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THE OMAIIA DAILT BEE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1005.' The Omaijta Daily Bee. ros:Vater. editor. EVERT MORNING. lty r..Vr.T0F BCB8CR1PTION. I 1 1 y Be inHlOUt Sunday), one year. ..$4' Illustrated Sunday, one year IK) runday Bee, on year J.aO "iuraay B ma year i w DEI one year l.ftu f-'aiiy R, Be IVERED BY CARRIER. F without Sunday), per week.,..12o including Btindny), per weea.jio (without Buniiuy). per week. e ee I with Sunday), per week...,10o lee. t)r rnnv. Kn livery tr" complalnta of Irregularities in de- Addra.'". per , f fj circulation uepanmeni. nJ OFFICES. HoulJi ha The B RulMlng. Ca.v,'h Omaha--Clty Hall Building. CI, moll Bluffa 1(1 Pearl Street. N,"1oao isi t'nlty Bulldlnf. YMhw York 1600 Home Ufa Ins. Bulldlnc. ly ashlngton Ml Fourteenth Street. tl CORRESPONDENCE. 'i''?mrur,'rtlon8 relating to newa and ed )T orlal matter should be addreaaed: Omaha Editorial Department. ? REMITTANCES. 0m"hr eastern "changes, not accepted THE BEE PUBUSH1NO COM FAN I. -7 STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION. "V10 JNbT-k. Douetas County, aai a . Rowter, aecretary of The Be rublphlng Company, belnr dnlv sworn. ""L" tht tual number of full ami complete copies of The Dally. Mnrnin. Evanlng and Runday Ba printed during tha month of September. 1806. waa aa follows! .o i m.Too BI.AHO n KMUO 0,B0 II tM,7M IMMUIO 19 TOO .T70 20 JM.410 0,e)20 II fMIJIM BOT80 21 MMW Bl.OOO :j Rl20 ...... Sl.eXM , 24 BO,". W t,HM 2J 81,180 ao.soo Bt.oiu l 8Q.T6U r? ftO.WOO ' 0O.T1O , 2 110,770 80.MO 29 B4J7Q U ai,OBO M . Total , .' ,0241,1120 Leae unsold eoplea , iv,llii Net total Hlii.,.. ftl,nas Dally averago SV,Sii C. a ROBE WATER, Beo'y. Subecrlbed In my ptvaenoe and aworn to before me thle S0 day of September. UOfi. (Baal) M. B. HUNfJATK. Notary J'ublk). WHEN OCT OF TOWH, Subscriber laavtaar (he alty tew ' porarlly skoald kava The Bee ailed to them. It la better thaa dally letter free home. Aa dreaa will ckiaaed aa eftea aa repeated. , Tha next thlnf on Omaha's Hat of cqulsiudfia nhoulU ho a iiurobred live stock allow Kausas City espectn tu get 2:-ent gaa tvom the Kousna jcna nWa. It 1 "up to" Omaha to build tlint pipe Hup. The KaiDNuy-Uould Wjdn may yet ahow the public Just how luui-h the annual reitorts fall to tell about the way the railroads are niauaged. Even the old plug hitched to a bat tered express wagon holds Its bend up higher while traversing Omaha's streets , during this horse show week. That advt'MUfd 4yuvh4n" jil Texas failed to appear on schedulo time, from which It would seem that Texas Is still Within tha limits of regeneration. . '. , It would be" Interesting to learn Just how ' much of the high salaries paid ' beads of some other big commercial enterprises Is due to the ability of the officers to break laws without being caught It Is plniuly evident that the Hon. P. Crow expects to piny the sympathy dodge for nil It Is worth but It ought not to be worth much In Oils place where he has found his victims for his desperado exploits. The nepotism graft is pretty bad when it infests Insurance companies and other private corporations, and It is worse when It gets Its clutches upon public office. It Is to be1 noted also that nepotism In public office has no polltK-s. It la no more surprising that an edu cator developed luto an ombezsler than that an educator accumulated enough money to become president of a bank. Prof. Dougherty should have paid more attention to proportion and less to sub traction. Western Imiikers are bald to be much in evidence at the bankers convention in Washington. This is not the first tlnie, for several years ago they suc ceeded in defeating the "branch bank" idea and Winning recognition from thplr eastern associates. The American consul to Mukden com ing home for Instructions might take a post graduate course at home In the art of "handllug Chinese. Hut the United States can hardly pose as a past master until It has solved Its own problem of Chinese Immigration. New York brokers might be surprised if they should learn Just how much In difference the country Is din playing toward operations on Wall atreet. It Is only when a particularly brilliant stroke of high finance Is brought off that the producer of realties wntchew the game. The life Insurance Inquiry in New York baa reached the stage where the committee Is told to subpoena witnesses legally if they are wanted. In other words, the companies under fire have about concluded that publicity has ceased to be a virtue and withdrawn the Invitation 'courting the fullest in vestigation. Tbe biennial report of the executive council disclose the fact that the run ning expenses of government oer In Iowa are gradually getting bigger. Our Iowa friends, however, should know that that Is a common complaint from which we in Nebraska are also suffer ing. The problem. Is yet to be solved how to have the state extend its field of activity and multiply lta fuuetions and maintain more numerous reformatory ind charitable Institutions without pay 'ng more money to foot the tills. Remit by drwrt, exprexa or postal order, V?y, 1 Xo Th " Publishing