Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 22, 1902, Page 4

THE ©OMAHA- DALY BEE E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. 1t Bun@ay), One Year. Bee and Sunday, One Year....... Liiustrated Bee, « Y ear Bunday Be Baturday Year L Twentieth Century Farmer, One DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dafly Bee (without Sunday), per copy. Daily Bee (without Sunday), per week....12c Dally Bee (inciuding. Sunday), per weeik..17c Bunday Bec, per copy ... B Evening Bee (without ¥), P! Evening Bee (including Sunday) week ... Complaints ‘of irreguiarities in delivery should be addressed to Clty Circulation De- partment. OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Bulldin Bouth Omaha—City Hall ty-fifth and M Streets. Councll Bluffs—16 P ll‘f(reel. Chicago-—-16#0 Unity Buildin New. York—2128 Park Row Bullding. Washington—%1 Fourteenth Streel CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torlal matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, N County, 3 retary o g Compan; eing duly sworn, #ays that the actual number of full and complete coples of The Laily, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of November, 1062, was as follows » Y Satiding, Twen- Less unsold and returned coples. Net total sales Net average Bubseribed In my presence ard sworn to b@f‘(;r' me this 30th a‘; orBN?l'l"Ea'A"l'fi- D. liean = " "'Notary Publia Plenty of time yet for a blizzard to blow In ahead of Santa Claus. Congress would surely be overworked L1k 11| copted by | there remains to be arranged the form 1f 1t did not take a full two weeks' lay- off for the holldays. e——— Perhaps that Union Pacific strike set- tlement will come in with the 'new year's good resolutions. e l— No chance for a senatorial deadlock in the coming Nebraska legisluture. For 'which Lineoln hotel keepers are duly sorry. S—— Proposals for new brooms will be opened by the Board of County Com- missioners on New Year's day. The old reform brooms are pretty badly worn. It will be a wonder of wonders if the Venezuelan mixup is not selzed upon by some freak congressman for a notoriety- breeding speech. Buch an opening is not likely to get away. e If this keeps up there will soon be enough former members of the St. Louls house of tes in the Missour! state prison to ¢all a meeting to order there with a q present. e Those railrogd tax bureaucrats will have to do something soon In the name and authofity of the rallroads of Ne- braska to remind the public that they are still on the payroll. e Omaha's business directory is already promised several important additions for the year 1903. Like the crowded street car, ‘this business directory can alwdfys make room for one more. T ‘Members of the Douglas delegation say they gre walting to hear what thelr constituents want in the way of local legislation and thelr constituents are waiting for a chance to tell them what they want, | Better try to get together. ¥ eep—— After having half emptied the peniten- tiary, Nebraska's greéat pardoner will recommend to the legislature the crea> tion of & state board of pardons to put brakes om the exéfcise of executive clemency by his successor. piem————— The sharthand writers of Omaha are forming an organization with a view to membership in the American Federation of Laber. | Presumably the pothook performers see in a shorthand union a short cut to official jobs for all with short hours and long wages. e ———— It will be up to the school board to say just how Big the next city tax rate will be. The mayor and council are strictly limited by the charter in the amounts they can ask of the taxpayers, while the school board has a practically free rein, - —————— It's an 1 wind that blows nobody good. The high price of fuel hereabouts has made the demand for ready-heated apartments take m:em&;ce over the de- mand for ordihary ho! for which the tenant pays the coal bill and eatries out the ashes. It will take a smart tenant. however, to keep ahead of the landlord very long. m » Quality rather than qeantity, accord- ing to Emperor William, is to be characteristic feature of the hibit at the' Louisiana Purchase exposi- tion, The German emperor has evi- dently' fatled to eatch the insplration of the good people of St. Louls, whose chief boast Is that thelr fair wilk cover more acreage and occupy bigger build- ings thhn any other that has gone fore it. i i — County Treasurer Elsasser makes an- other mopthly report, showing that he is carryihg right along bank balapces ranging from $180,000 upward. His statement, however, does not disclose a single cent turned into the treasury as interest earned on the county deposits. The same banks bolding the county money are paying 2 per cent for the use of city money. Here Is a suggestive ‘act for the coming legislature, \ ARBITRATION NEBGOTIATIONS. The developments thus far in the ne. gotiations for submitting the Venez- uelan dispute " to arbitration are re- garded at Washington » 88 warranting the opinion that an agreément of some l:.'