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T1IE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 22. lOOfi. Tim Omaha Daily Rlev POUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATK.R. VICTOR ROSE WATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha posloBW: a second class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Beo (without Sunjavt, one year. Dajly Bee' and Sunday, one year '" Sunday Bee, one year 2 60 Saturday Bee. one year l'M , DELIERED BT CARRIER. I "ally Bo (Including Sunday), per week.. lie Dally Bee (without Sunday), per week. ..NX: livening Bee (without Sunaayi, per week 6c Uvenlng Bee (with Sunday;, per week...rc Sunday Bee. per copy c Addreas complaints of irreguisrlttee in de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee building. joutli Omaha City Hall building. Council Bluer 10 Pearl atreet. Chicago 16 Unity building. New Tork ISO Home Life Ins. building. Washington-toi Fourteenth atreet. CORRESFOXDENCE Communications relating to news and ten torial matter ahould be addressed' oiv.ah Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit .by draft, express or postal onltr payable to The Bee Publishing company. Only Z-cent stamps received as payment of mail accounts, personal check, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BILK PI.BLISHINIJ COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas f'ounty. is: Charles C. Roaewater, general manager of The Be Publlahlng company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full nd complete, copies of Tn Daily. Morning, Everlng and Sunday Pee printed during the month of September, 1J, wa as fol. lows: 1..... 34,430 .1..... 30,360 1 31,080 1 17 II 1 20 . :i 21 it 14 it ti 21 2 I ....30,880 ....30,370 . . . .30,730 ....30,480 . ...30,140 ....80,470 30,380 ....30,340 ....30,430 3000 30,600 .... 30,800 It 11 11 It 16.'!.'.'!! Total 337,360 ..... .608 Less unsold copies... Net total sales M7.843 Dally average 30,928 CHARLES C. ROSKWATEIl, General Manager. Subscribed In my presence and swor.l to before me this 1st day of October. 1(0. (Seal.) M. B. HUNG ATE, , Notary Public WHE1 OCT OF TOWS. Rabxrlbera learlmg the city tem porarily ehoald have The Be mailed to thorn. Address will be Before criticising American race rlota those Scotch editor should read again the history of the Macdonalds of Glencoe. In place of wasting time trying to perfect a dirigible naval mine, France might try first to invent a submarine boat which will return to the furface. Now that the Pennsylvania cam paign has reached the libel suit stage, "reformer" will find It to their ad vantage to be exact rather than exuber ant; In approving "irregulars" in Colo rado, Colonel Bryan "!" establishing a precedent which may cause' trouble for him If Mf. Hearst's plans carry In New York. If Premier Siolypin can disfranchise a few more Russians the next Duma may be to his liking, provided revolu tionary .sentiment doesn't travel faster than the czar's ukase. The new pure food and drug regu lation may be the occasion of a new form of Insurance one guaranteeing the purity of muterials in the hands of retailers to save damage suits. Omaha's bank clearings continue to show up well In the weekly compara tive exhibit. Every index to business condition indicates that our commer cial Institutions are forging steadily ahead. I'te Indians are said to be In an ugly mood In Wyoming, but a Uncle Sam' military officer are diplomatic as well aa warlike, a battle need not be ex pected until patience ceases to be a virtue. President Dia may decide that it is, after all, cheaper to have a free elec tion than m revolution in Mexico, but he will find It difficult to pick a man who can "hold down the lid" as well is he ha done. Perhaps M. Clemenceaua activity in finding sinecures wa what pointed aim out a the proper man for pre mier; but It France I to strike tax eater along the whole line the new chief will find little opportunity to develop a foreign policy. The Interstate Commerce commis sion promise to honor Omaha with It presence for an investigation of the relations of the railroads and th grain men in this section. Here Is a chance for Tom Worrall to resurrect himself and tell how much be got for dropping his suits against the Grain Trust. Candidate Shallenberger think we have enough laws now on the statute book to cover all the popular de mand a to abolition of passe, regu lation of freight rates and compulsion of railroad to pay their taxes. This I where Candidate Shallenberger and the railroad bosses are of one and the same opinion. It 1 to be hoped the promise of a night train out of Omaha on the Union Pacific will materialize soon. Omaha used to have uch a train, but It wa abandoned some two year ago without any Justification or excuse except that the railroad thought it could transfer the business to other Iralua and save a little money. The restoration of this train woyld he a great Improvement lo Omaha' train fraxvUo aud cauiiot tome too soou. .30,670 .30,560 .30,710 .30,860 .30.860 .30,660 .31,140 .30,410 .30.710 .30,690 .30,840 .38160 4,670 .36,600 .30,600 Tat .vo.er wtiahik. The advance of the Bunk of Kng land'a discount rate to 6 per Cent seems to be explainable on ordinary ground of British conservatism and business prudence. Nothing has tran spired to corroborate sensational rumors from London, hinting at prob able failure of big financial concerns as the cause of the advanced rate, while there are irong assurances