THE OMAHA SUNDAY "'BEE: SEPTEMBER 30, 1900.
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All hall, Ak-Sar-Ben XIII Qreatest
of rulers over the land of Quivera, all
hall,!
Even Palma'6 patriotic ardor seems
to have become exhausted when the
appropriation failed. ,
In declaring that he is his own
platform, Mr. . Hearst has - made the
New York Issue clear.
It having been officially declared
that mince meat is not meat, the pure
food law has another Job cut out
for It.
r
Let us all hope and pray that the
airship may escape puncture while
ipeeding through Omaha's aerial hlgh-
,.va
ways.
Needless to note that all the Hearst
papers are giving the democratic nonv
inee for governor of New York their
undivided support. .
With one girl dead and others badly
shaken up, Ypsllantl should supply
the conclusive argument against
"frato" in high schools.
It Is "up to" the Cubans to demon'
strate Just how murh of self-govern
ment on the island is consistent with
the preservation of order.
Kansas has begun a celebration in
honor of Zebulon Pike. Colorado can
not have all the glory bo long as that
irrigation case is pending.
It goes without saying that local
politics will have to remain largely in
abeyance while the Ak-Sar-Ben carnl
val holds the right-of-way.
Scientists may .prove by rule that
there is no such thing as an "equinox
la!" storm, but they will scarcely start
the argument along the gulf this sea'
eon. ......
Bourke Cockran's plea that he Bup
porta Hearst because he can't help it
proves (hat Ctckran is satisfied with
one spanking at the hands of Tarn
many hall.
Secretary .Taft now has another
good reason 'to decline' the position
of Justice of the United States su
preme court, in his appointment as
provisional governor of Cuba.
Senator Beveridge states a self-evident
proposition when he says no
tariff schedule is sacred, but : he is
probably willing to admit' that they
should not be changed Just for' fun.
' The hunting season has a start on
the foot ball season in the matter of
casualties, but Js'ovember will prob
ably sea the latter ahead if not too
badly handicapped by. the new rules.
So long as no fighting is expected in
Cuba the present occupation may be
considered an excellent opportunity
for experimental practice by the com
miuary and quartermaster's depart
ment.
Foreign puckers of meats sold in
the United States stand in their own
light. They will lose more through
absence of government certificates
than they will gain by not having to
pay for them.
The deposits in Nebraska state
banks have increased over. $48,000,
000 In ten years.' ' This does net in
clude the deposit tn National banks.
That Is In part a measure ot republi
can pFoaperiiy. . .
a (irkat biiAM Battle.
In his special endorsement of Can
didate Shallenberger as the guberna
torial nominee of Nebraska democrats
Colonel Bryan's principal recommen
dation Is that "he advocated the gov
ernment ownership of railroads before
I did." Following this cue the dem
ocratic candidate Is appealing on the
stump for votes on the declaration
that lie is for government ownership
of railroads, as If that were an issue
in the campaign in this state this year.
The people of Nebraska, before they
cast their ballots In 'November, will
ask themselves seriously how pro
fessed adherence to the doctrine of
government ownership Is going to re
lieve them of present Ills arising from
railroad abuses.
If Candidate Shallenberger wants
to be elected governor of Nebraska
because he talks government owner
ship pf railroads, why does he 'not tell
whether he advocates ownership by
the national government, as demanded
by the populists, or whether he advo
cates national ownership of trunk
lines only and state ownership of
branches and feeders, as demanded
by Colonel Bryan?
If he is for national ownership of
railroads, then how can his election as
governor promote or retard it? If he
is for the Bryan program of national
ownership of . trunk lines and state
ownership of branches and feeders,
will he explain how he proposes to go
about acquiring for. the state the lines
within state boundaries devoted
chiefly- to local traffic?
If Candidate Shallenberger were
elected governor and should ask the
railroads to fix the price at once for a
bill of sale to the state, he would first
have to get the money to tender them
in consideration of the transfer. The
people of Nebraska are now taxing
themselves an extra 1 mill every year
to sink a floating debt. They are pro
hibited by their state constitution
from borrowing more than $100,000
in time of peace. The best a governor
could do to make good a promise of
government ownership would be to
recommend to the legislature the sub
mission of a constitutional amendment
granting authority to purchase and
operate lines within the state bounda
ries and put it up to the people to vote
the amendment up or down at some
future date.
