Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 26, 1903, Page 6

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America’s Rellance hay not been mis- placed. There's many a slip between the cup and the Lip-ton. Two miles a minute is the twentleth century gait. Fuslon in Nebraska has become a bar- ren ideality. Em————— Rain or shine, sink or swim, grocers and butchers will pienfe at Missourd Valley on schedule time. By all odds the most important office to be filled at the next November elec- Uon {8 that of county assessor. And now the world is confronted by the menace of a codliver famine in con- soquence of the fallure of the codfish erop. The Indian land frauds in Oklahoma that are exciting so much comment are no more flagrant than thé Indian land frauds in Nebraska. —— There 18 sald to have been a clash be- tween Robert E. Lee Herdman and Wil- lam Jennings Bryan about the demo- cratic platform. Ye gods and little fishes. e Bouth Omaha's electric arc lights were snuffed out by a thunderstorm and total darkness prevailed for three hours in consequence. This is sug- gestive. ¢ Senator Bacon of Georgla refused to eat his ham and eggs at the same depot lunch counter with Booker T. Washing- ton. Bacon draws the llne at the son of Hawm, The functions of a governor in these days are chlefly to appear on dress parade at military reunions and en- campments and to deliver sermonades at Chautauquas. GEE——————— A gum a at would hold ‘sl the free coinage pops in line, recon- clle all the goldbug democrats and at- tract at least 10,000 republicans to the support of Judge Sullivan has been the ideal of “Catchem Comin, Catchem Goin” Herdman. CE—— The street rallway company has ex- pended a great deal of money in better- ments within the past year, but there is still more room for improvement. The most imperative need is the repair of pavements that have been torn up by the tracklayers. Civil service reciuits for the Philip- plnes are invited to prezent themselves for inspection and examination the last of next wmonth for final muster. Men ‘with a pelitical pull will stand no better chance than those who are wiliing to stand on their own merit. s A Michigan The announcement that the electric | yos. I belleve strologer who foretold the assassination of President McKin- ley, the death of Pope Leo and the re- cent slump of the stock market predicts the nowmination and election of Grover TIVE OF FALL PROSPERITY. The last issue of The Financier, a Journal whose views regarding finan- clal and Industrial conditions are uni- formly judiclons und conservative, says that signs point te a period of prosperity over the coming fall that will equal, if it does not snrpass, the fecords of previ- ous years. The good condition of the crops, It polnts out, assures a continu- ance of stable business in mercantile lines and it goes on to argue that with the farmer, who Is “the malnspring of our national life,” having an abundance to sell at good prices, all other interests will prosper. The Financler says: “The west is the center of a prosperity which is not appreciated because of its annual recurrence over a period of years. The same state of affairs ig to be found else- where. The south has its cotton staple to rely on and on all sides are evidences of general good times. Why, then, should fear be felt for the future? Does ‘Wall street pessimism mean that the United States is going to the dogs sim- ply because of the bursting of the in- flated * bubble of speculation? Wall street as a rule is sensitive to the ma- terlal changes in national life, but in the recent slump it was dealing with its own internal rottenness and nothing This 1s a fact which everybody now understands and consequently con- ditions in Wall street are not in the least disturbing confidence in the legitimate business of the country. In a conference a few days ago with President Roosevelt, former Senator Carter of Montana said in answer to in- quiries that there will be an abundance of money in the west to move the crops and that western people will not find it necessary to seek a dollar in the east. He told the president that prosperity in the west is on a sound and substantial basis, that this section has been loan- ing money to the east, and that there- fore western people ate not thinking much about financial legislation. “The belief is general in the west,” sald Mr. Carter, “that the financial stringency in New York particularly is due to dis- order of trade or of speculation, largely local in its nature.” This undoubtedly reflects the general western view, of late eastern conditions. These had no appreciable effect upon financial or busi- ness affairs in the west and in spite of reported fears in Wall street that thefe 1s_yet to be some sort of reaction in the near future from