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Till: OMAHA DAILY IJEE: MONDAY. NOVEMBER 21. 1904 4 Tiie Omaha Daily Dee. K. ROSF.WATER, EDITOR. VlUllFllKU EVERT MORNING. TKilMH OK SUBSCRIPTION: Pally Ie (without Sunday), om year. . II W J 'ally nmi feunuay. one year.. i:iutrnt- i,i. tiiio year 6 oo it 00 1 M 1 SO 1.00 rinlH lie... t f : i VPHr Saturday lien, mie year Twentieth C-iitury Farmer, one year.. HKMVKRR1) BT CARRIER. Pnlly Pe (without Simdav), per copy 2c Dal y He (without fundi)), per week. .life Dally Iie (including Sunday), per week. .17c Sunday Fee, per copy 6c nli.r; Fee (without Sunday), per week. i0 Uvenlng Bee (Including Sunday, pel vrnk 'n.,iilHlrit of Irregularities In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES: ("Itn.ihq 1 he Bee btilldlPt- Bouth Omsha Clly Hall building. Twenty filth and M streets. 'ounil Bluffs 10 Teirl street. fh'.ri,K,i-KV Fnltr bnl'dlrg. N'w YorkZ!2 Pnrk Iltiw building. V ishlngton VI Fourtenh street. CDRREBPONPF.NCE. Cnmmnulentlona relating to n and edi torial matter ahould he ndrt.essod: Omaha Lee, Kdltoiial Ilepnrtment. REMITTANCES. Il"mlt by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Ilee I'obllphlns romimny. nly .'rectit stumps received In nayment of mail account. Personal rherks. except nn Om.iha or enalern excV.nnRea. not accepted. T1IK HER PUBLISHING COMPANY. BTATKMENT OF CIRCULATION. Pint of Nebra.ka, Douglas County, w.: George R. Tzscnuck. serretarv of The Ilea Publishing eompnnv, being duly ttwnrn, says that the actual mi inter of full and complete copies of The Di.llv, Morning, Evening and Sunday ':e printed during tha month of Oetober, 1904 Was as follows: i aiKr.no n .on 1 . no.aoo it 2t.i7o 5 ssit.uMo is sii,;tno 4 St,:tHO 30 2II.4K 6 BO.MIM a StlMKM e an.o.to x2 ai,a 7 20,4100 3 :o,:too 1 80.1BO 24 ai.a.ii t aet.aoo ' rr. vo.ano 10 S1.47U . rg ICIl.HOO 11 StO.KMt 27 21MMO i; 2i,:!(N m an.ooo 13 lll..'t.tl 29 21.6M 14 JtU.2-4ll 30 30,100 16 xo.nHo si um.oi 15 HO,Sl Total 1B.-4 Lets unsold coplea 10.075 Hat tolnl ssles jMiri.MOB Dally averago ao.iiai GiSO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscrllied In my presence and (worn to before me thie Cat day of Oetober, 1S04. (Sea!) M. B. lll'NOATE. Notary Public. Tho demand for women's suffrage In rinlniitl will hardly lie popular in St. l'ctcrsburg. At all events, tlie Board of Ilcvlew will be spared this year another bout with the duke of Joslyn manor. The promise is hold forth that Thanks giving turkey will be within reach of every housewife's allowance. Another cause to bo thankful. . In giving three out of bis six appoint ments to South Omaha, County Attorney Klabaugh Is heaping the measure of the Magic City to overflowing. Colorado's election contest promises more In tho way of war than the North aeu incident, but a court of inquiry Is impossible under the circumstances. Mr. Mosely, the statistician of the Chamberlain tariff commission, has pre pared a report on American tariffs which looks like a republican campaign docu ment . - ..... It begins to look as if a few members of the Irish parliamentary party think more of the organization than the object It necks to accomplish and are afraid Lord Dunraven will steal their thunder. A new parcels-post treaty between Belgium and the United States has been signed. Koine day Americans may be granted privileges in domestic post packages now restricted to lnternatioual business. The Missouri buildlug at the World's fair has been destroyed by lire. Thus does fate protest against running an exposition in opposition to the coal mag nates, who are supposed to have a lien on all American coin during the winter months. From tho statements of election ex penses being filed with the county clerk by successful and unsuccesssful candi dates on the local tickets, It seems that It costs more in Omaha and Douglas couuty to be beat than to be elected. This 1b certainly a political paradox. After the lapse of years descendant of tho men who issued the zemstvo statement at St. Petersburg may look upon them as Americans honor the sign ers of the Declaration of Independence for at tho present time their heads are no safer than were tho American revo lutionists. When tho JtenUKstutu exchange eels down to discussing tho ethics of tho pro fession in'i-haps It will tell us whether It Is strictly according to code to disfig ure all our main thoroughfares with un sightly billboards Just to get a few cents rent out of vacant lots which the owners refuse to Improve.' Kxpcnsc of local government can bo materially reduced by Judicious legisla tion consolidating county Ond city of lices that now duplicate cacB other's work. To secure such legislation, how ever, will require a distinct crystalliza tion of public sentiment lu its favor. It is none too early to begin tho formula tion and dlM'iisMon of plans. In the tabulated election returns for Omaha the candidate for constable, who bad a republican nomination and ran unopposed, pol'.nl !0,tS.S votes. On a rough estimate, this figure would repre sent tho nuiulter of voters who put a cross -mark in tho republican circle at tha top, although a lot of them scratched republlcaui'tinilidatcs In between . Our statesman of two states and one railroad, Johu X. Kaldwiu, haa been orating at Kansas City to the toast "National Ambitions." Not having bceu furnished with an advance ropy, we are una I ile to say whether those ambitions contemplate the establishment of a world power or merely the undlsturliod possession of the coining Nebraska leg-'Uturv A 8 TO TllK TRVST mtirr. According to Washington advices the policy of