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.Register Saturday.
The report or tne formation ot a
soap trust In Great Britain, will hardly
exclta professional anarchists as other
merger acheine nave.
With Rfinwa vroxer approving; the
course of "Pat" McCarreri, veteran
Tammany braves mill know where to
use their scalping knives.
The maker ot "pure Vermont maple
syrup" might take a hint from the in
dictment ot that Vermont company for
1 aeiling diseased cattle1 for food. - '
The suggestion tor the abolition ot
courts-martial, which comes from
France, Is probably occasioned by a
desire to make another Dreyfua case
Impossible. '
Xow that the soldiers are Question
ing the Integrity of Indian scouts, the
trouble in Wyoming steins, to ' be
settling' down to the ruled known of
old to the pioneers.
That Atlanta has sent to St. Louis
to arrest a man charged with lynching
negroes, Indicates an aroused state of
public feeling which should make Ohio
and Missouri blush.
Winston Spencer Churchill, parlia
mentary colonial secretary, is sched
uled for a visit to the British West
Indies, showing that the American idea
Is finding approval abroad.
Since the Indictment of the Soutu
Omaha coal dealers for maintaining a
subsidiary coal trust the coal men ot
the two titles will feel that they have
an additional bond ot sympathy.
The advice to take out "hold-up in
suiance" is also good for others be
sides saloon keeperswha max have to
do business with certain branches ot
Omaha's democratic city administra
tion, i
Leavenworth Is to choose between
Hiving . orJIuary social WkU to sol
diers in uniform or feeling the result
'.of an army boycott, and Kansas has
another opportunity to establish a prec
edent. ' . ,
Ak-Sar-Ben asks tho business men
, o? Omaha to decide whether they
want the annual carnival parades
Uiadly enough to help pay for them.
'It a thing is worth having It Is worth
. paying for. . .. L.. .
; The fact, that natives of Siberia are
sjl in sympathy with political prison-
era sentenced tothat domain- Indicates
that 'the propaganda is not stopped by
sentence of court and that Siberia may
jet redeem Itself.
The declaration of the largest divi
dend In twenty-seven years by tho
Pennsylvania railroad shows that
'members of the miner's union 'are not
absorbing all of the advance in tho
price of anthracite.
In order to stand by Roosevelt you
( limit have your name properly en
rolled on tho registration books and
' vote for Roosevelt candidates on elec
tion day. Your last chance to regis
' ' ler comes Saturday.
The necessity for reporting plans of
;the jrtoposed 'record-breaking battle
abip to 'congress will take from the
I'nlted States the benefit ot that
secrecy which surrounds similar work
l:i Europe; but. If the designers hava
. made their plans Urge enough, iub
U.Uty. tr be t eajttak advantage.
A TliASSroftTATlOX T)1LIMMA.
The facts now available retarding
railroad and gesersl development up
to the end of the year 1904 explain
he congestion of traffic and demon
strate that construction and Improve
ment of transit facilities, extensive as
they have latterly been, have not kept
face with the growth of the country.
While between 1895 and 1901 railway
mileage Increased 17 per cent, number1
of cars 40 and locomotives 33 per cent,
the total ton freight mileage Increased
almost 100 and passenger mileage 78
per cent. Since 1004 the Increase of
business has been enormously greater,
while provision of facilities, because
the capacity to supply rolling stock
and materials waa exceeded, has been
proportionately less. Bo marked and
perolstent is the Insufficiency of track,
cars and motive power to carry the
freight and travel that tho most com
petent Judge's are seriously contem
plating the dilemma of a pattlal break
down of the transportation system,
disastrously affecting Industry until a
greater expansion and better equip
ment ot the roads Is had than they
seem to be disposed to provide.
It Is clear now that the understand
ing among the roads twenty years ago
to abandon and' restrict construction,
particularly in the west, proceeded on
other than full realization of the trans
portation problem or its observance
was unduly protracted. The main
tenance ot excessive rates with an In
finity of discriminations, with a view
to exploiting other Industrial Interests
or to stock jobbing manipulations, ab
sorbed during the iuterval energies
which should have been devoted to
transportation service in it essential
legitimate requirements. It was only,
very recently that railroad manage
ment, which has been dominated too
much by selfish immediate ends, has
begun to awake to the serious ex
igency caused by the growth of busi
ness. For several years, Indeed,
actual pressure has. compelled general
effort to build. Improve and equip,
whereas the wisdom contemporane
ously exemplified in other fields ot in
dustry would hate been forehanded.