the prosperity of gen- eral business, there is no indication of such apprehension in the west. The tide of fall prosperity, so far as can be judged from existing signs, prom- ises to be most satisfactory. There is no doubt as to the crops being abundant and it is needless to point out what this means as to transportation for the rail- roads and active business for merchants. As The Financier well says, when the American farmer has an abundance to sell, at good prices, he becomes a pur- chaser whose equal is not to be found elsewhere in the world. The farmers of the west are in that position at present. They have had several years of pros- perity and with good crops this year they will be able to buy more gener- ously than ever. As the general welfare is largely dependent upon the well be- ing of our agricultural producers the conditions are manifestly such as to in- gpire the strongest confidence in a con- tinuance of prosperity. oo e oo ANUTHER NUNPARTISAR. You must go away from home to get home news. A Chicago daily predicts a sharp contest before the next Douglas county republican convention over the proposed renomination of Duncan M. Vinsonhaler. We are told in this con- nection that a large number of demo- crats supported Judge . Vinsonhaler openly two years ago because he had made enemies in his own party by de- ciding a contested election case between the republican and democratic candl- dutes for county attorney in favor of the democrat, and Judge Vinsonhaler's democratic admirers promise to support him for a third term should he secure 4 renomination this fall. All this is news in these parts. Most people in Omaha had forgotten the county attor- neyship contest of 1900 and did not suspect that it was to be the paramount grievance against Judge Vinsonhaler in this fall's campaign. Now that we know that the judge can count safely on the support of a large number of democrats If he Is renominated, we nat- urally ask ourselves what these demo- crats propose to do if be should fail to secure a renomination. Reading the Chicago screed between the lines, we infer that the democrats might be Induced to make Judge Vinsonhaler | thelr own nominee and labor for his re- election as a democratic republican, just the same as they ase now proposing to do with several republicans for the dis- trict bench who presented themselves as candidates before the republican judicial convention and, failing to secure the necessary majority, bayve turned about face to become nompartisan democrats. For this new wrinkle in American politics Nebraska can justly lay claim to copyright. - In no other state of the union could a man who professes al- leglance to one party and who has been elected to a position of honor and profit by that party have the presumption to cross over to the political enemy and become one of its standard bearers in case the party with vhich he has been afillated sees fit to give preference to another member of that party. —— Once in a while William Jennings Bryan fires a center shot that rings the bell. This part of his address at the Rockford, 11, Chautauqua will strike a popular chord: “The great noed of the country,” sald Mr, Bryan, “is the raising of the ideals of the people both in citizenship and poli- ETeat wave of corruption tramway between Omaha and Beatrice | is sweeping over this country, and I am will be in eperation | Sorry to ®ay it is in the democratic party as well as in the republican. There must of the Pan-American railroad that is to counect British Co- lumbia and Eudson bay by air [line with Argentine and Patagonia by way of Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, the Da- kotas and Manitoba is very enticing, es- pecinlly that part relating to the eager- ness for its early completion by several construction companies. Eagerness for strennous work has always been the chief chiracteristic of American rafl- road construction companies. NECRUTABY ROUT S RESIGNATION. The resignation of Hon. Elihu Root us secretary of war, to take effect January 1 next, is officially announced and the statement is made, doubtiess with authority, that he will be succeeded by Governor Gemeral Taft. The corre- spondence between President Roosevelt and Becretary Root shows the very cor- dial relations of their official intercourse and the very strong commendation by the president of Mr. Root's public service will be heartily acquiesced in by the American people. The administra- tion of the War department by Secre- tary Root is in the highest degree credit- able to him, justly yentitling him to a prominent place among our greatest war secretaries. Going into that responsible position without any practical knowl- edge of its peculiar duties, at a time when the duties were especially difficult and arduous, Mr. Root soon acquired