TIIE OMAHA DAILY REE: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 190.
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Evening and Sunday Bea printed during
the month or October, 1904 was as follows;
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9 8tHN 11 2V.1TO
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' Total 81S,44
Less unsold ooplaa 1MT8
Net total sales SOo."!
Dally average si,S31
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- Notary Public
Tb Crest Western railroad has been
old once more by Wall street gosslp-ntonfc-f'm,
but thy deed of transfer baa not
yt been recorded.
Vandorbii; says be secured Morgan's
borne by mistake. Such mistakes have
btsen known to be fatal where horses
were not worth nearly so much money.
Just valt till those Filipino natives re
turn borne from the St. Louis World's
fair and won't they make the eyes of
their friends and neighbors bulge with
astonishment and Incredulity.
Colorado's election contests In the
courts promise to continue until the time
for the next election, and the worst
thing about It Is that Sherman Bell's de
parture for Mexico Is being delayed.
Tho Bt. World's fair seems to
nave . had as good -luck with -its presi
dent's day as did the Omaha exposition
when it entertained the pivsldent and
that Is cHjfiiiJ the verj-'intirt that. could
possibly beKhirr. c ''
...-..JCT
'..The Hfct of speakership candidates In
Kebraskii Is steadily lengthening. As
there aro only ninety-oue republicans In
the bou however, we may be aure the
number of candidates for speaker will
not exceed that limit.
If that man alleged to have stolen
15,000,000 from the Kothschllds can only
nrrnnge to be ti led before the Des Moines
Judge who nentenced a man to three
months lit Jail for defrauding people of
f&iO.Oiin, ho might make a good thing
out of it. ' ' ; '
A Ituaslnn editor says the statesmen of
that country ore not educated up to the
point whom constitutional government
can succt fcMfully be adopted, but it Is
nafe io'suy that when the time for con
stitutional government arrives the states
iuin wllXappcitY. '
President s iompers of the American
Fcdurathtii of-Labor has been re-elected
pracfU-rflly without dissent. Mr. Goinp
crs is1 ono of the few Aniericau labor
leader who has been abl to retain the
CrtUfldcitcs of bU people unshakVn year
In and year but
? - v.:. i l.. l n '
'tiio statue of Frederick the Great bas
been allowed to roam at large in the
neighborhood of the White House now
fur 6vpr a week, but the liberties of tho
country have not yet been extinguished
by either the bogle of militarism or the
spirit of Imperialism.
Ghosts have at last received official
recognition In Scotland, a purchaser be
ing released from hts bargain because
the bouse purchased was said to be
haunted. Fortune tellers should fight
shy 'of Bcotluiid, as its many laws
agafnst witchcraft are only sleeping.
The business Interests of the couutry
will refuse to be stampeded by all this
talk of tariff revision. They know that
If the tariff is revised during Fresldent
Roostvoit'a administration It will be re
vised by Its frleuda without sacrifice of
the protective principle or ruthless In
jury to the country's Industries.
The 'Washington correspondents are
busy once more reconstructing president
Ilooaovelt'a cabinet for him. If the self
appointed cabinet builders could only
Agree among themselves the presldeut
might delegate the appointing power to
(hem, but as It Is be may have to const!
ute himself tho court of flnnl arbitra
tion. The manufacturers of Victoria bave
declared la favor of a preferential tariff
between Great Britain and Its colonies,
but British manufacturers seem to bave
developed llttlo since the daj s of George
III, when It Vas considered almost crim
inal for the colonies to want to make
fur themselves anything they could buy
Im Luglaud -.,
TRB LAUD TRAVD CAftS.
The government's prosecution of the
larid fraud cases la being rigorously car
ried on before the federal court at Port
land, Ore- and the evidence thus far
brought out abowa that there bas been
enormous corruption In that branch of
the public service. Tbe statement of
the United States district attorney In
volved women as well as men In the
frauds charged and this was sustained
in .the testimony given on Saturday. The
prosecuting attorney slated that be
would prove that the accused bad been
guilty of conspiracy to defraud, of fraud
and of forgery. Thus far be bas made a
very strong case.
