THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, , mm.
The Omaha Daily 1)ee
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THE BEB PUBLISHING. COMPAN .
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION,
fttata of Nebraska Douglas County, bp:
Oeorge B. Tsschuck, treasurer or Tha
..Baa Publishing company, being duly
worn, says that tba actual number of
full and complete copies oi Th Dally
Morning. Evening and Sunday B'e printed
during tba month of August, 10, wa. a
followi:
1 J1A60 . IT..' 31,300
I 31,600 II 31,040
Ir.s-l 31,680- II 30,960
.'..".. sa.oeo zo 3i,i40
6., 30,140.. 1. ........ 31,660
t... 81,880 21 33,140
7 31,440 II 31,650
1 31,330 24 30,830
31.140 2S 33,360
It.., 81,780 2 30,630
11.. 81,940 27... v 30,800
11..'. 30,080 2i.. 30,810
II... ....... 81,400 29 30,530
14 81,830 10 30,870
16 81,380 II 33,440
11 '. . 81,830 '
Total
873,600
8,143
Less, unsold coplaa..
Nat total snles 864,468
Dally average 31,111
, . - OEORQE B. TZSCHTCK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence .. - vrn
to before ma this list day oi August,
ltO.
(Seal.) M. B HONQATEj
Notary Public
WHEN OUT OF TOWN,
Bvheerlbers leavlsc th elty tern
per aril y should have) Tha Bca
allad ta them. Address will ba
ehaaed aa sftes aa requested.
Lincoln Is now tha Mecca toward
which, all admirers of Bryan will turn
to worship their political hero.
Mr. Hearst's declaration that "the
tariff should ' be modified conserva
tively" may be a bid fon votes In Iowa.
The shotgun has a little start on
foot ball, but the latter may be ex
pected to make a strong finish In the
casualty race.
Desertions of "strike-breakers" at
Ban Francisco are to bo expected while
the city is crying for laborers who can
work without dodging trouble. 1
As a last resort, the Tinned States
.might offer Ratsoull a commission for
recovering the funds deposited by
Stensland in the bank at Tangier.
Our army ot public school children
has reoccupled the outposts ot knowl
edge and discipline. It la to be hoped
that a successful school year will en
sue. With no Intervention by America
and no compromise by President
Pal ma, Cuban insurgents may find it
necessary to bring off a real revolu
tion. The report that few negroes voted In
the Arkansas election was unneces
sary,, since It was announced that dem
ocrats carried the state by 50,000 ma
jority. In predicting a short official life for
the jopef Archotshop Keane gives a
standing to press reports from Rome
which they have hitherto not pos
sessed. The time for voluntary withdrawals
of the candidates for nomination at the
coming primary has expired, but there
Is plenty of time yet for Involuntary
retirements. -
The World-Herald cites the testi
mony of Colonel Bryan as a voucher
for Candidate - 8hallenberger. . We
would prefer to have the testimony ot
M. F. Harrington.
Two hundred births recorded in
Omaha In one month testifies to the
natural growth of the city, which Is
multiplied many times by new comers
fioia other places.
- Robbery ot Polish malls by a rail
road official phows that the spirit of
"graft" may take a new direction in
countries where railroads are not ex
pected to pay taxes.
; It will hardlv be sate to put any one
a a candidate on the republican ticket
this tall who was directly ' responsible
tor the rotation ballot outrage at the
last primary election.
V
4 The severity with which the ciar is
acting toward the vPort Arthur gen
erals may have Its effect when the
cxar or his successor is called before
the bar of the sovereign Russian peo
ple.' ' y Q .
f Dispatches from Poland and the
Caucasus indicate an attempt on the
part of the bureaucracy to distract at
tention from the capital by renewing
trouble among the "dependent peoples."
' '.The Nebraska State fair Is doing
beslness at the old stand. With the
present enexampled crop conditions
throughout the state the fair ought to
be. In fact, bigger, grander and better
attended. than ever. . , ......