a thorough familiarity with the require- ments of the position and fulfilled them with consummate ability. The reforms he inaugurated will, it is confidently be- lieved, prove of great value to the mill- tary establishment, particularly in re- moving the sources of friction and dis- sension that hitherto existed. Mr. Root has resigned solely for personal reasons, desiring to résume a law practice which was many times more remunerative than the public position. Governor General Taft will be en- tirely acceptable to fhe country as the successor of Secretary Root. As affairs in the Philippines will long continue to require a large share of the attention of the War department, there conld be no better selection for the head of that de- partment than the very able governor general of the:archipelago, whose splen- did services there have given him a world-wide distinction. MAY YET ACCEPT TREATY. So far as known nothing is being done at Washington in regard to the Panama canal treaty, but it is intimated that there is a strong expectation that Colombia may yet accept the' treaty and hence it is wise to give the opposition their time to further con- sider the matter. It is reported that the Colombian representative to our government has received advices which lead him to belleve that there is very favorable promise’ of a change of atti- tude on the part of a number of the sen- ators who voted against the convention, while It is stated that the Colombian house of representatives is practically unanimous in favor of the treaty as it stands. In view @f these statements the ad- visability, of a waiting policy at Wash- ington is obvious. Besides, Nicaragua is showing np particular anxiety for the negotiation of a treaty and there is ap- parently not a great deal of sentiment here favorable to the Nicaragua route. It was rather expected that Colombia’s rejection of the Panama treaty would cause a strong development of feeling in this country in favor of negotiations for the alternative route, but this has not occurred and there is no indication that it s likely to. Reports continue of for- eign influence at Bogota hostile to the canal treaty, but they are improbable, though it may be that foreigners resi- dent there have something to do with inspiring the mercenary opposition, there still being reason to believe that the money consideration is the chief ob- stacle to the acceptance of the treaty. OR, SPEED THE TIMK! The time will come when the duties and benefits of community living are thor- oughly understood, when the payment of taxes will be deemed one of the noblest privileges of citizenship. In that day it will be considered disreputable for an indi- vidual or corporation to make false re- turns o property values and dishonorable for a person or concern to fail in the duty of assisting to the extent defined by law in_the maintenance of organized govern- ment. * * * Speed the time when the tax-dodger, Who avolds his dues, and the perjurer, who gives false testimony as to the value of his property, will be con- demned by public opinion and be denied the privilege of citizenship; when everyone will look upon tax paying as a respectful acknowledgment that the possession of property rests upon the guarantee of gov- ernment, and when the payment of taxes will be confirmed as a privilege of pa- triotism.—St. Louls Republic. Misery loves company, and Omaha can sympathize with 8t Louis in its affiction. Omaha’s most fervent prayer these many years has been thét the Lord would speed the day when the tax shirker who avoids his just share of tax burdens by perjured conceal- ment or undervaluation of his property would be condemned by public opinion, but praying for the mountains of public opinion to fall upon perjured tax dodg- ers will not suffice. We must enforce honesty and equity in assessment and taxation by a rigid enforcement of the laws and the fear- less imposition of its penalties regard- less of rank, wealth or political pull, — Beyond Range of Hope. Baltimore American. Wireless telegraphy is one of the great triumphs of modern progress, but, ap- parently, wireless streets are still beyond the great inventive forces of the day. Comparative Smoothuess. Detroit Free Press. Becretary Wilson is peoudly exhibiting the first silk spun and reeled under the sympathetic auspices of the Department of Agriculture. The silk is said to be just as smooth s Senator Allison. Wise Man of the East. Brooklyn Eagle. uestian. of thome unexpected friends. friends wers advising on thefr ewn ac- count. Better mek Next Time. Chicago Inter Ocean. No reflection name of Sir Thomas Lipton's yachts until he tries and loses with another of the same brand. It is the four-leat Shamrock that is sald to be lucky. Acquiring Insplvation. Chicago Chronicle. The “United States