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TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, MAY H. 100S. I 1 " 0 , The Omaha Daily Bee ' FOUNDED AT EDtfAIlD ROSEWATER VICTOR nOSEWATER, EDITOR. . I ' II . ! ! Entered at Omaha fostoffTes aa eeeond l clam matter. ! - i-k ! TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION: ' Pally Pn (without Sunday), n year.. MM Dally Bee and Sunday, one year " Sunday Lift, one year J? Saturday Ilea, ona year.... 1 DELIVERED BY CARRIER: i ' Dally Ilea (Inrlurtlng Sunday), rr wpek.l! .Dally Hee (without Sunday). per week..inc ' Evening H (mlihout Sunday), per : Evening Bee (with Sunday), per week...lOc i ) Address all complaints of Irregularities ' In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES: Orraha The Pee Building. ' South Omaha City Hall Hulldlng. I Council Bluffs 15 Scott Street. I Chlcas-o lfito I'nWerslty Bulldlnf- . New Vork Room 1)01-1102, No. 34 West Thii-ty-thlrd Street. Wathlngton-72& Fourteenth Street N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Cnmmunlcatlona relating ti newa and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha lfec. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing company. Only 2-cent stamp received in payment or mail accounts. I'ersonal check, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglss County, aa.: Oeorge H. Txschuck, treasurer of The Be Publishing company, being duly sworn, aaya -that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dilly, Morning. Evening and Sunday Be printed during the month of April, isos, was aa riiowa: 1 36,940 ( 36,980 2 36,900 I 86,750 i 37,010 B 34,800 37.680 7 37,840 87,040 37,140 JO 37,060 11 37,090 II 37,050 IS 37,940 It 37,330 IS 37,130 . . . ....... 36,600 37,140 19 36,950 JO 36,880 21 36,930 22 36,460 21 36,660 J4 36,880 25 36,350 IS 36,600 27 36,760 28.......... 36,980 21 86,990 tO 36,970 Total 1,108.830 Less unsold and returned copies.. 11,341 Net total Dally average GEORGE B 1,097,179 36,578 TZ8CHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to befoie me tills 1st day of May, 190. (Seal.) ROBERT HUNTER, . Notary Public. WHEN OCT OV TOWN. Subscribers leaving; the) city tem porarily ahoald have Taa Bee nailed to theaa. Address will bo changed aa often as reqneatett. "Is it easy to spend 11,000,000 a year?" asks a reader. Never tried it. Mr. Harriman says freight rates ) will have to be changed. He's right. They are too high. The sailors are getting the applause and the bouquets, but the soldiers have had their pay ralBed. Irrigation will not be required in the immediate vicinity of Omaha for a few days, at least. "Fighting Bob" found out that storms at sea may be very closely 1ml Itated ry storms ashore. The authorities at Panama have de cided to kill all the rata in the canal zone If they can catch them. Mrs. Guinness apparently was guilty of about all the crimes in thecalendar except wearing a Merrywldowhat. Pa Rourke might find It to his ad vantage to send the weather man a season pans to the base ball games. Governor Johnson and Colonel Bryan traveled to Washington in the same sleeper. . Both are claiming the upper berth. Sailors of the American fleet will shrink from no danger that may face them in the future. They have met K r. .1 .... M .. I n V a J V, n MnntA M o 1 1,-..,, . n, n , - i . It the drainage congress can only it $ devise means whereby the waters from ! ' E awamn lands can be transferred to the . K - - t l .1 ,li....tAA I I 1 . .11, 1 . ' aim uiBiuci no uiieaiuu win ue ouo oi I L - , reui Bi'ivtrc. Admiral Evans says we need more warships and fewer statesmen. The admiral has been at sea so much that ho probably does not know how few statesmen we have. The Hearst party's national conven Hon will be held in Chicago on July 27. Present indications are that Mr Hearst will have the support of a ma jority of tho delegates. Of course the San Francisco paper that referred to Congressman Hobson ; as the '"Spanish Was Hero" will place i the blame on the printer and his co- j conspirator, tho proofreader. Out in Washington the school boards are refusing to employ married women as teachers, probably on the tneory mat tne men of the state 6hould earn their own living. A Sioux City Importer has presented an argument to the Treasury depart ment to prove that eggs are live stock and should be admitted free of duty He must deal only In ripe eggs. ' ' ' Fighting Bob" has retired from the navy and may never tight again, but I bU diua-nd for forty-eight battleship ; indicates that he would Ilka to be pre- i pared In event bo is called upon. "There is no reason why a sober man should carry a gun," says the Boston Journal. By the same token there is every reason why a drunken man should not be allowed to carry gun. Members of a Chicago church have asked President Roosevelt to aid in ameliorating the condition of the Poles. The president is fond of the big stick and deeply interested in for est preservation, so