1 The attempt to inject the govern
ment ownership proposition into the
campaign of Nebraska this year is sim
ply in keeping with the democratic
practice of fighting sham battles. The
real railroad issue in Nebraska is not
government ownership, but strict reg
ulation and repression of railroad
abuses. The issue includes the eradi
cation of bribery by the distribution of
free passes, the abolition of discrimi
nating rates and rebates 'and conces
sions of all kinds, and compulsion of
trie railroads to pay their taxes at the
same time and in the same manner as
other taxpayers.
On. these issues the republican
standard bearer-is absolutely straight.
The democratic candidate may, like
Don Quixote, charge in full tilt upon
the windmills, but the common sense
people of Nebraska can see through
the sham and the fraud.
POSTAL SAT 1X03 BASKS.
In the growing agitation In favor of
postal saving banks the important fact
has so far been overlooked that the
government haa already gone far in
laying the foundation for such a sys
tem. It Is, of course, familiar knowl
edge that all money order postofflces,
of which there are tens of thousands,
are banks of exchange selling both
domestic and international drafts for a
email fee. It Is not bo well known,
but it is nevertheless a fact, that all
money order postofflces have long been
and are within a hair's breadth of be
ing banks of deposit. For the effect of
an executive rule put in force about
five years ago, authorizing money or
ders payable at the office ot issue, is
that an unlimited amount of money
may be deposited at a postofflce pay'
able to the order of hB depositor him'
self substantially the same as at any
bank, except for the small money or
der fee. Though a money order ex
plres in one year from its date. It can
either be renewed or transmuted with
out cost into a treasury warrant which
will be cashed on demand at the post
office or any bank. And, in fact, an
Increasing amount of funds is being
deposited at money order postofflces
as knowledge ot the right to do so
spreads, money orders for thousands
ot dollars being now annually issued
by the postofflce at Omaha and all
other cities.
Practically the only thing now re
quired to make every postofflce a bank
of deposit , as well as of exchange la
the petty detail of abolishing the small
money order fee. The only further
alteration required to transform post
offlces Into savings banks, so far as
their relation to the public is con
cerned, is to add payment of interest
on deposits. The change necessary for
the latter Is no greater than that
which was actually effected by the exe
cutive order making all money order
postofflces virtually banks of deposit
The machinery tor conducting a sav
ings bank as well as a bank of de
posit and exchange Is In the main al
ready In existence and operation at the
postofflce In every city and considers
ble town iu the United States. The
postofflce facilities In all places of
6.000 population and upwards, lnclud
ing the officials and the regular sys
tem tor receiving and paying and ac
counting to the government that have
long since been employed in the opera
tions ot the money order department
are the same as those that would carry
it on if the detail of savings deposits
should be added, and no great increase
even ot clerical force would be needed
The policy of the government with
respect to disposal of savings deposits
under such a system, as to which, how
ever, there are numerous precedents
n other countries which long have had
postal savings banks, is another mat
ter. But the very general assumption
that Inclusion of the savings function
In our postal system necessarily In
volves elaborate, radical and costly
changes ot governmental machinery is
quite unfounded.
AK-SAR BEX.
Ak-9ar-Ben has come to be more
than a name. It is new an Institution
end belongs to the people of the won
derfully fertile region of which Omaha
Is the natural commercial outlet. It
Is supported by the business men of
Omaha, irrespective of line, and is to
be participated in by all the world.
But the Deonle of thp rnnntrv around
Omaha have come to regard the au
tumnal festivities that attend the cele
bration of his coronation by the good
King Ak-Sar-Ben as being as much of
a fixed festival as the recurrence of
Christmas and New Years.
It is a coincidence worthy of note
that ever since the establishment of
Ak-Sar-Ben the region round about
Omaha has been bountifully blessed
with full crop yields. This has in
sured the material prosperity of the
people, and the carnival and pageants
have brought them to the city in the
season of their rejoicing1. It is grati
fying that the present season has been
noteworthy, even among a series of
notable years, for Its abundant har
vests and for Its indications of con
tinued peace and plenty in the .land.
