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THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: IIJIDAY. AUOUST 26. 1904.
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berore ms this 1st day of August, A. D. 1904.
I8el M. B. HUNOATE.
Notary Public.
War Is not without Its compensations.
Rel Snioot lias escaped lots of aotorlety
because of tlie activity in the Orient.
The Howell water board has cost the
taxpayers of Oniiiha more than $(t,0(0
by this time. What has the city got for
Its money?
We apprehend that the return of David
E. Thompson will make much more of a
stir In political circles than the return of
David II. Mercer.
If the yellow Journal reporters per
sist in their efforts to force an inter
view, Mrs. Mayhrick may yet nigh for
the peace of that British prison.
If Bulloch connty, Georgia, was named
In honor of an ancestor of President
Roosevelt, recent events would indicate
that the honor was all on one side.
' The czar wl willingly permit Ger
many to express Itself by proclamation
ny way it wishes so long as Russian
warships can get coal from German
vessels.
Russian officers must have long-range
glasses, for they claim to be able to give
an exact account of Japanese losses be
fore they can even make an estimate of
their own.
The dispatches say that St. Clair Me
Kelway" of the Brooklyn Eagle spent
the night with Judge Parker. The dem
ocratic candidate may find his voice at
any time now.
Eastern democrats do not positively
Indicate whether they would rather
elect Judge Parker or be In n position
to say "you're another" to the demo
crats of the west.
The sympathy of the public will cer
tainly go out to those Chicago packers
who, in addition to the strike now in
progress, are threatened by a striko of
the strike breakers.
The battle of Manassas Is to be fought
over again by the national guard, but
the railroads will make more out of the
battle than mere glory. The transporta
tion of the Texas militia alone will cost
$75,000.
e
The Russian volunteer cruiser Smo
lensk may not have cut the cable, but
keeping away from port has had the
same effect upon its active career. It
is a wise commander who knows when
not to receive orders.
The Teller County Bar association has
demanded that two of Its members re
cently deported be permitted to return.
As the deporters stand in need of the
services of lawyers the demand will
doubtless be granted.
Whether the thing uppermost in the
minds of the Knights of Ak-Sar-ittn is
the home show, the electrical procession
or the carnival ball has not yet beeu di
vulged, but we suspect thflt tho horse
show occupies top of column.
William Randolph Hearst 1m not going
to be set-ond to any democrat In bis ap
petite for office. He is now in the hands
of his friends for governor of New York
and the republicans are putting nothing
In the way of his getting the nomina
tion. Rough riders must look to their laurels
when a team from New York is per
mitted to walk off with the honors of
the natlonul rifle contest. The west
cannot afford to be beaten at what has
for many years been considered Its own
game.
If the action of the Oklahoma task,
which took all of the Philippine cer
tificates of Indebtedness, is to become
common, Wall street may be left en
tirely to the men who practice "high
finance," and the lambs who would do
M U the could.
A NEGLECTED 1SSCK.
A leading Parker organ in the east Is
appealed to by one of Its readers to use
Its influence to have the candidate
"strike a true note on the question of
the Pannmn repnbllc outrage." The
writer of the appeal remarks that the
democrats in congress were "too cow
ardly or opportunist to vote as they
talked apninst any ratification of this
bargain with unholy forces and their
platform on the subject Is cowardly,
too." He wants an expression from
Judge Parker that will be a rebuke to
the republican party "for its base stir-
render to commercialism In this conspic
uous instance."
It is pretty safe to say that he will
be disappointed, thnt the newspaper ad
dressed will not heed the appeal to Its
Influence and that the democratic oandl
date for the presidency will say nothing
In regard to the Panama matter by way
of rebuking the republican party. The
opiHirtunlty to administer such rebuke
was at the St. Louis convention and the
representative of the democratic party
there assembled declined to improve it,
nlthoueh urged to do so by a few lead
ers like John Sharp Williams of Mis
sissippi, who as temporary chairman of
the convention denounced the course of
the administration in regard to Pananm
as "shameful." The draft of the plat
form adopted by the subcommittee of
the committee on resolutions did, it Is
true, express disapproval "of the meth
ods by which, In disregard of the usages
and obligations of international law and
treaty obligations, the cnnal route has
been acquired," but the full committee
rejected this and substituted for it the
simple declaration thnt "the democracy,
when entrusted with power, will con
struct the Panama cnnal speedily, hon
estly and economically."
