HIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY. SEPPTEMBER
1008.
The Omaha Daily Bel
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VICTOR ROSrWATER, EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County. .:
George B. Tsschuck, treasurer of The
Bee Publishing company, being duly
aworn. -avs that the actual number of
full and complete copies of The Dally.
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of August, 190. waa aa
follows :
1 36,130
7. . 35.S30
S 3MS0
4 30,40
5 38.T90
(I 36,790
7 saoo'
3S.470
. 38,70
10 3,3
11 M.410
12 3S.010
13..... 3S.M0
14 M.970
It 3M70
17 3S.460
IS 38,110
IS 36,070
2ft 35,90
21 38,650
22 36,070
23.. 35,400
24 36,850
56. 30,940
26 38,140
27 36,010
21 36,690
2 36,450
30 85,500
31 36,180
It 35,600
Totals 1.117,000
Leas unsold and returned copies. . ll,B4g
Net total
1,105,464
35,669
Daily average
GEORGE B. TZSCHTTCK.
- Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and aworn to
before me this 1st day of September, l)0t.
(Seal.) ROBERT HUNTER.
Notary Public,
WHEI OUT OF TOWN,
Subscribers leaving the city tem
porarily shosjld hare The Bee
Dialled to theaa. "Address will be
changed as often am requested.
Vermont is still
country." ,
in "the enemy's
Maine will furnish the next number
on the republican program of victory.
It would help some If the Halna
brothers could be tried without pub
licity. Mrs. "Jack" Gardner of Boston
wants it understood that she is not a
slave to customs.
Anyway, Mr. Debs la one candidate
who Is not promising to carry out the
Roosevelt policies.
It ig taken for granted that the air
ship Invented by Mr. Herring of Bos
ton is fish-shaped.
That's a familiar sound coming from
Japan about postponing their exposi
tion for a few years.
Mr. Shotwell Is a candidate for the
Missouri legislature. He ought to
make a hit with the voters.
Mr. Bryan promises to revise the
tariff Just as easily as he has revised
all of his paramount issues.
The question with the democrats
wfli be, Was that three-cornered gu
bernatorial fight on the square?
Folks up in Vermont evidently did
not hear Mr. Bryan when he said he
was heir to the Roosevelt policies.
In addition to the disastrous floods,
Georgia has an extra session of its leg
islature. Troublea never come singly
A 200-pound amethyst has been
found in Michigan. Some minstrel
king will have it for a acarf pin before
the season is over.
England must be getting an idea
that there ahould be a limit to the en
thusiasm shown In Australasia over the
American battleships.
It Is stated that Russell Sage never
1 . eCAA AAA , -
person or firm. Thst's a good plan
lor all of us to follow.
Candidate Chafin says "a prohibi
tionist does not have to be a total ab
stainer." How can he be If he always
has his face set against whisky?
Everybody can afford to go to Eu
rope sow that the Transatlantic steam
ship companies have positively forbid
den their stewards to accept any tips.
Six. thousand New York tailors are
pressing their 'demands for higher
wages and are threatening to sew. up
the trade If their demands are not
granted.
Big Joe Butler may not be astute,
but he occasionally has an Inspiration.
He Is very likely priding himself on
the acumen to desert just before the
ship went down.
' Between the show window, the
theater and the ball room Omaha has
been (airly Introduced to the sheath
gown, and its appearance on the street
now will scarcely- excite the comment
it might have a month ago.
Visitors to the. Corn show will be
given an exhibition of how to make
denatured alcohol. It Is earnestly
hoped that the farmer will not have aa
much . trout), with . the apparatus aa
pe Agricultural department has had
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
The ticket chosen by the republican
voters of Douglas county at the pri
mary on Tuesday will commend Itself
to citizens of all classes. It la the di
rect expression of the voters of the
party, and aa their choice deserves the
unqualified aupport of the party at the
coming general election. It was eas
ily understood from the start that all
who aspired to this could not be
chosen. The voters have made their
selection from the lists and the losers
should now gracefully submit to the
verdict and give their hearty support
to the ticket, Just as they would have
fipectad the winners to do had the re
sult been reversed.