the administration r'pe1lng the so-called tru.'ta will be very ex plicitly stated in the president' annual niessiiKC. It Is said that Mr. Konwevelt feels that a plain deBnitlon of his atti tude toward the great combination Is due ih whole eonntry and that his message Is the proper medium for Its communication. It is not prolmble that he will ask for any additional legisla tion relating to them from the present congress, but will serve notice upon the combinations 1 lint attempts to evade the law as It now exists will lx vigorously prosecuted and If nel lie recommenda tion will 1h mad in the future for more drastic legislation than has al ready been enacted. The statement is made that the cabi net Is In full accord wlih the president's view as to the desirability of a trust declaration nt this time. Ile does not want any doubt to find place In the pub lic mind as to his determination, to en force the laws, and at th same time he is desirous that the corporations should know that any violations of law by them will lie summarily dealt with. This, It Is snld, is nil apart from the steps that may be taken by the Depart ment of Justice to Institute proceed ings against the Hoof trust, the Coal trust and other combinations against which evidence has been obtained. In regard to the lleef trust, which has been under Investigation by the bureau of corporation in compliance with n resolution of the house of representa tives, it is understood the report of the bureau will have !eon. completed before tho president finishes his message ami probably It will be discussed Vy him in connection with what he will say re specting his policy toward the trusts. There Is no doubt nt present in the public mind regarding the intention of the administration to enforce the laws against any corporation thnt shall lie found to be violating them. It Is not expected by those who are able to take a sane view of conditions that any rash or extreme measures will be adopted. It Is safe to say that It Is not the pur pose to enter upon a sweeping warfare against corporations, the effect of which would lie to seriously disturb the busi ness of the country. Hut It can confi dently be predicted that any corpora tion shown to be violating the laws will be made to feel the strong hand of the government. There Is reason to believe that the corporations amenable to the federal statutes fully understand this. TO PLACATE PANAMA. Secretary Taft Is on the way to Panama, under instructions of the presi dent, for the purpose of adjusting the differences that have arisen between this country and tho new republic growing out of varying interpretations of the treaty providing for the construction of the isthmian canal. It is expected that Secretary Taft will have no great dllli culty In reaching a satisfactory under standing with the Panama government, but there appears to be a turbulent ele ment in that country which is disposed to make trouble for the government and it may not be altogether any easy matter to placate this element. Small as the population is there are people In Panama who already talk of revolution and it Is by no means improbable that sooner or later these people will stir up strife that may necessitate American Interfer ence. Such n thing would, of course, be regrettable, but this country Is In a way responsible for the maintenance of the infant republic and in the event of an outbreak there which threatened the overthrow of the government would un doubtedly Interfere. It is manifestly necessary to our Interests, as well as to the welfare of Panama, that there shall be peace on the Isthmus. Secretary Taft Is thoroughly well qualified for the performance of the duty assigned him and a favorable out come to his mission may be confidently expected. ' TIVO LNQL1SH VIEWS. One of England's most distinguished men, Mr. John M or ley, was a guest at the annual dinner of the New York Chamber of Commerce last week and made an address, lie is a free trader and one of the staunchest opponents of the Chamberlain proposition for reform ing the British liscul policy. In tho course of his remarks he referred to the tariff policy of this country and ex pressed the opinion that with the un bounded strength of our material re sources we should "have biH'U just as mighty, just as prosperous. Just ns strong." had we never adopted a tariff except for revenue. There was printed in our Sunday edi tion a London dispatch giving the view of another prominent Englishman, Mr. A. Mosely, In regard to the American tariff policy, given at the request and for the use of the British tariff commis sion. Mr. Mosely visited the United States some time since, bringing with him a number of experts In various Industries, in order to make a thorough study of our industrial system and methods. Of course the tariff policy received careful attention, from the point of view of a practical utan, who looked at facts and results. He reached the Inevitable conclusion that the effect of protective tariffs had been tu build up the United States to her present state of prosperity, while low tariffs for reve nue only, have been accompanied by disaster and ruin. lie says in his state ment to the commkislon that "the fact that this has occurred not once but many times remove it from the possibility of being merely coincidences or attribu table to other causes than the operation of the varying tariffs from time to time in force." The history of the American tariff policy fully supports the view of Mr. Mosely and Is against the assumption of Mr. Morley that without that policy this country would lie as