the Poles naturally I look to hi in for advice and help JUE TROVBLE VF FAVAMA. The announcement that flovernor Msgoon of CuTT Is to be transferred, for a couple of months, to Fanama for the purpose of nettling the disputes that hare arisen between the republic and Colombia throws a light on the situation which has been 'more or leas befogged in the public mind. It in dicates that Panama Is about In the position that Cuba was two years ago whn the Palma administration col lapsed and the government which had been established by American inter vention went to smash and made It necessary for this country to send an other army of occupation to take charge and save the island from an other revolution. The trouble, it must be remem bered, has no connection with the af fair of the Panama canal zone, but is confined entirely to the Panama re public, which was created in a night a few years ago, when the Panamans seceded from Colombia and set up a government of their own and elected a president who has been unusually happy in his management of the af fairs of the toy republic. Recently, however. President Amador announced that he would not be a candidate for re-election when his term expires in November of this year. His with drawal has resulted in the creation of a series of factional parties and it is freely predicted that the election, how ever It may result, will simply be, the signal for a revolution to be started by the losers at the polls. To add to the complications, each - of the parties Is accusing the administration at Washington of showing favoritism to the other, and it is to be Governor Magoon's duty to convince these war ring leaders that the United States has no interest in the contest other than to see that order is observed and peace preserved. The United States was bound by the terras of the Piatt amendment to take part in Cuban affairs when the in surgents arose against the Palma ad ministration. No such obligation rests on the government in the case of Panama', but the American ' inter ests on the canal zone are too great to be imperiled by allowing any Insur rection in Panama or any conflict be tween Panama and Colombia. Gov- Magoon s large experience with the Latln-aVmericans, both In Cuba and Panama, gives him special fitness for the diplomatic mission to which he has been assigned, and the administration at Washington has every confidence that he will be able to avert the po litical crisis which appears to be un pleasantly near at Panama. 3H It CLE OF FHAXCIS JVSEVH. The future historian will be com pelled to give a prominent place in the list of the world's really great men to Francis Joseph, emperor of the dual monarchy of Austria and Hungary, the sixtieth anniversary of whose reign is being celebrated this week. 'ew men are properly Judged by their contemporaries, but the people who are at all familiar with the affairs of Austria-Hungary must give their meed of praise to the determined old man whose ability has held the empire to gether and kept it on the upward move for more than half a century, urlng which the map of Europe has been changed several times. His con tinued power and success appear the more remarkable In view of the condi tions which existed when he gained the throne, when the fires of revolution were blazing on every Hungarian hill and the people were' at each other's throats, clamoring for blood of the rulers and the redivlsion of the empire Into distinct, if petty, principalities. When Francis Joseph became em peror of the dual kingdom In 1848 tho Slavs and the Huns were fighting each other at times except when they ceased hostilities long enough to Join n common warfare against the Ger man element that was gaining supre macy in Austria. insurrection was running at flood tide over all Europe. Austria and Hungary were torn to dis sension and practically open rebellion by the efforts of the dominating ele ruents to Germanize the Slavs, the Croatlans, the Czechs and all that conglomerate of peoples that composed the population of the two countries France on the one hand and Italy on the other, both anxious to exteud their power, harassed and annoyed the new monarch until the nation was forced Into a disastrous war with France, In 1859. Eight years later came awar with Prussia, which resulted in an other defeat for the Austria-Hungary empire and threatened its dissolution. but the wily Bismarck, instead of as suming control of the vanquished na tion, became an ally of Francis Joseph and aided him in bringing order out of chaos. The defeat by PrusBln really proved a blessing in disguise by uniting the warring faction, of Austria-Hungary and inspiring them with the spirit of national pride which has grown steadily, under the. wise en couragement of the old manarch. While most of the old spirit of dis content has been eliminated, the em pire still has serious economic trou bles. Once a great agricultural coun try, Austria-Hungary has fallen into tho clutch