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The Omaha Daily Bee FOVNDKD BY EDWARD R09BWATER. VICTOR R08EWATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postofflo at second class matter TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION, pally Be (without Sunday), on year. .M M I'sily He and Sunday, on year Sunday Bee, one yar 00 Saturday Hee, one year '-w IjJEIJVERKD BT CARRIER. Pally Bee (including Sunday), per wee.. lie IMIly Be (without Sunday), per week..WJ Kvenlng Be (without Sunday), per week o I-.vening Be (with Sunday), per week..lw Address complaint of Irregularities In de livery to City circulating Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee building. South Omaha City Hall building. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl street. Chicago- 1S4 Inlty building. . ,, New York-IMS Home Life In building. Waahlnglon-501 Fourteenth street. COR RESPON DENCE. Communication relating to new and edi torial matter should b addressed: Oman Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. , . . Remit by draft, express or po order pnyahle to The Be Publishing company. Only 2-cent stamps received a paymeiit of rnail accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBL18HINO COMPANI. STATEMENT OF rlRCULATION. Stat of Nebraska, Douglas County, : Charles C. Rosewater, general manager of The Be Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of November, 190c, wa as follow 1 33,740 2 31,660 1 31,860 4 30,500 6 31.070 38.160 1 36,630 5 33.450 31.320 10 33,060 11 30,660 12 .... 31,560 13 31.040 14 31.380 16 31,830 II 31,180 IT 31.990 II 30.000 1 31,430 20 31,770 21 31.400 22 81,110 21 31,800 24 31,680 21 30,450 II 31,400 27 31,850 28 31,480 21 31,550 II 31,630 Total 351,910 Less unsold copies 3,878 Net total sale 343,033 tally average 31,401 CHARLES C. ROSEWATER. General Manager. Subscribed in my presence and sworu to before m this 1st day of December, 1901. (Seal.) M. B. HUNOATK, Notary Public. WHE1 Ol'T OF TOWlf. Subscribers leavloaT the city tem porarily should bmr The Be mailed to them. Address will be chanced a olteM a requested. Democratic notions of finance nn.l economy are sending Omaha's streets into the winter In very' bad shape. Japanese are evidently better ac quainted with President Roosevelt's ' square deal" than with 'hl "big stick." Secretary Shaw u playing the part of Santa Claus to good effect la releas ing $12,000,000 for Christmas shop ping on December 15. The desire ol Mr. Jerome to post pone the Thaw case to March or April Is hardly In keeping with the presiden tial plea for quick and exact justice. After breaking other presidential precedents it would be "Iloosevelt luck" for the present executive to call a national constitutional convention to order. Every mun Is his own assessor, seems to be the railroad Idea. If this were carried out in Its full effect the public treasury wouia be a hollow mockery. Running a court on schedule time Is sufficiently a novelty to be noticeable, and yet business would not suffer it Judge Trelber's Innovation were mado permanent. ' President Castro Is well; King Menelik Is well; therefore persons de siring to - enforce concessions In Venexuela and Abyssinia might be feeling better. The Mormons settled the race sui cide problem and possibly they could solve the race problem for the south If given a chance, as they have expressed a desire to do. ' Now that the United States has eliminated the speculator in bidding ou.aupplles for the navy, It might ap ply the same system to speculators who bid. on, Indian, land. When; Representative Burton visits the rivers and harbors congress he , will probably learn' that America's sea board Is not confined to the Atlantic nor Its streams to the Ohio. Dr. wl ley's remarks anent the ques tionable i value of poultry from cold storage seems to be having a greater effect on the market than his warn ings regarding Impure whisky. Residents of Pacific states would probably be willing for the mikado to bur all American laborers from Japan if Uncle Sam will close the doors to Japanese laborers, but America might lose by the arrangement. The decision of France to permit pork now In transit to land without microscopic examination shows that the government Is not willing to have the people eat dogs even If it Is anx ious to be friendly with Germany. Remember that the man who tells you that Omaha la trying to dominate Nebraska has an axe to grind. If you will sound him deep enough' you will find that he Is opposed to terminal tax ation or some other measure that