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iMdun to Pass Distributer Ager.
1
v lien ine wpainer roan nun a iook at
the attractive faces In attendance upon
th Ktf Teachers' convention he re-
' lented.
' The cousin of the earl of Craven, who
wan sentenced to Jail for ftaaaultlng an
! InoffenNlve atrangrr, evidently wantetl
to iiov true to name.
NV.v that, a United States senator has
hyix called to explain hlniaelf in Its
j.faml fraud eases, (irepon can' no longer
: IKk with seorn tiiwn Utah.
Farmers in the south who are burn
' lux their -ottou to cnliiince the price
; t-ertalnly hare no rltfht to object to the
' most arbitrary methods of the trusts.
4 noHtj Japanese enipa in me nouin
'Chlnfc iea inay'lK"'eriupIy vldettes lut
I BA t,. - m.-,..!.. f...l. .
news may be expected from Flong Kong
bOjfor Joug. j: .i - - -
Kusslt has changed Its commlaslolier
In the North sea bearing. ' The czar
probably found a mun more dependable
to vote "rljiht," no matter what the
evidence may show.
.Morocco has the satisfaction of know
ing that In case of war with France lta
people cau retire to the hills and bom
bardineut will destroy little but the
, property of neutrals.
When Vr. Chndwlck arrrUes at his
destination he will have so niauy sher
iffs to icreet him that he will realize that
th husband of a capable woman cannot
forever remain In obttourlty.
According to statisticians of the Ag
riculture department the com crop for
the year U worth f l,200,00t),00. And
when the proceeds come to be divided
thft Nebraska farmer will be pocketing
bis full share. .
The canons of the ennrcji are tprn'ter,
but often as deadly as the cannon r.f
war. and they promise to lie li.'ard with
no uncertain sonnd If the ohirjrcs
against Bishop Talbot are permitted to
. come 4o trial.
Ilie Real Estate exciiange is eminently
correct when It declares In favor of an
entirely new city charter but at the rate
' tit which charter revision Is progressing
It may take 'steeu years to get a new
charter framed.
When the Chinese warships , try to
I slop the movement of the. Itiptsiau Tes
: aels detained in the ports of China the
; world will hao Just how far Japan's ex
. ample tut affected the lighters of the
j-'lowery kiugdom.
V Premier Koerber of Austria has re
I signed. He doubtless hud uo desire to
(follow In the path of the Hungarian
.premier, to whom resignation would be
a pleasure If he da ml retire tit the face
f active warfare.
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President McGrecvy says that Cashier
Hagerty was to blame for .the O'Neill
bank failure and that be Is glad be was
arrested. If this story Is told lu court
; the fleeing cashier may be compelled to
-t return to protect bis good name.
G'eneral Kouropatkln says he wsnts
good soldiers. Verily, the day of the
"common people" Is arriving in Knasia
when the coiumsuder-ln-chlef admits
that It requires men without blue blood
in their1 veins to win victories.
Mouth Omaha la complaiuiug at the
' cost of fending city prisoners for which
the contract price Is H'i cents a meal
for two meals daily. What would Kouth
Omaha do if It had to pay at the rate of
jn cehts a day, which it Is costing the
taxparrs of louglas county to feed the
lntuiHea of Its county ail I
SOCTHtHX REPHEStXTATIOX.
It apjiears that soother a men In con-
grep have come to the" conclusion that
the .movement -for-a reduction In the
outltern representation In the houe, af
feeling the delegations from those lntc
whli-h have discouraged the negro !m;)ot
or disfraiichisexl the black iitsw, i nolh
lug iinfi-e than a threat, ptt v an l si I'
ll . It is said that sever il leading
scniheni snators and repres Mttiitlvs
huVe feen giving the mitt?r cl-ts ni
tciitlou since the Intrnductto'i of.'le
riatt bill In the senate ntid lime con
cluded that there Is no real intention to
piif.it legislation, but that the "-eduction
biils are to le held over the Itcn.N of
t-outiieni democrats to keT. them in
line i.ml prevent them from oivim'zed
oMvrttlon to certain repub'l 'an lcplsla
tlve pifins. v ; -
It Is not easy to conipre.ie i.l Imh h'ich
reasoning baa been "evolved, since It Is
known to .he a fact that the. president
has shown more .than a passing sym
pathy with the government for reduc
tion in representation from states
which have cut the, aegro from the bal
lot privilege, wlille there Is no doubt
that the upjNrters of the movement In
the house snd senate are In earnest
and will strive" to secure action. Of
course there are republican In both
branches of congress. w-bo are uot favor
able to doing anything and It Is there
fore not probable that there will le
action at the present session. The time
of the session Is too brief and lesldes
there Is no necesnity for urging the mat
ter at present. It Is two years before
the next congressional election. But. It
can lie very confidently predicted that
the Fifty-ninth congress will take up
the question of southern representation
snd seriously consider what should be
done In regard to It In the states which
disfranchise' colored cltixens and yet nsk
that they be conn ted In the basis of
representation.
