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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18. 1908.
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WHKIf OCT OS TOWS.
8abavlhw leartmaT tk eltr
perarlly akoald Tka Bee aaalledl
to tbeoa. Addreaa will be chanced as
(toil ' reatd.
, Those lese majestic laws appears to
have been suspended In Germany.
A Philadelphia millionaire has just
married No. 636 of the-original Flore-I
dora sextette. , J
The abnormal activity of the cabinet
makers is' not necessarily a sign of re-
turned prosperity
Mrs! Taft buys her Christmas pres
ents early. Mr. Taft had his given to
him' November 3.
Maine reports a tremendous cu
wing
of Christmas trees. ; Done your Christ
mas shopping yet? , ' .
, "Buy Vr boost" has been adopted as
Detroit's prosperity -slogan. "Buy and
boost" would be better.
It was a mistaken .report about Em
peror William going up In an airship
He onlywent up In the air.
The publlcf is showing a narked in-
difference to the war between the two
factions in the sugar business. I
Senator Pltt says he is satisfied
with the result of the election. He may
be satisfied, but he Is not resigned
An Iowa telephone company has
been attacked as a monopoly. The
line will now proceed to get busy.
A fashion writer says that the green
bat is going out of style. That's a hint
for the old fogy class to buy them.
"What Is the matter with Cleve
land?" asks the Plain Dealer of that
city. Well, too much Tomjohnson, tor
one thing.
, Mr. Taft might relieve a lot of anx
iety by indicating what his policy will
be toward members of the Rough
Rider regiment.
The only discordant note In the final
returns. Jrom Missouri Is "Gnm Shoe
Bill" Stone making a noise like a re
elected senator.
By.' edict of the School board the
teachers in the Omaha High school are
to have an extra slice of republican
prosperity right away.
South Omaha now has a charter re
vision' committee as well as Omaha.
What's the matter? Isn't Senator
Ransom equal to both jobs?
William Nelson Cromwell says he
would not accept any cabinet position
for many reasons. One of them,
doubtless, would be sufficient.
Missouri, which has had the reputa
tion of raising more mules than any
other state In the union, is now giving
special attention to elephants.
At any rate, the camnalsrn etnonaa
account voucher filed by Mr. Shallen-
berger looks more as If it were on the
square than any of the others.
The World-Herald does not seem to
kuow whether to be sorry or to be glad
that the proposed extra session of the
legislature has not yet materialized.
Minister Wu has been fined for ex
ceeding the speed limit with his auto
mobile. This should convince him
that he Is looked upon as a yellow
peril.
The south la evidently anxious to
forget about November 3. The Char
leston. News and Courier has started a
Jlscuaslon as to whether one should or
der "a soft boiled egg" or a "softly
boiled egg
ONE PL ACS FOR REFORM.
Whtle the oupstion Of appropriations
for expenses of state government Is un- a
- - i
der discussion, The Bee ventures to re-
new suggestion previously made
whlch, If adopted, will save the tax-
payers of Nebraska a large sum of
money annually. Although not In po-
litlcat accord with the Incoming dem-
ocratlo governor and legislature. The
Befl Jn th f kt for the general pub-
Hi. wlhr and for the correction of
what seema to be a long standing and
arrowing abuse.
. . . .
The larger part Of our State appro.
priations go to the support of the vari
ous stat institutions. Such of these
Institutions as are devoted to the care
and cure of defectives could and should
be made less burdensome to the tax
payers. Nebraska . maintains
three
asylums for the insane, a school for
the feeble-minded, a school for the
,jeaf a school for the blind and sev
eral lesser Institutions. As now con
ducted the expenses of maintaining
these asylums and schools are defrayed
entirely out of the state treasury.