mighty and strong and prosperous a It Is. Before there was an adequate application of the pro tective principle our Industrial growth w very slow. It was retarded by the strong couiH'tition of European manu facturers, tabor her then was about In the condition that it Is at present In England, where tens of thousands of workmen are out of employment and there I wide prevalence of distress and destitution. Our rs-ople understand what the Morley view, if adopted here, would result in. Tliey an' also very generally familiar with what has been accomplished under the protective policy and have very recently shown In a most decisive way that they deslr" Its con tinuance. It Is for this In part thnt they gave an overwhelming verdict In favor of the party of protection. SOT A VSHKASOXAULB HKQVKST. The elevator company, which has lien organized by local capitalists, to erect nrehouses for the storage of grain In coiijunctlcp with the Omaha Grain ex change, and with the co-operation of the Chicago Oreat Western, Is a'sking the city to vacate a short and unused street that cuts through the property on whit h It is planning to build. Against this petition objections have been en tered, principally by the, other railroads whifh linve liecn beneficiaries of the city in the vacation of countless other streets, their evident purpose lieing to obstruct the development of the grain business In Omaha, which might inter cept and divert grain traffic on their lines. It seems to us that the request of the new elevator company Is not an un reasonable one and should be granted subjct to certain safeguards to protect public rights. The ground upon which the objections nre made Is that the eloping of the street will Interfere with the plan of railroad crossings stipulated In the m ttlement of the city a few years ago with the Union Pacific, a subway crossing belngconteinplated at this point, work upon which has, In fact, been begun. If the city, however, should lie willling to release the Union Pacific of Its obligations to construct a sub way here, it is difficult ".to see why the latter should object to having this bur den lifted from It. We are sure thnt the people of Omaha who have been more than liberal In the past to all such enterprises, wish to encourage the present undertaking, and that If they can Insure the first Im portant steps In the creation of a great grain market in Omaha by the closing of nn unimportant street they will gladly do so. The one thing that should be Insisted upon Is that some tangible nsssurance bo given that If the street is closed, the elevator will be erected with a minimum capacity within a stipulated time period. Omaha wants the grain elevator a good deal more than It wants a subway railway crossslng In an out-of-the-way place. The reported announcement by Secre tary of the Interior Hitchcock that he will not receive or listen to Father Schell if he appears in Washington again in behalf of the outraged Indians on the Omaha and Winnebago reserva tions, Indicates that that official has be come so nettled over the repeated charges of malfeasance and crookedness of his subordinates that he is forgetting that he occupies a public position. A cat may look at a king and the poorest petitioner for repress of grievances should have the right to be heard in this American republic, where every citizen is supposed to be endowed with the same rights as the next. Secretary Hitchcock could much better go on the theory that where there is smoke there is also lire. The mere shutting of his eyes against bad conditions that ore notorious will not remedy them, but will only cause them to grow worse. It wil' be up to the coming legislature to formulate the precise amendments needed to the Nebraska constitution and to submit them to the people for ratifica tion or rejection. It is plain that there Is no demand for a convention to revise tho constitution, but the sentiment fa vorable to amendment in parts that have baeii outgrown is widespread and will assert itself at the very first op portunity. Liquor dealers iu tills city and county know from their own past experience that they have never failed to get their license on account of publication when the notices have lieen advertised in The Bee. And If they want to conform to the requirements of the law they will this year, as usual, advertise in The Bee. That Tired Feeling In the Sooth. New York Tribune. Perhaps the moat hopeful algn In years for the democracy la rhe fact that the re cent election has made the "solid south" tired of acting as the tall of tho northern democratic kite. Parity In tampalsn Finance. Chicago Record-Herald. The republican national committee Is re ported to have JleO.OuO of unexpended cam paign funds. That's all well enough, but how can It ever forgive Itself In view of the result If it apent even a dollar? Boatun Solve a Problem. Boston Herald. The hen patiently "Bets" only through the overpowering pressure of a myaterloua creative Impulse that masters her restless ImpulHea to be outside scratching and cackling instead of working for posterity. Perils of Utah Uvla, Baltimore American. That buckwheat breakfast of Senator Piatt to celebrate the republican victory was a severe test. A party might sweep the country and not lose its head, and yet go down ignominlously before a combina tion of pie, pickles and politics. Norel Sights for Washington Visitors. Chicago News. At the next session of congress the cap) tol guides ran furnish sightseers with a novel and exciting experience by taking them to the vlsltora' gallery In the houae and pointing out the