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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1905)
Tim OMAHA DAILY MONDAY, JULY 17. 1D03. Tim Omaha Daily Mre. it;ni.imir.r KVK.rtT morning Tr.HMH fir mnmrHiinoM. tatty iwithotii a.inosn, '"" rtr ally Jie nil niio'lay, on far,.,.... iiiitfii !, one rr. ...... ........ mo to IK) I I w Sunday It, on year pirfr !. fw reus 'iwatiiteth ' niif r Farmer, year.. fjM.IVKMI.tf lit CAftlllR.fl. tly pea (without aundar), tt copy any I without orisri, par wh .. iv f'aliy lie (WluOIng .irlr, pef we. I7ti ffvnlftf flea (without MooIsm, per week- 71 Evening u (Inr l1ir. Sunday), P"r , 1 nnir fi, pr eopy ( otr t.ins of Irregularities In delivery ih'mld hm addrr4 to City circulation I- yaMfn.hl. . ttrnrr.n. fmhi- Th f liui1lt.f ' (t'.iith Orris h.. Kg Hull ltill1lng,T wanly fl fth ri1 M street CottrtHI filnff i) pearl "rt. flit,-- (a 11 f.lti. ft.i.iMln . Nw Tors-Uo Ittm Lit Insurano MIMHrtf . Washington -tVrt fntirtnlh street. cnnnwnnur.Ncn. rotnmunloatlona rl'ln to nwa end edi torial metier should ha addressed; oroaha lie, Kdllorlsl K..rlrf.fit llfr.M ITTA N'.'F.S. fiMI by drsft. express or postal order, .rtU t. Th" Ilea Publishing I'ompany, (ml i-eertt stamps reeevel in payment ff mall accounts, I'srsonsl checks, rlt "H Onti or essiern eatilisns, nt accepted. 11 1 It HICK PUHLiaillNO (HM I A Nl. MtATKM'KN r oralwwLATioN. tut pr Nebraska, jui ountjr, M.j C, C, tluHwilar, Miiarr of Th H" Publishing i iiinimnr, nem dulr "wiiin. say I hit the Bvtual r.uliilr of Mi and coihjim fot. of -j rift imiiT. muriiH'i evening an Mutilnir month iiitMi, Iw4, I, , i,mo t I Ml, 1441 4 ,. HM.UAO ............. IMMK . n,im 1 tll.MMI I............ H,00 I............ f,tt i a;t,ia ' 11.. , I J B,Tia II. ........... y.TiM 14 SM.TIIO U BIMiftV in-a printeij ourmg ht Wan a louowai I 1J I II M tl n. , n , v N IT , 2 s4 M an , ,, na.iawi ., mA .. Bu.pno ,. i,tmi ., IHMMft .. 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' . w L , Tlia KontHiirlla club hrnvwi ltr -w 1 11 lug to hnva rt)p (jijtclilutrli)tnlltd In UtnntiA end loUgJft tntuutfl -Anytlilo( lur rliaiiga of hlokf ! . tittmba la allowing, up woll In th com jjdratly aiLihlt vt w-fkly bank flaar-l(iK-ltt'firt. 6t)iahn la allowing tip well In nil dtractlona Jmt now. ! ' ItrolopuiMiita In (rPKii iliMiiouatrnta that cronkrd congraaiiioii aliould liar bona but allont piirtnnraapoclally wlion Ui4 grand Jurtea nirrt. Tba atRtfinpiit ttmt M. Witt "will t rraaonaHa" t of llttln Important win pnrad to tin on tit pMtmbl rottra of tli roiutnlaalotiPr who roprfannt tint mikado. From prraont wtnthr proaptn't It la probnbl that Naw Ilatnpahtr will th work although Wnahtugton will have th honor of th nam of Ui pac wgo tlatlona, , 1 f It th dlacuaalon of railroad "rfbntwt' coutlnupa long anough It may roault in rrraitgainant of contract for carry ing th malla- plac wlior no rbat ar iordwl. ' : 1 City Attorney HraD rt-ffr to th italg rrlmarjr law aa th -worat UIIihI up rlac of laglalatlon rr turuad out ef IJniHilu." And w hay bad m prattjf badly botchad wi that har coitlii out ot Mnotln. tit th Unlit of th ilf'llon of th rotirtmarttol In th caaa of Commander Hott naval onu-ara will no doubt to It that thalr ahlpa ar not too naar a ahoal liafor offering libation to tlawtiua, , If Wtt Ting Tang la raally to com to Wahlngton to watch th nc ngi tlatlou for China, Itunsla and Japan will aatr thn by appointing an official who will davot hi tltn to anawvrlng qnoptl'Mia. .Pwhap th atrat wny u aattafy all th lawyara who ar finding flaw In th laglrlatlna an act ad by th lat Nabraaka laglalatur would b to knock out th who! batch oo th ground that th rol unit ot atoa lawa la not writ printed. Th tuccvwful NWr tr tha big rathlludtMr Irrigation dam ar aald to hat fvrfaltad thotr 3,0tX) guaranty rhack and paaaaj up tha contract. Thay ttiay b dfpanl on to com forward at th proper tint, howvraf, to aak votigraaa to glr th money bark to thauv. tiorernnieut land ania to b th only thing exempt from th lottery lawa of th couutry, and ther will b no ohjeo tkvn ctTervd by Unci 9am to th wldaat puUlcity fir th national gawU to tak plao la VtRh neit month. It la eetb tttatwd tltat tho who reglatvrvd for Uoaehud laada apeut enough nunay to buy th ground at pecaut prtc and pay tor all bcteaaary thiprtrubt- Whlra U apculatora took th priaa. M'jTt: ron tint, rr.xam. rarirKtlrall tti'T" la a rrovamnt atartM fr tfm rtrlni by cngraa' of a rlrll rrDaUfft ayatam and It ia D'ftM that tlia agitation f'f ttila la anln vnltig a'-llra, flotil)tl'-a Inaplrail by tlm ft that Okt la a u-w rongraaa wliWh niay 1m tnor aiiaccptlMi to th argu tnfita f"f rf til wrvlct? Milfia thnn tin vi Iwf-n prw-'lltig rorii(r'i',a. A ra ant r-tiort atnlaa that Inflili-tillal rlrrka In ttm arktia (Ii-parttucnta are Ix-lng (rpr'a-hwl by irganlrra and a iiiHIiik of all th dfarttn'nt 'h-rka 1ki lwn tallad for thla wafk to rinalrtif tli mat tar. Ihoa