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The weather man might have done
better for Ak-Sar-Ben and then again
he might have done worse. '
Republican county primaries are now
on. The polls remain open until 7 p. m.
Don't fall to rote If you are entitled to
do 00.
' The peace congress Is to meet next
year In Switzerland, showing that the
members hare a friendly feeling for re
publics. After ten , years of beneficent reign
Ak-Sar-Ben's popularity seems to be
trowing Instead of waning. , Long live
the king!
Massachusetts democrats evidently
believe lu selecting a well advertised
candidate, even one- which pays for his
own publicity.
Since Spain has tiffoed ,an arbitration
treaty with France and iiliollshed bbll
lighting on Sunday the pr t,riss It Is
making la more munlfps .
The Mormons have eV,:'.b)Ished n mis
sion in Turkey. Here ut loast is one
place where they will not hare to de
fend their doctrines of polygamy.
With a remembrance of 1801 to 1805
no one will be surprised to hear that the
first vessel caught loaded with supplies
for Port Arthur flew the British flag.
In the number of keys demanded by
his royal highness one would imagine
that he had Russianized and was to be
addressed hereafter as Ak-Sar-Bonskl.
If that battleship launched at Seattle
doesn't prove to be one of the best ships
in th nary the Nebraska delegation in
congress should see that its name is
changed.
The mad mullah has broken out again
in Bomallland. This fellow is making a
good record in timing bis outbreaks so
that Great Britain has nothing for its
army to do but go after him.
Shanghai correspondents are making
great efforts to interest the world in a
probable uprising in China, but as long
as the contending armies occupy Man.
churls, the eyes of the world refuse to
turn southward.
Senator Tillman is billed to speak In
the stock yards district of Chicago. The
packing houses have, evidently reached
a point where they would like to rid
themselves of the negro strike breakers
they Imported from the south.
Nebraska's delegation to the Repub
lican National league convention fulled
to land in the band wagon, but still it
managed to attract sufllclent attention to
get into public print, whlcn is some
thing accomplished at any rate.
The first fruit of the agitation for
popular prices at the Auditorium ia al
ready in sight ia the announcement of
an entertainment there to which admis
sion will be bad for 25 cents. If the
new Auditorium is to be made a finan
cial success it will have to glre low
price as well as high price affairs.
The World-Herald started out brarely
to keep out of the republican primaries,
but it could not resist the temptation to
dip in at the last minute, as is its usual
practice, lu the hope of promoting the
nomluatlou of "lame ducks" on the re
publican ticket, whom it might the more
easily knock out at the election.
. The fusion candidate who are talking
so loudly about the responsibility of the
republicans for the revenue law are very
mum on the two supreme court decisions
in which both fusion judges of the su
premo court Joined in upholding the law
and declaring that the eijutuble distri
bution of tax burdens under it depends
only upon It reasonable enforcement
THE FIRST TOT KltS.
The National Republican loagua
adopted a resolution authorizing and
directing the president of the organisa
tion to confer with the republican na
tional chairman with the view of in
augurating immediately, on co-oper.itive
lines, a campaign amongst the first vot
ers of the country.
Between one and two million young
men have reached the voting age since
the last presidential election. On which
side will this great army of first voters
array themselves In the present con
test? Will most of them be found with
the party of national progress, of great
nehievenient. or will they unite with
the party of obstruction and reaction?
They have grown to manhood while the
principles and policies for which the
republican party stands have tieen in
operation. They have seen with Just
pride the progress of their country In
wen 1 th and power and In the respect of
the world. With this before them, with
the overwhelming evidence of the bene
ficent results of republican policy, can
these young men doubt for an Instant
where duty calls them?
In his address on the fiftieth anniver
sary of the birth of the republican
party, Secretary Ilay snld: "What
young man would not rather belong to
the party that does things, instead of
one that opposes them: to the party
that looks up, rather than down; to the
party of the dawn, rather than of the
sunset?" The Intelligent young men of
today hare high aspirations. They de
sire to do right They are as patriotic
as were the men who went to the de
fense of the union and they are as
Jealous of the honor and integrity of
the country. They nre in favor of national
progress, of policies that will make
us as a people greater and stronger.