\“ kind will be reached which will bring Comm about a peaceable settlement. The prin ciple of arbitratioh having been nc the European governments, It shall take and the selection of the arbitrator, neither of which should pre. :| sent any serious difficulty, since doubt- less the Venezuelan government will as- sent to any fair and reasonable arrange ment which the powers ‘may propose. That the controversy I8 one which might very properly be submitted to The Hague tribunal, proposed by President ' Roosevelt, is virtually con- ceded by the European governments, but they profess to be @pprehensive that a decree of that cotrt would be lightly regarded by the Venezuelan government This may be a sound objection, though it is very probable, that that govern- ment would agree to abide by whatever award the great International tribunal should make. The proposal. that.Presi- dent Roosevelt should be.the arbitrator is sagaclous, insofar as he. would un- | doubtedly have the complete confidence | of nll partiés, butlit Is pointed out that there are difficultles in the way of his acceptance of ‘the responsibility. These, however, may not be insurmountable in the event of his being willing to act as arbitrator, In making this proposal the governments were doubtless prompted by the idea that any decision rendered by Mr. Roosevelt would be certain to have the support of the United States and therefore the influence of this coun- try would be exerted in making it ef- fective. At all events, President Roose- velt would undoubtedly be entirely eat- isfaétory to all concerned as an arbi- trator. The determination of this mat- ter will probably be made within the next few days. PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT 70 KNOW. The Douglas delegation to the legis- lature occupies an anomalous position. Its refusal to disclose its Intentions in dealing with measures of vital concern to this community is unprecedented. Ofirs 1s a representative government, exercising powers delegated by the peo- ple to the men who make the laws. This principle is engrafted in both the letter and the spirit of the constitution. There is absolutely no room for star- chamber proceedings in the halls of leg- islation. There Is no chance for dodging Issues under the cover of a secret ballot. From the opening to the adjournment of the legislature every member is kept under the searchlight of publicity. At the very outset of the session every member is required to record his vote for every elective officer and appointee. Every petition, bill or resolution intro- duced In the legislature is credited upon the journals to the introducer and every member s required to record himself yea or nay on the passage Of every bill, and resolution. At every step the law- maker is expected and compelled to keep his constituents informed concerning his conduct as their representative. It is Incomprehensible why the Doug- las delegation should shroud itself in mystery and should show such apparent disinclination to ascertain what the peo- ple want or do mot want. Members of the legislature are In honor and duty bound to volce the wish and will of their constituents. Politically, eleven of the twelve members of the Douglas dele- gation are republicans, and on all pohti- cal Issues coming before the legislature are expected to support republican poli- cles, but on all measures that affect the public welfare they represent the entire. citizenship of the district and are In duty bound to legislate for all the people. We feel sure we voice the sentiment of the great mass of taxpayers and citi- zens I asking for a, frank and candid declaration either by the whole delega- tion, or by its individual members, re- garding charter amendments, home rule, tax reform, and other questions in which the whole copmunity s inter- ested. There Is no valld reason or ex- cuse for the delegation to keep anything under the hat or up Its sleeve. While it may not be possible for it to get an expression by majorities on all subjects likely to come before the legislature it should not be difcult to draw out pub- lic sentiment between fow and the opening of the session regarding pro- posed changes In the charter and in other statutes that affect every taxpayer in the city ard county. S INUREASE OF NAVAL POWER. That the Venezuelan affair will have a tendency to strengthen sentiment in this country in favor of the governmept persevering in the policy of building up the navy, until it shall have reached. a strength that will compel respect from the naval powers of Burope, is not to be doubted. This has already been shown In expressions of congressmemand pop- ular feeling in the matter will be wan- ifested in due time. There 18 deen in this South American. trouble the possi- bility ‘that at any time the United States may become Involved in contro- versles and quarrels betweéen the inde- pendent countries of this M?hfl-e. whole territorial imtegrity "we are pledged to safeguard, and European powers. There may be said to be a constantly present Janger of this and it 15 quite as likely to lucrease as jother- wise, since the southern republics gen- erally seem not to be improving in the disposition to fulfill their international duties and ohligations. So far as our own territory. {8 concerned we bave nothing to fear from foreign invasion, but in order to