The full committee did not follow the
counsel of Mr. Williams and a few
others who , thought political capital
could be made out of assailing the
action of the republican administra
tion because a majority of the committee
knew thnt such advice was not in ac
cord with the genernl sentiment of the
party. When Senator Gorman under
took to unite the democrats In the sen
ate In opposition to the ratification of
the Panama treaty he was summarily
turned down and virtually lost Ms posi
tion ns the leader of the minority In that
body. He found that the democrats of
the south were practically unanimous
In f;tvor of sustaining what the adminis
tration had done, thnt section being as
deeply Interested as any other In the
construction of an Isthmian canal.
Judge Parker is undoubtedly well
aware of all thin and if he does not al
ready know It he probably will i.nr.i
before he writes his letter of acceptance
t'mt n very great majority rf ttv Amer
ica 11 people relieve thnt In recopnizlng
the Panama republic and In not per
mitting Co'ombla to Inaugurate civil
war on the bthmus our government wrs
fully Justified by the circumstances. It
can le very confidently assumed, there
fore, that the democratic candidate for
the presidency will say nothing to offend
the practically unanimous public senti
ment on this subject, so thnt what
seemed a few months ago a promising
democratic issue may be regarded as
dropped.
TUB WISCONSIN SITUATION.
While the leniocrtits profess to regard
Wisconsin as a doubtful state and are
proposing to make a vigorous effort to
carry it for the national ticket, republic
ans feel confident that the state is ab
solutely secure for Roosevelt and Fair
bunks, both republican conventions Wav
ing declared for them. It is recognized,
however, that- the factional fight is a
serious matter in its bearing upon the
election of a governor and other state
officers and a legislature. It Is quite
possible, if not Indeed probable, that
tho democrats will win on the state
ticket and perhaps also carry the legis
lature, which would give them a United
States senator to succeed Senator
Quarles, whose term will expire next
March.
The question of the regularity of the
two republican conventions is to be
decided by the state supreme court but
it Is stated that Governor La Follette,
should the decision be against him. pro
poses to disregard it and remain In the
field as a candidate for re-election. If
such is his determination and he should
persist in it the outcome would depend
on Ln Follette's ability to consolidate
the anti-monopoly elements of both par
ties. Ln Follette's efforts to protect the
people against the aggression of corpo
rations make him a formidable candi
date even If his nomination should be
pronounced by the courts as Irregular.
AMERICAN PASSPORTS.
It appears that the Department of
Stnte Is again endeavoring to open nego
tiations with the Russian government
for the umvstrlcted recognition of Amer
ican pnssporU. It is reported to have
transmitted to the ambassador of the
United States at St. Petersburg the Joint
resolution passed by congress at the
last session relative to Russian discrim
ination against Jewish citizens of this
country, particularly those who came
here from Russia and have become cltl
sens through naturalisation, in respect
to these Russia's policy of discrimination
Is rigidly enforced and thHt country has
hitherto declined to discuss the matter.
Whether or not it will now be disposed
to enter Into negotiations, with u view
to at lenst modifying its policy, remains
to I rvn. It Is said that while under or
dinary circumstances It Is not probable
that Russia would even yield to the ex
tent of dlhcusslng a question affecting
the internal policy of the empire, and
while a compliance with the American
wish would probably entail a chniigc in
Russian luws,the more liberal policy re
cently manifested toward the Jews of
Russia seems to create at least the room
for hope thnt the American ambassador
may now succeed where his predecessors
fallod.
While It U admitted that the Russian
government has an unquestionable right
to adopt whatever policy it sees fit re
gsrdlng passports, yet there Is nothln
unreasonable in asking that it shall not
make any unfair or unjust dlscrimina
tlons In the matter, as It Is alleged to
have done. Of course there Is nothing to
be done If Russia declines to change her
policy, but the effort of our governmen
to bring alxmt a change will have th
cordial support of the American people,
THE congressional primary.
The republican primary for this, the
Second congressional district, will take
place one week from next Saturday un
der the direct supervision of Thomas W
Blackburn, chairman of the congres
slonal committee. The procedure Is un
preeodented and revolutionary. Nowhere
in the United States has a congressional
committee usurped the powers and pre
rogatives of the respective county com
mittees charged with the conduct of prl
mary elections and caucuses In each o
the respective subdivisions of a congres
slonal district In ho instance that we
can recall has a congressional committee
in Nebraska attempted to force upon
the party a candidate by main force.