Froud of being Americans, they want
their country to maintain its command
ing position among the powers of the
world and take no backward step. We
confidently believe that a very large ma
jority of the first roters will at the com
ing presidential election align them
selves with the republican party, thus
beginning their association with na
tional politics as patriotic men should
begin, by supporting that cause which
means the maintenance of national
honor and credit, Industrial and com
mercial adrnncemeni and the attain
ment of a still higher position among
the nations of the earth.
A FUTILE APPEATj.
The international peaoe congress has
by resolution called upon Itussli and
Japan to end the war and upon the sig
natory powerj of The Ilague convention
to press upon the governments of the
belligerents the importance of termi
nating the strife. t A peace congress that
failed to make an appeal of this kind
would be almost culpably derelict and
could hardly expect to be taken seriously
as a body for the promotion of peace,
but it must be presumed that the mem
bers of the congress felt that the resolu
tion would be utterfy fntlle. '
.The governments of Russia and Japan
are not at this time in any mood to listen
to peace proposals.' Their thoughts and
their plans have reference entirely to the
continuance of the war and to carrying
it on with increasing "vigor. - Russia is
actively preparing to heavily reinforce
her armies in Manchuria and Japan is
sending new troops there as rapidly as
possible. , The advices that come from
St. Petersburg reflecting official senti
ment indicate a firm determination to go
on with hostilities while a single resource
for the purpose remains. No word has
come from Toklo intimating any disposi
tion on the part of the government to
end the snnguinary struggle. The Japa
nese seem confident that they will finally
triumph.
As to the powers, it does not appear
that any one of them Is favorable to
mediation at this time. 'England Is the
ally of Japan and France is the ally of
RiiEsia. The attitude of either England
or France toward mediation is, and will
be, affected by the preferences of Japan
and Russia, respectively. So long as
the belligerents do not want mediation
their allies will see that it Is not forced
upon them. Therefore peace resolutions
are utterly useless at this time, what
ever may be their effect later on, and ap
peals for mediation will go unheeded.
THE PRIMARY COyCERy.
The first concern of every American
citizen should be for the interests and
the welfare of his own country. This
nation has not yet reached the limit of
development It has enormous re
sources still to be drawn upon. lu a
century our population hns grown from
4,000,000 to twenty times' that number.
It is possible that by the close of the
twentieth century the inhabitants of the
United States will number 250,000,000.
Our industrial and commercial progress
lias been more rapid during the last
fifty years than tho increase in popula
tion. The history of no other country
affords a parallel to the advance this
nation has made since 1870 and the ex
isting conditions promise a continuance
of tills progress.
It has been "the policy of the repub
lican party, from the day of its organ
isation, to promote and safeguard
American Interests. This is still repub
lican policy. It Is antagonized now as
from the beglnnlug by the democratic
party. That party demands that the
ptlltfrs upon which rest the temple of
prosperity shall be pullled down. It
assails as robbery the principle under
which our vast industries hare been
built up and a great home market
created for the products of agriculture.
The purpose of the republican party is
to preierr this market, as far as prac
ticable, for American producers. It is
many times more valuable to our farm
ers than all other markets combined.
It Is rastly more Important to our man
ufacturers than all other markets. Its
protection Is essential to the welfare of
American labor.
The fostering and promotion of home
interests tod the protection of American
labor Is the paramount duty. This it
is that should especially commend Itself
to the thoughful consideration of the
wage earners of the United States. We
want no policy thst will subject any
portion of this clement of our people to
the competition of cheaper labor and
thereby lower the standard of living.
The jHilicy advocated by the democratic
party would have this result and there
fore It must be repudiated, as undoubt
edly It will bo, overwhelmingly.
LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE.
