TFIE OMAITA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY. MARCH 1. 1905.
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ftflfa of NraVft, nous-la County.
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says that the actual number of full and
romnlta conlea of The Dally. Morning.
niMi nunnay rM unnifa nininpi
n-orth of January. 1906. wa aa follows:
1 30.220 IT 2T.T10
! .20.040 Jg 27.020
2B.4TO lt.... .27.350
2N.210 10 2T.B20
27.O70 a 30.0 SO
27.0H1I T2.: 30.00
7...., .10.421) 21 32.100
30.140 (4 20,870
1 27.70O Jf 27.810
10 27, MO M 2S.1B0
II I... .27,800 J7 28,070
1! 27.08O . . 28 30,240
13 27,840 2 20.0INI
14 80.300 10 27.870
1 ttO.ROO U 27.OO0
10 2?,5IU
Total 802.R0O
Less uuaold roplea 0.819
Net total sales 882.772
Lally average 28,47V
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Notary Public.
One ray of liopp for Russian officials:
Nothing human Is eternal.
The bridge contractors' combine In
Nebraska seems to have taken the Ice
gorges into full partnership.
. Is the social hour In the high school
for the benefit of the poor, overworked
students or for the relief of the poor,
underpaid teachers?
Judging from the list of bills that have
been Introduced, most of the time of the
legislature for the next twenty days will
be taken tip In killing thein.
Fortunately for the cause of Interna
tional arbitration Ilussla has more Im
portant things to consider than the find
ing f the North Sea commission.
A Colorado paper declares the peni
tentiary to he the workshop of the devil.
The general liaprossluu has bepn that it
is a Hturt'uouse,Jfur the finished product.
Just to show that Washington Is not
the whole thing the L'toh legislature will
hold n court of inquiry at St. Louis with
its World's fair commission as the subject.
Now that Maxim Oorky has been ban
ished to lUga, Russian secret service
officers will probably find someone else
responsible for the trouble at the capital.
Governor Vardamaa of Mississippi Is
demonstrating that by nature he is a mo
nopolist, having recently cautioned the
young men of the capital city not to
talk rashly.
While coal dealers are hoping for re
lief from railroad exactions they may
forgive their customers if they express
a desire for relief which may not reach
the rosy hue of hope.
The cream of tartar In that speech of
Kenator' Ken ins elucidating UUh poli
tics was so apparent aa to leave no doubt
that the sour grapes had been through
thtj wine press of politics.
Since the sultan has ordered a num
ber Df gtm boats to bo built, in Knrope
it Is 'apparent that' the appearance of
the American xquadrou In Turkish
waters created more fenr than admira
tion. ..',. - . ,
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Four California senators have been
expelled for alleged "grafting" and this
before trial In the criminal courts. How
docs ci m senile know that the gentle
men were not perfectly protected by a
legal technicality?
Omaha Is forgiug ahead In the estab
lishment of educational institutions. A
ma Html training school for dentists is
the very latest project, and all that re
mains to lip done Is to find the victims
fur t,be Incipient tooth Carpenters.
After the tax assessing and Ui col
lis tins branches of municipal ,and
county govcrumeuts shall have been
merged ie shall be wondering why we
did not have foresight enough to have
inerged these unices ten years ago.
jsome of the Iowa "tariff rippers" are
mow angry at Congressman Hepburn
sliico he declared himself In harmony
with 1'resident Iiooscvelt's railroad rate
ideas than they were- when they coni
plained, thut he wuh lit the opposition.
A St. Louis grain merchaut says that
some form of rebate by rail mad compa
nies, has l-en In existence In the grain
tiade for thlrty-flve years. This Is not
surprising us tlie kced must have been
planted long ago to have produced such
nu abundant crop at this time,
A bill to relieve persons from paying
for newspapers, mngaxlnes and other
publications has been Introduced In the
lower houc of the Nebraska legislature.
Why not Insert the word "a 11" Into the
bill ami convert the newspaper offices
Into benevolent educational Institutions?
(
the rui urns e rotcr.
The perplexing problem of commer
cial relations with the Philippines will
not be solved by the present congress.