The spirit In which . the primary
campaign was carried on Is the best
possible evidence of the union that ex
ists within the republican party in
Douglas county and presages a hand
some victory in November. This spirit
should not be weakened by any bitter
ness of disappointment at the outcome
of the primary. In this year more
than in any other recently the repub
licans should stand firmly together and
cheerfully and steadfastly support the
nominees of the party. Douglas
county should be registered In Novem
ber for Taft and for every republican
on the ticket below him.
THE MESSAGE FROM VERMONT.
The September elections In Vermont
and Maine in presidential years always
have been eagerly anticipated and
their results have been accepted as in
dicative at least of republican enthu
siasm or the want of it throughout the
country. These results In the past
have belled their prophetic signifi
cance, but seldom in Maine, and never
n Vermont.
The result of the state election In
Vermont on Tuesday brings no cheer
to democratic hopes. The republican
candidate for governor was elected by
29,000 plurality, as compared with a
plurality of 31,649 for President
Roosevelt In 1904. The plurality for
the republican candidate for governor
in 1904, however, was but 21,549, or
more than 7,000 less than the plural
ity recorded on Tuesday. All of the
democratic managers, Including Mr.
Bryan and Chairman Mack, have ad
mitted that the democrats would not
find much encouragement In the re
turns from Vermont unless the re
publican plurality was less than
25.000. On that basis, the record
shows that the resistance to the candi
dacy of Mr. Bryan has not been les
sened In Vermont.
The republican plurality in Ver
mont was 26,603 in 18S0; in 18S4 it
fell to 23,734. Four years later it rose
to 28,992 and In 1892 It fell to 19,702.
!t reached the high water mark of
38,389 in 1896, falling in 1900 to
31,312 and increasing to 31,549 in
1904.
THE DEMOCRATS ASD THE NEGROES.
The southern democrats are still
showing their disapproval of Mr. Bry
an's attempt to secure the support of
the negro voters In the north. The
southern leaders declare that if the
negro is recognized by the democrats
at the polls he will of necessity compel
them to recognize him in the distribu
tion of the rewards of office, and with
the political recognition established
social recognition would inevitably
follow. The opposition to Bryan's at
titude on this question is doubtless the
real reason for the bolt of the demo
cratic national ticket by the Baltimore
Sun, the oldest democratic newspaper
In the south. The Sun says:
Where will such an alliance lead the
south? If we succeed with the aid of the
negroes this time we must pay them with
offices for their votes If we want to retain
their aupport next time. In that event we
must bid even higher at the next election
and the next for their aupport, until we
become thoroughly Identified with them
politically and are unable to aucceed with
out their help. Such political amalgama
tion. Involving aa It would the wiping out
of the color line In many other particulars,
would be extremely offensive to the south,
and would be Indignantly repudiated by
southern white men. The south does not
Intend to aolve the negro problem In this
way, no matter by whom it may be pro
posed or indoraed. This alliance with the
negroes Is bad In point of policy and prin
ciple and will In time inevitably produce
conditions dangerous to the highest and
most sacred Interests of the south. The
democratic party cannot get the negro
vote without paying for It, and the ques
tion Is, Can the south afford to pay the
price they demand?
Mr. Bryan Is being placed in a de
cidedly embarrassing position by the
refusal of the southern democrats to
quietly watch his attempted lllrtatlon
with the negro voters in the north.
While he has persistently talked about
placing the man above the dollar, he
has openly endorsed the contention of
the south that the man. must be a
white man. In his speech at Cooper
Union hall, New York, last April Mr.
Bryan declared that the southern dem
ocrats were Justified in disfranchising
the negro and that northern states
would adopt a similar course under the
same conditions. The south applauded
that utterance, but changed Us ap
plause to censure when joined with
some of the northern democrats in an
effort to win the negro vote on account
of the Brownsville Incident. Since the
furore over the question was started
Mr. Bryan has declined to discuss It,
asserting that it was not hia place to
discuss any Issues that were not men
tioned In the Denver platform. While
Mr. Bryan la refusing to discuss the
negro question, it is always a live issue
in the southern states and democrats
in that section are keeping it before
the people. The Charleston News and
Courier is printing and repeating these
questions, addressed to Mr. Bryan:
Flrst-If elected president, Mr. Bryan, will
you attempt any Interference with the con
anions of negro suffrage In- Hie southern
states T
Second Will you make any effort to i.-'
, store the negro soldiers who were UU-
missed from the military service of the
country because of the affair at Browna
vllle. Tex?