' It Is not a- mere accidental or tran
sient surplus of tonnage that has to
be deat with, but a rise of the level
of production that is universal, per
manent and stupendous. It has pilod
up the revenues ot the roads till their
treasuries have overflowed, bo that
capital stock Inflations, no matter how
extravagant, were sustained by earning
power and still the dividends could
be abruptly swollen as they notably
have been this fall. The peril, in
short, is a default of carrying capa
city, because It la now reliably calcu
lated that an average of 10,000 miles
of new construction will be annually
required through the next decade
merely to provide for the Increase of
business, but there Is1 no sign that the
roads, although today unable to han
dle the business thrust upon them, are
preparing to matte any, such provision
or the further enlargement of existing
facilities which It Implies. :
THE VERMONT MS AT SCASDAL.
The scandal culminating In indict
ment of high state meat Inspection of
ficials and proprietors of a slaughter
ing and rendering establishment in
Vermont for collusion in selling large
quantities of diseased meat for food Is
an' a'dmonitlon of the enhanced neces
sity of more stringent state inspection
laws. The necessity arises from the
fact that the drastic new national law
li now In force barring diseased, filthy
or unwholesome meats and meat prod
ucts from entering into Interstate com
merce, and leaving the only field In
which they can be foisted upon con
sumers within the state where they
are slaughtered.
. As under the national law the large
packing houses, which necessarily de
pend upon the Interstate and foreign
markets, are ' under unescapable off!
clal scrutiny . into every, detail ot
slaughter and preparation "from hoof
to can," It follows that the sole chance
for disposing of meats from diseased
and Mnflt animals now is to packing
houses and small slaughterers not
within the jurisdiction of the national
law.
State and municipal meat Inspection
regulations as a Tula' have hitherto
been notoriously iwefftcltnt and unless
they are remedied the effect of the
new national system will be. in part
at least, merely to change route by
which unwholesome meat; will be im
posed upon consumers. Nothing less
than the virtual reduplication of the
national law In all Its provisions and
enforcement within the state Jurisdic
tions will meet all requirements of the
situation.
, J'lUf fRESIVKKTB PAX Ait A HUP.
Information from authoritative quar
ters establish the fact that the presl
dent s visit to Panama savors not In
tho least of a Junket, as, indeed, out
side ot yellow Imagination no one has
ever believed It would be, but Is for
the purpose of facilitating most im
portant and necessary canal business.
With settlement of type of canal, with
disposal of the preliminaries to so vast
an undertaking and with arrangements
for turning over constructive work to
contractors, there remains no longer
necessity for the elaborate staff o
civil administration ot the canal zone
and no successor to Governor Magoon
accordingly has been appointed, what
remains ot his functions having been
transferred to tho chief engineer. Bu
the recasting of civil administrations
requiring probably additional legiBla
tion from congress, in a form to bo
permanent throughout the building of
tho treat waterway, is one of the
pressing matters that will be greatly
forwarded as a result of the presl-
dent's mission.
f-- The trip theivrr-t planned to be
one of arduous labor for tha presi
dent, and la another proof ot his In
tense Interest in this historic enter
prise. The conviction of those near
est to him may well bo accepted by
the public, that he Is resolved to con
centrate his energies with redoubled
vigor during the remaining two years
and a half of his administration to ad
vance the work to the utmost, so that
It will be In such a state of forward
ness that none of the tremendous and
exasperating problems which he. was
forced to face at the outset will re
main to his successor.
Btoirr.vo hot asd BLuwiyo cold.
For a most beautiful example nt
blowing hot and blowing cold at the
same time commend as to the demo
crats In the present Nebraska cam
paign. They have been beating the
tomtom of anti-pass legislation behind
andidates long recognized on the rail
way free list and blowing the hornof
railway regulation while secretly un
der contract with the railroads to pro
tect them In their tax shirking pro
gram. The most nimble game ot
thimble-rigging which our democratic
friends, have been playing, however,
s in the field contested between the
liquor interests and the anti-saloon or
ganizations. Here in Douglas county the demo
crats are bidding strong for the sup
port of everyone In any way connected
with the liquor . traffic. They have
put a bartender on their legislative
ticket and they have been busily try-
ng to make out that the safety of the
liquor Interests lies in democratic suc
cess.
