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10 THE OMA11A DAILY BEU: SAT UK DAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1!05. Tiir Omaha Daily Dee E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. 1ERM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee (without Sunday), one year Dully Bee and Sunday, one year Illustrated Bee, one year Sunday lire, one ynr Raturdav IIM. one year .$4 09 . 6 00 . 2 50 . I 50 . 1.50 DELIVERED BY CARRIER Dallv line (without Sunday), per week...l!c Dallv Bee (Including Sunday), rer week lie Kvenlng I'-ee (without Sunday), per ween C Evening Bee (with Sunday), per week....loc Bunilay Bee, pe' copy .60 Addreea complaints -t Irregularities In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha Th. Be Pulldlnc. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Hl'iffe-in Pearl Street. Chicago XM0 Cn;ty Building. New York li00 Home Life Ins. Building. W'asliington-Sm Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news snd ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Be, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. payable to The Bee Publishing Company. ijtily z-cent stamps received as payment of Jtuy z-eent st nail accounts. accounts. Personal checks, except on Dmsha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. ' STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION irate of Nebraska, Doutrlaa County, as.: C. C. Rosem-ater. secretary of Tha Pea "ubllshtng Company, beinc -Inly aworn, iaa that the actual number of full and omplete eo-jlea of The Dally, Morning. Svenlng and Sunday Bee printed durln ring tof- be month of October, 1906, waa aa ows: l ,.. 33.100 t so. TOO J ao.nno 3it20 t ftl.220 C 31.B30 7 32.41 1 80.020 I at.orto 10 St.lOO II si. too 12 SO.TIO n JWI.820 M ai.mo If. .10,4 ,V In SUt.TOO 17 RO.OSO If. fto.two 1 RO.OBO 20 RO.020 fl 81.BI0 B xn.mo a 8O.B70 24.. 80,000 28 ftl.lOO M BO.H.SO 27 80.010 a. St.HflO SO.TOO SO 81.0OO 31 80.1MH) Total 94IH.H40 Less -unsold copies lO.UOt Net total sales 062.840 Dally average RO.TtT C, C. ROSEWATER. Secretary. Subscribed In my presence and eworn to oefore me this 31st day of October, 1H0S. (Seal) M. B. HUNGATE, Notary Public WHEN OCT OF TOWJI. Subscribers leavlnar the city tem porarlly should have The Be mailed to them. It Is better tbaa a dally letter from heme. Ad dress will be change aa often aa requested. Men who threw New York ballot boxen Into East rirer bad no intention of purging them through baptism. "Legal expenses are plainly the cover of most of the Illegal expenditures of those New York Life insurance com panies. When the Union Pacific ox bow in straightened, Fremont will be near enough to Omaha to become one of its suburbs. A large supply . of . double shotted, Rockyfeller cannon ball editorials has been put in cold storage for next year's campaign. The Invasion of Massachusetts by the owa idea does not seem to have created iny profound linpresssioa on the Boston aeau market. If Banker Blgelow had possessed as unci) modesty before his downfall as he t now showing his Indebtedness to eon Sdlng patrons would not be so great. City Prosecutor Tom Lee has a good many of the characteristics of Hop Lee. For ways that are dark and tricks that are vain the heathen Chluee Is not alone peculiar. Andrew Carnegie complains that busi ness men do not protect their reputa tion as well as they do their dollars, but he must admit that more people are reaching for the dollars. The next sensation In Pennsylvania politics may be looked for when the office of state treasurer changes hands, unless the Incumbent has learned a les son from a famous Nebraska precedent. The split of the "bioc" in the French Parliament follows bo close upon the re turn of Paul do Uoulude from exile that the returned agitator may be suspected of bavlug carried the axe which did the splitting. Uoveruor Herriok of Ohio may be ex cused for thinking that men who disre gard party organizations are shaking the foundations of the republic, but he will have a hard time to convince Governor-elect ratttson. Applicants for federal offices from the state of Pennsylvania will probably waste no time gettrflg endorsements from Senator Penrose until full explana tions are mode for some of his recent political activity. There can be no doubt of the earnest ness of Superintendent Vandlver of Mis souri In the life Insurance fight since he has ordered the arrest of a number of Ft. Louis solicitors who failed to take out a state license costing $10. M'ith Senator Fultou the only member of congress from Oregon who has uot Iteen indicted the coming session of con gress promises to have little In it for Oregon unless the senator Is able to do the work of four men at one time. New York in uru nop iMiupnriles are n the habit of charging up house rent "or legislative lobbyists as legal ex wnses. In Nebraska tlx railroads .