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TIIE OMAHA DAILY REE: TUESDAY, DECEMHEIl 4, 190G. Tiie Omaha Daily Bee founded by edward robewatf.r. VICTOR ROSKWATER. EDITOR. Untried t Omaha postoffice M second. tut matter TEK113 OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily llec (without Sunday), ont year. .$4 CO Daily Hop, and Sunday, una year J-' Muifliiy hce, on year 't" H. uurday I!ec, one year I-6" liliUVlililiU BV CARRIER. i.i c (Including Sunday), per week. .130 "V lice (without Bunday. per week..P ..venlng Uee (wttliout Sunday), per week W Ten r.ii.g Uee (Willi Sunday), per week..lK Address complaints of Irregularities In Ue- I. Vviy tu City Cireulnlng Department. OFFICES. O.rahft The pee building. -Mi ll OitihIip-i'lti Hull tiilildlng. Council IlluT!' in pearl street. 1'lurnaiv-Iftlo Unite building. Nw Vork-ir.'S Home Life Inn. building. Washington-Set Fi.ut teenth street. CO It n E .i 1 'O N D F NC E. Communications relating to news and eril t irlnl matter should be addressed: Omaha ''-'. Editorial I partmcnt. REMITTANCES. . . . 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The treasury watchdog Is a good thing sometimes, but when he barks at friends and foes alike should be j muzzled. ' - I Prosecution tor violation of the j safety appliance, law may lead the rail roads to the conclusion that Uncle Sam really means it. The king of Spain is said to have a mania for the collection of coin, but several Americans seem to have hlju distanced In the race. ' The short session of congress shouldn't be long on talk If the mem bers understand what , is expected of them as well as the public does. Meat puckers now propose to show the people. It is pretty certain that they have something to show or they would not propose ibe exposition. After studying the liiuimlal situa tion of the country It will j;- a hope less "tariff.-rippc-r' who iiniis upon an immediate chfinge in Hie s-.iiedules. ....;"".' - - " J ." ' 7 ...... I r: uta a ? nas ueon esrao- , iisnea in r'eiKia, rerorma niav not on! - longer delayed, as the new rujor has to a tual ro3t- Kor ,he next 1 'ear no personal experience a- an autocrat. !lhey e3tf,e,'d- though not largely, the The report 4hat King Monellk is not ill will be good news to tlioso powers whose denlre to , absorb Abyssinia is only restrained by the difflruity of the process. i at no greater rate than the country The litiei'stale Commerce oonimis- itself. The growth and diversification slon would probably make a strike of our interests have inevitably com wlth railroad managers if it could pelled enlargement of the scope of bhow them how to relieve the present governmental operations, shortage of cars. There will be no complaint from the I body of the people if service com- The presence of Commissioner mensu rale with the outlav be veriu- CU; k at 'Pueblo gives Colorado an op port unity to show the connection of its people with a form of lawlemieaa not heretofore acUnowlodsed. The , statement of Cuban congress men that liberal su.'ccsst will result In an insurrection when American troops 1 leave Is probably a delicate invitation to the soldiers to remain. . Councilman McGovcrn does not seem j is In a very large sense a public mis to cam what Mate of docny the asphalt fortune, us well us the loss of a man pavements re.u h if he can only bring j who can ill be spared from railroad tho city engineering department com-j activities. While his career Is full of pletely under democratic domination. : Interest as that of a foremost self- i The rfi'ut t to put Douglas county out of line with the state has had very little Effect. The people of Nebraska refusivto be bamboozled by such trans parent' tricks aB thcFe which are row being tiied. Oklahoma's constitution ought to be a model The, people of that state have a tremendous fund of human ex perlerroe to draw upon for guidance in framing their charter and building their organic law. The statement that President Kooso velt took Panama by storm is easily understood by those people who saw both democrats and republicans cl Hin di In for flection to congress in order to carry out his Ideas. On phase of this coal famine that has been overlooked Is the habit of the railroad companies of commandeering such roal as is offered for ahiprnent. If tht-y could only overcome this pro pensity the people along their line rul;ht nt, supylleu. vovge Fun nrr.AKF.n. The announcement by the members of the Douglas county delegation to the lower house of the Incoming legis lature that they will support Hon. N. P. Dodge Jr., for speaker is an fndlca tlon of the sentiment that prevails In Douglas county. Mr. Dodge has un deniable qualifications tor the office. His legislative experience is a great advantage to him in this regard, while his habit of thought and training will bring to the place those