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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, IPOS. c Tim Omaha Daily Dee. E. R08RWATER. EDITOR. tPUBUSHEI) EVERT MORNING. ' TERMS OF flfTiBCRIPTION rfW pee without Sunday), one year. It) 1ally Hee and Sunday, one year.... Ilustrated Bee. one year undav Bp, one year Saturday Bee. one year S.'O 1M 160 ISO DELIVERED BT CARRIER. talv pee (without 8und;v). per week.. 12e Telly Bee (including Putidsv), per ww !ic Evening Bee (without Sunday), per WMkA Kventng Bee (with Sunday), per week....lfc Sunday Bee. per ropy e Address complaint of Irree-ularltlra In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Bulldlnr. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffs IS Pesrl Street. Chicago 1S40 fnitv Building. Kw York lSna Home I,lfe In. Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to newa and ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department, i REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, espresa or postal order, rayabla to The Be Publishing Company. hly t-eent stamps received as payment of mail account. Personal check, earept on Omaha or eastern exchanges, nut accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT Of CIRCUIATION. Stat of Nebraska, Douglaa County. .: C, C, Rosewater, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company being duly sworn, aye that the actual number of full and compute copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during he month of September. 1806, was as fol lows) . l.t 80,400 - t 81.JVRO I... ,fiBO I SOJIBOv 1 0,TTO . , svso f iio.rso 1 81,000 I 8i,soo it 80,fiO II. . 80,MK n so,rw It HO-Tlft II 80,HAO II.... ,. 81,000 U 81.TOO IT W.9IO li so.too 1 SO.TOO 10 83,410 M SO.M20 2J 80,000 1 81.020 24 8O.0B0 28 81, ISO 24 27 2S r to 81,030 80.900 RO.TTO 8O.9T0 81.HSO "Total Less unsold copies ',. Net total sties..?....;.... ...,B5M,aO .... io,ioa 811,328 SO.D44 Dally average - G C, ROSEWATER. Sec y. BSbecrlbed in my presence and sworn to berore ma this Juth day of September. 1906. (Seal) M-'B. H UNGATE. , Notary Public. TTUEJI OCT. OF TOWH. Sabaertbetra leartnaT the city teia rartly akowla have The Be SaaUed t tkaaa. It fa better tfcaa ' allf letter-, fraaa boat. As trees trill be chaaged as arte aa rjaeae . Registration day Friday mark It down. Herman Beal will bo the next county surveyor J oat the game. When It conies to wielding the veto pen, Mayor Moorea takes second place to noneV Omaha should go after a few more conventions of state and national or gs nidations. .. . .While Cuba Is preparing its first home, stead law It should make It thief-tight and grafter-proof. .'Every voter n Omaha and South Omaha should familiarize himself with tbs voting machine. , The campaign would Indued be worse than apathetic f it did not fructuate at , out "growing" question. In the light of developments at New York the old saw may have to be re rised to rend, "save money for a windy day." v Bids for asphalt paving hove gotten down below Lids for brick. It looks as If the paving combine had been really broken. Moscow's water system bus been dam aged, bnt as long as the vodka holds out th administration cannot feel totally defeated. ' . , A thief see a policeman behind every buah and the Flnk-o-fobiaca profess to s Rosewater at every turn of the po litical cross-roads. - Colorado has resumed its mining strike Just as though it were not securing bet ter advertising by sending dishouest Linkers to, prison. v It may uot be uepotlHin to hare five members of the Fleming family drawing pay out of the city treasury at one time lAit it comes perilously near the limit Automobile races are to be run In Ha vana this month, and If the chauffeurs have ordinary luck habitues of the bull ring may be given a taste of real slaugh tr. According to the senior fakery, many republicans have put on Tracy badges Where did tbey get them? Did they draw thorn out of the Tracy slot ma chines? ' . .Congressman Campbell of Kansas threatens to run- for congress and the United States senate at tba same time. Now we see what Nebraska precedent mhy do. That Chicago packing house made the mistake of Us life when it delivered sausages preserved with boraclc acid to the navy. Secretary Rous parte has a reputation to maintain. Organised labor has made Its choice of candidates for the county ticket by ref erendum and we shall discover whether the worklngmen ratify the referendum when the returns come In from the elec tion one week from next Tuesday. Remember that under the decision rendered by Judge Troup the registra tion on primary election day last month does not count Every voter who regis tered then must register again, or else lot his vota this fall and be barred from voting at tha primary election for city officials next spring. COVSSKL TO THE COLORED RACK. The Address of President Roosevelt to the students of the Tuskrgee Institute merits the careful consideration