The function of congressional commit
tecs everywhere end at all times has
been to help to elect the candidate nomi
nated by a party. In this instance, how
ever, Mr. Blackburn has started out to
foist a candidate upon the party, willing
or unwilling, and to employ the niachin
ery always heretofore entrusted to
county committees to carry out his per
sonal will In spite of all remonstrances
Mr. Blackburn and the committee.
which he carries In his pocket, have or
dalned that W. F. Ourley shall be the
nominee of the republicans of this dis
trict and the machinery to carry out
their decree has been set in motion to
carry out this program. "You can lead
a horse to water, but you cannot make
him drlrfk." If the republicans of Omaha
and Douglas county are allowed to voice
their sentiment at the coming primary
we feel sure they will register a protest
against the high-handed methods pur
sued by the congressional committee,
Not only that, but they will see to It
that such an autocratic scheme shall
never again be put In operation in this
district
MARK THE CONTRAST.
The Howell red line water works
primers are becoming more interesting
as the days go by. The comparison be
tween the water works of Cleveland and
Omaha shows thnt Cleveland has a
population of 400,000 and owns Its own
water works, while Omaha, with only
115,000, does not own its water works,
Cleveland sells Lake Erie water at a
much lower price than Omaha sells Mis
souri river water. Cleveland has ex
pended more than fS.000,000 on Its
water works and pays no water rent,
while Omaha Is compelled to pay $92,8iO
a year to the corporation that owns the
water works.
Tcr contra, Cleveland pays more than
$.10,000 a year In rental for housing Its
city officials, while Omaha does riot pay
a penny of rent. That shows that
Omaha Is away ahead of Cleveland,
providing always that we do not take
Into consideration the fact that Omaha
pays $22,000 a year In interest on the
city hall bonds and more than $10,000
for fuel, Janitors, elevator men, etc.,
while Cleveland does not pay a dollar
In Interest on city hall bonds because it
has never owned a city hall.
Come to think of it, Milwaukee, Mln
neapolls, Detroit and all the other cities
of America that own their own water
works do not pny a penny for hydrant
rentals, but they do pay' hundreds of
thousands ot dollars of interest on water
bonds.
Railroad traffic managers are said to
be very much perplexed over the viola
tion of the western pass agreement en
tered Into about two years ago to con
form with the Interstate commerce law
The discovery has been made that free
transportation is being Issued quite gen
erally through western territory with a
view to influencing and controlling traffic.
In other words, the discovery has been
made that the railroad managers do not
keep faith with each other, but are try
ing to beat the devil 'round the bush
under the plea of necessity. At a meet
ing of the traffic managers Just held In
Chicago it was said that during the
period when traffic was heavy and all
the roads had as much as they could
handle all the big shippers and their
friends paid their fares, but as soon as
traffic began to fall off the traffic man
agers began to break over the line and
that very few of the big shippers paid
their fares when they rode on western
railroads. This Is only the old story that
competition beats combination. A rail
road traffic manager Is expected to get
the business away from his competitors
If he can, even If he has to violate the
interstate commerce law and break the
anti-pass agreement.
The Chicago pneumatic tube mall serv
ice, the longest system of its kind ln the
United States, was formally opened by
the postmaster genernl and many digni
taries with a great deal of pomp and
cf remony on Wednesday. It would have
been a good deal more satisfactory.
however, to have had less pomp and
ceremouy and to have had the pneu
matic tube system of Chicago controlled
by the government and operated as
part of the postal system, Just, as are tho
systems of London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin
and all the great cities of Europe. Uncle
Sam expended nearly $15,000,000 last
year on public buildings and it would
not have eeu a great strain on bis credit
to have expended $1,000,000 on a pneu
matic tube system for the second largest
city in America, instead of allowing this
service to be monopollred by a private
corporation.
The threatened IntruMoiT of rival tele
phone companies Into the territory mo
lioisjllsed by the Bell company will do
some good to Omaha after all. It Is now
confidentially whispered that the tele
phou company has decided to make a
reduction in its rates In Omaha, but, In
order to Justify councllmen who voted
against the proposition to submit the
question of a franchise for an Independ
ent company to the people of Omaha
the impending reduction Is to be made
through an ordinance, so ns to place
these councllmen in a position to claim
that they did It. There are more ways
than one of skinning a cat.