qualities so eminently necessary for a successful administration of its affairs. Mr. Dodge has entered on an active canvass fun the place and his candidacy will certainly add Interest to the proceed ings connected with the organization of (he legislature. The endorsement of Mr. Dodge means more than appears on the sur face. Direct- charges of treachery have? been laid against the Douglas county legislative delegates. They have been openly accused of an Inten tion to bolt certain features of the re publican" program and to head a revolt agulnst the result of the state conven tion that met last August. Theso charges, made by parties interested in defeating the program of the repub lican party, should fall of their own weight. The republicans of Douglas county have not felt called upon to dig nify theso unfair Insinuations by openly denying them. The fact that each member of the delegation publicly pledged himself before election to abide by the platforpi and action of the state convention, and that each man was voted for by the people with I he full knowledge of his attitude on those matters should be satisfactory evidence of the intention of Douglas (ounty to act in the legislature accord ing to- the expressed wish of the peo ple. u For the first time in several years the republican candidate for governor received a plurality of votes in Douglas county. The entire legislative ticket was elected by handsome majorities. This result was accomplished in the face of the united and vigorous oppo sition of the railroads and franchlsod corporations whose Interests are op posed to thoee of the people. The re sult of the election could only have been achieved because the people of Douglas county had faith in the re publican candidates. It is, therefore, an Insult to the intelligence of the voters of Douglas county for any man or set of men to Insinuate that the Douglas county legislators will aban don the platform and program of the republican party, or any part of it. Douglas county stands pledged to the election of Norris Hrown for United States senator, to the enactment of a terminal tax.nlon law, to the enact ment of an anti-free pass law, to the enactment of an employers' liability law and to other measures demanded by the republicans for the relief of the people of the state. In putting forth Mr. Dodse as can didate for speaker the members of the house delegation have simply renewed their faith and their pledges to sup port the party's program. A TllLIAOy DOLLAR GorfinSMEXT. The estimates of expenditures to be provided for in the regular appropria tion bills for the next fiscal year once more emphasize the fact that the annual cost of maintaining the gov ernment ia mounting well up towards a billion dollars. These estimates are t-arefullv orennred in the ileicirtments ! ' . Hlm ' ,nvitinnu i appropriations maae lor tne current liscal year. While the aggregate, of course, is large, it is to be remembered that it is for the government of a billion dollar country. It has been developing rendered. Whllesuch enormous totals call for increased caution and scrutiny of appropriations, the burden imposed upon the individual citizen is rarely not greater than when the magnitude of federal undertakings was far less. j 7I,K LA1IC SAXCKL S'fc.VCftf. The death of Samuel Spencer, presi- I dent of the Southern railroad system. made man, beginning aa a poor south- ern boy amidst the wreckage, left by the civil war, in which, though a boy in his teens, he made a record for manly bravery on the confederate side, his attitude not only of open minded ness to but also of sympathy with the demaud for reformed relations be tween railroads and the public is now I justly recalled to his honor. President Spencer was one of the conspicuous men in the highest rank in railroad management who heartily supported President Hoosevelt in in creasing the scope and powers of the Interstate Commerce commission, and few have stated with greater cogency than he the conditions requiring a public tribunal invested with ample and conclusive powers fqr adjusting the controversies over transportation on a basis equitable and fair to all Interests. It shows his breadth of mind that he saw how the ultimate and substantial Interests of the carrier corporations themselves, as well as those of the whole community, would ba best promoted by such a Battle - ment, and he had the coin age to main tain his convictions openly. It was indeed natural that he should not atwrnt to all that bus been pro posed in the name of transportation reform, but he distinguished between demagogic agitation and popular in sistence for better conditions under public control, even though many sug gestions of method seemed to him fallacious. He recognized the sincerity of purpose underlying the universal movement and had faith that it would work