Omaha was never In better condition
to welcome visitors or to invite inspec
tion. Every external evidence of in
dustrial and commercial activity is to
be observed, and the generally invit
ing appearance of the city In every
quarter betokens the prosperity of its
citizens. .
All hall! King Ak-Sar-Beu XII!
May his reign be no less serene and
beneficent than that of his predeces-J
sors. And a most cordial welcome to
all his subjects who Journey to his city
to do him honor during the week.
MISSOURI JtlTER NAVIGATION.
The arrival ot a large cargo by
steamboat at Kansas City from St.
Louis, which has been widely hailed
as marking the beginning of restora
tion of the Missouri river as an effi
cient means of transportation, may in
deed have such significance. Without
doubt the developments of the last
two decades during which river navi
gation has been practically suspended
and superceded by the Iron roads have
at length created local opportunity
and demand for. its resumption, but
they do not account fully for the seri
ous study that Is being given In Im
portant quarters to river navigation
and to artificial waterways where
natural water transportation is not
available.
For several years the tendency of
railroad freight charges, outside of the
force of water competition, has been
upward, reversing the record of a long
previous period, and that tendency has
Indeed probably been accentuated in
unprotected territory by water compe
tition outside of it. So Important and
unescapable Is the water factor that
the original Interstate commerce' act
tn 1889 expressly exempted, within, the
discretion of the commission, from the
operation of its crucial long and short
haul provision railroad charge's af
fected by . water borne competition,
thus profoundly complicating the in
terests of rival freight centers accord
ing as they were related to the two
kinds of transportation": That condi
tion has be?n rendered only more im
portant by the- subsequent course of
events, by present advancing freight
rates and by the recently elaborate
and radical amendments to the na
tional railroad law.
At bottom of the serious steamboat
movement at Kansas City, therefore,
is the fundamental interest of Kansas
City shippers, and this it is. rather
than mere local river bank freights,
that gives importance to the subject.
It touches equally the Interests - of
every other important Missouri river
commercial center within the reliable
stretch of navigable water, and it Is
an interest which, opening up a pros
pect of restoration of efficient new
competition in transportation, calls for
most serious consideration.
GROWING IMPORTANCE OF WHEAT.
One of the notable agricultural
facts is the Increasing attention given
to the wheat crop, not only within the
corn belt, where for years there was
a tendency to neglect it, but also in
the distinctive small grain regions.
Under Improved methods and ruling
prices for a series of years wheat lias
proved one ot the most profitable crops
even in the old settled eastern portion
ot Nebraska, while its possibilities
have been One ot the main propelling
causes of the extraordinary movement
of farmers westward Into the ub
humid region in the United States and
the vast expanses of the Canadian
northwest. Yet there has been a
marked concurrent tendency of wheat
exports to tall off.
An analysis of the facts covering
twenty-seven' years demonstrates a
steady increase of domestic consump
tion, amounting is the aggregate to 4 0
per cent, while population has In
creased only 30 per cent, which goes
far to explain the hitherto puzzling
results, whether as regards prices, pro
duction or exports. For It appears by
comparison of five-year periods that
the per capita wheat consumption
from 1879 to 1884 was 4.84 bushels,
from 1889 to 1893 6.03 bushels, and
from 1901 to 1906 5.64 bushels. Just
why consumption should so rapidly In
crease over so long a period in the
face of advancing prices, since there
have been practically no new uses in
addition to that of human food, is hot
made clear, but the fact ot such in
crease Is established beyond a perad
venture. - This fact, too,. raises the strong pre
sumption that the same tendency will
assert Itself Indefinitely tn the future,
making a firm basis for agricultural
calculations. Excepting advancing
land values and wages, the cost ot
producing ' wheat under Improved
methods of seed selection and cultiva
tion has in the main been materially
reduced and Is known to be capable of
much further reduction. This is par
ticularly true in Nebraska with re
spect to transportation through com
petition of new routes to central mar
kets, so that this grain, instead of be
ing excluded from the list of chief
farm products, as seemed possible not
many years ago, is destined to a more
important place than It ever held as a
permanent source of wealth.