Indeed it Is likely to e a source of dis
cussion for an Indefinite time. On Mon
day the chairman of the house commit
tee on ways and means filed a report In
favor of the free, entry to the American
market of 1'hillpplne products other
than sugar and tobacco, the duty on
these to be reduced to 25 per cent of
the LMngley rates. ' The democrats of
the committee tiled a report favoring
free trade with the archipelago. This la
what the producers of the Islands, par
ticularly those engaged In the tobacco
Interest, want. They urge that unless
they are given free trade the Industries
of the Philippines cannot make prog
ress and that it will be only a question
of time when the tobacco. Industry will
die out or be restricted to the home de
mand. American sugar and tobacco Interests
are firmly opposed to encouraging Phllp
pine competition by making further tar
iff concessions and It is safe to say that
nothing more will be done In this di
rection, by the present or succeeding
congress, than Is recommended in the
report of . the majority of the ways and
means committee. Even that Is a
greater concession than has been ex
pected. It Is urged that the present
production of the Philippines either In
sugar or in tobacco and cigars would
have no appreciable effect. If admitted
Into this market, at the prices nt which
tliey would enter under the proposed
tariff reduction. Last year the Islands
produced H'l.fHK) tons of sugar, which Is
a very small fraction. of the consump
tion of this country, our yearly Importa
tion of that article amounting to 800.000
tons. It is held that Philippine compe
tition In sugar could not In the least af
fect the price, here. In regard to the
tobacco production of the islands it la
also argued that the amount of this ex
ported, some 19,XK),000 pounds, could
not have the slightest Influence in redu
cing the price of tobacco In the United
States, which annually consumes an
amount of tobacco many times as great
as that exported from the Philippines.
The argument based on these figures
certainly appears plausible, but they are
not conclusive against the position of
the American producers. Moreover, as
pointed out id the report of the ma
jority of the ways and means commit
tee, until the treaty stipulation between
the United States and Spain shall ex
pire In l'MHi, all the tariff advantages
given by the islands to us must be given
to Spain, aud for this reason reciprocal
free trade Is not feasible. We cannot
In this respect deal with the Philip
pines as we have done with Porto Itlco.
The very general feeling among our
people unquestionably Is that the
government, should do all that Is
practicable to promote the Industrial
and commercial development of the
archipelago. This policy Is demanded
by the responsibility which the United
States has assumed In governing those
distant people and advancing them In
the ways of civilisation. It can fairly
be. said that good progress has been
made In some directions and the most
urgent demand now Is In regard to the
Industrial and commercial Interests.
all the labor of the country. But If It
should be otherwise, what then? Shall
we adopt a policy toward Japan such as
we have adopted toward China? Our
San Francisco contemporary Implies
that this will have to be done. In that
event we should lose a strong and sin
cere friend In the orient and sacrifice a
valuable commerce. Would It be wise
to do this In order to keep m out a few
thousand Japanese? We do not think a
majority of the American people would
approve a policy of that kind. It Is
more than likely that sooner or later we
shall have to modify our course toward
the Chinese, or give up the expectation
of enlarging our trade with that em
pire, whose friendship Is being strained
by our extreme policy of exclusion. It
would manifestly be a grave mistake to
Incur Japanese displeasure and perhaps
enmity by a like policy and we may
be sure that Japanese resentment would
not take, the mild form that has marked
that of China. We should be made to
understand It In no uncertain way.
THE BANISHED OORKT.
There has been widespread interest In
the case of Maxim Gorky, the Russian
peasant author, who was thrown into
prison on the charge of Inciting the
workmen of St. Petersburg to revolt.
It was expected that he would be sub
jected to severe punishment as an ex
ample, but the government has been
satisfied to banish him rather than to
put him In a dungeon, ltlga, to which
he has been banished, is a Russian port
In Livonia and a place of considerable
industrial and commercial importance.
Gorky as a novelist has attained a
vogue almost unprecedented among Rus
sian authors, his portrayals of the life
of the Russian peasant, as set forth In
his writings, being more striking than
anything that has preceded them. He
Is a socialist of the radical class aud
having sprung from the peasantry he
is regarded throughout Ilussla as their
advocate, champion and guide. No
other man except Tolstoy holds so strong
a place In the heart of the Russian
masses as does Gorky and his influence
with the working classes In unequalled.
Doubtless at Riga he will be under the
strictest surveillance of the authorities,
so that he will have no opportunity to
give his views to the people if he should
desire to do so, but even in banishment
his Influence will not be wholly lost.
