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THE 0MA11A DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 25. 1003
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nvn that the actual number of full and
i. ( The Dal v. Morning,
livening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of December, wi, wm .
Iowa:
I 38,400
2 87,160
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36,930
1 37,090
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It 36,740
11 37,090
14 . 36,610
li 36,900
14 36,960
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j 36,690
, 38,040
j' 36,580
36,300
jj' 86.300
j" 36,400
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WBKS OUT OF TOWS.
Sabacrlbers leaving; the city tem
porarily afcaald have The Bee
mailed to then. Address trill be
changed aa ften as requested.
While the Vaccine virus Ib taking the
truant officer mlgM as well lay off or
a vacation, -
The Foraker band wagon In Ohio
Is carrying as light load as a water
wagon In Peoria. ...
In legal parlance the answer of the
rx-lobbyUt, now turned Reformer, is
"confession in avoidance."
The sob scuad of the Nw York
Iress Is Tiaving difficulty in finding new
material in the second Thaw trial.
' Kansas City is having a six-day bi
cycle race. The Home Missionary so
ciety should vconslder Kansas City's
(ase.
Now wje.see what comes from 4he re
rusal or the Dahlman Democracy to
take out a liquor license for its club
rooms.
Tom Law son has abandoned his
fight, but wil keep on writing letters
until he uses up that overstock of ad
jectives
A Chicago doctor says that a good
Joke is the best cure for the grip
Still, a man with the grip seldom ap
predates a joke.- .
Judge Parker says the democratic
party wants to elect a conservative
man for president. The party has evi
dently changed its mind, then, since
190f,
George Peabody Wejmore has been
re-elected United States senator from
Ilhoda Island. Senator AW rich will
have to answer but once to the roll
call now. . .
The "close friends" of Colonel
Hrysn are explaining his political
views. It is a new wrinkle In politic
when Bryan allows anyone to do his
talking for him. .
It is going to be difficult to prove
Harry Thaw insane after the introduc
tion of testimony Bhowlng that he tried
to induce his wife to Join him in pull
lug off a double suicide.
Kormer Mayor John F. FiUgerald o
Boston says that during hlsNerm
office he made 3,000 speeches, totaling
0.000,000 words. Now we know why
he was defeated for re-electl6n.
A consular agent reports that the
Chinese positively refuse to smoke
cigarettes. We have been confident
all along that something could be said
to the credit of the heathen Chinee.
Colonel Bryan says there will be
three paramount Issues in the coming
campaign. They will be Bryan, W. J.
. Bryan and William Jennings Bryan, so
far as the democrats are concerned.
The Missouri River Navigation con
grebs seems to hve at least proved
that the political channel is already
deep enough to be navigated by several
different kinds of craft at the saint
time.
Colonel Bryan's Visit to Kentucky
to help Beckham Into the senate re
calls the fact that be also aided Goebel
when Goebel was planning to defeat
the wiir wf the people of Kentucky as
expressed at the polls. Mr. Bryan
must bear his share of responsibility
for (he political dUgracw that followed
GobvTs usurpation of power
" ARXSIOCRA TS."
Colonel Bryan, In his tour of the
south. Is assuring the audiences at his
meetings that "It is difficult for a dem
ocrat to become an aristocrat" and
hat ;'aristocrary rules the nation,'!
He skillfully aroused much enthusiasm
by Informing his hearers that the re
publican party is in favor of an aris
tocracy and that it Is the mission of
the democratic party, under the leader
ship of a tireless and fearless com
moner from Nebraska, to put the aris
tocracy to rout and place the power
of government in the hands of the
plain people. '
It has long been popular for spell
binders to abuse aristocracy. The word
as beeu misused almost as much as
the word "people," and with about as
much reason or understanding. It is
to be taken for 'granted that Colonel
frry&n is using the word "aristocracy"
iu Jt offensive sense and not In the
sense tnat Nd&rr Webster, ana otne
compilers of dictionaries' used it. Ac
cording to' Webster, "Aristocracy"
means, in its first and beat definition.
"government by the best citizens."
Even the second definition, "a ruilug
body composed of the best citi.ens"
oes not agree with Colonel Bryan's
use of the word. No one wi'l contend
that Colonel Bryan is opposed to n
government by the best citens, ex
cept, of course, that he is intensely
human and Is naturally opposed to the
best citizens when they are opposed to
him. In all falmesu it nny lw ad
mitted that Colonel Bryan uses the
word "aristocrat" as meaning "a man
who claims the right to govern."