Company. .T '"cnt stamp revived In payment cf irtall acOOUnta. Pr,nal pknka r,n wrtoTKB cmL sRrinc. It Is eo ef the conspicuous merits of tl prwent national administration that It has rery greatly improved civil service conditions. It is observed that there la a healthier civil err ire tone among tb lower officials of the government than has prevailed hitherto. This Is ascribed to two factors the search for better trained and more expert men and the greater rigidity with which civil service laws are enforced. The increasing scope of the scientific and economic activities of the gpvernnient. It Is pointed out, has undoubtedly had the effect of con centrating attention upon the need for trained men, and has also tended to raise the Importance of such men and of the work they do relatively to the im portance of those who perform the purely administrative functions con nected with the conduct of affairs. "It Is now a frequent subject of remark," says a Washington correspondent, "that a man may hope to secure promotion, up to a certain point at all events, on the strength of his merits and without the aid of purely political Influences. That this situation has the effect of stimulating men to do more efficient work there can be ho doubt and In fact the expert and scientific branches of the service are those In which improvement Is much more noticeable than in the purely, administrative employments." It Is noted as a most interesting fact that the bureaus which are managed by the executive shine out brilliantly in comparison with those where congres sional oversight is maintained. In the latter the old political situation still exists and as a consequence they are the least" efficient and probably will con tinue so as long as they remain in close dependence upon congress. A notable example of this is the government print ing office, which Investigation has shown to be most Inefficiently and ex travagantly eonducted. President Roose velt has shown since the beginning of his administration a most earnest pur pose to Improve the civil service and he has accomplished much in this di rection. More needs to be done and undoubtedly will be done. There are still faults to be corrected and defects to' be remedied and the president will do all in his power to accomplish this. The commission he appointed to Investi gate business methods and other condi tions in the departments and bureaus Is expected to show the way to a still further improvement of the government service. A matter In which Mr. Roosevelt ap pears to be very greatly Interested Is that of consular reorganization and Secretary Root Is understood to be In full accord with the president In regard to this. It Is probable that some such legislation as is proposed in the Lodge bill will be urged by the president in his annual message and It is quite possi ble that the fifty-ninth congress will adopt the legislation necessary to place the consular service on. a better basis. It 'is not contended that the servicers generally bad, for such is not the catc. On the contrary, It Is as a whole a very good servjee. Yet, as Mr. Roosevelt has. said and those who speak with knowl edge admit, the service can be Improved and It Is highly important, in the in terest of our commercial expansion, that It shall be. We must not be inferior to any other country in the character and efficiency of the consular service. PRKPARISQ FUIi DEVSLOPMKXT. The policy proposed by the commer cial bodies of Japan for promoting In dustrial and commercial development is wise and comprehensive and If adopted by the government, as probably It will be, could not fall to have most benefi cial results. One of the things recom mended Is the creation of government commercial agencies. These would be, under Judicious management, a great as sistance to the commercial interests of the country. Another suggestion Is the establishment of floating exhibitions of samples and museums in foreign ports. This might be a rather expensive method of advertising Japan's products, but very likely the results would Justify the expeuse. The improvement of exist ing railroads and the rapid construc tion of new railroads Is urged and un doubtedly the government will not hesi tate to act upon this suggestion. It is to be expected that an era of railway construction in Japan will be entered up on at once and that this most essential requirement for the development of the country will be carried forward with the greatest possible energy. For this pur pose the government will have no dlf ficnlty In obtaining whatever money It may need. Japan Is going to enter Into very ac tive competition with the rest of the world, not only for Asiatic trade, but for business everywhere, and it is safe to say that she will secure ber share. Al ready there is being suggested a union of Kuroiean countries to protect them selves against a possible Japanese In vasion and a movement of thla kind may be made. At any rate It is well under stood that Japan Is going to be in the race for trade, with the probability that she will keep pretty close to the swift est THAT CHINCSK QUKSTIVlt. The administration has a plan to sub mit to congress