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WHEJ OCT OF TOWlt.
absorlber leaving- the city tern,
porarlly should ba lb Be
mailed to them. It la better than
dally letter from bom. Ad
dress will be changed often as
reauated.
.Senator Dolllvrr's rate bill Is said to
f satisfactory. To whom?
All is quiet In Moscow, according to
lMot accounts. Most of the people are
dead or hiding in their cellurs.
.The tribute paid to James Whitcoiub
lliley proves that poets, if not prophets,
may be honored In their own country.
j Russell Sage has managed to turn an
I honest penny by loaning six millions nt
i 11 per cent Russell's loan hand has not
i lost Its cunning..
Tom Lnwson made the mistake of sit
ting on a Hkyrocket rather than a toy
balloon when he undertook to hold down
the price of Amalgamated copper.
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Deputy I'nlted States Marshal Henry
lloman refuses to be Baxterlzed. ne
lias resigned his position and will here-
after g out gunning on his own hook.
If municipal ownership is to be the
lognn In future municipal campaigns
the battle cannot be fought and won by
college professors and political economy
students.
The great and wonderful Hush Is car
tooued by the political fence as break
lug a lance with the cattle barons, but
nobody In those parts takes .Kush very
seriously.
A "formerly of Iowa" man wants to
be United States district attorney In
South Dakota. Other applicants will
probably know what It means to make
a losing fight.
With the Mutual Life saving $lfiM,
000 thla year the work or the New York
Investigating committee has not been In
rain If Its report Is never presented to
the legislature.
; "Tax ferrets" of Polk county, Iowa,
Lave added $30,000 to the county treas
, ury from back taxes. Such a system In
Nebraska might be a suitable adjunct to
the scavenger law.
If the admirals of the navy will tell
the boys the way In which baling waa
conducted In the old days the "code"
may be changed at Annapolis but prob
ably not Improved.
The bears that swallowed Blondy
Clark have thrown him up like the whnle
did Jonah. Evidently the literature In
Blondy'a hip pocket did not harmonize
with their digestion.
Russell Sage is one man i was evi
dently not anxious for the government
to come to the relief of the money mar
ketat least not until he had pla. ed that
$3,000,000 at high figure.
' It la due "Jlmmla" Hyde to remember
that he announced his Intention of visit
ins; Franc before It was discovered that
persona charged with grand larceny
could not be brought back from that
country.
; It now- being officially stated that
Coroa waa not coerced Into signing tha
treaty with Japan It la probable that tha
Japanese troops were only gent to Seoul
to assist In swelling the crowd which
rejoiced over the crowning victory of
Japanese diplomacy.
After all woeteru po'.lcy-noluii u,tj
never know bow inueii of their money
was returned to tie west by Ufa insur
ance companies In the fcrm of "trgu
nients" against unfriendly- lejlslutlou.
Tha distribution of the stirpes may
hart been wider than l'n.igiutd
AiDtsa tut coMiimsmy
Ihe Interstate Oimmeire commis
sion is to have the ft i 1 or tl,- western
railroads In enfoiv1ig the . inter
state commerce law. The promise
of this Is contained In a resolution
recently adopted at a meeting of
western railroad officials nnd which
has been presented to the commission
by a committee representing the various
western lines. In a conference at Wash
ington Thursday the commission was
assured by Individual representatives of
the railroads of their desire to co-operate
with the commission In stopping rebates
and In Investigating any grievances.
There was expressed n determination to
conform to the law In good faith and in
every respect to aid the commission in
Its enforcement. There was a further
promise on the part of the railroad rep
resentatives to report every Illegal trans
action which may come to their knowl
edge or of h ich they may have well
grounded suspicion.
This very important action by the
western railroads is regarded by the
commission as sincere and warranting
the expectation of WtoeBelal results.
While It may not result In the complete
discontinuance of wrongful practices,
yet the commission is of the opinion that
"if the promised co-operation is actually
and continuously afforded the payment
of rebates and the granting of secret
advantage will be n-duced to a mini
mum." It appears frmn the report of
the conference that the railroad repre
sentatives .recognized the influence of
public opinion nn influence which the
railroads have been slow to realize and
acknowledge. Confidence, In the prom
ises made to the commission would be
stronger If It were not, for the fact that
other pledges and agreements by rail
road officials were not fulfilled. It is
true that in the present case the assur
ances given differ somewhat from those
which have preceded them that is, the
"gentlemen's agreements" to observe the
law still there will be some doubt and
misgiving in the public mind until the
latest pledges have been shown to be In
good faith. At all events, the western
railroads are setting a commendable ex
ample, which It Ih presumed will have a
good effect in other sections. Eastern
and southern roads may find It expedient
to follow the action of the western roads
and thus make co-operation between the
commission and the railroads for the en
forcement of the law general.