If there be, as stated, men In the
south who think that the introduction
of the riatt bill was nothing more than
a threat, they will find In due time that
they are deluding themselves. The sen
timent In the north respecting the wrong
and Injustice of the southern policy of
negro disfranchisement Is very strong
and Is not likely to diminish. The feel
ing Is that under this policy the south
has an unfair advantage In the repre
sentation In congress and in the elec
toral college and the demand for the
correction of this Is much- more, general
and earnest than Is .commonly supposed.
That It will very strongly assert Itself
In the next congress. If not at the
present session. Is not to be- doubted.
vyrnyABLB objectioxs.
Those who oppose' the proposed legis
lation -for federal supervision of rail
road rates can offer endless objections,
but few of these will be found to be
tenable. For instance a prominent rill
way president Is quoted as saying that
"this, proposal that the government
make our rates, If It be carried into ef
fect; meaus that all competition? will be
done away with, for there can be no
competition wheu uniformity Is en
forced by the government." Now
everyone who; has given Intelligent
and careful consideration . to the pro
posed plan must know that H-doe not
contemplate uulformWy as among dif
ferent railroads, but uniformity , as
among shippers on' the same railroad.
Obviously this would not In the legist
Interfere with railroad competition. Its
purpose Is simply to compel all.rall
roads to treat alike all to whom they
supply transportation, leaving each road
free to make its own rates, so long as
these shall not be unreasonable. The
aim is to put a stop to rebates aud dis
crimination and to . secure equality, of
treatment to all shippers, great ' and
small. It Is absurd to say that, this
would do away with legitimate compe
tition and any competition that cannot
be so described ought to be done away
'with.' ; ' . ' . v T. ).,:!!'
There has already been offered a
great variety of objections to' the' plan
for government regulation of railway
rates and undoubtedly many more will
be presented as discussion of the sub
ject proceeds.. Thns far.. however, hardly
any o fthem have substantial, va I lie or
are of a nature to seriously trouble the
advocates of such regulation. I'utll the
railway managers are able to suggest a
different plan that would be equally ef
fective the public will continue to regard
with favor the one proposed.
COXSISTEXT, lltCOXSIS TESVV.
Consistent Inconsistency Is forcibly Il
lustrated by the resolution of the Hesl
Estate exchange, which 'declare that Its
members favor the consolidation of the
city and county governments as far as
possible, but are opposed to the exten
sion of the present city limits for tho
puriose of taking In South Omaha. Dun
dee, Benson aud Florence until such tlnio
as these suburbs desire to le annexed
without solicitation ou the part - of
Omaha.
Suppose the owners of farms and town
lots outside of Omaha were constitu
tionally or out of pure selfishness op
IKised to the merging of city and county
governments or any part thereof. - What
then? Would Omalia and South Omaha
taxpayers He dowu aud wait until they
expressed solicitude for a merger, or
would they contend that the object of
government Is to give to the largest num
ber of people the largest share of Irs
benefits? Is It supposable that the men
who have moved out of Omaha Into the
suburban tow us In order to beat their
city taxes will solicit annexation, while
the property owners within the city lim
its of Omaha are compelled to bear the
burdcus by which the suburbanites are
enabled to secure their water supply, gas
supply, electric lights, Are protection and
street railway facllltl..' It la 4u;;toe
able that the' opuhitIou of subui'U:iu
towns who enjoy metropolitan public
utilities at the same price, and even at a
lower prce. than Omaha Is paying for
there municipal facilities, will solicit ru
nexatlon to Omaha?
lJld i renter New York, Greater C1J-
cago, Greater Cleveland, Greater Buffalo,
Greater Ietrolt. Greater Cincinnati and
all other American metropolitan cities
defer the annexation of suburban towns
urtll they were solicited by these subur
ban towns to do so? Is not the main ob
ject of municipal reformers to extend
the tax area so as to make all the people
who are benefited by municipal Im
provements and public utilities sharej
proportionately with the property own
ers of the metropolis the expense of po
lice and fire protection, pavements, road
ways, ' bridges, viaducts and all other
municipal conveniences?