When the present mayor and council
of Omahu were elected last year they
were publicly pledged In favor of a mu
nicipal ownership and especially for mu
nicipal lighting. In order to redeem that
pledge an ordinance has been introduced
by Councilman Zimman in concurrence
with Mayor Moores, submitting to the
voters of Omaha on the 8th of November
a proposition authorizing the Issue of
$500,000 of bonds and the expenditure of
so much of the proceeds thereof as may
be needed for the establishment of a
municipal electric lighting plant
The manager of the electric lighting
plant proposes to head off municipal
lighting by a counter proposition for an
extension of the contract for electric
lighting, which does not expire until Jan
uary 1, 1!)00, for a term of live years.
To make the proposal attractive a ma
terial reduction In the price of electric
street lamps will be offered and pressure
will be brought to boor upon the council
to vote down the ordinance and vote up
the extension.
We doubt very much, however,
whether the citizens of Omaha will re
gard an extension of the contract as a
discharge of the obligation assumed by
the mayor and council when they prom
ised municipal ownership. On the con
trary, we feel sure that the people of
Omaha will want an opportunity to de
cide for themselves whether they want
public lighting done by a private cor
poration or whether they want to do.
their own public lighting, as many other
cities are doing.
The official reporter of Bryan's cam
paign excursion has changed In name
but not in substance. The new scribe
seems to have as elastic an imagination
and equally multiplex eyes as his
predecessor. He can see thousands
where others can only count hundreds
and he can read the innermost thoughts
of Bryan's auditors at long distance
range. True he has not yet conjured up
the two little girls In blue who used to
sing; "Bryan, Bryan, Echo His Name,"
nor the old man who used to travel
sixty miles in a backboard to say he
had pressed the hand of Bryan before
he dies, nor the mother holding up the
new-bom babe to recelv a kiss that it
would remember for all years to come,
but he is nevertheless doing quite well.
He has discovered that the prairies are
still afire for Bryan and Bryanism, and
he is unearthing more nameless and un
namablo republicans who are. being
converted than the official reporter of
former years ever did. Under the clr
cumstancess, therefore, the public has
no right to find fault with the new
Richmond in the field.
The electric lighting company, by its
president comes to the front with its
customary bid for a renewal of its un
expired lighting contract at slightly re
duced prices, In consideration of immu
nity for five yeara from the proposed
municipal lighting plant. It will be re
membered that this Is the same game
the lighting company played to head off
the power canal proposition a couple of
years ago. The privilege of exploiting
the local field of commercial lighting and
power at unrestricted rates is worth sev
eral concessions in the price of street
Illumination.
The annual statement of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St Paul Railroad com
pany, with its net earnings, is a notable
commentary upon the business condi
tions In the central west and should be
especially encouraging to agricultural
ists in the face of the statements of
Colorado mineral railroads.
A startling piece of news comes from
Denver which will hardly be believed
in Omaha. One of the newspapera al
leges that the Insurance companies are
seriously considering the question of
lowering insurance' rates there, and that
without a strong appeal by the Insured.
Hast Hustle to Keep Warm.
Minneapolis Times.
From what we read about the Japanese
In the last few months we hardly believe
they will tuke a vacation when winter seta
In and lie dormant till the roses bloom
again.
Lonar Kelt Wsvnt Infilled.
Washington Post.
Colonel Wllkie of the secret service bu
reau has issued a learned treatise telling
us how to detect counterfeit money. Our
thanks to the colonel, but we would ap
preciate more keenly some instructions rb
to the best method of detecting and ap
prehending the genuine kind.
Bartholdl'a Conspicuous Monument.
Baltimore American.
America, In whose honor he planted
the gigantlo statue of "Liberty Enlight
ening the World" in New York harbor,
sorrows with France over the death of
Frederic August Bartholdi, the Paris sculp
tor. But it may be said of him that few
men of this generation ever built for them
selves so conspicuous a statue.
Giving: Parker the Marble Heart.
Boston Transcript.
Mr. Bryan has begun a campaign in Ne
braska which seems to be directed rather
for his own advancement than the success
of Parker, for he says he takes back noth
ing of his old-time principles. He says
frankly that he remains In the democratic
party only because he believes be can best
promote those principles by so doing.
