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STATEMENT OP crRCULATION.
Stat of Nebraska. Douglas County, ae.!
Ooorge B. Tzerhuck. tecretary of The Bee
Publishing company, being duly rworn.
says that the actual number of full and
complete coulee of The Dally. Morning,
i Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of October, 19u4, waa aa follows:
1 irA.SS4l 17 2,040
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4 ;,...im,wo ' so 20,400
t ..mmum n ao,oo
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7 WMMM U 80,300
5 (UMBO 24 S0.290
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10 .TT0.4TO tt 00,000
11 .'.i, 2,400 ';. Vx. I.OT.O40
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14... SW.S40 ' 90 BO.lOO
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Tout...,,,..... 915.MO
Lee unsold copiej 10,075
Net total :alca OOS.eJtt.'t
Dully average , 89.231
'"' '.GEO. B. TZ8CHUCK.
. Subscribed In my" presence and aworn to
before me this Slat day of October, l)4.-
, Notary Public.
Baturda nfxt laht chance to register.
"Coutraband of war" ruay assume a
new meaning to ftreat Britain In case of
a hitch in the North sea inquiry.
Candidate Swallow jrrows gllent as
Judge Writer grows talkative but
maybe he It preparing a letter of condolence.-
' " ' - ' ''
Those British "hips may be preparing
for a fight; a;t Gibraltar only to make
sure that the Russian fleet will not mis
take them for fishing boats.
Ia it possible that 8antos:Dumont had
a tip at to what an American inventor
had done before that' injury to hit air
ship sent him back home? '
Qennral- .Kaulbars may .be . no, better
prophet than General Kouropatkln, but
It is worthy' MtetnaHhe It' not risk
ing hit reputation in indiscriminate pre
dictions. ' ! ' . '
In view, of ihe urtusua,! calmness In
Asiatic waters recently readers should
not be surprised if the first news of a
naval fight in which the Russian Baltic
squadron Is engaged comet from Suez. '
In urging election for W. W. Slabaugh
for county Jjtttorney republicans are pro
posing no experiment. Mr. Slabaugh'
hat had experience as a prosecutor and
his record oo4uinnd hlfti to favor.
Reglntratlon to far uf fair, but there
are between 0,000 and 10,000 voters in
Omaha and South Omaha yet to be reg
istered and Saturday la the last and only
registration day, remaining.' Get busy.
I The World-Herald .cartoonist is still
I under Instructions to keep off John N.
Baldwin's grata and a lot of good ma-
teiial stored away before Baldwin em-
braced thu cause of Berge It going to
I waste.
This it the lakt week for the spell
! binder, and It Is' n'liuost safe to say that
j speeches not delivered tblt year will not
be available four years from now, as the
democrats will probably find an issue by
that time four yearn late at usual.
It: it to 'be hoped Judge Parker will
hav't carerully1 verified the figures which
; h Vllt.pw In hit speeches during the
j nmalnder of tlie campaign, for It mutt
be wearing upon federal employea to
have to' issue correction! dally In addl
I tion to their, official duties,
I i V.
, Illinois' coal luinet art closed aa the
resnlt of hoisting engineer! - quitting
I wort rather than to aubmlt to a reduc
j tlon'jUj-wagea.,;The public might at well
ask (how much the strike will coat and
' prepare to ftay the additional ; cost of
j coar without having the work suspended.
Colonel Bryan discredited himself at
a prophet' with hit numerous predlc
, tlont about fret tilver coinage, but he
! bids fair to redeem himself with hit
declaration that "with Judge Tarker for
the'ttemorratic candidate, the battle will
begW with a loot race and end with a
rout.
,?'. . j
If, Governor Toole of Montana con
tinues to refuse to honor requisitions
from Colorado until satisfied that the
accuaod persona-an have a fair and
speedy trial, It may be necessary to re
fer the matter to a board of arbitration
to decide' upon' what should be consid
ered a fair and tpeedy trial.
San Fraud sco promises to hold an in
dustrial exposition In 1013 to commemo
rate the discovery of the Faclne ocean
and the completion of the Panama canal.
It will be newa to the Japanese to learn
that the Pacific was first discovered 500
years ago and to a number of engineers
to learn that the Panama canal will be
completed la eleven years. - ' -
SEuoriATtsa tbsaties.