monetary exchange commission” is now convened in a Beriin beer garden drawing up its report. As the experfence of the commission consisted chiefly in being politely shown the door by every finance minister in Europe, the report should be an interesting and entertaining document. Looking for = Leader. Indianapolis Journal. Democrats are talking now of General John C. Black, newly elected commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, as a candidate for the presidency. democrats it is not a question of whom their party will choose for the empty honor of a presidential nomination, but what man be persuaded to accept. Gambling in Staple Producta. Springfleld Republican. What Becretary Wilson of the Agricul- tural department has to say of the injuri- ous effects of the corner in cotton is sound and to the point. It is proving a serious temporary blow to the cotton manufac- turing industry of the United States and cannot but prove permanently hurtful to the cotton growing industry by stimulat- ing the opening of new flelds In other parts of the world. What fs surprising is that the secretary does not go on to urge the enactment of laws for the suppression of gambling in staple produc Tribute to Gemeral Miles, Cleveland Leader. The fine tribute which was paid by the Grand Army of the Republic to General Nelson A. Miles should serve to warm the cockies of that old soldier's heart and brighten the days of his retirement from active duty. It is really worth more to him than all the honors that have come to him during his career as a soldier or the title upon which he retired. This tribute came from the men who participated with General Miles In the: memorable and san- guinary conflict from 1861 to 186—men who braved the dangers of battle and felt the privations and hardships of army life in camp and upon the march, It is the tribute of the veterans of the union army to one of their commanders who distin- guished himself upon many battleflelds, ORGANIZING THE FARMERS, City Folks Attempt to Do it and Are Given a Frost. Chicago Tribune. It would take a large book to give briefly the history of the attempts that have been made during the last thirty years to union- ize the farmers. Workfngmen have organ- ized, railroads have been combined, and manufacturing companies have consoli- dated, while all attempts to get up a farm- ers' pool have falled. Men calling them- melves disinterested friends of the farmers have told them with much earnestness that If they would only combine they would be able to fix the price of their products and make farming the most profitable in- dustry in the world, but for some reason the disinterested frignds in question have not made many conyets. The beautles of grganization are again being preached to the grain growers of the United States. They are asked what they think of a gertainty of $1 g, bushel for wheat, 60 cents a bushel for corn and 40 cents a bushel for oats. These are prices the farmers would be glad to get, but it will be hard to persuade them that the American Soclety of Equity of North Amer- ica, or any other soclety made up of friends of farmers, can teach them how to secure such prices. ’ An invitation was sent out to representa- tive farmers to attend a meeting in this city at which the plans of the American Society of Equity of North America to enable farmers to get equitable prices for their products was to be explained. The attendance was small. It included one farmer, one Board of Trade man, two South Water street commission men, one capital- ist, one broker, one speculator and one manager of a business house. Nothing was done and another meeting will be held next month fn the hope that there may be a better attendance of the representative agriculturists of the country. The hope may come to naught. When the farmers read of the kind of men who were at this week's meeting they will be likely to, say, “These are mno friends of ours. Plans which attract them cannot attract us. Let us keep out of theit company. ‘Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly.' " . The farmers are not ready to be organ- ized by the city folks, If they decide to combine they will devise thelr own plans and ask for no assistance. Probably they are fully aware of the impracticability ‘ot that general organization 5o often preached to therh. AN EMBLEM OF PEACE. A Game Without a Rival fn This Vale of Tears. Baltimore American. It is sometimes a comfort, 88 -well as a pleasure, to turn aside from the molse and bustle of life, to forget the bard battle with the world, the unpaid bills, the mos- quitoes and other things which come to worry the sons of men—it is sometimes, we insist, a comfort, as well as a pleasure, to turn aside from these things to those peaceful occupations which add to the serenity of