Somehow harmony appears to be Inter
rupted by the development of a large area
of Bryanism in Nebraska.
Bank Notes Multiply laa".
Springfield Republican.
National bank note circulation continues
to expand, no matter what the condition
of the money market Is. The Increase for
September, wht-n money ruled a little
higher, was about M 500,000, while the In
crease In August, when the market was
as dead as could be. was aily as great
It la a purely arbitrary operation which
thla bank note ayatera puta forth at all
times. Total circulation under It now ex
ceeds $45.0,I0, which la the highest figure
ever reached. It has almoat doubled with
in four years.
The Old and the Sew Senate.
Baltimore American.
The only member of the senate older
In Service than Hoar, though three years
younger In nge. Is Allison of Iowa, wno
took hla seat In March. 1S7J. Thus H Is
that almost the last link between the pres
ent and that past of the national legisla
ture which dealt with the greateat ques
tlona springing from the civil war la
broken In the death of Senator Hoar, as he
entered the house less than five years
after the declaration of peace. Only Al
lison remains as the representative of those
days In congress, he having taken his sent
in the house In 1864, passing from that
body to the senate In 1873.
Discarded Tor ' Science.
New York Globe.
A few years ago the scientific sensation
was liquid air, as recently It has been ra
dium. Llauld air wua to turn all our
wheels, heat our houses In winter and cool
them In summer liquid sir was to destroy
our garbage, anesthettre all our pain and
usher In a new era. It was soberly argued
by men who made claim to scientific knowl
edge that liquid air could be used to run
compressors to make more liquid air, and
thus, with a thimbleful at the start, a force
could be created strong enough to pry the
earth from its orbit. A sad commentary
on these high hopes Is an Item to the effect
that Judgment of $573 against the company
owning the patent has been returned un
satisfied. Liquid air Is as wonderful as It
ever was, but wonderfulness Is not useful
ness. Science also has Its toys.
Depravity of Greed.
Philadelphia Press.
It seems almost incredible that any civ
ilized person would put Iron In cork life
preservers to Increass their weight and thus
add to the profits of the manufacturing
establishment. But officials of a Camden
concern are under indictment for having
done that very thing, and there is no ques
tion that they sold cork, containing Iron,
which was used for life preservers. In the
light of the disaster to the steamboat Gen
eral Slocum human life appears to be re
garded by some persons as of no value
when weighed in the balance with money.
It was charged that the life preservers on
that vessel were old and worthless. But
the Camden establishment Is charged with
making new ones fall below the govern
ment standard by secretly using Iron In
part instead of cork.
WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS.
The Average Englishman's Idea of
America.
Sidney Brooks In Success.
The average Englishman Is not a great
student of American affairs. He never
learns anything of American history in
school; he is not taught American geogra
phy; from the revolution onward, with a
Blight break from the time of the civil war,
the history of the United States Is a sealed
book to nlm, and of the general form and
workings of the American system of gov
ernment he knows worse than nothing.
What a man gets out of a newspaper is
In proportion to what he "brings to it, and
the ordinary English reader, I fear, is
mort dazed than helped by the cablegrams
from Nct York that seek to unfold the
mysteries of American politics. Apart
from politics, the American correspondence
of the English papers Is for the most part
merely a reproduction of'the "fake" yarns
and Impossible trivialities with which a cer
tain section of the Ame'rlcarf' press delights
to pad out Its columns.' Cet hold of the
-average Englishman end-ye'' Will find' his
knowledge of America to be tn the main a
Jumble of lynchlngs, woman saloon mash
ers, faith healers, Tammany bosses, presi
dents with revolvers In their hip pockets,
chambermaids who refuse 4o make Booker
T. Washington's bed, politicians "on the
make," society women who entertain pet
monkeys at luncheon, big railway smashes,
a tornado or ' two, half a dozen floods,
strikes that read like civil war, Mr. Dooley,
J. Plerpont Morgan, Andrew. Carnegie and
a "yellow" press, but from such material
as this it la difficult for him to picture
Ajnerica as it really is.