Even accepting Mr. Bryan's defini
tion, the record does not support his
assertion that "aristocrats rule this na
tion." Political history shows that
the government by men, who arrogate
to themselves the right to govern, the
boss-shfp of parties and organizations,
Is practically a thing of the past. The
adoption of the" primary laws in dif
ferent states, the popular, method of
expressing preference, for candidates
for office from United States senators
down to precinct constables, has put
the voter in closer'touch with his gov
ernment than has heretofore) been
known. The people are more directly
identified in the work of selecting their
representatives than t any ime since
the adoption of the constitution and
have more nearly a representative gov
ernment than history records. "Aristo
crats," within Colonel Bryan's defini
tlon of the term, have less to do in
framing the country's laws and naming
the country's officials than ever before.
Out of this condition, let it be hoped
that a real aristocracy- "a govern
ment by the best citizens" may be es
tablished. ' " - ,
BAXK1XO CO-0PE RATIUX.
Something of a check has' been
given to the agitation for state lawg
for guaranty of bank deposits by the
decision of Comptroller Rldgeley that
no such laws can ,apply to "national
banks. The ruling Is based upon
letter of inquiry from Governor Hoch
of Kansas, whose legislature has been
importuned to enact a law similar to
that in effect in Oklahoma. The Okla
homa law requires 1 per cent of the
average dally deposifs in the state
banks to be paid over to the state as
a fund to reimburse the depositors of
any failed bank. The law permits the
national banks to share in this guar
anty fund by putting up the required
percentage'of their deposits.
Comptroller Rldgeley rules that a na
tional bank, can not subject Itself to
such a law. because no national law
authorizing such an arrangement ex
ists and the Treasury department
would refuse to recognize the guaranty
of one bank's depositors by aother
bank. The comptroller intimates that
it would be against both law and good
banking policy for the national banks
to enter into any combination with
state or private banks. The national
banks are under control and super
vision of the federal government and
must be kept distinct and separate
from state institutions.
Whether new legislation comes or
not, we will in the future probably
have more concerted action among the
national banks looking to mutual pro
tection and co-operative strengthening
in times of financial stress even than
we have had lately through voluntary
clearing house associations. Statistics
show the loss to depositors through
bank failures in the last fifty years
to have been less than one-fifth of 1
per cent of the deposits. Some mem
bers of the American Bankers' asso
ciation have advocated a guaranty fund
against the ill-advised withdrawals of
money by panic-stricken depositors,
but the very fact lhat the amount
actually lost is so small has stood in
the way of action.
Talkinq or early adjourxmbxt.
Washington correspondents, who
have a reputation for being conserva
tive, are giving currency to rumors
around the capltol to the effect that
the party monitors are planning to ad
journ the present session very early
this year, at least by May 1, In order
to defer the bulk of pending business
until after the presidential election. It
Is stated that Speaker Cannon and
some of the leaders in both the house
and the senate hold the opinion that
it will be difficult, if not impossible
-to secure the enactment of any large
program of legislation at this session
and that it would be better to adjourn
early and postpone final action on lm
portant pending matters until the next
session.
It may be accepted as certain that
a do-nothing plan does not have the
approval of the president and his offl-
" aivlars any more than it would
be approved by the peneral public.
The president's legislative program
was clearly defined In his message' to
congress. He outlined a number or
highly important subjects upon which
the people would welcome action by
congress. Supplemental legislation on
the rate law, reorganization of the In
terstate Commerce commission, and
amendment of the Sherman anti-trust
law is demanded by the country, which
is anxious to reap the full benefit of
the reforitw already accomplished by
congress upon recommendation of the
president. The present membership of
congress, in the house particularly,
was chosen for the purpose of further
legislation In support of what have be
come known as the "Roosevelt poli
cies." Congress has the same duties to at
tend to this year that it has in any
year. There is no reason forTiuspend-
ing the functions of the legislative
branch of the government simply be
cause a presidential election is pend
ing. It has become accepted as a gen-
eial principle that there should be no
general tariff legislation immediately
preceding a presidential election, but
other legislation need not be deferred
for political reason. If congress will
buckle down to work and get busy, it
cftn still make good on the program
of legislation set before it at the start
and reach adjournment In time to wit
ness the national nominating conven
tions. ' MORE FAKlXG.