of all Intelligent mcnit.er of the colored race throughout the country. It contains sound and practical counsel which If fol lowed by the colored people would place them In a position to overcome a great deal of the prejudice against them and greatly improve their material and so cial condition. Theres nothing new In whst the president advised. It Is the me counsel that has long been given the race by its wiser leaders, such men as Booker T. Washington. It Is simply that they shall apply themselves to such Industrial employments as will insure them a livelihood and a measure of In dependence employments In which they will be npon an equality with the white worker In skill and therefore able to command equal compensation. The president said that the profes sional and mercantile avenues to suc cess are overcrowded and for the present the best chance of success awaits the worker at some mechanical trade or on the farm, "for this man will almost cer tainly achieve Industrial independence." It Is a fact which every observer of ex isting conditions is familiar with that the professions are overcrowded. Every year adds hundreds to their ranks, very many of whom never attain success. In the mechanlcnl callings, on the other hand, the supply does not Increase as rapidly as the demand, at least In this country. Our great material progress Is calling constantly for mora labor and today in almost every portion of the country there Is a lack of skilled work ers. This nation will continue to grow. The limit of its progress Is very remote. There will be work in the future years for all who are able and willing to per form it and the competent mechanic, whether he be black or white, will al ways be able to find a market for his labor. The colored man who has me chanical skill has a great advantage over those of his race who do not pos sess It There is no question that the Tuske- gee institute Is doing a great work, In dustrially and morally, for the colored race. It Is one of the most thoroughly practical educational institutions In the country and one of the most important and salutary things which it seeks to Impress upon its students is that they should make themselves useful in the field of labor and that more benefit and greater Independence is to be found In this than in th pursuit of politics. President Booker T. Washington of the institute has always urged this. As to what was said l.'y Mr. Roosevelt in re gard to moral and social obligations, it Is sufficient to say that it Is altogether judicious and commendable. He told the stndenta that they must by precept and. example lead their fellows toward sober, Industrious, law-abiding lives. "You are In honor bound," said the pres ident "to Join hands in favor of law and order and to war against all crime, and especially against crime by men of" your own race, for the heaviest wrong done by the criminal is the wrong to bis own race." Such counsel cannot fall to have Influence with the intelligent men of the colored race. THE RCSStAJt STRIKES. The strikes In Russia have become so widespread and formidable that it would seem the government cannot delay ac tive measures to check their growth and endeavor to satisfy the demands of those already engaged in them. With the cap ital of the country cut off from railroad and telegraphic communication, trans porfaflon stopped In a large part of the empire, factories and workshops closed and hundreds of thousands of people on the verge of starvation, the Russian gov ernment has a problem on its hands scarcely less difficult and perplexing than was the war In the far east. The situation Is the natural and In evitable result of the monumental mis takes which the government has been making for several years. The bureau cratic regime not only brought about the destructive war, but has persistently robbed and oppressed the people, until the heavy burdens Imposed upon them have become unendurable. The Russian peasantry is the poorest In the world and the worklngmen of the country are not very much better off than the peas antry. Heavy taxes and Increased cost of living weigh heavily upon them and the prospect of any relief Is dismal. The situation has assumed a decidedly revolutionary ssneet and the warning of Count Wttte that a continuation of the strike can only result in bloodshed may have little effect upon men to whom there is little choice between death and such a wretched existence as they are now leading. Manifestly the Russian government Is confronted with a crisis that will put It to a severe test. AH TO CURRKACT LEUISLATIOX. The recent national convention of bankers made soma suggestions in re gard to currency legislation. Referring to this a leading financial journal re marks that it is entirely improbable that "congress will take any step in the di rection of currency reform: the people -ro not ready for it." In other words, e existing conditions are working so