of landlordism, the rich owners having a control of nearly all the tillable land of the empire. The people are miserable and are giving more and more time to the cultivation of their religious and racial preju dices, arising naturally from the union of so many elements. In spite of all this abundant supply 0f material for antagonism, Francis Joseph hag re mained in power and kept his empire Intact. He is now SO years of age and it is admitted that troublous times will follow when he surrenders the throne. The people respect him and the hostile races composing his kingdom are only stifling their ambitions and waiting. Thry care enough for him to Join In a determination to allow him to end his days in peace. No greater tribute could be paid to him. run Kits vf the roLJCE iwaiid. Since Its very Institution confusion has existed to some extent in the minds of the people as to the scope of au thority of the Omaha police board. So many differences of opinion have been brought to the front at various times, and so many varying decisions have been rendered on one point or another by the courts, that the misunderstand ings are only natural. During the last few years a more determined effort to define the exact powers of the board has been made, with the result that a better understanding is rapidly being reached. It was long ago settled that the po lice board is not the body to prose cute. The police board may under certain conditions, through the police force, Institute inquiries and may pre sent the result of such inquiries to the proper authorities, but further than this the board cannot go. The ma chinery of the law for the prosecu tion of criminals provides for other hands to carry on the work altar' the state of facts has been ascertained. In assuming this to be the correct attitude the Omaha police board and Its subordinates, the Omaha police force, are not shirking any duty or re spoiiFiblllty, but are merely carrying Into effect the plain purpose of the law. Commissioner John L. Kennedy very clearly stated this position of the board at its last session, and the pub lic should fake into consideration the facts when forming conclusions as to the attitude of the board. Certain over-zealous' or Interested persons are trying to make It appear that the po lice board and the chief of police are endeavoring to avoid their duty. It was for this reason that Mr. Kennedy so nlalnly announced what Is now gen erally admitted to' be the correct ex position of the law as to the power and authority of the police board In dealing with crime and criminals. "ABHESTEO 0 SVSPICWS-" Unfortunately, under the laws of most of the states and 'the general rul lngs of the courts in police cases, tho two women who were dragged from a sleeping car at Utica, N. Y., at mid night and locked in Jail, Just became a traveling salesman, a sort of an ania teur sleuth, though one of them re sembled Mrs. Guinness, the. Indiana murderess, has no1 redress for the out rage perpetrated upon them. They were promptly released, after they had satisfied the police of their Identity, and were allowed to proceed on their Journey. Under the law the police have authority, as a rule, to arrest and hold for a limited time : any person "suspected" of being guilty of a crime. It is equally unfortunate that some way is not provided for the punish ment of the fresh traveling man who ctused the arrest of the woman. He has made an explanation, In which he says both were dressed Jn mourning. Mrs. Guinness always dressed In black. The younger woman looked like the newspaper pictures of Mrs. Guinness Yellow Journals are never at a loss for pictures of "the woman in the case. They keep a stock of assorted pictures for that purpose. Then, again, the traveling sleuth says the women seemed to be trying to escape obser vation and retired to their berth at 7 o'clock in the evening. Could any tning oe more conclusive of their guilt? No trained police official would hesitate a moment before arresting a woman wh4 seemed to shrink from the stare of men passengers in a sleep lug car, and who sought the seclusion of her berth as early as 7 o'clock in the evening. If the women had been innocent they doubtless would have gone into the smoking department swapped a few yarns with the drum mer and had a cigarette or two before retiring for the night. The ends of Justice doubtless war rant the arrest of persons on suspi cion, but the privilege should be exer cisea wun caution and never used upon such flimsy clues aa those offered to the Syracuse authorities by the sap- neaued salesman. The terrible storm that wrought such havoc In the vicinity of Omaha naturally excites great sympathy for all the sufferers, but none will receive a greater share than Bellevue college This institution has been slowly build ing itself up in the faco of much vlg orous competition and was steadily winning its way to success. Its pres ent misfortune will be but a tempo rary setback, for