The Impairment of State la negotia
ting treaties with the leading Edropean
countries, which. If ptlt Into effect, will
go a great way toward Insuring agalnut
war between the United States and na
tiont of the old world. The proposed
conventions are treatlet of arbitration
and one with France was signed yester
day, its provisions of course not being
msde public, tboagh they are understood
to be in the lines of the Anglo-French
treaty- Similar conventions with Italy
and Switzerland are in course of nego
tiation. It is the expectation of the secretary
of state that he will have all the treaties
which it it now proposed to enter into
concluded In time to submit them to the
senate for ratification on the convening
of congress In November. Xo hitches
have yet been encountered In the effort
to make for International peace. These
treaties are to continue In effect for s
period of five years. In addition to these
arbitration treaties, it is ttated that the
department It negotiating some proposed
commercial agreements with foreign
powers, which It Is hoped the senate will
adopt At present there are four com
mercial agreements in effect between the
United States and foreign" countries, but
none of them were dependent on the ap
proval of the senate. They were nego
tiated under the section of the tariff law
which authorizes the making of agree
ments of this kind under definite limita
tions. One Is with France, which was
negotiated in 180fl, and the other three
are with Germany, Italy and Portugal
and were drafted In 1000. They uiay be
abrogated on a year's notice by either
side.
'It is probable that no serious opposi
tion will be found In the senate to the
arbitration treaties, so general has be
come the sentiment In favor of promo
ting International arbitration, but experi
ence in regard to commercial agreements
does not encourage-the hope that they
will be adopted. The fact that eleven
such agreements were negotiated under
the McKlntey administration and not one
of them has been approved by the sen
ate does not hold' out much promise for
additional treaties of this kind.
A LESSON FROM ENGLAND
Mr. Chamberlain paints a gloomy pic
ture of the effects of free trade in Eng
land. He says that there are 1,000,000
fewer farm laborers in that country now
than In 18." 1 and 13,000,000 laborers are
underfed, while the people of America.
Germany and other countries are pros
perous. At a meeting of the Manchester
city council recently It was announced
that between 40.000 and 50,000 people
In that city were practically on the verge
of starvation. Similar conditions prevail
in London and in other large cities of
the kingdom.
While the nation Is losing ground in
commerce, the loss of value of her agri
cultural property continues. It Is shown
that the decrease of capital value of
agricultural land In Great Britain be
tween 1875 and 1805 .reached the enor
mous sum of $4,000,000.000. . Considering
that fact, no one can regard It' as sur
prising that at last a great body of pub
lic opinion has been formed in England
to protest against a policy that has pro
duced such results. What Is astonish
ing, however, is that with the American
policy splendidly triumphant at the very
moment when the British system ia
showing signs of collapse there should
be found thousands of Americans who
are busy trying to persuade their coun
trymen to abandon the successful policy
and accept the failure.
The lesson from England should Im
press especially American farmers and
workingmen, who have for years pros
pered far beyond those of any other land.
Certainly these classes Of our people can
not desire for their country a policy
which has produced such disastrous re
sults as those pictured by Mr Chamber
lain and other students of British eco
nomic conditions. .
THE ATTACK OS THE PHESIDEST.
Early In the campaign Judge Parker
was reported to have admonished hit
party managers that there was to be no
tuud-sllnglng and no personalities. ' In
this, as in most other respects, he has
changed front and Joined with certain
of his newspaper organs in charging that
President Roosevelt, through the chair
man of the republican national commit
tee, hat entered into corrupt relations
with some of the great corporations In
order to obtain camialgn funds. In a
speech last week the democratic candi
date for president made this charge in
very plain terms and he repeated It In
effect in bis speech at Madison Square
garden Monday night. f
There are no specifications. The or
gans that originated the charge have not
cited a single instance In which Chair
man Cortely on has solicited or accepted
a contribution from a corporation on any
promise or pledge, Judge Parker makes
no tpeciflcatlons. Repeated challenge!
to them to name a case justifying their
charge have failed to draw out the In
formation they claimed to have. It it a
most grave charge aud If true the evi
dence of it should be given to the public.
Can there be a reasonable doubt that if
those making the charge had evidence
to sustain it they would make It public?
Nothing could be more effective In be
half of the candidate than such a rev
elation. "It would make hundreds of
thousands of votes for hi in. Yet In
tensely snxlous ss he. hit party man
agers and organs are for democratic
success they withhold from the public
Information they profess to have which
would powerfully contribute to the suc
cess of the party. Will any fair-minded
oianibelleve that they have any evi
dence T Is It not obviously a trumped up
charge, without the slightest basis in
fact the Invention of some one of the
unscrupulous politicians who are man
aging the Parker campaign?
The temerity of Judge Parker iu mak
ing the statements he' has reflecting upon
the president is sstonlshlng lu view of
the fact that his own Intimate associ
ates snd supporters, the men who con
ducted the campaign for his nomination
and who are now managing th cam
paign for his election, represent thee
wry corporations which he sffects to
denounce, or else owe their political
strength solely to the contributions they
have received from them in the past snd
expect to receive from them in the fu
ture. The names of these men Bel
mont McCarren, Sheehan snd the rest
of them are well known to the country
and one and nil owe their whole power
in politics to the Intimate connection tbey
have established between the manage
ment of corporations and the manage
ment of public business. With such
men conducting hit campaign It comes
with 111 grace from the candidate to
charge the president snd the chairman
of the republican national committee
with entering into a corrupt bargain
with the so-called trusts. It is s most
unworthy and discreditable position for
the candidate of a great party for the
high office of president of the republic.