democratic congress men who escaped the slaughter. A Rnsalnn Mystery. Philadelphia Press. The luy reader of the St. Petersburg dis patches la not quite certain whether "sem atvoa" Is a new drink, a Russian general or a nihilist plot. Coma to consider, though. It cannot be either tha first or the last, for th newspapers art not allowed near It, POLITICAL LANDMARKS V A S 1 9 II.' A Few Rotables In Cnnarreaa Marked for Retirement. There are ftwer notables among the fallen members of congress than antlel pated, considering the wide extent of the earthouake. However, a number of good I men huvc lieen retired, and aeveral unique characters projected Into the limelight. The house will lose a tragedian and gain a comedian in the defeat of E. J. Llver naah. in the Fourth California district, and the election, as his successor, of Julius Kahn. Clarence Dunn Van Puien. the pic turesque character from Tonapah, Nev., will go "bark to the mines'' of his native state after one brief term In Washington, having been beaten by a republican named Ycrlngton, from Caraon City. Another breezy Individual, Jim Robinson of Indiana, will be missing after March 4. Ituhlnsun was chiefly noted for his enor mously large and Intensely fierce Muck mustache. M. J. Wade, the sole democratic repre sentative from Iowa, went down to defeat tiefore A. F. Dawson, a young man who Uarncd politics while serving as private secretary to Senator Allison. J. F. Shafroth, democrat, from Colorado, who made a sensation In the house a year ago by voluntarily giving up his seat upon hearing that he had been elected by fraudu lent votes, received tho reward of virtue by being returned to tho house. There will come Into congress next March a young man from the south who will be watched with a good deal of curious Interest. Ile Is J. T. Heflln of the Fifth Alabama district. Heflln created a sensa tion by declaring a few wecka ago that dynamite dropped under the president's tablo while the latter was at dinner might be a good thing. Lter lie said he was only joking when he uttered this senti ment. llellln ran In the district where Booker T. Washington lives, and the negro ques tion was the vital Issue. , The election of a republican legislature In Missouri will bring to a "close the lout; career In tho senate of Francis Marlon Cockrell. This will be a sad blow to the latter, who hoped to graduate from tli6 senate Into the White House. In point of service In the senate he is second only to Allison of Iowa, having served In that body continuously since March 4, 1875. J. Warren Kelfer, speaker of the house of representatives some twenty-odd years ago, and who has been In political retire ment ever since, will come back to the house from the Seventh Ohio district. He Is bound to attract attention when he ap pears before tho speaker's deFk to take the oath of office. Unless he abandons the custom of a lifetime he will appear there In a swallowtail coat, as that Is the style of garment he has always worn In public. General Kelfer, for he was a general in two wars, und a most gallant and efficient commander, was defeated for congress by newspaper men. While speaker of the house he took the control of the press gal lery away from the standing committee of correspondence, and on Important and Interesting occasions would fill It with his particular friends, excluding the news paper men completely from watching the proceedings of the house. The press com mittee, of which General Henry V. Boynton was chairman, took the matter In Its own hands, locked the press gallery doors and excluded those holding cards from the speaker. This brought on a clash, of course, and In the next congress Kelfer was rash enough to charge on the floor of the house that General Boynton was engaged In lobbying for a certain claim, and had at tempted to bribe him. ' General Boynton did not rest a moment under such an accusation, but secured a resolution of Inquiry, which was adopted over the protest of Kelfer. A committee was appointed and Kalfer Invited to sus tain his charges, which, he was unable to. do. General Boynton was completely ex onerated, and for having made unfounded and unsupported charges the newspapers turned on General Kelfer and kept him out of public life for twenty years. y - SPEAKERSHIP CANDIDATES. Norfolk News: One of the first duties of the legislature will be. the selection of a speaker, and north Nebraska has the very man to fltt into the place with credit to himself, his constituents and the state at large. He Is. Judge N. D. Jackson of Nellgh, chosen by the people of Antelope county during the late republican landslide to represent them In tho legislature at Lincoln. Bloomlngton Advocate: It Is reported that C. W. Kaley of Red Cloud, who was elected to the legislature, will be a candi date for speaker. Mr. Knley has a host of friends over the state and If he decides to enter the race will make a lively one. Here's hoping that the speakership may come west this year. Pawnee Pre3s: All Pawnee county and the territory surrounding should support Dr. Wilson of Table Rock for speaker of the house of representatives. Stand up for Pawnee. Syracuse Journal: re B. Windham's namo is favorably mentioned for speaker of the house of representatives. The gentle man Is a fine parliamentarian, a veteran law-maker possessing a dear head, an even temperament and is an eloquent speaker. Cass county will be solid for Windham .and we hope to see the Otoe delegation In his election. Hot as Bad ns Painted. New York Sun. The family, the state, religion and moral ity are all In danger In this country on ac count