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ays thai the actual number of roll and
complete ropier of The Dally, Morning.
Evenlrg and Sunday Bee printed during th
month of December, 1304, waa aa follow:
1 sntoo n a,Tii
1 itn.aoo i no,2o
3 sa.nno m.kho
4 3I,22 20 2.0
t an.o 21 2H.ain
9MI.020 22 2H.220
7 StMllu 23 2M.II30
I 29tHO 24 Sl.fXMt
t 2W.B50 16 80JI30
10 32,MK 2 JM.500
11 84JHM) 27 2,3BO
I; 2.100 23 2S.470
13 28.70 2 3S.220
14 UH.7HO tO 3N.330
15 28.TNO 31 31.4TO
16 2N.T30
Total 921.TWS
Lei.it unaold cople 1,13U
Net total sales 911.04U
Dally average 2M,40t
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my preaence and aworn to
before ma thla 31st day of December. 1904.
(Seal M. B. H UNGATE,
Notary Public
"Tax reduction" is the slogan..
Miners la Indiana report tlint they arc
working on an average but thrw days
it wwli, but uo evidence of surplus coal
is visible tills far from the nilues.
It Is dow beginning to appear that the
recognition of Chinese neutrality de
pends more upon the exigencies of war
than upon the promise of the belliger
ents. The charter revisers are now In a
hurry to finish, In contrast with their
leisurely start It would have been bet
ter bad tbe speed been applied at the
other end. .
If Thomas Carter could settle the
problem of the World's fair awards ns
easily as be settled the Montana sena
torial situation be will be entitled to a
rot of thanks. 1 ..
From reports from JPort Arthur it
would seetn that tbe damaging power of
big guns hps Improved but little since
they scored their shot upon the lone
mule of Matanzas.
It will still be several weeks before
President Roosevelt Is formally declared
elected to succeed himself, os the house
of representatives has just decided to
count the vote on February 8.
Now that ' the press correspondents
have entered Port Arthur the public will
learn Just bow much Geueral Stoessel
lacked of doing all be could have done
before he surrendered tbo place.
Colorado politics has been relegated to
the courts and legislature, but tbe na
tives are btill keeping their gun powder
on hand, to Judge from tbe exploslv.
tone of tbe partisan newspapers of tha
state. Aud now U Is uld that tho Itusslnu
soldiers .wanted to continue the fight
when General Stoesael was ready to sur
reuder, ' Indicating that the Russian
commander possesses discretion as well
as valor.
The action of the German emperor lu
suggesting conciliation In the Essen coal
strike., coupled with tbe announcement
that both side bave decided to fight the
matter out, shows that the ethics of boy.
cotts and lockouts la tbe same the world
over. "
"Woe unto you, Corasoii," exclaimed
St. Thomas in bis arraignment of Omaha
but , ihe salaried reformer made a
mighty mesa of it when be boasted about
the amicable agreement with the brew
ers W allow tbe saloons in tbe proscribed
district to be relicensed.
The siege of tbe court bouse is still
on. Severn! of the more daring place
hunters bave succeeded in storming a
few ramparts, but the inner intrench
roents bave not yet yielded. No one,
however, would want to venture a pre
diction on bow Jong tbe defeuding army
can bold out.
"Qniaba'a berolc and dynamited
leader" started out to tell Chicago of bis
"crusade to compel tbe enforcement of
the Sunday and midnight cloving saloon
laws" in Omaba, but when be recited
tbe story he told of a surrender to the
brewers, In which Suuday closing was
not even mentioned.
' 1 H
it is refreshing to read the report
iuado by Prof. D'Uoge of Michigan on
his return borne from a visit to Omaha
to participate In tbe recent state teach'
era' convention, especially in comparl
son with the harangue delivered at Chi
cago a week ago by a self-styled local
reform leader. Tbe eminent educator
found a' great many things in Omaba to
praise and bad no words of condemna
tion,, white the Civic Federation attor
ney devoted nearly two hours of public
speaking to nothing but Maekwah of
the city which he claims as bis' borne
pate nr.GVLAtiox resrio.v.
According to reports from Washington,
It Is exceedingly doubtful whether It I
practicable to secure any further legis
lation at the prevent notion of iimgrem
for the regulation of railroad rates.