In thnrir t tha anlfrprlaa, th rirt anya, hara gona ao fnr aa to draft a bill acting forth tlitf dlr-a In grrat dnail. Tliry do not expect tfwlr maaanra to raci-lra cviigrcl)nnl aan'-tlon, but ftn-y purtxra to go to tli lawmakara with dftlnlta propoanU and It la naMka to any will bi propnrwl to atipport th- with all tba argumanla ttmt ran la brottKtit to tnr. Tli pnipaltlon of a rlrll ptmlon pol icy haa navrr Ixfii farorably raganlrd In thla rountry and ttitTo la no rt-naon to think that tha .trftwht nioretnrnt will rwclr any rotntananra from thn I'lfty ninth fotigrraa. It la quit tin turn I thnt It ahotilil bnv hr-nrty atitrort at tint nntlonnl rnpllnl, whr th nrtny of gov prtiment amployaa rxwta a grant Infill aura, but to th rountry at hiric tli proiKraltlon navar hn laan and probably nrr will 1 arraptub!'. ft la trtia, aa tirgad, that thr flra nmnj pTon In Ilia aarvlra of thn depart immta who bavo apant thn -t part of n llft-llm In thla work and ' hiiv lirronio practically worthlaaa for nny other aniploynint. Not a fw of lliaiu ar ao old na to 1hj no longer rapnblo of efficiently parforin lug tha dntlca thay now hnv. Tliay ara krpt In th aervlc becnua It la felt that to turn tliatn out would bo to aubjert tliem to bnrdahlpa nnd that tht-y nr en titled to Yonalilerntlon by renaon of tlio long and faithful aarvlcea they hnv given. No objection to inngtiiinliiilty of thla kind will Iki tnnde, even (huitgh It bo a fart thut th bualneaa of the gov crntnciif to aotti extant auffcra from It, but If atnh peraona hnv fulled to pro par for old ng nnd the enillng of their dnya of tiaefulncaM thn very general aen- tliuetit la that th government ahould not 1 callml njam to tnko rara of them when their retirement from tlio public arnica Iferomea nereaanry. Thn government of th United Klitiea la at lenat na lllwrnl na nny other gov- eminent townrd Iho great majority of Ita employea. Horn other govcrnmeiita ara mora getieroua na to certain IiIkIi olfidHla, but na a who) thn aalnrlea paid by tha Tutted Wtatea to thoaa who work for It will l found to b aoinawhnt In eiceaa of whnt la pnld by nny other country. If, therefore, tlioan employed In tha pttbllc aervlc do hot hnv the thrift and prudence to innka prepnra tlotia for tha future, for the time when disability overtnkaa then they' ennttot renaonably expect that th government will naauma reapoiialblllty for their care. A civil penalou policy,' however mod erate th bnala, would; ndd ten of ImtllloiM to--the annual. riienae of tba go veijn mant anu or courae would grow from year to yenr. TIiq tnxpnyw of th cotintry niny anfely l counted upon to vlgorouxly op pone nueh a propoaltlon. BASK EXAMINATIONS. Trenaury offlclnla ar coualdering th quiHitlon of methoda to bo applied In th examination of national bnuka, with a view to atrengtheulng th preaent aya tein, which It ace in a evident la In nevd of liaprovoment It la a fact which bank fullurta bavo very conclusively demoUHtrated thnt not much reliance rnn b placinl upon examination aa now conducted. Tha truth aeema to b ttiat thea aro to a very large extent per functory and inadequate and perhapa nothing better la to lie expected tu view of tit number of examlncra-only about aeventy five employed by th trenaury. Tho work required of tnoat of thea ex aminer la great i thim thay enn care fully perform and neceaanrlly their work la don hurriedly and without thnt-cur nnd thoroughneaa which they ahould give to It. Unqueatlonnbly they nr very generally capable and honeat men, but they ar expected to do mor titan ran ho ordinarily accoinpllahcd la, a given time, llenc they muat to a ronalder abl extent accept th figure and atata ntenta of bank offlclnla without apendlng th tltu nacaaaary to verify them. It la manlfeatly Important, lu View of th rapid lucre In th number of na tional lianka, that aomethlng bo don to tmprov th eyatera of exauilnatlona. It I an undenlablo fact that at preaent there it very little confidence In bank examluatlona and the' reason for thla la found In the etrcuuiHtanc thnt In moat of th Instance of bank failure examiner failed to discover the condi tion which brought about th fallurca. Th number of examtuera ahould be In creased, they ahould receive aalnrle commensurate with the work required of them and they ahould not be given more to do than they can properly ac complish. They ahould ba required to niak every cxeuiltiatlorfwith the great eat car and thoroughnesa, reporting nothing In regard to a bank' condition that they are not able to atteat from per aonal tnspevtton. The additional ex pna w hlch thla w'ould Involve neHl not 1 acrtoufly ronatlcrHl. The demand la that lank examiner ahall examine and AM merely accept th atatcmeuta of th officlala of an Institution, a I too commonly the rase, aa to It condU tion. Th local popocrattc organ aectu to b dlatreeaed Iwwum 8eTetry of State GaluAha I rv-txtrteAl to be la a qua miry what disposition