Meanwhile the necessity for such leg
islation as President Roosevelt has rec
ommended Is not lessened. It is the only
certain assurance for the protection of
the public ugainst.thc discriminations
which have created the demand for fur
ther legislation.
CITIZENSHIP FOR PORTO HICAttS.
The desire of the people of Porto Rico
to be made American citizens has the
approval of President Roosevelt, who
said in his annual message that there Is
no excuse for failure to adopt legislation
conferring citizenship upon them. An
earnest appeal to congress will be made
by the Porto Rlcnns to give them this
boon and it would seem that there
should be no hesitation in granting it
for certainly they are as much entitled
to American citizenship us the Huwa
llans. There is a good deal of disi-ontent
in thla Insular possession of ours and it
is very largely due to the fact that the
people have none of the rights and privi
leges that lelong to citizens of this
country. They are obedient to the laws
and loyal to the government and they
most naturally and Justly feel that they
ought to be permitted to call themselves
citizens of the United States.
We think there will be very general
agreement with the view of the presi
dent that there is no excuse for longer
excluding these people from citizenship
and it is probable that congress will at
the present session adopt the legislation
necessary to make them citizens. It
certainly would be approved by a very
large majority of our people.
CANADA'S TARIfF l'LAS.
The Canadian tariff commission hag
not yet completed its work, but it has
reached a stage that permits of forecasts
as to what its probable decision will be.
K is thought that there will be a rear
rangement of the free list no as to give
new advantages to British exports, es
pecially encouraging Canadians to im
port raw material or partly finished ma
terial from Britain rather than from the
United States. Another expected change
from existing conditions s the amend
ment of the anti-dumping law, so as to
make It more difficult for the American
manufacturers to dump tlieir surplus in
Canada. . f,
According to a Montreal dispatch,
Canada has no Intention of sacrificing
any domestic interests for the benefit of
the mother country. But other things
being equal, she would rather go to Eng
land for what she must buy from out
side than go to the United States. The
determining factor will be a purely busi
ness question, the Canadians buying
where they can buy td fhe best advan
tage. It Is pointed out that the extent
of the possible Injury to the trade of the
United States will depend upon the lib
erality of the preferential rates on Brit
ish goods and it is believed a larger op
portunity for British trade will be given
through preferential treatment of im
ports from and via Great Britain.
A recent report by a special agent of
the Department of Commerce and Labor
showa that last year Canada got 02 per
cent of lta Imported goods, valued at
$164,000,000, from the United States.
Eighty-one per cent of the iron und steel
Imported by Cuunda, amounting to 4
OtO.OOO yearly, U made in this country.
A heavy demand exists there for Ameri
can shoes and rcaJy-mude clothing.
Trcctically every large factory Is
equipped wliu machinery made In the
United State. The Indications u." that
our now large trade with the Dominion
will suffer to some extent when that
country revises Its tariff.
an tRXuR MICKtrs rosmox
In resionse to an appeal of the Civic
Federation for the more efficient en
forcement of the Slocumb law. i.overnor
Mickey makes the declaration that he
does not propose to meddle In the local
government of Omaha and cannot abro
gate the discretion vested by law lu the
Are and police commission, but holds
himself ready 'to entertain any specific
charges of official malfeasance that may
be brought against the board. That Is
what lawyers would call a plea in avoid
ance. The governor is the autocrat that ap
points and removes the police board nnd
the police loard dominates the police
force. Incidentally the police board ex
ercises the function of an excise board.
By virtue of their authority to grant or
refuse licenses to liquor dealers the governor-appointed
board has supervision
over the liquor traffic. Whether he likes
It or not. the governor must share with
the mayor of Omaha the responsibility
for law enforcement. From this respon
sibility he cannot relieve himself by
shifting It upon other shoulders.
Nolwidy expects Governor Mickey to
exercise the discretion vested in the po
lice tsiard, relating to complaints against
individual liquor dealers, but be Is ex
pected to formulate and dictate the pol
icy which the police board should pur
sue in the discharge of its functions as
nn excise board, nnd especially its atti
tude toward the vicious and criminal
classes. In other words, while Omaha
liquor dealers who apply for licenses are
not expected to pass muster before the
governor, it Is his plain duty to outline
the policy which the police board Is to
pursue In granting licenses to them.
