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M, B. H UNGATE.
Notary Publln.
' The railroads never did so much busi
ness la adjusting grain rates to OnmliU
until the Grain exchange was orguni.iU
and set In operation.
;A truce has been declared In the Im
pending bill postr war, but the cam
paign against vtnsfghtly billboards should
not relax on thit account.
Indian students in the colleges are
said to take to foot ball as to no other
game. Considering the usual results of
the game it must be the effect of hered
ity. General Oku says he has captured
twenty-flve Russian guns. Evidently
General Kouropatkln docs not intend to
.hamper rapid advance with Impedi
menta. ' '
'llr. Bryan has demonstrated that, al
though may never again be a candi
date for president, he has not lost bis
power to speak from the rear platform
of train. 1
From the way the democratic national
committee is sending Tillman and his
fellows Into the doubtful states Judge
Parker must be preparing to attribute
his defeat to the south.
If Rockefeller has really become a
controlling power in the Union raclflc
he may be willing to forego the gratifi
cation of that monument near tbe Ne
braska university campus.
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It Is now said that Sir Thomas Llpton
may get no club to stand for another
challenge for the America cup. Is it
jipsslbl that some other man Is willing
to pay a higher price for the advertise
ment? The workings pf fate are inscrutable.
Three accidents happened In an Iowa
town In one day and the only man In
terested who escaped serious injury was
tbe fellow who took a gun from a wagon
with its muzzle pointing toward him.
There is one democrat who agrees
with Candidate Davis. Congressman
M. J. Wade of Iowa tells his constitu
ents that he Is "not a free trader," even
though he is running on a national plat
form that denounces protection as "rob
bery." , . :
Hrt) 'and ' Han Pomingo are both
threatened with revolution by dissatis
fied natives. With two revolutions in
progress at one time on the island, it
ought to be able to attract attention In
spite of the all , absorbing war in the
Orient.
Recent dispatches say that the Rus
sians are now offering $10 a ton for coal
at Port Arthur.' If blockade continues
much longer the Inhabitants will be pay
ing almost as much for coal as residents
of Nebraska have to pay for the Penn
sylvania product.
Were it not for tbe assistance f Kas
per as a stalking horse third caml'ilato
for the witer board, Howell the Uuiubug
would have been beaten by over 8h)
majority. As it was, he fell 30 short,
of the vote necessary to nomluate. Any
one with less brass would go awny Iwick
and sit down under such a repudiation.
I.
Grand Old Man Millard Flllmonj
Funkbouser, who baa distinguished him
self on the Hoard of Education as a per
sistent champion of Pearse and Pearse
lsni, baa been projected into the politi
cal, arena as a democratic candidate for
tbe legislature and a prospective demo
cratic candidate for the mayoralty in
1908.
Senator Falrbauks has ended bis west
ern tour. It would not have been pos
sible for the vice presidential candidate
to haw traveled over a similar stretch
of territory where the beneficent effects
of republican !eglatkn is as much in
evidence, nor to find people more loyal
to the party which has contributed to
these, results
OCT? rORZIGX RELATIONS.
In no respect has the republican ad
ministration shown greater wisdom than
in the management of our foreign rela
tlons and the results of Its course ought
to be in tbe highest rlegrw satisfactory
and gratifying to all our citizens. There
have arisen some matters which might
easily have led to mere or less serious
complication, but in every case an am
icable settlement has been effected,
leaving nothing for future difficulty or
misunderstanding. Had the adralnlstra
tlon been disposed to get Into trouble
with foreign countries, as alleged by its
opponents, it could easily have found
pretexts for doing so.
When European nations united in the
attempt to coerce Venezuela Into paying
her obligations an American ndmlnlstru
tlon imbued with the spirit of militarism
might readily have found an opportunity
to get Into trouble with the foreign pow
er, but President Roosevelt successfully
exerted his influence to have the dispute
submitted to arbitration and what
threatened to become a very grave In
ternationnl trouble wos peacefully ad-
Justed. The Alaskan bonndory contro'
versy was another matter which would
have afforded a militant administration
a chance to manifest Its disposition
This also was amicably settled and in
favor of this country. It would not
have been difficult for an administra
tlon desiring military prestige to have
become entangled in affairs In the fnr
east, but our government has kept aloof.
observing a strict neutrality, yet never
losing sight' of or neglecting American
Interests In that quarter of the world.