make secure our posi- tion as the protecting power, the guard- lan, of the weaker countries of this hemisphere, we must be strong enough to keep the South American coast clear of any forelgn invading figets, But it is not for this alone that our naval power wueeds fo be further streagthened and walntained. It Is required In the Interest of our re mote possessions and our expand- Ing commerce. This wak pointed out In a_very convinelng .way by Major Geheral Young tn an address last Sat- urday before the Cleveland Chamber of erce. He sald that to obtain the trade of China we will have 2 long and hard struggle with the nations of 3 ropé. We have obtained a strong point of advantage In the possession of the Philippines, “but however advantageous the possesélon of the Philippines may be from a commercial palnt of vlew, they will be a’'source of national weakness unless put in a proper state of defense and protected by a sufficlently large army and navy.” General Young said that while quality and price go a long way toward fixing the bounds of com- merce, there can be, no permanéncy to a great commerce for which different nations are competing that is not backed up by, a large and adequate military force, and this is especlally true of Orfental commerce. “If we with to gain the supremacy in commerce in the east we must maintain such a military force (army and navy) in the Philip- pine fslands that it can act Instantly and effectually at any point in the Orfent, and that fact must be well known and understood by all Oriental peoples.” The United States will not enter into rivalry with any other nation for su- premacy In sea power. It does not want a navy for any aggressive purpose, but rather as a means of insuring the pres- ervation of peaceable relations with all countries. The refusal to provide for and maintain a thoroughly efficient navy, sald President Roosevelt, would invite trouble and if trouble came would insure disaster. “Fatuous self-compla- cency or vanity, or short-sightedness in refusing to prepare for danger, is both foolish and wicked in such a nation as ours.” Is not the wisdom of this con- firmed by the Venezuelan object lesson? St —— Leslie's . Weekly commehds Governor Odell for relleving the peopls of New York from dicect taxation by raising ail needed state revenue from the taxes levied on the franchises of pubiic ntiy corporaticns and follows ud its eulody of the governer by urging that he rec- ommend in his forthcoming message to the New York legislature a higher excise tax on liquor dealers, the proceeds to be set apart for the projected enlargement of the Erie canal. This is by no means a bad idea. High license In New York is not as high as it is in Nebraska, Min- nesota and other states of the west, and it would be in accord with the eternal titness of things to pump the excess of water out of the whisky and beer into the Erle canal to float the western sur- plus of grain to the Atlantic seaboard. ——— There appears to be a very marked di- vergence of opinion among men in the ! public eye .oncerniug the most pressing needs of the country. General Corbin declared at the Cleveland panquet Sat- urday night that the mos: iwmperative need of the country is a most efficient army staff. Secretary Shaw declared at’the Chicago baaquet Satwrday that the most crying want of the countiy s a more elastic curency. —_— Railroad taxes in Michigan have been Just about doubled under the new sys- tem of assessment recently put into force there. This does not mean, how- ever, that Michigan railroads are bear- ing twice the tax burden of other prop- erty, but that heretofore other prop- erty owners were paying half the taxes that should have been imposed upon the railroads. The merchant who advertises is the merchant who is enterprizing and up-to- date. Remember this when engaged in your holiday shopping. —_— Who Wouldn't Dig For Itt 8t. Louls Globe-Democrat. The isthmian canal commissioners are paid $1,000 a month each. With such a salary as this they ought to be required to do a fair share,of the Qigging Wool Grow, Philadelphla Record, All is cheerful in Wall street and the shorn lambs are very quiet. It will be nec- essary to rest a while until the silly crea- tures shall have grown a new fleece. Chicago Record-Herald, An elevator man in one of the Chieago stores has been driven insane by the ques- tjons of the Ohristmas shoppers. Even an elevator man can't stand everything. rt ve Diplomacy. ‘ Baltimore American. Mr. Balfour's assertion that when you take vessels and establish a blockade you bave a state of war is one of those bril- Mant flashes of common sense which ocea- slonally makes a comet-like streak across diplomatic discussior . Soothing Effect of Time. Washington Post. Mr, Foraker wa to appropriate $109,- 000 to mark the graves of the confederates who died in nerthern prisons. This, com- jing from the gentleman who had sqmewhat of a_controversy with Mr. Cleveland con- cerning some confederate flags Adjutant General Drumm ired to return, is quite ‘a handsome and pleasing desire. “A Wink as Good as a Nod.” Minneapolls Journal. Mr. Miller, general trafffc manager of i.u. Burlioglon, says that Mrc Hill