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TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1D0G.
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STATEMENT OF. CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska. Toiiln County, s:
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The Bee lubllhlng compnny. being duly
sworn, says that the actual number of full
and complete copied of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sundry Hoe-printed during the
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2 30.EC0
1 30,800
4 30,730
b 30. -CO
.....; 31,760
7 30.3C0
30,670
V 30,590
10 30,730
11 30,830
13 1 . . .30,790
II .31,060
14 .30,300
16 '. .31,460
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21
.30,8:40
.80,930
.31,390
.31,030
.31,900
22 30,650
2$ 30,830
;4 30,830
26 31,370
2 31,410
27 31,740
28 30,070
l 31400
30 31.J10
SI 31,110
1 33,000 f
Total. 61,jlS0
Less unwol . copies.,.., 11,1)33
Net total soles 50jlJ7
Daily average 30,638
C- C. ROSE WATER,'
General Manager.
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Don't kick when the turkey hash la
set before you today.
Present developments tend to show
a necessity for giving criminal juris
diction to Senator Heyburn's proposed
land courts.
In spite of the new rules, Thanks
giving, In ending the foot ball season,
has proved true to name in all homes
where boys are boys.
Hark Twain's love for New England
must Increase as Its library boards
glv Mm free advertising by barring
bis recent book from the shelves,
When the United States has brought
Its coast defenses up to the standard
it may congratulate itself that there
la no way of testing their efficiency.
Inquiry at Salt Lake Is beginning to
develop reasons that might account
for the retirement of Commissioner
Klchards of the general land office.
The pending dissolution of the Re
public Oil company is prima facie evi
dence that the Standard company has
created a "competitor" of stronger
parts.
After all the alleged care exercised
by the German government, dynamite
in careless hands la as deadly in the
realm of tha kaiser as In less cautious
America.
If the United States were not facing
a complicated "Chinese situation" It
might not be so anxious to adjust the
Japanese problem in San Francisco on
a sound basis.
Senator Millard has not - yet - been
able to determine whether he is a
candidate for re-election. The voters
of Nebraska passed on this point sev
eral weeks ago.
Rather than complain of the pro
posed segregation of races in Cali
fornia schools, Japan might court the
comparison which would result be
tween. the races.
Since the death of a railroad presi
dent In collision, some railroad man
agers may come to realise that safety
of trains is more important than divi
dends to stockholders.
Carping critics allege that the presi
dent's Thanksgiving turkey was passed
under express frank from Rhode
Island to, Washington but certainly
not if Torn Piatt knew it.
Senator Allison determination to
stay away from Washington until
after the holidays Is no doubt actuated
ty anowiecge tnat mere will be no
ore to heal until after Christmas.
When Louisiana sugar planters begin
the importation of Spanish laborers
they will probably find that United
States statutes run in "the black belt'
at all times except on election day
An Iowa college Is to benefit to the
extent of $100,000 from the. Rock
efeller foundation. This will girt
soma sensitive, organs an opportunity
to again raise the bowl about tainted
money. The college is not at all
likely to refuse the. assistance.
Mayor Jim still keeps an eye on the
future. His Dahiman Democracy is
being rehearsed and drilled and man
ipulated with the intention of making
it the smoothest, easiest running po
litical machine ever formed in Omaha
Jacksouiau will Uka due notice.
vrnciAL rnoM the farm
No circumstance more appropriate
of Thanksgiving day could have oc
curred than the publication of the an
nual report of the Department of Agri
culture. Its statement of the condi
tion of agriculture most signally em
phasizes the solid basis on which our
general prosperity rests.
The schedule presented by the secre
tary of estimated values produced this
year by American farm industry Is
beyond precedent In this country and
unapproacbed In any other. The long
list of items In the magnificent and
astonishing aggregate, each mounting
up to fabulous figures, )f elaborated In
detail tends at first sight to bewilder
ment and confusion rather than to
enlightenment. Some suggestion, how
ever, Is conveyed in the general state
ment that the farm products of the
year have a farm value of nearly 16,
800,000,000, nearly $500,000,000
above the value of 1905, and exceed
ing by over $2,000,000,000 that for
the last census year.