af fects the railroads. Missouri has the unique experience of keeping "the lid" closed on Sunday and increasing IU revenue from the brewing of beer over $!,000 in the aame year, More than f 2 9,000 was received by the state from brewery in sueuiiou la tue l&t twelve months. I RAILROAD TAX SHIRKING. j The arrest of a Burlington agent un der the criminal section of the Ne braska revenue law Is likely to put a new phase on tax matters In Nebraska. For three years the Burlington has persistently refused to pay the taxes assessed against It And has sought every means to delay the hearing of the CHae In court. The last postpone ment was made at the instance of the Burlington attorneys, who demanded that the case be not heard In the su preme court of the United States until a full bench can sit, as there is a va cancy on the supreme bench. This amounts In effect to an Indefinite post ponement. It will operate to defer the settlement of the tax cases for an un certain period. The course pursued by the Burling ton and Union Pacific Railroad com panies in dealing with the tax matter in Nebraska has been most exaspera ting, to say the least. When the pres ent revenue law wag being passed at torneys for the companies were most active, and certain features which were Intended to affect the companies were stricken out at the Instance of the rail road lobby. When the law was finally approved It was said to be satisfactory to the railroads. The State Board of Assessment had the temerity to make a alight Increase in the absurdly low valuation placed on the railroad prop erty In the state and this was Imme diately resisted. It does not matter that the railroads have enjoyed In the fullest measure the great prosperity that has blessed the country at large. It does not matter that their earnings In Nebraska have been limited only by their capacity to care for the business offered them. It does not matter that their profits have been enormous. They are determined not to relinquish control of the affairs of the state and they have taken this course to show their power. In every county In the state, where the tax lev led against their roads has amounted to $2,000 or more, an Injunction has been secured from the federal court to prevent the collection of the tax. The railroad companies have lost In each of the successive steps to the su preme court of the United States, and there they have secured a halt by de manding that the case be not heard until a full bench can be had to sit upon it. They have proffered to each county in settlement such sums as they feel like paying. The various com munities of the state have been greatly hampered by this course on the part of the railroads, but the people are pa tiently awaiting the determination of the courts, feeling sure that in the enc" the great railroad companies of Ne braska will have to pay their Just and equal share of the taxes collected, the same as any other citizen of the state. The outcome of the case In Saline county will be watched with much In terest. If It can be made effective it Is quite likely that a number of local agents of railroads throughout Ne braska will find themselves under ar rest. REDUCED SCHEDULES, SOT REDUCED CHARUES- The statement given out from Wash ington that, of the total of 61,000 freight schedules, affecting hundreds of thousands of rates, filed with the Interstate Commerce commieslon since August 2 8, when the new law went Into effect, between 80 and 85 per cent are reductions. Is to be taken with a grain of allowance. It may be true that these schedules on their face in dicate that percentage of reduction, but It by no means follows that such a reduction, or any reduction what ever, In the charges previously acually made has been effected. The notorious fact la that prior to August 28 the rates shown In the schedules filed were not the rates ac tually paid. On the contrary, while the schedule rates were ruthlessly en forced on the unprotected public, the rates to big and favored shippers by reason of rebates and equivalent dis criminations under innumerable dis guises, affecting an enormous aggre gate freight, were greatly less than the schedule rates. Under the new law there are drastic penalties and more efficient means for enforcing the requirement that the ac tual rates Bhall be the schedule rates. The roads, therefore. In reducing the latter may still not have gone below the old average of the former. They certainly could have made notable re duction In the schedule rates and still leave them higher than the actual rates