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n HIE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1C07. Tiie .OSiaiia" Daily Dei: FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSKWATER. victor RosrrwATT.n. editor. . Ertr4 at Ocuht pvtofflr aa eeooiid clasa matter. TKRMfl OP BTTKTUPT!ON. Pally tthojt Sunday), on rear..H Daily Be- and Sunday, on year 0 Sunday on y "r . IM fcaturday Ba one year I N DIXKEKKD BT CAJUUER. Dally fl-a (Inclnding Sunday), per we-k..lfio Iily 1 (without Sunday), par wwli 10c Evening Be (without Sunday), per week. So fcvsnjiia (with Sunday), per week.. ..loo Addren complaint of Irritulr1tlce In de livery to City Circulation Department. omens. Omaha The Be Building. South Omaha City UaJI Ihilldlng. Council Muffs 10 Pearl Btreet. Chlcsro lbo t'nity Building. Kfw York-lfiflB. Horn Llfa Inairranr Bid?. WashingtonSol Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCES. Communications relutlng to newa and ed Itnrial matter should be addressed: Omaha. Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit hy draft, Hprpn or postal order, pnyable tn The Pee Publishing Company. Cnly 2-cent stamps received In payment of mall account-, personal ohecka. except on Omaha or eastern exchange, net accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT Or CIRCULATION. ; Btnte of Nebraska, Douglas County, Charles C Rcmewater. general manager Of The Bee Publishing company, being duly iworn. aaya that the actual number of f11 and complete roplea of The Pally. Mornlnr, Evening- and Sunday Bee printed during the month of February. 1007. was aa follow": 1 81.000 . 1 21,90 2... 81,660 IT 30,390 1 30,100 1 81,630 B 81,080 S 81,670 t 39,190 t 31,660 9 99,190 10 60,450 11 31,760 11 81,670 13 81,840 14 31,840 16 31,890 II,. 1 89.830 11 33,000 tO , 3S3B0 fl...., B3.470 2.. 3S.4G0 IS.......... 33,060 14 40,680 16 3a,cso !....,...... 3LB60 $7..... 80X50 It 38.130 Total. Ed ,720 8,763 Leas unsold and returned copies.. Net total 886,957 Daily aver 31,077 CI1ARL.ES C. KOSEWATER, fleneral Manager. rnbscrtbed In my prewenoe and sworn to before me this lat day of March, 19"7. (3eal) M. B. HUNQATB, Wotary Public. XVHE OUT OK TOWS. Snbaerlbera IsaTlnaT the eltr tem porarily ehamld, . bar The Be Dialled to theta, Adalrewa will t ehaaced aa often a reaea(d. The ground-hog's time Is nearly out, but he la doing his level best to make good. Still, it seems like a waste of time for Uncle Joe Cannon to go to Panama to study new styles in dams. Farmers report that an unidentified bug is playing havoc with the winter wheat Possibly it's the mollycoddle. Omaha this spring has the pleasure of attending to business white other communities in the state get busy on politics. . "This country needs more democ racy," says Dr. Lyman Abbott. The motion wilt be seconded promptly by Colonel Bryan. , James H. Eckels declare that large fortunes are good. " Most people might think so if tha large fortunes were not in other hands. t. '... The man who Uvea beyond his in come In Washington Is Just as foolish aa the man who does a similar stunt in other places. "What is a bachelor's button?' asks a correspondent, Originally it was a nail, but the fastidious bachelor now uses the safety pin. ' Now that the six-wheeled automo bile Is to be placed on the market,' the pedestrian will hay to make his legs do more duty than ever. Maxim, the gnn maker, predicts a war between the United States and Japan In five years. Now is the time to place your order for a gun. The physician .who asserts that lo quacity is a sura sign of insanity has delivered a bast blow to the contribu tors to the Congressional Record. Rhode Island has a vacancy In the United States senate, whjch means that Senator AJdrlch will cast but ono vote from that state Instead of his cus tomary two. - "I would take anybody's money," says General Booth, who must have been studylns tho careers of the life insurance manasers of New York un der the old regime. .The Vienna physician who has dis covered that headaches are produced by the high collar deserves the thanks of the high, ball which has been under suspicion In that direction. The country will rejoice in the re covery of the diphtheria patient at the Whlto House and Join too president end his family in a tribute of thanks to the discoverer of anti-toxin. The railroads now allege high prices of labor and material as the