kstlsfsctorlly that there is no demand on the part of the business interests of the country for any change. As a matter of fact, it is unquestionably the very gen eral feeling among business men that congress ought to let the currency alone, since any so-called reform legislation at this time would moat probably result In disturbing the satisfactory conditions and thus operating to the disadvantage of business. It would be extremely difficult to dem onstrate wherein any "reform" Is neces sary. It Is easy to say that there should be greater elasticity to the bank rats circulation, bnt what evidence Is there that this Is now needed? The supply of money appears to be ample for all the wants of legitimate business and tlx banks can and undoubtedly will Issue more notes as circumstances require. They can also bo depended upon, as a matter of self-interest to withdraw cir culation whenever the amount of their note issues shall exceed the supply. This has been the experience of yesrs sud there Is no reason to think It will not con tinue to be. As to the contention that the greenbacks must be retired as one means of securing perfect currency con ditions, popular sentiment Is overwhelm ingly against It and is very likely to long remain so. Of course there will be propositions for currency reform pre sented in congress, but It is safe to say that none so far suggested wl)l be adopted. THT LID MUST BAT LIFTED. That the administration of affairs In the county court of Douglas county has been rotten is not merely a well defined rumor, but an established fact This applies especially to the office in the matter of probate by which thous ands of widows and orphans have been systematically deprived of their full share of heritage and "squeexed" t.y rapacious administrators and guardians under arbitrary rulings. Not only have these widows, orphans and other heirs received no part of the interest on funds temporarily in the custody of the court, but they have been subjected to the most despicable graft by court clerks and favored attorneys. The same mercenary methods have been pursued by Judge Vlnsonbaler as cus todian of trust funds placed in the court by railroad corporations and other corporations that have acquired property by the exorcise of eminent domain. No accounting has ever been made of the Interest upon these funds, which have at times ranged from $15,000 to $50,000. It has been impossible for the search light of publicity, to penetrate the Inner recesses of the county court and It will continue to be impossible to acquaint the public with its workings so long as the system of private bookkeeping is allowed to prevail. While the law fixes the salary of the county judge at $2,500 his Income Is estimated to have ranged all the way from $3,500 to $5,000 a year. Not only has all the Interest on the trust funds been pocketed outright, but a large portion of the fees and side re ceipts have been absorbed and distrib uted, like Insurance company commis sions, among the salaried clerks. This Iniquitous system must be broken up. The lid must be taken off by a change of personnel in the county judge's office. That can only be done by the election of a county Judge who is in no shape, manner or form identified or affiliated with Judge Vlnsonbaler. The very fact that Judge Vlnsonhaler has several times 'proposed to resign In favor of Charles Leslie, his chief clerk, who tls now a candidate for county Judge, within itself justifies the suspi cion that there is something radically wrong In that office that he wants to cover up, or that ho wants indirectly to continue to run the office In his own Interest and for the protection of the beneficiaries and grafters who have made a living out of the office. The onslaught made by the local dem ocratic organ on the personnel of what it calls "Rockefeller's 'educational board" does not go into quite sufficient detail. It neglects to say, for example, that George Foster Peabody, the secre tary of the board. Is right now treasurer of the democratic national committee, doubtless put there because of his sup posed ability to shake down others of "the seevnty-two financial oligarchs" for the benefit of democratic candidates. When Charles G. Dawes lived at Lin coln ho was the most pronounced antl corporatlon man In Nebraska, but since he moved to Chicago and Decani iden tified with several trusts be has Keen a new light and can no longer see any thing wrong in corporate monopoly. This Is only another Instance of man's change through environment. French bankers are rejoicing to think that they secure the greater part of the new Russian loan, and It has been only a short time since they were wondering where they were to get the interest on the securities they then held. Another victory for peace. Outsiders may easily believe that the present Russian strike is under the per sonal supervision of men who want no change In existing conditions, for a dis