The defense has taken the position, or
rather raised the point, that if it be true
that the 'accused bad forged affidavits,
the land titles Issued in consequence
were voidable at the discretion of the
government; that If the titles were void
the government had lost no land and
that If no land bad been stolen, no of
fense had been committed which the
courts could punish. While the acts
might bave been Improper and even im
moral, they were not crimes defined, by
any statute. While this appears In
genious, It Is not likely to receive judicial
recognition. In referring to It the San
Francisco Chronicle remarks that It sug
gests one good remedy for Tand frauds
and that Is the voiding of land titles
fraudulently obtained. "This Would put
purchasers on Inquiry. It may be as
sumed that the original purchasers know
all the facts. In most cases the final
purchasers have no doubt about the mat
ter. The lumber companies and cattle
companies who buy these lands from the
land sharks are as sharp as anytody
and If It were once made clear that no
fraudulent title would ever be recog
nized by the government in the bands
of alleged Innocent third . parties, the
business 'of the land thieves would re
ceive an Immediate and salutary check."
Most Interesting disclosures will un
doubtedly be made as the trial of these
land fraud . cases progresses and It will
be surprising if some of the accused do
nb$ find their way Into the penitentiary.
It Is certain that no effort will be spared
on the part of the government to send
them there.
CHAXOES IX PUBLIC SERVICE.
It is to be expected that there will be
numerous changes In the public sen-ice
at the beginning of the next administra
tion, but tliut the president contemplates
making a "new deal" all around, as Inti
mated by some of the corresoudeuts at
the national capital Is altogether m
probuble. It Is cany to see that a policy
of this kind would be very likely to have
a disturbing effect upon the public busi
ness and it can be safely assumed that
Mr. Itoosevclt will not do anything that
might bring this about, his desire being
rather to improve the civil service of the
government. In all departments. In order
to do this Incumbents who have not a
good record for efficiency will doubtless
be replaced, but those who have per
formed their duties faithfully and well
are not Hke'.y to be removed from their
positions.
It is pointed out that the president's
theory bas always been that the offices
of the public service divided themselves
automatically Into two or three Classen.
In the first stand those which require
talents of a particular order, or learn
ing or experience in certain definite
linos. In a second class are positions
which require only fair ability, ordinary
education and good repute. It Is thought
that the diplomatic service Is more likely
than any other to undergo changes,
though no satisfactory explanation is
offered why this Should be. It Is the
common understanding that this service
Is at present capable and efficient. Un
doubtedly for some of the more promi
nent embassies and missions new men
will be appointed, but It seems improb
able that sweeping changes will be
made'. So with regard to the consular
service those in it who have not proved
faithful and efficient will be removed,
but It Is not at all likely that the presi
dent has any Intention of replacing any
one In this service who has a satisfac
tory record.
There Is no question as to the purpose
of Mr. Roosevelt to glv the country a
thoroughly clean, competent and honest
public service. This Jbe has amply and
conclusively shown and It Is needless to
say that he will not be less solicitous
and earnest In this direction during bis
next administration than he bas been in
the present one. To this end only capa
ble and efficient officials will be retained
in tho public service and the number of
those who do not meet this requirement
cannot be very'large. ;'
AHQVMENT EOB THE CAKTEEtf.
No more convincing argument for the
restoration of the army canteen has been
presented than la contained In the report
of the paymaster general of the army.
This shows the statistical side of the
question, as exhibited in the reduced de
posits of the soldiers, the reduction be
ing unmistakably due to the extent of
dissipation which has taken place since
the post canteen wus abolished. It ap
pears that there was a steady Increase
In the soldiers' deposits up to July 1,
1101, at which time the statute abolish
ing the canteen went into effect. De
prived of this feature of the post ex
change, the soldiers sought eutertain
nieut lu drinking resorts outside the
posts, where they squandered their
money in riotous dissipation, to their
physical aud moral Injury and neces
sarily to the Impairment of discipline.
Every !ost commander has borne testi
mony to this, most of them vigorously
urging the restoration of the canteen.
Referring- to the statistics presented
by the paymaster general of the. army
the Army and Navy Register remarks
that there is nothing to stand against
this conspicuous and convincing record.
"The only explanation which can be
made, of the fulling off in the n mounts
entrusted to the pay department by the
enlisted force U that the soldiers do not
save their money as carefully as when
the canteen was in full operation. This
record Is one of the numerous examples
of the disasters which nave followed the
abandonment of the canteen." In view
of the overwhelming evidence as to the
unwisdom of that action. It would seem
that there could be no hesitation on the
part of congress In restoring the canteen
feature of the post exchange.
DOISQ TOLERABLT WILL.
Notwithstanding occasional setbacks
and periodic events that operate to dis
credit It, Omaha Is still, to use s bor
rowed expression, "doing tolerably well."
Omaha Is after all s pretty good place
to live in and its population is steadily
Increasing instead of moving sway. As
compared with other cities of Its size
and class, Omaha will measure up well
above the average and to the unbiased
observer intending to make his borne In
one of the half dozen mid-western cities
that are commonly supposed to be on s
competitive plane Omaha will present
the most Irresistible attractions.