It is a notorious fact that many of
the unfortunate inmates of these state
i
institutions are possessed of property
h r
and income of their own, or. If not
committed, would be taken care of by
relatives amply able to do so. Yet In
only the rarest cases is the state relm-
bursed for any of Its outlay. The
I t . 1 A ! 1 . I. u I 1 1 1 I
aiaie auuuiu jjroviuc me uuubiuk laiui-
ties and the necessary medical or In-
rnrtlnnul aervlcea for' all Its de- I
. . . . . .
penaenis. dui mere is no gooa reason
why it should not coarse a reasonable
l,u'm 'or tne an clothing of such
I
inmates of these institutions as can
Pav or bave relatives who can pay.
Remission of these charges should be
made only upon a showing of indl-
gency. If such a rule were incor-
porated into the law and enforced it
would work no injustice whatever, but
would relieve the state treasury of a
tremendous draft upon it that it should
not have to meet.'
Other progressive states, notably,
most recently, Illinois, have reorgan-
ized their state institutions along some
similar plan to this, and. it Nebraska
snouia roiiow suit it would ne going
forward and not backward.
THE FARMERS' COSTRIBUTloy.
The government crop report, issued
November 9, shows that the preltmi-
nary estfmates by the federal officials
earlier In the year were extremely con-
servative and that the farmers' con-
trbuuon to the wealth of the nation
jB jarger this year than for any year
jn recent history, with the one excep
tion of 1906. The estimates place the
corn crop at 2,642,687,000 bushels, or
60,000,000 greater than for 1907, al
though this year's crop Is of much bet-
...lter duality. The total wheat yield Is
placed at 659,030,000 bushels, an in-
. . . ' . 7 .
crease of 25.000.000 bushels over 1907.
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The oats crop was 789,161,000, an In-
I ' .I mvaXa'aaa . ' . ' . I
crease oi ao.uuu.uuv- ousnois over tne
1907 crop. The barley crop. 167.242,-
000 bushels, was 14,000,000 greater
than theame crop for last year, while
the 1908 rye crop was 30,921,000, or
1,000,000 bushels less than for last
year.
These crop figures furnish one of
the chief fundamental elements that go
to make for a complete resumption of
prosperity. Wheat is going out of the
country in laree nuantitles at about
110 a bushel. Corn is selling around
70 cents and cotton, of which the1DeinS lne ieaaec OI lne anu-ioreigner
year's yield Is placed at -13,000,000
bales. Is selling at 0 cents a. pound,
The sales of American farm products
In foreign markets are running into
hundreds of millions of dollars a
month, and the balance of trade in
American favor is larger than ever be-
fore. The farmers have done more than
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their share for the restoration of pros
perous conditions and great com-
merclal and industrial activity.
CONCEALING RAILROAD PROFITS.
The recent "melon cutting" by the
Northern Pacific, by which the stock
holders received a little matter of
$17,000,000 that they did not know
was coming to them, has directed the
attention of the Interstate Commerce
commission to this form of concealing
railroad profits and will probably re
sult in an Investigation to determine
whether such methods may not be
abused to cover operations barred by
recent federal enactments.
The $17,000,000 pickup for the
Northern Pacific appears to have rep
resented the surplus profits of the
Northwestern Improvement company,
a concern that has no direct connec
tion with the Northern Pacific Rail
way company, except that It was or
ganized as a side Issue, by railway
officials, for the purpose of handling
lands, coal mines and timber claims
that came to the railway company
chiefly in the form of government
grants. To sell these lands and mines
no such agency was necessary and their
resources could have been as well de
veloped by an Independent ownership,
but the benefit would have then been
more for others and the. profit less for
lhe r,lro- That explains the forma-
uon OI lne 'mprovement company ana
lUB i""-"""" lu Buur ui pruui.