The significance of such figures, in
deed, is comprehensible only through
comparison. They are hardly needed
to strengthen the Impression created !
by the overwhelming proofs that press
upon us from every side.
The transformation of the Depart
ment of Agriculture from a popular
Joke Into one of the great . branches
of the national administration, touch
ing the activities of the people, not
only ou the farm, but everywhere, at
Innumerable vital points and promot
ing immensely the results embraced
In these summaries. Is itself one of
the notable marks of our agricultural
progress. And not the least auspicious
reflection Is that the Improvement of
farm methods and conditions, through
the Bystematization, and popularization
of scientific discovery and advance,
tends powerfully to establish perma
nence of prosperity.
rAY OF FOSTOFFICE CLtEKH.
A civil service examination Just held
In Chicago tor postofllce clerks,
wherein only thirty-nine applicants
appeared for the 200 vacancies to be
filled, Is a more eloquent plea for bet
ter compensation for this class of pos
tal employes than is likely to be made
In mere words to congress. Such facts,
which have lately multiplied rapidly,
open a prospect for action at the com
ing session.
What lu.J long Impaired the. force of
the argument In behalf of postofllce
clerks Is the like urgency for Increased
salaries In nearly every class and
grade of the public service, so that it
has not been easy for the public to
distinguish. The matter Is now
changed from one of Justice to in
dividuals to one of necessity in the
postal service. The Impossibility of
securing sufficient men at salaries al
lowed by the law enforces In a prac
tical and unescapable way all that the
clerks have claimed-.
The postal service la so Important
nnd vital that public interest cannot
permit It to suffer from) lack of com
petent workers. It is indeed self-evident
that the government cannot af
ford to pay less than corporation and
individual employers will pay for the
same talents and aptitudes that are
required to maintain the efficiency of
the postal service.
It Is true that the government is a
sure paymaster and that now the ten
ure in the classified service is perma
nent, but, making due allowance for
those advantages-which of course bear
upon compensation, a salary schedule,
fixed for the most patt more than a
decade ago, has been rendered obsolete
by increase in the meantime of cost ot
living and of wages in private em
ployments. The subject has been so
long, neglected, especially as regards
the lower' grades ot clerks, that the
government ie now confronted, not
with a theory, but with a condition
seriously requiring immediate atten
tion. riXISH THE FEE BUMES3.
Several suits are pending in the
courts of tLls county to recover fees
collected and withheld by various
county officers whose title to the same
is in dispute. One of these suits re
lates to fees In excess of the $5,000
per year allowed to him by the law
retained by the clerk of the .district
court on the theory that as member of
the Insanity board he is entitled to ad
ditional compensation. Another suit
relates to tees for performing mar
riage services, which the county Judge
has always claimed as his own and as
separate and distinct from the fees ot
the office required by law to be ac
counted for and turned into the treas
ury. The sheriff's office, too, has
been absorbing fees of various kinds
on one pretext or another as perquis
ites, which under more strict interpre
tation of the statutes should be cred
ited back to the taxpayers.
Whether the lawyers for these vari
ous official tee-grabbers will be able to
find legal loop-holes through which
their clients can crawl, of course, de
pends upon the view which the courts
may take, but irrespective of this lltl
gatlon the tee business should be
ended once and for all by the enact
ment of suitable legislation at Lincoln
during the coming winter. JPubllc
sentiment is strongly in favor of pay
ing public officers definite salaries for
their servlcea and leaving them noth
ing in the way of elastic perquisites.
The game of fishing for tees is always
a prolific source of demoralisation and
oiten of corruption, because to hold
a questionable revenue out of the pub
11c treasury the beneficiary of the
graft must have the connivance, if not
the approval, of other oH en in duty
bound to Interfere on behalf of the
'nxpayers.