URASD JVRT IX MIXXESOTA.
At the last election lu Minnesota there
was an overwhelming vote in favor of
the constitutional amendment providing
for the abolition of the grand Jnry sys
tem. The amendment was carried by n
majority of 121.UXI and the terms being
mandatory, requiring the legislature to
pass the laws nex-essary for the abolish
ment of the graud Jury, action during
the coming sessiou of that body is cer
tain. The large vote in favor of doing
away with the grand Jury Is significant
of the strong popular sentiment against
the system In that state and from what
Is said of It this can readily le under
stood.
It. Is stated that in Minnesota the
grand Jury system has become little
more than a farce. Its general Inquisi
torial powers for the correction of abuses
and the Improvement of general condi
tions surrounding the people have, It
Is alleged, seldom 1xon exercised. On
the other hand grand juries have been
most energetic in presenting and Indict
ing for suspected crime. It Is said that
thousands of Indictments have been re
turned In the last five years and a can
vass of the court records when the sub
ject was formally discussed before the
people, disclosed the fact that, of those
Indicted fully 70 per cent were never
brought to trial. Under the new system
for which the amendment provides full
responsibility for bringing to trial per
sons suspected of crime or misdemeanor
will be vested In the prosecuting attor
ney of each county. It will be his duty
to sift the evidence of the guilt or In
nocence of accused person, to determine
whether or not the evidence warrants n
public accusation and the formal lodg
ment of a charge, and to take all the re
sponsibility for haling the suspect Into
court. It Is pointed out that the new
plan opens possibilities In the .way of
corruption, but It Is believed that past ex
perience warrants giving It a trial.
Doubtless there are otl.er states which
have had nn experience regarding grand
Juries similar to that of Minnesota, hut
they are pot likely. to follow the example
of that state and abolish the system. In
several states the duties of the grand
Jury have In recent years been enlarged.
The grand Jury Is a venerable Institu
tion, founded under the common law and
dating far hack In English history. Un
der modern conditions It has been shorn
of many of Its . former functions, but It
la still, very generally regarded as repre
sentative of the people and one of their
most valuable safeguards. The opera
tion of the new system to be Inaugurated
In Minnesota will undoubtedly command
wide Interests '
TTHAT WILL TUET TtO'
More than a month ago several thou
sand people frenzied by sensational aud
explosive appeals of Omaha's yellow
press met at the Auditorium to give pub
lic expression to their pent-up feelings
over the explosion durfng the midnlg'it
hours of a dynamite bomb, or can of
powder, on the porch of the residence of
Elmer E. Thomas. The ouly person who
was permitted to give full play to his
pent-up feelings was Cunningham R.
Scott. All other persons who were dis
posed to' participate In the outburst ex
cept the Ave columblads that had been
loaded aud primed by the promoters of
the spectacular demonstration were sum
marily choked off. Thene live guns of
heavy caliber were directed to organise
a committee of safety, to be composed
of fifty citizens, whose names have Just
been promulgated to the outer world.
Now that Omaha has a committee of
safety we may prepare ourselves for
Martllng things. Very naturally people
will want to know what the committee
of safety proposes to do. Will It resolve
Itself Into a vigilance committee, take
the law Into its own hands and Inaugu
rate a hanging bee and deporting revo
lution, or will it simply continue the dis
semination of well-defined rumors that
have no lietter basis than Idle gossip?
Will It endeavor to create a healthy pub
lic sentiment in favor of the enforcement
of the laws upon everybody whether be
occupies an office In the city hall, the
court house, an office building or a mer
cantile store? Will it prefer to start an
other hysterical crusade against vice and
crime, and abstain religiously from strik
ing at the' tap root by the prosecution
of the owners and agents of buildings
occupied for immoral and lawless pur
poses? The chances are that, like all spas
modic and explosive reform movements,
the Omaha committee of safety will go
up In smoke. And It Is just possible the
full membership of the committee will
never even hold a meeting.
THE EXHXEBA TIOX OF CHIEF DUXAHCE
The finding of the Board of Fire and
Police Commissioners in favor of Chief
of Police Donahue on the charges pre
ferred agaiust him by the attorney for
the Civic Federation Is a complete ex
oneration for that officer. After all the
evidence which the parties back of the
con plaint were able to scrape up In sup
port of their charges was patiently
heard and carefully sifted, the board
uuiiulmoiiHly came to the condusiou that
the charge were uot sustained.