ii wuuiu uo luiereBiiug iu Know now
many railroad- companies have
con-
Icealed assets" in the form of terminal
associations, grain companies and
other enterprises In which the ralfroad
wauageri and officials hold stock and
profit by their close relations with the
companies. The Reading road, for In-
stance, Is known to have millions In
coal mines operated by subsidiary com
panles. The Southern Pacific Is said
to own whole blocks of business prop
erty In San Francisco, acquired right
after the earthquake and of which no
accounting Is made In the published
reports. Other roads are supposed to
be heavy holders of express and sleep-
Ing car stocks, thus "concealing
profits" except when thoy want to ur-
prlM1 their toc kholdera. Soroe timet
source of profit of this kind is wholly
concealed from the public and the
stockholders and known only to an In-
side ring, with earning accumulating
for years to be disbursed as extra dlv-
Idends, causing a boom In the stocks
from which those on the inside, with
advance Information, reap all the re-
Ward
The Issue Is Involved In the suit
against the coal carrying roads, now
pending In the supreme court, turn
Ing on the validity of the Hepburn
law. The government takes the ground
that railroads should be confined to
the business of transportation and
should not engage in business unre
lated to the duty of a common carrier.
If the government makes Its case stick
It will be harder for railroads here
after to cut "melons" out of "con
cealed profits.
SOME TREASURY PROBLEMS.
Secretary Cortelyou, or his succes
sor as the head of the Treasury de-
partment, will be
confronted with
more disturbing
treasury problems
than any since Mr. Cleveland's time
. .
when bond issues were necessary to
raise revenues for current expenses of
government
With a surplus In sight, treasury
officials and congress have been dis-
i a . a 1 1 1 iL.
jjueu lur years iu uner miming iuo
problem of treasury finance. If the
revpnnpa ' wpre lnnnf f Irlpnt the nprre.
. .. . .. . .
nary arew on me surplus, connaeni
that Increased income from customs
and Internal revenue would soon re-
store its abnormal proportions. Recent
developments have shown, however,
that the hand-to-mouth policy must
be abandoned and congress will have
to look to the treasury problems and
meet conditions with intelligent legls
lation. The close of business on the
last day of October found the deficit
for the current fiscal year at about
$44,000,000. Treasury experts esti
mate that this will grow rather than
shrink during the rest of the year, cut-
ting the existing surplus down to about
$100,000,000.
optimistic officials may look for a
large increase in customs receipts, but
they are not justified in expecting any
marked growth In Internal revenue re-
ceipts, under the existing laws. If fed
eral outlays are to be continued on
their present scale, congress will have
to find new sources of revenue. Econ-
omy in expenditures may go a moder
ate way toward relieving the situation,
but it can not go very far,
THE FUTURE OF CH1XA
The entire civilized world will watch
the developments in China following
the death of the emperor and the dow-
ager empress. While the emperor was
more or less a figurehead in Chinese
m Ara - lota a
airairs, tne aowager empress was tne
.
real ruler. and will doubtless be writ-
Ion l rto? ii' In hlntni-v a a nna nt tnnot
remarkable characters of modern times.
A Manchu by birth, she retained her
control of the many conflicting and
warring factions in the most populous
empire In the world, and only the fu
ture will demonstrate how successful
,n keeping this control until enmities
nad been replaced by a national spirit
which will make for the new China.
Perhaps the real character. of Tzse
Hsl An will never be fully revealed.
For many vears Bne was credited with
movement among the Chinese and the
strongest opponent or tne missionaries
Latterly it has been made to appear
tnat whlle BDe ostensibly sided with
those leading the movement .against
the foreigners, she did so for the pur
Pse of preventing an open rebellion,
which she was convinced would follow
acceptance of the western plan of civil
ization. If that were her real purpose,
she accomplished a wonderful work,
for the China of today Is practically a
new China. The antl-forelgner senti
ment has almost entirely disappeared.
The factional differences have been
healed. The provincial governments
are being well administered and the
entire empire Is catching the spirit of
progress.
The United States has a deep Inter
est In China's future. As Mr. Taft
pointed. out In his address at Cincin
nati the other night, one of the great
est movements in the world today is
that of China turning conservatively
toward twentieth century civilization.