What he lias already Impressed upon the
minds of the Russian masses is Ineradicable.
EAR JAPANESE lWASIO!.
There appears to be some apprehen
sion on the Pacific coast that after the
conclusion of the war In the far east
there will be a flood of emigration from
Japan to the United States. The Sail
Francisco Chronicle expresses this feel
ing, saying that there Is now an Inroad
of Japanese which, If permitted to con
tinue, will prove far more dangerous
than any of our other race problems.
It remarks that the gravity of the Japa
nese problem arises not only from the
character of the Japanese coolie, but
from the strength and assertlveness of
the Japanese empire. "It is of course
true," it adda, "that the number of Japa
nese now In America Is not sufficiently
large to constitute a danger, but It Is a
most prolific race and if permitted will
within a few years have a great rep
resentation in the United States."
We do not believe that there is any
sound reason for fearing a Japanese
"Invasion." Our judgment is that when
the war Is ended there will be needed in
Japan all the remululng able-bodied men
for the work of Industrial and commer
cial upbuilding and that the govern
ment will tslte measures to keep Its
people at home. If successful In the
war Japan will reach out for commer
cial conquest, apd In the development of
her Industries there will be a demand for
FOR GREATER OMAHA.
It is only a question of time when
Omaha and South Omaha, so far as the
government of their local affairs Is con
cerned, will be merged Into a Greater
Omaha.
The two cities, although up to this
time organized as separate and distinct
municipal governments, are one to all
practical intente and purposes. The
stranger passing from Omaha to South
Omahn cannot tell where the first ends
and the second begins. Omaha aud
South Omaha are identified in every In
terest. Their people mingle on a com
mon level In social Intercourse and trans
act business as one trade center. The
same public service corporations supply
both communities with rapid transit,
telephones, water, gas, electric light and
power. Except for the division created
by legal enactment, there Is no visible
material difference between the two
cities.
The only open question Is when and
how consolidation can best be effected.
It could be accomplished forthwith by
legislative decree, but that would hardly
seem advisable under present circum
stances. It Is more than probable that
before long the people of both cities will
see, if they do not see already, the ad
vantages that would be gained and will
agree among themselves upon the terms
and conditions of merger. If merger can
be brought about by mutual agreement
so much the better, for It will Inaugurate
Greater Omaha with a spontaneity and
a feeling of enthusiasm entirely free
from discordant notes or backpulllng in
any quarter.
That It Is of the utmost Importance
that the two cities be at once placed In
position to merge their governments
through the necessary enabling legisla
tion Is altogether obvious. The subject
has been presented to the legislature
with a plan that will appeal to every one
as eminently fair and conservative, al
though It may possibly need perfecting.
It-Is In no way compulsory and makes
the proposed merger effective only on
ratification by a majority of the voters
of each city. The present legislature can
do few things to entitle It to more last
ing recognition than to pave the way
for the merger of these two cities and
thus lay the foundation for the Greater
Omaha that. Is bound to come.
Tom Kennard's $10,000 relief bill is
making prodigious progress. In his
prime Tom was reputed to be the slick
est lobbyist In Lincoln, next to the late
B1U Stout, and If he succeeds In bunco
ing the legislature Into legitimizing his
claim a claim that has been rejected by
three or four legislatures and thrown
out by the supreme court he will be en
titled to retirement on full pay.
Omaha and South Omaha may not be
ready to consolidate forthwith, but they
ought to be In position to do
so whenever the people of both cities
reach that point. Unless all the
laws of material growth are sus
pended, Omaha and South Omaha will
surely be under one municipal govern
ment before the next federal census Is
taken In 101O.
It looks as If the Real Estate exchange
people had, so to speak, "laid down" In
their terminal taxation movement. The
mere presentation of a bill to the legis
lature does uot mean much several bills
have been Introduced In the past, but
without accomplishing tangible results.
The only way to make headway in this
movement Is to keep everlastingly at It.
The solution of the problem of char
ter making and charter revision lies In
the adoption of a constitutional amend
ment giving cities the right to frame
their own charters and adopt and amend
them by vote of their own citizens with
out waiting for the aid or consent of any
legislature whatever.
Taking; l.onsi Oreeai l'hancs.
Brooklyn -Kagle.
The proportion of microbes In our money
Is thla: Paper, 170,000; nickel, 40,000; copper,
none. Yat a magnificent courage la shown
by moat people In accepting paper.