Third Will you appoint negroes to offi
cial places In the federal aervlce?
Fourth In the selection and appointment
of I'nited States judges for the supreme,
circuit or district benches would you be
controlled by political or factional consider
ations or regard these offices aa rewards
for assistance given to you and the party
you represent In the presidential election?
In all fairness to the negro voters
of the northern and border states, Mr.
Bryan should answer the questions.
TWO VUVRTEVL STATES.
While the most sanguine republican
politicians are hesitating to predict the
breaking up of the solid south at the
coming election, peculiar conditions
exist in both Georgia and Virginia that
may result in an unusual political
lineup.
Georgia has a candidate for the pres
idency and for the vice presidency.
Tom Watson, the populist nominee for
president, has a remarkably strong
following in the state. He was a
leader of the democratic party until
he joined the populist movement and
was a vice presidential candidate on
the Bryan ticket. He is now fighting
Bryan most bitterly, and is securing
a support that is causing the demo
cratic leaders of the state much con
cern. John Temple Graves, for many
years an Atlanta editor and one of
the most forceful writers and eloquent
speakers of Georgia, Is a candidate for
vice president on the independent
league ticket and is making an elo
quent appeal for support. The voters
that these two Georgians will attract
will not be drawn from the republican
ticket but will come almost entirely
from the democratic ranks. In addition
to this, many prominent business men
of Georgia are declaring their Inten
tion to support Mr. Taft, o that In a
four-ticket combination the usual
Georgia , democratic majority will be
very much reduced.
The Virgina situation is another il
lustration of the truth of the old
adage about chickens coming home to
roost. In the scheme to disfranchise
the negro voters, the democratic party
of Virginia passed a law making a
poll tax receipt one of the qualifica
tions of a voter. The poor whites were
provided with these receipts, while the
negroes were practically prohibited
from voting, as but a small proportion
of them would pay a poll tax for the
privilege. It was the custom of the
democratic committee to use the cam
paign funds for the payment of these
taxes, sending the receipts to the In
dividual voters. A court decision re
cently rendered holds that these taxes
must be paid in person and In cash
The effect of this threatens to dis
franchise about half of the vote which
is usually cast for the democratic
candidates. At the same time, the re
publicans of the state are better or
ganized than ever before and appar
ently have some reason for their claim
that they will elect two or three con
gressmen and may be able to swing
the electoral vote of the state to Taft
and Sherman.
In any event, the elections in Vir
ginia and Georgia this year will con
sist in something more than the mere
counting of the vote for the democratic
candidates.
water works possibilities.
A frenzied appeal issued by the self-
constituted newspaper organ of the
Water board called upon the citizens
of Omaha to vote for two particular
candidates for Water board nomina
tions at the recent primary in order
'to prevent any compromise" with the
water company. Inasmuch as The
Bee had already commended the same
two candidates because of their busi
ness experience and reputed possession
of common sense, the effort to inject
this issue, of course, could not be suc
cessful, but It makes pertinent, at any
rate, the question, What are the possi
bilities of our present water works sit
uation? It goes without saying that either
the city or the water company will get
the decision in the compulsory pur
chase litigation now In the United
States supreme court. If the water
company wins It will secure a decree
of specific performance commanding
the city to take possession of the water
plant and pay over the $6,243,000. In
that event there will be only two possl
billties the city must either acquire
the property at the upset pries and as
sume the financial obligations, or it
must reach a compromise of some sort
with the water company.
If the city wins the decision from
the supreme court the annulment of
the appraisement may be expected to
carry with It an order for the appoint
ment of a new set of engineers and a
reappraisement, equivalent to starting
the parties out where they first began.
