Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 12, 1902, Page 6

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Senator Quay Is getting along even better than usual and thrives on un- compromising opposition, E——— Nebraska has had deadlocks enough without beginning to experiment now ‘with convention deadlocks. The mean temperature now is-the high temperature that makes people yearn for the cool breezes of Alaska. Here is where Nebraska's high grade of literacy comes into play. Everyone can read the thermometer for himself. —— Plans for the $15,000 market house need not be very elaborate. Four plain ‘walls covered by a roof will answer the purpose, Having participated in the celebration of every great natlonal anniversary, the West Point cadets are celebrating a lit- tle anniversary of their own. In overriding the mayor's vetoes of ordinances that will create an overlap, the council may compel the taxpayers to appeal to the courts for protection. A Chicago preacher has had the au- dacity to stand up and assert that he neven told a lie. Wonder where that preacher expects to go In the after world? For goodness sake, let the council vote 8. L. Gordon's back pay for his alleged service as police judge so that we may have a rest for a few months at least from the perpetual claimant. Tax reform s not a political issue. Every man, woman and child regard- less of political creed is Interested in the equitable distribution of the tax burdens among all classes of property owners. It was eminently appropriate for the Nebraska funeral directors to hold their session In the Creighton Medical col- lege. It is perfectly natural and proper for them to patronize iustitutions which give them the most patronage. Those German warships will do well THE OMAHA DAY BEE: THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1902. —— AN EXPLANATION IS IN URDER. On the 28th day of May, 1002, Attor- ney General Prout filed in the supreme court of Nebraeka a reply to the alterna- tive writ of mandamus Issued against Governor Ezra P. Savage, Auditor Charles Weston and Treasurer Willlam Stuefer, members of .the State Board of Equalization, which embodied the fol- lowing admissions: 1. That the auditor had collected the in- formation touching the property of the sev- eral rallroad and telegraph companies doing business in the state by reports fur- nished by part of sald companies and from other sources as to those companies which had neglected to furnish such reports, and that the board completed the work of as- sessment of such rallroad, telegraph and sleeping car companies on May 16, 1002, and assessed all of the tangible property of these corporations. 2. That on May 14, when the demand was made that the board assess in addition to the tangible property, which had by the board already been assessed, the franchises of these corporations, the board refused to do so for the reason that under the statute creating the board and defining it powers it doubted its right to do so. 3. That at the time the relator appeared before the board and requested and de- manded the assessment of the franchises of the corporations the members of the board had, and still have, doubts whether they had the legal authority to assess the franchises and therefore declined to com- ply with the request and ask the court to place a construction upon the comstitutional provislons and statutes and instruct the board whether it has the power to value and asecss the franthises of the corpora- tions and to announce some equitable rule by which the value of such franchises may be ascertained. This answer was discussed, considered and agreed upon without dissent by all the members of the board before it was filed and to all intents and purposes was equal to a sworn affidavit to the facts set forth. On the 6th day of June the board di- rected the attorney general to withdraw the answer he had filed in its behalf and substitute for it an answer prepared for it by the attorneys of the corporations directly affected by the demand for re- assessment. In this document Governor Ezra P. Savage, Auditor Charles Wes- ton and Treasurer Stuefer positively contradict their first statement by de- claring: That all the rallroads listed and re- turned to the auditor for assessment and taxation the property of every description belonging to those corporations and that on May 16 the board made the assessment of their properties and in so doing consid- ered the revenue and earnings of the com- panies and included in their valuation the value of all assets, and that although the board did not believe that it had authority to assess franchises apart from the tangible property, the value of the franchises was taken into consideration by the board In the performance of its duty. In conclusion, the board insists that it had performed its full duty in the hear- ing, consideration and assessment of the properties of the several companies and therefore is not subject to judicial in- terference. The people of Nebraska who are now sitting in judgment over their public servants have a right to demand that they come fnto the court of public opinion and explain the marked discrep- ancles