When war came lctween Russia and
Japan the world by common consent
looked to the United States to take the
lead in securing the neutralization of
China and in limiting the conflict to the
two belligerents. This was done with
out Involving ,us In any complication
But It is said that In the case of Co
lombia the "big stick" was displayed.
The charge Is unjust, the course of our
government in that matter being dis
tinctly In the interest of peace.
The whole' policy of the present ad
ministration In regard to our foreign re
lations has had In view the fostering of
friendship between the United States
and foreign nations and tbe cultivation
of the Rpirit of international pence. No
administration has been more careful
and consistent In adhering to the trndl
tlons of the government, in this respect
than the present one. In every clreum
stance where its Influence could properly
be exerted It has been employed to
avert conflict. Yet, in face of this In
disputable fact and Its recognition and
acknowledgment by the civilized world,
the democratic party persists In charg
ing that Theodore Roosevelt Is Imbued
with the spirit of militarism, that he Is
by nature a "war lord" and therefore
an unsafe man to be at the head of the
government. It Is a charge that has not
the slightest warrant or justification, as
the record of the administration regard
ing our foreign relations conclusively at
tests, and no fair-minded and unpreju
diced person, familiar with that record,
will believe tbe charge.
FALSIFYING HISTORY.
, A democratic organ says that "repub
lican tariff legislation, culminating in
the MeKinley act of 1890, caused the
in'-strlal panic of 1803-4." As every
one familiar with the history of that
period knows, the two years ' following
the enactment of the tariff law of 1800,
known as the McKlnley act, were the
most prosperous years in our history up
to that time. This is especially true of
the year 1892, which was referred to in
tbe annual message of President Har
rison as splendidly vindicating republi
can tariff policy. That message was sent
to congress In December, 1802, and con
sequently referred to then existing in
dustrial condlMons, which had not yet
been very seriously affected by the dem
ocratic victory in November,
i It was not very long thereafter, how
ever, before the industries began to Show
the effect of democratic success and
when Mr. Cleveland became president In
1893 depression bad set in and it con
tinued during most of his administra
tion. It was the apprehension that the
democratic party would completely over
turn the policy of protection, which It
was pledged to do, that caused the In
dustrial panic of 1803-4, and it Is utterly
absurd to charge that panic to the Mc
Klnley tariff, under which, the country
had enjoyed unprecedented progress and
prosperity. Such a flagrant falsification
of history is wholly Indefensible.
RVSSU MUST EXPLAIN.
The- seizure of United States mall by
the Hussion squadron at Vladivostok,
wheu it made its cruise In search of ves
sels that might be carrying contraband
of war, is regarded at Washington as a
matter of such importance as to re
quire an explanation from tbe Russian
government. Accordingly the State De
partment has been Instructed by the
president to ask the Russian government
for full information as to the manner in
which the mail seised was treated, what
mall, If any, -was opened, and what dis
position was made of It. The advices
received at the Postofflce Department
show that tbe malls were received at
their destination after the leisure, but
many of the bags had been opened and
tbe contents of several registered sacks
were taken.
It appears that there Is a good deal
of doubt in official circles at. Washlng
tou as to what can be done In the mat
ter, but it seems plain that the action
of the Russian naval ofilcer violates the
International posts I uuton treaty, one
clause of which says that "the right
to transmit is guaranteed throughout the
entire territority of the union. ' It is
stated that It always bas been the prac
tice of the United States to give passage
to mail steamers belonging to a neutral.
A Washington dispatch . says, it is a
clearly understood rule that a neutral
ship should not carry dispatches fori a
belligerent, but malls heretofore hat
been immune from detention. confi-s
band A case arose during the war with
Spain, whm one of our ships off the
coast of Cuba took the mails from a
steamer bound for Havana, but the malls
were surrendered Perhaps the Russian
government will 1 able to give a sntls,
factory explanation of the action of Its
navsl officer, but It has the apiarsnce
of a high-handed and unwarrantable proceeding.
HEEDED REGISTRATlOX REFORM.
It is the consensus of opinion among
men of all political parties that the pres
ent system of registration of voters in
town and cities is unsatisfactory and
should be reformed in many essential
particulars.