mankind and doubtless to the sum total of human happiness. There are in the world men who look upon & battle in the ring between two glants of brawn and muscle and sinew, who have trained for the fray like gladiators of old, as the acme of sport. There are others Who fancy a yacht race, others who love an ex- citing struggle on the turf between two cracks of the equine world, while there are still others who are happlest when sitting on the bleachers, watching the home. base ball team do the nine from Podunk-up-the- Creek. All these may be able to find some excuse for their tastes, but none can compete in argument with those who claim that, as an all-round sport worthy of the brain and hand of man, croquet has yet no rival in this world of tears. - Last week the lovers and defenders of this sport of kings held their annual convention in Connecticut and their crowned one of their number croquet champion of this great republic. What an honor to fall to the lot of man! Before the croquet champion of the United States even Jeffries must doff the hat and Dan Patch bow the knee. Masters of the dia- ‘mond and of the gridiron, kings of the turf and queens of the sea count for naught before this avowed leader in the greatest of all sports. May he wear his honors proudly, 4 & sovereign wears his crown, and may the gume continue to grow and prosper as the years roll on. While It lives and flourishes, and while hand-n- hand with it travel such other noble sports as mumble-the-peg, duck-on-the-rock and button, butten, whe's got the button? the couptry ean eount itself safe fram those Influences which secs to compass destruc- It has probably scted en advice Yot the should be cast upon the With the POLICE PISTOL PRACTICE. ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK. Teo Mueh Shooting Suggests the Need | Ripples on the Current of Life fn Chicago Chronicle. It has been said often before, but it will bear repeating, that the police of this city ought to be disarmed unless they can be taught that a policeman’s pistol is for his defense and not for the purpose of killing people whom he may suspect of commit- ting some offense of more or less helnous- neas. The law does not invest a police officer with the authoritf to adjudge and inflict capital punishment. That is what courts are for. It s not a crime punishable by death for a man to run at the sight of a | It is not a capital offense for policeman. a man to “act suspiclously.” No law au- thorizes a policeman to kill & man except to save his own life, and that is a right which is not pecullar to policemen, but is enjoyed by all citizens. Yet there 18 a continual fusillade golng on in Chicago. Police revolvers are blazing and bafiging in every quarter of the town. The average policeman seems to travel with his pistol cocked and lets fly at any- body who excites his suspicion. Policemen with plstols @¥en to thelr own famlilies. One of them, early yesterday morning, being awakened by burglars in his house, secured his pis- tol, fired—and killed his own wife. It Is the general public, however, which is in the greatest peril. Wednesday evening two young men were called upon by a detective to halt. As the Chicago detective Is not a pre- possessing Individual In appearance, the yéung men suspected a hold-up and started to run away. Instantly the police re- volver was out and firing began. Marks- manship is not a police accomplishment and the fleelng youths escaped, but a third young man on his way home was brought down seriously wounded. Thursday evening a young man kissed a young woman in Lincoln park. A vigl- lant “sparrow cop” witnessed this criminal proceeding and started to arrest tho party of the first part. The young man ran. Out came the pistol and the fugitive was strong quarters. Would this sort of thing be tolerated in any other civilided country on earth? Would this monstrous usurpation of vital powers continue for as much as a day even in the so-called European despotisms? If not why should people who are taxed to pay the wages of policemen be placed in peril of their lives by the recklessness of thick-skulled persons whom mistaken pol- fey has intrusted with pistols? Above all things, why should a park policeman—a functionary delegated to regulate the movements of baby carrfages and plenle parties—carry a pistol and go around shooting at anybody who incurs his dis- | pleasure? —_— LARGE FEES FOR PROMOTERS, ilow the Question of Compensation is Determined. New York Evening Post. Apropos of the discussion respecting compensation pald promoters, and this week's disclosures before Vice Chancellor Pitney of New Jersey in the tobacco suit, this statement from an experienced cor- poration lawyer on the valuation of such services Is interesting: “The question of Commissions pald pro- moters is