Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 4, 1902, Page 6

P . THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4 1902 THE ©OMAHA DAILY BEE E. ROSI PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, OWATER, EDITOR. TERMS OF SUL {ly Bee (without Sur SCRIPTION day), Year. . $ ily Bee and Sunday, une Year Year Year 200 turday B o Year Low fwentleth Century Farmer, One Year.. Lo DELIVERED BY CARRIER Dally Bee (without Sunday), per copy.. Daily Bee (without SBunday). per week Daily Bee (inciuding Sunday), per week..17c Bunday Hec, per copy be Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week bc Evening Bee Gnciuding Sunday), per week $ois o0 Complaints of irregularities in delivery should be addressed (o City Circulation De- partment. OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Bullding South Omaha—_ity Hall Bullding, Twen- ty-fifth and M Streets. Council Bluffs—10 Pear] Street Chicago—1640 ding New York: w Buiiding. CORRESPONDENC Communications relating to news and edi- torfal matter should b iressed: Omaha | Bee, Editorial I tment BUSINE LETTERS. 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HUNGATE, (Seal) otary Public. wire overlook Enterprising manufacturers of cutting devices should not Colonel Mosby. i —— It may be frankly conceded that the ronvening of congress is not respon- sible for the cold wave. —e Prince Mirko is not the first man who bas found out how dangerous it is to mix business and polities in love letters. ‘What our wholesale grocers are trying to prove in contesting its constitutional- THE TARIFF AND TRUSTS. Discussion of the relations of the tariff and trusts will continue. It has’ been made an issue that has taken a stronger hold upon popular attention than any other. To this discussion Former Speaker Reed has just made a valuable contribution, marked by his characteristic logical reasoning. In re- gard to the proposition to remove or re duce tariff duties on goods manufac- tured by the great Industrial combina tions he says: o tariff law, of | course, can be made which does not ap- vly to all. Hence, if the tariff is so re- formed that the big, strong and wealthy corporations go to destruction, how are the small ones to be saved?. Really, to the calm and judicious mind, this seems like free trade for its own sweet sake."” This is in accord with the position of | President Roosevelt and the republican leaders generally. “Many of the larg- est corporations,” says the president in his message, “many of those which should certainly be included in any proper scheme of regulation, would not be affected In the slightest degree by a change in the tariff, save as such change interfered with the general pros- perity of the country.” It would seem that no ome capable of understanding the conditions could fall to see this. Again the president says: *To remove the tariff as a punitive measure directed against trusts would inevitably result 9| in ruin to the weaker competitors who | are struggling against them.” This Is so obvious that the most ordinary in- telligence must see it. There are thou- sands of independent iIndustries and the number is growing. They have come Into being as the result of pros- | perity fostered by tarlff protection. | They are competing in the home mar- ket with the combinations and thus constitute a bulwark against monopoly. As a tariff law must apply alike to all, as no discrimination can be made in such a law against the combinations, i whatever effect the removal of duties might have upon the stronger indus- tries would also reach the weaker ones, and while the former might withstand the consequences and survive the latter could now. If by this course the com- binations should be destroyed certainly the independent industries would also be. But only the weaker industries would go to the wall. The stronger ones would remain, and with the com- petition removed they would grow stronger. The proposed policy, there- fore, of striking the industrial combi- nations through the ta:lff would result in increasing the opportunities for the creation of monopoly. As Mr. Reed says, what we had bet- valuable and varied resources entitle it to and the more important of the pres ident's recommendations can be acted upon at the present session. E——— CULORADO AND SILV R The Colorado press, without distine- tion as to party, takes a philosophic view of the decline of silver, in strik Ing contract with its state of mind a few years ago. It secms to be accepted that the price of silver is not likely to rise above GO cents an ounce, barring some lucky and unforseen accldent to affect the market, and that the mining | interest will probably