Solace (or the Left.
New York Tribune.
Congress aometimes shows a delicate
sense of consideration. Thla year's river
and harbor bill contains an appropriation
for the Improvement of Eeopus creek.
The Kansas Way.
Philadelphia Press.
Celoiado and Oklahoma are In a fair way
to follow Kansas In the establishment
of state oil refineries. If properly man
aged they can no doubt be made successful.
It is to the Interest of the people of the
country In general that they should not be
made dependent on the Standard Oil trust
for their supply of refine! oil.
Chicago Chronicle.
There are some things besides blood poi
soning that are calculated to make people
dread a major surgical operation. For
Instance, a Chicago surgeon, now dead,
operated on a woman and left his forceps
In her when he closed the wound, neces
sitating another operation a yesr later.
Now the news comes from New York
that at the Polyclinic hnapital a woman's
h'Xly was opened and the suigeon to his
surprise found her in a perfectly healthy
condition. The explanation given was
that the faculty had chloroformed and
operated on the wrong woman. The
triumphs of modern surgery are wonder
ful, but It Is better not to need them.
Am Oil Trent OpealNB.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Standard Oil company enjoys some
advantage under the protective tariff In
the matter of duties upon Its byproducts.
How would free trade In all such things be
regarded at Washington T
Oae Solemn Regret.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
When Mr. Roosevelt heads the grand cav
alcade on Inauguration day, surrounded by
nodding plumee, glittering NO dries and
braying bands, the only cloud in bis sky
will be the regret that Mr. Wagner cannot
see this great triumph of "The Simple
Life."
Where Are the Eaamnlea t
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
One of the leading railroad presidents of
the country says. In addressing the stock
holders, that "the rnllay Interests are
practlcaJly a unit In favoring the strict
enforcement of existing laws, or the en
actment of any others, to prevent the pay
ment of rebates or any of the several
forms of discrimination which have been
more or less prevalent and very Juatly
condemned." Now that Is a statement
any one will accept as strictly true. Still,
we cannot help but notice that the leading
railroad managers of the country are, so
far as lias appeared, doing nothing what
ever to assist the prosecution of the fla
grant case of rebating against the Santa
Fe road. They can find abundance of
time for going to Washington to secure the
defeat of rate control legislation, but how
many of them have made any effort to
aid the government In establishing out of
this case a great deterring example?
AS TO MK'l RIGHTS.
Lords of Creation Carry HeaTr
Hardens In Solemn Silence.
Chicago Chronicle. '
Will the day ever come when men shall
clamor for their rights and get them as
women have clamored for theirs and are
now enjoying them In abundance? Chiv
alry Is one thing, but Imposition Is an
other. A whipping post has been advocat;l
for the man who abuses his wife, but
what redress Is there for the man who Is
tortured In a hundred contemptible ways
by the woman who promised to love and
obey him? It seems to be assured that
women belong to a higher order of beings
and do not need the same measure of
punishment for their misdeeds.
Therw la always the tendency In court to
let a woman off lightly because she Is a
woman. Although our laws are made by
men. they are framed In a way to protect
and even favor women. In family discords
sympathy Is mere sure to be given to the
woman, if It Is possible to do so. A man
may need It a hundred times over, but the
woman Is the one likely to get It,
Will the tlme: ever come when a hus
band shall have alimony from the woman
who was his wife and refuses to live with
him? Why should not the woman with
a large fortune be compelled to enable
her divorced husband to live In the same
ease and luxury he did after he married
hervjand shared her purse? It Is a hard
thing for a man- to be turned out Into tho
cold world and; made to earn his living
after he has enjoyed the luxuries of life.
And why should a woman In a breach
of promiRP case be able to recover dam
ages in court while a man In like cir
cumstances slinks away, hides his dimin
ished head and 'has no consolation what
ever? This process has gone on Indefi
nitely, but there 1a evidence that It is not
always to continue.
The worm hSi turned, or, to use plain
Instead of figurative language, one man
has asserted himself and got his rights.