Under the first registration law en
acted exclusively for the registration of
voters In cities of the first class publicity
was an essential safeguard against
fraudulent registration. The names of
all registered voters wore published in
at least one newspaper immediately
after registration day, and those lists
supplied a check against the colonization
of voters and against repeating. This
feature was abolished under the pre
text of economy, and the doors were
thrown wide open to the padding of tbe
registration lists, to tbe registration of
nonresidents and other fraudulent meth
ods. While the lnst day of registration
was originally designed for purging the
lists of illegally registered voters whose
names had been published, the last day
became in reality the day for perpetra
ting moRt of the frauds, becouse It wos
practically impossible to run down
fraudulent and illegal voters within two
days befpre election, one of these two
days being Sunday.
. This Is the weak spot of the present
registration law.- In other states, not
ably in New. York and Illinois, registra
tion begins at least six weeks and closes
twenty days before election. In Chi
cago, for example, next Tuesday will be
the last day of registration. This wlil
give ample time for thoroughly check
ing the registration lists, and hence
makes it extra hazardous to register im
aginary voters, nonresidents or repeat
ers. In this respect the Illinois law
should be taken as a model by the com
ing legislature, unless, indeed, the Min
nesota law, making registration day a
legal holiday and requiring all party pri
maries to be held on the same day, with
the registrars as the election officers,
should be enacted. , Under the Minne
sota system there would be only one
day of registration, and that day being
placed at least one month prjor to the
election, would make fraudulent regis
tration almost out of the question.
Should the present registration law be
continued, however, another desirable re
form would be the creation of'n per
manent nonpartisan board of municipal
registration, under the supervision of . a
registrar. Such a board of municipal
registration would be less expensive and
more satisfactory than the present sys
tem of- precinct registrars sitting for
three successive days. There would .be
no necessity of seventy-six jsets of regis
trars In the city of Omaha and twelve
sets In South Omaha, when one set, or
at the outside two sets "In each ward,
could readily register all the voters who
might present themselves, especially if a
system were devised for the registra
tion of permanent residents with pub
licity, to prevent the continuance of
names of voters who have died or moved
out 6f the city or out of their respective
wards in the interim.
The advent of Rockefeller In the new
Union Pacific directory hus germinated
rumor that the Harrimnn syndicate
would in the near future be supplanted
by the Goulds in the control of the
geat "Overland" railrond. If the
rumor should prove true some changes
in the management may follow, but Ihe
generally policy of the road is not likely
to be changed materially. George J.
Gould and several men associated with
the Gould group of railroad magnates
have been in the Union Pacific directory
for years, and while their influence has
not been paramount, they have had
something to say.
Now that all the candidates for tbe
legislature have been nominated by both
parties, it will be in order for our citi
zens to discuss charter amendments and
ascertain the views of the respective can
didates, so that tbe men who are to
make the new charter may know what is
desired of them, so that the citizens may
know whether the men who want their
votes will carry out their wishes If they
are elected. Experience with legisla
tive charter makers has shown that It Is
one thing before taking and altogether
another thing after taking.
The Springfield (Mass.), Republican
comes to tbe defense of Mr. Bryan's Nor
folk speech by saying that the Nehras
kan did no worse when he conceded Ne
braska to Roosevelt than Judge Parker
did when be said that tbe republicans
would continue to control the senate, and
that both men told ,the truth. Were It
not for the latter fact the Norfolk con
cession would not have been particu
larly remarkable, but It is so seldom that
a democratic campaign orator concedes
anything that tbe occasions produce com
ment Tbe council has done very well In sub
mitting the proposition for tbe estab
lishment of an electric lighting plant.
Now let the council pass the ordinance
- fto safeguard life and property in Omaha
from the meuace of conflagration and
electrocution by defective electric wiring.
This is not a freak of tbe city electri
cian his views are fully sustained by
the electrical expert of the fire insurance
companies.
It is amusing to hear bow Indignant
the spokesmen of tbe "antls" profess to
be over the refusal of the county com
mittee to accede to their every request.
Some people remember tbe blgb-huiidMl
procedure of the "ontis" wheu they iuid
tbe committee machinery and Iho more
recent star chamber work of Toiu J3!uck-
burn, In bis capacity as republican con
gressional committee. .
The Fox nad the Grnpea.
Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Bryan concedes Nebraska to the re
publican this year. But he hss conceded
It to the republicans, with some reluctance,
once or twice before.