have to adjust itself permanently to even lower prices than now rule. While this condition will bear heavily upon some mining dis tricts, the people of Colorado are able to cite abundant facts which explain their equanimity. A change of base has been steadily In progress in the indus- tries of the state, until silve® mining has now lost its relative importanc A large amount of silver is now produnced as a by-product, gold, copper and lead being the chief object, so that many mines would not be vitally affected if the price of silver should go to zero. During the same period there has been an unprecedented development of other Industries, livestock, fruit and farm- ing, production of coal and iron and manufacturing enterprise. It may well be questioned whether the check to mere silver mining has not ulti- mately greatly benefited Colorado by hastening the development of its other magnificent resources, which really are far more important. It is apparent from newspaper and other expressions that the people of Colorado themselves take this view, and that in the light of their experience they would not again make a fetish of silver, as they did a few years ago. HOME RULE FUR DENVER. With the first day of December proclamation of the recently amendment to the Colorado constitution, establishing the city and county of Den- ver as a distinct municipal corporation, has insured to the people of Denver complete powers of home rule. In the future Denver will be under constitu- tional immunity from legislative charter tinkering and free to make and change its charter provisions as changing condi- tions may require without appealing to the assistance of legislators responsible to other constituents. Under the home rule amendment and accompanying legislation the city coun- cil of Denver must before December 10 meet and call a special election to choose delegates to a charter convention, which must assemble within thirty days after the election. The charter convention 1s the od | ter do Is to remember where we are ity is that the pure food law Is a poor and what our dangers are. “We ought food law: to let the tarift alone” is.the admoni- The proper arbitration tribunal for the conflicting power franchise propositions lies in the ballot box. Give the people a chance and they will decide. Since Congressman Dalzell has with- drawn from the speakership contest “Uncle Joe” Cannon might about as well announce his policy and com- mittees. Post mortem disputes over the re- spective merits of the foot ball teams are nearly as hot as the games them- selves, but so far no casualties have been reporfed. With regard to the democratic asser- tions that President Roosevelt was once a free trader, it is observable that vo foot notes arve appended showlng when or where. It is not unusual for congressmen to tell the interviewer that they are de- lighted with the president's message and then go stralghtway to nullify or obstruct the policles recommended. ——ee—— Official figures for the floating debt of Nebraska are $2,005,001.15. And the constitution of Nebraska expressly pro- vides that the indebtedn of the state shall never exceed $100,000 in times of peace. To be able to refer to the archiepisco- pal see of Omaha would be a privilege that would be appreciated mot only by our citizens of the Roman Catholic faith, but by Omaha people generally without respect to creed. The president's message does not sat- Isfy our amiable contemporary that pro- fesses democratic proclivities. That ocould have been predicted In advance: No message of a republican president ever satisfled it. The Infliction of a fine of $25 on a wealthy citizen of New Orleans shows notably that the “Jim Crow” street car rule which bhe had violated can be worked both ways, but also that in op- eration it Is sometimes embarrassing to the whites. I* the school board is to maintain a paid lobbyist at Lincoln during the leg- Islature at the expense of the taxpayers, why net the city council, the police board, the library board and the county board all try the same game? It Is a poor game that canmot be played by more than one. Omaha’s experience in selling its bonds mdicates that there is a water-tight com- bination between the varfous Lrokers and bankers throughout the country who deal In securities of this kind. Wy would not this be a fruitful subject for (nvestigation by the ) American Municipalities ational League of tion of that wise and experienced statesman. “We ought to defend it against all comers for the good of the nation. We are doing miore than well and need not hunt for disaster.” THE NELDS OF ALASKA. President Roosevelt earnestly urges legislation for