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THFi OMAHA DAILY NEK: TUKSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1!0T. Tub Omaha Daily Bee. K. IIOSEWATKR. EDITOR. TLBLISIIED KVKKT MOKNISO. TF.RMS (If SUBSCRIPTION. I Ai!y l!'-c (without Sunday), one year $t.n0 I'mi'y U'-i' nri'J tvimlHy, one year . Illustrated lt.-e, one year l-'f imbiy Bee, on" year 2-."0 3turu;iv llec, niiD year 1 W DKI.IVERED BY CARRIER, txiilv Bee (Inc luding Sunday) per wk..17c I ;t II v- ii.-c (without Sunday!, per week.-Ue Kvenlng H-c (without Sunday), per week J KvcniiiK Bee (with Sunday), per wec...l: Sunday Bee. per ropy o Address complaints' nf Irregularities in de ivery to City Circulation Lieparl.-neiU. OFFICES. On)ahn--Tli" Bee Building. H-iuth Omaha City Hull Building. Couin II HlufTs ! Pearl Street. 'hie ago lwn I'nlty Building. N"W Virk j"S Home life ins. Building. Washington o"l Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and ed itorial tiiiiti.T should be addressed: O'liuha U-o, Editinlal Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal onicr, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. inly It-rent stamps received as payment of mall accounts, personal cheeks, cx--ept on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepud. THE HEE PUBLISHING COMPANY'. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Rtate of Nebraska, Douglas County, M". : C. C. Ruhewater, secretary of Tne Bee Publishing company, being dulv sworn, ays that the actual n umbel ot tuli and complete ropb-s of The Daily. Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of December, was as fol lows: 1 3I.IUO 2 :w.7i 2 :io,k4;o 4 .-II.5.VI & ai,7M U .H,MM ;., au.i.vt :t !,.", HI ai.tvco i :mm34I 11 :ii.i 12 ai,7M i.) :ii,(mo it ai.situ 15 H1.730 17.... IS.... 19.... 20.... 22.... ao.ouo JM.Kiill 31,770 a-i.aan ni.tf.w .Tl.lOO 23 a-i,MO 2 ao.ocso 26 81,70 26 , iVt,2HI 2T a.oio t'8 .t'J.IHIO 2a 31,e4 jo aj.iiio 81 ao.iso 11 a,7io Total !H'.!,UII Lob unsold copies Hl.miN Net total sales . Daily average ... fTl.N.W att4u C. C. RUSEWATER. Secretary. Subscribed In my presence a, id sworn to before me this 31st day of December, 19vi. (Seal) M. B. HL'.N'JAl'K, Notary Public. WIIEX OIT OF TOWS. Snbarrlbera leaving the pity trill norarlly should hare The Ilea mailed to them. Address mill be (banned as often aa requested. Jupnn lias iiipturcd Coica much ns tlm mil it cuiiijlit Hie wildcat It limy noon auk to Ik? assisted in h-ttlnn k. Now that tbc Kusnlnn revolutionists lmvp U'Ktin to kill the landlords, t!i fxar may depend upon the loyalty' of at leiiHt one clnss. With the kindly "grandfather of Ku rope" gone to his reward, another tie which held the sovereigns of the conti nent in check has lieen broken. One conviction has been secured In the land fraud cases, but unless nil nigns fail the federal Juries will be busy for some months to come vindicating the federal land laws. If stockmen have ns many verbal fire works in I heir reunion at l)enver as they did when they divided a year ago, the mountain city will imagine that a ! Htnte campaign is already In progress. ; The house of representatives will now determine the citizenship of one of its nicinlxTs. Hut after all this Is not really us important as determining the ownership of a number of other mem bers. One Omaha preacher has come out In his pulpit frankly for putting the lid on Sundays not only for liquor Kellers, but for every other kind of business. The uext question is. Where would he have the line drawn? It Is a trite saying that "A new broom sweeps clean," but there are al ways exceptions to the rule. Witness the lineup of one of the newly elected , uiember.4 of the county board on the side of the grafters. America may yet have to thank the stiltau of Morocco for an easy solution of the German tariff problem, as fear of war in that direction may prevent Germany from Insisting strongly upou Its own idea of reciprocity. That democratic harmony committee acts as if it were afraid the role of .his as lr it cre arrant tne role or peacemaker in the democratic family would produce the same reaction as the ( ft told tale ef the uninvited arbitrator between lighting husband and wife. Itcr.'nrks of the retiring secretary of the lies M. lines Young Men's Christian iirtsiH-i.it ion would Indicate that the naveling evangelists made a serious mistake when they failed to locate "the wlckedci cliy on e:-nh" at Iowa's cap ital. Income from passenger service In Ohio produces a net revenue of less than 1' cents a mile for each passenger ilirrlcd by the railroads. A proposal to limit passenger fares to 2 cents u Utile would, however. Ih denounced its menacing the railroads with luuik nrptcy. The death of Geueral Wheeler em phasizes the fact that, far from being a descendant of one of the old southern families, his father was a native of New