between the answer they made on their own volition and the answer made by them under pressure of the corporation attorneys, —— NATIONAL ARBITRATION BUARD. Ex-President Cleveland has suggested the creation by congress of a perma- nent national board of arbitration, to which labor disputes might be referred. He does not favor compulsory arbitra- tion, for the reason that it “would be apt to Increase the number of industrial disputes by awakening expectations of favorable decisions from the board of arbitrators,” but he appears to have no doubt that if there was a permanent national board most controversies aris- ing between'employers and employes would be submitted to it for arbitra- tlon, because “if such a commission were fairly organized, the risk of a loss of popular support and sympathy, resulting from a refusal to submit to so peaceful an instrumentality, would con- strain both parties to such disputes to invoke its interference and abide by its decisions.”” Mr. Cleveland thinks that the very existence of such an agency would Invite application to it for advice and counsel, frequently resulting in the avoldance of contention and misunder- standing. The suggestion is certainly worthy of consideration, though recent experience with the efforts of the Civic federation, of which Mr. Cleveland is a member, is not calculated to encourage absolute faith in his view of what might be ac- complished by a national board of arbi- tration. It is true that the federation has done some good. It has succeeded in bringing about the settlement of a to act with precaution when they feel like demonstrating for the benefit of Venezuela. While Uncle Sam has no sympathy for international deadbeats, he has Interests in South America not to be trified with lightly, o » Convictions for bribery in St. Louls, Grand Rapids and Minneapolls indicate that American public sentiment is alert against cerruption in municipal govern- ment wherever it is unearthed. A suc- cession of such convictions will make boodling too risky a luxury for the or- dinary city official to indulge. Nebraska republicans are not hostile %o the rallroad corporations. They have never shown any disposition to treat them unfairly, but the rallroad managers should desist from trying to folst upon the republicans of Nebraska candidates who have forfelted the con- fidence of the people by their conduct and shown themselves unworthy of a public trust. EEes—— Pennsylvania is not to be outdone by ‘Eansas in professions of loyalty to President Roosevelt. Kansas in its re- publican state convention endorsed him for standard-bearer in 1004, but Penn- sylvania makes the specific pledge of its ‘support for his remomination. If this keeps up, the next national con- ‘vention will be &8 much of a ratification meeting as was the last. few labor controversies and no one will be disposed to disparage its work in the interest of industrial peace. But it has thus far been unable to accomplish anything in connection with the dispute between the coal miners and operators, beyond securing a futile conference of the representatives of the warring in- terests. The federation sought to have the matters in controversy submitted to arbitration, which was earnestly de- sired by the miners, but the operators absolutely refused to arbitrate. Is it probable that a national board on Mr. Cleveland's plan would have been able to induce the coal operators, who are manifestly indifferent to popular opinion and public interests, #0 submit the con- troversy to arbitration? The member- ship of the Civic federation includes some of the most promivent and in- fluential men in the country—representa- tive men who stand high in public respect and confidence. When such men fail to do anything for the settle- ment of so formidable and far-reaching a struggle as the coal strike, in which the whole country is deeply interested, it is most unlikely that a national board of arbitration, such as Mr. Cleveland recommends, could have accomplished anything. It Is not contended, of course, that such a board would be en- tirely worthless, but simply that with voluntary arbitration it could probably do no more than bas been done by the Civie federation—that is, bring about a settlement of disputes when both par- ties are willing to submit them to arbi- tration. Both capital and labor in this country are opposed to compulsory arbitration and perhaps will always be. There- fore boards of arbitration can be useful to only a limited extent in preserving or promoting industrial peace. That they can be valuable to any extent, how- ever, will justify their creation, for the principle of arbitration should be ear- nestly encouraged. TWO CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS. Two republican candidates for con- gress have just been nominated by con- ventions in the Third and Fifth dis- triets, which ought to be redeemed from the fusionists for the Fifty-eighth con- gress. In the Third district the nominee is John J. McCarthy of Dixon county, who has been one of the leaders of the house for two successive state legislatures, While the contest for the nomination was more protracted than usual, the result