TI1K OMAHA DAILY BEE: THU11SDAV. OCTOBER 11. 1906.
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X of Nebraska. l)Uglas rnunty, :
i-Vntiini. uri niimiuv i?m' rrln1r(. iliiring
'lie month of HeptemlM r. 15K. was ns fol.
low
1 34.430
i 30,360
1 31,080
4 30,890
6 30,370
( 30,730
7 30,480
t 30.340
30,470
19 30,380
11 30,340
12 30,430
11 30,350
14 30,800
1 30,8M
1 30,370
i; 30660
IS 80.T10
19 30,880
20 30.860
;i 30.MO
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;4 ; 30,710
30,580
2t 3a840
27 S41E0
21 t,670
28 38.C00
10 30,800
Total 8J7.350
11 unsold coplas 8.SOS
Net total sales 897.843
Daily average 30,933
CHARLES Q ROSKWATER.
Oeneral Managur.
Subscribed in my presence and iwor.l
tu baforw- n this 1st - 'day Oetpbar.
1904 i , .,, it.' r rl - .
(Seal.) M. B. HUNQATE,
T.; Notary Public
i WHEJI OtT OF TO Wit.
Kikterlken lraTlagt th city tern
porarlty ahoald i haT The Be
mailed to taam. 'Jkddreaa will h
rhwaged aa aftaa a'a eaeatad.
Talk will soon start on the tele
phone, with no telling when It will
Our old friend. Jack Frost, Is here
again ton both feet, but comes too late
to do any damage.
Colonel Bryan Is said to have spoken
six times In Wichita which, however.
Is not Baying that he delivered yslx
speeches.
T':c -;
Thai .'alleged South American mani
festo Indicates that the democratic
party .'still has friends-where the na
. tlon 'has enemies.
Yellow fever has caused American
marl pee to retire from ? Clenfuegos;
but the American doctors may be de
' pended on to hold their position.
Cubans celebrating the anniversary
of the beginning of war for indepen
dence should , learn, that freedom
dearlr.' bought; fholdHot'vbe ; lightly
held.
Tho8 new nirachlnil tools just Is
sued to the marines, which combine
the qualities of shovel. picfc;and hpe
should be taken as an an object lesson
by Cubans.
If the report Is .true (hat the sultan
was shot by one of his' jealous wives,
not oven the harem can be longer ex
empt, from the ubiquitous press cor
respondent.
The announcement that Russia will
soon be fiTTctlvocompeUtlon" with the
United. States as a producer of wheat
need cause no fear until the bombs
cease ;to ;fly.
The naypr and council are to be
cjommended .for. joining ,The Bee and
its associates 'Jn the timely reward for
the arrest and conviction of The Rum
melhart murderer. . " ' . i '
That applicant for a license to prac
tice medicine In Minnesota who says
he will adtertise' if license la granted;
probably mean that lie intends to pay
for his advertising. ,''.' '
A glance at the New Spanish law of
religious' associations inclines ' one to
rejolcepn, the wisdom ot the founders
of our; republic, who separated church
and stte in the beginning.
!
a Tb4 prediction of the election ot the
democratic candidate tor governor of
Iowa, by only 80,000 majority shows
that ;the democratic), managers, recog
nise the hopelessness of their case.
t
Nat one can tell Governor Mickey
anything about his appointees on the
Omaha police board that he did not
know at the time he commissioned
them. His proposed inquisition may
be expected to entertain, but hardly to
enlighten. .
Standard OU attorneys who couteud
that the president of the company bus
uo power to bind the corporation
would be surprised If their plea should
be accepted in tha business world.
Bat their position may be taken only
for the purposes of the case at bar.
The; treacherous Williams should
save himself the trouble and expense
of traveling around Nebraska telling
people, what he would do If elected
railway commissioner. His poWtiqal
sell-out Of his constituents ba sent
his promises to discount, and his' rec
ord ot. official Incompetency prevents
his reinstatement fn public confidence.
vausisv sr it as nr..
It I papains strange that any demo
cratic mouthpiece should seriously
raise the pas Issue between Sheldon,
the republican candMate for governor,
and Shallenberger, the democratic can
didate for governor.