According to the Chicago Tribune, the
next Illinois general assembly will be
asked to authorize the city of Chicago
to regulate the price of gns, so that
consumers may have it for less than $1
a thousand cubic feet, if Chicago only
had a marooned sea dog like Howell
It would not need to go to the legis
lature to fix gas rates. All It would
have to do would be to reduce them by
order of the mayor and council, contract
or no contract.
Why can't the people of Omaha be
trusted by the council to decide for them
selves at the next fall's election whether
the city is to invest in u municipal elec
tric lighting plant? It will cost nothing
to submit the question at the general
election and n submission of the question
will enable the councllmen to redeem the
pledge on which they were elected. And
why not also submit the proposition of
the Independent telephone companies?
A year ago IHmver decided thnt It
needed an auditorium, but would not
tnke the trouble to raise funds as other
communities had done, so it voted bonds
to have the building constructed by the
city and promised to erect tho struc
hire in less time than it took other towns
to talk about It. Now n property owner
hits enjoined the prosecution of the work
and the house may have to be built by
popular subscription after all.
The government Is preparing to open
the Sioux reservation which lies Just
west of the Rosebud reservation now be
ing settled. It Is to be hoped some plan,
not so expensive to prospective settlers
as a land lottery and not based upon
principles heretofore condemned by the
government, may be devised for dispos
ing of this property.
Irony of Clvlllsatloa.
1'hlladelplila Press.
The Thibetans object to the bill Colonel
Tounghusband has rendered for carrying
the white man's burden. To be Invaded
and then to have to pay the costs of the
invasion Is surely the irony of civilisation.
Denredly C'levah, nontrherkaow,
Chicago Chronicle.
'England is anxious that the United
States should move In the neutrality dis
pute at Shanghai.-' says,, a London dis
patch. Aye, aye; truat Mr. Bull to'get his
chestnuts out of the fire by other hands
than his own If possible.
A Public Enemy.
Boston Globe.
James J. Hill, the railroad magnate, is
quoted as predicting a big fall business.
How much better that Is than crying poor
mouth Just because this is presidential
year. The man who cries calamity to help
elect his candidates is not only a public
nuisance, but he is a public enemy.
'Things Would Be Different."
Philadelphia Record.
The Czar of Russia In the delirium of his
happiness over the birth of a male heir to
his throne has abolished corporal punish
ment ln his realm. If he could prevail
upon the Japanese to also abstain from
the Infliction of corporal punishment on his
subjects "things would he different."
Poor Little Aleils.
Boston Herald.
The csar of Husula has Issued a mani
festo saying that in the event of his dying
before the czarowlts attal'ts his majority
the emperor's brother, Grand '"""ke Michael
s to become regent, the empress assuming
the guardianship of the cxarowlts. Poor
little Alexis! He will never have a chance
to play hookey nor go bare-footed before
the frost Is out of the ground, nor eat his
fill of green apples, nor do anything else
the average boy has to do before he can
become & man.
Aid to Forest Preservation.
Cleveland Leader.
Th Department of Agrlcuture at Wash
ington, In addition to widespread and care
fully considered experiments ln the line of
reforestration, Is about to Inaugurate a
ystem of wireless telegraphy to aid ln
tho preservation of timber now standing,
n the great west forest fires destroy every
year far more valuable timber than la cut
for the uses of mankind. By the establish
ment of wireless telegraph stations at the
danger points of the northwest It Is be
lleved that early advices of fire can be
given In time to adopt successful means of
prevention.
POLITICAL. SNAPSHOTS.
Chicago Inter Ocean: If Judge Parker
Is not to make speeches during the cam
paign, he should at. least send out a pre
paid telegram once In awhile.
Chicago Tribune: It would not bs en
tirely aurprlaing If the populist party.
which but yesterday was deemed moribund,
hould. In this election, regain some of Its
oldtlme vigor.
New York Tribune: The Hon. James K.
Jones dropped Into democratic headquarters
and announced emphatleaily, "We are going
to win!" Mr. Jones finds It hard to break
way from the prediction habit.
Kansas City Journal: If Parker and
Davis are sure of election, why are demo
cratic editors so Insistent that Senator Fair
banks shall resign Do they wsnt to de.
prlve the poor man of office altogether?
Minneapolis Journal: . Old, nothing!