may have made suggestions onée In awhile \lfl\l | regard to rates and other defajls more or | less Jmportant in comnection with the op- eration of that road. There is an old motto te the offect that “a wink is as good @8 a nod to a blind horse. For “blind horse” read trafic manager of the Bur- lington. Shallow Device Exposed. Chicago Chronicle. The ancient and truthful saying that fig- ures can't lie, but Mars can figure, is re- celving demonstration in the testimony of- fered by the coal trust before the strike commission. The device of crediting to oune wan earnings which were ia fact di- vided ameng two, three or four men is | genlous emough, but it hardly does credit to the divine grace clalmed by Baer and TALK OF THE STATE PRES Leigh World: Governor-elect J. H. Mickey is putting in his time visiting the different state Institutions and getting better ac- quainted with their needs. By the time the governor takes the oath of office he will be pretty well posted as to what the different state schools and institutions need. McCook Tribune: Here's to the sugar beet, may its culture fn southwestern Ne- braska never grow less, but increase by ps and bounds as the vears roll on. Every minor objection should be made sec- ondary to the main fssue. Sugar beets can be raised profitably and with certainty in southwestern Nebras! afd every reason- able effort should be made to secure u fac- tory In the Republican valley at the ear- lest possible date: Norfolk News: Governor-elect Mickey is paying some of the state imstitutions surprise visits previous to sssuming his office as chiet executive of the state. He 18 in the meantime acquiring information about the institutions that will be subject to his control that will be of value when he undertakes to dfrect their affairs. Mr. Mickey is proceeding in A manner tha should justify his constituents in belleving that he fntends to conduct the affairs of his office fn a manner that will bring credit on himself and th Previous to his inauguration he {s acting fn & manner that would seem to justify the people in making the cholce they djd for governor. Rushville Recorder: The Recorder is heartily in accord with the suggestion of Senator Dietrich to establish an experiment station in the west part of the state. This is in line with & proposition made by the Recorder over three years ago and dis- cussed and approved by Dr. Peters, when he was here at our Farmers' Institute. We have more than once maintained that the difference between the climatie eonditions of the east and west parts of Nebraska are such that experiments conducted in the east would not apply with equal force to the west. Anyone who has traveled along the Elkhorn cannot fall to notice that Nebraska is divided into three sec- tions, with characteristic climatic condi- tions. The east being humid, the center semi-arid, and the west arid. An appro- priation from the state legislature, sup- plemented by government ald, would not only confer a boon upon this part of the state, but it would bo a paying investment, for we have always malntained that so far as agriculture is doncerned, we have mot yet began to learn, except from old meth- ods brought from the east, and these have falled because we have not yet mastered the conditions that surround us. We be- Heve that there is a greater future for this country, not merely as an agricultural country, but as a grazing country as well, and an experiment station will demonstrate the truth of our faith, Aurora Republican: The republican party of Nebraska can do no better service to our state than to adopt as one of its lssues the direct primary system, and push the matter until it becomes one of our state institutions. The adoption of the Australian ballot system was a grand thing, but it comes one step too late, It renders the @ct of voting a secret thing, but it does nmot prevent the packing of conventions and the working of shady political schem by which unfit and undesirable candidatea are nominated for public office. With the republicaii party coming into absolute eon- trol of the state government it 1s well to remember that such power is often danger: ous. It affords a splendid opportunity for the wily politiclans to gain control of the party machinery and sidetrack the party from its proper and desired course. This danger can be avebted by the direct pri- mary system of miwking nominations. If the rank and flle'of owr party can have the making of nonilnations placed in their hands, it the politiclans can be held down to no stronger voice in making nomina- tions than John Smith and Henry Brown, who have an equal vote, then corrupt poli- tics can be banished from Nebraska and a better government assured. The direct primary system is an admirable institu- tion. It places in the hands of every voter &n equal vote in the making of nomina- tions, and when the common people hold the power the affairs of & great party ean- not go far out of their proper course. The adoption of this system would be & grand thing for Nebraska and the republican party can do no greater service to our state, nor achleve a greater reform than urging and compelling its adoption. NO INAU AL BALL. Papillionr