This development promises a marked
increase in trade and, as Mr. Taft Bald:
Our relations with China and the Phil
ippines have been moat sentimental up to
the preaent time, but they are becoming
commercial and political. We are teaching
personal responsibility, and this la having a
decided effect through the orient.
With this advancement to a sense of
personal and national responsibility.
China will offer a wonderful trade and
Industrial field to the nation that first
recognizes the "open door" principle
and encourages the great Chinese em
pire to take long steps in administra
tive and government reform, In the de
velopment of natural resources and In
the Improvement of the welfare of its
people. The United States is in better
po,u,on than any otner nat,on tQ ex
tend thlg aId to Cn,na The fore,gn
powers will not approve of the policy
because they have long desired to
grasp China for their own selfish ends.
If the new officials of China show a
disposition to improve the conditions
of their empire, strengthen trade rela
tions and make China a modern nation,
they will find their greatest encour-
Lgement from the Unlted 8tatei whJch
Is In position to prevent dismember
ment of the empire, long dreamed of
by European powers.
According to official returns, County
Attorney English proved to e the
fastest race horse on the political track
n Douglas county. Mr. English
polled over 1,000 votes more than
Bryan fcr president, and nearly 600
more than Shallenberger for governor
and over 600 more than Hitchcock for
congressman. It Is to be noted, also,
that the high man on the republican
ticket' was Kd Leeder, running for
state representative.
Describing the staff of the newly
elected democratic coroner, the local
democratic orgaa says:
His secretary In a nlCce of Colonel Uuffey,
the Well known Pennsylvania oil magnate
and politician.
Is this the same Colonel Guffey who
was by Mr. Bryan's orders so uncere
moniously thrown over the transom at
the Denver convention? If so, is this
a peace offering, or Is It treason to Mr.
Bryan?
Some of our democratic friends are
suggesting that all our various mu
nicipal boards be made bi-partisan on
the pattern of the Water board. No
one has noticed that the bi-partisan
pattern has made the Water board su
perior to the boards composed ex
clusively of one party membership.
The defeated democratic candidate
for congress In the Fifth Nebraska dis
trict is said to be contemplating the
institution of a contest because the
returns show that he was beaten by
only twenty votes. Unless the desire
is simply to help some lawyer to a $500
fee there will be no contest.
They now have it figured out in New
York that Bryan was responsible for
the defeat of Chanler and the re-elec
tion of Hughes. This will cheer those
who contend that Bryan has been a
factor for good in American politics.
The Minneapolis Journal speaks of
"President N. M. Butler of Columbia
university." The Journal Is evidently
referring to "President Nicholas Mur
ray Butler," who does not leave his
initials without a chaperone.
"If I had to choose between spend
ing fifteen years in France and fifteen
years in an American jail, I would
choose the jail," says Banker Morse.
Indications are that ne win have his
choice.
The republican membership of the
state senate in the coming Nebraska
legislature will be thirteen. Either
the republicans or the democrats in
that body may look for bad luck.
"The country needs an increase of
charity," says the Detroit News. The
country also needs an increase of in
dustry and enterprise that make char
ity unnecessary.
"Western people are noted for their
big ears," says a New York paper, the
editor of which-. must have been read
ing advance notices about the Omaha
Corn show. I;'
Oovernor-leti Shallenberger has
announced aoiue half dozen appoint
ments, but the.pressure at the " pie
counter has not' been' appreciably re
lieved. Belated returns from Texas show
that both Mr. Onion and Mr. Llm
burger were defeated for election to
congress, although they made a strong
fight.
Purified Optlmlam.
Houston Poat.
A LA)ulaville preacher says hope la puri
fied and strengthened by great sorrows,
It's true. The fourth successive national
defeat has made our optimism wholly pure
and perfect.
How It Happened.