-targe the lobby pay roll, house reut, lotel expenses and Incidentals up to the tax department. Omaha democrats are decidedly op tlmistic. They profess to see lu the re -ent landslide a promise of victory In the city election next spring, if good ineu and a strong platform are e lerted. . Omaha democrats are slwv Kug on platform and short au votes. F.troRS BL'StXtSR METHODS President Koosevelt has shown that he has no regard for the "red tape" methods wb leu have long prevailed In the executive departments of the gov ernment, lie believes that these meth ods hare operated to the detriment of the public service and that there is no good reason for continuing them. They have clogged and obstructed the work of the departments, delayed business' and created a system which Is distinctly hostile to progress and thus serves to Impair the efficiency of the public serv ice. While absolute thoroughness and accuracy are of course essential In every department and bureau, it Is yet easy to understand that the red tape practice which the president Is seeking to modify or wholly do away with Is productive of more or less waste of, time, and even neglect of duties, on the part of govern ment employes. An official or clerk upon whom a certain task is devolved has no difficulty under existing condi tions in finding excuses for delay and taking the departments as a whole the loss of time thus occasioned Is very great. The president appointed what is known as the Keep commission for the purpose of investigating the business methods In the several departments and recommending whatever reforms the commission should deem to be desirable or necessary in the interest of more ex peditious and efficient work in the pub lic service. This commission Is still pur suing the work for which It was created and will probably submit a report be fore the meeting of congress, so as to enable the president to acquaint con gress with the conditions which he wishes to have remedied. The Washing ton correspondent of an eastern paper says: "The trtith Is that the greater part of the restrictions placed upon gov ernment business methods originated In congress. That body, therefore, must finally be looked to for a remedy. If the head of a department desires to adopt shortcut methods, such as would be em ployed by any first-class business house in the country, he finds himself held up by some law that congress has passed. The auditors of the various departments and the comptroller of the treasury fully earn their salaries In keeping track of all the restrictive laws which congress has passed regulating public business. There Is scarcely a Voucher for the pay ment of a' few dollars that reaches their desks that does not require them to search the revised statutes for every legal paragraph bearing upon that par ticular business." This Is manifestly a condition which needs correction and the effort which the president Is making to institute methods in the departments and bu reaus which will expedite business and increase efficiency will be approved by the country. The steadily growing busi ness of th government Imperatively de mands a change In the methods under which the business Is conducted. The president Is entirely right in the opinion tbnt there Is no necessity for so much iwt tfiiui a nt thaf tliA milillA Hneltmaa 1 can be carried on Just as efficiently and with equal safety without it. FOR l.AIiGtn WARSHIPS. The recommendations of the general board of the navy will be an Interesting sub..ect of discussion Ju congress and should also command public attention, though aa a matter of fact popular in terest in naval construction is not now as great as it was a few years ago. Doubtless a good many people who have given consideration to the matter have come to the conclusion that, having reached third rank among the naval powers, the United States can now safely curtail expenditures In this direc tion, using the money for other and more urgent purposes. The principal recommendation of the board is for the construction of larger warships. It will urge that the two bat tleships authorized at the second session of the last congress be 18.000 tons, which is the tonnage of some of the warships now being built by Great Britain. There will probably be . no serious objection made to this, as it would not Involve a very great increase in the cost of these battleships, but recommendations for any extensive additions to the navy would undoubtedly meet with strong op position. We have not now a sufficient number of officers and enlisted men to properly man the vessels in commission and under such circumstances it seem clearly unwise to authorize additional ships. STRVUGLK FOR CHINA'S TRADK. An active struggle for China's trade is being made by