It is for the governor to Instruct the
hoard to refuse to Ilceuse resorts lo
cated in proximity to disorderly houses
and resorts which derive their suste
nance from the virion nut!, criminal
classes. It is his plain duty to require
the police loard to refuse a license to
nil tough Joints wherever they may be
located. To request the Civic Federa
tion or any other class of citizens to
prefer specific charges against members
of the board Is asking altogether too
much.
There' have lieeu some very interesting
lectures delivered before the State
Teachers' association this week; for ex
ample, the text selected by Rev, Frank
Emerson Jones was "When the Heart
is Young." That must have nppealed
powerfully to the inner sentiments of
the schoolma'ms who have passed two
score.
It Is a race now between County Audi
tor Smith nnd City Clerk Elbourn as to
which will save his snlary the quickest
by cutting down the supply bills. Mani
festly they both have their ears to the
ground and their eyes riveted on a more
lucrative job than they now hold down,
but
The novel feature of an advancing se
curity market in the face of a rate of
125 per cent for call money gives the
secretary of the treasury ample ground
for awaiting developments before rush
ing to the defense of the men who need
the cash.
With dealers in southern lumber ad
vancing prices for all grades the demand
for trees on Nebraska prairies becomes
stronger but by the time those trees are
grown some method may be discovered
to prevent combinations to fix prices of
staples.
Western f ruit Jobbers In convention at
Des Moines have declared against the
system of private refrigerator cars, but
they should remember that this system
made their occupation possible. Regu
lation, not destruction, is necessary.
Governor Mickey wants to know
whether any of his police commission
ers have side-stepped, politically speak
ing. If Governor Mickey really wants
to know he will have no difficulty in
finding the trail.
Colorado is talking of holding a fes
tival next fall and acts as though it
means to show that Justice has returned
to the state by exhibiting a number of
crooked bankers behind prison bars.
Ohio has discovered two local "coal
trusts" and the officers of one have paid
lines,' but so far there has been no men
tion made of lower prices for fuel as the
result of the proceedings in court.
If Commissioner Gartield desires
prominence for his oil report he will take
advantage of the opportunity to file It
while members of congress are still di
gesting their Christmas dinners.
With half a wagonload of government
property discovered in a Leavenworth
saloon the War department may be cotn
pelUnl to re-establish the canteen In or
der to preserve Its stores.
A Restraining- Influence.
Battlmor News.
The fact that the terms of forty-etght
senators expire within the next three years
ta more effective In keeping them In line
with the president than any feeling of re
spect they have for him.
Sunny Joe'a style.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
I'n.-U' Joe Cannon says. "I do not hesitate
to assort that this country I better today
than it v r was In its history." I'ncle
J. i .s i. ! t'uilt for a pessimist on the
mil'.Vi ; .f the I'nlted Btatca of America.
Wwnltln't Tills Jrr lull
Minneapolis Journal.
A side light on the pass system comes
from Nebraska. Tho sheriffs In that state
have formed a little club to do work for
ihe railroads, such as summoning witnesses,
etc., without fee and to receive In exchange
annual passe. When a sheriff takes a
patient, tv a. state, Institution be rides on his
pass and charges up mileage. At least he
lid until the attorney general held tip one
Anger at them.
Kffert ol Knowledge.
Boston , Transcript.
The two-tailed comet would onre on a
time have been Interpreted as a harbinger
of disasters In Russ a and Wall street. To.
'lay we know that it brings nothing worse
!n Its train than a lot of pseudo-scientific
literature on comets.
The Klaht and the lull.
San Francisco Chronicle
The gentleman who organized a $.Vin,ono.oio
company and then hid under a bed when
his creditors Were searching for him pre
sents a striking illustration of tho possi
bility of nights and descents which always
dodge the footsteps of people over-anxious
to get rich quick.
Senator Doltlver'a Opportunity.
Philadelphia Record.
Senator Dolllver, of Iowa, Is an able
man, and Is at the same time ambitious
of winning the good opinions of his fellow
citizens by deserving well of them. If he
can succeed with his freight rate bill for
reconciling the railroads and the public he
will earn the gratitude of coming gener
ations. Offensive Snobbishness,
Chicago Tribune.