of divorces, according to the speak ers at an Episcopal meeting In New Yoi-k Sunday. But. really, are things In so bad a way? These speakers contrasted this country unfavorably with JCngland so far as concerns respect for marriage; yet so "horrible" were the revelations of angry discontent with the married state made by hundreds of the correspondents of a Lon don paper that It was compelled recently to bring a discussion of the marriage ques tion to an abrupt end. Because of these disclosures Mr. George Meredith seriously recommended the device of "limited mar riages." Am a matter of fact, in spite of our divorce laws and our divorces, Amer ican society is unquestionably one of the most moral In civilization and nowhere else Is matrimony raised to a higher moral and romantic elevatlcn. Monopollilna- Divine Favor. Kansas City Star. After felicitating the czar with "re verberating hurrahs," General Stoessel wires from Port Arthur that "God is with us." There has been a prevalent Impres sion that the divine favor has not been very clearly manifested on behalf of the Russians. It has been shown a good d al aa the affection of New York state for Parker was manifested In the recent elec tion. But, General Stoessel may have some Inside Information as to what the divine purpose in relation to the war really Is. Such faith us his would be quite un disturbed by such a trivial Incident, fur instance, aa the capture of Port Arthur. Small Campaign Funds. New York Sun. The correspondent who writes on money and elections has seen In some newspaper a calculation that the campaign funds of the political parties aggregated $21.000,un0. A tenth of that sum would be nearer the mark. For a dozen years there has been no presidential election In which the cam paign funds collected by the nulionul cotn ndtteea have bven so small as la the lut Canvas. A LAW-A mm U PF.ori.F.. Narked haaatea for the Better In the 4 ondact nf the F.leetornte. Baltimore American. One of the most gratlfvlng features of Uia election was the general absence of disorder and scenees of violence. From one end of this great country to the other wnn the rare.t exceptions, order was a marked feuure of election day. In the great cities this was siieeially observable. Mure than 15.0no.PCt f people voted, but their ballots fell almost ns noiselessly as snowflakes. Those who are accustomed to pine for the old times ought to take note, Modern elections are a great Improvement on tnose of long auo. When Thomas Jef ferson ran for the presidency there were probably more broken heads than there were on Tuesday with a population of Srt.orin.noo. Within the memory of men who have scarcely reached middle nge, bloody election riots were quite common In this country. Election day In the lare cities and In many of the smaller ones was more like Sunday than a week day. This was not due to the fact that the toughs are all dead. There are probably as many pro portionately as there ever were, but the methods have changed. There are not the same Incentives to ruffianism. The sa loons are hermetically sealed on election day, and no wiser precaution can be Im agined. In some places It Is against the law to give away liquor on election day, and men have been heavily fined for treat ing their friends. Nothing has so largely contributed to the preservation of order. Modern laws prescribing the methods of balloting and creating an official ballot have immensely curtailed ruffianism. There Is cheating and trickery. To believe other wise would bo to Imagine a political mll lenlum, but the oportunlties for that sort of business have been greatly reduced, and whatever political rascality there Is, Is practiced so as pot to openly offend the decent sentiment of the community. Buying vo es Is a charge usually rmde by both sides In an election, which has given rise to an Impression In some quar- ters that an .election can be purchased. Possibly there have been Instances, where the vote was very clos?. In which an elec tion has been bought, but such ca-e are exceedingly rare. Poor men are quite KJi hone-t as rich men and as unlikely to dis honor themselves. The money raisel dur ing a campaign Is not usually expended to buy votes, but to convince voters, and In such a great country as ours, with such a varied a?srrtment of races, a large amount of money Is required In the campaign. Th9 amount needed waa not as large as In some previous campaigns because popular senti ment was apparent from the beginning. It was only necessary to systematize It, which was done with masterly skill by Mr. Cortelyou. The rills and torrents were set In motion, the flood gates lifted and the avalanche was precipitated. IS ATI AHLK PATRIOTS. Cnltan Warriors of the Wnr Illttlns; the Treasury Hard. The Cuban congress, which has reas sembled after a recess of a few weeks, has had presented for Its consideration several problems which will put the ability of the lawmakers to a somewhat severe test. Perhaps the most pressing question Is how to meet the claims of veterans of the so called army of liberation, which proved of no assistance to the American soldiers who did the liberating, but whose mem bers began to clamor for compensation before the new government was fairly es tablish!, d. They were a Falstafflan force In view of American officers, but no sooner was the war over and the cash reward of patriotism in sight than they multiplied themselves and exaggerated their services in a fashion disconcerting to those who were In a position to know their actual value on the tented field. The claims for money mads by these patriots