that no such peril Impends. Under our treasury facilitating operations in April at the time of the San Francisco disaster and since early In September on account of crop move ment, a total of over $80,000,000 In gold has been drawn from the Euro pean hoards. The $40,000,000 Im ported during the last month has come fnalnly from London or from sources in South Africa and Australia, upon which London depends for sup ply. The exemption from interest on gold In transit, which is the practical effect of our treasury facilitation, gives the New York International ' banks great advantage In importing opera tions, and under the strong demands for currency continued drain was cer tain, unions the discount check were applied, upon Bank of England gold holdings already depleted on Amer ican account. The I'nlted States is only one among many countries which resort to Lon don for financing crops and other needs. The simple fact Is that heavy drafts of this character are being made or are In prospect, in addition to those from New York British Industry and credit, too, have been greatly ex panded, and a point had been reached in the lowering of Bank of England reserves, which, of course, are sub stantially gold, at which 1t seemed wise to call a halt. In short, we may assume that a stop has been put for the time to expan sion of our currency by gold imports, for the Bank of England discount rate, if 6 per cent should prove insufficient, could and would be advanced to 7 per ft-it or even higher. To meet any presituve for currency here and It is sure tc continue for weeks- we still have at least $30,000,000 to $40,000, 000 of treasury surplus available for deposit with the banks, although It Is safe to say that the cash will not be ordered out until the need grows more obvious and urgent. . Even If that were exhausted, the treasury has other resources for relief. Only about two months remain before the return current from crop realization will be gin to heap up in New York reserves, so that the strain, though it may be come severe, can hardly be long felt. ESSF.ME OF Tit Alt F. tOSfiHINACY. The attorney general of Ohio in dis cussing the verdict against the Stand ard Oil company, particularly dis claims any desire to oust the company from doing business in the state or driving out its capital, business enter prise and industrial genius, imt main tains as the -paramount point that the company, so long as it does business", shall conform in It organization to the laws and respect the public policy of the state. Manifestly when the Standard Oil concern or any other cor poration or person does that, it is all that can be expected or required. It wan made clear in the progress of the trial, however, that the Stand ard Oil has been operating under the guise of six or eight separate corpora tions, some organized under the laws of Ohio, others under the laws of other states and one, at least, under the law of a foreign nation. All these were pretending to be independent in terest, but, In fact, only mask and device by which one monopolizing in terest seeks under guise of law to nullify the fundamental purpose of all law, which is equal rights for all. Therein, in short, consists the con spiracy against trade conducted through decoy and fictitious companies which are owned and controlled by the Standard Oil company for the very purpose of evading legal obliga tions. It does not make a conspiracy against trade less harmful because it prostitutes the forms of law to its purpose to destroy competition and establish mopopoly by unfair methods. To break down such conspiracies and reduce corporations to equal submis sion to public authority i the over shadowing Issue now being hopefully tried out In nearly every state in our union. A VLAiE FOIl IVPROVEX ES T. The Bee want to let it be known in advance that irrespective whether the next county attorney is a repub lican or a democrat, it will advocate and urge a radical change in the ap pointment of hi deputies. The law governing the office of the county attorney provide for four deputies in Douglas county, but leave to the judges of the district court the fixing of their salaries under a limitation of $1,500 as a maximum. The practice ha been for the county attorney to name four deputies, each of whom has been given the same uni form compensation at the rate of $1,200 year, making the total tx ptvise for deputy attorneys $4,800 a year. Under such conditions the won der only I that the county attorney bould be able to secure a good legal talent for his deputyship a he has had. We do not find anything tn the law to prevent the district judges from grading the salaries of the deputies of the county attorney' office, giving the maximum 'salary of $1,500 a year to one or two of them, while cuttting down th compensation of the other to $100 or $900, which would be ample for young lawyer who are de tailed to police court case and who take the work chit-fly for the experience nd practice It gives them. With two strong deputies for Important rases and two others for lea important de tails, the work of this important of fice could be made still more effective, whereas now the uniform salaries for all four deputies Is a handicap rather than a help. This Is a matter of business and not of politics, and for this reason it Is presented at this time, rather than de ferred until after election. I'CHLic urisiox o.v TRAyspontATioy OFFKSSES. The comment of the attorney for the New York Central