1 We have made considerable pro-res.
In the past toward the abolition of the
worst fee abuses, most notably when
at the Instance ot The Bee the salary
limit was fixed for the clerk of the dis
trict court, but there Is room for
further Improvement In this direction
and the coming legislature should re
spond to the demand.
THE LVVGtSa HUCSE PERIL-
The St. Louis lodging house dis
aster was due to carelessness of con
struction and failure of the authorities
to enforce the regulations for public
protection. The peril of fire and panic
in lodging house In the cities Is really
often greater than In heaters and
hotels, because the former are so much
more numerous and are likely to be
of cheap materials and by location and
arrangement.lll provided with exits
and hallways. Moreover, the natural
tendency Is to neglect them In the
matter of official supervision, and their
patrons are mainly of a class not apt to
complain of neglect and violation of
the law.
The only wonder is that there are
so few disasters of the kind that has
ji-st befallen in St. Louis. In the
cities all over the country are thou
sands of cheap lodging places whero
men are nightly herded, but equally
unprotected against sudden outbreak
of fire. Panic with frightful loss of
life awaits in them only the careless
bestowal of a match or any one of In
numerable probable contingencies.
There Is hardly a city in which an
overhauling of lodging houses and
stimulation of caution on the part ot
both the authorities and property own
ers are not now urgently needed.
Indicting Mayor Schmltz would have
seemed to be Indignity enough, but
the enthusiastic prosecution has added
the further Insult of arresting him as
soon as he entered the state on his
way home to face his accusers. Such
conduct will not Injure Mayor Schmltz
in the eyes of his fellow citlzenB, who
believe in fair play above all things,
and who realize that there Is a consid
erable '. distance between indictment
and conviction.
School ma'ams In Nebraska are re
turning thanks today for an Increase
in pay, the average salary last year
being $5 a month higher than the year
before, with corresponding Increase
for the present year. Nebraska Is one
of the states in the union that under
takes to compensate the school teacher
for services rendered.
Apprehension as to political control
in Iowa appears to have been well
founded. The fact that the ayerage
republican majority for candidates be
low the office of governor was only
about 85,000 indicates that the Hawk
eye state is wobbling.
It is now suggested that a "people's
lobby" be maintained at Albany dur
ing the next session of the New York
legislature. Something must be dons
by "the people" since Mr. Hearst has
declared he will no longer contribute
to the campaign fund.
Building operations in Omaha have
Increased in eleven months 25 per
cent over the twelve months of the
last season, and the end Is not yet.
This is one ot the many significant
facts pointing toward Omaha's great
growth.
That "a little learning U a dangerous
thing" seems to be the official conclu
sion of China after watching the man
euvers of the students who engineered
the recent boycott and occidentals
will admit the justice of the conclu
sion. '
Railroads, miners and dealers are
each pointing to the other as the one
responsible for the coal shortage In
Nebraska at present. It will be noted,
however, that the man who burns the
toal pays the bill.
When Jeff Davis reaches the United
States senate dignified members of
that body may be compelled to come
to terma with Senator LaFoIlette in
order to make defense against the Ar
kansas waterspout.
When the public printer and con
gress have adjusted their little con
tention on the subject of simplified
spelling both sides may have a better
understanding ot the scope of execu
tive power.
An Omaha prize fighter has pro
fessed religion and given up the prise
ring to go to work. This is a triumph
for the evangelUt the police depart
ment could never have achieved.
loaidinv Board of Experlear.
Washington Post.
Most of the objection to trial marriages
come from men and women who have
passed through marriage trials.
Paas It t p.
f Chicago Newa.
Having produced a new lemon, the De
partment of Agriculture asks the public to
take tha pucker out of Its face and look
pleasant.
KnocklnK Free- Seed.
Kansas City Journal.
The National Orange has declared against
free seed. The average congressman, how.
ever, will continue to distribute It until
the nominating convention denounces ths
practice.
raseemlr C releaaaesa.
