.
The wild waves must have been saying
some eevere things at Atluntlo City agalnM
the Hobsonlxlng on the bench, since flirt
ing has been forbidden there by official
decree.
Thomas KKtrada Palma, president of
Cuba, will, reside In his native land after
his retirement from oince and orrers nis
former home at Central Valley, N. Y.,
where he lived for eighteen yeurs, for sale.
Augustus Balnt-Oaudens Is still working
on the heroic statue of Charles Stswart
Parnell at bis studio In Windsor, Vt. This
handsome piece of bronie, when finished,
will be erected In O'C'onnell street, Dublin,
a few blocks dlfcUnl from the monument
of O'Cuiiuell, f rectwl In li'i.
AUOUST 21. 19(U.
RIOT MIST ED.
Strike Sefferer Pleads for C om polsory
Arbitration.
' A writer In the Chicago Record-Herald
makes a strong lea for compulsory arb,
traUon 3 (ho best mem of putting n
end to the riot and turmoil which follow
In the wake of strikes. He says:
If strikes mtant trouble only to em
ployers and employes. It might be well to
lot them fight It out. But when they
bring riot and injury to nonunion men
and destruction to property, and when the
public at large has to pay the expenses, It
Is time to call ft halt. The Meat trust de
mands protection for Its property; there
fore extra expanse Is Incurrtd by the city
for extra police force. Then the Meat
trust very generously to Itself raises the
price of meat to recoup Its losses, and the
public is made to pay again. The Coat
trust, no doubt, would like to have an
other strike, so as to raise coal prices still
higher. The coal strike cost the publlo
three times as much aa the Spanish war.
Strikes must be stopped, r.nd the govern
ment must stop them, for there only lies
the power to do It. Arbitration as we
have tried It Is a failure, for there Is no
power behind It to enforce the verdict.
Labor Is entitled to protection of Its Just
rights and must be made to understand
that to have those rights protected it must
not harass the public with recurring
atrlkes.
All over the country strikes are becoming
a calamity, creating, as In Colorado, a
state of war. Corporations employing
great numbers of workmen have taken the
place of the small shop and Industrial con
ditions are now vastly different from what
they used to be. Every business man once
had the absolute right to manage his busi
ness according to his own Judgment and to
say Just what he should pay for labor and
how long the day s work should be. Then
the worklngman also had some choice,
for If one shop did not suit him he sought
another, and, if a good workman, waa
always sure of a Job.
The small shops combined and became
great corporations. The grsit corpora
tions combined and became trusts. Their
employes organlxed Into great armies fur
self-protection. The workmen were driven
to this course. As they had to live near
the place of their employment, the mine or
the factory, they naturally became depend
ent on that one place for work. Their
individuality counted for little. They were
a part of the great machinery of the capi
talists for getting the most profit out of
the money Invested. Their employes paid
as little as possible for wages and got as
many hours of work as possible out of
them.
At slack times hundreds and thousands
of men were discharged, to become a bur
den on the community. Workmen could
often produce In half a year all that oould
be sold In the entire year, and therefore
were employed only half the time. Many
were hold down so that they could not
move awwy for employment elsewhere.
To protect themselves from the grasping
avarice of soulless corporations became ab
solutely necessary, and today we have com
binations of worklngmen, and their one
means of defense, the strike.
Now the country- faces these two great
forces, organized capital and organised
labor, both entitled to government protec
tion. What la due to one Is also due the
other. 6hall these be allowed to keep the
country In a turmoil, or shall they be con
trolled? The American people can certainly evolve
a tribunal before which employer and em
ploye can adjust their controversies, and
which will be sustained by the power of the
government. Anything that will prevent
strikes will be a boon to both capital and
labor and to a long suffering public. Have
we a Moses to lead us out of thla wilderness
of strife to the promised land of peace,
good order and prosperity?
NO HOPE FOR DEMOCRATS. ,
West Virginia Anehore In the He
pnbllean Harbor.