Now conies the Third district republican
committee and provides that the delegates
to the national convention shall be chpsen
"In such manner as the county committee
shall determine." World-Herald.
How else should they be chosen?
How else have they ever been choBen
in Nebraska by any of the great polit
ical parties?
In party organization within the
state the recognized unit of organiza
tion is the county, Just as in party or
ganization within the nation the
recognized unit is the state or con
gressional district. The respective
national committees fix the time and
place of the national conventions and
make the apportionment of delegates
subject to certain uniform rules to in
sure party regularity and leave it to
the respective state organizations to
arrange in suitable manner for the
selection of the delegates in conform
ity with state laws or state usages.' In
the same way the respective state com
mittees regularly fix the time and place
of state conventions, apportioning the
delegates to he several counties and
leaving it to each county organization
to provide suitable mtans for choosing
delecratea and instructing them to ex
ecute the wishes of l the rank .and file
so far as they care to express them
This praqtlce of local option and
home rule in political conventions Is
no different with democrats and popu
lists than fit Is with republicans, except
that In Nebraska the republicans ordl
narily, and the democrats and popu
lists very rarely, put it up directly to
the rank and file of the voters to say
who shall represent them as delegates
in the larger party councils.
It is to be expected, however, that
the democratic organs will see plots
and schemes in every move the repub
licans make and that their imagina
tions will work overtime to invent
great conspiracies to throttle the little
handful of republican malcontents
whom the democrats expect to have as
their allies in the coming fight. The
democrats realize that their only hope
in Nebraska lies in stirring up dissen
sion among the republicans.
The terrific solicitude of the demo
cratic vWor.ld-Herald over the manner
in which delegates to republican state
and congressional conventions may be
(selected is , quite ' distressing. It is
fearfully afraid that the republicans
somewhere will have their real wishes
misrepresented, but when the-, demo
crats come to select delegates to their
conventions with the great majority of
them appointed outright by the local
committees, the .World-Herald will be
dumb as an oyster. The fact is that
the appointment of delegates by local
committees has been the regular demo
cratic practice in Nebraska for years
and the democrats never held a pri
mary election in this state worthy of
the name until forced to do so by a
compulsory primary law enacted by
the republican legislature.
The performance of Mayor "Jim" at
the Navigation congress at Sioux City
is characterized only mildly when it is
pronounced humiliating to the people
of Omaha. Our cowboy mayor man
aged to get a lot of cheap notoriety a
year ago by having himself photo
graphed at New York with a lariat
over his arm. "but it does Omaha no
good to be advertised as a community
typified by a chief executive jyho would
be more In place presiding over a bor
der ruffian town. If Mayor "Jim" can
not keep himself in condition to repre
sent us creditably when he goes abroad
he sHpuld arrange to stay at home and
let someone ele co to the front on
such occasions.
The National Live Stock association
is asking for the establishment of a
minimum rate of speed for stock trains
of not lets than twenty miles an hour,
except where physical conditions pre
vent. After we get that we may get a
minimum speed of twenty miles an
hour for passenger trains.
There is prompt denial of the report'
that Mr. Bryan may withdraw from
the presidential race in favor of some
democrat who might stand a chance of
election. The eastern democrats who
are offering such propositions may as
well understand that Mr. Bryan will
have two-thirds or more of the dele
gates to the convention. It will be
time for them Nto oppose him when
they show enthusiasm 'enough to get
together a sufficient number of anti-
Bryan delegates to make a fight In the
convention.
The taxpayers of Nebraska will not
be required to foot the bill for promot
ing a scheme for the construction of a
railroad to the gulf, mhlch was given
Nebraska trade-mark by the demo-
pop legislature of 1897, That is the
decision of the supreme court rejecting
claim presented for $500 by one of
the leading lights of populism of that
day. If there was anything overlooked
by the patriots of the demo-pop legis
lature it has not come to light.
The Boston Herald objects to the
nomination of "Tim" Woodruff for.
vice president because 'he and Secre
tary Taft are both Yale men. There
are other reasons, but this Is a nice,
polite one that ran be used without
embarrassment.
To conform with the ruling of the
Nebraska Food commission, purchasers
of creamery butter in this state are
now assured that the package weighed
sixteen ounces "when put up." No
guaranty is required, however, as to
how much It weighs "when put down."
So far as anyone, knows, Sloger
Sullivan of Illinois Is cm Just as
friendly terms with Mammon as he
was in the days when Mr. Bryan re
fused to associate with him because of
his close relations with the money
power.