HITCHCOCK AND HOWELL.
"Birds of a feather will flock together."
Like the drowning man grasping at a
straw. Candidate Hitchcock Is trying to
save himself from drowning In the po
litical sea by catching onto the leg of
the submerged mariner.
The fraud cry, which Hitchcock snd
his organ have raised about Howell Is
the rankest piece of Imposture. There
was no fraud perpetrated on Howell.
He was defeated by 200 votes in a fairly
conducted direct primary. Only three
names appeared on the ballot and every
voter able to read, who wanted to vote
for Howell, had no trouble In finding bis
name and putting his cross after It, and
voters unable to rend could not in the
nature of things be deceived, having
their ballots marked by s Judge who wot
able to read.
But Hitchcock imagines that he can
humbug the people by inserting Howell
the Humbug ns an issue and creating
discord in the republican ranks. The
Hitchcock-Howell plan of campaign has,
however, another aspect. Hitchcock is
now playing the same part that he did
when he was a candidate for congress
six years ago. In that campaign he
threw overboard and sold out ' every
candidate on the Douglas county demo
cratic legislative ticket by making a
compact with the campaign manager of
John L. Webster. This deal resulted In
the defeat of ten democratic candidates
for the legislature and through that de
feat came the defeat of William V. Allen
or some other democrat to the senate.
In the same manner Hitchcock man
aged to trade off and throw overboard
other democrats who were ambitious
enough to aspire to office. In the pres
ent campaign County Attorney English
and the legislative democratic ticket
have been marked for barter and slaugh
ter, while the World-Herald Is shouting
for Howell In the desperate hope of
being able to make votes for Hitchcock.
But that game can be played both ways
and the democratic candidates who are
being ' sacrificed for Hitchcock are not
likely to remain perfectly quiescent.
Up to the time he went before the
people asking their votes to make him
governor. Populist Candidate Berge was
what Boodler Prosecutor Folk calls a
non-combatant in the fight against cor
rupt corporate Interference with popu
lar government He has beqn a close
spectator to all the boodle lobby work at
Lincoln and has been almost within
hearing of the pleas for more equitable
taxation of railroads before the state
boards of assessment, but he never even
lifted his voice in the cause of reform.
He wants to be elected on the strength
of promises rather than of deeds.
The pernicious influence of the elec
tric lighting monopoly has been seen too
many times at the city hall. More
than once the pleasure of Its lobby hat
had to be awaited until coundlmen kept
in hiding have been permitted to attend
a meeting and make up the necessary
quorum to transact public business.
vote against municipal lighting Is a vote
to strengthen the grip of the electric
lighting monopoly on our public servants
and to continue the corrupt manipulation
of councils by its retinue of boodle dis
pensers. South Omaha taxpayers have two
bond propositions before them. The
proposal to borrow $70,000 at 5 per cent
to build a city hall is decidedly ques
tionable. It means an outlay of $3,500
a year for Interest and upwards of
$1,500 for heat. Janitor service snd main
tenance In lieu of rent For half that
money, the city can have the use of ade
quate quarters until the time comes
when the two municipal' governments1 of
Omaha snd South Omaha shall be
merged. '
Sldellahta of a Forlora Bet.
Philadelphia Press.
Judge Parker Is warming up. He Is now
throwing .things at the ootopua and aend-
ing heart to "heart1 messages to Colonel
Bryan. , i .
v lao't it Dreadful!
" Baltimore American.
A aurplus in the Philippine treasury
(hows how dreadful is the oppression of
the lalanda under American rule. Doubt
leaa it la the first aurplua the Philippines
ever saw In their revenues. . '
Relationship Forejottea.
Chicago Record-Herald.
King Edward is the csar'a uncle, but
there are times now and then when the
Engllah people get excited and neglect to
let theraaelvea be run over, even by roy
alty, without making complaint.
The llora Will Star Awhile.
Chicago Chronicle.
Belf-propellod carriages are fair weather
vehlclea and good roads vehicles. They
are not capible of encountering the stress
of storm and the strain of rough high
ways. There will doubtleaas be many Im
provements calculated to Increaae the
strength and durability of auto vehlclea,
but no Improvement can overcome the ea
eentlal weakneaaea pointed out. Speed,
complicated machinery and winter roada
are factors which can not be wrought Into
a aatlefactory reault
The triumph of automatic, propulalon will
have to wait upon aerial navigation. So
long as the vehicle la forced to cling to
earth It must wait upon the weather and
In the meantime the horse will reeume hla
old ascendency.
Carleaa Featares ef Klrrtloa Retarae.
New Tork Bun.