Bt. Douis Globe-Democrat.
Senator Scott of West Virginia, who has
been at republican headquarters In New
Tork, arrived here today. He can see no
reasonable hope on the part of the demo
crats for a victorious campaign, either in
his own state or in the country at large.
'In the first place, the campaign has
not yet progressed far enough to allow
any accurate analysis of the situation that
will be presented to us next NovemDer
when the voters go to the polls," he said
today. "But I cannot see any possible
foundation for any hope on the part or the
democrats that they can win In this elec
tion. Take West Virginia, for Instance,
with Its record of a majority for McKlr.
ley of over 21,000. With conditions In that
state, prosperous nnd with republican
principles favoring the further develop
ment of the state and a continuation of
prosperity, how can any one have a rea
sonable expectation that the people will,
at this time, turn to another party that has
nothing to hold out to them?
"The entire contention Is unreasonable.
It cannot appeal to the common Judg
ment of any one and to those who know
West Virginia and the nature of Its devel
opment and tho relation of that develop
ment to tho politics of the republican
party, the suggestion is not tenable.
"Then, too, take the country at large.
The democrats cannot hope to get back
the support they lost In 1806 and 1900,
which Is generally referred to as the gold
element. It may tie that a few of the
older men who voted for McKlnley and
who had been lifelong democrats will next
November return to the democratic fold
and vote for Tarkor and Davis. But that
class forms a very small port of the body
of jmen who were lost to that party. There
were thousands of young men In 1896 and
again In 1900 whose associations would un
der ordinary conditions have made them
democratic, but who, under the conditions
that were forced on the party by Mr.
Bryan, gave their votes to McKlnley.
"That class of young voters to a very
large extent will remain with the repub
lican party. They have been associated
wtth republicans In the early years of their
political activity and they will find no rea
son sufficient to cause them to leave those
associations. They are naturally repub
licans, so far as their business Interests
are concerned. They are for sound busi
ness principles in the administration of the
government. They will remain ln(the party.
"The fact Is the gold democrats will
largely remain In the republican purty,
Just as the greenbaokere became repub.
Hearts after the greenback party broke up.
"80 far as New York state Is concerned,
I can see no reuson for democratic hope
there. When the campaign has gone along
a little farther It will be possible to point
out definitely conditions that will indicate
how the voters of the state are lemltig,
but at this time matters aro not sum
clently crystallsed to give a reliable fore
cast." Rasslaa t oniplacenry.
New York Times.
It Is passing strange that Russians should
be sutlxfird with such a state of things.
A contented mind Is a continual feast. But
tho.ie olscrvera of the Russian content
ment who are verted in the American
clasKlcs will be Irreslslbly reminded of the
fighting editor's account of his own vic
tory, In the words of "John Phoenix:"
"PUcIng him on top of us, we held him
firmly down by means of our nose, which
we had tuseried, between his Uetb for that
purpose."
ITS OF WASHUaTO LIFE.
Minor Scenes mni larlaleats Sketched
n the Spot.
Curious questions are frequently fired St
the Cnlted States Internal revenue offics
concerning the sale of tobacco In Its vari
ous forms. Here are a few under consid
eration: A farmer In Illinois who raises a
good crop if tobacco wants to have ame
tf It made up Into cigars for his persons!
ue and that of a few friends. A yours;
woman cigar maker from the east is visit
ing near the farmer, and has volunteered
to roll some cigars for him. The local crl
lector asks If the young woman can make
up the cigars froe from the Internal reve
nue tax, in the face of the law whlrh says
that cigars manufactured by persons whose
"business" It Is to make them, must pay
tax. In this Instance the bureau has taken
the broad view that the cigars need not
pay the tax provided the farmer do?s not
pay the woman.