seems to have been brought about without engendering factional strife, and the republicans of the Third dis- trict may be expected to mass them- selves solidly behind their standard- bearer. Mr. McCarthy's superior ability for leadership has been demonstrated on more than one occasion, and when elected he may be relied upon to repre- sent his constituency creditably at ‘Washington. The choice of the Fifth district has fallen upon Judge G. W. Norris of Red Willow county. Judge Norris Is com- pleting his second term on the district bench, to which he has. been twice elected in a judicial district ordinarily safely in control of the fuslonists. As a judge, he has won the esteem and respect of all who have come in con- tact with him without regard to party affiliations, and if his personal popular- ity proves as strong in the congressional race as it has In his judicial district, he will be elected by an overwhelming ma- Jority, We belleve the people of these two districts are tired of returning fuslon representatives to congress, and that they will not let pass the opportunity.to be presented to them in November by coming into line with the party of pros- perity and rallying to the support of these congressional nominees, PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS. Senator Quay has again demonstrated his skill and power as a political leader in Pennsylvania, the republican state con- ventlon having been completely under his domination, and this time his course ap- pears to have been dictated more with reference to the interests and welfare of the party and not so much with re- gard to his own political interests. The administration of state affairs during the last two years has not been al- together creditable to the party in power and there was a very earnest demand for reform, only to be attained under new men. A member of the present administration, Mr. Elkins, was early in the field as a candidate for governor and developed a great deal of strength. Indeed, he seemed to have the field to himself until Senator Quay discerned that the nomination of Elkins would be inexpedient and that the candidate must be a man of different type and record. He found such a candidate in Judge Pennypacker, who was nom- inated yesterday on the first ballot. Of course the republicans will carry Pennsylvania. The factional contest has created some bitterness, but this will to a large extent die out as the campaign progresses and while it is not to be expected that the republican ma- Jority will be nearly as large as two years ago, since the labor trouble is likely to have an unfavorable effect, the success of the party is not at all doubtful. The ticket nominated yester- day promises a better administration of state affairs and therefore the strength- ening of the party for future contests. As to the platform declarations, they are unqualifiedly for republican princl- ples and policies and will have very general republican approval. Sme——— IRRIGATION LEGISLATION, ‘Washington advices say it {s now ac- cepted as certain that this congress will provide a general system of irrigation for the arid lands. The house com- mittee on Irrigation has amended the senate bill so as to make it conform to the views of the president, particularly in the matter of making the arid lands a part of the public domain, open to settlement by small farmers for home- steads. The proceeds of the sale of public land anywhere in the United States are to constitute an irrigation fund to be used for surveys and con- struction in such sections of the country as offer the best prospect for the im- mediate reclamation of arid lands. It is confidently predicted by the sup- porters of this measure that it will com- mand & majority in the house and prove acceptable to the senate, so that there is every reason to believe that within the coming year there will be set in operation a system of Irrigation works in the west which will add millions of acres to the public domain and open to settlement vast areas of now unpro- ductive land. There is still some east- ern opposition being manifested to the policy of arid land reclamation, but there seems no longer to be appreben- sion that this will prove a serious ob- struction to the proposed legislation. The friends of irrigation have made a splendid campaign in the present con- gress and it is highly gratifying to know that an early success is assured. There could be no more auspicious time for inaugurating this great work. According to the railroad tax bureau, the valuation of Council Bluffs is nearly four times as high per capita of popula- tion as is the assessment of Omaha. A comparison of per capita property as- sessment Is about as rational as would be a comparison of the per capita con- sumption of cigars and cigarettes or the relative per capita circulation of news- papers and perfodicals. The thing that has not yet been explained by the rail- road tax bureau is why the east half of the Union Pacific bridge should be as- sessed at $84,000 In Towa while the west half of the same bridge pays taxes on only $1,630 in Nebraska. In view of the prospect of immense crops west of the Mississippl, stockhold- ers