Kuropean countries, notably Germany, and it appears that the energetic and enterprising mer chants of that country are making steady gains in the Chinese markets. Recent statistics show that a consid era bin amount of German capital has within the last yeur been Invested In various industries In China and that In other directions successful efforts have been made to secure trade. German steamers are much in evidence In Chi nese waters and it Is needless to say are a most valuable aid to the extension there of the commerce of that nation. This competition must le met by American manufacturers and merchants and It is certain to be found formidable. At preseut thls.couutry is at a good deal of a disadvantage, owing to the re sent uient of the Chinese regarding our exclusion policy. There seems to be some abatement of this feeling aud It appears that the imperial government U doing ell it can to put a stop to the boycott. It has been reported that Chi nese merchants at some place fouud that the movement hostile to American goods was Injuring them nd cons. nucutly thev dl vroed of It It is still a fact, however, that the feeling of resentment exists to a considerable ex tent among the people and as long as this Is the case Germany and other commercial competitors will have au ad vantage over tills country In the mar kets of China. This Is the situation which the au thorities at Washlngtou must consider In connection with the negotiation of a new treaty. . Involving the exclusion question, with the Chinese government. At this time It does not appear probable that a satisfactory arrangement cau be reached. Meanwhile European countries are putting forth their best efforts to obtain as much as possible of the Chi nese trade and are gaining a foothold In the markets of the far east which they are very likely to maintain. THE Z.ID MUST BE TAKER OFF. The electiou of Charles Leslie to the office of county judge canuot be inter preted as an endorsement of the keep-it-dark methods that have prevailed for years In the probate branch of the county Judge's office. The remonstrance registered by The Be during the recent campaign against the nomination and election of Charles Leslie was neither frivolous nor Inspired by personal spleen or malice, but solely for the public good. We believe we voice the sentiment of the great mass of citizens of Douglas county, regardless of party or creed, In demanding that the lid be taken off and daylight let Into the inner recesses of tlje county court. The people want to know and have a right to know all about every official transaction in the administration of heirship properties. They want to know in, what manner the court has exercised its authority in the selection and appointment of guardians, what allowance has been made, if any, to tucse various unininisiraiors tor vueir services, and In what manner the court i has finally adjudicated the claims of creditors and heirs of each estate. In other words, they want to know how much the rats have eaten into the pro bate cheese, and whether the orphans and widows who are under the guar dianship of the court are getting a square deal. They will Insist and have a right to insist upon full publicity of the amounts of money that have from time to time j come Into the custody of the county-, Judge and where these moneys have been deposited or loaned. They have a right to demand and Insist that every dollar of Interest derived from the farm ing out of the fuuds in the custody of the Judge shall be paid to its rightful . OBIirrsw w uie luillil. uiums, have no more right to appropriate In- signboards, the prises offered being sum ... . ... i ,1 I cleat to stlmuluto the efforts of the best terest upon public or private funds than I UyJ r Frpncn arUst(l The city, county or state treasurers. me people have a right to Insist that Judge Vlnsonhaler shall account for and turn Into the county treasury every dollar of fees collected by himself or his clerks under any pretext. The law fixes the nalary. of the county Judge nt $2,500 a year, and all fees collected by him and not expended for legitimate clerk hire should be deposited In the county treas ury. It Is au open secret, as well as a mat ter of record, that systematic petty graft has been practiced by the subordi nates of the county Judge under pretext that his clerks were entitled to extra pay for extra services, when, ns a mat ter of fact, the services performed are paid for by the county. All these abuses call for a searching Investigation which the Board of County Commissioners should institute before Judge Vlnson haler turns over the office to his ' suc cessor. If the commissioners have no authority to make such Investleatlon by reason of defects In the law. then the people will demand an investigation by a grand jury. The lid must