the energy that has brought Bellevue college to-ita present importance among the educational in siitutions of the west is not going to be daunted because of gtorm wreck The spirit of the institution will fin expression in hew buildings and out of thu dtbiis left by the tornado Bellevu college will rlsa brighter and stronger than ever. Dr. Wadsworth and his associates are already active on plan for tli lehahllltatlon of the cchool and in ihvs will find encouragement and assistance from all our citizens To the Individuals who have suffered through the death of relatives or loss of pioperty the same sympathy is ex tended end they witf receive all needei help. - Turning water into the Big Horn canal means that another large area of heretofore Idle land la to be made productive. The feature of chief In icrest is that this new crop. producing station Is Immediately tributary to maha and will -become rart of the commercial empire of which this city s the capital. It Is on such surround ings that the greatness of Omaha Is founded. Idaho republicans refused to send lther of the United States senators from that state to the national coirvn- tlon at Chicago. The speeches of Borah and Heyburn denouncing the administration's forestry policy do not seem to have made the expected hit Ith the voters of Idaho. Congressman Francis Burton Harri son of New York is being urged as a candidate for the vice presidential nomination at Denver. Among his Other qualifications for the nomination Is the fact that he is a son-in-law to the California Crocker's millions. A :other new factory Is being built In Omaha. Such things are of dally occurrence now and attention Is called to this merely to emphasize the fact that Omaha Is going ahead steadily regardless of the conditions elsewhere. "If a thing Is disagreeable, we have only to Ignore it and it will cease to exist," says a new thought disciple. That may be a good motto for a Don't Worry" club, but bills cannot be paid that way. It is announced that Judge Parker's friends" are seriously considering the advisability of trying to nominate him at Denver. No man who will under take such a Job Is a real friend of Judge Parker. The computation of population based on the number of names in the new city directory is very flattering, ut old cattlemen know what a wide divergence there is between "book count" and "range count." The 1-year-old heir to the Spanish throne has been named as a colonel in the army. Rather rapid promotion, in view of the fact that he has served but a year in the infantry arm of the service. Mr. Bryan declines to give the re sult of his ride on the same train with Johnson end Fairbanks, but the prob abilities are that the same car will never undergo a similar strain. Slogran of Shady Crowd. Chicago Record-Herald, riatform of the Night Riders: "Let ug alone." Some Patriot Will Be Found. Fittsburg Dispatch. We violate no confidence In saying that candidates will be found somewhere for the vice presidency. A Jumping; "tandpatter. Fhlladelphla Press. Many things era coming Speaker Can non's way, but he feels It necessary to dodge m 8t of tltcm. Freak . Reform. Brooklyn Eagle. Old Soldiers' homes . can't have any money from the government this year, If they keep beer on the premises. That's the decision of congress. , Consequently, the old soldier will go down to the corner a great deal oftenor than Is good for either his morals or his health. Couldn't "Let 111m Alone." Chicago Record-Herald. A young man has been expelled from the New York Produce exchange because ha advertised that he would guarantee profits of more than 60 per cent to people who would let him speculate with their money, Add another to the list of people who think It Is a shame that they can't be let alone." Not Inconsistent. Minneapolis Journal. The newspapers of the country are ac cused of Inconsistency In demanding a reduction of the duty on print paper and Bn abrogation of the duty on wood pulp while they uphold protection for other In dustries. The charge does not successfully lie. The press has very generally demanded that all tho tariff schedules be revised This Is not an attack upon protection but an assault upon duties which. In addition to legitimate protection, afford opportunl tics for the control of prices by trusta and combinatlona which are In themselves 11- legal. A Foolish Move. Springfield Republican. The scheme to Improve the finances of the railroads by advancing freight rates Is not having smooth sailing. Some Important lines question the advisability of such a step. The shippers are also to be heard from, and they proni'so to make trouble. Then, too, the pesky question presents It self of how traffic U to be Increased by making It more expensive. Only among railroad managers apparently does the theory have much If any footing that low prices have no effect in stimulating con sumption or high prices of reducing con sumption. The Steel trust is arousing a lot of