In the presidential election of 1 there
were 70.000 more than a round 14.(00,000
votes cast In the presidential election of
1M0 there wsr 17.000 ea than tha round
14.000.000 vote. It Is notable thai ths re
publican vote in Maryland In 11 was
1M.I5; In MOO It waa 1M.111 In New Jersey
the republican vote In m was 221.SH7; In
1900 It was 221,707. In 1KW the republican
vots In Wtoconaln wss S68.136; In 100 It was
HK.m. In New Tork the republican vote
In im wae gl.M8; In 1900 It was 821.S92. In
tha election of 1 the democratic vote In
Nebraska was 115.X; In 1900 It waa 114,013.
In North Dakota it waa 80,8tS in 1896 and
20,511 In WOO. In Pennsylvania the demo
cratic Vote In m waa 422,054: In 1!00 It w
424,232. In Wyoming the democratic vote
In im was lo,i,' in 1900 it wa 10.2 A
result even more curious was shown In the
state of Ohio. In IS the democratic vote
vw 474,882; in 1900 it was 474,882 exactly the
same.
OlAAREU OP LOVERS.
Jade Parker and Colonel Brian E
rhaage Compliment.
Chicago Chronicle.
Nothing so affecting haa occurred during
the entire presidential campaign as the
final reconciliation of Judge Parker and
William J. Bryan and the tender messages
which have recently passed between them.
Theee delicious morsels, reminding us of
the poet's romantic sentiment, that "the
quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love,"
as as follows: .
To the Hon. Wllllsm J. Bryan: I wish to
thank you for the splendid service you have
rendered to the democratic party in In
diana and elaewhere during the preeent
Campaign. ALTON B. PARKER.
Judge Alton R. Parker: I appreciate the
generous expression contained In your tele
gram. I am paying an Installment on the
debt I owe the Amerlrn.n nennle hv endeav
oring to secure for them the reforms which
your administration will bring.
W. J. BRYAN.
Truly this Is the age of peace and recon
ciliation. On one side of the globe the roar
of the British lion and the growl of the
Russian bear die away In a diplomatic
crescendo and end In a frigid commission
of Inquiry.
On the other side of it the anointed high
priest and champion of a debased currency
and the man whom he accuses of having
betrayed that "sacred" cause fall Into each
other's arms with thanks and gushing com
plaisance.
What Mr. Bryan has been saying In In
diana is this: "Mark you. I have nothing
to take back. I said Parker was a straddler
and a traitor, and I stick to It. I said he
got his nomination by crooked and inde
fensible methods, and I say so still. I
said no man could be trusted whom Orover
Cleveland endorsed, and that was the gos
pel truth. Still, I am asking you to vote
for Parker as the less of two evils. With
all his faults he Is better than Roosevelt.
As for me, much as I dislike him, I have
got to vote for him because he voted for
me twice and even boasted of It after
ward." To a person of sensibility In Judge Par
ker's position such a support would be
regarded as grossly insulting, but circum
stances alter cases, and Judge Parker,
without the slightest appearance of morti
fication or displeasure, thanks Mr. Bryan
warmly for It and . refers to it as "the
splendid service you have rendered the
democratic party in Indiana!"
Then Mr. Bryan, with the same canting
hypocrisy, refers to Judge Parker's "gen
erous expressions" and to "the reforms
which your, adniinlptratlon will bring."
Could deceit and1 groveling self-abasement
go any furthef'i" u . -, -
All this means', that If Judge Parker
shoVild be electe Mr. Bryan would be his
secretary of the' treasury, duly commis
sioned to overturn the gold standard and
"reform" the nations! finances in accord
ance with the Kansas City platform.
THAT FA1HOI! BOX PARTY.
World-Herald Editor and Railroad
Attorney Snagrirle I :p to Bach Other.
Lincoln Star.
The Omaha World-Herald employs a
great deal of editorial space to explain ths
fact which was quite generally remarked
at the time and has since been the subject
of nowspaper comment and surmise. Chat
at the big Berge-Folk meeting at Omaha
the editor of that paper and John N. Bald
win occupied the same box and were seated
close together.
The World-Herald Is at great pains to
explain circumstantially how this Interest
ing; juxtaposition occurred, that it waa
purely fortuitous that a Union Paclflo
official, seeing the editor unprovided for,
Invited him to a seat; that he Innocently
accepted the courtesy, and thus only hap
pened to be seated near the political man
ager and pass dispenser of the Union Pa
cific for the state of Nebraska, Tha
World-Herald's editorial article, evidently
drawn up by the editor himself, will be ac
cepted, of course, aa conclusive as to the
Incident '
Tha editor pf the World-Herald, the
article asserts, ''has merely a speaking
acquaintance with John N. Baldwin. He
did not occupy a seat beside him at tha
Folk ""meeting, and the only communica
tion between tha two was the mere ex
change of nods." The editor does admit
"tha max exchange of nods" between him
self and Mr. Baldwin. He la silent as to
whether winks paaed between them. He
leave us In the dark as' to the points In
the proceedings at which "tha mere ex
change of nods" occurred whether It
was when Mr. Folk touched upon the cor
rupting nature of the free, pass or when
he was working off his oratorical climaxes
on the pleasant corporation art of mon
keying with ' legislatures. He does not
even Inform us whether he and Mr. Bald
win, although they have "exchanged nods,"
were able to keep their faces straight while
Mr. Berge was speaking his piece and
touching on those points. Mr. . Baldwin
snd the editor both knew what the stubs
of the Union Pacific pass books and the
record of tha mileage during the time Mr.