A lieutenant In the army Is to be tiled
for conduct unbecoming an officer. The
particular charge is that he made a distur
bance In a theater on discovering that an
enlisted man had been allowed to purchase
a seat near him. The captain of the com
pany, who was present, preferred the
charge, and the sympathy of the other offi
cers of the regiment appears to be with the
enlisted loan, a sergeant of good record.
This is as It should be. The attempt to
Introduce into the American army the
snobbishness of the British and German
armies will not be supported by any large
number of people In the army or out of it.
GAltiU OK I'HOSFEHITY.
Shining Lights Turned on Onr Bills
for l.nsnrles.
New York Mall
Drink bill, tobacco bill, sugar bill all of
theso pile up to prove that this nation that
was nourished to strength by "grlDlng
want" Is now the most luxurious nation
in the world. In addition to these, we
have now on record the most amail.ig dia
mond bill than any country ever had. The
value of tho diamonds and other precious
stones Imported into this country during
the year 1305 marks the glittering limit and
apex of American luxury.
Thirty-six million dollars' worth of prec
ious stones bought by our people in one
year! Of that sum HO.OOO.OtK) was expended
for diamonds alone. In the affections of well-to-do
Americans the diamond Is easily
first, and all other precious stones are
practically nowhere. In this prosperous
year of our Lord the American people spent
for diamonds more than twice as much
as the entire receipts and expenditures
of their government in tho year 1800.
In this year, tho people spent 2,66 per
capita on diamonds alone. That, to be
sure, would not represent a heavy expen
diture for Jewelry, but the purchase of
diamonds is not, like that of beef or sugar,
or, unfortunately, that of beer and spirits,
a thing in which the mass of tho people
participate. Only the few possess the
brilliants. They represent surplusage;
they are purely , a decorative feature of
the national life.
Yet nothing, after all, could better gauge
the national prosperity than tha expendi
ture for these gew-gaws. Though the
Importation of ,th?m has steadily risen, it
has fluctuated ' wlti the general level of
spare cash. In IJtH, for instance,' we Im
ported $723,2fi2 Worth ' fewer of precious
stones than w6 did in 1903. because times
had become a little leaner. With the return
of abundant - prosperity in 1906, we had
Imported over $3 000,000 more Jewels In ten
months than in the whole of 19u3.
Moreover, we hai'e begun to cut our own
diamonds. The cutting Interest has become
well established. Against only 178.815 un
cut diamonds imported In 1896, we are
now Importing, and of course cutting,
more than $10,000,000 worth a year.
Little seems to remain to be done now
except to discover diamond fields In the
I'nlted States. There is no known geol
ogic reason why that should not come too.
IIOYAL A RCA MM DECISION.
New York Court Role on the Ques
tion of Increased Hates.
New York Tribune. .
Justice Gaynor's decision in the Royal
Arcanum suit commands and deserves
much attention as- radically involving the
interests of that large and important or
ganization. It is to the effect that the
decree of the supreme council increasing
the' assessments of members amounts to
an Impairment or change of contract and
is therefore vol.1. Of course, an appeal
will be taken, largely, it Is assumed, on
the ground that the Royal Arcanum exists
under a Massachusetts charter and there
fore a New York court has no Jurisdiction
over it. It Is desirable that the matter
shall be settled as promptly as possible
by the court of highest authority, for both
an important principle and very large finan
cial Interests are at stake.
It can scarcely be denied that the in
crease In assessments does amount to a
change of contract. A member Joined the
organization years ago, and in considera
tion of a life Insurance policy of $3,000
agreed to pay what purported to be a fixed
assessment rate of, say, $J.53 a month.
Now the officers of the organisation tell
him that to keep his policy in force he
must pay, say, $1.29 a month. Certainly
that seems, on the face of it, an impair
ment of contract. The fact that a similar
but smaller Increase a few years ago was
acquiesced In without protest is not to be
regarded as a Justifying precedent, nor
will there be convincing weight In the plea
that members of a fraternal organization
ought not to stick upon points of law, but
should acquiesce In anything that is held
to be "for the good of the order." The
decisive question seems to 6e whether there
Is anything In the charter of the organiza
tion or In Its contracts with members
which gives its officers a legal right thus
to alter contracts without the members'
consent.
The Importance of the final decision to
the welfare of the organization Is soarcely
to be overestimated. If Justice Gaynor's
decision stands, then in this mate at least
the old rates will have to be restored and
maintained as long as the members live.