The man hailed, from Arkansas and wooed
an Indiana maiden. After gaining her
heart, or, at least, her consent to marry
him, the girl decided she would not marry
him. The man from Arkansas was . not
accustomed to double dealing, and he came
from a state where men look out for their
rights In one way or another. He went
straight to the. court, and, to the credit
of the Judge, he was awarded $400 dam
ages. Not every man has the bravado of the
Arkansan and not every Justice la as fair
as the one In Indiana, but It Id gratifying
to notice theft a good example has been
set and that men aa well aa women may
get their rights If once they insist upon
them.
STATE'S POI.lt K POWER.
Broad Principles Laid Down by the
Federal Supreme Coort.
New York Tribune.
The United States supreme court handed
down a decision the other day which tends
in a measure to confirm and enlarge the
police powers of the states. The case
ruled on Involved the validity of the
Massachusetts compulsory vaccination law.
This law authorised the health authorities
In the cities and towns of Massachusetts
to frame and enforce compulsory vaccina
tion regulations. An aggrieved' citizen who
held that the liberty guaranteed lilm under
the federal constitution was Infringed by
a summons to appear and have Ills arm
scraped brought a suit to have the state
law declared unconstitutional. In dis
missing the appeal the supreme court,
through Justice Harlan, declared that no
rights of life, liberty or property were
abridged through the exercise by Massa
chusetts of an undoubted police function.
Compulsory vaccination was a measure
resorted to to safeguard public health.
In enforcing police and sanitary regula
tions the state had to be presumed to
act In the general Interest, and unless some
clear abuse of private rights was shown
the federal government could not Invade
the domain of local authority. In the
court's view compulsory vaccination was
a legitimate police precaution, and the
state of Massachusetts violated no con
stitutional restriction in passing a law In
tended to lessen the dangers of smallpox
contaslon.
This decision has a special Interest for
New York in that It bears more or less
directly on litigation In progress here to
minify the state tenement house law. The
Interests which are seeking to upset that
law are preparing, It la said, to take an
appeal to the federal supreme court on
the ground that the new tenement house
regulations constitute an abuse of state
police authority and Infringe Individual
rights guaranteed by the constitution. In
delivering the compulsory vaccination
opinion. Justice Harlan somewhat qual
ified Urn application by saying that
It must not be construed aa a de
cision to grant no relief In cases In which
the police powers of a state were abused
to the Injury of an Individual. But from
the broad principle laid down that the
state has a natural right to protect health
and enforce reasonable sanitary regula
tions. It seems easy to deduce authority
for the restrictions Imposed on tenement
house construction for the protection of
the public health. If the Mate can compel
the Individual to submit to vaccination.
It seems equally competent for It to for
bid the building or maintenance of tene.
ments which serve as a breeding ground
for contamination and disease. If one
menace to public sanitation can be checked,
why cannot the other? It Is reassuring
to And the supreme court taking a view
of the scope of the state's police power
under which the community's light to pro
tection against sanitary abusra cannot be
Jeopardised by Individual obstinacy or In
dividual greed.
BITS OP W4SHI(STO I.IPR.
Kosalp Abont and Plane for the Com
lag Inaaatnratlon.
All Washington and adjacent communi
ties are studying the weather signs, hop
ing and praying for a fine day for the
Inaugural festivities on Saturday next.
The Inauguration of a president Is Wash
ington's worlds fair time, commercially
as well as socially, and fine weather Is
the one nredful article to make the day
a success.
Generally speaking, inauguration weather
has become a byword and a reproach, and
fruitless efforts have been made to select
a later date. Yet the records show that
Inauguration weather Is not so bad. Out
of tnty-nlne Inaugurations slnoe the
foundntlon of the republic fourteen have
been held under sunny skies and spring
like breeses. The record for weather
meanness Is held by Grant's second In
augural, March 4, 1S73, whcD. the mercury
almost touched sero.
According to present plans ano.ono visitors
will pour Into Washington on Saturday.
The hlgh-wuter mark will be reached
about 11 o'clock In the forenoon, when the
suburbanite will - have arrived, and as
early aa 2 or 3 o'clock in the afternoon
the easily satisfied visitors will begin to
take their departure. The Baltimore con
tingent, which Is always large, for the
most part conies for the single day. and
so does not have to grapple wilh the prob
lem of providing Itself with sleeping ac
commodations, which is the most serious
task of the outsider. In spile of the wldo
and regular advertisements of the Inaugu
ration ceremony, people who are contem
plating a first visit constantly Inquire what
they must do to see It to the best advan
tage, and, In effect, what there Is to bcc on
March i.