Omaha Is made up of law-abiding citi
zens. They are law-abiding, but not
puritanic. Occasionally a member of the
community will go wrong and once In a
while a professional criminal will invade
Its boundaries, but these are the excep
tion and not the rule. Omaha takes
pride in Its homes, in its churches, in its
public schools, in its clubs. In its places
of wholesome amusement and In its
public enterprises of all sorts. In all
these lines of substantial progress Omaha
Is doing tolerably well.
There are many places where there Is
room for Improvement The regulation
of the liquor traffic and the restriction of
the Boclal evil ore two of them. The
editor of The Bee several weeks ago, In
a signed open letter, offered some perti
nent suggestion on this scors In the
Interest of practical reform. Thes sug
gestions embrace a more stringent en
forcement of the provisions of the
Slocumb law relating to the closing of
saloons at midnight and on Sundays and
the exclusion of the liquor traffic from
the proscribed district. If these sug
gestions should be carried out Omaha,
although doing tolerably well, would do
still better.
The tax agents of the different Ne
braska railroads continue to enjoy them
selves by traveling from one county scat
to another tendering the county treas
urers 20 per cent less than the taxes lev
led against their roads and demanding
receipts In full. Does anyone wonder
what would happen if a passenger
should present himself at one of the rail
road ticket offices with a demand for a
$10 ticket for (8 in cash, or If a shipper
on having his freight bill presented by
the collector should express an unwil
lingness to settle for more than 80 cents
on the dollar? The traveler would be
told to walk and the shipper would be
advised that if he did not pay-up before
storage charges began to accumulate bis
poods would be put up at auction within
a stipulated period and sold to the high
est bidder to defray the cost of carriage.
Yet thes railroads have the audacity to
profess disappointment that their Offers
to scale down their taxes are not ac
cepted.
What about an ordinance regulating
the storage and sale of explosives In the
city of Omaha, subjecting the traffic in
such articles to inspection and requiring
a public record of the parties buying the
same and the amounts purchased? Such
an ordinance would operate as a pre
ventive upon bomb-throwing and at the
same time as a safeguard for the lives
of worklngmen employed In close prox
imity to dangerous combustibles, to say
nothing of the protection it would be to
firemen trying to put down conflagra
tions. The announced intention of Governor
Mickey to retain most of his appointees
and to make changes only where be is
satisfied he can inaka distinct improve
ments in the service will have a bearish
effect on the enthusiasm of applicants
for places under the state administration.
But It will create no disaffection among
taxpaying citizens who are satisfied that
with perhaps a few exceptions the state
institutions are pretty well managed.
Over In Chicago the police and detec
tives are all at sea ver the murder of an
automobile driver, evidently shot and
killed by the man who hired the vehicle
for a presumable outing. The news
papers of Chicago are certainly derelict
In not charging the police of that city
with gross Incompetency because they
did not bring the murderer in promptly
within twenty-four hours after the crime
was committed.
In the Interval the fact should not be
overlooked that the Board of Review is
now in session, going over the city as
sessment roll upon which the tax bur
dens of our municipal government are
to be apportioned for the coming year.
No ground must be lost that bas been
gulned In the fight for tax reform.
Omnha shows up lu the weekly bank
clearings statement with a nice round
percentage of increase over the compara
tive figures of the corresponding week of
last year. Omaha is going constantly
forward in a business way.
The Lincoln Journal has now waked
up to the fact that "that which detracts
from the fair name of Omaha is an in-
Jury to us all." Then why does It strain
Itself to detract from Omaha's fair name
at every opportunity?
The postscript to the autumn season
may not be unwelcome to builders aud
public works contractors, but It does not
set well with the merchants who would
like to sell heavy ulsters and felt-lined
boots.
Sir Gobbler bas gotten uast Thanks
giving, but he will not score safety until
he survives the Christmas holidays.
Locatlaar the Ensphasls.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Tact-art arises to declare that he is a
democrat still. We would respectfully sn
(tat that' the accent belongs on the still.
A MIIXIOJAIRR I POLITICS.
trlklaa- Exaasale ef Wkat the Right
Ma Caa De Wkea Move It.
Philadelphia Record.
Amori( the popular democrats throughout
the country who here and there survived
the late republican landslide. Is on whose
triumph has been almost completely over
looked, but whose case Is none the less
worthy of consideration. Thomas M. Os
borne, the millionaire mayor of Aoburn,
N. T., was re-elected on November by a
majority of about MO, though the city gave
over t,00O majority to Roosevelt.