Alaska, saying that it is not to the credit of the nation that the territory, which we have had for thirty-five years, should still have as poor a system of laws as is the case. He points out what is needed for the political welfare and the material de- velopment of that valuable possession, which has repald many times what it cost and Is rich In resources that will add enormously In the future to the national wealth. Congress has hitherto shown but scant attention to this great region and our people generally took little interest in it until the discovery of gold, but investigation having shown that it has great resources and Is ca- pable of supporting a large population, there can be no excuse for louger neg- lecting Alaska and perpetuating exist- ing conditions there. It is therefore safe to say that congress will carry out the recommendations of the piEsident and there is no apparent reason why this may not be done at the present session., The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which is very famillar with conditions in Alaska, thinks a commission should be appointed to investigate the situation there in all its aspects apd te report and .recommend lines of future action, remarking that the present difficulty is ignorance in the eastern mind concern- ing the present and the future of this great territory. That paper says that the clamor of dally events demands some comprehensive policy, founded on facts, for our neglected province on the north. “On every side and at every point,” says the Post-Intelligencer, “we see this Imperial reglon beset with difii- culties, retarded for want of intelligent legislation, In danger of belng irrepar- ably injured by natieonal ignorance or indifference.” The remedy for this, it thinks, I8 to be found through an ex- pert Inquiry that will supply full and accurate Informatlon to congress as to the conditions in Alaska s#nd what 1s needed to flmprove them. “By all means,” urges that paper, “let us have a commission of Inquiry for Alaska, with a field and mission as wide as the great district Itself, and build upon the sure roundation that it will furnish that structure of wise laws and fostering In- stitutions whose abgence now has be- come & crylng Injustice and a nation’s shame.” There can be no reasonable objection to a commission, unless its appointment would result in unduly delaying legisla- tion tor Alaska, which is already known |to be required. It Is to be presumed President Roosevelt does not declare | that in making bis recommendations to in so many words that he will cdll out » cavalry troop to pull down the lllegal tences, but he does say that all the re- sources at the command of the govern: ment will be used to put a stop to tres- passing on the public domain. but equally forcible. The president's language is less obtrusive congress the president was careful to inform himself as to what was needed, and there is already A great deal of authentle information in régard to. the territory available as a basis for intel- ligent legislation. At all events, it is time that Alaska should recelve the couslderation from congress which its to consist of twenty-one delegates, tax- payliug citizens of Denver, elected in the usual manner. The convention will frame a charter fixing the number of officers for the government, their tefms of office and powers, and the charter as thus framed must then be submitted to the people for adoption or rejection. In this connection it will be interesting to review the steps in the movement created by the demand for municipal home rule. The. first constitutional amendment guarantying home rule for cities was adopted by Missouri in 1875, giving all cities in that state of 100,000 population and over the right to make their own charters. Under this power the cities of St. Louis and Kansas City held char- ter conventions and framed the charters under which they are now governed. The next state to release its cities from bondage was California, which, in 1879, adopted a constitutional amendment giv- ing all citles of 100,000 population or over the right of self-government. In 1884 California adopted another consti- tional amendment extending this right to cities of more than 20,000 people, ana in 1800 adopted another constitutional amendment for all cities and towns over 3,600. The citles and towns of Califor- nia have held their charter conventiuns and have framed thelr charters and en- joy home rule. The state of Washington in 1890 adopted & constitutional amendment giv- ing all cities of 20,000 population or over the right to make their own charters. The state of Louislana in 1896 adopted a constitutional amendment