The following schedule has been pre
pared by the committee, which covers the
ceremonies of the day, from 11 o'clock In
the morning until midnight closes the fes
tivities of the Inaugural ball:
11 a. m. President Roosevent leaves AVhlte
house for capital, accompanied by con
gress committee on arrangements and
especially designated organizations.
11 a. m. Doors of senate chamber opened
to high government ofnclnls. ambassa
dors and ministers to the I'nlted Btaies.
Benate galleries opened to guests with
cards.
11:55 a. m. President Roosevelt enters sen
ate chamber and is seated In front of
the desk of the presiding officers.
12 noon The oath of office administered to
vice president. Mr. Fairbanks delivers
his inaugural address.
12:30 p. m. Kntlre assemblage proceeds to
stand at east front of the capltol, where
President Roosevelt takes the oath of
office and delivers his inaugural ad
dress. 2 p.m. President returns to White House,
escorted by Rough Riders and Squadron
A. of New York City.
S p. m. Orand parade reviewed by presi
dent In front of White House.
7:30 p. m. Illumination of the citv and dis
play of fireworks on elliape south of the
White House.
7:30 p. m. Doors of Pension building opened
for the reception of guests to the in
augural hall.
9 p. m. Inaugural ball opened by President
Roosevelt. At midnight all inaugural
festivities will conclude.
A small army of architects and artists is
laboring day and night to transform the big
workaday pension building Into a proper
setting for the groat inaugural ball. Under
the peaked roof a dozen painters swinging
in the air, with only the traditional plank
between them and eternity, are painting
the celling the blue of an Italian sky, so as
to give an open-air moonlight effect when
the work is finished. On the third balcon
ies big flr trees stand like so many sylvan
sentinels. They are the advance guards of
an army of giant palms now on their way
from Porto Rico. Another swarm of work
men are as busy as beavers at the big
fountain In the middle of the court. The
water has been drawn and the base of the
fountain furnishes a foundation for a rock
ery of weather-beaten stones, In this rock
ery are many openings, which, when
lighted with Incandescent lights and half
hidden In magnificent flowers and ferns,
will be as fairy-like and beautiful as though
wrought by the wish of an Aladdin.
Each admission ticket to the inaugural
ball, for man or woman, costs 5, and any
one may buy them until the morning before
the ball. With each ticket goes a fine In
augural souvenir book, containing portraits
nnd sketches of the president and vice
president and a music and dance program,
and for $1 extra anyone may purchase a
supper ticket.
I iv addition to the 500 or 600 private car
riages which will approach and depart from
a specially designated entrance and exit,
no hired vehicle will be permitted near the
pension building except those to whose
drivers or owners 2,000 special police li
censes will be Issued with the stipulation
of a S fare for the night, and these hired
carriages, being compelled to approach and
depart from designated doors, will be under
police supervision, designed to prevent ex
tortion or disorder.
The first Inaugural ball In Washington
was the Madison function, March 4. ISO.
A writer in Century magasine says of It:
"Four hundred gueats, as all the contem
poraneous accounts agree, gathered at the
first Inauguration ball, which took place on
the evening of Saturday, March 4, 1800, at
Mr. Long's hotel on Capitol hill. In celebra
tlon of the accession to the presidency of
James Madison. Each of the three presi
dents who had preceded him In office had
been permitted to close the day of his
Inauguration by going early to bed. Gen
Washington and John Adams had been in
augurated at temporary capltols. and
Thomas Jefferaon would have rebelled
against a ceremony plainly modeled upon
the customs of royalty; but when Madl
son's inauguration came the new Federal
City had been ft visible fact for nine
years and was determined to asert a right
to enjoy Itself, even If In doing so It fol
lowed a habit always hitherto associated
with the celebration of the coronation of
kings.
"Roysl customs were really the only ones
the people knew, for every American in
Washington over 32 years of age had been
bo'rn a subject of a king, and the new erder
of things had not given birth to new Ideas
of how to manifest rejoicing. Moreover, If
the method chosen seems to some to have
been an imitation of monarchical customs,
they should reflect. In extenuation, that It
Is an instinct of man to co-equal with his
feeling the sensation of pleasure to show
his joy by dancing. So an official ball
closed the day of Madison's inauguration,
and has closed the inauguration day of
every president who has succeeded him.1'
SIPPMF.S FROM THE TnOPIC.
