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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
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Publishing company, being ciuiy
says that the actual number nr. full and
complete copies of The Dally. Morning,
Evening and Bunday Bee printed during the
month of January. 19oti, wu a follows:
1 nu.nao n ai,suo
2 81.9TO 11 I,7T0
1 81.THO Jl 8MBO ,
4 M.TTO 20 S2.K40
6 JU.NSO 21 84,lt0 I
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I S1.730 '24 81.4T0
1 81.O0O 26 81,070
W 8XOU4) 20 8t,4H
U 81,OHO 27 82,:UO
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13 82,440 81.IIB0
14 SM0 SO 81.300
tf 31.HTO , Jl 8t,5B0
1( 81,770
Total 1XHKI.4IIO
Imi Unsold copies M.tMM
Net total sales a.45a
Dally average., ,...y 83.014
C. C.'ROSEWATEH.
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abserlbera leaving the city tem
porarily should have The Dee
nailed to them. Address Trill be
changed as oftea as requested.
The cold wavo flag h.a not had very
bard usage this winter at all events.
The Omaha Indian supply depot has
to be rescued once more from the Juws
of th dragon.
While the Ice dealers are congratulat
ing themselves they are probnbly no
better pleased than the farmers who are
watching their winter wheat.
A large number of eager Teal estate
brokers are anxiously awaiting promul
gation of the site selected for the new
Union Pacific headquarters building.
Admiral Rojestvensky Intimates that
the defeat of Russia whs to some ex
tent duo to thieves; but uutil he names
the thieves the Japanese will be entitled
to the glory. , ,
It Is always risky for famous men.
and women also, to write confidential
letters even Tat Crowe wrote one let
ter which should have been burned be
fore it was mailed.
With Its announced appropriation of
15,000,000 to be spent in Improvements
this year the management of the Santa
Fe railroad shows no great alarm over
proposed regulation.
Insurrections are so frequent In Santo
Domingo that the correspondents are
to be excused If they nilxtake a raid of
bandits for the beginning of a new
presidential campaign.
British liberals doubtless desire to see
how Balfour and Chamlerlaln will
divide lack of power since they have
decided to allow the former premier to
enter Tarllrment unopposed.
Having again turned down the
woman's suffrage bill Iowa legislators
may prepare to fight It out on the same
line when the next legislature meets
for here is a contest without end.
Swift nnd Company are going to put
up Ice by electric light, but. with the
present weather Indications, It may not
be necessary to tut Ice by electric light
In these parts, to Insure a good crop.
Rumors regarding the reception to le
accorded the Hepburn bill in the senate
indicate that several members of that
body are getting ready to retire from
office at the conclusion of their present
terms.
It 1 In accord with the eternal fit
ness of things for a photographer to as
pire to a seat In the city council. When
L takes his position flashlight photos
of turbulent sessions will become a
feature.
Our double-cudcr contemporary Is
till feeding the community with saw
dust pie editorials on tho telephone sit
uation. "And we want It distinctly un
derstood that we do not wish to be un
derstood. Andrew Hamilton should have uo diffi
culty in deciding whether to refund the
cash or baud It over to the lawyer by
fighting extradition. The Greene and
tiaynor case has established a valuable
precedent.
Nvw that the rate bill has reached
the senate the country will probably
hear more of that traditional widow and
orphan whose financial luterests always
lie so near the heart of Wall street
speculators.
An agent of Swift and Company tes
tifies that he feared the figures of bis
company would fall into unfriendly
hands It given . o Commissioner Gar
Held. Indirect evidence accumulate
that tn Judge who Issued that periua
tei)t Injunction Wd no muttaka.
saval ArrncvntAitny
The general feeling in congress is
said to 1m unfavorable to large naval
appropriations at Oils session. It Is
staled that In an Interview with the
president the chairman of the house
committee on naval affairs, Representa
tive I'oss. told liim that n strong dispo
sition existed In the house to curtail ap
propriations for the navy fur the ensu
ing year and that It probably would re
quire considerable effort to secure the
enactment of legislation anthorlzlng the
construction of additional war vessels.
It Is understood that the sentiment In
the senate Is also quite generally for
curtailing naval appropriations. The
chairman of the senate naval commit
tee, Senator Hale, Is well known to be
of this mind, believing that our sea
power is already sufficiently strong, or
will be when the warships being con
structed are completed nnd in commis
sion, for the protection of our interests
and the safeguarding of our rights.