BANK DIRECTORS AND EXAMINERS.
There will be emphatic and war
ranted protest against the assertion
which William B. Ridgely, comptroller
of the currency, Insisted on before the
Pennsylvania Bankers' association,
"that there can be no Justification In
blaming the bank examiners when the
crash comes through dishonest man
agement," and that "the onty guaran
tee of safety for a bank is the vigi
lance of the directors in watching the
officers and checking up their accounts
and supervising their methods." There
is, indeed, ho objection to insistence
upon the Importance of the duty of
bank . directors, which is vital and
which has lately been illustrated by
numerous criminal crashes. ' It is also
true that' except ''from rare causes
there can be no good excuse for the
failure of a bank "or trust company if
the board of directors do their full
legal and moral duty. But none the
less, Is It fallacious and vicious, espe
cially on the part of the comptroller
of the currency, to whom the national
bank examiners are subordinates,
either to' exonerate them from blame
or to depreciate their responsibility?
It is the bank examiner's duty,
without which there is absolutely no
reason for his existence, to examine
and report the facts for the informa
tion of the government and the pro
tection of the public. The government
stands charged with the obligation to
know whether a bank's board of direc
tors is guarding all interests under the
law against the Incompetency, dis
honesty or fraud ot any of its mem
bers or of the executive officers and
employes, and the examiner is the
special and almost the sole means ot
such knowledge. It is;- indeed,, im
portant that directors do their duty
individually and as a body, but it is
not less Important that the examiner
by doing his duty shall , discover and
make known the default before- it
ripens in disaster to depositors and
stockholders. . . , ,
The demonstrated and dangerous
fact Is that too many boards of bank
directors do not direct, though, gener
ally intending no harm, neglecting or
abdicating their functions to the mercy
of some officer or employe, with the
inevitable - frequent result, against
which the examiner then becomes the
sole protection; that the .bank is
ruined , before even danger is suspected.
Experience admonishes that, both, di
rectorial control and official examina
tion are remiss and Ineffective', and
that the latter especially is in crying
need of reform and reinvigoration.
The law without doubt is defective,
but all developments indicate that
there is as much room for reform
through administrative rigor, so that
examiners shall examine whether di
rectors direct and precisely how they
direct, as through new legislative
remedies.
Has'anyone called your attention to
the unusual activity of professional
and amateur sportsmen pursuing the
game and the fish this season? Plainly
more hunting and fishing expeditions
are abroad In the land right now than
at any corresponding time in previous
years. Of course. It would be impugn
ing the spirit of true sportsmanship to
suggest that the nimrods and anglers
are imbued with a desire to make use
of available free transportation and
inspired with a fear that free travel
will not be forthcoming next year,
when the various rate bills and anti-
pass laws will be In full force. It Is
safe to predict, at all events, that the
nearby hunting ground and fishing
stream will hereafter become much
more popular than the far distant
game preserve and fish reservoir, to
reach which will require an outlay of
cold cash rather than a pull with a
railway official.
Mr. Hearst platform declaration
that he believes "in the restraint and
regulation of trusts and monopolies
by law," collides with Colonel Bryan's
platform declaration that there Is no
such thing as regulating monopoly and
that all monopolies must be com
pletely expunged. Mr. Hearst also
proclaims his belief "in the protective
principle," while Colonel Bryan de
nounces a tariff for protection as rob
bery. A few little discrepancies like
these, however, do not seem to pre
vent Colonel Bryan from swallowing
the Hearst nomination.
An alleged milk trust is the latest
to be referred to the coming grand
Jury. If that Jury investigates all the
combinations and agreements which
have boosted prices on the consumers,
its members will be busier than the
man with a Wa'terbury watch.
The official report on the disastrous
wreck of the special steamer train
from Plymouth to London, In which
so many Americans lost their lives,
charges the cause up " excessive
speed far above the legal limit. This
Is enlightening Information, but. It
will not have half .the , precautionary
effect as will the drafts on the treas
ury of the British railroad company to
pay the damages to the Injured vic
tims or their heirs.