Berge's party controlled the leglalature
and the suite government would show,
and If they eould look each other In the
face without s derisive smlla during Mr.
Berge's remarks It would show them defi
cient In the sens of humor.
Two years ago' the columns of the World
Herald were packed with oaxtoona of Mr.
Baldwin, because It then suited the paper s
purpose to try to create tha Impression
that he owned the republican ticket and
particularly the head of it. History has
wiped out that notion, so far as It ever tx
lated, and moat of all from tha mind of
Mr. Baldwin himself, and Mr. Baldwin
will hardly deny that he waa eager and
active In the plot to defeat the renomina
tlon of Governor Mickey as the World
Herald to defeat hla re-election. Tou see
nan of those cartoons of Mr. Baldwin In
the World-Herald In this campaign. The
World-Herald could not have been more
abstemtiou In thta respect, nor more
scrupulous to avoid hurting Mr. Baldwin's
sensibilities than If he were one of the
principal supporters of Berge and the fusion
sceme to get hold of the governahlp, carry
ing with It nearly the whole of the official
patronage of Nebraska.
When Mr. Balwln appeared conspicuously
In the same box with the editor of the
World-Herald at the biggest fusion meeting
of the campaign, it waa natural. Indeed it
waa Inevitable, that the people ahould re
mark It. T1 World-Herald appreciates
that a keenly a everybody els.
ttOSSIF ABOIT THE WAR.
Aa Eaamale f the Spirit that Aet-
Stts tll ftoltlteM of a9ePftwe
Writing on "Japanese Deration and
Courage" in the Century Magaalne.. Oscar
King Davis, an American correspondent at
the front, cites the case of Sergeant Major
Sanko Takano of the Second company.
Second civalry regiment, as an llluatratloh
ef tha Indomitable spirit that actuates
the soldiers of Japan. "On a dark night
In early April, soon after hla regiment had
reached the Yalu river, he nnd Lance
Corporal Shlnobti Watnnabe were sent out
with a third man to ascertain the width
and depth of the main stream of the river
where It flows between two large lalanda
opposite WIJu. They crooned the first chan
nel In a boat which the sergeant-major
and the corporal left cn the first island
In charge of the third man. Then the
two worked across the island to the main
stream. The Russians occupied a little
village on the opposite . side, directly
acroea from the place where Takano and
Watanabe strurk the river. Takano saw
that it would be very difficult to get
across without attracting their attention.
Ice waa running In the river, nnd the
water was bitterly cold. Takano thought
that If he tried to awlm he would surely
arouse the Russians. Bo he determined
to walk across on the bottom of the river,
rising sccaslonally for breath! They had
a coll of light rope with them. Takano
took off his uniform and fastened one end
of the line to his body. Then he picked up
a stone to help him keep on the bottom,
and waded In, leaving the lance corporal
to hold the rope by which he was to be
dragged back whenever he gave s signal of
two sharp pulls.
Pounded by the Ice and chilled to the
marrow by the cold water, Takano strug
gled on. The water rose over his head,
but the heavy stone he carried enabled him
to keep on the bottom. Now he could walk
a little faster, for he was free from the
battering Ice; but as he neared the center
of the stream the current grew swifter and
swifter, until. If It had not been for the
stone he carried. It would have swept him
down. He grew numb from the cold, and
It took all his strength, stout swimmer
as he was, to rise to the surface and .stay
there long enough to breathe. Yet h
dared not drop the weight, for he knew he
could not get down to the bottom again.
Bo he worked, with Watanabe paying out
the rope, until he felt the bottom riBlng
and knew he was beyond the middle of the
stream. Almost senseless, Takano stum
bled along, striving to carry out the letter
of his orders and reach the opposite bank.
But not even Japanese nature could stand
such a test, and Watanabe, waiting on
the bank, felt the long, steady pull on the
rope that told him Takano had lost con
sciousness. , With all his might the corporal
hauled In the line, and soon had the
unconscious sergeant major out of the
water.
. "A brisk nibbing and the contents of his
flask finally revived Takano, who got Into
his warm, dry uniform again and started
back with the corporal across the Island.