Increased rates can be collected only from
those who are wining to pay them and
from those who have Joined the order since
October 1 last a very small fraction of the
whole. But It haa been positively stated
by the officers, as the justifying necessity
for Increasing rates, that the organization
could not continue In solvent existence
without such increase. Therefore Justice
Gaynor's decision, if sustained, would seem
to menace th very existence of the order.
It goea without saying that the downfall
of so large and important an organization
would be a deplorable misfortune, the dan
ger of which la not to be contemplated
with equanimity, and It Is earnestly to be
hoped that, whether or not .this decision
holds, som way wlU be found of keeping
the Royal Arcanum in prosperous existence.
Th first step to that end must be a final
Judicial determination of the questions now
at issue, so that the order may know ex
actly wlier it stand.
OTHK.R LANDS THAN OIR.S.
There Is lu the new British mlnlnry no
dearth of practical "organization" poli
ticians. Hir Henry Csmpbell-Bannerman
himself is president of the Scotllst Liberal
association and also o( the Iondnn Liberal
federation. Sir Edward Grey Is president
of the Eighty club. Sir Robert Rt-d Is
president of the Young British Liberals'
fi deration. Earl Carrington is president of
the National Liberal federation and the
National Liberal club. The carl of Crewe
is chairman of the political committee of
the National Liberal club. Lord Tweed
mouih is chairman of council of tho Scot
tish Liberal association. Mr. Ulrrell Is
chairman of the Liberal 1'ubllcatlon depart
ment. Mr. Gladstone Is chairman cf com
mittee of the Uberal Central usoclatlon
and chairman of the managing committee
of the National Liberal club. Mr. Vernon
I far court is president of the League of
Young Liberals. Mr. Lloyd-George is presi
dent of .the Welsh National Liberal coun
cil. Also, the wives of some of thtm aro
active In politics, the countess of Aber
deen being president of the Women's Lib
eral Federation and the Scottish Women's
Liberal federation; tho countess of Crewe
being president and Mrs Blrreli and Mrs.
Buxton honorary secretaries of the Liberal
Social council, aiid Mis. Biyce chairman
of executive of the Women's National Lib
eral association. All these aro regarded
as 'official" organizations, and are actively
engaged in extending the liberal aud
radical propaganda.
It. appears that the trouble at Shanghai
began more than two weeks ago. Thyre
was a free fight In the Mixed Court on the
loth Instant. It arose from what an Eng
lish correspondent on the spot described as
"the systematic attempts of the Chinese
authorities to recover more power in th
foreign settlement." It appears that the
consular body lately instructed the foreign
assessors to send all female prisoners to
the municipal Jail, and not to the Chines
prison. Two female prisoners, charged
with kidnaping fifteen young girls, were
remanded pending the hearing of further
evidence. The British assessor ordered the
police to remove them to the municipal
Jail, whllo the Chinese magistrate oidered
that they should be sent to the Chinese
prison, w hereupon the magistrate's runners
attacked the police and a free fight ensued,
the assistant magistrate telling the Chinese
municipal constables to remember that
they were Chinamen, and not foreigners.
The police finally succeeded in executing
the British assessor's orders. The Chinese
residents exhibited much excitement, and
straightway began to hold mcetlnijs. They
threatened to boycott all foreigners unless
the British assessor was removed und the
police inspectors dismissed.
How pathetic It is that the czar can
think of nothing better or more important
to do at the present desperate crisis in
his own affairs and those of the empire
he still calls his than to hold dally reviews
of the regiments detailed to guard his per
son. Tills is what ho Is doing, according
to tho dispatches, and it is gravely re
ported that the poor fellow finds consola
tion In the enthusiastic loyalty which the
cheers of the men receiving his imperial
notice are supposed to express. Another
man, whether soldier or statesman, would
certainly be aLle to utilize his time to
better advantage, unless, indeed, th other
man happened to be a second Nicholas
and still trusted to the power of a few
bayonsts to guard him from a nation In
frantic revolt against all that he repre
sented. The revolutionary leadets; who
ever they may be, are employing different
methods and are appealing to the soldiers
with different arguments. Even they, how
ever, seem to be accomplishing pitiably
little except the slaughter of their follow
ers. The latter need a leader somebody
with a name that can be remembered from
one day to another, and a plan with a be
ginning and an end and something in be
tween. Everything Russian at the moment
Is chaotic when it is not futile, but people
are dying in more thousands, apparently,
than the French revolution demanded
scores for the doing of Its necessary and
magnificent work. If Russia cannot de
velop a Washington, or even a Napoleon,
kind fate might at least give her a Ro
bespierre or a Marut to systematize the
killing and make it effective.