Kngland, bhowlng that geograph ical lines more than tradition deter mined the sides chosen by men dtirlug the civil war. While calling iimui Chairman Bab cock of the republican congressional coruiuittee to come out with a public statement of the campuigu funds he has handl.il, it should not lie forgotten that oi.r I ave was associated for some time with Mr. Bain-ink lu the capacity of secretary of the committee and that If unj campaign funds were in sight he would surely know something of their diapoaiUou If uot uf their source HtRMA TARlt t VCrM HIS I'our wwks hence the new ticriuaii tariff will git Into effect. The counsellor of the (iennan embassy at Washington Ik reported as ayiiiir that his Kovern ment lM-lieves that i-onpri'ss will tlud n way out of the difficulty. There Is nt pn'sent, however, no indication that any tlilnjr will be done Intended to relieve American products from the effect of the new tariff. The matter appears to be regarded nt AVnslilntctoii with n pood deal of ludiffen-nce. It Is stated that n iM-lief prevails in influential circles connected with the (ienuan trade that Jerniitny will not enforce maximum tariff rates agnlnst this country on March 1. The embassy counsellor said that (he maximum tariff will tin Into effect at the designated time and if any reduction is made after that on Ameri can product it will have to lx author ized by lwtli the German house and Ken ate. It is unlikely that those Imdlea would give the required authority. As the counsellor wild, they "will no longer stand for a condition of affairs which has given the greatest lx-nefit to this country. They demand only equality, a guarantee that German products ex ported to America will receive the same consideration ns American exports to Germany." In other words, they desire reciprocity. There has been talk of modifying the customs administrative net, features of which German exporters have found fault with, and it Is suggested that if this should be done, possibly n delay in the application of the German maximum tariff can be obtained. There seems to be little chance of any legislation in this direction, and even if there should 1 1A 1 - .A I l. l.l II I.I i.e, u is most improoauie tnai u oui.i result in delaying the application of theivided with authority to cast the ten votes. maximum tariff. What seems most I liLl U H, ,l..,,(l,.., I.v c....,r,...ua of I .4, .... " - - some such plan ns Is proposed in the McOlcary bill, providing that Increased tariff should be levied against the goods of any country which did not grant us it most favorable rates. This plan Is 1 abuses, the resurrection of the proxy thought to have strong support, at least ! would without question raise up worse in the house of representatives. It Is evils. The political history of Ne of course retaliatory and would mean ! hraska is full of incidents In which the tariff war so fur ns Germany Is con-! cerned, but there nppears to be very little concern at Washington in regard j "r nominating conventions. Dishonest to' this. The general feeling seems to be ! eorporntion henchmen who could not that a tariff war would have much more by any hook or crook prevnil on their serious consequences for Germany than ' iielghWs to commission them as dele for the T'nlted States and that we can i P"1" t convention would he nble to ' lietter afford to demonstrate this than to make nny concessions. Moreover, there is the consideration that whatever tariff concessions were made to Ger- many we might have to give other coun tries. It is argued, for instance, that our best customer, Great Britain, would j o -i.,i,t .1. ...... i. extended to that country whatever tariff ! favors were accorded to Germany. The prospect Is certainly not favorable for an early solution of the German tariff question. The indications are that If congress does anything it will take the form of retaliation. Germany is , "iry. "o i.V promising metnoti evidently determined not to recede from ' tliat "'ready endorsed by the last re or lu anv wav modify the nosltlon she pnb'nn state convention, namely, has taken and the purpose nt Wnshing- ton not to make nny concessions appears to be equally linn. A UROirWQ KEIGHHOH. Canadian development must always have an interest for. the people of the Vniled States. We have a very large 1 trade with our northern neighbor and , j as she grows the trade may reasonably : be expected to increase. The present j population of Canada Is about 0.(NXl,(MM) and It Is steadily growing. Lust year she added to it nearly H.",0iO from im migration, over 44.