Tho charges-hMve uot been sustalued
cither In the court of public opinion,
which Is as exacting aud more discrimi
nating thsu the average court of law or
equity. lu the court of public opinion
the evidence adduced aguiitet the chief
was found to I based entirely uion the
statement of penitentiary convicts
'
made In the hone of enlisting the Infiu
ence of the Civic Federation for their
liberation before the expiration of the
terms they are serving. Even this un-
tnistworthv evidence when analyzed
proved to be contradictory and for the
most part mere hearsay and rumor gath
ered from nameless and nnnamable fel
low criminals. This, so far as the
charges related to the connivance with
or protection of professional criminals
by the Omaha police under the chiefs
direction.
So far as the charges related to the
strict or liberal enforcement of the law
governing liquor selling and the social
evil, no dispute was involved as to the
facts, the controversy turning purely on
a question of ollcy In the administration
of the police department. On this ques
tion the board has planted Itself with
the chief for a reasonable enforcement
of these regulations rather than for the
puritanic strictness which the chiefs op
ponents profess to desire.
All through the hearing aud the evi
dence the good faith of the complain
ants was constantly called In question.
Where the charges were not frivolous
they fell completely for lack of proof.
The finding and decision of the police
board, therefore, will be thoroughly ap
proved and acquiesced In by the great
majority of Intelligent Omaha people.
And now It has been discovered that
the decision of the supremo court that
pronounces the law authorizing guar
anty company bonds for public officers
Invalid has vacated nearly every public
office In the state because the statute
expressly make the giving of a valid
bond part of the qualification of the
officer. This is really startling. Will
they all quit at once ami leave us with
out any office-holders, or will I hey hold
on a few days longer and allow them
selves to Ite rotated out of office by or
dinary process of succession? More
startling still Is the Inqury, will the In
surance companies wliose guaranty wa
no good refund the money?
The decision ou the validity of the
guaranty company bonds for public offi
cers recalls the fact that there are ltonds
and bonds. It all depends upon the offi
cer who is bonded. Nebraska has had
state treasurers who could not be de
pended upou to go straight had they
been bonded by all the bonding com
panies In the country and all their
friends and relatives to boot, and it has
also had treasurers like the preseut In
cumbent, although scarce Indeed, whom
the people would lie glad to trust with
out any bond at all.
According to tlip newspapers of Clin
ton, la., the .people there are not par
ticularly delighted at the efforts of At
torney Thomas of Omaha to secure the
liberation of a man who was convicted
In Clinton and sentenced to the peni
tentiary for series of robberies and
burglaries committed upon Its citizens.
They fall lo.ee.how the cause of re
form Is to. iieadvaiMd by exchanging
pardons for affidavits and depositions of
convicted criminals.1
There Is no good reason way Omaha
should not entertain every year a large
number' of big conventions not only of
state organizations, but of national or
ganizations a well. With Its new Audi
torium Omaha Is now equipped to take
care of the biggest of these meetings,
and all It yet needs to put It at the front
as a convention city is the successful
completion of the hotel projects now In
hand. 1
It is said that many court records,
carried from the court; house by law
yers, were burned lu the Sluux City fire.
In some states there is a better rule,
which requires the records to be held In
public custody and attorneys to take
merely certified copies.
A Run , for Their Money.
Chicago News.
President Kooxcvdt la going to make
existence us Interesting ns possible for the
trusts. This Is a good thing, for the pub
lic has proved almost too easy to provide
them with amusement.
1 ,
Ample JuatlBeat Ion.
Philadelphia Press.
The increase of MM per cent In the num
ber of deaths of passengers in train acci
dents in 1904, as compared with 1!A)3, cer
tainly Justified the Interstate Commerce
commission in recommending the compul
sory uie of the block aignal system.
A New Epoch.
Chlcsgo Inter Ocean.
New Vear'a day will mark the beginning
of a new epoch In the lives of thousands
of good men who have permitted them
selves to become slaves to the pernicious
tobacco habit. The new epoch In many
cases will continue until the day after.
Distinction and Difference.
Baltimore American.
A ton of actual copper will bring Juet
about the same price In the actual market,
whether Amalgamated stock goes up or
goes down In the stock hoard listing. There
Is, after all, a distinction as well as a
difference between copper stocks and cop
per. The l.aah aa Reformer.