railroad on the verdict of guilty duly returned against the company and It chief freight officer, "You can't defend rebate case in the present state of public opinion," Is full of significance from the point of view of public interest. In this case the proof was conclusive that the road. In direct violation of law, had entered into a secret rebate contract with jobbers at Detroit and the Sugar trust to transport sugar from New York at a rate 5 cents per 100 pounds lower than the published tariff, un justly discriminating to that extent against and robbing other shipper, and that In pursuance of that contract the road had actually refunded $16, 000 to the favored shippers. The vio lations thus absolutely demonstrated before the jury, In fact, left no legiti mate defense and no alternative under the law but the verdict of guilty. The country is above all things to be congratulated that a state of public opinion exists wherein successful de fense raised by technicalities and hair splitting distinction in the court in such rebate cases, the fact of guilt be ing clearly established, is impossible. The vicious and demoralizing results of transportation discriminations, undermining the very foundations of legitimate business to the advantage' of lawless monopoly, are patent to all. The best railroad men do hot palliate the practice, from the standpoint of tiansportation interest any more than from that of the general business com munity. But the vital point is that the odious practice is now forbidden by the law of the land, as, indeed, it has been forbidden for a generation in this country, and for centuries by the com mon law before railroads were known as common carriers and public opinion is now educated to insistence on full compliance with the law. It has required a long time and an arduous struggle both to adapt the statutes to the changed conditions of transportation by rail operated by gigantic corporations and to secure a public sentiment strong enough to force them to obey. In the midst of public and official indifference It was too long true that violations could be and were successfully . defended and manipulated In the slow process of the courts. It the legal adviser of the roads are now face to face with the fact that this can no longer be done, it is to be welcomed as a sign of nealthy awakening among those who had come to Imagine that railroad were above and beyond all law. Whether the treacherous .Williams was or was not a candidate for rail road commissioner before he went to the slate convention would not be ma terial except as it forms a part of the indictment against him as a traitor to his constituents. . Every man has a right to aspire to public office in an honorable way, but no one has a right to betray a trust committed to his keeping in consideration of a nomination for himself. .If Williams wanted to be a railroad commissioner he could in all probability have se cured the endorsement of hi own county at the a ann - time that It had instructed him aad hi associate to cast their votes fof Edward Rose water for senator and for George L. Sheldon for governor. But he did nothing of the kind. On the con trary, he entered Into a deal, prob ably before he went to Lincoln, to violate his instructions In considera tion of promises of support for him self for a place on the ticket and then led about it afterwards. No man of such loose political morals . should b j placed in a position of trust where he can betray the people again. Vote for Horst for railway commissioner in place of William. Plana have been perfected for Wil liam J. Bryan to conclude hi cam paign speaking this year with the customary rear platform tour of Ne braska. We feel safe in announcing that on this occasion the train will bo equipped once more with the spe cial correspondent whose fervid imagination will fill the prairies with multitudes, whether they are there or not, aud tell how Col. Bryan's convincing arguments are converting thousands of republican to the demo cratic ticket which the election re turns Vlll later fail to verify. Col. Bryan will wind up his appeal by declaring himself satisfied that demo cratic victory Is in the air, and when the republican majorities roll up he will express his keen disappointment just as be has In previous years when other battles were fought and lost. United States District Attorney Dyer, at St. Louis offer to resign because of the suspension of hi son pending Investigation of a shortage In the United States subtreasury. "Pat" Dyer was always unique and this last evidence of hi peculiar trend of thought must surprise officials who yield to the temptation to use their authority ,to protect their friends and punish their enemies. Candidate Hltchcock'8 paper Is not saying much about the alleged Coal trust since it developed that the coal dealer were operating under an agreement O. K'd by the democratic county attorney, Mr. English, who I seeking re-election, and by a repre sentative of Mr. Hitchcock' World Herald. If the coal dealer have been violating the law against Illegal com bined, the eminent democrats who O. K'd the scheme must occupy the posi tion of partlceps crlmlnis. Charge of bad faith between Pres ident Fish of the Illinois Central and President Harrlman of the Union Pa cific concern chiefly the parties per sonally Involved In the Issue, but the people of Omaha are Interested In the continuance of a progressive man agement for each of those roads, be cause