come off the county court and must be kept Off hereafter. Representatives of the voting machine . . . .. .i a manuraciurers exprwss uisiuiiueu mil-1 Isfactlon with the try-out of the voting machines in Douglas county. There are others, also, who express supreme satisfaction. First, the lobbyists who got the bill through the legislature. Sec ond, the lobbyists who worked the coun cils of Omaha and South Omaha and convinced the county commissioners, and lastly, the autl-machlne candidates who were elected by the machines. Fonder Tax Commissioner Fleming appears to be the most cheerful candi date that was submerged by the Doug las county landslide. "I want it thor oughly understood." savs Mr. Fleming, "that there are no sore spots about me. I lived without a public office before this and I can do so again, aud will go about it cheerfully." It is always cheer ing .when you find a man who is willing to liow to the inevitable with equanim ity. If it proves true that the figures on the three bond propositions submitted last Tuesday were read backwards by the election officers of the Fourth pre cinct of the Seventh ward, all men who want to act as judges and clerks of elec tion hereafter will have to submit to a medical eye test. It may turn out that some men are figure blind, while others are color blind. That cup offered by Prince Louis to prize fighters in the American and Brit ish navies comes at an inopportune time. He should huve waited until Uncle Sam decides what will be done with the cadets who took purt in the right In which one of their nurahor killed. lu a long editorial the St. I.ouls Re public asks what effect woman suffrage would have upon the Mormon question In I'tah. As T'tah women have leen j voting ever since the state was admitted the last election returns from Salt Lake should give the desired Information. Steady Job for Winter. Chicago Record-Herald. President Roosevelt has now settled at the White 'louse for the winter and Is in dally training for the aet-to be expects to have before long with the most dignified deliberative body oa earth. o Relief la Slant. Minneapolis Journal. Joseph II. Choate tells us we are work ing too hard and too fast and doing too much. But what are we going to do when the "boss" never gets sick and works a good deal harder than any of the rest of us. A Del nare to Tome. Boston Globe. The national department reports have been cut down so much this fall that the acting publlo printer Is finding it a hard task to provide work enough to keep his big force occupied. However, the Con gressional Record will resume publication pretty soon, and congressional eloquence can be depended upon, aa usual, to keep the printers busy. Balldlaa Material la Abaadaaee. Kansas City Journal. Cement construction has come to stay and cement ought to be cheaper. Gov ernment geologists have Just figured that one county alone In Oklahoma, Greer county, has M,000,000,010 tons of cement In the gypsum deposits within her boundaries. That field, which is so far untouched, can upply building material which is equal to millions of acres of forests. There are other cement counties there, also. A Roll of Honor. St. Louis Republic. One of the most Interesting persons the government at Washington has had to deal with for a long time Is a millionaire who recently gave $100,000 for benevolent uses, and now claims his old age service pen sion of $8 to IIS a month under the execu tive order of March, 1904. He does not want the money, of course, but deems the pen sion roll a roll of honor, and desires to perpetuate his record of military service as a much-prised bit of family history. A good many other well-to-do veterans who have passed the age of 62 years are ukng .nvamare of the service pension order for similar reasons, and there may be some who take the money simply be cause It Is theirs for the asking. Maklaa- the Street Attractive. Leslie's Weekly. We shall need to bestir ourselves more than we have done If we ever catch up with some of the cities In Europe, not only in the matter of good munlclal govern ment, but also In the less Important, though none the less valuable, particular of municipal adornment. France and Bel- glum are far In advance of us In lows and regulations affecting bill posting and pther forms of public advertising, and a!s- In the encouragement offered In various" ways to private cltliens to co-operate In the work of beautifying streets, parka, residences and public bulkllngs. An annual prize has been granted by the Paris municipal council for some. years past for the most artistically designed house front and recentlv a eom- ..iinrl ho. nin. in rH nn,w uib " """I"1" "r "" lying In this direction of adding to the beauty and attractiveness of business streets are obviously very great. TO 8TPPHESS SLANG. - Move to Circle