of the Union Pacific are promised increased dividends this fall, but there is no indication that the prospective harvest will induce the Unlon Pacific voluntarily to Increase its takx contribu- tion for the maintenance of state and local government in Nebraska. Perhaps Mr. Harrlman s not aware of the fact that Nebraska Is now more than $2,000,000 in debt when the constitu- tional debt limit is $100,000, and the debt is steadily growing at the rate of $100,000 a year. St. Louls exposition officials have set- tled the Sunday opening question in ad- vance by subscribing to the condition of the federal appropriation stipulating for closed gates on the first day of each week. This will confine access to the falr for the great army of the employed to evenings and holidays. Much can be said upon both sides of the Sunday opening question, but whichever way the decision is, It {8 good to have it promulgated sufficlently in advance that all arrangements and contracts can be made to conform to it. S——— Complaint is made that in accepting an invitation for entertainment by the visiting French guests on board the French battleship lying in Chesapeake waters, President Roosevelt smashed an- other timehonored tradition forbidding the president during his term of office from passing outside the territorial juris- diction of the United States. Inasmuch as nothing has been smashed but a tra- dition, no penalty is likely to be in- flicted on the president. Mr. Harriman suggests that “bodies formed for the purpose of controlling transportation should have in them rep- resentatives of the companies to be con- trolled.” In the light of experience with railway commissions, the suggestion would be more in order that these bodies ought occasionally to have in them a representative or two of the people. E— The imperial council of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine is now in session in Golden Gate hall at San Francisco. If this is not imperialism and goldbugism under a community-of-interest merger, we would like to know the reason why. And the worst of it is that the new imperial magistrate of the fantastic nobles is'an Omaha man. Poor Time for Prophecy. Washington Post. Mr. Cleveland has declined to make & prediction concerning 1904, thus showing another great point of difference between himselt and the Bryanites. Lost in the Shuffle, Brooklyn Eagle. Nobody has asked for Webster Davis since the Boers surrendered. Yet he never was slow In responding to an encore on even the slightest provocation. Doctors Catching U Washington Post. The doctors have finally decided to agree that consumption is infectlous. Give the doctors plenty of time and they will manage to catch up with the procession. Some day they may possibly discover a cure for the disease. Honors Rightly Hestowed. Baltimore American. The degree of doctor of letters conferred upon Miss Helen Gould has more signifi- cance than is generally attached to that honor, for every time she has written a letter about public matters it has been to cure some evil or suffering. CROAKERS TO THE REAR. Prosperity Kicks Whining Pessimi to a Back Seat. Baltimore American. Recitals of this country's commercial triumaphs are so often given that the public is growing weary of reading them. How- ever, a constant accentuating of the facts is needed to keep down the clamors of the peesimists. They seem so anxious to pick a flaw in the country’s claims that one is led to belleve that they yearn for a retro- gressive turn. The country moves on, how- ever, despite their croakings. While they shift from one polnt of criticism to an- other in the effort to find some spot really vulnerable, the country continues to ad- vance steadlly, each department of activity scoring for itself its due measure of progrese. It has been the pleasure of the opti- mists to boast of the marvelous growth of our export trade in manufactured goods. The pessimists have begrudgingly con- ceded that, but, in the endeavor to find some cloud, they have insisted that the increase in the one direction has been scored at the expense of agricultural ex- ports. Facts have come to the surface of late to completely contradict this conten- tion. These facts, in the form of govern- ment reports, prove that our exports of manufactures have increased tremendously and that our exports of agricultural prod- ucts have scored a corresponding expan- slon. Despite the serious deficiency in the corn crop the year 1901 closed with our agricultural exports larger and our agricultural imports smaller. This is & flat rebuff to the calamity-walling pes mists. The latest reports show an increase in agricultural exports over those of 1900 amounting to $100,000,000, while the {m- ports show a decrease of $25,000,000. The bulk of these exports consisted of cottom, grain and meats, while the remainder rep- resented a collection of miscellaneous arti- cles. Had the corn crop been of a charac- ter to permit of more liberal shipments of that cereal the total excess for the year would have been even greater than it wi The recults furnish excellent grounds for congratulation. When a country's com- mercial statistics can close a year