In his annual message the president
said that the standard of efficiency that
has been reached by our navy must not
only le maintained, but Increased. '"It
does not seem to me necessary, how
ever, that the nnvy should at least In
the Immediate future be Increased be
yond the present number of units. What
is now clearly necessary Is to substitute
efficient for Inefficient units as the lat
ter become worn out or as It becomes
apparent that they are useless. Froba
bly the result would be attained by ad
ding a single battleship to our navy
each year, the superseded or out-worn
vessels being laid up or broken up ns
they are thus replaced." There will
perhaps be nowhere any objection to
this conservative suggestion. No one
can desire that the fine navy which has
been created shall be allowed to deteri
orate In strength or efficiency, and If the
standard rt ached can be maintained by
the addition of a single battleship ench
year the country can afford the expendi
ture. It would manifestly Ins unwise,
while other nntlons nre increasing their
naval power, to permit ours to decline.
Ho far as Greut Britain Is concerned we
need not concern ourselves alxnit her
steadily growing navy, but it Is well to
bear in mind what Germany and Japan
are doing in the matter of increasing
their naval strength. It Is not necessary
that we enter Into any rivalry with
these powers, but It is expedient that we
do not permit ourselves to fall far be
hind them In sea power.
A difficulty now confronting the
nuvy Is that of obtaining a sufficient
number of officers and men for the ships
already In commission. At present the
United States has under construction
and nearly ready for commission six
battleships. It is a question whether
there Is an adequate supply of trained
officers and men for them. It was '
pointed out Just after our war with j
Spain that we had put afloat all our
available officers and men in our first
fighting Hue and that if a single disaster
had compelled us to man another fleet
we could not possibly have done It, even
if the ships had been forthcoming. Of
course conditions have since somewhat
Improved, but there Is still a lack of
trained officers and men. To go on in
creasing the number of warships with
out being able to supply men for them
would be inexcusable folly. .
THE FA MIS IX JAPAN-
President Roosevelt's appeal for con
tributions to help the people of northern
Japan, where famine prevails, will un
doubtedly meet with a prompt and gen
erous response. 'Ihe advices which have
Wen received by the State department
concerning the conditions In the affected
provinces show them to be extremely
serious. The primary cause of the famine
is the failure of the rice crop in districts
having a population of nearly 3,000,000.
It is reported that thousands of people
are Uvlug on roots und leaves, some
times mixed with a small quantity of
rice or flour. An investigation In one of
the provinces' showed that more than a
quarter of a million of people are In ex
treme distress, with no possibilities of
saving life without aid.
The American people have always
leen found ready to help the unfor
tunate in other lands. They were in
hearty sympathy with the Japanese in
the mighty struggle with a powerful
enemy and they now have an oppor
tunity to give substantial evidence of
American friendship for the people of
Japan. Prompt relief is needed and
those who are able and willing to con
tribute should do so without delay. The
president states In his appeal where con
tributions can be sent and doubtless pro
vision has been made for Immediately
forwarding nil that shall be made. Let
it again be demonstrated that the hearts
of our people are ever opeu to the appeal
of the suffering, of whatever race or
laud.
BRITISH MILITAIIT WKAKXKSS
The new British Parliament will
doubtless be called upon to consider the
question of increasing the military es
tablishment, which according to high au
thority Is at present entirely inadequate.
A short time ago Field Marshal Roberts,
In a public address, declared that the na
tion was as absolutely unprepared for
war as it was In 1800, -file urged the
adoption of a million men as the military
standard, half of which would be ueeded
for the defense of India and the other
half to fit the nation to maintain a Euro
pean struggle. Lord Roberts said he had
heard of the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese
alliance with' enthusiasm, but be
pointed out that natioual conditions and
national necessities were subject to
change and that the alliance only applied
to Asia( and not to Europe, where the
danger was greater.
Auother suggestion to the British gov
ernment regardiug the army came from
Japan, In the form of a statement by the
Japanese minister of war that Great
Britain would be expected to raise the
standard of her army to conform to that
of her oriental ally. The obvious mean
ing of this Is that JHpnn considers it
would le one-sided for her to maintain A
large and effective army, while Great
Britain remained satisfied to support a
weaker and less effective force. Al
though the statement was regarded by
the British us somewhat offensive, when
considered In connection with the dec
laration of Lord Rolerts It cannot fail to
Impress the government ns worthy of Its
serious attetition. What the views of the
liberal ministry may lie on the subject
of army Increase It Is Impossible to say,
but the probability is that it will not
favor the Rolterts proposition to raise
the standard of the army to a million
men. It seems n safe prediction, how
ever, that It will be found necessary to
materially Increase the military estab
lishment and also reform It.