and already approved aggregate 157,000,000, with 1,220 unadjudicatcd cases still to be heard from. About half the sum required will be taken from the $35, 000,000 loan recently negotiated, and Presi dent Palma is now asking congress to be good enough to tell him where the bal ance Is to come from. The claimants will not brook what they consider undue de lay, and since neither the president nor any of the political parties apparently has the courage to refuse their exorbitant demands the money must somehow be found. It Is to be feared that In spite of President Pnlma's warning congress will authorize another loan. About this, however, the United States will have something to say. The Piatt amendment provides that this country shall assume a kind of In loco parentis attitude toward Cuba and shall keep her from get ting hi ad over heels In debt. Cuba can not borrow unless It shall be made clear in Washington that she Is able topay. This may prove her salvation, though If the money for these Insatiable patriots Is not forthcoming they may be In a position to make trouble for Palma und his gov ernment. PERSONAL AXD OTHERWISE. The "duty of the hour" Is to get up and hustle. Piush don't knock. The late Colonel Anthony of Leavenworth managed to give a few thoughts to No. 1 between scraps and accumulated an es tate vulued at tmi.OOO. The prince of the reigning house of Japan is a shade off color, yet his appear ance at the White House has not given a single thrill to the solid south. In the matrimonial line New York la crowding Chicago for the record. A Gotham woman has Just shaken her seventh hus band and is ready to give the eighth tho worth of his money. The blizzard belt east of the AUeghenlra has aeveral reliable signs of an early win ter. Meanwhile the corn belt revels In the second chapter of Indian summer. Provi dence is with us yet, you bet. In the exuberance of their Joy over the election of Roosevelt, farmers In the turkey district of New York boosted the price of Thanksgiving fowl 7 cents a pound. The rural monopolist puts up a smooth ar.lcie when his chance comes. Occasionally the brute creation gives the human animal the worth of his folly. To pay a freak election bet a Jeraeyinan rode a greased pig and landed on the soft aide of a hogwallow, achieving a bn ken arm as a reminder of the event. Official returns show that the bachelor candidate for congresa In a New York dis trict, who kissed 6,000 babies during his campaign, waa gloriously defeated by a married man. Defenseless Innocent is en titled to an extra Joyoua holler." A Chicago Judge holds that a huaband haa no right to search his wife's pockets, while a Philadelphia judge decides that It is a wlfe'a privlUge to search her hus band's pockets. KU11 there are women who imagine they have more wrongs than rights. One of the mysteries perplexing a bach elor's dub In Detroit Is why married men past 40 Jeer at the idea of a man being hurt by disappointment In love. The solu tion la one or the treasures experience awards the benedict. Kxpercme costs money. A Chicago believer In omens paid $1 for the left bind foot of a rabbit which had been killed lu a graveyard by a ted beaded man mounted on a white hors-, and wlle carusslng the talisman waa rudely bumped by a trolley car. When c n'Clousnasa was restond the victim threw tha rabbit's fuwt lata a catch baain. BITS OF W.(iTO I.IFF.. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Snot. Washlngtonlans are already planning to pull off on the evening of March 4 the fin est Inaugural ball that erer happened. A citizens' committer of the District of Co lumbia has charge of the affair nd ex pects to spend $150,000 to mako the quad rennial function mirpass the record. As Washington foots the bill and gets the glory, the rest of tho country can look on without envious knocking. A necessary preliminary Is to secure con sent of congress for the use of the pension building and the privilege of decorating It. In ltKJl, when the McKlnley ball was given, the clerks In the pension office were given four days' vacation before tho Inaugura tion to permit the decorations to be com pleted and four days after the ball. In or der that theae decorations might be re moved and tho furniture restored. The democrats raised a mightly row over tin alleged waste of the people's money and as a direct result when the appropriations were made by congresa a rider was at tached prohibiting decorations on public buildings. These decorations are on a most elaborate scale. The baU helps to defray the expenses of the inaugural cermonles. Tickets sell for $5 each, and It Is not un usual for tho committee to realise $5O.0) from tho sale of tickets alone. There are numerous concessions which also yield con siderable money, such as the checking priv ilege, carriage and hack concessions, ca terers' concessions and similar privileges which are always esteemed of great value wherever large and fashionable crowds as semble. Nobody supposes that there will bj any difficulty In securing permission from congress to use the only building In tha city in which an inaugural ball can be given. It has been suggested, however, that the committee will have to extend some courtesies to congress In the way of tick ets. This will greatly distress Washington, which Is never disposed to be extravagant In Its gratuities. The only passes which have ever been Issued to the Inaugural ball have gone to the president and the supieme court. When It was announced recently that Lieutenant Commander Charles W. Jungen of tho battleship Kentucky would resign after thirty years' of