giving all cities, towns and villages tbe right to make their own charters, with the ex- ception of New Orleans. In Minnesota in 1896 a constitutional amendment was adopted giving all clties, towns and vil- lages the right to make thelr own char- ters, without exception. The home rule amendment submitted in Colorado was adopted by a vote of 50,750 to 25,707, or more than two to one, which may be taken as & fair index of the popularity of the proposition, as well as of the growing strength of the home rule doctrine throughout the country, Nebraska has yet to Incorporate the principle of munlicipal home rule in its state coumstitution, but that the people are ripe for home rule is evidenced on every hand. In the meantime, however, there is no good reason why we should not enjoy at the hunds of the legislature at ieast full powers of local government so far as se- lecting the officers to administer local af- fairs Is concerned. The appointment by state ofticers of city officials, drawing salaries out of the eity treasury from money raised by mupicipal taxatiou, Iy repugnant to the basic principles of our form of government. em——————— In defense of a suit to recover attor- ney's fees alleged to have been earned by an Omaha lawyer, a demand Is made for a showing of books by the legal luminary on the representation that his accounts will disclose the fact that his whole regular practice does not bring blw $1,000 a year. How any lawyer, no watier how ecager to earn a fee, can set up such a defense against a fellow prac- titioner passes comprehension. If an attoruey had to prove his legal abilities jevery time Le collects a bill ln:m bis adopted | client, many would have no time to de vote to other law business. We do not believe any judge will consent to pursue such an lmpertinent inquisition—the judge may some day be retired from the bench and have to return to the practice w for himself, —_—— County commissioners from Nebraska are holding a Beatrice for the purpose of all over meeting at prepar | ing for the legisiature bills relating to county administration, the A bill to keep unty treasury fall and to prevent overlaps would be included among the measures indorsed if they only knew how to #rame it in a way sure to be effective, ———r— *The ten-day adjournment of the coal strike commission has for the time di recied attention from its work But when it is resumed public interest is likely to show little abatement. The statement of President Gray makes it cortaln that the arbitrators are re- solved to go through with the investi- gation, whatever the parties concerned may do. SEM———— In size Oklahoma, if Indian Territory should be added, would make a very respectable state. It is a fine and well developed farming country awd has a population of about 900,000. Many of the Indians, like the Cherokees and Arapahoes, are not only thoroughly civ- ilized, but also wealthy and stock raisers and suce business | men. farmers sful The Jolt that Hurts, H Somerville Journal. Some times the man who goes Into a scheme on the' ground floor finds out aft- | erward that he has been dropped into the cellar. errors Banished, New York Tribune. Cholera is decreasing in the Philippines. American methods stamped out yellow fever in Cuba. They cannot be surpassed in fighting pestilence in any quarter of the lobe. Trop Cough Up and Lay Low. Boston Globe. Mr. Schwab's assertion that it Is harder for men of wealth to find rest than for men of moderate means to do so, is likely to be disputed. It is easy enough for a rich man to get rest if he gives up his ambi- tion. Experience Knocks Theory, Brooklyn Eagle. Not a single army officer is in favor of abolishing the canteen. Every officer has found its abolition an injury to the morale of his men. Now, will the well meaning but weddlesome prohibitionists keep eilence for a while? Can’t Let Well Enough Alone, Philadelphia Record. In 1897 the net earnings of American railways amounted {n/round numbers to $338,000,000 for the twelvemonth ended June 30, During the last fiscal year, ac- cording to the Interstate Commerce com- mission's preliminary "report, the net earnings were nearly’ $667,000,000. Re- ceipts avallable for Interest and divi- dends have almost doubled in five vears, yet is the horse-leech daughter's cry heard in the conference of western raliroad man- agers. Let the scheduled rates alone. Is not enough as good as a feast? % . A Pair of Gold Producers. San Francisco Chronicle, Australia and the United States are nearly neck and meck as gold producers. The butput of the latter in 1901 exceeded that of Australia by a little less than $2,000,000. Both countries have dome their