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... :j. 9 (JOOD , BEtk "lOM THE REE: OMAHA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1900. 'Hie Omaha Daily Bee POUNDED BT EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSE WATER, JDITOR . Kntered at Otnani clsss matter. .. pott of flea aa second- '4 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily He (without Sunday), on year.. $4.00 Dally Hh and Sunday, ona year COO DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dally Itee (Including Sunday), per week..l9fl Ially Bee (without Hundiy). par week.. .10c Evening Baa (without Sunday). per week c Evening Bea (with Sunday), par week.. Mo Sunday Bo, ona year.... 2M Saturday Bm, ona year M Addrnoa all romplalnta of irregularities In delivery to Cltv Circulation Department OFFICE. Omaha. The Bee Bulldlnit. South Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. Council Bluffs 15 Scott Street. Lincoln 61 LIMIe BuMdlnjr. Chicago 1648 Marquette Hulldlng. New fork-Rooms 1101-1101 No. 4 Wet Thirty-third Street. Washington 725 Fourteenth treet, K. W. Correspondence. Communlcatlona relating to newa and edi torial matter ahould be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial lxpartment. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Be publishing Company. Only 2-cent Mimpt received In payment of mall aorounta. Personal checka. except on Omaha or eaatern exchangea, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Slate of Nebraska. Dougia County. . I Geoixe n. 'Taschuck. treasurer of Tha Bee l'ublHhlng Company, being duly aworn, eaye that tha actual number of full and complete coplea of Tha Dally. Morning, Evening and Sunday Be printed during the month of September, 10, wa aa follow: 1.......... 41,970 1 5 . . . .42,800 t .....41,710 ........... 41.M0 1 39,900 f .....40,160 7 f. 4.1.9S0 I..... 4.. '..43,000 9 .....41,80, 10 42,300 11 41,790 II i It 49,900 ..... 42,700 Jg 42,280 40,400 JO 43,480 Jl 49,990 SI 42,360 II 44,040 24 40,030 . 43,010 'v It 40.SO0 . 17 4380 40,070 19 41,800 10.. ,.43,340 13........ 11........ 14 li. ....... Totpl Returned .40,000 ,..43,140 ,..43,870 ,..43,190 ,1,986,880 S.88S coplea Net total 168,399 Dally average 4179 GEORGE BVTZSCHUCK, Treasurer. Subscribed in my praaenc and aworn to before lua this 10th day of Septem ber, 1909. ' M. P. WALKER. (Seal.) . Notary Public. 1 Subscriber leavlaa- th cltr teas- aorarllr 1 aaoald have The Bee analled to thea. Address will changed aa often aa praeteL . Yet no one haa risen against Den mark's corner 'on facts. Spain silenced Ferrer, but the bomb throwers are still at large. Captain 8cott .will do weir to take a cloud of witnesses 'to the South pole. Polish up the America's cup and let him see it. Sir Thomas Ltpton is headed this way. i If Cook ever again gets those Eski raos alone near the pole, it's safe to say he'll make then) blubber. Next and last registration day .la Saturday, October 33. If you haven't registered mark It down on the calen dar. The way those New York nominees are flaying each other makes the cam palgn look at this distance like a skin game. , , . v . ' . How the Mexicans' must have itched to lar(at Captain Archibald Butt, the most resplendent -major domo not in captivity. ' 1 The record-breaking catches of cod now reported from New England show Newfoundland still able to stand a run on the banks. ""; Tho engagement of Anatole France to wed an actress reveals a tendency of even. ,an.'lmortal" to hitch his wagon to,8 star. ;.- -.- The old saying, "I could prove it too. If old Bill Jones , were . alive,' promise! to be supplanted by "Walt till you see my Eskimos." , Mayor .,VJlai'f insist that he has not been in a' Turkish bath for seven months. As to other forms of ablu tion the. deponent salth not. Will Ig Dunn take It back and apol cglzeT But perhaps the question should be. Will the supreme court let him oft with a mere apology? If the government succeeds in its purpose of -sending sugar fraud offl clals to prison, they .may there reflect that "Sweet are the uses of adversity.' An increase of 23.3 per cent in Omaha's Weekly bank clearings from the corresponding figures of a year ago is something that we can all point to with pride. ' The candidacy of the general pas senger agent of the Pennsylvania rati road's western lines for governor of Pennsylvania is 'Just like a man, always out for a run. railroad Those whom It may concern are in vlted to take notice that the ceremony of christening the new barge on Carter lake by breaking a bottle of wine was scheduled to take place before 8 o'clock, - 1 Chicago's Intention . to erect prim reboot buildings and eliminate "frills and gargoyles" reminds old-timers that a little old red school house used to turn out pupils with all the neees lary fundamentals. Among ether things which the next Nebraska legislature should do for us is to revise the law governing the reg istration of voters so as to make the requirement of registration as little burdensome on the voter as is possible, with due regard to the effective pre vxtlon of fraud and the safeguarding of the ballot. Not a Threat. The erudite editor of The Omaha Bee can be ai contrary In argument aa a mule at mud hole. The Telegram haa long advo cated the utter abolition of all