A recognized authority on Frencli eccle
siastical matters confirms the report that
the pope has asked all the French bish
ops Individually If they are inclined to
accept the new conditions defined by the
church and state separation bill, and that
negative replies hav been received from
a small majority. Only two cardinals,
those of Lyons and Autun, have formally
declared their unreserved opposition to
any toleration whatsoever of the new sit
uation; but th fact that a majority of
the French bishops shoulu proclaim them
selves partisans of resistance, says M. de
Narfon, is quite unexpected and a matter
of exceptional gravity. The minority, on
the other hatid, do not tegard themselves
as defeated, and huve derided to make
pressing representations to the pope as to
the danger of adopting an uncompromising
attitude. By the Brland law, the forma
tion of religious associations will be the
only legal recourse opon to Roman Cath
olics for preserving not merely their
churches, but all their religious property.
This law authorizes public confiscation of
tho properties in question after a certain
date, provided they have not previously
been 'safeguarded by the formation of
what are called associations cultuelles.
. .
Concerning the next president of France,
who Is to be elected next month by the
Parliament, the Temps of Paris has laid
down rules which are probably as excel-
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outcome or thlrty-nve years of republican
experience, at any rate. President Lou
bet's successor, says the Temps, should
be ripe In years, but not old. He should ;
be robust and active, "self-made" and ap
pear in shop window photographs with
wife and children the more children the
better. He need not be a savant, and
even his speeehes may be written for him. I
but. at all costs, he must have a cheerful
face and always be ready to smile. Finally
he must wear a high hat and he a fair
shot. With such an outfit, a president of
France can serve out his term aud be be
loved by his people.
Is the Cellar Kollf
Everybody's Magazine.
Every now and then some statistician
with to much liver utters figures showing
that the world's coal supply will last only
a few hundreds of years longer. Make it
many, many thousands. China haa coal to
burn; tOO.OOO square miles of coal fields,
some say. Japan has plenty more. Rou
nania has enough for the Balkan states, if
ever they stop burning powdor and on
another'a houses. America's bin will be full
for centuries on centuries. Great Britain
and Germany will not be coallrss soon.
Let us worry about something else.
Fatal lack of Leadership.
Philadelphia 1'iess.
The thing that irritates the well-wisher
of Russian freedom is that there appears
to be no large plan, no concert of action,
uo coherence among the revolutionists.
With som millions of dlsorganisers, where
Is ther an organizer equal to th task?
Th brutality at Moscow shocks tha world,
the lack of a definite purpose offends its
common sense.
For Lung
Troubles
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral certainly
cures hard coughs, hard colds, bron
chitis, consumption. And it certainly
strengthens weak throats and weak
lungs. Ask your own doctor. If he
says it's good, take it. If he has any
thing better, take that.
We have no secrets We publish
the formulas of all our medicines.
Mad by th J. O. Ayr Co., LowU, Mast.
Alt Xsnufsoturr or
ITER'S HAIR VIGOR For th hair. ITER'S FILtS For consttpatloa.
ATER'S SARSAPAR11XA For th blood. AYER'S AGUE CURB- For malaria aad trw.
POLITICAL 1R1FT.
Cincinnati can't scare up enough demo
crats to fill available municipal Jobs, a
condition believed to be without precedent.
Ben Odell of New York reached tho mil
lionaire class through politics. Ho threat
ens to spend some of It in order to hold on.
One of the political stakeholders in New
York City vamoosed with $JO,000 :;nd the
sporty victims sob In vain for their elec
tion boodle.
The countrv Is reasonable safe. Senator
Warren of Missouri has landed a federal
Job for Editor McJinsey of 8t. Joe, which
takes him out of the country.
The Syracuse (N. Y.) undertaker who bet
his hearse on the election of Cleveland In
1SS4, took a farewell ride in his mascot a
few days ago. He delighted in parades and
wns in one at the finish.
A successful business man, a million
aire, has taken hold of the street sweeping
department of Cincinnati and projioaes to
pull down some of the carbuncles that lend
antique tones to the scenery thereabouts.
Hei.ator Gearln of Oregon is the poorest,
financially, in tho upper chamber. H) says
he has no property, no bank account, hav
ing lived up to his Income as a lawyer.
