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WME1 Ol'T OF TOWS,
Sohserlbera leaving the elty teas
ovarii? enool have The Bee
Mailed to them. It Is better than
ally , letter,, from hone. Ad
Areas will be raaaged as often as
requested. ,
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Another big grain elevator has been
projected for Omaha. The Omaha Grain
exchange Is making good.
If Secretary Tuft really brought home
a full grown presidential boom he
should not keep it in cold storage too
long.
At the prevent rate of progress on
the Tanama canal airships may pass
over the aone before steamships pass
through It
The "bluff" put up by President Ram
sey Of the Wabash shows that Russian
geuerals are not the highest, exponents
of that; art. ''
' '4 ,4 .,- . n
InYjncllle General .Frost . has - coma
within, hailing distance of. Louisiana,
and the finish of the fever bearing mos
quito Is in sight '
Secretary Shaw says that political
sentiment in Virginia is heulthy; but he
is not optimistic enough to predict that
this condition will extend to the ballot
boxes on election day.
That North Dakota banker who dealt
In stolen live stock made the mistake
of his life, ' He should have confined
bis operations to watered stock and be
come rich and respected.
That New Voik man who aucceded in
maintaining three wives In one flat dis
played a unusual quality of diplomacy.
Punishment adequate for this particu
lar crime has never been devised.
In asserting that life Insurance is a
philanthropic, institution, Mr. McCurdy
evidently believes that philanthropy,
like charity, should begin at home and
that the less It travels the tatter it is.
The board of directors of the Union
raclflc will hereafter have to do with
out the counsel and advice of James
Tl. Hyde, but the presumption Is that
the trains will run on usual schedule
time just the same.
General Corbin has censured Minis
ter Rockhlll for failing to give worthy
reception to American visitors in Pek
ing; but the soldier should remember
that receptions in Peking are more diffi
cult to arrange than receptions In Wash
ington. 1
The Hon. P. Crowe pleads not guilty.
If before his case is ended his attor
neys do not prove that he is an innocent
victim of malicious persecution, entitled
to damages for the trouble be has been
put to, it will not be the fault of the
prisoner.
The president of the MetrojHilitau
Ufe Insurance comany has returned to
America and promises to testify I fore
the Investigating committee at New
York. He will have to tell a wonder
ful story to luterest the people after re
cent disclosures.
The official crop bulletin of the Agri
culture department, showing the con
dition of the coin yield for this year, as
compared with a ten-year average, puts
Nebraska right to the top, both rela
tively and absolutely. As a corn state
Nebraska recoguises no superiors.
The Oman bee euys it has no apology
to offer for not sending a special commis
sion to meet Pat Crowe and ask Mm
what he wanted to huve printed about
himself. Logk-ally. therefore, the apology
Is up to the other papers. Chicago Tribune.
The other papers" have been literally
crawling ou their bellies for several
days trying to square themselves for
the aid and comfort they had been glv
Ipgrto this notorious - outlaw. They
could not apologise in more abject
tarn. -
TLKA lOR A titRCHAjIT M ARISE-
'. The anVlrcs of KevreUrjt Hhnw lxfore
the t-ttiifntlnii of tmnker at Wasliltifr
ton rvntHliiod strong - tloa for no
Aiwrirnn men hunt marine. The afire
fsry of the treasury pointed out the
grt'iit growth of otir foreign commerce
iluriiiK the past forty years and sutd
thnt we otirry In our own ships only
ono-thlrd as ninny gross tons ns forty
year &go. "Wc have protected and
pnootirajred every Interest lut our tner
chnnt marine and every protected In
terest hag flcnirlshed." He expressed
the opinion that n mert-hant marine tin
der our own flag- would do much toward
building up trnda with South America
and "would Insure to the American peo
ple Homewliat more than their prenent
10 per cent of the one thousand millions
of trade washed by the shores of the
raclflc."