The mention of a millionaire In politics
usually turns the current of thought to the
t'nlted States senate or to the class of
wealthy contractors who have enriched
themselves by Intimate connection with ac
tive politicians. Outside of these two dr.
cles the millionaire Is a rara avis In our
political life, for when an office-holding
freebooter has accumulated his pile he re
tires to enjoy It, leaving the field to be
filled by some one more needy. But the
mayor of Auburn Is Of a different stamp.
He made his money before he entered po.l-
tics, as the head of a well-known reaper
company, and to him office holding Is a
financial love rather than a gain.
During his two-years' administration
Mayor Osborne has brought to the direc
tion of the city's affairs the same execu
tive skill and acute business Instinct that
aid h'm In the conduct of his private busi
ness Interests. His first act was to cut
off extravagant expenditures and abolish
sinecures. He furnished his office and en
gaged the services of a stenographer and
clerk out of his own pocket, and supervised
every detail cf the city business with
watchful eve. As a result the tax rate
has been reduced, notwithstanding an In
crease In municipal Improvements, and
Mayor Os borne has 1oeen voted the most
popular administrator the city ever had.
It Is a great pity that there are so few
millionaires of this stripe In politics. The
man who can . make money for himself
could just as readily make money for the
community In which he dwells If he would
bring his talents to bear on the public
business. It Is not enough that the wealthy
manufacturer should be charitable and a
"good spender" In order to keep his money
In circulation; he should keep his business
Ideas In circulation. Just as well, and to
that end he should do what he can to aid
his fellow citizens In the conduct of their
civic affairs.
PERSONAL ROTES.
The foot ball season scores a total of
nine deaths.
In the Patterson case In New York the
skeleton stepped from the closet to the
court room.
No fewer than 16S people will receive
medals and certificates for bravery shown
In the Blocum disaster.
John W. Foster has been re-elected presi
dent of the Washington Society of the
Archaeological Institute of America,
The Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune, with
out mental reservation, admits that.it Is
110 years old, and Issued a monster souve
nir edition In honor of the event.
. Dr. Charles A. Eastman, that educated
Sioux Indian, has finished his allotment
rola of the Sioux and has grouped the tribe
under appropiiato family names. He was
commissioned to do this work by President
Roosevelt.
Manual Garcia, the singer, Is still living
In London, and on March 17 next he will
be 100 years old. He is the only singer now
living who took part In the first season of
Italian opera In New York in 182S, singing
the rola of Figaro In "111 Barbler" on the
evening of November 28.
Observers figure that at the opening night
of grand opera In New York "about twenty
six pints" of dlaaic.is were on exhibition.
Among the gorgeous garments In evidence
was a sable fur coat worm by Mrs. Adolph
Lewlsohn, wife of the banker. It Is said to
have cost $28,000. and Is made of eighty
perfectly matched and blended skins.
The New York Automobile club thinks
turn-about is fair play. It has had ex
perts out timing the high-steppers in Cen
tral park and has registered 437 cases In
which the speed limit was exceeded, one
pair of horses actually going at the rate
of twenty-two miles an hour. Thus, by
keeping tabs on one another the regula
tions may in time be observed.
The sweet singer of Chicago Creek, com
monly known as "Bathhouse John" Cougtv
tin, has broken out In poetry again, de
termined to maintain the prominence of
the Windy as the home of the divine muse.
Mr. Coughlln's effort bears the fetching
title, "Ode to a Bowl of Soup." One
stania gives a taste of the filling, tuneful
qualities of the lyric:
I care not what they call you; you're just
plain soup to me;
I break my bread into the bowl to cool It,
don't you se.
Let those who want to die of gout, of
richer food partake;
But give me a bowl of soup Ilka mother
used to make.
Consolation for the Vett.
Washington Post
Senator Cockrell enjoys the distinction of
being the only defeated democrat who has
been asked to step up and select his sea
tlon of pie.
II age Don't Worry dab.
Baltimore American.
With President Roosevelt in the White
House the whole country resolves Itself
Into a huge Don't Worry Club, with some
80,000,000 paid-up memberships.
A Matter of Porn,
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The missiles which the Japanese are
throwing Into Port Arthur are said to re
semble sausages In form. But only In
form, of course. The Japanese would be
foolish to fire real sausages Into Port
Arthur at present.
Mere Blatter of Collateral.
New York Tribune.
New York has already oversubscribed Its
half of the new Japanese loan. There is
a remarkable readiness In London and In
this city In supplying the sinews of war
to any combatant who can deposit the
necessary collateral.
tireat National ladaatry.
Chicago Tribune.