formerly were. And there (s most substantial reason to believe that many, if not most, freight charges un der the new law are materially higher than they were 6 few years ago, al though the schedules In some cases may be lower. ' In short, these ostensible schedule reductions, although they are signal indication of the efficiency of the new law to compel the roads to adhere to the published rates, thu narrowing or abolishing the old 'rebate outrage, are no proof whatever of the Justice and falrnes of the rates in other respects. It la known especially that local rates are rankly excessive and discrimina tory, and there Is every reason to be lieve that the Interstate charges rest on a false basis with respect to cost of service and margin of profit. Pleding at Wilber indicate a neces sity for assessing railroad taxes In the name of the real ownei rather than In the name of the corporation which built the road, since railroad lawyers claim exemption for cah under the present system. The receipts of the Omaha grain market have piled up a very respect .ible total. The Infant is outgrowing its swaddling clothes very rapidly. THE OMAHA Now let the men who made the Grain exchange a success take hold and push the milling Industry with the same vigor and in three years more we will be producing breadstuffs in a volume to equal that of the grnln trade today. COSTCST OYER A PTROFR I A TIO.T . The attention of congress at the present session for the most part will necessarily be absorbed by appropria tions, ttnd It is already apparent that there will be marked conflict between eastern and western representatives as to the apportionment of public funds. The line Is already being drawn be tween those who are Insisting upon large appropriations for ocean steam ship subsidies and an enlarged navy on the one hand and the Interior representatives who make like de mand for river, canal and simi lar Internal Improvements. The Is sue sharpens In proportion to the teal of both sides, who apprehend that the success of either will be at the expense of the other, since the state of the rev enue, although producing a treasury surplus, will hardly be adequate for financing the large views of both. While the general sentiment of the country undoubtedly favors a strong and creditable navy, there is also a dis position to question seriously whether extraordinary additional outlays, on a scale approaching that of the greatest naval powers of Europe, Is necessary at this time. On the other hand, the champions of Internal waterway Im provement, though their number Is rapidly Increasing, are at a disadvan tage because of lack of a definite prop osition to be presented as a paramount purpose on which their energies, backed by mature public opinion, could be combined. The net result, If the Interior representatives are able merely to syndicate local greed and jobs against the treasury, would prob ably be to defeat appropriations for In ternal improvements, although also cutting far down the allotment for the navy. It would not be at all surprising as the case stands If the two factions should to great extent cancel each other's efforts, and unless the west and the south can substantially agree on a main point of Internal navigation, such a result may be In the Interest of economy. State Treasurer Mortensen will ask the legislature to take some steps to provide relief from the constitutional Btraltjacket which now hampers the investment of the permanent school fund. It would be worth a consider able sum each year to the state treas ury If the funds of the schools could be Invested In some of the securities which are now forbidden. The swollen treasuries of the Bur lington and Union Pacific Railroad companies contain large sums of money which rightfully belong to the county treasuries of Nebraska. This should not be forgotten when reading the boastful accounts of prosperity of these great railroads. County and City Treasurer Fink is right in his assumption that the treas uries should bo consolidated In fact as well as in name. The duplication of work at present necessary can easily be dispensed with and the affairs of the office be conducted just as suc cessfully. The disposition of the legislators outside of Douglas county to aid In measures calculated for the advance ment of Omaha are moot encouraging. It Is an effective answer to the efforts of Interested parties who are persist ently trying to array the state against Omaha. Complaint that comparatively few policyholders have voted in the elec tion for directors of New York