each of them have terminal In thla city and constitute large spokes In the railroad wheel that centers at this point. Omaha's Interest I to see both roads developed to the fullest extent without fighting or combining, but as free agents in the general com petition for traffic. Wbeie Whe In I. Cf Chicago News. Nobody seems to know whether Harrl man la to be the bos of the Illinois Cen tral or whether lie will have to wipe his feet carefully before Stepping on Its right of -way. Progressive Work of Wonfi'i L'labs. Kansas City Times. Mr. Sarah Piatt Decker, president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, said in an address the other day: "Each club should work for a single piece of beautiful public art tn Its community.' What an excellent suggestion. It was occasioned by a discussion of the useless purposes to which so many women's clubs are devoted. Mrs. Decker said she knew of a western town in which there are nine Shakespeare clubs. "And it Is the worst town on the face of the earth." she declared. "I vis ited ono of the clubs one afternoon when they disposed of six of Shakespeare's plays. Do you suppose those miserable clubs ever read Dante's description of them In the "Inferno?" PERSONAL OTK. Another result of Mr. Root's trip. The president of Uruguay and the president of the United States hava swapped photo graphs. The manager of an Ontario bank explains since the failure that he did not speculate with the funds, but Invested them. While this sounds better, there Is no reason why it should shorten the sentence. The executive committee of the Massa chusetts Institute nf Technology announces that Dr. Andrew Fleming West of Prince ton university had been Invited to acctpt the presidency of the Institute as the suc cessor of Dr. Henry S. Prlchett. Registration returns In Philadelphia un der the new law show an astonishing fall ing oft in the graveyard vote. Over ftj.oiO names were dropped, owing Vu the difficul ties of getting the right ticket into the box. Victor Hugo had a very exalted opinion of his own Importance, Walking with a friend one day, he abruptly iiskoil: "Can you Imagine what I would say to the Creator should I meet him?" "Yes," tc plied his friend. "You would say 'My dear confrere;' " , . Thomas W. Uwaon, since the death of his wife, in no longer interested in count! y life, and will give up mock breeding. His Dreumwold stock farm, which Is said to have cost M.UW.UM. is to lie denuded of its I500,00u worth of thoroughbred horses and cattle. The great staff of employes at the farm have been dismissed. The real fashionable, bracelet fur femi nine arms thla season is "a gold serpent with ruby eyes. Jaws distended and fangs apparently ready for business." This safe guard may serve In some cases, but if the right young man is around and the lights are low the fangs may tickle the back of his collar, and be hanged. Even should the democrats control Mon tana's legislature next session William A. Clark will not. It la said, seek re-election to the United States senate. Should the party named 'lave a majority it is probable that Governor Joseph Toole will be chosen. Senator Clark's determination to rtUs? from official life Is Irrevocable. It is ba.-od upon strictly private business matter. William A. Bradford, Jr., who will short ly be made president of the Wisconsin Cen tral railroad, is a direct descendant of William Bradford, who came over in the Mayflower and was the first governor of Massachusetts. While still a boy Mr. Brad ford began his career In the railroad busi ness in Boston, starting at the very bot tom step and gradually working upward. Police Judge Whelan of Cleveland enter taina the old-fashioned notion that pedes trians have rights which even automobii Ists must respect. A young blood of the town brought up for reckless driving in cidentally remarked that he almost ran down several persons ' because they were too slow In getting out of the way. His honor replied sharply: "Your rights me only secondary to those of the pedestrian. He haa right of way at all times nnd you must be careful to stop and let him pass." DEATH OF A GREAT FARM Kit. Tribute to the Man Who Farmed Ilia Farms to Farmers. Kansas City mar. The death of William Bkuily closes the career ot ri-roa rk.me man. iio uvvnea mm western farms, and by the application of rigid buslneas methooa to their man ag'inent accumulated a vast amount, ot money, ilia tenantry also profited lurgely. HI mode of lite and the maxims that made for his success precluded fahure. A man interested ta aomrtning eise mora than (arming could nut obtain a lease from Scully. He could not hold the lea so if ha got urunk or if ha refused to pay hla debts. If ha -tailed to make a reasonable pront for hlmstlf as well as for Scully h lost nis opportunity. A multimillionaire, Scully was a modest man, of aimpl tastea. He dressed plainly in dark, clothe and did not drink or use tobacco. He devoted his whole time to his lands and hi books, and the most of these were work on agriculture. He allowed no detail of hla business to escape bim, al ways seolng that a new generation of sci entific farmers ahould be on hand to take th places of the men who worktd for him when they dropped out. He put young men on his farms and then sent them to coU lege at his expense. He aaid that farming would always b profitable. Ha reasoned that the country ran never do without th farm; therefor th farmer can alway make money If he has th Industry and