for legislation on the Chinese question. The examination of certificates held by Chinese Is how done by consular officers and their manner of discharging this duty is said to have given rise to a great deal of disss tlsfac tlon. The administration plan provides for the appointment of special agents of the Immigration service to serve in the American consulates at the important seaports of Europe and Asia. These men will Inspect the certificates pre sented by Chinamen bound for the United States and determine whether or not the holders are entitled to enter the porta of this country. This appears to be a Judicious proposition. The existing plan, of ha vine certificates inspected by consular officers, has undeniably bwen'a failure. The consuls perfwm the duty perfunctorily, generally regarding it as a grarultons burden. Agents appointed specially to make the Inspection would attend properly to the duty., It would entail some additional expense at the consulates, but It would be a profitable investment if It should put an end to what has become an irritating question, menacing the friendly relations between the United States and China. Meanwhile the secretary of state and the Chinese minister will proceed with the negotiation of a treaty, which per haps will be ready for submission to the senate early In the coming session. It Is understood that the Chinese govern ment will ask some Important conces sions,' so that the framing of a treaty may be somewhat difficult In any event one that would be entirely satisfactory to the Chinese government would be very sure to meet with vigorous. opposi tion from those In this country who are Insistent that the present exclusion policy must be fully maintained, If not Indeed made more rigid. The Chinese question promises to become more irri tating and troublesome before a settle ment is reached. OMAHA AS A LIVE STUCK SIABKST- A comparative exhibit of the statistics of the principal live stock markets of the country for the year 1004, which Is being printed in Chicago papers as an advertisement in the interest of the Chicago stock yards, proves to be as good if not a better advertisement for Omaha. In receipts of cattle, Omahay Is cred ited with 944.192 head, making' 10.9 per cent of the total for Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha, St. Joseph and Sioux City, and giving Omaha the rank of fourth. In receipts of hogs, Omaha is credited with 2,909,627, making 13.9 per cent of the total, and placing it in second rank. In receipts of sheep, Omaha Is cred ited with 1,754,305, or 20 per cent of the total, giving it second rank. In receipts of horses, Omaha Is cred ited with 40,845, making 14.5 per cent of the total, and giving it third place on the list In number of cars received, Omaha is credited with 81,035, being 12.9 per cent of the total, and giving it third place, surpassed only by Chicago and Kansas City. In the slaughter of cattle, Omaha is credited with 642,277 head, being 12.4 per cent of the total, and giving it fourth place. In the slaughter of hogs, Omaha Is credited with 2.087.605, being 15.5 per cent of the total, and putting It In sec ond place, outranked only by Chicago. In the slaughter of sheep, Omaha Is credited with 885,421 head, making 15.1 per cent of the total, and putting it second only to Chicago. In the slaughter of animals through the whole list wltb the exception of sheepr. the. percentage of slaughtered In Omaha Is greater than Its percentage of receipts, indicating that this is n pri mary market for live stock to a greater degree than any of the competing mar kets. This surely Is a remarkable showing. Our versatile city attorney Is said to be burning midnight oil to devise ways and means for paying the police force out of the city treasury after the police fund Is exhausted by some hocus pocus that will not constitute a tiagrant viola tion of the charter prohibition against overlaps. The latest suggestion Is that the patrolmen who would otherwise be laid off be continued as "special police men" and draw their money out of the general fund. If this is permissible this year It will be permissible any time and all the time, and the whole police force may be enrolled as special police men, leaving the police fund at the dis posal of the police board for other pur poses. Better still, the fire department or the street force, or any other branch of the municipal government might be transferred to the roll of special police men by simply changing the designation of their employment on the books. If the charter is good for anything, let us try to live up to it; if not, let us have it changed. One of the indictments of the Water board resolutions against the water company is that the company Is not de livering the goods through Its hydrants according to contract In the mean while the Water board patriots, having no water plant to manage and no busi ness to transact are drawing their sal aries regularly without rendering any equivalent service In return, as per their contract. Another indictment Is that the water company "has neglected and refused to extend its plant to meet the demands and growth of the city," although