This question of an American mer
chant marine will be urged upon the
attention of the fifty-ninth congress and
with a large republican majority in both
branches It is by no means Improbable
that there will be action favorable to
the cause of which Mr. flhaw is so cop
able and earnest a champion. There is
undoubtedly a more general popular ap
preciation at this time of the import
ance to our foreign commerce of an
American merchant marine than erer
before. With or commercial rivals
winning trade because they send their
goods to the markets of the world In
their own ships there is furnished an
object lesson which our own people
must understand. In the ports of South
America the flag of the United States
is rarely seen. Can tht-re be a reason
able' doubt that this fact in part ex
plains why we have so small a aba re
of the trade with those countries? Shall
we 1k able to secure such a share of
the Asiatic trade as we ought to 'get
if we are dependent upon foreign ships
for the transportation of our products?
We are seeking commercial expansion
and are making progress, LUt there can
be no doubt that our advance would be
much more rapid If we could send our
products to the world's markets in our
own ships and under our own flag. Un
til We do this we shall not have abso
lute commerclol .Independence. .
ANOTHER OKRMAN MS It ACE.
The American consul at St Thomas,
West Indies, has discerned another
German menace. He has reported to
Washington that a small Island has
been purchased by a German steamship
company and he does not doubt that
the Intention is to eventually convert
it Into a coaling station for the use of
the German navy, thereby giving to the
kaiser his long-sought opportunity to
obtain a foothold in the West Indies.
According to a statement from Wash
ington the officials of the State and
Navy departments are deeply Interested
in the consul's report and the matter
has been taken under consideration by
th$ general , boarjj of, the navy; It Is
seriously pointed out-tha if Germany
should establish a naval station on this
island it would enable her to threaten
the control of the Panama cajial by the
United States and It is ffltu (that the
incident is expected to have consider
able effect on the relations between Ger
many and this country.
There are some persons in the depart
ments at Washington, particularly in
that of the navy, who seem to L'e deeply
Imbued with the notion that Germany
has deslfcna in this hemisphere hostile
to the United States. Some of our naval
officers have been credited with the
opinion that our next war will be with
Germany and will be provoked by that
country. Yet all the time the German
emperor is doing bis utmost to assure
the American people that he has the
most friendly regard for them. If the
Hamburg Steamship company baa pur
chased a small Island in the West Indies
there can be no doubt that it ia an en
tirely legitimate transaction, with, which
the government has nothing whatever to
do. In any event to regard such a mat
ter as a menace to this country would
be ridiculous.
THJB 8ANTO DOMiyoO POLICT.
What is to be the ultimate effect of
this government'! present policy re
garding Santo Domingo is a question
of no little Interest and importance.
At the request of the government of
that republic we have undertaken the
task of collecting the revenue from cus
toms, turning over 45 per cent of it to
the Dominican treasury for running ex
penses of the government and putting
the other 55 per cent into a safe deposit
for equitable division among the va
rious creditors, whether European or
American, accordingly as, after investi
gation, their claims seem Just We
have warships in Dominican waters to
support this policy if there should be
any serious opposition to It.
President Roosevelt has spoken of
this action of the government as Justifi
able under the circumstances. Condi
tions In Santo Domingo bad been for
years growing from bad to worse, until
the danger of foreign Intervention had
leoome imminent European creditors
with claims aggregating a large sum
were urging payment through their gov
ernments. Promisee made by the Santo
Domingo government were of no value
because of the almost continued turbu
lence in the Island. Insurrection was
the rule and generally the object of
those who organised It was to get pos
setislon of the revenues. Under such
clrcumstsnces the foreign creditors saw
no hope of securing the payment of
their claims except through the use of
force. It was when the application qf
fore seemed Inevitable that the Do-
tnlutran government appealed to the
United States for help and the policy
belug pursued was,; after careful de
liberation, adopted. It Is proving sue
cessfuL The revenue front customs is
belug collected and It ia stated that the
government la actually getting more
from the 43 per cent that is tame' -ver
to it than It got formerly when it took
the entire revenue. There has been' do
revolutionary movement since this plan
went Into effect snd the foreign credi
tors appeal to I satisfied. "This la
enabling the poor barraaed people-'of
Santo tKmingo," to quote Mr. Roose
velt, "once more to turn their atteutlou
to Industry and to be free from the
enrse of Interminable revolutionary dis
turbs iwe."