(ah going there from the I'nlted States. She is making gosl progress Industrially and commercially and is showing marked energy and en terprise along all Hues. Active work has commenced on the new transconti- nental railway and it is expected that the Hue will be running from ocean to ocean within Ave years. This will prove a great factor in the development of the country. "Canada .shows some very encourag ing signs of being quite a settlement in another twenty years," remarks the New York Sun. "This fact should be taken into consideration In the question of our relations with her. Sir Wilfrid Ijuirlcr has prophesied that Canada will , , ,i. twentieth century what the I'nlted States was to the nineteenth, and Iird Stratheona, Canada's most dis tinguished citizen, has predicted that by the close of the i-entury Canada will have a population of 80.KM,mm." Long before that time she will be an lude IMiscVnt nation. Meanwhile, American interest in Canada will Itcc'ome stronger nnd the relations of the two countries iioser. KLr.CTIO.V CO.VTKJ nf'riM.YS. In Ills last two annual messages Pres ident HooHerelt referred to contributions J ,0 fampalgn funds in finleral elections and urged publicity respecting them and their expenditure by political commit tees. In his message of last Iiceeinlier, he said: "All contributions by corpora, tious to any political committee, or for any political purpose, should lie forbid den by law; directors should not lie per mitted to use stockholders' money for such purposes." He said If It Is possible to siH-ure by law the full and verified publication in detail of all the sums con tributed to and expended by the candi dates or committees of auy iiolltieal parties the result cannot but be whole some. An association has been formed for the puriioKc, as stated lu an address to the public, of securing the passage of a national law "requiring the disclosure under oath of every contribution of money and every promise of money iu national campaigns. UHI ,.Se of evasion providing for exposure, dctec. tiou and punishment." (t la the inten tion to promote similar organizations In every state of the uulou, with a view to having state legislation, ns nearly uni form ns possible, relating to the sub ject. The movement ought to le suc cessful. As was said by Mr. Iloosevelt, there is no enemy of free government more dangerous and none so insidious as the corruption of the electorate and It Is well understood that as a rule the contributions of corporations have this aim. There is urgent demand for radi cal reform in this matter and it enn be effected if those who sympathize with the movement Inaugurated by the Na tional Publicity Hill organization will give it active and earnest support. jvo RcsvRnKCTioy F rnt).xiKs The Lincoln Journal, which now claims to voice the demaud of the rank and file of Nebraska republicans ns opposed to the railroad pass manipula tors, is out wltb a strange demand for the resurrection of the discredited proxy system in republican state conventions. It urges that the rule which prohibits proxies mill authorizes the delegates present from any county to cast the full vote apportioned to that county has worked badly by permitting a few ineinlors of the free pass brigade to at tend the convention and, in the nbsence of those not provided with passes, to cast the votes of the absentees as well as of themselves. The plea for the re vival of the proxy system is conjured up In this language: It is a common thing for counties with fifteen votes In a convention to be rep resented by no more than five men. The five cast the fifteen votes, often contrary to the sentiments of the ten men who have remained at home, because they have not been offered free transportation or have refused to accept It. If the use of proxies were permitted the ten could chip In and sonj om of U)0r numbr to uncoin pro. Many a convention would he changed from a mlsrepresentatlve to a representative K,..l.. I K body If the absentees could be voted by men of their choice nnd not by men selected by the accident of their presence In the convention city. Without closing our eyes to these barter nnd sale of proxies has served n" the means of railroad domination In crawl under the tent by inveigling hon- est delegates into giving them their , proxies. Only bv pneking the conven- 1 . . ... . . I 'ion witn purchased proxies were the """" l" "" ""jliM been accumulated are kept In mind. some years ago for refusing to prosti- Those methods are held up to public view. tflP "preme lcnch to their ends, nnd the same tactics forced .Tudire Max- well out of the republican party anA j sent him to congress as a populist In- I stead. A return to the proxy system is not ' the way to get representative govern ment In party conventions. On the bringing the choice of party nominees close home to the people by some feasi ble plan of direct nomination or expres sion of preference by the Individual voters at the primaries. Mayor Iitinue f Chicago, who hns Just signed urd. notices intended to lead tin to the tiurchase liv the cltv of all the cllcaK rnliways, professes the MM that municipal