Mr. Sheldon
rraok with the
baa been perfectly
peoiile as to' hU pass
record and his poniilon on the q,u-
; tlon of free passes. He has publicly
declared that when ho first took hts ,
neat iii the state senate in 1903 the i
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railroad pass distributers Included rum
1" the dispensation of their favors, and
that he used A. Missouri Pacific annual
a tew times. He soon became con
i vlneed, however, of the Inherent vi-
ciousness of the practice and returned
the pass he then had, refusing from
that time to use the' passes proffered
eieeiea senator in ivva u iiui uui;
refused to accept railway favors, but
undertook to put an end to the whole
pass business by championing u com
prehensive anti-pass bill. He did this
before he was' mentioned as a candi
dal e for governor and without waiting
for anv nartv declaration uaalust the I
W nv Vri aeuaiauon ugaiust. toe
free pass. He furthermore nsaerts
. . emnnaf... tha, h- rode on
emphasis that be never rode on
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1 1
collected mileage from the treasury to
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reimburse him for traveling expenses
!
never paid out. j
Can Candidate Shallenberger match
this record? Can he truthfully say he
never lode on a pass between his home
and Washington and then collected
mileage from the government udder
false pretenses? Is It not a fact that
Shallenberger promised to pay his fare
and accept no pass If elected to con
gress, and then rode on passes and
collected his mileage? Is it not true
that Mr. Shallenberger became peni
tent and again espoused the cause of
free pass reform only when he set out
to become a candidate for governor
and foresaw the possibility of being
caught In .an embarrassing position?
When did Mr. Shallenberger ever in
troduce an anti-pass bill in congress?
No sincere free pass abolitionist
need hesitate a moment over choosing
betwee Sheldon and Shallenberger.
Sheldon's record squares with his pro
fession, while Shallenberger's shows
on ita .face that it. has been staged
solely for spectacular effect. If Shel
don is elected there will be no free
pass backsliding. If Shallenberger Is
elected his present promises could no
more be depended upon than those he
made to 'get votes when he ran for
congress and then repudiated as soon
as the election was over.
a sioyi'MKZT or gravt. j
Inspection of the bills causes sus
picion to spread that Pennsylvania's
new capitol, which was dedicated with
Imposing ceremonies the other day, is
a monument of graft rather than of
public enterprise. Its. total cost of
$18,000,000 contrasts startlingly with
the $6,847,000 expended on the con
gressional library building 'at Wash
ington, which is so superior to the
Pennsylvania structure that the latter
should certainly have cost less.
The Interior decorations alone at
Marrlsburg cost $8,000,000, or almost
twice, the total outlay for the magnifi
cent new Minnesota capitol, and"
nearly three tlmes that of -the new
Rhode Island apttol, of which amount
$5,000,000 went to one contractor
who. has defeated every 'effort to force
an itemised statement. The chande
liers, which are not superior to those
In some other public buildings, cost
ing a fraction as much, stand charged
to the state at $2,049,000, or within
no great distance of the amount for
which a creditable. If honestly built,
capitol celuld be provided for Ne
braska. These sample circumstances consist
perfectly with the central fact that
this,. Pennsylvania ..structure , was
erected by the "gang" or "machine"
which so long ran' the state govern
ment, not for the, state's good, but for
the machine's .profit. All of which
makes It clear to Pennsylvania now
when it Is too late that the' ground
should have been cleared for the foun
dation for Its capitol by first annihi
lating the. corrupt machine and not
waiting till the treasury had been
looted.
tBVK PASS QUIBBLING.
The quibbling construction of the new
national rate law as regards free
passes does not meet the practical
point and probably conflicts with Its
spirit and purpose Whether the law
forbids free transportation to con
gressmen between points in a state,
or between a point In one state and a
foreign, country, or between Washing
ton and any point n any .state,
whether it is possible for a keen law
yer to devise means whereby a mem
ber of congress with Jpo"-6neration of
the railroads may beat his way in
interstate trips all of which proposi
tions are seriously maintained the
fact remains that It was the spirit and
purpose of the rate law to forbid and
i abolish the free pass abuse so far as
I the national jurisdiction extends, es-
peclally as regards members ot con
gress and government officials and em
ployes. "
Any member of congress who should
conspire with the roads In the teeth
of the law to beat his way on a free
pass, no matter by what disguise or
trick, would ctrulnl do so at his
peril, and legal advice would only ag
gravate the often at?. An eveu severer
penalty would be meted out in the
higher court of original and undebuta
ble jurisdiction, . the court of public
opinion, in which technical evasion
and special pleading refinements can
now afford no protection in this class
of , cases.