Mr. Champ Clark soya the result in Mis
souri may safely be attributed to an "un
usual concatenation of unfortunate circum
stances, which, on the doctrine of proba
bilities, will not be duplicated In forty
yeara." We think so, too, whatever that
means.
A Mlararrlaae of J oat Ice.
Bridgeport News-Blade.
Another miacarriage of Justice Is re
portedthis time from Omaha. A poor
corn hunker was fined 15 In the police
court of that city for stealing a copy of
the World-Herald. He should have been
aent to the Insane asylum.
Mil the Umperor f'nm flown T
Baltimore American.
The Reichstag criticism of the German
emperor la not the greatest of his troubles.
The autonomous atatea which form the em
pire are rising Indignantly to ask if they
are vassals of peer, and the question Is
as rude as it ia Inconvenient.
iiivm It a. Trial.
New York Tribune.
The rural free delivery postal system Is
obviously costing the country a large sum,
but, then. It is providing inestimable con
veniencea for a Urge part of the people.
The suggestion that by further Increasing
Its activities It can be made to pay Its
way Is an engaging one and la worthy of
careful consideration.
Judicial Tecknlcalltlea.
Kanaaa City Star.
The government's petition for a reheating
In the case of the Standard Oil fine closes
with the statement that If the opinion o
the court of appeals were to be permitted
to stand unmodified it would "tend to en
courage disobedience to law; to impede the
enforcement of salutary atatutes and largely
to defeat their purpose."
This is merely another way of saying Ilia
technical interpretations of the law whicli
clearly defeat the tnds of Justice cunUute
the chief menace to the authority i,t the
JuJiclary. Not criticisms of the i-ouits, but
such decisions aa that reversing the Stand
ard Oil fine tend to break down their power.
The Armor Plate Combine.
Philadelphia Record.
The identical bidding, of the three great
establishments In the I'nlted States capable
of making armor plate for the two new
battleships authorised by congress la a auf
flcfent evidence of an identical conspiracy
to take advantage if an opportunity to ob
tain an unreasonab'v high price. Each bid
der names HiO per ton. The government
would be Justified In rejecting all the bid
and In procuring the necessary armor plate
In the open market. The armor plate mak
era, whoae business haa been built up aa
result of government coddling, and whoae
exactions make shipbuilding practically Im
possible as a competitive Industry in the
United States, show by thla attempted ex
tort ion their gratitude for favors rfrelved
and their patriotic desire to aubn in the
upLuilUlng of an efficient navy.
MOlNn ABOIT SKW lORK,
Rlpplea on the Cnrt-ent nf l ife la the
Metropolis. (
The progress Jf greater New York to
ward bankruptcy Is strikingly shown In a
report complied by Major MoClellnn's ad
visory commission on taxes and finance.
The report says. In part: ,.
"New Tork City, as at present consti
Jutea. has ever since Its creation ten years
ago been steadily Increasing Its expenses
faster than it haa grown; the rate of such
excessive increase haa been atartlngly
large; the period during which these con
ditions have continued has already been
long enough to plunge the city Into serious
financial embarrassment, that, unless this
tendency Is checked and sharply checked.
New York will Inevitably become a bank
rupt municipality. -
"On January 1, 1908, when greater New-
York became an accomplished fact. Its
population, according to the official esti
mate of the health department, was 3,272.418.
Ten years later, according to the same
uthority, the population was 4.422,685 an
Increase of 1.150"37. or 36 per cent.
The budgrt for 1909, Just completed.
calls for $158,D45.MS.14, an Increase of nearly
113.000,000 over 1908, or 9 per cent. If the
budget is to be increased In the same
ratio eaSj y'enr for the next ten years
nd preseM Indications all point in that
direction w shall see one at the end of
that period igregatlng 137O.0OO.O0O.