Inasmuch as the present appraisement
proceedings have lasted only a little
more than five years, no one In his
right mind would venture to fix a time
limit for a new appraisement short of
several years. Success In the supreme
court, therefore, would put the city up
to the alternative of getting along with
the present unsatisfactory conditions
of water" service indefinitely pending
reappraisement or seeking a thort way
out by some sort of compromise.
ine water woras possioiuties are
now exactly as repeatedly outlined by
The Bee from time to time from the
outset. If we finally buy the water
plant by election under the purchase
clause of the franchise Instead of by
eminent domain, as we should have
done, we will have to pay a price sat
isfactory to the owners of the water
company, and If the price at which the
water company is willing to sell does
not appeal to our citizens the city and
the water company will have to get to
aether upon some mutually acceptable
arrangement for a continuance of the
service under stipulated terms
The controversy that has arisen over
the destruction of a condemned build
ing merely emphasizes the nee l for an
Intelligent and comprehensive building
ordinance and its rigid enforcement In
Omaha. Under present conditions the
building ordinance that exists is made
a farce by the action of the city coun
cil, which never fails to grant to the
property owner or prospective con
structor privileges denied by the build
ing inspector. Property owners and
business men are more Interested in
this matter than the general public,
for the Insurance rate depends entirely
on the qualities of buildings existing
in the city, and so long as the pro
visions of the ordinance are ignored,
either by the building inspector's office
or by the city council, In overriding
the city officials decisions, Just so Iopj
insurance rates will remain high In
Omaha.
Wade Ellis of Ohio, who wrote the
original draft of the republican plat
form, has accepted a position as assist
ant attorney general under Mr. Bona
parte. He is ranked as one of the
ablest attorneys in the country.
Mayor Jim knows now what the
sting of ingratitude feels like, but he
and his cohorts will meekly submit and
enroll themselves among the loudest
shouters for Bryan and Hitchcock.
Having got the primary election and
registration off your mind, now make
your plans to attend the State fair on
Omaha day. Nebraska will be the
host, and the visit will pay you.
General Manderson's letter
proves that he is consistent on
tariff question. In this regard
file
the
the
general is in line with the great party
of which he is an active member.
John D. Rockefeller has been telling
the American press humorists that he
passes their jokes off as his own. He
should disabuse himself of the notion
that he is doing something unusual.
A St. Louis man has offered his wife
the alternative of parting from him or
their young baby, of which he is Jeal
ous. She should be glad to get rid of
one so unworthy so easily.
Castro has assessed another fine of
5,000,000 against a French asphalt
company in Venezuela. The way oi
the asphalt company is not smooth
when Castro is on guard.
Will Mr. Bryan please note that it
snowed in Maryland on the last day of
August, just after Senator Smith pre
dicted the state would certainly go
democratic in November.
The state-wide primary has justified
Itself by Its operation. It only re
mains for the interested parties to cul
tivate a little patience while waiting
for returns to come.
Editor Watterson has written a flvo-
column editorial from the Manhattan
club in New York. No telling how far
he would go if he was to move to the
Martini club.
The New York minister who sug
gests that every married woman should
be tattoed on the chin Is due to get
more married women's chin than he
wants.
The London Chronicle says that the
fat men get all the good things of life.
The Chronicle must not know Mr.
Rockefeller.
A Winning; Combination.
New York Sun.
The present Indications point to a large
crop to be moved and to famy . easy
money conditions under which to move It.
Vain Assumption.
Kansas City Times.
The assumption that Bryan will certainly
retire as a candidate after the present cam
paign la based upon the theory, of course,
that there will be no more new "para
mount Issues" to discover.
Keep the Hoae In Order.
Washington I'ost.
Debs declares that his campaign "will
throb with the spirit of revolution, and
along Its track the acattered embera of -revolt
will be fanned into a aweeping con
flagration." First thing he knows some
body will be turning the hose on Eugene.
Celerity In Seeing; Things.
Brooklyn Eagle.
No railroad train can be made fast
enough to carry a man out of the terri
tory of hia own mind. Every traveler
throughout the United States discovers
only the political Indications which he
wishes to be true. Were Mr. Bryan In
Montpeller,' two hours, he would believe
for that period that he would carry Ver
mont, and were Mr. Taft to apend thirty
minutes In Charleston, he would hope to
carry South Carolina.