But when they reached the place where
they had left the boat. It was gone. The
third man, concluding that they had been
captured by the Russians, had started back.
There was nothing for it but to swim, so In
the two. men plunged. The floating Ice
hammered them and the cold water, numbed
them, so that they could not make head
way against the current and were Carried
down stream. .But fortune had not de
serted them, and they drifted against the
boat In which their comrade was trying to
scull back to shore. He, too, had bean
swept down stream by the swift water and
the ice which hindered his sculling. He
hauled them In, and soon they were landed
On the Wlju side, to be commended by
their captain tor ehowlng the real spirit of
Yamato Damashtl."
The Army and Navv Journal fWuhln.
ton) estimates that "Japan has put forth
28 per cent of her strength thus far In tha
contest with Russia, while the drain on the
resources of Russia la lens than mr mk
This is only , a single factor, however. In
the complex problem of military success,
whloh docs not always respond to the con
clusions of the multiplication table. The
politico-economists and the pseudo-phllan-throplsta
mayr manipulate the figures as
mey piease, tne fact cannot be made tn
accord with the theory that war Is neces
sarily exhaustlna to national strength I-
clHely the contrary was shown In the case
or our great war. Material resources may
assume new form of distribution In time
of war, but this Is not necessarily waste.
It Is the destruction of classes It la the
Industries created by Industry whloh Is the
foundation of the business of a community
through which It Individual members pro
cure their mean of living. If all those
who have the power of ourchaalna- shnnM
cease for a single year to buy or make
good their wastage, universal poverty and
distress would follow. As a matter of
fact, the assets of the American conttrfsnt
are less than they were when Columbus
discovered It. Millions of mineral wealth
that were then stored away In the bowels
of the earth are there no longer; our toll
has been partiully exhausted of Its fertile
properties, and our hills and valleys have
been largely denuded of their forests. Yet
70,000,000 people exist In comparative com
fort where a few hundred thousand In
dians gained a precarious living before.
The industries of war draw upon the sur
plus energiea of a people. and, by stimu
lating them to larger effort. Increase their
power of production."
"Th emperor and the empire, the em
pire is the people these constitute the real
religion of Japan," says a writer In Leslie's
Weekly, "th great jdea through the di
vine virtue of which the Japanese have ac
counted for themselves before th wonder
ing eyes of a Christian world. For His
Imperial Majesty Emperor Mitsuhlto, th
little brown posliera of Japan Joyoualy die,
and tof him do the thousands of bereaved
ones suffer In proud silence that dreams In
great peace of ba afterward. ' And It Is
not weak Indifference they 'display, these
tearless ones; It la strength, th mightiest
ever seen on earth. By thousands they
hear the grim newa that robs them of all
reason for living, and by thousands they
retreat In splendid awe, tempered, bless
Ood! by patriotic pride that haa not Its
equal under tha shining sun. Orlef in
visible racks the soul of Japan while it
marches proudly on with a Joy not In It
war song."
One of the most amusing things in Clar
ence Ludlow Brownell's book of Japanese
travel I a collection of Japanese signs In
Engllah. aa writ and spok In Japan for th
benefit of English travelers. Here ar
three selections: Over a drug store,
"Karoune gouda, Basopr, Zlnslnbiya, Jlrv
Jtya-1," which, tranalated, meant, "Lemun
Bode, Baraapaiilla, Olnger Beer and Ginger
Ale;" over a barber's, "To ahava or to Areas
hairs away;" over s butcher's, "Cowmaat
and Pigmeat."
Ruaelan soldiers ar going around th
bend of th southern ahora of Lake Baikal,
on the road Just finished, at the rate of
about a dosen miles an hour, which Is slow
wheeling, but better than the slower fer
riage or winter crossing on th billiard
swept Ice. How the new road will work
In winter remalna to be aeen, there being
mora than a poaalbillty that In such a
windy corner the track may be laid under
drifts half a high aa th Kremlin, to be
covered ever again as fast as they ar dug
out
WORK, OF THR I.ITICR ART SHRsSAr.
rraetleal and ProStahl Cheeses la
Repahllena Metheda.
New York Letter to Waahlngton Btar:
Eight years ago the republican national
committee circulated 178 different ram pal"
documents to th number of many millions,
Four years ago the committee used 100 dif
ferent documents, and almost In as great
number. This rear the committee has put
forth six documents.
Mr. Coolldg contended, when he was
placed tn charge of the bureau snd called
upon for suggestion, that there waa great
wast of material in dumping such im
mens volumes of reading matter on the
public snd that th greater portion of It
failed to reach readers or to interett them
The experience of many politicians Indorsed
this contention. It waa determined to cur
tall th circulation of crud matter, often
poorly printed and unattractive. The six
documents Issued were prepared by experts
and dealt with two subjects, th republican
party and Theodore Roosevelt The mil
lions of copies turned out were printed on
good paper. In readabl and attractive form
The demand for them ha been phenomenal,
which Is taken as evidence of their ac
ceptability to the public.