THE DEE AXD THE CATTLEMEX
Three tailors of Tooley street once
got together nnd Issued n proclamation
to the world in the name of "We, the
People." A like numbor of stockuum
have gotten together nt Mullen inot
Mindeni, Neb., nnd ordered resolutions
printed' denouncing The Bee as "unfair,
nnjust and to be condemned" for de
clining to print a communication that
found ready access to the columns of
the local popocratie paper. The letter
returning the contribution to its alleged
author is the best explanation of The
Bee's attitude toward the cattlemen and
reads as follows:
We beg to acknowledge receipt of your
letter of the 6th with the enclosed article,
which you express yourself conlldent will
not be published because of our prejudice. ,
Not wanting to disappoint you, we return
the article. We nre not aware that any
misleading Ideas about your country have i
gotten Into circulation by reason of mis
statements In The Bee. If there have beon
any such misstatements, and you will
point them out" with their corrections, we
will be pleased to correct them.
Another article refused publication
in The Bee with the answer that the
attorneys of the indicted land fencers
should try their cases in the courts and
not In the newspapers was a bitter ar
raignment of the administration, charg
ing it with attempted Intimidation of
the Judiciary and creation of public
opinion, while at the same time trying
in like manner to use The Bee to Influ
ence the court and public opinion in the
other direction.
The Bee has given full hearing to
both sides of the land-fencing contro
versy. What is more to the point, The
Bee has been perfectly fair In the mat
ter and has refused to circulate the !
i
sensational misstatements scattered
broadcast by other pajiers, to which ex
ception is Justly taken. For its un
prejudiced position the duly accredited
representatives of the cattlemen have
expressed their gratitude. It is not
the function of The Bee, however, to
hold a brief for the defense. The
cattlemen have always had "a square
deal" in The Bee and have no right to
demand more.
Following the illustrious example of
the Board of County Commissioners, the
city council has unanimously adopted
a resolution directing the chief of police
to enforce the ordinance against assault
and battery. Why the council did not
also order the chief of police to enforce
the ordinance against spitting on the
sidewalk and swearing nt cross-walks
Is a profound mystery. Come to think
of It, were not these instructions to the
chief n direct, slap at the police commis
sion, and especially to Candidate
Broatch?
The need of a workhouse to furnish
exercise for city prisoners is admitted
by evorylKdy except the beneficiaries
of the county Jail-feeding graft. The
difference saved between paying Id
cents a day for boarding prisoners in
the city Jail and more than twice that
stun when they are transferred to the
county Jail would make the money put !
into building a workhouse a paying In
vestment from the start.
While the real estate publicity com
mittee is casting about for means of
bringing Omaha to favorable attention
of outside people, the suggestion may
not be In order that subscribing In the
name of prospective investors for an
Omaha newspaper that stands up for
Omaha day by day and gives a continu
ous picture of Omnhn enterprise and
progress would fill the bill leRt of all.
Slate Treasurer Mortensen Is said to
le preparing for a Journey to the su
preme court to ascertain whether a man
who occupies one state office is eligible
for promotion to another state office.
To this there certainly can be no seri
ous objection, especially as the supreme
court holds Its deliberations only one
story above the treasurer' office.
When Secretary Taft tells of the bene
fits recvlved by the Filipinos through
American control of the islands he
should not fail to rcmeinter the "fiestas"
occasioned by the visits of distinguished
citizens from the United States.
If John Mitchell can devise a plan
by which anthracite miners can secure
higher wages without compelling the
consumer to pay more for coal, he will
show powers above those generally ac
credited to man.
Japan expects to le out of debt by
1042. If it accomplishes this task It will
prove wiser than European nations
whose experiences have demonstrated
that It is easier to get into debt than to
get out of it.
For This Moderation, Tbaaka.
Baltimore' American.
The world is to be congratulated. The
Moroccan volcano has up to date erupted
nothing more dangerous than hot air.
Worlttaa- Ip a Scar Head.
New York Commercial.