In declaring that It Is "neither for
nor against municipal ownership," the
League of American Municipalities
seems to have perfectly reflected the
attitude of the average American citi
zen who is not ready to decide.
Between the lawyer who "chases
the ambulance" to secure a damage
suit and the claim agent who follows
the same course to prevent one, the
local bar association seems to "stand
between love and duty" with no bind
ing decision in sight.
The statement that a strict enforce
ment of the new rate law will increase
the printing bills of each railroad
company, ten times may be taken with
a grain of salt until the bills are pre
sented, since publicity is the chief aim
of the law:
The army Is having trouble secur
ing sufficient good horses for the cav
alry arm of the service, even at
greatly advanced prices. This would
not indicate the automobile had made
any inroads on the domain of the
horse. ,
A Stupendous Task.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The task Imposed upon the Pure Pood
commission tinder the new law In stupen
dous, but. there are Indications that the
members of that body propose to see the
new law impartially enforced. It Is time.
Plctnree on th Label.
Washington Post.
The ruling that hereafter no picture which
gives any falee Indication of origin or
quality shall be used on any labels by the
packers la bound to stop the practice of
giving away photographs of actors with
sugar cured hams.
Texas Idol Shattered.
- " Kansas City Star.
Nothing could better Illustrate the cor
roding Influence of Standard Oil upon the
moral and mental fiber of public servants
than this declension of Senator Bailey to a
defense that is half buncombe and half
evasion and wholly pitiful.
Thieves Fall Oat.
Chicago Record-Herald.
In the opinion of Stensland, Cashier Her
Ing Is a very wicked man. Mr. Hering,
on the other hand, gives It as his opinion
that Stensland Is, a villain. Unfortunately
the falling out of these thieves didn't
happen early enough to Insure the protec
tion of some thousands of honest men.
Government Ownership and Banks.
v Chicago News.
1 Government ownership may be a fright
ful thlpg to contemplate, as several speak
ers told the bankers' convention, but there
are scattered through . the country .many
ex-deposltors In banks which have ceased
to exist who think they could view gov
ernment savings banks with considerable
equanimity.
LOVER RAILROAD RATES PAY.
Greatly. Increased Business Follow
Reduced Pares.
" .' 'New York World.,
When fne New Haven Railroad company
reduced its passenger rate to 2 cents a
mile "the. officials estimated that there
would be a loss of about $700,000 a year In
gross receipts. '
' The reduced rate, which afreets nine
tenths of the system, has been in operation
several months, and instead of the pre
dicted reduction there is an Increase In
gross earnings. Lower fares have given
(he company enough new business to more
than make good the lessened profit on each
fare.
When the Michigan Central charter was
repealed and a 2-cent rate fixed by the
legislature the company brought suit
against the state of Michigan for 15,000,000.
By the time the case got before the courts
the receipts already showed a large In
crease In passenger earnings. Instead of
losing by tho repeal of a charter which
gave It the right to charge 3 cents a mile
the Michigan Central had actually bene
fited. The recent reductions In fare on the
Pennsylvania were made in a confident
business belief that there would be more
profit for the company in carrying people
for less money. Other companies are plan
ning similar reductions.
The next five years will witness un
precedented reductions in passenger fares.
Railroad managers are coming to under
stand the simple scientific principle that
there Is more money in doing a large busi
ness with a small margin of profit on
each transaction than In doing a small
business with a large margin or, profit on
each transaction.
GOOD AMD ILL IN NEWSPAPERS.
Doctors Disagree and Patient Worries
Atonal as I'snal.
New York World. .
Newspapers are the latest subject of dis
agreement among the doctors. At home we
have Professor Frederick Peterson of Co
lumbia university, declaring that the habit
of dally newspaper reading leads to mental
deterioration, while In London there la Sir
Jair.es Crichton-Browne pronouncing de
liberately that . "the newspaper with all
its faults is one of the bulwarks of san
ity." - , . '
It Is Dr. Peterson's theory that the man
over his daily paper, scanning the head
lines, reading a bit here and there, gath
ering a disorderly array of . unstable . Im
pressions, Is affecting his brain by wear
ing out "the faculty ef the. tissues for
permanent registration." He la cultivat
ing "the art of forgetting" and is subject
ing lita mentality to the peril of assault by
"innumerable concepts utterly Incoherent
as to their alignment in consciousness."