the C'irenlallo of It Flavoring; Bnbstaace; ' Pittsburg Gazette. The Antl-SIang society which has been founded by University of Chicago purists has undertaken a big task, but our hearti est wishes go with U. It has a wide field for endeavor and many opportunities, not only for accomplishing much good, but , for making numerous mistakes. However, j the good It may do in removing some of me vulgarity irom me vernacular snouia counterbalance any Interference with the natural, healthy growth of the language. This has always been a vexed question, the extent to which the use of slang Is permissible to educated persons. On the one hand, we have the argument that with out the constant introduction of new words the language cannot grow. On the other, the academic plea for the preservation of the pure well of English undefiled. Friends of slang point to classic literature for Justification. Shakespeare Is full of collo quial English that had not yet received "t,amp 5 PProv pojlta aoclaty. ' The slang of one generation is the good ( English of the next. Very true, but th. majority of modern slang expressions add j nothing to the language in the way of new and useful words, as, for Instance, the common phrases, "not In it" and "up to you." Most American slang Is borrowed from the race track and the gaming table. Modern American slang Is not funny. Rarely Is It as expressive as good Eng- llah lllin ! t,a luiu nor..,,'. I. . ,lsn 1 I. , .. v..., - . . n ncafci-im uiic . vuinifumry. uniy wnen used economically Is It effective. It is flavoring, not nourishing substance. 18EFILMC9S OP PADS. Serve to Break the Monotony of the Dally Grind. Medical Talk. One of the professors in the University of Nebraska claims that the American peo ple are running too much to fads. He says they are wearing themselves out either chasing after physical culture, golf, tennis, automoblllng, massage, diet, baths, etc. He denominates these things as fads. The per son gets interested In one or more of them and spends a great deal of time and energy pursuing tbem. No doubt a person can run a thing into the ground and make It harmful, even though of Itself It bo a good thing. But wo believe that every person should have at least one side issue or fud from his regular vocation. After one gives so much time every day to the routine of work, tu turn aside for awhile and take up golflnav tennis or phy sical culturevtlr other outdoor sport, is rest ful and beneficial. True, some people i'o become regular cranks on health culture, diet, bathing, athletic sports, etc.. but any one of these pursued In moderation, with common sense, can be made of a great deal of use, especially to the person confined In an office all day. It brings Into play the muscles that are unused, and it drives from his mind all business cares and sets another train of thought going. Reason able attention to diet and bathing Is also sure to Improve health. Tha woman who It confined to her home the larger part of the day with housework will find golf or tennis, or aa hour spent in physical culture, a re lief to tired muscles and nerves. Change and variety in our daily routine is necessary to our well being. No matter what our regular vocation may be. It ts harmful to get Into a rut. Just simply going through a treadmill of duty day after day with no let up. One should always try to bring into each day some new act'vtty, some new train of thought. It Is not a wise thing to get Into a certain groove and Just simply wear one's life away. Monotony kills quicker than anything else. We should have our daily work, in which we are In terested, put our energy and enthusiasm into it and do it with all our might. Then, when that Is dune, tura to some otatr form of activity or rci. OTHER LA MS THA OCRS. It is said that the csar deeply regrets the treatment of Finland, for which he la responsible and that he attributes the mis fortunes which he has suffered to the vio lation bf the oath he took upon ascending the throne to preserve the ancient liberties of the Finnish people. The feeling la not unnatural, for what he did then waa the most discreditable act of his career. Fin land has a constitution which dates back to 1771, 'an J when the grand duchy was ceded to Russia In ISO, it waa upon the cemiitinn V-hlch the csar, Alexander I, solemnly accepted, that the people were lu icukin tneir ancient liberties and their autonomous Institutions. Every crar since then has kept his pledge and when he broke It the weak though well-meaning Nicholas committed a crime for which he has abundant reason to be remorseful. He has now done what he can to make amends and with this return to sanity ad right eousness the Finns will become again what they always were before the attempt was made to Russify their country, the most prosperous, peaceful, loyal