The AdTastige el Knvlner.
New Tork Tribune.
Genernl Kouropatkln has the advantage
now of knowing the road to Llae Vang
and Port Arthur more thoroughly than ha
did when he first set out In that direction.
He has also accumulated conalderable
knowledge of other things.
The Rlxbt Spirit.
Minneapolis Journal.
The studenta of the fnlverslty of Ne
braska showed a sportsmanlike aplrlt when
they gave their defeated team a rousing re
ception on Its return from Colorado. The
time to stand by a team Is when it is tem
porarily down on Its luck. Don't knock.
Beclpc for Campaign Glofcer.
Baltimore American.
It Is hardly to be expected that Judge
Parker will accept the Tom Watson sug
gestion and get off the track, allowing Mr.
Watson to make the run in his stead. But
really such a change about would Introduce
that "ginger" Into the campaign, the lack
of whlrh has been so greatly deplored at
democratic headquarters.
Courts Blue Above Partisanship.
Minneapolis Journal.
The decision In the-Wisconsin case In
volving the regularity of the rival repub
lican factions was rendered by two demo
cratic judges and one republican. .The Ut
ter, who wrote the opinion, was formerly
a stalwart. This fact is significant of the
ability of the courts to rise above political
passion and of their unwillingness to shirk
their duty when It happens to be dis
agreeable. A World. Rutins; Combine.
Boston Globe.
Andrew Carnegie's plan for a combina
tion of Great Britain, Germany, France and
the United States In a league to force
peace on the nations of the world would be
more hopeful If there were reason for be
lieving that these policemen of the earth
would remain at peace with one another.
Anyway, the scheme Is Interesting as In
dicating the great steel man's confidence
in the power of a trust to regulate human
affairs.
Knocking- the Crop-KIIler.
Chicago Chronicle.
Notwithstanding the atruenuous efforts
of the crop killers the government crop
report for October gives the country 648,
000,000 bushels of wheat, 2,314.000,000 bushels
of corn and 8S9.O0O,00O bushels of oats on
the whole a better crop than for some time
past. This world is not yet an orphan,
and there la a power controlling the prod
ucts of the earth which Is wiser than the
farmer who sows and reapa them. The
pessimism of the crop killer is" the only
thing that has been killed this year.
Defying the Old Hoodoo.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The launching of the battleship Nebraska
on Friday seems to have been done in
open dedance of one of the most sacredly
cheriahed auperatltlonu of the sea. No
sailor will depart from a port on Friday
If he can help It, simply because of the
superstltutious belief which possesses all
of his calling that the day la unlucky and
that a voyage so started will bring dis
aster of some sort to ship and crew, Fri
day la always avoided for a launching for
the same reason, and doubtless the Ne
braska will be ivgHrded by the men here
after detailed. t( (flfrvs ln-Jt as a. hoodooed
ship. Inasmuch as the. water at the Seattle
yard Is deep enough to launch a vessel
any time. It Is something strange thru
Friday, above all other days, should have
been chosen for slipping the Nebraska .into
Its element. The superstitious seafarer will
probably regard the fact that the ship slid
down the ways ahead of the designated
time for the launching as ominous.
THE MARGIN OF SAFETY.
Possible Explanation of the High Per
centaa-e of Railroad Disasters.
Wall Street Journal.
Mr. E. E. R. Tratman, associate editor of
the Engineer's News and an authority of
high standing1 upon the principles and
methods of track maintenance, read a paper
at the annual meeting of the Road Masters'
and Maintenance of Ways' association at
St. Louis In September which Is pregnant
with suggestions. ' He gives ample credit
for the better track and stronger bridges
which railroads have built in the last tan
years, but he finds much criticism In the
badly worn rails; loose and worn joints,
spikes loose, joints and ties worn out and
loose in the ballast, ballast deficient in
quality and quantity and frogs and switches
pot up to the proper standard of safety.- Ha
finds the margin, of safety is often un
desirably small.
The accident record of the last few yuars
has been growing to undue proportions.