acquisition of the ralirom,8 wln bo lm accomplished fact before his present term of office is ended. Wonder if Mayor Dunne ever heard of the 'immediate' compulsory purchase of the water works of Omaha by legislative mandate? Iowa law makers are talking about putting an Initiative and referendum law on the statute Isioks. The Ne- j bruska Initiative and referendum law requires the application of the Initiative and referendum first to determine whether the law itself should become operative. If the Iowa solons want it law that will work they will steer clear of this little Joker. If the packers were advised by coun sel to tell the truth to Commissioner Garfield, the question remains whether this advice was followed. It Is said the i packers made the commissioner lelieve ' I they made but 3 per cent profit the I same year that one concern declared a dividend more than twice that figure. The "deli" of the Standard Oil com pany to the producers of the Indian Ter ritory is a "bluff" which should be called. If the octopus wants to secure help in an effort to break the laws of Missouri It should follow the estab lished custom of retaining high priced lawyers. Our eminent Nebraska fellow citizen. Governor Magoon of the Panamn canal sone, has returned to this country and will probably appear shortly liefore the senate canal Inquisitors. Now, we ought to get the straight of It as to what Is doing at the Isthmus. Our latest shooting affray happens to have occurred at a dance hall outside of the city limits of both Omaha and South Omaha. Does the Jurisdiction of the Juvenile court officers extend throughout the county, or is it confined solely to tlieae cities? Iiirrranlnir t'onarreaalonal (jalrty, Boston Transcript. The laurels of Congressman J. Adam Bedu are In danger. Indiana republicans are talking ot running George Ade for con greaa (rum the Tenth district. Km il Treatment for All. Chicago Chronicle. Bn-retury Bonaparte asks congress to give him discretionary power aa to the punishment of midshipmen for hazing. It la represented that he Is moved la this be cause he did not like to be compelled to diamiaa a ri-ac-ndant of a dUtingnlshtxl American couuuoduia lui tliat uOiiij. but that is no reason. The secretary ought not to have power to discriminate In lavor of any person for such a reuson. We must in sist that every man In this country shall stand on his own legs or fall. There should be no favors to a man because some an cestor was distinguished. Tart Itlta of Troth. American Illustrated Magasine. It Is difficult for the master of finance and the politician to look each oilier In the eye without winking. A man may not he as bud as he Is painted, but he looks bad painted that way. lrosperlty throws the fool Into fits; ad versity makes him melancholy. There are some things even the president of a university may not know. Barguln counters Rre for the blind. hosest nv COMPARISON. Ordinary lisinhllng I ontraated with Business Extortion. Kansas City Star. Ordinary gambling is regarded as a low vice. There, are laws against the evil in every state and every city. The common gambler Is held in contempt by decent people. Even speculative business, as fol lowed by some, Is not held In the best re pute. There Is not much difference, of course, on betting on the speed of horses and betting on the price of wheat. But In all forms of gambling the man who does not play fair is outlawed, even by his own class. But gambling at its best Is more honest than those business practices that make extortion a "sure thing." And gambling at its worst la better than arbitrary ex tortion at Its best. The man who stacks the cards, who switches to a "cold deck," who plays with marked aces, who hires a stable boy to "dope" a race horse or who otherwise cheats at gaming takes the risk of being found out and ruled from the game. At most he Injures only thoso who voluntarily play at chance. Ills oppor tunities for cheating are limited. The suf fering he causes Is never widespread. On the other hand the man who manipu lates a line of business in such a wav as to give himself undue advantage of his competitors, who gains control of a neces sary commodity, who uses his advantage to extort unreasonable and burdensome tribute from the people, and who often defies the law in his practices, Is a much worse enemy to society than the man who cheats at cards. He injures a whole com munity, a whole state or a whole nation, according to the extent of his operations. He plays the game of business skillfully, and Justifies impositions by reasoning that others would do the same thing under the same circumstances that is, If they had his skill and his capital. He sur- passes the gambler in avarice. The avcr- age gambler is not avaricious. He plays largely for the love of the sport. He loses complacently. He takes his chances with the others. The extortionist has a passion for gain. Dishonesty in business Is defining Itself. Oraduully the man who cheats, whether It is through the exaction or the receiving of rebates, the extortion of monopoly or other unjust devices, is being "placed." He is not yet ostracised by his fellows Un la 1 1. 