our United Statea court, except the one aupreme roort, to which court appeal might He di rectly from the alate aupreme court. Now cornea tha editor of The Bee and puta the Telegram In the attitude of favoring the llllng of the federal under court only In event that they shall deatroy the Nebraska bank guaranty law. That . la giving, the corporation court too much llcenie to live. We want those tinder federal court killed. no matter how they may decide the bank guaranty law. They might render one good decision by mlatake. Columbua Telegram. We are glad to hare our good friend, Edgar Howard, come to the rescue with thlg lucid explanation, otherwise the federal Judges before whom the Nebraska deposit guaranty law is in question might be laboring under a dire delusion. Judge Howard declares that he was In favor of killing all the . federal courts below the supreme court long before he ever heard of deposit guar anty, and ho intends to advocate the extinguishment of these dangerous tribunals whether they kill the deposit guaranty law or not. Should they up hold this law he will credit them with having "rendered one good decision by mistake," but should they decide against it he will blaxon that decision as proving conclusively that the fed eral courts have no good reason for being, and will try to tnrn the deposit guaranty funeral cortege into in as saulting column on the federal Judi ciary. Knowing Just how Judge Howard feels about it, and knowing, further, his Intimate association with Mr. Bryan, whose thoughts he often speaks first, those federal Judges, if they are disposed to conserve their , Jobs, will take due notice and govern themselves accordingly. Congo Horrors Again. There is prospect that the truth about the Congo may be told at last In open court. For years the civilized world has shuddered at the 'tales of the black horrors of the rubber trade, and so thoroughly stirred have Amer icans been against the alleged atroci ties that King Leopold has maintained propaganda at work here as else where to prevent the investigation and Interference of the nations. Such Interference cannot much longer be withheld if the testimony of Lieutenant Dorpelhaus is permitted to go on record. His flight from the Congo atrocities has resulted In a law suit, and the leaders in the anti-Congo movement are confident that through him the revelations are to "come that will arouse the civilized world"- to action. If the ' lieutenant - can prove his stories of the torturing and maiming of natives who failed to deliver the full .tribute of rubber, to the .Belgian ruler, then international Intervention may ceraev When an army officar, not unaccustomed to brutality and itroc-1 ity, flees from the region, because he can no longer withstand seeing' men flayed alive and women bound to ant hills to be devoured by. the swarming insects, it is evident that humanity should terminate the existing ruler ship. " . . Facing the Muio. There is a defiant courage that men will be ready to applaud in the attl tude of the candidate in an eastern city who refused to withdraw from the race for public office because his op ponents were raking up an offense of his youth. His admission of his early disgrace strengthened his plea for the consideration of his later years of probity and he won faith by facing the musio instead of hiding his head in retirement. :. - Living down a bad reputation' Is constant call upon the fibers of a man but suddenly confronting a recall of a specter of the. past requires a mass ing of all one's forces for boldness, The man who does not flinch from the black marks of his record may not win the prize for which he strives, but he will achieve an inner control and a moral victory that is greater than taking a city. The curse of the follies of youth lies not in the fact that they rear their heads in later life so much as that when they do thus reappear many of their victims are prone to ' dodge Since the confessions of Rousseau mankind has had a readier forgiveness for the person who admitted his errors and faced the music than for. the skulker who sought to cover them with the dust of years. Rising above disgrace is as great a manifestation of valor aa the world ever, requires of man. Gambling on the Future. The latest scheme of the Princess Louise to hypothecate her expected In beritance of 125,000,000 from her father, King Leopold, through the for eign banks, emphasizes the tendency of the extravagant to be spendthrift of their future, heedless of what may overtake them when they have no con tlngent assets to offer to the Usurer's greed. It is the old lesson of selling one's birthright for a mesa of pottage, Furthermore, the case of the princess affords reflection on the readiness of the investor to take unnatural risks la the gamble with the future for high stakes, inasmuch as the wily Leopold, discovering the latest freak of his ex travagant daughter, might find some way to overcome the Belgian law, dis inherit the princess and leave the money Jenders holding empty bags. Not always is the cupidity of the futurity gambler so well grounded as In the case of the flighty princess. Europe has Just afforded another ex ample of the passion for overreaching one's relf in the effort for large gains, In the closing