TBK lRHlGATn'coyoRK9s J
The proceedings jof tho fourteenth
annoft) convention of the National Ir
rigation co nr if si show that reclama
tion ot dry lands has now fairly en
tered the practical stage. Progress in
Irrigation had been made for hecades,
bat It was slow and local and limited
by many obstructions. It became truly
national and practical only when con
gress, two years ago, took vigorous
hold of the subject, providing re
sources aggregating 141,000,000 for
treating it on an adequate scale. The
surveys and works for storing waste
water, together with a carefully elab
orated system of laws providing for
titles and ho pies In the reclaimed dis
tricts, are now beginning to bear fruit
and to afford to the general public a
more definite idea of the Immense pos
sibilities of the movement.. ,
For the first time the deliberations
of the congress have to do with ac
tual Irrigation results In tangible and
assured form, and not merely with
the 'speculations and theories which
however plausible, did not .appeal so
directly and potently to the average
comprehension. The rapidity of irri
gation development the last two years
has been remarkable and the publicity
secured through the congress will im
part a corresponding Impetus to this
form of enterprise. The occupation of
the' land in the region of abundant
rainfall and the recent abrupt rise of
land values therein are at the same
time causing a pressure for the arti
ficially watered areas which only a
few years ago would have been incon
ceivable.
THE WAY TO WIN.
Immediately after the disaster
which overtook the' republicans of
Omaha in their municipal election last
spring The Bee set about to unify the
party In this city and county with a
view to assuring republican success in
the fall. At that time The Bee read
those on both sides of the factional
fence several unpalatable lessons
which, nevertheless constituted noth
ing but the hard truth., We Insisted
that out of the bitter defeat some good
might come for the republicans of
Omaha and Douglas county, "if out of
the wreckage of this election they will
rl69 up and get together for the sake
of the future of the party."
We repeat now what we said then,
that Oniaha Is republican by a normal
majority of not less than 2.000 and
Douglas county Is republican by a nor
mal majority of about the same size.
To poll this vote, however, requires
that all republicans pull together and
that the ticket nominated be made up
of clean, honest men and truly rep
resentative of all by whose votes it
must be elected. As the first pre
requisite to success, the idea must be
repudiated of foisting a ticket on the
party composed exclusively, ot mem
bers of any ironclad club chosen ia
secret conclave by self-appointed slate
makers and of taking.' .the party man
agement away from., the .regularly
elected party committee.
That disastrous defeat also demon
strated the tolly of any taction of lo
cal republicans depending for success
upon the aid and comfort of the local
democratic organ, whose only object
fo to foment dissension among repub
licans and bait one faction against the
other In order to promote democratic
ascendency.
Douglas county republicans are
again in front of an impending cam
paign culminating In an election upon
which much will depend. If those who
are looked to to take the leadership
will proceed on broad gauge lines to
harmonise all the elements behind a
really representative ticket, a reasona
ble prospect ot success can be assured.
If not, we will see again simply a
scramble for office, with danger of re
peating in part. If not in whole, the
humiliating experience of last spring.
AOT LIABLE FOR CUBA DAMAGES.
A mere reading of the Piatt amend'
ment, it would seem, should have pre
vented a false notion which has been
widely entertained, . namely, that the
United States, should Cuban disorder
go to lengths requiring Intervention,
would be responsible for the losses in
flicted upon natives and foreigners
who had remained neutral between the
government and the insurgents.. Ab
solutely no such responsibility exists
or is likely to be assumed under the
terms or the spirit of the compact,
which states It to be the purpose ot
the United States to intervene tor "the
maintenance of a government adequate
for the protection of life, property and
Individual liberty,'.' our government
being sole judge of the occasion, ex
tent and methods, of intervention.