Times: Gavernor Mickey has headed off an inaugural ball by declaring that “I am & Methodist and do not dance,” and in consequence Lincoln soclety circles are all torn up. Superior Journal: Lineoln sactety people are on Governor-elect Mickey. Mr. Mickey has announced that he will not attend an {naugural ball it one is given: He Mgthodlist and does net belleve in dancing. It {s quite a matter of indiffer- ence to Mr. Mickey as to whether Lincoln soclety likes him or not. He is mot a society man; he never worn a dress sult and probably never will. Beatrice Sun: Governor-elect Mickey says that there will be no inaugural ball, as dancing is one of the things that he does not do, and which is against his religious scruples. While we do not regard dadcing as at all bad, we are proud to know that the state of Nebraska is about to have a governor who has religious scruples, or any other scruples. Scruples are seldom found in the makeup of politicians. Falls City Journal: That Governor-elect Mickey is a man who has the courage of his’ . \ L THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: noxn}: DECEM o Enlightened Selfishness —_—_————— Minneapolls Times. Trippingly, as from a tutored tongue, President George B. Harrls of the Burll ton route gave testimony fn the heart of {he suit of the State of Minnesota against the Northern Securities Company. One of the scintlilant gems that might have been paliehed by that loguacious lap- idary, Mr. James J. Hill, sparkled thus n this day rates are fixed by an enlight- ened selfishness which demands that no advantage be taken of free ‘conditions.” Now we submit that Mr. Harrls, before the Burlington was de-individualized, was one of the best known and best equipped railivay men In the United States. He doos not belleve what he says, or else his in- telligence has been diverted from the nor- mal aod directed along the lines of the specious. Mr. Harris knows that the tendency of rallways today is to raise rates when they CAN and lower them when they MUST, y 18 dictated by the Ifishness” that orders 4 reduction only when competition threatens A cutting of rates, or when, oppressed to the limit of endurance, the shipper de- mands, through statutes, reliet for the present and promise for the future. Mr. Harris knows, as do the traflo man- agers of eastern roads who recently testified before the Interstate Commerce commis- sion In Washington, first, that the capital- ization of their roads Is excessive when compared to the amount of money eri inally invested; second, that the public is made to belleve that what are really bet. terments are expenditures. These better- ments are for all time and candid rallway men have confessed, in unguarded moments, that they wero making their roads ready for hard times so that the cost of operation could be reduced to its minimum. How do they get the money for these betterments? Trafle Manager Grammer of the Lake Shore railway testified that the revenue from a train of fifty cars loaded with grain, consigned by Chicago to Buffalo, including wages, fuel, oll, waste, etc., would amount to only $260. It would seem that $3,340 18 & pretty large margin to care for fixed charges, wear and tear, dividends and sur- plus. Of course Mr. Grammer, and of ocourse Mr. Harris, knows that the freight rates are always just what the trafic will Dear, no less, and the securing of rates to the last uftimate penny of possibifity probably what Mr. Harrle means by “?ll(hunefl selfishness.” he only check the public has upon this “enlightened selfishness” is “enlixkhtened competition” and it 18 the latter that the merger, of which Mr. J. J. Hill is the chiet prophet, seeks to darken and destroy. Al the phrases of testimony, oriental in color though they may be, catchy as they may be to the unthinking or the carelss, do not by one whit {nfluence the rights of the people as affected by overcapitalized trans- portation lines. and the Navy department replies: “Carry out your proposed holiday ftinerary. Merry Christmas!” The war lords are at liberty to read between the lines. 'ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK. Ripples on the Current of Life in the Metropolis, What promises to be an epochal engineer- ing feat, the construction of the Pennsyl- vania ralroad tunnel into New York City, is practically assured, since the city au- thorities have approved the franchise. Much of the preliminary work has been done and millions spent in mcquiring right-of-way. The_practical part of the work will begin at once and will be pushed with energy, skill and unlimited resources. This tunnel, which {8 to cost not less than $40,000,000, and probably a great deal more, will bo twelve miles in length, and will extend from Hoboken to Long Island Ofty. It will pass under the Hudson and East rivers and Manhattan fsland. There will be in all five tubas, three under the Hast river and two under the Hudson. The tunnels will be elghteen feet six inches in dlamater inside, and each will eontain one track. They will have a depth of thirty-seven foet under the Hudson and thirty-five feet under the East river. Electric motors will be used for the hauling of trains. Work must