to uiak of th uiey coming Into hi ottlc aa fee fr th reg istration of trad marka and Whela re quired by a new law, and Ita dtatreaa aeema to 1 particularly harrowing te caua the aevretary of atate la a repub lican. It I , evidently labortuf very bard to distract people' memory from tb fa money pocketed by th last foaioa secretary of ut. th Interact oa public funda abaorliad by tha last fualon state trenatirer, and tba coin aweatd out of eastern Inmiranr rompanlea by Iba last ftilon atnfa ulitrr. the rikar iJiHtkn i llci-tiox. Altboukh the apt-rial ehttlon to (iifM a rongreaamnn tu fill Uie vacancy en need by tli promotion of Senator I'.ihkett fnm th lower houtc to the up per Iioum of the national leglnlutiir ia to m held next Tuenday, tli voter of tba First district have refused to work thciiiaelvra up Into a frenr.y over the relative (in Una of the two opposing candidate. The liist district went re-piiblU-an at. the Inst election by nearly H.taKl plurality, and while the excep tional alxe of thla republican preHndrr- ance la, doubtleaa, due In a large pnrt to th prealdrotlal rampnlgn and the xpu larlty of I'realdent Ilooaevelt, for whom the people gnve their vote of confidence, there la nothing to Indicate any cbunge of sentiment that would take the First district out of th republican coin inn and put it Into the democratic column, especially when thn republican nomine la outspokenly pledgetl to aupHjrt I'real dent Itooaevclt In lila administrative and leglMlntlve program. We have no doubt thnt the general apathy that aurrounda a special election In which only one place I at atake, nnd that with no very alinrply-dcflnrd Issue, will produce a tremendous falling off In the total vote, with corresponding shrink ag of the republican plurality. Rhotild the democrat h rut the figure In half, oa It la quit possible for them to do, they will then try to make out thnt there haa Ifcen a tremendous revulalon nmong re publican vofera when, na a matter of fact, were the polls to be reopened to day for a new expression of preference ln'twwn I'realdent Itoosevelt and Judge I'nrker, aa the candidates of the respec tive pnrtlea, the repuhllcnnn would have It almost unanimous. In other words, whntever party strength tba democrat mny tie able to develop In the Flrat dis trict apeclnl election will be tin entirely to their efforta to travel In th Ilooaevelt band wagon nnd to persuade the people that tho democratic nominee la n better friend Of I'realdent Itoosevelt thnn the republican nomine. We feel aure, however, the repuh- Ucuna of th Flrat district quite under stand the nltuntlon and that they will be out at thn poll In sufficient numbers to retain their prentlge na th banner re publican district of Nebraska. An Oinnhu minister haa returned from Denver impressed with th fact thnt Denver la worse afflicted with yellow newapnpera thnn -in Omnhn. There la no good renaon why any eltyshould bo disgraced by yellow Journalism. Yel low Journal could not keep up n month without the atipport of people who con demn yellow Journnllsni nnd who realize Ha pvrnkioUM effects. The atrangeat part of It la that here In Omaha, If not elsewhere, we frequently nee tho clergy who nre expected to net high examples to the community lu close alliance with the yellowest of yellow Journals 'who find nothing too debasing to turn to their own aordld ends. Two WlHWiynn rnllroudH have Just been mulcted for $10,000 ench in pennl tlea for making false re port a to th atate assessing authorities for the purpose of evndlng their tnxea. There nr aome penalty clnusea attached to. thn Ne braska revenue law for railroad that fall to furnish thn Ktnto tmnrd with cor rect flgurea of valuation on which to lm s their assessment and It la Just bnrcly possible thnt aome penalty money might le coming from aevernl of our Nebraska railroads. The republican convention In Lancas ter county hn kindly consented to let the atnto convention decide who shall bo rhalrman of the next atate committee. Thla exhibition of modesty and self- anerlflc on thn part of the Tincnater conntyttea ought to be rewarded with A leather medal. How to lie Itemeniheredu Florida. Timea-rnlon. Jolly a man nnd ha will foravt it tha next day; crUlfMa Mm and heil remember It la long aa h Uvea. "Col Feat" Vwarrated. rittahurg I'lKpatch. Now torn obnoxious prrann la rntalng th quaatlon whether w did not acquire our Pamvpia whit elephant from Franca at titiaer coat than our Thlltppln whlta elephant from 8pln. A full balance aheat about th year 1971 may aettla thla question, accurately that la, It that generation carea to know. Trtbate of th Heart. Fhtladelphla Record. No mora alncera trlbuta haa been paid to th memory ef John Hay than that of th Jewa, both In this country and F.urop. They mourn for him aa a states man who thoroughly ympa.thlaed with their dlstreaa ' and maj hi sympathy mantfeat hy direct Intervention on their behalf. Tra.alea.lly 0,eroa. Ilarprr'a Weekly. It appear that a recent wholeaale raid ef th riilladeiphla pobi- oa all aorta of disorderly houaoa brought an army of women Into court, and anions them many of previously g.vnt reputation, who wer not. and never had been, women of th street. It la an extremely 111 office of" the polle ot any city to deatmy th repuu tlon of any woman who haa at III a reputa tion to loaa. A woman not publicly known to b dlareputabl can mend her waya and often doea-fmr eaaler than her slater ot woiae repute. The Philadelphia raid aeema to have been traaically overdone. (iaad Old t are rr Kll I !