The Omaha Daily Bee
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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.
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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.
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THE locality in which fur-bearing animals are
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This quality-difference is always considered
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To the broad experience and infinite skill of
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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
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