There were 60,000 divorces In the 1' tilted
States last yeur, or an average of learly
seven for every hour of the day and night,
Sundays Included. The business of making
and unmaking mlsflt marriages appears to
have become a great nutlonal industry.
Some Pie for Democrat.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Governor-elect Douglaa of Massachusetts
has offered to G-neral Nelson A. Miles the
position of adjutant general of the Massa
chusetts state mllltla. There Is no indica
tion, however, that Mr. Douglas thinks of
inviting Grover Cleveland to become his
private secretary.
Inanlniooa for Peace.
Philadelphia Press.
The peace conference which President
Roosevelt favors has not so far met with
the opposition of any nation invited to
take part. Russian newspapers sputter,
but do not denounce the proposed gather
ing, while Japanese newspaptra favor It.
All of the leading nations ex'press them
selves as pleased at the prospect of an.
other gatheVtng of that kind. This fact
and the Increase in arbitration treaties
speak well for the advance of the world
In that direction. At the same time there
la no cessation in the preparations for
war. The nation not prepared will have
the least Influence '
its orwAinnoToi urr-
Miner Scenes aa Incidents Sketched
the Snet.
The cars against Lieutenant Colonel
William L. Pitcher. Twenty-eighth infan
try, who was charged with "conduct un
becoming an officer and a gentleman" in
having jilted Miss Caroline Harold, a clerk
In the War department, has been closed
with a sharp reprimand from Lieutenant
General Chaffee,
The case aroused deep Interest In and
out of the army, not only on account of
Its unique features, but because of the
precedent It would establish through the
threatened court-martial. If colonel
Pitcher was court-martialed and dismissed
the result would prove to army officers
that they must exercise twice the care In
their love making that la required of the
civilian cltixen. Failure to keep thtlr
plighted troth will expose them not only
to a breach of promise suit, but to dis
honorable dismirsat from the army besides,
unless they can show good reasons for
breaking their sacred word of honor.
Court-martial proceedings were averted
by Miss Harold request for the dlsmlsal
of the case, as she wished to avoid further
notoriety.
In his letter to Colonel Pitcher, General
Chaffee stated that In deference to Mls
Harold's request no further action would
be taken. He concluded with a sharp rep
rimand for the language used by Colonel
Pitcher In his reply to an Inquiry from
Inspector General Burton. The letter was
dictated by Secretary Taft and a copy of
It will be filed with Colonel Pitcher's ef
ficiency record.
Iowa republicans In Washington tell
what a narrow escape Albert L. Dawson,
private secretary to Senator Allison, had
In his campaign for congress In the Sec.
ond district. Dawson, from a long resi
dence In Washington, had acquired a fash.
lonable handshake. Instead of the good-old-time
pump-handle operation at a nat
ural angle he would selxe a voter's hand
pull It to the region of his chin, give It
a dainty little shake and then drop It.
When Dawson's managers observed this
ceremony once or twice they took alarm.
"Here," they said to Dawson, "don't you
know how to shake hands In the good
American way? If you want to get cut on
election day just keep up that Idiotic
handshake and you won't get as many
votes in this district as Tom Watson will.
You have got to shake hands like a
granger. Pull your arm down to the level
of your waistband and don't be afraid
of hurting the other fellow's fist. That
Washington handshake won't go out here
on the plains."
Dawson had an awfully hard time get
ting rid Of the fashionable form of greet
lng. In spite of the Instructions of his
managers he would find himself waving
his friends' hands In the neighborhood of
his necktie. It finally got so bad that
a man was detailed to go along with Daw
son to see that he performed the opera
tlon In the true western style. If the
watcher found the candidate getting his
hand up In the air he would deliver a
suggestive poke In the letter's ribs, where
upon the arm would come down to the
proper place. Notwithstanding this handl
cap Dawson managed to overcome the 1902
majority of his opponent and won out by
a small margin. He defeated Martin J.
Wade, the lone democrat from Iowa.