That will, however, surprise- nobody. t.u
the contrary, it would lie almost mlracu
lous If the prevent cougre would have
passed a railroad rate bill. There Is
doubtless a good deal of firstrate legal
talent in congress and If all or the
greater part of it were honestly aud
earnestly directed to the preparation of
a bill for carrying out the recommenda
tions of the president In regard to rate
regulation It Is not to be doubted that
a satisfactory measure could be pro
duced. Tbe trouble is that most of the
gentlemen who are best qualified to do
this are not In particularly hearty sym
pathy with the policy of rate regula
tion and consequently are more ready
to find objections to whatever Is pro
posed than to suggest method for meet
ing the public demand. They are more
concerned for the railroads than for tho
people. A number of tliese In lmth
houses have already pretty clearly Indi
cated this.
As one report states, the railroads
are aligning their friends In congress.
They Intend to fight, not in tho open,
perhaps, but more effectively under
cover. Some of them, while professing
a most generous desire for stronger
governmental control, are doing their
utmost to block in an Indirect way legis
lation looking to that end. An active
press bureau has been started and the
offices of YVashlnirtou correspondents are
Ielng flooded with pro-railroad litera
ture. The plain fact Is that If n ma
jority of senators and representatives
were really anxious for the proposed
legislation It would be enacted at the
present session, of which there still re
main forty working days.
the smrrixo bill
The shipping bill prepared by the
Merchant Marine commission and re
ported to the senate by its commit tee
on commerce Is not likely to be acted
upon at the present seHslon, but It will
be In a position to receive early atten
tion from the next coiigress and in the
meanwhile can receive such public con
sideration and discussion ns its Impor
tance calls for. Just now there are
matters of greutcr concern to the peo
ple demanding the attention of their
representatives and the merchant marine
question can very well wait for the
Fifty-ninth congress.
As to the character of the measure, It
may be said to be a compromise be
tween what Is known as the Frye bill
and those who ore not In favor of so
liberal a subsidy system as that measure
provided for. Strictly speaking, It Is not
a subsidy bill, although provision Is
made for certain payments which may
be regarded as In the nature of a sub
vention. The chief provision of the
measure Is In regard to tounage taxes,
which It Is proposed to dotible, these
taxes now being lower than those of
any nation save England. The money
thus collected Is to' be paid direct Into
the treasury, but as n partial offset
against It will come the payment to
American ships of subsidies at compara
tively low and stipulated rates. Thus
th money for the so-called subsidies
would not come direct from the national
treasury, but would be contributed by
the foreign ship owners In the form of
additional tonnage taxes. Already in
regard to this the o.uestlon has been
raised whether It would not be likely to
cause retaliation, but there seems to be
little reason for serious apprehension on
this score.
It has been pretty conclusively estab
lished that no measure which contem
plates a direct subsidy raid on the treas
ury will have public support and with
this In mind the commission. In framing
i s bill, has Ignored that device entirely.
The measure Is simple and free from
restrictions and Is very likely to prove
acceptable to the uext congress, with Its
great republican majority.
KXPtmtS OF BREAVSTVFtH.
The bulletin of the bureau of statis
tics for the mouth of December and the
calendar jeur 1!04 shows a large de
cline in the exports of breadstuffs us
compared with the previous year, the
falling off In tbe month of December
alone being nearly $7,000,000 from the
amount exported iu the corresponding
month of 1003. Tho figures show that
tbe exports of wheat during December
were of littlo Uuportauce as compared
with tbe puevlous year and It is noted
that the comparison would ' be more
striking If it were confined to tbe At
lantic and Gulf ports, as of tbe total
wheat exports for la'st month nearly all
went by way of Pacific ports. Tho ex
ports of flour make a somewhat better
showing, though there was a large de
cline In these.
Remarking upon this a leading com
mercial paper says that while our ex
ports of wheat and flour will bave com
paratively insignificant proportions for
the current fiscal year, and those of
breadstuff generally will be much di
minished, tbls Is not to be taken as a
criterion of tbe future. Our crops will
continue to Increase, and though a les
sening proportion of the products will be
exported hnd an increasing proportion
consumed at borne, breadstuff as well
as provisions will figure prominently lu
our export trade for some time to come.
But as tbe years go by we shall sell
abroad leas of the products of the soli
and depend more for foreign trade upon
products of manufacturing Industry, tbe
cost of which must be reduced to com
pete with thuse of other countries. It
appears to be a quite geueral oplulon
among those who give attention to the
matter that the time Is uot very remote
wben tbls country will cease to export
breadstuff and will find It Decesary to
Import wheat to supply the wants of
our own people. Of course such a time
may come, but we are Inclined to think
tbat It Is further away than some sup
pe, for the reason that we have not
yet reached the limit of wheat produc
tion. The areas In which whect can
bo grown are not exhausted and an In
creasing demand will bring n more ex
tensive cultivation. However, the ques
tion of exporting wheat Is one in which
the American fanner N not very greatly
interested. It Is more protitable and
ndvAtilAL'eoll o Mill to disHise of his
product in tho homo market, lie can
uot only get n better price for it when
there is a domestic demand for all that
he has to sell, but he saves at least n
part of the charge for Its shipment
abroad.