Whether or not this policy, which la
In the nature of a receivership. Is to be
maintained, will be determined by the
action of the United States senate on
the treaty with Santo Iomlngo which
la pending. Senator Lodge has referred
to this as the "beginning of a great
national policy" and It Is In this light
that It should be considered. If the
treaty should be ratified there will be
established a precedent of possible far
reschlng importance. It Is easily con
ceivable that the time may come when
our government may be called upon to
apply the Santo Domingo plan to some
delinquent South or Central American
country and the question naturally
arises as to how far we could wisely
and safely go In this direction. Tbls
broad consideration of the matter will
undoubtedly be given it by the senate
and It would not be at all surprising
if the decision should be against fixing
such a precedent. Unquestionably a
great service has been, rendered to
Santo Domingo aud the motives that
prompted President Roosevelt to adopt
the course he did are to be commended,
but It may well be doubted if It would
be wise to commit the government to
this plan as a national policy.
MORS PUBLICITY XEKDtD
What Lincoln needs as much as any
thing else Is publicity. Dallas, with Its
nso.ooo" elub, is In th publlo eye all the
time. Kansas City, with more of the pub
licity spirit than any other center of popu
lation In the country, keeps something
going on all the time. It jumps from a
carnival into a horse show, then Into a
flower show, and then into something else.
Omaha la doing more In this line than It
ever did before. There Is no doubt about
the rejuvenation of Omaha. It Is waking
up. Its business men are pulling together.
An Inability to do this Is what has kept
Omaha behind the times. Even St. Joseph
shows signs of new life. The race be
tween the cities Is growing swift, and the
Commercial olub here realises that some
thing must be done and that everybody
must be doing the aame thing. Lincoln
Star.
An outsider can sometimes see things
which are not visible to those on the
Inside, and while this explanation of
Omaha's rejuvenation is not- entirely
new, It points to a moral of which we
should take still further advantage. It
does not hurt ua to be told that Omaha's
business men are waking up and are
pulling together and that inability to
do this long kept Omaha behind the
procession.
People like a city which does things
Just as they like a man who does things.
It is not enough to do things, however,
and be content with the knowledge our
selves. We must let other people know
what we are doing if we are to attract
them by our enterprise, push and public
spirit Omaha has been enjoying
greater publicity of the right kind of
late than formerly, but still It haa not
had the publicity it is entiled to.
Omaha's resources and prospects, com
pared with those of other western cities
of its class, should be practically irresist
ible in drawing .new population and
business, and while the city is plainly
progressing with marked strides, its
growth could and would be expedited
by a more systematic publicity cam
paign. Although the local newspapers are al
ways more than generous, the publicity
features of all our public enterprises,
including the Commercial club, the
Grain exchange, the Heal Estate ex
change, Ak-8ar-Ben. the county fair, the
Horse Show, and all the others, could
and should be much more effectively
exploited, especially outside of Omaha.
The charter provision Covering the
wilful absence of councllmen from
council meetings presents an anomaly
In ita stipulation for withholding flO
from the salary of the absent council
man for each offense. If the council
holds regular meetings once a week,
with alx or eight special meetings dur
ing the year, the councilman absenting
himself from all of them would be sub
ject to a penalty of fOOO, leaving S900
coming to him on his salary In other
words, if no other discipline could be
enforced, a man elected to the. council
could draw $900 approximately without
performing any of his oftlclal duties.
We have had councllmen, however,
whose retirement it would have been
cheap to buy at twice the price.
The Nebraska state Insurance depart
ment is taking a hand by its represen
tatlves in the re examination of the big
eastern concerns. The last time Ne
braska Insurance examiners attracted
special attention to themselves they
failed to come out of the ordoa) with
credit to themselves. Let us have no
repetition of the Palming operations of
the last popocratlc administration of the
insurance department
It Is qnlte natural for the democratic
clerk of the district court to read the
appointment of election officers In
way that will favor the democrats most
It might be well to remember, however,
that the office of the clerk of the court
is not destined to remain forever in the
hands of a democrat and that It Is
poor rule that doea not work both ways
Senator Patterson suys that the
Philippines are a smouldering volcauo.