Chicago Chronicle.
People are apt to start a little at the In
formation that In consequence of the rec
ommendation in the president's message
the whipping post may be set up In Wash
ington, but let us wait awhile and see how
It will work. Washington has a large ele
ment In Its population which Is addicted
to crlmea of a bestial nature and which
regards a Jail sentence as a picnic. It
feara nothing but the lash, and the la nil
perhaps la what It ought to get. Let us
r.ever forget that the whipping post has
driven almost every petty criminal out of
the state of Pelawara.
Department that Pays lta Way.
Bt. Paul Ploneor Pleas.
No department of the' national adminis
tration pays its way quit as manfully as
does the agricultural department. Congrats
ha i recognised thia fact In liberal appro
priations. In the bureau of foreatry alone,
according to Secretary Wilson's report,
thett appropriations have permitted in sis
yeara a alxttt-nfold Increaao In the working
force and a twelvefold Increase In expend!
lurea. Yet a aingla discovery mads by the
bureau and r.ow applied to the production
of turpentine la affecting an annual saving
equal to the tutal expeudltute of the bu
reau fur Mix yeAra. The department Ik the
fBinuiV Alladln's lamp. Hull It and III
genii produce anything called fu
r JPS HOLD OtTt
One of the Prehlema I pon Which the
rteanlt mt War Hlnaea.
The war correspondent of the Ixindon
Mall discusses In a recent letter the ability
of Japan to provide the means and bear
the burden which a prolonged war In
volvra. The resources of Russia are vastly
greater and Its prevent determination to
continue the fight to a successful finish
resolves ths contest Into one ft endursnce.
"Can Japan hold out?" therefore Is
question of present Interest, which the
Mali correspondent discusses with clearness
and candor. He says:
At the beginning of the war many Euro
pean traders In the far east declared con
fidently that Japnn would repudiate Its
national bonds within six months. Others
who professed to have Inside Information
were equally sure that the government
had accumulated sufficient secret reserves
to meet the cost of the war for at lenst
eighteen months without outside assist
ance.
Both were entirely wrong. Japan hss so
far shown a surprising ability to bear the
monetary burden of the war. yet this bur
den is proving Itself very heavy. The task
undertaken by the country was well
summed up by Count Okums. tha famous
Japanese stateman: "Russia's population
said he, "Is two and a half times mora
than ours, snd Its revenue and army eight
times larger. At the beginning of the war
the Imperial bunk of Russia possessed a
specie reserve of (n,WViO roubles
(80,f.U0.i), agalnit a note Inane of
ew.orw.tmo roubles, while the Bank of Japan
po.'sesycd KO.nuuu.noi) yen (5,f"O.0noi of ape
cle reserve, against over wi,onn ino yen of
notes.
Jn the spring the poxlllon of Japan was
this: It required, roughly. 1.250,000 yen a
week to carry on the war. It had a very
small national debt, and singularly honest
public servants; but the home wealth was
comparatively amnll, owing to the simple
lives and low standard of living prevailing
throughout the country.
In most parts of Japan a working-man
can live in comfort on a few shillings a
month. I have had the salaries of many
judges stated to me as 40 a year, and
high officials serve the nation for wages
which a New York bricklayer would laugh
at In acorn. The lives of the people are
unelaboratc. Homes are plain and lnex
priutlve; the simple articles of diet In uni
versal use are amazingly cheap; dress gen
ei-ally -Is simple, and, although the Japn
neae woman has some very costly artl
cles of attire, those articles are to care
fully kept as to last for generations. Os
tentalou, extravagance and expensive llv
Ing are thought bad form.
All this Is admirable from the Volnt of
view of building up national character. A
simple people Is a strong people; but simple
lives mean low earnings, end u low earning
nation goes into the market as a borrower
under a handicap. Some optimists, 1 am
aware, attempt to srguo that while living
simply the Japanese have Individually con
siderable savings. There la one ready test
for this, however. While savings and spare
capital are abundant, the rate of Interest
earned Is low. In Japan, according to offi
cial returns, the annual average rate for
fixed loans is 10.6 per cent.
The low standard of living In Japan
nidrd the empire In one way, however. It
la probably true that Japan can run a
great war cheaper than any other nation
on earth. The Japanese business man has
too often the reputation of being a trick
ster; but the Japanese pubMc servant In
his dealings with the nation Is honeat be
yond reprnnch. It Is Impossible for one to
conceive, a Japanese contractor selling thu
army rotteu stores or adulterated provi
sions. Japan can feed its army and navy
cheaply, and the salary lists of the fighting
services are little more than nominal.