Between London and Omaha dlsuatcb.es
the world was given Its weekly Sunday
scarce. This time it was another Boier
uprising la China. It evidently will Bvt
do for the government arms supply corral
at Omaha to work nights without taking
the alarmist correspondents Into Its con
fidence. ,
Borrowing- Tronble.
Washington Post.
Some persons are giving themselves need
less worry almut what Miss Roosevelt will
do with her duplicate presents of cut glass
and fine china. The hired girls will at
tend to that later on.
Real Test of Greataess.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Great Britain may have ceased to he a
first-class power In the estimation of Japan,
hut Japan will not realise fully what a
first-class power means until It asks for a
renewal of some of Its loans.
Gossips Working; rTcrlmc.
Washington Star.
Fortunately Mr. Ixmgwotih und Miss
Roosevelt are In no sense obliged to read
all the slush that will be published r.bot't
their marriage, by persons who mean well,
but are not content to let young people be
quietly happy.
Sw Cemetery Promoter.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The "pink elephant cocktail" consists of
whisky, wood alcohol, bay rum, witchhazel,
lemon Juice and water. It killed tho In
ventor, a military prisoner on Governor's
Island, and left five of his companions peri
lously near death. The difference between
It and some other cocktails Is that It works
quicker.
"A Development of Civilisation."
Baltimore American.
The act of Columbia university abolishing
foot ball has been recognized as "a devel
opment of civilization." the recognition tak
ing the very practical form of a handsome
bequest. This Is one of the leading Indi
cations of the present attitude of popular
opinion toward the collego game. It was
given ropo enough e.nd to spare, and in
accordance with the well known but queer
Instinct of human nature under such cir
cumstances has proceeded to hang Itself.
Tho enthusiasts nt the game have pushed
It to the point where its brutalities and
fatalities have become almost Intolerable.
Wealth. Poverty and Vlrtoe.
Chicago Tribune.
Some plants need the sunshine, others tho
shadow, some the moist heat of the tropics,
others the cold dryness of the north. If
they do not flourish where they are, a
change of environment may reveal their
true nature. Some' souls need wealth In
order to bloom, others are destroyed by
It. but wealth Is not to blame. The sordid
cares of poverty, the unrelenting struggle
for existence, may harden, or embitter, or
shrivel the soul quite as much as the
temptations of wealth. Whatever figure of
speech Is used the Idea is that the soul
becomes something farther from perfection,
something other than It might have become
In more favorable circumstances. Some
men have been made better by loss,
whether the loss of dear friends, or posi
tion, or health, or money. To others pros
perity Is essential for the blossoming of the
virtues, bo far as one may judge. Wealth
or poverty may equally show a soul as
good or bad. The mad pursuit of wealth Is
another thing entirely. It is not an Influ
ence or an opportunity, but a revelation,
and at the least shows mural blindness al
ready far advanced.
OPEXIXG THE PORK BARREL.
"Oar Dave's" Kvll System Lives
After Him.
Washington Dispatch to Boston Tranicript.
To redeem promises made while repub
lican members of the house were 'insurg
In.K".. agalnBt the -ThlllpDjne tariff bill and
the joint statehood bill Speaker Cannon
and his lieutenants' will seemingly have to
open the way for an omnibus public build
ing bill. The committee on public build
ings and grounds Is preparing to report
such a bill about March 1. Practically
every member of the house has introduced
a bill for a public building In his district;
some of them have Introduced as many as
ten bills. If nil the bills that have been
Introduced should be passed It would take
J56.t00.0CO out of the treasury to foot tho
bill. The committee Is trying to keep the
bills that will be reported down to about
I15.000.0f0.
In presenting a measure carrying this
amount It will endeavor to give every
republican member, and some of the demo
crats, who have behaved nicely, a piece of
"pork." It Is safe to assume that If the
house passed a bill carrying 115,000.000 the
senate will add from 5,000.000 to tlO.OOO.OC
to It. So It Is reasonable to expect that
this years bill. If It meets with fair
weather, will carry something over $20,
000,000. These omnibus building bills have been
severely criticised. They represent a sre
cles of graft. It Is true, of course, that
it Is desirable for the government to erect
a great many buildings, for dignity's sake,
but It la equally true that they do not pay.