He apparently thinks the vocal eruption
of Bourke Cockran in Manila. did not
relieve the situation, and, coming from
Colorado, the senator should be an ex
pert on the aubject of smouldering vol
canoes.
The typhoid fever epUieuiie at the
Lincoln Insane asylum is more serious
than it appears on the aurfuce. The
Inmates of tbaf Institution are not there
of their own volition, but have Iwen
rought, there by state sutljorlty, ., The
state owes It to itself as well as to them
to protect them by every reasonable pre
caution agalnwt avoidable exposure to
disease. If a 'state Institution canmrt
be maintained In a sanitary condition
It should be forthwith st'sndoned.
Portlier President BIgelow of the
American Rankers' association can, with
some degree of certainty, make prep
arations for the reception of former
President Dougherty of the American
Educational association. Wildcat spec
ulation proved more alluring than re
munerative to both of the distinguished
financiers.
Popular prices- for high class enter
tainments at the Auditorium are beln
weighed In the balance. ' Unless the ad
vocates of popuUr prices show their
faith by their works the experiment Is
likely to be disappointing to them and
disastrous to their contention In the fu
ture.
tnjnatlce to Friend.
Baltimore American.
Somebody is at raid of the tyranny of the
dollar. When a thing shows a disposition
to get away from you as quickly aa a
dollar does, it hardly seems fair to charge
It with as perMlstent a fault as tyranny.
The Finish ta Slant.
Pittsburg Despatch.
Mr. M. E. Ingalls, having been placed
at the head of the commission to study the
merits and demerits of municipal owner
ship, It should not require very much per
spicacity on the part of municipal owner
ship to perceive its own finish.
Reflect Before l.eaplnar. a
Chicago- Record-Herald.
The man who Is thinking of taking out
an Insurance policy, should henceforth re
flect on these things and learn this lesnon.
If no other: If anybody tries to get you
to take out a deferred dividend policy, run
for the wood. For the deferred dividends
furnish a beautiful cheese In which mag
gots can breed. '
Assertlona Proven Baseless.
New York Herald.
Defeated Cuban candidates charge that
their successful competitors were guilty of
ballot box stuffing. Intimidation and corrup
tion. Ia the light of this, how puerile and
utterly baseless' seem the objections of
those who opposed Cuban independence on
the ground that the Inhabitants were not
prepared for civilisation. '
Cold Feet Saved Him.
. Portland Oregonlan.
Pat Crowe probably mlsaed a number
of Installments of Tom Lawson's "Fren-
sled Finance." Otherwise he would not
talk so glibly of the ease with which he
could kidnap John D. Rockefeller and
haul down a U.OOO.tOO ransom. If Lawson
has been telling the truth about the mild
mannered philanthropist with the tainted
money, the result 6f Fat's kidnaping ad
venture would undoubtedly have been that
John D. would have relieved Pat of his
watch, small Chang and keys, and turned
him loose with a 'warning.
Honesty rn, HI ah Place.
St. Louis - Republic -
The president . of-i the Fourth National
bank 1n New Tor says; he fears that dis
honesty in high- places 'Will ruin the morals
of the country;. Statement which exhibits
a proper concern but no profound reflec
tion. He seems to forget that there is alJ
ways the opportunity, to turn the rascal
out, and to overlook the fact .that the
people are beginning- to be anxious to turn
them out. Unless something unforeseen
happens to change the peopUVa mind the
rascals will presnnUy have to hunt still
higher places. The tall timber seems to
be about the right, height.
Opening for Honest Insurance.
Portland Oregonlan.
Perhaps, after all, the most remarkable
feature In connection with the life Insur
ance scandals Is that there was a suffi
cient amount of money to meet the claims
of policy-holders when they were due. The
fact that the companies were enabled to
make a satisfactory showing of financial
strength In spite of all the stealing- and
grafting that was going on Is the strongest
possible evidence that the premiums ex
acted from the public were at least twice
as large as they should have been. The
opportunity for 'few honest men to
establish an Insurance business on business
principles, and with premiums based on
the rules of business, and not those of
graft, is exceptionally good Just now.
OLIVET O RAILROAD RATES.