- Minneapolis Tribune. A Council ItlutTa Ny who waa arreated tha other day, attributed hla numemua thefts to Impulaea which he can not control. He says that he has to do everything that auairoata Itacif to him no matter what It la. We hav seen boys Ita that "wlminlnf auaeted Itself and lo, they were otf; they chanced to catch slaht ot a cherry pi In th pantry and they wer Impelled by an Irrealetlbl Itnpula to eat It, and thouah payt-holooiata did riot look Into their 'cases and take mysterious notes after feellnc of their head we venture to assert that the earn cure. If applied to the Iowa boy, would be as effective In hla cas as It was In theirs, a strong, pllabl switch from th ere Kara. TraUil should bein early and b cootlauel walU lueak4 lmtrveueut M fee ted, . vittiirtnto tub MitMr."i. Aurora P.epot.liran: Onca ttvr Colone noii,f ttmm rnr.l from a llt-1 suit unmherl Th .,tjMy edlttr Is -itln so use to ih little annoyanr thai they do not ho-p him aa&k at nlaht any more. Tabto nork Artta: K. IU.aewaer. ed Iter of tha fitiinha te, wa tried last week on a chart of rrlfnlnal libel, pre f-rrel by rnBl(ir Howell. The Jury found him twit aullty, and Mr. Howell will have to s-k some oihr way of ttlng even with the versatile editor. Norfolk News: Kflltor Rowwntrr haa aaaln Nn rlrnrer f,f IMm-1. this time In the Howell raan. H la belnsT df m'mstrat'd Tiy the N'f-brnftka courts that a pera-n brln Kin a IIIk. ault must have a very rlear rnae of mullrlon and dnmualna stutemenl unuptorte4 by tirt. Keillors uf NVhraxka papt-rs wilt be gratlfli-d to know that they ahould not fear a case of lltw! every time person's name appears In print in a connection that he does not like. Kdltnri usually have tronhlea enourh of their own Without defnndlna themaelvea In every foolish rhar of lltel that may be bniunlit by an angrr reader. Hastlnas flbsorver: Mr. Ilosewater l.a. been acquitted In Omaha on a charge of criminal libel, whlrh aeema to Indl-nte that when an editor haa fa son to believe that It la for the public a-ood to crltlrlse a man who aspires to public lift, be la not going to ba made to suffer for It. One of the rent oft misfortunes that could befnll nny community would lie to have It plii'f.l within the power of il-slr,iilnit men to muzr.ln the prrsa and keep It from dl- rectlna attentUm to their ahortcomlnas and sehemea. No reputable newspaper man line any desire to Injurs a aood man. It would be well for the law to allow tho bad man to take cars of himself aom. whnt. Waterloo nnr.tte: Editor Roaewuter was Bcoullted of the charge of criminal libel preferred oRnlnst him by Renator Howell and the tension la doubtleaa relieved around the Inner aiim-turn of The Ilee office. Nat urally our sympathies were with the ed itor, nnd though m common with all editors w nhd It neressnry to sometimes maintain reputation for being the meanest man In the community, we draw the line when charged with criminal Intent. However. we iereonnlly admire tho genial senator and moat confess to a belief that he Is far from being; a venal vampire, and feel quite sure a man with no property subject to taxntlon, no fnmlly on hla hands and no expensive habits, would ever need to fllch the corporation cormorants out of any thing worse that a little water. And doubt less rtnsewHter and Unwell will meet on common around some day, for neither of them appears to take kindly to water In their stock really, gentlemen, we hope to see you "make up." wnr.nn I'kac r.vi akiih vviix mrrt Homethlnar Abont Portsmouth and Ha lllatorlo ' Ilarkarronnd. Philadelphia Inquirer. Although Portsmouth, New Hampshire, la said to ho tho meeting place of the plen ipotentiaries of Russia and Japan the actual seaalons will be held In Malno, as the Island on which the navy yard Is lo cated belongs to the Pin Tre- st.ilo. It Is only a fiction that makea thi plnre known as the Portsmouth navy yard lfnen It Is locnted in Klttery, Maine, mill. Ihe fiction haa long usage back Of It and must not he distorted. Portsmouth Is much more deserving of puhlla attention than it generally receives. It hag probably th finest harbor on th whola Atlantic roast, seventy feet cf wattr being generally available at the mouth. while th roadstead Is ample for more than all American ehlpplng. It , early gained fama aa a building) yard fnr ships, and some of ths fnt( t, clippers and staunch eat frigates ,wer constructed i there. 