'' It Is established that Cuban malcon
tents have entertained the vague no
tion that the mythical financial liabll
ity would quickly cause the United
States to Interfere If they should con
slderably menace order and security,
and that somehow such interference
would help them to gain their point,
resultlug wither In ' overthrowing ex
isting authority or la extensive com
promise. And likewise it explains to
a large extent the amaslng Indifference
of property owners, both natives and
foreigners resident, in the island, to the
guerrilla outbreak, . because they ex
pected' from our government recom
pense for any losses. v
Discovery ot the error is already be
ginning to change the attitude, par
tlcularly ot the latter class, stirring
them to side with the Cuban govern
ment for re-establishment ot order.
and It is likely also to influence the In.
snrrectos and those who otherwise
would be likely to join them. When
they recognise the fact that interven
tion would almost certainly result In
their own exclusion from power more
effectually than under the late elec
tion, -whether It waa uinie4 wilt fraud
or not, their insurrectionary enthusi
asm will naturally wane. Our gov
ernment is pursuing the right course
In throwing the Cubans back upon
themselves, and In refusing to Inter
vene except for grave cause, and then
not to bleed our own treasury for dam
ages through senseless disorder, but
only to stamp out the disorder.
WALSH AND HEARST.
The resignation of Charles A. Walsh,
the Iowa member of the democratic
national committee, on the ground, as
he alleges, that that body has departed
so far from democratic Ideals that he
can no longer associate with it, taken
in connection with other circumstances,
Is exciting keen Interest in political
circles generally. Walsh is known to
hold the closest confidential relations
with William R. Hearst, whose inter
ests and machinations he specially rep
resented two years ago In the west, suc
ceeding particularly In manipulating
the Iowa delegation to the St. Louis
convention and elaborately organizing
Hearst sentiment in other western
states. '
There is, accordingly, much plausi
bility In the expectation that Walsh's
resignation foreshadows an arduous
and persistent effort to extend In the
west the Independent Hearst move
ment which has been so carefully or
ganized in New York with a view to
nominating Hearst for governor, as its
first step, by the democratic conven
tion if possible, but otherwise as an
Independent candidate. The attitude
of Hearst and the whole syndicate of
Hearst newspapers towards Bryan upon
his home-comlngK practically contra
vening the significance which the
Bryan promoters attribute to It, di
rectly points, as it is universally In
terpreted, towards an Independent
course on the part of the New York
marplot, and it Is not at all unlikely
that he and his advisers foresaw or
calculated that the Bryan demonstra
tion wduld in the end weaken rather
than strengthen the central figure In
the tableau and have formed their
schemes accordingly.
THE NAVAL REVIEW.
The mighty fleet which President
Roosevelt has just reviewed off Oyster
Bay Is an Inspiring spectacle for any
true American and must have been
most gratifying, among all observes,
to the president himself, who has long
been a special student of naval af
fairs, having served as assistant secre
tary of our navy and being the author
of a standard history of it. No patri
otic American could endure the
thought of oiy navy falling again into
the contemptible impotency which dis
graced the nation during the admin
istrations of Jefferson and Madison,
and more than once since. It Is grati
fying to know that we have now a
formidable sea power, in some degree
commensurate with the needs and
greatness of the country to which we
may confidently . look for protection
against insult and injury to our vast
industrial and commercial interests.
Our. situation Indeed Is such that we
do not need the greatest sea armament
In the world, nor to engage in such a
competition looking continually to war
as saddles so great a burden on the
European countries, chronically and
dangerously jealous of the balance of
power. Our interests are distinctly
peaceful, and therefore require a sea
force at least sufficiently formidable
to command peace. We have now ap
proximately such a force, and sober
judgment, while not approving vast
and sudden enlargement, will Insist on
maintaining It at this standard.
The city of Fremont is entitled to
congratulations on the celebration of
its fiftieth anniversary, which marks It
as one of the pioneers among our
thriving Nebraska towns. Fremont '
has something to , show for its fifty
yeara of existence, but Is destined to
grow and prosper In still greater de
gree as the yeara roll on.
It President Stensland has really
been captured he will doubtless regret
that he will have to go back to Illinois
to face the music Instead of sharing
the friendly fate that smiled on the
bank wreckers ot Nebraska during
their heyday of ten years ago.
In demanding warrants for tha ar
rest ot men who held him In prison
after his conviction on charge of mur
der, an Oklahoma lawyer is adding
something of zest to political life iu
Kansas, but the action will scarcely
stop the scrnriM-' for office.
American biwouiluers will prob
ably note the fact that the transport
Sheridan, which is a total wreck after
being beached off one ot the Hawai
ian Islands, was built In Oreat Britain,
and they should endeavor to make the
home product sounder.