with such splendid balances to its own credit there is very lttle matter upon which a pessimist can craunch with tisfaction. Such splendid figures tell the story of progress, advancement and expansion. There is nothing indicative of halting or hesitation. There is no sign there of the beginning of a retrograde movement. The country can find no excuse for weeplng, so long as its producing class finds its export trade leaping forward with big strides. Prosperity—not depression—runs hand in band with a large export business. There- fore, with the full farm of prosperity plainly in view, surrounded by all the sub- stantial commercial evidences of it: 1t would be a commendable move if the pessi- mists would seek shelter for a while, at least until they have better reasons for sloglog thelr melancholy songe. Mr. Harrimian’s Views. Buffalo Express (rep.). Another Interesting contribution to the railroad magnate's side of the combination question has been made by B. H. Harri- man in an interview glven to the New York newspapers. 1In its general aspect it is not unitke the two speeches made In the northwest by James J. Hill about the time the legal attack was begun on the Northern Securities company. Mr. Hill sought to show that the merging of great rallroad companies and the elimination of competi- tion tends to create stable conditions and to lower freight rates. Mr. Harriman, as Mr. Hill, points to the fact that the Interests of the railroads and the people are common and whatever econ- omies are effected by the rallroads through combination, etc., ought to be beneficial to shippers, as well as to the companies. The public probably has no quarrel with com- bination itself, but with the abuses which have grown out of it. It may pertinently be asked where the blame lles for such a feeling. It the railroads had always been careful to give the people as a whole full benefits of the economles resulting from combination and had refrained from break- ing the laws, is it probable there would be such severe criticism of the so-called mergers? The facts seem to be, however, tkat sentiment is changing toward combina- tions of railroad properties and is turning to methods for controlling them. The rail- roads themselves are not so strenuously op- posed to control as formerly, as is shown by the reported change In their attitude toward the Nelson-Corliss bill for extending the powers of the Interstate Commerce com« mission. The reasonable request is made that a pooling clause be added to the measure, It 1s noteworthy, though that Mr. Harri- man thinks the Interstate Commerce com- mission is “a thing of the past.” He belleves transportation companies should not be obliged to submit to dictation or control by “bodies who do not know anything about transportation,” and adds: “‘Bodies formed for the purpose of controlling transportation should have In them representatives of the companies whose business is to be con- trolled.”” It is not llkely that the Interstate Commerce commission will be abolished very soon, but Mr. Harriman's suggestion regarding representation Is worth con- eldering when new appointments are made. The present commission is composed in part of practical railroad men and the addition of members who are actively ep- gaged In the rallroad business might strengthen the body and lead to more ef- fective service. Tree Planting in the West D Boston Transcript. Assistant Superintendent William L. Hall of the Forestry bureau at Washington is attempting a little missionary work by ciculating a pamphlet, reprinted from a recent yearbook of the Agricultural depart- ment, and dealing with “Forest Extension in the Middle West.” He announces the purpose of his paper to go somewhat be- yond local recommendations and show that the time has arrived for the extensive de- velopment of forest plantations throughout the section referred to, to Indicate the sphere of general planting and suggest a plan of procedure in carrying on the work. The area of planted timber in the Middle West already, at the time this pamphlet was written, aggregated many hundred thousand acres. Some of this is on the decline, some at its best and some increas- ing in value each year. “To the last class be- long most of the plantations made for profit. Notable among these are the large Catalpa plantations of central and eastern Kansas." There have been numerous requests made to the forestry division for help in extend- ing these plantations. In most cases they are small, covering no more than five or ten acres, or as much as a farmer can con- venlently spare from tillage. But while these operations are to be encouraged, ‘“the time has come when men of large means can get large returns from the de- velopment of plantations on extended areas. There are reasons for believing that the work can be carried on more successfully by companies than by individuals. The long-time nature of the investment adapts it more especlally to company control.” As rallroads are to be large consumers of timber that will have to be grown, it is suggested that they establish planta- tions along their lines. “Most of them hold lands that are well adapted to forest trees, and by