'Allowing gtyierouely for future Increase
of the revenues of the general fund for
the reduction of taxation, this would mean
an actual tax levy of $r4.000,000. As It is
unlikely that the population of the city at
that time will exceed 6,000,000, thia would
represent a per capita tax of 154, as against
I2U.25 this year.
v
There are five times as many traction
accidents In New York as there are In
either London or Berlin. The same com
parison can be made with Paris, except
that cabs enter more largely Into these.
Iist year 3S2 persons were killed by ac
cidents In the streets of Manhattan. They
were divided aa follows: By surface cars.
147; by automobiles, 37; by other vehicles,
124; on elevated railroads, 19; in the sub
way, 14, and cn steam railroads, 21. In
cluding a!! of the boroughs, there have
been 474 persons killed . in traction ac
cidents in the last twelve months. In the
same period 2,183 persons were injured.
The number of collisions In the greater
city between cars and vehicles and cars
and persons In the last twelve months waa
063, an average of 172 u month.
Robert Thompson, the captured firebug
of StHten Island, made Incendiarism a
business, and levied tribute on merchants
of Granttevllle in order to stay the activi
ties of his torch. In his confession Thomp
son stated that on Saturday night last he
poured kerosene oil on the boards of the
Wlnant kitchen, piled dry grass alongside
the house, which he saturated with oil, and
then went homo and had a sleep. Later
he returned and applied a match to the
grass and again returned home and slept
until his mother called him and told him
of the fire nearby. v
In the Wlnant house at the time of tho
fire were nine persons, Including several
children. One of them was nearly suffo
cated. The confession told of nluealn-
the fire alarm box before setting the fire-
Over fifty residents of Granltevllle were
In court snd requested the magistrate not
to permit Thompson to go free, even on
ball. ' One resident told Judge Handy lie
nact been unable to sleep nlehta rjrlor to
Thompson's arrest, fearing his home
would be the next to be set on fire, and
that he had enjoyed his first good night's
sleep since the man's arrest.
There is an old apple Woman, with a
kindly face, on one of the Broadway cor
ners downtown. iThe other day a truck
man left his. horse standing at the curb
and went into a near-fTy buildlnar. The
horse, a great white fellow, attracted by
the piles of succulent rosy-cheeked apples.
craned his neck In a most palpable reaucat
for a taste. The woman gased for a mo
ment, and then shook her head.
"O'wan, y' old blarney," she exclaimed.
But the horse did not "g'wan." Instead
he advanced one hoof upon the jsidewalk.
ould ye see that, now," the woman
said. "Well, 'tis such a human way y'
have"
She guve him an apple and turned away.
muttering, " 'TIs expensive to be charita
ble." By way of furnishing an object lesson In
municipal waste, a card is exhibited In the
window of a Broadway store ahonrln--
hook purchasable anywhere and by any
body for centa, cost the city 60 cents. It
took two workmen a month to put up 165
of these hooka, for which aerviee they re
ceived 1124 each, the total cost of material
and labor being $.'i6j.lo.
The Controller of New York has found
that ho can get along with several hundred
fewer employes in his department, havlne
the work done even better and saving hun
dreds of thousands of dollars which the
city needs for something besldea keeping
up an unnecessary pay roll. The success
ful experiment prompted a considerable
popular demand for similar reductions in
other departments, and New York la In
such a tight -place that Just ar likely aa
not it will have to be done.
In the Wall street district, in front of a
large financial institution, a tall gray
bearded man has a atand, where he aells
only small flags emblems of all nations,
from the stars and stripes In all qualities
to the flag of the remotest country. He
He says that a good day In the market
makes business In tiny flags good, and
that of the foreign flags the English sella
the best, with the German a close second.
CUT OIT THE BOOM.
Prosperity Without I-flated Prices
the Thlua; Uealred.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
If we are Jndeed to have a considerable
revival of business and general prosper
ity, now that the great election Is over and
the states counties and cities can . come
back to a normal condition of thought and
hope, we shall all feel well rewarded for
tlm strenuous weeks and months of a cam
paign which certainly did considerably in
terfere with healthful business conditions.