It the grounding of the Des Moines
at Oyster Bay and of the Boston off
Bellingham were not due to the gross
est carelessness, they must mean that
naval officers should devote more time
to studying charts of American waters.
In blaming Cashier Herlng tor his
downfall, Banker Stensland shows the
traditional human trait, but his pro
testations would have been more read
ily accepted had he not followed the
footsteps of Father Adam by hiding.
Should the street railway company
call In all Its passes with the beginning
of the new year it may look to see
some ot those numerous resolutions
for reduced, tare tickets make greater
progress in the city council. " '
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Tha Hab la a llelaae.
Boaton Transcript.
Among all tha stations that furnish data
to tha weather bureau, Boston Is tha only
ona that standa at exactly 100 per cent In
tha seasonal rainfall from March 1 to data.
IN MRMORIAM.
Springfield. Men., ReaahHraa.
Tha late Edward Hosswater. editor of
The Omaiia Bee, was the most Individual
istic and picturesque journalist left In tha
west assuming- that Mr. Wattereon must
be credited to the south. Mr. Rosewater
was a product and an exemplar of the
older personal Journalism In whose at
mosphere thrived "the great editor." and
his Ideals and methods were largely of
the old school. His newspaper-was em
phatically tha embodiment of his per
sonality, and It shared hla fortunes In
long years of personal and political con
troversy, during which the editor waa not
only deep In political management, but
also an occasional candidate for office.
Mr. Roaewater's repeated failure to be
elected to the United States senate. In the
last decade of hla life, disappointed his
ambition, yet those defeats were natural
results of his Journalistic work. He was
very combative and exceptionally Inde
pendent, not Infrequently i bolting party
nominations; his assaults upon politicians
and "Interests" were often severe. As a
good and honest Journalist, he waa sure
to aurfelted with enemlea, and when
he sought high public office he bared his
breast to their poisoned and sharpened
spears. Mr. Rosewater's real services to
the republican party In Nebraska were
based on his Independence and his cham
pionship of the cause of the people against
the great railroad systems, which he
fought intrepidly at times. He waa a gen
uine democrat, In the broad sense, and his
Influence waa strongly exerted toward
keeping the republican party In topch with
the masses. The newspaper which he de
veloped Is the best monument. It Is of
Interest, at this moment, that Mr. Rosa
water believed that he waa tha person
most responsible for starting Mr. Bryan
on his political career. When Mr. Bryan
first ran for congress In 1890, in a strong
republican district. Editor Rosewater
threw The Bee's influence against tho re
publican candidate, the defection thus
caused undoubtedly contributing to Mr.
Bryan's election, from which remarkable
things have come In American politics.
And the end Is not yet.
Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln.
The close of the career of Edward Rose
water, founder and editor of The Omaha
Bee, waa characteristic) of a long life of
strenuous action and unconventional deeds.
Ha worked tor the close of his last day,
stepped Into one of the court rooms In
The Bee building, probably for the brief
rast that he had trained himself to take at
any time In a short nap In a chair, and
was found In the morning' In his last long
sleep. ,
There will be little or no debate over
Mr. Rosewater's place in the history of
Nebraska. He reached unquestioned leader
ship among many able and well estab
lished competitors in the metropolis In
less than ten yoars after his paper was
founded. The qualities that enabled him
to win this success were in the man rather
than In his environment. An Intense, al
most passionate belief In himself and In
his own judgment led him Into a lifetime
of combat with men who held different
views. When he fought and until recently
ho was rarely at peace he neither asked
nor gave quarter.
Mr. Rosewater's strength lay In the per-,
slstency and vigor with which ha battled
for his Ideal a. His greatest weakness was
his Inability to separate principle and per
sonalities. His keen Intellect and hla able
and useful newspaper were employed to
avenge affronts to Mr. Rosewater almost
as often as to ward off assaults upon good
government. Thus It came to pasa that
when he wlahed to round out his career
with a term In the United States aenate
his way ' was barred again and again by
men who h!d-ben reads the objects of
strong personal attack. This failure . in
politics does not .detract from Mr. Rose
water's career ui a journalist. Had he
been a less vigorous editor he might have
been made a senator in 1901, with a prospect
of re-election In 1907. ' It is true that had he
conflned himself exclusively to hla work
as editor, content to let other men hold
office and other civic honors, he would
have . made a atlll greater success In his
profession; but Jn spite of unprofitable ex
cursions Into personal politics, ha. still re
mained one of the most conspicuous figures
In the western newspaper Held, and one of
the few editors of this region who could
lay claim to something like national recog
nition. His name will always be linked
with the development of 'the newspaper
business In the first third of a century of
the history of the state.