begin within three months and end within five years. ‘What the tunnel will do for New York s here briefly summarized: It will cause the expenditure of $30,000,- 000 in wages for workmen engdged in con® struction. It has already cost the operating company nearly $6,000,000 for property for its term- inal. ' It will connect two boroughs of New York City with the west and south without the isadvantage of a ferry system. It will reduce the time between New York and Philadelphia, for through and sub- urban trafiic, to ninety minutes It will develop Long Island as a place where persons of small means may obtain homes at low cost and yet -be withiu the same limit as to time as now prevails be- tween Harlem and the Battery. It will make Herald square the center of the city as a quarter whence travel will be disseminated to all boroughs. It will increase realty valuations from 20 to 50 per cent along its route and thereby provide for an extended debt limit and a consequencent enlargement of the city's credit. Miss Fannle, Knowles, 32 y old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Zeph Knowles East Newark, N. J.,, wept of the restoration of her sight after ten years of total blindness. On Wednesday a soft cataract was removed from her left eye by Dr. Morgan of New- ark. Immediately after the operation she was able to see, and now her sight in that eye has grown much stronger. An- other and similar operation was then per- formed on the right eye, and the surgeon declared that as soon as the wounds re- sulting from the operation heal up M Knowles will be able to see as well ever, Several times during the day the young woman was 8o overjoyed at the bright prospect before her that she became al- most hysterical. Ten years ago Miss Knowles, with six other little girls and their Sunday school teacher, went to the woods to gather a tumn leaves. All were poisoned by ivy, Miss Knowles the most seriously, as some jof the poison got tnte her eye: All the chiidren except Mi | but she lost the | pletely. bt of both eyes com- The man who is ever ready to bet om anything, & sort of John-Watch-Me Gates |on & small scale, said suddenly to a group of members of the Mug House club in Harlem: “T'll bet a case of ketchup to & ! bottle of curry powder that there isn't m e e—— e THE WORLD HATES A TRIMMER. Man with Individaality of His Own i the One Whe Succeeds. January Succest One of the greatest enemies of content- ment and real happiness is a habit of com- paring outselves with others—comparing financial conditions, possibilities, homes, environments. It is a_strong man who dares to be him- self, who does not envy others, and who can see his neighbors grow prosperous while he only makes a good living. This constant' comparing unsettles character and makes one dissatisfed with his lot. One of the greatest triumphs for an am- bitious young man is to learn to be con tented, to be satisfied with dolng a good, honest day’s work; to be contented to live humbly, if necessary, while his neighbors roll in wealth. A burning desire to fill a high place, to do something unusual to attract public at- tention, to do that which must be accom- plished with tremendous strain and stress of the faculties—a straining after effect— this morbid ambition s one of the curses of the No one can live a true life who meas- ures its worth by what others do, or think, or say. Be content to be yourself, to be self-contained. Contentment, adter doing one's level best, brings a poise and sweet- ness into the lite, a balance to the char- acter, which can never develop under fes- tering, over-anxious, abnormal ambition. The man who is always trimming his sails—backing and apologizing because he 18 not content to be himself, who is ways trylng to be somebody else, never develop a strong character. The world admires a man of balance, one who 18 equipolsed, who is self-suffcient, who believes in himself, trusts himself, who does mot cower, whine or apologize, but stands erect and dares to live his own creed. The world Instinetively hates a trimmer, thevman who fawhs, the man of “Ifs" and “buts.” It likes a straight, clean-cut ar- ticle, without mixture or amalgamation. OUT OF THE ORDINARY. Former Sherift Hopper of Fairlawn, N. J., has just celebrated the 40th anniversary of his marriage with his fourth wife. Enid, O. T., a young city of 9000 inhabltants, has no cemet and has not had a natural death in several months. The wheels of a truck carrying the §0,000- pound granite monument to be erected In the Frick burial lot in Homewood ceme- tery, Pittsburg, broke through the asphalt pavement in front of the Frick residence and remained there all night. It is probable that the oldest magistrate in active service in the United States is Thomas Poe, justice of the peece in Rush- viile, Ind., who is now in his % year. He has held the office since 1854 and for the Knowles recovered, |- convictions 18 shown by the fact that he Wan in thé party that can name the de- has refused to sanction the usual inaugural Dominations of ~Upited ~States paper ball. He withholds his sanction on the Woney.” All lost, and all were abashe ground that he is not only 8 Methodigt (n | When he