and contented of his subjects. It would be well and wise to pacify Poland in the same manner. The suggestion that France should enter Into friendly relation wjth Germany finds no favor In the eyes of M. Jaures. the so cialist leader. He writes that there are tendencies In German foreign policy w'th which It Is Impossible for republican France to associate Itself, and which socialists will never cease to combat. In order to secure In Turkey and Asia Minor privi leged economic treatment Germany, he says, has always supported and flattered the sultan. Its policy Is largely respon sible for the Armenian massacres and the anarchy In Macedonia. The sultan, he points out, would have yielded to unani mous Rurope. The special assisttnee of the German empire has secured immunity for him. The German emperor, impatient for the partition of China, had made him self the prophet of the crusade against yellow peril. If Furope shared his views. It would submit Aslr to a resrtme of svs tematle violence and exploitation. The kaiser and the csur, he declares, ould prepare the revenge of the white races against Japan and the subjugation of the Asiatic peoples. M. Jaures considers that a Oermaa alliance would be for France a new and aggravated edition of the Rus sian serfdom. He believes that France should retain Its entire freedom of action toward everybody, but Insists that It can only use Its Influence for a good purpose by renouncing all Idea of recovering Its lost territory by force of arms. Though Bengalees will not flcht, they are, and are reasonably proud of br ing, the most Intellectual race In Imlia. It Is useless for any student In any college there to com- : pete with a Bengalee rival. In every na tive state they are in demand for the man- ! agement of finance. Next to the Parsees, I perhaps, they are the most successful trnd- 1 ers, and they would not themselves udmlt ' the partial qualification. Using with rare skill, especially in patlre, a language a dl- rect derivative of the Sanscrit, which Is not unjustly characterized as the "Italian of the east," It Is not fantastic to say that If India ever produces a literature that makes an Impression on the west it will proceed i from the subtle students of Bengal, who. mnrmif thnnvh thav illanlav nn r a " f 1 1 - ... . ,.. - .. ., ...tn v i ei t. ratt miir a 1 1 1 av 1 1 1 1 IT7 iiiaiv ilK. v in . probably rival the Japanese In their pursuit of scientific Investigation, and as money- makers are surpassed only by the Jews. The wealth of their great capital, which is perhaps the second wealthiest city within the British dominion, has been built by themselves and by the steady orderliness which has made of Calcutta a proverb throughout the east. A man may be a mil lionaire there fcnd us safe as In liombard street. The people, In fact, with their cunning, their thinking ability and their capacity for everything except art, con- stantiy suggest to tne oDservant the cnar- acter which the Romans attributed to the Greeks. Perhaps the most Illuminating account of the siege of Port Arthur as seen from with in, has come from the pen of a Russian Red Cross nurse, Olga von Baurngarten, who reached the fortress on February IS. A more heartrending account of human suf fering It would be difficult to find, and pre cisely as was to have been expected, the hospital staff are throughout blamed for their Inefficiency and barbarous treatment of their patients. Assigned to a city hos pital, this nurse, soon discovered that only two or three of all its attaches were "worth a cent." When these men were put to the test they were guilty of Inconceiva ble roughness and brutality. The patients' clothes were fairly torn from them, no mat- ter what suffering was caused thereby. As Philadelphia Record: "Praise God, from soon as patients were brought In from the ! whom all blessings flow." For who shall front, the entire force of male nurses with say that those multitudinous prayers which one exception got drunk "In order to be Jul- went up from the very hearts of our peo lier." as one explained to her. But the pie found no answrT crowning horror In the story of this brave j Chicago Tribune: The lesson of the laat woman is the act of a sanitary Inspector who insisted UDon It that there was nlentv of room In the hospital when every bed was occupied. He went from ward to ward making room by turning out to suffering or death fifty sick and wounded, many of whom were not even In the first stage of convalescence. Not even Bertha von Sutt- ner s urouna Arms is a wiit peace iraci than is this simple story of a Red Cross nurse with lis scarcely credible story of that "sum of all crimes" war. Count von Bulow has Just received yet another distinction' from Ms Imperial master, that of major-general of cavalry. The German chancellor Is the most