criticism by Us policy of maintaining the old prices for rails and the like. What then would tw said If It should Increase these prices? TAFT ANIi Tltl I'AXAMA CANAL Au Achievement to the Credit of the War Secretary. St. Louis Times (deni.) The secretary of war Is now in the canal lone, looking over the big work that Is be ing conducted under thu general direction of his department of the cabinet offices Mr. Tatt will find that much digging has f been done since he was last on the Isthmus, lie will seek to see that the steam shovels and dredging machines are brought to even a higher state of efficiency, to th end that new records may be made. If Judge Taft Is nominated by his party and this now seems among the certalnile Of polities, the republican organisation will have in the canal project a fine argument for his election. The biggest public work ever undertaken by this government Is the Fanama Canal enterprise. The best work that has been done In digging the ditch has followed the transfer of the undertak Ing to the War department. It will be ar gued, and with reason, that the man who has the job In hand should be allowed to complete It. On the theory that there sho.ill be no changing of horses' In the middle of stream a great many Americans who b lieve In the Importance of ths Panam canal will vote for Taft If he Is nominated. for this if for no other reason. ARMY 0IP IX WA11IXGTO. t'arrrnt Kventa tileaned from the Army aad Tfary Register. The army signal corps oflcers will core duct some experiments at Fort Leaven worth with a new field wire. The present wire is an 11-slrand sled wire highly In sulated for laying on the ground to pro-, vide commulnieatlon with mobile armor. It Is believed that an Improved wire Is of fered by a pMtented copper-clad article, which has the advantage of being cheaper and of higher conductivity and higher ten sile strength than the present wire. Fam ples of the new field wire have been made up in different ways and sent to Fort Leavenworth. The re-armament of the army and militia with the new Springfield rifle, model for iise with the shnrp-polnted bullet, has been able achievement on the part of the ordi nance department, as all rifles In the hands of troops designed for use with the round pointed bullet had to accommodate the sharp poin'.cd ammunition. The n-w ammunition was not adopted until last summer, and tho manufacturer of rlflea at the Springfield armory and Rock Island arsenal had to be expedited In every way In order to re-arm troops In time for use of the rifles during the cur rent target season. About 150,000 rifles were required for this purpose. In addi tion to this, the problem of manufacturing tho sharp-pointed ammur.ltlon presented Itself. This manufacture has been accom plished at the Frankfort arsenal at the rate of about 3oo,ono rounds per day. This necessitated considerable Increase In the capacity of tho plant and a large addition to the number of employes. Manufacture of the rlflea and ammunition la being con tinued at the same rate for the purpose of accumulating a reserve supply. The secretary of war has decided that a retired army officer who was on duty at the time of his death as profesosr of mili tary science, etc., at one of the universi ties was not In active service at the date of his death. It Is conceded that it would be within the power of congress to author ize retired oflcers to be placed upon full active duty that Is, to occupy precisely the same status as officers on the active list- but it has never done so. While assigned to active duty, and especially when they re forbidden to receive their full pay and llowances, they would seem to be engaged, It Is held. In an authorised employment which differs In some of its material Inci dents from active service and which is not Inconsistent with their status as retired officers. The War department has decided that the state which has In Its possession certain ammunition which Is no longer of any use. may exchange It for an equal amount of ammunition which will be suitable for the new magazine riflo which Is to be issued to the militia. This Is an Important ques tion which has been brought up by the nilltla authorities In Ohio, and it opens up a big question of the extent to which a state may be reimbursed for useless pow der purchased out of state funds or out of tho allottment of federal funds made In behalf of the militia. The War depart ment has decided that the exchange may take place, and the general application of tho decision is awaited with much interest. The War department Is renewing Its ef fort to stop the illegal traffic In soldiers uniforms. There have been In the last year many cases of conviction of dealers n clothing who have purchased equipment from enlisted men of the army. For a time the department encountered much dif ficulty In accomplishing this, for the rea son that the clothing was held to be an allowance of the aoldler, who was entitled to do what