"It was almost a case 'of grand larceny
to carry the second Iowa district," said
Director of the Mint Roberts to a Brook
lyn Eagle correspondent. "That district
was laid out so as to Include about all the
democrats In the state, and the republicans
virtually gave It, bag and baggage to the
democrats. But to turn about on election
day and take It back was about as bad as
stealing. Wade Is Immensely popular In
the district, but nothing could stem the
tide of republicanism this year. Wade ran
J, 000 ahead ot his ticket"
The Washington colony of newspaper cor
respondents heard with Interest the news
that ex-Speaker Kelfer was coming back
to congress from the Ohio district which he
represented twenty years ago. While he was
speaker Mr. Kelfer undertook to reform tho
press gallery of the house. One experience
was enough for him. He took the control, of
the gallery away from the standing commit
tee of correspondents and on Interesting
occasions would fill it with his particular
friends, excluding tho newspaper men com
pletely from watching the proceedings of
the house. The press committee took the
matter In Its own bands, locked the press
gallery doors and excluded those holding
cards from the speaker. This brought on
a clash and the upshot of It all was that
Speaker Kelfer was soon relegated to ob
scurity. "The government could afford to pay a
pension and a big pension, at that to Sen
ator Cockrell, in order to retain his serv
ices in the senate. By his watchfulness
over a certain kind of legislation the Mis-
sourlan has saved to the government thous
ands and thousands of dollars of money. I
refer to the care he used to exercise over
the passage of pension bills. His retlre
mnt from the senate will leave no one' to
keep a proper check on reckless pension
legislation."
This remark was made to a Washington
correspondent by a well known statesman,
In commenting on the election of a repub
lican legislature In Missouri, which means
the loss of Senator Cockrell's seat. Re
publicans In Washington express no grati
fication over the defeat of this grand old
man. He represents a distinct type. No
breath of dishonesty has ever been breathed
against him. Cockrell's hobby was pension
legislation. He made it his business to
know the history of every pension bill that
came up for passage. When practically
every other member would desert the sen
ate, when pension legislation became the
order of business, Cockrell would stand by,
and with a pile of official records on his
desk, keep tab on each bill.- Whenever a
questionable measure would be reached, he
would suggest that It go over, and. In this
way did much to purify this sort of legis
lation in the senate.
All the rare animals presented by King
Menelik of AbysBlnla to President Roose
velt will go to the National Zoological park
at Washington, D. C, and will be shipped
from their present temporary quarters In
the Bronx Zoological park. New York City,
within a few days. The ostriches, a sebra,
t surviving lioness of the pair sent, one
of which died at the Bronx menagerie, two
baboons of a species said never to have
been seen in America, end of a most start
ling likeness in bodily outline to the human
shape, and a sebra, aaid to be the largest
ever brought to America, constitute the
gift of King Menelik.
A new gilded eagle will stretrh Its pro
tecting wings over the White House at an
early date. The bird will be finer and
larger than the old eagle that perched for
so many years on the flagstaff over the
main entrance. There has been no eagle
over the White House since President
Roosevelt's election. The flagstaff orna
ment was blown off by a high wind the
day prevloua. It was replaced, but the
next day the same thing happened again.
The new eagle Is about one foot across the
wings.
I Rlfta In the Clouds.
Minneapolis Times.
The army and tnenavy now reject bow.
legged men, some corporations refuse to
employ men over 16 years old, and there
are employers who will not employ red
headed men. Yet we know men who are
red-headed, bow-legged and several years
past K who ewa bank stock. Let us be of
good heart
THE MEDKMp. HABIT,
It Is Very Kaally ,.irf,d mm4 Mighty
Hard te Shake off.
Indiana. .!, vws.
There Is something f,, inatlng about a
medicine advertisement it begins by de
scribing the symptoms of the disease for
which It is a sure cure, and anyone with
a vivid Imagination win Immediately feel
all the pains and aches, "that full feeling
after dinner," a rumbling in the head and
everything else descrild In the advertise
ment. The medicine will go straight to the
"spot" and from one to five bottles will
cure. In many cases the medicines do cure.
It Is easier and cheaper to go to the drug,
gist and buy a bottle of medicine than It
Is to call on the physician or have him
call on you, and then pay him, and get Ms
prescription filled and pay for that.
The medicine habit is easily acquired,
particularly If the doee is something pleas
ant to the taste. In the matter of nar
cotics the sensation Is more agreeable than
otherwise. A small dose taken to relieve
pain, followed by beneficial results, gives
the user a firm belief In the medicine. It
Is easy to take a dose when there Is no
pain and soon the habit grows.
It Is not the poor that dread the trouble
and expense of a physician any more than
the well-to-do. A dose In the closet Is worth
a half doxen or more In the drug store, and
certainly the one at hand Is preferred to
the one a few squares or a mile away. A
woman once contracted the medicine habit
from being presented with a case of ho
meopathic medicines when she was about
to take a Journey. She had no need of a
sinsle remedy In the case, but because the
1 medicines were there she tipped one bottle
and then anothr to her tongue, from time
j to time, and finally got to the point when
I iha woutrl or Intn a rimr store and btiv a
medicine, and take It whenever she felt
Inclined. It Is a wonder that the doses did
not endanger her life, but she still lives. An
other woman became a confirmed drunkard
from buying medicines made of bad whisky.