planting tracts of sufficient size to meet their demands they wil greatly reduce their future expenses.” The rallroads have to a considerable ex- tent recognized their opportunity and are fmproving it. The indefatigable secre- tary of the International Soclety of Arbori- culture, Mr. John P. Brown of Indiana, has been urging this matter upon them with gratifylng success. Even the present year he has been superintendening the planting of a tract with 110,000 trees not far from New Orleans for the Illinois Cen- tral rgilroad, and another tract with 21,000 at Kankakee, I11. The Kaneas, Fort Scott & Memphis road has planted 2,600,000, and a number of the big lines In the west are going into the enterprise on a large scale. Mr. Brown has also been authorized to locate and purchase 5,000 acres in the west for plant- ing, and this will accommodate several million trees. Not only in the west, but in the south and east the rallroads have become Interested in the work. Tree liter- ature 1s a good thing, but personal rep- resentation and exhortation must be de- pended upon to carry conviction. The ex- amples set by the rallroads, now that the movement is spreading, will have a stimu- lating effect upon other corporations and upon individuals, and an impulse has been created that promises valuable results. BRYAN'S DISCRETION APPLAUDED. His Refusal to Become a Candidate for Governor of Nebraska. Detrolt Free Press (dem.) Mr. Bryan displays sound political sense in refusing, under any circumstances, to become a candldate for governor of Ne- braska. A man who has twice been nomi- nated for president of the United States and 1s still the national leader of his party cannot afford to stake his political future upon the petty office of governor. If he won, the victory wouid add little to his power or his prestige. If he lost, he would be hopelessly discredited, not only in Ne- br but throughout the United States. The utmost dividends that could be realized would be* insignificant in comparison with the size of the investment and the degree of the risk. It appears probable that the demsnd for the nomination of Mr. Bryan came from the men that intended to vote against him, rather than from the men that intended to vote for him. The democrats that are op- posed to his leadership would undoubtedly have welcomed his candidacy. It would have given them their chance to seal her- metically the sepulchre of his political hopes for all time. Naturally, they would have recelved the assistance of their friends, the republican enemy, In this great work. Mr. Hanna's committee would have taken Horace Greeley's advice and gone west the moment the nomination was made. All the resources and all the ammunition that the republican party could command would have been poured into Nebraska to deteat Mr. Bryan. His candidacy would have been made a national issue. The re- publicans could not have afforded to permit him to be elected governor of his state, if there were means within their command to defeat him. The democrats who belleve the leadership of Mr. Bryan fatal to the party could not have supported his candi- dacy and remained true to their own prin- ciples. In view of his position before the coun- try, Mr. Bryan could not be a candidate in the local sense. His candidacy would of necessity be a matter of national impor- tance, and the contest would be as severe a tax on his strength and popularity as a national campalgn. If he were defeated, as he probably would be, his leadership would be at an end. Perhaps it is already at an end, but even his extraordinary popularity could hardly survive a defeat for governor after two successive defeats for president. His most enthusiastic admirers would be forced to confess that a man that seemingly lacked the abllity to be elected to any office to which the party could nominate him was not an ideal leader or a safe po- litical advisor. Unless Mr. Bryan has re. signed all hope of ever being president, he could not afford to become a candidate for governor of Nebraska. The game is not worth the candle. P PERSONAL NOTES. Booth Tarkington says that when he re- turns from his bridal tour to Europe he will turn farmer, as he wants the rest and quiet that only the country can give. Virginla {s to be a battleground again. The British tobacco trust, which has been organized to fight the American tobacco trust, will build some of its factories in that state. Michael Herbert, who is coming to this country as British ambassadoy, is known to all his friends here as “Mungo™” Herbert No one can explain why the nickname was given to Herbert, but he has it. Willlam S. Devery, former chief of po- lice of New York City, has opened a real estate office and started out last week with the purchase on his individual ac- count of & lot valued at $150,000. Hon. Charles Francis Adams of Boston is to deliver the address before the Phi Beta Kappa soclety of the University of Chicago at the coming commencement, The date will be June 17, and his subject, “Shall Cromwell Have a Monument?" President Roosevelt stands a good chance of getting & shot at big game should he make bis contemplated trip in the south. R. E. Bobo of