hard sens necessary to making money In anything. At on time there wa much feeling against him In th west because, it wa believed he wa about to Introduee tha tenantry method of Ireland, but th operation of Ma farm refuted this and th rrltlatm died away. Such career a Mr. Scully' demonstrate that those who have the will to unceas ingly devot their energies to a single pur pose usually sucrted In till world. He may hav boen a atreet taskmaster, but it wa for the good of hi tenant aa well as his own financial gain. A simple life, ab stemious, with application and a will to do things ar greatly to be prised. They lead aluiia au botwrsbl gnd satisfactory path. MDRttKl FRF.4 COIUKIT, Central Hty Nonpareil: Joe Hartley an nounces that he cannot support Norrls Brown, and the fusion Tress halls his sup port of their candidate with glad acclaim. Bsrtley feels perfectly at home wlt.h the railroad gang that Is directing the demo cratic campaignn. Kearney Huh: John A. Crelghton, st three and a half score, makes another "ft of 4nn.ono to endow the Crelghton institu tions In Omaha on which he has already expended a mund tl.nnnflnti. The quality of John A. Crelghton's munificent phitsn thropy. like Ood's mercy. Is not restrained. Hastings Tribune: Shallenberger Is fighting Sheldon because the latter once rode on a pass. Everybody knows what Shsllenberger's pass record I. Therefore Is It almost useless to mention It. But, by the way. If Shallenberger Is such a deadly enemy to the railroads how docs It happen that the railroads nre not tear ing their shirt trying to defeat him? Emerson Enterprise: The Oniahit ilee says the republican legislative candidates from Douglas county are In honor hound, If elected, to vote for Norrls Brown for United States senator. Republicans will be pleased at the position taken by The Bee. it Is strictly correct. When an Omaha man gets the nomination the republicans of the state should give him the same united support. Haye Center Tlmes-Trlhune: llnw are you going to vote on the proposed consti tutional amendment? There Is no sensible reason for opposing It, and we think you will agree with tis after Investigating the proposed amendment. A copy Is published in this newspaper for that purpose and we urge our readers to give It careful con sideration. Both political parties ratified It at their state conventions, and straight vote for either the principal parties Is a vote for It. Nebraska will have a railway commisaion after the election. Valentine Republican: The republicans of this state are somewhat handicapped In the present campaign by several unfor tunate nomination. One of our candidates for railroad commissioner has a record that needs too much explaining: our can didate for congress in the First district grabbed a bunch of salary that didn't be long to him and he hasn't put It bark; and our candidate in the Fourth congres sional district is accused of sending an automobile from Washington to his home on an express company frank, that Is, :t free pass. The mass of republicans will not stand for such grafting as is alleged In these rases, and a good deal of Inde pendent voting will be caused by It. Rutte Gaiette: Referring to a recent editorial In The Bee, the position taken by that paper In regard to the acceptance of the nomination of Norrls Brown Is cer tainly commendable. Under the past and present circumstances it must tuke u good deal of stamina to support the man who was the rival of the late editor of The Bee, but surely this shows the proper spirit, policy and politics. Norrls Brown was the choice of the republican party In convention, and In voting for hun you sanction that choice. If the work now In progress relating to trusts, railroads, pure food, the building of the canal and much more already started by Roosevelt Is to be completed, it can only bo done by n republican legislature. See to It that Ne braska sends to Washington Its full quota, two republican senators and in this way help hold up the hands of Roosevelt. PI Bl.lt" I.AM ( RISAI)K. Deteriuloatlon of the Cover a men t to Suppress I.aad-Grabfcera. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. If anybody Is pusxled over the appar ently well-sustained popularity of President Roosevelt he may find some explanation possibly In the way the president reveals himself as through the steps about to be taken . to prevent! a further diversion 6f public coal and mineral lands to private possession regardless of their value. This will be In the nature of an executive sus pension of the operations of the federal land laws, but the president has been learning something of the wrong and in justice resulting, and doubtless considers that an emergency exists as a consequence of recent revelations which will warrant him in tuklng such a course. And that people generally will approve is hardly lo be questioned. Not, only will the president proclaim the withdrawal of public coal lands from fur ther entry, we are told In Washington re ports, but steps are to be taken to recover large areas of coal lands which have al ready been patented f corporations and private Interests through alleged fraua mm evasion of the land laws. It is said that in the Rocky mountain states there are luo.oto squnre miles of coal lands, two thlrds of which have been patented to private parties, the other third still re maining In the hands of the government. But it ts beginning to appear that much of the lands obtained by corporations was