Indianapclla News.
Our continued prosperity Is clearly mak
ing sums of Its beneficiaries careless In
their methods. For Instance, a lone robber
waa captured while plying his vocation on
a train in Missouri.
Mora WorWrrn. Mire YVnge.
Bt. Louis Olobe-Demccrat.
In tha last four yeara at least !.&,("
adult workers have been added by Immi
gration to the population of the I'nitaJ
States. At the same time there has ben
aa advance la wsgts. But as such giowtn
cannot always last the" suggestion that this
Is a time to cultivate the saving habit Is
good.
nioekta n Flood of Words.
Indianapolis Nawa.
Thera Is a strong undercurrent of sus
picion, however, that when the Trans
mlsstsslppl Commercial congress adopted
Mr. Bryan's two resolution. It was dona
largely out of a courteous desire to keep
the peace, and not with a view of outlin
ing any future policy.
llamlllatloa of a Great State.
New York Sun.
Is the man of repute and accomplish
ment, the man of civic pride and patriotic
spirit, the gentleman and the scholar, to
be debarred forever from serving this peo
ple In the senate of the ln!ted States?
Has It finally coma to paas that the seats
of Clinton and Marcy shall be filled only
by mountebanks and bawds?
Ftahtlna In the Air.
Chicago Chronicle.
Rome military men now nssert that the
day of battleships of the air is at hand.
They talk of ships carrying 18.000 pounds
dropping explosives from tha sky Into
forts and making them untenable. If auch
ships are possible so are other ships to
fight them In tha air. This, however, does
not mean progress toward universal peace.
It means only that tha tragedies or war
will become more horrible. The cure for
war lies not In more terrible means of
destruction, but, as Secretary Root says,
"In tha love of Justice and peace among
the people who make war or preserve
peace."
Ingratitade of Autocracy.
Baltimore American.
Tha application to a charitable Institu
tion of General Stoessel for funds enough
to keep a servant, and the requirement by
the officers of the Institution of a medical
certificate to the effect that his health de
mands the services of an attendant, make
one wonder how the government In Russia
can excite any loyalty outside of mere
personal Interest when its public officials,
who rink their Uvea In Its defense, are so
poorly rewarded. General Stoessel was an
unsuccessful man, but at least he did some
things he might have been remembered for
by those who should have shouldered some
of the difficulties of his task.
In Behalf of the Bachelor.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The bachelor Is not as happy, does not
live an long. Is not so much honored while
living or as much wept when dead as the
man who- marries, but as an Individual he
may feel that single blessedness best suits
him, although not denying that as a gen
eral rule men should marry and the sooner
the better. If he holds this view, for rea
sons sentimental or temperamental, ha
should be allowed to stand upon the con
stitutional and inalienable lights that en
title him to life, liberty and the pursuit
of that which, under the circumstances In
which he Individually finds himself, seems
to be the minimum unhapplness. And ha Is
entitled to an Injunction to restrain married
men, blatant and bumptious because of
their greater happiness, but knowing noth
ing of his reasons for not having found
his way Into their proud and happy estate.
from prodding him as he pursues his lonely
pilgrimage.
INCREASING) YIELD OP FARMS.
Vast Possibilities of Intelligent Culti
vation of the Soil. '
Bt. Louis Republic.
In Joining James J. Hill In tho forecast
that our population Is approaching tha
point at which the products of our farms
will no more than suffice to feed It, Sec
retary Root seems not to taka Into ac
count the mighty forces that are working
together to double the acre yield of our
agricultural lands.
The farmers were never so alert aa they
are now to acquire knowledge that will
enable them to add to the productiveness
of their soil. ' Tho vast resources of the
Department of Agriculture are steadily and
successfully employed to ascertain the
crops that grow beat on certain soils and
In certain localities, and the results of its
research are spreading steadily over the
country.
The average of about thirteen bushels
of wheat to the acre and of forty bushels
of corn is so far below the capacity of
our lands that as land values Increase and
knowledge spreads the average acre yield
Is likely to double within tha next twenty
five years.