Moreover,' hutevci loophole may
exist through lack of state free pais
i prohibitions la iu the way ot bclrjg
closed as fast as state legislation can
reach It. Attempts to construe the
national law through such loopholes
only emphasize, the need of prompt
action, for which there Is abundant '
public sentiment
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The free pass In the hand of pub
lie officers has come to offend public J
morals, whether the law forbids It or
not, and public officers, state or na-
tlonal, cannot plead Ignorance nor be
excused beeuuae most of the slates
have not yet conformed their statute
. . .
to the moral fact.
The decision to invite proposals for I
the completion of the Panama cnual
by private contract is one of the most
Important acts regarding that enter
prise, and is the result of protracted
and most careful consideration. It
had never been definitely resolved to
construct the canal directly by the
government, and from the first there
hnd been a strong party of competent
engineers, both in government employ
and in private life, that, favored the
contract system. Nevertheless it was
acknowlcdgv;d OIl Bn handg that a vast
,n,t , ... ,
nwunt of preliminary work, not onlj
Jn such 1))atte,.g l9 81inlu,.ion. police.
'tr hut mIhii nn Ihn runa itnulf wriiilrl
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have to be done by the government
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before it would be in position to let
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Ct IUIUIBV.I KKJ Vi . Ck 11 LCI V , 11 llll iiiriuiu
bhould be adopted.
The request for proposals has ob
viously been prepared with extreme
caution to protect the public interest
and forward construction. The condi
tions are framed to guard against any
but responsible bidders, and then to
secure honest and expeditious work
at the lowest competitive cost. For
while the contracting corporation will
have many advantages, as the chief en
gineer points out, which the govern
ment could not have as a constructor,
the government will yet retain efficient
control over important branches of the
enterprise, regulating sanitation, po
lice, hospital and labor conditions, in
specting ' materials and supplies and
auditing accounts.
It remains, of course, to see what
attitude contractors will take towards
the government's plan. The sheer
magnitude of the worn, its inherent
difficulties and especially the reserva
tion of such sweeping power of Con
trol and supervision to ue government
are elements which, perforce, .will en
ter into contractors' calculations. The
plan 'goes to the limit to foreordain
publicity of the whole transaction, bo
that not only will the country know,
as near as may be, what the work is
to cost and what it is costing at each
stage, but bidding contractors also
must beware in their undertakings.
Their bids are required to be made
in percentages on construction cost,
which is to be fixed by estimate of a
board of five engineers, a majority of
whom will represent the government,
and only two the contractors. The
bidders therefore muat" take their
chances at a fixed margin, percentage
ou such an estimate, which they can
not control, while the government can
absolutely compel contract compliance
by the contractor In quality of ma
terial and In results.
The question accordingly being now
before contractors and capitalists who
have two months in which to submit
proposals, the opening of bids Decern'
ber 12 will be awaited with universal
Interest. They cannot fall to throw
light on the prospects of the great
Isthmian enterprise, whatever action
the government may later take on
them. . t
While the democratic city council
prates about redeeming campaign
pledges by voting for the submission
of. a second telephone franchise. It Is
to be noted that this action was pro
cured only under whip and spur of the
lone republican member, without
whose vote the ordinance would not
have had the necessary majority to
pass. To a man up a tree it looks as
if Councilman Zlmman, a republican,
were alone responsible for the forced
redemption of democratic campaign
pledges. " . -.
The collection by the statu Insur
ance department of nearly $125,000 In
fees during the first eight months of
1906 makes an Impressive showing
and testifies to the Industry of the de
partment as a collection agency. At
the same time it must be remembered
that the insurance companies which
pay these fees pay little or nothing as
taxes to the local jurisdictions, so that
the burden on them Is by no meaus ex
cessive as compared to what they pay
In other states.
. Have you noticed how suddenly our
amiable democratic contemporary has
closod up on the noble judge running
for cpngress on the democratic ticket
In the Third Nebraska dlstric't, "whose
nrinciolea lead him to refuse tha nana"
"
The self-confessed request and accept-
ance of a pass for his wife and her
mother since his elevation to the bench
has destroyed the usefulness of this
democratic Idol as a. political object
lesaon.