War came, and with war eume a call
for economy. On all sides statesmen and
public men appealed to the nation to save,
to limit nil personal expenditure and to
prepare for hard timea. The people obeyed
the advice with great faithfulness. Chil
dren starved themselves until they fainted
from hunger In school. All purchases of
luxuries, silks, furniture and the like
ceased In a day.
The people saved, but their saving had
the Inevitable economic effect. No one
bought new silks, consequently the thou
sands of silk weavers, save those employed
on foreign orders, were thrown out of em
ployment. The furniture trade was con
tracted, and one lumber district that the
year before had aold millions' worth of
stuff, now found Itself worthless. Thou
sands of workers all over the land found
their occupation gone.
Half a million man the number Is greater
now were withdrawn from active employ
ment. At tho same time trades which
were the mainstay of whole districts ceased.
Thirty thousand Japanese fishermen usually
set out In March from the western coast
to drag the Corean waters. I -em March
the capitalists withdrew their usual offer
of loans and the fishermen, when I last
heard of them, were staying at home Idle.
Tlu great steam mercantile marine which
Japan has built up so rapidly was with
drawn from commerce to serve for war
transport snd the cargo business ceased or
went to foreign ships.
The government cut down, and is cut
ting down, every expense at home. Noth
ing Is wasted on the field. Military sup
plies are good, and the machines of death
are the best the nation can secure. But the
accessories of the armies are made In the
cheapest . possible way. The khnkl with
which the troops were clothed in summer
was of such poor quality that it washed
almost white by the end of August, mak
ing the soldiers clear marks for the enemy.
The nation faced the situation clear
eyed. While the self-denial months were
not wholly wise, other much more sensi
ble moves were made. Mon hrought out
their family treasures of art and quietly
offered them abroad to raise money for the
war loans. ' The heavy taxation for war
expenses la being cheerfully borne. The
government has taken over the tobacco
trade, making It a state monopoly, and in
the ordinary course of events Is hound to
make great profit a out of It. The salt mo
nopoly Is slso being cheerfully borne.
'Die surprising thing In Japan just now
la the t-mall evidence of real dlstreaa to ba
seen. The splendid rice and silk crops
this autumn have helped many and they
are regarded by the common people as a
direct Interposition of heaven on their be
half. The expenditure of part of the loan
money In the country in the purchase of
supplies has also helped. Much of ths
clothing and food of ti.e soldiers can be
made and raided In Japan, and wherever
possible theso are being purchased thrrr.
Women, old men and boys are doing the
work formerly done by the men now fight
ing or dead lu Manchuria. The absence of
the former breadwinner at least makes one
leaa mouth to feed.
J a pun In not t fct ti.e erd r.f l' fln'm.
clal resource. The law li likely to be al
tered In the Inuucdia'.' future to allow for
eigners to own rcul estate within the em
pire. This will liable the government to
ralsu a loan upon Its railways or to sell
them outright. Thu new tobacco monopoly,
already nientfi.nt.l, afford-: another tangi
ble asset. And tha people arc willing to
hvmithe.ala their last national Asset Sii
tit veil their laat dmiieatlc helrloimia befurs
I liey abandon the flalit. '
tv j am mr -.k.'Vw: aw mret Am w - a t ' a
There is a reason, and the best Kind of a
reason, why Ayer's Hair Vigor makes the hair
grow long and heavy.
It is a hair-food. It feeds the hair and makes
it healthy and strong.
Healthy hair grows, keeps soft and smooth,
does not split at the ends, and never falls out.
Give Ayer's Hair Vigor to your gray hair and
restore to it all the deep, rich color of early life.
ate ky the J. C. Ayr Cm . tewell.
Ala. maaunuMurars f
ATWPS CgT MCTOlUt-r'er costal.
ATKK'S BARSAFAJULXA-For ths blooa.
OPI'OHllMTV AM) the: ma.
Western Trlbate for Hoiint irll
"We I.Ike Hla Style."
Chicago Kt roid-Herald.
In our untutored, uncouth western way
let us say that the course of President
Roosevelt since he learned unofficially of
his election suits tho people of the middle
west clear to the ground.
His Immediate announcement Hint he
would not be a candidate for re-election
left him free to attend to the welfare of the
country with no harassing suspicion of any
further political ambition, and that pleased
us all.