Old School Democrats.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The death of William F. Vilas directs
attention once more to the disappearance
from public life of nearly all the repre
sentative democrats of the old regime.
Mr. Vilas had Quite retired from poinds
long before his death, but that waa not
because he had ceased to be interested
in public affairs, but because he had been
left without a party. lie waa a type of
the sincere and capable men who sur
rounded President Cleveland and who
ought to have been retained In the public
aervlce.
Commission IMaa of til) (iovrrsurst,
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The commission plan of city government
is receiving favorable attention in a good
many places. A charter commlsion for
St. Joseph, Mo., recommends Its adoption
after the Ues Molnea pattern. The city
government of Portland, Ore., has created
a committee of leading cltisena to draw up
a charter of the aame model. Sioux Falls,
8. U., la headed the aame way, and the
plan Is under serious consideration at
Omaha and Memphis. Meantime the Des
Moines Register and Leader aays of the
orking of the plan there. "There are
very tew If any In Des Moines now who
doubt the efficiency of the commission
plan, with lis fixed lesitouaibUU and
clmiiuU'-u vt rtd tape. '
HOt Tin ABOl I KW VOIIK,
Itlpplrs na the (arrest of l.lfe la the
Metropolis.
New York ''points with pride" to two
giddy young centenarians whose capers
promise to give the man with the scythe
a run for his Job fi r some yeara to come.
Mrs. Klirabeth Hunt of Brooklyn borjugh
observed the li'Mh anniversary of her blr.h
on Monday last by skipping up and down
three flights or stairs, walking a mile for
the exercise and putting aaay three square
meals. To further prove the suppleness
of yc ting-old a?e she seized her left toe
with her right hand and hopped nimbly
back and forth through the loop. "Wasn't
that awful. Mabel?" Mrs. Hunt accounta
for her reinai kahle age and activity by
the fact that she takes a cold plunge every
morning and never wore corsets.
"Cold water and no corsets will keep
anyone alive for a century," declared Mis.
Hunt. "I always sleep with my window
open at night In the coldest days In win
ter and no matter how cold It Is 1 aleep
with light bed clothing.
"Coraets are an abomination. Young
women ruin themselves by wearing such
devices. I dare say corsets cut twenty
yeara from every woman's life."
Two laps behind Mrs. Hunt is Rabbi
Barnet Wollnsky, aged l"fi, who took to hH
bosom a bride of 70 years laM Saturday,
much to the surprise and indignation of
five generations of descendants. The rab
bi's latest wife was Mrs. Hhlnncy R. Shin
sky, widow of a former friend of the old
gentleman. About one year ago Mr. Shln
sky died and his widow went to the rabbi's
home to keep house for htm. She was "0
years old, but In the eyes of the rabbi she
looked to be only a girl and after a short
courtship he won her for hia bride
As soon aa his proposal of marriage was
accepted Wollnsky and the bride-to-be hur
ried to the marriage license bureau and
procured the necessary papers.
It la asterted by tome of I he rabbl'a
closest friends that he had given his age
as 69 when obtaining the license, but he
says that he never was ashamed of hli
age.
The old gentleman has somewhere In the
neighborhood of 175 living descendants In
Russia and the United State.
After having forced a rear window and
entered the home of James Wltsell, 197
Van Home street, Jersey City, a burglar
was frightened away without his swag by
an Impromptu performance of a cat on a
piano In the parlor.
Mr. Witzell was awakened from a sound
sleep at 3 o'clock by discordant sounds
from his piano. He went Into the parlor,
struck a light and saw his pet cat walk
ing excitedly up and down the keyboard
of the piano. He drove the cat off, closed
the piano and went back to bed.
In the morning he found a bundle con
taining silverware on the dining room
floor. A gold pencil had been taken from
a writing desk that had been pried open.
The cat, by Jumping on the keyboard of
the piano? had scared the Intruder away.