out a wise solution of problems, the gravity of which and the need of settlement, he as a profound student and actor in such affairs clearly per ceived. The example, unfortunately too rare. Is one of Incalculable value. The hearty co-operation of those who are at the front in conducting transporta tion is needed in reconciling its vast Interests with the vaster interests of the industrial and commercial public. It Is not in the mind of the public to do hurt to the former, but hurt to both Inevitably results where hostility and obstinate resistance to the more efficient rule of law amounts to war. MEMORIAL TO JOHX HAY. While the beautiful memorial win dow in Keneselh Israel temple In Philadelphia in honor of the late John Hay is a special tribute of the Jewish people, it is one in the spirit of which every genuine American may equally share. The efforts of the great secre tary on behalf of a terribly suffering people in a foreign land were Inspired by the liberal and compassionate Im pulses in which our institutions were conceived towards victims of tyranny to the uttermost ends of the earth and without distinction of creed or nationality. The service was a noble one, going to the extreme verge of possibility under the rigorous restraints upon international comity. The memorial, therefore, Is fit and commendable, for It emphasizes an ideal that cannot be too loyally upheld. Proud as we may justly be of our own country as an asylum for the oppressed of other lands, we are yet not so exempt of the baser passions and the influences that make toward oppression that we can afford to neglect to exalt the catholi city and generous spirit exemplified in the character of John Hay. OKLAHOMA'S VPFOBTUNITr. The rare opportunity before the peo ple of Oklahoma in their constitutional convention exclteB general Interest In the manner tn which they will Im prove it. As nearly as It is possible for any community for no common wealth can by any means free Itself from its antecedents and peculiar en vironments Oklahoma may write its organic law on a sheet of white paper. Particularly is the new state untram melled in establishing the relations of public authority to corporations, trusts, taxation and many other vital ques tions for , which the older states have labored at disadvantage to find solu tions. Their experience is available a" a guide under far more propitious clr cumstances in the new state than in those where It was evolved. Nor does the new commonwealth undertake the work in immaturity. With a population considerably exceed ing that of Nebraska, with far greater wealth and material interests than those of many of the old states, with a citizenship largely drawn from the best of the western and southern states, the popular representatives in the constitutional convention will be to blame If they do not draft a frame work of government, at once safely conservative and healthfully progres sive, which safeguarding every inter est of their own, will also serve as a model for other states. While the people of Oklahoma have often naturally been impatient in the difficulties which have postponed state hood, it is not improbable that the delay, during which their interests have formed on permanent lines and their preparation has been perfected, may lu the end prove a blessing. Lincoln real estate owners are busily' inflating a proposition to erect a mag nificent state library building and headquarters for the judicial depart ment of the state government. It will be well for the legislature to pay little heed to the glittering prospectus pre sented by these gentlemen. The day is not far distant, if it is not already at hand, when the state of Nebraska will erect a new capitol building. At thut time the library and the supreme court will be very comfortably and ap propriately taken care of under the same roof with the other departments of the state government. It would be ! unwise to erect a separate building for the sole purpose of adorning a vacant corner on one of Lincoln's business streets. When the legislature begins to consider this topic it should take It up from the standpoint of a new capitol or nothing. Just as an evidence of Nebraska's present importance it may be stated that the corn crop of the "Antelope" state for 1900 is worth more in real money than the entire silver output of the world for 1905, and that the f.trm products of the state for the year Is worth as much as the entire produc tion of gold and sliver combined for the year 1905. That Iowa farmer who paid a check for $400 forged by his daughter to rslse funds to join her soldier lover In Havana, saying. "If she really wants to marry hlm she will anyhow," must have been a firm believer in heredity. A deposit of phosphate of great ex tent tn Wyoming is nature'a answer to J lh pesaimistlc eastern professor lately