In other counties, however, where
the shoe Is on the other foot, the cards
are being dealt from the uhder side
of the pack. Down In Jefferson
county, for example, the ' democrats
have endorsed the prohibition candi
date for the house and are hoping to
win by a fusion with the prohibition
party.
In Booue county the democrats
have injected a third independent leg
islative candidate Into the race with
the idea ot corralling enough anti-
saloon votes of both parties to let the
democratic candidate slip in between.
Coming nearer home, the democrats
ot Sarpy county have nominated a
candidate for the house known as an
anti-saloon extremist, against whom
the liberal elements who usually train
with the democrats there are entering
vigorous protest.
With the democrats it is anything to
win out a doubtful . district in , Ne
braska this year. They are ready to
tie up with the prohibitionists or with
the saloon keepers, or with both If
they can fool either, and should they
accidentally succeed by such methods
It would probably turn out that they
had fooled both.
HOW TO GKT MORE POL1CKMKX.
No matter where the blame is to be
placed for periodic outbreaks of law
lessness and for lack bf law enforce
ment from time to time, it Is univer
sally agreed that Omaha needs a
larger police force and that our police
cannot cope satisfactorily . with . the
problems before them until there are
more of them.
Omaha has been growing substan
tlally in recent years not only 1u
wealth and population, but in the dis
tribution of its people over . a wider
area, yet the police department Is no
greater In numbers than It was a de
cade ago. What has prevented Omaha
from enlarging Its police force stead
ily as the city has grown has been the
Inability to provide the necessary
funds out of the proceeds 6f city taxes,
especially with the great terminal
propertiea ot tne rauroaas escaping
their share of municipal burdens al
most' entirely.
The way for Omaha to get more po
licemen is to get more money into the
city treasury, and the way to get more
money Into the city treasury is to force
the railroads to pay city taxes on their
property the same as Is paid on other
property within the municipal juris
diction.' It the railroads paid up like
other people Omaha would have an
Increased tax revenue ot approxi
mately $200,000 and could put on tho
additional policemen which It so badly
needs.
Terminal taxation is, therefore, the
key to the police situation in Omaha.
Every'one who wants better police
protection Bhould see to It by hi wot e
that a legislative delegation Is sent to
Lincoln from-Douglas : county which
will go to the front for terminal taxa
tion. Every republican legislative
nominee Is pledged to this proposition,
while the democratic candidates are
openly lined up with the tax shirking
railroads.
Colonel Bryan has put In two .days
la Nebraska, but,, so far as all ac
counts go, he has carefully avoided
saying anything about the deal made
with the railroads by his brother-in-law.
Chairman Alleu of the demo
cratic state committee,, to protect
them In their evasion of city taxes on
terminal property, if Colonel Bryan
would give his real opinion of, this
alliance between the democrats and
the railroads he .would doubtlesa con
demn it In unmeasured terms. Colonel
Bryan cannot afford to ignore thli
question, because If ho does the peo
ple will assume silence to be approval
and leave him in a false position.
Another move in -the direction ot
more businesslike administration In
the codnty court house Is to be made
by requiring the district court clerk
and other fee officers to report the
fees earned instead of as heretofore
only the fees collected. There Is no
good reason why any discrlmlnatloa
should be practiced In these offices as
to collecting thj fees from one set of
patrons and remitting them to others.
If the fte officers are held responsible
for all the money earned on tho books
and are compelled to make a special
showing for all earnings not collected,
the county surely will be the gainer.
It Is to be noted, however, that this
advance Is made under a republican
county board, whereas the previous
democratic county boards paid no at
tention to uncollected aad remitted
fees.
The grand Jury Is said to be again
looking Into the county Jail feeding
contract with a view to possible ad
justment of the differences between
the sheriff and the county. The best
way to settle this Jail feeding business
with a guaranty to stop all graft for
the future is through a new law that
will either take the feeding business
over Into the bands of tho county or
give it an opportunity to let the Job
by contract on detailed specifications.