New York Times,
The death of Edward Rosewater of Tha
Omaha Bee closes a career of notable
achievement by an entirely self-made man,
Mr. Rosewater was a creative force In tha
publio affairs of the city of Omaha and "the
state of Nebraska. Ha had tha genius and
the energy to build up a great newspaper
property from a small beginning, and h
continually made his tnf.uen.ee . and his
power felt for tha promotion of good causes.
Ha was full of courage, a determined op
ponent of the railroads In their corrupt
attempts to control politics, and an inspira
tion and an example In reform work of
every kind. Mr. Rosewater had recently
returned from the international postal con
ference, at which he waa a delegate.
Pwrtlaad Oregoatam.
Edward Rosewater. of The Omaha Bee,
was a man of distinction In his state and
In the newspajwr world. He was a man of
force and of character, who made an Im
pression on tha life of his own state, and
was known far beyond Its boundaries.
Forty yeara ago he started tha paper for
which his name ever since has been a ayn
onymn. Though, not among the greateat of
writers, he was excellent In judgment, and
Indefatigable tn his efforts for his city and
state. He created a great newspaper, and
made the city where It Is published known
aa the home of The Omaha Bee. His work
was well done, and his death will be noticed
and lamented universally by the news
papers of tha country.
Buffalo Xcwa.
Edward Rosewater was one of the most
highly respected newspaper men of tha
United Stataa. 'He has had large ability
and character to match. His Interest In
many directions filled hla Ufa with activi
ties beyond the average of men, even In
hla own profession.
Journalism waa the business of Mr.
Rosewater, but politics was his paaalon.
Ha made tha greatest success In his busi
ness but suffered tha keenest disappoint
ment in his ambition to gain a seat In
the United States senate. His career In
that respect recalls that of Horace Gree
ley, who could do almost anything, even
In politics, except to win place for him
self, aa a statesman In office. '
Pew men. in 'the newspaper profession
ware personally more beloved than Mr.
Roaewater. The years of his busy Ufa
were crowded with acts of kindness and
of aympathy. They were a common aa
words of praise. He mada scores of repu
tations for other men and alwaya sought
rather to build' than to pull down an op
ponent. He was generous of time and
money and newspaper space to advertise
the welfare of his own city and state.
Public spirit waa aa natural to him aa
to breaths. Coming to the land of lib
erty and opportunity as he did ha never
forgot the high privilege of public ser
vice in unpaid places.
BITS Or WAHIGTO!V LIFR.
Mlaor Seeaee and Incidents Sketehed
a the Spot.
A bulletin Issued by the Department of Ag
riculture pointedly cenlara attention on tha
widespread evidence of prosperity among
tha farmers of the United States. "In the
first place, and perhaps of more fundamen
tal Importance than anything else," says
the bulletin, "tha free or cheap land of tha
republic and of the states and railroads has
become substantially exhausted In Its sup
ply for cultivation without Irrigation. The
exhaustion of such land has bean reached
so suddenly that it has given a sort of
shock to the whole economic structure of
agriculture.
"Accompanying this has been the con
tinued gain of urban upon agricultural pop
ulation, so that although the quantity and
value of agricultural exports have remilnod
at a high figure there has been a continu
ing readjustment and gain of demand upen
supply until farmers apparently have at
last reached an Indefinite period of fairly
remunerative If not high prices.
"In consequence of these profound Influ
ences upon the financial condition of farm
era, farming has assumed a new and higher
dignity. Farmers have extinguished their
old debts; thay have accumulated surpluses
and become depositors tn banks and the
owners of bank stocks; thay have bought
more land, not only agricultural land but
real estate In the town, and the.y have sent
their savings to distant states for Invest
ment In agricultural lands. At the same
time the town Investor has had his atten
tion excited by the new situation and he
has thrown upon the country real estate
market vast sums for Investment.