'It was In Portsmouth that "The Itangnr"-wa built over which th American flag waa first unfurled by John Paul jonea. It la even an older city 'than Boatokv having been founded In 12S, when 'Plymouth was In Ita third" year. Then it was known as Strawberry Hank.- It waa In this port that some of ths hardiest Of American captains were cooped up during tha second war with Great Ilritaln, and In one case a notable escape of a frigate was made, to the subsequent disaster of many Krltlsh merchant ahlpa. In recent years the place had some no toriety because the prisoners taken from Orvera's fleet off Santiago were held ther until paroled. But the real glory of Portsmouth comes from the throe great literary men who were born there. Thomas Ilalley Aldrlch has Immortalised the town under the pseudonym of Klvermouth in his "Story of Had Hoy." one of the Juvenile claaalca. From th same city came James T. Fields, whoa aervlcea ro literature have exceeded thoeo of any American In our entire his tory. A author, publisher, editor and counsellor his career is one of the most singular and most valuable that this roun try has produced. Th third In the list, though ranking below the others. a the beat known to the masses. It. p. Shillaher diee not mean anything to moat persons, nut "Mrs. Islington's" fame Is fixed forever. Ths embassadors of peace will anther In one of the oldest settlements In the coun try and will be surrounded by many his torical traditions whleh aeem appropriate 10 ine solemnity of the occasion and tha Immensity of the task. A QOI.nK AV4I.AXrHR-IURDI.Vt Will Untaa Hapoad o (lev. Mickey' laiiisnsa to rmt It Hark. fit. Louis Olobe-Democrat. When Governor Mickey of Nebraska told Tom Uwam to sell what he has and give to tne poor, or, to be mor literal, advised him to give away as large a percentage of his personal fortune as Rockefeller Is giving, he may have spoken worda of a greater Import than he knew. For Mr. lwson la giving evidence ot having taken the case under advisement. Mr. Iwaon Is reported to have said In sn addree at a banquet given by the Commercial club of Minneapolis "I have several mil lions myself, and wronged the American people In getting It. Hut I did not know It at th time. When th time cornea I 111 give the money back to them." This, of course, la rather Indeflnlte. It leavea too much option In the hands of son as to determining "when the time eomee." Oovernor Mickey might again quote Horlptur to I-awson and advise that 'now la the accepted time;" hut the gov ernor may congratulate himself upon be ing the first to wring a public avowal from !.awon that he considers It necessary to trump th Rockefeller trick' of giving away money. There ar many men of large wealth In th country who ar Join ing In th hue and cry aaalust Rockefeller who have never given the least evidence cf hla deslr to make restitution. If they wage any war with the money lust. It la th lust which la always victor, since they never give the leaat evidence of having prevailed. Mr. Ieon la on of thla class. He has for many year been ac cumulating wealth In speculations Ms line being sometimes tho of th Standard Oil company and sometimes oppoalt ones. but always and everywhere parallel wttn the Interest of I .as eon and espreaslng the Idea of "the public be damnej." Governor Mickey may have provoked a golden avalanche, but there are as yet no slans of educational or ek-emoeynary In etliutWua aetUug; readjr ii4 (rout laiasr. HOUn A HO IT EW TORK. Rlaale tba ( arrant at Ufa la th Metropolis. A shipload of bright wits" heads the Nw York Sun's account of the tour ot the harbor made by l.sof) school teachers from other states, chaperoned by Ihe na tive of both s-jt.es, last Saturday. The Hun aays there wre exhibits on the boat from every nook and corner of the coun try. There were t-achera from Oklahoma, teachers from Oeorgl.i, teachers from Mis sissippi, teachers from California and Ore gon and a bunch of teachers from Ne braska, Iowa, Minnesota and the two Da- kotaa. . It was all new ground for most of them. and ther was a deal of overhauling of geography and mapa to get the lay of the two rivers and of Manhattan Island "and Jersey on the west as the boat swung Into the stream and headed north. "lJut that Isn't the way to Coney Island," said an evident principal who believed In exactness In all things. "Now, the North river Is the mouth of th Hudson liver, and Coney Island bears east by south. We're going due north!" "Rut we'll turn around pretty soon and then we'll have New Jersey on our west and New York on our east and the boat HI be aimed aotith," explained a spirited young woman ieaeher from Oklahoma. It Is not academical, but It may be men tioned In passing," says the Sun. "that a surprisingly large number of the young women teachers, especially those' from the west, were