A pictorial and cartoon service was or
gantsed. The country has been plastered
with attractive cartoons and small hand
books of cartoon snd political sketches
distributed everywhere. On of the most
Interesting of th set Is s collection of pic
turea reproduced from Harper's and Leslie's
weeklies snd other publications of that
kind, which were printed during the hard
times of 189S and 1894. This document Is
entitled "Lest W Forget." Th pictures
are the actual sketches of the soup house
period, and portray many scene of misery
and starvation In th big cities. Coxey's
army and the armies of the unemployed
and destitute tn many sections ar again
thrown upon th screen.
Most of the sketches were reproductions
In th magizlnea of the time from photO'
graphs, representing actual scenes , and
doubttaes will b recalled with pangs of
bitter memories by many a man who went
through the hardships that th country
suffered In that great time of depression
It makes a telling contrast between that
period and th present '
Th press bureau Is another branch of
tho literary work. There Is an editorial
organisation In the bureau of which
metropolitan newspaper might be proud,
The country press has been supplied with
editorial and plate matter, plat cartoons
for the "patent tnsldea" and special articles
of every kind. The dally preaa Is supplied
with high-class editorial matter and special
articles upon any subject demanded. There
has never been such an extensive press bu
reau operating In this country.
But, the telling feature, the new idea of
the whole scheme of publicity, Is yet to be
described. Having abandoned the old style
of distribution of campaign documents. It
waa necessary to supply meajis of laying
before the reading public republican princi
ples and policies. ' No aet speeches, deliv
ered In congress, heretofore a favorite plan
of campaign, were printed this year.
If you will look In the front or back of
any magaxlne of prominence for the month
of October you will find from one to four
pf ges of advertising matter devoted to dis
cussion of republican politics. The repub
llcan party Is being advertised, brought to
the attention of the public In a business
like way. It la estimated that a total
circulation of 8,000.000 is provided for these
advertisements.
The articles were prepared by able men.
Joseph H. Choate wrote on of them, and
all ar th products of competent brains,
Instead of a long and sometimes dreary
discussion of politics, here Is a brief, tell
Ing and readable presentation of some fee
tures of republican tenet. It Is likely to
attract th attention of the mag-atlne reader
and It I short enough for him to read. He
will find something that appeals to his In
telllgence whether he agrees with th prin
clplee or not.
The articles were sagaciously prepared to
suit the particular clientele of the magaalne
In which they appear. The scheme must
have cost a mint of money, for a page In
an American magaxlne is an expensive
proposition. But the plan has created
more talk and attracted more attention
than any other feature of the campaign.
Mr. Coolidge caused the preparations to
be made quietly, and the publications were
sprung upon the public unexpectedly. He
Is receiving many congratulations for the
successful employment of a very novel Idea
In political campaigning. There is no copy
right on the scheme, and no doubt It will
be extensively used In the future by both
the great parties.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Captain George D. Ouyer of the Six
teenth Infantry has been detailed to duty
aa professor of military sloenc and tactics
at th South Dakota Agricultural college,
Brookings. 8. D.
Lucius Tuttl, now president of th Bos
ton V Maine railroad, was the first man
to hold th title of ''passenger traffic
agent" It was bestowed upon, him by
President Van Home of th Canadian Pa
ciflo railway.
Hasel Harrison, an W-year-oId American
colored girl the first negro artist who' haa
ever appeared In Germany made a success
ful debut as a piano soloist with th Phil
harmonic orchestra In Berlin recently. Bh
Is a native of La Port. Ind. .
Dr. Otsuka, director of th Kluslu Im
perial Agricultural Experiment station of
Japan, Is in New Orleans at the request
of his government to study ric cultur
snd th methods employed In Louisiana In
the raising snd refining of sugar.
One patristic heart haa ceased to beat In
Montana. More' th pity. But he will
be remembered once a year at leaat, while
his eatat hold out; Intensely Fourth of
Julylsh In 11 f, he left all his property In
trust to provide a fund for celebrating the
natal day In Bosaman with "am pi quan
tities of fireworks, flags and bunting,"
Walter B. Btevns, secretary of th
World's fair, has not aa yt been awarded
a bunch of medals for having listened, to
more speeches than any man that ever
hit the Pike. Mr. Stevens' experience ss
a Washington correspondent enabled him
to bear a continuous run of calorlo
functions with equanimity and a sthaight
faoe,
Slgnor Marconi, who Is In Washington at
the Italian embassy, says that th British
admiralty con communicate with on of
IU warships snywhar on ths Atlantlo
ocean or in th Mediterranean st any mo
ment. "If it should become neoeasary for
ths British government to sand ordera to
th fleet it would b don by wireless," h
continued. .....