"It should not ba Inferred, however, that
this movement Is one of mere speculation.
Indeed, speculation pure and simple plays
a small part In the movement. For the
most part there is a genuine capitalisation
to sustain the higher value that have been
realised during the last half doten years.
There has been a gradual and steadfast
Improvement In the practice of farming1 4t
would hardly be too much to say In the art
and science of farming. Every Improve
ment In practice has signified Increased net
profit."
When the president and his family re
turn to tha capital from Oyster Bay they
will find that the White Houm has been
overhauled and renovated from attic to
basement. Congress made ample appro
priation for refitting and repairing the ex
terior and Interior of the historic pile
which Is the residence of the nation's chief
magistrate, and the results are everywhere
apparent.
There will be no further complaints of
leakage and flooding the upper apartments,
for a now roof has been placed In position,
the contractors for which guaranteed It
to be waterproof for at least ten years
Before this Improvement was made there
were numerous complaints about the damp
condition of the upper rooms, where It was
found necessary to store a great many
articles of furniture and upholstery.
While these outward Improvements have
been accomplished there has been no
negloct of the interior adornment and
decoration of tha East room. Blue, Green
and Red parlors, the tints of which are so
familiar to the publio.
Everything possible has been done to
make the state apartments on the main
floor of the White House attractive and
presentable. ,In the East room the pre
vailing tint on tha walls and celling Is an
Ivory white, and In the Blue, Green and
Red parlora. respectively, the tints which
have prevailed for so many years are ap
parent, with, furniture and upholstering- to
match.
From now on every man who enlists tn
the United States army will have the Im
print of his finger marks placed upon his
record, together with hla photograph, ac
cording to the Bertlllon system. In order
that his identity may never be lost so
long as ha remains In tha service. Tha
finger print system, which la considered
the best of all methods of Identification,
has been adopted, even to the extent that
the imprint will be taken when possible
of soldiers found dead on the battle field.
With his Imprint enclosed Hi a vial and
burled with the soldier. It is thought that
In future wars there need be no "unknown
dead," for the identity of the soldier can
be traced by tha finger print when all
other evidence Is gone.
The system has been effectively tried.
Photographs were taken of one man with
and without a beard. There waa no simi
larity whatever between the two, but the
linger prints corresponded minutely, for
t'.e lines of the fingers of every individual
make a pattern which never changes from
birth until death.
The chances against two persons' finger
prints being alike are ona in sixty-four
billion. It Is thought that tha system will
thoroughly guard against fraud In pension
cases.
In order to meet the Increased demands
for bills of tba small denominations the
bureau of eWraving and printing will bo
compelled to enlarge Its plant and work
day and night shifts. Tha bureau Is put
ting In five new numbering machines for
tha bills and has In course of erection
nearly a hundred new hand presses. These
will make a total of more than 500 hand
plate, presses In the building, and desplto
the several additions that have been mads
to tha original building will crowd the
bureau to an uncomfortable degree.
In a hotel in Washington a certain con
gressman from tha west hurried to the
clerk'a counter. He had Just ten minutes
in which to pay hla bill, reach the railway
station and board hla train. When he had
transacted his business with tha clerk and
had turned to dash out of the door It sud
denly occurred to him that ha had forgot
ten something. "Here, boy," he shouted to
a diminutive negro bellboy on the bencli.
"run to room 48 and see whether I have, left
a box on the bureau. But be quick, as I
have only five minutes." Tha boy rushed
up tha stairs. In two or three minutes he
returned, out of breath. "Tea, sah," he
panted, "you left It, sah."