1. "Z. ., V I , , . . , , . i iiic iiiriiiuun iiy WHICH ins wcaiwi His superfluous accumulations are not an unalloyed Joy. Sometimes he Is compelled "nn'Sr" "njSST .1nd,l,: 'iSlTS methods. And in due time the dishonest business man will be obliged to take his pl,lee wlth the Rmbler-not the fair gamb- ler, but the gambler who cheats. PROGRESS IX 1KRK.A TIOV. What Hub Hern" 'Accomplished and the Future Proapeets. Xew York Sun. In a recent address before the National Oeographlc society Mr. C. J. Blanchard of the fnlted States Geographical Survey gave the following summary of the re sults of Irrigation enterprises In the I'nlted States: "During the last quarter of a century a crop-producing area of 10,000,000 acres, or another state of Massachusetts, has been restored from the desert. Irrigation canals i, , ,k. ...th .i,.. ! representing an outlay of po.m.m have j bten bullt- Every y LV l ear this area returns more than 1150,000,000, and 2.IUO.O0O neoole dwell In nroarjerlt v and j content where only a short time ago the ! wilderness reigned." A considerable part of the work here re ferred to has been done by private enter prise. The far more extensive operations of the government are of only reoent be ginning. The reclamation act became a law on June 17, 190Z Yet since that time surveys and estimates for twenty-four projects have been completed, and actual construction work Is now in progress on eleven of them. One, the Truckee-Carson system In Nevada, has been completed and Is In operation. The total cost of the work projected by the reclamation service is estimated at about $l,50O,iO0,O00, or several times the cost of the Panama canal. Yet no call Is made for congressional appropriations, no items appear In deficiency bills and not a single cent is added to our taxes. The original working capital was obtained from the sale of public land, and that sum, with later additions from the same source, constitutes a revolving fund. The I cost per acre, on the large scale of the government enterprises. Is about 130. At that price the reclaimed land finds a quick sale. There is even a good deal of trouble In keeping the land out of the hands of speculators. The intention is to sell It di rectly to those who will settle on It and cultivate It. Homestead filings within the irrigated areas are limited to 160 acres. In his annual report the secretary of the Interior notes that homesteaders' relin quishments on these tracts are already selling at from $.!( to $.iCO each, or from 6 to to per cent advance on government price. Secretary Hitchcock says that "In some localities t rathe lu relinquishments Is brisk, and It is apparent that two. liner or more changes will take place before a given parcel of land passes Into the con trol of the man who is able and willing to live upon It. cultivate it and make It a home." In view of the fact that the gov ernment is not running a scheme for the benefit of speculators. Mr. Hitchcock be lieves that a system should be devised by which the profit now reaped by speculators would either be diverted to the reclama tion fund, where It could be used In building other systems, or be saved to the actual settler. This Is a very sound proposition. Ijnd irrigated by private enterprise in the Sa cramento valley la actually selling at nearly $a per acre, and the average value of Ir rigated land throughout the country is $47 per acre. There Is no good reason for al lowing this margin to fall Into the maw of the speculators. It should go either to the settler or to the government. From time to time we shall hear of tha completion of Rome of the enterprises now under way and of the Inauguration of nem construction work. While it will be possi ble to reclaim only a part of our rid re gions, the area which, will be brought un der cultivation by the work of the reclama tion service will make homes for millions of people. It will help a good deal In the settlement of the Immigration problem. Not many immigrants have 5,flw with mht.