b.!v. ailed the fact that within a ery few years we would have ex hausted the fixed nitrogen and be, therefore, Incapable of growing plants of any sort. Nature has a peculiar way of turning the laugh on dogmatists. Senator Bailey of Texas may dis cover that a primary election Is not binding on the legislature when facts not known to the voters are shown In the legislature. Underground connec tion with "trusts" may be deadly. Additional light is thrown upon the reasons for the president's drastic ac tion in the case of the negro troopera when it is recalled that, he was a Da kota rancher in the days of the trou ble at Sturgls. In backing the candidacy of Cato Sell3 V. J. Bryan proves his aptitude for courting trouble where none is necessary; but Iowa democrats may really be unable to attend to their own affairs. A club has beeJ organized to In crease the population of Texas to 5,000,000 persons. It should begin by preventing lynchings, thus proving that Texas is suitable as a place for homes. Llmlilnif Toilette (Vames. Chicago Record-Herald. roubtles Mr. Harriman Is opposed to government ownership of It coal lands. Reanlta of (ienernl Kdnentlon. Chicago News. If Tillman desires to create a real sen sation he could do so once In a while by con, porting himself with the dignity of the office which he holds. Xow Wiitph the Coiiko Him, Philadelphia Press. No one had any conception of the liberal ity cf King Leopold of Belgium until ho put Into American hands 1,000,000 acres on the Congo thut belonged to the native negroes. Much Talk, l.lttle Aetlon. Cincinnati Enquirer. There has been a reduction of two In the number of deaths from foot ball this year. That is not enough. It Is a great pity that there must be so much fatality about so much fun. Penalty of Trnat War. Wall Street Journal. President Oeorge F. Baer of the Read ing, says that "the general education of all the people, which must rvcesflarlly be limited, creates rash and superficial think ing and unrest." It is understood from this that Mr. Ilaer would abolish "general education of all the people?" There was no general education of all the people In France In the eighteenth cen tury, but that fact did not prevent unrest ana revolution. With all Its limitations. we will probably continue our system of ! popular education. There Is more safety In it than in no education. Doa-a In the Manner. Harper's Weekly. In his report for 1905, Just Issued, Sur geon General O'Reilly say, that the rate of admission to sick report In our army la, next to that or the Dutch army, the highest In the world. It is 12.95 p,r 1,(00. The lowest rate, Russia's, is 3.48. Our army's death rate is high, too, 2S, next to that of the British army, which Is 7.13. The Prussian army's death rate Is only two per 1,000; but the report says that many countries have a low death rate be cause their sick are promptly discharged 1 or retired, and die out of the service. Our army beats all others In Its addiction to dysentery and alcoholism, its primacy In ine iaiir item being an affecting tribute I to the labors of the ladles of the Woman's 1 Christian Temperance union In abolishing lSIO. PACIFIC-MILWAIKKE, Close Relations of Both Roads Thronsrh Directors. Wall Street Journal. Whether the Union Pacific ever obtain control of St. Paul or not the chances are decidedly against such a thing being done In the open market. The boards of directors of these two roads are so made up that It would take a complete realignment of the forces commonly understood to be arrayed behind Mr. Harriman to bring about any such open contest. The simple fact Is that the men who have made Harrlman's career possible are very largely the same men who form the con trolling party In St. Paul. If Mr. Harriman had In mind acy object which the St. Paul management prevented him from obtaining and if he should undertake to remove the obstacle by aggressive buying of St. Paul on his own mvnnm i, .i k to alienate his strongest followers In the Union Pacific Itself. The St. Paul has been known far years as a Standard Oil road and It Is no less so now than at any pre vious time. Out of the thirteen members of the board there lire not over nine who are of great importance from the capital istic standpoint, that is. Importance when it comes to controlling annual elections. Of these at least three are Standard Oil men and among these three are two of the most powerful ,,. ()f railroad affairs in the country, William Rockefeller and II. H. Rogers. With the Union Pacific it would not be Impossible to show that the Standnrd Oil party is even stronger than with the St. Paul. Of the fifteen directors only seven can be called men of the first rank in the matter of determining control. Of these three are unquestionably Standard Oil men and a fourth has been more fir less as sociated In recent years with the same party. In addition to these the president of the St. Paul Is 1 dire, tor of the Union Pacific. , ,.v n..u J. IflUUII ,,.,; th;.fre w,ph CnfuPo the j theory or H.nrln an buying for control, is ' IO" iiup'olml.ie to be taken s.