share of the work of supplying the world with the yellow metal, and the indications are that they will continue to do so for a long time to come. When South Africa gets in trim again it may rival both the United | States and Australia in the volume of pro- duction, but the chances are that the two older gold producers will keep the South Africans busy trying to beat them, Kicking on American Methods. Portland Oregonian, A plece of news remarkable in many ways is the cabled announcement that the plan of Americans paying good wages and encouraging employes to increase the daily output, which was introduced by the man. ager of the American Elcctrical worke at Manchoster, has been formally protested against by the Employers' federation ot that district. The latter aver that the labor market is being demoralized ana their works drained of their best men by the American officlals, who pay their la- borers 12 cents an hour, against 9 cents pald by the British employers, and get double the amount of work accomplished. It is strange that these discontented per- sons do not see that the justification of the American plan is supplied in thelr own as- sertion that the Americans ‘“get double the amount of work accomplished,” and on only one-third higher pay. Thelr na- tural remedy is to do the same and meet the Americans with their own weapons. The discovery also sheds a somewhat sickly 1ight on the contention that American suc- cess I8 due to the tariff and its equaliza- tion of “labor cost” between here and abroad. _— RAILROAD BUSINESS AT FLOOD TIDE., “Proot That Prosperity is Not Only & Theory but a Conditio New York World. The Interstate Commerce commission’s preliminary report on the rallroad business of the country for the year that ended June 30, 1902, furnishes further proof that proaperity is not only a theory but a con- dition. The gross earnings of the roads from all sources amounted to $1, 00—an av- erage of $8,736 per mile. Thelr gross op- erating expenses amounted to $1,106,137,405 —an average of $5,645 per mile. Their net earnings were $665,616,795—-an average of 3,001 per mile. As compared with the previous year the rallroads of the United States Increased heir net earnings by the handsome sum of 95,421. With thelr freight yards blocked with merchandise which is delayed because cars cannot be made fast enough to over- take the enormous growth in the volume of traffic, the rallroads will probably show still larger net earnings for the current advance of 10 year. Nor does the wage per cent, even if eventually, extended to all lines, interfere with that pleasant pros- pect for the host of railroad shareholders. The net amount to be realized by the ad- vance In freight rates is variously esti- mated, but no estimate puts It at less than enough to fully offset at least the advance in wages. The contrast between the ebb and flood tide of business is very accurately reflected in rallroad earnings. Hence it is Interest- ing to note that five yesrs ago (1897) the net earniugs amounted to $338,000,000, using round figures—or not much more than one- half the smount just reported for last year, BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE, Minor tcenes and Incldents Sketehed on the Spot. the project was anmounced money began to pour in. In a few months the corner- stone was laid and the building will be ready for occupancy early next spring. It is named Grace Memorial Reformed church, The congregation will be the same as that with which the president now worships, the new edifice being erected as a direct consequence of the president becoming 8 member. Theodore Roosevelt is the second president of the United States who has be- longed to the Dutch Reformed church, Martin Van Buren having been likewise a member of that communion. There have been eight Bpiscopal presidents, six Presby- terians and three—Grant, Hayes and Me- Kinley—Methodist. Garfield was one of the founders of the Vermont Avenue Christian church, in Washington, from whose pulpit he sometimes preached while he was a rep- resentative in congress. He was known in that body as a “lay preacher” and after his death the Garfield Memorial church was dedicated in his honor. Secretary Hay fs the most dignified of men. At the cabinet meeting last Friday he told a story of an experience he had when he went to New York early last week. He took the midnight train and in the morning stopped at the station restaurant in Jersey City to get a cup of coffee, While he was drinking his coffee and | nibbling a roll a large, red-faced man who was not at all impressed by dignity nudged the secretary of state with a vigorous elbow, and, pointing to the