reason for abandoning building projects. The relation of ' freight tariffs to Cost of material is not mentioned during the debate. President Roosevelt's statement that he will be as glad to meet rail' road president as any other citizen lesves the" railroad men to place their estimate on their standing at the White House. Sentiment In favor of annexation Increases steadily among the South Omaha people. The patriotic hurrah raised two years ago baa long since '.spent itself while malnlfest advantages that will result from a consolidation of the . two Omahaa are looming up btgser every day In the mind of the MagV: City home owner and taxpayer TTfK OMAHA GUAM KXCIt A.GK. A comtuTinlrit.on from the editor of the Weeping Water Herald directs attention to a condition that deserves some attention. If the allegations made by Mr. Olive In his letter are well founded, the Omaha Drain exchange directors should take Immediate steps to correct the abuse complained of. If not well founded, some assurance should be given to that effect. " The establishment of a grain ex change at Omaha has been accom plished In the face of the combined orpdsitlon of practically all the rail roads entering the city. It was obvi ously to the Interests of these railroads not to have a grain market established here, and since the organization of the exchange It has been engaged In a con tinual fight for Jig rights. Privileges that were discriminatory against Omaha have been granted rival mar kets, And many favors that might have been extended to 'the local exchange have been dented. That the marker should have grown as It hss under the conditions Is the best evidence possible of Its utility to producer and consumer alike. The allegation made by Mr. Olive that the true market Is In the south Is also based on a misapprehension of facts. All the corn does not go. south sooner or later.' A large part of it is consumed in Omaha, though not nearly what' should .be .nor what eventually will be, but the great I home Industries that reaulre corn es a basis for manufacturing are not lo cated south but east of Nebraska. Mr. Olive's opinion in the matter indicates Missouri Pacific bias, and seems rem iniscent of the well remembered 'midnight tariff" that blocked the Omaha' yards -and overwhelmed' the Qould roads with grain shipments destined for the gulf. It Is plain that the Omaha Grain exchange has not yet gotten away from all danger of Insidious opposition in Its own territory, lut it seems a trifle unfortunate that it should be at tacked as1 near home es Cass county. The farmers are not invited -to come to Omaha to trade solely from pa triotic motives, but because Omaha is the best market town. Experience has proven tbls. CoMNO CAMPAIGN ISSUES. The Cleveland Press, an independ ent newspaper that usually closely ad heres o the facts in discussing pollti- ical affairs, contains a statement that is mighty Important if true, freighted as it Is with possibilities anjd prospects that will be open to the voters in the next national campaign, cow but a few months removed. The Press states that Colonel Bryan dropped into Cleveland the other day, was closeted for several hours with Tom Johnson and then left the city without seeing any other democratic or lyceum lead- era. With ft . direct posltlveness. the Press, states that . "Mr... Bryan has picked Tom Johnson as the business manager of his campaign for the dem ocratlc nomination for the presidency in 1908 and for the) chairman of the committee that will have charge of the" contest. for election." The selection of Tom Johnson as Colonel Bryan's . manager meant, among other thinss, that there Is no more need of worry about the issue that will be presented to the people in the next national political fight Johnson will tlx that. Forceful, stub born and resourceful, he dominates everything with which he is associated. He is the author of the plan of com pelling street railways, immediately after he has sold them to tenderfeet, to. put In the 8-cent fares, and he has announced enough of his general pro gram Of reform to furnish a very clear outline of what the next democratic national platform will be. . When his borne city started its 8-cent fare' prop osition on street railways the other day, Johnson acted as motomeer of the first car, and had his press agent give out an Interview In which he said; "I, am for J -cent fares merely because It Is a big step, toward what I really want that Is free, street cars. I have fought for 8-cent fares because It Is 2 cents nearer nothing than is E ccnta." . Republican party leaders. who have been deluding themselves with the no tion that it was going to be a shame to take the" money in the campaign of 1908 had better begin to sit up and take notice. The time has not yet passed in America when an appeal to the pocket nerve lacks potency. This free street car business Is many-sided and amounts to more than the pennies Involved. It Is an appeal to the dig nity of labor. The spell binder, under the Johnson management, will show how degrading It Is for a conductor to break people's ribs In an effort to col lect slot-machine currency. All he should do Is to stand on the rear plat form, help women and children off and on the cars and exchange cigars anT political opinions wth the male passengers. But that Is only a hlDt of the possibilities, and logical results of the Johnson theory. If free street cars, why not free passenger, cars and free Pullmans? If a man may ride free, why should he pay(for his meals? If the passenger's time is valuable, why should he not be paid for travel ing, with extra pay for overtime, if the train happens to fall behind schedule? Then, too. If "the trsveler is to have these advantages, the stay-at-home must not be discriminated against. Why not free groceries, free clothing and free rent? Johnson will doubt less let It be understood tliat the free street car scheme Is Just a temporary halting place on the road to free every thing, to a worklees world where it will be a capital offense to ae aught for anything. The plan Is an ajjurlns; one and the republican leaders must. do something big to offfot it. Undr the Johnson management of Mr. Bry an's campaign the O. O. P. wilt have no walkover In 1908. JJT AOK LfMTT OX HKH()tf. Dr. Osier, some railroad companies and a few corporations have made an effort to fix an age limit on a man's period of usefulness; the scriptures have set a period on the years allotted to existence, and the governments of some countries have established an age at which a person -may retire to an honorable old age on a pension, but It has remained for the Carnegie Hero commission to reverse the precedents of tne ages by fixing the age limit of heroism. This commission. It will be remembered, has charge ot the' man agement of one of Mr. Carnegie's many funds, the purpose of which is to rec ognise and reward, by medals or cold cash, daring acts or deeds of valor per formed by persons who forget their own safety for the benefit of others who may be In peril. The commission makes monthly reports and the list of persons it has rewarded Is a long one, including firemen, members of life saving crews and Individuals who have met emergencies In an heroic manner, but it has Just decided that children will hereafteT be barred from the Car negie hero class. The commission's finding is based on a request for tecognltlon of the he roic qualities of a 5-year-old boy up in Wisconsin who returned to a burn ing house the other day, after his par ents and the firemen had been driven out. and rescued his baby sister. The little fellow was burned painfully, but he saved his sister, and now the Qar negle Hero commission has decided that he is not entitled to even a medal because he is too young to appreciate the4 nature of his conduct, and that he acted merely upon impulse and with out appreciation of his danger. If the Carnegie commission Is right, the world has been wrong Blnce the gray dawn of history in Its estimation of the essentials of heroism.. Delib eration has never been considered as an element in heroic conduct. "Hero ism feels and never reasons, and there fore Is always right," says Emerson, and the record of valorous conduct supports that definition. Impulse is the prime motive power In heroic acts, and Impulse never reckons peril nor. halts to allow reason to catch up. The world has grown accustomed to rating as a hero the man. woman or chld who responds to the call ot danger without stopping to think of. the re sults, and It will be slow to bestow its medals of appreciation, whatever the Carnegie Hero commission may do, upon the hero who, faced by an emer gency, coolly deliberates upon the mat ter until he decides upon a course of action. ' BA CD