Congestion of track, Inadequacy of facili
ties and tendency to demoralisation of
forces In recent years of great prosperity
are contributing causes. But this has
been a period when railroads have rapidly
advanced from light rolling stock to the
heavier standards of today. Tho demands
upon the track have been tremendously in
creased, both by the weight of the rolling
stock and the tendency to increase the
speed of heavy trains. Track engineers
have made. large reductions of their stand
ards to meet these new requirement., but
Mr. Tratman feels warranted In the belief
that they have gone but half way. The
weak point Is In the method by which the
track Is put together, the spikes hearing
upon the- tie, the tie itself and the bed of
ballast In which the tie Is placed. In '.hese
respects American railway practice Is very
far behind European railway practice, al
though the requirements of American rail
ways are much greater. He notes the
fact that while at the transportation ex
hibit at St. Louis the rolling stock depart
ment Is well represented and the rail is of
go6d standard, that there is yet no satis
factory American exhibit of track. In
contrast with this the Prussian state rail
ways have sent over an elaborate exhibit
of specimen track. This track certainly
challenges comparison with American track.
When the bills for the big engines are all
cashed In from every department of the
railway service, the total will probably be
a surprise to many managers, who have
an eye single to the ton per train mile.
It Is not to say that the tons per train mile
re unimportant or that less seal Is called
tor in this direction, but only more dis
cretion. If the railway has definitely com
mitted Itself to the large load, then It must
see that every ounce of added powor erd
every cublo foot of added tonnage capacity
of cars la put tor maximum efficiency, but
It must also at the same time see that the
conditions of track are so maintained and
that the type of track maintenance Is suf
ficiently pushed ahead of the former prac
tice to leave an ample margin of safety.
Ws ane fortunate In having presented to us
so clearly by an engineer of unquestionable
authority the factor of large Importance In
our present railroad situation.
It la a serious charge when such man
feels Justified In 'saying "that taking the
main line aa a whole, it may be said that
American railway track Is below the a. ind
ard that should 'be obtained, and entirely
out of proportion to the weight of tho roll
ing stock and extent of tradio which It
carries," ,
BOtSD ABOtT HEW TOWK.
Ripples on the ( arrent of M'e la
Metropolis.
People with a relish for mystery In trar
edy or romance should not waste time In
following the devious patha of Action writ
ers. Everyday life furnishes mysteries so
deep and Involved as to appear Incredible.
That "truth Is stranger than fiction" Is
demonstrated again by the life and death
riddle of Margaret Lynch, or "Martha
I,almtecr," whose body, then supposed to
be that of an unknown woman, was dis
covered beside a tree In a cemetery near
Frceport, Long Ixland, last April. Her
lips were burned by carbolic acid, a bottle
of that poison was nearby, together with
a fountain pen marked "O. M.," and an
unsigned letter declaring the writer's In
tention to commit suicide. Some days
later the coroner's physician received an
anonymous note, asking that, "to save a
respectable German family from disgrace,"
the body be quietly burled as that of
Martha Ialmbeer, and Inclosing a hundred
dollar bill to cover expenses. The cor
oner's Jury found a verdict of suicide, ami
the burial was made according to the terms
of the note.
An Investigation, privately set on foot
laat month, developed the fact that the
dead girl was dressed clumsily In handsome
clothes over a wrapper; that the acid bot
tle had been corked when discovered; that
there was on the forehead the mark of a
blow sufficient to cause death and admin
istered before, death, and that, though the
letter declaring the woman's Intention to
kill herself was dated twenty-four hours
before her body was found, several people
who had within that time passed the spot
where the body was eventually found, said
that It was not there when they went by.
The Investigation connected the dead girl
with Margaret Lynch, daughter of re
spectable Brooklyn people, who had been
engaged to Oswald Maune, Jr., son of a
neighboring family, and had later been seen
at a hotel near Freeport In company with
the -other of her flance. The body waa
exhumed and Identified by Mrs. Lynch as
that of her daughter. It then developed
that young Maune waa In an Insane asy
lum, and, finally, one paper declared that
Mrs. Lynch had stated that Oswald Maune,
sr., had confessed to her that he had
supplanted his son In the young girl's af
fections. Now, the drama halts until the
session of the second coroner's Jury next
Saturday.
Residents of Larchmont, the fashionable
suburb of New York, are suffering at the
hands of a Raffles, who Is snapping up
trifles In the boldest way, generally paying
social calls In the afternoon. A few days
ago he walked coolly into the house of C.