Contention that the Crentnre la Above
Its Creatnr.
Baltimore American. ' H
It may be assumed that In attacking
the position of William J. Bryan on na
tional supervision and fixing of railroad
rates former Secretary Olney Intends a
covert attack upon the position of the
president, which has been graciously ac
cepted by Mr. Bryan aa being quite cor
rect. No matter. The only question Is
whether the position of either the sup
porters or opponents of ratemaklng la cor
rect In theory or feasible for practice.
It Is agreed by all that discrimination
In rates In favor of certain shippers to the
detriment and ruin of other shippers Is
an evil which should be abolished. The
railroads say they cannot avoid it. They
are at the mercy of such corporations as
ths Beef trust, the Standard Oil and the
rest. They confess that It Is wrong. Who,
then, Is to right the wrong? .The railroads
voluntarily when they are Impotent the In
jured shippers who are more impotent the
autocratlo shippers through appeals to their
mercy or charity, or the power of the peo
ple vested In the government at Washing
ton, without which none of these Indus
trial, commercial and - speculative forces
could do business?
Mr. Olney aasumea that any commission
authorised by the government would be
antagonistic to ths railroad, which Is a
gratuitous assumption that nobody In this
world can be trusted to do justice. He
assumes that a rate la to be arbitrarily
made by a prospective tribunal which would
wreck railroads, : while ; the fact is that
the chief function In ratemaklng would be
to correct the evils which the railroads
themselves admit. Its mission would be
to rescue the railroads from,gorgons In
such form as the Beef trust, which Presi
dent Btickney and others say Is greater
and greedier than the railroads.
President Roosevelt has had the advloe
of lawyers who are possibly the equals of
Mr. Olney, and who say that a measure
can be drafted, which will cure all the
evils, without Injury to the railroads, and
make rates which will be democratic, which
will put the small shipper on an equal
footing with the large, thus carrying out
the entire theory of a republic, which Is
to do the greatest good for the greatest
number. The house of representatives has
pasaed a measure which may or may not
be the beet, but to argue that all rate
legislation Is an unmixed evil, as Mr. Olney
argues. Is to assume what Is not yet ad
mitted, that the government U but (he
creature ef monopolies snd not a govern
ment Of ths people.
HITS OF WASIII-tlTOt IIFR.
Minor Scenea and lneldeate ftketehed
n the Spot.
One of the penalties of eminence In
publlo life I the seal with which "the poor
relation'' tihe to the front seeking a
handout. rVcretary Bonaparte haa dis
covered a number of this class, but the
relationship is remote enough to call for
a magnifying glass. Hardly a day passes
that he does not receive a letter from
France Informing him that the writer la
a descendant of one of Napoleon's marshals;
that he has read In the Paris papers of
Mr. Bonapart'a great fame and consequence
In America, and that he knows nothing
will please the secretary of the navy more
than to extend a tittle financial assistance
for the sake of old times at Marengo and
Auslerlits.
Most of these appeals come from de
scendants of Marshal Ney. The secretary
Is fast becoming convinced that Ney was
the original anti-race-suicide apostle of
France, so great Is the number of his
descendants. The letters point out that
Ney' service was of Inestimable value
to Napoleon, and delicately suggest that
his grandnephew may feel like liquidating
a part of the debt which the emperor then
Incurred to Ney.
One of the letters comes from a Ney
who has served In the French army. He
encloses a brilliantly colored portrait of
himself, illustrious in baggy trousers of a
bright red hue.
A brother of Captain Orldlsy of "You
may fire. Qrldley, when you're ready" fame
Is chief of the redemption division of the
treasury. That's where the old paper
money Is counted and made ready for the
machine which grinds It to pulp. He ha
a wife, and womanlike she gets around
on payday to relieve her lord and master
of the trouble of spending It all. j
That la, she used to come around to
his working place to get what was coming
to her, but she won't, ever do It again.
Bhs went there the last payday and 1
talked wtth her husband through the
meshes of the stout wire screen that en
close all those who handle the filthy stuff
turned In for redemption. She made the
fortnightly touch Just as a crowd under
the guidance of a messenger was moving
away from the screen. Mr. Orldley duti
fully passed out a roll of bills.