Henry Gassaway Duvis led the german for
three nights successively at White Sulphur
Springs! The telegraph, however, does not
state whether he was a bit lame and cross
the morning after.
Ban Francisco Chronicle: The calamity
owler is becoming discouraged over the
outlook. The consensus of opinion that
there will be a good fall and winter busi
es deprives him of the opportunity to
use depression as a political weapon.
Pittsburg Dispatch: Tom Taggart ex
presses liimsolf as pleased with the news
from the doubtful states. That Is, they
remtiin confidently doubtful and carefully
conceal their ultimate design of going for
Roosevelt. To a democrat there Is always
ope where there's life.
Philadelphia Record: Mr. Parker would
take hold of the right arm of the hand-
haker at the elbow and hold It firmly
with his left hand, which hum a stout grip.
Then grasping the outstretched hand with
his own right hand he would shake vig
orously, not only the hand, but the fore-
rm, the upper right arm being held with
the strong left hand grip. The caller could
not have got away if he bad wished, and
be did Dot wlslt to. ...
' ROtSn ABOVT HEW YORK.
Rlpnlea on the C'nrrent of Life la tho
Metronolla.
Hon. Paul Morton, secretary of the navy,
whittled for a switch at the Brooklyn navy
yard last Monday. He pulled in on the
cab of the Dolphin after a temptestuous l
run among the marlnea along the coast,
feeling a trifle glum under the gills. It
seems the trip did not agree with him.
Neither did his meals. So when the Dolphin
halted at the station the secretary pulled
his sealegs together and Joyously hobbled
onto terra flrma. Mr. Mortqp has rocked
over the prairies of the west In everything
from a prairie schooner to a palace car,
but the prairie roll Isn't anything like the
rise and dip of a dispatch boat on Atlantic
swells. Members of the secretary's party
noticed that he kept to himself during the
early part of the voyage, but the skipper
of the Dolphin says:
wrai ne man t keep to himself was a
plenty."
Remarkable storlea that tax credulity
jet hold the ear were told by the captain
and chief officer of the Oriental Bteamship
company's liner Satsuma, which reached
New York from the far east last Saturday.
According to the chief officer, the Satsuma
had on board the sacred cat of King Khou-
lalonkorn of Slam, for the return of which
a reward of 11,000 Is outstanding.
iiiis veracious mariner declares that
when they wee about to sail from Singa
pore they heard a great commotion In the
harbor. It was learned that the sacred cat
of the king had escaped, and In the chase
had been reported as seen at the dock.
That night a Junk came alongside of the
Batusuma, and a Chinaman offered a cat
for sale. As the ship was being overrun
wnn rats, me cat was purchased for 60
cents. It was seen at once that this was
no ordlnnry cat, and the chief officer of
the Ship aVOWS that the Chlnnmr.n fmm
whom he bought the cat confided that it
was the king's cat, and that its disposal
was necessary on account of the relentless
chase. The officer says further there
would be high doings ln the Siamese
king s court if It were known that hli
j.ir.iuus pet nas Drought into the world
nve more sacred cats, all of which are en-
j.,.' ...B nuta ii en i m, ana mar be seen
any day gamboling on the deck of the Sat
suma.
MIhs Margaret Dougherty, of Rochester
wnoee scaip was torn from her head by
her hair catching In an automobile In front
or the Casino In Central park. Is recover-
Ing from a remarkable operation In Pres
byterian hospital. The day after the accl.
dent a policeman passing through the road
way came upon the scalp, the hair from1
wnicn had been cut off. He placed It in
npwapaper ana took It to the hosnltal
ii wm aeciaea mat night to graft the
scalp to tho head, and the next day the
operation was performed by Dr. F. Tilden
Brown.
At the time .the operation was performed
the young woman was In a critical con.
anion. She was unconscious during tho
operation and long after it. Later, how
ever. Bhe began to mend, and since then
she has shown Improvement dally.
For the last week the physicians have
been looking for signs of returning vital-
Ity In the scalp and signs of hair. and. now
they announce that they see evidence of
vascular activity In the cuticle and a
healthy glow ln the once detached scaJD.
ino tears are now expressed for the life
of Miss Dougherty. It Is expected she will
leave the hospital within a month or six
weeks.
Criminologists have stopped making Sun
day visits to Coney Island. For several
Sundays they have gone home with few
notes. Last Sunday they didn't even open
their note books. More than 800.000 persons,
according to the old residents, went to New
York's big playground that day. These
800,000 were not all of the very pious kind.