-h to 1mi- acres, hut he owner of si:i - faint reeds lal-oiers lu help cultl i val .u ARMY GOSSIP H WASimGTO. Carreat F.tenl fileaned from tba Army and Savr Reajater. The day of the army blue blanket la passing. It Is going the way of the other military equipment and clothing of that time honored one might almost say ante diluvian shade. Quartermaster General Humphrey has advised the War depart ment that the supply of such blankets Is now nearly exhausted and that It will sooi be necessary to Issue the olive drab article. It lias been decided to prepare an order to come from the War department an nouncing that the price of the- olive drab blanket will be $5.C4 each, or $175 more than the blue blanket. It will also be pro vided that the clothing allowance of the army be Increased by that amount for men who actually draw the new blanket within the prescribed allowance. The Issue' of the olive drab blanket Is a step toward the adoption of the color In all respects as far as may be throughout the military service. This uniformity has Its advantage, of course, and It begins with the theory that that particular color Is the best, all things considered, for military uses. Major General Arthur MacArthur will probably be detailed to duty as chief of staff upon the retirement of General Bates. It is possible that General MacArthur ran not reach Washington to assume that duty at that time. At present he is In India, where his address Is In care of the State department representative at Calcutta. The president Is described as being Impressed with the arguments which have been of fered lately In favor of the selection of a, if not the, senior major general for duty as chief of staff. It has been shown to him that the selection of a Junior briga dier general would contribute nothing to the peace of mind and satisfaction of the military personnel. It is n?t expected tuvv that there will be any officers appointed to be lieutenant general this year, excepting General Bates, General Corbin and General MacArthur. There has been some talk of the appointment of General Wade, whoso friends have lately been urging his name upon the president as that of an officer entitled to this special consideration. The president, however, Is disposed to make no such nppolntments for the benefit of Indi vidual officers hereafter, when he foresees, probably from direct Information on the subject, that there will be opposition In the senate to nominations of this class hereafter and the rute against the practice holds good regardless ot individual merit. The army subsistence officers are much satlallcd with the results uttendlng the test of the tireless cooker, recently received at Fort Itllcy, from New York. The amount used wus sufficient for luu men, comprising corned beef, cabbage, bean soup, boiled potatoes and custard pudding. The corned beef was boiled on the stove for fifteen minutes and placed in the cooker at 8:25 a. in. Cabbage, boiled five minutes, bean soup ten minutes, potatoes five minutes, and placed in the cooker at 8:45. The custard pudding (en casserole) was boiled five min utes and placed In the cooker at 8:30. At twenty minutes of twelve the cooker was opened and the temperature of the various articles was taken and found to be as fol lows: Corned beef, lfle,4 degrees; cabbage, one boiler, lit) degrees; cabbage, one boiler, 1HC degrees; bean soup, 1S4 degrees; potatoes, D degrees, and custard pudding, 174 de grees. The foregoing articles were then Nerved on the table and everything was very palatable. Several officers were pres ent at the test and were very much en thused over the gratifying results obtained. The clerks of army paymasters are some times considered officers of the army and at other times are regarded as having no such status. The latest ruling concern ing them comes as a result of a re quest from tlje office or the pay master general that the clerks be al lowed to receive treatment from the denial aurgeons, the request being based on a de cision of the comptroller that the pay master's clerks are officers of the army within the meaning of the act of March 2, 1901. The communication went to the sur geon general of the army, who holds that the clerks are civilian employes and not officers of the army within the meaning of Section IS of the Act of February 2, 1901, and ure not entitled to the free services of dental surgeons as provided for In that section. This view of the surgeon general Is sustained by the Judge advocate general of the army. One of the most important plans for mili tary mobilization in this country has been approved by the secretary of war on the recommendation of General Bates. The realization of the project will probably re quire a. special appropriation by congress and In due time definite estimates of the cost of the concentration of the entire, mili tary force at seven or eight camps in dif ferent parts of the country will be sent to congress. The entire cavalry, Infantry and field artillery branches of the army will be brought together on government reserva tions, such as at Blattaburg Barracks, Chlckamauga, Fort Riley. Indianapolis, Cheyenne, Fort Clark and American lake and possibly some place In southern Cali fornia. It is proposed to have the troops proceed to their respective camps by march ing, the Infantry commands not to march more than 200 miles going and coming and the mounted troops