proceedings to buy the works and put the company out of business have been pending for nearly three years and the appraisement is now indefinitely hung up by injunction se cured by the Water board itself. The water works purchase farce is ap proaching the limit of ridiculousness. How much are the lawyers to gett A delegation of St. 1'aul business men are to inspect Omaha's auditorium to get pointers for an auditorium pro ject for the Minnesota capital. Among other things our St. Paul friends should learn lu this connection Is to profit by Omaha's mistakes. Omaha's auditorium would have been built a year sooner and completed without a $50,000 mort gage plaster bad It been bandied with ordinary business shrewdness from the start. The people of Portland are waxing enthusiastic over their exposition which Is to close this week, with a prospect of registering an attendance of 2,250,000 persons and a promise of material dividends to the stock subscribers. It is gratifying to know that the Portland peopl are coming out so well, but also grsUfylng to recall that the attendance record of the Omaha exposition, held in lt Jnst after the people of the tribu tary section had passed through the most severe financial depression from which they had not yet recovered, was 2,613,r08, and that the returns to the shareholders were 90 per cent of their stock subscriptions. The official declaration by the board of Ak-Sar-Ren governors with reference to the showing made for Ikiuglas county at the recent county fair that "no finer agricultural exhibit of the county hits ever been mnde," pnts It pretty strongly, but In the opinion of experts not too strongly. Our people are beginning to realise better the won derful agricultural resources and de velopment right here in Douglas county and one reason for this is that those In charge of the county exhibit have at last learned how to make their exhibits attractive and effective. The refusal of Emperor Francis Joseph to meet the Hungarian inter mediary has recent precedent in the similar action of King Oscar of Sweden upon demands of the Norwegians, but the Hungarians will hardly get away from Austria as easily as Norway un hitched from Sweden. Violet Jimmy Piker. Washlna-ton Post. The Mutual Life has paid President Mc Curdy and members of his family some thing over 4,OOO,O0O In salaries and com missions. One purpose of the Investigation seems to be to show that Violet Jimmy Hyde waa a mere piker. Where the Responsibility Reata. Brooklyn Eagle. Next time that a big corporation Is blackmailed by aldermen or legislators, let It have the courage to coma out and say eo, and we doubt gravely If the black mailing measure goes through. Corpora tions are largely responsible for the con tinuance of blackmail, because they pay It. Amaalna; Coarteay of Lyaenera. Springfield Republican. The petition of Texas clllzvns to the governor to be allowed lawfully to lynch negroes reaches the limit. Happily the governor remembered his oath of office and answered respectfully that the constitution of the state of Texas wduld not permit him to acquiesce In suoh a proposal. The next step, then, for these cltlsens Is to have the constitution amended. Pernleloas Grafting- Checked. St. Louis Republic. The secretary of war has found It neces sary to adopt, radical measures to prevent robbery of the government by persons furnishing army supplies. He Instate that the goods shall be up to the sample in every case. The army contractor la per nicious In peace as In waK but It ought not to be so hard to suppress his graft In time of peace, when quartermasters have not much else to do.' The President and the Fever. Chicago Chronicle. Evidently the people of New Orleans misinterpret thebJectlons that have been made to the president visiting the yellow fever zone while the disease is still active. It is true" that the, president would Incur some danger, but 'that consideration is-not the Important onrV'felftce It Is realized that the peril woutd fitif? be ' serious after all. The real objection Is founded on the cer tainty that the' president's presence will attract many people who will thus be ex posed to possible Infection. If It were at all necessary that the presi dent should go south before the arrival of frost no objection would be made. As he can Just as well postpone the journey for a month, It is hard to see why he should take any chances either for himself or for others. ' POLITICAL ADVERTISING. The Newspaper la Ualnlna; Over Cir culars and Leaflets. New York Sun. It la a growing tendency of the candidate for public office, or the reformer with an Isaue to exploit, to aeek the columns of the dally newspapers and present his claims to consideration or marshal his arguments In hla own way In the type that suits him, confident of the readers' Interest In a well displayed advertisement In the southern states where a Victory at the primaries la equivalent to election, the practice Is an old, old story. It 1b the only sure way to bring the candidate and the voters to gether. No man hide his light under a bushel. He rakes his opponent's record fore and aft, and points -with pride to his own. He