In fact, they were of all sorts, conditions,
races and degrees. They found Coney Is
land as reasonably "wide open" for amuse
ment, food and drink as It has been this
year. Yet up to 8 o'clock Sunday evening
there had been but Ave arrests.
"I would like to buy a good quarter
cigar," remarked a man on entering a
wholesale cigar manufacturer's shop. "I
want to try one before I buy a box. as I've
been endeavorlnc for some time to find a
cigar to suit me."
"I'm sorry I can't sell you one In here,"
replied the proprietor. "It's against the
law. I could sell you one on the sidewalk,
but not in here. However, I'll give you
one, and If you like the flavor you can
buy them by the box."
Taking a box of cigars from the shelf
the man opened It, shook It so that all the
cigars were visible, and took one from the
bottom row. Another shake sent the rest
back to their original places. The cus
tomer put the cigar in his pocket, remark
ing that he would give It a fair trial after
dinner, and walked out.
"Did you notice where I took the cigar
from I gave him?" said the cigar man to
a friend. "I took it from the bottom row.
If he comes back, I'll give htm that same
box. There are many men who come in
hero, knowing we do not sell cigars singly,
and walk out with a free smoke; but when
one does come back, we feel Justified In
giving him the box from which he took
the sample. Besides, not one smoker In a
hundred counts the number of cigars In
a box when ho buys It."
Chinese Industry In the city Is not alto
gether confined to the laundry shop and
the tea store. On a down-town street an
enterprising Chinese firm has a large cigar
factory-, where seventy-five Chinamen dally
roll cigars. Reading the name of the firm
one would expect to meet Spaniards or Cu
bans there. Miguel, the Christian name of
the senior partner, Is certainly not Chinese.
But the expectation Is quickly dispelled
when several brisk, smiling Chinamen con
front one. They are the firm. The product
of the factory Is not sold to Chinamen, but
to American stores all over the country.
American traveling salesmen ars employed.
The factory Is clean and redolent with
Havana odor, and the cigars are sym
metrical. As to their quaJlty, no affidavits
pro or con have been received from those
who have made the test.
"Big Bill" Devery, formerly chief of po
lio In New York, Is now a business rival
of Bishop Potter. He has opened a saloon
and will sell whisky at "a dime a throw
Just the same as the blsh." he explains.
Mr. Devery even goes me lengm or a-
tng that when a man needs a drink real
badly hs oan have It oh credit. His re
fectory Is to be at Rockawsy tieacn, ana
It Is to be known as "The Pump."
Troubles Wo Know Not.
Boston Globe.
For obvious political reasons the cxar of
Russia has been greatly relieved by the
birth of a son. while the king of Italy Is
said to b In a state of anxious expectancy
of an heir. Happily th people of this
country can only faintly appredat such a
situation. Kingly dynasties hang on slen
der threads, but the government of the
people rests on a surer foundation than
the chance of birth.
Real Streaaoas Llrlag.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
When the Port Arthur rltlien takes his
dally walk abroad he continues to keep
close to shelter, and then when he hears
the hoars shriek of a shell overhead he
scoot for hla V'"1 oroof burrow and dives
In bead first
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FERSOSAI, SOTES.
Mark Twain haa decided to remain per
manently in New York City.
The old reliable grapevine system of
newsgatherlng Is left at the post by Che
Koo and Its Junks.
Old Turkey Is as exasperating and as dila
tory in paying the clnlms of American cltl-
lens as Is our own congress almost.
Director George E. Roberts of the United
State mint Is In Denver inspecting the new
mint ln that city. He has spent the last
month In Alaska on a government mission.
James Dean of Freeport, I.. I., has
probably the greatest private collection
or war relics to le found anywhere In the
country. His armory occupies two large
rooms In his dwelling.
The surprising news comes from Pitts
burg that a councilman was offered a bribe,
and not only refused It with scorn, but
divulged the secret. The day for small
offers from corporations has gone by.
A Kansas City woman seeks a divorce
from her husband because he never kicked
ae"ainst any request she made. This modi-
r8 tne envious charge that the Kansas
Cltyana are knockers.
A business man, who Is on the verge of
nervous prostration, has been ordered by
his physician to go into the country for a
month and do absolutely nothing with his
mind. As a part of the regime the doctor
has prescribed the reading of a dosen popu
lar novels.