decor- aieu man in Europe, pvusebHing no lew. r than 115 stars, orders and ribbons, besides meuius gaiora. a wen Known mamema- lician nan recently maue a nice calculation, proving that worn altogether they would cover not only every Inch of the chan cellor's breast, but his back, as well, and his trousers down to the kr.ees. Until recently von Bulow was a co-nparatlvely poor rnan. having Inclusive of his official salary, less than 9,0PO a year. However, the legacy left him by a Hamburg mer chant now brings his Income up to 22 000, In addition to which he has the beautiful Kenxler palace to live In with an allowance of 3,000 for entertainments and a stuff of fifty servants. No advocate of the strenu ous life, he detests exercise or exertion of any kind, and, like Mr. Chamberlain, never walks when he can ride. Part of the Nelson celebration in London was the exhibition for sale of pi.eci of furniture made from the old oak timbers and copper fl'.tlnK of the Foudroyant, Nelson's one-time fi icsi'ip. In the Medit erranean the ship pnsscd the flower of Its days, where it received as frequent guests Lady Hamilton and the king of Sicily. But it was ready for business whet) there was work to be done and in the days when naval wtrfare called for its services It bore Itself handsomely. Then It waa pro nounced unworthy, old ago having over taken It, and It was used aa an attraction at various watering pWces, till 197; In that year It was "appearing" at Blackpool, when a storm wrecked It. But It may live, In bits, for generations perhaps, cigar boxes from Its copper and chairs from Its oak timbers becoming heirlooms in pat riotic families. Thamba ronatrd Oat. Chicago News. In one precinct where voting machines were used full returns were reported thirty seconds after the poll1 closed. That beats the election Judge who keeps tally of th votes on his thumb. Oil Have your cake, muffins, and tea bis cuit home-made. They will be fresher, cleaner, more tasty and wholesome. Royal Baking Powder helps the house wife to produce at home, quickly and eco nomically, fine and tasty cake, the raised hot-biscuit, puddings, the frosted layer cake, crisp cookies, crullers, crusts and muffins, with which the ready-made food found at the bake-shop or grocery does not compare. Royal is the greatest of bake-day helps. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. POLITICAL DRIFT. Philadelphia shows that It can set up and take nourishment. ' Senator Foraker'a throat shows a marked improvement since the returns blew In. Returns from Ohio tend to discredit the report that Secretary Shaw delivered one of his celebrated speeches in that state. New York papers are a unit In saying that none of the local Insurance magnates could be found in the crowd cheering Je rome's election. Mr. Durham, a Philadelphia statesman re- I tired Involuntarily, has not recovered suf ficiently to emulate the example of Mr. Cox of Cincinnati. San Francisco has sent its third state senator to the penitentiary for grafting. If the town keeps up the pace the peniten tiary will have to be enlarged. The fact that the' democrats and prohibi tionists pulled together in Ohio partially ex plains the. upheaval. Amazing combina tions often produce astonishing results. Tom Johnson's portly figure will hold down the safety valve In Cleveland for two more years. Cleveland likes Tom and Torn likes Cleveland. Its a mutual admiration combination. When political rogues fall out honest men learn a few things. Tammany is accused of fraud by a Tammany congressman. Mem bers of the family are usually acquainted with the family skeleton. Charley Bookwalter Is again mayor of Indianapolis. Two years ago the town ' threw him lilt and nnlled down the lid. Now the town lifts the lid for ventilation, I and "Bookie, old boy," is vindicated. Most Impressive of all the town contests was thai In Madison, 111., wnere the reign ing mayor was turned down by a vote of 400 to 1. Before the returns were officially declared tha mayor packed .his grip and left town. "Toll the bell for Ben Odell," exclaimed the New York Sun Just before the battle. While the bell was tolling Ben slipped around the corner and gathered In a large bunch of Greater New Tork assemblymen ; for duty Albany. It Js Mr. Odell's time , n mlle Seven different brands of voting; ma chines were tried in Chicago and all worked well. Returns from'one of them were filed I by telephone at headquarters one minute ! after the polls closed. In Cleveland equally satlrfactory results were achieved by the machines. ECHOES OF THE PRAY. Minneapolis Journal: All the voters want now is to get a slap at the United States senate! Cleveland Leader: Out of the tangle of election returns received early Tuesday evening one fact stood like a mountain from the first. It was the wreck of boss- I