The cost of care of the smaller public
buildings almost Invariably exceeds the
rental which the government had formerly
been paying, leaving Interest on the Invest
ment wholly out of account. Such bills
would not be looked on with' so much sus
picion were It not that they are used regu
larly as vote getters for party measures In
the house of representatives. It has come
to be an old story that at the beginning
of every session announcement Is made
that, on account of the condition of the
government's finances, there will be no
public building bill. Later, If the party In
power gets In a tight place on legislative
measures, as It did this year on the joint
statehood hill, the house organization
allows the Information to escape that thero
Is a prospect for an omnibus building b'll,
provided the organisation's policies are
supported.
The method of making up one of these
bills is open to criticism. Obviously, It
Is necessary to take a majority of the
house In on any bill to Insure its passage.
This means that members are favored
whether they present deserving proposals
or not. In recent years the committee on
public buildings and grounds has found It
necessary to provide for buildings or sites,
or both, for nearly every member of the
body, In order to have smooth sailing for
the bill. The method of making up the
bill presents a species of legislative log
rolling that should be severely condemned.
Every omnibus bill provides for public
buildings In towns that have no justifica
tion In asking for such buildings; but the
average congressman feels that he cannot
be renominated and re-elected unless he
succeeds In securing more for his district
than some rival or predecessor promised.
Think of the government's owning the rail
roads and building new lines on this basis.
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BITS OF WASIIISUTO UFE.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
on the Spot.
Prof. II. Woeful Wiley, chief of the bu
reau of chemistry of the Department of
Agriculture, finds another evil to knock
, and Is swinging his hammer With much
energy In behalf of the babies. He la
convinced there are too many nostrums
abroad In the land designed to assist nurs
ing mothers., nnd that their principal result
is to relieve mothers of their babies and
the home of Its joy. This Is a grave In
dictment, but the professor Insists It Is
warranted by the facts. More than a mil
lion babies, he claims, have been sacrificed
by drugs and half that number by Impure
milk. "We do not know," he says, "whence
comes the milk we have left at our homes
or the conditions under which It Is pro
duced. There are a thousand and one pos
sibilities which might have combined to
make what nature Intended for a food the
most virile poison that chemistry can pro
duce. "I have found that the foods we daily
consume are so fraught with germ llfo of
a harmful nature that I am almost afraid
to go to the table. The butter Is painted
there is little other to bo found anywhere.
Canned goods are kept years and sold for
the genuine article. I speak particularly
of condensed milk. If we know nothing of
the fresh milk we get, surely our knowl
edge is more limited ns to the product that
Is put in cans.
"The Lord Intended us to resort to cans
only to tide us over one season, until green
fruits could be had again, but tho can
neries don't know this. There Is no law
requiring them to stamp the date upon
their goods; If they did. It would kill the
sale."
A distinguished foreigner was being
shown through tho capltol by an Amer
ican friend and the two gentlemen, having
spent some time In the gallery, passed
through the senate lobby, where the por
traits of the two great statesmen, Daniel
Webster and Henry Clay, hang opposite
ench other. The guide pointed out these
paintings, saying:
"And here you see the portraits of some
of our great statesmen of the past."
"Ah, Indeed," remarked the distinguished
foreigner, admiring Webster's solemn like
ness. Turning around to Henry Clay he
exclaimed with astonishment In his voice:
"But how do you get the picture of this
cigar man here?"
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania Is one of
the few members of congress who come
near living up to the "early to bed" prov
erb. Rarely Is he out of bed later than
10:30 o'clock nnd often taps sound for him
an hour earlier. Ey 6 o'cleck he is up and
t work, having while yet In bed looked
over the previous evening's mall. By 9
o'clock, when his clerks arrive, he has ar
ranged a lot of work In such a fashion
that It mny be finished speedily, for he Is
always at the capltol In time for committee
meetings at 10 o'clock. Heading In bed Is
his only dissipation and he Indulges In this
luxury a great deal.
A tall, thin countryman, the typical "Jay"
of tho comic papers, who Is so seldom seen
In real life, even In the most rural re
gions, was wandering around the house
corridors recently trying to find a pluce
whore he could gel in to hear the debates.
Finally he brought up before a door which
ho evidently thought led to a gallery,
though in fact It was the main entrance
through which members enter.
"Mister," lie Inquired, attracting the door
keeper's attention with a prodigious cotton
umbrella, "how much does It cost to get in
hyare?"
"I can't tell you exactly." responded the
doorkeeper. "The price varies. It cost
William R. Hearst $50,000; it cost Curtis of
Kansas 13,000, and there are some men who
get in for nothing, but all those are from
the .south."