mentioned §1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, the strictest sense of the term, but that he | $100, $500, $1,000, 35000 and 310,000. Most is one of the trustees of the Nebrasks Men are unaccustomed to handling notes Wesleyan university, aud that he eannot consistently sanction dancing ia any form. There will be some to, condemn the action of the governophelect and say that he has carried religious opinion (0o far, We think not. If the church in which Mr, Mickey is an active, member forbids dancing he must either be a consistent member and deny his sanction or a hypocrite and give it. It requires great moral courage to override all precedent and deny the commercial kings and the soclety quééns of the capital efty the privilege of attending the ufual inau- garal ball. Therefore we ocomtend that Governor-elect Mickey 15 a man wha has the courage of his convictions. ‘GENESIS OF A ROW. Chicago Tribune: If the merchants and business men of Caracas had more faith in President Castro b might find &' way out of the difficulty by passing the sombrero. Buffalo Express: England and Germany will probably lose enough South American trade to make the amount of the claims in the present controversy seem wholly in- significant. Baltimore American: The sinking of the Venezuelan vessels was declared by the German commander not to be & bellicose act. The only other inference is that it was intended merely as & practioal joke. Kaunsas City Journal: The United Statcs asks Germany just what she means by & “peaceful blockade.” But has not Ger- many already explained that the Venez- uelan navy which she sank was “such a little one™" St. Louls Globe Democrat: Dewey sends word that his big fleet will spend Clrist- mas st eleven differemt Caribbean ports, v | above $100 and few ever saw one of §10,000, In of the popular musical extrava- ganzas & waiter says to.a hotel manager: ‘What wages do I get?” “You give me half what you gather,” says the manager. In exactly this way js much of the serv- fce in New York hotels and restaurants Ipald. In one well patronized uptown re | taurant the man who takes your hat and coat pays the proprietor $3.60 a day or night for the privilege. He has four as- sistants and he pays them. He does this out of the tips he receives. To all but a few old and favored cus- tomers he gives checks. Upon those to whom he does not give checks he waits himself. He addresses them by mame and expresses the hope that they are well. From these he expects {o nothing less than & quarter and he is seldom or never disappointed His receipts have agwounted to as much as $25 in a day and night and seldom drops below §1 My Auna Stapleton Is sufering from the effects of a pecullar accident on a Ninth avenue su car. The car was crossing Forty th _street, when in some way the full forge of the electric cur- rent found its way Into one of the elec- trical heaters placed under the seats of the car. There was a sudden outburst of blue flame and a slight report. Miss Sta- pleton, who was ovi beater, received & shock which made her hysterical and caused partial .paralysis. When she ar- rived at Bellevue bospital she was unable to speak and had lost the use of her right serious. Another young woman, who had a0 adjolning seat, was slightly shocked. last forty years has occupied the same room. At the last election he was chosen to serve another term of four years. Al Bhissler, a gambler who killed F. W. Reul at Watertown, Wis., recently, is out on bail and goes wherever he pleases, but Willlam Crandall, a poor uctor, who the murder, is confined with & prospect 6f re- maining there for several monthe to come. Brookline, Maes., is the richest eity in America, but there are more milllonalres in Unlontown, Pa., than in any other town | of its size, leaving out health resorts. “In fact,” says a traveler from that place, “millionaires are so common ihere that they cut no more ice than the average eiti- sen.” Some freaks of lightning are reported from France: In Hainaut a man's body. was cut in two. In‘eastern Flanders, of three neighboring popiars, me first wag split, the second had its severed trunk carried away twenty yards and the third stripped of its branches. Still another in the vicinity had its bark thrown forty yards. At Merendre, a stroke of lightnin; breaking windows, struck a heap of po toes, containing several hundred bush plit and blackened them, 50 that I two has not been able to do this or that, who | PERSONAL NOTES, Aceording to all the slgns of the time the Christmas turkey will be sure to root this y | It all the hot air wasted on the coal ques- tion could be piped the fuel problem would quickly be solved One day last week four mall steamors | bound for Great Britaln and Germany loft | New York with 7,000 sacks flled with Christmas presents. . 