chapter in the bank- ruptcy court of Violet Charlesworth, the Cassle Chadwlck of England. The way in which she batted London'! ahrewdest investor! with her filmy fig ment of a fortune is another lesson to the man of means to hold fast to his funds till he can see the collateral. The case of this meobanlo's daughter, whose personality and plausible tales hoodwinked the business world so that she mas able to Juggle mansions, mo tors and ' millions until detected through her clumsy attempt at disap pearance, has awakened London to a sober realization that gambling on the future Is at best a bubble, a lesson that will be heeded until the passion is reawakened by some equally clever exploiter of hidden fabulous riches. The lure of the golden-winged will-o'-the-wtsp that has the dollar mark for its crest never remains long powerless over the avaricious side of man's na ture, especially when It dangles Its purse from the graceful hand of a woman. The Irrigating Housekeeper, f Joy to the world, the final word in simplified housekeeping has come. Irrigation Is that word, and henceforth the housewife may banish broom and duster, mop and pall, and, armed with the gentle and succulent garden hose, make glad and rosy that desert that was once her arid broom-ridden soul. This is no abstract dream, but a con crete realization. Utilising this cub stance which, as - Mr. Edison says, Won't bend, won't break, and you couldn't burn it if you tried," the architectural genius of the age has evolved his molded house which stands as a sort of apotheosis of the early cave-dwelling days, when every wall was stone and there was never a place to drive a nail. The model modern concrete house Is to have no square corners to harbor dirt; woman has made her last digs with broomcorn Into angles; rounded corners will afford the dirt no place to hide its face. The bracketing of all fixtures out from the walls and the establishment of no fixtures except metal, will enable the housewife, hav Ing conveyed the portable furniture from the room, to turn on the hose and flush all the walls, the ceiling and the floor, and combine in this one act all the old drudgeries of sweeping and dusting and mopping, with the same ease and grace with which she would sprinkle her flower beds. Nor Is this readiness of Irrigation the only revelation of happiness. Be hold the furnace In this model home, It hides not in the cellar where moth and rust accumulate, nor where pipes break through one's crown. Furnace and range combined are an ornament of the kitchen, and whereas In the old and evil days one fed one's substance to the coal ftarpn, nnaer tne .new era one laughs the coal man to scorn and Incinerates the garbage without odor ous offense to neighbors and with lit tle draft on the gate receipts. What few coals will be needed to stimulate the garbage in cremation will be stored cn the roof and trickle musically through a chute to the range as needed, to the merry music of "Hear the Dusty Diamonds Dropping," while the children dap.ee a merry accompani ment also on the concrete roof, which is the first flat recommended for kindergarten playground.- Other marvels of this architectural revelation are the hollow walls, built like the up-to-date vacuum bottle, and the ice chests, which open Indoors for the egress of food and outdoors for the convenience of the haughty Ice man and hurried butcher boy. With such a dwelling the housewife mav laugh Insurance companies to scorn, and when she has that house cleaning mania,- for theJ eradication ' of which no scientist has yet applied for a patent, she has only to shoo mere man to the hammock under the awn ing on the roof, splash the cascade about, and reign, a thing of beauty, as she is a Jcy forever, in mackintosh and rubber boots. ' Apples of Gold. Westerners producing fortunes from the apple are putting to shame eaatern farmors, who have - gradually aban doned their orchards on the plea that there la no longer any money in the fruit. Never before were marketable apples in such demand, and never did they bring better prices. The death of the eastern orchards and the rise of those In the west Is the old case of neglect as opposed to thrift. In New England and adjacent states the or chard has been left to shift for Itself until It ran down and the decadent fruit was crowded out of the market by the finer product of the aggressive orchardist. An object lesson In what can be done with apples ia the case of the northwestern youth who is paying his way through college from the income of one row of trees in his father's or chard and laying up a bank balance besides. The country has abundant land suitable for fruit culture that can be obtained for a few dollars an acre and the condition of the market war rants the live youth's engaging in the enterprise. Industry among the trees will achieve success, and careful at tention to scientific orcharding will build a fortune. The apple has come into its own and is truly a modern fruit of gold. Democratic organs remind us that the candidates on the republican ticket In Nebraska this year are not pretend ing to be nonpartisans. No, the prlv liege of pretending to be nonpartisans Is reserved exclusively for the demo crats. Our amiable democratic contem porary, the World-Herald, haa