The attire of Congressman Murphy of
Missouri does not meet with the approval
of the , negro messenger who stands guard
over the private office of tha first as
sistant postmaster general, Mr. Hitchcock.
When Murphy came to Washington from
the Ozarks he wore a homespun suit. He
Is still wearing It. One day he had some
business with Mr. Hitchcock. "Hoi" on,
boss, nobody but congress can go in dar,"
said the messenger as Murphy started In
Mr. Hitchcock's office. Murphy proceeded
to explain, but the negro Interrupted. "Ah
kan't help It," ho declared. "Dem's my
ohders." Murphy showed his card and !
walked In, leaving the negro apologising.
"Ho don't dress like a congressman no j
moaner rabbit," was the negro's comment.
Senator Tillman and Representative Gil
lespie, the two democratic congressmen
who are doing their best to make Insomnia
chronic with President Cassatt of the Penn- '
sylvanla, are of the same physical type of
men. They look as If they had 'been hewn
out of blocks of granite with a huge ham- !
mer. They are both very dark and rather
forbidding in their aspect. Gillespie lias
a poor eye, so that the resemblance la
heightened, because Tillman lost one of :
his eyes when he was a youth.
In speech, however, they are unlike. Git- I
lespie is soft spoken, while Tillman Is
rather harsh. Gillespie Is serving his first
term. Neither he nor the senator from j
South Carolina ever hopes to win anything '
in a beauty show.
In the matter of splendor Perry Bel
mont's Washington residence outdoes most
others In the capital. There are six liv
eried flunkies In vivid red satin as to
nether limns and gray and buff of coat
and waistcoat. Two stand Just under the
arch of the portecochere. Two others are
placed at the front door. When the visitor
finally penetrates into the mmslon there
are two others to point out the road to the
reception chamber. Six servitors, just a
shade less gorgeously appareled, are on
duty In the Fairbanks house when a pub
lic reception is going on. Observers of all
this magnificence agree that, while the
country Is generally drifting away from
old-fashioned social ways, the simple life
Is further out of sight In Washington than
elsewhere.
Speaker Cannon was eating dinner In his
Washington home a few evenings ago when
a visitor called on what he spoke of as
a matter of Importance. The servant, not
knowing the stranger, said Mr. Cannon
was not at home. The caller started away,
remarking: "The business Is of no Im
portance to me. but is of moment to the
speaker." Just then "L'ncle Joe" appeared
and Invited his visitor to come In. The
servant remarked that Mr. Cannon had
"e rne In by the back way," rather a dim
cult feat considering that there Is no rssr
door to the speaker's residence.
Who Will Protect the ronsnsserf
Chicago Chronicle.
Threatening, of another great coal strike
are growing louder and angrier. But nei
ther of the parties to the disagreement
has thus far shown any consideration for
that vast majority, the coal consuming
public, which, tf the strike comes, will
have to pay the cost, as It ha, been steadily
for three years and Is still paying for
the last great strike. Already each side
Is beginning ti call for government Inter
vention. If the government Intervenes at
all Is not Its first duty to the always
suffering public? And If the very first
element of that first duty Is not the en
forcement of peace and order against all
disturbers then what is governmental duty?
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PERSON A I, XOTE.
Mr. Carnegie has made a conditional of
fer of $10,010 for the erection of a public
library at Downpatrlck, Ireland.
Ambassador Whltelaw Reld has received
from the Royal Aetronoinical society of
London, on behalf of Prof. W. W. Camp
bell of the Lick obnervatory of California
the society's sold medal for epectroscoplcal
researches.
The Chinese commissioners continue their
adventures. Their latest was met by pene
trating unexpectedly Into a swell masked
ball In Philadelphia, where they were un
recognized until after they had been gen
erally nnd hilariously congratulated on the
success of their makeup.
Congressman Calder of Brooklyn, now
serving his first term, mailed 40.000 letters
to his constituents asking for suggestions.
In a week he had received 1,400 replies,
most of them urging him to stand by the
president as regards leading measures pro.
posed. He Is much pleased with the re
sult of his experiment.
This Is told of James .Lick, the eccentric
San FranclFco millionaire who founded the
famous observatory bearing his name.
When taking anyone Into his service he
always asked the person to plant a tree
upside down the roots In the air, the
branches underground. If there were any
protest the man was at once sent away,
Lick saying that he wanted only men who
would obey orders strictly.