It Is highly probable that In the future
we shall have to depend more for foreign
trade upon products of manufacturing
Industry nnd it is very satisfactory to
know that steady progress Is being made
In placing our manufactures In foreign
markets. Whether or not It Is necessary
in order to further augment exports of
the output of our Industrial establish
ments that their cost shall be reduced
Is a question which competition will de
termine, though it is altogether likely
that some lowering of the cost of pro
duction will be found necessary. This
may bo brought about by superior ma
chinery and the relatively greater pro
ductive jiowcr of American working
men, rather than by cutting down tho
wages of our worklngmen employed In
the Industries.
It'OfK FUR THE MISSIOSAUlf.ii
A conference of high dignitaries, rep
resenting the Sixth missionary district
of the Protestant Kpiscopal church, will
be held in tills eity the last four days of
the week and an elaborate program has
been mapped out for discussions, recep
tions aud entertainments. It is passing
strange, however, that among the many
and varied topics selected for discus
sion not the remotest reference is made
to the lamentable nnd disgraceful con
dition of affairs that has for years sub
sisted nnd still exists nt the Winnebago
eservatlon, where several hundred In
dian men and women are living promis
cuously without marriage relation, .be
sotted with liquor and more degraded
than the heathen tribes in darkest
Africa.
To be sure, money has from time to
time been contributed by Christian
churches for the WIiiiicIimro and Omaha
mission ns n mere matter of form and n
resident missionary is located In the
nelghliorhoed, but for reasons no one
has yet been able to explain no mission
ary's voice has been raised on behalf of
the poor Indians, who have been sys
tematically debauched, fleeced anil
starved by mercenary traders and land
speculators. With tho exception of a
Catholic priest, whose activity at the
reservation has been quite recent, the
WinnebaKO blot upon Christian civiliza
tion has been studiously Ignored.
An nnuy of trained missionaries has
been raised, equipped nnd dispatched to
reclaim the heathen in China and Ilindoo
stan, in the South Sea islands nnd in Pat
agonia, but here In Nebraska, within
sight ond hearing of hundreds of clergy
men, whose mission Is presumed to be
the uplifting of humanity to the highest
plane .pf Christian civilization, the Win
nebago agency remains nu unexplored
region. Here is an opportunity for ef
fective missionary work for the Episco
palian dignitaries and laymen who will
gather In Omaha within the next few
days.
Just ten years ago, during the legisla
tive session of IHU't, the editor of The
Bee devoted most of two mouths of time
at Lincoln to formulating u scries of
constitutional amendments, twelve of
which were submitted and four defeated
by tho corporation lobby. One of these
was the proposition to merge the gov
ernments of the city and county, lu
whole or In part, gnd another proposition
authorizing the segregation of territory
teu miles square, to be known as the
county and city of Omaha, leaving the
residue of Douglas county either to be
annexed to Sarpy and Washington coun
ties or formed Into n new county, under
its old name of Douglas. This was the
first practical movement for a greater,
better nnd cheaper governed Oinnhn.
Like muny other reforms originated by
The Bee, the proposed consolidation of
county and city governments, In part or
In whole, at first pooh-poohed or op
posed by narrow-minded and short
sighted people, is uow universally fa
vored, and the proposed reform will" go
Into operation nt no distant day.
Dr. Savillo attended the Thomas lec
ture In Chicago, lie was nlso at Pine
Ridge as agent of the Sioux Indians
when cattle were driven around the ring
and eighty-pound sacks of flour, were
weighed out by contractors for Indian
supplies at 100 pounds, and lie winked
and be winked aud be wluked, but when
be brought the bead chiefs of the Sioux
Red Cloud, Spotted Tall and American
Horse to Omaha on their way to
meet the great father who lives in
the White House, they exposed the
starvation policy through The Pee, and
shortly thereafter the good Dr. Savllle
was relieved of his charge by the In
dian commissioner and the Pine Ridge
reservation saw hlra no more. But, of
course, tho good doctor was on hand nt
Chicago to applaud the vainglorious
Omaha reformer aud heartily agreed
with bin) In denouncing The Bee as the
greatest enemy of good government west
of the great lakes. Strange coincidence.