PREJVptCS A W DOLLA BS. The Metropolitan Realty company of New York City, an organization that makes a business of securing homes and renting property to negroes, has met with fair success In that line, and now proposes to establish a real innovation by starting a department store for negroes, which is to be lo cated on ground already secured . at the corner ot Eighth avenue and Forty sixth street in New York. The com pany proposes to expend about $30,- 000 in remodeling the building and will then put in a complete depart ment store stock and make a special appeal ' for the patronage of the ne groes of New York City, the promot ers of the enterprise stating that there are enough negroes in the! city to support the venture and make it a howling success, if they want, to do so. The enterprise Is novel, in some re spects, . and the result of the experi ment will be watched with interest. It is to be started, however, on the wrong principle. The promoters of the project have apparently overlooked the fact thai the nimble dollar recognizes no race, and that human. nature is stub bornly selfish. It buy wnere It can make the best bargains, and It care3 little or nothing for the color or race of the party who has the goods for sale. . In America, too, there has been a marked change, In the recognition of race prejudices and affiliations. Some years ago the average merchant was as careful about the nationality of his clerks as he was about the character of his wares. The German trade, the Irish trade and the trade of other catlonalltles was solicited by employ ment of clerks of those, nationalities, Just as political parties thought it nec essary to select certain candidates for the purpose of appealing to and cap turing the vote of the nationality rep resented by considerable numerical strength In the community. Condi tions are different today. The mer chant has learned that good goods and low prices are stronger than loyalty or race prejudice, in attracting trade Cut rates always beat sentiment to the cashier's desk. The backers of the nezro depart n-ent store In New York might take a lessen from the history of the world's fight In the retail busi ness and learn that patrons, without reference to race or creed, wear the paths that lead to the store of lower prices. The negro depart ment store may succeed, but If it does it will be because It sells a cheaply or cheaper than do tne department stores under management of white men and treats its customers as well. If it doe that, it will achlere success In an unexpected manner by attract ing white trade.. If the enterprise succeeds It will be because it is con ducted as a business proposition and not bwanao its patronage will be se cured by an ar-P0,! to race prejudice. Secretary Taft has suspended the order of the army general staff provid ing or the exclusive wear of the "olive drab" In the army, because he has discovered that the quartermaster has a supply of 20.000 blue d re s ar tillery coats still unused, and the sec retary says these must be used up be fore new uniforms are Issued. It took: a military board four, months, holding dally sessions, to select the olive drab uniform, which makes every wearer of it look like an animated mustard plaster. Whatever decision the army staff may eventually reach, the country will still retain its prefer ence for the blue In military uniforms: Chief Donahue announces his de termination to rid the city of the "pugilists" who have been lured here by the local yellow Journals. While commending this action on the part of the head of the police force, ltr should not be forgotten .under what condi tions these undesirable persons were brought to the city. It is also well to bear In mind that Mayor Jim could see no barm In the exhibitions the chief has Just put the ban upon. The people Won the first Tound in the fight for terminal taxation, but this only rendered the railroad cohorts more desperate.. The battle that raged In the hotel lobbies at Lincoln was the fiercest that has been kuown In many years. It. is the last stand of the rail road satraps in Nebraska. If the peo ple win this time' they are practically assured of the rizht to control their own affairs In the future. Congressman Bnbcock of Wisconsin, who was defeated in the last election,' announces his intention of remaining in Washington to look after some special Interests. His