Tho next Douglas delegation to Lin
coln will bo expected to provide the
necessary relief.
Editor Metcalfe is breaking into
print again with his "put-lt-back"
plea, but not a word about tho mile
age collected by Candidate Shallen
berger from the government as con
gressman for traveling down to Wash
ington on free transportation. What
is the difference in principle between
collecting mileage to reimburse rail
road fare never paid out and collect
ing salary for a full term when elected
to fill out only an unexpired part ot
it 7
Remember that Omaha enjoyed
complete municipal homo rule a few
years ago, but that its right ot local
sell-government was taken away by a
democratic supreme court. In view
ot this chapter In our political history
It takes sublime gall for the demo
crats to pose now as the champions of
home rul.
Alaska wants a territorial form ot
government, but recent experience with
federal officials that far away from
homo Is not reassurlpg, and in this
connection It may be mentioned that
the only ones to come out of the in
vestigation with honor were those ap
pointed from Nebraska.
Register Saturday. It will be your
last chance.
A Farewell performaace.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
tVftatever may happen at th election, let
us hope that Secretary Shaw will persevere
In putting rubber in the currency.
Soane DISTeranee la Method.
New York Commercial.
Out In Omaha they arreat men for trying
to steal a tleer. In New York the tiger
takes car of all such politicians himself.
Prefer the Greater Taak,
Washington Post.
Eight of the twelve members of the
French cabinet are newspaper men. In this
country newspaper men are satisfied to sc.
Itct the victims for such positions.
If tkr Hon Coald Speak!
Chicago Inter Ocean.
If the horse could, only snak, his opinion
of the crowd that . turns out to se Mm
once a year, and ,t urns Its back upon him
durniff the reet,ot,fe year. Would be worth
rending. . ,.. .
Kettlaar Eaaerleaee.
Nw York Tribune.
Tile Hon. Samuel Qompers is discovcring
that It la ona thing to prepare a black Hat
of congressmen mid another thing to go
among the voters pnd persoada them to
carry the black Hating Into effect.
V.'hat a nisTereare la the Moralag.
. Baltimore American. .
By taking up a .discussion of the candi
dacy of Hearst one Bryan of Nebraska has
managed to figure for a day at the top
of the column In the newspapers. What a
difference Just a few months make.
Kaorklaa- the Mlddla Man.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The farmer has turned. He now fixes
his prices Instead of leaving that to the
market man. lie Is a trust, and can ask
whatever he likes. Serves us right for so
long neglecting his Interests and dis
criminating In favor of the manufacturer.
The Gloved Toach.
Chicago Record-H raid.
Instead of being fined W. 000, 000 the Stand
ard Oil company, recently convicted at
Find lay, O., of maintaining a combination
In restraint of trade, haa been sentenced to
pay a fins of 15,000 and the costs of the trial.
II. II. Rogera may decide that Ohio is
worthy of a place In our great union of
states, after all. .
PKRSOAL OTES.
Mayor McClellan of New York is an in
veterate novel reader. He always has a
pi la of new boo lea at his elbowK wherevor
hs is.
Roger Pocock, founder of the Legion of
Frontiersmen, has been In turn cowboy,
novelist, poet, missionary and prospector.
He led an expedition to the Klondike,
served in the mounted police in the north
west and was a scout In the Transvaal
war.
E,uwin eanuya, wnu Known as an
author of books for boys and an authority
on hunting and futhlng, baa just died of
heart disease at his home In New York
City. In the authorship of "I'pland Gams
Birds" he was associated with President
Roosevelt.
Prof. Zlnno, who has made an exhaustive
examination ot the ashes cast out of
Vesuvius In tha recent outbreak, says that
he haa found them frea from Ingredients
Injurious to plant Ufa, while containing
matter helpful to the growth of grapes,
grau-a and vegetables.
Maxim Gorky has arrived In Naplea and
will shortly go to Sorrento for the purpose
of completing his three-volume book on
America. Ha will also writs a novel, to b
milled "Fatherland," In which ha pur
poses to st forth tha actual reasons for
tha present disturbed conditions In Ruasla.
Ha speaks enthusiastically about America
and aays hie impressions were "preclae,
vivid and profound."