Mr. Gearln was appointed senat jr. That
accounts for a poor man getting there.
Tho new Pennsylvania state cnpltol
building at Harrisburg is nearly completed
after four and a half years from the burn
ing of the old capltol, und at a total cost
of $4,650,000, and the remarkable thin
about It is that this is within the original
estimates.
The most pathetic feature of the republi
can squabble in New York is the desertion
and abandonment of the prayerful "Amen
Corner" wherein schemes, stratagems and
spoils were hatched, executed :uiJ dis
bursed In the halcyon days of Thomas
Collier Piatt. The "Eusy Boss" looks as
woebegone as a Christmas tree und too
feeblu to Jolly his loyal congregation.
The recently elected Kentucky assem
blyman who is making the Journey from
his horn to the state capitol on toot. In
payment of an eloctlon bet, has covered
nearly half of the 300 miles over which he
will- have to travel, and Is so mu"h pbstscd
with his performance that he says his aim
now Is to be elected to the United States
house of representatives, so that he can
trudge to Washington.
Officials who are responsible for Penn
sylvania sate treasury and its operations
are said to bo very busy getting ready for
the time when they will have to turn
things over for seaching examination nt the
hands of the new treasurer, Mr. Berry. A
good deal of houseclcanlng has already
been attended to. Any bonds In hand that
looked at all suspicious have been made
good, and there has been a cleaning out of
personal political paper.
DEADLY WOOD ALCOHOL.
Necessity for a Heavy Tsi to Restrict
Production.
Philadelphia Press.
If congress cannot see its way to abolish
or greatly reduce the tax on alcohol used
In the arts it ouglu at least to pass Mr.
Grosvenor's bill putting a tax of 90 cents
r.n wood alcohol. The latter la a poiflon,
and its great cheapness Is a temptation
to its misuse that weak souls do not seem
able to resist. It is used as a substitute
for grain alcohol in the manufacture of
all sorts of preparations, especially of the
various liquids used by barbers. It is
used freely in the manufacture of cheap
whisky, which produce a drunken stupor
very quickly and when used In excess re
sults in the blindness and death of the
victim.
The manufacture of wood alcohol has
become a Urge Industry and a legitimate
industry so far as the manufacturers are
concerned. Its misuse through substitution
for grain alcohol because of Its cheap
ness is where the harm comes in. Mr.
Grosvenor's bill proposes a corrective. The
tax he proposes on wood alcohol would
make lis coxt nearly the same as that
of grain alcohol and remove the tempta
tion to the fraudulent use of wood alco
hol. When a gallon of one costs about
the same as the other there will be no
profit In substitution, and Ihe blindness,
prostrating stupois and deaths caused by
those Ignorant of what they are taking
would cease.
Houhu painters In various parts of the
country ate engaged in a crusade against
the use of wood alcohol in the manufac
ture of varnish. Its fumes are hurtful to
the optic nerve. One painter was ren
dered totally blind by the 'fumes froin
wood alcohol In varnish, and it is disagree
able and htirtful to all who use it. The
cases of death or blindness resulting di
rectly or Indirectly from wood alcohol were
grouped together In a recent publication
and make an exceedingly strong argument
for legislation that shall check tho now
common use of wood alcohol where grain
alcohol Is In every way preferable, save
on th score of its relative cost alone.
That cost is the result of the present dis
crimination In the federal tax on alcolio!.
Coal. Wood. Coke. Kindling.
W II th b t Ohi and Colorado Coal -claan, hot, lasting:
Alao tha Illinois, Hanna, Sharldan, Walnut Block, Steam Coal, Etc.
For general purposes, u Chrok Lump, S5. 50; Nut, $5.00 pr ton
Missouri Lump, $4.75; Large Nut, $4.50 -makes a hot, quick fire.
Our hsrd coal Is the SCMANTO, the best Pennsylvania anthracite
We also sell Spsdra, the hardest, and cleanest Arkanaas hard coal.
All our coal hand screened and weighed ovor any city scales desired
COUTANT Gl SQUIRES "SUSS?
I'HOMI'KHITY IN AtiltlCI LTI HK.
How It Looks When Pictured In
Honnd ITarurra,
Philadelphia Record.
Six crops in five years is Secretary Wil
son's summary of the rapid Increase In
farm wealth; In other words, the increaso
in the values of the farms in the past live
years has been equal to the farm produc
tion of a year, and the annual production
of tho past six or eight years litis been
enormous.