life In surance companies indicates that Inter ested parties were not as greatly ex cited as outsiders by the legislative hearing. In the discovery that "a . very marked scarcity of small bills is noticeable everywhere" the secretary of the treasury was anticipated by a number of people now actively en gaged in avoiding the Christmas rush. From confessions of former officials of the defunct Milwaukee Avenue Sav ings bank the Institution must have been run on the plan of "Anders keep ers; losers weepers; and the first man to the money 'swipes' the pot." Coavealeatly Foraottea. Portland Oregonlan. Mr. Bryan wasn't ahead of the rest of us In denouncing th trusts, though he says he waa. He emerged Into fume a sup porter of the Silver trust. Where prosperity Laws. Chicago Record-Herald. Standard Oil stock Is now worth only about S00 a share and the dividends have fallen to les than 1,000 per cent a year. Tet torn people ar trying to make It ap pear that prosperity la everywhere. Fairly Uood Health. Chicago Tribune. In the face of Mr. Rockefeller's assertion that he I abla now, for the first time In thirty years, to eat a mince pic and digest it, the inference I unmistakable that the shrinkage in Standard Oil stock agrees with him. Bar Bird with Copper Plamare Washington Herald. That man Helns. who put up 1100,000 for the depositors of th defunct Aetna bank of Butte, Mont., notwithstanding the fact that h wa not reaponalbl for a cent of loss, 1 at least fifty-aevan varieties ,of a financial curiosity. FroMt of College Foot Ball. New York World. For the season 19)4-6 th receipt from Harvard athletic wer fl27,&5- Just short of th 1130.000 which would pay th salaries fnr a yar of President Roosevelt, the vie pn-it'dent and the cabinet. Of thl total I foot ball rural tied fas.jkU. Tb season's DAILY BEE : FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1P0G. surplus of V.0no would cover a year's re turns on half a dozen fairly prosperous retail store. And t'i think that our grand father who went to college played ball for fun! Prospective ol Falsre Ureatae. Philadelphia Tress. Some of the newly elected congressmen, who will not take their seats until next yesr, are now In Washington looking over the scene of their future greatness and wondering how the country la going to get along without them until the next congress meets. Keeplna: Pare with Newspaper. Baltimore American. President Roosevelt will send photograph to congress with his message on Panama. The Illustrated message Is a precedent, but, then precedents are the president's spe cialty, and, nfter all, Illustrating political messages Is merely an enterprise getting abreast with the newspapers. High Level of Bank Circulation. Bpringflld Republican. New high records continue to be made In bank note circulation, and this right In the face of the great expansion In money volume coming from new gold production. Over IIO.OOO.OPO was added to the former circulation during November, bringing the total up to ti93,3w,M9. Thl Is nearly four time the bank circulation at It low point of 1X91, more than two and one-half times what It was ten years ago, and mora than twice what It war Just prior to the pas sage of the financial act of March, 1900. BRIXY TEARS OF Oil, BAROX9. Comle Appeal for Sympathy from the Rockefeller Crew, New York evening Post. The Standard Oil company's appeal ad mlsericordiam Is comic, pathetic, or ex asperating according as one take It. That this overgrown corporation should fall a-whlmpering when It Is spanked, speaks more for the power of public opinion than for the power of reason In Its manager. What they say about the extent and Im portance of their export trade, and of the competition they have to meet abroad, la perfectly true; but if they Imagine that considerations of that kind will make peo ple overlook what they have done at home. It show that they have not the faintest notion of the popular odium under which they rest, or of the public with which they have to deal. To beg for support a a great patrlotlo Institution, is not only Impudent, even for the Standard, but wholly aside from the real point at Issue. That I merely whether these supplicating gentlemen are or are not law breakers. Detailed charges that they have reputedly and knowingly violated the statute have been officially made against them, and suit are now pending In the courts to determine whether they are criminals. Until that question is decided, we think their confidences had bet ter be confined to their lawyers, and that their begging for mercy