H. Dale and appropriated over $3,000 worth
of Jewelry. Next afternoon but one a
well dressed man strolled up to the resi
dence of Edward A. Maher. president of
the Union railway. He lingered a mo
ment at the door, then threw away his
cigarette and was seen to enter. Later
It was found that he went upstairs to
Mrs. Manor's room, gathered up some
12,000 worth of gems and departed, stopping
at the gate-to light a fresh cigarette.
Charles Francis Howe, who frequently
takes up the cases of persons too poor to
hire a lawyer, was delighted the other day
when he succeeded in having acquitted
several men In the special sessions. The
men were charged with picking pockets.
The last of the group whose release was
secured was a tall, thin, consumptive look
ing fellow known to the police as "Tuber
culosla" Flnegan. The case of "Tubercu
losis" seemed to be acute, for It was told
to the lawyer In whispers. Every time the
prisoner whispered he got closer to Mr.
Howe, and when the pickpocket was finally
acquitted he grasped the lawyer's hand and
said In grave-like tones:
' "T'anks. bid feller, de fust honest dollar
dat 1 git'll be frown yer way."
"Don't mention It," replied the lawyer,
"I'm always ready to help a man out when
jhe's got no money."
When "Tuberculosis" had shuffled out of
the court room Mr. Howe remembered an
appointment to meet a man In his office In
the New York Life building. He Jabbed his
hand in his watch pocket. The hand came
out again empty. Mr. Howe then addressed
the court as follows:
"My watch is gone. I can describe It mi
nutely, for I had It a second ago, but the
fellow that got It must have done time be
fore. I'll place the case In the hands of
the detectives, and within an hour they'll
accumulate a rapid movement, for I know
the central office works quickly in watch
caaes."
Then Mr. Howe called up the detective
bureau and reported his loss, and by the
time he reached his office he found a cen
tral office detective waiting for him with
the news that the watch had been recov
ered with the aid of a stool pigeon. And
the detective said:
"I wouldn't care to have the smallpox,
but I would like to catch Tuberculosis."
Preliminary surveys by engineers In the
employ of the city are being made to in
crease the yield of the Croton watershed
by building another enormous reservoir
nearly seven miles long and which. It Is
estimated, would store more than 10,000
000,000 gallons for use In Manhattan. The
plan Is to flood 4,000 acres, one-third of
which is Improved property. Including the
thrifty little town of Patterson, which
nestles In a hollow, with 1,000 Inhabitants,
three hotels, churches and a cigar factory.
Everything1 In the town of Patterson
would have to be taken by condemnation
proceedings, with the farm lands and
many fine old homesteads, a few of which
date back a century and a quarter.
"My friends, if you don't 'spark' here you
will 'spark' somewhere else. If you don't
'spark' with one another you will seek
strangers to 'spark' with. As for 'sparking'
Itself, I am heartily In favor of it. I hope
It will lead up to the altar and that I will
be allowed to marry you." So spoke Rev.
Andrew Kenny, rector of St. Anthony's
Roman Catholic church of Weat Hoboken,
to members of his dramatic society whose
parents objected to their rehearsing for a
play on the ground that It gave the young
folks too great a chance to "spark."
The society Is composed of twenty hand
some youths and pretty maids. Two weeks
ago they began rehearsing for a play. The
parents of the young people did not mind
their being together on one night, but after
a while the girls and boys would go out
every night and as an excuse would merely
say "rehearsal." I
A petition accordingly waa circulated by
the parents and presented to the priest. It
requested him to discontinue the rehearsals.
They had heard of kissing and hugging
behind the scenes, they declared, and even
in the play a youth and maid were allowed
to embrace and osculate.
The priest will not listen to the petition
of the parents. He addressed the members
as above and would not bear to any of the
talk advanced by the elders to disband the
society. The rehearsal went on as usual
laat night and was "fine," aa ona of the
girls expressed It.
The stranger who travels the streets in
the lower section of New York, that are
given over largely to office buildings, and
who is fortunate enough to be on hand be
tween 8:30 and I a, m., Is witness to an In
teresting sight. He will see hundreds and
hundreds of good-looking and well-dressed
girls, fcurrylng in from all points of the
compass. There are stenographers and
other office girls and women, of whom
some 10,000 are dally employed below Canal
street The streets will be full of them.
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PERSONAL NOTES.
A Washington physician fays young
women would have less need for doctors if
they would eat onion.