advertises aa he talks on the stump, kr.owlng that a 100 will read where one iil hear. In Baltimore during a cam paign the front pages of the newspapers are covered with party, committee and In dividual appeals to the voter all at space rates, the columns being thrown open to both sides. Governor William L. Douglas of Massachusetts was the first northern man, we believe, to realize the value of the cuts. When he published the autobi ography of a laborious life In the news papers from Cape Cod to state line he hocked the back bay but he waa elected governor. At the present time the Massa chussetts committee of 100 on reciprocal trade la advertising1 Its propaganda In half pages with challenging Stare heads that end a chill down the vertebrae of the stand-patters. Everett Colby In his fight against the Essex oligarchy, which he won so handsomely availed hlmaelf of the advertising columns of the Newark (N. J.) papers to supplement his appeals from the tails of carts and halls which were not rented until, the primary day by the said unafraid and unahamed oligarchy. The auccess of this method must depend upon the Insight and originality of the "literary bureau" .of the cause of can didate. In the presidential campaign some of the most cogent arguments of the re publican party were presented In the ad vertising columns of periodicals. A sign of the political times la the substitution of the newspaper advertisement for the mailed circular and fugitive leaflet. The amount of money that haa Teen wasted In "litera ture" that never leaves headquarters would liquidate the national debt. 0LIVD 011 Try it in your next salad. - Com para wftb other bf audi and Judge i yourselt a TftOtD ABrT K 1CW TORK. Rlaalca an the Carrvat af Mfe I the Metrepella. Althotig reports Indicate satisfactory busl nesa conditions In Wall street It Is evi dent that occupants of "the street" are not overloaded with coin. Several thous and of them sought to make an extra, lamb killing last Saturday and succeeded in mak ing a spectaclo for nothing. One of the local yellow papers announced that Its sleuth would appear on th street at a per tain hour Saturday, and that a reward of 1200 would be given the person Identifying him from the printed picture. The street cut loose at the hour named. The rush on Wall street swept the bulls and bears off their feet. Broad street south from Wall for two blocks was packed from curb to curb, and Wall street from Broad way to William street was practically Im passable. Every man bearing the slightest resem blance to the published photographs was stopped and questioned. Some of the vic tims had their clothing torn off by the eager mob. Dozens of young men were thrown down and trampled on by persons anxious to grab them and claim a reward for recog nizing the mysterious Mr. Raffles. The uproar was terrific. Brokers In the skyscrapers of the district dropped their worl: to gaze upon the turbulent swarm In the streets below. Messenger boys car rying millions of dollars In securities and notes became hopelessly entangled In the crush. So great and disorderly waa the crowd that the doors of the subtreasury were closed as a precautionary meausure. Reserves were ordered from all the West side stations as far as Forty-seventh, street, and for the balance of the day Wall street did business under a strong police guard. Tt seems to afford the editors of Park row some satisfaction to compare the sal aries of the life Insurance presidents with that of the president of the United States. Two Insurance presidents make three times Roosevelfs lump, and there are about a dozen men In the employ of the companies of whom the public never hears who would not change Jobs with Mr. Roosevelt if the money was the only consideration. The editors themselves do not rank in point of salary with the big men of the Insur ance or the Industrial enterprises. "They" ay that Arthur Brisbane pulls down a yearly salary of $40,000 from Hearst. This Is a top-notch price for editors. St. Clair McKelway, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, Is said to draw onlv 112.000. Mnt of h big editors In New York are presidents or managers of their companies and they draw salaries as such. If they depended on their luumain pens or their typewriters they would not average over $10,000 a year. A window show that draws a crowd and makes the people laugh Is one sHven u in pantomime, by the demonstrator of a collar Duiton, relates the Sun. First he turns to the gaze of the people In front a card Inscribed "The Old Way." and then he proceeds to show what r. wicked thing the old -stvle collar hnftm. was. His 'face, placid enough when he first essays to button the collar, takes on soon, when the collar falls to connect, a look of vexation. And then he reaches over with a finger Inside the shlrtband -and his thumb outside of It and the collar and tugs and pulls on the collar, trying that WAV tf n,ifr It the button, shutting one eye now, and-twlst- ing up his .face and falrlv n.