Dr. Tcterson has spent more moments
In theorising perhaps than In observation.
Dr. Crichton-Browne sees probably, Dr.
Peterson does not. that what the reader
of the dully paper really cultivates Is the
faculty ef selection, and that this invalua
ble faculty is one . which the mind Itself
exercises with regard to the procession of
events all through a man's life. Which of
us remembers everything that happens to
him or to those, under his eye, to the min
utest detail, day after day? Which .pf us
would cere to be burdened with a memory
that should let nothing get away, from the
trifling to the tremendous? -
"Many a man," , says Dr. Crichton
Browne. "lias been suved from melan
choly and fatuity by his da"y paper." The
news sheet Is "the antidote to corroaivs
egotism and gives a world-wide horlson
to tha purblind and shortsighted." Un
doubtedly there are victims of too little
tlma of memories too greatly specialised
tha fates of many champion chessplayers
give evidence. Newspapers have naitbor
muds the n nor sved the other.
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SERMONS BOILED DOWN.
The ready made religion always looks the
part.
There Is nothing holier than everyday
helpfulness.
Faith never would know Itself but for
foul weather.
A passion for speaking seldom ia a pas
sion for souls.
You cannot elevate society at the price of
the Individual.
The strain of the market should be the
gain of good morality.
The man who can keep his religion to
himself hasn't any to keep.
There never, will be a closed town until
there Is a wide open church.
He who does not get his education from
everything gets it from nothing.
The bonest man .knows himself too well
to think he wholly is self-made. '
Religion never Will be attractive so long
as It only offers easy things to men.
' ' No mail worships the divine better than
he T ho work for this poor old human.
' There are some men who. If they were
drowning, would wait for a quarter sawed
board. - ' ' ' '
Wben a man meets a doctrine that
doesn't square with his living he calls it
"dogmatism." - -
This world is enriched not by tha laurels
you lay on the strong, but by. tha loads
you lift from the weak. Chicago Tribune.
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PTLPIT.
i
Washington Post: The Scranton people
who forced their clergyman to resign be
cause he attended base ball gamea would
probably be delighted to have a Pittsburg
millionaire present them with a new pipe
organ.
Brooklyn Eagle: John Murray donled
hell from a New Jersey pulpit 136 years
ago, thereby creating a panic. So well are
they getting used to the Idea of this de
privation that some ministers are even
questioning heaven.
Philadelphia Record: Forty years ago the
Sioux were unreclaimed' savages. Their
name waa a terror like that of the Apaches
at a more recent date. Ten thousand
Christian Indians are now attending the
convocation of the Episcopal church on the
Santee reservation. Most of them are
BIouk, and soma of them have traveled SCO
miles to attend the convention. All those
from distant . points are being entertained
by the Bantee Sioux. It Is a splendid re
sult of missions to the Indians.
Boston Transcript: Bishop McCabe would
like to have the United States make war on
Turkey "on general principles." He would
like to see LVey steam through the Dar
danelles and knock the Sultanate to
pieces. Such was the burden of Bishop
McCabe's discourse before the De
troit Methodist Episcopal conference
at iBhpeming yesterda. If one of
the ulema should preach . at Con
stantinople that the short and simple way
for preventing the United States pestering
the sultan about the rights of naturalised
citizens was to levy war on Americans,
what preachments on ulemadan . fanat
icism would come from the American press
and pulpit.
PERSONAL AXU OTHERWISE. -
The great peril of the Cuban situation
Is that 11 "y Cut Havana .cigars in the
(-Cent class.
. One William Travera Jerome realizes that
there is mure truth than poetry In the
song, "Put Me Off at Buffalo."
Banker Stensland can speak seven lan
guages, but his audience is not such as
will promote linguistic exercise.