Still more acceptable was the determina
tion, evidenced In his inesxnge, to reso
lutely grapple with the ttatisportation prob
lems rebates, extortionate or discrimina
ting rates, Industrial "roads" and private
cars.
In this he showed himself both brave aud
sane, for the discontent with existing
abuses Is so great as to breed disbelief in
the power of our government to cope with
the evil or distrust In Its willingness to
do so.
In his attempt to demonstrate that' the
government of the I'nlted States Is strong
enoiiKh to enforce justice in this vital mat
ter, lie has and will have the enthusiastic
support of the central west and of its rep
resentatives In congress.
Astounding as were the majorities by
which he was ejected, they fall far short,
in our Judgment, of what a poll taken to
day would show.
And so, in uncultured fashion, we bid
him godspeed we like his style.
THE STAY-AT-HOMK YOTK.
Over Three Million I'ltlaena Palled to
Perform Their Dnt).
New York World.
The total vote for president lu the late
election was 13,5UM!. This was 40ti,078 less
than . the, vote In WOO, notwithstanding an
estimated Increase of nearly 7,000,000 i In
population and of 1,4(,000 In eligible vot
ers
What should the total vote have been In
November hsd the Interest of citizens
In the result been profound and their
preferences between the candidates sharply
defined?
The fullest vote In proportion to popula
tion ever cast lu a presidential election
was In IS:, when the ratio was 1 to 5.
By this ratio the vote In November would
have been 16,600.000. The vote actually
polled was 3,002,000 short of this.
Just what proportion of these potential
but absentee voters were dissatisfied demo
crats, disgruntled republicans, disqualified
negroes, or southern whites who hud not
sufficient Incentive to vote in the absence
of a real contest In their utates, there is no
trustworthy method of ascertaining. But
the fact that more than 3,001.000 citizens
failed to vote almost one-quarter of the
number who did vote Is a fact that should
be a matter of serious reflection to the
men who are shaping our national politics
and controlling the party organizations.
PKRSOSAI, OTKS.
Joseph Kournler, the oldest resident of
Nashua, N. H.. smokes at the age or ioj
nd la spry. He Is so healthy thut all the
antl-tobacoo league can say of him la that
nothing could have killed that man.
Reginald de Koven, the composer and
musician, was presented with a nne coin
poser's desk last 'Saturday by the mem
bers of the Washington Symphony or-
hestra, of which he is the conductor.
Benjamin Campbell, who has Just berit
appointed fourth vice president or tho
Great Northern railway, has the reputation
f being one of the most progressive traffic
men In the west. He has risen to his pres-
nt position from the telegraph desk.
Isaac Thomas Parker, who will soon be
Inducted into office as lieutenant governor
f Delaware. Is conductor of a passenger
rain running between r'nuaueipnia ana
Pelmar. Del. He Is already quartermas
ter general on the staff of the present
governor.
John Jordlaon, pnstinarter at Coalville,
la., has written out his resignation lime
without number In the last six years, but
without avail. No one else will have the
office and the Incumbent, under the low,
la compelled to remain until a new post
master may be found.
A Washington (llnputch says that the
Stite department, at tha Instance of the
Brltb.li government, has Induced Mrs. May
brick to abandon her lecture tour of this
country. All the dates have been can
celled. Mrs. Maybrlck had planned a com
prehensive tour, Intending to open at Hart
ford. Conn., in the middle of January. She
haJ made a lucrative cunt nut with a
theatrical agent, and Intended to devote her
lectures to a discussion of the abuaea of
British prison.
FROM THE GRANITE HILLS
of New Hampshire comes
fcflTTHBA
Soft, light, and
(HE RICHAROSOI DRUB CO.,
JACKSON bTTRKKT.
DISTRJHITIS9 ASTV
BtM..
AYER'S PILLS -For eORttlpatlos.
ATSB'S AOUg CDRg-Fot maians aaga.
MIMK HAIinOAD KIUIRKS.
Kshlblt of the Increased Prodnclan;
Capacity of the t nlted States.
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
The MiitlHtlca of railways, embodied In
the report of the Interstate Commerca
comiulxsloii for the fiscal year ending June
3". VH. furnish one of the best possible
epitomes of the great progress of the
United States along all lines of trade and
commerce. The llgurs embrace returns
from IMft.iVC tulles of railway a magnificent
showing In itself the gross earnings for the
fiscal year being Jl.WC.tttf .Ml, divided as
follows:
Freight earnlnas
Passeiinei- earnings
Miscellaneous earnings ...