play of force at this time only ploys into the hands of the reactionaries. The employment of "press agents" to counteract the effect of the testimony of life Insurance officials would Indicate that the reputation of the officers must be saved at the expense of policy-holders who still foot all the bills. It now transpires that It was the brewers of Kansas City, Kan, who closed the "Joints," and they can be de pended upon to open them again as soon as the weight on "the lid" is lightened. Those California solicitors who have been writing Insurance on persons long since dead at least saved the supreme officers from fear of a rebellion on the part of the policy-holders. War oa Ore ft. Minneapolis Tribune. The keynote of American politics for the next few years Is going to be war on graft. A Mlsaaldea Flaaacler. Baltimore American. The expreoa thief who stole 1100.000 In cash has ben captured, aa might have been expected, and will be punished, which la only rltftit- A man who simply takes money out of somebody's cash box la too crude In his methods to be allowed at large In these days of artistic finance. Croaked Mark Uoki Straiaht. Boston Globe. The most depressing feature of tha revela tions In the Insurance Investigation In New York la that the men who peculiar proceedings are being Illuminated by the bright light of publicity seem to hara hon estly believed that they were honest. One Set of Books. Kansas City Star. If the presldent'a suggestion should be framed Into law that only one set of books be allowed to big corporations that are subject to public supervision It la greatly to be feared that none of them would again be able to show that It was running Its business at a loss. Overcrowd tftar the Jink Pile. St Louis Globe-Democrat. Congressman Landls, chairman of the subcommittee of the congressional printing Investigation commission, says the govern ment wastes $1,000,000 annually In printing and that "the situation fairly shrieks for correction." "When the pub. docs, reach this alarming stage even congress may de cide to cut down the flood of printed mat ter that piles up unread and much of It undistributed. Railroad Rat Hearnlatloa. Portland Oregonlan. In this matter the people are with the president. He was elected to do exactly the sort of thing which he Is now endeav oring to do, and he will have the unani mous support of the nation until he has ac complished it. The opposition of the senate has to be reckoned with, but even the sen ate must bow to the will of the people. In a square conflict between the American nation and Its servants In the senate no one can doubt which would be defeated. Political Grafters Most Go. Minneapolis Journal. At Atlanta the president took a char acteristic ahot at the element which con strues practical politics to mean nothing but dirty politics; In other words, graft politics. The president has given the coun try an Illustration of practical politics which Is not dirty; Governor Folk has given another, and Mr. Jerome has given another. The country la learning that the word politics has a legitimate meaning. The men who go Into politics to do for their country, state or city are learning to be as practical as the fellows who go Into politics to do their country, state or olty. The most practical thing the good poli tician can do is to help the bad politician into Jail. This la the way Folk began and this Is the way Roosevelt and Jerome are doing. WELCOME THE2 COrllfSQ ROAD. Callfornlsaa Rejoice Over the Bx teaeloa of, the Bnrllaartoa. Ban Francisco Chronicle, The reports that the Burlington railroad la heading westward and will parallel the Union Pacific to Join the Western Pacific at Salt Lake City have been revived in Omaha through the assembling there of a large surveying outfit. Burlington offi cials are reticent aa to Its purpose, but the conviction Is gaining ground that the corporation has matured large plans of future development One of Its officials Is represented to have ' dropped the remark, however, that the new construction work of the company In the Immediate future will astonish the west. It Is well known that the corporation has an enormous sur plus In Its treasury, which will enable It to extend Its System Immensely without borrrowing a dollar through a new bond Issue. The new line, which It Is credited with the Intention of Immediately pro ceeding to build, will add 600 miles of track to the systeai. i-The surveying party Is said to have reoelved Instructions to follow- the Une of survey laid across Wyom ing aboui four years ago. The activity M, the Burlington and Its apparently hurried desire to reach the Pa cific coast are proof positive that the suc cessful development of one transcontinental scheme to obtain a western outlet acts like a stimulant on others. The rivalry for a share of the transpacific business Is growing Intenser every day between the big railway systems of the country. The strenuous