It was a French automobile that won the
Vanderbllt cup race Saturday, but It was
a native Heath that had his foot on it at
the time.
Ctprlano Castro, the president of Ven-
esuela, lives In a house built entirely of
steSI. The outside is covered with a kind
of soft stono and the Inside with lath
and plaster, so that the visitor sees nothing-
unusual.
Among the Japanese students In the UnJ-t
verstty of Pennsylvania the most interest
ing are two that have Just entered the
freshman class of the college Shunzo
Takakl and Kihcljt Iwaya. Both are
prominent in their country and came from
Tokio especially to take the course in
finance and commerce.
The late Mayor Jones of Toledo, accord
ing to statements made by the executors
of his estate, gave away many thousands
of dollars to save defaulters from arrest
and disgrace. Private memoranda, ' the
ezlatence of which was unknown to his
nearest relatives and friends, have been
found In Mr. Jonea' aafo, showing that he
endorsed notes for about 300 men in To
ledo. These borrowers Include bank tellers,
bookkeepers and confidential men of large
corporations who had taken money from
their employers. It is believed that If ha
had not been taken 111 suddenly the late
mayor would have destroyed all these evi
dences of Indebtedness. Some of the bor
rowers are men occupying conspicuous
places In business and social life.
FLASHES OF FIN.
'80 you don't annrove of rnvprnnmnl
control of the railways and coal mines?'
No," answered the dlscontendnd tax
payer. "After seeing what the assessor hna
done to me, I am almost as much afraid of
a government aa am of a corporation."
Waahington Star.
Tun-Mr. Kadlev in verv attpntlw In vnn
I auppoae congratulations will soon be In
order.
Jeax They re In order now. .
Teas Indeed T
Jess Yes: 1 rejected him last nlrht
Philadelphia Press.
"Sometimes." said Uncle Eben "a man
tskes credit foh be'n" generous when he's
only payln' out mone" tn please his own
vanity. wasnington ntar. 1
"I hate to Bay anvthlna- about It. Plnelev.
but vour wife's new hat la a fright."'
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"Something must be up," remarked the
motorman to the conductor. "See those
men running back there?"
"Put more speed on. you chump!" replied
the conductor. "Don't voti see they're try
ing to catch this car?"Phlladelphia Ledger.
First Voice Is this the gas office?
Becond Voice Well. In a way, yes.
First Voice What do you mean?
Record Voice It's campaign headquar.
ters. Houston Chronicle.
The Lawyer You lor.k like a clever bov.
The Messenger Boy (modestly) Well,
miater, I don't like ter shoot any hot air,
but I'm considered de cleverest guy in de
office.
The Lawyer Indeed!
The Messenger Boy Betcher life! I'm de
only kid in de hull mob dnt kin roll a
cigarette wit' .one hand. Puck.
1 1 1 1.
A CAMPAIGN COMPLAINT.
Chicago Tribune.
It Isn't like It used to be. Why, twenty
years ago
My eyes would have been glarln' as I ms.
to meet the foe.
My fists would have been shakln' an' my
arms would have been bared '
An' someone on the other side would have
been badly scared.
But now I'm calm an" peaceful an' my
mind Is not upset
It's six weeks to election, an' I'm not ex
cited yet.
I used to start dlsputln' when the big con
ventions closed
I'd argue an' I'd wrangle with each fellow
so disposed.
Why, I would be so angry by the last day
of July
That I'd start In a-flghtln' never waited a
reply , , . .
I'd start right In to flghtln' with each
enemy I met;
But now It's 'most election, an 1 m not
excited yet. t
It used to be I'd listen for each thing the
others said, .
An' mehbe sit dlsputln' till I'd ought to be
In bed.
An' when we had a rally they could count
on me, of course,
To lead the big procession an' to yell till I
was hoarse.
I used to know the tariff an' the nation s
great big debt.
An' all the facta an' figures but I'm not
excited yet. .
I haven't missed my supper an' I haven't
heard a speech,
I haven't felt like hlttln' every one within
my reach.
I haven't thrilled at hearln' how the old
flag still wan waved;
I haven't even shouted that the country
must be saved;
I'm Just a plain spectator, an' I haven t
made a bet
It's six weeks to election, an' I'm not
excited yet.
SHERMAN & McCONNELL DRU9 CO
MTU AND DO DOB.
UKTAIb AGENT