determined largely by the finan- clal condition of the property involved. The more undesirable a proposition is the greater must be the compensation offered. A case In. point, where one promoter did excellent mervice, was in getting started a patented device now on”the market. The patentees were young men without a dollar in the world, but belfeving thoroughly in their invention, No bank or moneyed In- terest would have anything to do with them, but at last a promoter was found to take up the project on the basis of 5 per cent profit. The charge seemed exorbitant, but it really was not excessive, considering the apparent hopelessness of launching such an enterprise. But it went through apd today the young men are making con- spicuous progress. Had it not been for the prothoter's services this success would never have been achieved. “Sifice capitalization is always the pre- sumption of success it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between what is legitimate and what is excessive. Many abuses can be explained by errors in judgment rather than downright dishonesty. Two or three years ago, when everything was going one way, and we heard of nothing but billion- dollar trusts, men capitalized their highest hopes In utter disregard of the possible viclssitudes to be encountered. Recent ex- perience has shown many of them to have been fools, not knaves. “It fs folly to class all promoters alike. There are some very homest men among them. Most of them are cold-blooded in- dividuals, not given up to philanthropy and always alive to the business end. But be- | fore the promoter comes the owner, who wants to interest the promoter in his proposition as much as the promoter wishes to interest the publle, both having the same Incentive to sell. For that reason both persons are accountable,'if anything i wrong, and, while it may be said that the promoter should in all cases acquaint himself with the basis for the assertions of his principdls, it is just as well for the public to remember that there are two parties to be reckoned with where decep- tions are practiced.” PERSONAL ——— The cup that cheers but not inebriates is the one that Sir Thomas will be most likely to lift. To Sir Thomas has been presented two of Bhamrock’s three leaves. There is one more coming to him. The enormous advance in the price of cod ltver oll suggests the theory that the stuff {18 now being made from anthracite coal. W. N. Amory, & former secretary of the Third Avenue Rallroad company, New York City, has sold his home, the walls of which were oddly decorated, one of them being covered with worthless bonds of a face value of millions. The general staff has finally decided that the Fourteenth cavalry and the Second bat- talion of the Beventh infantry shall sail on Logan on September 6. This is the first of the movements planned for the troops to and from the Philippines. John 8. Johnson of Fair Haven, Conn., and James Gilland of Altoona, Pa., are the sole survivors of Commodore Perry’s ex- pedition to Japan in 188. Mr. Gilland, who is now In his 73d year, was with Perry previous to and through the whole ex- pedition. The youngest professor in the world Is Al berto Spaiding, who at the age of 13 was recently made professor of music at the Con- servatorium in Bologna. At the solemn ceremony of installation the director of that Institute called the boy professor * the little Paganinl who would In time become a big, & very big ope.” Sir Willlam Van Horne, who is & prac- tical and experfenced rallroad manager, takes no stock in the proposition that by bullding all-Canadian lines of rallway frem Quebec to Vancouver the grain trade of the nerthwest can be diverted away from water routes. He says: “Never will grain of the Canadian west be hauled to the Atantic seaboard veluntarily by any Canadian rail- way by rall route alone. No all-rafl route, unless forced by strenmous conditions ex- NOTES, are dangerous brought to a standstill and marched oft to the Metropolis. The tall tower of the Tribune, the most conspicucus object in New York twenty- five years agv, but long since overshad- owed by scores of skyscrapers, s to be lifted 100" feet or more into the clouds by the addition of nine stories. The addition will make the Tribune buflding mineteen storfes and the tallest buflding on News- paper row. It will probably hold this dis- tinetion untfl the new Campanile is buflt, about five years from this date. The Cam- panile is to be as tall as the Washington | monutment, and will be altogether the great- est structure in the world. It is to be 50 feet high and will tower 157 feet above the Pork Row bullding, which is now the tallest in the world. When the new Times bufid- ing in Longacre square is completed it will be the second tallest in the city. Ocoupying a trapesodial