The World-Herald pretends' to be tons were mined In 1S30 and 3.V1 Jfi.840
very much distressed for fear the elet- ton 1,1 ,w5' Wl-' lho manufacturing
, ... ... . Industries amounted to $:T6.755.4t4 In 1j0
lion of republican candidates to tkej,B, to u.mM,:si lu ,M, 81ld the veim,
legislature from this county might not of products increased from $t.oi9.u,ei4 to
add any votes to the Norrls Brown col
umn. It would not be half so dis
trebocd If the prospect of electing the
democratic legislative ticket carried
with It no assurance of delivering their
votes for senator to W. II. Thompson,
Oue of our democratic city council
men Is quottd as saying that the peo
ple here wilt- vote for anything that
may be submitted to them. The elec
tion of certain democrats to the coun
cil would tend Ut confirm that atscr-
tlou, but we billl luvu faith iu the
discriminating judgment of our fellow
rltliens when not blinded by false
Issues.
The removal of bridge companies
from Ohio because they refuse to op-
prate under the anti-trust law of that
"u' b valuable -tip" to
county supervisors in other states ,
rh.cn letting contracts.
A Lost Felt Want.
Brooklyn Kagle.
In uiir respect our railroads do need con- i
tiol. They need the sort of control that
M'lll tlnn rflr1nnta .-,(. ti .lnrinln.lv
1 fre on nt
Hlh Road to KeaHti.
Washington Star.
1'rt.f. Fi'iier of Yale says our physical
condition would Improve If we would tat
lens and chew more. He has probably
nottutd the sleek appearance of the men
who put In most of their time crowing the
r.
Jadlrlal "Aaarrh)."
Minneapolis Journal.
A Brooklyn court bus decided Unit uu
exprtss company is hound to hood thi-j class men In the civil service of the gov
Injunctlon "This side up; handle with ernment that will be all right. If he de
care" on packages. It Is this kind cf i cldes to roduco salaries established by the
nnarxhy In the courts which makos capital
hopeless of Justice.
Long Reach of (rred.
Pittsburg IHxpatch.
Wull street demands JO,000,iio more lroiu
Secretary ftltaw In about tho manner that
the ordinary man uses In obtaining a five
dollar accommodation from a friend. Those
companions to the horse-lecche1 daughters
In the suriptural proverb can be expaiuil
lo a quartet by th- addition of Wall
street's appetite for money to carry on
stock promotions.
Kant and Weil.
Th Forum.
The chief distinction betwaeu the gHiius
of the eastern civilisation and that of the
west lies Id this: With you the Individual
Is the hub of the universe even charily
begins at home with you; while with us
of the east It Is the whole, the state, not
tha individual, that we emphasise. An in
dividual is nothmg; the state, the wbole,
Is everything. We sacrifice thousands of
Individuals, wa sacrifice our children and
our wives upon the altar of national honor,
without hesitation, without regret.
Campalgs Aaalnat Yellow Jnek.
1'hiladelphla Press.
Tellow fever was suppressed and abol
ished In Havana during the American oc
cupation. Since the Americans with their
efficient sanitation left the Island yellow
fever baa tended to reappear. There ate
now five cases In Havana and several
suspected cases elsewhere. For this res
son the commercial interests of the Island,
the hotel keepers, transportation corn-
panles and others ' Interested In tourist )
travel and Inconvenienced by quarantine j
have welcomed the Americans back with
open arms. ' The present American control
may be very brief, but no doubt while it"
lasts the campaign against the yellow
fever mosquito- and yellow fever Itself
will be carried on ' as rigorously and
probably as successfully as It was during
the first occupation. '
TALL FIOI RES OP PKOGRKftS. '
Kloejaent Proof of American Fxpaa
alon and 'fireataeas.
New f rk Him.
... A pampblet containing1 nothing but troops
of figures In Its forty-two pages, and there
fore not Inviting at 'hlft Sight to any man
but a professional ttOce)untant, has been
Issued by the Departmeat of Commerce and
Labor, with Mi name- of .O. P. Austin,
Chief of the bureau mf statistics, upon its
cover. The serried -figures repel, and the
tltte.- "Statistical Reword of the Proamss
of the TTnlted etate.-" almost completes the
ront of Interest. Nevertheless, It Is a fas.