In every state thera la an agricultural
college whose practically useful work Is
fast overcoming the ancient prejudice of
tha farmer against "book farming." In
every atate may be found one or more ex
periment stations In which competent men
labor with devotion and succeas to make
the soil more productive and tho farmer's
life easier.
The Irrigation of arid lands and tha find
ing of crops suitable to those that cannot
be watered are adding vastly to the an
nual products of our agriculture The
new durum wheat, of which wa have raised
some 100,000,000 bushels this year, Is an ex
ample of this latter kind. Others will be
found.
Tho United States, especially that region
of thera lying between the great mountain
range, la Uke'y to remain the Egypt of
the world for a century. Tne produce of
our farms bids fair to double long before
our population does.
POSTALS SAVINGS BANK.
How Bank Pallnrea Make Converts
to tho Idea.
- Chicago Record-Herald.
The other day a Nebraska banker warned
the State Association of Bankers that fail
ure to devise and adopt more effective
safeguards to Insure absolute security to
depositors or prospective depositors would
lead to ths establishment of a postal sav
ings bank system. The collapse of one
bank, ha said, made thousands of converts
to ths Idea, and naturally so.
This Is undeniably true. It Is equally true
that, regardless ot bitter personal experi
ence, Americana are being converted to
postal savings banks by the success and
steady expansion of such banks In other
advanced countries. Canada recently fur
nished figures showing the growth of her
postal banks, and even more atriklng are
tha lateat statistics ot tha British postal
bank authorities.
Since lxSO the pustofflce savings bank of
Great Brit In haa doubled Its business. It
has mow 10,OCO,000 depositors, and the con
servative press admits that a bank with
that number of depositors Is entitled to be
called "ths bank of the people." The aver
age dcpralt Is only about 178. and no man
may have more than 11,000 In tha bank.
Every year sees more local offices open
savings branches; the number of such of
fices Is now 15.000. In addition, at more
I than 4,000 public schools Is money received
from the children by agents of tha bank
and placed In their namea. Five thousand
penny banks keep their accounts with the
postofllce bank. The management has dons
Its best to encourage saving habits by ex
tending facilities for saving. Ths Interest
paid on deposits is less than t per cent, but
even at this rate the margin for operating
experat-s Is very narrow. In past years
the government has earned a profit from
the bu-tnees: now ths aim Is to avoid de
ficits and balance accounts.
It la generally Agreed that ths value of
the Institution to wage-workers, the agri
cultural laborers, tbe small traders and
i'her elements etn hardly be overestimated
Such facts aa tuts seaa fur tbeuuelvts.
BITS OP WASHINGTON LIFE,
Minor Seenea anal Incidents Pketeh
on the Spot.
The gravest problem perplexing the mem
ber of "the moot august assemblage In the
world," officially known aa the United
States senate. Is to Invent an effective
means of Impressing senatorial displeasure
on Senator Robert Marlon LaFoIlette of
Wisconsin. Wslghty subjects of stat van
ish from th senatorial mind when the
specter of lAFollette loom up. The un
tamed colt from the Badger stat has been
doing things during the summer recess. 11
has talked out of srhool, told some Irritat
ing stories about his associates and In gen
eral conducted himself In a manner highly
disagreeable to shifty senators.
Serstor lAFollctte carried on a unique
campaign for popular rights during the
summer. He would make a speech unrt-r
the auspices of some Chautauqua or Young
Men's Christian association, and he Would
come armed to the teeth with rollcalls
taken In the senate during the previous
session. Then he would start In something
after this fashion:
"I am going to read you a few rollcalls
to show you how your senators voted. The
newspapers no longer print rollcalls except
on the pass n ge of Important bills. A sena
tor can betray the Interests of his constitu
ents a dosen times in a session by his vote
and his constituents will never know It, un
less they can nfford to subscribe to lhat
expensive publication, the Cnmrresslnnul
Record. Some one ought to keep the public
posted, and aa no one else seems to have
the tim I am taking a little tour around
th country doing It myself."