Railroad men boast that there are
fewer idle care in the west than In the
east. This, U only additional evidence
that the dest has been affected less
by the financial troubles than the other
sections of the country.
Mayor "Jim" may be compelled to
become secretary of the Interior in
stead of secretary of war in Bryan's
cabinet. The secretary of the Interior
needs to be something of an expert pn
irrigation.
The Japanese government has de
cided to prohibit absolutely the emi
gration of Japanese laborers to the
United States, Hobson and the New
York Sun wljl have to find another war
cloud.
Too Mnch of a Clach.
Portland' Orgonlan.
If Foraker should be nominated It Is
altogether probable that Bryan would
refuge to run. He would be asjhamodto
lane tne votes. t
Miaaoarl. la Shown.
Chicago News.
Even taking Into consideration hs ag
gressive governor, and. .Its fighting con
gressmen, Judge McPlierson has decided
that Missouri. If,) not bigger than the
United States. .,,-. i ,
A Leaf from Experience.
Philadelphia" Press.
In one of his , recent speeches Bryan
condensed a proverb of Solomon to read,
"The wise man gets the idea Into his
head; the foolish man gets It ,ln the
neck." ' Now, where does Bryan think
he got It those two 44nes?
Come A'Ronalnn.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Mayor Dahlman of Omaha is going to
organize Bryan clubs In the election dis
tricts of the country for the purpose of
contributing the campaign fund. The an
nouncement of the purpose may prevent
any congestion In the rue to get Into the
membership.
A Discredited Example,
i San Francisco Chronicle.
The Sovereign Bank of Canada lias
gone Into liquidation. The inatitution had
sevtnty-six branches in various pints of
Canada. The failure la chiefly notewor
thy because It deprlves those who are
profoundly convinced that the United
btatea Is deficient In financial L'ense of
the privilege they havo hitherto enjoyed
of pointing to Canada as presenting an
exaipple of a country that had solved
the problem of conducting Its banking
business in a safo and sane inanii r.
A Pertinent Inquiry.
New York Sun.
Will Senator Aldrlch tolerate one brief
interrogation? lt is. Why should not
government deposits in the banks draw
at least a nominal rate of Intrest, The
treasurer of the Culled States has had
for some tlma over ILIXMXJU.OOO on deposit
in national banks. ' Why should he not be
empowered to receive, say, 2 "per cent on
such balances? We have the Idea that It
is unwise to challenge public opinion
respecting the discrepancy between public
and private depositors, particularly at a
time when Jhe ruling rate , for money is
persistently high, and. Indeed, out of the
reach of the class that Is best entllted to
its use, to wit: The mercantile com
munity. I.AXDI.Oit DIM I AMERICA.
Kvll of the Old World (,rowlir
In
Tbla t'ouutr).
New York Tribune.
Americans have long been flattering
themselves on having escaped the evil of
old world landlordifcm. When the flat and
the apartment house began to crowd out
old homesteads In the titles and to sug
gest that tenancy Was Inevitably the com
ing mode of existence the saying was that,
however secure a foothold the European
system might gain In centers of popula
tion, the American farmer would eternally
be lord of his own domain. But alas for
this ahort-sigiited optimism! Even while
the men are exulting over the record
breaking crops and Incredible wealth of
our farmers, landlords and tenants ate
multiplying rapidly In agricultural regions.
A significant summary of fuels has just
lieen given In the Popular Science Monthly
by I'rof. Homer C. Price of Ohio state
university. Eight years ago more than
thirty-five farms out of every HU were
oik rated by tenants, w hile per cent
of all farm lands (i. e.. both developed
and undeveloped acreage) was rented to
transient occupants. Rural landlordism Is
thrice as pievalent In tl.H "iand of economic
freedom" as In over-populated Germany,
and statistics taken today would probably
show that the high tenancy 'rate of France
t4'.7 per centk. U almost, If not quite,
equaled. When It Is considered that the
relutlve number of tenants has been in'
creasing In spile of the millions of aies
t.tken up annually for forty years in home
stead grants, the magnitude of the economic
transformation becoinu Sllll more lm
prlv
OTI1F.R LANDS Til AX OCRS
Japan's pare as a world's power Is un
commonly swift for one sit young- In the
business of world providing. Accounts of
a rupture In the mikado's cabinet, pro
voked by the prospect of Increase taxation,
foreshadowed by tha budget for the current
fiscal year, gives the impression that the
sums asked for army and navy purposes
are higher In proportion to the total re
venue than like expenditures by other
powers. A compilation of governmental
expenditures taken from- authoritative
sources, shows that Japan's budget for
the army and navy Is but 30 per. cent of
the revenue for 'nil government purposes.