-riously wlth- A (IV CVtllufl (lien .t tlw, .. l .-.,.,..- K cat out some tangible evidence to support U The thei-ry of fort hcniuing stock rights obtains much better hearing in conserva tive tiuarters. If insiders really have a j put In the present movement H is becau-e they are pn-pnrlr-a the murket for an offer of new stock St. Paul acted much the same way before the hut offer. Keep Dp- Graves' Tooth Powder where you can use it twice-a-day. It helps the poor teeth; preserves, brightens and whitens the good ones and leaves a pleasant after taste. Ask your dentist. Ia handy mlal cans or bottlaa. tS. D'- Graves' Tcoih Powder Co. I ARMY 0.IP WASHHOTO. Cnrretif KifnH Gleaned from the Armr and ias-j- Hralater. Nothing has jet been heard In the War depsrtment of the new military balloon, whlrh was ordered of a French maker of s;irh vehicles. It Is expected that the bal loon wl!! soon be ready for shipment al though It Is destined to arrive too late for use In the mobllliatlon maneuvers of the army and mllltla this yenr. This h not Important, however, since the experimental work with the balloon may Just as easily and profitably be conducted at Fort Wood, Omaha or Renecla, or any place In the field. There Is a preference for California, where the weather genernl y Is of the sort which dors not Interfere with military bal looning. The War department Is In pos session of much Information In regard to the work of the Frenchmen and the Oer. mans, who have of late been devoting much time to this subject. There Is no fund In this country from which could be borne the cost of experimental work In this line, but with such limited means as the army pos sesses for the Investigation and trial the new balloon will be used. There has been much trouble from time tn time respecting the traffic In army uni forms and equipment In cities near the large army posts, and hitherto all efforts to discourage this have been frustrated. A gratifying exception Is afforded by the decision of the United States court at To peka. Kan., which decision Is likely to have wholesome effect. The War department this week was advised that the trials of Patrick Burns and Joe Miller, both citl rens of Leavenworth, Kan., for receiving clothing In pledpe, has resulted In a fine In each case of $1,000 and costs. Both men pleaded guilty, and the United States at torney reports that no dilatory motion of defense was offered, and a very salutary effect was expected upon those and other dealers In and about Leavenworth, an ex tensive trade tn this line having been hith erto carried on by these defendants. There seems to be some difficulty In ob taining dental surgeons for the army. The examination of candidates recently held at West Point resulted In the reporting before the examining board of only four of those who had been authorlied to appear. Of these four, three were physically disquali fied and one withdrew from the examina tion. Nothing has been heard of the ex amination held at the same time In San FranclBCo. The failure to obtain qualified candidates Is perhaps due to the fact that the Invitation sent out steted that there were no vacancies In the position of dental surgeon in the army and that those who passed would merely be placed In the eligl ble list, which Is, of course, not a definite or entirely satisfactory result. The army signal corps Is finishing Its work in assembling eight sets of portable wireless telegraph outfit, two of which will be Bint to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., for use in the signal corps school at that post, The other sets will be sent to Cuba and will be used In the field, being made the subject of special report, with a view to determine to what extent they should be used In the army hereafter. It would prob ably be unsafe to predict that the portable wireless will entirely supplant visual sig naling, but it Is certain the former will materla"y W'8aen the need f the lattcr ,n military communications. The new porta bio set, Including the battery, weighs less than 300 pounds, and Is so arranged that It may bj easily packed on the back of a mule and carried anywhere. Its expected efllclency Is about a miles, which distance could, of course, be Increased by adding to the weight of the apparatus. The signal corps portable wireless la of a different de sign from the wlrcleiis sets which are used at the coast defense posts. The surgeon general of the army will make another effort this year to have the War department provide a systematic training of enlisted rner. of the army with the ,dea of introducing individual instruc- tlon