SLAUGHTER ON THE RAIL.
Alarming- Succession of Disasters on
American Railroads.
New York Herald.
About seventy persons are dead and more
than 100 are maimed or otherwise Injured
as a result of a head-on collision upon the
Southern railway.
The Increasing number of fatal accidents
upon our railways calls for more than pass
ing comment. "Nobody to blame" Is a
plea that should not be accepted, for in
nearly all cases these catastrophes are pre
ventable. There were more than 80,000 casualties, In
cluding nearly 10,0u0 deaths, upon our lines
tn the latest fiscal year for which the com
pleted figures have been compiled by the
authorities. In the latest corresponding
year only six passengers were killed in the
whole of the United Kingdom by accidents
to trains. The caualtles to passengers,
employes and all other persons on the rail
ways of the United States In recent fiscal
years( ending June 30; have been as follows:
Killed. Injured.
1895 .. 6,136 84.74S
189tJ 6,846 8MS7
1897 6,47 Sti,731
189K 6,869 40,8X2
1899 7.1J3 44,620
19U0 7,8'5 6U.3J0
1901 8,455 63,339
19i)2 8.688 C4.IM2
1903 .u 9,840 76,653
With the growth In traffic and the in
creased Income of the railways, the plea
made a generation ago of poverty on the
part of the railway corporations and hasty
construction "to open up the country" Is
obsolete. There Is no excuse today for
Improvised construction or flimsy rolling
stock, and the public may well challenge
the policy of distributing enormous sums
In dividends while maintaining a single
track line and running trains In opposite
directions over the same rails.
The satirical suggestion that accidents
might be prevented by making a director
ride on every locomotive la not practicable,
but It Is practicable to institute more rigid
Investigations into the causes of these dis
asters and to Inflict adequate punishment
upon those responsible for them. Eng
land's comparative lmuulty Is In large
measure due to the fact that the Board of
Trade will prosecute and secure the Im
prisonment of the guilty person, whether
he be an engine driver or a director.
It Is significant that In Saturday's acci
dent, as in so many others, the great loss
of life was confined to the Inmates of
flimsy day coaches, which oollapsed like
eggshells, while the heavier sleeping or par
lor cars withstood the shock and were not
even derailed. Isn't It time to tnsiut upon
more substantial cars for all passengers
and to Institute a rigid Inspection which
will eliminate those that have become old
and rotten? One theory advanced to ex
plain the failure of the westbound train to
stop on -Saturday at the proper point Is
that the engineer had died at his post.
Whether this was the case or whether the
engineer had a mental lapse, there la a
timely renewal of the suggestion that there
should be two men within reach of the
throttle and both acquainted with the run
ning orders.
The Increasing number of fatal accldehts
has excited public feeling and certainly
legislative measures will be taken to check
thla ruthless slaughter en tna raU. .
OTHER LASDS TH A Jt OVRS.
The Russian correspondence of European
Journals lays stress upon the great diffi
culty which the Russian authorities are ex
periencing In finding capable engineers of
the higher ranks for their Baltic fleet and
men-of-war approaching completion. Their
best engineers, engine-room artificers, and
trained boiler-room staffs were drafted into
the Pacific before the outbreak of the war,
and many more have been sent out since
then to fill new vacancies. Consequently,
the Russian Admiralty has been forced In
many cases to appoint to the engine-rooms
of their newer vessels comparatively young
men. with little practical experience of the
engines and boilers of up-to-date craft.
The difficulty Is so pressing, it Is snld, that
many engineers have been taken over by
tho Naval Department from private steam
ship companies. Few of these men have
ever been In charge of a marine engine
worked by steam from a Belleville boiler.
All the available engineers of the Russian
volunteer fleet were transferred to war
ships long ago, but of these there were
not many unemployed. As a last resource.