acquired through evasion of the laws. Interstate Commerce Commissioner Prouty has been making an Investiga tion of the doings of certain railroads and railroads offlrlals In that region, and his report will be the basis of suit to recover lands now in. private possession. It hss been made apparent that Union raclfic officials and the company Itself employed dummies tn enter upon and ob- atn government coal lands and that the power of the road over ratea was used to make these mines valuable and de atroy the value of others. The relations of the Denver Rio Grande and Kanta Fe railroads and of the Colorado Fuel & Iron company to thla looting of the public domain will not bear close Investi gation, it Is asserted. New scandals af fecting the administration of the public land law are likely to be developed ex ceeding In gravity those which have been revealed In the prosecutions of the In terior department under Secretary Hitch cock. The American people are becoming very much alive to the aggressions of corporate privilege. They are also waking up to the Iniquity of permitting limited and Invaluable store of nature to pas Into private hand regardleaa of their valu or the condition upon which they are to be exploited for private profit. There are aald to be those among the older states men at Washington who shake their heads over the president's intended cours regarding the public land, 'and say It suggest and help a policy of public ownership. But the president better un derstand th temper of the people and I more keen to appreciate th Injustice In volved. Radical action of the sort h contemplate 1 better than revolution. JomplasT Party Feare. Washington Post. The Milwaukee democratic convention opened with cheers for Bryan and La Fol lette. .To follow the precedent of recent democratic conventions In th west. It should adjourn with an indorsement of Roosevelt. Rivalry tha hooa. Minneapolia Journal. Imagine the alarm of Richmond P. Hob son when he learned that Great Britain has built two Dreadnaughts dlsgulsod aa cruisers. He will Insist on our building seven Topnotcher disguised as ferryboats. Modlfyla Um4 Oplaloa. Baltimore American. The country In general haa a fairly good opinion about Nebraska, but It Is shocked to learn thst a gtrl whose first name Is "Mm" Is running for office of county at torney lu out vf th Nebraska counties. i rh mr. "Oil Orlgla mt the (raft Recalled by the Freneh DUnater. The disaster which befell the French Sub- : marine boat tutln. with Its crew of fifteen Men. Is a fate eonstsntlr hovering ovrr j this class of naval craft. An accident which would be trivial to ordinary sea going rrft may send th submarine to the bottom In an Instant, giving the crew little If any chance for life. This ever present danger Is w-ell understood and every precaution Is taken to guard against It. Tet with every precaution taken five of the submarine have been engulfed tn European waters and nearly ion lives lost. The Idea of submarine boats wss evolved by Jules Verne In his book "Twenty Thou sand Tieagues Under the Sea." and was given practical application by John P. Hol land, nn Irish-American of Connecticut vintare. Holland was an Irish school tnaster, who was mixed up In the short Ive Fenian uprising of IWT. and niansged to escape to this country. Settling at Fair haven. Conn., he began experiments about 170 which convinced him of the feasibility of a submarine ram which would destroy the British navy. Hut Holland had no money to build the boat, after he hnd satisfied himself and a smsll coterie of confidential ftlends that hi scheme would work. He turned to the Clan-nn-Geei. It i was high noon In the day of this order. It treasury was full and It could draw for thousands more on happy Irishmen all over America, boastful and proud of the suc cess of "the cruise of th Catalpa," the New Bedford shin bought by the society and commanded by Captain Anthony still allv In the Whaling City which sslled from New Haven to the English penal set. tlement In Auslrr-lln and took away suc cessfully six Fenian prisoners who hsd been for years confined there for political of fences. The principal Clnn-na-Gnel leaders In this enterprise were the late James Re; nolds of New Haven and John Dovoy of New York City. Holland came to Reynold, who was flushed with the success of his scheme and with the. praise showered upon him, and told him that It was time to strike a decisive blow at England. Reynolds pledged financial support and the ram wa begun. The construction of two boats of different Sixes was undertaken In an unfrequented cove near New ork City. Morey was advanced by the Clan-na-Gnel ea often as It Was needed. The boats were finished In a year. Th tests Kn results far from ideal, but still en couraging. The hopes of the Irish revolu tionists ran high. Holland was paid all the money due him for the construction of the boats, and Captain Reynolds took charge of them, formally enrolling them In the. service of the Clan-ns-Gael. His hopes were doomed. The attempt met the sameM complete failure which befell every pie vious Irish plot against the British empire. The smaller of the craft sank near White stone on Its way from New York up Iyng Island Sound to New Haven. The larger of the two arrived In safety and whs moored secretly at the dead of night in a boat house nesr Captain Reynolds' foun dry on Mill river. It soon became evident to een the most hopeful that the boat could rever stand a voyage across