service in order that he might devote the rest of his days to earning a fair living the fact centered some attention on the pay of public officials In goneral. Lieutenant Commander Jungen Is now 47 years old. As a sea fighter he was accounted a brave man; as an officer In times of peace he was known in the navies as an efficient and capable man. Ills rec ord is without a blot from the time he en. tered Annapolis in 1874. Yet at this late day he finds that Uncle Sam offers him too little for the personal sacrifices which he Is forced to make. The salary of a lieuten ant commander is $3,500 a year at sea; on shore, $3,500 less 15 per cent, with ccertaln allowances. In two years Lieutenant Com mander Jungen, In the Just gradation ot office, would probably be a commander. His salary would then be $1,000 a year. Five years after that he might be made a cap tain, with a salary of $4,500 a year. Then would come another lapse before he could reach the rear admiral's rank. At the uge of 62 he would be retired from the service with a possible salary of $7,500 a year. There are hundreds of department heads In the various b't; corporations who receive three or four times the salary of the cap tain of a battleship. Henry H. Rogers pays his private secretary (who is a woman, by the way) twice aa much as an admiral re ceive Helen Gould's secretary is paid $5,000 a year, which Is $500 more than Ad miral Schley received when he sank the Spanish squadron off Santiago, By direction of the secretary of agricul ture the bureau of plant Industry la to take up at once experiments to determine the best manner in which to brew a cup of coffee. To this end F. L. Lawton, a specially trained expert, has been engaged. The view of the department is that a cup of coffee Is good because of the manner In which it is brewed, rather than from the quality of the bean from which the beverage is made. It will be appreciated by all persons acquainted with the art and mystery of coffee making that various con ditions, apparently trivial In themselves, have to be taken Into consideration In pro ducing the beverage. For instance, in the process of roasting the beans may be more or less damaged by being under or over done, and the flavor of the coffee thus Impaired to a corresponding degree. Hence the neces sity for Ideal conditions In roasting. Again, the effects of water of various tem peratures upon the ground coffee and the proper period for infusion will, for the first time In the history of coffee making, be thoroughly and accurately ascertained. The retention of caffeine, the active prln. ciple of coffee, to which It owes Its stimu lating effects, and the elimination of the caffeotannlu and caffelc acids, which are not only Injurious to health, but communi cate an unpleasant, bitter taste to the beverage, will be, of course, the principal objects. Another batch of standards of purity for food products will soon be proclaimed by the secretary of agriculture. The work of Investigation and determination of what constitutes purity and adulteration In such products Is being conducted by a commit tee representing the association of official agricultural chemists of the United States. The secretary of the committee Is Chief Chemist Wiley of the Department of Agri culture. The committee has found the work so extensive that with nearly two years' constant toll, standards have been established for only comparatively few articles, and two or three years more will probably bo required to complete the test. The first result of their labors was made known lust winter, when standards were proclaimed for meats and their products, milk and Its products, sugar and its prod ucts und spices and condiments. The articles upon which standards have been agreed are meat extracts, ice cream, grain products, fruits and vegetables, vinegar, fruit Juices, fruit extracts, salad oils, salt, honey, tea, coffee and root beer. Malt and spirituous liquors and carbon ated waters were to have been Included In the forthcoming proclamation, but so much difficulty hus arisen over the divid ing line between the purity and adultera tion of these three subjects that they will be further Investigated and proclaimed In the third Installment to be issued next spring, i Great Smashing; of Records, Boston Record. President Roosevelt has broken records enough for one man. He is the first ac cidental president to become an Intentional president. Ha la the first eastern repub lican to ljad that party to victory. He Is the only candidate, except when Grant ran against Greeley, to go In with a aolld north behind him. He is the first man to poll 1,000,000, not to mention his 2,000,000 plurality on the popular vote. A FoolUu Fear. Chicago Record-Herald. It U feared 111 Rui-lm official circle that Great Britain may attempt to stop the Baltic fleet If It succeeds In reaching the fur east In lighting trim. The fear Is foolish. Mr. Bull not one of th js fusy fellows who lnslt on doing things that bring no personal profits when there are others around who van attend to ihsio. I.KTTI STF. W OFF CJR Dt ALLY, Seed nf Conarrvntl e Prnaress to P.sse the I'ressnr. Chicago Tribune. The function of the republican party dur. Ing the next four years will be to ease ths social pressure of radicalism by letting oft the steam gradually. If the safety valve is held down ton tight some day a big outburst will blow Bryan, Hearst. Watson. Debs, ete.. Into office. The way to avoid this is tn do something about the tariff and to do something about the tmsts. Another reason for doing something about the tariff and for doing