efforts they are making to reach the coast at as early a day as possible show conclusively that they are fully allvs to the importance of the commercial devel opment which is taking place on these shores, and that the time Is near at hand when all the commerce of the Orient will be carried across the Pacific and landed here, and that It is essential for their greatest prosperity that they should extend their lines hcre as soon as possible. WILL CONGRESS DO ITS Dl'TT. Forecast of the Battle for Railroad Rate Regulation. Philadelphia North American. No wonder the companies are vehemently against the president. It the secrets of some railroad bookkeeping could be re vealed we should probably have disclosures by the side of which the life Insurance revelations In New Tork would seem Ilk the Innocent games of a kindergarten. The railroad history In the United States Is largely a history of crime, and snany a fine reputation would be tarnished If It could be read In large lettera by public examination of accounts. One of the crimes most frequently per petrated Is to use the power of the common carrier o help one shipper to destroy the business of other shippers. Thla Rockefel ler method of piracy has flourished for many years, and It is in operation at tne present time. If congreaa ahall do lta duty the bold and able man In the White House will atop it, and for good and all. Will congreaa do Its duty? The house al most assuredly will. Despite the fact that the repreacntativea have their pockets stuffed with unlawfully Issued pasa s, und that every man of them In accepting passes has accepted a retainer from the companies, we believe the house will adopt such a bill as the president and the people want. The next congressional election Is but a year away, and then, are few representatives who like to think of facing an angry con stituency In September and October of next year. The obstruction will be in the senate. There sit dozens of the representatives of the railroad companies. There Is Chauncoy Depew. with the money of the Equitable policy holders in his pocket and the ensign of the New York Central railroad on his front. There sits Thomas C. Piatt, of the United States Express company, and For aker of Ohio, a rallroad-rldden and boas enthralled state. There ait many other men who owe their presence In the loftiest legis lative body In the world to corporation In fluence, and who will serve the corporations first and the people last. Who would expect Boies Penroee to disobey the orders of the Pennsylvania Bald road company that he might promote the welfare of the merchants of Pennsylvania? The aenate will be reluctant and recal citrant and ugly: but, sooner or later. It muat surrender. The whole nation la behlut the presid.nl; a nation that has borne with the insolence and brigandage of the transportation companies until the wrong has become actually Intolerable. The American people Intend to bring the rail roads Into subjection to law, and to have fair pUy the absolute rule; and aa thay are atroiwr than the companies, they wilt surely a in in the long run. R013D ABOtT SBW tORK. Ripples the f'arreat of Life la the Metropolis. An extraordinary case Is reported by the doctors of a Brooklyn hospital, being the transformation of a woman Into a man. For thirty-four years Miss May Best of Brooklyn lived the life of her sex. Now shs Is a woman In experience and Ideas, but a man In form and physical attributes. From childhood Miss Best was a strong, robust girl, with an abnormal fondness for the sports of boys. As she grew older shs would have liked to play base ball and done other mannish things, but was restrained by a sense of delicacy. As a young woman she wass tall, broad shouldered snd very handsome, with Jet black hair and blue eyes. She was strong, had rsther large hands and feet for a woman, and walked with a mannish stride. In spite of these things, a slight harshness of voice and the Increasing growth of hair on her face, she never had the slightest suspicion of the change In life she was undergoing. Her Ideals remained feminine; her tastes were feminine; she chose girl companions. She painted, sewed and did all the other things that women do. 8h had men friends and girl friends and was popular with both. Miss Best devoted herself to several women's clubs to which she belonged, to her church and to her charitable work, living a life of usefulness and endearing herself more and more to her friends. Miss Best was always aware of the streak of mannlshness In her, but did not think It was any greater than had mani fested Itself In many other women rwhom she had seen. She did not think seriously of the matter until a few years ago, when her beard began to grow so fast that It was necessary for her to shave every day. In spite of this growth she kept her se cret from every one save those who lived with her. The beard humiliated her to some extent, but never