John B. Henderson, senator from Mis
ourl from lttfl to 1S.S, is living in Wash
ington, 80 yeara ot age. Francis li. Cock
rell, whosa twenty yaara' service aa aena
tor from Missouri ended last year. Is now
8 member of the Interstate Commerce com
mission and 72 years of age. Dahiel T.
Jewett, ex-senator from Missouri and a
well known attorney in Lincoln's time,
died a short time ago, aged . Carl
Bihurs, aenator from Mlasouii from IMS to
1875. died recently at 77. Jewe't waa born
In Mains. BVhurs in Germany. Hendt-rson
in Vliginla ant Cockreli in kUssvurl
ROIHn AROIT vnw YORK.
Ripples tha C'arreat at Mfr la the
Metropolis,
rtlval candidates Itughea and Hearst sr
coming down tha election pike at a kilting
race. The Empire suus hna bn srous.M
from Coner Island t Dunkirk, and the
whMwind nnlsh of two days will b pulled
off In Oreater New York Friday and Satur
day. Curbstone prophets declare It Is all
over but tha shouting, yet partlan of both
candidates are doing ronalden-hle scouting
In advance. On the Hearst side shouting
Is a politics! asset, panlcn'srly Impressive
In volum and duration. Enrnest followers
of the Yellow Kid evidently remember the
fate of the man Who enjoyed hlnvnlf Im
mensely before the bull tossed htm over
the fence and are giving frefl rslti to hi
larious emotion In advance of Tuesday'
to. Betting on Huhe continues at odds
of I ta 1, although Hearst backers tried to
Mutt the sporty crowd. Evervone familiar
wtth the political game knows that when
a candidate and his managers cry "fraud"
In advance of tha bnllotlns; and declare
"wa will win If we ret a filr count." It
means that the party is putting rtihlons
in tha proper place to soften the fall.
Hearst and his boosters rvallte what is
coming and strive to break the force of tha
concussion by digging out of political ceme.
terles thee errewsoma devices. Equally
significant of Hearst's desperation Is his
Increased volume of vituperation. In ona
speech last Monday he coiled a domocrntio
editor at Bj-racuee "a natural darned fool,"
denounced his opponent as "an animated
feather duster," because he wears whiskers,
called a Brooklyn democrat "a carrion
crow" and asserted that the editor of Hie
New York World "is a chronic liar." Pre
viously the famous mudlark of democracy
dubbed Alton B. Parker a "Croton bug"
and William Travers Jerome "a political
cockroach." There wr scoria of similar
"complimentary," references to doniocrst
who oppose Hearst, which will call forth
effective response In the ballot bosrs next
Tuesday,
' There ariived in New York City last week
for tho Museum of Natural History U.e
skeleton of a loxolophodon. It was un
earthed In southern Wyoming, where the
great beast roamed In lnrgo numbers many
ovnturlea ago, by an c:pf-rtltlon sent out
from the musevim by Prof. H. F. 0born
and headed W Prof. Walter Oranrer. Spcuh
Ing of the success attending bis search,
Prof. Granger said:
"We found the skeleton of the iarg-st
mammal living at the time, and for which
we made careful search. This huge mam
mal was known as the loxolophodon. a
mixture of elephant and rhinoceros. H had
six hoi'ne two enormous ones In the back
of tha skull, two smaller ooeS over the
eyes and two rudimentary horns on the
tip of the nose. We obtained an Interesting
lot of tho skeletons of the tltanothcreR, a
smaller animal than the last; numerous
Mnocitnens of carnivores, inoludlng tfie larg
est of the time, tha monyx: many rodent
or soulrrel-llka mammals; some of tho
earlier camel-like, even toed, liobted mem
mnls; nn achenedon, one of the very large,
even toed animals, with pig-like twin and
feet, and an enrly primate lllte the lemurs,
r.otharctus. In all we obtained 1'") species
in the Washakie basin, ino In the Bridges
basin and forty In the Wahsntch bssln.
The. growth of electric light srrange.
menta for advertising Is Illustrated by tne
novel manner In which the iights on one
of New York's newest and most conspic
uous hotels are placed. These new lights
consist of groups of Incandescent lamps,
arranged In clusters that harmonise 'wiih
the architectural style or the building be
neath them, and arj? sufficiently distinctive
to remain quite as conspicuous In one's
me,mory as the name of the hotel Itself.