handsome teachers so uncom monly handsome teachers, in fact, that' how the big boys In the schools out there ever kept their eyes on their books is a mystery. "And, another thing, spectaclea and eye glasses are evidently no longer considered as sn essential equipment or tne young woman teacher. Probably you could not have mustered two doaen pairs of spec tacles or eyeglnssea on all the l.Do noses. The shipload did not look In the least like the conventional teacher. In a word. They looked like 1,500 eXi-teedlngly good speci mens Of American manhood and woman hood engaged In having good time," "To present to the mind an eaafly con jured picture of New York harbor," says a writer In Harper's Magnxlne, "one might make the comparison of the upturned right hand, with the long straight fore finger for the lower stretch of the Hud son, with the thumb, Joint turned out, standing for the bent Kast river, and the palm of tho hand representing upper New York bay. Tha three together make up the harbor of New York. Aa Hudson river shelters most of the North Atlantic liners whllo In port, so does East river harbor those that go to make up th truly foreign fleets. Here they are, pier after pier of them the ateamera that go to the far countries. Mind the roll Braxll, Argen tina, Chill, Peru, West Coast of Africa, Australia, India, China, Japan! And hark again to the call of the ports Rio Janeiro, Buenos Ayrea, Valparaiso, St. Paul do Loanda, Cape Town, Tamatave, Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama! And the strange stuff of their cargoes! Rubber from the Amaxon swamps see the naked Indians tapping the trees, and the slimy reptiles In the shadowy ooae; horn and tallow from the pampas mark the cen taurlike vaquero and his whirling rlata; gold dust, Ivory, palm oil from the west coast Dreams for you there! Talm oil and gold dust and Ivory: elephants and sacrificial Are and trains of captive slaves; hemp, tea, silks and smuggled opium nd do not believe that opium in not smuggled Into New York harbor to this day. You think of all that and your imagination flames. "The gentlemen In the pilot houses are not always in placid mooos. wua-eyea men glare out from pilot houses aloft, like eagles from' their eyries, and pass the time of day. Bays one: 'Where d' y' thing you're going? Back, will your "And the other: 'BackT Mo dackt mbt " 'You? Yes, you, you slop-eyed, slack- mouthed, spine-twisted fresh-water goob you square-headed, fatherlesa' and so on, detailing Irremediable flaws In the genealogy after which both back down antl avert the Impending collision." No wonder the Interborough officials pre dict 2,000,000 passengers a day for this sys tem within nve years. That would mean $100,000 a day In B-oent farea. There la nothing In the world to compare with this In passenger business. It la dasxllng to the transportation men to contemplate that within five years after getting subway lines Brooklyn will have a largor popula tion than Manhattan, and that tho bulk of thla population will continue to have It business In Manhattan and will travel to and from the city -proper six days a week. It Is dasallng to them, too, to con template the Immense growth that Queens Jal certain to take on and that the Bronx will take on, and that ultimately Rich mond -borough will take on, for It Is logical that the subway line to Fort Hamilton will be continued under the Narrows to open up Btaten island. Ten downtown streets are to be paved with wood blocks. As soon as subway construction work Is finished. Lower Broad way, from Vesey street to Rowling Green, will have wood pavement. Borough ITealdent Ahearn Is convinced that In thus returning to a paving ma terial already once somewhat extensively used In New York and rejected because of Ita failure, the city la making no mis take. A petition signed by some 6.000 busi ness men and property owners was pre sented to Mr. Ahearn urging the selection of wood Instead of asphalt. The Truck Owners' association. It appears, gives Its endorsement to wood blocks In preference to asphalt. Th cost of asphalt Is $1.0 a aquar yard, whll wood blocki cost $!.S0. Th most remarkable feature of the lay ing of the new wood block pavement la the premium that the city and cltlsens are willing to pay to do away with nol.e. Accustomed as New Yorkers have been to disturbing e.r.fl nerve-racking sounds for years, there ha set In a tendency to seek out QViletneaa. The best tables In the big restaurants, one Is obsequiously told, are "In the quiet est part of th room." The houses In the poacefulneaa of somewhst secluded resi dential districts ar those that command the highest rental. Even Wall street seeks to be delivered from the din of trafflo and the stentorian tones ot the curb brokers. Inrladed In the city budget of $110,600,000 to I raised by direct taxation on the real and personal property within Its limits this year la a sum exceeding l.0CO.O0o, which was appropriated almost entirely for the entertainment and education of Ita residents and the ewangera within Its gate. Thla amount Includes direct appro priations for the maintenance of the Bo tanical and Zoological gardens In the Bronx, the menagerie In Central park, the Xlus.