Practically every desk and every drawer
In Washington Is stuck tight. Continued
wet weather has done It and employers
are In despair. Some of the department
clerks are enjoying a holiday In conse.
quenoe of the weather's vagaries but the
rest of the town Is fighting mad. IOcal
newspapers are besieging the scientists to
find out tha cauae of the unprecedented
downpours, but without succesa
l
In a certain Washington club which Is
much frequented by Willis Moore, rhlef of
tha weather bureau. It la an Iron-bound
rule that any member heard "talking shop"
shall be fined. Tha other night it looked aa
though the treasury would not be enrlrhed
from this source, but Prof. Moore came to
the rescue. Just aa he was leavln; tha
rlub ha turned to a group of frlenda and
courteously bade them "Good evening.", He
was recalled and fined;.
Buffalo Express.
Tha report that the Standard Oil com
pany la to buy up the distilleries In order
to control output and prices of denatured
alcohol which will come Into competition
with oil and gasoline, is pronounced ridicu
lous by an officer of the company. ' It has
that appearance. Tha production of min
eral oil la under close, natural llmltlatloaa
favorable to monopoly: but not so the pro
ductloa of material from which Industrial
alcohol can be distilled.
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PERSONAL SiOTES.
Millionaire Huntington of California re
cently gave his $12,000 automobile to his
chauffeur. It seems ha had been able
to go only seventy-five miles an hour In
this machine and wanted to get a fsst
one.
Dr. Augustus Henry, whose name and
work are especially familiar to botanists,
has arrived from England to study our
forests. He has lately returned from a
journey through central China taken to
study Its flora.
Thomas Estrada Palma, Jr., son of the
president of Cuba and a student In tha
College of Applied Science at Syracuse uni
versity, has joined the army of the Island
republic. He Is 22 years of age. His sister
has become an army nurse.
The girl who was involuntarily carried
up S00 feet Into the air dangling at the
end of a balloon anchor rope at Ellen
vllle, N. . T., Intends to sue the fair asso
ciation for damages, but the managers
think she should pay for spoiling their
show.
Surgeon General James P. Walker of
England, recently deceased, has be
queathed to the Uoyd Sclentlflo library
of Cincinnati his entire library and In
valuable collection of manuscripts, to
which be has devoted years of time and
study.
Rear Admiral Wlllard Herbert Brown
son, the new commander-in-chief of the
Aslatlo fleet, la slight of build with keen
eyes that look you through and through,
and a mind that one of his officers has
said "works with the rapidity of a quick
firing three-pounder."
General Shatter has turned out a very
successful breeder of fine cattle, and at
the California State fair he will exhibit
some of the products of his ranch. It is
very extensive and lies near Bakersfleld,
Cel., where he has been devoting him
self to the raising of fine Jersey cat
tle, said to be unexcelled In the country.
Count Augustus Eulenberg, grand mar
shal of the German emperor's court. Is
believed to hold the record In the matter
of decorations. Of them coveted Jewels
he possesea about eighty, hts broad ohest
being too small to wear all of them at
once. According to recently compiled
statistics there are 90,000 persons In tho
fatherland wearing such decorations.
MAKING WASTE PLACES BI.OOM.
Chaaarea Wroosht by Irrigation In
the Was.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
When the first, national Irrigation con
gress was held a doxen years or so ago,
the most sanguine friends of the reclama
tion project could hardly have foreaeen tha
progress which this great national under
taking has made since first the "dirt was
made to fly." The current year's congress
Is In Boise, Idaho, a state which furnishes,
perhaps, an unmatched object lesson in this
work of reclaiming the arid lands of the
west, and also of the Industrial possibilities
which the, scheme contains, and which are
already In process of development. For
example, when the Shoshone Falls power
undertaking shall be completed It will pro
vide more electrical units than Niagara
now doea. or ever will. If, as is hoped,
the industrial raid on the cataract has been
checked.
At the time of tha passage of the Irriga
tion act in 1902, It was claimed that It would
Increase the country's wealth by $5,000,000,
000.. Be that as It may, the results actually
accomplished In four years( are sufficiently
Impressive, and the work Is only fairly
under way. Nearly 10,000.000 acres of once
arid land are under cultivation, and tha
government has In hand now $30,000,000,
which Is believed will reclaim 100.000.0u0
acres more, while plans' for the irrigation
of 2,000.000 of these are completed.