One of the women In the party came
running back filled with excitement.
"Oh, please, mister, I'd like to get some
of that money!" she exclaimed, regarding
Orldley with a beaming countenance. Poor
Orldley didn't catch the drift ef her re
marks, so he just said: "I beg pardon,
madam."
"I said I'd like some of that money,"
she repeated. By that time Mrs. Grldley
had looked at her husband with scorn In
her eyes. Then she "caught on."
"You're too late," she remarked sweetly.
"I'm his wife, and I don't think he has
any left."
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock has ,
Issued an order to the civil service com
mission asking that body to furnish him
with a list of eligible for the position of
supervisor of native Indian music. At
present there are no ellgiblea for the po
sition, which pays $1,300 per year, and It
Is doubtful If any can be found. Realising
how scarpe suitable men are for this re
sponsible place, the civil service commis
sion has ordered that an examination be
held on November 1 in order, if possible,
to find someone capable of filling the duties
connected with the office of supervisor of
Indian music. The difficulty of obtaining
someone who can fill the position oomea
from the fact that the successful appli
cant will not have the easy work of finger
ing with loving hands the slender neck ef
a violin, nor of playing rhapsodies on a
piano.' ' He must be able to draw muslo
from the forbidding yok-sln, which ths
Indians have played these many years
when seeking for inspiration to annex the
scalp of an offending pale face. He must
likewise know all the different sounds
which can be brought from the koor-kaak,
on which the Sioux practices and uses In
the gloaming when wooing his squaw.
Moreover, he must be familiar with the
tlboat, which the bepalnted Nes Perees has
used for centuries when successful In bat
tle. Thus far the civil service commis
sion has been unable to find anyone who
possessed all these qualifications, and,
therefore. It la probable that this not un
profitable position will go begging.
Congressman Landls, chairman of the
committee on printing of the house of rep
resentatives, has bean looking Into the
methods of the government's big printing
shops and discovered one artistic Specimen
of waste. Congress appropriated tM.OOO for
the entertainment of the delegates ta the
International Parliamentary union and for
the publication of the proceedings of the
convention. Ten thousand dollars was set
apart for the latter work. Ths volumes
are said to have cost $10 each. They are
printed on the moat costly paper that
could be bought and contain many Illustra
tions. The paper at the government print
ing office. In the opinion of Secretary Bar
rows, who had charge of the printing, was
not good enough, and he purchased paper
In New York. There are fourteen pictures
on several subjects and one of Representa
tive Bartholdt of St. Louis and at least one
picture of every prominent treasury official
who may. have had something to do with
the appropriation or the expenditure by the
Treasury department. Ths volumes were
distributed only to mombers of the Interna
tional Parliamentary union and no other
copies are available.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Times reports that "republican
leaders In Washington have deolded to re
vive the old war tax of tl per barrel on
beer in order to raise a sufficient amount
of new revenue to make up the present de
ficit. During the last two months several
quiet conferences have been held on this
subject, and the program la understood to
be settled. Such a tax would meet the de
ficit and probably would result In a sur
plus. It would yield the government a rev
enue estimated at $-15,000,000 annually and
the deficit is not estimated at more than
$30,000,000.
"During the Spanish-American war ths
brewers consented to the beer Us with
out much of a fight, but strong opposition
is being brought to bear to any reimposl
tion at this time. Various representatives
of the brewing interests have been In con
sultation with the republican leaders re
cently, but It Is said by the latter that
their arguments are specious and that the
brewing industry can well afford to con
tribute this share to the running expenses
of the country."
International Conrtesy.
Brooklyn Ufe.
Three physictana who attended Baron
Komura must have 1een thoroughly disap
pointed to have him get well on their hands
Just when they were all la disagreement
aa to what fatal disease was bothering
him. Doctors should be careful not .to
leave such an eminent patient long
enough to have him victimise them In this
manner. Especially should they have been
more careful in the case or the Jap, who
has shown his skill In eluding the enemy.