clnatlng publication -and kindles the Im
sarl nation wondf-rfully, for its dry figures
are eloquent of the expansion and great
ness of the United Ptates slnoe 1W, when
the record begins. HJstory can be. read be
tween their marshaled rows, and the mag
ical future of the country Is vividly sug
gested. One can dip In anywhere and find some
thing of Interest. We know by regarding
the ratio of Increase of population that the
United States will be 90.ono.AOft strong iu
imo. In the last census year (10"") tha
total was 7tt.Sn8.3CT, - and In 1906 It is esti
mated to be M.545.000. a growth of 79.238,517
since 1S00. In that year we find the mon;y
In circulation was l2S.5W.0O0, or $5 per cap
ita, and it Is now .T44.4S3.83n or tM.42 per
capita. Of course the public debt has ex
panded: It waa $S2,9T6,34.3S. and Is now
(19CO the Imposing sum of $4.43B,fi8S."9;
but the per capita is less, 111.41 as compered
with $15.83 In W0. We are more and more
a thrifty, potential people. In 1K0, when
tb. first record was made, the savings
bank deposits amounted to $1,138.5711, and
they were In 1905 the mighty sum of $3.493,.
077,357, the property Of no less than 7,i,j!P
depositors. ' '
Other things have.' of roure. risen In
proportion, for tha nation's bills have to be
settled. Tn 1SO0 the government was paying
out only $4,131 for pensions, and In 1306 ths
expenditure is $111,166,784. A large amount
In the aggregate must go into the savings
Banks. The trade- figures, lo turn to a
more engrossing subject, amaze by their
contrast In 1800 our exports of merchan
dise, reached the tidy. sum of $70,971,730 for
a new country, but by 1906 the sum has be
come colossal, being estimated for the year
at $1,743,864,600. Importations of food snd
live animals now amount to JX5.157.Mf;
they were $1,4S2.524 in 1820. Our bill for
Imported raw materials for manufacture
was $3,107,564 tn V&, and In 1W It will b
$415,&56,156, while manufactured articles
ready for consumption rose from JCM.527.ITS
to t3r457.043. All Imports were $i4,520.S4
In 1K00. and they will be $1,2& 563.M3 In 1006.
Agriculture In some respects has shown
the greatest expansion of all. There ar
no reliable figures before l"io0. when tho
number of farms was 1.449.07S: according
to the census of 1900 it had Increased to
S.7S9 S7. Tn 170 the first census of persons
engaged In agriculture was taken; the num
ber was 5,922,471. and In 1J. or In thirty
. I. I . f - .. ,, .90 1, ft T-1 .
v-lue of fBrni(! and farm ' proptrty r,w
from $3.967443,jW in UuO to $2u.5i4Ai,s3s in
-9,) In there were produced 155.5C6
bales of cotton, and in 1905 the quantity waa
13.5fiji3. The gold ptoduct rose from
$.'.43 la 1M0 to.$6.3J7.;00 In and silver
from f50,-0 in 1&5 to $:S5,95;:,197 In IMC Coal
outstripped them both tremendously. Onlv
$14.su,147.0f7. There were twenty-thro?
mil- of nOlroad In 130 und 217.260 in lisC.
In 140 there were !73 pat"ntk issued, ar.d
lant year 4-3.340. In liX only K.'JS5 immi
grants lundvd. aud since ltf6 the total has
b;en more than a million a year. There
i "T K --' P"!1" our public schools
in 131 mo luier ngures avuuuoiej aa conv
parod with .ti71,0 In 1870.
Tho greatness and . promise of tlieae I
United Stales an nowhere aet forth and
Indicated lth more splendor than In tha
arid looking figures of Mr. Austin's
pamphlet. If they counld 1m set to nuialo
Niagara would, be a mere wh injur com
nar it with Ihe vol J nil of sound urnduud
, b Hum.
bit or hahhiiotoi tirr..
Wlanr Sreara a ad lactdeate Sketched
a Ike aat.
Quite a number of Washington ieopl
who are not billed to snd the coming
winter In Cuba at government expense
have heroine Melted over the question,
"who will pay tin- bill the rnlted Plates
or Cubs?" The cost of the previous oc-
cupattnn fneb- 8m paid without nolo or
mortgage and the supposition Is that t!i
I generous old fellow will follow hU own
(example. But report has It that there Is
' llO.noo.COu In the Cuban treasury, the uis
J trlbutlon of which offers" unlimited op-
portunltPs for talent and Imported
patriotism. Washington correspondent, put
the cost of American occupation at IS,'
WO a day, with the chances of enlarge
ment numerous and tempting.