There are signs that the enthusiastic Ir
rigation boomers, who are to meet next
week are not. however, satisfied with the
present rata of progress, for It la proposed
to demand an appropriation of $100,008,000
to supplement tha fund In hand. This re
calls the demand of years ago that the
work should be paid' for by direct appro
priation. This waa generally and resolutely
opposed by tha states which did not expect
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cnemists,
to profit by It, and the result waa the act ol
1!Ki2, which provided that the cost ahouK
be defrayed from the sale of public lands
west of the Missouri, the receipts to con
stitute a special fund for this purpose. Al
ready there Is manifest even In the west a
good deal of opposition to further direct
governmental aid and there Is little pros
pect that the proposed demand will be suc
cessful, or even vigorously pushed, for
several Influential papers In the states
directly Interested are counseling prudence,
lest too much enthusiasm react unfavor
ably, even upon the present system.
FLASHES OF Ft'K.
"What's that noise In the next flat?"
"That's young Howell cultivating hit
voice."
Cultivating It T Great Scott! does he want
that thing to grow and more T" Cleveland
Leader.
"It me see," sr'd Askum. "there's
sort of-gem called 'bloodstone,' Isn't there?'
' Give It up, replied Dunn, the bill col
lrtnr "hilt I nfl,n hoar nf ttiA ,tnn vml
Press. . f
"It took you years to learn all about th
business In which you were so successful.'
"Yes," answered Mr. Cumrox, "and
mother and the girls say It Is going to take
me years more to forget about It. Waah
lngton Star.
Automoblllst (stopping for a drink of wa
ter) "Tou have fine roads In this neighbor
hood. The last time ,1 was along here 1
went over a mile In a minute and a half."
Farmer "Yes, an' you went over a shoal
o' mine, too, darn ye!" Chicago Tribune.
"It used to worry me when the barber
Informed me that my hair was 'getting
a little thin on top.'." .
"But you got used in It. eh?"
"No. Now it worries me because h
doesn't mention It. I must be getting
old." Philadelphia Press.
"His wife Is very tall. Isn't she?"
"Yes; she comes of a family that standa
high In the community." Cleveland Plain
Dealer. . .
"After all, what Is the difference between
'ahopirlrr and 'saleslady'?"
"I don't know, but the differences between
salesladies are sometimes fierce," Philadel
phia Ledger.
"Your son-in-law has an Impediment In
his speech, hasn't he?".
"Yes. It took him nearly two years to
say what our daughter was waiting for."
Chicago Record-Herald.
"Shame! Shame!" cried ths horrified
eltlren, "why are you dragging that poor
fellow along that way?"
"An why not?" demanded the park
policeman. ' "' ,i
"Gracious! don't ymi ' Sea" he was just
struck by an automobile?"
"Yls. but he's on the grass, flhure, no
man Is allowed on the grass." Philadelphia
Press.
BALLAD OF BILLY BHYAt.
L. M. Hodges In Philadelphia North Amerl.
can.
I've sailed the sea of the sunset skies;
I've filled the Philippines
With barrels of talk. I ve laid my eyes
On the tropic's lustrous scenes.
I've Jawed with the Japs and chucked
Chinese,
An' I've chinned with the Empress Dow,
I've cut the crest of the Indian seas,
And made my prettlent bow.
To the nabob kings and the sunburnt
things
That England clothes and boards:
I've playfully toyed with the brazen ring
In tho noses of heathen hordes.
Tve reen the ruins of Grecian doln'a;
I've gasped at the Coliseum;
I've ventured Venice, cum viae fluens,
And met the Ambassador Deum.
I've parte voused In the Rue da Hood, ,
And wept on the tomb of Nap;
I've braved the wurst with the Berlin
brood.
And talked with the Russian chap.
Who aeams to have got my crown of
thorns
Prest down on his empty brow,
Tho' I still have hold of my cross of gold.
Which raised such a royal row.
I've talked with Eddie, and talked while
Teddy ,
Was saying the same over sea;
I've dined anil wined until I am ready
To live on toast and tea.
And I bid you hark, as I now remark.
That of all I've been to see.
There isn't a place can hold a spark
To Lincoln, N-E-B.
P. 8. The subject of these verses has
wired that In case of need the last line
msv ba chanted thus:
"To Washington, D. C."
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