-ura of Art. American Museum of Natural Hlatory. Aquarium. Brooklyn In stitute of Arts and Sclencee, llbrarlea, fra lectures In the publlo schools, free publto baths, playgrounds and recreation canters for the children In the crowded tenement distorts and other similar enterprises car ried on by the city. Among the more Important direct ap propriations ara fb0M for muelo Id the parks, IDA 000 for the Museum of Art and Natural History, HI. 000 for the Aquarium. t?0.O for th Botanical Gardens and XI J&. hO for the Zoos In Central and Bronx parks; tuito for tb Cwllege of th City A, of New York &d tU0,oo for tb Normal j EaMifr complies with tho puro food lawa of all states. Food prepared with it is frco from Rochcllo salts, lime, alum and ammonia college, VMX' for the New York public library and 175.0iO for the maintenance of free public baths. 0 THIS DKKKN9IVK. . Rffaet of leaka la ( Reports oa Department of Aajrlewltar. Chicago Tribune. "Onca bit, twice shy." It has been proved that advance Information of government reports on the prospects of the cotton crop was furnlched to brokers in order to en able them to piny with the market. The secretary of agriculture says that under the new plan of preparing monthly reports of speculative crops there will be no more opportunity for obtaining advance informa tion. The faith of tha operators in the fidelity and secrecy of government officials has been rudely shnken. They may not be prepared to put absolute confidence In the assurance that future leaks are Impossible. It has been shown that advance Informa tion enables Its possessors to enrich them selves. Unscrupulous operators will be un tiring In their efforts to get that Informa tion and will at times be suspected tf hav ing obtained It. Whenever a report Is made public, the men who have been making their trades In such a way as to be bene fited by it will be looked on with distrust by those who are on the other side of the market. It will be broadly hinted that the leaks have not all been stopped. It la an unsettled question whether the monthly surmises or estimates of the con dition and prosK-cta of the cotton crop are of value. It Is argued that when the publlo has accurate Information at stated Intervals the market Is steadied and the interests of producers and consumers are subserved thereby. Absolute accuracy Is not claimed for the government reports, but it Is alleged that they are fairer than any private re ports can be that such reports would be likely to be manipulated for stock Jobbing purposes. It Is said on the other side that the gath ering of crop stsattntlcs before harvest time should be left to private enterprise, which Is more likely to get correct Information. It is asserted that aa a rule the private estimates turn out Jo have been more trust worthy than those put forth by the govern ment. The crop reporting system of the Depart ment of Agriculture has been put on the defensive. The department should prove to the satisfaction of congress that Its work In that direction Is of real valuo, or there should be no more appropriations to carry; it on. The work of making estimates Is expensive. If the results are valuable only to speculators who can get advance In formation by bribing government employes the system should be given up and the men Interested In the cotton market be allowed to make their own estimates. AREA OK PUBLIC LAND. Tlaadreds of Millions of Acres Mapped Oat by av Commission.. New York Sun. The preliminary report of the Public Lands commission, appointed by the presi dent In 1903, bring out facts which will astonish people who Imagine that the area of our publlo lands has been reduced to comparatively insignificant proportions. In truth, the public lands of the United States still "embrace in area nearly one third of the entire extent of the union and are widely scattered, extending from th Gulf of Mexico to the ratine, and from Canada to Mexico, Including every variety ot topography and climate." Ex cludUig Alaska, there ar twenty-three states and threo territories containing pub llo land, of which a total -area of 473.836,402 acres still remained on June 30, 1904. It la true that of these vacant lands the great butk throughout the weal are un suitable for cultivation under present known conditions of agriculture; they are ao attuated that they cannot be reclaimed by Irrigation. v It is estimated that more than 300.000.0o0 acrea are public grazing land, an area ap proximately equal to one-fifth of the ex tent of the United States proper. Th agricultural possibilities of great areas of the public lands are almost unknown, but "lands