kpace something like that of the Fatiron building it will be 80 feet taller and far more ornate than the windmaker. The present Tribune building was one of the first productions of the high building era. It was bullt according to plans by Richard M. Hunt in 1573; was at that time the tallest buflding In the city, and created & great sensation all over the country. Its high tower was éspecially noted. The struo- ture was bulilt, of course, before the evolu- tion of modern skyscraper methods. Its walls are of solid masonry apd really sup- port the load of the bullding. With his heart out of place and appear- ing at times to be twice ita normal size, 9 year-old James De Groot 18 furnishing a case that is bafMing half a dozen leading surgesns in Marristown, N. J. He is the #on of George De Groot, an inventor. The surgeons think young De Grott's heart dropped from fts original position down back of the stomach and was carried over to the right side in the region of the liver. The boy 18 now In the Memorial hospital. About two weeks ago his parents noticed that he had great difficulty in breathing. When the first physiclan was called the apex of the boy's heart was found to be about an inch and a half lower than it should be. It continued to sink until it was four inches out of place. Then he was taken to the hospital. It was only by econ- stantly administering stimulants that he was kept alive. The pulse was intermittent, the beats sometimes registering only fifty to the minute. It is thought that perhaps the trouble was caused by a fall, after which the lad had a | serfous attack of brain fever. Recently he fell again and has been ailing since. Young De Groot does not look to be more than 6 years of age. The last moments before the departure of an excursion boat for the internationa! races are sure to be full of interest, for the reason that it becomes extremely probable that some of the race-goers, and not neces- sarily those least Interested, will be left behind. One man, who came from Canada, arriving at 8 o'clock in the morning on the first day, after a hasty breakfast hurried to the pler from which one of the 9 o'clock boats was to start. He found that there was no chance of getting a ticket and be- fore he reached the pier of another 9 o'clock boat it had pulled out into the river, o that his last chance was on a swift boat which started at 9:30. This boat had ad- vertised to carry only a limited number of passengers, far less than its registered ca- pacity, which was already exhausted. Around the ticket office was the usual ex- clted throng trylng to get tickets, by hook or crook, and falling miserably. The ticket seller pledged his personal honor over and over again that there were no tickets and would not be any miore. At last an elderly gentleman, pushing his way through the crowd, demanded a ticket which had been put aside in an envelope for him, at the same time handing in a $10 bill. The ticket seller had ne small bills and needed $ to make change. The Canadian took in the situation, and, laying down the price of a ticket, sald: “Here is 34 change.” The tic- ket seller took it, and fn return handed out a tickef amid the jeers and execrations of the crowd. An Englishman recently arrived in America turned a trick today worthy of emulation by his Yankee brethren, He boarded a car, and, failing to find a seat, told the comductor that when one was pro- vided he would pay his fare. The con- ductor told him to pay or get off and when the Englishman stood pat the nickel gatherer laid violent hands on him, where- upon the man from the “tight little fsland” fetched the conductor & punch on the jaw. Every one on the car applauded, but when the Englishman was arrested a magistrate Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Don’t try cheap cough medicines. Getthebest— Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral —pay the price. Sixty years of cures. Your doctor uses it for coughs, colds, bronchitis, and all lung troubles. fEfgd: shall be thoroughly cleansed by dippiug In bolling water or other germicide after every seperate use thereo! “No barber, unless ho is a lcensed phy- siclan, shall prescribe for any skin disease, “Floors must be swept or mopped every day and all furniture and woodwork kept free from dust. “Hot and cold water must be provided.” A copy of these regulations is to be hung in a conspicuous place in each shop. Few of the 4,000,000 busy tnhabitants of New York realize that in the very heart of this great eity—almost in its very centen geographically—are to be found several tiny Chinese farms which reproduce almost exactly the agricultural pursuits and life | of the far east. These little Oriental farms, each several acres in extent, are worked by Chinamen and produce queer Chinese vegetables almost oxclusively. The scene of Chiness farming as it obtains in New York 1s.on the outskirts of Stelnway, a suburb of Astoria, and not far from North Beach. The country thereabout fs but | little bullt up, is prettily waoded in spots and {s 1aid out here and there with small farms of from ten to thirty acres. LAUGH AND LOOK PLEASANT, “If some men,” said Uncle Eben, ‘“‘was quick to answer de factory whistie as is to respond to de dinuer bell dey woul fin' life easier.’