The Insurance companies ln which Prince
John Obolensky. the new governor general
of Finland, holds policies have Insisted upon
Increasing the premiums by SO per cent In
consequence of his having accepted the post
left vacant by Bobrikoff's murder, so prob
able do they consider it that he will meet
& like faie.
Henry Mills Alden has just completed the
thirty-fifth year of his service as editor of
Harper's magaslne and the forty-first of hla
editorial connection wrlth th Harpers. He
became editor of Harper's- Weekly at the
age of 26, and before that he had been a
school teacher and an editorial writer for
New York papers.
The Zurich publisher, Herr Schabelitx,
died the other day. He was the man who
never wrote to any one except on a postal
card. He used that means of communica
tion when he accepted the celebrated me
moirs of Count Von Arnhelm. "I reserve
th right," he wrote on the usual card.
'to correct your Infernally bad grammar."
To a budding historian he sent this mes
sage: "You are making the mistake of
your life. You do not want to study his
tory. You want to learn how to write."
THE ATIOVS WEALTH.
Attractive Story of the Progress of
the People Toward Prosperity.
Boston Transcript.
The census returns tell many a flattering
talc, but perhaps none among them Is of
larger interest to more people than that
which chronicles the steady increase of
wealth In the country and the attractive
outlook for ant Indefinite continuance of
tins process. The figures are almost fab
ulous, but they are the results not of
guesses or estimates, but of sums ln simple
addition. Every ten year has been
marked by a substantial Increase of this
wealth, sometimes In one direction or by
the special stimulation and activity of on
industry, and sometimes in another, but
even In those decades that have Included
panic periods and experiences, marksd by
heavy shrinkage of at least nominal val
ues, th substantial expansion las still
gone on.
Th offlclallr recorded weilth of th
United States In 1850 wss $7,136,780,000, a tidy
sum In itself, but when In 160 a fresh In
ventory was taken it was discovered that
our possessions had swollen to the amount
of $16,l9.616,0O0, an Increase of 13 per cent.
This was the banner period on the basis
of percentages. It was the time of the
development of our wonderful resources
In the precious metals and of an unprece
dented opening up of that great western
country. In 170 the Increase shown was
Hi per cent, upon somewhat Inflated val
ues, probably, but still very encouraging
considering the waste and confusion that
had characterised four years of that event
ful decade. Since 170 the average decen
nial Increase has been 46.8 per cent, though
the figures for 1900 showed only 46 per cent,
but giving a total to our credit of 194.300,
ftiO.ono. Should the advance b no more than
ave.-age for the next six years the balancing
of accounta ln 1910 will give us lbs amaslng
total of $138,000,000,000. It Is said that a
larger proportion of the wealth of the coun
try than ever before Is held lu storks and
bonds, which naturally by this Increase
becomes more valuable unless the sub
stance back of them haa already been too
generously anticipated But as a rule tho
business of the country Is not built upon
mere expectations. All this merely takes
Into account the vlslbl. or material wealth
and does not Include the potential value
o the worklngman'a capital, his labor,
either skilled or unskilled. No doubt many
have experienced apprehension lest this
expansion of productive power should rett h
Its natural limit before many more decades
should come and go. It is not strange
that such a limit should) be suggested, be
cause the earth Itself can b measured in
cubic terms and Its weight calculated In
ton, or even pound, units; but th. prospect
Is so far ahead that we can leave all the
problrma that It would Involve to the cen
turies beyond us.
The time for the serious restriction of
opportunity is In the un.xplored It not un
imaginable dlatance. It Is well at times tu
remind ourselves of all that lies In reserve,
ln th public domain, surveyed and uiuiur
veyed, and sttll unappropriated, there
every adulter-
makes the best
too william sr., new york.
are still more than 9T0.000.Oi0 acres, or
enough to sustain a larger population than
that now Inhabiting this country. If we
accept the once popular contention of "Ten
Acres Enough." But even now, as wo
advance farther and farther Into the un
developed resources of our country, there
results a tendency not only to open up the
new, but to find new possibilities ln the
old. The scientist is, after all, doing
Lr.ore than the settler, not only to add to
our knowledge, but to Increase the condi
tions of national wealth and the triumphs
he has already scored are but skirmishes
leading up to the grander victories that
wait upon his further progress.
A SMILE OR TWO.