It Is said, engineer cadets are being hur
ried through their practical course afloat
In the vicinity of Kronstadt and elsewhere
to enable them to Join the engine-room
staffs of the ships now In course of con
struction. Their lack of experience Is like
ly to have serious consequences.
The annual report of the English lunacy
commissioners Is a protentous document,
filling 600 pages of a blue book recently is
sued. It makes rather laborious reading,
but contains some interesting and disquiet
ing facts. Among them are the following:
On January 1, 1904. there were U7.199 per
sons certified as Insane In England and
Wales, or 3,235 In excess of the number re
ported on January 1, 1903. In the ten years
ending December 81, 1903, the average an
nual Increase In the number of Insane was
2,513, and the Increase In 1903 exceeded
that average by 821. On January 1. 1904.
the total number of officially reported In
sane to the estimated population of Eng
land and Wales was in the proportion of
to 2!8; or, In other words, the ratio of
the Insane per "10,000 of population was
34.71; while last year on the same day the
ratio was 34.14. The commissioners point
out that In dealing with the gross figures
alone there has been a rise In the total
numbers from 113.964 to 117.199. I. e., an
Increase of 2.8 per cent, but the increase
of the one ratio over the other was 1.7
per cent, a rate which represents more
accurately the actual growth of insanity,
slnco It takes into account the growth
in population. The total increase In this
ratio for the past ten years was 13.1 per
cent, whereas the Increase In the numbers
of the Insane during the same period was
Z1.3 per cent. In 1894 the proportion of in
sane to total population was as 1 to 327;
in 1904 it is as 1 to 288, and while the
Insane have Increased from 92,000 to 117,-
000, the general population has grown from
about 30,000,000 to 33,750,000. Alcohollo in
temperance figures prominently among the
physical causes of Insanity.
The ancient cathedral at Canterbury shel
ters the remains of only one English king,
Henry IV. That this particular monarch
should have been entombed there Is the
more remarkable sine he breathed his
last In the Jerusalem chamber of West
minster Abbey, and it might natural y
have been supposed under the circumstances
that he would have been laid to rest in the
Abbey, where so many other of England's
kings sleep their last sleep. It seems, how
ever, that Henry, before his death, gave
orders that he was to be burled In the
cathedral at Canterbury, opposite the tomb
of his uncle, Edward the Black Prince.
For hundreds of years a story was current
that on the way down the river a hurri
cane arose, and that the people on board
the vessel, convinced that the storm, was
caused by the fact that a king's body was
on board, cast the corpse Into the water
In the dead of night, and, fllling-the coffin
with rubbish, brought It with oil pomp and
circumstance to the cathedral. Some years
ago the dean and chapter resolved to get
at the truth of the story. So they opened
the royal tomb. First they came to the
coffin of Joan, the king's wife, who llej be
side in effigy on the tomb; then they saw
j the king' j coffin. The lead box was opened
and ror one brief moment dean and chap
ter gazed upon the kingly' llneamenti of
that monarch whom Shakespeare describes
as "sky aspiring Bollingbrook." Only for
a moment, however, as the body crumbled
to dust almost at once. But Canterbury
now knows beyond all doubt that an Eng
lish king rests within its walls.
Premier Giolitti of Ita"!y Is placed tn a
rather embarrassing position by the kind
ness of the Italian king, who conferred
the order of the Annunciation on hlm at
the birth of the prince of Piedmont. This
was done as a matter of course, for the
premier is always called on to act as
crown notary at royal births and weddings,
and for his services receives the highest
honor in the gift of his sovereign. It so
happens that the knights of the Annuncia
tion must take an oath, on assuming the
order, "to defend, maintain and restore the
states and liberties of our holy mother,
the church" which is a most delicate thing
for the premier to do, considering the ex
isting conditions between the Vatican and
Qulrinal. Premier Zunardelll was placed
In a similar position, however, and though
a great stickler for form and famous for
keeping his word, found nothing In the
oath to prevent his taking it. Glollttl will
doubtless look at It as mere form also, and
take It without further thought.