The uggregato value of farm property has
increased $ti,133.uno,on0 In five years. The
value of the imdium farms of tho country
has Increased one-third as compared Willi
an increase for all farms in the country of
one-fourth in the ten years ending with
1!)"0. The buy and grain farms, threu
fuurths of which lire in the north central
states, have gained In vulue t2,iK,(m0,nij
and tho cotton farms have Increased nearly
.tO0,0ii,ii00. The general cause of the In
crease of farm values has, of course, been
the higher prices of products. But it is
gratifying to burn that more intelligent
cultivation is apparent in every section.
Farmers are improving their methods
and are changing from tho less
to the more profitable crops. There is a
tendency toward Intensive culture and an
Increase of the profits per acre. The
American fanner has shown a passion for
large areas und superficial cultivation. This
tendency toward Intensive cultivation Is
revolutionary, and there Is hardly a limit
to be sot to the results that may be at
tained in time. The medium farms of the
North Central region gained nn average of
$11.25 per acre in the five years, and th
average gain for the country was $7.31.
Fruit farms gained $1.1. Tl. sugar farms
$12.34. vegetable, farms $11. lit, hay nnd grain
furms $11.43, tobacco farms nearly as mucli,
dairy farms $s.M, and general farms $H7s.
As a result of this widespread prosperity
there has been un Immense increase In the
number of banks and the amount of their
deposits In tho agricultural states. In ten
years the bank deposits have Increased 1!)
per cent In Iowa and 2H per cent In Kan
sas, In both of which Htntes population has
been practically stationary.
KLIHIIKN OF n V
"Why are you here, my poor mail""
asked the prison visitor.
"Through no l.iull of mine, sir," replied
the convict.
"No?"
"No, I ain't hail a slnifle chance to break
out. Philadelphia Press.
"Better keep nwny from that old hay
seed, cautioned the first bunco nun
"What for?" demanded the other
''Because I d!.l that old fellow mvself
only n few months ngn."
".XV.'",' 'w,1Ht ,"'" has di man can
do.' Indianapolis News.
"She has no sense of hunior. She never
laughs at any of my Jokes."
. ...ion 1 uu tl'lnk you are partly to
blsiiu?
"How so?"
Dealer"01 1"'"'lin,r tllp,-"-"'l"veIand Plain
Customer-Why don't you tnek un this
Do It now molto? It s been lying around
on the counter for a month.
Orncer-Wa-nl, l m a-golir ter tack It Ud
some tlme-ir I ever git to it. Judge.
Mlsslonary-My friend, do you ever think
about your fu'ure state' "
Oklahoma Ik.-Say. pard. don't you read
the papers? We ain't been thinkln' of
anythiiiKT else for th' last few years
Cleveland Leader.
"We enjoyed your piano recital last
evening Immensely, proff uxor."
"I am glad you did. nindani. I was un
uble to be present myself, on account of
an luchlont. but a brother artist klndlv
Tib ''0ticniiiit for me. "-Chicago
"ALL IX."
New York Sun.
' Tin all lnV Bob Kitzsiinnions.
Not on your life. Bob; not on your life'
The Muse salines you I
And if there still be virtue left In catgut
In brass or wood, she'll sound a stave
that's worthy
The siiuarest. hardest hitting slugger that
ever pawed the sawdust!
The man with the wallop!
"All In!"
Not on ywbr life!
Your place Is with the veteran heroes,
with the elder statesmen.
Another may wear your luurels, but can
not blur your record!
Hern of thirty score hard fought battles.
An in-tighter who gave and took with a
joyous ferocity!
Who fought manfully and as manfully
lost!
Move up there, you Immortals!
Make room for a gladiator not for a
grafter!
Here is a tall fellow of his hands whose
hands are clean!
A rough-Jointed, red-headed, slant
browed troglmlvte!
Such a one as might have wielded th
cestui
Before applauding Rome!
Make room, I sav!
While we who have roared and cat
called by the ringside.
Whooped, yelled, howled and trampled on
our hats
As lie grlniied back at us In his hour of
triumph
A freckled, fierce, loose-lipped satyr
Take on our hats to add state to his exit.
"All in!"
Not on your life. Bob!
You have fought your last liHttlo.
But it was the last of many.
And though lost, was u without glory.
Step up to your plac e "villi the Immortal
And live long to awe the youngsters
With the tales of your prowess.
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