If Omaha wuuts to partake of Audrew
Carnegie's generosity for the establish
ment of branch libraries lu connection
with its public library, the authorities
Mill have to act soou. Life is short and
time Is fleeting.
Ditto.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Only about alx weeks mora of cold wave.
Raw. raw. raw!
Tha Wrl4 Oetllaa laformalloa.
Cincinnati Engulren
A frivolous American newapaper suggeats
that lien I hI Nogl could make good
thing by coming to America and entering
lh. lecture ncld. This, la something bo.
ter than a Utl-biulai ewa.lmciit Not s ,
many year hava pa seed since we expected
nothing better from a Japanese than pn-.e-bnlanclng
and Juggling with stick. Tlie
world haa only lately learned to estimate
thl remarkable peop'c.
An Stleka. Te.
I'hDadtlphia Tre.
American soldiera In the Philippine wh.
marry native dameei under the Impron
eloti that they ran unmarry when the.
please, Hra discovering that ha marrlHg
certificate followa tho (lag.
An Irritating 4 eaiblnal Ion.
Bt. Ixniis Olobe-Dcmocrat.
t.'nlonel Bryan has received another set
back from the courts In the Bennett will
matter. In all Id frenaled career tha
colonel never struck a worse combination
than law, politics and philanthropy.
Too lnrh KelalTaeas.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
' If Japmi holds a World's fair," shv a
contemporary, "It will not Insist on com
pelling all the American girls to leave tha
country after It ends." More than fifty
years ago, through our sailor, we rescuea
Japan from Its excluslvenes. It norr
sc-ems about time for Japan or some other
nation to rescue us from our exelualvene.
Will Nebraska tiet Into Llnet
Bprlngfifld Republican.
If the railroads succeed In preventing ha
tlonal control of rates, they are likely to
get a lot of state control. Tha republican
governors of Wfaconsln and Indiana urg
action in the direction of maximum rate
legislation. Many other western stale
are already engaged in such effort. The
railroads may be able to postpone, but they
can never defeat the policy of strict pub.le
control of their charges.
Music as at arootlc.
Chicago Chronicle.
There I a revival In New York of the
ancient fad concerning music a a cure for
disease. Dr. Francis 8. Kennedy delivered
a lecture on music as a Bleep produce
and proved that music was such a narcotlo
that rven a lecture on the subject had the
same effect, for two women In the audience,
fell Into a profound slumber while he was
npeaklng. Music la medicinal, we all know,
but It Is loo well known to excuse a whnlo
lecture on tho subject.
Peril of Adulterated Pood.
Minneapolis Journal.
The chemist of the South Dakota food
commission extracted enough coal tar
dye from a bottle of port wine taken from
an original package In the presence of
members of the legislature ta dye a bril
liant wine color nine saunre feet of heavy
woolen cloth. From a bottle of tomato
catsup ho took enough dye to color a like
amount of woolen cloth. A single bottle
of pop produce coloring matter of still
greater power. These facts seem to give
considerable color to the charges of food
adulteration.
Knemlea of the People Branded.
Baltimore American.
C.overnor Folk has only expressed a well
known precept, but haa exnresaed It very
forcefully when he essays "tho legislator
who sells his vote traffics in the honor of
a sovereign ptople-and prostitutes the trust
reposed In him." And the Missouri gov
ernor makes another definition which
should always be apparent to those dele
gated with power by the people when he
remarked that it la not always by taking
money that an official prostitutes his trust,
but that he does so whenever he uses
official power to accomplish personal ends.
n.VII.ROAD UOtTORS nilAGnf'.K.
"Throw the rallent Into Fits and
Then Try the Core.
- New tork World. ' " 1 '
Very perpleglhg" arer the disagreements
among tho railway doctors who are help
ing the administration prescribe for tbe
freight rate disease.
Dr. Paul Morton, who is the president's
family expert and awful example, thinks
pooling should be legalized, that the Inter
state Commerce commission should be em
powered to order a reasonable rate when
the existing rate sremed unreasonable, and
that if tho company refused to comply the
question should be referred to a central
court ot truiiKportatlon.
Vr. James J. Hill says that "any ad
ministration or congress that attempts to
legalize railway pooling will be quickly
turned out by an uprising of the people."
Vr. Hill believes In suppressing rebates,
but is opposed to government regulation of
rates.