discov ered that the Kearney republican ban- quet was gotten up for the special glorification of the editor of The Bee. That will, be news to the good people of Kearney Just as it la to us. But when it comes to the gift of second sight clatrvoyancy that reads mlnd- tmprints before tbey are made, the World-Herald stands in a class by Itself. The last issue of Mr. Bryan's Com moner doesn't have a word of Commen dation for Judge Oaynor, running for mayor of New York on the Tammany democratic ticket. And Judge Oaynor was prominently mentioned for vice presidential running rriate for Mr. Bryan at Denver last year. But per haps Mr. Bryan is trying to help his friend by keeplrg silent. It's the "progressive" republicans for whom democrats are angling In Nebraska this year. Two years ago it was the "reactionary" republicans whom the democrats were coddling to rote the democratlo ticket as a protest against "progressive" ascendency in their own party. It's a great game. The courageous American woman who is to be the bride of Dr. Grenfell on the bleak Labrador coast will not be utterly isolated, for Labrador is on the route to the North pole, and Mrs. Orenfell may occasionally- look up from her knitting and see the festive explorers dashing back and forth. Another proof that it is attention to the little things that counts is man ifest In the disclosure that the con stantly Improving records of the Mauretania are due entirely to the ex pert manipulation of .the electrical conditions on board the vessel. Another of those delicate attentions which are being bestowed upon col lege freshmen this year Is the painting of indelible patterns on the face. American colleges -seem to have en tered upon a contest for novelties In hazing. Pathos Called Off. Cleveland- Plain-Dealer. All pathetic reference to the passing of the noble red man are called off. In twenty years the number of Indians In the United States has Increased from 260,000 to 300,000. ' Aohe Dlacovery. Washington Herald. We admit an Intense admiration for Mr, Peary's superb quality of nerve, at least. Many men have called other men liars, but Mr. Peary ' IS ' the' first one we ever heard of 'to do It- and then copyright It ExallB: the? Iaereaa. Washington Star. Statisticians tell-' u that divorces are more' numerous than-''they were a genera tion ago. This may be partially' explained by the fact that .the population ha In creaaed and there are more people getting married. " o Only Altralaaa. a j,., i Baltimore, American. - John D. Rockefeller says the. truest kind Of bapplnesa Is when, we serve others. But, then, all have not suoh a paying commodity and one so much in demand with which to serve others as the advocate of this altruistic doctrine. Coaa-rea- Uaderstaada. St Paul Pioneer-Preas. President Taft has not Indorsed the cen tral bank proposition. He simply haa an nounced It aa one of the problems to be oonaldered by eongresa and haa suggested that discussion of it will lead to a cam palgn of education on currency matters. Still, the congressmen understand the cur rency question pretty well. .They persist ently spend more than the country earns. RefaadtBg Extra Army Par. Springfield Republican. It is expected that the 200 or more army officers who have been called upon tfe re fund the extra pay, amounting to from 1200 to $2,000 each, whioh they received by mistake while doing work above their rank during the Spaniah and Philippine wars. will appeal for relief. It was not their fault that the money was paid to them by a wrong Interpretation of the law, and It is a hardship now to restore funds presumably already upent. What Is sug gested is a special clause in the army ap propriation bill exempting such officer from repayment. Oaa aa the President. " San Francisco Chronicle. When the president swings around the clr cle and attempts to make a little talk at every place he stops, he Is necessarily pro vided with pointers, and If they have local application ao much the better. It happen occasionally that the Information furnished lacks accuracy, and then the re sult 1 unfortunate, as its dissemination tends to deatroy confidence In the enoyclo pedian character of the, speaker's knowl edge. Taft was the victim of a lapse of this kind at Salem, where he made a speech on the fine qualities of the German Americans, under the Impression that the capital of Oregon la filled with Inhabt tants from the Vaterland. And now the galemlte are asking who. did the atufflng, aa the circumstances suggest a . practical joke, as Salem has .relatively few cLtlsen Of German extraction. TltACK WALK1NU FATALITIES. Appalllaa- and I'tterly Needleaa Laaa of Llfa. Indianapolis Newa. Figures compiled by the Interstate Com merce commission show that fifteen per sons a day, on the average, are killed while trespassing on the right-of-way of railroads In this country. And aa the ratio la in creasing it Is probable that the current year's total will amount to mora than 1000. This ia an appalling and utterly needless loss of life. The remedy la for people to keep off of the railroad' right-of-way, as la generally required by law. Such rights-of-way are private property, and those who enter them without permis sion, and. In deed, often In the face of conspicuously posted