Collectors are having a lot of trouble
nowadays with dealers who use dummy
cigar boxes, made of pasteboard. They are
employed for display purposes and are used
largely In windows. The Impression has
gone abroad thst the Internal revenue office
has sanctioned the use of these cartons,
and dealers have refused to permit our In
spectors to examine them, making threats
of prosecution where the revenue agents
Insist on Inspecting the Imitations. As a
matter of fact the office has never approved
such use of dummy cigar boxes. Hut ss
long sa they do not bear imitations of rev
enue stamps or factory numbers, officers
are powerless to confiscate them or pro
hibit their use. Agents have the right,
however, to open these dummies to see if
they contain cigars, and any dealer at
tempting to prevent such a proceeding Is
liable to a fine and Imprisonment.
The other day Inspectors took up some
cigarettes that were being, sold without to
bacco license. The maker advertised them
as cures for colds and catarrh, declaring
that they were made entirely from herbs
and vegetable compounds. Treasury de
partment chemists analysing; them found
a large quantity of tobacco In them. Now
they pay the usual tax. Not long since the
officers passed without exacting tax of a
so-called tea cigarette, made for women
smokers. While it was free from tobacco
It contained other Ingredients far more in
jurious to the human system. '
Seoretary of the Navy Morton, although
he hus possessed the navy portfolio only a
short time, has already achieved some
thing of a reputation in Washington as a
"punster." The other day, when, through
a misunderstanding, Miss Margaret Tread
way of Dubuque, la., and Miss Anna Hull,
the daughter of Representative Hull of
Iowa, were both asked to christen the gun
boat Dubuque, launched at the yards of
the Gas Engine and Power company at
Morris Heights, Mr. Morton was called
upon to straighten matters out. He de
liberated for a while and then remarked,
gravely: "I guess Miss Treadway will
have to officiate. I never heard of two
'hulls' at one launching before, did you?"
Miss Hull must have felt the same way
about the matter, for the very next day a
letter was received from her declining the
honor of participating In the launching.
A correspondent of the Brooklyn Eagle
reports that Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Darling has decided to spend a por
tion of the contingent fund of his depart
ment In the purchase of gold watches,
earrings and medals. This rather unusual
expenditure will be made on the recom
mendation of the commander-in-chief of
the Tutulla naval station In American
Ramos, who forwarded to the Navy depart
ment the other day a deed signed by all
the Important native chlers or tne isiana
of Manua, of the Somoan group, . ceding
their possessions to the United States gov
ernment. This country already owns the
Island, under the agreement between Great
Britain, Germany and the United States
made three years ago, but heretofore the
native chiefs would never admit the fact.
According to reports, however, they have
been won over by the fair treatment they
have received from the United States naval
officers, and voluntarily signed the deed
referred to. In recognition of their
courtesy, If for no other reason, the
watches, earrings and medals will be pre
sented to them with the compliments of
the United States.
At the close of the maneuvers at Fort
Riley last year a Kansas farmer sent a
claim to the War department for $2.60 for
"lost time." The farmer's communication
contained no further details, but upon re
quest he Informed the department that
while he was plowing In his field one day
he had seen a regiment of soldiers pass by
and became so much Interested that he left
his plow and followed them. He argued
that If the soldiers hadn't passed by he
wouldn't have left the plow and, conse
quently, wouldn't have lost any time. The
Judge advocate general didn't waste any
time arguing the matter In his reply to
the farmer with the claim, but simply
wrote: "Does the circus pay you for the
tlm you lose when you follow the ele
phants?" Another Kansnn who, according to tho
War department officials, are a nighty
canny lot wanted 1,000 for "the destruc
tlon of a field of valuable flowers." On
Investigation It was found that a regiment
of regular troops had marched through an
unuse-d field on the farmer's land, wrhlch
happened to be white with daisies. The
farmer unblushlngly Informed the army
officer who made the Investigation that he
usually sold the daisies for 10 cents a
dosen and that he estimated he had lost
$1,000 when the regiment trampled down
the flowers. He Is still trying to collect.