Instead of general athletic work. The ' ldca contemplates the application to the ! enlisted force of the army of the same system cr pnysicai culture wnicn exists ui the Mi"tary academy with .such profitable results, At most army posts the am,ctic work is of a perfunctory sort and, at best, does not take into consideration Individual needs. A man raised as a blacksmith and with the abnormal development of his bi ceps stands tn no need of arm exercise and yet he is apt to get' that quite aa much us a lens well developed man. It is considered that the athletic work throughout the 'army should be more directly and indl viduully applied, and It Is along such a line that the surgeon general proposes to Im prove a system of training in gymnastics In the military service. A serious situation appears to have been pointed out by Major General Ix-onard Wood In a report on the Interference with military mobility by what that officer re gards as the overburdening of the soldier. He believes that the haversack should he abandoned, and that a buck pack should replace both the h?versack and the roll ' tlie ton:enU of the Pa,;k t0 be rP1ui'ed sucn aummiit "(- derclothes, one pair of socks, tooth brush, toilet soap, shelter half, and for the tropics a light blanket or poncho, possibly a mos quito bar, rations and extra ammunition. General Wood regards this as sufficient for the soldier to carry. If there is to be abil ity to march and to shoot. General Wood adds: "Extra shoes, clothing, etc., must be supplied at intervals In the campaign. If officers see that their men are thoroughly equipped, when an opportunity offers, with sound shoes and good clothing, it Is be lieve! that they will be able to go on again until able to draw from a depot. One thing Is certain: with the present en tire equipment the mobility of troops Is so ruiuced that their efficiency Is seriously Im paired. On the other bund, under modern conditions Involving rapid and extensive movements, combined with separation from the Immediate source of supply, the men must take with them the ahsolut' essen tials for several days' ierations. To do this everything except the absolutely neces sary articles must he removed." SI.KKI'V THAI niSI'ATt HKHS. Reliable Means Needed to Wake The in I i. St. Iouis Republic. From the accounts that come from the scene of the wreck at the little town of ( lawyers. Va., the life of the greatest cap- : tl,in f industry the south has produced In half a century was sacrificed by the blun der of a sleepy telegraph operator. No other explanation would account for the wreck unless It be that the crew of the second train neglected to wall for the sig nal, without which they should nut have I'unhi-d into the staticn. If tne railroads, aa is charged, are In the h i bit of Intrusting the Uvea of their pas keiiers to overworked train dispatchers II is time that the practice be stopped by leg islation rigidly enforced. In the present at rained condition of rail road traffic, when It seems Impossible to run trains on time, the sleepy, overworked or Incompetent train dispatcher Is about the most dangerous Individual in the rail road rvlce of the United States. The killing of so Important a man aa Samuel Spencer brings the sleepy dis patcher Into the limelight of public notli e Kajlroad managers him plainly enough flow. Will they do away with him I GORDON FURS COR dependable service the Gordon Russian Pony Skin Automobile Coat has found in stant favor. Not at all heavy, the nature of the fur and the short hide both aid in giving immu nity from intense cold, while the fur is impervious to snow or rain. In a garment of this kind much depends upon the way it is put together. "The Gordon Way" is your surety that your garment is put together as it should be. W4 it! emmA Pinero PERSONAL, XOTES. Salaries of congressmen's secretaries have been raised IJ5 a month. Members having no secretaries are Just as thankful. They draw the allowance Just the same. Adrian H. Jotlne, the new president of the Missouri,. Kansas & Texas railroad, besides a great railroad man, has written a number of books, Including "The Di versions of a Booklover." Secretary Wilson says. In his annual re port: "Every time the clock ticks a second during ten hours of a workday the farmer drives nine meat animals to the butcher." Who will say the farmer Is slow? Dr. David P. Barrows, director of educa tion of the Philippines, landed In San Fran cisco this week, to remain In the United States eight months on leave of absence, and will keep In touch with the young Filipino students In American Institutions. The retiring lord mayor of London, Sir Walter Vaughan Moody, doubtless Is glad to lay down the civic and social rares of the office he held. Out of 337 days as lord mayor he dined away from home 257 times. These functions In many cases were