Bobo, Miss., who will company him, killed forty-eight bears last year and hae a total to his credit of 2,000 members of the brula family, ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK. Ripples on the Current of Life in the Metropolis. One of the most profitable speculative grafts worked in New York City for years past has recéived a knockout blow from the courts. Speculation in theatrical tick- ots, by which patrons of amusement places were frequently charged double prices, had become a grlevous public evil. Some theatrical managers winked at the evil, because there wi chance for individual loot. Others fought the speculators at every turn, seeking to protect their patrons from organized robbery. Refusal to sell tickets to recognized speculators proved in- effective, as did several ether schemes, such as driving the speculators from the vicinity of the theaters. As a last desperate resort one manager hit upon the plan of making tickets non-transferable, issued in the name of the purchaser and refused to honor tickets purchased from speculators. The right of the manager to do these things was taken into court, and was finally passed upon last week by the appellate division of the supreme court. The decision of tha court 1s characterized as a sweeping vie- tory for horesty. The contention of the theatrical manager was sustained. The court declared that tickets for the theater and the opera are personal revocablo licenses, and that managers have the legal right to refusre admission to those who have purchased such tickets from specula- tors on the sidewalks. John McDonald, contractor of the sub- way, makes the startling announcement that the best electrical experts consulted when he was figuring on the contract es- timated that the electrical equipment would cost §7,000,000, while now the experts say the cost will be $18,000,000. Here is a difference of $11,000,000 in two or three years. Nothing could better illustrate the id strides in electrical work than this. What is suficient for today may be out of date tomorrow. Scarcely a week passes in New York in which there is not some theft on a large scale, which serves to call attention to the loose methods of most New York employ- ers of household servants in the matter of investigating the same. A case which happened only about ten days ago is a fair sample of the many. A prominent and wealthy soclety woman, the daughter of a former mayor of New York, found it necessary to employ & maid, the young woman that had been with her for a number of years having been compelled to give up her position, owing to a domestic affliction. The soclety woman advertised in one of the New York papers for a mald, and had several dozen personal applicants Buds and Flowers of Home Life. PAINE'S CELERY . -~ COMPOUND MAKES AND KEEPS THE CHIL« DREN WELL AND STRONG, | Mothers Make It the Home Medi« cine For the Little Ones. The children, God bless them, are tha buds and flowers of our homes. Without their prattle and hearty laughter, our homes would be desolate. They should even be carefully tended in childhood and youth, it we expect them to ripen into perfect men and womefi, In the home and at achool, the children have their times of {ll-health and suffering. We often note the pallld and bloodless cheeks, heavy eyes, nervous movements and twitchings of limbs and muscles. They complain of headache, drowsiness, weari- ness, dyspepsia and indigestion. All such symptoms and ailments mean that the seeds of disease will have a fast and firm hold unless proper measures are taken to reairce A perfect condition of health. Thousands of wise and prudent parents have meda their chnil@ren happy, healthy and vigorous by glving them nature’s med- fcine, Paine's Celery Compound. In many severe and complicated cases, Paine's Cel« ery Compound has restored health when the little ones were given up by physicians. It your dear ones are not as hearty, strong and rugged as they should be in June, try the health giving virtues of Paine’s Celery Compound. It makes and keeps the children well. for the position on the following day. She selected one of the applicants out of hand because of the girl's good looks, tidin and sprightliness. As a mere formality she asked the glrl for references. The tidy, sprightly young woman handed over to her new employer an exceedingly laudatory let- ter of recommendatlon from an alleged so~ clety woman of Philadelphia, who gave her departure on a trip around the world as her reason for dispensing with the maid's valued services. The New York soclety woman didn't make any effort whatever to verify this letter of recommendation by communicat- ing with the alleged soclety woman of Philadelphia, but accepted it without fur- ther question as a genulne reference. Her new maid was put to work immediately, and within just three hours after putting her foot inside the house the new mald ex- ecuted a clever disappearance, in company with about $12,000 of her new mistre Jewelry. New York is nasty now. No one can deny It, or tries. The subway excavations, carried on carefully and with remarkable skill though they are, furnish enough dirt to give the city a constant dust bath. Where