should be reserved for the Judge, and not wasted upon a dis tinctly cold public CRIME IN HIGH OFFICE. Considerable Explaining" Demanded of Wyoming- Senator. Cleveland Leader. If United States senators from Wyoming have been cheating the government to get valuable land Illegally their exalted po sition should cause extreme effort to convict and punish them. It will doubt less hav Just that effect, because the president Is certain to feel that their great offices make helr crimes. If they are guilty of law-breaking, far worse than like offenses would be if committed by private citizens. He will see to It that there shall be no lack of energy In the prosecution, if there 1 good ground for action. The country has been shocked by the revelations of the last year or two In re gard to the swindling scheme of mon In high. places, In the matter of public lands. The belief Is general and natural that much rottenness has been kept out of sight, and it is felt that every effort ought to be made to bring the guilty to Justice, no matter how exalted their sta tion or great their Influence. The exami nation of all usplclou transaction af fecting the public lands cannot be too searching, nor the penalties Inflicted upon the guilty too severe, within the limit of the laws. Good citlienshlp Is not to be expected where and when crimes against the gov ernment committed by public official can ecape condign punishment. It is hopeless to look for a healthy moral tone In regard to patrlotlo duty ir ornciai robber of the people can defy and de feat Justice. JAPAN'S TREATY RIGHTS. Feature of the Difficulty Occasioned by Saa Francisco. Washington Post. The contention that subjects of Japan are entitled to admission Into the public ichools of California . 1 based upon the provision of the treaty of 189t, which la held to grant to Japanese resident In th United State the same privileges, liber ties and rights a are-granted to the cltl tens or subject of the most favored na tion. Are the cltlsen or subject of any nation ent!tled by treaty to enter the pub He school! of the United State? If o. the Japanese are entitled to the same priv ilege. But there does not appear to b any uch treaty. The only treaty dealing with educational matters, so far a w are aware, 1 th Burllngam treaty with China, which provide: Cltlsen of th United State hall enjoy ill the privilege of the public educational Institution under the control of the gov ernment of China, and. reciprocally, Chi nese nhject shell enjoy all the privileges of the public educational institutions under the control of the government of the United Btates wh'ch are enlnyed In the r'p"ctiv countries by the cltlsen or subjects of the most favored nation. There Is no contention by anybody, of course, that the publlo school of California are "under the control of the government of the United 8tat-." Chinese subjects ar taught In separate school In San Fran clsco. and China ha not laid claim to a denial of most-favon d-natlon privileges on that account, probably for the good reasmi that th matter I not covered by th treaty. The treaty between the United Plate and Japan specie clearly and exactly the priv ilege, llbertie and right .that hall be enjoyed by Japanese In this country. They Include the liberty to enter, travel or reside In any part of the country: perfect protec tion of person and property; free access to the courts of Justice, and equality with native dt'sens In th administration of Justice; liberty of conscience; right of ex crete of worship; equality In taxation and exemption from military service. Th most-favored-natlon clause provide that th Japanea shall have equal privileges, llbertie and right "In whatever relate to right of residence and travel." to the possession of goods, succession to estate, disposal of property, and equality as to charges in these reaper'- The question ha been raised whether the "r'ghts of residence" do not include the right to at tend the public chools. But 'as no other nation enjoy thl right In the United State by treaty, It cannot be claimed by J.ipan undiT the most-favored-nation clause. Atlmteslcn of any kind of foreigner Itito ti public schouis. In short. Is a mat wr of giac and not a treaty right. , ROISD ABOl'T SEW YORK. Ripple oa the torrent of 1.1 ' I" the Metropolis. Not since Coney Island closed its summer thriller have th Knickerbocker received uch a shock a when former Mayor Low sent In his check to the city treasurer for $i,iW7.28. In payment of back taxe. Th sensation caused by this paroxism of hon esty on the part of