Dr. Samuel Spencer, a distinguished
Morgan-Vanderbllt specialist, Is In favor
of preventing rebates, but sees no reason
for additlonul legislation. What the pa
tient needs Is quiet and good nursing.
Dr. C'nssatt nnd Dr. Rea have been In
earnest consultation with the president,
but have made no prescriptions public.
This conflict of experts la likely to
strengthen Mr. Roosevelt's belief that tho
best thing to do is to throw the patient
Into fits and then try to cure the fits.
KIG CORN IS THE LKADKR.
Monarch of tbe West Sbovr Ilia
Power for Good.
Portland Oregonlan.
Corn 1 king by a good safe majority In
this country, according to the final report
of the Bureau of Statistics of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. Not only was th
1901 crop of auch vast proportions that It
hua been exceeded but twice, but the high
prices at which It was marketed made a
new record, for It aggregate value. The
record corn crop of the country wa
produced In WJ9, when the official returna
credited a total of 2. WU. 410,000 bushels. In
1902 the government placed the figures at
3,623,t48,000 bushels. Last year the Agri
cultural department figures show a yield of
2,4i7,480,UGO bushels, but on account ot the
Increase In prices its market value wa
tVO.Ouu.OOO greater than the crop of 1SKJ3,
which until that yeur had held the record
for value.
Tbe returna of the department on the
1904 wheat crop show a marketable value
greater than for lDul, although the crop Is
nearly 200,000,000 buwhels less than for that
record year. In thla respect there la far
less cause fur congratulation than there Is
over the excellent showing made by
the corn crop. The dimensions ot tha yield
of the courser cereal were so far above tha
average that In supplying buslneas fur
transportation companies, warehousemen
and numerous other Industries dependent
on the grain trade, much of th loe.
through a poor wheat crop waa equalised.
In the rase of wheat the abnormally high
price waa not Su unqualified blessing.
While the gross returna which wera divided
among the farmers and speculators wer.
several million dollars greater than ever
befora, s much smaller proportion of the
population of tha country waa benefited by
these prices than wa the case with corn.
The shortage made heavy inroads on tb
profit of some of the roada traversing the
American wheat belt, and capital, tbua
suffering, passed th blow on to labor by
laying off train crews and reducing op
erating expenses, mo that dollar wheat thla
timo was at the expense of the American
people and not due to any strength In th
foreign markets, which In all previous sea
sons have been tbe prime factor la ele
vating pricea.
Deaplte the constantly Increasing de
mand for corn a a food product, and an
Increase In the home consumption due to
the short crop and high pricea of wheat,
the decline In corn shipments waa far from
being to pronounced aa that of wheat.
American torn shippers thus holding their
foreign trail much lettr than wheat and
flour exporter
ARMY ;np W4HMnT01.
Matter of Interest t ailed from the
Army nnd a Realater.
Il wa quite evident that one provision
of the army hill. n It was reported from
the lmue committee, did not originate !n
tha War department and could not hnve
been referred to any one In authority at
that place. H Is ruldcd In hii ohscure
portion of the bill and in Incnn'pleuou
phraseology that no military post shall be
established In the fnited Plate without
express authority of congress. The only
explanation of such an unusual require,
nient I that congress Is senlllve over the
rumpus infsod rtgardlng llv selection of
ramp sltra. whatever nmy have led t lie?
House committee to include sucn a re
Mrlctlve clause In the bill. It luis a very
wlde-reai hlng effect of Importance In time
of peace and of something mmre than Im
portance In lime of war. I'mler such a
provision, should it heroine law. It would
not be possible to establish n temporary
camp In this country, no matter what the
emergency of maintaining a military com
mand overnight, for Instance, on land out
side a government reservation.
The signal corps of the army will shortly
experiment with a new signal flag kit, and
an order for eighty of them ha been
placed with the manufacturer. The staff
Is made In three sections, each twenty
three Inches long, and when the section
are Joined a atatt five and a half feet Jong
I the result. Ka h kit Include two
two-foot signal flags, one ret and the
other while. The staff Is provided with
swivel for attachment of the flags, so
that th latter will not become fouled upon
the FtafT. The outfit Is to be carried In a
khakl.-colored canvas case, which I pro
vided with a carrying strap. It I In
tended, If the new kit proves satlsfactoiar,
to Issue two of the kits to each troop,
battery and company, In addition to the
Issuo to the signal corps.
There aie eighteen vacancies In the Junior
grade of the medical department of the
nrtny. and naturally much Interest Is
taken In the prnsect of obtaining enough
qualified candidate on the occasion of the
next examinations to All all these places.