—Washington Star. ““When I first met my wife T thofight she was one of the most economical women in the matter of clothes I had ever known." “You _met her at the seashore, I balieve?™ —New York Sun. the caller, “Mr. Gru bega “I don’t want to disturb you— “Very considerate of you to come in here Just to tell me that,” ‘sald the b mer- chant. “I appreciate it, sir. Good-day!"— Philadelphia Press. v “'Twas the folne corpse he made,” re- marked the first mourner. “He did 80, replied the other. “Shure, Of niver seen him look so loife-like as whin he was layin’ ther dead.”"—Chicago Tribune. Never use a toothpick on the street. pick ax is much better, particularly if the street is hard.—Somerville Journal. “They have the grasshopper scare mighty bad_out in Montana. ““What's the latest? “Why, they didn’t dare to ut a green fireman’ on one of the trains or fear the ‘hoppers would eat him."—Cleveland Plal Dealer. Corinne—When I get married I shall make m{' husband give me all his nlllrr, Ivian—I shan’t. 1 shall allow him to re- tain 75 cents each week 80 he can ki hi own end up with the boys and not cheap old thing when he's out.—Judge. Queen Elizabeth was priding herself on being up to date, ai “Yes," retorted Mary Stuart, “I hotice that you always have the latest wrinkle. From that moment the doom of_the Soot- tish sovereign was sealed.—New York Sun, THE LICENSED BARBER. Milwaukee Sentinel. Under the cool electric fam The licensed barber stand: Are strong as {ron bands. He was examined esterday By an examining board, A_bunch of wise commissioners His think tank had “P’m‘ And they found it, seemingi; Sufficlently well stored. These questions they had handed him: “What line of talk would you Employ, In shaving business men?" Also, “What would you do In case a man refused to talk And rudely snapped ‘Get through't" “How many times should you irquire Of each man whom you shave: ‘How do you like the weather, sir?’ And as you deftly lave | made him pay a fine for assault. A lot of | witnesses were very much disgusted and offered to pay the fine, but the man from the other side weeded his purse of a ‘“‘ten spot” and said that the fun was worth the money. He added that we have “bloomin’ funny laws hover ‘ere.”” The new regulations which the Board of Health has adopted for enforcing the pro- visions of the sanitary code among the | barbers of Greater New York will be rigidly enforced after September 1 The regulations are eleven in number and are as follows: “Barbers must wash hands thoroughly with soap and hot water before attending any person. #No alum or other astringent shall be used in stick form. If used at all to stop flow of blood it must be applied in powder form. “The use of powder puffs is prohibited. “No towel shall be used for more than one person without being washed. Combs, razors, clippers and scissors His raw, scraped face. do you discuss The trust dilemma grave?” These queries and & thousand more ‘The barber answered right, And, though his razor grieve you sore, He's now a licensed knight: Hijs talk Is smooth—as for his work, That matters not a mite! BROWNELL HALL, OMAHA. Soclal atmosphere home-like and happy. General and college preparatory courses. Exceptional advantages in music, art and literary interpretation. Prepares for any college open to women. Vassar, Wellesley, Mt. Holyoke, Western Reserve University, University of Nebraska and University’ of Chicagb, admit pupils without examination on the certificates of the principal and faculty. Thoroughness insisted upon as es- sential to character building. Physical tralning under a professional director, Well equipped gymnasium, ample prov slon for out door sports, including private skating grounds. Send for Illustrated cata- logue. Miss Macrae, Principal. No Matter WHAT HIS YEARS ARE WE WILL CLOTHE HIM Half grown youths down to the tiny boys. This store of ours is the proper place for the little men’s wants. ® Our fall suits are ready and it’s time you commenced to get.the boy ready for school. With a new suit—boys will be boys—and they've got to be clothed substantially as well as becomingly. Rough and ready school suits, $3.50. Other kinds—other prices. Whatever is left in hot weather wearables you will find marked very low in order not to carry over. “No Clothing Fits Like Ours.” owning: King:§-@ R. S. Wilcox. Manager.