Immediately following the announcement
of the reault ot the general election there
have been bold atatementa from several
aectiona of the country that already there
are Indications of great business increases.
Some of these have been perhaps too pro.
nounced in statement of fact and predic
tion; too much on the aasurance of a great
"boom." It seems true that the reports
of largely increased time and numbers In
the work of mills and employes are in
many Instances justified by facta; that
there Is already on some lines of railroads a
considerable growth of freight business;
that the drummers are going out again in
force; that orders are on the Increaae. This
Is well and good. There la fair reason to
believe that manufacture and trade will
now continue to Increaae. But we must
not look for a boom that shall send things
up suddenly to the fine position of the flrat
half of 1'7. We may reasonably hope for
a gradual increase of beneficial actlvltiea.
to be contiaued as the montha go by. go,
let us all have confidence In a future of
great prosperity even If It ia nut to come
to us with a sudden big Jump
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TEH SO A L. XOTES.
Rocky Ford. Colo., hns sent a banker to
prison, but the canteloupe still constitutes
the town's chief claim to fame.
Uugllelmo Kerrero, the noted Italian
historian, who recently completed a history,
"The Greatness and Decline of Rome," has
arrived In New York.
American Inventive genius scores again.
The squeals of slaughterhouse pigs have
been canned in phonography, leaving but
the curl of the tall encumbering the waste
product pile.
King Menelik of Abyssinia who lias spec
ified the kind and amount of wild game
President Roosevelt may hunt in his do
minions, claims direct' descent from King
Solomon, and has quite a collection of
wives to prove kinship.
That there will be no more Spanish
women toreadors is said to be due to the
Influence of Queen Victoria, who dislikes
bull fights very much, but King Alfonso
mubt go very slowly, in combating the
pride of the Spaniards In their national
game.
Prof. Richard C. Maclaurln, head of the
iliyslcs department of Columbia university,
who has Just been chosen president of the
Massachusetts Irstitutc cC Technology, Is
a young man, having been born In Edin
burgh, Scotland, In 1870. His early boyhood
was spent In New Zenlur-d. ily became
connected with the Columbia university In
1897.
A -detailed account of the exerc ises tit-
tending thtj unveiling of the - statue of
John A. Roebllng, the ':famtus " bridge
builder, at Trenton, NV J.. Jum SO,. 19trt,
has been preserved In bi-ok form. The
statue Is a splendid tribute of fellow cltl
sctls to a Jerseyman whose Inventive skill
developed wire rope, which mado possible
the construction of the first suspension
bridge over the Niagara gorge, a structure
designed by Roebllng, followed by the sus
pension bridge over the Ohio at Cincinnati,
and lust and best the Brooklyn bridge, the
crowning triumph of his genius. A fea
ture cf the publication is tho address of
Henry D. Estabrook, the Omalian trans
planted In New York.
WOHKMEX IN TWO COI XTIIIES.
Condition of Tollers In England and
the United Matea.
New York Herald.
Hard times for tho workingman in tho
United States are better than normal times
for the same class producers In Eng
land. Even with our present high prices
and low wages a parallel between the two
countries shows some surprising contrasts.
At nresent English wages as a rulo are
one-half or less than these of the United
States, taking class for class. Meanwhile
the cost of provisions Ih practically the
same for such necessities aa meats, bread,
Dotatoea and rentals. The only obvious
economy it in clothing and shoes, and hers
the opportunity for economy la not great.
The average English woraman in inn
great Industrial centera pays out fully half
ills wages for rent. The drain upon tne
common laborer !s so great that many of
the mill owners of Into years have made
special efforts' to provide houses which
will reduce this outlay. There are as a re
sult many so-called mcdel villages, where
the rent is only 840 or M a year. Even
when the rents are 11.50 a week tho invest
ment pays S per cent. Hut In the great
majority of cases, and especially In the
cities, the workman must pi'.y from 82 to
84 a week rental.