a New Yorker will b understood by the simple tatement that th event wa featured by the newspaper. Not because Mr. Low wa th central figure In the astonishing event. Simply because a New Yorker et an example which would cause an epidemic of heait failure If followed by the millionaire of th city. Mr. Low's check represent the tax on a real estate mortgage assumed Ly the former mayor In 1901, which, through an oversight, he neglected to pay ' the time. Accompanying the check were copies of several letter on the subject which have passed between Mr. Low and Mr. Sliepard. Controller Mela, In'dlscusslng the mutter, declared that Mr. Low had shown rare honesty In paying the amount, since It was really uncollectible and the former mayor would have been wholly within the law had he refused to pay. "It does a man good," said Mr. Met, "to discover a cltlsnn now and then with the kind of honesty shown by Mr. Low. If everyone were like thl th personal tax law would be a good thing, and the city would be vastly improved." Establishment having In their windows the legend, "Tipping prohibited," are epl demlo In East Twenty-third street, in the short block from Madison to Fourth ave nues. A restaurant proprietor started tho Idea and thn a barber shop In the same building, which Is that of a large life in surance company, followed suit. Another "tonsorial parlor" on the ground floor of a skyscraper opposite, to meet competition, put up a sign, "No tips here." A second restaurant man Is thinking of putting a stop to all gratuities, and a knight of the raaor In Fourth avenue Is gravely consider ing Joining the procession. "How does It work'."' exclaimed the pio neer restaurant man. "Well, I've been here a year and a half now and all my waiters have been with ma aver since and not one of thorn dissatisfied. I give them about 1- more wages than they would be able to get in other places of the same kind where tips are permitted. If anybody passes a dime or a quarter to them their actions depend on circumstances. If the man who offers It has apparently not seen the sign and they think It would Insult him to refuse they let the coin be where he put It and say "Thank you.' I let them take It later, but with the distinct under standing that I do not sanction tipping. The second time that customer comes In he ha seen the sign and ha taken a hint." A novelty In the way of the "sandwich man" has been seen around Times square the last week. The "professor," as he calls himself, parades Broadway In evening clothes and an opera hat. His dress shirt Is a celluloid affair, which shows a spotless white bosom when at rest. In a crowd, however, the professor presses a cuff but ton which shoots the power of several elec tric batteries Into an electric sign In red which shows through the shirt bosom. Twelve hundred negroes will be given employment In a targe department store and bank that will be opened In New York City next sprlnj. White persons will 1 permitted to do their shopping and banking at the big Institution, but the race is tabooed a far a the matter of employment goes. The Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty company has purchased a building at Forty-sixth street and Eighth avenue and plan have been fomulated for opening the store and bank in May. It will be the first enterprise of the sort ever started on a large scale north of Mason and Dixon' line, although the company Is now opera ting a small store at Plalnfleld, N. J., as well as in Baltimore and Savannah, Ga. The Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty company has a capital stock of 11,000,000 anj ha nearly 6,000 stockholders all over tho I'nlted States. Its officers are some of the best known men of the negro race. Among the stockholders and some of them are officer of the company are practically all the colored ministers In Greater New York, and eminent preachers from other section of the country. It la the policy of the cor poration In all it operations to employ only those of It own race. It Is a busi ness proposition with philanthropic and sociological feature. The prominent men In tho company are stockholder mainly In an effort to better the condition of their people, and the chance of drawing divi dend I but an incident. Th company has had office In this city for several years. Its operation are In many part of the country. For instance, It ha a bank In Savannah, operate the Mercy hos pital at Philadelphia, has two large tracts of land at Plalnfleld and Orange, N. J., where more than eighty home for stock holders hav