1f Grover Cleveland gots a fourth nomina- tion to the presidency, it 1s: probable that he will arrange for & joint facewell ap- | pearance with his friend, Joe Jefferson. | It Is easy enough to increase the army, but hard to get recrults for the navy. Ti young Americans would rather fight In- dians than go to sea. A son of President J. J. Hill of tho Great Northern raflway has been discharged from 8 $6 clerkship. He probably gets little sym- pathy from the president, who put him into the company’s office to learn the business. | Some inquiries as to the meaning of the tqrm “half and haif" as applied to a drink | recalls an anecdote of Thackeray. On hear. | ing of the death of a bibulous friend t] satirist observed: was a man; take him for half and half, I shall not look upon his like again.’ | Among the heroines of the day is & rich | woman in a Connecticut town who, on being toid that thirty-five tons of coal would be required for her conservatories during the winter, ordered her supply to be taken care of for the use of the poor, and let her choice flowers and fruits be sacrificed. Literary people of Boston are agitating for the setting up In Boston of a tablet in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Pos was born there in 1809, his mother being a leading woman at the Haymarket theater. His first book was signed “A Bostonian.” The present movement is one of the results of the labors of Prof. Richardson of Darte mouth in reviving interest in the writinge and history of Poe. The story is told that Emetson Hough, | successtul novelist, editor, fisherman and | hunter, was responsible for the passing of | the act which gave government proteetion to the last herd of buffalo in the United States. Mr. Hough, who was much con- cerned over the fact that the small herds |of buffalo preserved in Yellowstone park were being slaughtered by poachers, made & winter journey of investigation through | the park, traveling on skees and procuring photographs and reports which proved con- clusively that the animals were insuffi- clently protected and were being rapidly exterminated. The agitation he started sc complished the desired result, and the buffaloes are now safe, LAUGHING GAS. ‘Washington Star: 1s pin money,” sald young Mrs. Dashington. “I know it, my dear,” answered her - ; “but don’t you use anything but dia- ns 7" “All T want s & little mon Cleveland Plain Dealer: “That Mrs. Bix- ler seeme to consider herself a very clever woman.” ““Yes, she's one of these women who be- lieve all their husbands tell them.” | _Philadelphia Press: Lawyer—I have ar- ranged to secure your release in time for | the Christmas holidays. Conyict—O! say, couldn't you make it New Year instead> That'll let me out of all this Christmas shopping. New York Times: “Your face seems very famillar to me,"” remarked the man with the red necktie as he slapped the stranger on the back. Indeed,” replied the stranger. ‘‘Now, it's your manner that seems famlillar o me. Chicago Tribune: He—Funny thing about multiplication and addition. You ma multipl; thin, & hun but it's still b While e you add hundred, it's nothing; while different. She—But there are exceptions. For in- stance you might take the dowdy sort of giri and add a hundred-dollar hat to her, but she'd still look like 30 cents. Cleveland Plain Dealer: “I have asked my wife a dozen times what she wants for Christmas. And every time she tells me shs dogan't want anything.” “If 1 didn't get her a half-dozen presents at least she wouldn't speak to me for a month."” Philadelphia Press: “His wife has treas- ured all the letters he wrote to her when he was courting her; keeps them by her all the time. “Gracious! does she ‘No, but she threatens to read them to him whenever he gets obstreperous.” She doesn't read them over, Philadelphix Press: “I wish,” sald Jack' wife, “that you'd telephone to Jack toda and ‘ask him If he thought I'd mind if you were to dine with us tonight.” “But you know 1 can't dine with you, replied "Miss Pegchison-Kreme. ‘‘What' your idea, anyway ked him today to get & hair a shave and ce up a bit, but he was too busy. LAST YEAR'S PRESENTS. ut and o sald Baltimore American. roblem that confronts me As the Yuletide draweth nigh, And it filis my eyes with rops, Makes me heave full many & sigh; For although It's est Giving forks the lovely present ing folks the lovely . That I got last Christmas time. Al Y Jriends must be “remembered” ith a dainty gift or two, Yet I'm far 100 short of money Ty go out and buy them new. I've got—just got to do it, hough it wrings out many a tear— And I'm giving folks presents 1 was glven yesteryear. Some of them, thank heav'n, sre wearing Cards that came, with give But_ the donors of 1he others I forget—am I to blame? 80 & fear haunts all my vistons Lest in giving them again, Some inight reach thelr last year's gtvers There's & days they became putrid. AT/ T (1 it \ (N 4 leg. Her condition was pronounced very- And impart & lasting pain. v f /,’ 7N f tried it and I know. 1 It restored the natural color to my hair, #to mal 1 alwa ed its falling out, ::n my hair soft and l‘o recommend it to my frien ~— Mrs. Emma J. Vag- 4 1 decar, Mccnnlavlun{ N. Y. There’s a wonderful amount of satisfaction in having a splendid head of hair and a scalp free from dandruff. It's more a rature jntended. 9 Ayer’s ‘e . HairVigor Give nature a little lift now and then by feeding your hair with Ayer’s Hair Vigor. It makes the hair grow, stops falling, cures dandruff, and always re- stores color to gray hair. 3. 0. AYER 00., Lowsll, Mass.