long service on the ways and means committee has furnished him with pointers on ways and means of living In Washington without a connection with the federal payroll. Kansas City has at one time and an other . moved about everything from Omaha'except the town site. It is a harmless and inexpensive way for the commercial bodies of that town to amuse themselves, and Omaha does not mind it in the least. The passing of the pass also means the extermination of the railroad brigade In Nebraska politics. The marshaling of a host such as that now assembled at Lincoln will be too ex pensive a luxury when it cornea to costing cash. "Men are better than their prede cessors," says "Fiddling Bob" Taylor, who succeeds Edward Carmack In the United States senate. Taylor appar ently has' not even mastered the primer lesson in senatorial courtesy. It is questionable if the proposed return to the precinct assessor plan is in the interests of true reform. The results under the county assessor method have been such as would seem to warrant a continuation. The city council has developed a wonderful capacity for fine distinc tions. It is willing to take chances with six street railway rideB for a quarter, but could not possibly con sider twenty-five for 81. Up to date, George W. Perkins is the only person qualified to respond to a call for a mass meeting ot life in surance officials' who have made resti tution of trust funds used for Illegal purposes. Oaly LrfKnt Krptlon. Jt. Louie G16be-Democra,t. Wall street Is learning that Its upa. downs and methods are not the basis of prosperity in the United Btates. An F.urlf Foreraat. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Bprtng- plowing has commenced through out the west, and, from all appearances. the coming crop season Is to be one of the busiest In the history of the cereal belt. Another Touch la Proapert. Baltimore American. It la said., that John D. Rockefeller la planning another big Rift. If thla princely generosity keeps on, those who burn the midnight oil will have to go back to can dles. Grab m Root Hans On. New York Tribune. Without making the slightest attempt to break the news gently or to palliate the crime, the United States geological survey utters a suspicion that the earth Is In a oondltlun of laostasy. A St(rh for Heme Rulers. Philadelphia Record. The Porto Rlcans are asking the presi dent to give them a native of the Island for eolonlal accretary. Next they will be wanting to elect , their own governor and to exercise other rights of a free people. Progress or Ileeay. Which? Indianapolis News. But If the railroads were to follow the example of the fnlon Pactflc and stop Im provements because they were expected to pay their taxes' what would become of that growing need ot transportation facilities? Wonder of I.HIIe Brown Jog. Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat. -An Iowa paper figures that the cornstalk crop (n that state can be worked up Into l.m.onn.ooo gallons of alcohol, or mora than nough to supply all Iowa with power, light and heat. If the great expectations about denatured alcohol are realised tho big brown jug . will bring forth mora wonders than Aladdin's lamp. On Snot Minna Graft. New Tork Tribune. The new Persian government haa decreed that there shall be no more graft In Iran. That sounds a good deal like the axhor tatlon, "livery body be good." Yet It may prove effective. Btnce the days of Kalu mers they have had at times strenuous methods of dealing with lawbreakers, and amputation of the head may have a suc cessfully deterrent affect upon peculation. 'Rftt sn a am T irv iprk. Ripple the Twrre-nt f Life In the Hetmn!!. The New Tork correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger relates an Incident of Jay Gould's connection with the Vnlon Pacino railroad aa a contrasting aldellaht on the methods of the company's present managers. In the days when the Vnlon Pacific counted Boston aa the company's headquarters It Is told that Jay Gould called one morning upon President Ames to ask about the large floating debt that the Vnlon Pacific was said to be carry ing. The debt. M turned out, waa only il.OOO.PoO, but even that seemed very large to the bank In Boston which carried the loan. Gould aeked what rate of Interest was being paid, but President Ames was Inclined to be reticent on that point Un der persuasion he