warnings, are tres passers la the full senae of the word. All too often this treapass bring Its own punishment In the form of death or maim ing for life. A fine Imposed by Uw wculd doubtless do something to break the habit The temptation to walk railroad tracka is great to those who must go afoot aa the track genetally afford not only a dry high way, but usually the shortest routes. With the constantly increasing number of fa talities, however, It la evident that some ef recti ve action should be taken to pro tect venturesome people againat their own bad judgment and to thia end the larger railroada have begun a vlgoroua campaign, which It la hoped will be supplemented by the authority of the officer of the law. t The Bryan Family in Politics Charleston New and Nebraska la to be punished for the disre spectful manner In which It haa treated Mr. Bryan and other ssplring member of his family. Not long ago the distinguished tribune of the people threatened to move hi domicile to Texas, Where there seemed to be a fair chance of capturing a sena torial toga and a nice Income. The objec tion of Nebraska did not deter him from carrying out his threat, but the objection of Senator Jo Bailey of "protected raw materials" fame did. Everything seem to happen Just wrong when Mr. Bryan want an office. However, such an ambitious and gifted family aa that of the Nebraskan I not to be defeated through mere dlsaater to the head of the family. Not a bit of It It the son has refused to step to the fore, there la till a daughter to be considered, who, being now unburdened by matrimonial ties, feels that she must step Into her father' po litical shoes and see If she can not traipse about In them better than he did. It I proposed that she offer for congress from Colorado, In which state she ha a legal residence. W do not know of any reason why she ahould not offer a a candidate, nor any particular reason why she should, except, perhaps, that Augusta will consider It an act of discourtesy toward the Au gusta woman who offered for a similar offloe earlier In the year. Women are aa good as men In Colorado In other state they are better. Graft In Denver has not been able to accomplish any more lnoe women became voter than It did before that itlme, which may be taken a a good omen. It I true that several families were almost broken up by husband and wife being opposing candidate for the am office, but calm consideration showed that the Income would be in the family no matter what the result of the election, and Washington Life Short Sketohes of Xnoideats aad epi sodes that Kaxk tha Progtess ef Event at the tfaUoaal Capital. Many and vaiiou are the odd draft mad upon Uncle Sam's long roll. For example cats are esteemed a valuable ad junct to the postal service and an allow ance for their maintenance In the large offices of the country ha been made by the postmaster general. They are to be carried on the payroll aa regular em ployes, and their maintenance comes out of the fund for "Incidentals to offices of the first and second classes." Rats and mice will take ..notice and keep under covet1. Usually congress makea specific appropriations for equally strange things. Although slave trading I a thing of the past this country contributes $100 a year as Its share of the expense of keeping up at Brussels an Institution . known as the International Bureau for the Repression of the African Slave Trade. In Brussels there Is ah International Bureau for the Publication of Custom Tariff. It costs money to maintain the bureau and the United State pays I1.38S annually a Its proportionate share of the expense. More expense still is the annual membership fee of the United State In another institution with headquarter in Brussels. Every year 12.279 I paid by this government a a contribution to the main tenance of the International Bureau of Weight and Measure. It cost the United State no les than $14,100 annually to provide prison for American convicts In foreign countries. Theae prison are" under th Immediate Jurisdiction of the' conular officer in varlou cities In China, Korea, Japan and Turkey. Tbey are celdom used, but they must be maintained nevertheless The prison, with the post of rent and salary of keeper, are a follows: Bangkok, $1,000; Shanghai, $1.660; . Yokohama, $1,660; Turkey, $1,000. For keeping and feeding auch prisoner a may from time to time b confined In the prisons $9,000 I set aside very year. -, On th coast of Morocco, at Tangier and Cape Spajtel, mariner used . to experi ence great difficulty In avoiding disaster on acoount of the absence of warning night signal on the shore. Lighthouse were .sadly needed, and, a the govern ment of Morocco would not provide them, the great power took the matter In hand In the Interest of their, hlpplng Interest. Lighthouses were established and the power are assessed so much annually for their maintenance. The share of the United State In this expense I $325. It is sometime necessary for the United Statea to bring back to thl country from abroad person charged with crime. It Is rather expensive work, and for It there la an annual appropriation of $5,000. . ThI government la ever grateful for any service rendered Its cltUen In case of marine disasters by those of foreign countries. Such