As governor of the Island Charles K.
Maa-oon will receive 13.000 a year, the same ,
compensation allowed President Palma. ;
General Wood almost equaled this sum. .
He received tl5.om as governor. In addition
to his pay of 17,500 and allowances as a .
ml Inf rnn.r.l nt vnlnnlMr. OjivAmnf
! Magoon will be able to approve or dlnp
! prove of anything that may Please or dis-
t please blm. If ll pleasvs him to pay out I
enormous sums for the services of hlgh-
Cuban cormreas that will also be sit right.
The mere fact that he orders It makes It
learal, because. In tlio lat analysis, he has
all the power and authority of a military
conqueror, curbed only by the general
lams.
Quartet-mauler General Humphrey Is now
paying out about tlo.mo a duy for trans
portation and the Incidentals attending the
chartering of ships. The transports thus
far constitute the chief part of the ex
pense, and are the only one that can be di
rectly charged to the account of interven
tion. But when the end if the fiscal year
comes It will be found that the army did
a large amount of traveling on land in
excess of what it usually doe. There will
be, a deficit In the Item of "transportation
of the army." Just how large that excess
will be can be merely guessed at now. It
Is likely to be fully Je per head for each
man In the Intervening army, or about
fiso.ono.
Every pound of hay, corn and oats con
sumed by the transport animals to be sent
to the Island, of which there will b about
5.500, will have to be transported there
j from this country, and the transportation
will be directly chargeable to the Cuban
expedition. The same Is true of all the fuel
that will be needed, because the experience,
of the army officers Is that they cannot de
pend upon the Cubans to furnish fuel, even
when, good prices are offered.
The United States National museum .at
Washington contemplates an exhibit which
will tell the story of the airship. It will
of necessity be a Ion story, though Its
early chapters may he Incomplete. The
Chinese are credited with having dirigible
ballopna long before they were known In
Europe, and one author has assertion that
Chinamen made. Journeys In such balloons
as early as 1306, A Jesuit monk Is credited
with the first balloon In Europe. This was
In 1B70. Eight years afterward a man
named Besnlrr made an aeroplane, with
which he made several successful flights.
From this It will be seen that not much
material progress has been made In the
years that have followed.
Recently a prominent member of the
Metropolitan c,lub at Washington drove
around to the first assistant secretary of
state's office in the afternoon to take Mr.
Bacon for a ride behind a spirited horse
he had Jiiat purchased. . The assistant sec
retary always uses an automobile when out
himself,, but he was "delighted" to go ftlth
his f rlnd. . They had not gone very Tar
when, the horro became exceedingly restive
and Mr. Bacon became nervous.
"Gently, Harry." said the assistant sec
retary, "don't Irritate him; always soothe
your horse, Harry. You'll do better with
out me. Iyct mo down, Harry."
Once on terra flrma, Mr. Bacon's views
underwent a remarkable change.
"Now, Harry, touch him up. Never let a
horse get thei better of you. Touch him
up; conquer him, don't spare him; and now
I'll leave you 'to manage him," energet
ically remarked the assistant secretary;
"I II walk back."
The death of "Colonel Ike" Hill, who for
mora than a quarter of a century has been
a familiar figure at Washington, where he
has continually hrld the office tf deputy
sergcant-at-arms of the house of repree n
tatlves, removes an Interesting character
from the life that centers about Capitol
Hill. 'Colonel" Hill removed lo Washing
ton from Ohio, whera he was born In 18:11.
during Grant's second administration. He
waa a bred-ln-tha-bone democrat, but his
popularity waa not of the political sort. His
appearance was striking. Ho was tall and
thin, with shrewd and twinkling eys. a
smooth upper lip and a ridiculous little
"goatee." His reddish hair, carefu ly
parted arid plastered down upon his head,
gave him the appearance of wearing a wig.