The proportion In the I'nited States Is
about the same. Great' Ilrltain devotes,
nearly one-half of Its revenue to army
and navy purposes'! Germany nearly one
third, Italy one-fifth, France one-seventh,
Austria-Hungary one-fourth, and, Russia
one-fifth.
According to this showing Japan contests
with the I'nited States and Germany the
honor of second rank. Great Rrltaln tak
ing first place In tho proportion of re
venue, devoted to tho army and navy.
The totals follow.
Army and Navy
Great Britain $.".T.8!7.fi0
Ignited States li'W.L'TMTS
Japan St.lsj.8l7
Total Rev.
$7Jf.?V).i")
tj.ri.i.l7t
3i5,4L'0.li')
7W.Kt4.4r)
41..an5
1, '.as. 84o.oi)fl
K.T-.'4.4.'S1
4u0.UW,(W
Franco
1IIS.O,i
Germany
'J!'l.l)n,(W.
. :tn.(lf)7.fiWI
. No."!!,?!"!
. TRMUl.OTA
Kussia
Italy
Austrla-Hungury
The Japanese methods of convincing
Coreans of the "good Intentions" of the
conquerer are Impressive, effective and en
during. An English resident of the Hermit
Kingdom describes In the Ioiidon Contem
porary Review, how Britain's oriental ally
looks and acti In the role of aatfmllator.
The Japanese Invasion consists almost
wholly of coolies, the roughest and lowest
of the population. '8o great is the volume
of coolie Immigration that il "spreads
over the land, rjtihlng, murdering and out
raging the natives. "Corean property,
lnnd, farm produce, fishing rights, eic.,
were stolen wholesale' by Japancs? coolies,
and the Corcnns themselves were beaten
and nhused." These outrages, according
to Mr. McKensie, wire unchecked by the
Corenn courts, which did not dare to In
terfere. Kvery Japanese soldier thus be
came a summary court of Justice, meting
Out to tho unfortunate Corean what pun
ishment he pleased. "The favorite form
of punishment waa to knock a man down
by a heavy blow In the ttomarh with the
butt.Cnd of a riflo and then Jump on his
body, hold hint down with one foot, keep
him taut by grabbing his topknot and kick
lilm, punch him and hammer him with the
butt end of a rifle at pleasure. Of course,
the man treated In this fashion often crejt
away afterward and died in agony." A
tour through a district where a handful of
Corean revolutionists havo been making a
last futile stand against the conqueror also
convinced the English resident that the
Japanese army is by no means living up
to the civilized standards which It showed
so remarkably In the war with Kussia.
"On every side I heard stories of women
outraged, wounded, bayonettrd and of non-
combatants Tid chlldreri shot. In one
small area I passed through the former
settlements of about 20,000 people, made
homeless, all their food supplies gone, and
now waiting on the bare hillsides to perish
from hunger and cold in the coming win
ter." ' '
"The noble peerage ef Ireland" once
more distinguishes Itself as a dull, weak
and absurd body. It has elected I-onl
Curzon to the House of t.orils as an Irish
representative peer, although he will In
herit the Job en the death of his father,
who now is 7ti years of age. Ridiculous at
the election is on this score alone. It be
comes broadly farcical from the fact that
Lrfjrd Curzon has not now and never had
any Interest In the affairs of Ireland, ha
shown no sympathy with its people and Is
concerned In their welfare only so far as
he can use the white-livered aristocracy of
Dublin to satisfy his ambition. According
to the act qf union between England and
Ireland, the Irish peers are represented In
the House of Lords by twenty-eight mem
bers of their class, chosen by themselves,
arul such an election Is for life, with no
possibility of Retirement. Hitherto, since
tho act of union, every Irish representa-
For she cannot help it. Women are
ofben crois, irritable, hysteric, and
declare they are driven to distrac
tion at the slightest provocation,
.len cannot understand why this
should be eo. To them it ia a mys
tery because in nine times out of
ten thia condition is caused by a
serious feminine derangement.