.$l,3T7.6AO;
. R. 42. 314
49.630.471
Total fl.iM6.6iB.KI
The average gross earnings per mile.
IH.410, exceed the average gross earnings of
the previous fiscal year by flR2 per mile,
with f:'.6l assignable to passenger and
tfl,f!2 to freight earnings. The operating
expenses per mile, 1.3TS, exceeded the ex
penses of the previous year by .250. ' with
the ratio of operating expenses to earnings
being 67.75 per cent, the ratio for the pre
vious year having been 66.16 per cent.
The net earnings of the roads Is re
ported at fffl4.2B0.873. The aggregate of all
deductions chargeable ugaluat the total la-
come was fwi'.nrig, 610, embracing Interest
on bonded debt, rentals of leased lines,
permunent Improvements, taxes and divi
dends. The roads closed the year with ax
surplus of tfi2.078.47. having paid out In
dividends flsi.4S0.446, an Increase of f23,R94,
13 over the dividends of the previous fiscal
yea r.
The whole Is a, showing not alone of in
creased earning capacity and Increaaed
dividends, but of the Increased producing
capacity of the Cnlted States and of In
creased demands for the product. With
all the showing, there are reports of con
gestions In all parts of the country, aud
of appropriations of many millions- made
by the great trunk systems for permanent
Improvements, and especially for enlarged1
trackage and terminal facilities. The end
of the story of progress no man can fore
tell. MIRTIIFI I.R REMARKS.
Humane Person Why do
horses In the winter flmo?
you clip your
Livery Stahle Man better chancs to do
It then, ma'am. More hair. Chicago Tri
bune. Rllklngton- Hadkins Is a great hand to
Pilklngton-Well, Banker Beckwlth wnu'lT ;
uo a good man to apply to Juat now. Louis
ville Courier Journal.
"Sometimes." suJd Cholly, "I c.awn't help
wnndahing what some of na ah living for
anyway, don't you know."
Jerusalem:'' exclaimed hla rough old un
cle, "do you wonder that only sometimes!"
Washington Stur.
City Kditor You got Mrs. Uaaaaway'a
speech to the Woman's Rights club, didn't
you? What did she say?
Reporter oh. nothing worth printing.
City Kdltor Why, she spoke for more
than an hour.
Reporter I know but what she said wa
quit sensible. Philadelphia Press.
He Mole a kiss.
"Sir," she said.
"vou are no aentlemnn!"
ureat Bcott:
like a lHdy?"
he amtwered, "do I kits
And after a further test she admitted that
ahe had been wrong. Cleveland Leader.
The young woman had refused him.
"I never could marry a man of your hub
Its." ahe said, "ritlll, I hope you will du
nothing dew rate on account of this."
"1 don't know." he said. "1 can't promise.
Some day I may get drunk enough to com
and propose to you again." Chicago Tri
bune. "Why do you stand In this one place?
ansked the department store attache.
"I am watching these people at the bar
gain counter getting their change. I never
before realized what frenzied financs
meant." Washington Star.
THK IHISIf VTIOAI. BIHD.
T. A. Daly In Philadelphia Catholic Stand- y
ard. t
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Good luck to the Aisle, America's bird, ' I
i li a l siitniuf it inr uinn u mc itk; Svaif
Kaix, I'm not the wan to be aayln' a wo. A
That'd ruffle lis feathers. Not me! V
I'm proud n' the bird as I'm proud o' ths k'A
land, I i
An' glad to lie under Its wing, Al t
But there Is another bird alquully grand 4; X
Whose prals I'm wishful to sing. I"vi,
Now let ye not pucker yer face wld a smlla, w
"i'is soberest truth that we've g"t ,1
A national bird In the Kmerald Idle '
That's altlly king o' the lot:
Ay! "nationul bird." He is certainly that.
Though others msv claim him at time..
He's busiest moat wld the fortune of pat
At home an' In fur-away climes. '
An', Kaix, 'tis the Irish that lova him ths
bst '
An' welcome his favoin the most;
The man's not true Irish that has him for
gueat
W'tiloiit feelin' proud to ha host.
Ho reeks out the Irish ruygardlesa of
place
At homo nr abroad In New Y'ork
So here's to tly National Bird of the Ratal
Here's "hip hip hurruli!" for the stork:
WATER V
absolutely pure.
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