he pleased with something Is sued to him and to which he was fully entitled with 11 the effect of a proprietary possession. In some recent cases which have come to the attention of the War de- pattment the purchasera of these uniforms or equipment presented the defense of not knowing that, their act was Illegal. In sev eral instances the soldiers had pawned the' articles, and it was understood by thosa who accepted them that the poods wera owned by the person presenting thein. It has occurred to the military authorities that It would be well to have this situation fully known, and It has been decided to communicate with the police authorities of the leading cities and of the towns situated In the neighborhood of army posts, In order that dealers in second hand clothing and pawnbrokera who would be likely to pur chase this clothing may be made fully acquainted wtlh tho situation. There Is a decreasing amount of these transactions. owing to the energy and determination shown by the military authorities In prose cuting cases of this class. MIXED PROSPERITY ATrEAI.. St. Loots Iloosters Get Their Wires . Orossrd. Kansas City Times. The National Prosperity association has made an extraordinary appeal to tho presi dent. This association claims to have facll- Itles for the interchange or Ideas among hundreds of thousands of business men, and Its obJ-t Is to restore confidence. To this end it asks the co-operation of the president, and the purport of the appeal Is-, that the president may, If he will, con tribute largely to the restoration of coi fldence by his attitude toward Industrial enterprise. Yot the memorial addressed to Mr. Roose velt completely exonerates him from respon sibility for the recent depression, which Is attributed to "gross violation of the law by some corporations and grafting by some public officials and a defective currency system." What the president has done Is approved. The laws he has been Influ enzal In having tr.acted are upheld. Yet the association "feels that the time has now come to take stock, to call a halt on radical, hasty and experimental legislation, designed to regulate Industry." But why make this appeal to the president, whose policy has been approved In this same memorial? This seems to be a case of waiving criti cism In the hope of securing a change of policy on the part of the r-atlonal adminis tration. If the president has done well, and If his well doing has had no part In the recent depression, why should he be asked to change his policy? It should be said that whatever the real purposes of this mixed appeal may be the present Is not a time to relax the efforts to secure strong and sound regulation of corporations, whether Industrial, commercial gr financial, so far as the operation, of these corporations Infringes on the rights of the people. The way to clean house Is to clean house and keep on until order Is restored. It Is well tnough for this and ether associations to endeavor to counteract Irresponsible agita tion, but with the house gagged and bound by the agents of the trusts and with the senate showing subservier.ee to corporate greed, the country is not ready to see the national administration take a backward course. A Sooinlaif Heflectloa. Washington Tost. The report that stripes of a conspicuous character are to be the prevailing style In men's clothing for the coming season miy ease the minds of those who see a posl bllity of being compelled to wear them with the sanction of the law. D&kinit Powder, dispensable tion of our daily food, must be free from noxious ingredients Complete purity and whole- someness arc the unques tioned characteristics ol WW LJYX I J O LJ HRFAM ine ro Its active principle, cream ol tar tar, a pure, health-giving fruit acid, Is derived solely from grapes Poisonous Ingredients are found In the low-priced baking powders. Their active principle Is a mineral add de rived iron) sulphuric aeld, oU ol vitriol Pd 3n' bSsH Study the label an buy only baking powder mad Irosa cream ol tartar OIR LOSSES BY FlItR. Waste that Conlil no Prevented by Proner Construction. New York Mail. Too many buildings burn down In this country. In 1?M the coat of fire, Including not only property destroyed, but Insurance, tho maintenance of fire departments, etc., was over $j00,oiio,0(i0. In the same year the building operations of tho lending oTtles amounted to about JfwO.OOO.OXI. On tho face of It 80 per cent of the new building con struction was offset by fire cost. Herbert M. Wilson of the national geological sur vey says on this point: "This fire tax exceeds tho total annual value of gold, silver and coal production. The annual firo loss In tho United States is, according to the National Hoard of Fire Underwriters, $2.47 per capita, whilo th average annual loss In six large European countries is only .33 per capita, or om -eighth that of the United States. The greater part of this immense waste coul-i be prevented by proper construction