MEAT COXSI MISG COI XTRIES.
Argentina fnttlna" Into Export Trade
of the I'nlted States.
Philadelphia Record.
A recent publication by the Department
of Agriculture shows that Great Britain
Imports more meat animals and packing
house products than all the other countries
of Europe combined. The value of such
British Imports for 1904 was $283,000,000.
For the same year Germany Imported
$S3,O00.OOO, the Netherlands $29,000,000 and
France $20,000,000. Other Buropean coun
tries imported smaller amounts. Nearly all
the live meat animals Imported In Great
Britain come from the United States and
Canada.
The British fresh beef trade seems to be
drifting away from the I'nlted States. Five
years ago 78 per cent was supplied from
this country, 2 per rent from Argentina
and S3 per cent from other countries. In
1904 55 per cent came tm the United
States, 39 per cent from Argentina and 6
per cent from other countries. Argentina,
with a population no larger than Pennsyl
vania, Is fast establishing an Important
rivalry with the United States In furnish
ing to our most Important customer not
only fresh meats, but breadstuff,.
The very considerable exports of packing
house products from the the I'nlted States
to Germany after the new German tariff
goes into operation are likely to reach the
German market. If at all. through the
ports of the Netherlands, whence they will
be re-exported. The curtailment of our
trade through hostile tariff legislation la
made more alarming by reason of Its diver
sion to other sources of supply, which year
by year are becoming more capable of sup
plying the demand of Importing countries.
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POUTED PLEASANTRIES.
Blderly Man (greeting former acquaint
ance) I remember your face perfectly,
miss, but your name has escaped me.
The Young Woman I don't wonder. It
escaped me three years ago. I am married
now. Chicago Tribune.
"You know." remarked Mr. Klumsey,
"they say dancing Is the poetry of mo
tions." "Huh!" Hnortod Miss Graco, Just recov
ering from a waits with him, "but when
the feet get twisted It's mere "doggerel."
Philadelphia Cuthollc Standard.
"Of course," said the sarcastic man, "you
always do your wife's bidding."
"Gracious! No!" replied Mr. Henpeck.
"she would. i't let me. When she goes to
an auction sale she never takes me with
her.' Philadelphia Press.
"Jimpson Is a sluggish fellow, Isn't he?"
"I saw him going at a dangerously rapid
gait yesterday morning."
"Kh! Where. was he going?"
"To the nearept hosiitul. He was too
lasy to get out of the way of a street car."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Maude His nuto bumped Into the fence,
you say? What then?
Tom I can't tell you what followed.
Maude Why, don't you remember what
he did?
Tom Oh, yes, I can tell you that; I
thought you wanted to know what he said.
Philadelphia Prea.
"Mr. Aesop, I think you have never met
Baron Munchausen. Gontlnmeii, allow ma
to present you to each other."
"Baron, I am delighted to meet you. I
know you quite well by reputation."
"Sir!" Chicago Tribune.
"I'll give you this quarter," said the
charitable old woman, "If you'll promise
not to use it to get drunk with."
"Madam." answered the hobo, In dignltled
tones, "you do me a deep and undeserved
w rong.
"Are you a total abstainer, then?"
"No. But to Insinuate that 1 could ret
drunk on a quarter ah, that Is too much!"
Cleveland Leader.
HEROES WASTED.
St. Iouls Globe-Democrat.
I'm Just a plain American,
And mighty proud of the nation.
I hold as how In everything
We lead the whole creation;
We've boundless opportunities
Ana men or Drains and srlt.
And as the "van of progress'
I reckon we are "It."
But we're kinder short of heiuas
I grieve to say the same;
When I think of them that should be
I blush the blush of shame.
Out leaders at a distance
Seem worthy of the nation.
But few of them that I have seen
Will stand Investigation.
They've lost the fine old standards
Of honor and success.
Conferrln' public favors
Is out of date, I guess.
In rivalry for honors
They only Seek to win
The public's trust In order
That they may cash It in.
In commerce, art, and politics
(The thought is full of pain)
The means are rank deceptions;
The end is private gain.
They measure public confidence
By what 'twill bring in gold,
And rights are but commodities
To be bartered for and sold.
I'd lik to have some heroes
To worship and to trust;
Some men of brains anil courage
Bold, upright men and just.
My heart Is kinder liutiKiy
And I'm longln' for to shout
The praises of such heroes,
But It seems the breed's played out.