This fashion of having distinctive arrange
menls ot lights ri top of a building Is
ona of the best possible kinds ot advertise
ments, for the simple reason that they
can be seen at a distance beyond whlcj
any other kind. of a sign would carry.
This Is capitally Illustrated by one Fifth
avenue hotel that has its Moorish domes
outlined In such lamps. Another on Broad-
way la content with two tines of tiny
lamps swinging down from the top of its
center flagstaff to either corner of the
roof. No one who ever sees the glltterlns
lights on the huge globes on the lop of
tha Hippodrome Is likely to forget them
and what they stand for any more than
hs would the curving lines of lights on
the Brooklyn bridge. When it is considered
hovtr many New Yorkers live way up" In the
air, literally, the value of these distinctive
lights grows In Importance.
The flaxen-haired baby girl knelt beside
her mother on the seat of a Bixtn avenue
eievated car, and while the mother read
an evening paper the youngster flattened
her nose against the window and gased In
silent wonder at the houses flying by. A
fireman In uniform entered the car nt
Fifty-ninth street and sat a few feet from
the baby. Flaxenhalr straightway de
serted the Joys of the passing Show to
climb ' oh hands and knees over to the
greater wonders of the fireman's uniform.
As tha fireman put his arm around 'the
child and began .to talk baby talk to It
the grin of pleasure on hla face outshone
the gleam ot his nickel buttons. - Th
mother saw that the baby waa in good
hands and with a smile turned again to
her paper. At Forty-second street a -fat
police sergeant entered and sat between
Flaxenhalr and Its mother. The child with
a crow of delight Instantly deserted the
fireman for the more splendid white and
gold cap and gold buttons of the sergeant
and climbed aboard his knee. The humbled
fireman sat glumly with lowered head and
scowled at the floor.
A satchel containing fl,uX .stood in a
little niche at Mruauway and Tnlrty-niih
atrtet for twenty minutes awaiting a
claimant. Scores of persons had passed
it who would not be above helping them
selves had they known tno value of the
contents. The policeman was serenely
guiding the traffic at the crossing and a
tramp was taking shelter In the doorway
Just by the satchel when a rustic-looking
Individual dashed madly across the street,
caught up the bag and sank upon the
steps with a sigh of Vellef.
"Bay, what's the matter with you?"
asked the policeman.
"Oh," panted the stranger, "It is this
absentmlndedness of mine. It'll cost tarn
somethln some dsy. You see, I Was com
ing down Broadway, and I was tired, so I
thought I would rest the satchel here for
a minute. Then I thought about soma
shopping I had lo do, and I Just went
across the street, forgetting all about th
satchel. I waa over there about twenty
minutes before I remembered and then I
got nervous."
"Well, I guesa you are lucky," commented
tha policeman, "but I don't think tf you
had lost your toothbrush and a couple of
collars It would bankrupt you."
"It ain't exactly toothbrushes and col
lars In here," hs explained. "You see, 1
sold some property uptown here this morn
ing, and they paid me In cash. There's
I17.S0U In here."
Dadaiaaj tha Law.
Philadelphia Record.
Th Pullman Car company -argues that
th new railroad law has no application to
its buslncHS, because sleeping and dining
cars are not railroad cara, but hotels on
j wheels. When th state of Illinois seeks
to apply its hotel laws to the Pullman cars
they suddenly becom railroad cars again.
Tills Is blowing corporation hot and told
air with a vtagtance.
GORDON FURS
'HE name "Gordon"
its worth as absolutely as the signature of the J
government guarantees the value of its bonds. J
You vtay. get satisfactory furs when you buy
others ; when you buy Gordon Furs you are sure.
11
Blanche
J9k four dtalor for
GORDON FURS
BI.F.CTRIC 1,1 SE ECjlir.MKNT.
Important Haesttoas Raised by At
laatle Cits- Disaster.
New York Commerclsl.