The cases of morphine eaters are so com
mon that they excite pity, but not surprise.
An Indianapolis man went to Europe and
not knowing the name of his favorite drug
In the country where he was staying, wrote
to a druggist here to send him a large
quantity.
Many a patent, medicine is prescribed by
reputable physicians, and tt does not follow
because a proprietary remedy is advertised
that It is a quack medicine. The danger
to many people is that because It is easy
to buy medicine which Is guaranteed to
cure all the Ills that flesh Is heir to they
may form the habit ot using It when they
need no druz at all.
RISSIA WANTS WHAT WE FEAR.
Legislative Assemblies Regarded "the
Worst Kentnre of Government.
Denver Post
"Don't you-know that the Colorado legis
lature Is on the bargain counter, biennially,
just as strong as the Massachusetts legis
lature that Thomas W. Lawson writes
about?" asks a correspondent.
"Yes we know It.
It is a general habit of legislatures to
be for sale, and the Colorado article Is
not better or worse than others. And the
people know It too. The worst feature
of the thing is that It is regarded, popu
larly, as inevitable and regular that Is to
say, the people don't know any way to
get honest legislatures and expect exactly
what they get
The worst feature of American govern
ment Is forty-five corrupt state assemblies.
The very nature of the legislature tempts
the members to be venal. It hss ceased
to be an honor to go to the legislature;
the nominations are made without care;
the lawmakers feel that they'll have the
reputation of being dishonest whether they
are straight or not; there Is a lot of costly
drinking and costlier gambling and the
salaries amount to very little, and, really,
some of them argue that when it's the
custom to pay for passing, or not passing
bills, there'll be money spent on both
sides and. If it isn't taken, the lobbyists
will be that much In pocket therefore
what's the use of being prudish?
While the people In Russia are clamoring
for legislative rights, we, In America,
frankly regard our lawmaking bodies as
the worst feature of our government
Funny, isn't it?
Can nothing be done about It? Yes. In
the first place, the legislatures are too
large, which depreciates the honor and
lowers the quality of the members. In
the next plaoe, a primary law, which
would force everybody, wishing to vote at
the election, to go to the primary, would
tend to check the large proportion of law
making skates. The best way to reform
any class of office holders Is to make the
office honorable.
SlmBllety the Sonl of Beaaty.
Collier's Weekly.
Beings who manufacture furniture at one
time used to make their objects simple
because decoration was expensive. Now
we have progressed to the Idea that sim
plicity Is refinement and furniture adver
tisements are full of eloquent descriptions
of that virtus. A hotel in New York ad
vertises that It has "no marble halls or
Moorish rooms." Charles Wagner's books
on the simple life sell like popular Action,
blch, in inspiration, finish, and originality.
they much resemble. A whimsical artist
complained . that this popular movement
had taken away the only thing which was
left to men of taste. "They drove us
away from the sumptuous," said he, "now
they are making even simplicity common
place." There Is, of course, a distance
that is Immeasurable between art s sim
plicity and the imitation of it In machine
made furniture. Nevertheless, In educating
our great mass of people, nothing lately
has been of more value than the new idea
that simplicity la the soul of beauty.
them by the
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muz i - s
For over half a century Ayer's Hair Vigor has
been sold in every civilized land on the face of
the globe.
Is not this long, unbroken history of success
the very best kind of a testimonial?
Made ky the . C. lr O . tewelt. XUee.
Alee swaaCMturers ef
ATTS'S SASSaPAKILIs. Per tke hloos. aTBS'S PILLS- For ooastlsstlos.
IfSK'S CtfakkT miTOaAl-Fof ceuf as. AYak'S A0US CUka-fui uaIaiiA aal Sfsa.
lYF.Tia.TI0 STANDARD OIL.
Greatest mt American Combine Placed
Inder the Searrhllght.
Ban Frnii-n Chronicle.
It Is announced thxt the president has
directed the Department rf Commerce ana
Labor to make a thorough Investlgatloa
of the petroleum Industry, it is added that
"the president has determined that the
Standard Oil cnpany shall be broken."
This last assertion may be dismissed as
false. In ordering an fftVial investiga
tion we may be sure that the president
has not made any derision, much less an
nounced any derision. In advance cf the
evidence. At present the president knows
nothing about Standard Oil that any body
may not know who will take the trouble
to read the evidence In the many previous
Investigations ot the petroleum Industry.
There Is probably not much more to learn
outside the books of the Standard OH eons
pony and the meetings of Its directors.