admitted that the Union Pacific was paying an average of 14 per cent on this money. Gould immediately offered to take up the loan, and President Ames, who the same day had had trouble In getting on of the banks to renew a note of the road for IBO.OOO, accepted the Gould offer. When Gould fixed the terms of the bargain President Ames. It Is re lated, was surprised to have Jay Gould name 6 por rent as the Interest rate. From that day on Gould carried the Union Pacific's floating debt and never asked more than per cent. Speaking of the Incident, an official of the Union Paclflo, who was an officer of the road in the days when Gould was In the property, sold: "Jay Gould was a fairer man than tra dition makes out. I never knew a man who knew Gould who agreed with the pub He's view of the man's charactea." Collier's tells how taxes are dodged In New Tork: "On the day before tax day you own a million dollars' worth of rail road securities, taxable at $14,700. That dav you go to Pfaelxer & Co.; sell you railroad securities and put your million Into tax- free municipal bonds. Then you make your affidavit that you have no taxable property. The next day you ell your muni cipal bonds and buy back your railway securities. You can do It .nil In fortv elrht . hours, and the net saving Is 814,700 leos the Insignificant commissions for the transaction." Manhattan's school population has al most ceased to grow. For more than two years there has beep a falling off In reg istration and no material Increase In at tendance. Residences are giving way for business houses or factories. Manhattan people are migrating to the suburbs In search of cheaper rents and, larger homes. Figures of the department of tenements and buildings show that from 190J, when separate statistics for the different bor oughs were first kept, until January 1, this year, 103,784 new apartments were built, an Increase of 100 per cent In four years. During the Same period permits were Issued for 22,912 Hew dwellings. Ac cording to the latest Federal census, the average family in New Tork comprises 4.5 persons. On this basis, new apart ments have been provided In the last four years for 872,02$ persons. A New York man haa Just patented a device for the encouragement of thrift. It consists of a toy savings bank' with a clock attachment. The clock Is set In the faco of the bank and cannot be wound unless a dime la dropped In the slot. As winding causes the dime to fall Into the vault and the clock will run but twenty-four hours without rewinding, the contrivance assures the accumulation of seventy cents a week. The theory is that the necessity of de positing a dime every day will lead to Slip ping In other coins at odd moments and thus establish a habit of saving. ' The report ot the State Board of Tax Commissioners sdt forth a singular condi tion of -afralrs brought about by th:at- ! tempt to assess for taxation the value of special franchises used by public service corporations. The special franchise tax law was passed eight years ago In Gov ernor, Roosevelt's administration. It taxes as real estate what are nailed special fran chises, such as the right to use the public streets, and rights other than the right to be a corporation and to do business. The board reports 1S,900,0W of unpaid franchise taxea In the cities of the state, all but half a million of the great sum having accrued in New York City. The corporations affected have fought the tax until Its validity has been upheld by the courts ot last resort. Still they do not pay up. 1 By the settlement In the supreme court Monday of a suit brought agalrfst her by the New York & New Jersey Railroad com pany, generally known aa the McAdoo Tunnel company, Mrs. Mary J. McDonald has been awarded $6S,000 In a lucky real estate Investment. Less than three years ago Mrs. Mo Donald, who is the mother of Lafe Mc Donald, an actor, bought a little piece of property at 120 West Thirty-third street, generally known among real estate men aa "The Patch," because of its smallness and irregular formation, being less than one-fifth of a city lot. "The Patch" haa a frontage on West Thirty-third street of twenty-Ave feet and runs back on one end twenty-seven feet and on the other only sixteen feet. When the McAdoo Tunnel company wanted to acquire, title to the property Mrs. McDonald refused to aell, and Ben jamin F. Felner, on her