In addition to this it is common for a
tax of W centa a week to be levied for
accident and Insurance by the mill own
ers, and as much more must be paid out
for the aged relatives. The average work
ingman of the laboring class has therefore
a fixed expense of at least 13 a week for
rent and necessaries quite apart from his
food and clothing. Since the average fam
lly contains from two to six, the margin is
very narrow. Tills class can only make
frcm $5 to 87 a week. The more skilled
employes, who make as high us $3 a week
with the same rent, are able to live more
r early on th level of the American work
man. The opportunities for advancemei.t.
of leaving tho "class" Into which one is
b rn, are, of course, very muc h less In
Ei glund than In any part of the United
States.
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'Does your representative' In Congress
do much work?" . , ,
"I should say so," answered Farmer
Corntossol.
"In what way?"
"Gottln' hlsself re-clcctcd." Washington
Star..
"Do you believe there ' is 'anything In
luck?" asked the young man.
"Yes." answered the home-grown phil
osopher. "There ts a lot of Intelligence
and perservrrance in it." Chicago News. ,
Friend Do yon think' whon that amateur I
hunter shot you he did It Just Tor a Joke J
or thought you were really a mark? t
Victim All I know Is, he seemed to ho
making game of me. Baltimore American.
"Haven't you got any regular occupa
tion?" "Yes. ma'am, my reg'ler trade Is sworpln
the leaves off "n the roofs of people's
lioiiscs."
"I can't see how you can miike a living
at that." '"-
"I don't, ma'am. Have ye get. any cold
vit ties'.'" Chicago Tribune. J
Hah dresser ("while Rlvlnir lady a vigorous -nhamnnn)
Will you have anything on your
head when I have finished, madam?
Madam I'm sure 1 don't know. I was In
hopes yon would leave encnish hair to pin
my hat to. Judge. :
"That fellow deserves some recognition
for his services dnrlna; the campaign."
"Sure. IM'n give him a place among thosw
mentioned for a cabinet position."
Thus It was the list grew to Interminable
length. Philadelphia Ledger.
"Yes," " the new arrival was anylng, "I
wan a soup manufacturer In the other
world.". ,
"Ah!" remarked his Satanic Majesty.
."I'm, sure .couiU. ni-kn. a Jji-ttU-i;cH8 of
inl' 'buinesa,' -
"Really?"
"Yes. Indeed. My greatesl speciality,
you know. Is making' black look white."
Catholic Standard and Times.
KNOCK DRR KAISKTt.
W. J. Lumptou rfi New York World.
Knock der Kaiser! Was' 1st los?
Hand him nut u good hot ftitf;
Show him that he's- not th.cheeto'
In suc-h freedom- days aa .these
When they who wish -do 'as they please
Knock der Kahwr!
Knock der Kaiser! Wacht am Rhclul
. Pass it down tho German line;
Show him up for what he is,
Rex Imperatnr. Paxziz!
Rutting In where he Is not
Wuite the Willie-onthe'apt
That he might have been when kings
Hud a c.lpch.on earthly things.
Knock der Kaiaer!
. Knoc k der Jvuiper! 1 AUKgesplel!
Spe.nk him till he haa to Ueal;
f'hiise him irund the royal 1'latz;
Punch him In th' Impeflel slats;
l'ut a muzzle on his face
As a means of Kilcne.giuce!
Ship the lid down Rijod ami hard I
Tie him up in his ack yard;
As a tributu of reKuriL
Knock der Kaiser!
Knock der Kaiser, wi.s man thut,
Knock der Kaiser!! J'hat's the root
Which tills uncrowned land of ours
Hands to all the klnxly -powers.
The Land of Liberty, fcv heck!
It.ingH every tyrant, in "the neck.
Except a tyn that we produce
Kc r public and fov private use;
However
Knock der Kaiser!
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