sugar, said: K| sport, ferry over the confectionery, will you?" Mrs, Roosevelt has given much of her time since returning to Washington to looking over the linen, china, silver and glassware which belong to the White House She had hoped that the mew china which she ordered would arrive for the cabinet dinner on December 18, but there now seems to be some doubt on that score, says the Washington correspondent of the New York Sun. Another matter of housekeeping to which the president and Mrs. Roosevelt have had to give their attention since their return is the silverware for table use, and thanks to the lavishness of former presidents and the durability of the silver bought only the merest trifles are necessary to com- plete a supply equal to even the demands of President Roosevelt's strenuous hospitality. The greatest treasure In the silver room is a little oaken trunk, bound with iron and bearing upon the brass plate the name “James Monroe.” In this trunk, during the Monroe administration, much of the small tableware, if not the entire White House collection, was stored. There are three other quaint silver trunks called the “De Tuyll trunks;"" two of them are num- bered “No. 1" and “No. 2" They are wooden trunks, covered with leather and bound with iron. No. 1 is marked “M. Le Baron De Tuyll,” and has upon it a shield | Yearing in, the center a large C. The inscription “No. 2—M. le Baron de Tuyll,” is upon another, and simply the name upon a third, There are nearly 1,000 forks of solid silver and 300 plated ones of all sizes and kinds, an assortment of over 330 knives, and more than 700 solid silver spoons and 300 plated ones. There is an abundance of odd silver in soup tureens, butter dishes, platters, plates, pitchers, teapots, coffee pots, candle snuffers, napkin rings, pep- pers and salts, sauce boats, and, in f everything most useful to the most freak- ish ware imaginable. There 18 in addition to this a silver ship, representing the Mayflower, and a silver- bound mirror for it to stand upon, both of which were bought at the Philadelphia Centennial of 1876, and a huge plateau of French gilt and plate glass used at state dinners, when thirty-six beautiful French gilt figures are used with it. There is an ample supply of beautiful glassware and little will be added. The *whispering gallery” of the old hall of representatives in the national cao- | itol, now known as Statuary hall, has long | been an object of interest and to the un- itiated of curiosity. In an apparent erratic manner, but with actual mathematical ac- curacy, the voice of a speaker, even when | uttered in a whisper, echoes with remark- able distinctness from ome place to an- other and a person standing in the gal- lery on the extreme east may express a whispered remark, audible only at the op- posite side of the chamber 110 feet awav. From a scientific standpoint thie phendm- enon may be easily explamned. The cham- ber is in the form of a quarter of a sphere, the center of which would come five or six feet below the floor. Sound waves pro- jected against the epherical ceiling re- bound as a billiard ball carroms. ‘While this pecullarity is Interesting and | curlous, it always seriously interfered with the use of the chamber for legislative pur- poses and numerous expedients were re- sorted to with the hope of remedying it At one tlme a canvas false ceiling was stretched across the room and the obfec- tionable acoustic properties of the hall were destroyed. In recent removations the old wooden ceiling has been replaced with fireproof construction, but the echoes may till be heard. When the chamber was | renovated last summer, in painting the | columns to resemble marble the artist worked into the marbleizing excellent like- nesses of Presidents McKinley and Roose- velt, but thelr presence, in form similar to the newspaper plcture puzzle, was deemed Inappropriate and they were sub- sequently removed. Although mot gen- erally known, there are many curious ple- tures in the real marble columns of Stat- vary hall which cannot be removed. for they are In the natural veins of the mar- ble, which fs known as pudding stone. An Indlan, a deer, a girl's head and some em- blems are clearly discernible once they have been pointed out. There are other echoes in the cabitol notably In the supreme court room and the rotunda, but they can be heard only when perfect quiet prevall Kindly Hint to Dave New York Sun. A Massachusetts firm has shipped to an | Arkansas man what is said to be the bi gest pair of shoes ever made. Thev are seventeens of extra width; and nearly a whole “side” of leather was used in the soles. We record these facts not merely in