A Philadelphia man strangled himself by
wearing a celluloid collar. For promptness
celluloid seems to have the edge 'on brass
neckwear. , ( .
Automobllists are enthusiastically in fa
vor of the federal government putting 13),
000,000 Into a good road between Chicago
and New York.
A yogng man In Chicago who persisted
In martylng the sister of two big brothers
received a pair of black eyes as a wedding
present. The bride got one.
The Oregon land fraud prosecution Is
playing havoc with shady lawyers. Four
have been convicted of conspiracy and
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Glasses on Payments
perjury, eight more have been indicted and
await trial, and three are lated for dis
barment. And the government drag net is
still busy.
Casele Chadwlck has concluded to serve
out her ten-year sentence without further
effort for a new trial. Ohio bankers are
thus relieved of considerable worry.
To show Its seal for the rate law and
confound critics, the Boston & Maine rail
road has abolished the annual free junkets
provided for stockholders and their rela
tives. Mrs. Russell Sage settled for $700,000 a
will contest that would have coat a million.
The family traits survive the late lamented.
In carrying out plans for "the city beauti
ful" in St. Louis, the men In charge have
been Informed by interested parties that a
railroad track or two with bustling trains
would materially enhance the picturesque
charms of Forest park. Strange to say, tha
suggestion hasn't called out a responsive
cheer. It wasn't presented properly.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"So," said one of the guests at the wed
ding of Mr. Roxley's daughter, "your
house loses a daughter today."
"Huh!" snorted the old man, "I don't
know yet whether the house lusts a daugh
ter or merely gains a aon-ln-law. Phila
delphia Record.
"She asked for time." , , ,
"After you proposed?" .
"Yes. I told her to take all the time aha
wanted."
"What did she say?"
"She said 'Yes!' "Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Gyer We certainly have ample proof
that money talks.
Myer Ample proof!
Gyer--Yes. Isn't there a woman's hosd
on the greater part of our national coin
age? Chicago News.
"Mabel." said the girl's mother, "that
young man has been calling upon you
every evening this month."
"Yes, mother." replied Mabel.
"And I'd like to know what his inten
tions are."
"Well er mamma." replied Mabel blush
ing, "we're both very much in the dark."
Philadelphia Ledger.
"We see some very talented women in
musical comedy these days."
"I should say so. They can ride, blioot,
swim, design gowns, fence, pose, write and
I don't know what all."
"Just so. Some of them can even sing a
little." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Can you cook, darling?" asked her
fiance eagerly, for he was no Croesus.
"Can 1 cookY" she sneered. "Do you
suppose I'd be silly enough to marry a
poor clerk If I could make U0 a month and
my board?" Judge.
"It's dreadful queer," said the housewife,
"that the potatoes you bring me should be
so much bigger at the top ot the ack than
thfy are at the bottom."
"Not at all. mem." said the honest
farmer; "It's Jest thls-a-wny. Potatoes Is
growln' so fast Jest now thct by the time I
dig a sackful the last ones dun Ik ev-r ro
much bigger 'n the fust ones." Harper's
Weekly.
SEEING AMERICA.
Wallace Irwin in Life.
He never really saw a town v
From Maine to 'Frisco bay,
The hills were merely streaks of brown,
The cities streaks ot gray.
Save when he slowed down for the night
Or took on gasolene.
The rivers were a blur of light.
The wooda a daub of green.
A passing honk, a splash, a slis
Was that Niagara?
Tool! through New York, then whang! and
whiz!
Through Philadelphia. .
Chicago like a dusty daze
Rtrled by snd faded hence:
lie saw the buildings In a haze.
Like pickets on a fence.
"Alphonse, Atphonse!'" at last ha cried,
"What was yon blur we saw?"
"I.think that it was Great Salt Lake,
Or maybe Omaha." .
"What' are those streaks of black aad
white
All mix.d with blues and greens?"
The chauffeur skidded to the right,
"We're passing New Orleans"
- ,
And when at last the tour was dona.
The chauffeur and the yan
They sat them down at set of sun
To draw an auto map.
Wherein their nulve land they showed
As one gigantic blot. .
A hyphenated country road .
Between a. dash and dot.
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