Then he would proceed to read the roll
calls on ten or twenty propositions offered
In the senate for the purpose of strang
ling some trust or striking some octopus.
On every rollcall the name of the senator
In whose state he happened to be would
be recorded In favor of the octopus.
These Interesting and Irritating rollcalls.
were uprung In New Jersey, Indiana, Kan
sas and Utah, perhaps In other states, and
provoked ebullllons of senatorial wrath,
which Is Increasing In volume as the vic
tims move on Washington and compare
notes. Something must be done with the
free lance from Wisconsin or senatorial
dignity will perish.
Collier's Weekly pays this tribute to his
work :
During his flit four months In the United
States senate Robert M. LaFoIlette ex
posed and stopped the sale and leasing of
coal and asphalt lands In Indian Territory.
He led the fight which kept the records
open until there can be a full Investigation
of alleged grafts In Indian Territory.
He delivered the most exhaustive speech
that was made on the railway rate bill.
He forced the passage of an employers'
liability act. He forced the passage of a
resolution authorising the Interstate Com
merce commlnslon to Investigate railway
and elevator companies for the purpose of
discovering whether a combination exists
between them by which the farmer is
robbed.
He forced the senate to consider his reso
lution reducing th hours of labor on rail
roads to the Interest of public safety.
He Introduced bills providing for the
block system on all railways of the country.
Senator LaFoIlette Is a true embodiment
of the popular spirit of disapproval which
haa been aroused against the body of which
he la a new member.
He hangs on ths flanks of his colleagues
and watches for opportunities to raid. He
surprises the enemy and catches them In
awkward situations.
LaFoIlette la demonstrating what haa
Ion' been a matter admitted In theory
that on man may be a host In the senate;
If only he be willing to pay the price, and
to play the game. It Is a bold game. But
he has plucked the tall feathers from sev
eral magnificent gentlemen. The game Is
still young. His enemies will remember.
But th people will not forget.
Congressman Sulser represents a densely
populated district on the east side of New
York City. It occurred to him some months
ao that though there are no gardens In
his district, some of his constituents might
griw plants In boxes placed on window
sills of fire escapes. So he sent an assort
ment of seeds to the Inmates of a
model tenement house owned by one of
his rlends. The latter met him & few
days ago and said: "Be here, Sulser, I
want you to cut out that seed business.
It's the limit!" "Why, what's the matter?"
askrd the astonished Bulzer, nnd he ex
plained why he had sent the seeds. "Oh,
you meant well, all right," returned the
friend scornfully, "but when I visited the
place the other day I found that about ten
families were raising cabbage, cucumbers
and tomatoes In the bath tubs."
"The president, who is himself but 4
years of age, believes In putting respon
sibilities on young men after trial," says
the Outlook, commenting on cabinet
changes. "Mr. Cortelyou is but 44 year of
age, Mr. Meyer 48 and James R. Garfield,
who on the retirement of Mr. Hitchcock
will become secretary of the interior, Is
but 41. I doubt whether so young a body
was ever before Intrusted with the admin
istration of the federal government aa the
one nw charged with its direction. Mr.
Garfield belongs to what Is known as the
"tennis cabinet" of the president, because
he Is one of a group who often join him
In that recreation. Whether a father's
reputation is a help or a handicap to a
young man depends on the young man.
"Both th sons of President Garfield have
made good their father's reputation. James
R airfield Is of slight figure, with the face
and frame rather of an academlclon than
of a politician. Hs Is not a fighting man.
but he can 'fight for his convictions when
the occasion arises. I have seen him main
tain his ground In favor of a radical ad
vance on certain Ilnea, not only against
the older counselors of the president, but
also against the president himself, with
an admixture of modesty In himself and
confidence In his position which was as
effective as It was delightful. He has bef-n
j heart and soul with the president In his
eampalgn to bring th great corporations
under governmental control and, our read
! era may remember, wss the on to suggest
jthst the federal government could make
that control ansoiute oy ins simple expe
dient rf requiting any corporation which
' wisrred to engage In Interstate commerce
I to ta!: out a f"dirnl license. In temper
' and spirit he Is quit a man after Roose
velt' own heart.'