Five insurance adjusters, after arguing
for nearly three months the question of
fixing a basis for the adjustment of the
loss occasioned by the disastrous fire on
June 9 In the fur storage plant of Abraham
St Straus' department store, Brooklyn, an
nounced that they had agreed to adjust
the loss of stored furs at 63,668.92, al
though the actual damage to stored furs
amounts to' 1925,360.96. The firm's loss by
the fire amounts to tl0,C00. It will be fully
paid.
More than 3,y"i0 Brooklyn women owned
furs which were damaged by the' fire. All
will receive Vhe full amount of the value
they had placed upon their furs when they
placed them In storage, but they will sus
tain a loss of I288.5C2.03, because of having
placed a lower value than the actual upon
their garments in order to save a portion
of the fee.
The friends of a young Irish policeman
who la a champion athlete are much
amused at a story that Is being told about
him. A short time ago he waa assigned to
look after peddlers in an East Side strec.
One peddler was very troublesome. He 1-
fustd to ke'p In line, although warned In
a gentle way. The policeman, who la noted
for hia che?rful and genial disposition,
finally had hia good nature ruffled, and
said:
"Go to the station."
The peddler went, and the policeman with
him. When he waa arraigned the lieuten
ant and detectives who lounged around no
ticed that the big policeman, whom they
all knew, could not control his mirth.
"What's the Joke?" asked the lieutenant.
"I told this fellow to go to the station,
and he went. Sure, I never saw the place
before myself and didn't know how to get
here."
How Russell Sage msde his money, at
least the later accumulations, la ahown by
the fact Just brought out that when the
executors took hold of the estate after hia
death they found that no less than :'9,000,
0i i0 was due It from loans made to stock
exchange houses on call. This was a
branch of the money market of which he
made a apeclalty and for which he carried
a huge amount of cash. In times of severe
mony stress, when call rates would rlao
to 20. 60 and even 100 per cent. It would be
possible for him to reap a fortune in a brief
time, and It was noticeable that he would
be exceptionally long of cash when such
times came on. and he charged all the
traffic would bear. Meantime the execu
tora of the estate, Dr. John P. Munn and
Charles W. Osbom. have helped themselves
or been helped to a generous share of the
great fortune. They have been two years
In settling It and receive $995,636 for their
services, while Mr. Sage left J2S.00O each to
hia nephws and nieces. That la a scanda
lously extravagant compensation, of course.
It la enough to make the thrifty "Uncle
Russell" turn in his grave. ,
A long line of New Yorkera. prompted
either by a desire to exchange bad money
for good or to help the government run
down counterfeiters, files Into the sub
treaaury building In Wall street with Innu
merable counterfeit pieces every day. In
each case a receipt for the counterfeit is
handed to the person who brings It and the
unlawful money la turned over to the aecret
aervlce bureau. The rule of the Treasury
department that slightly damaged money
of the United Statee coinage may be ex
changed for good currency aeems to be
misinterpreted and peraona who have coun
terfeit colna given them frequently demand
that the clerks return them the bogus coin
or a good one In Its pUce. Most of the
counterfeit Is In coins of small denomina
tion. At the request of a woman in search of
a servant the manager of a New Tork em.
ploment agency asked each of the girls
lined up against the wall If she had ever
been employed In a minister's family. None
of them had been.
"May I ask why you are particularly anx
ious to know if these girls have had an en
gagement of that kind?" asked the man
ager.
"Because we are very hard up Just now
the woman replied, "and I muat have a
girl who la economical. I have found that
of all arrvaula thore who have worked in
ministers' families know Lest bow to ecouo
uiua."
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PERKOXAI. NOTE.
President Diaa of Mexico will be 80 years
old when his present presidential term ex
pires, two years hence. That Is a effi
cient reason for his declaration that he
would not be a candidate again.
In his first accident In more than a
half century of railroading "Sandy" Tol
lard. veteran of the Big Four, wai hurled
to death In the yards at tle.-va, O.. by the
Big Four "Flyer" as It swept through
at a speed of seventy miles an hour.
Miss Elaine Qolding, who la the cham
pion woman swimmer of America, com
peted and won In a three-mile swimming
race lust week, beating Miss Thlel. Miss
Golding, who lives at Plerpont, N. V., Is
anxious to meet Miss Kellerraan, the Aus
trian champion, now In this country.