-HtM i efforts to make the collar work; but there's iiuwung aoing. And now he lets -o of the collar in front, and lets them fly out, and In nw rage ne pulls back his shirt sleeves before going at It again, as though , work was something that needed all his strength. .He doesn't say a word, but niast mat collar button!" can he imag ined as saying to himself. And then the demonstrator rrshs at h. collar ends again and Once mora rtnlta mnA hauls on them, only to fall again; and then ne ibis go once more and doubles up his fist, while the people outside. &nm dotibt, with a sort of reminiscent sym pathy, laugh. And then he yanks his watch nut nf hi. fob and looks at It, and heavens! he's late now, thanks to that Infernal collar button; and then he goes at It again with an almost frantic rage and enerv. hut to fall at last utterly, and finally to tear tha coiiar on ana cast It on the floor. And then he sets up In the window fn to the front, a card Inscribed "The New Way, and then, his face no longer suf fused with rage but wearlno now a innV f peace and contentment, he proceeds to show wnai a simple, easy, comfortable thing it is to put on a collar with the wonderful new collar buttons of the kind that h i. showing. He touches his flna-er n th. button at the back Just touches 11 and the collar la buttoned there, and at the front Just a touch to each end is ufflelont to button the collar there, and th era vm, mrm And with that last touch the demon-i trator, out of the fullness of his good humor, winks to the people without, who smile more In return and then pass on. making room for others, now waiting for the next demonstration. A president of a life Insurance company was testifying the other day before the legislative 'committee, about the corpora tion's agency business. "What Is the chief qualification of a good agent?" he was asked. "Well, a first-class agent must be a man who la able to butt in." Just at that moment one of the rmnn.r. who was watching the Investigation ome one touch his shoulder. Looking around, he saw a stranger with a glaring red moustache and pale blue eyes. This individual leaned forward and whispered: "I'd like to talk to you a few minutes." "What for?" Inquired the reporter. Irri tated at being Interrupted In the busiest hour of the morning. "I want to sell you a policy In the Insurance company," confided the stranger, whereupon there waa an abrupt ending of the Interview. Practical Joking by telephone Is a dan gerous business. Two merry young men In New York, for example, thought It ex cellent fun recently to awaken another good citizen and aend him out In a pouring rain with the Information, presumably from police headquarters, that his store had been burglarized. The store hadn't been burglarized, and the records of the tele phone company promptly located the false Informants and landed them In the police court almost before they had done chuck ling. There Is one office In lower Broadway that attracta an unusual amount of notice. It has been trimmed in mourning for more than a year. Long strips of black are draped above the doors and windows and twined about the counters and chandeliers. The mourning does not appear to be as sumed In memory of any particular person. Nobody connected with the establishment haa died, and no financial loss haa been sustained. It Is possible that the sombre decorations have been adopted merely as an advertising dodge. A Brooklyn housekeeper recently adver tised that "she had a back parlor to rent. One of the answers which the next day's mail brought here was the following: "Wife and child, also small spaniel dog would like to occupy room advertised Would be willing to pay a little more on ac-ount of child and dog. No trouble with dog Aoaaer at once.' When using baking powder it is always econ omy to buy the Royal. Royal makes the finest, most wholesome and de licious food. PERSONAL ROTES. Mr. Perkins started in with the New York Life company at $2S a month but appears to have made up for some lost time. Think of Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt of Brook lyn, 10S years old, celebrating her birthday by riding In an automobile. Suppose she had done this on every birthday, whero would she be now? Charles W, Russell, who has Just been made assistant attorney general, has been In the department of Justice a good many years, having risen by sheer merit from a clerkship to his present place. The president of the New York Insurance company gets more pay than the combined salaries of the president of the United State", the cabinet, the supreme Justice, and an admiral and lieutenant general thrown In. Prof. W. D. Miller, professor of medicine and surgery at the University of Berlin, has arrived In New York. Besides being famous as a bacteriologist and dentist, he holds the golf championship of Germany and Austria. Count Leon Leschlnsky, a representative of the Southern railroad of Russia has arrived In New York for the purpose of purchasing railroad supplies. He Is only 22 years of age, and his wife was formerly Miss Mae Feist of Kansas City. Arrested for larceny, the cashier of a St. Louis restaurant claimed absent mindedness In exculpation. He aald that one morning while he waa reading about the dellcta of life insurance officials he un consciously abstracted $7 front the till. The