W. D. Poyc. a Chicago booster, U in
Warhlnpton loaded with a proposition to
! tske over the entire United States Pnst
b office department and run It as a prlvrte
busln-ss. He contends that waste can b
eliminated and service given at one-!in!f
the p-e'ent price, r'aklng pennv T-f-re an
actunl fact. He represents large financial
Interests which are behind tha scbem.
The proposed corporation wo-ild perform
all services now rendered bv the govern
ment department, carry out all treaty atlp
ulstlons and contracts and take tlie re
ceipts from postal service as full com pen
sat!on. Payment would b made Into the United
States treasury of all net profits over T per
cent on the capital Invested.
Where th Bards nourish.
New Tork Sun.
Who sre th bards sublime that build
those grand, aweet stanza bawled tumult
ously on the foot ball field? These ditties
must find, their plar In any good collection
of American nursery sons. They reveal
th exact status of "cultur" primitive
culture at th universities.
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PERSONAL NOTES.
Booker T. Washington. In an address In
New York on Sunday, said that Andrew
Carnegie wears shoes made by the negro
students at the Tuskegee university, and
deelures he likes them.
Another young life blighted. A Chicago
man who had smoked and chewed for
eighty-seven years has Just been cut off In
his flower. Why will men put an enemy
Into their mouths to steal away the-lr lives?
The birthplace of Walt Whitman, at West
Hills, near Huntingdon, I I.. Is now va
cant and is fast falling Into decay. It is
sa'd that an effort may be made by mem
bers of the Whitman Fellowsnlp to pur
chase the property nnd restore the place.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar S. Strauss will have
what Is said to bo tho finest house ever
orTered for rent in Washington. It Is In
Sixteenth street, northward from the
White House, a section which mnny ex
pect to become the most beautiful thor
oughfare In America.
M. Artstlde Briand, secretary of public
instruction In Franc, hns presented to
Wellesley college a valuable collection of
French books and maps In th name of the
French republic, which nre to be used by
the students In their study of French at
the Institution. This Is the second gift
from the same source.
Some confirmation of th rumor that
Senator Piatt of New York Intends to re
tire ere long Is found In the announce
ment that Albert H. Howe, who haa been
his secretary for many years, will at the
first of the year part company with his
long-time employer. It Is understood that
Mr. How will engage In business In the
west.
. Nikola Tesla has made publlo acknowl
edgment that he Is a great man, even
going the length of making oath to that
effect. He was witness In a law case last
week In New York when a lawyer asked:
"Are you, not a promoter and lnventor"
"I am not a promoter and have never re
ceived a fee," Tesla answered. "I am an
Inventor and rank among the foremost men
of the age."
Pt'BLIC HEALTH AND PROPERTY
Important Rnllna; by th Federal
Supreme Coart.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The recent action of the federal supreme
court In the New York "tenement law
case" Indicates, apparently, that narrow
construction and Illiberal vlewa are not
favored by the Judiciary where the ques
tion of public health and sanitation Is In
volved. Under the administration of 80th Low
the public-spirited cltlxens of New York
Induced the state legislature to pass a very
comprehensive and drastic tenement house
act. The owners of the properties affected
bitterly complained of, certain provisions
ot the law and asserted that all manner of
unreasonable restrictions with regard to
air, light, sanitary appliances, etc., were
Imposed on them.
The statute waa stubbornly fought In the
stat courts and sustained In all Its parts.