Ten weeks sgo Henry Weber was a re
porter on a Denver dally. For some time
hs had been Interested In mining proper
ties, ok of which, In Nevada,, ha proved
to be Immensely valuable. . Mr. Weber haa
sold hi Interest In that mine for $500,000
cash snd holds others which sr expected
to b worth twice as much. He has pro
moted eighteen companies, four of which
sr doing well.
Rev. Ferdinand Klttell, rector of St.
Mlohael's church, Loretto, Cambria county,
Pennsylvania, th church which Charles M.
Schwas built at aft expense of taoo.000,
states that "C. it. Schwab had paid out
more than $7,000,000 to persons whom he
believed to hav loat money by reaaon of
th formation of th Ship Building trust.
There was on case of a widow In New
York who lo all sh had tn tha bul
neaa. and sh had nearly $600,000. Mr.
Schwab draw his cfieck for HOO.Oot and gave
It to her. I saw th check."
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USES OF ADVERSITY.
Minnesota Foot Ball Rooters Get a
Hard Fall.
Minneapolis Journal.
That game of foot ball lat Saturday be
tween Nebraska and Minnesota was a very
profitable game. Th Impetuous rooter may
not see It that way, and the man who bet
on a blank score for Nebraska could not
be persuaded that the game was one of
any value whatever.
The game was useful In thin, that It
Illustrated one more the vtrlMltuile of
life and foot ball. It often happens that
when In the great game of life, all of
us are forever playing, a man becomes
greatly elated by his successes Romelhlng
happens About the time he says to him
self: "I am not as other men I am one
of the its," something rises up and knocks
the wind of vanity out of him.
W will not say that the university,
eleven had come to entertain a highly
magnified Impression of Its own foot ball
qualities, but the rooters had come to
look upon the team as invincible. The lat
ter went to the gam Saturday with a
presentiment that the score would be
about 40 to 0 In favor of their pet Gophers.
When Nebraska scored first th rooters
greatly resembled a deflated balloon. When
Nebraska scored th second time th root
ers looked Ilk a deflated balloon torn by
ribbons by the wind. When the gam waa
over the rooter concluded that on the whole
there waa nothing for him to yelll for.
Th foot ball fanatic will attend the
game with Wisconsin In the proper mood,
In consequence of their disappointment
Saturday. They will go hoping that the
Gophers will win, but knowing that they
may lose. When such Is the state of, mind
of the enthusiasts, victory by a narrow
margin is .cause for great rejoicing; an
overwhelming victory justifies tranaporti
of Joy.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
Lasarua waa eyeing the crumbs which
fell trom the rich man's table.
"What's the use." lie reilected, "when I
might be out working one of the candidates
for a quarter." Cleveland Leader.
"What did you think of my speech," said
the orator of the prohibition party.
"I was astonished," answered Colonel
Btllwell of Kentucky. "I- never knew that
water could produce so much loquacity."
Washington Btar. ,
Tess Mamma was clearing up the garret
today and whe found the crib I, used when
I was a baby.' Wasn't that an kiterestlug
find?
Jess Yes, Indeed; antiquities are vary
valuable nowadays. Philadelphia Presa
Father Henry, don't you think It la time
for you to be doing your share of the
world's work?
Son I suppose It Is, dad. If you'll make
over to me what you consider my share of
world's surface I'll work It for all It's
worth. Chicago Tribune.
"I'm getting along much better now with
Mia Roxley.
"you don't say? I was told her father
kicked you out every time you called."
"So he does, but he doesn't kick me as
hard aa he used to." Philadelphia Ledger.
"Well, there's one fortunate thing about
the attack on the Hull fishing fleet."
"What's that?"
"It's lucky that the Japs didn't do the
shooting." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Pl'SH DO.VT KNOCK,"
Baltimore American.
Upon the door I saw a sign;
I cried, "A mottol And it s mine!"
A wiser thing I never saw
No Median or Persian law
Should be mure rigidly enforced
Than this, from verbiage divorced
Its logic's firm as any rock
"Push don't knock."
'Twaa simply meant to guide the hand
Of those who wished to alt or stand
Within the unassuming door
This weight of sermonry that bore. ,
'Twaa never meant to teach or preach.
But Just to place In easy reach
The ear of him who dealt in stock
"Push don't knock."
But what a guide for life was that
Strong, philosophical and pat;
How safe a chart for you and me
While cruising o'er llfe'a restless sea;
Push, always push, with goal In view;
Don't knock avoid, the hammer crew. -This
rule will save you many a shock I
"Push don't knock."
When on that door I see the sign.
I say "Great motto, you are miner"
No stronger sermon every fell
From human Hps; no sage could tell
The hothead youth more nearly how
' To point alway his vessel's prow;
There are no wiser words in stock:
"Push don't knock."
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