gave her the slight est suspicion that she was undergoing any sexual change. It was a little over two weeks nno that Miss Best was brought to a sudden realiza tion of her condition. She knew then for tho first time that she was not a woman, but a man. She was prostrated by the blow and consulted her physician. She was told, however, that outside of the shock she had nothing to fesr, that she could assume the sex of a man freely and without embarrassment, but that It was obviously Impossible for her to continue to live as a woman. The so-called antl-tlpplng law which bears the name of Senator Martin Saxe has been In effect In New Tork for two months. It Is a dead letter. The Saxe law belongs to that considerable pile of legislative fancy work which bedizens the robe of Justice to the embarrassment of that respectable blindfold lady and the mortification of her friends. The purpose of the statute Is doubtless excellent. It Is aimed to eliminate graft. By a liberal construction It applies to tipping waiters waiters, that Is, who render Indifferent service. When you dine hold out your little pourbolre from James Edward, and If he gives you a black look call In the police and have him arrested. Or swear out a warrant for attempted blackmail under the Saxe law. Tou may win, but the law has been In effect for two months and the same prices prevail for tips. Tou are a dead one If yoa don't give up. An Interesting If not novel method of attracting trade has been adopted by one of the city's large department stores. This store announces that it will distribute $10,000 among religious and charitable Institutions according to the number of votes cast for each by the customers. The customers use. their purchase slips for voting, limply wilting the name of the Instl tutlon which they favor on the back of the slip and depositing it In the ballot-box placed convlently for that purpose. Every dime of the purchase represents one vote, and the institution receiving the largest vote on that basts will receive 11,000 while the balanoe will be divided according to the place ' occupied In the list In amount of votes cast among the other Institution. There Is no restriction as to the Institu tion to be named, and every customer is allowed to vote for any Institution he may select. In these days the visitor to the metropolis who slays at one of the new hotels, whether his bill Is $300 a day of $3, breathes filtered and tempered air, sleeps In steril ised linen, and drinks filtered water cooled by hyglenlcally manufactured Ice. Jt Is largely because of such precautions' as these that American hotels, which were onoe the butt of foreign comment are today ac knowledged to be the finest in the world. In no king's palace In any land has living been made so safe, comfortable and con venient as In these metropolitan caravan saries. There are two forms of growth at work swelling the power and Importance of New York Cltyt one the sctual growth and the other the growth that comes from Its reaching out and drawing to Itself people of other states, who have all their Inter ests, save their homes, within Its borders; who depend on it for their income, their supplies and their amusement. This con dition Is strongly illustrated by a glance over the Hudson river to the five adjoin ing New Jersey counties that are In effect a part of the city. These Ave counties, with their population of 1,217,475, ss shown by a count Just completed, sdded lu the five boroughs of the city, make a grand total number of 6,407,175. Tbls means about the same nuber of persona as are now In all the six New England states, snd a little more than the entire population of the United States In ISOO, when the state of New York had MS.061. In the lat five years the Increase In population In those five New Jeraey counties has been about 170,000, and more than half of It nus come In the last two years. It Is mostly the overflow from Naw York City. With both parties to a wager JuaJ and no trace left by the stakeholder, residents of Brooklyn are In a puzzled framo of mind. The bet was between Harry Schwaa wedel and Amos HUlman and depended on which died first. Each backed his be lief with collateral. It Is said 1600 side was the amount, but the Identity of the man who held the stakes remains a se cret. Schwanwedel was a bachelor and had retired from business with a competence of 150.0tO. What might have been the prospect of contented declining years was marred by a nervous trouble which precluded happi ness. Schwanwedel was U years old. HUl man was younger. He, also, Buffered from physical ailment In meeting, tbey com pared notea of their melancholy and be came friends. "I don't think I am long for this world," said Schwanwedel, when they were aim lessly conversing one day. "I feel," said HUlman. "that I am liable to be taken away any minute." "Ah, but you are young and wilt aurvtve me." responded the elder man. "Bet you I die