which a generation or even a de cade ago were supposed to be valueless are now producing lar-e Axipa either with or without Irrigation." The forest lands are among the most valuable of the lands re maining in public ownership. ter, I v trouble is with youj you, yourself. Your head is congested, you are dizzy, you cannot see clearly, and you are all out of sorts. Wake up your sleepy liver ! Get rid of a lot of bile. Take one of Ayer's Pills each night, for a few nights. These pills are liver pills, all vegetable, sugar-coated. They act directly oh the liver, curing biliousness, constipation, dizziness. aua by . o. ar o. . Lwn. at. Aa .B.raiMmrTB .1 AT'B Willi TIGOR-Porta hair. AlaB'a aVakaArakUXA-raf ta Mea. Powder Trntt Baking Powders sen fo 43 or SO cents per poand sad may be Mew tided by this exorbitant prtc. They aro a meoac to publle health, at food prepared from them cos taint larg quantities of Roc hell salts, a daagerooa eatbartis drag. THE RAILROADS ASD tHK PEOPLH. Osceola Record: Rama .old story. Just two classes of people roaring about th valuation on the railroads thla year th railroads themselves and the fusion press. ' Norfolk Press: Senator Millard has not as yet stated his position on the question Of government regulation of freight rates, and he may put off a declaration too long if he really has any Intention" of getting on the side of the people. Beatrice Sun: If It takes 1100.000,000 of an Investment to build a railroad, tb people who patronise that road pay the Interest upon that Investment, which Is all right. If the same road is capitalised for i:0,000,000 and the people are required to pay Interest upon that valuation, that Is all wrong. t Is the latter condition that disturbs the people. Beatrice Fxpress: The fact that Peter Jansen was able to ship sheep all the way from New Mexico at a freight rate of 13 cents per ltf) pounds, when It cost more than that for a farmer to ship a car of hogs from Beatrice tb. the Omaha or Kan sas City market, about one-eighth as far, may partially explain why some people think the freight rates are all right. POI.VTKI) RKMAHKS. "It's a shame. Aunt Singleton, the way you took up the time of the salesmen when you went shopping todoy." "There wasn't any harm in that. It'e no trouble to show goods." "You wouldn't say that If you were th mother of half a doxen unmarried daugh ters." Chicago Tribune. "You can't Judge of de Importance of what people does by de noise (ley makes," said Uncle Eben. "A goose-egg Is mo' dan twice as big as a hen-egg an' Is laid wtf out no cacklln' whatsomever." Washington Star. Mrs. X. My husband has been out very late every night this week attending Im portant board meetings at the club. Mrs. Y. So haa mine they ara both members, you know. Mrs. X. How funny! My husband saya he hasn't seen your husband for a Week! Brooklyn Life. , "Why did you refuse him?" "He has a Dast." "Hut he can blot It out." "Perhaps; but he can't use m M th blotter." Judge. ' . , "Did th' doctor And out what It I that' allln' yeiT "No. He said th't nawthln' but a post mortem examination wud Iver reveal ut. An' .1 haven't enoughs curiosity about ul to have ut done." Cleveland feadere i i: New Boarder Look here! Why can't X have a full cun of teal . Walter Girl That waa a full, cup wh I took It outer the kitchen, but, ye see, this here tea's so weak' It Jest lays down In the bottom of the cup. Philadelphia. Ledger. "There's one class of heroes that never get medals for life saving." "Who are they?" "Doctors." Detroit Free Press. gCYTHia aoxa. Andrew Lang. Mowers, weary and brown and blithe. What Is the word methinks ye know. Endless over-word that the Scythe Slims to the blades of the grass below T Sr'ythes that swing In the grass and ala ver. Something, still, they say as they pass What Is the word that, over and over, 6lngs the Scythe to, th flowers andV grass? 1 , Hush, ah hush, the Scythes ar saying. Hush, and heed not, and fall asleep: Hush, they say to the grasses swaying; Hush, they alng to tlie clover deep! Hush 'tis the lullaby Time Is singing Hush, and heed not, for all thtnga paaa Hush, ah hush! and the Scythes ara swinging Over the clover, over the grass! AS OLD-TIM K GARDE. John Russell Young. O for a garden of the olden time. Where none Due tong-iamiliar rower grow. Where pebbled paths go winding to and fro. And honeysuckles over arbors climb! There would 1 have sweet mignonettes and, thyme. With hollyhocks and dahlias sll a-row. The hvacinth inscribed with worda of woe. The small bluebell that ben la a dataty chime For ellln care and daffodllllea. too The sleepy poppy and the marigold The peony, with petals manifold And rapged-roblns, pink and white and blue, All these and more I d have, and back of A thousand rosea on a mossy wall! cannot wipe off the blur! And the reason is there is nothing the mat with your glasses. Tho ITIt'lcnmHcTfllit ATkk'g Ab CVkaV-Vai aaalana aaAga. A V af" X