The official instructions Issued by Dr. De
Cuveller, secretary of state for the Congo
administration, to the Belgian commission
of Inquiry concerning the condition of af
fairs In the Congo state, Is a fair enough
document upon lis face. It begins with the
assertion that the government has no other
object than the revelation of the whole
truth, and will Interfere In no way. Orders,
It says, have been issued to officials and
agents of all grades to give unreserved aid
and co-operation. The commission is em
powered to examine not only witnesses
cited by Itself, but also those who volun
teer evidence of their own accord. On the
other hand. It has power to compel default
ing witnesses to appear. The government
places no limitation either as to the field
of Its operations or the term of Its labors.
It can carry on Investigations when and
where It chooses, andy as long as It likes.
But It Is enjoined to make such personal
Investigation as shall enable It to arrive at
a definite conviction. Nothing, apparently,
could be more stralghtforword, but It should
be remembered that the officials and agents
who are commanded to aid the commis
sion In discovering abuses are supposed to
be the very men most Interested tn con
cealing them.
The largest wireless telegraph station tn
the world Is now being Installed at Pisa,
Italy, and will be ready to transmit mes
suges early next year. Marconi Is planning
to have the batteries strong enough to send
messages to England, this country and to
vessels on the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Bal
tic and Red seas. In addition to this activ
ity in telegraphic communications In Italy,
a group of Dutch capitalists have formed
a company to operate a new cat: line on
the other side of the world. The cables of
this new organisation will connect the
island of Celebes, In the Iutch Eust Indies,
with the classically named Island of Yap,
and from there the cables will go to Guam
and Shanghai. The working capital of the
new company la fl, (64,000, and the estimated
cM of laying the cables la (3,461,000.
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POLITICAL DRIFT.
Moreover, Mr. Bryan Is a pretty smooth
Foxy Grandpa.
Charley Towne's faithfulness to Tam
many has been rewarded with a nomina
tion for congress.
Candidate Herrlck of New York enjoys
the unusual privilege of having a son
stumping for him.
Carl Schurz hands a defenseless public a
15,000-word letter of acceptance. The cam
paign Is now on in earnest.
Former Senator Peffer of Kansas has re
turned to his old love tho republican party.
There Is ample room for more In the tent
and salvation ia abundant.
It is authoritatively announced that
David B. Hill will not alter the habits of a
lifetime on January 1, or thereabouts. Mr.
Hill says he will play a lone hand to the
finish.
Senator Clark of Montana is said to have
dazed the national committee by dumping
a certified check for JOOO.OOO into the Parker
treasury. It is believed this sum will in
sure a respectable funeral.
One branch of business utterly fails to
respond to Improved currents of trade.
Professional spellbinding is painfully back
ward and depressed. There Isn't enough
doing to straighten the folds of a buffalo
bill.
The ancient saw, "There's honor among
thieves," receives a bouquet from an unex
pected quarter. Charles F. Kelly, first as
sistant chief of the, St- Louis boodlers, de
clares that members of the gang did not
cheat each other
Rival parties In Indiana accuse each other
of piling up large sums of money with
which to lubricate the respective machines
on election day. Hooslerdom has been a
political battleground for so long that the
natives cannot readily forego tho pleasure
of handling the money to see If It will
stick.
Betting on Wall street last Wednesday
was 10 to i on Roosevelt. These offers were
posted: Even money up to 81,400 that
Roosevelt carries New York state; 2 to 1,
up to $5,000, that Roosevelt Is elected; 10 to
8, In small lots, that Herrlck will win, and
10 to 9, in large blocks of $1,000 to $5,000, on
Herrlck, were offered.
The democrats of El Paso county, Colo
rado, have nominated a picturesque char
acter for sheriff. He Is Andy Adams, the
cowboy author, whose stories of the range
have won him fame on two continents and
who Is known to every stockman of Impor
tance In the west. For fifteen years Adams
rode the ranges of Texas and Colorado, and )
for ten years past he has been a resident j
of Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek, i
When he first settled In Colorado he be
came Interested In mining at Cripple Creek,
and a few years ago was a prominent
mining broker of Colorado Springs.