A remedy is necessary which acts
directly ujion the organs afflicted, re
storing a healthy normal condition to
the feminine system, which will
quickly disix-l all hysterical, nervous
and irritable conditions. t'.uch Is
LYDSAELPINStHAftl'S
VEGETABLE COr.POUHD
The following letter serves to
piove this f u t.
Jlrs. JMat'.io Copenhaver, 31i So.
21st ht., I'aisons, Knns., writes :
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was almost O.rivcn frantic. Nothinu
but morplirae would relieve me. Lydta
K. rinkham'k Vegetable Compound
bronpht me lwalth and liapptnet and
made me a well woman."
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
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hara's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots ami herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
andhasptkutivtly cured thousand) of
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tiou,di7.ziness,or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it ?
Mrs. iMnkhaiu Invites all sick
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Hhe lias euideil thousand to
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live peer nas been an irishman -whose fam
ily had long dwelt In Ireland. Whin his
father dies Iord Curon will Inherit the
family peerage and with It a seat Hi tho
House of Lords. Thus, in case he Is chosen
an Irish representative per. Lord Curzon
will soon have two peerages with two seats
In the Lords confined within the skirts of
his Prince Albert coat. .The result will be
that Lord Curzon during his lifetime will
bar from the Lords some other Irish peer
who might have been chosen to the seat
to which Curzon has been elected.
Americans may extract some satisfaction
of the dubious Bort from tho brief career
of a swindler who bilked a community in
France as cleverly as foreigners worked
the upper social strata ot New York and
Pittsburg, The crook spoke French -with
"a fascinating 'American accent," had rolls
of money, two servants and a secretary.
He sought far and wide for a chateau, a
real one of vast dimensions, filled with
the odors of knightly romance and things.
Finding one up to his Ideals lie agreed to
purchase If, after two months occupancy;
tils' odors came up to expectations. Finding
one to his taste he began a series of lavish
entertainments to whlcli the surrounding
aristocracy was bidden. Local tradesmen
furnished all the necessaries for the feast,
cheerfully charging tho, goods to Comte de
Raffles. It so happened, however, that one
of the tradesmen had a bill to meet, and
so, much against his will, he went up
to the chateauT and asked for some money.
The comte put him. off with a pretext. The
merchant recited thia. fact tJl all his col
leagues in the town, and tha next day a
party of creditors- went to tho chateau on
a ' similar mission. The comte showed a
fine Indignation when acquainted 'with the
purpose of this surprise visit. He said he
had just been summoned to Parts by a tele
gram and could not be bothered. As the
merchants Insisted, however, he good-naturedly
showed them a huge wad of Ameri
can notes. He agreed to pay all those who
wished It their accounts In money that he
had brought from the I'nited Stales. The
others would have their accounts straight
ened out as soon as he could change his
notes In Paris. Most of the merchants took
the notes. Jt was not until the comte
and his guests had left that they discovered
that their money was worthless confederate
scrip.
Evidences of reckless Incompetency or
"graft" in the management of Frencli naval
affairs' are beginning to mutiply. Critics
In the Parisian Journals point out that a
large sum of money was voted for repairs
on a battleship which soon afterward was
broken up as useless. In another case
a300.0) was expended on a cruiser
which will never again be commissioned.
There is frequent comment also upon tho
cost of largo warships In France. Al
though longer is taken to construct them,
they cost more, it Is said, size for size,
than tho ships of most other navies.
rOLITlCAl. DIIIKT.
Hon. Adlal Stephenson says the hour of
democratic opportunity baa cqme. iio
pushed away the tombstone?
Hon. M. V. Gannon ot Omaha, C'lilcag
and Davenport, Is being boomed for mayo:
of the Iowa town on the river.
The New York World s account of a
Bryan blowout In New York City reports
Senator Gore as saying "ho could Bee noth
ing but victory for, the democratic party."
Mr. Gore la the blind senator from Okla
homa. Senator Jeff Davis ot Arkansas has been
accused of many offenses against "horse
sense," but the limit is reached 111 the as
sertion that he turned down on offer of
t",t00 a month to go on the vaudeville
stage.
In the senate one day last week-Senator
Tillman, as chairman of the Committee
on the Five Civilized Tribes, pleaded so
hard for some work for the committee that
tho senate sent it a few bills Just to kep
tho chairman on the reservation.