"Molly." he said, "If I ahould die first I
want you to see that I'm cremated."
"Mercy on us, John! Coal may b $10 a
ton then!" Atlanta Constitution.
"Eunice, did you pay S3 for that pair of
gloves You are phamefuly extravagant.''
"Why, mamma, how cur you tain tnat
way? 1 got a trading stamp wr.h them."
Chicago Tribune.
"It la your duty," said the earnest num.
"to assist In leading the world to higner
things."
"Well." answered the beef packer; "am I
not doing my best? Look at the price ot
meat." Washington Star.
She It must be awful to be burled alive
squeexed ln a coffin and una Die to move
He es. Indeed; I tell you, Jane, there
are worst places than this flat, if you only
stop to think about it. Leslie's Weekly.
"What a peculiar odor the perfume has
that Miss Snawfer uses."
"Ves. It's made especially for her."
"Is that so?"
"Ves; It counteracts the smell of gasoline
that she picks up from her auto." Cleve-.
land Plain Dealer.
"I suppose. Mis Auburn." ssid Mr. Kid
der, "you are what might be termed a
strswberry blonde.' "
"Not necessarily, Mr. Kidder." replied
the Tltlanesque beauty. "I'll even take va
nilla or water Ice If there's nothing rise."
Philadelphia Presa.
Socrates was drinking the hemlock poison.
"Anyway." he muttered, "It beats that
election whisky I drank last week."
Gulping down the chaser, be gave up th
ghost. Milwaukee Sentinel.
Nell I wonder what Miss Ann Teek is
doing with that translation of Virgil's
"Aenid." Trying to appear learned, eh?
Belle No; she picked It up In the book
store today and the opening lines about
"Arms and the man" attracted her. Phil
adelphia Ledger.
A BIT OF W . j M AX.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
Is afternoon. 1 am sittir.g on tht
It
bleachers with someone s teet in my
coat pocket
There are about me eleven thousand fel
low men, with their mouths open,
And pop bottles on th way to and from
them.
Occasionally they shout.
1 am stunned, deafened, confused by the
mighty outpouring of sound vibration.
But I do not mind it.
I am wedged between mountains of flash.
somewhat moist.
It Is hot.
I am baked, parboiled. Incinerated and per
spiring. But not so much so as th man next to
me. whose collar resembles a rag.
He Is fat.
For I cents I have protected myself against
th adamantines of the plank be
neath me
By a cushion.
On the whole I am very happy.
A man has stepped to th p'.tte.
H is a short, aquat man. earnest, pur
poseful, with wide hands, a red nck
ml dirt on hi pants.
I know him.
Last year h batted W8.
He Is homerunful.
If he hits the ball I have won two bona
from the man beside me.
It Is a criu.
The multitude. Intens. surging, wild-eyed.
holds onto lis breath with both handa
Suspense Incarnate itself,
stark T
Th short, squat man ha connected with
the ball.
Like the ike of a chariot wheel bis
legs revolve toward first base.
I yell.
I throw my hat. recently boiurht. In th
direction of left field
My back receive the rastigatlons of majur
maniacs behind me -. il,.
Pandemonium, lurid, deen-tunsed. intense.
stalks about the grounds with Us
eat off.
Hush!
Someone haa turred off th cheering.
A tnir.g called the urm-lre haa braved.
The short, squat man Is out.
I hear rrlea about me
They Indicate rae. snger. fury, frentv, dla
gusi. hate, loathing repulsion, passloa.
aversion, despair what you will.
I loin In them.
They reflect my sentiments to a T.
I dash mv cushion to the ground.
I illmh to my seat and yeil. "Lynch th
black-hearted robber!" "Run blm off
the srounda'" "Deateeate htm!"
These, with other exppfona and epttheta,
of which I am now ashamed.
I boll with rage.
The fat man next to me has pocketed inr
money.
HairFalling?
Don't tell your friends of
it. They would think it so
strange. You see, they know
Ayer's Hair Vigor checks
falling of the hair, restores
color to gray hair, and makes
the hair grow. Then why
don't you use it?
' A few years sgo my bslr got very
dry snd. I could pull it right out by tbt
handful. After using s Tew bottles of
Ayer's Hilr Viror I got relief. My
hair stopped falling and 1 received s
new hesi of hair. ,lr Mrs. G. Hsrrer,
Milwaukee, 'i.
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