ervlce are usually sub stantially remembered and there Is a spe cial . provision for them. An annual ap propriation of $4,600 Is made for "expenses Incurred In the acknowledgment of th services of master and crew of foreign vessel in rescuing American seamen and citlxens." The Washington monument come In for a good-slsed appropriation every year. In order that It may be kept open to the public and receive the necessary repairs, congress allows th War department an annual appropriation of $11,620. The aame department Is given $547,276 annually to be expended In providing artificial limbs for soldiers, and an additional um of $2,000 I appropriated for surgical appli ances for the veterans. Five statue recently placed In Statuary hall now await acceptance. Washington and Lee, the statue of the former being a reproduction In bronxe of the Houdon atatue, long represented there in plaater, have been contributed by Virginia. 8outh Carolina preent a atatue of John C. Calhoun, lndlanlana will rally to th dedi cation of the statue of Oeneral Lew Wal lace. The statu of George L. Shoup, pre sented by Idaho, will also be accepted with appropriate ceremonies. The atatue of General Washington la a faithful re production of the Richmond marble atatue which Virginia prlsea ao highly, because It is th work of that eminent French sculptor, Houdon. who wa commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to chisel the statue. Houdon came to America In 1786 In the company of Benjamin Franklin and visited Mount Vernon, where he prepared a model from which th statue waa made. It Is of life site, and the dress I the military costume of the revolution. The atatue of General Lee I also of lite alxe and I In the costume of a major gen eral of the confederate army. Friend of th Lee family pronounce It an excellent llkenes of th general. The atatue of John C. Calhpun wilt repreaent the South Caro linian attired a a atatesman. Senator Shoup baa come Into the hall In civilian dress. When these five new atatue are placed In th hair, there will have to be a shift Courier (dem.). this served to make things look brighter to the candidates. There would be no such condition of affair should Mr. Bryan daughter determine to make the race. She la as opposed to matrimony now a she wa once enthusiastic about It. Mrs. Leavltt who waa Mlas Bryan, Is s woman of parts. She has often taken her father's place on the lecture platform, not to hi discredit, and she ha written a playlet which received some praise from the critic. She haa lived for some time In a political atmosphere, having been the ad viser and close companion of her father In many campaigns for the presidency. She undoubtedly understands the tariff situation a well as any man In Colorado, and would beyond question be of great service In con gress in matter of millinery, which, the New Tork Tribune assures us, Is an Im portant branch of sociology. Nor would her appearance In the house of representatives occasion more commotion than did the nomination of her Illustrious father In 1896, If a much. In office she would have the benefit of her father's guiding hand, his Intimate knowledge of men and affairs, and w may be sure that she would adhere closely to the platform, written by Mr. Bryan, which Senator Bailey has treated with uoh. dlreapect, It must be remembered that Aspasla was a great statesman and made Perlclea. Another woman may repeat the victories of thia ancient female Solomon, and it la for Colorado to give a woman that chanre. Mr. Leavltt may determine not to make the race, but If she do. and has her father to stump the dletrlct for her, w do not but that her chances will be a bright a were those of the democracy In 1S96, or In 1900. or In 1908, or In any of the cam paigns yet to oome In which the Peerless One will again command the llluatrlous and undismayed democratlo hosts. ing of the statue already there to make place for th newcomer. General Wal lace will, of couree, take hi place beaiae Oliver P. Morton. The Morton statue now stands to th right of th entrance lead ing from the capltol rotunda to Statuary hall. Superintendent Woods plans to leave the Morton statue where it Is and place General Wallace on hi left ' PERSONAL NOTES. Matt Henson, Peary' colored valet. I under engagement to lecture on the trip to the pole. He will carry a hammer and visit the various lglosa where Dr. Cook talked. ' ' "In addition to Chicago' many other claims for celebrity," remarks the Even ing Post, "we beg to call attention to the fact that a Chicago girl married a count and kept It a secret." Claims filed In a Chlcagd court against the estate of James H. Eckles. the banker who died suddenly April 14, 1907. show In debtedness aggregating $1,000,000, most of It borrowed money. The filed Inventory place the value of the estate at $500,000.' General Charles Groavenor of Athena, being Interviewed on the ohanoea of de feating Governor Harmon of Ohio, agree that It will be a hard job and that ex- Senator Foraker would not be equal to the task, but he carefully evaded the re porter' question as to whether he Intended to become a candidate.' A woman .haa Just been made a judge In Denmark, -and the Danish women are boasting .that it I the first time in the. history . ef .the world