Cost of the Doslnar Habit.
Leslie's Magasine.
Take all the cocoa and chocolate manu
factured' In this country In a year. Add
all the blacking and bluing, the flavoring,
and extracts and the axle grease. Take
next & year's product of that beet sugar
Industry which was Important enough to
hold up a great treaty fur two years In
the congress of the I'nlted States. Throw
on all the glue, the refined lard, the cas
tor oil, the perfumes and cosmetics, and
the kindling wood. Finally put on top
of the pile the entire output of Ink and
mucilage. The total value of this ac
cumulation will still be Ices than that of
a year's product of what we call "patent
medicines." The census of 19"0 placed the
value of "patent medicines" produced In
this country annually at V. fill, 3.15. As the
average profit. Is about one-third, this
means that the sum paid over the retail
druggists' counter, taking no account of
Increased consumption in the last four
years, is something like tKn.UDO.onO a year,
about tl for evvrv nun. wuinan and child
In the country. ,
Onr Dependence on the Tropica for
Mans- Keresaarlea.
New York Sun.
A bulletin Issued by the Department of
Commerce and Iabor shows our Imports
from the tropics during 1!4 as IWo.i'Tl.OtT.. or
0 per cent of our total merchandise Im
porta from all countries, plus nearly $jO.(Wi,
000 from our insular possessions.
An analysis of Items shows that t.vi.ZSV
S71. or 5 per cent of the total, consisted of
eatables and drinkables. One-quarter of
the whole was sugar and molasses. We
bought 1H.92S.322 gallons of mold- and
4,137,367.1711 pounds of sugar, of a total value
of 1114,191,403. Coffee Imports stand second
on the list, with 1.112,703, pounds, valued
at $S7,942.9To. We bought J16.S67.279 worth of
tea and 19,730,220 worth of cocoa and choco
late. Fruit and nuts are represented by 24.-
94H.6S3. This Includes ts.lSS.SPJ worth of
bananas, one-half of which came from Cen
tral America; S34M.R19 worth of lomniis.
nearly all from Italy, and nearly Knno.ono
worth of nuts. Spices were valued nt ,
(00,000, nnd the remainder of this group ap
pears In rice, sago, tapioca, etc.
Raw materials represent the next group In
Importance. . The list shows raw silk, ass..
4M.975, one-half of it from Japan and a
quarter from Italy; fibres, f33.057.3ri4. repre
sented by hemp from Manila, sisal from
Mexico and jute from the East Indies; India
rublter and gutta percha, $43,997,339, of which
60 per cent came from Braxll; and such
Items as vegetable oils, gums, eahinet woods
and cork, adding more than f25.0c0.0on to the
list. Other items of smaller valuation are
opium, feathers, ivory, dyewoods, Indigo,
cinchona bark and sponges.
The Increasing demand for these wares Is
shown by the following table of Imports:
170 $139 sno.osn
is) 2t2.3JO.732
1S90 237.71U.S78
inm f.mt.RW.Tfirt
1!H 4i5.ti7I.R43
In value the per capita consumption of
these articles has Increased from f.i.fiO In
1S70 to $3.80 In 1904. The per capita consump
tion in quantity would bo more difficult to
estimate. Prices on nearly all such articles
have fallen greatly. In 1S70 sugar was
quoted at 9 to 11 cents a pound; coffee was
SO per cent above its present quotation, and
other articles show a marked decline.
While comparatively few of these articles
are absolutely indispensable In our domes
tic or our industrial economy, there would
bo a vigorous grumble If we had to get
along without them.
PERSONAL OTES.
The widow of the Grand Duke Serglus
has been appointed by the cxar commander
of the Fifth Grenadier regiment.
W. S. Champ, secretary of William Zlrg
ler, promoter of the expedition of Anthony
Flala to reach the north pole, has arrived
In New York to engage two doctors to ac
company the expedition.
Senator Piatt of Conecticut belongs to
the dime novel reading class of senators.
Like the late Senator Hoar of Massachu
setts, he often seeks mental relaxation In
reading the yellow-backed thrillers.
On Washington's birthday Emperor Wil
liam invited members of his court, as well
as all the ambassadors and naval attaches,
to an entertainment In the large carriage
hall of the royal stables. A feature was a
magic lantern exhibition illustrating life In
the German navy.