The hope amounts to more than the ex
pectation. These examinations will be held
all over the country nt different army
posts under the new system which haa
been adopted. There will shortly be an
other vacancy, of coursa, by reason of the
retirement of Colonel Charles Smart as a
brigadier general.
Th determination of the house to cut
off from full pay of their active grade
those army officers of the retired list above
the grade of major who are on duty with
the organized militia ha opeclal Interest
since it affects In a vital wuy a majority
of the officers of the retired list who are
now on militia duty. Of the twenty-nine
officers thus employed four are captain?
and iix nro majors, and they, of course,
will not he deprived of their present com
pensation. The others will not receive the
active pay of their respective grade If
they continue on mllltla duty that Is, If
the aenale agrees with the house In It
first change iu th army bill. The officer
senior to the grade of major who are on
mllltla duty are: Ilrlgudler Genera! E. M.
Hayes at little Rock, Ark.; Brigadier
Oeneral Charles K Cooper at Denver,
Colo.; 'Colonel William II. Clapp at Hart
ford, Conn.; lieutenant Colonel II. G.
Cavanaugh at Wilmington, Del.; Colonel
S. T. Norvell at Tallahassee, Fla.; Briga
dier General Henry R. Freeman at To
peka, Kan.; Colonel James W: Powell at
New Orleans, Im.; Lieutenant Colonel Wil
liam Gerlarh at St. Paul. Minn.; Brigadier
General Henry Jackson at Jefferson City,
Mo.; Brigadier General A. 8. Daggett at
Lincoln, Neb.; Brigadier General Jame
Miller at Concord, N. II.; Brigadier Gen
eral C. A. Woodruff at Raleigh, N. C;
Brigadier General C. W. Miner at Colum
bus, O.; Coloned Jame Jackson at Salem,
Or.; Brigadier General Chambers Me
Klnbln at Harrlsburg, Fa.; Lieutenant
Colonel E. D. Fuller at Columbia, 8. C;
and Colonel Charles Deiupsey at Rich
mond, Va. Another officer to affected, of
course, Is Lieutenant General MHob, who
haa Just been detailed to duty with the
Massachusetts mllltla, and still another
officer who may be concerned In this
amendment of law Is General Charles
Bhaler, recently retired from the ordnance
department of the nrmy, and who wa
destined for duty wilh the Indiana Na
tional uurd.
There Is very little hope that the army
will be able to obtain the six veterinarians
to fill existing vacancies In that position.
A board is in session at Fort Riley. Kan.,
to examine those who are finally approved
In that capacity, and already something
like twenty applicants are being consid
ered. One of them la the candidate who
failed only In the physical examination last
year and who waa re-examined, but found
disqualified by the surgeons. There la
some chance that he will be recommended
for appointment, but beyond that the out
look is very doubtful.
General MacArthur ha aked for au
thority to go to Manchuria and permis
sion has been granted him from Wash
ington. Ha will take with him an aide
and ft Is his Intention to observe the oper
ations of the Japanese troops, with the
purpose of making a report of hia observa
tion?. PKRSOXAL !OTK.
Frank P. Flint, the new senator from
California, wa born In Massachusetts, but
removed to California with hi parent
when he was 7 years old.
The husband of Charlotte Bronte, Mr.
Nicholas, is atlll living in an lrlah village,
the object of much honor and respect
among a large circle of friends.
A. W. Maxwell, for a long time chairman
of the Iowa democratic state committee,
has Just established a republican paper In
Randolph county, the only one of that faith
In the county.
Mr. Rockefeller, sr., discourses to a Sun.
day school class on the folly of eating too
much and living too fast. Doubtless this
Idea prompts the orator to elevate the price
of his confection and thua reduce consump
tion and Blacken tha pace.
Prof. Jagger of Harvard university Is to
lead an important geological exM.dltiou to
Ireland. It la expected to atart from Cam
bridge about May IS. There will be about
fifty men in tha party, which will have aa
atl object observation of tha vulcanic and
glacial formations, etc.