that, such an office ha been given to a woman. The suffia glats of th United Statea reply by pouitlnx to Mrs. Esther Morris of Wyoming,. Mr a. Catherine Waugh McCulloch of Illinois and Mr. Mary Cooper of Kansas. - . The total registry In Greater New Toik for 1909. show a gain-over that of ,1906. when the last mayoralty election took place, of l.Otp. In the detail It Is found (hat in the Borough of Manhattan and Bronx, there wa a loss of 15,794; In Brook lyn there was a gain of 1,626; In Queens of 12.140, and In Richmond of 1.220. a total gain In the three boroughs of 16,849, thus offsetting the loss In Manhattan and. the Bronx. Tha patent offloe ha granted Com mander Peary a patent on an Arctic coat the application for which waa filed a year ago. The coat I built on lines suggested by the explorer's experience In Arctlo trav els. It I made of fur and I open at neither the . back nor the front, but 1 pulled over the head like aq . undershirt. There I a device of fur packing to make the coat fit tlgbtly around the wrists and neck. The garment Is provided with a hood which draw over the head and a por tion of the face. The hood ha a fur pack ing device for. the protection of that part of the body from the cold, NO HEAVEN OB HELL T lit uoctriae or raaiahmeat or Reward After Death. New Tork World. No part of Dr. Eliot's "religion of the future" ha provoked more discussion than th elimination from Its creed of the doc trine of punishment or reward after death. In hi address outlining the new religion Dr. Eliot said: "The fear of hell ha not proved effective to deter men from wrong doing, and heaven ha never yet been de scribed In terms very attractive to tho modern man or woman. The prevailing conception of heaven and hell has hardly any more Influence with educated people In these days than Olympus and hades have." A profane and Irreverent view of hell ha regarded It aa the place where the most Interesting of the world's historical personage were to be met On the other hand. Dr. Frank Crane of Chicago last Sunday expressed the opinion that hell "will be such a bore." "There are new styles In everything but sin," aaid Dr. Crane. "We sin just like the antediluvians" having made no advanoe on Noah and the Pompeians. These view betray a flippancy which is beside the question. The point of serious Interest is the rejection from a scheme of religion Intended to meet the demands of the modern world of what have been the two great bulwarks of religion for many centurlea. The new doctrine laid down by the former president of Harvard Is the subject of a symposium of views In the Sunday World hi whioh divine of various denomination take ,part , Dr. Aked, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church, indorse Dr. Eliot' view a "absolutely right; th fear of hell haa certainly not deterred men a a body from wrongdoing." Dr. Charles A. Eaton, pastor of the Madison Avenue Baptist church, be lieve that while the fear of hull may not deter college professors from wrongdoing, yet for tha makaaa It ia still effective." Archbishop Ryan says: "Strike down the great truth whisper In the ear ther I no hell; Ood 1 Indolent and you strike down the great motive." According to Dr. Franklin II. Glddlng of Columbia uni versity, "th niAaaee of the people have never, cared very much about heaven or hell, and at th present day neither place ia an appreciable factor In tha makeup of any popular code of morals." The dUcua aion haa aa Ui teres t for all reader. TAFT Onsae 1 at Gaod Will la Art aad Wards. Baltimore American. ' At th Universalis! ohuroh a4 Portland. Ore.. Mr. Taft preached th gospel of nv1 will in Mli.lnn .n In K (a tir.vlnUji of community of interest among ' th' churches anent the Important subject national patriotism. Mr. Taft doe pi affect to pronounce upon denomination! claim and will not do so, as the count r has no denominational affiliations. TH religion of America la th religion Of 'the broadest and sweetest helpfutneen. In the finest spirit of toleration and moral pro motion. Loyalty to God and fidelity to country are complemental article of a' common faith. It I Important for denomi nation to advance the truth a they se It, but not at the expense of 'others who believe a ardently that they hold an Im portant dispensation of the things essen tial to the deeper. Interests and joy of mankind. The elimination of'demarklng and con troversial Interests Is promotive of the unity of the American people. The coun try owes Its existence and its history to It ability to sweep out of It path the prejudice that hampered the count) le of th Old World. Thas It swept from its path religious and political intolerance. It emancipated Itself from race Intolerance with the noble pronouncement of Presi dent Lincoln, and this, being the most re cent of Its broad human conquests. Is th least fixed In the national character. Altruism waa the text word of Mr. Taft, and this Is the truest word for the keying of the effort of Individual, communities nd nations. The only worthy end of ef fort 1 to uplift and to aid, and this Is true In the religious as well as in the poli tical sphere of life's interest. No man can afford to do. aught that shall hinder the freest expreaslon of th individuality of another as long as that expression Is within the bounds of common rights and the common liberties that American stand for. Such a doctrine coming from the chief magistrate of the country .contain fin germ thought. . , WORLD TRADE REVIVING. Widespread Upward Irrla Sacceeda Depresaloa. New Tork- Press. , k iairai iraae reports indicate thatQia World-wide business depreseion of refcent time has been succeeded by an upward swing of both range and power. For tho first six month of 1909, as compared with th corresponding period last year, Ger many' foreign merchandise trade Increased some alxty-two and one-half millions. Thf exports were $76,Ofi9.1S, a gain of $22,368,430; the import $9M.