When Perclval Landon, author of "The
Opening of Thibet." accompanied Colonel
YounghU8band to Lliassa, It was In tho
capacity of the Times correspondent, and
it was to Mr. Landon that Colonel Young
bsuband entrusted the first batch of dis
patches to Lord Curzon In India. Mr.
Landon covered the distance of 400 miffs In
eleven days and three hours.
Representative Brownlow of Tennessee
led Martin W. Littleton, president of the
borough of Brooklyn, up to the White
House and presented him to President
Roosevelt. "'Mr. President," he said, "I
want you to know the man who did more
for you in the last campaign than any
other man on earth." "How's that?"
asked the president, looking Littleton over
carefullj;. "Why," Brownlow replied,
"Littleton Is the person who made the
nominating speech for Judge Tarker at the
St. Louis convention."
Fifty Years ihs Standard
m
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Made from pure cream of
tartar derived from grapes.
I'UIMKI) REMARK.
Pompous Waiter Have you ordered,
mlw?
Timid Little Girl (tnklng her first meal
nt a restaurant N-no, sir; hut I've re
quested. Chicago Tribune.
Paying Teller We'd better have our de
tective shadow that wuman who was Just
In here.
Assistant Cashier What makes you think
she's a suspicions character? -
I'nvlng Teller She endorsed this check
at the right end: Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Hjenks I never have seen Watkyns.
What sort nf n fellow Is he, anyway?
RJones Oh. Watkyns Is the sort of man
who has pillow sliania on his bed from
choice- Somervllle Journal.
"I see the lerlsl.-itfiro passed that law
you were ad voch t ing."
"Yes." answered Farmer Comtossel.
"That's a start, nnvhow. It s easy enough
to pass a law. The next thing Is to get
fieople to ray liny attention to it." Wash
njton Star.
The stork came.
Said the man: "My salary Is no larger."
Said the woman: "Now 1 shall be tied
down."
rvuo inn newspaiwr: flir, anu mis. r
are rejoicing In tlie wrtn or a son. i.ire.
rater .-viv son, I nnn some grave
Charges against yon In your college bills.
Klllus Ha: ha! That's a good Joke. dad.
Why, there's nothing very expensive ex-
rM -, n t rav ..III, u.ntatnnat f Iwiiivht
Pater Yes. ' that's the grav veat chs
RgUliliil f vu. v iixinini . c i. i .
WOfl.DVT YOlf
rge
B. W. Olllilan In Baltimore American.
If you were living in Russia now
Just now, .
In the iiiidftt ot this awful, awful row
Hlic row
A ...1 ...... f.iinw . i , i. BMalrArn.,ni
711111 r- ' 1 1 1 V- nrnr I'll.' " "i.i. "'ii"i.' i
And- eyes the slxe of a pair of moons
Would come and wlKgle a bomb at you
And call vou things till his face was blue,
Then fiercely tell you that you're
It, .-
Wouldn't Jou have a
Fit.
And then
Ult?
If vou were one that they've said must die,
Oh. my!
And you knew pretty precisely why
Don't lie!
And sonio wild man with his coat pulled
tleht
Around some oblect he hid from sight.
Would keep his optlcals glued on you.
And steadily keep your form In view
Till you drew near, then cry you're
it.
Wouldn't jou hove a t
v it
And then
Flitt?
If you were General Mike Trepoff
linn t scon
And marked for tlie next grand taking off
Sz-z-e-zze, poff!
Whene'er you saw some fellow sneak
In shoes Hint didn't even squeak
Along behind you In tho street,
Watching, as starved cats gaze on meat
Then if he'd Jump and yoU "You're
It!"
Wouldn't you throw a
Fit.
And then
G!?
Just fairly
Flltl? .
Nit?
Damaged Sale
Overflow of radiators on the second floor of our
store Saturday night forced the water through the
ceiling causing considerable loss particularly in
our hat department while a great niauy were
utterly ruined. There were others, but slightly wet
nnd these are the hats we place on sale
Wednesday Morning
your choice of the entire lot of soft and utiff hats for
50
these hatH sold for $2.50, p.00, ijtf.uO and f 4.00.
Not a Poor One Among Them.
BroWnmsr- King-$ -
R. S. WILCOX, Mgr.
KW PI 'RMCATIOSM.
FOR 10 CENTS
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