the Atlantic, to say nothing of a btush with a British man-of-war. Nothing seemed possible except to keep the bout at its moorings for the present. Uraditully the news of the building of the craft and Its presence In New Haven spread and crowds flocked to the shed where It lay. Captain Reynolds at last gave a reluctant corsent to allow the public to look the Iniat over. It was taken aa a huge Joke from the start, much to the disgust of the Fen ians. The usual muddle In Irish revolution ary attempts occurred at this Juncture in the history of the Holland ram. A break occurred between Dr. Dennis Howling Mulcahv of Kew Jrv mnA tha ,.r. ... I authority of the Irish revolutionary Drotnernood. Dr. Mulcaby had been a Fenian In Ireland and had been Imprisoned for taking part in th Fenian rebellion of 1S6T. He came later to America, and after ten years was detailed to take home to Ireland the remains of Colonel John O'Mahoney for burial. Mulcaby. before re turning to America, went to France and other Kuropean countries to visit hospitals and medical schools In pursuance of pro fessional work. When he returned lo America he presented a bill for services which staggered the Clan-na-Gae! central authorities. They refused to pay the ex penses Incurred In visiting medical schools, and Muhahy brought stilt against the order. j he only iar.glbl thing he could find was the Fenian ram, which he attached. The boat wa then hauled out upon the mud Mats and incased In a shed, where it deeaye-d with the hope of the revolutionary patriots whose money built It. Holland ha clung to Ms Ideas. Whan he gave up hope that he might bo able to use It to free hi native land he grasped the Idea that some maritime na tion, preferably the I'nlted States, would adopt It as an arm of naval offense and defense. Ther was really no loud call for such a boat till th Spanish war, when after many more experiments, failures and varying aucresses, he turned out th first of tha present submarine boats. Holland's offer to th American government was for a considerable time In the balance. The money for th experi mental boata and the present craft had been secured by the formation of a stock company. And gradually th sentiment which had prompted the building of th Holland ram had given place to the com mercial idea of the last boat. Th com pany sold it foreign right to the Maxim. Vlcker company, which ha built five of th boat for th British navy. Ac cordingly, the very government Holland ought to destroy became on of tha first to profit by his Invention. Jim Bladsoo Over Asala. Chicago Chronicle. Up to th present time It haa been sup posed that the calling Of a locomotive engi neer demanded th greatest pluck and fur nished tha best opportunities for. heroic display, but the locomotive engineer will hereafter have to share the danger and tha glory with the chauffeur. Nothing finer ever occurred on the rail than th conduct of Doula Ueber In th Ramapo hills, when he turned over hla runaway machine on top of himself and killed himself rather than collide with another macbln In which ther were two women. It wa Jim Bludsoe over again. HI Tim to Uask. Cleveland Leader. That American consul general whoe transfer from Havana to another post waa caused by a private letter in which h de clared that tha Cubans were incapable of governing themselves, probably Indulges p an occasional chuckle thao days. Demaaa for the Lid Holder. Cincinnati Enculrer. It ha bean uggetd that th neighborly thing on th part of th United Bute would ho to lend Secretary Tart to Russia for a while. No tailing, though, what sort of a hopeless scrap our country might get Into during his absence. Helofal fa Seelaa- Talags. . St. Loula Republic. Surgeons employed by railroad Join In recommending th use of apectaelaa by trainmen. Th recommendation might also apply to owners and managers of rail roads. s -j I- ; 'railroad nrvict.orET. Rfforta of Manager to Improve Aart- . roltare Along Their Lines. I Nesr York Financial Chronicle. J Railroads labor to-Increase development as well as to reduca transportation i.wts. ( We hive sevcrsl times referred to th work of some of them In furthering goou roads and running: agricultural lecturn tialns, thus bringing the agricultural col lege to the fsrmer. and thla work Is still progressing. The Illinois Central will now operste a "farmers' eperlsl" In the south, starting October S from Hernando, near the northern line of Mississippi, snd ending In ten days st Memphis. Utopa will be made at nearly W0 ststlons. the town halls i being used In the larger places and th trsln In the smaller, the speakers, of courH being the ablest, since the sole object l V practical results. Another development along the ssine l.ns of work Is being done In other llelds. it in Ik hi he railed teaching sarlculttire by mall. The suggestion comes from the Bur lington road's Industrial commissioner and has grown out r the lectin e train. The plan Is to have the agricultural department of the state universities arrsrge for "a four yenis' correspondence course, each year inking up Ita special phase of agricultural work, the correspondence to be based on text books supplemented by monthly bulle tins and practical experiments. On the practical side the student Is to set, as1d one sere, upon which he can demonstrate and observe, keeping accurate account of results upon this acre and reporting to th university. An annual meetinar at the state farms, of course favored by reduced