been built and sold on the Installment plan; owns two hotels and now employ more than 600 colored person. Th Afro-American Realty company of thl city during the last three year has purchased many blocks of residential prop erty in the choicest district of Harlem nnd hundreds of fine apartment houses In the section are occupied by colored families. There are so many foreigner who com to thl country friendless and almost pen niless, and who soon start In business and grow prosperous, that the question I often sked. "How do they do ltT" Th follow ing Illustrate Just how on young Greek "did It." Six year ago he lived In on of th suburb near Athena, and from the visiting Americana, more than from what he had read, he learr.ed of the opportunities this country afforded. When h arrived In the fal of 1900. he found employment a a win dow cleaner In one of the railroad yards in Jersey City. A year later he had saved enough to open a flower stand near the ferry, which proved a success, and which enabled him to send over to Athens transportation for his eldest brother, whom he needed In hi growing business. Together they bought a large flower bus'.nes. In this city, where they are now located. Recently they opened a branch In the heart of the hotel section. A Considerate Reminder. Cleveland leader. The wealth of each person In the United Btatef. aa figured by the census bureau, was 11.336 01. on June SO, lidl. The 1 cent Is probably for a postal card to send to Washington to Inqulr why you haven't received your. -"It Talks!"- A Oreat Physician Ays: "Your Perfect OraoKelne Forn'ula tmlkt to veryon wita any uisdical Skill or medical ea." Orangeine fwaiaU Sine lOvl Ac.tnilit I 40r . ir ...I ..im " fciM rus 4 i Vvm.o 1 " act promptly and thoroughly for CoUa, Crip. H4ac, N ralgia, lfttia. Br.ia Fa. UHmK Chill aa Luw tiki t On AT ALL DRUGGISTS GORDON FURS THE locality in which fur-bearing animals are taken, the time of year, the prevailing cli matic conditions all make a quality difference in the skins. This quality-difference is always considered in selecting skins for Gordon Furs. To the broad experience and infinite skill of expert furriers, as well as to the masterly craft manship of high-class tailors, is due the supreme goodness of Gordon Fur-Lined Garments. Jlik your dmaUr for GORDON FURS Ajas TUB JAPS AJSD tSCLK SAM. Chicago Tribune: The right of the na tional government to regulate the chool system of a tat or city cannot be con ceded. Philadelphia 'Record: Americans in Ja pan never complain of a violation of their treaty rights" when they ar denied the privilege of entering one of th sacred tem ples of Buddha, Wall Street Journal: A legacy of our war with Spain: The Philippines and the continuous possibility of quarrel with Ja pan. The struggle for th control of the Pacific I now on. Kansas City Star: Whether the people of the California city are right or wrong In their sentiment toward an alien people, the government of the United State should have power to effect or veto such entl ments because It will be responsible for the decision reached. San Francisco Chronicle: It I quite likely that the editor of many eastern papers will profit If they attentively follow the discussion growing out of the refusal to permit Japanese to take possession of our schools. Most of them have read tuat "all treaties made under the authority of the United Btates shall be the supreme law of the land," but they have quite over looked the fact that the United State has no right to mak a treaty which en croaches upon th reserved rights of tW tates. They will be reminded of the ex Istence of these reserved right when the court come to deal with th matter, if they are ever called upon to do so. VANITY AND COST OF LIVINff. Government Official find the People Too Puffed Vp. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Dr. Powtera, . an agriculturalist, statis tician, ha made a discovery which should lighten the burden of thoee who compialn that the cost of living ha increased out of all proportion to the Increase of wages and salaries. The oppressed. It appear, are not the victims of the trust, the tariff, railway rebates or anything else of which so much 1 heard, but merely of their own vanity. The reason that hard earned money will not go a far a It did ten year ago Is simply that the earners have become puffed up, feel that they are aa good a anybody else. If not a little better, and assert thl In their purchase. -The doctor Is con vinced that the purchaser's demand for fancy package and other luxuries In th J