The director of the United States mint
has Issued a circular giving a variety of
Information about coins and their vslue
and the medals made by the government
since the Institution of the mint. It tells
some Interesting facts. It appears that
the mint does not buy old coins or paper
money, excpt some rare colonial coins In
fine condition, which are desired for the
mint cabinet. Mutilated or uncurrent
United States gold and silver coin Is pur
chased as bullion. The mint has no pattern
pieces for sale. The government pays no
premium for the return of any of Its coins
or paper money. New coins cannot be
struck until authorized by an act of con
gress. The mint supplies United States
coins only and not of any past date. The
fifty-dollar gold piece and the half dollar
and quurtcr dollar pieces In gold were
struck by private parties on the California
conat during the '49 period, and not by the
United States government.
The coinage of the following coins ceased
in the years named: Half and one cent,
copper, In I'juT; one cent, nickel, 18G4; half
dime and three cents, silver, and two cents
bronie, In 1S7S; twenty eents, silver, 1878;
trade dollar, 18R3; one dollar and three dol
lars, gold, and three cents, nickel, 1W.
The Columbian half dollar was coined In
lHh?, and the InabellH quarter In UW. The
Itfayitte dollar was struck In 1HU9, the
date on the coin (l!KO) being that of th
unveiling of the memorial.
There are certain markings on every
United States coin that enable the place of
Its coinage to be located. Those struck at
the Philadelphia mint hove no mint mark,
but those struck at all other mints are dis
tinguished by a small letter on the reverse
near the bottom. These letters are: C for
Charlotte, N. C, discontinued In 1M1; CC
for Carson City, Nev., discontinued In 1883;
Id fur Delilonesa, Oil, discontinued la uti;
O for New Cleans and 8 for Pan Frsn-
cls-o. The coins of the United States, now
authorised by law, are: In gold, double
e.TKl. rnle, bnlf esalc, quarter e.igle; In
rrrver, hilf dollar, quarter dollar and dime;
minor, five-rent, nickel, and one cent.
' bronze. A person niav buy a proof set or
gold coins fmm the mint for t&M. and a
pr.of set of silver and minor coins for ll.M.
When the business of the mints Is slsrk
medals nny be struck from d'es furnished
by Individuals, public Inst Itut Ions snd In
corporated societies, at p charge sufficient
to cover the cost of the operation and ths
value of the metal.
MR. MILIUMS AS A (I.OW1,
Performance of the Southern Leader
at the Itarls Notification.
Philadelphia Press
The feature of the Davis notification was
the puerile and silly speech of John 6hrp
William. The acceptance of Mr. Davis
may be quickly dismissed. It was decorous
snd respectable, but there was nothing
notable In it. With a few light touches
on Imaginary depression and fanciful repub
lican extravagance it makes no serious
Impress.
Satire is a legitimate weapon of political
discussion. Rightly handled It may be not
only artistic in form, but effective in re
sults. But clumsily employed. Inaptly di
rected and wearisomely stretched out. It
loses Its force and recoils on the author.
Had Mr. Wlllams made a speech of rea
sonable length and put In a fine spice of
enrcosm aimed at the vulnerable points of
his opponents or of the president, he would
tack which would have been relished even
by his adversaries. Hut a Joke attenuated
to four columns becomes Inordinately thin.
Coarse buffoonery Is not trenchant satire.
It would be idle to follow Mr. Williams
through his tortuous discourse and show
Its absurdities. His arguments are be
neath contempt. His analogies have no
parallelism. His history Is a travesty. His
Irony Is ribaldry. When a mnn Imagines
that he Is puncturing the argument for
diversified national Industries by picturing
Jersey banns and Florida wheat; when he
fancies he overthrows the foundation of
protection by asking why not a tariff be
tween states; when he deludes himself with
the Idea that he dispose of the economic
truths based on difference of labor cost
by Inquiring why the black labor of the
south has not run out the white labor
of the north; when his whole speech Is
mado up of such lrrelevancles It would be
folly to take him up seriously In detail. ;
Ills deliverance Is a prolonged sneer at ths
president and it will excite disgust with
decent-minded men even among his own
partisans. He shows no sense of the grav
ity and Importance of the occasion or of
the dignity with which It should be met.