first," said HUlman. ' Done," was Srhwanwedel's reply. Schwanwedel disappeared on October I. I .art Saturday his body waa taken from the bay. Neighbora went to tell HUlman he had loat his bet. but he. too, had. disappeared Monday his body waa taken from the water at Sixty-fifth street. t a AK . ass Ayer's Hair Vigor is hair and the hair grows. That's all there is to it. And it is a splendid tonic to the hair, giving the hair follicles tone and strength. This is why it checks falling hair so promptly. As a dressing, it Keeps the hair soft and smooth and prevents splitting at the ends. Ilea St tti O. Ayr C , Lowell. Shi. AIM sisouraolarars of ATRR'8 CHERRY PBCT0RAL For coughs, ATBR'8 PILtS-For COSitlMtles. AYBa'a SaRSAPABJLLA For the blood. ATBR'8 AGUg CORK -For malaria ana SfBS. PKRSOXAL UOTE9. The express thief put a portion of his loot In the flames, having achieved a posi tion where he had money to burn. John D. Rockefeller, denied the solace of teaching a bible class because of his physi cal condition, is learning to play the violin. James A. Shuttleworth of Louisville, Ky., has given fourteen acres In Danville to be used as a site of a college devoted to the higher education of women. It is understood that King Edward will confer upon the Mikado the decoration of the Order of the Garter, which will be conveyed to hie majesty by a special mis sion, headed by Prince Arthur of Con naught, early next year. Senator John W. Daniels of Virginia Is busy writing a life of General Jubal A. Early, the confederate leader. The Sena tor has but recently returned to his home in Washington from aa' extended trip in search of material for the book. Dr. Henry Morse Stephens, lecturer on history at the Uenlverslty of California, has refused an offer to go back to his alma mater, the English Oxford. He Is quoted as saying he would rather grow In Cali fornia than go to Oxford and vegetate. Lieutenant Commander Newton C. Mc Culley, United States navy, who since March, 1904, has been In the far east as a naval observer of the operations of the belligerents, has returned to Washington. Throughout his absence he was attached to the Russian forces. The sky Is not as dark around New York, as the Investigation makes it appear. There is a rift In the clouds across North River. A man walked Into the city hall In Jersey City a few days ago and turned Into the treasury $2,000 worth of ' con science money. To people similarly troubled, "go thou and do likewise," Emperor William a short time ago re ceived an onusual present a pair of scis sors, but so exquisitely made as to be valued at nearly $500. A steel merchant was the giver. He had the emperor's portrait and some celebrated historical buildings engraved on the scissors. The engraver Is said to have worked five years at his task. The Lewis and Clark exposition surplus Is In the neighborhood of $120,000. Instead of declaring a dividend It Is proposed to use the money In erecting In Portland a commemorative building for the State Historical society. Share holders' cbnsent Is necessary and many of the largest holders of shares have already agreed to the plan. A state appropriation of $50,000 Is also available for the purpose, making a fund of $170,000, If the projeat suoeeds. POINTED PLEAS A Si TRIES. "Can you give me references from your laat place?" . . . "No, ma'am. The last woman I worked fur was Mrs. Llppy, that ueed to live next door to you. She an' I couldn't get along at all. You don't know how mean she Is. 1 could tell ever so many "you may come. t-nicago lnoune. "But." said the Judge, "you provoked the fight." No. Ul alfln t, repuea tne prisoner. "But you struck the first blow. Why did you do that?" "Bekase he said to me: 'If Ol'm one, ye'w another," and so 1 soaked him," Phil adelphia Press. "No matter what vou undertake, you have to begin at the bottom." "U wan: i aon t. 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" Chl cago Tribune. "How do you pronounce the name of Peoria s defaulting banker?" "I'd call It Dougherty with a strong accent on the dough!" Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Well," demanded Mrs. Starvem, at tha back door, "what do you want?" "Why," replied tho tramp, "I seen you advertised "table board' In this mornings paper" "Well?" "Well, I tought. mebhe. yer wus given out some samples." Philadelphia Press. THE COVSTnY SCHOOL. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. In sweet October's short'nlng days. When comes the purple, smoky haze Of many an Indian summer morn. When through the rustling blades of cors The winsome winds of autumn play No trace of winter, cold and gray Then fancy takea a backward flight. Forgotten pleasures come to light. The fun and frolic., rigid rule. Of childhood's Joy the country school! The .-ourse of studv was not hlgh, But small boys oft were made to sigh, " Nlth eyea upon the dog-eared book. 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