Mrs. George B. Custer, widow of the gen
eral who lost his life at the Ultle Rig
Horn battle, has returned from an auto
mobile tour of Europe. She received while
awty a letter telling of the acceptance of
William C. Potter's design for an eques
trian statue of the general to be' put up
at his home In Monroe, Mich.
Since Cincinnati achieved a full-moon
spot on the newspaper map, evidence of
local growth are cropping out. When tlio
time came for C. C. Brewer, an eccentric
Cincinnati capitalist, to occupy the coffin
he had already purchased. It waa found
he had far outgrown the measurement
given two yeara ago, and an expai.ded
wooden overcoat had to be purchased.
It may not be generally known that Dr.
Tung Wing, former Chinese commissioner
of education and now a resident of Hart
ford, Is Interdicted from returning to China.
"He la a proscribed man, with a bounty
of 150,000 tads upon his head," says the
Hartford Courant. "His last visit was In
1902, when he made some effort to revive
the liberal movements which were attended
with such success earlier In his career,
but It was an utter failure."
VAMSHIG PUBLIC LANDS.
A Few Million Remain of the Former
Vast Area.
Chicago Record-Herald.
From a report of the land office It ap
peara that the public lands contain 7M,$!5,?96
acres, an area more than four times as
great as that of Texas. But it would be
an error to conclude that this vast domain
Is available for settlement. Nearly one-hslf
the area Is In Alaska, and much the greater
part of what remains Is In the mountain
states of the west Arizona, California, Col
orado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mex
ico, Oregon and Utah. More than 60,000,000
acres are In Nevada, where there are seem
ingly endless stretches of rock and sand.
In crossing the continent by any of the
great railroads one is always Impressed by
such barren wastes, and it Is certain that
throughout much of their extent reclama
tion Is impossible. The present reclamation
projects of the government affect only
2.01X1,000 acres all told. There Is nothing,
theaefore. In the figures first given to en
courage the thought of a limitless reserve
for the people. It should be felt, rather,
that the old opportunities are rapidly pass
ing away and that the chances that are
left should not be neglected. Conditions
are such that the most earnest efforts are
being made to prevent the abuses of the
past, to discountenance speculation on a
large scale and render all possible assist
ance to settlers in good faith.
To show how rapidly the area haa dimin
ished we shall refer to a statement pre
pared by the land office ten years ago. At
that time the acreage of the public lands
vacant and subject to entry and settlement
and exclusive of Alaska was placed at
67J,36,?74. The public lands In Alaska were
estimated at S89.529.0 acres, which gave a
total of 9.897.874. This did not Include In
dian reservations which have been thrown
open since and occupied,
It la obvious that the time la near when
there will be little arable land at the dispo
sition of the government. But It has a
great work to perform In Its Irrigation
schemes and In the related projects for con
serving the natural resources of the coun
try. When It has done all that It can do
In promoting the settlement of the arid
regiona, it must atlll labor at a kind of pro
tection concerning whose main principles
there Is hardly a difference of opinion
among the people.
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The Peaa'ifhiat 1 hear a lot about better times.
The Optimist They're here now.
School Clothes
Our line of boys' and children's suits for fail is the most complete) wo
have ever shown.
For the boys we are showing a beautiful line of Norfolk and double
breasted suits for school wear.
Misses' tailor-made coats in a largo assortment of fabrics and patterns.
Our boys' furnishing; department Is tbowlng a compute new assortment of
neckwear, shirts, blouses, etc. Everything necessary to fit the boy out prop
erly Is here.
Hats and caps, in all the new shades and styles await your inspection
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l.lKS TO A I, At fill.
'What is our favorite flowei 7"
"The violet."
"Why do you prefer 11 to others?"
"I-or fliiHnclRl rcasonf."
"What can they be?"
'Because as long as jn i have a single,
violet, you are never it In ut n scent.
Baltimore American.
"Say, (Ida Is straight soda." faiil the ar
rival at the Maine resort. "Didn't you ' e
me wink?'"