to cover a distance of SfX) or X50 miles. This will not be' an economical measure, by any means, and is not to be adopted with any such under standing. As a matter of fact, It costs more to have troops proceed from one point to another by marching than It would to transport them by rail, owing to the fact that there Is a scarcity of wagons and the cost of that class of transportation is con siderable. At most places where It is pro posed to hold ramps It is believed there will be sufficient ground within the limits of the reservation to engage in maneuvers. It may be necessary In some cases to lease addi tional territory and at those places where the reservation is not sufficiently extensive for this purpose and additional land Is not obtainable the troops will be drilled and have other similar exercises, simply. It Is planned by General Bates to have the troops actually In camp for a period of three months or away from their posts about four and a half months. Congressional Prriinlaltre and Pall. Baltimore American. If the presi-nt system of appointments to the naval academy being a personal per quisite of congressmen were changed so as to allow every capable young man a chance, aside from favoritism, the personal stand ard at Annapolis might be Immeasurably raised by the Introduction of young men with a serious purpose In their entrance, and congressmen would le relieved of the obligation now emailed by the personal I privili ge of Interfering In behalf of their appointees to the detriment of the service and of the public Interent, Ihsclpllue and respect for authority are not so much as they ought to be to a young man who feels that he has the subtler power of Influence behind him from the consequences of prac tical Insubordination. San Francisco Chronicle. Thirteen thousand bills have been Intro duced aince the session of congress began, but not one of them. far as heard from, J,.es an ay with the abuse of the franking pi 1 liege, which la ccstlng the government ml uiajiy million dollars auuually. ;1 CREAM Baiosig motet Made from pure, grape cream of tartar FOREMOST BAKING POWDER. IN THE WORLD Makes home baking easy. Nothing can be substituted for it in making, quickly and perfectly, delicate hot biscuit, hot-breads, muffins, cake and pastry. Insures the food against alum. Psice Bakino Powder Co., Chicago. THAT FF.DKHAI. I'l K Bill,. Kimball Observer: This paper falls to see any particular merit In Senator Bur kett's bill to divide the state Into two federal districts. Judge MuiiRer can look after all the business that comes before hhn for the entire state and not be busy more than half the time. About all the difference it will make will be to create several lucrative positions and transfer about half the court business to Uncoin, which is now practically all dune at Omaha. Falls City Journal: The scheme to di vide Nebraska Into two federal districts has been brought up before and has never made much progress. It may be all light In many ways, but the necessity of It Is not plain to many people. If the work is so great that one Judge and set of officers cannot handle It then a division of the state would be proper, but if the only ad vantage would be to add to the power of the congressional delegation by giving them more offices to fill It Is of little Interest to the people at large. St. Paul Republican: A very general and apparently well founded protest is being made against the division of Nebraska Into two federal Judicial districts, with the Platte river as a dividing line. A north and south division along the 100th meridian would be much better geographically and would remove a well defined suspicion that the new district Is Intended primarily for the benefit of IJncoln, which Is less than sixty miles distant from the court city of the northern district. Besides, a Judge would die from ennui in a district ss de void of land fencers and Indian reserva tions as the sbuth Platte counties. ' Hastings Republican: If Senator Burkett has his ear to the ground-ond he generally has he mftst have learned by this time how widespread Is the opposition to his selfish and unfair bill for the division of the state into two federal Judicial dis trlcts. With the exception of his own city and county and congressional district the state Is practically a unit in opposition to the measure. It has come to be recognxed for Just what It Is nn effort . to work a gross Injustice to three-fourths of the state. and for no other reason than to provide i some luscious plums for Mr. Burkett's home town and a few favored politicians. PRRSOVtli XOTES. Senator TaFolletle's way of putting the Beef trust out of business Is the most rad ical of all. He Is an enthusiastic vege tarian. I Count Wltte has presented to the May i flower in behalf of himself and the other delegates to the Portsmouth peace