the subway does not grow, manifold holes sprout in the night under the careful cultivation of those desirable landscape gardeners, the gas, steam and electrical conduit compan And to crown the achievement of the dirt makers, everybody has begun to use soft coal. Today New York, as seen from the ses, E— is a vague, jagged heap crowned with black soot from ten thousand spewing kilns. All its cyclopean magnificence of piled-up stee- ples and spires and batilements and gables is lost. Its one glory of a sky that truly was Venetian is lost. Its gilded facades and cornices that made it shine in the morning sun like a splendid shield cast on the sea are lost. And lost with them is the white linen of the finicky New Yorker. Never before was there such cheerful wholesale law breaking as in this soft coal matter. At first one could see, by looking diligently, that here and there during the day some particularly daring concern was taking its chances on a beavy fine and im- prisonment by burning soft coal in fits and starts. The black smoke would issue in little bursts and then cease again suddenly, 80 that one could almost keep track of the offender's guilty palpitation of heart. That was in the day. Scarcely had dusk begun when all New York, as with one wicked accord, began to spout blackness. 1t was as if the whole horde of sky scrap- ers had entered on one vast bachanalian bitumen spree. Before darkness had fallen entirely the city was almost hidden from voyagers on the bay. Of course, this wholesale infraction of the law has put the Health department in a hole. Practically all the captains and sergeants and high privates of industry in the whole city would have to be locked up if the law were enforced, and there aren't jails enough for that evem in New York City. The wonder fs how can a man do busi- ness on Broadway and expect to make a profit, considering the extradordinary ren that are exacted. The profits in clgara must be stupendous, for tobacconists pay more rent than liguor dealers. A cigar company has leased a lot thirty-one fe tront on Broadway for $40,000 a year for twenty-one years. Not a stone's throw from the city ball is a corner shop hardly blg enough to take a long breath in, for which the annual rental i $11,000. For tho basement beneath it, used as a restaurant, $7,000 is paid. The regal beauty and bearing of a certain New York soclety woman cause frequent popular comment. Madam is also ma- jestic In her own home, out of soclety hours. She went to Newport & short time ago to make sure that all was in readiness for the summer sojourn. At twilight on the even- ing after her departure the 10-year-old son snuggled up to his companionable father and murmured, contentedly: “Isn't this a plenie, papa; just you and I together with- out the queen? REFRESHING SMILES, Somerville Journal: The boy with three sisters never has any lelsure that he can really call his own. Chicago Tribune: Tommy—The farmer caught you in his apple tree, aid he? ‘What did_he say when you fell and broke ™% your arm? Dickey—Gee! He didn't have to sa nalthln‘. He just stood there enjoyin' his« self. Boston Po “It wants five minutes of 4 o'clock,” sald the ungrammatical person. ““I hope it will get it,"" answered the smart eleck. “Get whad “What it wants.” Chicago News: Tomdix—Did you ever ex- perience what one might term a feeling of goneness? Hojax--Yes, once; I backed a horse that “also ran." Philadelphia Press My!" he exclaimed, as “twelve’ struck, d that clock has.' 'what a pecullar soun “Yea'' sho roplled, eagerly, human, fsn't {t?" “Human? How do you mean?’ “It has such a sleepy and tired sound.” Cleveland Plain Dealer: *Did hear of such luck as Mamie ““What about her?” “She's a sweet girl graduate on Tuesday night and_on Wednesday night she's a blooming June bridel What you think of that?" “almost ou ever flder's 7" Dis world would ald Uncle Eben, “lt smart at 4 as he Washington Sta along mighty eas: every man could be a thought he was at 25. A Wiah. Chicago Record-Herald, I see the boy who graduates Btand up before the crowd; His collar's very, very tall, His tle {8 very loud: He sees his parents sitting there, As proud as they can be And there's another, too—his breast 1s filled with estacy. 1 see him raise his And wave it in the air I hear the big, uncommon words Roll from his lips. up there; He draws himself up proudly, and His face with pleasure glows— .1 wish that 1 knew half as much As this boy thinks he knows. pulit Mt icbuians AT DAWN. Somerville Journal, "Tis tun In summer time to rise Up at the break of dawn, And with the clicking mower elip The whiskers on the lawn. The air is fresh, and cool, and pure, The exerclse is great, And one can cut a lot of From four o'clock to el What matters it, though neighbors swear, And try to stop thelr ears? The man at work upon the lawn Their comments never hears. Although they fume, and fuss, and fret, It doesn’'t bother him, And so he twists the mower ‘round And shoves it with & vim. Oh, yes, it's fun to stir your blood And cultivate your brawn BH‘ lng whiskers on en though tl lot the thought disturb your Joyes 10U ur uf el D YOUT o our lawn. neighbors’ eyes e is on yoi