Senator Hale now has the banner record
of all senators ever elected from Maine, in
having been chosen for five full terms of
six years each. The Maine legislature at
Auguata a few days ago gave him a re
election by acclamation and many pleasant
thing were said about hi public service
at the national capital. The Maine news
papers, democratic a well as republican,
vied editorially In commending his ability
and Independence,
'Announcement Is made that on tha oc
casion of the visit of President Roosevelt
to Philadelphia on Washington's birthday
tu attend the annual exerrlf.es of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania in memory of
Washington, he will be a guest at luncheon
of tbe First troop, Philadelphia City cav.
airy. Tha City troop has escorted nearly
every president that haa come to Phils
aplhla from th time of Washington to
Roosevelt, In i?s7 General Washington
was a guest of the troop at luncheon, at
which fifty-five covers were laid. At the
coming function ther will ha cover for
eighty. There will be tin p.eeh and the
only toaat will be "The Memory of Washington."
cayyr xf'vyyyr trjvF wV"T " .-';imH
This your head to the left?
Then there's no use trying. It's too late! Noth
ing in the world can make hair grow on a bald
scalp that has been smooth and shiny for years.
It's too latel No use trying now!
Or is this yours to the right?
Good. Only look out for dandruff! It leads
straight to baldness. But there's use trying now,
for Ayer's Hair Vigor cures dandruff, keeps
the scalp clean and healthy, and checks falling hair.
Ma4 y tb t C. Att O . Lawsll, Mass.
A) maauraoturar ot
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ATBR'8 CHERRY PECTORAL Per eoatk. AVER'S AOCB CURB For malaria Ssd arms.
FUR TO TIIK RAILROAD.
A Plan Deslaned to .le Railroad
Patron ( hanre to live.
Chicago Tribune.
Not long ago Senator Allison made some
suggestions a to legislation in regard to
regulating railroad rates. The suKgestlons
appealed forcibly to Colonel Hepburn,
chairman on the house committee on Inter
mate commerce, and to most of his col.
letigue. They are understood to have tho
tentative approval of the president, and
the committee will report soon a bill em
bodying them, it ahould be acceptable to
the railroad, provided they are rontent
with rate which are proved to be Just.
It Is proponed that n enlarged and capa
ble commission shall be given the power
to review rates-raising or lowering them,
A rat determined by It after a full hearing
shall have been given all concerned Is to
remain In force until the courts shall have
decided that It Is unjust.
The railroads have Insisted thnt the old
rate should stand until the courts had di
cldi'd that it was too high, becauso lu tin!
event of such a decision shipper easily
could recover from the railroads the excess
freight they had paid, while If the new
rale took effect at once and was after
wards held to be too low, the railroad
could not recover the difference from "Irro
Kponalblu" shippers. To meet that objec
tion provision will be mado that If a rail
road shall appeul from r decision of the
Interstato Commerce commission every
shipper shall give sufficient bond to cover
the contingency of a reversal or modifica
tion of the rate fixed by the commission.
It I rropoaed in order to secure speedy
action on appeals that five circuit court
Judges be designated to have exclusive
Jurisdiction aa to audi appeals. A railroad
company which believe that the commis
sion haa made too low a rate will have an
opportunity to submit all Its evidence to a
Judicial tribunal. If it can convince the
court that It is In the right tho old rate
will be reinstated snd the road will collect
Its dues from the shippers who have given
bond.
What legitimate objection can the rail
roads make to guarded and reaaonable leg
islation like this? Railroad managers can
not rightly claim that they, biased by self
Interest, can tlx rates which are more
nearly equitable than those settled on,
after patient inquiry and after hearing
from all parties In Interest, by a capable
and disinterested commission and an Im
partial Judiciary. The shipper haa rights
as welt aa the railroads, but thero is no
representative of those right present when
the traffic manager ef a road flgurea out
his schedule of rate in his private office.
Let there be a fair deal in thla matter of
fixing transportation charges. There are two
parties In Interest. One of them ahould not
have the exclusive right to fix rate. There
should certainly be a fair minded arbiter
to decide In the last resort what la Just to
both.
TIIK OBLK KMillT HI.VDHRD,
A iorlal Fnnetlon of International
Scope anrl Gorgeous Trimmings.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Astor ball, from all accounts, was
brilliantly successful, even though the num
ber of Invited guest was Increased to 800.
Every woman of social Importance In New
York was present, the dispatches say, with
out any regard for the feeling of those
who were absent.
Aside, however, from the best people of
Manhattan and nearby districts, the
nobility and gentry seem to have been rep
resented. The duke and duchess of Man
cheater were there, and so were the count
and countess de Rougement. the viscountess
of Maltland. the Marquesa Davolos and tho
marquis dl San Vlto.
it ia at auch time as these that we
realize the painful void In our society. Peo
ple w ho are every whit as good a the Man
cheaters, the Maltland or the San Vltos
mut b mentioned far down in the column
because they have no tltle-because our
notions about democratic simplicity and re
fnmmnnaense do not permit thone
who can well afford It to buy such titles
aa they take a fancy to when abroad ana
bring them back to thla country.