formal and of the most dreary char acter. Joseph M. Patterson has resigned his position as commissioner of public works In Chicago, and has gone to the Univer sity of Wlnconsln to take a course In agriculture. He expects to apply his agri cultural knowledge to the management of a large estate which he purchased last spring near Lake Forest, 111. George J. Gould Is the patron saint of Lake wood, N. J. Last, year he paid for seventeen miles of Improved highway running from Lakewood to a point on the Atlantic' coast. It is said that Mr. Gould has a standing offer to pay one-half the cost of any Improved roads in or about Lakewood, provided some one else will stand the cost for the other half. George Rernard Shaw has been discus sing hlmseif again, summing up the sub ject in this way: "I am a bachelor, an Irishman, a vegetarian, an atheist, a tee totaler, a fanatic, a lunatic, a humorist, a fluent liar, a social democrat, a lecturer and debater, a lover of music, a fierce op ponent of the present status of women and an lnslster on the seriousness of art." When the Introduction of Chinese la borers Into South Africa was proposed an effort to Justify It was made on the ground that it would give employment tb mora white men. Lord Milner, an advocate of Chinese labor, aald In May. 1!M: "I am prepared to stake my reputation that for every lO.OuC colored men Introduced thare will In three years' lime bo lo.oio more white men In the country." The threp years are not quite out, but It Is interest ing to note how far the prediction Is In process of fulfillment. In May, Pi, there wera 5 9 colored men to one white man; there are now 8.4 to one. Axiiiisfer .For Christmas Gifts... Rather than be to the expeii.-e of moving and rearrang ing this stock we will place them oa sale. These are a soft plush Rug, which will give tho bo-t of satisfaction. The de signs and colorings are far superior to the ordinary and can not but le appreciated. Standard (Quality Axminsler sale price Standard (Quality Axminstt r sale price Royal Axminster Rug, -TxtJO, ftO sale price J33 Royal Axn,;nster Rug, 'Mx72, 4 nil sale price 03 Miller, Stewart & Beaton 1315-17-19 Farnam Stred Gordon Jluto mobile Garments The popularity of the Gordon Auto mobile Garment prows with the prowth of automobilinp. Perfect protection is of the first importance in a garment of' this sort, and when it is combined with Gordon Quality and Gordon Style, you have the reason for the popularity of these coats. Made from Russian Pony, Hudson Bay Heaver, Natural Grey or Sable Blended Squirrel, Black Caracal, Rus sian Otter, and many other suitable furs to meet individual requirements, at a wido range of prices, from $30 to $250. Jtsk your dealer for GORDON FURS FI.ASHF.S OK FIX. "IMd you ever succeed In swaying an au dience to laughter or tears at will?" "No." answered Scnntor Sorghum; "I rec ognize the fact that all the world's a s'age. I don't care to be reciting sweeties. I want to be one pf the niea In the box office." Washington Star. Austere Matron No, I haven't any roM victuals or any other kind of victuals to give awnv, but I should like to offer you this Utile tract entitled. "Faithfulness In the Performance of Duty Its Own Re ward." , Ruffon Wrats (standing on his dignity) t I don't need It, ma'am, thank ye, but I'll ( take It anil give it to me private seeker- , tary. Chicago Tribune. "Did the singing Instructor do your laughter good?" "Ves. hut he swatted the neighborhood a good one; she hollers louder than ever now." Houston Post. "What does your husband do for exer cise, now that the golfing season Is ended?" "Why. he has had a doaen bottles of Scotch and a case of charged water sent to the house." Washington Herald. "The beerers of the ruler of Algiers would be handy men to have around at j election times." "How so?" "Because, stupid, don't they always carry the Dey?" Baltimore American. j "Mabel," said Mr. Jokely, winking at hta I marriageable daughter. 1 want to ten you n Christmas secret. I'm going to give your mother a new snoonholder." "A new snoonholder?" said the dar girl. "Yes, a new parlor sofa." Philadelphia Press. SONG OK THK MOTOR VEIL. New York Sun., I'm the only real solution ' Of the prohlem that ablution And that creams and rare cosmetics Have been struggling so to solve. I'm the radiant, girl supplier Universal beautlfter Which has banished d'etectlcs So that doctors' heads revolve. When a woman wants complexion I supply It to perfection. Be her fancy mild or "sassy," I can always show the goods. Now for tastes that run to bilious 'Mongst Dame Fashion's supercilious, I produce a green more grassy Than was ever in the woods. And for those who would look "peachy,' I supply a pink so screechy That the girl and I between us Would make any flame look pale. 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