Instead of the speech of a leader It Is the ;
performance of a clown.
Is it any wonder that a party does not
make headway when its ablest representa
tives perpetrate such follies? Mr. Wil
liams has given more promise than any i
other democratic leader In the house for 1
years. His ability Is conceded. He has I
done many bright things. Yet here on a
national occasion, with a notional audience,
he simply makes a fool of himself. Is 1
there really a fatal blight on tljem?
WHITTLED TO A POINT.
"Miss Ann Teck seems to be a warm
partisan of labor against capital."
"Yes; I think the word 'union' appeals .
to her." Philadelphia Ledger.
"Ldvln' Is mighty high these days." the
barber went on to say as be shaved the
victim. "All kinds o' prices have gone up
so It's hard for us workin'men to even get
enough to eat." '
"Indeed?" groaned the victim. "Onions
are cheap, though, aren't they ?" Philadel
phia Catholic Standard.
"It has been insinuated that you are the
hireling of a trust."
"It's a base misrepresentation," answered
Senator 8orghum. "I've been promoted.
I'm, a stockholder now." Washington Star.
Hewitt Do you think long hair makes
man look Intellectual?
Jewett Not when his wife finds It on his
coat; it makes him look foolish. Town
Topics.
Canvasser Who Is Mr. Henpeck going to
support? . .
Mis. Henpeck Me New York 8un.
Bystander I expected to see you shoot
that Boston man when he gave you the lie."
Georgian He didn't give me the He. Ha
only said that In his Judgment I was ha
bitually untruthful. Somervllle Journal.
Jonah waa disembarking from the whale.
"I suppose that some people will wonder
how I ever got out of It alive," he solilo
quised, "jjut it really wasn't much when
you remember that I didn't get gay and
rock the boat."
But, as he had yet to pass the customs
officers, he cut short his bragging. Cleve
land Leader. .
the: campaign mathematician.
New York Times.
He sits alone In his padded cell with a mad
gleam In his eye.
A pencil clutched in his nervous hand and
his fevered brow all dry;
He casts great sums on a littered sheet
and then twists up his hair,
Tears up the sheet with a hollow sigh and
a gesture of despair;
And ever he sits with his pencil there and
feverishly drums,
Jot down more figures on a sheet and
casts him up more sums,
While gibberlHh flows from his parched
lips we cannot undermanl,
As he sits there in his padded cell, with a
pencil In his hand.
"Now these," be mutters, "are sure to go
for our honored candidates.
These will go for the other side and these
are the doubtful states;
We'll set the figures down right here. In
columns side by side.
Subtract the total from what we need and
the thing Is verified;
Next add New York with thirty-nine; sub
tract thirteen from three,
And multiply by Illinois that makes it
plain, you see;
But shall we add or multiply New Yorfc
by Idaho .......
To get the size of the total vote that la
cast by Borneo?
Alas! Alas! He was once like you and roe,
but see him now,
The baleful eye of the maniac and the mad
man's fevered brow!
And ail day long he muttera there with
pencil in his hand,
Wb'ie gibberlah flows from his parched
lips we cannot understand.
He figures up the doubtful states and he
sets them at one side,
Subtracts the total from something else
and the thing Is verified.
He adds New York to Tennessee, divides by
Idaho, ,
And finds the total vote they'll cast In th
wilds of Borneol
Pale cheeks, white lips,
and languid step tell the
story of thin blood, impuro
blood. Doctors call It
"anemia." They recommend
Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Ask
them and they will tell you
just why it makes the blood
so rich and red.
It M.
AH iruilsls.
Anemic people ire almost glwiys
constipated. Their liver ts slavish.
They hsvo frequent attacks of n
hesdsche, nausea, biliouaneas. Just
one of Ayer's Fills each nig.ht will cor
rect these troubles.
Uttata J. C. A TEt COUwfllj L'