behalf, opposed proceedings taken In the supreme court by the company to condemn her little patch. As a result a supreme court -order was entered appointing commissioners to con demn and appraise the property. The (rice of settlement, ttX.OOO. Is said to be the highest award for land In this city In a condemnation proceeding, and gives to Mrs. McDonald a clear profit of 4S,0O0. "Women know a great deal more about buying Jewelry now than they knew twenty-five years ago," said a New York jeweler. "When I first started In the business a clerk with a persuasive tongue could talk a woman Into buying most anything. It wasn't safe for her to step Inside a shop unless she had a man along. Now, the average woman knows more about Jewels than the average man. Of course, they can be fooled any body can be but an ex pertbut aa a rule she buya with a sur prising knowledge of value, and her touts In the cutting and setting Is excellent." The peekaboo shirt waist has reoelved a curious blow. A New York corporation which employs many hundreds of young women haa Issued an order that lingerie blouses will not be allowed hereafter. Low necks and elbow sleeves must go. Tailored waists, of opaque material, with long sleevea and tailor made stocks are ordered. Yea. more colored ribbons In underwear are prohibited, though it la not explained how any infringement of this order 1 to be detected If the waists are to be opaque, No raslgnatlona have ayet taken plaoe. AX OLD and WELL-TRIED REMEDY roa ova a sixtt tsabs htmav. wunowi nooTxtnf o rratrf au Im u4 (or mr SIXTT TEARS tj Ull. LIONS of MOTHERS lor their CHILDKEN WU1LS IKSTHINO WITH PSHKB'T SUU'ICSS. rf louTHK IS CHILD. BomNS (h. GUMS, AU LAY g al PAIN, cvaas WINU COUC, ana Is the bMl roBMor lor DUKHhOEA. Sols by anusuae In ovorr pn ol Uk world. Bo turo sat aok lor MRS. WJNSLOW'S &OG1U1.NU hVRL'P r Makes the finest, light est, best flavored biscuit, hot-breads, cake and pastry. Renders the food more digestible and wholesome. AB50S.5JtELV P!JEE RDVXL SACINQ POWCt. CCWMIW YORK. NOTABLE EXPORT CHANGES. Ratable Increases In Many Lines Partner I'nst Year. New York Bun. The following are the notable IncreAseS In our exports of 190G as compared with 1906: Export. Increase. Agricultural implements $ Z.Ano.cO Horses , 2,000,000 Wheat... 33,(iO,000 Wheat flour o,m0,00 Automobiles 1.70o,ono Railroad cars, steam 2,(.ooo Chemicals, drugs, etc l.P0,(u) Clocks and watches Iuu.OiO Coal, bituminous l,000,OHO Coke BtiO.OiX) Copper.' , 4.0H0.0C0 Cotton, raw '. 21,O0.0iK) Explosives J,("!0,Ci0 Hides and skins l.ooaoro Hops 2,fo.O"ii) Scientific instruments 4,2u0.uuO Bteel 2.oro,ino Structural iron and Bteel l.too.OOo Builders' hardware '1,W0,0)0 Firearms SHO.OOO Electrical machinery PiVi.OdO Metal working machinery...: 2,),000 Mining machinery , l.ooo.Ooo Sewing machines rnooio Locomotives 1.900,000 Upper leathern 5,300.000 Boots and shoes l,000.0ir) Fresh beef..; 1,600,00) Tallow , 1,900.000 Bacon f ,...7 7,eoo.0iv Pork, salted .'.... 2 000,000 Lard .' .0n0.0i iArd compounds.... l.OOO.ono Oleo, the oil... .n. .),V)0 Butter.....' I.TOO.OIO Cheese...' j ' i,700,ono Naval stores... $.10n,ooi OHcake and oilcake meal..i 2.Op,ooo Mineral oils, crude l,700,ono Mineral oils, refined 4.5X),of1 Paper and manufactures of l.rwinon Flaxseed or linseed 11,000,000 Leaf tobacco.... 6.300,ofiO Timber B.SOO.000 Btaves 1400.0K) The Important decreases were: Cattle, $2,700,000; com. r.SOO.OOO; cotton manufac tures, $12,000,000; canned beef, $4,000,000; CON tonseed oil, $1,600,000; rice, $1,800 000, PERSONAL NOTES. William Trotter of Rupley county In diana, enjoys the proud distinction, as he regard It, of, having driven the stage which carried Horace Greeley during part ot his overland Journey to California In the summer of 1856. Ambassador Bryce just before leaving London waa Introduced by an American friend to the American phrase, "make good," and he took heartily to It, saying that whatever else he made In this coun try he would try to "make good." Oscar Ham.