Senator Gore of Oklahoma, in a recent
speech made this clever reference to Im
provements In recent panics! "Under
Cleveland sixty-five banks in the south
west closed and they called it a panic
while under Roosevelt all the batiks closed
and tliey called It a holiday."
Just before W. J. Bryan butted Lnlo the
senaturia deadlock in Kentucky and
begged oles for his friend Ueckiiain, tlie
ljulave Courier-Journal proclaimed that
a ley ion of Kentucky deui icrats, forty
thousand strong, "have sworn to the Lord
of hosts that they will never march under
a banner Inscribed Beckham, Haly, Brown
and company, office brokers and bucket
shop gamblers, using demociacy as a cloak
for perfidy jund Pharisaism, traders with
the enemies and traitor to the cuuae'."
V. J. Bryan is to work the glad hand
in 4cnni!ivau!a, New Juraey , and New
York during tils resent "swlng'aiound tiic
circle." In Milladelplila, It S Bj,ii, l,e wuf
devote konie of his time to fore the
democratic organization of the Nebraska
state to disregard the views of Colonel
James M. Guffey, democratic national com
mitteeman for the slate. Bryan has al
ways been nettled since Colonel Guffey
told him in the Duquisne elui at Pitts
burg a number of months ago that even
If he were renominated h would be de
feated. .
deliciou
M BS TO A I. A I Gil- .
'"You don't seem to bo -very particular
about J-our appearance these days." re
marked the owl. "Don't you gn into so
ciety anymore?"
"O! no, ' replied the stork. "Wo don't
supply pet dogs, you know." Philadelphia
Press.
Sic Did mi see where judge some
where salif that the had couking of woman
drives men to drink?.
She Yes, but even with that excuse, tlin
men needn't break their necks trying to
exceed . the speed limit. Baltimore Ameri
can. "Idy." said Meandering Mike, "have
you any more of that hot mince pie?"
"Hot mince pie!"
"Yes, lady. I've Joined ft suicide club
and we want to use it in glvln' the ffrst
degree." Washington Star.
' "Yes."' said the bkchelor, "a fellow may
think he's having a lilgh old time at night,
but something will surely tell ' him next
morning that he simply made a fool of
himself."
"Yes," replied the married man, "or some
body." Philadelphia Press. .
"Here!" growled Mr. Kadley, "what rti
you mean by waking me out of a sound
sleep?" .
"Hecausc." replied Ills wife, "II wat
such h distressing sound." Washington
Herald.
"Sailors are awful forgetful, ain't they.
Pa?" said little Klsie.
"What makes you think so. dear?" asked
her kind papa.
"Because." said she, "they have to
weigh the anchor every time they leave
port." Philadelphia Press.
The Girl Oh! And la that beautiful ring
for me?
Tho Man I'll sell It to Vou.
The Man For a kiss. Is It a bargain
The Girl Well-do you give grten tfa.l-
tng siampsT iiouhiou nm.
Intimate friends of Hamlet, (he prince
of Denmark, had Just told him that ha
was suspected of being Insane.
"Bash!" he exclaimed. "I'm not reallv
Insane. It's only a mild case of stuporous
meluncholia If anybody should ask you.''
In proof whereof he struck an attitude of
the' deepest gloom a nt recited his famous
soliloquy without a break. Chicago Trib
une. TO A ST.i:Ot;RAIHKIt.
Puck.
Lady typist, blonde and fair,
Hitting so serenely there
Pray forgive me if I dare
To ask a favor.
I. who am your humble slave.
Tremble as this tmon 1 crave.
Feeling (usually brnve)
My courage waver.
For, toniorrow morn at half
Past eleven (do not laugh)
I expect iny better half
And her dear mother,
Who are curious to see
What my office life may he
So, your scorn for them and me
Pleuse try to smother.
And, although you naught to do,
11 were best for mo and you, i
If you, lady, made, a few
Attempts to hustle;
It will pleaso them. I confess,
If you wear a simpler dress;
Try to look a little less
Liko Lillian Russell.
Rn prepared your part to play;
Don't appear too smart or gay.
Work as If you eerned tho pay
For which you're hired.
Show a more subservient air;
Shake your haughty languid stars
Or. by the pencils In Vour hair,
They'll have you fired!
THE FOOD VALUE OF
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IO 7 Years oi Constantly
La I Increasing Sales
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We have always maintained
the highest standard in the
quality of our cocoa and choc
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them at the lowest price for
which unadulterated articles
can be put upon )he mafi.ct.
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