This leads to the reflection that In these
piping times of peace no man yf wealth
Is really safe .with so many eminent
specialists lying In wait. Some measure
of international courtesy should obtain,
however, for the benefit of visitors from
foreign parts. Perhaps an ad valorem
duty laid on all operations, or diagnoses,
performed on distinguished guests might be
rCtevUve.
Yea Are Cordially Invited
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PERSONAL NOTES,
Mark Twain says King Leopold Is a bad
man: but tbo king may think this is an
other Joke.
Wisconsin farmers, annoyed by a quartet
of -bandits, killed one, wounded two and
took the fourth to JaM. Then they went
back !o their fall plowing.
Barnn Alphonse de Rothschild left lega
cies to 11 men snd women who had done
various things to benefit mankind. These
legatees have published a book of eulogies
on the dead banker and propose to erect a
monument to him In Paris.
Lord Roberts attributes his unvaried good
health to a habit of early rising. Kvery
morning, summer and winter, he is up
punctually st 6:50. However late he mny
retire he always gets up at that hour. The
veteran soldier does not smoke and touches
wine but seldom.
The Empress Eugenia Is still engaged on
her tnemolrs, to the completion of which
she devotes most of her leisure momenta.
As soon as a page Is written It Is placed
under lock and key and not even her most
Intimate friends are allowed to see It. The
work Is not to be published until twenty-
five years after her death.
Oorge T. Nicholson, who has been ap
pointed third vloe president of the Santa
Fe road, a position formerly held by Paul
Morton, is 40 years old. was born in North
Carolina and was educated at Kansas City
university. He has been with the Santa
Fe road for ths past twenty years, having
risen rapidly from the smallest position
with the company.
Andrew Carnegie asked a young man
who was about to become a student of
Jena to get for him an autograpll of Prof.
HaeCkel. When it arrived It read thus:
"Ernst Haeckel gratefully acknowledges
the receipt from Andrew Carnegie of a
Zumpt microscope from the biological la
boratory of ths Jena University." Mr.
Carnegie made good, admiring the scientist
more than aver.
Up to the present there has been no
memorial to oommemorete Andrea and his
unfortunate expedition. The Geographical
society of Stockholm, however, has taken
the matter In hand and has commissioned
Londberg, ths Swedish engraver, to make
a large memorial medal. The artist repre
sents Andrea's balloon rising from ths ice.
The explorer Is looking anxiously toward
the north. A group of young men are
applauding, while an old man looks toward
the horlson doubtfully. Below Is the date
July 11, 1877. On the obverse appears the
profile of Andres, with his name and the
names of his companions, Sternberg and
Fraenkel.
RATE-MAKING BIGABOO.
Absara Features of the Railroad
Oatcry.
Kansas City Star.
Commissioner Cockrell called attention in
his Warrensburg address last week to a
fact that Is often Ignored In the discussion
Of the railroad transportation problem. This
Is that for ten rears the Interstate Com
merce Commission exercised the power not
only to declare rates unjust, but also to
decide what a fair rate would be. It was
only In 1897 that the supreme court decided
that thts authority was not conferred by
ths act of congress of U87.
To read the arguments and protests of
many railroad managers against any
further legislation It might naturally be In
ferred that ths authority with which It ia
proposed to clothe the commission was
something absolutely new and that it In
volved all the danger of an eccentric ex
periment. Yet, as Mr. Cockrell pointed out,
for ths decade In which this power was ex
ercised there was no outcry over oppres
sion and oonflscatlon. President Hadley of
Yale university, an authority on transpor
tation problems, has mads the earns point.
"Nor need we." ha says, "lay any great
stress on the argument that such Interfer
ence would be disastrous to the railroads.
TheorettoeJly it might be If the commission
ware composed ef madmea and the courts
of socialists, practically -ths number of
changes In the rats schedule that would be
mads by any sensible commission would be
vary small Indeed."
The prediction that the commission would
be swamped with complaints and that It
would bo likely to overturn the whole
traffic arrangement of the country is simply
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his trouble lies.
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not borne out by experience. There was no
general disturbance of conditions In the
years when the commission exercised the
rate-making prerogative.