The terrible accident last Sunday on the
Pennsylvania's rew electric lln from Cam
don to Atlantic City la sure to bring to the
front some Important questions as lo elec
tric line equipments In ttielr relation to
buman anlvty. At this writing It would
appear that the Immediate occasion of tho
accident that rrsulted In such appalling
lost of life Was A displacement bf rails al a
point where a drawbridge croesee a deep
tidal river. That this displacement, either
through the failure of the watenman on
guard to properly lock the draw or through
otln r causes, would have resulted In a like
derailment of any Ira in electric or steam
is very probable. This might even have
been followed by a similar plunge of the
entire train Into the waters IkjIow, but this
Is seriously questioned among practical en
gineers and railroad men. Throe liglit
steel cars, without tho steadying Influence
Of the ponderous locomotive ot the steam
train, are still a novel proposition in
emotgencles like the one near Atlantic
City. There will be feiind plenty of practi
cal railroaders, doubtless, to Itemoon the
absence of a loecfmotivc as an elemo.nl of
sarety In an accident of this nature,' In
the way of checking the disastrous progress
of the train after-the first truck has left
the rail. The weight of uars, the natuitt
of the door and Window faatcnlnga In their
relation to the escape, of possetigors and
Other Important features of ' the ' tUvtricat
train's equipment, will 'now come up for
practical and serious consideration In n way
that Only such a " catastrophe as tlmi of
Bun-lay would have precipitated.
KOl RRKAT AMERICAN t"8.
Coal, t orn, tottoa aad Copper Lead
Ihe Pracrsalom.
Wjiii 8trel jovrv.al.
The four great economic wunts of th
world are fuel, food, clothing and light,
and the four basic commodities required to
supply them ar coal, corn, cotton and
copper, in each of wnlcn the United Utates
hoida a first rank.
Last year the coal output of the fulled
States waa 3&2,ti(M,0O0 Ions. The world s
production was :,ti3,0(H or more tnan a
third of th world's production occurred in
the United States. Next In order stands
Great Britain with 239,883,000 ton, and Ger
many ranks third with 173,64,oyo tons. The
presence of this large measure of coal sup
ply puts these three nations In tho front
rank of the world's greatest Industrial
powers.
Corn among pur staple crops In the agri
cultural economy of th United States Is
the mainstay of the country's animal food
supply. As a food for human consumption
it olten served a pioneering purpose, be
fot wheat became general as a bread
food; but Its Importance lies rather In Its
being the basis of the animal food supply
of the country. Amerlohn agriculture with
out Its corn crop would be In ljttle better
position than most other countries which
lack the capacity to maintain a large sup
ply of live stock economy, but Is to a
large extent the free working capital of
the American farm. It la th most univer
sal American crop, In Its relation to ani
mal production and mulnt nance. It Is
this crop that gives tho United States the
advantage In maintaining the meat food
supply and thus the physical standard ot
living which counts for so much In Inter
national competition. " '
Tha third great factor in American trad
prosperity Is th cotton crop. No part of
the world ha anything tike the natural
monopoly which th southern portion of
th United States enjoys In this fiber. Th
exports of cotton determine tha balance of
trad In favor of tha' I'nlted State almost
wholly and alone. No other part of th
world can grow cotton so economically nor
expand the volume of production so read-
Every
cold room.
conditions.
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furnace heat often result In sora particular
part of th house being cold and cheerless. Yea
Can tbak horn warta and
CU Heater
(Equipped iviZi Smokeless Device)
Carry It about from room to room.
Sanger. 2oioklea 0vlc prevents
as a lamp. All parts easily cleaned. Brat oil fount beautifully esa
vussca. nuius a quana 01 on ana vunn 9 iKwrs. uive interna '
heat, Two finishes nicks! and Japan. Handsooia, useful, reiiabl.
tvery heater warranted. If but at yeur dcrier's wrji ouf
nearest agency tor aesenpuv
'm i?aV&
laMht
bflftit. ts4r "tM st Iomm tot. M1 at bra
Uiroughout an4 atekel plaue. Suitable tor any roo
' hihr likfsry, Sinias-rooai, parlor or b4reoai.
aa tstUlactory. tvtry las wrrnn. Write
aarst agsaty If sot al your alsr'.