The voter who cannot find a presidential
ticket to suit his taste this year is mighty
hard to please. There are nine tickets In
the field. Here they are:
Republican Roosevelt and Fairbanks.
Democratic Parker and Davis.
Populist Watson and Tibbies.
Prohibitionists Swallow and Carroll.
Socialist Debs and Hanford.
Socialist Labor Corregan and Cox.
Negro Liberty Taylor and Payne.
Lincoln Penn and Jones.
Continental Holcomb and King.
Our Superior Clothes
Why? Because they are made in our own
factory and we know how made and
what of And the style! Well, to appre
ciate that, you let one of our ' salesmen fit
you with either a coat or suit and see for
yourself if you ever put on more sightly or
luxurious garments.
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TA11T TRIFLES.
"It's too bad the ruler of Russia Isn't
elected."
"Yru believe In republics, then?"
"Yes; but I wasn't thinking of that. I
was Just picturing how the Russian can
didates would run." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"That man over there Is a specialist
In dlxeases of the eye. They say that he
never sends a bill to his patients."
"Works for the love of his profession,
does he?"
"Oh. dear no! You see, he makes everv
body pay In advance." Philadelphia Press.
Hicks now do you happen to be going
fishing on Friday? I thought you belie
leved
frioay was an unlucky dav.
Wicks Well. I always have. But It oc
i
curred to me this morning that perhaps it
would bo unlucky for the fish. Snmcrvlll
Journal.
"Do you think that a college course pre
pares a man for the battle of life?"
"I assuredly do." said the practical man.
"After a student hns been hazed and has
been through a few foot ball games he enn
hold his own in a crowd anywhere."
Washington Star.
Investment Broker What you want, I
rresume, Is something that pays large div
dends. Prospective Investor No, I don't care
about the size of the dividends. Just so
I get 'em often enough. I'm no hog. Chi
cago Tribune.
Ella He comes of good family, doesn't
he?
Stella Yes, he's the only thing I know
against It. Town Topics.
"Prosperity?" said Dr. Sllghcem, the emi
nent surgeon. "There Is altogether too
much prosperity! It Is killing business."
"In what way?" asked the other.
"Why, Fir. almost anybody can afford to
have appendicitis nowadays, and, In conse
quence, all of my best patients regard It as
too common, and refuse to have It." Chi
cago Tribune.
FnrcTTi ;! n -1 see tobsccer Is going to be
purty eheap this year.
Manager Well, what of that?
Foreman I was wondering If It wouldn't
be a good idee to put a little in our cigars.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
"Do you rldo on free rnllroad passes?"
shouted a man In the audience to the can
didate making a speech.
"You bet I do. It's anything to beat the
railroads with me." Detroit Free Press.
Jack Why do you girls spend so much
time and monev on dress?
Nell (candldlv) To interest the men and
worry other girls. Philadelphia Press.
THE DAYS GONE BY.
- James" Whltcomb Uy. Cy,!
O the days gone by! O the days gons bft
The apples In the orchard, and the path
way through the rye;
The chirrup of the robin, and the whlBtlo
of the quail
As he piped across the meadows sweet as
any nightingale;
When the bloom was on the clover, and tho
blue was in the sky,
And my happy heart brimmed over in the
days gone by!
In the days gone by, when my naked feet
were trippea,
By the honeysuckle tangles where the
water lilies dipped. '
And the ripples of the river lipped the moss
along the brink, ...
Where the placid-eyed and lazy-footed cat-
tlo came to drink.
And the tilting snipe stood fearless of the
truant's wayward cry
And the splashing of the swimmer, In the
days gone by.
O the days gone by! O the days gone by!
The music of the laughing lip, the luster
. of the eye; . . , , ., ,
The childish faith in fairies, and Aladdin s
magle ring
The simple, soul-reposing, glad belier In
everything. ...
for life was like a story, holding neither
sob nor sigh. ,
In the golden, olden glory of the days gone
by.
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