The fart Is that the existence Of a body
with the proposed powers would In itself
act as a corrective to abuses. After the
enactment of the laws of 1887 the railroad
themelves revised their tariffs to eliminate
patent evils without waiting to. be forced
to take such action by the newly estab
lished commission. '
In an article in the current Issue of the
Atlantic Monthly, Trot. W. Z. Ripley of
Harvard unlvernity ha rltod the case of
Massachusetts, where the gas commission,
empowered to fix the price of gas, has
had little reason for action . because the
companies take pains to avoid Offenses that
would cull for Its Interference. In view
of these considerations the publlo will be
Inclined to believe that ths railroad man
agers are unduly alarmed over the prospect
and that they are taking undue counsel
of their fears or can It be of their ambitions?
SMILING LINKS.
Judge You are charged with profanity.
Prisoner I am not.
Judge You are, sir. What do you meant
Prisoner I was, but I got rid of It.
Cleveland Leader.
"You are, I take It," said the Interviewer,
"a self-made man. Your fortune Is the
product of your handicraft."
"Pardon me," said Senator Sorghum,
niacin his hand behind his ear. "did VOU
say 'handicraft' or "handy graftr "Wash
ington Star.
"What are you snorting about!" aaked
the young walrua of the old one, who
was perusing a scrap of newspaper.
"Here's a doctor." replied the other,
"who says It's unhealthy to go Into the
water after a meal. How would we get
it, if we didn't?" Philadelphia Press.
"I thought it waa to be merely a boxing
match, but it looked to ma like a real fight,
and a pretty atiff one at that"
"Real? You bet it waa real! One of ths
fighters waa a atage Irishman and the other
waa a genuine Irishman." Chicago Tribune.
"This flower Is strictly up-to-date," said
the florist.
"What do you mean by that?" asked tho
prospeotlvo customer.
"Why," he explained, "It was obtained
by grafting." Detroit Free Prose.
If ths sweet girl graduats of Isst June
hasn't got a eeboai or an engagement ring
yet, It is hlrt time for her to study short
hand and Boetle around to get a Job at
typewriUag. SonaorvtUa Journal.
"Goodness, but yea are tight!" said the
girdle to the corset.
"Well, you see I've been on a bust,'
answered the stays, with a merry laugh.
Louisville Courier Journal.
"As to the angels all being men." said
Uncle Allen Sparks, "I'll admit there might
have been a (ew men angels, but I guess
the published- list of 'em is complete, and
as for all the others, doesn't David tell
us that man is made a little lower than
the angels? I'm sorry for you. gentlemen,
but that settles the-question of their sea.
Chicago Tribune.
PKTF. I HIMILIATI.
Detroit Free Fres.
It isn't very of'en .
Thet a man who's alius seolfln'
Gits his medicine es quick es Jumbo Ptat
But one night he took to chaffln'1;
With a tenderfoot, an' laffin'
'Bout the patent leathera coverin' his feet.
"Them shiny kirks,'' said Pete,
"May be very nice an' neat.
An' a lady p'raps would think 'em flne ana
dandy:
But, my tenderfooted chicken.
They ain't no good for kickin',
a ver want ter keep yer hob nails alius
' handy."
' .'
Fust I knowed the little stranger
Tackled Jumbo Pete, the granger,
An ha had him hv the collar an1 the seat:
An' he started to abuse,
With them rvalunt leather shoes. 1 -"'
The man who hed, been laffin' at his feet.
"Bo yer think. ter him ha Said,
"Thet a- gentlemanly tread "
Ain't. dangerous when klckln' Is the gams;
I mus' say you air mistaken,
'N since fer kicks yer achln'.
Jes' tek a few. Yer welcome ter th' same.
Then he chased Pete out o' doors.
An' the nine let ud some roars.
Th'
way that
Pete got kicked wus most
amusm ;
An' et seem ter me ef I
Got klddln' I should try
Ter And a barefoot man fer my abusln'.
Fer yer cannot alius know
Jes' what sort an' kind o' blow
A stranger may be reekonln' ter use;
An' it ln't safe ter chaff
Any man. or give tho laugh,
Jes' becos he's sportin' patent leather
shoes.
Always at
the foot of
the class
Do not blame
the boy for be
ing dull and
There is where all
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