-nersteln, manager of the Manhatton opera. Kise and' several theaters la New York, has turned all the office boys out of his head offices and em ployed young women In their places. He says ha Is tired of the laziness, Inefficiency and Impudence of the "cubs" and believes the change Will be a marked Improvement Nathaniel W. . Voorheea, father of ex- Got. Foster M. Voorhee of New Jersey, was a delegate to the naU'nal convention of 1SG0 which nominated Lincoln for the presidency. Mr. Voorhees, Who is now nearly 80 yeans old, believes that he and United States Senator Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois are the only surviving members of that historic gathering. Zangwlll, the author, has a most won derful memory. Recently the proprietor of an eastern dally paper asked him to prepare a. history of famous trials. It was wanted for next morning1 paper. Mrjf Zangwllt aat down with a stenographer then and there, dictated a two-column arti cle such aa was desired, giving a resume of every famous trial for the last 200 years 1 all from memory. 3 I Many Mothers mix LIEBIG COMTXKT'S EXTRACT ( ltd with milk lor the yotuujsters. Children thrfvt on It and doctors strongly recommend It. It's absolutely pure sod very ttrenrtueninf used this way. The extract not only rl'. et strength bat also alii In difeftUnf the milk an important poiui with teucate children. krtacoiaer tha Sine tifaatare a aver tr : LIEBIG COMPANY'S Extract of Beef Money Talks Cutthe Lack of ItlsaCood Crumblor COHTS MOXKV5 IT'H WOKTH IT. NO llODV G HUMBLES VICTOR WHITE COAL CO.. 1C35 Firnaro-Tel. Cau.. 12) m I? - 1 1 1 i a. am ii r r TELEGRAPH REGlXATIOlf. Resent Changes In Omaha Excite n Little Surprise. San Francisco Chronicle. An Omaha' paper states that the Inter state Commerce commission has taken up the question of leased wires and maintains that furnishing large companies with spe clal facilities constitutes a discrimination against small customers. As a result ol this position all through wires and only "pony" wires running Into the main' tele graph offices In Omaha were leftl It la difficult to perceive where tho discrimina tion occurs In such cases. The presumption Is that the telegraph companies, when wires are leased, provide the additional facilities without Interfering with their general busU ness. and that they do not deny to any one the privilege' of leasing a wire. Kvl dently the commission Is proceeding on the RBBumption that the tolegTaph companies have no right to make arrangements which may cheapen telegraphy to those using the wires on an extended scale, but it la hardly probable that the courts will sustain such a position. . MERRY JI.VULEH. "Mike." said Plodding Pete, "what would, you do ir you had a minion aouarar "A million dollars!" rejoined Meandering? Mike. "I wouldn t bother linnglnln' a mil lion. I'm no piker." Washington Star. "Fare, please."' '.' r - ' ''1' ;' The pasHeriger- looked up in surprise, "t have paid you one fare." he sold. "Bure you did," responded the oonductori "but when a blockade lasts more than an hour we charge for lodging." Philadelphia, Ledger. "I wonder why she sings when 'she's feci lng badly?" "Probably because she knows others will hear her, and misery loves company. '-i Cleveland Plain Dealer. Young Journalist Did you often fall dowr on assignments? Old Reporter No; I always tumbled to them. Uultlmore American. Tommy (at tha play of "Undo Tora'l Cabin," and deeply Interested) Papa, when are they going to do the murdenr.- Mr. Tucker They are doing It right along, my son. Chicago; Tribune. Dramatist Do you believe fn bringing out the classics? Theater Manager Certainly, at Interval. There In nothing like a cla.wlc to make aa audience appreciate a second-clnss produc tion that follows. Washington Herald. "What do you think of this March weatherT" "I Just don't think of It. So long aa I'm a-llvlu', an' got groceries, an' firewood, an' house rent, an' warm . clothes, an' tax money, an' good health, any weather the good Lord senda Is the light weather fer rue!" Atlanta Constitution. Tne wwsisQ card. . . .New Tork Times. ' In rose-wreathed bowers I spoke In burn ing verse To win her smiles; , I sung to her beneath a silver sail, 'Mid moonlit isles. 1 Under her open lattice oft I touched ' The light guitar; When, throbbing like the heart of night; arose The evening star. I laid the fairest blossoms at her feet; In vain, alack I pave her Jewels worthy of a queen; She aent them back. She met my mlnstrcley with jests and glhesj Plie heard ray vows With cold Indifference, or tha stern reproof ui irowning crows. I But when, behold! I bought an euto car, A scarlet beauty -av. With burnished brans and cushions and bright, Sha named the wedding day. ' TT (I) If