something about the trusts Is that it Is right that some thing should be done. Men like Bryan, Hearst. Watson and Debs nre not the men to do It. Bryan has announced the tilings for which he believes the democratic party should fight. These things Include th ownership of railways by the several states of the union, the adoption of a constitu tional amendment locking toward the rs. tabllshment of an Income tax, the elec tion of United States senators by popular vote, the restoration of silver to its "proper" place In our currency, the de struction of the "criminal" trusts, the election of postmasters by the people, the reduction of the army to the point of Im potence, the reduction of the navy almost to the point of disappearance, and with drawal from the Philippines. Bryan's Idea of progress is to put in power a party committed to all these things. There Is not one of them that he does not abso lutely Insist upon. Evidently Bryan is Impractical. If ho tried all these remedies on the country at once he would make It a good deal sicker than It Is now. Roosevelt and his ad visers are practical. They have a faculty for government. They hnve technical skill In legislation and administration. They are men of affairs. They nre efficient. It Is better for the country that they should do something about the tariff than that Bryan should do It. It Is better for the country that they should do something about the trusts than that Hearst should do It. Something must lie done. Massachusetts has carried an election for reciprocity. Parker was ruined by his connection with the trusts. There Is a feel ing all over the country that the rigor of the tariff must be mltigsted and that tha control of the federal government over the trusts must be enlarged. This feeling co-exists with en equally strong feeling that the principle of protee. tlon must not be abandoned and that there must be no horse, foot and dragoon attack on capital. In other words, the country wants con servative progress. It does not want tha political drug store which Bryan offers It. It wants Just one or two things and It wants those thiifgs properly done. Roosevelt 1? tho man to do them in a statesmanlike way. If he can get congress to assist him he will let off enough steam to leave the country with plenty of power In the boiler and not too much. A BlSOH OF SMILK9. Her Father Can you keep her in tha style to winch sue nas been accustomed? buito, kes, sir. 1 am weajiny enough to have appendicitis. Aew York Suu. Falstaff, in his usual oleaginous man ner, was larding tne lean earili aa ha waikeu ulon. "Talk aooui the fat of tho land!" he said, unctuoUBiy. Chicago Tribune. "Jane, do you appreciate the fact that marriage Is a serious affair?'' "Yes, ma. At least I ulu think It was until George linaliy proposed.' Cleveland Plain Dealer. "You say Charlie Spender Is a manu facturer? 1 thought be was Just a p. am loater. What line la he in?" "He makes trouble lor his father." Cin cinnati Tribune. "What d'ye want?' asked the coachman at the kitcnen door. "De boss o' de house sent me Tound here," replied the trump, 'an' said you, was ter gimme anything 1 needed." "All roight. Come out to the stable an' Ol II turn the hose on ye." Philadelphia Ledger. Ethel I hope I ehant live to be a hun dred. Maude You needn't worry, dear. Kthel Why? Maude If you Intend to have as many twenty-fourth birthdays as you've had twenty-thirds, you'll die of old age be fore you're thirty. Cleveland Leader. The lovely girl hesitated. "Tell me, Mr. Thiogson," she said, "am I the first girl you ever loved?" "I'll be honest with you. Miss Kunlee." replied the young man. "You are not. But you are far und uwuy the most beau tiful.1' The rest was easy. Chicago Tribune. DO.VT LOOK BACK. James Barton Adams In Denver Post. In climbing up the trail ot 111 e though, troubles may embarrass you, Though clouds of aitappoiniment may oLHeure your mortal skies. Though thorns lie niudea in tne path to wound your feet und harass you. And hostile winds may blow returning dust into your eyes, Keep plodding on wlih steady nerve; if you should full juat rise again, If you anould lor a moment stray, get back onto the track; Keep praying that the coming day muy bring you sunny skies again, Your eyes fix on the beacon light, und don't look back. The beacon way up yonder gleams, though, clouds at tinus may cur.uin It. The light of hopt! is shining on the sum mit ot success. Though It may fcometlmes anL-h from your signt you may De certain it Again will Mash Its cheery rays to banish your aisirexa. The gaunt wolves of adversity from gloomy lairs muy howl at you And clinging frurs your boscm may most mercilessly rack, The grim fiends of discouragement from darkened nooks may scowl at you But hold a grip upon your nerve and don't look buck. Where rest the darkest clouds of life ths cheery aun will ahine again. The fiercest storm will sinnd Its force and leave a smiling sky; Around the winter-fettered i ak the flower ing vines will twine ngiln, The longest lane or woe will have a turning by and bv. If you should slip and lose some ground. strive haid to gain your place again. ce again, confront i mil appauen when obstacles you on the track; If wearied, stop and blow a bit, then strike, the sams old pace again And set your teeth and bulge ahead und don't look back. Put on Ayer's and be proud of your hair A little pride Is a good thing. Then why be con tented with thin, scraggly hair? faded, gray hair? Put on Ayer's Hair Vigor and have long, thick hair; beau tiful hair, without a single gray line in It. Why not have little pride? kl&tt