Ordinarily most American are proud of
their Americanism and willing to atand
fast for American Institutions, but most
Americana are not Invited to Astor ball
The Universal Popularity
of the famous
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table water. Always the same. Pure, sparkling, delicious.
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Where they ate likely to be introduced aa
plain Mr. and Mis. Smith to the Mwraul
Han Vllo. whose present e at dance, by
the way, seems singularly appropriate. It
I then that fume of u would glvr Hie
world If only for a few brlof ecstatic
momenta they could be known as Ihe duke
and duchess of llohoken, the mamiil and
marchioness of Passaic or the earl and
(ountc of Flathush.
Nor in tills fcelltiK confined to New York,
nor docs It manifest itself alway at Ator
brill. There me limes even In the Intetlpr.
at function where the nobility and gentry
are present, when an American would not
be displeased to hear himself announced as
the duke of Austin, Hsron WMmette. Ihe
marquis of Bridgeport or the caii of Gross
Pulut.
The founder of the republic no douht
meant well, but how much truth there Is In
the beautiful line of the Milwaukee poet
who sang so plaintively, and a If antici
pating the very trouble to which we nllndei
"Many a heart Is broken, after the ball."
1,1 K TO A I.AI (ill.
Alan was complaining of hi 10" eves.
"When 1 go to the circus," he explained,
"I can keep thirty-three on each ring, but
1 can't make up my mind which one to look
at llh the odd eye."
This leaches us mat enough i n good
as a least. New Tork Sun.
"See here, young man!" said her father.
"I always turn the lights out In this house
by 10 o'clock."
"Ul w;-il have the rlor light out he
fore that,'' replied Mr. Nervey, coolly.
Philadelphia Press.
Visitor Are those real flowers in that
vawso?
Hostess Why, certainly. Why do you
ask?
"They look o nntural I thought they
must be paper ones." Chicago Post.
"He writes) v In the first person and It
In the third. la he so Ignorant as all
that?''
Not necesarllv. Perhaps he ha simply
been up against It." Puck.
Aaent Mr. Jleekun. are rou carrying all
the life Insurance you want?"
Mr. Meekun (turning to hin wife) My
dear, am I worth taking any more Insur
ance on, do you think? Chicago Tribune.
Lecturer Do vou think mv voice ia strong
enough to fill this big hall?
Manager Lord, yes. It's strong enough
to empty it. Cleveland Leader.
"Yes, he's one of tho most generous men
I ever met.",
"Ia he?"
"Yes. Why, when he lived out in In
diana he voted twice for a friend of his
arid never charged him a cent for his vote."
Cleveland rialu Dealer.
'A man's vot Is too urecioua to be sold "
aaiil the patriot.
perhaps, answered penaenr nnigmun.
althousrh a number of people of my ac
quaintance regard It an too valuable to be
given a way." Washington Star.
MIIISKKR'S TIMK.
S. W. Gilltlan In Baltimore American.
A man who looks like Dowle takes you
briskly by the hand;
Ho greets you with effusion and a smile
Kcrene and bland.
Uo aaka you how you find yoursslf and how
you re ' skinimnr tip ;
Inquire of all the family from wifey to
the pup.
You look at him In wonder for a minute,
maybe more,
Declaring that you never saw his counte
nance before. .
Then with a well known name he greeta
your comprehending ear
You'd know him when smooth. shaven 'tis
tho whiskers time of year!
Another chap whose portieres sre like a
vo til Ail ri itiA
Come grinning like a Cheshire cat and
hands you out a hope '
ti.ji nit vmir folks aro dnlnar Well, that
things are right with you
You ogle at him dully, wond'rlng when he
left Bay view.
And then you note a twinkle In his eye
that you recall
It is the dapper bank cashier you knew
away last fall!
lis fao was then Immaculate; no wonder
With all that growth of spinach 'tis th
wlilsKera time oi year.
O, wintry wind that whistle through th
wlilsKcrs oi our menu
Make haste and bring th eaon when
thiw In-lntio rawiiio' end;
Bring on the gladsome springtime when the
rusor euked with rust
Will so to work and sweep away each capil
lary crust. . , .
Bring back our old aaaoclatea who, when
th wKiithcr chills.
Retire behind a lues of weeds like rushes
by the rill.
Ku h straggly bunch of lilacs hides a face
.. utnin fine dear.
If he would but unveil It 'tis the whlskena
time or year.'
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