way of special delivery, etc., I the root of thl evil, and not alone or chiefly the re duced purchartng power of the weekly wage. To be sure statistics can be mad to prov anything, but in thl case It may be per mitted to wonder wher they were gathered. In the average community the market basket or its equivalent 1 not les In evi dence than formerly on Saturday night mar. keting expeditions, and purchaser are gen. erally wrapped In materia) not more fancy than the familiar brown paper bag or par cel. Shoe and clothing are no more fancy, though manifestly more coetly, than they were six or seven year in ago, and the citi zen who ha lived several years In on house at a steadily advancing rent 1 not aware that there I anything fancy about hla unchanged domicile, with th oi ex ception of the price. The doctor ha con victed of vanity million who navar dreamed that they could ever afford to be vain. Browning, I&ing & Co OtietrUTOIS AND SOLE MAfcEIS OP IALP IIZEJ IN CL0TBIN0. Eleventh Hour Shopping ron't put oil selecting your smoking jacket or loung Pick it out now and we will hold It for you un til Christmas. Thjs morning's chilly wind may have reminded you that you need an overcoat or ulster, if so, Wo have them Id the new clote-fitting back, tbe loug loos coat or the regular every day overcoat for th cou Bervativn buinrs8 man. Browning, Eiing &. Co R. S. WILCOX, Manager Gordon FunLined Garments This is a picture of a smart loose-fitting garment, as comfortable- as it is Stylish. i Made in several qualities of black Ker sey, lined with Muskrat, Hamster,' Aus tralian Opossum or Squirrel. Full fur lining in the sleeve$ adds to the comfort of this garment, vhile its elegance is enhanced by the different harmonizing furs used in the collars. Prices vary according to the quality of the furs used, from $45 to $175. LAl'GHING GAS. A scum I notice you've bought a typ. writer. Lnibley Yes, and the thing's a fake, AsiMim DlsanDointed In It. eh? Lubley Well. 1 should say. Why, th bloomln' thing can't pell any better than 1 can. Phlludelphla Pres. "Old MlKerly wa so 111 that his relative actually bought mourning for his funeral."; "What happened?" "Then he aot well, and thev found w they Intended as an expression of llvi grief turned into a dead loss." BaJtini American. "You're not going to br me out, ar you?" the newly arrived spirit pleaded. "I guess not," replied St. Peter. "Vou'r the street railway magnate, aren't youT" "Why er yes, sir." "Well, Just hang onto one of those straps over there for eternity or so. Phlladel 1 phla Pre. ! "Why don't you get around and beooma personally acquainted with mon of th voter? "I don't know that It' always a good plan, answered Senator Sorgh time too extended a personal merely put an office holder In of being perpetually cross-exa Washington Star. "Have you ever mnde any efTort to popu larlse yourself with the masses?" "No," answered rnator Sorghum; "I led them caricature me and libel m until they srot tired of It. Now they're relieved tol And I'm not a black as I wa painted." W ashlngton Star. "George," said Mr. Ferrotmn: '"hat o done anything wlthr my hairpins? I hai! them a moment ago!" "They'rej' right under your nose, nv iear," answered Mr. Ferguson. "Remov them, and you can talk plainer." Chlcaco Tribune. OVER THE HILLS. Eugene Field. Over the hill and far away A little boy steals from his morning' play And under the blossoming apple tre He Uee and he dream of the thing to be; Of battle fought and of vlctorle won. Of wrong o'erthrown and of great deed done Of the valor that he shall prove some day Over the hills and far away Over the hills and for awayl Over the hlll and far away If oh! for the toll of the livelong day! Rut It mattered not to the soul aflams With a love for riches and power and fame! On, oh, man. while the sun I high On to the certain Joys that lie Yonder where blazeth the noon of day! Over the hills and far away Over the hill and far away! Over the hill and far away An old man linger at the close of day; Now that hla Journey Is almost done. His battles fought and hi victories won The old-time honesty and truth, Th truthfulness and the friend of youth. Horns and mother where are they? Over the hills and far away Over the hillg and far awayl Moderate Price Calumof L Baking S I Povdor f II 00 will ste (or Ml ur iflMUM ikiprlati M wlOMiItaUU ing robe until the lust minute, then expect to find what you want. f. ! f J V JO REC Ma ay a good j a. um. "Sonif J ( Sa ) xamlnd.y, r I irt to rtonu-J " ilu on II o tie v ll.lt cr M,1, nut n ho Hit CP a v. )