confer ence a Russian sliver punchbowl In recog nition of the hospitality extended on that vessel. I Alfred Belt, the South African mining king. Is said to be richer even than 'Rocke feller. Half the mines in South Africa be long to him. Including the fabulous wealth of Klniberley-s diamond output. The ag gregate of his wealth cannot be stated, but a rough estimate places It at $Ui0,(Cio.n(K). I His yearly Income Is $."2,5oo,(k). which means j that he gets $100 every minute of his life, I or, to put it another way $1.000,0n0 a week, j It was not through vanity nor a desire ' to keep his head warm that John I). Rocke feller adopted a wig. One of his close j friends Is responsible for the statement that : the oil king did it to disguise himself. The ' newspaper cartoons had made his bald head and sharp features familiar to the public and ho was constantly annoyed by gaping crowds. Mr. Rockefeller has made several ! trips since he got the wig and has escaped the attention that he formerly drew. Have You a Friend? 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 medicines. Maas toy Ik. t. O. Arm Co.. LewaU, MaM. Alae KaaaJkoMrars l ITIt'l IATI TICOB - War tee hair. ATEB'S PILLS Par eetijtoa. ilU'l S A MAP AXILLA Fst U. also. ATBB AttU CUBS- Foi malaria sad . PI.KASAXT1.V POIXTKI). "What an eater Bixby Is! He seams to like everything that's placed liefore him." "Yes; nothing disagrees with him except his wife." Cleveland Plain Uealer. i mi are certain, (nn court asaea in. middy, "that you saw the accused when 4 Villi Htiiurl fin vrmr hnn " Well." responded the middy, "I saw him thriiiiKli a haze." I'pon reflection the court considered this compel cut. Philadelphia IiTdger. Rich Ciuardian Young man, I want you to understand that there are other things in this world besides money!" Young Man I know It, sir, but It takes money to get I hem! Detroit Free I'l ess. "Iiil you ever notice how meek Mrs. Swillitall is lu the presence of that drunken husband of hers?" "Yes; I've noticed that he Is like other men I know. He governs his wife a great deal better than he does his appetite." Chicago Tribune. . "Why do you Insist on only $M.ooo a year as your salary?" "Because." answered the high financier, "as soon as people hear a hundred thou sand mentioned they get suspicious. It Is better to keep the figure marked down a little." Washington Star. When Milky Way Nelson, the aeronaut, fell several hundred feet and landed on top of Spike Heimessy's saloon the air patrol flew to gather him up. Just before he ex pired he asked: "What was that hulldlng I fell on?" "A saloon," was the reply. "That was on the house," he said feebly and passed away. Minneapolis Journal. Bacon If it bad been In these times that "Hilly Patterson" had been struck it would have been pretty certain that an automo bile did the striking. K-glwrt Very likely, but the question, "Who struck Billy Patterson?" would he Just as far from a solution as ever. Yonk ers Statesman. The comedian was rehearsing his great song, when the leader of the orchestra pulled him up. "My dear sir." said the latter In ag grieved tones, "don't you know that you are murdering the time?" "Well." was the quint retort, "It's better to murder the time once nnd for all than to beat it night after night, as you do!" Judge. J1ST A I.ITTI.K FARTHER H. W. D. Nesblt In Chicago Tribuna. Just a little farther on watts a wondroui April dawn When the boughs will break In hlosaoma as a flag Is lifted up, When the grass will rise and run with the laughter of the sun And the sky will seem to pour us wlno from out a magic cup; And Weil sing because of knowing all the songs the wind Is blowing. And the earth will be sludder for the dreary days agone. Then we'll catch I lie murmured words In the singing of the birds, When the earth has rolled to springtime just a little farther on. For the good old earth It knows where the' ruble, and the rose Wait to set our hearts to leaping for the beauty of the day. And It knows the uernunance of the vio lets that dance To l he music ot I he brooklet that on- more Is loosed in play. Ho, the blossom petals drifting In the breeze forever shifting. And the forests flaming Kreencr for their battle with the snows! Then we'll catch the melodies of the wak ing honey bees, For the good old earth Is rolling to the robin and the ros. Shut your eyes, and you may dream of the dandelion's gleam Where the careless hand of springtlmn has lstn spilling all Its gold, While the meadow over nit,iit flings aside the wintry blight And Its carpet smooth aa velvet Is by falrv hands unrolled. Then we'll know the tang Olid tingle ot the bloKHom feents I hat inlnKla, And we'll taste the Joxs of living In tha wondrous April dawn. For we're swinging to the whiles of the singing Hnd the smiles. To the blessedness of springtime.-Just S little farther on. ( r