fares, is also contemplated. The plan Is to b without charge beyond a small enrollment fee a evidence of gbod fslth, and It Is en dorsed warmly by the heads of the state universities and the-executive of the great agricultural atates of Illinois. Iowa, Ne braska and Missouri., " Tha popular notion of a railroad Is that it I an octopus-a devouring monster. That la the substance of the complaint, which wholly Ignores th fact that unless th people thrive there would soon b no us tenance for this monster, and that If h really devoured them utterly he would soon be in the agonies of starvation. A railroad must have development and production through It territory, especially if It is a pioneer road, and tne real fact is that It a much nearer a kindly nurse of populsr prosperity than a devouring monster. Th common carrier must certainly have thing to carry or perish. And while orators and writers ar spouting rhetoric and legisla tures are laboring to tie up the monster by statutes he Is at work '.tying to pay hi debts and make both financial ends meet and hence all the time planning new way of Increasing population and production In th territory where he operates or to which, he expects to push on. WHITTLED TO A POUT. Stella-did they throw rice over the bride? Bella Yes; that is whv she invited them to her first biscuits. New York Sun. "It Is- reported thst the man who In vented barbed wire Is dd." "Well, ho certainly had his good rointa. -Clevelsnd Plain Dealer. "I can't Imagine anything more unsatis factory." remarked the chronic kicker, ' "than a meal at our bourdlna Iviuse." "No?" replied the sentimental youth. "Evidently you never got a kiss from your best girl over the telephone."-Philadelphia Ledger. Laiitidrynian I regret to tell you. sir, that one of your shirts is Jot. Customer But hero I have Just paid oU 12 cents for doing It up. Laundryiuan Quite right, sir. we laun dered it before w lost it. Harper s Weekly. "I want lo get a mitten, please." said the little girl. "If it don't cost too much." "O! vou inean a pair of mlttenr, don't you. my child?" replied tho shopkeeper. "No, Just only one; one. that's uitW for a boy that's goin" to propose an' b rejected." Philadelphia Press. "I'm afraid I haven't many good argu ment for our side of the question," said the orator. "No arguments?" responded the campaign manager. "Then quote snatisilca. They sound wipe and everybody would rather take them for granted than try to under stand them." Washington Stsr. "I believe from the way you talk about money In your sleep that you have been gamlillna again." "My dear, that's only a kind of mineral I'm Interested in." "Nonsense; you keep talking all the time about 'ante' and 'money.' " "That's just it. you see. Antimony, my darling, antimony." Cleveland Leader. "Your one Idra seems to be money," said the rrltlrst friend. "Well." answered Senator Sorghum; "that condition has one advantage. You don't have the usual difficulty of getting people to accept your ideaa." Washington Star. "Tou think your next speech will mak an impression?" said the campaign ad viser. "I do." answered the candidate. "Have you any new argument to place before your opponent?" "No; but I hav a lot of new name le call him." Washington Star. SHAME OF THE SCOFFER. J. W. Foley In New york Tims. His muther putt a bole uppon his haro too knt It smooth but he doant seme too kara becaw b dux not aeme to no how kwr It looks ann'it 1 crooked ware hla ear kums throo but wenn hees goen owt ta plsy he semes to have as good a time sumwsy us enny uv us boy ann henry sedd hla hart Is lite ann happle ann his hedd doant mattur mutch becaw he dux not no hla hare witch ahe haa kut Is looken so. ann wenn hees rhaaen burds ann butter fllse ur Ashen In th crick u see his eyes ar brlte us Starrs ann do not seme too sea th patch hi muther put uppon his nee snn wenn ho plase furst hace uno th bawl wll neovur get apasst him ann wenn awr th peepul cheer thay doo. not aem to Van hecaws hla muther hsssto kut his haro ann hennry beamus sedd It goso ton aha fine feathers doo not mak fine burds uno. an wuns the boy maid fun uv him ann thenn wl hennry sedd If thay did that agon heed dalr um owt behind tb barn ana aedd thay otto be ashalmed. ann'' ma ann rodd took sides for him but no one kama be hind the barn ann hennry tolled him not to mind wott peepul aedd ann aedd hla muther wood . , kut hlo bar too hut her bowl wa no good ann put hi arm arownd hla neck ann wenn tb boy aaw that thare offio sorry then a. TUB WORLD'S WAY. (Washington Star.) This old world' mighty busy. It ha so much to do. It'a got to skip a lot o' thing that ought to be put through. An' leave 'em fur a future day when It can rest an' ay. "At last we've got things runnln' tn om reg'lar ort o" way!" But till that day, trua worth will vary oft be thrust aside An' modesty be humbled underneath th heel o' prld. Th road la steep an hilly that this el' world haa to climb. It 'ud Ilk to help th stragglers, but It hain't got ill time. 'Tla aad to see a alnger starve, as sinkers often do, The old world say, "We hav th song. There s no mors need of you." And honest Industry I oft forgotten wheat at last It's buildings ar completed an' It's own short hour Is paat. But Ui old world say. "W'r strlvln'. and we're lollin' fur a height When every one kin have hla share of air an' food an' tight. I'd like to stop each sacrifice, pathetic or sublime. But till the work' rnmnletcj. why, I bavan'i got tha lime.'' v- 4 I