Then one of the most "promising" cases
was appealed on constitutional grounds to
the federal supreme court. An owner of
a tenement had been asked by th authori
ties to remove a sink which they regarded
as a menace to health. She had refused
to comply, on th ground that th sink
and plumbing generally had been put In
In accordance with the law a It stood at
the time of construction, and that there
had been no deterioration sufficient to war
rant a demand for removal.
In the argument on appeal thla point
was pressed on the court as vital. To com
pel Improvements where the law had been
originally followed and no serious deteriora
tion had occurred, simply because better
appliances and methods had sine com Into
use, it was contended, waa to take .iway
property without due process of law. An-
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ther point wns that the tenement law was
special legislation because It wss made ap
plicable to. New York City alone. The
court rejected both arguments nnd upheld
the law. "The chief Importance of the
decision," according to the New York
Tribune. "Is Its establishment of the right
of the community to be progressive and
enjoy the benefits of scientific discovery
and sanitary Invention notwithstanding
the conservation of 'vested rights.' ".-If
this be the correct Interpretation of th
decision. Its effects will be far-reaching.
The Issue In the case arises constantly un
der health and sanitation ordinances, and
every municipality has "run up ngalr
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MERRY JIN01.ES.
"Did you call at Roxley's house?" asked
the young doctor's wife.
"Yes," replied the doctor, "and I wish
ho hud sent for me sooner."
Grsrloue, is he so seriously III?"
"No; Just the contrary. I'm afraid he'll
be all right agln before I get In half a
doxen visits." Philadelphia Prese.
"I wouldn't make a confidante of May,"
said the conceited fellow with a aelf-satls-fled
smirk. "She told me you said you were
ci-asv to marry mp. Of course, she's no
friend, if ".
not even a good reporter. I didn't say I
'was,' but 'should be.' "Albany Journal.
Shakesreare was asked If Hamlet was
really mad.
"I don't know," he replied; "the county
won't pav a lot of high-priced alienists to
find out."
Thus we see th dlssdvantsges of living
In the apaclous times. New York Sun.
Nan Why do you always call Mr.)V
Feithrrton "that nuisance'' when you
peak of him?
Fan Recause I have a right to. There
la no rule for the pronunciation of proper
name. Washington Herald.
"Pop, Is It true that th word 'Adam'
means earth?"
"So they Bay, my son."
"Then the first man's nme was 'mud?'"
". h!:igs turned out, H waa." Balti
more American. 1 '
Ckjodley Oh, com now, I wouHn't call
him a cad!"
Boorlsch Not Well, what Is your Idea
of a cad?
Ooodley Well, usually It Is a fellow who
la forever calling aomebdy else one.
Philadelphia Catholto Standard.
"When In doubt," eald the weather
prophet, "always predict somsthlng dis
agrees bio."
"What for?" 1
"If you're wrong people are so pleased
then they don't criticise you." Washington
Star.
INDIAN S I'M ME 11, ltXXt.
New York Sun.
How aweet these Indian summer days
Days when the seasons psuse
And golden autumn lingers still,
Defying Nature's lawal
The crimson sun hangs low at noon,
Adown th southern sky,
And leaden anow clouds hid Its glow
From the terrestrial eye.
Th goldenrod, the special flower
Of Nature's golden days,
la tipped with snowy plumes that each
Blast of tha north wind sways.
Th ripened nuts fall from their burrs.
And children at their play
Will find them when th snow Is gone.
Next June, perhapa next May.
The corn ahocks stand In apectral llnea
Like Alp In snow-white tiers,
And each stalk holds a bunch of snow
Against It frosen cars.
Th yellow pumpkins fleck th fields,
Beneath three feet of anow,
And w can all have pumpkin pi
In seven months or so.
Th ulster, from It summer grave
Unseasonably exhumed,
Appears upon the backs of men
With camphor bails perfumed.
Last year's "galoshes" on the feet
Of the pedestrian feel
Some alight protection from th slush.
Though leaking at th heel.
And. thourh It comes a trifle late.
This Indian summer time
May yield two dollsrs. maybe thre.
To. the maker of thla rhyme.
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