$K,872. a gain of $40,11.56. An Interesting feature of thi foreign trade Is that Germany has largely decreaaed Ha receipts of wheat and wheat flour., and hat largely increased It export of both. Like wise. Import of Iron show a decrease of 72,789 tons, but export show an Increase of 46,819 ton. There wa a gain In pig Iron production of 212,768 ton, with a total of ' ,262,489, th largest' In the history of the industry, with the exception of the first six month of 1907, when there were about 100,000 tons more. Official British returns give an increase In Imports for August of $27,696,617, as com pared with 1908. Of this Increase more than $17,000,000 wia in food and drink, flour and grain accounting for $15,000,000. Export of manufactures Increased more than $10,000, 000, cotton fabrics nearly $1,600,000 and jn-oolen fabrics nearly $340,000. Cankda'S Imports ef merchandise fnr-Au. . glial gained more than $7,000,000, while Its . exports showed an Increase of $626,000. For the first five months of th fiscal year the total trade of the Dominion was $247,788,33$, . a gain of more than $36,000,000. Imports In- ' creased $29,666,000; exports ' of domestio products, $6,820,000; exports of foreign prod ucts, $2,100,000. Canada's grain crop prospects are ex ceedingly fine. The estimates for this year are: Wheat, 168,386,000 bushels, or 43,61,000 more than last year; oats, 364,919,000, a gain of 86.000,000; barley, 66,979,000, a gain of 7,600,000. All the province except Ontario . report material gain In yield of the various . crops. The area sown In wheat last year was 1,703,563 acres; thi year,. 3,939,486. The foregoing nation being th principal foreign customers of the United States, , reviving activity with them will naturally be reflected In still larger dealings with u. JJNES TO A LAUGH. . "John, you've got to quit keeping such -late hour!" "I don't keep 'em,- Marta-r they Just slip way from me before 1 know it." Chicago Tribune. Elderly Lady Doctor, t am troubled a hallucination that 1 am being followed bw' a man. What sort of cure would you sut-l gest? Honest Physician A mirror. Cleveland Leader. - . ' i "Charley, dear," said young Mra. Tor kins, "I have don something I know you will approve of." "Indeed?" "You know how annoyed we've beet) about the expense of automobile tires." t "Tea." ' "Well, I have bought a rubber plant." Washington Star. ( He Whv don't you give me my good night kiss? fne 1 m looking for my germ arrester. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. "When you go to the theavti 'vihat doe your wife do?" '"louche tip her face." "And then?" "Touches up her hair." "Next?" "Touches me for $5." Cleveland Leader. "So Mrs. Dumps wants her new house decorated to suit her own personality. How is the architect going to set about It?" "1 heard him Kay since she was of auch a worrying and naKglng disposition, the ornamentation would be chiefly fret work." Baltimore American ' "Did you ever knoiw- girl to die for love? v :. "yea " - "Did she Just fade avay and die because aome man deserted her?' ' ' "No, she Just tok in washing and worked herself to death beratate the man she loved married her." Houston Host. JUST WHAT SHE .'EXPECTED, f Chicago News. You may acale the highest pinnacle a mortal man may reach; You may bulid, pioduee. Invent, convince, may heal or traesi or preach; May unfurl from fame's fair summit .tri umph's banner bright and free; May strike off a nation's ahacklea, be as Cloth the naked, feed the hungry, succur many a needy Droiner; - i But the greatest thing you eyer. de Will not surprise your mother. , You may make your former neighbors at your triumph stand aghast: You may make your name resound Is every aiidresa In the Mormon tabernarl he Showed that he waa ready foe any pul pit Catholic, Protestant or Jewish. He ha, evidently entered upon the mission of dls-. BviMiiiaiinii, pu mr as ne ia apie, me iveunK martial irumpei disv, . . i You may make the Wondering" people of the whole world stiout your pralae, While the men of deepest learning view you with a wondering gaae. Those who diice knew -you had thought of you about aa any other, . i But no matter what 41ia rest may think, you cau't. surprise your mother. - , W hen she held yod to' tier bosom, when you played about her knee. She was dreaming trlurnvha for you. each aa great aa great could be; Sh had known, through all your childhood, all the world may ever know; From her lips your crtiwnlng deed will but , evoke "I told you ao." She had marked you, she bore you, th greatest of your lliue, So you etui t aurprtse your mother, M matter bow ygu cltrolav . - I