the interest of the statistical secience. but out of kindness to the Hon. David Ben- nett Hill, who may be seeking adequate means of kicking himself to express fully this remorse for that coal plank. Sound Reading. Springfleld Republican. The lotter from President Roosevelt to a South Carolina citizen concerning the ap pointments of megroes to public office is worth reading. It is highly creditable to | bim, and will so be regarded by everybody all the possibilities in B of the highest bumaa development. A When Theodore Roosevelt became chief executive fourteen months ago the little church in Washington in which he was a worshiper while assistant secretary of the navy at once rose to the dignity of the president's church. The unexpected honor And also swelled the congregation beyond the capacity of the little building and the there is erection of a more commodious house of | worship became n necessity. As soon as| [ NOthing you ‘them: | thé worker: various committee rooms and even in the | who looks upon the negro as a man unhl can use for defense equal to Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. It prevents. It pro- I have ever tried, Comment on Nebraska's Investment in Massachusetts Bond, Springfeld (Maes.) Republican. The state of Nebraska pays to this com- monwealth a rare compliment in purchasing $300,000 Massachusetts state gold bonds for the investment of an unexpended accumula- tion of Nebraeka's school fund. As the su- preme court of the western state pro- nounces such a transaction legal, the con- templated purchase has been completed. It 1s not stated where the bonds were ob- tained, but presumably they have been con- tracted for with brokers at open market prices. This is an unusual state transac- tion, but it would be highly agreeable to Massachusetts it it were to become com- mon with other states to invest their funds in Massachusetts public securities. It would help our market greatly, and that market is already very high and broad, thanks to the commonwealth's exceptional credit. But Nebraska would have done better to have invested its school fund in its own securi- ties. To be sure, that state boasts of hav- ing no debt, and this is true, so far as funded debt is concerned, but it has a large floating debt, suid to amount to over $2,000,- 000, which must of course be carried at much larger expense than a funded debt. If the custodians of the school fund had used it to buy up $300,000 of these floating state obligations and held them as a charge against the general state revenue, the | school fund and hence the state would have profited more from the transaction. PERSONAL NOTES. Uncle Sam has more money in his strong box now than he will have when congress adjourns. Joaquin Miller, who has struck oil on his Texas lands, fs to spend the winter fn the east. He is now in Washingtdn. Berkeley, the birthplace of President Wil- llam Henry Harrison, near Rishmond, Va., known as Harrison's laniing In the eivil war, has been destroyed by fire. Frederick P. Hale, the mining engineer, who has recently returned from South Africa, declared In New York that no sec- tion of the globe would develop so rapidly relatively in the mext five years at South | Africa. Postmaster General Payne is considering the idea of placing portraits of the late Dr. Charles F. McDonald on money order blanks. Dr. McDonald was the first head of the money order service and In the main its originator. Chancellor Day of Syracuse university gives notice that unless the present dan- gers to life and limb are reformed out of foot ball his consclence will force him to declare war upon the game and to ask the executive board to restrain the young Syra- cusans from engaging in it. Richard Le Gallienne, poet, novelist and newspaper man, began his career in the prosaic office of an, accountant in Liverpool, the place of his birth. Later he became secretary to Wilson Barrett, the actor, with whom he remained until {11 health sent him home. Then he began his literary carcer. He is now a resident of New York. The Philadelphia Press is throwing bou- quets at Mr. Cleveland, and this s one of “Ex-President Grover Cleveland never did a more graceful act than when he consented to be present and preside at the meeting to be held in this city Decem- ber 11, in the interest of the colored race. | His presence will give a new impetus to the cause and add an additional inspiration to A story is told of Arthur Balfour's experi- ence as secretary for Ireland which illus- trates both his unpopularity and the wit of the celebrated Father Healey., Balfour asked the priest on one occasion: “Do the Irish really hate me as much the news. papers say?’ “My dear sir,” was Father Healey’s answer, “if they only hated the devil half as much as they hate you my occupation would be gone.” If you don’t know about A DRAUGHT is a FOE tects. Even after you have the severe cold, or the hard cough of bronchitis, la grippe, or asthma, you may come off conqueror with this standard family cough medicine. More than this: £ Consumption itself may be cured. In the first stages, nearly all; later on, not so many. Your doctor will gladly tell you why this medi- cine has such soothing and healing power. “T have found Ayer's Cherry Pectoral the b est all. remedy for influenza, bronchitis, coughs, and lung r:vull’le?:hT: —M. Lodeman, M.D., Ithaca, N. Y. J. 0. AYER 00., Lowsl), Mass. UNCLE SAMW'S TREASURE CHEST, In Excellent Condition Hollday Rush. s New York World, With some six milltons of gold beyond the $600,000,000 mark, paseed late in Octo- ber, our treasury continues to make new records in its store of the yellow metal, which fe greater than this or any other natlon ever before possessed. Uncle Sam’s stock of gold is more than four times his legal reserve of $150,000,000, and more than three times the combined cofn, bullion and reserve of the Bank of England; it is one hundred millions moro than the gold holdings of the Bank of France, three times those of the Imperial Bank of Germany, 60 per cent more than Russia’s. The contrast s remarkable. European nations wish and seck gold hoards for ‘war chests” and emergencies. Uncle Sam doesn’t. He would be glad to get rid of the “pesky stuff” and his secretary of the treasury has broken law and precedent in trying to do so. to Meet a MIRTHFUL REMARKS. Baltimore American Anxious Friend— Did her father kill the faited calf for you? Unlucky Lover—No, but he cooked my gOoose for me. Washington _Star: “Some folks,” said Uncle Eben, “is a good deal like mules. Dey uses up enough energy to do a day's work stan'in' roun’ an’ klckin'.” Philadelphia Press: Kwoter—Well, “it's it poor rule that won't work both ways," you know, Jiggins—I say it's a poor rule that would work anyway. If it wasn't poor it wouldn't have to work. Somerville Journal: Bthel—Maude says that Jack told her last night that she was a perfect picture. ate—Well, a caricature'is a picture, Detrolt Free Press: She—I don't beard on a young man. He—I didn't like it at first, elther, tut then it grew on me by degrees. ilke a Boston Post: “Good morning, sir,” sald a stranger, accosting Rip Van Winkle, as the latter came down out of the moun- tains from his twenty-year sleep, * are ¥0u feeling this morning’ “I am feeling bum-—very plled R n the usual grumbling way of mlfl;;klnd ‘why, I never slept a wink all night.” s He was a printer. In the hall One night ere lights were lit He met her and he stole a kiss. She almost had a fit. He heard her scream. 'Twas not the one He thought it was. Oh, terror! “Excuse me,” he exclaimed, "it was A typographical erro; THE PIE A MINCE. Elk Point Leader, Oh, the talk of leaves of ‘autumn ‘Whirling thro’ the Ev'nlni refl, As the ploughman and the husker Seek the table and the bed, Is all right for brooding posts, But to turn from such and slgh For that homemade dream of fall Labelled ple—mince ple. time Bloods of trusts and_combinations May dine swell at Delmonico; 8ip their wine and nibble sardines, Fork out crabs from Pamiico: But their formal poise and canter Like the breezes pass me by, As T square myself at noontime "Fore a fat mince ple. I just rush out to the kitchen, Leaving papers wild and rough, When I catch the wafted perfume Of the minty, splcy stuff; Dwelling on each 'cute conception Of the tiny turbid lake Trimm'd and cover'd; ah, the beauties! Buch as mother used to make. Talk about oatmeal and fixin’ Made for breakfast neat and slow, Prate about the tender stom-jack And digestion faint and low; But when feeding time com You will heat my gentle cry: *Pass the brain food down to Harry; & Hike this way the ple—mince pie." Poems lofty and fmmortal Stir the #oul to loving deeds, But the poet must have rations 1If with grace he garlands creeds 8o while autumn suns are leaping Thro' the hazy range of sky, Blow the horn and gently whisper— There’s a blg mince ple, Men’s Overcoats and Ulsters these garments let us advise you. There are rough and smooth, soft and hard finished goods, some wear better than oth- ers, but all wear good, and your body but we will fit your purse. we will not only fit If it’s only $£10.00 you want to pay, we've the best £10.00 coat in the market and so on up to $40.00. own factory. coat made in our Every If you are a doubter come and look at them. No Clothing Fits Like Ours. R. S. Wilcox, Mgr.