Standard
on a fur garment insures j
Gordon Fur Neckwear
Gordon Fur are made into neckwear ot
many ttjle styles that are to 4IetinctiT4
and characteristic that tho name "Gordon''
has coma to mean ks much ia fcirtiw
"Worth" has long- meant in womea'i dress
One of the deservedly "popular deslfrn1 1$
the Blanche, which can be had in varions
furs to suit individual tastes, at prices tang
ing from $15 to $50.
Ily as the southern states., Industrially aa)
well as agriculturally and commerolaJly,
ihe entire nation enjoys a. peculiar handi
cap over other nations on acvount ot it)
cotton production. , .. i;.
The fourth great' advantage. Which tha
United States has ia In its supply Of eop
per. As corn Is the basis of th meat pre
duclug pre-eminence of th United State,
and as cotton Is th source ot th elethlng
supply of the vast majority ot th people,
so copper ranks first among those agen
cies which are necessary for the diffusion
of light to th millions ot paopl gathered
In the progressive cities of th world.
Coal, corn, cotton and oopper Suggest tha
enormous wealth f resources with which
this nation Is endowed. Yet tnte should
be looked upon ' not solely aa material
means for the enrichment of ourselves, but
also as the means of service Which Is In
volved In the great taak of International
prosperity. All these things Sr sot
much the subject of boasting as th In
In
t Of
struments for the worldwide btterront
which the be.et endowed nations sr
responsible trustees. ; w
Xt .VIV OEMS.
Mome of you girls," said Jack, "have
such a vidii uloUHiy nigh opinion of tha
value of j our klsree." -. v
"Well." replied his sister, "a kiss I al
ways worth It's faco value." Philadelphia,
"Ylo's a papulnffcmn," said Hi e observer
of politic, "but, b. -never .sms to b
lucky. ,
"iso," answered iflt"f Sorghum, "h la
one of the peopie. Who always nave our ad
miration before ipleetf'm and our Sympa
ttiieB aiter." Wneningion B'.tar.
' "I want a business suit "now." said
Slopuy. 'i was tntnslng of eomcthitig in
the way of n small plaid."
"And I." i -piied -thi) tailor. TcSn't ht
thinking of romeihmg in tne vny ot a
small cliecK." I'hliaui iphlti Ldgeu
Lawyer firing to pet at the facts 1
am not lnteretf.,1 in tno length of tune it
look you to make rnc purchase, l frant tn
know wnat the consideration wuS,"
Wilneps That's what I'm tryli.g to Icil
you. There wasn't no coneldenttlon m all.
Not a bit. I mane lilni the nnev on the spur
cf the monvnt. Chicago 'tribune.
'si
"Do you liellove In mnrrylnit for lov
alone?" he asked. -
"Oh, yes." repm-d the bright little lauy
who had just returned from HoutFi ItaKota,
"1 always do." Clilragn Itecorrt-iiornld.
"They are talking of Killing: milk by
weight."
"i Mat's nothing new. We've all heard of
the Milky Way.". Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"What do desperadoes mean when tliey
swear they arc going to ulo in their
boots?"
"Simply -that they ar going to-do their
best to keep body and sole together."
Baltimore American.
"IS he Iwd hurt, doctor?" asked the man
Whh the tlaming necktie.
"Yes." said tne hospital surg-yon. "Hi
Injuries are serious."
"Think you kin save lilmt"
"I hooo ho." ,
"Weil, do the bnt you kill, doc. Ht'f
one of our fellls, and we carried the ward
Iiihi time by a majority - of only On,"-
Chicago Trlbun.-
THK C A.XUIUATK S DAtXiHTRR.
.Woman's Home Companion. .
ll-r father was a candidate, . ,
His daughter was my love;
Her face waa morning light to me,
Her eyes the stars above
Her father was a candidate; - ,
This much Is worthy note
She came to me, all smiles tn state:
"Pa needs tho floating vote!"
"Mv dear." T said, "you cannot get
This floating voter's vote
Without you give him something first
To make this voter float - - '- o
Something to lift him up from earth
And spread hla Joyous wing - ,
In a flight of sunny testacy
Where larks and linnet sing!" -.
The rogue -pollHeai, she aaw
Clean through my anecdote,
And blushed a bit, and archly sighed t
''So you would sell your vott"
Her father was a candidate;
He needed lioaters bas- !
The sweeteat lip I ever Hush!
I voted for her Uad! , ,
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