of houses, factories and business building:). Such construction would not only cost lit tle more than the prevalent combustible buildings In the first place, but also would result in real economy In the long run." The same excuse will be given for this poor showing, as compared with our neighbors abroad, that Is given for the fact that mining accidents, railroad acci dents and homicides are several times more numerous per capita In this country than in the most enlightened countries of Europe, and that our architecture Is less attractive, namely, that we are a "young nation." But railroad building began In this country at the same tlmo that It did abroad; most of the mines that are worked In other lands have been opened since, this country took the field; tho buildings that give European cities their attraction are nearly all of modern erection of later date than the brownstones of Murray 1 1 111 and with more wealth, collectively and Individ ually, than any Other nation, presumably we have the means to build well and safely. Whether It Is a young nation or not, there are several respects In which this country Is old enough to know better. I'KHSONAI, NOTES. Attention of tho Syracuse police Is re spectfully called to the fact that there are still at large several women middle-aged and fat. What constitutes a gentleman? In a let ter to the New Y'ork Sun we read: "Cooked oysters are for those who Ice their wine. Gentlemen know better." E. II. Harriman, If he so willed, might start today at Savannah, Ga.f and walk to San Francisco without stepping off his own property or property that he controls. G. K. Holmes, chief of the division of foreign markets of the Department of Agri culture, has found that the automobile has replaced about 60,0(0 horses In this country up to the present time. Joseph Taylor Robinson represents the Sixth district of Arkansas In the house, and has had that honor for two previous congresses, though he Isn't yet quite 36 years old. His primary education was re ceived In the common schools, and the finishing touches were put on at the Ar kansas university. It Is related that In passing through her husband's library recently tho attention of the empresa of Japan was attracted by a peculiar-looking machine. On learning that It was a typewriter and having It explained to her, she became Interested and began to hit the keys. Now she does a good deal of correspondence for the emperor. Pr. A. II. Doty, health officer of New York, who recently returned from Cuba after an Inspection of Its seaports, said that there Is no real need of establishing a strict quarantine on passengers arriving at New Y'ork from Havana. He said that there was not one chance In 10,000 for an epidemic of yellow fever to occur In the United Stutes. Browning, Ming & Co CLOTHING, FXJRNISIilNGS and HATS What's W1 15th and Douglas Xjvjfy 15h and Dsuglaa Streets . w Streets t : R. S. WILCOX lVtflr. being In in tho prepara 3 mm pro. S3 i c jaapiai PrPrPrH SM 11,1 NO L1E9. Oldschnol (pompously) Oratory, air. par tlculnrly in the political field, is a great oiKinc of progress unit power. Youngblood (Irreverently) Yes, especially If it is a hot-air engine. Baltimore Amer ican. "Iturroughs lias a hnppy faculty of mak ing new friends wherever be goes." "lie has to. He owes all the old ones." Houston Post. Conklcy There's nothing like plenty of exercises to reduce one's weight. Joakley But there's Skorcher; the mnrs exercise ho takes the more he runs Into flesh. Coakley What exerclso does ho take? Joakley Motoring. Philadelphia Presa. "Speaking of tornadoes." observed the boarder with the high forehead, "If the one that visited Oklahoma tho other day had happened along a few months sooner there would have been a provision In tho state constitution abolishing tornudoes. That's about the only thing they over looked." Chicago Tribune. " beg jiardon," said tho new arrival, "but It seems to me it's excessively warm here." "Eh! what?" snorted Satan, "evidently you forget where you are. This place Is meant to be warm." "Quito so, but there's such a thing as overdoing It." Baltimore American. "I tell you," said the promoter, "that mine can be made to give -up money," "I suppose it can," said the small stock holder. "How about the officers of tha company ?" Washington Star. BALLAD OF IMIOEIIIX CAIiAMEL. New York Times. Of all tho dandies whose array Deserved the name of swell. Not one was qulie so recherche As l'hoebus Caramel, His coat was Fashion's maatorpieca. The pin he wore was Art's, As for ills lie and trouser-crease. iney iioiiuentiy uroKe nearts. l io oilier nudo could raisrvti And bow to passing bell With elegance approaching his hat that UI t'liucbus t-aianu-1. But once, when, flawlessly arrayed. Upon his knees ho flopped, And F.poke of marriage to a maid. She laughed until she dropped. "I'll wed," cried she, "no tailored doll, "So, pray, your ardor quell!" 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