Judge asked him why he did not take the entire contents. The first telegraph office in the world was fitted up by Henry M. Dellinger, a native of Washington county, Maryland. He Is 84 years old, but his memory Is very keen, particularly with events surrounding the sending of the first telegrams. The office Installed by Mr. Dellinger was In a couple of rooms in an old government building In Washington, the general post office now standing on the site, POINTED REMARKS. Bell Boy Four more highballs for the gent in room 231. Barkeep Why he's up there all by him self. Boll Boy Nope. He says he's got some snakes an' he want to treat 'era. Cleve land Leader. "These insurance manipulators have rob bed us of millions," said the man Who geta excited. "That's nothing," answered the base ball enthusiast. "Look at what the umpires have done to us In those base ball games." Philadelphia Ledger. The man who Is always ready to argue with you, no matter what the subject may be, generally has to borrow money from somebody every little while to keep him going. Somcrvllle Journal. "Surely." began the young politician, who was about to propose, "You must realize what my frequent vlalta here must mean." "Why. no." replied the brlsht airl. "since you are a politician, I naturally concluded that your visits were 'without signifi cance.' "Philadelphia Press. "What do you consider the most remark able work In American literature?" said the man who asks idle questions. My lire Insurance company Drosnec- tus," replied the rueful policy holder.' Washington Star. Your son's head Is unusuallr full of bumPB." remarked the Dhrenoloalst. "How does It happen?" I suppose, explained the father. Its because everything he knows was knocked into It." Detroit Tee rresa. F! 1 1 1 " nroteateri the broker, who haA aA. vertlsed for a confidential clerk, "you want too mucn salary. I ve had a great deal of experience In Browning. Ming & Co a 0 ORIGINATORS ANR SOLE MAKERS OF HALF SIZES IN CLOTHING. Full Dress The Dress Suit period of the year is now with us. When you want a Dress Suit you want it bad, and still you want it good. Come and see what we can do for you in a Dress Suit or Tuxedo. Pont Mortgage Your Properly in order to buy- a Full Dress Suit of an exclusive tailor. Come to us and you'll get as good as his for less than half his price. And they are perfection in every point. . $26 to $40 The proper Furnishings and Hats to match and Top Coats. Fifteenth and Douglas Sts. L way al I2n &, M7W the brokerage business," Urged the appli cant. "But you ask too much for It." "My dear sir, I assure you I'm offering It to you for much lese than It cost me." Philadelphia Ledger. IIALCYOX DAYS. Cincinnati Enquirer. When the coal Is In the cellar and you've money In the bank. And the Job you have la pleasant, and you're neither stout nor lank; w hen the mornings In October are all beautiful and bright. And you own the house you live In, and your liver Is all right: Oh, It's then that life's worth living, and the efforts worth your while. And It's then that you may bravely throw your shoulders back and smile With compassion for the foolish and with pity for the crank. When the coal In In the cellar and you'v money In the bank. There's something mighty beautiful about this good old earth When there's nothing you're ashamed of In connection with your birth, And your hair Is staying with you and your lungs are good and atrong. And your teeth are sound, and nothing In the world Is going wrong. He would be a churl, an Ingrate, who could sit around and whine When each morning In October waa the finest of the fine, And his children were so lovely that he never had to spank. And his coal was In the cellar and he'd money In the bank. There's a thrill that's coming to you when your brassey lifts the ball. Which goes sailing over bunkers for two hundred yards to fall At the' edge of where the green la, and then rolls and wrigglee up 'Till at last It stops within about two inches of the cup. And this helps to keep a fellow from be lieving life Is vain. From deciding that the profit Isn't worth the wear and strain. Makes him rather think that living haa Its bright side, to be frank, When, with coal piled In the cellar, he has money in the bank. Life Is not a useless hardship when you have no rent to pay. And your Income Is sufficient to keep trouble bribed away, When your clothes are made to fit you, and your head is good and clear. And there Isn't anybody in the world you need to fear; When your home Is filled with sunshine and a lady who can please Helps to make the office cheerful as her fingers hit the keys; When your face Is still unwrlnkled and you're neither stout nor lank. When your coal la In the cellar .and you've money In the bank. CMeCLURE'S MAGA ZINE is a better text boon of current events, of the real, vital, throbbing prob lems of this republic), and at the same time, a better pre sentation of the moat spark ling, tropical and character istics short stories depicting American life, by young American writers, than can be had anywhere in any form. 8. 8. McCLURE COMPANY. 44-0 East 23d Street NEW YORK. OMAHA NEB. f YORK . Facaary. C,p, XV. AT i