"Of Vourse I did." replied the rleik. I p
here when anybody winks il: a nipa ,i ns
to' leave the stick oul."-l'hilHdelnln,i
Ledger.
"Why do you call that lawyer lnen.i
of yours such an authority .' I emi t timl
any book In the legal lihraiv of which
he Is the author."
'Of coureu not. He's an inilhorlty i,n
the unwritten la w." Indianapolis News.
"Somehow." said the political mauuser
"I can't help wishing 1 could got ac
quainted with the chap that held up tho.
125 travelers in Yellowstone park a tw
days ago. Wouldn't he he a dandy cnllc
tor of campaign contributions!" Chicago
Tribune.
Languid T-annigan It must ho simplv
awful ter he afflicted wlf dls "spirit uv
unrest" read so much about lately
Torpid Thomas I knowed all along dat
dem cook In' schools wus de forerunners
of some national calamity ! Puok.
Mrs. Hayrick Tho president says to
Bleep with the windows open.
Mrs. Corncrib-Well. I wish he would tell
Hiram to sleep with his mouth shut. New
York Sun.
Physician (answering telephone at 2
a. m.) Well?
PhnnAr ' I ' 1 ..... .J . : '. . . ....
I -iiiiiuniiiin, noiy.ininic id be
4 calling you up at this unearthly hour If I
.Was We I? Hon! nn T,..,..ll
today"-1 "aW LonKbt,w lklng to you
Browne-Yes. He tried to work off one
him stories on me, but I caught
Towne-Ha! h! he's 'a - bird. Isn't he'
Browne-Yes but I put a grain of ntlt
on his talc-Philadelphia .press.
I'KCANKIXB THK SPEECHES.
Chicago Post.
John Jones is a republican. James Grcd
a democrat. ".ci..
Each occupies contentedly a pretty eiaht
room flat.
'mU" .r.l.WOU,d ft0t "e f least
BUeit'herrti,,deftne i.7.Lwch "
ThL'h,a,1' JO," ?c'- HvlrW their pla.ee of
residence In half, v "
And Jones and Green Invested in a cam
paign phonograph.
Thnt im In... w. i. . .. ,
Green bought one as well;
bach bought a bunch of records such ax
hustling dealera sell
The sort that brim with eloquence and tell
with might and main
The inner truth about the things that
make up this campaign.
Greene recorda bore what Bryan said
while Jones had words from Tafl '
The ssues and the leaders' views were
fully phonographed.
John Jones camo home (hat evening and
he dined In rare content;
James Green came home and dined as well
right glad that ho had spent
His rwoiiey tor a phonograph, whose stri.
dent, forceful lones
Should do some missionary work upon hij
neighbor, Jones. . .
Then each set up his phosograph and left
the door ajar,
And tapped the round, of eloquence then
lit his fat cigar. -v
"My Fellow Cilixens."'. bon'med forth in
Bryan's mellow tones;
"My Countrymen," In Tattle voice cam?
from the flat of Jones,
Then Intermingled and confused in llielr
opposed duet.
Green scowled across at Jones' door. Jones
scowled across at Green's,
And both turned on the loudest tones pos
sessed by their machines.
"I point with pride," was countered by "I
view with great alarm'."
And "Pillars of financial strength, " with
"Men of field and farm."
One could r-ni trll n-njr n v. .lea ..i.i . hi.
-- ....... . ...v v iiuiii lllll!,,:.
about our patriot graves.
Nor which It was that urged us not to b-
a race of slaves.
But Jones eyed Green, ami Green eyed
Jones with anarv. halcfnl iv. .
And Jones told Green and Green told Juries
It was a pack of ltes.
Th
ey left the phonograph alone and met
there In the hall. ' " - '
Jones kicked his neighbor on the shin,
Greeu bumped Jones on the wall;
They struck and ptillrd and gnugtj and
lugged about the liHrdwond floor
Until from sheer exhauHtlou they could
h'lt and kick no more.
And whfn the place wus quid then, the
records had their ends,.
With a rumbling huzx of "Thanking you
for hearing me, my friends."
& Company
fi. S. WILCOX, Manager.