Any Investigation which materially adds to
the sum of human knowledge about the
Standard Oil company must penetrate be
hind those walls. And In pushing Inquiries
Into those secret places the president faces
the fight of his life.
It has been almost officially stated by ex
Secretary Root that up to the present time
the work of the bureau of corporations has
been wholly preliminary; that Is, It has
been collecting and classifying the informa
tion scattered In official records throughout
the country, accessible to any one but never
before assembled. The bureau has had
agents In this state engaa-ed In that work,
and, cf course. In all other states. When
all that Is now known has bea assembled
it can be determined what more there Is
that ought to be known, and It Is in the
effort to discover those things that the
great fight will come. When searching
questions are propounded the Standard Oil
officials will probably refuse to answer.
The rourta will be Invoked to make them
answer, and not until the ejjrem court
has passed on the case shall we know what
authority the people have over corporations
under the constitution of the United States,
The Standard Oil company has d.ubtle-e
been selected for the initial Investigation
because It Is the most powerful of all cor
porations, and because Its enormous annual
accumulations are being steadily invested
by the stockholders who receive them In
acquiring control of about everything else.
A thorough investigation of the Standard
OH company and Its allied Interests will
lay bare all there Is to be known about
"trusts." And the public at large will
Insist upon knowing the essential facta.
Mighty Triumph of Pie.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The truth seems to bs that Massachu
setts elected a democratic governor solely
on the pie Issue. The republican candi
date was a silk-stocking who never ate
pie except after dinner, while the horny
handed Douglas sticks to the breakfast
dish of his ancestors. Johnson, the Swede,
who carried Minnesota, Is an editor who
counts that day lost when he does not
have pie for breakfast. We might multi
ply examples, but the truth is already
sufficiently apparent
BIIHTHKIX HUMARKS.
"They're comparatively rich, aren't they?"
"Well, I wouldn't say 'comparatively,' but
relatively.' They have a rich uncle of
whom they expect great things." Phila
delphia Ledger.
"Do you think." she asked the dermatoL'
ogtst, "that you can make my nose beauti
ful?" "Well. I may not be able to make It
beautiful, but I couldn't help Improving It
some, even if I were to hit it with a mal
let." Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Cawler Delia Klannery, who has ap
plied to me for a position as cook, refers
me to you. She says she used to work here
at one time?.
Mrs. Hiram Offen Not exactly. She had
a situation here. Philadelphia Press. ,
"Yes," said the city editor, with a not
of regret in his voice, "I was sorry to dis
charge Spencer. He was the best fire re
porter we had. The trouble came last week.
He wrote an obituary of Van Sandt Sap
lelgh and ended up by saying: The loss
was fully covered by Insurance.' "Puck.
"Do your servants ever get gratuities?"
asked the caller, 1
"Mercy, no." answered Mrs. Justlnn; "but
I was afraid the butler had 'em the other
day, and I made him stay out In the barn
until he could be well fumigated." Cleve
land Leader.
"There la no satisfying people." said Sen
ator Sorghum plintvlv. "'Publlo opinion
is Painfully Inconsistent."
"What Is the matter now?" .
"Some people are saying that I used
money to get into politics and others that
I used pontics to get into money.'VWash
ington Star.
The Japanese emperor smiled upon the
court. "And what' he asked, "what news
of the war?"
"There are, your majesty," answered ths
prime minister, "reports of a battle off tho
coast."
"I am convinced." observed the emperor
with a twinkle; "I am convinced that If
there has been any trouble on the ocean
the Russians are at the bottom of 1L"
Judge. i
HIS WISTER LOVa
Somervllle Journal.
Of all attractive sights I see,
As I meander through the town.
The most delectable to me
Is Ethel In her winter gown. '
So snug It fits her rounded form
And ne'er was shapelier form than bars'
So cosy, Jaunty, trim and warm
Looks Ethel In her furs I
A loving boa 'round her whirls
And clasps her In Its fond embrace
A sealskin cap, aet on her curls.
Seta off the beauty of her face.
Her gloved hands nestle In her muffr
Her charm my Inmost feeling stirs. .
She's such a dalntv bit of fluff.
Is Ethel in her furs I
She must be mine! The little minx,
She knows I fled her sweet to seat
And, do you know I think she thtutns
At times she really cares for me.
She shall be mine! I'll not take no
From her. But what If she demurs f
8he shall not! For I love her sol , .
Sweet Ethel in her furs!
We wish you would
feel perfectly free to
writs tho Doctor st
any time. Ask him
anything you .wish
to know about your
hair. You will ob
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advice free, and no
one will see your
letter but the Doctor.
Address,
Dr. J. C. Ayer,
Lowell, Mats.
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