He was a great story tellor and one of the
best stories In his repertory waa an episode
of his early days In Ohio, where he had
been a municipal candidate for county
sheriff. It was hie only experience as a
political candidate, and the result of it was
ao discouraging; that ho had never run fof
office again. A new preacher had corns to
Newark, his home. "I was walking down
to the polls." Hill used to tell the story,
"and I came up with this stranger. He
said to me: 'Good sir. I am a newcomer
to your bustling town. I have always felt
It to bo my duty to Interest myslf In ths
political welfare of my community. I am
the new paKtor in charge of (naming the
church) and I am on my way to vole I
do not know the candidates, but I am told
there Is one person, Isaac Hill of name,
who Is a particularly lost, unrerenerate
and dearaded creature, a gambler, a drunk
ard, wicked In every sense, a stench In the
ncstrlls of all decent peonle, and In eviry
way unfitted to reneive the vote of honora
ble men. What do you know of this per-
"I didn't waste any words on my friend."
continued Colonel Hill, "but I turned
square around to him and said: 'Parson,
I'm that identical son of a pirate." except
that I didn't say pirate. But hnt nliht I
made up tfiy mind that It was' no use run
nlng for office wnen men like that parson
were allowed to vote."
Coat of Great Publlo Balldlaas.
Philadelphia Record,
the cost of the Capitol at Washington,
which covein four acres, was a little over
$13,'j0.0iw. Tha cost of the Congressional
Library, covorlng three und tint-half acres,
and undoubtedly the flnost structure In tha
country, wji'n all its ticiuilful adortrrents
(Including $5M.ncO paid for the site), waa
$0,03.M:&. Thi'M gnat buildings, paid for
out of the common puise. furnish a means
of comparison with our coatly state capitol,
which covers two and one-half acres of
sround, which was already owned, by the
state. But "comparisons are odorous." aa
Mrs. Malaprop oburved.
Opralua Jar tha Bl Slick.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Il is alleged that somebody has been put
ting poor material In soma of our ntw
warahlps. If this Is ao and the presdent
finds It out we predict that the wrongdoer
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TII'lIto THE PIXLMA PORTER.
Why the Company Dvea Not Pay a
Living: Wag.
Minniaro!ls Journal.
Did you tip that porter? If not you
ought to be ashsmed to travel flrt-claa
and not give a tip, for the porter needs
the money and the Pullman company can
not afford to pay him very much. There
fore, In ordtr that the company may not
have to ralao Its salaries and make up
the difference, you should fight the antl
tlpping advocate and show him the error
of his way. Just show him that the com
pany really cannot afford to pay the por
ters any more inomy. and that If he dots
not give a tip and they are compelled to
do It the stockholders will suffer. Read
him the following touching statement:
From August. 1KM, to August, !!'., stock
holders have received $7.30,OtiO In extra 20
per cent cash dividend, $36.t60,ouo In regu
lar dividends and $46,800,000 present market
value of $18,000,010 gift stock. Total. $87.
RfiO.000. Total per cent received In eight
years by stockholders, 243.5ft. In cash 11:.50
per cent. .In market value gift stock 130
per cent. Averapo per cent In stock l.i5.
Total average for eight years H. 13 per cent.
Then If he does not see the necessity for
handing out a larger tip give him up as a
bad case. Some men never can he con
vinced, and it is useli ss to ni gue wilh
them.
PEHOV4l OTE.
J. J. Hill says there is something better
than a vsst amount of money. nieaninK,
perhaps, an amount more vast.
Peter Couture, an obscure mill employe
and small shingle manufacturer, has gone
from Washington to Ottawa. Canada, to
claim one-third of a $:xi.00n.A0ti estate to be
divided among him and his two brothers.
The nurseryman who first saw the merits
of the climbing rose, "crimson - rambler,"
has just died In Englnnd. He has left a
monument for- esrly June dsys that can
scarcely be matched by any of the other
plant wtxarda and it Is spreading, to all, the
continents.
'Robert B. Irwin, it blind youth of Seat
tle, has gone east to complete his education
In Harvard university. His expenses are
being paid by the University club of Beat
tie. Toung Irwin won such remarkable
success In the 1'nlverslty of Washington
that the club readily' gave him the aid men
tioned. Here's another Illustration of an unpleas
ant side of human nature. A man dlad
In a hospital at Ansonla. Conn., apparently
without a relative or friend In tho world.
But when $'I.oro was found In- his ragged
clothing there was such a rush of claim
ants that the police- had to be called to
drive them away.
Dr. Zammenhof. Inventor of Esperanto,
was ao lionised at the recent Esperantlst
congress In Geneva, Swltserland, that he
was almost 'sorry he hid Invented tho
language. It was the first International
gathering of enthusiasts and waa attended
by 6flo representatives from fifteen nations.