ism. . election Is that the DeoDle are tired nt th. v.o.Do,. n.hn ... ..t. . .. . w ire.mnil, if there had been arrogant bosses In cities or states where the vote was light and little interest taken in the result, the vote would have been heavier and the bosses ( would have been smushed in them as they were everywhere else. ( oilcan Chronicle: Hearst's mind or lefc of mind runs to politics. All sorts of fantastic tricks In the political field are his special delight. It Is doubtful if lie would have taken as much pleasure in being elected as he will now derive from "con- testing the election, tie win rainy revel in the prospects of long drawn nut In vestigations, trials and appeals by which he can keep himself in the public eye. not to say the public nose, until the presidential pot begins to boil again. rsn Ha ve Friend? a Then tell ' him about Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Tell him how it cured your hard cough. Tell him why you always keep it on hand. Tell him to ask his doctor about it. Doctors know it They use it a great deal for all forms of throat and lung troubles. We have no secrets We publish the formulas of all our mediefnts. ar. y tk 1. O. Aw O... Imu, Mm, aim Ma.yftMrtar.rs af ATM'I BATK IGOK-For tk. kair. ATEB't PILLO-Por eeattipatioa. AIBK'S SAKBAPARU.LA Fat tk. Maoa. iTU'l AGUB CCBJt for auUria AU agnt. e.Made WHAT THE BTATtTES CAN DO. . Everything- Depead. oa the Manner of Enforcement. Memphis Scimitar. Some very learned men argue that busi ness conducted on enormous scale cannot be made subject to law. "Statutes," says President Butler of Co lumbia college, "will not put moral princi ples where they do not exist." Maybe not. But there are some things that right statutes rigidly applied can do. They can put some of the business violat ors of moral principles In Jail. Maybe statutes can't put moral principles In a man. but they can put the man with out moral principles out of business. It is quite probable that moral principle cannot be put in the big gratters by statute or any other means. But If the statutes are property enforced the big grafters may cease grafting and do some plain living and hard thinking In a place provided by statute for that purpose. This would be good for business, If not good for the big grafters. It might not put moral principles in the man nut It wruilit mit mnral nrlncliilrt In future methods. Statutes In themselves can accomplish nothing. But, rigidly enforced, they earr" make even the manipulator of million humble and tractable. LAUGHING I.IKES. "I notice that a blindfolded typewriter did some remarkable writing in New York the other day." "But I should think that typewritten copy without 's would be looked upon as decidedly faulty." Cleveland Plain Dealer. First chauffeur There's one thing I hate to run over and that's a baby. Second chauffeur So do I; tnem nursing bottles raise Cain with tires! Puck. Mike "Oi'm drowning, Pat!" Put "Can't you float?" "Certainly not, ye fule! A feller has to be drowned a week before he kin float."'" Brooklyn Life. "Some of the epgs you sent me," said the housekeeper, "were bad." "Well, ma'am." replied the dealer, "that aln t my fault; I ain't no hen." Phila delphia Press. "Do you think the Panama canal will be a good thing?" , "I don't know," answered Mr. Dustln Stax. "Ther Is so much prejudice against graft that good things are retting scarcer every year." Washington Star. "He was arrested for stealing a huckle berry pie." "Pld he have any explanation to make?" "His lawyer wouldn t permit him to open his mouth for fear he would criminate him self. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Haven't you often wondered why many broken down widowers want to married again?" "Whv. no. Naturally thev want to n.nnltsiH M Tin It Imnrn Amprlcn IL "Barker Is troubled with falling sight, isn't he?" I "What makes you think so?" f friends nor his creditors." Cleveland Plain Dealer. City Editor Did I understand ynu to renort that Mr. Greatman had nothing to say? Reporter No, I'm sure he hsd something to sav. otherwise ne wouldn t nave ski that he had nothing to say; If he nothing to say he woudn t have sa had nnthlnsp In mt v Fh ( 1 n nh i PrAsa " INDIAN SUMMER. Margaret Sherwood. Faint blue the distant hills before, Yellow the harvest lands behind; Wayfarers we upon the path The thistledown goes out to find. On naked branch and empty nest. The woodland's bl"nded gold and red. Dim glory lies which autumn share. With facea of the newly dead. j Tender this moment of the year To eyes that seek and feet that roam: It Is the lifting of the latch, A footstep on the flags of home. Now may the peace of withered grass And golden-rod abide with you; Abide with me for what Is death? Fall of a leaf against the blue. 7 iou 3 f V v Im- I so I get Kef f had HmS Id h" J i