Including many Americans. When the con.
gress broke up the men shook his hand
and the women Insisted upon kissing him.
Homer Davenport, the artist and cartoon
ist, has returned from Arabia and Turkey.
While In Turkey he ha.i an--tntervlew with
the sultan and drew a picture of him after
leaving the palace, which he hid In a bale
of hay to keep It from falling Into the
hands of Turkish spies. The sultan never
had a picture taken and the one in popu
lar use today la that of his brother, which
was taken thirty years ago. Davenport is
now employed an the New Tork Mail draw
ing pictures o'f bis former employer. W. R.
Hearst.
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1 "I suppose," said the curious old lady
I to the driver of the city sprinkling can.
! "that you only follow tills business for
I the monev there Is in It?"
I "Yes, madam." said tha driver of tb-
cart. "I frarkly confsas I am out for tha
dust." Baltimore American.
"Docs vimr husband ever complain be
I cause you don't bake pies and things Ilka
thone hln mother used to iiwitJ!
"No. She used to run a boanlinif houas
and he never brings up the subjei-t when
he csn help It." Chicago Kecord-UuiaisV
Plantagenet bad Just chosen tha
plnnt for his emblerri.
"It will make the cook acknotvlwtge ui
as her equal." he explained.
Herewith thev hastened to nmke obeis
ance to true royalty. New York Hun.
"Try the new pass:' hoarsely rrled thu
son of the state legislator as be faceit the
brawny lino from the HmiI university.
"The pass Isn't good." roared tho son
of the railway president as he hurled back
the advancing line, Cleveland Plain
Dealer. .
"I hear vour club is going 'to xUe sn en
tertainment. Do you think It will be a tn -cess'.'"
"Sure to be. We've art aliped It so tli.it
cverv member Is chairman of smile eon:
mlttee or other." Philadelphia Ledger...,.
"The opposition speakers say that
are buying support."
"Do. eh?" responded tbe ycllo eandl-
date. "Well. I ll hav .lo buy theirs, too.
Get figures on the lot, will you?" ,
Thus th molding or a grat stare'
destiny proceeded. Philadelphia Lcdaer.
"Dey say contentment is bettel-.dMu
riches," snid I'nrlo Bben; "hut I mils' oni
up fist I'd kind o'.iike lo try both n"
decide foh myself." Washington Ptar.
"O. my!" sighed Mr. - Sallow. "I Vit.li
I ruuld .discover, aome. way to get an ap-lw,J'-"
.Nonsense: exciaimeu nia wua. nni
do vnu want with sn appetite. It would
only Rive you more dyspepsia." Philadel
phia Press.
ftCTOBKR.
(Putnam's Monthly.)
Cense to csll him sad or sober.
Merriest of months. October! , .
Patron of. the bursUna; blna,, . u-, ,
KHvetier In wayside inns ,
I can nowhere find a trac
Of the penstve In his face;
There la mingled wit and folly, . .
But the madcap larks the grace
vf a thought rul melancholy.
(Spendthrift .of. th auason's gold. -
How he loves to lling about
Treasure flllched from summertime!
Never ruffling squire of old
Better loved a tavern bout
When Prlnco Hal was In his prime.
Doublet slashed with (told and green:
Cloak of crimson, changeful sheun,
Opulently opaline. '
Of ihe dews that gem his breast;
Frosty lace about his throat:
Scarlet plumes that (lit and float
Backward in a gay unrest
Where's another gallant dressed
With such tricksy gayely, 1
Such unlesaoned vanltyT
With his amber afternoons
And his pendant poets' moons
With his twlllgtits dashed with rose
From the red-lipped afterglows
With his vocal air" at dawn
Breathing hints ofHelleon
With thu winding of the horn
Where his huntsmen meet the morn
Bacchanalian bees that sip
Where his elder presses drip
With his every piping breeie
Shaking from familiar trees
Apples of liesperldes
With the chuckle, chirn and trill
Of his Jolly brooks that spill
Mirth In tangled madrigals
Down pebble-dappled waterfalls;
Brooks that laugh and make escape
Through wild arbors where thi Brnp.
Purples with a promise of
Racy vintage rare as love
With his merry wanton sir.
Mirth and anlty and folly ,
Whv should he be made to bem
Burden of some melancholy
Fong that swoons and sinks, with cr!T
t
O cease to sing him sad or sober
He's a Jolly dog. October!
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